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

The Zhou family patriarch's birthday banquet lasted for several days, and he received many congratulatory gifts.

After the birthday banquet ended, many powerful figures were escorted out of the Canglan Plane by Zhou Heng's fourth uncle and others. The old patriarch of the Zhou family grasped Zhou Heng's hand and sighed, "Looking back, my ninetieth birthday celebration was far less lively than this one."

Zhou Heng smiled and said, "Grandpa had not yet advanced to the seventh-level feudal lord beast tamer at that time, and the meaning of his 100th birthday was particularly different, much more important than his 90th birthday."

The old patriarch Zhou shook his head: "That's not the case. It's mainly because of you. When I turned ninety, you hadn't even officially awakened your talent yet, but now you're an unparalleled genius with SSS-level talent, so other people's attitudes towards me are different."

He saw it clearly: "The people from the Four Religions and Three Associations secretly sent me gifts a couple of days ago, and a large number of people from the Alliance and the Beast Tamer Guild also came today. Even those high-ranking elders, as well as the Alliance Leader, Vice Alliance Leader, and Supreme Elder, and even the Supreme Alliance Leader himself, although they didn't come in person, still sent people to send me birthday gifts. This is all because of your influence. Otherwise, let alone those eighth-rank Monarch Beast Tamers and above, even seventh-rank Marquis Beast Tamers might not all be present."

Zhou Heng joked, "Is Grandpa already satisfied with just his 100th birthday? The real celebration will be when he turns 200, or even 500!"

The Zhou family patriarch and matriarch looked extremely pleased: "Having such a good grandson like you, our lives have truly been worthwhile!"

Zhou Heng pressed his advantage: "Grandpa and Grandma, I have some good news to tell you."

Fourth Uncle and the others, who had just returned from seeing off important guests, asked with curiosity, "What's the good news?"

Zhou Heng announced loudly, "I was promoted to Diamond Breeder a few days ago."

Patriarch Zhou was taken aback: "What? You mean you've created an evolution ritual for upgrading a high-grade gold-quality beast to a low-grade diamond-quality beast?"

Zhou Heng nodded: "That's right. I've extended the evolution ritual of the Top Pearl Dragon Carp, which I've been researching, to the lower-level diamond quality. From now on, the Top Pearl Dragon Carp can evolve into the Golden Scale Fish Dragon."

Madam Zhou was equally shocked: "Heng'er, are you kidding me? You've really been promoted to Diamond Breeder? You're only in your twenties!"

Zhou Heng said seriously, "I was already a high-level gold-level cultivator a long time ago. Now, my promotion to diamond-level cultivator is a natural progression and there is no need to be surprised."

Fourth Uncle said solemnly, "This is different. As long as there are enough resources, you can build up a number of cultivators below the diamond level by constantly trying and failing. But it's completely different from the diamond level onwards."

The eldest uncle chimed in, "Yes! Creating a completely new diamond-level evolution ritual is far more difficult than creating a gold-level one."

Zhou Heng smiled nonchalantly: "It is indeed quite difficult to become a Diamond Incubator, but thankfully, I finally succeeded."

Uncle Shi couldn't help but sigh, "Judging from your relaxed tone, if other breeders knew, they would probably be green with envy."

The old patriarch Zhou slowly spoke: "Everyone knows that it gets harder and harder to become a cultivator, but not many people truly understand just how difficult it is. Even in our family, the strongest cultivator is only at the Overlord level."

The Zhou family of Shenlong once had a mythology nurturer, but that nurturer unfortunately perished decades ago when the Rulong Cult caused chaos.

Grandma Zhou exclaimed in admiration, "Heng'er, at such a young age, you've already become a Diamond Breeder! A future of dominance is within reach, a legend is in sight, and there's even a sliver of a possibility of becoming a Chaos Breeder. Even without awakening your SSS-level second Beast Taming talent, your talent as a breeder still guarantees a bright future. Moreover, you possess unparalleled Beast Taming talent, which, combined with your talent as a breeder, makes you a truly unprecedented genius!"

Zhou Heng sincerely said, "I didn't actually think that much about it. I became a trainer mainly to give back to my family."

The old patriarch patted Zhou Heng's hand, his expression becoming increasingly kind: "Perhaps it is precisely because of your childlike heart that you have progressed so smoothly on the path of a nurturing master."

Grandma Zhou beamed from ear to ear: "My precious grandson is amazing! He's better than everyone else at everything he does."

Tenth Uncle was equally happy for Zhou Heng and his family: "I remember that Kunling King of the Qiongqi Meng family was the first among the existing Mythical Beast Tamers to advance to Diamond Beast Tamer. However, he was already over forty years old when he advanced to Diamond Beast Tamer, which was considered relatively young among Diamond Beast Tamers. At that time, some people predicted that he would definitely become a Mythical Beast Tamer in the future, and unexpectedly, that prediction came true. Heng'er advanced to Diamond Beast Tamer even earlier than him, and his future achievements will probably be even greater than his."

Fourth Uncle patted Zhou Heng's arm: "Kunling King was over forty when he was promoted to Diamond Cultivator, how can he compare to our Heng'er?"

Despite the praise from his relatives, Zhou Heng remained true to himself and did not succumb to the sweet words: "Among nurturers, there are many who have accumulated knowledge and experience before finally achieving their breakthroughs in their later years. Whether one advances to Diamond Nurturer sooner or later, there is essentially no difference. Kunling King must have his unique strengths to have become a Mythical Nurturer."

The old patriarch Zhou said something fair: "Relatively speaking, the earlier you advance to Diamond Beast Tamer, the more powerful you will be, so that you will have more time to strive for higher realms later."

Zhou Heng nodded slightly; he understood that what he said was true.

Fourth Master said specifically, "Heng'er, the extraordinary creatures you raised that you sent back before have given birth to many offspring, and some of them have already formed contracts with the clan. Now that you have evolved the Top Pearl Dragon Carp into the Golden Scale Fish Dragon, the clan members have an even wider range of choices."

Zhou Heng felt happy: "This is exactly what I wanted."

The eldest uncle suggested, "Heng'er's promotion to Diamond Breeder is no small matter; it's absolutely worth throwing a big banquet to celebrate."

Zhou Heng quickly declined, saying, "I'm just a Diamond Breeder. Although I'm young, it's not worth making a big fuss about. I can hold a grand banquet when I become a Hegemon Breeder."

The Zhou family patriarch opted for a compromise: "Heng'er has a point; there's no need for a grand banquet. However, our family should still celebrate properly with a small family feast!"

The eldest uncle nodded repeatedly: "I'll do whatever Dad says."

Then, Zhou Heng waved his hand, and five golden-scaled fish-dragons, each tens of meters long, flew out from the Ring of All Rivers and Seas.

The five golden-scaled fish-dragons tried to escape as soon as they appeared, but the Zhou family patriarch and his wife, as seventh-level feudal lord beast tamers, only revealed a wisp of their aura, which frightened the five third-level golden-scaled fish-dragons into curling up into a ball, not daring to move.