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

Zhou Heng raised his chin slightly, revealing a knowing smile: "Regardless of how the Four Religions and Three Societies actually discussed things internally, the final result is that we get the benefits, and that's enough."

The old patriarch Zhou was also impressed by his grandson's demeanor: "Heng'er, it's all thanks to you. Without you, our Shenlong Zhou family would not have been able to take the initiative when facing the Three Meetings."

"This time, the Three Gatherings have brought so many resources. Grandpa and Grandma, you can take this opportunity to evolve your main beasts to mythical quality."

Zhou Heng immediately said, "According to the patterns summarized by our predecessors, even with S-rank talent, as long as you can contract a mythical-quality beast, you have a chance to advance to an eighth-tier monarch beast master. Seventh-tier feudal lord beast masters have a lifespan of 360 years. You are not even a hundred years old yet, and your strongest beasts are already high-level overlords. As long as you can evolve the Sky-Supporting Overlord and the Nine Heavens Wind Roc to low-level mythical quality as soon as possible, you will definitely be able to take another step forward and become eighth-tier monarch beast masters in a few hundred years. Just like the Kunling King of the Qiongqi Meng family, he only had S-rank talent, but he still became an eighth-tier monarch beast master."

Patriarch Zhou had reservations: "Although my main beast, the Sky-Piercing Overlord, has the potential to evolve into a mythical beast, the probability is extremely low."

Zhou Heng comforted him, "It's not a big deal. As long as enough resources are invested, it will definitely evolve successfully."

The old patriarch Zhou sighed, "That's true, but since the family was founded, there haven't been many people who have been able to evolve the Sky-Supporting Overlord into a lower-level mythical being. It will probably take many evolution rituals to succeed."

Zhou Heng asked in confusion, "Grandpa, why didn't you contract a different beast back then? I remember that after the Sky-Supporting Overlord evolved into a lower-level mythical beast, that was the highest known potential. After you awakened your talent, why didn't you contract a domineering beast that could evolve into the Soaring Emperor Dragon when choosing a beast to tame?"

"There's a reason for that, of course."

The old patriarch Zhou explained, "You should know that according to the rules of our Divine Dragon Zhou family, any beast tamer with S-level talent or above who is a direct descendant of the family can obtain a sovereign beast bestowed by the family. However, different sovereign beasts have different potentials. Therefore, different talents will receive different sovereign beasts, and there are many twists and turns involved."

He gave an example: "Take the Overturning Sea Silver Dragon, for instance. It possesses more than one evolutionary path of superior mythical quality. It can evolve into the Primordial Yinglong, which is of superior mythical quality, or into the Lingxiao Emperor Dragon, which is of superior mythical quality. This can be said to be the best choice among the Zhou family's overlord beasts, and it is usually not used lightly. Slightly less desirable are overlord beasts that can also evolve all the way to superior mythical quality, but they only have one path of superior mythical quality. For example, the Xuanzui Black Dragon and the Yu'e White Dragon can gradually evolve into the Lingxiao Emperor Dragon. These are generally prepared for SS-level talents. For example, your fourth uncle was given a mid-level overlord Xuanzui Black Dragon by the family, and now he has cultivated it into a superior overlord Shezui Black Dragon."

Zhou Heng said thoughtfully, "I didn't realize there was so much to learn here."

The old patriarch of the Zhou family chuckled and patted Zhou Heng on the shoulder: "As for you, Heng'er, because you were born extraordinary, you caused the fortunes of the Zhou and Li families to surge. Although you initially only displayed S-level talent and didn't reveal your SSS-level second talent, the family still gave you the highest level of treatment, which is why you were allowed to contract the Overturning Sea Silver Dragon. Back then, I received normal S-level treatment, and the hegemon beasts I contracted could only evolve to the lower-level mythical quality at most. Although it's relatively easy to evolve all the way to the upper-level hegemon, it's much more difficult to go further and become the lower-level mythical quality Qing Cang Ba Xia. After all, there are very few beast tamers who can cultivate beasts to the lower-level mythical quality with S-level talent, and the family hasn't improved the evolutionary path for this part enough, resulting in a high failure rate. So, it's not that I didn't want to contract beasts with higher potential back then, but the conditions didn't allow it."

Madam Zhou added from the side, "The situation of the Xuanwu Ling family is similar, so my Nine Heavens Wind Roc also had a relatively high failure rate when evolving into a lower-level mythical creature."

The old patriarch Zhou then added, "Actually, the fact that we were able to evolve our respective beasts from lower-level overlords to upper-level overlords before the age of one hundred is already thanks to the benefits we received from the family."

Zhou Heng immediately realized: "Grandpa was referring to the benefits that came decades ago when the Dragon Cult caused chaos, and almost all of the family's elites were wiped out. In order to help you and Grandma advance to the seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamers as soon as possible, the family poured a lot of resources into you and helped you evolve your beasts to the superior overlord quality?"

S-level talents among the major clans typically only advance to the seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamer around the age of one hundred and twenty.

The reason why the Zhou family patriarch and matriarch advanced so quickly was mainly because the family was facing a talent shortage and needed someone to quickly advance to the seventh-level feudal lord beast tamer to maintain its reputation, so a lot of resources were invested in them.

Madam Zhou nodded: "That's right. Among large and top-tier families, there aren't many who can cultivate a beast tamer to a high-level overlord with an S-level talent. This is because large and top-tier families, unless they really don't have a suitable candidate with an SS-level talent, won't spend too much effort on a family member with an S-level talent."

For example, Marquis Tianyin and Marquis Qianren, as seventh-level feudal lords and beast tamers, only had lower-level overlords as their main beast tamers.

Zhou Heng nodded: "I understand."

Madam Zhou continued, "Besides potential, there's also the issue of contract slots. Overlord Beast Tamers only have three contract slots, and Mythical Beast Tamers only have two. If we give beasts with exceptionally high potential to ordinary S-rank talents, there might not be any contract slots left when our clansmen develop SS-rank talents later. Therefore, in order to free up contract slots, we S-rank talents cannot choose beasts with the potential to evolve into high-rank Mythical quality."

Zhou Heng recalled the information on the existing eighth-tier king beast tamers in the Eastern Alliance: "King Kunling seems to be an exception. I remember that the beasts he contracted have very high potential."

The old patriarch Zhou sighed, "Although Kunling King only has an S-level talent, the Qiongqi Meng family had not produced an SS-level talent for a long time in his era. He was also a direct blood relative of Emperor Luxie and Emperor Minghui, which is why he was able to contract a beast with high potential. The Qiongqi Meng family used resources to help him become an eighth-level monarch beast master. He was extremely lucky."

Zhou Heng revealed a determined look in his eyes: "Kunling King has two great emperors from the Qiongqi Meng family as his backers, and you also have me as your backers. Just listen to me and start working on evolving your main beasts into lower-level mythical beasts as soon as possible. The Zhou family of the Divine Dragon is not short of resources now, and I am even less short of resources. If it doesn't work in ten attempts, try twenty times; if it doesn't work in twenty times, try thirty times. I will definitely be able to help you evolve successfully."