Chapter Summaries

Iron Ball and Lu Gui abandoned their post and headed back to discuss countermeasures, but a clash broke out at the territory’s edge. They returned just as the snake demons finished defeating the attacking Demonic Monsters and cutting off their heads.

• Iron Ball and Lu Gui decided there was no point guarding their post and set out to return with five hundred demon soldiers.
• Ten snake demon archers encountered nearly a hundred Demonic Beasts at the territory’s edge, and the patrol captain fired signal arrows for reinforcements.
• The Demonic Beasts charged the snake demons’ shield wall, but coordinated arrow volleys and spear thrusts cut down their front ranks.
• The snake demon soldiers counterattacked with spears and Hengdaos, then pursued and killed the fleeing Demonic Beasts.
• Iron Ball and Lu Gui arrived as the snake demons chopped off the defeated monsters’ heads.

Ironball used a scale Bai Yujun had left him to summon her Scale Clone, which helped guard Snake Valley and rallied the snake demons. Elsewhere, Yuan, a young scholar in Bamboo Forest Village, watched dragons battle across the central plains but chose to remain in seclusion with his family.

• Ironball and Lu Gui inspected the fallen Demonic Beasts and worried that stronger enemies might attack before reinforcements arrived.
• Ironball summoned Bai Yujun's Scale Clone with the Dragon King's scale, and the snake demons mistook it for their Great King and knelt.
• Ironball explained that the figure was a clone and ordered the soldiers to patrol or rest while they awaited further orders.
• The Scale Clone guarded the border and periodically hunted Demonic Beasts in the forest, giving the snake demons hope.
• Yuan saw a powerful dragon aura protect a little dragon as it killed and devoured a false dragon across the central plains.
• Yuan wondered whether his ancestors had meant for him to aid a rising Human Emperor, but chose to stay in Bamboo Forest Village with his wife and child.

Bai Yujun watched as a greedy feng shui swindler tried to take revenge on the young future Human Emperor by directing him to bury his father in death ground. After learning what had happened, Bai Yujun recognized that she would have to intervene to protect the grave site she had prepared.

• After the future Human Emperor’s father died, the young General hired a local master to choose a burial place.
• The master recognized the General from an old grievance and accepted ten taels of silver while plotting to send him to death ground.
• The master rejected the auspicious Back Mountain and marked a rocky hollow for the grave, prompting the General’s men to begin digging there.
• The master returned to the Back Mountain, intending to choose it as his own burial site.
• Bai Yujun learned of the swindler’s scheme and resolved that the grave prepared for the future Human Emperor’s father must be protected.

Bai Yujun used Heaven’s fortune to guide a young general’s funeral procession to an auspicious burial site, then returned to regulating fortune. At the territory’s edge, Tieqiu and Lu Gui waited for Qing Ling’s reinforcements and discussed the changes in Bai Yujun’s territory.

• Bai Yujun appeared as a glowing dragon before the young general and told him, “Fork in the road towards the elm, rosy dawn rises in the east.”
• The young general followed Bai Yujun’s directions and led the funeral procession toward the elm tree, where the grave had already been dug by exhausted workers.
• The procession buried the coffin beneath auspicious dawn clouds, and the young general credited the divine dragon’s blessing.
• Bai Yujun returned to her fortune-regulating work and vowed she would not help arrange another funeral.
• Tieqiu and Lu Gui ate grilled fish at the territory’s edge, where Tieqiu wondered what Bai Yujun was doing and Lu Gui remarked that the territory kept growing more wondrous.

Iron Ball and Lu Gui led the snake demons in a fighting retreat as a massive force of Demonic Beasts invaded the White Flood Dragon's territory. After losing a soldier, they withdrew toward Snake Valley and harassed the enemy while waiting for reinforcements, as Rain Swallow raced to join them with an army.

• Lu Gui recalled a fortune-teller's warning, and Iron Ball confirmed that calamity was coming as Demonic Beasts gathered beyond the border.
• Iron Ball ordered the archer patrols to retreat while they set traps, but one snake demon was killed by the pursuing Demonic Beasts.
• Iron Ball and Lu Gui chose to withdraw toward Snake Valley, with the Scale Clone and archers harassing the enemy and using poisoned arrows.
• Iron Ball ambushed Demonic Beasts from underground, while the Scale Clone attacked their strongest fighters as the defenders retreated.
• Iron Ball used his signature spinning attack to tear through a line of pursuing Demonic Beasts and urged the demon soldiers to keep withdrawing.
• Rain Swallow led one hundred Demon Core Stage demon generals and two thousand demon soldiers toward the battle, then flew ahead in her true form.

Tieqiu and Lu Gui defended the Southern Wasteland against invading Demonic Beasts, but their retreat nearly failed after the Scale Clone was destroyed. Bai Yujun awoke months later and drove the beasts from her territory, then sensed Mu Duo was in danger and headed for Cloud Remote Ancient Village.

• Tieqiu and Lu Gui led five hundred Snake Demon Soldiers in a fierce defense against a thousand Demonic Beasts, then ordered a retreat when six Demon Core Stage beasts attacked.
• The Scale Clone charged into the enemy, killed three Demon Core Stage beasts, and was destroyed while protecting the retreating soldiers.
• Tieqiu and Lu Gui tried to hold off the pursuing beasts until Rain Swallow Commander arrived and killed them, and Qing Ling later brought reinforcements to clear the region.
• More than three months later, Bai Yujun awoke, summoned storms, and killed countless Demonic Beasts to reclaim her territory.
• Bai Yujun realized the invasion had interrupted her chance to evolve into a Demon King, then sensed Mu Duo was in danger and flew toward Cloud Remote Ancient Village.

Bai Yujun returned to Cloud Remote Ancient Village and found Mu Duo imprisoned and controlled by a Gu Worm amid the village’s corruption. After freeing Mu Duo, she learned that the old priest and chieftain were also locked up, while the village’s powerful gathered to confront her.

• Bai Yujun used the mountain and river dragon veins to protect herself before descending into the storm over Cloud Remote Ancient Village.
• Bai Yujun found Mu Duo sealed inside the pavilion and discovered a Gu Worm controlling her heart.
• Bai Yujun forced the Gu Worm out of Mu Duo and burned it, causing the person who controlled it to cough up blood.
• Mu Duo told Bai Yujun that village leaders had oppressed the villagers, and that the old priest and chieftain had been imprisoned.
• People gathered in the village square to deal with Bai Yujun, but strange thunderclaps stopped them from acting.

Bai Yujun waited for the villagers to confront the rebels who had seized control of Cloud Remote Ancient Village, then carried the weakened Mu Duo out of the pavilion. She transformed into her enormous flood-dragon form before the gathered villagers, leaving the rebels and onlookers facing her overwhelming presence.

• Bai Yujun told Mu Duo they would leave for the Bai Residence while the Great Priest of the White Tribe dealt with the rebels.
• The villagers came out of their homes and silently watched the experts surrounding the pavilion, making the rebels falter under their judgment.
• Mu Duo was too weak to walk, so Bai Yujun carried her down from the pavilion and faced the village experts without speaking.
• Bai Yujun told Mu Duo to hold on, then transformed into a white flood dragon and rose above the crowd.
• Bai Yujun planted her claws before the pavilion as thunder and lightning illuminated her immense form, forcing the surrounding experts to retreat.

Bai Yujun rescued Mu Duo from Cloud Remote Ancient Village and returned her to the Bai Estate before leading troops to hunt Demonic Beasts across the border. After clearing the gathered beasts, she rested with Rain Swallow and declined to take over the village’s territory for now.

• Bai Yujun carried Mu Duo out of Cloud Remote Ancient Village and flew her back to the Bai Estate, where she gave Mu Duo a bracelet containing her Golden Core Stage avatar.
• Bai Yujun left Mu Duo to recover and led Rain Swallow and her troops across the border to kill Demonic Beasts.
• Bai Yujun and Rain Swallow rested in a tree and ate pastries after the surrounding Demonic Beasts had been cleared.
• Rain Swallow asked whether Bai Yujun would take over Cloud Remote Ancient Village’s territory, and Bai Yujun said she did not need it yet.

Bai Yujun and the Southern Wasteland forces trapped nearly ten thousand Demonic Beasts against the Raging Waves River and drove them into its deadly waters. As she warned the high-ranking Demonic Monsters with dragon language, Bai Yujun suspected that human forces had helped the devils escape the ancient battlefield and create their Cannon Fodder.

• Bai Yujun and Rain Swallow confronted high-ranking Demonic Beasts across the Raging Waves River while the enemy's low-ranking troops remained trapped on the cliffs.
• Bai Yujun ordered the Snake Demons and Green Wood Mountain forces to push the stranded Demonic Beasts off the cliffs, where Water Monsters devoured many of them.
• Bai Yujun used dragon language to warn the high-ranking Demonic Monsters, frightening them and making them retreat.
• The demon beasts advanced against the trapped enemies as those who tried to flee were driven into the river and killed.
• Bai Yujun suspected that human forces had helped the devils escape the ancient battlefield and spread their Cannon Fodder across the lands.

After the Demonic Beasts’ defeat, Bai Yujun withdrew her forces and sought Green Wood Mountain’s help in building a stronger snake-demon army. Three days later, she and Mu Duo flew to Cloud Remote Ancient Village to face the aftermath of the rebellion.

• Bai Yujun thanked Rain Swallow and sent the Snake Demon Soldiers and Green Wood Mountain’s demon beasts back to her territory.
• Bai Yujun asked Rain Swallow to seek permission from the Demon King for Green Wood Mountain to send her newly transformed snake demons and newly awakened spirit creatures to train.
• Bai Yujun noticed Cloud Remote Ancient Village’s flood-dragon banner and resolved to settle its troubles before focusing on her cultivation.
• Three days later, Mu Duo and the White Tribe’s High Priests joined Bai Yujun as she flew toward Cloud Remote Ancient Village to witness its uncertain future.

The High Priest arrived at Cloud Remote Ancient Village, restored its leaders, and ordered the traitors executed, ending the village’s calamity. Bai Yujun returned to Bai Residence and resumed her work, while Qing Ling, Ironball, and the demon soldiers headed to Green Wood Mountain to recruit snake demons for Snake Valley.

• Mu Duo appeared with Bai Yujun and the sacred beast, telling the villagers that everything awaited the High Priest’s judgment.
• The High Priest arrived, released the old clan chief and old priest, and ordered the traitorous fallen ones executed under Jiuli clan rules.
• The High Priest rebuked the village experts, while Mu Duo and the leaders reclaimed authority and Bai Yujun rested on the pavilion roof.
• Bai Yujun returned to Bai Residence, enjoyed several quiet days, and then resumed helping the Human Emperor weaken the Vassal Kings.
• Qing Ling, Ironball, Rain Swallow, Black Horse, and a hundred demon soldiers went to Green Wood Mountain to search for snake demons to bring back to Snake Valley.
• Ironball explained that Bai Yujun withheld the method of cultivating into dragons because the transformation was a deadly path that only a rare, heaven-favored being could survive.

Bai Yujun expanded her snake-demon army and rebuilt her workshop while preparing to evolve. During a storm atop Snake Valley, she endured lightning striking her forehead as dragon horns began to grow, and her cultivation advanced toward Spirit Transformation.

• Bai Yujun recruited newly enlightened snake demons, and Qing Ling and Iron Ball brought back seven or eight hundred for training at the academy.
• The snake-demon force grew to more than two thousand over half a year, while Bai Yujun moved the workshop to a riverside site and expanded its forging and research work.
• After settling affairs in the Central Plains, Bai Yujun secluded herself on a mountain peak with Scale Clones guarding her as she prepared to evolve.
• Bai Yujun's precious pearl flew out during her evolution, and repeated lightning strikes split the bulges on her forehead as dragon horns began to grow.
• Bai Yujun endured the storm and lightning as her jade-white horns branched and her cultivation rose beyond Nascent Soul Perfection toward Spirit Transformation.

Bai Yujun grew dragon horns, entered the Deity Transformation Stage, and announced herself as a Demon King before returning to the Bai Residence. After discovering her horns remained visible in human form, she relaxed in a bath, where Qing Ling sought reassurance that their bond had not changed.

• Bai Yujun grew dragon horns after enduring three days of lightning and reached the Deity Transformation Stage.
• Bai Yujun roared across the Southern Wilderness to announce her rise as a Demon King, then flew back to the Bai Residence.
• Bai Yujun found that her dragon horns became tiny antlers in human form and could not be retracted.
• Bai Yujun soaked in a hot bath and drifted off while eating fruit.
• Qing Ling entered the bath and embraced Bai Yujun, relieved that her elder sister remained gentle with her.
• Bai Yujun dressed and left for the waterside pavilion while Qing Ling stayed in the bath.

The young general entered a provincial city devastated by war and resolved to end the chaos, while a Western Teachings monk joined his campaign to unify the Central Plains. Meanwhile, Bai Yujun expanded her territory and developed workshops, education, and standardized systems among her people.

• The young general rode into the ruined city, grieved over its destruction, and agreed with the Chunyang Disciple that peace required killing those who created chaos.
• The young general met a Western Teachings disciple delivering the dead, invited him to assist the army, and established the royal residence as the center of the Yan force.
• The young general grew close to the Western Teachings disciple as his power expanded across the Central Plains.
• Bai Yujun gained land from the White and Black Tribes and occupied surrounding unclaimed territory, greatly enlarging her domain.
• Bai Yujun trained snake demons and craftsmen, promoted literacy and Arabic numerals, and standardized weights and measures.

Over ten years, Bai Yujun strengthened her territory while living a leisurely life and tracking the Human Emperor’s expanding war in the Central Plains. Her domain grew into a peaceful, prosperous center of trade and military training as the wider war continued.

• Bai Yujun read Qing Ling’s report that the Human Emperor had taken coastal lands and that the Central Plains war would likely last at least twenty years.
• Bai Yujun, Qing Ling, and Mu Duo relaxed together in the pavilion while Bai Yujun played the hulusi.
• Bai Yujun’s Snake Demon Soldiers expanded from five hundred to five thousand and trained under well-provisioned conditions.
• Bai Yujun built a riverside city, established a shipping route between Jiuli and the Central Plains, and protected trade among merchants, mountain folk, and demon beasts.
• Bai Yujun adjusted the earth veins and cultivated spirit herbs to support the training and cultivation of her soldiers.

Bai Yujun traveled toward the Dragon Gate Desert to investigate who wanted to exterminate the dragon race and revisit the ruins beneath the sand dune. Meanwhile, Purple Void Pan Hongzu’s identity startled Chen Jia, and Bai Yujun continued north beneath the moon.

• Chen Jia asked the Chunyang Disciple for his name, learned he was Purple Void Pan Hongzu, and hurried out of the hall in fear.
• A future Human Emperor noticed that people behaved strangely after Chen Jia fled, while Pan Hongzu said he was ashamed of his own state of mind.
• Gushan Market’s cultivators dwindled as armed and organized demon beasts, poisonous corpses, and the White Flood Dragon disrupted travel through the Southern Wilderness.
• Bai Yujun set out for the Dragon Gate Desert to learn who threatened the dragon race and to retrieve treasures from the ruins beneath a sand dune.
• Bai Yujun flew over a remote kingdom, startling its cultivators and other beings with her demon king’s pressure, then continued northwest toward the desert.

Bai Yujun conjured a sandstorm to reveal the Dragon Gate and tested how close she could approach it, but Mu pulled her away when the gate’s sword reacted. After scolding and feeding Bai, Mu agreed to consider visiting the Southern Wilderness once she had finished several matters.

• Bai Yujun summoned a sandstorm over the Dragon Gate Desert, revealing the golden Dragon Gate, and approached it with a multicolored pearl and dragon spear.
• Bai Yujun’s dragon spear began to glow and grow heavier as the sword on the Dragon Gate plaque trembled and released killing intent.
• Mu whisked Bai Yujun away and angrily forbade her from going near the Dragon Gate before she transformed into a dragon.
• Mu fed Bai Yujun spirit fruit and groomed her dragon horns while refusing to explain who had targeted the dragon race.
• Bai Yujun asked to revisit the palace beneath the sand dunes, and Mu agreed to consider moving to the Southern Wilderness after completing several matters.
• Bai Yujun recalled her days at Chunyang Palace and agreed with Mu that staring blankly had been happy.

After visiting Mu and looting the ancient ruins, Bai Yujun returned to the northern wasteland to weaken Green Wolf by draining dragon qi from its veins. She hid in a great river to absorb its Water Dragon vein, while tribal unrest began to disrupt the planned southward campaign.

• Bai Yujun searched the ancient ruins, filled her storage with treasures, and failed to move the dragon throne before saying goodbye to Mu.
• Bai Yujun flew toward the northern wasteland, intending to drain its dragon qi and cut off Green Wolf's fortune.
• Bai Yujun used the Yellow River's dragon vein to strike Green Wolf, prompting tribal chieftains to receive visions of a flood dragon and order a search.
• Bai Yujun traveled under cover of rain to a great river, found a crucial node, and began extracting its dragon qi.
• Bai Yujun fell asleep underwater as shamans failed to find her and two tribes erupted into deadly conflict, disrupting the year's southward campaign.

Bai Yujun drained the Dragon Qi from a Water Vein and continued searching the wasteland for Earth Veins. After finding a royal tomb with the help of a wasteland strongman, she cleared its evil presence and looted its treasures.

• Bai Yujun spent half a year extracting Dragon Qi from the Water Vein, then disguised herself in wasteland clothing and continued following the Earth Vein.
• Bai Yujun encountered two wasteland riders who planned to seize her, so she subdued them and took a dagger buried with the dead.
• Bai Yujun threatened the strongman until he pointed her toward the dagger's source, then ate nearly a thousand cattle and sheep before making him guide her there.
• Bai Yujun found an ancient royal tomb, cleared its Yin Energy and zombie with a Chunyang Art flash bomb, and lit red candles in place of the required white ones.
• Bai Yujun extracted Dragon Qi from the tomb and took its gold and silver.