Chapter Summaries

Ye Yuan and Xu Hang dealt with Liu Mingyuan’s boat incident and agreed to proceed with Wang Xuehong’s original plan despite Xu Hang’s family connection. Xu Hang then explained why he hated Liu Mingyuan, revealing that Liu Mingyuan had killed his mother in a hit-and-run.

• Ye Yuan stopped Xu Hang from attacking the middle-aged uniformed man, and Xu Hang showed his work ID before arranging for the man to leave.
• Xu Hang told Ye Yuan and Wang Xuehong that Liu Mingyuan was his nephew but urged them to carry out their plan, so they proceeded with the investigation.
• The officers took statements, reviewed Pei Fei’s video, and sent the badly injured Liu Mingyuan to the hospital while experts began appraising the antiques.
• Ye Yuan asked Xu Hang why he had attacked Liu Mingyuan, and Xu Hang said Liu Mingyuan had killed his mother by hitting her with a car and fleeing without checking on her.

Xu Hang explained the circumstances surrounding his cousin’s death and urged Ye Yuan to pursue harsh compensation from Liu Mingyuan, while Ye Yuan learned Lü Qin was connected to a city leader. After returning home, Ye Yuan reunited with Niuniu and Ai Niu.

• Xu Hang told Ye Yuan that his brother-in-law had disabled the neighborhood cameras to bring his secretary home, while Liu Mingyuan was drugged and unaware of his mother’s death.
• Xu Hang blamed his family for protecting Liu Mingyuan and offered to help Ye Yuan collect compensation from his brother-in-law.
• Xu Hang revealed that he knew Lü Qin because someone in her family was a city leader.
• Wang Xuehong’s team calculated 24.1 million in damages, and Ye Yuan let Wang handle the claim.
• Xu Hang drove Ye Yuan back to Lan Qin New Garden and promised to follow up on Liu Mingyuan.
• Ye Yuan returned home, gave Ai Niu Spatial Lake Water, and hugged Niuniu, who said she had missed him in her tummy.

Ye Yuan returned to Blue Island and visited his family, while Liu Xiangkai dealt with the fallout from Liu Mingyuan’s injury and agreed to compensate the other party. The chapter ended with Liu Xiangkai arriving at an apartment, where a young woman greeted him intimately.

• Ye Yuan told Niuniu he had come home after passing through Blue Island, and his mother pulled him inside to visit his grandmother.
• Liu Xiangkai berated Liu Mingyuan in the hospital for provoking Ye Yuan’s friend, while the woman beside them blamed the incident on a possible conspiracy.
• Liu Xiangkai’s father told him Mingyuan was at fault and ordered him to compensate the other party, and Liu Xiangkai told Lawyer Wang to settle the matter without suing.
• Liu Xiangkai called the woman at the hospital, who said she had scalded her hand while pouring water for Mingyuan, then he decided to spend the night elsewhere.
• Liu Xiangkai arrived at apartment 1801, where a girl in a nightgown embraced him and said she had missed him.

Ye Yuan received the 24.1 million yuan collected from Liu Mingyuan's family and chose to donate it to his Marine Protected Area. After catching up with his family on Blue Island, he learned that the Yushui Hao, Great White, Little Shark, and the Leatherback Turtle had returned to Fishing Bay Island.

• Ye Yuan joked with his family after Niuniu said she wanted to become a retired employee like him.
• Ye Yuan received a bank notification that 24.1 million yuan had arrived in his account.
• Ye Yuan agreed to stay on Blue Island with his family while the fishing moratorium was in effect.
• Ye Yuan told Wang Xuehong to donate the money to his Marine Protected Area.
• Xu Hang confirmed the transfer, and Ye Yuan learned that the Yushui Hao, Great White, Little Shark, and the Leatherback Turtle had returned to Fishing Bay Island.

A girl returned to Blue Island and learned that the house Song Ran had given away belonged to Ye Yuan, while Ye Yuan agreed to travel to M Country with Zhang Wujin. Ye Yuan boarded the flight, leaving his reunion with the girl and his overseas trip ahead.

• Lü Qin questioned the girl about her feelings for Song Ran, and the girl explained that she feared meeting him would hurt him again.
• The girl asked Lü Qin to investigate who had treated her mother, and Lü Qin revealed that Song Ran had given a house to Ye Yuan.
• Ye Yuan accepted Zhang Wujin's invitation to visit M Country, partly because he wanted to see its fishing equipment and casinos.
• Ye Yuan's mother declined to join the trip and reminded him that someone needed to stay with his grandmother.
• Ye Yuan and Zhang Wujin boarded a flight to M Country, where Ye Yuan settled into his seat and complained about the movies.

Ye Yuan flew to Las Vegas with Zhang Wujin and used the long flight to inspect his expanding space. While he settled into his hotel, Lü Qin brought a short-haired girl to his family home, where they learned he had already left for the United States.

• Ye Yuan entered his space during the flight and surveyed its medicinal-herb fields, livestock, and ocean, deciding it needed more carnivorous fish.
• Lü Qin and a short-haired girl visited Ye Yuan's home in Blue Island City and asked Mother Ye whether he was there.
• Mother Ye told them Ye Yuan had left for the United States that morning and warmly invited them inside.
• Ye Yuan and Zhang Wujin arrived in Las Vegas, checked into their hotel, and went to their separate rooms.

Ye Yuan explored his WeChat Moments in the City of Gambling, spoke with his mother, and joined Zhang Wujin to inspect equipment at a beach-supply store. Zhang Wujin began negotiating with Michelle, leaving Ye Yuan waiting to see whether they could agree on a price.

• Ye Yuan posted a city view to Moments, commented on Su Mei's birthday post for Nian Xin, and saw Ma Hua's joke about seals lined up as a commando unit.
• Mother Ye told Ye Yuan that two female university classmates had visited looking for him, but he decided to discuss it after returning home.
• Zhang Wujin invited Ye Yuan to inspect equipment and visit a casino, and Ye Yuan agreed to follow his plans.
• Ye Yuan and Zhang Wujin visited a beach-supply store, where Ye Yuan saw its beach equipment and reference-filled second floor.
• Zhang Wujin introduced Ye Yuan to Michelle, then asked her for a satisfactory price and cited his long flight as proof of his commitment.

Ye Yuan and Zhang Wujin visited a luxury equipment showroom, where Zhang began negotiating a $15 million purchase, then went to a Las Vegas casino. Ye Yuan followed Zhang into the casino’s VIP area and looked around as Zhang explained the free refreshments and chip exchange.

• Ye Yuan learned that the showroom’s models represented real yachts, submarines, helicopters, and seaplanes available for purchase, and he lost interest in the shallow-diving submarines.
• Zhang Wujin finished an initial discussion with Michelle about equipment costing $15 million and told Ye Yuan that serious negotiations would take longer.
• After lunch, Zhang Wujin took Ye Yuan to a Las Vegas casino and they passed security screening before entering.
• Zhang Wujin used his VIP membership card to bring Ye Yuan to the casino’s second floor and into an east-side VIP area.
• Zhang Wujin pointed out the free food and drinks and showed Ye Yuan where to exchange money for chips.

Ye Yuan explored the VIP casino, exchanged 200,000 Mi Jin for chips, and watched gamblers lose and win at the slot machines. A waiter explained that VIP machine payouts scaled with the value of the chip played, and a young visitor began playing.

• Ye Yuan looked around the VIP hall while Zhang Wujin went to gamble, then exchanged 200,000 Mi Jin in chips.
• Ye Yuan watched baccarat and roulette but headed to the slot machines, where a gambler warned him not to try inserting anything besides chips.
• Ye Yuan observed gamblers lose repeatedly until a middle-aged woman won about a hundred chips and moved to another machine.
• A young man asked a waiter how the VIP slot machines differed from those downstairs, and the waiter explained that payouts scaled with chip value.
• The young man nodded and sat down at a slot machine.

Ye Yuan watched Zhang Wujin win at several casino games before a braided middle-aged man invited them upstairs to join a mahjong game. Zhang Wujin accepted, and Ye Yuan agreed to go with him after cashing in his chips.

• Ye Yuan tried the casino’s slot machines and lost several chips before Zhang Wujin warned him that the casino-made machines were unreliable.
• Zhang Wujin told Ye Yuan he had won over six hundred thousand Mi Jin, then earned nearly another eighty thousand playing blackjack and broke even on a roulette bet.
• A braided middle-aged man who knew Zhang Wujin invited him upstairs to play mahjong and said a bigger game would begin later.
• Zhang Wujin accepted the invitation and asked if Ye Yuan could come along; the man agreed and directed them to VIP5.
• Zhang Wujin led Ye Yuan to the chip exchange counter, where Ye Yuan cashed in his chips before they went upstairs.

Ye Yuan accompanied Zhang Wujin through a VIP mahjong game and into a high-stakes five-card stud game, where Zhang Wujin joined The guy with the braid’s invitation. The card game was underway when Sister Min bet 100,000, and Zhang Wujin, President Leng, and the old man in the Tang suit called.

• Ye Yuan followed Zhang Wujin and The guy with the braid to a VIP room, where Zhang Wujin played a round of mahjong with President Leng and Sister Min.
• After Sister Min ended the mahjong session, The guy with the braid persuaded Zhang Wujin to join a five-card stud game in a larger VIP room.
• An elderly man in a Tang suit entered with a burly Black bodyguard, and the players used a card reader to obtain chips for the game.
• The dealer opened a new deck and dealt the cards; Ye Yuan used his perception to see that Zhang Wujin’s hole card was the nine of hearts.
• Sister Min opened with a 100,000 bet, and Zhang Wujin, President Leng, and the old man called before Sister Min received the ten of hearts.

Ye Yuan spotted the dealer manipulating cards in a poker game and realized Zhang Wujin and Sister Min had been trapped into losing. He took Zhang Wujin’s seat to investigate the setup, leaving Zhang Wujin to reconsider whether the game had been targeting him.

• Zhang Wujin and Sister Min won several small hands while Ye Yuan grew bored watching the game.
• Ye Yuan noticed The guy with the braid signal President Leng and watched the dealer secretly direct cards to favored players.
• The guy with the braid won a large pot with a straight after Zhang Wujin called Sister Min’s 15,000,000 raise.
• Ye Yuan urged Zhang Wujin to stop playing, then took his seat when Zhang Wujin agreed to step away.

Ye Yuan asked for a new dealer and watched several rounds before joining a high-stakes hand against President Leng and Sister Min. When President Leng revealed an ace instead of the jack Ye Yuan had seen in his hand, Ye Yuan sensed the hidden cards in his cuff and discovered he was cheating.

• Ye Yuan requested a dealer change, and the old man, Sister Min, and the braided man agreed while President Leng objected.
• Ye Yuan exchanged for $20 million in chips, and the casino manager took over dealing after Ye Yuan claimed the first dealer was too handsome.
• Ye Yuan folded several hands while observing the replacement dealer, as casino staff reviewing surveillance footage spotted suspicious dealing in an earlier round.
• Ye Yuan called President Leng’s $15 million bet, and Sister Min called as well after the old man folded.
• President Leng revealed an ace of hearts where Ye Yuan had seen a jack of spades, and Ye Yuan detected matching cards hidden in President Leng’s cuff.

Ye Yuan exposed President Leng’s card cheating at the casino and was challenged to play five-card stud by Tan Mushen. He walked out with the check before the cards were dealt, and the revealed hand showed he would have won; afterward, Zhang Wujin peppered him with questions.

• Ye Yuan asked to inspect the remaining cards, and the dealer revealed the Ace of Hearts that proved President Leng had cheated.
• Sister Min and the others condemned President Leng, while Barton’s men took him and The guy with the braid away to face the police.
• Tan Mushen offered Ye Yuan a one-million check and challenged him to five-card stud, with the condition that Ye Yuan never return if Tan won.
• Ye Yuan took the check and left with Zhang Wujin before the dealer dealt; the cards later showed Ye Yuan would have beaten Tan.
• Tan Mushen warned Barton that Ye Yuan could win the entire casino, and Zhang Wujin asked Ye Yuan how he had spotted the cheating.

After winning 38 million USD gambling in Las Vegas, Ye Yuan spent a week sightseeing in the US and boarded a flight home. The plane suffered a serious engine failure and began descending, leaving Ye Yuan preparing to escape into his space if it crashed.

• Ye Yuan cashed in his chips for 37 million and received another million from the middle-aged man, bringing his winnings to 38 million USD.
• Zhang Wujin received his 20 million back, and he and Ye Yuan returned to the hotel discussing Ye Yuan's gambling skills.
• Ye Yuan spent a week sightseeing in the US and posting about his travels, while Zhang Wujin returned to China early to handle a problem at the Pinghai mine.
• Ye Yuan boarded a first-class flight home and called his older sister Ye Hui to tell her he would arrive that night.
• Violent shaking struck the plane, and Ye Yuan used his perception to discover that the left engine was spewing flames as the aircraft descended.
• Ye Yuan put on an oxygen mask and prepared to enter his space at the moment of impact, worrying that the crash explosion could damage the stone pearl.

Ye Yuan escaped the crashing plane by entering his space, then discovered he had survived in the sea and worried that his farewell message had reached his mother. The chapter left his parents shocked after Mother Ye received the message.

• As the plane descended over the ocean, Ye Yuan sent his parents a farewell message while panicked passengers crowded the emergency exit.
• Just before the plane hit the sea, Ye Yuan vanished into his space, leaving the stone bead behind in the cabin.
• After waiting thirty minutes, Ye Yuan emerged into the ocean, saw the sinking plane's whirlpool, and quickly returned to the space.
• Ye Yuan realized his soaked phone was unusable and prayed that his farewell message had not been delivered.
• Mother Ye received Ye Yuan's message at home, and Father Ye came inside after hearing her cry out.
• Mother Ye told Father Ye that the WeChat message said something had happened to their son, and he wondered whether it was a scam.

After Ye Yuan’s plane crashed, his family and friends learned the news and rushed to support his parents, while his crew was called back to the team. Ye Yuan surfaced far from the wreckage, realized he had no way to orient himself or wait for rescue, and knew he had to save himself.

• Father Ye comforted the family as Brother-in-law confirmed that Ye Yuan’s plane had crashed, leaving Mother Ye devastated.
• Zhang Xin learned of the crash, cried, and hurried to visit Ye Yuan’s mother despite Lü Qin warning that the crash site was over the Pacific Ocean.
• Nie Shaohui told Ye Hui to return home immediately while he took Grandma to the hospital, and Ye Hui arranged for the seafood shop’s driver to take her.
• Zhao Chuan told Zhang Wujin that Ye Yuan’s plane had crashed and urged him to go to Ye Yuan’s house, while Ma Hua was ordered by Yu Hongbo to return to the team immediately.
• Ye Yuan surfaced in open water, found no trace of the plane or its wreckage, and realized he was lost too far away to wait for rescue.

After drifting at sea, Ye Yuan befriended and tamed an albino Orca he named Tiger, then rode him back to Huaxia Nation. He reached the outskirts of Blue Island City and asked a seafood gatherer about an unattended car so he could get home to his parents.

• After swimming for hours, Ye Yuan spotted red shrimp and used their presence to determine that he was near Saipan Island.
• Ye Yuan encountered a solitary albino Orca, fed him fish, gave him Loyalty and Spirit Opening Pills, and named him Tiger.
• Ye Yuan rode Tiger across the sea for one day and two nights, feeding him food and Spatial Lake Water until they reached Huaxia Nation's waters.
• Ye Yuan continued toward Blue Island, slept on Tiger's back, and stored him in his spatial storage near a rocky shore outside the city.
• After swimming ashore and finding no taxis, Ye Yuan approached a young man gathering crabs and asked whether the nearby car belonged to him.

Ye Yuan returned to Blue Island after surviving the plane crash and rushed to the funeral home, where his family and friends were holding his memorial service. He arrived at Hall No. 6 and saw the mourners gathered around his portrait, then recognized two girls supporting his mother.

• Ye Yuan borrowed a phone from a cautious young man and called Zhang Wujin to come get him from Jinshitan.
• The young man drove Ye Yuan to Blue Island's north exit, where Zhang Wujin met him and confirmed that Ye Yuan's funeral was taking place that day.
• Ye Yuan drove straight to the funeral home and hurried to Hall No. 6, where the service was underway.
• Ye Yuan saw his family, friends, colleagues, and other mourners gathered around Niuniu, who held his portrait.
• Ye Yuan's gaze landed on the two girls supporting his mother, and his pupils contracted.

Ye Yuan returned alive during his own memorial service, shocking his grieving family and friends. After greeting everyone, he learned his grandmother had been hospitalized and that Li Hui had gone to burn offerings for him.

• Ma Hua recognized Ye Yuan and shouted out as the memorial service was ending, drawing everyone's attention to his return.
• Niuniu ran to Ye Yuan and leaped into his arms, and Mother Ye confirmed he was alive while Father Ye and the guests welcomed him.
• Ye Hui and her husband returned the condolence money, while Zhao Chuan, Deng Kai, Zhang Wujin, Yu Hongbo, and Xu Hang departed after speaking with Ye Yuan.
• Ye Yuan learned from his uncle that his grandmother was in the hospital because of his reported death, and his uncle left to visit her.
• Ye Yuan asked why Li Hui was absent, and Brother-in-law explained that Li Hui had gone to burn offerings before Li Hui rushed in carrying paper money and Ye Yuan's old clothes.