Chapter Summaries

Qiao Sang turned down a lucrative research position and learned that placing in the National Tournament could let her study abroad and apply to university early. She arrived in the Zhongkong Region’s Imperial Capital, where a vast fleet of uniformed Flying Type pet beasts filled the sky.

• Qiao Sang asked Doctor Jiang about the pay for exceptional Junior Researcher status, then rejected the offer because it would tie her to the Ancient Mist Region after university.
• Sun Boyi told Qiao Sang that she could become an Interstellar Exchange Student and enter a Grade Three Special Elite Class if she placed in the National Tournament’s top two without using Little Treasure’s Space Movement to send opponents out of bounds.
• Qiao Sang worried about preparing for early university admissions, while Sun Boyi assured her she could manage it.
• Qiao Sang arrived at Imperial Capital International Airport with Sun Boyi and Ya Bao, and saw rows of uniformed Flying Type pet beasts filling the sky.

Qiao Sang arrived at the Moting Hotel, where Vice Principal Liu Yao brought her food and warned her that the National Tournament would have formidable competitors. He gave her profiles of the qualifiers and discussed Song Xinyue’s Fire Summer Bird, whose unusual durability suggested its Flash Fire Trait might be Grade A or higher.

• Sun Boyi took Qiao Sang to the Moting Hotel on a Big Savage Bird, where Little Treasure’s Pet Beast Identifier upset the bird before it happily flew faster.
• Sun Boyi told Qiao Sang that Vice Principal Liu Yao had come to support her because she was the school’s only National Tournament qualifier.
• Liu Yao brought Energy Meals for Ya Bao, Little Treasure, and Luobao, then warned Qiao Sang not to underestimate the National Tournament competitors.
• Liu Yao gave Qiao Sang profiles of the qualifiers and pointed out that Song Xinyue’s low-level Fire Summer Bird had once endured an Advanced pet beast’s Fire-type attacks without injury.
• Qiao Sang suggested that Song Xinyue’s Fire Summer Bird might have a Grade A or higher Flash Fire Trait.

Liu Yao urged Qiao Sang to prioritize winning the National Campus Pet Beast League and warned that Ya Bao would be at a disadvantage against Song Xinyue’s Fire Subduing Bird. When Qiao Sang unexpectedly met Song Xinyue and the bird at the hotel, the bird refused Ya Bao’s challenge, leaving Qiao Sang determined to prepare for a possible tournament match.

• Liu Yao advised Qiao Sang that the Fire Subduing Bird’s Flash Fire Trait could make Ya Bao’s Fire Type attacks ineffective and urged her to focus on winning the National Tournament.
• Qiao Sang read Song Xinyue’s profile, and Ya Bao decided to train its Psychic Type skills to prepare to face the Fire Subduing Bird.
• Qiao Sang encountered Song Xinyue and her Fire Subduing Bird at the Moting Hotel training ground, and Ya Bao challenged the bird to a match.
• Song Xinyue agreed to a match but explained that the Fire Subduing Bird disliked fighting Fire Type opponents, then the bird yawned and left.
• Qiao Sang promised Ya Bao they would meet the Fire Subduing Bird in the competition, reigniting Ya Bao’s training, while she began considering a strategy.

Qiao Sang trained Ya Bao to improve Destructive Ray while preparing for the National Tournament, then dealt with a scammer at the training ground. After reviewing her opponents and seeing her Pet Beasts pursue their own goals, she headed out with Ya Bao for the tournament.

• Qiao Sang had Ya Bao practice Destructive Ray and raised it from Entry Level to Mastery Level in one afternoon, noting that its recovery time shortened as its proficiency improved.
• A man staged a fake injury with Lailai Da to scam Qiao Sang, but she frightened him with Destructive Ray and used Ya Bao to stop him from escaping.
• The crowd exposed the man's scheme and took him toward the Police Station, while an older woman told Qiao Sang she needed to give a statement.
• That night, Little Treasure tried learning Deception, then remembered its goal of becoming Number Two, while Luobao left to train to become Number One.
• On the day of the National Tournament, Qiao Sang gathered Ya Bao and the others, recalled Luobao, and left with Ya Bao after Sun Boyi called her.

Qiao Sang arrived at the Shouyao Pet Beast Battle Arena for the National Tournament, where reporters covered the prestigious schools and their contestants. She found that no one from Saint Water High School had come to cheer for her, then let Ya Bao order every snack from a passing vendor.

• Reporters welcomed teams arriving at the arena, including Aobo Pet Beast High School and Imperial Capital Zhishang Pet Beast High School, whose Zhao Chuanyu had topped the regional tournaments.
• Qiao Sang, Sun Boyi, and Liu Yao reached the entrance on a gray Flying Type pet beast, and Qiao Sang asked why students from so many regions had come to watch.
• Sun Boyi explained that students traveled to support schoolmates who reached the National Tournament, prompting Qiao Sang to ask whether anyone from her school had come.
• At the arena, Qiao Sang saw that other contestants had student supporters chanting for them, while Saint Water High School had no supporters present.
• Ya Bao spotted a snack vendor flying past, and Qiao Sang told it to take everything in the basket.

Qiao Sang entered the National Tournament and drew Wu Hengxu as her first-round opponent. As she prepared to battle, spectators learned she was a championship favorite, while Saint Water High School cheered for her from afar.

• A white-haired elderly man asked whether Qiao Sang had agreed to let the Treasure Hunting Fairy move opponents out of the arena without using Space Movement.
• The tournament host announced the first-round matchups, pairing Lianbo Region's Wu Hengxu against Yuhua Region's Qiao Sang.
• Qiao Sang watched the opening matches and studied potential future opponents before heading to the contestants' passageway.
• Qiao Sang and Wu Hengxu were called into the arena as students at Saint Water High School cheered for her on a live broadcast.
• Spectators recognized Qiao Sang as a Regional Tournament winner and championship favorite, and she formed a Hand Seal as the referee began their match.

Qiao Sang faced Wu Hengxu in the National Tournament’s first round and used Little Treasure to defeat his Rogue Doom Pig. The match ended with Qiao Sang advancing after Little Treasure exploited the pig’s attachment to its Black Flower.

• Wu Hengxu worried about facing Qiao Sang, while the Rogue Doom Pig eagerly eyed Little Treasure and guarded its Black Flower.
• Little Treasure used Teleport to dodge the Rogue Doom Pig’s Bite, and Wu Hengxu sent out Shadow Clones.
• Qiao Sang ordered Little Treasure to burn the Rogue Doom Pigs’ flowers, then identified the real Rogue Doom Pig as it prepared to throw its flower.
• Little Treasure trapped the real Rogue Doom Pig with Darkness Shadow Control, feinted at its Black Flower, and used its Psychic power to make it close its eyes.
• The referee ended the match after one minute and one second and announced Qiao Sang the winner.

Qiao Sang’s Treasure Hunting Fairy defeated Wu Hengxu’s Bulei Spider by taking control of its electrified web and spinning the cocoon until the spider could no longer fight. The match ended with Little Treasure exhausted from the effort.

• After the Treasure Hunting Fairy quickly defeated the Rogue Doom Pig, the audience and tournament leaders praised Qiao Sang’s tactics and analyzed her pet’s abilities.
• Qiao Sang sent the Treasure Hunting Fairy into its next match against Wu Hengxu’s Bulei Spider, which covered the field with electrified silk.
• Little Treasure used Psychic Power to pull the Thunder Web around the Bulei Spider and bind it inside a cocoon.
• When Wu Hengxu ordered the Bulei Spider to escape by spitting silk or biting through the web, Little Treasure spun the cocoon faster and made the spider too dizzy to act.
• The referee blew the whistle after the cocoon fell still, and Little Treasure wiped away imaginary sweat.

After her National Tournament victories, Qiao Sang traveled to the Zhongkong Region for the Mu Zhen Auction on the eve of the tournament’s second stage. She arrived in her school uniform, drawing stares as she settled into a back-row seat with Ya Bao and Little Treasure.

• Spectators praised Qiao Sang’s decisive battles, while students at Saint Water High School eagerly volunteered to join a cheering squad Principal Wang Weidou planned to send to the Zhongkong Region.
• The first stage of the National Tournament ended after three days, and a comeback round brought the number of contestants advancing to the second stage to 66.
• Qiao Sang flew toward the Mu Zhen Auction in the clouds, where Little Treasure mistook its gaming helmet for an oxygen mask.
• Qiao Sang landed outside the auction building, stepped on the floating clouds, and entered with her invitation to receive bidding paddle 67.
• Qiao Sang took pastries for herself and her pets and sat in the back row, standing out among the formally dressed attendees.

Qiao Sang attended the Mu Zhen Auction and learned about its rare offerings, including a Purebred Poison Sting Earth Dragon Egg and an SS-rank dark ghost crystal she was determined to obtain. The egg sold for 239 million, and the bidding began on the dark ghost crystal.

• A man in a VIP room watched the guests below and noticed Qiao Sang in her school uniform.
• Yu Ke introduced herself to Qiao Sang, who answered that she was from “the nation's,” and Yu Ke guessed that she came from an exceptional background.
• Auctioneer Tang Shu opened the event, and staff distributed catalogs that showed Qiao Sang several extraordinary items, including the dark ghost crystal.
• Tang Shu presented a Purebred Poison Sting Earth Dragon Egg, and bidders drove its price up until a VIP-room bidder won it for 239 million.
• The auction moved on to the dark ghost crystal, which opened for bidding at 2.6 million.

Qiao Sang won an SS-rank Dark Ghost Crystal for Little Treasure and the Clear Wind Compass for 900 million at Mu Zhen Auction. Back at the hotel, she gave Little Treasure the crystal to begin its evolution.

• Qiao Sang bought the SS-rank Dark Ghost Crystal for 5 million after no one else bid.
• Tang Shu introduced the Clear Wind Compass, which could locate the legendary Qingqing Ni, and Qiao Sang learned that auction items were protected by a curse against illegal acquisition.
• After learning about the curse, Qiao Sang joined the bidding and won the Clear Wind Compass for 900 million.
• Qiao Sang left the auction with Little Treasure and Ya Bao, then returned to the hotel and told Little Treasure it was time to evolve.
• Little Treasure touched the Dark Ghost Crystal, and brilliant white light filled the room.

Little Treasure evolved into a Ghost Ring Spirit, and Qiao Sang checked its updated abilities in the Pet Beast Codex. After noticing its new Cursed Art Body ability, she searched online for an explanation of the Immobilization Spell State.

• Little Treasure evolved into a Ghost Ring Spirit, and Qiao Sang felt the pleasant feedback from its evolution.
• Little Treasure tested its changed voice, discovered it could imitate its old cry, then cried because it was still smaller than Ya Bao and Luobao.
• Qiao Sang comforted Little Treasure by showing it had grown enough to cover her head when it sat on her.
• At eleven-thirty, Qiao Sang reviewed Little Treasure's updated codex entry and noticed it had gained Cursed Art Body.
• Qiao Sang compared Cursed Art Body with Cursed Body, then searched her phone for the meaning of the Immobilization Spell State.

After Little Treasure evolved, Qiao Sang discovered its new skills and told her mother, then met the classmates who had traveled to cheer her on at the National Tournament. The second stage’s match lineup appeared, leaving the tournament about to begin.

• Qiao Sang reviewed Little Treasure’s new skills—Psychic Headbutt, Astonish, and Misfortune Curse—and noted that she had 6511 points left.
• Little Treasure showed Qiao Sang that its Diamond Glove no longer fit, and Qiao Sang promised to have a new one made after the competition.
• Qiao Sang called Ye Xiangting to tell her that Little Treasure had evolved, and Ye Xiangting asked for a photo to post on social media.
• The Vice Principal summoned Qiao Sang to the lobby, where Jin Feifan, Lu Liangye, Zheng Yining, Wang Jihang, Lu You, Wang Yao, Shi Gaofeng, Xu Yajie, and other classmates gathered to cheer her on.
• At Shouyao Pet Beast Battle Arena, Shi Gaofeng and Xu Yajie wore wigs while Wang Yao watched in disbelief.
• A man in a white suit announced the rules, and the second-stage National Tournament lineup appeared on the virtual screen.

Qiao Sang faced Song Xinyue in the National Tournament’s second stage and sent out Ya Bao, the Blazing Star Hound, against Song Xinyue’s Fire Subduing Bird. The match began with Ya Bao surprising the arena by creating more than a hundred copies of itself.

• Qiao Sang and Song Xinyue drew each other as opponents, and both coaches discussed which pet beasts they expected to see sent out first.
• The announcer welcomed Qiao Sang and Song Xinyue into the arena as spectators debated their chances and the Blazing Star Hound’s rarity.
• Qiao Sang and Song Xinyue summoned Ya Bao and the Fire Subduing Bird, while Ya Bao eagerly faced its Fire-Type opponent.
• Song Xinyue ordered the Fire Subduing Bird to use Feather Dance, and Ya Bao answered by filling the arena with more than a hundred identical copies of itself.

Qiao Sang used Ya Bao’s massive swarm of Blazing Star Hound clones to distract and trap Song Xinyue’s Fire Subduing Bird, then struck with Destructive Ray when it let its guard down. The Fire Subduing Bird was blasted into a crater, leaving the battle’s outcome poised on the impact.

• Over a hundred Blazing Star Hound clones appeared, shocking the arena and the live audience.
• Song Xinyue hesitated before ordering Flame Dance, and the clones swarmed the Fire Subduing Bird as it tried to escape.
• Song Xinyue rallied the Fire Subduing Bird, which unleashed Flame Dance and destroyed most of the clones.
• Qiao Sang waited until only a few clones remained, then ordered Ya Bao to act.
• As the Fire Subduing Bird finished clearing the clones, Ya Bao fired Destructive Ray from above and blasted it into a deep pit.

Qiao Sang defeated Song Xinyue’s Fire Subduing Bird with Ya Bao’s newly revealed Destructive Ray, then shocked the National Tournament audience by revealing that her Treasure Hunting Fairy had evolved. The chapter ended with Qiao Sang facing an Iron Head Rhino and preparing to test Little Treasure’s Psychic Headbutt.

• Ya Bao defeated Song Xinyue’s Fire Subduing Bird with Destructive Ray, revealing the Blazing Star Hound’s powerful skill and Qiao Sang’s tactical timing.
• Minister Huang, Minister Zhao, and Minister Zhou discussed Qiao Sang’s battle sense, while Liu Yao and Sun Boyi admitted they did not know when Ya Bao had learned its skills.
• Qiao Sang recalled Ya Bao and summoned her evolved Treasure Hunting Fairy, leaving the audience stunned at the revelation that she had three Advanced Pet Beasts.
• Little Treasure greeted the crowd as Qiao Sang faced Song Xinyue’s Iron Head Rhino and considered testing its Psychic Headbutt.

Qiao Sang’s newly evolved Little Treasure battled Song Xinyue’s Iron Head Rhino, revealing powerful new skills and quickly winning the match. The chapter ended with Qiao Sang surprised that the referee called the fight before Little Treasure could try Astonish.

• Song Xinyue was stunned to learn that Qiao Sang had three Advanced Pet Beasts, including the newly evolved Little Treasure.
• Qiao Sang ordered Little Treasure to use Psychic Headbutt, and it broke through the Iron Head Rhino’s barrier and knocked it back.
• Qiao Sang commanded Misfortune Curse, and Little Treasure interrupted the Iron Head Rhino’s Metal Roar, making it cough uncontrollably.
• Song Xinyue ordered Sand Toss, but the coughing Iron Head Rhino could not use it, and Little Treasure forced it to look up before putting it to sleep with Hypnosis.
• The referee inspected the sleeping Iron Head Rhino and ended the match, leaving Qiao Sang surprised that Little Treasure had not tried Astonish.

The audience and several contestants discussed Qiao Sang’s Ghost Ring Spirit and her chances in the tournament. Later, while Qiao Sang trained Little Treasure at the hotel, a Pet Beast delivered her a letter from Yu Ke asking to chat.

• Spectators praised Qiao Sang’s Ghost Ring Spirit for using Misfortune Curse, while contestants and their companions assessed the difficulty of facing her.
• A suited man explained to a young contestant that Qiao Sang’s Ghost Ring Spirit was a Localized Variant Color and advised him not to worry about its Entry Level Misfortune Curse.
• A middle-aged man urged a hesitant contestant to evolve Paleilulu so he could pursue the Grade Three Section championship, but the boy asked for more time to decide.
• Qiao Sang tested Little Treasure’s Astonish on Luobao and then Ya Bao, whose startled counterattack sent Little Treasure rolling before Luobao healed it.
• A dark gray Pet Beast delivered Qiao Sang a letter in which Yu Ke introduced himself as the person who had sat beside her at an auction and invited her to chat.

Yu Ke contacted Qiao Sang to offer her help and connections in the Zhongkong Region, hoping to build a relationship with the rising young Pet Beast Master. Qiao Sang agreed to talk after the National Tournament, seeing Yu Ke as a potential partner as she planned for life after her Black Gold Card expired.

• Yu Ke waited for Qiao Sang to respond after Li Meng Monster delivered her letter, while Yu Le doubted Qiao Sang would be interested in her.
• Yu Ke explained that she wanted to invest in Qiao Sang by helping with tasks and resources, and shared information about the Clear Wind Compass and Qingqing Ni.
• Qiao Sang asked why Yu Ke wanted to invest in her and whether she had time to help, and Yu Ke said she was a university student with plenty of free time.
• Qiao Sang agreed to meet with Yu Ke after the National Tournament, considering how she could prepare to fund her future goals without the Black Gold Card.
• Yu Ke wished Qiao Sang luck in her matches and said she would wait for her.

Qiao Sang faced Tian Xiaoyun in the National Tournament’s round of 34, while spectators and competitors focused on her reputation and her rare Ice Kexilu. The match began with Tian Xiaoyun’s Three-Headed Bee Monster using high-speed movement and confusing afterimages, and Qiao Sang ordered Ice Kexilu to use Rain as Tian Xiaoyun tried to interrupt it.

• The tournament organizers announced the 34 contestants’ matchups, pairing Qiao Sang with Tian Xiaoyun from Guri Region.
• Sun Boyi explained Tian Xiaoyun’s team and her Three-Headed Bee Monster’s traits, while Tian Xiaoyun worried about facing Qiao Sang and her teacher encouraged her.
• Qiao Sang and Tian Xiaoyun entered the arena, and spectators cheered when Qiao Sang summoned the endangered Ice Kexilu.
• At the referee’s signal, Tian Xiaoyun sent her Three-Headed Bee Monster into high-speed movement, creating multiple yellow afterimages to evade Ice Kexilu.
• Qiao Sang ordered Ice Kexilu to use Rain, and Tian Xiaoyun immediately commanded the Three-Headed Bee Monster to interrupt it.