Chapter 73: Detailed Explanation of Professions
However, let alone the Legendary Profession Elemental Annihilator, even the Weapon Master’s Transcendent Ritual was a top-secret matter that not just anyone was qualified to access.
It was precisely for this reason that the upper echelons of the Qinshan Base wanted their younger family members to pursue Xiao Yun.
Because Xiao Lei’s mentor was a Weapon Master—someone who possessed the Transcendent Ritual necessary for advancing to Transcendent Master.
The Ice Wolf that Zhou Ming had seen back then was a high-tier Ferocious Beast cub. Upon maturity, it naturally mastered the power of frost.
Beasts of this level, even in their juvenile stage, could only have a Spiritual Seed successfully implanted by a handful of prodigies.
As for an adult Ice Wolf—such a thing was simply impossible. The disparity in power was too great, and there had never been a precedent.
Xiao Lei tamed the Ice Wolf as his contracted beast in order to prepare in advance for the Phantasmal Tamer profession.
Different Ferocious Beasts suited different professions.
Aside from the Phantasmal Tamer, there also existed the profession of Beast Knight.
By pushing the symbiotic feedback between Beast and Tamer to its limits, Beast Tamers formed a life-and-death contract with their beasts through a ritual.
Though the death of a beast meant the fall of its Tamer, the Beast Tamer would also gain the beast’s powerful physique and innate talents. Relying solely on themselves, Beast Knights could hunt in the wilderness.
A Professional Rank Beast Knight who advanced to Transcendent Master would become a War Knight. Mount and master—life, soul, and aura—would merge perfectly, unleashing devastating combined attacks and aura skills, becoming killing machines on the battlefield.
The Legendary Profession Radiant Knight resonated with the will of its beast. Through sheer willpower, they could interfere with reality itself, empowering themselves with overwhelming might.
The current President of the Hunter Guild had advanced to Saint Rank through the Legendary Profession Radiant Knight, slaying a Beast King–level dragon and earning the title of Dragon Slayer.
This Legendary Profession existed only within the Hunter Guild.
It could be said that starting from the Beast Knight, Beast Tamers brought the feedback ability of their beasts to its ultimate expression.
Among the four major advancement professions, Phantasmal Tamer and Beast Knight were the most frequently chosen paths.
Besides these two, there was also the Shepherd, a profession with a complete advancement system exclusive to the Alliance Army.
The Shepherd advancement path was one developed by Beast Tamers themselves through the use of their Spiritual Seeds.
A Beast Tamer controlled a beast by implanting a Spiritual Seed into its mind.
When that seed took root and sprouted, the implantation was considered successful.
As the beast’s strength grew, the Spiritual Seed would continuously absorb its power, ensuring the Tamer’s control remained stable and preventing any backlash.
The Shepherd’s advancement ritual accelerated the growth of this Spiritual Seed, nurturing it into a great tree that could bear new Spiritual Seeds.
The Shepherd would then use these subsidiary seeds to tame additional beasts, thereby increasing the number of beasts under their control.
However, this method had a flaw—the newly born Spiritual Seeds could initially only tame low-tier Ferocious Beasts. To make them high-tier, one had to cultivate them personally.
Of course, there was also an advantage: if a beast tamed through a subsidiary seed died, it would not affect the main beast.
Since nurturing beasts consumed vast resources, Shepherds would release them into the wilderness to gather resources on their own—hence the name Shepherd.
Although Shepherds lacked direct transcendent abilities, the feedback from their entire beast herd formed a special defensive force field around them.
This force field’s defense exceeded that of any single beast. Typically, a Beast Tamer of the same level would have to eliminate the Shepherd’s beasts before being able to kill the Shepherd.
Only when there was an enormous difference in strength could one directly break through the Shepherd’s defensive field.
Because they lacked extraordinary personal abilities, Shepherds focused all their efforts on cultivating powerful beasts.
Above the Shepherd was the Transcendent Master profession, the Legion Commander, who used formation knowledge to unite the strength of an entire herd, unleashing mountain-splitting, river-shattering power—one person commanding an entire army.
The Legendary Profession Totem Master could cause the herd’s formation to resonate with heaven and earth, transforming it into a grand totem. The Totem Master would then become the sovereign of that living totem domain.
When Zhou Ming requested the Scorpion-Lion to prepare for a Shepherd’s advancement ritual, it was because he had considered his own situation. Even if he failed to change professions, he might still find inspiration to open up a new path—though the odds were slim, it was the only profession he could reference.
As for the Beast Spirit Sorcerer, Zhou Ming found this profession to be exceedingly strange after studying it.
Through a special ritual, it dissolved the beast’s flesh and left only its beast soul behind.
Perhaps due to flaws in this profession, that section of the manual barely mentioned advancement to Transcendent Master or Legendary Saint, only briefly noting that it involved spiritual entities, curses, and death.
Out of curiosity, Zhou Ming had tried to investigate further, but in the end, found nothing useful—it seemed the Alliance had deliberately sealed such information.
As for other professions, Zhou Ming had little interest. Most of them peaked at Official Rank at best, with only a handful capable of reaching Transcendent Master. Those few either had severe flaws or required extremely rare resources.
Unless the three major known professions were impossible for him to use, Zhou Ming would not consider those incomplete advancement paths.
“It seems for now, I can only focus on strengthening my spirit first, then think of a way to solve the problem with my beasts. As for advancement, I’ll wait until I’ve reached my peak, then look for a path forward.”
In the bathroom, Zhou Ming soaked in the bathtub, not at all complacent despite having obtained a low-grade Meditation Method. Instead, he silently pondered the direction of his future development.
For Apprentice Beast Tamers, the best age to break through was before thirty.
After all, the lifespan of an Official Rank Beast Tamer was only about a hundred years—twenty or thirty more than an ordinary human. If one broke through too late, there wouldn’t be enough time to pursue further advancement.
Moreover, if the normal advancement methods didn’t work for Zhou Ming, the difficulty for him to advance to Official Rank Beast Tamer would be far greater than others—he might even remain an Apprentice for life.
Time waited for no one. Though Zhou Ming was only twenty by nominal age, the reality forced him to plan ahead.
That was also why he hated trouble—any waste of time could cut off his path as a Beast Tamer, rendering his rebirth meaningless.
Once he sorted out his thoughts, the confusion hidden in Zhou Ming’s eyes vanished, leaving only determination.
In the days that followed, Zhou Ming stayed home.
He used Spirit Nourishing Potions alongside the Basic Meditation Technique to nurture his Spiritual Power, and trained his body through martial practice while consuming Low-grade Nutrient Potions and supplements, all to prepare for his second attempt at the White Bone Contemplation.
His days were monotonous, yet Zhou Ming found joy in them—each day felt meaningful and full.
Time slowly flowed by as Zhou Ming continued to pursue his path as a Beast Tamer.