Arc 4Floods and New Disciples

Bai Yujun traveled to Elixir Prefecture to recruit disciples and bring Zhuo Feng to Mount Hua, rescuing him from his family and a rival cultivator. As floods spread across the region, she fought demons and helped survivors, then joined Mo Qin and Mo Yuan on their journey toward Jiangzhou.

  • The Prince sought Bai Yujun's guidance, and she foresaw war and his family's execution before advising him to move near the Dragon Girl Temple.
  • Bai Yujun killed Sun Ye, dismantled the White Dragon Gang, confronted the County Magistrate, and then returned to Qingxu Palace, where Yu Rong assigned her to recruit disciples and find Zhuo Feng.
  • Bai Yujun helped Xia Lan confront Li Qiancheng, buried Xia Lan's remains, and continued on to Elixir Prefecture as the Zhuo family conspired to take Zhuo Feng's Chunyang Token.
  • Bai Yujun tested prospective disciples, took in Little Millet, and exposed the Zhuo family's attempt to substitute another boy for Zhuo Feng.
  • Bai Yujun pursued Cai Meng, rescued Zhuo Feng from Demon Subjugation Sect disciples, and brought him to his mother's grave before leading the new disciples toward Mount Hua.
  • Yu Rong ordered Bai Yujun to control the floods, and Bai Yujun saved survivors, killed predatory demons, and fought off six water demons before gaining stronger control over water.
  • Bai Yujun met Mo Qin and Mo Yuan in a ruined temple, joined them on their way to Jiangzhou, killed attackers along the road, and reached a county town where imperial troops faced rebel forces.
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Ch. 76Prince

Prince repeatedly sought Bai Yujun at the temple until she agreed to read his fate. Her prediction showed a bloody upheaval that would destroy his family, leaving her in pain and weighing whether to tell him what she had seen.

  • The Prince left gold and calling cards for Bai Yujun, then returned to the temple each day despite being told she was in seclusion.
  • On his next visit, Bai Yujun met the Prince and criticized his persistence and conspicuous princely attire.
  • The Prince explained that Master Yuan had sent him to Longze to seek the Dragon Girl and avert a bloody calamity for his family.
  • Bai Yujun used her power of prediction and saw war in Chang'an, mass executions, and the Prince's family being beheaded.
  • After the vision left her head throbbing, Bai Yujun asked to rest and considered whether to reveal what she had seen.

Ch. 77Money-Grubber

Bai Yujun accepted a chest of treasure from the Prince and advised him to move to Longze County, which lifted the death line around him. Later, she set out to deal with the White Dragon Gang, whose members preyed on Longze’s commoners, while Sun Ye seized a valuable fish from Fisherman Tan.

  • Bai Yujun accepted the Prince’s treasure and divined that he should move near the Dragon Girl Temple in Longze County.
  • The Prince agreed to relocate, and the death line around him gradually disappeared.
  • Bai Yujun celebrated her new wealth, while the Prince and his party left Longze.
  • Bai Yujun learned that the White Dragon Gang was robbing commoners and decided to hunt down its members.
  • Sun Ye took Fisherman Tan’s Golden Flower Fish as Tan hurried through West Market.

Ch. 78Scholar Xiang Yang

Xiang Yang intervened when Sun Ye and the White Dragon Gang beat Fisherman Tan for refusing to surrender his fish, but Sun Ye attacked him. Bai Yujun saved Xiang Yang, and after he provoked Sun Ye into a rage, she killed the gang leader with his own broken blade.

  • Sun Ye forced Fisherman Tan to sell his Golden Flower Fish for one tael, then ordered the White Dragon Gang to beat him and other townspeople who defended the White Dragon Girl.
  • Xiang Yang confronted Sun Ye and the thugs, but Sun Ye punched him and raised his saber to kill him.
  • Bai Yujun blocked Sun Ye's saber and kicked it away, while Xiang Yang recovered and insulted Sun Ye until he spat blood.
  • Sun Ye charged Xiang Yang in a rage, and Bai Yujun sliced his saber in two and sent a broken piece through his chest.

Ch. 79Big Happenings in the County Seat

Bai Yujun punished the White Dragon Gang and the county officials for their abuses, bringing order to Longze County and redirecting funds toward repairing the river embankments. As the County Exam began, she helped scholars prepare with minor spells and kicked Xiang Yang out of the Dragon Girl Temple before he joined the exam.

  • Bai Yujun defeated the White Dragon Gang thugs, killed Sun Ye, and fled after Xiang Yang called after her.
  • Bai Yujun ordered the White Dragon Gang leader to dissolve the gang, return stolen tribute offerings, and kowtow at the Dragon Girl Temple.
  • Bai Yujun confronted the County Magistrate over plans to seize the temple and told him to spend renovation funds on the river embankments instead.
  • Bai Yujun used minor spells at the Dragon Girl Temple to refresh scholars preparing for the County Exam.
  • Bai Yujun kicked Xiang Yang out of the temple, and he later entered the County Exam hall with the other scholars.

Ch. 80Golden Thread Carp

Bai Yujun returned to Mount Hua with supplies, resumed her playful mischief, and was sent by Yu Rong to Qingding Commandery to recruit disciples and find Zhuo Feng. She prepared for the journey, tasked with bringing the boy safely back to Chunyang Palace.

  • Bai Yujun returned to Qingxu Palace with local goods, treasure, failed pills, and medicinal dregs, then greeted Yang Mu and Xu Ling while Yu Rong remained in secluded cultivation.
  • Bai Yujun teased Li Chongqian by rubbing his head and pinching his cheeks, then secretly stole Golden Thread Carp from the lotus pond.
  • Yu Rong divined that Bai Yujun was connected to an important matter and summoned her to assign her a trip to Qingding Commandery in Elixir Prefecture.
  • Yu Rong told Bai Yujun to help recruit disciples and find seven-year-old Zhuo Feng, using his mother's lock of hair to identify him, and bring him safely to Chunyang Palace as an ordinary disciple.
  • Yu Rong warned Bai Yujun to stop eating the Golden Thread Carp, and Bai Yujun began preparing travel supplies and funds for her journey.

Ch. 81Xia Lan

Bai Yujun traveled alone on a Mount Hua mission, enjoying the countryside and encountering a ghost on a mountain ridge. The ghost, Xia Lan, revealed that she was waiting for the childhood sweetheart who had murdered her, hoping he would take her home to see her parents.

  • Bai Yujun left Mount Hua with other disciples and continued alone after their routes split, while Chu Zhe watched her depart.
  • Bai Yujun traveled through towns and villages, eating, singing, and playing in a waterfall pool in her snake form, where she startled a passerby.
  • Bai Yujun crossed a mountain rumored to be haunted and met Xia Lan, a female ghost waiting by the road.
  • Xia Lan told Bai Yujun that Young Master Li had become the Top Scholar, then strangled her after secretly becoming engaged to a minister's daughter.
  • Xia Lan said she did not hate Young Master Li and only wanted him to take her home to see her parents.

Ch. 82Under the Mountain

Bai Yujun agreed to take Xia Lan, a ghost who had waited seven years for the man who killed her, to see him when he returned to his village. Xia Lan watched Young Master Li arrive to a hero’s welcome, while her lonely parents remained absent from the celebration.

  • Bai Yujun told Xia Lan that Young Master Li would never return for her and persuaded her to agree to reincarnation if he refused to take her home.
  • Bai Yujun found Xia Lan’s parents living in a thatched hut outside the village and learned that the Li family’s successful son had built a grand manor nearby.
  • Bai Yujun waited for Young Master Li’s return, then used talismans to let Xia Lan appear beneath a paper umbrella during the day.
  • Bai Yujun brought Xia Lan to a ridge overlooking the village entrance, where Xia Lan asked after her parents and learned they were lonely and had no descendants.
  • Young Master Li arrived in an elaborate procession and was welcomed by the villagers as a high-ranking official, while Xia Lan watched from afar.

Ch. 83Meeting

Bai Yujun brought Xia Lan to see Li Qiancheng, then abducted him from Li Manor so Xia Lan could ask him to take her home. When Li Qiancheng refused and smashed Xia Lan’s bones, Bai Yujun drew her blade and pressed it to his neck.

  • Bai Yujun led Xia Lan to Li Manor, where Xia Lan watched Li Qiancheng arrive with his wife and child.
  • Bai Yujun promised to bring Li Qiancheng to the mountain the next day, then returned there with Xia Lan.
  • Bai Yujun caused a distraction at Li Manor, knocked Li Qiancheng unconscious, and carried him up the mountain.
  • Xia Lan asked Li Qiancheng to take her home, but he denied their vows and screamed in fear.
  • Bai Yujun showed Li Qiancheng Xia Lan’s bones and ordered him to carry them home for burial.
  • Li Qiancheng smashed and trampled the bones, so Bai Yujun drew her blade and held it against his neck.

Ch. 84Elixir Prefecture

Bai Yujun buried Xia Lan, helped her pass on, and protected her grave until the Li family left before continuing her journey to Elixir Prefecture. There, a wealthy Household plotted to take the Chunyang Token from a newly orphaned boy so another family member could use it to enter Chunyang Palace.

  • Bai Yujun buried Xia Lan's remains and chanted a scripture until Xia Lan let go of her attachment and departed through an ancient archway.
  • Bai Yujun warned a geomancy master to tell Li Qiancheng's Household to leave Xia Lan's grave alone, and the master delivered her message without accepting payment.
  • Li Manor sent exorcists and soldiers toward the mountain, but Bai Yujun frightened away the men who approached Xia Lan's grave, and the family later moved to Chang'an.
  • Bai Yujun resumed her journey, crossing rivers and swamps, catching a fish, and drying her belongings after rain.
  • In Elixir Prefecture, members of a wealthy Household learned that the orphaned boy's dead mother had received a Chunyang Token from a Chunyang Palace immortal.
  • The Household elders and relatives demanded that the boy surrender the token, arguing that he had no right to go to Mount Hua.

Ch. 85Zhuo Feng

Zhuo Feng’s relatives took the jade pendant his mother had left him by promising to bury her with his father, then broke that promise and imprisoned him. He was left to survive in a sealed courtyard while his cousin prepared to take the pendant’s place and go to Mount Hua.

  • The Zhuo family tested two boys with a Testing Jade Talisman and chose the one with the slightly stronger response to claim the cultivation opportunity.
  • The Clan Elders visited Zhuo Feng in the Spirit Hall and promised to bury his mother with his father if he surrendered her keepsake.
  • Zhuo Feng gave them his mother’s jade pendant, and the elders celebrated after recognizing it as the token they wanted.
  • His cousin told Zhuo Feng that his mother would be sent to a mass grave and that he would be expelled, so Zhuo Feng rushed after the family to reclaim the pendant.
  • The chubby boy’s father struck Zhuo Feng, and the family carried away his mother’s coffin and sealed Zhuo Feng inside a courtyard.
  • Zhuo Feng struggled to escape and survived on buns, rainwater, and help from sympathetic servants.

Ch. 86Work

Bai Yujun visited the Zhuo family to bring Zhao Yu’s son, Zhuo Feng, to Mount Hua as a Chunyang Palace disciple, but learned that Zhao Yu had died. After confirming the Chunyang Token, she returned to the outpost and began helping with disciple recruitment in Qingding Commandery.

  • The Zhuo family welcomed Bai Yujun with an elaborate ceremony, and she asked whether Zhao Yu was there.
  • The Clan Elder told Bai Yujun that Zhao Yu had died a month earlier and left behind her son, Zhuo Feng.
  • Bai Yujun explained that she had been ordered to take Zhuo Feng to Mount Hua, and the Zhuo family readily agreed.
  • Bai Yujun examined the jade pendant, confirmed it was the Chunyang Token, and returned to the outpost after telling the family she would come back in a few days.
  • Bai Yujun received her recruitment assignment and prepared to test children at the crowded drill ground alongside other sects.

Ch. 87Testing

Bai Yujun tested children seeking admission to Chunyang Palace, discovering several promising candidates, including a gifted little girl and an eight-year-old beggar. She continued recruiting in Prefecture City while protecting the beggar girl after she passed both tests.

  • Bai Yujun tested a wealthy boy, who showed no cultivation aptitude and was rejected.
  • A little girl named Xiner displayed upper-middle-grade aptitude, and the Dao Heart scripture glowed and floated, confirming she was suited to cultivate Chunyang methods.
  • Bai Yujun recorded Xiner's details, gave her an identity jade talisman, and told her to return on the first day of the next month.
  • Bai Yujun spent the day testing children and found about a dozen with cultivation potential, including three with Dao Hearts.
  • Zhuo Feng's family connections brought him attention in Prefecture City, and he caused trouble after receiving a guaranteed place at Mount Hua's Chunyang mountain gate.
  • Bai Yujun tested an eight-year-old beggar girl who passed both tests, then kept her in the tent and looked after her.

Ch. 88Welcome

Bai Yujun protected Little Millet from her beggar bosses and finished the Chunyang Immortal Sect’s recruitment tests. When she returned to the Zhuo Household to take Zhuo Feng to Mount Hua, a servant tried to warn her that the household was presenting the wrong person, but he was dragged away before he could explain.

  • Bai Yujun took Little Millet in as her assistant and gave her clean clothes and food while conducting the recruitment tests.
  • Little Millet’s beggar bosses demanded compensation for her, but Bai Yujun killed their leader and knocked out his followers.
  • Bai Yujun completed the tests, dismissed rumors of a flood dragon in the river, and learned the recruitment period had ended.
  • Bai Yujun returned to the Zhuo Household to take Zhuo Feng away for the disciples’ review on Mount Hua.
  • An old servant rushed in and begged Bai Yujun to save Zhuo Feng, claiming the household was deceiving her, but the household seized and dragged him away.
  • The Clan Elder introduced a plump boy as his grandson Zhuo Feng, and the boy bowed to Bai Yujun.

Ch. 89Snatching Someone

Bai Yujun realized that the Zhuo family had substituted another boy for the Zhuo Feng she was seeking, and the Grand Clan Elder revealed that the real Zhuo Feng was in the rear courtyard. Before she could reach him, Cai Meng kidnapped the child and fled, leaving Bai Yujun in pursuit toward the city wall.

  • Bai Yujun sensed the Zhuo family's fear and confronted the Grand Clan Elder, who admitted that the real Zhuo Feng was in the rear courtyard.
  • Bai Yujun rushed into the rear courtyard as Cai Meng escaped through the back gate carrying Zhuo Feng.
  • Cai Meng, a small-sect deacon, had spotted Zhuo Feng's exceptional aptitude and kidnapped him to recruit him for his sect.
  • Bai Yujun pursued Cai Meng through the streets, throwing her Hengdao and heavy ruler at him as he evaded her attacks.
  • Cai Meng headed for the city wall while Bai Yujun continued chasing him and demanded that he put Zhuo Feng down.

Ch. 90Forest Outside the City

Bai Yujun pursued Cai Meng into a forest and fought him to stop him from abducting Zhuo Feng. As Cai Meng began stalling with his magic tools, Bai Yujun’s exhausted body struggled to evade his Square Seal.

  • Bai Yujun chased Cai Meng beyond the city walls, using Hengdao to nearly strike him and slanted shields to deflect his Square Seal.
  • Cai Meng set down the unconscious Zhuo Feng in a remote forest and faced Bai Yujun, who accused him of trafficking children.
  • Bai Yujun pressed Cai Meng with sword and heavy-ruler attacks, breaking through his golden shield and countering his fire spells.
  • Cai Meng unleashed Purgatory Fire Sea, but Bai Yujun used Snow Breaks the Bridge to drive the flames away.
  • Two hidden cultivators considered ambushing the fighters after they weakened, while Cai Meng decided to stall and possibly surrender Zhuo Feng if he could not win.
  • Cai Meng threw his Square Seal at Bai Yujun, who, aching from her earlier burst of speed, accelerated backward to evade it.

Ch. 91Jungle Parkour

Bai Yujun escaped Cai Meng, then fled through the forest with Zhuo Feng while two Demon Subjugation Sect disciples pursued them. At the great river, she transformed into a huge white snake and caught Zhuo Feng in her jaws as he fell toward the water.

  • Cai Meng stopped fighting and fled, leaving Bai Yujun to wake Zhuo Feng.
  • Two Demon Subjugation Sect disciples revealed themselves and chased Bai Yujun into the forest.
  • Bai Yujun carried Zhuo Feng through the woods, using fallen trees to knock aside the disciples' Beast Taming Circles.
  • Bai Yujun realized the pursuers were tracking her with help from an eagle spirit creature and ran toward a great river.
  • Bai Yujun threw Zhuo Feng toward the river, transformed into a huge white snake, and caught him in her open jaws.

Ch. 92Escape

Bai Yujun rescued Zhuo Feng from the Demon Subjugation Sect and brought him to safety at the Chunyang outpost. She then guided him to his mother’s grave, where he grieved, and offered him a harsh piece of advice about enduring life.

  • Bai Yujun carried Zhuo Feng through the river to evade the Demon Subjugation Sect cultivators, then hurried him to the Chunyang outpost.
  • Senior Brother Lingxu gave Zhuo Feng medicine and food, and Zhuo Feng declared that he would destroy the Zhuo family himself in ten years.
  • Bai Yujun took Zhuo Feng to the mass grave and used his mother’s red cord to locate her grave.
  • Zhuo Feng collapsed on his mother’s grave and wept, while Bai Yujun recalled her own family and urged him to keep struggling through life.

Ch. 93Return Journey

Bai Yujun retrieved the Chunyang Token from the disgraced Zhuo family and joined the new disciples’ journey back to Chunyang Palace. As flooding spread across Elixir Prefecture and nearby regions, Yu Rong ordered her to leave the group and manage the disaster.

  • Bai Yujun took the Chunyang Token from the Zhuo family and delivered Zhuo Feng’s message to the Grand Clan Elder.
  • Bai Yujun and three Golden Core Stage senior disciples led the new disciples out of the Prefecture City toward Chunyang Palace.
  • Little Millet enjoyed the journey with snacks while Zhuo Feng remained withdrawn, and heavy rain forced the group to shelter at an inn.
  • Senior Sister Zixu received a message from Yu Rong ordering Bai Yujun to control floods across Elixir Prefecture and neighboring prefectures.

Ch. 94Flood Control

Bai Yujun struggled to divert the southeastern floods and save humans and animals, while Yu Rong and Li Xiangyan discussed her unusual cultivation and the dangers facing the Tang Empire. Exhausted in the disaster zone, Bai Yujun met a Fox Spirit who planned to flee south to the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

  • Bai Yujun spent two days and a night guiding floodwaters, saving what she could as the disaster swept away people, fields, and animals.
  • At Mount Hua, Yu Rong explained to Li Xiangyan and Gu Cangyu that Bai Yujun was an exceptionally rare demon cultivating toward righteous fruition.
  • Yu Rong warned that the ill Tang Emperor, political unrest, and the floods could give Demonic Beasts an opening to cause trouble.
  • After continuing her efforts in the rain, Bai Yujun reached a hillside to rest and encountered a Fox Spirit who questioned why she worked so hard.
  • The Fox Spirit told Bai Yujun she intended to travel south and find a village where she could charm a foolish scholar.

Ch. 95Eliminating Evil

Bai Yujun diverted the floodwaters while hunting demons that preyed on survivors, and her actions drew the attention of six water demons. The six approached her at Jicui Mountain, where she stood ready to face them.

  • Bai Yujun spotted a lizard demon attacking a temporary village and killed it before it could seize another child.
  • Bai Yujun ate the lizard demon's heart and left its meat for the survivors, who divided and ate the carcass.
  • Bai Yujun continued clearing waterways and killing demons that preyed on people, while avoiding human cultivators.
  • Six water demons approached Bai Yujun at Jicui Mountain, where she waited with a heavy ruler.

Ch. 96Water Demons

Bai Yujun fought six water demons who had been preying on others during the floods. She held her own against their attacks and discovered a new way to use the Sword Absorption Technique to keep her Hengdao circling in battle.

  • Bai Yujun refused the Softshell Turtle Demon's offer to stop interfering with the water demons' hunting and challenged the six creatures to fight.
  • The water demons surrounded Bai Yujun, and she opened the battle by striking at the Softshell Turtle Demons with her heavy ruler.
  • Bai Yujun drew her Hengdao, evaded the water snake's attack, and used the heavy ruler to fend off the lizards and turtles.
  • Bai Yujun threw her Hengdao at the Catfish Demon and used half a Sword Control Technique to steer it through the air.
  • Bai Yujun blocked the Catfish Demon's water arrows and dodged the lizards' tongues, then discovered she could use the Sword Absorption Technique to keep her spinning Hengdao circling as an ongoing threat.

Ch. 97Taking On a Crowd Alone

Bai Yujun fought off six water demons and forced them to agree to leave her territory alone. After the battle, the water snake returned and asked her to be its mate, prompting her to chase it away with her blade.

  • Bai Yujun attacked the water snake and Catfish Demon, then fought the water demons on the surface as they launched spells at her.
  • Bai Yujun used Snow Breaks the Bridge to shatter the demons’ spell barrage and drive them back.
  • Bai Yujun spread her venom through the water, forcing the Catfish Demon and the other water demons to retreat.
  • Bai Yujun and the old turtle demon agreed to stop fighting, with the demons promising not to cause trouble on her shore.
  • The water snake returned and asked Bai Yujun to be its mate, so she chased it back into the water with her blade.

Ch. 98Mysterious Evolution

While diverting the flood, Bai Yujun fell asleep in a bay amid a strange storm and woke having grown several meters and gained stronger water control. She resumed clearing waterways, rescued a family on a raft, and continued downstream, where she encountered a young man drifting in a coffin.

  • Bai Yujun left the river to sleep beneath the water in a quiet bay as rain clouds, wind, and lightning gathered over it for three days.
  • Bai Yujun woke about three meters longer without shedding her skin and discovered she could control water within a hundred meters.
  • Bai Yujun used her stronger water control to clear the river channels and tow a family of three on a raft safely to shore.
  • Bai Yujun continued toward another flooded region and spotted a young man lounging in a coffin with skeletons as it drifted down the river.

Ch. 99Dilapidated Temple

After the floods receded, Bai Yujun traveled toward Mount Hua and spent the night in a dilapidated temple, where she met siblings Mo Qin and Mo Yuan. She learned they were heading to Jiangzhou to help the people and fight rebels who had seized relief grain.

  • Bai Yujun crossed the flood-ravaged countryside toward Mount Hua and noticed her demonic beast aura had grown harder to detect.
  • Bai Yujun lit a fire in a dilapidated temple and welcomed Mo Qin and Mo Yuan when they arrived seeking shelter.
  • Bai Yujun shared demonic beast meat with the siblings, surprising them with how casually she treated the rare food.
  • Mo Qin told Bai Yujun that she and Mo Yuan were going to Jiangzhou to join the Righteous Path and the imperial court against rebels who had detained relief grain.

Ch. 100Demonic Aura

Bai Yujun traveled with Mo Qin and Mo Yuan toward a Chunyang Palace outpost, helping them through a war-torn landscape and fighting off bandits and a rat demon. The group reached a county town where imperial troops faced rebel forces, and Bai Yujun watched the armies gather for battle.

  • Bai Yujun gave Mo Qin and Mo Yuan demonic beast meat and wished them luck on their dangerous mission.
  • Mo Qin spotted Bai Yujun's enormous white snake form on a cliff and fled back to the Dilapidated Temple in terror.
  • Bai Yujun joined the siblings on the road toward Jiangzhou to contact Chunyang Palace and send a message to Mount Hua for Yu Rong.
  • Bai Yujun killed bandits who attacked the group and later killed a rat demon, giving its teeth to Mo Qin and Mo Yuan.
  • Bai Yujun and the siblings arrived at a county town where imperial troops and rebel forces faced one another outside the walls.
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