Chapter Summaries

Mo Hua defeated the Four Great Sects’ prodigies and continued drawing arrays alone until the examiners’ final capping challenge stopped him. Studying the unfamiliar Second-Grade Array, he began uncovering its principle of Lingli Reverse Transformation.

• Mo Hua drew every Nineteen-Pattern array without error, forcing Shen Juncai, Xiao Yi, Ao Li, and Duanmu Xue to withdraw and securing first place in Array Discussion.
• The examiners mistook Mo Hua’s calm wait for a desire to keep competing, so Master Wen continued the examination with Mo Hua as the sole contestant.
• Mo Hua drew array after array flawlessly, including three more Nineteen-Pattern arrays, until he reached the final capping question.
• Master Wen presented an unfamiliar Second-Grade Array that exceeded Mo Hua’s current knowledge, and Mo Hua stopped to study its intricate structure.
• Mo Hua analyzed the capping array’s patterns, hubs, and eyes, then deciphered the essence of its Lingli changes as Reverse Transformation.

Mo Hua learned and drew the final Nineteen-Pattern peak array at the Ganxue Prefecture Array Discussion Assembly, winning the championship for Void Gate. His victory astonished the examiners and sects across Dao Discussion Mountain, while the Wanzhen Sect elder realized he had once rejected Mo Hua as a disciple.

• Mo Hua studied the final capping array and used calculation to comprehend its Reverse Transformation Lingli laws on the spot.
• Mo Hua drew the complete array without a mistake, and Master Wen confirmed that he had passed every examination question.
• Master Wen declared Mo Hua of Void Gate the Array Dao Champion, and Void Gate disciples celebrated his victory.
• Wenren Jingxuan learned that Mo Hua had won after his daughter had helped bring him to Void Gate, while Shangguan Wang struggled to respond.
• The Wanzhen Sect instructor reminded the Wanzhen Sect elder that he had rejected Mo Hua years earlier, leaving the elder stricken with regret.
• Elder Zheng recognized Mo Hua's exceptional abilities and watched the crowds celebrate as his name shook Ganxue Prefecture.

After Mo Hua won the Array Dao Champion title, Void Gate hid his records and sealed his Karma with the Void Two Poles Lock while other sects debated how to counter him. Elder Shen of Qiandao Sect discovered that he had once rejected Mo Hua’s Sect Entry Token and collapsed in horror.

• The clans and sects failed to uncover Mo Hua’s origins and secretly tried to calculate his Karma, but Void Gate’s Heavenly Calculation Lock blocked them and deterred further attempts.
• Elder Xun gave Mo Hua the Void Two Poles Lock to wear and told him to remain in Void Gate while he cultivated and prepared for the next stage of his training.
• Elders from the Four Great Sects discussed Mo Hua’s growing threat and considered trying to recruit or tempt him away from Void Gate.
• Elder Shen recognized Mo Hua’s name, searched Qiandao Sect’s records, and found the old entry showing that he had rejected Mo Hua’s Sect Entry Token.
• Elder Shen realized he had turned away the prodigy and likely severed a valuable Karma, then collapsed in shock.

Mr. Tu suspected Mo Hua was favored by the Void Fierce God, while Elder Ge noticed the unusual Divine Consciousness and complicated Karma surrounding him. As Void Gate discussed its rivals’ decline and Mo Hua’s enormous Merit Points, Mo Hua resisted the distractions of fame and returned to his studies, impressing Elder Xun with his pure Dao Heart.

• Mr. Tu failed to trace Mo Hua’s origins through Karma and concluded that Mo Hua was likely a high-ranking God-Favored One connected to the Void Fierce God.
• Elder Ge read about Mo Hua’s nineteen-pattern Divine Consciousness, found his Karma protected by multiple layers, and wondered whether the wider situation was shifting.
• The Void Gate Sect Master told Elder Xun that Ta'a Gate and Chongxu Gate would fall from the Eight Great Sects, and Elder Xun considered how their decline might aid negotiations.
• The Void Gate Sect Master revealed that Mo Hua had 486,912 Merit Points, and Elder Xun instructed him to conceal the full balance from Mo Hua.
• Mo Hua stayed within Void Gate, wrote Elder Zheng to ask about Thunder Magnetism Array Techniques, and received greetings and gifts from disciples and outside powers.
• Mo Hua recognized that fame and wealth were distracting him, settled his Dao Heart, and returned to studying Array Techniques, prompting Elder Xun to recall the ancestors’ words about returning to simplicity and truth.

Mo Hua worried that his slow cultivation would keep him from advancing to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, but Elder Xun and the Void Gate Sect Master assured him he would not have to repeat the year. Meanwhile, Elder Xun urged the ancestors of Ta'a Gate and Chongxu Gate to merge with Void Gate, warning that an Evil God threatened all three sects.

• Cheng Mo and the other disciples told Mo Hua they were nearing breakthroughs to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, making Mo Hua fear he would fall behind and repeat the year.
• Mo Hua explained his concern to Elder Xun, and the Void Gate Sect Master promised to vouch for him if he failed to advance in time.
• The Void Gate Sect Master and Elder Xun considered keeping Mo Hua in school to win future Dao Discussion titles, then rejected the idea as harmful to him.
• Elder Xun met Ancestor Ouyang and Ancestor Linghu and warned that an Evil God had infiltrated Ganxue Prefecture, urging Ta'a Gate and Chongxu Gate to merge with Void Gate.
• Elder Xun reminded the two ancestors of Void Gate's sacrifices during the Heavenly Demon Catastrophe and argued that merging could help preserve all three sects; they fell silent to consider his proposal.
• Mo Hua again asked Elder Xun whether he would be held back, and Elder Xun reassured him while hinting that Mo Hua might become Senior Martial Brother to even more people.

The sect masters of Ta'a Gate, Chongxu Gate, and Void Gate finalized the terms of their merger, naming the unified sect Void Gate while retaining three mountain branches. The merger stunned Ganxue Prefecture and the Four Great Sects, while the Shen Family Old Ancestor reprimanded Elder Shen and ordered him to win the next Array Discussion Assembly; Mo Hua realized he had become Senior Martial Brother to disciples across all three gates.

• The three sect masters agreed to preserve each gate's leadership and disciples while gradually sharing access, merit systems, and instruction.
• Ta'a Sect Master and Chongxu Sect Leader argued over the new sect's name until the Void Gate Sect Master proposed combining characters and maneuvered them into choosing Void Gate.
• The three leaders declared that Ta'a Mountain, Chongxu Mountain, and Void Mountain would form one lineage under the unified Void Gate.
• The Four Great Sects reacted with shock, while the Shen Family Old Ancestor dismissed the merger as no threat and ordered Elder Shen to secure the next Array Dao Champion title.
• Mo Hua learned of the merger and realized Elder Xun's prediction was true: he had become Senior Martial Brother to disciples from all three gates.

As the Three Sects Merger received final approval, Ouyang Feng prepared to travel and advised Mo Hua to strengthen his cultivation and plan for a Natal Magic Treasure. The merged Void Gate was formally established, and Mo Hua became the Array Technique Senior Martial Brother to disciples across all three mountains.

• Mo Hua toured Ta'a Gate and Chongxu Gate, reunited with Linghu Xiao and Ouyang Mu, and spoke with Ouyang Feng about his plans to travel.
• Ouyang Feng urged Mo Hua to build up his Lingli foundation and begin planning for a Natal Magic Treasure before Golden Core Formation, then asked him to look after Xiao Mutou.
• Administrators at Celestial Authority Pavilion discussed and approved the Three Sects Merger, while one chief grew frightened after mentioning Mo Hua's name near Puppet Lord.
• The three sects held their first assembly together on Void Mountain, formally establishing the unified Void Gate of Three Mountains One Lineage.
• Elder Xun appointed Mo Hua to teach Array Techniques to disciples from Ta'a, Chongxu, and Void Mountains, and thousands of disciples greeted him as their Senior Martial Brother.

After Void Gate reunites with Ta'a Gate and Chongxu Gate, Mo Hua continues his training and enjoys growing recognition, while Old Ancestor Dugu realizes Mo Hua may have the talent to master a dangerous sword art. The chapter ends with Gu Changhuai revealing that an organized Demon Sect carried out a swift family extermination.

• Elder Xun tells Old Ancestor Dugu that the three sects have merged and that Mo Hua won first place in the Array Discussion, prompting Dugu to recognize him as the disciple he secretly taught.
• Elder Xun warns Old Ancestor Dugu not to teach Mo Hua the forbidden Divine Sense Sword Transformation Art, while Dugu hides that he has already begun teaching him.
• At their next lesson, Mo Hua practices swordsmanship by chopping trees, and Old Ancestor Dugu admires his sword heart and considers his potential.
• Mo Hua advances through the year without reaching Foundation Establishment Late Stage, earns a First Class, Sixth Grade assessment, and attends the Gu Family’s Year-End Banquet as an honored guest.
• After the banquet, Mo Hua visits Gu Changhuai, who reveals that the Dao Court Office has linked a new, swiftly executed family extermination to an organized Demon Sect.

Mo Hua learned that a bloodline Demon Sect with more than a dozen Golden Core Elders had emerged in Ganxue Prefecture, while he struggled to meet the Heavenly Derivation Art’s Foundation Establishment Late Stage bottleneck. After finding that he needed far more Divine Marrow to advance, he remained stuck between killing the Evil Fetus and obtaining the Divine Marrow required to kill it, until Old Ancestor Dugu decided he needed a different kind of sword training.

• Gu Changhuai told Mo Hua that a bloodline Demon Sect had committed several massacres and had more than a dozen Golden Core Elders, prompting the Dao Court Office to summon reinforcements.
• After the New Year, Mo Hua entered Void Gate’s Foundation Establishment Late Stage academic year while still at Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and he began cultivating in earnest.
• Mo Hua encountered the Heavenly Derivation Art’s golden Riddle Array but could not move it because his Divine Consciousness Daoization was insufficient.
• Mo Hua concluded that he needed abundant Divine Marrow to advance, but saw no way to obtain it without risking himself against the Evil God’s followers or killing the Evil Fetus he could not yet defeat.
• At their next lesson in the Back Mountain Forbidden Area, Old Ancestor Dugu called Mo Hua’s sword practice too slow and said he needed to train in another way.

Old Ancestor Dugu taught Mo Hua to approach sword cultivation through the Array Dao, and Mo Hua fused a Sword Array into his Divine Thought Sword Transformation to create an Array Sword. The breakthrough strengthened Old Ancestor Dugu’s hope that Mo Hua could inherit his knowledge, despite the danger of being plagued by Evil Spirits.

• Old Ancestor Dugu learned that Mo Hua had grasped the Sword Transformation Style and Soul-Startling Sword, then offered to guide him into the Sword Dao through the Array Dao.
• Old Ancestor Dugu explained how sword qi and arrays were different manifestations of the Dao, and gave Mo Hua a Jade Slip containing the Sword Transformation Style.
• Mo Hua realized that Sword Arrays could serve as a medium for understanding sword qi and tried to combine the Gold-Breaking Sword Array with his Divine Thought Sword Transformation.
• After repeated failures, Mo Hua fused the sword array into the Heart Image of his divine soul and created a complete Divine Thought Sword built on the Gold-Breaking Sword Array.
• Seven days later, Old Ancestor Dugu saw Mo Hua’s Array Sword and gave him further pointers, then lamented that passing on his knowledge might expose Mo Hua to Evil Spirits and Demons.

Mo Hua learned three sword arrays from Sword Bone and used them to develop new Divine Sense Sword transformations, startling Old Ancestor Dugu with their potential. He tested his stronger sword against the Evil Fetus, but realized it still could not damage its origin and resolved to grow stronger.

• Mo Hua made Sword Bone reveal three sword arrays, then considered the inheritance behind each and began studying them.
• After practicing the Ta'a Mountain-Opening Sword Array, Guishui Sword Array, and Separating Fire Sword Array, Mo Hua formed three different elemental divine sense swords.
• Mo Hua demonstrated his new Sword Transformation methods to Old Ancestor Dugu, who recognized their unprecedented potential but abruptly sent him back after claiming an old injury had flared up.
• Mo Hua used his Gold-Breaking Sword to strike the Evil Fetus in his soul, making it cry out in pain before it withdrew and fell silent.
• Mo Hua realized his sword could hurt the Evil Fetus but could not damage its origin, so he resolved to find a way to become strong enough to destroy it.

Mo Hua asked Old Ancestor Dugu how to cultivate the God-Slaying Sword and learned that Void Gate’s Sword Flow let cultivators borrow sword Dao source to slay gods. Old Ancestor Dugu then taught him the Supreme Emotion-Severing Dao, but after Mo Hua left, the ancestor realized he could not remember what he had taught or what had taught the boy.

• Mo Hua visited Old Ancestor Dugu at the Sword Graveyard and asked how to practice the God-Slaying Sword.
• Old Ancestor Dugu explained that Void Gate’s Sword Flow was a sword Dao source nurtured over generations from the Dao Rhyme of an ancient Divine Sword.
• Old Ancestor Dugu taught Mo Hua that cultivating the God-Slaying Style meant borrowing the sword Dao source and severing the lesser self to approach the sword’s great Dao.
• Old Ancestor Dugu told Mo Hua that literally cutting his own Life Soul was possible for him, but required comprehending the Dao of Heartlessness.
• Old Ancestor Dugu passed the Supreme Emotion-Severing Dao to Mo Hua, who memorized it and returned to the Disciple Quarters.
• After Mo Hua left, Old Ancestor Dugu came to himself and wondered what he had taught Mo Hua and what had taught the boy.

Mo Hua realized he could cultivate the Void God-Slaying Divine Sword by merging sword intent into the wounds on his divine soul, and he began practicing the Supreme Emotion-Severing Dao while using his little senior sister as an emotional anchor. When Gu Changhuai stopped responding to his message, Mo Hua feared something had happened; the chapter ended with Gu Changhuai arriving at the Gu Family unconscious and bearing a Death Omen.

• Mo Hua concluded that he lacked the Sword Dao foundation to follow the orthodox God-Slaying Divine Sword method, then discovered he could merge Void Sword Intent into the wounds on his divine soul instead.
• Mo Hua tried the Supreme Emotion-Severing Dao, nearly lost his sense of self, and chose his little senior sister as an anchor to preserve his Humanity while cultivating it.
• Mo Hua began cultivating the God-Slaying Divine Sword in the morning and the Supreme Emotion-Severing Dao at night, hoping the methods would help him slay the Evil Fetus.
• During his cultivation, Mo Hua sensed something wrong with Gu Changhuai and sent him a message, but received no reply.
• Several Gu Family cultivators brought Gu Changhuai home unconscious and covered in blood, and the Alchemy elder identified the blackness between his brows as a Death Omen.

After Gu Changhuai was gravely wounded by a Golden Core detonation, Gu Family healers found a powerful baleful intent consuming his Sea of Consciousness. The attempted removal failed, and the possessed Gu Changhuai singled out Yu'er before Wenren Wan decided to bring Yu'er to Mo Hua, whose presence eased his nightmares.

• Gu An and Gu Quan told Gu Shouyan that Gu Changhuai had taken a Golden Core cultivator's self-destruction head-on to protect the others.
• Gu Family alchemists preserved Gu Changhuai's life but warned that an unknown baleful intent would kill him unless a divine-sense cultivator removed it.
• Wenren Wan contacted Mysterious Mechanism Valley through the Shangguan Family, and Mr. Mei led an urgent Baleful Intent Removal attempt.
• The baleful intent overwhelmed Mr. Mei, then possessed Gu Changhuai, who fixed his gaze on Yu'er before other cultivators suppressed him.
• Yu'er grew terrified and fell into a painful nightmare, so Wenren Wan ordered Wenren Wei to take him to Mo Hua at Void Gate.
• Wenren Wei suggested inviting Mo Hua to examine both Yu'er and Gu Changhuai.

Wenren Wan brought Mo Hua to the Gu Family after Gu Changhuai was overcome by a terrifying Evil Baleful Intent. Mo Hua entered Gu Changhuai’s Sea of Consciousness, killed the Sheep Horn creature there with his Divine Sense sword, and swallowed its refined black qi.

• Wenren Wei persuaded Wenren Wan to bring Mo Hua to Qingzhou City to help Gu Changhuai.
• Mo Hua calmed Yu’er’s nightmare and met Mr. Mei, who warned him that Gu Changhuai’s Evil Baleful Intent was too dangerous to challenge.
• Mo Hua ignored Mr. Mei’s precautions and entered the inner room with Sword Bone to reach Gu Changhuai’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Sword Bone lured the Sheep Horn creature into the Bone Sword’s Blood Pool Nightmare, where Mo Hua joined him.
• Mo Hua trapped the Sheep Horn creature with a Water Prison, cut it in half with his Divine Sense sword, and refined and swallowed its black qi.

Mo Hua removed the Evil Baleful Intent from Gu Changhuai and learned more about the Demon Sect and the Dao Court’s plans for his future. After returning to Void Gate, he refined the Divine Remains into Divine Marrow and consumed it, strengthening his Divine Sense and advancing his cultivation.

• Mo Hua defeated and refined the Divine Remains, then brought Sword Bone back to the Gu Family’s Pill Pavilion, where he confirmed Gu Changhuai’s Evil Baleful Intent had been removed.
• Mr. Mei and the Gu Family elders verified Gu Changhuai was out of danger, and Mo Hua advised them that his depleted vital energy, Lingli, and meridians still needed treatment.
• Inspector Xia told Mo Hua that the Dao Court had sealed his place of origin and explained how the Demon Sect’s blood-feasting members had ambushed Gu Changhuai and detonated a Golden Core.
• Gu Changhuai briefly awakened, and Mo Hua accepted the Gu Family’s gifts before returning to Void Gate.
• Mo Hua used the Dao Stele’s Tribulation Lightning to purify the Divine Remains into Divine Marrow, then consumed it and strengthened his divine soul and Divine Sense Daoization realm.

Cheng Mo gave Mo Hua a bloodstained token taken from a group of Evil Cultivators, and Mo Hua discovered that it was a Demon Sect Token rather than a Message Token. Unable to understand its intricate arrays, Mo Hua sought out Elder Zheng, who began teaching him the secret principles of Sect Tokens and Thunder Magnetism.

• Cheng Mo learned that Cheng Mo and his companions had ambushed three Evil Cultivators after finding them in a blood-soaked village, then handed Mo Hua the token they had seized.
• Mo Hua registered the token with Elder Song, then dismantled it at his Disciple Quarters and discovered its complex structure identified it as a Demon Sect Token.
• Mo Hua studied the token's arrays but could not understand their underlying principles, so he asked Zheng Fang to arrange a meeting with Elder Zheng.
• Elder Zheng warned Mo Hua that learning the secret array principles could put him on sects' blacklists, and Mo Hua agreed to learn them in confidence.
• Elder Zheng explained the Zheng Family's thunder arts and distinguished Thunder Magnetism from Primal Magnetism as he began teaching Mo Hua the principles behind Sect Tokens.

Elder Zheng explained to Mo Hua how Thunder Magnetism uses Sub-Thunder Patterns and Secondary Thunder Currents to alter Primal Magnetic Arrays, while warning him to conceal any Thunder Magnetism expertise. Mo Hua applied the Five Elements Sect’s Source Returning Algorithm to his accumulated Sub-Thunder Patterns and produced a strange, stick-figure-like prototype of Array Flow.

• Elder Zheng taught Mo Hua the distinction between fixed Primal Magnetism Arrays and Thunder Magnetism, which used thunder currents to change magnetic patterns.
• Elder Zheng advised Mo Hua to study genuine Thunder Magnetism Arrays when he could and to identify himself to outsiders only as a Primal Magnetism Array Master.
• Mo Hua recorded Elder Zheng’s teachings and examined the Secondary Thunder Current Array Aunt Wan had given him, but found its principles beyond his current understanding.
• Mo Hua connected his Sub-Thunder Pattern Library to the Five Elements Sect’s Source Returning Algorithm and decided to combine the patterns into a source pattern.
• Mo Hua spent more than a month using calculations to return over a thousand Secondary Thunder Patterns to their source, creating a tiny, living-looking figure made of Secondary Thunder Patterns.

Mo Hua used the Thunder-Magnetic Figurine to infiltrate and alter the Magnetic Patterns of a Message Token and a Demon Sect Token. By changing the token holder’s rank to skill transmission disciple, he uncovered the Demon Sect’s vast network and glimpsed its activity.

• Mo Hua controlled the Thunder-Magnetic Figurine through magnetic wire and used it to secretly alter a Message Token so every message displayed “I'm your father.”
• Mo Hua infiltrated the Demon Sect Token and changed its authorization setting, revealing its owner Chi Fei’s identity and record of killings, blood feasts, and demonic arts passed down.
• Mo Hua found that Chi Fei’s ordinary disciple rank concealed the token’s interface to a larger Yuan Magnetic Compound Array.
• Mo Hua tried changing Chi Fei’s rank to several higher titles, but only “skill transmission disciple” took effect.
• The rank change revealed the Demon Sect’s compound array, where Mo Hua saw messages and activity from countless demonic cultivators.

Mo Hua infiltrated the Demon Sect’s Primal Magnetic Sea and uncovered a plan to trap Dao Court Office cultivators in a Blood Feast. With Gu Changhuai and Inspector Xia unreachable and the ambush already underway, he sent an anonymous warning to the participating Demonic Cultivators.

• Mo Hua searched the Demon Sect’s records, learned about its blood slaves and Blood Lotus Art, and discovered that the sect was preparing a Blood Feast.
• Mo Hua connected the cryptic phrases “kill dogs” and “cat” to a plan to lure Dao Court Office cultivators using an exposed spy.
• Mo Hua found messages confirming that Gu Changhuai, Inspector Xia, and around a hundred Dao Court Office cultivators had entered the Demon Sect’s ambush.
• Mo Hua realized he could not reach the trapped cultivators in time, then used Heavenly Ghost Calculation to send every Demonic Cultivator involved an anonymous message: “There is a traitor. Abort the plan.”