Chapter Summaries

After shedding her skin, Bai Yujun returned to Qingxu Palace and discovered that a princess and an Imperial Prince were staying there. When Yang Mu identified her as the snake demon released from beneath the mountain, the palace attendants panicked and drew their swords.

• Bai Yujun advanced to Foundation Establishment Early Stage after shedding her skin and returned to Qingxu Palace with her old snakeskin.
• Bai Yujun overheard a girl lamenting that Yang Mu would not be with her and declaring she would ask Father Emperor to let her cultivate on Mount Hua.
• Yang Mu told Bai Yujun that a small path led out of the valley, revealing that she had needlessly climbed the cliff to escape.
• Bai Yujun met Li Chongqian and rubbed his face before learning from a eunuch that he was an Imperial Prince.
• Li Xiangling confronted Bai Yujun, and Yang Mu revealed that she was the snake demon Master had released; the palace attendants screamed and drew their swords.

Bai Yujun traded seven freshly shed scales to the Lingxu Palace steward for a nutritious pill, then learned about the upcoming sect tournament and got Yu Rong’s permission to participate. Her entry added a snake to Qingxu Branch’s unusually small roster.

• Bai Yujun visited Lingxu Palace, where the steward asked her for snake scales to make medicine for his sick nephew.
• Bai Yujun gave the steward seven freshly shed scales and received a nutrient-rich pill in return.
• Bai Yujun saw the notice announcing next month’s sect tournament and decided she wanted to compete.
• Bai Yujun asked Yu Rong for permission to enter, and Yu Rong agreed immediately.
• The other branches noticed that Qingxu Branch’s tournament roster had grown from two disciples to two disciples and one snake.

Bai Yujun trained with Yang Mu to improve her combat skills before the sect's grand competition, combining her heavy ruler, hengdao, spells, and flexible movements. After learning the Sword Absorption Technique, she challenged Yang Mu again and lasted longer against him.

• Bai Yujun asked Yang Mu to spar with her at Qingxu Palace while Xu Ling, Princess Xiangling, Imperial Prince Li Chongqian, attendants, and Jinwu Guards watched.
• Yang Mu quickly defeated Bai Yujun, then coached her as she adjusted her defense and learned to use the heavy ruler more effectively.
• Bai Yujun practiced combining the heavy ruler with her hengdao, but discovered that she could not switch weapons if one was too far away.
• Bai Yujun found the Sword Control Technique in the library and learned only its retrieval method, which she called the Sword Absorption Technique.
• Bai Yujun returned to challenge Yang Mu, pulled her heavy ruler back into her hand during the fight, and held out against him longer by mixing her weapons with fists, kicks, and her flexible body.

Bai Yujun trained with Yang Mu, then went to Taiji Plaza to study spell techniques and sparred with a fire-specialist disciple. She won the match and sat down afterward to review what she had learned.

• Bai Yujun used her adapted Three Rings Embrace Moon saber technique and heavy ruler against Yang Mu, but their prolonged sparring left her exhausted.
• Yang Mu praised Bai Yujun’s performance and told her to study spells before beginning spell practice in the coming days.
• Bai Yujun ate at the dining hall and headed to Taiji Plaza, where disciples practiced for the grand competition.
• Bai Yujun challenged a Foundation Establishment Early Stage disciple who specialized in fire spells and countered his attacks with her weapons and water magic.
• Bai Yujun dodged the disciple’s sword thrust and struck his waist with the flat of her blade, prompting him to concede.
• Bai Yujun sat outside the arena and reviewed the match, considering her strengths and weaknesses.

Bai Yujun competed in the Foundation Establishment Realm tournament and defeated Lü Yan before fighting Senior Sister Gong of Purple Void to a narrow victory. Exhausted, she returned to Qingxu Palace and fell asleep after eating Failed Pills, while the emperor’s children continued studying nearby.

• Bai Yujun defeated Lü Yan of Jade Void with a heavy ruler and Hengdao, advancing in the tournament.
• After resting with Xu Ling, Bai Yujun faced a Purple Void disciple and fought her to a draw before narrowly winning with her blade across Senior Sister Gong’s waist.
• A Purple Void disciple revealed that Senior Sister Gong was at Qi Refining Stage completion and had been sent to compete in the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Bai Yujun saw her name advance on the notice board, returned to Qingxu Palace exhausted, ate Failed Pills, and fell asleep amid the emperor’s children reciting lessons.

Li Xiangyan and the Chunyang Palace elders responded to an imperial plea about a flying treasure that had caused cultivators to slaughter civilians, while Bai Yujun competed against a Golden Void Lineage disciple. The chapter left Bai Yujun victorious and her name higher on the contest notice board.

• Li Xiangyan read the Tang Emperor's letter describing a tower-shaped treasure that drew cultivators into cities and caused tens of thousands of deaths.
• Yu Rong suspected someone was using the treasure to stir conflict, and Li Xiangyan sent Qi Yun and Yu Rong to warn the cultivators at the treasure assembly.
• Li Xiangyan unleashed his Tribulation Transcendence aura as a warning, and cultivators at the assembly felt its pressure.
• Bai Yujun exchanged heavy-weapon blows with Senior Brother Jin Xu, then set her weapon aside and fought him with fists and kicks.
• Bai Yujun knocked Senior Brother Jin Xu down and beat him until he could barely defend himself, then saw her name rise on the notice board.

After placing 876th in the Martial Arts Competition, Bai Yujun was unexpectedly taken by Yu Rong, Qi Yun, and Gan Wu to a ruined basin where cultivators were gathering to fight over a treasure. Yu Rong planned to stop the conflict from going too far and introduce Bai Yujun as Chunyang Palace’s demon snake, leaving the group at the edge of the crowded ruins.

• Bai Yujun received a Huan Yuan Pill for ranking 876th in the Martial Arts Competition.
• Bai Yujun climbed an ancient pine at Sword Discussion Peak to watch the Golden Core Stage matches, but suddenly vanished after eating a Failed Pill.
• Bai Yujun found herself flying high above the ground with Yu Rong, Qi Yun, and Gan Wu, and clung to Yu Rong in terror.
• After landing, Bai Yujun rejoiced at being back on the ground and hurried to catch up with Yu Rong, Qi Yun, and Gan Wu.
• Yu Rong told Bai Yujun they had come to oversee cultivators fighting over a treasure and to make the cultivation world recognize her as Chunyang Palace’s demon snake.
• Bai Yujun followed Yu Rong into a basin filled with ancient ruins and gathered cultivators.

Bai Yujun watched Gan Wu resist the pagoda’s temptation and break through, while Chunyang Palace declared it would not fight for the treasure so long as the common people were left alone. As rival cultivators argued below, a sect’s suspicious delegation climbed toward the summit, provoking Bai Yujun’s hostility.

• The pagoda’s Treasure Light nearly ensnared Bai Yujun, while Qi Yun and Yu Rong let Gan Wu face its temptation to test his Dao Heart.
• Gan Wu rejected the treasure, reaffirmed his devotion to the sword, and advanced greatly in cultivation.
• Yu Rong announced Chunyang Palace would not claim the pagoda and warned the cultivators not to involve the common people beyond the mountain.
• Qi Yun took Gan Wu to train, while Yu Rong and Bai Yujun remained on the summit as the cultivators below argued over the pagoda.
• A white-haired elder and more than ten members of his sect climbed toward the summit, and Bai Yujun sensed their lingering traces of demonic beasts and the stench of blood.

Guo Lian tried to claim Bai Yujun for the Demon Subjugation Sect, but Yu Rong refused and drove him and his insulting disciple away. As the major sects auctioned the pagoda’s treasures, Yu Rong warned Bai Yujun about cultivators’ greed and urged her to protect the peaceful life she valued.

• Guo Lian used the Demon Revealing Mirror to identify Bai Yujun as a demon and asked Yu Rong to hand her over to the Demon Subjugation Sect.
• Yu Rong refused Guo Lian’s request and declared Bai Yujun was a gate guardian treated like a Chunyang Disciple.
• Guo Lian’s disciple insulted Chunyang Palace, and Yu Rong’s intimidating presence forced Guo Lian to drag him away.
• Yu Rong removed Bai Yujun’s concealment so nearby cultivators could recognize her demon aura and avoid provoking Chunyang Palace.
• The major sects agreed to auction the pagoda’s treasures to the highest bidder and divide the equivalent payment among themselves, excluding smaller groups and Rogue Cultivators.
• Yu Rong warned Bai Yujun about cultivators’ greed and urged her to remember and protect the flourishing, peaceful life she had known in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

A tower-shaped demonic artifact drove the cultivators around the basin into madness, and Bai Yujun was also overcome by its Demonic Sound. Yu Rong and Qi Yun tried to stop the slaughter and find the artifact’s controller, while Bai Yujun’s restraint began to fail.

• Bai Yujun heard the demonic sound from the pagoda and began to lose control until Yu Rong used a spell to suppress its influence.
• Qi Yun and Gan Wu returned and identified the pagoda as a demonic artifact that was making cultivators attack one another.
• Yu Rong left Gan Wu to watch over Bai Yujun and flew with Qi Yun to stop the fighting, where the major sects joined forces against them.
• Qi Yun fought off the sect cultivators while Yu Rong’s spiritual sword briefly restored the attackers’ clarity, but the artifact’s bells drove most of them mad again.
• Gan Wu fought cultivators who charged up the mountain as Bai Yujun’s restraint weakened; her eyes opened with vertical pupils.

Bai Yujun fought Zuo Hang and his Green Wolf while the Demonic Sound drove the cultivators into battle. She was gradually pushed onto the defensive, and Gan Wu remained trapped by the Demon Subjugation Sect disciples.

• Zuo Hang tried to capture Bai Yujun with a Beast Taming Circle and Demon Binding Net, but she deflected the circle and destroyed the net.
• Bai Yujun drove Zuo Hang back and fought the Green Wolf, wounding its leg and then its arms with her Hengdao.
• Zuo Hang attacked with a Demon Binding Rope, but Bai Yujun tricked it into binding the Green Wolf before Zuo Hang pulled the beast free.
• Zuo Hang fed the wounded Green Wolf two pills that healed it and heightened its frenzy.
• Bai Yujun struggled against the strengthened Green Wolf and Zuo Hang’s tricks as Gan Wu remained occupied by ten cultivators.

Bai Yujun killed the wolf demon and mortally wounded Zuo Hang, but Guo Lian attacked her after discovering his disciple's death. Yu Rong and Qi Yun suppressed the demonic artifact, while Bai Yujun was left unconscious in her true form.

• Bai Yujun stabbed the wolf demon through the heart, then threw Hengdao at Zuo Hang and severed his right hand.
• Bai Yujun bit Zuo Hang and injected venom, but his Detoxification Pills rolled into a rabbit hole and the rabbit ate one.
• Yu Rong trapped the demonic artifact pagoda in the Big Dipper formation, silencing it and restoring the cultivators' senses.
• The artifact's gray-robed controller fled after the pagoda was suppressed, and Guo Lian found Zuo Hang's corpse.
• Guo Lian attacked Bai Yujun, and Yu Rong failed to stop the strike from hitting her.
• Bai Yujun was gravely wounded, reverted to her true form, and fell unconscious.

After recovering from her wounds, Bai Yujun returned with Yu Rong to Dragon Girl Temple in Longze County, where wealthy men were trying to seize the temple and mistreat the women who cared for it. Bai Yujun drove them out and reunited with the women she had once protected.

• Yu Rong took the injured Bai Yujun to Longze County to recover at Dragon Girl Temple, which had become prosperous and was officially recognized by the imperial court.
• Bai Yujun saw three wealthy young masters and their servants trying to take over the temple and threaten the women who maintained it.
• Yu Rong told Bai Yujun to stay and put things in order, then gave her a Jade Plate marking the temple as Chunyang Palace's property before leaving.
• Bai Yujun disguised herself in a Chunyang Daoist Robe, drove off the servants, and threw the three young masters out of the temple.
• The women recognized Bai Yujun as their former benefactor, knelt before her, and wept as they reunited.

Bai Yujun set up a fortune-telling stall at the Dragon Girl Temple, using her uncanny insight to advise the people of Longze County. After helping a merchant avoid a deadly journey, guiding a shy man toward his future wife, and comforting a grieving young man, she returned to the courtyard at noon, treating the readings as a form of cultivation.

• Zhen'er served tea to Bai Yujun at the Dragon Girl Temple, where Bai Yujun had been reading fortunes for visitors.
• Bai Yujun warned a small merchant not to travel for three months after seeing that bandits would kill him and his caravan.
• Bai Yujun told a bashful brawny man to visit the pond in three days to meet his future wife, and refused his copper coins.
• Bai Yujun told a sorrowful young man that an elder in his family was near death, urged him to fulfill his filial duty, and refused payment.
• Bai Yujun ended her readings at noon and returned to the rear courtyard, reflecting that fortune-telling helped her cultivate her foresight and state of mind.

Bai Yujun avoided a visit from a prince by leaving town to practice her control over wind and rain beside the great river. A scholar named Xiang Yang took shelter with her in a hillside pavilion, but she left before the rain stopped, while he wondered whether he had met a hidden master.

• Bai Yujun descended Chingtou Mountain, where a woodcutter mistook her for a beautiful female ghost after noticing she left no footprints.
• Bai Yujun received a calling card from a prince and made an excuse to leave town rather than read his fate.
• Bai Yujun went to the great river, ate aquatic creatures, broke her flute, and practiced the Art of Wind and Rain.
• Bai Yujun's intensified wind blew Xiang Yang's umbrella away and sent him stumbling into the hillside thatched pavilion.
• Xiang Yang introduced himself and admired Bai Yujun, but she left by Water Walking before the rain stopped.
• Xiang Yang watched Bai Yujun vanish and wondered whether he had encountered a hidden master.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.