Chapter Summaries

Xu Ran returned to Minghui City with Twelve, who met Firefly and learned about the search for Purple Cloud’s Extinction Thunder Guide. Twelve warned that other Beast Kings might be secretly watching the resource, so the group planned to investigate Falling Thunder Valley that night.

• The Nightmare Beast King told Xu Ran that hostile human Beast Tamers would resist peaceful coexistence unless someone with overwhelming strength imposed a new order, and sent Twelve to accompany him.
• Xu Ran explained that Twelve would owe Purple Cloud and Starlight 8,100 Value Points for borrowed evolution resources, then brought the group to Minghui City to meet Firefly.
• Xu Ran reassured customers at the Starfire Foster Shop that its new employee could groom their Contract Beasts, while Twelve and the others went to the boarding area and introduced her to Firefly.
• The Four Little Ones told Firefly how they had come to Minghui City while pursuing Purple Cloud’s evolution material, the Extinction Thunder Guide.
• Twelve warned that powerful supernatural creatures might have left surveillance marks near the Extinction Thunder Guide, and offered to check Falling Thunder Valley for their auras.
• Xu Ran heard Twelve’s warning through contract sensing and agreed that the group would investigate that night.

Xu Ran and his beasts investigated Falling Thunder Valley, uncovering signs of a hidden Dragon Beast King behind the threat to the Thunder-Patterned Golden Willow. He also helped Zong Hua realize that Silver-Whisker King had been hiding its unhappiness in boarding, and Twelve prepared to counsel Zong Hua’s daughter so the Beast King could return home.

• Twelve led Xu Ran and the others around Falling Thunder Valley, where they found an Earth Spirit Mouse and learned from a Lightning-Patterned Rabbit that a Giant Dragon Beast King had visited four months earlier and killed its colony.
• Twelve concluded that the Giant Dragon was the hidden predator and that the Thunder-Patterned Golden Willow was only the visible opponent; Xu Ran decided they would keep preparing to obtain the Extinction Thunder Guide, using the Half-Saint’s leaf only as a last resort.
• Xu Ran called Zong Hua after learning that Silver-Whisker King’s happiness at the shop was not genuine, and Zong Hua explained that he had boarded it for six months after its violence frightened his daughter Xiao Ru.
• Xu Ran suggested Silver-Whisker King had been pretending to be happy so Zong Hua would not feel guilty, and Zong Hua confronted it, learned it had been hiding its longing for home, and resolved to bring it back.
• Xu Ran offered Twelve’s Psychic Element abilities to counsel Xiao Ru, and Twelve agreed to help before they set off for Zong Hua’s home.

Xu Ran helped Twelve heal Zong Ru’s fear of Silver-Whisker King, then welcomed Qiu Yue and learned about an upcoming Intercity Exchange Battle. With Qiu Yue’s Koi Aura aiding his draws, Xu Ran began a new resource allocation featuring an Emperor Species Evolution Route and a Four-Star Skill Scroll, and Can Can hoped to receive the evolution route.

• Twelve entered Zong Ru’s nightmare, restored her happy memories of Silver-Whisker King, and helped her embrace him after waking.
• Xu Ran returned to the Starfire Foster Shop, learned a new customer had boarded a contract beast, and later welcomed Qiu Yue for a grooming session.
• Qiu Yue told Xu Ran that General-Rank Beast Tamers were being invited to an Intercity Exchange Battle to determine the strongholds’ influence in the Alliance.
• Xu Ran declined to commit to the battle, saying he wanted to obtain the Extinction Thunder Guide first, and revealed that he had drawn two red items.
• Xu Ran explained the Four-Star Skill Scroll and displayed it alongside an Emperor Species Evolution Route, while Can Can eagerly hoped to receive the route and Twelve yielded its turn.

Xu Ran revealed Can Can’s Emperor Species Evolution Route, which required it to pull a city for ten thousand li and evolve amid its residents’ blessings. After allocating resources, Purple Cloud and Starlight gained powerful new Four-Star skills, while Purple Cloud also advanced two skills to Blazing Sun Level.

• Xu Ran showed Can Can the Ancient City Turtle Dragon route, explaining its demanding skill requirements, city-pulling ritual, and need for the city’s residents to bless its evolution.
• Purple Cloud secured the Four-Star Skill Scroll, and the group divided the remaining resources among the contract beasts.
• Purple Cloud used the scroll to turn Annihilating Thunder Claw into Thunder Execution, then fused Monarch’s Might with other skills to create Heavenly Punishment, a domain that strengthened its Lightning and Fighting skills while suppressing other attributes.
• Xu Ran raised Purple Cloud’s Path of Annihilation and Thunder Execution to Blazing Sun Level, and Purple Cloud resolved to pursue the deeper understanding needed for the next proficiency level.
• Starlight fused Fate-Binding Star-Link with other skills to create Star Oath, which powerfully linked its and Xu Ran’s abilities and let them travel instantly to each other.

Xu Ran assessed Firefly as a potential new companion by testing its persistence and ability to develop its skills. Firefly passed, eagerly accepted Xu Ran’s offer to become part of the team, and chose the Poison Fire Bear evolution route.

• Xu Ran asked the Four Little Ones what they thought of Firefly, then explained the team’s standards and assigned roles for a new companion.
• Xu Ran tested Firefly by having it perform Sky-Scorching Dance on a Fire-Repelling Carpet, and Firefly learned to redirect the flames into the ground despite the barrier.
• After Firefly trained through the afternoon, Xu Ran asked it to become the team’s new companion once he reached fifth-stage contract power, and Firefly happily agreed.
• Xu Ran gave Firefly a Monarch Species Evolution Route and revealed two five-star-potential choices: Explosive Flame Bear and Poison Fire Bear.
• Firefly chose the Poison Fire Bear evolution route.

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.