Chapter Summaries

Jin Yubin warned Lu Su that a hidden Master Grade Demon had united the Demons in Goryeo and might be plotting against Great Ming, prompting Great Ming to investigate. The chapter ended with Lu Su and Fang Wenlong preparing to lead an expedition to Goryeo, while the City within a City’s leaders planned to exploit Great Ming’s response.

• Lu Su recognized Jin Yubin as the man he had helped years earlier, and Jin explained that a Master Grade Demon had united Goryeo’s Demons and that foreign people with blond hair and blue eyes had appeared there.
• Jin Yubin refused Lu Su’s offer to remain in Great Ming, accepted materials for his subordinates, and returned to Goryeo.
• Lu Su contacted Great Ming’s senior figures, while Jin Ping and the City within a City’s leaders discussed their plans to use the situation in Goryeo to create an opportunity against Great Ming.
• Great Ming’s investigators confirmed the hidden Master Grade Demon’s presence in Goryeo, and Ye Zhou asked Lu Su and Fang Wenlong to lead a team there.

Lu Su and Fang Wenlong led five Diamond Grade Card Masters into Hancheng to locate the Master Grade Demon, but their search turned up only Demons and unreliable clues. As they explored the imperial city, the enemy detected them and launched a surprise attack, leaving Lu Su to defend his group.

• Lu Su and Fang Wenlong gathered five Diamond Grade Card Masters, including Zhang Jingxing, and Spider-girl transported them to the forest near Hancheng.
• The group found a ruined city and discovered that Hancheng was occupied entirely by Demons, so they captured a Jade Grade cat-headed Demon for questioning, but Fang Wenlong killed it when it refused to cooperate.
• A dog-headed Demon claimed it had smelled the Master Grade Demon near the imperial city, but it had no more useful information and Fang Wenlong killed it too.
• Near the imperial city, a sinister nine-tailed man spoke with a humanoid figure who revealed it had consciousness and had sensed the approaching Master Grade presence.
• Lu Su and Fang Wenlong found no trace of the Master Grade Demon and realized the dog-headed Demon had misled them, but the enemy exposed their position before they could capture another Demon.
• Lu Su pulled the five Diamond Grade Card Masters into False Karakura Town and summoned his cards as a massive tail struck the imperial city, reducing it to ruins.

Jin Ping learned that Great Ming had exposed their arrangements in Goryeo and ordered an early launch of their operation. In Hancheng, Lu Su and Fang Wenlong fought the Master Grade Demons Fox Jiu and Zero, and Lu Su’s cards overwhelmed Fox Jiu before the fox broke free and sent the Armored Wooden Giant flying.

• Jin Ping summoned the Skin Peeler and Marcus, then decided to begin their operation early while allowing the situation in Goryeo to develop further.
• Fox Jiu attacked Hancheng, and Lu Su and Fang Wenlong recognized him as a Master Grade threat while Zero ambushed Fang Wenlong.
• Lu Su’s cards identified Fox Jiu and Zero, and Fang Wenlong engaged Zero while Lu Su released Zhang Jingxing and the other Diamond Grade Card Masters to intercept approaching Demons.
• Lu Su and his cards pinned Fox Jiu with Myojinmon and battered him with the Armored Wooden Giant while Aizen’s Kurohitsugi helped cover their attacks.
• Fox Jiu broke free, swept the surrounding cards away with his merged tails, and sent the Armored Wooden Giant rolling across the battlefield.

Lu Su and Fang Wenlong realized Zero and Fox Jiu were trying to keep them in Goryeo while Jin Ping made a move against Great Ming. After Zero merged with Fox Jiu, Fang Wenlong left to return home, and Lu Su faced the fused Demon alone until Aizen reached the sixth stage of Hogyoku Fusion.

• Jin Yubin learned that a Master Grade battle had broken out in Hancheng and suspected Imperial Ming was involved.
• Zero implanted half his soul into Fox Jiu, causing the Demon Fox to grow stronger and attack Lu Su’s cards.
• Lu Su deduced that the fight was meant to delay him and Fang Wenlong while Jin Ping made a move against Great Ming.
• Zero merged fully with Fox Jiu, and Fang Wenlong departed for Great Ming while Lu Su stayed behind to fight.
• Fox Jiu withstood Lu Su’s coordinated attack, allowing Aizen to complete Hogyoku Fusion Stage Six and unveil his perfect form.

Aizen and Lu Su trapped Fox Jiu and Zero in layered illusions, then reversed the battle’s accumulated damage and drove Fox Jiu to flee. Lu Su pursued him into the small nation and his birthplace’s secret realm, where Fox Jiu called on his weaker subordinates for protection.

• Aizen’s Mirror Flower, Water Moon deceived Fox Jiu and Zero, who mistook their attacks on illusions for a real fight and eventually recognized the first illusion layer.
• Zero fought Lu Su’s cards, then handed control to Fox Jiu, who approached Lu Su believing he had won.
• Aizen revealed a second illusion and reversed the damage from the battle onto Fox Jiu, leaving him with only two tails.
• Lu Su ordered his cards to kill the fleeing Fox Jiu, and people across the small nation witnessed their supreme Demon wounded and began to feel hope.
• Fox Jiu fled into the secret realm where he was born and called for his subordinates, but Lu Su and his cards entered after him.

Lu Su killed Fox Jiu, collected the final material needed to make Naruto, and followed a mysterious call toward a familiar presence. Meanwhile, Jin Ping’s attack on Shanghai City began, but Marcus turned Jin Ping’s contract against him, forcing Jin Ping to sacrifice his contracted followers to survive.

• Zero took control of Fox Jiu’s body and fought Lu Su’s cards, but Fox Jiu seized control again and died before he could beg for mercy.
• Zero questioned whether he was still trapped in Aizen’s illusion, then dissipated without learning the truth.
• Lu Su collected the Calamity Fox Spirit material and sensed the final piece of a puzzle nearby; a voice told him to go and learn the answers.
• Bai Yueming ordered evacuations and martial law as storms gathered over Shanghai City, while Ji Weirui warned that Ye Zhou’s condition was worsening.
• Jin Ping sent the Demon Army toward Shanghai City, then tried to bind Marcus with a contract, but Marcus broke free and made the contract backfire.
• Jin Ping sacrificed the Fallen Cult members bound to his contracts as Substitute Deaths, and Marcus stood down.

Jin Ping’s attempt to bring down a third Secret Realm led Ye Zhou to unleash a devastating attack that killed Marcus and another Master Grade Demon, but Ye Zhou died from the effort. As Jin Ping’s plan to summon a superior advanced and Great Ming faced defeat, Lu Su arrived and froze the sky with a new card, though Jin Ping insisted he could not stop what was coming.

• Jin Ping weakened himself to accelerate the formation of a third Secret Realm, while Marcus blocked Ji Weirui’s attack on its entrance.
• Ye Zhou unleashed Dongjun across the battlefield, killing every Demon in Shanghai City and several enemies at sea before burning away and dying.
• Jin Ping survived Ye Zhou’s attack alongside the Skin Peeler and Flesh King, and a newly arrived Master Grade Demon shifted the battle back in their favor.
• Bai Yueming ordered an assault on the new Secret Realm, and Fang Wenlong returned from Goryeo to lead Great Ming’s forces against it.
• Three Secret Realms sent beams into the sky and opened a vast blood-red fissure as Jin Ping’s group prepared to summon their superior.
• Lu Su arrived with the Blackbeard Great Monk and used a card called “Stasis” to halt the sky, but Jin Ping dismissed the intervention as insufficient.

Lu Su summoned Adonai, the Soul King, to halt the Four Calamity Gods’ descent and close the crack threatening Great Ming. After the Soul King vanished, Lu Su refreshed his cards’ cooldowns and captured Jin Ping, the Skin Peeler, and two Master Grade Demons, leaving them at his mercy.

• Ichibe Hyosube weakened Jin Ping, the Skin Peeler, and two Master Grade Demons by erasing their titles, while Jin Ping hid and urged Lu Su to flee.
• Bai Yueming told Lu Su to evacuate with Ji Weirui, but Lu Su declared Great Ming would survive and summoned Adonai, the Soul King.
• Adonai stopped the Four Calamity Gods’ giant hand and forced it to retreat, then used Spirit Pressure to seal the crack in the sky at the cost of dissipating.
• Jin Ping attacked Lu Su after the threat was sealed, but Lu Su summoned Madara Uchiha, who used Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to refresh the other cards’ cooldowns.
• Lu Su summoned Adonai again, and the Soul King captured Jin Ping, the Skin Peeler, and two Master Grade Demons before Lu Su declared there was nothing he could not do.

Lu Su confronted Adley after defeating Jin Ping and forced him to retreat, though Adley crippled the Skin Peeler and took her away. With the battle over and Great Ming barely victorious after Ye Zhou’s death, Lu Su left to recover and prepare to create his first Master Grade card.

• Lu Su revealed that he had sensed Adley watching and asked why the Hall of Fame Card Master had come.
• Adley asked Lu Su to spare Sakaja, the Skin Peeler, but Lu Su killed Jin Ping and the two Master Grade Demons while keeping Sakaja under the Soul King's control.
• Adley stripped away Sakaja's limbs on a conceptual level, then took her away after Lu Su released his control and chose not to fight.
• The Soul King healed the surviving Great Ming Card Masters and restored the sea and weather damaged by the battle.
• Bai Yueming and the other elders began the cleanup and planned to honor Ye Zhou with a state funeral, while Lu Su stayed behind to see him off.
• Lu Su left with Spider-girl to recover before creating his first Master Grade card and murmured a farewell to Hall of Fame Ye.

After Ye Zhou's death, foreign powers assessed Great Ming's strength and chose representatives to attend his funeral, while Motiān announced he would attend in person. Lu Su began making his first Master Grade card and encountered the World Consciousness inside the Card Making Space.

• Catherine reviewed intelligence about Lu Su's role in repelling the invasion, classified him at the Empire's highest level, and sent Petrovna to Ye Zhou's funeral.
• Motiān decided to attend Ye Zhou's funeral and ordered a middle-aged Brahmin to gouge out his own eyes after he saw the attendants.
• George VII assigned Lyon to represent Great Britain at the funeral, and Lyon learned how powerful Lu Su had become.
• Lu Su entered the Card Making Space with the Calamity Fox Spirit, Immortal Path Origin, and Destiny Savior to make his first Master Grade card.
• The World Consciousness appeared before Lu Su, transformed into two little girls, and changed back when Lu Su objected.

The World Consciousness revealed that Lu Su was an incomplete World Consciousness whose memories and card-making abilities came from his origins, and it explained why it had helped him. After learning the mastermind’s name, Lu Su received access to his own Card Making Space and discovered a strange system interface there.

• The World Consciousness explained that it had never interfered with Lu Su’s card making except to grant Spider-girl the Immortality Trait, because Lu Su was himself a World Consciousness.
• It told Lu Su that it had eaten him after he had already been consumed by someone else, leaving him incomplete, and Lu Su chose to be called Lu Su rather than Earth.
• The World Consciousness confirmed that it had arranged some of Lu Su’s secret-realm materials and taught him how to use his own Card Making Space after reaching Master Grade.
• Lu Su asked for the mastermind’s name, and the World Consciousness identified it as World Devourer Calamity Star.
• The World Consciousness sent Lu Su back to a warm, personal Card Making Space, where he formed his Nandu study and found a Card Making Department World Consciousness Crash Course System v0.1 interface.

Lu Su tested Blue Star’s World Consciousness card-creation system, discovered that it could convert lower-grade materials into plan requirements at a cost to his Spiritual Power, and crafted Six Paths Power: Uzumaki Naruto. The new Master Grade card made Lu Su a true Master Card Master, though its strongest Naruto-Sasuke bond required upgrading Sasuke as well.

• Lu Su examined the new card-creation interface, added Trembling Tatsumaki’s plan, and tested material conversion with King’s Favor (Gold) and Scarlet Rot King (Red).
• Lu Su theorized that the World Consciousness used power left over from failed card crafting and considered, then dismissed, letting others craft cards in his Card Making Space.
• Lu Su used the system to craft Six Paths Power: Uzumaki Naruto, a Master Grade, Color Quality card with several bonds and abilities.
• Lu Su learned that Fated Entanglement required both Naruto and Sasuke to reach their Six Paths forms, so he planned to advance Sasuke to Master Grade.
• Lu Su recognized that crafting Naruto had made him a true Master Card Master and felt prepared to handle the situation at hand.

Zhu Zhongjing agreed to accompany Lu Su to meet the Mughal Empire delegation, where they encountered the eccentric Hall of Fame Card Master Motiān. The visit ended with Motiān’s envoy trying to force Lu Su to kneel and screaming before he could touch him.

• Zhu Zhongjing learned that the Mughal Empire delegation included a Hall of Fame Card Master and declined to negotiate with him alone.
• Bai Yueming asked Zhu Zhongjing to attend Ye Zhou’s funeral and handle sensitive negotiations, and Zhu agreed to accompany Lu Su while leaving the main negotiations to him.
• Bai Yueming assigned Lu Su to receive the British and Russian personnel as well, and Lu Su agreed despite knowing little about Lyon.
• Lu Su and Zhu Zhongjing arrived at the Mughal delegation’s residence, where a disrespectful envoy led them to Motiān.
• The envoy demanded that Lu Su kneel before Motiān and reached for him, but he screamed before he could touch Lu Su.

Lu Su confronted Motiān after a White-skinned Envoy insulted him, and the encounter escalated into a brief clash that revealed Uzumaki Naruto’s formidable power. Motiān withdrew after testing Lu Su, while Zhu Zhongjing was assigned to handle future dealings with him.

• Lu Su cut off the White-skinned Envoy’s hand, and Motiān ordered the envoy to leave his tongue behind before Moore removed it.
• Motiān challenged Lu Su after Great Ming refused to back down, and Zhu Zhongjing tried to prevent the confrontation from escalating.
• Motiān’s attack struck the palace, but Uzumaki Naruto in Six Paths Sage Mode blocked it with a black shield and Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Zhu Zhongjing called the clash a spar, giving Motiān a way to end it, and Bai Yueming arranged a new residence for him.
• Motiān left after probing Lu Su’s strength, while Zhu Zhongjing reluctantly accepted responsibility for future dealings with him in exchange for doubled benefits.
• Envoys from other countries arrived and asked Minister Lu what had happened.

After a clash between Lu Su and Motiān, Lu Su took Petrovna around North Capital and proposed a materials exchange between Great Ming and the Tsardom of Russia. He returned home to find gossip about himself and Petrovna circulating, then spoke with Kurumi about the fight and his plans to meet Great Britain’s representatives.

• Petrovna arrived at the ruins to ask Lu Su how he and Motiān had come to fight, and Lu Su and the others claimed it had been a sparring match.
• Lu Su offered to show Petrovna around North Capital, then asked whether Catherine would agree to a mutual exchange of materials between Great Ming and the Tsardom of Russia.
• Petrovna said she would consult her mother about the proposal, then asked Lu Su to stop talking business and give her a proper tour.
• Lu Su returned home and saw a sensational tablet headline suggesting he had fallen for Petrovna, so he doubled Amina’s homework for reading it.
• Kurumi massaged Lu Su’s temples as he explained why he had fought Motiān, and Lu Su said he would meet with Great Britain’s representatives the next day.

Lu Su met with Lyon, who sought Great Ming’s help against three Master Grade Secret Realms in Great Britain and offered a dubious bargain for support in claiming the throne. He then heard Goryeo’s request to be incorporated directly into Great Ming, leaving the decision until after Ye Zhou’s funeral.

• Lyon asked Lu Su to help Great Britain and offered Master Grade Materials if he became heir apparent, but Lu Su refused and challenged him to persuade George VII to make Great Britain a vassal.
• Lyon proposed making Great Britain a vassal if Lu Su guaranteed his throne, but Lu Su rejected the offer and told him to return when he could persuade his king.
• Lee Ho and Jin Yubin asked Lu Su to incorporate Goryeo into Great Ming, and Lu Su said the matter would be discussed after Ye Zhou’s funeral but would likely be approved.

At Ye Zhou’s funeral, Motiān provoked Great Ming and forced Lu Su to accept a duel in his time-warping domain. Lu Su summoned the Soul King and Naruto to endure Motiān’s attacks, then launched six Truth-Seeking Orb Rasenshuriken at him.

• Motiān interrupted Ye Zhou’s funeral and insulted his body, prompting Lu Su to demand that he leave.
• Motiān threatened Ye Zhou’s body unless Lu Su sparred with him, and Lu Su accepted the challenge.
• Petrovna sent a message to Catherine after Motiān humiliated her and threatened Great Ming.
• Motiān brought Lu Su into his chaos domain and explained that he controlled time within it.
• Motiān summoned Brahma and attacked Lu Su with an illusory universe, but Lu Su survived with his cards.
• Naruto launched six Truth-Seeking Orb Rasenshuriken at Motiān after he counted ten seconds of the duel.

Lu Su narrowly defeated Motiān in their one-minute spar by using the Soul King to overcome Motiān’s time stop and escape the virtual universe at the last second. He returned unharmed, but Motiān’s anger left everyone uncertain about what would happen next until Catherine reminded him to accept his loss.

• Motiān had Brahma overwhelm Lu Su with creations and Boundless Water while Lu Su and his cards tried to hold out until the minute ended.
• The Soul King cut the distance between Motiān and one Truth-Seeking Orb Rasenshuriken, allowing Uzumaki Naruto to injure Motiān just before the sixty-second mark.
• Motiān stopped time, but the Soul King freed Lu Su and himself within a small area, and Lu Su escaped through a rift after declaring the game over.
• Lu Su reappeared unharmed and told Bai Yueming and the others that he had won, then reassured Kurumi and Petrovna.
• Motiān returned in a foul mood, and Catherine told him that he had gone too far and had to accept the result of the bet.

At Ye Zhou’s funeral, Catherine intervened when Motiān challenged Great Ming, and Motiān withdrew after acknowledging Lu Su’s victory. After the funeral, rumors spread about Lu Su’s spar with Motiān, while Lu Su handled Goryeo’s incorporation and prepared to use Great Ming’s new cooperation with the Tsardom of Russia to create Master Grade cards.

• Catherine summoned Odin to confront Motiān, and Motiān backed down after telling Lu Su, “You win.”
• Catherine joined Ye Zhou’s funeral, and the livestream resumed as Lu Su closed the coffin; afterward, Great Ming’s citizens speculated about the black screen and Lu Su’s fight with Motiān.
• The Association encouraged rumors that Lu Su had sparred with Motiān and had not lost, drawing public attention toward Lu Su’s cards.
• Lu Su considered the challenges of incorporating Goryeo and a demon-ruled country whose people had been treated like livestock for centuries.
• Petrovna visited Lu Su to say goodbye and told him that Great Ming and the Tsardom of Russia had finalized their cooperation.
• Lu Su received the cooperation terms and realized their shared material databases would let him create new Master Grade cards.

Lu Su exchanged materials with Petrovna in the Tsardom of Russia and used them to create the Master Grade Uchiha Sasuke card, while also advancing several other card plans. The story then shifted to Lord Hu, who was sent to investigate a strange Diamond Grade Secret Realm Entrance in the demon-haunted small country.

• Lu Su selected materials from the Tsardom of Russia's database and traveled there to exchange them with Petrovna.
• Lu Su used the exchanged materials and Diamond Grade materials to complete and create the Master Grade Six Paths Reincarnation · Uchiha Sasuke card.
• Lu Su considered the power and cost of Six Paths: Planetary Devastation, then worried briefly about its possible effects on Blue Star.
• Bystander A summoned Lord Hu to investigate a newly forming Secret Realm Entrance near the coast of the small country occupied by Fox Jiu.
• Lord Hu sensed that the rift led to a strange Diamond Grade Secret Realm and ordered Bystander A to report it while he prepared to suppress it once it formed.