Chapter Summaries

Ye Yuan and Li Shiyun became intimate aboard the Shiyun Hao, then continued their sailing journey after resupplying in Taiwan. As they sailed toward the finish line, Ye Yuan tested the system’s Advanced Fishing Rod and caught a large Moray Eel.

• Ye Yuan and Li Shiyun became intimate in the cabin, and Li Shiyun struggled to get up the following morning.
• Ye Yuan repaired and restocked the Shiyun Hao at a Taiwan harbor before sailing onward with Li Shiyun.
• Li Shiyun decided they would skip the next supply station and sail directly for the finish line to win the trophy.
• After Li Shiyun resumed steering, Ye Yuan tested the Advanced Fishing Rod and watched its display reveal a large Moray Eel taking the bait.
• The Fishing Rod automatically reeled in the Moray Eel, impressing Ye Yuan with its capabilities.

Ye Yuan tested the Fishing Rod while Li Shiyun sailed their boat toward Brunei, and the pair grew closer during three calm days at sea. They reached Muara Port as the race’s fastest boat, and Li Shiyun handled the reporters while Ye Yuan retreated to the cabin.

• Ye Yuan caught a giant moray eel and many other fish with the Fishing Rod, while Li Shiyun questioned him about its unusual technology.
• Li Shiyun cooked Ye Yuan’s catches as they spent three days sailing together, and Ye Yuan silently used his control over seawater to speed up their boat at night.
• Ye Yuan brought a twenty-pound tuna aboard as their sailboat neared the end of the race, and Li Shiyun recalled how his swimming had once frightened her.
• Ye Yuan and Li Shiyun arrived at Muara Port ahead of the other boats, and reporters gathered to film and interview them.
• Ye Yuan stayed in the cabin while Li Shiyun faced the reporters, then the two went ashore and checked into a hotel.

Ye Yuan returned to Blue Island City after becoming intimate with Li Shiyun, uncertain whether to call her his girlfriend. Meanwhile, Li Shiyun learned her brain tumor had become dangerous, and Zhao Mingyue told Zhang Xueshan that Li Shiyun might have little time left without surgery.

• Ye Yuan asked Li Shiyun to meet his mother, but Li Shiyun said she did not want pity or a relationship forced by responsibility.
• Ye Yuan flew back to Blue Island City and messaged Li Shiyun that he had landed, while remaining unsure about their relationship.
• Li Shiyun received a test report from Zhao Mingyue showing that her condition was extremely dangerous and asked how much time she had left.
• Zhao Mingyue called Zhang Xueshan and asked her to come to the hospital to discuss Li Shiyun.
• Zhang Xueshan read the report, and Zhao Mingyue explained that Li Shiyun had concealed her brain tumor for two years and needed surgery soon.

Zhang Xueshan learned that Li Shiyun had an inoperable brain tumor with only a 30 percent chance of survival from surgery, and arranged for her to receive an expert consultation at a military hospital in Shangjing. Unaware of her parents’ plans, Li Shiyun prepared to leave Huaxia Nation, while Ye Yuan returned to Fishing Bay Island and agreed to host Xu Hang and Lan Xin for wedding photos.

• Zhao Mingyue told Zhang Xueshan that Li Shiyun’s brain tumor had a 30 percent surgical success rate and might leave her only a few months to live.
• Zhang Xueshan decided to send Li Shiyun to a military hospital in Shangjing for a multinational expert consultation, and the hospital agreed to arrange one.
• Li Shiyun privately planned to leave Huaxia Nation before her parents learned about her illness.
• Ye Yuan returned to Fishing Bay Island and spent two hours playing with Qiuqiu and Xinxin.
• Xu Hang told Ye Yuan that he and Lan Xin would come to the island to take wedding photos, and Ye Yuan agreed.

Xu Hang brought Ye Yuan an approved document granting him personal ownership of Fishing Bay Island as a reward for donating a national treasure. Ye Yuan celebrated by hosting Xu Hang and Lan Xin, then helped them take wedding photos with the island’s tigers and pandas.

• Ye Yuan watched Big Yellow return to his den, then ate breakfast with the island workers.
• Xu Hang arrived at Fishing Bay Island with Lan Xin and several photographers and handed Ye Yuan a document.
• Ye Yuan read that the authorities had granted him ownership rights to Fishing Bay Island and confirmed the document with Xu Hang.
• Xu Hang explained that the ownership grant was a reward for Ye Yuan’s national treasure donation and told him to complete the procedures in Blue Island.
• Ye Yuan arranged a seafood lunch for Xu Hang’s group and suggested they take wedding photos with White, the other tigers, Qiuqiu, and Xinxin.
• Xu Hang, Lan Xin, and Ye Yuan spent the day taking wedding photos and grew exhausted.

After completing the paperwork that made Fishing Bay Island truly his, Ye Yuan brought rare lobsters to his sister Ye Hui’s seafood store. Ye Hui asked him to help her friend Su find wild large yellow croaker and other seafood for a hotel banquet, and Ye Yuan agreed to try.

• The wedding photography crew left Fishing Bay Island after two days, and Ye Yuan refused a photographer’s offer to make the island a regular shooting location.
• Ye Yuan completed the paperwork on Blue Island and became the official owner of Fishing Bay Island.
• Ye Yuan visited his father’s Antique Shop and then brought colorful lobsters to Ye Hui’s seafood store.
• Ye Hui told Ye Yuan that Sister Su’s hotel needed seafood for five banquet tables, but discerning guests had recognized the store’s large yellow croaker as farmed.
• Ye Yuan offered to see whether he could find wild large yellow croaker and one or two other kinds of seafood.

Ye Yuan visited Ye Hui’s seafood store and learned that demand for the family’s farmed seafood was outstripping supply. He explained that expanding production could attract more fish thieves, then met Su Mei, who needed his help finding rare seafood.

• Ye Hui called Su Mei, who said she was returning to the hotel and asked Ye Yuan to wait at the store.
• Ye Hui told Ye Yuan the store was selling out of fresh seafood by afternoon and asked him to expand production.
• Ye Yuan explained that he had kept production controlled and that more than twenty fish-stealing boats had been detained near the island in the past month.
• Ye Yuan said the new radar station had made it possible to detect the thieves, while Li Hui and the Blue Island Fisheries Bureau struggled to deal with them.
• Su Mei arrived at the store and greeted Ye Yuan, who said he had come as soon as he heard she had a problem.

Ye Yuan showed Su Mei and Ye Hui permits proving Yuwan Seafood could breed several protected marine species, including horseshoe crabs and Chinese bahaba. He agreed to supply Su Mei with rare seafood for an influencer gathering, including five Blue Dragon lobsters, and prepared to leave Blue Island.

• Su Mei told Ye Yuan that the influencers wanted premium wild-caught seafood without giving specific requirements.
• Ye Yuan showed Su Mei an authorization document for artificial horseshoe crab breeding, and Ye Hui discovered permits for several other protected species on his phone.
• Su Mei was stunned to learn Yuwan Seafood could breed horseshoe crabs and Chinese bahaba, while Ye Yuan concealed that the fish were taken from his space rather than bred on the farm.
• Su Mei gave Ye Yuan a list of seafood she wanted, and he offered to find five Blue Dragon lobsters to help her impress—and overcharge—the influencers.
• Su Mei left happy after the seafood supply was settled, and Ye Yuan planned to leave Blue Island after delivering the order.

Ye Yuan organized crews and supplies for a month of fishing in nearby waters before taking the Water Controller out at dawn with five crewmen and Ding Yi. He began directing the boat and ordered the crew to cast a deep-water mid-mesh net.

• Ye Yuan assigned Yu Hongbo’s crew to fish with security staff and Big White, while Li Hui arranged cold-storage transfers and replacement seafood transport.
• Ye Yuan left Fishing Bay Island before dawn with Ding Yi, Ma Hua, You Zhiyong, Bao Chunyu, Jin Wen, and Ji Yongfu aboard the Water Controller.
• After reaching the outer Yellow Sea, Ye Yuan used his perception to set the boat’s course and speed.
• Ye Yuan ordered You Zhiyong to switch to a deep-water mid-mesh net, then told the crew to cast it.

Ye Yuan led the Water Controller to an enormous catch in the Yellow Sea, hauling in Red-finned Oriental Pufferfish, crabs, squid, and other seafood until the exhausted crew returned to Fishing Bay Island with a full hold. The workers spread exaggerated stories about Ye Yuan’s haul, unknowingly bringing him trouble.

• Ye Yuan ordered the crew to haul in their net, which brought up a huge catch dominated by Red-finned Oriental Pufferfish and several hundred kilograms of crabs.
• Ye Yuan explained the pufferfish’s uses and toxicity, then ordered the crew to switch to a small-mesh net and cast again.
• The Water Controller hauled up a huge catch of squid and continued fishing net after net while the crew worked without rest.
• Ye Yuan returned the Water Controller to Fishing Bay Island at three in the afternoon, and the exhausted crew left the unloading to the island’s workers.
• The workers were astonished by the full hold and spread stories about Ye Yuan’s catch that grew more exaggerated as they passed from person to person.

Ye Yuan returned to Fishing Bay Island and learned that village chiefs from around Pinghai County had come to ask about his unusually large fishing hauls. The Old Village Chief was about to explain what the group wanted from him.

• Ye Yuan spent ten days fishing intensely, rotating experienced crewmen through the Water Controller and giving them rest days aboard the Yushui Hao.
• Ye Yuan returned to Fishing Bay Island with a full hold and found the Old Village Chief and several other village chiefs waiting at the pier.
• The Old Village Chief introduced the visiting village chiefs, who had pooled money to buy boats but were struggling to catch enough fish.
• The Old Village Chief explained that the village chiefs were envious of Ye Yuan's repeated large catches and had brought him along as an intermediary.
• Ye Yuan questioned the Old Village Chief about what he thought, while the other village chiefs waited nearby.

Ye Yuan refused to share fishing grounds with elders from Wang Family Village, pointing out their boats had insulted his family and crew. The next day, six fishing boats followed his vessel, and Ye Yuan prepared to deal with them without striking first.

• Elder surnamed Wang and other village elders demanded that Ye Yuan share the coordinates of his fish haven, but Ye Yuan rebuked them over the Big Dragon Head crew’s insults and refused.
• The elders tried to pressure Ye Yuan into teaching their young people, but he rejected their demands, and they left angrily.
• Li Hui worried the dispute could lead to trouble at the fishing grounds, while Ye Yuan dismissed the elders’ visit and carried on.
• The next day, Ye Yuan spotted six fishing boats following the Water Controller and suspected they planned to claim his fishing spot.
• Ye Yuan told Ding Yi to keep sailing toward the Yellow Sea and told his crew they would compete for fish without attacking first.
• Aboard the Big Dragon Head, its captain questioned Elder surnamed Wang about following Ye Yuan, and Wang blamed the captain for making it necessary.

Ye Yuan used hidden undercurrents to guide a fish school into the Water Controller’s nets while the Big Dragon Head and other boats followed and tried to catch fish. The Water Controller returned to Fishing Bay Island with a huge haul, while the Big Dragon Head stalled after something fouled its propeller.

• The Big Dragon Head’s captain followed the village chief’s advice and kept the fishing boats behind the Water Controller.
• Ye Yuan’s crew hauled in nearly 5,000 jin of hairtail, then cast their nets again as the other boats watched.
• Ye Yuan used undercurrent vortices to herd the fish school into the Water Controller’s net while the Big Dragon Head and five other boats cast their own nets.
• The Water Controller hauled in 10,000 jin of fish, but the six other boats caught only a few small fish apiece.
• Ye Yuan sent the nearly full Water Controller back toward Fishing Bay Island, and the Big Dragon Head stalled when something entered its propeller.

Ye Yuan punished the fishing boats that had been tailing him, then arranged for Tiger’s orca pod to attack the Big Dragon Head. As the boat began sinking, a maritime rescue helicopter asked the Water Controller to help.

• Ye Yuan used undercurrents to jam the propellers of the fishing boats that had followed him, but they tailed him again the next day.
• Ye Yuan disabled three more boats and damaged a fourth, while sparing the Big Dragon Head so it could follow him again.
• Ye Yuan led the Big Dragon Head along the Yellow Sea, where Tiger’s orca pod attacked it and left it badly damaged and sinking.
• Ye Yuan explained that he had brought the young orcas into his space to protect them and had secretly directed Tiger to attack the Big Dragon Head.
• A maritime rescue team contacted the Water Controller by helicopter and asked Ye Yuan to help the sinking boat, and he agreed to make arrangements.

Ye Yuan helped the maritime rescue team evacuate the Big Dragon Head’s ten crew members, then clashed with their captain, Wang Aimin, over food, water, and the losses caused by their days of tailing the Water Controller. The rescued crew remained aboard the Water Controller, while Wang Aimin could not meet Ye Yuan’s demand for compensation.

• Ye Yuan welcomed Fu Yubin and the rescue team aboard the Water Controller and helped transfer all ten Big Dragon Head crew members to safety.
• Wang Aimin accused Ye Yuan of restricting the rescued crew’s freedom, and Ye Yuan explained their dispute to Fu Yubin.
• Ye Yuan refused to provide the Big Dragon Head crew with food or water, but agreed to give them ten bottles of mineral water after Fu Yubin intervened.
• Wang Aimin urged Ye Yuan to turn back, but Ye Yuan demanded compensation for the fishing losses caused by the Big Dragon Head’s pursuit.
• Wang Aimin remained silent because he could not promise to reimburse Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan dealt with the Big Dragon Head crew after they attacked Ma Hua, then finished the fishing season and sent his crew home for the two-month fishing ban. As he prepared to vacation on his Caribbean island, Zhang Wujin unexpectedly called him.

• After Fu Yubin left, Wang Aimin and the Big Dragon Head crew attacked Ma Hua, but Ma Hua and the Water Controller crew quickly defeated them.
• Ye Yuan had the attackers tied up and handed them over to Director Li, who reviewed the surveillance footage and took them away.
• The Old Village Chief and Elder surnamed Wang later came to plead with Ye Yuan, but he told them the matter was already with the authorities.
• Ye Yuan spent the next ten days fishing until his cold storage was full, then gave his crew bonuses when the fishing ban began.
• After resting for two days, Ye Yuan packed for a vacation on his Caribbean island, but Zhang Wujin called him.

Ye Yuan learned that Li Shiyun had a brain tumor and rushed to Shangjing after Zhang Wujin told him her surgery had a low chance of success. He arrived at the hospital and saw Li Shiyun lying in her bed before her surgery.

• Zhang Wujin called Ye Yuan and told him Li Shiyun had a brain tumor and needed surgery the next day.
• Ye Yuan hurried to Shangjing, then discovered Li Shiyun had deleted him from WeChat and wondered why she had cut him off.
• Zhang Wujin met Ye Yuan at the airport and explained that Li Shiyun had hidden her illness from everyone.
• Ye Yuan and Zhang Wujin agreed that Li Shiyun had deleted him to keep him from worrying, though Ye Yuan still questioned what he meant to her.
• Zhang Wujin led Ye Yuan into Li Shiyun's hospital room, where Ye Yuan saw her lying in a patient gown.

Ye Yuan used Spatial Lake Water on Li Shiyun’s brain tumor and confirmed it was shrinking, but he fainted from exhausting his Mental Power. He told Zhang Wujin the tumor needed half a month to shrink, and Zhang Wujin left to find a way to delay the surgery.

• Ye Yuan examined Li Shiyun’s brain tumor and gave her Spatial Lake Water to drink.
• Ye Yuan observed the water entering the tumor and found that it was beginning to shrink, but he collapsed from overusing his Mental Power.
• Li Shiyun called for help, and Zhang Wujin concealed what Ye Yuan had done when the doctor asked.
• After Ye Yuan woke, he told Zhang Wujin he could shrink the tumor in half a month but could not cure it before the surgery scheduled for the next day.
• Zhang Wujin accepted Ye Yuan’s guarantee and left to find a way to buy Li Shiyun half a month.

Zhang Wujin arranged for Ye Yuan and Li Shiyun to fly to Finland so Ye Yuan could try to improve her health. During the flight, Li Shiyun rested in Ye Yuan’s arms, and he woke to daylight outside the plane.

• Zhang Wujin asked Ye Yuan to arrange for his private plane to fly to Finland, and Ye Yuan confirmed it could take off at any time.
• Zhang Wujin brought Li Shiyun to Ye Yuan and hurried them out before her aunt and uncle could return.
• Zhang Wujin led Ye Yuan and Li Shiyun to a private jet belonging to Yu Libo, who agreed to take them to Finland.
• Ye Yuan quietly checked on Li Shiyun, who had agreed to go because she wanted to avoid surgery and spend time with him.
• Li Shiyun fell asleep in Ye Yuan’s arms during the flight, and Ye Yuan later woke to see daylight through the window.

Ye Yuan brought Li Shiyun from Helsinki to his private island in the Caribbean, continuing to treat her brain tumor with Spatial Lake Water. After checking in with Zhang Wujin, he promised that Li Shiyun’s family could visit in a week, then called home the next day to say he was on vacation.

• Li Shiyun said she felt fine, and Ye Yuan and Li Shiyun flew from Helsinki toward the Caribbean on Ye Yuan’s private jet.
• Ye Yuan gave Li Shiyun the best Spatial Lake Water during the flight, and her tumor shrank slightly after more than ten hours.
• Ye Yuan brought Li Shiyun to his private island, where she retired to a bedroom and hid her bald head from him.
• Ye Yuan video-called Zhang Wujin, whose face was bruised after he had been punished for helping them, and reassured him that Li Shiyun was stable.
• Ye Yuan told Zhang Wujin to bring the family to the island in one week so he could explain Li Shiyun’s improvement.
• The next day, Ye Yuan called Mother Ye and said he had gone abroad on vacation with a friend.