Recaps

Mo Hua used the Dao Stele to strengthen his divine sense and began earning Spirit Stones by drawing formations for Fate Pavilion, helping his family pay his Immortal Gate tuition. After Instructor Yan discovered his talent, he began privately teaching Mo Hua array theory and assigned him work drawing more advanced formations.

• Mo Hua discovered the Dao Stele in his Sea of Consciousness and practiced the Dual Element Formation on it, strengthening his divine sense.
• Mo Hua earned Spirit Stones selling copied array work and bought Liu Ruhua a Fire-Averting Hairpin, while Mo Shan returned home wounded after a hunt that left Old Chu gravely injured.
• Mo Hua borrowed ten Spirit Stones from Fatty An and drew the Bright Fire Formation for Fate Pavilion, eventually earning enough to help pay his Immortal Gate tuition.
• Mo Hua entered the Immortal Gate, reached Qi Refining Level Three, and began studying cultivation methods while continuing to draw formations for Fate Pavilion.
• Mo Hua took on the Earth Solidification Formation, learned its patterns with Instructor Yan’s guidance, and gradually improved his work while saving Spirit Stones for a cultivation technique.
• Instructor Yan discovered that Mo Hua had drawn the formations Fate Pavilion bought, advised Fat Manager to protect his talent, and arranged limited paid work and guidance for him.
• Instructor Yan asked Mo Hua to study with him each day and gave him Introduction to Array Theory, while Mo Hua studied the Metal-Stone Formation and wondered whether Instructor Yan knew of his work for Fat Manager.

Mo Hua designed an array-powered stove that helped Liu Ruhua open a successful eatery, then lost his Outer Sect array lessons when Instructor Yan left and the Immortal Gate raised its fees. Instructor Yan brought him to Mr. Zhuang, who accepted him as a disciple, while the Bai siblings arrived seeking Mr. Zhuang as their master.

• Mo Hua discovered that Liu Ruhua’s heart and lungs had been damaged by extra Dining Hall shifts, and she told him she had taken them to save for his cultivation technique.
• Mo Hua designed a Spirit-Stone-powered stove, drew a five-pattern Molten Fire Array on it, and helped Liu Ruhua prepare to open an eatery.
• Liu Eatery opened and prospered, earning more than two hundred Spirit Stones before Mo Hua returned to Immortal Gate for classes.
• Instructor Yan objected when Elder Qian made the array examination more difficult, then left the Immortal Gate after other Array Masters refused to teach Mo Hua.
• Mo Hua withdrew from the Immortal Gate when its new fees became unaffordable, and Instructor Yan brought him to Mr. Zhuang, who accepted him as a registered disciple.
• Mr. Zhuang taught Mo Hua array theory and meditation, while Mo Hua continued to improve his Divine Consciousness and practiced increasingly advanced formations.
• Mo Hua met Bai Zisheng, Bai Zixi, and Aunt Xue waiting outside Mr. Zhuang’s gate, and Mr. Zhuang later had Mo Hua study the Three Talents Array.

Mo Hua chose the Heavenly Derivation Art, learned to unravel the Riddle Array blocking his cultivation, and advanced to the fourth level of Qi Refining while applying his array skills around town. The arc ended with him studying compound arrays and meeting a man in blue who offered to teach him.

• Mr. Zhuang accepted Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi as nominal disciples, and the siblings began studying arrays alongside Mo Hua.
• Mo Hua chose the Heavenly Derivation Art because it required no costly spiritual objects, then discovered a Riddle Array in his sea of consciousness was blocking his cultivation.
• Mo Hua studied array dissolution with Mr. Zhuang and practiced dismantling formations on the Dao Stele in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Mo Hua repaired Master Chen’s furnace with a stronger Molten Fire Array, then repaired Elder Feng’s alchemy furnace to help prepare medicine for Liu Ruhua.
• Mo Hua spent a month repairing neighbors’ belongings, unraveled the Riddle Array, and advanced to the fourth level of Qi Refining.
• Mr. Zhuang tested Mo Hua’s faster array drawing, warned him to conceal the unusual nature of his cultivation method, and gave him a book on compound arrays.
• Mo Hua questioned a man in blue about compound-array theory, showed him a compound array, and received a correction about its Array Hub.

Mo Hua used his array skills to defend himself from Qian Xing and strengthen the Monster Hunters around him. As local hunters sought his work, Elder Yu commissioned him to protect a hundred young cultivators for the upcoming ceremony.

• Mo Hua learned the Earth Fire Array and used it to blast down a tree, while Da Hu, Shuang Hu, and Xiao Hu became Monster Hunters.
• When Qian Xing tried to force Mo Hua to summon Bai Zixi, Da Zhu and the artifact-refining youths defended Mo Hua, and Mo Hua’s hidden array paper badly injured Qian Xing.
• Zhang Lan investigated the incident, but the Dao Court Office lacked grounds to prosecute, and Elder Feng refused to treat Qian Xing after learning he had attacked Mo Hua.
• Qian Xing later threatened Mo Hua again, then someone drenched him in demon blood and entrails and used an illusion that drove him mad.
• After Split-Claw badly wounded Xiao Hu and a Long-Tailed Demon Beast nearly killed Da Hu, Mo Hua reinforced the brothers’ Vine Armor with Iron Armor Formations.
• Mo Hua began drawing protective formations for Monster Hunters, and Zhou Cheng’s praise brought more requests for his work.
• Elder Yu commissioned Mo Hua to draw Iron Armor Formations on a hundred sets of Vine Armor for the upcoming Monster Hunting Ceremony.
• Mo Hua agreed to charge three Spirit Stones per formation and requested spirit ink with all five elemental attributes, while Elder Yu offered future help.