The Pet Is a Godslayer

In a world where warriors bond for life with a single beast partner, no exchanges permitted afterward, the empress dies unfulfilled. In her first life she bonded with an ordinary beast, poured years into it, and still could not break through to the highest realm before her death. Reborn, she abandons that old partner and chooses a new egg instead, hoping for a better draw this time. Geoffrey wakes up inside that egg. He carries a growth system tied to the ancient beasts of the past, one that lets him devour anything around him to build his own strength. The empress, now going by the name Ling Qingxue in some tellings and Clara in others, has no idea what she picked. She only knows the egg she chose looks unremarkable, and she spends her days convinced her luck has turned for the worse again. While she frets over what she assumes is a mediocre beast, Geoffrey keeps growing, feeding on whatever crosses his path and edging toward something closer to a god than a beast. Their world blends an ordinary campus with hidden realms full of monsters and spirit treasures. Together they hunt dangerous creatures in those realms, compete against other pairs for resources, and outmaneuver rivals who want what they have. Their results earn them a place at the top martial academy, though she still has not worked out what she actually bonded herself to, and he has quietly decided she is the one person he will protect no matter what he becomes.