Chapter Summaries

After winning Green Sea City's Bug-Fighting Tournament, Lu Ran discussed his plans to train his husky for hunting and resisted Fang Lan's efforts to make him focus on school. The chapter ended when Fang Lan sent him a post asking whether supernatural phenomena existed.

• Lu Ran won the Bug-Fighting Tournament again and hurried away when he noticed Fang Lan in the crowd.
• Fang Lan confronted Lu Ran for skipping classes and ignoring her calls, while Lu Ran said he was bored with bug fighting and wanted to try hunting with his husky.
• Lu Ran predicted rain, which he said the park's insects had told him about, and he and Fang Lan took shelter at a restaurant as dark clouds gathered.
• Fang Lan offered to have Lu Ran stay with her parents while she left for university, but Lu Ran declined and said he would join her in Magic City after his final school year.
• Fang Lan sent Lu Ran a link to a post titled, "Help! Do you believe supernatural phenomena exist in this world?"

Lu Ran dismissed an online account about a mysterious card and an injured pet beast as a hoax, then received a similar black card himself and learned he had been identified as a potential Beast Tamer. The chapter left him realizing the strange post might have been true.

• Lu Ran and Fang Lan read a post about a black card, a Beast Tamer, and a badly injured pet beast, but agreed the story and image seemed fabricated.
• Lu Ran reflected on his ability to hear the inner voices of nonhuman creatures and his recurring dream of monsters invading the city.
• Lu Ran and Fang Lan ate together and discussed her pets, her plans to move to Magic City, and his hope of starting university.
• After Fang Lan left, Lu Ran stepped outside and found a black Contract Card had appeared in his hand.
• A voice and shifting text identified Lu Ran's Beast Tamer aptitude and instructed him to use the card to capture an animal as a pet beast.
• Lu Ran recognized that the card and its instructions matched the account in the post he had just read.

After receiving a Novice Contract Card, Lu Ran decided to become a Beast Tamer and chose his longtime pet husky, General Ha, as his partner. He activated the card, and its light engulfed General Ha.

• Lu Ran considered the card’s rules and his ominous dream, then decided not to give up his chance to become a Beast Tamer.
• When the forum post containing useful advice disappeared, Lu Ran resolved to complete the Novice Mission within twenty-four hours and seek more information as he went.
• Lu Ran returned home and chose General Ha, the husky he had raised and trained, because he trusted its obedience and fighting spirit.
• Lu Ran activated the black card and sent it toward General Ha, but the frightened husky could not escape the light that enveloped it.

Lu Ran contracted General Ha, strengthening them both and revealing a countdown to a newbie trial secret realm. As they prepared for the teleportation, Lu Ran armed himself and brought along a family pendant, while General Ha eagerly anticipated the battles ahead.

• Lu Ran completed the contract with General Ha, and the Contract Card displayed the husky’s information as a countdown to the newbie trial appeared.
• Lu Ran summoned General Ha, who discovered he had grown larger and stronger, then fed him a meal.
• Lu Ran tested his own enhanced strength and chose to bring his custom Iron-Slashing Sword for protection.
• Lu Ran put on his mother’s antler pendant and reflected on his parents’ deaths while preparing to search for them someday.
• General Ha asked Lu Ran to strengthen him again, and Lu Ran told him they might grow stronger by surviving the coming fights.

Lu Ran entered the Demon Cat Forest beginner trial with General Ha, only to discover that his supplies and weapon had not transferred with him. When a Demon Cat attacked, General Ha killed it in one strike, leaving Lu Ran impressed by his pet’s strength as they began the trial to survive for a day.

• Lu Ran prepared for the trial, recalled General Ha into the Black Card, and was teleported to the Demon Cat Forest without his backpack or Iron-Slashing Sword.
• Lu Ran read the trial rules, summoned General Ha, and learned that the forest was a projection where they could not take resources or creatures out.
• Lu Ran and General Ha heard something moving through the bushes and encountered a level 2 Demon Cat.
• Lu Ran tried to scare the Demon Cat away by making himself look bigger and roaring, but it charged at him.
• Lu Ran called for General Ha to save him, and General Ha pinned the Demon Cat down and killed it in a single strike.
• Lu Ran praised General Ha and reconsidered his assumptions about their relative combat strength.

After General Ha killed a Demon Cat and gained a small boost in strength, Lu Ran considered using the trial realm to help him level up. They gathered useful resources while waiting for another enemy, but the chapter ended as five creatures approached from all directions.

• The Demon Cat dissolved into light that entered General Ha, making him slightly stronger even though his growth level remained Level 1.
• Lu Ran decided to stay at their open starting spot, inspect the area, and let General Ha recover while they waited for enemies.
• Lu Ran discovered Blood-Staunching Mushrooms and Woodscale Fruits, gathered the supplies, and stopped General Ha from eating the mushrooms.
• After half an hour without an encounter, Lu Ran and General Ha heard rustling from every direction.
• Five figures emerged from the thicket, leaving Lu Ran stunned by the number of approaching creatures.

Lu Ran and General Ha fought off a pack of Demon Cats, but the leader withdrew before the battle could turn against it. General Ha reached level 2, and Lu Ran’s family heirloom began glowing and revealed itself as an Epic Divine Deer Antler with the potential to develop healing power.

• Lu Ran and General Ha were surrounded by five Demon Cats, including a powerful level 3 leader, and Lu Ran ordered General Ha to thin their numbers while watching the leader.
• Lu Ran stunned one Demon Cat with a thrown stone as General Ha killed another, but the remaining cats wounded General Ha and forced him into a rage.
• Lu Ran struck his attacker with a wooden stick, and the Demon Cat leader unexpectedly called off the fight and led the surviving cats away.
• Lu Ran noticed that General Ha had reached level 2 after killing a Demon Cat and guessed that the leader had retreated because it feared the growing threat.
• As Lu Ran prepared to treat General Ha, his antler charm began glowing, and the Eye of Data identified it as an Epic Divine Deer Antler that could develop healing power.

Lu Ran discovered that his family’s Divine Deer Pendant could heal General Ha, then used it to fight and level up aggressively in the Demon Cat Forest. With one minute left, General Ha reached level 4, completing the beginner trial with an S rating, and Lu Ran faced a choice of return destinations.

• Lu Ran used the awakened Divine Deer Pendant to heal General Ha’s wounds completely, and noticed that the healing had also toughened his body.
• Lu Ran and General Ha hunted supernatural creatures across the forest, and General Ha reached level 3 while relying on the pendant to recover from injuries.
• Lu Ran found a tattered tent and read a journal hinting that the Black Rainstorm might not be the true cause of the forest’s changes.
• Lu Ran and General Ha continued fighting through the trial until General Ha killed a final Demon Cat and reached level 4 just before the deadline.
• Lu Ran received an S rating and rewards, then was prompted to choose between returning to the Initial Teleport Point and going to Infinite City.

After clearing the Novice Trial, Lu Ran chose to return to Infinite City and examined the rewards and facilities available to Beast Tamers. He discovered his new beast-taming skill required him to imitate General Ha, and ended the chapter struggling to accept the idea of acting like a husky.

• Lu Ran returned to Infinite City after earning an S rating in the Novice Trial alongside General Ha.
• He checked his identity card and learned that Infinite City offered many paid secret realms, including a low-cost Training Secret Realm.
• Lu Ran used the Eye of Data to inspect his rewards: advanced meteoric iron ore and a Grass Attribute Awakening Fruit.
• He discovered that his new skill, Super Beast Mimicry, let Beast Tamers gain strength and skills by imitating their contracted pet beasts.
• Lu Ran balked at the prospect of copying General Ha's husky behavior, then admitted he needed to find a way to use the skill.

After passing the Novice Trial, Lu Ran met Little White Dragon Amid the Waves, an official recruiter who explained the history of Contract Black Cards and Beast Tamers. Lu Ran learned that he could decline to join the authorities, though every Beast Tamer had to register.

• Lu Ran left the residential district and met Little White Dragon Amid the Waves, who welcomed him as a newcomer and offered to explain Infinite City.
• Little White Dragon told Lu Ran that Contract Black Cards had first appeared three years earlier, and that a much larger wave had begun selecting people a month ago.
• Little White Dragon explained that Infinite City arranged Novice Secret Realms based on newcomers' contracted beasts and that the latest wave of Beast Tamers might be difficult for the authorities to keep secret.
• Little White Dragon introduced himself as a member of the Donghuang Beast Taming Alliance's Beast Tamer Administration Bureau and said his job was to guide and recruit newcomers.
• Lu Ran asked whether he had to join the official organization, and Little White Dragon said joining was optional as long as he registered and did not use his powers to break the law.

Lu Ran learned from Little White Dragon about Infinite City, secret realms, and the ways Beast Tamers advanced, while declining to join the authorities. The conversation left him with new questions about his pet beast’s attribute and the resources needed to awaken it.

• Little White Dragon explained the benefits and obligations of joining the authorities, but Lu Ran said he needed time to think.
• Little White Dragon described Infinite City’s districts, facilities, shops, travel rules, and ban on fighting outside the Arena.
• Little White Dragon explained that later secret realms focused on gathering resources and teamwork, while Breakthrough Secret Realms enabled level breakthroughs and granted Contract Cards.
• Lu Ran asked whether secret realms were projections and whether other worlds existed, and Little White Dragon said little was known about Infinite City or its origins.
• Little White Dragon told Lu Ran to use an Attribute Stone to identify his pet beast’s attribute and explained that an Attribute Awakening Fruit could awaken it.

Lu Ran learned about Attribute Fruits and Attribute Stones before testing General Ha’s latent attribute. General Ha revealed a rare Wind attribute, leaving Lu Ran to consider the potential of a flying husky.

• Little White Dragon Amid the Waves explained that Attribute Fruits were scarce and described the authorities’ alternative awakening method.
• Little White Dragon Amid the Waves took Lu Ran to an Attribute Stone, where they met Flowers Bloom Beneath the Brush and Pig Farmer, who had tested his boar’s Rock attribute.
• Lu Ran summoned General Ha and ordered him to ram the Attribute Stone, but General Ha hit it hard enough to hurt his head.
• The Attribute Stone developed white scratches, revealing General Ha’s rare Wind attribute.
• Flowers Bloom Beneath the Brush explained that Wind powers could eventually let creatures that could not fly take to the air.

After learning that Lu Ran had earned a grass fruit as a beginner reward, Little White Dragon took him to the Cat-Eared Maid Café, an intelligence agency, to find a wind fruit. The café found a trade opportunity with the Medicine Pavilion and offered to arrange the exchange in the Third Infinite City.

• Lu Ran asked Little White Dragon whether grass fruits or wind fruits were more valuable, and revealed that his beginner rewards included a grass fruit.
• Little White Dragon hurried Lu Ran to the Cat-Eared Maid Café, where he introduced him to the employee Wind and Rain Drifting Feather.
• Wind and Rain Drifting Feather sold Lu Ran information for fifty crystal coins about the Medicine Pavilion guild, which bought grass fruits and listed wind fruits for exchange.
• Wind and Rain Drifting Feather offered to contact the Medicine Pavilion and arrange for someone to bring a wind fruit to the café, aiming to secure Lu Ran extra resources in return.

Lu Ran learned about lifestyle Beast Tamers, equipment services, and the choices between official organizations and guilds while considering whether to enter secret realms alone. He arranged to trade with the Medicine Pavilion and waited at the maid café for its representative to arrive.

• Xiao Ling gave Lu Ran coordinates for a reputable forge and explained how lifestyle Beast Tamers earned crystal coins and advanced through specialized work.
• Little White Dragon Amid the Waves described the Donghuang Alliance and warned Lu Ran that many first-generation Beast Tamers had died in secret realms.
• Lu Ran decided he might initially enter secret realms alone to avoid exposing his Divine Deer Pendant, though he planned to reconsider later.
• Xiao Ling contacted the Medicine Pavilion and negotiated a wind fruit plus seven hundred crystal coins for John Doe.
• Lu Ran ordered Mind-Clearing Tea and drank it with Little White Dragon Amid the Waves while they waited for the Medicine Pavilion representative, who soon arrived on an eagle.

Lu Ran traded his Grass Attribute Awakening Fruit for a Wind Attribute Awakening Fruit, then returned from Infinite City to find a flood of calls and messages from Fang Lan. Fang Lan revealed that she had also received a Black Card.

• Ginger of the Medicine Pavilion Guild arrived on a giant golden eagle, tried to recruit Lu Ran, and then exchanged crystal coins and a Wind Attribute Awakening Fruit for Lu Ran's Grass Attribute Awakening Fruit.
• Lu Ran learned that Infinite City required a flight license and that newcomers had to return to their private rooms before teleporting back to Blue Star.
• Lu Ran bought basic training information, rented a shared motorcycle, and went to the Forge hoping to use his meteoric iron, but found it closed.
• Lu Ran returned to his private room and teleported to Blue Star, where he found more than a dozen missed calls and messages from Fang Lan.
• Fang Lan told Lu Ran that she had suddenly received a Black Card too.

After Fang Lan became a Beast Tamer and entered Infinite City with her Great Xia Tarantula, Lu Ran worried while waiting for her to return. He then studied a training manual, learning how Beast Tamers and pet beasts progressed and that pet-beast training could be divided into four broad directions.

• Lu Ran read Fang Lan's messages and learned that she had contracted her blue-violet Great Xia Tarantula, named Little Blue, before being teleported away.
• Fang Lan entered the Third Infinite City, where she met Gu Qingyi, recognized her as Dr. Gu, and accepted her offer to explain the place.
• Lu Ran tried calling Fang Lan without success, let the exhausted General Ha sleep, and decided to wait for her return.
• Lu Ran read a basic training manual and learned about Beast Tamer levels, Breakthrough Secret Realms, beast-taming skills, and pet-beast species ranks.
• Lu Ran reached the manual's section on training directions, which said pet-beast skill development broadly fell into four categories.

Lu Ran studied how pet beasts could develop energy techniques and evolve through new attributes and traits, then learned Super Beast Mimicry. He decided to train General Ha as a sword-wielding partner, leaving General Ha bewildered but intrigued by the promise of sword aura.

• Lu Ran read that energy coating led to four advanced techniques—energy release, energy flow, energy shaping, and energy compression—and decided General Ha should train in all of them.
• Lu Ran learned that new attributes and traits could raise a pet beast's species rank and trigger evolution, though the resources for them were rare.
• General Ha woke after a short rest, and Lu Ran chose to learn Super Beast Mimicry to improve his own combat ability.
• Lu Ran used the skill card and gave General Ha a wooden sword, planning to have him practice swordsmanship again.
• Lu Ran decided General Ha would use a future meteoric iron sword and imagined combining wind energy with sword strikes to create sword aura.

Lu Ran tested whether Super Beast Mimicry could help General Ha learn swordsmanship and discovered the dog could coat his wooden sword in energy, suggesting exceptional learning ability. As Lu Ran prepared to awaken General Ha’s Wind attribute at a secluded mountain base, Captain Luo learned that an evolved Siberian tiger had escaped and might be heading toward the same area.

• Lu Ran had General Ha practice sword swings with him and found that mimicking the dog’s movements slightly improved his own physical fitness.
• Lu Ran theorized that Telepathy could create a second bridge for Super Beast Mimicry, allowing him to pass training feedback to General Ha.
• General Ha unexpectedly wrapped his wooden sword in white energy, and Lu Ran halted him before he could release sword energy indoors.
• Lu Ran read that species rank did not determine learning ability and concluded that General Ha learned skills exceptionally quickly.
• Lu Ran planned to take General Ha to the mountain behind Red Leaf Park to awaken his Wind attribute.
• Captain Luo arrived at the wildlife park and learned from Liu that an evolved Siberian tiger had escaped, with the mountain behind Red Leaf Park among its likely routes.

Lu Ran brought General Ha to the hills behind Red Leaf Park and used a Wind Attribute Awakening Fruit to awaken his wind attribute, greatly increasing his speed and attack power. After General Ha’s wind-charged wooden sword shattered, a crow warned Lu Ran that a large yellow-and-black-striped cat had entered his territory.

• Lu Ran summoned General Ha in the hills behind Red Leaf Park and explained that they would use an attribute resource to awaken his wind attribute.
• General Ha ate the Wind Attribute Awakening Fruit and awakened the Wind attribute, surrounding himself with sky-blue energy.
• Lu Ran tested General Ha’s new power as the dog ran at extraordinary speed and shattered a rock with a wind-wrapped paw.
• General Ha wrapped a wooden sword in wind energy and swung it, but the sword burst into wood chips before he could test it further.
• A crow reported to Lu Ran that a large cat with yellow fur and black stripes had entered his territory.

Lu Ran and General Ha encountered an escaped Northeast Tiger that had killed its Beast Tamer, and General Ha defeated it before officials arrived. The chapter ended with Luo Shang finding Lu Ran calmly playing on his phone beside the subdued tiger and branch-wielding husky.

• A crow reported a huge striped cat, and General Ha caught the scent of a fierce beast on the mountain.
• Lu Ran found an enormous evolved Northeast Tiger and learned from General Ha that it smelled of human blood, then called Little White Dragon Amid the Waves for help.
• The Northeast Tiger charged, but General Ha used his wind power to knock it back and chased it down with a branch as a sword.
• Lu Ran told Little White Dragon that General Ha had subdued the tiger and asked whether the reward could help him enter Magic University without an entrance exam.
• Luo Shang and his officers arrived and found the Northeast Tiger curled up beneath General Ha's threatening gaze while Lu Ran played on his phone.