Recaps

Liang Qu helped the Mermaid Tribe agree to relocate to the Jiang Huai Great Marsh and turned Mermaid Silk into a luxury business proposal for the Xu Family. He created a third Ying Long Mark, revealed a new ability to ride the air, and ended the stretch traveling to Mount Lu as four strangers sought him out.

• Liang Qu arranged paid work cleaning General Yuan’s shell, then persuaded Quan Linghan to move the Mermaid Tribe to the Jiang Huai Great Marsh.
• Liang Qu proposed selling Mermaid Silk stockings as luxury goods and offered his share of the profits to support the merfolk and his martial lineage.
• Xu Rongguang and the Xu Family stewards approved a secret first run of Mermaid Silk products, while Liang Qu arranged relocation support and an escort for the merfolk.
• Liang Qu created a third Ying Long Mark, transforming his Three Bridges and gaining the ability to form mist steps and ride a cloud above the river.
• Xiang Fangsu and Ke Wenbin reunited with Liang Qu, discussed his farming venture and Pingyang Prefecture’s proposed great pass, and agreed to collect Zhao Hongyuan.
• Yang Dongxiong emerged from seclusion with his Divine Power complete, and Liang Qu’s group set out for Mount Lu.
• Ta Ta Kai drove off a Leopard Cat that ambushed the group, while four pursuers arrived at Mount Lu and planned to search its temples for Liang Qu.

Liang Qu exposed a Ghost Mother Sect plot, built ties between Pingyang Prefecture and the Sea Merchants, and received the court’s approval to pursue the record for the youngest Great Martial Master. He prepared for his advancement and set out to clear Flood Dragon Sect spies in the Great Marsh.

• Liang Qu captured Ning Chaoqing and his bounty-hunting crew, then learned Ning had been sent by the Ghost Mother Sect to search for the White Ape.
• Liang Qu returned to Pingyang Prefecture, where Jian Zhongyi told him he could break Da Shun’s record for its youngest Great Martial Master and asked him to prepare for the challenge.
• Su Guishan explained that the Ghost Mother Sect used Living Dead Positions and sacrifices to resurrect powerful people, while the Old Monk and Su Guishan described Southern Border’s Gu traditions and plans to create a False Dragon.
• Liang Qu and Toad King welcomed the Sea Merchants, bought Treasure Fish and other goods, and arranged for the Sea Market Master to bring its caravan to Pingyang Prefecture.
• Xu Yuelong, Ran Zhongshi, and the merchant guilds negotiated a major trade with the Sea Merchants, while the Sacred Emperor awarded Liang Qu ten Great Merits and ordered a Heavenly Altar brought for his advancement.
• King of Yue explained how a Heavenly Altar could help Liang Qu catch spiritual light, and Liang Qu obtained a Two Lives Flower from Su Guishan’s ship.
• Liang Qu arranged to lease a Water Spider and helped secure future Sea Merchant visits through Wei Lin’s trade negotiations, then prepared a River God Sacrifice and registered eligible local youths.
• Liang Qu transformed into a White Ape and entered the underground river to clear Flood Dragon Sect spies and choose offerings in the Great Marsh.

Liang Qu absorbed Yan Dongjun’s martial legacy on the Heavenly Altar, broke through to Hunting Tiger, and received titles and rewards from the Sacred Emperor. During the New Year challenge, he defeated Ha Lu Han in the opening contest, then watched Da Shun’s next fighters face the Northern Court delegation.

• Liang Qu kept Flood Dragon spies chasing the White Ape, led the January sacrifice at Shang Rao Wharf, and chose five youths for the first martial arts training batch.
• Lan Jicai brought Liang Qu to the Imperial Capital, where he communed with the Heavenly Altar and absorbed Yan Dongjun’s martial techniques and sensations.
• Liang Qu fused his spirit and blood qi aboard the ship, broke through to Hunting Tiger, and received the Sacred Emperor’s summons and praise.
• The Sacred Emperor granted Liang Qu the hereditary title of Xingyi Baron, military and commandant appointments, a residence, and tax relief for Pingyang’s surrounding counties.
• Meng Qiang told Liang Qu that the Northern Court had sent nine young fighters to challenge Da Shun, and Liang Qu joined the Heavenly Feather Guard’s preparations for the contests.
• At the New Year Grand Court Assembly, Batu presented the Northern Court’s challenge, and the Sacred Emperor approved four contests between the delegations.
• Liang Qu defeated Ha Lu Han by shattering his Mahakala force, and Batu conceded the contest to the Sacred Emperor.
• The Heavenly Feather Guard revived Liang Qu, who watched Li Bingzhong and another fighter face Su Na’er and Bai Bu Hua while Lan Jicai explained Great Snow Mountain’s ties to Da Shun and the Northern Court.

After Da Shun’s victory, Liang Qu advanced his cultivation, explored the Immortal Island, and bought dragon relics at the Sky Shipping Auction. He reached the sixth layer of the Hunting Tiger Realm and learned that the Sacred Emperor had appointed him to oversee the Martial Examination’s strength category before his planned return to Pingyang Prefecture.

• Batu conceded the final match, and the Sacred Emperor rewarded the wounded Heavenly Feather Guards as Da Shun celebrated its victory.
• Liang Qu entered Moon Gazing Tower, used Heavenly Marrow Emulsion to form his fourth meridian wall, and exchanged Great Merits for a Time Insect and a Sun Moon Epiphyllum.
• Liang Qu awakened the Time Insect with Long Qi, evolved Awei and the Mirage Worm, and named the resulting Little Mirage Dragon Third Prince.
• Liang Qu joined the Heaven-Earth Grand Sacrifice, then took Third Prince to Immortal Island, where they defeated the Azure Jade Lions but were injured by a Mirage Tiger inside the palace.
• Liang Qu cultivated the Dragon Tiger Golden Body, discovered its golden ape transformation, and traveled to the Imperial Capital for the Sky Shipping Auction.
• Liang Qu absorbed Dragon Seed Aura and bought dragon whiskers, scales, and meat at the auction, then had the whiskers refined into a Dragon Whisker Blood Pill.
• Liang Qu swallowed the pill and broke through the fifth and sixth layers of the Hunting Tiger Realm, while Zhu Zongwang and Huo Hongyuan became embroiled in an altercation aboard a pleasure boat.
• Liang Qu began cultivating the Dragon Tiger Golden Body Divine Power Seed and learned that the Sacred Emperor had appointed him to oversee the Martial Examination’s strength category.