Chapter Summaries

Lu Ao shared a satisfying eel dinner and spirit wine with Song Zhou, who promised to return the next day. The following morning, Lu Ao caught few fish, then agreed to join Lin Gongshang and the others on a fishing trip near West Wind Island.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou ate eel rice and drank spirit wine together, and Song Zhou promised to return tomorrow to teach Lu Ao how to make it rain.
• After Song Zhou left, Lu Ao felt relaxed for the first time in a long while and went to bed.
• Lu Ao caught a Giant Red Grouper, a Black Seabream, and a Golden Drum Fish, then took his geese to forage along the shore where he had found the giant eel.
• Lin Gongshang invited Lu Ao to fish near West Wind Island, and Lu Ao agreed to join the group if they found a boat.

Lu Ao continued foraging along the shore with his geese and invited Lin Qi Yan to join him. Lin Qi Yan learned that Lu Ao liked men, but Lu Ao warned him not to pursue his friend, and they continued searching for seafood.

• Lu Ao discussed renting and buying fishing boats with Lin Man Zhang, who advised him to get a Certificate of Competency and offered to find a training institution.
• Lin Qi Yan messaged Lu Ao, then rode his motorcycle to join him at the reef area upstream from the village.
• Lu Ao searched for seafood by sensing nearby creatures while his geese followed him and caught fish and shrimp.
• Lin Qi Yan found Mud Crabs, snails, and an Eight-Claw fish, then asked Lu Ao whether he was dating his friend and whether the friend liked men.
• Lu Ao told Lin Qi Yan not to pursue his friend, confirmed that he liked men, and then continued foraging with him.

Lu Ao caught a huge Ornate Spiny Lobster, and Qi Yan excitedly shared photos of it with friends and a hotel owner. Lu Ao refused a buyer’s offer of at least fifty thousand yuan, deciding to save the lobster to eat with Song Zhou.

• Lu Ao pulled a huge Ornate Spiny Lobster from beneath the rocks, and Qi Yan took photos of it.
• Qi Yan posted the photos in a group chat and on his Moments, drawing shocked reactions and an offer from a hotel owner to buy the lobster.
• Qi Yan told Lu Ao that the owner offered at least fifty thousand yuan, but Lu Ao said he would not sell it and would eat it himself.
• Lu Ao remembered promising to save a good catch to eat with Song Zhou, while Qi Yan told the owner the lobster was not for sale.
• Lin Guixiao reminded the group that Lu Ao had recently sold a cucumber for hundreds of thousands of yuan, prompting the others to exclaim in surprise.

Lu Ao prepared seafood egg fried rice, then decided to plant watermelon seeds from a gift Song Zhou had given him. He began clearing an overgrown field on the back mountain, where an elderly neighbor warned him the land would be difficult to till.

• Lu Ao sent several red packets to the group chat, then brought his gathered seafood home and cooked a large plate of seafood egg fried rice.
• After heavy rain and a nap, Lu Ao decided to plant some of the seeds he had saved from Song Zhou's watermelon.
• Lu Ao carried his seeds and tools to his family's field on the back mountain, beside a stream, and found it overgrown with weeds and shrubs.
• Wang Huaiying offered Lu Ao another field and warned him that the planting season had passed and his plot's compacted soil would be hard to reclaim.
• Lu Ao declined Wang Huaiying's help and said he would clear the land himself; she suggested using herbicide to kill the weeds.

Lu Ao sought Song Zhou’s help reclaiming his family’s overgrown mountain field for watermelon planting, and Song Zhou used his abilities to clear and prepare the land. After they planted the seeds, Song Zhou explained why Lu Ao had been catching unusually large fish.

• An old farmer warned Lu Ao that pulling weeds would leave seeds in the soil and advised him to use herbicide or plant in a lower field, but Lu Ao decided to try reclaiming the mountain plot.
• Lu Ao asked Song Zhou to help clear the weeds, and Song Zhou arrived while Lu Ao was resting beneath the family’s old ginkgo tree.
• Song Zhou burned the weeds to ash without harming the ginkgo, loosened the soil, and brought rain to water the field.
• Lu Ao raised ridges and planted watermelon seeds with Song Zhou’s help, then asked whether he could learn to use similar abilities.
• Lu Ao showed Song Zhou a large Ornate Spiny Lobster he had caught, and Song Zhou said marine creatures were drawn to Lu Ao because he was the last dragon in the plane.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou prepared several lobster dishes for dinner, but their meal was interrupted when the Qianyong City Maritime Shipping Public Security Bureau called Lu Ao about a fatal maritime collision. The chapter ended as the officer began explaining the accident and its casualties.

• Lu Ao asked Song Zhou whether his dragon body’s closeness could attract dangerous sea creatures, and Song Zhou said it was too small to attract huge ones for now.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou prepared lobster sashimi, butter-seared lobster, and lobster noodles.
• As they were about to eat, Lu Ao received a call from the Qianyong City Maritime Shipping Public Security Bureau.
• The officer told Lu Ao that two vessels had collided in Qianming waters on June 18, killing thirteen people and injuring twenty-one.

Lu Ao was asked by the police to help recover an important laptop from a sunken passenger vessel and considered whether to accept. Song Zhou explained that Lu Ao could help without concern because his ties to humanity were already deep.

• A police officer invited Lu Ao to join an urgent underwater recovery operation, offering to cover his expenses and pay him five hundred a day.
• Captain Old Zhang defended the decision to recruit Lu Ao after Little Du doubted that he could find a laptop on the seabed, and Old Gao pointed to Lu Ao’s remarkable catches and luck.
• Lu Ao discussed the invitation with Song Zhou over lobster sashimi and said he felt he should help with a matter involving national interests.
• Song Zhou explained that his organization generally did not intervene in human affairs, but Lu Ao could because he already had deep ties with humanity.

Lu Ao agreed to help with a police salvage operation and left Song Zhou to care for his home and geese. After arriving at the Qianyong City Maritime Public Security Bureau past midnight, he learned the team would head to the accident site at six-thirty the next morning.

• Lu Ao accepted Little Du's request to join the salvage operation, which was expected to take three days to a week.
• Song Zhou agreed to water Lu Ao's vegetables and care for his geese while he was away.
• Lu Ao packed his diving equipment, handed Song Zhou the house keys, and left with Old Xu for Qianyong City.
• Old Xu brought Lu Ao to the Maritime Public Security Bureau, where Captain Old Zhang welcomed him and explained they needed to salvage an important computer.
• Captain Old Zhang told Lu Ao the team would leave for the accident site at six-thirty the next morning.

Lu Ao checked into the Public Security Bureau’s guesthouse before heading out for a late-night meal, where he ran into Little Du. The food arrived as Little Du began to realize just how large Lu Ao’s appetite was.

• Old Zhang asked Little Du to take Lu Ao to the guesthouse, and Little Du drove him there.
• Lu Ao checked in, asked the receptionist about nearby food, and added her on WeChat.
• Lu Ao found Little Du eating at the recommended food stall and explained that he had come out because he was hungry.
• Little Du invited Lu Ao to share his table, but Lu Ao ordered more than a dozen dishes for himself.
• Little Du watched in disbelief as the server brought over a fragrant grilled pig trotter.

Lu Ao enjoyed a lavish late-night meal with Little Du, then confirmed the payment for the Large Yellow Croaker and exchanged goodnight messages with Song Zhou. The next morning, he reported to the Public Security Bureau and joined the diving team for another attempt to salvage the wreck.

• Lu Ao sent Song Zhou photos and a video of his food, then ate almost the entire table while Little Du watched in astonishment.
• Lu Ao paid the bill, and Little Du offered to bring him rice noodles for breakfast the next day.
• Lu Ao checked the deposit from selling the Large Yellow Croaker and messaged Weng Qian to confirm he had received it.
• Lu Ao exchanged messages with Song Zhou before returning to the guesthouse and going to sleep.
• Lu Ao arrived at the Public Security Bureau the next morning, where Little Du introduced him to the diving team.
• Old Zhang reviewed the salvage precautions, and Lu Ao listened attentively while the experienced divers treated the briefing as a formality.

Lu Ao joined Captain Wen’s diving team to search the seabed for a missing computer, while Little Du brought him breakfast. Their search turned up only trash before Captain Wen developed an urgent stomach problem underwater.

• Old Zhang introduced Lu Ao to Captain Wen, who told him to stay close and prioritize safety.
• Little Du gave Lu Ao five portions of rice noodles, and Lu Ao ate them all on the boat.
• The five boats spread across the target waters, and Lu Ao and Captain Wen began searching the seabed with metal detectors.
• Lu Ao collected human-made debris as the pair searched, but they found no sign of the computer.
• Lu Ao and Captain Wen noticed a teammate taking off his pants beside a reef, then Captain Wen signaled for a safety stop because he also had diarrhea.
• Captain Wen hurried to a reef, removed his weights, and began taking off his buoyancy control vest.

Lu Ao endured an awkward underwater bathroom break by the diving team, then chose to search a distant part of the sea for the missing laptop. After an hour without results, Little Shan challenged his insistence that the laptop was nearby.

• Lu Ao moved away while Old Wen and the others relieved themselves underwater, then surfaced far from them and accepted their apologies.
• After resting, Lu Ao refused to continue searching the same stretch and asked Little Du to take the boat southwest to the outer edge of the search range.
• Lu Ao and Little Shan searched the seabed for an hour but found nothing.
• Little Shan urged Lu Ao to return to the planned search area, but Lu Ao insisted the laptop should be nearby because it was heavy.

Lu Ao continued searching the nearby waters despite the diving team's doubts and found the laptop the police were looking for. Old Zhang and the others learned of the discovery and prepared to meet the team at the dock.

• Old Gao decided the team would search nearby that morning, and Lu Ao continued diving after changing his air tank.
• After insisting on searching nearby that afternoon, Lu Ao found a heavy laptop buried in the mud and put it in his fish basket.
• Lu Ao surfaced with Little Shan and handed the laptop to Little Du, who was stunned by the discovery.
• Old Gao identified the laptop as the one they sought, and Little Du called Old Zhang to report that Lu Ao had found it.
• Old Zhang told the team to return immediately, and Little Du notified the other teams that they could head back.

After recovering a missing computer from underwater, Lu Ao finished his reports and answered questions despite his exhaustion. Song Zhou took him home to Lu Family Village to rest, and Lu Ao woke there the next morning.

• Old Gao brought the recovered laptop to the dock, where Old Zhang and the experts confirmed it belonged to them.
• Lu Ao wrote the paperwork at the police station and answered questions from experts who arrived by helicopter.
• Song Zhou messaged Lu Ao about his exhausting day, then appeared at the guesthouse and offered to take him home.
• Song Zhou brought Lu Ao to his home in Lu Family Village, where Lu Ao fell asleep and invited Song Zhou to stay in the guest room.
• Lu Ao woke the next morning to bright sunlight and birdsong.

Lu Ao spent the morning with Song Zhou before returning to the Qianyong City Maritime Shipping Public Security Bureau to finish the paperwork for the recovered computer. The bureau planned to pay him a reward and host a dinner in his honor, while Lu Ao arranged to meet Song Zhou again that night.

• Lu Ao woke at Song Zhou's home, postponed returning to the guesthouse, and ate breakfast with him.
• Song Zhou suggested that Lu Ao's Dragon Form might have grown, and Lu Ao decided they would check it in the sea after his bureau business was settled.
• Song Zhou drove Lu Ao back to the guesthouse, and they agreed to meet for a late-night snack after Song Zhou finished work.
• Lu Ao went to the public security bureau, where Little Du said the experts were completing their final confirmation of the recovered computer and the bureau planned to pay Lu Ao and give him a bonus.
• Old Gao thanked Lu Ao for helping end the bureau's overtime work, invited him to dinner, and exchanged contact information with him and Little Du.

Lu Ao asked Old Gao and Little Du to help him obtain his Fisheries Qualification Certificate and find a suitable fishing boat. After reviewing the judicial auction listings, he settled on Qianming Fishing Vessel No. 0356, a well-maintained boat with a starting price of three hundred thousand.

• Old Gao checked the internal system and found that Lu Ao's Fisheries Qualification Certificate had passed review and was awaiting distribution.
• Lu Ao discussed his plans to fish at sea and his requirements for a boat with Little Du, explaining that he wanted a small or medium vessel for under eight hundred thousand.
• Little Du and Old Gao showed Lu Ao judicial auction listings and offered to point him toward promising boats.
• Lu Ao reviewed the listings and chose Qianming Fishing Vessel No. 0356, which Little Du said had been well maintained despite its ordinary appearance.

After the police finished questioning Lu Ao, he left the station and met Song Zhou for dinner before heading to the docks to inspect a judicial auction vessel. They found the rusted Qianming Fishing Vessel No. 0356, and the chapter ended with them looking over its cluttered interior through the windows.

• Lu Ao signed the final report, answered the experts’ questions, and was allowed to leave the police station.
• Lu Ao packed his belongings at the guesthouse, where Song Zhou met him after work.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou ate grilled pork trotters at Lu Ao’s favorite food stall.
• Lu Ao suggested that they inspect a judicial auction vessel at the docks, and Song Zhou went with him.
• Lu Ao found Qianming Fishing Vessel No. 0356 and saw that it was rusty, poorly maintained, and cluttered inside.

Lu Ao considered buying a neglected fishing boat at auction and arranged for Little Wen to inspect it. Little Wen began examining the boat while Lu Ao and Song Zhou waited nearby.

• Lu Ao called Lin Man Zhang to ask about the auction boat, and Lin Man Zhang said its low price could make it worthwhile if the listing was accurate.
• Lu Ao asked Little Du to introduce him to Old Wen's engineer brother, and Little Du arranged for Little Wen to inspect the boat that evening.
• Little Du brought the boat keys, and Little Wen entered the cabin and began recording details as he examined the vessel.
• Little Du chatted with Lu Ao and Song Zhou, learning that Song Zhou had traveled to New Luzhou to have a meal with Lu Ao.

Lu Ao bought a boat at auction and returned home with Song Zhou, arranging another rainmaking lesson for the next day. After stocking up on meat and tending his geese, he brought them to forage by the shore, where he encountered Lin Qiyan and Lin Gongshang searching the shallows.

• Little Wen recommended that Lu Ao buy the boat and offered to have Qinyin Shipyard overhaul and modify it.
• Lu Ao inspected the boat, paid the deposit, and returned home with Song Zhou, who had his subordinates forge a travel record for him.
• Lu Ao asked Song Zhou to continue teaching him rainmaking the next afternoon, and Song Zhou agreed to come at five.
• Lu Ao drove to town to buy a butchered sheep and twenty pounds of pork, then portioned and froze the meat at home.
• Lu Ao checked on his geese, led them out to forage by the shore, and found Lin Qiyan and Lin Gongshang searching there.

Lu Ao finished his short private job and learned that Manager Shen from the Jiacheng Grand Hotel had been asking where to find him. He went tidepooling with Lin Qiyan and made a bet over whose catch would weigh more, which remained undecided when Lu Ao turned over a huge rock.

• Lu Ao told Lin Gongshang and Lin Qiyan that his private job was finished, and Lin Gongshang said Manager Shen had asked Zhang Ge where Lu Ao was.
• Lu Ao and Lin Qiyan went tidepooling, and Lin Qiyan challenged him to a bet: the loser would work for the winner for two hours.
• The two switched sides and continued searching, with Lin Qiyan gathering many snails while Lu Ao caught a large Eight-Claw and two sizable Mud Crabs.
• Near the end of the shallows, Lin Qiyan believed his heavier bucket of snails and crabs had put him ahead.
• Lu Ao walked to a large reef and flipped over a massive rock as Lin Qiyan filmed him.