Recaps

Lin Yuan chose to research Courier Birds, then suggested a new Little Black Cat research direction for Chen Xuanbai and connected Liu Xing with a topic on Illusion Dream Butterflies. Chen Xuanbai began arranging materials and specimens for Lin Yuan's project, which ended with Lin Yuan asking to choose the ten Courier Birds himself.

• Chen Xuanbai accepted Lin Yuan's choice of Courier Birds and learned that he also had ideas about Little Black Cats and Illusion Dream Butterflies.
• Lin Yuan proposed that Chen Xuanbai study long-term emotional bonds among Little Black Cats, using Xiao Ying and its family as subjects.
• Chen Xuanbai revealed that Xiao Ying was the offspring of a Little Black Cat that had rescued its friends, and Lin Yuan urged him to build a long-term study around them.
• Lin Yuan asked whether Liu Xing could pursue the Illusion Dream Butterfly topic, and Chen Xuanbai agreed that Liu Xing could use it if the research direction was available.
• Chen Xuanbai promised to obtain Courier Bird research materials and arrange ten specimens, and Lin Yuan asked if he could choose them himself.

Lin Yuan coordinated his research plans with Chen Xuanbai and Liu Xing, checked on the Fortune Dog, and waited for Linghuan to recover. At practical training, Baishi was unexpectedly assigned to spar with Sun Xingtian’s much stronger Flowing Cloud Wind Leopard.

• Chen Xuanbai agreed to submit Lin Yuan’s research paperwork and arrange a Saturday visit to choose subjects and a control group.
• Liu Xing told Lin Yuan he planned to change his research topic, buy twenty Illusion Dream Butterflies for a control group, and investigate Zizi’s unusual effects.
• Lin Yuan visited Huang Tao’s home and found that the Fortune Dog was growing closer to Huang Tao, though it still needed time to recover from its buried gloom.
• Lin Yuan continued his classes and arts, while Linghuan neared recovery and the Fortune Dog’s emotional wound slowly began to heal.
• Sun Xingtian kept Lin Yuan and Baishi behind during their first outdoor practical lesson and assigned Baishi to train against his Commander-level Flowing Cloud Wind Leopard.

Lin Yuan and Baishi began a training battle against Sun Xingtian’s Flowing Cloud Wind Leopard, but Baishi’s quick mastery of its traits and clever attack surprised its teacher. Sun Xingtian ended the bout before the leopard could lose control and invited Lin Yuan to enter the Beast Tamer Competency Competition.

• Lin Yuan encouraged Baishi before the battle and told it that the Flowing Cloud Wind Leopard was vulnerable about its hair.
• Sun Xingtian told Lin Yuan he would assess Baishi while Lin Yuan commanded it, then ordered the battle to begin.
• Baishi immediately activated Heart Frenzy, astonishing Sun Xingtian and the Flowing Cloud Wind Leopard.
• Lin Yuan directed Baishi to jump onto the leopard’s head, and Baishi used Lion Spirit to suppress it before messing up its fur.
• The Flowing Cloud Wind Leopard’s Heart Frenzy activated and its strength surged, but Sun Xingtian recalled it before Baishi could continue.
• Sun Xingtian admitted he had underestimated Lin Yuan and Baishi, then asked Lin Yuan to enter the second-year Beast Tamer Competency Competition for College Entrance Exam bonus points.

Lin Yuan agreed to enter the Second-Year Beast Tamer Competency Competition after Baishi eagerly insisted on bringing him glory, while Chen Xuanbai arranged a Courier Bird for Lin Yuan's research project. The next morning, Lin Yuan and Chen Xuanbai arrived at the Pet Beast Alliance to choose a bird, where Lin Yuan spotted someone familiar.

• Sun Xingtian persuaded Lin Yuan to enter the Quality Competition by promising to train Baishi and provide the resources it needed.
• Baishi showed how badly it wanted to compete, and Lin Yuan agreed to enter; Sun Xingtian then started its training and coordinated with Zhao Liang and Chen Xuanbai.
• Chen Xuanbai completed the Courier Bird application and, after seeing the competition group chat, contacted a senior colleague for help.
• Lin Yuan looked forward to starting his research project and confirmed an eight o'clock meeting with Chen Xuanbai to choose a Courier Bird.
• Lin Yuan and Chen Xuanbai arrived at the Pet Beast Alliance's communal breeding area, where Lin Yuan spotted a familiar figure.

Lin Yuan learned how poorly the Pet Beast Alliance treated Courier Birds and selected nine for his research, including an injured mother and her son. He waited for a new Courier Bird friend, whose evolution path had changed from blank to “None at present.”

• Lin Yuan inspected an injured Courier Bird and learned from her status that her son was caring for her while she urged him to work.
• Tian Shan explained that the mother had been hurt in a flight-lane collision and that Alliance treatment delays could cost her wing and her life.
• Chen Xuanbai described Courier Birds as “Cursed Pet Beasts,” explaining that they could not evolve and were treated as tools despite the costs of their work.
• Lin Yuan selected nine Courier Birds, including the injured mother and her son, as research subjects.
• Lin Yuan waited for a new friend, and a young Courier Bird arrived with its evolution path newly changed to “None at present.”

Lin Yuan bought ten Courier Birds for his Research Competition project and brought them to a school breeding site, where he used Spirit Dew and his Beast-Taming Art to heal an injured bird. The younger Courier Bird watched its mother fly again and came to see the purple light in Lin Yuan’s eyes as the color of a miracle.

• Lin Yuan bought all ten Courier Birds from the Pet Beast Alliance after Chen Xuanbai offered to pay for them.
• Chen Xuanbai gave Lin Yuan ten Spirit-Dwelling Pouches, and they moved the birds to the breeding site at Puquan Experimental High School.
• Lin Yuan released the Courier Birds and said he wanted to treat the injured older bird before discussing their plans.
• Lin Yuan gave the older Courier Bird water mixed with Spirit Dew and used his Beast-Taming Art to heal its wing.
• The older Courier Bird flew again, while its young watched Lin Yuan’s purple eyes and thought miracles had a color.

Lin Yuan healed Yu Ning, named the Courier Birds, and worked with Chen Xuanbai to design a preliminary study of how their relationships with humans affected them. After arranging their routes and housing them at the school, Lin Yuan returned home to finish Linghuan’s treatment.

• The Courier Birds celebrated Yu Ning’s recovery, and Lin Yuan recognized how strongly they cared for one another.
• Lin Yuan and Chen Xuanbai named the Courier Birds, including Yu Ning, Zi Ji, and Nang Nang.
• Lin Yuan proposed dividing the ten Courier Birds into four groups to study how human relationships, flight routes, and bonds among the birds affected them.
• Chen Xuanbai praised Lin Yuan’s research plan and his ability to turn ideas into a concrete project, and Lin Yuan promised to see it through for the Research Competition.
• Lin Yuan and Chen Xuanbai assigned preliminary routes, taught the Courier Birds their paths, and housed them at the school’s breeding facility.
• Lin Yuan returned to Yuanming Pet Food Shop and called Linghuan over for its second treatment of the day, which would complete its recovery.

Lin Yuan finished treating Linghuan, restoring her health and unlocking two hidden evolution paths. He planned to enlighten her with a new trait the next morning, while Linghuan happily went to use her improved abilities on Zilan.

• Lin Yuan applied the final dose of medicine to Linghuan's tail, and her red spiritual light spread through her body.
• Linghuan's Spirit Tail trait advanced to level 2, letting her release light that cleaned Lin Yuan and Baishi and refreshed their minds.
• Lin Yuan saw that Linghuan had fully recovered, reached Transcendent level 9, and unlocked two hidden evolution paths.
• Lin Yuan reviewed Linghuan's evolution options and favored the Wonderfortune Bear path, though he still needed its core materials.
• Lin Yuan told Linghuan he would give her a present the next morning, then watched her head to the Plant Room, likely to use her new ability on Zilan.

Lin Yuan enlightened Linghuan with Wisdom Heart and learned that Baishi’s planned evolution required rare materials he could not find. He decided to seek help through his new connections while preparing to visit Liu Xing’s house.

• Lin Yuan saw that Linghuan had recovered, reached Transcendent Level 9, and used Spirit Tail to clean the house and craft him a cooling bracelet.
• Lin Yuan used the Bonded Enlightenment Art on Linghuan, granting Linghuan Wisdom Heart and improving intelligence, creativity, and household efficiency.
• Lin Yuan searched for Linghuan’s evolution materials and found Intelligence Ginseng Fruit but could not locate Four-Leaf Wonder Herb.
• Lin Yuan reviewed Baishi’s Spiritblast Mad Lion evolution requirements and found that the two main materials, Spiritblast Lion Fruit and Mad Lion Essence Blood, were unavailable through merchants.
• Lin Yuan memorized the materials he needed, planned to ask his new connections for help, and went to rest before visiting Liu Xing’s house.

Lin Yuan visited Liu Xing, gave him Spirit Dew, and discussed Liu Xing’s research plans and the growth of his feys. After discovering Zizi’s unusual Illusion Dream ability, Lin Yuan asked Liu Xing for help with a Courier Bird project and two questions, leaving the details of his request for their discussion.

• Lin Yuan visited Liu Xing, who gave him a handwritten list of novel recommendations as his promised small gift.
• Lin Yuan gave Liu Xing about sixteen extra drops of Spirit Dew, and Liu Xing described his plans to research new Illusion Dream Butterfly evolution paths.
• Liu Xing showed Lin Yuan that Jinjin’s condition had improved and that he was preparing to expand his research base.
• Lin Yuan inspected Zizi and discovered that its Illusion Dream trait could improve the appearance and presence of nearby people and objects, with a hidden evolution path at LV2.
• Lin Yuan asked Liu Xing to receive a Courier Bird each morning to deliver items to his feys, then said he also had two questions for him.

Lin Yuan arranged for Nang Nang to deliver to Liu Xing’s pet beasts and asked Liu Xing for help planning an expansion of Yuanming Pet Food Shop. Liu Xing drew up a preliminary design and offered to help Lin Yuan obtain Commander-quality materials, leaving the solution to Lin Yuan’s Alliance access limits for their next discussion.

• Lin Yuan asked Liu Xing to introduce Nang Nang to his pet beasts and help arrange delivery assignments.
• Nang Nang met Jinjin, Zizi, Huohuo, and Jingjing, who became potential customers for his delivery work.
• Lin Yuan asked Liu Xing for advice on expanding Yuanming Pet Food Shop, and they planned new storefronts, a Courier Bird breeding base, a plant-rearing area, and spaces for Lin Yuan’s pet beasts.
• Liu Xing recommended buying more land while it was still cheap and offered to send the sketches to his family’s architect.
• Lin Yuan asked Liu Xing how to obtain Commander-quality materials despite his limited Pet Beast Alliance access, and Liu Xing said he could help.

Liu Xing explained how his lineage’s Resource Vault protected its Evolution Materials, prompting Lin Yuan to plan a similar collection strategy. Later, Lin Yuan saw Zilan’s Treasure Fruit beginning to form and discovered that the Purple Star Vine’s mutation had progressed.

• Liu Xing told Lin Yuan how his lineage built a Resource Vault after rivals copied its Water Spirit Whale evolution, and offered him access to its materials.
• Lin Yuan decided to gather Evolution Materials from multiple sources to protect his future new pet beast evolutions.
• Liu Xing learned that Sun Xingtian was training Lin Yuan’s Still Spirit Cat for the Quality Competition and that Lin Yuan was also entering the Research and Spellcraft Competitions.
• Lin Yuan arranged construction crews for his planned base and considered the expense of the project.
• Lin Yuan saw a Treasure Fruit forming behind Zilan and then checked the Purple Star Vine, whose mutation displayed a panel.

Lin Yuan investigated Zilan’s rare Purple Ghost Orchid mutation and continued his experiments with the Courier Birds while training at school. Five days later, Xiao Man’s evolution path changed to “None for now,” marking a breakthrough in the experiment.

• Zilan told Lin Yuan that she had formed the Treasure Fruit when the Purple Star Vine mutated, and that forming another fruit would take about four weeks.
• Lin Yuan moved the newly mutated Purple Ghost Orchid beside Zilan and received another drop of spirit dew.
• Lin Yuan observed the Courier Birds’ changing emotions and assigned Yu Ning to guide and supervise different birds on their deliveries.
• Lin Yuan learned the Spirit-Gazing Art, trained Baishi, and increased his mental power to 33.
• After Xiao Man returned from a delivery, Lin Yuan saw “None for now” appear in the bird’s evolution path.

Lin Yuan advanced his Courier Bird research and watched Baishi develop control over his Hidden Transformation during training. Sun Xingtian recognized Baishi’s ability to become a lion as a rare Bloodline Trait that had appeared unusually early.

• Lin Yuan formulated hypotheses about Courier Birds’ capacity for change and concluded that he needed more subjects and a new pet evolution to validate his research.
• Lin Yuan visited Baishi’s training session, where Baishi sparred with Sun Xingtian’s Flowing Cloud Wind Leopard and showed improved combat skills.
• Baishi used Hidden Transformation to shrink, then briefly became a juvenile lion before changing back.
• Lin Yuan encouraged Baishi through spiritual perception, and Baishi regained his resolve to keep training.
• Sun Xingtian identified Baishi’s transformation as a rare Bloodline Trait and realized Baishi had revealed it at an unusually early level.

Lin Yuan’s Baishi awakened its Bloodline Trait and broke through to Transcendent High-Grade after Lin Yuan encouraged it. Sun Xingtian decided to seek early access to the school’s Rare Beast Garden so Lin Yuan could choose a second pet, then called the principal on Saturday.

• Sun Xingtian explained that Baishi’s Bloodline Trait could let it inherit its father’s strengths and possibly evolve into a lion.
• Lin Yuan reassured Baishi that its worth came from who it was, helping it overcome its doubts and fully absorb the Lionbright Fruit’s energy.
• Baishi broke through to Transcendent High-Grade, and Lin Yuan’s mental power rose to 37.
• Sun Xingtian resolved to ask the principal for permission for Lin Yuan to enter the Rare Beast Garden early and select a second pet.
• Sun Xingtian called the principal, who asked why he was calling on a weekend.

Sun Xingtian negotiated with Principal Li Changsheng to secure Lin Yuan access to the Rare Beast Garden, while Li Changsheng privately arranged extra work for the teachers supporting Lin Yuan. After Lin Yuan’s pet food shop upgraded to two stars, he found two evolution materials available and realized he still needed Mad Lion Essence Blood before Baishi evolved.

• Li Changsheng told Sun Xingtian that Chen Xuanbai had secured extra research funding for Lin Yuan and Zhao Liang had pushed for eye-technique resources, then Sun Xingtian negotiated for Lin Yuan’s Rare Beast Garden access.
• Sun Xingtian agreed to take responsibility for several problem beasts and teach an additional class if Lin Yuan failed to win gold, and Li Changsheng approved Lin Yuan’s right to choose a beast the following Monday.
• Li Changsheng revealed that he had approved Chen Xuanbai’s and Zhao Liang’s requests while assigning each of them additional duties for the school.
• Lin Yuan’s online pet food shop gained two-star certification, letting him find Spiritblast Lion Fruit and Four-Leaf Wonder Herb for sale.
• Lin Yuan calculated that buying the materials would leave him with little money and realized he still needed Mad Lion Essence Blood for Baishi’s evolution.
• Liu Xing messaged Lin Yuan that the design and construction drawings were ready to review.

Lin Yuan reviewed Liu Xing’s completed shop renovation plans and visited his home with Baishi to browse the family resource library. Liu Xing was moved by Baishi’s transformation and offered to let it choose a Commander-grade material as a gift.

• Lin Yuan approved Liu Xing’s renovation blueprints and asked to visit his family’s resource library with Baishi.
• Lin Yuan ordered materials for Linghuan’s evolution and prepared to visit Liu Xing the next day.
• Liu Xing gave Lin Yuan a T-shirt printed with Nang Nang and asked to take a group photo of their pet beasts.
• Liu Xing recognized Baishi, became emotional about its improved condition, and decided to let it choose a Commander-grade material as a gift.

Lin Yuan accompanied Baishi to Liu Xing’s family Resource Vault, where Baishi chose five materials that suited it. After returning home, Lin Yuan found Linghuan reading a picture book while Zilan secretly fed it Spirit Dew.

• Liu Xing invited Lin Yuan and Baishi to his family’s Resource Vault and explained that Baishi could choose materials for itself.
• Lin Yuan explained Beast Affinity Selection and warned Baishi not to take the Bloodline Fusion Liquid or Spiritblast Lion Fruit.
• Baishi selected Mad Lion Essence Blood, Lionwake Mint Jar, Crimsonheart Cat Balm, Cat-Eye Dew, and Lionbright Fruit.
• Liu Xing arranged for Baishi to have its picture taken with Jinjin and Zizi, then asked Lin Yuan to discuss his paper on the Illusion Dream Butterfly.
• Lin Yuan returned home and saw Linghuan reading the Chenlong Kingdom Beast Gear Encyclopedia while Zilan secretly fed it Spirit Dew.

Linghuan discovered it could read and understand a Beast Gear encyclopedia, and Lin Yuan encouraged its ambition to make Beast Gear. With Lin Yuan’s support, Linghuan and Zilan both grew stronger, and Lin Yuan asked Linghuan whether it wanted to evolve.

• Linghuan entered a focused state while reading a Beast Gear picture book, understood the instructions for making ordinary Beast Gear, and told Zilan it hoped to make one for it someday.
• Lin Yuan found Linghuan and Zilan reading and replenishing each other’s energy, then reassured them and offered to teach Linghuan about Beast Gear.
• Lin Yuan’s encouragement helped Linghuan break through to Transcendent Level 10 and meet the requirements for mastering multiple life skills, while Zilan rose to Transcendent Level 4.
• Lin Yuan explained that the pet food shop would expand and asked Linghuan whether it wanted to evolve so it could handle more work and pursue its interests.
• Linghuan eagerly agreed to evolve.

Lin Yuan began Linghuan’s evolution into a Wonderfortune Bear and watched the energy resonance take hold, while Baishi became eager to evolve too. The next day, Lin Yuan discovered that Nang Nang had developed a hidden evolution path, the Pocket-Space Bird.

• Lin Yuan prepared Linghuan’s evolution materials and began the process, combining the rice cakes and brow band to trigger Linghuan’s Spirit Energy Burst.
• Baishi watched Linghuan’s evolution and, inspired by it, wanted to evolve soon as well; Lin Yuan encouraged the young pet beast to be patient.
• At Puquan Beast-Taming Experimental High School, Lin Yuan observed Nang Nang, who felt happy about its friends and delighted that Lin Yuan wore a shirt bearing its likeness.
• Nang Nang’s panel revealed a hidden evolution path to become a Transcendent Mid-Grade Pocket-Space Bird, requiring it to reach Ordinary Level 10 and develop work-related understanding, social recognition, and identity as a Courier Bird.

Lin Yuan confirmed that Courier Birds could evolve into Pocket-Space Birds and discovered evidence of a second hidden evolution path linked to teaching. After expanding his research plans, he followed Sun Xingtian into the Rare Beast Garden and looked inside.

• Lin Yuan found that Nang Nang’s evolution path was Pocket-Space Bird, then checked all ten Courier Birds and recorded their differing compatibility levels.
• Lin Yuan saw that Yu Ning had a second hidden evolution path and theorized that Courier Birds might unlock it by acting as teachers, guardians, or leaders.
• Lin Yuan sent Chen Xuanbai a request for more Courier Bird samples, and Chen replied that the principal had approved another three hundred thousand in funding.
• Sun Xingtian told Lin Yuan that the school had approved his visit to the Rare Beast Garden, and Lin Yuan agreed to go after Baishi’s training.
• Sun Xingtian led Lin Yuan to a concealed stone wall and opened the entrance to the Rare Beast Garden with a token.

Lin Yuan toured the Rare Beast Garden with Sun Xingtian to choose a second beast pet that would complement Baishi in practical competitions. After meeting the grudge-holding parrot Titi and examining the talented but lazy Cryptic Cypress, Lin Yuan decided to look at the support-type beasts next.

• Titi scolded Sun Xingtian for trampling her flower wreath, but she forgave him after he apologized.
• Sun Xingtian explained the Rare Beast Garden’s three recommended combat strategies and began showing Lin Yuan the candidates.
• Lin Yuan discovered the Cryptic Cypress’s several highly compatible evolution paths, including the hidden Spirit-Swallowing Treasure Cypress.
• The Cryptic Cypress, whom Sun Xingtian called Greedy, accepted Lin Yuan’s crystal core and gave him a leaf.
• Lin Yuan liked Greedy but doubted its lazy defensive style would pair well with Baishi, so he asked Sun Xingtian to show him the support-type beasts.

Sun Xingtian showed Lin Yuan several Rare Beast Garden pets, including a Rippling Water Spirit whose farming traits tempted Lin Yuan more than her battle potential. After promising to help him take her if he won a gold medal, Sun Xingtian brought him to meet a Flame-Eyed Monkey with a troubling Spirit-attribute mutation.

• Sun Xingtian introduced Lin Yuan to several defense, support, and attack pets in the Rare Beast Garden.
• Lin Yuan inspected the Rippling Water Spirit and saw that she could potentially evolve into a Monarch, while her Rain trait and love of farming made her appealing for his family's future Plant Cultivation Base.
• Lin Yuan declined to focus his training on contracting the Rippling Water Spirit, but asked whether he could take two pets from the Rare Beast Garden to help with the family business.
• Sun Xingtian promised to persuade the principal to let Lin Yuan take the Rippling Water Spirit if Lin Yuan won a gold medal in the competition.
• Sun Xingtian led Lin Yuan into a cave to see a Flame-Eyed Monkey that had gained the Spirit attribute after mutating and now could not distinguish reality from illusions.

Lin Yuan examined the Flame-Eyed Monkey’s unusual Spirit-attribute awakening and realized that its supposed hallucinations were helping it cope. After easing its pain, he left it to consider the other pets, but the monkey sought him out and asked for help again.

• Lin Yuan studied the Flame-Eyed Monkey’s panel and learned that it pressed stones against its eyes to see the visions it believed were real.
• Sun Xingtian explained the monkey’s history and the healers’ treatment, and Lin Yuan concluded that their approach was worsening its distress.
• Lin Yuan used Spirit Dew and the Purple Spirit Eye Art to guide the energy around the monkey’s eyes, calming it as it searched its Spiritual World.
• Lin Yuan continued viewing the other pets without deciding whether to contract the Flame-Eyed Monkey.
• At sunset, the Flame-Eyed Monkey appeared in the pavilion, pointed from its eyes to Lin Yuan’s, and silently asked him for help again.

Lin Yuan stabilized the Flame-Eyed Monkey’s Illusion and Reality trait and decided to pursue a bond with it. Back home, Linghuan’s evolution reached its final stage as Lin Yuan and his family waited for its new form to appear.

• Lin Yuan used the Purple Spirit Eye Art to stabilize the Flame-Eyed Monkey’s condition for two days, and the monkey gave him an orange flower in thanks.
• Sun Xingtian told Lin Yuan that he and the monkey had formed a bond, and Lin Yuan decided to visit it every two days while pursuing a contract.
• The Rippling Water Spirit noticed its orange flower was missing, blamed a flower-loving parrot, and screamed for Sun Xingtian to save it.
• Lin Yuan reassured Qin Bailing that Linghuan would still recognize and care for him after evolving, and mentioned that one or two pet beasts might soon join their family.
• Lin Yuan absorbed energy from Linghuan’s Spirit Energy Burst, raising his mental power to 40 as Linghuan’s evolution neared completion.
• Zilan’s energy grew rapidly while she fed Spirit Dew to Linghuan, and Baishi joined them as Linghuan absorbed the surrounding light and revealed its new appearance.