Chapter Summaries

Lu Ran heard Lujia Village’s legend that the Divine Deer might still live and considered searching for it with a scouting pet, then returned his attention to the Breakthrough Secret Realm and his plans for General Ha. Meanwhile, Sudden Death King grew confident after a string of victories and repelled a mutated rat pack without being harmed.

• Lu Xiao Wu told Lu Ran that Lujia Village elders dreamed the Divine Deer had survived, and Lu Ran wondered whether it had influenced his powers and precognitive dreams.
• Lu Ran learned that Lujia Village had benefited from the spirit energy revival, exchanged contact details with its people, and resolved to focus on the Breakthrough Secret Realm before helping the village.
• Lu Ran told Pluto he probably would not return to the Fifth Infinite City, then asked Master Lin whether he could forge Exquisite-tier weapons for General Ha.
• Master Lin said he could not forge Exquisite-tier weapons and urged Lu Ran to learn blacksmithing from him, leaving Lu Ran unsure how to get General Ha a stronger weapon.
• Sudden Death King faced a mutated rat pack during a patrol with Dark Crow and Ice Bird, and its Lightning-Spike Armor electrocuted the attacking rats while it remained unharmed.

Lu Ran entered the Blazing Thunder Ruins to earn Crystal Coins and tested how General Ha’s Sword King talent interacted with different swords. After General Ha effortlessly killed a fire lynx, Lu Ran urged him to practice sword flight, which proved difficult.

• Lu Ran decided to spend the next half month challenging Abyss Difficulty Secret Realms to repay Master Lin, then chose the Blazing Thunder Ruins for its Red Lightning reward.
• Lu Ran tested General Ha with the Ice-Sky Greatsword, the Wind-Slaying Sword, a wooden sword, and a Wind Sword, finding that any sword raised General Ha’s species rank while better weapons gave stronger boosts.
• General Ha compressed a Wind Sword tenfold and infused it with Blizzard Sword Will, raising his species rank to Mid-level Commander, though the Ice-Sky Greatsword still seemed stronger.
• A level 10 fire lynx attacked General Ha with Flamethrower, but General Ha charged through the flames and killed it with a single sword strike.
• Lu Ran encouraged General Ha to practice guiding a sword with wind, but General Ha’s first attempt ended with the wooden sword spinning into a tree.

Lu Ran cleared a Blazing Thunder Ruins challenge with General Ha and considered forming a team to farm Secret Realms more efficiently. After returning to Green Sea City, he learned that Zhao Chen had been assigned to oversee the new Beast Tamer Association there.

• General Ha defeated the lightning-wreathed bear with a tenfold Storm Slash, and Lu Ran considered improving his sword techniques and energy compression.
• Lu Ran received 1,000 Crystal Coins, thunderstruck wood, a mutated bear paw, and an Upgrade Card, then lamented the lack of rarer rewards.
• Lu Ran decided that teaming up with three Beast Tamers could multiply Secret Realm rewards and help them grow, and he planned to invite Fang Lan.
• Lu Ran returned home and called Zhao Chen after seeing his missed calls from Jinling.
• Zhao Chen told Lu Ran that Green Sea City would establish a Beast Tamer Association and revealed that he had been appointed its chairman.

Lu Ran and Zhao Chen planned to develop Green Sea City by training local young Beast Tamers with powerful wild beasts as sparring partners. Lu Ran then assembled a team to challenge Abyss Secret Realms for rewards, leaving the squad’s initial lineup set with Fang Lan and potential recruits from Pig Farmer and Lujia Village.

• Lu Ran agreed to work with Zhao Chen, who planned to train Green Sea City’s aspiring Beast Tamer University applicants and asked Lu Ran to find safe, powerful sparring partners for them.
• Fang Lan visited Lu Ran, and they agreed to team up in Secret Realms so they could earn more clearance rewards and help pay Lu Ran’s debts.
• Lu Ran learned from Fang Lan and Little White Dragon that Pig Farmer had made the Divine Pet Rankings after his wild boar ate a rare resource, and he considered inviting him to join the team.
• Lu Ran called Lu Bing and asked to recruit Beast Tamers from Lujia Village, offering to lead them through Abyss Secret Realms and share some of the rewards.
• Lu Ran settled on an initial squad of himself and Fang Lan, with Pig Farmer and Beast Tamers from Lujia Village as potential teammates or reserves.

Lu Ran assembled a team for his first Abyss Secret Realm run after checking news about powerful wild Mutated Beasts and recruiting Pig Farmer. The team entered the Blazing Thunder Ruins, where Pig Farmer and Lu Bing recognized Fang Lan as the Five Poisons Cult Saintess and reacted with fear.

• Lu Ran read reports about a level 44 giant python devastating cities in South America and saw discussion of his Sword-Carrying Dog and the risks of copying its sword use.
• After Fang Lan woke him, Lu Ran contacted Lu Bing and arranged to find teammates for the Secret Realm run.
• Lu Ran invited Pig Farmer, who had become strong enough to clear Common-difficulty Novice Secret Realms, to join his team.
• Lu Ran created a multiplayer team with Fang Lan, Pig Farmer, and Lu Bing and entered the Blazing Thunder Ruins Secret Realm.
• Pig Farmer and Lu Bing recoiled when they recognized Fang Lan as the Five Poisons Cult Saintess, and Fang Lan recognized Lu Bing from an Arena fight.

Lu Ran led Fang Lan, Pig Farmer, and Lu Bing through an Abyss secret realm, where General Ha made short work of the boss and the team earned an SSS rating. Though Lu Ran initially thought the rewards were poor, Pig Farmer’s Red Lightning Trait Crystal revealed that the group had finally gotten lucky, and Lu Ran ended the run by inviting everyone to a victory feast.

• Lu Ran introduced Fang Lan as the team’s fourth member, and the group summoned their beasts before entering the secret realm.
• Fang Lan, Pig Farmer, and Lu Bing each defeated one of three Flame Lynxes using poison, brute force, and a combined wolfhound-and-bow attack.
• A pack of nine Lightning-Type Forest Wolves surrounded the group, and General Ha killed them all with nine Gale Sword Auras.
• General Ha split the giant red-lightning bear boss in two with a tenfold Storm Slash, and the team completed the challenge with an SSS rating.
• Fang Lan received a Lightning-Type Enhanced Beast Taming Skill, while Pig Farmer found a Red Lightning Trait Crystal among the rewards.
• Lu Ran offered to treat the group to a victory feast and considered using future earnings to improve himself and General Ha.

Lu Ran and his teammates discussed their plans for Beast Taming Skills and Trait Crystals, then he farmed the Lava Lake secret realm to build up his funds. As the Divine Pet Rankings began their monthly settlement, Lu Ran prepared to see whether its rewards would let him repay his debt.

• At a celebratory meal, Lu Ran discussed his plans with Fang Lan, Lu Bing, and Pig Farmer, while each teammate shared their preferred skills and traits.
• Lu Ran chose to postpone decisions about his own next skill and his pets’ second traits, and the group agreed to focus on earning Crystal Coins.
• Three days later, Lu Ran switched to the Lava Lake secret realm for its valuable Fire resources and brought Lu Yi along while Fang Lan prepared for the Foggy Wetlands.
• After several challenges, Lu Ran had three Beast Taming Skill cards and more than 50,000 Crystal Coins in total assets.
• Lu Ran remembered the Divine Pet Rankings were due to settle, and a notification announced that settlement of the Extraordinary Pet Ranking had begun.

Lu Ran retained first place on Third Infinite City's Extraordinary Pet Ranking and received 100,000 Crystal Coins, leaving him with enough money to repay Master Lin and prepare for Sudden Death King's contract and training. After upgrading General Ha's Contract Card and selling resources, Lu Ran repaid his debt and headed back to Green Sea with the Dragon Blood Crystal and Red Lightning to strengthen Sudden Death King.

• Lu Ran received 100,000 Crystal Coins for retaining first place, bringing his balance to 129,878, and learned that Pluto received 80,000 for second place.
• Lu Ran spent ten Upgrade Cards to upgrade General Ha's Contract Card to Gold and gained its Slow Healing function.
• Lu Ran sold three skill cards and Lava Lake materials for about 56,000 Crystal Coins, raising his balance to 185,878.
• Lu Ran repaid Master Lin and collected the Dragon Blood Crystal.
• Lu Ran told Lu Bing and the others he would skip Secret Realms that afternoon and returned to Green Sea to strengthen Sudden Death King with Red Lightning and the Dragon Blood Crystal.

Lu Ran visited Sudden Death King at Emerald Mountain, where he found it stronger, more confident, and eager to improve its defenses. After feeding it a Dragon Blood Crystal, he discovered it could not absorb a red lightning Trait Crystal without a contract, just as Meng Luo of Other Shore appeared and threatened to kill him.

• Lu Ran summoned a crow soldier and arranged to meet Thunder Dragon General at the foot of Emerald Mountain.
• Lu Ran found Sudden Death King standing upright and using Lightning-Spike Armor and a lightning shield, then praised its improved Energy Shaping and collected spoils.
• Lu Ran offered Sudden Death King the red lightning trait and planned to temper its body with electricity, but gave it a Dragon Blood Crystal first.
• Sudden Death King swallowed the Dragon Blood Crystal, grew to around 1.7 meters tall, and became excited by its increased strength.
• Lu Ran gave Sudden Death King a red lightning Trait Crystal, but it could not absorb it because it was not contracted.
• Meng Luo of Other Shore revealed himself as a level 51 Vampire Count and declared that he had come to take Lu Ran’s life.

Lu Ran and his beasts were nearly killed by Meng Luo, a level 51 Vampire Earl from Other Shore, before he revealed that the attack had been staged to warn Lu Ran about a real assassination threat. Meng Luo healed them and showed Lu Ran a recording from his parents that hinted at his connection to Other Shore and his possible future as its Lord.

• Meng Luo ambushed Lu Ran and pierced his abdomen, then badly wounded Sudden Death King and General Ha when they tried to protect him.
• Lu Ran tried to bargain for his life and urged his beasts to flee, but General Ha and Sudden Death King charged back and were overpowered.
• Meng Luo revealed that Lu Ran had been targeted for assassination because of his supernatural powers and said the Divine Deer's broken antler would not save him.
• Meng Luo abruptly stopped attacking, admitted he had been ordered by his master to frighten Lu Ran, and healed the injuries of Lu Ran and his beasts.
• Meng Luo identified himself as Lu Qiancheng's Vampire Earl and warned Lu Ran to be careful before playing a video from Lu Ran's parents about his safety and becoming the Lord of the Other Shore.

Lu Ran learned from his mother’s recording that Other Shore had abducted his parents five years ago and that they later died while investigating the Other Shore Stone. He gave Gu Qingyi the evidence and most of the materials, choosing to pursue his parents’ unfinished investigation without seeking to become Lord of the Other Shore.

• Lu Ran watched Lu Yunxiu’s recording, which revealed that Other Shore had staged his parents’ deaths, recruited them into its leadership, and sent them searching for the Other Shore Stone.
• The Red Earl left Lu Ran hundreds of Death Revival Skill Cards and his parents’ phone before vanishing, and Lu Ran called Gu Qingyi for help.
• Gu Qingyi came to Green Sea City, watched the recording, and explained that supernatural creatures such as Manager Ying had existed before Infinite City appeared.
• Lu Ran gave Gu Qingyi the phone and cards, asked to keep one Skill Card, and requested access to the authorities’ information about the Death Dragon.
• Gu Qingyi promised to keep the revelation confidential and arrange a personal bodyguard for Lu Ran, suggesting Manager Ying.

After learning the Other Shore Stone might lead to a legendary undead and reveal secrets about Infinite City, Lu Ran gained Manager Ying's protection and a plan to seek out ancient creatures still sleeping on Blue Star. Manager Ying warned that he would need to grow stronger before he could contract one, and Lu Ran joked that he would become a legendary Beast Tamer within half a year.

• Gu Qingyi explained that Manager Ying would investigate the Other Shore Stone for free because she was curious about Infinite City, and advised Lu Ran to focus on the Breakthrough Secret Realm and Freshman Competition.
• Manager Ying arrived, heard Lu Ran explain his parents' message, and agreed to investigate the Other Shore Stone while protecting him in Green Sea City.
• Manager Ying recommended that Lu Ran seek out ancient supernatural creatures in hibernation and offer to turn them into undead pet beasts to extend their lives.
• Manager Ying said she would send out clones to search for surviving ancient creatures, but warned that Lu Ran needed to become much stronger before he could contract one.
• Lu Ran joked that he would be a legendary Beast Tamer within half a year, while General Ha and Sudden Death King applauded.

Lu Ran prepared for his Beginner Stage Breakthrough Secret Realm and planned to strengthen General Ha and Sudden Death King before the Beast Taming University Freshman Competition. He arranged for seven powerful Mutated Beasts to spar with Green Sea’s younger Beast Tamers, with Sudden Death King receiving Rare-grade meals for his work.

• Gu Qingyi warned Lu Ran that Breakthrough Secret Realms could be unpredictable, then left Green Sea City with resources to seek support from Xia Country’s strongest Beast Tamer.
• Manager Ying stayed in Green Sea City to watch over Lu Ran, while Lu Ran praised General Ha and Sudden Death King for fighting the Red Earl and resolved to train them hard.
• Lu Ran planned to grind Abyss Secret Realms, teach General Ha new skills, and raise Sudden Death King’s growth level before the Breakthrough Secret Realm and Freshman Competition.
• Lu Ran visited Zhao Chen and offered seven powerful Mutated Beasts as sparring partners for Green Sea City’s Fourth-Generation Beast Tamers, especially the available Lightning lizard.
• Lu Ran asked Zhao Chen to provide the Lightning lizard with one Rare-grade meal per day, and Zhao Chen agreed to use Green Sea’s startup resources.
• Zhao Chen invited Lu Ran to encourage aspiring Beast Taming University applicants, but Lu Ran declined and proposed training the Seven Beast Generals Under the King instead.

Lu Ran and Zhao Chen discussed Green Sea’s promising Beast Tamers and the association’s plans to prepare them for Beast Taming University’s Freshman Competition. At Green Sea Stadium, the trainees discovered that Lu Ran had left Sudden Death King among the powerful local beasts as a sparring partner, and they turned their attention toward challenging it.

• Lu Ran told Zhao Chen about Dark Crow’s language gift, then reviewed the list of 77 Green Sea Beast Tamers applying to Beast Taming University, including Lu Yilang, Lü Teng, and Miao Zhuang.
• Zhao Chen announced a training program for the applicants, offering nutrition plans, combat practice, powerful sparring partners, and possible Trait Crystals as rewards.
• Zhao Chen led the Beast Tamers to Green Sea Stadium, where they recognized several famous local mutated beasts and Yang Xishuai identified Sudden Death King as Lu Ran’s pet beast.
• Zhao Chen explained that Lu Ran and Fang Lan were Green Sea’s two strongest fourth-generation Beast Tamers, while Dark Crow mocked the trainees for thinking they could surpass Lu Ran.
• The trainees eagerly focused on Sudden Death King as a sparring opponent, while it stood bewildered by their attention.

Zhao Chen arranged sparring matches between the Fourth-Generation Beast Tamers and Lu Ran’s uncontracted Sudden Death King. After Lü Teng’s flame lion failed to damage it and was stunned by its Lightning-Spike Armor, Zhao Chen sent Lu Yilang up next, while Sudden Death King realized it would have to keep fighting.

• Zhao Chen chose Lü Teng to fight Sudden Death King, and Lü Teng summoned his fire-awakened lion.
• The lion’s Flamethrower left Sudden Death King unharmed, revealing its formidable defenses.
• Sudden Death King shaped lightning into spiked armor, and Lü Teng’s Flame Claw attack shocked the lion into collapse.
• Zhao Chen warned Lü Teng about fighting Lightning opponents at close range and called Lu Yilang to face Sudden Death King next.
• Dark Crow told Sudden Death King that Lu Ran had arranged for it to endure repeated attacks so it could strengthen its Lightning-Spike Armor against different attributes.

Lu Ran helped Fang Lan and their companions upgrade their Pet Beasts, then bought dragon resources to strengthen Sudden Death King as he prepared for his forty-day training. With Fang Lan and Lu Ran set to enter Breakthrough Secret Realms, the chapter left Lu Ran confident despite reports that many strong Beast Tamers planned to enter at the same time.

• Lu Ran and Fang Lan cleared the Foggy Wetlands Secret Realm three times, obtaining a poison-type enhancement skill and Poison Healing Trait Crystal for Fang Lan’s Great Xia Tarantula.
• Fang Lan fused the trait successfully, awakening the poison-healing Racial Talent, which permanently increased her spider’s toxicity after it was poisoned and detoxified.
• Lu Ran bought Dragon-Blood Snake Gallbladder and Dragon Turtle Meat for Sudden Death King, along with rare dog food and a Clear Spirit Fruit for General Ha and himself.
• Lu Ran helped Pig Farmer, Lu Bing, and Lu Yi upgrade their Pet Beasts, while Fang Lan rose to fifth place on the Third Infinite City’s Divine Pet Rankings.
• Fang Lan warned Lu Ran that many powerful novice Beast Tamers planned to enter Breakthrough Secret Realms over the next two days, but Lu Ran remained confident as General Ha nearly crashed into the television while practicing Sword Control.

Lu Ran reviewed General Ha’s progress and learned that Gu Qingyi would lead a secret necromancy research effort and could provide him with three Abyss Difficulty rewards. He chose traits for General Ha and Sudden Death King and asked for a Fusion Skill Book as his final reward.

• Lu Ran noted that General Ha had improved its energy control and advanced its energy compression to elevenfold, while its energy flow remained at the first stage.
• Lu Ran said he had comprehended Blizzard Sword Will through Super Beast Mimicry, though his version lacked General Ha’s elemental effects.
• Gu Qingyi told Lu Ran that she had been appointed to research necromancy and planned to secretly establish a domestic organization to revive pet beasts that had died within twenty-four hours.
• Gu Qingyi offered to forgive Lu Ran’s debt and obtain three Trait Crystals or Beast Taming Skills from Abyss Difficulty Secret Realms before he left the Breakthrough Secret Realm.
• Lu Ran chose a damage-reducing Overlord Trait for Sudden Death King and a nature control trait for General Ha, then asked Gu Qingyi for a Fusion Skill Book.

Lu Ran entered a multiplayer Breakthrough Secret Realm and discovered that his trial in the Beast Taming Empire required him to pass an Expert-tier chef examination. He and five other Beast Tamers reacted with shock, leaving Lu Ran wondering how he could complete a cooking task he had not prepared for.

• Lu Ran chose Fusion as the skill he wanted Gu Qingyi to prepare, then discussed his upcoming Breakthrough Secret Realm and the history of the Beast Taming Empire with her.
• Lu Ran entered Infinite City with General Ha, sent the pet beast back into its Contract Card, and activated the Breakthrough Secret Realm.
• Lu Ran was matched into a multiplayer trial and arrived in an ancient-style courtyard alongside five unfamiliar Beast Tamers.
• Infinite City identified their location as Ningchuan in the Beast Taming Empire and assigned them the task of passing the Gourmet Hunter Association's Expert-tier chef examination.
• The other participants complained about being sent into a cooking trial, while Lu Ran compared his predicament to Master Lin's unexpected forging trial and worried about failing.

Lu Ran and five other Beast Tamers learned that their Breakthrough Secret Realm mission was to pass the Gourmet Hunter Association's special-grade chef examination. Hoping to earn better rewards, Lu Ran claimed he had excellent knife skills and a special Ice and Snow Blade Technique so he could receive the best training.

• Zhi Lu Wei Ma proposed that the six Beast Tamers work together, and they introduced themselves while keeping Lu Ran's real identity hidden.
• Proprietor Long welcomed them to Frostmoon House and explained that the special-grade chef examination involved demonstrating cooking skills, hunting ingredients, and preparing a dish with what they had hunted.
• The group realized they could compensate for weak cooking skills by using their strength to obtain rare ingredients, but none of them had a Fire-type pet beast.
• Proprietor Long asked the apprentices about their abilities and assigned little confidence to their cooking and hunting strengths.
• Lu Ran decided to pursue the mission proactively and told Proprietor Long that he was strong, had excellent knife work, and had mastered the Ice and Snow Blade Technique.

Lu Ran demonstrated his Blizzard Sword Will as the culinary technique “Ice and Snow Knife Arts” at Frostmoon House. Shopkeeper Long recognized it as Culinary Will and wondered why a talent like his had come there to study.

• Lu Ran claimed that his Ice and Snow Knife Arts came from his own training rather than a pet beast or special kitchenware.
• Shopkeeper Long invited Lu Ran to demonstrate his technique in a spare kitchen, and Bai Ling and the others followed.
• Lu Ran selected a small knife and sliced airborne beast meat into eight even pieces, leaving their surfaces frosted and their juices sealed inside.
• Shopkeeper Long touched the meat, sensed a blizzard-like effect, and identified Lu Ran's ability as Culinary Will.