Chapter Summaries

After Cola and Spark expressed their desire to compete, Chen Yuan agreed to enter the Qin Province Beast Tamer Competition and set the championship as their goal. Chen Wenhao’s research group headed toward Baokun City, where he met Jiang Wenning, who asked whether he had an older brother.

• Chen Yuan’s Condensing Wind Hound defeated Yuan Xiong’s Rock Armor Giant Snail in one move, and Jiang Yuntao failed to persuade Chen Yuan to join Yunhua Beast Taming Academy.
• Cola and Spark told Chen Yuan they wanted to enter the competition, so Chen Yuan agreed and declared that they would aim for the championship.
• Chen Wenhao told Chen Yuan that his research group would travel directly to Baokun City and arrive the next day.
• Zhou Xu asked Chen Yuan to meet the research team and lead them into the Qinling Mountains, and Chen Yuan told Zhou Xu he planned to enter the competition.
• On the train, Chen Wenhao met Jiang Wenning and her Ice Crystal Phantom Cat, Nuomi, and Jiang Wenning asked whether he had an older brother.

Chen Yuan learned how the special channel for the Qin Province First Beast Tamer Competition would work, then returned to Baokun City as Professor Song’s research expedition assembled. The chapter ended with Chen Wenhao discovering that the local association consultant and the surprise awaiting him were his accomplished older brother, Chen Yuan.

• Zhou Xu told Chen Yuan that thirty-two powerful contestants had registered through the special channel, with two spots in the final eight at stake, and Chen Yuan agreed to obtain information on his opponents for Twin Flower Concubine.
• Chen Yuan returned to Baokun City, where Professor Song assembled the Qinling Mountains research team and emphasized the need for capable local guides.
• Chen Wenhao and Jiang Wenning each headed to meet a Beast Tamer they had recommended, and Jiang Wenning revealed her recommendation was an online friend who was also a Forest Ranger.
• Chen Wenhao recognized his brother, Chen Yuan, outside the association building, while Zhou Xu introduced Chen Yuan as a respected association consultant and competition champion.
• Chen Yuan told the stunned Chen Wenhao that his success was the surprise he had prepared for him.

Chen Yuan discovered that he was the single Beast Tamer recommended by Chen Wenhao, Jiang Wenning, and Zhou Xu for the Qinling Mountains research team. After joining the team, he accepted Lu Ran’s challenge to establish his authority before the expedition, and the chapter ended as both sides summoned their Fire-type Contracted Beasts.

• Chen Wenhao realized that his brother Chen Yuan was both the Association consultant and the Beast Tamer he had recommended, while Jiang Wenning revealed that she had recommended Chen Yuan too.
• Chen Yuan learned that all three recommendations for local Beast Tamers pointed to him and asked whether he could claim three rewards.
• Wang Jianping introduced Chen Yuan to Professor Song as the consultant who would lead the team into the Qinling Mountains, and the team discovered that Chen Wenhao and Jiang Wenning had recommended the same person.
• Lu Ran challenged Chen Yuan, and Professor Song approved a one-on-one battle so the team could assess Chen Yuan’s strength.
• Chen Yuan accepted the battle to earn the students’ trust and authority over the expedition, then faced Lu Ran in the arena.
• Lu Ran summoned his Blazing Ape, and Chen Yuan sent out an orange-yellow Fire-type Contracted Beast.

Chen Yuan’s Flame Cloud Falcon, Spark, defeated Lu Ran’s Blazing Ape even after it entered its Blood Burn state, stunning the academy spectators. Lu Ran immediately wanted a rematch, but Chen Yuan insisted he take the injured Blazing Ape for a medical examination, leaving the students asking how Spark had become so powerful.

• Zhang Yu recognized Chen Yuan as the researcher who had published several Contracted Beast advancement requirements and learned that he was Chen Wenhao’s older brother.
• Spark gained the advantage over Lu Ran’s Blazing Ape with Flame Energy Assault, then used Flame Surge and Flame Prison to restrain and injure it.
• Lu Ran activated Blood Burn, but Spark overwhelmed the Blazing Ape with Blazing Storms and knocked it unconscious.
• The Enforcement Department members discussed reporting Chen Yuan’s talent, while the academy students reacted in disbelief at Spark’s victory.
• Lu Ran asked to fight Chen Yuan again, but Chen Yuan scolded him for neglecting the Blazing Ape’s serious injuries and directed him to the treatment room.

Chen Yuan brought Professor Song and the research team to his family farm in Xuanhe Village, where they saw its unusual beasts and learned about the flock of Storm Cloud Finches helping the village. The chapter ended with Professor Song discovering the farm’s high-quality beasts and Zhang Yu spotting several Spiritual Plants.

• On the bus, Chen Wenhao admitted to Chen Yuan that he had never contracted a beast because he preferred research and did not want to burden his family; Chen Yuan offered to sponsor him if he changed his mind.
• The research team arrived in Xuanhe Village, where villagers greeted Chen Yuan warmly and Zhao San gave him fresh fruit in gratitude for his past help.
• Professor Song invited Chen Yuan to join the Donghuang Beast Taming Academy as a teacher, but Chen Yuan declined because he did not want to leave home.
• Chen Yuan explained that the Storm Cloud Finch flock served as the village’s aerial patrol and guides, then brought the visitors to the farm, where Professor Song examined Ironhead Kid and the Elite Quality Bean Chicken.
• The Sparkling Flying Cat tried to impress Jiang Wenning’s Ice Crystal Phantom Cat, but the cat chose to tour the farm with the Moistening Duck, leaving the Sparkling Flying Cat heartbroken.
• Professor Song realized that several of Chen Yuan’s beasts had exceptional quality, and Zhang Yu spotted a Flame Flame Fruit Tree, a Luminous Fruit Tree, and a Clear Mind Fruit Tree.

Professor Song revealed that the mysterious forest in the Qinling Mountains contained Azure Cang, the World Tree, one of eight ancient deities, and explained why the research team planned to investigate it. Chen Yuan realized that the Jade Pendant’s eight specks might mark the locations of the gods, while the Sparkling Flying Cat formed a new plan to win the Ice Crystal Phantom Cat’s affection.

• Professor Song discovered Chen Yuan’s mature Spiritual Plants and invited him to join the academy as a professor, but Chen Yuan credited his Contracted Beasts for their growth.
• Professor Song asked Chen Yuan to take a greater role in the upcoming Qinling Mountains field operation, and Chen Yuan agreed to earn more Contribution Points.
• Professor Song told Chen Yuan that the first Spiritual Tide had produced eight Legendary Grade deities and identified the giant tree in the Mysterious Forest as Azure Cang, the World Tree.
• Chen Yuan realized the Jade Pendant’s eight specks might correspond to the locations of the eight gods, including the World Tree and a possible deity beneath Flame Mountain.
• After Professor Song and the students left, Chen Yuan advised the Sparkling Flying Cat to show its strengths when courting, and the cat decided that acting boldly like Moistening Duck might work.

The group set out for the Mysterious Forest to investigate whether the giant tree was the World Tree Azure Cang, while Professor Song urged the academy to recruit Chen Yuan. Near the forest, Chen Yuan recognized two injured travelers as suspicious and arranged for them to be taken to the Earth Savage Bear instead of escorted down the mountain.

• Fruit Factory discussed the Jade Pendants and decided to confirm whether the giant tree was a World Tree before choosing what to do with them.
• Professor Song urged Dean Wu to spare no expense recruiting Chen Yuan, noting that Chen Yuan valued opportunities to realize his worth.
• Chen Yuan and the others assembled their Contracted Beasts and departed from Xuanhe Village for the Mysterious Forest.
• The group found Old Xing absent from the ranger cabin and continued toward the forest under Chen Yuan's lead.
• Cola warned the group about two injured men, who claimed Snow Cloud Wolves had attacked them and asked to join the expedition or be escorted away.
• Chen Yuan proposed leaving the men with the Earth Savage Bear, and Professor Song agreed to take them there.

Chen Yuan and the research team exposed two New Star Society members who had tried to infiltrate them, then continued toward the Mysterious Forest to investigate the World Tree. The chapter leaves the group entering the forest, where the pet beasts feel a powerful urge to press onward.

• Chen Yuan left two injured strangers with Bear Dad, then realized their story was suspicious because no Snow Cloud Wolves remained in the area.
• The men revealed themselves as New Star Society members Ma Yu and Zhang Li, and Bear Dad and Cola defeated their pet beasts.
• Yao Li used the Bright Light Crane’s Breath of Honesty to learn that the pair planned to gather information on Azure Cang, the World Tree, and that twelve more Society members were in the Qinling Mountains.
• The Enforcement Department took Ma Yu and Zhang Li away, and Chen Yuan promised Bear Dad and Bear Cub a reward for their help.
• Chen Yuan led the research team into the Mysterious Forest, where their pet beasts felt compelled to keep moving forward.

Chen Yuan's party was caught in a blizzard in the Mysterious Forest and struggled to keep moving toward the World Tree. He sent Spark to find a herd of Star Moon Deer that could carry them through the snow, and Spark spotted the herd just as a Little Star Moon Deer fell from a cliff.

• Yao Li told Chen Yuan that the New Star Society had twelve powerful cadres and operated in secret across Donghuang.
• The group camped overnight, then woke to heavy snowfall and set off through the increasingly severe blizzard.
• When the deep snow slowed their progress, Chen Yuan suggested seeking help from the Star Moon Deer herd, and Professor Song agreed to wait while Spark searched.
• Spark flew through the blizzard as the group sheltered in a cave, where Lu Ran used his Fire-type Contracted Beasts to keep everyone warm.
• After the storm weakened, Spark found the Star Moon Deer climbing a cliff and saw a Little Star Moon Deer fall, then rushed to save it as a green figure moved faster.

Spark secured the Star Moon Deer herd’s help for Chen Yuan’s group, who survived an avalanche and began rescuing buried pet beasts. A pack of Ice Ridge Rock Beasts ambushed the rescuers, but Cola and Lu Ran’s Blazing Ape defeated them while the rescue effort continued.

• The Green Little Deer rescued a Little Star Moon Deer from a cliff, and the Star Moon Deer leader welcomed it into the herd.
• Spark asked the Star Moon Deer herd to help Chen Yuan’s group, and the leader agreed to follow it.
• An avalanche struck while Chen Yuan’s group sheltered in a cave, and they survived without the entrance being blocked.
• Chen Yuan, Cola, and the others searched the snow and rescued several buried pet beasts, while Lu Ran helped and joked with a Snow Velvet Squirrel.
• A pack of Ice Ridge Rock Beasts surrounded the rescuers, and Chen Yuan and Lu Ran fought them while the others continued searching.
• Cola defeated the Ice Ridge Rock Beasts with Wind Surge, Wind Blades, and Vortex Assault, while the Blazing Ape knocked down their leader.

After helping rescue beasts buried by the avalanche, Chen Yuan and the others reunited with a herd of Star Moon Deer that Spark had found. As the group prepared to ride onward, Chen Yuan grew curious about an unusual Green Little Deer and approached it for a closer look.

• Chen Yuan and Lu Ran rejoined the rescue effort, and the exhausted group rested after helping the buried beasts recover.
• Jiang Wenning decided not to contract the Ice Condensing Fox, while Professor Song offered Chen Wenhao an academy pet beast suited to research.
• Spark returned with a herd of Star Moon Deer, whose Little Star Moon Deer greeted Chen Yuan with gratitude.
• Chen Wenhao noticed an unfamiliar Green Little Deer, and Spark told Chen Yuan that it could fly despite having no wings.
• The Star Moon Deer lowered themselves for the group to ride, and Chen Yuan chose the Little Star Moon Deer before approaching the Green Little Deer to touch it.

Chen Yuan discovered that the mysterious Green Little Deer was Azure Amber, a Dawn Sun Quality pet beast, and suspected it was connected to the World Tree. After traveling through the snow with the Star Moon Deer herd and the rescued pet beasts, the group reached a view of the enormous tree and prepared to find a place to camp.

• Chen Yuan fed the Green Little Deer, touched it, and learned from the system that it was Azure Amber, a level 10 Dawn Sun Quality pet beast with several powerful skills.
• Chen Yuan wondered whether Azure Amber was connected to the World Tree named Azure Cang, then set off with the others toward the towering tree.
• The rescued pet beasts followed the group through the snow, and Zhang Yu accepted a Cold Cold Pig as his mount.
• At night, the group saw the colossal World Tree beneath the moon and stars, and Professor Song and Chen Wenhao believed it was the World Tree.
• Chen Yuan considered the Origin Points he could gain by touching a Legendary Grade lifeform, but decided the group needed to find a campsite first.

Chen Yuan’s group reached the World Tree, where Azure Amber sensed a call from within its trunk and flew toward the tree’s roots. A mind-controlled Blazing Heart Ape attacked it, and Lu Ran’s Blazing Ape engaged the creature while Azure Amber slipped farther inside.

• At the snowy campsite, Azure Amber charmed the group by gathering firewood and happily playing snowball with Cola and the Falling Meteor Horn Beast.
• The group reached the World Tree, but Chen Yuan received no Origin Points when he touched its bark.
• Azure Amber flew into a hollow in the trunk, and the group followed it into a lush inner world.
• Azure Amber sensed something calling from above, but a Spirit-controlled Blazing Heart Ape attacked it.
• Lu Ran sent his Blazing Ape into battle against the Blazing Heart Ape while Azure Amber continued toward the top of the trunk.

Chen Yuan and the expedition team climbed the World Tree after learning that Azure Amber felt a mysterious call from above. At the summit, Spark defeated a controlled Iron Feather Owl, which Azure Amber healed before it flew away, while Chen Yuan recognized it as the bird that had destroyed his drone.

• Chen Yuan questioned Azure Amber and learned that it had wandered alone through the forest since it first appeared, while the group speculated that it was responding to the World Tree's call.
• The team continued upward together, stopping to defeat three controlled wild beasts before Lu Ran rejoined them after battling the Blazing Heart Ape.
• At the summit, a controlled Iron Feather Owl attacked Azure Amber, and Chen Yuan recognized it as the bird that had destroyed his drone.
• Spark fought the Iron Feather Owl with Flame Energy Assault, Flame Prison, Blazing Storm, and Flame Surge, defeating it after a fierce exchange.
• Azure Amber healed the Iron Feather Owl after the red light faded from its eyes, and Chen Yuan let it leave despite demanding his drone back.

Chen Yuan and the expedition team entered Azure Cang, where the World Tree revealed the history of the first Spiritual Tide and warned that the awakened gods could renew their ancient conflicts. Azure Amber chose to stay with Chen Yuan, and the team returned from the expedition with plans to study the revelations and prepare for the gods’ eventual awakening.

• Cola entered the tree hollow first, and Chen Yuan and the others followed into a vast platform among Azure Cang’s roots.
• Azure Cang showed the group visions of the gods’ birth, Emperor Yu’s failed attempt to capture the time-controlling god, the gods’ devastating battles, and the end of the first Spiritual Tide.
• Azure Cang revealed that Azure Amber embodied its emotions and would disappear if it returned, but Azure Amber chose to remain with Chen Yuan.
• Azure Cang said the other gods had awakened but possessed less than one-tenth of their former strength, and it urged the group to find and stop them before they fully awoke.
• The group returned from the World Tree, and Chen Yuan invited Azure Amber to live with him while Professor Song requested time to study it.

After Zhang Yu became a Beast Tamer and chose Cold Cold Pig as his partner, Chen Yuan and his friends agreed that Azure Amber could help reveal the gods’ locations to the authorities without exposing their Jade Pendants. As they left the Mysterious Forest, Azure Amber discovered it could not cross an invisible boundary, leaving Chen Yuan to promise that he would bring the farm’s companions to visit.

• Zhang Yu awakened as a Beast Tamer and, after considering his options, decided to contract Cold Cold Pig.
• The Moistening Duck shared fried Spirit Fish with the farm’s companions, and the Wood Spirit Mice helped clean the kitchen afterward.
• Chen Yuan proposed using Azure Amber as a future messenger to tell the authorities where the other gods were, and Jiang Wenning, Li Junyue, and Chang Yuhuan agreed.
• Li Junyue announced that he had become a captain, and the group planned to meet in Yun Province for a feast.
• On November 5th, Zhang Yu officially contracted Cold Cold Pig and promised it an easy life.
• As Chen Yuan’s group left the Mysterious Forest, Azure Amber repeatedly hit an invisible barrier; Chen Yuan accepted that it could not leave and promised to bring the farm’s companions to visit.

Chen Yuan and the expedition team said goodbye to the Star Moon Deer and learned that the authorities had secretly captured the New Star Society members who had been tracking them. They returned safely to Xuanhe Village, where Chen Yuan finally reached his farm.

• Chen Yuan accepted the Star Moon Deer’s decision to remain in the forest and promised Azure Amber he would always be nearby.
• Zhang Yu and Chen Wenhao questioned why they had not encountered any New Star Society members, and Yao Li revealed that he was an Enforcement Department squad captain.
• Yao Li explained that hidden Enforcement Department squads had used Keys of Observation and a Key of Secret Arts to track and capture two New Star Society cadres and more than ten senior members.
• Chen Yuan examined the Key of Secret Arts, while Professor Song told Zhang Yu that the expedition had been protected by hidden squads and Chen Yuan.
• Chen Yuan and the others returned late at night to Xuanhe Village, and Chen Yuan reached the farm entrance.

Chen Yuan returned to the farm, resolved a misunderstanding about the pets’ late-night fish feast, and agreed to become a special consultant for the Enforcement Department. After Professor Song’s group departed, Jiang Wenning and the Ice Crystal Phantom Cat took a chilled red leaf from the Qinling Mountains as a souvenir.

• Chen Yuan found Moistening Duck, Sparkling Flying Cat, and the Wood Spirit Mouse family together after a midnight snack, then confirmed that the mice had helped willingly and hired them to clean the farm.
• Chen Yuan proposed building the Wood Spirit Mouse family a treehouse, then went to the Beast Tamer Office and coached Sparkling Flying Cat on how to approach the Ice Crystal Phantom Cat.
• The Ice Crystal Phantom Cat asked whether Moistening Duck had come, leaving Sparkling Flying Cat disheartened, while Professor Song prepared to leave for Yunhua Beast Taming Academy with his group.
• Yao Li offered Chen Yuan a special consultant position with the Enforcement Department, and Chen Yuan accepted after learning it would not restrict his daily life.
• Professor Song’s group departed after lunch, and the Ice Crystal Phantom Cat froze a drifting red leaf that Jiang Wenning kept as a souvenir from the Qinling Mountains.

After the research operation ended, Chen Yuan took Zhang Hao and Chen Wenhao to a newly discovered hot spring, where their pet beasts joined them. They ran into Bounty Hunter Huo Hong and his apprentice Amei, who explained that a powerful Gray Feather Falcon was blocking his mission; Chen Yuan and Spark recognized the name.

• Chen Yuan agreed to visit a hidden hot spring with Zhang Hao and persuaded Chen Wenhao to take a break from research.
• Chen Yuan and Zhang Hao discussed the village's growing tourism, pet beast rental service, and Storm Cloud Finch guides on the way to the hot spring.
• Chen Yuan and his companions soaked in the unusually restorative hot spring while Cola, Spark, the Twin Flower Concubine, the Gray-Armored Mountain Pig, and the Falling Meteor Horn Beast joined them.
• Huo Hong and Amei arrived while searching for a Spiritual Plant, and Huo Hong told Chen Yuan that a powerful flying pet beast had driven him away from the mountain.
• Huo Hong identified the obstacle as a Gray Feather Falcon, prompting Chen Yuan and Spark to react with surprise.

Chen Yuan and his companions went to investigate the powerful Gray Feather Falcon, only to find it fighting the Iron Feather Owl. After Cola defeated the owl and Spark reunited with her former rival, the Gray Feather Falcon suddenly flew toward the mountaintop, prompting the group to follow.

• Huo Hong told Chen Yuan about a Commander Quality Gray Feather Falcon, and Chen Yuan suspected it might be the one Spark had defeated before.
• Huo Hong introduced his apprentice Amei, who explained that she traveled with him because her divorced parents were too busy to care for her and she wanted to earn money for food.
• Chen Wenhao learned that Amei's unusually large appetite and fatigue began after the torrential rain, and he offered to research whether they were connected to abilities awakened after the Spiritual Tide.
• The group followed Huo Hong toward the Gray Feather Falcon's habitat, where they found the Gray Feather Falcon fighting the Iron Feather Owl they had encountered earlier.
• Chen Yuan ordered Cola to intervene, and Cola trapped both birds with wind before defeating the Iron Feather Owl with Wind Blades and Vortex Assault.
• The Gray Feather Falcon recognized Spark and meekly approached her, but it suddenly flew toward the mountaintop before answering Chen Yuan's questions, so the group followed.