Chapter Summaries

After Ye Yuan passed the novice period, the system upgraded and transformed his space and interface, but stopped answering questions. He investigated the new features and discovered that the upgrade had cost him a million points, while the system’s evaluation and altered point exchange left him dissatisfied.

• Ye Yuan received a notification that he had completed the novice period and entered the system space to find out what it meant.
• Ye Yuan saw that the space had expanded and that his new interface showed an Ordinary overall rating, a Mental Power stat, an unused Lucky Roulette spin, and no reward for completing the novice period.
• Ye Yuan tried repeatedly to ask the system about the novice period, but it no longer answered, leading him to suspect that its consultation function had been limited to beginners.
• Ye Yuan investigated the upgraded interface and found item purchase limits, a Mental Power value, and other changes, while dismissing the system’s assessment of his physique.
• Ye Yuan lamented that the upgrade had cost him one million points and began examining the changed point exchange rates.

Ye Yuan explored the upgraded system, found its point economy harsher, and wasted points on blind boxes filled mostly with ordinary fishing gear. He activated brain domain development and collapsed unconscious, then later woke with no memory of a long dream.

• Ye Yuan concluded that system points had become more valuable to the space while mall prices had risen sharply, and he found the new Appraise function could not identify items from outside the system’s space.
• Ye Yuan bought blind boxes and received fishing gear and Fish Luring Grass Seeds, then opened five more boxes with no worthwhile results and decided against using the roulette wheel.
• Ye Yuan activated brain domain development and collapsed onto a stone table as dizziness overwhelmed him, while Tank and Duke mistook him for someone resting.
• Ye Yuan woke after an unknown amount of time, feeling he had dreamed for a long time but unable to remember it.

After the system upgrade, Ye Yuan completed his first collection mission and received alien Thumb Eel fry that could increase Mental Power. He kept the fry in his space while considering the risks and planned how to complete the new 1,000-species mission.

• Ye Yuan checked his attributes and found that his Mental Power had risen by 10, then began collecting aquatic creatures to finish the system mission.
• Ye Yuan gathered common and unusual sea creatures until Tiger, Big White, Little Shark, and the other pets brought the collection count to 101.
• The system rewarded Ye Yuan with 100 Huangyuan Star Thumb Eel fry, and he appraised them to learn that eating them could increase Mental Power.
• Ye Yuan decided to keep the Thumb Eels in his space until he knew whether they could harm Blue Star, then saw that the next mission required 1,000 species.
• Ye Yuan realized he could collect ornamental fish from his farm to speed up the new mission and returned home thinking about expanding the space's robot workforce.

Ye Yuan faced a shortage of robots after deciding that the newly acquired Thumb Eels needed dedicated care, and he arranged with Leonard to recruit prisoners of war as laborers. He then surveyed the expanded space and planned five zones, including facilities to house and support the incoming workers.

• Ye Yuan called Leonard and asked him to free up five robot slots, but Leonard suggested bringing unransomed prisoners of war into the space as workers.
• Ye Yuan agreed to visit Black Continent later and bring back prisoners of war who had not been ransomed.
• Leonard told Ye Yuan that Huangyuan Technology would send an inspection team to Huaxia Nation to assess a battery processing plant, and Ye Yuan gave him authority while advising him not to build near Blue Island.
• Ye Yuan entered the space to inspect the expanded islands and planned to divide the island into planting, residential, industrial, breeding, and restricted areas.
• Ye Yuan decided the industrial area would include biogas digesters to generate electricity and process waste, as well as a seawater desalination plant.

Ye Yuan prepared his space for incoming workers and changed his travel plans to accompany Xiao Nan and Wei Qiang to Tesa before continuing to Black Continent. In Shangjing, he studied the detailed recipe for Tiger Bone Wine and decided to gather its many medicinal ingredients.

• Ye Yuan sent robots to learn greenhouse operations and build a biogas power plant, then bought prefab units for the incoming workers.
• Zhang Wujin reminded Ye Yuan that he had promised to accompany Xiao Nan to Tesa, and Ye Yuan agreed to travel with Xiao Nan and Wei Qiang before heading to Black Continent.
• Ye Yuan arranged for Li Hui, Big Yellow, and Duke Tank to watch over the island while he was away, and took the Beast King with him to sea.
• Ye Yuan met Xiao Nan and Wei Qiang in Blue Island, apologized for forgetting their trip, and flew with them to Shangjing before their flight to Tesa.
• Ye Yuan examined the Tiger Bone Wine recipe in his hotel and memorized its complicated preparation instructions and long list of herbs.

Ye Yuan went to Anyongtang to buy the more than one hundred herbs needed for his Tiger Bone Wine recipe, and he discovered that he could remember every ingredient and quantity perfectly. He left with the herbs and grinding tools, while the clerk became curious about the recipe and Ye Yuan returned to his hotel before entering his spatial storage.

• Ye Yuan took a taxi to Anyongtang, Shangjing City's largest Chinese medicine shop, to look for the herbs in his wine recipe.
• Ye Yuan recited more than one hundred herbs and their quantities from memory, surprising the clerk and nearby employees.
• The clerk enlisted four coworkers to gather the herbs, and they collected everything Ye Yuan needed.
• Ye Yuan bought herb-grinding tools, paid for his purchases, and left Anyongtang with the herbs.
• The clerk took the written list upstairs, suspecting that it was a kidney-nourishing prescription.
• Ye Yuan returned to his hotel, checked his room with his perception, and entered his spatial storage from the bathroom.

Ye Yuan tested the extraordinary memory he believed came from Beginner Brain Development and studied traditional Chinese characters before traveling to Tesa with Xiao Nan and Wei Qiang. On the flight, he read Xu Long’s life records and discovered recipes for a Beauty Nourishing Pill and a Yang-Boosting Wine similar to his Tiger Bone Wine.

• Ye Yuan ordered robots to brew Tiger Bone Wine and fence in the Spatial Lake to protect its water from the incoming laborers.
• Ye Yuan tested his memory by learning English vocabulary and traditional Chinese characters, then studied for eight hours.
• Ye Yuan met Xiao Nan and Wei Qiang and flew with them to Tesa.
• Ye Yuan read The Life Records of Xu Long and learned that Xu Long had married thirty-six wives and pursued women throughout his life.
• Ye Yuan found recipes for the Beauty Nourishing Pill and Yang-Boosting Wine in Xu Long’s book, and noticed the wine shared ingredients with his Tiger Bone Wine.

Ye Yuan and his companions traveled to Tessa Arabia for a mission to recover a prince’s lost scepter. After arriving in Riyadh, Ye Yuan agreed to begin work immediately and headed with Wei Qiang to a yacht near Jeddah Port.

• Ye Yuan studied the Beauty Nourishing Pill prescription and read a guide to Tessa Arabia’s customs during the flight.
• Ye Yuan, Xiao Nan, and Wei Qiang landed in Riyadh, met their arranged reception, and went to their hotel.
• After sleeping through the night, Ye Yuan told Xiao Nan he was ready to begin the salvage mission at any time.
• Ye Yuan and Wei Qiang reached a yacht near Jeddah Port, where Wei Qiang asked whether Ye Yuan could retrieve the scepter despite many salvage teams searching for it.

Ye Yuan searched the Red Sea for the missing scepter while collecting unfamiliar marine species for his space. He found the scepter on a coral reef but kept it to himself rather than completing the mission immediately.

• Ye Yuan and Wei Qiang reached the crowded salvage area, and Ye Yuan put on diving gear before entering the sea.
• Ye Yuan descended beyond the salvage teams and used his perception to collect more than thirty new marine species.
• After searching the seabed for several dives without finding the scepter, Ye Yuan expanded his search far beyond the yacht.
• Ye Yuan found a gemstone-topped scepter on a coral reef and collected it into his space.
• Ye Yuan returned to the yacht without handing over the scepter, choosing not to complete the mission yet.

Ye Yuan found the scepter after spending a week searching the Red Sea, allowing him and Wei Qiang to return to Jeddah. Xiao Nan brought them to meet Prince Dile, who recognized Ye Yuan as the island owner associated with the Byzantine Scepter.

• Ye Yuan spent a week collecting marine life and delaying the search before surfacing with the scepter.
• Wei Qiang celebrated the discovery, sent photos to Xiao Nan, and returned to Jeddah Port with Ye Yuan.
• Xiao Nan thanked Ye Yuan and took him and Wei Qiang to meet Prince Dile at the palace.
• Prince Dile warmly greeted Ye Yuan and explained that he knew of him because of the Byzantine Scepter.

Ye Yuan and Xiao Nan returned Dile’s Byzantine Scepter, earning the prince’s gratitude and an invitation to a lavish meal and a tour of his private animal estate. Ye Yuan was astonished by Dile’s rare collection, and the chapter ended as a servant brought over a palm-sized husky.

• Dile recognized his damaged Byzantine Scepter and learned that Ye Yuan had retrieved it himself.
• Dile hosted Ye Yuan and his companions for a roasted-camel banquet to thank them for recovering the scepter.
• Dile grew envious after hearing that Ye Yuan kept pandas on his fishing island and invited him to see his pets.
• Dile led Ye Yuan and Xiao Nan through his estate, where Ye Yuan saw an extensive collection of rare animals, including penguins.
• A servant brought Dile a husky no bigger than a palm, which Ye Yuan initially mistook for an ordinary puppy.

Ye Yuan accepted an Alaskan Klee Kai Dog from Prince Dile, rejected Xiao Nan’s offer to start a salvage company, and stayed in Jeddah until the Yushui Hao arrived. Back aboard, he discovered the crew had caught unusually large mantis shrimp.

• Prince Dile explained that the palm-sized dog was an adult Alaskan Klee Kai and gave it to Ye Yuan as a parting gift.
• Xiao Nan offered Ye Yuan a share in a salvage company, but Ye Yuan rejected the partnership.
• Xiao Nan and Wei Qiang flew back to Huaxia Nation after Xiao Nan told Ye Yuan that Prince Dile would visit the Pinghai Tourist Area’s opening.
• Ye Yuan waited in Jeddah Port until the Yushui Hao arrived, then boarded and heard Ma Hua announce a good catch.
• Ma Hua showed Ye Yuan arm-thick mantis shrimp about fifty centimeters long, and Ye Yuan praised the crew’s luck.

Ye Yuan spotted flying fish fleeing a school of sailfish while the Yushui Hao sailed toward Leonard's base in Black Continent. He radioed the control room with the sailfish's location, setting the crew up to pursue them.

• Yu Hongbo resupplied the crew after the Yushui Hao docked, and the boat resumed its voyage toward Port Aruba.
• Ye Yuan chose the shorter route through the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Somali waters, scanning beneath the sea for treasure along the way.
• Ye Yuan noticed flying fish gliding above the ocean and realized predators were chasing them.
• Ye Yuan identified the predators as sailfish and radioed Ding Yi in the control room with their location two nautical miles northeast.

Ye Yuan caught a school of sailfish and flying fish for his space while exploring the waters near Somalia. On his way back to the Yushui Hao, he discovered an old sunken ship hidden in a trench.

• Ye Yuan told the crew to use fishing rods for the sailfish, but they caught only three before the school passed the Yushui Hao.
• Ye Yuan entered the sea, caught the sailfish, then collected the flying fish after they returned to the water.
• Ye Yuan explored the Somali seabed and gathered marine creatures and treasures he had not yet stored in his space.
• Ye Yuan spotted a narrow trench and found an old three-masted ship partly buried in sand.
• Ye Yuan rushed toward the wreck, recognizing it as the sunken ship he had searched for over many days.

Ye Yuan recovered an ancient pirate ship from the trench and found a giant octopus hiding aboard. After storing the octopus and collecting scattered coins and ornaments, he made the wreck look as though it had been buried in sand.

• Ye Yuan used his perception to retrieve the sunken ship from the trench and released it two nautical miles from the Yushui Hao.
• Ye Yuan searched the ship and found an intact cabinet in the captain’s quarters, but it was empty.
• A giant octopus attacked Ye Yuan from a dark cabin, and he wounded it with a powerful Water Needle.
• Ye Yuan stored the octopus in his space and confirmed that no other threatening creatures remained aboard.
• Ye Yuan gathered silver coins and ancient ornaments, then piled sea sand around the ship to disguise how he had found it.

Ye Yuan led the Yushui Hao crew in salvaging a pirate shipwreck, then shared its silver coins and ornaments among them. After the boat reached Aruba Port, he traveled to Leonard’s base near Bizanaya and was surprised by the contrast between the rundown tribe and the modern office inside its round building.

• Ye Yuan directed the crew to dive down to a shipwreck and search it in two groups.
• The crew hauled silver coins, ornaments, a cabinet, rusted weapons, broken crates, and the pirate flag back to the Yushui Hao.
• Ye Yuan let the crew split the silver coins and jewelry, keeping only two coins for himself.
• The Yushui Hao sailed for two days and reached Aruba Port, where Ye Yuan left the fishing-boat arrangements to Yu Hongbo and Fatty.
• Leonard’s men drove Ye Yuan to a base near the Aruba-Bizanaya border, where he saw a poor tribe and then entered a building fitted with modern office equipment.

Ye Yuan visited Leonard’s base and collected thirty prisoners, including a dangerous mercenary squad led by a woman, to bring into his space as laborers. After returning to his boat, he entered the space through a cabin so the newcomers would not learn its secret.

• Leonard told Ye Yuan that thirty prisoners were available after a recent conflict, and Ye Yuan agreed to take them.
• Ye Yuan saw that the prisoners included a fair-skinned woman who led a mercenary squad, and Leonard warned him to be careful around her.
• Leonard’s men tranquilized the prisoners, and Ye Yuan left the base with them before transferring them from the truck into his space.
• Ye Yuan returned to the fishing boat and learned from Ma Hua and Pei Fei that the crew had sold most of the catch while he was away.
• Ye Yuan entered his space through a prefab cabin to conceal its nature from the unconscious laborers.

Ye Yuan explained the island’s labor rules to the captives, then fought off two mercenaries who attacked him. The woman leading their team held back as she assessed his strength.

• Ye Yuan told the laborers they had to work for food and water and warned them not to enter the fenced-off area or attempt to escape.
• The female mercenary leader and two men prepared a coordinated attack while Ye Yuan watched them.
• Ye Yuan blocked one man’s punch, fractured another man’s lower leg with a kick, and knocked the first man unconscious with a punch.
• The woman did not attack Ye Yuan, judging that she could not subdue him alone and that armed guards were nearby.

Ye Yuan asserted control over the laborers in his space, monitored their recovery, and continued cultivating while the ship was in port. After the Yushui Hao departed Aruba Port, he considered whether Spatial Lake Water could increase Little Ha’s intelligence.

• Ye Yuan challenged the laborers to resist, then left them to work or go hungry as the guards arranged their duties.
• The guards treated the three injured men with Spatial Lake Water, and the only woman among the laborers was the first to start working.
• Ye Yuan checked that his aquatic-species mission had reached 945/1000, then cultivated the Water Control Art through the night.
• The next morning, Ye Yuan exercised on deck while the crew joked that he had become too strong to spar with.
• Ye Yuan declined to join Yu Hongbo’s supply run and wondered whether Spatial Lake Water could improve Little Ha’s intelligence.
• Yu Hongbo and the others returned with supplies, and the Yushui Hao departed Aruba Port.

While Ye Hui and Su Mei attended Hong Kong Island’s auction to promote Yuwan Seafood, Ye Yuan’s fishing boat struggled to make a profit on its voyage from Aruba Harbor. Ye Yuan found a school of mahi-mahi and led the crew to catch them, then praised their flavor.

• Ye Hui and Su Mei watched Yuwan Seafood’s premium seafood being auctioned in Hong Kong Island, and Ye Hui explained she wanted to raise the company’s profile beyond Blue Island.
• On the third day after leaving Aruba Harbor, Ye Yuan noticed the crew had caught little and resolved to help them find fish when the opportunity arose.
• Ye Yuan spotted a school of roughly two hundred large fish ahead of the Yushui Hao and ordered the crew to cast the net.
• After the crew hauled the fish aboard, Ma Hua asked what they were and whether they tasted good.
• Ye Yuan identified the catch as mahi-mahi, described the fish, and called it one of the most delicious fish in the ocean.