Recaps

Lin Yu discovered a Heaven-Mending Fragment inside an underground jujube tree, ended the cave’s drain on cultivators, and brought its monkey guardian to the surface. Feng Changge purified the Water Droplet Man’s fragment, while the monkey’s survival of Phoenix True Fire left everyone puzzled.

• Lin Yu explored the cavern, gathered strange stones, and found a jujube tree whose fruit altered his spiritual power.
• Lin Yu discovered that the black-and-gold monkey was drawn to his Heaven-Mending Fragment and found ancient writing on the tree.
• Lin Yu joined his fragment with the one embedded in the jujube tree, causing the tree and stream to wither, then promised to protect the monkey.
• Lin Yu carried the monkey out of the tunnel and explained to Feng Changge, He Buxian, and the Fallen Black Phoenix that the cave’s stones had caused the power drain.
• After resting at Daoist Shouyang’s residence, Lin Yu arranged for Feng Changge to refine the Water Droplet Man with Origin Fire.
• The monkey leapt into Feng Changge’s furnace, and Lin Yu pulled it from the flames despite its severe burns.
• Feng Changge purified the Water Droplet Man’s fragment, and the monkey recovered overnight with brighter fur.
• Feng Changge found the monkey uninjured and wondered how it had survived his Origin Fire, leaving everyone baffled.

Lin Yu and the Archaic Phoenix Clan discovered that the Water Droplet Man’s consciousness had taken over the little monkey, then Feng Nianzhi burned it away with her Origin Fire. After Feng Nianzhi was attacked and left unconscious, Lin Yu and Feng Changge traveled to the Twelve True Palaces to seek a rare herb that could save her.

• Lin Yu deduced that the Water Droplet Man’s consciousness had replaced the little monkey’s, and he kept the Heaven-Mending Fragments separate in case it tried to return to them.
• Feng Nianzhi recovered her Origin Fire and agreed to burn away the Water Droplet Man’s remaining consciousness, while Feng Changge struggled with guilt over the monkey’s fate.
• Lin Yu subdued the awakened consciousness and put the monkey into Feng Nianzhi’s Origin Fire, where she annihilated the Water Droplet Man’s consciousness, and Lin Yu said he had helped the monkey’s reincarnated soul.
• The morning after the purification, Feng Changge found Feng Nianzhi unconscious, and Lin Yu determined that an unknown attacker had struck her after she had spent her spiritual power.
• Lin Yu urged the Archaic Phoenix Clan to keep Feng Nianzhi’s injury quiet while he investigated, and he identified a rare Black Demon Mountain herb as the treatment she needed.
• Lin Yu took Feng Changge to the Twelve True Palaces to search for the herb, leaving He Buxian and the Fallen Black Phoenix to guard Feng Nianzhi.
• Lin Yu and Feng Changge learned that four great lineages controlled much of the Twelve True Palaces and were watching them, so they decided to search unclaimed lands first to avoid conflict and find the herb.

Lin Yu and Feng Changge were trapped by the Twelve True Palaces’ restrictions while seeking herbs for Feng Nianzhi. Lin Yu broke through the shifting lands and discovered a hidden forest whose unusual power restored his injuries, leaving him to explore its repeating landscape.

• Lin Yu warned Feng Changge that accepting the Twelve True Palaces’ terms could make him a puppet, then tried to escape their restrictions with his Origin Technique.
• The shifting lands trapped Lin Yu and Feng Changge in a volcano, and the Four Great Lineage blocked their way out while demanding their treasures.
• Lin Yu and Feng Changge gathered hundred-year medicinal herbs for Feng Nianzhi, but poisonous mist and the Twelve True Palaces’ rules kept them from returning.
• Lin Yu used his Origin Technique to dispel the snow mountain spell and found scorched land covered in poisonous gas, then entered a black vortex while Feng Changge stayed behind.
• Lin Yu discovered the Strange Forest beyond the vortex, collected rare herbs for Feng Nianzhi and Feng Changge, and learned that it held far more spiritual power than the surrounding lands.
• While cultivating with a Thunder Daylily, Lin Yu found transparent butterflies covering him and discovered that they helped restore his damaged primal power.
• After Lin Yu healed, the butterflies departed, and he followed their breeze deeper into the forest, where he found repeating scenery and creatures.

Lin Yu discovered the truth behind the Twelve True Palaces, freed its imprisoned outsiders, and nearly restarted the formation before Daoist Changshou revealed that this would release a demon. The arc left Lin Yu wary of Daoist Wushuang and committed to keeping him imprisoned.

• Lin Yu found transparent butterflies living in a peach grove’s well, fed them his blood, and brought unripe peaches back to Feng Changge, who recognized them as treasures of the Archaic Phoenix Clan.
• Lin Yu helped Feng Nianzhi recover with peach energy, then told Feng Changge that the outer Twelve True Palaces were an imitation and that its cultivators descended from prisoners trapped by a seal.
• Lin Yu met Daoist Wushuang, who admitted linking the two sides of the Twelve True Palaces, then gave Lin Yu a scroll explaining how to restart its formation.
• Lin Yu infiltrated the Twelve True Palaces, uncovered the torture and transformation of outsiders into puppets, and freed the victims after breaking the cultivators’ restraints.
• As Lin Yu headed to restart the Twelve True Palaces, Daoist Changshou warned him that the formation imprisoned a powerful demon and that restarting it would endanger the cultivation world.
• Daoist Changshou explained that Daoist Wushuang was the demon’s incarnation and had tricked Lin Yu into nearly releasing him, while Lin Yu questioned Changshou’s account and the prophecy surrounding his arrival.
• Daoist Changshou told Lin Yu that Daoist Wushuang possessed the key to the inner prison, but Lin Yu said he had received no key and agreed not to let Wushuang escape.