Bai Yuji

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Bai Yuji (白玉玑)
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Nanzhao Remnants; later appointed to Southern Parasol City’s market trade administration
Occupation/Role	Princess of Nanzhao; Gu master; healer; diplomat
Status	Alive
First Appearance	2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Upper Sixth Rank	86	Her cultivation is described as only upper sixth rank, though her Gu arts and large-scale support capabilities compensate for her comparatively lower direct combat strength.
Grandmaster Realm	243	Confirmed to be a Grandmaster-realm Gu master; the context does not document the precise breakthrough.

Background and History

Nanzhao Princess and Avenger

Bai Yuji is the orphaned princess of fallen Nanzhao. Her imperial brother was killed before her eyes, with Qin Muye’s father piercing his heart; the loss became the foundation of her vendetta against the Qin Family and Great Gan 17. She also bears responsibility for the impoverished Nanzhao Remnants, who cannot openly maintain businesses without risking exposure 23.

She initially joins the plot to abduct Qin Muye in order to obtain the Qin Family bloodline. When his near-death convinces her that someone within the operation may be trying to eliminate her as well, she disperses her subordinates to investigate rather than blindly proceed with the plan 2.

Bond with Qin Muye

Bai Yuji first tries to subdue Qin Muye with an aphrodisiac, then gives him a poison for which only she holds the cure 2. During their subsequent conflict, she uses the Luanfeng Gu to bind their lives together and returns to the capital under the cover identity of the physician who rescued him 3.

Although she treats Qin Muye’s depleted body with medicines and Gu insects, she remains divided between her revenge and her growing attachment to him. Her remorse becomes especially acute after the scheme against Qin Yanying harms innocent people and exposes the moral cost of the Nanzhao elders’ methods 37 46.

Nanzhao Leadership and Diplomacy

Bai Yuji increasingly asserts her authority over the Nanzhao elders, challenging the Great Elder’s attempts to direct major decisions without accountability 68. At the international conference, she argues that Great Gan is stronger than the other states assume, advocates a period of recovery rather than continued war, and demands support for Nanzhao’s restoration in exchange for her influence in the capital 76.

She openly rejects an Orchid Azure Kingdom envoy’s proposal to make her his consort for land, stabbing him and threatening his life unless he withdraws the insult 76. Her political efforts remain focused on securing trade, resources, and a viable future for her displaced people rather than pursuing revenge alone 77 78.

Breaking with the Old Path

Luo Qing’s death forces Bai Yuji to investigate the Bamboo Hat Man who killed him using the Feng Family’s Drifting Leaf Blade 81. She later learns that Qin Muye was Daoist Kongxu and that he had killed Luo Qing, a revelation that deeply destabilizes her trust in him 117 124.

After the Great Elder’s death, Bai Yuji tells the remaining Nanzhao Remnants that she has not forgotten revenge, but that her duty as princess also requires her people to live well 100. Emperor Li Hong later presents records and diplomatic letters that challenge her understanding of Nanzhao’s fall and implicate the Nanzhao royal family in the war. She accepts his offer to become Southern Parasol City’s market trade official, placing Nanzhao’s future above her personal wishes 159.

Appearance

Bai Yuji is a strikingly beautiful woman with fair, delicate features and a graceful figure. At very close range, she carries a natural jasmine-like fragrance 2 60.

• Slender fingers 2
• Fair, delicate brow and complexion 26
• Often conceals her identity beneath a bamboo hat 23
• Carries a soft sword at her waist 243

Personality

Bai Yuji is calculating, composed, and difficult to deceive. She recognizes when Qin Muye is attempting to sow discord, but acts on his warnings when they reveal genuine weaknesses in her organization 2. She can also be dryly humorous, including when recounting the memory of her brother catching her stealing from his alchemy room 17.

Her strongest conflict is between vengeance and responsibility. She can be ruthless when Nanzhao’s interests are threatened, yet she repeatedly balks at plans that endanger children, pregnant women, or ordinary civilians 37 38. Her compassion extends beyond her own people: she is distressed by Qingtiao’s domestic hardship and ensures that she has somewhere to turn if she is mistreated 66.

As leader of the remnants, Bai Yuji can be firm with elders who overstep her authority. She refuses to let Nanzhao’s restoration become an excuse for sacrificing her people or turning them into tools for others’ ambitions 68 100.

Abilities & Skills

Luanfeng Gu

Bai Yuji uses the Luanfeng Gu to tie her life to Qin Muye’s.

• Bound Qin Muye’s life to hers during their early confrontation 3
• Allows her to sense Qin Muye’s heartbeat through the Gu’s resonance 159
• Initially prevents Emperor Li Hong from treating her as an ordinary Nanzhao remnant, since harming her could endanger Qin Muye 72 158

Gu Poison and Medicine

Bai Yuji is a skilled Gu master with expertise in both toxic and restorative insects.

• Used an aphrodisiac in an attempt to make Qin Muye compliant 2
• Possesses poisons whose antidotes she alone can provide 2
• Prepared insect-based medicine to preserve Qin Muye’s blood energy 16
• Can inflict restrained punishments, such as a poison that causes mouth sores for three days without lasting harm 66
• Uses Gu poison tactically even against far stronger opponents 115 243

Natal Blood Gu

Her life-bound Blood Gu is central to her healing and pill-refining arts.

• Fed batches of Blood Gu to Qin Muye while trying to repair his chronically depleted body 69
• Produces scarlet insects that can be condensed into a blood-red pill for emergency stabilization and physical strengthening 104
• Creates Blood Gu Pills capable of offsetting the backlash of Li Xingluo’s temporary strength-enhancing secret technique 115

Pill Refinement

Bai Yuji studies the Heavenly Gu Secret Codex and can refine medicines from demon bloodlines and Gu arts.

• Explains the formula for the Myriad Demon Golden Pill, which uses powerful demon bloodlines, heart’s blood, demon cores, and a stabilizing bloodline 128
• Refines a Myriad Demon Golden Pill intended to forge an exceptionally powerful physical path toward Grandmasterhood 149 151
• Her unusual Gu arts allow her to refine Myriad Demon Golden Pills far more easily than ordinary cultivators 244

Strategy and Diplomacy

Bai Yuji is an able political negotiator and organizer despite her personal reluctance to exploit others.

• Weighs the strategic value of the Puppet Assembly’s rewards for the Nanzhao Remnants 26
• Leads negotiations among foreign envoys and secures collective pressure on Great Gan while pursuing Nanzhao’s restoration 76
• Understands military discipline, operational coordination, and the strategic threat posed by the Annan Army 139

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Bamboo hat — Used to conceal her identity during meetings with the Nanzhao Remnants 23
• Soft sword — Kept at her waist and drawn when her son is threatened 243
• Recollection Gu — Given to her by Xu Yuyao; preserves memories connected to Luo Qing and Nanzhao’s past 81
• Natal Blood Gu — Her life-bound Gu insect, used for healing, blood-based medicine, and interacting with the Luanfeng Gu 104 159

Relationships

• Qin Muye — Initially her kidnapping target and enemy by blood feud; their lives are bound by the Luanfeng Gu, they later marry, and Bai Yuji conceives his child. Their relationship remains shaped by love, distrust, sacrifice, and Nanzhao’s future 2 3 72 104 159.
• He Xifeng — Nanzhao’s Great Elder. He Xifeng pushes increasingly ruthless restoration plans, while Bai Yuji ultimately rejects her authority and condemns her methods 37 68 99 100.
• Luo Qing — Her childhood companion and fellow Nanzhao remnant. His murder devastates Bai Yuji and drives her investigation into the Bamboo Hat Man and Daoist Kongxu 67 81 124.
• Xu Yuyao — Her maternal cousin and only surviving relative. Xu Yuyao protected the Nanzhao Remnants for years, but Bai Yuji later learns that their family bond is entangled with Hundred Yue’s political interests 76 98 124.
• Li Xingluo — Qin Muye’s later partner. Bai Yuji gradually accepts her place in Qin Muye’s life and expresses concern for Li Xingluo’s unstable state and pressure to grow stronger 138 154.
• Qin Yanying — Qin Muye’s aunt and an early target of the Nanzhao plot. Qin Yanying’s sincerity and willingness to protect others intensify Bai Yuji’s guilt over the scheme against her 16 46.
• Li Hong — Emperor of Great Gan. He knows Bai Yuji’s identity, uses the Luanfeng Gu to constrain her choices, and ultimately offers her a political path for Nanzhao through Southern Parasol City 72 158 159.

Notable Quotes

“I am a kidnapper, after all!” 17

“Only by taking it would she have the confidence to say in the future: My clansmen are under my protection!” 91

“I am also the princess of Nanzhao, and I have to let our people live well.” 100