Gu Huaibei

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

Gu Huaibei is a tall, graceful woman usually dressed in snow-white robes. Her jade-like features, icy skin, and cold bearing distinguish her even among the Ice and Snow Palace's cultivators. 487 507

• Her presence is frequently compared to that of a cold female bodhisattva while she meditates. 504 507
• She normally wears white as the recognizable attire of the Ice and Snow Palace's master. 1209
• When concealing her identity in the Eastern Wasteland Snowfield, she changes into green robes for the first time. 1209

Personality

Gu Huaibei is composed, observant, and calculating in dangerous situations. In the Mystic Ice Cave, she uses the Demon Sacrificial Sect's party to clear Ice Beasts, Wraiths, and Ice Whirlwinds after judging that they had benefited from paths her own side had opened. Her divine sense and battlefield awareness also allow her to detect subtle changes in an opponent's movements and terrain. 487 546

She is fiercely protective of her disciples. Despite being imprisoned and sealed, she breaks her restrictions, travels thousands of miles, and confronts the Star Dome Pavilion to recover Zhou Jintian. 531 532 Her loyalty can become stubborn self-sacrifice: she accepts the ruin of her original Great Dao and refuses to reveal Chen Changming's identity despite the punishment it brings. 509

As Palace Master, she displays a more benevolent form of leadership than Jiang Lingyin. Rather than monopolize the corrected Nine-Turn Cold Ice Art, she distributes it to the entire Ice and Snow Palace. 687

Abilities & Skills

Nine-Turn Cold Ice Art

Gu Huaibei cultivates the Ice and Snow Palace's core ice-element technique, later replacing its flawed form with an improved Ninth Revolution Technique. 508 544

• The original technique depends upon preserving a primordial yin body for its highest progression; losing hers prevents her from reaching its original ninth turn. 508
• The improved technique restores her path forward and supports her rise to the tenth level of the Nascent Soul Realm. 538 543 544
• After becoming Palace Master, she provides the corrected technique to all palace disciples to resolve the original art's defects. 687

Ice Sword Arts

Gu Huaibei is a powerful sword cultivator whose cold sword light is her principal combat method.

• Her sword-light barrier withstands repeated physical assaults during the Ice Cave Storm, though prolonged exposure tears her robes and wounds her. 490
• She uses her natal flying sword to repel the Joyous Union Sect's Love Thread Net. 711
• Her icy sword light overwhelms Long Qing and two other demonic cultivators in the Star Tracing Backflow. 647
• She can pressure or capture tenth-level Nascent Soul Realm opponents, eventually seizing the fleeing Jiang Lingyin alive. 679 681

Soul Defense

Gu Huaibei possesses powerful divine sense and carries defenses suited to spiritual attacks.

• Her detection range exceeds Yu Donglai's, allowing her to follow his party through the Mystic Ice Cave without discovery. 487
• She uses the Soul-Calming Bead to weaken the Ice Cave Storm's soul attacks against Chen Changming. 490
• The bead is only a peak-grade magical treasure and cannot indefinitely withstand the Ice Cave Storm's continuous spiritual assault. 490

Teleportation and Concealment

Gu Huaibei can teleport over long distances and employs concealment techniques when necessary.

• She teleports away after parting from Chen Changming near Li Fire Island. 497
• She uses teleportation to reach Ninth Peak in time to intervene against Qin Zhu. 674
• After restoring her cultivation, she uses a Breath-Concealing Technique and a spatial restriction to hide her aura from Jiang Lingyin. 538

Cold Ice Grand Formation

Within the Ice God Secret Realm, Gu Huaibei activates the Cold Ice Grand Formation formed through the Ice God Towers. 1214

• She creates an icy dome over the frozen lake for Chen Changming's body-tempering cultivation. 1214
• She organizes Ice and Snow Palace disciples to cultivate in the secret realm's dense spiritual energy. 1214

Equipment / Items

• Soul-Calming Bead — A peak-grade magical treasure used to resist and weaken soul attacks during the Ice Cave Storm. 490
• Natal flying sword — Her primary weapon, capable of releasing powerful frigid sword light. 711
• Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow — Obtained in the Mystic Ice Cave; she later trades her share to Chen Changming for one hundred high-grade Li Fire Ice Marrow Pills. 496 538
• Improved Ninth Revolution Technique — The corrected version of the Ice and Snow Palace's foundational art, which she later shares with the sect. 544 687
• Spring Return Pills — Supplied by Chen Changming to heal the damage caused by the Seven Absolutes Poison Needle and help restore her cultivation. 621 658

Relationships

• Chen Changming / Chen Bai — Her Dao companion and closest ally. He first enters Ninth Peak under the identity of her disciple, Zhou Jintian; they repeatedly protect one another, and he aids her recovery, cultivation, vengeance, and later rescue from the Star Sea Heavenly Prison. He leaves her a letter when he departs the Ice God Secret Realm; while he travels in the Spirit Realm, she remains there cultivating, and snowy landscapes continue to remind him of her. 504 547 655 1173 1248 1778 1779
• Ning Bingyue — Her master. Ning Bingyue initially disapproves of Gu Huaibei's choices but later unlocks part of Jiang Lingyin's seal and supports her succession as Palace Master. 509 538 687
• Jiang Lingyin — Former fellow disciple and later principal enemy. Jiang Lingyin punishes, seals, and poisons Gu Huaibei before Gu Huaibei ultimately helps capture and overthrow her. 508 532 547 681
• Xiao Jiumei — Direct disciple and senior sister of Ninth Peak. She remains devoted to Gu Huaibei during her imprisonment, later reunites with her after the Star Sea Heavenly Prison rescue, and helps rebuild the palace. 510 1173 1178
• Guo Lingyun — Direct disciple who alerts Gu Huaibei to Zhou Jintian's capture and remains loyal after the Ice and Snow Palace is disbanded. 531 1170 1173
• Gu Tianxie — Ice-element Ancient God whose incomplete inheritance is connected to the Nine-Turn Cold Ice Art. Gu Huaibei regards him with the reverence due a founding patriarch. 668
• Gu Linglong / Water God — Water Kingdom's ruler and Gu Huaibei's patron in the Land of No Delusion; she makes Gu Huaibei the divine maiden, erases her memories of Chen Changming, and later agrees to restore them. 655 658 667

Major Arcs

Mystic Ice Cave Expedition

• Gu Huaibei leads the Ice and Snow Palace party into the Mystic Ice Cave, forces Yu Donglai's Demon Sacrificial Sect group to retreat, then shadows them to let them handle the cave's hazards. 487
• She forms a temporary alliance with Chen Changming against the Ice Cave Storm, lending him the Soul-Calming Bead while he shields her from direct attacks. 489 490
• The pair obtains major resources including Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow and Ice Dragon Crystals, deepening their mutual trust. 491 495 496

Ice Prison Penance

• After her primordial yin body is broken, Gu Huaibei reaches the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm but loses the ability to continue the original Nine-Turn Cold Ice Art's highest path. 508
• She refuses to identify the man involved, accepts the severing of her Great Dao, seals herself to the Golden Core Realm, and enters the Ice Prison. 509
• When Zhou Jintian is handed to the Star Dome Pavilion, she breaks her seal and forcibly recovers him, accepting further punishment afterward. 531 532

Conflict with Jiang Lingyin

• With Ning Bingyue's assistance and Chen Changming's secret support, Gu Huaibei restores her ninth-level cultivation and pursues the tenth level through the improved Ninth Revolution Technique. 538 547
• She openly refuses Jiang Lingyin's demand to surrender the improved technique and challenges her to a winner-take-all duel. 544
• Jiang Lingyin and the controlled Ning Bingyue ambush her; Gu Huaibei continues fighting despite injury, while Chen Changming intervenes to save her. 545 546
• The Seven Absolutes Poison Needle leaves Gu Huaibei near death, but Chen Changming's repeated Detoxification Art casts extend her life while they seek a true cure. 547 551
• Chen Changming later refines Spring Return Pills for her, giving her a means to heal and regain the cultivation lost to the poison. 621

Star Tracing Backflow and the Land of No Delusion

• Gu Huaibei kills Long Qing to protect Chen Changming from an enemy, then is consumed by an illusory image in the Star Tracing Backflow vortex. 647
• She reappears in the Land of No Delusion as the Water Kingdom's divine maiden, a status equal to a kingdom ruler. 655
• The Water God erases her memories of Chen Changming; after discovering clues to the missing memories, Gu Huaibei seeks the truth until her memories are restored. 658 668
• She uses Nine-Headed Snake essence blood to expel residual poison and Spring Return Pills to continue recovering her cultivation. 658

Palace Master of the Ice and Snow Palace

• Gu Huaibei and Chen Changming capture Jiang Lingyin after pursuing her to the Seven Absolutes Poison Sect. 675 681
• Following Jiang Lingyin's death and Ning Bingyue's recovery, Gu Huaibei is recognized as the new Palace Master. 687
• She shares the corrected Nine-Turn Cold Ice Art with every disciple, removing a longstanding defect in the sect's inheritance. 687

Joyous Union Sect Confrontation

• Believing Chen Changming may have been set up, Gu Huaibei goes alone to the Joyous Union Sect to find him. She confronts Golden Flower Sacred Venerable and fights her way into the sect. 710 711
• Golden Flower Sacred Venerable poisons her with Blissful Joyous Union Powder. Chen Changming treats her with the Spring Return Immortal Art, though its lingering effects take a month to subside. 711 713
• Afterward, Gu Huaibei discovers a phantom Yin-Yang Seal in her sea of consciousness, despite never having cultivated the Yin-Yang Joyous Union Art. 713

Imprisonment and Reconstruction

• After the Ice and Snow Palace is disbanded, Gu Huaibei is captured by the Illusion Star Palace and tortured in the Star Sea Heavenly Prison with soul-burning flames. 1170 1173
• She retains faith that Chen Bai will return; he eventually frees and heals her with the Spring Return Immortal Art. 1173
• With Chen Changming's support, she dismantles the Illusion Star Palace's leadership, claims its resources, and begins rebuilding the Ice and Snow Palace. 1174 1178

Ice God Secret Realm

• Gu Huaibei travels with Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie into the Ice God Secret Realm, where she plans cultivation opportunities and training resources for the Ice and Snow Palace. 1213 1214
• She reaches the Spirit Transformation Realm after years of striving to overcome the limits of her former cultivation path. 1236
• When Chen Changming departs the secret realm, he leaves her a letter and she stays behind to cultivate. She is still cultivating there after he begins traveling in the Spirit Realm. 1248 1779

Notable Quotes

“If the Great Dao is severed... then let it be severed.” — Gu Huaibei 509

“Chen Bai is my Dao companion.” — Gu Huaibei 710

Trivia

• Gu Huaibei's usual white attire is so closely associated with the Ice and Snow Palace's master that she changes to green when attempting to avoid recognition outside the Illusion Star Sea. 1209
• She was initially unable to identify Zhou Jintian as Chen Changming, despite already knowing Chen Changming under the name Chen Bai. 497 510
• Her disciples regard her as both stern and deeply protective; Guo Lingyun specifically describes her as beautiful and kind-hearted. 504