Chapter Summaries

Shi Yu chose an Earth-Burrowing Rat extermination mission to train Eleven’s reaction speed and teamed up with Chen Kai. They planned to meet with two of Chen Kai’s classmates the next morning, while Shi Yu restocked his supplements on the way home.

• Shi Yu considered missions that could improve Eleven’s reaction speed and settled on clearing out Earth-Burrowing Rats.
• Shi Yu encountered Chen Kai at the registration line, and Chen Kai agreed to join the mission with two classmates.
• Shi Yu and Chen Kai arranged to meet the next morning for the four-person mission team.
• Shi Yu stopped at the pharmacy to restock his supplements, and the young doctor recognized him from his repeated visits.

Shi Yu taught Eleven Super Vision, then joined Chen Kai, Zhuang Yue, and Yu Jingjing on a rat-hunting mission to White Creek Village. On the bus, Shi Yu revealed that he had majored in pet care, leaving his companions astonished by how strong his pet beast was.

• Shi Yu taught Eleven the intermediate skill Super Vision, and Eleven eagerly tested its improved night vision so it could train after dark.
• Chen Kai messaged Zhuang Yue, who had seen his arena loss, and invited her and her friend Yu Jingjing to join the next day's rat hunt.
• Shi Yu met Zhuang Yue and Yu Jingjing at the Beast Tamer Association mission hall, where they introduced their pet beasts and learned that his level-five Iron-Eating Beast had Expert Level Hardening.
• The group registered for a mission and boarded a bus to White Creek Village to hunt Earth-Burrowing Rats and other troublesome creatures.
• Chen Kai asked about Shi Yu's background, and Shi Yu said he had majored in pet care, surprising Chen Kai, Zhuang Yue, and Yu Jingjing.

Shi Yu and the others began clearing Earth-Burrowing Rats from White Creek Village, where Eleven’s Super Vision helped them locate a level-four rat. After the rat fled, Eleven stopped it with a powerful strike, leaving the group stunned by his strength.

• Shi Yu and Zhuang Yue summoned their Iron-Eating Beasts, while Chen Kai and Yu Jingjing summoned their pet beasts to search the farmland and woods.
• Zhuang Yue asked whether Shi Yu trained at the Bamboo Stone Dojo, and the group discussed Dojo Master Lin and Lin Xiuzhu’s research into Iron-Eating Beast evolution.
• Eleven used Super Vision to spot a level-four Earth-Burrowing Rat, and Yu Jingjing sent her Thorn Monster to approach it disguised as a plant.
• The rat dodged the Thorn Monster’s first attack and ran toward its escape hole as the Thorn Monster, Eleven, and Chen Kai’s Ice Armor Beast pursued it.
• Eleven overtook the Ice Armor Beast and smashed the entrance to the rat’s hole with a hardened palm, creating a crater before the Thorn Monster wrapped up the rat.
• Shi Yu’s companions stared at the crater and wondered whether Eleven could help them take on groups of Earth-Burrowing Rats.

Shi Yu and the others split up to clear Earth-Burrowing Rats while training their pet beasts, but Eleven’s speed and stamina left the others far behind. By lunch, Eleven had caught twenty-two rats and resumed training while the others rested, leaving them baffled by his discipline.

• Yu Jingjing, Chen Kai, Zhuang Yue, and Shi Yu agreed to split up and meet at noon to clear Earth-Burrowing Rats.
• Shi Yu told Eleven to focus on his reactions and avoid damaging the crops, promising that the reward money would go toward extra meals.
• Shi Yu and Eleven caught twenty-two Earth-Burrowing Rats in two hours, while Yu Jingjing caught six, Chen Kai caught seven, and Zhuang Yue caught two.
• The farmer praised Eleven’s efficiency, astonishing the others with his tally.
• After lunch, Eleven ran sprint drills while the other pet beasts rested, and Shi Yu explained that Eleven’s training had helped him master Expert Level Hardening.

Shi Yu explained why his and Eleven’s unusual diligence should not be taken as a normal example, then decided to pursue the professional Beast Tamer assessment to build strength and ease his financial pressure. He planned to attempt the next assessment in six months, relying on Eleven’s skills to qualify through the special route for challengers with combat strength above their growth level.

• Chen Kai, Zhuang Yue, and Yu Jingjing watched Eleven train and resolved to make their own pets and study routines work harder.
• Chen Kai asked whether Shi Yu planned to take the professional Beast Tamer or breeder assessment, and Shi Yu weighed the risks of revealing his unusual talent.
• Shi Yu chose the Beast Tamer assessment first, deciding that improving his own combat strength was safer than teaching other people’s pets.
• Shi Yu said he intended to attempt the assessment in six months, even though Eleven was only at Awakening Level Five.
• Shi Yu explained that Eleven might qualify without reaching the Transcendent Level by defeating a stronger opponent, and Chen Kai recognized the special assessment route.

After a yellow beast tide warning reached White Creek Village, Shi Yu and his friends returned to Ping City and learned that the gathering of beasts was small and the city's defenses were strong. Teacher Zhang told them an unconfirmed legend about an ancient ice dragon and a tribe that fought it, but Shi Yu then heard a voice from the Stone Giant statue insisting, “That’s not how it was.”

• A loudspeaker announced a yellow beast tide warning, so Shi Yu and his friends stopped their Earth-Burrowing Rat training and returned to Ping City.
• At the Beast Tamer Association, the group asked about the warning, and Teacher Zhang joined them after seeing Chen Kai and Zhuang Yue discuss it in their class chat.
• Teacher Zhang said the beast gathering was small and explained that the city had strong defenses and could receive reinforcements if needed.
• Teacher Zhang described a theory that an ancient tribe defeated an ice dragon whose sealed spirit might be influencing the snowy mountain’s beasts.
• Shi Yu heard a strange voice from the Stone Giant statue saying, “That’s not how it was.”

Shi Yu investigated the statue’s strange voice and learned more about the world’s history, then returned at night to question the statue. When he sought the truth of history, the sky rumbled and the statue cracked, so he fled and called for Eleven.

• Shi Yu heard a voice from the stone statue and left Teacher Zhang and Chen Kai’s group to investigate it.
• Shi Yu searched Ping City’s library, learned about the Mythical, Totem, and Beast Taming Eras, and tried to resist his curiosity about history.
• Shi Yu returned to the statue at night and realized that his desire to uncover the truth might have triggered the voice.
• Shi Yu reached out to the statue again, heard a tremendous rumble, and saw a crack split it from top to bottom.
• Shi Yu fled and called for Eleven to save him.

After Shi Yu’s interaction with a stone statue caused a spatial disturbance, Icefield City’s Beast Tamer Associations investigated a newly appeared secret realm while Shi Yu tried to avoid drawing attention. Dr. Lu Qingyi suspected someone had awakened a rare Telepathy talent connected to history, but the person responsible remained unknown.

• A tremendous crack of air shook Pingcheng District, and the president of the Ping City Beast Tamer Association suspected an ancient ruin had appeared.
• Shi Yu returned home, fed Eleven and the Green Silkworm, and decided to keep a low profile while he recovered.
• The next day, Shi Yu had the Green Silkworm fire silk rays so Eleven could practice Super Vision and Hardening.
• Shi Yu learned that the Ping City Beast Tamer Association had suspended many services and worried that officials might connect the disturbance to the shattered stone statue.
• Nine master-level Beast Tamers and Dr. Lu Qingyi examined a spatial portal in Pingcheng District and identified it as secret realm or ancient ruins space.
• The Ping City Association president told Lu Qingyi that a stone giant statue on the association grounds had collapsed, leading her to suspect someone had touched history through a rare Telepathy talent.

Shi Yu kept a low profile while training Eleven and learned that the strange event in Pingcheng District had likely revealed an ancient Legendary beast tamer’s Secret Realm. He stayed home rather than risk exploring it, but someone arrived at his gate threatening to break it down.

• Shi Yu taught Eleven Super Vision again, raising it to Proficient Level, and continued training Eleven until it repeatedly exhausted itself.
• Over the following week, Shi Yu also taught Eleven High-Speed Healing and Hardening, then went to buy more supplements.
• A young physician told Shi Yu that a Secret Realm might have appeared in Ping City and explained how a powerful beast tamer’s Beast Taming Space could become an independent world after their death.
• Shi Yu suspected the Secret Realm might contain clues about the stone statue and the true history of the ice plains, but decided to wait until he was stronger before getting involved.
• Someone knocked at Shi Yu’s gate, claimed the community had come to bring him warmth, and then ordered someone to prepare to blast the gate open.

Shi Yu learned that his Telepathy talent let him hear the historical spirit of the statue, which had caused an ancient ruin to surface. Lu Qingyi revealed that a different organization wanted to recruit him, leaving Shi Yu distressed that he could not escape archaeology.

• Lu Qingyi introduced herself as an archaeology doctor and asked Shi Yu about the shattered statue and whether he had heard its voice.
• Lu Qingyi explained that some inanimate objects preserve traces of history, which rare telepaths can hear, and that Shi Yu’s contact with the statue had brought an ancient ruin to light.
• Lu Qingyi said the ruin might reveal the truth behind the Icefield’s history and called Shi Yu a born archaeologist.
• Shi Yu refused to join an archaeological association or university, but Lu Qingyi clarified that another organization wanted him and said only eleven people in the country could hear the voice of history.
• Lu Qingyi suggested Shi Yu must like archaeology because of his talent, while he lamented that his Telepathy had betrayed him.

Shi Yu accepted Lu Qingyi’s invitation to join the Eleven Bureau as a provisional member in exchange for support and an assessment. He learned that he had to investigate Icefield City’s history and was offered a personal gift to help him grow.

• Shi Yu asked Lu Qingyi about the organization’s benefits and obligations before agreeing to join the Eleven Bureau.
• Lu Qingyi made Shi Yu a provisional member and promised ten million in starting funds, credentials, and guidance while he trained to become a professional Beast Tamer.
• Lu Qingyi warned Shi Yu to keep his Eleven Bureau identity secret and named him her contact within the organization.
• Lu Qingyi assigned Shi Yu to investigate the truth of Icefield City’s history as his assessment for official membership, explaining that he could enter the newly appeared mystic realm.
• Lu Qingyi offered Shi Yu a choice of Iron-Eating Beast skill manuals, a special Green Silkworm evolution method, or a high-race pet cub as a personal gift.

Lu Qingyi offered Shi Yu a choice of rewards and explained three commander-level evolution paths for his Green Silkworm. Shi Yu accepted a recommendation to learn skills at the Bamboo Stone Dojo and considered keeping the Green Silkworm as a future second pet beast.

• Lu Qingyi offered Shi Yu an Iron-Eating Beast skill manual, an evolution method, and a high-species pet beast cub, and Shi Yu asked to receive all three.
• Lu Qingyi agreed, but said Shi Yu would have to wait until he became an advanced Beast Tamer before contracting a high-species cub.
• Lu Qingyi offered Shi Yu a letter of recommendation to learn two Iron-Eating Beast skills from the Bamboo Stone Dojo, and Shi Yu accepted.
• Lu Qingyi mistook Shi Yu's practical reason for raising the Green Silkworm as a plan to develop it into a second pet beast.
• Lu Qingyi described three Green Silkworm evolution paths: Ice Crystal Swallowtail, Ghost Beauty Butterfly, and Goddess of Light Butterfly, each requiring at least expert-level Worm Silk proficiency before cocooning.

Shi Yu learned the Goddess of Light Butterfly evolution method from Lu Qingyi, but began considering an unconventional way to evolve the Green Silkworm using the Skill Index and Supreme Level Worm Silk. After Lu Qingyi left, Shi Yu decided to buy a phone with the money he expected to receive the next day.

• Shi Yu asked whether a Green Silkworm could master Supreme Level Worm Silk, and Lu Qingyi explained the difficulty and risks of evolving with highly proficient Worm Silk.
• Shi Yu realized he might teach the Green Silkworm a skill before it formed a cocoon, letting it break out without following a conventional evolution path.
• Shi Yu chose the Goddess of Light Butterfly path as a reference, and Lu Qingyi wrote down its evolution materials and method.
• Shi Yu saw how expensive the required materials were and decided to treat the Goddess of Light Butterfly path as a backup while researching a stronger evolution himself.
• Lu Qingyi left with her Wind Demon Lion, and Shi Yu decided to buy a phone before receiving money the next day.

After buying a guide phone and better food for Eleven, Shi Yu returned home and received news that the Pingcheng District ruins had opened. The Beast Tamer Association invited apprentice Beast Tamers to sign up for wilderness combat training and an assessment for permission to explore.

• Shi Yu bought a Century Group guide phone that could identify pet beasts, their skills, and their energy levels.
• Shi Yu bought level-two Ironheart Wood for Eleven at Talent Group.
• Shi Yu returned home while Eleven and the Green Silkworm continued their daily training.
• Shi Yu received a text from the Ping City Beast Tamer Association announcing the ruins’ opening and the assessment required to explore them.

Shi Yu learned that the Secret Realm ruins were dangerous, challenge-based spaces and decided to prepare before investigating them. After Lu Qingyi explained the ruins and brought his Eleven Bureau identification and ten million, Shi Yu chose to train for the association’s wilderness assessment first.

• Shi Yu suspected the wilderness combat training was a way to recruit cannon fodder for the ruins, then asked Eleven and the Green Silkworm to join him in the training.
• Eleven eagerly agreed, and Shi Yu planned to use its fighting ability and the Green Silkworm’s Worm Silk to earn assessment points.
• Lu Qingyi brought Shi Yu his Eleven Bureau identification and ten million, and explained that the identification allowed him to enter most ruins directly.
• Lu Qingyi told Shi Yu that the ruins were unstable challenge spaces where apprentice Beast Tamers faced elemental creature clones in separate stages, and warned him that weak challengers could still be in danger.
• Lu Qingyi advised Shi Yu to learn more skills at the Bamboo Stone Dojo before exploring, and Shi Yu decided to enter through the wilderness combat assessment after judging whether he could survive.

Shi Yu reflected on joining the Eleven Bureau and prepared his pet beasts for the Ping City wilderness practical combat assessment. He arrived at Tianmang Mountain for the three-day event and ran into Chen Kai.

• Lu Qingyi left Shi Yu to investigate Icefield City and train on his own, hoping he would pass the professional assessment in six months.
• Eleven reached awakening level six, while the Green Silkworm remained at awakening level four.
• Shi Yu registered for the wilderness practical combat assessment and was assigned to Tianmang Mountain from July 28 to July 30.
• Shi Yu spent the next three days training Eleven and the Green Silkworm and using the Skill Index to teach their skills.
• Shi Yu arrived at the Tianmang Mountain training base and met Chen Kai, who had dark circles under his eyes.

Shi Yu and Chen Kai arrived at the Tianmang Mountain training assessment, where Zhou Wanshan explained the three-day contest for places in the ruins. As Shi Yu studied the guidebook’s dangerous targets, he became interested in the Electric Slime’s Size Alteration skill as a possible fit for Eleven.

• Shi Yu met Chen Kai, who thanked him for a training method that had helped his Ice Armor Beast reach level seven, and learned that the top twenty at each site could enter the ruins.
• Shi Yu and Chen Kai reached the training base, where more than fifty apprentice Beast Tamers had gathered; Chen Kai went to join his classmates.
• Zhou Wanshan introduced the assessment rules, explaining that contestants would earn points by hunting ferocious beasts and gathering resources over three days, with the twenty highest scorers gaining access to the ruins.
• Shi Yu signed the safety agreement, received a location and distress-call watch and guidebook, and reviewed the listed creatures and their point values.
• Shi Yu spotted the Electric Slime’s Size Alteration skill and considered whether Eleven could learn it to gain smaller and giant forms.

Shi Yu entered Tianmang Mountain for the three-day training exercise, aiming to reach the Magnetic Mountain Area and find an Electric Slime to record Size Alteration. He and Eleven headed through the Wild Boar Forest to hunt for points, where a Long-Spined Wild Boar spotted them and mistook them for easy prey.

• Shi Yu chose Size Alteration as the skill he wanted to record and turned down Chen Kai's offer to join his class's hunt for a Berserk Python.
• Zhou Wanshan started the training exercise, and Shi Yu entered Tianmang Mountain with Eleven while Chen Kai and his classmates took another route.
• Shi Yu headed toward the Magnetic Mountain Area through the Wild Boar Forest, planning to hunt Long-Spined Wild Boars along the way.
• Shi Yu and Eleven found a Long-Spined Wild Boar foraging at the forest's edge, and the boar mistook them for prey.

Shi Yu and Eleven tested Eleven’s strength by hunting Long-Spined Wild Boars, then entered the Wild Boar Forest, where Eleven fought four boars at once and drove them off. Security staff monitoring the exam were stunned by the Iron-Eating Beast cub’s combat ability.

• Eleven used Super Vision to dodge a Long-Spined Wild Boar’s charge, then countered with a hardened paw and knocked it down.
• Shi Yu had the Green Silkworm bind the boar, then made Eleven drag it as training while they headed deeper into the forest.
• Shi Yu and Eleven found four Long-Spined Wild Boars, and Shi Yu encouraged Eleven to fight them alone as security staff watched.
• Eleven provoked the four boars, hardened his entire body, knocked two down, and chased the other two away.
• A security officer noticed Eleven’s Expert Level Hardening and asked who Shi Yu was.

Shi Yu and Eleven hunted five Long-Spined Wild Boars in Wild Boar Forest, impressing other examinees and the monitoring staff. After registering their 1,750 points at a safe zone, Shi Yu took first place in the assessment, surpassing Xie Fei.

• Eleven defeated four Long-Spined Wild Boars while the Green Silkworm tied them up, drawing attention from guards monitoring the assessment.
• Shi Yu and his companions encountered two fleeing examinees, and the wild boars chasing them scattered when they saw Shi Yu dragging five captured boars.
• Shi Yu advised the two examinees to hunt lone Long-Spined Wild Boars near the forest's outskirts and continued to the safe zone.
• A security guard registered Shi Yu's 1,750 points and advised him that Long-Spined Wild Boar meat needed careful preparation.
• Shi Yu's score rose above Xie Fei's 1,500 points, putting Shi Yu in first place on the assessment leaderboard.