Recaps

Lin Yu explained to He Buxian that they had arrived in the Dao Awakening Era, an ancient era distinct from the Youming Immortal World He Buxian knew. He then asked about the stone containing the power of the Heaven-Mending Fragment, and He Buxian handed it over so Lin Yu could investigate it.

• Lin Yu recalled the Fire of Thunder after it burned the demonic beast corpses to ashes.
• He Buxian asked how he had traveled from the Phoenix Ancestral Sea to the Youming Immortal World, and Lin Yu explained that they were in a different era.
• Lin Yu confirmed that they were in the Dao Awakening Era, leaving He Buxian stunned by the revelation.
• Lin Yu changed the subject and asked whether He Buxian had brought the stone containing the power of the Heaven-Mending Fragment.
• He Buxian took the stone from his storage space and offered it to Lin Yu, hoping he could uncover its secrets.

Lin Yu investigated the ordinary stone and discovered that its faint Heaven-Mending Fragment power came from a different source than the mysterious power that controlled He Buxian. The chapter left He Buxian understanding that the two incidents had merely coincided, though he still felt pain over his helplessness.

• Lin Yu examined the stone and found that it still held a faint trace of Heaven-Mending Fragment power.
• Lin Yu determined that the power in the stone differed from the mysterious power that had controlled He Buxian.
• He Buxian was shocked to learn that he had mistaken two separate incidents for the work of one person.
• Lin Yu compared the events to the insects coincidentally following a scent, helping He Buxian understand how they could be unrelated.
• He Buxian accepted Lin Yu's explanation but remained troubled by his inability to control his own fate.

Lin Yu detected the mysterious power behind the attack when a fissure opened beneath He Buxian and pulled them into a strange underground world. He rescued He Buxian from the hazards there and removed the dark power that had invaded his sea of consciousness.

• The system alerted Lin Yu that the previously marked mysterious power had appeared again.
• The ground split open, and He Buxian fell into a fissure before Lin Yu jumped in after him.
• Lin Yu restored He Buxian's senses and saved him from a metal spike as they fell through the strange underground world.
• Lin Yu discovered that dark power had invaded He Buxian's sea of consciousness and drove it out with a surge of power.
• He Buxian thanked Lin Yu after realizing the attack had nearly killed him.

After a mysterious force sealed Lin Yu and He Buxian’s spiritual power, Lin Yu investigated the strange fissure and considered what the Hongmeng System’s presence in the Dao Awakening Era meant. When He Buxian spotted the ground moving, Lin Yu illuminated it and discovered swarms of dark green bugs, then carried He Buxian up the rock wall to escape.

• Lin Yu used the Hongmeng System to investigate the area and found that his spiritual power, like He Buxian’s, had been sealed.
• Lin Yu reflected on the dangers of the Dao Awakening Era and suspected that its Hongmeng System had a different host and function from his own.
• He Buxian noticed the ground moving, and Lin Yu used lightning to reveal countless dark green bugs crawling below them.
• Lin Yu picked up He Buxian and ran up the near-vertical rock wall to escape the bugs.
• Lin Yu suspected that the demon beasts had been lured into the fissure and eaten by the bugs.

Lin Yu carried He Buxian up the closing crevice while dark green bugs pursued them, and he used lightning to set the swarm ablaze. He Buxian recognized that the mysterious power had been affecting his thoughts as the fire spread through the bugs below.

• Lin Yu realized that the Hao Dog Demonic Beasts had likely fallen into the crevice and become hosts for the dark green bugs, then carried He Buxian upward.
• Lin Yu noticed that the crevice was slowly closing, while He Buxian realized the mysterious power and his surroundings had been fueling his self-pity.
• He Buxian warned Lin Yu that the bugs were changing shape, and Lin Yu saw them gather into a pointed mass to pursue them.
• Lin Yu blasted the mass of bugs with lightning, scattering and igniting them as the fire spread through the swarm below.
• Lin Yu considered whether the bugs had limited intelligence or were acting on instinct, while He Buxian watched the flames and smoke fill the narrowing crevice.

Lin Yu rescued He Buxian from a fissure full of dark green insects and warned him that the mysterious force had appeared again and might be targeting him. Lin Yu suspected the force was connected to a Heaven-Mending Fragment, while both men noticed that the deeper they went underground, the more their power was suppressed.

• Lin Yu pulled He Buxian out of the fissure after using the Fire of Thunder against the dark green insects.
• Lin Yu told He Buxian that the mysterious force had appeared again and warned him to stay alert because it might be targeting him.
• Lin Yu suspected the force was connected to another Heaven-Mending Fragment after sensing a subtle resonance with the fragment he possessed.
• Lin Yu and He Buxian recognized that the suppression of their Origin Technique grew stronger as they descended deeper underground.

Lin Yu explained to He Buxian why he was considering staying in the Youming Immortal World, where he suspected hidden connections and a mysterious force were guiding events. He decided to leave the dangerous area first and say goodbye to the Archaic Phoenix Clan, though he had not yet decided whether to leave the world.

• Lin Yu told He Buxian that his business with the Archaic Phoenix Clan was nearly settled, but he was unsure whether to stay in the Youming Immortal World.
• Lin Yu said his arrival in the Dao Enlightenment Era might have been guided by fate and noted that the Hongmeng System had not identified the mysterious force as friend or foe.
• He Buxian realized that he and Lin Yu might have landed in different places and wondered whether their meeting had been arranged.
• Lin Yu considered whether the Archaic Phoenix Clan would accept the fallen black phoenix.
• Lin Yu warned He Buxian that they should leave because dark green insects might still be nearby, then said he would tell the Archaic Phoenix Clan he would not travel with them for now.

Lin Yu urged He Buxian to leave the Youming Immortal World rather than keep pursuing the mysterious power while exhausted and vulnerable. When He Buxian insisted on staying, Lin Yu revealed a Heaven-Mending Fragment whose power seemed similar to the force they were seeking.

• He Buxian argued that abandoning the search now could make it harder to track the mysterious power later.
• Lin Yu warned that staying would leave He Buxian ignorant of the power and further weaken him, and explained that they needed to learn more about the Youming Immortal World.
• He Buxian insisted that he could not leave after pursuing the mysterious power for so long.
• Lin Yu summoned a multicolored fragment, and He Buxian identified it as a Heaven-Mending Fragment.
• He Buxian sensed that the fragment's power resembled the mysterious power.

Lin Yu revealed that the mysterious power near He Buxian might be connected to another Heaven-Mending Fragment, then helped him recognize that the power had influenced his behavior. Lin Yu and He Buxian left for Daoist Shouyang’s residence, while the source of the power remained unknown.

• Lin Yu showed He Buxian a Heaven-Mending Fragment and explained that it had sensed a similar power nearby.
• He Buxian doubted that a Heaven-Mending Fragment could possess intelligence, but Lin Yu let him choose whether to stay or leave.
• He Buxian apologized and agreed to leave with Lin Yu, after which a wisp of black mist emerged from his sea of consciousness and vanished.
• Lin Yu explained that the mysterious power had influenced He Buxian and that its connection had been severed, preventing them from tracking its source.
• Lin Yu took He Buxian onto a Somersault Cloud and headed for Daoist Shouyang’s residence.

On the Somersault Cloud, Lin Yu explained to He Buxian how Dao-Opening Era Heaven-Mending Fragments differed from those of the Three Thousand Immortal Worlds and could develop spiritual awareness through their surroundings. He left He Buxian with a secret account of how he had overcome the Archaic Phoenix Clan’s barrier and suppressed its fragment.

• He Buxian asked Lin Yu about the Heaven-Mending Fragment, and Lin Yu asked what He Buxian understood it to represent.
• He Buxian explained that fragments from the Three Thousand Immortal Worlds could make someone Lord of the Firmament, while Lin Yu clarified that Dao-Opening Era fragments had no such role and would reunite into a new Heaven-Mending Stone during the World-Ending Great Calamity.
• Lin Yu told He Buxian that a fragment in the Phoenix Ancestral Sea had gained damaged spiritual awareness by devouring cultivators’ mental power.
• Lin Yu revealed that the Archaic Phoenix Clan’s high priest had used the fragment to form a barrier against outsiders and that Lin Yu had torn through it and subdued the fragment.
• Lin Yu told He Buxian that he had discovered the fragment already possessed damaged spiritual awareness and warned him to keep the account secret.

Lin Yu explained to He Buxian how the Heaven-Mending Fragment could help them track the mysterious power and why it might have gone undetected. After returning to Daoist Shouyang's residence, Lin Yu let the exhausted He Buxian sleep and went to the Black-Robed High Priest's residence.

• Lin Yu told He Buxian that the Heaven-Mending Fragments could sense one another nearby, while a mutated fragment might be difficult to recognize.
• Lin Yu explained that he had erased the spiritual consciousness in his fragment and was purifying and nourishing it to protect its eventual fusion with the others.
• Lin Yu resolved to find any Heaven-Mending Fragment in the Youming Immortal World and purify it before contamination caused lasting harm.
• He Buxian relaxed after hearing Lin Yu's explanation and fell asleep from exhaustion.
• Lin Yu brought He Buxian back to Daoist Shouyang's residence, found him a place to rest, and went to the Black-Robed High Priest's residence.

Lin Yu agreed to protect Feng Nianzhi while the Black-Robed High Priest went to the Phoenix Ancestral Sea for help. He then asked Daoist Shouyang about the Black Spade Desert, describing its power-suppressing effects and the strange bugs controlling the Hao Dog Demonic Beasts.

• The Black-Robed High Priest asked Lin Yu to watch over Feng Nianzhi while he sought capable Archaic Phoenix Clan members, and Lin Yu agreed to stay in the Youming Immortal World.
• The Black-Robed High Priest warned Lin Yu that the Youming Immortal World was full of traps before departing for the Phoenix Ancestral Sea.
• Lin Yu visited Daoist Shouyang, who recognized that Lin Yu had been to the Black Spade Desert.
• Lin Yu told Daoist Shouyang that his power had been suppressed underground in the desert, and Daoist Shouyang explained that the place was known for strange dangers and suppressed spiritual power.
• Lin Yu described the dark-green bugs that controlled the Hao Dog Demonic Beasts and said they were the real threat.

Daoist Shouyang explained that Bone Worms were the real danger in the Black Spade Desert, parasitizing Hao Dog Demonic Beasts and using their bodies to forage aboveground. Lin Yu learned that the worms feared fire and sunlight, and the chapter ended with the Black-Robed High Priest returning with members of the Archaic Phoenix Clan.

• Daoist Shouyang told Lin Yu that the Hao Dog Demonic Beasts were dead shells inhabited by Bone Worms that consumed their flesh and blood.
• Daoist Shouyang explained that Bone Worms feared pure fire and sunlight, but resisted most other forms of power and reproduced quickly.
• Lin Yu realized the Bone Worms lived underground and asked whether they used the Hao Dog Demonic Beasts to reach the surface.
• Daoist Shouyang said the Bone Worms used the beasts' skins to forage, and recounted how cultivators had driven the mutated worms into the Black Spade Desert.
• Lin Yu stayed at Daoist Shouyang's residence for two more days before the Black-Robed High Priest returned with members of the Archaic Phoenix Clan.

Lin Yu reunited with Feng Yaoyang, who had been trapped in an inheritance site, and discovered the Fallen Black Phoenix had grown stronger in the Dao Awakening Era. After Lin Yu suppressed him and agreed to let him keep his power, the Fallen Black Phoenix took control of Feng Yaoyang and went to confront the Black-Robed High Priest and the Archaic Phoenix Clan.

• Feng Yaoyang emerged from a mysterious inheritance site, and Lin Yu brought him back to Daoist Shouyang's residence.
• Lin Yu saw that the Fallen Black Phoenix had grown stronger and had secretly emerged from Feng Yaoyang several times.
• The Fallen Black Phoenix tried to break free, but Lin Yu's strengthened seal suppressed him.
• Lin Yu offered to let the Fallen Black Phoenix keep his strength if he behaved, and the Fallen Black Phoenix accepted.
• The Fallen Black Phoenix took control of Feng Yaoyang and went to confront the arriving Black-Robed High Priest and the Archaic Phoenix Clan.

Lin Yu tried to prevent a confrontation between the Black-Robed High Priest and the Fallen Black Phoenix, but the High Priest refused to let their feud go. The chapter ended with the High Priest warning Lin Yu not to interfere in the Archaic Phoenix Clan’s internal affairs.

• The Black-Robed High Priest confronted the Fallen Black Phoenix beside Lin Yu and told Lin Yu that the two could not coexist.
• The Fallen Black Phoenix showed disdain for the High Priest, while Lin Yu recognized that he had deliberately provoked the encounter.
• Lin Yu urged both sides to set aside their grudges, but the Black-Robed High Priest refused and accused the Fallen Black Phoenix of bringing trouble and calamity upon the Archaic Phoenix Clan.
• The Black-Robed High Priest blamed the Fallen Black Phoenix for the Phoenix Ancestral Sea’s turmoil and suspected he had colluded with the mysterious force that harmed Feng Nianzhi.
• The Black-Robed High Priest warned Lin Yu to stay out of the Archaic Phoenix Clan’s internal matter.

The Black-Robed High Priest and the fallen black phoenix nearly fought over their old feud, but Lin Yu stopped them because they were at Daoist Shouyang’s residence and had come to protect Feng Nianzhi. The fallen black phoenix kept insulting the Archaic Phoenix Clan, so Lin Yu sent him flying.

• The Black-Robed High Priest and the fallen black phoenix released their spiritual power and prepared to fight, while He Buxian worried that Feng Yaoyang’s body would be hurt.
• The fallen black phoenix taunted the Black-Robed High Priest and recalled his hatred over being struck down and sealed by the previous Phoenix Lord.
• The Black-Robed High Priest and his clansmen prepared to attack, but Lin Yu reminded him they were at Daoist Shouyang’s residence and had come for Feng Nianzhi.
• The Black-Robed High Priest suppressed his anger and stopped the fight, but the fallen black phoenix mocked the Archaic Phoenix Clan for backing down.
• Lin Yu swept the fallen black phoenix away with a gentle breeze and warned him to stop talking nonsense.

Lin Yu separated the Fallen Black Phoenix from the Black-Robed High Priest and explained why he had not revealed Feng Yaoyang’s spirit. The Archaic Phoenix Clan members suspected Lin Yu of harboring ulterior motives, but the Black-Robed High Priest defended him and affirmed that he was their benefactor.

• Lin Yu struck the Fallen Black Phoenix away, and He Buxian tried unsuccessfully to comfort him.
• The Black-Robed High Priest warned the Fallen Black Phoenix that he was no longer part of the Archaic Phoenix Clan and told him to leave.
• Lin Yu kept the Fallen Black Phoenix’s power unsuppressed to avoid drawing attention to Feng Yaoyang’s unfamiliar clan bloodline or revealing their origins.
• Lin Yu urged the Black-Robed High Priest to focus on Feng Nianzhi’s protection and said he would handle the Fallen Black Phoenix.
• Archaic Phoenix Clan members accused Lin Yu of having ulterior motives for stopping them from attacking the Fallen Black Phoenix.
• The Black-Robed High Priest rebuked the clan members and declared that Lin Yu was their benefactor for helping the Phoenix Lord.

Lin Yu searched for the mysterious force while keeping the conflict between the fallen black phoenix and the Archaic Phoenix Clan contained. The force suddenly attacked him during meditation, and he awoke on an unfamiliar elevated platform.

• Lin Yu suppressed the dispute between the Black-Robed High Priest and the fallen black phoenix, and the high priest left with his clanspeople.
• Lin Yu used the Hongmeng System to search for the mysterious force, while He Buxian and the fallen black phoenix waited to capture it.
• The mysterious force disrupted Lin Yu’s meditation, causing his spiritual power and body to become unresponsive.
• Lin Yu lost consciousness and awoke with his body recovered on a cold, unfamiliar elevated platform.

Lin Yu awoke chained to a platform in an unfamiliar, lightless space, where black iron restrained his movement and suppressed his spiritual power. He suspected the mysterious force that had controlled He Buxian had taken him, and struggled to find a way to resist as his condition worsened.

• Lin Yu regained control of his body on a gray-black platform, but found himself bound by black iron chains above an endless darkness.
• Lin Yu found that the Hongmeng System did not respond and that he could not use his spiritual power to break free, though he could still sense his surroundings with mental power.
• Lin Yu sensed that the Heaven-Mending Fragment in his storage space was glowing faintly, while his other magical artifacts had lost their luster.
• The chains and platform began shaking violently, and Lin Yu recognized similarities between his situation and He Buxian's account of being controlled by a mysterious force.
• Lin Yu failed to establish a connection with the Heaven-Mending Fragment, became drenched in cold sweat, and felt restless heat rising inside him.
• Lin Yu resolved not to give up and gathered his mental power to try to set his spiritual power circulating.

Lin Yu struggled against the black iron chains and tried to control the Heaven-Mending Fragment, but a mysterious force connected with it and drew it toward another fragment. He suspected the opposing fragment had gained intelligence and planned to devour the others, while the Hongmeng System went offline and left him isolated.

• Lin Yu tried to use his mental power to activate his storage space and retrieve the Heaven-Mending Fragment, but he still could not fully control its power.
• The black iron chains tightened around Lin Yu's wrists and ankles, leaving them aching and numb as he worried about He Buxian and the fallen black phoenix.
• A brilliant light connected with Lin Yu's storage space, and the Heaven-Mending Fragment flew toward it.
• Lin Yu concluded that another intelligent Heaven-Mending Fragment had lured him onto the platform and intended to devour the fragment he carried.
• Lin Yu realized he had lost contact with the Hongmeng System and wondered how the mysterious force had evaded its scan.

Lin Yu watched two Heaven-Mending Fragments begin fusing as the chained platforms shook, while a sticky substance trapped him against his platform. As he struggled to escape, he heard a strange, heavy flowing sound whose source remained unknown.

• Lin Yu saw the platforms rise and fall as the two Heaven-Mending Fragments fused, and considered whether one fragment would dominate, lose its consciousness, or fail to fuse.
• A glue-like substance appeared on Lin Yu’s platform and stuck him to it, while chains bound his limbs and began pulling him into the platform.
• Lin Yu struggled to tear himself free despite the substance holding fast to his body.
• Lin Yu heard a deep, heavy flowing sound and wondered what was making it.

Lin Yu used his sword intent to stop one Heaven-Mending Fragment from devouring the other, freeing himself as his spiritual power began to recover. A strange breeze entered between his brows and triggered a violent storm in his body.

• Lin Yu realized the gurgling sound and rusty smell came from flowing blood while the two Heaven-Mending Fragments began to clash.
• After hearing a system-like chime, Lin Yu unleashed his sword intent and pierced through the darkness toward the fragments.
• Lin Yu's sword intent helped the fragment in his possession break free, and the two fragments flew apart in opposite directions.
• As the fragments separated, Lin Yu's body loosened, his spiritual power began to flow, and the gelatinous liquid contracted in the heat.
• A breeze turned into mist and entered between Lin Yu's brows, causing an explosion in his sea of consciousness and a storm through his body.

Lin Yu endured a storm that destroyed and restored his meridians and origin power while he remained chained to the platform. After the storm stopped, his strength, meridians, and mental power had improved, leaving him better able to escape.

• A breeze entered Lin Yu and became a storm that shattered his origin power and destroyed his stiffened meridians.
• The storm battered Lin Yu's meridians and organs for an incense stick's worth of time as he endured intense pain and heat.
• Lin Yu felt his meridians regenerate, his origin power recover, and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gather inside him.
• Lin Yu restrained himself from breaking the chains and waited for the storm to finish, believing it might help him escape.
• The storm stopped, and Lin Yu found that his meridian strength and mental power had increased.

Lin Yu recovered his spiritual power on a strange platform and discovered that struggling against his chains drained his strength. After patiently restoring enough power, he broke the black iron chains and freed himself.

• The Heaven-Mending Fragment helped Lin Yu regain his sight and begin recovering his suppressed spiritual power.
• Lin Yu found that struggling drained his strength, while remaining still allowed his spiritual power to return.
• Lin Yu recalled how the intelligent Heaven-Mending Fragment had tried to fuse with his own fragment and how his sword intent had stopped it.
• After waiting for his strength to build, Lin Yu used his spiritual power to snap the black iron chains.

Lin Yu escaped the black iron chains and discovered that the consciousness behind the Heaven-Mending Fragment had taken the form of a water-drop man. The water-drop man demanded Lin Yu’s fragment, then used Feng Nianzhi’s sobbing voice to unsettle him, leaving Lin Yu unsure whether she was in danger.

• Lin Yu broke the black iron chains and escaped after the platform holding him vanished.
• The Heaven-Mending Fragment formed a humanlike figure from water droplets, revealing its consciousness as the water-drop man.
• Lin Yu summoned his pure Heaven-Mending Fragment, and the water-drop man greedily demanded it.
• The water-drop man threatened Lin Yu, who ignored him because he had regained most of his strength.
• The water-drop man made Feng Nianzhi’s sobbing voice ring out, and Lin Yu wondered whether she had been captured.