Chapter Summaries

Mo Hua fought Ghost Daoist inside his Sea of Consciousness, where Ghost Daoist discovered the Dao Stele and tried to uncover its secrets. The chapter ended with Ghost Daoist seeing a terrifying Immortal Heaven Lightning Pattern carved into the stele.

• Ghost Daoist recognized that Mo Hua had learned Heavenly Ghost Calculation and attacked him, but Mo Hua used his speed to survive their clash of Divine Sense.
• Ghost Daoist inferred that the Mystery Heaven Array was Mo Hua’s Foundation Establishment bottleneck and decided to capture him and learn about his cultivation method.
• Ghost Daoist summoned a Black Soul Daoist Robe, but a Dao Stele appeared in Mo Hua’s Sea of Consciousness and its aura began erasing him.
• Mo Hua used a compound array and then the Five Elements Mountain-Protecting Array to hinder Ghost Daoist as he advanced toward the Dao Stele.
• Ghost Daoist broke through Mo Hua’s defenses and looked at the Dao Stele, where he saw a scarlet Immortal Heaven Lightning Pattern that radiated annihilating power.

Mo Hua used the Immortal Heaven Lightning Pattern to destroy Ghost Daoist’s demonic thought, then refined the remaining Divine Thought and advanced to Fourteen-Pattern Foundation Establishment Divine Consciousness. Outside his Sea of Consciousness, the Feather Transformations saw him recover from Dao Heart Planting Demon and noticed an uncanny change in his gaze.

• Ghost Daoist realized Mo Hua’s deceased Martial Uncle had used his plea about his disciples to lure him into Mo Hua’s Sea of Consciousness, where Tribulation Lightning would kill him.
• Mo Hua confirmed that Ghost Daoist’s demonic thought had been erased, then began refining the dense Ghost Dao Divine Thought left behind.
• Mo Hua absorbed Ghost Daoist’s Divine Thought and insights until his Divine Consciousness reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, forming Fourteen-Pattern Divine Consciousness.
• The Feather Transformations outside Mo Hua’s Sea of Consciousness sensed his breakthrough, while True Person Situ feared Ghost Daoist had taken over him.
• Mo Hua recovered his clear eyes, leaving the onlookers astonished that he had survived Dao Heart Planting Demon.
• True Person Situ noticed that Mo Hua’s gaze had become both limpid and uncanny.

After Mo Hua recovered from Dao Heart Planting Demon, he learned that saving Mr. Zhuang would require a nearly impossible array technique and vowed to bring his master back to life. He then watched Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi depart for the Bai Family, with Bai Zixi reaching the deck too late to see him before the Cloud Ferry vanished into the clouds.

• Mo Hua convinced the gathered cultivators that meditation had driven away the strange daoist, and they released him after observing him for several days.
• True Person Situ told Bai Qingcheng that Mr. Zhuang’s injuries and dead Celestial Pivot made his revival extraordinarily unlikely, but Bai Qingcheng refused to give up.
• Mo Hua overheard their discussion and vowed to learn the necessary array techniques and save Mr. Zhuang himself.
• Bai Qingcheng refused Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi’s request to bring Mo Hua to the Bai Family, warning that they could not protect him there.
• Mo Hua gave Bai Zisheng a winged Big Dragon and said goodbye as Bai Zisheng boarded the Cloud Ferry.
• Bai Zixi finally went to the deck, but the Cloud Ferry had already departed, and she watched Mo Hua disappear behind the clouds.

Mo Hua successfully established his foundation, but the Heavenly Dao suppressed his surging divine sense, forcing him to reconstruct it through the Mystery Heaven Array and undergo a qualitative transformation. As he left Liyuan City, True Person Situ discovered the power of Mo Hua’s divine sense, while a shadow in the void identified Mo Hua and vowed they would meet again.

• Mo Hua prepared for Foundation Establishment, and True Person Situ reviewed his supplies, advised him, and rented him a Cave Abode in Liyuan City.
• Mo Hua refined tens of thousands of Spirit Stones, reached Foundation Establishment, and increased his divine sense from Fourteen-Pattern to Eighteen-Pattern.
• The Heavenly Dao suppressed Mo Hua’s divine sense, but the Mystery Heaven Array reconstructed it and transformed its nature, laying the foundation for his supreme divine sense.
• Mo Hua emerged from the Cave Abode and prepared to return home; after he left, True Person Situ discovered that Mo Hua’s divine sense had crushed the furnishings and stones inside.
• A shadow in the void traced the loss of a sliver of his Dao Heart Planting Demon to Mo Hua, but a Corpse King interrupted his calculations, and the shadow vowed they would meet again.

Mo Hua returned to Immortal City after more than half a year of traveling, meeting familiar Monster Hunters and a Second-Grade tiger he had once saved along the way. The chapter ended with Mo Hua reuniting with his mother, Liu Ruhua, at the city gate.

• Mo Hua traveled toward Immortal City with Old Zheng’s caravan after repairing its carts’ Array Techniques.
• Monster Hunters recognized Mo Hua with delight, and he reassured Old Zheng that he knew them well.
• Mo Hua sensed a Second-Grade Monster Beast and recognized it as Big Tiger, the tiger he had once fed and saved.
• Big Tiger led Mo Hua to its cave and gave him more than ten Storage Bags in gratitude before he continued toward Immortal City.
• Mo Hua reached the city gate late at night and reunited with his waiting mother, Liu Ruhua.

After returning to Immortal City as a fifteen-year-old Foundation Establishment cultivator and First-Grade Array Master, Mo Hua celebrated with the city’s cultivators and encouraged Elder Yu to pursue further cultivation. He later visited old friends, helped Manager Mo consider a Dao companion for Instructor Yan, and promised Elder Feng to remember his original heart.

• Mo Hua’s return and Foundation Establishment spread through Immortal City, and Mo Shan and Liu Ruhua hosted a crowded banquet at Fortune Meal Pavilion.
• Mo Hua spoke with Elder Yu about growing old, inspiring him to renew his resolve to cultivate and aim for Golden Core.
• Mo Hua visited Instructor Yan and the buried remains of Little Spirit Hidden Sect’s ancestors, then helped Manager Mo examine portraits of possible Dao companions for Instructor Yan.
• Instructor Yan caught Manager Mo and Mo Hua discussing the portraits, and later paused over the portrait of a Female Array Master devoted to arrays.
• Mo Hua delivered food and pill books to Elder Feng, who urged him never to forget that even the humblest people were living beings deserving care.

Mo Hua returned to Immortal City, reconnected with old friends, and visited Big Tiger before confronting the loneliness left by the people who had departed. At Zuowang Abode, he reflected on his Foundation Establishment strengths and shortcomings and realized he needed basic second-grade spell and array instruction.

• Mo Hua visited Chief Administrator Zhou, learned Zhang Lan had returned to his clan, and heard that Da Hu and two friends had joined the Great Wilderness Sect.
• Mo Hua brought dried fish to Big Tiger in Great Black Mountain, and Big Tiger secretly ate them before happily accepting the rest.
• Liu Ruhua comforted Mo Hua as he spoke of Zi Sheng, Zi Xi, and Mr. Zhuang being far away, and Mo Hua visited the empty Zuowang Abode the next day.
• Mo Hua assessed his Foundation Establishment cultivation and found his spiritual power, physique, and collection of second-grade spells lacking.
• Mo Hua considered the value of cultivation inheritances, reviewed his advanced array knowledge, and recognized that he needed basic instruction in second-grade arrays to become a Second-Grade Array Master.

Mo Hua obtained inherited materials for Second-Grade Arrays and mastered the Second-Grade Bright Fire Formation on the Dao Stele, but he lacked the supplies to draw it in practice. Master Luo and Master Qian gave him their scarce Second-Grade Spirit Ink and explained that powerful clans and sects controlled its production and kept it expensive.

• Mo Hua visited Manager Mo seeking Second-Grade Array materials, and Manager Mo lent him an ancestral Second-Grade Array Pattern Catalog.
• Instructor Yan returned and gave Mo Hua the Little Spirit Hidden Sect’s Introduction to Second-Grade Arrays and Illustrated Second-Grade Arrays manuals.
• Mo Hua studied the manuals and repeatedly practiced the Second-Grade Bright Fire Formation on the Dao Stele until he completed it.
• Mo Hua searched Immortal City for Second-Grade Spirit Ink but found none, then went to Qian Mansion to ask Master Luo and Master Qian for some.
• Master Luo and Master Qian gave Mo Hua their seven bottles of Second-Grade Spirit Ink and explained that Great Clans and great sects monopolized its formulas and ingredients, keeping it costly and restricting the rise of Array Masters from the lower ranks.

Mo Hua learned how difficult Second-Grade Array mastery was, then practiced the Thorn Array while confronting the shortage of materials needed to draw arrays. After discovering that Big Tiger’s Storage Bags held a trove taken from cultivators who had come seeking Master, Mo Hua found a map pointing to Ganxue Prefecture, a celebrated center of cultivation and learning.

• Master Luo explained the pattern requirements, assessments, and Divine Consciousness needed to advance through the ranks of Second-Grade Array Masters, and Mo Hua wondered whether he could reach the initial tier in Foundation Establishment Early Stage.
• Mo Hua reunited with Zhou'er, asked Master Qian about his array studies, and brought him home for lunch before Aunt Jiang took him back.
• Mo Hua practiced the Second-Grade Thorn Array on the Dao Stele but ran out of Spirit Ink, Array Paper, and other supplies needed to draw arrays in practice.
• Mo Hua opened the Storage Bags Big Tiger had given him, found cultivation techniques, pills, Spirit Stones, and other goods, and concluded their owners had come to Immortal City seeking Master before dying in a fight on Great Black Mountain.
• Mo Hua found a map of the Nine Provinces marked with Ganxue Prefecture in Gan Province, described as a leading center for pursuing the Dao.

Mo Hua learned that Ganxue Prefecture’s sects favored elite spirit roots and noble backgrounds, making admission seem impossible, but he discovered a Qiandao Sect entry token his master had left in his Storage Ring. After his mother urged him to pursue cultivation and repay his master, Mo Hua decided to prepare for the journey to Ganxue Prefecture.

• Mo Hua asked Chief Administrator Zhou about Ganxue Prefecture and learned that its sects demanded strong foundations, high-grade spirit roots, and often distinguished family backgrounds.
• Mo Hua found a Jade Slip in his Storage Ring bearing the Qiandao Sect’s name and a promise that its holder could not be refused entry, and he realized his master had left it for him.
• Mo Hua worried that leaving Immortal City would separate him from his parents, and Liu Ruhua encouraged him to go, pursue the Dao, and remember his debt to Mr. Zhuang.
• Liu Ruhua told Mo Hua that his parents wanted him to follow his ambitions and live safely, and Mo Hua resolved to enter Qiandao Sect and prepare carefully before departing for Gan Province.

Mo Hua developed a method to control Spirit Ink with Divine Thought and draw arrays directly on the earth, then practiced it until he could draw the Thirteen-Pattern Five Elements Source Array. He sought stronger Second-Grade arrays and finally derived a Thirteen-Pattern Earth Fire Array from the Five Elements Source Pattern.

• Mo Hua renamed the Five Elements Spirit Array the Five Elements Source Array and found that its Fire Source Array amplified his Fireball Technique by nearly twenty percent.
• Mo Hua began practicing Divine Thought Ink Manipulation and Drawing Arrays on Earth in the depths of Great Black Mountain, with Big Tiger nearby.
• Mo Hua learned to draw arrays with Spirit Ink on the ground and, after more than half a month, became proficient enough to draw the Thirteen-Pattern Five Elements Source Array.
• Mo Hua considered using the Heavenly Ghost Calculation to speed up his drawing but could not work out how to apply it.
• Mo Hua burned incense, washed his hands, and used Derivation Calculation on the Five Elements Source Pattern, uncovering a Thirteen-Pattern Second-Grade Earth Fire Array.

Mo Hua learned the Second-Grade Thirteen-Pattern Earth Fire Array, teamed up with Big Tiger to kill a Kui Wood Wolf, and used its blood to make Spirit Ink. After testing the array’s explosive power, he realized that drawing arrays on earth could become a formidable combat technique if he learned to do it quickly.

• Mo Hua learned and practiced the Second-Grade Thirteen-Pattern Earth Fire Array on the Dao Stele, then decided he needed Second-Grade Monster Blood to make Spirit Ink and test it.
• Mo Hua persuaded Big Tiger to help hunt a Kui Wood Wolf, and the pair ambushed it near its lair.
• Big Tiger fought the Kui Wood Wolf while Mo Hua attacked from hiding with Fireball Techniques amplified by a Fire Source Absolute Array, and together they killed it.
• Mo Hua extracted twenty bottles of the Kui Wood Wolf’s blood, while Big Tiger ate its Inner Core Embryo and grew stronger.
• Mo Hua made Second-Grade Spirit Ink from the wolf’s blood and painstakingly drew the Earth Fire Array beside Big Tiger’s cave.
• Mo Hua activated the array, which detonated with enough force to scorch the surroundings and, he realized, could heavily wound an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Mo Hua and Big Tiger hunted Second-Grade Monster Beasts with Earth Fire Array traps, earning Spirit Stones from their leftover materials before the beasts grew scarce. Seeking to set arrays faster, Mo Hua experimented with Heavenly Ghost Calculation and divided his Divine Thought, producing a shadowy robe of ink around himself.

• Mo Hua and Big Tiger trapped and killed Second-Grade Monster Beasts, using their blood for Spirit Ink while Big Tiger ate their meat and swallowed their inner cores.
• Mo Hua collected the beasts’ bones, claws, fangs, hides, and fur, and Mo Shan helped him sell the damaged materials for several thousand Spirit Stones.
• The Monster Hunters realized Mo Hua might have caused the disturbances in the Deep Mountain, and Mo Hua admitted he and Big Tiger had killed eight or nine Second-Grade Monster Beasts.
• Second-Grade Monster Beasts began avoiding Mo Hua and Big Tiger, leaving the Deep Mountain quieter and making hunts safer for the Monster Hunters.
• Mo Hua studied how to draw arrays faster and decided to use Dao Heart Planting Demon as a reference for understanding Heavenly Ghost Calculation.
• Mo Hua divided his Divine Thought using the Ghostly Path method and found a pitch-black Ink Shadow draped over him like a robe.

Mo Hua prepared to leave Immortal City for Gan Province to study, testing how Heavenly Ghost Calculation accelerated his array drawing and receiving a Second-Grade Flowing Water Step manual from Zhang Lan. After saying goodbye to his family, friends, and the big tiger, he departed for Cloud Ferry City.

• Mo Hua used Heavenly Ghost Calculation to separate an Ink Shadow and completed a Second-Grade Earth Fire Array in a dozen breaths, though the effort nearly emptied his divine sense.
• Chief Administrator Zhou gave Mo Hua a Cloud Ferry Token for his journey to Gan Province and advised him about using his Bronze Waist Token and Merit Points.
• Mo Hua discovered that Zhang Lan had left him a sealed scroll containing the Second-Grade Flowing Water Step manual, then began learning the movement technique.
• Instructor Yan married Shen Ru, and Mo Hua attended their wedding, where Shen Ru learned that he was already a First-Grade Array Master.
• Mo Hua said farewell to his parents and the people of Immortal City, then departed toward Cloud Ferry City and waved goodbye to the big tiger in Deep Mountain.

Mo Hua traveled by Cloud Ferry to Gan Province and set out alone for Ganxue Prefecture, where he hoped to enter Qiandao Sect. After learning that his weak foundation and middle-lower-grade Spirit Root might make admission difficult, he continued into the mountains, newly warned about human traffickers targeting young cultivators.

• Mo Hua spent three months aboard the Cloud Ferry studying Array Techniques, practicing on the Dao Stele, and cautiously avoiding suspicious travelers before arriving in Gan Province.
• Mo Hua disembarked at Cangdu City, sensed that Gan Province's Heavenly Dao Grand Array differed from the one over Li Prefecture, and set out alone toward Ganxue Prefecture.
• Mo Hua traveled through safer Second-Grade Prefectures on foot, practicing Flowing Water Step, accepting occasional help from caravans, and avoiding demonic beasts and Evil Cultivators.
• A noodle-shop owner in a small town told Mo Hua that Qiandao Sect was difficult to enter and doubted his chances because of his weak Foundation Establishment and middle-lower-grade Spirit Root.
• The old man warned Mo Hua about human traffickers who targeted young cultivators, and Mo Hua thanked him before continuing alone toward the mountains.

Mo Hua encountered Lord Yellow Mountain, a former Mountain God who tried to frighten him in a Dilapidated Temple, and subdued him with arrays. Lord Yellow Mountain explained how gods and other Thought Bodies worked and revealed that a Sword Cultivator had once defeated him with a Divine Sense Sword, leaving Mo Hua eager to learn more.

• Mo Hua found shelter in a Dilapidated Temple and used a Warm Fire Array to warm himself before falling asleep.
• Lord Yellow Mountain emerged from the clay statue and tried to frighten Mo Hua, but Mo Hua saw him and attacked with a Fireball Technique.
• Mo Hua trapped Lord Yellow Mountain with Gold Lock Arrays and threatened him while questioning his identity and motives.
• Lord Yellow Mountain explained that he had been a Mountain God, had developed Evil Thoughts and eaten people, and had survived after a Sword Cultivator spared him.
• Lord Yellow Mountain said the Sword Cultivator had cut him down with a Divine Sense Sword, and Mo Hua became excited by the revelation.

Mo Hua questioned Lord Yellow Mountain about the Divine Sense Sword before hiding in a dilapidated temple as Jiang Laoda and his traveling party arrived. He discovered they were human traffickers, but pretended to trust them and left with them toward Qingzhou City, while Lord Yellow Mountain worried about which side was in greater danger.

• Mo Hua learned that a white-robed Sword Cultivator had slain Lord Yellow Mountain with the Divine Sense Sword, though Lord Yellow Mountain knew neither the cultivator’s identity nor how to use the technique.
• Mo Hua and Lord Yellow Mountain sensed approaching cultivators, hid in the temple, and watched Jiang Laoda lead more than a dozen people inside.
• Jiang Laoda detected traces of Mo Hua’s Warm Fire Array and threatened to destroy the temple, so Mo Hua revealed himself and claimed he had been separated from his master and Senior Martial Siblings.
• Jiang Laoda learned Mo Hua could draw First-Grade Array Techniques and lied that he had encountered Mo Hua’s master, persuading Mo Hua to travel with the group toward Qingzhou City.
• Mo Hua overheard Jiang Laoda and the others discussing selling him and realized they were human traffickers, but he kept pretending to sleep and went with them the next morning.
• Lord Yellow Mountain warned Mo Hua that the travelers were bad people, then watched him leave and wondered whether he or the traffickers should be more worried.

Mo Hua uncovered that Jiang Laoda and his companions were human traffickers planning to sell him near Qingzhou City, but he secretly freed himself from their tracking bracelet and prepared a kill array. The chapter ended as Mo Hua escaped Jiang Laoda’s grasp and revealed the array surrounding the gang.

• Mo Hua overheard Jiang Laoda and his men discuss their trafficking operation, their fear of the Dao Court Office and Gu Family, and a mysterious Mr. Tu.
• Mo Hua decided to escape near Qingzhou City and report the traffickers, but Jiang Laoda forced him to wear an Iron Bracelet that suppressed and tracked him.
• At a remote eatery, Jiang Laoda met a fellow trafficker and learned that their main deal would happen in two hours, while Mo Hua realized the shopkeeper was part of the gang.
• Mo Hua went to the kitchen, secretly used his Array Techniques to unlock the bracelet, and laid a hidden array across the ground.
• Mo Hua toasted the traffickers by saying he would send them on their way, activated the array, and used a water-like Movement Technique to evade Jiang Laoda.
• Jiang Laoda recognized the lines surrounding the group as a Kill Array and stared at them in horror.

Mo Hua fought Jiang Laoda after the Earth Fire Array killed the trafficker’s men, using hidden arrays, swift spells, and the Flowing Water Step to wear him down. Jiang Laoda revealed his stolen Gold-Breaking Imperial Sword Art, but Mo Hua’s powerful Divine Consciousness prevented him from locking on, and the chapter left Jiang Laoda despairing after his sword missed and destroyed a thatched hut.

• Mo Hua finished off Jiang Laoda’s wounded subordinates with Fireball Techniques after the Earth Fire Array devastated the group.
• Jiang Laoda tried to bargain for his release, but Mo Hua trapped him in a Three-Lotus Gold Lock Compound Array and struck him with repeated Fireball Techniques.
• Jiang Laoda attacked at close range, but Mo Hua evaded his sword strikes with the Second-Grade Flowing Water Step and countered with Fireball Techniques.
• Jiang Laoda activated a Jade Talisman and charged his Gold-Breaking Imperial Sword Art, but he could not lock onto Mo Hua with Divine Consciousness.
• Jiang Laoda aimed his sword at Mo Hua by sight, but Mo Hua dodged and the sword split an empty thatched hut, leaving Jiang Laoda despairing.

After killing Jiang Laoda and the other Human Traffickers, Mo Hua searched their belongings and uncovered a sealed box that might contain a trafficked child. He learned the unfamiliar locking array’s patterns, broke it, and found a frightened little boy inside.

• Mo Hua erased traces of his array work, searched the Human Traffickers’ Storage Bags, kept half their Spirit Stones, and secretly took Jiang Laoda’s two sealed Jade Slips.
• Mo Hua discovered concealed boxes in the ruined eatery and realized one was an ordinary box, not a Storage Box, that could hold a living person.
• Mo Hua decided to open the box before the other Human Traffickers returned and recovered some Divine Sense before tackling its arrays.
• Mo Hua derived the unfamiliar locking array’s patterns using Heavenly Calculation strengthened by Heavenly Ghost Calculation, enduring severe pain and exhausting his Divine Sense.
• Mo Hua guessed his way through the array’s structure, broke the lock, and opened the box to find a frightened little boy inside.