Chapter 1: This Beastmaster World is a Bit Strange...

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest fear is the unknown.

The deep sea...

Silently sinking in the deep sea...

No strength...

The only thing that can be done is to feel the almost suffocating pain, and look up at the shimmering surface of the water, where the sun, distorted and split into nine by the refraction of light, stacks together.

The pale light falls, illuminating the writhing shadows at the bottom of the deep sea, as if the dark mother goddess has opened her arms...

"No!"

The painful growl startled the birds on the peach tree, which were about to make close contact, and they flew away cursing.

Lu Yu, wearing sunglasses and leaning against the tree for a nap, was suddenly startled awake, as if he had just escaped from drowning, gasping for breath to relieve the suffocating palpitations.

Looking around, tall peach trees grew, their branches stretching out, with the blooming peach blossoms like clouds of rouge, pink mist floating, as if a painter had depicted a spring landscape.

Fortunately, he was still at the pet beast cultivation base in Dayuan City!

He regained his composure and noticed a girl in a white dress standing in front of him, holding a love letter with a heart pattern. She had a pure and lovely appearance, a soft figure, and eyes like a frightened rabbit, timid and shrinking.

Lu Yu knew he had frightened her, quickly adjusted his emotions, and forced a smile, saying:

"Classmate, is there something you need?"

The frightened girl stammered:

"That... I want to give you... a letter..."

Thinking of the "No!" just now, the girl was flustered, unsure whether to hand over the confession letter.

Moreover, from her vantage point, she inadvertently saw Lu Yu's bloodshot eyes behind his sunglasses.

Like an injured wild beast...

Mad...

Thinking of the various rumors, the girl's fear surged like a tide, and she instinctively took a few steps back. Realizing this was wrong, she ultimately felt trapped and dejectedly chose to leave.

She came to a large rock in the distance, where another round-faced girl in a sports uniform was riding a white wolf. She reached out and pulled the girl in the white dress up, saying irritably:

"I told you not to approach this weirdo. He suddenly shouted about nine suns in the sky during the beastmaster awakening ceremony, isn't that crazy? Later, he even volunteered to raise pigs, wasting a bright future..."

"That's a silver-spirited extraordinary creature, the peach pig..." the girl in the white dress weakly said.

"You're still defending him. No matter what kind of extraordinary creature it is, raising pigs is still raising pigs. My dad said that only cultivating pet beasts is the right path. Don't get too close to someone who has willingly fallen, being handsome doesn't put food on the table. You're so cute, you'll have plenty of people chasing you in the future. If not, I'll be with you!"

Hearing this, the girl in the white dress didn't know what to say, blushing and lowering her head.

"White Snow Wolf, let's go!"

The round-faced girl glanced at Lu Yu, who was still dazed under the tree, a strange emotion flashing across her face—anger at his lack of ambition and... the joy of seeing someone once out of reach now fallen to the dust.

But now, Lu Yu was just a weed by the roadside, and birds and fish take different paths.

The two girls rode the snow wolf away from the peach grove.

Lu Yu didn't care about their conversation, leaning his head against the tree trunk, looking at the beautiful peach blossoms like clouds, pinching his brow to relieve the pain in his eyes, and murmuring:

"Having been in this world for three months, I can hardly remember how many nightmares I've had..."

Lu Yu was a穿越者 (穿越者 means "穿越者" in Chinese, which can be translated as "time traveler" or "穿越者" in English, but in this context, it means someone who has been transported to another world), an orphan from his previous life, but through his own efforts and the thick-skinned philosophy he learned from society, he successfully made a lot of money by dealing in children's clothing before the age of thirty.

As a result of overwork, he was suddenly transported to a world where his appearance and name were exactly the same as a counterpart in a different world, and he merged with the other's memories.

Although the transportation was somewhat hasty, Lu Yu remained calm.

Coming like a storm, going like a speck of dust.

This was his life attitude.

Through the memories, he learned that this was a Beastmaster World, much vaster than Earth.

In this world, all things have spirituality!

Whether it's beasts, birds, lakes, storms, lightning, or even the light of the sun and moon, machines can be born with spirituality, becoming extraordinary beings.

Beings with spiritual power can continuously evolve into extraordinary forms, gaining abilities like fire, lightning, light, and darkness, achieving a leap in life levels, and even developing powers like moving mountains, filling seas, and controlling the weather, akin to gods and demons.

Humans, according to legend, could freely manipulate spirituality in ancient times, but the history is too distant, and the only evidence is some incomplete archaeological data. Most people consider it a mere ancient imagination.

The reason for this belief is that humans directly consuming too much spiritual power can cause bizarre mutations, turning them into monstrous beings that are neither human nor ghost.

In ancient times, weak but highly spiritual humans naturally became the favorite prey of various monsters, leading to frequent tribal attacks and fields of bones.

For a long time, humans could only survive by sacrificing to powerful beings for protection.

Until a wise man discovered a special human talent, the ability to form a contract with extraordinary beings, creating a Beastmaster Space to accelerate the growth of pet beasts, and using the Beastmaster Space and pet beasts as filters to perfectly absorb spiritual power.

Since then, the roles have been reversed!

Numerous human geniuses rose, driving away monsters, establishing human cities, and eventually creating a brilliant civilization.

The Beastmaster profession, as a key factor in human rise, has been perfected and developed over a long period, dividing into various professions such as combat, cultivation, medical, potion making, and divination, integrating pet beast powers into human civilization.

Powerful Beastmasters protect cities, allowing ordinary people to avoid attacks from extraordinary beings, and even further explore the wilderness, obtaining large amounts of resources and wealth.

All professions are inferior, only Beastmasters are supreme!

The first step for a Beastmaster is to awaken spirituality, which, although just the beginning, already surpasses most ordinary people!

Awakening is divided into nine stages:

The first three stages are Copper Spirituality, corresponding to Servant-level pet beasts.

The middle three stages are Silver Spirituality, corresponding to Elite-level pet beasts.

The last three stages are Gold Spirituality, corresponding to Commander-level pet beasts.

After that is the Morning Star stage, corresponding to Overlord-level pet beasts, and higher stages are too far for Lu Yu to consider.

Gold Spirituality is the backbone, and in any city, there are numerous settlement policies and benefits.

In this life, Lu Yu was not an orphan; he had parents. His father was Gold Spirituality, and his mother was at the peak of Silver Spirituality, on a mission for the alliance.

A solid and pure second-generation Beastmaster.

On the day he was transported, he was just turning eighteen and was in line to awaken his Beastmaster talent.

Beastmasters all awaken their own talents to plan their future Beastmaster path.

For Lu Yu, whether it's elemental enhancement, possession, potion making, material collection, or even the ability to listen to history...

He didn't need to worry, as his parents would help him find suitable and excellent pet beast cubs.

However, just as it was his turn, the bad news came: his parents were attacked by a cult of evil gods during their mission and both died.

After awakening his talent, Lu Yu became the "madman" who shouted about nine suns, as the girl described.

Later, he even volunteered for the school's peach pig breeding project, seen by everyone as a negative example of someone who had suffered a blow and never recovered.

But only Lu Yu knew he wasn't crazy!

Because the talent he awakened was called the "Eye of Truth," which allows him to see the talents and information of pet beasts by consuming his own spiritual power.

When he first awakened, he couldn't control the "Eye of Truth" perfectly, causing a flood of information to overwhelm him, making his head ache terribly. Instinctively, he tried to avoid the crowd by looking up, only to see a scene he would never forget.

The eternal sun, which was one, became nine, their shadows constantly breaking and stacking, like bloated meatballs, growing abnormally and occupying the sky.

Words cannot describe their essence; no language can capture their bizarre and mysterious form, as if they defy all rules and order, great and chaotic.

In that great light, numerous figures seemed to wriggle.

Each was enormous, with bizarre and chaotic shadows spreading like tree roots, their aura vast enough to shatter stars.

They formed a circle, bound by countless deep red chains, and seemed to be gnawing on something, making eerie sounds that dyed the sky red.

Then...

He thought it was a world anomaly and shouted to warn everyone, but he collapsed a few steps later due to the depletion of his spiritual power and was rushed to the hospital.

The final diagnosis was minor corneal damage and retinal macular burns from staring at the sun.

In this world of Beastmasters, such injuries can be largely healed by a healing light from a medical pet beast, but he still needed to wear sunglasses for a while to prevent further exposure to strong light.

After waking up, no matter what Lu Yu said, no one believed him, thinking it was a hallucination caused by mental trauma.

Even Lu Yu began to doubt himself.

Because when he tried to look again with his peripheral vision...

The sky was clear, the sun shining brightly, sacred and dazzling, making Lu Yu squint and tears roll down his eyes.

It seemed like it was all just a hallucination.

But the "Eye of Truth" could only view pet beast information, and even when he tried to mimic animals in his hospital room, it didn't work, and the nurses only confirmed his mental state was off.

Lu Yu wanted to forget everything, but the nightmare of the sun's bizarre transformation continued to haunt him, eroding his sanity more frequently over time.

"It's not me who is sick, it's this world!" Lu Yu whispered softly, his gaze resolute.

Seeing the terrifying essence of the world, even the spring sky and summer flowers now seemed like poison to him.

This intense sense of insecurity made Lu Yu crave power even more.

And the fastest way was to become a true Beastmaster!

Just as this thought crossed his mind, he suddenly heard a muffled whisper, overlapping like an ancient and mysterious melody.

Although he had never heard this language before, Lu Yu understood its meaning:

"The Gate of Truth, binding successful..."

As the words faded, the world before his eyes was suddenly swallowed by endless chaos, and in the blink of an eye, he entered a dark void.

In the chaos, Lu Yu seemed to transform into an indescribable great being, standing on the endless chaotic mud, incomprehensible, infinitely black, infinitely dark.

Millions of arms gently moved, shaking the chaotic world.

The chaos shattered, evolving into endless earth, fire, wind, and water, giving birth to the world and life, but was then swallowed by the chaotic mud, returning to nothingness.

"This is not a Beastmaster Space, this is..."

Lu Yu was shocked, instinctively wanting to see his current form, but a sense of danger stopped him.

Once he saw, it might attract unknown horrors.

Thinking of this, Lu Yu instinctively looked down and saw countless bubbles entwining his arm, with millions of lights converging.

Each emitted a rainbow glow, accompanied by mysterious whispers, as if revealing the highest truth.

They converged into the shape of a broken gate, as if gathering all the truths of the world, past, present, and future, eternal and unique.

As Lu Yu's gaze fell, the bubbles began to disperse, and what appeared made his pupils constrict in surprise:

"This is..."