Chapter Summaries

White Snake survived her Form Transformation Tribulation, emerged stronger, and learned she could transform at will. Yu Rong planned a trip down the mountain for Xu Ling, Yang Mu, and White Snake once White Snake could transform.

• White Snake endured the final violet lightning bolt and appeared to burn to charcoal, but cracked out of her old skin alive and larger after passing the tribulation.
• White Snake continued guarding the gate, eating Failed Pills, and cultivating Chunyang Daoist techniques while Xu Ling and Yang Mu trained more diligently.
• Yu Rong asked Xu Ling and Yang Mu what they had learned from the tribulation, and Yang Mu described the need for preparation, awareness, perseverance, and courage.
• Yu Rong said the three disciples would go down the mountain together once White Snake could transform, and Xu Ling hurried to find Big White so they could visit Chang'an.
• The Lingxu Palace steward noticed that the Failed Pills' failure rate had risen lately.

White Snake completed her first transformation into human form after deciding that she wanted to see the world beyond Qingxu Palace. She discovered she had become a beautiful young woman, adapted calmly to her new appearance, and received enchanted robes from Yu Rong.

• Xu Ling and Yang Mu persuaded White Snake to take human form by promising her a chance to travel beyond the mountain.
• White Snake secluded herself in a cave and slowly transformed her snake body into a human one.
• White Snake returned to Qingxu Palace, where Yu Rong, Xu Ling, and Yang Mu reacted with surprise to her appearance.
• White Snake inspected herself in Yu Rong's bronze mirror and discovered she had become a young woman.
• Yu Rong gave White Snake enchanted robes, which White Snake altered into a white Hanfu Skirt and tied back her hair.

Bai Yujun adjusted to her human form, learned to walk, and began exploring Chunyang Palace while she waited to refine her hyoid bone. Her visit to Zuowang Peak left Chu Zhe captivated, and his steadfast Dao Heart began to waver.

• Yu Rong explained that Bai Yujun needed to refine her hyoid bone before she could speak, and told her to keep wearing her jade pendant and continue her cultivation.
• Bai Yujun chose the name Bai Yujun and spent several days learning to walk on two legs.
• Bai Yujun visited the dining hall kitchen and ate the basin of meat prepared for the White Snake, startling the chef and cooks.
• Bai Yujun went to Lingxu Palace and ate Failed Pills and Medicinal Dregs, prompting the steward to recognize the jade pendant at her waist.
• Bai Yujun listened to a lesson at Zuowang Peak from a peach tree, where Chu Zhe arrived and became captivated by her.

Chu Zhe became captivated by Bai Yujun after meeting her at Zuowang Peak and began visiting Qingxu Palace in hopes of seeing her again. After he gave her a sword, Sect Master Li Xiangyan divined that Chu Zhe faced a love tribulation tied to Qingxu Palace and asked Yu Rong to help him and Xu Ling through it.

• Chu Zhe asked about Bai Yujun and learned that Martial Uncle Yu had allowed her to roam freely, then found himself unable to stop thinking about her.
• Chu Zhe repeatedly visited Qingxu Palace, hoping to see Bai Yujun, and eventually found her tending the divine hall while Yu Rong and her disciples practiced in the Back Mountain.
• Chu Zhe lent Bai Yujun his storage bag, which she explored, and gave her a light sword; she thanked him with an apple from the altar table.
• Li Xiangyan divined that Chu Zhe would face a love tribulation connected to Qingxu Palace and told Yu Rong that Xu Ling was its likely focus.
• Yu Rong agreed to secretly help Chu Zhe and Xu Ling through the tribulation, noting that Xu Ling already admired him.

Bai Yujun traveled toward Chang'an with Chu Zhe, Xu Ling, and Yang Mu while refining her transverse throat bone. After Chu Zhe learned she was a snake demon and quietly gave her pills to help, she finally refined the bone but still could not speak, leaving her and her companions baffled.

• Yu Rong and Li Xiangyan sent Chu Zhe, Xu Ling, Yang Mu, and Bai Yujun on foot to Chang'an for the Tang Emperor's birthday.
• Xu Ling told Chu Zhe that Bai Yujun was the White Snake demon Yu Rong had brought back from the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and Chu Zhe was stunned by the revelation.
• Bai Yujun kept refining her transverse throat bone during the journey and spent the night apart from the others in a Mountain God Temple.
• Chu Zhe slipped Bai Yujun a bottle of five Condensing Spirit Pills, which helped her finish refining the transverse throat bone.
• Bai Yujun tried to speak after the bone was gone, but could only make muffled sounds, so Xu Ling and the others turned back in alarm.

Bai Yujun struggled to relearn speech while Chu Zhe patiently taught her, and the four Chunyang Disciples visited a poetry gathering in Liu City. There, Bai Yujun sensed a nearby wolf demon, but its location remained unknown.

• Bai Yujun realized that decades without speaking had left her unable to form words, so she began practicing basic sounds as Chu Zhe coached her.
• Chu Zhe grew increasingly attached to Bai Yujun as he helped her practice speaking during their journey, while Xu Ling and Yang Mu pursued their own interests.
• Chu Zhe took the group to Liu City for two days of rest, and Xu Ling led them to a poetry gathering at Qingyuan.
• Bai Yujun and Xu Ling enjoyed the gathering’s food, while Yang Mu watched a fire-breathing performer and Chu Zhe noticed something but said nothing.
• Bai Yujun smelled wolf fur in the crowd and warned the others that a demon was nearby.
• Chu Zhe asked Bai Yujun to locate the demon, and she explained that she needed to get closer because she could not sense it from far away.

Bai Yujun and her companions visited Qingyuan’s poetry gathering, where a scholar’s advances were blocked by Yang Mu. A powerful young man learned where Bai Yujun was staying and sent someone to bring her to him; that night, as a shadow approached the inn, the four guests sensed it and Chu Zhe concealed their auras.

• Bai Yujun decided not to pursue the wolf demon, and Chu Zhe continued touring Qingyuan with the others.
• The group admired the poems, and Yang Mu stopped a scholar from grabbing Bai Yujun after she rejected his advances.
• Bai Yujun and her companions ate sweets, then left the poetry gathering and returned to Jufu Inn.
• A scholar told Young Master Zhang that Bai Yujun was staying at Jufu Inn, and Zhang ordered Brother Lang to bring her over that night.
• A Black Shadow crossed the rooftops toward Jufu Inn, where the four guests sensed its approach and Chu Zhe concealed their auras.

Chu Zhe watched as Yang Mu and Xu Ling fought the wolf demon, while Bai Yujun ambushed him from hiding. After the wolf demon was defeated, Bai Yujun killed him, and Chu Zhe approved of her resolve.

• Chu Zhe concealed his aura and watched as Yang Mu and Xu Ling prepared for the wolf demon, while Bai Yujun hid near the Osmanthus Tree.
• The wolf demon tried to enter Bai Yujun's room, and Yang Mu attacked him with his sword.
• Yang Mu struggled against the wolf demon, while Xu Ling held back her flying swords and Bai Yujun waited in ambush.
• Bai Yujun stabbed the wolf demon in the back, and Xu Ling then wounded him with her flying swords until he fell.
• The wolf demon recognized Chu Zhe as a Chunyang disciple and stared at Bai Yujun before she declared that she was a snake.
• Bai Yujun severed the wolf demon's head, and Chu Zhe approved of her decisiveness.

After defeating the wolf demon, Bai Yujun traveled with Chu Zhe, Xu Ling, and Yang Mu to Stone Lake Mountain, where they admired the scenery and went to play on the lake. When Bai Yujun fell into the water, Chu Zhe immediately dove in after her.

• Chu Zhe criticized Xu Ling and Yang Mu for their poor fighting and told them to learn from Bai Yujun’s tactics.
• The group left Liu City and continued their leisurely journey, while Bai Yujun practiced speaking and bought a bamboo flute that she later smashed in frustration.
• At Stone Lake Mountain, Chu Zhe led the group to a waterfall and then used the Sword Control Technique to carry them to the lake above it.
• Bai Yujun and the others began hopping across the lake, but Bai Yujun fell into the water.
• Chu Zhe rushed to where Bai Yujun had fallen and dove beneath the water.

Bai Yujun explored an ancient courtyard beneath Stone Lake and enjoyed swimming in its moonlit waters before the group continued to Du City. There, Chu Zhe joined a Chunyang outpost’s demon-subjugation mission, leaving Xu Ling, Yang Mu, and Bai Yujun behind.

• Bai Yujun and Chu Zhe explored the clear lake and discovered an abandoned courtyard beneath its surface, which Bai Yujun suspected was a Dragon Palace.
• Bai Yujun explained that dragons and Water Gods were said to dwell in rivers and lakes, while Chu Zhe said Chunyang Palace had never seen a dragon.
• Bai Yujun, Xu Ling, Yang Mu, and Chu Zhe camped by the lake, and Bai Yujun later transformed into her snake form and swam beneath the moon as Chu Zhe watched from shore.
• The group reached Du City and went to its Chunyang outpost, where Chu Zhe agreed to help the stationed disciples subdue a demon.
• Chu Zhe warned Xu Ling, Yang Mu, and Bai Yujun to stay at the outpost and then flew off on his sword; Yang Mu assured him that Bai Yujun was cautious.

After the Chunyang cultivators left to hunt demons, Yang Mu, Xu Ling, and Bai Yujun answered Du City's constable’s request to investigate a family’s slaughter in Cheng Family Town. They examined the murder scene and headed to an untouched room to seek clues.

• Bai Yujun tried practicing the flute to temper her nature but smashed another bamboo flute, and Yang Mu reminded her how many she had already broken.
• The head constable reported that more than a dozen people had died in Cheng Family Town, including an entire household, and asked the three remaining Chunyang disciples for help.
• Xu Ling eagerly agreed to go, and Yang Mu decided the group should investigate; they rode government horses to Cheng Family Town.
• At the crime scene, the constables showed the disciples victims with two bloody holes in their necks and a tuft of demon beast fur.
• Bai Yujun inspected the corpses and asked whether there was a victim's room no one had entered; the head constable led them to the maid's room.

Bai Yujun investigated the Cheng Household deaths and proved they were caused by poisoned well water, not a mountain cat demon. After she identified a medicinal-herb scent as a lead for the constables, she returned to the Chunyang outpost while a young man searched Cheng Family Town with a compass.

• Bai Yujun inspected the corpses and noticed signs that the apparent demon attack did not add up.
• Bai Yujun revealed that the victims had been poisoned, and constables confirmed the corpses tested positive for poison.
• Bai Yujun explained that the neck wounds and animal fur had been planted to frame a mountain cat demon.
• Bai Yujun traced the poison to the well and urged the constables to investigate a medicinal-herb scent, which led them to a clue.
• Bai Yujun, Yang Mu, and Xu Ling returned to the Chunyang outpost in Du City while a young man searched Cheng Family Town with a compass.

Bai Yujun intervened when government runners beat a starving grandfather over grain tax, then went with Yang Mu and Xu Ling to shop in Du City. A demon slayer mistook Bai Yujun for a fiend, but she faked being a frightened girl and turned the crowd against him before the three escaped.

• Bai Yujun ordered the government runners to exempt a poor grandfather and his granddaughter from grain tax, threatening to kill them when they refused.
• Bai Yujun told Yang Mu and Xu Ling to say she had intervened and remarked that human hearts could be more demonic than monsters.
• Bai Yujun, Yang Mu, and Xu Ling went down to Du City to stroll, buy snacks, and watch street performances.
• A young demon slayer used a compass to identify Bai Yujun as a fiend and pointed his Black Iron Cudgel at her.
• Bai Yujun pretended to be a terrified young woman, prompting bystanders to accuse the demon slayer of bullying her.
• Bai Yujun, Yang Mu, and Xu Ling slipped away while the crowd pelted the demon slayer with cabbages and stones.

Bai Yujun fought Yan Feng of Tiangang Mountain after he accused her of beguiling the Chunyang Disciples, then Yang Mu and Xu Ling intervened when Yan Feng trapped her with a Demon Binding Net. After Yan Feng left, Yang Mu explained how cultivators used magic treasures and pills, and Bai Yujun resolved to study the Scripture Pavilion’s techniques.

• Xu Ling and Bai Yujun laughed about Yan Feng’s earlier misfortune before he confronted them in the alley and accused the Chunyang Disciples of siding with demons.
• Bai Yujun fought Yan Feng with her sword and agility, but he trapped her in a Demon Binding Net when he could not defeat her.
• Yang Mu threatened Yan Feng with a flying sword and released Bai Yujun, who punched Yan Feng and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Xu Ling and Yang Mu identified their ties to Chunyang Palace and Yu Rong, prompting Yan Feng to back down and leave.
• Yang Mu explained that Chunyang Palace taught techniques for countering magic treasures and warned Bai Yujun about relying too much on pills, so she resolved to study in the Scripture Pavilion.

After reaching Chang'an, Bai Yujun, Xu Ling, and Yang Mu explored the city before palace servants arrived to teach the Chunyang disciples etiquette for the emperor’s birthday banquet. As Yang Mu endured the lesson, Bai Yujun studied how to counter magical treasures.

• Chu Zhe, the elders, and the disciples returned to the outpost battered after facing a great demon, then departed for Chang'an the next day.
• Bai Yujun, Xu Ling, and Yang Mu arrived in Chang'an and wandered its streets, where Bai Yujun unconsciously swayed to a snake charmer’s music and startled him into fleeing.
• The three ate a feast, listened to stories at a teahouse, and admired Chang'an’s lively nighttime streets before Yang Mu insisted they return to the outpost.
• Palace servants arrived at dawn to instruct the disciples attending the emperor’s birthday banquet in etiquette, while Bai Yujun and Xu Ling were excluded from the main hall.
• Bai Yujun studied ways to disrupt magical treasures, while Yang Mu struggled to restrain himself after a eunuch groped him during the etiquette lesson.

Bai Yujun spent a quiet day in Chang'an while Chu Zhe and Yang Mu faced unwanted marriage proposals from Princesses, prompting the group to flee back to Mount Hua. Back on the mountain, Yu Rong questioned Xu Ling about romance, but Xu Ling talked about how difficult Bai Yujun's life as a demon was instead.

• Bai Yujun watched children play at demon subjugation in Chang'an and grew melancholy before nearly attacking the temple keeper for bringing her Realgar Wine.
• Chu Zhe and Yang Mu returned from the palace banquet after Princesses expressed interest in marrying them, and Yang Mu urged Chu Zhe to return to the mountain.
• Xu Ling and Yang Mu traded insults as the Princesses pressed the Tang Emperor to send for Chu Zhe and Yang Mu.
• Chu Zhe cast a spell and swept Bai Yujun, Xu Ling, and Yang Mu away from the outpost in a streak of sword light before the palace attendants arrived.
• On Mount Hua, Xu Ling tried to sleep through morning practice, and Yu Rong later questioned her about romance.
• Xu Ling praised Bai Yujun's case-solving skills and lamented the dangers she faced as a demon, so Yu Rong sent her off to practice.

Bai Yujun joined the Golden Void Lineage to learn forging so she could make weapons for herself, and trained under Gu Cangyu through the winter. By spring, she had forged a white Hengdao with her own scales and began preparing materials for a heavy weapon.

• Bai Yujun entered the Golden Void Palace and registered to learn forging, starting by sorting and delivering metal supplies.
• Bai Yujun quickly learned to identify metals and assisted the forging disciples in the mountain's lava-filled cavern.
• Gu Cangyu noticed Bai Yujun's diligence and began teaching her forging, urging her to work earnestly.
• Bai Yujun practiced forging day and night through the winter, improving her basic skills and cultivation.
• Bai Yujun forged a white Hengdao by mixing scales from her arm into the blade, then prepared ordinary materials to forge a heavy weapon.

Bai Yujun returned to Clear Void Peak with newly forged weapons, but a devastating drought and locust plague soon prompted Chunyang Palace to send disciples out for relief. She left the mountain with Yang Mu and Xu Ling to calm the people and fight demonic evils.

• Bai Yujun received a light saber, a heavy saber, and a mechanism sheath forged with Gu Cangyu's help, then returned to Clear Void Peak.
• A severe drought and locust plague devastated the land, and officials allowed famine victims to leave their registered homes to seek food elsewhere.
• The Chunyang Palace Master ordered disaster relief as disciples carried medicine and supplies into the afflicted regions.
• Yu Rong gave Bai Yujun a Chunyang Daoist Robe marked with a snake and sent her, Yang Mu, and Xu Ling down the mountain to help the people and slay evil demons.
• Bai Yujun gathered travel supplies and smoked meat, then descended with Yang Mu and Xu Ling, telling Xu Ling she had never experienced famine because the mountains provided food.

Bai Yujun traveled through a drought-stricken county on her mission to eliminate evil beings and discovered that people were blaming the locusts on the emperor. After spending the night in an abandoned village, she began inspecting a mass graveyard for resentful ghosts and zombies.

• Bai Yujun met a starving family who blamed the locust plague on the emperor and Heaven, then realized the rumor was being spread to undermine the emperor.
• Bai Yujun spent the night reading scripture in an abandoned thatched hut, where her aura drove away several wandering ghosts.
• Bai Yujun saw the starving villagers and went to the nearby mass graveyard to carry out her mission.
• Bai Yujun put on a mask, searched the graves with a compass, and began checking for strong resentment and newly formed zombies.

Bai Yujun searched the village graveyard, destroyed evil spirits, and corrected its feng shui before reciting scriptures through the night to guide wandering souls toward reincarnation. At dawn, she sensed someone near the old tree but saw no one.

• Bai Yujun followed her compass to fresh graves and exposed an evil ghost to sunlight, burning it away.
• Bai Yujun broke open an old ancestral grave and killed the enormous Yin-soaked toad that lunged at her.
• Bai Yujun chopped down old trees and moved a boulder to correct the mass graveyard's feng shui.
• Bai Yujun meditated beneath the village's old tree, welcomed a small green snake, and waited for nightfall.
• Bai Yujun recited salvation scriptures in the mass graveyard, helping wandering souls depart while Chu Zhe watched from the old tree.
• Bai Yujun recited until dawn, then sensed someone by the old tree but saw no one.