Water Mountain City

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Water Mountain City (水山市)
Status	Populated city in Donghua Kingdom
First Appearance	1

Overview

Water Mountain City is a remote third-tier city in Donghua Kingdom where Beast Master culture is active throughout its streets and commercial districts. It is surrounded by unusual peaks and waterways, though local Source Power is described as thin. 31 44

The city has a history of exotic-beast disasters. Twelve years before the story, four King-rank exotic beasts led a beast tide against the city; the attack caused devastating casualties, including Chen Wei's parents. The disaster was linked to a newly born Desolation-rank Abyssal Secret Realm. 1 3 49

Districts and Locations

River City District

River City District is a prosperous central area containing the Water Mountain City Beast Tamer Association's fifteen-story Beastmaster Tower, the district's tallest building. 10

• Beastmaster Tower — Association headquarters with a mission hall, professional battle venues, training grounds, and competition facilities. 10 26
• Ragdoll Mall — A major comprehensive shopping center in Buildings A1–A2; it sells pet beasts and Beastmaster resources and hosts the biennial Ragdoll Cup. 12
• Pill Cauldron Medicine Hall — A pharmacy with an antique-style interior and a strong medicinal-herb fragrance. 20

Water Mountain Pet Beast Breeding Base

The Water Mountain Pet Beast Breeding Base is a major facility for breeding and contracting pet beasts. Its pet beasts are more difficult to contract than those offered by the Beast Taming House, but its range is broader. 2

The base uses Source Power and technology to maintain specialized environments, including mountains, grasslands, deserts, lakes, snowy mountains, and volcanoes. 4

• The snowy mountain area houses ice-type pet beasts, including Cold Jade Snakes. 3 4
• Students may select pet beasts in the base's outer areas and receive two contract attempts. Successful or failed contracts must be reported at the Beastmaster Certification Hall. 3
• Chen Wei became the first student in six years to successfully contract a Cold Jade Snake at the base. 5

Southshore Mountain

Southshore Mountain is a small, previously desolate mountain on the outskirts of Water Mountain City, with an elevation of just over 800 meters. 50

It was once called Purple Mist Mountain because its white mountain fog shines with a faint purple radiance in sunlight. An old rumor claimed that a true dragon had appeared there, but Beast Masters found neither evidence of a dragon nor powerful exotic beasts. 50

The mountain's summit contains the entrance to the Southshore Mountain Secret Realm, guarded by a Beastmaster Association corps. 50

Institutions

Water Mountain City Beast Tamer Association

The Beast Tamer Association manages Beastmaster facilities, missions, competitions, and secret-realm expeditions in the city. Its president is Meng Bowen. 10 44 50

• The fifth floor of the Beastmaster Tower is a crowded mission hall where Beastmasters compete for Association bounties. 26
• The sixth floor contains professional battle arenas, including rental sparring services and the Apprentice Arena Champion Challenge. 26
• The Association organized an arena challenge requiring new Beastmasters to face ten opponents with limited recovery time between battles. 44
• It controls the Southshore Mountain Secret Realm's core and issues Void Stone Bracelets that can teleport participants out in emergencies or after the three-day exploration period. 45 50

Schools

Water Mountain City has at least two Beastmaster high schools.

• Water Mountain First High School — Attended by students including Yu Xiumin, Ning Yi, and Meng Haoge. 4 29 39
• Water Mountain Second High School — Chen Wei's school; roughly 100 of its students applied to visit the breeding base for initial contracts, with an approximately 25% success rate. 7

The city rarely produces students admitted to the prestigious Five Universities and Eight Academies. Ning Yi was Water Mountain City's top scorer in the Beast Master assessment and entered Thunderclap Academy. 30 31

Commerce and Resources

Titanium Crystal Ragdolls

Titanium Crystal Ragdolls are Water Mountain City's signature pet beast and a prominent luxury commodity. They are sold through Ragdoll Mall rather than the Beast Taming House or breeding base. 13

• An ordinary Titanium Crystal Ragdoll can cost five million Star Coins despite having only a Medium Extraordinary racial grade. 13
• Their popularity stems from their elegant appearance and gentle, quiet temperament. 13
• A Titanium Crystal Ragdoll wearing a Meteorite Necklace is regarded as a symbol of luxury throughout Water Mountain City and Hanyang Province. 13

Beastmaster Economy

The city supports a substantial market for pet beasts, training, appraisal, medicine, and battle services.

• The Beast Taming House provides discounted beginner pet beasts and allows loans; families of martyrs may receive prices as low as half of normal pet-store costs. 2
• Beastmaster Tower training grounds and sparring services require payment, while its mission hall offers monetary bounties. 10 26
• Water Mountain City contains numerous pharmacies and an active alchemy culture. 20 23
• Despite the city's remote status, wealthy Beastmasters with rare and expensive pet beasts are common enough to stand out at the Association. 26

Southshore Mountain Secret Realm

The Southshore Mountain Secret Realm is a low-level, ice-type Heaven-Blessed Secret Realm connected to Water Mountain City. Its resources do not exceed Level Three, while resources deliberately left for challengers by the Association are at most Level Two. 44 49

Feature	Details
Access period	Open for three days. 45
Resource ownership	Resources found by a Beastmaster belong to that discoverer; native pet beasts cannot be removed unless contracted. 45
Primary treasure site	Heavenly Mountain Snow Pool, the area with the densest Source Power. 45
Snow Pool effects	Can accelerate growth, improve potential, and carries a very small chance of species evolution. 45
Safety measures	Void Stone Bracelets allow emergency exit and automatically teleport explorers out after three days. 50

The Association presents the secret realm as a trial for the city's leading new Beastmasters and prohibits disputes that cause casualties over resources. 50

Notable Residents

• Chen Wei — Water Mountain Second High student, Beastmaster, and Ragdoll Mall appraiser; his achievements draw attention as a potential future city top scorer. 6 14
• Huang Zhicheng — Chen Wei's classmate and fishing companion; a wealthy local Beastmaster who contracts the Thorn Fish Little Black. 3 10
• Liu Muning — Person in charge of Ragdoll Mall's pet beasts, a member of the Liu Family, and a noted Water Mountain City alchemy champion. 13 25
• Meng Bowen — President of the Water Mountain City Beast Tamer Association. 44
• Ning Yi — Water Mountain City's Beast Master assessment top scorer and a Thunderclap Academy student. 30
• Yu Xiumin — Water Mountain First High student and participant in the Southshore Mountain Secret Realm trial. 4 49