Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xing adjusted to a world where humans researched and raised magical Pet Beasts, then discovered that his system identified the world as the Pokemon World. It assigned him a quest to evolve a Golden-Veined Koi, which it called Magikarp, into Gyarados.

• Jiang Xing synchronized with the memories of his parallel-world self and learned that he was a Water-Type Pet Beast Research student whose thesis was nearly complete.
• Jiang Xing visited the laboratory and reviewed his research on Golden-Veined Koi, which had evolved into two known forms in previous experiments.
• Jiang Xing decided to remain a researcher rather than risk becoming a Beast Tamer and fed the ten koi in his experimental pond.
• Jiang Xing received the Super Researcher System, which claimed the world contained only 151 Pokemon.
• The system identified one of Jiang Xing's Golden-Veined Koi as Magikarp and assigned him a quest to evolve it into Gyarados.

Jiang Xing designed an experiment to test whether Golden-Veined Koi could evolve into draconic Pet Beasts, using the system’s mistaken Magikarp theory as inspiration. When the plan proved too expensive to carry out, System Bro gave him a quest to create Excellent-quality Pokemon food and offered a Portable Automatic Berry Mixer as the reward.

• Jiang Xing reconsidered System Bro’s claim that Golden-Veined Koi were Magikarp and decided their possible evolution into draconic Pet Beasts was worth testing.
• Jiang Xing devised a cultivation plan involving stronger training, Dragon Attribute energy and moves, and separate groups of timid and courageous Golden-Veined Koi.
• Jiang Xing realized he would need at least a hundred koi and costly food, materials, and move manuals to conduct the experiment.
• System Bro assigned Jiang Xing a quest to create a serving of Excellent-quality Pokemon food and promised him a Portable Automatic Berry Mixer as the reward.

Jiang Xing discovered that the system’s Berry Blender could turn cheap resource fruits from the Beast Taming World into highly concentrated Energy Cubes. With a more affordable food source for his Golden-Veined Koi, he asked Senior Sister Su for materials to teach it a Dragon Attribute move, and she agreed to send him information about Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate.

• Jiang Xing completed the system’s quest by making high-quality fish feed and received a Portable Automatic Berry Mixer.
• Jiang Xing bought cheap resource fruits and put them into the Berry Blender, which produced six Energy Cubes before he could handle the fruit.
• Jiang Xing tested the Energy Cubes and found their total energy far exceeded that of the resource fruits used to make them.
• Jiang Xing realized the Berry Blender could help fund his Golden-Veined Koi research by making Energy Cubes from cheaper Dragon Attribute resource fruits.
• Jiang Xing called Senior Sister Su to request Dragon Attribute move materials, and she agreed to send him information about Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate.

Jiang Xing bought Golden-Veined Koi for his research and learned that Li Shun's breeding farm had a rare, clever Fish King. Li Shun offered the Fish King to whoever could win its recognition without outside help, leaving Jiang Xing with a chance to claim it.

• Su Muli answered that Jiang Xing was her junior before battling a blonde young woman at sea.
• Jiang Xing left Yuzhong University and bought eighty Golden-Veined Koi from Li Shun at a discounted price.
• Jiang Xing asked Li Shun for Brave Golden-Veined Koi to study personality as an evolution variable, and Li Shun offered him several for free.
• Li Shun told Jiang Xing about a clever Brave Golden-Veined Koi that had secretly grown into the leader of the pond's school.
• Li Shun explained that anyone who won the Fish King's recognition without outside help could take it away for free.

Jiang Xing offered the Golden-Veined Koi King a chance to evolve into a dragon and invited it to become his Pet Beast. The Koi eagerly accepted his contract, leaving Li Shun alarmed that Jiang Xing had used a precious contract slot on it.

• Li Shun explained that the Fish King's wager drew customers and brought the farm more value than selling the Golden-Veined Koi would.
• Jiang Xing went to the pond to challenge the Fish King while the anglers gathered to watch.
• The Golden-Veined Koi King revealed that it wanted to grow stronger, not merely become a prized aquarium fish.
• Jiang Xing told the Koi King he was researching how Golden-Veined Koi could evolve into dragons and offered to contract with it.
• The Koi King leaped from the pond and completed the contract with Jiang Xing before Li Shun could stop him.

Jiang Xing reassured Li Shun that contracting the Golden-Veined Koi King was worthwhile and planned to work with him on its evolution. After leaving the breeding farm, Jiang Xing prepared to focus his resources on helping the Fish King leap through the Dragon Gate and transform into a dragon.

• Jiang Xing told Li Shun that his mentor would not blame him for the contract and explained that he valued research more than becoming a Beast Tamer.
• Li Shun overcame his doubts, promised to provide Jiang Xing with water-type Pet Beasts for free, and considered stocking up on Brave Golden-Veined Koi.
• Jiang Xing left the breeding farm eager to begin the evolution research and decided to concentrate his resources on the Fish King.
• Jiang Xing identified four likely requirements for the evolution: sufficient level, the Water Leap move, Dragon Attribute energy and moves, and a fearless heart.
• Jiang Xing recalled the Fish King's steadfast gaze and believed it might truly be able to transform into a dragon.

Jiang Xing prepared Dragon Lychee Cubes and began cultivating the Golden-Veined Koi toward dragon transformation by telling it the Dragon Gate legend and teaching Dragon Sacrifice Dance. He ended the chapter determined to find a real Dragon Gate that the koi could strive to overcome.

• Jiang Xing bought Dragon Scale Lychees and made 240 Dragon Lychee Cubes, estimating he could sell them for about a million yuan.
• Jiang Xing told the Golden-Veined Koi the legend of carp leaping over the Dragon Gate to inspire its desire to transform into a dragon.
• The Golden-Veined Koi became excited by the story and agreed to train for its chance to leap over the Dragon Gate.
• Jiang Xing played a video of the Azure Dragon performing Dragon Sacrifice Dance so the Golden-Veined Koi could try to learn the Dragon Attribute Move.
• Jiang Xing fed the Fish King Dragon Lychee Cubes and resolved to find a Dragon Gate that could challenge and inspire the Golden-Veined Koi.

Jiang Xing struggled to find a suitable Dragon Gate for Yuyu and the Golden-Veined Koi, then chose Yuzhong Waterfall and used Su Muli’s Storm Sea Lizard to create a rainbow arch. The chapter ended as Yuyu leaped toward the rainbow Dragon Gate.

• After a month of training, Jiang Xing’s Golden-Veined Koi King learned Dragon Sacrifice Dance, but the other koi did not.
• Jiang Xing searched for a suitable Dragon Gate while Yuyu practiced Water Leap and Dragon Sacrifice Dance.
• Jiang Xing saw a rainbow in the spray from the koi’s training and decided a rainbow could serve as the Dragon Gate.
• Jiang Xing went to Yuzhong Waterfall with Su Muli, who had arranged to seal off the scenic area.
• Jiang Xing released more than a hundred Golden-Veined Koi into the river, and Su Muli’s Storm Sea Lizard created wind and rain that formed a rainbow before the waterfall.
• Jiang Xing told Yuyu to leap over the Dragon Gate, and Yuyu jumped toward the rainbow.

Jiang Xing’s Golden-Veined Koi repeatedly tried to leap through the Rainbow Dragon Gate, but even the persistent Koi King kept falling short. When the exhausted school rallied behind it and formed a shining bridge of fish, the Koi King surged over the gate and began evolving.

• Over a hundred Golden-Veined Koi raced up the waterfall and leaped toward the Rainbow Dragon Gate as tourists watched in amazement.
• The Koi King followed the school, but it and the other koi repeatedly fell short of the gate.
• The koi grew exhausted and most stopped trying, while the Koi King continued to perform the Dragon Sacrifice Dance and charge alone.
• As the Koi King made another attempt, the koi that had given up joined it and formed a golden bridge of fish beneath its leap.
• The Koi King used their support to cross the Rainbow Dragon Gate, and white light of evolution blossomed around it.

Jiang Xing’s Fish King crossed the Dragon Gate and evolved into a small Golden-Scaled Rainbow Dragon, confirming the success of his research. Su Muli asked to review the paper, and the chapter ended with the breeding farm’s fishing enthusiasts learning that the Fish King had become a dragon.

• The Fish King leaped through the Dragon Gate and transformed into a Golden-Scaled Rainbow Dragon as tourists recorded the event.
• Jiang Xing realized the newly evolved dragon was small because it had only just begun its growth as a Dragon Attribute Pet Beast.
• Su Muli congratulated Jiang Xing and asked to review his completed research paper so she could consider the new Pet Beast for her contract slot.
• Su Muli used her Storm Sea Lizard to carry Jiang Xing, the Rainbow Baby Dragon, and the Golden-Veined Koi back toward school.
• A plump pink auspicious cloud watched the departing group from the sky.
• At the breeding farm, an uncle showed the fishing enthusiasts a post confirming that the Fish King had turned into a dragon.

Li Shun learned that Jiang Xing’s Golden-Veined Koi King had evolved into a True Dragon, making Jiang’s research a national sensation. Jiang realized the significance of his achievement and shared the Rainbow Dragon Cub’s name and basic information online.

• Li Shun received a new shipment of Golden-Veined Koi and learned from anglers that the Koi King Jiang Xing had taken away transformed into a dragon at Yuzhong Waterfall.
• Li Shun watched the viral video and realized Jiang had succeeded in researching Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate.
• Su Muli clarified online that Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate was Jiang Xing’s research, drawing public attention to him.
• Li Shun called Jiang to congratulate him and told him the breeding farm would benefit from the research’s popularity.
• Jiang checked his social account, saw that his achievement had gone viral, and understood that his research was far more groundbreaking than he had assumed.
• Jiang posted the Rainbow Dragon Cub’s name, attributes, talent, racial rank, skills, and description for curious followers.

Jiang Xing recorded the Rainbow Dragon Cub’s abilities and attracted intense attention after sharing its photo and attributes online. System Bro finally returned with rewards for his Shiny Gyarados task, and Jiang Xing named the cub Shiny Gyarados (Original Form).

• Jiang Xing’s Rainbow Dragon Cub photo went viral, drawing fans and Beast Tamers curious about its Light and Dragon attributes and its unknown Talent.
• Jiang Xing withheld the effects of Heart of Exhaustion until his research paper was complete, though he had already confirmed that it restored the cub’s stamina and boosted its speed when exhaustion triggered.
• Jiang Xing finished the cub’s Compendium entry and planned to show his first draft to Dr. Xu and seek more research funding.
• System Bro appeared after more than a month and awarded Jiang Xing an Outrage Move Tutor and a human Power Bracer for cultivating a Shiny Gyarados with Champion potential.
• Jiang Xing stroked the Rainbow Dragon Cub and named it Shiny Gyarados (Original Form).

Jiang Xing received new system items and a mission to present his Rainbow Dragon Cub evolution research at an academic conference, so he began preparing a paper and seeking funding. His warning against investing heavily in ordinary Golden-Veined Koi cooled a potential buying frenzy, while Shuntian Breeding Farm gained a surge of customers.

• Jiang Xing inspected a Move Tutor for Outrage and a human Power Bracer, deciding the items could help his research and physical training.
• The system tasked Jiang Xing with publishing an academic achievement at a conference and offered a Pokemon Item Blind Box as a reward.
• Jiang Xing drafted a paper, planned to ask his advisor for funding, and posted a warning that most Golden-Veined Koi might not evolve into Rainbow Dragon Cubs.
• Jiang Xing's warning stopped Beast Tamers from rushing to buy Golden-Veined Koi and invest Dragon Attribute resources, returning the fish's prices to normal.
• Shuntian Breeding Farm became popular after Jiang Xing identified it as the source of the Fish King, and Li Shun celebrated the flood of customers.

Jiang Xing visited Dr. Xu to review his Rainbow Dragon Cub research and learned how researchers in the Beast Taming World received generous funding in exchange for publishing their findings. With Dr. Xu’s guidance, Jiang Xing expanded his research budget to seventy million and began to understand how scholars could fund their work and build research institutes.

• Jiang Xing visited Dr. Xu’s vast research institute and envied the space and resources available to a Beast Taming Doctor.
• Dr. Xu praised Jiang Xing’s draft paper on the Rainbow Dragon Cub and promised to apply for a special scholarship for him.
• Jiang Xing asked whether he could receive research funding in advance, and Dr. Xu explained how funding could cover the normal value of resources required for a project.
• Dr. Xu explained that Pet Beast research was generally made public, while generous funding and other rewards compensated scholars for relinquishing exclusive rights to their findings.
• With Dr. Xu’s help, Jiang Xing’s proposed research funding rose from five million to seventy million, including the cost of an experimental site.
• Jiang Xing realized that research could provide a profitable way to raise Pet Beasts and resolved to pursue it.

Dr. Xu explained that Jiang Xing’s research could provide decisive evidence for Dr. Al’s Personality Conjecture if he proved that bravery was necessary for Golden-Veined Koi to evolve into Rainbow Dragon Cubs. Jiang Xing left eager to pursue the broader theory, but returned to find the Rainbow Dragon Cub’s Dragon Lychee Cubes missing and a clump of pink fur in their place.

• Dr. Xu taught Jiang Xing that personality, rather than the paper’s funding or inspiration, was its most important element.
• Dr. Xu explained that proving brave personalities were necessary for Golden-Veined Koi evolution could turn Dr. Al’s Personality Conjecture into a theory.
• Jiang Xing thanked Dr. Xu and realized the significance of combining his Rainbow Dragon Cub research with the Personality Conjecture.
• Jiang Xing returned to the laboratory and offered the Rainbow Dragon Cub its Dragon Lychee Cubes.
• The Rainbow Dragon Cub found the box empty except for pink fur, and Jiang Xing wondered whether a Cube Thief had taken the cubes.

Jiang Xing discovered that a legendary Lucky Cloud Qilin had stolen the Rainbow Dragon Cub’s Dragon Lychee Cubes but left behind valuable fluff. After learning the Qilin might return for more food, Jiang Xing set out to prepare better cubes, while the hidden Qilin listened in.

• Jiang Xing and the Rainbow Dragon Cub watched surveillance footage and saw a Lucky Cloud Qilin steal their Dragon Lychee Cubes and leave pink fluff in the box.
• Jiang Xing checked the Beast Taming Compendium and learned the mysterious Qilin was a legendary Divine Beast whose affinity talent softened their anger.
• Jiang Xing called Dr. Xu, who explained that the Qilin’s fluff was worth around ten million and that it left valuable materials behind after stealing food.
• Jiang Xing decided to prepare more appealing cubes in hopes of attracting the Lucky Cloud Qilin again.
• The Rainbow Dragon Cub cheered up at the promise of better-tasting cubes and pushed Jiang Xing out to buy ingredients.
• A hidden dark pink lucky cloud heard Jiang Xing mention the better-tasting cubes and reacted with interest.

Jiang Xing developed and tested Energy Cube recipes for his research, the Rainbow Dragon Cub, and the Lucky Cloud Qilin while preparing to attract the latter with a Psychic-and-Wind cube. His Golden-Veined Koi evolution project won approval for seventy million in funding, including a new private institute and artificial lake, leaving him ready to begin his research there.

• Jiang Xing bought a variety of fruits and established standard ingredient measurements to refine Energy Cube recipes for his experiments and Pet Beasts.
• As Jiang Xing improved the recipes, the Rainbow Dragon Cub eagerly devoured every cube, while the Lucky Cloud Qilin repeatedly stole cubes and left behind increasing amounts of fur.
• Jiang Xing prepared a composite Psychic-and-Wind Energy Cube as an ultimate lure for the Lucky Cloud Qilin.
• Six days after Jiang Xing applied, Principal Zhang told him that his Golden-Veined Koi evolution project had received seventy million in funding, with twenty million paid in cash.
• Jiang Xing learned that the remaining funding would provide cultivation resources and build a private research institute with an affiliated artificial lake near the Waterfall Cluster Scenic Area.

Jiang Xing celebrated the completion of his state-funded research institute, shared his success with his parents, and announced plans to hold a Dragon Gate Assembly after cultivating more Golden-Veined Koi. His announcement drew attention from elite Beast Tamers, while he considered how much greater the reaction would be if they learned about the Heart of Exhaustion.

• Jiang Xing inspected and accepted the newly built research institute, then thanked the Pet Beasts and workers who had constructed it.
• He photographed the institute and Rainbow Dragon Cub, sent the pictures to his parents, and transferred his two-million scholarship to them.
• Jiang Xing posted an update saying he would cultivate more Golden-Veined Koi and hold a Dragon Gate Assembly at Yuzhong Waterfall once cultivation was complete.
• The post drew widespread attention, and Su Muli and prominent Beast Tamers congratulated Jiang Xing and expressed interest in the assembly.
• Jiang Xing realized the Rainbow Dragon Cub had attracted many influential Beast Tamers and wondered how they would react to the Heart of Exhaustion Talent.

Jiang Xing prepared his new research institute to raise Golden-Veined Koi and agreed to let Li Lingyin help as his assistant. The system then assigned him a quest to train a Beast Tamer, identifying Li Lingyin as “Xiao Chi.”

• Jiang Xing invited Dr. Xu, Senior Sister Su, and Senior Li to visit his new research institute, and Senior Li brought his daughter, Li Lingyin.
• Jiang Xing asked Li Shun for Brave Golden-Veined Koi, and Li Shun arranged to deliver three hundred Brave fish and three hundred docile ones.
• Li Shun asked Jiang Xing to reserve an evolved Rainbow Dragon Cub for Li Lingyin as her initial Pet Beast.
• Jiang Xing offered to let Li Lingyin work as his assistant and raise a Golden-Veined Koi herself, and Li Shun accepted.
• The system announced that Jiang Xing had tamed Novice Trainer Xiao Chi and gave him a long-term quest to train a Pokemon Trainer.

Jiang Xing welcomed Li Lingyin as a student and discussed his research on the Golden-Veined Koi and the Personality Conjecture with Su Muli and Dr. Xu. During lunch, the Lucky Cloud Qilin sneaked over to eat Jiang Xing’s pink Energy Cubes, then fainted when everyone caught it.

• Jiang Xing told Li Lingyin to choose a Brave Golden-Veined Koi, and she happily asked him to guide her.
• Su Muli read Jiang Xing’s paper and realized it might prove Dr. Al’s Personality Conjecture, then she and Jiang Xing sought guidance from Dr. Xu.
• Jiang Xing served Energy Cubes to the group’s Pet Beasts at lunch, and the Lucky Cloud Qilin watched from the forest, eager to try the pink cubes.
• The Lucky Cloud Qilin used invisibility and psychic power to sneak up and eat all the pink cubes after Jiang Xing stopped the Storm Sea Lizard and Rainbow Dragon Cub from taking them.
• Li Lingyin spotted the Lucky Cloud Qilin, which fell over and closed its eyes.