Chapter Summaries

Ye Yuan revealed that the liquor he had given Nibel was Tiger Penis Wine, brewed from an ancient recipe, and joked with the crew about its effects. The crew laughed over Ma Hua and Wang Husheng’s antics as You Zhiyong described the beauties at Nibel’s villa.

• Ye Yuan inspected the Mammoth Ivory crafts and brought the White Tiger hide to his cabin before returning to the deck.
• You Zhiyong and the crew asked Ye Yuan what liquor he had given Nibel, and Ye Yuan explained that he had brewed Tiger Penis Wine from an ancient recipe.
• Ma Hua asked to try the wine, but Ye Yuan warned him about its medicinal effects, so Ma Hua changed his mind.
• Wang Husheng teased Ma Hua, who chased him around the deck while the crew laughed.
• You Zhiyong described the many long-legged beauties at Nibel’s villa, and Ye Yuan noted that You Zhiyong left out how they had made him blush.

Ye Yuan used his Tiger Penis Wine to earn Nibel’s trust and promised Yu Hongbo a jar for his brother, then the Yushui Hao entered the Bering Strait. After crossing fog, rain, and rough seas, the crew spotted something like a moving stick in the water.

• Ye Yuan learned Nibel had kidney deficiency from the implant’s medical report and planned to use him as a test subject for Tiger Penis Wine.
• Ye Yuan let You Zhiyong believe he had treated Nibel, then promised Yu Hongbo a jar of wine for his older brother, prompting the crew to tease Yu Hongbo.
• The Yushui Hao entered the Bering Strait, where fog, wind, rain, and several-meter waves gave way to calmer seas.
• Ma Hua complained about the cold and rapidly changing weather, and Ye Yuan explained that he had carefully timed the trip for the short summer flightline window.
• Bao Chunyu pointed into the sea and called the crew’s attention to a stick-like object moving in the water.

Ye Yuan and his crew spotted and filmed a rare Unicorn Whale in the Bering Strait before sailing farther into the Arctic Circle. When the fishing boat reached scattered floating ice, Wang Husheng noticed something on one of the ice floes.

• Bao Chunyu pointed out a moving tusk in the water, and Ye Yuan identified it as a Unicorn Whale.
• Ye Yuan explained the whale’s features, the history of hunting it for its valuable tusk, and its endangered status.
• Ye Yuan used his drone to film the Unicorn Whale as the Yushui Hao followed it for a while.
• After more than a day of sailing, the Yushui Hao reached scattered floating ice and could not go farther.
• Pei Fei told Ma Hua that the crew had entered the Arctic Circle, and Wang Husheng spotted something on an ice floe through his binoculars.

Ye Yuan spotted a starving juvenile Arctic Fox in danger on an ice floe and dove into the freezing sea to rescue it. He reached the exhausted cub and caught it as it was about to lose consciousness.

• Wang Husheng pointed out a juvenile Arctic Fox, and Ye Yuan explained its diet and conservation status to Ma Hua and the crew.
• The Arctic Fox tried to catch a fish from the edge of an ice floe and fell into the sea.
• Ye Yuan jumped overboard, surprising the crew with his remarkable swimming speed.
• Ye Yuan weaved through the ice floes and reached the struggling cub as its movements slowed.
• Ye Yuan scooped the Arctic Fox into his arms, and it opened its eyes briefly before passing out.

Ye Yuan rescued an exhausted Arctic Fox and cared for it aboard the Yushui Hao, where it recovered and grew attached to him. After secretly giving it a Spirit Opening Pill and a Loyalty Pill, he left the ice field with the fox in his arms, uncertain whether it could have survived there alone.

• Ye Yuan brought the exhausted Arctic Fox aboard the Yushui Hao, warmed up, and gave it Spatial Lake Water to help it recover.
• Ye Yuan fed the hungry Snow Fox trash fish, and it eagerly ate while the crew gathered to watch.
• Ma Hua suggested catching more foxes and tried to pet the Snow Fox, but You Zhiyong pulled him away and Yu Hongbo dispersed the crew.
• The Snow Fox hid behind Ye Yuan until the crew left, then returned to its fish.
• Ye Yuan watched the ice field recede and revealed that he had given the Snow Fox a Spirit Opening Pill and a Loyalty Pill because he worried it would not survive alone.

Ye Yuan brought the Snow Fox aboard and explained the strange pillar of light that appeared over the sea. The crew watched and filmed the spectacle as Ye Yuan reassured them it was a natural phenomenon.

• Ye Yuan decided to take the orphaned Snow Fox back with him, and it climbed onto his shoulder.
• Ma Hua teased Ye Yuan about the Snow Fox, which bared its teeth at him from Ye Yuan’s shoulder.
• You Zhiyong spotted a pillar of light stretching between the sea and the clouds, drawing the crew’s attention.
• Yu Hongbo worried the pillar might signal danger, but Ye Yuan assured him it was harmless.
• Ye Yuan explained that sunlight passing through thin clouds formed the pillar, then simplified his explanation for Ma Hua.

Ye Yuan and the Yushui Hao escaped a close encounter with a pod of sperm whales after the Snow Fox warned him. Later, Yu Hongbo showed Ye Yuan news that the Yangtze Sturgeon had been declared extinct in the wild, leaving him deeply saddened and regretful.

• The Snow Fox warned Ye Yuan that a pod of sperm whales was approaching the Yushui Hao.
• Ye Yuan ordered Ding Yi to change course and Ma Hua to launch the drone as the whales drew near.
• The sperm whales swam past the Yushui Hao, and Ye Yuan credited the Snow Fox for alerting him in time.
• Yu Hongbo showed Ye Yuan a report on the Yangtze Sturgeon’s extinction in the wild.
• Ye Yuan read the report and mourned that he had never gotten to see a Yangtze Sturgeon in the wild.

After learning that the Yangtze Sturgeon had gone extinct, Ye Yuan resolved to search the Yangtze River for surviving fish and return any he found to Blue Star. The Snow Fox helped him recover from his grief, and he turned his attention to finding a profitable catch in the Bering Sea, where his crew prepared crab pots for snow crab.

• Ye Yuan read that the Yangtze Sturgeon had gone extinct and vowed to search for undiscovered fish in the Yangtze River basin and preserve them in his space.
• The Snow Fox licked Ye Yuan's fingers, easing his anger, and he realized his moods affected the crew who depended on him.
• Ye Yuan composed himself and used his perception to look for fish suitable for the boat to catch.
• Ma Hua recognized that Ye Yuan was searching for fish, and Yu Hongbo urged the crew to get ready to cast their nets.
• Ye Yuan told Yu Hongbo to prepare the crab pots, and the crew lowered them into the Bering Sea in anticipation of a snow crab haul.

Ye Yuan discovered a vast migrating snow crab swarm beneath the Yushui Hao and directed the crew to catch it with the boat’s crab pots. After the first pot came up overflowing with crabs, he ordered the crew to reset the pots and prepare for continuous fishing.

• Ye Yuan used his perception to spot a massive snow crab swarm moving across the seabed and watched its direction.
• Ye Yuan guided the Yushui Hao along the swarm’s route as the crew set all twenty oversized crab pots in a line.
• Ye Yuan ordered the crew to haul the pots soon after the swarm’s vanguard passed over them, and the first pot came up packed with snow crabs.
• Ma Hua and the crew cheered at the haul, while Ye Yuan told them to rebait and reset the pots because the swarm stretched for more than ten nautical miles.
• The crew loaded the crabs into the hold and sped toward the second pot as Ye Yuan warned them to speak up if they could not manage the nonstop work.

Ye Yuan led the Yushui Hao’s crew in an exhausting, 96-hour pursuit of a huge snow crab school, catching 115 tons before ordering them to stop for safety. With the crew resting and the boat nearly full, Ye Yuan ended the voyage and ordered Ding Yi to head home at full speed.

• Ye Yuan told the crew the snow crab school could amount to several thousand tons and urged them to catch as much as they could.
• The crew and Snow Fox helped catch snow crabs around the clock, and the Yushui Hao hauled in 115 tons over 96 hours.
• Ye Yuan overruled the exhausted crew and ended the operation because continued work was dangerous and the cargo hold was nearly full.
• Ye Yuan and Yu Hongbo helped the crew back to their quarters, and Ye Yuan later slept until noon while the others continued resting.
• Ye Yuan took over cooking from Gong Hongzhuang and ordered Ding Yi to take the Yushui Hao home at full speed.

With the Yushui Hao nearing Huaxia Nation, Ye Yuan agreed to let the crew relax on a small uninhabited island. After exploring its grove and finding unusual flowers and many seabirds, he joined the crew’s beach barbecue, where they noticed the seawater glowing at night.

• The crew spotted a small island, and Ye Yuan agreed to take them ashore for a break.
• Ding Yi brought the Yushui Hao within several hundred meters of shore, and the crew landed in lifeboats and set up tents and a barbecue.
• Ye Yuan explored the grove with Snow Fox, found no large animals, and stored several kinds of unusual flowers in his space.
• The crew barbecued and relaxed on the beach, then lit a bonfire after night fell.
• Ma Hua noticed that the seawater around the island was glowing and asked Ye Yuan about it.

Ye Yuan watched bioluminescent algae light up the beach, then returned to the Yushui Hao after the crew drank and sang. With the boat mostly empty, he went diving at night and headed toward a coral reef after spotting a sawfish.

• Ye Yuan guessed that the glowing water was bioluminescent algae, and the crew took photos of the spectacle while he fed the Snow Fox grilled beef.
• Jin Wen sang “Lone Brave,” then Ma Hua’s poor singing was cut short by Wang Husheng.
• As the crew became too drunk to return to the boat, Ye Yuan asked Yu Hongbo to look after them and went back to the Yushui Hao with the Snow Fox.
• Ye Yuan left Ding Yi on watch and went diving, where he identified a passing five-meter fish as a sawfish rather than a sawshark.
• Ye Yuan swam on to the coral reef he had detected, hoping to find rare seafood.

Ye Yuan discovered a reef filled with valuable Plum Blossom Sea Cucumbers and collected over a hundred to seed their population in his space. The next morning, he prepared the crew of the Yushui Hao for underwater work while ordering sleep-deprived Yu Hongbo to rest.

• Ye Yuan recognized the meter-long sea cucumbers in the reef as valuable Plum Blossom Sea Cucumbers.
• Ye Yuan collected more than a hundred Plum Blossom Sea Cucumbers for breeding in his space and planned for the crew to harvest the rest.
• Ye Yuan returned to the Yushui Hao after swimming for another hour and went to bed with Snow Fox.
• The crew explained that Yu Hongbo had stayed up all night watching Ma Hua and Wang Husheng, who had slept on the beach after drinking.
• Ye Yuan gave Yu Hongbo paid leave to sleep, then told the crew to prepare for underwater work and avoid diving if they felt unwell.

Ye Yuan ended the Yushui Hao’s final harvest by collecting more than fifteen hundred jin of premium Plum Blossom Sea Cucumbers, then arranged with Ye Hui to bring a dried-seafood craftsman to Blue Island. The ship headed home with its catch, and Ye Yuan learned that Wei Yan’s craftsman might be willing to work for them.

• Ye Yuan ordered the crew to stop harvesting Plum Blossom Sea Cucumbers after three hours and preserve some breeding stock.
• The crew moved the sea cucumbers into the live-water hold while Yu Hongbo joined them in handling the catch.
• Ye Yuan called Ye Hui, who arranged to contact Wei Yan and have a dried-seafood craftsman come to Blue Island.
• Ye Yuan told Ye Hui the Yushui Hao would reach Blue Island Harbor by noon the next day with seven tons of live snow crabs and other cargo.
• Ye Hui said Wei Yan’s craftsman came from Beihe Province and wanted to work closer to home, prompting Ye Yuan to consider hiring him.

Ye Yuan arranged to use Ding Er as a discreet channel for delivering rare seafood from his space to Ye Hui’s shop, after learning that the Bluefin Tuna he had sent sold quickly. He also considered using Ding Er to supply his father’s wood carvings and handle jade rough stones, but knew his father would not trust Ding Er.

• Ye Hui questioned Ye Yuan about Ding Er’s deliveries and asked whether he could supply more Bluefin Tuna.
• Ye Yuan explained that Ding Er worked for his supplier and asked whether the tuna had sold well; Ye Hui said hotels had quickly bought the fish.
• Ye Yuan offered to have Ding Er supply Kecan Sea Cucumbers, geoducks, and other rare seafood, and told Ye Hui to keep the channel private.
• Ye Hui agreed and said she would contact Sister Wei and Ding Er to arrange more deliveries.
• Ye Yuan considered having Ding Er deliver wood carvings and jade rough stones, potentially replacing Leonard’s role, but decided his father would not trust Ding Er.

Ye Yuan returned to Ye Family Village after leaving his sister in the county and learned that the government planned to relocate the island’s fishing villages. His parents planned to take cash compensation to help him buy a home on Blue Island, while they moved into an inexpensive house in his uncle’s village.

• Ye Yuan left his crying sister and waited at the county dock, where Ye Zhuang offered him a ride back to Fishing Bay Island.
• Ye Yuan rode with Ye Zhuang to the island and returned home, where his parents welcomed him.
• Ye Yuan asked his parents about the relocation and learned the government offered a new village house, a county apartment, or cash compensation.
• Ye Yuan’s parents said they preferred the cash option so they could help him buy a place on Blue Island and move to an old house in his uncle’s village.

Ye Yuan traveled to Ning City and Binyi to search for traces of Yangtze Sturgeons, but found none in Ning City and continued on to Binyi. After arriving, he learned from Bao Chunyu that Bao Chunyu’s father had been hit by a car and was hospitalized.

• Ye Yuan introduced Ding Er to Father Ye and arranged for Ding Er to supply the antique shop directly.
• Ye Yuan inspected several local businesses and the popular Pinghai tourist resort before preparing to search for Yangtze Sturgeons.
• Ye Yuan traveled to Ning City, searched for a week without finding a sturgeon, and discovered an ancient bronze sword in the Yangtze River.
• Ye Yuan flew to Binyi and received a call from Bao Chunyu, who asked for a few days off because his father had been hit by a car.

Ye Yuan spent seventeen days searching the Yangtze River basin before finding two juvenile Yangtze Sturgeon, which he moved into his Spatial Lake Water to protect and breed. He then traveled to Shangjing to return a skullcap he had found in the Sea of Japan to its rightful owner.

• Bao Chunyu told Ye Yuan that his family had encountered trouble, and Ye Yuan urged him to return home and offered financial help.
• Ye Yuan searched the Yangtze River basin around Binyi City for Yangtze Sturgeon, expanding his search over ten days without success.
• On his final search, Ye Yuan found two juvenile Yangtze Sturgeon in the Min River and placed them in the Spatial Lake Water.
• Ye Yuan ended his search and traveled to Shangjing with the Sea of Japan skullcap he intended to return.
• Ye Yuan arrived at the Shangjing City Museum late at night, having chosen not to ask Xu Hang to handle the skullcap.

Ye Yuan secretly returned a human skull to the Shangjing Museum and left after museum experts arrived to examine it. In Jinwei City, he called Yu Hongbo to ask about Bao Chunyu's family and learned that Bao Chunyu's father might be seriously ill.

• Ye Yuan placed an unmarked case containing a skull on the Shangjing Museum duty room window ledge and watched the guards discover it.
• The guards contacted museum staff, and a young employee and several elderly experts arrived to examine the skull.
• Ye Yuan left Shangjing, traveled to Jinwei City, and rested after exhausting his Mental Power.
• Ye Yuan called Yu Hongbo to ask how Bao Chunyu's family was doing.
• Yu Hongbo asked whether Ye Yuan's traditional Chinese medicine practitioner could treat orthopedic and neurological illnesses, prompting Ye Yuan to suspect Bao Chunyu's father was in serious condition.

Ye Yuan traveled to Fengtian to visit Bao Chunyu’s father, who might be paralyzed, and brought gifts to the hospital. He reunited with Bao Chunyu outside the ward, while news spread that a long-missing skullcap had been returned to China.

• Ye Yuan decided to visit Bao Chunyu’s father in Fengtian and told Yu Hongbo to have the crew ready to help if needed.
• On the way to the airport, Ye Yuan heard a taxi driver celebrate the return of a skullcap that had been missing for decades, which Ye Yuan had secretly recovered.
• Ye Yuan flew to Fengtian and went to Fengtian Orthopedic Hospital, where Bao Chunyu’s father was being treated.
• Bao Chunyu told Ye Yuan he might have to stop working because his father could be paralyzed and his family needed care.
• Ye Yuan bought flowers and fruit, found room 4011, and met Bao Chunyu outside the ward, where Bao Chunyu hugged him and thanked him for coming.