Chapter Summaries

Xu Ran and the Three Little Ones challenged the Beast Taming Rankings, and Purple Cloud’s improved strength propelled her to first place on the Current Combat Power Rankings and twenty-fifth on the Historical Rankings. Du Hongchen and his Nine-Shadow Demon Cat were stunned to lose first place, while Xu Ran remained inside the testing facility, leaving Du Hongchen uneasy.

• Xu Ran brought Purple Cloud, Can Can, and Starlight to challenge the rankings, where they discovered Du Hongchen had climbed to forty-eighth on the historical Commander Rank Contract Beast Combat Power Rankings.
• Du Hongchen challenged Purple Cloud’s bid for first place, and Xu Ran interrupted to offer grooming for the Nine-Shadow Demon Cat, wagering that Purple Cloud would not surpass it.
• Purple Cloud defeated her test opponents and recorded a combat power of 60,239, with Starlight restoring her strength afterward.
• The rankings announced that Purple Cloud had taken first place from Du Hongchen on the Current Combat Power Rankings.
• Purple Cloud climbed from 107th to twenty-fifth on the Historical Combat Power Rankings, while Du Hongchen wondered why Xu Ran had not yet left the facility.

Xu Ran and his Contract Beasts climbed the Commander Level rankings, with Can Can taking first place in the Current Combat Power Rankings and Xu Ran surpassing Fang Yuling in the Overall Battle Power Rankings. Xu Ran then entered Testing Area C02 to challenge the Contract Beast Team Battle Power Rankings, where Purple Cloud prepared to face the incoming Beast Tide.

• Can Can used Land of Annihilation to claim first place in the Current Combat Power Rankings, leaving Purple Cloud stunned at being overtaken.
• Du Hongchen accused Xu Ran of deliberately surpassing him in person, but Xu Ran explained that his Contract Beasts had recently improved, and Du Hongchen apologized before leaving.
• Xu Ran told Starlight they would seek a better speed skill from the Nine-Shadow Demon Cat, then headed with the Three Little Ones toward the Beast Tamer rankings.
• Xu Ran surpassed Fang Yuling for first place in the Current Commander Level Overall Battle Power Rankings, while Starfire Foster Shop rose to fourth in the Historical Rankings.
• Xu Ran entered Testing Area C02 to challenge the Contract Beast Team Battle Power Rankings, and Purple Cloud prepared to fight the approaching Beast Tide with Fighting Element power.

Xu Ran’s Purple Cloud broke through to Sun Halo Level and propelled his team to the top of the Commander-Level team battle power rankings, drawing Fang Yuling’s attention. Meanwhile, Fang Canghai learned that Xu Ran had surpassed his daughter and continued organizing an alliance among the Second-Tier Strongholds against a growing threat in Beast Domain No. 47.

• Qin Yue and Qin Can watched the rankings as Fang Yuling arrived and asked where Xu Ran was.
• Purple Cloud reached Sun Halo Level in Undying Battle Body, and Xu Ran’s team scored 392398 in the C02 test.
• Xu Ran left the testing site with his three beasts, met Fang Yuling outside, and watched her depart without speaking.
• Fang Canghai received replies from other Second-Tier Strongholds and agreed to an alliance and an exchange between General-Rank and King-Rank Beast Tamers.
• Fang Canghai learned that Xu Ran had taken first place from Fang Yuling and decided to watch him before making contact.

Xu Ran received Tony’s report on the Qingzhou City Starfire Foster Shop and learned that 92 customers missed him. He decided to return to Qingzhou City with the Three Little Ones after collecting their ranking rewards and exchanging Beast Tamer Points for more Monarch Rank resources.

• Xu Ran noticed that Fang Yuling was still boarding her Contract Beasts at his shop and felt relieved.
• Tony called Xu Ran and reported the Qingzhou City shop’s grooming, boarding, and training results, along with 92 customers who missed him.
• Xu Ran learned that System Clerks could teleport between shops and arranged for Tony and the other clerks to run the Cloud-Gathering City shop while he returned to Qingzhou City.
• Xu Ran told the Three Little Ones they would challenge rankings the next day, then visit Qingzhou City and return before the following weekly settlement.
• Xu Ran explained that they would use their accumulated Beast Tamer Points to buy more Monarch Rank resources, and the Three Little Ones resolved to stay awake planning their purchases.

Xu Ran discovered that the Advanced Meditation Acceleration Card let him meditate through the night without fatigue, while his growing renown in Cloud-Gathering City drew an invitation from Demonwood City. He learned that its grooming industry was in crisis because the Sky-Piercing Blackwood had stopped producing grooming dewdrops, but he could not leave to open a branch yet.

• Xu Ran realized the Advanced Meditation Acceleration Card removed meditation fatigue, and he told the boarded Contract Beasts he would be away from the shop for a while.
• Fang Yuling's Lamp-Lighting Spirit Envoy, Battle Bee, and Three-Headed Nightmare decided to tell their Beast Tamer that Xu Ran had overtaken them.
• Xu Ran saw his Cloud-Gathering City renown quest progress rise to 43.6% after he took first place in all three Commander Level Beast Tamer rankings and surpassed Fang Yuling.
• Xu Qing from the Demonwood City Beast Tamer Association invited Xu Ran to open a Boarding Shop in her city, offering free premises and support.
• Xu Qing explained that Demonwood City had almost no grooming services because the Sky-Piercing Blackwood once supplied grooming dewdrops to its residents, but had stopped producing them for over three months.
• Xu Ran declined for now because he needed to complete his Cloud-Gathering City quest and could not spare a shop or staff for Demonwood City.

Xu Ran and the Three Little Ones exchanged their Beast Tamer Points for Monarch Rank resources to strengthen their skills. With the resources set to arrive the next morning, they planned to return to Qingzhou City.

• Xu Qing left Xu Ran's Boarding Shop after asking him to consider Demonwood City for a future branch.
• Purple Cloud reclaimed first place in the current Combat Power Rankings and rose to third in the all-time rankings, while all three pets earned more Beast Tamer Points from ranking challenges.
• Xu Ran exchanged Purple Cloud's points for resources suited to fusing skills such as Critical Hit, Falling Thunder, and Monarch's Might.
• Starlight chose resources for fusing Dark Curtain with Dusk Night Emblem, strengthening its night skills, and improving Fate-Binding Star-Link.
• Can Can chose resources to strengthen Dragon Tortoise's Might and Eternal Iron Wall.
• Xu Ran said they would return to Qingzhou City once the resources arrived the next morning.

Xu Ran returned to Qingzhou City's Starfire Foster Shop with the Three Little Ones and resumed caring for its residents, leaving Tony to run the Cloud-Gathering City shop. After reuniting with Velvet Sparrow, Xu Ran welcomed Su Xiaoxiao and her Blazing Fox as his first customers back.

• Xu Ran assigned Tony to manage the Cloud-Gathering City shop and brought the Three Little Ones back to Qingzhou City.
• Purple Cloud and Starlight settled into familiar spots, while Can Can eagerly looked forward to seeing Velvet Sparrow.
• Xu Ran cooked breakfast for the shop's residents, reunited with Velvet Sparrow, and listened as Can Can described their adventures in Cloud-Gathering City.
• Su Xiaoxiao brought the Blazing Fox to the shop for grooming, hoping Tony would be there, but Xu Ran told her Tony had gone to Cloud-Gathering City.

Xu Ran returned to Qingzhou City and groomed Su Xiaoxiao’s Blazing Fox, while Tony and the other employees opened the Cloud-Gathering City branch in his absence. Zhang Yun asked Xu Ran to deliver a letter to a senior in Cloud-Gathering City’s Transcendent Evolution Department, and Xu Ran agreed before grooming Zhang Yun’s Stone-Armored Dragon.

• Xu Ran told Su Xiaoxiao he expected to stay in Qingzhou City for nine days and groomed her Blazing Fox while she told her friends he had returned.
• At the Cloud-Gathering City shop, Tony rallied Blackie and the Green-Skinned Frog before they opened the branch and explained to a startled first customer that Xu Ran was away.
• Zhang Yun told Xu Ran that the Green-Skinned Frog had fed its own frog dolls to the boarded Stone-Armored Dragon and that Blackie had frightened it into training hard.
• Zhang Yun asked Xu Ran to deliver a letter to a senior in Cloud-Gathering City’s Transcendent Evolution Department, and Xu Ran agreed to take it.
• Xu Ran took Zhang Yun’s Stone-Armored Dragon into the Grooming Room, where its excited roars reassured Zhang Yun that the familiar grooming experience had returned.

Xu Ran returned to his Qingzhou City shop, while the Velvet Sparrow continued its daily stroll and helped a blind elderly woman named Tang Yue Ru see the world through its Illusory Scene skill. After sharing pastries with Cat Boss, the Velvet Sparrow told it that Xu Ran was back and it was time for its bath.

• Xu Ran finished grooming Zhang Yun's Stone-Armored Dragon, and Zhang Yun promised to bring him a letter to deliver to Cloud-Gathering City.
• The Velvet Sparrow visited Tang Yue Ru and used Illusory Scene to let her see during their walk around the neighborhood.
• Tang Yue Ru reflected on her life and her renewed chance to see herself, then paid the Velvet Sparrow and gave it homemade pastries.
• The Velvet Sparrow carried the pastries to Cat Boss at the city gate, and they shared them.
• The Velvet Sparrow told Cat Boss about helping Tang Yue Ru and said Xu Ran had returned, so it was time for Cat Boss's bath.

Xu Ran reunited with the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad and learned that Cat Boss had settled into a prosperous new life. In Cloud-Gathering City, Tony’s unusual grooming sessions spread through word of mouth, while Xu Ran discovered that recognition of his branch shop had risen sharply.

• Cat Boss visited Xu Ran’s shop for grooming and paid despite Xu Ran offering the service for free.
• The Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad reunited with Xu Ran, and he groomed the squad’s Contract Beasts while hearing how Cat Boss had adjusted to life with them.
• Xu Ran learned that Cat Boss had earned the squad more money through its strength, helping Du Heng buy a large house and yard.
• In Cloud-Gathering City, Brother Zhang brought an uninformed friend to the Starfire Foster Shop, where Tony’s grooming frightened him.
• Customers who endured the shop’s employees began bringing unsuspecting friends to share the experience.
• At closing time, Xu Ran saw that local recognition of his branch shop had risen to 47.9 percent and wondered how it had increased so much.

Xu Ran learned that Tony’s unusual customer service had boosted his fame and that Velvet Sparrow had helped the Three Little Ones gather resources. As Xu Ran prepared to ask Velvet Sparrow to become his fourth Contract Beast, the group exchanged their haul for Beast Tamer Points, and Velvet Sparrow requested resources for its evolution.

• Xu Ran called Tony about the Cloud-Gathering City shop’s busy day and discovered that Tony’s enthusiastic grooming offer to a reluctant customer had helped raise his fame.
• Can Can, Purple Cloud, Starlight, and Velvet Sparrow returned from scavenging outside the city with a large haul, and Xu Ran promised to share Beast Tamer Points from its sale among them.
• Velvet Sparrow considered gathering the resources needed to evolve into a Nightmare Demon Kite and accepted Xu Ran’s offer of a share.
• Xu Ran asked the Three Little Ones what they thought of Velvet Sparrow, and all three approved of the idea of him contracting it as his fourth Contract Beast.
• Five days later, the group’s gathered resources had earned over sixteen thousand Beast Tamer Points, and Velvet Sparrow asked to exchange its share for Fantasy Crystal, Psychic Element Marshal Rank Blood Essence, transcendence flower, and Healing Water.

Xu Ran discovered that the Velvet Sparrow had prepared to evolve into a Nightmare Demon Kite and told it that the route had only three-star potential. The Velvet Sparrow agreed to form a contract with him, and Xu Ran revealed a far more demanding route to the five-star-potential Deep-Sleep Bird, leaving it overwhelmed by the requirements.

• The Velvet Sparrow listed evolution materials and revealed that it planned to evolve into a Nightmare Demon Kite, while Xu Ran identified the matching route and its three-star potential.
• Xu Ran explained that the Nightmare Demon Kite route had limited potential, and the Velvet Sparrow connected this to its father’s inability to advance beyond Monarch Rank.
• The Velvet Sparrow asked whether Xu Ran knew a better route, then declared that it wanted to form a contract with him.
• Xu Ran promised to find it a new route and selected the Deep-Sleep Bird evolution, which had five-star potential but required upgraded skills, rare materials, and ten thousand living beings dreaming at once.
• The Velvet Sparrow became daunted by the Deep-Sleep Bird route’s requirements, while Purple Cloud looked to Starlight and Can Can to help.

Xu Ran invited Twelve to stay upstairs and learned her name as she began bonding with his three beasts, while the Nightmare Beast King started an evolution using a Beast Emperor-level resource. After a subordinate warned the Lava Beast King about the Nightmare Beast King's unusual movements, the Lava Beast King decided to investigate by searching for Twelve in a human city.

• Xu Ran reassured Twelve about her evolution requirements, invited her upstairs, and learned that her name was Twelve.
• Can Can showed Twelve around, and Purple Cloud tucked her into a furry embrace while Xu Ran meditated.
• The Nightmare Beast King began an evolution ritual in the cavern where Can Can had evolved, using the earth-element monarch's remains and powerful resources, including a Beast Emperor-level resource.
• A Marshal Rank subordinate reported the Nightmare Beast King's unusual activities to the Lava Beast King.
• The Lava Beast King decided to look for Twelve in a human city, claiming he would help the Nightmare Beast King find his missing daughter.

Xu Ran prepared to leave Qingzhou City with his three Contract Beasts while promising to return for Twelve, but President He Nian arrived just before a catastrophic Beast Tide struck. A Beast King demanded the Nightmare Beast King's daughter, and Twelve recognized the voice as belonging to the Lava Beast King.

• Xu Ran helped Twelve clean and polish its beak, then promised to return for it after reaching fourth-tier Contract Power.
• He Nian introduced himself as Qingzhou City's Beast Tamer Association president and brought all four of his marshal-rank Contract Beasts to Xu Ran for grooming.
• After the grooming, a citywide alarm warned of a Beast Tide, and an explosion shook Qingzhou City moments later.
• The Lava Beast King roared that it would slaughter the city unless the Nightmare Beast King's daughter was handed over.
• Xu Ran learned from He Nian that the Nightmare Beast King's species was the Nightmare Demon Kite, while Twelve recognized the Lava Beast King's voice and wondered why it had come for her instead of her father.

Xu Ran learned that Twelve was the Nightmare Beast King's daughter, but promised to keep his word and form a contract with her. As the Lava Beast King threatened Qingzhou City unless Twelve was handed over, Xu Ran and the others watched the confrontation from hiding while He Nian tried to buy time.

• After learning that Twelve was a Beast King's daughter, Xu Ran reassured the frightened Twelve that he would still form a contract with her.
• Xu Ran rode Starlight toward the City Gate with Twelve, Purple Cloud, and Can Can, learning that the Lava Beast King had a poor relationship with Twelve's father.
• Using Night-Hiding Star Gallop's concealment, Xu Ran and the Four Little Ones watched the Lava Beast King confront Qingzhou City's defenders at the breached gate.
• The Lava Beast King demanded that Qingzhou City hand over the Nightmare Beast King's daughter or be destroyed.
• He Nian proposed searching the city, and the Lava Beast King gave him ten minutes before it would slaughter the inhabitants.
• He Nian agreed to begin the search and signaled Gu Wu to carry out his plan.

Xu Ran and Twelve waited as He Nian summoned the Nightmare Beast King to stop the Lava Beast King from taking her. The Nightmare Beast King killed the Lava Beast King, then collected Twelve and flew away, leaving Xu Ran and his Contract Beasts behind.

• Twelve urged Xu Ran to hand her over if her father failed to arrive, but Xu Ran and his Contract Beasts promised to stand by her.
• He Nian revealed that his Jade-Linked Spirit King had located the Nightmare Beast King, who arrived just as the agreed ten minutes expired.
• The Nightmare Beast King attacked the Lava Beast King, and their battle destroyed Qingzhou City's weakened wall while the evacuated residents escaped unharmed.
• The Nightmare Beast King overpowered the Lava Beast King with a spear of nightmare fragments and killed him.
• The Nightmare Beast King approached Xu Ran, ignored Can Can's challenge, picked up Twelve, and flew away.

After the Nightmare Beast King took Twelve to the Beast Domain, Xu Ran vowed to grow strong enough to bring her back, while Twelve resisted her father and waited for Xu Ran to come. He Nian explained Qingzhou City's strategy toward the Beast Domain, and Xu Ran and the Three Little Ones set off for Cloud-Gathering City to strengthen themselves.

• Xu Ran decided to retrieve Twelve after the Three Little Ones mourned her departure, and promised they would go once they became invincible at Marshal Rank.
• Twelve told the Nightmare Beast King she wanted to return to Qingzhou City, and he agreed to let Xu Ran contract her if he came to the Velvet Sparrow Clan's territory to claim her.
• The Nightmare Beast King left a Marshal Rank Nightmare Demon Kite to guard Twelve, who watched wistfully in the direction of Qingzhou City.
• He Nian told Xu Ran he had hoped Twelve's presence might help Qingzhou City form ties with a Beast King, and explained why humans needed alliances and discord among the Supernatural Creatures.
• Xu Ran promised to keep the Starfire Foster Shop in Qingzhou City, then left with the Three Little Ones for Cloud-Gathering City to improve their rankings and prepare to bring Twelve back.

Xu Ran returned to Cloud-Gathering City and learned Main Quest 3 was nearly complete, then entered the Commander Level rankings with the Three Little Ones after nine days away. He reclaimed first place on the Current Rankings and rose to second on the Historical Rankings, while Fang Yuling left to keep training and Xu Ran recognized the gap separating him from Fang Canghai.

• Xu Ran found that local recognition had reached 69.1% and postponed choosing a new system shop manager until the three incoming clerks arrived.
• Xu Ran sent Tony, the Black-Clothed Man, and the Green-Skinned Frog back to Qingzhou City, then prepared the Three Little Ones to challenge the rankings before they were finalized.
• Fang Yuling waited for Xu Ran at the rankings after spectators debated whether he would appear, then saw him arrive and enter the C01 Test Area.
• Xu Ran overtook Fang Yuling for first place on the Current Rankings and reached second place on the Historical Rankings with an overall combat power of 452983.
• Fang Yuling left to continue training, and Xu Ran noted that he still trailed first-place Fang Canghai, whose score was 487896.

Xu Ran and his Contract Beasts swept the Commander Rank rankings, earned a large weekly settlement, and returned to the shop. The next morning, he claimed rewards for completing Main Quest 3 and met three new System Clerks, whose unusual voices and talents left him wondering who should manage the store.

• Xu Ran and the Three Little Ones challenged the Commander Rank rankings, and their combined settlement rewards from two weeks exceeded 170,000 Beast Tamer Points.
• Xu Ran told the gathered customers that Tony and the other assistants had been transferred, while hinting that he would not necessarily run the shop the next day.
• After meditation, Xu Ran claimed the completed quest rewards and summoned three new System Clerks as the Three Little Ones watched.
• Miaomiao and Murong introduced themselves, revealing that Miaomiao excelled at grooming and Murong at sparring, despite their voices clashing with their appearances.
• Fishing Enthusiast emerged with a Dragon-Patterned Carp, offered it as a gift, and accepted Xu Ran's assignment to handle feeding.
• Fishing Enthusiast asked Xu Ran who he had chosen as store manager and slyly questioned whether Miaomiao and Murong should greet customers.

Xu Ran appointed the Angler as the new shop manager and left the Starfire Foster Shop in the clerks’ hands while he delivered Zhang Yun’s letter to the Transcendent Evolution Department. There, he reunited with Fang Yuling and met Liu Yu, who became intensely interested in the Three Little Ones.

• Xu Ran made the Angler the second System Shop Manager and told him, Miaomiao, and Murong to run the Cloud-Gathering City shop while he prepared to visit Demonwood City.
• The Angler fed the boarding Contract Beasts, opened the shop, and stopped a disappointed customer from leaving by threatening to reveal the customer’s wish to be groomed by Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran took Zhang Yun’s letter to the Transcendent Evolution Department and learned from a photograph that the department had helped evolve Vice President You Shengjiang’s Broken-River Sky Tiger.
• Xu Ran encountered Fang Yuling, who warned him that delivering a letter to Liu Yu might take longer than expected.
• Liu Yu arrived from the elevator, saw the Three Little Ones, and exclaimed that they were new species.