Chapter Summaries

Lu Su arrived at Jizhou Town and joined the Shuběi Army, where he teamed up with Wen Jing to harass nearby Demon strongholds. After the Demons trapped them and Kuang Shou Zheng came to their rescue, the Demon Army attacked Jizhou Town, leaving Lu Su and Ulquiorra in its sights.

• Zhang Jingxing verified Lu Su's identity, brought him into Jizhou Town, and introduced him to the officers at a meeting about protecting the retreating Shuběi Army.
• Zhang Jingxing volunteered to lead the rendezvous mission, while Lu Su was assigned to a team with Wen Jing to harass Demon strongholds.
• Lu Su and Wen Jing repeatedly attacked different strongholds with Ulquiorra's Thunder Spears, then escaped before the Demons could respond.
• On the sixth night, the Demon Army's restrictions stopped Wen Jing and Lu Su from escaping, but Kuang Shou Zheng arrived as Kuafu and drove off their pursuers.
• The Demon Army attacked Jizhou Town at dawn, and its Jade Grade Demons recognized Ulquiorra and eyed Lu Su with hostility.

Lu Su fought alongside the Shuběi Army as Ulquiorra defeated several Jade Grade demons before the Demon Army withdrew. After learning that demons were experimenting with turning card masters into demons, Lu Su prepared to create a new card to protect himself before the next scouting mission.

• Wen Jing helped Ulquiorra by restraining demons around him, and Ulquiorra killed two Jade Grade demons before clashing with Yeru as the battle ended.
• After the Demon Army withdrew, Lu Su considered upgrading his cards but decided to prioritize a way to protect himself, then spent the night designing a new card.
• Kuang Shou Zheng told the card masters that the Demon Army was experimenting with transforming card masters into demons and ordered scouting teams to investigate unusual activity.
• Wen Jing asked Lu Su to join her on another Mosquito Tactic raid, but Lu Su said he had designed a new card and planned to act once he had made it.

Lu Su created the Jade Grade Sacred Swordriver, tested its transformations, and discovered that its Fantasy Ride Books granted him different abilities. He and Wen Jing then ambushed a Demon Army convoy, unaware that the weak escort was bait in a trap targeting the Shuběi Army.

• Lu Su spent most of his points on materials and successfully made the Jade Grade Flame Sword Rekka · Sacred Swordriver, which generated a Brave Dragon Fantasy Ride Book and Story Books based on his cards.
• Lu Su tested several Fantasy Ride Books and found that combining Brave Dragon with Pure White Knight Princess greatly strengthened his swordsmanship and brought his combat power to the top tier of Jade Grade.
• Lu Su and Wen Jing ambushed a lightly guarded Demon Army convoy and killed its escorts, finding several tubes of blood among the experimental materials.
• A sinister military commander learned that convoys across the area had been attacked and concluded that the Shuběi Army had a covert source of intelligence.
• The commander ordered cadres to accompany the next operation and trap the Shuběi Army forces.

Lu Su and Wen Jing joined a mission to intercept another Demon Army convoy, knowing it might be an obvious trap. Their ambush turned into a battle between Ulquiorra and Yeru, who revealed that his scattered blood could target Lu Su and Wen Jing.

• Lu Su learned from Wen Jing that Jade Grade casualties were a serious loss and that the Shuběi Army was strained by the Hall of Fame Grade Secret Realm in the Shu Region.
• Kuang Shou Zheng warned the Jade Grade Card Masters that the next Demon Army transport might be an Open Scheme, but ordered them to go ahead with the mission.
• Lu Su and Wen Jing hid near the convoy and sent Ulquiorra to attack after it had traveled farther from its starting point.
• Yeru confronted Ulquiorra, drained nearby demons of their blood, and used a Blood Blade to sever Ulquiorra's arm, which quickly regenerated.
• Ulquiorra switched to ranged attacks to avoid Yeru's blood weapons, but Yeru revealed that the blood scattered across the battlefield had become arrows aimed at Lu Su and Wen Jing.

Lu Su transformed with his belt and defeated Yeru’s Blood Sea form with a fiery finishing move, while two other Demon Army officers escaped wounded. Lu Su and Wen Jing searched the battlefield for experimental materials and found a mostly intact truck carrying a transparent coffin wrapped in damaged data cables.

• Yeru’s blood arrow struck Lu Su, but Lu Su transformed into armored form and protected Wen Jing.
• Lu Su and Ulquiorra attacked Yeru, whose Blood Blade barely scratched Lu Su’s armor before Yeru turned into a Blood Sea.
• Lu Su used the Hell Fubuki Fantasy Drive Book to unleash a Flame Tornado that vaporized Yeru’s Blood Sea and left behind only a core.
• The two remaining Demon Army officers retreated after Lu Su and Ulquiorra wounded them, and Lu Su chose not to pursue them.
• Lu Su and Wen Jing searched the battlefield and opened a mostly intact truck, revealing a transparent coffin wrapped in damaged data cables.

Lu Su and Wen Jing recovered from their interception mission, divided the spoils, and then learned that Jinzhou and Ningyuan City had been surrounded by the Demon Army. They joined a harassment mission against the besiegers, suspecting the enemy was waiting for them to lower their guard.

• Lu Su retrieved the Transparent Coffin and Yeru’s Scarlet Dominator, then agreed with Wen Jing to divide the remaining materials in exchange for battle merit points.
• Lu Su returned to Jizhou Town, considered upgrading Ulquiorra, and spent the morning with his companions at home.
• Xiong Ye and Zhang Jingxing discussed Ningyuan City and Jinzhou City’s retreat toward Shanhai Pass and worried that the Demon Army’s silence was suspicious.
• Wen Jing told Lu Su that the Demon Army had surrounded Jinzhou and Ningyuan City, and Kuang Shou Zheng assigned the two of them to harass the enemy in small squads.
• Lu Su and Wen Jing repeatedly attacked the Demon Army camp from afar, and Lu Su warned that the enemy might be waiting for them to let their guard down.

Lu Su and Wen Jing were captured by the Diamond Grade demon Luster, but Ningyuan City and Shanhai Pass launched a counterattack that disrupted her control over him. Lu Su escaped her tent and defeated the Grafted Demons guarding them, only to encounter his junior disciple.

• Lu Su and Wen Jing lured demons out of the army, but Luster ambushed them, immobilized Lu Su, and ordered her Grafted Demons to bring them to her tent.
• Lu Su slowly regained movement and prepared to use Luffy’s Ride Book, while Xiong Ye ordered Ningyuan City’s army to attack after Shanhai Pass’s Lord Shi engaged Luster.
• The battle shook Luster’s tent, and Lu Su transformed with the Rubber Man Ride Book, freed Wen Jing, and tried to escape.
• Three Jade Grade Grafted Demons stopped Lu Su, but he turned to fight them as Ningyuan City’s Card Masters charged the Demon Army.
• Lu Su killed the Grafted Demons with Ulquiorra’s help, then heard someone call him Junior Disciple.

Lu Su survived Luster’s capture and helped Ningyuan City repel the Demon Army, but Wen Jing’s Spiritual Power was damaged and she could no longer advance beyond Jade Grade. Back in Jizhou Town, Lu Su used his reward points to buy a Jade Grade Darkwing Bat Demon (Red) material.

• Zhang Jingxing rescued Lu Su from the Demon Army headquarters, and Lu Su explained that Luster had captured him and Wen Jing before his card helped him break free of her control.
• Lu Su returned to the city wall and learned from Zhang Jingxing that Commander Xiong Ye had wounded an Eternal Race demon and that the Demon Army was retreating.
• Luster spotted Lu Su, but she and the other Diamond Grade demons withdrew after the Demon Army’s cards became distracted by her display.
• Nearly half a month later, Wen Jing thanked Lu Su and told him that Luster’s attack had damaged her Spiritual Power, leaving her unable to advance beyond Jade Grade.
• Lu Su spent his accumulated reward points to purchase a Jade Grade Darkwing Bat Demon (Red) material.

Lu Su upgraded Ulquiorra to his No.4 form, then joined the Shuběi Army’s surprise siege of a demon stronghold. The operation brought him face-to-face with Luster, who recognized him and vowed not to let him escape again.

• Lu Su used the Darkwing Bat Demon to advance Ulquiorra to Jade Grade No.4, unlocking Second Stage Resurrection and Hogyoku Enhancement.
• Luster arrived at Greyk’s stronghold, showed him images of Lu Su and Ulquiorra, and asked him to report any news of them; Greyk agreed in exchange for her help.
• Wen Jing returned to Jizhou Town, where Kuang Shou Zheng announced a nighttime siege on the stronghold tied to Lu Su’s earlier convoy ambush.
• Zhang Jingxing warned Lu Su that the plan seemed too hasty and asked him to stay by his side during the attack; Lu Su agreed.
• The Shuběi Army’s Card Masters marched on the stronghold, and Lu Su summoned Ulquiorra and transformed into Kamen Rider as the alarm sounded.
• Luster flew out with the defenders to block Kuafu’s attack, recognized Lu Su, and said she would not let him escape.

Greyk trapped Lu Su, Kuang Shou Zheng, Zhang Jingxing, and the other fighters in separate arenas inside the Binding Barrier: Deathmatch Theater, where demons gained enhanced strength. Lu Su and Ulquiorra defeated their first opponents, while Greyk’s control of the trap was shaken when Lu Su and another figure appeared in the Diamond Grade Card Masters’ theater.

• Kuang Shou Zheng and Zhang Jingxing ordered a retreat, but Greyk activated the Binding Barrier: Deathmatch Theater and separated the fighters into different spaces.
• Lu Su found himself facing three Jade Grade demons and sent Ulquiorra to fight them.
• Ulquiorra killed all three demons, and Lu Su discovered their materials were only White and Green quality before finding an invisible barrier blocking his escape.
• More demons appeared in Lu Su’s theater, while Greyk told Kuang Shou Zheng and Zhang Jingxing that they had to kill every demon in their arena to leave.
• Greyk, Luster, Kuang Shou Zheng, and Zhang Jingxing discussed the trap and Lu Su’s safety until Greyk’s expression changed and Lu Su and another figure appeared in their theater.

Lu Su defeated the powerful Jade Grade Demon Hansen with Ulquiorra’s Second Stage Resurrection, then was pulled out of the theater and reunited with Zhang Jingxing and Kuang Shou Zheng. He faced Greyk and Luster alongside them, and the chapter left him answering Greyk’s taunts with another Thunder Spear.

• Lu Su ordered Ulquiorra to unleash his full power against Hansen, who had boasted of his strength and attacked Lu Su.
• Ulquiorra’s Second Stage Resurrection overwhelmed Hansen and crushed his head, allowing Lu Su to collect a red Jade Grade material.
• Lu Su tested the theater’s barrier with a Thunder Spear and was transported out, where he found Zhang Jingxing and Kuang Shou Zheng.
• Luster’s suction force began pulling Lu Su toward her, but Ulquiorra’s Thunder Spear exploded nearby and Zhang Jingxing’s card brought Lu Su to safety.
• Zhang Jingxing and Kuang Shou Zheng reacted with shock to Ulquiorra’s strength, while Lu Su explained that his card’s circumstances were special.
• Greyk questioned why Great Ming had sent Lu Su into danger, and Lu Su responded by firing another Thunder Spear.

Lu Su and his allies weakened the Deathmatch Theater and freed the trapped Jade Grade Card Masters, but Greyk shattered the barrier as Master Grade powers arrived, leaving Lu Su unconscious in another world. After Amina rescued him and he recovered in her cave, Lu Su found her in danger and confronted an attacker whose sword was caught by a pale figure.

• Lu Su guessed his earlier attack had weakened the Binding Barrier: Deathmatch Theater, and Zhang Jingxing and Kuang Shou Zheng sent Diamond Grade cards to test its edge.
• The theater trembled, confirming Lu Su’s guess, and Greyk abandoned the spaces holding the Jade Grade Card Masters to reinforce the barrier around himself and his demons.
• Mountain Lord Ji Weirui and an unknown Lord Commander arrived, and Greyk shattered the theater, sending Lu Su into chaotic spatial currents until he lost consciousness.
• Amina, a textile worker from Baron Albert’s territory, found Lu Su in a cave and gave him water after he woke in an unfamiliar land without Spiritual Power.
• Lu Su recovered his strength, found Amina limping through the forest, and summoned Ghost Shadow Soldiers to protect her from a hidden attacker.
• An attacker sent a Sword Light at Lu Su, but a pale figure appeared and caught the sword with one hand.

Lu Su realized he had been stranded in an unknown secret realm after spatial turbulence made his teleportation array unusable, and he rescued Amina while trying to understand how she had been captured. As Zhang Jingxing dealt with news of Lu Su’s disappearance back in Jizhou, Lu Su encountered a powerful blond Card Master who attacked him after deciding he was not one of the Royal Knights.

• Lu Su killed a demon, recognized that he was still on Blue Star, then discovered that Blood Sacrifice Ritual Array: Teleportation could neither set an anchor nor function where he was.
• Lu Su questioned Amina, learned that monsters had taken her through a Space Rift, and deduced that spatial turbulence from Greyk’s Binding Barrier: Deathmatch Theater had carried him into a secret realm.
• Zhang Jingxing spoke with Ji Weirui about Lu Su’s disappearance, then learned that Kurumi had arrived outside the city asking to see him.
• Lu Su cleaned Amina up and followed her directions to some ruins, where he sensed a powerful Card Master approaching.
• The blond, blue-eyed youth identified himself through the Knightly Virtue of Honesty, concluded that Lu Su was not a Royal Knight, and attacked him with a chained black book.

Lu Su fought David after Ulquiorra’s demon-like form made the priest mistake him for a Demon Worshipper, but Lyon intervened and learned Lu Su came from Great Ming. Lyon explained that the Fallen Cult controlled the secret realm’s exit, then asked Lu Su and David to help him retrieve a material he still needed.

• David attacked Lu Su, who sent Ulquiorra to fight him while retreating with Amina.
• David’s golden flames burned Ulquiorra’s spear and arm, forcing Ulquiorra to sever his injured arm before a nonhuman woman stopped the fight.
• Lyon arrived with the woman, greeted David, and learned Lu Su was from Great Ming and had entered the secret realm during a battle against the Demon Army.
• Lyon told Lu Su that the Fallen Cult, led by Master Card Master Inverted Cross Chris, occupied the secret realm’s exit.
• David said he had entered to save his Lord’s lambs, while Lyon explained that he needed a material from the secret realm and asked Lu Su and David to help him obtain it.

Lu Su joined Lyon and David in attacking the demons guarding a material in the mountain city, while keeping his strongest ability concealed. Their apparent advantage vanished when a powerful demon appeared with a sword, leaving Lyon’s plan in danger.

• Lu Su agreed to help Lyon investigate a material guarded by demons, but resolved to flee with Amina if the danger became too great.
• Lyon led Lu Su and David to the mountain city and assured them that no Diamond Grade demons had appeared there.
• Lu Su sent Ulquiorra to attack the city from a distance, and Lyon supplied David with a sword through his card.
• Ulquiorra, Lyon’s cards, and David gained the upper hand against the city’s demons until a powerful demon descended from the peak and unleashed a devastating Sword Light.
• Lu Su recognized the longsword in the demon’s hand as an Item Material, while Lyon’s uneasy expression suggested that the material he sought was something else.

David and Lyon fought Adams, who revealed the Sword of Sanction and used it alongside the King's Sword to approach Diamond Grade. Lyon summoned a powerful hidden card, but the Fallen Cult framed Lu Su as their ally, turning Lyon against him just as Ulquiorra unleashed his full aura.

• David and Lyon's cards pressured Adams while Ulquiorra held back the other Jade Grade demons.
• Adams revealed the Sword of Sanction, sacrificing his left arm's armor to wield its power alongside the King's Sword.
• Lyon summoned a mysterious sword-and-spear card that drove Adams back and helped restore the stalemate.
• Several cards attacked Lyon, and black-robed Fallen Cult members falsely called Lu Su their comrade.
• Lyon accused Lu Su of working with the Fallen Cult, and Lu Su gave up explaining as Ulquiorra erupted with a terrifying aura.

Lu Su used Ulquiorra’s Second Stage Resurrection to defeat the Fallen Cult, Adams, and his weapons while sparing Lyon and David. He reached the mountain peak and found the Jade Grade Field Material Noble Royal City (Red).

• Ulquiorra stopped Lyon’s attack, struck Lyon and his card aside, shattered David’s Holy Bible, and knocked David away.
• Lu Su ordered Ulquiorra to attack the Fallen Cult, and Ulquiorra destroyed the group with a Spirit Spear.
• Ulquiorra charged Adams, regenerated from his Sword Light attack, and battered him until Adams launched a desperate final strike.
• Ulquiorra survived Adams’s attack, killed him, and returned to Lu Su carrying Adams’s corpse and two longswords.
• Lu Su left Lyon and David unharmed and headed with Ulquiorra to the mountain peak, where he found the Jade Grade Field Material Noble Royal City (Red).

Lu Su upgraded Soul Society with Noble City and obtained materials that could advance Lily and Silver Arm. While searching for a way out of the secret realm, he encountered a demonic creature stronger than Adams who offered to answer his question.

• Lu Su hid with Amina in a mountain cave and upgraded Soul Society to Jade Grade using Noble City, unlocking Soul's Sanctuary and strengthening the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.
• Lu Su condensed materials from Adams and his swords, obtaining Jade Grade Flawless King, King's Sword, and Starry Sky Holy Sword.
• After several quiet days, Lu Su went to a nearby city and abducted a weak demonic creature to ask where the secret realm's exit was.
• A cloaked demonic creature wielding a rust-covered longsword appeared and offered to answer Lu Su's question.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lu Su encounters a mysterious cloaked demon, Guran, who reveals that he's been observing Lu Su and knows about the increasing frequency of Secret Realms.
• Guran shares that the mastermind behind the erosion of worlds is called "World Devourer **," which Lu Su hadn't heard of before.
• Guran offers a deal: if Lu Su helps him escape the Secret Realm, Guran will give Lu Su his sword and guide him to the person in charge in Lu Su's world.
• Guran reveals he has a spherical object embedded in his abdomen, which he removes, leading to his death. He tells Lu Su he chose him because he's a good person.
• Lu Su promotes two cards, Lily and the [Silver Arm], using the materials from Guran's sword and body.

Character Developments

• Lu Su becomes more cautious and wary of demons, but also more open to the idea that not all demons are evil.
• Guran, despite being a demon, shows kindness and understanding towards Lu Su, even sacrificing himself to help him.

Significant Themes

• Trust and betrayal: Lu Su struggles with trusting Guran, while Guran shows trust in Lu Su by choosing him and revealing his secrets.
• Sacrifice: Guran's ultimate sacrifice to help Lu Su highlights the theme of selflessness and sacrifice for the greater good.

Character Interactions

• Lu Su and Guran: Their interaction is marked by caution, revelation, and ultimately, trust and sacrifice.
• Lu Su and the little spider: The spider's involvement leads to Guran's death and the revelation of the phone call, adding an unexpected twist to the story.

Lu Su reached the secret realm exit and joined the battle against the Fallen Cult, where Altria and Ulquiorra struggled against a forest created by the enemy’s cards. Lyon and David found Lu Su and warned him to pull his cards back from the battlefield.

• Lu Su examined Altria’s new Color Quality abilities, including Wind King Barrier and Thirteen Restraints, then set out for the secret realm exit after recovering his Spiritual Power.
• Lyon and David waited at the exit, where Lyon decided they would try to break through the Fallen Cult’s blockade if Lu Su did not appear soon.
• Lu Su reached the exit after evading Fallen Cult search parties and attacked the blockade with Ulquiorra and Altria.
• A red-haired supervisor and four women with linked cards turned the battle against Lu Su’s forces by creating a vast forest that blocked perception and rapidly regenerated.
• Altria charged through the forest while Ulquiorra guided her with a Spirit Spear, and Lu Su sensed that the forest grew stronger after being damaged.
• Lyon appeared beside Lu Su and told him to withdraw his cards from the battlefield.