Chapter Summaries

After Lu Ran’s team failed to defeat the Diamond Giant Dragon in the Legendary Secret Realm, he trained Sudden Death King and returned to Green Sea with awakening resources for the Seven General Beasts. Dark Crow awakened the Psychic attribute and discovered that its words could mysteriously affect others, then rushed to tell Lu Ran about its new power.

• The Commander Divine Pet Rankings showed General Ha and Sudden Death King had only scratched the Diamond Giant Dragon and survived one hit, prompting Beast Tamers to debate the Legendary Secret Realm’s difficulty and Qin Ming’s ranking.
• Lu Ran concluded that the Diamond Giant Dragon was far beyond his team’s current strength, and Manager Ying confirmed its formidable potential while collecting Lu Ran’s account of the fight.
• Lu Ran spent three days challenging easier Secret Realms, where Sudden Death King learned advanced Energy Flow and Energy Compression techniques, before returning to Green Sea with seven resources for awakening secondary attributes.
• Lu Ran gave Dark Crow a Psychic Gem, and Dark Crow awakened the Psychic attribute at level twenty.
• Dark Crow discovered that its words could cause a cat to choke and make a young man walk into a tree, then excitedly flew to tell the sleeping Lu Ran about its apparent Word Spirit Curse.

Dark Crow demonstrated a new Psychic ability that let its words influence other creatures’ minds, and Lu Ran considered how it might be developed and used. The chapter ended with Shi Zhen suffering another effect of the Witch’s curse, which transformed him into a woman.

• Dark Crow returned to Lu Ran’s room and revealed that its awakened Psychic attribute had combined with its Dark-Type power to create an Incantation ability.
• Dark Crow used an Incantation to make Sudden Death King lose control of its posture, while Lu Ran and General Ha watched in surprise.
• Lu Ran tested the ability himself, but Dark Crow’s warning made him lose focus and burn the meat he was roasting.
• Lu Ran asked Dark Crow to encourage him as he tried shaping flames, but the Incantation failed to improve his control.
• Lu Ran searched for similar curse abilities and decided Dark Crow needed special training to develop its talent.
• Shi Zhen sneezed in his office as the Witch’s curse transformed him into a woman.

Lu Ran trained Dark Crow’s newly awakened curse ability and decided to develop his energy-release range so Dark Crow could become a long-distance sniper. After the other generals gained second attributes without awakening special powers, Lu Ran persuaded Black Tortoise to help guard the coast, promising to help him evolve into a Dragon Turtle.

• Lu Ran discovered that Dark Crow’s curses only worked within twenty meters and began training him to extend his energy-release range.
• Lu Ran convinced Dark Crow to pursue his dream of becoming a marksman, and Dark Crow eagerly practiced firing crow feathers.
• Lu Ran gathered the Green Sea Seven Generals Beasts and gave each of the others an attribute-awakening resource, but none awakened a special power.
• Lu Ran asked the old turtle to guard the coastal waters and promised him dragon-type cuisine and a stone-stele weapon to help him become a Dragon Turtle.
• Dark Crow watched Lu Ran recruit Black Tortoise General for the coastal campaign and began imagining the general taking on the task.

Lu Ran learned that the Snowfield Federation’s four Third-Generation Beast Tamers had become the first to clear a Legendary Secret Realm, revealing that each realm could only be cleared once and offered unique rewards. He decided to delay his breakthrough and prepare for the Dragon King’s Lair, where he hoped to strengthen General Ha and claim resources for his Dragon-Type research.

• Lu Ran returned to Sky City, where Beast Taming University had completed his Dragon-Type research institute and stocked it with rare ingredients, including fifty Exquisite-tier Dragon King Bird meat slices.
• The Snowfield Federation’s Ice King, Snow King, Cold King, and Winter King cleared the level-three Legendary Secret Realm Permafrost, triggering a worldwide announcement and making their squad the first to conquer a Legendary Secret Realm.
• Lu Ran read that Permafrost had disappeared after its clear, then Manager Ying confirmed that Legendary Secret Realms were one-time challenges with unique rewards and ratings based on the number of participants.
• Manager Ying urged Lu Ran to clear a level-one Legendary Secret Realm before advancing, and Lu Ran chose to focus on the Dragon King’s Lair rather than another region’s realm.
• Lu Ran asked Manager Ying to let him use some Dragon King Bird meat slices for General Ha so he could strengthen his Dragon-Slaying Sword Will against the Diamond Dragon.

Lu Ran planned how to strengthen General Ha and sought an Exquisite-tier sword-shaped resource for it to use against the Diamond Dragon. Master Lin pointed him toward a professor cultivating Long-Leaf Sword Grass and offered to teach him forging privately, and Lu Ran called the professor to arrange a visit.

• Manager Ying left Lu Ran to handle the legendary Secret Realm trial on his own, and Lu Ran planned to improve Sudden Death King's defense and General Ha's attack power.
• Lu Ran considered finding a naturally formed Exquisite-tier sword for General Ha rather than risking valuable materials in forging, then called Master Lin for advice.
• Master Lin told Lu Ran about Long-Leaf Sword Grass, an Exquisite-tier plant shaped like a sword, and said a professor in Sky City was cultivating one.
• Master Lin agreed to teach Lu Ran forging privately and gave him a compendium of inscription arrangements to study.
• Lu Ran called Professor Ye and asked to meet her, intending to see whether General Ha could use her Long-Leaf Sword Grass as a weapon.

Lu Ran acquired Professor Ye’s dying Long-Leaf Sword Grass in exchange for Dragon Cuisine and placed it in his Spirit-Transforming Pot. As he prepared to challenge a Legendary Secret Realm, the grass began recovering, giving him hope it could become a weapon for General Ha.

• Professor Ye showed Lu Ran the withering Long-Leaf Sword Grass, and Lu Ran offered to take it and try to restore it.
• Professor Ye agreed to trade the grass for fertilizer made with Lu Ran’s Dragon Cuisine to use on her Dragon-Type plants.
• Lu Ran asked Fang Lan to formulate venom for a Legendary Secret Realm challenge, and she requested Diamond Dragon blood as a sample.
• Beast Taming University began classes, while Lu Ran focused on research and training instead of ordinary lessons.
• After two days in the Spirit-Transforming Pot, the Long-Leaf Sword Grass regained a hint of green, and Lu Ran urged it to recover.

Lu Ran learned forging from Master Lin, then returned to Dragon King's Lair with a blood-draining Ice-Sky Greatsword to harvest the Diamond Giant Dragon's blood. He and his companions escaped after drawing blood, leaving the dragon confused and setting up repeated raids on the realm.

• Lu Ran asked Master Lin to teach him forging and made an Advanced-quality stone stele, then improved quickly by practicing and dismantling weapons.
• Lu Ran delivered Dragon Cuisine and a Rare-quality Abyss Stele to Black Tortoise, while checking Dark Crow's improved training results.
• Lu Ran completed training with Master Lin and enchanted the Ice-Sky Greatsword with a blood-draining effect using Vampiric Stone.
• Lu Ran entered Dragon King's Lair again and sent General Ha's flying sword to pierce the Diamond Giant Dragon and draw blood.
• Lu Ran and his companions withdrew before the Diamond Giant Dragon could retaliate, and the dragon found that its wound's blood had vanished.

Lu Ran continued harvesting dragon blood from the Diamond Giant Dragon while Beast Tamers around the world cleared Legendary Secret Realms and drew attention to the rising Fourth Generation. As pressure mounted for Xia Country’s young tamers to prove themselves, Lu Ran’s Sword Grass recovered, and he prepared to study it before making his own attempt.

• Lu Ran collected a small amount of dragon blood, found its effects underwhelming, and gave it to Fang Lan for research.
• Lu Ran dismissed the significance of the Divine Eagle Federation’s Legendary Secret Realm clear and continued entering the realm to collect blood and train his pets.
• Several Fourth-Generation teams from other countries cleared Level-One Legendary Secret Realms, prompting international discussion about a coming golden age and increased scrutiny of Xia Country’s tamers.
• Lu Ran rejected offers from Pluto, Youxiong Anlin, and Du Yuan to join his team, while Master Lin learned that Lu Ran had spent weeks drawing blood from the dragon.
• The Sword Grass in Lu Ran’s Spirit-Transforming Pot regained its vitality, and Lu Ran resolved to study it before cooking his Dragon King Bird meat and challenging the Legendary Secret Realm.

Lu Ran and his pet beasts defeated the Diamond Giant Dragon in the Dragon King's Lair, earning a perfect rating and a worldwide announcement that he had solo-cleared a Level One Legendary Secret Realm. Back in his Exclusive Room, Lu Ran inspected the valuable rewards and set his sights on conquering a Level Two Secret Realm without outside help.

• Lu Ran gave General Ha the Long-Leaf Sword Grass, which helped him awaken Grass and Wooden Sword Will and rise to a mid-level monarch species.
• Lu Ran strengthened General Ha and Sudden Death King with Dragon Exquisite Cuisine, then entered the Dragon King's Lair with them and used Sudden Death King as a defender while General Ha attacked the Diamond Giant Dragon.
• Lu Ran fired a poisoned arrow into the Diamond Giant Dragon, and the venom disrupted its energy while General Ha bombarded it with sword auras and Sudden Death King broke free to rejoin the fight.
• General Ha pierced the Diamond Giant Dragon's heart with the Sword Grass, completing the challenge with a perfect rating and earning rewards including Dragon Heart, Damage Transfer, a Stone Dragon Egg, and the Dragon King Bloodline trait.
• Infinite City announced that Level One Beast Tamer John Doe had solo-cleared the Legendary Dragon King's Lair, stunning Beast Tamers worldwide and making Lu Ran the center of international attention.
• Lu Ran returned to his Exclusive Room with General Ha and Sudden Death King, inspected the rewards, and resolved to become strong enough to solo a Level Two Secret Realm.

After solo-clearing an unexplored legendary secret realm, Lu Ran chose the Dragon Heart and Dragon King Bloodline Trait to prepare Sudden Death King for a powerful dragon evolution, while deciding to trade away the Stone Dragon Egg. He asked Manager Ying to find rare traits for General Ha and Dark Crow, and Manager Ying revealed that he knew of a rare trait well suited to Dark Crow.

• Lu Ran examined his rewards, chose the Dragon Heart and Dragon King Bloodline Trait for Sudden Death King, and decided to sell or give away the Stone Dragon Egg.
• Lu Ran offered Dr. Gu the Stone Dragon Egg and mutation resources, but she declined because she lacked time to raise another Pet Beast.
• Lu Ran returned to reality and proposed that Manager Ying trade the Stone Dragon Egg and dragon blood for resources, especially a unique trait suitable for General Ha.
• Manager Ying agreed to search for suitable rare traits and said he knew of one that fit Dark Crow extremely well.

Manager Ying explained the Evil God's Eye trait and helped Lu Ran plan to acquire it for Dark Crow, while Lu Ran arranged a trade involving the Stone Dragon egg. Lu Ran decided to wait for the Freshman Tournament egg to hatch before entering the Level One Breakthrough Secret Realm.

• Manager Ying told Lu Ran that Principal Shi Zhen possessed the Evil God's Eye, a reconnaissance trait with damaging side effects that could help Dark Crow use Curse Power at long range.
• Lu Ran decided to pursue the trait, and Manager Ying proposed persuading Shi Zhen by suggesting Dark Crow might eventually help lift his curse.
• Lu Ran clarified that the Stone Dragon egg was unlikely to become a Diamond Dragon comparable to the one in the Secret Realm, and he kept its key resource for Sudden Death King.
• Lu Ran took responsibility for the Freshman Tournament egg and chose to delay entering the Level One Breakthrough Secret Realm until it hatched.
• Lu Ran planned to rest and train with General Ha and Sudden Death King, visit Lujia Village, and focus on preparing Dark Crow if he obtained the Evil God's Eye.

Lu Ran planned to build a dragon-taming team from Lujia Village while Fang Lan prepared to challenge a Legendary Secret Realm with new allies. Manager Ying learned that Shi Zhen hoped Lu Ran’s curse-wielding pet beast could help cure his curse and arranged for Shi Zhen to offer Lu Ran the Evil God's Eye trait.

• Manager Ying told Lu Ran that Shi Zhen already knew Damage Transfer and had failed to use it to remove his curse, then offered to negotiate for Lu Ran to obtain Shi Zhen’s Evil God's Eye trait.
• Lu Ran told Fang Lan that he had cleared a Legendary Secret Realm and advised her to team up with Youxiong Anlin and Du Yuan for her own challenge.
• Lu Ran proposed raising a dragon-taming squad from Lujia Village, and Fang Lan agreed to wait for Lu Bing and the others to reach level one before challenging a Legendary Secret Realm with them.
• Lu Ran invited his group to seek leader-species fish, lizard, or snake pet beasts and suggested they challenge Breakthrough Secret Realms to become his graduate students in Dragon-Type research.
• Manager Ying told Shi Zhen that Lu Ran’s third pet beast had awakened Curse Power, and Shi Zhen offered the Evil God's Eye trait to encourage Lu Ran to research a cure for his curse.

Lu Ran obtained the Evil God's Eye Trait Crystal and invited Xia Ri to Green Sea City to teach her independent Spear Intent and Culinary Will. He left Xia Ri with Dark Crow and the Freshman Tournament egg, setting up their new training arrangement.

• Manager Ying returned with the Evil God's Eye Trait Crystal, which Principal Shi Zhen had traded for Lu Ran's future research into curse-removing cuisine.
• Xia Ri found Lu Ran and asked to study under him, hoping to use her Blazing Fire Spear Intent and Dark Spear Intent without relying on her pet beast.
• Lu Ran agreed to teach Xia Ri and brought her to Green Sea City, planning to use her culinary practice to make food for his beasts.
• Dark Crow greeted Lu Ran at the Starlight Villa District, mistook Xia Ri for the Queen Consort, and was told to watch the Freshman Tournament egg.

Lu Ran trained Xia Ri to develop her strength control and spear intent, then set her to practicing dark cuisine for Dark Crow. As Dark Crow told Xia Ri how he first met Lu Ran, he revealed Lu Ran’s grand ambition to become king, leaving them to continue their training and work at home.

• Lu Ran showed Xia Ri how to measure her punching strength and gave her a blade technique manual to practice before learning spear intent.
• Lu Ran bought sixty Dark Sea Octopus Eyes and stocked up on rare resources to strengthen his Pet Beasts.
• Lu Ran had Xia Ri practice grilling pig eyes with spear intent and told her to taste the food while fused with her black panther.
• Lu Ran ordered Dark Crow to practice shooting energy arrows at the sun, then began incubating the mysterious monarch-potential egg himself.
• Dark Crow told Xia Ri that he had met Lu Ran before the Spirit Energy Revival, when Lu Ran invited him to become an officer and declared himself the future King of Animals and Beast Taming.

Lu Ran traveled to Lujia Village with Dark Crow after raising Sudden Death King to first place in the Third Infinite City's Commander Divine Pet Rankings. In the village, Lu Ran alone could see sika deer that Dark Crow, General Ha, and the locals could not, leaving him alarmed by the village's strange secret.

• Lu Ran spent several days resting at home while Dark Crow trained and Xia Ri cooked for him, then agreed to travel after Xia Ri urged him to get moving.
• Lu Ran brought Xia Ri to the Third Infinite City's Arena, where her strongest spear strike failed to injure Sudden Death King and helped it claim first place in the Commander Divine Pet Rankings.
• Lu Ran rode General Ha to Lujia Village with Dark Crow, then explored the remote village on foot.
• Lu Ran spotted a herd of sika deer in the village park, but Dark Crow and General Ha could not see them.
• Lu Ran questioned local children and elders, who also could not see the deer, then noticed another pair grazing near a swing.

Lu Ran investigated the strange Sika Deer apparitions in Lujia Village Park, which neither he nor Manager Ying could explain, and agreed to stay and study them as a possible clue to the Divine Deer. Manager Ying also discussed three traits for General Ha, and Lu Ran chose the Enlightenment Trait as the most promising evolution resource, pending a possible trade.

• Lu Ran tested whether General Ha could affect the Sika Deer, but its wind passed through them without disturbing the deer or the grass.
• Lu Ran summoned Manager Ying, who confirmed it could not sense the deer and suggested they might be connected to Lu Ran's Divine Deer ancestry and superpower; Lu Ran agreed to remain in Lujia Village and investigate.
• Manager Ying offered to seek a trade for one of three traits for General Ha: Void Chill, Dragon-Hunting, or Enlightenment.
• Lu Ran chose the Enlightenment Trait, agreeing that its potential to improve General Ha's comprehension could help it unify its Sword Wills and eventually develop a domain.
• Manager Ying said it would keep searching and arrange the trade if no better option appeared, while Lu Ran wondered what General Ha would evolve into after integrating the trait.

Lu Ran investigated the ghostly deer in Lujia Village and dreamed of ancient villagers worshipping the Divine Deer. Manager Ying theorized that the deer were faith spirits and that renewed worship might help the Divine Deer recover, so Lu Ran decided to rally the village’s faith.

• Lu Ran searched Lujia Village and found dozens of ghostly sika deer that did not react to the Divine Deer Antler.
• Lu Ran slept among the deer and dreamed of ancient villagers praying before a statue of the Divine Deer.
• Manager Ying theorized that the deer were faith spirits unable to reach or be absorbed by the Divine Deer, and that renewed faith might help it revive.
• Lu Ran repeated the dream several times and concluded it was guiding him to increase faith in the Divine Deer.
• Lu Ran resolved to help Lujia Village believe in the Divine Deer again and planned to speak with the village chief.

Lu Ran returned to Lujia Village, became its new chief, and claimed the Divine Deer had tasked him with restoring the clan’s former glory. He outlined reforms and promised resources, leaving the villagers united in their faith as faint power gathered into the Faith Deer Spirits.

• Lu Ran visited Village Chief Lu Yan and agreed to take over as chief so he could lead reforms in Lujia Village.
• Lu Yan gathered the villagers, and Lu Ran announced his appointment as the new village chief.
• Lu Ran told the villagers that the Divine Deer existed, had contacted him in a dream, and would provide resources to the Lu Clan.
• Lu Ran proposed a Divine Deer Festival, Beast Tamer training, and new industries based on raising Transcendent Creatures and cultivating Spirit Plants.
• The villagers embraced the Divine Deer’s cause and began calling home absent clan members, while faith power gathered into Faith Deer Spirits that only Lu Ran could see.

Lu Ran learned of the Evolution Secret Realm’s upcoming surge and decided to challenge the Breakthrough Secret Realm early so Sudden Death King could compete for a starry sky blessing. He persuaded Manager Ying to help care for his egg and Lujia Village by revealing that awakening the Divine Deer might lead them to the Other Shore Stone and the truth about the Creation Divine Dragons.

• Lu Ran discussed organizing Lujia Village’s Beast Tamers into combat and support groups and raising Grass Attribute deer as team mascots.
• Gu Qingyi told Lu Ran that the Evolution Secret Realm would open in 44 days and advised him to reach level 30 in time to evolve Sudden Death King there.
• Lu Ran agreed to enter the Breakthrough Secret Realm sooner and planned to have his pet beasts evolve in separate batches to improve their chances of receiving the starry sky blessing.
• Gu Qingyi suggested Manager Ying delay the hatching of Lu Ran’s egg, and Lu Ran asked Manager Ying to care for it and look after Lujia Village.
• Lu Ran revealed that the Divine Deer was a legendary retainer of the Life Dragon and might help them find the Other Shore Stone, convincing Manager Ying to assist him.

Beast Tamers around the world weighed whether to enter the Evolution Secret Realm in its first opening, while Lu Ran prepared for a Breakthrough Secret Realm and delegated care of his responsibilities. He entered a multiplayer faction trial set in a plague-ridden city, where participants had to choose between fighting the undead and joining them.

• The Princess of Light chose to pursue the first opening of the Evolution Secret Realm, hoping to get ahead of Lu Ran.
• Dr. Hayden rallied his researchers to use the Evolution Secret Realm for a new dinosaur-to-dragon experiment and vowed to outperform Xia Country.
• Lu Ran arranged for Manager Ying to manage Lujia Village and the Pet Beast egg, and asked Xia Ri to care for Dark Crow General while he was away.
• Lu Ran entered a level-one Breakthrough Secret Realm, which matched him with other participants almost immediately.
• Infinite City revealed that the trial took place in Ming'an City during the Beast Taming Empire's final years and required participants to choose a faction in a campaign against Necromancers.
• The Princess of Light and her Knights of Light welcomed the chance to fight the undead, while participants learned they could also side with them.