Menacing Arrival

Late at night.

In the canal running from the Imperial Capital to the Huai River.

The last Vortex Waterway was completed, churning up mud and sand.

Once the Water Beasts surfaced one by one, Liang Qu closed the waterway and sprawled across Fat Catfish's broad forehead, drawing deep breaths as his eyelids drooped.

Tired.

So tired.

On the journey here, he had ridden the altar, and with Mr. Mo keeping watch aboard the ship, he had had no time to enter the water and construct Vortex Waterways.

Now, after several days of intermittent work, he had finally used the Water Travel Thousand Miles divine ability to leap back and forth, laying Vortex Waterways all the way beyond the Imperial Capital.

Water Travel Thousand Miles did not consume physical strength, but it drained mental energy. Using it too much made him sleepy, and using it while sleepy gave him a headache.

Still, it was much better than when he had first acquired the divine ability.

The increase in his river favorability had indirectly reduced the burden of Liang Qu's divine ability.

"The world is vast; north and south, I may travel!"

Liang Qu was exhausted, yet exhilarated.

He did not dare lay the passage directly to Accumulated Water Pond within the Imperial Capital, afraid someone would discover it. Southern Zhili had two Martial Saints publicly stationed there; there were definitely more than one Martial Saint in the Imperial Capital. Yet the outskirts of the Imperial Capital and the Jiang Huai Great Marsh had now been connected! Should I tell those above?

Liang Qu pondered.

Now that he was in the Imperial Capital, such an opportunity was hard to come by.

The White Ape would remain hidden for now. He could reveal just a little about the waterways.

So far, the Sacred