Vol. 8Monster Refining Mountain

Mo Hua pursued the Demon Cultivators into the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons, rescued captured youths, and reached Nineteen-Pattern Divine Consciousness. Back at Void Gate, he began investigating deaths tied to Yanshui City and Ye Jin’s suspicious suicide.

  • Mo Hua uncovered the Demon Cultivators’ reach, strengthened his ties with Void Gate and the Gu Family, and advanced his cultivation.
  • After the Yu Family Water Stronghold was slaughtered and Void Gate faced upheaval, Elder Xun allowed Mo Hua to enter Monster Refining Mountain with Ziyou as protector.
  • Mo Hua organized Void Gate’s disciples into an effective monster-hunting force and developed the Gold-Breaking Sword Array with Ouyang Mu.
  • After a demon cultivator injured Yang Qianjun and escaped, Mo Hua struck off most of its right arm and recognized a Four Symbols Array Pattern on the fragment.
  • Mo Hua infiltrated the Ten Thousand Demon Prison, restored its Spirit-Vision Arrays, and freed a Black Bear Demon, causing chaos in the valley.
  • Mo Hua killed the old Demon Cultivator, destroyed the White Bone Sword Demon, and escaped the prison with Sword Bone as his guide.
  • Mo Hua entered the Monster Refining Map, rescued Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Mu, and Song Jian, and advanced to Nineteen-Pattern Divine Consciousness.
  • After returning to Void Gate, Mo Hua investigated Ye Jin’s death and linked her story to the drowned Young Master Ye and Yanshui City.
Chapters 706–807 Read from ch. 706

Arc 29The Hunt Begins

Mo Hua protected Yu'er, strengthened his ties with Void Gate and the Gu Family, and uncovered more of the Demonic Cultivators’ reach while advancing his cultivation. After a year of study and sect upheaval, Elder Xun finally allowed Mo Hua to enter Monster Refining Mountain with Ziyou assigned to protect him.

  • Mo Hua discovered Yu'er's node on the Tree of Divine Authority, buried the hidden altar, and spared Master She after learning he had been taught the Divine Dao Array by the God Lord.
  • Mo Hua helped capture Young Master Jin and his companions, then sensed a mysterious Young Master surrounded by black-purple Phecda and Karma aboard a flower boat.
  • Mo Hua drew invading Evil Spirits away from Yu'er and into his Sea of Consciousness, reaching Seventeen-Pattern Divine Consciousness before a Great Dao Law blocked further gains.
  • Elder Xun named Mo Hua Senior Martial Brother, and Mo Hua used custom Spirit Artifacts and bounty advice to help his fellow disciples capture criminals.
  • Mo Hua warned Gu Changhuai about a planned massacre in Qingping City and organized fifty Void Gate disciples to support the Dao Court Office, but the Yu Family Water Stronghold was slaughtered during the operation.
  • Mo Hua received rare array diagrams from Wenren Wan, recognized the Secondary Thunder Current Absolute Array, and broke through to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage after solving the Riddle Array.
  • Mo Hua watched the Four Great Sects dominate the Sword Discussion as Void Gate faced possible expulsion from the Eight Great Sects, then spent a year cultivating and improving the Five Elements Source Armor.
  • After Cheng Mo was badly injured by a Bear Demon, Mo Hua persuaded Elder Xun to let him enter Monster Refining Mountain with Ziyou as his protector, while Elder Xun sent someone to investigate Mo Hua's past.
Chapters 706–730 Summaries Read

Arc 30Monster Refining Mountain

Mo Hua organized Void Gate’s disciples into an effective monster-hunting force, developed sword-array techniques, and drew Ouyang Mu and Linghu Xiao into his circle. The arc ended with Mo Hua’s group tracking a demon cultivator into the forest and discovering a Four Symbols Array Pattern on the fragment of its arm.

  • Mo Hua mapped Monster Refining Mountain, then led Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, Yang Qianjun, and Hao Xuan on coordinated hunts that earned the group merit and spread his methods among Void Gate disciples.
  • When Duanjin Gate disciples claimed their kill and harassed Void Gate’s hunters, Mo Hua’s group retaliated with traps and arrays, while Mo Hua studied their sword qi and reconstructed the Gold-Breaking Sword Array.
  • Mo Hua equipped Void Gate disciples with Gold-Breaking Armor, tested divine-consciousness sword control, and began hunting flying monsters to practice and earn Merit Points.
  • Mo Hua helped Ouyang Mu pursue sword forging, and Ouyang Mu designed increasingly effective Spirit Swords that Mo Hua fitted with Gold-Breaking Sword Arrays.
  • Mo Hua met Linghu Xiao of Chongxu Gate, shared the Merit Points from a Demon Wood Eagle, and persuaded him to hunt with Void Gate’s disciples.
  • Mo Hua’s group hunted Kui Wood Wolves with Linghu Xiao, who gradually grew close to the disciples, while Elder Xun learned that Dao Court reforms would redistribute sect rankings and spirit-mine profits.
  • After a Blood Charm Fox’s bewitchment left Cheng Mo wounded, Mo Hua led a group into the forest to confront the demon cultivator responsible.
  • The demon cultivator escaped after injuring Yang Qianjun, but Mo Hua struck off most of its right arm with Sword Control and recognized a Four Symbols Array Pattern on the severed fragment.
Chapters 731–755 Summaries Read

Arc 31The Valley of Ten Thousand Demons

Mo Hua traced the Demon Cultivators’ schemes into the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons, where he infiltrated the prison, protected Linghu Xiao and Ouyang Mu, and uncovered a plot involving Divine Dao Arrays and evil swords. After defeating the old Demon Cultivator, Mo Hua escaped the prison and followed Sword Bone toward the Monster Refining Map.

  • Mo Hua investigated Monster Refining Mountain with Xun Ziyou, uncovered the hidden Divine Dao Array and blood-soaked remains, and identified missing sect disciples among the Demon Cultivators.
  • Mo Hua and Xun Ziyou followed the Demon Cultivators to the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons, but after Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Mu, and Song Jian were captured, Mo Hua sneaked inside to rescue them.
  • Mo Hua entered the Ten Thousand Demon Prison, restored its Spirit-Vision Arrays, and freed a Black Bear Demon, whose escape caused chaos throughout the valley.
  • Mo Hua studied the Demon Banner’s Four Symbols Array Technique and used a matching wolf-form Array Hub to make a Demon Cultivator’s power run wild.
  • Mo Hua coached Ouyang Mu to gain the Evil Artifact Master’s trust, but discovered that the old man was secretly inscribing Divine Dao Array patterns onto Ouyang Mu’s Sword Bone.
  • The old Demon Cultivator attacked Ouyang Mu, but Mo Hua killed him with prepared arrays and destroyed the White Bone Sword Demon that emerged from the Sword Bone.
  • Mo Hua learned that the old Demon Cultivator had planned to make Ouyang Mu his Sword Slave and that the Monster Refining Map blocked escape, then collapsed the Evil Artifact Room and dismantled the old man’s sword.
  • Mo Hua left the prison with Sword Bone as his guide, passed the valley’s slaughterhouse, Monster Refining Pot, and Alchemy Rooms, and spotted the enormous Monster Refining Map on a distant mountain wall.
Chapters 756–781 Summaries Read

Arc 32The Monster Refining Map and Yanshui Murders

Mo Hua entered the Monster Refining Map, rescued the captured youths, and broke through to Nineteen-Pattern Divine Consciousness before returning to Void Gate. After the New Year, he investigated the deaths connected to Yanshui City and began looking into Ye Jin’s suspicious suicide.

  • Mo Hua copied and mastered the God Lock Array, then entered the Monster Refining Map to rescue Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Mu, and Song Jian.
  • Mo Hua killed Jin Gui and Jin Yicai, freed the Demon Specters, and advanced to Nineteen-Pattern Divine Consciousness before defeating Mr. Tu.
  • Mo Hua returned the three youths’ souls to their bodies, and Xun Ziyou brought him back to Void Gate after demonic thoughts overwhelmed him.
  • Elder Xun lifted Mo Hua’s confinement after the New Year, and Mo Hua celebrated with the Gu Family before asking Gu Changhuai to investigate Water Yama.
  • Mo Hua learned that Ye Jin of Hundred Flowers Valley had died in a fire ruled a suicide and decided to investigate her connection to Yanshui City.
  • Mo Hua questioned people in Yanshui City and the Small Fishing Village, where he learned about the drowned Young Master Ye, the Rouge Boats, and the villagers’ Little Immortal Child.
  • Mo Hua identified the Little Silver Fish as the former River God and asked it to protect the fishing village, then linked Ye Xiu’s recorded death to the murdered young master.
  • Mo Hua asked Hua Qianqian to gather information about Ye Jin’s death, and she reported that Ye Jin had once asked whether people could become ghosts after death.
Chapters 782–807 Summaries Read
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