Chapter Summaries

Mo Hua discovered the Four Symbols Eagle Claw Array on Bald Eagle and helped his companions fight the transformed Sinful Cultivator. As Murong Caiyun’s amplified spell swept toward Bald Eagle, Mo Hua locked onto him with his powerful Divine Consciousness.

• Mo Hua exposed the Four Symbols Eagle Claw Array on Bald Eagle’s scalp after shaving away his wig, and Bald Eagle activated it, gaining demonic power and near Foundation Establishment Late Stage strength.
• Bald Eagle wounded Shangguan Xu and destroyed Hua Qianqian’s Hundred Flower Spirit Needles while Ouyang Feng and Murong Caiyun struggled to hold him back; Mo Hua repeatedly delayed him with Water Prison Techniques.
• Mo Hua told Murong Caiyun to cast a powerful spell and drew a Gold Source Absolute Array that amplified her Five Elements Rosy Cloud Art.
• Bald Eagle used the Four Symbols Array to blur Murong Caiyun’s Divine Consciousness lock and tried to escape the descending golden rosy clouds.
• Mo Hua pierced Bald Eagle’s concealment with his Divine Consciousness and locked onto him as the spell closed in.

Mo Hua killed Bald Eagle by repeatedly trapping him with Water Prison Technique beneath Murong Caiyun’s Five Elements Rosy Cloud Art, then studied the unusual Four Symbols Array on Bald Eagle’s corpse. After the group returned to Diancang City and prepared to head back to Void Gate, Mo Hua noticed an erased Message Token among the Dao Court Office’s returned items and asked to keep it.

• Bald Eagle tore free of Mo Hua’s first Water Prison Technique, but Mo Hua immediately trapped him again, allowing the Five Elements Glow to kill him.
• Mo Hua fired a Fireball Technique at Bald Eagle’s corpse to confirm he was dead, then helped search the battlefield and collect the spoils.
• Mo Hua found no complete Four Symbols Array diagram among the cave’s belongings, so Murong Caiyun allowed him to record the intact array on Bald Eagle’s head before they delivered the corpse to the Dao Court Office.
• After the group rested in Diancang City and completed their assignment, Murong Caiyun received a bag of items the Dao Court Office could not convert into Merit Points.
• Mo Hua spotted an erased Message Token among the returned items and asked Murong Caiyun if he could have it.

After returning to Void Gate, Mo Hua persuaded Murong Caiyun to bring him on future missions so he could earn Merit Points for Array Techniques. Shangguan Xu told him that Yu'er had been suffering increasingly severe nightmares since being abducted, and Mo Hua planned to visit him in Qingzhou City during his next break.

• Murong Caiyun gave Mo Hua a blank Message Token, and the group divided the remaining spoils before traveling back toward the sect.
• Ouyang Feng and Hua Qianqian left the carriage to return to their sects, while Murong Caiyun later agreed to take Mo Hua along on future missions.
• Shangguan Xu invited Mo Hua to visit the Gu Family, where Aunt Wan and Yu'er were staying, and explained that Yu'er's nightmares worsened whenever he left Qingzhou City.
• Shangguan Xu said Yu'er's nightmares had become more severe since his abduction and that he sometimes murmured Mo Hua's name while half-asleep.
• Mo Hua agreed to visit Yu'er during his next ten-day break and wondered what lay behind the nightmares.

Mo Hua studied a Four Symbols Demon Pattern Array and traced its deeper patterns to the Locking Array that had imprisoned Yu'er, leading him to suspect that the mysterious Mr. Tu connected the two. After asking Elder Xun about Message Tokens and Thunder Patterns, Mo Hua learned that Zheng Wanjun, a Feather Transformation elder of Qiandao Sect, was likely the only person in Ganxue Prefecture with a Thunder Array legacy.

• Mo Hua studied Bald Eagle's Four Symbols Demon Pattern Array, derived its underlying patterns, and recognized their connection to the Locking Array on Yu'er's wooden box.
• Mo Hua suspected that Mr. Tu had supplied the arrays used by Bald Eagle and Jiang Laoda's human-trafficking group, and decided to seek clues through traffickers and Bald Eagle's Message Token.
• After two unproductive days studying the Message Token, Mo Hua asked Elder Xun about its Array Techniques and learned that it used Sub-Thunder Patterns for confidential messages.
• Elder Xun explained that true Thunder Patterns were rare, dangerous Array Techniques passed down by only a few Aristocratic Clans, including the Zheng Family of Zhen Province.
• Elder Xun told Mo Hua that Zheng Wanjun, a Feather Transformation elder of Qiandao Sect, was likely the only person in Ganxue Prefecture who had inherited a Thunder Array legacy.

Mo Hua learned how Thunder Magnetic Arrays powered message tokens and planned to study the Beacon Primal Magnetism Array to recover clues from Bald Eagle’s token. During a visit to Qingzhou City, he helped Yu'er fall asleep, but that night he saw Foreign Evil Spirits emerge along Causal Chains and crawl toward the boy.

• Elder Xun explained Thunder Magnetic Arrays, message tokens, and the complex systems that enabled long-distance communication, but withheld the Void Token’s secrets.
• Mo Hua found the Beacon Primal Magnetism Array in the Merit Record and planned to earn enough merit and strengthen his Divine Consciousness before learning it to crack Bald Eagle’s message token.
• Murong Caiyun transferred Mo Hua 220 Merit Points, and he continued studying and drawing arrays while waiting to reach Sixteen-Pattern Divine Consciousness.
• Mo Hua traveled with Shangguan Xu to the Gu Family and found Yu'er weakened by nightmares and afraid to sleep.
• Mo Hua stayed beside Yu'er until the boy fell asleep, then kept watch as Wenren Wan rested nearby.
• That night, Mo Hua saw grotesque Foreign Evil Spirits emerge from Void along Causal Chains and approach Yu'er, then confronted them for entering without manners.

Mo Hua was attacked by demons that entered his Sea of Consciousness, but his transformed Divine Sense let him fight back and discover that the Black Water kept regenerating them. He destroyed and swallowed the Pig-Head Demon, grew stronger, and then turned toward the remaining demons.

• The demons swarmed into Mo Hua's Sea of Consciousness, where they called him a "Divine Fetus" and prepared to devour him.
• Mo Hua used Flowing Water Step and his transformed Divine Sense to crush the Dog-Headed Demon and battle the others.
• After a Snake Demon wounded him with a corrosive water arrow, Mo Hua killed the distant Snake Demons with Fireball Technique and Water Prison Technique.
• Mo Hua discovered that the Black Water regenerated the demons, then attacked the enormous embryo it formed as demons sacrificed themselves to protect it.
• The Black Water hatched a Pig-Head Demon, but Mo Hua bound it with the Three-Lotus Gold Lock Compound Array, tore off its tusks, beat it apart, and swallowed its black mist.
• Mo Hua refined the Pig-Head Demon's Evil Thoughts, advanced close to Sixteen-Pattern Divine Sense, and turned toward the remaining demons.

Mo Hua destroyed the demons haunting Yu'er’s dreams, broke the God Lord’s protection over its Sheep-Horned Executor with Tribulation Lightning, and consumed the golden marrow it contained. After returning to Void Gate, Mo Hua’s Divine Consciousness reached Sixteen-Pattern, and he accepted a mission near Bishan City, where he recognized Lord Yellow Mountain’s home on the map.

• Mo Hua used the Li Mountain Cremation Array to destroy the demons and Black Water in his Sea of Consciousness, then defeated the Sheep-Horned Executor and used the Dao Stele’s Tribulation Lightning to break its protected skull and consume its golden marrow.
• Mo Hua woke beside Yu'er, assured Wenren Wan that he was fine, and saw Yu'er sleep peacefully and recover before returning to Void Gate.
• Mo Hua refined the demons and the Executor’s Evil Thought, then broke through to Sixteen-Pattern Divine Consciousness.
• Mo Hua learned he needed more Merit Points to obtain the Beacon Primal Magnetism Array diagram and asked Murong Caiyun about a mission.
• Murong Caiyun offered Mo Hua a mission in Bishan City, and Mo Hua recognized Hanging Withered Mountain on its map as Lord Yellow Mountain’s home and decided to visit him.

Mo Hua, Murong Caiyun, and Ouyang Feng tracked a Duanjin Gate traitor through Bishan City and cornered him after Mo Hua spotted through his disguises. They captured him in a forest, and Mo Hua prepared an Iron Plate covered in Array Techniques to question him.

• Mo Hua traveled to Bishan City with Murong Caiyun and Ouyang Feng to help capture a Duanjin Gate traitor wanted for robbing the Xie Family’s storehouse.
• Mo Hua searched the city and recognized the traitor disguised as a woman dancing in a brothel, then summoned Murong Caiyun and Ouyang Feng.
• The traitor fled when Ouyang Feng tried to seize him, and Mo Hua’s fireballs wrecked the brothel as the group pursued him through the city.
• Mo Hua spotted the traitor changing disguises and secretly guided the chase to a deserted forest, where his Water Prison Technique bound the fugitive.
• Ouyang Feng secured the traitor with a Spirit Lock, and Mo Hua took out an Iron Plate covered in Array Techniques and ordered him to kneel.

Mo Hua interrogated a Duanjin Gate traitor, found a sealed inheritance jade slip linked to Jiang Laoda, and completed the Xie Family mission. After leaving Bishan City, he separated from Murong Caiyun and Ouyang Feng to visit a Mountain God in a dilapidated temple.

• Mo Hua forced the burly traitor to kneel on his torture array and questioned him about Jiang Laoda, Bald Eagle, human traffickers, and his disguise technique, but the man passed out before revealing much.
• Mo Hua searched the traitor and his Storage Bag, found a sealed golden-edged jade slip, and learned from Ouyang Feng that it appeared to contain the Duanjin Gate's Gold-Evasion Art.
• Mo Hua connected the jade slip to two similar ones taken from Jiang Laoda and resolved to study their seals in secret.
• Murong Caiyun summoned the Xie Family cultivators, and she and Ouyang Feng handled their questions while Mo Hua concealed the interrogation and search.
• After the group left Bishan City, Mo Hua got out of the carriage and headed into the mountains to visit a Mountain God waiting in a dilapidated temple.

Mo Hua found Lord Yellow Mountain hiding in a little dog statue and persuaded the fallen Mountain God to explain the Supreme Void Divine Sense Sword Transformation Art. After leaving, Mo Hua continued his studies and missions until he exchanged his merit for the Second-Grade Sixteen-Pattern Beacon Primal Magnetism Array.

• Mo Hua sensed Lord Yellow Mountain's presence through the pale golden blood marrow and found him hiding in a little dog statue behind the Dilapidated Temple.
• Mo Hua asked about Lord Yellow Mountain's former power, and the Mountain God explained how a Void Gate Sword Cultivator had once cut down his cultivation.
• Lord Yellow Mountain described the Supreme Void Divine Sense Sword Transformation Art, which relied on Sword Qi and Sword Intent, while Mo Hua wondered whether his Sixteen-Pattern Divine Consciousness could let him wield a sword through Divine Sense alone.
• Mo Hua shared food and wine with Lord Yellow Mountain, who refused the lamb shank, and then returned to the sect to continue cultivating and accumulating merit.
• Mo Hua saved more than eight hundred merit and exchanged it at the Merit Pavilion for the Second-Grade Sixteen-Pattern Beacon Primal Magnetism Array.

Mo Hua learned the Beacon Primal Magnetism Array and discovered that its fixed and variable patterns generated hidden Sub-Thunder Patterns, revealing a path toward mastering Thunder Magnetic Arrays. As he collapsed from exhausting his Divine Consciousness, Mr. Tu mourned the mysterious death of the executive and vowed to advance the God Lord’s plan in secret.

• Mo Hua studied and practiced the Beacon Primal Magnetism Array, then spent sixty Merit Points on Magnetic Ink to make his name appear on an Array Disk.
• Elder Xun explained how Array Hub sequences linked Primal Magnetism Arrays to transmit messages and how fixed and variable patterns formed secret agreements, leaving Mo Hua unable to restore the erased writing on Vulture's Message Token.
• Mo Hua used Heavenly Ghost Calculation and Heavenly Calculation to perceive faint blue Sub-Thunder Patterns arising between the fixed and variable array patterns.
• Mo Hua realized that Sub-Thunder Patterns were the true source of Thunder Magnetic Induction, then exhausted his Divine Consciousness and fell unconscious.
• Mr. Tu reported that the executive had died mysteriously, decided the killer was too powerful to confront directly, and swore to protect the God Lord's plan and Sacred Fetus.

Mo Hua used the Dao Stele to combine Heavenly Calculation and Heavenly Ghost Calculation without lasting damage, letting him perceive and record the Primal Magnetism Array’s Sub-Thunder Patterns. As Void Gate began its recess, he visited Yu'er and destroyed the nightmares invading his dreams, then wondered what a real Evil God would taste like.

• Mo Hua discovered that using Heavenly Calculation and Heavenly Ghost Calculation together had cracked his divine sense, so he rested until it recovered.
• After ordinary perception failed to reveal the Primal Magnetism Array’s Sub-Thunder Patterns, Mo Hua used the Dao Stele to rewind his injured divine sense and began deriving and recording the patterns with both algorithms.
• Mo Hua found that the Sub-Thunder Patterns varied too much to classify, so he began recording them in a Jade Slip and planned to memorize them all.
• When Void Gate began its annual recess, Mo Hua sent his parents a letter and traveled with Wenren Wan to visit Yu'er, whose nightmares had become milder.
• Mo Hua protected Yu'er from demons that entered his Sea of Consciousness and burned them in a Second-Grade Lishan Cremation Compound Array.
• After Yu'er slept peacefully, Mo Hua considered whether a powerful entity or an Evil God's embryo might be behind the nightmares and wondered what an Evil God tasted like.

Mo Hua unsealed Jiang Jingtian’s diary and learned more about his crimes, a secret delivery to the Divine Temple, and his hatred of Gu Changhuai, while studying the Gold-Breaking Imperial Sword Art and seeking stronger spells. He discovered that the diary’s writing concealed Secret Patterns, suggesting it held information he had not yet deciphered.

• Mo Hua opened the second Gold-Breaking Jade Slip and found Jiang Jingtian’s diary, which recorded his betrayals, killings, and frustration with Gu Changhuai.
• Mo Hua read that Jiang Jingtian had been ordered to deliver the “goods” outside Qingzhou City, where they would be passed to the Divine Temple, and that he had picked up a child near the Dilapidated Temple on Withered Mountain.
• After studying the Gold-Breaking Imperial Sword Art, Mo Hua realized that his weak Lingli, dim Sword Qi, and lack of a spirit sword would make the art difficult to practice.
• Mo Hua asked the Elder of Magical Arts for advice and was urged to master useful low-grade spells from all five elements rather than rely on spell power alone.
• Mo Hua searched Void Gate’s Merit Record for spells but found that learning many of them would cost too many merit points.
• While rereading Jiang Jingtian’s diary, Mo Hua sensed Magnetic Flow in its text and realized the writing contained Secret Patterns.

Mo Hua deciphered Jiang Laoda’s encrypted diary and found a list of notorious cultivators, which he saw as a way to obtain new inheritances. While searching for a concealment expert to target, he learned about Monster Refining Mountain and spotted a new bounty that might offer his chance.

• Mo Hua spent over half a month deciphering Jiang Laoda’s Secret Pattern and revealed a list of cultivators known by vicious nicknames.
• Mo Hua reasoned that the listed cultivators likely possessed valuable inheritances and decided to seek one skilled in concealment, choosing Yin Lao'er as his first target.
• Mo Hua searched the sect’s Bounty Record for a mission involving Yin Lao'er but found nothing for several days.
• Situ Jian told Mo Hua that sect disciples could hunt demon beasts at Monster Refining Mountain after reaching the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and Mo Hua became interested in its sword-forging materials.
• Mo Hua noticed a new Dao Court Office bounty concerning an eerie ambush and murder case in the Void Token.

Mo Hua joined Murong Caiyun and the others to investigate the concealed ambush murders and learned that the suspected killer was Yin Lao'er, a dangerous cultivator skilled in the Small Five Elements Stealth Technique. The group set out to apprehend him as Yin Lao'er, hiding in Canglang Mountain, sensed that someone had begun targeting him.

• Mo Hua persuaded Murong Caiyun to accept the bounty and bring him along to investigate the concealed ambush murders.
• Mo Hua and four companions went to the Dao Court Office, where Gu Changhuai warned them about the killer and identified him as the notorious Sinful Cultivator Yin Lao'er.
• Gu Changhuai gave Murong Caiyun case files on Yin Lao'er, and the group refused to cancel the mission before setting out to apprehend him.
• The group learned that Yin Lao'er had once belonged to the Five Hidden Sect and used its Small Five Elements Stealth Technique.
• Yin Lao'er hid in Canglang Mountain and felt that an unknown enemy had fixed its attention on him.

Mo Hua used Heavenly Calculation and a net of Small Primal Magnetism Arrays to track Yin Lao'er through Canglang Mountain alongside Murong Caiyun and the others. When Yin Lao'er finally attacked the group from concealment, Mo Hua dodged his dagger with Flowing Water Step, revealing himself and shocking the fugitive.

• At the site where Yin Lao'er had killed three clan disciples, Mo Hua used Heavenly Ghost Calculation to perceive a thread of causal vital aura and led the group west into Canglang Mountain.
• The group found a slain demon snake, and Mo Hua confirmed that Yin Lao'er was likely nearby.
• Mo Hua scattered Small Primal Magnetism Arrays across the mountain and used their compasses to track Yin Lao'er, whose trail included a gutted monkey demon.
• After hours of pursuit, the group confronted Yin Lao'er, but he repeatedly vanished with the Small Five Elements Stealth Technique while Mo Hua called out where he had gone.
• Yin Lao'er grew enraged and attempted to kill Murong Caiyun, but her Golden Bell Talisman protected her until the others forced him to retreat again.
• Yin Lao'er attacked Mo Hua from concealment, but Mo Hua evaded the dagger with Flowing Water Step; Yin Lao'er recognized that the hidden pursuer who had trapped him was the seemingly immature boy.

Mo Hua helped Murong Caiyun and the others capture Yin Lao'er, using his powerful Divine Consciousness to expose the assassin’s concealment and studying the Small Five Elements Stealth Technique as they fought. After finding Yin Lao'er’s hidden storage tooth, Mo Hua seized the Jade Slip containing the technique.

• Yin Lao'er attacked Mo Hua, but Mo Hua evaded his dagger and struck him with a Fireball Technique before Ouyang Feng, Shangguan Xu, Murong Caiyun, and Hua Qianqian joined the fight.
• Mo Hua used his Divine Consciousness to track Yin Lao'er through the Small Five Elements Stealth Technique, forcing him to reveal himself and enabling the group to subdue him with a Water Prison Technique and their combined attacks.
• Mo Hua searched Yin Lao'er's Storage Bag and questioned him about the technique, then used his Iron Plate array to torture him when he refused to answer.
• Mo Hua used Derivation Calculation to locate a hidden palm-sized Storage Bag concealed in Yin Lao'er's tooth, and Ouyang Feng broke the tooth so Mo Hua could retrieve its Jade Slip.

Mo Hua found and unsealed the Five Hidden Sect’s inheritance Jade Slip, obtaining the Small Five Elements Stealth Technique before Yin Lao’er was delivered to the Dao Court Office. After learning that the Five Hidden Sect might have been destroyed, Mo Hua returned to Void Gate and began studying the technique, left wondering whether Yin Lao’er’s claim was true.

• Mo Hua found the Jade Slip hidden in Yin Lao’er’s teeth and broke its Seal Pattern, revealing the Small Five Elements Stealth Technique.
• Mo Hua confronted Yin Lao’er over violating the Five Hidden Sect’s ancestral precepts, then Ouyang Feng took him to the Dao Court Office to face judgment.
• On the return journey, Mo Hua explained that he had unsealed the Jade Slip by trying Sub-Thunder Patterns, and Murong Caiyun warned him to keep his unsealing ability secret.
• Mo Hua asked about learning and submitting spells from other sects, and Murong Caiyun explained the risks of using superior spells with recognizable origins.
• After returning to Void Gate, Mo Hua began studying the Small Five Elements Stealth Technique and wondered whether Yin Lao’er had told the truth about the Five Hidden Sect’s destruction.

Mo Hua realized that Ganxue Prefecture hid a vast, corrupt web of karma and resolved to grow stronger while avoiding unknown conspiracies. Gu Changhuai investigated Yin Lao’er’s capture, traced the Fireball Technique to Mo Hua, and visited him, while Mo Hua saw an opportunity to turn their meeting into a way to obtain Dao Court missions and sect inheritances.

• Mo Hua suspected Jiang Laoda’s list named sect traitors, then glimpsed a vast web of evil karma and decided to study, cultivate, and gather intelligence while keeping out of danger.
• Gu Changhuai reviewed Yin Lao’er’s case, questioned how novice disciples had captured him, and noticed injuries suggesting the Fireball Technique had been used.
• Gu Changhuai connected the Fireball Technique marks to Mo Hua’s earlier rescue of Yu’er and decided he needed to probe the boy’s background.
• Gu Changhuai visited Mo Hua at the Void Gate and asked whether he knew the Fireball Technique, while the sect Elder kept watch over their conversation.
• Mo Hua realized Gu Changhuai suspected his role in killing the Human Traffickers and began planning to use their connection to arrange targeted Dao Court missions and obtain more inheritances.

Mo Hua admitted to Gu Changhuai that he had killed the human traffickers, but Gu Changhuai remained unable to determine what to believe and asked whether Mo Hua had ulterior motives toward Yu'er. Yu'er entered Void Gate and became Mo Hua's neighbor, while Wenren Wan revealed that a nightmare about Yu'er's death had driven her decision to send him there.

• Mo Hua asked Gu Changhuai whether he could issue Dao Court Office missions, then admitted using the Fireball Technique to kill the human traffickers who had abducted Yu'er; Gu Changhuai doubted his explanation and questioned him about Jiang Laoda's death.
• Gu Changhuai asked whether Mo Hua had deliberately approached Yu'er, but Yu'er arrived and ran into Mo Hua's arms before he could answer.
• Wenren Wei escorted Yu'er into Void Gate, where Wenren Wan and Elder Murong arranged for him to become an early disciple and stay in the Disciple Quarters.
• Elder Murong left, and Mo Hua entered Void Gate with Yu'er and Wenren Wei; Wenren Wan then told Gu Changhuai that a nightmare had shown Yu'er dead and accused her of failing to save him.
• Yu'er moved into Taiyi Room 51 next to Mo Hua's Room 50, and Mo Hua asked Wenren Wei to call him if Yu'er had another nightmare.