Chapter Summaries

After awakening as a prospective beast tamer on Mirror Moon Island, Luo Yu discovered he could inspect mutated creatures’ hidden talents and decided to use his breeding experience to develop valuable Ink Fish. He sought to keep his parents’ research institute, but learned that the world was actually Earth after the rainstorm apocalypse and that a zombie tide would strike in less than a year.

• Luo Yu awoke in the body of a teenage boy and learned from the original owner’s memories that his parents had died, leaving him broke and facing the loss of their research institute.
• Luo Yu discovered he could view the Ink Fish’s traits and talents, including several advanced talents, and planned to breed and train promising specimens.
• Yu Wan of the Beast Management Bureau delivered notice that the island would reclaim the Luo Shui Research Institute, and Luo Yu asked for a year to finish his parents’ Ink Fish research.
• Yu Wan warned Luo Yu about suspected zombie activity in the coastal waters and the approaching Tidal Corpse Transformation.
• Luo Yu realized he had not entered another world but a future Earth transformed by the rainstorm apocalypse, where the next zombie tide was less than a year away.

Luo Yu learned that he needed to become a beast tamer and obtain a breeding qualification to keep using the research institute, then set out to find a pet beast. After Yu Wan’s divination repeatedly pointed to an Ink Fish, Luo Yu dismissed the results, but a wanted poster for a two-tailed lion reminded him of a Maine Coon he had known—and that he had neutered it.

• Luo Yu learned from Yu Wan that he needed to contract a pet beast and pass the breeding qualification assessment to use the institute.
• Yu Wan attempted to divine what pet beast suited Luo Yu, but her results showed a dairy cow, an orca, and finally an Ink Fish wielding ice blades.
• Luo Yu decided to look for a pet beast and use his parents’ research to earn money and build a safer future.
• On his way to a pet beast shop, Luo Yu saw a wanted poster for a Two-Tailed Azure Lion that resembled a Maine Coon he had cared for at his former workplace.
• Luo Yu wondered if the Two-Tailed Azure Lion could be his destined pet beast, then remembered that he had neutered the cat.

Luo Yu searched the Gale Pet Beast Shop for a Wind-Entwining Worm with top-tier talent but found none, then visited the Cold Mist Lizard shop and moved on to the Thunderbolt Shrimp shop. He ended the chapter stunned by the harsh conditions in which the shops kept their pet beasts.

• Luo Yu learned that the Gale Pet Beast Shop sold cheap Wind-Entwining Worms whose evolution depended on the shop’s feed and rejected its free-worm promotion tied to monthly silk production.
• Luo Yu screened thousands of Wind-Entwining Worms but found none with talent above Senior Level; the best had Longevity Gene and Water Element Affinity, so he left without buying one.
• Luo Yu inspected the Cold Mist Lizard shop and discovered that its lizards produced ice for the owner’s processing business; he found no lizard with Senior Level talent.
• Luo Yu entered the Thunderbolt Pet Beast Shop and saw that its Thunderbolt Shrimp were bound with wire and fitted with blue ore to absorb their electricity.

Luo Yu searched Mirror Moon Town for a pet beast with exceptional talents but found none, then discovered a top-tier talent inside an Earth Penguin egg being sold as food. He bought the egg and learned its second talent, Walking Volcano, could turn earth-vein energy into lava and create new land, leaving him unsure how an earth-based ability would help in the great age of sailing.

• Luo Yu searched pet beast shops and breeding houses throughout Mirror Moon Town but found no individuals with talents beyond the ordinary ceiling.
• Luo Yu abandoned his search as evening fell and went to the farmers' market to buy food instead of dining at a restaurant.
• A hunter sold an Earth Penguin egg to the butcher, and Luo Yu recognized the species as an inferior mutated penguin often treated as food.
• Luo Yu noticed information appearing over the egg and bought it from the butcher for 250 Alliance Coins.
• Luo Yu discovered that the Earth Penguin egg had two talents, including the top-tier Walking Volcano, which could turn earth-vein energy into lava and create new land.

Luo Yu chose to contract a top-talent Earth Penguin egg, hoping it could eventually create land and become a trusted partner. After meeting Chen Bo and learning about beast tamers’ Innate Talents, Luo Yu considered what talent the penguin might awaken for him.

• Luo Yu left Lin's Game Shop with the Earth Penguin egg and decided its earth-type talent made it worth choosing over a water-type pet beast.
• Luo Yu reasoned that contracting an egg would help it hatch sooner and foster trust, and he decided he wanted a reliable partner rather than a mere tool.
• Luo Yu encountered Chen Bo, who bragged about his Spirit Talent and challenged him to show off his new pet beast.
• Luo Yu told Chen Bo that his parents had died in a shipwreck, then walked away with the egg; Chen Bo was stricken with guilt and slapped himself.
• Luo Yu recalled that contracting a pet beast awakened an Innate Talent and wondered what talent he would gain after contracting the Earth Penguin.

Luo Yu hatched an Earth Penguin chick, discovered he had a rare Soul Talent, and learned it could help him animate ships as a ghost captain. After briefly trying his power on a research boat, he named the penguin July and postponed its training while remembering he needed to register for a breeding qualification assessment.

• Luo Yu used his Beast-Taming Ability to hatch the Earth Penguin egg, and the chick bonded with him and ate its broken eggshell.
• Luo Yu discovered that he had awakened a Soul Talent, then fainted from exhaustion while July went to sleep beside him.
• The next day, Luo Yu fed July dried shrimp and considered how Soul Talent could let him attach his soul to a ship and turn it into a ghost ship.
• Luo Yu tested his soul power on a Sea-Dwelling Wood boat, but it only made the hull rock briefly before he ran out of strength.
• Luo Yu named the penguin July and gave it a day off, then remembered his breeding qualification assessment and delayed training for three days.

Luo Yu chose to breed Ink Fish with healing abilities, hoping to establish a valuable medical population on Mirror Moon Island and secure his research institute. He prepared two breeding tanks, while July woke and revealed he planned to become the God of Earth and end the ocean age.

• Luo Yu examined the Ink Fish and decided to use the Breeding Paragon and the merciful Ink Fish to produce medical offspring.
• Luo Yu prepared a separate breeding space and placed the Breeding Paragon with the merciful Ink Fish in breeding base No. 1.
• Luo Yu paired the female dark Ink Fish with the male eight-sword-style Ink Fish in breeding base No. 2.
• July woke from his nap, and Luo Yu summoned him onto his shoulder to watch the Ink Fish tanks.
• July said he intended to become the God of Earth and bring the ocean age to an end, prompting Luo Yu to warn him to keep the plan quiet.

Luo Yu took July to the Beast Management Bureau, certified his beast-tamer status, and registered for a cultivation qualification assessment. While studying at the bureau’s library, he learned about the post-apocalypse world and the Sea Tamer Alliance, leaving him to wonder about the missing history between the apocalypse and the alliance’s founding.

• Luo Yu rode with July to the Beast Management Bureau and registered for the cultivation qualification assessment scheduled for eight the next morning.
• Luo Yu summoned his level-one Earth Penguin to certify his beast-tamer status, then went to the bureau’s library to study.
• The receptionist told her colleagues about Luo Yu, and they discussed his age, his Earth Penguin, and his late father, Scholar Luo Shui.
• Luo Yu read about the torrential rain apocalypse, the major human settlements, and the Sea Tamer Alliance, which governed Mirror Moon Island.
• Luo Yu noticed that the records of the decades before the alliance’s founding were sparse and wondered what had happened during that period.

Luo Yu took the first round of the breeding qualification assessment and answered questions about Beast Tamers, pet beasts, and the seven mysterious seas. He chose the Sea of Ghosts for his written response, framing it around the hope of seeing his deceased parents again.

• Luo Yu arrived at the assessment venue and joked with Chen Bo about repaying him 100 Alliance Coins.
• Luo Yu told Chen Bo that he wanted to inherit the Luo Shui Research Institute and rename it the Luo Yu Research Institute.
• The examiners discussed Luo Yu and Chen Bo before the candidates began the ninety-minute written test.
• Luo Yu answered the exam questions, including naming the seven mysterious sea regions.
• Luo Yu chose the Sea of Ghosts for his essay and wrote that he hoped to see his parents again.

Luo Yu used his special ability to identify Blue Water Crab No. 5 as the best contract candidate, recognizing its exceptional vitality despite the official answer key naming another beast. The examiners confirmed his observation, and Bureau Chief Yu Lei decided to restore Luo Shui Research Institute’s right of use to him.

• Luo Yu observed the five groups of mutant beasts and identified Blue Water Crab No. 5 as the strongest contract candidate because it had regenerated lost limbs without falling behind in growth.
• Luo Yu completed the assessment with accurate descriptions, while Chief Examiner Xu initially believed he had chosen incorrectly because the answer key named Rain Arrow Frog No. 4.
• After the exam, Xu and the other examiners examined Blue Water Crab No. 5 and confirmed its joints suggested it had regenerated limbs, validating Luo Yu’s reasoning.
• Chen Bo assumed Luo Yu had chosen Rain Arrow Frog No. 4 and tried to reassure him after mistakenly thinking he had failed the key question.
• Bureau Chief Yu Lei reviewed Luo Yu’s results and granted him the right to use Luo Shui Research Institute, while declining Yu Wan’s request for additional funding.

After passing his breeding assessment, Luo Yu returned to his institute and found the Ink Fish mating, while July became fascinated with fishing. At the Beast Management Bureau, Director Yu approved Luo Yu’s inheritance of his father’s research institute and arranged for him to join a confidential research project.

• Luo Yu watched an old man and his Wave Dog catch a Strange Scale Fish, and promised July a custom fishing rod when they could afford one.
• Luo Yu returned to the institute and found the Breeding Paragon Ink Fish mating; he estimated that eggs and hatchlings would take at least two months to produce initial results.
• Director Yu told five researchers that Luo Yu had passed the breeding qualification assessment and received approval to inherit his late father’s institute.
• The researchers wondered whether Luo Yu’s Earth Penguin meant he knew about a discovered grotto, but concluded it was probably a coincidence.
• Director Yu said Yu Wan would explain the confidential research project to Luo Yu and urged the senior researchers to support him.

Luo Yu trained July’s unusually powerful Digging ability, struggled with the cost of breeding research, and received ownership of the research institute and its funding. Yu Wan then brought him an Azure-Scaled Snake with a mysterious bloodline, revealing that its secret was connected to the Earth Penguin’s evolution path.

• Luo Yu watched July create a huge pit with Digging and planned to train the ability to bury enemies, while his own Walking Volcano talent remained difficult to awaken.
• The Dark Octopus and the Eight-Sword Style Octopus mated, but Luo Yu worried that he could not afford enough nutritious food for the Ink Fish.
• Yu Wan awarded Luo Yu the research institute and a year of research funding after he passed the breeding assessment.
• Luo Yu explained that he had contracted July to explore a niche in earth-element research and agriculture.
• Yu Wan asked Luo Yu to examine an Azure-Scaled Snake, and he deduced that its pale mouth lining came from a special bloodline that required substantial nourishment.
• Yu Wan confirmed Luo Yu’s deduction and said the snake’s bloodline was connected to the Earth Penguin’s evolution path.

Yu Wan explained that an ancient cavern beneath Mirror Moon Island could influence mutated beasts through its unusual ley lines, possibly explaining the Earth Penguin’s Walking Volcano talent. She offered Luo Yu a funded chance to study whether July could evolve there, but told him to wait until he became a junior beast tamer; Yu Wan was then stunned to learn he had the rare soul talent.

• Yu Wan told Luo Yu that a cavern containing dinosaur fossils had been uncovered beneath Mirror Moon Island and that its ley lines could alter mutated beasts’ strength and bloodlines.
• Luo Yu realized the ley lines might have caused the Earth Penguin’s Walking Volcano talent and understood that the island was investigating whether avian beasts could evolve through dinosaur-like atavism in the cavern.
• Yu Wan offered Luo Yu and the inherited Luo Shui Research Institute funding and access to study July’s evolution in the cavern, and Luo Yu accepted.
• Yu Wan warned Luo Yu that the cavern’s cold and magnetic field made it dangerous, so he should first become a junior beast tamer and strengthen himself and his pet beast.
• Yu Wan asked about Luo Yu’s innate talent, and she reacted with shock when he said it was soul.
• Yu Wan told Luo Yu that he would be invited to future research institute meetings to learn about the cavern and hear other researchers’ reports.

Luo Yu trained July to develop his Walking Volcano talent and bought him a custom fishing rod. July showed astonishing skill with it, leaving Luo Yu wondering whether fishing was his true talent.

• Luo Yu learned from Yu Wan that the ancient grotto’s earth-vein disturbance had made zombie sea beasts around Mirror Moon Island unusually active, so he resolved to produce research results before the great tide.
• Luo Yu bought fresh food for the ink fish and an earth loach for July, who devoured the loach after waking.
• Luo Yu trained July to sense the earth veins and withstand intense heat, and July’s life level naturally reached level 2 after a week, strengthening Luo Yu’s soul power.
• Luo Yu visited Never Skunked Fishing Tackle Shop, where he found the old man from the bridge, and commissioned a miniature fishing rod using July’s measurements.
• Luo Yu gave July the rod, and July skillfully used it to hook a garbage bag and toss it into the trash can, then pulled the trash can into the air on his second try.
• Luo Yu wondered whether July’s extraordinary fishing ability mattered more than his Walking Volcano talent and joked that July should return to being called an emperor penguin.

Luo Yu added fishing to July’s training after realizing how much the penguin enjoyed it, and the frustration of losing slippery loaches unexpectedly triggered July’s Volcano Talent. July learned to control the heat to reach 220 degrees, and Luo Yu planned new ways to focus it on specific body parts as the chapter ended.

• Luo Yu decided to include fishing in July’s special training because it suited the penguin’s interests and could develop patience, concentration, and other abilities.
• July quickly caught the Ink Fish but struggled to keep slippery native loaches on his hook, which left him increasingly frustrated.
• While trying to resonate with the power of the earth veins, July’s anger over the escaped loaches made his body heat up and activated his Volcano Talent.
• Luo Yu coached July through controlling the flames, and July learned to raise his temperature to 220 degrees before becoming exhausted.
• Luo Yu planned to train July to concentrate heat in his wings, beak, and feet, naming the techniques Blazing Blade, Sun Peck, and Flame Tread.

Luo Yu took July to Ink Moon Pool to fish and search for promising wild beasts, then returned to the research institute to discover that the Breeding Paragon had laid sixteen healthy eggs unusually early. Twelve eggs had Senior Level talents, including two that inherited the Breeding Paragon talent, giving Luo Yu new hope for his research presentation and future Ink Fish breeding plans.

• Luo Yu took July to Ink Moon Pool, where July fished while Luo Yu searched for high-quality wild mutated beasts.
• Luo Yu spotted a Honey Water Bee with the Defense Enhancement talent and decided the bees could help strengthen pet beasts.
• Luo Yu and July returned to the research institute, where Luo Yu found that the Breeding Paragon had laid sixteen full, healthy eggs after only a little over ten days.
• Luo Yu examined the eggs and found that twelve had Senior Level talents, including two with the Breeding Paragon talent and one with a new fused talent.
• Luo Yu felt the eggs would hatch soon and considered pairing the two new Breeding Paragons with descendants of the dark Eight-Sword Style family.

Luo Yu assessed his newly bred Ink Fish and planned to capture three Honey Water Bees whose talents could help train July. After preparing to exploit the bees’ weaknesses, he returned to their hive and encountered a teacher and three students.

• Luo Yu recorded the Ink Fish hatchlings’ talents, including Mercy, Breeding Paragon, and Indestructible Body, and confirmed that none had inherited two talents.
• Luo Yu found a large Honey Water Bee hive and identified three bees with Strength Enhancement, Defense Enhancement, and Five Senses Enhancement, which he wanted to use as July’s coaches.
• Luo Yu studied Luo Shui’s notes and prepared a purple protective suit, swamp mud, and Dragon Snake Orchid to capture the bees by exploiting their weaknesses.
• Luo Yu returned to Lookout Moon Peak and found a middle-aged man with three students near the path to the hive.
• The man noticed Luo Yu, who emerged from hiding covered in foul-smelling swamp mud, startling the students.

Luo Yu captured three Honeywater Bees using fermented agave and began testing their venom as a training method for himself and July. Half a month later, with the benevolent Inkfish producing promising breeding results, he prepared a report to seek more research funding and expand the institute.

• Luo Yu captured a Honeywater Bee with enhanced five senses and two with ordinary enhancement talents while a teacher and three students watched from afar.
• Luo Yu revealed he had not attended school, and the teacher recognized him as the young breeding researcher who had passed the qualification assessment and inherited his father's research institute.
• Luo Yu caged the three Honeywater Bees, tested their venom, and let one sting him before having July endure a sting as part of their training.
• Over the next half month, all sixteen benevolent Inkfish eggs hatched successfully, and the breeding paragon mated with the benevolent Inkfish again.
• Luo Yu organized the Inkfish research data for the upcoming Research Institute Meeting so he could seek funding for staff, security, and further research.

At Mirror Moon Island’s research report meeting, Luo Yu revealed that he had bred Ink Fish whose mutated ink could heal wounds. His report stunned the researchers and Director Yu Lei, who recognized its potential to ease the island’s medical shortages ahead of the Tidal Corpse Transformation.

• Luo Yu arrived early for his first research report meeting, where Yu Wan told him to listen more than he spoke.
• Director Yu Lei asked Luo Yu whether he had made progress on his research into Ink Fish, and Luo Yu demonstrated an Ink Fish whose ink healed his wound.
• Luo Yu explained that he had bred nine Ink Fish with the healing ability and presented his research report and several specimens.
• Director Yu Lei studied Luo Yu’s report as the researchers and Yu Wan realized that the breeding method could help address Mirror Moon Island’s shortage of medical pet beasts.

Director Yu Lei and Mirror Moon Island’s researchers discussed Luo Yu’s reliable method for breeding medical Ink Fish and agreed to fund an expansion of his institute in exchange for supplying the island’s hospital. The meeting also arranged for Luo Yu to train some Ink Fish at the arena infirmary, while Chen Bo excitedly told his father he expected to pass his cultivation qualification assessment and received a dismissive response.

• Yu Lei praised Luo Yu’s research report, and the researchers acknowledged him as a researcher while discussing the medical Ink Fish and possible crossbreeding.
• Luo Yu deferred to Yu Lei on the Ink Fish, and Yu Lei promised funding for an expanded breeding base while making the institute the hospital’s exclusive medical pet beast supplier.
• Yu Lei proposed that Luo Yu train male Ink Fish by treating minor injuries at the beast arena, and appointed him deputy director of its infirmary.
• The researchers spent most of the meeting discussing medical Ink Fish, then Yu Lei asked Yu Wan to show Luo Yu around the institute and gather his requests.
• Chen Bo told Chen Zhuo he was sure he had passed the cultivation qualification assessment, but Chen Zhuo dismissed his excitement.