Recaps

Lu Ao planted vegetable seedlings on his village land after Ye Zhiying delivered them and explained how to care for them. Lin Gongshang helped him finish the planting and invited him squid fishing, then offered to bring sweet potato slips the next day.

• Ye Zhiying delivered seedlings to Lu Ao and explained how to plant and fertilize them.
• Lu Ao spent the day preparing his land and began planting the vegetables before sunset.
• Lin Gongshang invited Lu Ao to go squid fishing, and Lu Ao agreed to leave at ten.
• Lin Gongshang helped Lu Ao plant the remaining tomato seedlings and advised him on watering, staking, and fertilizing the vegetables.
• Lu Ao agreed to plant sweet potatoes, and Lin Gongshang questioned his plan to buy geese for manure.

Lu Ao joined Lin Manzhang and the others for a night of squid fishing, while Lin Qiyan filmed the outing and hoped to gain followers. After they reached their remote fishing spot and lowered the fish-attracting lights, they began waiting for squid to gather.

• Lu Ao agreed to raise a small batch of Lionhead Geese and later drove to the shore near Lin Family Village.
• Lu Ao met Lin Qiyan, who recognized him as God Lu, and helped the group carry their fishing boat into the sea.
• On the boat, Lu Ao baited the Octopus Hooks while Lin Qiyan filmed his hands and promised not to show his face.
• After more than forty minutes, the group reached a remote spot and paused beneath a star-filled sky while Lin Qiyan took photos.
• Lu Ao lowered the red fish-attracting lights into the water and gestured for the group to start fishing.

Lu Ao and the others caught squid at sea, cooked their fresh haul, and ate while fishing. After Lu Ao scooped up far more squid than anyone else, Lin Gongshang wondered why they were less skilled despite using the same net.

• Lu Ao caught the first squid and showed the others how to bring it aboard without getting sprayed with ink or bitten.
• The group caught squid in large numbers, and Lin Gongshang boiled their fresh catch with ginger and served it with sauces.
• Everyone gathered to eat the tender squid, while Lu Ao quickly finished half the pot and went back to scoop more.
• Lu Ao repeatedly caught several squid per scoop, impressing the others, who took turns trying their luck with the landing net.
• After tiring themselves out, Lin Gongshang and the others asked Lu Ao why he caught more squid than they did, and he answered, "Young."

After a successful squid-fishing trip, Lu Ao joined Lin Qi Yan and Lin Gongshang to catch eels in the rice paddies. They found several eels, and the chapter ended with Lin Qi Yan following Lu Ao along the ridge to film him.

• Lu Ao declined his share of the squid, telling Lin Man Zhang and the others to take it home to their families.
• Lin Qi Yan invited Lu Ao to shine for eels, and Lu Ao agreed to meet him and Lin Gongshang that night.
• Lin Qi Yan and Lin Gongshang joined Lu Ao at the rice paddies and began searching for eels with flashlights and tongs.
• Lin Gongshang caught the first eel, and the three men found and caught several more as they walked.
• Lin Qi Yan asked to stay with Lu Ao for more footage, so Lu Ao agreed not to split up, and Lin Qi Yan followed him at the front.

Lu Ao caught eels with Qi Yan and Lin Gongshang, then returned home to find Song Zhou waiting with a bottle of spiritual wine. Lu Ao accepted the gift and invited Song Zhou to share a late-night meal, which they ate together in the yard.

• Lu Ao led Qi Yan and Lin Gongshang through the rice paddies, catching eels and loaches until they divided the catch and headed back.
• Qi Yan and Lin Gongshang thanked Lu Ao and invited him to eat and drink with them another time.
• Lu Ao returned home and found Song Zhou waiting outside his gate with a bottle of spiritual wine.
• Song Zhou explained that the wine was a personal gift to help Lu Ao's body, and Lu Ao accepted it after initially refusing.
• Lu Ao invited Song Zhou to join him for a late-night meal, and Song Zhou helped prepare and serve the food.

Lu Ao learned that Song Zhou’s true form was the land called Song Zhou, then spent the night searching for information about him. The next morning, Lu Ao went fishing and joined Lin Gongshang and others in preparing to dig for green crabs.

• Song Zhou told Lu Ao that his true form was Song Zhou, an ancient region, then vanished when he left.
• Lu Ao searched the forum and internet for Song Zhou but found little beyond his role as head of the China branch of the Anomalous Personnel Affairs Regulatory Agency and an entry about the ancient place name.
• Lu Ao spent the night thinking about Song Zhou and woke early to fish, catching only a few fish before reaching the market.
• At the market, Lin Gongshang invited Lu Ao to dig for green crabs, and Lu Ao agreed to join the group.
• Lu Ao arrived at Lin Manzhang’s house with his supplies, where Lin Qiyan and the others were waiting before their outing.

Lu Ao learned how to catch Mud Crabs from Lin Manzhang and used his ability to find them to fill his bucket quickly. Across the river, Lin Gongshang boasted that he had caught five large crabs, while Lu Ao silently regarded his nearly full bucket.

• Lin Manzhang showed Lu Ao and Lin Qiyan how to identify Mud Crab burrows, dig safely, handle the crabs, and fill the holes afterward.
• Lin Manzhang caught a large Mud Crab, tied it up, and explained how to keep the crabs from injuring one another in the bucket.
• After catching three more crabs with Lin Manzhang, Lu Ao and Lin Qiyan went downstream to try catching Mud Crabs on their own.
• Lu Ao used his ability to sense Mud Crabs and quickly dug up four or five, tying them up and putting them in his bucket.
• Lin Gongshang called across the river to say he had caught five large Mud Crabs, and Lu Ao looked at his nearly full bucket without replying.

Lu Ao outcaught Lin Gongshang while digging for Mud Crabs, then discovered one of his nine crabs was a valuable Top-Hand Butter Crab. The group recognized its exceptional quality and warned Lu Ao to protect it as they prepared to carry their catches.

• Lin Gongshang proudly showed off his five Mud Crabs before discovering that Lu Ao had caught nine.
• Qi Yan arrived with one small Mud Crab and joined Lin Gongshang in inspecting Lu Ao's catch.
• Qi Yan noticed that one of Lu Ao's crabs was a Butter Crab, and Lu Ao washed it to reveal its golden color.
• Lin Gongshang examined the crab and identified it as a high-grade Top-Hand Butter Crab worth far more than ordinary Mud Crabs.
• Lin Gongshang warned Lu Ao not to damage the crab's legs, and Qi Yan offered to carry it separately in his bucket.

Lu Ao and his companions brought their mud crabs to Lin Manzhang’s house, where the group admired Lu Ao’s rare Butter Crab and planned to sell their catch together. Lu Ao also arranged to order Giant Grouper Fingerlings to release into the sea, then went home to make himself another meal.

• Lu Ao, Lin Qiyan, and Lin Gongshang washed their mud crabs but found no other Butter Crabs.
• At Lin Manzhang’s house, the group admired Lu Ao’s Butter Crab and agreed to sell their combined catch at Long Township Wharf after three.
• Lu Ao asked Lin Manzhang where to buy fish fry so he could release them into the sea to replenish fish he had caught.
• Lin Manzhang contacted a fish fry farm, and Lu Ao agreed to order at least two hundred Giant Grouper Fingerlings for delivery in a month.
• Lu Ao left the crabs at Lin Manzhang’s house, returned home, and cooked himself a large meal.

Lu Ao dreamed of Song Zhou's people worshipping a land-and-grain god who eventually took on Song Zhou's face, then declined a hotel job leading guests on a fishing trip. At Niu Deyu's shop, he agreed to sell the giant Butter Crab he had caught for two thousand yuan per pound.

• Lu Ao woke from a dream of a god taking on Song Zhou's face and wondered whether it had any connection to Song Zhou.
• Lin Man Zhang and Lin Gongshang told Lu Ao that Jiacheng Grand Hotel wanted to hire him to take three guests sea fishing for three thousand yuan a day, but he refused.
• Lu Ao, Lin Man Zhang, and Lin Gongshang drove to Niu Deyu's shop with their Mud Crabs.
• Niu Deyu examined Lu Ao's giant Butter Crab and offered two thousand yuan per pound, which Lu Ao accepted.

Lu Ao turned down a wealthy visitor’s offer to pay him for hosting or guiding them, then focused on his fields and prepared a shed for geese. He arrived at Li Xinyong’s farm to inspect the fifty-one goslings he had ordered.

• Lu Ao sold his crabs for 2,695 yuan after taxes, while Lin Gongshang agreed to seek a hosting job and Lin Man Zhang offered to take the visitors out to sea.
• Lu Ao refused to host or guide the wealthy visitors, then later let their luxury cars pass him on the road.
• Lu Ao spent two days tending his crops, watering them and dealing with pests and fast-growing weeds.
• Lu Ao finished converting his woodshed into a goose pen and called Li Xinyong to arrange pickup of fifty-one goslings.
• Li Xinyong led Lu Ao to the backyard to inspect the forty-five female and six male goslings.

Lu Ao brought home goslings and met Song Zhou, who checked on his health and offered to accompany him to tend his fields. The chapter ended with Song Zhou placing a hand on Lu Ao’s shoulder to take him there.

• Lu Ao bought goslings from Li Xinyong and heard from Lin Gongshang that two of his visiting guests had developed fevers.
• Lu Ao settled the goslings into their pen, gave them food and water, and prepared to return to his fields.
• Song Zhou visited Lu Ao and asked how he felt after drinking the spirit wine, then promised to bring him something else.
• Song Zhou offered to go with Lu Ao to water and weed his fields, and Lu Ao agreed after remembering Song Zhou’s true form.
• Song Zhou put a hand on Lu Ao’s shoulder and said he would take him to the fields.

After Song Zhou used his powers to tend Lu Ao’s farmland, Lu Ao suspected Dragon might be able to do the same. He then realized Lin Gongshang’s guests could have been infected after handling a Black Seabream, and arrived to help as the guests became unresponsive with high fevers.

• Song Zhou killed the weeds, nourished Lu Ao’s vegetables, cleared pests, and summoned rain over the fields.
• Lu Ao asked Lin Gongshang whether his guests’ fevers had gone down and learned they had been pricked by a Black Seabream’s spines.
• Lu Ao warned Lin Gongshang that the guests might have a marine bacterial infection and told him to check their legs for ulcers.
• Lin Gongshang found Shi Chen feverish, unresponsive, and marked with red spots, then discovered Liu Qiming was in a similar condition.
• Yan Zhengning followed Lin Gongshang as he checked the guests, and Lu Ao arrived at the house on his three-wheeler.

Lu Ao arranged an emergency helicopter transfer for Shi Chen and Liu Qiming after confirming they had likely contracted Vibrio vulnificus. The patients were flown toward the First Affiliated Hospital, with Lu Ao accompanying them and asking Lin Gongshang to care for his geese.

• Lin Gongshang told Lu Ao that Shi Chen and Liu Qiming appeared to have been infected with marine bacteria, and Lu Ao identified it as likely Vibrio vulnificus.
• Lu Ao decided that an ambulance or local hospital would not be suitable and arranged a medical helicopter to take the patients to the provincial capital.
• Lu Ao contacted the First Affiliated Hospital and asked Yan Zhengning to notify Shi Chen's and Liu Qiming's families to prepare for their arrival.
• Lin Gongshang's family and villagers carried Shi Chen and Liu Qiming to the threshing ground and waited for the helicopter.
• Medical staff examined the patients, confirmed they were stable enough to fly, and loaded them onto the helicopter.
• Lu Ao volunteered to accompany the patients and handed Lin Gongshang his keys, asking him to feed the geese while he was away.

Lu Ao helped get Shi Chen and Liu Qiming to the hospital, where their conditions stabilized, and then left to update the villagers. While eating alone at a late-night stall, he encountered Song Zhou again.

• Lu Gongshang gave Lu Ao money and sent him to the hospital with Yan Zhengning to help Shi Chen and Liu Qiming.
• The doctors stabilized Shi Chen and Liu Qiming, and their families learned that the men had been injured after recklessly handling Black Seabream while drunk.
• Lu Ao told the families to coordinate with Lin Gongshang at dawn, then refused Yan Zhengning's offer of a place to stay and left the hospital.
• Lu Ao stopped at a roadside stall, ordered a large meal, and reassured Lin Gongshang by message that the two men were stable.
• Song Zhou appeared and sat across from Lu Ao, who asked why he was there.

Song Zhou explained why the authorities monitored Lu Ao and assured him they would overlook harmless unusual activities. After returning home, Lu Ao went fishing and considered how he would need a new spot once the nearby waters were depleted.

• Song Zhou told Lu Ao that the Abnormal Human Affairs Supervision Bureau monitored flagged people like him, and said he was safeguarding the continent rather than working for the authorities.
• Song Zhou joined Lu Ao for a meal, then explained that officials would cover for him as long as he did not harm humanity.
• Song Zhou held Lu Ao's hand and transported him home, stopping outside Lu Ao's courtyard before saying good night.
• Lu Ao slept until after one in the afternoon, ate noodles, and went fishing.
• Lu Ao estimated that his usual fishing spot would run low on large fish within a month and decided he needed to try deep-sea fishing after his license was ready.
• Lu Ao fished for three hours in rough, murky conditions and caught just over twenty jin of fish.

Lu Ao agreed to help Lin Qi Yan sell fish to his followers and planned to mail fish to Ge Ranzhou and Song Zhou. After catching several kinds of fish the next day, he set aside three Black Seabream and went with Lin Qi Yan to arrange shipment, where Grandma Ye welcomed him with homemade pancakes.

• Lin Qi Yan asked Lu Ao to supply wild-caught fish for his followers, and Lu Ao agreed to send him photos of his next catch.
• Lu Ao decided to send fish to his childhood friend, Ge Ranzhou, and to Song Zhou.
• Lu Ao caught Red Snapper, White Wax Fish, Golden Drum Fish, and Black Seabream, then set aside three Black Seabream for shipping.
• Lin Qi Yan explained how to mail the fish and offered to accompany Lu Ao to the courier station in town.
• Grandma Ye gave Lu Ao eggplant pancakes and sent him and Lin Qi Yan off with a large bag of them.

Lu Ao sent live fish to Song Zhou and others, and Song Zhou received his parcel at the Anomalous Personnel Affairs Regulatory Agency. Song Zhou then brought the fish and a watermelon to Lu Ao, appearing on the field ridge while Lu Ao watered the vegetables.

• Lu Ao shipped fish to Song Zhou, Ge Ranzhou, and Old Zhang and his wife, while Qi Yan remarked on the high postage cost.
• Song Zhou received the live-fish delivery at the agency, and the courier slip seemed to flash when he signed his name.
• The tree demon and other agency residents questioned Song Zhou about the sender, but he silenced their curiosity by asking whether they had finished their work.
• Song Zhou took a watermelon from the refrigerator and carried it with the fish box into his office.
• Song Zhou appeared on the field ridge as Lu Ao watered the vegetables.

Song Zhou visited Lu Ao, made rain over his fields, and shared a watermelon with him before Lu Ao began preparing a seafood hot pot. Song Zhou reflected on how losing all desire could eventually erase his consciousness, while the evening meal was still being prepared.

• Song Zhou brought Lu Ao a fish and a chilled watermelon, then made rain fall over Lu Ao's three mu of land when Lu Ao asked him to teach him.
• Song Zhou took Lu Ao back to his courtyard, where Lu Ao showered and Song Zhou cut the watermelon with wind blades.
• Lu Ao loved the watermelon so much that he saved its seeds, and Song Zhou offered to bring him more.
• Song Zhou thought about how becoming entirely free of desires could eventually leave no consciousness or Song Zhou behind.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou finished most of the watermelon together, then Lu Ao began simmering chicken and fish bones for seafood hot pot.

Lu Ao shared a hot pot meal with Song Zhou, then learned that Yan Zhengning wanted to befriend him and invited him on a yellow croaker fishing trip near Xiding City. Lu Ao declined the invitation, saying he wanted to go with friends instead.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou cooked and ate hot pot together, and Song Zhou agreed to teach Lu Ao how to make it rain the next afternoon.
• Lin Gongshang told Lu Ao that Shi Chen and Liu Qiming had recovered and that Yan Zhengning had asked about Lu Ao and wanted to be friends.
• Yan Zhengning invited Lu Ao to join his friend's fleet fishing for yellow croaker near Xiding City, but Lu Ao said he would consider it.
• After researching the trip and weighing the opportunity, Lu Ao called Yan Zhengning and declined, saying he wanted to go with friends.

Lu Ao arranged an offshore yellow croaker fishing trip in Xiding City with Lin Qi Yan and Lin Man Zhang, partnering with Tian Mingzhi and his friends. After they planned to leave the next day, Lu Ao tended his thriving crops and picked sweet potato vines for himself and the geese.

• Lu Ao called Tian Mingzhi, confirmed that his group had fishing licenses, and agreed to partner with them for an offshore yellow croaker trip.
• Lu Ao invited his fishing-group friends, but Lin Gongshang, Lin Guixiao, and Tan Junhao declined, while Lin Qi Yan and Lin Man Zhang agreed to go.
• Lu Ao and the others set their departure for June 21 and planned to return on the night of June 25 for Dragon Boat Festival.
• Lu Ao created a group chat for the trip’s participants, including Tian Mingzhi, Hu Xingjin, and Chen Shengrong.
• Lu Ao went to tend his vegetables and picked sweet potato vines to eat and feed to the geese.

Song Zhou taught Lu Ao to embrace his Dragon identity and explained how he might command creatures, while helping him practice calling rain. Lu Ao left for Xiding City with Lin Manzhang and Lin Qiyan to fish for wild Large Yellow Croakers, and the group boarded a boat before dawn.

• Song Zhou explained that Lu Ao needed to recognize himself as a Dragon and described how Dragons could command beasts and other living creatures.
• Song Zhou advised Lu Ao to practice communicating with nonhuman creatures, and he summoned a rainstorm over Lu Ao's fields.
• Lu Ao told Song Zhou he was going to Xiding City to fish for yellow croakers, and Song Zhou agreed to water his crops while he was away.
• Lu Ao traveled to Xiding City with Lin Manzhang and Lin Qiyan, where Tian Mingzhi and two others hosted them and planned the fishing trip.
• Before dawn, Lu Ao, Lin Manzhang, and Lin Qiyan met Tian Mingzhi and the others at the docks, accepted breakfast, and boarded the boat.

Lu Ao and the others went out by fishing boat to catch Large Yellow Croaker, but only Lu Ao consistently drew bites. After three hours, he had landed five fish, including three weighing over two jin, while Qi Yan caught one smaller croaker.

• The six boarded Chen Shengrong’s boat before dawn and traveled to a Large Yellow Croaker fishing spot.
• Lu Ao chose where to stop, and everyone chummed the water, baited their hooks, and began fishing.
• After the nearby boats struggled to catch anything, Lu Ao landed a Large Yellow Croaker weighing over two and a half jin.
• Lu Ao continued catching fish over the next two hours, while Qi Yan caught one croaker weighing around one jin and six or seven taels.
• By the end of three hours, Lu Ao had caught five fish, three of them weighing over two jin.

Hu Xingjin caught a Large Yellow Croaker just as the group was leaving, and he and Lin Qi Yan sold their fish for thousands of yuan. After celebrating over lunch, Lu Ao brought Lin Qi Yan and Lin Man Zhang home, where Lin Qi Yan was surprised by how warmly the neighbors treated Lu Ao.

• Hu Xingjin caught a Large Yellow Croaker weighing over two jin, prompting nearby anglers to return to fishing.
• Tian Mingzhi and the others returned to the dock and compared prices at fish shops.
• Lu Ao earned 10,230 yuan after taxes for his five Large Yellow Croaker, while Lin Qi Yan earned 1,155 yuan and Hu Xingjin earned 3,300 yuan.
• Hu Xingjin and Lin Qi Yan treated the group to a feast, and Lu Ao served his Black Seabream as an extra dish.
• Tian Mingzhi and the others bought more bait and hooks before heading home to rest.
• Lu Ao's neighbors warmly greeted him and offered him food and treats, surprising Lin Qi Yan.

Lu Ao led his friends to a productive fishing spot, and they earned good money selling their catches. On their third early-morning trip, Lu Ao hooked a Large Yellow Croaker far bigger than expected, and he called Lin Man Zhang to bring the landing net.

• Lu Ao directed Chen Shengrong to a less crowded fishing spot and chummed the water while the others prepared to fish.
• The group caught Large Yellow Croaker and other fish, with Lu Ao bringing in the largest haul and earning over twenty thousand yuan after taxes.
• After discussing their profits, the group decided to leave earlier the next day, and they continued making money on their second day at sea.
• On the third trip, the sleepy group fished in the dark while Lu Ao sensed Large Yellow Croaker near the boat.
• Lu Ao hooked a powerful Large Yellow Croaker and quietly asked Lin Man Zhang to get the landing net.