King of Beasts

In the same realm, there are plenty who are stronger than you?

Nonsense! That’s a lie! Who would believe that?

The three of them couldn’t believe that in Lu Ran’s world, he was just average.

Or rather, they didn’t want to believe it.

If it were true, just how terrifying would Lu Ran’s world be?

Every low level beastmaster has an overlord, and domains are just standard?

Impossible, absolutely impossible…

Lu Ran’s voice came through again, “Where do you come from, or how do you refer to it?”

The three exchanged glances; this question didn’t seem unanswerable.

“Star Moon… Star Moon?! What’s its relation to the Star-Moon Continent?” Lu Ran asked.

“Star-Moon Continent… That’s the ancient era of the Star Moon Federation,” Liu Man said oddly.

For people of the Star Moon Federation, entering history to train makes sense.

But where did this otherworldly beastmaster, Lu Ran, come from? Everyone felt a bit like they had been cheated.

Hmm…

Lu Ran fell into deep thought.

Star Moon Federation…

Star-Moon Continent…

So the Star-Moon Continent is indeed another world, and there exists a civilization that continues into the modern era.

Originally, blue star beastmasters speculated that the blue star was the modern version of the Star-Moon Continent. Now, it seems the blue star might be something else entirely- the Star-Moon Continent has its own favored offspring.

In that case, it can be confirmed that the opponents in the blue star world battle were not virtual projections, but most likely modern beastmasters from the Star Moon Federation!!!

“Were you shocked to find out you were matched against an otherworldly beastmaster?” Lu Ran smiled.

“Of course we were shocked. Who knew there were other beastmaster civilizations besides ours…” Jiang Ming blurted out.

From this statement, Lu Ran captured two key pieces of information.

“Hmm? The Star-Moon Continent is history to you, but what about this Divine Tree Continent?”

“From the way you talk, it doesn’t seem to be another world?” Lu Ran asked.

“Uh.” Jiang Ming was taken aback.

Yu Rui spoke up, “The Divine Tree Continent… tracing back through history, it has a blank period. According to our archaeologists’ findings, the Divine Tree Continent is actually the Star-Moon Continent.”

“The Star-Moon Continent came first, followed by the Divine Tree Continent. Something must have happened in the middle of history, causing a massive change in world rules and the rise of plant life.”

Lu Ran showed a look of realization and continued, “So, on the Star-Moon Continent, were there eras dominated by elemental lifeforms or mechanical life?”

“Our people have entered trials in these four worlds. Don’t tell me the other two worlds are also the Star-Moon Continent, just from different eras.”

At this point, there was no point in hiding anything. Yu Rui continued, “Yes, these are all taught in our history lessons.”

“In Myth and Legend, when the world was still void, the Four Great Creator Divine Dragons were born from the rules of time, space, life, and death, and then they created the world.”

“After the world was created, it was filled with rich elemental forces, which formed the basic source of the world.”

“In the midst of these abundant elemental forces, the world gave birth to the first batch of innate deities, who were primarily elemental lifeforms.”

“After this batch of elemental deities, many ordinary elemental creatures began to emerge, alongside animals and plants.”

“The era dominated by elemental lifeforms you mentioned could be this era.”

“Humans in this era had already gained the ability to contract with other creatures.”

“However, due to a period of blank history, this era experienced a historical break.”

“The rules of the world changed dramatically, elemental lifeforms ceased to be born, and ordinary elemental creatures disappeared altogether. Instead, various ferocious beasts evolved rapidly and soon became the dominant species in the world.”

“After some time, history seemed to cycle. Ferocious beasts declined, and plant life rose to prominence.”

“Hm… In a distant future, there will again be a cyclical change, a historical break. After this break, humans will develop the power of technology and create mechanical life.”

“So, the history of the Star-Moon Continent can roughly be divided into the Elemental Age, Age of Beast Taming, Plant Age, and Machine Age.”

Yu Rui added, “And our Star Moon Federation arises after the Machine Age.”

Interesting.

Lu Ran was surprised to find that the elemental world, Star-Moon Continent, Divine Tree Continent, and mechanical world all share the same universe. However, due to historical breaks, later generations were unaware of the ancient past. It wasn’t until Yu Rui’s era in the Star Moon Federation that some historical truths were unearthed. This discovery was nothing short of monumental.

“What do you know about the infinite city?” Lu Ran inquired. “Could you share any information you have about infinite city with me?”

Yu Rui gave a dry cough due to his injuries and didn’t feel like talking, so he motioned for Jiang Ming to speak.

If Lu Ran wanted to know, they might as well tell him. Yu Rui sensed that many beastmasters from the Star Moon Federation were likely matched up with beastmasters from Lu Ran’s world. The exchange of intelligence between the two worlds seemed inevitable. At this point, there was no need for secrecy.

While the beastmasters’ relationships between the two worlds in the future remained uncertain, it was best to consider Lu Ran as an ally rather than an enemy under the current circumstances.

“Infinite city…” Jiang Ming began.

“We don’t really know the origins of infinite city either. It appeared suddenly a year ago, selecting a large number of beastmasters to enter and undergo various trials…”

“Initially, many people were cautious and hesitant. However, after rare resources and skills were rewarded within various secret realms, the reluctance faded.”

“After all, resources are scarce on our side. The emergence of infinite city has filled this gap, allowing our stagnated beast taming civilization to flourish once again.”

Lu Ran pondered for a moment-did infinite city only appear a year ago for them? This was off by who knows how many years compared to the blue star. The blue star, after all, had encountered infinite city back in the Ancient times.

However, the Star Moon Federation has preserved and continued the beast taming system, so their entry into infinite city wasn’t starting from scratch.

“You all were already beastmasters when you entered infinite city?” Lu Ran asked.

“Yes…” Jiang Ming replied.

As Lu Ran continued to gather information, he was surprised to discover that the facilities within infinite city were incredibly rudimentary in the Star Moon Federation.

There are no Evolution Secret Realms! No Legendary Secret Realms! Various secret realms also do not drop trait crystals!

Their pet beasts must evolve through special breeding techniques and evolution resources, unlike on the blue star, where fusion traits allow for evolution.

Additionally, since they can create their own Beast Taming Space, they are not issued contract cards.

However, when it comes to level limitations set by infinite city, they are still bound by them and must go through breakthrough secret realms to level up. Few people resist this, as the resources dropped in breakthrough secret realms are very abundant, and training in historical settings is a rare opportunity.

In summary, the facilities in the Star Moon Federation’s infinite city are somewhat lacking compared to those on the blue star.

It feels as though the level of nurturing investment is different!

For the blue star, infinite city seems to invest more resources in nurturing.

For the Star Moon Federation, only a small portion of resources is invested.

However, this does not mean that the overall strength of the Star Moon Federation is weaker than the blue star. Even before the appearance of infinite city, the Star Moon Federation had a complete beast taming system and Legendary-level beastmasters already existed. Therefore, the Star Moon Federation is currently much stronger than the blue star.

“Hey…” At this moment, Liu Man suddenly looked up and asked, “Did your infinite city update with the world battle?”

“Our infinite city suddenly updated with a world battle feature not long ago, stating that a year from now, there will be a duel with beastmasters from ten other worlds.”

“If we win, the facilities in infinite city will be upgraded, and we will gain partial management rights of infinite city.”

“If we lose, there will be certain penalties.”

“Hmm.” Lu Ran’s lips curled into a slight smile. “That’s right, our infinite city also updated with the world battle. This confirms that in a year, there will be a duel for control of infinite city resources between beastmasters from our two worlds.”

Although Lu Ran appeared calm, he was actually quite distressed.

Currently, the blue star doesn’t even have a single level 6 beastmaster, while the Star Moon Federation already has Legendary-level beastmasters.

How on earth are they supposed to win this? Just how?

The only possible advantage might be the higher investment in nurturing. Perhaps, over the course of this year, the overall strength of the blue star could rapidly improve with continuous updates from infinite city.

“Let’s not talk about this,” Lu Ran said. “It’s not like it concerns us weaklings anyway, right?”

“That’s true,” Jiang Ming said. “The world battle has nothing to do with us, after all.”

“I’m more curious about the reasons behind the historical breaks in the Star-Moon Continent across different eras,” Lu Ran pondered. “Could it be related to Legendary creatures?”

“After all, when the rules of a world change, it seems like a species represented by a Legendary creature might have faced defeat.”

“That’s possible,” Yu Rui chimed in again. “I’m not clear about the other eras, but the end of the Machine Age happened due to the War of Legends.”

“It was in that era, a supposed War of Legends that led to the destruction of the Star-Moon Continent. The humans of the current Star Moon Federation are actually the ‘human seeds’ stored in mechanical space by their Guardian, a Legendary Mechanist, before that great war.”

“When we emerged from the mechanical space after hundreds of years, the Star-Moon Continent was already in ruins.”

“It took many years of reconstruction to reach the current level we have now.”

“That war is also the reason for the slow progress of our current beast taming civilization, as the continent’s resources have been almost exhausted…”

“A Legendary Mechanist existed during the Machine Age???” Lu Ran was taken aback and asked, “A level 9 beastmaster?”

“As far as I know, weren’t human levels sealed by Legendary creatures, capped at Pseudo-legendary level?” Lu Ran asked.

“Yes,” Yu Rui replied. “Legendary creatures have indeed always been sealing human levels-during the Elemental Age, the Age of Beast Taming, the plant age, and the Machine Age.”

“However, according to archaeological discoveries, it seems that in these four eras, there were humans who managed to break through to the Legendary level, defeating Legendary creatures with mortal bodies.”

“In the history of the Star-Moon Continent, there have been four Legendary beastmasters.”

“But it appears that whenever a human breaks through to Legendary, history breaks, and in the new cycle, human levels are sealed again…”

Hearing this, Lu Ran fell into deep thought. So it was like this. He had thought that humans had never produced a Legendary being. So, who was the Legendary beastmaster from the Age of Beast Taming? Could it have been a beastmaster focused on soul cultivation, trained by his necromancer master? He had originally wanted to help his master fulfill this wish, but now it seems that someone had already done it.