The Water Margin / Season 1 Season guide The Water Margin: Season 1 43 episodes Premiered Jan 8, 1998 Updated Jul 21, 2026 Spoiler-safe Advertisement Season 1 Episodes Episode Guide 🛡️ SPOILER SHIELD Season 1 Progress Shield All Safe I'm Watching Caught Up Season: Season 1 Last Watched: None (Not started) Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8 Episode 9 Episode 10 Episode 11 Episode 12 Episode 13 Episode 14 Episode 15 Episode 16 Episode 17 Episode 18 Episode 19 Episode 20 Episode 21 Episode 22 Episode 23 Episode 24 Episode 25 Episode 26 Episode 27 Episode 28 Episode 29 Episode 30 Episode 31 Episode 32 Episode 33 Episode 34 Episode 35 Episode 36 Episode 37 Episode 38 Episode 39 Episode 40 Episode 41 Episode 42 Episode 43 Future titles & synopses blurred. Tap "Reveal" on any card to peek. Binge Efficiency Engine Season 1: Filler vs. Essential Canon Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests. 93% Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes Core (40): Character development & subplots Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler Show All (43) Crucial Mytharc (3) Essential Canon (43) S1·E1 Mytharc Gao Qiu's Rise to Prominence Jan 8, 1998 · 46 min S1·E2 Core Beating Up the Lord of the West Jan 8, 1998 · 46 min S1·E3 Core Creating a Disturbance on Mount Wutai Jan 9, 1998 · 46 min S1·E4 Core Uprooting a Willow Tree Jan 9, 1998 · 46 min S1·E5 Core White Tiger Hall Jan 10, 1998 · 46 min S1·E6 Core Wild Boars Forest Jan 10, 1998 · 46 min S1·E7 Core Snow and Wind at the Temple of the Mountain Deity Jan 11, 1998 · 46 min S1·E8 Core Lin Chong Becomes an Outlaw Jan 11, 1998 · 46 min S1·E9 Core Yang Zhi Sells a Saber Jan 12, 1998 · 46 min S1·E10 Core Gathering of the Seven Stars Jan 12, 1998 · 46 min S1·E11 Core Robbing the Convoy of Birthday Gifts Jan 13, 1998 · 46 min S1·E12 Core Secretly Releasing Heavenly King Chao Jan 13, 1998 · 46 min S1·E13 Core Killing Wang Lun Jan 14, 1998 · 46 min S1·E14 Core Song Jiang Kills Yan Poxi Jan 14, 1998 · 46 min S1·E15 Core Jingyang Ridge Jan 15, 1998 · 46 min S1·E16 Core The Brothers Are Reunited Jan 15, 1998 · 46 min S1·E17 Core Granny Wang Stirs Up Romantic Feelings Jan 16, 1998 · 46 min S1·E18 Core Wu Dalang Catches the Adulterous Pair Jan 16, 1998 · 46 min S1·E19 Core Lion Tower Jan 17, 1998 · 46 min S1·E20 Core Beating Up Jiang the Door God in a Drunken State Jan 17, 1998 · 46 min S1·E21 Core Bloodbath at Mandarin Ducks Tower Jan 18, 1998 · 46 min S1·E22 Core Qingfeng Fort Jan 18, 1998 · 46 min S1·E23 Core Exiled to Jiangzhou Jan 19, 1998 · 46 min S1·E24 Core Writing a Seditious Poem at Xunyang Tower Jan 19, 1998 · 46 min S1·E25 Core Creating a Disturbance in Jiangzhou Jan 20, 1998 · 46 min S1·E26 Core Li Kui Carries His Mother Jan 20, 1998 · 46 min S1·E27 Core Zhu Family Village (1) Jan 21, 1998 · 46 min S1·E28 Core Zhu Family Village (2) Jan 21, 1998 · 46 min S1·E29 Core Breaking the Chain-Linked Cavalry Formation Jan 22, 1998 · 46 min S1·E30 Core Zeng Family Fortress Jan 22, 1998 · 46 min S1·E31 Core Lu Junyi Joins Liangshan Jan 23, 1998 · 46 min S1·E32 Core The Grand Assembly Jan 23, 1998 · 46 min S1·E33 Core Creating a Disturbance in Dongjing During the Yuanxiao Festival Jan 24, 1998 · 46 min S1·E34 Core Yan Qing Fights in a Leitai Match Jan 24, 1998 · 46 min S1·E35 Core Li Kui Becomes a Magistrate Jan 25, 1998 · 46 min S1·E36 Core Stealing Wine and Tearing the Imperial Order Jan 25, 1998 · 46 min S1·E37 Core Defeating Grand Marshal Gao Jan 26, 1998 · 46 min S1·E38 Core Amnesty Jan 26, 1998 · 46 min S1·E39 Core Blood Spill at Chenqiao Courier Station Jan 27, 1998 · 46 min S1·E40 Core Campaign Against Fang La Jan 27, 1998 · 46 min S1·E41 Core Soul Departs at Yongjin Gate Jan 28, 1998 · 46 min S1·E42 Mytharc Black Dragon Ridge is Tainted with Blood Jan 28, 1998 · 46 min S1·E43 Mytharc Song Jiang's Death Jan 29, 1998 · 46 min