Bao Yun

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Bao Yun (宝芸)
Alias(es)	Miss Bao; Senior Sister Bao Yun
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Taichu Palace; Ding Xin Sect
Occupation/Role	Taichu Palace disciple; former Unified Examination candidate; leader among the Ding Xin Sect disciples
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 11

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Dao Assessment	11, 13	Manifested two solid jade-colored light pillars with vague colossal Dharma Idol figures; received 40 points in the Dao Assessment.
Jade Toad Gazing at the Moon Diagram	42	Chose the fortune-demanding Body Forging method alongside Wei Yuan and Cui Yu.
Five-zhang visualization diagram	43	Her diagram continued expanding and was already filled with phenomena “like a world of Gods and Devils.”
Visualization diagram completed — eleven zhang	44	Completed the diagram in thirty-nine days. Her “Immortal Venerable’s Descent” manifestation included gods and devils in the moon, lotuses growing over the giant rock, and a golden seated figure above the jade toad.
Body Forging	46	Had entered Body Forging by the Ding Xin Sect’s clash with the Zhi Gu Sect, while Wei Yuan was still expanding his visualization diagram.

Appearance

Bao Yun is described as exquisitely beautiful and jade-carved in appearance. During the Unified Examination’s Martial Assessment, she wore a goose-yellow dress and wielded a long sword; a faint golden light later flickered between her eyebrows. 11 20 27

• Wore a goose-yellow dress during the Martial Assessment. 20 21
• Carries herself with calm elegance, even while commanding a battlefield. 20
• Possesses a faint golden light between her eyebrows. 27

Personality

Bao Yun is fiercely self-directed. Despite having a ready-made Ruyi Glazed Dharma Idol awaiting her at the Great Precious Flower Pure Land, she chooses Taichu Palace because she considers the inherited Dharma Idol an external object and wants to forge her own path. 24 27

She is competitive and refuses to serve as another person’s measure of success. Li Zhi’s attempt to make the Unified Examination a platform for his rise prompts her to openly contest him for first place. 18

As a leader, Bao Yun combines tactical calculation with practical care for her peers. She organizes her forces before the Martial Assessment, considers the capabilities and fears of her subordinates, creates a class public fund for under-resourced disciples, and personally contributes heavily to it. 18 45

Abilities & Skills

Military Command and Tactics

Bao Yun commanded the Green Team’s main force during the Martial Assessment.

• Anticipated Li Zhi’s likely responses after the destruction of his vanguard and prepared a strong central formation for a decisive battle. 18
• Used Tian Rong to provoke Wang Fang into pursuing him, then had concealed forces surround and eliminate Wang Fang’s vanguard. 19
• Sent Jiang Qun and Xu Yu to pressure Li Zhi’s central army while retaining her main force. 18 22
• Her prior organization gave her a numerical advantage and more fortune-technique users than Li Zhi’s side. 21

Fortune Techniques

Bao Yun possesses the Bao family’s fortune arts.

• The Bao family’s Forget Flowing Years is noted for its ability to rapidly enhance Bao Yun’s strength. 20
• Her Martial Assessment forces included numerous members equipped with fortune secret techniques. 20
• Her techniques and formation were overwhelmed by Wei Yuan’s use of the Heaven and Earth Madman during the assessment. 20 21

Jade Toad Gazing at the Moon Diagram

Bao Yun’s cultivation manifestation transformed the standard Jade Toad diagram into an unusually grand vision.

• Completed an eleven-zhang diagram in thirty-nine days. 44
• Her full moon contained numerous gods and devils; lotuses and chaos covered the giant rock; a golden figure sat above the jade toad. 44
• The scale of its phenomena drew Bao family elders and several True Persons to observe. 44

Ancestor’s Forehead Blessing

Bao Yun received a beam of light from the Ancestor statue’s forehead during the ancestor worship ceremony.

• The forehead corresponds to the sea of consciousness and Imperial Scenery, making the blessing exceptionally significant. 33
• The recorder could not recall a precedent for a blessing from that location. 33
• The Bao family regarded it as potentially more important than Xiao Yu’s immortal-sword blessing. 33

Relationships

• Wei Yuan — Initially an opponent in the Martial Assessment; Wei Yuan broke her formation and defeated her in the Illusion Realm. They later became fellow Taichu Palace disciples, and Bao Yun repeatedly shows him consideration, including inviting him to cultivate with her, seating him beside her at her banquet, and lending him ten thousand Immortal Silver. 20 21 40 45 50
• Li Zhi — Principal rival in the Unified Examination. Bao Yun refuses to let him use her as a stepping stone toward first place and builds her tactics around defeating his forces. 18 21
• Cui Yu — Fellow Jade Toad Gazing at the Moon cultivator and Ding Xin Sect ally. Bao Yun appoints him co-manager of the public fund and relies on him in the planned confrontation with the Zhi Gu Sect. 42 45
• Xiao Yu — Fellow disciple and ally. He accompanies Bao Yun during cultivation and supports her stance against Xu Yin’an and the Zhi Gu Sect. 40 45
• Zhang Sheng — Wei Yuan’s master. Bao Yun respectfully greets him upon arriving at Taichu Palace, and his praise reinforces her conviction that choosing Taichu Palace was correct. 27
• Brother Xu — Bao Yun’s brother, who fights Wei Yuan after the latter charges through her formation. 20
• Xu Yin’an — A Zhi Gu Sect disciple whose family seeks a marriage alliance with Bao Yun’s family. His demand that her group surrender motivates Bao Yun’s preparations for the minor examination. 45

Story Role / Major Arcs

Unified Examination

Bao Yun enters the Unified Examination as a favored candidate, displaying twin jade light pillars and receiving a Dao Assessment score of forty points. Her Dao and Literary Assessment total places her second behind Li Zhi before the Martial Assessment. 11 13

She leads the Green Team against Li Zhi’s Yellow Team. Her forces lure Wang Fang’s vanguard into an ambush, then use flanking attacks to wear down Li Zhi’s army. 18 19

Wei Yuan unexpectedly destroys Bao Yun’s main force while riding an empowered wild boar. He breaks through her formation, defeats her defenders, shatters her sword, and eliminates her within the Illusion Realm. Her final adjusted Martial Assessment score is twenty-three points. 20 21 23

Choosing Taichu Palace

Bao Yun rejects the Great Precious Flower Pure Land and its Ruyi Glazed Dharma Idol inheritance in favor of entering Taichu Palace. Her family secures a Taichu Palace place at considerable cost, displacing the Yan Family of the East Sea once more. 24 25

Upon meeting Wei Yuan aboard the immortal boat, she formally introduces herself and declares that the immortal path is long enough for her to cultivate a Dharma Idol no weaker than the one she relinquished. 27

Ancestor Worship and Cultivation

At the ancestor worship ceremony, Bao Yun receives an unprecedented blessing from the Ancestor statue’s forehead. 33

She later completes the Jade Toad Gazing at the Moon Diagram with the extraordinary “Immortal Venerable’s Descent” phenomenon, establishing herself as one of the cohort’s most conspicuous cultivators. 44

Ding Xin Sect Leadership

Bao Yun hosts a banquet to organize resistance against the Zhi Gu Sect for the coming minor examination. She proposes a public fund that loans Immortal Silver to classmates who lack cultivation resources, contributing thirty thousand taels herself. 45

During later clashes with the Zhi Gu Sect, Bao Yun helps lead the Ding Xin Sect disciples. After Wei Yuan serves as the main force in a victorious rematch but is badly bruised, she privately lends him ten thousand Immortal Silver to support his cultivation. 50

Notable Quotes

“As long as I, Bao Yun, am here, he won't get first place.” 18

“The Pure Land Dharma Idol is merely an external object. Since I have entered Taichu Palace, I lack neither skilled teachers nor diligence.” 27

“I want to set up a public fund.” 45