Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• Two Jiuli experts chase Yang Ning, who is protecting his injured wife.
• Bai Yujun, a snake spirit, aids Yang Ning in fighting off the Jiuli experts using her sorcery and combat skills.
• Yang Ning, despite his injuries, fights fiercely with his Thunderous Spear technique, defeating one Jiuli expert.
• The Jiuli experts retreat, and Yang Ning returns to his wife, who is upset by Bai Yujun's playful remark.

Character Developments

• Yang Ning: Shows his combat prowess and determination to protect his wife. His past actions and relationships are hinted at, causing his wife's distress.
• Bai Yujun: Demonstrates her sorcery skills and strategic thinking in battle. She also shows a playful side, joking with Yang Ning, which leads to misunderstandings.

Significant Themes

• Camaraderie and mutual aid among cultivators, even from different regions.
• The complex dynamics of relationships and trust between cultivators.
• The power dynamics and prejudices between cultivators from the Central Plains and the Southern Wilderness.

Character Interactions

• Yang Ning and Bai Yujun: They fight side by side against the Jiuli experts, showing mutual respect and trust. Bai Yujun's playful remark, however, causes a misunderstanding between her and Yang Ning's wife.
• Yang Ning and his wife: The wife is concerned for Yang Ning's safety but becomes upset when she thinks Yang Ning has been unfaithful due to Bai Yujun's joke.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yang Ning and his wife, Guo Zhen, seek refuge at Bai Yujun's bamboo house in Snake Valley.
• They discuss their past and the reason for their presence in the Southern Wilderness: Guo Zhen's injury and the need for Golden Thread Grass to heal it.
• Bai Yujun offers to help find information about the Golden Thread Grass in the Jiuli village the next day.

Character Developments

• Yang Ning: Shows concern and care for his wife, Guo Zhen, and is willing to risk his life to find the Golden Thread Grass for her.
• Guo Zhen: Struggles with her health and is worried about her husband's safety.
• Bai Yujun: Demonstrates kindness and willingness to help, despite her initial mischievous demeanor.

Significant Themes

• The passage of time and the loss of old friends.
• The dangers and greed in the cultivation world.
• The power dynamics between different sects and regions.

Character Interactions

• Yang Ning and Guo Zhen: Share a deep bond, with Yang Ning prioritizing Guo Zhen's health and well-being.
• Bai Yujun and Yang Ning/Guo Zhen: Despite their initial awkwardness, they form a connection based on shared experiences and mutual respect.
• Bai Yujun and the Jiuli villagers: Bai Yujun's familiarity with the Jiuli language and culture allows her to interact with them seamlessly.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Yujun easily enters a small village to inquire about the Golden Thread Grass.
• She learns that the grass is abundant in a golden valley deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, guarded by high-level Demonic Beasts, including a Deity Transformation Stage Demonic Beast.
• Yang Ning decides to venture into the Hundred Thousand Mountains to gather the herb, despite the immense danger.
• Bai Yujun gives Yang Ning a snake scale to help him conceal his aura and disguise himself as a Demonic Beast.
• Guo Zhen stays behind, anxiously awaiting Yang Ning's return.
• A mysterious ruin is revealed in the depths of the Southern Wilderness, releasing a vast aura.

Character Developments

• Bai Yujun: She remains pragmatic and willing to help, but also realistic about the challenges and dangers.
• Yang Ning: He becomes determined and desperate to find the Golden Thread Grass to save his wife, despite knowing the risks.
• Guo Zhen: She shows deep love and concern for her husband, praying for his safe return.

Significant Themes

• Love and Sacrifice: Yang Ning's willingness to risk his life for his wife's sake highlights the power of their love.
• Desperation and Hope: The chapter explores the fine line between desperation and hope, as Yang Ning clings to the possibility of saving Guo Zhen.
• The Cruelty of the Cultivation World: The Hundred Thousand Mountains' dangerous environment underscores the harsh realities of cultivation.

Character Interactions

• Bai Yujun and Yang Ning: Bai Yujun provides information and assistance, while Yang Ning expresses gratitude and determination.
• Yang Ning and Guo Zhen: Their love and mutual support are evident in their interactions, with Guo Zhen encouraging Yang Ning despite her fears.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Yujun, a snake cultivator, feels an irresistible urge to venture deeper into the Southern Wilderness.
• She witnesses various Demonic Beasts, including a Carp Demon and a Turtle Demon, being drawn towards the depths.
• Despite her fear, Bai Yujun decides to explore the source of the allure, taking over ten days to reach a massive, ancient palace.
• At the entrance, she encounters a father-son pair of Golden Rocs, powerful enemies of snakes. The child expresses a desire to eat snake meat, and Bai Yujun barely escapes their clutches.
• Inside the palace, Bai Yujun hides and tends to her injured shoulder, vowing revenge against the Golden Rocs.

Character Developments

• Bai Yujun: She demonstrates courage and determination in facing her fears and exploring the unknown. Her encounter with the Golden Rocs fuels her desire for revenge and growth.
• Golden Roc Father-Son: They exhibit their powerful cultivation and arrogant nature, serving as formidable antagonists for Bai Yujun.

Significant Themes

• Instinct vs. Reason: Bai Yujun's beastly instincts urge her to explore the depths of the Southern Wilderness, while her rational mind warns her of the dangers.
• Power Dynamics: The encounter with the Golden Rocs highlights the power imbalance between different Demonic Beast species and the potential for conflict.

Character Interactions

• Bai Yujun and Guo Zhen: Before leaving, Bai Yujun instructs Guo Zhen to stay and guard the house, showing concern for her safety.
• Bai Yujun and the Golden Rocs: Their brief encounter sets the stage for potential future conflicts and Bai Yujun's desire for revenge.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Yujun, injured, heals herself and explores the vast, ancient palace, noting its spatial magic-like construction.
• She discovers an ancient stone wall with true dragon bas-reliefs, sensing a mysterious aura within.
• She meditates and absorbs the artistic conception, unintentionally creating small, decorative clouds around her.
• Days pass, and she continues exploring, finding and cooking a hawk demon for food.
• She decides to venture near the palace's central axis to find more murals and reliefs.

Character Developments

• Bai Yujun demonstrates her self-healing abilities and resourcefulness, showing adaptability and caution in her exploration.
• She reveals her ability to comprehend and absorb artistic conceptions, hinting at her potential for growth.

Significant Themes

• The allure of treasure and the dangers it brings, contrasting Bai Yujun's cautious approach with other demons' recklessness.
• The power of comprehension and understanding, shown through Bai Yujun's absorption of the artistic conception.

Character Interactions

• Bai Yujun interacts briefly with a Carp Demon, showing kindness by sharing food but also displaying her predatory nature by eating a hawk demon.
• She avoids other demons, preferring to explore alone and at her own pace.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Yujun, a snake demon, sneaks into the palace's central plaza, finding it filled with fighting and dead demonic beasts.
• She discovers a powerful saber among the treasures being fought over.
• She hides among the corpses, playing dead to avoid detection, and continues her stealthy feeding.
• As night falls, powerful demonic beasts fly deeper into the palace, leaving the plaza empty.
• A thunderstorm begins, and Bai Yujun feels a change in the golden pillars of the palace, sensing a mysterious artistic conception.
• She leaps onto one of the pillars, sitting on the dragon's head to meditate and comprehend the artistic conception.

Character Developments

• Bai Yujun demonstrates her cunning, adaptability, and greed, eating the hearts of dead demonic beasts for their Blood Essence.
• She shows fear and awe when faced with powerful demonic beasts, revealing her understanding of the power dynamics in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
• Her ambition is hinted at when she dreams of becoming a Demon King or Emperor.

Significant Themes

• Greed and survival instincts drive Bai Yujun's actions.
• The power dynamics and hierarchy among demonic beasts are emphasized.
• The Hundred Thousand Mountains' danger and mystery are hinted at.

Character Interactions

• Bai Yujun interacts with various demonic beasts, though not directly; she observes and avoids them.
• She doesn't interact with any specific characters in this chapter, focusing on her own actions and observations.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Yujun spends a month comprehending the artistic conceptions of the twenty-four golden pillars, each featuring a golden dragon with different artistic conceptions related to wind, rain, thunder, and lightning.
• She learns to control wind, rain, and lightning, improving her innate divine ability and cultivation.
• She encounters several Demon Kings and decides to avoid them.
• Exploring deeper into the palace ruins, she finds murals depicting the history of Divine Dragons and humans fighting demonic creatures.
• She encounters the young Golden Roc, who tries to provoke her into a fight.

Character Developments

• Bai Yujun improves her control over wind, rain, and lightning, enhancing her innate divine ability and cultivation.
• She demonstrates restraint and wisdom by avoiding a fight with the young Golden Roc, choosing to retreat instead.

Significant Themes

• The power of artistic conception and its role in cultivation.
• The importance of wisdom and restraint in the face of adversity.
• The history and significance of Divine Dragons.

Character Interactions

• Bai Yujun interacts with various Demonic Beasts and Demon Kings, demonstrating her ability to navigate dangerous situations.
• She encounters the young Golden Roc, who tries to provoke her into a fight, but she chooses to retreat instead of engaging.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Yujun, a snake cultivator, disguises herself as a lobster to evade detection in a dangerous ruin filled with powerful demonic beasts.
• She discovers that the ruin is no longer habitable due to the increasing number and power of demonic beasts, including Demon Kings.
• She witnesses a fierce battle between demonic beasts and ancient magic arrays protecting a precious treasure.
• She decides to leave the ruin but bows to the twenty-four golden pillars in the main hall as a sign of respect and gratitude.
• The golden pillars suddenly shatter, causing the main hall to collapse, and Bai Yujun flees with two gold nuggets she finds nearby.
• She returns to Snake Valley, discarding her lobster disguise and enhancing her water concealment skills.
• She senses one of her snake scales and changes direction to investigate, suspecting that Yang Ning, who she gave the scale to, might be in trouble.

Character Developments

• Bai Yujun demonstrates her adaptability and caution by disguising herself and carefully navigating the dangerous ruin.
• She shows respect and gratitude towards the golden pillars, indicating her appreciation for the knowledge she gained from them.
• She displays her resourcefulness by taking the gold nuggets and understanding that the true treasure was the improvement of her self, not external objects.
• She shows concern for Yang Ning's well-being, deciding to investigate the source of her snake scale's aura.

Significant Themes

• Disguise and concealment as a means of survival in a dangerous environment.
• The importance of self-improvement over external treasures.
• Respect and gratitude towards one's benefactors.

Character Interactions

• Bai Yujun interacts with various demonic beasts in the ruin, including a Golden Roc Demon King and his son, but her disguise prevents direct confrontations.
• She briefly considers helping Yang Ning, showing a sense of responsibility towards those she has aided in the past.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Yujun infiltrates the Hawk-Eagle Roc valley at night, taking advantage of the birds' nyctalopia (night blindness).
• She gathers Golden Thread Grass and explores the lower eagle nests.
• She discovers a cave guarded by Demonic Beasts, with the scent of humans inside, including Yang Ning.
• Bai Yujun uses her Wind Control Talent and speed to bypass the guards and enter the cave.
• Inside, she finds a group of humans, both ordinary citizens and cultivators, imprisoned in crude dungeons.

Character Developments

• Bai Yujun demonstrates her stealth, speed, and strategic thinking in infiltrating the valley and the cave.
• The Demonic Beasts show organization and discipline in their patrols and guarding duties.

Significant Themes

• The importance of understanding and exploiting an enemy's weakness (Hawk-Eagle Rocs' nyctalopia).
• The contrast between the disciplined Demonic Beasts and the disorganized humans.

Character Interactions

• Bai Yujun's determination to rescue Yang Ning drives her actions.
• The Demonic Beasts and the imprisoned humans interact minimally, with the Demonic Beasts showing no mercy in their guarding duties.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Yujun, disguised as a demon, infiltrates the dungeon to rescue Yang Ning.
• She finds Yang Ning and other cultivators imprisoned, along with ordinary humans.
• Bai Yujun rescues only Yang Ning, leaving the others behind due to the high risk involved.
• They escape while being pursued by demonic beasts, learning that humans are being captured for a demonic banquet.
• Other imprisoned humans are not rescued and are later eaten by demons.

Character Developments

• Bai Yujun: Shows her practical and self-preserving nature, prioritizing Yang Ning's rescue over others due to the high risk involved. She demonstrates her agility and stealth in evading and outrunning demonic beasts.
• Yang Ning: Struggles with his weakness and inability to save others, feeling guilty for not being able to protect the common folk. He tries to recover his strength to aid in their escape.

Significant Themes

• Self-preservation vs. Altruism: Bai Yujun prioritizes her own safety and Yang Ning's, leaving others behind, while Yang Ning feels guilty for not being able to save everyone.
• Power Dynamics: The demonic beasts' hierarchy and power are emphasized, with the Demon King's territory being too dangerous for Bai Yujun to rescue everyone.
• The Harsh Reality of the Southern Wilderness: The brutal nature of the Hundred Thousand Mountains is shown through the demonic beasts' treatment of humans and their use as food.

Character Interactions

• Bai Yujun and Yang Ning: Bai Yujun rescues Yang Ning, but their interaction is tense due to her decision not to save the other prisoners. Yang Ning feels guilty for not being able to help them.
• Bai Yujun and the Demonic Beasts: She evades and outruns the pursuing demonic beasts, demonstrating her agility and stealth.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Yujun, a cultivator in snake form, is pursued by three Nascent Soul Stage Demonic Beasts.
• She uses Yang Ning, a human companion, as a decoy to escape into a lake.
• She transforms into her true form, a thirty-meter-long white snake, and attacks one of the pursuing Demonic Beasts underwater.

Character Developments

• Bai Yujun demonstrates her cunning and resourcefulness by using Yang Ning as a decoy and employing her Water Control Talent to hide her tracks underwater.
• Yang Ning shows loyalty to Bai Yujun, following her instructions even when injured and in danger.

Significant Themes

• Survival and adaptability: Bai Yujun uses her environment and unique abilities to outmaneuver her pursuers.
• Loyalty and sacrifice: Yang Ning prioritizes Bai Yujun's survival over his own, highlighting the bond between them.

Character Interactions

• Bai Yujun and Yang Ning: Their dynamic shifts from a potential romantic interest to a more familial, protective relationship, with Bai Yujun acting as a guardian and Yang Ning showing unwavering loyalty.
• Bai Yujun and the Demonic Beasts: The pursuers are portrayed as relentless and single-minded in their pursuit, contrasting with Bai Yujun's adaptability and resourcefulness.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Yujun, a white snake cultivator, battles and kills a Bat Demon underwater.
• She faces off against the remaining Bat Demon and a Leopard Demon in the sky.
• Bai Yujun uses her water control talent and Spiritual Energy Swords to fend off the Bat Demon's sonic attacks.
• She attempts to escape into a thick fog but is targeted by a Nascent Soul Stage demonic beast, a Green Crow.
• The Green Crow attacks Bai Yujun, who narrowly avoids a fatal strike by twisting her body and using defensive techniques.

Character Developments

• Bai Yujun demonstrates her combat abilities, adaptability, and determination to survive.
• The Green Crow showcases its speed, precision, and formidable combat skills.

Significant Themes

• The power of adaptability and quick thinking in combat.
• The vast difference in cultivation levels and the resulting power gap.
• The importance of defense and evasion in the face of overwhelming odds.

Character Interactions

• Bai Yujun faces off against the Leopard Demon and Bat Demon, ultimately killing one and driving the other away.
• She encounters the Green Crow, which nearly kills her, highlighting the danger of facing much stronger opponents.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Yujun, a white snake, is pursued by the Green Crow, a Nascent Soul Stage demonic beast, after killing its young birds.
• Bai Yujun is severely injured and struggles to escape into a lake.
• The Green Crow is intercepted by the Rain Swallow and Jiuli people, allowing Bai Yujun to escape into the water.
• Bai Yujun uses her innate stealth ability to evade pursuers while healing her wounds in a stream.
• She encounters a male cultivator from the Central Plains and kills him, taking his healing pills.

Character Developments

• Bai Yujun demonstrates her cunning, resilience, and resourcefulness in evading the Green Crow and healing her wounds.
• The Green Crow shows its dominance and aggression but is ultimately thwarted by the Rain Swallow and Jiuli people.
• The Rain Swallow displays her power and influence, acting as a protector for Bai Yujun.
• The Jiuli people reveal their alliance with the Green Wood Demon King and their interest in Bai Yujun.

Significant Themes

• Survival and resilience in the face of adversity.
• The power dynamics between different demonic beasts and cultivators.
• Alliances and rivalries among various factions in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

Character Interactions

• Bai Yujun vs. the Green Crow: A deadly pursuit and confrontation.
• The Rain Swallow vs. the Green Crow: A standoff that leads to the Green Crow's retreat.
• The Jiuli people vs. the Green Crow: A tense exchange that reveals their alliance with the Green Wood Demon King.
• Bai Yujun vs. the male cultivator: A brief encounter that results in the cultivator's death and Bai Yujun obtaining healing pills.

Key Plot Points and Events

• More than ten days pass since Yang Ning's departure.
• Guo Zhen struggles alone, contemplating suicide if Yang Ning doesn't return.
• Yang Ning returns with Golden Thread Grass, saving Guo Zhen.
• Bai Yujun returns after hiding for days, exhausted but safe.
• A fight between cultivators and Monkey Demons occurs near Snake Valley.

Character Developments

• Guo Zhen's health improves after Yang Ning's return and treatment.
• Bai Yujun's survival skills and resilience are shown during her escape and hiding.
• Yang Ning demonstrates concern for Bai Yujun's safety and responsibility towards Snake Valley.

Significant Themes

• The hardships of living in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
• The importance of unity and family, as shown by the Monkey Demons.
• The dangers and opportunities presented by the Hundred Thousand Mountains to cultivators.

Character Interactions

• Yang Ning and Guo Zhen reunite, expressing their love and relief.
• Bai Yujun, Yang Ning, and Guo Zhen interact briefly, showing a sense of family and mutual concern.
• The cultivators from the Central Plains and the Monkey Demons engage in a fierce battle, highlighting the conflict between different factions in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter opens with Bai Yujun encountering a group of Monkey Demons and four cultivators. One of the cultivators has killed a little monkey, enraging the Monkey Demons.
• Yang Ning, filled with rage against demonic beasts due to past experiences, attacks the Monkey Demons. Bai Yujun intervenes, revealing her true demon form to Yang Ning.
• The four cultivators leave after handing over the little monkey's corpse, and Yang Ning and his wife, Guo Zhen, prepare to leave Snake Valley.
• Bai Yujun returns to her daily routine of caring for snake eggs and inspecting her material storage in the deep pool. She discovers an inexplicable increase in her stored materials and senses someone nearby.

Character Developments

• Bai Yujun: She remains calm and collected in the face of potential danger, revealing her true form to Yang Ning without hesitation. She continues her peaceful life in Snake Valley, focusing on her duties and routines.
• Yang Ning: Yang Ning's worldview is shattered upon learning that Bai Yujun, his benefactor, is a demon. He struggles to accept this revelation and leaves Snake Valley with his wife, unable to face Bai Yujun for the moment.
• Guo Zhen: Guo Zhen appears more open-minded than her husband, offering an apologetic smile to Bai Yujun before leaving Snake Valley with Yang Ning.

Significant Themes

• Acceptance of the Other: The chapter explores Yang Ning's struggle to accept Bai Yujun as a demon, challenging his deeply held beliefs about demons being evil.
• Peace and Routine: Bai Yujun's life in Snake Valley is characterized by peace and routine, emphasizing her contentment with her small nest and duties.
• Trust and Betrayal: The sudden increase in Bai Yujun's stored materials and the presence of an unknown person at the deep pool raise questions about trust and potential betrayal.

Character Interactions

• Bai Yujun and Yang Ning: Their interaction is tense and awkward after Yang Ning learns Bai Yujun's true nature. Yang Ning struggles to accept her as a demon, while Bai Yujun remains understanding and accepting of his feelings.
• Bai Yujun and the Saintess of Cloud Remote Ancient Village: Although they do not interact directly in this chapter, the Saintess's presence at the deep pool sets the stage for a potential interaction between her and Bai Yujun.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Cloud Remote Ancient Village has been searching for the White Snake to serve as their sacred beast totem, believing it will protect their village during a great calamity.
• After months of failed attempts, the Saintess of the village, Mu Duo, guards the deep pool where the White Snake is believed to reside.
• The White Snake, Bai Yujun, appears and engages in a conversation with Mu Duo.
• Mu Duo offers Bai Yujun various benefits, including increased cultivation and protection, if she agrees to become the sacred beast totem.
• Mu Duo offers her personal service to Bai Yujun, but Bai Yujun is hesitant and confused by Mu Duo's actions.
• Bai Yujun transforms into her human form, revealing her identity as the mysterious girl who sold groceries.

Character Developments

• Mu Duo: Initially portrayed as a determined and serious Saintess, Mu Duo shows vulnerability and desperation when she offers her personal service to Bai Yujun, revealing the pressure she faces to protect her village.
• Bai Yujun: Bai Yujun is initially cautious and wary of Mu Duo, but as they converse, she becomes more open and playful, revealing her human form and expressing her concerns about the benefits of becoming the sacred beast totem.

Significant Themes

• Cultivation and Power: The theme of cultivation and power is prevalent, with both characters seeking to increase their strength and influence.
• Sacrifice and Responsibility: Mu Duo's willingness to sacrifice herself for her village highlights the theme of responsibility and the lengths one might go to protect their community.
• Identity and Transformation: Bai Yujun's transformation from a giant white snake to a human form raises questions about identity and the duality of her existence.

Character Interactions

• Mu Duo and Bai Yujun: The interaction between Mu Duo and Bai Yujun is tense at first, with both characters trying to understand each other's intentions. However, as they converse, they begin to understand and appreciate each other's perspectives, leading to a more open and playful exchange.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Yujun, a White Snake cultivator, demands gold and gemstones in exchange for becoming the totem sacred beast of Cloud Remote Ancient Village.
• After negotiations, an agreement is reached: Bai Yujun will be the totem, and the village will provide gemstones, gold, and offerings.
• Bai Yujun arrives at the ancient village and is accommodated in a waterside pavilion.
• A grand ceremony is planned to establish Bai Yujun as the sacred beast totem.
• Bai Yujun receives a large, rare blue diamond as a gift from the villagers.
• She starts exploring the village and interacts with the locals, including an old woman and a traveling merchant from the Central Plains.

Character Developments

• Bai Yujun: Shows her eccentric and materialistic nature, demanding payment for her services. She also displays her divine skills and appreciation for shiny objects. She begins to integrate into the village life, showing curiosity and interest in the locals.
• Mu Duo (Saintess): Not present much in this chapter, but she is shown to be uncertain about Bai Yujun's demands and qualifications.

Significant Themes

• Materialism vs Spirituality: Bai Yujun's demand for gold and gemstones contrasts with the spiritual significance of a totem in the ancient village.
• Integration and Adaptation: Bai Yujun starts to adapt to her new environment and interact with the villagers, showing her ability to integrate into different cultures.

Character Interactions

• Bai Yujun and Mu Duo: Their interaction is minimal in this chapter, but their dynamic is established as one of negotiation and uncertainty.
• Bai Yujun and the Villagers: She interacts with the old woman and the traveling merchant, showing her friendly and curious nature towards the locals.
• Bai Yujun and the Old Shaman: Though not present, the old shaman's fear of angering Bai Yujun is mentioned, highlighting his respect or fear for her power.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Mu Duo receives a painting of a 'Lazy Goat' from Bai Yujun, which she commits to memory.
• Bai Yujun explores the Saintess Pavilion, and Mu Duo gives her a night-shining pearl.
• Cloud Remote Ancient Village is thrown into chaos by Bai Yujun's presence.
• The ceremony for the sacred beast's return is held, attracting thousands from nearby villages and tribes.
• The White Snake, Bai Yujun, emerges from the mist during the ceremony.

Character Developments

• Mu Duo remains aloof and uninterested in most things, except for the safety of her village.
• Bai Yujun is revealed to be a White Snake, the sacred beast, and she appears during the ceremony.

Significant Themes

• The importance of the sacred beast to the Jiuli White Tribe.
• The power dynamics between different tribes and villages.
• The tension between the Jiuli White Tribe and the Jiuli Black Tribe.

Character Interactions

• Mu Duo and Bai Yujun interact briefly, with Mu Duo giving Bai Yujun a night-shining pearl.
• The villagers of Cloud Remote Ancient Village interact with Bai Yujun, finding her presence chaotic and disruptive.
• The chieftain, old shaman, and Mu Duo lead the ceremony, with Mu Duo inviting the sacred beast to appear.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The White Snake, Bai Yujun, arrives for the totem ceremony, carrying a large diamond in its mouth.
• Bai Yujun climbs a giant tree, coils around it, and eats the offerings of three high-level demonic beasts.
• After consuming the offerings, Bai Yujun establishes a totem relationship with the Jiuli tribe and begins guiding the Earth Vein Dragon Qi beneath the village.
• The ceremony concludes with dancing, feasting, and celebration. Bai Yujun returns to Snake Valley.

Character Developments

• Bai Yujun: She demonstrates her power and importance to the Jiuli tribe by consuming the offerings and guiding the Earth Vein Dragon Qi. She also shows her independence and freedom by leaving Cloud Remote Ancient Village without notice.
• Mu Duo: She successfully completes the totem ceremony, relieving her worries. She understands Bai Yujun's nature and doesn't expect her to follow the usual totem behaviors.

Significant Themes

• The totem ceremony emphasizes the connection between the Jiuli tribe and the natural world, as well as the power dynamics between humans and supernatural beings.
• The theme of freedom and independence is highlighted through Bai Yujun's actions, contrasting with the structured life of the Jiuli tribe.

Character Interactions

• Bai Yujun and Mu Duo: Their interaction is minimal in this chapter, but Mu Duo's understanding of Bai Yujun's nature is evident in her acceptance of the White Snake's behavior.
• Bai Yujun and the Jiuli tribe: The tribe members are in awe of Bai Yujun's power and accept her as their totem, but they also recognize her unique nature and independence.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Yujun, disturbed from her nap, investigates a noise and finds a battle between human cultivators and demonic beasts.
• She notices strange blood-red malevolent energy above both sides, connected to the three malevolent stars (Sha Po Lang) in the sky.
• Fearing entanglement in a great disaster, she quickly returns to Snake Valley, fortifies its defenses, and hides in the Underground Dark River Cave for a year.
• Upon waking, she senses something amiss at the eastern forest edge and finds it completely devastated by fire, with no signs of life.

Character Developments

• Bai Yujun's curiosity and bravery lead her to investigate the noise, but her fear of the malevolent stars drives her to hide.
• Her concern for her home and the environment is shown when she reinforces Snake Valley's defenses and becomes enraged at the destruction of the forest.

Significant Themes

• The destructive power of the Sha Po Lang malevolent stars and the fear they inspire.
• The importance of nature and the environment to Bai Yujun, reflecting her connection to her snake form and the natural world.
• The consequences of human (or demonic) actions on the environment and the suffering caused to innocent creatures.

Character Interactions

• Bai Yujun's interaction with the battle between humans and demons is minimal, but her reaction to the destruction of the forest shows her empathy for the suffering of other creatures.
• Her actions to protect Snake Valley and her anger at the destruction of the forest demonstrate her protective instincts towards her home and the natural world.