Chapter Summaries

Bai Yujun crossed famine-stricken farmland, rescued refugees from three mutated wild dogs, and treated the survivors she could save. She continued searching for evil demons as a faint black mist approached on the horizon.

• Bai Yujun passed a frenzied religious procession, and a starving boy saw her eating locusts and followed her example to survive.
• Bai Yujun arrived as three mutated wild dogs attacked refugees and killed all three with her weapons.
• Bai Yujun treated three lightly injured men but told the refugees that the man bitten in the chest could not be saved.
• Bai Yujun learned that Xu Ling was nearby treating the sick with two Lingxu Palace disciples, but found no Chunyang Disciples herself.
• Bai Yujun noticed a faint black mist drifting toward her and continued along the locust-filled road.

Bai Yujun found no lost souls at the mass graveyard, settled in a ruined house in town, and reflected on how disaster relief was strengthening her cultivation. After spotting a vicious ghost, she found it had slaughtered people at a wealthy family’s estate and pursued it.

• Bai Yujun arrived at the enormous mass graveyard but found no lost souls, then went into town to rest.
• Bai Yujun saw refugees salvaging scraps from a wealthy family’s drainage ditch and found a ruined house to stay in.
• Bai Yujun noticed a cold, sinister man in black and later reflected on how traveling through the famine was cultivating her heart.
• A vicious ghost flashed past the hole in Bai Yujun’s roof, and she leapt outside to investigate the blood-red moon and scent of blood.
• Bai Yujun reached a wealthy family’s estate, where a crowd found a courtyard strewn with mutilated bodies, and she chased after the ghost.

Bai Yujun investigated the fierce ghost’s killings, warded a wealthy household with talismans, and waited for the ghost to appear again. When her compass finally pointed toward it, she confronted the increasingly powerful ghost and struck it with Tai Xu Sword Intent.

• Bai Yujun searched for the vanished fierce ghost but found only the familiar black-clad man before returning to the ruined house.
• Bai Yujun placed Paper Talismans around the first massacred household to guard against the victims becoming evil ghosts.
• Bai Yujun drew enlarged Talisman Seals on the household’s gates, then learned that another wealthy family had been massacred and the town’s rich residents fled.
• Bai Yujun watched the quiet town through the night until her compass pointed toward the fierce ghost, whose clothes had turned red.
• Bai Yujun shouted at the fierce ghost, struck it with Tai Xu Sword Intent, and charged after forcing it to retreat.

Bai Yujun drove off a fierce ghost and outwitted the Ghost Cultivator who had been controlling it, then continued traveling and performing rites for the dead. She left a refugee camp after discovering that its butcher was secretly selling human flesh, though she did not draw her sword against the people there.

• Bai Yujun countered the fierce ghost’s soul attacks and poisonous mist, then pressed an Evil Suppressing Talisman onto its back.
• A black-clad Ghost Cultivator stole Bai Yujun’s heavy ruler and fled with the fierce ghost inside a small banner.
• Bai Yujun pursued the Ghost Cultivator, who escaped into the forest after releasing lost souls, while her venom left his hands poisoned.
• Bai Yujun waited three days for the Ghost Cultivator to return, then resumed her journey and performed rites at mass graves as the disaster worsened.
• Bai Yujun found human bones by the roadside and discovered a refugee camp where a butcher was selling human flesh.
• Bai Yujun left the camp without drawing her sword, sensing the watching refugees’ greed as she walked away.

Bai Yujun went to Chunyang Palace’s county station for supplies and learned that powerful nobles were prolonging the famine for profit. After leaving, she continued her patrol, watching the town’s wealthy youths brutalize ordinary people as the drought persisted.

• Bai Yujun crossed the refugee shelters, where hooligans targeted her, and she kicked one man to death and knocked several others unconscious.
• Bai Yujun reached Chunyang Palace’s station, reported a Ghost Cultivator with a black triangular flag to Senior Sister Wei, and received a Communication Talisman.
• Senior Sister Wei gave Bai Yujun talismans, medicine, and pills, then explained that powerful families profited from delaying disaster relief.
• Bai Yujun collected the supplies and left to resume patrolling, passing dandies on horseback who whipped and trampled townspeople.

Bai Yujun tracked a child-eating monster to a foul mountain swamp and discovered it was a crocodile demon. After finding its lair empty, she poisoned its leftover meat and waited nearby to see what happened.

• Bai Yujun left the county town to investigate reports of a monster snatching children from a village.
• Bai Yujun followed the demonic scent to a swamp and inferred that a crocodile demon was responsible.
• Bai Yujun transformed into a White Snake and entered the swamp to investigate the crocodile's island lair.
• Bai Yujun found children's clothing and bones near the lair, but no sign of the crocodile.
• Bai Yujun poisoned the crocodile's leftover meat, returned to a tree, and settled in to wait.

Bai Yujun weakened a child-devouring Crocodile Demon with poisoned meat, then attacked it in the marsh and trapped it in her coils. She waited for it to die, ignoring its pleas for mercy.

• Bai Yujun waited in a tree as the poisoned Crocodile Demon roared in pain, and practiced playing her flute until noon.
• Bai Yujun entered the marsh and tracked the struggling Crocodile Demon through vibrations.
• Bai Yujun evaded the Crocodile Demon's attacks, then wrapped around it and began constricting it.
• Bai Yujun held the Crocodile Demon until its struggles weakened and ignored its whimpering plea for mercy.

Bai Yujun killed the Crocodile Demon, brought its corpse to the village, and earned merit and money for the hide. After witnessing the villagers mourn their dead children, she returned to the county town, rested, and fell asleep at the garrison.

• Bai Yujun dragged the Crocodile Demon's corpse from the swamp and devoured its heart after killing it.
• Bai Yujun brought the corpse to the village, announced that she had eliminated the demon, and let the villagers divide its meat.
• Bai Yujun watched the villagers mourn their dead children, then left for the county town carrying the crocodile hide.
• Senior Sister Wei verified the hide, recorded Bai Yujun's merit, and bought it from her.
• Bai Yujun spent two days resting in the county town, watched a performance from a rooftop, and returned to the garrison to sleep.

When refugees overwhelmed the county town, Bai Yujun protected her courtyard and then hunted down men assaulting women across the burning streets. She gathered the girls she rescued in the City God Temple and stood guard as a bandit troop fled from her serpent-like appearance.

• Bai Yujun and Senior Sister Wei moved their belongings to the back courtyard and barricaded the gate as refugees poured into the county town.
• When rioters tried to break into their courtyard, Bai Yujun severed their legs without killing them, then heard Senior Sister Wei crying behind her bedroom door.
• Bai Yujun went into the streets and killed men assaulting women, recalling Yun'er as she rescued girls from the violence.
• Bai Yujun gathered the rescued girls in the City God Temple and scared off a bandit troop by revealing her fangs and beast-like eyes.

Bai Yujun defended the girls at the City God Temple through the night and faced a force of bandit soldiers the next morning. After identifying herself as a disciple of Chunyang Palace, she clashed with Chen Quan when he threatened to take her as his wife.

• Bai Yujun guarded the rescued girls through the night, killing attackers who approached the City God Temple.
• Senior Sister Wei told Bai Yujun about losing her family and said she considered Bai Yujun her friend.
• Bandit soldiers and refugees surrounded the temple, and one girl slit her own throat rather than face further humiliation.
• Bai Yujun unleashed her sword momentum to drive the crowd back and crushed the head of a bandit who begged for mercy.
• Chen Quan arrived with his men, challenged Bai Yujun to prove she belonged to Chunyang Palace, and threatened to make her his wife.
• Bai Yujun answered Chen Quan with blade qi and attacked him first.

Bai Yujun defended the City God Temple from Chen Quan and his bandits until Senior Sister Wei arrived and drove them off. After returning to their base, Bai Yujun slept, dreamed of the wildfire that had destroyed her home, and woke longing to return to the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

• Bai Yujun fought Chen Quan with a saber and used poison to gain an advantage, but he ordered his men to shoot her with arrows.
• Bai Yujun used Chunyang Art, Stabilize Heaven and Earth to deflect the arrows, and Chen Quan considered killing her with a jade talisman.
• Senior Sister Wei arrived on a flying sword, and Chen Quan and the bandits fled when she ordered them to scram.
• Senior Sister Wei told Bai Yujun that she had arranged the aftermath and that their plans would change amid the chaos; Bai Yujun returned to their base and collapsed into sleep.
• Bai Yujun dreamed that arsonists burned her valley and killed her, then woke frightened and wished to return to the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

Bai Yujun worried about punishment for killing people while the sect ordered its disciples to avoid the rebellion and return to the outpost. After days of vegetarian meals, she went to the river to catch fish, and Xu Ling and Yang Mu followed to share the catch.

• Xu Ling comforted Bai Yujun about the trouble she might face, while Yang Mu asked whether sabers were better for fighting and then left to ponder her answer.
• Senior Sister Wei announced that the disciples must not interfere in the rebellion unless supernatural threats appeared, and ordered them back to the temporary outpost to await further instructions.
• After several days of vegetarian meals, Bai Yujun went to the river to catch fish; Xu Ling mistook her absence for an escape from punishment until Yang Mu explained.
• Xu Ling and Yang Mu hurried to the upper river, where they found Bai Yujun devouring large fish and asked her to catch more for roasting without using venom.
• Bai Yujun nodded and dived back underwater to pursue another large fish.

Bai Yujun, Xu Ling, and Yang Mu witnessed rain end the drought, but days of heavy rainfall threatened to flood the county town and endanger the refugees. While Senior Sister Wei organized preparations, the group waited out the storm and passed the time with a card game.

• Bai Yujun, Xu Ling, and Yang Mu talked about becoming immortals beside their campfire when rain began falling across the drought-stricken land.
• The refugees celebrated the rain, while the rebel leader regretted that it would weaken his cause and the Tang Emperor welcomed it as Heaven’s aid.
• Rain kept Bai Yujun, Senior Sister Wei, and the others in the county town for three days and caused the nearby river to rise dangerously.
• Senior Sister Wei ordered the refugees moved to higher ground and told the disciples to watch the river and prepare to seal the city gates.
• Bai Yujun, Xu Ling, and Yang Mu played cards indoors, and Yang Mu won after defeating Xu Ling’s bombs.

As the flood crest threatened to destroy the county town, Senior Sister Wei exhausted herself trying to hold it back. Bai Yujun discovered she could control water and transformed into a giant white snake to confront the flood, leaving the people convinced a divine dragon had come to save them.

• Constable Yu begged Senior Sister Wei to save the civilians as the floodwaters rose, and she agreed to help.
• Senior Sister Wei used sword techniques to slow the flood, but the water kept surging into the city and depleted her spiritual power.
• Bai Yujun sensed that she might be able to control water and told Senior Sister Wei she wanted to try.
• Bai Yujun crossed the flood on floating debris, transformed into a giant white snake, and instinctively began directing the water against the flood crest.
• The civilians saw Bai Yujun in the mist and knelt, believing a divine dragon had appeared to save them.

Bai Yujun redirected the flood threatening the county, and the townspeople’s worship helped her regain strength as the rain stopped. After resting for three days, she discovered the people had begun treating her as a Divine Dragon and offering her incense and prayers.

• The townspeople hailed Bai Yujun as a Divine Dragon while she struggled to redirect the floodwaters, and their devout blessings helped transform her fate and restore her strength.
• Bai Yujun created a whirlpool that kept the flood from rushing toward the county town, while Xu Ling and Senior Sister Wei wondered how she had managed it.
• The rain stopped, sunlight illuminated Bai Yujun, and the flood receded as the townspeople credited her with saving the county.
• Exhausted, Bai Yujun returned to the residence, where Senior Sister Wei, Yang Mu, Xu Ling, and Lingxu Palace disciples gave her pills that she promptly ate.
• After sleeping for three days, Bai Yujun opened a window and discovered townspeople gathered outside with incense and offerings, cheering and praying to her as the Dragon Girl.

After returning to Mount Hua, Bai Yujun received a surprisingly light punishment for killing more than a hundred people: a year of confinement in Chen Tang Stream. Yu Rong explained that the confinement was meant to temper Bai Yujun’s nature and keep her from losing her true heart, then led her to the valley.

• After the flood, grateful commoners renamed the county Longze County and turned the Chunyang temporary residence into a Dragon Girl Temple dedicated to Bai Yujun.
• Bai Yujun returned to Mount Hua with the other Chunyang Disciples and anxiously awaited the Law Enforcement Hall’s ruling.
• Lian Tianxing prepared to seize Bai Yujun, but Gan Wu took charge of the case and delivered the punishment order.
• Gan Wu announced that Bai Yujun would be confined in Chen Tang Stream for one year for unauthorized fighting and violating sect rules.
• Yu Rong told Bai Yujun that she considered her actions justified but wanted the confinement to temper her Beastly Nature and protect her path to true fruition.
• Bai Yujun accepted the punishment, took Yu Rong’s pills and jade talisman, and followed her toward Chen Tang Stream.

Bai Yujun endured a lonely confinement in Chen Tang Stream while Chunyang Palace prepared to host a royal party seeking treatment for Li Chongqian. Princess Xiangling arranged to stay at Qingxu Palace with her brother, where Yang Mu was also present.

• Bai Yujun passed the time in Chen Tang Stream by swallowing Failed Pills and practicing spells to catch fish.
• Chu Zhe learned that Bai Yujun had been confined and struggled to keep his thoughts from returning to her.
• Li Xiangling and Li Chongqian arrived at Chunyang Palace, where Chu Zhe formally welcomed them.
• Li Xiangling asked to stay at Qingxu Palace with Li Chongqian, and Chu Zhe allowed it on the condition that they limit their attendants.
• Li Xiangling negotiated permission for five attendants each, and the royal party prepared to reside temporarily at Qingxu Palace.

At Qingxu Palace, Li Chongqian and Li Xiangling learned that Bai Yujun was a snake demon suppressed beneath Mount Hua, while Yang Mu warned Xiangling not to visit Zuowang Peak. The chapter ended with Chu Zhe bringing food and medicine to Bai Yujun in Chen Tang Stream, where he felt an unexpected urge to free her.

• Yang Mu told Li Chongqian and Li Xiangling that Bai Yujun was a snake demon suppressed beneath the mountain.
• Li Xiangling asked Yang Mu to accompany her to the lotus pond, then asked to visit Zuowang Peak, but Yang Mu refused.
• Yang Mu and Xu Ling realized it was the fifteenth, the day they delivered supplies to Bai Yujun.
• Chu Zhe brought Bai Yujun Failed Pills, a medicinal pill, a braised pork knuckle, and a roast chicken.
• Chu Zhe left after feeling an urge to cut through Bai Yujun's iron chain, while Bai Yujun ate the food and tried to swallow the bones.

Bai Yujun spent New Year’s alone in the valley at Chen Tang Stream, then slept through the winter while life continued on Mount Hua. After waking briefly in spring, she remained asleep as Yang Mu rejected Li Xiangling’s advances at Qingxu Palace.

• Bai Yujun roasted a fish, watched snow melt into the stream, and lamented that her iron chain still kept her trapped in the valley.
• The disciples celebrated New Year’s Eve on Mount Hua with festivities, lanterns, and fireworks while Bai Yujun went to sleep alone at the bottom of Chen Tang Stream.
• Chu Zhe visited Bai Yujun on New Year’s Day, found her asleep, left some things behind, and departed.
• Bai Yujun slept through the following festivals, waking only briefly before returning to sleep.
• Yang Mu told Li Xiangling that they were not suited to walk the same path, and she left in tears.
• Xu Ling teased Yang Mu about turning down a Princess, then went back inside with Li Chongqian.

After the Imperial Court recognized Longze’s Dragon Girl Temple, Bai Yujun received a surge of heavenly fortune and grew stronger during her year of suppression. When the appointed time arrived, she broke free, climbed out of the valley, and shed her skin, leaving her cultivation greatly improved.

• The emperor approved the Dragon Girl Temple after the people of Longze built it themselves, and the imperial decree formally established it.
• Bai Yujun unknowingly received heavenly fortune from the emperor’s decree and became more confident and spiritually solid.
• As her year of suppression ended, Bai Yujun broke the iron chain around her wrist when the Chunyang Palace bell rang.
• Bai Yujun climbed out of the valley and savored the sunlight and fresh air before returning to her White Snake form.
• Bai Yujun shed her skin on Lotus Peak and gained a major advance in cultivation.