Chapter Summaries

Chen Yuan’s group witnessed the Gray Feather Falcon chick hatch and learned that the falcon had advanced after eating eleven stalks of Flowing Mist Grass, prompting Chen Wenhao to arrange research. Meanwhile, Yunhua Beast Taming Academy’s students lost their exchange matches, and Zhuang Jianbai discovered that Lu Ran’s respected teacher was Consultant Chen Yuan—the same person Zhuang had wanted to recommend.

• The Gray Feather Falcon’s egg hatched, and its parents fed the newborn a stalk of Level 2 Flowing Mist Grass while Chen Yuan’s group watched.
• The Gray Feather Falcon explained that it had eaten eleven stalks of Flowing Mist Grass before its body changed, and Chen Wenhao persuaded the falcon family to participate in research while their chicks grew in safety.
• Huo Hong and Amei completed their mission with Chen Yuan’s help, and Amei reassured Huo Hong that his inability to defeat Consultant Chen did not make him a bad master.
• At Yunhua Beast Taming Academy, Lu Ran and his Blazing Ape defeated Zhuang Jianbai and the Winter Dog, completing the visiting team’s sweep of the academy’s five students.
• Lu Ran told Zhuang Jianbai that his teacher was Consultant Chen Yuan, whom he and the Blazing Ape could not yet defeat; Zhuang revealed that Chen Yuan was the stronger Beast Tamer he had meant to recommend.

Chen Yuan and the little ones built a treehouse, then spent the day cleaning and planning a major farm renovation. As Chen Wenhao continued studying the Gray Feather Falcon, Chen Yuan prepared to leave for a competition in Phoenix City while the farm’s expansion was set to begin.

• Chen Yuan and the little ones built a treehouse for the Wood Spirit Mouse family, and Sparkling Flying Cat challenged Moistening Duck to a duel after Chen Yuan mentioned finding it a companion someday.
• Chen Yuan decided to plant Spiritual Plants in the eastern field, add roadside trees, and renovate the yard with a channel and pavilion, and Grandpa agreed to let him change the farm as he saw fit.
• Chen Yuan, Chen Wenhao, Grandpa, and the little ones cleaned the yard, while Chen Yuan explained his renovation plans to Chen Wenhao.
• Chen Wenhao told Chen Yuan that his research on the Gray Feather Falcon was still preliminary and planned to examine Snow Cloud Wolf the next day.
• Chen Yuan planned for Grandpa to hire people to build the channel and pavilion while he was away at a competition in Phoenix City, and he remained focused on unlocking Flame Cloud Falcon’s advancement method.

Chen Yuan unlocked Spark and Cola's Morning Star advancement requirements and learned they needed rare Tier 4 resources and specific environments. He put Spark's costly advancement on hold, planned to pursue resources for both pets, and went to sleep wondering what his other pet beasts might become.

• Chen Yuan asked Spark whether it was willing to evolve, and Spark eagerly agreed while Cola reminded him not to forget its advancement.
• Chen Yuan unlocked Spark's advancement requirements: two Tier 4 Blazing Flame Flowers and two Tier 4 Star Brilliance Stones used in a place scorched by blazing fire.
• Chen Yuan learned each Star Brilliance Stone cost 1,500 Contribution Points and realized gathering Spark's resources would take months, so he considered growing valuable Spiritual Plants to earn Contribution Points.
• Chen Yuan unlocked Cola's requirements: two Tier 4 Hurricane Cores and two Tier 4 Mind's Eye Flowers used where fierce winds churn.
• Chen Yuan learned that Hurricane Cores were associated with Saibei Province and Mind's Eye Flowers were rare, hard-to-collect Spirit-element resources, leaving Cola's advancement dependent on a future journey and luck.
• Chen Yuan speculated that Spark would gain Light, Cola would gain Spirit, and Twin Flower Concubine might gain Poison before falling asleep.

Chen Yuan matured Clear Mind Fruit Trees to trade for Star Brilliance Stones, met a wandering merchant frog, and helped plan Xuanhe Village’s mount-riding championship. He left the chapter preparing the Falling Meteor Horn Beast for the event and planning to train Cola to drive and possibly compete in the speed race.

• Chen Yuan harvested Clear Mind Fruits, rewarded the Wood Spirit Mice, and sent Zhou Xu to exchange twelve fruits for two Star Brilliance Stones.
• Wandering Frog traded Chen Yuan a Level Two resource for fruit flesh, showed off its unusual stock of resources, and agreed to watch for a Mind's Eye Flower.
• Zhou Xu told Chen Yuan that Chairman Wang had approved the mount-riding championship, and Chen Yuan joined village leaders to discuss its plans.
• Zhang Hao proposed race formats, obstacles, prizes, and sponsorship, then was assigned to plan the competition, which would be held in December.
• Chen Yuan began training the Falling Meteor Horn Beast and considered entering Cola in the speed race if it advanced enough to become rideable.
• Chen Yuan told Cola to practice driving and aimed to have it take Subjects 2 and 3 together.

Chen Yuan sent Cola to Auspicious Driving School, where the Condensing Wind Hound quickly mastered manual driving and taught two college students. Meanwhile, investigators discussed five missing children, and Nie Li agreed to leave the Qinling Mountains to help, trusting Consultant Chen to keep the region safe.

• Tang Yun and Liu Yang watched in astonishment as Cola learned to drive a manual car in an hour and mastered the Subject 2 maneuvers.
• Cola coached Tang Yun on hill starts, then won over him and Liu Yang, who promised to look after it during its driving practice.
• Chen Yuan visited the breeding base, where Chen Wenhao examined the Snow Cloud Wolf leader and confirmed it had survived an evolution like the Gray Feather Falcon's.
• Wang Jianping met with Luo Xian about five children abducted at night, and Luo Xian asked for Nie Li's help investigating the case.
• Nie Li agreed to come that night and reassured Luo Xian that the Qinling Mountains would remain safe with Consultant Chen there.

Chen Yuan visited a breeding base and a university, where he stopped a cat gang fight and uncovered a larger stray-cat faction posing a public-safety risk. After agreeing to give an impromptu lecture, he told students that becoming an outstanding Beast Tamer meant treating pet beasts as family and supporting their growth.

• Chen Yuan spent the morning at the breeding base, then took Cola to driving practice and visited a nearby university with Tang Yun and Liu Yang.
• At the university, Chen Yuan watched a fight between Little Orange's campus cats and a group led by the Thunder Pattern Leopard Cat, then used Cola and the Twin Flower Concubine to calm the cats.
• Little Orange told Chen Yuan that the Thunder Pattern Leopard Cat served a powerful cat leader who was gathering stray cats, so Chen Yuan asked Zhou Xu to arrange an investigation.
• After learning that the students wanted him to give a public lecture, Chen Yuan accepted the school's invitation despite having no preparation.
• Chen Yuan gave a lecture about his bond with Cola and urged students to treat their pet beasts as family members who needed companionship and support.

After meeting Seventh Squad members Bai Jue and Shanzhu, Chen Yuan joined their search for a suspect behind several child disappearances. At an abandoned construction site, a group of stray cats fled when the investigators discussed the case, and Chen Yuan cornered their leader to demand an explanation.

• Chen Yuan left the school with Cola, met Bai Jue and Shanzhu at a restaurant, and agreed to help their team investigate missing children.
• Bai Jue told Nie Li that Chen Yuan could assist the mission, and Nie Li secured permission from Captain Luo to involve him.
• At the first crime scene, Chen Yuan discovered the Thunder Pattern Leopard Cat and other strays gathered around stolen delivery bags.
• The stray cats fled after hearing the investigators discuss the case, so Chen Yuan and the team pursued them with Cola, Spark, and the Twin Flower Concubine.
• Chen Yuan frightened the stray cats into surrendering and asked the Thunder Pattern Leopard Cat why it had run and whether it knew about the disappearances.

Chen Yuan’s group uncovered the Thunder Pattern Leopard Cat’s connection to a dark-element feline culprit and tracked its scout to a compound full of stray cats. The Nightmare Shadow Cat then led its cats to confront Chen Yuan, who identified it as the likely kidnapper of the children.

• The Thunder Pattern Leopard Cat admitted that it and the stray cats had witnessed the child abduction, but Chen Yuan deduced it was hiding its connection to the culprit after Bai Jue received confirmation that cat fur had been found at the crime scene.
• The Thunder Pattern Leopard Cat and the stray cats attacked Chen Yuan’s group, but Cola and the others subdued them; Chen Yuan let a kitten escape so Cola could track it back to the culprit.
• Cola followed the kitten to a dark, abandoned compound, where it saw a huge black tomcat with three tails gather a host of stray cats and order them to strike back.
• Cola was spotted and chased from the compound, then raced back to Chen Yuan; the Nightmare Shadow Cat and dozens of stray cats followed and surrounded the group.
• Chen Yuan identified the black tomcat as the Nightmare Shadow Cat and asked whether it had kidnapped the children.

Chen Yuan and his pet beasts fought the Nightmare Shadow Cat and its stray-cat followers, defeating the leader while keeping the battle’s damage under control. The cats gathered around the fallen Nightmare Shadow Cat, and Chen Yuan asked whether the abducted children were safe.

• Chen Yuan had Cola use Wind Surge to hold back the stray cats while the Twin Flower Concubine and Spark protected the others.
• The Nightmare Shadow Cat ambushed Cola with Shadow Gap Assault, but Cola evaded it and used its sense of smell to track the cat through the shadows.
• The Twin Flower Concubine put several stray cats to sleep and frightened the rest, while Spark kept them from approaching.
• Chen Yuan told Cola to scatter the Nightmare Shadow Cat’s Misty Haze with a gale, then Cola struck the exposed cat with Vortex Assault and knocked it down.
• The stray cats surrounded the fallen Nightmare Shadow Cat, and Chen Yuan asked whether the abducted children were all right.

Chen Yuan and the Enforcement Department found the kidnapped children safe in the stray cats’ abandoned stronghold and learned that the Nightmare Shadow Cat had taken them to avenge cats abandoned by their owners. Chen Yuan arranged a chance for the cats to receive shelter and food in exchange for helping the Enforcement Department, and the Nightmare Shadow Cat accepted while remembering his name.

• Luo Xian arrived after Chen Yuan had subdued the Nightmare Shadow Cat, then began arranging its interrogation while Chen Yuan followed Cola to the stray cats’ stronghold with Nie Li and her team.
• Chen Yuan and the others found five children sleeping safely beside kittens in the abandoned buildings, and Chen Yuan calmed the wary stray cats by feeding them kibble.
• Luo Xian brought the Nightmare Shadow Cat to the stronghold, where it revealed that it had captured children to punish people who had abandoned stray cats, but had treated the children kindly and could not bring itself to hurt them.
• Chen Yuan asked Luo Xian to contact the children’s parents and proposed giving the stray cats shelter and food in return for helping the Enforcement Department watch the city.
• The Nightmare Shadow Cat accepted Chen Yuan’s offer, and Chen Yuan gave it his business card and told it to remember his name.

Chen Yuan trained Cola and his other pet beasts, joined the Enforcement Department as a Special Consultant, and visited Baokun City's Battle Club to seek stronger opponents. He defeated Shi Gang and became the club's new king before the story moved toward the start of Qin Province's First Beast Tamer Competition.

• Chen Yuan read reports about Ye Sheng becoming Donghuang's first Advanced Beast Tamer and resolved to train Cola and his other pet beasts for the coming competition.
• Nie Li told Chen Yuan that the child disappearance case had been resolved, and Chen Yuan revealed that he had become a Special Consultant for the Enforcement Department.
• After Cola practiced driving, Chen Yuan went to the Battle Club and decided to challenge Shi Gang.
• Chen Yuan's Cola defeated Shi Gang's Rockfall Giant, and Spark defeated his Mighty Ape, making Chen Yuan the Battle Club's new king.
• Chen Yuan continued defeating the club's formidable Beast Tamers in the days before Qin Province's First Beast Tamer Competition began.

Chen Yuan arrived in Phoenix City for the Great Wind Cup, where he reunited with a taxi driver whose son had been inspired by him. While Chen Yuan prepared for the competition, Cola took its public-road driving test and earned a perfect score, astonishing a livestreaming contestant and viewers.

• Chen Yuan watched the Great Wind Cup opening ceremony on the train, and Moistening Duck called him from the farm to ask when Cola would appear.
• Chen Yuan met Uncle Wang, his former taxi driver, in Phoenix City and learned that Uncle Wang’s son had joined Yunhua Beast Taming Academy after being inspired by Chen Yuan.
• Chen Yuan took Cola to the testing grounds and warned it not to use skills against other vehicles during its Subject 3 driving test.
• Cola encountered Lu Hao, a livestreaming contestant who had failed his own test, and ignored his challenge to compare driving skills.
• Lu Hao failed Subject 3, but Cola completed the test without losing a point and drew a surge of viewers to the livestream.
• Cola left before Lu Hao could approach it, while Lu Hao announced that he would livestream the Great Wind Cup matches.

Chen Yuan prepared Spark and Cola for the Great Wind Cup main event after Spark broke through to Tier 3, while Cola celebrated getting a driver’s license and attracted media attention. After a Fengcheng Daily interview made Chen Yuan unexpectedly famous, reporter Song Wei proposed following his competition the next day.

• Chen Yuan gave Cola its driver’s license, and Cola proudly showed it to Moistening Duck and the Sparkling Flying Cat on a video call.
• Chen Yuan reviewed the Great Wind Cup results, met fellow contestants and Zhang Hao, and watched familiar competitors advance or get eliminated during the knockout rounds.
• Manager Zhang told Chen Yuan that a video of Cola’s driving tests had gone viral, and Chen Yuan declined offers for Cola to appear in advertisements.
• Spark broke through to Tier 3 and mastered Flame Energy Assault as Chen Yuan trained Spark and Cola for the main event.
• Song Wei interviewed Chen Yuan and Cola for Fengcheng Daily, then the published report drew attention to Chen Yuan and his Great Wind Cup appearance.
• After the report’s readers focused on Chen Yuan rather than its intended topic, Song Wei suggested covering his competition the next day.

Chen Yuan and Cola made a dazzling debut in the Great Wind Cup, defeating Shu Xin’s Earth Savage Bear and Mountainous Rhinoceros in quick succession. Cola left the arena to cheers, while Lu Hao abandoned his predictions and declared himself its loyal fan.

• Lu Hao read about Chen Yuan’s reputation, predicted he would lose to Shu Xin, and wagered he would eat canned herring if he was wrong.
• Chen Yuan entered the arena with Cola as Zhuang Jianbai watched with Jiang Yuntao, while the farm’s pet beasts gathered to watch the livestream.
• Chen Yuan ordered Cola to use Vortex Assault, and Cola knocked out Shu Xin’s Earth Savage Bear with a single charge.
• Shu Xin sent out her Mountainous Rhinoceros, but Cola evaded its attacks with Wind Treading Step and defeated it with Wind Blades.
• Chen Yuan won the match, let Cola run celebratory laps around the arena, and Lu Hao called Cola his favorite contestant and himself Consultant Chen’s loyal fan.

Chen Yuan and Cola dominated the Great Wind Cup, advancing through the special-channel bracket as the other contestants fought for the remaining places. The semifinals were set to pit Chen Yuan against Nie Li and Shi Gang against a mysterious captain, with Nie Li asking Chen Yuan to give the match his all.

• Chen Yuan told reporters that Cola balanced driving practice and training through hard work, while the farm’s Beast Pets reacted to the claim and compared their diligence.
• Nie Li’s Spark Hound and Shi Gang’s Beast Pets won their matches, and Chen Yuan observed that the Enforcement Department captains were generally stronger than the Association consultants.
• The first round ended with Chen Yuan scheduled to face Luo Xian, while Zhuang Jianbai, Li Qing, and Huo Hong also advanced through the regular channel and Lin Hongwei was eliminated.
• Li Junyue told the [Fruit Factory] group chat that he had become a captain, thanked his friends for their support, and celebrated by treating his teammates to dinner.
• On November 21st, Cola defeated Luo Xian’s first Beast Pet with a single strike, and Chen Yuan later advanced to the semifinals after Cola won a difficult quarterfinal by mutual destruction.
• Shi Gang and Nie Li also advanced, and the draw paired Chen Yuan with Nie Li and Shi Gang with the mysterious captain; Nie Li told Chen Yuan she hoped he would go all out.

Chen Yuan sent Cola and then Spark into the Great Wind Cup semifinal against Nie Li, whose Spark Hound and Blazing Eagle both fell to his Contracted Beasts. Spark ended the match by overwhelming the Blazing Eagle with Flame Surge, leaving the stadium stunned.

• Chen Yuan chose Cola and Spark for his match against Nie Li, while Nie Li prepared to face him despite believing she could not win.
• Cola used Wind Treading Step and Wind Surge to overcome the Spark Hound, then defeated it with Vortex Assault.
• Nie Li summoned the Blazing Eagle, but Chen Yuan recalled Cola and sent out Spark instead.
• The Blazing Eagle attacked with Blazing Feather Blade, and Spark countered with a Flame Surge that swallowed the attack and charred the Blazing Eagle.
• The Blazing Eagle fell from the sky, and the arena fell silent.

Chen Yuan and Shi Gang advanced to the Great Wind Cup Finals, while Zhuang Jianbai and Xia Heng revealed Tier 3 Contracted Beasts among the other finalists. Chen Yuan remained the favorite, and Cola resolved to train for a breakthrough after feeling overlooked, but Chen Yuan sent him to bed.

• Chen Yuan's Tier 3 Flame Cloud Falcon defeated Nie Li's Blazing Eagle in one hit, and Nie Li thanked Chen Yuan for helping her fulfill her wish to battle him.
• Shi Gang advanced to the Finals after his Mighty Ape defeated two opponents, and he told reporters he could match his previous record against Chen Yuan.
• Li Qing and Huo Hong were eliminated, while Zhuang Jianbai's Winter Dog broke through to Tier 3 during battle and won its match.
• Xia Heng revealed the Great Wind Cup's third Tier 3 Contracted Beast, and all eight finalists were named, including Chen Yuan, Shi Gang, Zhuang Jianbai, and Xia Heng.
• Cola read online comments praising other Tier 3 pets and decided to train for a breakthrough, but Chen Yuan pulled him away from the training room and told him to rest.

Chen Yuan unexpectedly became an Advanced Beast Tamer when Cola broke through to Tier 3, then contracted Twin Flower Concubine as his third pet beast. In the Great Wind Cup Finals, Twin Flower Concubine debuted against Liu Xin and appeared to be struck down, but it recovered with a healing skill.

• Chen Yuan discovered he had become an Advanced Beast Tamer and learned that his new Damage Transfer skill could shift his injuries onto a pet beast.
• Cola revealed that it had reached Level 20 after dreaming of victory, and Chen Yuan tested its new strength against Spark before contracting Twin Flower Concubine.
• Chen Yuan brought Twin Flower Concubine to the Great Wind Cup Finals and announced that it would take the lead in its first match against Liu Xin.
• Twin Flower Concubine used Sweet Aroma to conceal a spore that poisoned Liu Xin's Silver Armor Mantis, then attacked it with Crimson Bombs.
• Liu Xin's Silver Armor Mantis struck Twin Flower Concubine and sent it flying, but Twin Flower Concubine stood up and ate a petal that restored its vitality.

Chen Yuan defeated Liu Xin with the Twin Flower Concubine and Flame Cloud Falcon, securing a place in the Great Wind Cup semifinals. After Shi Gang asked him to send out the Condensing Wind Hound, Chen Yuan refused to hold back and announced that Cola would fight first.

• The Twin Flower Concubine repeatedly weakened the Silver Armor Mantis, healed its own injuries, and defeated it, while Liu Xin watched in despair.
• Liu Xin asked Chen Yuan to replace the Twin Flower Concubine, but Chen Yuan sent out Spark, whose Flame Cloud Falcon defeated Liu Xin's second pet beast in one strike.
• Chen Yuan advanced to the semifinals alongside Zhuang Jianbai, Xia Heng, and Shi Gang; Shi Gang decided he wanted to face the Condensing Wind Hound.
• Cola asked Chen Yuan to let it fight in the semifinals, and Chen Yuan agreed that it had sufficiently consolidated its breakthrough.
• Shi Gang called Chen Yuan and asked him to send out the Condensing Wind Hound first, hoping Chen Yuan would preserve his strength for the finals.
• Chen Yuan refused to hold back and said he would send Cola out first, prompting Shi Gang to promise he would give the match everything he had.

Xia Heng defeated Zhuang Jianbai in the Group A semifinal, then Chen Yuan faced Shi Gang in the next match. Cola overwhelmed Shi Gang’s Rockfall Giant with a powerful Vortex Assault, leaving Shi Gang stunned by how much stronger it had become.

• Xia Heng’s Ink Tree Spirit defeated Zhuang Jianbai’s Swift Shadow Leopard, and Xia Heng’s Raging Torrent Crocodile then outlasted the Winter Dog to win the semifinal.
• Lu Hao lost his bet on Zhuang Jianbai and announced he would livestream a wilderness-survival challenge in the Qinling Mountains.
• Zhuang Jianbai comforted the Winter Dog, congratulated Xia Heng, and said failure was a required course for every Beast Tamer.
• Chen Yuan and Shi Gang met again in the semifinals, where Shi Gang sent out the Rockfall Giant and Chen Yuan sent out Cola.
• Cola dodged the Rockfall Giant’s Stone Shard Barrage, charged in with Vortex Assault, and knocked the Rockfall Giant out of the fight.