Recaps

Qiao Sang waited overnight for the missing Ghost-Sucking Lamp and found it after Little Treasure Hunting Ghost detected it beneath a courtyard lamp. Ghost-Sucking Lamp collapsed when its dimming wick crystal fell out, and Qiao Sang offered the crystal back to it.

• Qiao Sang chatted with Wang Yao, Shi Gaofeng, and Xu Yajie about their clients, then considered whether the old woman's granddaughter was involved in Ghost-Sucking Lamp's disappearance.
• The courtyard lamps flickered one after another, and Little Treasure Hunting Ghost sensed dense Death Qi while Ya Bao slept through the disturbance.
• Little Treasure Hunting Ghost teleported beneath the second courtyard lamp and licked the air, revealing a weakened Ghost-Sucking Lamp.
• Ghost-Sucking Lamp collapsed as its dim wick crystal fell out, then crawled toward the crystal but could not reach it.
• Qiao Sang picked up the crystal and held it out to Ghost-Sucking Lamp.

Qiao Sang found Ghost-Sucking Lamp and tried to persuade it to return to its elderly Beast Tamer, but it used Hypnosis on Little Treasure Hunting Ghost, drawing it into memories of its past. The chapter ended with Little Treasure Hunting Ghost witnessing Ghost-Sucking Lamp’s Beast Tamer say she no longer wanted to take risks and wanted to settle down.

• Qiao Sang gave Ghost-Sucking Lamp a Nether Yang Crystal, and it swallowed the crystal but remained unable to move.
• Qiao Sang told Ghost-Sucking Lamp that its elderly Beast Tamer missed it and that they should spend their remaining time together.
• Ghost-Sucking Lamp used Hypnosis on Little Treasure Hunting Ghost, who saw a memory of Qiao Sang appearing as its former Beast Tamer and making a wish to travel the world with it.
• Qiao Sang found Little Treasure Hunting Ghost asleep and hurried to wake Ya Bao, while Ghost-Sucking Lamp stayed motionless.
• Little Treasure Hunting Ghost experienced another memory in which Ghost-Sucking Lamp’s Beast Tamer said she wanted to stop taking risks and settle down.

Little Treasure Hunting Ghost experienced a dream of Ghost-Sucking Lamp’s memories, in which it witnessed the old woman’s final moments and sensed her approaching death. After waking, it comforted Ghost-Sucking Lamp with milk and spoke with it until Ghost-Sucking Lamp lay motionless, while Qiao Sang watched in shock.

• In the dream, Little Treasure Hunting Ghost watched Ghost-Sucking Lamp care for an aging Beast Tamer who resembled Qiao Sang.
• Little Treasure Hunting Ghost sensed the old woman’s heavy Death Qi and returned to her hospital room as she lay near death.
• As Little Treasure Hunting Ghost reached into its own body, it heard someone say, “Don’t,” and woke in Xiying Community.
• Qiao Sang restrained Ghost-Sucking Lamp as it tried to escape, while Little Treasure Hunting Ghost woke crying and rushed to her.
• Little Treasure Hunting Ghost gave Ghost-Sucking Lamp Milk of Friendship and communicated with it for over half an hour, leaving it sprawled motionless.

Qiao Sang returned Ghost-Sucking Lamp to the old lady and learned that Little Treasure Hunting Ghost’s dream had revealed Ghost-Sucking Lamp’s memories. The old lady gave Qiao Sang a Pet Tamer Badge for her reward and asked to be alone with Divine Lamp.

• Qiao Sang confirmed that Ghost-Sucking Lamp had agreed to return with Little Treasure Hunting Ghost and brought it to Room 702.
• Qiao Sang entered the old lady’s room with the two pet beasts and stopped Ghost-Sucking Lamp from moving the Nether Yang Crystal into the old lady.
• The old lady woke and explained that Little Treasure Hunting Ghost’s dream had been shaped by Ghost-Sucking Lamp’s subconscious and showed what it had experienced.
• The old lady gave Qiao Sang a Pet Tamer Badge to claim her reward and asked her to leave so she could spend time alone with Divine Lamp.
• Qiao Sang asked the old lady to leave a five-star rating before she went.

After learning that Little Treasure Hunting Ghost had begun training to evolve and help her, Qiao Sang discovered the dream that inspired it and fed her pet beasts their first proper Energy Meals. Little Treasure Hunting Ghost tried its meal reluctantly, while Fang Fang eagerly wanted more.

• Qiao Sang woke, sensed Little Treasure Hunting Ghost in the courtyard, and found it practicing Hypnosis on a line of ants.
• Little Treasure Hunting Ghost explained that a dream had inspired it to train so it could evolve sooner and bring Qiao Sang benefits.
• Little Treasure Hunting Ghost gave Qiao Sang a romance novel because it believed reading would help develop her brain domain.
• Qiao Sang learned that the old lady's final wish to the Ghost-Sucking Lamp had been, “Don't save me, Divine Lamp. This is my final wish.”
• Qiao Sang summoned Fang Fang and offered it and Little Treasure Hunting Ghost their first specially made Energy Meals; Fang Fang loved its meal, while Little Treasure Hunting Ghost hesitantly licked its own.

Qiao Sang tested the effects of the Red and Black Energy Meals, then set Ya Bao and Little Treasure Hunting Ghost to train while the meals’ benefits lasted. She received a five-star mission rating and told the group chat that she had completed her mission, surprising the others.

• Ya Bao and Little Treasure Hunting Ghost ate their Energy Meals, and Qiao Sang learned that the meals stimulated their respective energies and aided their growth.
• Qiao Sang sent Ya Bao to practice Fire Fang with its clones while its main body ran laps, and had Little Treasure Hunting Ghost train Hypnosis on nine ants.
• Qiao Sang checked the Pet Tamer Center website and saw that her mission had received five stars and a favorable review.
• Qiao Sang joined the Invincible Holy Water Group and told Wang Yao she had completed her mission, prompting Shi Gaofeng, Xu Yajie, Zheng Guoping, and Wang Yao to react in surprise.

Qiao Sang learned that Fang Sisi’s Cotton Segment Worm was working as a horror escape-room NPC to earn money, then brought Ya Bao to the same escape room to help it face its fear of frightening things. She chose the Lost Town pet-beast escape room.

• Zheng Baolong posted Qiao Sang’s five-star mission result in the team chat and scolded the other students for their slower progress.
• Wang Yao felt frustrated by the comparison but decided to focus on finishing her own mission before arguing back.
• Fang Sisi told Qiao Sang that her Cotton Segment Worm, Mian Mian, worked as a ceiling-drop NPC in Lost Town for 100 Alliance Coins a day.
• Qiao Sang recalled that Ya Bao reacted strongly to Ghost Type pet beasts and decided an escape room might help it overcome its fear.
• Qiao Sang visited the escape room at No. 231, Qin She Road, and selected the single-pet Lost Town experience for Ya Bao.

Qiao Sang brought Ya Bao to the Lost Town escape room so it could face its fears and grow stronger. Though the staged scares kept being spoiled by the staff’s chatter, Ya Bao continued deeper into town, where a convincing scene ended with a woman being dragged into the ground.

• Qiao Sang joined Fang Sisi in the observation room, where Fang Sisi wondered whether she should contract a Fire Fang Dog after learning it could evolve into a Flame Listening Dog.
• Ya Bao entered the dark passage and kicked the attacking Clone Demon Puppet away before it could bite its leg.
• Ya Bao heard the staff discussing the staged scares and felt conflicted, but remembered Qiao Sang’s warning about Ghost Type creatures and pressed on.
• Ya Bao reached a misty town street, where a blood-covered woman begged it for help before black liquid dragged her underground.
• Ya Bao recognized that the woman’s performance had been convincing, while the staff praised Number Two and commented on Heihei Mud’s breath.

At a Lost Town escape room, Ya Bao unleashed Spark Rain and destroyed the illusion concealing the room, shocking Qiao Sang and the staff. As the mist mysteriously returned, a staff member denied being responsible for it.

• Fang Sisi teased Qiao Sang about Ya Bao being too frightened to move, while a man mocked the Flame Listening Dog for being timid.
• Little Treasure Hunting Ghost secretly grabbed the man's face and hair, frightening him in the observation room.
• Ya Bao heard the staff discussing the next stage, then used Spark Rain to sweep away the mist and expose the escape room's brick walls.
• Qiao Sang worried that Spark Rain had damaged the roof, while Fang Sisi remained stunned that Ya Bao knew the High-Level Skill.
• A staff member ordered the sprinklers and Number Five to put out the fire, but another staff member spotted the mist returning.
• The capped staff member cursed over the intercom, and someone replied that they had made the mist earlier but were being wrongfully accused of making it again.

Qiao Sang and the others discovered that they could no longer summon their pet beasts back, so she and Fang Sisi entered the dark escape room to search for Ya Bao. They found signs that the fire and strange black fog had disrupted the attraction, and Fang Sisi identified a hidden room beneath the floor as their next lead.

• The escape room’s lights failed, and the man in the hat and his assistant noticed that the fog was black instead of purple.
• Qiao Sang failed to summon Ya Bao, and Fang Sisi and the other people in the observation room also failed to summon their pet beasts.
• A red eye appeared on the surveillance screen before it flickered off, while Qiao Sang and Fang Sisi slipped past a staff member and entered the escape room.
• Qiao Sang sensed that Ya Bao was less than a hundred meters away, and Fang Sisi pointed out a hidden room beneath a stone slab where two people might be waiting.
• Qiao Sang picked up a pitch-black object from the ground, and Fang Sisi identified it as Heihei Mud.

Qiao Sang and Fang Sisi searched the escape room for Ya Bao and Cotton Segment Worm, discovering an unconscious woman and entering the underground sewer. The chapter ended when Little Treasure Hunting Ghost pulled a pair of red-stained hands from the sewer, sniffed them, and tossed them back in disgust.

• Qiao Sang tried to wake Heihei Mud, then had Fang Sisi check whether anyone was beneath the stone slab.
• Qiao Sang summoned Little Treasure Hunting Ghost, which found a woman lying unconscious but still alive below.
• Qiao Sang and Fang Sisi entered a passage to the second stage after Qiao Sang tossed aside an unconscious Masked Wandering Spirit.
• Qiao Sang and Fang Sisi found that the passage opened into an underground sewer, where Little Treasure Hunting Ghost pulled red-stained hands from the water and threw them back.

Qiao Sang and Fang Sisi tried to contact the Baby Shell in the escape room’s waterway, while the monitoring staff discovered that the room’s systems were failing and a Dreamless Doll was following the girls. Their attempt to lure out the Baby Shell instead provoked it and the Clone Demon Puppet’s limbs, leaving them fleeing through the waterway.

• Qiao Sang noticed that the distance to Ya Bao had not changed and asked Fang Sisi where the crying Baby Shell was hiding.
• The monitoring staff saw a Treasure Hunting Ghost and an Advanced Dreamless Doll following the girls, then lost the second-stage surveillance feed when a red eye filled the screen.
• Qiao Sang and Fang Sisi ran from a spiked Baby Shell and the Clone Demon Puppet’s bloodied-looking limbs.
• Fang Sisi blamed Qiao Sang for having Treasure Hunting Ghost tease and spit into the sewer, which had provoked the Pet Beasts.

Qiao Sang and Fang Sisi were chased through the sewer by Baby Shell and Clone Demon Puppet, so Qiao Sang decided to fight rather than risk being cornered by the stage boss. Little Treasure Hunting Ghost put Baby Shell to sleep, but Clone Demon Puppet remained a threat.

• Qiao Sang ruled out escaping through the third-stage secret room because the route required defeating the approaching Resentful Ghost Ball.
• When Fang Sisi could barely keep running, Qiao Sang turned to face Baby Shell and Clone Demon Puppet and ordered Little Treasure Hunting Ghost to fight.
• Little Treasure Hunting Ghost used Teleport to evade Clone Demon Puppet’s independently controlled limbs and Water Gun attacks while Qiao Sang noticed the puppet’s head was missing.
• Qiao Sang ordered Little Treasure Hunting Ghost to target Baby Shell, which it Hypnotized after a Tongue Lick.
• Clone Demon Puppet’s limbs struck Baby Shell, knocking it unconscious, while Little Treasure Hunting Ghost teleported away.

Qiao Sang and Fang Sisi discovered that a Dreamless Doll had caused the strange incidents inside the escape room and fought it after it attacked them. As they battled, a Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada appeared and knocked Little Treasure Hunting Ghost unconscious, leaving Qiao Sang facing another dangerous opponent.

• Little Treasure Hunting Ghost lured the Clone Demon Puppet away by carrying off one of its feet, and Qiao Sang summoned it back while discovering she could summon Cotton Segment Worm but not Ya Bao.
• Heihei Mud woke up and spat out Ya Bao, revealing that it had swallowed the sleeping Pet Beast after its attempt to move Ya Bao to the next stage had gone wrong.
• Qiao Sang decided to leave the sewer with Fang Sisi, but a Dreamless Doll appeared and attacked Heihei Mud.
• Qiao Sang recalled Little Treasure Hunting Ghost to save it from the Dreamless Doll's Shadow Ball, then Ya Bao attacked with clones and peak-mastery Sparks.
• Little Treasure Hunting Ghost sensed a threat behind Qiao Sang, but a Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada appeared and knocked it unconscious before aiming an Energy Ball at Qiao Sang.

Qiao Sang and her pets fought wild Ghost Type pets in the escape room, where Ya Bao defeated Dreamless Doll but was caught off guard by the Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada’s Fearful Eye. The Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada then used Black Gaze to prevent pets throughout the escape room from being recalled, leaving Qiao Sang and Ya Bao trapped in the battle.

• Ya Bao’s fire attack defeated Dreamless Doll and clashed with the Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada’s Shadow Ball.
• The Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada used Fearful Eye, making Ya Bao see it as faceless and delaying his attacks.
• The Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada hit Ya Bao with Evil Wave, but Qiao Sang recalled and resummoned him to help him recover.
• Ya Bao lunged at the invisible Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada, which then used Black Gaze to block pet recalls across the escape room.

Qiao Sang and Ya Bao fought the Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada in the sewer after it ambushed them, and Ya Bao’s Psychic Power and Spark gave them an opening to strike back. The chapter ended with the Cicada unconscious and Qiao Sang realizing Ya Bao had simultaneously released different skills through its main body and Clones.

• Qiao Sang planned an escape formation with Fang Sisi, but Ya Bao carried Qiao Sang away just before the Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada struck and cratered the ground.
• Qiao Sang had Ya Bao use Psychic Power to lift Fang Sisi, but Ya Bao instead caught the Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada and spun it around.
• Qiao Sang ordered Ya Bao to use Spark, which hit the dizzy Cicada and knocked it down.
• Ya Bao surrounded the fallen Cicada with Clones, then used an invisible force to smash a second Cicada into the water, where it vanished as a Clone.
• Ya Bao and its Clones released skills at the same time, and the real Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada ended up unconscious as Qiao Sang realized the simultaneous release had worked.

Qiao Sang helped stop the Dreamless Doll and Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada after they emerged from a Secret Realm Rift, and the store’s surveillance revealed that her Flame Listening Dog also had Psychic Type. At the Public Security Bureau, she learned that the two Ghost Type Pet Beasts had entered the Lost Town escape room because they believed it could grant a wish.

• The surveillance room staff watched the Flame Listening Dog defeat two Advanced Pet Beasts and realized it had Psychic Type in addition to Fire Type.
• The store staff told the man in the hat that police had arrived and were heading inside.
• Qiao Sang and Fang Sisi went to the Public Security Bureau to give statements, where officers warmly welcomed Qiao Sang.
• Qiao Sang learned that a Secret Realm Rift near Hanggang City had released eighteen Wild Pet Beasts, including the Dreamless Doll and Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada.
• A female police officer explained that the Dreamless Doll had entered Lost Town seeking the Legendary Pet Beast Mihei Ramu and a wish, then stopped Qiao Sang when she tried to leave.

After defeating Dreamless Doll and Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada, Qiao Sang considered the value of real combat and was offered a commissioned training place at Imperial Dragon Military Academy. She left the decision open, took Little Treasure Hunting Ghost for medical care, and returned home to discover why it had stopped sitting on her head.

• Qiao Sang concluded that real combat improved Pet Beasts' battle instincts and helped Ya Bao develop Simultaneous Release.
• Liu Zhezhen offered Qiao Sang a commissioned training contract for Imperial Dragon Military Academy, and she thanked him but did not accept or refuse.
• Liu Zhezhen promised recognition and a bonus for Qiao Sang, then told a young officer to watch the escape room surveillance footage to understand why she deserved the offer.
• Qiao Sang planned to take the injured Little Treasure Hunting Ghost to the Pet Tamer Center while Fang Sisi suggested that her Cotton Segment Worm marry Ya Bao after evolving into a Ba Huo Butterfly.
• After returning home past midnight, Qiao Sang saw that Little Treasure Hunting Ghost had stopped sitting on her head because it was pretending its chest still hurt.

Qiao Sang realized that Energy Meals and Ya Bao’s Mental Strength breakthrough had boosted her pets’ level values, then tested whether Ya Bao and its clone could use different skills at once. Later, at the Pet Tamer Center, she ran into Shi Gaofeng, who had come to post a task.

• Qiao Sang noticed Ya Bao’s and Little Treasure Hunting Ghost’s level values had risen more than expected and concluded the Energy Meals had contributed, while Ya Bao’s Mental Strength breakthrough explained most of its extra growth.
• Qiao Sang offered Water Luliana milk, but the water-form pet beast refused it and slipped out beneath the door.
• Qiao Sang tested Ya Bao’s clone, and the clone and original successfully used different skills at the same time; Ya Bao then knocked Qiao Sang down and licked her face.
• Qiao Sang met Shi Gaofeng at the Pet Tamer Center, where he nervously said he had come to post a task.

Qiao Sang helped Shi Gaofeng plan to use an Illusion Water Baby to impersonate him at a gathering, then collected the old lady’s reward and discovered it was a Virtual Helmet for teaching Pet Beasts skills. She decided to keep Little Treasure Hunting Ghost away from it, but found him holding a disc labeled “Darkness Shadow Control.”

• Shi Gaofeng told Qiao Sang he planned to rent an Illusion Water Baby to take his place at a gathering and asked her to help cover for him.
• Qiao Sang learned that Wang Yao had not been told about Shi Gaofeng’s plan because he feared she would give it away by laughing.
• Qiao Sang collected a box from the Pet Tamer Center after staff verified the old lady’s Pet Tamer Badge and her recorded instructions.
• Qiao Sang opened the box at home and found a Virtual Helmet and five skill discs.
• Qiao Sang decided not to let Little Treasure Hunting Ghost use the helmet, then saw him holding the disc labeled “Darkness Shadow Control.”

Qiao Sang discovered that Little Treasure Hunting Ghost could use a Virtual Helmet to learn Darkness Shadow Control, a powerful High-Level Skill, and let it try the lesson. After Little Treasure Hunting Ghost enjoyed its two-hour session, it secretly put the helmet back on that night to keep studying.

• Qiao Sang explained Darkness Shadow Control to Little Treasure Hunting Ghost and decided it should try learning the skill through a Virtual Helmet.
• Ya Bao wanted to learn through a helmet too, but Qiao Sang convinced it that it was already powerful and did not need one.
• Qiao Sang placed the Darkness Shadow Control disc in the helmet and helped Little Treasure Hunting Ghost enter the teaching world.
• Little Treasure Hunting Ghost completed its two-hour lesson and praised the experience to Qiao Sang.
• That night, Little Treasure Hunting Ghost checked that Qiao Sang and Ya Bao were asleep, then secretly put on the helmet and resumed its lesson.

Qiao Sang planned how to develop Ya Bao and Little Treasure Hunting Ghost, then went to Hongying Pet Beast Battle Club to find a sparring partner. The chapter ended as she sent Little Treasure Hunting Ghost to battle Lin Yuanqi’s Twin-tailed Land Turtle.

• Qiao Sang decided Little Treasure Hunting Ghost should split the Ring, improve Hypnosis or Psychic Power, and eventually prepare to evolve.
• Qiao Sang went to Hongying Pet Beast Battle Club and chose a beginner sparring partner with an Intermediate Pet Beast.
• Lin Yuanqi introduced himself and summoned his Twin-tailed Land Turtle.
• Qiao Sang sent Little Treasure Hunting Ghost to face the Twin-tailed Land Turtle.

Qiao Sang’s Little Treasure Hunting Ghost overwhelmed Lin Yuanqi’s Twin-tailed Land Turtle, revealing powerful Psychic abilities and Teleportation. After Lin Yuanqi admitted defeat, Qiao Sang asked whether their remaining sparring time would continue while he found another opponent.

• Lin Yuanqi began the sparring match by ordering Twin-tailed Land Turtle to attack Little Treasure Hunting Ghost with Mud Bomb.
• Little Treasure Hunting Ghost used Psychic Power to suspend the Mud Bombs, flip Twin-tailed Land Turtle onto its back, and send the attacks crashing into its belly.
• Qiao Sang ordered Hypnosis, but Lin Yuanqi told Twin-tailed Land Turtle to keep attacking; Little Treasure Hunting Ghost then Teleported close enough to disrupt its attack and put it to sleep.
• Little Treasure Hunting Ghost used Dream Eating on the unconscious Twin-tailed Land Turtle, and Lin Yuanqi recalled his pet beast and conceded.
• Lin Yuanqi offered to find a stronger sparring partner, but Qiao Sang clarified that she only wanted to know whether the remaining fifty-six minutes of their session would keep counting.

Qiao Sang brought Ya Bao to spar with Wang Anqiang’s Blazing Fire Dog, which became infatuated with Ya Bao and refused to fight. After learning Ya Bao was male, the Blazing Fire Dog recovered and prepared to battle.

• Wang Anqiang introduced his Blazing Fire Dog as Qiao Sang’s sparring partner, and Qiao Sang recalled how Ya Bao might have looked if his evolution had gone as expected.
• Qiao Sang recalled Little Treasure Hunting Ghost and summoned Ya Bao, revealing that her Flame Listening Dog had evolved from the Fire Fang Dog that won the Hundred New Tournament.
• The spectators recognized Qiao Sang and realized her recently contracted Treasure Hunting Ghost had also defeated Lin Yuanqi.
• Ya Bao charged at the Blazing Fire Dog, which became shy and dodged instead of following Wang Anqiang’s orders, but was still struck and knocked back.
• Wang Anqiang explained that the Blazing Fire Dog had fallen for Ya Bao, and Qiao Sang clarified that Ya Bao was male.
• After the Blazing Fire Dog recovered from the revelation, it wrapped flames around its fangs and readied itself to fight Ya Bao.

Qiao Sang’s Ya Bao defeated Wang Anqiang’s Blazing Fire Dog with a Perfection-level Fire Fang, astonishing the sparring partners. After Wang Anqiang suggested she seek an intermediate sparring partner, a man offered Qiao Sang a job at the training facility so she could earn money and receive battle guidance.

• Wang Anqiang ordered his Blazing Fire Dog to attack Ya Bao with Fire Fang while the spectators praised its near-Major Completion proficiency.
• Qiao Sang calmly ordered Ya Bao to use Fire Fang, and Ya Bao flew behind the Blazing Fire Dog using its Psychic Type abilities.
• Ya Bao struck the Blazing Fire Dog with a Perfection-level Fire Fang, whose fiery scythes exploded and knocked it out.
• Wang Anqiang admitted defeat and told Qiao Sang that beginner sparring partners were no match for her, but intermediate partners cost 3,000 Alliance Coins an hour.
• A man in polished leather shoes and gold-rimmed glasses offered Qiao Sang a sparring-partner job that would provide a salary and access to guidance from intermediate or advanced partners.