Bai Ziyu

Bai Ziyu, usually known as Yehui, leads the Baiye Capital Immortal Dao. An ambitious Eastern Sea cultivator with a Douxuan inheritance, he first opposes the Lis in Jiangbei, then adjusts his alliances as northern power and his own prospects change. (Chapters 1071–1072, 1454, 1526)

Biography

Ambition, Jiangbei rivalry, and northern patronage

Yehui expects Changxi’s approaching death to expose Profound Peak Gate and is angered when the Lis secure much of Hidden Cloud Cave instead. He proposes dividing Profound Peak between himself and Li Ximing, then tries to induce Ximing to kill Kong Haiying, whose bloodline is entangled in an old personal grievance against him. His territorial pressure also serves a bargain with Changxiao: by forcing the Lis into battle, he helps Changxiao confirm the Metallic Essence destiny attached to Li Zhouwei in return for a coveted Crimson-Headed Profound Soul. Changxiao’s refusal to deliver the promised resource makes Yehui resentful. The maneuver therefore combines an interest in land, the removal of a future enemy, and the effort to obtain material needed for his own divine ability. (Chapters 1071–1072, 1101–1104)

After Changxi’s death, Yehui again moves against Profound Peak and displays his newly completed Western Sky Plateau in a much more dangerous duel with Ximing. He kills Kong Haiying, but then refuses to keep provoking the Lis on Changxiao’s behalf: harming Ximing’s family could bring relentless retaliation against his own favored juniors. He instructs Guan Gongxiao to consolidate territory through controlled taxation and changes to local succession rather than indiscriminate slaughter, while cynically explaining how oppression can create the very devil cultivation they can later purge. A subsequent struggle with Changxiao over a Douxuan treasure leaves him recovering for years. On his return, he helps drive Helian Wujiang away and approaches the Lis more warmly as Buddhist pressure threatens their shared frontier. (Chapters 1143–1146, 1160–1161, 1433–1435)

Yehui’s later candor reveals the pressure beneath his maneuvering: he seeks higher attainment but lacks reliable knowledge or backing concerning the fruition above his Capital Guard lineage. He settles his earlier hostility with the Lis before entering the northern Pavilion Viewing faction, where Ch’i Lanyan values his insight and Wei Xuanyin treats him favorably. He subsequently fights effectively amid Pristine Water and reports the destruction of Changxiao Gate to Wei Xuanyin. Even with northern connections, he refuses the suggestion that Buddhism might provide a refuge and restrains himself from fighting a Maha he knows his lineage cannot defeat. His advancement remains bound to a powerful but vulnerable inheritance he feels unable to replace. (Chapters 1453–1454, 1526, 1562, 1576, 1657–1658)

Appearance and personality

Yehui wears deep-blue robes and has a compact face with a pointed chin. He combines formal courtesy with cutting mockery, openly scorning Changxi’s weakness and later provoking a Buddhist Maha through indirect insults. His affability toward useful allies coexists with a cold acceptance of losses among ordinary followers; his special concern centers on Guan Gongxiao and his sister. (Chapters 1071, 1435, 1576, 1657)

Abilities and cultivation

Capital Guard divine abilities

Yehui’s Douxuan inheritance joins spirit-commanding arts with control of the great void. South Chou Waters transforms much of his body into purple radiance, supports rapid pursuit, and produces a river of strange fish carrying human skulls. Eastern Feather Mountain, activated through a breath of white qi and accompanying seals, weighs down and distorts the void so that movement and access to formations become difficult. Ximing initially counters these restraints with Bright Yang purple fire and switches between the void and manifested world; Yehui adapts by pursuing with his crow technique and repeatedly renewing the blockade. (Chapters 1102–1103)

His completed Western Sky Plateau adds another layer of restriction, combining with Eastern Feather Mountain to make the void rough and nearly immobile. Its unexpected appearance gives him a substantial advantage over Ximing. He also casts Pure Profound Radiance of the Three Primordials, a pursuing radiance that can maintain a lock after its caster stops chasing; against Helian Wujiang, it helps disrupt an enemy divine ability. These powers demand exertion, and his great-void restraints are not absolute: Ximing eventually escapes with an artifact, while intervention by stronger powers can force Yehui to desist. (Chapters 1145–1146, 1434)

Artifact-supported combat and limits

Yehui combines his restraints with thunder, True Fire, and a ceremonial sword used for spells. Such combinations force Ximing to divide his defenses rather than answer one attack at a time. The Capital Guard inheritance nevertheless has serious weaknesses against Buddhist powers, and Yehui acknowledges that he cannot defeat Guangchan in a direct fight. Possessing three divine abilities does not establish the higher fruition he hopes to reach. (Chapters 1144–1145, 1657)

Relationships

• Changxi: Rival whose gate and descendants Yehui threatens.
• Li Ximing: Opponent in Jiangbei who later becomes a useful neighbor against Buddhist expansion.
• Guan Gongxiao: Favored junior whom he protects and teaches to govern.
• Changxiao: Bargaining partner whose withheld treasure and later conflict sour their cooperation.
• Wei Xuanyin: Northern patron who receives his reports. (Chapters 1071, 1104, 1160–1161, 1435, 1657)

Items

His slender ceremonial dharma sword serves spellcasting rather than conventional sword Dao. He uses thunder and fire treasures alongside it, and later holds a round pearl during battle in Pristine Water. The Crimson-Headed Profound Soul is initially a promised resource withheld by Changxiao, not an acquisition established by that bargain. (Chapters 1071, 1104, 1144, 1576)