Chapter Summaries

Mo Hua’s team swept through the Yellow-Grade preliminary matches while he never lifted a hand, earning Void Gate first place and leaving him branded as its spoiled “Crown Prince” and a burden to Linghu Xiao. After several days of rest, the Mysterious-Grade Match began, and Mo Hua could no longer hide behind his teammates and had to reveal some of his strength.

• Mo Hua’s team defeated Qingshuang Gate almost instantly, with Cheng Mo, Ouyang Xuan, Situ Jian, and Linghu Xiao fighting while Mo Hua stood aside.
• As Mo Hua continued winning without acting, spectators accused him of coasting, and Bai Xiaosheng declared him an undeserving Array Dao Champion and a deadweight.
• Mo Hua completed the Yellow-Grade preliminary matches undefeated without making a move, while Linghu Xiao gained praise for supposedly carrying him.
• Void Gate celebrated its temporary first-place standing, and its Sect Master and Elders reminded themselves that tougher matches lay ahead.
• After several days of rest, the Mysterious-Grade Match began, forcing Mo Hua to reveal part of his strength.

Mo Hua gained an insight into uniting ordinary cultivators, then entered the Profound-Grade Sword Discussion as his team struggled through a five-versus-five match against Profound Iron Gate. Despite Void Gate’s victory, Mo Hua’s refusal to fight drew widespread condemnation, and the chapter ended as a confident rival approached Linghu Xiao before their next match.

• Mo Hua reflected on how ordinary cultivators might unite their strength and experienced an insight into the principles of strength and weakness.
• Xun Zixian explained the Profound-Grade match formats, and Mo Hua reviewed tactics with the junior disciples of Void Gate.
• Void Gate’s teams struggled in the Profound-Grade matches as its lead over Heavenly Sword Sect began to shrink.
• Mo Hua’s team defeated Profound Iron Gate after Linghu Xiao crippled one opponent, while Mo Hua stood aside and did not fight.
• Spectators condemned Mo Hua for his inaction, but the sect leaders upheld the team arrangement and Void Mountain’s Elders remained confident in him.
• Before Mo Hua’s team’s next match, a tall youth approached Linghu Xiao and declared that he would defeat him.

Mo Hua’s team faced the Spirit Talisman Sect, whose wealth and equipment gave them a strong advantage as they targeted Linghu Xiao. Just as Wu Ming seemed poised to defeat him, Mo Hua finally made his first move, unleashing a Fireball Technique that struck Wu Ming with overwhelming speed.

• Mo Hua and his teammates learned that Wu Ming belonged to the wealthy Wu Family and that Kun Province’s powerful houses financed the Spirit Talisman Sect’s talisman research.
• Mo Hua told Linghu Xiao, Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, and Ouyang Xuan to use their familiar tactics as practice, then entered the arena with them to face the Spirit Talisman Sect.
• Wu Ming challenged Linghu Xiao over the mysterious Miss Lu, then led his team into battle while Mo Hua stepped aside to watch.
• The Spirit Talisman Sect used its numerical advantage and superior equipment to wear down Void Gate’s fighters, while Wu Ming attacked Linghu Xiao with his Glazed Bright Fire Fist Technique and a High-Grade Iron Armor Talisman.
• As Linghu Xiao neared defeat, Mo Hua raised his hand and formed a Fireball Technique, which struck Wu Ming in the head before he could react.

Mo Hua helped Void Gate defeat the Spirit Talisman Sect, then considered how the Dao Court might be shaping events as he prepared for the next match. In the Decapitation Match against Guishui Gate, Qin Cangliu targeted Mo Hua, while Mo Hua ordered his teammates to attack Qin Cangliu and protect him.

• Mo Hua struck Wu Ming with Fireball Techniques, allowing Linghu Xiao to land a Chongxu Sword Light and defeat him, securing Void Gate's victory over the Spirit Talisman Sect.
• Spectators debated Mo Hua's Fireball Technique, while Gu Changhuai recognized that Mo Hua was concealing how dangerous it could be.
• After the match, Wu Ming blamed Mo Hua for his defeat and threatened him, and Mo Hua insisted that Fireball Techniques deserved respect.
• Mo Hua learned that Void Gate's next opponent was Guishui Gate and wondered whether the Dao Court was using both Guishui Gate and Duanjin Gate to influence Ganxue Prefecture.
• Two days later, Void Gate faced Guishui Gate in a Decapitation Match, with Mo Hua and Qin Cangliu chosen as their respective leaders.
• Qin Cangliu ordered his team to kill Mo Hua, while Mo Hua told Linghu Xiao and the others to attack Qin Cangliu as he supported them.

Mo Hua hid in a grove and used his unusually precise Fireball Technique to support Void Gate against Guishui Gate, disrupting their decapitation strategy and shifting the battle in Void Gate’s favor. Qin Cangliu abandoned his attempt to reach Mo Hua and prepared to break the stalemate by defeating Linghu Xiao.

• Mo Hua led Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Xuan, Cheng Mo, and Situ Jian to a grove, where he set up defenses as Guishui Gate searched for them.
• Qin Cangliu ordered Guishui Gate to attack, and he engaged Linghu Xiao while the other disciples pressed Void Gate’s fighters.
• A Guishui Gate disciple used Water Shadow Step to approach Mo Hua, but Mo Hua repeatedly struck him with precise Fireball Techniques and stopped his advance.
• Mo Hua’s fireballs supported Void Gate’s formation and helped them gain the upper hand, while spectators disagreed about the Fireball Technique’s effectiveness.
• Qin Cangliu decided to attack Void Gate directly and gathered his sword power for a decisive clash with Linghu Xiao.

Mo Hua helped Void Gate recover its standing by targeting Duanjin Gate and then faced opponents prepared to counter his Fireball Technique. After the Bailian Sect match, he switched to Water Prison Technique against Danqing Sect, revealing an art that shocked Guishui Gate’s elders.

• Linghu Xiao lost his duel with Qin Cangliu, but Mo Hua immediately eliminated Qin Cangliu with Fireball Technique and later encouraged Linghu Xiao to treat defeat as a way to strengthen his sword path.
• Mo Hua learned that spectators dismissed his Fireball Technique as a shameless way to pick off weakened opponents, then planned to counter Duanjin Gate in upcoming matches.
• Mo Hua recruited Song Jian to share intelligence on Duanjin Gate’s competitors and corrected Song Jian’s Gold-Breaking Sword Art, helping him perform well while Void Gate defeated many Duanjin Gate disciples with targeted equipment.
• Void Gate stabilized its second-place ranking, but Bailian Sect’s Fire-Repelling Armor absorbed and converted Mo Hua’s Fireball Technique; Linghu Xiao led Void Gate to victory.
• Against Danqing Sect, Mo Hua bound the fleeing disciples with Water Prison Technique, allowing Linghu Xiao to finish them, and Guishui Gate’s elders recognized the technique as an art from the former Water Prison Sect.

Mo Hua helped Void Gate counter Duanjin Gate by exploiting its sword inheritances and coaching Song Jian, stabilizing Void Gate’s ranking before turning his attention to his own matches. As rival sects began studying him and countering his Fireball Technique, Mo Hua used Water Prison Technique against Danqing Sect and helped secure another victory.

• Mo Hua studied the Sword Discussion roster, prepared Gold-Breaking equipment to counter Duanjin Gate, and recruited Song Jian to reveal details about his competitors.
• Mo Hua corrected Song Jian’s Gold-Breaking Sword Art, and Song Jian rose into Duanjin Gate’s top three as Void Gate defeated many of its disciples and stabilized its second-place ranking.
• Bailian Sect targeted Mo Hua with specialized Fire-Repelling Armor, but Linghu Xiao’s improved swordsmanship helped Void Gate win the match.
• Mo Hua replaced Fireball Technique with Water Prison Technique against Danqing Sect, binding its fleeing disciples so Linghu Xiao could defeat them.
• Guishui Gate elders recognized Mo Hua’s Water Prison Technique and wondered how he had learned an art once associated with Water Prison Sect.

Guishui Gate investigated Mo Hua’s ties to the Water Prison Sect while he used the Water Prison Technique to win more Sword Discussions with Void Gate. After Qiandao Sect countered his familiar spells and pressured Linghu Xiao, Mo Hua unleashed a barrage of Five Elements spells, helping Void Gate defeat them and revealing his mastery of a broad range of low-tier spells.

• Guishui Gate elders ordered a secret investigation into Mo Hua’s connection to the Water Prison Sect without alerting Void Gate.
• Mo Hua won two more Profound-Grade Sword Discussions by trapping opponents with the Water Prison Technique while Linghu Xiao struck with Chongxu Sword Qi.
• Qiandao Sect’s disciples used Water-Fire Daoist Robes and Fire-Melting Dao Armor Talismans to blunt Mo Hua’s spells and besieged Linghu Xiao.
• Mo Hua began casting a rapid succession of low-tier Five Elements spells, disrupting Qiandao Sect’s formation and giving Void Gate room to counterattack.
• Void Gate eliminated Qiandao Sect’s disciples and won the match, revealing Mo Hua as a versatile spellcaster with the beginnings of All-Encompassing Law.

Mo Hua’s habit of finishing defeated opponents with Fireball Techniques brought him a host of enemies, especially after he defeated Lu Zhenlong of the Zixia Sect. As the Sword Discussion Assembly’s rivals turned their attention to killing him, Shi Tiangang of the Vajra Sect pursued Mo Hua into the woods, where the chapter left their fight about to begin.

• Mo Hua’s varied Five Elements spells defeated disciples from several sects, and he finished many of them with Fireball Techniques, deepening their resentment.
• After Mo Hua used a Fireball Technique to defeat Lu Zhenlong, Hao Xuan told him she was the Zixia Sect’s famous beauty and warned him that her admirers were furious.
• The rival sects decided that Mo Hua had become too dangerous to ignore and sought a team able to withstand Linghu Xiao while targeting him; they chose the Vajra Sect.
• Shi Tiangang led the Vajra Sect against Void Gate, sending four disciples to hold off Linghu Xiao and the others while he chased Mo Hua.
• Mo Hua fled into the woods and attacked Shi Tiangang with spells, but Shi Tiangang resisted them and spotted Mo Hua running deeper among the trees.

Mo Hua used his Small Five Elements Stealth Technique to keep Shi Tiangang chasing him through the forest while Void Gate defeated the other Vajra Sect disciples. Shi Tiangang eventually joined the fight and nearly overwhelmed Mo Hua, Linghu Xiao, and Ouyang Xuan, but the three defeated him, giving Void Gate the victory.

• Mo Hua evaded Shi Tiangang with traps, Flowing Water Steps, and the Small Five Elements Stealth Technique, keeping him occupied in the forest.
• Shi Tiangang realized he had spent too long chasing Mo Hua and returned to find Void Gate pressing the remaining Vajra Sect disciples with specially prepared, armor-piercing Spirit Artifacts.
• Mo Hua joined Linghu Xiao and Ouyang Xuan in supporting the battle, and Void Gate defeated the Vajra Sect disciples until only Shi Tiangang remained.
• Shi Tiangang knocked Cheng Mo and Situ Jian out of the match, then suppressed Mo Hua, Linghu Xiao, and Ouyang Xuan with his Golden Skin Iron Bone defense.
• After a long fight, Mo Hua and Ouyang Xuan helped wear down Shi Tiangang, and Linghu Xiao finished him with the Chongxu Sword-Unraveling Art, winning the Sword Discussion for Void Gate.

Sect elders studied Mo Hua’s concealment technique and Longding Sect prepared counters for its decapitation match against Void Gate. Mo Hua’s concealment defeated those counters, leaving Longding Sect unable to find or kill him as the battle turned against them.

• Elders from several sects analyzed Mo Hua’s Shadow-Copying Scrolls and discussed his powerful Divine Consciousness and concealment technique.
• Longding Sect’s five disciples prepared Stealth-Peering Mirrors and Reveal-Hidden Dust to target Mo Hua in their decapitation match against Void Gate.
• When the match began, Mo Hua fled into the small forest, where the mirrors failed to reveal him and a Gale Array blew away the dust.
• Mo Hua repeatedly vanished into the forest and attacked with low-grade spells, distracting Longding Sect while Linghu Xiao and Void Gate’s other disciples fought them.
• Longding Sect abandoned its pursuit of Mo Hua and focused on Linghu Xiao’s group, but Mo Hua’s spells and their inability to find him steadily turned the battle against them.
• Longding Sect’s disciples realized they could not win while Mo Hua remained concealed, and the spectators wondered how anyone could kill an invisible Spirit Cultivator.

The sect elders studied Mo Hua’s concealment and arranged matches to expose its weaknesses, but he outmaneuvered their tests until they identified it as a Five Elements technique. As the elders prepared to target him in the next match, Great Elder Zhang arrived at the Feng Family and was startled to hear about Mo Hua.

• The sect elders agreed to sacrifice Xuan-Grade matches and use specialized artifacts to uncover Mo Hua’s concealment technique.
• Mo Hua saw through Xuanqi Sect’s plan, avoided its mirrors, and helped his team defeat them; Duanjin Gate then tested his concealment but found that its mirrors revealed him only intermittently.
• After studying Mo Hua’s matches against Duanjin Gate and Lingxiao Sect, the elders concluded that he used a Five Elements concealment technique and planned to counter it in the match against Xiaoyao Sect.
• Great Elder Zhang arrived late at the Feng Family’s Cave Abode and asked Elder Feng about the Sword Discussion’s most notable talents.
• Elder Feng described Mo Hua’s unusual abilities, and a Zhang Family cultivator in green sprayed out his tea when he heard the name.

Zhang Lan traveled with Great Elder Zhang to Ganxue Prefecture and discovered that the infamous Array Dao Champion Mo Hua was the clever friend he had known in Immortal City. As the Sword Discussion began, Zhang Lan watched Mo Hua face the Feng Family prodigy Feng Zichen, while the spectators eagerly hoped Mo Hua would finally be defeated.

• Great Elder Zhang and Elder Feng discussed cultivation and arranged for the Zhang Family to attend the Ganxue Sword Discussion.
• Elder Feng led the Zhang Family to Dao Discussion Mountain, where Great Elder Zhang urged the younger disciples to observe the sect prodigies and learn humility.
• The Zhang Family watched the Sword Discussion unfold on Fangtian Painting Shadow as Elder Feng identified Feng Zichen and the Void Gate lineup.
• Zhang Lan recognized Mo Hua on the display and recalled their friendship from Immortal City, while Elder Feng and nearby spectators criticized Mo Hua’s tactics and reputation.
• Feng Zichen and Mo Hua took their positions, and Elder Feng and Great Elder Zhang anticipated Feng Zichen defeating Mo Hua as Zhang Lan stayed silent.

Mo Hua faced Feng Zichen in the Sword Discussion, where Xiaoyao Sect’s swift attacks and a spirit mirror exposed his concealed figure. Feng Zichen unleashed his strongest sword art and movement techniques, but Mo Hua dodged every strike, leaving Feng Zichen to realize that Mo Hua’s movement technique surpassed his own.

• The Xiaoyao Sect broke the Void Gate’s formation and used a Five Elements Stealth-Breaking Spirit Mirror to reveal Mo Hua after he entered concealment.
• Feng Zichen repeatedly attacked Mo Hua while his teammates kept Linghu Xiao and the other Void Gate disciples from helping, but Mo Hua dodged every sword.
• The spectators and elders noticed Mo Hua’s movement technique was far more refined than they had expected as he matched Feng Zichen’s Wind-Treading Step.
• Feng Zichen combined the Wind-Treading Step with the Eight Trigrams Wandering Wind Step and intensified his attacks, but Mo Hua continued to evade him.
• Feng Zichen unleashed the Xiaoyao Imperial Sword Art at full strength, yet Mo Hua’s flowing movements anticipated and avoided every strike, making Feng Zichen realize Mo Hua’s movement technique was superior.

At the Ganxue Sword Discussion, Mo Hua used an extraordinary water-element movement technique to defeat Feng Zichen and help Linghu Xiao’s side overwhelm the Xiaoyao Sect. Zhang Lan feared the Zhang Family would discover that Mo Hua had learned Flowing Water Step from him, but he eventually went to seek Mo Hua, and they reunited at Void Gate’s mountain gate.

• Mo Hua’s movement technique astonished the spectators and outmatched Feng Zichen, while Great Elder Zhang and Elder Feng debated whether it was the Zhang Family’s Flowing Water Step.
• Mo Hua kept Feng Zichen occupied as Linghu Xiao broke the Xiaoyao Sect’s Wind Sword; Linghu Xiao and Mo Hua then helped defeat Feng Zichen and the other Xiaoyao Sect disciples.
• After the Sword Discussion Assembly, Zhang Lan worried that Great Elder Zhang might learn he had taught Mo Hua Flowing Water Step, then decided to visit Mo Hua before the Zhang Family returned home.
• Zhang Lan traveled to Void Gate but was denied entry and began walking back down the mountain.
• Mo Hua sensed someone familiar, hurried to the mountain gate, and called out to Zhang Lan; the two joyfully reunited.

Mo Hua reunited with Zhang Lan at Void Gate, where they shared a meal and caught up before Zhang Lan warned him to keep the origins of Flowing Water Step secret. As Zhang Lan departed, an anonymous alliance of Mo Hua’s enemies formed and vowed to kill him during the Sword Discussion Assembly.

• Mo Hua escorted Zhang Lan around Void Gate and shared wine and meat with him while they reminisced about Immortal City and discussed Zhang Lan’s Golden Core breakthrough.
• Zhang Lan warned Mo Hua to conceal that he had learned Flowing Water Step from Zhang Lan, fearing the revelation could damage relations between the Zhang Family and the Feng Family.
• Mo Hua and Zhang Lan discussed Mo Hua’s cultivation, his reputation at the Sword Discussion Assembly, and his use of low-level spells and Concealment Technique before Zhang Lan left Void Mountain.
• Disciples from various sects joined the anonymous Slaughter Mo Order, including Shi Tiangang under the alias Big Fool.
• An anonymous organizer declared the Slaughter Mo Alliance established and set its task: kill Mo Hua at the Sword Discussion Assembly.

Great Elder Zhang investigated the looming Yellow Springs calamity in Kan Province, then recognized traces of the Zhang Family’s Flowing Water Step in Mo Hua’s movement technique. As the Xuan-Grade Match ended with Void Gate in third place, the Earth-Grade Match began and the strongest prodigies prepared to compete.

• Great Elder Zhang told Elder Feng that Kan Province faced a possible Yellow Springs calamity and asked for help finding records and knowledgeable cultivators in Ganxue Prefecture.
• After noticing Mo Hua’s movement technique, Great Elder Zhang concluded that it resembled the Zhang Family’s Flowing Water Step and began watching Mo Hua’s matches.
• Zhang Lan realized that his contact with Mo Hua might draw suspicion, so he quietly watched the matches without acknowledging him.
• Mo Hua won his remaining Xuan-Grade Match bouts, and the sword discussions concluded with Void Gate unexpectedly placing third.
• After the sects rested, the Earth-Grade Match began, bringing the Four Sects’ strongest prodigies into the competition.

Mo Hua prepared Void Gate’s disciples for the Earth-Grade Sword Discussion as the Five Ta'a Brothers and other teams earned their way into the matches. The first Earth-Grade battle pitted Mo Hua’s team against Xiao Wuchen and the Heavenly Sword Sect, and Void Gate was defeated almost immediately.

• Mo Hua reviewed Void Gate’s progress, encouraged the disciples, and arranged tactics, Array Techniques, and Spirit Artifacts for the Earth-Grade matches.
• The Five Ta'a Brothers gained recognition after Mo Hua equipped them with heavy armor and swords and told them to chop anyone they saw; they fought their way into the Earth-Grade Sword Discussion.
• Mo Hua considered how few trump cards he had left while elders from another sect debated his elusive Movement Technique and concluded that his reliance on teammates made him vulnerable.
• The Earth-Grade Sword Discussion began with Mo Hua’s Void Gate team facing Xiao Wuchen and four Heavenly Sword Sect prodigies.
• Xiao Wuchen’s team defeated Mo Hua’s five-person team after a single clash.

Void Gate was crushed by the Heavenly Sword Sect, and Mo Hua withdrew by shattering his own Dao Discussion Jade rather than letting an opponent kill him. Two days later, he lost again to Longding Sect’s Ao Zhan.

• Xiao Wuchen overwhelmed Linghu Xiao, then the Heavenly Sword Sect defeated Void Gate’s other disciples one by one.
• As the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples cornered Mo Hua, he used the fight to study their swordsmanship and hone his Flowing Water Step.
• Mo Hua shattered his own Dao Discussion Jade and withdrew, leaving the spectators furious that he had refused to be killed in the arena.
• Zhang Lan regretted Mo Hua’s loss, while Yu'er felt dejected and Wenren Wan comforted him but worried about the matches ahead.
• Two days later, Mo Hua faced Ao Zhan, the Longding Sect prodigy with Karma Dragon bloodline, and lost again.

Mo Hua’s team lost to Ao Zhan’s Longding Sect, then suffered further defeats that pushed Void Gate out of the top four. Their next opponent was the Heavenly Sword Sect in an Offense-Defense Match, but Mo Hua quietly saw an opportunity in the draw.

• Ao Zhan’s team overwhelmed Linghu Xiao and the others, and Mo Hua escaped Ao Zhan’s Dragon Chant and killing punch by shattering his Dao Discussion Jade; Longding Sect then killed the monster and won.
• Mo Hua encouraged the disheartened Linghu Xiao to trust his sword and reassured Situ Jian and Cheng Mo that Void Gate could still win depending on its opponents and plans.
• Mo Hua’s team lost to Wanxiao Sect, and onlookers criticized Mo Hua’s weaknesses as Void Gate fell to fifth place and its hopes of reaching the top four faded.
• The Dao Discussion Heavenly Instrument paired Mo Hua’s team against the Heavenly Sword Sect in an Offense-Defense Match, leaving Void Gate’s supporters convinced the matchup was hopeless.
• Mo Hua studied the roster and smiled faintly, seeing a possibility in the difficult matchup.