Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu descended through a pressure-filled tunnel and reached a natural cavern that had survived from the previous era. He wondered whether it was connected to the place Daoist Shouyang had described in the Youming Immortal Realm, but its origin remained unknown.

• Lin Yu decided to wait until he reached the end of the tunnel before investigating the mysteries surrounding Water Droplet Man and the strange desert.
• Lin Yu regulated his breathing and spiritual power as the tunnel's growing pressure gradually consumed the power of his Origin Technique.
• Lin Yu landed on solid ground, and the pressure vanished as he reached the true entrance.
• Lin Yu used his blue-violet flames to inspect a natural cavern whose ancient rock formations appeared untouched by human hands.
• Lin Yu recalled Daoist Shouyang's account of a place that absorbed cultivators' Origin Technique power and wondered whether Shouyang had only heard about it secondhand.

Lin Yu recognized the cave as a place from Daoist Shouyang’s account and investigated its strange stones, which seemed connected to the loss of spiritual power. He continued deeper into the cave, where the floor had turned to jade and more unusual stones appeared.

• Lin Yu recalled Daoist Shouyang describing a mysterious cave known for restricting cultivators’ power, though its location was unknown.
• Lin Yu touched a transparent stone and felt his power briefly drain before spiritual power quickly returned to his palm.
• Lin Yu used an ancient dagger to pry loose several transparent stones and store them for later examination.
• Lin Yu walked farther into the cave and found that its floor had become smooth, glowing jade.
• Lin Yu noticed pale yellow stones deeper inside that shone with a peculiar, combined seven-colored radiance.

Lin Yu explored the cave’s deeper caverns, collected unusual glowing stones, and discovered a thriving jujube tree sustained by a clear stream. After tasting its sweet fruit, he noticed that the enormous tree had two distinct sides, leaving its nature unexplained.

• Lin Yu pried loose more unusual stones that glowed with fused colors and stored them for later study.
• Lin Yu followed a sweet fragrance and found a huge, fruit-laden jujube tree growing inside the cave.
• Lin Yu found a clear, energetic stream winding beside the tree and concluded that it had sustained the tree.
• Lin Yu picked and tasted a jujube, finding it sweet and much like ordinary fruit.
• Lin Yu noticed that the enormous jujube tree had two distinct sides, a front and a back.

Lin Yu discovered that the jujubes in the cave had unusual effects: they made him hungry and temporarily drained his Origin Technique power, which then recovered more strongly than before. He suspected the stream or the cave’s stones might be involved, collected samples, and left the tree undisturbed.

• Lin Yu noticed that the jujubes on the stream-facing side of the tree looked different from those on the other side.
• After eating two jujubes, Lin Yu felt hungry and parched as his spiritual power seemed to vanish.
• Lin Yu’s Origin Technique power suddenly returned and became denser than before, leading him to suspect the jujubes had caused the change.
• Lin Yu examined the stream and cave, concluding that the unusual stones were more likely responsible for the cave’s strangeness than the Heaven-Mending Fragment.
• Lin Yu collected several jujubes and a piece of bark for later study, then decided not to dig up the tree.

Lin Yu meditated in the cave after discovering that a jujube had increased his spiritual power, and he cautiously avoided eating more until he understood the effects. A strange black-and-gold monkey arrived at the jujube tree and began searching for the intruder while Lin Yu remained under the Hongmeng System’s protection.

• Lin Yu found that his spiritual power was speeding up on its own, and the system could not determine its flow rate.
• Lin Yu realized the jujube had increased his spiritual power, saved a few more in his storage space, and meditated rather than eating greedily.
• The Hongmeng System watched over Lin Yu as he regulated the surging power in his body.
• A black-and-gold monkey dropped into the cave, climbed the jujube tree, and ate its fruit.
• The monkey sensed an intruder, searched the tree, and turned to investigate the surrounding cave while Lin Yu continued meditating.

Lin Yu tried to control the surging spiritual power in his body and guessed that jujubes from the far side of the tree could suppress it. He spotted a black-gold monkey climbing into a narrow crevice near the cave ceiling, which might reveal another way out.

• Lin Yu realized that the jujubes facing the stream increased spiritual power while those on the opposite side might suppress it.
• Lin Yu worried that He Buxian, the Fallen Black Phoenix, and Feng Changge might jump into the dangerous cave to find him.
• Lin Yu emerged from cultivation and noticed a black-gold monkey climbing on the jujube tree.
• The black-gold monkey roared at Lin Yu and climbed into a crevice in the rock near the cave ceiling.

Lin Yu stabilized his spiritual power by alternating between the jujube tree’s two kinds of fruit, then discovered that his Heaven-Mending Fragment was heating and trembling in the cave. He could sense no other fragment or matching presence, leaving him unable to explain its reaction.

• Lin Yu followed the black-and-gold monkey to a narrow crevice, but realized he could not fit inside.
• Lin Yu ate jujubes from the side of the tree facing away from the stream, and his unruly spiritual power settled.
• Lin Yu sat beneath the jujube tree to stabilize his Qi and considered the monkey’s role in making cracks between the cave rocks.
• Lin Yu’s storage space grew hot and trembled, so he took out the Heaven-Mending Fragment he had found in the Phoenix Ancestral Sea.
• Lin Yu searched the cave for another fragment or a matching presence but found none, leaving him baffled by the fragment’s reaction.

Lin Yu suspected the black-and-gold monkey was connected to the Heaven-Mending Fragment, so he pretended to sleep to draw it closer. After the monkey climbed onto his shoulder and stomped on him, Lin Yu grabbed its leg.

• The black-and-gold monkey hid in a cave crevice and watched Lin Yu, unaware that the cave's spiritual power had transformed it over hundreds of years.
• Lin Yu noticed the Heaven-Mending Fragment reacted when he was near the monkey and suspected the monkey held the answer.
• Lin Yu pretended to fall asleep beneath the jujube tree to make the monkey lower its guard.
• The monkey approached, patted Lin Yu, played with his clothes and hair, and grew increasingly excited as the fragment warmed beneath Lin Yu's concealed palm.
• The monkey jumped onto Lin Yu's shoulder and stomped on it, so Lin Yu opened his eyes and grabbed the monkey by the leg.

Lin Yu caught the frightened black-and-gold monkey and searched him for a connection to the Heaven-Mending Fragment. The fragment stopped reacting, leaving Lin Yu puzzled about what had caused their earlier resonance.

• Lin Yu grabbed the black-and-gold monkey after it tried to flee and teased it for playing tricks on him while he slept.
• The black-and-gold monkey trembled and whimpered, making no attempt to attack Lin Yu.
• Lin Yu used spiritual power to examine the monkey, suspecting it had swallowed a Heaven-Mending Fragment.
• The Heaven-Mending Fragment stopped reacting, and Lin Yu found no trace of one on the monkey.
• Lin Yu decided to investigate further and wondered whether the strange place had changed the monkey over time.

Lin Yu examined the black-and-gold monkey after the Heaven-Mending Fragment reacted to it, but the Hongmeng System found no connection between the fragment and the square that flashed in the monkey’s eyes. He released the monkey and discovered it could partly understand him, as it offered him jujubes it had picked from a tree.

• Lin Yu noticed a small square flash in the black-and-gold monkey’s eyes and asked the Hongmeng System to identify it, but the deduction result could not be displayed.
• Lin Yu asked whether the object in the monkey’s eyes was connected to the Heaven-Mending Fragment, and the system found no connection.
• Lin Yu examined the monkey further, found no other unusual traits, and let it go.
• The black-and-gold monkey climbed a jujube tree, picked several fruits, and offered them to Lin Yu.
• Lin Yu asked whether the monkey understood him and whether the jujubes were for him; the monkey nodded and urged him to eat, so Lin Yu accepted them.

Lin Yu investigated a strange fragrance in the cave and discovered hidden writing on the ancient date tree. The black-and-gold monkey revealed more of the writing, which Lin Yu thought resembled a tombstone, but the monkey denied seeing anyone else there.

• Lin Yu wondered how the black-and-gold monkey had eaten many dates without suffering from their chaotic spiritual power.
• A peculiar fragrance led Lin Yu and the monkey to a warm pool feeding the thousand-year-old date tree.
• Lin Yu found hidden characters beneath the tree's bark while examining it from beside the pool.
• The black-and-gold monkey climbed the tree and moved its leaves and fruit, revealing a much larger expanse of writing.
• Lin Yu thought the tree looked like a tombstone and asked whether the monkey had seen anyone else in the cave, but the monkey shook his head.

Lin Yu discovered that the jujube tree’s runes resonated with his Heaven-Mending Fragment and realized the tree was another fragment. He left the cave having found an unexpected second Heaven-Mending Fragment in the Youming Immortal Realm.

• Lin Yu questioned the black-and-gold monkey about the writing on the jujube tree, but the monkey insisted no one had come to the cave.
• Lin Yu noticed his Heaven-Mending Fragment heated and flickered whenever he approached the tree’s runes.
• Lin Yu concluded that the jujube tree had survived for an entire era and that the monkey’s long-term diet of its fruit had changed his fur.
• Lin Yu pressed his Heaven-Mending Fragment against the runes, and the jujube tree responded with gathering energy.
• Lin Yu realized the jujube tree was another Heaven-Mending Fragment.

Lin Yu found a pure Heaven-Mending Fragment inside the ancient jujube tree and fused it with the fragment he had cleansed. When the tree and its stream began to disappear, he comforted the black-and-gold monkey and promised to take it out of the cave.

• Lin Yu realized the Water Droplet Man had likely fallen into the Youming Immortal Realm because the Heaven-Mending Fragments had landed nearby.
• Lin Yu removed the Heaven-Mending Fragment from the jujube tree and fused it with his purified fragment without resistance.
• The jujube tree withered, its fruit fell, and the stream began drying up as Lin Yu recognized that the fragment had sustained them.
• The black-and-gold monkey panicked at losing its home, and Lin Yu offered to protect it and take it outside.
• The monkey leaned affectionately against Lin Yu as he stroked its head.

Lin Yu fused two Heaven-Mending Fragments, ending the cave’s life-draining effects, and tried to comfort the grieving black-and-gold monkey. The Water Droplet Man threatened to seize the fragments, while Lin Yu remembered that Feng Changge, He Buxian, and the fallen black phoenix were waiting aboveground.

• Lin Yu saw that the colorful stones had lost their power after he fused the Heaven-Mending Fragment, ending their ability to drain life force.
• The black-and-gold monkey mourned the vanished jujube tree, and Lin Yu promised to take her outside and help her find food and companions.
• The Water Droplet Man sensed the fragments fusing and threatened to devour Lin Yu’s power and claim the fragments unless Lin Yu released him.
• Lin Yu dismissed the Water Droplet Man’s threats and thought of asking Feng Changge to use Phoenix True Fire to erase his intelligent consciousness.
• Lin Yu remembered that Feng Changge, He Buxian, and the fallen black phoenix were waiting for him aboveground.

Lin Yu questioned whether the Hongmeng System had deliberately brought him to the Dao Awakening Era and guided him toward Heaven-Mending Fragments. He carried the black-and-gold monkey out of the cave and returned to the surface without difficulty.

• Lin Yu wondered if the Hongmeng System’s arrival in the Dao Awakening Era and his discovery of three Heaven-Mending Fragments had been deliberately arranged.
• Lin Yu asked the Hongmeng System to check its version, but it replied that it was unable to do so.
• Lin Yu comforted the black-and-gold monkey and warned him to stay still while they passed through the pressure-filled tunnel.
• The black-and-gold monkey obeyed as Lin Yu carried him out of the cave, and Lin Yu reached the surface safely.
• Lin Yu suspected that taking the Heaven-Mending Fragment had weakened the pressure in the tunnel.

Lin Yu returned from the underground world with a black-and-gold monkey after taking control of the Heaven-Mending Fragment, and reunited with Feng Changge, He Buxian, and the Fallen Black Phoenix. He explained how the monkey had survived underground, then asked whether they could still feel their Origin Technique power being absorbed.

• Lin Yu emerged from the tunnel just as Feng Changge was about to jump down to rescue him.
• Feng Changge, He Buxian, and the Fallen Black Phoenix were relieved to see Lin Yu safe, then noticed the black-and-gold monkey in his arms.
• He Buxian, Feng Changge, and the Fallen Black Phoenix worried that the monkey might be infected by the dark-green bugs, frightening it into hiding against Lin Yu.
• Lin Yu explained that the monkey had survived by eating jujubes from a special tree deep underground, whose energy had changed its appearance.
• Lin Yu asked the three whether they could still feel their Origin Technique power being absorbed.

Lin Yu confirmed that the land had stopped absorbing Origin Technique power after he subdued the Heaven-Mending Fragment. He explained that colorful stones underground had caused the draining, while He Buxian and the others remained curious about the strange underground world and the black-and-gold monkey.

• Lin Yu asked He Buxian, the Fallen Black Phoenix, and Feng Changge whether the land was still absorbing their Origin Technique power.
• The Fallen Black Phoenix and He Buxian reported that the underground drain had weakened them, but that the absorption had now stopped.
• He Buxian asked whether Lin Yu's discovery underground or the black-and-gold monkey had caused the change.
• Lin Yu showed them the small stones from the cave and explained that they had caused the land to absorb power.
• Lin Yu described the underground jujube tree, stream, and monkey, prompting He Buxian to ask how such a place could exist.

Lin Yu told He Buxian, Feng Changge, and the Fallen Black Phoenix about his journey to the deepest part of the underground world and the glowing stones he found there. He explained that something happened on his way back that drained the stones’ seven-colored light, leaving the others eager to learn what he had discovered.

• The little black-and-gold monkey attacked He Buxian and scratched his cheek, but Lin Yu stopped He Buxian from retaliating.
• Lin Yu explained that the monkey had been nourished by spiritual power for hundreds of years and that he had brought it out of the cave after its jujube tree and stream dried up.
• Lin Yu began recounting how he reached the underground world’s deepest cave and found glowing stones that attracted cultivators’ spiritual power.
• He Buxian and Feng Changge examined the stones but could sense nothing special as their glow faded.
• Lin Yu said an incident on his return had drained the stones’ seven-colored light and helped him understand what lay behind their power.

Lin Yu explained how the underground jujube tree’s unusual growth and fruit were connected to a Heaven-Mending Fragment. He revealed that he had found the third fragment embedded in the tree, where it had strengthened the tree over time.

• Lin Yu described finding a lush jujube tree and an unusual stream in the underground world.
• Lin Yu explained that the tree’s fruit could improve a cultivator’s Origin Technique, prompting He Buxian to question how the tree could thrive underground.
• Lin Yu recounted meeting the little black-and-gold monkey near the tree and noticing strange characters and a connection to his Heaven-Mending Fragment.
• Lin Yu used his Heaven-Mending Fragment’s power to draw out and fuse with the power inside the jujube tree.
• Lin Yu revealed that a third Heaven-Mending Fragment was embedded in the tree’s trunk and had replaced the tree’s own power over a hundred years.

Lin Yu explained that a Heaven-Mending Fragment inside a jujube tree had shaped the underground world and sustained the black-and-gold monkey, though the Water Droplet Man’s relationship with the fragment remained unclear. Lin Yu brought the affectionate monkey out with him, and it appeared to accept him as its master and refuse to leave his side.

• Lin Yu explained that the Heaven-Mending Fragment in the jujube tree absorbed some Origin Technique power from visitors, which returned when they left the underground world.
• He Buxian and the fallen black phoenix questioned why the Water Droplet Man had never tried to devour the fragment, and Lin Yu admitted he did not know.
• Lin Yu said he was waiting for Feng Changge’s Origin Fire to erase the Water Droplet Man’s power and perhaps reveal more answers.
• Lin Yu explained that he had brought the black-and-gold monkey out because it had survived for years by relying on the jujube tree and had developed intelligence.
• The black-and-gold monkey accepted Lin Yu’s touch and stayed close to him instead of returning to its troop.