Chapter Summaries

Ye Yuan visited Bao Chunyu’s paralyzed father and urged Bao Chunyu not to give up his well-paying job. He proposed moving Bao Chunyu’s parents to Blue Island and hiring a caregiver, leaving the decision to Bao Chunyu and his family.

• Ye Yuan met Bao Chunyu at the hospital and encouraged him, saying his brothers could come help if needed.
• Bao Chunyu introduced Ye Yuan to Bao's Father, his mother, and his sister Bao Lei, who had been admitted to Blue Island Institute of Technology.
• Bao's Father insisted Bao Chunyu should return to work, while Bao Chunyu worried that his mother could not care for him alone.
• Ye Yuan explained that leaving the fishing boat would mean losing a high income and asked Bao Chunyu to consider his family's finances.
• Ye Yuan suggested bringing Bao Chunyu’s parents to Blue Island, where his father could receive care while Bao Chunyu continued working.

Ye Yuan arranged for Bao Chunyu's family to move to Blue Island and gave Bao's Father herbal medicine containing Spatial Lake Water, which began restoring sensation in his legs. After the medicine gave the family hope, Zhang Wujin called Ye Yuan with a request.

• Ye Yuan offered to bring Bao Chunyu's parents to Blue Island, and the Bao family agreed to move there.
• Ye Yuan visited Fengtian's sights, including Strange Slope, where he experienced a bicycle rolling uphill without pedaling.
• After returning to Fishing Bay Island, Ye Yuan arranged a villa for Bao Chunyu's family, and they moved there.
• Ye Yuan gave Bao Chunyu herbal medicine containing Spatial Lake Water for his father to drink.
• After seven days, Bao's Father regained a faint trace of sensation in his legs, giving the family hope.
• Zhang Wujin called Ye Yuan and asked if he was free the next day, prompting Ye Yuan to respond irritably.

Ye Yuan learned that the mysterious high-seas auction invited only three hundred influential people, and he became eager to discover what it would offer. The next day, he and Zhang Wujin arrived by yacht at the luxurious passenger liner hosting the auction.

• Zhang Wujin told Ye Yuan he had secured two qualifications for an exclusive auction and would pick him up the next morning.
• Wang Xuehong explained that the auction traveled around Blue Star and invited influential figures, not merely wealthy bidders.
• Ye Yuan wondered about Xiao Nan's connections and what unusual items the auction might sell.
• Nibel called to offer to bid on anything Ye Yuan wanted, then admired him even more after learning he was qualified to attend.
• Ye Yuan and Zhang Wujin approached the luxurious passenger liner, where numerous impressive yachts were already docked.

Ye Yuan and Zhang Wujin arrived at an exclusive auction aboard a passenger ship and learned that invitation cards determined guests’ seating and how many companions they could bring. As the hall filled, Ye Yuan spotted Prince Dile and Amir among the attendees.

• Ye Yuan and Zhang Wujin boarded a speedboat to the passenger ship, passed security, and took seats in the back rows.
• Ye Yuan watched guests enter and worked out that Black, Gold, and Silver Invitation Cards came with different seating and guest privileges.
• Ye Yuan saw Prince Dile enter with a Gold Invitation Card and wondered who had earned a Black Card.
• Ye Yuan spotted Amir, the major Airbus shareholder he had once rescued at sea.

Ye Yuan watched powerful Black Card holders arrive at the Dylan Auction House’s high-seas venue, including his younger brother Nibel beside oligarch Raslov. The auction began with two-year mining rights to a diamond mine, and bidding quickly climbed into the billions.

• Ye Yuan spotted Amir entering with a Black Card and later saw Nibel accompanying Bear Country oligarch Raslov into the hall.
• Ye Yuan recognized prominent business leaders and capitalists from several countries among the Black Card holders.
• The host opened the auction without a catalog or lengthy introduction and displayed information about a diamond mine in Black Continent.
• The host announced that the mine’s two-year mining rights would start at five billion Mi Jin, and bidders rapidly raised the price to seven billion and beyond.

At an eccentric auction, Ye Yuan watched a cloned Newfoundland White Wolf go on sale after a succession of unusual items. Learning the wolf had been recreated with genetic cloning technology, he wondered whether dinosaurs could be cloned too.

• A Black man won the gemstone mine for 9.5 billion Mi Jin.
• The auction host presented Wallace Hartley’s Titanic violin, which a White woman bought for 3.15 million Mi Jin.
• Ye Yuan watched the auction sell an assortment of unusual items, including a sports car, a fighter plane, an aircraft carrier, and a moon rock.
• Auction staff brought out a caged Newfoundland White Wolf, and the host announced it had been created using genetic cloning technology.
• Ye Yuan recalled how humans had hunted the Newfoundland White Wolf to extinction and wondered whether dinosaurs could also be cloned.

Ye Yuan bid on a Five-colored Stone at the auction, but his bid appeared under Zhang Wujin’s seat because Zhang held the invitation. He discovered that his competitor was a seven- or eight-year-old child and wondered whether the child understood the bidding.

• Dilai praised the white wolf’s eleven-million-Mi-Jin sale, and Ye Yuan watched the auction continue.
• Ye Yuan recognized a Five-colored Stone like the one he had found in Nibel’s study and decided to buy it.
• Ye Yuan bid 1.1 million Mi Jin, and Zhang Wujin explained that bids made by his attendant appeared under the invitation cardholder’s number.
• Another bidder raised the price to two million, and Ye Yuan found that the bid came from the seat of a young child sitting nearby.

Ye Yuan won the Five-colored Stone after a child in Seat 265 accidentally bid against him, then recognized the next auction item as a black stone he had collected before. The black stone’s price soared to fifteen million, leaving Ye Yuan wondering how much the larger stones he owned might be worth.

• A child in Seat 265 bid 2.1 million against his own earlier offer, and the returning middle-aged man accepted the bid.
• Ye Yuan raised his offer to 2.2 million, won the Five-colored Stone, and avoided further competition.
• Ye Yuan recognized the next auction item as a black stone like those he had salvaged from the South China Sea with Xu Hang and still kept for Big Yellow.
• Bidders quickly drove the black stone’s price up from its one-million starting bid to 7.5 million, then fifteen million.
• A businessman from M Country representing Amazon placed the fifteen-million bid, and Ye Yuan wondered whether his larger black stones could be worth hundreds of millions.

After the auction, Ye Yuan collected the Five-Colored Stone and declined Morita Iiji’s offer of compensation for his son’s accidental bidding. Zhang Wujin told him about Deng Kai’s upcoming wedding, and Ye Yuan arranged to travel to Shangjing with Li Shiyun; two days later, he drove toward Blue Island.

• The final black stone went to Amazon’s director for 15 million Mi Jin, and Raslov bought the Middle Eastern oil field for 20 billion Mi Jin.
• Ye Yuan paid 2.1 million Mi Jin for the Five-Colored Stone and received an apology from Morita Iiji, who offered to compensate him for his son’s accidental bid; Ye Yuan declined.
• On the trip back, Zhang Wujin told Ye Yuan that Deng Kai was getting married and that they would travel to the wedding on Friday.
• Ye Yuan called Li Shiyun, who agreed to accompany him to Shangjing and visit her parents.
• After staying in the courtyard for two days, Ye Yuan drove his George Patton toward Blue Island.

Ye Yuan visited his family in Blue Island before heading to Shangjing and brought them honey made by the Kexi Bees in his space. He left his parents with jars to try and prepared to pick up Li Shiyun for the trip.

• Ye Yuan arrived at his family’s villa early and briefly saw Ye Hui taking Niuniu to school.
• Ye Yuan brought three jars of Kexi honey into the house for his parents and sister.
• Mother Ye asked how Ye Yuan would travel to Shangjing, and he told her he would take the high-speed rail.
• Ye Yuan told his parents to stop drinking store-bought honey and try the honey he had brought.

Ye Yuan drove his father to work, then picked up Li Shiyun and joined Zhao Chuan and Zhang Wujin for their flight to Shangjing. They arrived on time, where Deng Kai greeted them at the airport with his bride.

• Ye Yuan told Mother Ye he was going to Shangjing for Deng Kai's wedding and endured an hour of her urging him to get married.
• Ye Yuan drove Father Ye to Antique Street, where his father continued lecturing him about marriage.
• Ye Yuan picked up Li Shiyun, who brought a suitcase and told him she had named Snow Fox Piaopiao.
• Ye Yuan and Li Shiyun met Zhao Chuan, Zhang Wujin, Zhao Shuang, and another girl at Blue Island Airport before boarding their on-time flight.
• Ye Yuan, Zhao Chuan, and Zhang Wujin arrived in Shangjing, where Deng Kai welcomed them and introduced his bride.

Deng Kai brought Ye Yuan and Zhang Wujin to a hotel in Shangjing ahead of his wedding, while Ye Yuan learned that Deng Kai was interested in taking over his breeding base. After Li Shiyun went home, Ye Yuan wandered the city, and Zhao Chuan and Zhao Shuang met their father, Zhao Xiuping, to discuss helping Zhao Shuang.

• Zhao Chuan left the airport with Zhao Shuang, while Deng Kai drove Ye Yuan and Zhang Wujin to Shangjing through heavy traffic.
• Deng Kai asked Ye Yuan about the breeding base, and Ye Yuan offered to transfer it to him because he could not manage all his businesses.
• Deng Kai checked Ye Yuan and Zhang Wujin into the hotel where his wedding would be held, then left to handle wedding preparations.
• Zhang Wujin returned to his room with his companion, while Li Shiyun declined to join the evening gathering and took a taxi to her home.
• Ye Yuan left the hotel and wandered around Shangjing, while Zhao Chuan and Zhao Shuang met their father, Zhao Xiuping, in his villa study.
• Zhao Xiuping told Zhao Chuan that helping Zhao Shuang was possible given the family's situation.

Zhao Chuan refused to surrender his Blue Island jade supply channels to his family, even though Zhao Xiuping threatened Zhao Shuang’s future marriage to force him. In Shangjing, Xu Guoyuan learned that the Old Leader would not meet Ye Yuan or interfere with his affairs.

• Zhao Xiuping demanded Zhao Chuan hand over his supply channels, and Zhao Chuan accused his father of exploiting him and Zhao Shuang.
• Zhao Chuan revealed he knew Zhao Xiuping had three illegitimate sons and refused to give the family his business channels.
• Zhao Xiuping gave Zhao Chuan three days to reconsider before answering the Jia Family, while Zhao Chuan left with Zhao Shuang.
• Zhao Chuan told Zhao Shuang he would help her this time, urged her to become more independent, and vowed never to return home.
• Xu Guoyuan offered to arrange a meeting between Ye Yuan and the Old Leader, but the Old Leader declined to expose Ye Yuan’s presence or interfere with him.

Ye Yuan searched Panjiayuan Antique Market for genuine antiques and discovered that a stone seller was trying to scam customers. After the seller grabbed him, Ye Yuan accidentally touched a square stone used as a seat, triggering a system notification that it could be exchanged for 20,000 points.

• Ye Yuan browsed Panjiayuan and recognized a blue-and-white porcelain plate as a Republican-era imitation rather than a Kangxi-period piece.
• Ye Yuan visited a strange-stone stall and overheard nearby sellers reveal that the honest-looking owner, Old Man Xu, routinely swindled customers.
• Ye Yuan used the system to inspect the stones but received no prompts and tried to leave.
• Old Man Xu grabbed Ye Yuan and pulled him toward the stall, where Ye Yuan's foot bumped the square stone he used as a chair.
• Ye Yuan's system announced that the square stone was an Energy Source exchangeable for 20,000 points, leaving him confused.

Ye Yuan bought an unusual stone from Old Man Xu for 100 yuan and discovered it was worth 20,000 system points. After finding jade inside, he considered testing whether the Five-Colored Stone could help him cultivate the Water Control Art.

• Ye Yuan recognized that the stone Old Man Xu had been sitting on was valuable and offered him 100 yuan for it.
• Old Man Xu claimed the stone came from the Qin Emperor's Tomb and tried to bargain, but Ye Yuan intimidated him into accepting the original offer.
• Ye Yuan bought the stone, then searched Panjiayuan for more unusual stones but found no other bargains.
• Back in his hotel, Ye Yuan used tools in his space to split the stone and found jade inside, confirming its high value to the system.
• Ye Yuan considered cultivating with the Five-Colored Stone to see whether it could improve his Water Control Art.

Ye Yuan offered Zhao Chuan a replacement jade supply channel after hearing about the Zhao Family’s pressure on him and proposed helping him take over the family business. Zhang Wujin joined their plan, and the three joked together as Zhao Chuan’s resentment eased.

• Zhao Chuan visited Ye Yuan and explained the recent troubles in his family, asking whether he should give up the supply channel for his sister’s sake.
• Ye Yuan told Zhao Chuan he had found another supplier and said he could hand the old channel over to the Zhao Family, with the price to be negotiated directly.
• Ye Yuan asked Zhao Chuan whether he wanted to take over his family’s business and promised to help him, though he warned he might use certain methods.
• Zhao Chuan joked that Ye Yuan was not planning to kill off his family, and the two laughed as the tension between them eased.
• Zhang Wujin arrived, heard about Zhao Chuan’s family situation and Ye Yuan’s plan, and asked to join in helping acquire the Zhao Family.

Ye Yuan reunited with his dorm brothers and college classmates at a dinner Deng Kai arranged in Shangjing. The gathering turned into a drinking contest, leaving Zhao Yu, Ma Ming, and Xu Manting drunk while Zhang Wujin kept toasting everyone.

• Ye Yuan, Zhang Wujin, and Zhao Chuan joined Deng Kai and several classmates for dinner, where they greeted Zhao Yu, also known as Four-Have Youth.
• Deng Kai introduced the classmates and their careers, describing Ye Yuan as a professional fisherman with his own fishing boat.
• The classmates shared memories and conversation over dinner, and Zhao Yu drunkenly bragged about helping Zhang Wujin sell his family's ore and asked Zhao Chuan for a jewelry discount.
• Zhao Yu drank with everyone and fell asleep, while Deng Kai left and Zhang Wujin took over entertaining the table.
• Zhang Wujin drank Ma Ming and Xu Manting under the table, and Xu Manting's colleague arrived to take her away.

Ye Yuan gave Deng Kai a pair of elaborate gold wedding rings before joining the wedding party as a groomsman. The ceremony went smoothly, while Ye Yuan remained distracted by Li Shiyun’s message that family trouble had kept her away.

• Ye Yuan and his classmates prepared for Deng Kai’s wedding and realized they had forgotten to give him wedding gifts.
• Ye Yuan presented Deng Kai with a pair of custom wedding rings shaped like a golden dragon and a phoenix, and Deng Kai admired them before leaving to pick up the bride.
• Li Shiyun told Ye Yuan she could not attend because something had come up at home, and Ye Yuan replied that he would call her later.
• Deng Kai’s motorcade picked up Yu Li at a hotel and brought her to the wedding venue.
• Deng Kai arranged for friends and classmates to sit on Yu Li’s side, and the wedding began with Ye Yuan serving as a groomsman.

After Deng Kai and Yu Li’s wedding, Ye Yuan learned that Li Shiyun had stayed behind to care for her hospitalized grandfather. A tsunami video led him to discover that a far more devastating tsunami had struck M Country and Mexico, while governments competed to locate the meteorite blamed for the disaster.

• Deng Kai and Yu Li exchanged the Dragon Phoenix Auspicious Rings Ye Yuan had brought, surprising Yu Li.
• Ye Yuan called Li Shiyun and learned her grandfather had been hospitalized with high blood pressure, so she would stay with him instead of returning with Ye Yuan and Zhang Wujin.
• Ye Yuan returned to the wedding hall to help Zhang Wujin, then rested at the hotel and watched a video of the tsunami.
• Ye Yuan searched for reports and discovered the tsunami had hit M Country’s west coast and Mexico at nine that morning, with no reported explanation for its cause.
• The M Country president blamed Wilson for failing to intercept the meteorite and ordered him to find it before other nations did.
• A Bear Country leader ordered Kruyff to find the meteorite before M Country, or keep M Country from obtaining it; in Huaxia Nation, an elderly man asked Old Xu whether his grandson could lead a team.

Xu Guoyuan learned that Xu Hang would lead the public meteorite salvage mission while a separate team prepared to operate secretly, and he expressed confidence in his grandson. After Ye Yuan returned to Blue Island, Xu Hang called and told him to wait at the airport, leaving Ye Yuan there as Zhang Wujin drove away.

• An elder ordered Xu Guoyuan to arrange experienced salvage teams to support Xu Hang's mission to recover the meteorite in the Pacific.
• The square-faced elder told Xu Guoyuan that a second team would secretly conduct its own salvage operation, and Xu Guoyuan promised not to tell Xu Hang.
• Officials in Japan, South Korea, Maple Leaf Country, Kangaroo Country, and Eagle Country prepared their own efforts to salvage the meteorite.
• Ye Yuan and Zhang Wujin boarded a flight back to Blue Island while Zhao Chuan stayed behind to pursue more benefits from his family.
• Xu Hang called Ye Yuan before the plane took off and told him to wait at the airport after landing.
• After the flight landed, Zhang Wujin drove away, and Ye Yuan stayed at the airport to wait for Xu Hang.