[Next up: Non-Target of Conquest]
[Synopsis]
After failing his tribulation, a broke money tree spirit is bound to a "Raising Cubs System."
The System tells him that if he protects a "virtuous soul across many lifetimes" until the child grows up, he can be reborn, come back to life, and transcend his tribulation to become an immortal.
Zong Li looks at the pitiful little thing before him, filthy from head to toe yet surrounded by golden light, and falls into deep thought: "Raising a cub... should be easier than cultivating, right?"
[Coming soon: Did the Little Cub Survive Today?]
Who is the little cub?
It's a child hatched from an egg in another world. It has snow-white hair, a pair of fluffy ears, and eyes of two different colors, gold and silver.
Where does the little cub come from?
The little cub comes from a world on the verge of disappearing. Soon, it will disappear along with that world.
How can we help the little cub?
"Please remember me. Don't forget me..."
[Volume Summaries]
[Volume Four: Western Fantasy Arc]
This time, Zong Li's entrance is especially unusual. His nearly six-foot-two frame goes whoosh and turns into a tiny toddler, and he can't change back...
The useless System only translates the language of the cub's species. Faced with elves all standing around six feet tall, talking over one another, he can only play the part of a well-behaved little mute.
He struggles to learn all about the elves, wanting only to find out who made him so small. How is he supposed to find his mission target and raise them like this?
He doesn't find them.
He doesn't find his mission target, either.
The Forest of Elves is too far from the human kingdom. He has no idea how long it will take a little cub like him to get there, so he decides to hitch a ride.
Elias: Thanks, but I don't want to be your ride.
Zong Li: Your daughter is so cute~ She'll get better faster if she eats more fruit.
Elias: Wherever our guest wants to go is fine with me.
Zong Li: The royal capital.
Elias: Pretend I didn't say that.
He has no choice but to go. His daughter needs more and better medicine to regain her health, and he needs treatment for the hidden injuries plaguing him.
Mermaids, half-human, half-elven children, pure-blooded humans...
Elias looks at the growing number of cubs around him and falls into deep thought.
Shouldn't whoever finds a cub be the one to raise it? Why are all these cubs ending up in his care?
Hands-off boss Zong Li: Heehee~
[Volume Five: Interstellar Arc]
This time, he finally lands in the right place. When Zong Li opens his eyes, he sees the person he's supposed to protect... along with a group of homeless cubs.
Zong Li: I'll only take in one... I'll only take in two... I'll only take in three... I'll...
Never mind. It's not as if he can't afford to raise them. He'll just find the cub a few playmates. At least they'll have a home after he leaves.
So Zong Li opens a daycare on a barren planet, taking in every cub abandoned by other planets.
You see how well he's raising the cubs and want to steal them?
Get lost!
[Volume Six: Primeval Wilderness Arc]
After transmigrating into a secret forest teeming with powerful beings, he is an adorable, well-behaved newbie cub.
As a newbie Chinese parasol tree cub, isn't it perfectly reasonable to raise a phoenix cub?
And isn't it perfectly reasonable to pluck branches from his beloved master's tree when he doesn't have enough to build the cub a nest?
In a world brimming with spiritual energy, his cultivation grows too quickly. Then, just as he is undergoing a lightning tribulation, he gets struck and drops dead with a snap...
Qing Wu: There's no need to be that fragile!!!
Theme: Respect the elderly and care for the young
This is Zong Li's lost memory, isn't it?
"Although eggs can be found in root tubers..." (Just wanted to point out a typo for the author~) soon
Here it comes! Dear author, please accept this!