Chapter Summaries

Qiao Sang discovered that carrying Fire Fang Dog had strengthened her, then found her Pet Beast Codex had awakened again and gained a second contract space. She decided to focus on raising Fire Fang Dog and considered getting an egg for her next Pet Beast.

• Fang Sisi told Qiao Sang that she had shared the news with Lü Siya and her parents, and Lü Siya asked about Fire Fang Dog’s training gear.
• Fire Fang Dog let Fang Sisi pet it but refused Lü Siya, who had called it fierce and its gear ugly.
• Fang Sisi decided she wanted to contract a Fire Fang Dog after the students’ brain-domain awakening, while Qiao Sang urged her to think it over.
• Qiao Sang realized she could carry Fire Fang Dog with its fifteen-kilogram Weighted Ring without difficulty, then confirmed she could not lift Fat Domestic Pigeon.
• Qiao Sang found a second blank contract space in her Pet Beast Codex and inferred that her brain domain had strengthened to 10%.
• Qiao Sang decided to concentrate on raising Fire Fang Dog and considered raising her next Pet Beast from an egg.

Qiao Sang learned that she had scored 359 points and qualified for Saint Water High School, then went to school with Fire Fang Dog to collect her report card. She left her mother celebrating the news and learned why Fang Sisi had chosen a Cotton Segment Worm instead of a Fire Fang Dog.

• Qiao Sang considered getting a healer as her second pet beast and focused on Fire Fang Dog's breeding while realizing her Pet Beast Codex's awakening had boosted her strength.
• Qiao Sang told Ye Xiangting she had scored 359 points and entered Saint Water High School, thanks to placing first in its Special Enrollment Exam.
• Ye Xiangting repeatedly called relatives to share the news while Qiao Sang left for Wencheng Middle School with Fire Fang Dog.
• Guo Linze showed Qiao Sang his Short Tail Snake, and Fang Sisi cautiously kept her distance from Fire Fang Dog.
• Fang Sisi told Qiao Sang she had contracted a Cotton Segment Worm after a supposedly quiet Fire Fang Dog blasted her with Spark and ruined her new dress.

Qiao Sang celebrated getting into Saint Water High School, while her mother mistakenly believed she had improved her grades through diligent study. At the banquet, the Class Teacher revealed Qiao Sang had been absent for nearly two weeks, leaving her mother questioning her.

• Qiao Sang reunited with Fang Sisi, who revealed she had scored 304 points, and told her she had scored 359.
• Qin Shou arrived with his rare La Ousi, drawing a crowd, and Fang Sisi told Qiao Sang that Xie Jiayi had failed her brain domain awakening.
• The Class Teacher announced that Qiao Sang had gotten into Saint Water High School, surprising the class.
• Qiao Sang learned her mother had told people about her acceptance and organized a celebratory banquet, then confirmed her enrollment at Saint Water High School.
• At the banquet, Qiao Sang's mother praised the Class Teacher for improving her grades, and he revealed she had requested leave for nearly two weeks.

After celebrating her admission to Saint Water High School with her family, Qiao Sang planned to visit her grandparents and train Fire Fang Dog in her hometown. She took Fire Fang Dog to buy spicy grilled wings so she could test whether the food would help it develop a stronger Spark, then took the skewers outside to practice safely.

• Qiao Sang told her mother she had earned first place in special admissions by training Fire Fang Dog, then excused herself from the conversation.
• Qiao Sang agreed to visit her grandparents in Qitang Town around mid-July and planned to enter Hanggang City's June 30 competition for F-rank Pet Tamers first.
• After the banquet, Qiao Sang cleaned the house herself and accepted Fire Fang Dog's refusal to do speed training because it wanted to preserve its appearance.
• Qiao Sang bought three skewers of Super Invincible Perverted Spicy Grilled Wings to test whether the Jiaomo Vine chili oil could help Fire Fang Dog develop its Spark.
• Qiao Sang picked up the skewers and took Fire Fang Dog outside so it could eat and practice without risking a fire inside the shop.

Qiao Sang used spicy grilled wings to coax Fire Fang Dog into compressing its flames, hoping it would develop a beginner fire skill after watching a video of Spark Rain. Fire Fang Dog instead unleashed a spiraling stream of fire that demolished a wall, and Qiao Sang fled with it after meeting the elderly man on the other side.

• Qiao Sang fed Fire Fang Dog a spicy grilled wing, and its painful burst of flames showed signs of changing as she recorded it.
• Qiao Sang showed Fire Fang Dog a video of a Scroll Blaze Mad Lion using Spark Rain, and Fire Fang Dog became eager to learn the skill.
• Qiao Sang convinced Fire Fang Dog that the wings would help it master Spark Rain and told it to compress its energy before firing.
• Fire Fang Dog blasted out a spiraling stream of fire that collapsed a wall and exposed Qiao Sang to an elderly man.
• Qiao Sang grabbed Fire Fang Dog and ran, while Fire Fang Dog wondered why they were leaving.

Qiao Sang confirmed that Fire Fang Dog had learned Flame Vortex, but its attempt to learn Spark Rain left it exhausted and disappointed. At home, Qiao Sang spotted a competition with a first-place prize she needed, then saw a news report about Malice vandalizing a building.

• Qiao Sang checked Fire Fang Dog's panel and found that it had learned Flame Vortex.
• Fire Fang Dog used Flame Vortex five times, then insisted on staying to practice Spark Rain.
• Fire Fang Dog ate six spicy grilled wings while training, but failed to learn Spark Rain and returned home exhausted.
• Qiao Sang's mother questioned her about taking two weeks' leave, then gave Fire Fang Dog water.
• Qiao Sang saw an advertisement for an F-rank Pet Tamer competition whose first-place prize included a pet beast egg and 200,000 Alliance Coins.
• The television news reported that Malice had vandalized a building wall on Jiangyi Street.

After seeing herself on the news, Qiao Sang sent compensation and an apology to the Street Office, then took Fire Fang Dog back to training. With money running low, she pinned her hopes on placing in the upcoming Hundred New Tournament.

• Qiao Sang’s mother noticed that the girl in the surveillance footage resembled her, while Qiao Sang pretended Fire Fang Dog was praising her.
• Qiao Sang set aside money for repairs, wrote an apology, and paid a Sucky Ghost Baby to deliver both to the Street Office.
• Fire Fang Dog hid from Sucky Ghost Baby, and Qiao Sang considered using horror movies or a haunted house to help it overcome its fear of Ghost-type pet beasts.
• Fire Fang Dog woke Qiao Sang early and trained to learn Spark Rain while enduring spicy grilled wings; Qiao Sang gave it Qi Yuan Milk and felt guilty about its effort.
• Qiao Sang reviewed the Hundred New Tournament rules and resolved to make the top ten, hoping to win a prize before her remaining money ran out.

Qiao Sang struggled to afford Fire Fang Dog’s Spark Rain training and brought it to the Hundred New Tournament, where she met Fang Sisi. The tournament began quickly, and Fang Sisi rushed backstage just in time to make her match after nearly missing it.

• Qiao Sang saw the high price of professional Spark Rain training and decided Fire Fang Dog would have to practice on its own.
• Qiao Sang arrived at the Pet Beast Arena, collected her contestant badge, and met Fang Sisi in the stands.
• Qiao Sang and Fang Sisi discussed their Pet Beasts as the tournament filled with spectators and began.
• Fang Sisi waited to watch more matches, but the preliminaries moved so quickly that she had to sprint backstage when her match was called.
• Fang Sisi appeared on the field panting, while Cotton Segment Worm slowly followed beside her.

Qiao Sang watched Fang Sisi lose her first official match, then studied the tournament’s stronger contestants, including Lu You’s Little Horned Dragon and Guo Yiqi’s Ba Du Butterfly. She recorded potential opponents and began considering tactics for future matches.

• Fang Sisi’s Cotton Segment Worm was knocked unconscious by Zhang Shuo’s Sand Bob Rat in a twenty-one-second match, and Qiao Sang tried to comfort her.
• Lu You’s Little Horned Dragon defeated its opponent, drawing spectators back to the stands and catching Qiao Sang’s attention.
• Fang Sisi asked Qiao Sang for a video of the match, but clarified that she wanted to rewatch a cute Apricot Mushroom Seed rather than the Little Horned Dragon.
• Guo Yiqi’s Intermediate Ba Du Butterfly poisoned a White Sand Fox unconscious with Poison Powder, and Qiao Sang noted possible tactics for facing it.
• Fang Sisi asked what Qiao Sang thought of the Ba Du Butterfly, then clarified that she meant its appearance.

Qiao Sang competed in the Hundred New Tournament, where Fire Fang Dog quickly defeated Sun Jie’s Cotton Segment Worm and became a popular contestant. The next morning, a reporter approached Qiao Sang for an interview, but abandoned her when Lu You arrived.

• Qiao Sang entered the arena as contestant 123, and the commentators remarked on her choice of Fire Fang Dog as her first pet beast.
• Sun Jie summoned a Cotton Segment Worm, and Fire Fang Dog ended their match with a Flame Vortex.
• Fang Sisi admitted she had missed recording the match, so Qiao Sang promised Fire Fang Dog they could watch the replay at home.
• Qiao Sang studied twenty-one opponents and watched Fire Fang Dog’s match replay with it, which it learned to replay by tapping the screen.
• A Ruixin Times reporter asked Qiao Sang for an interview, then rushed off with his team when someone called out that Lu You had arrived.

Qiao Sang advanced from the preliminaries and faced Xie Jianyin in the top sixty-four, where her Fire Fang Dog quickly defeated his Fire Chain Snake. The match ended before the Fire Fang Dog could carry out the rest of their plan.

• Qiao Sang met Bai Yunmiao, who had passed the preliminaries and dressed up in hopes of looking good on camera.
• Qiao Sang watched Dai Shushu lose her preliminary match to Chen Cheng's Little Chubby Pigeon in under a minute.
• The contestants' matchups were randomized, and Qiao Sang was paired with Xie Jianyin, one of the Pet Tamers she had researched.
• Xie Jianyin sent out his Fire Chain Snake instead of the Intermediate Long Tail Snake Qiao Sang had prepared to face.
• Qiao Sang's Fire Fang Dog struck first with Minor Mastery Spark, blasted the Fire Chain Snake down, and won before finishing its planned Shadow Clone attack.

Qiao Sang’s Fire Fang Dog defeated Xie Jianyin’s Fire Chain Snake in one move, and Bai Yunmiao later won her match with Gold Splatter Vine. As the morning session ended, a reporter approached Qiao Sang to interview her about Fire Fang Dog and the competition.

• Fire Fang Dog knocked out Xie Jianyin’s Fire Chain Snake with a single Small Mastery-level Spark, prompting debate among the spectators about the quick match.
• Qiao Sang and Bai Yunmiao discussed Fire Fang Dog’s expression after its win, while Fire Fang Dog worried that viewers might find it funny.
• Bai Yunmiao checked her appearance before competing, then won her match when Gold Splatter Vine Bound Little Chubby Dove and slammed it onto the field.
• After the morning matches, Bai Yunmiao grew excited about the prospect of an interview as she and Qiao Sang left the arena.
• A reporter approached Qiao Sang and asked whether she had time to discuss Fire Fang Dog and the competition.

Qiao Sang trained Fire Fang Dog, then watched Lin Ya’s Interstellar Cup match and saw Arceus defeat Purple Crown Electric Falcon. She began considering using Fire Fang Dog to predict match outcomes and bet on the tournament.

• Qiao Sang told a reporter she entered the Hundred New Tournament because of Bai Yunmiao, then named her friend and opponent directly.
• Qiao Sang spent the afternoon training Fire Fang Dog after receiving her monthly allowance, and its skill progress and points increased.
• Qiao Sang turned on the television to watch Lin Ya’s Interstellar Cup match and searched for information about Arceus, the white Dark-type pet beast.
• Arceus used darkness and a Black Hole to surprise Purple Crown Electric Falcon and knock it from the sky, securing a place in the top ten.
• Qiao Sang looked at Fire Fang Dog and considered having it predict tournament winners so she could place bets.

Qiao Sang watched the Hundred New Tournament and prepared for her match, while the arena’s mood remained subdued after Lin Ya’s loss. In her round-of-64 match, she used Fire Fang Dog’s illusions to surprise Jin Chengxi, and a third Fire Fang Dog appeared behind his Desert Tail Fox.

• Qiao Sang asked Fire Fang Dog to choose between Passol and Chen Mo, then bet 1,000 Alliance Coins on Chen Mo despite Fire Fang Dog picking Passol.
• Bai Yunmiao explained that Gold Splatter Vine had come out hoping to be interviewed, while Qiao Sang said Fire Fang Dog had adopted a deadpan expression after watching its match recording.
• Bai Yunmiao told Qiao Sang that fewer spectators had come because Lin Ya had lost, and Qiao Sang continued tracking contestants as more were eliminated.
• Qiao Sang faced Jin Chengxi, who taunted her before sending out his Desert Tail Fox, his first contracted Pet Beast.
• Fire Fang Dog split into two and charged into Desert Tail Fox’s Sand Spray, then Jin Chengxi ordered Quicksand; a third Fire Fang Dog appeared behind Desert Tail Fox and startled him.

Qiao Sang’s Fire Fang Dog defeated Jin Chengxi’s Desert Tail Fox with a carefully prepared feint, drawing comparisons to Ya God’s battle. Bai Yunmiao then lost to Chen Qian after Chen Qian’s Pet Beast evolved, while Fire Fang Dog ended the day basking in praise for its performance.

• Fire Fang Dog used a Sand Attack feint to ambush Desert Tail Fox and win, impressing the commentators and audience with its minor mastery Fire Fang.
• The audience compared Qiao Sang’s tactic to Ya God’s final match, while Qiao Sang explained that she had studied Jin Chengxi’s previous battles.
• Qiao Sang encouraged Bai Yunmiao before her match against Chen Qian, but Chen Qian revealed that her Deep Fur Turtle had evolved into a Twin-tailed Land Turtle.
• Chen Qian’s Twin-tailed Land Turtle defeated Gold Splatter Vine with Ground Fissure, and Bai Yunmiao returned to her seat dejected.
• Fire Fang Dog watched a recording of its match and happily rolled around after Qiao Sang told it that viewers praised its looks and victory.

Qiao Sang watched Chen Mo win his Interstellar Cup match, then talked with Bai Yunmiao about her uncertainty over her future and Gold Splatter Vine’s evolution. At the Hundred New Tournament, Qiao Sang defeated her shy opponent’s Brute Pig with a single Take Down, leaving the girl upset.

• Qiao Sang cheered for Passol’s Void Fire Dragon, then watched Chen Mo’s Two-Headed Gear Dragon turn the match around and win.
• Bai Yunmiao told Qiao Sang that her parents had argued over whether she should become a Coordinator or a Professional Pet Tamer, and Qiao Sang suggested she ask Gold Splatter Vine what it wanted.
• Guests discussed standout contestants Hou Xiangyu and Lu You, whose Pet Beasts included a Little Horned Dragon.
• Qiao Sang agreed to go easy on her shy opponent, but Fire Fang Dog and Brute Pig charged at each other with Take Down and Fire Fang Dog knocked Brute Pig out in one hit.

Qiao Sang took Fang Fang to a pet beast gym to assess its strength, where repeated Take Down tests pushed it toward a move awakening. The chapter ended as Fang Fang became wrapped in flames and Qiao Sang shouted for it to stop.

• Guests praised Fang Fang's strength and Qiao Sang's skill while discussing her sparse tournament profile.
• Qiao Sang brought Fang Fang to a pet beast gym and tested its ordinary punching strength and Take Down.
• Fang Fang increased its Take Down force from 128 kg to 298 kg through repeated attempts.
• Fang Fang's energy grew frenzied, and flames suddenly wrapped around it as Qiao Sang cried, "Don't!!!"

After Fire Fang Dog destroyed a Strength Tester, Qiao Sang’s mother made her pay for the damage, but Qiao Sang discovered that Fire Fang Dog had learned Flame Charge. At the tournament, Qiao Sang learned she would face Lu You in the first Top 16 matchup.

• Fire Fang Dog shattered the Strength Tester, and Qiao Sang’s mother paid 34,000 Alliance Coins in compensation before deducting the cost from Qiao Sang’s allowance.
• Qiao Sang reviewed the Top 16 contestants and checked the Pet Beast Codex, discovering that Fire Fang Dog had learned Flame Charge and advanced Flame Vortex to Proficient.
• Qiao Sang met Bai Yunmiao at the arena, heard about her parents’ argument over Gold Splatter Vine’s evolution, and told her about Fire Fang Dog’s new skill.
• The tournament organizers revealed the first matchup: Qiao Sang and Fire Fang Dog would face Lu You and Little Horned Dragon.

Qiao Sang and Fire Fang Dog defeated Lu You and Little Horned Dragon despite their disadvantage in attributes and species. Sha Duo praised Qiao Sang’s potential, and the crowd erupted at his prediction that she could become a Professional Pet Tamer.

• Lu You sent Little Horned Dragon underground with Digging Hole, while Qiao Sang had Fire Fang Dog create five Shadow Clones.
• Little Horned Dragon ambushed what Lu You thought was Fire Fang Dog’s real body, but Qiao Sang revealed it was a clone and ordered Flame Vortex.
• Qiao Sang followed with Fire Fang, and the real Fire Fang Dog kept biting Little Horned Dragon while it endured the attacks.
• Lu You ordered Iron Head, but Fire Fang Dog leaped away just before Little Horned Dragon struck the ground and became dizzy.
• The referee declared Qiao Sang the winner, and Sha Duo praised her potential to become a Professional Pet Tamer.

After advancing in the Hundred New Tournament, Qiao Sang reviewed her victory and worried about facing stronger opponents. She then rejected a suspicious business call, while the caller wondered why Qiao Sang had hung up.

• Sha Duo praised Qiao Sang and said he looked forward to meeting her in a future Regional Tournament, prompting excitement among the livestream viewers.
• A guest suggested inviting Fire Fang Dog to livestream for her online sunglasses shop, and the other guests liked the idea.
• Bai Yunmiao admitted she had attended the tournament to see Sha Duo and asked Qiao Sang for an autograph, but she had brought only one sheet of paper.
• Qiao Sang reviewed her match at home and concluded that the Fire Fang Dog's offensive power might not be enough against the remaining contestants' Intermediate Pet Beasts.
• The Fire Fang Dog alerted Qiao Sang to a call from an unfamiliar number, and Qiao Sang answered, recognized the caller's pitch as a scam, and blacklisted the number.
• The young woman who had called Qiao Sang stared at her phone and wondered what had gone wrong.