After a century of searching, Cao Nanwu still hadn't found Xia Kuxue, so he chose to live in seclusion in Nanwu Village, Lingshui, Hainan.
To protect his master, Cao Nanwu, Fan Taisui opened a salvage company in Sanya. On the surface, he takes contracts from various factions to salvage shipwrecks; in secret, under the identity of the Sea-Calming Taisui, he protects cultural relics on the ocean floor.