Chapter Summaries

After waking in another world, Shi Yu learned that he had become an orphaned trainee caretaker in a civilization built around taming extraordinary beasts. As he prepared for a dangerous solo assignment feeding Snow Wolves, his Beast Taming Space suddenly produced a black stone compendium, revealing what seemed to be a second talent.

• Shi Yu awoke in a young stranger’s body and absorbed memories identifying him as a trainee caretaker at Icefield City’s Pet Beast Breeding Base.
• Shi Yu learned that Blue Planet’s humans relied on Beast Tamers to control and contract extraordinary creatures, while his predecessor’s family had died in a beast tide.
• Shi Yu realized that his predecessor had hoped to become a Beast Tamer despite poverty and plans to borrow money for a pet beast cub.
• Shi Yu checked his work schedule and saw that he had been assigned to feed a fierce Snow Wolf pack alone.
• Shi Yu recalled that his Telepathy talent let him communicate with living beings and tried to practice using it.
• Shi Yu’s Beast Taming Space trembled, and a black stone compendium appeared in his mind as he seemed to awaken a second Beast Taming Talent.

Shi Yu discovered that the Skill Index could copy and teach transcendent creatures’ abilities, then tested his Telepathy while feeding the Snow Wolves at the breeding base. After the Snow Wolf king marked him with its presence, the index recorded the king’s advanced Intimidation skill, though Shi Yu had no suitable recipient to teach it to yet.

• Shi Yu learned that the Skill Index could copy abilities he witnessed and touched within an hour, then teach recorded skills to compatible creatures.
• Shi Yu rushed to his morning shift at the Icefield City Pet Beast Breeding Base, eager to test his new ability.
• Shi Yu transported meat to the Snow Wolves’ habitat and discovered that he could understand the pack’s thoughts through Telepathy.
• The Snow Wolf king arrived and brushed against Shi Yu to mark him with its scent and intimidating presence.
• The Skill Index recorded the Snow Wolf king’s advanced Intimidation skill and reported that Shi Yu had no suitable recipient for teaching it.

After copying the Snow Wolf King's Intimidation skill, Shi Yu discovered that he could teach it to other pet beasts and decided to focus on learning during his internship. He planned to claim his reserved Iron-Eating Beast cub and imagined combining its Hardening with Intimidation to create a Panda King.

• Shi Yu copied the Snow Wolf King's Intimidation skill and found that the Skill Index could make it teachable to the Snow Wolves he fed.
• Shi Yu noticed that he could also target a patrolling Azure-Backed Eagle with Intimidation, but chose to continue his assigned work.
• Shi Yu decided to take his three-month internship seriously so he could learn about Beast Tamers and qualify to claim his reserved pet beast.
• Shi Yu reviewed the Iron-Eating Beast's traits and considered pairing its Hardening skill with Intimidation to make it a Panda King.

Shi Yu tested the Skill Index while observing Green Silkworms and discovered it could record Worm Silk and teach skills to creatures that already knew them. After finding no useful skills in the breeding base’s handbook, he decided to seek rare skills among Beast Tamers’ pet beasts.

• Shi Yu observed Green Silkworms and discovered that the Skill Index could teach Intimidation to one of them.
• The Skill Index recorded Worm Silk after Shi Yu handled a Green Silkworm, and he learned that teaching a known skill again could increase its proficiency.
• After returning to his dorm, Shi Yu searched a handbook of the breeding base’s pet beasts for skills suitable for his Iron-Eating Beast.
• Shi Yu found no perception-type skill in the handbook and wondered whether the Skill Index had a limit on recorded skills.
• Shi Yu decided to change his target and consider copying rare skills from the pet beasts owned by Beast Tamers at the base.

Shi Yu copied the White Dandelion’s healing skill and spent the rest of his internship collecting two more skills for his future pet beast. With his internship nearly over, he was preparing to collect an Iron-Eating Beast, while the Skill Index remained limited to five recorded skills.

• Shi Yu visited the infirmary with a self-inflicted wrist sprain, and the doctor used her White Dandelion to heal him.
• The Skill Index recorded the White Dandelion’s High-Speed Healing skill after it treated Shi Yu.
• Over the next three months, Shi Yu copied Super Vision from an Azure-Backed Eagle and Absolute Sleep from a Sleep Demon.
• Shi Yu learned that the Skill Index could record only five skills for now and suspected its capacity would grow as his Beast Tamer level advanced.
• As his internship neared its end, Shi Yu prepared to collect his pet beast and considered how Beast Tamers developed their Beast Taming Spaces.

After completing his internship, Shi Yu returned to Pingcheng District to pick up an Iron-Eating Beast cub he had reserved. At the breeding base, Lin Xiuzhu told him that only one cub remained and that it had problems with its physique and temperament.

• Shi Yu finished his internship at the Icefield City Pet Beast Breeding Base, collected his certificates, and returned to Pingcheng District.
• Shi Yu traveled to the Iron Bamboo Breeding Base to choose the Iron-Eating Beast cub he had reserved.
• Lin Xiuzhu, a keeper wearing an Iron-Eating Beast mascot costume, greeted Shi Yu and helped verify his documents.
• Lin Xiuzhu told Shi Yu that he could pick up a cub that day, but only one remained, and it had issues with its physique and temperament.

Shi Yu chose Eleven, a hardworking Iron-Eating Beast cub that had been overlooked for its slow development and lack of the Hardening ability. Eleven initially tried to refuse becoming a Beast Tamer's pet, but agreed after Lin Xiuzhu and Shi Yu promised better food and lodging.

• Shi Yu and Lin Xiuzhu entered the Iron Bamboo Breeding Base to meet the last available Iron-Eating Beast cub.
• Shi Yu saw the cub train by charging into a tree, and Lin Xiuzhu explained that birth complications had left it weaker and slower to awaken Hardening than its peers.
• Lin Xiuzhu told Shi Yu that the cub, called Eleven, had become unusually self-disciplined and trained to grow stronger.
• Shi Yu chose Eleven despite its poor talent and received an extra month's supply of iron bamboo instead of a discount.
• Eleven declared that Iron-Eating Beasts would never be slaves and tried to escape, but Lin Xiuzhu caught it and explained the benefits of becoming Shi Yu's pet.
• Shi Yu promised food and lodging, and Eleven reluctantly agreed after hearing it would get better food and a more comfortable place to rest.

Shi Yu signed a contract with the Iron-Eating Beast cub Eleven, gaining a boost to his strength and unlocking more capacity in his Skill Index. After learning that he could interact with the Iron-Eating Beasts at the breeding base, he planned to use the Skill Index to copy Hardening.

• Lin Xiuzhu approved Shi Yu's choice of Eleven and explained why she believed the cub could thrive with proper care.
• Shi Yu activated a Capture Contract, and Eleven accepted him as its Beast Tamer and entered his Beast Taming Space.
• The completed contract improved Shi Yu's mental and physical condition and increased the number of skills his Skill Index could record.
• Lin Xiuzhu advised Shi Yu to let Eleven acclimate to the Beast Taming Space and said it might awaken Hardening within a week.
• Shi Yu asked to explore the breeding base and learned he could touch its docile Iron-Eating Beasts, so he resolved to copy Hardening that day.

Shi Yu returned home with Iron-Eating Beast Eleven and planned to use the Skill Index to improve its Hardening. When Eleven revealed it had awakened Hardening on its own, Shi Yu turned to testing the Index with a Green Silkworm as Eleven’s first opponent.

• Shi Yu left the Iron Bamboo Breeding Base with Eleven and a backpack of premium bamboo shoots, then returned to his spacious courtyard home.
• Shi Yu summoned Eleven and offered to teach it Hardening, but Eleven showed that it had already awakened the skill while resting in the Beast Taming Space.
• Shi Yu read about skill proficiency and wondered how much stamina the Skill Index would consume when teaching a skill.
• Shi Yu spotted a malnourished Green Silkworm in a persimmon tree and chose it as a test subject for teaching Worm Silk.
• At Shi Yu’s order, Eleven snapped the branch and brought the Green Silkworm down, then celebrated its easy first victory.

Shi Yu tested his Skill Index by teaching a Green Silkworm its innate Worm Silk skill, triggering its second awakening and improving its proficiency. The index then entered an eight-hour cooldown, leaving Shi Yu to consider how to recover before teaching Eleven Hardening.

• Shi Yu grabbed a frightened level-one Green Silkworm and used the Skill Index to teach it Worm Silk.
• The teaching drained Shi Yu and caused the Green Silkworm to undergo a second awakening, improving its strength and Worm Silk proficiency.
• The Green Silkworm tried to escape again, but Shi Yu caught it and confirmed its Worm Silk had become more powerful and skillful.
• Shi Yu discovered every Skill Index page had an eight-hour cooldown and considered training his body and using nutritious food to recover.
• Shi Yu told Eleven they would eat bamboo shoots, and Eleven realized Shi Yu had brought them home for himself rather than for the Iron-Eating Beast.

Shi Yu began training Eleven’s newly awakened Hardening skill and decided to raise a Green Silkworm for high-quality silk to earn money. After Eleven trained and fell asleep, Shi Yu reassured himself that he would never abandon his pets and recalled Eleven to the Beast Taming Space.

• Shi Yu told Eleven to rest, but Eleven insisted on training because it had awakened Hardening.
• Shi Yu stopped Eleven from practicing Hardening strength at home and had it work on maintaining, activating, and deactivating the skill instead.
• Shi Yu made a cage for the Green Silkworm and planned to raise its Worm Silk proficiency to produce valuable silk.
• Eleven trained until it was exhausted, ate dinner, and fell asleep peacefully.
• Shi Yu sensed that Eleven feared being abandoned for performing poorly and promised he would never abandon it.
• Shi Yu recalled Eleven into the Beast Taming Space and wondered whether he should have used the giant panda as a pillow.

Shi Yu went to buy supplements before testing whether he could teach Hardening again, while considering how to improve the Green Silkworm’s diet. At a pharmacy, he discovered that high-quality Worm Silk could be sold for profit, then bought two bottles of medicine.

• Shi Yu checked that the Skill Index’s cooldown had ended and decided to buy supplements before trying to teach Hardening.
• Shi Yu left Eleven sleeping at home and noticed the Green Silkworm eating persimmon leaves in its cage; he planned to gather other plants to improve its meals.
• Shi Yu walked through Ping City and observed how common pet beasts had become, including an Icefield Dog pulling a cart and a girl struggling to walk a Gem Cat.
• Shi Yu visited Hundred Herbs Hall Pharmacy and learned that it bought high-quality Worm Silk produced by Green Silkworms fed on certain medicinal materials.
• Shi Yu considered raising the Green Silkworm’s Worm Silk proficiency as a way to support himself and Eleven, then asked the doctor for two bottles of medicine.

Shi Yu used the Skill Index to raise Eleven’s Hardening from beginner to skilled proficiency, then watched the Iron-Eating Beast struggle to accept the sudden improvement. The chapter left Shi Yu trying to stop Eleven from overcompensating with an extreme training session.

• Shi Yu returned home with Mind-Clearing Capsules and nourishing food, then told the eager Eleven to balance training with rest.
• Shi Yu used the Skill Index to teach Eleven Hardening, exhausting himself and taking a capsule to recover.
• Eleven’s Hardening advanced to skilled proficiency, allowing him to armor his whole body, though he could barely move while doing so.
• Shi Yu explained how much the improvement strengthened Eleven, but Eleven worried that he had gained proficiency without effort.
• Eleven decided to train intensely for twenty-four hours to make up for the shortcut, leaving Shi Yu alarmed by his self-discipline.

Shi Yu developed Eleven’s training routine and focused on improving his Beast Taming Space, while Eleven’s growth brought him to Awakening Level Four. The chapter ended with Shi Yu introducing a falling training method using high-strength alloy steel plates to build Eleven’s Hardening strength.

• Shi Yu planned to find efficient training equipment for Eleven and decided to prioritize improving the environment of his Beast Taming Space.
• Eleven practiced Hardening while Shi Yu meditated on modifying his Beast Taming Space, and the Green Silkworm tried new foods.
• After a day of digesting the gains from proficient-level Hardening, Eleven underwent a fourth awakening and reached Awakening Level Four.
• Shi Yu celebrated Eleven’s growth and proposed training Hardening strength, but rejected Eleven’s idea that he should strike Eleven himself.
• Shi Yu had movers deliver high-strength alloy steel plates and explained how Eleven could harden his body and jump onto them from increasing heights to train.

Shi Yu taught Eleven High-Speed Healing and watched him begin a punishing Hardening training routine. While recovering, Shi Yu thought about the different branches of beast taming and resolved to find Eleven a real opponent after training.

• Shi Yu used the Skill Index to teach Eleven the intermediate skill High-Speed Healing, leaving him exhausted and the Index on a 48-hour cooldown.
• Eleven understood that High-Speed Healing could treat injuries and eagerly accepted the training method, while the Green Silkworm watched in alarm.
• Shi Yu rested as Eleven repeatedly struck an alloy steel plate, making enough noise to keep Shi Yu awake.
• Shi Yu thought about wanting a phone and learned how specialists in dragons, spirits, and mechanical life forms had developed distinct professional titles and a hierarchy of disdain.
• Shi Yu decided that Eleven would soon be strong enough to challenge a giant dragon and planned to find him a real opponent after training.

After twelve days of using the Skill Index to train Eleven and the Green Silkworm, Shi Yu saw both pets grow stronger and began to suspect that his own recovery from the Index’s weakness was improving his physique. With Eleven’s training complete for now, he prepared to test its strength in a real battle.

• Shi Yu discovered that recovering from the Skill Index’s weakness with enough nutrition seemed to improve his physique, while Eleven’s Hardening advanced to Expert Level and its growth reached Awakening Level Five.
• Shi Yu shifted his attention to the Green Silkworm, whose Worm Silk reached Expert Level after repeated lessons and whose growth rose to Awakening Level Four.
• Shi Yu concluded that the Skill Index raised a newly taught skill to Entry Level after one lesson, Proficient Level after two, and Expert Level after four, and planned to test how many lessons Perfect Level required.
• After deciding the pets had been at home too long, Shi Yu told Eleven to rest and eat before they went out for a real battle, exciting the Iron-Eating Beast.

Shi Yu took Eleven to the Ping City Battle Venue to find a safe, evenly matched practical battle and registered for a random wager match. As he waited for an opponent, Chen Kai, a confident student with an Ice Armor Beast, also entered the matchmaking pool.

• Shi Yu decided to seek combat training at a battle venue rather than risk taking Eleven into the wild.
• Shi Yu registered at the Yuyang Road Branch for a random wager battle against a pet beast at level six or below.
• Shi Yu learned that the wager only covered the venue fees and waited in the lobby for his match.
• Chen Kai registered for a random wager battle with his level-six Ice Armor Beast, hoping to face a challenging opponent.

Shi Yu and Chen Kai began an apprentice Beast Tamer battle at battlefield 11, summoning Eleven and an Ice Armor Beast. The fight was about to begin in earnest as Shi Yu urged Eleven to take the stronger-looking opponent seriously and threatened to cut its food if it lost.

• Shi Yu was matched with Chen Kai and headed to battlefield 11, where referee Bai Shi prepared their match.
• Shi Yu and Chen Kai summoned their pet beasts after Bai Shi started the battle.
• Chen Kai's Ice Armor Beast appeared to have an advantage with its defensive Ice Armor and frost-powered Ice Crack Claw.
• Shi Yu warned Eleven about the Ice Armor Beast and told it to take the match seriously because the 200 yuan prize mattered.
• Eleven glared at the Ice Armor Beast after Shi Yu threatened to reduce its meals if it lost.

Shi Yu and Eleven battled Chen Kai’s level-six Ice Armor Beast, and Eleven’s mastery-level Hardening let it win with a single counterattack. The victory left Chen Kai and the onlookers stunned, while Shi Yu realized he would need a stronger opponent to test Eleven further.

• Zhuang Yue recognized Chen Kai and predicted his Ice Armor Beast would beat the level-five Iron-Eating Beast.
• Chen Kai ordered his Ice Armor Beast to attack with Ice Crack Claw, and Shi Yu had Eleven activate Hardening.
• Eleven withstood the Ice Armor Beast’s claw, then shattered its Ice Armor and knocked it unconscious with one strike.
• Bai Shi and Zhuang Yue realized Eleven had mastery-level Hardening, and Zhuang Yue withdrew her claim that Chen Kai was her classmate.
• Shi Yu wondered where to find a stronger opponent, while Eleven celebrated that its dinner was safe.

After defeating Chen Kai’s Ice Armor Beast, Shi Yu left the battle venue and went to the Beast Tamer Association in Pingcheng District to find suitable combat practice for Eleven. He examined the mission board, looking for a useful challenge.

• Shi Yu defeated Chen Kai and told him he had graduated after studying in Icefield City proper.
• Referee Bai Shi explained that students in specialties other than battle graduated earlier, while Chen Kai took his injured Ice Armor Beast to the infirmary.
• Shi Yu decided the battle venue offered no suitable opponents and headed to the Beast Tamer Association.
• Shi Yu visited the mission hall to find a training opportunity that would help Eleven gain experience outside the home.
• Shi Yu studied the posted missions, including jobs involving stray cats, sparring, wilderness escorts, and capturing or eliminating creatures.