Chapter Summaries

Lu Ran followed the Deer Spirits to a hidden Secret Realm, where he met an avatar of the Divine Deer and learned why it had come to Blue Star. The Divine Deer explained that it had left a blessing and antler so a talented person could awaken its avatar, but it could not explain Infinite City’s origins.

• Lu Ran upgraded General Ha, the little Sword Spirit, Corpse Dog, and Sudden Death King’s training by giving Sudden Death King the Nine-Colored Meteorite fragment and having the Sword Spirit possess General Ha.
• After tracking the Deer Spirits across several provinces, Lu Ran followed them to a nature reserve in Jingchu, where they vanished and revealed a Secret Realm entrance.
• Lu Ran used the broken Divine Deer Antler to enter the Secret Realm and found a white Divine Deer, which identified itself as an energy-shaped avatar.
• The Divine Deer told Lu Ran that it had come from the Star-Moon Continent to help living beings sent to Blue Star take root, and that it had sheltered humans to protect the planet’s ecological balance.
• The Divine Deer revealed that it had left an antler and blessing so someone talented could awaken its avatar, then admitted it knew of Infinite City but not its origins.

Lu Ran learned that Blue Star humans had not evolved enough to establish Beast Taming Spaces, and the Divine Deer named him its messenger and strengthened his Familiar skill. After the Divine Deer vanished and its secret realm collapsed, Lu Ran tested the blessing and confirmed that General Ha and the Sword Spirit could enter the same Black Card, then planned to awaken Sword Grass as another Familiar.

• Lu Ran asked the Divine Deer about Beast Taming Spaces and learned that Blue Star humans needed to evolve further before they could establish one.
• The Divine Deer made Lu Ran its messenger, tasking him with growing strong enough to help suppress Legendary disasters on the Star-Moon Continent.
• The Divine Deer strengthened Lu Ran's Familiar skill, letting a Familiar and its primary life-form be treated as one entity, and told him it could not help against the black dragon.
• The Divine Deer dissipated after Lu Ran left its secret realm, and Dr. Gu told him that Manager Ying's true body had awakened and asked him to check on his crows.
• Lu Ran recalled General Ha into a Contract Black Card and confirmed that the Sword Spirit entered with him and appeared on the same card.
• Lu Ran decided to awaken Sword Grass so General Ha could contract it as another Familiar, and named it Dog Tail.

Lu Ran awakened the Sword Grass with enhanced Rhinoceros Blood, adding it to General Ha’s Familiar lineup, then inspected Dark Crow’s nationwide crow legion, which had grown to one hundred thousand. Back at Emerald Mountain, he met Shi Jialiang, the elusive Xu Dog of the Twelve Branches, who tested the legion’s strategic value and joked that Lu Ran should take his position.

• Lu Ran enhanced the Rhinoceros Blood and used it to awaken the Sword Grass, which gained Grass and Metal attributes and mastered two kinds of Sword Will.
• Lu Ran linked the Sword Grass and Winter Sword Spirit to General Ha through Familiar, adding both to its lineup.
• Lu Ran met Dark Crow near Shendu Ancient City and revealed that the migrating crow flocks across the country were gathering under its command.
• Lu Ran returned to Green Sea with a crow legion of one hundred thousand and planned to assess its strength and coordinate national support.
• Shi Jialiang introduced himself as Xu Dog of the Twelve Branches and said he had come to evaluate Lu Ran and the crow legion.
• Shi Jialiang proposed that Lu Ran take his Xu Dog position, then admitted he was more interested in becoming the Former President.

Lu Ran and Dark Crow joined the Twelve Branches’ test of Manager Ying, using a long-range curse to challenge the awakened cat during its spar with Chou Niu. The chapter ended with Dark Crow’s curse taking hold of Manager Ying despite its spatial concealment and Psychokinesis barrier.

• Shi Jialiang asked Lu Ran to help test Manager Ying with a long-range attack, and Lu Ran agreed to join the spar after the test was disclosed.
• Manager Ying agreed to fight the Twelve Branches’ experts, and Chou Niu was chosen to face it outside Magic City.
• Chou Niu transformed with his Pet Beasts and attacked Manager Ying, but its Psychokinesis and spatial abilities easily stopped his blows.
• Lu Ran summoned the Crow God, and Dark Crow opened the Evil God’s Eyes around the fighters from Green Sea City.
• Manager Ying recognized Lu Ran and Dark Crow, tried to hide behind its barrier and spatial concealment, but Dark Crow’s Enemy Lock let its red-dandelion curse take hold.

As the Black Dragon King threatened Xia Country with an invasion, the Alliance discovered its island appearance was only an energy clone and prepared for its attack on Magic City. A gigantic, mysterious cat appeared on the beach to block the black dragon, leaving everyone wondering what it was.

• Dark Crow’s Red Fur Curse disrupted Manager Ying’s energy long enough for Chou Niu to shatter its barrier and knock it from the factory, but Manager Ying recovered and quickly defeated Chou Niu.
• Xia Country lured the black dragon to a distant island, where Gu Qingyi discovered that the black dragon was represented only by an energy clone.
• The Black Dragon King demanded two Epic resources and threatened to flood the continent, but Manager Ying destroyed its clone and identified its plan to extort Xia Country by threatening Magic City.
• The Fishmen Empire detected powerful Sea Beasts advancing toward Xia Country’s coasts as the black dragon headed for Magic City.
• A gigantic creature with four mountain-sized tails appeared on Magic City’s beach and blocked the black dragon, while onlookers wondered whether it was a fox or a cat.

Manager Ying sealed the Black Dragon King near Magic City while Lu Ran and Dark Crow stopped its sea-beast forces from threatening Xia Country’s coastal cities. The dragon was trapped for at least a year, leaving Xia Country time to grow strong enough to defeat it.

• Manager Ying confronted the Black Dragon King outside Magic City as Lin Nian, Zhu Kaixin, and other powerful figures arrived.
• Lu Ran protected the threatened coastal cities from Green Sea, using Dark Crow’s Evil God’s Eyes and curse power to transform the attacking sea beasts into pigs.
• The Black Dragon King attacked Magic City with Dragon Pulse, but Manager Ying redirected the blast into the ocean.
• Manager Ying used her spatial power to seal the Black Dragon King in an alternate space, declaring it would not escape for at least a year.

After Lu Ran and Dark Crow helped stop the Dragon Palace’s invasion, Xia Country celebrated their overwhelming strength while the Black Dragon remained sealed. Lu Ran planned to work with the Turtle Chancellor to take over the Dragon Palace and exploit the ocean’s resources.

• Manager Ying sealed the level 70 Black Dragon, while people across the world debated how long the seal would hold and marveled at Lu Ran’s role in defeating the invasion.
• Lu Ran and Dark Crow scouted the coast and confirmed no more Dragon Palace sea beasts were appearing; Dark Crow’s crow flock form had grown to level 61.
• Lu Ran told Gu Qingyi that all the invading sea beasts in Xia Country’s waters had been killed and learned that Manager Ying needed two and a half years to recover enough strength to seal the Black Dragon again.
• Lu Ran advised Gu Qingyi to wait before evolving his Azure Sea Dragon, since the Black Dragon’s Dragon Pearl fragment could be a highly compatible evolution resource.
• Lu Ran proposed coordinating with the Turtle Chancellor to take over the Dragon Palace and invited Gu Qingyi to join him in pursuing the ocean’s resources.

Lu Ran planned to use the chaos after Black Dragon's defeat to gather Nine-Colored Meteorite fragments and gain influence in the ocean. Dark Crow found Black Tortoise in Dragon Palace and told him Lu Ran had sealed Black Dragon and wanted his help ruling the sea.

• Lu Ran considered helping Black Tortoise rise to power in Dragon Palace or allying with the Fishmen Empire, whose Mermaid Princess he had considered making Cloudy's familiar.
• The injured Fishmen King discussed counterattacking Dragon Palace with the Mermaid Princess and shark-headed Prince, then kicked the Prince away when he declared he wanted to rescue Turtle.
• Black Tortoise, trapped in Dragon Palace amid the turmoil, lamented his misfortune and wondered whether Lu Ran would ever come for him.
• Dark Crow appeared before Black Tortoise in spirit form and revealed that Lu Ran and Manager Ying had sealed Black Dragon and killed dozens of Dragon Palace generals.
• Dark Crow urged Black Tortoise to cooperate with Lu Ran and help him become the King of the Vast Sea.

After the Black Dragon King’s defeat, Lu Ran persuaded Black Tortoise to take over the chaotic Dragon Palace and build power in the Deep Sea. Back in Green Sea, Lu Ran planned the Flood Dragon Squad’s first legendary secret realm challenge and recruited help to develop Poison-Type resources for the Dark Crow Legion.

• Dark Crow convinced Black Tortoise to stay in the Dragon Palace, use Lu Ran’s resources to grow stronger, and eventually rule the seas.
• Lu Ran assessed the Dragon Palace’s power vacuum and planned to use Black Tortoise and Dark Crow to expand his influence in the Deep Sea.
• Lu Ran learned the Flood Dragon Squad was ready to challenge a level 1 legendary secret realm and asked Lu Bing to look for a boss specializing in defensive support for Sudden Death King.
• Lu Ran contacted Professor Ye to help transplant the Ferocious Plants from the Breakthrough Secret Realm to Green Sea.
• Lu Ran asked Fang Lan to work with Professor Ye on the Ferocious Plants and help develop Poison-Type powers for the Dark Crow Legion.

Lu Ran brought Professor Ye and Fang Lan to the Death Forest in his Ruins Space so they could choose plants to transplant and use. Fang Lan’s spider chose a Spiritual Energy Mother Tree seedling, and Lu Ran agreed to let it turn the tree into a source of poisonous spiritual energy, though he questioned whether it could control a plant with overlord potential.

• Lu Ran planned to forge undead equipment for Black Tortoise, Sudden Death King, and Jiang Dou, but Manager Ying refused to accompany him to the Undead Secret Realm.
• Fang Lan showed Lu Ran and Professor Ye her new Myriad Poisons Body Beast Taming Technique and asked to see the plants he had brought back.
• Lu Ran opened the Ruins Space and led Professor Ye and Fang Lan into the Death Forest with General Ha intimidating the ferocious plants.
• Fang Lan summoned her Great Xia Tarantula, Little Blue, which chose a Spiritual Energy Mother Tree seedling over the forest’s other plants.
• Little Blue told Lu Ran it could transform the tree’s spiritual energy into poisonous spiritual energy, and Lu Ran agreed to the plan while wondering whether the spider could control the overlord-potential plant.
• General Ha volunteered to help Little Blue subdue the seedling.

Lu Ran helped Fang Lan’s Great Xia Tarantula corrupt and control the Spiritual Energy Mother Tree seedling, then spent three days transplanting Ferocious Plants and forging equipment. Fang Lan tested her new poison ability in the Peak Arena by defeating England’s Princess of Light instantly, and the victory sent her spider to the top of the Commander Divine Pet Rankings.

• Lu Ran agreed to let Fang Lan’s Great Xia Tarantula control the Spiritual Energy Mother Tree seedling, and General Ha’s intervention helped it subdue the plant.
• Fang Lan and Lu Ran devised a way to disguise the spider’s poisonous spiritual energy, while Professor Ye helped Lu Ran transplant the Ferocious Plants to Green Sea.
• Over three days, Lu Ran forged the Dragon King Shield, Dragon Stele, and Wind-Lightning Sword, exhausting most of his savings and soul power.
• Fang Lan challenged the Princess of Light in the Peak Arena and instantly poisoned her and her Holy Light Lion King, winning the match.
• The Divine Pet Rankings placed Fang Lan’s spider first among Commander Divine Pets, while Pluto remarked that the Princess of Light had suffered another setback.

Lu Ran learned that the Myriad Forms trait could make Cloudy a versatile shapeshifter, but the Princess of Light owned it and might be difficult to persuade. He arranged for Fang Lan to care for the Death Forest, declined to pursue a contract with the Mermaid Princess, and planned a trip to the Undead Secret Realm to research Artifact Spirits.

• Manager Ying told Lu Ran that the Myriad Forms trait could let Cloudy transform using creature materials and combine their abilities with its own.
• Lu Ran discovered that the Princess of Light owned Myriad Forms and asked Manager Ying to negotiate without revealing his interest.
• Lu Ran told Gu Qingyi that Fang Lan would care for the Death Forest, which he had brought out of the Breakthrough Secret Realm for her to use as an arsenal.
• Gu Qingyi offered Lu Ran the chance to contract the Mermaid Princess, but he declined and suggested Gu Qingyi pursue the contract instead.
• Lu Ran told Gu Qingyi he planned to visit the Undead Secret Realm to research Artifact Spirits, and she advised him to contact the local person in charge and meet Old Pig on Other Shore Island.

Lu Ran met Manager Ying on Other Shore Island and shared intelligence about the Divine Deer, the Star-Moon Federation, and a hidden Teleportation Array. As Manager Ying agreed to help find the array and Cloudy’s next form, Lu Ran discovered that Sudden Death King had learned a devastating new technique.

• Manager Ying negotiated with the Knight King to trade for the Shapeshifting Trait in exchange for dealing with England’s plague-spreading ancient giant rat, agreeing to act for them three times.
• Lu Ran met Manager Ying on Other Shore Island and learned that it had accepted the England Alliance’s terms to secure Cloudy’s potential.
• Lu Ran told Manager Ying that the Divine Deer’s energy avatar had revealed Blue Star and the Star-Moon Federation shared a lineage, and that a Teleportation Array to the Federation had been left behind.
• Manager Ying offered to search for the Teleportation Array and told Lu Ran about the Former President’s Kunpeng Feather, which could help Cloudy take a fast Kunpeng form.
• Lu Ran sensed that Sudden Death King had mastered the meteor artistic conception and learned Heavenly Dragon Meteor Fist, a powerful counterattack unleashed after taking heavy damage.

Lu Ran and Manager Ying discussed Sudden Death King's Meteor Impact artistic conception and an upcoming international resource competition that could target Lu Ran. Lu Ran then began a one-on-one spar with Zhu Kaixin, and Sudden Death King carried Rock Martial Pig King into the sky to use him as a meteorite.

• Lu Ran learned that the Former President possessed valuable knowledge about divine beasts and planned to visit him after his Breakthrough Secret Realm expedition.
• Manager Ying explained that the International Alliance would hold a competition for a major share of its resources, likely bringing Lu Ran into conflict with powerful Second and Third Generation Beast Tamers.
• Manager Ying suggested that Lu Ran spar with Zhu Kaixin, and the two agreed to a one-on-one match using their existing Pet Beasts.
• Lu Ran summoned level-38 Sudden Death King, while Zhu Kaixin sent out his level-57 Rock Martial Pig King.
• Sudden Death King grabbed Rock Martial Pig King and flew high into the sky, preparing to smash him into the ground like a meteorite.

Lu Ran sparred with Zhu Kaixin and Rock Martial Pig King, then continued training on Other Shore Island while pursuing a way to learn domains. Manager Ying brought Cloudy the Shapeshifting Trait and told Lu Ran about the International Alliance’s new Alliance Challenge, leaving him preparing to compete for resources.

• Sudden Death King used Meteor Impact and Heavenly Dragon Meteor Fist against Rock Martial Pig King, then hugged it again to force another terrifying fall.
• Lu Ran spent several days training in the Undead Secret Realm and used two Enhancement Cards on Clear Spirit Fruits to improve his comprehension, hoping to learn a domain from General Ha.
• Lu Ran made the Vampire Count keep sparring with General Ha and Sudden Death King, insisting it needed strength to revive its parents.
• Manager Ying gave Lu Ran the Shapeshifting Trait for Cloudy and explained that the International Alliance would distribute resources through a five-stage Alliance Challenge.
• Manager Ying advised Lu Ran to aim to clear four stages of the Alliance Challenge.

Lu Ran prepared Cloudy for the upcoming Alliance challenge tournament while the Former President returned from a dangerous Level 5 Breakthrough Secret Realm. After hearing about recent events, the Former President arranged to meet Lu Ran in Infinite City.

• Manager Ying explained that Lu Ran would face five consecutive one-on-one matches against powerful First Generation gatekeepers in the Alliance challenge tournament, which began in a week.
• Lu Ran fused the Many-Change Trait Crystal into Cloudy, awakening Adaptability, and watched Cloudy fight in the Undead Secret Realm as an ice-cloud Sword Dog and a thundercloud Dragon King.
• The Former President completed the Level 5 Breakthrough Secret Realm after destroying a Legendary Faction that had targeted him, then returned to Blue Star and warned Xiao Lin that Lin Nian should be careful.
• Xiao Lin told the Former President about the Black Dragon incident and Lu Ran's use of national resources, and the Former President asked to meet Lu Ran in Infinite City.
• Zhu Kaixin informed Lu Ran that the Former President was back and wanted to see him at the Cat-Eared Maid Café in Infinite City.

Lu Ran told the Former President about the Divine Deer and proposed traveling to Star-Moon Continent to find a way for Xia Country’s people to awaken Beast Taming Spaces. The Former President revealed a possible location for the Cross-World Teleportation Array and lent Lu Ran a Kunpeng Feather, while the chapter ended with the Flood Dragon Squad reporting a successful Secret Realm challenge and a useful trait drop.

• Lu Ran explained the Divine Deer’s potential and his plan to visit Star-Moon Continent, arguing that its cultivation system could give Xia Country a fallback in the coming World War.
• The Former President recalled finding an underground altar carved with Spacetime Twin Dragons and suggested it might be the Cross-World Teleportation Array.
• Manager Ying offered to accompany Lu Ran, and the Former President agreed to lend him a Kunpeng Feather until his mission ended, with the possibility of giving it to him as a reward.
• Lu Ran said he would wait until after the Alliance Challenge Tournament and reach Level Four before setting out, while Manager Ying urged him to prepare for the tournament.
• Manager Ying identified the Jia Mountain Secret Realm boss as a Drill-Mountain King Beast, and Lu Ran received messages saying the Flood Dragon Squad had defeated it and obtained an Energy Halo Trait Crystal.

Lu Ran used the Kunpeng Feather on Cloudy, which transformed into a Peng Bird and a giant Kun with astonishing speed. After seeing Cloudy outpace the others, Lu Ran asked it to adapt to the forms and study the Kun Form further.

• Lu Ran examined the all-purpose support trait Lu Bing’s team had obtained and decided Sudden Death King could use it once it reached level 40.
• Lu Ran collected the Kunpeng Feather and brought it to Cloudy in the Ruins Space, where Cloudy absorbed it.
• Cloudy transformed into a huge Peng Bird, then shrank to spar with Sword Spirit and Sword Grass and easily dodged their attacks.
• Cloudy’s golden, lightning-covered Peng Bird form raced through the sky and knocked Sword Spirit and Sword Grass down with a collision.
• Cloudy transformed into a giant Kun and swam rapidly through a sea of clouds, prompting Dark Crow to suggest sending it to conquer the Deep Sea.

Lu Ran mastered a Flame Spirit Sword Domain and awakened the Wind-Lightning Sword Spirit, then returned to Xia Country to offer it to his master, Jiang Dou. The chapter ended with Jiang Dou learning that General Ha had already contracted Lu Ran’s own Sword Spirit.

• Lu Ran invested three Exquisite Enhancement Cards in Clear Spirit Fruits and used the fruits to comprehend a Domain Prototype, creating a Flame Spirit Sword Domain.
• The Wind-Lightning Sword awakened as a low-level monarch Sword Spirit with the Guardian Sword talent.
• Lu Ran left Other Shore Island, sent Dark Crow to deliver the Dragon Stele to Black Tortoise, and flew home to Jinling on Cloudy.
• Jiang Dou was competing in the Third Infinite City Arena when Lu Ran contacted him and asked him to return to the Rainbow Sky Dojo.
• Lu Ran offered Jiang Dou the Wind-Lightning Sword Spirit, and Jiang Dou learned that General Ha had contracted Lu Ran’s own Sword Spirit.

Lu Ran helped Jiang Dou contract the Wind-Lightning Sword Spirit, then learned he would represent Xia Country in the Alliance Challenge Tournament. After the Former President offered him a Kunpeng Feather if he cleared all five stages, Lu Ran vowed to crush the competition.

• Lu Ran brought Jiang Dou to the Ruins Space, where Jiang Dou impressed the Wind-Lightning Sword Spirit with his sword will and took it as his pet.
• Lu Ran returned to Green Sea after Dark Crow delivered the Dragon Stele to Black Tortoise, while the Alliance Challenge Tournament was announced worldwide.
• The Former President reviewed Xia Country's gatekeeper roster and learned from Manager Ying and Gu Qingyi that Lu Ran could use three contracted pet beasts together through Familiar.
• Lu Ran told the Former President he was willing to reveal his Familiar technique and challenge the First Generation gatekeeper, and the Former President promised him the Kunpeng Feather if he cleared all five stages.
• Lu Ran enthusiastically vowed to crush the Alliance Tournament.