Chapter Summaries

Su Ming and Zijin uncovered the history of Zijin’s imprisonment, restored the White Triangle’s propulsion, and began assembling a heavy gun. When Beianqi asked them to tow the damaged Five Fangs before an approaching storm, they set out to help and prepared to meet its crew.

• Zijin revealed that she was the bone dragon at the White Triangle’s core and explained how Russell and Galio had sealed her with Eternal Darkness Brand; she later killed Russell but remained imprisoned by Galio.
• Su Ming cast Comprehend Languages on Zijin, helping her understand written English, and promised to send her physiology books.
• Su Ming and Zijin repaired the White Triangle’s propulsion and assembled most of a Mark 71 heavy gun, but realized they needed a professional gunnery expert to determine how to use it safely.
• Zijin contacted Beianqi, who requested help towing the damaged Five Fangs to shelter for twenty thousand gold coins before a storm arrived.
• Su Ming and Zijin sailed north and found the Five Fangs beside the cargo ship Molten Iron Mountain Range, whose crew was holding a funeral; they prepared to board, and Zijin caught Su Ming after he mentioned owning women’s clothes.

Su Ming and Zijin visited the Molten Iron Mountain Range to attend a funeral and met Beianqi, a wounded mechanic aboard the ship. After seeing the many dead and hearing how the revived crew had left final messages for their families, Su Ming and Zijin considered how to recruit Beianqi while keeping their own troubles hidden.

• Su Ming and Zijin made a bouquet of ice flowers to bring to the funeral.
• Zijin brought Su Ming aboard the Molten Iron Mountain Range, where Beianqi and Captain Hake Copperhammer welcomed them.
• Zijin learned from Hake that Hodel had died a year earlier.
• Su Ming and Zijin discussed secretly hiring Beianqi to investigate the sea monster incident, then asked her to show them around the deck.
• Su Ming saw more than a hundred bodies laid out for the funeral, including crew members whose remains he had destroyed after they became zombies.
• Beianqi thanked Su Ming for reviving the crew, and Zijin suddenly moved close to her.

Su Ming and Zijin recruited Beianqi to join their investigation into the sea monsters and pirates, then left with her aboard the White Triangle while towing the Five Fangs. The chapter ended with Su Ming discovering that Beianqi's injured wrist was still badly swollen and bleeding.

• Zijin asked Beianqi to join Su Ming and her at sea, and Beianqi agreed after consulting Captain Copper Hammer.
• Beianqi learned that a storm was approaching, said a brief prayer for the dead, and left the Molten Iron Mountain Range with Su Ming and Zijin.
• Su Ming guided the White Triangle as it took the Five Fangs in tow, while Beianqi coordinated the cables and Zijin strengthened them with magic.
• Su Ming showed Beianqi her room and allowed her access to most of the ship, provided she signed a divine magic contract to keep its secrets.
• Su Ming treated Beianqi's wounded wrist and learned that its swelling had to subside before water magic could safely speed its healing.

Su Ming treated Beianqi’s injured wrist aboard the ship, then shared a meal with her while she recovered. Their conversation turned to the 203 mm cannon, and Beianqi warned that Su Ming’s proposed charge would make the barrel explode after only a few shots.

• Su Ming consulted a doctor, had Miao Xin scout the Portsmouth museum’s defenses and airport route, and told her they planned to steal the entire museum.
• Beianqi used a Paralysis Spell while Su Ming cleaned and disinfected her wrist, then treated it with medicine, a cold compress, and a bandage.
• Su Ming checked the tow and prepared lunch for Zijin and Beianqi while the ships continued toward Willow Leaf Island.
• Su Ming helped Beianqi eat because her injured wrist and IV made it difficult for her to use utensils.
• Beianqi agreed to help install the cannon, but warned Su Ming that forty kilograms of alchemical propellant would likely make its barrel crack and explode after a few shots.

Su Ming showed Beianqi the advanced machinery he had summoned and recruited her to help, then transferred the Albacore submarine’s parts and a miniature hull model from Earth as a technological reserve. After Zijin woke him, Su Ming found Beianqi injured on the lower hold floor.

• Su Ming led Beianqi to the lower hold, where she marveled at the precision machinery and learned that he had summoned it from another world.
• Beianqi agreed to help Su Ming, and he sent her back to rest after removing her IV.
• Su Ming used his summoning spell to transfer the Albacore’s propeller, drive shaft, tanks, valves, and piping from Earth.
• Su Ming summoned the Albacore’s hull as a one-meter model and told Zijin he was keeping it as a technological reserve.
• Zijin woke Su Ming after Beianqi’s shouting stopped, and Su Ming found her lying injured in the lower hold.

Su Ming and his companions weathered a storm at Willow Leaf Island while he treated Beianqi and continued assembling the Mark 71. Meanwhile, Miao Xin and Little Spiky Head reached Vietnam to pursue generator sets, and Smith blamed the International Services Department for the museum attack.

• Beianqi injured her forehead while inspecting the gun barrel, and Su Ming cleaned and dressed the wound before lending her Zijin’s pajamas.
• Miao Xin reached an airport despite police and military checkpoints, stole a shotgun, and sent it with Little Spiky Head into the flight’s luggage hold.
• Smith examined the fragments left at the Albacore Museum and vowed to retaliate against the International Services Department.
• Su Ming’s ships arrived at Willow Leaf Island, where the crew secured the Five Fangs and grounded the White Triangle ahead of the storm.
• Su Ming treated Beianqi, and the group shared hot pot while the storm battered the anchored ships; after it passed, they had nearly finished installing the Mark 71’s main components.
• Miao Xin and Little Spiky Head landed in Vietnam and traveled toward an industrial park near Haiphong City to find American-standard generator sets.

Su Ming powered the Mark 71 heavy gun and completed its integrated testing while arranging supplies and considering future fuel sources. After the Ale and Blue Ark arrived with cargo and rescue personnel, Beianqi asked him to escort an Eastern Continent Chamber of Commerce fleet through dangerous waters.

• Su Ming modified the gearbox, connected the Curtis steam engine to a generator, and used Beianqi's hand-made parts to get them working together.
• After the Five Fangs began hull repairs on Willow Leaf Island, Su Ming tested the generator, spoke with his parents through a home camera, and moved locations after the call.
• Su Ming learned that Beianqi's world had little petroleum and no stable supply of its byproducts, so he asked her to investigate coal reserves on Brown Gold Island.
• Su Ming powered on the Mark 71 and completed a simulated firing sequence after testing its loading, hoist, turret rotation, and elevation systems.
• The Ale and Blue Ark arrived with shells, explosives, metals, ores, personnel, and equipment, and the Blue Ark prepared to restore the Five Fangs' sailing ability.
• After settling the payment and cargo, Beianqi told Su Ming that the Eastern Continent Chamber of Commerce wanted him to escort a fleet through dangerous waters.

Su Ming and Zijin accepted a merchant guild contract to escort a huge convoy through waters threatened by zombie sea monsters, and Beianqi negotiated better terms for them. As the White Triangle prepared to depart, Beianqi brought her damaged combat puppets aboard for repairs, revealing how badly she had fought Yexiya.

• Su Ming and Zijin accepted the convoy escort commission after Beianqi explained the danger and the merchant guild's offer.
• Beianqi negotiated a fee of 120,000 gold coins, delay compensation, and reduced liability for lost cargo ships.
• Zijin arranged for the White Triangle to buy intact sailors' corpses, and the crew began preparing the ship for departure.
• Beianqi brought four damaged puppets and their repair equipment aboard, then asked Su Ming to let the Blue Ark crew help fix them.
• Beianqi told Su Ming and Zijin that Yexiya had badly damaged her puppets, and Zijin learned Beianqi had injured Ice Beauty's left leg in their fight.

Su Ming forced Zijin, Beianqi, and the others to take a day off on Willow Leaf Island before exploring the beach with Zijin. Their leisurely walk turned into a sparring session that ended with Su Ming warning her that his modified Bone Spears were more powerful than they appeared.

• Zijin examined Beianqi’s mantis automaton, and Su Ming offered special alloy steel for its blades while the crew prepared the ship and the Mark 71 for testing.
• Su Ming secretly disabled Zijin’s alarm and gave the exhausted group a work-free day, then served Zijin and Beianqi breakfast.
• Su Ming walked around Willow Leaf Island, found edible coconut palm heart, and joined Zijin for a stroll along the beach.
• Zijin suggested they prepare elegant clothes for meeting a large fleet, then asked Su Ming to spar with her using limited Magic Power.
• Su Ming dodged Zijin’s spells and broke his Bone Spears into magic dust, then warned her that the modified attack could overwhelm her shields and asked her to raise all of them.

Su Ming demonstrated an armor-piercing Bone Spear variant to Zijin, then correctly deduced that she had once been a young Faerie Dragon. Zijin explained her human form’s age and how changing forms affected her emotions, while leaving the promised reward and her dilemma to be discussed in her homeland.

• Su Ming showed Zijin how a brittle outer layer and dense core made his Bone Spear penetrate her shield, and Zijin pointed out that the variant was difficult to use in focused volleys.
• Su Ming inferred from Zijin’s purple coloring and history that she had been born about 170 years ago as a young Faerie Dragon, and Zijin said he had exceeded her expectations.
• Zijin revealed that the reward for solving her identity riddle was herself, but said she would explain what she meant if they reached her homeland.
• Zijin explained that her Ailisha form was seventeen in human terms and had been physically underdeveloped, while her dragon form’s age and undead state had shaped her emotions and pace of life.

Su Ming and Zijin discussed how Zijin had changed since becoming human, then shared lunch with Beianqi and arranged a bonfire feast for the island’s sailors. Su Ming headed inland to swim while the others prepared the evening celebration.

• Su Ming pointed out Zijin’s changing habits, and Zijin explained that she had been eating raw ingredients while trying to cook.
• Beianqi served lunch, and Su Ming replaced Zijin’s lost Golden Tequila with a bottle of Russian liquor.
• After his nap, Su Ming joined the dwarf sailors in chopping trees and decided to host a bonfire party.
• Su Ming found a butcher and cook among the sailors and arranged for pigs and sheep he had saved to be prepared for the feast.
• Su Ming left to swim in a nearby bay, while Beianqi returned to the White Triangle.

Su Ming and Beianqi spent a calm day swimming, where she taught him the backstroke and cleared up her mistaken belief that he and Ailisha were lovers. The day ended with Zijin returning to find them building a sand ship, and Su Ming explained that they had been discussing how to cross the Arctic Ocean.

• Su Ming reached a bay with the zombies, set up a place to relax, and swam in the sea.
• Beianqi assumed Su Ming and Ailisha were lovers because she mistook a duck pattern for a swan, and Su Ming explained the misunderstanding.
• Beianqi taught Su Ming the backstroke, and he learned to float on his back after half an hour of practice.
• Beianqi asked Su Ming to repair her broken shower valve and told him that Scholar Li had entered while she was bathing.
• Zijin returned with seabird eggs and found Su Ming and Beianqi building a large sand ship, while Su Ming said they had been discussing an icebreaker for crossing the Arctic Ocean.

Su Ming and Beianqi shared stories over a feast on the beach before Zijin’s drinking unexpectedly triggered a powerful song and purification spell. The party ended with everyone sober and Beianqi ordering the sailor who gave Zijin ale to clean up.

• Su Ming returned to the bay with Zijin, where the crew had prepared a feast after a day of work.
• Su Ming and Beianqi drank ale and exchanged stories about their lives, including Beianqi’s apprenticeship and Su Ming’s entrance exam setback.
• As the sailors sang and danced, Zijin drank ale and joined the festivities, while Su Ming danced with Beianqi and other dwarves.
• Zijin began singing, and her voice enchanted everyone and silenced the island as a radiant apparition appeared in the sky.
• Zijin’s Divine Blessing Purification removed everyone’s drunkenness, and Beianqi ordered the sailor who had given her ale to clean up the mess.

Su Ming, Zijin, and Beianqi tested the White Triangle’s Mark 71 heavy gun, which proved powerful enough to impress the convoy’s flagship. After the convoy set sail, the White Triangle ranged back and forth among the cargo ships.

• Beianqi directed a full test of the Mark 71, and the gun reached a muzzle velocity of 740 meters per second and a range of 23 kilometers.
• Beianqi named the gun Maimai, while the group identified problems to fix and then headed for the convoy’s assembly point.
• Su Ming and Zijin learned that the Golden Barrel wanted to assess the White Triangle, so they proposed demonstrating the gun on its hot-air balloon.
• Beianqi warned the Golden Barrel that Su Ming proposed bursting a white phosphorus shell near the balloon, and the flagship canceled its assessment.
• At daybreak, the convoy of more than a hundred cargo ships set sail, while the White Triangle zigzagged among them.

Su Ming tested Beianqi’s new propellant while escorting the convoy, then studied ways to improve the ship’s radar and Psionic Vision. After Zijin discovered his hidden videos and consulted Beianqi, Su Ming thanked Beianqi for secretly helping save the crew and gave her technical booklets, ending by asking when he could meet her sister.

• Su Ming had Beianqi test the new propellant, and the gun reached a muzzle velocity of 780 meters per second with a projected range exceeding 30 kilometers.
• The Golden Barrel invited Su Ming and Zijin to a feast, but they declined and continued escorting the convoy as its speed fell in the changing wind.
• Su Ming researched radar and arranged for Miao Xin to collect a very-high-frequency weather radar, while Miao Xin said she remembered no specific details from her human life.
• Zijin caught Su Ming studying ocular magic, revealed her vision-blocking spell, and admitted she had watched his hidden videos before going to Beianqi for advice.
• Beianqi confronted Su Ming about what Zijin had learned, and he gave her booklets on marine hydrodynamics and reinforced gun barrels in thanks for sabotaging the gun system to foil Yexiya’s attack.
• Su Ming asked Beianqi when she would introduce him to her sister.

Su Ming received a box of erotic art books from Beianqi and discovered a story by the famed painter Crystal Orchid. On the third day of the escort mission, a fleet of pirates gathered ahead, and Su Ming, Beianqi, and Zijin prepared to confront them.

• Beianqi gave Su Ming a box of erotic picture books, and he found an illustrated love story about the dragon Misaila and the Holy Sword Maiden Atiya.
• Su Ming searched Zijin's library and learned that Crystal Orchid was a famous realist painter who had died young after stirring controversy.
• Zijin told Su Ming that more than twenty ships had gathered seventy kilometers ahead, and he agreed to investigate.
• Su Ming, Beianqi, and Zijin disguised the White Triangle as a sailing ship and watched as thirty-one pirate warships approached the convoy.
• The three gathered around a naval battle map to plan their response to the pirate fleet.

Su Ming, Beianqi, and Zijin chose a risky close-range attack against the pirate fleet, then revealed the White Triangle’s true form and charged into battle. The chapter left the two fleets closing on one another as the pirates prepared to fire.

• Su Ming, Beianqi, and Zijin rejected safer plans and agreed to let Beianqi command a close-range attack, with Zijin ready to intercept incoming shots.
• The pirate fleet appeared, and the White Triangle hid among the fleeing convoy while Su Ming suppressed its smoke and Beianqi and Zijin prepared for battle.
• As the pirates approached, Su Ming turned the White Triangle around with its water board and accelerated toward the fleet, while Zijin fired three signal flares declaring war.
• The pirate commander formed the fleet into two staggered columns to bring its guns to bear as the White Triangle charged at full speed.
• The pirate crews opened their protective panels and trained their guns on the approaching White Triangle, waiting for it to enter firing range.

Beianqi used the White Triangle’s Mark 71 to devastate the pirate fleet, then pursued and captured nearby ships threatening the convoy. After the battle, Zijin’s abdominal pain led Su Ming and Miao Xin to realize she was having her first period, while Zijin insisted they keep the truth about her Ailisha form secret.

• Beianqi and Zijin fired the Mark 71 at the One-Eyed Dragon, sinking it with repeated high-explosive hits and scattering the pirates with the gun’s speed and power.
• Beianqi drove the White Triangle into the pirate fleet as Zijin intercepted incoming cannonballs and Su Ming helped target enemy ships, leaving many pirates surrendering or abandoning their vessels.
• Beianqi turned the White Triangle back to protect the convoy, where Zijin cut the boarding pirates’ grappling lines and the remaining pirate spellcasters surrendered to her.
• Beianqi pursued two nearby pirate ships, disabled one and forced the other to surrender, then had Zijin’s zombies secure the crews and tow the captured ship back.
• After the battle, Su Ming examined Zijin when she reported lower abdominal and back pain, and Miao Xin helped them recognize that Zijin was having her first period.
• Zijin refused to tell Beianqi about the Ailisha form’s human nature, and Su Ming agreed to relay a private conversation between her and Miao Xin.

After defeating a pirate fleet, the White Triangle auctioned its spoils and reviewed its weapons before completing its escort mission. Zijin persuaded Su Ming to accept the Federation’s delayed payment and preserve the fragile trade system, leaving him to consider profiting through trade rather than plunder.

• Beianqi proposed auctioning the salvage rights to the eighteen surviving pirate ships, and Su Ming and Zijin approved her plan.
• The convoy celebrated the White Triangle’s victory as buyers claimed the ships and cargo, and the crew collected intact corpses for undead forces.
• Su Ming, Zijin, and Beianqi reviewed the battle, planned shell improvements, and placed an order for new Mark 71 ammunition.
• The White Triangle completed its escort mission and learned that pirate-linked chambers of commerce had been exposed, paralyzing the Federation until it reorganized as the Central Ocean Commerce Union.
• The Federation sent the overdue mission payment and supplies, while Su Ming joked about demanding late fees and Zijin urged him not to damage the trade system.
• Zijin explained that their future plans depended on the world’s trade network, and Su Ming agreed to seek profits through shipping or goods rather than plunder.

Su Ming and Zijin traced the zombie sea monster operation to Water Chestnut Island and prepared to investigate, while Su Ming and Miao Xin considered approaching the authorities. A claims team found Su Ming in Vietnam and mistook him for the transmigrator Galio, and the chapter ended as the commander received alarming news.

• Su Ming and Zijin learned that suspicious purchases of zombie-related spell materials had been sent to Water Chestnut Island and planned to investigate its surrounding islands.
• Su Ming arranged to install weather radar and obstacle-avoidance sonar on the White Triangle to navigate the storms and reefs near the island.
• Su Ming confronted Miao Xin about her memory, learned she had hidden that she remembered her past, and heard that her mother died in the car accident that injured her father.
• Su Ming and Miao Xin decided to seek advice from Miao Xin's father before approaching the police or revealing themselves to their families.
• Ling Wen approached Su Ming in Vietnam on behalf of Pacific Rim Insurance Claims, while her team surrounded the area and prepared contingency forces.
• Ling Wen called Su Ming a transmigrator, and the command vehicle's team reported detecting Miao Xin's ghost before the commander received an urgent phone call that changed his expression.