Recaps

Liang Qu investigated Lord Qiu’s Dyke’s collapse, confronted the Sand River Gang leader who had destroyed it in revenge, and took charge of a large-scale flood-relief effort. The arc ended with his subordinates seeing the vast fleet and relief operation he had assembled in a single day.

• Liang Qu accepted Xu Yuelong’s order to reach flooded Hua Zhu County, investigate the breached dyke and failed warning, and rescue its residents.
• Liang Qu traveled upriver, fought off water bandits, found Lord Qiu’s Dyke breached, and recovered evidence that its Water Standard Tablets had been submerged for days.
• Liang Qu treated sick refugees at Yellow Mountain, rescued a fleet from an Iron Head Fish, and confronted County Magistrate Yu Dayi over the disaster and his attempt to shift blame.
• Liang Qu asked the Sand River Gang for ships and learned that its leader, Cheng Chong, had destroyed the dyke to avenge his son’s death in the River Conservancy Office’s purge.
• Liang Qu and the Sand River Gang’s leaders defeated Cheng Chong, and Liang Qu shattered his dantian while keeping him alive for investigation.
• Liang Qu took supplies from the gang’s vault, broke through to the Galloping Horse realm, and ordered its fleet to evacuate villagers and distribute food.
• Liang Qu’s subordinates punished a boatman who had charged flood victims for passage, then saw Liang Qu arrive the next morning with a huge fleet and a relief operation already underway.

Liang Qu helped contain the Black Water River flood, earned imperial recognition, and returned to Yi Xing Town after evolving several of his Water Beasts. There, the Old Monk warned him that the Snow Mountain Cult might have used the dyke collapse to gather Calamity Qi and introduced him to two Yogacara methods.

• Liang Qu organized evacuations and relief, drained flooded paddies, and exposed Cheng Chong as the suspected saboteur of Lord Qiu's Dyke.
• Liang Qu helped restore the river and flood-hit county, evolved Awei with Yellow Water Calamity Poison, and gained River’s Favor through Wang Boat sacrifices.
• The court rewarded Liang Qu for his relief work and issued the Sacred Emperor’s encouragement to build bridges and waterways, while Liang Qu acquired the Abyssal Wood Bow and exchanged merits for the Azure Dragon Kill Scripture.
• Liang Qu departed Hua Zhu County as his Water Beasts began evolving, choosing Revival for Cannot Move, Vortex for Fat Catfish, Leader for Round Head, and Burrowing for Fist.
• Liang Qu returned to Yi Xing Town, where Lin Songbao described the town’s improved conditions and the Old Monk told him the River Otters were learning Arhat Claw.
• Liang Qu recounted the flood and Cheng Chong’s confession, and the Old Monk suspected the Snow Mountain Cult had used the dyke collapse to gather Calamity Qi, though he had no proof.
• The Old Monk explained how Grandmasters used Qi and how Calamity Qi and Disaster Qi could turn events against an opponent, then showed Liang Qu the Eye Consciousness Method and Nose Consciousness Method manuscripts.

Liang Qu expanded his river duties, completed the Fortune Ship, and was mistaken by two Dragonfolk for the reincarnated Dragon Lord. After reaching the Galloping Horse Extreme Realm, he used the Morning Dew Worm to deepen his cultivation and unleash a devastating spear strike before recovering and inspecting new ships.

• Liang Qu trained the River Otters under Ta Ta Kai, cultivated new Dharma Gates, and gave Yang Dongxiong the consciousness methods and additional forms of the Azure Dragon Spear Technique.
• Liang Qu hosted crab feasts, persuaded Old Toad to support the pond expansion, and learned that the River Conservancy Office planned monthly Treasure Fish expeditions into the Deep Water Area.
• Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe emerged from the underground river, mistook Liang Qu for the reincarnated Dragon Lord, and left him Treasure Fish while keeping their belief secret from the Flood Dragon.
• Liang Qu launched the Fortune Ship, received the Morning Dew Worm, Withered Wind Narcissus, and Azure Dragon Kill Scripture, then used the rewards to open his final apertures and reach the Galloping Horse Extreme Realm.
• Liang Qu used Summoning Wind and Rain aboard the Fortune Ship, discovered that his rain calmed the mind, and swallowed the matured Morning Dew Worm.
• Liang Qu focused the Morning Dew Worm’s effects on the River Lord, unleashed a spear strike that split the rain and the Great Marsh, and collapsed from exhaustion.
• Liang Qu recovered with Cannot Move’s Revitalization, advanced several techniques, and sailed to Qingjiang Shipyard to inspect its first ships and collect leftover timber.

Liang Qu advanced his cultivation and traveled to Fragrant Township County to end the Snake Demon’s blockade of the waterways. After killing it as a giant white ape, he secured its remains, strengthened ties with the Dragonfolk and local clans, and resumed searching the Great Marsh.

• The Dragonfolk warned Liang Qu about a Snake Demon near Fragrant Township County, while he learned that it had blockaded the waterways after the Zhang Clan and Li Family killed its offspring.
• Liang Qu mastered the Azure Dragon Seven Kill Spear, formed his second True Aura, completed the Marsh Ape’s fusion, and became a Wolf Smoke Expert.
• Liang Qu accepted the mission to confront the Snake Demon, traveled to Fragrant Township County with the Dragonfolk and his Water Beasts, and secured support and treasures from the Zhang Clan and Li Family.
• Liang Qu entered the Great Marsh and fought the Snake Demon, surviving its poison with the Old Monk’s protective token before transforming into a giant white ape and killing it.
• Liang Qu returned to shore as the townspeople hailed the white ape as the River God, then claimed the Snake Demon’s gall, bones, scales, and part of its meat.
• Fat Catfish persuaded Long Pingjiang to stay with Liang Qu for about a year, while Liang Qu arranged to share the Li Family’s exhausted mine and sent his beasts to search for the Mermaid Ruins.
• The Zhang Clan and Li Family rewarded Liang Qu, and one of his searching fish sent back word by April twentieth.