Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu explained to Feng Changge that he kept helping the Archaic Phoenix Clan because he owed Feng Nianzhi a favor, while resolving to save her and settle the clan’s troubles. He sensed that the enemy behind those troubles could make the task far from easy.

• Lin Yu reminded Feng Changge to avoid meddling in the Four Great Lineages’ affairs unless necessary.
• Feng Changge asked why Lin Yu had helped the Archaic Phoenix Clan so often, and Lin Yu said he owed Feng Nianzhi for saving him and had already received phoenix essence blood.
• Feng Changge praised Lin Yu as a good person, while Lin Yu clarified that he would stop helping once he had repaid his debt.
• Lin Yu reflected that the Archaic Phoenix Clan needed new cultivators capable of succeeding the Black-Robed High Priest, though he did not explain this to Feng Changge.
• Lin Yu resolved to save Feng Nianzhi and end the Archaic Phoenix Clan’s troubles, but worried that the powerful enemy behind her seal would complicate matters.

Lin Yu and Feng Changge searched the Twelve True Palaces for hundred-year-old immortal herbs, but the Hongmeng System failed to detect any at their destination. Lin Yu found strange red fruit and wondered whether it was the missing herbs despite appearing unripe.

• Feng Changge insisted that he would fight back if enemies attacked the Archaic Phoenix Clan, despite Lin Yu advising him to avoid trouble.
• Lin Yu stopped arguing and took Feng Changge to search the land beyond the Twelve True Palaces for hundred-year-old medicinal herbs.
• Lin Yu found that a peculiar magnetic field prevented spiritual power from probing the area, though the Hongmeng System had led him there because herbs had recently matured nearby.
• Lin Yu asked the Hongmeng System to locate the herbs, but it twice reported that none were nearby.
• Lin Yu noticed reddish-brown leaves and red, seemingly unripe fruit, then wondered if the fruit was the hundred-year-old immortal herb the system had indicated.

Lin Yu and Feng Changge found and gathered ripe hundred-year immortal herbs, including a fruit Lin Yu believed could restore Feng Nianzhi’s origin power. As they left the woods, they discovered poisonous flowers and mist, and Lin Yu warned Feng Changge to guard himself.

• Lin Yu was pricked by fine hairs on a reddish-brown plant, but found no poison in his body and identified its fruit as the one that could help Feng Nianzhi recover her origin power.
• Lin Yu questioned why the cultivators of the Twelve True Palaces had left the herbs untouched, then carefully picked the ripe fruit.
• Feng Changge joined Lin Yu in gathering the hundred-year immortal herbs, and no one appeared to challenge them.
• As Lin Yu and Feng Changge neared the woods’ exit, they noticed bright flowers and belatedly sensed their poisonous mist.
• Lin Yu told Feng Changge to protect himself with origin power and avoid breathing in the flowers’ scent.

Lin Yu and Feng Changge discovered that a mysterious restriction had trapped them in an icy world, apparently as part of a scheme tied to the Twelve True Palaces. Lin Yu urged Feng Changge not to submit and reassured him that Feng Nianzhi was safe for now.

• Feng Changge questioned Lin Yu after their arrival in the icy world prevented them from returning as expected.
• Lin Yu deduced that the restriction came from whoever had established the rules for the Twelve True Palaces, not from its current cultivators.
• Feng Changge suspected the scheme had trapped outside cultivators and turned them into puppets, while Lin Yu confirmed he had visited a different-era version of the Twelve True Palaces before.
• Lin Yu explained that they would have to break the restriction themselves and warned Feng Changge not to yield to the Twelve True Palaces’ cultivators.
• Lin Yu revealed that he had divined Feng Nianzhi’s condition and found her body was in no serious danger, easing Feng Changge’s anxiety.

Lin Yu confirmed that Feng Nianzhi was safe for the time being, easing Feng Changge’s fears, but the two remained trapped in the snowy restrictions. Lin Yu chose to investigate the Twelve True Palaces and their hidden secrets before deciding how to proceed.

• Lin Yu told Feng Changge not to bow to the Twelve True Palaces cultivators, while Feng Changge worried that they could not escape the snowy mountain.
• Feng Changge grew frustrated and focused on delivering the hundred-year-old medicinal herbs to Feng Nianzhi, whose safety mattered to the Archaic Phoenix Clan.
• Lin Yu urged Feng Changge to stay calm and watch what the Twelve True Palaces cultivators were planning.
• After confirming Feng Nianzhi was not in immediate danger, Lin Yu shifted his attention to the Twelve True Palaces, the restrictions, and the missing founder behind them.
• Feng Changge stayed quiet beside Lin Yu, waiting for him to finish thinking before they made their next move.

Lin Yu tried to understand why the Twelve True Palaces had trapped them while Feng Changge fretted over returning to the Phoenix Lord and blamed Lin Yu for her injuries. Lin Yu urged Feng Changge to consider their captors’ motives, but Feng Changge admitted he also wanted to know what they were after.

• Feng Changge worried that they had failed to obtain the hundred-year-old medicinal herb and wanted to return to treat the Phoenix Lord and answer to the high priest.
• Feng Changge accused Lin Yu of sharing responsibility for Feng Nianzhi’s injuries and pressed him to hurry back.
• Lin Yu told Feng Changge that panicking would only help the Twelve True Palaces’ cultivators and urged him to think about why they were being held.
• Feng Changge admitted he wanted to understand the captors’ motives and recalled that they had used polite words before forcibly keeping them there.

Feng Changge regretted resisting the Twelve True Palaces cultivators and argued that he should have sacrificed himself to save the Phoenix Lord, but Lin Yu warned him that surrender could endanger the whole Archaic Phoenix Clan. Feng Changge then accused Lin Yu of deliberately staying trapped to investigate the cultivators’ plans, and their exchange ended in a sharp quarrel.

• Feng Changge said he wished he had compromised with the Twelve True Palaces cultivators and offered himself up to save the Phoenix Lord.
• Lin Yu warned Feng Changge that surrender could turn him into a puppet and put the Black-Robed High Priest, the Archaic Phoenix Clan, and the Phoenix Lord at risk.
• Lin Yu told Feng Changge to stop thinking of giving up and focus on discovering what the Twelve True Palaces cultivators intended.
• Feng Changge concluded that Lin Yu had deliberately stayed in the restriction to investigate the cultivators’ plans and accused him of wasting time while the Phoenix Lord waited for the hundred-year-old immortal herb.
• Lin Yu coldly insisted that only he could undo the restriction, and Feng Changge snapped at him to find a way out.

Lin Yu dispelled the snow mountain illusion with the Origin Technique, but the spell shifted them to a poisonous wasteland. After explaining that the Twelve True Palaces cultivators could trap them but not control what they encountered, Lin Yu walked into a vortex in the black mist and vanished, leaving Feng Changge behind the protective barrier.

• Lin Yu used the Origin Technique to dispel the snow mountain spell, and the scene shifted to scorched earth covered in poisonous gas.
• Lin Yu formed a protective barrier around Feng Changge and explained that the Twelve True Palaces cultivators could open the place but could not control what awaited them inside.
• Lin Yu left the barrier and walked through the poisonous mist without leaving footprints, while Feng Changge stayed behind after realizing he might only burden Lin Yu.
• Lin Yu reached a vortex at the end of the black mist and was slowly drawn in until he vanished.

Lin Yu entered the black vortex and found a Strange Forest filled with increasingly valuable heavenly treasures. Sensing a presence like the one from the underground jujube tree, he suspected a Heaven-Mending Fragment lay deeper inside.

• Feng Changge watched the poisonous mist corrode Laiyin's shield and feared that intervening in Lin Yu's actions would get him killed.
• Lin Yu entered the black vortex and discovered that it led to a forest unlike the one he had left behind.
• Lin Yu recognized and collected rare fruits, including a hundred-year ginseng fruit, and realized the Twelve True Palaces' hidden lands held treasures beyond what the rumors suggested.
• Lin Yu named the place the Strange Forest and sensed the same mysterious presence as the underground jujube tree.
• Lin Yu wondered whether a Heaven-Mending Fragment had created the barrier and continued deeper, where the fruits grew increasingly valuable.

Lin Yu explored deeper into the strange forest and found that its treasures grew more potent farther from the entrance, though he could not determine what caused the forest’s abundance. He recognized animals from Earth and wondered whether a great figure had altered the Twelve True Palaces so they could survive the World-Ending Great Calamity.

• Lin Yu noticed that the strange forest’s treasures increased in grade and potency the deeper he traveled.
• Lin Yu considered whether a Heaven-Mending Fragment caused the forest’s growth, but concluded that none was present because his three fragments showed no reaction.
• Lin Yu discovered sika deer and dwarf horses in the forest and realized they had existed in the Dao Awakening era.
• Lin Yu recalled that the Twelve True Palaces in the Dao Awakening era resembled those in the Three Thousand Immortal Worlds era.
• Lin Yu wondered whether a great figure had changed the Twelve True Palaces’ rules to preserve their bloodlines through the World-Ending Great Calamity.

Lin Yu discovered that the Strange Forest resembled the area outside the Twelve True Palaces and suspected it was a separate enclosed space. After the Hongmeng System identified the unusual realm and measured its abundant spiritual power, Lin Yu gathered immortal herbs for Feng Nianzhi and Feng Changge.

• Lin Yu recognized that the Strange Forest’s layout resembled the land outside the Twelve True Palaces and wondered whether they existed in separate spaces.
• Lin Yu concluded that the forest was likely a completely enclosed space inside the formation core, possibly meant to trap outsiders who refused to cooperate.
• Lin Yu used the Hongmeng System to learn that the forest was a world between reality and virtuality with some real guards and fake food.
• Lin Yu asked the Hongmeng System to compare spiritual power concentrations and learned that the forest held thirty-two times the Youming Immortal Realm’s average and twelve times the Twelve True Palaces’ average.
• Lin Yu searched the forest and picked immortal herbs for Feng Nianzhi, then collected a fire-attribute herb to help Feng Changge improve his cultivation.

Lin Yu used the Thunder Daylily to restore the damaged origin power he had accumulated while dealing with the Water Droplet Man’s intelligent consciousness. After meditating in the Strange Forest, he woke to find strange transparent butterflies perched on him, and his attempts to touch or shake them off had no effect.

• Lin Yu extracted the Thunder Daylily and began meditating to heal fine cracks in his origin power.
• Lin Yu recognized that the Thunder Daylily suited his lightning-based power and recalled that the Water Droplet Man’s intelligent consciousness had caused most of his damage.
• Lin Yu summoned the Hongmeng System to scan for danger and continued cultivating while trusting it to warn him.
• A warm-then-cool breeze passed through the Strange Forest, but the Hongmeng System gave no warning as Lin Yu sank into seclusion.
• Lin Yu woke to find transparent butterflies with black heads and shimmering wing patterns perched all over him.
• Lin Yu’s hand passed through the butterflies, and they remained in place even when he stood, leaving him baffled and uneasy.

Lin Yu recovered in the Strange Forest, where transparent butterflies landed on him and accelerated the restoration of his primal power. He stopped resisting them and let them continue helping him heal.

• Lin Yu cultivated in the Strange Forest while monitoring his lingering injuries and wondering why its spiritual power and atmosphere were so unusual.
• Lin Yu suspected the transparent butterflies had been carried from deep within the forest by a breeze, but he could not understand why they had settled on him.
• Lin Yu used lightning spiritual power and a barrier to drive the butterflies away, then noticed his primal power was recovering more slowly.
• Lin Yu realized the butterflies were helping restore his primal power and that using his Origin Technique had hindered the process.
• Lin Yu let the butterflies cover him again, stopped his own recovery spell, and sat down to let them heal him.

Lin Yu observed transparent butterflies repairing his origin power and the damaged plants in the Strange Forest, while the Hongmeng System failed to identify them. He realized the butterflies might heal Feng Nianzhi’s lingering injuries and looked toward the unexplored direction the breeze had come from.

• Lin Yu asked the Hongmeng System to identify the transparent butterflies, but its deduction failed.
• Lin Yu noticed the butterflies gathering on damaged plants as well as on his body and wondered how they obtained energy by repairing living things.
• Lin Yu considered whether the butterflies could heal Feng Nianzhi’s remaining seal damage and restore the resentment Qi she had lost.
• The butterflies left Lin Yu after his body healed, and he turned toward the unexplored part of the Strange Forest where the breeze had come from.

Lin Yu followed the breeze and transparent butterflies deeper into the Strange Forest, reasoning that the forest's unusual field had restored his origin power and repaired its surroundings. He found no new secrets and concluded that the forest's repetitive scenery had made him subconsciously avoid exploring that direction before.

• Lin Yu saw a breeze blow back the way it came, carrying transparent butterflies as the damaged plants returned to normal.
• Lin Yu realized the Strange Forest's restorative properties could make it a dangerous resource if exploited, and considered why it had not existed in the Three Thousand Immortal Worlds era.
• Lin Yu followed the path deeper into the forest but found scenery and creatures repeating across the area.
• Lin Yu conjectured that the forest's unusual field and Spiritual Qi had restored his origin power, while the butterflies may only have accelerated the process.
• Lin Yu concluded that the repetitive scenery was why he had previously felt there was no point exploring that direction.

Lin Yu walked through the repeating Strange Forest and concluded that it was the last remnant of the original Twelve True Palaces, preserved after outsiders corrupted the land. He wondered whether the mysterious great figure still lived there and why they had created the Twelve Star Officials.

• Lin Yu kept walking through the repeating scenery, determined to discover where the transparent butterflies came from.
• Lin Yu recalled how outsiders had arrived in the Twelve True Palaces, indulged their desires, and eventually killed the original inhabitants and one another.
• Lin Yu concluded that the Four Great Lineage had emerged from the victorious outsiders and now occupied the lands beyond the Strange Forest.
• Lin Yu reasoned that a great figure had abandoned the outer lands to preserve the Strange Forest as a final pure realm.
• Lin Yu speculated that the great figure might live in the Strange Forest and had used a magical artifact to create another Twelve Star Officials, then wondered why he had done so.

Lin Yu explored the Strange Forest and discovered that its transparent butterflies were formed from the water in a deep well. After his blood attracted them, the butterflies surged out of the well and flew toward his wound.

• Lin Yu reflected that the great figure had trapped the cultivators of the Four Great Lineage within the Twelve True Palaces and continued along the peaceful path.
• Lin Yu entered a vast peach grove filled with dense spiritual energy, but found no transparent butterflies there.
• Lin Yu came upon a clear well and realized that the transparent butterflies lived in its water and were made of the same insubstantial substance.
• Lin Yu found that he could not touch the well water, though his spiritual power could pass through it and observe the butterflies swimming inside.
• Lin Yu cut his palm with the power of an Origin Technique and let his blood drip into the well, where the butterflies absorbed it completely.
• The well surroundings trembled as the butterflies burst from the water, grew larger, and flew toward Lin Yu’s wound.

Lin Yu discovered that Water Butterflies healed his wound by feeding on the healing energy, then explored the peach grove and found rare unripe peaches that seemed connected to the well water. He took three for Feng Nianzhi to test and returned through the vortex, where Feng Changge had been anxiously waiting.

• Water Butterflies healed Lin Yu's wound, grew larger, and returned to the well after a breeze carried the scent of peach blossoms.
• Lin Yu examined the peach trees and found an unripe fruit with a milky, translucent center resembling the well water.
• Lin Yu tasted the fruit, sensed its energy was condensed and similar to the well water, and picked three unripe peaches for Feng Nianzhi to try.
• Lin Yu searched the grove, found little else, and flew back through the vortex.
• Feng Changge saw Lin Yu return and was overjoyed after waiting alone inside the protective barrier.

Lin Yu returned from the vortex and reunited with Feng Changge, who had waited anxiously inside Lin Yu’s protective barrier. Lin Yu revealed a rare treasure that could help restore Feng Nianzhi, and Feng Changge recognized the fruit as one once reserved for Phoenix Lords of the Archaic Phoenix Clan.

• Feng Changge rejoiced at Lin Yu’s return, then confirmed Lin Yu’s identity when Lin Yu manipulated the protective barrier.
• Feng Changge complained that Lin Yu had left him waiting and explained how worried he had been about Lin Yu and Feng Nianzhi.
• Lin Yu asked whether the Four Great Lineage had tried to pressure Feng Changge while he was alone.
• Lin Yu explained that he had found a treasure in the vortex that could help Feng Nianzhi more than the hundred-year immortal herb.
• Lin Yu showed Feng Changge the treasures and an unripe little peach, and Feng Changge recognized the fruit as a treasure once enjoyed only by Phoenix Lords of the Archaic Phoenix Clan.

Lin Yu gave Feng Changge an Immortal Realm fruit to help him recover, then asked whether the Four Great Lineages had tried to recruit him. Feng Changge revealed that he had refused their threats and inducements, leaving their attempt to control him unsuccessful.

• Lin Yu offered Feng Changge a small green peach, and Feng Changge ate it, gaining warmth and abundant spiritual energy.
• Feng Changge asked whether another world lay inside the vortex, but Lin Yu gave only a brief answer and changed the subject.
• Lin Yu asked whether the Four Great Lineages had contacted Feng Changge while he was away, and Feng Changge said they had threatened and tempted him.
• Feng Changge told Lin Yu that he had refused to become their puppet, fearing they would force him to fight the Archaic Phoenix Clan.