Xiang Baiwei

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Xiang Baiwei (项白薇)
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Dao Sect publicly; White Lotus Sect secretly 79 80 178
Occupation/Role	Dao Sect disciple, advancing from the Outer Sect to the Inner Sect; covert White Lotus Sect member and recruiter 81 168 170
Residence	Formerly Chen Yu’s next-door neighbor on Emerald Cloud Peak 44 77 168
Status	Alive at her last confirmed appearance, following the Black Mist Marsh trial 198
First Appearance	First documented appearance in the provided passages: Chapter 43, “Passed” 43

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Qi Refining, Seventh-Layer Peak	81	Describes herself and her inner companion as one step from the eighth layer. Despite this cultivation, they were unable to overcome Chen Yu during his interrogation.
Qi Refining, Eighth Layer — probable	112	Chen Yu senses her cultivating next door and estimates that she has reached the eighth layer; the advancement is not directly confirmed.
Qi Refining, Ninth Layer	170	Uses ninth-layer spiritual power to create a soundproof membrane during a private conversation in the Inner Sect’s Scripture Repository.
Qi Refining, Ninth-Layer Peak	189	Her strength is identified during Xiao Lei’s pursuit. A protective treasure lets her evade attacks from a Foundation Establishment opponent despite the realm gap.

History

Outer Sect Neighbor and Assessment Dispute

Xiang Baiwei lives next door to Chen Yu on Emerald Cloud Peak. During his Heavenly Union Association assessment, she recognizes his attempt to obtain answers from her and initially refuses to cooperate. He nevertheless benefits from her answers; when she confronts him afterward, his threat to repeat an earlier unpleasant tactic makes her leave without reporting him. Her apparent association connections and balance of ten thousand Contribution Points lead Chen Yu to suspect that her background is unusual 43 44.

Surveillance and the Key Seal

Xiang Baiwei becomes suspicious when Chen Yu repeatedly evades her despite appearing to be only a fourth-layer Qi Refining cultivator. She considers whether he knows the Qi-Concealing Art and recalls sensing a “Key Seal” in his room. The expected bearer was a woman, making Chen Yu’s possession of it puzzling 60 80.

Her surveillance continues until Chen Yu catches her disguised beneath a cloak of grass. He blinds her with Glowing Jade and restrains her with his Binding Rope. Her frightened demeanor abruptly changes into cold defiance. After an unsuccessful attack and a second restraint, she explains that the Key Seal is her organization’s token and identifies that organization as the White Lotus Sect 77 79 80.

During the attack on the Dao Sect’s new-disciple procession, she also searches for Chen Yu while fighting two black-robed attackers. Her concern includes the possibility that he carries the Key Seal. She later tells Auntie Shi that she has recovered from her injuries 64 81.

Recruitment and Information Trading

After discovering Chen Yu’s hidden strength, Xiang Baiwei recommends him to Auntie Shi, proposing a background investigation followed by recruitment if no problems emerge. Auntie Shi reveals that Zhang Jiuge has independently recommended him and instructs Xiang Baiwei to concentrate on cultivation ahead of possible sect turmoil 81.

Xiang Baiwei later confirms that Wu Wenjie was not a White Lotus Sect member, overturning Chen Yu’s assumption about his affiliation. Seeking information about another covert organization, she agrees to exchange one hundred legitimately earned Contribution Points for Chen Yu’s account. She gathers the points through the White Lotus Sect and delivers them using Zhao Wentao’s token. Chen Yu accepts the transaction but refuses her invitation to meet a sect elder 116 117 118.

Inner Sect Reunion

After more than two years without speaking, Xiang Baiwei stops Chen Yu in the Inner Sect’s Scripture Repository. She warns that the Jade Void Sect and Evergreen Sect have attacked the Dao Sect and that Outer Sect disciples are being sent into battle. She also names the Azure Void Society as another hidden faction operating within the sect 168 170.

She renews her recruitment offer, interpreting Chen Yu’s acquisition of the Key Seal as heaven’s will. He again refuses, doubting that the White Lotus Sect can replace the Dao Sect 170.

Black Mist Marsh Trial

Before the trial, Xiang Baiwei warns Chen Yu about its dangerous leaders, unknowingly describing him as the Poison Path head disciple rumored to be a “smiling tiger.” His appearance as a team leader confuses her. When another White Lotus Sect disciple accuses him of betrayal and plans to kill him, Xiang Baiwei urges restraint, but lacks the authority to stop her 177 178 180.

In the marsh, she attempts to pull Chen Yu away from a swarm of Ghost King Scorpions. Instead, he destroys and collects them. After he warns that the trial may be targeting her faction, she reciprocates with information: she witnessed Xiao Lei kill a disciple who had signaled for rescue. She also asks him to spare Chen Hong, unaware that he has already killed and refined her 183.

Xiao Lei subsequently pressures Chen Yu to help kill Xiang Baiwei. His apparently unsuccessful poison attack gives her an opportunity to escape. She returns to thank him and proposes cooperation against Xiao Lei, offering a powerful life-saving resource supplied by the White Lotus Sect 189 191.

Alliance Against Xiao Lei and Aftermath

Xiang Baiwei explains that Elder Wang can vouch for her and a few White Lotus Sect members after Xiao Lei’s death, but that protecting too many would expose him. She acknowledges that most of their people may be sacrificed. Chen Yu accepts the alliance only if Elder Wang also protects him and participates in the operation; Xiang Baiwei writes a coded message for Chen Yu to deliver 191 192.

After recovering, she helps test Chen Yu’s maze formation and poison traps, then crushes her signaling pendant to lure Xiao Lei into the ambush. She confronts Xiao Lei over the Dao Sect’s refinement of disciples, but is unsettled by Xiao Lei’s suggestion that she does not know where those practices originated 193.

During the battle, Xiang Baiwei fights at the front while Chen Yu attacks from behind, eventually using her protective treasure as a moving shield. She activates the Mystic Gang Sword Talisman after Chen Yu creates an opening and Elder Wang restrains Xiao Lei. The attack fails to kill their opponent, who reveals herself as Elder Jin occupying Xiao Lei’s body. Xiang Baiwei’s protective treasure is exhausted by the subsequent counterattack 194 195 196.

She survives the trial. Back at the Dao Sect, she calls after Chen Yu, but he deliberately ignores her, intending to sever their connection. Recalling Xiao Lei’s earlier words, she clenches her fists 198.

Appearance

• Face: Described as beautiful, with expressive eyes that can shift from bright and carefree to cold and disdainful 43 80 193.
• Complexion and build: Fair-skinned, with a slender, curving figure 80.
• Height: Approximately a head shorter than Chen Yu when they stand face-to-face 43.

Personality

Xiang Baiwei alternates between a vacant, timid, easily frightened manner and an aloof, proud, confrontational one. A voice speaks within her soul, and she addresses it as a companion. Chen Yu observes that her two personalities do not share memories; the precise nature of this condition is not explained 77 81 116 193.

She sincerely believes that the White Lotus Sect’s resistance answers the Dao Sect’s abuse of disciples. Nevertheless, her knowledge of her own organization’s deeper history is limited, and Xiao Lei’s insinuations visibly disturb her 193.

Her loyalty does not prevent practical compromise: she accepts a plan that protects only a small number of faction members. She also shows gratitude independent of motive, thanking Chen Yu for saving her even after he bluntly explains that he preserved her life for tactical reasons 191.

Abilities & Skills

Metal-Attribute Cultivation and Swordsmanship

• Uses metal-attribute spiritual power and fights with a sword 80 194.
• Can counterattack while her protective treasure moves her clear of incoming strikes 195.
• Her spiritual power is suppressed by Xiao Lei’s stronger fire-attribute true qi 194.

Key Seal Detection

• Senses the White Lotus Sect’s Key Seal in Chen Yu’s residence 60 62.
• Recognizes it as an organizational token and investigates the discrepancy between Chen Yu and the expected female bearer 80.

Soundproofing Technique

• Forms a thin soundproof membrane with spiritual power to protect a private conversation 170.

Protective Treasure

• Automatically pulls her away from attacks, producing abrupt, involuntary evasive movements 189 194.
• Creates a milky-white barrier against attacks she cannot evade, including surrounding flames 194.
• Has finite power: sustained fire attacks drain it much faster than ordinary close combat 194 195.
• Shatters after blocking Xiao Lei’s post-talisman counterattack 196.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Sword — Used in her attack on Chen Yu after he loosens her restraints 80.
• Grass cloak — Conceals her while following Chen Yu; he removes it after capturing her 77.
• Mystic Gang Sword Talisman — Her major offensive trump card against Xiao Lei. Xiang Baiwei believes it can easily kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but Xiao Lei survives its strike 196.
• Signaling Jade Pendant — Trial-issued rescue device, deliberately crushed to summon Xiao Lei into the ambush 193.
• Contribution Point token — Her apparent wealth includes altered points. For her information deal with Chen Yu, she instead supplies one hundred legitimate points through Zhao Wentao’s token 44 117 118.

Relationships

• Chen Yu — Former neighbor, surveillance target, prospective recruit, and temporary combat ally. Their cooperation remains guarded and ends with his deliberate avoidance 77 81 170 191 198.
• Inner companion — A voice within her soul with whom she discusses their cultivation and defeat by Chen Yu; its identity remains unexplained 81.
• Auntie Shi — Respected confidante who receives her recruitment recommendation, checks on her recovery, and advises her to prioritize cultivation 81.
• Elder Wang / Wang Gui — Trusted White Lotus Sect insider. Xiang Baiwei relies on his intelligence, testimony, and assistance during the fight against Xiao Lei 191 196.
• Chen Hong — Fellow White Lotus Sect disciple whose hostility toward Chen Yu she tries to restrain and whose life she asks him to spare 180 183.
• Xiao Lei / Elder Jin — Enemy during the Black Mist Marsh purge. Their confrontation challenges Xiang Baiwei’s understanding of the White Lotus Sect’s history 193 196.

Notable Quotes

“Whatever your motive for saving me, the fact remains that without your help, I would certainly have died. So thank you anyway.” 191

“The Dao Sect refines outer sect disciples into Rhyme Spirit and extracts spirit fetus essence from inner sect Foundation Establishment disciples. We of the White Lotus Sect merely want to resist. The Dao Sect is the true evil!” 193