In the thousand-year empire, it seemed only the first emperor had ever nurtured a quasi-Legendary familiar. Upon hearing this, Lu Ran sighed deeply. But there was no helping it.0

In the early days of the empire, the beastmaster system was still in its redevelopment phase. Unlike later-generation beastmasters, who stood on the shoulders of their predecessors, the path for the empire’s early beastmasters was far more arduous.0

This was similar to how the first-generation beastmasters on Blue Planet had a harder journey than the fourth-generation beastmasters.0

The number of beastmasters who nurtured quasi-Legendary species in the later stages of the empire far exceeded those in the early and middle periods. Even the Legendary beastmasters born in each era only emerged toward the end of their respective times.0

Given this, Lu Ran had limited choices. The first emperor had nurtured a quasi-Legendary fox. The fourth empress was fortunate enough to contract a descendant of a Legendary lifeform, which was also why the third emperor entrusted her with great responsibility, making her the first...0