Recaps

Liang Qu helped Old Toad become a Great Demon, expanded his influence through Li Xianghan and the Southern Border, and staged a lucrative series of River God Sacrifices and festivals. As the story left off, he was traveling with Li Xianghan toward the Insect Valley Festival, hoping to seize the Southern Border’s hidden Long Qi.

• Liang Qu brought Old Toad into Marshland Kingdom and used the underworld and a lightning tribulation to help him advance into a Great Demon, while the gathered experts tempered themselves in the trapped lightning.
• Liang Qu absorbed the tribulation lightning and expanded his Root Sea to eighty-two times its original size, then developed Pingyang’s waterways and learned that the Eastern Sea Great Hunting Assembly was planned for five years later.
• Liang Qu secretly guided Awei’s evolution and Li Xianghan’s cultivation, helping her rise to prominence in Green Pattern Valley while discovering Awei’s new healing and poisoning powers.
• Liang Qu found Phoenix Fairy in Grotto Heaven Lake and turned it into a paid attraction, while Li Xianghan defeated Yun Qianlan’s challenge with her Golden Winged Heavenly Centipede.
• Liang Qu launched Shadow Play and dream games at Yi Xing County’s River God Sacrifice, staged a grand ceremony, and drew huge crowds and more than 569,000 taels in ticket sales.
• Liang Qu completed the thirteen-port celebration, raised his River Rule Degree to 2.4, converted his full river Favorability into Dominance Level, and decided to pursue the Changyou Rank Fruit before the Eastern Sea assembly.
• Li Xianghan revealed that the Tusi planned to secretly move Sweet Dew Long Qi after the forts’ supply disappeared, and Liang Qu saw a chance to take it as they headed for the Insect Valley Festival.
• Liang Qu left the caravan during the Myriad Snake Gathering, recruited Old Toad and others for the Long Qi plan, then returned to Li Xianghan’s carriage with his companions and startled her while inspecting her belongings.