Chapter Summaries

Ye Yuan explained that the fishing boat could not catch the mutated sea crab and then entered his space to investigate the sample Zhao Ximin and Annie had mentioned. There, he saw how the laborers had built a new settlement and learned of the space’s strange abundance and healing water, though the chapter ended before the injured laborer’s recovery was described.

• Yu Hongbo asked Ye Yuan whether the crew could resume fishing and whether they could catch the sea beast, and Ye Yuan said the mutated crab was beyond the boat’s equipment.
• Ye Yuan reassured Yu Hongbo that he would focus on fishing for the rest of the voyage.
• Ye Yuan returned to his cabin and entered his space to look into the sample Zhao Ximin and Annie had mentioned.
• Ye Yuan visited the laborers’ settlement and saw the houses they had built in place of the prefab shelters.
• The laborers had abandoned escape attempts after encountering the white Orca, white dolphins, and Megalodon, and they had noticed the space’s rapid growth and unusual health benefits.
• A laborer who fractured his arm drank water brought by a guard, and something miraculous happened.

Ye Yuan questioned newly captured mercenary Richard about the blue liquid sample in his suitcase. Richard refused to explain, leaving Ye Yuan waiting for an answer.

• A laborer discovered that his broken arm had healed overnight, convincing the laborers that escape was futile.
• Island guards captured a group of newcomers and took them to a cabin as the laborers discussed their arrival.
• Ye Yuan ordered the guards to house the newcomers and brought Richard, who clutched a suitcase, to speak with him.
• Richard offered to negotiate over the samples, but Ye Yuan claimed everything on the island belonged to him and demanded an explanation.
• A guard took Richard’s suitcase, and Ye Yuan opened it to find documents and a protected glass container holding blue liquid.
• Ye Yuan asked Richard what the sample was, but Richard stayed silent.

Ye Yuan learned that the blue liquid was an experimental imitation of Dragon King Whale blood, not evidence that Dragon King Whales had been found. After putting Andrew's group ashore, he continued toward a suitable stretch of sea where he planned to salvage Unknown's inscribed pillars for Xu Hang.

• Richard told Ye Yuan that the liquid was imitation Dragon King Whale blood made from a fossil-derived gene chain and horseshoe crab blood.
• Richard explained that Stuer's method might use the substitute blood to create a Dragon King Whale, but Ye Yuan compared it to cloning and lost interest.
• Ye Yuan left Richard behind and later put Andrew's group ashore, while Zhao Ximin and Annie stayed aboard the Yushui Hao.
• Ye Yuan searched for a deep, silty seabed where he could plausibly salvage Unknown's remaining inscribed pillars for Xu Hang.

Ye Yuan’s crew hauled up a stone pillar with unknown writing and a horned skull while fishing. Zhao Ximin recognized that neither discovery matched anything known on Blue Star, leaving the crew stunned by the mystery.

• Ye Yuan secretly left the Yushui Hao for more than three hours during the night.
• Ye Yuan led the crew on a morning fishing trip, where they hauled in two overflowing nets before catching several hundred pounds of octopuses.
• The crew found a stone pillar with strange writing and a skull with horns tangled among the octopuses.
• Ye Yuan ordered Bao Chunyu and Ma Hua to move the discoveries aside and told the crew to sort the catch.
• Zhao Ximin examined the pillar and skull, concluding that the writing was unknown on Blue Star and that the horned skull belonged to no creature she knew.

Xu Hang secured a salvaged stone pillar and skull that he believed belonged to an undiscovered extinct species, then told Ye Yuan that the artifacts might be worth more than a national treasure. After receiving a dead order from his superior, Xu Hang asked Ye Yuan to return the fishing boat to Huaxia Nation’s waters at full speed.

• Zhao Ximin, Annie, and Tiger Girl reacted with excitement to the skull, while Xu Hang ordered Bao Chunyu and Ma Hua to take the skull and stone pillar into the cabin for safekeeping.
• Yu Hongbo signaled You Zhiyong and Jin to help carry the heavy pillar into the cabin, and Xu Hang followed with the skull.
• Annie complained to Zhao Ximin about Xu Hang taking the artifacts, and Zhao Ximin reassured her that he was protecting them from damage.
• Ye Yuan entered the storage cabin after Ma Hua relayed Xu Hang’s message and found Xu Hang finishing a serious phone call about the artifacts.
• Xu Hang told Ye Yuan the artifacts might be more valuable than a national treasure and asked him to return at full speed, but Ye Yuan suggested staying out to search for more mutated beasts.

Ye Yuan and Xu Hang secured the salvaged stone pillar and skull while preparing to meet Zhao Xirui’s research vessel. When Li Shiyun arrived with Piaopiao, she revealed she was Ye Yuan’s girlfriend and teased Zhao Ximin for assuming Ye Yuan’s kindness meant he liked her.

• Xu Hang apologized to Ye Yuan for moving the salvaged items without asking and explained that he wanted them guarded because Zhao Ximin and Annie were aboard.
• Ye Yuan agreed to keep the stone pillar under round-the-clock guard, and crew members watched the cabin while Annie and Zhao Ximin stayed curious about the discoveries.
• The Yushui Hao met Zhao Xirui’s research vessel earlier than planned, and Li Shiyun arrived with Jing Yu, Piaopiao, and Zhao Ximin’s brother.
• Piaopiao leapt onto Ye Yuan’s shoulder, and Li Shiyun and Zhao Ximin embraced when they saw each other.
• Li Shiyun introduced Ye Yuan as her boyfriend, and Zhao Ximin realized Li Shiyun had arranged for him to treat her warmly so she would mistakenly think he liked her.
• Li Shiyun teased Zhao Ximin for being narcissistic, revealing she had wanted to embarrass her as she had often done in M Country.

Li Shiyun’s attempt to tease Zhao Ximin backfired when Zhao Ximin burst into tears, and Ye Yuan realized he had been used in the prank. He took Piaopiao to his cabin for Spatial Lake Water, where the Snow Fox drank eagerly and then guarded the bowl.

• Li Shiyun had asked Ye Yuan to treat Zhao Ximin well while concealing that he was her boyfriend, intending to use him to tease her friend.
• Zhao Xirui comforted Zhao Ximin after she broke down crying, and Ye Yuan realized Li Shiyun had used him for her prank.
• Ye Yuan scolded Li Shiyun for provoking Zhao Ximin and then took Piaopiao to get her something to eat.
• Ye Yuan poured Spatial Lake Water into a salvaged porcelain bowl, and Piaopiao drank from it through four refills.
• Ye Yuan returned to the deck, leaving Piaopiao in the cabin guarding the bowl of lake water.

Ye Yuan learned that Zhao Xirui’s salvage ship would escort his fishing boat back to Huaxia Nation because the recovered items were important and had to be taken to a secure location. Zhao Xirui invited Ye Yuan to Shangjing to receive the Zhao Family’s thanks, but Ye Yuan objected and learned that the boat would make a detour before he could return to his island.

• Xu Hang introduced Ye Yuan to Zhao Xirui, who thanked Ye Yuan for saving Zhao Ximin and invited him to call him Brother Rui.
• Xu Hang joked about Zhao Xirui’s childhood nickname, the Defender, then said the salvage ship would escort Ye Yuan’s fishing boat back to Huaxia Nation.
• Zhao Xirui explained that Annie was secret security assigned to protect Zhao Ximin and that the recovered items would remain on Ye Yuan’s boat because his own crew was not fully reliable.
• Xu Hang left to tell Huzi about the flightline, and Zhao Xirui told Ye Yuan that the Zhao Family had prepared a generous gift in Shangjing.
• Ye Yuan refused Zhao Xirui’s invitation to Shangjing, then learned the boat would first take the recovered items to a secure location.

The Yushui Hao reached a secret naval base in the Bohai Sea, escorting the stone pillar and skull for assessment. Along the way, Ye Yuan discovered that Spatial Lake Water had restored a seawater-damaged porcelain bowl, leaving him eager to test its effects further.

• After three days at sea, the Yushui Hao entered Huaxia Nation's waters with Zhao Xirui's salvage ship escorting it and carrying an unexpected cache of weapons.
• Li Shiyun asked Ye Yuan about fishing, but he distractedly watched the sea while thinking about the valuable artifacts aboard.
• Ye Yuan noticed that the mottled porcelain bowl he had used for Spatial Lake Water had become pristine and suspected the water had restored it.
• After another day of travel, the Yushui Hao arrived in the Bohai Sea and entered a sea cave concealed by an offshore island.
• Xu Hang explained that the ship had reached a secret naval base and directed soldiers to unload the stone pillar and skull for temporary storage and assessment.

Ye Yuan followed Xu Hang and the others to Shangjing, where Zhao Dahu presented him with information about shipwrecks as a gift. Zhao asked Ye Yuan to salvage the wrecks and sell their gold to him at an appraised price, leaving Ye Yuan surprised by the straightforward offer.

• Ye Yuan left the secret island with Xu Hang and the others after the crew unloaded the stone pillar and skull.
• Zhao Dahu invited Ye Yuan to drink tea in a courtyard in Shangjing while Li Shiyun waited outside.
• Zhao Dahu gave Ye Yuan an envelope containing coordinates and details of shipwrecks in international waters.
• Ye Yuan recognized that Zhao Dahu wanted him to salvage the wrecks and asked what he expected in return.
• Zhao Dahu offered to buy the salvaged gold at an appraised price and said he would also buy any foreign antiques Ye Yuan chose to sell.

Ye Yuan agreed to try salvaging shipwrecks from coordinates Zhao Dahu provided, while the Guo Family offered to buy any gold he recovered. After leaving, Ye Yuan told Li Shiyun about the mysterious salvage and the coordinates, and she was more impressed by the rare tea Zhao Dahu had served him.

• Zhao Dahu offered Ye Yuan a deal to salvage gold from shipwrecks, explaining that the locations were promising but difficult to reach.
• Ye Yuan accepted the arrangement without promising success, and he and Zhao Dahu reached a verbal agreement.
• After Ye Yuan left, Zhao Dahu asked Xu Guoyuan whether Ye Yuan could join their action group, but Xu Guoyuan advised against trying to recruit him.
• Ye Yuan joined Li Shiyun in Jing Yu's car and apologized for delaying their trip.
• Ye Yuan told Li Shiyun he had salvaged a stone pillar and an unknown creature's skull, and she questioned him about the discovery.
• Ye Yuan revealed that Zhao Dahu had given him shipwreck coordinates; Li Shiyun instead lamented that he had not asked for some of Zhao Dahu's rare tea.

Ye Yuan accompanied Li Shiyun and Jing Yu to meet Li Shiyun’s grandfather, Old Master Li, and brought him gifts from his space, including tea. The visit left them chatting in the courtyard, where Li Shiyun asked why her second uncle was absent.

• Li Shiyun teased Ye Yuan about calling her grandfather their grandfather, then told Jing Yu they were going to visit Old Master Li.
• Ye Yuan borrowed the car to buy gifts, and Li Shiyun and Jing Yu waited for him at a café.
• Ye Yuan carried several gifts to Old Master Li’s countryside courtyard, where Li Shiyun introduced him to her grandfather.
• Old Master Li teased Li Shiyun about bringing her boyfriend and welcomed Ye Yuan, who offered him tea from a rosewood box.
• Ye Yuan explained that he had brought tea and other gifts produced in his space, and Li Shiyun asked Old Master Li where her second uncle was.

Ye Yuan visited Old Master Li with Li Shiyun, assessed the old man’s health, and learned that painting strained his mental power. In Old Master Li’s study, Ye Yuan sensed a hidden mystery near the bookshelf, but Li Shiyun knew nothing about it.

• Old Master Li enjoyed Ye Yuan’s tea and chatted with Ye Yuan and Li Shiyun before the nanny helped him back to rest.
• Ye Yuan told Li Shiyun that Old Master Li had no major illness and recommended giving him her vegetables and occasional supplements.
• Li Shiyun worried that the vegetable suppliers might abandon her business, and Ye Yuan promised that no one could take it from her.
• Li Shiyun took Ye Yuan to Old Master Li’s private study while Jing Yu and the nanny carried the gifts inside.
• Li Shiyun explained that painting drained Old Master Li’s mental power, and Ye Yuan wondered whether Thumb Eels could help him.
• Ye Yuan sensed a mystery near the bookshelf and asked why the study was restricted, but Li Shiyun said she did not know.

Ye Yuan discovered a hidden passage behind the bookshelf in Old Master Li’s study and suspected the Li family was concealing a secret. He left the peach hill with Li Shiyun and her wary second uncle, still uncertain what lay beyond the passage.

• Ye Yuan sensed a long passage behind the bookshelf in Old Master Li’s study and learned that Li Shiyun’s second uncle had planted the peach grove on the back hill.
• Ye Yuan persuaded Li Shiyun to walk up the hill, but realized she knew nothing about the passage in her grandfather’s study.
• Li Shiyun’s second uncle approached them in the peach grove, eyed Ye Yuan warily, and warned Li Shiyun about snakes on the mountain.
• Li Shiyun’s second uncle escorted them back down, and Li Shiyun told Ye Yuan she had once seen a huge snake on the hill.
• Ye Yuan asked Li Shiyun where they should go next, while still wanting to uncover the Li family’s secret.

After returning to Fishing Bay Island, Ye Yuan tried to give a ripe golden fruit to Big Yellow, but the Beast King stole and ate it. He placated the angry Big Yellow with three black stones.

• Ye Yuan returned to Fishing Bay Island after Li Shiyun left to prepare their trip.
• Ye Yuan decided to give the ripe golden fruit to Big Yellow and tossed it toward him.
• The Beast King intercepted the fruit, snatched it, and swallowed it before Ye Yuan could stop him.
• The Beast King fell asleep in Ye Yuan’s arms as Big Yellow barked angrily at him.
• Ye Yuan soothed Big Yellow with promises and gave him three black stones, which Big Yellow took to his doghouse.

Ye Yuan took the Beast King into his space after Big Yellow returned to keep watch over it, then sailed out with Ding Yi to investigate a shipwreck described in Elder Zhao’s documents. With Cold Blood’s help, he found the wreck and discovered that the cargo he had mistaken for black bricks was silver.

• Big Yellow returned and watched the sleeping Beast King, so Ye Yuan put the tiger into his space before Big Yellow left with Tank and Duke.
• Ye Yuan set sail with Ding Yi to search for the Yasheng Hao, a merchant ship said to have sunk in 1844 carrying rare treasures.
• Ye Yuan released Cold Blood and rode on its shell as they searched the seabed for the wreck.
• Ye Yuan and Cold Blood uncovered the buried ship, and Ye Yuan ordered Cold Blood to tear open its deck and retrieve the dark bricks inside.
• Ye Yuan examined one of the objects and realized it was a silver brick, not a black brick.

Ye Yuan salvaged silver bricks and other goods from the sunken Yasheng Hao, then discovered that the Beast King had transformed after eating the golden fruit. The Beast King had become tiny but extraordinarily fast, and Ye Yuan asked whether it wanted to return to the space or stay with him.

• Ye Yuan used robots and Cold Blood to bring the sunken ship's silver bricks into his space, but found no gold and recovered amethyst, smoky quartz, and ruined Goryeo Ginseng instead.
• Ye Yuan returned to the Water Controller near midnight after spending more than ten hours salvaging the wreck.
• Ye Yuan sensed tiger roars in his space and discovered that the Beast King had shrunk to about thirty kilograms while gaining incredible speed.
• Ye Yuan summoned the Beast King to his cabin, where it tried to leap into his arms but passed through his spiritual projection.
• Ye Yuan concluded that the golden fruit had greatly increased the Beast King's speed and asked whether it wanted to return to the space or stay with him.

After returning from a long day at sea, Ye Yuan rested with the Beast King and then brought mature Tina Bulls to Fishing Bay Island to test their beef as a possible new island product. Li Hui explained that the cattle needed to be slaughtered and aged properly, leaving Ye Yuan to consider the process before tasting the meat.

• Ye Yuan let the Beast King sleep in his arms aboard the docked fishing boat.
• Three days after returning, Ye Yuan brought several unusually large, ring-horned Tina Bulls to Fishing Bay Island.
• Ye Yuan handed the cattle over to Li Hui and said he planned to slaughter one and raise the rest if the beef tasted good.
• Li Hui warned Ye Yuan that cattle were not easy to slaughter and explained why beef needed to be aged in a controlled facility.

Ye Yuan arranged for Li Hui to manage the Tina Bulls he had brought to the island, then flew with Li Shiyun to M Country for a Treasure Hunt Competition. On the flight, he discovered that Spatial Lake Water had restored corroded silver and porcelain, while Li Shiyun began explaining the competition.

• Li Hui explained the work involved in processing the Tina Bulls and promised to arrange an aging room and send beef to Ye Yuan’s parents.
• Li Hui and experienced workers penned the cattle in a villa courtyard while Ye Yuan left for Blue Island after Li Shiyun called him.
• Ye Yuan flew with Li Shiyun to M Country and admired silver bricks and porcelain restored by the Spatial Lake Water.
• Li Shiyun told Ye Yuan that she had entered an American Treasure Hunt Competition that allowed teams.
• Li Shiyun explained that professional treasure hunters bought abandoned storage units auctioned across M Country.

Ye Yuan accompanied Li Shiyun to New York for the Storage Unit Treasure Hunting King audition, where they prepared to bid on storage units in a competition. As Li Shiyun explained the competition rules, Ye Yuan began taking the event seriously.

• Li Shiyun told Ye Yuan she had registered them for the Storage Unit Treasure Hunting King audition because it would feature unusually promising storage units.
• Ye Yuan and Li Shiyun flew to the United States, rested overnight, and traveled to New York.
• Li Shiyun researched the units scheduled for auction the next day, reviewing their sizes, starting bids, and locations.
• Ye Yuan asked Li Shiyun to explain how the competition differed from an ordinary storage auction.
• Li Shiyun put down her notebook and began explaining that contestants had to auction and clear units within a set area and time.