Vol. 1Dragon, Sea, and Orchard

Lu Ao built a life in his hometown through fishing, befriended Song Zhou, and helped authorities recover a laptop and stop foreign researchers from taking a protected fish. After returning home, he bought Old Chen’s fruit trees and began planning where to plant them.

  • Lu Ao escaped debt collectors, awakened in a dragon-like body, and returned to his hometown, where he began fishing and caught a Giant Grouper.
  • Song Zhou identified Lu Ao as an A-class dangerous individual and registered him with the Agency, while Lu Ao chose to avoid close involvement.
  • Lu Ao planted vegetables, raised geese, and grew closer to Song Zhou, who helped tend his fields and explained the Bureau’s monitoring of flagged people.
  • Lu Ao joined Tian Mingzhi’s group on offshore trips, led them to profitable fishing grounds, and hooked a powerful fish on their third outing.
  • Lu Ao sold a rare Large Yellow Croaker for 950,000 yuan, donated 100,000 yuan to Hope Primary Schools, and released 10,000 fry with his friends.
  • Lu Ao found the laptop the bureau sought after a fatal collision, and experts confirmed the recovery before Song Zhou took him home to rest.
  • Lu Ao joined Shen Mingquan’s expedition, protected an endangered Spear-tail Fish from foreign researchers, and helped Chinese authorities arrest their crew.
  • Lu Ao bought all sixty-four of Old Chen’s fruit trees and transferred 332,500 yuan, while Lin Dawu suggested leasing a mountain for planting them.
Chapters 1–100 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1Lu Ao’s Dragon Awakening

After escaping debt collectors and waking in a dragon-like body, Lu Ao returned to his hometown and built a life through fishing. His giant grouper catch drew the attention of the Anomalous Personnel Affairs Regulatory Agency, while he chose to keep his distance from the organization.

  • Lu Ao escaped the debt collectors by jumping into the river, was swept out to sea, and woke on a deserted island in a nonhuman body.
  • Tian Mingzhi, Chen Shengrong, and Hu Xingjin found Lu Ao on the island and took him back to the city, where he reunited with Ge Ranzhou and learned the attackers had been arrested.
  • Lu Ao fished with Tian Mingzhi and the others, then returned to his hometown and began spearfishing, where his green eyes and fading presence helped him catch seven large Big Red Snappers.
  • Lu Ao sold the red groupers through Niu Deyu and later caught an enormous Giant Grouper, transforming into a lizard while fighting it underwater before hauling it ashore.
  • Niu Deyu arranged the sale of Lu Ao’s Giant Grouper to Jiacheng Grand Hotel for 16,880 yuan before tax, and Lu Ao collected his new tricycle.
  • Song Zhou identified Lu Ao as an A-class dangerous individual, explained that he had fused with a Young Dragon, registered Lu Ao with the Agency, and took a blood sample.
  • Lu Ao transformed into a small Chinese Dragon, read the Agency forum, and continued fishing and preparing for life in his hometown while avoiding close involvement with the organization.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2Fields, Friends, and Yellow Croaker

Lu Ao planted vegetables, raised geese, and built friendships through fishing while Song Zhou helped him tend his land and revealed more about his nature. After arranging an offshore trip with friends, Lu Ao led the group to profitable fishing grounds and hooked a powerful Large Yellow Croaker on their third outing.

  • Ye Zhiying delivered seedlings to Lu Ao, who planted them with help and advice from Lin Gongshang before joining him squid fishing and later catching eels and Mud Crabs with the village group.
  • Lu Ao found a valuable Butter Crab among his catch, sold his crabs for 2,695 yuan, rejected a paid guiding job, and bought fifty-one goslings to raise for manure.
  • Song Zhou visited Lu Ao, treated his fields by nourishing the crops and making rain, and helped Lu Ao arrange emergency helicopter transport for Shi Chen and Liu Qiming after they developed a likely marine bacterial infection.
  • Song Zhou explained that the Abnormal Human Affairs Supervision Bureau monitored flagged people like Lu Ao, then helped him with his fields and shared watermelon and hot pot with him.
  • After Shi Chen and Liu Qiming recovered, Lu Ao declined Yan Zhengning’s invitation and instead partnered with Tian Mingzhi’s group for an offshore yellow croaker trip with Lin Qi Yan and Lin Man Zhang.
  • Lu Ao and his companions caught Large Yellow Croaker near Xiding City, sold their catches for thousands of yuan, and celebrated with a feast before setting out again.
  • Lu Ao led the group to less crowded fishing grounds, where they caught a large haul over successive days, and quietly asked Lin Man Zhang for the landing net after hooking a powerful fish on their third outing.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read

Arc 3From Sea Bounty to Salvage

Lu Ao sold a rare fish, returned to village life with Song Zhou, and joined a maritime recovery operation after a fatal collision. He found the computer the bureau sought and prepared to return home after the experts confirmed its recovery.

  • Lu Ao caught an eight-jin Large Yellow Croaker, sold it to Weng Qian for 950,000 yuan, and donated 100,000 yuan to Hope Primary Schools.
  • Lu Ao released 10,000 Large Yellow Croaker fry with his friends, then returned to the village and spent time with Song Zhou.
  • Lu Ao and Song Zhou caught a giant eel and made eel rice, while Lu Ao continued gathering seafood and planted watermelon seeds with Song Zhou’s help.
  • After learning that a collision had killed thirteen people, Lu Ao accepted the Maritime Public Security Bureau’s request to help recover an important computer.
  • Lu Ao joined the diving team’s search, rejected the planned search area, and found the laptop buried in mud.
  • The bureau and experts confirmed the recovered laptop belonged to them, and Song Zhou took Lu Ao home to rest.
  • Lu Ao returned to the bureau, where Old Gao thanked him and said the bureau planned to pay him and give him a bonus.
Chapters 51–7525 summaries Read

Arc 4The Expedition and the Orchard

Lu Ao bought a fishing boat, protected an endangered Spear-tail Fish from foreign researchers, and returned home after helping authorities arrest the poachers. He then bought Old Chen’s fruit trees and arranged to find land for planting them.

  • Lu Ao chose Qianming Fishing Vessel No. 0356 at auction, and Little Wen recommended buying and overhauling it.
  • Lu Ao practiced his Dragon Form with Song Zhou, then accepted Shen Mingquan’s weeklong research expedition after agreeing on his pay and arrangements at home.
  • Lu Ao joined the Xiwan Passenger No. 00265 expedition, identified a protected Spear-tail Fish, and disabled his cameras to conceal its location.
  • Kim and the foreign researchers planned to capture the fish, so Lu Ao reported them to maritime police while Xiang Xingchang and the divers challenged their actions.
  • Lu Ao used mist to stop the researchers from transferring their catch, then helped Chinese authorities locate the armed vessel and arrest its crew.
  • After returning to shore, Lu Ao reunited with Song Zhou, tended to his geese, and went with Lin Dawu and Lin Qiyan to inspect Old Chen’s orchard.
  • Lu Ao agreed to buy all sixty-four of Old Chen’s fruit trees and transferred 332,500 yuan, while Lin Dawu suggested leasing a mountain for planting them.
Chapters 76–10025 summaries Read
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