Pet Beast
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Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Pet Beast (宠兽) |
| Occupation/Role | Contracted partner, companion, research subject, worker, and combatant |
| Status | Integral to modern human civilization |
| First Appearance | 1 |
Overview
Pet Beasts are magical creatures that coexist with humanity. They emerged after residual energy from alien Secret Realms fused with Blue Star's native energy; this fusion also gave rise to Beast Tamers, contracts, and evolution systems. Their original worlds had magical creatures, but not the modern systems of Pet Beast evolution or contracting. 35
They are embedded throughout daily life, including clothing, food, housing, transportation, childcare, medicine, construction, and delivery work. While people may keep docile Pet Beasts as companions, only qualified individuals may become Beast Tamers and formally raise combat-capable partners. 1 152
Biology and Evolution
- Pet Beasts possess high intelligence; even insect-type species can understand human speech. Wild populations may produce exceptionally strong leaders or lords. 4
- More than 100,000 basic Pet Beast forms are known, with new species continuing to arrive through Secret Realms. 1
- Over 60% of Pet Beasts have more than one evolutionary form and at least two evolutionary stages. 1
- Evolution is irreversible: once an evolutionary form is completed, the Pet Beast's life essence changes and cannot be reverted by any known method. 121
- A Pet Beast must first have sufficient strength as the foundation for evolution; strength alone, however, is not always enough. 121
- Evolution may be affected by personality, thoughts, intimacy, moves, attributes, items, heredity, environment, and external interference. 15 43 121
- A Pet Beast's potential is described as existing among multiple possible forms before evolution; once a form is chosen, later development is believed to be strongly directed by that choice. 124
Personality and the Heart
Personality is a genuine transcendental force rather than a simple behavioral description. It affects growth tendencies, aptitude, and evolutionary direction; for example, a Brave personality increases attack potential, while a Timid personality favors evasion and speed. 15 55
Jiang Xing's research established personality as a necessary evolution condition for the Golden-Veined Koi's transformation into a Rainbow Dragon Cub, supporting the Personality Conjecture as a formal theory. 43
Intimacy and Emotion
Intimacy is a measurable force rooted in sincere bonds between a Beast Tamer and a Pet Beast. It can affect move power and, at its peak, enable exceptional phenomena such as a Howl Dog's return as a Spirit-Guarding Dog. 55 64
The Emotion attribute is an abstract auxiliary attribute that enhances a Pet Beast's attacks rather than producing a tangible element. Because it lacks ordinary type-restraint interactions and detection methods, Emotion-type moves were historically mistaken for Normal moves. 93
Environment and Items
Secret Realm environments and evolutionary items can catalyze evolution, but they only work when the Pet Beast itself possesses the corresponding potential. 45 140
Natural Secret Realm Stones are one-use resources whose energy is consumed in evolution. Their scarcity makes Secret Realms valuable and frequently contested. 45
Rankings
Racial Potential
A racial rank represents a species' potential ceiling. Reaching that ceiling normally grants a Pet Beast the qualification to evolve. 53
| Racial Rank | Notes |
|---|---|
| Transcendental | Lowest listed racial rank |
| Commander | — |
| Monarch | — |
| Overlord | — |
| Quasi-Divine | No low/medium/high subdivisions |
| Mythical | Highest listed racial rank |
All ranks except Quasi-Divine are divided into low, medium, and high tiers. 53
Current Strength
A strength rank measures an individual Pet Beast's present combat capability rather than its species' potential. Each major rank is a qualitative increase; from Quasi-Divine onward, even minor ranks are qualitative changes. 53
| Strength Rank | Notes |
|---|---|
| Awakening | Entry-level strength rank |
| Transcendental | — |
| Commander | — |
| Monarch | — |
| Overlord | — |
| Quasi-Divine | No low/medium/high subdivisions |
| Mythical | Highest listed strength rank |
Attributes
Pet Beasts may possess one or multiple attributes. Attributes affect move interactions, resistances, weaknesses, potential, and possible evolutionary outcomes. 12
- Superior attributes include Light, Dark, Dragon, and Phoenix; Pet Beasts possessing them generally have high potential and strength. 12
- Dragon-type Pet Beasts have extensive resistances, few weaknesses, strong move power, and high potential. 12
- Bug-type Pet Beasts generally have lower potential, more weaknesses, fewer resistances, and shorter lifespans, though they are inexpensive to raise and can reach their limits quickly. 12
- Emotion is a hidden auxiliary attribute tied to emotional energy and attack enhancement. 93
- Fairy is a newly introduced Authority-based attribute that serves as a check on Dragon-type dominance. 107 133
Contracts and Beast Tamers
Humans can awaken the ability to contract and command Pet Beasts. A formal Beast Tamer must meet knowledge, financial, and mental-health requirements, while ordinary people can adopt docile pet-type beasts. 1
- A Beast Tamer initially has three contract slots; the limit rises with mental power. 5
- A contracted Pet Beast's growth and evolution provide feedback that improves its Beast Tamer's mental power and physique. 98
- Contracts create a telepathic connection and an equal, two-way emotional link. 98 113
- If a contracted Pet Beast dies, the soul chain permanently consumes its contract slot and damages the Beast Tamer's mind. 5
- The broken contract between a Howl Dog and its Beast Tamer can serve as the bond enabling its resurrection as a Spirit-Guarding Dog. 65
Roles in Society
Companions
Many households keep one or two Pet Beasts. Non-combat Pet Beasts provide companionship and emotional support without requiring participation in dangerous battles. 122 152
- Delivery workers may partner with Great Winged Birds or Speedy Hounds. 152
- Construction workers may work with Lumber Raccoons and Builder Raccoons. 152
- Office workers may keep Coffee Cats and Coo-Coo Pigeons. 152
Combat and Exploration
Beast Tamers and their Pet Beasts fight together in official matches and Secret Realm expeditions. These battles are dangerous, with the Beast Tamer personally vulnerable to injury or death. 1
Secret Realms supply new Pet Beasts, items, and resources, making Pet Beast cultivation and combat central to national competition and preparation for a possible future threat from the Beast of Destruction. 22 35
Research and Assistance
Pet Beast research centers frequently employ Pet Beasts as assistants because some possess exceptional computational ability, stability, or specialized care skills. 31
- Antique Puppets can manage research facilities and care for other Pet Beasts. 31
- Sweet Attendants work as nannies, breeding assistants, and teachers; their honey becomes sweeter when they are happy. 68
- Clam Maidens assist kind-hearted people with household management and family care. 68
- Pet Beast Teachers can teach moves, oversee breeding and maintenance, and potentially cultivate more assistant Pet Beasts. 112
Notable Types
- Golden-Veined Koi — ornamental Water-type fish with gentle temperaments; a Brave individual possessing dragon power and the will to leap the Dragon Gate can evolve into a Rainbow Dragon Cub. 1 2 43
- Rainbow Dragon Cub — Light/Dragon dual-superior True Dragon-type Pet Beast descended from the Golden-Veined Koi; its species potential is at least Overlord-level. 10 12
- Spirit-Guarding Dog — undead form of a Howl Dog, recalled through the emotional bond preserved in a broken contract; combines defensive capability at full health with aggressive speed and power at low health. 64
- Crimson Flame Spirit Dog — a ghost-type guardian Pet Beast whose sincere-soul flames can block attacks; it emphasizes defense and vitality. 54
- Mystic Water Phoenix Chick — Water/Phoenix Domain-type Pet Beast evolved from an Ugly Water Chicken under exceptionally complex conditions; its Ink Realm strengthens Water and Phoenix moves while suppressing most other attributes. 80 121
- Cloud Cotton Bird — Water/Emotion companion-oriented evolution of the Ugly Water Chicken that senses emotional fluctuations and recovers stamina when happy. 80 93
- Sweet Attendant — Bug/Fairy nanny-type Pet Beast resembling a small humanlike bee sprite; it cares for other Pet Beasts and produces honey. 68
- Little Magnet Bead — elemental Pet Beast born from natural lightning rather than mating; multiple individuals can combine their power in battle. 62 63