Recaps

Liang Qu dismantled the Bai Clan’s and Moon Spring Temple’s schemes, then carried the Icy Spring toward the Imperial Capital while investigating Great Snow Mountain’s Hidden Stakes. After learning that a Yin Yang Five Elements Seed could open the Dream Realm Dynasty, he brought the news to the Sacred Emperor and delivered the iceberg to the capital.

• Liang Qu defeated Danzeng Qujie, then killed Bai Chenfeng and Bai Chen Honglang after Bai Chenfeng attacked him at Blue Lake.
• Liang Qu and his allies poisoned Moon Spring Water to expose the temple, then Liang Qu burned Moon Spring Temple, freed its captives, and lifted the Icy Spring and its mineral vein from the ground.
• Liang Qu guided the floating Icy Spring down the Huai River, while Great Snow Mountain prepared to sacrifice Blue Lake and pollute the river.
• Liang Qu fought Snow Mountain Lu King at Blue Lake, learned it was a Hidden Stake, and persuaded it to inspect other stakes with Ling Xuan’s group.
• The Mirage Dragon told Liang Qu that the Yin Yang Five Elements Seed was a Key Seed that could draw out the Drought Demon, so Liang Qu brought it to the Sacred Emperor in the Imperial Capital.
• The Sacred Emperor ordered Liang Qu to slow the Blue Lake operation, leave the seed with him, and remain on standby while Ba Er Si Tai was missing.
• Liang Qu raised the water in the Jinglan Grand Canal and propelled the Icy Spring iceberg into the Imperial Capital, where it crashed into Accumulated Water Pond.

Liang Qu brought the Icy Spring to Huaiyin, defeated Ba Er Si Tai, and joined Da Shun’s campaign against Northern Court. After helping break Shuo Fang Platform and killing two of the Eight Beasts, he awaited the settlement that would let him return home.

• Liang Qu brought the Icy Spring to Huaiyin Martial Academy, reunited the frog clans under Old Toad, and escaped Ba Er Si Tai’s search by drawing him into battle.
• Liang Qu killed Ba Er Si Tai after pursuing him through the underground waterways, then reported to the Sacred Emperor and left for Heyuan Prefecture.
• Liang Qu reached a 300‰ fusion rate and evolved the Water King Ape into the Water Monkey Great Sage before joining He Ningyuan’s army.
• Liang Qu strengthened his Ying Long Mark, marched with Da Shun’s army, and killed the Boar Beast Mengke during the assault on Shuo Fang Platform.
• Da Shun broke through the Golden Passage, and Liang Qu trapped and killed Spirit Fox as the Northern Court’s defenses collapsed.
• Liang Qu used Blood Rain against the retreating Northern Court soldiers while Da Shun and Northern Court began peace negotiations.
• As the Southern Border pressured Northern Court, He Ningyuan changed Da Shun’s demands, and the eighth negotiation round produced a settlement that included medicines and three hundred million taels of silver.

Liang Qu earned a marquis title, helped establish Huaiyin Martial Hall, and took charge of the Huai River’s corrupt offices while preparing to confront the Flood Dragon. The arc ended as the Mirror River phenomenon began and verdant Long Qi gathered with the Red Qi in his Ze Cauldron.

• Liang Qu led Huaiyin Martial Academy students in destroying twenty-two Mountain Ghost dens and disrupting the Ghost Mother Sect, then brought three student victors to the Imperial Capital for an audience.
• The Sacred Emperor made Liang Qu Xingyi Marquis and Huai River Commandant, rewarded the three students, and later renamed the academy Huaiyin Martial Hall.
• Liang Qu painted powerful Contemplation Diagrams for the new martial hall, including the transcendent-grade Slaying Flood Dragon Diagram, and returned to Pingyang to advance his cultivation.
• After taking office, Liang Qu exposed Deng Ming’s flooding and land-grabbing scheme, executed Deng Ming and twelve officials, detained the Sanshan Prefect, and sent students to restore the River Conservancy Offices.
• Liang Qu had the Great Anchor reforged in the Imperial Capital, gained more Jianghuai Favor, and negotiated with Old Toad for information about the Mirror River Long Qi phenomenon.
• Liang Qu offered General Yuan a Longevity Worm Blood Cocoon to gain his help against the Flood Dragon, but General Yuan warned that the Flood Dragon might wield the Huai River’s protection and the power of Undying and Unextinguished.
• Liang Qu led forty-six ships to Mirror River as the phenomenon began, and the verdant Long Qi intertwined with the Red Qi in his Ze Cauldron.

Liang Qu cultivated the returning Immortal Island, secured Long Qi, and helped expose the Ghost Mother Sect while Huai Kong’s debate shook the Lotus Sect. He later provoked the Flood Dragon as the White Ape, then reached Unity of Heaven and Man and prepared to meet Turtle King.

• Liang Qu cultivated the Dragon Court Immortal Islands, completed his third Divine Power, and helped Little Mirage Dragon mature the Yin Yang Five Elements Seed into a Five Elements Disk.
• Liang Qu led the seizure of Heavenly Water Morning Dew and Long Qi at Outpost Canyon as the Whale Emperor arrived, then helped prepare a vast feast that earned Pingyang rewards and access to more Long Qi.
• King Su revealed the Ghost Mother Sect’s connection to the Dream Realm Dynasty, and Da Shun ordered its branches purged after the New Year Festival.
• Huai Kong debated Sang Jie in Hantai with the Old Monk’s coded guidance, and Sang Jie left the platform after Huai Kong’s questions broke his attachments.
• Liang Qu brought allies to the Immortal Island to cultivate, where Xu Yuelong entered Sudden Enlightenment and Su Guishan reached the Third Realm Perfected Elephant.
• Liang Qu transformed into the White Ape and attacked the Great Huai Army, killing Ring Huǐ before returning to Pingyang with its body.
• Liang Qu gained Marsh Essence during the White Ape’s later appearance, then entered Sudden Enlightenment and attained Unity of Heaven and Man.
• Liang Qu’s Qi Sea grew to 1,491 times its normal size, and he ordered Long Binglin to arrange a meeting with Turtle King.