God of Pets

"Now you can keep being stubborn, but once you're out of the Independent Sect, let's see how tough you can still be," Shang Ziyi said disdainfully, then walked towards the arena, ignoring Chen Guan.

Back then, Chen Guan didn't even have the qualification to fight him. Even Xiu Yingmei wasn't his match; it was only under Chen Guan's talent that he managed to repel Shang Ziyi.

Now, just a few months later, Shang Ziyi naturally didn't consider Chen Guan worthy of attention, still thinking of him as that useless fish following behind Xiu Yingmei.

"Is there a grudge between you and the Shang Family's Shang Ziyi?" Qin Ziyu asked Chen Guan.

"I suppose so," Chen Guan replied, not feeling that he had any real grudge against the Shang Family.

It was justified that the Secret God was obtained by those fated to have it. There was no question of stealing something from someone else.

However, Chen Guan was well aware that Shang Ziyi didn't know the Secret God was in his possession and still thought the Xiu Family had obtained it. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so restrained.

In reality, they couldn't be sure whether the Xiu Family had obtained the Secret Son of the Secret God because before the Secret Spirit Egg hatched, it was impossible to determine if it was truly a Secret Son inside.

"Let's leave together when it's time," Qin Ziyu said.

"Alright." Chen Guan, knowing Qin Ziyu wanted to help him, didn't refuse his goodwill.

Duan Shulin, aware of the enmity between Chen Guan and the Shang Family, smirked and said, "This Shang Ziyi has read too little to know that one must view a gentleman in a new light after parting for three days. Now he's still coming to cause trouble, yet he's in for a bitter surprise."

As the three of them spoke, the victor had already been decided in the arena. The Silver Auspicious Beast forfeited and conceded, and the victor was a Jade Flood Dragon.

Chen Guan then realized that the three-awakening Jade Flood Dragon was the pet of the man in the Purple Robe.

The Jade Flood Dragon could ride the clouds and mist, with a natural ability to fly and an incredibly tough and unmatched physique. Although slightly smaller in body size than the Ghost-Eyed Python, it was still considered a gigantic pet, with terrifying strength.

Just by relying on its brute force and formidable body, it defeated the Level 30 Silver Auspicious Beast without using any Secret Skills.

The Silver Auspicious Beast used its Secret Power, yet it was broken by a single claw from the Jade Flood Dragon. The gap in strength between them was simply too vast.

Before the Silver Auspicious Beast, several other pets had already been defeated.

"A pet like the Jade Flood Dragon is extremely rare. If sold to the right person, it would undoubtedly fetch a price that would leave people gaping," Duan Shulin pondered in his heart, contemplating how much the Jade Flood Dragon was worth.

With a robust body and the rare ability to fly, it was already invincible based on these two points.

Most flying pets are of the bird family, with generally low inherent strength. One with such enormous power, massive body size, and flying ability is exceedingly rare.

"Wasn't the examination supposed to choose people to inherit pets? Why aren't they testing any humans? It's all about pets fighting," muttered someone who had lost, walking away discontentedly.

A new contender stepped up, and as they all looked, they saw it was a very young-looking boy, appearing only about fifteen or sixteen years old.

However, Chen Guan and the others knew that the boy could not actually be so young; he only appeared so.

To be capable of using pets, one must be at least eighteen years old.

The boy with a child-like face announced his level, which was surprisingly only Level 6, not even maxed out at the First Awakening.

The Purple Robe gently smiled, withdrew the Jade Flood Dragon, and summoned a new First Awakening pet—a black-brown lion.

"A Profound Purple Jade Lion... a very rare unparalleled pet... Are the disciples of the Dushan Sect all this wealthy?" Duan Shulin was once again calculating what this thing was worth.

"Is this pet very powerful?" Chen Guan hadn't heard of this type of pet before.

"Very strong—high attack, high defense, high speed—a very perfect pet. Though not as good as the Jade Flood Dragon, it's still a top-tier among the unparalleled pets," explained Duan Shulin.

The doll-faced boy summoned his pet, and Duan Shulin's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Phecda... Heaven's fate... How did this pet appear here..." Duan Shulin exclaimed in shock.

The onlookers were also stirred as many presumably recognized the background of this pet.

Chen Guan noticed that the pet appeared as an armored warrior, fully donned in fiery red armor, with a sheathed sword at its waist.

The red fire armor was conspicuously radiant, seemingly emitting a fiery glow. Coupled with the already mighty physique, it exuded an intimidating aura, ready to draw the sword to slay demons and exorcise devils at any moment.

Loosely overhearing the discussions around, Chen Guan discerned the pet's provenance.

When the Celestial Secret Realm emerged, it triggered great changes in the Divine Land, during which many previously undiscovered Secret Realms appeared and were subsequently discovered.

The "Treasure Immortal Nine Chambers Grotto Heaven," a Great Cave Heaven, was one such discovery from that time.

Within that Great Cave Heaven existed a type of Secret Spirit called Immortal Soldiers, all of the Great Cave Heaven level with immensely terrifying capabilities. Not a few Great Grotto Heaven level powerhouses perished at the hands of the Immortal Soldiers while exploring the Treasure Immortal Nine Chambers.

Phecda is one such Immortal Soldier, an existence of the Great Grotto Heaven level.

The Secret Spirits within Blessed Lands, Grotto Heavens, and Great Grotto Heavens vary. Secret Spirits that fall in battle and are reborn as pets remain at their original level.

This applies to the spirits of the Great Grotto Heaven as well, where the pets of the Great Grotto Heaven level can't be used by Grotto Heaven Cultivators or Blessed Land Cultivators.

The appearance of Phecda here suggests one possibility: the Celestial Charm Star has been somehow demoted from the Great Grotto Heaven to the Blessed Land level, allowing it to be used and summoned by a First Awakening cultivator.

To achieve this would entail a price beyond what ordinary people could bear.

From this single pet alone, it was clear that the doll-faced boy hailed from an extraordinary background, certainly from a significant lineage.

Everyone suspected the doll-faced boy was not only from a Celestial King's family but was intensely favored and raised as a main heir. Otherwise, who would expend such great costs to demote a Phecda Immortal Soldier for his use?

Even with the demoted level, Phecda is markedly stronger in combat than typical pets of its unparalleled quality, reaching full Level 10 at First Awakening.

With the sheathed sword, each strike was as though a large wind and wave, pressing the Profound Purple Jade Lion back step by step, leaving no room for counterattack.

This was not a Secret Skill but a swordsmanship technique. For a pet to reach such a level in swordsmanship, calling it a Sword Dao Grandmaster would not be an exaggeration.

The strokes, grand and continuous like a flowing river, far surpassed what a pet like the Profound Purple Jade Lion, reliant on wild brute force and innate talent, could achieve.

The Profound Purple Jade Lion tried to forcefully resist by unleashing a Secret Skill but its claw radiance was directly severed by the fire-glowing sword in Phecda's hand. The edge of the sword was sharp enough to sever gold and jade, cutting through unimpeded.

The Purple Robe retracted the Profound Purple Jade Lion, announcing that the doll-faced boy had passed the second stage.

"With people like him competing against us, how can we even hope to stand a chance!" Duan Shulin lamented, somewhat resentfully.