Chapter Summaries

Bai Yujun used the chaos of the ice plains battle to ambush the Western Teachings, killing one of their Nascent Soul disciples before tricking Huang Zhao into a failed attack. The chapter ended with Huang Zhao wounded and losing a mass of Iron Feathers as Bai Yujun mocked him.

• The ice-and-snow demons overwhelmed the groups, forcing Purple Void to retreat while the Western Teachings and the old man's group struggled under the full pressure.
• Bai Yujun slipped through the demon horde and approached the Western Teachings, using snow ants to freeze the feet of a Nascent Soul disciple.
• Bai Yujun seized the disciple by the neck, stabbed the connection between his spine and skull, and dragged him into the horde before tearing him apart.
• Huang Zhao spotted Bai Yujun and dove at her, but his eagle claws caught only a fake image.
• Bai Yujun struck Huang Zhao as he tried to flee, scattering a mass of his Iron Feathers and taunting him.

Bai Yujun harassed the Western Teachings while Chunyang’s sword formation pushed through the beast horde toward the dragon bones. When the formation forced the rival factions into the zombie line, Bai Yujun rode an Ice Giant Ape and then a snow bird toward the breach, disguising herself as an ice-and-snow creature as the sword formation opened a path.

• Bai Yujun evaded a charging Ice Snow Rhinoceros, then harassed the Western Teachings with Ice Cones, ice blocks, and Icefield Ants.
• Bai Yujun signaled the two Grand Elders, and the Chunyang Sword Formation charged deeper into the beast horde with the Western Teachings and the cane-bearing old man's group following behind.
• The sword formation turned back and drove toward the two factions, forcing them to fight the zombies while the formation pursued the Western Teachings.
• The female Grand Elder told Bai Yujun that the sword formation would hold the factions back and open a passage for her, and Bai Yujun agreed to withdraw once she got through.
• Bai Yujun rode an Ice Giant Ape, leaped onto a snow bird, and disguised herself as an ice-and-snow creature while the sword formation cut through the zombies.

Bai Yujun took revenge on the Western Teachings by killing their cultivators amid the battle with the zombie horde. She then used her dragon breath to clear a path toward the dragon bones, with Huang Zhao and the Silver-haired Man following close behind.

• Bai Yujun sneaked through the battlefield and killed a Nascent Soul Realm disciple of the Western Teachings with a sudden sword strike.
• Bai Yujun targeted an injured Western Teachings expert, dragged him into the horde, and beat him to death despite the efforts of his companions to save him.
• Bai Yujun hurled the corpse toward the Western Teachings, intensifying the zombies' frenzy, then returned to the Purple Void Sword Cultivators' formation.
• Bai Yujun told the cultivators she would handle the remaining distance and unleashed dragon breath, burning through the zombie horde and opening a path.
• Bai Yujun sprinted through the passage toward the dragon bones as Huang Zhao and the Silver-haired Man followed her.

Bai Yujun and Huang Zhao emerged onto a frozen lake where a strange force suppressed flight and forced demons into their true forms. Bai Yujun gained the upper hand and engulfed Huang Zhao in fire, but a hidden treasure saved him from the fatal attack.

• Bai Yujun and Huang Zhao crossed the zombie horde and emerged on a silent frozen lake, while the Silver-haired Man followed them.
• Bai Yujun transformed into a white flood dragon and Huang Zhao into a Golden-Winged Great Peng, discovering that the lake’s force restricted their flight and transformation.
• Bai Yujun and Huang Zhao fought across the ice as the Silver-haired Man struggled to flee their battle.
• Bai Yujun seized Huang Zhao by the neck, slammed him into the ice, and hurled him away.
• Bai Yujun breathed a Pillar of Fire over Huang Zhao, but a treasure on him blocked the fatal attack.

Bai Yujun fought Huang Zhao across the ice until their battle broke through the lake’s surface, where strange water prevented spells and gave her the advantage. The Silver-haired Man helped Huang Zhao escape, leaving Bai Yujun on the ice with only the Golden-Winged Great Peng’s severed wing as a trophy.

• Bai Yujun used True Sight and ice attacks to press her fight against Huang Zhao, while the Silver-haired Man debated whether to stay or flee.
• Cracks spread through the ice, and Bai Yujun, Huang Zhao, and the Silver-haired Man fell into the lake as the surface collapsed.
• Bai Yujun pursued Huang Zhao underwater, where spells failed, and bit off one of his wings.
• The Silver-haired Man released bubbles that carried him and the wounded Huang Zhao toward the surface, then used medicinal liquid to evade Bai Yujun.
• Huang Zhao and the Silver-haired Man escaped across the ice, while Bai Yujun surfaced too late to catch them.

Bai Yujun entered the frozen lake and was drawn into a mysterious space filled with the memories of a dead divine dragon. She found the dragon’s enormous remains and discovered that a powerful sword had severed its skull and spine, leaving her to wonder who was hunting dragons.

• After escaping the ice lake, Bai Yujun noticed her scales emerging and jumped back into the water before the surface froze shut.
• Bai Yujun swam through a mysterious realm where ink paintings revealed scenes from a divine dragon’s life, and she practiced observing their artistic style.
• Bai Yujun fell onto an unseen solid ground and found the enormous skeleton of a dead divine dragon.
• Bai Yujun lit a red candle and cautiously searched the dragon’s remains, hoping to find something useful.
• Bai Yujun saw the smooth cut across the dragon’s skull and spine and sensed the fierce sword intent left in the wound.

Bai Yujun absorbed the remaining dragon qi from ancient scales and discovered a radiant fruit among the dragon bones. After cautiously snatching and eating it, she fell asleep in her true form, while the groups outside remained unable to reach the bones.

• Bai Yujun found no treasure among the bones, so she used her true form to slowly absorb the dragon qi from golden dragon scales.
• More than a month passed, and the ice-and-snow creatures defeated the zombies and blocked the three groups from entering the dragon-bone site.
• The Purple Void Sword Cultivators built an ice courtyard while the other groups waited in snow caves, and more Western Teachings members headed toward Shenhua Mountain.
• After absorbing all the dragon qi, Bai Yujun spotted a radiant red fruit growing beside the dragon bones.
• Bai Yujun used Instant Burst Acceleration Talent to snatch the fruit and swallow it, then changed into her true form and fell asleep.

Huang Zhao and the Silver-haired Man searched the icy lake for dragon bones but found only a terrifying mass of corpses and hid from the monsters pursuing them. Meanwhile, Bai Yujun’s cultivation rose to Nascent Soul Perfection before stalling, and she discovered a powerful spear hidden inside the dragon skeleton’s mouth.

• Huang Zhao and the Silver-haired Man broke through the ice and dived to the lakebed, where a glowing object revealed countless corpses instead of dragon bones.
• Huang Zhao and the Silver-haired Man fled to the surface, were chased by ice-and-snow monsters, and eventually hid in the lake while waiting for rescue.
• Bai Yujun’s cultivation advanced to Nascent Soul Perfection, but she paused because her foundation had become unstable.
• Bai Yujun searched the dragon skeleton, studied the sword intent on its severed neck, and noticed a glint inside its mouth.
• Bai Yujun crawled into the skeleton’s mouth and pulled out an ornate spear shaped like a black divine dragon.

Bai Yujun claimed a divine dragon’s spear and discovered it could change shape to suit her wishes. As she prepared to leave, an ink-wash dragon appeared and showed her unexpected gentleness, leaving her to wonder whether it was alive.

• Bai Yujun named the divine weapon the Dragon Spear, practiced with it, and quickly refined it because her bloodline suited it.
• Bai Yujun found that the Dragon Spear could transform into whatever form she requested and settled on wearing it as an anklet.
• Bai Yujun called out before leaving the ink-wash space, but an enormous ink-wash dragon suddenly appeared.
• Bai Yujun prepared to fight the dragon, but it gently stroked her hair instead of attacking.
• Bai Yujun asked the dragon who it was and whether it was still alive, then reverted to her true form and looked up at it.

Bai Yujun learned how to move and roar like a true dragon from an ancient dragon soul in the Ink Wash Painting space. The dragon soul spent its final strength blessing her with Dragon’s Covenant before dispersing, leaving Bai Yujun to mourn and roar its farewell.

• The ink-wash dragon soul demonstrated graceful dragon movements, corrected Bai Yujun, and taught her to fly with greater dignity.
• The dragon soul chanted in Ancient Dragon Language, using Dragon’s Covenant to bless Bai Yujun and transform her fortune at the cost of its remaining life.
• Bai Yujun wept and begged the dragon soul not to die, then raised her head and showed it she had learned its teachings.
• The dragon soul taught Bai Yujun to roar before it dispersed into ash and vanished from the Ink Wash Painting space.
• Bai Yujun continued roaring as a lonely farewell while the dragon’s skeleton remained to suppress the Sea of Corpses beneath the ice plains.

Bai Yujun escaped the ice plains and learned that the Western Teachings were besieging Shenhua Mountain, so she and the Chunyang Palace cultivators set off for Mount Hua. In the Southern Wilderness, seven hawk and falcon demon commanders and the Wind Thunder Cliff Demon King prepared to pursue the Golden-Winged Great Peng, joined by the Green Wood Demon King.

• Bai Yujun burst through the ice lake as a flood dragon, escaped the monster horde, and reunited with her fellow disciples.
• Bai Yujun learned that the dragon bones had to remain beneath the ice plains to suppress the Sea of Corpses, then heard that the Western Teachings were attacking Shenhua Mountain.
• Bai Yujun and twenty-one Chunyang Palace cultivators left the ice plains and raced toward Mount Hua.
• Seven hawk and falcon demon commanders resolved to confront the Golden-Winged Great Peng for betraying their clan and enslaving its young.
• The Wind Thunder Cliff Demon King agreed to join the commanders, and the Green Wood Demon King arrived.

Iron Ball left Serpent Valley to avenge Shenhua Mountain, while the Jiuli tribes raided Western Teachings temples and Iron Ball plundered ancient mausoleums. Bai Yujun and the Purple Void Sword Cultivators hurried toward Shenhua Mountain, stopping to rest as another rider raced across the land.

• Iron Ball told Lu Gui he was leaving to kill the thieves besieging Shenhua Mountain, then set off planning to dig up graves and loot mountain gates.
• Mu Duo led Cloud Remote Ancient Village's experts south to plunder Western Teachings temples, while the Black Tribe joined the raids and the Jiuli seized vast wealth.
• Iron Ball dug up the Western Teachings' mausoleums and uncovered enough underground treasure to become immensely wealthy.
• Bai Yujun and the Purple Void Sword Cultivators flew toward Shenhua Mountain, then stopped in a desolate mountain range to rest.
• Bai Yujun cooked a meal, washed her hair in a stream, and went to sleep while a bearded wandering disciple galloped nearby on a black horse.

Bai Yujun’s party traveled to Shenhua Mountain, where she killed cultivators who tried to block their way and saw the unrest spreading through the Central Plains. She arrived at Mount Hua, strolled through the lively town below it, and left with incense and candles as war approached.

• Bai Yujun killed two Nascent Soul Cultivators and their Golden Core followers after they intercepted her party and claimed to oppose Chunyang’s tyranny.
• Bai Yujun’s party reached Mount Hua, where returning disciples and Chunyang supporters gathered to guard the mountain.
• Bai Yujun changed into her elder’s Daoist robe and visited the town below Mount Hua while disciples greeted her.
• Bai Yujun bought incense and candles from the local shopkeeper and asked why he stayed despite the coming war.
• The shopkeeper said Mount Hua felt safer than anywhere else, and Bai Yujun assured him that the world would soon settle down before climbing the mountain.

Bai Yujun returned to Mount Hua and reunited with Yu Rong, Xu Ling, and Yang Mu, telling them about the dangers beneath the Northern Border ice plains and preparing to face the coming sect conflict. Afterward, she joined her fellow disciples in a carefree musical gathering that brought Mount Hua to life, while Chu Zhe watched from afar.

• Bai Yujun returned to Qingxu Palace, reunited with Xu Ling and Yang Mu, and paid respects in the divine hall.
• Bai Yujun told Yu Rong that countless corpses lay beneath the Northern Border ice and that the dragon soul had perished, prompting concern over the dragon bones and the Sea of Corpses.
• Yu Rong told Bai Yujun to act freely in the coming sect conflict, and Bai Yujun said she would test a plan over several days.
• Bai Yujun cooked a meal for Yu Rong, Xu Ling, and Yang Mu, who recognized the fish as carp raised by Lingxu disciples.
• Bai Yujun and her fellow disciples visited several peaks, played music, and drew a lively crowd of Chunyang Disciples.
• Chu Zhe watched the gathering from beneath a snow pine and smiled at Mount Hua's renewed liveliness.

Bai Yujun met Chu Zhe beneath the ancient peach tree to end the ill-fated bond between them, telling him she had no thoughts of taking a Dao companion. Chu Zhe accepted her words and began preparing to overcome his love tribulation, while Bai Yujun left Zuowang Peak.

• After Yu Rong asked Bai Yujun to resolve her entanglement with Chu Zhe, Bai Yujun went to Zuowang Peak with rice cakes.
• Bai Yujun waited beneath the ancient peach tree as Chu Zhe arrived and joined her to watch the sunrise.
• Bai Yujun thanked Chu Zhe for the storage pouch he had given her and offered to help him in return.
• Bai Yujun told Chu Zhe she aspired to become an immortal and had no thoughts of a Dao companion, urging him not to let her delay his cultivation.
• Bai Yujun left, and Chu Zhe remained beneath the peach tree before adjusting his breath to resolve his love tribulation.

Bai Yujun used Shenhua Mountain’s dragon vein to weaken the Western Teachings’ fortune as their army advanced on Chunyang Palace. After recovering from the strain, she prepared the mountain’s defenses and trained with the Dragon Spear for the coming battle.

• Bai Yujun found Xu Ling copying texts as punishment for questioning their master about Bai Yujun’s marriage and the master’s own unmarried state.
• Bai Yujun meditated at the divine hall on Shenhua Mountain’s dragon vein node and used its power to disrupt the Western Teachings’ fortune across the land.
• The Western Teachings’ planner realized their fortune was weakening and blamed Bai Yujun, while the army accelerated its march toward Shenhua Mountain.
• Bai Yujun spent several days damaging the Western Teachings’ foundations, then returned to Qingxu Palace and slept for three days and nights.
• Bai Yujun gathered rain clouds around Shenhua Mountain, studied spear manuals, and developed the Thunder Spear technique with the Dragon Spear.

Bai Yujun helped Rain Swallow, a demon envoy, enter Chunyang Palace to seek an alliance against the Western Teachings and the Golden-Winged Great Peng. Yu Rong received Rain Swallow, and Bai Yujun was left to entertain her after her master departed.

• Iron Ball broke open an ancestral tomb, cursed its owner for burying human sacrifices, and spotted demonic beasts flying toward Shenhua Mountain.
• Rain Swallow arrived near Shenhua Mountain to contact Chunyang Palace, where she encountered Bai Yujun struggling with malt candy stuck to her fangs.
• Rain Swallow told Bai Yujun that the Green Wood Demon King, the Wind Thunder Cliff Demon King, and over a dozen demon commanders had come to kill the Golden-Winged Great Peng and wanted to ally with Chunyang Palace.
• Bai Yujun contacted Yu Rong and escorted Rain Swallow through Chunyang Palace, giving her scriptures as a keepsake.
• Yu Rong met with Rain Swallow about the alliance, then asked Bai Yujun to entertain the guest while she handled other business.

As Western Teachings and Chunyang prepared for war around Mount Hua, Bai Yujun guarded the mountain gate, healed an injured disciple, and outwitted a trap meant to lure her away. She returned with four Golden Core Stage heads, gave the resulting pills to Chunyang disciples, and resumed secretly manipulating the earth veins as the Western Teachings reconsidered their plans.

• Bai Yujun treated an injured Chunyang disciple and warned the others to put their lives before winning matches.
• Bai Yujun created a duplicate to guard the mountain gate and secretly slipped away, while the Western Teachings prepared a trap for her.
• Bai Yujun killed four Golden Core Stage Western Teachings disciples sent as bait, then returned to Shenhua Mountain without being caught.
• Bai Yujun exchanged the four heads for three bottles of fine pills and gave the pills to female Golden Core Stage disciples.
• Bai Yujun resumed meditating and secretly stirring the earth veins as the Western Teachings recognized that their attempts to lure her out were dangerous.

As Chunyang Palace and the Western Teachings prepared to battle at Shenhua Mountain, Bai Yujun disrupted the opposing sect’s grand display and transformed into a White Dragon to carry Yu Rong. She left the two sides facing off, with the Western Teachings’ monk and Golden-Winged Great Peng confronting the dragon and her master.

• Bai Yujun used energy clones to arrange her hair, then sensed that the long-brewing conflict between the two sects would erupt that day.
• More than ten thousand cultivators gathered before Shenhua Mountain as the Taiji Star Array covered the mountain and Chunyang Palace stood in a shaft of sunlight.
• Bai Yujun turned the Western Teachings’ golden clouds black, embarrassing the monks as Yu Rong and Chunyang’s elders watched.
• An old monk rode a Golden-Winged Great Peng between the two sides and asked Yu Rong to speak before the battle.
• Bai Yujun transformed into a White Dragon, roared at the Western Teachings, and let Yu Rong stand on her head as she faced the monk and his mount.

Yu Rong exposed doubts about the Western Teachings' Wisdom King as Chunyang and the Western Teachings prepared to begin their great battle. Before the fighting started, demons from the Southern Wilderness arrived to seek revenge on the Golden-Winged Great Peng.

• Yu Rong told the old monk claiming to be the Wisdom King that he was not the true Wisdom King and had already lost by hiding from danger.
• Bai Yujun returned to the Chunyang formation, transformed her anklet into a dragon spear, and prepared for battle with Yang Mu and Xu Ling.
• Great Ascension Stage cultivators from both sides rose into the sky, while Yu Rong ordered Xu Ling to guard the rear and warned Yang Mu and Bai Yujun to be careful.
• Bai Yujun took her defensive pearl and moved into the middle of Chunyang's ranks as rain began to fall.
• Rolling demonic clouds arrived from the Southern Wilderness, and their followers called the Golden-Winged Great Peng a traitor and threatened to kill him.