Recaps

Su Ping publicly demonstrated the Paper-Folding Man’s evolution through Paper Body Splicing and announced the Hall-level candidate skill Heavenly Cycle Five Elements Body. As Mu Hang revealed himself as a mysterious flame-covered figure and called his appearance a chance to give Su Ping a gift, the press conference took an ominous turn.

• Mu Yu watched Su Ping’s livestream and resented that Su Ping was sharing a breeding achievement Mu Yu had failed to attain.
• Su Ping demonstrated Paper Body Splicing by combining three ordinary Paper-Folding Men, then used basic Fire Element resources to evolve them.
• Su Ping explained that Paper-Folding Men could be assembled into many forms and that their incomplete souls still allowed Soul Contracts and commands.
• Su Ping announced the Super-Rank Skill Heavenly Cycle Five Elements Body, demonstrated its immense energy output and resistance to elemental attacks, and credited inspiration to Xue Hongluan.
• Mu Hang asked whether the skill had aftereffects or use requirements, then affirmed that it qualified for the Hall-level ranks.
• Mu Hang transformed as cold red flames covered him, and he told Su Ping he had come in person to give him a gift.

Charles used Mu Hang’s body to confront Su Ping at the press conference and secretly placed a mark connected to the Heavenly Tomb on him. The Legend arrived, traced Charles’s descent back to the Great Tomb, and then put Su Ping to sleep.

• At the pavilion, Master Leng recognized Charles’s arrival and was stopped from rushing to Linzhou while the Legend went to intervene.
• Charles revealed himself at the press conference, admitted Mu Hang’s body had been consumed by his Death Descends skill, and offered Su Ping a gift.
• Su Ping vowed to kill Charles and asked Yao Sage to leave Mu Hang’s body intact; Charles sent a gray-white flame into Su Ping before his lingering imprint began to fade.
• The Legend arrived and demanded to know what Charles had placed on Su Ping; Charles said the mark concerned the Heavenly Tomb and could not be extracted.
• The Legend used Trace to the Source to attack Charles in the Great Tomb, leaving his soul flames nearly extinguished, then disappeared with Su Ping.
• Qin Erlong ordered the venue cleaned and attendees to sign confidentiality agreements, while the Legend made Su Ping fall asleep backstage.

After waking from the Heavenly Tomb Mark’s call, Su Ping uses the Myriad Spirits Codex to contain and release its power, discovering that it can strengthen his Mental Strength and improve an Undead-type record. He reaches commander tier nine, resolves to enter the Heavenly Tomb and confront Charles, while the chapter ends with a Dragon Nation figure preparing to strike an eagle-flagged fleet in space.

• Su Ping woke after two hours and learned that the Legend had left to investigate his condition and promised that Eagle Country would pay for the incident.
• Alone, Su Ping found a grayish-white flame in his soul that summoned him toward the Heavenly Tomb, then used the Myriad Spirits Codex to contain it as Advanced Origin Power.
• Su Ping learned the contained power could improve an Undead-type pet record, chose to save it for the Paper-Folding Man Record, and decided he would enter the Heavenly Tomb to investigate.
• After releasing the power again, Su Ping’s Mental Strength broke through to commander tier nine, and he told Yao Sage, Qin Erlong, and Long Er that he would resist the mark and face Charles and those behind him.
• Yao Sage reported Su Ping’s breakthrough and resolve to the Legend, who suggested that Su Ping might be allowed to approach the Dragon Gate if he could withstand the mark’s effects.
• In space, the Legend watched an eagle-flagged fleet and said he finally had a reason to collect some interest.

Su Ping recovered after the press conference and returned to rest, while news of his achievement and the destruction of Eagle Country’s space fleet spread abroad. Olivia Connor approved his Heavenly Cycle Five Elements Body for Hall-level certification and endorsed his nomination to the World Hall of Fame Breeder Judging Committee.

• Su Ping left the Beast Tamer Association with Long Er and Dong Muyun, reassured Qin Xiaoxue by phone, and returned to the Heart of Myriad Spirits to sleep.
• Olivia Connor’s assistant Yiluo reported that a being from Dragon’s Country had destroyed Eagle Country’s space fleet and that Su Ping’s Super-Rank Skill had been submitted for Hall-level certification.
• Olivia reviewed Su Ping’s proposal and approved the Heavenly Cycle Five Elements Body as a Hall-level Super-Rank Skill.
• Olivia endorsed Feng Ya’s nomination of Su Ping to the World Hall of Fame Breeder Judging Committee, pending the final vote.
• Olivia told Yiluo that Su Ping was likely to become the third committee member and the Crown Breeder of the ninety-eighth Hall of Fame Super-Rank Skill.

After the Jianghai send-off, Su Ping departed for Demon City aboard the Proud Dragon to pick up Qin Xiaoxue before heading to the Imperial City. Qin Xiaoxue and her friends joined him for the trip, and the Proud Dragon flew toward the Imperial City with all four aboard.

• At the send-off ceremony, Su Ping apologized to the other Jianghai competitors for his pre-assessment publicity stunt and said he would travel to Demon City separately to pick someone up.
• Su Ping left the association aboard the Proud Dragon, while Vice President Xu explained the aircraft’s rarity and prestige to Yan Fan and the other competitors.
• At Demon City Academy, Qin Xiaoxue waited with Lu Xiaolu and Ling Xiaoxiao, who teased her about meeting Su Ping.
• Su Ping landed the Proud Dragon at the academy, greeted Qin Xiaoxue, and showed her his aircraft.
• Qin Xiaoxue asked Lu Xiaolu and Ling Xiaoxiao to leave, but they joined Su Ping and Qin Xiaoxue aboard the Proud Dragon.
• Su Ping, Qin Xiaoxue, Lu Xiaolu, and Ling Xiaoxiao departed for the Imperial City.

Su Ping received news that Mu Hang had died and reflected on the need to become strong enough to protect those around him. After learning that his Heavenly Cycle Five Elements Body had entered the Hall of Fame top hundred, he asked Zhu Hong about Meng Huangliang and arrived in the Imperial City with plans to learn more.

• Sun Chaoju told Su Ping that Mu Hang had been buried, and Su Ping offered his condolences while contemplating the danger his rising status could bring to others.
• Zhu Hong told Su Ping that Heavenly Cycle Five Elements Body had ranked ninety-eighth among Hall-level Super-Rank Skills, and Su Ping reviewed the listing and added a note about its origins.
• Su Ping called Zhu Hong to ask about Meng Huangliang, and Zhu Hong said Meng Huangliang was alive but had unusual circumstances and directed Su Ping to meet someone in Dragon City.
• Su Ping traveled aboard the Proud Dragon with Qin Xiaoxue, Ling Xiaoxiao, and Lu Xiaolu, and they arrived in the Imperial City.

Su Ping arrived at the Dragon Dynasty Club, where several powerful figures tried to persuade him to choose their Dragon City Inheritance Grounds. Master Leng proposed a demonstration of their strength, and the chapter ended with the group preparing to stage a contest at the club.

• Zhu Hong welcomed Su Ping to the Dragon Dynasty Club and reassured him that he was safe before offering him a Golden Dragon Membership Card.
• Zhu Hong urged Su Ping to consider the City of Five Colors and its elemental dragons as a source for a Dragon Pet.
• Master Leng and Master Yin Luo arrived and argued that Su Ping should consider the Burial Grounds and its rare Undead-type and Darkness Element dragons.
• Sang Sage arrived with Yao Sage and Cloud Sage, who invited Su Ping to consider the Four Seas Dragon Palace and Emerald Dreamland, respectively.
• Master Leng proposed that the gathered representatives demonstrate their dragons' strength, and Zhu Hong, Yao Sage, and Cloud Sage agreed.

Su Ping toured the Dragon Dynasty Club and watched several experts demonstrate rare dragon inheritances, including Ghost Dragon death skills and an Elf Dragon’s Life Sharing. The Ice Dragon King revealed that Su Ping might be allowed to approach the Dragon Gate, leaving him undecided about which inheritance grounds to join before entering Dragon City the next morning.

• Wang Delong showed Su Ping the club’s enormous Mustard Seed Arena, and Zhu Hong explained how its crystals let powerful pets spar without affecting the outside.
• Master Leng demonstrated Old Ghost’s Ghost God Descent, Impermanence Rope, Judge’s Brush, and Yama’s Decree, while Zhu Hong noted the weaknesses of Ghost God Descent.
• The Cloud Sage demonstrated Lan Meng’s Life Sharing and described Emerald Dreamland’s Fairy Dragon skill Fantasy Materialization, which drew Su Ping’s interest.
• The Ice Dragon King arrived, invited Su Ping into her harem, and learned from Yao Sage that he might be allowed to approach the Dragon Gate.
• Yao Sage told Su Ping that the Four Seas Dragon Palace was restoring the cultivation method for Nie Chuan’s Hall-level Super-Rank Skill, All Rivers Run to the Sea.
• Su Ping admitted that he had not chosen an inheritance ground and asked whether he could join them all, then decided to seek the Sacred Dragon Legend’s advice after entering Dragon City.

Huang Tianbing struggled to manage the Celestial Observatory’s dangerous, unstable mystic realms and considered asking Su Ping for help. In Dragon City, Su Ping met Lord Sacred Dragon and Old Zhu, a Legend Tier nine Torch Dragon who offered him an exceptionally rare Time Element dragon breed.

• Huang Tianbing heard that another unstable mystic realm in Xiliang Province had destroyed its resources and killed Celestial Observatory members, and Deputy Minister Lin discussed staffing shortages and missing Spatial Shatterers.
• Huang Tianbing considered seeking Su Ping’s help but recognized that he could not simply command him to assist the Celestial Observatory.
• Zhu Hong escorted Su Ping through a strange boundary into Dragon City, where Su Ping encountered an unusual being that Zhu Hong could not see or hear.
• The Sacred Dragon Legend brought Su Ping to a floating pavilion and introduced the being as Old Zhu, Dragon City’s senior Dragon King and its only dragon to master the time attribute, at Legend Tier nine.
• Old Zhu offered Su Ping a rare Time Element dragon breed and claimed it was among the most unusual pet beasts on Blue Star.

Su Ping agreed to research Old Zhu’s rare Time Element dragon species, which had not yet returned from the River of Time, in exchange for access to Dragon City’s other Inheritance Grounds. The Sacred Dragon Legend explained the growth of Beast Tamer talents and discussed the nation’s plans for Su Ping’s ties to the Flame and Water Venerables, leaving Su Ping baffled by the false rumor that he favored Mutant Forms.

• Su Ping accepted Old Zhu’s arrangement to research the Time Element dragon species before participating in research at Dragon City’s other Inheritance Grounds.
• The Sacred Dragon Legend brought Su Ping into a private consciousness space and explained how talents, Meditation Methods, and mastery of Rule Power affected Beast Tamers’ advancement.
• The Sacred Dragon Legend said the Mechanical Association was interested in Feifei’s Dreamheart and urged Su Ping to consider lowering its costs.
• The Sacred Dragon Legend described how the Dragon Nation planned to help Su Ping uncover the Flame Venerable’s inherited breeding methods and develop Shark Ji’s independent will.
• The Sacred Dragon Legend offered Su Ping access to surviving Super-Rank Skill cultivation methods if he succeeded, then explained the difficulty of reaching Transcendent skill levels and mastering Rule Power.
• The Sacred Dragon Legend revealed that the Time Element dragon species was a Mutant Form that could transform into a dragon, and Su Ping wondered how rumors had falsely portrayed him as a fan of mutated pet beasts.

Su Ping learned about the Heavenly Tomb’s possible Myth-level secrets and the Dragon Gate’s role in dragon reproduction before Sacred Dragon Legend offered him a chance to make preliminary contact with it. Su Ping also discovered that the Elixir of Immortality was held by Lion Country’s royal family and that Meng Huangliang was alive but trapped in a severely damaged mental state; he asked to visit Meng before Sacred Dragon Legend took him to the Dragon Gate.

• Su Ping told Sacred Dragon Legend he wanted to enter the Heavenly Tomb, and the man warned that it might contain secrets and resurrection methods tied to a Myth-level being.
• Sacred Dragon Legend explained how Dragon Souls and Dragon God Blood produced dragons, then offered Su Ping preliminary contact with the Dragon Gate.
• Su Ping asked about the Elixir of Immortality, and Sacred Dragon Legend said it was held by Lion Country’s royal family after Erslyn Connor surrendered it following the Green Forest Calamity.
• Su Ping asked whether Meng Huangliang was alive, and Sacred Dragon Legend explained that an ambush during Dream Entry had left Meng unable to distinguish dreams from reality.
• Su Ping asked to visit Meng Huangliang at the Source of Life Sanatorium, and Sacred Dragon Legend agreed before taking him to see the Dragon Gate.

Su Ping visited the Dragon Gate with Sacred Dragon Legend and unexpectedly earned its recognition, ascending four steps despite being a Commander Rank Beast Tamer without a Dragon Pet. He gained a strengthening Dragon Mark and the ability to appraise whether a living being could transform into a dragon, then left to rest before the Final Test and planned to meet Meng Huangliang.

• Sacred Dragon Legend brought Su Ping to the Dragon Gate and explained that its steps granted benefits, though its interior remained inaccessible.
• Su Ping climbed the first three steps and received a Dragon Mark that strengthened his Dragon-related talents and appeared on his hands.
• Su Ping reached the fourth step, gaining the Dragon Gate's ability to appraise whether a living being had permission to transform into a dragon.
• The Dragon Gate blasted Su Ping from the steps when he tried to climb higher, and Sacred Dragon Legend caught him.
• Sacred Dragon Legend attributed Su Ping's progress to Dragon Might, then returned with him to the pavilion and advised him to rest before the Final Test.
• Su Ping left Sacred Dragon Legend and looked forward to meeting Meng Huangliang.

Su Ping visited Meng Yan at the Source of Life Sanatorium and learned how the man’s belief that reality was a dream protected him from interrogation. Their discussion of Dream Entry clarified its limits and inspired Su Ping to pursue a Feifei-centered breeding research direction involving dreams.

• Su Ping left Dragon City and traveled with Long Er to the Source of Life Sanatorium to visit Meng Yan.
• Meng Yan recognized Su Ping but insisted that he was a fictional character in a dream and explained how he dismissed apparent evidence as part of its construction.
• Su Ping told Meng Yan the story of Zhuangzi dreaming he was a butterfly, and Meng Yan explained how dreams needed a believable foundation to remain stable.
• Meng Yan clarified that Dream Entry attacked an opponent’s mind and soul within a dream rather than creating the real Dream Realm Su Ping had imagined, and described the skill’s limitations.
• Su Ping thanked Meng Yan, said he would return with Feifei’s achievement concerning dreams, and settled on a breeding research direction centered on Feifei.

Su Ping studied how dreams might help Feifei evolve, then meditated while a growing crowd of powerful visitors arrived to see him. The chapter ended with Chen Zhan, Huang Tianbing, and Wu Kuang waiting outside because Su Ping’s assistant refused to interrupt his meditation.

• Su Ping discussed dream construction with Feifei and admitted that creating a real dream might not reveal Feifei’s evolutionary opportunity.
• Su Ping asked Feifei to have Dong Muyun send Dreamheart Helmets and then went to meditate.
• Chen Zhan arrived at the Dragon Dynasty Club with Yan Fan and Li Yaoyao to visit Su Ping.
• Huang Tianbing waited in the reception hall because Su Ping was meditating and he lacked Su Ping’s private phone number.
• Wu Kuang arrived to see Su Ping, but Long Er refused to interrupt him and warned that she would relay Wu Kuang’s threat to Lord Sacred Dragon.

Su Ping met with Mad Sage Wu Kuang and Vice President Zhang Lan, who investigated Feifei’s unusual Mechanical Core and explained the Mechanic Association’s research into cultivating metal element cores. Their conversation activated a Myriad Spirits Codex analysis of Feifei’s mutation, and after they left, Cloud Sage arrived with a surprising suggestion for evolving Feifei.

• Chen Zhan and the other visitors waited outside Su Ping’s residence while prominent figures, including Cloud Sage, sought an audience with him.
• Wu Kuang and Zhang Lan introduced themselves and examined Feifei’s core, speculating that it came from a metal element core formed in unusual Psychic Element metal.
• Wu Kuang and Zhang Lan described the Mechanic Association’s efforts to cultivate metal element cores and invited Su Ping to visit and advise them.
• The Myriad Spirits Codex revealed that it could analyze part of the cause of Feifei’s mutation, requiring further Record experience.
• Su Ping agreed to receive Dreamheart helmets and discuss a partnership with the Mechanic Association, then invited Cloud Sage inside.
• Cloud Sage asked about Wu Kuang’s visit, and Su Ping asked how to evolve Feifei before she offered a suggestion that surprised him.

The Cloud Sage suggested freeing Feifei’s mind and soul from its Mechanical Core, but Feifei’s reluctance and weak Mental Strength left Su Ping uncertain about the dangerous evolution. When Feifei reached its limit awakening Dreamheart helmets, Su Ping visited the Mechanic Association and discovered a way to perfect a mutated cultivation method.

• The Cloud Sage proposed that Su Ping find Feifei a temporary residence and extract its mind and soul from the Mechanical Core, while Feifei said it did not want to abandon its body and might not survive independently.
• Su Ping received several visitors, including Huang Tianbing, and agreed to cooperate with the Celestial Observatory.
• Feifei told Su Ping it could no longer awaken more Dreamheart helmets after reaching roughly fifty, prompting him to seek a way to improve its Mental Strength.
• Su Ping accompanied Wu Kuang to the Mechanic Association, where he learned about experiments using primordial magnetic vibrant gold to produce metal element cores.
• The Myriad Spirits Codex reduced the experience needed to analyze Feifei’s mutation and offered to perfect the Mechanical Spirit Mutated Cultivation method, which Su Ping chose to do.

Su Ping used the Myriad Spirits Codex to discover that Feifei was a rare psychic-metal elemental spirit whose unusual nature allowed it to fuse with unawakened Mechanical Cores. He tested the discovery, and Feifei fused with a core, reached Elite Tier Three, and learned a skill.

• Su Ping spent Record experience to uncover a second mechanical awakening method and reduce the cost of analyzing Feifei’s mutation.
• The Codex revealed that Feifei had originated from a Stone of Imagination vein and possessed a rare compatibility with unawakened Mechanical Cores.
• Su Ping realized Feifei’s ability to imprint Dreamhearts on Mechanical Cores might come from that compatibility, and asked Wu Kuang for unawakened cores to test.
• Wu Kuang provided ten cores, and Su Ping suggested that adding Soul Fragments could improve the Mechanic Association’s awakening experiments.
• Su Ping had Feifei connect with an unawakened core, and the two cores fused into an oval form as Feifei reached Elite Tier Three and learned a skill.

Su Ping discovered that feeding blank Mechanical Cores to Feifei raised its level and improved its Host mutation skill, bringing it close to evolution. After Feifei described what it still needed, Su Ping headed to the Source of Life Sanatorium to see Meng Huangliang, while Feifei watched Xiao Qing and Qianyi clash and began planning to surpass them.

• Su Ping fused ten blank Mechanical Cores into Feifei, raising it to Elite Tier Six and improving Host to Proficient.
• Su Ping saw the Light of Evolution flicker around Feifei and learned that it remembered being born in a long-ago Mystic Realm.
• Feifei told Su Ping it needed a stronger main body, a complete Local Area Network ecosystem, and a powerful combat skill to evolve.
• Su Ping considered Dream Entry and Fantasy Materialization as possible skills for Feifei, then set off with Long Er to visit Meng Huangliang at the Source of Life Sanatorium.
• Feifei entered the Beast Taming Space, where it provoked Xiao Qing and Qianyi into fighting by saying Qianyi had called Xiao Qing the master's strongest pet beast.
• Feifei recorded their fight and created a Dreamheart 2.0 plan focused on designing skills and combatants modeled on Xiao Qing and Qianyi.

Su Ping gave Meng Huangliang a Dreamheart device to help him pass the time, then returned to the Dragon Dynasty Club to prepare for the youth assessment’s Final Test. There, President Feng Ya presented him with tea that advanced his cultivation and officially promoted him to Master Breeder.

• Su Ping visited Meng Huangliang and offered him the Dreamheart, while Meng Huangliang dismissed it as another attempt to deceive him.
• After leaving the sanatorium, Su Ping told Long Er he hoped the Dreamheart might help Meng Huangliang and headed to the skill training room to prepare for the Final Test.
• Su Ping found Master Zhu Hong and President Feng Ya waiting for him at the Dragon Dynasty Club.
• Feng Ya shared Panlong Bodhi Enlightenment Ancient Tea with Su Ping, and the tea raised Su Ping’s cultivation to the peak of Commander Tier Ten.
• Feng Ya gave Su Ping a Master Breeder badge and signing document, officially promoting him despite his not meeting the usual requirements.

Su Ping discussed research projects and Master Breeder privileges with Feng Ya and Zhu Hong, then watched Meng Huangliang test the Dreamheart helmet. The game left Meng Huangliang wondering whether he had entered a second dream and caused him to notice a small increase in his sealed Mental Strength.

• Su Ping learned that he could apply for a Saint Spirit Tier resource for each valuable pet beast research project and told Feng Ya and Zhu Hong about his work on cheaper Mechanical Cores.
• Feng Ya discussed how space affected pet beasts’ strength and encouraged Su Ping’s idea for a skill that increased a beast’s power along with its size.
• Feifei told Su Ping that Meng Huangliang had connected to the Dreamheart helmet, and Su Ping watched him explore the game, play in the village, and die fighting a dungeon boss.
• After waking in the Source of Life Sanatorium, Meng Huangliang found that his sealed Mental Strength had increased slightly and wondered whether the game had been a second dream.

Su Ping discussed ways to develop Dream Entry into a Psychic Element skill that could inflict real harm through dreams, but he could not solve the key problem of making mental damage affect the body. After watching the horror movie Eighth Consciousness, he realized that fear might provide a new direction for refining his skill module.

• Su Ping explained his theories about entering and controlling dreams to Qin Xiaoxue, including hypnosis and making others enter a beast's dream.
• Su Ping identified the central obstacle in developing Dream Entry: finding a way for dream-based mental damage to kill an enemy in reality.
• Qin Xiaoxue persuaded Su Ping to stop researching and watch a horror movie with her and Long Er before the Final Test.
• The movie portrayed a fear-feeding rule-type beast born from humanity's Alaya Consciousness and ended by hinting at another incarnation of emotion.
• After the movie, Su Ping connected its central theme of fear to his unfinished skill module.

The Professional Assessment's Final Test opened with demanding preliminary rules and rewards that included Dragon Pets and a chance to awaken a second talent. Su Ping remained confident as he spoke with Ye Zhou about his connections to the commentators, then prepared to enter the venue.

• Liu Xun announced that the 260 contestants would fight ten preliminary matches with five-minute breaks and no organizer-provided recovery, needing at least eight victories to advance.
• Ye Zhou visited Su Ping's lounge and hinted at a secret move after Su Ping declared that taking first place should pose no problem.
• Liu Xun revealed tiered rewards including Emperor Tier resources, beast cubs, Dragon Pets for the top five, Spiritual Flame Seeds for the top three, and a mystery prize for the champion.
• Liu Xun introduced Lu Guangming, Zhang Lan, and Wang Shengtian as the Final Test's commentators.
• Su Ping told Ye Zhou that he had declined Lu Guangming's speaking invitation and a Mechanic Association council position offered after his experimental contribution.
• Su Ping described Wang Shengtian's attempt to arrange his granddaughter as Su Ping's concubine, then called Ye Zhou to leave as the contestants' entrance began.

Su Ping appeared at the national Beast Tamer competition, answered questions in a pre-battle interview, and learned that his first opponent was Zhou Yuan. Just as their match began, Zhou Yuan surrendered, leaving Su Ping’s opening battle unresolved.

• Liu Xun interviewed Ye Zhou and Chen Zhan before asking Su Ping about his feelings and what kind of girl he liked.
• Su Ping said he preferred a girl who was relatively open and straightforward, and Qin Xiaoxue reacted with interest.
• The random draw sent Su Ping to Arena 31 to face Zhou Yuan, a commander-peak contestant who had placed fifth in the Minyue Province Provincial Assessment.
• Referee Li Ran explained the rules and announced that the match would take place in the simulated Lakeheart Island environment.
• Su Ping summoned Xiao Qing and Qianyi as the countdown ended, but Zhou Yuan immediately surrendered.

Su Ping defeated Fang Xu in the Final Test by using Xiao Qing to carry Jade Demon Poison through the spreading flames, then helped neutralize the poison. He advanced to two victories in two battles, while the commentators recognized Xiao Qing as a major threat alongside Qianyi.

• Su Ping chose Ancient Jungle terrain for his second battle after Fang Xu complained about facing Situ Yan and then Su Ping.
• Fang Xu advanced through the jungle with his Jadefire Spider, Fire-Patterned Fierce Tiger, and Flame Giant Crow, using Spirit Wood Fire to burn a path toward Su Ping.
• Xiao Qing spread Jade Demon Poison through the flames, poisoning Fang Xu’s three pet beasts before the Ring of Flames could trap Su Ping.
• Fang Xu felt the poison spreading to him and conceded, giving Su Ping his second victory.
• Su Ping had Xiao Qing neutralize the poison, and the commentators warned that Xiao Qing’s poison made it a serious threat.

Su Ping advanced through the first round as most opponents surrendered, while he studied the other leading competitors and their unusual pet beasts. After the round ended, Ye Zhou approached him with the Hourglass of Time, leaving Su Ping wary of the mysterious pet beast and its connection to Qianyi.

• Zhou Yuan won his match and decided that surrendering to Su Ping had been the sensible choice after learning about Fang Xu’s lingering injuries from Su Ping’s venomous wolf.
• Su Ping’s next opponents surrendered, and he advanced through the first round while watching other competitors, including Dong Muxuan, whose Space-type pet beasts enabled fast attacks against Beast Tamers.
• Su Ping watched Dong Muxuan lose to Mu Hanchan, whose Great Elemental Spirit used the Ice-type Super-Rank Skill Absolute Zero to freeze the Weaving Sky Spider.
• Su Ping reviewed Ye Zhou’s four battles and saw that Ye Zhou had relied only on his Growth-Ring Tiger, while the Ice-Speaking Cicada and Hourglass of Time remained out of combat.
• After forty-eight contestants qualified for the second round, Ye Zhou approached Su Ping with the Hourglass of Time and said he had visited Linzhou after Su Ping’s Provincial Assessment speech.
• Ye Zhou remarked that Su Ping’s pet beasts pressured him, and Qianyi’s figure appeared in the Hourglass of Time’s reflection.