Chapter Summaries

Chen Yuan and Zhang Hao entered the Qinling Mountains to search for two missing Beast Tamers, recruiting a flock of Storm Cloud Finches to help. The missing couple, Lin Hongwei and Gong Jia, were trapped in a cave with an Earth Savage Bear and its cub, while the cub slipped away in search of a delicious scent.

• Song Guohao asked Chen Yuan to join Zhang Hao in searching the Qinling Mountains for Lin Hongwei and Gong Jia, who had failed to return on schedule.
• Chen Yuan and Zhang Hao headed north from Xuanhe Village, and Zhang Hao proposed tiered agreements for wilderness explorers and rescue services.
• Chen Yuan asked the Storm Cloud Finch flock to search for the missing couple in exchange for a Luminous Fruit, and the flock spread out to look for them.
• Lin Hongwei and Gong Jia remained trapped in a cave while an Earth Savage Bear and its cub inspected their belongings and used them as sparring partners.
• The Earth Savage Bear cub left the cave and followed a scent that promised delicious food.

Chen Yuan and Zhang Hao searched the mountains for two missing people while Cola wandered off and befriended a bear cub after helping it knock down a beehive. The pair angered a swarm of Attendant Bees and hid until Cola heard Chen Yuan approaching and called for help.

• Chen Yuan and Zhang Hao rested during their search, and Zhang Hao proposed using Gray-Armored Mountain Pigs to carry supplies for mountain trips.
• Cola chased a butterfly, found a bear cub trying to knock down a beehive, and used Wind Blades to bring the hive down.
• Cola and the bear cub shared the honey and became friends, but a swarm of Attendant Bees attacked them for stealing it.
• Cola and the bear cub fought the bees, got stung and badly swollen, then hid in the grass until the swarm left.
• Cola called for Chen Yuan when he heard his master's voice, and the bear cub tensed as several figures rushed toward them.

Chen Yuan and Zhang Hao helped Cola and Bear Cub fend off a swarm of Attendant Bees, and Chen Yuan revealed that Spark had reached Tier 2 and that he was the city’s first Intermediate Beast Tamer. They decided to visit Bear Cub’s home and seek help from its powerful Bear Dad with their search-and-rescue mission.

• Chen Yuan found Cola and Bear Cub with swollen faces, learned they had befriended each other, and discovered that Attendant Bees were pursuing Bear Cub over a honey raid.
• Seven Attendant Bees surrounded the group, but Zhang Hao’s Gray-Armored Mountain Pig knocked one unconscious while Spark defeated the others.
• Chen Yuan revealed Spark’s Tier 2 breakthrough and confirmed that he was the city’s first Intermediate Beast Tamer, surprising Zhang Hao.
• Bear Cub invited Chen Yuan and Zhang Hao to its home, and they agreed to seek help from Bear Dad with their search-and-rescue route.
• Cola and Bear Cub set off together toward Bear Cub’s home, cheerfully debating whether fish or honey tasted best.

Gong Jia and Lin Hongwei escaped the cave as Chen Yuan and Zhang Hao confronted the Earth Savage Bear, which attacked to protect its cub. Chen Yuan used Spark to fight the second-tier beast, and the chapter left Gong Jia and Lin Hongwei watching from hiding while Chen Yuan weighed how to handle its powerful Bear's Strength.

• Gong Jia and Lin Hongwei waited in the cave, then seized their chance to leave when the Earth Savage Bear charged outside.
• Gong Jia and Lin Hongwei spotted Chen Yuan and Zhang Hao and warned them about the bear, but Chen Yuan summoned Spark as the Earth Savage Bear rushed at them.
• The Bear Cub tried to calm Bear Dad, but the Earth Savage Bear flung it aside and attacked Chen Yuan and Zhang Hao.
• Spark burned the Earth Savage Bear's fist with Flame Surge, then the bear used Bear's Strength and blocked Spark with a tree trunk.
• Chen Yuan planned to stall until Bear's Strength wore off, while the Earth Savage Bear hurled the trunk and rocks at Spark without hitting it.
• Gong Jia and Lin Hongwei watched from hiding as Lin Hongwei recognized Spark as a second-tier Flame Cloud Falcon and decided they should not interfere.

Chen Yuan and Spark defeated the Earth Savage Bear, which had trapped Lin Hongwei and Gong Jia in its cave. After learning the bear wanted humans to steal honey from a hostile Attendant Bee swarm, Chen Yuan heard that the association had a mission involving the swarm and smiled at the bear.

• The Earth Savage Bear feinted with a thrown branch, caught Spark’s wing, and dragged it close, but Spark trapped the bear in Flame Prison and struck its head with Flame Surge, defeating it.
• Lin Hongwei and Gong Jia emerged from the bushes, thanked Chen Yuan for rescuing them, and explained that the Earth Savage Bear had taken their backpacks and kept them in its cave.
• Chen Yuan told the Earth Savage Bear he meant no harm to its cub and would take the couple away; the bear explained that it had wanted them to steal honey from an Attendant Bee swarm.
• Zhang Hao told Chen Yuan that the association had a long-term mission to investigate the bees’ valley and intimidate the swarm, and Chen Yuan smiled at the Earth Savage Bear.

Chen Yuan rescued Lin Hongwei and Gong Jia from the Qinling Mountains and agreed to help the Earth Savage Bear take the valley after preparing and resting. Back at his farm, he discovered Yang Yue’s popular post had drawn attention to his life, then discussed advancement, recruitment, and the mountains with Jiang Wenning and Li Junyue before meditating as spiritual energy increased.

• Chen Yuan declined to investigate the valley immediately, telling the Earth Savage Bear he would return after resting and preparing to avoid losses against the Attendant Bees.
• The Bear Cub gave Cola a Green Green Fruit as a farewell gift, and Chen Yuan collected it as a Level Two Resource that could increase a beast pet’s speed.
• Lin Hongwei and Gong Jia revealed that Yang Yue’s Little Black Book post had described Chen Yuan’s farm and beast pets, and Chen Yuan later messaged Yang Yue about the attention it had attracted.
• At the Fruit Factory’s meeting, Chen Yuan told Jiang Wenning and Li Junyue that he had passed the Intermediate Beast Tamer certification and discussed the Enforcement Department and the Qinling Mountains’ increased spiritual energy.
• Chen Yuan meditated at the farm and felt his spiritual power rising faster than before.

Chen Yuan raised the little ones’ training plans and used Origin Points to grow a Green Green Fruit Tree, then Cola went to join the village’s Woof Woof Squad but was driven away by their dog king. After Sparkling Flying Cat convinced Cola the dog king feared losing his position, Cola set off to defeat the squad and become its boss.

• Chen Yuan reviewed the little ones’ progress, found he lacked enough Contribution Points to buy Cola’s Commander advancement conditions, and accelerated a Green Green Fruit Tree with six Origin Points.
• Chen Yuan distributed the tree’s sour fruits to the little ones, who disliked them at first but became eager for more as they ate.
• Cola visited the Woof Woof Squad, but the dog king warned him off with a Wind Blade and led the pack away.
• Cola returned to the farm dejected, and Sparkling Flying Cat explained that the dog king was afraid Cola would take his position as boss.
• Sparkling Flying Cat urged Cola to defeat the Woof Woof Squad and become its boss, and Cola hurried off to challenge them.

Cola challenged the Woof Woof Squad and defeated its members and Dog King, then left without taking over the pack. Chen Yuan discovered how badly Cola had hurt the village dogs, made him apologize to their owners, and warned him to avoid fighting village pets while staying safe around wild beasts.

• Cola found the Woof Woof Squad beneath a Camphor Tree and defeated its Spark Hounds, Condensing Wind Hounds, and Dog King.
• Cola left the defeated Woof Woof Squad without claiming leadership and told the Sparkling Flying Cat that he would defeat Big Sister himself.
• Chen Yuan treated Cola's injuries and later learned from Chen Weiyi that the village dogs had been badly beaten by a pet beast.
• Chen Yuan confronted Cola and made him apologize to the dogs and their owners door to door.
• On the walk home, Chen Yuan told Cola to treat village pets as companions, avoid fighting them without permission, and run from dangerous wild beasts.

Chen Yuan discovered that the Flame Tail Fox’s favorability had reached 80, allowing him to gain Origin Points when it won a battle, and he watched it defeat a rival Ice Condensing Fox. After setting off for the Forest Ranger’s cabin, he found Old Xing surrounded by a herd of Star Moon Deer.

• Chen Yuan brought the Flame Tail Fox jam-filled bread and noticed its favorability had risen to 80.
• An Ice Condensing Fox challenged the Flame Tail Fox over their old dispute, and the Flame Tail Fox defeated it, earning Chen Yuan 0.1 Origin Points.
• Chen Yuan treated the Ice Condensing Fox’s injuries, and the Flame Tail Fox shared its remaining bread with it.
• Chen Yuan got lost because the mountain terrain had changed, then followed Spark to the Forest Ranger’s cabin.
• Chen Yuan arrived at the cabin and found Old Xing among a herd of Star Moon Deer.

Chen Yuan and Old Xing encountered the Star Moon Deer herd, which had been injured in a fight with Snow Cloud Wolves. While following them toward the mysterious forest, Chen Yuan’s pets rescued two fawns that fell from a collapsing cliff, and the grateful herd continued on as Chen Yuan approached the forest.

• Chen Yuan fed the Star Moon Deer fawns potato chips and learned from Old Xing that the herd had fought Snow Cloud Wolves and suffered minor injuries.
• Chen Yuan and Old Xing set out toward the mysterious forest, while the Star Moon Deer took a steep route across the mountains.
• The Deer King led the herd across a wide cliff gap using the Flying Traverse skill, then the fawns began practicing the jump.
• The rock beneath Timid Deer collapsed, and Bold Deer was dragged off the cliff while trying to save it.
• Spark caught Bold Deer, while the Sparkling Flying Cat and Cola slowed Timid Deer’s fall and brought it safely to the ground.
• The two fawns returned to the herd, whose members thanked Chen Yuan before continuing into the forest as he and Old Xing approached it.

Chen Yuan used a drone to explore the mysterious forest in the Qinling Mountains and discovered a colossal tree surrounded by many Contracted Beasts, then reported the discovery to Zhou Xu. Back at the farm, Cola became the village’s Dog King and Moistening Duck took responsibility for three newly hatched salmon fry, while Chen Yuan trained Spark and Cola in battle tactics.

• Chen Yuan sent a drone into the forest and saw numerous Contracted Beasts and a towering tree before a gray figure attacked the drone and cut off its connection.
• Chen Yuan told Zhou Xu about the forest and its giant tree, and Zhou Xu promised to report the discovery to the association president and warned Chen Yuan to stay away.
• The Dog King and the Woof Woof Squad submitted to Cola, which led them racing through Xuanhe Village.
• Moistening Duck told Chen Yuan that one of the Wave-Patterned Salmon had produced three fry, and Chen Yuan asked it to train and protect them while staying out of the pond.
• Chen Yuan watched battle-instruction videos and advised Spark and Cola to assess situations and act quickly during fights.

Chen Yuan found a Woody Panda and mediated a fight between it and the Earth Savage Bear before setting off with his pet beasts toward the valley. By evening, they had reached the valley the Earth Savage Bear had mentioned.

• The Sparkling Flying Cat led Chen Yuan, Spark, and Cola to a bamboo grove, where Chen Yuan spotted a Woody Panda eating a Spiritual Plant and chose not to disturb it.
• Chen Yuan followed the Earth Savage Bear’s roars and found it fighting an adult Woody Panda while their young ones watched.
• The Bear Cub explained that the Earth Savage Bear had disturbed the Woody Panda’s sleep while chasing Attendant Bees, and Chen Yuan used Spark’s display of power to get the two adults to listen to his mediation.
• Chen Yuan talked until the adult and young Woody Pandas, the Earth Savage Bear, the Bear Cub, and the Sparkling Flying Cat fell asleep; then he left with the Earth Savage Bear and collected information on the Woody Panda.
• Chen Yuan asked about preparations for the valley, and the Earth Savage Bear said it was ready to leave; it carried the still-sleeping Bear Cub back to its cave before setting out with Chen Yuan, Spark, Cola, and the Sparkling Flying Cat.
• The Earth Savage Bear led the group across the forest and up a mountain, and they reached the valley by evening.

Chen Yuan and his contracted beasts scouted a valley and discovered seventeen Attendant Bees, a Sweet Bee Queen, and a strange giant flower. After their quiet approach was discovered, the fight began, with Chen Yuan watching Spark face the Sweet Bee Queen.

• Chen Yuan fed the Earth Savage Bear and planned a night scouting mission to learn how many Attendant Bees lived in the valley and whether a Sweet Bee Queen was present.
• The Sparkling Flying Cat infiltrated the valley and counted seventeen Attendant Bees, one Sweet Bee Queen, and a strange giant flower.
• Chen Yuan assigned the Earth Savage Bear to handle ten Attendant Bees while Cola and the Sparkling Flying Cat distracted the rest, leaving Spark to fight the queen.
• Cola and the Sparkling Flying Cat silently defeated the two bees guarding the passage, but a patrolling bee spotted the group after they entered the flower-filled valley.
• The Sweet Bee Queen ordered the Attendant Bees to attack, and the Earth Savage Bear, Cola, and the Sparkling Flying Cat fought them while Spark faced the queen.

Chen Yuan and his pet beasts defeated a Sweet Bee Queen and its Attendant Bees, then discovered a rare level-three Twin Flower. He spent two Origin Points to open the flower, revealing a tiny life that remained asleep as moonlight illuminated the valley and butterflies appeared.

• Chen Yuan directed Spark, Cola, the Earth Savage Bear, and the Sparkling Flying Cat in a battle against the Sweet Bee Queen and its Attendant Bees.
• Cola contained the Sweet Bee Queen’s Sweet Aroma with Wind Surge, while Spark and the Earth Savage Bear helped defeat the queen and its swarm.
• Chen Yuan examined the giant flower and identified it as a level-three Twin Flower that could nurture incredible life.
• Chen Yuan collected Origin Points from the defeated Sweet Bee Queen and invested two in the Twin Flower, causing its petals to open and reveal a tiny sleeping figure.
• Moonlight fell across the sea of flowers, and swarms of butterflies began to dance through the air.

Chen Yuan witnessed the birth of a Twin Flower Concubine, which attached itself to him and joined his team. After the Attendant Bees left their withered habitat, Chen Yuan spoke with Jiang Wenning about her advancement and an upcoming Qinling Mountains expedition.

• Cola chased the butterflies around the Twin Flower while the Earth Savage Bear feasted on honey, and the Twin Flower Concubine emerged as the surrounding flowers withered.
• The newborn Twin Flower Concubine showed strong favor toward Chen Yuan, fell asleep in his hand, and joined him after he agreed to care for it.
• Chen Yuan fed the Twin Flower Concubine honey, then told the Earth Savage Bear to leave some for the Attendant Bees.
• The Sweet Bee Queen led the Attendant Bees away from the valley without retaliating, and Chen Yuan warned them not to sting people.
• Jiang Wenning told Chen Yuan that she had become an Intermediate Beast Tamer and planned to specialize in ice-type contracted beasts.
• Jiang Wenning said she had signed up to join a professor's Qinling Mountains investigation next month, prompting Chen Yuan to wonder why the experts expected to study the mysterious forest had not arrived.

After Twin Flower Concubine emerged with changed colors and a brighter personality, Chen Yuan brought it home and discovered its affinity for other pet beasts and its Flourish skill. He accepted a long-term mission to map the Qinling Mountains, then tested Twin Flower Concubine’s ability to accelerate the growth of his Luminous Fruit Tree sprouts and wondered what to call it.

• Chen Yuan woke to find Twin Flower Concubine asleep in his collar, noticed its colors had changed, and watched it behave more brightly than the night before.
• Chen Yuan carried Twin Flower Concubine down the mountain, where it greeted wild pet beasts, used Flourish to bloom buds, and briefly glided on the wind.
• Chen Yuan reported his mission footage and the newly discovered Commander Quality pet beast to Zhou Xu, who said he expected at least 200 Contribution Points and offered him a long-term Qinling Mountains mapping mission.
• Chen Yuan introduced Twin Flower Concubine to the farm’s pet beasts, which quickly took to the new arrival.
• Chen Yuan had Twin Flower Concubine use Flourish on seventeen Luminous Fruit Tree sprouts, and it made them greener and slightly taller before tiring.
• Chen Yuan praised Twin Flower Concubine’s work, then wondered what name he should give it.

Chen Yuan received Contribution Points and agreed to fight Shi Gang in an exhibition match at Baokun City’s Taibai Cup, while preparing Cola to advance and buying its evolution requirements. He then explored Xuanhe Village and saw it transforming into a busy destination for Beast Tamers.

• Duckie noticed Twin Flower Concubine’s colors and demeanor changed at night, and Chen Yuan explained its day-and-night differences to the family.
• Chen Yuan learned he had earned 450 Contribution Points and agreed to face Shi Gang in a 2v2 exhibition match at the Taibai Cup opening ceremony.
• Chen Yuan bought Cola’s advancement requirements and realized he still needed more resources before Cola could evolve to Commander.
• Chen Yuan took Cola and Twin Flower Concubine out to scout the area, and Cola carried Twin Flower Concubine through the village on a breeze.
• Chen Yuan saw Zhang Hao welcome Beast Tamers to his renovated agritainment business and found Xuanhe Village bustling with visitors and new services.

Cola broke through to Tier 2 and led the village dogs in confronting a group from Yunhua Beast Taming Academy after they frightened a Spark Hound pup. Zhuang Jianbai summoned his Winter Dog to defuse the dispute, but Cola treated it as a rival and prepared to fight as Zhuang Jianbai ordered Winter Dog to use Cold Breath.

• Cola reached Tier 2, showed off its stronger wind abilities, and left to celebrate with its canine underlings in Xuanhe Village.
• Chen Yuan took Spark and Twin Flower Concubine to tend the Spiritual Plants and continue mapping the area near the village.
• Jiang Yuntao led Yunhua Beast Taming Academy students into Xuanhe Village, where Zhuang Jianbai said he planned to explore the Qinling Mountains alone and complete missions.
• A female student tried to pet a Spark Hound pup, prompting Cola and the other dogs to surround the academy group in defense of the pup.
• Zhuang Jianbai summoned his Tier 2 Winter Dog to communicate with Cola, but Cola saw it as a rival and unleashed a fierce gale.
• Jiang Yuntao accepted that a fight was unavoidable, and Zhuang Jianbai ordered Winter Dog to use Cold Breath.

Cola defeated Zhuang Jianbai’s Tier 2 Winter Dog without a Beast Tamer’s commands, leaving the students convinced that Cola belonged to a powerful outsider. At the Beast Tamer Office, Jiang Yuntao learned that Cola belonged to Chen Yuan, a local Forest Ranger who had always lived in the village.

• Cola dodged the Winter Dog’s Cold Breath, Ice Claw, and Ice Spike Smash before overwhelming it with Wind Surge, Wind Blades, and a close-range attack.
• Zhuang Jianbai struggled to understand his defeat, while Jiang Yuntao and Wang Yuan reassured him that Cola must have been raised with exceptional resources.
• Cola and the Woof Woof Squad fled when a villager approached, and Jiang Yuntao took the students to the Beast Tamer Office to ask about Cola’s owner.
• Zhang Hao told Jiang Yuntao that Chen Yuan was his friend and had lived in the village apart from four years at university.
• Song Guohao revealed that Chen Yuan was a former wildlife rescue station worker and current Forest Ranger, and that Cola was his Contracted Beast.

Jiang Yuntao learned that Chen Yuan had raised a powerful Condensing Wind Hound without formal training and encouraged Zhuang Jianbai to turn his defeat into motivation. Chen Yuan sent Cola and the Woof Woof Squad into the mountains to search for Spiritual Plants, while Zhuang Jianbai and other Beast Tamers faced dangerous wild beasts during their training.

• Jiang Yuntao discovered that Chen Yuan was Xuanhe Village’s first Beast Tamer and a New Era Pioneer, then arranged for Zhuang Jianbai to challenge him after their mountain training.
• Zhuang Jianbai regained his resolve and vowed to defeat Chen Yuan after learning how little guidance Chen Yuan had received.
• Chen Yuan told Cola to stop gathering the Woof Woof Squad at the village entrance and take them into the mountains to find Spiritual Plants.
• Chen Yuan, Jiang Wenning, and Li Junyue discussed Beast Tamer competitions during their meditation meeting.
• Wang Yuan and another Beast Tamer fled into a cave after Attendant Bees chased them, then hid from a frightening roar outside.
• Zhuang Jianbai and Winter Dog lost a battle against an Earth Savage Bear, and Zhuang Jianbai reviewed his mistakes as wild beasts caused trouble for Beast Tamers throughout the mountains.