Arc 6The Road to Cloud-Gathering City

Xu Ran helped capture a kidnapping gang, advanced his shop and Contract Beasts, and claimed the giant beast’s relics outside the city. After rescuing the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad and preparing Can Can for its evolution, Xu Ran set out with his companions for Cloud-Gathering City.

  • Xu Ran helped Zhang He Nian track down and defeat the gang kidnapping minors, then trained Zhang He Nian’s Giant Golden Eagle and gained publicity for the Starfire Foster Shop.
  • Xu Ran reached B-Rank, completed Main Quest 1, and gained Tony as a System Clerk to help manage the shop’s services.
  • Xu Ran used the Fetal Breath Jade to hatch a Golden-Scaled Turtle, named it Can Can, and later contracted it after advancing to Third Tier Contract Power.
  • Xu Ran strengthened Starlight and Purple Cloud with skill fusions and new abilities, then took them and Can Can to Thunder Half-Mountain, where Purple Cloud claimed a Thunder Pearl and Xu Ran claimed a powerful saber.
  • Xu Ran defeated the Dark Corrosion Snake and Nightflame Crow, recovered a pendant belonging to Cat Boss’s former Beast Tamer, and gave it to Cat Boss.
  • Xu Ran rescued the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad from a horde of Supernatural Creatures and returned to the shop to allocate resources and fuse Starlight’s skills.
  • Xu Ran chose Can Can’s Coiling Dragon Tortoise evolution route, helped it gain new skills, and completed the group’s resource allocation before leaving with Senior Gu for Cloud-Gathering City.
Chapters 126–150 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 126Missing Persons, Staying True to His Roots

Xu Ran received an Outstanding Boarding Shop banner from the Beast Tamer Association and groomed Zhang He Nian’s Giant Golden Eagle. After learning that kidnappers were targeting minors in Qingzhou City, Xu Ran volunteered to help track them down, and the association approved his involvement.

  • Zhang He Nian delivered the association’s reward banner and asked Xu Ran to groom his Giant Golden Eagle.
  • Xu Ran groomed the Giant Golden Eagle, and Zhang He Nian paid for the service, delighted with the results.
  • Zhang He Nian told Xu Ran that a criminal gang had kidnapped several minors and was using starlight dust to conceal its tracks.
  • Xu Ran offered his contract beasts’ strength and detection skills to help investigate, and Zhang He Nian reported his offer to the association.
  • The association approved Xu Ran’s participation, and Xu Ran asked Zhang He Nian to mention the Starfire Foster Shop in the newspaper if they caught the criminals.

Ch. 127The Defiled...

Xu Ran and Zhang He Nian investigated the abduction of Ding Wei and discovered that the criminals might be watching the crime scene. Xu Ran tracked a suspect to an abandoned factory and asked Zhang He Nian to summon the other Commander Level Beast Tamers.

  • Xu Ran and Zhang He Nian examined Ding Wei's apartment and found traces concealed by defiled Starlight Dust.
  • Xu Ran reasoned that the criminal group might be monitoring the investigators, so he and Zhang He Nian staged a conversation to draw them out.
  • Zhang He Nian's Giant Golden Eagle spotted a fleeing figure, and Xu Ran used Night Pursuit Appraisal to track them through the city.
  • Xu Ran followed the suspect to an abandoned factory while Starlight used Long Night to replenish his strength.
  • Xu Ran told Zhang He Nian that he had found the criminals' base and asked him to call the other Commander Level experts because there were many criminals.

Ch. 128A golden eagle turned into a sand sculpture?!

Xu Ran helped Zhang He Nian and the Beast Tamer Association raid a criminal hideout, secretly kept the recovered starlight dust, and learned the gang had planned to offer kidnapped minors to wild Supernatural Creatures. The Association allowed him to keep the dust and promised to promote his shop, while Zhang He Nian tried its training service and watched Xu Ran bury his Giant Golden Eagle to improve its Rock Body.

  • Zhang He Nian gathered seven Commander Level Beast Tamers, and they surrounded and attacked the criminals' hideout while Xu Ran and his Contract Beasts joined the assault.
  • Xu Ran found a bottle of starlight dust in the factory, pocketed it, and told Zhang He Nian that the captive victims were safe and no criminals remained.
  • Zhang He Nian told Xu Ran that the gang had planned to hand over kidnapped minors with high contract power to wild Supernatural Creatures in exchange for safe passage outside the city.
  • Zhang He Nian said the Association would commend Xu Ran and promote his shop, and he agreed to try its sparring service with his Giant Golden Eagle.
  • Xu Ran buried Zhang He Nian's Giant Golden Eagle in a resource-scattered hole to train its Rock Body, and Zhang He Nian saw that the skill improved despite the bird's goofy appearance.

Ch. 129The Beast King's Probe

After a news report praised Xu Ran and the Starfire Foster Shop, the shop’s sparring business surged, boosting his Make a Scene progress. The Beast King Foster Shop’s owners, Wang Xuebin and Su Qiang, visited to test Xu Ran’s training, but he turned them away as closing time approached, leaving them to return the next day.

  • Wang Xuebin grew frustrated when a news report praised Xu Ran’s training and advertising, and Su Qiang suggested they visit the Starfire Foster Shop.
  • Xu Ran celebrated the report’s publicity with Purple Cloud and Starlight, then welcomed a rush of sparring customers as his Make a Scene progress rose from 81 to 117.
  • Su Qiang and Wang Xuebin arrived at the shop, and Su Qiang summoned her Earth-Splitting Thorn Dragon and asked Xu Ran to train it.
  • Xu Ran recognized the couple’s visit as a likely test but declined because the sparring service had closed for the day.
  • Su Qiang said they would return the next day, and Xu Ran closed the shop and prepared extra food for the boarding residents.

Ch. 130Yaaah~~~

Xu Ran trained Su Qiang and Wang Xuebin’s Earth-Splitting Thorn Dragon to raise its Earthsplitter Roar to full moon proficiency, then continued building the Starfire Foster Shop’s sparring business. Six days later, Su Xiaoxiao returned with Little Flame for training and grooming as Xu Ran’s Make a Scene skill neared B-rank.

  • Xu Ran showed Su Qiang and Wang Xuebin the Starfire Foster Shop’s enormous boarding and elemental training areas, leaving the couple astonished.
  • Xu Ran taught the Earth-Splitting Thorn Dragon to imitate a babyish recorded sound, and its Earthsplitter Roar reached full moon proficiency after an hour of practice.
  • Xu Ran saw the bewildered couple off and continued serving a growing stream of sparring customers, scheduling grooming for mornings and sparring for afternoons.
  • Six days later, Su Xiaoxiao brought Little Flame back to the shop and requested an hour of training followed by grooming as Xu Ran’s Make a Scene reached 499/500 progress.

Ch. 131B-Rank Make a Scene, Main Quest 1 Complete!

Su Xiaoxiao trained Blazing Fox in Flame Wall with Xu Ran’s ridiculous dance method, helping him raise Make a Scene to B-Rank and complete Main Quest 1. Xu Ran summoned his new System Clerk, Tony, and learned that Tony could handle one shop service in exchange for half its rewards.

  • Su Xiaoxiao brought Blazing Fox to train Flame Wall, and Xu Ran taught them a dance-based training method that had them wiping windows to music.
  • Xu Ran gained the final Make a Scene experience he needed, reached B-Rank, and completed Main Quest 1.
  • Xu Ran claimed the quest rewards and summoned the System Clerk, who appeared as a muscular man in a pink apron and introduced himself as Tony, or Little Nini.
  • Tony told Xu Ran he could take over one shop service, with half of its Happiness Points and other gains going to him as payment.
  • Xu Ran realized Tony could free him to focus on another service, but wondered whether the System Clerk had other abilities.

Ch. 132The First System Clerk!

Xu Ran learned that Tony could increase the Boarding Shop’s capacity and improve its services, then assigned him to test grooming, sparring, and boarding. Tony began work as a groomer, and his unsettlingly enthusiastic style impressed Liu Gu while leaving Xu Ran unsure whether to trust him with the shop.

  • Tony told Xu Ran that a System Clerk could raise boarding capacity and improve service operations, while a System Shop Manager required costly resources but took a smaller share of the income.
  • Xu Ran assigned Tony to handle each service for a day, starting with grooming, and learned that main quest 2 required promoting Tony and acquiring premises in a Second-Tier Stronghold.
  • Tony started greeting customers in a pink apron, startling Mr. Qi before Xu Ran led him and his Contract Beast to the Training Area.
  • Liu Gu arrived with his Wind Lion Dog and asked Tony to groom it, and Tony performed the service with professional skill and exuberant enthusiasm.
  • Liu Gu praised Tony’s grooming, while Xu Ran watched them grow close and decided to proceed with his draw.

Ch. 133A new purple item!

Xu Ran drew a Fetal Breath Jade that could improve an unborn Supernatural Creature’s potential and speed its birth, and proposed giving it to the Beast Egg in exchange for a loan from Purple Cloud and Starlight. After both Contract Beasts agreed, Starlight and Purple Cloud began planning how to spend their Skill Points, with Starlight choosing first.

  • Xu Ran drew a Fetal Breath Jade and realized it could benefit the Beast Egg he was raising.
  • Xu Ran inspected the Beast Egg and decided to ask Purple Cloud and Starlight before using the jade, since the egg was not yet a Contract Beast.
  • Xu Ran proposed that Purple Cloud and Starlight each lend 250 Value Points for the jade, to be repaid by the hatched creature if it became their companion; both agreed, and Starlight insisted on contributing its share.
  • Xu Ran listed the available resources and calculated that Starlight needed 94 more Skill Points to raise all its Innate Skills to Crescent Level.
  • Starlight chose to exchange for 2,624 Skill Points, leaving 2,646 for Purple Cloud to raise its remaining skills and improve one to Full Moon Level.

Ch. 134Full Moon Level Proficiency! An Unexpected Turn!

Xu Ran distributed resources between Starlight and Purple Cloud, then fused Starlight’s Duskwatch with two support skills to create Dusk Night Emblem. He raised Starlight’s new skill and Purple Cloud’s Thunder-Shaking Heavenly Sound to Full Moon Level, though further point allocation was unavailable until they reached Commander Rank.

  • Starlight took Skill Fragments and Skill Fusion Stones, while Purple Cloud chose Stamina Potions and Beast Tamer Points; they carried their unused Value Points forward.
  • Xu Ran fused Duskwatch, Protection, and Sharing Weal and Woe into Dusk Night Emblem after eight failed attempts, giving the skill stronger boosts, protective emblems, and a way for multiple allies to share strength.
  • Xu Ran spent Starlight’s remaining 2,000 Skill Points to raise Dusk Night Emblem to Full Moon Level, where it could affect twenty recipients and block sixteen attacks per emblem, but could not receive more points at Elite Rank.
  • Purple Cloud urged Xu Ran to allocate its points, choosing Thunder-Shaking Heavenly Sound for Full Moon Level and Fighting Body for the remaining points.
  • Xu Ran completed Purple Cloud’s allocation, and Starlight and Purple Cloud both reached Full Moon Level proficiency in their chosen skills.

Ch. 135The Beast Egg Hatches!!!

Xu Ran used the Fetal Breath Jade to accelerate the Earth Element Beast Egg’s development, and the egg hatched that night. A strange dragon-like, turtle-shelled creature emerged, leaving Xu Ran unsure what kind of Contract Beast it was.

  • Purple Cloud explained that Full Moon Level Thunder-Shaking Heavenly Sound had greater range, a movable center, and could be compressed into a powerful orb, though it consumed far more energy.
  • Xu Ran helped Purple Cloud exchange points for energy blocks, Thunder Strike Wood, and crackstone, while Starlight saved its points for after its evolution and breakthrough.
  • Xu Ran brought the Fetal Breath Jade to the Beast Egg and pressed it against the shell, causing it to liquefy, spread over the egg, and be absorbed.
  • The Beast Egg trembled as its ocher patterns changed into regular, dragon-scale-like ridges, and Xu Ran sensed that its life aura had grown stronger.
  • The creature inside cracked open the shell and emerged with a golden horn, an earthen-yellow head, grayish-white fur, a turtle-like shell, and dragon-like limbs and features, leaving Xu Ran wondering whether it was a dragon or a turtle.

Ch. 136There Was No Way It Could Advance Already!

Xu Ran cared for the newly hatched Golden-Scaled Turtle, which grew at an extraordinary rate as it devoured milk and prepared food. After it advanced to elite rank and reached twenty-seven meters long, it activated a bloodline ability and shrank to a manageable size.

  • Xu Ran appraised the newborn Golden-Scaled Turtle, fed it Moonlight Cow milk, and noticed it had already outgrown its eggshell.
  • Xu Ran took the hungry creature to the basement and fed it recipe-made food, while Purple Cloud stopped it from getting stuck in a bucket.
  • The Golden-Scaled Turtle grew to nine meters as Xu Ran repeatedly prepared more food, and Starlight and Purple Cloud noticed its unusually strong power.
  • The Golden-Scaled Turtle advanced to elite rank, grew to twenty-seven meters long, and reached nearly giant size.
  • The Golden-Scaled Turtle sensed Xu Ran had become tiny beside it and unconsciously activated its bloodline power, shrinking to four or five meters long.

Ch. 137The Fetal Breath Jade Was Truly Terrifying!

Xu Ran watched the newly hatched Golden-Scaled Turtle reveal Miniaturization and several exceptionally powerful skills, then concluded that the Fetal Breath Jade had greatly enhanced its natural abilities. He left the story eager to explore the turtle’s potential and obtain its skills through grooming.

  • Purple Cloud and Starlight eagerly wanted Miniaturization, and Xu Ran considered grooming the Golden-Scaled Turtle before forming a contract to obtain its skills.
  • The Golden-Scaled Turtle demonstrated a defensive skill that protected its body and reflected damage, surprising Xu Ran and Purple Cloud with its strength.
  • The turtle unleashed a wide-area ground attack, and Starlight protected Xu Ran and the others from its accidental strike.
  • The Golden-Scaled Turtle raised a powerful stone wall that withstood Purple Cloud’s increasingly strong attacks.
  • The turtle restored its energy from the earth and strengthened its other skills, leading Xu Ran to recognize four powerful two-star abilities.
  • Xu Ran, Purple Cloud, and Starlight attributed the turtle’s rare Miniaturization and exceptional skills to the Fetal Breath Jade.

Ch. 138A tier-three contract, a third beast!

Xu Ran reached tier three contract power, allowing him to form a contract with Can Can, while Purple Cloud advanced to the Commander Rank. The chapter ended with Xu Ran preparing to contract with Can Can.

  • Xu Ran comforted the newly hatched Golden-Scaled Turtle and settled it beside Starlight in the Boarding Area.
  • Starlight showed the Golden-Scaled Turtle around, and the turtle frightened the Frost-Dust Wolf by canceling Miniaturization and revealing its enormous size.
  • Over the next week, Xu Ran assigned Tony to handle sparring, named the turtle Can Can, and watched Can Can grow close to the group.
  • Xu Ran broke through to tier three, and Purple Cloud immediately advanced from the Elite Rank to the Commander Rank.
  • Starlight resisted the urge to advance, while Xu Ran turned to Can Can and said they could form a contract.

Ch. 139Dragon Might, teachable!

Xu Ran contracted Can Can, discovered that it could learn Dragon Might, and prepared for the team's next resource allocation. Liu Gu arrived with exhausted Contract Beasts after the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad rescued captives, and he was stunned to learn Xu Ran had reached Third Tier Contract Power and Purple Cloud had reached Commander Rank.

  • Xu Ran contracted Can Can and found that Dragon Might was teachable to it because of its connection to dragons.
  • Xu Ran reviewed Can Can's Elite Rank skills and Purple Cloud's Commander Rank status, then explained that Can Can would have to wait until the next allocation to receive Value Points.
  • Starlight taught Can Can about the team's resource allocation system while they returned to the shop, where Liu Gu was waiting with Wind Lion Dog and an exhausted Sea Wave Flower.
  • Liu Gu explained that Sea Wave Flower had spent its strength stabilizing rescued captives, and he reacted with shock when he sensed Purple Cloud's Commander Rank power and learned Xu Ran had broken through to Third Tier Contract Power.
  • As Xu Ran groomed Wind Lion Dog, Purple Cloud and Starlight anticipated a resource allocation, and Starlight explained to Can Can that it usually followed this customer's visit.
  • Xu Ran brought out the refreshed Wind Lion Dog and went to fetch Tony to give Liu Gu a massage.

Ch. 140Already in Debt Before Even Taking Part?

Xu Ran reviewed his new draw rewards, adjusted the value of purple items, and led Purple Cloud, Starlight, and Cancan through a resource allocation. Starlight acquired a Three-Star Skill Scroll and prepared to fuse skills, while Cancan learned that it owed its teammates points for helping it hatch.

  • Xu Ran found a Meditation Acceleration Card and a Three-Star Skill Scroll among his draw rewards, then decided purple items would cost more Value Points while the Monarch Species Evolution Route would remain at 500.
  • Xu Ran told Cancan it owed Purple Cloud and Starlight 150 Value Points each after they had lent it points for a resource that aided its hatching.
  • Xu Ran presented the available resources, and Starlight chose the Three-Star Skill Scroll while Purple Cloud and Starlight divided the other resources between them.
  • Purple Cloud spent its remaining Value Points on Constitution Points, while Starlight kept 9,520 Value Points and resolved to evolve soon.
  • Starlight asked Xu Ran to fuse skills, and he opened a fusion option for Night March, Moon Concealment, and Dark Glint with a 7.1‰ success rate.

Ch. 141A New Discovery in Skill Fusion

Xu Ran upgraded Starlight’s Night March and Starlink, then discovered that combining skills with shared fusion origins could raise fusion success rates. Starlight chose to try merging its non-Innate Skills, while Purple Cloud began considering doing the same.

  • Xu Ran fused Night March with Moon Concealment and Dark Glint, creating the three-star Night-Hiding Star Gallop, which greatly increased Starlight’s speed and concealed its presence at night.
  • Xu Ran used a Three-Star Skill Scroll to upgrade Starlink into Fate-Binding Star-Link, and its link with Starlight raised their combined strength above one hundred thousand.
  • Xu Ran fused Starlight’s Self-Healing with Night Capture to create Embrace of the Night, then found that pairing it with Long Night and other skills sharing Night Capture increased fusion success rates.
  • After weighing the potential benefits and lost Skill Point investment, Starlight decided to fuse its non-Innate Skills, and Purple Cloud considered whether it could eventually fuse its own skills too.

Ch. 142Return to the Giant Beast's Remains!

Xu Ran and his Contract Beasts left Qingzhou City to return to the giant beast's remains, hoping Purple Cloud could obtain powerful Lightning Element resources there. After reaching the cave, they gathered their strength and Purple Cloud charged at the remains.

  • Xu Ran explained that Qingzhou City had no suitable resources for Commander Rank Purple Cloud, so they planned to seek better resources in Cloud-Gathering City or at the giant beast's remains.
  • Xu Ran learned from Liu Gu that wild Supernatural Creatures had been fighting outside the city, then decided to leave before the City Gate closed for the evening.
  • At the City Gate, Purple Cloud's Commander Rank aura deterred people trying to approach Xu Ran, and the group departed with Starlight carrying Cancan and Purple Cloud.
  • Starlight sped through the countryside while Purple Cloud intimidated wild Supernatural Creatures and electrocuted a black lizard that crossed their path.
  • Xu Ran and his three Contract Beasts reached the cave beneath Thunder Half-Mountain and stood before the giant beast's remains.
  • Xu Ran and Starlight empowered Purple Cloud, which unleashed its full strength and charged at the giant beast's remains.

Ch. 143The Thunder Pearl and the Long Saber

Purple Cloud’s lightning awakened the power within the enormous beast’s remains, causing them to vanish and leave behind a Thunder Pearl and a long saber. As Xu Ran tried to take the saber, it erupted with a fierce pressure, while outside the mountain three powerful wild creatures argued over the remains and learned that the Nightmare Beast King’s twelfth daughter had gone missing nearby.

  • Purple Cloud struck the enormous beast’s remains with Annihilating Thunder Claw but could not damage them, then walked toward them as their lightning responded to her power.
  • The lightning drew inward, the remains disappeared, and a Thunder Pearl and long saber appeared as Purple Cloud sat beneath them.
  • The Silver Moon Pack Leader rejected the Dark Corrosion Snake and Nightflame Crow’s plan to devour the remains and proposed reporting them to the Core Six Kings.
  • The Nightflame Crow revealed that the Nightmare Beast King’s twelfth daughter had gone missing near a human city, unsettling the Silver Moon Pack Leader.
  • Xu Ran tried to take the Thunder Pearl and was shocked, so Purple Cloud collected it instead; when he grasped the long saber, it trembled and released a fierce pressure at him.

Ch. 144The power of a single slash

Xu Ran endured the saber’s blade intent, claimed it, and used its power to kill the Dark Corrosion Snake and Nightflame Crow. While looting the Crow’s lair, he found human remains and a pendant whose photograph seemed to show Cat Boss, leaving him with a troubling mystery.

  • Xu Ran endured the saber’s pain, glimpsed a powerful man cleave a giant beast with it, and strengthened his own blade intent until he could claim the saber.
  • Xu Ran healed his injured hand with Starlight’s Fate-Binding Star-Link and Embrace of the Night, then left the half-mountain with Starlight, Purple Cloud, and Can Can.
  • The Dark Corrosion Snake and Nightflame Crow attacked Xu Ran over the Thunder Pearl, and he cut both down with a single slash while the Silver Moon Pack Leader fled with its pack.
  • Xu Ran located the two dead creatures’ lairs and let Can Can fight under Purple Cloud’s protection and Starlight’s amplification as they looted their way through the area.
  • Xu Ran found human bones in the Nightflame Crow’s lair, and Purple Cloud retrieved a damaged photo pendant showing an unfamiliar man with a Fury Battle Cat that Xu Ran thought resembled Cat Boss.

Ch. 145Cat Boss's Bread

Xu Ran discovered the remains of Cat Boss’s former Beast Tamer and buried them, then returned the man’s photo pendant to Cat Boss. Cat Boss mourned as it held the pendant, while a powerful, mischievous little creature set off toward Qingzhou City.

  • Xu Ran recognized Cat Boss’s former Beast Tamer among the remains outside the city, had Can Can bury the bodies, and kept the man’s photo pendant.
  • A round, white-feathered creature evaded its pursuers, subdued a red lion with its cry, and headed toward the city.
  • Xu Ran returned to Qingzhou City, exchanged scavenged resources for Beast Tamer Points, and left his Contract Beasts at the shop before visiting Cat Boss.
  • Xu Ran shared bread with Cat Boss and learned it bought two pieces to remember the breakfasts it once shared with its Beast Tamer.
  • Xu Ran told Cat Boss he had killed the black-flamed Nightflame Crow and gave it the photo pendant he had recovered.
  • Cat Boss recognized the pendant, held it close, and wept as Xu Ran quietly left it alone.

Ch. 146Can Can's arithmetic lesson

After leaving Cat Boss, Xu Ran returned to the shop, where Purple Cloud and Starlight were teaching Can Can arithmetic before the trio rushed off to train. Meanwhile, He Nian explained Qingzhou City’s plans for a newly competitive exchange, and Xu Ran learned he might face powerful opponents before revealing that he had reached the third tier of Contract Power.

  • Xu Ran returned to the Boarding Shop and found Purple Cloud and Starlight teaching Can Can arithmetic so it could manage the next resource distribution.
  • Xu Ran sent the three Contract Beasts to train and resolved to earn resources while working toward the fourth tier of Contract Power.
  • Gu Wu and He Nian discussed Cloud-Gathering City’s decision to turn the alliance exchange into sparring matches, the strength of its young Beast Tamers, and the danger posed by a Beast King searching for its cub.
  • Gu Wu told Xu Ran that the exchange would begin in a week and warned him that he might face Commander Level opponents, but Xu Ran asked about the rewards for defeating Cloud-Gathering City’s Beast Tamers.
  • Xu Ran told Gu Wu that his Contract Power had reached the third tier, leaving Gu Wu stunned.

Ch. 147Liu Jinli Won't Come? I'll Go Myself!

Xu Ran learned that the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad had been trapped outside Qingzhou City and went out with his Contract Beasts to find them. As the squad faced a deadly horde, a black figure arrived and unleashed Monarch's Might and a sea of lightning.

  • Gu Wu learned that Xu Ran had reached the third tier and contracted the Beast Egg he had won, then arranged to meet him in seven days.
  • Xu Ran waited for Liu Jinli so he could use her luck for two Ten-Pull Draws, but grew concerned when the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad failed to return.
  • Xu Ran took Purple Cloud, Starlight, and Can Can outside the city after suspecting the squad was in danger.
  • Liu Gu, Zhang Yun, Du Heng, Yan Fan, and Liu Xue were trapped in a cave by a horde of Supernatural Creatures after discovering a valuable resource.
  • When a creature found the cave, the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad fought their way outside and was surrounded by the horde.
  • A black figure arrived, suppressed the creatures with Monarch's Might, and struck them with Thunder-Shaking Heavenly Sound.

Ch. 148Can Can's Evolution Route!

Xu Ran rescued Zhang Yun’s team, then returned to the shop and began allocating resources among his Contract Beasts. After Starlight successfully fused its skills into Heart of Eternal Night, Can Can received two five-star-potential evolution choices and had to decide between a dual-element Dark Underworld Turtle and an earth-element Coiling Dragon Tortoise.

  • Xu Ran arrived in time to save Zhang Yun’s team from Supernatural Creatures and escorted them back to the city.
  • Xu Ran returned to the shop and listed the resources available for allocation; Starlight, Purple Cloud, and Can Can agreed that Starlight would fuse its skills first.
  • Xu Ran used seven Skill Fusion Stones to fuse Starlight’s Long Night, Nightfall, and Embrace of the Night into the three-star Heart of Eternal Night, which boosted dark-element skills and restored strength and injuries anywhere.
  • Xu Ran gave Can Can the Monarch Species Evolution Route, and Can Can chose to see the routes with the highest potential.
  • Xu Ran revealed that Can Can could evolve into either a dual-element Dark Underworld Turtle or an earth-element Coiling Dragon Tortoise, both with four-star difficulty and five-star potential; Purple Cloud favored dual elements while Starlight pointed to Dragon Might.

Ch. 149After Miniaturization's Star Advancement, It Actually...

Xu Ran chose the Coiling Dragon Tortoise evolution path for Can Can and reviewed its demanding evolution requirements. Can Can raised Miniaturization to three stars, transforming it into Mount Sumeru in a Mustard Seed, and then prepared to fuse Earth-Covering Like Bedrock with Mire.

  • Purple Cloud, Starlight, Can Can, and Xu Ran considered Can Can's evolution options, and Can Can agreed to become a Coiling Dragon Tortoise.
  • Xu Ran examined the evolution conditions and materials, finding that Can Can would need six crescent-level three-star skills, dragon blood, rare materials, and buried earth-element Dragon Remains.
  • Can Can used a Three-Star Skill Scroll to upgrade Miniaturization into Mount Sumeru in a Mustard Seed, which let it enlarge or shrink while changing its strength, speed, reactions, and skill-casting frequency.
  • Starlight offered Can Can its two spare Skill Fragments for 20 Value Points, and Xu Ran approved the trade.
  • Can Can asked Xu Ran to fuse Earth-Covering Like Bedrock with Mire, and Xu Ran accepted the 11.4% fusion chance.

Ch. 150Setting out for Cloud-Gathering City!

Xu Ran helped Can Can advance three skills to three stars, then the group spent their remaining Value Points on skills, resources, and Constitution Points. After finishing their preparations, they went to rest before setting out for Cloud-Gathering City with Senior Gu the next morning.

  • Xu Ran fused Earth-Covering Like Bedrock with another Two-Star Skill, advancing it into Fertile Soil Bestows Its Body and giving Can Can tougher, adhesive mud armor.
  • Can Can chose to fuse Heart of the Earth with Self-Healing and Seismic Wave, and the successful fusion created Earth Vein Resonance, which restored energy, healed injuries, strengthened Earth Element skills, and detected nearby terrain.
  • Xu Ran taught Can Can Dragon Might and distributed the remaining Value Points among the three pets, including Skill Points for Purple Cloud and Starlight.
  • Starlight and Purple Cloud spent their remaining Value Points on Constitution Points to prepare for their next growth, leaving the group with a finalized list of resources.
  • Xu Ran finished the allocation and sent everyone upstairs to rest before they set out for Cloud-Gathering City with Senior Gu the next morning.
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