Chapter Summaries

Lu Ran read about Yan Sizhen’s legendary Dragon Cuisine and considered learning dragon-related Sword Will to help Sudden Death King evolve. Shopkeeper Long began his fruit-platter training, then discovered that General Ha could wield Ice-and-Snow Culinary Intent with even greater control than Lu Ran.

• Lu Ran read about Yan Sizhen’s peerless dishes and wondered whether Dragon Cuisine could help Sudden Death King become a Dragon-Type.
• Lu Ran asked General Ha to learn dragon-related Sword Will, and General Ha eventually resolved to research Dragon-Types to help him take revenge on Dr. Yunhan.
• Shopkeeper Long took Lu Ran to a small kitchen and assigned him to infuse cut fruit with Culinary Will until it lasted for three minutes.
• Lu Ran asked General Ha to help with the training, and General Ha used Wind energy to lift and cut fruit.
• Shopkeeper Long watched General Ha cut fruit with Ice-and-Snow Culinary Intent and was shocked that his control seemed better than Lu Ran’s.

Lu Ran and General Ha practiced infusing fruit platters with Blizzard Sword Will at Frostmoon House, attracting customers and earning an invitation to cook at the Ningchuan City Lord’s banquet. His fellow Breakthrough Secret Realm entrants discovered he was John Doe and invited him to compete for resources at the same event.

• Shopkeeper Long told Lu Ran about a sacred training ground where chefs sought to comprehend Dragon Culinary Will from an ancient Fire dragon’s Dragon Might, and Lu Ran planned to pursue it after advancing to Expert-tier Chef.
• Over three days, Lu Ran and General Ha practiced cutting fruit with Blizzard Sword Will until their platters carried the Culinary Will long enough to amaze Frostmoon House’s customers.
• Shopkeeper Long told Lu Ran that the Ningchuan City Lord’s son had invited him to make fruit platters at a banquet celebrating the city lord’s breakthrough to Level Five.
• Calling a Deer a Horse, She Pi, Bai Ling, Yi Beisi, and Wilderness Explorer visited Lu Ran, and Bai Ling deduced that he was John Doe from the Third Infinite City.
• She Pi told Lu Ran about prize matches at the city lord’s banquet, and Lu Ran confirmed he would attend because he had already been invited to cook.

Lu Ran's Culinary Will made his fruit platters a sensation at the Ningchuan City Lord's banquet, where young Beast Tamers also competed for rare resources. After spotting three Clear Spirit Fruits among the prizes, Lu Ran volunteered to enter the arena, surprising the guests.

• Bai Ling and the others went to ask Shopkeeper Long about opportunities in the Secret Realm while Lu Ran rested before resuming his kitchen training with General Ha.
• The Ningchuan City Lord's son arranged for Lu Ran to prepare fruit for the banquet, and the City Lord considered recruiting him as a chef.
• At the banquet, Lu Ran's freshly cut fruit platters delighted the guests, while the steward announced Beast Taming duels for the young talents.
• The City Lord increased the prizes for winning consecutive arena matches and displayed rare resources, including three Clear Spirit Fruits that caught Lu Ran's eye.
• Lu Ran volunteered to fight for the prizes and introduced himself to the Ningchuan City Lord as Sudden Death King, a culinary apprentice at Frostmoon House.

Lu Ran entered the banquet’s arena and showed that General Ha could defeat powerful opponents with overwhelming energy control and Culinary Will. After General Ha beat Sen Qisheng’s mounted charge while wielding a cleaver, the stunned guests began to suspect that Lu Ran had prepared the fruit platters they had eaten.

• Lu Ran accepted Xiachi Qing’s challenge and General Ha defeated Xiachi Qing’s two Earthrock Beasts with a compressed gale and Wind Blades.
• Sen Qisheng challenged Lu Ran and entered the arena mounted on his Level 17 Azureflame Steed, armed with a spear.
• Lu Ran gave General Ha a cleaver, and General Ha knocked Sen Qisheng’s spear from his hands with a clash of Culinary Will and compressed energy.
• Lu Ran explained that General Ha had mastered Culinary Will, leaving Sen Qisheng and the guests astonished.
• The guests recognized the feeling of General Ha’s Culinary Will from the fruit platters and wondered if Lu Ran had made them.

Lu Ran stopped fighting after the Ningchuan city lord awarded him three Clear Spirit Fruits, then returned to preparing the banquet with General Ha. Shopkeeper Long praised his progress and offered to teach him the Measure Blade Technique, while Lu Ran reflected on how lifelike the Breakthrough Secret Realm felt and reminded himself he was only a passing visitor.

• The guests learned General Ha had prepared the fruit platters with culinary intent, and the city lord’s son praised Lu Ran and General Ha for fighting after such strenuous work.
• The city lord of Ningchuan ended the matches and let Lu Ran choose three resources, so Lu Ran took three Clear Spirit Fruits.
• Lu Ran and General Ha returned to the kitchen to prepare fruit platters as the banquet’s main courses were served and the matches continued.
• White Spirit’s Albino Bengal Tiger won three matches in a row, earning her one rare resource, while Snakeskin and the others lost their bouts.
• Shopkeeper Long told Lu Ran he could begin the next stage of training and offered to teach him her father’s Measure Blade Technique.
• Lu Ran thanked Shopkeeper Long, then reflected that the secret realm felt real even though he was only a passing visitor.

Lu Ran and the others traveled to Canglan City for the special-grade chef assessment after training at Frostmoon House, while Lu Ran aimed for a recommendation to Dragon Valley. The chapter then revealed that Fang Lan’s Breakthrough Secret Realm required her to compete in a deadly trial, and she prepared to lure her rivals out.

• Lu Ran trained in the Measure Blade Technique and cooking, while the Ningchuan City Lord’s son invited him to join the household after the assessment; Lu Ran deferred his answer and received three more Clear Spirit Fruits.
• Seven days after the banquet, Lu Ran and the others left Frostmoon House for Canglan City, where Lu Ran said he wanted a recommendation slot to study at Dragon Valley.
• The group arrived in Canglan City, and Lu Ran bought another Clear Spirit Fruit, bringing his total to seven.
• Fang Lan’s mission required her to kill other trial participants, with the three highest kill counts earning a breakthrough opportunity, and one of the twenty participants had already been eliminated.
• Fang Lan joined the Gu God Sect, impressed Poison Granny with her toxicological knowledge, and became its Saintess with personal guards.
• After a veiled woman warned Fang Lan that enemies might target her, Fang Lan insisted on going out with more guards and gu insects to bait her rivals.

Lu Ran and five other Blue Star trial participants took the Expert-tier Chef Assessment in Canglan City. Lu Ran stunned the examiners with his sword-based Ice Chef's Will and passed the preliminary round, while Bai Ling also passed and the others were eliminated.

• Lu Ran and the others entered the crowded Gourmet Hunter Association venue and chose stations for the preliminary assessment.
• The examiners ordered the knife-skill candidates to butcher rock bulls within five minutes, and Lu Ran and his companions joined the round.
• Lu Ran used the Wind-Slaying Sword and Ice Chef's Will to butcher a bull flawlessly in seconds, earning a pass and surprising the examiners.
• She Pi, Zhi Lu Wei Ma, Wilderness Explorer, and Yi Beisi failed the preliminary round because of mistakes, inexperience, or the time limit.
• Bai Ling used a rare wind-and-ice kitchen knife to pass, and Lu Ran tried to comfort the eliminated participants by reminding them the next round would be harder.

Lu Ran entered the expert chef examination’s wilderness test and headed for Dragonfish Lake to find rare fish for sashimi. The examiners watched as General Ha effortlessly butchered dangerous beasts and speared a dragonfish with his flying sword.

• After the first test, Lu Ran left with Bai Ling and the others, while She Pi, Zhi Lu Wei Ma, and the explorer went to visit the Drunken Flower House.
• The next morning, seventy-two candidates began a twelve-hour wilderness test to hunt ingredients and cook a dish for the examiners.
• An examiner privately warned Lu Ran that the forest was dangerous, but Lu Ran entered with General Ha and headed toward Dragonfish Lake.
• When four tusked boars attacked, General Ha used the Ice-Sky Greatsword to cut them into pieces, which Lu Ran collected as ingredients.
• At Dragonfish Lake, General Ha used Sword Flight Technique to spear a dragonfish and bring it out frozen in a block of ice.

Lu Ran and General Ha hunted a Mutant Dragonfish and used it to prepare an extraordinary sashimi dish that earned the examiners’ full marks. The system awarded Lu Ran an SSS rating and a powerful Beast Taming Skill, and he declined immediate promotion to Level One Beast Tamer.

• Lu Ran and General Ha searched Dragonfish Lake for better ingredients, with General Ha spearing fish using its Ice-Sky Greatsword.
• Lu Ran and General Ha returned with an unconscious Mutant Dragonfish, astonishing the examinees and examiners.
• Lu Ran had General Ha carve the fish into sashimi on a plate of ice, then served it with Earth Mother Fruit juice.
• The examiners devoured the sashimi, praised it as near-peerless cuisine, and gave Lu Ran full marks.
• Lu Ran received an SSS breakthrough rating, 100,000 crystal coins, several items, and the Flame Spirit Beast Taming Skill.
• The system offered Lu Ran promotion to Level One Beast Tamer, but he declined for the moment.

Lu Ran passed the Expert-tier Gourmet Hunter examination, earned a recommendation to study at Dragon Valley, and advanced to Level One Beast Tamer. After General Ha gained five levels, Lu Ran began learning Flame Spirit, hoping it would help him develop his skills and comprehend dragon culinary will.

• Lu Ran chose Flame Spirit over Fusion as his examination reward but waited until the examination ended before lifting his bottleneck.
• Bai Ling passed the examination by carefully boiling a rare Death Crocodile egg, and twenty-six of the seventy-two candidates qualified.
• The examiners offered Lu Ran a special training recommendation, and he requested to study at Dragon Valley to pursue dragon culinary will.
• Lu Ran returned to the inn, advanced to Level One Beast Tamer, and discovered that General Ha had risen to Level 15.
• Lu Ran used the Flame Spirit Skill Card, and an illusory red stick figure began forming inside him.

After awakening the Flame Spirit and testing its effects with General Ha, Lu Ran traveled to Dragon Valley for a month of training. He and General Ha began resisting the Flame Dragon King’s overwhelming Dragon Might, with General Ha determined to develop a Dragon-Slaying move.

• Lu Ran discovered his Flame Spirit could grant General Ha fire abilities such as Fire Fang, though it did not combine with Blizzard Sword Will.
• She Pi and the others congratulated Lu Ran and Bai Ling on passing the assessment before they parted ways.
• A Dragon Eagle escorted Lu Ran from Canglan City to the Flame Dragon Sanctuary, where he was told to train near Dragon Valley for a month.
• Lu Ran summoned General Ha and advanced toward Dragon Valley until the Flame Dragon King’s Dragon Might forced them to stop at its outer edge.
• Lu Ran and General Ha began adapting to the Dragon Might, and General Ha used Blizzard Sword Will to resist it while vowing to develop a Dragon-Slaying move.

Lu Ran and General Ha trained in Dragon Valley until the Flame Dragon King discovered their connection to the Divine Deer and secretly helped Lu Ran master Flame Dragon Sword Will. When the trial ended, the Flame Dragon King realized he was only a historical projection, and all six trial-takers returned to Infinite City.

• Lu Ran and General Ha tried to absorb the Fire Dragon Aura and develop Flame Dragon Sword Will, but struggled to make progress.
• The Flame Dragon King sensed the Divine Deer's aura on Lu Ran and General Ha, summoned them, and questioned Lu Ran about their connection to the Divine Deer.
• Lu Ran claimed to be the Divine Deer's envoy and asked about the Death Dragon, but the Flame Dragon King knew little and sent the pair back outside.
• Lu Ran discovered that his Flame Spirit could absorb the Fire Dragon Aura and trained with the Flame Dragon King's secret help until he mastered Flame Dragon Sword Will.
• The Flame Dragon King realized he was a historical projection after Lu Ran vanished, and all six Infinite City trial-takers returned when their time ran out.

Lu Ran returned from the Breakthrough Secret Realm with Flame Dragon Sword Will and Dragon Culinary Will, then reunited with Sudden Death King and prepared to help it advance and fuse traits. He collected the crystals and skill from Manager Ying, who was baffled to learn Lu Ran’s breakthrough mission had been to become an Expert-tier Chef.

• Lu Ran checked his messages and learned that Dr. Gu had left two Trait Crystals and a Fusion Beast Taming Skill with Manager Ying for him.
• Lu Ran returned to Blue Star and learned from Zhao Chen that Sudden Death King had grown to level 19, mastered Energy Shaping, and developed Sleeping Armor while serving as a sparring partner.
• Lu Ran found Sudden Death King at Green Sea Stadium, took it home, and promised it a Mutant Dragonfish to help it reach level 20.
• Lu Ran visited Manager Ying’s café and collected the Nature Control Trait Crystal, Overlord Trait Crystal, and Fusion Beast Taming Skill from Manager Ying.
• Manager Ying asked about Lu Ran’s breakthrough mission, and Lu Ran said he had been tasked with becoming an Expert-tier Chef.

Lu Ran contracted Sudden Death King in Emerald Mountain and fused the Red Lightning and Overlord traits into him. Sudden Death King evolved into an Armored Dragon Lizard with powerful defensive talents, leaving Lu Ran ready to see how strong he had become.

• Manager Ying realized Lu Ran had entered a secondary profession Breakthrough Secret Realm, and Lu Ran asked her to teleport him and Sudden Death King to Emerald Mountain.
• Lu Ran used his upgraded Contract Card to contract Sudden Death King, whose growth level rose to 20 through the bond’s feedback.
• Lu Ran fused the Red Lightning Trait Crystal into Sudden Death King, awakening Absolute Defense and forming a protective lightning phantom around him.
• Lu Ran fused the Overlord Trait Crystal into Sudden Death King, who grew larger and evolved into an Armored Dragon Lizard.
• Sudden Death King gained Heart of the Overlord, which let him turn accumulated damage into a powerful counterattack.

Sudden Death King awakened Absolute Defense and Heart of the Overlord, then tested his new durability against General Ha. General Ha overwhelmed him with Sword Control and Blizzard Sword Will, while Lu Ran realized Sudden Death King’s Leader Species rank would cost him a place on the rankings and the income that came with it.

• Sudden Death King awakened Absolute Defense and Heart of the Overlord, and Lu Ran tested how his automatic defense shattered an incoming stone.
• Lu Ran explained that Sudden Death King could absorb damage to build power for a counterattack, and Manager Ying recognized the two talents’ potential when combined.
• Lu Ran arranged a spar, and General Ha’s sword aura and tenfold Storm Slash barely injured Sudden Death King, who grew overconfident.
• General Ha used Sword Control and Blizzard Sword Will to break through Sudden Death King’s armor, pin him down, and force him to surrender.
• Manager Ying praised General Ha’s advanced energy control, while Lu Ran noted that Sudden Death King’s poor combat skills left him vulnerable.
• Manager Ying pointed out that Sudden Death King was now a Leader Species and could not qualify for the rankings Lu Ran had hoped for, leaving Lu Ran worried about losing the monthly Crystal Coin income.

Lu Ran revealed his exquisite-tier Spirit-Transforming Pot and used Flame Spirit and Flame Dragon Culinary Will to cook a dragonfish dish that astonished Manager Ying. After Fang Lan called to report that she had left the Breakthrough Secret Realm, Lu Ran went to meet her, while Manager Ying realized his new skill could make General Ha and Sudden Death King far stronger.

• Lu Ran discussed challenging the Commander Divine Pet Rankings and planned to train General Ha for the Freshman Competition.
• Lu Ran showed Manager Ying the Spirit-Transforming Pot, which restored a long-dead mutant dragonfish to exceptional freshness.
• Lu Ran used Flame Spirit and Flame Dragon Culinary Will to prepare Flame-Blade Grilled Fish, which Manager Ying, General Ha, and Sudden Death King devoured.
• Lu Ran explained that he had learned Flame Dragon Culinary Will in Dragon Valley and hoped to use Dragon Cuisine to help Sudden Death King evolve into a purebred dragon.
• Fang Lan called Lu Ran after leaving the Breakthrough Secret Realm, and Manager Ying teleported him and his pets to the city.
• Manager Ying realized Flame Spirit might also boost Lu Ran's pets and wondered whether they could challenge other leading Fourth-Generation Beast Tamers.

After returning from their Breakthrough Secret Realms, Lu Ran and Fang Lan compared their experiences and reunited with Fang Lan’s parents over a meal. As Beast Taming University prepared for admissions and its Freshman Competition, Lu Ran cooked a feast with General Ha and considered studying and teaching culinary skills.

• Manager Ying teleported Lu Ran to Red Leaf Park, where he called Fang Lan and learned that both had completed their Breakthrough Secret Realms; Fang Lan had earned S-Rank, while Lu Ran revealed his 3S-Rank score.
• Lu Ran visited Fang Lan, and they shared how he passed an Expert-tier chef assessment while she joined the Gu God Sect and became its Saintess.
• Lu Ran and Fang Lan discussed training their pet beasts, their plans to enroll in Beast Taming University, and the upcoming Freshman Competition preliminaries.
• Fang Lan’s parents arrived and checked that she was safe; they discussed Beast Taming University’s research into opening Beast Taming Spaces without Black Cards.
• Lu Ran summoned General Ha to help prepare a fish feast, and Fang Lan, her parents, and their Poison Pets enthusiastically praised the food.

With Beast Taming University's freshman competition approaching, Lu Ran entered a Training Secret Realm to prepare Sudden Death King and General Ha. He used Super Beast Mimicry to teach Sudden Death King advanced energy techniques and began planning how to strengthen himself by mimicking both pet beasts.

• Lu Ran reviewed the competition rewards and decided the first-place egg was his main goal, though he also wanted the second-place Ethereal Flower.
• Lu Ran opened a level one Training Secret Realm and summoned Sudden Death King and General Ha for intensive training.
• Lu Ran ordered Sudden Death King to learn Electric Discharge, Lightning Flash, and Energy Compression to improve its offense and defenses.
• Lu Ran used Reverse Super Beast Mimicry to pass on energy techniques he had learned from General Ha, giving Sudden Death King a direct lesson.
• Lu Ran practiced shaping Flame Spirit energy into armor and planned to synchronize with Sudden Death King through taunting, armor, and lightning-based body tempering.
• Lu Ran considered adding speed- and water-focused pet beasts in the future and worried that he did not have enough Contract Cards.

Lu Ran spent most of his remaining Crystal Coins preparing General Ha for the Freshman Competition, then learned about Dog King’s newly ranked Hell Two-Headed Hound and saw how powerful Beast Tamers across the generations had become. He left The Forge Home after asking Master Lin to make four Advanced-quality swords for the competition.

• Lu Ran bought twenty Sky Tree Fruits for 140,000 Crystal Coins to help General Ha reach level 20 and adapt to the Nature Control trait.
• A regional announcement revealed Dog King’s level 20 Hell Two-Headed Hound had risen to tenth on the Leader Divine Pet Rankings after defeating a Corpse Ape Leader in a Level One Secret Realm.
• Lu Ran met Pluto, learned Dog King was the younger brother of the Circus Troupe leader, and heard Pluto planned to challenge him at Beast Taming University’s competition.
• Lu Ran inspected the rankings, noted Little Magic Fairy’s Light-Dark Butterfly led the Leader Rankings, and saw Gu Qingyi’s Azure Sea Dragon atop the Monarch Rankings.
• Lu Ran asked Master Lin to forge two pairs of Advanced-quality swords, one pair centered on Wind and Ice and the other on Wind and Fire.

Lu Ran prepared weapons and trained Sudden Death King before a nightmare showed him a Frostsky Giant Dragon invading Green Sea City. As he set out for Jinling’s tournament, he appointed Queen Bee to the Seven General Beasts and decided to build a trained legion of crows.

• Lu Ran commissioned four temporary swords from Master Lin, then trained Sudden Death King in the Training Secret Realm while the Divine Deer Pendant charged and a Sky Tree fruit ripened in the Spirit-Transforming Pot.
• Lu Ran dreamed that a level-76 Frostsky Giant Dragon emerged from a spatial rift and froze Green Sea City, then woke in terror and returned to training.
• Sudden Death King learned to discharge lightning, and Lu Ran told it to prepare to fight an examiner’s pet beast at the preliminary assessment in Jinling.
• Lu Ran collected two Wind and Snow Swords and two Wind and Flame Swords, then learned that Lu Bing, Lu Yi, Lu Dingding, and Lu Xiao Wu were also in Jinling for the tournament.
• Lu Ran named Queen Bee as the new member of the Seven Beast Generals Under the King and asked Dark Crow to tell it he wanted honey.
• Lu Ran decided to use his Telepathy and Dark Crow’s flock to train a crow legion capable of combining its skills.