Chapter Summaries

After the first round, spectators debated the nine contestants with perfect records while Su Ping checked on Feifei, whose growth had stalled until it evolved. The elimination ranking battles then began, and Su Ping was matched against Zhou Yuan from Minyue Province.

• Spectators discussed the nine contestants who had won all ten first-round battles, including Su Ping, Qin Xiaoxue, Ye Zhou, Chen Zhan, Mu Hanchan, Qin Feng, Pan Xiaoyu, Qu Zhen, and Shen Fu.
• Su Ping checked on Feifei, which had consumed six more Mechanical Cores and raised its racial ceiling to Elite Tier Ten, but could no longer grow further without evolving.
• Feifei told Su Ping it was uncomfortable moving in its enlarged body and asked whether it would remain that way after evolution; Su Ping said he was unsure.
• Host Liu Xun announced the elimination ranking battles, explaining that the contestants would compete for places among the twelve advancing fighters and receive healing between matches.
• The first four matchups were announced, including Su Ping versus Zhou Yuan from Minyue Province.
• Su Ping stepped onto Arena Four and recognized Zhou Yuan, a chubby young man who looked grieved and indignant.

Su Ping faced Zhou Yuan again in the second-round elimination tournament, where Zhou Yuan tried to overwhelm him with a massive Earth Element boulder. Qianyi split the boulder with one sword and stopped his blade at Zhou Yuan’s brow, leaving the arena stunned.

• Zhou Yuan discovered that Su Ping was his opponent again and prepared to fight on the wetland terrain with his three Earth Element pets.
• Zhou Yuan’s pets combined their skills to roll and reinforce an enormous boulder, which he sent crashing toward Su Ping.
• Qianyi descended to meet the attack and drew a Sword of Gold with his One Sword Splits the Mountain strike.
• Qianyi cleaved the boulder in two and stopped his blade just before Zhou Yuan’s brow, stunning the venue.

Su Ping advanced through the top-twenty-four round by defeating Situ Yan, whose Earth Dragon possessed a hidden Poison attribute. Xiao Qing overwhelmed Situ Yan and all three of his pets with Jade Demon Poison, securing Su Ping a place in the Top Twelve.

• Zhou Yuan conceded after Su Ping’s Paper-Folding Man unleashed a powerful slash, and the other competitors realized they had to interrupt its charge.
• Situ Yan defeated Ling Xiaoxiao by revealing that his Earth Dragon, Stone, possessed the Poison attribute.
• Pan Xiaoyu eliminated Dong Muxuan with the Water Element Super-Rank Skill Boundless Ocean, while Su Ping and Qin Xiaoxue advanced to the top twenty-four.
• The draw paired Su Ping against Situ Yan, and both contestants charged toward each other through the Misty Jungle.
• Xiao Qing poisoned Stone and made it attack Situ Yan, then restrained Situ Yan and his other two pets with Poison Vines.
• Situ Yan was defeated, and Su Ping secured a place in the Top Twelve.

As Su Ping prepared for the next stage of the Final Test, he reviewed the top twelve and revealed that Xiao Qing and Qianyi still had hidden abilities. He then contacted Meng Huangliang in Dreamheart and proposed using nightmares to make a person's own mental strength harm them, leaving Meng Huangliang shaken enough to log off.

• Su Ping read an analysis of the top twelve, which highlighted his disadvantage of having only two pets and the strength of the academy candidates.
• Su Ping reflected that Xiao Qing had not revealed External Incarnation and that Qianyi could fight while completing the Five Elements Cycle.
• Feifei told Su Ping that Meng Huangliang remained level one in Dreamheart but had quickly learned three combat skills, including one normally requiring level ten.
• Su Ping entered Dreamheart, accepted a party with Meng Huangliang, and proposed that nightmares could make a person mistake dreams for reality.
• Su Ping argued that a nightmare could control an opponent's own mental strength and turn it against them, causing Meng Huangliang to log off abruptly.

Meng Huangliang questioned whether his encounter with Su Ping was truly a dream, while Su Ping attended the Professional Assessment and declined an invitation to commentate. Upstairs, Saint Spirit Tier experts discussed Su Ping and a possible role for the assessment’s winner in investigating the Water Venerable’s Revival, and Master Leng sent Vice Dean Lu to fetch Su Ping.

• Meng Huangliang reconsidered his theories about dreams after Su Ping suggested that killing someone in a dream might affect reality, but he resolved to believe it only if Su Ping proved it.
• Su Ping arrived at the arena for the matches deciding the remaining top-twenty contestants and declined Vice Dean Lu’s invitation to serve as a guest commentator.
• Qin Xiaoxue wondered whether Lu Guangming meant to suppress Su Ping, but Su Ping said Lu would not dare if he knew Su Ping’s circumstances.
• Yuan Saint, Master Leng, Sang Sage, and Ghost Sage discussed Su Ping and whether the Professional Assessment winner might be needed to investigate unusual events surrounding the Water Venerable’s Revival.
• Master Leng instructed Vice Dean Lu to bring Su Ping upstairs, and Lu personally approached Su Ping and Qin Xiaoxue.

The Ice Dragon King visited the office to relay Sacred Dragon Legend’s warning not to interfere with the Professional Assessment, then offered Su Ping a chance to study All Rivers Run to the Sea with Master Zhu. Su Ping revealed the Dragon Mark from the Dragon Gate, astonishing the gathered experts, before leaving to compete in the afternoon matches.

• The Ice Dragon King warned the gathered officials not to interfere with the assessment and said she would personally accompany the future mission to the Endless Sea.
• Master Leng asked Su Ping about his well-being and Elder Chen invited him to reconsider appearing publicly, but Su Ping declined until after the assessment.
• The Ice Dragon King asked about Su Ping’s Dragon Gate climb, and Su Ping revealed the golden Dragon Mark he had gained on the fourth step.
• Yuan Saint told Su Ping to conceal the Dragon Mark unless necessary, while Sang Sage privately concluded that he must be Sacred Dragon Legend’s illegitimate son.
• The Ice Dragon King invited Su Ping to remain in Dragon City and help Master Zhu study All Rivers Run to the Sea, promising to support him if Sacred Dragon Legend objected.
• Su Ping discussed skill breakthroughs with the experts, then left after the top-twenty elimination matches ended to compete in the afternoon rounds.

Su Ping faced Xie Qiong and her Bone Dragon in the top-twelve round, which took place in a desert arena. The chapter ended after Xiao Qing’s Jade Demon Body absorbed the Bone Dragon’s powerful charge, leaving Xie Qiong stunned and the outcome uncertain.

• The draw paired Su Ping with Xie Qiong, while Qin Xiaoxue drew An Hong and Pan Xiaoyu drew Mu Hanchan.
• Su Ping and Xie Qiong entered the arena for the first match, which was set in the Vast Sea Desert.
• Su Ping summoned Xiao Qing and Qianyi, and Xiao Qing produced a second identical wolf that confused Xie Qiong and the spectators.
• Xie Qiong sent her Bone Dragon, Bonehead, charging at the two wolves with Skeletal Armor and Body of Death.
• One of Xiao Qing’s wolves met Bonehead’s attack head-on, and its Jade Demon Body resisted the Bone Dragon’s force while staining its bones bluish purple.

Su Ping defeated Xie Qiong, and the remaining contestants fought to determine the top six in the assessment. The next round’s draw paired Su Ping against Qin Xiaoxue for the final top-three spot.

• Su Ping defeated Xie Qiong’s Bone Dragon, then praised the potential of her Dark Evil Eye and accepted her thanks for removing its poison.
• Ye Zhou entered the arena for his match, while Su Ping anticipated seeing the secret move Ye Zhou had prepared; Ye Zhou promised to become Su Ping’s assistant if he still could not beat him.
• Chen Zhan defeated Qin Feng, Qin Xiaoxue won her match, and Ye Zhou beat Feng Rong without using his Hourglass of Time.
• Mu Hanchan defeated Pan Xiaoyu in a close water-and-ice battle, and Shen Fu’s Judgment Angel defeated Qu Zhen’s Kung Fu Panda.
• Su Ping, Chen Zhan, Qin Xiaoxue, Ye Zhou, Mu Hanchan, and Shen Fu advanced to the top six after Saint Yu restored them and their pet beasts.
• The draw paired Ye Zhou with Mu Hanchan and Chen Zhan with Shen Fu, then revealed Su Ping would face Qin Xiaoxue for the final top-three place.

Su Ping and Qin Xiaoxue were paired in the semifinal round of the Final Test, while Ye Zhou and Chen Zhan advanced to the top three. Su Ping and Qin Xiaoxue began their match in a thorn forest, with their wolf pet beasts facing off as the chapter ended.

• Dong Muxuan and Dong Muyun discussed the matchup and said they would choose differently about advancing through a concession.
• Ye Zhou defeated Mu Hanchan after his Ice-Speaking Cicada used Time Stop, and he became the first contestant to reach the top three.
• Chen Zhan defeated Shen Fu by unleashing his Azure Dragon's Domain of Wind.
• Qin Xiaoxue told Su Ping that neither of them could concede or hold back, and reminded him that he had promised to show her his strength.
• Su Ping and Qin Xiaoxue entered the thorn forest arena and summoned their pet beasts as the match began.

Su Ping’s Jade Demon Wolf Spirit countered Qin Xiaoxue’s Canopy Wolf Emperor and poisoned Wooden Head, but Wooden Head learned a new skill just as Qin Xiaoxue was about to concede. The chapter ended with Su Ping recognizing the skill as Super Thorn Garden.

• Su Ping and Qin Xiaoxue sent their wolf pets into battle, and both sides revealed powerful clones and Wood-type support.
• Qin Xiaoxue combined Jungle Revelry, Seed and Sapling, and Death Overdraft to unleash a legion of deadly Thorn Demons against Su Ping.
• Su Ping exposed the concealed Wooden Clones, then sent a Jade Demon Wolf Spirit through the deathly thorns; its Jade Demon Body resisted the Death-type attacks, and its poison dissolved Thorn Demons.
• Jade Demon Poison briefly seized control of the Wooden Clones and spread through them to Wooden Head, weakening Qin Xiaoxue’s command over her Canopy Wolf Emperor.
• As Qin Xiaoxue prepared to concede, Wooden Head defied the poison, unleashed a burst of plants, and learned Super Thorn Garden.

During his battle against Qin Xiaoxue, Su Ping’s Xiao Qing unleashed the full power of External Incarnation and defeated Wooden Head despite its newly awakened super-rank domain skill, Thorn Garden. The fight ended with Qin Xiaoxue accepting defeat, while Shark Ji watched and decided to meet Su Ping again to investigate his unusual clones.

• Wooden Head awakened the super-rank domain skill Thorn Garden, forcing Xiao Qing’s Jade Demon Wolf Spirit clones back and drawing the analysts’ attention.
• Su Ping told Xiao Qing to use his full strength, and Xiao Qing summoned additional clones and swarms of Shadow Splits.
• Xiao Qing’s Commander-tier Shadow Splits overwhelmed Wooden Head’s thorns, while Qin Xiaoxue chose not to use the Flower Fairy’s Life Tide skill.
• Qin Xiaoxue accepted defeat as Wooden Head ran out of energy, and spectators recognized Xiao Qing as a formidable rival to Qianyi.
• Shark Ji watched the battle from Woodheart’s reception room and decided to meet Su Ping again to learn more about External Incarnation.

After testing Wooden Head’s Thorn Garden, Su Ping discussed the finals and the Dragon Pets with Qin Xiaoxue. As they left, the Myriad Spirits Codex revealed that Su Ping could spend Forest Wolf experience to analyze the requirements for Thorn Garden, potentially allowing him to cultivate the Super-Rank Skill in other pet beasts.

• Su Ping and Qin Xiaoxue tested Wooden Head’s Thorn Garden, and its rapid attacks produced many skill readings despite modest power per strike.
• Su Ping assured Qin Xiaoxue he was confident for the finals, while she expected to reach the top five and discussed which Dragon Pets she would want.
• Su Ping said he would choose the Crystal Dragon first and the Specter Dragon second, while Qin Xiaoxue warned him not to let Ye Zhou claim the Crystal Dragon.
• After Qin Xiaoxue returned Wooden Head to her Beast Taming Space, Su Ping received Codex experience for the Canopy Wolf Emperor’s Thorn Garden.
• The Forest Wolf Record offered to analyze Thorn Garden’s racial skill combinations and requirements for 10,000 experience points, revealing a possible way to cultivate the skill in other pet beasts.

The youth Professional Beast Tamer Assessment reached its final day, and Qin Xiaoxue used Life Tide to defeat Mu Hanchan and secure fourth place in the top-five contest. After the results sparked debate about her earlier loss to Su Ping, the final top-three matches began with Su Ping facing Chen Zhan.

• Qu Zhen, Feng Rong, and An Hong lost their matches, leaving Qu Zhen to advance to the top ten while An Hong and Feng Rong were eliminated.
• Shen Fu lost to Qin Xiaoxue and Mu Hanchan, finishing outside the top five.
• Qin Xiaoxue activated the Flower Fairy’s Life Tide against Mu Hanchan, restoring and healing her pet beasts so they could overcome Absolute Zero and win.
• Spectators argued over whether Qin Xiaoxue had withheld Life Tide in her earlier match against Su Ping.
• After a one-hour break, Su Ping took the stage to face Chen Zhan in the first battle deciding the top-three rankings.

Su Ping faced Chen Zhan in the first of the final three battles, while Chen Zhan hinted that he had a trump card. As the match began on terrain that favored Chen Zhan, Saint Spirit Tier figures placed wagers on which contestant would take first place.

• Su Ping and Chen Zhan entered the arena, where Chen Zhan warned Su Ping that he had a trump card.
• The arena randomly transformed into a narrow Rift Canyon, which Chen Zhan said gave him an advantage.
• Master Leng questioned whether the terrain was truly random, and Yuan Saint proposed a wager on the eventual champion.
• Yuan Saint backed Chen Zhan with a Purple Firmament Thunder Fruit, while Yao Sage and Master Leng backed Su Ping with their stakes.
• Saint Yu and Sang Sage backed Ye Zhou, while Cloud Sage and Mad Sage backed Chen Zhan.
• Elder Feng chose Su Ping and offered to fulfill one reasonable condition if he won.

Su Ping’s Xiao Qing held off Chen Zhan’s Azure Dragon until Chen Zhan used Wind-Thunder Wings to gain Monarch Rank power and overwhelm the battlefield. Just as the Azure Dragon struck at Qianyi, the Paper-Folding Man completed its Five Elements Cycle and cut the dragon apart with one sword.

• Su Ping’s Xiao Qing transformed a clone into a Heaven-Piercing Vine to resist the Azure Dragon’s Domain of Wind, while its other clones defended against wind blades and the Elemental Spirit Kings.
• Chen Zhan fused the Azure Dragon with the Hurricane Element Spirit King and Thunder Element Spirit King, creating Wind-Thunder Wings and striking Xiao Qing’s clone hard enough to damage its Jade Demon Body.
• Chen Zhan ordered the Azure Dragon to attack Qianyi as Su Ping’s weakened Xiao Qing clones could no longer stop it.
• Qianyi drew its sword and, having completed the Five Elements Cycle, cleaved the charging Azure Dragon apart with a single stroke.

Su Ping’s Qianyi killed Chen Zhan’s Azure Dragon with a single sword strike after breaking through the proficiency of its Heavenly Cycle Five Elements Body skill during battle, giving Su Ping the win. After recovering and promising to develop a skill for Chen Zhan if he defeated Ye Zhou, Su Ping turned his attention to the next match and wondered what Ye Zhou had prepared.

• Qianyi’s Five Elements Cycle reached its peak, and it used Draw-Sword Slash to split Chen Zhan’s Azure Dragon in two.
• Zhang Lan recognized that Qianyi had broken through during the fight, and the referee used the Immortal Tree to restore the Azure Dragon and save its life.
• The announcer declared Su Ping the winner and scheduled Chen Zhan versus Ye Zhou for fifteen minutes later.
• Su Ping and Chen Zhan recovered in the infirmary, where Chen Zhan praised Su Ping and Su Ping promised to develop a skill for his pet beast if he beat Ye Zhou.
• Su Ping asked Little Flame about elemental fusion, then left the infirmary and watched as Ye Zhou and Chen Zhan prepared to begin their match.

Chen Zhan and Ye Zhou fought a long, evenly matched battle until Chen Zhan’s Wind-Thunder Wings finally injured Ye Zhou’s Growth-Ring Tiger. Ye Zhou then revealed the Hourglass of Time’s Time Rewind, restoring the tiger to full strength while leaving the Azure Dragon’s injuries and spent energy unchanged.

• Chen Zhan entered the arena determined to defeat Ye Zhou after losing to Su Ping, and both contestants summoned their three pet beasts on the plains.
• Chen Zhan attacked with the Azure Dragon and elemental spirits, but Ye Zhou’s Growth-Ring Tiger and Ice-Speaking Cicada defended while their hidden skill weakened incoming attacks.
• After more than thirty minutes of attrition, Chen Zhan activated Domain of Wind and then fused the elemental spirits into Wind-Thunder Wings.
• Ye Zhou’s pet beasts used Time Stop to create an opening and activated Time-Slowing Barrier, but Chen Zhan’s Azure Dragon broke through and badly injured the Growth-Ring Tiger.
• As Chen Zhan ordered the Azure Dragon to finish the tiger, Ye Zhou used the Hourglass of Time’s Time Rewind to restore the Growth-Ring Tiger to full strength.

Su Ping and Ye Zhou began the final battle of the Professional Assessment, with first place at stake. Ye Zhou revealed Temporal Projection, a new trump card that could copy his beasts’ abilities and use Time Reversal, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Su Ping and Ye Zhou met before the final, agreed to fight at full strength, and Ye Zhou accepted Su Ping’s offer to work at the Heart of Myriad Spirits if he lost.
• The assessment’s final match began as spectators, the Rong Family, and experts watched Su Ping and Ye Zhou summon their beasts into the arena.
• The chapter recounted Ye Zhou’s earlier victory over Chen Zhan, whose Azure Dragon could not overcome Ye Zhou’s repeated use of Time Reversal.
• Su Ping and Ye Zhou exchanged confident remarks before the match, and Ye Zhou said he had benefited at Su Ping’s expense.
• Ye Zhou smashed the Hourglass of Time and revealed Temporal Projection, which copied his pet beasts’ abilities and also possessed Time Reversal.

Ye Zhou’s Temporal Projection overwhelmed Su Ping’s Qianyi by copying its abilities and using Time Reversal, leaving Su Ping ready to concede. Qianyi broke through the limits of his Golden Spear Art during the fight, striking back with a transcendent sword technique as the arena barrier shattered.

• The spectators and Saint Spirit Tier Beast Tamers learned that Ye Zhou’s Temporal Projection could copy pets’ past battle abilities, while Sang Sage explained its limitations and confirmed it could use Time Reversal.
• Ye Zhou’s Temporal Projection matched Qianyi’s Five Elements Body and sword techniques, while the Growth-Ring Tiger and Ice-Speaking Cicada helped keep Xiao Qing occupied.
• The Temporal Projection restored itself with Time Reversal and sent Qianyi crashing into the arena, leaving Su Ping convinced defeat was unavoidable.
• Qianyi rejected the projection as an impostor and declared that a true Swordsman faced hardship and challenged stronger opponents rather than taking shortcuts.
• Qianyi unleashed a brilliant sword strike that pierced the Temporal Projection and shattered the arena’s protective barrier before Time Reversal restored the clone.
• Su Ping used the Soul Contract and Spirit Eye to identify Qianyi’s breakthrough: Golden Spear Art had reached Transcendent proficiency.

Qianyi broke through to Transcendent in Golden Spear Art and used it with Draw-Sword Slash to destroy Ye Zhou’s Temporal Projection. Xiao Qing overwhelmed the Growth-Ring Tiger, and Ye Zhou conceded, leaving Su Ping as the assessment’s final victor.

• Qianyi’s Golden Spear Art reached the Transcendent level, stunning the spectators and officials watching the battle.
• Ye Zhou ordered the Temporal Projection to attack Qianyi with One-Word Lightning Sword.
• Qianyi used Draw-Sword Slash to unleash a crescent of Metal-type Sword Qi that cut the Temporal Projection apart and damaged the Hourglass of Time.
• The referee intercepted Qianyi’s attack before it could damage the venue, while Xiao Qing used its abilities to overpower the Growth-Ring Tiger.
• Ye Zhou conceded the match, and Su Ping was declared the final victor of the National Youth Beast Tamer Professional Assessment.