Bai

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Bai (codename; states that she has no other name) 13
Alias(es)	Teacher Bai; Dean Bai 155 275
Gender	Female 13
Affiliation	Alchemy Academy; royal card maker contracted to the Perus Kingdom 13 401
Occupation/Role	Card maker, academy instructor, and assessor for female Alchemy Academy applicants 13 155
Status	Active 551
First Appearance	Chapter 13

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Seventh-tier	31	Identified as a seventh-tier card maker, close to advancing; her card duel with Caroso is restricted around third-tier, though she admits using power beyond that limit. 31
Eighth-tier	155	Has reached Eighth-tier yet continues personally tutoring Caroso; this substantially increases her status and value. 155
Ninth-tier	436	Breaks through unexpectedly after witnessing high-level card creation and battle, becoming regarded as an exceptional card maker of her era. 436

Background & History

Bai and her twin brother Kong operate under codenames rather than personal names. At the Alchemy Academy assessment, Kong evaluates male applicants while Bai evaluates female applicants. Their shared identity is often referred to collectively as “Kong Bai,” but they approach problems differently despite their close coordination. 13 164

As an academy teacher, Bai recognizes Caroso Kolia’s talent and becomes his principal card-making mentor. Their relationship develops beyond a conventional classroom dynamic: she continues guiding him after becoming Eighth-tier, protects him during dangerous incidents, and works with him on high-level card research. 155 216 392

Bai’s work with the principles behind Emperor Gufu cards leads her to create Magic Power Boost, an Eighth-tier Epic spell exclusive to Card Makers. The card increases maximum magic power by 30% and continuously restores magic power, addressing the class’s lack of combat-oriented professional bonuses. 378

During the Brave Warrior’s Trial, Bai completes a hallucination trial motivated by her desire to resurrect Kong and receives a false version of Osiris’s Sky Dragon. A spatial anomaly then transports her and the unconscious Caroso into the White Desert. With her magic power and cards restricted, Bai carries him across the desert, treats his wounds, and reaches an oasis despite dehydration, exhaustion, and a poisonous snake bite. 430 431 432

After observing battles involving near-divine beings and the Card God’s card-making methods, Bai creates the Ninth-tier field card White Desert and breaks through to Ninth-tier. She later accepts forbidden power from the Lord of Eternal Life to create cards capable of purifying Caroso’s unstable magic power. 435 436 458 459

Bai and Caroso subsequently awaken in the Nether Sea with their powers heavily restricted. Captured by Tig’s pirates, Bai protects Caroso through card absorption and a deliberate card explosion. Tig’s harsh training improves her control over Laws, card-making foundations, and understanding of divine avatars. 471 473 474 483

Appearance

Bai is a petite woman whose small frame sharply contrasts with the oversized weapons and high-level cards she sometimes employs. She is described as fair-skinned, with golden eyes that can take on a reddish tint. 420 426 473

• Usually appears relaxed and put-together, though intense card-making work can leave her looking pale, exhausted, and disheveled. 306
• Uses a faintly glowing golden brush as part of her card-making process. 109
• Possesses a fair complexion; a pirate’s knife leaves a visible line of blood on her throat during the Nether Sea incident. 473
• Is notably physically vulnerable when unable to use cards or magic power. 420 472

Personality

Bai is a highly focused technical specialist who treasures exceptional talent. She is patient with Caroso’s studies, blunt when he overextends himself, and willing to devote her own resources and safety to protecting him. 155 275 455

Despite her confidence as a card maker, Bai initially lacks practical survival experience and social decisiveness. When Caroso is incapacitated in the White Desert, she panics before forcing herself to make medical and survival decisions alone. 431

She dislikes direct combat and is fully aware of her limitations outside card making. However, danger to Caroso can override that caution: she accepts forbidden knowledge to save him, risks herself during their capture in the Nether Sea, and offers herself to Tig in exchange for Caroso’s safety. 424 458 474

Bai’s feelings toward Caroso gradually become romantic and difficult for her to reconcile with their teacher-student relationship. 461 471 483

Abilities & Skills

Card Making

Bai is an elite card maker whose crafting speed, intuition, and artistic technique allow her to process materials and construct cards at exceptional levels.

• Draws power from processed materials with her brush, then paints and seals the materials into a card. 109
• Understands soul binding, including the use of soul fragments as a component of card creation. 424 425
• Can craft cards on-site with alchemy tools and local materials. 424 425
• After entering the Card God Domain’s influence, can gather elements and produce some card materials without physical components. 459
• Uses Caroso’s ability to simulate crafting outcomes to reduce failed experiments while developing advanced cards. 392

Card-Making Innovation

Bai develops new cards by adapting principles she learns from advanced creations rather than merely copying them.

• Created Magic Power Boost, an Eighth-tier Card Maker-exclusive spell that expands maximum magic power and restores it over time. 378
• Created White Desert, a Ninth-tier Golden Legendary field card after observing near-divine card-making and battle. 435
• Created Conversion and Sea of Stars with assistance from the Lord of Eternal Life’s and Card God’s marks to stabilize Caroso. 459
• Produces a false Osiris’s Sky Dragon God Card from materials supplied by Tig, while declaring confidence that she can eventually make it genuine. 493

Laws and Card Absorption

Following her Ninth-tier advancement, Bai can apply Laws through cards in ways unavailable to ordinary card makers.

• Absorbs weapons, undead, pirates, Underworld Flowers, and other targets into a card during the Nether Sea conflict. 473
• Can seal undead through instinctive Ninth-tier Law application. 473
• Her card’s capacity is finite; it becomes saturated after absorbing too much power. 474
• Uses Law-derived memory and perception techniques to capture divine avatars in drawings and to deepen her understanding of Laws. 481

Combat Limitations

Bai’s strength lies in card making rather than personal combat.

• Her swordsmanship is inferior to that of ordinary cavalry soldiers despite her high tier. 420
• At Eighth-tier, her professional mark and combat capability remain significantly weaker than combat-oriented classes. 420
• Without cards or magic power, she describes herself as effectively helpless in direct combat. 472
• Can still use dangerous emergency measures such as deliberately causing a card explosion. 474

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Golden card-making brush — Draws and directs power extracted from materials during card creation. 109
• Magic Power Boost — Eighth-tier Epic Card Maker spell; raises maximum magic power by 30% and restores magic power over time. 378
• White Desert — Ninth-tier Golden Legendary field magic usable by Bai and Caroso; protects those who have reached the oasis in the forbidden wasteland. 435
• Sea of Stars — Ninth-tier pseudo God Card equipment restricted to those Bai cherishes. 459
• Osiris’s Sky Dragon — Ninth-tier false God Card minion restricted to Bai. 493
• Mechanist Giselle’s chainsaw — An eight-star Legendary weapon card Bai uses despite its poor fit for her fighting style. 420

Relationships

• Kong — Her twin brother and card-making counterpart. Their coordination is extraordinary, though Kong often has the final say in major decisions. 13 164 378
• Caroso Kolia — Her student and close collaborator. Bai mentors, protects, and creates cards for him; their bond develops into mutual romantic feelings. 155 392 471
• Teresa — Companion during the dungeon campaign; Bai and Teresa work alongside Caroso after Bai’s Ninth-tier breakthrough. 436
• Tom — A card-game inventor and possible past echo of the Card God. He studies Bai’s crafting process, blank cards, and soul binding. 408 424 425
• Tig — Pirate captain who captures Bai and Caroso in the Nether Sea, then harshly trains Bai and supplies materials for her Osiris’s Sky Dragon card. 474 483 493
• Nimel Prodemore — Caroso’s sister and a subject of Bai’s concern during multiple crises; Bai’s connection to Caroso places her in conflict with Nimel’s protectiveness. 194 551

Notable Quotes

“Card Makers are weak, and thus their status is lower than Mages. This can all be changed.” 378

“As your elder, I must shield you from the wind and rain. Your teacher is still alive, how could I watch my student go to their death?” 455

“I declare, from now on, I am the continent's number one card maker -- Bai.” 493