Chapter Summaries

Ye Yuan bought a Red-lipped Batfish at a seafood market and completed the mission to collect 1,000 aquatic creatures, earning 1,000 Kexi Bees. He discovered he could command the bees with his Mental Power, then checked his updated status and new mission.

• Ye Yuan negotiated with a seafood vendor and bought a Red-lipped Batfish for 100 yuan.
• Ye Yuan searched the market for two hours and completed the mission to collect 1,000 aquatic creatures.
• Ye Yuan received 1,000 Kexi Bees and learned he could command them with his Mental Power.
• Ye Yuan shaped the bees into a sword and sent them to sting a slacking pirate in his space.
• Ye Yuan checked his status panel and saw his new mission was to possess 50 mature Thumb Eels.

Ye Yuan won a Virtual Mirage Projector and planned to use underwater footage projected into the sky to promote Pinghai Tourist Area. At home, he gave Niuniu a miniature Husky and felt sad when she reminded him of Little Gold, which had been gone for two months.

• Ye Yuan used his prize-wheel draw and won a Virtual Mirage Projector with three uses.
• Ye Yuan planned to record underwater scenes and project them above Pinghai Tourist Area on opening day.
• Ye Yuan returned home and found Mother Ye, Second Aunt, Niuniu, and Ye Dong there.
• Ye Yuan gave Niuniu the miniature Husky, which she happily accepted.
• Niuniu asked Ye Yuan about Prince Tessa's animals and mentioned Little Gold, making Ye Yuan miss the falcon that had not returned.

Ye Yuan spent the afternoon with his family before opening ten blind boxes and examining the fishing gear he received. After Niuniu called him to dinner, he joined his family at the table.

• Ye Yuan promised Niuniu he would take her on an outing when she was older, then let her and Ye Dong play with Little Ha in the yard.
• Ye Yuan entertained Second Aunt with stories about his voyage until she left with Ye Dong, while Mother Ye prepared dinner.
• Ye Yuan bought and opened ten blind boxes, receiving various fishing items, including a system Fishing Rod and Advanced Fish Bait.
• Ye Yuan identified the Fishing Rod and found that its screen could show a hooked fish's appearance and predict its size and weight.
• Niuniu called Ye Yuan downstairs for dinner, where his parents and his sister's family were already seated.

Ye Yuan’s family learned about his blind date with Li Shiyun and urged him to give her a chance, while he remained unconvinced. The next morning, he impressed his neighbors with a long run before spending the rest of the day reading at home.

• Ye Hui told the family that Zhang Wujin had posted a photo of Ye Yuan dining with Li Shiyun on Moments.
• Ye Yuan described his meeting with Li Shiyun, but Mother Ye, his father, Ye Hui, and his brother-in-law urged him to get to know her before rejecting her.
• Ye Yuan went back to his room and read an ancient book rather than continue discussing marriage.
• Ye Yuan ran for over an hour at the residential complex’s stadium, drawing the attention of several neighbors.
• Ye Yuan chatted with the neighbors, exchanged WeChat contacts with some younger residents, and returned home.
• Ye Yuan spent the rest of the day in his room reading Tiangong Kaiwu.

Ye Yuan discovered fourteen surviving books of Tiangong Kaiwu, then went to a banquet with Zhang Wujin and greeted Wang Xuehong, Zhang Decai, and Zhang Xueshan. The gathering began with Zhang Xueshan looking at Ye Yuan as though appraising a potential son-in-law.

• Ye Yuan found fourteen of the eighteen books of Tiangong Kaiwu among his old books and marveled at their detailed records of agriculture and handicrafts.
• Ye Yuan took a taxi to the hotel with the Aftertaste wines he had brewed using Spatial Lake Water.
• Zhang Wujin teased Ye Yuan for arriving late, and Ye Yuan handed him the wine.
• Wang Xuehong, Li Shiyun, Zhang Decai, and Zhang Xueshan entered the private room, and Ye Yuan recognized Wang Xuehong and Li Shiyun.
• Ye Yuan greeted Wang Xuehong and Zhang Decai, then greeted Zhang Xueshan as Aunt Zhang at Zhang Wujin's suggestion.
• Zhang Xueshan appraised Ye Yuan with the gaze of a mother-in-law considering a future son-in-law.

Ye Yuan hosted Prince Dile at Zhang Wujin’s dinner and later met him privately to discuss the Byzantine scepter. Dile revealed that he was also searching for a missing Byzantine crown, and Ye Yuan admitted that he had acquired one.

• Zhang Wujin brought Ye Yuan, Wang Xuehong, and the Zhang siblings to meet Prince Dile in a private room.
• Dile warmly invited Zhang Decai and Wang Xuehong to visit Tessa and discussed its mining permits.
• Dile asked Ye Yuan to meet him after the dinner, and Ye Yuan agreed.
• At the villa, Dile explained that he had come partly to find the Byzantine scepter and asked whether Ye Yuan also had a missing crown.
• Ye Yuan searched his stored Byzantine treasures, identified a crown that might match Dile’s description, and confirmed that he possessed one.

Ye Yuan agreed to sell Dile a scepter and crown and prepared Fishing Bay Island for the prince’s visit. He brought Big White, Tiger, and Little Shark out of the space to display the island’s attractions as Dile’s arrival approached.

• Dile agreed with Ye Yuan to buy the scepter and crown as a gift for his father and said he would bring Ye Yuan a gift the next day.
• Ye Yuan clarified that the island’s Giant Pandas belonged to the breeding base, then left Dile’s villa.
• Ye Yuan asked Zhao Chuan to remove the ruby from the scepter before selling it to Dile, and Zhao Chuan agreed.
• Ye Yuan returned to Fishing Bay Island by yacht and asked Li Hui to prepare a villa for Dile.
• Ye Yuan brought Big White, Tiger, and Little Shark out of the space and told them to stay active around the island.

Ye Yuan prepared his pets and carved a life-sized wooden statue of Prince Dile as a return gift. After Li Hui called to say the prince had arrived, Ye Yuan went to the dock and recognized Dile’s luxury yacht from a magazine he had seen while working as a marine cleaner.

• Ye Yuan brought the Beast King out of his space and comforted it as it sought his attention.
• Ye Yuan chose a two-meter piece of boxwood and carved a life-sized likeness of Dile in about an hour.
• Li Hui called Ye Yuan to the dock after spotting the prince’s arrival.
• Ye Yuan rode an ATV to the dock and saw a luxury yacht leading a smaller ship.
• Ye Yuan recognized the yacht as one he had admired in a magazine while working as a marine cleaner.

Prince Dile arrived on Blue Island with Xu Hang and brought Ye Yuan a gift in a container. Ye Yuan and the workers were stunned by what they found inside, while the onlookers guessed wildly about the mysterious present.

• Prince Dile greeted Ye Yuan at the dock, and Ye Yuan was surprised to see Xu Hang arrive with him as his security detail.
• Prince Dile asked Ye Yuan to open his gift before they left, and Li Hui and the workers opened the container.
• Ye Yuan saw what was inside and stood frozen in shock, leaving the dockside onlookers to speculate about the gift.
• Ye Yuan entered the container, and an engine roared as the workers realized the gift was a vehicle.
• Wang Husheng, Ma Hua, and You Zhiyong debated what kind of vehicle Prince Dile had given Ye Yuan, even joking that it might be a tractor.

Ye Yuan showed Dilai his Byzantine-era treasures and heard his proposal to acquire the scepter, crown, and ring. Dilai offered 30 million Mi Jin for the first two, then proposed exchanging two Huaxia Nation artifacts for all three items, leaving Ye Yuan to decide whether to accept.

• Xu Hang left Dilai with Ye Yuan while he arranged the island's security, and Li Hui took Dilai's attendants to their prepared villas.
• Dilai admired the wood carving Ye Yuan had made of him and examined Ye Yuan's collection, especially the Byzantine-era jewelry and a ring representing authority.
• Ye Yuan served Dilai his homegrown Da Hong Pao, which Dilai found too bitter to enjoy.
• Dilai offered 30 million Mi Jin for Ye Yuan's scepter and crown, then proposed trading two Huaxia Nation artifacts for those items and the ring.

Ye Yuan negotiated with Prince Dilai to exchange two missing Twelve Zodiac Heads for three Byzantine artifacts, and received an additional 10 million U.S. dollars. They completed the deal, leaving Ye Yuan with the chance to bring two looted Huaxia artifacts home.

• Dilai offered to trade the Snake Head and Dog Head for Ye Yuan’s three Byzantine era items.
• Ye Yuan recognized the artifacts as two of the missing Twelve Zodiac Heads and became excited at the prospect of recovering them.
• Ye Yuan argued that a one-for-one exchange was fair because each side valued the other’s items differently.
• Ye Yuan and Dilai haggled until Dilai agreed to add 10 million U.S. dollars to the exchange.
• Dilai was satisfied to trade the troublesome animal heads for the three items, while Ye Yuan considered the extra money a victory.

Ye Yuan completed a deal with Dilai and arranged to donate two animal heads to Huaxia Nation without taking credit. He then set out with Dilai on a yacht, intending to show off his ocean pets and install a mirage projector before the tourist district opened.

• Ye Yuan and Dilai agreed to trade three items for an animal head and an extra ten million dollars, which Dilai transferred immediately.
• Ye Yuan took Dilai out to sea, both to show him his ocean pets and to set up the mirage projector before the tourist district opened.
• Ye Yuan told Xu Hang that he planned to donate two animal heads to the nation and asked that his identity remain secret.
• Xu Hang contacted someone privately, then told Ye Yuan that his grandfather thanked him on behalf of the nation and that the contribution would be rewarded.
• Ye Yuan declined to seek recognition or compensation and asked Xu Hang to keep the donation from attracting attention.

Ye Yuan took Dilai out to sea and introduced him to Tiger, Big White, and the other obedient marine pets. Dilai returned to Fishing Bay Island thrilled by the adventure and asked Ye Yuan to take him out again after the opening ceremony.

• Dilai arrived on deck in a full-coverage swimsuit and asked Ye Yuan to show him the promised surprise.
• Ye Yuan summoned Tiger, Big White, and a Sawshark, then surfaced riding Tiger and invited Dilai to join them.
• Dilai climbed onto Tiger’s back, posed for photographs, and enjoyed an hour of rides and stunts in the sea.
• Ye Yuan disappeared underwater and resurfaced ten minutes later, impressing Dilai with his diving ability.
• As the yacht returned at sunset, Tiger and the other pets swam alongside it while Dilai photographed them.
• After docking at Fishing Bay Island, Dilai asked Ye Yuan to take him out to sea again after the opening ceremony; Ye Yuan agreed and returned alone to the courtyard residence.

Ye Yuan agreed to let Xu Hang and Lan Xin take wedding photos on the island with White Tiger and a white dolphin. The next morning, he took Dilei to Pinghai Beach and saw how dramatically Zhang Wujin had transformed it, including the strange stone-house entrances to an underground attraction.

• Xu Hang praised Ye Yuan's Da Hong Pao, and Ye Yuan learned that special-supply tea was issued according to rank.
• Xu Hang told Ye Yuan that he and Lan Xin had set their wedding for October 1 and asked to take photos on the island riding a white orca and a white dolphin.
• Ye Yuan agreed to Xu Hang's request, and Xu Hang left with a box of tea in exchange for hiring a master tea roaster.
• The next morning, Ye Yuan ran with Big Yellow and the others, then traveled with Dilei and his companions by yacht to Pinghai Beach.
• Ye Yuan was astonished by Zhang Wujin's renovations and recognized the cone-shaped stone houses as entrances to the beach's underground attraction.

Zhang Wujin opened the seaside tourist destination amid a huge crowd drawn by its attractions and Song Ran’s performance. Zhang Hua and his girlfriend arrived from Blue Island and boarded a shuttle bus after finding the limited parking spaces full.

• Ye Yuan accompanied Dilai to the viewing platform as the beach’s opening ceremony began without the hotel or overwater restaurant finished.
• Zhang Wujin welcomed guests as Song Ran and performers from Wang Xuehong’s company joined streamers at the crowded opening.
• Song Ran’s announced performance of her new song, “Riding the Wind and Waves,” drew fans and sparked online speculation about her connection to the destination.
• The influx of visitors caused traffic jams across Pinghai County, troubling County Magistrate Zhang Jingkuan even as the county’s tourism prospects brightened.
• Zhang Hua and his girlfriend left their car in Pinghai County and waited for a shuttle bus after learning the destination’s parking spaces were full.
• Zhang Hua wondered whether the free beach was a ploy to sell bus tickets, and the driver announced a five-yuan fare.

A crowded beach attraction brought business to local vendors as Ye Yuan and Zhang Wujin led a group through the newly built underwater tunnel. After seeing its first phase and learning about the planned expansion, the group headed to tour the Underwater Villa.

• Zhang Hua drove tourists to the beach and delivered drinks to his wife's busy stall, where she told him about her sales and first tip.
• Song Ran finished a song and joined Ye Yuan's group to explore the underwater tunnel before returning backstage for her closing performance.
• Ye Yuan explained the tunnel's glass to Dile while Zhang Wujin described its construction and lighting to the Huaxia Nation visitors.
• The group completed the first phase and saw workers building the next section as Zhang Wujin explained the tunnel's planned three-phase route.
• Song Ran went backstage, and Ye Yuan and Zhang Wujin led the others to tour the Underwater Villa.

After touring the underwater attractions, Dile suggested adding underwater whale watching, but Ye Yuan could not provide whales. Ye Yuan then used the Mirage Projector to fill the sky above Pinghai with a lifelike underwater scene, drawing the attention of countless tourists.

• Dile asked Ye Yuan to help build an underwater villa in Tesa, and Ye agreed to make an exception for one villa.
• Dile suggested underwater whale watching, arguing that tourists could see whales beneath the sea, but Ye Yuan said he could not produce a herd of whales.
• After dining with Dile, Ye Yuan set up the Mirage Projector as crowds gathered near the Underwater Tunnel.
• Ye Yuan projected a vivid underwater scene into the sky, and tourists across Pinghai County looked up and recorded it on their phones.

A mirage created by Ye Yuan made Pinghai's beach opening go viral, drawing tourists and leaving the beach littered with trash. After returning to Fishing Bay Island with Dilai, Ye Yuan thought about Li Shiyun's invitation to meet on Blue Island for a sailboat race in three days.

• Tourists, celebrities, and influencers watched and recorded the mirage over Pinghai County, and one influencer's livestream became hugely popular.
• Ye Yuan saw the trash left on the beach and worried that it would be carried into the sea and harm marine life.
• Photos and videos of the mirage and the Underwater Tunnel spread online, and Song Ran's posts attracted widespread attention.
• Tourists flocked to Pinghai in the following days, overwhelming local hotels and inns until the tourist area's hotel opened.
• Ye Yuan returned to Fishing Bay Island with Dilai, rested, and recalled Li Shiyun's invitation to the sailboat race on Blue Island.

After completing the exchange with Dile, Ye Yuan retrieved the robots and equipment stored in Pinghai County, then joined Li Shiyun for her sailing competition on Blue Island. The race began, and Li Shiyun quickly pulled ahead of most of the other boats.

• Dile received the three items he wanted from Ye Yuan and departed, while Xu Hang stayed behind to escort the national treasures to Shangjing.
• Ye Yuan went to Pinghai County to collect the robots and modern farm equipment Ding Er had stored in a rented warehouse.
• Ye Yuan rode with Zhang Wujin to Blue Island to meet Li Shiyun for her sailing competition.
• Li Shiyun and Ye Yuan boarded her trimaran, completed the staff inspection, and took their positions for the race.
• The race began, and Li Shiyun raised the headsail and shifted into full-speed mode, leaving most of the sailboats behind.

Ye Yuan rescued Li Shiyun after a storm left her hanging over the side of the sailboat, then tended to her injured leg. She fell asleep clinging to his arm, and when he woke late that night, he found her staring at him from close range.

• Ye Yuan watched the laborers in his space and failed to notice the weather turning dangerous outside.
• Li Shiyun cried for help as violent waves left her hanging over the sailboat’s gunwale with a bleeding leg.
• Ye Yuan pulled Li Shiyun aboard, carried her into the cabin, and finished adjusting the sails.
• Ye Yuan sensed that several nearby sailboats were also caught in the storm, and some had damaged sails.
• Ye Yuan bandaged Li Shiyun’s leg and brought her coffee, but she stayed silent and clung to his arm until she fell asleep.
• Ye Yuan fell asleep beside Li Shiyun and woke late at night to find her staring at him from less than thirty centimeters away.