Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu confronted the black-robed high priest over his use of the Heaven-Mending Fragment and understood that the high priest had acted to protect the Archaic Phoenix Clan. The high priest abandoned his hopeless fight and appealed to Lin Yu’s gratitude toward the Phoenix Lord, leaving Lin Yu aware of his ploy but unwilling to ignore the clan’s predicament.

• Lin Yu reasoned that the black-robed high priest had attacked because he feared that surrendering would leave the Archaic Phoenix Clan vulnerable to outside powers.
• The black-robed high priest declared that he had to protect the Phoenix Clan as the previous Phoenix Lord had entrusted him with its care, and said one of them would die.
• Lin Yu challenged the high priest’s decision to use the Heaven-Mending Fragment, warning that destroying the Daoqi Era would also endanger the Phoenix Clan.
• The black-robed high priest defended using the fragment for the clan’s benefit and admitted that it had also brought danger and covetous cultivators to the Phoenix Clan.
• The black-robed high priest stopped fighting and played the victim, betting that Lin Yu would remember how the Phoenix Lord had saved him.
• Lin Yu recognized the high priest’s calculation and praised his efforts to protect the Phoenix Clan, but felt helpless about the clan’s situation.

Lin Yu punished the black-robed high priest for destroying the Heaven-Mending Fragment by trapping him inside a miniature World-Ending Great Calamity. He returned to his room, leaving the Phoenix Clan unaware that its high priest had disappeared.

• Lin Yu told the black-robed high priest that his circumstances did not excuse destroying the Heaven-Mending Fragment.
• Lin Yu revealed a miniature World-Ending Great Calamity recreated from his memories and explained that he had designed it to punish the high priest without severely damaging his origin power.
• The black-robed high priest accepted that he could not resist and charged toward the black cube.
• Lin Yu expanded the cube, bound the black-robed high priest in black light, and sealed him inside it.
• Lin Yu put away the cube and returned to his room, while the Phoenix Clan remained unaware of the high priest's disappearance.

Lin Yu left his quarters to seek Feng Nianzhi and ask about the Phoenix Clan’s graveyard, while the imprisoned black-robed high priest feared he would harm the Phoenix Lord. Feng Nianzhi calmly faced Lin Yu’s request, leaving his purpose for seeking the graveyard unresolved.

• Lin Yu mocked the black-robed high priest because the Phoenix Clan had not noticed her disappearance, and she explained that the clan was used to her long absences.
• The black-robed high priest sensed Lin Yu heading toward Feng Nianzhi and warned him not to hurt the Phoenix Lord, so Lin Yu sealed away her voice.
• Lin Yu walked through the Phoenix Clan’s dwelling place, intending to seek Feng Nianzhi and considering how he might unlock system permissions without taking phoenix essence blood.
• Lin Yu found Feng Nianzhi perched in a parasol tree, and she noted that only three days had passed since they last met.
• Lin Yu asked Feng Nianzhi where the Phoenix Clan’s graveyard was, and she remained calm.

Lin Yu followed Feng Nianzhi to the phoenix tombs, hoping to obtain phoenix essence blood. He learned that the ancient trees were phoenixes whose bodies and souls had been destroyed, while Feng Nianzhi silently accepted the painful choice of guiding him there to protect her living clan.

• Lin Yu asked Feng Nianzhi where the phoenix tombs were, and the black-robed high priest angrily objected from inside Lin Yu's sleeve.
• Feng Nianzhi took Lin Yu by the finger and led him toward the tombs, choosing to prioritize her living clanspeople despite the cost.
• Feng Nianzhi brought Lin Yu to a forest of ancient trees and solemnly explained that the trees were phoenix seniors transformed after their bodies and souls were destroyed.
• Feng Nianzhi pointed Lin Yu toward a direction in the tombs, and Lin Yu thanked her as she turned away and gazed into the distance.

Lin Yu entered the Phoenix Tomb to seek a drop of phoenix essence blood, while Feng Nianzhi left him to face its guards alone. He encountered a phoenix clansman who awakened the stone statues and threatened him, and Lin Yu tried to explain that he had already spoken with the Phoenix Lord and the Phoenix High Priest.

• Lin Yu followed Feng Nianzhi’s directions into the Phoenix Tomb to search for phoenix essence blood among the remains.
• A hidden living being alerted Lin Yu, and he suspected that the stone statues were the tomb’s guards.
• A red-haired phoenix clansman appeared and awakened the surrounding stone statues with the marking on his forehead.
• The phoenix clansman warned Lin Yu to leave and claimed the clan’s high priest was on the way, while the Phoenix High Priest remained trapped in Lin Yu’s sleeve.
• Lin Yu said he only wanted a drop of phoenix essence blood and claimed he had already informed Feng Nianzhi and the Phoenix High Priest.

Lin Yu fought a Phoenix clansman who used a beast-taming technique to summon magical demonic beasts. After Lin Yu mocked the clansman for riding a white tiger that resembled a member of the Supreme White Tiger Clan, the beasts surrounded him, and one collapsed into a thin skin when he struck it.

• The Phoenix clansman accused Lin Yu of seeking phoenix essence blood and sent a transformed stone statue beast to attack him.
• Lin Yu studied the beast-taming spell and let the fight continue so he could examine the method.
• Two giant pythons and the other summoned beasts charged Lin Yu as tremors shook the mountain.
• Lin Yu saw the Phoenix clansman riding a white tiger and laughed, imagining how the Supreme White Tiger Clan would react.
• The Phoenix clansman ordered his beasts to surround Lin Yu, who punched one and watched it deflate into a thin layer of skin.

Lin Yu fought a Phoenix clansman who used strange demonic beasts and argued that the Phoenix Clan had resorted to forbidden methods to survive. The beasts recovered, and Lin Yu realized the Phoenix Clan had given snakes the presence of dragons as the fight continued.

• Lin Yu battered the Phoenix clansman and his demonic beasts, but the wounded man refused to yield.
• The Phoenix clansman explained that the Phoenix Clan had been persecuted over the Heaven-Mending Fragment and used extraordinary means to stay alive.
• The demonic beasts Lin Yu had damaged regenerated and returned to the fight.
• The Phoenix clansman mounted a white tiger and sent two giant snakes charging at Lin Yu.
• Lin Yu recognized the snakes' dragon-like roars and suspected the Phoenix Clan had tampered with the Supreme Dragon Race.

Lin Yu tested ways to defeat the Phoenix Clan’s stone pythons and learned that fire spells could exploit their incomplete dragon souls, but decapitation did not stop them. He killed the Phoenix Clan youth’s spirit beast tiger, which turned to ash, leaving the youth shocked.

• Lin Yu asked the system to analyze the stone pythons, and it advised using fire-element spells against their incomplete dragon souls.
• Lin Yu used a flaming saber to behead the pythons, but they quickly grew new heads and continued attacking.
• The Phoenix Clan youth mocked Lin Yu and sent a spirit beast tiger to attack him.
• Lin Yu slashed the tiger, causing it to shrivel and turn to ash before the youth could restore it.

Lin Yu revealed that he had neutralized the young Phoenix clansman’s beast-taming spell by withdrawing his spiritual power and fighting with physical strength alone. He demanded phoenix essence blood and began cutting down the controlled spirit beasts when the young man refused to yield.

• The young Phoenix clansman questioned how Lin Yu had discovered the weakness of his beast-taming method and expressed fear at Lin Yu’s ability to overcome it.
• The black-robed high priest realized that Lin Yu had broken the spell by precisely withdrawing his spiritual power, and wondered how an outsider knew the Archaic Phoenix Clan’s secrets.
• Lin Yu explained that he had confidence in his physical strength and demanded that the young Phoenix clansman surrender the phoenix essence blood.
• The young Phoenix clansman sent his spirit beasts to attack again, and Lin Yu advanced with his saber to slaughter them.
• Lin Yu recognized that the spirit beasts had no consciousness or organs and were controlled by an unusual power that let them fight without fear.

Lin Yu overwhelmed the Phoenix Clan youth’s spirit beasts and revealed that he was the Hall Master of the Primordial Hall, a title the youth did not recognize. The youth still refused to surrender phoenix essence blood and chose to defend the Phoenix Tomb to the death, leaving Lin Yu struck by the Archaic Phoenix Clan’s stubborn pride.

• Lin Yu killed or injured more than half of the spirit beasts under the Phoenix Clan youth’s command.
• The Phoenix Clan youth asked Lin Yu for his name after realizing the expected black-robed high priest had not arrived.
• Lin Yu introduced himself as the Hall Master of the Primordial Hall, but the Phoenix Clan youth had never heard of him.
• The Phoenix Clan youth resolved to defend the Phoenix Tomb and refused to hand over phoenix essence blood, even if it cost him his life.
• Lin Yu recognized the youth’s unyielding pride and reflected on how stubborn the Archaic Phoenix Clan was.

Lin Yu fought the Phoenix Clan youth and used the Hongmeng System to investigate the living Two-Headed Giant Python he rode. The system revealed the Archaic Phoenix Clan had subdued the serpents after taking over the Phoenix Ancestral Sea, but withheld how the serpent’s multiple lives worked.

• Lin Yu continued destroying the spirit beasts controlled by the Phoenix Clan youth and questioned why he used other races’ remains instead of those of his own clansmen.
• The Phoenix Clan youth defended his clan’s superiority and charged Lin Yu while riding a Two-Headed Giant Python that still possessed a trace of life force.
• Lin Yu stalled the youth while asking the Hongmeng System to investigate the serpent.
• The Hongmeng System explained that Two-Headed Giant Serpents once ruled demonic beasts in the Phoenix Ancestral Sea and had been tamed by the Archaic Phoenix Clan.
• Lin Yu asked how many lives the serpent had, but the Hongmeng System replied that he had insufficient access and could not be told.

Lin Yu restored his full strength and fought the Phoenix Clan’s young man and his Two-Headed Giant Serpent. After the system revealed that the serpent’s eyes were the source of its power, Lin Yu focused on that weakness while the young man grew wary.

• Lin Yu identified the era’s restriction on his strength and broke it, returning his spiritual power to its peak.
• Lin Yu sent a silver treasured sword after the Two-Headed Giant Serpent, but the young man and the serpent dodged together.
• Lin Yu noticed the serpent could move despite his spiritual pressure and asked the system how to defeat it.
• The system revealed that the Two-Headed Giant Serpent’s eyes were the source of its power.
• The young man noticed Lin Yu’s changed gaze and became wary of him.

Lin Yu fought the young Phoenix clansman guarding the Phoenix Tomb and easily overpowered him after briefly matching his strength. He left the clansman alive but burning under a spell meant to teach him what it felt like to be controlled.

• Lin Yu charged at the Two-Headed Giant Serpent, but the young Phoenix clansman transformed into an Ancient Phoenix and attacked him.
• Lin Yu and the young Phoenix clansman clashed with ice and fire, shaking the Phoenix Tomb and destroying its tranquil surroundings.
• Lin Yu increased his power, overwhelmed the young Phoenix clansman, and set him ablaze with a spell imitating beast-taming arts.
• Lin Yu said he wanted to teach the clansman a lesson rather than kill him, while the clansman roared in pain beneath the flames.

Lin Yu stopped torturing the young man of the Phoenix Clan when Feng Nianzhi arrived, then questioned her about the Phoenix Clan’s beast puppets. The young man remained suspicious of Lin Yu, while Feng Nianzhi insisted she had brought him and trusted him.

• Feng Nianzhi appeared at the Phoenix Tomb and asked Lin Yu to stop; Lin Yu withdrew his flames from the young man of the Phoenix Clan.
• Lin Yu asked Feng Nianzhi whether her clan’s beast-taming technique turned living spirit beasts into puppets, and she explained that the demonic beasts had died naturally before their bodies were preserved and trained.
• The young man of the Phoenix Clan, too weak to stand, crawled toward Feng Nianzhi and warned her that Lin Yu was dangerous.
• Feng Nianzhi told the young man that she had brought Lin Yu and that he was not a bad person, leaving the young man resentful and unconvinced.

Lin Yu asked Feng Nianzhi for a drop of Phoenix Essence Blood and promised to fulfill one request in return. The Phoenix Clan youth objected because Lin Yu was holding the black-robed high priest, then refused to yield, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• The Phoenix Clan youth warned Feng Nianzhi that Lin Yu wanted Phoenix Essence Blood from the sacred Phoenix Tomb.
• Lin Yu offered to fulfill one request within his ability if the clan gave him a drop of Phoenix Essence Blood, and Feng Nianzhi agreed.
• The Phoenix Clan youth demanded to know what Lin Yu had done to the black-robed high priest, who was being held in a trial created by the Hongmeng System.
• Lin Yu explained that the high priest would be released after atoning for his sins, but the Phoenix Clan youth demanded his release and threatened to destroy the Phoenix Tomb rather than give up its treasure.
• The Phoenix Clan youth called Lin Yu a petty villain and challenged him, while Lin Yu dismissed the threat.

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.