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

After listening to Zhou Heng's question, Ancestor Wanbao pondered for a moment, and then suddenly dropped a bombshell: "We are dealing with the Rulong Cult not for any other reason, but mainly because the Rulong Cult threatens the foundation of the alliance."

He said, word by word, "The Dragon Cult has developed a method that allows humans to directly master extraordinary power without relying on their beast-taming talent, and they even want to popularize this method! This is a direct challenge to the rule of the aristocratic families, so the alliance intervened to suppress them, and then they retaliated. In the end, the two sides really fought, and it became uncontrollable."

Zhou Heng was taken aback: "Does the Ancestor mean that one can master extraordinary abilities without being a Beast Tamer?"

Ancestor Wanbao nodded: "That's true."

Zhou Heng felt as if he had entered a completely new world: "Haven't beast tamers always been the mainstream profession? How come there's suddenly another extraordinary system?"

Ancestor Wanbao gave an example: "The mainstream does not mean the only one! To take a distant example, those vassal races are not beast tamers, but they also possess extraordinary abilities."

Zhou Heng found this hard to understand: "But they are not human. They descended from another universe, and their combat power is very low. In addition, the laws of the universe suppress them, so they can't even produce a single ninth-level expert."

Ancestor Wanbao said frankly, "It is precisely because they are not human and descended from another universe that they are suppressed by the laws of the universe, resulting in their low combat power and inability to break through the limitations. However, the extraordinary power they possess is real, while humans in their native universe are not subject to these limitations. The previous generation of Dragon Lord was inspired by them and took a crucial step. In fact, this is not difficult to understand. The Beast Taming Era has only lasted for a little over six thousand years. Many things are still in their infancy, and there are still many areas waiting for us to explore."

Zhou Heng was speechless for a moment, trying to process the information.

The old patriarch Wanbao then said, "As for the true combat strength of the previous generation's Dragon Lord, you guessed right, it is indeed very different from the official propaganda. He was not a ninth-level Emperor Beast Tamer at all."

Zhou Heng sat up straight: "If he's not a ninth-tier Emperor Beast Tamer, could he be an eighth-tier King Beast Tamer?"

He instantly realized, "No, an eighth-tier monarch-level beast tamer could never cause such devastating losses to aristocratic families. Could he be a tenth-tier supreme beast tamer?"

Ancestor Wanbao slowly shook his head, then said something astonishing: "This involves the secrets of the Alliance, but I won't hesitate to tell you. He is not a Beast Tamer at all."

Zhou Heng blurted out instinctively, "Not a beast tamer? Could it be that he...?"

Ancestor Wanbao explained, "As I said before, he created a transcendent system independent of beast tamers. Even without beast taming talent, one can gradually become a powerful being, which is what we find most intolerable. And he himself is the one who has gone the furthest on this path."

Zhou Heng said solemnly, "So, he actually developed a completely different extraordinary system through his own exploration, and he embarked on his own path when he was very weak, rather than researching it after becoming a high-level beast tamer."

Master Wanbao nodded: "Your guess is completely correct."

Zhou Heng couldn't help but sigh, "I thought he only developed the new extraordinary system after becoming a high-level beast tamer, but I didn't expect him to be so much more powerful than I imagined."

Ancestor Wanbao knows a lot: "According to our intelligence, although the previous Dragon Lord had the talent for beast taming, it was very poor, only the weakest F-level. His parents were of high status, so after he officially awakened his talent at the age of eighteen, he was regarded as a waste by his relatives and suffered cold looks. This is the biggest reason why he wanted to create a supernatural system independent of the beast tamer system."

Zhou Heng objectively commented: "There are so many people in history with poor talent, and he may not be the only one who had this idea, but he is the only one who actually did it. He is truly a remarkable person."

Ancestor Wanbao echoed, "You're right. Although the previous leader of the Dragon Cult was a mortal enemy of our family, putting aside personal grudges, we, the high-ranking members of the alliance, have to admire him! After all, he truly forged his own path."

Zhou Heng thought about it carefully: "In the long run, this is actually a good thing that benefits all living beings. After all, the talent for beast taming is one in a hundred, and countless people can only be ordinary mortals because they lack the talent. And even if they have the talent for beast taming, if their talent is poor, they will not achieve anything great in their lives. A path to transcendence that is not affected by the talent for beast taming can give hope to those who have no talent or poor talent."

The Venerable Ancestor Wanbao earnestly advised Zhou Heng: "Good and bad in this world are relative. Inspired by ancient legends, he painstakingly studied and analyzed the life origins of a large number of extraordinary creatures and vassal races, creating an extraordinary system independent of Beast Tamers. This is certainly good for ordinary people, but it's different for us members of aristocratic families."

He revealed the truth behind it: "In the existing Beast Tamer system, aristocratic families always have the upper hand. Even if a few talented individuals occasionally emerge from humble backgrounds, they will eventually establish aristocratic families. Even if they ally with the Four Religions and Three Societies, while the Four Religions and Three Societies don't officially establish aristocratic families, they never actually oppose the inheritance of bloodlines from generation to generation. Therefore, they have a large number of deeply entrenched families within them, and in the end, their alliance with us is just a different path leading to the same destination. Unfortunately, the previous leader of the Dragon Cult directly jumped out of the chessboard set by our aristocratic families and didn't follow the path we planned. This is equivalent to digging up the roots of the aristocratic families."

Zhou Heng suddenly understood: "So that's how it is! That's why our aristocratic family can tolerate the Four Religions and Three Societies causing trouble, but we can't tolerate the Dragon Sect's unchecked growth?"

Ancestor Wanbao readily admitted, "That's right."

Zhou Heng was very curious about this: "Just what was the strength of the previous leader of the Dragon Cult?"

The old patriarch Wanbao's tone was filled with both awe and lingering fear: "The path taken by the previous Dragon Lord was different from ours as Beast Tamers, but in terms of power level, we can still measure him by the realm of Beast Tamers. In his final battle, he displayed combat power surpassing a ninth-tier Emperor Beast Tamer and touching the level of a tenth-tier Supreme Beast Tamer. Although he was only among the weakest tenth-tier Supreme Beast Tamers, it was still incredibly astonishing!"

He recalled events from over fifty years ago: "Back then, in order to deal with the previous generation of the Dragon-like Sect Leader, the Xuanwu Ling family sent out the main beast left behind by the Dinghai Supreme, and the Huofeng Yan family also invited out the main beast left behind by the Miaoyi Supreme. Under the siege of the two tenth-tier beasts, the previous generation of the Dragon-like Sect Leader was outnumbered and had nowhere to escape, so he perished on the spot."