Chapter Summaries

After waking in a world where Card Masters fought demons from secret realms, Lu Su learned he had inherited an impoverished student’s life and a crushing loan. He bought materials to create his first card and prepared to begin.

• Lu Su awoke in Shanghai City, remembered his former life, and learned that demons and secret realms had reshaped this world.
• He discovered that the original owner had borrowed 100,000 online and risked losing his house if he could not repay it within a month.
• Lu Su realized he could use anime stories as inspiration for cards, though his Mythology-type plans fell apart because he knew too little mythology.
• He spent over 90,000 on an Elite Samurai, an Avenger, a Katana, and a blank card.
• A Goo Goo Chicken delivered his purchase, and Lu Su resolved to make his first card.

Lu Su created a Purple-quality Black Iron Creature Card of Tsugikuni Yoriichi and arranged an inspection with Wang Ming for the next day. As Lu Su celebrated his progress, an emergency broadcast warned that an unknown mutation had occurred in the Demon's Nest.

• Lu Su used his materials and Spiritual Power to compile Tsugikuni Yoriichi's story into a card.
• Lu Su summoned Tsugikuni Yoriichi and confirmed that his card was Purple quality, though its power was limited by the materials.
• Lu Su sent Wang Ming a photo of the card, and Wang Ming agreed to take him for an inspection when school resumed.
• A red emergency broadcast announced a mutation in the Demon's Nest and told citizens to go to the nearest shelter.

Lu Su used Tsugikuni Yoriichi to protect Happiness Community from seven Ghouls during a Demon's Nest invasion. After Yoriichi killed them, Lu Su harvested their materials, and a Card Master named Xiao Yifei arrived with a giant Silver Wolf.

• Lu Su joined the residents evacuating through the fog as monsters approached Happiness Community.
• When seven Ghouls attacked, Lu Su revealed that he was a Card Master and summoned Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed all seven Ghouls in a swift attack, and Lu Su collected their materials.
• A giant Silver Wolf emerged from the fog, and its handler, Xiao Yifei, introduced himself to Lu Su.

After Lu Su helped stop the Ghoul attack in Happy Home, Master-grade Card Master Bai Yueming dispelled the mist and ended the crisis across Shanghai City. Xiao Yifei took Lu Su to register with the Card Master Association, whose Ning'an branch thanked him and appeared ready to showcase him as an example.

• Lu Su told Xiao Yifei that his newly made card was Purple, and Xiao reassured him that the Association would hear the circumstances before deciding what to do.
• A colossal figure appeared above Shanghai City, and Bai Yueming used his core card, Fifth Hall Yanluo King Bao Zheng, to clear the mist and destroy the monsters.
• Bai Yueming and the Spirit Summoning Society exchanged threats, with Bai declaring that the Coastal Defense Line would not fall while he remained.
• Xiao Yifei escorted the Happy Home residents back and invited Lu Su to register at the Card Master Association, then rode with him to its Ning'an District branch on Howling Moon.
• A middle-aged Association official thanked Lu Su for his help, and Lu Su realized the branch planned to hold him up as an example.

Lu Su registered as a Black Iron card maker and agreed to an interview about protecting residents from Ghouls. At school, he completed the interview and posed for a publicity photo, then learned that the school had a reward for him too.

• Ma Liang registered Lu Su as a Black Iron card maker and arranged an interview with the Shanghai City Daily, with a one-hundred-thousand reward for Lu Su’s righteous deed.
• Wang Ming called Lu Su to check that he was unharmed and told him to tidy his appearance for the next day.
• On the bus, Mo Fang bragged that he had made a Black Iron Grade Green Card, but Lu Su simply congratulated him.
• Mo Fang saw Wang Ming hurry Lu Su away at school and mistakenly told the class that Lu Su might be dropping out to work.
• Wang Ming brought Lu Su to Principal Xie’s office, where Reporter Li interviewed him about his deed and his Purple Card.
• Lu Su posed for a school publicity photo with Principal Xie and Ma Liang, and Principal Xie stopped him to mention the school’s reward.

Lu Su joined Shanghai City No. 1 High School’s key class and chose an Elite Ghoul as his next material despite advice to make an Item Card. After learning that the class would rank students through duels for a chance to enter a secret realm, he faced a threat from his former bully Du Heng.

• Lu Su chose the Purple-grade Elite Ghoul material, and Principal Xie discussed his prospects for the upcoming Four-School Joint Examination with Ma Liang.
• Wang Ming brought Lu Su to the key class, where he met teacher Song Qian and classmate Jiang Nanxi.
• Lu Su recognized Du Heng, who had bullied him before, among the students and learned that Du Heng used a Green Zombie card.
• Song Qian announced that the Four-School Joint Examination was a month away and that a ranking match would select three students to compete for access to a secret realm.
• Du Heng threatened to tear Lu Su’s card apart during the ranking match, while Wang Ming’s return revealed that Lu Su’s former classmates had just learned he had become a card maker and joined the key class.

Lu Su paid off his debt to Brother Hu and considered making Tsugikuni Kokushibo his next card, though he still lacked the money and materials. He ended the day preparing to meditate, with the story-construction ability of Card Masters identified as the real limit on their advancement.

• After class, Lu Su refused Du Heng’s challenge and went home to list seven Ghoul materials for sale while keeping an Elite Ghoul material for his next card.
• Lu Su asked Brother Hu to collect his debt, and Brother Hu came to his apartment with Skinny and a contract.
• Lu Su summoned Tsugikuni Yoriichi and offered Brother Hu one hundred and twenty thousand Great Ming Treasure Notes to repay the loan and interest.
• Brother Hu tore up the contract but accepted Lu Su’s insistence on repayment, then slapped Skinny for suggesting they target a registered Card Master.
• After settling the debt, Lu Su weighed making Tsugikuni Kokushibo as his next card but worried about its sunlight weakness and the cost of the materials.
• Lu Su prepared to practice the Deep Blue Meditation Method and reflected that constructing stories, not a lack of meditation methods, held back Card Masters.

Lu Su defeated Lin Yue in the first match of the advanced class ranking test, while Du Heng and Jiang Nanxi also easily defeated their opponents. The three stood as the class's strongest contenders as Song Qian prepared to announce who would receive a bye in the next round.

• Song Qian drew Lu Su and Lin Yue as the first pair, and Lu Su defeated Lin Yue's Minotaur with Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
• Jiang Nanxi asked Du Heng whether he could beat Lu Su, and Du Heng confidently said he would win.
• Du Heng's Green Zombie quickly defeated his opponent, and Du Heng mocked the student afterward.
• Jiang Nanxi defeated Xu Jin's card with her Three-Tailed Fox after it appeared trapped by an illusion.
• Lu Su, Du Heng, and Jiang Nanxi continued advancing, and Song Qian announced that one of them would receive a bye before beginning the next round's draw.

Lu Su defeated Du Heng decisively in the advanced class ranking battle, then dismissed Du Heng’s angry threats. Song Qian announced that the class would enter a secret realm for practical training.

• Jiang Nanxi’s Three-Tailed Fox failed to affect Du Heng’s Green Zombie and was defeated in close combat.
• Lu Su summoned Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who severed the Green Zombie’s hand and beheaded it in two exchanges.
• Lu Su mocked Du Heng with the same insults Du Heng had used against classmates, and Du Heng blamed his loss on a bad matchup.
• Du Heng threatened to defeat Lu Su with a stronger card, but Lu Su walked away and rejoined his classmates.
• Song Qian said students could challenge their target-ranked classmates once a week and announced that Principal Xie had secured the advanced class an opportunity for secret-realm training.

Song Qian announced that the advanced class would enter a mountainous forest secret realm in half a month, prompting Lu Su to make a mount card. He created Pidgeot and set out to register it with the Card Master Association.

• Song Qian told the advanced class that all its students could train in a secret realm in half a month, and Jiang Nanxi advised Lu Su to prepare a mount.
• Lu Su shipped the seven Ghoul (Green) cards he had sold and used affordable materials to make a Green Pidgeot card for transportation.
• Lu Su summoned Pidgeot, decided to register it before riding it in the city, and headed to the Card Master Association.

Lu Su bought a magical bird saddle and tested Pidgeot’s flying speed before joining his classmates for dungeon training. As the students entered the Thousand-Legged dungeon, a sinister Hook-nosed Elder prepared a hidden scheme against them.

• Lu Su bought a Black Iron Bird Saddle Item Card for five thousand yuan and flew Pidgeot around Shanghai City.
• The Hook-nosed Elder learned that Shanghai City high schools were organizing dungeon training and ordered his subordinate to plant pieces on the board.
• Song Qian led Shanghai City No. 1 High School’s advanced class to a secured facility and reassured them that the dungeon was monitored and limited to Black Iron Grade monsters.
• Lu Su and his classmates entered the spatial gate and arrived at the Thousand-Legged dungeon, where two card masters welcomed them and explained its rules.

Lu Su entered the forest secret realm with Tsugikuni Yoriichi to gather materials for the Four-School Joint Examination. After Yoriichi killed a group of centipede Demons, Lu Su collected five Poison Centipede Green material cards and wondered what awaited them at the summit.

• Lu Su summoned Pidgeot and flew into the secret realm as Jiang Nanxi and the other students watched him leave.
• Lu Su considered how he needed more materials before the Four-School Joint Examination and landed in the forest to search for them.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi sensed an enemy beneath the leaves, and Lu Su flew into the air as a centipede attacked.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi dodged and killed the first centipede, then cut apart four more that burst from the leaves.
• Lu Su condensed the centipede corpses into five Poison Centipede Green material cards and wondered what he might find at the summit.

Lu Su and Tsugikuni Yoriichi explored a cave, where they defeated a young Thousand-Legged with help from Pidgeot. In the surveillance room, Old Wang transformed into a scarlet figure, killed the Captain, and rushed away.

• Lu Su and Tsugikuni Yoriichi entered the cave and followed a foul stench to the corpse of a giant Centipede and a smaller one nearby.
• Lu Su sent Pidgeot to assist Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who burned the smaller Centipede with his Sun Breathing, Seventh Form: Scorching Bone Sun.
• Lu Su confirmed the Centipede was dead and condensed its material, obtaining Black Iron Grade Thousand-Legged (Purple).
• The Captain praised Lu Su's victory and tried to get Old Wang's attention.
• Old Wang transformed into a scarlet figure, pierced the Captain's chest, and charged out of the surveillance room.

Jiang Nanxi found Lin Yue badly injured in the woods, then faced a monster that killed her Three-Tailed Fox. Du Heng shoved her toward the creature and fled, but a calm voice from above called him ugly.

• The Three-Tailed Fox led Jiang Nanxi to Lin Yue, who lay badly injured but still alive beside a severed tree.
• Du Heng arrived, warned Jiang Nanxi about a monster, and urged her to abandon Lin Yue, but she refused.
• The monster emerged, and the Three-Tailed Fox's illusion failed to affect it.
• The monster killed the Three-Tailed Fox with a single attack.
• Du Heng shoved Jiang Nanxi toward the monster and tried to flee, declaring he would become a Hall of Fame Card Master and surpass Lu Su.
• As Jiang Nanxi closed her eyes and awaited death, a calm voice from above called Du Heng ugly.

Lu Su rescued Jiang Nanxi from a monster, then learned the creature had been Old Wang, who mentioned the Spirit Summoning Society before dying. Lu Su found a murdered body at the monitoring station and left the secret realm to seek help.

• Lu Su arrived in time to save Jiang Nanxi from the monster after Du Heng shoved her into its path, and Jiang Nanxi vowed to tell her father what Du Heng had done.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi activated the Markings and killed the monster, while Du Heng watched in jealousy and shame.
• Lu Su discovered the monster was Old Wang, who said he did not want to die, mentioned his mother in the hospital, apologized to his captain, and began to say “Spirit” before vanishing.
• Lu Su picked up a Black Iron Grade Flesh Demon (Gold) material and concealed Old Wang’s words from Jiang Nanxi, then left Yoriichi to guard her while he went to seek help.
• Lu Su found a headless corpse with a hole in its chest at the monitoring station and immediately left the secret realm.

Lu Su returned from the Secret Realm and revealed that an Association Card Master had attacked the students, presenting a Flesh Demon as evidence. After Du Heng confessed to pushing Jiang Nanxi, Bai Yueming learned that Lu Su had killed the attacker and asked to meet him.

• Lu Su reported that an unknown Demon had attacked the students, then privately told Song Qian and Director Gu that the attacker was an Association Card Master and showed them a Flesh Demon (Gold).
• Director Gu ordered a rescue operation, and Song Qian ended the training and sent the students back to the bus as they were brought out of the Secret Realm.
• Lin Yue was carried out unconscious but out of danger, and Du Heng admitted that he had pushed Jiang Nanxi; Song Qian promised to report the matter to Principal Xie and speak with Du Heng's parents.
• Director Gu returned and told Lu Su that Bai Yueming wanted to see him.
• Bai Yueming learned that a Shanghai City No. 1 High School student had killed the attacker and seen his face, then asked for Lu Su to be brought to him.

Lu Su met Bai Yueming and Yan Wenlai, who confirmed the Spirit Summoning Society was behind the secret realm attacks. The investigation exposed how the society recruited indebted Card Masters, while Bai Yueming and Yan Wenlai found no reason to suspect Lu Su.

• Director Gu brought Lu Su to the Shanghai City Card Master Association, where Bai Yueming and Yan Wenlai thanked him for helping their investigation.
• Bai Yueming examined the material card Lu Su had obtained and identified it as material from a Demon's Nest, confirming the Spirit Summoning Society's involvement.
• Lu Su told Bai Yueming and Yan Wenlai that the attacker had uttered “qi” before dying, and they warned him to keep the clue secret.
• Yan Wenlai's documents showed that suspicious Card Masters had temporarily taken secret realm assignments and were burdened by financial troubles.
• Bai Yueming returned Flesh Demon (Gold) to Lu Su and warned him to beware of unexplained financial assistance.
• After Lu Su left, Bai Yueming said Lu Zhi Dao had found nothing suspicious about him, while Yan Wenlai wondered how the Spirit Summoning Society had obtained so much money.

Lu Su received a Type-1 Biological Symbiote (Gold) from Jiang Nanxi as thanks for saving her, completing the materials he needed for his next card. After class settled the aftermath of the secret realm incident, he went home ready to craft a powerful card for the upcoming Ning'an District Four-School Joint Examination.

• Lu Su searched for a Type-1 Biological Symbiote (Gold) but found that the one listed for sale had already been bought.
• Jiang Nanxi thanked Lu Su for helping her during the secret realm incident and told him that Du Heng had dropped out of school.
• Jiang Nanxi gave Lu Su an envelope containing a Type-1 Biological Symbiote (Gold) from her father, and Lu Su accepted it as the final material for his planned card.
• Lin Yue knelt to thank Lu Su and Jiang Nanxi for saving him, and Lu Su helped him up.
• Song Qian commended Lu Su and Jiang Nanxi in class and announced that Du Heng would no longer attend First High School.
• Lu Su returned home with his materials and prepared to make a card for the upcoming Ning'an District Four-School Joint Examination.

Lu Su completed Kaneki Ken’s story and received a powerful Centipede card depicting Kaneki’s transformation from a black-haired student into a white-haired Ghoul. After greeting Kaneki, Lu Su returned him to his mind and decided to postpone creating another card.

• Lu Su finished compiling Kaneki Ken’s story, which ended with Kaneki losing his memories after Arima Kishou defeated him and joining the CCG.
• The Mysterious Space acknowledged Lu Su’s story and turned Kaneki’s two forms into a Centipede card with three Traits and an advancement route.
• Lu Su absorbed the card, and Kaneki Ken appeared before him as a white-haired youth with a crimson single eye.
• Kaneki Ken gently greeted Lu Su before Lu Su returned him to his mind.
• Lu Su considered creating an Item Card for Tsugikuni Yoriichi or himself, but decided to rest after the effort of making Kaneki’s card.

Lu Su learned about Chain Cards and Legion Cards before Jiang Nanxi warned him that Du Heng had disappeared after his parents were found dead. When Lu Su returned home, Du Heng attacked him and Aunt Xu, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Song Qian taught the class about linked effects between Chain Cards and how Legion Cards were made in batches for military formations.
• Jiang Nanxi told Lu Su that Du Heng was missing and suspected of killing his parents, and warned him to be careful.
• Aunt Xu told Lu Su she had seen a young man and a thug lingering near his apartment door.
• As Lu Su reached for his key, an attacker struck him, and Kaneki Ken appeared as the iron door was blasted into Aunt Xu.
• Du Heng laughed from inside Lu Su's apartment, and Lu Su vowed to kill him.