Chapter Summaries

After the crew caught mahi-mahi, Ma Hua’s verse about their fading colors stirred the crew’s emotions before they recovered. Ye Yuan then spotted an undocumented giant jellyfish, but a group of sea turtles reached it as he prepared to collect it.

• The crew noticed the mahi-mahi changing color, and Ye Yuan explained how their colors faded after leaving the water and how they could change color while alive.
• Ma Hua recognized the fish from Life of Pi and recited a verse about a dying mahi-mahi, leaving Ye Yuan and the crew subdued.
• Ye Yuan comforted the crew, had Yu Hongbo organize the catch, and returned to the bow to search for fish.
• Ye Yuan discovered an unfamiliar jellyfish with a two-meter bell and tentacles around fifteen meters long.
• A dozen sea turtles swam toward the jellyfish, and Ye Yuan expected them to eat it before he could collect it.

Ye Yuan answered a distress call from the Huaxia Nation fishing vessel Xunlong Hao, which was surrounded by pirates, and headed toward its coordinates. He spotted the pirates’ rifles and an RPG-2, while Xunlong Hao’s captain urged the small Yushui Hao to flee and report the attack.

• A group of sea turtles swarmed and ate the unidentified jellyfish before Ye Yuan could collect it.
• Ye Yuan checked the laborers in his space and confirmed that food rations and failed escape attempts had made them work obediently.
• As the sky darkened, Ding Yi summoned Ye Yuan to the bridge, where they heard Xunlong Hao’s distress call about a pirate attack.
• Ye Yuan replied to Xunlong Hao, learned its coordinates, and told Ding Yi to head there while he used his senses to inspect the scene.
• Ye Yuan found speedboats surrounding Xunlong Hao, with pirates firing rifles and one carrying an RPG-2.
• Xunlong Hao’s captain saw the approaching Yushui Hao was only a small fishing boat and urged Ye Yuan to leave and report their distress.

Ye Yuan prepared his crew to rescue the Huaxia Nation fishing boat Xunlong Hao, arming Ma Hua with an SOP sniper rifle and coordinating a plan with Yu Hongbo. As the Yushui Hao closed in, Ye Yuan reassured Captain He Dasheng that they would cover his escape, while he planned to assist underwater.

• Ye Yuan summoned Yu Hongbo and the crew after spotting pirates attacking a Huaxia Nation fishing boat.
• Ye Yuan handed Ma Hua an SOP sniper rifle from his cabin, and Ma Hua eagerly accepted the mission to deal with the pirates.
• Ye Yuan left Yu Hongbo in charge of the operation and told him to focus on rescuing the Xunlong Hao.
• Ye Yuan radioed He Dasheng, who urged the Yushui Hao to flee, but Ye Yuan told him to keep moving while his crew covered the rear.
• Ye Yuan planned to support the rescue underwater while the Yushui Hao escorted the Xunlong Hao to safety.

Ye Yuan secretly sabotaged the pirates’ mothership while the Yushui Hao’s crew protected the Xunlong Hao, and the pirates’ speedboats then began to retreat. The chapter left the reason for their sudden departure unclear to the Xunlong Hao’s crew.

• Ye Yuan slipped into the sea alone as the Xunlong Hao headed toward the fishing boat surrounded by pirates.
• Ma Hua shot the RPG gunners on two speedboats, while Yu Hongbo silenced Ma Hua and Wang Husheng by threatening to cancel their bonuses.
• Ye Yuan sensed the pirates’ yacht mothership and struck its hull with Water Needles until he punched a hole through it.
• Ye Yuan left the flooding yacht and prepared to sink the speedboats as they returned.
• The pirates’ ships rapidly departed, leaving the portly man aboard the Xunlong Hao wondering why they were retreating.

Ye Yuan rescued Xunlong Hao from pirates by sinking their boats and capturing unconscious pirates, then returned to Yushui Hao with a suitcase containing Ma Hua’s gun. After hearing how long ransom negotiations could take, Ye Yuan parted ways with He Dasheng and continued toward the fish-rich waters near the Black Continent.

• Ye Yuan used Water Needles and his pets Tiger, Da Bai, and Little Shark to defeat the pirates, collecting more than ten unconscious men into his space.
• Ye Yuan returned to Yushui Hao, where Yu Hongbo explained that the crew felt left out of the battle, and Ma Hua sought praise for his marksmanship.
• Ye Yuan took Ma Hua’s suitcase and stored it in his space, then answered He Dasheng’s radio call and heard his thanks for rescuing Xunlong Hao.
• He Dasheng explained that pirate ransom negotiations could take several months, leaving Ye Yuan surprised by how the process worked.
• Ye Yuan and He Dasheng exchanged WeChat contacts before Yushui Hao parted from Xunlong Hao, and Ye Yuan continued toward waters near the Black Continent.

Ye Yuan collected five rare Maso Tuna and learned more about the limits of his upgraded storage ability as the Yushui Hao sailed home from Somalia. Back in Huaxia Nation’s waters, he spotted an island and arranged for the crew to go ashore, hoping to use the outing to dive and advance his mission.

• Ye Yuan collected five mature Maso Tuna from a school, raising his mission progress to 961/1000, and tested how distance and weight limited what he could store.
• Ye Yuan wondered whether pirates had deliberately made the waters around Somalia a fishing ground to lure fishermen into danger.
• After ten days at sea, the Yushui Hao returned to Huaxia Nation’s waters, where Ye Yuan saw that his mission progress had reached only 980/1000.
• Ye Yuan spotted a crescent-shaped island and asked Yu Hongbo to see whether the crew wanted to visit it so they could go diving.
• Ma Hua cheered at the plan, and Ye Yuan told him to lower the small boat because the shallow waters prevented the Yushui Hao from approaching the island.
• Ma Hua asked Ye Yuan whether they could keep a small yacht aboard for trips ashore.

Ye Yuan took the crew to a shallow sea area for a break, where they went diving while he explored underwater. He found a group of small crabs known as Guan Gong Crabs, and the chapter ended with him recognizing them and recalling their history and legends.

• Ye Yuan refused Ma Hua’s suggestion to bring a mini yacht aboard, then told the crew to enjoy the island and dive safely.
• Fatty took several crew members and cooking pots ashore, while Ding Yi stayed behind to watch the fishing boat.
• Ye Yuan and the crew entered the clear, shallow water, and Ye Yuan briefly played with a small sea turtle.
• Ye Yuan swam away from the others and found tiny crabs whose shells bore ghostly face-like patterns.
• Ye Yuan recognized the crabs as Guan Gong Crabs and recalled why they were also known as Heike Crabs in Japan.

Ye Yuan searched the shallow sea for new creatures but returned to the boat empty-handed. After Pei Fei mentioned clownfish living among sea anemones nearby, Ye Yuan headed back underwater to find the anemones for his mission.

• Ye Yuan collected unfamiliar fish and other sea creatures while searching coral reefs, but his mission progress reached only 990/1000.
• Ma Hua and the other crew members surfaced with conches and discussed Ye Yuan's remarkable swimming speed.
• Ye Yuan returned to the boat with an empty net bag, surprising Yu Hongbo and Pei Fei.
• Pei Fei told Ye Yuan about clownfish and sea anemones about a hundred meters away, and Ye Yuan immediately dove back into the sea.
• Yu Hongbo worried that Ye Yuan might be stung, but Pei Fei trusted Ye Yuan's abilities.

Ye Yuan collected a netful of clownfish and spent time relaxing with the crew on the island, discussing his resort and the crew’s living arrangements. After a barbecue and heavy drinking, most of the crew passed out, leaving Ye Yuan, Yu Hongbo, and Pei Fei to carry them back to the boat.

• Ye Yuan used his perception to collect sea anemones and catch a netful of clownfish, then returned to the boat.
• Pei Fei praised Ye Yuan’s abilities to Yu Hongbo, and Ye Yuan joked that the crew should not start a personality cult.
• Ye Yuan joined the crew on the beach, where they asked about his resort and debated whether they should live on the island or mainland.
• Ye Yuan considered arranging mainland dormitories for the crew, while Bao Chunyu said he was content living on the island.
• Ye Yuan and Yu Hongbo let the crew drink freely at a barbecue, and Ye Yuan, Yu Hongbo, and Pei Fei carried the drunken men back to the boat.
• Ye Yuan found Fatty asleep with an empty liquor bottle and concluded that Fatty would miss dinner.

After returning from a month at sea, Ye Yuan unloaded the Yushui Hao’s enormous catch and hurried back to Fishing Bay Island, where Zhang Xin was waiting to apologize for an unexplained incident. His elder sister had warned him not to get angry, but Li Hui also struggled to explain what had happened.

• The hungover crewmen rested while the Yushui Hao sailed back to Blue Island Fishing Port with its cargo hold full.
• Ye Hui greeted Ye Yuan at the harbor, arranged enough trucks and workers to unload the catch, and warned him not to get angry about something Xinxin had done.
• Ye Yuan sailed straight to Fishing Bay Island and admired its new radar station, widened road, and residential buildings.
• At the pier, Ye Yuan found Zhang Xin waiting to apologize, and Li Hui struggled to explain what had happened.

Ye Yuan learned that Mother Zhang had tried to profit from his medical skills and reported him for practicing medicine without a license after he refused to help her. Li Hui told him Zhang Xin had resolved the resulting problem and was waiting for him.

• Li Hui told Ye Yuan that Mother Zhang had promised a wealthy M Country businessman a cure for twenty million Mi Jin and tried to force Ye Yuan to treat him.
• Zhang Xin refused to help her mother, while Mother Ye turned Mother Zhang away when she came to Fishing Bay Island.
• After failing to reach Ye Yuan through his acquaintances, Mother Zhang reported him for practicing medicine illegally, and XXX left a summons for him.
• Ye Yuan became furious when Li Hui explained what had happened, but Li Hui stopped him from taking his anger out on Zhang Xin and said she had resolved the problem.

Zhang Xin offered to help Ye Yuan obtain a medical practice license to resolve her family’s accusation, but Ye Yuan revealed that the treatment had been handled by his licensed master, leaving him beyond the accusation’s reach. Li Hui then updated Ye Yuan on the island’s recent developments, including an auction on Hong Kong Island.

• Zhang Xin told Ye Yuan she had arranged help to get him a medical practice license, and Ye Yuan warned her to keep her family away from him.
• Li Hui followed Ye Yuan and urged him to accept Zhang Xin’s solution, but Ye Yuan explained that his master had prescribed and prepared the medicine for Zhang Xin’s mother.
• Ye Yuan told Li Hui that his robotic master had obtained a medical practice license and was in Hezhou providing aid, so the accusation could not harm him.
• Li Hui told Ye Yuan that the island’s construction projects were complete and that he had accompanied Ye Hui to an auction on Hong Kong Island.

Ye Yuan returned to the island, reunited with Qiuqiu and Xinxin, and checked on the prisoners in his space. The thirteen captured pirates had been beaten into submission after failed attempts to challenge the other laborers and escape.

• Li Hui told Ye Yuan that Yuwan Seafood had auctioned premium dried abalone, sea cucumbers, and seven-colored lobsters to build the brand’s reputation.
• Ye Yuan visited the panda enclosure, met two new security guards, and reunited with Qiuqiu and Xinxin, who eagerly licked his face.
• Ye Yuan fed Qiuqiu and Xinxin Spatial Lake Water and left Spatial bamboo leaves for them before heading back to the courtyard house.
• Ye Yuan inspected the forty-three laborers in his space and saw that the thirteen pirates had been beaten by the former mercenaries and Black soldiers after provoking them.
• The pirates later attempted a prison break, but their effort failed and provided only brief amusement for Big White and the other pets.

Ye Yuan discovered a skilled carver among the laborers on his island and let him trade carvings for food. Zhang Wujin offered legal help for Ye Yuan’s trouble over treating Zhang Xin’s mother, then revealed that the lawyer handling the case was his cousin and that his father hoped she and Ye Yuan might develop a relationship.

• Ye Yuan allowed a Black laborer who had been a skilled tribal carver to make ornaments in exchange for food, while other laborers who produced poor carvings returned to farming.
• Zhang Wujin called Ye Yuan and offered help with the legal trouble arising from his treatment of Zhang Xin’s mother.
• Zhang Wujin explained that his father had introduced a lawyer who planned to argue that Ye Yuan had only provided herbal supplements, not medical procedures.
• Ye Yuan told Zhang Wujin that his master had actually treated Zhang Xin’s mother and held a medical license.
• Zhang Wujin admitted that the lawyer was his cousin and that his father hoped she and Ye Yuan might become romantically involved.

Ye Yuan learned that Zhang Wujin had arranged a blind date for him alongside plans for the tourist area's opening, then returned to Blue Island to visit his father. The chapter left Ye Yuan at his father's shop, where Father Ye asked where he had gotten the salvaged porcelain fragments.

• Zhang Wujin told Ye Yuan he had arranged a blind date for the next day and invited him to a dinner before the tourist area's opening, where Prince Tesa wanted to meet him.
• Ye Yuan exercised with Big Yellow, Tank, and Duke at dawn, then drove to Blue Island.
• Ye Yuan brought wood carvings to Father Ye's shop, where Xiao Yang carried the bags inside and Father Ye praised Ye Yuan's strength.
• Father Ye asked Ye Yuan where he had gotten the salvaged porcelain fragments.

Ye Yuan learned that his salvaged porcelain shards could be reassembled into valuable pieces, while Father Ye kept the supply channel secret and built a private stash from the shop's earnings. Before leaving to meet Zhang Wujin, Ye Yuan received the shop's sales ledger from his father.

• Father Ye warned Ye Yuan to keep their salvaged porcelain supply channel secret and showed him a blue-and-white vase assembled from shards that could sell for twenty thousand.
• Father Ye explained that the shop assistants were matching shards to assemble complete items, while Ye Yuan kept the unusual nature of his salvaging ability to himself.
• Father Ye sighed about his cramped second uncle's household, but Ye Yuan did not offer to invite his second uncle to live with them.
• Father Ye decided he would use his own savings to help his second brother rather than involve Ye Yuan's business.
• Ye Yuan prepared to leave for his appointment with Zhang Wujin, and Father Ye handed him the shop's detailed sales ledger.

Ye Yuan learned that Father Ye’s shop had earned a strong profit, then met Zhang Wujin and his cousin Li Shiyun for a planned gathering at Bihuanlou Hotel. Zhang Wujin left Ye Yuan alone with Li Shiyun in the private room, where their awkward silence continued as the food arrived.

• Father Ye transferred 1.05 million to Ye Yuan for the goods sold at his shop and advised him to save money for marriage.
• Ye Yuan called Zhang Wujin and followed his car to Bihuanlou Hotel.
• Zhang Wujin introduced Ye Yuan to his cousin Li Shiyun, who greeted him coldly.
• Zhang Wujin ordered food, then left the private room to reserve a room for the next night.
• Ye Yuan and Li Shiyun sat in silence until a server brought the dishes.

Ye Yuan met Li Shiyun, Zhang Wujin’s cousin and the tourism district’s legal adviser, for a blunt first date in which she assessed his background and explained her practical approach to relationships. They ate together, and when Zhang Wujin returned, Li Shiyun defended her directness.

• Li Shiyun recited what she knew about Ye Yuan’s age, education, businesses, and prospects, then said he was worth observing.
• Li Shiyun introduced herself as a Stanford Law School graduate working at Hengde Law Firm and serving as legal adviser to Ye Yuan’s tourism district.
• Ye Yuan questioned whether Li Shiyun was judging him too quickly, and she argued that people their age should not waste time on relationships without a future.
• Li Shiyun began eating and ignored several calls, while Ye Yuan noticed that she was treating their meeting seriously.
• Zhang Wujin returned and asked whether Li Shiyun had scared Ye Yuan, and Li Shiyun defended her preference for direct communication.

Zhang Wujin tried to pair Ye Yuan with his cousin Li Shiyun by arranging for them to compete together in Blue Island’s upcoming international Sailboat Race. Ye Yuan did not refuse, leaving the plan dependent on Li Shiyun’s agreement.

• Ye Yuan recalled a repairman’s vague promise to arrive shortly and agreed with Li Shiyun’s blunt view of people avoiding responsibility.
• Zhang Wujin explained that Li Shiyun was warm and clingy with people she knew, despite seeming icy to strangers.
• Zhang Wujin suggested Ye Yuan accompany Li Shiyun in the Sailboat Race, which would run from Blue Island to Brunei.
• Li Shiyun objected because she already had a partner, but Zhang Wujin told her that her best friend would be away in Eagle Country for negotiations.
• Ye Yuan stayed quiet and was willing to join if Li Shiyun agreed, while Zhang Wujin reminded him about dinner plans and asked him to bring several cases of his special aftertaste.

Ye Yuan discussed his scarce liquor and furniture with Zhang Wujin and Li Shiyun, who revealed her computer skills and how she had researched Ye Yuan online. He later visited a seafood market to find the last ten species for his collection task and spotted a rare red-lipped batfish.

• Zhang Wujin asked Ye Yuan for liquor for the next day's gathering and praised the value of Ye Yuan's furniture, mentioning his aunt's connections.
• Li Shiyun asked Ye Yuan about his furniture, and Zhang Wujin explained that she had researched Ye Yuan online herself.
• Li Shiyun described how she had found information about Ye Yuan's businesses and past work as a diver, while noting that she could find no evidence of his woodworking.
• Zhang Wujin arranged for the competition to proceed, and the three finished their meal and went their separate ways.
• Ye Yuan drove to a seafood market near Blue Island's fishing harbor to find ten more aquatic species for his collection task.
• Ye Yuan spotted a rare red-lipped batfish at the seafood market.