Chapter Summaries

Qiao Sang learned from Liu Yao that evolving Little Treasure Hunting Ghost into Ghost Ring Spirit required preparation before its next evolution. After Liu Yao wrote two training plans, Qiao Sang took them to a pet beast training facility to have professionals prepare its Energy Meals.

• Liu Yao examined Little Treasure Hunting Ghost and noted that its golden-yellow eyes were unusual but posed no problem.
• Liu Yao told Qiao Sang that evolving Little Treasure Hunting Ghost into Ghost Ring Spirit required a special training plan beginning while it was still a Treasure Hunting Ghost.
• Liu Yao explained that Little Treasure Hunting Ghost needed to learn Ghost Fire, use it to forge its Ring for a week until it split, and then evolve with a Dark Ghost Crystal at night.
• Liu Yao wrote two training plans for Qiao Sang.
• Qiao Sang brought the plans to a nearby pet beast training facility to have professionals prepare Energy Meals from the formulas.

Qiao Sang negotiated a monthly price for custom Energy Pills and ordered cultivation materials for Little Treasure Hunting Ghost, only to remember that Ya Bao had been left with Water Luliana. She rushed to the courtyard and found Water Luliana unconscious after a fight with Ya Bao.

• Qiao Sang asked a small cultivation facility to make a month’s supply of Energy Pills, balked at its initial price, and negotiated a monthly fee of over 180,000 Alliance Coin.
• Qiao Sang ordered eight materials for Little Treasure Hunting Ghost’s Ring and decided to buy the costly Lian Gen Grass and Nether Flame Fruit from a physical store.
• Little Treasure Hunting Ghost imitated a battle in the courtyard, reminding Qiao Sang that she had left Ya Bao with Water Luliana.
• Qiao Sang hurried outside after hearing a crash and found Ya Bao standing proudly over an unconscious Water Luliana.

Qiao Sang struggled to keep Ya Bao and Little Treasure Hunting Ghost from wreaking havoc at home while their training improved, but her relationship with Water Luliana remained disastrous. At school, she learned that the team would be doing missions instead of having a training inspection that day.

• Qiao Sang found Water Luliana unconscious in the courtyard and left it a bottle of milk before assembling a full-length mirror for Ya Bao.
• Qiao Sang began Little Treasure Hunting Ghost’s training, but it and Ya Bao started a Psychic Power contest that lifted the living room’s belongings and Qiao Sang into the air.
• Over the following days, Ya Bao’s Psychic Power proficiency improved, Spark reached the peak of Profound Meaning, and Little Treasure Hunting Ghost advanced its Psychic Power and Hypnosis.
• Ya Bao repeatedly attacked Water Luliana in the courtyard, leaving Qiao Sang increasingly numb to the daily clashes.
• Wang Yao told Qiao Sang that the team’s mission schedule meant there would be no training inspection that day.

Qiao Sang went to the Hanggang Beast Taming Center to accept a mission and learned that her Fire Fang Dog’s records had not been updated after its evolution. After showing Ya Bao to the receptionist, she browsed the suitable missions but rejected the first options she saw.

• Wang Yao warned Qiao Sang that Zheng Baolong criticized students unless they completed missions perfectly and earned five-star reviews.
• Zheng Guoping advised the students to choose missions for the experience they offered rather than simply to complete them.
• At Window 6, Qiao Sang learned that no missions were listed for her to hand over and explained that her Fire Fang Dog had evolved but its records were outdated.
• Qiao Sang summoned Ya Bao so the receptionist could verify its evolved form, then returned it to the Pet Beast Codex to avoid attracting attention.
• Qiao Sang browsed Fire and Ghost Type missions but rejected a haunted-house job because Little Treasure was not scary and lacked Dream.

Qiao Sang chose a task to find a missing Ghost-Sucking Lamp, hoping Little Treasure Hunting Ghost’s abilities would help her locate it. Her companions warned her that Zheng Baolong would still expect the task to be completed within five days, and Zheng Baolong appeared just as they discussed their choices.

• Qiao Sang rejected several tasks that offered little training value and accepted task 665 to find a missing Ghost-Sucking Lamp in Hanggang City.
• Shi Gaofeng, Wang Yao, and Xu Yajie discussed the tasks they had chosen and joked about their past assignments.
• Qiao Sang joined them and explained that her task had no stated deadline, while Wang Yao warned that Zheng Baolong would still impose his usual five-day limit.
• Qiao Sang asked why the others had chosen tasks similar to their previous ones, and Zheng Baolong answered from behind them that he would not object.

Qiao Sang collected the prepared Energy Meals and then went straight to meet the client for her mission to find a lost Ghost-Sucking Lamp. She learned the client was an eccentric old woman who had already given two pet tamers bad reviews, and began to question how the pet could have gotten lost.

• Zheng Guoping warned Qiao Sang to finish her mission before the next gathering or clean the women's restroom.
• Qiao Sang picked up Energy Meals for Ya Bao and Little Treasure Hunting Ghost from the Liaocheng Pet Breeding Institution and paid the remaining 160,000.
• Qiao Sang summoned Ya Bao in an alley, coaxed him back into the Pet Beast Codex, and praised Little Treasure Hunting Ghost for helping.
• Qiao Sang went to the mission location in Xiying Community and met the client's auntie, who warned her that the old woman was withdrawn and had given previous pet tamers bad reviews.
• Qiao Sang learned the missing Ghost-Sucking Lamp belonged to an elderly pet tamer and wondered why it could have lost its way home.

Qiao Sang accepted a task to find an old woman’s missing Ghost-Sucking Lamp and learned that the woman’s granddaughter had not disappeared after all. As Qiao Sang left, she realized the old woman could hear conversations from far away, and the woman admitted she did not want to hear everything.

• Qiao Sang entered the old woman’s room and confirmed that her Little Treasure Hunting Ghost was a Ghost Type pet beast.
• The old woman showed Qiao Sang a photograph of her granddaughter and explained that the girl had left for the Lianke Region with her parents, while Ghost-Sucking Lamp was still missing.
• The old woman described distinctive marks on Ghost-Sucking Lamp to help Qiao Sang identify it.
• Auntie warned Qiao Sang that the old woman did not have much time left and suggested she change tasks.
• Qiao Sang questioned how the old woman could hear her from so far away, and the old woman replied from beneath her blanket that she did not want to hear everything.

Qiao Sang investigated the old lady’s sudden recovery and learned that she could hear conversations from far away. Ya Bao’s replay of the room revealed a connection between the old lady, the missing Ghost-Sucking Lamp, and vitality and Death Qi.

• Qiao Sang questioned Auntie about the old lady’s strange recovery and learned she had perked up when Mr. Jiang and his family arrived, the same day the Ghost-Sucking Lamp disappeared.
• Qiao Sang obtained Mr. Jiang’s phone number and summoned Ya Bao to use Tactile Power on the paper it was written on.
• Ya Bao replayed the old lady’s room and mimicked her actions and words, showing Qiao Sang that the old lady had heard her earlier conversation.
• Ya Bao imitated the old lady’s startled reaction to something, then spoke with Little Treasure Hunting Ghost about vitality and Death Qi.

Qiao Sang investigated whether a Ghost-Sucking Lamp could have restored an elderly woman’s vitality and asked Liu Yao about its lamp wick. Liu Yao explained that a Ghost-Sucking Lamp could willingly place its wick inside a human body temporarily, but keeping it there too long would kill the pet beast.

• Qiao Sang connected the elderly woman’s sudden recovery and the Ghost-Sucking Lamp’s disappearance, then searched online for a way the pet beast might have revived her.
• After forum users explained that Ghost-Sucking Lamps absorb vital energy rather than give it away, Qiao Sang called Liu Yao to ask if one could transfer energy to a person.
• Liu Yao said a Ghost-Sucking Lamp’s stored vital energy would disperse instead of entering a human body, and that transplanting its wick would kill both the pet beast and the recipient.
• Qiao Sang described the elderly woman’s case to Liu Yao, who admitted he had worried she was considering a dangerous experiment.
• Liu Yao explained that a Ghost-Sucking Lamp could willingly leave its wick inside a human body temporarily, though leaving it there too long would cause the pet beast to perish.

Qiao Sang reasoned that the Ghost-Sucking Lamp had to replenish its Lamp Wick every few days and suspected it was visiting a place where Ghost Type energy gathered. Meanwhile, the injured Ghost-Sucking Lamp competed in an underground match to obtain an item that restored its strength, then refused a man's offer to contract it because it already had a Beast Tamer.

• Qiao Sang learned from Liu Yao that a Lamp Wick could sustain a human for only about three days and that removing it damaged the Ghost-Sucking Lamp's foundation.
• Qiao Sang guessed that the Ghost-Sucking Lamp returned every few days to replenish its wick and decided to wait for it, while Ya Bao rested beneath her at Xiying Community.
• At an underground black competition, the Poisonous Many-Scorpion launched a surprise attack, and the wickless Ghost-Sucking Lamp struggled to fight before defeating it.
• The scar-faced man gave the Ghost-Sucking Lamp its reward, which it swallowed to regain some strength while keeping the item from merging with its body.
• The Ghost-Sucking Lamp agreed to return the next day but ignored the man's offer to contract it and left, thinking that it already had a Beast Tamer.

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.