Chapter Summaries

Bai Yujun continued draining the wilderness’s Earth Veins to cripple Green Wolf’s fortune and prevent the royal clans from waging war. At the Ancestral Vein, the Wild Wolf Demon King confronted her and demanded she become his wife, so she summoned her dragon spear and prepared to fight.

• Bai Yujun woke in the rain after a long sleep, covered her dragon horns with a felt hat, and set out to drain more Earth Veins.
• The Yuan clan’s scholar used the Ancient Animal Hides map to trace Bai Yujun’s route and realized she had circled the wilderness while draining its Earth Veins.
• Bai Yujun spent years draining the marked Earth Veins, weakening Green Wolf’s fortune until it called powerful wilderness creatures to defend the Ancestral Vein.
• More than ten thousand wolves gathered around Bai Yujun as she waited for the Wild Wolf Demon King to appear.
• The Wild Wolf Demon King said he would not fight over the wilderness humans but demanded Bai Yujun become his wife because she was on his clan’s territory.
• Bai Yujun rejected the demand, revealed her dragon spear, and declared that making a great fuss would be better.

Bai Yujun defeated the Wolf Demon King in a one-move duel, then entered the wilderness dragon vein and began drawing out its Earth Vein Dragon Qi. Years later, the future Human Emperor arrived at Longze County, where Chen Jia nearly disparaged Bai Yujun before Pan Hongzu warned him to watch his words.

• Bai Yujun and the Wolf Demon King agreed to settle their conflict with one move, and Bai Yujun won the contest.
• Bai Yujun entered a dragon vein node and began extracting its Earth Vein Dragon Qi, while wilderness sorcerers searched the mountains for her.
• The Yan Tribe reclaimed territory amid the Central Plains wars, and its leader became one of the realm's renowned Vassal Kings.
• The future Human Emperor rode into Longze County, whose people believed a Dragon Girl protected them.
• Chen Jia prepared to disparage Bai Yujun to the Human Emperor, but Pan Hongzu opened his eyes and warned him to watch his words.

In Longze County, the Great General became fascinated with the Dragon Girl after seeing her statue and ordered information about her gathered, while Pan Hongzu grew wary of his interest. Far away, Bai Yujun reached the Mid-stage Nascent Soul realm, emerged from hiding, and flew southwest.

• A local guide led the Great General and his companions to the Dragon Girl Temple, where a gust of wind uncovered the statue and left the Great General staring at it.
• The Great General ordered his subordinates to gather accounts of the Dragon Girl and records from the Great Tang Secret History, while Chen Jia secretly welcomed his interest and Pan Hongzu disapproved.
• Bai Yujun sensed that someone might be plotting against her, dismissed the feeling, and advanced to the Mid-stage Nascent Soul realm after another year of cultivation underground.
• The wilderness races withdrew after failing to find Bai Yujun, who emerged safely, frolicked in a lake, and flew southwest beneath the clouds.
• The Great General asked Pan Hongzu whether the Flood Dragon Maiden was a Chunyang Palace disciple and expressed hope of meeting her, leaving Pan Hongzu struggling to contain his irritation.

Bai Yujun returned to the Southern Wasteland and received an invitation from a Yan warlord king to help him in the Central Plains. Though she wanted to avoid the wars, she decided to meet his envoy and negotiate, hoping to gain merit that would aid her future transformation into a dragon.

• Bai Yujun flew south through autumn weather, briefly joining a flock of geese before continuing west around war-torn provinces.
• After more than a month, Bai Yujun returned to the Bai residence, bathed, and found a pile of golden scrolls sent by the Central Plains.
• Bai Yujun read the scroll inviting the White Flood Dragon King to serve as an adviser and strategist for a Yan warlord king, but found no clear offer of benefits.
• Bai Yujun asked Qing Ling to locate the envoy and arrange for him to wait at a tavern in a nearby town.
• Bai Yujun decided to negotiate despite her reluctance, reasoning that helping unite the Central Plains could bring her merit for becoming a dragon.

Bai Yujun met envoys from the Yan Army and agreed to help them only if they promised to proclaim her an Auspicious Divine Dragon after unifying the realm. Wen Xu could not accept the condition on the spot, leaving the negotiations unresolved.

• The tavern proprietor rushed to prepare for Bai Yujun's visit and nervously welcomed her when she arrived with Qing Ling.
• Wen Xu and two deputy envoys greeted Bai Yujun and took their seats for the meeting.
• Bai Yujun rejected the Yan Army's proposal to make her an adviser and told Wen Xu to keep future documents concise.
• Bai Yujun offered to help the Yan Army if its future ruler issued an imperial decree proclaiming her an Auspicious Divine Dragon.
• Wen Xu hesitated because he lacked authority to agree to the decree.

Bai Yujun weighed Wen Xu’s proposal for an alliance between the Yan Army and the Snake Demon Army, recognizing that joining the Central Plains war could strengthen her clan’s fortune but also expose it to danger. She left the offer open for negotiation as the envoys departed, sensing that the Snake Clan’s survival would remain difficult.

• Wen Xu asked Bai Yujun to pass the cryptic message “Fork in the road towards the elm, morning glow rises in the east” to the Great General.
• Wen Xu recalled how the envoys had seen Bai Yujun’s well-equipped, disciplined Snake Demon Army during their stay in her territory.
• Wen Xu proposed that the Yan Army ally with Bai Yujun’s demon soldiers to help pacify the realm.
• Bai Yujun considered the potential gains and risks of sending troops, then said the alliance could be discussed after her demands were met.
• Wen Xu and the other envoys left by ship to report to the Great General, while Bai Yujun watched dark clouds and lightning from her pavilion.

Wen Xu and the Yan Army envoys reported to the Great General, who learned that the White Flood Dragon was the Dragon Girl and that she had sent him a cryptic message tied to his father’s burial. Convinced the Divine Dragon’s aid foretold his rise, he accepted her offer of an alliance under the condition that her demon army would leave the Central Plains after helping the Yan Army, and sent treasure south to build goodwill.

• Wen Xu explained how imperial Sealing and Affirmation could help the White Flood Dragon overcome her ascension tribulation, and the envoys testified that she had grown dragon horns.
• The envoys delivered the words “Fork in the road towards the elm; morning clouds rise in the east,” and the Great General recognized them as confirmation of a mysterious event before his father’s burial.
• Wen Xu proposed an alliance with the White Demon King and praised the discipline and equipment of her snake-demon army.
• The Great General accepted the alliance on the condition that the demon army would only enter the Central Plains to aid the Yan Army and would not remain there.
• The Great General postponed formalizing the alliance until a route to the Southern Wilderness was opened and ordered a procession of gold, silver, and jewels sent to the White Demon King.

Bai Yujun resolved to strengthen her army after Mu Duo reminded her that survival required struggle, then organized training to prepare for wars against Central Plains forces. The chapter ended with the White Dragon’s divisions conducting specialized drills, including long-range archery in heavy rain.

• Mu Duo comforted Bai Yujun and reminded her that the Jiuli people had to fight to survive, prompting Bai Yujun to order intensive army training.
• Bai Yujun recruited Central Plains commanders and marshals to study their tactics and built a model city for siege and defense exercises.
• Bai Yujun appointed Iron Ball commander of the demon army despite her limited cultivation, since no demon marshal served under her.
• Iron Ball trained snake demon archers to shoot at targets from eight hundred paces in heavy rain, using live mice to help them aim by heat.
• The archers improved their accuracy but struggled to sense targets through heavy rain, so Iron Ball continued their drills to help them learn each range by feel.

Bai Yujun waited for the Central Plains war to create an opportunity to help the future Human Emperor, then relaxed in a secluded Hot Spring in her territory. Three days later, a young herbalist climbed toward a hidden valley, unknowingly using a strange stone to pass through its barrier.

• Bai Yujun told Qing Ling that they would wait until the future Human Emperor faced a crisis before sending troops.
• Bai Yujun studied reports of the Central Plains war while soaking in a Hot Spring, then fell asleep and spent three days there.
• A young herbalist prepared to climb a dangerous cliff to gather medicine for his sick grandmother.
• The herbalist found a strange Little Stone in an abandoned bird's nest and put it in his medicine basket.
• As the herbalist climbed higher, the Little Stone glowed and dispersed a transparent barrier, letting him approach the hidden valley.

A young herb gatherer climbed into a hidden valley to collect medicine for his sick grandmother, where he stumbled upon Bai Yujun bathing. After she spared him and learned his surname was Xu, he accidentally stepped off the cliff as she turned away.

• The young herb gatherer rested on the mountain and thought about his sick grandmother before continuing to collect herbs.
• Bai Yujun woke in the Hot Spring and attacked the herb gatherer when he came around the bend, pinning him to the rock with water blades.
• Bai Yujun questioned him, noticed his soul felt familiar, and took a metal-repelling stone from him.
• The herb gatherer said his surname was Xu and that he had no name, causing Bai Yujun to react uneasily to the surname.
• Bai Yujun released him and walked away; the herb gatherer backed off the cliff, and she turned back to find him gone.

Bai Yujun rescued the young man surnamed Xu, warned him never to return, and suspected that a powerful figure was manipulating him. Meanwhile, she continued preparing the Southern Wastes for the coming struggle in the Central Plains and decided to build ships for a river-based campaign.

• Bai Yujun caught the young man surnamed Xu as he fell from the cliff, carried him safely down, and told him to take the valuable stone and never return.
• Bai Yujun suspected that a hidden great power was using the young man surnamed Xu and vowed to kill him if they met again.
• The young man surnamed Xu sold the stone, bought medicine for his grandmother, and became infatuated with Bai Yujun.
• Bai Yujun developed plans to strengthen weapons and defenses while observing the Human Emperor’s forces struggle with internal problems after expanding too quickly.
• Bai Yujun studied routes from the Southern Wastes to the Central Plains, chose river travel as the safest and fastest option, and ordered Ironball to acquire shipbuilding blueprints.
• Bai Yujun found flaws in the blueprints and began designing improved ships herself.

After two years of longing, Xu decided to return to the mountain and propose to the Mysterious Girl. He reached her valley, where Bai Yujun greeted him with a fierce look as dark clouds gathered.

• Xu lived alone after Granny died and continued to long for the Mysterious Girl.
• The Ox Demon advised Xu to marry, but Xu decided to climb the mountain and propose to her instead.
• Xu ignored a notice sealing off Hot Spring Mountain and climbed the dangerous cliffs to reach the valley.
• Xu found the Mysterious Girl, and Bai Yujun turned toward him as the weather darkened.

Bai Yujun killed the young man surnamed Xu after warning him that someone had drawn him into a deadly scheme, but he survived and was rescued by Big Ox. Heartbroken and unable to forget her, he left the Southern Wasteland for his grandmother’s ruined Central Plains hometown, where he lived out his life.

• Bai Yujun revealed her dragon scales and aura to the young man surnamed Xu, then killed him with Hengdao while warning him not to seek her again.
• Three days later, Big Ox told the wounded young man surnamed Xu that he had found and rescued him near Red Flower Lake.
• The young man surnamed Xu decided to return to the Central Plains, and Big Ox agreed to help with his farmwork until he recovered.
• After nursing his wounds for more than a month, the young man surnamed Xu left the Southern Wasteland by merchant ship.
• The young man surnamed Xu found his grandmother’s old home ruined by war, made his living farming, and eventually grew old while remembering the girl in white.

Bai Yujun prepared to negotiate an alliance with the advancing Yan Army and left the Southern Wasteland with Qing Ling. The sisters traveled toward the meeting place, stopping overnight on a mountain as Qing Ling asked why Bai Yujun helped humans and whether immortals could live freely.

• Bai Yujun ordered the Ox Horn Mountain Tiger Demon King's demon general imprisoned for three years after it tried to eat a person, and told General Iron Ball to strengthen patrols.
• An envoy from the Yan Army invited Bai Yujun to negotiate an alliance in a small city between the Central Plains and the Southern Wasteland.
• Bai Yujun left Mu Duo to oversee matters, placed four scales to guard her territory, and agreed to take Qing Ling with her.
• Bai Yujun and Qing Ling traveled openly by day, resting in inns or the wilderness at night.
• While camping on a mountain peak, Qing Ling asked why Bai Yujun helped humans and whether becoming immortals would make them carefree; Bai Yujun gave uncertain answers.
• After Qing Ling fell asleep, Bai Yujun prepared for the night and sent a clone armed with Hengdao to patrol.

General Jiang settled into a life of indulgence at the Dong residence as his subordinates prepared for an important meeting. Meanwhile, Bai Yujun and Qing Ling arrived in Dongcheng, where Bai dealt with two attackers and agreed to take Qing Ling to a brothel.

• The Dong Family welcomed General Jiang with a banquet, and the Dong Family's young lady was sent to his room as a gift.
• General Jiang spent the following days enjoying the Dong residence's comforts while Pan Hongzu and Chen Jia waited for negotiations to begin.
• Bai Yujun and Qing Ling entered Dongcheng and vanished from the streets into a private room at a tavern.
• Bai Yujun warned Qing Ling about poisoned food and drink, then killed an innkeeper and waiter who tried to attack them.
• Bai Yujun agreed to take Qing Ling to a brothel, while Pan Hongzu waited eagerly at the Dong residence to meet the Grand Elder.

Bai Yujun and Qing Ling arrived in Dongcheng ahead of their planned alliance meeting and encountered an erhu craftsman who used live snake skin. At the Dong Residence, they found General Jiang playing with his concubine instead of preparing to receive them.

• Bai Yujun and Qing Ling found an erhu shop where the craftsman had been shaving snake skin, so Bai Yujun beat and frightened him into changing professions.
• Bai Yujun and Qing Ling stayed at an inn, where Bai Yujun spotted the future Human Emperor’s powerful imperial aura in the night sky.
• General Jiang brought three thousand elite soldiers to Dongcheng as a show of strength before the alliance talks with Bai Yujun.
• Pan Hongzu greeted Bai Yujun and Qing Ling at the Dong Residence while General Jiang waited inside and chased his concubine around blindfolded.
• Qing Ling opened the reception hall door, exposing General Jiang’s antics to Bai Yujun and the others, then awkwardly shut it again.

Bai Yujun negotiated an alliance with Jiang Mian, offering the support of her five thousand demon soldiers in his bid to seize the realm. They agreed on the alliance’s basic terms, including a rule against interfering in each other’s internal affairs during conflicts that involved no external enemy.

• Jiang Mian greeted Bai Yujun and asked whether she could help him seize the realm, and Bai Yujun said she would help only if he remained worthy.
• Jiang Mian promised to proclaim Bai Yujun an Auspicious Divine Dragon if he became emperor, then asked how many troops she commanded.
• Bai Yujun said she had five thousand demon soldiers whose arrows could reach eight hundred paces and who could scale walls with ease.
• Jiang Mian proposed mutual aid, respect for each other’s territory, and a ban on schemes against one another, and Bai Yujun added that neither side could interfere in the other’s internal affairs during internal conflicts.

Bai Yujun formed an alliance with Jiang Mian’s Yan Army, while secretly ensuring the pact would end if she advanced in status. She left for the Southern Wastes after warning Wen Xu that the Yan Army would eventually need help, and Jiang Mian later proclaimed himself King Jiang.

• Jiang Mian and the Yan Army generals agreed to an alliance with Bai Yujun, and both sides signed duplicate agreements with loopholes of their own.
• Rainbow clouds appeared after the alliance was signed, and Bai Yujun realized that a future Yan Army campaign into the Central Plains was inevitable.
• Bai Yujun declined the celebratory banquet and told Wen Xu to seek help in the Southern Wastes if the Yan Army ran into trouble.
• Bai Yujun reassured Pan Hongzu that he only needed to protect Jiang Mian, then departed with Qing Ling.
• Rumors about Jiang Mian’s alliance with demons failed to take hold, and he returned to his stronghold and proclaimed himself King Jiang.

The King of Wu hired tens of thousands of Chi Mang warriors to defend Southern Wu, while Jiang Mian’s advance stalled against Wu’s forces. After hearing that Yue City’s commander had a famous, beautiful daughter, Jiang Mian ordered his army to attack the city.

• The King of Wu failed to secure help from the sects and cursed them before hiring Chi Mang warriors to protect his throne.
• A month later, villagers fled as a Chi Mang army marched through their valley toward the Central Plains.
• Jiang Mian’s string of victories ended when the Wu army stopped his advance, and his commanders debated whether to proceed cautiously or attack Yue City.
• A strategist told Jiang Mian that Qiao Sheng commanded Yue City and described Qiao Sheng’s martial daughter.
• Jiang Mian ordered the Yan Army to attack Yue City.

The Yan Army captured Yue City, only to be trapped inside when the Chi Mang people cut off its reinforcements and devastated the troops outside. With Yan on the verge of collapse, Jiang Mian sent a messenger to seek help from the Flood Dragon Demon King, and the messenger escaped toward the Southern Wasteland.

• Jiang Mian led the Yan Army across the river and began besieging Yue City after Qiao Jin defeated three challengers.
• The Yan Army stormed Yue City, capturing Qiao Sheng and Qiao Jin, while the Chi Mang people emerged from the mountains and severed the army's connection to the north bank.
• Jiang Mian and nearly twenty thousand Yan soldiers took shelter inside Yue City as the Chi Mang people slaughtered the troops outside and repelled repeated reinforcements.
• The Yan Army on the north bank began considering retreat, leaving Jiang Mian trapped and the newly founded Yan Kingdom facing a crisis.
• Pan Hongzu reminded Jiang Mian of their allied demon soldiers, and Jiang Mian sent a messenger through the blockade to seek the Flood Dragon Demon King's help.