Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu learned that Feng Nianzhi had been attacked during the night and rushed to examine her after Feng Changge begged him for help. Feng Nianzhi was badly injured but not in mortal danger, while Feng Changge blamed himself for failing to protect her.

• Feng Changge told Lin Yu that he had found Feng Nianzhi unconscious that morning and that the guards had heard nothing during the night.
• Feng Changge said the Black-Robed High Priest was on his way to visit Feng Nianzhi, and Lin Yu expected him to hurry once he learned of the attack.
• Lin Yu used the Hongmeng System to deduce that someone with powerful Origin Techniques had attacked Feng Nianzhi around midnight.
• Lin Yu and Feng Changge reached Feng Nianzhi's residence, where the panicked guards asked Lin Yu to help her.
• Lin Yu ordered the guards to carry Feng Nianzhi into her cave residence and said she was badly injured but not in danger of dying.
• Feng Changge blamed himself for failing to protect Feng Nianzhi and for letting down the High Priest and the Archaic Phoenix Clan.

After Feng Nianzhi was seriously injured in a secret attack, Feng Changge blamed himself while Lin Yu tried to keep him focused on saving her. He Buxian stopped the Archaic Phoenix Clan from accusing the Fallen Black Phoenix and warned that the attacker might still be at large.

• Feng Changge panicked and blamed himself for failing to protect Feng Nianzhi, while Lin Yu urged him to focus on saving her.
• He Buxian scolded Feng Changge for losing his composure and reminded him that the Archaic Phoenix Clan needed him to stay calm.
• The Archaic Phoenix Clan suspected the Fallen Black Phoenix had attacked Feng Nianzhi, but He Buxian defended him and said he had been with him all night.
• Lin Yu warned the Archaic Phoenix Clan not to lower its guard, since mysteries remained in the Youming Immortal Realm and its carelessness had led to Feng Nianzhi's injury.

Lin Yu explained that Feng Nianzhi was likely attacked after using her unstable Origin Fire to purify the Water Droplet Man’s sentient consciousness, leaving her vulnerable. He revealed that an enemy had planted a seal in her with a Heaven-Mending Fragment and had likely waited for an opportunity to strike, while the attacker’s identity remained unknown.

• Lin Yu promised the Archaic Phoenix Clan he would investigate Feng Nianzhi’s attack and said she had probably been weakened after using her Origin Fire.
• Lin Yu revealed that someone had planted a seal in Feng Nianzhi using the power of a Heaven-Mending Fragment, and Daoist Shouyang had been helping dissolve it.
• Lin Yu explained that Feng Nianzhi had risked purifying the Water Droplet Man’s sentient consciousness for the Archaic Phoenix Clan and every living creature in the fantasy world.
• Feng Changge blamed himself for failing to help Feng Nianzhi, but Lin Yu told him the attacker had likely been waiting for her to become vulnerable.
• Lin Yu concluded that the enemy had probably struck last night after Feng Nianzhi expended her spiritual power, though the attacker was still unidentified.

Lin Yu tried to keep Feng Nianzhi’s injury from reaching the Black-Robed High Priest, warning that the news could destabilize the Archaic Phoenix Clan. After the phoenix guards argued that the High Priest needed to know, Lin Yu acknowledged their point but urged them to investigate first and limit the fallout.

• Lin Yu stopped someone from reporting Feng Nianzhi’s injury to the Black-Robed High Priest and explained that Feng Nianzhi’s wound could be treated.
• Lin Yu warned the Archaic Phoenix Clan members that the High Priest might react rashly and put the clan’s survival at risk.
• The phoenix guards insisted that they had been ordered to report everything to the High Priest and wanted his help finding Feng Nianzhi’s enemy.
• Lin Yu said the High Priest did not know who had placed the seal on Feng Nianzhi and was already burdened by the clan’s affairs.
• Lin Yu promised to take responsibility if anything happened to Feng Nianzhi and urged the others to investigate quietly before informing the High Priest.

Lin Yu explained why the Archaic Phoenix Clan needed to keep Feng Nianzhi’s injury secret and revealed that her damaged condensed origin prevented her from healing. He told the guards that external treatment could save her and began describing a rare herb that might help.

• Lin Yu persuaded the Archaic Phoenix guards that publicizing Feng Nianzhi’s injury could expose the weakened clan to attack.
• Feng Changge asked Lin Yu how badly Feng Nianzhi was hurt and how they could help her wake up.
• Lin Yu warned that Feng Nianzhi had only recently recovered and was not yet strong enough to lead the clan to greatness.
• Lin Yu explained that an Origin Technique had damaged Feng Nianzhi’s condensed origin, leaving her unable to heal herself, and said external treatment was needed.
• Lin Yu recalled a rare herb on the Twelve True Palaces’ Black Demon Mountain that bloomed once every thousand years and took another thousand years to bear fruit.

Lin Yu explained that a rare herb from the Twelve True Palaces could repair Feng Nianzhi’s condensed origin and planned to seek it himself. Feng Changge insisted on accompanying him to make amends, and Lin Yu finally agreed despite worrying that the dangerous journey could be made harder by Feng Changge.

• Lin Yu told Feng Changge that the herb from Black Demon Mountain could help save Feng Nianzhi and said he would seek its fruit at the Twelve True Palaces.
• Lin Yu decided to go himself, since sending Archaic Phoenix Clan guards into the dangerous territory could expose them to hostile forces.
• Feng Changge asked to accompany Lin Yu, saying he was responsible for what had happened to Feng Nianzhi and needed to make amends.
• The phoenix guards urged Lin Yu to take Feng Changge, arguing that the Archaic Phoenix Clan’s ties to the Twelve True Palaces might prove useful.
• Lin Yu relented and allowed Feng Changge to come, warning him not to do anything unnecessary.

Lin Yu brought Feng Changge to the Twelve True Palaces to seek the immortal herb needed to awaken Feng Nianzhi. As they approached the dangerous region, Lin Yu warned Feng Changge to obey him while he noticed that new rulers had taken control amid fierce local conflicts.

• Lin Yu agreed to take Feng Changge along after making him promise to stay quiet, follow instructions, and avoid reckless behavior.
• Lin Yu left He Buxian and the fallen black phoenix at Daoist Shouyang's residence to help protect the unconscious Feng Nianzhi.
• Lin Yu and Feng Changge traveled to the Twelve True Palaces, where Lin Yu saw that new powers had replaced the former rulers and conflict was killing members of the younger generation.
• Near the Twelve True Palaces, Lin Yu again warned Feng Changge not to act on impulse, and Feng Changge promised to obey for Feng Nianzhi's sake.

Lin Yu tried to ease Feng Changge’s guilt over Feng Nianzhi’s attack, but Feng Changge remained determined to take responsibility. They learned that the Twelve True Palaces were divided among eight rival lineages, including four great lineages tied to the four divine beasts.

• Feng Changge promised Lin Yu he would cooperate to obtain the herbs needed to save Feng Nianzhi.
• Lin Yu reminded Feng Changge that other phoenix guards had also been responsible for protecting Feng Nianzhi, but Feng Changge continued to blame himself.
• Feng Changge resolved to confess his actions to the Black-Robed High Priest after they retrieved the herbs.
• Lin Yu and Feng Changge learned that a battle had reshaped the Twelve True Palaces and replaced several leaders.
• Lin Yu and Feng Changge discovered that four divine-beast bloodlines and the Li, Zhou, Ouyang, and Shangguan Lineages opposed one another, with the four great lineages locked in ongoing conflict.

Lin Yu and Feng Changge searched the Twelve True Palaces for the herb needed to save Feng Nianzhi while avoiding conflict with the four great families. Lin Yu planned to search the neutral and remote wilderness areas, and Feng Changge resolved not to create more enemies for the Archaic Phoenix Clan.

• Feng Changge worried that the herb might not fruit in time, but Lin Yu said his deduction suggested they would find it within a few days.
• Feng Changge noticed they were being followed, and Lin Yu revealed that the four great families were secretly watching them.
• Lin Yu explained that the families had divided most of the Twelve True Palaces but left neutral borderlands and remote wilderness areas unclaimed.
• Lin Yu advised searching those unclaimed areas to avoid a fight that could waste time and entangle the Archaic Phoenix Clan.
• Feng Changge decided to avoid unnecessary conflict because the Archaic Phoenix Clan could not afford to make more enemies while Feng Nianzhi was gravely injured.

Lin Yu explained his plan to search the ungoverned lands of the Twelve True Palaces for the hundred-year-old herb while giving the Four Great Lineage time to notice them. Feng Changge worried that the lineages might demand his phoenix essence blood, but Lin Yu focused on searching first, hoping to find the herb without involving them.

• Feng Changge asked Lin Yu what they would do if they could not find the herb in the ungoverned territories.
• Lin Yu said they would search the remaining lands for several days and give the Four Great Lineage time to observe them.
• Lin Yu explained that the lineages might welcome outside forces if they could use them against a rival lineage.
• Feng Changge worried that the lineages might try to trade the herb for his phoenix essence blood because he belonged to the Archaic Phoenix Clan.
• Lin Yu dismissed Feng Changge's fears for the moment and urged him to focus on finding the herb, which might have been overlooked in the ungoverned lands.

Lin Yu explained how they might escape the Twelve True Palaces' teleportation spell and warned Feng Changge that signing their contract would make him a puppet. Feng Changge remained determined to make a limited agreement so he could return to Daoist Shouyang's residence with the medicinal herb for Feng Nianzhi, leaving Lin Yu exasperated.

• Lin Yu told Feng Changge that the spot where they had stood likely triggered the teleportation spell and could lead them back out.
• Feng Changge urged Lin Yu to accept the Twelve True Palaces' terms so they could hurry back and save the Phoenix Lord.
• Lin Yu warned Feng Changge that the contract would leave him under the cultivators' control and urged him to consider his clan's dignity.
• Feng Changge insisted he would agree to do several tasks for the Twelve True Palaces after leaving their land, but would not become their puppet.
• Lin Yu grew furious when he realized Feng Changge had not understood his warning.

Lin Yu warned Feng Changge that agreeing to the Twelve True Palaces cultivators’ demand could make him a puppet controlled even after death, leaving him unable to deliver the medicinal herb to Feng Nianzhi. Trapped together by a teleportation spell, Lin Yu decided to try extinguishing the volcano’s flames to break the spell.

• Feng Changge proposed discussing their situation with the Twelve True Palaces cultivators, while Lin Yu argued that doing so would give them control over the decision.
• Lin Yu warned Feng Changge that their puppetry could control his mind and body, even after death, and prevent him from delivering the herb to Feng Nianzhi.
• Feng Changge hesitated over the danger but complained that Lin Yu had claimed he could come and go freely from the Twelve True Palaces’ lands.
• Lin Yu recognized that his teleportation spell could not take Feng Changge with him under the area’s restrictions and decided to try breaking the spell instead.
• Lin Yu planned to use his Origin Technique to extinguish the fire-element forces, though he was unsure how changing the area’s magnetic field would affect them.

Lin Yu tried to suppress the flames, but Feng Changge used his Origin Fire to take control of them, triggering their teleportation. They arrived on a freezing snowy mountain, where Lin Yu shielded Feng Changge from the storm.

• Lin Yu used his Origin Technique to suppress the flames, but they surged higher and rushed toward him.
• Feng Changge infused the flames with his Origin Fire, was hurled toward Lin Yu, and then brought the flames under control.
• Lin Yu realized Feng Changge had used his Origin Fire to seize control of the flames.
• The flames triggered a spatial transfer before Feng Changge could celebrate, teleporting him and Lin Yu to a snowy mountain.
• Lin Yu caught Feng Changge as the freezing wind nearly swept him away and covered them both with a protective layer.

Lin Yu and Feng Changge emerged from the forest after losing track of an entire night, carrying the hundred-year immortal herb needed for Feng Nianzhi. At the exit, the four great clans confronted them and Lin Yu challenged their claim that the pair had to report their presence.

• Lin Yu and Feng Changge realized they had spent the night in the forest, and Lin Yu suspected the poisonous mist had distorted their sense of time.
• Lin Yu urged Feng Changge to hurry back with the herb, but the four great clans gathered reinforcements and blocked the forest entrance.
• The four great clans claimed the Twelve True Palaces as their territory and offered to search for whatever Lin Yu and Feng Changge needed.
• Feng Changge held back from confronting them, mindful that he represented the Archaic Phoenix Clan and that Lin Yu had told him to let him handle trouble.
• Lin Yu denied entering the clans' jurisdiction and pointed out that their actions did not resemble a welcome.

Lin Yu and Feng Changge confronted cultivators from the Four Great Lineage, who claimed authority over the Twelve True Palaces and demanded their treasures. The Four Great Lineage threatened to kill them, and Feng Changge angrily called out their shamelessness.

• Lin Yu told the Four Great Lineage he and Feng Changge were leaving and challenged them to let them pass.
• The leader of the Four Great Lineage claimed all cultivators in the Twelve True Palaces had to report to them and demanded the treasures.
• Lin Yu argued that the land was unclaimed and the Four Great Lineage had no right to interfere with what he had taken.
• The leader claimed the unclaimed land was shared property and threatened to leave Lin Yu and Feng Changge's corpses intact if they surrendered their treasures.
• Feng Changge shouted that the place was beyond anyone's jurisdiction and condemned the Four Great Lineage for their shamelessness.

Lin Yu and Feng Changge confronted Four Great Lineage cultivators who claimed the unclaimed territory and demanded their medicines, while Feng Changge lost his temper over their insults to the Archaic Phoenix Clan. As Lin Yu prepared to fight, an earth-shaking sound came from the original entrance.

• Feng Changge cursed the Four Great Lineage cultivators for claiming land that had been left unclaimed by the mysterious figure who once divided the Twelve True Palaces.
• The Four Great Lineage cultivators mocked Lin Yu and Feng Changge, demanded their medicines, and ordered them to kneel and kowtow.
• Lin Yu warned the cultivators that the mysterious figure had not divided the territory for selfish reasons, making them briefly wary of his return.
• Feng Changge attacked with weakened flames, and the cultivators mocked his bloodline and denied that he belonged to the Archaic Phoenix Clan.
• Feng Changge told Lin Yu he could no longer endure the insults, and an earth-shaking sound came from the original entrance as Lin Yu prepared to act.

Feng Changge confronted the Twelve True Palaces cultivators after they insulted the Archaic Phoenix Clan, but they fled before he could attack. Lin Yu then realized the exit had vanished and the surrounding landscape had changed, leaving them trapped in an unknown place.

• The Twelve True Palaces cultivators mocked Feng Changge and threatened to seize his and Lin Yu's belongings.
• Feng Changge insisted on dealing with the offenders himself, and Lin Yu told him to make it quick.
• As Feng Changge charged, the Twelve True Palaces cultivators scattered and fled.
• Lin Yu stopped Feng Changge and pointed out that the exit had disappeared, replaced by rolling hills.
• Feng Changge clutched the hundred-year-old medicinal herb for Feng Nianzhi and asked what had happened, while Lin Yu suspected the cultivators had prepared the strange change.

Lin Yu explained that the cultivators of the Twelve True Palaces had trapped him and Feng Changge to force them into making an irreversible promise. He revealed that a restriction imposed by a great figure confined the Twelve True Palaces’ cultivators to their territory, leaving Feng Changge startled by the secret.

• The Twelve True Palaces’ cultivators trapped Lin Yu and Feng Changge instead of confronting them directly, and Feng Changge panicked at their predicament.
• Lin Yu explained that the cultivators had avoided Feng Changge’s Phoenix True Fire and intended to keep them confined until they agreed to an exchange.
• Feng Changge questioned what the cultivators could want from him, while Lin Yu inferred that they wanted a binding promise rather than money or possessions.
• Lin Yu told Feng Changge that the Twelve True Palaces’ cultivators could not leave their territory because a great figure had imposed a restriction, and that limited resources had fueled their infighting.

Lin Yu explained that cultivators born in the Twelve True Palaces were forbidden from leaving, which drove the Four Great Lineage to kill one another and made outsiders valuable to them. Feng Changge asked Lin Yu how to respond to their demands, but the ground changed before Lin Yu could answer.

• Lin Yu told Feng Changge that a powerful figure had restricted cultivators born in the Twelve True Palaces from ever leaving.
• Lin Yu explained that the Four Great Lineage fought over a way out and that the locals sought information or resources from outsiders.
• Feng Changge worried that the Four Great Lineage might demand valuable items or use them to pursue their own goals, endangering his mission to save Feng Nianzhi.
• Feng Changge asked Lin Yu what they should do, but the surrounding land shifted before Lin Yu replied.

Lin Yu and Feng Changge were trapped in a special volcano belonging to the Twelve True Palaces, where a restriction blocked the Hongmeng System. Feng Changge urged them to escape, while Lin Yu focused on figuring out their location and how to reverse the teleportation.

• Flames rose from the ground and spread until Lin Yu and Feng Changge stood surrounded by a sea of red.
• Lin Yu pushed the flame-like substance away with his Origin Technique power, while Feng Changge blamed their enemies for trapping them.
• Lin Yu asked the Hongmeng System to identify their location and the flames, and it revealed they were in a special volcano of the Twelve True Palaces.
• The Twelve True Palaces' restriction weakened the Hongmeng System until its notifications stopped.
• Feng Changge urged Lin Yu to find a way out, and Lin Yu proposed determining their location and reversing the power behind the teleportation.