Recaps

Lin Yu explained to the young man of the Phoenix Clan why he had taken the black-robed high priest and argued that he had come to the Phoenix Tomb to avoid killing for Phoenix essence blood. Feng Nianzhi backed Lin Yu and ordered the young man to fetch a drop, leaving him still protesting about the high priest and the danger to his clan.

• Lin Yu defended his actions against the black-robed high priest and told the young man of the Phoenix Clan that he could have taken essence blood by killing a clan member if that had been his aim.
• The young man of the Phoenix Clan realized Lin Yu had a point and stared at him in shock.
• Feng Nianzhi told Lin Yu to stop teasing the stubborn young man and reassured him that her mind had not been ensnared.
• Lin Yu asked Feng Nianzhi for a drop of Phoenix essence blood, and she ordered the young man to fetch it.
• The young man warned Feng Nianzhi that the black-robed high priest was still in Lin Yu's hands and questioned whether Lin Yu could be trusted.
• Feng Nianzhi sent a miniature phoenix to smack the young man's head and demanded that he obey her as Phoenix Lord.

Lin Yu obtained a drop of phoenix essence blood from the young Phoenix clansman and sent it into the Hongmeng System to analyze and unlock its permissions. Feng Nianzhi sided with Lin Yu over the Grand Priest’s release, leaving the young clansman to guard the Phoenix Tomb and train harder.

• Feng Nianzhi’s conjured phoenix scolded and beat the young Phoenix clansman until he opened the Phoenix Tomb’s barrier and handed over phoenix essence blood.
• Lin Yu sent the phoenix essence blood into the Hongmeng System and began analyzing it, hoping to unlock permissions and learn more about the xuanhuan world.
• Lin Yu reflected that the Heaven-Mending Fragments were likely key to unlocking the system’s full power and uncovering the world’s secrets.
• The young Phoenix clansman demanded that Lin Yu return the Grand Priest, but Lin Yu warned that the Grand Priest might punish him if released too soon.
• Feng Nianzhi told the young clansman she trusted Lin Yu and asked him to keep guarding the Phoenix Tomb, then urged him to cultivate and improve his own abilities.

Lin Yu remained in the Phoenix Clan's territory as a guest of honor, keeping watch while the black-robed high priest was away and investigating the seal suppressing Feng Nianzhi's cultivation. The Hongmeng System gained new permissions and replicated a purer Heaven-Mending Fragment, while Lin Yu awaited the high priest's return to learn more about the seal.

• Feng Nianzhi led Lin Yu out of the Phoenix Tomb and, at her insistence, made him a guest of honor with free access to the Phoenix Ancestral Sea.
• A young Phoenix Clan member monitored Lin Yu and warned him not to endanger the clan, but Lin Yu's display of confidence left the young phoenix speechless.
• Lin Yu explained that he stayed to protect the Phoenix Clan while the black-robed high priest was away and because he suspected a powerful seal was stunting Feng Nianzhi's cultivation.
• Lin Yu learned that Feng Nianzhi knew nothing about the seal and decided to wait for the black-robed high priest to return from enduring his tribulations.
• After absorbing the Phoenix essence blood, the Hongmeng System unlocked new permissions, and Lin Yu gained the ability to investigate the world's origin.
• The Hongmeng System replicated a Heaven-Mending Fragment with purer power, while Lin Yu reflected that he still needed to strengthen himself.

Lin Yu’s attempts to investigate the seal inside Feng Nianzhi harmed her, leading him to suspect it might be a curse and wait for the black-robed high priest to return. He stopped probing the seal, studied his expanded Hongmeng System permissions, and secured the Phoenix Ancestral Sea with a copied Heaven-Mending Fragment and a maze.

• Lin Yu found that the seal inside Feng Nianzhi absorbed his spiritual power and rebounded his probes, leaving Feng Nianzhi unconscious and distressed.
• Lin Yu stopped investigating the seal and concluded that it harmed Feng Nianzhi, possibly restricting her spiritual power or body as she grew stronger.
• Lin Yu suspected the seal might be a curse but kept the idea to himself, expecting the black-robed high priest to clarify its nature when he emerged from the World-Ending Great Calamity.
• Lin Yu used phoenix essence blood to raise his Hongmeng System permissions and revisited questions that had previously received insufficient-permissions answers.
• Lin Yu placed a copied Heaven-Mending Fragment in the Phoenix Ancestral Sea and created a maze to keep unauthorized cultivators out.

Lin Yu questioned the black-robed high priest about the seal inside Feng Nianzhi, which restricted her spiritual power and growth. The high priest revealed that the Archaic Phoenix Clan had not placed it, and Lin Yu concluded that an enemy or another force might be suppressing Feng Nianzhi and the clan.

• The black-robed high priest returned from the World-Ending Great Calamity and visited Lin Yu after handling matters in the Phoenix Clan.
• Lin Yu asked whether the seal inside Feng Nianzhi protected her or cursed her by restricting her spiritual power and growth.
• After a long silence, the black-robed high priest recalled that the Archaic Phoenix Clan had hoped for a prodigy to restore its fortunes, so it would not have sealed the Phoenix Lord.
• Lin Yu reasoned that an enemy or another force must have placed the seal to prevent Feng Nianzhi from developing and possibly hold back the Archaic Phoenix Clan.

Lin Yu pressed the black-robed high priest for details about the seal restraining Feng Nianzhi, and learned that it had also suppressed part of her intelligence. He suspected the seal might be connected to other mysterious forces he had encountered and asked whether a third faction existed in the Phoenix Ancestral Sea.

• The black-robed high priest explained that the Archaic Phoenix Clan had tried and failed to break Feng Nianzhi's seal, once nearly costing her life.
• Lin Yu told the black-robed high priest that his own attempt to break the seal had failed and asked who had placed it.
• The black-robed high priest said the clan had exhausted its methods without even learning the seal's name, and revealed that it had sealed part of Feng Nianzhi's intelligence.
• Lin Yu considered whether the force behind Feng Nianzhi's seal was connected to the mysterious force he had encountered through his Primordial Sequence Disciple.
• Lin Yu asked whether a third faction existed in the Phoenix Ancestral Sea, and the black-robed high priest looked troubled.

Lin Yu and the black-robed high priest failed to identify the power sealing Feng Nianzhi, so Lin Yu used the system to investigate it. The system found that the seal came from a remnant consciousness of a more ancient era, and Lin Yu sought a way to break it.

• Lin Yu asked the black-robed high priest about the mysterious power, but the high priest knew only of the Heaven-Mending Fragment and could not explain Feng Nianzhi's seal.
• Lin Yu asked the system to identify the power behind the seal and compare it with the power Feng Shenlang had sensed.
• The system partially deduced that the power was a remnant from a more ancient era, likely a remnant consciousness that seemed to be everywhere.
• Lin Yu wondered whether the power was connected to the Heaven-Mending Fragment, whose consciousness he had noticed stirring.
• Lin Yu asked the system to deduce how to break Feng Nianzhi's seal as soon as possible.

Lin Yu guessed that the mysterious power sealing Feng Nianzhi might come from another Heaven-Mending Fragment and proposed using the fragment he held to find the others. The black-robed high priest listened with hope, as the seal might affect Feng Nianzhi and future Phoenix Lords.

• Lin Yu failed to learn more about the mysterious power from ancient texts or the Hongmeng System, which answered that it had no solution.
• After laughing and clearing his thoughts, Lin Yu wondered whether the power was another transformed Heaven-Mending Fragment.
• Lin Yu guessed that the Heaven-Mending Fragment he possessed might resonate with the others and help him locate the remaining pieces.
• Lin Yu told the black-robed high priest about his theory and the similar power he had sensed on his disciple.
• The black-robed high priest listened in surprise and hope because Feng Nianzhi's seal could affect her future reincarnation as a Phoenix Lord.

Lin Yu proposed using the Heaven-Mending Fragment to test whether it was connected to the seal restricting Feng Nianzhi, though the attempt could put her at risk. The black-robed high priest hesitated over the decision and asked how Lin Yu would protect her.

• Lin Yu explained that the seal inside Feng Nianzhi might be connected to a Heaven-Mending Fragment and suggested trying to use the fragment against it.
• The black-robed high priest considered the danger, noting that the Archaic Phoenix Clan had failed to affect the seal and feared it could make Feng Nianzhi fall into a deep sleep.
• Lin Yu explained that touching the seal would trigger Feng Nianzhi's bodily defenses and said he could not decide on her behalf.
• After a long silence, the black-robed high priest asked how confident Lin Yu was that he could guarantee Feng Nianzhi's safety.
• Lin Yu admitted that he could not be certain but promised to stop at the first sign of trouble and put Feng Nianzhi's safety first.

Lin Yu persuaded the black-robed high priest to let Feng Nianzhi decide whether he could use his Heaven-Mending Fragment to sense the seal inside her. Feng Nianzhi agreed, but just as Lin Yu was about to begin, a handsome young man objected.

• Lin Yu explained that he wanted to use his Heaven-Mending Fragment to sense Feng Nianzhi's seal and promised to stop if she was in danger.
• The black-robed high priest questioned Lin Yu's motives, then trusted him after Lin Yu described his promise to the Phoenix Lord.
• Lin Yu and the black-robed high priest went to Feng Nianzhi, who agreed to let Lin Yu proceed.
• Lin Yu proposed starting immediately, but a handsome young man arrived and said he could not agree.

A young Phoenix clansman confronted Lin Yu and objected to the black-robed high priest letting him investigate the seal on the Phoenix Lord. The high priest lost his temper and attacked the tomb guard, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The young Phoenix clansman rushed in and accused Lin Yu of threatening the Archaic Phoenix Clan, urging the high priest not to trust him.
• Lin Yu realized that someone had warned the tomb guard about the high priest's plan.
• The black-robed high priest ordered the young Phoenix clansman back to the Phoenix Tomb, but he refused to leave Lin Yu alone.
• The high priest defended the need to investigate the Phoenix Lord's seal and struck at the young clansman with a fierce palm.

Feng Nianzhi asserted her authority as Phoenix Lord after a young Phoenix Clan guardian challenged Lin Yu’s presence and questioned the mysterious seal affecting her. She punished the guardian for abandoning his post and sent him flying back to the Phoenix Tomb, leaving Lin Yu newly aware of her power.

• The young Phoenix Clan man questioned the black-robed high priest about Feng Nianzhi’s seal and insisted that Lin Yu was an outsider.
• The black-robed high priest suppressed the young man, while Lin Yu told him that he was no threat and that the matter was beyond his concern.
• Feng Nianzhi appeared and used her bloodline pressure to command the young man to respect her decision to honor Lin Yu and rebuked him for leaving his post.
• The young man pleaded with Feng Nianzhi to reconsider, and she struck him back into the Phoenix Tomb.
• Lin Yu realized that Feng Nianzhi was a powerful ruler, not merely a childlike girl.

Lin Yu attempted to fuse the Heaven-Mending Fragment with the seal inside Feng Nianzhi, while the black-robed high priest stood ready to protect her. The powers began to show faint signs of fusion despite their initial rejection, but the process caused Feng Nianzhi severe pain.

• Feng Nianzhi punched the troublesome young Phoenix clansman away, and the black-robed high priest apologized for his disciple's behavior.
• Lin Yu warned Feng Nianzhi and the black-robed high priest about the dangers of the procedure and told them to protect her and her source power.
• Lin Yu guided the Heaven-Mending Fragment's power into Feng Nianzhi's body and pressed it against the seal.
• The two powers initially clashed, causing Feng Nianzhi pain as the black-robed high priest watched anxiously.
• Lin Yu detected a faint tendency for the powers to fuse, but Feng Nianzhi's pain intensified, and he stopped the high priest from intervening.

Lin Yu tested Feng Nianzhi’s seal with the Heaven-Mending Fragment and discovered that their powers partially merged because they were similar, not because the seal was another fragment. He could not safely destroy the seal, and Feng Nianzhi and the black-robed high priest were left awaiting his explanation.

• Lin Yu touched Feng Nianzhi’s seal with his power, causing her intense pain, but she signaled the black-robed high priest not to intervene.
• Lin Yu found that the Heaven-Mending Fragment and the seal partially merged, but their powers could not merge completely.
• Lin Yu concluded that the seal was made from part of a Heaven-Mending Fragment or power similar to one, rather than being a complete fragment itself.
• Lin Yu found he could not destroy the seal without harming Feng Nianzhi, so he withdrew the fragment’s power as her pain worsened.
• The black-robed high priest asked what Lin Yu had discovered, and Lin Yu reported that the powers had sensed each other and partially merged.

Lin Yu found that the Heaven-Mending Fragment’s power had only partially fused with Feng Nianzhi’s seal and urged the black-robed high priest to investigate who might have placed it. As the high priest reconsidered the Archaic Phoenix Clan’s enemies, Lin Yu suspected the seal was connected to a wider mystery involving a strange power and a stone Feng Shenlang had held.

• Lin Yu explained that the power in Feng Nianzhi’s seal had only partially fused with the Heaven-Mending Fragment and proposed that the seal either contained impure fragment power or had been created using such power.
• Lin Yu urged Feng Nianzhi and the black-robed high priest to consider who might have a grudge against the Phoenix Lord and the Archaic Phoenix Clan.
• Lin Yu recalled the strange power that had affected Feng Shenlang and suspected that the stone Feng Shenlang had held contained power from a Heaven-Mending Fragment.
• The black-robed high priest thought over the Archaic Phoenix Clan’s rivals and enemies, while Lin Yu suggested that the high priest already had an idea but was reluctant to discuss it.
• Lin Yu insisted that they trace the source of the seal’s power, noting that it appeared to have been reinforced over time.

Lin Yu reconsidered who might have placed the seal on Feng Nianzhi and realized its creator might not be as powerful as he had assumed. After sensing the seal again, he heard the black-robed high priest propose drawing it out of Feng Nianzhi with the fused Heaven-Mending Fragment power.

• Lin Yu ruled out the other supreme races and ordinary cultivators as likely culprits behind Feng Nianzhi's seal.
• Lin Yu realized that people in the Dao Awakening Era could use Heaven-Mending Fragments without fully mastering their power, so the seal's creator might not be exceptionally powerful.
• After waiting for Feng Nianzhi to recover, Lin Yu entered the seal with his spiritual power and sensed her body tense.
• The black-robed high priest suggested using Lin Yu's fused Heaven-Mending Fragment power to draw the seal out of Feng Nianzhi's body.

Lin Yu and the black-robed high priest discussed drawing out the seal inside Feng Nianzhi, but feared the process could badly harm her. Feng Nianzhi agreed to take the risk, and Lin Yu prepared to try while promising to stop if she reacted severely.

• The black-robed high priest proposed drawing the seal out of Feng Nianzhi instead of breaking it down.
• Lin Yu warned that contact with the seal burdened Feng Nianzhi's body and that even the Heaven-Mending Fragment might not protect her.
• Feng Nianzhi awoke and insisted that they try, accepting the consequences as Phoenix Lord of the Archaic Phoenix Clan.
• The black-robed high priest knelt and wept as Feng Nianzhi comforted him.
• Lin Yu agreed to attempt to break the seal or draw out some of its power, promising to stop if Feng Nianzhi suffered a severe reaction.
• The black-robed high priest thanked Lin Yu for coming to their aid.

Lin Yu prepared to remove the mysterious seal on Feng Nianzhi, whose lost divine power threatened the survival of the Archaic Phoenix Clan. He began channeling the Heaven-Mending Fragment into her body as the black-robed high priest stood guard.

• Lin Yu helped the black-robed high priest to his feet and decided to stay and help the Archaic Phoenix Clan despite having completed his mission.
• Lin Yu set up a powerful barrier around himself, Feng Nianzhi, and the high priest to guard against outside threats and the unknown power behind her seal.
• The black-robed high priest reinforced the barrier while Lin Yu took out the Heaven-Mending Fragment and activated its power.
• Feng Nianzhi's eyes brightened and her complexion improved as the fragment's light appeared, though the high priest remained nervous.
• Feng Nianzhi told Lin Yu to break the seal and said she could endure the discomfort.
• Lin Yu guided the Heaven-Mending Fragment's power into Feng Nianzhi's body to begin removing the seal.

Lin Yu drew the purple power from Feng Nianzhi’s seal with the Heaven-Mending Fragment, revealing it as the Soul-Snaring Aperture-Sealing Seal. He learned that the seal endangered Feng Nianzhi’s life and left the black-robed high priest to judge who in the Archaic Phoenix Clan might have placed it.

• Lin Yu used the Heaven-Mending Fragment to draw out the purple Qi from Feng Nianzhi’s seal while easing her pain.
• After absorbing the purple Qi, the Heaven-Mending Fragment glowed purple and the weakened seal’s true form became visible.
• The black-robed high priest identified the seal as the Soul-Snaring Aperture-Sealing Seal, and Lin Yu used the Hongmeng System to learn that it sealed Feng Nianzhi’s soul and seven apertures and gave her nine chances of death and one of survival.
• Lin Yu told the black-robed high priest that the seal’s nature might reveal who had placed it on Feng Nianzhi and urged him to make the right judgment.

Lin Yu discovered that Feng Nianzhi had absorbed some of the Heaven-Mending Fragment’s power, leaving him unable to separate it from her spiritual power and raising the danger that she could be consumed when the fragments reunited. He began trying to extract every trace while the barrier weakened and the black-robed high priest struggled to sustain it.

• Lin Yu decided to resolve the mystery of the Heaven-Mending Fragment and the grand elder’s murder before returning to Feng Shenlang.
• Lin Yu noticed the seal inside Feng Nianzhi fluctuating as he absorbed the Heaven-Mending Fragment’s power.
• Lin Yu discovered Feng Nianzhi had assimilated some of that power, making it inseparable from her spiritual power.
• Lin Yu realized Feng Nianzhi could be forcibly merged into the Heaven-Mending Stone if the fragments reunited, so he used a devouring-type Origin Technique to extract the remaining power.
• The barrier Lin Yu had set up weakened as he redirected power to Feng Nianzhi, while the black-robed high priest struggled to maintain it.

Lin Yu explained that Feng Nianzhi’s seal had fused with a Heaven-Mending Fragment and her spiritual power, putting her and the Archaic Phoenix Clan at risk when the fragments reunited. He continued examining the seal as the black-robed high priest struggled to process the danger.

• The black-robed high priest tried to power Lin Yu’s barrier and was shocked by how much spiritual power it consumed.
• Lin Yu told the black-robed high priest that Feng Nianzhi’s seal combined a Soul-Destroying Orifice-Locking Seal with the power of half a Heaven-Mending Fragment, which had also fused with Feng Nianzhi’s spiritual power.
• Lin Yu warned that when the Heaven-Mending Fragments reunited, Feng Nianzhi could be absorbed, potentially destroying the entire Phoenix Lord bloodline of the Archaic Phoenix Clan.
• The black-robed high priest despaired as he realized the threat to Feng Nianzhi and the clan.
• Lin Yu identified the remaining part of the seal as a Soul-Destroying Orifice-Locking Seal, leaving the black-robed high priest stunned.

Lin Yu and the black-robed high priest prioritized removing the Heaven-Mending Fragment’s power from Feng Nianzhi before attempting to break the seal inside her. The high priest named Daoist Shouyang as a possible solution, and Lin Yu urged him to seek the old cultivator despite the dangers of the Youming Immortal World.

• Lin Yu explained that he needed to draw the Heaven-Mending Fragment’s power out of Feng Nianzhi before it consumed her, and the black-robed high priest agreed to focus on that first.
• Feng Nianzhi woke and revealed that she had heard their discussion about her condition.
• The black-robed high priest suggested that Daoist Shouyang, an ancient cultivator from before the Dao Awakening Era, might know how to remove the seal without harming Feng Nianzhi.
• The black-robed high priest warned that reaching Daoist Shouyang in the dangerous Youming Immortal World would be difficult and that the secluded elder might refuse to help.
• Lin Yu encouraged the high priest to try, saying success could break Feng Nianzhi’s seal and awaken her power, but the high priest remained doubtful.

Lin Yu accompanied Feng Nianzhi and the black-robed high priest to seek a way to remove the seal inside Feng Nianzhi, after securing the Archaic Phoenix Clan’s habitat and arranging for her to enter seclusion. The three reached the hidden Youming Immortal World, where Lin Yu noticed its Daoqi-era counterpart had been far harsher than the world they had arrived in.

• Lin Yu promised to help awaken Feng Nianzhi’s power and agreed to travel with her and the black-robed high priest.
• Lin Yu reinforced the barriers around the Archaic Phoenix Clan’s habitat and the replicated Heaven-Mending Fragment while the black-robed high priest prepared the clan for their absence.
• Feng Nianzhi announced she would enter seclusion, and the clan left her undisturbed despite speculation about her decision.
• The next day, Lin Yu, Feng Nianzhi, and the black-robed high priest set off, and the high priest thanked Lin Yu for helping the clan.
• The three searched for the hidden Youming Immortal World and found that its style differed greatly from the Daoqi-era version Lin Yu knew.

Lin Yu and the black-robed high priest traveled through the chaotic Youming Immortal World while Lin Yu used the Hongmeng System to find Daoist Shouyang and avoid the fighting. The high priest admired Lin Yu’s deduction skills, and they continued toward Daoist Shouyang’s location.

• The black-robed high priest recalled visiting the Youming Immortal World with the previous Phoenix Lord and lamented the Archaic Phoenix Clan’s hardships.
• The black-robed high priest described the Youming Immortal World’s endless violence and said wisdom mattered as much as strength.
• The black-robed high priest praised Daoist Shouyang for surviving despite having been weak, and Lin Yu replied that leaving a mark through justice mattered more than mere survival.
• Lin Yu followed the Hongmeng System’s guidance to lead the black-robed high priest along a route that avoided the ongoing battles.
• The black-robed high priest praised Lin Yu’s extraordinary deduction abilities.

Lin Yu and the black-robed high priest reached Daoist Shouyang’s cave abode, where a guard barred their way. After the guard threatened them and drew a crack across the ground, Lin Yu stepped over it and attacked.

• Lin Yu and the black-robed high priest brought Feng Nianzhi out of the Phoenix Ancestral Sea, but her seal erupted when she crossed its boundary, so Lin Yu suppressed it and placed her in his storage space.
• Lin Yu led the black-robed high priest to Daoist Shouyang’s strange cave abode, where they encountered a chain-wielding guard.
• The black-robed high priest politely asked to see Daoist Shouyang, but the guard refused and warned them to leave.
• The guard stomped a crack into the ground and threatened to kill anyone who crossed it, but Lin Yu stepped over the crack and struck him with his palm.