Chapter Summaries

Lu Ran was confirmed as one of Xia Country’s challengers for the Alliance Challenge Tournament and received Association resources to strengthen his pet beasts. As international rivals prepared to target him, Sudden Death King reached level forty and gained the Energy shielding racial talent, though his species rank did not increase.

• The former president warned Lu Ran to keep his trump cards hidden and promised resources for him, Qin Ming, and Youxiong Jiyuan.
• Xia Country announced Qin Ming, Youxiong Jiyuan, and Lu Ran as its tournament team, surprising the public by selecting a fourth-generation beast tamer.
• President Pari recruited Jack to serve as a gatekeeper and target Lu Ran, and Jack agreed to fight him if they met.
• Lu Ran followed the former president’s advice while Association resources helped his pet beasts level quickly.
• Sudden Death King reached level forty and fused with the energy halo trait, gaining the Energy shielding racial talent without changing species rank.

Sudden Death King awakened Energy Shielding, a defensive aura that let Lu Ran and his Pet Beasts withstand far greater Energy Compression. Lu Ran assigned the team intensive training ahead of the Alliance Challenge Tournament, leaving Sudden Death King surprised that its new ability had made it training support.

• Sudden Death King awakened Energy Shielding and discovered it could grant a powerful defensive aura to Lu Ran and the others.
• General Ha and Dark Crow used the aura to withstand higher levels of Energy Compression, while Lu Ran tested its protection on himself.
• Lu Ran explained that the aura could help the team overcome the tournament's equipment restrictions by strengthening their core combat technique.
• Lu Ran set Energy Compression targets for General Ha, Sudden Death King, and Dark Crow and named them the team's main force.
• Sudden Death King realized that Lu Ran planned to use its defensive aura to support the others' training rather than simply help them take hits.

After weeks of intense preparation, Lu Ran traveled to Antarctica for the Alliance Challenge, where he learned more about the world’s strongest Beast Tamers and the risks of the competition. He discovered the Alliance had ruled that Dark Crow’s Twin Crows counted as one Pet Beast, clearing them to fight under the rules.

• Lu Ran trained his Pet Beasts for more than twenty days, raising General Ha and its familiars to Level 40 and awakening General Ha’s spatial attribute, which increased its species rank to mid-level overlord.
• Manager Ying escorted Lu Ran to Alliance City, where Councillor Zheng, Dean Qin, and Youxiong Chairman welcomed him and warned him about dangerous matches and possible interference.
• Lu Ran asked about the World War and learned that the ten titleholders remained unbeaten, each excelling in a different field of Beast Taming.
• Manager Ying showed Lu Ran a forum post questioning whether Dark Crow’s Twin Crows counted as one Pet Beast or two, and the Alliance ruled that they remained one individual and could legally enter battle.

The Alliance allowed Lu Ran’s Twin Crows to compete, while President Pari planned to watch him be humiliated in the challenge tournament. When Lu Ran’s gatekeepers were announced, he drew four consecutive legendary-secret-realm challengers, but he stayed calm and prepared to compete.

• President Pari invited Dr. Hayden to Alliance City to watch Lu Ran’s tournament, and Dr. Hayden eventually agreed to attend.
• Lu Ran planned to relax before the tournament and later use an evolution secret realm for Cloudy before traveling to the Star-Moon Federation.
• The tournament schedule matched Lu Ran against Léon, Chris, Takagi Hide, and Jack Mees in his first four rounds, followed by a comparatively ordinary fifth gatekeeper.
• Dean Qin and Youxiong Chairman condemned the lineup as rigged, while Lu Ran said the matchmaking had been supervised and that he would proceed without further protest.
• Lu Ran reassured Manager Ying and Xia Country’s officials that defeating the gatekeepers despite the matchup would demonstrate his strength.

Lu Ran faced Léon in the first stage of the challenge match, where his crows’ strange arguing distracted the crowd before Lu Ran demonstrated his own overwhelming power. Dark Crow then cursed Léon into surrender, and Lu Ran advanced while warning the remaining gatekeepers that he would not go easy on them.

• Lu Ran kept his Pet Beasts’ latest abilities secret from Manager Ying, though General Ha had gained the Spatial Slaughter talent that could break spatial barriers.
• Lu Ran and Léon entered the packed Alliance Arena, where Léon prepared to use his level-48 Ice-Plumed Crown Bird to stop Lu Ran and wear down his strength.
• Lu Ran summoned the Twin Crows, which argued over who would fight Léon’s Ice-Plumed Crown Bird while the crowd and Léon watched in confusion.
• Léon’s bird froze the space around the battlefield, but Lu Ran used flaming Sword Aura to drive back its Void Chill and knock it down.
• Dark Crow fused and cursed Léon himself, making him surrender before his Ice-Plumed Crown Bird could continue fighting.
• The referee declared Lu Ran the winner, and Lu Ran prepared to face the next gatekeeper with confidence.

Lu Ran defeated Chris and his Aurora Fox in the second gatekeeper match, as Sudden Death King endured their attacks without harm and broke their will with Dragon Might. The challenge continued with Lu Ran still standing and ready for his next opponent.

• Lu Ran recalled Dark Crow and summoned Sudden Death King to face Chris and his level 50 Aurora Fox.
• Aurora Fox unleashed a rapid barrage of compressed Light Orbs, but Sudden Death King remained unscathed and protected Lu Ran with a defensive buff.
• Lu Ran taunted Chris after the attacks failed to hurt them, and Sudden Death King advanced through Aurora Fox's stronger follow-up strikes.
• Sudden Death King unleashed Dragon Might, leaving Chris and Aurora Fox bleeding, dazed, and unable to fight.
• Lu Ran defeated the pair and called for the next gatekeeper.

Lu Ran sent Sudden Death King against the third gatekeeper, Takagi Hide, and revealed that it could compress its energy fiftyfold. Sudden Death King used Heavenly Dragon Meteor Fist to devastate Takagi Hide's Four-Skulled Beast, leaving the spectators stunned as Lu Ran advanced toward the remaining rounds.

• After Lu Ran defeated Chris, Takagi Hide entered the arena as the third gatekeeper and summoned his Four-Skulled Beast.
• Lu Ran kept Sudden Death King in the fight and told it to finish Takagi Hide in one hit.
• Sudden Death King compressed its energy to fiftyfold, injuring itself and annihilating the poison mist around it.
• Sudden Death King unleashed Heavenly Dragon Meteor Fist and smashed Four-Skulled Beast into the arena barrier.
• The spectators fell silent at Sudden Death King's devastating attack while Lu Ran remained confident.

Lu Ran reached the fourth round and faced Jack Mees, the strongest Second Generation, whose Level 54 Demon Ape and mastery of top-tier techniques made him a far more dangerous guardian than the previous opponents. Lu Ran answered by revealing that General Ha could fight alongside two powerful familiars, Sword Spirit and Sword Grass, leaving Chairman Pari unsettled as the battle was about to begin.

• Lu Ran cleared the third round when Sudden Death King destroyed its guardian with one punch, while Chairman Pari insisted Jack would stop him in the fourth.
• Jack Mees entered the arena and warned Lu Ran that he possessed energy compression, a domain, and an overlord pet beast; Lu Ran dismissed his threats and said he would clear all five rounds.
• Jack summoned his Level 54, low-tier overlord Demon Ape, a powerful beast that had grown stronger by defeating First Generations in the Peak Arena.
• Lu Ran summoned General Ha alongside Sword Spirit and Sword Grass, revealing that the two familiars could fight as part of the same Contract Card.
• Lu Ran explained that Sword Spirit and Sword Grass were his new ability and challenged Jack to face them, while Chairman Pari reassured himself that the two Level 40 monarchs would not change the outcome.

Lu Ran’s General Ha shattered Jack’s Domain with overwhelming sword power and defeated him in a devastating storm that destroyed the arena. Lu Ran then called for the next challenger, leaving the Egyptian First Generation terrified about facing him.

• Jack ordered the Demon Ape to defeat General Ha in one move and trapped it inside its Demon Kingdom domain.
• General Ha broke the domain with sixtyfold compressed Sword Will, stunning Jack and the spectators.
• General Ha unleashed Void: Sword Storm, which swept Jack and the Demon Ape away and obliterated the arena.
• Lu Ran claimed he did not know where Jack had gone and told the referee to move on to the next challenger.
• The Egyptian First Generation, due to defend the fifth stage, became terrified as Lu Ran called him forward.

Modifier Aube accepted the Divine Eagle Federation’s invitation to take charge of its Beast Taming Alliance, while Lu Ran entered the final challenge against Hapi. Lu Ran revealed that he could create a fire domain himself, trapping Hapi and his pet beast inside as the world watched in shock.

• Aube dismissed Pari and Jack’s infighting, accepted the Federation’s offer, and resolved to lead the Divine Eagle Beast Taming Alliance while focusing on the Star-Moon Federation.
• With Jack missing and the arena repaired, the organizers continued the competition, and Hapi took the fifth Gatekeeper’s place despite wishing to withdraw.
• Lu Ran summoned Dark Crow to face Hapi, who sent out his Level 59 Sandstorm Dome Lord.
• Lu Ran told Dark Crow he would handle the opponent himself, then snapped his fingers and created a fire domain that enclosed Hapi and the Sandstorm Dome Lord while leaving Lu Ran and Dark Crow outside.

Lu Ran defeated Hapi and his vulture by combining his Flame Spirit domain with Dark Crow’s possession, becoming the first challenger to clear all five stages and earning the title of the Eleventh Beast Tamer King. After treating General Ha and Sudden Death King, he discussed his next challenge with Manager Ying and chose to seek the hardest level-three legendary secret realm available.

• Lu Ran’s possessed Flame Spirit domain appeared as a Fire Crow God and burned Hapi and the vulture’s souls, defeating the fifth-stage Gatekeeper.
• The referee declared Lu Ran the first Beast Tamer to clear all five stages, while spectators hailed him as a potential Eleventh Beast Tamer King.
• Manager Ying told Chairman Pari that Divine Eagle’s parliament had decided to impeach him and replace him with the Modifier.
• Lu Ran treated General Ha and Sudden Death King, then asked Manager Ying about finding a level-three legendary secret realm.
• Lu Ran rejected merely suitable options and asked for the theoretically hardest secret realm; Manager Ying offered three difficult bosses for him to choose from.

Lu Ran chose the Demon Starfish Cavern as his next challenge and entered the deep-sea realm with Cloudy and his other beasts. After Cloudy rammed the Demon Starfish, Lu Ran had General Ha enhance Cloudy into a swordlike battering ram, leaving the boss wounded and bewildered.

• Lu Ran used the Lucky Clover Trait Crystal to choose the Demon Starfish over the Light Devourer and traveled to Malai Country.
• Lu Ran summoned Cloudy, transformed it with the Kunpeng Feather into a giant whale-shaped submarine, and brought General Ha, Sudden Death King, and Dark Crow into the challenge.
• Dark Crow located the Demon Starfish, but the creature detected and crushed its Evil God's Eye before Dark Crow could curse it.
• The Demon Starfish charged toward Cloudy, and Cloudy used Sudden Death King's shield to ram it and send it reeling.
• Lu Ran ordered General Ha to activate Infinite Sword Domain and enhance Cloudy with Sharp Metal Sword Will and Sudden Death King's Defense Aura, letting Cloudy's next collision slash the Demon Starfish.

Lu Ran defeated the Demon Starfish in the Level-Three Legendary Secret Realm and revealed Cloudy as his new Pet Beast, drawing widespread attention. After returning home, he learned that his Breakthrough Secret Realm seed had hatched into a Honeysuckle with an embarrassing breeding-related talent, which he refused to contract.

• Cloudy repeatedly rammed the Demon Starfish until it lost consciousness, completing the Secret Realm challenge with a perfect rating.
• Lu Ran received Crystal Coins, Upgrade Cards, a Mutation Tear, a Demonization Trait Crystal, the Hand of Purification technique, and a Dark Sea Star Egg, and considered giving the Demonization trait to Dark Crow.
• The system announced Lu Ran's solo clear, and the Monarch Divine Pet Rankings identified Weather Spirit as his mid-level monarch that had defeated the Demon Starfish.
• Beast Tamers across Infinite City debated Lu Ran's newly revealed fourth Pet Beast and speculated that he would take it to the First-Stage Evolution Secret Realm.
• Manager Ying told Lu Ran that Fang Lan had reported the seed's awakening, and Lu Ran learned it was a Honeysuckle whose pollen improved breeding success and offspring quality.
• Lu Ran rejected the idea of contracting the Honeysuckle and decided to look for another Plant Pet.

Lu Ran entered his level-three Breakthrough Secret Realm after returning to Xia Country and letting his Pet Beasts rest. The trial sent him to the Star-Moon Continent, where he had to capture a Pet Beast with better talent and potential than the other Trial Takers.

• Lu Ran learned that Honeysuckle could strengthen the bloodlines of his Dark Crow Legion and left it with Professor Ye to cultivate.
• Lu Ran and Dean Qin cleared the Alliance Tournament challenge, while Youxiong Chairman advanced to the fifth stage and narrowly lost.
• The Former President gave Lu Ran the Kunpeng Feather and advised him to return home to avoid Pari, whom he would handle himself.
• After three days of preparations, Lu Ran entered the level-three Breakthrough Secret Realm and was matched with Beast Tamers from other worlds.
• Lu Ran discovered that the trial took place in Imperial Beast City during a historical era of capturing powerful Pet Beasts, and began considering how to obtain an exceptional one.

In Imperial Beast City, Lu Ran decided to use his Flame Spirit lineage to seek the Yan Emperor Family’s support and intelligence on exceptional Pet Beasts. At the family estate, his Flame Spirit caught the attention of the Third Young Miss, who began to investigate his claim of descent from Emperor Yan Sizhen.

• Lu Ran reasoned that the Yan Emperor Family might welcome his perfect Flame Spirit and help him find a powerful Pet Beast.
• Lu Ran reached the Yan Emperor Family estate and told a guard he had come to visit his relatives.
• The Third Young Miss questioned Lu Ran about which relative he intended to visit.
• Lu Ran claimed his master had identified him as a descendant of Emperor Yan Sizhen and demonstrated his Flame Spirit.
• The Third Young Miss and the woman called Sister Gong recognized the rare Flame Spirit, and the Third Young Miss took Lu Ran inside to handle the matter.

Lu Ran entered the Flame Emperor family by claiming descent from their ancestor and proving his talent with second-stage Flame Spirit. After the family agreed to take him in, he bluntly asked an elder to help him obtain a Quasi-Legendary Pet Beast, leaving the elder furious and doubtful.

• Yan Yingying brought Lu Ran into the Flame Emperor residence after seeing his second-stage Flame Spirit and ordered guards to report his arrival.
• Yan Feng learned that the Seventh Princess had also witnessed Lu Ran's Flame Spirit and worried the imperial family would compete for him.
• Yan Feng examined Lu Ran's Flame Spirit, accepted his claim of descent, and arranged for him to stay with the clan while preparing a return ceremony.
• An unfriendly elder questioned Lu Ran's motives, and Lu Ran admitted he wanted the clan's support and help finding a powerful Pet Beast.
• Lu Ran asked the elder for a Pet Beast of a Quasi-Legendary Race, provoking the elder's anger and disbelief.

After discovering Lu Ran had raised Sudden Death King into a Mid-level Overlord dragon and inherited Emperor Yan Sizhen’s culinary talent, Yan Xiao accepted him and explained how difficult it was to obtain a Quasi-Legendary pet beast. He offered Lu Ran a chance to train with the powerful Guardian Divine Beast Lava Calamity Beast, leaving Lu Ran considering whether he could persuade it to become his contract pet.

• Lu Ran summoned Sudden Death King, and Yan Xiao was astonished to learn Lu Ran had raised the dragon himself using his Flame Spirit and Dragon Cuisine.
• Yan Xiao sampled Lu Ran’s cooking, accepted him as a talented returning clansman, and explained the obstacles to contracting a Quasi-Legendary creature.
• Lu Ran realized his temporary contract space had no level limit and considered bluffing a Guardian Divine Beast into forming a contract with him.
• Yan Xiao said the clan would hold Lu Ran’s welcoming ceremony in two days and offered him an opportunity to train with one of Emperor Yan Sizhen’s battle pets.
• Yan Xiao named the High Overlord Lava Calamity Beast as Lu Ran’s prospective mentor, while Lu Ran privately considered trying to contract it if he could not find a Quasi-Legendary creature.

Yun Gong'er learned that Lu Ran had returned to the Yan Family with a second-stage Flame Spirit and went to meet him, hoping to assess his abilities for her father. Their planned tour turned into a proposed spar, but Lu Ran instead revealed his ambition to challenge the Legendary realm, leaving Yun Gong'er shocked.

• Yun Gong'er told Emperor Yun Hao that Lu Ran had mastered a second-stage Flame Spirit, and Yun Hao asked her to learn what the Yan Family planned to do with him.
• The next day, Yun Gong'er visited Yan Yingying and learned that Lu Ran was expected to rejoin the Yan Family the following day.
• Yun Gong'er met Lu Ran and proposed a spar to test his strength, while Lu Ran welcomed the chance to show the Imperial Clan what he could do.
• Lu Ran told Yun Gong'er that he wanted to focus on beast taming, meet a Legendary Creature, and fulfill his master's wish of rivaling the Legendary with a mortal body.
• Yun Gong'er was stunned by Lu Ran's ambition and wondered about his background.

Lu Ran sparred with the Seventh Princess, using his Flame Spirit to combine Sudden Death King’s lightning Dragon Might with Flame Dragon King intimidation and overpower her Wind Demon Emperor. The princess was left wondering whether Lu Ran was the Flame Emperor reborn.

• Yan Feng hurried to stop the Seventh Princess and Lu Ran from sparring, but Lu Ran agreed to the match despite the difference in their Beast Tamer levels.
• Yan Feng arranged a private arena spar, and the Seventh Princess sent out her Level 43 Wind Demon Emperor while Lu Ran summoned Sudden Death King.
• The Wind Demon Emperor’s royal-bloodline-enhanced Tiger Emperor’s Roar pushed Sudden Death King back in their contest of intimidation.
• Lu Ran applied his Flame Spirit to Sudden Death King, forming Flame Dragon Armor and unleashing Thunderflame intimidation that shattered the Wind Demon Emperor’s imperial might.
• Yan Feng caught the Seventh Princess as the force of the clash blew her backward, and she wondered whether Lu Ran and Sudden Death King resembled Yan Sizhen and the Flame Dragon King fighting together.

After the Seventh Princess tested Lu Ran and learned of his ambition to challenge Legendary Lifeforms, Emperor Yun summoned him and offered to make him his disciple. Lu Ran accepted, gaining access to the empire’s three great Pseudo-Legendaries for training.

• The Seventh Princess ended her contest with Lu Ran, impressed by his Flame Spirit and his resemblance to Emperor Yan Sizhen’s legacy.
• The Seventh Princess told Emperor Yun about Lu Ran’s strength and goal of defeating Legendary Lifeforms, then suggested marrying him; Yun rejected the idea and proposed taking Lu Ran as his disciple instead.
• Lu Ran learned that the Yan Emperor Family’s ancestral recognition ceremony would not bring gift-bearing guests, then received Emperor Yun’s summons.
• Emperor Yun questioned Lu Ran about his ambitions and the threat from the Four Great Fierce Beast Empires; Lu Ran offered to fight them if given enough resources to grow stronger.
• Emperor Yun invited Lu Ran to become his disciple and promised him access to the Sacred Fox, the Starfeather Butterfly, and the Six Path Flower; Lu Ran accepted.