Bai Jinfei

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Bai Jinfei (白金飞)
Alias(es)	Young Master Bai; Daoist Bai
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Yin Underworld Ghost Sect; personal disciple of Ghost Demon True Person
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; Lu Li's senior brother
Status	Active; reached Spirit Transformation 452
First Appearance	Chapter 13

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Golden Core	139	Reports that he successfully entered the Golden Core stage three months earlier.
Mid-stage Golden Core	335	His cultivation is recorded as having reached the middle Golden Core stage.
Nascent Soul	343	Reportedly comprehends a cultivation art from Nine Heavens Sword Immortal in Another World and reaches Nascent Soul within a year.
Nascent Soul, Fourth Layer	405	Advances four layers in three years through his unorthodox “wicked-path” cultivation art.
Spirit Transformation	452	The system records his breakthrough to Spirit Transformation.

Background

Bai Jinfei is one of Ghost Demon True Person's personal disciples in the Yin Underworld Ghost Sect. He first approaches newly arrived junior brother Lu Li with refined manners, immediately recognizing that Lu Li's ability to pass their master's test despite only being at Qi Refining Layer One suggests unusual potential 13.

He resides in an ostentatious palace within a secluded bamboo grove, with pure-gold walls and jasper roof tiles. The estate is attended by maids and regularly hosts musicians and beauties 17 18.

Early in Lu Li's sect life, Bai Jinfei trades with him over a low-grade Spirit Ghost, offers him one thousand medium-grade spirit stones and a storage ring, and attempts to sell him Golden Core Red Flame Flood Dragon spirit blood 18 19. He also helps arrange a banquet for Xing Meimei, for which Ghost Demon True Person rewards him with the damaged Mountain-Splitting Halberd 43.

Appearance

Bai Jinfei is introduced as a young man in white whose composed bearing, speech, and conduct resemble those of an elegant nobleman rather than a disciple of a demonic sect 13.

• Often appears in white robes or white clothing 13 139.
• Maintains polished etiquette when dealing with fellow disciples and guests 13 43.
• His appearance is sometimes disheveled following his leisure pursuits, including visible whip marks and wax drippings 52.

Personality

Bai Jinfei combines cultivated manners with a shamelessly indulgent temperament. He enjoys wine, beauties, gossip, and provocative banter, frequently teasing Lu Li about romance and offering to introduce him to the pleasures of Ten Thousand Demon City 19 29 35. He openly argues that maintaining a happy mood improves cultivation efficiency 271.

Despite this frivolity, he is perceptive about sect politics and danger. He promptly returns from Ten Thousand Demon City after hearing that Lu Li has clashed with Li Jing, warns Lu Li of Li Jing's connections, and explains the rival factions competing for the Chief Disciple position 29 53.

His attitude toward Lu Li develops into genuine loyalty. He repeatedly acts as a messenger, scout, source of intelligence, and companion; although often envious of Lu Li's extraordinary breakthroughs, he also celebrates and admires them 53 70 76 191. When confronted by overwhelmingly powerful Thunder Realm visitors, he immediately yields and cooperates to survive 271.

Abilities & Skills

Wicked-Path Cultivation Art

Bai Jinfei comprehends an unorthodox cultivation art from the novel Nine Heavens Sword Immortal in Another World. Its principle is to give the person he loves to someone of greater cultivation, causing his own cultivation to rise rapidly 405.

• Propels his cultivation from Nascent Soul Layer One to Layer Four in three years 405.
• Bai Jinfei believes it could eventually carry him through Spirit Transformation, Void Refinement, Body Integration, Tribulation Transcendence, and immortality 405.
• Its use causes him to describe himself as having “strayed onto the wrong path” 405.
• His rapid advancement later leads to inner demons, prompting him to infiltrate the Supreme Devil Sect to resolve them 425 428.

Sect Intelligence and Political Knowledge

Bai Jinfei keeps abreast of cultivation-world news, sect factions, and notable cultivators.

• Explains the Yin Underworld Ghost Sect's internal factions and Green Lotus's ambition to retain the Chief Disciple position 29.
• Identifies Li Jing's standing as True Lord Yellow Spring's closing-door disciple and warns Lu Li about likely retaliation 29.
• Supplies Lu Li with detailed booklets on the Ten Heroes of the Immortal Dao, including Ling Jianshuang and Fang Yinli 70.
• Provides information on potential opponents and major developments during the search for the Dao Artifact 70 81.

Resource Management and Social Handling

Bai Jinfei successfully handles the practical side of sect events and cultivation-resource dealings.

• Funds and assists Xing Meimei's banquet, managing guests without causing Ghost Demon True Person to lose face 43.
• Conducts transactions involving Spirit Ghosts, spirit stones, storage rings, manuals, and spirit blood 18 19.
• Uses a broad social network that reaches across demonic sects and entertainment venues 29 271.

Equipment

• Mountain-Splitting Halberd — A damaged magic treasure awarded by Ghost Demon True Person for Bai Jinfei's work on Xing Meimei's banquet; it is more powerful than an ordinary spiritual weapon 43.
• Black Jade Formation Disk — Produces a large black barrier that conceals Bai Jinfei and Lu Li while they discuss Li Jing and sect politics 29.
• Thousand-Mile Bell — Used while delivering Lu Li's response to Ling Jianshuang's challenge at the City of Immortal Execution 77.
• Intelligence booklets — Detailed records on Immortal Dao geniuses, their cultivation, techniques, artifacts, and backgrounds 70.

Relationships

• Lu Li — Junior brother, confidant, and frequent traveling companion. Bai Jinfei provides warnings, political intelligence, and assistance, while Lu Li repeatedly saves or aids him 29 53 76 338 339.
• Ghost Demon True Person — Master. Bai Jinfei is one of his personal disciples and receives the Mountain-Splitting Halberd as a reward for assisting with the sect banquet 13 43.
• Xing Meimei — Fellow disciple. Bai Jinfei helps organize her banquet and eagerly handles tea when the group reunites on Giant Eagle Island 43 191.
• Li Jing — Enemy. Bai Jinfei reveals that he has personal enmity with Li Jing and warns Lu Li of Li Jing's likely revenge 53.
• Old Lecherous Dragon — Sworn brother. Bai Jinfei claims they became brothers after roasting chicken and drinking blood together 274.
• Thunder Realm cultivators — Adversaries responsible for poisoning Bai Jinfei with virulent lightning poison and arranging attempts on his life 338 339 342.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Yin Underworld Ghost Sect

Bai Jinfei welcomes Lu Li as a new fellow disciple, becomes his first major contact within Ghost Demon True Person's lineage, and trades for Lu Li's captured Spirit Ghost 13 18. He offers Lu Li resources, cultivation materials, and access to his collection of Buddhist scriptures and manuals 19 20.

Li Jing Conflict and Chief Disciple Selection

After Lu Li kills Li Fei, Bai Jinfei returns to warn him about Li Jing's influence and the sect's factional conflict 29. He later escorts Lu Li to Yin Underworld Mountain when the Chief Disciple selection begins under wartime conditions 52 53.

Fallen Immortal Valley Expedition

Bai Jinfei supplies intelligence on the Ten Heroes of the Immortal Dao before the expedition and later joins Lu Li's team searching Fallen Immortal Valley for a Dao Artifact 70 81.

Golden Core and Nascent Soul Period

Bai Jinfei reaches Golden Core and reunites with Lu Li after Lu Li's seclusion 139. He later falsely spreads news of Lu Li's death to reduce the number of enemies seeking him, a decision accepted by Ghost Demon True Person and Meimei 274.

Lightning Poison Incident

After suffering twelve assassination attempts, Bai Jinfei is poisoned with a Thunder Realm lightning poison that leaves him unable to perform as a man 338. Lu Li identifies the poison's source and captures the cultivators responsible, but learns that the poison has no cure in the Mortal Realm 339 342.

Meteoric Rise

Bai Jinfei's wicked-path cultivation art rapidly raises him to Nascent Soul Layer Four, though it also leaves him troubled by the path he has chosen 405. He later suffers an inner-demon invasion and returns to the demonic path by infiltrating the Supreme Devil Sect 425 428.

Notable Quotes

“Women are merely clothes!” 339

“A happy mood doubles my cultivation speed! Therefore, I am actually an incredibly diligent ascetic!” 271

“You simply give away the person you love to someone with powerful cultivation, and your own cultivation will naturally advance a thousand miles a day.” 405

Trivia

• Bai Jinfei spent roughly ten years in the Ten Thousand Ghost Cave without encountering a single Spirit Ghost, making Lu Li's early capture of one especially enviable to him 18.
• Lu Li suspects Bai Jinfei has a one-sided crush on their Second Senior Sister; Bai Jinfei flusteredly denies it and flees the conversation 32.
• He once claimed Lu Li was dead to deter the constant stream of people seeking revenge against him 274.
• Bai Jinfei’s cultivation breakthrough was reportedly inspired by an immortal-hero novel rather than a conventional cultivation manual 343 405.