Chapter Summaries

Qin Xiaoxue rejected Sun Chaoju’s attempt to refund her fee and persuade her to return to the Wolf Den Breeding Base, insisting she trusted Su Ping to train Wooden Head. The office fell silent when she received Su Ping’s message that the training had succeeded.

• Sun Chaoju apologized to Qin Xiaoxue for the Wolf Den Breeding Base’s mistake and offered to refund her fee and retrain Wooden Head for free.
• Qin Xiaoxue asked Qin Erlong about Dong Muyun of Skycloud Group, then refused Sun Chaoju’s refund and declined further training at Wolf Den.
• Chairman Liu and Sun Chaoju warned Qin Xiaoxue that the Woodheart Breeding Base could not teach Woodheart and that Su Ping was inexperienced.
• Qin Xiaoxue defended her trust in Su Ping and prepared to leave without explaining why she believed him.
• Qin Xiaoxue received Su Ping’s message that Wooden Head’s training had succeeded, and everyone in the office objected that it was impossible.

Qin Xiaoxue brought her grandfather and two breeders to Su Ping’s base to verify that Wooden Head had learned Woodheart. Sun Chaoju and Vice President Liu saw the skill confirmed and were left stunned.

• Sun Chaoju insisted that a newly graduated student could not teach a Forest Wolf Woodheart, but Qin Xiaoxue defended Su Ping and took the group to his base.
• Qin Xiaoxue arrived with Qin Erlong, Vice President Liu, and Sun Chaoju, who suspected Su Ping was using a trick.
• The group entered and saw Wooden Head affectionately licking Su Ping’s hand, then Qin Xiaoxue embraced her excited pet beast.
• Qin Erlong introduced himself as Qin Xiaoxue’s grandfather, while Sun Chaoju used True Eye to inspect Wooden Head.
• Sun Chaoju saw that Wooden Head had learned Woodheart at Beginner level, and Vice President Liu exclaimed in disbelief.

Su Ping demonstrated his Forest Wolf Wooden Head’s Woodheart cultivation before Qin Xiaoxue and the breeders, earning the recognition of Qin Erlong and Vice President Liu. After Qin Xiaoxue paid him 5 million yuan, Sun Chaoju offered free skill training, but Su Ping said his Woodheart provided the same service for a high price.

• Su Ping acted dismissive when Vice President Liu questioned whether he had bred Wooden Head, and Qin Xiaoxue’s confidence in his abilities convinced the older men he was a genius breeder.
• Sun Chaoju summoned his Cloud-Pattern Tree Python to examine Wooden Head, prompting Qin Erlong and Vice President Liu to rebuke him for overstepping.
• Su Ping realized Vice President Liu was addressed as a president and privately regretted having turned down Qin Xiaoxue’s earlier generous offer.
• Qin Xiaoxue paid Su Ping 5 million yuan, leaving him with 4,451,562 yuan after taxes and his previous balance.
• Sun Chaoju offered Qin Xiaoxue free skill training for Wooden Head, but Su Ping said Woodheart offered the same service for a high price.

Su Ping challenged Sun Chaoju to a wager over training Wooden Head’s Self-Healing skill, using the contest to pursue Sun Chaoju’s Accelerated Casting method and other valuable stakes. Sun Chaoju raised the stakes by offering an incomplete Ten Thousand Wood Wolf Evolution Breeding Method, leaving everyone stunned.

• Qin Xiaoxue agreed to Su Ping’s offer to train her Forest Wolf, and Su Ping set fees for improving its racial skills and Woodheart.
• Sun Chaoju criticized Su Ping’s skill-training prices and bet that he could raise Wooden Head’s Self-Healing from beginner to proficient within a month.
• Su Ping countered that he would achieve the same result in half a month or lose, and demanded a stake more valuable than Sun Chaoju’s Accelerated Casting method.
• Qin Xiaoxue and Vice President Liu objected that Sun Chaoju’s proposed wager was unfair.
• Sun Chaoju offered an incomplete Ten Thousand Wood Wolf Evolution Breeding Method as an additional stake, shocking everyone.

Sun Chaoju offered an unstable Ten Thousand Woods Wolf evolution method as the stake in his wager with Su Ping. Su Ping accepted the challenge, confident he could perfect it, and Vice President Liu promised to register him as an Intermediate Breeder.

• Sun Chaoju revealed that his Ten Thousand Woods Wolf evolution experiments had repeatedly ended in the evolved wolves dying from fibrosis and organ failure.
• Qin Erlong and Vice President Liu questioned Sun Chaoju about the method’s flaws, while Qin Xiaoxue dismissed it as only a research direction.
• Su Ping decided to accept the wager, believing the Forest Wolf Record and Myriad Spirits Codex could help him complete the evolution method.
• Vice President Liu promised to apply for Su Ping’s Senior Breeder qualification if he succeeded and agreed to register him as an Intermediate Breeder after hearing his claimed sixty-to-seventy-percent success rate for cultivating Woodheart.
• Su Ping formally confirmed the wager and saw the others off, eager to raise a Ten Thousand Woods Wolf.

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.