Beast-binding Ascendant: The Undercover Lord Apex

In a world where everyone bonds with beasts, former Lord Apex Ryan hides his true power as a takeout courier, keeping a reborn Inferno Phoenix on his shoulder disguised as a 'pet chicken.' When the beast-training vault where his sister worked teeters toward ruin, he is forced back into the light. Exposed, the siblings enter the state championships to fight for survival—and uncover a darker plot: the Watt family is trafficking forbidden calamity beasts with a shadowy foreign syndicate. As ancient evils stir, Ryan awakens a fierce Shadowpard and a massive Abyssal Tortoise, while his mysterious 'Eye of Providence' pushes allies past their limits. Loyalties fray, stakes crash upward, and every bond faces a brutal test.