Recaps

Fire Buddha unleashed his Killing Intent and Meteor Fire Forbidden Technique against Gu Changhuai and the Dao Court Office Cultivators, while Mo Hua watched the battle and slipped into the great hall to search for the technique’s secrets. He discovered a hidden passage in a mural that led into an artificial mountain, where he found an altar at the center of its Riddle Heaven Array.

• Fire Buddha used Killing Intent to frighten nearby inspectors and killed them, then challenged Gu Changhuai with his perfected Meteor Fire Forbidden Technique.
• Gu Changhuai fought Fire Buddha while Blood Woodcutter, Yin Thunder Child, and Ghost-Faced Baleful led Demonic Cultivators into battle against the remaining inspectors.
• Mo Hua studied Fire Buddha’s Meteor Fire Technique and worried that its incantation would be lost if Fire Buddha were captured or killed.
• Mo Hua searched the great hall and found a hidden entrance in the Wild Mountain Mural, which led into an artificial hill built to resemble the mural.
• Mo Hua followed the hill’s Riddle Heaven Array to its center and found an altar.

Mo Hua discovered Fire Buddha’s hidden altar, where he found the Meteor Fire Technique manual and learned that Fire Buddha revered an unknown lord. After Mo Hua guided Gu Changhuai to the altar, he stole the manual while the two fought and began plotting how to get Fire Buddha killed.

• Mo Hua sat on the altar and sensed that it felt strangely familiar, but he found no offerings or formation clues to the Meteor Fire Technique.
• Fire Buddha returned injured, prayed to the altar’s revered lord, and retrieved the Meteor Fire Technique manual from a hidden storage brick.
• Mo Hua hid from Fire Buddha and messaged Gu Changhuai with directions to the altar and the news that Fire Buddha was recovering there.
• Gu Changhuai entered the altar, and Fire Buddha attacked him to protect the secret site while Mo Hua stayed hidden.
• Mo Hua used Fire Buddha’s hidden storage brick to retrieve two booklets, including the Meteor Fire Technique manual, and stored them in his Storage Ring.
• Mo Hua watched Gu Changhuai and Fire Buddha battle and began devising a way to trick Fire Buddha into dying.

Mo Hua secretly weakened Fire Buddha with spells and arrays while Gu Changhuai fought him, leaving Fire Buddha poisoned and cornered in the Altar. As the Demon Palace began to shake from exploding arrays, Fire Buddha threatened to bury them all with him.

• Mo Hua struck Fire Buddha’s eyes with the Golden Light Technique, disrupting his Killing Intent and giving Gu Changhuai the advantage.
• Mo Hua repeatedly hindered Fire Buddha with hidden spells and trapped him in the Eight Trigrams Gen Mountain Binding Array, allowing Gu Changhuai to wound him.
• Fire Buddha returned to the Altar for the Meteor Fire Technique manual, but Mo Hua had taken it and prepared a Yi Wood Water Poison Compound Array that poisoned and slowed Fire Buddha.
• Fire Buddha recognized Mo Hua as the child from the Tea House outside Bishan City and tried to escape, but Gu Changhuai attacked him again.
• A violent tremor and the sounds of exploding arrays came from above the Demon Palace, and Fire Buddha threatened to bury everyone with him.

Mo Hua and Gu Changhuai escaped the collapsing Demon Palace, but Fire Buddha used a Ten Thousand Mile Travel Talisman to flee. On the journey back to the sect, Mo Hua studied Fire Buddha’s manuals and discovered Fire Buddha waiting to ambush him.

• Mo Hua and Gu Changhuai fled the collapsing Demon Palace, then helped the Dao Court Office cultivators fight Demonic Cultivators outside the Demon Den.
• Fire Buddha broke through the cultivators’ encirclement with a Ten Thousand Mile Travel Talisman, while Mo Hua noticed that Xiao Tianquan seemed to recognize him.
• Gu Changhuai returned to Bishan City after failing to catch Fire Buddha and warned Mo Hua to keep his suspicions about Xiao Tianquan secret.
• Mo Hua returned toward the sect by carriage and studied Demon Path Baleful Transformation True Art and Fire Buddha’s Meteor Fire Forbidden Technique, deriving a stable Fireball spell structure.
• Mo Hua sensed danger through Heavenly Calculation and escaped his carriage just before Fire Buddha destroyed it, then confronted Fire Buddha waiting at a road junction.

Mo Hua and Gu Changhuai fought to stop Fire Buddha, who pursued Mo Hua through Qingcheng Mountain and unleashed a forbidden transformation. As Gu Changhuai prepared to use Golden Core power, Mo Hua struck Fire Buddha from behind with a fused, mutated Fireball, blasting through his chest.

• Fire Buddha recognized Mo Hua as the one who had stolen his techniques and attacked him, forcing Mo Hua to flee through Qingcheng Mountain using arrays, Stealth, and Flowing Water Step.
• Mo Hua sent Gu Changhuai his location, and Gu Changhuai rushed to Qingcheng Mountain while calling nearby Executive Inspectors to help surround Fire Buddha.
• Mo Hua lured Fire Buddha into a ravine, sealed its entrance with an array, and let Gu Changhuai engage it while he recovered nearby.
• After Mo Hua reversed Fire Buddha's Killing Intent with Heavenly Calculation and Ghost Calculation, Gu Changhuai wounded Fire Buddha, but Fire Buddha swallowed a Blood Pill and transformed into a regenerating, more powerful form.
• Mo Hua told Gu Changhuai to target Fire Buddha's heart meridians, and Gu Changhuai fought on until he prepared to use Golden Core power despite the Second-Grade restriction.
• Mo Hua appeared behind Fire Buddha and fused two Fireballs into a purple-black spell that blasted through its chest.

Mo Hua and Gu Changhuai killed Fire Buddha, but concealed Mo Hua’s role and let Gu Changhuai receive the credit. Mo Hua returned to Void Gate and settled back into sect life as his first year came to an end.

• Gu Changhuai struck Fire Buddha’s weakened Evil Artifact heart, causing it to shatter and Fire Buddha to self-destruct; Gu Changhuai shielded Mo Hua from the blast and was badly injured.
• Mo Hua treated Gu Changhuai with pills, contacted Gu An and Gu Quan, and urged them to spread the story that Gu Changhuai had killed Fire Buddha alone.
• Gu Changhuai recovered at the Gu Family, where the family and Dao Court Office learned of his victory; Mo Hua later asked him to keep Mo Hua’s part in the battle secret.
• Gu Changhuai thanked Mo Hua before Mo Hua returned to Void Gate and resumed classes.
• Mo Hua kept his days quiet at the sect, and his first year there came to an end.

Mo Hua received one A in Array Technique and six Cs in his Year-End Assessment, then spent the New Year holiday at the Gu Family after choosing not to return to distant Li Prefecture. As he prepared to return to Void Gate, Gu Changhuai told him Merit Points for destroying the Demon Den would be processed, then an elder arrived to arrange a marriage for Gu Changhuai.

• Mo Hua received an A in Array Technique and Cs in six other subjects, while the cultivation elder warned him that slow progress could make him repeat a year.
• Mo Hua mailed his report card and a letter to his parents in Li Prefecture, then stayed at the sect for the New Year holiday.
• Mo Hua accepted Wenren Wei's invitation to the Gu Family and spent several days there with Yu'er before Yu'er returned to the Shangguan Family.
• Mo Hua explored Qingzhou City and told Gu Changhuai he planned to return to Void Gate; Gu Changhuai said the Dao Court Office would award him Merit Points for the Demon Den's destruction, though the process would take time.
• A Gu Family elder entered to arrange a marriage for Gu Changhuai, and Mo Hua sat back down to eat melon and watch.

During the New Year, Mo Hua learned about Gu Changhuai’s lonely past and decided to help him find a Dao companion while refining a safer version of his Fireball Forbidden Technique. He named it the Small Meteorite Technique, and after Void Gate reopened, the disciples received access to merit-point missions.

• Elder Hong urged Gu Changhuai to meet a young Hua Family instructor from Hundred Flowers Valley, while Mo Hua listened and teased him.
• Elder Hong told Mo Hua that Gu Changhuai’s parents had died when he was young and that Wenren Wan had often looked after him; Mo Hua promised to persuade him to find a Dao companion.
• Mo Hua returned to Void Gate for the New Year and repeatedly refined his Fireball Forbidden Technique, improving its stability and control.
• Mo Hua tested the spell in a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Daoist Arts Chamber, producing a weaker but safer fused Fireball that he named the Small Meteorite Technique.
• Void Gate reopened after the New Year, and the new disciples received access to the Void Token’s merit-point privileges and began taking missions.

Mo Hua found himself with little to do while his senior disciples entered Monster Refining Mountain, so he increased his cultivation and began practicing sword arts. When Cheng Mo and his companions returned successfully from a secret bounty mission, Cheng Mo offered to bring Mo Hua along next time.

• Mo Hua learned that Foundation Establishment Middle Stage disciples such as Murong Caiyun would enter Monster Refining Mountain, but he could not qualify for entry.
• Mo Hua spent a month cultivating and studying arrays, then began practicing the Gold-Breaking Imperial Sword Art despite producing weak, shapeless Sword Qi.
• Mo Hua overheard Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, and three other disciples planning to secretly accept a Dao Court Office bounty, and he warned them to be careful without asking for a share of their merit.
• Cheng Mo and the others returned successfully from their mission, and their achievement encouraged other disciples to consider pursuing bounties.
• Cheng Mo offered to bring Mo Hua on a future mission, but Mo Hua declined, and Cheng Mo insisted that Mo Hua would need to acknowledge him as the senior partner in bounty hunting.

Mo Hua investigated how Array Masters used array media in combat and learned from Zheng Fang that specialized Spirit Artifacts formed the foundation of practical array applications. He traveled from Qingzhou City to Lone Mountain City to consult a Gu Family Artifact Refiner, planning to visit Lord Yellow Mountain on the way back.

• Cheng Mo tried to recruit Mo Hua for missions by offering Merit Points in exchange for being called Senior Martial Brother, but Mo Hua refused.
• Void Gate disciples increasingly took missions in groups and gained experience capturing ordinary Sinful Cultivators, while Mo Hua focused on cultivation, classes, and drawing arrays.
• Mo Hua asked Zheng Fang how Array Masters applied arrays in battle, and Zheng Fang explained the role of Array Media and the specialized Spirit Artifacts used as them.
• Mo Hua asked around the sect about unusual array media, then consulted Wenren Wan, who found that Gu Family Artifact Refiners were working in Lone Mountain City.
• Mo Hua left Qingzhou City alone in a Gu Family carriage to seek advice from an Artifact Refiner and planned to visit Lord Yellow Mountain on his return.

Mo Hua visited the Gu Family Artifact Refining Guild in Lone Mountain City to learn about Spirit Artifacts used as Array Mediums, then repaired a damaged furnace with his Array Technique. He left for Withered Mountain to meet Lord Yellow Mountain, but sensed that something had happened near an Immortal City along the way.

• Mo Hua arrived in the desolate Lone Mountain City and presented Master Gu with a blank letter bearing the Gu Family and Shangguan Family seals.
• Master Gu explained the relationship between Array Techniques, Spirit Artifacts, and Array Media, and Mo Hua revealed that he was an Array Master.
• Mo Hua used Spirit Ink to draw a Sixteen-Pattern Second-Grade Molten Fire Array Technique on a damaged Artifact Refining Furnace, impressing the guild's Artifact Refiners.
• Mo Hua declined Master Gu's invitation to dinner and left Lone Mountain City, setting out through the night for Withered Mountain to meet Lord Yellow Mountain.
• As Mo Hua passed an Immortal City, he sensed that something had happened nearby.

Mo Hua tracked a bloodied youth into the Wild Mountains and rescued Hao Xuan from two black-clad cultivators. Hao Xuan revealed that his group had stumbled upon people being transported in sacks and crates, pointing to another human-trafficking operation.

• Mo Hua followed blood and killing intent to a cave, where two black-clad cultivators tortured Hao Xuan and prepared to kill him.
• Mo Hua lured one cultivator out, killed him with a prepared Array Technique and Fireball Techniques, then killed the other when he approached the cave entrance.
• Mo Hua freed Hao Xuan and treated his wounds; Hao Xuan explained that his group had followed suspicious cultivators carrying people in sacks and crates before being attacked and scattered.
• Mo Hua recognized that the captives and the suspicious group indicated another human-trafficking operation.

Mo Hua and Hao Xuan tracked down Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, Yang Qianjun, and Yi Li as they fought a group of black-clad traffickers, then used Hao Xuan as bait to lure their enemies into Mo Hua’s arrays. The ambushes killed five traffickers, but their bodies rotted from hidden Demonic Qi, while the remaining four still fought the others by the stream.

• Mo Hua learned that the Void Token and Message Token might not reach help from the Wild Mountain, sent a plea to Uncle Gu, and set out with the injured Hao Xuan to find Cheng Mo and the others.
• Mo Hua discovered that two dead traffickers’ bodies had been destroyed by Demonic Qi, then followed the trail to find Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, and Yang Qianjun fighting nine black-clad men while Yi Li lay unconscious nearby.
• Mo Hua gave Hao Xuan a Water Stealth Jade and instructed him to lure enemies into the forest, where Mo Hua’s array killed two pursuers; their corpses also rotted from Demonic Qi.
• Hao Xuan returned to taunt the traffickers, provoking three men to chase him into the forest while four remained to fight Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, and Yang Qianjun.
• Mo Hua’s array killed the three pursuers in a burst of flames, leaving four traffickers still battling the three sect disciples by the stream.

Mo Hua helped Hao Xuan and the others defeat the black-clad cultivators, using arrays and carefully timed spells to turn the battle around. After the group took shelter in a cave, Mo Hua suggested killing all the human traffickers before they could escape.

• Mo Hua told Hao Xuan to stay hidden, then went to aid Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, and Yang Qianjun as they fought four black-clad cultivators.
• The black-clad cultivators took Evil Pills, and Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, and Yang Qianjun risked their lives to fight back.
• Mo Hua struck from hiding with Fireball Techniques, helping Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, and Yang Qianjun kill three cultivators and restrain their leader.
• The last cultivator destroyed himself with Demonic Qi before Mo Hua could uncover his face, and Mo Hua revealed himself to the shocked Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, and Yang Qianjun.
• Mo Hua and the others rescued Hao Xuan, carried the unconscious Yi Li, and took shelter in a concealed cave, where Mo Hua set up protective arrays.
• The group discussed how the black-clad cultivators were human traffickers, and Mo Hua suggested killing them all before they could escape.

Mo Hua led Cheng Mo and the others to track down the black-clad human traffickers and quietly eliminated most of them at an abandoned Artifact Refining Guild. As Mo Hua infiltrated the hall to deal with their leader and rescue the captives, a blood-red demon-like shadow spotted him and exposed his presence.

• Mo Hua followed causal traces to an abandoned Artifact Refining Guild, where he identified sixteen black-clad cultivators and mapped their positions for the others.
• Mo Hua taught Cheng Mo, Hao Xuan, Situ Jian, Yang Qianjun, and Yi Li to attack quietly, and they killed the guards at the entrance and a body cultivator in the corridor.
• The group silently eliminated nine more black-clad cultivators, then rested before confronting the final four near the hall where the abducted cultivators were held.
• Mo Hua concealed himself and entered the hall while the others waited to attack the three guards outside if anything went wrong.
• Mo Hua saw the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage leader kneeling and muttering, then a blood-red demon-like shadow appeared and looked directly at him.
• The leader turned toward Mo Hua's hidden position and shouted, "Who?!"

Mo Hua and Cheng Mo's group killed the black-clad human traffickers, then fought their leader until Mo Hua's array injured him and reinforcements from the Dao Court Office approached. The leader unleashed a blood-colored Evil God power that immobilized the others, but it left Mo Hua unaffected and triggered a strange vision in his soul.

• Mo Hua escaped the black-clad leader's attack while Cheng Mo, Hao Xuan, Yang Qianjun, Situ Jian, and Yi Li ambushed and killed the leader's three remaining subordinates.
• The black-clad leader fought Cheng Mo and the others, then tried to enter the hall to silence the kidnapped cultivators, but Mo Hua's Array Technique blasted him away and blocked the entrance.
• The leader transformed with Demonic Qi and pressed the group, while Mo Hua weighed his options and sensed Dao Court Office reinforcements approaching.
• As the leader prepared to flee, he exposed a Third Eye and released a blood-colored Evil God thought that paralyzed Cheng Mo and the others.
• The blood-colored force revealed Mo Hua, but it could not affect his Divine Thought; instead, Mo Hua experienced a vision of an altar and heard that his sacrifice had been delivered.

Mo Hua lured the black-clothed leader away from Cheng Mo and the others, then fought him in a remote valley while the God Lord's Eye urged the leader to kill him. After evading the leader’s attacks and concealing his strength, Mo Hua used a true Meteor Fire Forbidden Technique to kill him.

• The God Lord's Eye repeatedly ordered the black-clothed leader to kill Mo Hua, and Mo Hua tricked the leader into chasing him instead of attacking Cheng Mo and the others.
• Mo Hua led the black-clothed leader into a secluded valley, where his hidden Li Fire Arrays badly injured the leader.
• The black-clothed leader recognized Mo Hua’s unusual array-drawing and movement techniques, while Mo Hua resolved to kill the human trafficker.
• The black-clothed leader used the Evil Eye and source Demonic Qi to pressure Mo Hua, who evaded his attacks and taunted him with ordinary Fireball Techniques.
• Mo Hua fused two Fireball Techniques into a Meteor Fire Forbidden Technique and struck the black-clothed leader from behind, killing him.

After killing the black-clad leader, Mo Hua was attacked by the Golden Evil Eye and fought its Horned Demon within his Sea of Consciousness. He tore the eye from the demon and destroyed its body, declaring himself someone who ate gods.

• Mo Hua confirmed the black-clad leader was dead, but an evil eye escaped the corpse and burrowed into his Sea of Consciousness.
• The Golden Evil Eye formed a Horned Demon and began devouring Mo Hua’s Divine Consciousness, but Mo Hua ambushed it and wounded its eye.
• Mo Hua fought the Horned Demon with his Divine Sense Avatar, then used the Water Prison Technique and Li Fire Array against it.
• The Horned Demon used its golden eye to immobilize Mo Hua and tried to feed him to its maw, but Mo Hua revealed a hidden Lishan Cremation Compound Array.
• Mo Hua trapped the Horned Demon, tore the Golden Evil Eye from its body, and burned the demon’s flesh to ashes.
• The Golden Evil Eye demanded to know what Mo Hua was, and he answered that he was someone who ate gods.

Mo Hua destroyed the Golden Evil Eye’s divine will with the Dao Stele’s Tribulation Lightning, then absorbed its purified Divine Marrow and nearly lost his humanity before recovering through his memories. After hiding the black-clothed leader’s death and rejoining Cheng Mo and the others, he traveled back toward the Void Gate, wary of the larger dangers stirring in Ganxue Prefecture.

• The Golden Evil Eye threatened Mo Hua and warned him that the Great Wilderness had countless Divine Remains, so Mo Hua used the Dao Stele’s Tribulation Lightning to erase its divine will and leave only pure Divine Marrow.
• Mo Hua absorbed the Divine Marrow, briefly became indifferent and godlike, then recovered his humanity by recalling his family, friends, and past experiences; his Divine Sense gained a faint divine quality without advancing beyond the Sixteen-Pattern realm.
• Mo Hua returned to the mountain valley, concealed the black-clothed leader’s body and his own tracks, and decided to investigate the traffickers secretly before telling Uncle Gu.
• Mo Hua rejoined Cheng Mo and the others, claimed that he had escaped the black-clothed leader by hiding in a tree, and traveled with them under Dao Court Office protection toward the Void Gate.
• During the journey, Mo Hua reflected on the Human Traffickers, Demonic Qi, Evil Eyes, and evil gods threatening Ganxue Prefecture.

Mo Hua celebrated the rescue of the abducted disciples with Cheng Mo and the others, then learned how noble families used merit and resources to refine their cultivation. Back in his room, he began to suspect that advancing the Heavenly Derivation Art beyond Foundation Establishment might require transforming his Divine Consciousness by consuming Divine Marrow.

• Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, and the others treated Mo Hua and Little Yu'er to a feast and thanked Mo Hua for helping rescue abducted cultivators and earn merit.
• When Situ Jian asked about Mo Hua’s skills, Mo Hua said his Monster Hunter father had taught him to prepare traps and ambushes, while Uncle Gu had taught him to track and capture criminals.
• Cheng Mo and the others explained that noble-family disciples spent extra resources to cultivate more Lingli circuits, and Yang Qianjun invited Mo Hua to visit the Yang Family.
• Yang Qianjun criticized the pursuit of minor cultivation advantages in peaceful Gan Province and spoke of the Yang Family’s campaigns in the Southern Wilderness against the Barbarian Tribe.
• After returning to his room, Mo Hua wondered what bottleneck awaited the Heavenly Derivation Art and suspected he might need to consume Divine Marrow to transform his Divine Consciousness further.

Mo Hua worried that the Heavenly Derivation Art might require him to consume Divine Marrow to break through, so he visited Lord Yellow Mountain to learn about gods and ghosts. Lord Yellow Mountain explained their differences, leaving Mo Hua with a clearer but more troubling understanding of Divine Thought.

• Mo Hua searched Void Gate’s Library Pavilion for knowledge about gods but found only vague records, so he decided to ask Lord Yellow Mountain.
• Mo Hua visited Lord Yellow Mountain at Withered Mountain and offered him food before asking how gods differed from humans.
• Lord Yellow Mountain explained that gods were bodies of Divine Thought residing in divine statues, while gods inhabiting living beings became corrupted Evil Gods.
• Lord Yellow Mountain told Mo Hua that humans who lost their bodies and could not reunite with them became ghosts that replenished themselves by consuming others’ Divine Consciousness, especially that of their blood relatives.
• Lord Yellow Mountain described gods, humans, and ghosts as distinct beings governed by laws of Divine Thought, and Mo Hua questioned whether the Mountain God had lived for a very long time.

Mo Hua questioned Lord Yellow Mountain about gods, Divine Dao Arrays, and how to guard against Evil Gods, learning how divine power and Divine Marrow worked. Lord Yellow Mountain warned him that Evil Gods corrupted their Divine Marrow and that cultivators should flee rather than confront them, while Mo Hua privately recognized that he had already encountered and consumed parts of Evil Gods.

• Mo Hua asked Lord Yellow Mountain how gods were classified, and Lord Yellow Mountain explained the difference between a god's grade, Divine Rank, and Divine Marrow.
• Mo Hua asked how humans could fight gods, and Lord Yellow Mountain described Divine Dao Arrays as seals that restrained gods and Divine Sense Sword as a method of killing them.
• Lord Yellow Mountain warned Mo Hua that Evil Gods spread their Dao through corrupted Divine Marrow, sacrifices, and human desires, and advised him to run if he encountered one.
• Mo Hua asked whether Evil Gods' Divine Marrow became corrupted, and Lord Yellow Mountain explained that Evil Thought fused with it and persisted until the Divine Marrow perished.
• Lord Yellow Mountain realized Mo Hua had likely encountered an Evil God, and Mo Hua privately recalled consuming Divine Marrow from the Sheep-Horned Executive and the Golden Evil Eye.

Mo Hua organized Lord Yellow Mountain’s teachings about gods, ghosts, and divine thought, then planned to seek Divine Marrow by hunting lesser evil-god Divine Remains. He found a way to reconcile Humanity and Divinity within his Dao Heart, and his understanding of the Heavenly Dao deepened.

• Lord Yellow Mountain warned Mo Hua to leave Ganxue Prefecture after reaching Foundation Establishment Late Stage and within ten years, then watched him depart from Withered Mountain.
• Mo Hua visited the Gu Family before returning to the sect and writing down what he had learned about gods, ghosts, and Evil Spirits.
• Mo Hua speculated about the origins of the Green-Faced Imp and the Zhang Family corpse ghosts, then realized the Five Elements Source Pattern in his Storage Ring might be an Evil God.
• Mo Hua planned to seek the Supreme Void Divine Sense Sword Transformation Art and Divine Dao Arrays, and considered secretly devouring First- or Second-Grade evil-god Divine Remains to obtain Divine Marrow.
• Mo Hua realized Humanity and Divinity were both part of the Great Dao and resolved to uphold Humanity while tempering Divinity.
• Mo Hua’s insight deepened his understanding of the Heavenly Dao, and pale golden patterns appeared across his divine sense as the Dao Stele trembled faintly.

After realizing he should use Auxiliary Combat to strengthen fellow disciples while hiding his own abilities, Mo Hua considered bringing Cheng Mo and the others along to earn Merit Points and gain experience. During his ten-day break, he visited the Gu Family to ask Uncle Gu about arranging missions, but he unexpectedly encountered Master Gu.

• Mo Hua planned to investigate the black-clad leader and Human Traffickers for clues to Divine Remains, but decided he needed helpers to deal with Evil God lackeys safely.
• Mo Hua recalled Mr. Zhuang’s teachings about Auxiliary Combat and resolved to strengthen Cheng Mo and the other disciples while keeping his own trump cards concealed.
• Cheng Mo complained that he and the others could barely earn Merit Points, and Mo Hua considered taking them along to catch Sinful Cultivators as practice.
• Mo Hua went to the Gu Family during the ten-day break to ask Uncle Gu about arranging Dao Court Office missions, but met Master Gu at the entrance.

Mo Hua secured Gu Changhuai’s help in finding a way to earn Merit Points by pursuing Sinful Cultivators, then met Master Gu to arrange the crafting of Array Medium. Over lunch, Master Gu explained how Great Clans had exhausted Lone Mountain City’s mines, leaving its cultivators impoverished.

• Mo Hua asked Gu Changhuai to issue a Dao Court Office bounty based on his clues about Sinful Cultivators, and Gu Changhuai agreed to consider a way to make it work.
• Mo Hua went to Crane Pavilion with Master Gu, who agreed to refine twenty pieces of each type of Array Medium in Mo Hua’s designs.
• Mo Hua asked why Lone Mountain City seemed poor, and Master Gu described how Great Clans had taken control of its mines to produce luxurious Spirit Artifacts.
• Master Gu explained that the Great Clans mined the ore veins dry, then left, causing Lone Mountain City’s economy to collapse and forcing many cultivators to leave or scrape by on scraps.