Recaps

Su Ping learned about the Myriad Manifestations Meditation Method and received advice from Qin Xiaoxue about choosing his second pet beast. Meanwhile, Vice President Liu warned Sun Chaoju to honor their wager, and Qin Erlong began suspecting his granddaughter had fallen for Su Ping.

• Qin Xiaoxue told Su Ping that spirit-nourishing ancient tea aided meditation and explained the Myriad Manifestations Meditation Method.
• Qin Xiaoxue advised Su Ping to choose a plant-type or undead-type second pet beast if he wanted to pursue the Demon City Advanced Beast Taming Academy’s advanced meditation methods.
• Vice President Liu told Sun Chaoju to honor the wager and warned him against antagonizing Su Ping.
• Qin Erlong wondered whether Qin Xiaoxue had taken a liking to Su Ping and called an old woman to tell her about them.

After drinking Spirit-Nurturing Ancient Tea, Su Ping advanced to ordinary seventh rank, strengthening Xiao Qing and increasing how many Forest Wolves he could link through Connection Sharing. He organized nighttime training for the wolves and arranged to discuss renting out his beasts with Uncle Guan, then received Li Shu’s message about tomorrow’s gathering.

• Su Ping meditated with the Spirit-Nurturing Ancient Tea and advanced from ordinary fifth rank to ordinary seventh rank.
• Su Ping sensed that his breakthrough raised Xiao Qing’s cultivation to ordinary sixth rank and increased his Connection Sharing limit from fifteen beasts to seventeen.
• Su Ping gathered the Forest Wolves and split them into groups to practice Self-Healing and Tree Vine Strangulation under Old Sha’s supervision.
• Su Ping messaged Uncle Guan to arrange a meeting about renting out his beasts the next morning.
• Li Shu messaged Su Ping that he would attend the gathering tomorrow.

Su Ping arranged to rent out sixteen Forest Wolves to Yuntian while Manager Guan tried to persuade him to sell Woodheart’s land. At the resort, Su Ping ran into his classmates, and Zhou Shuchen insulted the wolves just as Su Ping spotted Li Shu.

• Su Ping reviewed and accepted Yuntian’s rental contract, with the condition that he could suspend rentals whenever necessary.
• Manager Guan offered to buy Woodheart’s land, but Su Ping refused and brought him to see the Forest Wolves.
• Qin Xiaoxue waited with Wooden Head and sixteen other Forest Wolves, noting Wooden Head’s progress and worrying about Yuntian’s ties to the Skycloud Group.
• Manager Guan arranged for the wolves to be taken to the training facilities, then urged Su Ping to consider selling the land.
• Su Ping encountered Zhou Shuchen and spotted Li Shu, but Zhou Shuchen mocked him for renting out his Forest Wolves.

Su Ping and Qin Xiaoxue confronted Zhou Shuchen after he insulted the Forest Wolves, and Qin Xiaoxue revealed a mutated Life Ancient Tree to make Zhang Guowei back down. Su Ping left for the beast battle arena with Qin Xiaoxue and Li Shu, whose boasts confused her until Su Ping teased her.

• Zhou Shuchen called the Forest Wolves trash, and Qin Xiaoxue had Wooden Head threaten him while Su Ping challenged his attitude toward beasts.
• Zhang Guowei arrived and objected to Qin Xiaoxue's beast attacking people, so she summoned a mutated Life Ancient Tree and cited beasts' rights.
• Su Ping told Qin Xiaoxue that teaching Zhou Shuchen a lesson was enough, and she withdrew the Life Ancient Tree before they headed to the beast battle arena.
• Li Shu ran after Su Ping, introduced himself to Qin Xiaoxue, and claimed to be skilled in the six arts of a gentleman.
• Su Ping explained that Li Shu's six arts were internet jokes and teased Qin Xiaoxue, who realized the insult and glared at him.

Su Ping brought his Forest Wolves to Yuntian's open-air training grounds, where Zhou Shuchen resented his choices and his attention from Yin Yin. Zhou challenged Su Ping to a pet beast battle in front of their classmates.

• Su Ping saw the costly battle facilities at Yuntian's resort and took his Forest Wolves to the open-air training grounds.
• Qin Xiaoxue received a call and left for Linzhou City, prompting Li Shu to tease Su Ping about his supposed girl-chasing skills.
• Zhou Shuchen arrived with the classmates and privately judged Su Ping for rejecting Zhang Guowei's offer and choosing to live off his family.
• Su Ping apologized to Yin Yin for Li Shu's teasing, and Yin Yin replied that Li Shu had not been wrong, drawing cheers from their classmates.
• Zhou Shuchen, angered by the attention Su Ping received, challenged him to a pet beast battle.

Su Ping accepted Zhou Shuchen’s paid challenge and sent Little Dot to fight Zhou’s Red Fang Tiger, Red Cloud. Little Dot defeated Red Cloud in an instant, and Zhou accused Su Ping of cheating because the Forest Wolf was already ordinary sixth rank.

• Li Shu criticized Zhou Shuchen for challenging Su Ping despite the difference in their pets’ experience and elemental matchup.
• Su Ping agreed to battle Zhou Shuchen after demanding payment to rent Little Dot.
• Zhou summoned Red Cloud, whose Flame Pounce and Zhou’s fire affinity impressed the watching classmates.
• Little Dot used Woodheart-enhanced Accelerated Growth to grow larger, then knocked Red Cloud aside and bit it unconscious.
• Zhou realized Little Dot was an ordinary sixth-rank Forest Wolf and accused Su Ping of cheating.

Su Ping earned money by renting out his Forest Wolves for beast battles while Zhou Shuchen grew increasingly resentful after Little Dot defeated his Red Fang Tiger. When twin brothers needed two suitable opponents, Su Ping agreed and finally summoned Xiao Qing.

• Su Ping congratulated Little Dot for defeating Zhou Shuchen's Red Fang Tiger, then reminded Zhou Shuchen that he had never specified a contracted beast for their match.
• Zhou Shuchen challenged Su Ping to another battle, and Su Ping told him to wait until his injured Red Fang Tiger recovered.
• Li Shu and Yin Yin fought classmates with their beasts, drawing spectators and helping Su Ping rent out his Forest Wolves.
• Su Ping told Li Shu that the battles had earned him a little over twelve thousand, while Zhou Shuchen seethed and waited for Red Fang to recover.
• Twin brothers asked Su Ping for two Forest Wolves to fight their beasts, and Su Ping summoned Xiao Qing as the second opponent.

Su Ping summoned his mutant Forest Wolf Xiao Qing, and Xiao Qing and Little Dot defeated two coordinated Forest Wolves from a pair of elite academy students. After the battle, Zhou Shuchen was left facing the question of whether he still intended to fight Su Ping.

• Su Ping summoned Xiao Qing, revealing a mutant Forest Wolf whose unusual size and lustrous fur drew the students' attention.
• Two twin Beast Tamers sent their Forest Wolves to fight Xiao Qing and Little Dot, using coordinated attacks to pressure Little Dot.
• Xiao Qing unleashed Poison Vine Strangulation, paralyzing one opponent with poison and helping the pair defeat both Forest Wolves in under thirty seconds.
• A staff member treated the twins' Forest Wolves and returned Zhou Shuchen's recovered Red Fang Tiger to him.
• Li Shu asked Zhou Shuchen whether he and Su Ping were still going to fight, drawing everyone's attention to Zhou Shuchen.

Su Ping spoke with Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu, who were impressed by his Forest Wolves and asked about his breeding services. Zhang Guowei introduced him to Junior Breeder Jin Sheng, but the twins grew uncertain about entrusting their pets to a young, unproven Breeder.

• Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu introduced themselves to Su Ping and explained how their Mind Link talent helped them coordinate their attacks.
• The twins asked about Woodheart's pet development services, and Su Ping told them he was the Breeder and invited them to visit.
• Zhang Guowei praised Su Ping and introduced Jin Sheng, a Junior Breeder from the Fire King Company's breeding department.
• Jin Sheng offered to answer Su Ping's questions, and Su Ping shook his hand despite noticing Jin Sheng's condescending manner.
• Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu doubted whether they should spend money on a Breeder who was still a student and had no reputation.

Su Ping listened as Jin Sheng explained the Junior Breeder exam and offered to connect him with an Intermediate Breeder who could advise him. Qin Xiaoxue then called to say Old Liu had arrived with Su Ping’s certificate and was waiting outside the gate.

• Jin Sheng asked whether Su Ping had begun preparing for the Junior Breeder exam, and Su Ping said he had not.
• Jin Sheng described the exam requirements, including choosing a specialty and handling practical assessments with pet beasts.
• Zhou Shuchen resented Su Ping and blamed his own family’s finances for holding back his Beast Tamer career.
• Jin Sheng offered Su Ping Teacher Zhao’s number and suggested asking which exam would use Forest Wolves.
• Qin Xiaoxue called Su Ping and said Old Liu had brought his certificate and was waiting outside the gate.

Su Ping learned what the Intermediate Breeder examination required and heard Jin Sheng explain ways to acquire skill-training methods. President Liu arrived with Su Ping’s Intermediate Breeder certificate, leaving Jin Sheng stunned when he recognized the association president.

• Qin Xiaoxue argued with Su Ping over why she had failed to call before arriving, while Vice President Liu hurried to deliver Su Ping’s certificate.
• Su Ping asked Jin Sheng about the Intermediate Breeder examination, and Jin Sheng described its skill-training requirement and several ways to learn the methods.
• Jin Sheng invited Su Ping to consider joining the Fire King Company, but Su Ping declined for the time being.
• Qin Xiaoxue and Vice President Liu arrived, and Su Ping greeted Liu as the president of the Breeder Association.
• Jin Sheng recognized President Liu and stood in stunned disbelief as Liu handed over Su Ping’s Intermediate Breeder certificate.

Su Ping received his Intermediate Forest Wolf Specialist Breeder certification from Vice President Liu, leaving Jin Sheng stunned by his achievement. Jin Sheng then recognized Su Ping’s skill and recommended him to the Zhang brothers as possibly the best Forest Wolf Breeder in Linzhou or Jianghai Province.

• Vice President Liu personally presented Su Ping with his Intermediate Breeder certification and registered Woodheart and its Forest Wolf skill training with the Breeder Association.
• Su Ping thanked Vice President Liu, who asked to witness Su Ping’s future bet with young Sun before leaving.
• Jin Sheng examined Su Ping’s blue badge and certification, amazed that Su Ping complained about their ordinary metal.
• Zhang Wen asked Jin Sheng whether Su Ping was a capable breeder because he and Zhang Wu wanted training for their Forest Wolves.
• Jin Sheng told the Zhang brothers that Su Ping might be the best Forest Wolf Breeder in Linzhou or even Jianghai Province.

The Breeder Association publicly announced that Su Ping had become an eighteen-year-old Intermediate Breeder specializing in Forest Wolves, drawing attention to Woodheart Base. After a grueling day renting out wolves and seeing three improve their skills, Su Ping considered changing how he ran the rentals, but Qin Xiaoxue asked whether Manager Guan had been doing more than renting pet beasts from him.

• The Breeder Association announced Su Ping's promotion to Intermediate Breeder and introduced Woodheart Base and his rare Woodheart skill.
• Su Ping returned home exhausted after renting out Forest Wolves, while Qin Xiaoxue teased him about overworking for little money.
• Su Ping recalled that three of the sixteen Forest Wolves had advanced their skills through combat and decided he might hire sparring partners and support staff in the future.
• Qin Xiaoxue asked Su Ping whether Manager Guan had been doing more than renting pet beasts from him.

Su Ping learned that Skycloud Group and its chairwoman, Dong Muyun, were behind Manager Guan’s repeated attempts to buy his family’s land deed. He refused to sell and began investigating Dong Muyun, whose rare space-attribute pet beast caught his attention.

• Su Ping told Qin Xiaoxue that Manager Guan had repeatedly offered to buy his family’s land deed, and he explained why he suspected something was amiss.
• Qin Xiaoxue warned Su Ping not to sell and revealed that Skycloud Group was behind Yuntian Resort.
• Qin Xiaoxue said Skycloud Group chairwoman Dong Muyun had personally asked about Su Ping’s answer, but kept the matter secret even within the company.
• Su Ping thanked Qin Xiaoxue, who left after asking him to keep helping Wooden Head improve beyond Self-Healing.
• Su Ping searched online for Dong Muyun and read that she was at least a Monarch Rank Beast Tamer whose main pet beast was a rare space-attribute Sky-Roaming Fish.

Su Ping set his Woodheart breeding prices for the Zhang Brothers and considered expanding his business so it would support his Beast Tamer ambitions without consuming all his time. While he slept, a tiny figure appeared and vanished near the Spirit Creek River, and Old Sha sensed something strange.

• The Zhang Brothers asked Su Ping about his Forest Wolf services and business license, and he explained his Woodheart breeding fees and future Accelerated Casting training.
• Zhang Wen asked for a lower price, but Su Ping refused; the brothers left to discuss the cost with their family.
• Su Ping considered hiring assistants or building a pet beast breeding base, then arranged for the Forest Wolves to continue Self-Healing training before falling asleep from exhaustion.
• A tiny figure appeared from a ripple in space near the Spirit Creek River, looked around, and vanished.
• Old Sha sensed something unusual and looked toward the Spirit Creek River.

Dong Muyun dismissed Manager Guan and learned that spatial fluctuations were intensifying, while Su Ping struggled to handle the flood of attention after his Woodheart cultivation method drew notice. The chapter ended with another visitor arriving at Su Ping’s breeding base.

• Dong Muyun dismissed Manager Guan Qianshan and ordered him to supervise a breeding-base project on Crescent Island.
• Dong Muyun learned from the Silver Strange Fish that spatial fluctuations were growing stronger and decided to meet Su Ping.
• Su Ping discovered that Little Dot had learned Tree Vine Strangulation and Xiao Qing had learned Self-Healing.
• Su Ping fielded a flood of calls and visitors seeking breeding services, the Woodheart method, or to recruit him, and raised his price to five million.
• Su Ping watched Manager Guan board a bus with a suitcase, then greeted another visitor who had come to his breeding base.

Su Ping limited Woodheart’s training workload, taught Li Shu the basics, and used Forest Wolf manure to help care for a Falling Seed Pine whose record he hoped to activate. The chapter ended when Su Ping received notice that the expensive resources he had ordered had arrived.

• Su Ping assigned Li Shu reception duties and basic Forest Wolf training while limiting Woodheart to one Forest Wolf for training each week.
• Li Shu learned that his father, Li Senlin, was impressed by Su Ping’s intermediate breeder certificate and stayed at Woodheart to learn from him.
• Su Ping explained how Forest Wolf manure could reduce wolves’ hostility and help the Falling Seed Pine grow, while Li Shu volunteered to handle the droppings.
• Su Ping planned to raise his intimacy with the Falling Seed Pine and activate its Myriad Spirits Codex record for a reward.
• Su Ping received a message that his purchased materials had been delivered and wondered whether he could begin training the other Forest Wolves and feed Xiaoqing poison-type resources.

Su Ping tested Xiao Qing’s tolerance for poison-type resources by feeding him wolfbane aconite, but the plant did not improve Xiao Qing’s rank or skills. The Myriad Spirits Codex then reported better poison-training results and offered to reveal the cause and cultivation method of Xiao Qing’s bloodline mutation for 49,990 experience points.

• Su Ping checked a shipment of Woodheart Potion materials and poison-type resources, then took Xiao Qing to the infirmary.
• Su Ping fed Xiao Qing wolfbane aconite a flower at a time and saw no change in his condition.
• Su Ping prepared emergency treatment and gave Xiao Qing the rest of the plant, causing temporary symptoms that soon disappeared.
• Xiao Qing recovered without gaining a rank or changing his skills, but the Myriad Spirits Codex reported improved poison-training results.
• The Codex offered Su Ping an analysis of the Forest Wolf’s poison-type bloodline mutation and its cultivation method for 49,990 experience points.

Su Ping tested Xiao Qing after strengthening its poison bloodline and discovered that its Poison Vine Strangulation had advanced to proficient. He spent the day training the beasts and preparing to test Woodheart Potion ingredients, while Li Shu struggled to reconcile Su Ping’s ordinary chores with his image of a breeder.

• The Myriad Spirits Codex showed that analyzing Xiao Qing’s bloodline mutation required fewer experience points, and Su Ping resolved to improve his breeding skills so he could find Xiao Qing a suitable evolution.
• Su Ping tested Xiao Qing’s Poison Vine Entanglement on the elite Forest Wolf San Ha and noticed that the skill’s toxicity had increased.
• Xiao Qing’s Poison Vine Strangulation advanced from beginner to proficient, and Su Ping confirmed that Forest Wolves’ Tree Vine Strangulation practice could help improve it through Connection Sharing.
• Su Ping sent Xiao Qing, Wooden Head, and the other beasts back to training, then took Old Sha to pull weeds as he prepared to test Woodheart Potion ingredients.
• Li Shu told his father that he had spent the day shoveling poop, cutting grass, and watching beasts fight, leaving him bewildered about what a breeder’s work involved.

Su Ping experimented with Woodheart Potion and considered whether Wolf Smoke Grass could have a direct effect on Forest Wolves. The chapter ended with Wooden Head’s Self-Healing improving to Proficient, proving Su Ping had won his bet.

• Su Ping saved several bottles of Woodheart Potion and tested different doses on Forest Wolves, recording their reactions.
• Su Ping told Li Shu that the potion was special food for Forest Wolves, then wondered whether Wolf Smoke Grass itself affected them.
• Wooden Head began glowing as his injuries healed rapidly, despite having taken no potion in the experiment.
• Su Ping used True Eye to see that Wooden Head’s Self-Healing had advanced from Beginner to Proficient.

Su Ping tested whether Wolf Smoke Grass affected Forest Wolves taking Woodheart’s Magic Potion, while managing training and business at Woodheart. On the experiment’s sixth day, one test subject comprehended a skill after taking only six-tenths of the potion, prompting the Myriad Spirits Codex to update its Forest Wolf record.

• Su Ping trained the Forest Wolves and found that feeding Woodheart’s Magic Potion in portions helped them comprehend skills and improve their tiers.
• Su Ping nurtured Li Shu’s Falling Seed Pine and continued training newly arrived Forest Wolves as Woodheart’s business grew.
• Su Ping began an experiment in which one Forest Wolf ate Wolf Smoke Grass while another basked in the sun, giving both the same daily portion of Woodheart’s Magic Potion.
• Old Sha followed Su Ping to the Spirit Creek River each day, watching over him and the Forest Wolves despite Su Ping’s reassurances.
• On the experiment’s sixth day, the Forest Wolf eating Wolf Smoke Grass comprehended a skill after receiving six-tenths of the potion, and the Myriad Spirits Codex opened its Forest Wolf record.

Su Ping discovered that Wolf Smoke Grass strengthened a Forest Wolf’s Woodheart skill but lowered its level, prompting him to plan further experiments. After learning about the Breeder Association’s laboratories and equipment, he realized the cost of building his own lab was enormous and resolved to find customers and earn money.

• Su Ping examined the Forest Wolf that had learned Woodheart and found that its level had fallen from ordinary tier eight to ordinary tier seven.
• Su Ping recorded the result and harvested more Wolf Smoke Grass so he could extract its essence and conduct further experiments.
• Su Ping called Vice President Liu, who offered to send him equipment options, use his authorization to secure a discount, and invited him to a wolf-type Breeder class.
• Su Ping browsed the Breeder Association’s equipment listings and saw that a single extractor cost hundreds of millions.
• Su Ping resolved to attract customers, earn money, and build his own laboratory.

Su Ping used life energy from Qin Xiaoxue’s Life Ancient Tree to help Pinecone, Li Shu’s Falling Seed Pine, develop its combat skill. Pinecone’s affinity reached the threshold, and a new record appeared in Su Ping’s Myriad Spirits Codex.

• Su Ping returned with Old Sha and a weak Forest Wolf, then asked Li Shu to process Wolf Smoke Grass in the Medicine Furnace under Old Sha’s supervision.
• Su Ping checked on Pinecone, whose level had reached ordinary third rank but whose affinity had not yet met the threshold.
• Su Ping brought out life energy discharged by Qin Xiaoxue’s Life Ancient Tree to attract Pinecone.
• The life energy entered Pinecone and helped it comprehend Pinecone Cannonball, which it launched as a fruit that exploded in midair.
• Pinecone’s affinity reached the threshold, and a new record appeared in Su Ping’s Myriad Spirits Codex.

Su Ping activated the Falling Seed Pine record in the Myriad Spirits Codex and gained mind communication, then began testing the ability with the Forest Wolves. Meanwhile, Li Shu struggled through hours of exhausting medicinal preparation and questioned whether he wanted to become a Breeder.

• Su Ping activated the Falling Seed Pine record and received the mind communication ability as an origin reward.
• Su Ping read the Falling Seed Pine record and learned about its traits, preferences, and limited record experience.
• Su Ping faintly understood the young Falling Seed Pine’s words and went to test mind communication with the Forest Wolves.
• Li Shu’s medicinal preparation wore him down as he pounded ingredients and controlled the furnace for hours.
• Li Shu considered giving up but forced himself to begin the final stage of the preparation.

After Li Shu left, Su Ping continued developing Woodheart and training the Forest Wolves while investigating Old Sha’s warning about an unfamiliar presence near the Spirit Creek River. As a tiny white figure emerged from the river, Old Sha lunged at it.

• Li Shu returned home with his father, Li Senlin, after helping Su Ping at Woodheart, and Su Ping declined Li Senlin’s cash gift.
• Su Ping tested Wolf Smoke Grass on laboratory mice, saw no notable effects, and put the experiments on hold.
• Su Ping completed Woodheart training for twenty-six Forest Wolves and began seeking ways to teach them coordinated group combat.
• Su Ping visited the Spirit Creek River at night with Old Sha and Xiao Qing to investigate the unfamiliar presence Old Sha had sensed.
• A tiny snowy-white figure emerged from the river, and Old Sha lunged at it.