Chapter Summaries

Mo Hua, Ouyang Feng, and Hua Qianqian fought Water Yama, whom Mo Hua recognized as the killer of Ye Jin and a possible source of the altar’s location. Hua Ruyu joined forces with Water Yama, and their fight was interrupted by the arrival of a Golden Core expert from the Rouge Boat.

• Water Yama attacked Ouyang Feng and Hua Qianqian, but Mo Hua revealed himself after Water Yama used a Blood Bead to expose his hiding place.
• Water Yama recognized Mo Hua as the thief who had stolen his Water Prison Forbidden Box, and Mo Hua joined Ouyang Feng and Hua Qianqian in fighting him.
• Mo Hua questioned Water Yama about Ye Jin’s death and provoked him into revealing that the Yu Family’s dead had no graves or souls, leading Mo Hua to suspect Water Yama knew the altar’s location.
• Hua Ruyu arrived, recognized Mo Hua from his earlier visit to Hundred Flowers Valley, and joined Water Yama against Mo Hua, Ouyang Feng, and Hua Qianqian.
• A powerful Golden Core expert from the Rouge Boat appeared at the doorway, causing everyone to stop fighting.

Mo Hua detonated a powerful Li Fire Array aboard the Rouge Boat, exposing its location to the Dao Court Office and escaping with Ouyang Feng and Hua Qianqian. When Xie Liu and Water Yama cornered them, Mo Hua surrendered and negotiated for their safety by invoking the Water Prison Forbidden Box, and they took him and his companions toward a place he recognized as significant.

• Xie Liu recognized Mo Hua and joined Water Yama and Hua Ruyu in attacking him, but Mo Hua used a Wood Prison Array and a shield to protect Ouyang Feng and Hua Qianqian.
• Mo Hua set off fireworks as a signal, then detonated his Li Fire Array, igniting the Rouge Boat and alerting Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia to its location.
• As the Dao Court Office sent its spirit boats toward the burning Rouge Boat, Mo Hua escaped with Ouyang Feng and Hua Qianqian, but Xie Liu damaged their boat and forced them onto another vessel.
• Xie Liu and Water Yama cornered the group, and Mo Hua offered to become their hostage while demanding that they spare him and his companions because he had the Water Prison Forbidden Box.
• Water Yama agreed, and he and Xie Liu took Mo Hua, Ouyang Feng, and Hua Qianqian aboard a small spirit boat toward a feared place while the Dao Court Office began arresting cultivators on the Rouge Boats.

Mo Hua, Ouyang Feng, and Hua Qianqian were taken by Water Yama and Xie Liu to the Dragon King Temple, while Dao Court Office inspectors pursued them through the fog. The group entered the empty temple looking for Mr. Wu, where a blood-drenched corpse suddenly fell from the ceiling.

• Water Yama rowed Mo Hua, Ouyang Feng, and Hua Qianqian through the fog to the Dragon King Temple, with Xie Liu guarding them.
• Water Yama opened the temple gates with a bloodied Fish Bone Token, and Mo Hua suppressed his urge to use Derivation Calculation before entering.
• Ye Hong gave Gu Changhuai a letter from Mo Hua identifying him as Ye Jin’s father, and Inspector Xia agreed he would only need to give a statement about his boat.
• Inspector Xiao reported that Xie Liu and Water Yama had fled with three young hostages, and he joined Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia in pursuit.
• Xiao Tianquan also joined the pursuit, and Inspector Xiao watched the ruined Rouge Boat with Killing Intent reflected in his eyes.
• Inside the Dragon King Temple, Water Yama called for Mr. Wu, but a blood-drenched corpse fell from a beam before the group.

Mo Hua watched Water Yama and Xie Liu fight a blood-qi-wreathed monster, then exploited their rivalry over the Water Prison Forbidden Box to secure Xie Liu’s protection. The group entered Mr. Wu’s room to investigate the temple’s strange events, where a heavy stench of blood greeted them.

• A malformed, scale-covered monster attacked Water Yama and Xie Liu, then retreated after its surrounding blood qi faded.
• Water Yama succumbed to the monster’s tainted blood qi and the temple’s mist, but Xie Liu stopped him from attacking Hua Qianqian.
• Mo Hua revealed the Water Prison Forbidden Box and promised to tell Xie Liu where it was if he protected Mo Hua, Ouyang Feng, and Hua Qianqian until they escaped.
• Mo Hua turned Xie Liu against Water Yama by exposing his attempt to keep the Forbidden Box secret, and Xie Liu ordered Water Yama to stay away from the three youths.
• Xie Liu and Water Yama agreed to investigate Mr. Wu’s room, and Water Yama opened its doors as a strong stench of blood poured out.

Mo Hua and the others discovered a blood-soaked hall in the Dragon King Temple, then tried to leave before Gu Changhuai and the Dao Court Office arrived. Inspector Xiao betrayed them and took Ouyang Feng and Hua Qianqian hostage, but a monster stole the only Fish Bone Token and sealed everyone inside, forcing their enemies to form a temporary alliance to hunt it.

• Mo Hua found traces of activated Evil Arrays and a strange scale in the hall, while Xie Liu and Water Yama confirmed that Mr. Wu’s body was missing.
• As the group opened the temple gate, Gu Changhuai, Inspector Xia, Xiao Tianquan, and other Dao Court Office cultivators attacked; Inspector Xiao then turned on Mo Hua and took Ouyang Feng and Hua Qianqian hostage.
• Inspector Xiao demanded a Cloud Ferry Permit and a Ganxue Passage Order from Inspector Xia and Gu Changhuai in exchange for the hostages.
• A blood-covered monster stole Water Yama’s Fish Bone Token and vanished, leaving the Dragon King Temple’s doors sealed against escape.
• Mo Hua persuaded Inspector Xiao, Gu Changhuai, and Inspector Xia to set aside their conflict and join forces to find the monster and recover the token.

Mo Hua tracked a blood-soaked monster through the Dragon King Temple and discovered that a trace of Dragon Blood let him sense its location. He gathered the cultivators’ traps and led them to attack the monster at Yaksha Hall, where the battle began.

• Mo Hua found a monster’s nest and tasted a faint trace of cyan blood, which triggered Dragon Roar and briefly disrupted his bloodline.
• Mo Hua sensed a connection through the Dragon Blood and used it to lead the group to a massacre site and the monster hiding behind the Yaksha Hall plaque.
• Mo Hua explained that the monster’s blood qi was its weakness and persuaded the cultivators to surrender their traps and binding techniques for an ambush.
• Inspector Xiao knocked down the plaque, revealing the monster as it emerged from its hole and roared.
• Gu Changhuai, Inspector Xia, Inspector Xiao, Xie Liu, Water Yama, and Xiao Tianquan attacked the monster while Mo Hua watched from a clean step.

Mo Hua’s group subdued the monstrous Mr. Wu, drained his blood, and restored his human form so they could question him. Mr. Wu remembered little of his transformation, but he revealed that he had hidden another token inside the altar, giving the group a possible way out of Dragon King Temple.

• The cultivators followed Mo Hua’s plan to exhaust the monster’s blood qi, trap it, and bind it after it collapsed.
• Mo Hua suspected the monster was Mr. Wu, and the group chose to drain its blood rather than kill it and cut open its belly.
• Mo Hua used the Blood Extraction Technique to restore Mr. Wu’s human form, and Gu Changhuai forced him awake.
• Mr. Wu denied knowing about the stolen token, then realized he had killed and eaten the temple guardians while transformed.
• When Inspector Xiao prepared to cut open Mr. Wu’s belly, Mo Hua suggested the token might have been corroded, then asked Mr. Wu for another way out.
• Mr. Wu revealed that he had hidden another token inside the altar.

Mo Hua and the others reached the sealed gate to the Dragon King Temple’s Inner Palace, where Mr. Wu began opening it with three hearts as they waited among the ruins. While secretly eavesdropping on Inspector Xiao and Water Yama, Mo Hua learned that the Water Prison Forbidden Box was in his own possession, leaving Inspector Xiao stunned and furious.

• Mo Hua questioned Mr. Wu about the ruined Middle Palace and the bloodwater before forcing him to explain how to open the Ram-Head Gate.
• Mr. Wu placed three hearts in the ram’s mouth, starting the slow process of filling the gate’s blood grooves, while the group split up to rest and keep watch.
• Inspector Xiao warned Mo Hua that Ouyang Feng and Hua Qianqian remained dependent on him for treatment, then privately spoke with Water Yama inside a Sound Isolation Array.
• Mo Hua used a Sound Stealing Array to overhear Inspector Xiao demand the location of the Water Prison Forbidden Box.
• Water Yama admitted that Mo Hua had taken the box, and Inspector Xiao realized the boy he had traveled with had possessed his treasure all along.

Mo Hua overheard Inspector Xiao, also known as Xiao Zhenhai, reveal his resentment toward the Xiao Family and a proposed marriage between Xiao Tianquan and Inspector Xia. After Mo Hua warned Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia that Xiao Zhenhai had inherited Water Yama’s techniques, the Gate of Living Sacrifice opened and revealed the Lord of the Great Wilderness’s Altar.

• Inspector Xiao learned that Water Yama had reached the fourth level of his technique and dismissed him.
• Xiao Tianquan met Inspector Xiao, who accused the Xiao Family of discarding him and revealed the proposed marriage between Xiao Tianquan and Inspector Xia.
• After Inspector Xiao and Xiao Tianquan left, Mo Hua returned to Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia and reported Inspector Xiao’s connection to Water Yama’s techniques, withholding the Water Prison Forbidden Box secret.
• Inspector Xia gave Gu Changhuai her Mind-Calming Jade, but Gu Changhuai passed it to Mo Hua, who persuaded him to keep it.
• After the three sacrificial hearts were drained, Mr. Wu prayed at the Horned Gate, which opened to reveal a vast Sea of Blood and the Lord of the Great Wilderness’s Altar.

Mo Hua and the others crossed the Blood Pool by Bone Boat and retrieved the Fish Bone Token from the Altar, but Inspector Xiao betrayed the group in an attempt to capture Mo Hua. He unleashed the Water Prison Sect’s superior Water Prison Art, trapping Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia while Mo Hua escaped its reach.

• Mr. Wu led the group to a Fish Demon statue and revealed that it transformed into a Bone Boat capable of crossing the Blood Pool.
• Mo Hua suspected Mr. Wu intended to use an Evil Array against them, but Inspector Xiao ordered the group to board the boat and had Xie Liu watch Mr. Wu.
• The group reached the Altar, where Mr. Wu retrieved the Fish Bone Token from a hidden compartment beneath the offering table.
• Inspector Xiao offered the token to Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia, then attacked when Inspector Xia picked it up; Mo Hua turned invisible and fled before Inspector Xiao could strike him.
• Inspector Xiao pursued Mo Hua with Water Prison Techniques and accused him of taking the Water Prison Forbidden Box, while Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia intervened to protect him.
• Inspector Xiao cast the Water Prison Sect’s superior Water Prison Art, trapping Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia in the Dead Water Dao Prison as Mo Hua watched from a distance.

Inspector Xiao and Xie Liu fought over the Water Prison Forbidden Box, but Mr. Wu consumed Xie Liu and vanished into the Blood Pool as the Dragon King Temple transformed into a Bone Labyrinth. After Inspector Xiao agreed to a temporary alliance with Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia, he betrayed them and attacked Mo Hua, who pretended to be incapacitated by his Blood Pupil Technique.

• Mo Hua admitted he had the Water Prison Forbidden Box and traded it for Inspector Xiao releasing Ouyang Feng and Hua Qianqian and curing their Gui Water Poison.
• Xie Liu seized the box and fled, but Inspector Xiao struck him with the Blood Prison Pupil Technique and severed his arm before reclaiming the treasure.
• Mr. Wu attacked the injured Xie Liu, consumed his flesh and blood, transformed into a scaled creature, and dragged Xie Liu into the Blood Pool.
• The Blood Pools and Altar shifted as the Array Technique activated, trapping everyone inside a vast Bone Labyrinth.
• Inspector Xiao proposed a temporary alliance with Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia, then secretly joined Water Yama in attacking them and Mo Hua.
• Inspector Xiao's Blood Pupil Technique froze Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia, while Mo Hua pretended to be overcome by its effects.

Mo Hua pretended Inspector Xiao’s Blood Prison Pupil Technique had knocked him unconscious, allowing Inspector Xiao to seize him and force Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia to hand over the Fish Bone Token. As the group became trapped in the White Bone Labyrinth and fought Blood Corpses, Inspector Xiao discovered Mo Hua had recovered and reacted with alarm when Mo Hua mentioned the Meditation Technique.

• Mo Hua faked being unconscious after Inspector Xiao struck him with the Blood Prison Pupil Technique, and Inspector Xiao bound him as a hostage.
• Inspector Xiao demanded the Fish Bone Token, and Inspector Xia handed it over to protect Mo Hua while Gu Changhuai and the others reluctantly continued with him.
• The group wandered deeper into the White Bone Labyrinth, where their direction-finding artifacts failed and Blood Corpses attacked them.
• The group retreated from the Blood Corpses and rested in a defensible alley, where Gu Changhuai supported the exhausted Inspector Xia and Xiao Tianquan watched them jealously.
• Inspector Xiao gave Water Yama the Water Prison Forbidden Box and ordered him to use his essence blood to open it, prompting the supposedly unconscious Mo Hua to reveal that he was awake.
• Inspector Xiao questioned Mo Hua about resisting his Pupil Technique, and Mo Hua credited a teacher’s Meditation Technique, making Inspector Xiao’s pupils tremble.

Mo Hua led the group through the Bone Labyrinth, but Mr. Wu blocked the exit with an army of Blood Corpses. As Water Yama opened the Water Prison Forbidden Box and turned on Mo Hua, Hua Qianqian and Ouyang Feng intervened, only for Mo Hua to reveal golden eyes to Water Yama.

• Inspector Xiao agreed to let Mo Hua see the Water Prison Forbidden Box in exchange for the Meditation Technique, while Water Yama began opening it with his blood essence.
• Mo Hua used his knowledge of the Riddle Array to guide Inspector Xiao, Inspector Xia, Gu Changhuai, Ouyang Feng, Hua Qianqian, and the others toward the labyrinth's exit.
• Mr. Wu appeared at the exit with a horde of Blood Corpses, including the newly refined Xie Liu, and attacked the group.
• Water Yama led Mo Hua away from the battle, used red incense to repel the Blood Corpses, and opened the Water Prison Forbidden Box before threatening Mo Hua for the Meditation Technique.
• Hua Qianqian and Ouyang Feng found Water Yama and fought him to protect Mo Hua, until Mo Hua called Water Yama by name and revealed a pair of golden eyes.

Mo Hua helped the group defeat Water Yama and weaken Mr. Wu by destroying the Blood Arrays, but the escape attempt exposed Inspector Xiao as Xiao Zhenhai and sparked a fight over the Fish Bone Token. As Xiao Zhenhai gained the upper hand, Mo Hua trapped him in a barrage of powerful Second-Grade arrays.

• Mo Hua took the Water Prison Forbidden Box from Water Yama, whose Killing Intent backfired; Ouyang Feng and Hua Qianqian wounded him, and Xiao Tianquan killed him.
• Mo Hua destroyed the Blood Arrays near the gate, causing the Blood Corpses to collapse and allowing the Golden Core cultivators to subdue Mr. Wu.
• The group found the Fish Bone Token and opened the gate, but Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia attacked Inspector Xiao, who tried to seize Xiao Tianquan and the token.
• Mo Hua and the others joined the fight against Inspector Xiao, who was revealed as Xiao Zhenhai and fought to reclaim the Water Prison Forbidden Box.
• Xiao Zhenhai wounded Gu Changhuai and nearly killed Inspector Xia, but Mo Hua's hidden arrays restrained and bombarded him.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter opens with a massive, multi-layered explosion of second-grade high-level arrays, causing significant destruction and pressure even on powerful cultivators like Inspector Xiao.
• The explosion is a result of the 'Pupil Technique Slaughter' array, a powerful and dangerous technique used by the enemy cultivators.

Character Developments

• Inspector Xiao: Despite being at the Golden Core realm, a high level in cultivation, Xiao struggles to withstand the force of the explosions. This shows the immense power of the 'Pupil Technique Slaughter' array.
• Enemy Cultivators: Their use of such a powerful and destructive technique reveals their desperation and willingness to cause significant harm.

Significant Themes

• Power and Destruction: The chapter highlights the immense power of cultivation techniques and the devastating consequences they can have when used recklessly or in desperation.
• Resilience: Despite the overwhelming force, Inspector Xiao is still able to withstand it, showing his resilience and strength as a cultivator.

Character Interactions

• There are no direct interactions in this chapter, as it focuses primarily on the aftermath of the 'Pupil Technique Slaughter' array's explosion. However, the scene sets the stage for potential interactions between Inspector Xiao and the enemy cultivators in the following chapters.

Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia were trapped outside the sealed Inner Palace while Mo Hua was carried by Mr. Wu to the Altar as a living sacrifice. Mo Hua revealed himself as the God Lord’s great enemy, entered the God Lord’s realm, and killed Mr. Wu.

• Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia failed to open the Inner Palace doors and decided to seek help to rescue Mo Hua without yet informing Void Gate.
• Mr. Wu carried Mo Hua through the Bone Labyrinth, and Mo Hua questioned him about his Yaksha form, the Temple Guardians, and the God Lord.
• Mr. Wu brought Mo Hua to the Blood Pool’s Altar, bound him, and began the sacrificial ritual.
• After the ritual drew them into the God Lord’s realm, Mo Hua revealed that he was the God Lord’s great enemy and that Mr. Wu had led him to the Altar.
• Mr. Wu attacked Mo Hua, but Mo Hua stopped his punch and killed him with a single blow before destroying his soul.

Mo Hua took control of the Lord of the Great Wilderness’s Tree of Divine Authority and discovered a newly hatched Horned Evil Infant waiting for him on the Altar. After a fierce battle, he trapped the Divine Fetus with the Soul-Startling Sword and stabbed its skull with a golden sword, leaving its fate unresolved.

• Mo Hua burned away Mr. Wu’s remaining Divine Thought and seated himself on the Altar, where he stole control of the Lord of the Great Wilderness’s Tree of Divine Authority.
• Mo Hua searched the Nightmare nodes for Yu’er, noticed that Yu’er’s aura had grown more eerie, and ordered demons to devour for their Thought Power.
• A black-blooded Horned Evil Infant appeared behind Mo Hua, declared that he had been left to be eaten, and attacked him.
• Mo Hua and the Evil Infant fought across the Altar as the infant’s inherited memories awakened and its attacks grew stronger.
• Mo Hua pretended to consider submitting, then trapped the Evil Infant in the Lishan Cremation Compound Array and followed with the Soul-Startling Sword.
• Mo Hua formed a golden sword, seized the Divine Fetus by the neck, and drove the blade through its skull.

Mo Hua defeated the Evil Infant in his Sea of Consciousness, but it fused with his Fu Shi soul and began corrupting him, leaving him unable to use the Soul-Startling Sword safely. After returning to the Altar, he took revenge by ordering Demons through the Tree of Divine Authority, then found a terrifying, familiar presence at one node.

• Mo Hua destroyed the Evil Infant's body, but discovered it had secretly attached itself to him and fought him again in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Mo Hua subdued the Evil Infant repeatedly but could not destroy its true soul, so he brought it before the Dao Stele.
• The Evil Infant used the Evil Soul Fusion Technique to merge with Mo Hua's Fu Shi soul and announced its plan to transform him into a vessel.
• Mo Hua failed to cleanse the corrupted soul, sealed his soul to contain the Evil Infant, and returned from his Sea of Consciousness to the intact Altar.
• Mo Hua found Mr. Wu dead, reentered the Nightmare, and ordered Demons at many nodes on the Tree of Divine Authority as revenge.
• Mo Hua discovered a node surrounded by the aura of a strange, powerful creature that seemed part Demon, monster, and human.

Mo Hua discovered how the Dragon King Temple’s altar used the Rouge Boat’s desires and Sinful Cultivators’ blood-oath pact to nourish the Evil Fetus, which had fused with his divine soul. He emerged as the temple’s apparent master, reunited with his companions, and decided to search the temple further.

• Mo Hua recognized a powerful Demonic Beast within a Nightmare node but chose not to provoke it, then realized canceling his many orders would be difficult and resolved to protect Yu'er.
• Mo Hua discovered that the altar absorbed human desires and sinful Karma, and identified the Wordless Blood Stele as a Soul Pact that bound the Sinful Cultivators’ lives and fed their crimes to the Evil Fetus.
• Mo Hua found that the altar carried him upward and opened the Dragon King Temple’s gate, realizing the temple seemed to obey him because the Evil Fetus had merged with his soul.
• Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia welcomed Mo Hua back, and Mo Hua claimed Mr. Wu had suddenly died during a ritual before he could be sacrificed.
• Ouyang Feng and Hua Qianqian reunited with Mo Hua, who warned them to keep the Rouge Boat and Dragon King Temple secret before they returned to their sects.
• Mo Hua asked Gu Changhuai to help search the Dragon King Temple, intending to inspect the place he now considered his own.

Mo Hua helped the Dao Court Office clear the Dragon King Temple and discovered a hidden Dragon Bone Statue that only he could perceive. As he and the others sailed away, a powerful Inspector from the Central Dao Court arrived on a Xia Family ship.

• Mo Hua persuaded Gu Changhuai to investigate and clean the Dragon King Temple carefully, then confirmed that the temple had originally been built to worship the River Dragon King.
• Mo Hua entered a concealed hall, overcame a perception-distorting effect, and found a Dragon Bone Life-Bound Divine Statue that no one else could see or notice.
• Mo Hua hid the statue, concealed the Altar behind the Bone Labyrinth, and left the temple with Gu Changhuai, Inspector Xia, and Xiao Tianquan.
• Mr. Tu reflected on his failed scheme at the Dragon King Temple and believed Mo Hua had been gravely wounded by the Evil God Fetus’s contamination.
• A large Xia Family spirit boat approached Mo Hua’s group on the Yanshui River, and Inspector Xia identified its passenger as his uncle, an Inspector of the Feather Transformation Realm from the Central Dao Court.