Beast Tamer Ascension-Chapter 25Book 4: : True Name

Vol 4 Chapter 25: True Name

Western Desert.

Lin Jing and his group were also watching the Fortune Gold List.

After searching for Elder Wind Gu in the Western Desert for a long time with no results, Lin Jing was finally greeted by a pleasant surprise.

Dragon Carp had successfully broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage!

Its bloodline strength had also risen to Ancestor-tier due to refining the Solar Essence Fire!

This meant that as long as it didn’t fall midway, it could almost assuredly ascend unimpeded to the realm of Demon Ancestor, creating a whole new bloodline of its own.

And the benefit this brought to Lin Jing was that his own cultivation, previously at the early Core Formation Stage, was pulled up to the mid Core Formation Stage thanks to the breakthrough feedback.

The sudden surge in cultivation forced Lin Jing to quickly sit down and stabilize it.

Once his realm was solidified, he looked up—prompted by the Thunder Dragon Ancestor—and saw the change on the Fortune Gold List.

“Dao Hui... isn’t that the monk from the Solar Temple? The one with the flaming head.”

“Your Highness Dragon Carp... how did it end up fighting him?”

“And... actually won?”

The Thunder Dragon Ancestor was stunned.

It had actually solo-killed a prodigy from the Solar Temple!

Sure, Dao Hui had suffered a loss to Lin Jing before—but that was with the Ghost Bride helping. Dragon Carp was just a pet under the Holy Son’s command!

In the Thunder Dragon Ancestor’s view, Dao Hui was absolutely no pushover.

He had reached Nascent Soul Perfection, ranked twelfth on the Fortune Gold List, had a Solar Physique that ranked in the top twenty of the Physique Rankings, and had even cultivated the top-tier Buddhist technique, the Solar Sutra... As much as he didn’t want to admit it, their own Thunder Dragon Crown Prince, back in his Nascent Soul days, definitely wouldn’t have been a match for this Dao Hui.

And yet this Buddhist prodigy... was defeated by someone of lower cultivation.

No wonder they called it a semi-immortal physique rare beast...

“He was probably heading to Immortal-Burying Volcano to comprehend the power of the heavens and earth to ascend to Nascent Soul Transformation, and happened to run into Dragon Carp.”

The Holy Son Lin chuckled.

To ascend from Nascent Soul to Nascent Soul Transformation, one must comprehend the power of heaven and earth.

But that power also had tiers.

The power of wind and rain, for example, was relatively weak.

The power of sun and moon, on the other hand, was among the highest tiers.

Since Dao Hui cultivated the Solar Sutra and had a Solar Physique, of course he would come to Immortal-Burying Volcano to comprehend the power of the sun.

With his foundation, advancing to Nascent Soul Transformation should’ve been easy.

But it looked like he was incredibly unlucky—he ran into Dragon Carp. Who knew how he was doing now.

In Lin Jing’s eyes, it wasn’t surprising that Dragon Carp won.

Back in the Battle of Tongtian City, it had used the souls of countless Void Mystical, Nascent Soul, and even Dao-Seeking cultivators as nourishment to perfect its Netherworld Ghostfire Technique, which was likely second only to the Hall Master of the Netherworld Hall.

Its rare beast divine ability also allowed it to fuse various Exotic Flames, taking any flame as its core and increasing its power to an absurd level...

After all, its Netherworld Ghostfire was already the highest quality possible in the lower realm. And once fused with other Exotic Flames through its rare beast divine ability, its flames had already reached the level of a Quasi-Immortal Flame.

This was precisely why it could enter Immortal-Burying Volcano. The Yangflame it controlled was a subordinate flame of the Solar Essence Fire. By using other flames as fuel and synthesizing a Quasi-Immortal Yangflame, it could adapt even better to the Solar Essence.

This was the key that allowed it to enter Immortal-Burying Volcano and attempt to refine the Solar Essence Fire.

More than a refinement—it was essentially upgrading its own Yangflame. Compared to its own foundation, even the Demon Emperor’s assistance was secondary.

Otherwise, any other Core Formation cultivator, even with Dao-Seeking support, would’ve been unable to refine the Solar Essence Fire.

Now it seemed clear—Dragon Carp had perfectly refined the Solar Essence Fire, and all of its own flames, now fused through the Flame Emperor’s Divine Ability, had definitely reached the level of True Immortal Annihilation!

“With Immortal Flame in hand, within the same stage, unless someone borrows overwhelming external power, no one can defeat it.”

“As for Dao Hui, though he had external power within him, Immortal-Burying Volcano is a forbidden zone for ghost entities. His Ghostly Divine Power wouldn’t have surfaced at all, and he could only rely on his Solar Physique and Solar Sutra to fight. As strong as those are, they’re still crushed before Immortal Annihilation.”

Immortal Flame, huh.

Now Dragon Carp was practically invincible.

In all of Tianyuan Continent, among natural forces, probably only the Tribulation of Ascension could match it in quality.

The counterpart to Immortal Flame was Immortal Lightning.

And the symbol of Immortal Lightning was Heavenly Tribulation.

But not all tribulations were truly immortal-grade.

Only the so-called strongest—the Ascension Lightning Tribulation—had perfect strength and grade, and was the final test the Immortal Realm bestowed upon lower-realm cultivators.

As for Void Mystical Tribulation, Dao-Seeking Tribulation, Transformation Tribulation, and those triggered by Thunder Tribulation Gu—they only unleashed a portion of a true tribulation’s power. At best, they were pseudo-immortal, quasi-immortal lightning.

Otherwise, if they were complete Immortal Lightning, not even Void Mystical or Dao-Seeking cultivators would survive.

Now that Dragon Carp possessed true Immortal Flame, even though it was synthesized rather than innate, it gave it the confidence to ignore any tribulation—except the Ascension Tribulation.

“But that’s not the main point... the main point is, how did my pet beast get listed before I did...”

Lin Jing scratched his head.

Still, this clarified the list’s rules for him.

As long as a pet beast separates from the Beast Tamer, and fights without borrowing any power from the tamer, and defeats other prodigies on its own, it can appear on the list independently—the achievement isn’t credited to the tamer.

As for the tamer themselves, they can’t rely solely on their pet to make the list—they need to contribute directly to battle, at least using Beast Taming Secret Arts.

“Well, either way, it’s a good thing.”

“Congratulations, Your Highness the Holy Son, and congratulations to His Highness Dragon Carp as well.”

“But, Holy Son, doesn’t Dragon Carp have a true name bound to its fate? Why does the list show only the species name?”

After a while, the Thunder Dragon Ancestor voiced the doubt in his heart.

“Uh...” Lin Jing fell into deep thought.

“Isn’t there a saying that names given by geomancy masters can boost one’s cultivation fate... I’d always planned to wait until I met a great master before asking for a name that could enhance its fortune.”

“So that’s why! No wonder Your Highness the Holy Son can raise pet beasts so well—you even pay attention to tiny details like that,” flattered the Thunder Dragon Ancestor.

“And then?” he asked.

Lin Jing muttered, “Then I just got used to calling them by their species—Pine Leaf Mouse, Dragon Carp, Ice Soul Gu... and forgot to ask a master for names.”

Thunder Dragon Ancestor: “...”

The old dragon wiped his face and said, “With your current status, Your Highness the Holy Son, finding a fortune master should be easy. There must be plenty in the Western Desert. If you have time, you should ask one to name them. After all, they’ve made it onto the Fortune Gold List—representing the highest talents in the Origin Realm. Not having names is just... weird.”