Arc 49The Prisoner in the Death Prison

Bai Yujun returned to the Primordial Immortal Realm, entered the ruined Heavenly Court, and searched the Death Prison for the woman Xiao had asked her to find. After uncovering the woman’s secret and pursuing a strange zombie, Bai Yujun visited Chang'e and discovered a hidden world inside the moon.

  • Bai Yujun returned to the Immortal Realm, crossed the Gloomy Cold Land, and drove Yun She and the factions surrounding the North Heavenly Gate away before entering the Heavenly Court.
  • Bai Yujun explored the Heavenly Prison, learned of strange sounds from its deepest cells, and later entered the Death Prison to search for Xiao’s target.
  • Bai Yujun found the Star Goddess bound to a Copper Pillar and demanded her treasures, then revealed that her lover had helped bring down the dragon race.
  • Bai Yujun stripped the Star Goddess of her divine status and released the boneless zombie hidden inside her, then chased and captured it with her dragon spear.
  • Bai Yujun planted special grass seeds in the zombie, drained it until only a ruined corpse remained, and burned the corpse to ashes.
  • Bai Yujun visited Chang'e, spoke of missing her old home, and rose through a mysterious barrier to discover a silver lake beneath a gigantic osmanthus tree inside the moon.
Chapters 1202–1226 Vol. 13 Read

Ch. 1202Before Dawn

After five days of fighting the Devil Race, the exhausted human survivors reached the Cang River and learned that Lord Li had been ambushed by a second demon leader. As a massive new Devil Race army advanced and the humans faced defeat, a mysterious presence stirred the sky.

  • The Bearded Strongman and four other survivors found the Cang River blocked their escape and ran toward a nearby hill as demonic beasts pursued them.
  • The survivors saw Lord Li fall from the sky after the demon leader, then learned that two demon leaders had joined forces to ambush him.
  • The wounded Lord Li fled, leaving the human army convinced the battle was lost.
  • The Bearded Strongman and his companions reached the hilltop and saw another immense Devil Race army advancing across the plains.
  • As the humans despaired, the clouds lowered, lightning flashed, and thunder roared around something in the sky.

Ch. 1203Changes

Bai Yujun’s forces arrived on the battlefield and crushed the Devil Race invasion, rescuing the human survivors. After returning to the divine palace, Bai Yujun sensed that her fortune and destiny had deepened with a new aura of righteousness and protection.

  • Fireballs rained down on the Devil Race army, and nine powerful figures drove the two devil lords back.
  • Qiao Jin led Snake Demon Soldiers and armored cavalry into battle, where they routed the Devil Race and cleared the Demonic Beasts.
  • A Snake Demon Soldier rescued the Bearded Strongman and his four companions, killing the monsters surrounding them.
  • Bai Yujun watched the battle’s end from the clouds, then returned through the stone gate to the Little Broken Ball World.
  • After resting in the divine palace, Bai Yujun sensed her fortune and destiny growing stronger and taking on an intent to shelter all living beings.

Ch. 1204Two Hundred Years

Over two hundred years, Bai Yujun built an Immortal Bridge and led armies in purging devils from hundreds of Small Worlds, then proposed opening trade among the Myriad Worlds. With her empire stable, she returned to the Primordial Immortal Realm and traveled through the North Heavenly Gate to avoid spies.

  • Bai Yujun spent two hundred years constructing an Immortal Bridge and directing campaigns that cleared hundreds of Small Worlds of evil devils.
  • Qiao Jin and the other generals used accumulated merit to repair their cultivation foundations and ascended as immortals, while the growing army made Qiao Jin's command increasingly difficult.
  • Bai Yujun wrote a proposal to open trade among the Myriad Worlds and sent it to the Military Affairs Main Hall.
  • Bai Yujun decided to return to the Primordial Immortal Realm and check on Xiao's proposal concerning someone in the Heavenly Prison.
  • The world that had hung above the Southern Wasteland disappeared, and Bai Yujun crossed into the Immortal Realm.
  • Finding spies near the South Heavenly Gate, Bai Yujun changed course and silently traveled through the icy region toward the North Heavenly Gate.

Ch. 1205Cold Land

Bai Yujun confronted Cangyuan in the Gloomy Cold Land and questioned his search for the North Heavenly Gate. She drew his enemy, Yun She, to the mountain and realized the rival clans’ immortals were pursuing a hidden purpose there.

  • Bai Yujun discovered Cangyuan hiding on a snowy mountain and exposed his concealment formation.
  • Cangyuan claimed he served Immortal Lord Cen He and had entered the Gloomy Cold Land while fleeing an old enemy, but Bai Yujun suspected he was lying about searching for the North Heavenly Gate.
  • Bai Yujun sat on a dragon throne and rang it to lure others toward the mountain.
  • Cangyuan’s enemy arrived, and the white-haired immortal introduced himself as Yun She of the Eastern Domain Yun Clan.
  • Bai Yujun suspected Cangyuan and Yun She were up to no good and used fragments of their pasts to infer that the clans had plans in the Gloomy Cold Land.

Ch. 1206Ice Dragon

Bai Yujun drove Cang Yuan away and swiftly defeated Yun She after he refused to leave. She then shaped the mountain into a colossal Ice Dragon and sent it flying toward the North Heavenly Gate, angered by the factions still pursuing her for its guarding great seal.

  • Bai Yujun gave Cang Yuan and Yun She the choice to leave or stay, and Cang Yuan promptly withdrew while praising her.
  • Yun She stayed to defend the Yun clan's honor, so Bai Yujun attacked and shattered his defenses, leaving him badly wounded and embedded in a glacier.
  • Bai Yujun stomped the mountain and transformed it into a giant Ice Dragon, terrifying the nearby monsters and Yun She.
  • Bai Yujun sent the Ice Dragon flying toward the North Heavenly Gate.
  • Bai Yujun reflected that the factions' ongoing hunt for her had benefited Divine Dragon Hall and the Demon Dragon King, which made her furious.

Ch. 1207Reckless

Bai Yujun confronted the factions ambushing North Heavenly Gate and revealed the Guardian Seal, refusing their demand to surrender it. When they chose to fight, she summoned the monkey and two Innate Deities to join her.

  • Bai Yujun unleashed a massive tornado of freezing wind and Solid Ice, exposing the factions encircling North Heavenly Gate.
  • She sent a decoy Ice Dragon crashing into the ground, destroying most of the hidden formation foundations.
  • Bai Yujun displayed the Guardian Seal and challenged the immortals, then rebuffed a young man from the Cen Lineage who demanded it.
  • She gave the factions a choice to leave or fight, but they stayed as the hourglass ran out.
  • Bai Yujun snapped her fingers and summoned the monkey, the wind deity, and the lightning deity to attack the assembled factions.

Ch. 1208Tornado

Bai Yujun and Monkey Brother fought off the immortals who had come after them, while the Innate Thunder God and Wind God joined the battle. The attackers fled through a tornado turned to fire, and the chapter ended with the Cen Clan Elder arriving to find his son badly burned.

  • Bai Yujun and Monkey Brother charged into battle, while the Thunder God and Wind God fought the immortals with them.
  • Bai Yujun and Monkey Brother overwhelmed their opponents, and Bai Yujun struck the Cen Clan young master with her dragon tail.
  • The immortals fled into the tornado, so Bai Yujun turned it into a fire tornado that burned them as they escaped.
  • The Cen Clan young master fled with two Celestial Maiden Guards, but his burns resisted treatment from medicines and spirit pills.
  • The Cen Clan Elder arrived, scolded his son and the two Celestial Immortals, and recognized Bai Yujun's skill.

Ch. 1209Heavenly Prison

Bai Yujun used the Heavenly Gate Guardian Seal to enter the Heavenly Court while the Cen Clan Elder chose not to challenge her. After exploring its ruined palaces and collecting its treasures, she reached the Heavenly Prison and passed the scrutiny of its guardian statues.

  • Bai Yujun held up a divine candle at the North Heavenly Gate, and the Cen Clan Elder decided not to attack her.
  • Bai Yujun entered the Heavenly Court as the gate opened, while the Cen Clan Elder and his companions left without capturing her.
  • Bai Yujun explored the ruined Heavenly Court and stored its intact Metal Mecha Puppets and scattered weapons and armor in her Little Broken Ball World.
  • Bai Yujun reached the Heavenly Prison and recognized the Xiezhi and Bi'an statues guarding its entrance.
  • The statues came alive and examined Bai Yujun, then withdrew their divine might and let her pass into the Heavenly Prison.

Ch. 1210A Tour

Bai Yujun toured the Heavenly Prison, inspecting the Platform of Execution and discovering that hidden Dragon Language Runes powered its intimidating formation. She reached the enormous prison and was overwhelmed by its countless cells and clamoring prisoners, leaving her unsure how she could find anyone.

  • Bai Yujun climbed the Platform of Execution, examined its divine execution blade, and uncovered Dragon Language Runes beneath the visible formation.
  • Bai Yujun peered into the black hole beneath the platform and threw in a stone, which vanished from her senses.
  • Bai Yujun spotted the Puppet Mechas guarding the prison and passed through the rune-covered pillars to reach the cells.
  • Bai Yujun explored the towering prison blocks and observed the sleeping monster and the chaotic, seemingly endless rows of cells.
  • A prisoner mistook Bai Yujun for a Heavenly General and begged her to escort him to the execution block, rousing the other prisoners into a deafening uproar.

Ch. 1211Food Stall

Bai Yujun searched the Heavenly Prison for someone imprisoned for an especially long time, but found no useful clues. Hungry and frustrated, she began eating the prisoners, turning the prison into a food stall and terrifying the inmates.

  • Bai Yujun questioned a Dog-headed Monster about long-term prisoners, then beat it severely after it insulted her.
  • Bai Yujun killed nearby prisoners who insulted or attacked her, but learned nothing about her target.
  • Bai Yujun realized she was hungry, roasted and ate a ferocious beast, and began eating edible prisoners throughout the Heavenly Prison.
  • Bai Yujun discovered how to open the cell doors and crawled through the prison in dragon form, pulling out prisoners to eat.
  • An Evil Immortal awaiting execution watched in horror as Bai Yujun threatened to eat the Heavenly Prison empty.

Ch. 1212Bell

Hell’s forces attacked Bamboo Spring Temple, and the snake demon boy and the temple’s guardians fought to protect the villagers and stop the invasion. When Old Hui Xian chanted, the Ancient Bell rang on its own, destroying the strongest evil ghosts and driving Hellfire back.

  • Evil ghosts and Hellfire advanced on Bamboo Spring Temple, forcing villagers to flee toward the bamboo forest.
  • The snake demon boy saved a family and held back the invading ghosts with his Ring-pommel Saber.
  • High-grade evil ghosts emerged, and the snake demon boy, Little Stone, Iron Ball, Qing Ling, Wine Worm, and Long-faced Heavenly King joined the battle.
  • Old Hui Xian chanted at the Dilapidated Temple while the villagers took shelter and the evil ghosts pressed their attack.
  • The Ancient Bell rang without being struck, destroying the terrifying evil ghosts and causing the remaining ghosts and Hellfire to retreat.
  • Old Hui Xian pressed his palms together and said, "Good, good..."

Ch. 1213A Short Rest

Bai Yujun searched the Heavenly Prison for clues about a strange presence, then left to rest in her old courtyard. She planned to investigate the prison’s deepest section on the next first or fifteenth day and fell asleep listening to the rain.

  • Bai Yujun questioned a prisoner about unusual people or sounds from the thousand years without Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.
  • The prisoner told Bai Yujun that strange sounds came from the deepest part of the Heavenly Prison on the first and fifteenth of each month, and she killed him when he showed wicked intent.
  • Bai Yujun decided to return to the prison on the fifteenth, then left and wandered through the empty Heavenly Court, eating immortal plants and drinking spring water.
  • Bai Yujun returned to her old courtyard, changed out of her armor, and fell asleep beside the window as rain fell.

Ch. 1214Marriage Treasures

Bai drank alone in the abandoned Heavenly Court while immortals plotted to capture her and the Wind and Thunder Spirits. Immortal Lord Cen He proposed using three Marriage Treasures to bind Bai, leaving the conspirators to consider his plan.

  • Bai woke in the Heavenly Court, rinsed her mouth with immortal spring water, and drank sweet fruit wine beneath the moon.
  • Word of the Wind and Thunder Spirits spread, drawing powerful immortals to the Gloomy Cold Land to seek the spirits and Bai.
  • Immortal Lord Cen He met with two immortal lords and argued that Bai’s female body made marriage magic the best way to ensnare her.
  • Cen He revealed a red thread, a book, and a Concentric Lock, saying that the Marriage Tree was the only missing treasure.

Ch. 1215Scheming

Three Immortal Lords failed to use the Marriage Treasures to find or bind Bai Yujun’s fate, so they arranged a competition among their clans to choose a marriage candidate for her. After noticing that Chang'e still lived in Guanghan Palace, Bai Yujun flew there to visit her.

  • Three Immortal Lords tried to locate Bai Yujun’s marriage bond with the Marriage Red Thread, Marriage Contract, and Concentric Lock, but all three treasures failed.
  • The Immortal Lords decided that unmarried male juniors from their three clans would compete for the chance to be matched with Bai Yujun.
  • Bai Yujun wandered through the Heavenly Court, returned to the Heavenly Prison to eat, and wondered who had searched for her in the River of Fate.
  • Bai Yujun used True Sight to discover Chang'e in Guanghan Palace and flew there to visit her.

Ch. 1216Guanghan Palace

Bai Yujun flew to the isolated Guanghan Palace and reunited with Chang'e, who had been trapped there since the Heavenly Court was sealed. Chang'e welcomed her with rare moon laurel flower tea, while a rabbit elsewhere in the Heavenly Court looked toward the Moon Palace.

  • Bai Yujun crossed the Heavenly River and reached the desolate Guanghan Palace, where her presence lit the palace lamps.
  • Chang'e recognized Bai Yujun and thanked her for the dragon flame that had foiled villains’ schemes a thousand years earlier.
  • Chang'e explained that the Heavenly Court’s ancient restriction had sealed Guanghan Palace and prevented her from leaving.
  • Bai Yujun said she had entered through the North Heavenly Gate and that the restriction did not affect her.
  • Chang'e invited Bai Yujun inside and served moon laurel flower tea as her rabbit pounded medicine in the rear courtyard.
  • A plump rabbit on another floating isle raised its head and looked toward the Moon Palace.

Ch. 1217Burning Paper

Bai Yujun visited Chang'e in Guanghan Palace, learned how dire the Primordial Immortal Realm had become, and drank Emperor's Flowing Sap before heading to the Heavenly Prison. After burning offerings to its guardian Mythical Beast statues, she discovered that both statues had turned around.

  • Bai Yujun told Chang'e that the Devil Race was still rampant and many Great Worlds had been devastated.
  • Bai Yujun realized Chang'e had brewed the tea with Emperor's Flowing Sap and licked her cup clean.
  • Bai Yujun and Chang'e drank Peach Blossom Wine, while the monkey discovered that two jars of its wine were missing.
  • Bai Yujun burned offerings and paper money before the Heavenly Prison's guardian Mythical Beast statues.
  • Bai Yujun looked up and saw that both Mythical Beast statues had turned around.

Ch. 1218Inquiry

Bai Yujun entered the Death Prison within the Heavenly Prison to search for someone, enduring its deadly storms and confronting the imprisoned monsters. After resisting a Human-headed Snake-bodied Monster’s enchantment and beating it, she followed the other prisoners’ reactions toward the person she sought.

  • Bai Yujun waited for nightfall in the Heavenly Prison, then prepared her defenses and entered the Death Prison through its misty barrier.
  • Bai Yujun surveyed the imprisoned monsters and asked whether they had seen the person she was searching for.
  • The Human-headed Snake-bodied Monster tried to lure Bai Yujun closer with its bewitching voice, but her treasure pearl and dragon instincts broke the spell.
  • Bai Yujun seized the Human-headed Snake-bodied Monster and punched it repeatedly, then directed heavenly thunder and fierce gales at it.
  • Bai Yujun noticed the monsters had looked toward a particular direction and walked that way without turning back.

Ch. 1219Target

Bai Yujun found a woman bound to a Copper Pillar in Death Prison and discovered that the woman was connected to Xiao. As the woman began to probe Bai Yujun for what she knew, Three-headed Crow cursed them with bad luck, and Bai Yujun attacked it with her dragon throne.

  • Many-eyed Lion and Giant Wolf discussed Dragon Girl’s arrival, while the Human-headed Snake-bodied Monster fainted after Many-eyed Lion’s gaze.
  • Bai Yujun found a woman bound to a Copper Pillar and realized that the woman’s crime did not merit imprisonment in Death Prison.
  • Bai Yujun questioned the woman, who demanded to know why she had come and objected to her sitting on a dragon throne.
  • Bai Yujun revealed that Xiao had asked her to find the woman, and the woman confirmed that she knew Xiao.
  • Three-headed Crow cursed Bai Yujun and the woman with bad luck, so Bai Yujun charged at it with her dragon throne and sent black feathers flying.

Ch. 1220Gazing into the Past

Bai Yujun listened as a prisoner in Death Prison recalled her idyllic life with the man she loved, then bargained for the woman's entire collection in exchange for a chance at escape. She uncovered that the woman's Marriage Red Thread bound only her, not her beloved, leaving the prisoner furious and stunned.

  • The prisoner recounted the seasons she had spent living happily with her beloved before being imprisoned by the Heavenly Court for neglecting her divine duties.
  • Bai Yujun told the prisoner about a fairy she had once caught marrying a mortal, then warned her not to curse Bai Yujun with the same fate.
  • Bai Yujun revealed that Xiao had offered an immortal lotus to secure the prisoner's rescue, but said she did not trust the Dragon Clan Traitor or its promises.
  • The prisoner offered two supreme treasures of slaughter, but Bai Yujun demanded her entire collection as payment for helping her escape.
  • Bai Yujun told the prisoner that a Marriage Red Thread bound her but not her beloved, and the prisoner angrily rejected the claim.

Ch. 1221Discovery

Bai Yujun collected the goddess’s fortune, then discovered Corpse Qi on her and suspected she was hiding a treasured secret. When the goddess relied on her status as an Orthodox God to defy her, Bai Yujun drew the Dragon Spear and threatened to kill her unless she confessed.

  • The goddess handed over her wealth, and Bai Yujun swiftly gathered the rare treasures.
  • Bai Yujun examined the goddess’s scent and detected Corpse Qi, accusing her of keeping back her most precious treasure.
  • The goddess denied the accusation and invoked her divine status, challenging Bai Yujun to summon the Heavenly Court’s Divine Officials.
  • The goddess recognized Bai Yujun’s Black Bracelet as the Dragon Spear and explained its fearsome reputation.
  • The goddess insisted no one dared execute an Orthodox God, so Bai Yujun halted the prison’s thunder and gale, drew the Dragon Spear, and demanded she choose between living and dying.

Ch. 1222Origins

Bai Yujun confronted a Star-born Goddess in the Death Prison, exposing her forbidden cultivation and her secret relationship with an executioner who had helped slaughter the dragon race. She revealed her ability to gaze into the past and future and demanded the woman hand over the evidence she needed to kill him; the prison’s beasts decided they were safer staying imprisoned.

  • Bai Yujun accused the goddess of cultivating Evil Arts and demanded that she hand something over, while the Death Prison’s beasts watched.
  • The goddess tried to deny the accusations and protect her lover, but Bai Yujun revealed that the lover had been one of the executioners responsible for the dragon race’s downfall.
  • Bai Yujun showed her dragon features and explained that she had witnessed the goddess’s secret romance and knew the lover’s past and fate.
  • Bai Yujun revealed that she could gaze into the past and future, then declared that the executioner would only truly be dead when she killed him herself.
  • The Death Prison’s beasts realized Bai Yujun was descended from the Dragon Court’s emperor and empress, and decided to remain imprisoned rather than risk the upheaval outside.

Ch. 1223Zombies

Bai Yujun exposed the Star Goddess’s betrayal and the zombie hidden within her, then freed the creature from the Copper Pillar and tried to destroy it. The zombie escaped her first strike and fled through the Heavenly Prison as she pursued it with thunder and gale.

  • Bai Yujun rebuked the Star Goddess for betraying the Will of the Stars and explained that her lover had only used her to protect himself.
  • Bai Yujun stripped the woman of her status as the True God of the Stars, and Heavenly Thunder reclaimed the spirit of the stars as the woman’s body withered.
  • Bai Yujun used a White Dragon Phantom to pull the Copper Pillar from the ground, releasing the zombie hidden inside the woman.
  • The zombie slipped out from beneath Bai Yujun’s dragon claw and fled while Heavenly Thunder and Gale battered it and the prison’s ferocious creatures pointed out its path.
  • Bai Yujun sent Heavenly Thunder and Gale after the zombie, but she wondered why its body seemed so slippery and boneless.

Ch. 1224Calculations

Bai Yujun finally trapped the slippery zombie in the Death Prison and questioned it, but it could only howl. As she considered whether Xiao had sent her to help the zombie or manipulate her, she remained uncertain and decided to keep it for now.

  • Bai Yujun failed to catch the zombie by hand, then chased it with the Copper Pillar while the imprisoned creatures watched in alarm.
  • Bai Yujun wove the Death Prison's heavenly thunder into an electric net, but the zombie tore through it before her dragon spear pinned it down.
  • Bai Yujun questioned the pinned zombie, recognized its features from Gaze into the Past, and found that it could not speak.
  • Bai Yujun wondered whether Xiao had genuinely wanted her to rescue the zombie or had planned to use it and the immortal lotus for its own ends.
  • Bai Yujun examined the zombie, confirmed it had no bones, and decided to preserve it while she considered what secrets it might hold.

Ch. 1225Planting Grass

Bai Yujun planted special grass seeds in an immortal-born zombie, draining it until she could destroy its corpse. She left the Death Prison with the harvested grass and seeds, while its vicious creatures anxiously watched to make sure none remained behind.

  • Bai Yujun found special grass seeds in her treasury and planted them in the zombie impaled on her dragon spear.
  • The seeds quickly grew, terrifying the Death Prison’s vicious creatures, and Bai Yujun harvested the grass and collected more seeds.
  • Over several days, the grass drained the zombie until only a ruined corpse remained, with no sign of consciousness.
  • Bai Yujun burned the corpse to ashes and vowed to destroy its head later.
  • The Many-eyed Lion, Old Wolf, and other creatures begged Bai Yujun to check for forgotten seeds, and she inspected the area before leaving.

Ch. 1226Festival

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Bai Yujun drank with Chang'e and reminisced about her home on Shenhua Mountain. A mysterious force carried her to the moon, where she discovered a hidden silver world beneath its surface.

  • Bai Yujun visited Guanghan Palace and drank immortal brew with Chang'e beneath the full moon.
  • Bai Yujun recalled her master and senior brothers and sisters, and spoke of missing her old home and the festivals on Shenhua Mountain.
  • Bai Yujun announced that she wanted to visit the moon, then began rising toward it in a radiant white glow.
  • Bai Yujun passed through a mysterious barrier and found herself inside the moon, beneath a gigantic osmanthus tree beside a silver lake.
  • Bai Yujun touched the tree's glowing particles and recognized them through her Inheritance Memory as true moonlight.
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