Chapter Summaries

Big Cat watched the Starfire Foster Shop, hoping to arrange grooming for the stray Contract Beasts, while Xu Ran’s shop reached its boarding limit of thirty residents. Xu Ran considered how to raise that limit and looked forward to completing Main Quest 1, then went upstairs with Starlight and Purple Cloud to await their newly ordered training resources.

• Big Cat visited the closed Starfire Foster Shop and worried that its savings might not cover grooming for all the stray Contract Beasts.
• Xu Ran opened the shop, trained his Contract Beasts, and served customers while a hidden Big Cat watched him from the street.
• Zhang Yun boarded his Stone-Armored Dragon for three days, and Xu Ran assigned it a living area six times larger than before.
• The system informed Xu Ran that the boarding resident limit had been reached at thirty and explained that his limited energy prevented him from caring for more residents.
• Xu Ran considered increasing his strength, upgrading the system, or hiring a System Clerk to raise the limit, then checked his progress toward Main Quest 1.
• Starlight and Purple Cloud asked about their training resources, and Xu Ran went upstairs with them to wait for the delivery.

Xu Ran discovered that the commander-rank Cat Boss was a wandering Contract Beast who had brought Qingzhou City's strays under control after its former Beast Tamer died. He offered free grooming to stray Contract Beasts and asked Zhang He Nian to publicize the campaign and the shop’s Sparring Service.

• Cat Boss entered Xu Ran’s shop alone and asked for grooming, prompting Xu Ran to recognize it as a wandering commander-rank Contract Beast.
• Purple Cloud and Starlight confronted Cat Boss until Zhang He Nian arrived with a resource delivery and confirmed that the Beast Tamer Association knew about Cat Boss.
• Zhang He Nian explained that Cat Boss had lived as a stray after its Beast Tamer died, then united Qingzhou City’s stray Contract Beasts and reduced robberies.
• Cat Boss corrected Zhang He Nian that six strays had formed contracts with Beast Tamers, and Purple Cloud apologized for suspecting it.
• Xu Ran offered free grooming to all stray Contract Beasts and asked Zhang He Nian to arrange Qingzhou Daily coverage that would also promote the shop’s Sparring Service.

Xu Ran groomed Cat Boss and organized free grooming for stray Contract Beasts, which helped many find Beast Tamers and brought publicity to Starfire Foster Shop. After five days of training and caring for the shop’s guests, Xu Ran’s Drugging skill advanced to B-Rank.

• Zhang Henian left to report Xu Ran’s proposal to the Beast Tamer Association, and Xu Ran began grooming Cat Boss and offered free afternoon grooming for strays.
• Xu Ran’s grooming left Cat Boss relaxed and pleased with its improved appearance, and Cat Boss agreed to bring other strays to the shop.
• A news broadcast praised Starfire Foster Shop’s five-day free grooming campaign, reporting that seventeen strays had found suitable Beast Tamers and promoting the shop’s Sparring Service.
• Purple Cloud and Starlight continued intensive training and improved their growth progress as Xu Ran fed the boarding beasts and prepared dinner.
• Xu Ran’s meditation continued with an acceleration card, and at midnight his Drugging skill advanced from C-Rank to B-Rank.

Xu Ran used another Ten-Pull Draw to obtain a Monarch Species Evolution Route for Starlight, whose chosen evolution was the five-star Star Divine Horse. He explained the route’s demanding skill requirements, rare materials, and obscure ritual, leaving Starlight facing a difficult path to evolution.

• Xu Ran welcomed Liu Gu back with the Wind Lion Dog after the Fierce Tiger Hunting Squad returned safely, then borrowed Liu Gu’s luck after grooming the dog.
• Xu Ran drew a Monarch Species Evolution Route and waited until Purple Cloud and Starlight finished training before distributing the new resources.
• Purple Cloud gave Starlight first choice, and Starlight chose to select its evolution route before exchanging for other resources.
• Xu Ran selected the five-star-potential route from Darknight Colt to Star Divine Horse, which required all five Innate Skills to reach Three-Star and Crescent Level proficiency.
• Xu Ran reviewed the route’s rare evolution materials and mysterious ritual, then warned Starlight that its Beast Tamer Points could cover available materials but its skill resources would be difficult to obtain soon.

Xu Ran distributed resources between Starlight and Purple Cloud, completed Purple Cloud’s Elite Rank progress, and found that Starlight’s evolution required rare materials, including a Marshal Rank Darknight Demon Dragon’s horn. Starlight gained its first three-star skill through fusion, while Xu Ran made plans to seek unavailable evolution materials in Cloud-Gathering City.

• Starlight redeemed Skill Fragments, Skill Fusion Stones, Skill Points, and a Stamina Potion, then gave its remaining Value Points to Purple Cloud, which accepted Constitution Points and Beast Tamer Points.
• Xu Ran used a dual-element energy cube to bring Purple Cloud’s Elite Rank progress to completion, then spent its Beast Tamer Points on more dual-element energy cubes.
• Xu Ran found Starlight’s supplementary evolution materials and Dark Element Monarch Rank blood essence, learned that its required Darknight Demon Dragon horn would come from an adult Marshal Rank creature, and considered traveling with Senior Gu to Cloud-Gathering City for rare materials.
• Starlight fused Night Pursuit with Night-Hunting Eye using four Skill Fusion Stones, creating its first three-star skill, Night Pursuit Appraisal.
• Starlight fused Night Capture with Resilience using two more Skill Fusion Stones, creating the two-star skill Long Night, and Xu Ran updated the resource blackboard.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.