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

Zhou Heng's expression was extremely resolute: "Thank you for your high regard, Master. I promise you that I will never waste the great talent that Heaven has bestowed upon me. I will strive to improve myself and forge ahead, living up to your expectations."

Xuan Chen Supreme sighed with immense satisfaction, "Heng'er, having such a good disciple as you, I have no regrets in this life."

Zhou Heng smiled broadly: "I must have accumulated good karma in my past life to be able to meet such a wonderful master like you."

Supreme Xuan Chen reminded him, "Heng'er, now that the Star-Devouring Kunpeng has advanced to the sixth rank, as a mythical-quality beast, it has entered the sub-adult stage and no longer needs to use star crystal cores. Instead, it should directly devour planets. When you have time, you can take it to the cosmos to find a few suitable planets to devour, which can accelerate its growth."

Zhou Heng immediately replied, "Thank you for the reminder, Master. I was just thinking the same thing."

Supreme Xuanchen then asked, "I gave you a hundred star crystal cores before, and you should still have more than half left, right?"

Zhou Heng nodded: "Before Wuji reached the sixth rank, one star crystal core per year was enough. However, because Master gave him too many star crystal cores, I fed Wuji two to three star crystal cores a year. Now I still have more than eighty star crystal cores left."

Xuan Chen Supreme suggested, "The Star Devouring Kunpeng has already reached the sixth rank. These star crystal cores can be fed to the Star Devouring Kunpeng as snacks."

Zhou Heng nodded slightly: "I understand."

The master and disciple chatted for one or two hours before Zhou Heng left the Eternal Order Sacred Realm and returned to the Cold Moon Cave.

Zhou Heng did not mention to Xuan Chen Supreme that the Spirit Source Pearl had developed a third ability, because it was something that could not be discussed.

After all, awakening a second talent is rare enough. If the second talent gains additional abilities after awakening, it would be something that has never happened before in history.

In any case, the first two abilities of the Spirit Source Pearl alone have already secured Zhou Heng's position as the thirteenth SSS-level genius beast tamer in history, so there is no need to reveal all his trump cards.

Moreover, he could showcase the Spirit Source Pearl's third ability in other ways, such as rapidly increasing his level as a cultivator. In this way, he could make reasonable use of the Spirit Source Pearl's new abilities without creating any unclear situations.

Because the qualifications of a trainer cannot be quantified.

After Zhou Heng left, the Thousand-Faced King emerged from the depths of Xuan Chen Supreme's palace: "Great-Grandfather, as you said, Grandmaster Uncle Yu Heng is indeed much more powerful than ordinary SSS-level talent awakeners. A sixth-order commander beast tamer at less than twenty-five years old is simply terrifying."

A peculiar aura flowed around Supreme Xuan Chen, and his eyes were deep, seemingly containing endless mysteries: "One step faster, every step faster. I look forward to Heng'er's future development."

Ever since learning about Zhou Heng's special qualities, the Thousand-Faced King had been imagining all sorts of things: "Who wouldn't be excited? After all, he's Grandmaster Uncle Yu Heng..."

Supreme Xuan Chen instructed, "Alright, let's not talk about that for now. Heng'er has broken through to become the youngest sixth-tier Commander Beastmaster in the Eastern Alliance. We can't keep this good news to ourselves. Announce this to the entire alliance through official channels so everyone knows just how outstanding my disciple is!"

The Thousand-Faced King immediately set off: "Grandpa, don't worry, I'll go and greet the Spirit Message Spider right away."

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Not long after Zhou Heng returned to Hanyue Cave, he received an announcement on his communicator.

[…Great congratulations to our young leader on your advancement to a sixth-tier Commander Beastmaster a few days ago…breaking the previous record and becoming the youngest sixth-tier Commander Beastmaster in thousands of years…]

Zhou Heng knew that this was the work of Xuan Chen Supreme, but he didn't care about it.

Whether it's announced publicly or not doesn't matter. Even if everyone in the universe knew he had broken through, it wouldn't be a big deal.

He's not the kind of person who likes to keep things to himself.

Some things can be hidden, such as one's trump cards, but some things don't need to be hidden, such as one's achievements as a beast tamer.

Zhou Heng came to his parents' side, where the two were playing with Zhou Hong in the spacious palace.

After advancing to the sixth-tier Commander Beastmaster, Zhou Heng developed a special reaction to his direct bloodline.

Looking at Zhou Hongzheng, who was enjoying the company of his parents, a strange connection appeared between him and Zhou Hongzheng, clearly showing that Zhou Hongzheng was his biological son, and he truly felt a father-son bond.

Suddenly, he thought of Liu Yao.

Liu Yao's tragedy was also related to his adoptive father's rank. Because Liu Yao's adoptive father was about to be promoted to a sixth-level commander beast tamer, Liu Yao's mother revealed a flaw in her anxiety, which allowed Liu Yao's adoptive father to discover that Liu Yao was not his biological son, ultimately leading to a series of subsequent events.

Zhou Heng quickly put those things that had happened long ago out of his mind, squatted down, and stretched out his hands to Zhou Hongzheng: "Zheng'er, come here."

"Daddy! Daddy~" Zhou Hong rushed into Zhou Heng's arms like a little calf.

With one hand supporting Zhou Hongzheng's waist and the other on the back of Zhou Hongzheng's head, Zhou Heng felt the blood that belonged to him in Zhou Hongzheng's body, and inadvertently became closer to Zhou Hongzheng.

Actually, Zhou Heng didn't have any deep feelings for Zhou Hongzheng at first. The reason he used Yuan Yanming's body to nurture the divine flower and give birth to Zhou Hongzheng was just to give Zhou's parents an explanation.

But as the years passed, Zhou Hongzheng grew from a drop of blood essence into a child who could run and jump. Hearing him call him "Dad" again and again, Zhou Heng's feelings for Zhou Hongzheng deepened.

Zhou's father couldn't help but tease Zhou Heng, "You really are father and son. Although Zheng'er has always been by our side, the person he likes the most is you. Every time you come, he leaves us and runs to your side."

Zhou's mother smiled and said to Zhou Heng, "It's not just that! You usually stay in the breeding base to study the subsequent evolution ritual of the Golden Scaled Fish Dragon. You often don't come out for many days at a time. Zheng'er always misses you very much. Every day he asks us where his father is and when his father will come to see him. We tell him that his father is busy, and then we play all kinds of games with him, and then he calms down for a while."

Zhou Heng rubbed Zhou Hongzheng's head: "Dad, Mom, if Zheng'er misses me next time, just bring him to the breeding base to find me. It's just a few steps away, not far at all."

Zhou's mother had concerns: "We shouldn't go in while you're doing research at the breeding base; we're afraid of disturbing you."

Zhou Heng reassured him, "It's alright. Researching evolution rituals isn't something that can be done in a short time, and it's unlikely that any results will be achieved in a short period of time. It won't bother me."

Hearing Zhou Heng say this, Zhou's father had no more worries: "Alright, if Zheng'er misses you again next time, we'll just take him to the breeding base to find you."