After a hundred years of searching, Cao Nanwu never found Xia Kuxue, so he chose to live in seclusion in Nanwu Village, Lingshui, Hainan.
In order to protect his master Cao Nanwu, Fan Taisui opened a salvage company in Sanya. On the surface, he hired various forces to salvage sunken ships, but secretly used his identity as Zhenhai Taisui to protect the safety of underwater cultural relics.