In 1981, in Conch Bay on the eastern Fujian Peninsula, Lin Chaoshen is reborn with a talisman blessed by the Sea Goddess. He gains three abilities: Tide-Sight, the ability to hear the sea's language, and the Sea Goddess's Wrath. Starting with the struggle to survive after separating from his family, he becomes a disciple of Old Uncle Hai, wins the tidal-foraging competition and earns legendary status, raises abalone in net enclosures, and builds his own cold-storage facility and processing plant. When ambushed by smugglers while transporting abalone by night, he fights back and kills them, exposes Qian, the corrupt head of the aquatic products station, builds a Hope Primary School, and eliminates troublemakers such as Granny Lin and Lin Jianbang. Finally, he distributes 30 percent of the processing plant's shares to the entire village through collective investment, leads Conch Bay toward common prosperity, and marries Su Wanqing, a technician.