Chapter Summaries

Lu Su confronted Du Heng and a Spirit Summoning Society member, who tried to recruit him before attacking. Kaneki overcame the Vampire’s shadow attack and turned on the crested youth, while Tsugikuni Yoriichi defeated Du Heng’s Green Zombie.

• The crested youth offered Lu Su the chance to join the Spirit Summoning Society, but Lu Su refused and accused Du Heng of killing his parents.
• Du Heng admitted he had killed his parents to prove his loyalty and keep making cards, and Lu Su prepared to fight.
• Kaneki carried Lu Su outside to protect Aunt Xu, where the crested youth attacked with his Vampire card.
• The Vampire restrained Kaneki with a shadow, while Du Heng sent his Green Zombie after Lu Su.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi beheaded the Green Zombie and returned to Lu Su’s side.
• Kaneki regenerated from his injuries, pierced the Vampire with a Centipede tentacle, and sent his tentacles surging toward the crested youth.

Lu Su and Kaneki killed Crested Head and Du Heng, then Lu Su called Jiang Nanxi for help to avoid involving a potentially compromised Card Master Association. Jiang Wang arrived, confirmed Kaneki’s quality, and offered to take responsibility for defeating the Spirit Summoning Society members, but his reason remained unfinished.

• Crested Head begged for his life and offered information, but Lu Su refused and Kaneki crushed him.
• Lu Su ordered Kaneki to kill Du Heng, then considered how to avoid being detained by the Card Master Association.
• Lu Su ruled out several contacts because he feared the Association had a Spirit Summoning Society insider, then called Jiang Nanxi for help.
• Jiang Wang arrived at the wrecked residential complex and asked Lu Su to show him the card he had used.
• Jiang Wang recognized Kaneki as a Red Quality card and said he would claim that he had defeated the Spirit Summoning Society members and Du Heng, leaving his explanation unfinished.

Jiang Wang explained that the Bronze Grade Secret Realm after the Four-School Joint Examination could help Lu Su prepare for the new Jiang Province Unified Examination and early admission to Great Ming institutions. After the Card Master Association arrived to handle the Spirit Summoning Society incident, Lu Su learned Aunt Xu would recover and realized he had to find a new place to live.

• Jiang Wang told Lu Su that the Bronze Grade Secret Realm was an important chance to improve his prospects in the Jiang Province Unified Examination, which was being held for the first time that year.
• Jiang Wang encouraged Lu Su, who thanked him and acknowledged that his card-making success had depended on others’ work.
• Xiao Yifei arrived with Card Master Association personnel, and Jiang Wang gave him the account of the incident they had agreed on.
• Jiang Wang went with Xiao Yifei to give a statement and warned Lu Su to leave the damaged Happy Home residential complex.
• Xiao Yifei reassured Lu Su that Aunt Xu had broken bones but was not in danger, then left with the association personnel.
• Lu Su returned to his damaged apartment and decided his urgent task was finding a new place to live.

Lu Su settled in for the night after the attack and chose a secluded detached house in Ning'an District to avoid putting bystanders at risk. He did not realize that Brother Hu, who was investigating him for the Spirit Summoning Society, had moved in next door.

• Lu Su planned how to spend his money and asked Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kaneki to keep watch while he rested.
• A Spirit Summoning Society member urged his burly leader to attack Lu Su, but the leader ordered him to watch Lu Su first and avoid drawing attention.
• The next evening, Lu Su rented a remote detached house in Ning'an District and moved in.
• Brother Hu recognized Lu Su at the neighboring house and pretended their proximity was a coincidence while concealing his suspicion.

Lu Su created the Three Treasures Pearl, a defensive Item Card, and prepared for the Four-School Joint Examination. After the final ranking test, he learned that he, Jiang Nanxi, and Lin Yue would represent Shanghai City No. 1 High School, though Jiang Nanxi worried that their opponents had a Gold Card.

• Brother Hu interpreted Lu Su's remarks as a jab and considered switching residences, then decided against it.
• Lu Su used a Golden Bead and a Fate-Binding Red String to create the Three Treasures Pearl, which could block three Black Iron-grade attacks or one Bronze Grade attack per day.
• Lu Su absorbed the card and meditated, while Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kaneki guarded him.
• Song Qian announced that Lu Su, Jiang Nanxi, and Lin Yue had placed in the top three and would represent their school at the Four-School Joint Examination.
• Jiang Nanxi warned Lu Su and Lin Yue that a student at Shanghai University Affiliated High School had made a Gold Card, but Lu Su urged them to focus on doing their best.

Lu Su and his classmates arrived at the Four-School Joint Examination, where Shanghai University Affiliated High School’s Lin Jiānián defeated Ning'an First High School with his powerful Yaksha card. The remaining schools prepared to continue the competition, while Lu Su and Jiang Nanxi tried to assess Lin Jiānián’s abilities.

• Song Qian encouraged Lu Su, Jiang Nanxi, and Lin Yue before they left for the examination venue.
• The principals discussed the schools’ prospects, and Principal Xie admitted that Lin Jiānián’s Gold Card made Shanghai University Affiliated High School the favorite.
• Lin Jiānián boasted that he could defeat Ning'an First High School alone, then summoned his Sea Patrol General · Yaksha for the first match.
• Lin Jiānián’s Yaksha defeated all three Ning'an First High School students before they could reveal useful information about its abilities.
• Principal Wu taunted Principal Tang after the victory, while Lu Su and Jiang Nanxi noted that the Yaksha seemed to control water.

Shanghai City No. 1 High School defeated Ning'an Second High School after Lu Su’s Tsugikuni Yoriichi overcame the Werewolf. Principal Xie worried that revealing Lu Su’s strength had made it harder to face Lin Jiānián in the next match.

• Lin Yue’s Minotaur defeated Ning'an Second High School’s tiger but lost to its Hellhound in the next match.
• Jiang Nanxi’s Three-Tailed Fox defeated the Hellhound, then fell to an opponent who transformed from a muscular man into a Werewolf.
• Lu Su sent out Tsugikuni Yoriichi and told him to go all out from the start.
• The Werewolf struck Tsugikuni Yoriichi, but the Three Treasures Pearl protected him, and he beheaded the Werewolf.
• The referee declared Shanghai City No. 1 High School the winner, while Principal Xie worried about facing Lin Jiānián after revealing Lu Su’s card.

Lu Su faced Lin Jiānián and Yaksha after Lin Yue and Jiang Nanxi’s cards failed to wear Yaksha down. With Tsugikuni Yoriichi defeated, Lu Su revealed Kaneki as his final trump card and announced the second round.

• Lin Yue sent the Minotaur against Yaksha, but Yaksha pierced it and defeated it quickly.
• Jiang Nanxi used the Three-Tailed Fox, but Yaksha’s water armor blocked its attack before Yaksha defeated it.
• Lu Su summoned Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who wounded Yaksha with a powerful flaming attack but was badly injured in return.
• As Lin Jiānián awaited the referee’s decision, Tsugikuni Yoriichi disappeared and a white-haired youth with crimson eyes and multiple tentacles appeared in his place.
• Lu Su announced that the second round had begun.

Lu Su revealed Kaneki, defeated Lin Jiānián's Yaksha and secured first place for Shanghai City No. 1 High School. The three winning students were offered entry to a newly appeared Bronze Grade secret realm, though Principal Xie worried it might be dangerous.

• Lu Su summoned Kaneki, surprising the principals, Jiang Nanxi, and Lin Yue with his hidden creature card.
• Kaneki repeatedly attacked Yaksha, regenerating his tentacles after Yaksha severed them, until Yaksha vanished and Lin Jiānián lost.
• Lu Su easily defeated Lin Jiānián's two lackeys, and the referee declared Shanghai City No. 1 High School the winner.
• Principal Xie celebrated the victory while Principal Wu and Principal Tang lamented their loss.
• Ma Liang congratulated Lu Su, Jiang Nanxi, and Lin Yue and offered them entry into a newly appeared Bronze Grade secret realm with a Card Master team.
• Principal Xie questioned the danger of the unexplored secret realm, and Ma Liang said the students could refuse to go.

After winning the competition, Lu Su rested while Brother Hu continued watching him for the Spirit Summoning Society. The next day, Lu Su joined a Card Master team heading to explore the Bronze Grade secret realm Black Flag, where he learned that humanoid Demons posed a serious danger.

• Principal Xie praised Lu Su and the other students, promised school rewards, and celebrated with them after their competition victory.
• Lu Su returned home exhausted and fell asleep while Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kaneki stood guard; Brother Hu watched from next door and decided not to act yet.
• Lu Su noticed that his threshold to Bronze Grade was wavering, then rode Pidgeot to the Card Master Association to join the secret realm expedition.
• Ma Liang assigned Lu Su to Zhou Yi's team, where he met team members Zhao Chang and Xiang Yan before they departed by jeep.
• Zhou Yi explained that Black Flag was an ocean-and-island secret realm populated by humanoid pirate Demons and warned Lu Su never to trust or sympathize with them.

Lu Su joined Zhou Yi, Zhao Chang, and Xiang Yan on a mission to infiltrate a meeting of Black Flag’s pirate crews and assess their strength. After disguising themselves as wounded survivors, they reached Skull Island, where a guard questioned Zhou Yi’s claim that they belonged to the Withered Bones Pirate Crew.

• Zhou Yi brought Lu Su through Black Flag’s secret realm entrance and explained that four pirate crews, led by Black Flag, planned to meet on Skull Island.
• Lu Su summoned Pidgeot, Tsugikuni Yoriichi, and Kaneki, revealing that he possessed a Purple Card and a Red Card, both specialized in combat.
• Zhou Yi warned Lu Su to retreat if the mission became too dangerous, then explained that their cover story was that Blue Star People had attacked their crew.
• Before reaching Skull Island, Zhou Yi and his companions cut superficial wounds into themselves and Lu Su to make their story convincing.
• A stationed pirate stopped the group at the shore, and Zhou Yi claimed they were from the Withered Bones Pirate Crew.
• The pirate questioned Zhou Yi, saying the Withered Bones crew had already arrived.

Zhou Yi and Lu Su infiltrated the Withered Bones Pirates with help from Old Liu and reached a pirate meeting organized by Black Flag. The meeting turned tense when Rose accused Night Owl of working with Blue Star People.

• Zhou Yi convinced the dock captain that his group belonged to Withered Bones, and Old Liu arrived to vouch for them.
• Old Liu led the group to Withered Bones' base, where his humanoid ghost influenced the leader, Moji, into accepting them.
• Zhou Yi told Old Liu about Lu Su's origins, and Xiang Yan explained that Zhou Yi's parents had died in the Demon's Nest riot.
• Lu Su and the others joined the crowds of pirate officers and informants attending the meeting, where Moore appeared and the representatives of Rose and Night Owl traded insults.
• The representative of Rose accepted Moore's conditions but demanded that Night Owl explain why its men had been seen with Blue Star People, shocking Lu Su and the others.

Moore exposed Lu Su and the others as intruders during a meeting about merging pirate crews into the Black Flag Pirates, forcing them into battle. Moore and the pirate representatives held back Zhou Yi and Old Liu, while Lu Su’s group fought Moji and faced pressure to end the fight quickly.

• Night Owl's representative claimed his crew had contacted Blue Star People to support Moore's plan, and Zhou Yi quietly told Old Liu to cover their escape.
• Moore revealed that he knew intruders were present and identified Moji, prompting Lu Su and the others to summon their cards.
• Kaneki killed several pirates and extracted materials, while Zhou Yi's Fuyaozi Chen Tuan used five-colored clouds to defeat the nearby pirate grunts.
• Moore blocked Chen Tuan and sent Moji and the other representatives to fight Lu Su's group, while Rose and Night Owl's representatives restrained Old Liu.
• Lu Su, Xiang Yan, Zhao Chang, and their cards attacked Moji; the Shrimp Soldier wounded Moji but was badly struck, then Zhao Chang's Medicine Pestle Monk healed it.
• Lu Su warned that they needed to finish the fight quickly because Zhou Yi and Old Liu were struggling to hold out.

Lu Su and the others escaped Moji when Kaneki’s Half-Kakuja transformation turned the battle in their favor, but they found the island’s dock empty and were ambushed. Lu Su fled by air as Zhou Yi and Xiang Yan stayed behind to face the attackers, leaving Lu Su grieving their fate.

• Kaneki’s Half-Kakuja transformation overwhelmed Moji, and Lu Su used the Three Treasures Pearl to block Moji’s strike before Kaneki killed him.
• Zhou Yi urged Lu Su and the others to escape, while Old Liu revealed that he had exhausted his Spiritual Power restraining their pursuers.
• Lu Su’s group reached the shore and found no ships, then Zhou Yi shoved Lu Su out of the path of a blade and lost an arm.
• Lu Su flew away on Pidgeot as Zhou Yi told Zhao Chang to take Old Liu to safety and Xiang Yan chose to remain with him.
• Lu Su watched Kaneki and Tsugikuni Yoriichi enter cooldown and mourned Zhou Yi while carrying the materials from the battle.

After returning from the Black Flag Secret Realm, Russell, Zhao Chang, and Old Liu reported the demons’ counterattack plot and learned the association could only strengthen defenses and pass the information upward. Russell accepted a Universal Rubber reward, promised to avenge Zhou Yi, and left to create his first Bronze-grade card.

• Russell, Zhao Chang, and Old Liu returned from the secret realm after Zhou Yi and Xiang Yan died covering their retreat.
• Old Liu told the administrator that the demons were plotting a counterattack, but the administrator said the association was short-handed and could only reinforce the base and report the intelligence.
• The administrator offered rewards, and Russell registered for Universal Rubber (Gold) while Zhao Chang mourned Zhou Yi and Xiang Yan.
• Old Liu criticized Russell for choosing a reward and leaving, but Russell stopped at the door and declared that he would avenge Brother Zhou.
• Russell’s spiritual power crossed the Bronze-grade threshold, and he summoned Pidgeot to fly home and create his first Bronze-grade card.

Lu Su traded a Flesh Demon card and cash for a Chosen One material, then used it to create a Red-quality Bronze card of Luffy. The card gained recognition for Luffy’s story through Enies Lobby, and Lu Su summoned him.

• Lu Su listed his cards for sale and traded a Flesh Demon (Gold) card plus 300,000 cash for a Chosen One (Purple) material.
• Lu Su compiled Luffy’s story from his childhood in Foosha Village through the rescue of Robin at Enies Lobby.
• The Mysterious Space recognized the story and produced a Red-quality Bronze card for Straw Hat Kid Luffy, with Gear Second, Gear Third, and several traits.
• Lu Su reviewed Luffy’s card details and summoned him.

Lu Su realized he would need help from the Card Master Association to return to the Black Flag Secret Realm and avenge Brother Zhou. Brother Hu killed Skinny and attacked Lu Su, but Luffy defeated his vampire, leaving Brother Hu’s whereabouts unknown.

• Lu Su considered asking the Card Master Association for preferential access to the Black Flag Secret Realm so he could avenge Brother Zhou.
• Brother Hu killed Skinny as part of the Spirit Summoning Society’s order to eliminate loose ends.
• Brother Hu attacked Lu Su’s house, but Luffy’s body absorbed his punch and sent Brother Hu’s vampire flying.
• Lu Su recognized the vampire and asked Brother Hu if he belonged to the Spirit Summoning Society, prompting Brother Hu to flee.
• Luffy used Gomu Gomu no Gatling to destroy Brother Hu’s vampire while Lu Su watched Brother Hu escape.

Lu Su captured Brother Hu and uncovered the Spirit Summoning Society’s plan to use Jincai Credit’s Talent Cup to draw Shanghai City’s geniuses into a major incident. After Jiang Wang arranged to conceal Brother Hu and keep the Society unaware, he took Lu Su to meet Master Bai and Chairman Yan.

• Lu Su pursued Brother Hu, who offered to inform on the Spirit Summoning Society and revealed that it had ordered him to tie up loose ends after transferring his assets to Jincai Credit.
• Lu Su called Jiang Wang, who arrived and used his Six-tailed Fox to hypnotize Brother Hu into describing the Society’s plan to make the Talent Cup a major spectacle for Shanghai City’s geniuses.
• Brother Hu regained consciousness, accused Lu Su of tricking him, and was knocked unconscious again by the Six-tailed Fox.
• Jiang Wang thanked Lu Su and warned that the Association had to keep the Spirit Summoning Society from learning that its plan had been exposed.
• Jiang Wang arranged for Xiao Liu to alter Brother Hu’s memories and told Lu Su that Master Bai and Chairman Yan wanted to see them.

After helping stop the Spirit Summoning Society’s criminals, Lu Su received a reward and was recruited to compete in the Talent Cup. His Red Quality Luffy impressed Bai Yueming, who offered to take him as a disciple, and Lu Su accepted while asking to revisit the Black Flag Secret Realm if he won.

• Brother Hu woke beside Skinny’s corpse, believed Skinny had killed him, and prepared to go to the Spirit Summoning Society’s designated location while a Six-tailed Fox watched through his eyes.
• Jiang Wang brought Lu Su to the Shanghai City Card Master Association, where Yan Wenlai offered him two million Great Ming Treasure Notes and asked him to win the Talent Cup.
• Yan Wenlai promised to guarantee Lu Su admission to Shanghai University's Card Making Department if he won first place, and Lu Su agreed to compete.
• Lu Su summoned Luffy, and Bai Yueming and Yan Wenlai were astonished to discover that the card had Red Quality.
• Bai Yueming offered to take Lu Su as his disciple if he won the Talent Cup, placed in the top three of the Jiang Province Unified Examination, and chose Nanda University; Lu Su accepted.
• Lu Su asked Yan Wenlai to let him enter the Black Flag Secret Realm again if he won the Talent Cup.

Lu Su agreed to compete in the Talent Cup in exchange for another chance to enter the Black Flag Secret Realm, and he easily won his first match. As the competition began, Jincai Credit's chairman reviewed the promising contestants and remarked, “What a pity.”

• Yan Wenlai promised Lu Su another entry into the Black Flag Secret Realm after the Talent Cup and arranged for his key class to compete with him.
• Song Qian told the key class that the school would enter everyone in the Talent Cup, whose winner could receive up to one million.
• Lu Su received Principal Xie's 500,000 reward, bringing his total funds to 2.72 million, and entered the Talent Cup preliminaries.
• Lu Su defeated an acne-faced boy's Howling Pack with Tsugikuni Yoriichi in his first match.
• Jincai Credit staff reviewed contestants, listed a blond boy as a seeded contestant, and decided to keep watching Lu Su.
• Jincai Credit's chairman reviewed the names Lin Jiānián and Kong Cong, praised Shanghai City's promising students, and said, “What a pity.”