Recaps

Lu Ao and Song Zhou prepared for their Arctic honeymoon fleet trip while enjoying a quiet Dragon Boat Festival together. They left the chapter sharing a meal of Anglerfish hot pot and Spirit Wine.

• Lu Ao told Song Zhou that the fleet planned to leave on June 8th, and he explained how they would arrange care for the Marine Ranch and their animals.
• Song Zhou arranged to handle his work remotely for two hours each day so he could spend the trip with Lu Ao.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou watched the Dragon Boat Festival races in the county seat, then went to town for barbecue and a movie.
• Lu Ao cooked the Anglerfish in congee hot pot, and he and Song Zhou ate it with Spirit Wine.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou joined the first Qianyong City fleet voyage, spending several relaxed days at sea. When the fleet spotted Killer Crabs near an unnamed island, they headed over to help catch them.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou met the fleet at Qianming Waters on June 8 and set out with seventeen boats.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou took turns steering, relaxed at sea, and occasionally caught fish and shrimp.
• Lu Ao found the fleet clustered together on the map and heard a captain call for help catching Killer Crabs.
• Lu Ao agreed to join the hunt, and Song Zhou prepared diving suits for them.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou approached the boats near the unnamed island, where the others said they had spotted another Killer Crab.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou dived into a deep-sea canyon to search for Killer Crabs. They caught a Stonefish but found only crab tracks before their air supply made them turn back.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou joined Xu Jian'an's group and dived into the canyon to look for Killer Crabs.
• Lu Ao examined several varieties of Seaweed as he and Song Zhou swam deeper into the dark water.
• Lu Ao spotted a Stonefish hiding in the silt and caught it with his fish basket, while Song Zhou warned him about its venomous spines.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou continued searching for Killer Crabs but found only their tracks in the seafloor silt.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou spent more than an hour underwater, limiting how much longer they could search with their air tanks.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou caught a Stonefish while searching the seafloor for Killer Crabs, then shared a relaxed lunch of Stonefish tofu soup. After resting, they prepared to dive again with the other captains, who were determined to catch the elusive crabs before their lights ran out.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou surfaced with a keepnet full of Stonefish, disappointing the divers who had hoped they caught Killer Crabs.
• Lu Ao agreed to make Stonefish tofu soup with help from another captain, and he and Song Zhou shared the meal with the fleet.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou talked about enjoying their vacation and hoped they could take another trip after their Marine Ranch was on track.
• The other boats' divers searched through the afternoon but found only traces of Killer Crabs on the seafloor.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou rested for two hours, then prepared to dive again after a neighboring captain urged them to join the search before the flashlights ran out.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou searched the seafloor for Killer Crabs, then followed tracks into an underwater cave and discovered a huge cluster of them. Lu Ao approached a large crab as it raised its legs to attack.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou searched the seabed but surfaced when their air ran out without finding any Killer Crabs.
• Song Zhou suggested that the crabs might be hiding in the canyons, and Lu Ao agreed to focus on searching them.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou avoided the other divers and found an underwater cave beyond a narrow opening.
• Song Zhou spotted Killer Crab tracks in the silt, and the pair followed them into another cave.
• Lu Ao discovered a massive cluster of Killer Crabs and swam toward a large one as it tried to attack him.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou caught four large Killer Crabs in an underwater cave and shared three with the captains. Back aboard, Lu Ao rested while Song Zhou prepared the remaining crab for several dishes.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou tied up four Killer Crabs in the cave, then stopped catching them and swam out.
• The captains saw the crabs in Lu Ao and Song Zhou's basket, and Lu Ao told them about the dangerous underwater cave.
• Lu Ao offered the captains three Killer Crabs and pointed them toward the cave.
• Song Zhou helped Lu Ao change out of his diving suit, then agreed to prepare the crab while Lu Ao rested.
• Lu Ao asked for grilled, steamed, and stir-fried crab, and Song Zhou carried it inside to cut into pieces.

Song Zhou prepared garlic-grilled Killer Crab for Lu Ao, who delighted in the meal and suggested they catch another fish for soup. After dinner, Lu Ao fell asleep on deck while Song Zhou watched over him, and the fleet went diving to catch more crabs.

• Song Zhou grilled Killer Crab legs with garlic sauce, and Lu Ao praised their fresh, satisfying flavor.
• Lu Ao compared eating the generous crab meat to enjoying a handful of sunflower seed kernels as a child.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou ate steamed crab and discussed catching another fish to make soup.
• Lu Ao fell asleep on a deck chair, and Song Zhou covered him with clothing and read beside him.
• The other people in the fleet began diving to catch Killer Crabs for themselves.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou waited until the other captains were asleep, then sailed away to explore a deeper stretch of sea. They reached an underwater cave and entered it, leaving its interior still unexplored.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou decided to keep the underwater cave near the Killer Crab grounds secret because it was too dangerous for the other captains.
• After the final group returned with two Killer Crabs and everyone went to sleep, Lu Ao and Song Zhou sailed away from the fleet.
• Lu Ao transformed into Dragon Form and carried Song Zhou underwater, catching a Humphead Wrasse as they descended.
• At a depth of 207 meters, Lu Ao and Song Zhou searched for Stonefish but found another underwater cave instead.
• Lu Ao agreed to explore the cave with Song Zhou, and they entered chambers coated with thick silt.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou explored a vast underwater cave and found unusual eyeless fish, but no human traces. After leaving the cave, Lu Ao discovered a large gold nugget buried in the seabed silt.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou walked through the dry, winding sections of the underwater cave and later emerged into a flooded passage.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou discussed the eyeless fish they had seen, then continued swimming toward the place where they had caught Stonefish.
• Lu Ao spotted a faint reflection on the seabed, searched unsuccessfully, and noticed it again from a different angle.
• Lu Ao stirred through the silt with his Dragon Claw and pulled out a heavy, unusually soft object.
• Song Zhou shone his flashlight on the object, and Lu Ao recognized it as a large gold nugget.

Lu Ao discovered a cache of enormous natural gold nuggets while diving and eagerly brought them to the surface to sell. He continued searching for hours, leaving Song Zhou on deck to guard the growing pile.

• Lu Ao found two large gold nuggets in the seabed silt and brought them back to Song Zhou.
• Song Zhou explained that they could discreetly sell the gold through an established process for nonhumans, and Lu Ao eagerly agreed.
• Lu Ao returned underwater and surfaced with another massive nugget, telling Song Zhou to guard the gold while he searched again.
• Lu Ao repeatedly dived and resurfaced for five hours, bringing up gold nuggets ranging from soccer-ball size to larger than a sofa.

Lu Ao recovered from hauling up thirty-nine gold nuggets and Song Zhou put them away while caring for him. The next morning Song Zhou made Stonefish congee, and Lu Ao happily admired the gold before suggesting they celebrate with a good lunch.

• Lu Ao said he still wanted to raise fish despite finding so much gold, and Song Zhou soothed his exhaustion until he returned to human form.
• Song Zhou carried Lu Ao inside to bathe, then stored all thirty-nine nuggets in the crew dormitory while Lu Ao fell asleep in the tub.
• Song Zhou carried the sleeping Lu Ao to bed, and Lu Ao woke the next morning to the smell of Stonefish congee that Song Zhou had caught that morning.
• After breakfast, Lu Ao inspected the gold and told Song Zhou the boat's waterline looked higher because of its weight.
• Lu Ao said he was happy with the gold and suggested they eat something good for lunch to celebrate.

Lu Ao spent the day inspecting the gold he and Song Zhou had salvaged, while their fleet sailed on. That evening, Lu Ao and the others discovered a large group of boats poaching sharks nearby and watched the slaughter from a distance.

• Song Zhou went to pilot the boat while Lu Ao stayed in the cabin to inspect their gold.
• Lu Ao spent the morning and afternoon checking the gold and calculating how its sale could fund an island hotel, Marine Ranch, and future travel.
• In the evening, Lu Ao smelled blood and found a stretch of sea stained pink; Song Zhou suspected shark poachers were ahead.
• Lu Ao contacted the fleet, and the boats slowly approached the bloodied sea to investigate.
• Lu Ao and the fleet saw dozens of boats trapping sharks in nets, spearing them, cutting off their fins, and throwing their bodies back into the sea.

Lu Ao and the fleet witnessed armed poachers slaughtering sharks in international waters, but retreated after the poachers threatened them with guns. The fleet sailed away and discussed the demand for shark fins and shark-derived products as the source of the killing.

• Lu Ao and the other captains saw the sea stained red as poachers hauled up and killed sharks on a massive scale.
• A captain from Lu Ao's fleet confronted the poachers, but a blond man pointed a pistol at them and warned them not to interfere.
• A bearded man told the blond man to ignore the fleet and continue hunting, and the blond man fired a shot into the fleet's deck.
• The captains retreated beyond the poachers' firing range, then turned their boats away from the bloody waters.
• The fleet discussed the slaughter over the radio and blamed demand for shark fins and cosmetics made with Squalane.

Lu Ao and the other travelers debated whether to report the shark poachers, but they chose to leave without involving the authorities. Lu Ao and Song Zhou stayed behind to attack the poachers, and Lu Ao struck first under cover of a sudden storm.

• Lu Ao explained that shark liver squalane drove demand for shark products as the fleet debated whether to report the poachers.
• Lu Ao announced that they would not report the poachers, and the boats sailed away through the night.
• Lu Ao told Song Zhou he planned to deal with the poachers, and Song Zhou agreed to go with him once the other boats were farther away.
• Lu Ao summoned clouds that brought heavy rain and darkness over the poachers' brightly lit fleet.
• A drunken poacher noticed the rain and was stabbed from behind by Lu Ao, who asked whether to kill him.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou searched the poachers’ ship, removed its weapons, and discovered a hidden vault containing twenty-six boxes of plundered valuables. They took the treasure away and planned to lure the pirates over so they could face consequences.

• Lu Ao chose to leave the unconscious man to the law and followed Song Zhou to the lower cabins.
• Song Zhou teleported away the weapons and ammunition while Lu Ao searched the ship.
• Lu Ao found a concealed steel vault, and Song Zhou melted a hole through its door despite its alarm.
• Song Zhou opened the vault’s boxes, revealing a vast collection of valuables from different places and eras.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou decided to take the boxes and lure the pirates over afterward.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou cleared the poachers’ fleet of its treasure and weapons, then revealed the theft by firing a shot. Lu Ao attacked the poachers’ ship in Dragon Form, and as it began to sink, the other vessels rushed to rescue its crew.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou searched all thirteen ships and moved seventy-seven chests of collectibles to the Anomalous Personnel Affairs Regulatory Agency.
• You Li admired the recovered artifacts and offered to buy or trade for them, but Lu Ao postponed deciding what to do with the treasures.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou returned to the ship and fired a gunshot to draw the poachers to the emptied secure room.
• After the poachers discovered that the fleet’s treasures and weapons were gone, Lu Ao transformed into Dragon Form and battered their ship until it split and began sinking.
• The poachers found their lifeboats missing as the other ships hurried over to rescue them.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou destroyed the poachers’ boats, and Interpol arrived after several captains reported them. After the flotilla rested, Song Zhou took the mentally exhausted Lu Ao back to the Anomalous Personnel Affairs Regulatory Agency, where You Li discussed the collectibles and reported sales of gold nuggets.

• Song Zhou sliced the poachers’ boats apart, leaving their crews stranded in the water as Lu Ao watched.
• Several captains admitted over the public channel that they had called the police, and Lu Ao told Interpol the flotilla had found shark poachers.
• Interpol rescued the poachers, arrested wanted criminals among them, collected evidence, and let Lu Ao’s group continue after questioning the captains.
• The flotilla stopped for the night, and Song Zhou comforted the mentally exhausted Lu Ao before taking him back to the Anomalous Personnel Affairs Regulatory Agency.
• You Li reported that the group had brought back 3,516 collectibles, including 503 unique pieces, and said he had sold three gold nuggets for more than twenty million.

Lu Ao and You Li discussed selling the Pine-and-Crane Painting and organizing a large donation for marine conservation. As Lu Ao’s fleet continued north toward Delion Island and the Arctic Circle, Song Zhou prepared to return to the regulatory agency while the sea fog began to clear.

• You Li offered to buy Lu Ao’s Pine-and-Crane Painting, and Lu Ao agreed to sell it for five million yuan.
• Lu Ao asked You Li to find trustworthy marine conservation organizations because he and Song Zhou planned to donate about a hundred million yuan.
• You Li suggested establishing their own marine conservation organization and offered to help recruit a professional manager.
• Lu Ao’s fleet anchored in thick sea fog, and the group waited for visibility to improve.
• Lu Ao reviewed the route to Delion Island, noted that the fleet was approaching the Arctic Circle, and added to his travel notes.
• Song Zhou said he would return to the regulatory agency, and Lu Ao noticed that the sun had come out and the fog would soon clear.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou sailed through thinning fog with their fleet, then paused to investigate a small island after Lu Ao sensed something nearby. The chapter ended with Lu Ao eager to steer closer and discover what was in the water.

• Song Zhou left to visit the regulatory agency, while Lu Ao stayed behind to steer the boat.
• When Old Dai suggested the fog was clearing, Lu Ao waited for the fleet to move before following from the rear.
• Song Zhou returned with meat buns and soy milk, and Lu Ao told the fleet they would slow down to eat.
• Lu Ao spotted a small island, and he and Song Zhou anchored nearby to check it out.
• Lu Ao sensed something in the direction of the island and hurried through breakfast so he could steer the boat closer.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou landed on an island and found Marine Iguanas basking on the rocks and nesting on the beach. Lu Ao sensed something familiar among the nests and, as the protective lizards rushed toward them, suggested giving their eggs life force to calm them.

• Lu Ao steered the boat toward the island, where he and Song Zhou spotted black Marine Iguanas on the rocks.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou landed and watched the Marine Iguanas flee into the sea, swimming with their powerful tails.
• Lu Ao sensed something calling to him from a beach covered in Marine Iguana eggs, and he and Song Zhou walked past the nests without touching them.
• Several Marine Iguanas rushed toward Lu Ao and Song Zhou to protect their eggs, so Lu Ao proposed giving the eggs life force to calm them.

Song Zhou guided Lu Ao in releasing his aura, and Lu Ao discovered he could shrink his Dragon Form to a tiny size. The chapter ended with Lu Ao climbing into Song Zhou’s palm, still unsure how to change back.

• Lu Ao struggled to figure out how to calm the Marine Iguanas near their eggs, and Song Zhou told him to release his aura.
• Song Zhou guided Lu Ao’s energy, and Lu Ao’s Dragon Form shrank from over forty meters to just over twenty centimeters.
• Lu Ao kept shrinking until he was only a little over forty centimeters long, then panicked when he could not change back.
• Song Zhou reassured Lu Ao and offered him his palm, and Lu Ao crawled into it.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou followed a mysterious call out to the sea and found a gleaming white Dragon Egg. The egg awakened and moved in Lu Ao’s arms, and they prepared to return while checking whether any others were nearby.

• Lu Ao sensed a call and guided Song Zhou toward the sea.
• Lu Ao recognized a radiant white egg as a Dragon Egg and examined it with Song Zhou.
• The Dragon Egg trembled, warmed up, and sprang toward Lu Ao’s hand.
• Lu Ao caught and hugged the moving egg, while Song Zhou steadied him and suggested they return to discuss it.
• Lu Ao wondered whether other Dragon Eggs were nearby and looked over the beach.

Song Zhou and Lu Ao found a lone Dragon Egg on an island and brought it back to their boat. Lu Ao fed it life force during the journey, and the egg settled warmly against him before he carried it to their bedroom.

• Song Zhou asked Lu Ao to search the island for another Dragon Egg, but Lu Ao found none.
• Song Zhou explained that the Dragon Egg might have been left behind when the Dragon Clan died or departed, then marked a coordinate before they left the island.
• Lu Ao watched the Marine Iguanas return to incubating the remaining eggs, then carried the Dragon Egg into the cabin.
• Song Zhou suggested feeding the egg life force, and Lu Ao gave it small amounts until it seemed full and pushed the energy away.
• Lu Ao felt the egg breathing, then carried it to the bedroom and planned to secure it with blankets.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou discussed whether they were ready to raise the Dragon Egg they had found, and agreed they would take their time while keeping it with them. The lively egg followed Lu Ao around the vessel, and Song Zhou sensed that its occupant was aware but not yet fully developed.

• Lu Ao soothed the Dragon Egg until it fell asleep, then returned to the cockpit with Song Zhou.
• Lu Ao admitted he felt panicked about becoming a father, but said he wanted to raise the Little Dragon; Song Zhou agreed they would raise it properly if they chose to.
• Lu Ao refused to send the unhatched egg to the Anomalous Personnel Affairs Regulatory Agency, worrying that being boarded there could traumatize it.
• The Dragon Egg woke, bounced over to Lu Ao, and stayed close to him throughout the rest of the voyage.
• Lu Ao noticed the egg had grown soft and warm, and Song Zhou said its occupant could interact with them but was not fully developed yet.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou took their unusually clever, clingy egg ashore on Delion Island, where a marine conservation organization unexpectedly invited Lu Ao to a banquet. The chapter ended with Lu Ao wondering why they had invited him, while Song Zhou looked at him.

• Lu Ao grew accustomed to the egg and prepared food, medicine, clothes, and a room for its birth.
• When the fleet reached Delion Island, Song Zhou suggested carrying the egg ashore in a backpack, and the egg eagerly agreed.
• Song Zhou used a spell to get the egg past customs, and Lu Ao and Song Zhou took a taxi to their hotel.
• A local marine conservation organization called Lu Ao and invited him to a banquet, asking him to reply before midnight.
• Lu Ao wondered who had recommended him, and Song Zhou looked at him as he said he was not famous in China.