Chapter Summaries

Mo Hua investigated Sun Ze’s old field arrays and learned how the Ling Tian family had turned Ancestor Bai Zisheng’s generosity into a means of exploiting local cultivators. He found no clear clue to the Absolute Array, but the arrays and Bai Zisheng’s legacy left him with reason to keep investigating.

• Mo Hua shared what he had learned about Ling Tian’s exploitation of the village, while Ding Miao'er described the family’s demands for harvests and maidservants.
• Old Man Ding explained that Ancestor Bai Zisheng had drawn arrays to help Qianjia Town’s struggling cultivators and had forbidden his descendants from seizing their fields.
• Mo Hua learned that Bai Zisheng’s descendants had altered and repaired the arrays over generations, then used them to demand most of the villagers’ harvests.
• Mo Hua asked about the Dao Court’s authority and learned that local affairs were often left to families and elders unless they threatened the Dao Court’s stability.
• Mo Hua continued visiting East Mountain Village and Sun Ze, hoping to find clues about the Absolute Array.

Mo Hua restored the Spirit Farmers’ field arrays and accepted their thanks, drawing the attention of Sun Yi and his father, Liang Ping. The Sun Family discussed its scattered array legacy and the mysterious Absolute Array hidden in the Lingtian as Sun Yi went to confront Mo Hua.

• Sun Yi asked Sun Ze about the Sun Family’s array legacy, and Sun Ze explained that the old ancestor’s manuscripts had left them only scattered, ordinary techniques.
• Mo Hua went to the Lingtian with Miao’er and agreed to restore the East Mountain Village Spirit Farmers’ arrays.
• The Spirit Farmers thanked Mo Hua as he repaired their arrays, while Miao’er followed him and imitated his drawing.
• Liang Ping and Sun Yi discussed Mo Hua’s background and the divine sense they had been unable to locate, then decided to observe him longer.
• Liang Ping sent Sun Yi to deal with Mo Hua, and Sun Yi approached the fields with a group of cultivators.
• The Sun Family’s old ancestor continued wondering where the hidden Absolute Array was and whether his predecessors had truly been his descendants.

Mo Hua confronted the Sun Family after Sun Ze tried to stop him from drawing Array Techniques for the Spirit Farmers. When the Sun Family attacked, Mo Hua revealed his overwhelming Fireball Technique and left their cultivators defeated, while the Spirit Farmers remained standing.

• Sun Ze declared that no one could draw Array Techniques for rogue cultivators in Qiandeng Town without the Sun Family's permission, and Mo Hua challenged his claim.
• The Sun Family cultivators attacked the Spirit Farmers, binding them with water-element Lingli and beating them down despite their resistance.
• Mo Hua used his Movement Technique to evade the attackers and fired rapid Fireball Techniques that knocked down the Sun Family cultivators.
• Che Zhen tried to seize Ding Dachuan as a hostage, but Mo Hua stopped him and subdued him.
• Mo Hua set Che Zhen down and confronted the remaining Sun Family cultivators, while the Spirit Farmers looked on in shock.

Mo Hua beat Sun Ze’s old ancestor and questioned him about the Sun Family’s hidden Absolute Array and ancestral Array Technique. After learning the family had concealed the Absolute Array in its Lingtian but not where or how, Mo Hua reunited with his companions and received Mr. Zhuang’s reassurance that he should act as he believed right.

• Mo Hua beat Sun Ze’s old ancestor and forced him to answer questions about the Sun Family’s ancestral Array Technique.
• The old ancestor revealed that the Sun Family had hidden the Absolute Array in its Lingtian, but he did not know its exact location or concealment methods.
• Mo Hua let the battered old ancestor leave, and the man hurried back to report what happened to Sun Yi.
• Cui Hou arrived and heard Mo Hua’s account of the fight with the old ancestor and Sun Family cultivators.
• Mo Hua reunited with his companions, and Mr. Zhuang told him that he would support him if he encountered danger.

Mo Hua searched Sun Ze for the hidden Absolute Array while Liang Shanteng advised him to think beyond the Array Techniques he already knew. Meanwhile, Lingli and Sun Yi planned to capture Mo Hua and his companions after he found Lingtian’s ancestral Array Technique, and Mo Hua suddenly realized where the Array might be hidden.

• Sun Yi realized Mo Hua was a formidable Array Technique genius, while Sun Ze urged him to avenge the defeat.
• Lingli planned to wait for Mo Hua to find Lingtian’s ancestral Array Technique, then capture him and his companions and force him to serve Lingtian.
• Mo Hua searched Sun Ze’s fields and examined the Array Techniques, but found no trace of an Absolute Array or an Array Eye.
• Liang Shanteng told Mo Hua not to let his existing Array Technique knowledge constrain his thinking.
• Mo Hua studied the stones laid along the field ridges, then sprang to his feet as he grasped a possible clue.

Mo Hua realized that the Lingtian itself formed Ancestor Sun’s Absolute Array, with its field layout serving as the Array Hub and the Soil Cultivation Array supplying Lingli. After learning that later Sun family members had altered the fields and weakened the array, he obtained old plot maps and found the clue he needed to reconstruct it.

• Mo Hua deduced how the Lingtian, field ridges, and Soil Cultivation Array worked together to sustain Ancestor Sun’s Absolute Array.
• Mo Hua thanked Ding Miao'er for his sketch, then tried to reconstruct the array from the current field layout but found it incomplete.
• Mo Hua asked the village elder about changes to the Lingtian and learned that the Sun Family had reorganized fields, while the soil had grown steadily less fertile.
• Mo Hua concluded that the altered field layout and unreliable Soil Cultivation Arrays had caused the Absolute Array to fail.
• Mo Hua asked for old plot maps, and the elder gave him records showing the Lingtian’s historical layouts.
• Mo Hua compared the maps and realized they held the clues to Ancestor Sun’s hidden Absolute Array.

Mo Hua and the Bai siblings reconstructed an ancient First-Grade Eleven-Pattern Absolute Array, but Mo Hua could not make it work until Mr. Zhuang explained that it was the Thick Earth Formation and required land as its Array Medium. Mo Hua realized that mastering it could teach him to use the earth itself to bear formations.

• Mo Hua, Bai Zisheng, and Bai Zixi reconstructed the formation from the Acreage Maps and confirmed it was an eleven-pattern Absolute Array.
• Bai Zixi overexerted her Divine Consciousness trying to comprehend the array, and she urged Mo Hua to study formations diligently.
• Mo Hua practiced the formation but found that, despite drawing it correctly, it had no effect or sense of Lingli flow.
• Mo Hua brought the array to Mr. Zhuang, who confirmed it was correct and revealed its name: the Thick Earth Formation.
• Mr. Zhuang explained that the formation needed land as its Array Medium, and Mo Hua understood that mastering it could free his formations from the limits of other mediums.

Mo Hua learned from Mr. Zhuang how array techniques could make earth bear Lingli, and resolved to study the Thick Earth Formation to comprehend the Dao of Earth. As Mo Hua practiced, Mr. Zhuang and Old Kui discussed the Earth Sect’s Absolute Array and the pursuers closing in on Mr. Zhuang.

• Mr. Zhuang explained that earth could serve as an array medium when Array Patterns joined with its inner flow of Lingli, and Mo Hua grasped the principle.
• Mo Hua reasoned that learning the Thick Earth Formation would teach him to use earth as an array medium and comprehend the Dao of Earth, and Mr. Zhuang affirmed his insight.
• Mr. Zhuang urged Mo Hua to keep studying the Thick Earth Formation, and Mo Hua ran off to practice.
• Mr. Zhuang told Old Kui that Mo Hua had independently found the array technique and derived its Array Diagram, and that he wanted to teach him more while time remained short.
• Old Kui warned that the Earth Sect’s Absolute Array was a secret transmission, but Mr. Zhuang dismissed the danger and said he had a solution if the sect came looking for trouble.
• Old Kui told Mr. Zhuang that his pursuers had caught up, and Mr. Zhuang said he had planned for them and for Ghost Daoist.

Mo Hua struggled to make the Thick Earth Formation harmonize with the soil until he learned to use the formation as a bridge to comprehend the Dao of Earth. With the Dao Stele’s help, he glimpsed the earth’s vast Divine Thought, while Mr. Zhuang and Old Kui sensed that someone had stirred the Dao Rhyme.

• Mo Hua repeatedly drew the Thick Earth Formation on the ground but could not make its Array Patterns merge with the soil or circulate Lingli.
• Bai Zixi brought Miao'er to deliver food, and they left it beside Mo Hua without disturbing his practice.
• Mo Hua realized he needed to comprehend the Dao of Earth while drawing, then successfully formed a Thick Earth Formation that made Lingli nurture the soil.
• Mo Hua found his grasp of the Earth Aura too shallow to draw the formation consistently, so he used the Dao Stele to deepen his perception.
• Mo Hua connected with the earth’s Divine Thought through the completed formation and glimpsed the Dao of Earth.
• Mr. Zhuang and Old Kui sensed the rising aura in the southeastern Lingtian and wondered who had stirred the Dao Rhyme.

Mo Hua’s brief vision of the earth’s Dao Rhyme left the Dao Stele temporarily unresponsive but let him draw Array Techniques naturally on the ground. Mr. Zhuang explained the significance of the experience and warned Mo Hua to keep it secret, while advising him to claim the Thick Earth Formation as his own if challenged.

• Mo Hua found the Dao Stele gray after his vision, tested it, and concluded it needed time to recover from the strain.
• Mo Hua drew the Thick Earth Formation smoothly on the ground, with its Array Patterns blending into the earth.
• Mr. Zhuang and Old Kui questioned Mo Hua about sensing the earth’s immense Divine Thought, and Mo Hua described his experience without mentioning the Dao Stele.
• Mr. Zhuang told Mo Hua that the earth’s immense Divine Thought was Dao Rhyme, warned him to tell no one, and explained that sensing it let him draw any Array Technique on the ground.
• Mr. Zhuang revealed that the Thick Earth Formation was an ultimate art of the Earth Sect and advised Mo Hua to claim it as his own if anyone challenged him.

Mo Hua learned that the Earth Sect’s ancient Imperial Heaven and Earth Diagram was divided between the Earth Sect and the Dao Court, and Mr. Zhuang warned him about its dangerous Divine Thought. Afterward, Mo Hua planned to use the Thick Earth Formation to restore Qianjia Town’s farmland.

• Mr. Zhuang told Mo Hua that the Earth Sect used a ten-thousand-year-old Visualization Diagram to comprehend Dao Rhyme, but its true nature was uncertain and potentially dangerous.
• Mr. Zhuang explained that the Dao Court had separated the Imperial Heaven and Earth Diagram, keeping the Imperial Heaven Diagram while the Earth Sect held the Earth Diagram.
• Mr. Zhuang said Mo Hua could see the complete diagram only if he united the two parts by making the Earth Sect submit and standing equal with the Dao Court.
• Mo Hua decided to use the Thick Earth Formation to make Qianjia Town’s hundred qing of farmland fertile and apply his understanding of the earth’s Dao Rhyme.

Mo Hua offered to redraw Ancestor Sun’s Thick Earth Formation on Qianjia Town’s Lingtian, and East Mountain Village agreed to provide the labor and materials. He warned the elder that formations alone would not end the Sun family’s oppression, leaving the villagers to decide whether they would unite to protect their livelihood.

• Mo Hua asked the East Mountain Village Elder whether the villagers wanted him to redraw Ancestor Sun’s formation, explaining the costs and work required.
• The elder gathered East Mountain Village’s spirit farmers, who argued over the risks and whether the ancestral Lingtian could be altered.
• The elder persuaded most of the villagers to accept the chance, and the next day he told Mo Hua they would contribute Spirit Stones and labor.
• Mo Hua cautioned the elder that the Sun family could still destroy the formations and exploit the villagers unless they stood together against them.
• The elder thanked Mo Hua and said he understood that the villagers themselves had to save their community.

Mo Hua designed a Thick Earth Formation to reshape East Mountain Village’s Lingtian and supervised the villagers as they bought Spirit Ink and began construction. The Sun family failed to stop them, while Sun Yi chose to wait, believing the work would ultimately benefit his family.

• Mo Hua designed a First-Grade Eleven-Pattern Thick Earth Absolute Array with Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi, and Mr. Zhuang approved it.
• The Elder organized the Lingtian’s reconstruction, and East Mountain Village’s Spirit Farmers pooled Spirit Stones to buy Spirit Ink in Shangtai City.
• Mo Hua noticed Sun family cultivators following and blocking the group, but led the Spirit Farmers safely to and from the city by changing routes.
• As construction began, Bai Zisheng patrolled the Lingtian and beat back Sun family cultivators without killing them.
• Sun Ze urged Sun Yi to act, but Sun Yi decided to wait, confident the outsiders would eventually leave and the Sun family would reclaim the fertile land and its ancestral formations.

Mo Hua and Bai Zixi finished preparing East Mountain Village’s Lingtian and Mo Hua completed the vast Thick Earth Formation. The formation nourished the fields, while the Sun Family Head sensed its power and reacted with disbelief.

• Bai Zixi secretly smeared ink across Mo Hua’s cheeks, and Mo Hua discovered the prank when Mr. Zhuang and Bai Zisheng laughed at his painted face.
• Mo Hua and Bai Zixi finished drawing Soil Cultivation Arrays throughout the Lingtian, and the Spirit Farmers completed the layout for the Thick Earth Formation.
• Mo Hua traversed the field ridges from morning until the following morning, connecting the formation’s Array Patterns with Spirit Ink.
• The completed Thick Earth Formation spread vitality through the Lingtian, strengthening the Spirit Rice and moving the Elder of East Mountain Village to tears.
• The Sun Family Head sensed the powerful array from afar and stared toward the Lingtian in shock.

Mo Hua completed the Thick Earth Formation and left East Mountain Village, but Sun Yi intercepted his carriage to demand the Sun family’s inherited array technique. Mo Hua agreed to hand it over and gave Sun Yi a booklet, leaving Sun Yi stunned by the technique’s baffling complexity.

• Mo Hua finished the Thick Earth Formation, said goodbye to Ding Miao'er and the villagers, and departed East Mountain Village with Mr. Zhuang and Old Kui.
• Sun Yi and several hundred Sun family cultivators blocked the road and demanded that Mo Hua surrender the Sun family’s array technique.
• Ding Dachuan and the Spirit Farmers arrived to protect Mo Hua, making Sun Yi wary of provoking a wider conflict.
• Mo Hua agreed to return the array technique and explained that he had learned it from Ancestor Sun and wanted it to benefit others.
• Mo Hua tossed Sun Yi a booklet, and Sun Yi found that its intricate array patterns and unfamiliar structure were beyond his understanding.

Sun Yi recognized the Array Technique Mo Hua presented as a profound inheritance of the Sun family and tried to force Mo Hua to join the family. Mo Hua revealed his Tianshu Ring, proving he was an officially recognized First-Grade Array Master, and Sun Yi realized the Sun family could not afford to offend him.

• Sun Yi studied Mo Hua’s Array Technique and suspected Mo Hua could use it better than he could, but he still considered seizing the boy.
• Sun Yi claimed Mo Hua had to join the Sun family because he had learned its ancestral Array Technique, but Mo Hua refused.
• Mo Hua displayed a Tianshu Ring, and Sun Yi identified him as a First-Grade Array Master recognized by the Heavenly Pivot Pavilion.
• Sun Ze suggested stealing Mo Hua’s ring, and Sun Yi slapped him and warned that the Dao Court could destroy the Sun family for such an offense.
• Sun Yi concluded that Mo Hua was someone the Sun family could not afford to provoke.

Mo Hua ended the Sun Family’s threat in Qianjia Town without a fight, then departed after leaving the Spirit Farmers a Thick Earth Formation. As his companions discussed family traditions on the road, the Elder in East Mountain Village discovered that Mo Hua had also left Miao'er a detailed Array Manual so the villagers could learn to draw formations themselves.

• Sun Yi recognized Mo Hua’s powerful Divine Consciousness and, fearing his backing, ordered the Sun Family to clear the road and let him leave; he disowned Sun Ze as a successor after Sun Ze suggested attacking later.
• Mo Hua departed Qianjia Town safely with his companions, relieved that no one had been hurt, while Bai Zisheng lamented that he had not fought anyone.
• Mr. Zhuang explained that families endured through generations by preserving their ancestral precepts and traditions, and warned that the Sun Family risked ruin by exploiting its ancestor’s blessings.
• As the carriage left, Bai Zixi worried that the Sun Family would eventually seize the fertile fields, but Mo Hua reassured her without explaining further.
• In East Mountain Village, Miao'er showed the Elder the earth-element Array Manual Mo Hua had given her, which taught Spirit Farmers formations from basic patterns up to the Thick Earth Absolute Array.
• The Elder realized the manual could help the villagers rely on themselves and bowed in gratitude toward the mountains as Mo Hua’s carriage disappeared into the distance.

On the mountain journey, Mo Hua practiced formations and celebrated New Year’s Eve with Mr. Zhuang, Bai Zisheng, Bai Zixi, and Old Kui. After a quiet feast beneath the stars, the group continued with a shared sense of warmth.

• Mo Hua used Divine Sense Derivation to study roadside formations while practicing the Thick Earth Formation during rests.
• Mr. Zhuang announced that it was New Year’s Eve, and Old Kui supplied lanterns, firecrackers, food, and nuts for a celebration.
• Mo Hua decorated the carriage and Little White, prepared the feast with Bai Zixi’s help, and drew a Fireworks Formation.
• The group set off fireworks and shared a New Year’s Eve meal beneath the moonlight.
• Mo Hua lay among his companions, feeling less homesick as Mr. Zhuang reflected on the lively celebration.

Three cultivators searching for a hidden array master discovered an unusual array across East Mountain Village’s Lingtian, which the young man in white studied before they continued their search. Later, a disguised daoist arrived at the fields, revealing a strange aura.

• A gaunt old man and two companions arrived in Qianjia Town to search for a hidden array master, but the Three Talents Divination Coins could not pinpoint him.
• The young man in white, a Second-Grade Array Master hoping to meet Mr. Zhuang, noticed unusual vitality in the village’s Lingtian and stayed to investigate.
• The young man realized the whole expanse of Lingtian formed a First-Grade Absolute Array, memorized its Array Patterns, and suspected Mr. Zhuang had created it.
• The three cultivators left Qianjia Town and continued their search using the divination coins as their only lead.
• A person concealed beneath a Bamboo Hat and straw rain cape walked through East Mountain Village, then revealed daoist’s attire and a strange aura before the Lingtian.

A strange daoist possessed Sun Ji after he killed him, then led the Sun family cultivators to their deaths and entered the Sun family estate. After taking over Sun Yi, the daoist searched his memories and realized someone had hidden the existence of another disciple from him.

• A strange daoist attacked Sun Ji, and after Sun Ji beat him and cut off his hand, the daoist’s hollow gaze consumed something in Sun Ji’s Sea of Consciousness and left Sun Ji possessed.
• Sun Ji and the other Sun family cultivators walked over a cliff into a bottomless Abyss, while the possessed Sun Ji continued toward Qianjia Town.
• Sun Ji entered Sun Yi’s study and attacked him, but Sun Yi easily struck him down before the daoist’s hollow eyes took control of Sun Yi.
• The entity in Sun Yi’s body recalled Mr. Zhuang, Old Kui, and Bai’s child while examining memories about the Thick Earth Formation.
• The entity realized that someone had concealed another disciple from its memory and struggled to remember who it was.