Chapter Summaries

Mo Hua contacted Xun Ziyou, learned how Linghu Xiao and Ouyang Mu had been captured, and began scouting the Ten Thousand Demon Prison while planning their rescue. Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Mu, and Song Jian awoke in separate cells, and a Demon Cultivator entered their prison as they argued.

• Mo Hua warned Xun Ziyou about the Blood Creek and White Bone Beach, and agreed to send a Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches number every two hours.
• Xun Ziyou explained that Linghu Xiao had been lured to Monster Refining Mountain by a false letter and that Shangguan Xuanjian had been ambushed while trying to rescue him.
• Mo Hua realized that the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons had no Golden Core cultivators guarding it, then decided to find a way to rescue Ouyang Mu and Linghu Xiao.
• Mo Hua slipped out of their cell and discovered that it was inside a vast Demon Beast Prison filled with imprisoned demon beasts and punished Demon Cultivators.
• Ouyang Mu and Linghu Xiao woke up and discussed how they had been captured, while Song Jian woke and argued with Linghu Xiao.
• A black-robed Demon Cultivator opened the cell door and entered, frightening Song Jian.

Mo Hua secretly entered the Ten Thousand Demon Prison, where a Demon Cultivator cut off Song Jian, Ouyang Mu, and Linghu Xiao’s little fingers to force them to write letters. He warned them against the Demon Cultivators’ pills, healed them with his own, and searched for a way to rescue them before deciding to rebuild the prison’s abandoned Primal Magnetism Spirit-Vision compound array.

• A Demon Cultivator demanded that Song Jian and Ouyang Mu write threatening letters, then severed their little fingers and Linghu Xiao’s as punishment when they refused.
• The overseer left a Dog-headed Demon Cultivator guarding the prisoners, while Mo Hua sent Elder Xun the message “Yi-Chou” and waited for confirmation.
• Mo Hua revealed himself to the prisoners, stopped Ouyang Mu and Linghu Xiao from taking the suspicious pills, and gave all three captives Muscle-Regenerating and Bone-Mending Pills.
• Mo Hua warned Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Mu, and Song Jian to stay alert and promised to find a way to rescue them, then vanished using his stealth methods.
• After finding that the prison’s Primal Magnetism Spirit-Vision Arrays had been abandoned and sealed, Mo Hua decided to rebuild their compound array.

Mo Hua secretly restored the Primal Magnetism Spirit-Vision Compound Array in the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons and used it to observe the Demon Cultivators. He discovered that an overseer controlled them with a Black Banner containing a more advanced Four Symbols Array Technique, and decided to find a way to obtain it.

• Mo Hua found the sealed array hub Secret Chamber, activated its main control hub, and began reconnecting abandoned Spirit-Vision Arrays.
• Mo Hua restored nearly twenty Spirit-Vision Arrays, bringing almost half of the Ten Thousand Demon Prison under surveillance, then rested and recovered.
• Mo Hua watched the Demon Cultivators through the array and focused on an overseer whose aura reminded him of the one who had injured Xiao Mutou and the others.
• Mo Hua observed a demonized Werewolf attack other Demon Cultivators until the overseer used a Black Banner to suppress him with red patterns.
• Mo Hua recognized the Four Symbols Array Technique on the Black Banner and resolved to get it so he could study it.

Mo Hua exploited a demon cultivator steward’s secret visits to the Black Bear Demon, feeding the beast and weakening its restraints before ambushing the steward. The Black Bear Demon escaped and threw the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons into chaos, while Mo Hua returned safely to the Array Hub Secret Chamber.

• Mo Hua discovered the steward secretly drinking the Black Bear Demon’s blood and devised a plan around his visits.
• Mo Hua secretly fed the Black Bear Demon meat and Blood Pills, restoring its strength, and tampered with the array techniques on its chains.
• When the steward came to bleed the bear again, the Black Bear Demon attacked and broke free as Mo Hua struck the steward with a Small Meteorite Technique.
• The Black Bear Demon devoured the steward and escaped the prison, provoking the other demon beasts and plunging the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons into turmoil.
• Mo Hua erased evidence of his actions, returned to the Array Hub Secret Chamber, and told Xun Ziyou that he had let a big black bear loose.

Mo Hua deciphered the Four Symbols Array Technique and realized its demon-pattern variants could be controlled through matching Array Hubs. After testing the method on a Green wolf Demon Cultivator, he confirmed he could bypass the Demon Banner and seize control of demon cultivators bearing those patterns.

• Xun Ziyou warned Mo Hua to be cautious in the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons, while Mo Hua examined the steward's Storage Bag and dismantled the Demon Banner.
• Mo Hua deduced that the Four Symbols Array Technique borrowed the power of beasts, but that using demon patterns turned it into a dangerous Evil Array.
• Mo Hua recognized that the Demon Banner's Array Hub could let him control demon cultivators, but his first attempt failed because he had not matched the hub to the demon pattern.
• Mo Hua discovered that the Demon Banner integrated different Array Hubs, then used Heavenly Calculation to derive a wolf-form Array Hub from the Wolf Pattern.
• Mo Hua drew the wolf-form Array Hub on a Green wolf Demon Cultivator, causing its demon power to run wild and kill it and several nearby cultivators.
• Mo Hua confirmed he could seize control of demon cultivators through matching Array Hubs and considered extending the method to every type in the valley.

Mo Hua investigated the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons, delivered food to Linghu Xiao and the others, and continued repairing his surveillance array while pondering the Four Symbols Array Technique. Meanwhile, Jin Gui was appointed manager of the prison and ordered to make the captives submit to eating human flesh.

• Mo Hua overheard demon cultivators discuss the dead prison manager and the mysterious Young Master, then wondered whether the Young Master was connected to the figure he had seen by the Yanshui River.
• Mo Hua brought fruit, dried meat, and Inedia Pills to Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Mu, and Song Jian, warned them to stay cautious, and left using his Concealment Technique.
• Mo Hua told Xun Ziyou that the captives were safe for now, then considered whether the Four Symbols Array Technique referred to the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.
• Xun Ziyou reassured Shangguan Xuanjian that Linghu Xiao was safe, while they questioned why Ta'a Gate had not reacted to Ouyang Mu's disappearance.
• Jin Gui reported the prison deaths and suspected someone had infiltrated the valley, but the black-robed Leader dismissed the possibility and appointed him the new prison manager.
• The black-robed Leader ordered Jin Gui to handle the three captives and make them submit to eating human flesh.

Jin Gui accepted the Four Symbols Profound Tiger Demon Array and became the new Manager of the Ten Thousand Demon Prison, where Mo Hua recognized him and followed him to learn his plans for Ouyang Mu. Mo Hua infiltrated a secret sword-casting room and discovered rows of Blood Patterned Evil Swords.

• Jin Gui chose the Tiger Pattern and endured the black-clad Leader inscribing the Four Symbols Profound Tiger Demon Array on his back.
• Jin Gui became taller and more powerful, then left to take command of the Ten Thousand Demon Prison in the Young Master's name.
• Mo Hua recognized Jin Gui as the former Duanjin Gate disciple and watched him assert his authority over the prison's Demon Cultivators.
• Jin Gui took Ouyang Mu from his cell despite Linghu Xiao's warning, while Mo Hua secretly followed them.
• Mo Hua infiltrated a guarded Stone Hall and found an Evil Path sword-casting room filled with Blood Patterned Evil Swords.

Mo Hua watched the Evil Artifact Master try to force Ouyang Mu into refining evil artifacts, then helped Ouyang Mu recover and devised a way for him to pretend to yield while learning sword-casting techniques. The next day, Ouyang Mu began following Mo Hua’s plan, and Mo Hua discovered that the Evil Artifact Master knew numerous Sword Arrays.

• The Evil Artifact Master pressured Ouyang Mu to refine White Bone and used a Wolf-Tooth Lock to make him suffer, but Ouyang Mu refused.
• Jin Gui urged the Evil Artifact Master to feed Ouyang Mu a Blood Pill, but the old master argued that Ouyang Mu would have to submit willingly to become a Demon.
• Mo Hua repaired Spirit Pivot Formations, returned to the prison, and treated Ouyang Mu’s injuries with Pills.
• Mo Hua told Ouyang Mu to feign interest in the Evil Artifact Master’s craft and created a one-way Message Token so he could coach Ouyang Mu during their next meeting.
• The next day, Ouyang Mu again resisted before reading Mo Hua’s prepared lines, while the Evil Artifact Master tempted him with sword-casting skills and numerous Sword Arrays.
• Mo Hua overheard the offer of Sword Arrays and realized the Evil Artifact Master could teach him valuable techniques.

Mo Hua guided Ouyang Mu through pretending to accept the Evil Artifact Master's teachings while secretly limiting how much forbidden refinement he performed. Outside the valley, Xun Zixian identified the barrier as a possible Divine Dao Array, while the Evil Artifact Master began teaching Ouyang Mu to cast a Sword Bone for a Golden Core Natal Magic Treasure.

• Mo Hua coached Ouyang Mu to convince the Evil Artifact Master that he had embraced the ambition to become a master of evil swords, and Ouyang Mu refined White Bone into Refined Iron under the old man's watch.
• Mo Hua instructed Ouyang Mu to work slowly and appear conflicted, and the Evil Artifact Master accepted his work while revealing his interest in the sword depicted on his Demon Skin Paper.
• Mo Hua returned to his Array Hub Secret Chamber, reported what he had learned to Elder Xun Ziyou, and resolved to speed up the rescue of Xiao Mutou and the other captives.
• Xun Zixian told Xun Ziyou that the valley's Evil Array projected a hidden place of spirit rearing and might belong to a vast Divine Dao Array system, then warned him to keep the Void Sword Token ready.
• The Evil Artifact Master began teaching Ouyang Mu to cast a Sword Bone for a Natal Magic Treasure intended to advance its wielder to Golden Core.

Mo Hua learned about Natal Magic Treasures and wondered what he could use when he reached Golden Core Formation, then studied Elder Xun Zixian’s insights into the Divine Dao arrays in the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons. Meanwhile, Ouyang Mu learned to forge sword bones from the old Demon Cultivator, who revealed that he had once been a disciple of the Ouyang Family.

• The old Demon Cultivator explained how cultivators prepared Natal Magic Treasure embryos for Golden Core Formation and described the inheritance advantages of great clans.
• Mo Hua considered using the Dao Stele as his Natal Magic Treasure, but abandoned the idea and decided not to rush his choice.
• Mo Hua read Elder Xun’s message about the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons and exchanged questions about its Divine Dao arrays with Xun Zixian.
• Jin Gui watched Ouyang Mu practice forging evil swords, unaware that Ouyang Mu avoided the most sinister procedures with Mo Hua’s help and the old Demon Cultivator’s tacit permission.
• At Mo Hua’s prompting, Ouyang Mu asked the old Demon Cultivator about his connection to the Ouyang Family, and the old man revealed that he had once been its disciple.

Ouyang Mu learned that the dying Evil Sword Master claimed to be an elder of the Ouyang Family and agreed to study his forging arts, while Mo Hua suspected the old man was hiding his true intentions. As the old man began teaching Ouyang Mu to forge a Natal Sword Bone, Mo Hua discovered him secretly drawing Divine Dao Array patterns on it.

• The old Demon Cultivator told Ouyang Mu that he had been a Ta'a Gate disciple who became an Evil Sword Master after Demon Cultivators captured him, and asked to pass on his artifact-refining techniques.
• Ouyang Mu agreed to learn from the old man, who promised to begin with righteous methods and said a cultivator who reached Golden Core Formation might leave the Ten Thousand Demon Prison.
• Mo Hua warned Ouyang Mu and Linghu Xiao that the old man's story was suspicious, but advised Ouyang Mu to keep learning and act as though he trusted the elder.
• The next day, the old Demon Cultivator taught Ouyang Mu how to forge a Natal Sword Bone from a bloodstained human bone and sent him to temper iron at the Blood Pool.
• While Ouyang Mu was away, the old Demon Cultivator secretly used a brush to draw Divine Dao Array patterns on the Sword Bone, and Mo Hua recognized them.

Mo Hua uncovered the old Demon Cultivator’s plan to use Ouyang Mu in forging a Natal Evil Sword, then watched as the old Demon Cultivator revealed his centipede form and attacked. Ouyang Mu survived the initial assault with a hidden array, and an unseen ally’s golden sword streaked toward the old Demon Cultivator.

• Mo Hua told Ouyang Mu and Linghu Xiao about the Divine Dao Array Pattern on the Sword Bone, and they suspected the old Demon Cultivator needed Ouyang Mu to complete a Natal Evil Sword and form a Golden Core.
• Mo Hua gave Ouyang Mu protective artifacts, Array Disks, cloth, and Pills, then Jin Gui ordered an Eagle Pattern Demon Cultivator to monitor the old Demon Cultivator’s lessons.
• The old Demon Cultivator killed the Eagle Pattern Demon Cultivator and Dog-headed Demon Cultivator after they arrived to watch him, then sealed the Evil Artifact Room with Ouyang Mu inside.
• The old Demon Cultivator transformed into a centipede and attacked Ouyang Mu, but an Earth Fire Kill Array blasted him back.
• As the old Demon Cultivator demanded to know who was helping Ouyang Mu, a golden streak of sword light appeared, and he recognized Sword Control.

Mo Hua and Ouyang Mu fought the old Demon Cultivator in the Ten Thousand Demon Prison, and Mo Hua killed him with layered Array Techniques. The old Demon Cultivator’s Sword Bone became a White Bone Sword Demon, but Mo Hua caught its attack barehanded and crushed its bone sword.

• Mo Hua wounded the old Demon Cultivator with his Gold-Breaking sword control, then destroyed his Evil Swords as he tried to attack Ouyang Mu.
• The old Demon Cultivator tried to deceive Mo Hua and then rushed him in close combat, but Mo Hua dodged while luring him into prepared Array Techniques.
• Mo Hua activated the Gold Lock, Earth Fire, and Earth Kill Array Techniques, grinding the old Demon Cultivator to death.
• The old Demon Cultivator’s Sword Bone absorbed his remains and transformed into a White Bone Sword Demon, drawing Mo Hua and Ouyang Mu into its Blood Pool illusion.
• The White Bone Sword Demon attacked Mo Hua, but Mo Hua caught its bone sword with one hand and crushed it to powder.

Mo Hua defeated the old Demon Cultivator, then spared him after learning he could guide Mo Hua through the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons and reveal the way to the Monster Refining Map. After escaping the Sword Casting Blood Pool, Mo Hua concealed the fight by destroying the Evil Artifact Room and prepared to follow the old Demon Cultivator toward the valley’s final barrier.

• Mo Hua shattered the old Demon Cultivator’s attacks, broke his sword-bone limbs, and forced him to beg for his life.
• The old Demon Cultivator offered knowledge of Artifact Refining and the route out of the valley, and explained that the Monster Refining Map was the barrier blocking escape.
• Mo Hua learned that the old Demon Cultivator had copied an Array Pattern from the Monster Refining Map to preserve his remnant soul in the sword and had planned to make Ouyang Mu his Sword Slave.
• Mo Hua made the old Demon Cultivator open the way out of the blood-pool illusion, then awoke beside Ouyang Mu and decided to hide the evidence of their fight.
• Mo Hua told Ouyang Mu to pretend he knew nothing, triggered an explosion that collapsed the Evil Artifact Room, and left after Jin Gui’s Demon Cultivators began searching the ruins.
• Mo Hua dismantled the old Demon Cultivator’s sword into a Broken Bone Sword and set out to find the Monster Refining Map.

Mo Hua escaped the Ten Thousand Demon Prison and explored the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons with the old demon cultivator Sword Bone guiding him. He reached the enormous Monster Refining Map, whose danger Sword Bone hoped would bring Mo Hua down and free him.

• Mo Hua told Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Mu, and Song Jian that he was leaving to scout, then vanished from their sight.
• Mo Hua forced the old demon cultivator inside the White Bone Broken Sword to guide him and named him Sword Bone.
• Mo Hua used Divine Thought Ink Manipulation to turn a Red-Haired Hyena demon cultivator against the guards, then left the Ten Thousand Demon Prison.
• Sword Bone guided Mo Hua past the Slaughterhouse, Monster Refining Pot, and Alchemy Rooms while explaining the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons and its mysterious Leader.
• Sword Bone led Mo Hua toward the Monster Refining Map, hoping its danger would kill him, and Mo Hua saw the enormous mural on a distant mountain wall.

Mo Hua reached the Monster Refining Map but found its array patterns sealed and no known way to enter it, so he searched nearby for clues. In the Array Stone Hall, he uncovered a false horned-demon altar and hid when the black-clad Leader and Jin Gui arrived to discuss a botched job and a Young Master.

• Mo Hua followed Sword Bone’s directions to the Monster Refining Map, learned that its array patterns had been sealed, and heard the demons mock him as he left.
• Mo Hua found the Array Stone Hall, divined that it was safe to enter, and quickly opened its array-locked doors.
• Mo Hua searched the hall’s materials and array drafts, then discovered that its horned-demon statue and hidden altar were both fake.
• Sword Bone warned Mo Hua that people were approaching, so Mo Hua hid behind the statue as the black-clad Leader entered with Jin Gui.
• Mo Hua overheard the Leader rebuke Jin Gui for bungling a job and saying he could not explain it to the Young Master, then sat on the altar’s horned skull to keep listening.

Mo Hua eavesdropped as Jin Gui blamed the Ten Thousand Demon Prison’s strange incidents on escaped entities from the Monster Refining Map, while the black-clothed Leader revealed how the prison’s surveillance arrays had been dismantled after Mo Hua once exploited them. Jin Yicai arrived to receive a Monster Pattern for his ambitions, and the chapter ended with the Leader praying to the Horned Demon Statue and summoning Mr. Tu.

• Jin Gui reported the dead Artifact Refiner, the Demon Cultivators’ unexplained deaths and madness, and his suspicion that entities from the Monster Refining Map had escaped.
• The black-clothed Leader explained that the Primal Magnetic Spirit-Vision Compound Array had been dismantled after Mo Hua used a surveillance array to help the Dao Court Office raid a demon cave in Bishan City.
• The black-clothed Leader ordered Jin Gui to manipulate the Ouyang Family, Chongxu Gate, and Song Family youths for the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons’ plans.
• Jin Yicai met with his cousin, agreed to risk discovery for the Jin Family and Duanjin Gate, and chose to have a dog-pattern Four Symbols Array drawn on his back.
• After Jin Yicai left, the black-clothed Leader prayed before the Horned Demon Statue, and a blood-colored figure identified by Mo Hua as Mr. Tu appeared.

Mo Hua secretly watched Mr. Tu teach Jin Yixuan the Divine Dao Arrays, then memorized the three arrays when Jin Yixuan left them as an offering. After studying and quickly learning the God Lock Array, Mo Hua considered testing it on the Sword Bone inside the White Bone Broken Sword.

• The blood-red remnant soul of Mr. Tu sensed a trace of deity aura near the Horned Demon Statue, and Jin Yixuan mistook it for a sign that the God Lord was awakening.
• Mr. Tu taught Jin Yixuan the God Gate Array, God Fog Array, and God Lock Array, explaining how the followers had repurposed the arrays to serve the God Lord.
• Jin Yixuan placed the Demon Skin Paper bearing the Divine Dao Array Patterns as an offering before the statue and left to inspect new batches of Bliss Pills.
• Mo Hua copied all three arrays from the offering and recognized the God Gate Array and God Fog Array, while identifying the God Lock Array as the core of the Monster Refining Map.
• Mo Hua practiced the God Lock Array and felt he had learned it quickly, then turned toward the White Bone Broken Sword to test whether it could seal the Sword Bone.

Mo Hua tested the God Lock Array on Sword Bone and discovered that his first attempt could not withstand the demon’s attacks. By studying the Void fissure sealing his Divine Consciousness, he grasped the array’s true law and created a genuine God Lock Array, while an Elder in a distant sect sensed that a great secret had been exposed.

• Mo Hua drew a God Lock Array on the White Bone Demon Sword and ordered Sword Bone to attack it, but Sword Bone eventually broke the seal through repeated strikes.
• Mo Hua realized his array lacked a lasting source of power, then sent Elder Xun information about the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons and several Duanjin Gate disciples.
• Mo Hua examined the flawed Divine Dao Arrays on the Dao Stele and considered learning more by secretly observing Mr. Tu teach Jin Yixuan.
• Mo Hua recognized that the Void fissure in his Sea of Consciousness sealed his Divine Consciousness by devouring its power, revealing the principle behind a lasting seal.
• Mo Hua combined that sealing law with Divine Dao Array Patterns and completed a true God Lock Array on the Dao Stele.
• An Elder meditating in a distant sect sensed that a forbidden secret of great importance had leaked away.

Mr. Tu learned that a great calamity threatened the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons and warned its Young Master, who ordered the valley’s stewards to act. As Mo Hua watched the Demon Cultivators make their move, Elder Xun reported that the valley gates had opened.

• Mr. Tu discovered that the Divine Dao Array had been leaked, secretly traveled to the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons, and divined that elite cultivators were lying in wait outside it.
• Mr. Tu sent the Young Master a blood letter warning of the imminent calamity and urging him to destroy the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons.
• Xun Zixian sensed an unseen presence watching him, and Xun Ziyou ordered the cultivators outside the valley to stay alert.
• Mo Hua mastered the core God Lock Array, but Jin Yixuan was summoned by the Young Master before Mo Hua could test it on Sword Bone.
• Jin Yixuan gave the valley stewards Jade Slips containing the Young Master’s orders and persuaded them to follow the plan to escape their confinement.
• Violent commotion erupted inside the valley, and Elder Xun told Mo Hua that the gates of the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons had opened.