Dongfang Caibai

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Dongfang Caibai (东方采白)
Alias(es)	Celestial Person Suchen; Third Princess of Bian 13 20
Species/Race	Qingqiu White Fox; created through Enlightenment using a fox tail and imperial blood 20 33
Gender	Female 13
Age	Nineteen at her introduction 13
Affiliation	Bian Kingdom imperial family; later Sun-Moon Cliff under Li Huixi 13 33 379
Occupation/Role	Third Princess; Li Huixi’s attendant and cultivation pupil; later ruler of the Bian Kingdom 33 406
Cultivation	Foundation Establishment Celestial Person 13
Status	Alive; sent to assume the Bian Kingdom’s throne 385 406
First Appearance	Mentioned in Chapter 11; appears in person in Chapter 13 11 13

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Nine-Turn Qi Refinement	19	A former stage recalled when she compares her past combat strength with Xiao Yuanjun’s superior performance at the same rank.
Foundation Establishment Celestial Person	13 33	Already attained by nineteen. Her unusually early attainment is attributed to her creation from a True Lord’s tail through Enlightenment, rather than merely a mixed human–demon bloodline.

Background / History

Dongfang Caibai was brought into being by the Bian Empress, True Lord Wanlü Chiming, using one of her fox tails, a drop of blood from the Bian imperial family, and Enlightenment. This origin gave Caibai an exceptional innate foundation and allowed her to reach Celestial Person while still nineteen 33.

Despite her early attainment, Caibai later doubts that she can pursue truth-seeking without a True Lord genuinely backing her. Cultivation under Li Huixi nevertheless gives her an extraordinary benefit: she expects to avoid being taken into reincarnation by a Nether Bureau Inspector after eight hundred years and instead live as long as the heavens 136.

Appearance

Caibai’s human appearance combines an elegant, otherworldly bearing with conspicuously alluring features 13.

• Human form: Exquisite features, rosy lips, and a shapely, curvaceous figure; introduced wearing a pale blue-and-white robe 13.
• Bridal attire: Wears a red bridal veil during the wedding confrontation 32.
• True form: An enormous nine-tailed white fox, with fur described as whiter than snow 375 385.

Personality

Caibai is gracious, flirtatious, and calculating. She repeatedly addresses Zhang Yuan as her prince consort and uses affectionate language to encourage his cooperation. Her hospitality also serves a coercive purpose: after lodging him at her residence, she reports to her mother that the “variable” has been locked inside 13 14.

Her apparent obedience conceals a willingness to rebel. She proves her strength against the Li and Chu clans to secure a bargain allowing her to turn against her own faction on the wedding day 21.

At Sun-Moon Cliff, she accepts an attendant’s duties without resentment, recognizing the standing of both Li Huixi and Li Zhongshuang. That deference does not entirely suppress her boldness: she challenges Li Huixi over her marriage contract and offers to become Zhang Yuan’s secondary wife 135 236.

Abilities & Skills

Innate Mental Influence

Caibai can subtly influence another person’s thoughts through casual prompts, without casting a spell or explicitly using a Divine Ability 13.

• Nearly makes Zhang Yuan accept intimate familiarity with her despite his opposition to becoming prince consort 13.
• Recognizes that Xiao Yuanjun’s support helped him regain control of his thoughts 13.

Celestial Combat and Dao Domain

Her Daoist attainment exceeds the expectations attached to her youth 19.

• Holds off Li Houjin, a middle-stage Foundation Establishment Celestial Person, and Chu Miaofu, an early-stage Celestial Person, simultaneously; none sustains significant injuries before the battle ends 14 19.
• Is prepared to deploy her Dao domain against Li Houjin during the wedding confrontation 30.
• Cannot overcome Xiao Yuanjun even when briefly fighting alongside Li Houjin and Chu Miaofu 33.

Perception and Divination

Caibai possesses celestial perception capable of detecting supernatural scrutiny 20.

• Senses Zhang Yuan examining her through Person Viewing, but mistakes the sensation for her mother watching through his eyes 20.
• Attempts to divine Xiao Yuanjun’s origins, only to find no accessible cause or effect; she suspects a treasure concealing Heavenly Secrets 13.
• Identifies Xiao Yuanjun as the notorious thief of four kingdoms from her displayed Divine Abilities and combat performance 19.

Transformation

Caibai can shift between human form and her enormous nine-tailed fox body 375.

• Returns to human form immediately after Xiao Yuanjun stops beating her 375.
• Later sleeps in her true form, occupying a large portion of Sun-Moon Cliff 385.

Comprehension and Tea Ceremony

Her True Lord-derived foundation gives her exceptional comprehension, allowing her to grasp Li Huixi’s explanations without extensive elaboration 236.

• Quickly understands the survival implications of the coming realm incorporation 236.
• Is skilled in the Tea Ceremony, regularly brewing tea for Li Huixi and teaching Li Zhongshuang 290.

Relationships

• Zhang Yuan — Intended prince consort and continuing romantic interest. Although Li Huixi severs their karmic connection, Caibai later insists that their written marriage contract still makes him her fiancé. She expresses concern for his safety and remains optimistic about his cultivation prospects 34 236.
• True Lord Wanlü Chiming — Mother and creator. Caibai initially protects Zhang Yuan on her orders, but secretly arranges to turn against her faction 14 21 33.
• Li Huixi / True Lord Huitian Yanshi — Cultivation guide and superior at Sun-Moon Cliff. Li Huixi rejects her proposed secondary marriage to Zhang Yuan and later orders her to inherit the Bian throne 33 236 385.
• Xiao Yuanjun — Zhang Yuan’s protective master and Caibai’s opponent. Their conflict escalates from the capital struggle to a beating at Sun-Moon Cliff after Xiao mistakenly blames Caibai for her confinement 33 375.
• Li Zhongshuang — A fellow visitor to Sun-Moon Cliff whom Caibai treats respectfully because of Li Huixi’s favor and her Golden Core prospects; also her pupil in tea preparation 135 290.
• True Lord Xuanqing Tianhua — Connected to Caibai’s wedding-day arrangements. His instruction that Zhang Yuan cooperate with her confirms her ties to the Western Bian Chu side 28.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Prince Consort Selection and Clan Bargain

Caibai asks Zhang Yuan only to attend their wedding, initially presenting the prince-consort position as its own reward. When he demands cultivation resources, she gives him Golden Carriage Baleful Sha, manifested as a red strip of cloth resembling material cut from a wedding dress 13 14.

She promises that her mother will dissolve his existing Li Clan engagement, assuming his unknown betrothed belongs to an unimportant branch. After protecting him against Li Houjin and Chu Miaofu, she permits him to leave the residence and seek another baleful force, guaranteeing that no Celestial Person will attack him before the wedding 14 21.

Wedding Crisis

The ceremony imposes a mysterious force that compels both Caibai and Zhang Yuan to bow despite their wills. The empress divides the Bian Kingdom’s national fortune between them, and Shared-Lifeforce Baleful Force, embodying shared life and death, descends upon the pair 29 30.

Caibai subsequently joins Li Houjin and Chu Miaofu in trying to stop Xiao Yuanjun from taking Zhang Yuan away. Li Huixi intervenes, assigns Caibai to Sun-Moon Cliff, and later cuts her karmic connection with Zhang Yuan 33 34.

Life at Sun-Moon Cliff

Caibai serves tea and cultivates under Li Huixi following the capital’s upheaval. Their discussions expose her to the coming Chaos Calamity and the incorporation of other realms into the Azure Sky Dust-Stained Realm 236 379.

When Xiao Yuanjun is transported to the cliff, she assumes Caibai is responsible and beats her in fox form. Caibai appeals to Li Huixi for justice, but receives no support after invoking her supposed engagement to Zhang Yuan 375.

Succession to the Bian Throne

After Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun leave, Li Huixi wakes Caibai and orders her to inherit the throne because the Bian Emperor has died and no one remains in the imperial family to govern. She is subsequently sent to the capital to rule and prevent political turmoil 385 406.