Recaps

Lu Ao agreed to join Lin Dawu’s group to catch crocodiles after Song Zhou encouraged him to protect the local waters, and he sold the fish in his cold storage. He then asked Lin Dawu to help hire workers to clear his leased mountain, and Lin Dawu asked whether he had any requirements for them.

• Qi Yan asked Lu Ao to sell a few goose eggs to his pregnant fan, and Lu Ao agreed to see how many unfertilized eggs they had the next day.
• Qi Yan invited Lu Ao to join the crocodile-catching trip, and Song Zhou encouraged Lu Ao to go and protect the local ecosystem.
• Lu Ao told Lin Dawu he would join the trip, while the fishing group planned to set off around ten after fishing.
• Lu Ao sold about three hundred pounds of fish in town for more than twenty thousand yuan before taxes.
• Lu Ao asked Lin Dawu to find thirty or forty workers to clear weeds and shrubs from his leased mountain, and Lin Dawu asked about worker requirements.

Lu Ao discussed hiring workers to plant fruit trees and considered asking Brother Chen to manage the orchard. He then joined Lin Dawu and the others to search for twelve escaped crocodiles, pairing with Lin Qi Yan to comb a tributary.

• Lu Ao told Lin Dawu he planned to hire workers for the orchard and would ask Brother Chen whether he wanted to help manage it.
• Lin Dawu and the others drove to Brother Xian’s crocodile farm after deciding to search for the escaped crocodiles.
• Brother Xian explained that twelve aggressive Siamese Crocodiles remained loose and described the precautions for catching them.
• The searchers split into pairs, and Lu Ao was paired with Lin Qi Yan to search along a tributary.
• Lin Qi Yan filmed as they walked through thick grass, while Lu Ao told him to stay behind and watch for danger.

Lu Ao and the others searched the forest for crocodiles that had escaped from Brother Xian’s farm, and Lu Ao caught one after it charged at him. They followed signs of more crocodiles deeper into the forest, with the group deciding to stay together and rely on Lu Ao to find them.

• Lin Qi Yan explained the costs of raising crocodiles while filming as Lu Ao led the search.
• Lu Ao spotted a crocodile, warned Lin Qi Yan to back away, and subdued the charging animal by pinning it down and taping its jaws shut.
• Brother Xian’s workers carried the captured crocodile to a vehicle, and Brother Xian praised Lu Ao for finding it.
• Lu Ao pointed out flattened grass that marked the crocodiles’ tracks and led the group onward.
• Lin Gongshang suggested the group search together because only Lu Ao could reliably spot the traces.

Lin Qiyan and the others searched for escaped crocodiles with Lu Ao, but two men discovered how dangerous they could be when they tried to subdue one themselves. After lunch, Lu Ao proposed searching the river for the five crocodiles still missing, while Brother Xian suggested hiring professionals instead.

• Lin Qiyan persuaded the group to search for crocodiles together, and Lu Ao led them to six by the end of the morning.
• Lin Gongshang and Lin Guixiao tried to pin down a crocodile but missed, and it snapped both of their wooden forks.
• Lu Ao subdued the crocodile and bound its mouth, while Brother Xian apologized for bringing the group into danger.
• The group found no more crocodile tracks on land and stopped for lunch.
• Lu Ao suggested searching along the river for the five remaining crocodiles, but Brother Xian worried they would be more dangerous in the water and proposed hiring professionals.

Lu Ao searched the riverbank and captured the crocodiles that remained on the loose, while Brother Xian and the others watched. By late afternoon, Lu Ao had bound the last crocodile, leaving Brother Xian overwhelmed with relief.

• Lu Ao reassured Brother Xian that he could search safely from the riverbank, then led the group along the water.
• Lu Ao spotted a hidden crocodile, lured it into lunging, and quickly captured and bound it.
• Lin Qi Yan filmed Lu Ao’s capture as the group applauded, and Lu Ao pointed out another crocodile nearby.
• Lu Ao hooked the crocodile in the shallows onto the bank and tied its mouth shut while the group watched it crouch underwater.
• Lu Ao captured and bound the last crocodile by a little after four, and Brother Xian’s eyes reddened as he looked at the crocodiles in the grass.

After all the crocodiles were found and returned to Brother Xian's farm, he thanked Lu Ao and hosted the group for a feast. Lu Ao brought crocodile meat home to make soup for Song Zhou, leaving the story with them preparing to enjoy it the next morning.

• Brother Xian thanked Lu Ao for helping find the crocodiles and invited everyone to celebrate at his farm.
• Brother Xian's wife served crocodile soup and a feast, while Lu Ao and Qi Yan declined the crocodile wine.
• Lu Ao drove the drunken guests home with Qi Yan before returning home late with crocodile meat.
• Song Zhou greeted Lu Ao, who explained that he had brought back meat and planned to make soup for them.

After catching crocodiles, Lu Ao prepared to catch Eight-Claw octopuses with Lin Manzhang the next day, and Song Zhou offered to accompany him. In the morning, Lu Ao tried to sell leftover Giant Squid meat in the group chat while he and Song Zhou got ready to go fishing.

• Lu Ao showered after catching crocodiles and told Song Zhou that he would go octopus fishing with Zhang Ge the next day.
• When the Ghost Festival reminded Lu Ao of his deceased family, Song Zhou offered to join him, and Lu Ao thanked him.
• Song Zhou made breakfast, and Lu Ao decided he could not eat more fried squid and offered about three hundred jin of Giant Squid meat for sale in the group chat.
• Lu Ao told Song Zhou he had arranged to fish with Lin Manzhang and planned to learn how to catch Eight-Claw octopuses.
• After breakfast, Lu Ao watered the vegetables and fed the geese while Song Zhou returned to his organization to handle documents before joining him at sea.

Lu Ao finished his farm chores, collected goose eggs for Qi Yan, and found that wealthy members of the Billionaire Auction Group were competing to buy his squid meat. He closed orders after requests exceeded the 300-jin supply and insisted on a first-come, first-served lottery, leaving the buyers frustrated and eager for the scarce stock.

• Lu Ao tended his vegetables, fed his growing geese, and collected six unfertilized eggs to bring back for Qi Yan.
• Lu Ao saw that members of the Billionaire Auction Group wanted to buy his squid meat for 600 yuan per jin.
• Weng Qian requested 200 jin, prompting other buyers to suspect he was promoting the squid and to place larger orders themselves.
• Lu Ao found that the group had ordered more than a thousand jin and announced that only 300 jin were available.
• Lu Ao said each jin would count as one lottery entry and refused requests to guarantee everyone a portion or impose a purchase limit.

Lu Ao enlisted Lin Qiyan to help manage a lottery and ship squid meat after orders exceeded his available stock, offering him goslings in exchange. As Lin Qiyan prepared to film an octopus-catching trip, Song Zhou returned, and Lu Ao arranged to leave with Lin Manzhang, who had borrowed a boat.

• Lin Qiyan photographed Lu Ao's goose eggs and posted them on his account, drawing comments from his followers.
• Lu Ao asked Lin Qiyan to tally the squid orders, organize a lottery, and handle shipping; Lin Qiyan agreed in exchange for five goslings from a future batch.
• Lu Ao added Lin Qiyan to the group as an administrator and said he could provide three hundred jin of squid for now.
• Lin Qiyan prepared to film the day's little-octopus-catching trip, planning to focus on octopus dishes.
• Song Zhou returned, and Lu Ao called Lin Manzhang, who said he was ready to leave and had borrowed a boat so they could split into two groups.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou joined Lin Man Zhang and Lin Qi Yan for a trip out to sea to retrieve octopus jars. After reaching the marked waters, they prepared to haul up the jars, with Lin Man Zhang pointing out which lines belonged to Lu Ao and Song Zhou.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou packed lunch and supplies before heading to Lin Man Zhang's house, where Lin Qi Yan and Lin Man Zhang were waiting.
• Lin Man Zhang brought fishing nets, and the group loaded the boats with nets, water, food, and other supplies.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou rented an old boat, inspected its engine, and followed Lin Man Zhang and Lin Qi Yan out to sea.
• Song Zhou and Lu Ao talked about Lu Ao's childhood trips to sea with his father before Lin Man Zhang called them to prepare to stop.
• Lin Man Zhang explained that they would retrieve six lines of octopus jars and pointed out the floats marking the lines Lu Ao and Song Zhou should collect.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou helped Lin Man Zhang haul up glass jars and catch octopuses, sharing a peaceful day on the sea. After sorting their catch, they prepared to reset the jars before moving to the next spot.

• Song Zhou pulled up strings of glass jars while Lu Ao checked them and found octopuses inside.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou used bamboo strips to scoop octopuses from the jars, setting aside one that was stuck and letting the others fill the livewell.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou chatted about becoming fisherman husbands as they worked through a row of five hundred jars.
• Lu Ao decided to release the octopuses that were too small, while Lin Man Zhang reported catching about five or six jin.
• Lin Man Zhang told Lu Ao and Song Zhou to watch as he put the jars back into the sea before they moved to the next spot.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou finished laying and retrieving glass bottles, while Lin Qiyan organized the sale and shipment of Lu Ao’s squid meat. On September 21, Lu Ao went with Song Zhou to buy Ghost Festival offerings, and Weng Qian called to ask for more squid meat.

• Song Zhou tossed glass bottles into the sea as Lu Ao steered the boat, and they marked the drop site with a buoy.
• Lu Ao and Lin Manzhang retrieved glass bottles, and Lin Manzhang offered Lu Ao some of his octopus catch.
• Lin Qiyan arranged the squid meat orders, packaging, ice, and shipping, and the parcels were sent out by the following evening.
• Weng Qian received and tasted his squid meat, then praised its quality and asked Lu Ao to sell him more.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou bought a duck and other offerings for the Ghost Festival while people at the crowded market kept their distance and stared.
• Weng Qian called Lu Ao and offered up to eight hundred yuan for any squid meat he still had.

On the Ghost Festival, Lu Ao honored his deceased family and mourned that their souls had already reincarnated. Song Zhou comforted him through the day, but Lu Ao still lay awake that night with a restless mind.

• Lu Ao ended his call with Weng Qian and told Song Zhou that he missed his family on the Ghost Festival.
• While folding gold ingots, Lu Ao learned from Song Zhou that his parents' souls had dispersed and reincarnated, and Song Zhou promised to stay with him.
• Lu Ao wrote his ancestors' names on envelopes, added duck blood, and burned the offerings with Song Zhou at dusk.
• Lu Ao saw lingering souls gathering near the neighbors' fires, then returned home with Song Zhou after burning his family's offerings.
• Song Zhou comforted Lu Ao through the evening, but Lu Ao remained awake and told him that thoughts kept circling in his mind.

Song Zhou took Lu Ao through the oppressive dreams of criminals who had once harmed him, and Lu Ao decided to let the nightmares continue a few more days. In a prison in Western Liang Prefecture, Ruffled Hair woke in terror after more than a month of dreams in which he was hunted and killed.

• Song Zhou led Lu Ao into a prisoner’s dream, where they watched Ruffled Hair being chased, beaten, and mutilated.
• Lu Ao recognized Ruffled Hair as the thug who had once chased him into a river and asked Song Zhou to take him away from the violent dream.
• Song Zhou showed Lu Ao several other criminals’ dreams, including one depicting an old man’s troubled life and death.
• Lu Ao said the criminals had already faced legal punishment, but agreed they could endure the dreams for a few more days.
• Ruffled Hair woke in a prison in Western Liang Prefecture at 3:41 a.m., terrified after more than a month of nightmares about being hunted and killed.

Lu Ao learned that Liao Hekang had been arrested, and he and Song Zhou decided to leave the punishment to the law. Lin Gongshang invited them to his wedding and asked Lu Ao to serve as a groomsman, and Lu Ao agreed.

• Officer Ye told Lu Ao that Liao Hekang had been arrested after someone reported him.
• Song Zhou checked with You Li, who said their people had not reported Liao Hekang, and Lu Ao chose to let the law handle the case.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou discussed dinner before Lin Gongshang arrived with an invitation to his wedding the day after tomorrow.
• Lin Gongshang asked Lu Ao to be a groomsman after his cousin was injured, and Lu Ao agreed to wear his own suit.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou prepared for an upcoming wedding by ordering custom suits in New Luzhou, and Lu Ao mentioned that he wanted Song Zhou to accompany him to a public commendation ceremony. After Song Zhou revealed he had several tens of billions in human-world wealth and far more beyond it, Lu Ao was left stunned.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou discussed getting suits made for a wedding and for a possible commendation ceremony, which Lu Ao said he wanted Song Zhou to attend as family.
• Song Zhou took Lu Ao to a tailor in New Luzhou, where they each ordered three custom outfits and arranged to collect one early.
• Lu Ao balked at the price of the suits and wondered whether Song Zhou's salary card could cover the bill.
• Song Zhou told Lu Ao that he had several tens of billions in human-world wealth and enough total wealth to buy another plane like theirs, leaving Lu Ao dumbfounded.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou prepared to attend Lin Gongshang’s wedding, where they were both groomsmen, and Qi Yan photographed them together. The chapter left them welcomed by the villagers as the wedding party prepared to pick up the bride.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou discussed Lu Ao’s wealth before time passed and Lin Gongshang’s wedding day arrived.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou got ready at home, and Song Zhou kissed Lu Ao after admiring him in his black suit.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou arrived at the wedding in contrasting suits, where Qi Yan took photos of them and suggested the pictures could be useful for their own wedding.
• Lin Gongshang’s sister-in-law welcomed Lu Ao and Song Zhou and offered them food before the guests left to pick up the bride.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou helped Lin Gongshang at his wedding, impressing the bride’s family and bringing the groom prestige. Little Du later told Lu Ao that the Outstanding Youth awards ceremony would be held on October 2, and Lu Ao arranged to attend with Song Zhou.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou visited Lin Gongshang as he got ready for his wedding, and Lin Guixiao teased them about when they would marry.
• Lu Ao drove Lin Gongshang to pick up the bride and helped with the wedding alongside Song Zhou, while the bride’s family wondered about their background and suitability as matches.
• Little Du called Lu Ao to confirm that the Outstanding Youth award ceremony would take place on October 2 and asked him to give a speech as the recipients’ representative.
• Lu Ao declined to speak but registered Song Zhou as his guest for the ceremony and banquet.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou set out for Qianyong City, but their flirtation delayed them until Song Zhou teleported their car and passengers there. They arrived at the Qianyong City Maritime Shipping Public Security Bureau, where Little Du prepared them for the event and reporters.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou got up early on October 2nd and planned to drive to Qianyong City.
• Lu Ao coaxed Song Zhou into wearing a suit, then the two became distracted by an intimate encounter and nearly ran late.
• Song Zhou teleported the car and its passengers to Qianyong City, where Little Du hurried them toward the bureau event.
• Little Du warned Lu Ao and Song Zhou that reporters might interview them and led them to seats in the front row.
• Police officers, military personnel, professors, business owners, and volunteers greeted Lu Ao and Song Zhou as other attendees wondered about them.

Lu Ao attended a commendation ceremony with Song Zhou, where he received an Outstanding Youth award and openly showed affection for his boyfriend. Afterward, they planned to join Xiang Xingchang and the volunteers for late-night food, while Lu Ao was exhausted and hungry.

• Xiang Xingchang invited Lu Ao and Song Zhou to a volunteer-team dinner, and Lu Ao agreed to meet the group for late-night food after the celebration banquet.
• Lu Ao attended the commendation ceremony with Song Zhou, and the cameras repeatedly focused on him.
• When Lu Ao’s name was called, he hugged Song Zhou before going onstage to receive his Outstanding Youth award, drawing loud applause and cheers.
• Lu Ao returned to his seat, and Song Zhou held his hand and praised how widely accepted and respected he was.
• The ceremony ended after five in the afternoon, leaving Lu Ao exhausted and hungry.

After the meeting, Lu Ao and Song Zhou heard Professor Huang Ningna’s proposal to join a project restoring China’s damaged coral reef ecosystems. Huang Ningna explained the scale of reef loss and said his team had young corals ready for transplantation.

• Lu Ao checked Huang Ningna’s credentials after the professor approached him about a research project.
• Song Zhou agreed to let Lu Ao hear Huang Ningna out for half an hour before they attended the celebration banquet.
• Huang Ningna showed Lu Ao the project documents and explained how coral reefs support marine life and fish populations.
• Huang Ningna described widespread coral bleaching and other threats, saying China had less than twenty percent of its coral reefs compared with thirty years earlier.
• Huang Ningna said his team planned to protect and restore coral ecosystems by transplanting young corals grown in a nursery.

Lu Ao investigated Professor Huang Ningna’s coral restoration project and considered sponsoring it after learning Huang was trustworthy but short on funding. He then joined the volunteers’ late-night gathering with Song Zhou, where they drank with the group and listened to divers talk.

• Huang Ningna asked Lu Ao to connect him with local diving teams and help transplant ten thousand coral fragments, and Lu Ao agreed to look into it.
• Lu Ao questioned Huang Ningna’s motives, but Song Zhou sensed no problem, and Little Du explained that Huang had spent years on coral conservation and had come using his own time and resources.
• Lu Ao considered sponsoring Huang Ningna’s project, and Song Zhou supported the idea based on Huang’s Merit Golden Radiance.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou went to the volunteers’ gathering, drank with the group, and listened as the divers discussed their field.

Lu Ao told local volunteers about Professor Huang Ningna’s coral-planting project, and the group enthusiastically offered to help despite the work’s physical risks. After a drunk volunteer called Huang Ningna, the professor set off to meet them and discuss the plan.

• Lu Ao told the group that Huang Ningna, a credible marine-conservation professor, wanted to plant coral and collect samples.
• The volunteers discussed how deep-water coral planting was exhausting and could make divers sick, but Xiang Xingchang and others supported helping Huang Ningna.
• A tipsy volunteer called Huang Ningna and announced that the group would help, while Xiang Xingchang took the phone and arranged to discuss details later.
• Huang Ningna said he had already left his hotel and was coming to meet them, and Xiang Xingchang told Lu Ao to handle the discussion without feeling pressured.

Lu Ao and Xiang Xingchang agreed to help Professor Huang Ningna with his experimental reef-building Coral propagation project. After returning home with Song Zhou, Lu Ao reflected on his responsibility to protect the ocean as the plane’s last Dragon.

• Xiang Xingchang welcomed Professor Huang Ningna, who explained his work cultivating heat-tolerant zooxanthellae and propagating reef-building Coral.
• Huang Ningna described his limited funding and contrasted his work with a state-funded South China Sea project involving thirteen universities and 250 million in funding.
• After hearing the project details, Xiang Xingchang decided that the group would help Huang Ningna plant Coral in the Qianming Waters.
• Xiang Xingchang arranged rides for the drunken volunteers and saw Huang Ningna off, while Song Zhou and Lu Ao teleported home.
• Song Zhou made hangover soup for Lu Ao, who said he felt responsible for protecting the ocean, and Song Zhou affirmed that it was his territory as the last Dragon in the plane.

Song Zhou explained that Lu Ao shared a symbiotic relationship with the ocean, and Lu Ao decided to protect it as much as he could. The next day, Lu Ao discussed Coral planting with Lin Qiyan and agreed to ask whether he could join the underwater filming.

• Song Zhou told Lu Ao that their well-being was linked to the ocean and encouraged him to do what he could to protect it.
• Lu Ao refused to let Song Zhou inspect his injury, then fell asleep after Song Zhou reassured him.
• Lu Ao woke late, ate the breakfast Song Zhou had left, and remembered their planned lunch with Xiang Xingchang.
• Lin Qiyan asked Lu Ao about Coral planting and whether he could participate; Lu Ao said he would ask about an underwater filming role.
• Song Zhou returned at eleven thirty and took Lu Ao to meet Xiang Xingchang for lunch.