Genius Beast Taming: Starting from Awakening an S-Rank Talent

The Ling family patriarch spoke enthusiastically, flattering him incessantly: "Our little ancestor has won at the starting line! Advancing to a ninth-tier Emperor Beast Tamer will be a piece of cake, and even advancing to a tenth-tier Supreme Beast Tamer will likely be a natural progression! Compared to our little ancestor, we are like candlelight compared to the moon."

Zhou Heng said calmly, "Don't say that. It's already quite good that you can contract with beasts of the Overlord quality. You have plenty of time. Sooner or later, you will be able to evolve your beasts to the Mythical quality."

The Ling family patriarch shook his head: "Young ancestor, you jest. How easy is it to evolve to mythical quality? The failure rate of beast evolution is too high! Every time it fails, the beast must first be healed, and then spiritual materials must be collected again... The effort involved is too great. Even for us direct descendants of top-tier families, with the help of our ancestors, evolving from overlord to mythical quality is extremely difficult."

Although Marquis Longyuan possessed extraordinary talent, he also found it challenging: "Indeed! I failed eleven times before finally succeeding in evolving my beast tamer to the superior overlord quality! If I want to go even further and evolve it to the lower mythical quality, I don't know how many more times I'll have to fail!"

"You come from top-tier families and have such good talent that you are already far superior to many beast tamers who are not from such families. You don't know the difficulties that ordinary beast tamers face."

Zhou Heng used Commander Xu as an example: "I once met a sixth-tier commander-level beast tamer. He was the Grand Commander of War Preparations on Xuanxiao Star, and his talent was quite good, at S-rank, so he reached the peak of the commander level at just over 120 years old. However, the beast he contracted was only of upper-tier diamond quality. To evolve it to lower-tier overlord quality, he had to beg for help everywhere. Moreover, the evolution path he wanted was already taken; all three evolution slots were full. He could only settle for a less difficult path with lower potential, which had a particularly high chance of failure. In addition, the evolution ritual he exchanged from the alliance was an outdated version from over a thousand years ago, further increasing the chance of failure. His chances of evolving his beast to overlord quality and advancing to a seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamer before his lifespan ended were almost nonexistent. It's truly a pity!"

Following Zhou Heng's lead, Marquis Longyuan continued, "Junior Uncle is right; we have indeed been a bit too greedy."

The Ling family patriarch looked as if he had learned a lesson: "The young ancestor is right. We will never be so ambitious again."

Seeing this, Zhou Heng quickly said, "Clan Chief Ling, Nephew Long Yuan, I was just saying it casually, I didn't mean to lecture you."

Marquis Longyuan adopted a very humble attitude: "Junior Uncle, you are the Grandmaster's disciple, and your seniority is above ours. It is our blessing to be able to occasionally receive a word of guidance from you."

The Ling family patriarch also placed himself in the position of a junior: "That's right, the fact that you said that to us means you consider us one of your own. We are extremely grateful to you!"

Zhou Heng tentatively said, "You are all hundreds of years old, much older than me. Although you are of a lower generation than me, I am still a few months away from turning twenty. Whether it is life experience or other aspects, I am not as good as you. You should teach me more."

Marquis Longyuan bluntly stated, "You jest! As the saying goes, 'The accomplished are our teachers.' You are an unparalleled genius with SSS-level talent, while we are SS-level and S-level talents, respectively. We are completely incomparable to you. Moreover, the strongest beast you have contracted is of mythical quality, while our strongest beast is only of overlord quality. We are inferior to you in every aspect, so how dare we teach you? You should be the one giving us guidance."

The Ling family patriarch said respectfully, "That's right! As the old saying goes, a grandson riding a horse is a grandfather in a cradle. No matter how young you are, it doesn't change the fact that you are of a higher generation than us. You are the disciple of Ancestor Xuanchen. If we don't respect you or act arrogantly in front of you, it's the same as disrespecting Ancestor Xuanchen. We can't bear such a sin."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Heng immediately considered the matter; both of them were intelligent people.

He didn't say anything more, but smiled and said, "I understand what you mean. You can go now! I want to be alone for a while."

The Ling family patriarch's attitude became increasingly respectful: "Young Ancestor, please feel free to give me any instructions."

Zhou Heng nodded.

Marquis Longyuan bowed and said, "Junior Uncle, we shall take our leave."

After Marquis Longyuan and the Ling family patriarch left, Zhou Heng returned to the palace.

He rested for a while, and then the servants brought him a pile of delicious food.

After the meal, Zhou Heng was planning to take the Devouring Star Kunpeng for a stroll.

Suddenly, the Star-Devouring Kunpeng spoke up: "Father, I'm about to break through again."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Star-Devouring Kunpeng flew out of the palace, and Zhou Heng quickly followed.

The Devouring Star Kunpeng transformed into a size of 20,000 meters, and a powerful aura emanated from its body, instantly raising it from the first level of the fourth rank to the second level of the fourth rank.

Its size subsequently increased to 30,000 meters.

In just one day, the Star-Devouring Kunpeng advanced from the third tier, tenth level to the fourth tier, second level. Such speed is truly worthy of a beast of superior mythical quality.

It probably won't be long before they leave the fourth-tier, fourth-level Rainbow Winged Azure Phoenix, the fourth-tier, second-level Overturning Sea Silver Dragon, and the Eternal Night Demon Dragon far behind.

After successfully advancing, the Star-Devouring Kunpeng shrunk its size to one meter long again and came to Zhou Heng's side.

Zhou Heng reached out and patted the head of the Star-Devouring Kunpeng: "Wuji, you're amazing!"

The Devouring Star Kunpeng nuzzled Zhou Heng's palm with its head: "Thank you for the compliment, Father."

Zhou Heng casually asked, "Wuji, what kind of food do you need to eat to grow quickly?"

The Star-Devouring Kunpeng stated directly, "Normally, I can grow rapidly even without eating. If I want to advance even faster, before reaching the sixth rank, I need to consume the core of a planet's star each year. After reaching the sixth rank, I will directly devour stars. The more stars I eat, the faster I grow. Of course, I also need to supplement with other foods, the specific types are not limited, the more energy-rich the better, such as the crystal cores of extraordinary creatures."

"I understand." Zhou Heng looked up at the stars above the Eternal Order Holy Realm and made up his mind.

Then, Zhou Heng took out five fifth-tier crystal cores from his storage watch and, after learning that the Star-Devouring Kunpeng had no attribute restrictions, fed them all into the Star-Devouring Kunpeng's mouth.

The Devouring Star Kunpeng swallowed it without even chewing, and its appearance remained unchanged.

Zhou Heng then added, "Wuji, actually, before I formed a contract with you, I already had three contracted partners. Would you like to meet them?"

The Star-Devouring Kunpeng was overjoyed: "Of course I want to see them! They are Father's contracted partners, and I am also Father's contracted partner. I believe I will get along very well with them."