Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu and He Buxian faced the Hao Dog Demonic Beasts that emerged from beneath the Youming Immortal World after the mysterious power’s influence nearly left He Buxian dazed. Lin Yu split up with He Buxian so he could gain experience, but discovered the beasts’ parasitic larvae were restricting spiritual power.

• Black mist rose from the ground and clouded He Buxian’s thoughts, so Lin Yu cleared his mind with spiritual power.
• Hao Dog Demonic Beasts crawled out of cracks in the earth, and Lin Yu used the system to identify their traits and abilities.
• Lin Yu warned He Buxian to avoid falling underground, then split up with him to fight separate groups.
• Lin Yu discovered that the larvae living beneath the beasts’ scales suppressed both their hosts’ power and outside spiritual attacks.

Lin Yu fought the Hao Dog Demonic Beasts while the restriction on spiritual power made He Buxian struggle to survive. After discovering strange insects emerging from dead beasts, Lin Yu sensed that his Heaven-Mending Fragment had reacted to a similar power and decided to search for another fragment.

• Lin Yu found that his spiritual power was restricted and used a barbed whip to fight the Hao Dog Demonic Beasts while monitoring He Buxian.
• The Hongmeng System analyzed the beasts and revealed that they attacked without teamwork and had not been summoned by the strange force.
• He Buxian neared collapse as the beasts surrounded him, while Lin Yu noticed their dinosaur-like forms.
• Lin Yu saw dark-green insects crawl from dead Hao Dog Demonic Beasts and observed that they grew more numerous as the beasts died.
• Lin Yu felt the Heaven-Mending Fragment tremble and decided to search for another fragment nearby.

Lin Yu searched for the mysterious power that might be a Heaven-Mending Fragment while fighting the Hao Dog demonic beasts in the Youming Immortal World. He suspected the fragment had developed its own consciousness and focused on forcing its hidden mastermind to emerge.

• Lin Yu decided to find the possible Heaven-Mending Fragment quickly, then restored He Buxian's strength and cleared his weary mind with spiritual power.
• Lin Yu killed the Hao Dog demonic beasts, and dark green bugs crawled from their bodies with apparent resistance to his lightning.
• Lin Yu considered whether the mysterious power was a Heaven-Mending Fragment with an independent spiritual consciousness that might resist fusion.
• Lin Yu continued searching for the hidden mastermind and swiftly defeated the attacking beasts with his abundant spiritual power.

Lin Yu slaughtered the Hao Dog Demonic Beasts and burned their corpses with Fire of Thunder, hoping to destroy the dark-green insects feeding on their blood. As a vast swarm of flying demonic insects arrived and plunged into the flames, Lin Yu wondered why they were sacrificing themselves to extinguish the fire.

• Lin Yu killed the Hao Dog Demonic Beasts after He Buxian gained combat experience fighting them.
• Lin Yu unleashed Fire of Thunder, setting the beasts’ corpses ablaze while he watched to see whether the flames would destroy the dark-green insects.
• A huge swarm of fly-like demonic insects appeared and rushed into the Fire of Thunder, burning to ash.
• He Buxian suggested the insects were trying to put out the flames with their bodies, while Lin Yu questioned why they were doing so.

Lin Yu discovered that the flying insects were drawn to the fragrance released when little dark green bugs burned, not to the demonic beasts or the flames themselves. After his system found no trace of the mysterious force, he concluded it had staged the spectacle to provoke him and resolved to wait for it to act.

• Lin Yu realized the flying insects were attracted by the scent of burning creatures and watched them plunge into his flames.
• Lin Yu noticed something unusual and walked safely through the flames as He Buxian followed him.
• Lin Yu and He Buxian discovered that the fragrance came from the little dark green bugs as they burned to ash.
• Lin Yu used the Hongmeng System to search for the unfamiliar force, but the search found no traces.
• Lin Yu suspected the mysterious force had put on the spectacle to disgust or intimidate him and decided to wait for it to reveal its purpose.
• The sweeping blaze burned for two hours, bathing the gloomy sky in blue-violet light.

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.