Unable to Cultivate, I Can Only Raise Soul Pets

As Wang Che finally regained consciousness, he felt a sticky sensation on his face.

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It was as if he was being covered in something soft and slimy.

Yet for some reason, Wang Che, who had been cultivating by himself for tens of thousands of years, felt comforted by the sensation.

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He suddenly froze.
Could he be in the legendary Immortal Transformation Pool one enters upon ascending to the Immortal Realm?

Does this mean he could cleanse his mortal body and replace it with an immortal one that was clean and pure, immune to all evil?

‘Have I finally transcended the heavenly tribulation?’

Just as the thought came across his mind, he felt a faint wave of energy surge across his body.

Wang Che immediately opened his eyes and came back to his senses.

The first thing that caught his eye was a green bug next to him about the size of a child’s palm that had been spitting out a white substance on his face.

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Upon taking a closer look, he realized that the material on his face was white silk.

However, because the bug had spit too much of it onto Wang Che, the threads had degraded into something that was both thick and sticky.

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The little bug looked rather cute, with its unproportionately big head and two glass like eyeballs resting delicately on it.

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It had a very short green coloured body as well, with several yellow spots on its abdomen and white bumps near its torso.

After studying it for a while, Wang Che finally grasped the situation.

The bug in front of him was just an ordinary green caterpillar!

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If this was indeed the legendary Upper Realm Immortal World, it would only mean that Wang Che had been wasting his efforts and cultivating in vain for the past ten millennia.

He fell silent for a moment.

How could he, someone who had failed to transcend the tribulation, ever reach the Immortal World?

“It’s okay.
It’s okay even if I failed.”

After taking a deep breath, he flicked the green bug away with his fingers.

“Ssss!” Without much effort, the bug was flipped upside down, which revealed its pale yellow abdomen.

It kept twisting from side to side but struggled to flip itself around.

Realising that it was futile, the caterpillar turned its head to look at Wang Che in confusion.

“I may have failed the Tribulation Transcendence,” Wang Che suddenly proclaimed, his determined eyes no longer fixated on the green bug, “but I still have tens of thousands of years worth of experience in immortal cultivation.
I have also learned countless immortal cultivation techniques and divine powers, stretching from the Qi Refinement realm to the Immortal Ascension realm.
I have everything I need.

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“I also have knowledge regarding countless different civilizations.
Even in an era of thin and barely existent spiritual energy like the one on Earth, I’m still confident in my abilities to cultivate all the way to the Immortal Realm once again.

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“I will definitely ascend and break through in this lifetime!”

As he was reaffirming himself, Wang Che started to organise his thoughts.

‘Martial soul? Could this be the world of martial souls? Soul land? Or martial artists? Regardless, I’m familiar with all of them! I’ve been on Earth for more than 1,000 years after all!

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‘Soul beast, soul pet? Contract Soul Master? Wait, something doesn’t seem right… it’s okay, I’ll be able to handle it as long as there’s spiritual energy around…’

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…

It suddenly struck him.

Wang Che realized what kind of world this was.

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In ancient times, humans here had managed to awaken their martial soul’s power using both heaven and earth as sources of strength.

At the same time, there were many other creatures living in the same world as well.

Nourished by the soul power of the world, these creatures grew innately powerful and lived very long.

They were known as soul beasts.

However, ever since the birth of humanity about 10,000 years ago, this world has been ravaged by endless conflict.

The humans here relied on slaying the soul beasts to obtain soul rings and soul skills that could enhance their martial souls.

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Meanwhile, the soul beasts would also slaughter humans in order to mutate and evolve.

As a result, countless battles had broken out between these two species across history.

Wang Che knew this much.

However, everything had changed without warning about three thousand years ago.

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After tearing apart the world’s barrier, the Soul Demons and Dark Beasts of the alternate world launched a vicious attack.

Neither humans nor soul beasts were spared as the enemy culled their numbers until barely any remained.

Yet, just as the world’s inhabitants had been on the verge of extinction, the two species came to an understanding and joined forces to create Soul Contracts.
Once united, their forces erupted with immense strength!

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Rebirth through destruction, and resurrection through nirvana…

Unable to withstand their attacks, the invaders of the alternate world were forced back and the world returned to its former glory.

After that historical battle, a thousand years of development led to the world’s current state.

The level of civilization now was similar to Earth, a planet that Wang Che had once visited before.

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However, Contract Soul Masters were the protagonists of this era.

This was the result of the unification between species, where humans would sign life contracts with soul beasts to increase their own lifespan.
In addition, these contracts would help them obtain soul rings which they could use to cultivate their own martial souls and make themselves more powerful.

At the same time, soul beasts also benefited from this nurturing, which allowed them to gain the sentience required to achieve their ability to evolve.

Just like that, humans and soul beasts became partners not long after.

“So, this has now become similar to the world of Poké(soul beast)mon? It’s very different from what I had in mind… but it doesn’t matter.
I’m an immortal cultivator anyway.”

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Wang Che now had a general idea of the kind of world he had found himself in.

He turned to look at the green caterpillar near him.
It seemed that he had already signed a soul contract with it not long ago.

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Wang Che would begin this life at 18 years old, or in other words, the second semester of high school.
According to the world’s laws, anyone aged 18 or above has the ability to sign a life contract with a soul beast.

Furthermore, everybody will automatically be given a soul pet egg by the winter break of their third year in high school.
If they were lucky, it could contain a rare soul pet.

However, most of the soul pet eggs given to them would contain only ordinary soul pets.

In the case that the recipients aren’t happy with the eggs allocated to them, they could also purchase one at the soul beast cultivation base, though ordinary families weren’t usually able to