Recaps

Lu Ao and Song Zhou built up their Marine Ranch, welcomed a pod of dolphins, and drew growing interest from visitors and Weng Qian. After Weng Qian abandoned his hotel investment, Lu Ao decided to develop a nearby island as a vacation retreat with a private area for himself and Song Zhou.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou bought young marine stock from Old Xu and deployed 512 Artificial Fish Reefs off Chongxin Village.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou planted Kelp, Wakame, and Laver on the reefs, then used life force to protect the seaweed during a storm.
• Lu Ao released Sea Cucumbers, Abalones, Ornate Spiny Lobsters, and prawns into the Marine Ranch, where he and Song Zhou treated an injured dolphin and welcomed its pod.
• Lu Ao named the dolphins, including Aduo and Ada, as the pod settled near the ranch and visitors began coming to Chongxin Village.
• Lu Ao rejected Weng Qian’s proposal to build a hotel in the village and instead showed him a nearby island with a beach and natural hot spring.
• Weng Qian was chased by Lu Ao’s Lionhead Geese, then praised the goose at dinner and failed to persuade Lu Ao to sell him any.
• Lu Ao declined Weng Qian’s kelp supply proposal, and Weng Qian decided not to invest in a hotel because of the risks and lack of family support.
• Lu Ao told Weng Qian and Song Zhou that he wanted a vacation island for himself and Song Zhou, and decided to lease part of it to visitors while keeping a private area.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou protected the Marine Ranch, rescued sick marine animals, and developed plans for a hotel and a shared voyage. As Lu Ao and Lin Qiyan hauled in their nets, Lu Ao and Song Zhou also began considering whether to raise a child from the Dragon Clan’s eggs.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou foiled a Dolphin-poaching operation, freed the Dolphins, and helped the Coast Guard arrest the poachers.
• Lu Ao showed Huang Ningna the thriving Marine Ranch, then arranged to buy sick Dolphins, an Orca, and Belugas from a New Luzhou zoo and brought them to Luo to recover.
• Lu Ao and Feng Jinhao discussed trading Coconut Crab fry for Lionhead Goose goslings, but their negotiations failed.
• Lu Ao bought Giant Grouper fingerlings and Coconut Crab juveniles while he and Song Zhou considered how to proceed with their island hotel project.
• Lu Ao drove off Giant Trevally stealing fish from the Marine Ranch, sold two to Weng Qian, and shared the rest with Lin Qiyan and Song Zhou.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou agreed to join a fleet voyage around the Northern Hemisphere, while Lu Ao arranged to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival with Song Zhou.
• After Lin Qiyan asked about raising a child, Lu Ao discussed adoption with Song Zhou, who told him that dragon eggs remained buried in the sea and might hatch into new kin.
• Lu Ao and Lin Qiyan hauled up a male Anglerfish, and Lu Ao decided to take it home for a Festival of Health meal.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou sailed with the fleet, discovered a fortune in underwater gold, and stopped a shark-poaching operation before continuing toward Delion Island. There, Lu Ao found a Dragon Egg that bonded with him, and the pair arrived with plans to raise it.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou joined the fleet’s search for Killer Crabs, found a dangerous cave, and caught several crabs before exploring deeper waters alone.
• Lu Ao discovered a large cache of gold nuggets underwater, and Song Zhou stored them while Lu Ao planned how the money could support their future ventures.
• The fleet encountered shark poachers killing sharks, and Lu Ao and Song Zhou secretly took the poachers’ weapons and treasure before disabling their ships and contacting Interpol.
• You Li reported that the recovered haul included thousands of collectibles and sold three gold nuggets for more than twenty million yuan, while Lu Ao agreed to sell a painting and considered funding marine conservation.
• Near an island, Lu Ao and Song Zhou encountered Marine Iguanas guarding their eggs, and Lu Ao shrank into a tiny Dragon Form as he responded to a call from the shore.
• Lu Ao found a radiant Dragon Egg that jumped into his hands, then fed it life force and decided with Song Zhou that they would raise it rather than leave it at the regulatory agency.
• Lu Ao prepared for the Dragon Egg’s birth, and he and Song Zhou carried it ashore at Delion Island, where a marine conservation organization invited Lu Ao to a banquet.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou welcomed Lu Xihou, raised him during their voyage through Arctic waters, and returned home to find their Marine Ranch flourishing. The arc ended as they set out across the underwater tunnel for their wedding on the island.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou took the Dragon egg to the Marine Ranch, where it played with Orcas and Dolphins before Lu Ao left it with You Li during a charity event.
• At a beach, Lu Ao learned that a Blue Whale had died with its stomach and esophagus packed with plastic and fishing nets, and the Dragon egg began to crack.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou watched over the egg for days until Little Dragon hatched, then named him Lu Xihou and cared for him with Ye Si’s guidance.
• During their voyage north, Lu Xihou flew to meet a Polar Bear cub, played with polar bears and a Sperm Whale, and began eating fish after Ye Si confirmed his development was normal.
• After floating ice stranded Old Dai’s fleet, Lu Ao and Song Zhou visited a local settlement, bought furs and clothes for Lu Xihou, and continued their voyage once the fleet remained behind for repairs.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou kept Lu Xihou away from a jellyfish bloom, then watched him discover baby sea turtles and alert them when one swallowed plastic.
• Back home, Lu Ao reunited with Chubby and took Weng Qian to inspect the thriving Marine Ranch, where Weng Qian asked to discuss an exclusive seafood contract.
• On the night before their wedding, Lu Ao and Song Zhou celebrated with friends, then set out for the island wedding platform as Lu Xihou prepared to be their flower boy.