Recaps

Qin Geng uncovered the Dragon Vein struggle, strengthened his Water Lord and martial abilities, and joined the Wave-Quelling Bureau as the Foreigners’ threat escalated. After defeating Tiger Cub, he received a fast boat and independent command on the Xun River.

• Qin Geng helped cure the Black-Furred Monsters at Wild Fox Ridge, then discovered the Incense Deity Scripture and fused his Fisherman and Incense God paths into the Water Lord profession.
• At the Su Family banquet, Qin Geng exposed the fake Copper Lotus Seed and defeated Li Bawang, while Ye Lanzen and Lu Xingmin explained that the Nine Magical Artifacts anchored the Dragon Vein.
• Qin Geng took Qin Xiu away from the Su Family, and she became a nun at Cold Mountain Temple, where he encountered a carp that recognized him as a Water Lord.
• Qin Geng hunted mutated creatures in the Xun River to gain strength, while the Huang Family was found dead and Zheng Tonghe linked the killings to the evil aura at Wild Fox Ridge.
• Qin Geng performed the Grand Sacrifice, reached Water Lord level ten, and killed a Black-Furred Monster that attacked from the river.
• Qin Geng used Soul Seeding to bind the Red-Armored Giant Shrimp as Xia Qi, then joined the Wave-Quelling Bureau and received orders to help secure Tianjin’s waterways.
• Tiger Cub challenged Qin Geng for the privilege of independent patrol, but Qin Geng defeated him on land and underwater, earning a fast boat, a command flag, and authority to lead a squad on the Xun River.

Qin Geng reached Transforming Force, uncovered the Foreigners’ hidden routes, and joined the dangerous effort to explore the Underground Dark River. After aiding thousands of refugees and advancing his professions, he led the team toward Yin Mountain, where they found recent terracotta figures resembling the dead.

• Qin Geng exposed the Foreigners’ smuggling operation through Purple Clay Teapots, then advanced to Transforming Force and awakened Dragon-Tiger Convergence.
• Qin Geng helped Lin Zhengde’s family by exposing fake Taoists and locating the Foreigners’ underground route near the ancestral grave.
• Qin Geng guided an assault on Ghost-Sorrow Ravine, where the team collapsed the Underground Dark River but found no bodies or cargo afterward.
• Qin Geng began treating patients, became an Inspector Envoy of the Underground River Department, and recruited Li Gou to gather intelligence.
• Qin Geng and his companions entered the Underground Dark River, fought Living Corpses and foreign cultivators, and defeated a Bloodskin Rakshasa with Daoist Chi Song’s help.
• Qin Geng studied the Tiger Descending the Mountain Painting, treated wounded guards, and organized relief for refugees driven to Tianjin by disasters and blocked grain shipments.
• Qin Geng advanced his Physician and Water Lord paths while the refugee crisis worsened, then swallowed Earth-Lung Fire Fungus and increased his Martial Artist level.
• Qin Geng joined Daoist Chi Song’s team on another descent toward Yin Mountain, where they found blue-brick chambers filled with recent Soul-Suppressing Terracotta Figures, including one resembling Old Master Su.