Chapter Summaries

Chen Yuan found a way for Spark to predict and trap Blazing Soul Flame Lord during its evasive Blazing Fire Flash Strike, then fought it with Flame Energy Assault and Blazing Storm. Spark seized an opening after their strongest attacks collided and knocked Blazing Soul Flame Lord backward, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Spark and Blazing Soul Flame Lord fought evenly, while Chen Yuan searched for a way to counter Blazing Fire Flash Strike.
• Chen Yuan had Spark read the flames left along Blazing Soul Flame Lord’s teleport path and catch it in Flame Prison.
• Spark struck the trapped Blazing Soul Flame Lord with Flame Energy Assault, dealing substantial damage and drawing the Blazing Ember Spirits’ agitation.
• Blazing Soul Flame Lord unleashed a powerful racial skill that sent waves of crimson-gold lava toward Spark, injuring its wing.
• Spark countered with Blazing Storm, and the two attacks collided in a huge explosion.
• Spark rushed in after the clash, seized Blazing Soul Flame Lord’s sword to expose it, and blasted it in the face, causing it to fall backward.

Chen Yuan and Spark defeated the Blazing Soul Flame Lord, but the Blazing Ember Spirits tried to revive their king by sacrificing themselves. The other Beast Tamers joined Chen Yuan’s team to drive the spirits away, and Chen Yuan sent Spark to find Blazing Flame Flowers.

• Liu Jinglan urged the Beast Tamers to unite against the Blazing Ember Spirits, while Chairman Maimaiti learned Chen Yuan was a Qin Province consultant and awarded 200 points for the Blazing Soul Flame Lord’s defeat.
• Chen Yuan praised the injured Spark after it defeated the Blazing Soul Flame Lord, then ordered Cola to protect him from the approaching Blazing Ember Spirits.
• Cola, Spark, and Twin Flower Concubine fought off the spirits, but some sacrificed their flames to restore the fallen Blazing Soul Flame Lord.
• Xia Heng, Mulat, Liu Jinglan, Chang Yuhuan, Liu Jingyi, and the other Beast Tamers arrived with their pet beasts and stopped the spirits from reaching their king.
• The Beast Tamers drove the Blazing Ember Spirits into retreat, and Chen Yuan told Spark to find the Blazing Flame Flowers.

Chen Yuan and the Beast Tamers defeated the Blazing Soul Flame Lord, cleared the fires at Flame Mountain’s base, and Spark returned with the two Blazing Flame Flowers needed for its advancement. After treating Spark’s injuries, Chen Yuan postponed its evolution until morning, and the group reached a site near the summit ready for Spark to advance.

• Spark searched for Blazing Flame Flowers while Chen Yuan stayed with Cola and the Twin Flower Concubine, then Xia Heng asked Chen Yuan for a rematch after the battle.
• Liu Jinglan and the other Beast Tamers thanked Chen Yuan for defeating the Blazing Soul Flame Lord, and the group cleared the mountain fires at Flame Mountain’s base.
• Xia Heng asked whether Chen Yuan would enter the Donghuang Assembly, but Chen Yuan said he did not know yet.
• Spark returned with two Blazing Flame Flowers after fighting their Blazing Ember Spirit guards, and Chen Yuan treated its wounds.
• Chen Yuan decided Spark would advance the next morning after recovering, and the group camped before heading near Flame Mountain’s summit.

Spark entered the depths of Flame Mountain to evolve using the Blazing Flame Flower and Star Brilliance Stone, while Chen Yuan and the others waited below. Spark emerged as a much larger golden-red Flame Cloud Falcon with Morning Star Quality, leaving the gathered Beast Tamers stunned.

• Chen Yuan sent Spark into Flame Mountain to begin its evolution, and Twin Flower Concubine gave it Aromatic Healing Petals while the Blazing Flame Eagle followed it to the summit.
• Beast Tamers gathered near the mountain to temper their Contracted Beasts, and Chen Yuan confirmed to Liu Jingyi and the others that Spark was attempting to reach Morning Star Quality.
• Spark entered a deep pit beneath Flame Mountain, endured increasingly dangerous fires, and used its evolution resources as a dark presence watched from below.
• The Blazing Soul Flame Lord led Blazing Ember Spirits to ambush Spark, but Spark emerged from the pit in a powerful golden-red form and scattered the flames with its wings.
• Xia Heng returned expecting to battle Chen Yuan's Flame Cloud Falcon, while Chen Yuan sensed Spark's advancement through the strengthening of his own body.
• Spark's cry reached the gathered Beast Tamers, and it soared from the mountain fire in its enlarged form, trailing seven-colored light.

Spark evolved from a Flame Cloud Falcon into a Blazing Sky Rainbow Falcon, revealing its new power and carrying Chen Yuan through the sky. The group ended the competition and left Flame Mountain for the Beast Tamer Office, while Liu Jingyi told the Blazing Flame Eagle to rejoin its parents.

• Spark completed its evolution into a Morning Star Blazing Sky Rainbow Falcon, gaining the Light attribute and the skills Brilliant Light Illumination and Rainbow Fire Spreads.
• Chen Yuan challenged Xia Heng to a battle, and Spark’s Rainbow Fire Spreads overwhelmed the Raging Torrent Crocodile, leaving it unconscious.
• Spark carried Chen Yuan through the air for the first time, while Cola chased them along the ground and vowed to learn how to fly.
• Jiang Hu confirmed that Chen Yuan had won the competition, and the group left Flame Mountain for the Beast Tamer Office.
• The Blazing Flame Eagle and Blazing Flame Sun Eagle followed the group, and Liu Jingyi told the Blazing Flame Eagle to go find its parents.

Chen Yuan returned to the Flame Mountain Beast Tamer Office after winning the competition, drawing attention with Spark’s golden-flamed flight. He received his team’s rewards, planned to teach Spark Any Divine Ability, and decided to warn Donghuang about the deities sleeping beneath dangerous locations.

• Xia Heng told Chen Yuan that Shi Yu’s training hall taught Any Divine Ability, which could change a Contracted Beast’s size, and Chen Yuan decided Spark should learn it.
• Beast Tamers at the office praised Chen Yuan for defeating the Blazing Soul Flame Lord and taking first place, while President Maimaiti waited to welcome him.
• Spark flew Chen Yuan’s group to the office, where the crowd mistook its approach for a possible attack before recognizing Chen Yuan and his Contracted Beast.
• Chen Yuan and his teammates collected their first-place rewards, and President Maimaiti thanked him and invited him to visit Flame Mountain again.
• Chen Yuan worried about the ancient deity beneath Flame Mountain and decided to use Azure Amber to report the locations of the other deities to the Beast Tamer Association.
• Chen Yuan told Spark it would learn Any Divine Ability after they returned to Baokun City, then looked forward to resting.

After returning to Fire Prefecture, Chen Yuan uploaded the Flame Cloud Falcon’s Commander-to-Morning Star evolution conditions, prompting the Beast Tamer Association to launch an urgent review. He left for the airport while arranging for staff to witness future evolutions, and Xia Heng resolved to pursue Morning Star Quality for his own Raging Torrent Crocodile.

• After a celebratory dinner, Chen Yuan uploaded the Flame Cloud Falcon’s Morning Star evolution conditions to the Beast Tamer Association’s website.
• Reviewer Du Chang found Chen Yuan’s text submission and sent it to other departments, where officials worked through the night to verify it.
• The next morning, Du Chang’s supervisor told him to notify management immediately if Chen Yuan submitted more conditions, and Du Chang pointed out that Chen Yuan was an Advanced Beast Tamer, not a researcher.
• Chen Yuan saw that the conditions were still under review, then asked Zhou Xu to arrange for staff to witness future evolution ceremonies; he revealed that the Flame Cloud Falcon had already evolved.
• Chen Yuan headed to the airport, where Xia Heng said he was returning home to pursue Morning Star evolution for his Raging Torrent Crocodile.

Su Zhu learned from Shi Gang that Chen Yuan was a monster after he overwhelmed his Great Wind Cup opponents, and she resolved to challenge him someday. When Chen Yuan arrived in Wei County to learn Any Divine Ability, he found Shi Yu away in Daping Village and set out to find him.

• Su Zhu visited Shi Yu's training hall, met Shi Gang, and asked him why contestants who fought Chen Yuan looked relieved afterward.
• Shi Gang admitted that Chen Yuan was a monster and began teaching the Rockfall Giant Any Divine Ability while Su Zhu trained her Woody Panda.
• Shi Yu learned that Forest Ranger Xiao Wei had trouble in Daping Village and took Shi Gang and five apprentices, including Su Zhu, to help.
• Chen Yuan arrived at Shi Yu's training hall to learn Any Divine Ability, but a young apprentice told him Shi Yu had gone to Daping Village.
• Chen Yuan called Zhou Xu to ask whether any Forest Rangers were near Daping Village.

Chen Yuan learned that a conflict between Cliff-tail Centipedes and Storm Cloud Finches was blocking the road to Daping Village, then flew there on Spark. Shi Gang intimidated both groups into explaining their dispute and ended their fight, but a sudden tremor raised the possibility of an earthquake.

• Zhou Xu told Chen Yuan that Song Wei had recorded a clash between Cliff-tail Centipedes and Storm Cloud Finches that was disrupting traffic near Daping Village.
• Chen Yuan summoned Spark and flew toward Daping Village while Song Wei, Shi Yu, Shi Gang, and Su Zhu traveled to the blocked road.
• Song Wei and the others found the two groups fighting, and Shi Gang summoned the Rockfall Giant to halt the battle and make them explain what had happened.
• The Storm Cloud Finches and Cliff-tail Centipedes revealed that the centipedes had been driven from their habitat by shaking ground and had accidentally started the conflict by throwing rocks.
• After the two groups agreed to stop fighting, the ground began to rumble, and Shi Gang asked whether Daping Village had recently experienced an earthquake.

Shi Gang and Shi Yu investigated the unexplained tremors and discovered a gigantic Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent emerging from underground. The creature charged toward Daping Village, leaving them to realize the village was in immediate danger.

• Shi Gang ordered Song Wei to take the apprentices away while he and Shi Yu investigated the tremors near the valley.
• Shi Gang concluded that a powerful pet beast was causing the localized earthquakes, and the two men approached the valley.
• The Flowing Cloud Sparrows fled as the ground shook, and a more than twenty-meter-long Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent burst from underground.
• Shi Yu identified the creature as a possibly Gigantified Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent, and Shi Gang ordered the Mighty Ape not to attack.
• The Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent charged away from Shi Gang and Shi Yu, who realized it was heading toward Daping Village.

Shi Gang tried to delay a rampaging Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent while Shi Yu rushed to Daping Village to organize an evacuation and contact Consultant Chen. In Daping Village, Song Wei reported the tremors through Officer Zhou as Su Zhu explored the village, until a loudspeaker ordered everyone to leave immediately.

• Shi Yu warned Shi Gang that the Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent was heading along a dirt road toward Daping Village, so Shi Gang sent him ahead to organize an evacuation and contact Consultant Chen.
• Shi Gang's Mighty Ape was knocked unconscious by the serpent, and the Rockfall Giant also fell after using Any Divine Ability, but it rose again amid a gust of air.
• Su Zhu and Song Wei arrived in bustling Daping Village, where Song Wei reported the unexplained tremors through Officer Zhou after Su Zhu urged her to notify Consultant Chen.
• Su Zhu watched the Wandering Frog trade Spiritual Plants with help from the Moistening Duck and Sparkling Flying Cat, and the Sparkling Flying Cat persuaded a customer to buy a Wave-Patterned Salmon.
• The village loudspeakers ordered everyone to leave Daping Village immediately.

Daping Village began evacuating after Shi Yu revealed that a Gigantified Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent was approaching, but the enormous beast emerged and began destroying the village. As villagers and the three little companions fled, a clear cry rang out, leaving their rescue uncertain.

• The village chief ordered Daping Village evacuated, and Shi Yu told Song Wei that a Gigantified Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent was charging toward them.
• Song Wei contacted Consultant Chen Yuan, who promised to arrive in ten minutes, while Shi Yu and Song Wei organized the evacuation and warned the crowd not to confront the fleeing wild beasts.
• The wild beasts fled past Daping Village, and the Sparkling Flying Cat realized they were escaping a greater danger and urged Duckie and Wandering Doll to run.
• The Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent burst from the ground, revealed its colossal size, and charged into Daping Village, demolishing houses and roads as Shi Yu and Song Wei led the villagers away.
• The three little companions were still in the street when the serpent approached, and a clear, ringing cry suddenly pierced the dark clouds.

Chen Yuan arrived at Daping Village on the evolved Blazing Sky Rainbow Falcon, Spark, and drew the rampaging Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent away from the village. After Spark evaded the serpent’s attacks and blinded it, her Rainbow Fire Spreads engulfed it in flames, leaving it charred and sprawled on the ground.

• Chen Yuan arrived with Spark, and Duckie and the Sparkling Flying Cat recognized her as Big Sister while the villagers recognized him as Consultant Chen.
• Chen Yuan directed Spark to lure the Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent away from Daping Village, and Cola arrived to protect Duckie and the Sparkling Flying Cat.
• The Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent chased Spark to an open area and attacked with Rock Throw, but Spark dodged and shattered the boulders.
• Spark’s Blazing Storms forced the Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent underground, and she blinded it with Brilliant Light Illumination when it sprang out to attack.
• Chen Yuan commanded Rainbow Fire Spreads, and Spark bombarded the blinded serpent until it was charred and sprawled on the ground.

Chen Yuan learned that a Mind's Eye Flower had driven the Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent into a frenzy by trapping it in illusions of its painful past. After confirming the flower matched the one he had been searching for, he realized Cola might soon evolve.

• Spark defeated the rampaging Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent, and Chen Yuan waited for it to wake so he could learn why it had attacked Daping Village.
• The Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent woke in terror, curled up to avoid Spark, and remained frightened whenever Cola approached.
• Twin Flower Concubine calmed the serpent and relayed its account of finding glowing violet-blue flowers that caused it to pass out and relive painful memories in illusions.
• Chen Yuan recognized the flowers as Mind's Eye Flowers and told Cola it seemed likely to evolve soon.

Shi Yu found Shi Gang alive beneath the rocks, and they reunited with Chen Yuan after the Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent was freed from the Mind’s Eye Flower’s illusion. Chen Yuan brought the group to the valley, where Cola faced a Mind’s Eye Flower and emerged from a pleasant dream; he then told Cola to pick it.

• Shi Yu and the Abyssal Mountain Bear moved the boulders and rescued Shi Gang, whom the Rockfall Giant had protected.
• Shi Gang told Shi Yu that the Rockfall Giant had broken through to Tier 3 but had still been defeated by the Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent.
• The Gigantification Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent approached Shi Yu and Shi Gang, but Song Wei and Su Zhu appeared atop it alongside Chen Yuan and his evolved Blazing Sky Rainbow Falcon.
• Chen Yuan explained that a Mind’s Eye Flower had trapped the Thousand-Spine Rock Serpent in an illusion and brought everyone to the valley to deal with the flowers.
• Cola approached a Mind’s Eye Flower, fell into a pleasant illusion of becoming a celebrated champion, and woke when he encountered Spark in his dream.
• Chen Yuan concluded that the illusion had little effect on Cola and told him to pick the Mind’s Eye Flower.

At Tongyu Academy, Spark tested its newly learned Any Divine Ability in a fierce spar with Cola while Chen Yuan prepared to return home. Chen Yuan then learned that his younger brother Chen Wenhao had made a breakthrough in pet-beast research, and that reporters were heading to Xuanhe Village to cover Chen Yuan’s own advancement research.

• Spark used Any Divine Ability to shrink and evade Cola’s attacks before the two unleashed a destructive battle that damaged the training ground.
• Su Zhu reported that Chen Wenhao’s paper on two paths of natural pet-beast advancement had earned widespread acclaim, and Shi Yu discovered Chen Wenhao was Chen Yuan’s younger brother.
• Chen Yuan saw public praise for the brothers and chose not to contact Chen Wenhao while he dealt with interviews and other attention.
• The Beast Tamer Association informed Chen Yuan that his Flame Cloud Falcon advancement requirements had passed review, awarding him three thousand Contribution Points and an Academic Pioneer medal.
• Zhou Xu told Chen Yuan that Donghuang Daily reporters had gone to Xuanhe Village to interview him about his advancement requirements, leaving Chen Yuan expecting trouble ahead.

Donghuang Daily reporter Fan Qianqian investigated Chen Yuan’s reputation in Xuanhe Village before arriving at his farm, where she met rival Times Daily reporter Zhao Sirui. A ceremony revealed that Chen Yuan, not Chen Wenhao, had earned the New Era Pioneer award and that his Flame Cloud Falcon research had made him an Academic Pioneer.

• Fan Qianqian interviewed Little Peach and other villagers, learning about Chen Yuan’s help to the community and his friendships with numerous pet beasts.
• Fan Qianqian and her cameraman reached Chen Yuan’s farm, where Ironhead Kid stopped them at the gate before Chen Weiyi let them inside.
• Fan Qianqian met Zhao Sirui, who questioned Chen Weiyi about the New Era Pioneer plaque and learned that Chen Yuan, not Chen Wenhao, had received it.
• Wang Jianping and other officials arrived with villagers to present Chen Yuan with an Academic Pioneer plaque for his research achievement.
• Fan Qianqian told Zhao Sirui that Chen Yuan’s Flame Cloud Falcon advancement research had passed review, revealing that both plaques belonged to him.

Chen Yuan returned to the farm, held a competition that showed Ironhead Kid’s strength, and watched it break through to Tier 3 after challenging Spark. The next morning, Chen Yuan discovered that Fan Qianqian’s Donghuang Daily article had made him famous as the “Guardian of the Qinling Mountains.”

• Chen Yuan learned that Fan Qianqian had left after finding an answer she was satisfied with, while Zhao Sirui had stormed off after an unpleasant exchange.
• Chen Yuan treated the farm’s pets to a nighttime barbecue, then announced a competition with doubled training for whoever came last.
• Ironhead Kid defeated Sparkling Flying Cat, Moistening Duck, and Falling Meteor Horn Beast, taking first place in the farm competition.
• Ironhead Kid challenged Spark and lost, but its determination sparked a breakthrough to Tier 3; it chose to remain at the farm until it could split a mountain with one strike.
• Chen Yuan planned to take Moistening Duck and the others to visit Azure Amber the next day, leaving Ironhead Kid to guard the farm.
• Chen Yuan woke to packed social-media notifications and found Fan Qianqian’s Donghuang Daily article calling him the “Guardian of the Qinling Mountains.”

Chen Yuan read Fan Qianqian’s article portraying him as the Guardian of the Qinling Mountains, and public support and academic endorsements quickly silenced accusations of fraud. He declined academic offers and prepared to head into the mountains with his companions, where he tested a sled for the Riding Competition.

• Chen Yuan read Fan Qianqian’s article and saw that netizens praised him as the Guardian of the Qinling Mountains.
• Professor Song and other academics publicly supported Chen Yuan, and Zhou Xu told him that eleven academies and forty-two research institutes had sent offers.
• Chen Yuan declined the invitations and decided to enter the mountains to visit Azure Amber while the public attention faded.
• Chen Yuan discovered that the Twin Flower Concubine had broken through, then persuaded the Moistening Duck to join the mountain trip by promising it Spiritual Fish.
• Chen Yuan chose Cola, the Falling Meteor Horn Beast, and the Sparkling Flying Cat for the trip, while the Ironhead Kid stayed to guard the farm.
• Chen Yuan had the Ironhead Kid cut a Camphor Tree into boards, made a sled, and tested it with Cola, who pulled him forward too quickly.

Chen Yuan and his pet beasts traveled through the snowy Qinling Mountains, where Moistening Duck got separated and befriended two foxes while catching fish. The chapter ended with the Flame Tail Fox and Ice Condensing Fox accepting Chen Yuan’s invitation to join the group as they continued toward the Mysterious Forest.

• Cola pulled Chen Yuan on a sled through the snow, and Chen Yuan and the pet beasts enjoyed a snowball fight before realizing Moistening Duck was missing.
• Chen Yuan sent Spark and the others to search for Moistening Duck, who had found a frozen lake and watched a Flame Tail Fox melt the ice for fishing.
• Moistening Duck dove into the lake to catch spirit fish, shared the meal with the Flame Tail Fox and Ice Condensing Fox, and invited the Flame Tail Fox to join Chen Yuan’s farm.
• Moistening Duck fell through an ice hole and dragged both foxes into the water before Chen Yuan found them and brought them back together.
• Chen Yuan forgave Moistening Duck for getting separated, offered the two foxes a place in the group, and led everyone onward toward the Mysterious Forest.