A Third-Order Fierce Beast—no, if it was raised in captivity, it was called a Spirit Beast.
The conditions for raising a Spirit Beast were generally extremely harsh. Raising a Third-Order Spirit Beast in particular was immensely difficult.
Once a Spirit Beast reached the third order, its intelligence would improve substantially, and it would not easily submit to humans. Families with guardian Spirit Beasts had mostly raised them from their juvenile stages, which made it easier to foster affection.
Yet most Ninth Grade, even Eighth Grade families, were already stretched thin providing food, clothing, and cultivation resources for their own clansmen.
How could they possibly invest resources into a Spirit Beast?
The resources required to raise a Spirit Beast were usually no less than those spent on a clansman—often more.
"A Third-Order Spirit Beast..."
Inside the tent, Ancestor Mingsheng and Ancestor Mang looked at one another. Neither had expected the Wang Clan to have secretly raised a Third-Order Spirit Beast.
Could this Third-Order Spirit Beast be the trump card Ancestor Zhouxuan had left behind for the Wang Clan?
They were filled with uncertainty.
Unfortunately, they had only guessed half right.
This Water-Origin Spirit Turtle had indeed been left behind by Ancestor Zhouxuan, but he had never subdued it. He had merely left it free to roam Zhuwei Lake. It was only eventually subdued through Wang Shouzhe and the others.
Of course, if the Water-Origin Spirit Turtle had not lived beside the Wang Clan for over a century and developed familiarity with humans and the Wang Clan, it would not have been so easy to tame.
Likewise, if it had advanced to the third order on its own, it would have been difficult to subdue. It might even have brought disaster upon the Wang Clan.
It could only be said that, through