Recaps

Xu Ran returned to Cloud-Gathering City to challenge the Marshal Rank Beast Taming Rankings, where he overwhelmed visiting beast tamers from Zhoutian City and reclaimed the top spots. After breaking through to fifth-stage contract power, he prepared for Can Can to become his first Monarch Rank companion.

• Xu Ran reviewed Firefly’s Poison Fire Bear evolution route and told it to keep training Undying Burning Flame while he worked toward fifth-stage contract power.
• With the Extinction Thunder Guide due to emerge in five days, Xu Ran brought the Four Little Ones back to Cloud-Gathering City to challenge the rankings before they settled.
• Yun Tian'ao and other beast tamers from Zhoutian City seized the top places on several rankings, but Xu Ran arrived and quickly put Starfire Foster Shop first across the Marshal Rank boards.
• Fang Canghai and Fang Yuling learned that Xu Ran had returned, then sensed his breakthrough to fifth-stage contract power at the Starfire Foster Shop.
• Xu Ran told Can Can to break through to Monarch Rank.

Can Can broke through to monarch rank, giving Xu Ran a powerful contender for the Extinction Thunder Guide. Fang Canghai explained that Demonwood Half-Saint’s evolution had drawn the Upper Domain’s attention to No. 47 Beast Domain, and Xu Ran used his newly credited ranking rewards to obtain evolution materials for his contract beasts.

• Can Can advanced to monarch rank, while Purple Cloud vowed to reclaim its place as the strongest on the team after it evolved.
• Fang Canghai visited Xu Ran with Fang Yuling and revealed that he had helped Sky-Piercing Blackwood prepare for its evolution and had guarded against hidden threats during the ritual.
• Fang Canghai explained that Demonwood Half-Saint’s evolution had attracted Beast Domain No. 8’s attention, making an alliance among the human cities in No. 47 Beast Domain urgent.
• Fang Canghai told Xu Ran to focus on strengthening himself and arranged for his Beast Tamer Points rewards to be credited early.
• Xu Ran exchanged points for evolution materials for Purple Cloud, Starlight, and Can Can, kept Twelve’s share for later, and bought materials and information for Firefly.

Xu Ran returned to Minghui City, formed a contract with Firefly, and led the five beasts through a resource allocation to strengthen them before the Extinction Thunder Guide emerged. Purple Cloud, Starlight, and Can Can gained powerful upgraded skills, while Firefly improved its skills and learned that its evolution would have to wait.

• Xu Ran returned to the Starfire Foster Shop, woke Firefly, and formed a contract with it after reaching fifth-stage contract power.
• Xu Ran told Qiu Yue he planned to leave Minghui City to open branches in other cities, then prepared a final resource allocation before the Extinction Thunder Guide emerged.
• Purple Cloud upgraded Thunder-Shaking Heavenly Sound into Thunderbolt Guide and raised all its skills to the Blazing Sun Level.
• Starlight used a Four-Star Skill Scroll to turn Dusk Night Emblem into Star God Blessing, then gave up further exchanges so Can Can could strengthen its skills.
• Can Can upgraded Mount Sumeru in a Mustard Seed into Heavenly Law, Earthly Form and raised it to the Blazing Sun Level.
• Firefly exchanged resources to raise all five skills to three stars and improve their proficiency, but Xu Ran said its evolution had to wait until they could reach the special environment where Heart-Burning Poison Flame Marrow grew.

Xu Ran and Purple Cloud entered Falling Thunder Valley as the Extinction Thunder Guide emerged, and Purple Cloud killed the Thunder-Patterned Golden Willow and two Beast Kings before its power faded. As the remaining Beast Kings fought over the mature resource, a hidden Thunder Dragon appeared, destroyed them, seized the guide, and faced Xu Ran.

• Xu Ran held back Can Can as the White Bone Beast King and the Flame Lion Beast King threatened his group, then led everyone toward Falling Thunder Valley when the Extinction Thunder Guide emerged.
• The Thunder-Patterned Golden Willow attacked the intruders, but the Extinction Thunder Guide redirected lightning through its branches and helped it kill the Flame Lion Beast King.
• Purple Cloud unleashed Divine Punishment and Heavenly Punishment, killed the Thunder-Patterned Golden Willow, then used Sky-Shocking Thunder Fury to kill the White Bone Beast King and claim the two Beast Kings' evolution resources.
• After the Extinction Thunder Guide matured, Purple Cloud tried to take it, but the remaining Beast Kings drove it back and began fighting over the resource.
• A hidden Thunder Dragon descended, reduced the battling Beast Kings to ashes, seized the Extinction Thunder Guide, and turned toward Xu Ran as Can Can prepared to face it.

Xu Ran and his Contract Beasts defeated the Dark Azure Thunder Dragon, but the true mastermind, the dual-element Illusory Thunder Lion Eagle, emerged and turned the battle against them. The chapter ended with Can Can badly struck down as the Illusory Thunder Lion Eagle hovered over Xu Ran and his four pets.

• Can Can fought the Dark Azure Thunder Dragon alone, expanded to ten thousand meters, and killed it with Land of Annihilation.
• Xu Ran nearly picked up the Extinction Thunder Guide before dodging a lightning strike and confronting the hidden Illusory Thunder Lion Eagle.
• Xu Ran explained that he and his pets had uncovered the psychic interference masking the Illusory Thunder Lion Eagle, then linked himself, Starlight, and Can Can with Star Oath.
• Xu Ran combined the Extinction Thunder Guide with Purple Cloud’s saber while Can Can launched Land of Annihilation at the Illusory Thunder Lion Eagle.
• The Illusory Thunder Lion Eagle evaded Xu Ran’s slash and disrupted Can Can’s attack with psychic power before striking Can Can down with lightning.

Xu Ran, Starlight, and Can Can defeated the Illusory Thunder Lion Eagle and claimed its feather, then helped Purple Cloud begin its evolution above Falling Thunder Valley. Purple Cloud overcame the clashing powers within its body and evolved into the Emperor Species Sky-Shocking Cloud Chaser.

• Xu Ran and Starlight fought the Illusory Thunder Lion Eagle while Can Can recovered, and Can Can ultimately destroyed the Beast King with Land of Annihilation.
• After the battle, Xu Ran gave Purple Cloud the Extinction Thunder Guide and had Can Can carry it above the thunderclouds for its evolution ritual.
• Purple Cloud consumed its evolution materials, then used the Extreme Origin Vein Crystal, Eternal Tribulation Dew, and its own power to control the conflicting energies and defeat the Emperor Rank will in the blood essence.
• Purple Cloud fused the Fighting Element and Lightning Element powers with its skills, triggering its evolution as the thunderclouds cleared.
• Purple Cloud descended before Xu Ran in its new form, revealed as the Emperor Species Sky-Shocking Cloud Chaser.

After Purple Cloud completed its evolution into an emperor species, Xu Ran took the team to Mysterious Star City, where Starlight could fulfill part of its Nebula Guardian evolution ritual. They entered the city, learned how its Star-River Sky Curtain and Star Stones worked, and headed for the Beast Tamer Association to register and arrange their stay.

• Xu Ran examined Purple Cloud's new emperor-species skills as it demonstrated Cloud-Piercing Skybreaker, a flight and power-accumulation skill that grew stronger with speed.
• Xu Ran returned to Minghui City with the team and made Purple Cloud endure Divine Punishment's backlash before deciding to leave for a new branch location.
• Xu Ran chose Mysterious Star City because its nightly Star-River Sky Curtain could provide the starlight needed for Starlight's Nebula Guardian evolution ritual.
• Xu Ran and the Five Little Ones reached Mysterious Star City, registered with a guard, and passed through the City-Guarding Star Formation using the guard's badge.
• Xu Ran learned that Star Stones contained Star Power, served as local currency, and could power devices through the city's formation; he then set off for the Beast Tamer Association to register and seek a Starlight Badge.

Xu Ran passed the Starlight Badge strength test using his own saber skills, reunited with Liu Fengyun, and helped him seek justice against Du Long by agreeing to meet Association President Qi. He bought a storefront for Starfire Foster Shop’s fifth branch in Mysterious Star City, then watched the city’s spectacular river of stars with Liu Fengyun and the five beasts.

• Xu Ran unfroze his Beast Tamer account, passed the Starlight Badge test by cutting the energy target with his saber, and received the badge.
• Xu Ran encountered Liu Fengyun, agreed to help him pursue a fair ruling in the case against Du Long, and Vice President Qin suggested President Qi might intervene after seeing Xu Ran’s saber skills.
• Liu Fengyun showed Xu Ran a suitable storefront on Dusk Street, and Xu Ran bought it at a twenty-percent discount as the countdown to remodeling began.
• Xu Ran and Liu Fengyun shared local dishes and Falling Star Tea at a window seat, where Xu Ran saw Mysterious Star City’s river of stars illuminate the night sky.

Xu Ran opened the Mysterious Star City Starfire Foster Shop and won Tang Mu’s contract-beast boarding business by creating a customized habitat for his Wind-Howling Beast. Zhou Yong then tried Xu Ran’s grooming service, and the chapter ended with Zhou Yong reacting intensely through his shared senses as Xu Ran groomed the Flame-Forging Monkey.

• Tang Mu and Zhou Yong entered the newly opened Starfire Foster Shop after Tang Mu decided to inspect its boarding service before choosing the Pingtian Boarding Shop.
• Xu Ran showed them the expansive boarding area and customized a wind-filled habitat that delighted Tang Mu’s Wind-Howling Beast.
• Tang Mu chose the Starfire Foster Shop and paid a month’s boarding fee for the Wind-Howling Beast.
• Zhou Yong offered his Flame-Forging Monkey for grooming to test Xu Ran’s service, then shared the beast’s senses while waiting with Tang Mu.
• Xu Ran used the Water-Washing Method and a massage to groom the Flame-Forging Monkey, which reacted with growing pleasure.
• Zhou Yong involuntarily echoed the Flame-Forging Monkey’s sensations through sensory sharing, leaving Tang Mu baffled by his strange reactions.

Xu Ran’s new Starfire Foster Shop drew its first customers and attracted trouble from a rival boarding shop, but Qin Huaiyu intervened and brought Xu Ran to meet Association President Qi Yuan. After they sparred, Qi Yuan gave Xu Ran a blade manual, and Xu Ran wondered whether he might someday meet the powerful expert who had owned his rusted blade.

• Zhou Yong watched the Flame-Forging Monkey’s grooming through Contract Sensing, then was amazed by its transformed appearance and promised to return the next day.
• Tan Shao learned that a customer had chosen the newly opened Starfire Foster Shop over Pingtian Boarding Shop and sent four men to ruin Xu Ran’s shop’s reputation.
• Qin Huaiyu shared footage of Xu Ran’s Starlight Badge assessment with the Association’s leaders, and President Qi Yuan asked to meet Xu Ran and discuss martial arts.
• When the four men publicly accused the Starfire Foster Shop of fraud, Qin Huaiyu confronted them, and Xu Ran blacklisted all four after they apologized.
• Qin Huaiyu took Xu Ran to meet Qi Yuan, who sparred with him and gave him a copy of the Thunderbolt Blade Technique.
• Qi Yuan suggested Xu Ran’s rusted blade had come from Abyssbreak City, leading Xu Ran to wonder if he could meet its former owner there.

Xu Ran obtained leads on Starlight's missing evolution materials from Qi Yuan and registered for an exhibition to promote the Starfire Foster Shop. After closing for the day, he prepared to visit Falling Star Valley with his five companions to obtain Dawn Star Radiance.

• Qi Yuan explained that Mysterious Star City's Star-Guarding Stone powered its protective formation and offered to search old records for its original discovery site.
• Qi Yuan located Dawn Star Radiance in Falling Star Valley and warned Xu Ran about two creatures approaching Overlord Rank.
• Xu Ran reported Du Long's attack on the Fengyun Boarding Shop, and Qi Yuan promised a fair resolution.
• Liu Fengyun identified Tan Shao as the instigator of the trouble at the Starfire Foster Shop and recommended the Contract Beast Foster Care Experience Exhibition, which Xu Ran registered to enter.
• Xu Ran fed the Wind-Howling Beast an energy-rich meal, and Tang Mu's sensory sharing with it caused him to race around a restaurant.
• Xu Ran prepared to seek Dawn Star Radiance that night, while Purple Cloud and the other companions assigned themselves opponents in Falling Star Valley.

Xu Ran and his five beasts entered Falling Star Valley to obtain Dawn Star Radiance, defeating the valley’s powerful guardians along the way. After the Sky-Traveling Light Jellyfish died and the Red-Eyed Black Flame Dragon escaped, the Black Lion Beast King led Xu Ran to Dawn Star Radiance in a cavern deep inside the valley.

• Xu Ran entered Falling Star Valley with his five beasts, and Starlight sensed abundant Star Power in the rocks.
• Twelve put the valley’s weaker creatures to sleep, while Can Can killed the Vulture Beast King and drew out the Sky-Traveling Light Jellyfish.
• Purple Cloud revealed its Emperor Species power and fought the Sky-Traveling Light Jellyfish and Red-Eyed Black Flame Dragon, killing the jellyfish while the dragon escaped.
• Xu Ran forced the Black Lion Beast King to guide the group to Dawn Star Radiance in a cavern at the valley’s deepest reaches.
• Xu Ran’s group found Dawn Star Radiance floating above a stone pedestal.

Xu Ran obtained Dawn Star Radiance for Starlight, which uniquely absorbed its power, and learned that Qi Yuan had found clues to Star-Guarding Stone near Poison Flame Valley. After the Starfire Foster Shop began hosting the Foster Care Experience Exhibition judges, Xu Ran customized their boarding environments, impressing the judges and their Beast Tamers.

• Xu Ran asked the Black Lion Beast King about Dawn Star Radiance and discovered that Starlight could absorb a resource no other creature had been able to use.
• Qi Yuan sent Xu Ran a map to Silent Abyss, near Poison Flame Valley, prompting Xu Ran to plan a trip there after the exhibition and prepare Firefly for evolution.
• The Starfire Foster Shop received twenty Contract Beast judges for the exhibition, and Xu Ran used Purple Cloud's intimidating aura to persuade eight reluctant judges to enter.
• Xu Ran and Twelve learned the judges' preferences and created customized living areas, including shared accommodations for the Long-Armed Stone Ape and the Blazing Pig.
• The judges' Beast Tamers contacted them and learned they were pleased with the boarding environments; four head judges then shared their Contract Beasts' senses and exclaimed in shock.

Xu Ran impressed the exhibition judges by tailoring food to satisfy their difficult Contract Beasts, but the organizers’ Clever Bei presented a dangerous binge-eating challenge. Xu Ran realized it might not recognize fullness and decided to switch to a low-energy, digestion-aiding recipe.

• The judges saw that Xu Ran’s Boarding Area met their Contract Beasts’ needs, then planned to challenge him with their picky eaters.
• Xu Ran prepared a customized meal for Old Zhou’s Red Brocade Bird, which devoured it and happily flew in circles; Old Zhou reported that it loved the food.
• Xu Ran coaxed Old Li’s Cloud-Treading Fox into eating by serving the Clever Bei and Twelve food while explaining that it would not cause weight gain.
• Old Li discovered through Contract Sensing that his Cloud-Treading Fox was eating happily, while the judges turned their hopes to Old Zhao’s binge-eating Clever Bei.
• The Clever Bei asked Xu Ran for more servings, and he recognized the risk of overfeeding it and decided to make a low-energy meal that aided digestion.

Xu Ran outsmarted the judges’ food challenge, groomed a Snowflake Rabbit until it made a sound, and quickly treated Huntbattle Envoy after it injured itself training. He devised safer training for it, then closed the shop hoping the remaining boarding assessment would go smoothly.

• Xu Ran fed Clever Bei two low-energy meals made from a Transcendent Rank recipe, satisfying its appetite without overfeeding it and confounding the judges.
• The judges realized Xu Ran had solved their food challenge and decided to test the shop with unexpected incidents instead.
• Qi Yuanyuan’s friend brought her Snowflake Rabbit for grooming, and Xu Ran’s massage made the supposedly mute rabbit cry out.
• Xu Ran received an alert that Huntbattle Envoy’s happiness had dropped, found it badly injured from training, and used Starlight’s shared healing ability to restore it.
• When Huntbattle Envoy resumed training, Xu Ran taught it a safer, more efficient way to practice Instant Thrust Fist, impressing its Beast Tamer and the judges.
• Xu Ran checked the other boarded Contract Beasts, fed them their final meal, and closed the shop for the night.

Xu Ran handled a string of overnight Happiness Points crises among the boarded Contract Beasts, and the Starfire Foster Shop earned a historic perfect score in the exhibition. After the judges moved on to the Wild Wolf Boarding Shop, they found its service disappointing by comparison, while Xu Ran and the Five Little Ones departed for Cloud-Gathering City to pursue Firefly’s evolution and Starlight’s final evolution material.

• Xu Ran discovered Sweet Bell crying from an unexplained low mood, and Twelve entered its dream and transformed its nightmare into a joyful dream, restoring its Happiness Points.
• Xu Ran and Twelve resolved seven more abnormal Happiness Points drops before the twenty-four-hour boarding period ended, and the Starfire Foster Shop received the exhibition’s first-ever full score.
• Xu Ran closed the shop and set off with the Five Little Ones for Cloud-Gathering City, where Firefly would evolve and they hoped to find star-guarding stone for Starlight.
• Zou Cheng welcomed the twenty judges to the Wild Wolf Boarding Shop with an elaborate ceremony, but communication problems kept some companions apart and the beasts disliked the boarding environment.
• The judges reported the beasts’ complaints, and the head judges explained that the Wild Wolf Boarding Shop’s environment rivaled Pingtian’s, making the Starfire Foster Shop’s exceptional performance stand out even more.

Xu Ran encountered Gu Wu’s Qingzhou City group being extorted by Beast Tamers from Bloodslaughter City at Cloud-Gathering City’s gates and used Purple Cloud’s Emperor Species power to make them surrender resources and apologize. He then left for Poison Flame Valley with his Contract Beasts so Firefly could evolve.

• Gu Wu led the Qingzhou City Beast Tamers to Cloud-Gathering City, where Bloodslaughter City’s group accused Hezhou of breaking an ornament and demanded compensation.
• Li Chang arrived to help Gu Wu, but Bloodslaughter City’s king-rank leader showed up and demanded greater compensation.
• Xu Ran arrived, revealed Purple Cloud’s Emperor Species power, and forced Bloodslaughter City’s leader to hand over two Monarch Rank resources and apologize.
• Li Chang told Gu Wu that Xu Ran had surpassed President Fang on the Beast Taming Rankings, and the Qingzhou City group headed to see the rankings.
• Xu Ran left with his Contract Beasts for Poison Flame Valley, where Firefly planned to evolve.

Xu Ran and his beasts entered Poison Flame Valley to find the heart-burning poison flame marrow Firefly needed to evolve, and Firefly began evolving in a cavern. A bloodline vision presented Firefly with the chance to become a Fire-Tailed Bear, but Firefly rejected it and faced the figure in battle as their evolution turned perilous.

• Firefly used Flowing Flame Evasion to dispel the fire poison around the group, allowing them to enter Poison Flame Valley safely.
• Twelve controlled supernatural creatures to search for resources and found a lead to heart-burning poison flame marrow in a nearby cave.
• Xu Ran and the five beasts entered the cavern, where Firefly collected the heart-burning poison flame marrow and began evolving with the other prepared materials.
• Firefly's evolution became unstable as their form began changing from a Fire-Eared Bear into a Fire-Tailed Bear, alarming Xu Ran and the others.
• Firefly rejected the Fire-Tailed Bear form that appeared in their bloodline vision, then faced it in battle after their skills reverted to their original states.

Firefly battled the Fire-Tailed Bear power inside its consciousness, overcame it, and absorbed the evolution resources while suppressing the spreading fire poison in a magma vent. Its body erupted with the light of evolution, and a transformed figure emerged from the spring vent as Xu Ran and the other pets rushed to greet it.

• Firefly fought the Fire-Tailed Bear Firefly in its consciousness, using Undying Burning Flame and Sky-Scorching Dance to overcome its opponent.
• Xu Ran realized Firefly’s incomplete mutation had triggered a struggle between its Fire-Eared Bear and Fire-Tailed Bear powers, while the fire poison threatened to overwhelm it.
• Firefly defeated the Fire-Tailed Bear Firefly and returned to its body, then absorbed the resources’ power to suppress the fire poison.
• Firefly entered the magma spring vent with the Heart-Burning Poison Flame Marrow and accepted the fire poison, allowing it to spread through its body and integrate with its power.
• A brilliant light of evolution erupted from the spring vent, and Firefly emerged as Xu Ran and the four pets hurried forward to greet it.

Firefly completed its evolution into a Poison Fire Bear and demonstrated its new skills by defeating several Blazing Wolves. Xu Ran and his five Contract Beasts then entered the Silent Abyss in search of the star-guarding stone, where they descended through hostile black fog and discovered a hidden landscape below.

• Firefly evolved into a Poison Fire Bear, gaining new skills and altered versions of some existing skills.
• Firefly tested Soul-Burning Body, Heart-Burning Blazing Flame, and Fire Devouring, killing three Blazing Wolves and scattering the rest.
• Xu Ran taught Firefly Miniaturization so it could ride on Starlight, then led the group toward the Silent Abyss.
• Xu Ran and his five Contract Beasts entered the abyss, where the black fog blocked sight and sound; Purple Cloud destroyed a hostile presence with Sky-Shocking Thunder Fury.
• The group descended until the fog cleared and revealed scenery that left Xu Ran astonished.

Xu Ran and the Five Little Ones fought three powerful Beast Kings at the bottom of the Silent Abyss and learned that the Star-Guarding Stone had formed at the center of the former Star Abyss. They reached the forbidden battlefield, found the hollow where the stone had formed, and uncovered a small stone that Starlight recognized as connected to star power.

• Xu Ran's group encountered the Nether Nightmare Bat, Dark Demon Lion, and Black-Scaled Leopard, and Purple Cloud defeated the bat and lion while the others badly wounded the leopard.
• Xu Ran questioned the surviving lion and leopard separately, learned how the Star-Guarding Stone had drained the Star Abyss of star power, and spared them after their accounts matched.
• The Dark Demon Lion revealed that the Star-Guarding Stone had formed at the abyss's center, a forbidden battlefield where the thoughts of fallen Overlord-rank beings lingered.
• Xu Ran encouraged Starlight and Firefly before leading the Five Little Ones into the blood-misted battlefield, where they fought off creatures formed from lingering consciousness and killing intent.
• Starlight sensed concentrated star power beneath a cliff, and Can Can dug up a small, smooth stone that Starlight identified as carrying star power.

Xu Ran and his beasts found a star source in the Silent Abyss, and Qi Yuan revealed how it could help locate Star-Guarding Stones and purify star power. Xu Ran began using the star source to aid Starlight’s evolution while continuing to build his Mysterious Star City shop’s reputation.

• Xu Ran and the Five Little Ones found a small, jade-like stone in the Silent Abyss and returned to Cloud-Gathering City, where Fang Canghai invited Xu Ran to explore possible ruins in the Mysterious Light Passage after the City Alliance formed.
• Fang Canghai warned Bloodslaughter City not to cause trouble for Xu Ran and confirmed that he knew of no Star-Guarding Stones beyond the one used in Mysterious Star City’s City-Guarding Star Formation.
• After Xu Ran returned to Mysterious Star City, the stone began glowing, and Qi Yuan summoned him with a lead about Star-Guarding Stones.
• Qi Yuan explained from the Second City Lord’s manuscript that star source could help form and detect Star-Guarding Stones and purify star power; Xu Ran realized the stone he had found was star source.
• Xu Ran placed the star source in an ink cloud crystal pendant for Starlight and checked that his Mysterious Star City shop’s recognition had risen to 16.2%, then prepared dinner and meditated.

Starfire Foster Shop’s perfect score left the judges dissatisfied with every shop that followed, while Zou Cheng discovered that Wild Wolf Boarding Shop could not match Xu Ran’s expensive facilities and food. After a melee wrecked Yangguang Boarding Shop, nearly all remaining competitors withdrew from the exhibition.

• Customers gathered outside Starfire Foster Shop, where rumors spread that it had earned a perfect experience score.
• Zou Cheng learned that the judges’ poor response to Wild Wolf Boarding Shop followed their stay at Starfire, then visited Xu Ran’s shop to inspect its prices, Boarding Area, and food facilities.
• After seeing Starfire’s spacious customized living areas and costly recipes, Zou Cheng left in tears, feeling that money had defeated him.
• At Yangguang Boarding Shop, the judges’ frustration led to a fight that escalated into a melee, and Monarch Rank beasts destroyed the Boarding Area.
• Zou Cheng learned that Yangguang’s destruction stemmed from the judges’ worsening experience at successive shops and angrily declared that they all had to die.
• Boarding shop owners visited Starfire Foster Shop to inspect its facilities, and eleven shops withdrew from the exhibition that evening.

After Starfire Foster Shop’s success drove most competitors from the exhibition, Xu Ran completed Main Quest 4, upgraded Drugging to A-Rank, and gained time to step back from shop duties. He then obtained Twelve’s six-star evolution route, whose arduous requirements left Twelve plotting how to gather ten thousand believers, before Purple Cloud volunteered to exchange for an Innate Skill Fusion Stone.

• The exhibition judges ended the competition early after eleven Boarding Shops withdrew; Starfire Foster Shop took first place, and its name recognition in Mysterious Star City surpassed 50%.
• Xu Ran claimed Main Quest 4’s rewards, hired three System Clerks for the Mysterious Star City shop, and received Main Quest 5, which required helping the human forces defeat an approaching catastrophe.
• Xu Ran used his sole System Skill Upgrade Token to raise Drugging to A-Rank, increasing Constitution Point earnings tenfold, and later returned to Minghui City before holding a resource allocation in Mysterious Star City.
• Xu Ran bought Twelve an Emperor Species Evolution Route that required difficult skill fusions, rare materials, a Monarch Rank kill, and the faith of more than ten thousand believers.
• Twelve recovered from its initial despair and decided to become Cult Leader Twelve, while Purple Cloud offered to exchange for the Innate Skill Fusion Stone.

Purple Cloud spent its Value Points on Innate Skill Fusion Stones and fused Undying Battle Body with Thunder Execution to create the quasi-five-star Annihilating Thunder Body, which also changed its purple fur to purplish-black. Starlight then fused skills and upgraded Night Pursuit Appraisal, gaining Star Pursuit and Stargazing.

• Purple Cloud redeemed the remaining Innate Skill Fusion Stones and chose to fuse Undying Battle Body with Thunder Execution first.
• Xu Ran used twenty-six Innate Skill Fusion Stones before the fusion succeeded, creating Annihilating Thunder Body and raising the fusion success rate with each failure.
• Purple Cloud explained that Annihilating Thunder Body made it elemental, granted it physical-attack immunity and rapid recovery, and spread Thunder Execution's weakness-marking effect to its Lightning skills.
• Starlight fused Gap-Flow Shuttle, Nightfall Passing Trace, and Starlight Trail into Star Pursuit, gaining greater speed, concealment, and increased Star Power affinity while running.
• Starlight used a four-star skill scroll to upgrade Night Pursuit Appraisal into Stargazing, which let it observe a wide area from above and investigate three abilities of a locked-on opponent.