Chapter Summaries

Lu Ao and Song Zhou checked on the geese as a typhoon approached, and Lu Ao helped two weak goslings hatch. The next morning they traveled to Qianyong City to meet Huang Ningna, who had spent the night researching.

• Song Zhou asked Lu Ao about the Haining Mountain project, and Lu Ao said Old Chen had cleared the land and would oversee planting fruit trees after the typhoon.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou drove the restless geese to the river, where Lu Ao checked on two unhatched goslings and infused them with vitality.
• The two goslings hatched on the way home, and Lu Ao prepared food, water, and warm straw for them.
• The next morning, Lu Ao and Song Zhou traveled to Qianyong City and met Huang Ningna at a hotel.
• Lu Ao worried that Huang Ningna had overworked himself, but Huang Ningna said he had not stayed up very long.

As a fierce typhoon approached Qianming Waters, Huang Ningna worried that the newly planted Coral might not survive, while Lu Ao checked that his boat was safely docked. After sharing hotpot with Song Zhou, Lu Ao teleported with him to an island near the Coral planting area to inspect the sea, but Song Zhou distracted him with an intimate advance.

• Huang Ningna explained that he was worried the typhoon might uproot the newly planted Coral, and Lu Ao reassured him about the iron frames.
• Huang Ningna showed Lu Ao that his boat was securely docked in the inner harbor before returning to the hotel with the others.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou ate hotpot together as the typhoon grew stronger.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou teleported to a small island near the Coral planting area to look at the sea.
• Song Zhou touched and kissed Lu Ao as Lu Ao prepared to enter the water, and Lu Ao insisted they focus on business.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou waited out the storm, then dove beneath the rough sea to inspect the Coral. After finding nearly all of it thriving, Lu Ao returned to shore relieved that the reef would survive.

• Song Zhou laid his clothes on a boulder so Lu Ao could rest, then went to buy them noodles and water.
• After eating, Lu Ao rinsed himself in the rain, returned to his Dragon Form, and carried Song Zhou into the sea.
• Lu Ao swam with Song Zhou to the seabed despite the storm and checked the Coral.
• Lu Ao found nearly all the Coral healthy and feeding, with a survival rate close to one hundred percent.
• Lu Ao carried Song Zhou back to shore and said he believed the Coral would survive.

After blessing the Coral, Lu Ao returned home with Song Zhou and rested through the rainy evening. Once awake, he learned the Coral had survived the typhoon and considered a cosmetics company’s request to inspect the Giant Kelp.

• Lu Ao followed Song Zhou’s advice and offered the Coral a blessing before they headed home.
• Song Zhou checked that the geese and vegetable patch were safe, then let Lu Ao sleep while he read beside him.
• Lu Ao woke in the evening, ate dinner with Song Zhou, and replied to messages from his various groups.
• Lu Ao told the volunteer group that the Coral had survived and that the typhoon had done little harm.
• Xiang Xingchang asked whether Lu Ao would meet a UG representative interested in researching and cultivating Giant Kelp, and Lu Ao added the representative’s contact to consider the request.

Lu Ao agreed to take Xie Lingxun and six others out to sea for GT fishing after the typhoon passed, then spent the stormy days at home and gathering food from the mountain and sea. After the typhoon ended, he helped Lin Qiyan’s grandmother repair her roof and offered to find replacement tiles.

• Xie Lingxun asked Lu Ao to take seven people offshore after the typhoon, and Lu Ao agreed to arrange a suitable boat for a shorter trip.
• Lu Ao played games with Song Zhou before going to sleep, then went up Haining Mountain during the typhoon and gathered mushrooms.
• Lu Ao went into the sea in Dragon Form and brought home sea urchins, Mud Crabs, shrimp, a Giant Grouper, and three lobsters.
• Song Zhou told Lu Ao his worn T-shirt needed replacing and offered to have autumn and winter clothes delivered.
• After the typhoon passed, Lu Ao visited Lin Qiyan’s grandmother and patched the gaps in her storage-room roof with spare tiles.

Lu Ao arranged to repair Qi Yan's leaking roof and discussed renovating his own house with Lin Gongshang. He then organized a three-day fishing trip with Boss Chen, and the group set out for Deer Island despite warnings that its Giant Trevally were large and difficult to handle.

• Lu Ao declined the old man's offer to pay before the roof tiles were replaced and asked the fishing group for help finding tiles.
• Lin Gongshang brought Lu Ao leftover tiles and agreed to ask around about renovation costs and construction crews.
• Boss Chen agreed to take Lu Ao and seven others out to sea for three days, with Lu Ao covering the fuel costs.
• After Xie Lingxun coordinated with his friends, the group gathered at Qianyong Wharf on October 26 and boarded Boss Chen's boat.
• Lu Ao chose to head toward Deer Island to look for Giant Trevally, while Boss Chen warned that the fish there could be too powerful for the inexperienced anglers.

Xie Lingxun and his friends began lure fishing for Giant Trevally near Deer Island, and the fish quickly attacked their lures. Old Qian struggled to reel in his first large catch as the other anglers hooked fish too.

• Lu Ao and Xie Lingxun’s group arrived near Deer Island and started chumming for Giant Trevally.
• Xie Lingxun and his friends cast hard lures while Boss Chen steered the boat slowly.
• The Giant Trevally surfaced and chased the bait, and the anglers began twitching their lures to attract them.
• Old Qian hooked a large Giant Trevally, panicked, and let out line before trying to reel it toward the boat.
• Old Qian struggled against the fish as other anglers also began hooking large Giant Trevally.

Xie Lingxun’s group battled enormous Giant Trevally, while Lu Ao and the crew took over rods from anglers too exhausted to continue. The fish were gradually being worn down, and the remaining anglers kept fighting them from the deck.

• Xie Lingxun warned his companions to watch their limits as they hooked Giant Trevally one after another.
• Old Qian could no longer manage his fish, so Lu Ao took his rod, wore the Giant Trevally out, and then returned the rod for Old Qian to try again.
• Lu Ao checked the anglers and stood by while they struggled against the powerful fish, and Old Chen stopped the boat to keep it steady.
• A fat angler, Old Qian, and a thin young man asked Lu Ao to take over their rods when exhaustion overcame them.
• Old Chen took one rod and called for crewmen to help, and two crewmen took over rods from Old Qian and the thin young man.

The anglers struggled to land Giant Trevally, and Old Yu became the first to bring one aboard. After he released his fish, Lu Ao helped Old Qian free a fish he could not handle, while Xie Lingxun’s line snapped and sent him tumbling onto the deck.

• Old Yu landed a Giant Trevally with help from Boss Chen and the crew, then posed for photos with Lu Ao and Boss Chen before releasing the fish.
• Lu Ao secretly gave the Giant Trevally a trace of life force, and it swam away vigorously when Old Yu returned it to the sea.
• Old Qian asked Lu Ao to take over and cut the line so the Giant Trevally he could not reel in could escape.
• Xie Lingxun’s fishing line snapped, throwing him onto the deck, and he decided to rest before fishing again.

After the group rested from fishing, Lu Ao caught a crimson snapper for dinner and served it as sashimi. Inspired by the meal, Xie Lingxun and the others went back out to fish for crimson snapper, while Lu Ao watched and offered no useful advice beyond saying he had good luck.

• Lu Ao and the others stopped fishing for the night, and the group praised how thrilling and exhausting the day’s catch had been.
• Lu Ao baited a hook with a live shrimp, caught a crimson snapper, and had Boss Chen prepare it as sashimi.
• Xie Lingxun and the others enjoyed the fresh fish and decided to try catching crimson snapper themselves.
• Xie Lingxun asked Lu Ao to explain how he caught the fish, but Lu Ao said it came down to feel and good luck.

Lu Ao spent three days fishing offshore with Xie Lingxun and his wealthy friends, who revealed that anglers had begun worshipping him for luck. After returning to Qianyong City's harbor, Lu Ao declined a dinner invitation because Song Zhou had come to pick him up.

• Lu Ao learned that Xie Lingxun's group had sought him out after hearing about his fishing reputation and that some anglers prayed to him for luck.
• The group went fishing the next morning, and Xie Lingxun told Lu Ao he had prayed to catch a manageable-sized Giant Trevally.
• Lu Ao fished with the group for three days and helped each person catch a Giant Trevally and other valuable fish.
• Boss Chen and Lu Ao returned the boat to Qianyong City's harbor, where Xie Lingxun invited Lu Ao to dinner.
• Lu Ao declined and said his boyfriend would pick him up; Xie Lingxun spotted the tall figure waiting onshore and asked if he was really that handsome.

Lu Ao received an offer from UG Company to help search for Giant Kelp and grew uneasy when he learned people online were treating him as a source of good luck. Song Zhou reassured him that he would look into the attention as they headed home.

• A representative from UG Company invited Lu Ao to join a month-long search for Giant Kelp and promised to send permits and approval documents.
• Lu Ao agreed to review the documents and discuss the proposal by phone at nine that evening.
• Song Zhou met Lu Ao at the dock and noticed that he seemed troubled.
• Lu Ao told Song Zhou that people online had begun worshipping him for good luck and that UG Company wanted him along for the same reason.
• Song Zhou said he would ask around, and the two headed home to discuss the situation.

Lu Ao returned home with Song Zhou and weighed whether to hide online discussions about his abilities before agreeing to a new project with UG Company. The next morning, Lin Qiyan returned from the coral project after Professor Huang’s team merged with another group, leaving Lu Ao concerned that they might take credit for their work.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou teleported home, where Lu Ao relaxed and talked about online arguments over whether worshipping him brought good luck.
• Song Zhou offered to have Lu Ao’s name blocked from online searches, but Lu Ao chose to think it over.
• Lu Ao reviewed UG Company’s documents, agreed to its project, and finalized the contract after lengthy negotiations.
• After waking late the next morning, Lu Ao found Lin Qiyan at the door and learned that another team had joined Professor Huang’s coral project and no longer needed Lin Qiyan’s help.
• Lu Ao asked whether someone was stealing credit, but Lin Qiyan said he was unsure and had returned because Professor Huang told him to.

Lin Qiyan told Lu Ao that Professor Huang had found a new boat and asked whether he wanted to adopt an Alaskan Malamute puppy. After discussing it with Song Zhou, Lu Ao decided to take the male puppy.

• Lu Ao welcomed Lin Qiyan, then heard that Professor Huang had found a more suitable boat and wanted Lu Ao to take his boat back.
• Lin Qiyan asked Lu Ao whether he wanted to adopt one of his friend's two remaining Alaskan Malamute puppies.
• Lu Ao considered the space at home and the work involved, then decided to ask Song Zhou what he thought.
• Song Zhou agreed that they could get a dog and said they could communicate with it so it could take care of itself.
• Lu Ao showed Song Zhou photos of the puppies, and they chose the male.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou brought home a puppy they named Chubby, then Lu Ao set out with UG Company and the Southeast Shanning Research Institute to explore the Giant Kelp Sea. The chapter ended with Lu Ao diving in to join the research team.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou picked up a puppy, named it Chubby, and began walking it every night.
• Song Zhou packed Lu Ao’s things before Lu Ao left to work with UG Company, reminding him to bring his satellite phone.
• Lu Ao met Professor Huang in Qianyong City, then piloted his boat to join UG Company’s two boats.
• Lu Ao and the research group reached the Giant Kelp Sea after sailing nearly all day.
• Professor Zhou asked Lu Ao to dive with the researchers, and Lu Ao entered the sea after they went down first.

Lu Ao led Old Luo’s diving team through the Giant Kelp Sea, where they unexpectedly encountered a group of dugongs. After the divers surfaced and reported the rare sighting to Professor Zhou, Lu Ao stopped Old Luo from rushing after the dugongs without checking his equipment.

• Lu Ao led the divers down through the kelp forest as they collected kelp and took photographs.
• Lu Ao spotted a group of dugongs rising through the water, and Old Luo excitedly gestured to follow them upward.
• Lu Ao agreed to lead the divers back to the surface slowly from a depth of over forty meters.
• Old Luo told Professor Zhou that they had seen dugongs, and Zhou urged the group not to bring the boat closer.
• The dugongs surfaced to breathe and then began diving again, but Lu Ao grabbed Old Luo before he could chase them and told him to check his equipment and air tank.

Lu Ao's team observed Dugongs and Manatees on the seabed, and Lu Ao reported the discovery to the Qianyong City Maritime Shipping Public Security Bureau. The group spent the night at sea, with Old Luo excitedly publicizing the find while Lu Ao refused to dive again in the dark.

• Lu Ao checked the divers' equipment, sent two people with faulty gear back to the boats, and led the rest underwater to observe the Dugongs.
• As darkness fell, Lu Ao gestured for the team to return to the boats and continue observing the animals the next day.
• Old Luo and Professor Zhou discussed studying the Dugongs' relationship with Giant Kelp while the team reviewed their photographs.
• Lu Ao called the Qianyong City Maritime Shipping Public Security Bureau and reported sightings of Dugongs and Manatees.
• Lu Ao refused Old Luo's requests to search underwater with flashlights, insisting they wait for daylight.
• During the night at sea, Old Luo called his company to publicize the discovery and repeatedly heard suggestions to dive again.

Lu Ao kept Old Luo from entering the water while they awaited authorities, then led a diving group to verify the dugongs and manatees near the Giant Kelp Sea. The group entered the water after seven in the morning to search for the animals.

• Lu Ao watched Old Luo through the night, preventing him from approaching the manatees, and called Song Zhou to cancel their planned date.
• The Qianyong City Maritime Shipping Public Security Bureau and Fisheries Bureau personnel arrived aboard an enforcement vessel, and Lu Ao confirmed he had seen dugongs and manatees.
• Old Luo invited the officials onto his boat and hoped to coordinate a publicity plan, but their attention shifted to Lu Ao's offer to lead a survey dive.
• Lu Ao checked the divers' equipment and warned them not to disturb the dugongs as ten people prepared to search underwater.
• Lu Ao led the group into the sea after seven in the morning.

Lu Ao led Old Luo, Little Wei, and the others through underwater Giant Kelp to find a herd of Dugongs grazing on seagrass. After observing them at a depth of 67.2 meters, the group chose to stay underwater, and Lu Ao signaled for them to follow him onward.

• Lu Ao guided the group past Giant Kelp while collecting samples as the others filmed fish and their surroundings.
• Lu Ao led them to the seabed, then through a kelp patch, where they found roughly seventeen Dugongs grazing.
• Old Luo, Little Wei, and the others filmed the Dugongs and observed that they mainly ate seagrass rather than Giant Kelp.
• When Old Ma asked whether to surface or stay, nearly everyone chose to remain and continue watching the herd.
• Lu Ao checked their depth and air supply, then gestured for the group to follow him.

Lu Ao led the UG Company crew to a group of Manatees and Dugongs, confirming the animals’ presence and collecting samples for the company. After the Fisheries Bureau took over the area, the crew returned to Qianyong City, where reporters crowded around Lu Ao to ask about the discovery.

• Lu Ao guided Old Luo, Little Du, and the others to six Manatees, and they filmed the animals while keeping their distance.
• After the crew surfaced, Zhou Mingyi reviewed the footage, and Old Ma thanked Lu Ao before reporting the Manatee and Dugong discovery to the Fisheries Bureau.
• Lu Ao led another dive to find the animals again and collect samples, which he handed over to UG Company.
• UG Company sent Lu Ao and the crew back to Qianyong City with their samples after the Fisheries Bureau took over the sea area.
• Reporters surrounded Lu Ao when he disembarked and demanded interviews about finding the Manatees and Dugongs.