Chapter Summaries

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.

Lin Yu questioned the water-drop man’s claim that Feng Nianzhi was in danger and realized her childish-sounding cries were likely a deception. He deduced that the man wanted the Heaven-Mending Fragment because he was one himself, but the water-drop man dismissed the idea of reuniting the fragments.

• The water-drop man threatened Feng Nianzhi and demanded that Lin Yu hand over the Heaven-Mending Fragment.
• Lin Yu noticed that Feng Nianzhi’s crying sounded too childish for her mature mind and suspected something was wrong.
• Lin Yu reasoned that the water-drop man’s power might be limited and that he had lured Lin Yu to a place that favored him.
• Lin Yu suggested the water-drop man craved the fragment because he was also a Heaven-Mending Fragment and asked whether the fragments would eventually reunite.
• The water-drop man laughed off the idea of becoming the Heaven-Mending Stone again and said he wanted its power while remaining free.

Lin Yu realized the water-drop man had trapped him in an illusion and learned that the man wanted to take over his body and devour the other Heaven-Mending Fragments. Lin Yu pretended to believe the illusion’s power while recognizing that the water-drop man’s threats were not real.

• The water-drop man rejected Lin Yu’s objections and demanded that he hand over his Heaven-Mending Fragments, claiming he would spare him because he was fated to meet him.
• Lin Yu observed that the water-drop man’s features were becoming clearer and reasoned that the fragment’s growing consciousness could prevent the Heaven-Mending Stone from being reassembled.
• The water-drop man explained that Lin Yu had broken his illusion and that he planned to take over Lin Yu’s body so he could assume a human form.
• Lin Yu realized that the chains, raised platform, loss of power, and Feng Nianzhi’s crying had all been illusions.
• Lin Yu pretended to praise the water-drop man’s control over the illusion while privately noting that the Hongmeng System had given him no warning of real danger.

Lin Yu escaped the water-droplet man’s illusion with the Heaven-Mending Fragment’s help and realized the man would return to pursue the other fragments. He decided to search for them while staying in the world to protect Feng Nianzhi.

• Lin Yu deduced that the water-droplet man had trapped his soul in an illusion and taunted him about his desire to take human form.
• The water-droplet man fell silent, then scattered and vanished after Lin Yu’s verbal attacks.
• The Heaven-Mending Fragment brought Lin Yu’s soul back to Daoist Shouyang’s residence, where he saw his body still cultivating.
• The fragment reunited Lin Yu’s soul and body, and Lin Yu resolved to find the other Heaven-Mending Fragments and protect Feng Nianzhi.
• Lin Yu ended his cultivation and left the residence to see what was happening outside.

Lin Yu came across the Fallen Black Phoenix arguing with a young Archaic Phoenix Clan member, who insulted him as a traitor. Lin Yu reminded the young man of his duty to protect the Phoenix Lord, but the young man challenged Lin Yu’s right to interfere.

• The young Archaic Phoenix Clan member mocked the Fallen Black Phoenix as a traitor, and the Fallen Black Phoenix replied with amused barbs.
• He Buxian told the young man that he, not the Fallen Black Phoenix, was disgracing the Archaic Phoenix Clan.
• The young man threatened the Fallen Black Phoenix and rejected He Buxian’s right to intervene.
• Lin Yu arrived and reminded the young man that the Black-Robed High Priest had ordered him to protect the Phoenix Lord.
• The young man called Lin Yu an outsider and challenged his right to interfere in Archaic Phoenix Clan affairs.

Lin Yu tried to stop an Archaic Phoenix Clan youth from provoking the Fallen Black Phoenix, but the youth turned his threats on Lin Yu instead. Lin Yu bound and silenced him, then worried that the unreliable young man could not protect Feng Nianzhi.

• Lin Yu warned the Archaic Phoenix Clan youth that the Fallen Black Phoenix had already paid a price for leaving the clan, but the youth angrily accused Lin Yu of meddling.
• The Fallen Black Phoenix and He Buxian were stunned when the youth threatened that he would no longer go easy on Lin Yu.
• As the youth prepared to act, Lin Yu used a black iron chain to bind him and seal his mouth.
• Lin Yu enjoyed the quiet but wondered whether the young man could be trusted to protect Feng Nianzhi.

Lin Yu restrained an arrogant young man from the Archaic Phoenix Clan and warned him to show respect, then gathered He Buxian and the Fallen Black Phoenix to tell them that a mysterious force had attacked him the previous night. He Buxian and the Fallen Black Phoenix realized the attack had gone unnoticed despite their nearby residence and waited tensely to hear what had happened.

• Lin Yu bound the young man from the Archaic Phoenix Clan in black iron chains and explained that he was teaching him a lesson for provoking the Fallen Black Phoenix.
• He Buxian praised Lin Yu for settling the young man and explained that he had watched in case the Fallen Black Phoenix lost patience and attacked.
• Lin Yu told the Fallen Black Phoenix to avoid conflicts with the Archaic Phoenix Clan, and the Fallen Black Phoenix replied that they sought him out even when he avoided them.
• Lin Yu revealed that a mysterious force had attacked him the previous night, shocking He Buxian and the Fallen Black Phoenix.
• He Buxian and the Fallen Black Phoenix realized they had heard nothing from their nearby residence and asked Lin Yu to explain what had happened.

Lin Yu told He Buxian and the Fallen Black Phoenix that a mysterious force, one of the remaining Heaven-Mending Fragments, had attacked him with a mental assault while trying to devour the fragment he possessed. He reassured He Buxian that the fragment was still with him, leaving the threat unresolved.

• He Buxian and the Fallen Black Phoenix asked Lin Yu to explain the previous night's attack.
• Lin Yu said the attacker was one of the remaining Heaven-Mending Fragments and had repeatedly tried to devour the fragment in his possession.
• Lin Yu explained that the attack came without any disturbance and left him stiff and blind, much like He Buxian's earlier experience in the Three Thousand Immortal Worlds.
• He Buxian feared Lin Yu had lost the Heaven-Mending Fragment and that they would no longer be able to draw out the mysterious force.
• Lin Yu reassured He Buxian that the Heaven-Mending Fragment was still with him.

Lin Yu explained his discoveries about the Heaven-Mending Fragments to He Buxian and the Fallen Black Phoenix, concluding that the fragments likely devoured one another and that their growing consciousness made them increasingly dangerous. He urged them to contact him rather than confront the mysterious power if it attacked, while the fragment’s main body remained to be found.

• Lin Yu told He Buxian and the Fallen Black Phoenix that every conscious Heaven-Mending Fragment likely possessed the ability to devour other fragments.
• The Fallen Black Phoenix suggested that what people called fragment fusion might actually be one fragment devouring another, and Lin Yu agreed that this could explain their shared abilities.
• Lin Yu reported that the fragment’s consciousness was developing toward human form and warned that it would become harder to deal with as it grew.
• Lin Yu instructed He Buxian and the Fallen Black Phoenix to alert him if the mysterious power attacked instead of fighting it themselves.
• Lin Yu suspected the Heaven-Mending Fragment had helped drive the Youming Immortal World into chaos to feed on cultivators.

Lin Yu warned He Buxian and the Fallen Black Phoenix that the Youming Immortal World's Heaven-Mending Fragment had developed a dangerous spiritual consciousness and explained how it attacked souls through illusions. As they discussed how to respond, members of the Archaic Phoenix Clan arrived to ask Lin Yu to release the young clan member he had bound.

• Lin Yu explained that the Heaven-Mending Fragment had absorbed the world's vicious, baleful Qi and might become useless or dangerous if it grew stronger.
• He Buxian asked whether the fragment attacked spiritual power, and Lin Yu said it pulled souls into an illusion space.
• Lin Yu admitted he did not know exactly when the fragment had attacked him, but said it happened while he was focused on cultivating and warned He Buxian and the Fallen Black Phoenix to stay alert.
• Lin Yu described the mysterious power as first appearing like a water droplet before taking human form.
• Members of the Archaic Phoenix Clan visited Lin Yu and humbly asked him to release the young man he had bound.

Members of the Archaic Phoenix Clan begged Lin Yu to release a young clansman he had bound, while He Buxian proposed using the clan as bait for a mysterious force seeking the Heaven-Mending Fragment. Lin Yu assured them he would only teach the youth a lesson, and the clan members left without securing his release.

• Members of the Archaic Phoenix Clan pleaded with Lin Yu to spare their bound young clansman.
• The Fallen Black Phoenix looked down on the clan’s show of deference, and He Buxian scolded them for their past behavior.
• He Buxian suggested using a weaker Archaic Phoenix Clan member carrying the Heaven-Mending Fragment as bait to lure the mysterious force.
• Lin Yu told the clan he was only teaching the young man to be more careful and would not harm someone of Archaic Phoenix bloodline.
• The Archaic Phoenix Clan members left, and the Fallen Black Phoenix condemned the clan as weak and foolish.