Chapter Summaries

After helping police subdue a Siberian tiger, Lu Ran hurried to reunite with Fang Lan and compared their first secret-realm experiences. They discussed their ratings and possible Alliance roles, leaving Lu Ran surprised that Fang Lan had met a powerful First-Generation Beast Tamer, Gu Qingyi.

• Lu Ran and General Ha left after the officers took control of the injured Siberian tiger.
• Lu Ran visited Fang Lan at her apartment, where she confronted him for not telling her about the Black Cards sooner.
• Lu Ran told Fang Lan that General Ha earned an S rating, while Fang Lan had received a B with her Great Xia Tarantula, Little Blue.
• Lu Ran explained General Ha's mastery of Energy Coating, and he and Fang Lan agreed to spar in Infinite City's Arena.
• Fang Lan told Lu Ran that she had accepted an invitation from the authorities and met Gu Qingyi, a powerful First-Generation Beast Tamer with an SS rating.
• Lu Ran wondered whether Gu Qingyi was one of the First-Generation Beast Tamers on the front lines, while Fang Lan offered to introduce them.

Little White Dragon learned that the authorities wanted Lu Ran recruited after discovering his family's long history with animals and wildlife. Meanwhile, Fang Lan heard about a new Beast Tamer university, and Gu Qingyi said the authorities would soon announce Infinite City and the Black Cards worldwide.

• Team Leaders Zhao and Li showed Little White Dragon Lu Ran's background file and urged him to recruit Lu Ran into the authorities.
• Little White Dragon learned that Lu Ran's parents had been biologists and zoologists, while his grandparents had worked as a hunter and veterinarian in Lujia Village.
• Lu Ran and Fang Lan discussed how to earn an SSS rating in the Novice Secret Realms before Fang Lan received a call from Gu Qingyi.
• Gu Qingyi advised Fang Lan to attend a new Beast Tamer university, which would offer training and let students choose their future agency or guild after graduating.
• Fang Lan asked whether Lu Ran could attend the university too, and Gu Qingyi said he could apply but might be assigned to a different campus.
• Gu Qingyi told Fang Lan to watch television at eight, when the authorities planned to announce Infinite City and the Black Cards around the world.

Lu Ran and Fang Lan discussed the imminent public announcement about Beast Tamers, then learned that Lu Ran’s connection to Gu Qingyi had impressed Little White Dragon and his supervisor. As Black Card information spread online, Lu Ran and Fang Lan considered second pet beasts, while Little White Dragon was assigned to help establish Beast Taming University’s Admissions Office.

• Fang Lan told Lu Ran that Gu Qingyi planned to announce Beast Taming to the public within the hour, and they discussed the opportunities and social changes it would bring.
• Little White Dragon called Lu Ran about the escaped tiger and offered to help with his schooling, but Lu Ran said he planned to apply to Beast Taming University on Gu Qingyi’s recommendation.
• Little White Dragon recognized Gu Qingyi as a First-Generation Beast Tamer and realized Lu Ran had a powerful connection; Lu Ran then told Fang Lan he had helped police handle the escaped tiger.
• Lu Ran and Fang Lan browsed the growing online discussion about Black Cards, and Fang Lan admitted she had reported a post Lu Ran wanted to investigate.
• Fang Lan said she wanted a snake as her second pet beast and hoped to raise a dragon, while Lu Ran considered seeking a Western Dragon and said his Red-Eyed Hawk Lizard was too timid to communicate with.
• Little White Dragon told Team Leader Zhao that Gu Qingyi had recommended Lu Ran for Beast Taming University, and Zhao assigned him to help establish the university’s Admissions Office.

Lu Ran and Fang Lan watched the authorities reveal Infinite City as the inheritance of a prehistoric beast-taming civilization, making supernatural powers public around the world. As the new age began, Lu Ran saw a classmate boast about receiving a Black Card and Fang Lan shared a fan’s accidental contract with a cockroach.

• Little White Dragon told Lu Ran the alliance was preparing a Beast Taming University and offered to help him register, while Lu Ran used Dr. Gu Qingyi’s name to discourage the authorities from recruiting him.
• The authorities announced that prehistoric ruins had unlocked Infinite City, where a lost beast-taming civilization’s inheritance was selecting people, and experts warned new Beast Tamers to choose pet beasts carefully.
• Reports of deaths and dangers from trials spread as people worldwide reacted to the revelation and experienced Beast Tamers offered newcomers advice.
• Yang Xishuai told the class chat that he had received a Black Card and threatened to avenge his grandfather, whom Lu Ran had beaten in a bug-fighting tournament.
• Fang Lan told Lu Ran that one of her fans had accidentally contracted a cockroach and had an hour before his trial, then said she would gather advice for her pet-loving fans.
• Lu Ran said he was sleepy and stayed the night, warning Fang Lan to keep her terrarium pets contained.

Lu Ran returned to Infinite City to have his meteoric iron ore forged into a sword for General Ha, while deciding to give the husky both combat training and academic lessons. At The Forge Home, Master Lin was stunned to learn the weapon was meant for a husky.

• Lu Ran woke after twelve hours of sleep, fed General Ha, and decided they would practice four advanced energy techniques as well as academic lessons.
• Lu Ran asked Fang Lan to tell their parents they had become Beast Tamers, then spent five Crystal Coins to teleport to Infinite City.
• Lu Ran walked to The Forge Home and met Master Lin after a hunter left the shop.
• Lu Ran asked Master Lin to forge a sword from his meteoric iron ore for General Ha, and Master Lin was shocked to learn his pet beast was a husky.

Lu Ran commissioned Master Lin to forge a Wind-attribute sword for General Ha, then bought a Wind-Slaying Sword for himself. After seeing General Ha wield the new weapon, Lu Ran asked Master Lin how he learned forging, and Master Lin explained that he had learned it in a Breakthrough Secret Realm.

• Lu Ran persuaded Master Lin to forge a sword for General Ha, paying 2,000 Crystal Coins and providing meteoric iron ore.
• While the weapon was being forged, Lu Ran examined the equipment in the Forge and considered buying defensive items and a sword for himself.
• Master Lin finished the Windfall Sword, and General Ha wrapped it in Wind energy to demonstrate how well it conducted and amplified its power.
• Lu Ran bought a Wind-Slaying Sword for 1,500 Crystal Coins.
• Lu Ran asked Master Lin where he had learned forging, and Master Lin said he had cleared a crafting-focused task in a Breakthrough Secret Realm.

Lu Ran bought two swords for General Ha and headed to the Beast Taming Plaza to purchase extraordinary food, where he reunited with Pig Farmer and learned about the guild he had joined. A worldwide update announced the new Divine Pet Rankings, leaving Lu Ran worried that the rankings would expose him and General Ha.

• Lu Ran considered learning a noncombat profession later and bought two swords from Master Lin for practicing with General Ha.
• Lu Ran took General Ha out to buy extraordinary food and ran into Pig Farmer exercising with his wild boar.
• Pig Farmer added Lu Ran as a friend and explained that he had joined a guild offering two million Crystal Coins to Full Members, subject to a difficult assessment.
• Infinite City announced the Divine Pet Rankings after the number of Beast Tamers who had passed the Novice Trial reached 100,000, and a stone ranking monument appeared in each Beast Taming Plaza.
• Pig Farmer focused on the possibility of winning Crystal Coins, while Lu Ran worried that the rankings would reveal his and General Ha's strength.

Lu Ran and Pig Farmer visited the Beast Taming Plaza, where regional Divine Pet Rankings revealed powerful newcomers and a famous veteran. Lu Ran weighed the rankings’ rewards against the risks of public attention, while Fang Lan’s parents forbade her from entering secret realms and told her to keep Lu Ran from taking dangerous risks.

• Lu Ran and Pig Farmer went to the Beast Taming Plaza to learn how the Divine Pet Rankings worked.
• Dark Night, High Winds’s black bear and Tiger-Dragon Showdown’s rock tiger took the top two places on the Extraordinary Species Rankings.
• Starfall’s Nine-Star Light-Tailed Sparrow claimed first place on the Monarch Species Rankings, and Pig Farmer explained that Starfall led his guild, The Stars.
• Lu Ran decided the rankings would expose only selected combat feats, then left to buy supplies and urged Pig Farmer to train instead of watching.
• Fang Lan told her parents she had become a Beast Tamer, but they forbade her from entering secret realms and urged her to study at Beast Taming University.
• Fang Lan’s parents told her to find Lu Ran and keep him from doing anything dangerous, leaving her to blame Lu Ran for putting her in this position.

Lu Ran shopped for nutritious food and Energy Surge Fruits to strengthen General Ha, then suggested Fang Lan fight in the Arena instead of risking secret realms. Fang Lan embraced the plan and decided to dye her hair purple.

• Fang Lan argued with her parents, who refused to let her challenge secret realms, while her father considered becoming a Beast Tamer to help her.
• Lu Ran and Pig Farmer visited a food shop in Xia Country's Third Infinite City and struggled with its self-service ordering machines and high prices.
• Lu Ran bought premium ingredients for General Ha and five Energy Surge Fruits, planning to use their power boost for emergencies and training with the Divine Deer Pendant.
• Fang Lan added Lu Ran as a friend and complained that her parents had forbidden her from challenging secret realms.
• Lu Ran suggested Fang Lan compete in the Arena to earn rewards and prove herself more safely, and Fang Lan decided to live there and dye her hair purple.

Lu Ran and General Ha entered the Demon Cat Forest to recharge the Divine Deer Pendant and gather resources, but General Ha surprised Lu Ran by mastering Sword Aura and instantly killing a level 8 Demon Cat. General Ha’s achievement earned him a place on the Extraordinary Divine Pet Rankings, drawing attention across the Beast Taming Plaza.

• Lu Ran agreed to take General Ha to the Demon Cat Forest before their intensive sword training, and they entered the Novice Secret Realm.
• Lu Ran began gathering Woodscale Fruit while General Ha practiced with the Windfall Sword at their familiar spawn point.
• A level 8 Demon Cat emerged, and General Ha released Sword Aura that killed it and cut down a tree behind it.
• General Ha’s Contract Card gained the Sword Aura skill, and his Wind-attribute Snowfield Dog appeared on the Extraordinary Divine Pet Rankings.
• Beast Tamers at the Beast Taming Plaza reacted with astonishment to General Ha’s ranged Sword Aura and his victory over a level 8 Demon Cat.

General Ha’s Sword Aura attack put him and Lu Ran on the Extraordinary Pet Ranking, drawing attention from people who knew Lu Ran. Unaware of the ranking, Lu Ran continued exploring the Demon Cat Forest Secret Realm, where General Ha fought with his sword and they found a worthless claw.

• General Ha’s Sword Aura feat earned him a place on the Extraordinary Pet Ranking, and Sister Hua and Little White Dragon recognized John Doe as Lu Ran.
• Little White Dragon warned Sister Hua not to spread Lu Ran’s information, while Pig Farmer also saw the ranking entry.
• Fang Lan heard that John Doe’s Snowfield Dog had used Sword Aura to kill a higher-level Demon Cat and realized Lu Ran had entered the Secret Realm.
• Lu Ran learned that Sword Aura exhausted much of General Ha’s stamina and decided to save it for special situations.
• Lu Ran and General Ha continued deeper into the forest, killing Demon Cats with sword strikes while Lu Ran practiced Super Beast Mimicry.
• The pair found a Demon Cat Claw after a battle, appraised it as nearly useless, and decided the Secret Realm was poor value.

Lu Ran and General Ha explored the Demon Cat Forest, but they fled when the level-10 Demon Cat Leader ambushed them with a group of elite followers. Back in Lu Ran’s Exclusive Room, they learned General Ha had made the Divine Pet Rankings in tenth place, though he was unhappy with the result.

• Lu Ran tested the Wind-Slaying Sword’s Storm Slash and gathered resources while General Ha slaughtered Demon Cats in the forest.
• The concealed, grass-attribute Demon Cat Leader attacked them, and Lu Ran ordered General Ha to hold it off while he began their escape.
• The Demon Cat Leader dodged General Ha’s sword aura and summoned more than a dozen elite Demon Cats, but Lu Ran and General Ha escaped when the ten-second exit countdown ended.
• Lu Ran checked his messages and learned General Ha had ranked tenth among the Divine Pets, prompting General Ha to sulk over placing last.

Lu Ran took General Ha to the Training Secret Realm and used an Energy Surge Fruit to push him into a powerful, high-speed energy state. After General Ha’s rampage ended in severe pain, the Divine Deer Pendant was ready to heal him, and his Contract Card showed that he had reached Level 5.

• Lu Ran planned General Ha’s training around agility and the energy flow technique, then decided to use an Energy Surge Fruit and the Divine Deer Pendant to demonstrate high-speed energy flow.
• Lu Ran and General Ha entered the Training Secret Realm, where General Ha slowly ate the Energy Surge Fruit.
• The fruit triggered a powerful, rapidly flowing energy coat that boosted General Ha’s strength, speed, and defense.
• General Ha demolished the Training Secret Realm and began losing his reason, but Lu Ran used Telepathy to bring him back to his senses.
• General Ha collapsed in pain, and his Contract Card changed to show that he had reached Level 5.

General Ha mastered Gale and grew stronger through a week of training with Lu Ran, who also made progress in Super Beast Mimicry. When Pig Farmer asked Lu Ran to spar before a guild assessment, Lu Ran teased him for losing to Fang Lan’s poisonous spider and challenged him to try beating General Ha.

• The Divine Deer Pendant healed General Ha, and recalling the sensation helped him master Gale, which appeared on his Contract Card alongside Sword Aura.
• Over the next week, General Ha reached level 6 and improved his Gale and Sword Aura through training, while Lu Ran strengthened his body and developed his Super Beast Mimicry.
• Lu Ran sparred with General Ha, then left the Training Secret Realm to buy food after they had eaten their supplies ahead of schedule.
• Pig Farmer asked Lu Ran to be his sparring partner before a guild assessment, explaining that Fang Lan’s spider had beaten him twice in the Arena.
• Lu Ran joked that Pig Farmer’s boar would be worse than a spider or a dog if it lost to General Ha.

Lu Ran met Pig Farmer at the Arena and agreed to spar longer after Pig Farmer offered him an Awakening Leaf. Learning that the leaf could test a creature’s potential to become extraordinary, Lu Ran began considering candidates for a future second pet.

• Lu Ran checked the Divine Pet Rankings and saw Fang Lan’s tarantula in sixth place, along with other high-ranking pets and their feats.
• Lu Ran met Pig Farmer at the Arena, where Pig Farmer asked for extra practice against a Wind pet ahead of his guild assessment.
• Pig Farmer offered Lu Ran an Awakening Leaf from the Novice Secret Realm Awakening Island in exchange for sparring longer.
• Pig Farmer explained that Beast Tamers used Awakening Leaves to screen potential pets for aptitude.
• Lu Ran accepted the leaf and considered using more of them to assess familiar animals as candidates for his second pet.

Lu Ran and General Ha sparred with Pig Farmer and Wild Boar, revealing General Ha’s mastery of several Wind techniques and earning Lu Ran an Awakening Leaf. After returning home, Lu Ran found his timid Red-Eyed Hawk Lizard and prepared to test its potential with the leaf.

• Lu Ran asked Pig Farmer whether they would fight too, then summoned General Ha while Pig Farmer summoned Wild Boar for their sparring match.
• General Ha used Gale to dash around Wild Boar and knock him several meters away despite his Rock energy defense.
• General Ha stopped Wild Boar’s charge with Wind Roar, then formed a Wind Sword before Lu Ran ordered him to disperse it.
• Lu Ran took the Awakening Leaf as his sparring fee, returned home, and replied to Fang Lan that he would come back for a meal.
• Lu Ran found Red-Eyes Black Dragon on the television and offered him the Awakening Leaf to test his potential.

Lu Ran fed Sudden Death King an Awakening Leaf, and the lizard unexpectedly awakened as a high extraordinary creature, though he shrank to finger-length and kept playing dead. Lu Ran realized Sudden Death King had immense potential but worried that his tiny size and timid habits would make him difficult to train.

• Lu Ran offered Sudden Death King an Awakening Leaf, but the lizard pretended to die rather than accept it.
• Lu Ran coaxed Sudden Death King into eating the leaf, and the lizard showed no immediate change before Lu Ran set him down.
• Sudden Death King began glowing and evolved, shrinking instead of growing as a powerful presence emerged from him.
• Lu Ran summoned General Ha, who sensed Sudden Death King's strength and stood protectively in front of Lu Ran.
• Sudden Death King dropped dead again when General Ha bared his teeth, and Lu Ran concluded that the tiny lizard had awakened as a high extraordinary creature.

Lu Ran took Sudden Death King out to practice adapting to the world beyond home, then met Fang Lan and her parents for dinner, where he learned they planned to work in pet beast pharmacology. Remembering that he had missed his old master's sixtieth birthday, Lu Ran booked a train to Jinling to visit Jiang Dou and make amends.

• Lu Ran set rules for the newly powerful Sudden Death King and took it outside to test how well it handled the environment.
• Lu Ran met Fang Lan, Su Ya, and Fang Yuhang at a Hunan restaurant, where Fang Lan's parents revealed they were preparing to work and teach in pet beast pharmacology.
• Fang Yuhang asked Lu Ran and Fang Lan to help find a way for him and Su Ya to become Beast Tamers quickly.
• Fang Lan mentioned her upcoming birthday, prompting Lu Ran to realize he had forgotten Jiang Dou's sixtieth birthday.
• Lu Ran recalled his history at the Rainbow Sky Dojo and booked a train to Jinling to visit Jiang Dou the next morning.

Lu Ran returned to the Rainbow Sky Dojo to visit Master Jiang Dou and revealed that he had comprehended sword intent through his Beast Tamer powers. Jiang Dou told him that his adopted son Jiang Man had also been a Beast Tamer but died in a Secret Realm, then gave Lu Ran Jiang Man’s diary as a warning and source of guidance.

• Lu Ran arrived at the Rainbow Sky Dojo with a gift and was mistaken for a challenger, so the apprentices gathered to face him.
• Lu Ran’s beastlike sword intent overwhelmed the apprentices until Senior Brother He recognized him and led him to Master Jiang Dou.
• Lu Ran demonstrated his sword intent to Jiang Dou, who realized he had become a Beast Tamer.
• Jiang Dou explained that his adopted son Jiang Man had been an early Beast Tamer who died in a Secret Realm.
• Jiang Dou gave Lu Ran Jiang Man’s diary, whose opening entry described forming a contract with Silly Eagle and naming himself Divine Eagle Hero.

Lu Ran read Jiang Man’s diary and learned that his senior brother died while seeking a Humanoid Trait for Sand Eagle. Despite Jiang Dou’s warning, Lu Ran insisted that his own husky could use the Weapon Mastery Trait because he had already trained it in swordsmanship.

• Lu Ran read that Jiang Man earned an S rating, gained Fusion and Trait Borrowing, and sought the Weapon Mastery Trait to improve his swordsmanship.
• Jiang Man discovered that Sand Eagle was poorly suited to Weapon Mastery and planned to travel abroad to find a Humanoid Trait in the Orc Tribe Secret Realm.
• Jiang Dou told Lu Ran that Jiang Man and two friends died in that secret realm, then warned Lu Ran not to take reckless risks.
• Lu Ran explained that he had trained his pet beast in swordsmanship and believed it could handle Weapon Mastery better than Sand Eagle had.
• Jiang Dou guessed Lu Ran had contracted a monkey, but Lu Ran revealed that his pet beast was a husky.