Recaps

Xu Ran finished grooming the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad’s pet beasts and claimed the reward for completing Novice Mission 2, unlocking the Drugging skill. He discovered that fostering would let him build physique points for Purple Cloud, but the shop lacked a fostering service, so he asked the squad for help.

• Xu Ran returned Liu Xue’s freshly groomed Telepathic Mouse, and Yan Fan and Liu Xue arranged for their pet beasts to be groomed next.
• Xu Ran finished grooming Zhang Yun’s Coldscale Python and accepted payment after grooming seven pet beasts belonging to the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad.
• Xu Ran saw that Fur Plucking had yielded a two-star skill and claimed Novice Mission 2’s rewards, unlocking Drugging.
• Xu Ran learned that Drugging could earn physique points while feeding fostered pet beasts, but realized the shop did not offer fostering.
• Xu Ran received missions to gather Azure Jade Fruit and raise Drugging to C-rank, then called Zhang Yun back to ask the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad for help.

Xu Ran hired the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad to escort him outside Qingzhou City so he could complete his quest and gather resources. After they arranged to leave the next morning, he used a ten-pull draw, taught Purple Cloud Blood Rage, and discovered he had received a Lucky Charm, an Awakening Stone, and two Skill Fusion Stones.

• Xu Ran convinced Zhang Yun and the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad to escort him outside Qingzhou City for a hundred thousand, and they agreed to leave the next morning.
• Xu Ran used his happiness points for a ten-pull draw before Liu Gu left and was delighted to receive multiple blue items.
• Xu Ran taught Purple Cloud the Blood Rage skill and warned him about its serious side effects.
• Xu Ran examined his draw results, including a Lucky Charm, an Awakening Stone, and two Skill Fusion Stones.
• Xu Ran learned that the Skill Fusion Stone could combine skills into a stronger one, though the fusion might fail.

Xu Ran fused Purple Cloud’s Bite and Claw Edge into the stronger Combat Instinct skill and began preparing for their trip out of the city. Meanwhile, Duan Anxun’s mother told her she had arranged a place for her in the Pet Beauty Contest and ordered her to accompany her to a social engagement.

• Xu Ran discovered that a failed fusion attempt increased the success rate, then successfully fused Purple Cloud’s Bite and Claw Edge.
• Xu Ran saw that the new Combat Instinct skill improved Purple Cloud’s attacks and agility, and decided to take it training.
• Duan Anxun’s mother confronted her about losing the appearance assessment and failing to qualify for the Youth Beast Tamer Pet Beauty Contest.
• Duan Anxun’s mother said she had secured her a contest place and told her to get ready to attend a social engagement that night.

Xu Ran and Purple Cloud finished a three-hour training session, then prepared to leave the city with the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad. As the gates opened, Xu Ran saw the wilderness beyond the city for the first time.

• Xu Ran stopped Purple Cloud's training and reviewed its improved skill proficiency after the session.
• Xu Ran and Purple Cloud shared a packet of cat-head biscuits before returning to the Starfire Foster Shop for the night.
• Xu Ran packed for the trip, and Purple Cloud insisted on accompanying him outside the city.
• Xu Ran met Liu Gu, Zhang Yun, and deputy leader Du Heng at the city gates, where Liu Gu explained why hunters gathered early.
• The city gates opened, and Xu Ran followed the squad into the wilderness, seeing its purple soil, scattered bones, and distant forest.

Xu Ran traveled through the Sighing Wilderness with the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad and learned that Du Heng was considering boarding his Steel-Armored Rhino because his family needed room for a new baby. Xu Ran offered Du Heng a place at his shop once its boarding service opened, then arrived at the spot where he planned to gather resources.

• Du Heng summoned his Steel-Armored Rhino, and Xu Ran rode on its back with Purple Cloud.
• Xu Ran mentioned wanting another Contract Beast, but explained that he needed to raise his contract power before he could form a second contract.
• The squad discussed Du Heng’s wife, Pang Juan, being pregnant again and the family’s lack of room because the Steel-Armored Rhino occupied their living room.
• Du Heng said he was still deciding whether to board the rhino, and Xu Ran invited him to consider his shop’s upcoming boarding service.
• The Steel-Armored Rhino reached a shrub patch, and Xu Ran recognized it as the place where he wanted to gather resources.

Xu Ran and the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad gathered Azure Jade Fruits and began returning to Qingzhou City, but they discovered a beast tide charging toward the city. With the gates likely locked, the group realized they could not reach safety inside.

• Xu Ran and the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad gathered a sack of ripe Azure Jade Fruits, completing the resource requirement for his mission.
• Zhang Yun grew uneasy that they had traveled outside the city for nearly an hour without encountering any hostile Supernatural Creatures, so the squad hurried back.
• The Steel-Armored Rhino sensed unusual vibrations in the ground as the group neared Qingzhou City.
• Yan Fan spotted a vast beast tide surging across the wilderness toward Qingzhou City, and Zhang Yun ordered the group to turn away.
• Liu Gu warned Xu Ran that the city gates had likely been locked and the defenders would not open them at the cost of exposing the city to the beast tide.

Xu Ran and the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad tried to escape the beast tide, but a group of Elite Rank creatures surrounded them. Just as the Lucky Charm crumbled in Xu Ran’s hand, a Marshal-rank man arrived on a Red-Eyed Demon Dragon and halted the tide, leaving Xu Ran wondering if the charm had caused his rescue.

• Xu Ran clutched his Lucky Charm as Du Heng urged the Steel-Armored Rhino to flee the beast tide along Zhang Yun’s chosen route.
• A strange bird drew a group of Supernatural Creatures away from the tide to surround the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad, and Zhang Yun’s Coldscale Python drove back the diving birds with Ice Storm.
• The encirclement tightened as the squad fought off pursuing creatures, while an exhausted Purple Cloud helped Xu Ran and the Lucky Charm remained unresponsive.
• The Lucky Charm began to tremble and turned to ash as an angry voice approached and the surrounding creatures collapsed under a Marshal-rank presence.
• A man arrived atop the Red-Eyed Demon Dragon, whose attack stopped the beast tide, and Xu Ran wondered if the Lucky Charm had summoned him.

After a powerful Beast Tamer drove back the beast tide, Xu Ran and the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad returned safely toward Qingzhou City. Zhang Yun explained how Contract Beasts evolved into monarch species and gained Monarch's Might, leaving Xu Ran wondering whether Purple Cloud could learn monarch-level skills before evolving.

• A man riding a Red-Eyed Demon Dragon saved Zhang Yun, Xu Ran, and the others, then flew toward Qingzhou City.
• Zhang Yun led the relieved Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad back toward the city as the beast tide began to retreat.
• Xu Ran asked Zhang Yun about the rarity of marshal-rank Contract Beasts, and Zhang Yun explained that reaching marshal rank required a dangerous evolution into a monarch species.
• Zhang Yun explained that monarch species could awaken the three-star skill Monarch's Might, which the Red-Eyed Demon Dragon had used to intimidate the beasts.
• Xu Ran considered whether Fur Plucking could let Purple Cloud learn Monarch's Might before evolving as the squad reached Qingzhou City's gates.

After completing the mission to gather Azure Jade Fruit, Xu Ran unlocked the Boarding Feature and discovered that the system had built a vast, adaptable boarding facility underground. He opened for business and showed Du Heng, a prospective customer, the space, leaving Du Heng amazed by its scale.

• Xu Ran claimed the reward for Beginner Mission 3, starting a three-hour shop renovation.
• Xu Ran found that the shop itself was unchanged except for boarding price signs, then discovered an enormous underground facility beneath the backyard.
• Xu Ran inspected the facility's spacious layout, ventilation, and environments that adapted to the boarded Contract Beasts.
• Xu Ran reopened the shop, and Du Heng arrived to assess whether it could board his Steel-Armored Rhino.
• Xu Ran led Du Heng underground, where Du Heng gasped at the facility's size.

Xu Ran showed Du Heng and the Steel-Armored Rhino the boarding facility’s customizable earth-type wilderness and prepared specialized food for the beast. The rhino eagerly devoured its first portion as Xu Ran’s Drugging skill took effect.

• Du Heng questioned whether Xu Ran’s enormous underground boarding facility was illegal, then inspected its unfinished-looking space with Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran used a Control Hub to transform the facility into a physical earth-type wilderness, delighting the Steel-Armored Rhino and convincing Du Heng to board it for ten days.
• Xu Ran prepared food tailored to the Elite Rank Steel-Armored Rhino using knowledge supplied by the system.
• Xu Ran activated Drugging as he served the food, and the Steel-Armored Rhino wolfed it down in bliss while earning Happiness Points.

Xu Ran cared for Du Heng’s Steel-Armored Rhino and gained physique points and Happiness Points from feeding it. He then cooked for Purple Cloud and spent the points to raise its growth progress, leaving it thrilled by its sudden gains.

• Xu Ran fed Du Heng’s Steel-Armored Rhino, which happily accepted staying at the shop, and Du Heng left it in Xu Ran’s care.
• Xu Ran earned seven physique points and Happiness Points from the Rhino’s meal, then prepared a new dish for Purple Cloud.
• Purple Cloud devoured the food and learned that Xu Ran had made it with Azure Jade Fruit, which it believed he had risked himself to gather for its sake.
• Xu Ran spent all seven physique points to raise Purple Cloud’s growth progress from 167/500 to 174/500, delighting the cat.

Xu Ran discovered that a comfortable fostering environment steadily earned happiness points and that Drugging experience was tallied daily, while Purple Cloud fled from the muddy Steel-Armored Rhino. On Monday, students at Qingzhou City's Second Beast-Taming High School noticed Duan Anxun's Rainbow Cloud Parrot had been groomed at Xu Ran's shop, as Su Xiaoxiao prepared for Tan Qingsheng's practical class.

• Xu Ran saw the Steel-Armored Rhino earn happiness points while playing in its mud pool and learned that a comfortable fostering environment provided a steady stream of points.
• Xu Ran disabled the environment-point notifications, while Purple Cloud visited the Steel-Armored Rhino, panicked at its muddy play, and hurried back to Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran received a Drugging skill experience point just after midnight and realized the skill's experience was tallied daily.
• At Monday morning exercises, Lin Yue and Su Xiaoxiao noticed Duan Anxun's Rainbow Cloud Parrot appeared to have been groomed at the Starfire Foster Shop.
• Su Xiaoxiao confidently prepared for Tan Qingsheng's practical training class with her Blazing Fox.

Su Xiaoxiao’s Blazing Fox trained eagerly for the promise of grooming, and the pair impressed their classmates with a dramatic improvement in Practical Training Class. After Su Xiaoxiao scored 663.8 across seven tests, Duan Anxun stepped up, determined to keep her top rank for her mother’s sake.

• Su Xiaoxiao realized her Blazing Fox was training hard so it could get dirty and go to Xu Ran’s shop for grooming, and promised to take it after class.
• Duan Anxun told Du Ting that a new grooming shop had improved her Rainbow Cloud Parrot, while Du Ting regretted Su Xiaoxiao had won the appearance assessment.
• Tan Qingsheng called Su Xiaoxiao first for the practical tests, where she and her Blazing Fox earned 98.3 on command ability and excelled in the other tests.
• Tan Qingsheng announced Su Xiaoxiao’s total score of 663.8 and praised her; Lin Yue also improved enough to avoid a scolding.
• Duan Anxun began her tests with her Rainbow Cloud Parrot, recalling her mother’s pride in her first-place record and resolving that she could not lose.

Duan Anxun pushed the Rainbow Cloud Parrot to endure the final test long enough to beat Su Xiaoxiao’s total, but Tan Qingsheng reprimanded her for endangering her Contract Beast and changed her final score to zero. After winning first place, Su Xiaoxiao noticed Duan Anxun’s distress and went to offer her Lin Yue’s cola.

• Duan Anxun matched Su Xiaoxiao’s score on the first test and surpassed her previous records on the next five, but still needed more than 90 points on the pressure endurance test to take first place.
• Duan Anxun urged the Rainbow Cloud Parrot to keep going until it lasted 61 seconds and scored 91 points, despite its worsening injuries.
• Tan Qingsheng stopped Duan Anxun from rushing to the unconscious Rainbow Cloud Parrot, scolded her for making it suffer for a score, and changed her final test score from 91 to zero.
• Su Xiaoxiao finished first in the class, then took Lin Yue’s spare cola and walked over to the slumped Duan Anxun.

Su Xiaoxiao comforted Duan Anxun after her Rainbow Cloud Parrot was pushed too far during training, and Duan Anxun revealed the pressure her mother put on her to win. At Xu Ran’s shop, he struggled to meditate until a customer paid for a month of boarding and left without his contract beast.

• Su Xiaoxiao brought Duan Anxun cola and asked where Du Ting was, prompting Duan Anxun to admit that her classmates had begun avoiding her.
• Su Xiaoxiao explained that she had opposed Duan Anxun for insulting Lin Yue’s contract beast and reminded her that partners mattered more than scores.
• Duan Anxun broke down and revealed that she had pushed her Rainbow Cloud Parrot because she feared her mother’s reaction if she failed to take first place.
• Xu Ran fed the Steel-Armored Rhino, earned eight Constitution Points, and added them to Purple Cloud’s growth progress.
• Xu Ran tried to meditate at the shop but repeatedly stopped for snacks and cola before a skinny young man paid for a month of boarding and left without his contract beast.

Xu Ran welcomed a dejected Shadow-Hunting Lizard to the foster shop, arranged a dark stone-forest habitat, and fed it a delicious meal. The lizard took heart from the Steel-Armored Rhino’s cheerful attitude and began to hope its Beast Tamer might return.

• Xu Ran recognized the Shadow-Hunting Lizard as the new resident left by a thin young man and led it to the basement foster area.
• Xu Ran used the Control Hub to create a stone forest where shadows gathered, and the Shadow-Hunting Lizard slipped into them, apparently satisfied.
• The Steel-Armored Rhino noticed the new habitat, invited the lizard to play in the mud, and then happily splashed around by itself.
• Xu Ran brought the Shadow-Hunting Lizard a meal and encouraged it to settle in, while the lizard wondered if its Beast Tamer might remember it.
• As the lizard ate, its happiness points increased, and it resolved to learn optimism from the Steel-Armored Rhino.

Su Xiaoxiao brought her childhood friend Gu Ling to Xu Ran’s shop, where Gu Ling arranged grooming for her Dark-Scaled Dragon and Su Xiaoxiao brought Little Flame. Purple Cloud challenged the Blazing Fox to a rematch after grooming, leaving Gu Ling surprised by the shop’s unusual bustle.

• Purple Cloud alerted Xu Ran that customers had arrived, and he hurried out from the Preparation Room.
• Su Xiaoxiao introduced Gu Ling to Purple Cloud and explained that Gu Ling had returned to Qingzhou City and might become her classmate.
• Xu Ran agreed to groom Little Flame and scanned Gu Ling’s newly summoned Dark-Scaled Dragon, which his system identified as a Transcendent Rank beast.
• Purple Cloud asked Xu Ran to arrange a rematch with Su Xiaoxiao’s Blazing Fox, and Su Xiaoxiao accepted the challenge for after grooming.
• Gu Ling watched the grooming customers arrange a beast fight and wondered whether Qingzhou City’s people had become unusually simple and honest.

Xu Ran groomed Su Xiaoxiao’s Blazing Fox and Gu Ling’s Dark-Scaled Dragon, impressing both Beast Tamers with the results. He then took Purple Cloud to Tianhong Arena for its rematch against the Blazing Fox, and the match began.

• Su Xiaoxiao brought her Blazing Fox to Xu Ran for grooming while Gu Ling watched and wondered about the fox’s strange cries.
• Xu Ran groomed Gu Ling’s Dark-Scaled Dragon, leaving it comfortable and its scales gleaming; Gu Ling paid him 26,666 yuan.
• Su Xiaoxiao urged Xu Ran to start the planned match, and Purple Cloud showed eagerness to fight the Blazing Fox.
• Xu Ran and Su Xiaoxiao met referee Xu Long at Tianhong Arena, where Purple Cloud and the Blazing Fox began their rematch.

Xu Ran and Purple Cloud defeated Su Xiaoxiao and the Blazing Fox in a rematch, avenging their earlier loss. After both Contract Beasts recovered, Gu Ling asked Xu Ran to let the Dark-Scaled Dragon spar with Purple Cloud, and Purple Cloud eagerly accepted before reconsidering when it heard the dragon’s skills were all at starlight level.

• Xu Ran sent Purple Cloud charging at the Blazing Fox, but Su Xiaoxiao used Flame Eyes to help it target Purple Cloud and cast Flame Wall to block its path.
• Purple Cloud used Combat Instinct to leap over the flames and dive toward the Blazing Fox, but Su Xiaoxiao ordered the fox to use Flame Dance and retreat.
• Purple Cloud unleashed Electric Spark through the pillar of flame and struck the Blazing Fox, knocking it out and winning the match for Xu Ran.
• Su Xiaoxiao took the Blazing Fox for treatment, and both Contract Beasts recovered before Xu Ran, Su Xiaoxiao, and Gu Ling met outside the Medical Room.
• Gu Ling asked Xu Ran to arrange a spar between the Dark-Scaled Dragon and Purple Cloud, and Purple Cloud accepted until Su Xiaoxiao pointed out that the dragon’s skills were all at starlight level.

Gu Ling brought her groomed Dark-Scaled Dragon home and learned her transfer was arranged, then agreed to enter the Rookie Beast Tamer Challenge. Over three days, Purple Cloud trained hard and grew stronger, while the Steel-Armored Rhino was summoned away for the Hunting Squad's outing, leaving the Shadow-Hunting Lizard heartbroken.

• Purple Cloud's pride turned into determination to grow strong enough to fight the Dark-Scaled Dragon after it declined to spar.
• Gu Ling showed her father her groomed Dark-Scaled Dragon, told him about the Starfire Foster Shop, and agreed to enter the Rookie Beast Tamer Challenge.
• Xu Ran used two Stamina Potions to boost Purple Cloud's skill proficiency, and its growth progress rose from (183/500) to (251/500).
• The Shadow-Hunting Lizard's condition improved as Xu Ran cared for it, though the shop gained no new foster residents.
• The Steel-Armored Rhino ate before Du Heng summoned it away, and the Shadow-Hunting Lizard watched it vanish in a Six-Pointed Star Formation, losing its appetite.

Xu Ran discovered that the Shadow-Hunting Lizard had become despondent after the Steel-Armored Rhino left, while Du Heng was stunned when the Rhino chose to return to Xu Ran’s shop instead of spending time with him. Xu Ran mistook their attachment for romance and rushed to intervene, leaving Purple Cloud desperately trying to stop him.

• Xu Ran found the Shadow-Hunting Lizard frozen and dejected, and it withdrew into the Stone Forest despite his promises to help.
• Du Heng praised the Steel-Armored Rhino after it performed well, then offered to take it to an amusement park, but the Rhino asked to be teleported back to Xu Ran’s boarding shop.
• After the Rhino returned, Xu Ran realized the Shadow-Hunting Lizard had been earning Happiness Points by watching it and concluded that the Lizard was in love with the Rhino.
• Xu Ran decided to make the two Contract Beasts try accepting each other and hurried to meet them, while Purple Cloud grabbed his trouser leg to stop him.

Xu Ran stopped the Shadow-Hunting Lizard and Steel-Armored Rhino from fighting, but the lizard still refused to discuss its Beast Tamer. Meanwhile, Zhang Yun decided to find a grooming shop for his Stone-Armored Dragon before leaving it to be fostered.

• Xu Ran realized the Shadow-Hunting Lizard had attacked the Steel-Armored Rhino after mistaking it for another abandoned beast.
• Xu Ran used the Control Hub to separate the two Contract Beasts, then explained the misunderstanding to the Steel-Armored Rhino and Shadow-Hunting Lizard.
• The Shadow-Hunting Lizard accepted that its assumptions had been wrong, but retreated into the shadows when Xu Ran brought up its Beast Tamer.
• Xu Ran failed to coax the Shadow-Hunting Lizard out and returned upstairs, leaving its distress unresolved.
• Zhang Yun told his Stone-Armored Dragon he would leave it at a foster shop for a week and decided to find it a grooming service first.

Zhang Yun reluctantly brought his Stone-Armored Dragon to Starfire Foster Shop for grooming before boarding it for a week. Xu Ran cleaned grime from between its scales and began grinding them smooth, while the dragon’s dulled senses returned and the treatment overwhelmed it with pleasure.

• Zhang Yun questioned Starfire Foster Shop’s high prices but paid for a grooming session because he had little time before leaving Qingzhou City.
• Xu Ran assessed the Stone-Armored Dragon and led it into the Grooming Room while Purple Cloud watched the shop.
• Xu Ran used a curved hook to remove grime from between the dragon’s uneven stone scales, gradually sharpening its senses and earning happiness points.
• Xu Ran began smoothing the dragon’s scales with a portable electric grinding wheel, and the vibrations made the dragon tremble with intense pleasure.

After seeing the Stone-Armored Dragon’s remarkable grooming results, Zhang Yun toured Xu Ran’s boarding facilities and considered leaving his Contract Beast there. Xu Ran also realized that skills he gained from grooming could accumulate even when he had no beast suited to learn them, and Zhang Yun recognized one of the beasts already boarding at the shop.

• Purple Cloud watched Zhang Yun admire the Stone-Armored Dragon’s polished scales and wondered whether grooming had produced a new skill.
• Xu Ran saw that grooming the Stone-Armored Dragon had given him the Rock Spike skill, which he could not teach Purple Cloud, and considered how to handle useless skills.
• Zhang Yun asked to see the boarding facilities, and Xu Ran demonstrated how the Control Hub could reshape the ground to suit a Contract Beast.
• Xu Ran showed Zhang Yun the Preparation Room and explained that he prepared the boarded beasts’ meals himself.
• Xu Ran introduced the boarding Steel-Armored Rhino and Shadow-Hunting Lizard, and Zhang Yun raised an eyebrow at the familiar Shadow-Hunting Lizard.

Xu Ran learned why the Shadow-Hunting Lizard had been separated from Zhou Hao and tried to open up a conversation with it. After the Stone-Armored Dragon enjoyed its first meal at the shop, Xu Ran asked the Shadow-Hunting Lizard if it wanted to surpass the Brilliant Dragon Sparrow.

• Zhang Yun recognized the Shadow-Hunting Lizard as Zhou Hao’s Contract Beast and told Xu Ran that Zhou Hao had chosen to keep his jealous Brilliant Dragon Sparrow instead of it.
• Zhang Yun paid for a week of boarding for his Stone-Armored Dragon and left it in Xu Ran’s care.
• Xu Ran made a pebble mound for the Stone-Armored Dragon and served it a meal that earned it Happiness Points.
• Xu Ran approached the Shadow-Hunting Lizard, which had overheard Zhang Yun’s story, and asked if it wanted to surpass the Brilliant Dragon Sparrow.