Recaps

Mo Hua learned the Flowing Water Step and Fireball Technique, gathered demon blood, and began hunting with traps while Mo Shan taught him how to survive in Great Black Mountain. The arc left Mo Hua asking Yu Chengyi to lend him Monster Hunters for a dangerous beast hunt.

• Elder Yu rewarded Mo Hua for completing the Iron Armor Formations, while Zhang Lan offered to teach him spells and chose the Flowing Water Step.
• Zhang Lan taught Mo Hua the secret Flowing Water Step, and Mo Hua practiced it with fruit and in sparring matches with Bai Zisheng before training against a young Cat Monster.
• Elder Yu discovered that Mo Hua had completed all one hundred Vine Armor sets and visited the Mo family with gifts, while Old Kui taught Mo Hua the Fireball Technique and how to lock onto moving targets.
• Bai Zixi lent Mo Hua records on Spirit Ink and the Blood Extraction Technique, and Mo Hua decided he needed fresh demon blood to make ink.
• Mo Hua learned trapping from Chu Guangshan, gained Mr. Zhuang’s permission to teach arrays, and went hunting with Da Hu, Shuang Hu, and Xiao Hu.
• Mo Hua helped trap and kill a Split-Claw Wolf Demon, collected its blood, and shared the proceeds with the other hunters, but Mo Shan later forbade him from returning to Great Black Mountain.
• Liu Ruhua persuaded Mo Shan to prepare Mo Hua for danger, so Mo Shan tested his movement, then guided him through the Outer Mountain and taught him to assess risks and act decisively.
• Mo Hua mapped the Outer Mountain and hunted with Da Hu, Xiao Hu, and Shuang Hu before asking Yu Chengyi to lend him Monster Hunters for a difficult beast hunt.

Mo Hua used his arrays and mountain knowledge to help the Monster Hunters, capture a flower-plucking evil cultivator, and protect Mo Shan. After Old Zhao revealed that Great Black Mountain held a Spirit Mine, Mo Hua located its likely position and told Mo Shan.

• Mo Hua developed the Sinan Parent-Child Array, planted Child Array Stone Needles across the Outer Mountain, and used them to track monster activity and collect blood.
• Mo Hua helped find Old Zhao after he disappeared in the mountains, then joined Zhang Lan, Situ Fang, and Situ Xiu in searching for the flower-plucking thief.
• Mo Hua helped Zhang Lan defeat the Evil Cultivator, then severed one of the captive’s legs before they brought him down the mountain.
• Old Master An thanked Mo Hua for helping capture the Evil Cultivator and considered recruiting him into the An Family, but Mo Hua declined the invitation.
• Mo Hua broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refining and completed the First-Grade Golden Armor Array, which he drew on reinforced Vine Armor for Mo Shan.
• Mo Shan’s armor protected him from the Kui Wood Wolf, and the Monster Hunters later asked Mo Hua to draw Golden Armor Arrays for them.
• Old Zhao woke at Apricot Forest Hall and revealed that Great Black Mountain had a Spirit Mine, prompting Elder Yu to order a search for Qian Family cultivators.
• Mo Hua used the Sinan Parent Array and his map to locate the likely Spirit Mine site, then told Mo Shan where it was.

Mo Hua helped the Monster Hunters seize the Qian Family’s Spirit Mine and escape with its stores of Spirit Stones. After the battle, he proposed using the Guild’s wealth to establish artifact refining and alchemy businesses.

• Mo Hua revealed hidden tunnels beneath Nameless Peak, and the Monster Hunters drove the Qian Family from the mine while Mo Hua collected Storage Bags from fleeing cultivators.
• Mo Hua drew Golden Armor Arrays and Earth Fire Arrays that repeatedly repelled Qian Family attacks, then used precise Fireball Techniques to disrupt their Spirit Cultivators and expose a concealed attacker.
• When Qian Hong took command, Mo Hua learned Earth Stone and Earth-Wood Compound Arrays and helped seal the mine entrances while the Monster Hunters dug an escape tunnel and removed the remaining Spirit Stones.
• Elder Yu led nearly a thousand Monster Hunters out through a hidden passage, and Mo Hua’s Earth Fire Arrays delayed Qian Hong’s pursuit until the group reached Immortal City with the Spirit Stones.
• After the Dao Court Office arrived, Mo Hua returned home, received a first-class share of the mine proceeds, and vowed to improve his arrays so cultivators would not die within them.
• Mo Hua proposed that the Monster Hunting Guild use its Spirit Stones to open artifact refining and alchemy businesses, and Elder Yu recognized that Mo Hua’s array skills could support the plan.

Mo Hua designed the Artifact Refining Guild’s arrays and helped Elder Yu recruit craftsmen while the Qian Family repeatedly tried to disrupt the project. The guild’s first furnace was completed with Mo Hua’s compound array, and Elder Yu obtained an old Artifact Refining Manual as they prepared to begin production.

• Mo Hua proposed guilds to give the Monster Hunters lasting livelihoods, and Elder Yu began organizing an Artifact Refining Guild and an Alchemy Guild.
• Mr. Zhuang taught Mo Hua about Grand Arrays and warned that leading one required breaking through the limits of Divine Consciousness.
• Mo Hua designed the Artifact Refining Guild’s arrays, surveyed its construction, and revealed himself as the Array Master when he began inscribing them.
• The Qian Family sabotaged the Guild, but Elder Yu captured the attackers and array masters, then demanded ransom and used the Spirit Stones to compensate the workers.
• Mo Hua recruited Master Chen and won Elder Feng’s support, while Qian Hong prepared to compete by producing cheaper Spirit Artifacts.
• Mo Hua learned the First-Grade Molten Fire Array and, with Mr. Zhuang’s guidance, designed a compound array for the Guild’s new furnace.
• After repeated failures, Mo Hua mastered the Array Hub, completed the furnace’s compound array, and tested its powerful fire with Master Chen and Elder Yu.
• Mo Hua finished the furnace’s Molten Fire, Cold Qi, and Metal-Stone arrays, and Elder Yu obtained a worn Artifact Refining Manual to help the Guild begin its work.