Chapter Summaries

After Chang'an surrendered, Li Chongqian entered Daming Palace and confronted his desperate brother Li Chongjun. Li Chongjun killed himself on the dragon throne, leaving Li Chongqian to face the throne and wonder whom he could trust.

• The defenders of Chang'an opened the gates and surrendered, allowing Li Chongqian's procession to enter the city without a fight.
• Bai Yujun saw Chang'an's deserted streets and reflected on how far the city had fallen.
• Li Chongqian and his followers entered Daming Palace, where Li Chongjun sat amid the wreckage after destroying the hall.
• Li Chongjun accused the newcomers of rebellion, and Li Chongqian offered to let him live as a wealthy man.
• Li Chongjun warned Li Chongqian not to trust anyone, then stabbed himself and died on the dragon throne.
• Li Chongqian stared at Li Chongjun's body and wondered how the Li Tang Imperial Family had fallen into such ruin.

Bai Yujun tried to prepare for her impending suppression and tested an escape, but the demon-suppressing lotus forced her back. She persuaded the disciples to keep the suppression private, then remained in the tent outside Daming Palace as Chang'an recovered and people brought offerings to the supposed Divine Dragon.

• Bai Yujun melted gold and silver fittings together and used wind and rain to cover her escape attempt from the convoy.
• A senior disciple revealed a demon-suppressing lotus, and its power made Bai Yujun suffer until she returned within its range.
• Bai Yujun asked the two Golden Core Stage senior disciples to keep outsiders away during the suppression, and they agreed.
• Chang'an resumed trade and public order as proclamations announced a new emperor and the arrival of a Divine Dragon.
• Bai Yujun ate the fish offerings in her tent while Master Yuan turned away visitors seeking the Divine Dragon's protection.

Master Yuan completed True Dragon Hall and brought Bai Yujun there to serve as the dragon protecting the dynasty. After her imprisonment began, she remained inside under a Golden Talisman while Li Chongqian and Master Yuan left.

• Master Yuan oversaw the construction of True Dragon Hall and prepared the ritual to extend the dynasty.
• Li Chongqian completed his enthronement ceremonies, issued an edict, and declared a general amnesty.
• Master Yuan presided over Bai Yujun's ceremonial arrival at True Dragon Hall and told her she would be confined for four hundred years.
• Bai Yujun cursed Master Yuan and tried to attack him before Chunyang disciples dragged her into the hall.
• The disciples emerged after the ritual, and Master Yuan entered the transformed hall with Li Chongqian to find Bai Yujun seated on the throne beneath a Golden Talisman.
• Bai Yujun demanded that Master Yuan remove the talisman, but he refused and left with Li Chongqian as the doors closed.

Bai Yujun was confined in the True Dragon Hall, where she absorbed and repaired the Li Tang dragon veins while using the dragon qi to strengthen herself. After helping the imperial court pacify much of the realm, she stopped to rest, and the palace maids found her eating in the hall.

• Bai Yujun discovered that the True Dragon Hall let her absorb the imperial dragon qi and began repairing the turbulent Li Tang dragon vein.
• Over two months, palace maids grew accustomed to the quiet Dragon Girl, while rumors of her spread through Daming Palace and Chang'an.
• Bai Yujun sensed distant rebellious dragon veins and began suppressing and reclaiming them piece by piece.
• Over the next two years, the imperial court pacified nearby rebellions and restored much of the Central Plains, while Bai Yujun exhausted herself repairing the dragon veins.
• Bai Yujun took time to recover and ate the offerings as nine young palace maids entered the hall.

Bai Yujun, trapped in True Dragon Hall while tending the Li Tang dragon vein, demanded better treatment from Li Chongqian and Master Yuan. She gave them three days to furnish the hall and punish an official who had beaten her young maid.

• Bai Yujun listened to the palace maids gossip and learned that Official Zhang had beaten Xin'er for supposedly improper etiquette.
• Bai Yujun healed Xin'er's arm and told the maids to seek her protection if anyone mistreated them.
• Bai Yujun offered to grant three wishes if the maids removed the Golden Talisman, but they refused because the Chief Eunuch had forbidden it.
• Bai Yujun tried to tear the talisman from the dragon wall, but its backlash drove her away, and she decided to demand better living conditions from Li Chongqian.
• Bai Yujun demanded a golden bed, a golden-thread quilt, and five hundred pots of flowers, then gave Li Chongqian and Master Yuan three days to comply.
• Bai Yujun ordered them to send Official Zhang to do laundry as punishment for beating Xin'er.

During Bai Yujun’s long imprisonment in True Dragon Hall, the world changed around her: Zhuo Feng avenged his parents, Yang Chen died, and Xiang Yang rose in the court. After more than twenty years, Bai Yujun had strengthened her constitution and altered her fate, but remained sealed in the hall and noticed strange changes to her snake form.

• Zhuo Feng returned home, ruined the Zhuo family, recovered his father’s remains, and buried his parents together.
• Yang Chen died after years of service, and Li Chongqian honored him with a posthumous promotion, noble titles, and a grand funeral.
• Xiang Yang excelled in the Imperial Examination and rose quickly to become a favored official under Li Chongqian.
• Bai Yujun continued cultivating in True Dragon Hall while waiting for the right moment to escape and strike.
• More than twenty years later, Bai Yujun found that bony spines had begun growing along her snake form as she remained trapped in the hall.

A dying Master Yuan visited Bai Yujun in True Dragon Hall and told her how the realm had changed since he imprisoned her to protect the Li Tang dynasty. Bai Yujun remained trapped, waiting for Li Xiangyan to ascend before she dared leave.

• Master Yuan walked through Daming Palace to True Dragon Hall, reflecting on his role in shaping the dynasty and suppressing Bai Yujun.
• Bai Yujun recognized that Master Yuan was near death, and the two exchanged barbed remarks as he sat beside the Yin-Yang Pool.
• Master Yuan told Bai Yujun that the Great Tang had ended its long civil war and described the deadlock between Chunyang Palace and the demon sect, along with the Demon Subjugation Sect's rumors against her.
• Master Yuan said he had ordered the Li Household to release Bai Yujun after three hundred years, though he wished the dynasty could endure much longer.
• Bai Yujun resolved to keep waiting for Li Xiangyan to ascend, since leaving True Dragon Hall before then could expose her to his power.

Bai Yujun waited in True Dragon Hall as the years passed, watched Li Chongqian grow old and die, and learned that Yu Rong had protected her by making her a personal disciple of Chunyang Palace. After Li Chongqian’s son became emperor, Bai Yujun saw him enter the Imperial Chamber with one of his father’s consorts.

• Master Yuan died within three days of leaving True Dragon Hall, and Bai Yujun continued waiting on the dragon throne.
• Years later, Li Chongqian brought the Crown Prince to visit Bai Yujun and warned his son never to remove her golden talisman.
• Bai Yujun mocked Li Chongqian’s palace life and promised to see the Crown Prince off too, provided he lived as long as his father.
• Li Chongqian told Bai Yujun that Princess Xiangling was well and that Yu Rong had entered Bai Yujun as her third personal disciple to protect her.
• Li Chongqian died, and his son succeeded him as emperor.
• Several days later, Bai Yujun saw the new emperor enter the Imperial Chamber with one of Li Chongqian’s young consorts.

After preparing Chunyang Palace for his departure, Li Xiangyan released his long-suppressed cultivation and survived the heavenly tribulation. He ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving Chu Zhe with his sword and Bai Yujun convinced that her chance to act had arrived.

• Li Xiangyan handed the sect master's token to Gu Cangyu as acting sect master and instructed Chu Zhe and Lian Tianxing to lead and support Jade Void Palace.
• Li Xiangyan bade farewell to his disciples and fellow cultivators, then walked to the summit of Sword Discussion Peak and unleashed his suppressed cultivation.
• Bai Yujun sensed Li Xiangyan's imposing aura from Chang'an and grew excited because she believed his ascension would leave no one able to restrain her.
• Li Xiangyan blocked the lightning tribulation with his treasured sword, and the clouds parted to reveal an Immortal Bridge amid celestial music and radiant clouds.
• Li Xiangyan gave his sword and Sword Sheath to Chu Zhe, stepped onto the Immortal Bridge, and ascended as witnesses celebrated and the demonic cultivators breathed with relief.
• Bai Yujun lay on the dragon throne in True Dragon Hall and laughed wildly.

After Li Xiangyan’s departure, Bai Yujun began a plan to escape the Green Lotus Wristband’s suppression by weakening the protection around Daming Palace and drawing a demon inside. She then turned her attention to Crown Prince Li Zhang, who grew curious about True Dragon Hall.

• Bai Yujun used the Dragon-shaped Aura above Daming Palace to create a gap that would let demons enter.
• After waiting a month, Bai Yujun let a young Little Fox Demon slip into the palace, then restored the aura’s protection.
• Bai Yujun decided to make the Li Household help with her plan and chose Crown Prince Li Zhang as her next target.
• Bai Yujun caused rain to send Li Zhang and two eunuchs into a pavilion near True Dragon Hall.
• Li Zhang recalled the legend of the immortal true dragon sealed inside True Dragon Hall and became increasingly curious.

Bai Yujun secretly manipulated events in the imperial palace, helping the Little Fox Demon win the Emperor’s favor and gain power while drawing Crown Prince Li Zhang toward the True Dragon Hall. With Li Zhang facing rumors that he might lose his title, he finally approached the hall’s doors.

• Bai Yujun played her flute in the True Dragon Hall, and Crown Prince Li Zhang heard the music and grew curious about its source.
• With Bai Yujun’s help, the Little Fox Demon entered the Emperor’s study as a palace maid and seduced the old Emperor.
• The Emperor made the Little Fox Demon a Talented Lady and neglected court affairs as his exclusive favor toward her provoked resentment.
• Bai Yujun let the fox demon benefit from the imperial family’s fortune while warning that its collapse would bring a dangerous backlash.
• As rumors spread that the Emperor might strip Li Zhang of his Crown Prince title, he went to the True Dragon Hall and placed his hand on its doors.

Li Zhang visited Bai Yujun in True Dragon Hall and obtained medicine that cured the Empress, but the fox demon’s growing influence soon caused trouble for him. The old emperor publicly humiliated Li Zhang at court, leaving his position as Crown Prince surrounded by uncertainty.

• Li Zhang met Bai Yujun in True Dragon Hall and confirmed that she was the true dragon summoned by his ancestors.
• Li Zhang asked Bai Yujun to treat the Empress, and she gave him pills that would restore her health within two days.
• The Empress recovered, and the fox demon responded by demanding a higher rank; the old emperor promoted her to Imperial Concubine.
• Li Zhang searched for help against the fox demon but could find no capable master and hesitated to ask Bai Yujun for another favor.
• The old emperor publicly berated Li Zhang before the court and other Imperial Princes, humiliating him without removing his Crown Prince title.

Crown Prince Li Zhang sought comfort and help from Bai Yujun as Consort Hu’s schemes led to the Empress’s death. Grieving and drunk, he agreed to help Bai Yujun take down a golden talisman in exchange for revenge and the throne.

• Li Zhang repeatedly confided in Bai Yujun, who warned him that Consort Hu coveted the Empress’s position.
• Consort Hu arranged for the Empress to witness the emperor’s disgraceful conduct at a temple, and the Empress fainted and later died.
• Li Zhang rushed to True Dragon Hall for a medicinal pill, but news of his mother’s death reached him before he could return to her.
• After drinking heavily, Li Zhang told Bai Yujun he wanted Consort Hu dead and promised to fulfill any condition in exchange for revenge.
• Bai Yujun persuaded the drunken Li Zhang to climb onto a chair and remove the golden talisman, promising to kill the demon and make him emperor.

Li Zhang refused to remove the golden talisman that imprisoned Bai Yujun, but she tried to tear it off herself and was punished by its lightning. A month later, he returned to ask for her help against Consort Hu and began secretly building support to seize the throne before her investiture as Empress.

• Li Zhang revealed that he had only pretended to be drunk and refused to free Bai Yujun by removing the golden talisman.
• Bai Yujun tried to break the stone and then grabbed the talisman, which struck her with golden lightning as she cried out about her two centuries of imprisonment.
• Li Zhang left True Dragon Hall feeling guilty and stayed away for over a month while Consort Hu gained power and prepared to become Empress.
• Li Zhang returned and asked Bai Yujun to help eliminate Consort Hu, and Bai Yujun agreed if he lured the fox demon near True Dragon Hall.
• Li Zhang gathered support from Aristocratic Clans, martial arts masters, and an Imperial Guard general to seize the throne, while Bai Yujun used destiny to help him force the palace.

Crown Prince Li Zhang launched a palace coup against the old emperor, driven by his followers’ pressure and resentment over his mother’s mistreatment. His forces stormed the palace and reached the emperor’s chamber, while Consort Hu fled to her own palace.

• Li Zhang’s ministers, generals, and clan allies pressured him to begin their planned coup before the Empress’s investiture ceremony.
• A strategist invoked Li Zhang’s mother’s grievance, and Li Zhang ordered his followers to kill their enemies.
• Li Zhang’s troops ambushed the imperial princes at the palace gates, killed several of his brothers, and entered the palace with help from guards wearing red armbands.
• The old emperor dressed in panic as Li Zhang’s soldiers advanced toward his chamber, and Consort Hu escaped through a back door.
• Li Zhang’s hardened soldiers overwhelmed the Imperial Guards and attacked the old emperor’s chamber.

Li Zhang killed the old Emperor, fought his way through Daming Palace, and hunted the fox demon, who was ultimately spared by Bai Yujun. As Li Zhang mourned his family beneath the Mid-Autumn moon, Bai Yujun asked him to pick a lotus, and the flower’s sudden withering brought a violent wind and a red flare in her eyes.

• Yu Rong sensed a change in Chang'an and sent a message to the Chunyang outpost.
• Li Zhang stabbed the old Emperor, who regained his senses before dying in his son’s arms.
• Li Zhang fought rival forces inside Daming Palace while the fox demon fled and Bai Yujun watched from True Dragon Hall.
• The fox demon used an illusion to tempt Li Zhang, but he recognized the trick and resumed the search.
• The fox demon entered True Dragon Hall, where Bai Yujun spared her and pointed out an underground escape route.
• Li Zhang mourned his dead family under the full moon, then picked a green lotus for Bai Yujun; the lotus and surrounding plants withered as a violent wind rose and Bai Yujun’s eyes glowed red.

After more than two hundred years of deception, Bai Yujun escaped her seal when Li Zhang destroyed the green lotus that restrained her. She transformed into a gigantic White Snake and began a breakthrough in the imperial palace as the storm worsened.

• Bai Yujun revealed that the golden talisman had been a decoy and that Li Zhang had unknowingly destroyed the green lotus restraining her.
• Her lotus-patterned bracelet shattered, ending the restrictions that had bound her for two hundred years.
• Bai Yujun berated the humans who had imprisoned her, then let Li Zhang flee without trying to kill him.
• Bai Yujun transformed into her true White Snake form and smashed through the True Dragon Hall's roof as soldiers and palace attendants fled.
• Bai Yujun chose to strengthen her body and soul rather than condense a demon core, directing spiritual qi and dragon-vein earth qi into her breakthrough.

After advancing to the Golden Core Stage, Bai Yujun learned to crawl through the stormy sky and flew away from Chang'an. She accepted scriptures from Chunyang Palace on Yu Rong’s behalf, then plunged into the great river, while Li Zhang was left facing the political fallout of her departure.

• Bai Yujun grew to thirty meters, advanced to the Golden Core Stage, and discovered she could move through wind and rain in the sky.
• Bai Yujun practiced flying above Daming Palace as onlookers mistook her for a true dragon, and Li Zhang collapsed after realizing she had left.
• A Chunyang Palace disciple delivered scriptures from Yu Rong and told Bai Yujun to enjoy her time outside before returning home.
• Bai Yujun flew over Chang'an and plunged into the great river, where she played among the waves before disappearing underwater.
• The people of Chang'an debated whether the dragon’s departure was a bad omen, while Li Zhang faced worsening circumstances in Daming Palace.

After escaping, Bai Yujun hid in a remote Lingnan village and enjoyed a peaceful life of fishing, cooking, and studying Daoist scriptures. As she recovered her composure, her presence quietly brought vitality to the village.

• Bai Yujun blended her aura into the river, traveled south, and rented an old house in a secluded mountain village.
• Bai Yujun fished from a Bamboo Raft, cooked fresh fish soup, and reflected on her freedom and a girl named Yun'er.
• Bai Yujun built a grass pavilion by the river and studied the scriptures Yu Rong had given her to calm her mind.
• Bai Yujun's peaceful presence subtly improved the villagers' sleep and the taste of their well water.
• Bai Yujun noticed that the nearby Mountain God and Land God Temples were crude and wondered why no Minor Gods remained in the area.

Bai Yujun settled into a quiet routine in a mountain village, cultivating and treating the villagers as a physician. After saving a man bitten by a venomous snake and relocating the snake to protect it from the villagers, she became known as the Medical Immortal and prepared to travel south.

• Bai Yujun practiced Breath Control on the mountain, then returned to her courtyard to cultivate.
• Villagers brought the Yu family man to Bai Yujun after a venomous snake bit him, and she treated him by drawing the toxins from his wound.
• Bai Yujun found the Five-Pace Viper responsible for the bite and carried it deep into the mountains, away from the villagers hunting it.
• Bai Yujun gained fame as the Medical Immortal among the surrounding villages for treating the sick without payment.
• As the cold northern air made her sluggish, Bai Yujun prepared to head south again.