Recaps

Lin Yuan saw Zilan reach Transcendent Level 2 and learned that her evolution information would appear as the Power of All Spirits gathered. He prepared Baishi’s bloodline treatment as a cake, and Baishi ate it happily, beginning the first step toward becoming a lion.

• Zilan’s level rose to Transcendent Level 2, increasing her Spirit Dew production to 24–25 drops a day and revealing how her evolution path would develop.
• Lin Yuan congratulated Zilan and encouraged her to strengthen her resonance with the Life-Soul Pendant during the month they had it.
• Baishi reflected on her childhood wish to become a lion and realized that her new home and Lin Yuan’s kindness had already given her some of what she longed for.
• The Courier Bird delivered the Lionbright Fruit and Ordinary-quality ingredients Lin Yuan had ordered for Baishi’s treatment.
• Lin Yuan baked the ingredients into a cake and told Baishi that eating it was the first step toward becoming a lion.
• Baishi ate the cake, felt its warmth and strength spread through her body, and declared it the happiest day of her life.

Lin Yuan invited Baishi to become his first contracted pet beast, and their contract helped Baishi break through to transcendent low-grade and awaken [Lion Spirit]. Lin Yuan confirmed his mental power had risen to 21, leaving Baishi training while Lin Yuan considered the progress he had made as a Beast Tamer.

• Lin Yuan asked Baishi to become his first contracted pet beast, and Baishi accepted.
• Lin Yuan used [Contract Art] to form the bond, and Baishi's [Heart Frenzy] helped him absorb energy from the [Lionbright Fruit] cake.
• Baishi rapidly grew, returned to transcendent low-grade, and awakened the [Lion Spirit] trait.
• Baishi celebrated his new strength and continued training while [Heart Frenzy] remained active.
• Lin Yuan checked his status and found his mental power had increased by nine points to 21.

Lin Yuan celebrated his first pet beast contract and the gains all three pet beasts had made, while discovering that Linghuan could work more happily and efficiently at its own pace. He arranged meetings with Liu Xing and Huang Zixuan, then began researching the Yellow Crane Tower Shop by looking up its owner’s pet beasts.

• Lin Yuan considered how his talents and the Bonded Enlightenment Art had helped raise his mental power, and planned to enlighten Baishi’s Bond Trait when the art became available again.
• Zilan, Baishi, and Linghuan each enjoyed their progress, and Lin Yuan sensed joy from the Purple Star Vine and Linghuan as well.
• Lin Yuan relaxed by reading a story, then agreed to meet Liu Xing at three the next afternoon and arranged to meet Huang Zixuan the day after.
• Lin Yuan prepared to research the Yellow Crane Tower Shop and found a forum post titled “Huang Tao and his Fortune Dog.”

Lin Yuan researched Huang Tao's attachment to his Fortune Dog and prepared for his visit to Liu Xing's family. At Liu Xing's breeding facility, he found Jinjin had become lively but was being overfed, and Liu Xing asked him to assess Zizi as well.

• Lin Yuan read an old forum thread about Huang Tao contracting and frequently bringing his Fortune Dog to important events, then concluded the dog could reveal how seriously Huang Tao took their deal.
• Lin Yuan cared for Linghuan and trained with Baishi before visiting Liu Xing's home, bringing a Purple Star Vine wreath woven by Linghuan.
• Liu Xing showed Lin Yuan his private breeding facility and introduced Jinjin, whose increased energy had left scratches across the floor.
• Lin Yuan examined Jinjin and advised Liu Xing to reduce its rich food, since its weakened body could not handle excessive nourishment.
• Liu Xing asked Lin Yuan to check whether he had been feeding Zizi incorrectly.

Lin Yuan visited Liu Xing’s pet beasts and discovered that Zizi’s hidden evolution path had not appeared yet, while Liu Xing explained his family’s inherited evolution for Spirit-Music Blue Whales. The chapter left Lin Yuan realizing his panels exposed even the Liu Family’s closely guarded breeding secret.

• Lin Yuan and Liu Xing visited Zizi, whose panel showed two evolution paths and a hidden path listed as “None yet” after Liu Xing had lavishly fed and cared for it.
• Lin Yuan reassured Liu Xing that his care suited Zizi’s growth, and Liu Xing showed him his other pet beasts.
• Liu Xing introduced Huohuo, his Commander-quality Fierce Guardian Hound, and Jingjing, his music-loving Spirit-Music Blue Whale.
• Liu Xing explained that the Liu Family passed down a unique evolution path for Spirit-Music Blue Whales and required family members and young whales to study music.
• Lin Yuan realized his panels revealed the Liu Family’s precious inherited evolution secret and decided to keep it to himself.

Lin Yuan prepared with Huo Yu for his upcoming negotiations with the Yellow Crane Tower Shop over Spirit Dew and discussed how the partnership could help expand his pet food shop. The chapter left Liu Xing newly hooked on a novel about Illusion Dream Butterflies after Lin Yuan recommended reading for relaxation.

• Liu Xing showed Lin Yuan his breeding base, advised him about preparing for the Beast Breeder track, and warned him to balance work with rest.
• Lin Yuan explained that novels gave him ideas about pet beasts, prompting Liu Xing to search for stories about Illusion Dream Butterflies.
• Huo Yu met Lin Yuan and listened as Lin Yuan outlined his goals and concerns about selling Spirit Dew through the Yellow Crane Tower Shop.
• Huo Yu advised Lin Yuan that the shop likely wanted a stable Spirit Dew supply rather than exclusive rights and estimated a price of sixty thousand to one hundred thousand Alliance Coins per ten drops.
• Lin Yuan and Huo Yu spent nearly an hour preparing for the negotiations, discussing Spirit Dew, the Fortune Dog, and ways to expand Yuanming Pet Food Shop.
• After Lin Yuan messaged that their meeting was over, Liu Xing replied that he had become hooked on novels.

Lin Yuan met Liu Xing and helped him recover from a bizarre novel’s influence before reviewing his research and negotiating with Huang Tao over Spirit Dew. The meeting turned tense when Lin Yuan asked whether Huang Tao knew the Fortune Dog’s hidden thoughts, prompting the dog to bark at him.

• Liu Xing asked Lin Yuan whether he should call Zizi “Mom,” and Lin Yuan identified the novel as likely AI-generated and taught him how to find reliable books.
• Lin Yuan reviewed Liu Xing’s breeding experiments, offered suggestions, and joined him for a lavish dinner before heading home with gifts.
• Lin Yuan arrived early at the Yellow Crane Tower Restaurant and inspected the Fortune Dog’s status, learning that it had less than two years to live and concealed emotional troubles.
• Huang Tao gave Lin Yuan a draft Spirit Dew contract with terms that met Lin Yuan’s basic requirements.
• Lin Yuan asked Huang Tao how well he knew the Fortune Dog’s thoughts, and the dog stood up and barked at Lin Yuan after realizing he had exposed its secret.

Lin Yuan sensed that Fortune Dog’s distress came from a deep burden and its refusal to change, while Huang Tao revealed how desperately he had tried to help it live longer. The chapter ended with Lin Yuan asking whether Fortune Dog was waiting for someone or something in its original form.

• Lin Yuan’s question caused Fortune Dog to panic, and its status revealed that it resented attempts to make it change and believed it could not change.
• Huang Tao recalled Fortune Dog to his Beast-Taming Space, then admitted to Lin Yuan that he wanted to make its final two years happier.
• Huang Zixuan urged Huang Tao to consider that Lin Yuan might genuinely sense Fortune Dog’s feelings.
• Huang Tao asked Lin Yuan whether he had truly sensed something unusual or had invented it to improve their business deal.
• Lin Yuan told Huang Tao that Fortune Dog feared change, felt torn by a heavy burden, and might be able to evolve and live longer if that burden were lifted.
• Huang Tao explained that he had tried to help Fortune Dog live longer, and Lin Yuan asked whether it was waiting for someone or something while remaining in its pre-evolution form.

Lin Yuan learned that Fortune Dog had been waiting for Huang Zixuan’s deceased mother and feared evolving because she might not recognize it. He suggested that some Fortune Dogs could live a very long time without changing appearance, leaving Huang Tao and Fortune Dog to consider a way for it to keep watching over her.

• Huang Tao left the room after Lin Yuan’s question about whom Fortune Dog was waiting for struck a painful nerve.
• Huang Zixuan told Lin Yuan that his mother had died giving birth to him and that Fortune Dog had loved her and watched the sky since she never came home.
• Huang Tao returned, and Lin Yuan asked him to summon Fortune Dog again so he could speak to it without upsetting it.
• Lin Yuan shared how his pet beast Zilan grieved his parents and explained that pet beasts needed love expressed directly.
• Fortune Dog gazed at the sky and its status revealed that it knew its mistress had died but feared evolution would make her fail to recognize it.
• Lin Yuan told Huang Tao and Huang Zixuan that some Fortune Dogs could live a very long time without changing their appearance.

Lin Yuan earned Fortune Attraction’s trust by promising to help him live longer without changing form, then negotiated a supply contract with Huang Tao. The chapter ended with Lin Yuan agreeing to visit Fortune Attraction regularly and receiving a spatial ring from Huang Tao.

• Fortune Attraction sensed Lin Yuan’s sincerity, approached him, and showed that he wanted Lin Yuan’s help.
• Huang Tao revised and signed a contract with Lin Yuan for Yuanming Pet Food Shop to supply Spirit Dew and receive products and other benefits from Yellow Crane Tower Shop.
• Lin Yuan agreed to check on Fortune Attraction twice a week and urged Huang Tao and the dog to open their hearts to each other.
• Huang Tao gave Lin Yuan a Transcendent-quality Spirit Cage Ring, which Lin Yuan accepted and put on.

Lin Yuan secured a deal to supply Yuanming Pet Food Shop with five entry-level products and returned home to find the shop and Linghuan thriving. The next day, he trained Baishi as his Bonded Enlightenment Art cooldown ended.

• Lin Yuan bonded the Spirit Cage Ring, then helped Huang Zixuan study after Huang Tao left.
• Lin Yuan told Qin Bailing that the shop had secured five entry-level products from the Yellow Crane Tower Shop and shared nourishing food with him and Linghuan.
• Qin Bailing and Linghuan enjoyed the meal, while Linghuan showed improved work habits and energy.
• Lin Yuan trained Baishi to develop its battle instincts and use its traits more effectively.
• Lin Yuan sensed that the cooldown for Bonded Enlightenment Art had ended and prepared to use it on Baishi.

Lin Yuan used the Bonded Enlightenment Art on Baishi, awakening its Hidden Transformation trait and helping it break through to Transcendent mid grade. After preparing for the school’s assessments, Lin Yuan woke to begin his first day in the Kindling Class, Senior Year 2, Class 1.

• Lin Yuan used the Bonded Enlightenment Art on Baishi, whose new Hidden Transformation trait let it assume a powerful bloodline form and its former kitten form before it collapsed from exhaustion.
• Lin Yuan gave Baishi Spirit Dew, and later it woke with its quality advanced to Transcendent mid grade and its level increased to 5, raising Lin Yuan’s mental power to 26.
• Lin Yuan told Baishi to practice its claw swipes quietly and get ready to meet its thirty-nine classmates on the first day of school.
• Lin Yuan researched his classmates’ talents and considered which first pet beasts might suit each one.
• Lin Yuan woke the next morning with Baishi asleep by his feet as he prepared to start Senior Year 2, Class 1.

Lin Yuan and the other Kindling Class students met their four teachers, who began a combined in-class exam testing written knowledge, pet-beast discipline, mental strength, and resource management. The chapter ended as Lin Yuan started answering a demanding paper about his classmates and their pet beasts.

• Chen Xuanbai, Sun Xingtian, Zhao Liang, and Zhu Neng introduced the four subjects they would teach the class.
• Chen Xuanbai asked the students to summon their pet beasts, and Zhao Liang used Tranquil Heart Technique to quiet them.
• The teachers explained that they would assess the students' written knowledge, pet-beast discipline, mental strength, and resource choices during a three-hour exam.
• Chen Xuanbai announced that the exam would determine class rankings and seating, with rewards for top scores.
• Lin Yuan read the paper's questions about classmates' talents, pet beasts, and team combinations, then began the exam with Baishi.

Lin Yuan completed the exam while observing how the teachers assessed the students and their pet beasts. With the exam nearly over, he finally unlocked his resource box and found something familiar from his family’s pet food shop.

• Lin Yuan used the class’s pet-beast information to answer the first questions and considered what each teacher’s part of the exam was testing.
• As the exam continued, Baishi stayed composed and resolved to help Lin Yuan win first place by acting like the most elegant Still Spirit Cat.
• Lin Yuan filled out ten possible teams for the third question while Baishi remained calm and focused on helping his Beast Tamer.
• Near the end of the exam, Lin Yuan noticed that most classmates had opened their resource boxes, while he was the last to do so.
• Lin Yuan unlocked his box and saw an item he recognized from his family’s pet food shop.

Lin Yuan recognized that the Beast Tamer Resources assessment tested more than the students had realized and shared Happy Water with Baishi as the exam ended. While the teachers graded the exams, Chen Xuanbai was impressed by Lin Yuan’s exceptional answers and surprised by his original team-composition analysis.

• Lin Yuan gave Baishi Happy Water, and the two shared a drink before the assessment ended.
• Chen Xuanbai announced the end of the exam, and the students turned in their papers before leaving for a three-hour break.
• Zhao Liang and Sun Xingtian gave Chen Xuanbai their score sheets, and he began grading the students’ papers.
• Chen Xuanbai found that Lin Yuan had earned top marks on the first two questions and included unusually broad knowledge in his answers.
• Chen Xuanbai read Lin Yuan’s detailed analysis for the cross-disciplinary question and was struck by the team composition Lin Yuan ranked first.

Chen Xuanbai graded Lin Yuan’s exam and gave him full marks on his talent-combination analysis, then the class learned Lin Yuan had placed first overall. Zhu Neng explained that his resource assessment rewarded planning ahead and caring about pet beasts, and Lin Yuan won the resource box as his prize.

• Chen Xuanbai recognized Lin Yuan’s analysis of the Still Spirit Cat, Water Armor Turtle, and Wonderstar Grass as thorough and awarded his paper one hundred points.
• The students collected their scores, and Lin Yuan saw that he had ranked first in every subject and earned 378 points overall.
• Chen Xuanbai displayed the class rankings, with Lin Yuan first, Huang Zixuan second, and Liu Mintian third.
• Zhu Neng explained that students lost points for failing to inspect their resource boxes before answering, while Lin Yuan earned bonus points for considering his pet beast’s happiness.
• Zhu Neng awarded Lin Yuan the resource box as the prize for first place in the assessment.

Lin Yuan received several rewards after placing first in the assessments, including extra instruction in Beast-Taming or Nourishment Art, a personalized combat approach for Baishi, and early entry to a research competition. The teachers then began the first lesson of the school year by reviewing the exam, while Lin Yuan looked forward to learning more and wondered about his overall-score reward.

• Zhao Liang praised Lin Yuan's score and offered him extra instruction in an art of his choice.
• Sun Xingtian explained that Baishi had earned full marks by resisting his Pressure Art and awarded Lin Yuan a month of personalized combat training for Baishi.
• Chen Xuanbai congratulated Lin Yuan and approved his early participation in the High School Student Research Competition, with extra guidance.
• Chen Xuanbai announced a surprise reward for the highest total scorer and told Lin Yuan to collect it after class.
• Chen Xuanbai began the first lesson of the school year by reviewing the exam paper.

Lin Yuan learned that the Puquan Enlightenment Turtle could grant a powerful blessing that improved comprehension, and four teachers had approved him to receive it. Chen Xuanbai led him to the turtle, whose panel revealed that her [Enlightenment] trait possessed spirit authority.

• Chen Xuanbai told Lin Yuan that his strong assessment results had earned him a special reward approved by four teachers.
• Chen Xuanbai explained that the Puquan Enlightenment Turtle could use [Enlightenment] twelve times a year to boost a student’s and their pet beasts’ comprehension for one year.
• Chen Xuanbai took Lin Yuan through a hidden entrance to a secluded cave where the Puquan Enlightenment Turtle lived.
• Lin Yuan saw the turtle’s panel and discovered that her [Enlightenment] trait possessed spirit authority.

Lin Yuan and Baishi received Enlightenment from the Puquan Enlightenment Turtle, whose Spirit Authority raised their comprehension by forty percent for a year. Afterward, Chen Xuanbai told Lin Yuan to keep the blessing quiet, and Lin Yuan asked about Xiao Ying’s color change.

• The Puquan Enlightenment Turtle noticed Lin Yuan’s exceptional Talent Aura and agreed to bless him and Baishi.
• Lin Yuan and Baishi received the turtle’s Enlightenment Light, strengthened by its Spirit Authority.
• The blessing gave both Lin Yuan and Baishi a forty-percent increase in comprehension for one year.
• Lin Yuan thanked the turtle, returned Baishi to the Pet Beast Space, and left the hidden area with Chen Xuanbai.
• Chen Xuanbai told Lin Yuan to keep the turtle’s blessing secret and suggested what to tell classmates about his reward.
• Lin Yuan asked Chen Xuanbai how Xiao Ying’s color change was progressing.

Lin Yuan reflected on the importance of preserving pet beasts’ evolutionary legacies, then returned to Yuanming Pet Food Shop and found its new products on display. Qin Bailing raised concerns that the shop was too cramped, leaving Lin Yuan to consider expanding it.

• Chen Xuanbai told Lin Yuan that Xiao Ying had calmed down after taking a potion and promised to prepare ten research competition topics by the day after tomorrow.
• Lin Yuan reflected on his new comprehension boost and realized how important stable evolutionary legacies were to schools and Beast Breeder Lineages.
• Lin Yuan returned to Yuanming Pet Food Shop and found that Qin Bailing and Linghuan had displayed five new products supplied by the Yellow Crane Tower Shop.
• Qin Bailing told Lin Yuan that fresh goods would arrive three times a week, but the shop was too cramped to display some of its older products.
• Qin Bailing asked Lin Yuan whether they should expand the shop so longtime customers could still buy the old products.

Lin Yuan checked on Zilan and Baishi, then studied Beast-Taming Arts and Nourishment Arts ahead of Zhao Liang’s lesson. Zhao Liang taught Class 1 the Light Nourishment Art and asked the students to try sensing sunlight, leaving them to begin practicing it in class.

• Lin Yuan learned that Zilan had reached Transcendent Level 3 and spotted a Purple Star Vine beginning to develop toward a Purple Ghost Orchid.
• Lin Yuan equipped Baishi with the Transcendent Mind-Calming Bell he had received for placing first in the Beast Tamer Resources assessment.
• Lin Yuan updated his Online Shop and researched arts before Zhao Liang’s first Senior Year 2 lesson on them.
• Zhao Liang introduced the Light Nourishment Art and explained how students could use light to draw spiritual energy into their Spiritual Worlds.
• Zhao Liang asked the students to sense the sunlight and attempt the art’s first step in class.

Lin Yuan quickly learned [Light Nourishment Art], impressing Zhao Liang, who offered to teach him [Purple Spirit Eye Art] in exchange for joining the Chenlong Kingdom High School Spellcraft Competition. After a three-hour lesson, Lin Yuan understood the complex art and was about to attempt its first step at dusk.

• Lin Yuan completed several cycles of [Light Nourishment Art] during class, astonishing Zhao Liang with his speed.
• Zhao Liang took Lin Yuan to his office and offered to teach him another art after seeing how quickly he learned.
• Lin Yuan asked to learn an art that could reveal and guide energy circulation in pet beasts, including those that were not contracted to him.
• Zhao Liang offered to teach Lin Yuan [Purple Spirit Eye Art] if he joined the next Chenlong Kingdom High School Spellcraft Competition.
• Lin Yuan agreed, studied [Purple Spirit Eye Art] for three hours, and prepared to attempt its first step at dusk.

Lin Yuan rapidly learned the first steps of several arts, impressing Zhao Liang and joining the Spellcraft Competition while Chen Xuanbai worried about losing his attention to the Research Competition. After completing another step of [Purple Spirit Eye Art] at home, Lin Yuan used it to examine the energy in Linghuan's tail.

• Lin Yuan absorbed a wisp of purple qi, and Zhao Liang gave him resources and praised his talent for learning arts.
• Zhao Liang invited Lin Yuan to represent the school in the Spellcraft Competition and arranged regular lessons and extra resources.
• Lin Yuan suspected his [Eye of All Spirits], improved comprehension, and prior practice with [Bonded Enlightenment Art] had helped him learn so quickly.
• Zhao Liang told Chen Xuanbai about Lin Yuan's new competition commitment, prompting Chen Xuanbai to prepare more research topics to keep Lin Yuan interested.
• Lin Yuan used [Spirit Dew] and [Purple Spirit Liquid] to complete the next step of [Purple Spirit Eye Art], easing the discomfort in his eyes.
• Lin Yuan ate a [Spirit-Nourishing Fruit] and used the art to inspect the energy flowing through Linghuan's tail.

Lin Yuan used Purple Spirit Eye Art to speed up Linghuan’s treatment, helping it gain another level and recover control of its tail. The next day, he reviewed twenty research topics from Chen Xuanbai and narrowed his choices to Little Black Cat, Illusion Dream Butterfly, and Courier Bird, becoming especially intrigued by a Little Black Cat that had fought a fire.

• Lin Yuan discovered that Purple Spirit Eye Art could improve Linghuan’s treatment and applied medicine while channeling energy through its tail.
• Linghuan advanced to Transcendent level 6, showed gratitude to Lin Yuan, and went to make pumpkin porridge for him.
• Lin Yuan read four new chapters on Red Reading Platform, pressed the update reminder, and revised his schedule.
• Chen Xuanbai gave Lin Yuan twenty research topics and excused him from class so he could study the materials in his office.
• After reading the materials, Lin Yuan selected Little Black Cat, Illusion Dream Butterfly, and Courier Bird as his preferred topics.
• Lin Yuan investigated the Little Black Cat topic and read a report about one that fought a fire at Linhua University’s Pet Beast Cognition and General Studies Laboratory.

Lin Yuan compared research topics on Little Black Cats, Illusion Dream Butterflies, and Courier Birds, then chose to investigate the plight of Courier Birds and the discrimination tied to pet-beast occupations. He left the discussion ready to pursue research into how their circumstances might change.

• Lin Yuan studied cases of Little Black Cats surviving disasters and wondered what their survival instincts were meant to protect.
• He connected Zizi’s unusual sleep and emerging hidden path to reports of Illusion Dream Butterflies whose dreams affected themselves and those around them.
• Lin Yuan read three accounts of Courier Birds’ devotion to work, including a retired bird’s lonely final days and a bird that kept delivering to its former owners’ empty homes.
• A story about a Courier Bird gathering medicinal herbs for Grandma Chen left Lin Yuan wondering about the older Courier Bird that had stopped collecting goods from his shop.
• Chen Xuanbai asked Lin Yuan to choose a research topic, and Lin Yuan selected the plight of Courier Birds.