Chapter Summaries

Lu Su reached the Talent Cup’s main tournament and defeated Han Yingying in a one-sided match after summoning Luffy. His display stunned the audience and drew Jincai Credit’s attention, while Jiang Wang identified him as Nanxi’s classmate.

• The Talent Cup main tournament began, and Lu Su watched Lin Jiānián win the opening attention with his openly revealed card.
• Lu Su entered the arena for the seventh match against Han Yingying and considered using the duel to attract Jincai Credit and the Spirit Summoning Society.
• Lu Su summoned Luffy, whose barrage of fists overwhelmed Han Yingying’s card and secured Lu Su’s victory.
• The audience and VIP guests reacted with shock to Luffy’s strength, and a Jincai Credit executive asked Jiang Wang about Lu Su.
• Jiang Wang said Lu Su was Nanxi’s classmate, prompting the executive to call him a genius with limitless potential.

Chairman Liu learned that Lu Su was an orphan who had created a Bronze Grade card and ordered the Talent Cup organizers to keep the top contestants apart. Lu Su advanced through the tournament with Luffy, while Kong Cong’s formidable Bo revealed another threat among the competitors.

• A Jincai Credit executive told Chairman Liu that Lu Su had created a Bronze Grade card and had a clean background, aside from a past conflict involving members of the organization.
• Chairman Liu dismissed the conflict and told the executive to arrange the matchups so the geniuses would not face one another too soon.
• Lin Jiānián defeated his opponent, and his female fans cheered as Lu Su watched their display.
• Lu Su defeated his opponent with Luffy, then watched Kong Cong win with his Black Iron Grade Red Quality card, Beast of Swords and Spears · Bo.
• On the third day, Lu Su faced an opponent who summoned a Black Iron Grade Gold Quality card, and Luffy charged forward to attack.

Lu Su faced Kong Cong in the Talent Cup finals, where Kong Cong revealed a two-card combo that briefly trapped and attacked Luffy. Lu Su told Luffy to stop playing around, and Luffy overwhelmed the assault, leaving Kong Cong to realize Lu Su was a Bronze Grade Card Master.

• Lu Su advanced through the quarterfinals and semifinals before meeting Kong Cong in the Talent Cup finals.
• Kong Cong challenged Lu Su and summoned Blade Soldier Chief Bo and Wu Qi Guó Mín, whose Bond was Overseas Northern Classics.
• Kong Cong mounted Wu Qi Guó Mín on Bo and used their combo to trap Luffy before attacking him with a lance and arrows.
• Luffy escaped the trap and evaded Kong Cong's attacks while Lu Su told him to finish the match quickly.
• Luffy used Gum-Gum Rocket to overwhelm Kong Cong's cards, and Kong Cong recognized Lu Su as a Bronze Grade Card Master.

Lu Su defeated Kong Cong in the Talent Cup final and revealed that he was a Bronze Grade Card Master, drawing attention from across Shanghai City. After winning the championship and receiving his prize, Lu Su was asked to meet Jincai Credit Director Liu, whom he recognized as the main event he had anticipated.

• Kong Cong learned that Lu Su was a Bronze Grade Card Master, conceded defeat, and vowed to catch up with him someday.
• Xiao Mo announced Lu Su's rank, and viewers, schools, and recruiters across Shanghai City reacted to his rapid advancement.
• Jiang Nanxi watched the broadcast and despaired at Lu Su's progress, while Brother Hu recognized him as a former client as a suited man watched from the shadows.
• Guests and the top-eight contestants congratulated Lu Su, and Lin Jiānián decided to dye his hair back.
• Lu Su accepted the one-million-prize check, then learned that Director Liu of Jincai Credit wanted to meet the contestants and offer sponsorship.

Lu Su rejected Liu Jianghe’s strategic cooperation contract at Jincai Credit’s headquarters, where Bai Yueming arrived and exposed Liu’s ties to the Spirit Summoning Society. As Liu admitted he had joined the society for a chance to advance in rank, a fierce aura spread over Shanghai City and Bai Yueming recognized Jin Ping.

• President Bai took Lu Su and the other Talent Cup finalists to Jincai Credit’s headquarters to meet Liu Jianghe, who offered them cooperation contracts and resources.
• Kong Cong said he needed to consult his parents, and Lu Su refused to sign, saying he would not accept rewards without merit.
• Liu Jianghe urged Lu Su to negotiate the contract, but Bai Yueming appeared with a Red Robe Judge and confronted him.
• The Red Robe Judge declared Liu guilty, briefly severed his head, and Liu admitted he had joined the Spirit Summoning Society to rise from Jade Grade to Diamond Grade.
• Bai Yueming linked Liu’s money to the Spirit Summoning Society’s funding, then sensed a fierce aura over Shanghai City and shouted Jin Ping’s name.

Bai Yueming confronted Jin Ping after the Spirit Summoning Society’s scheme was exposed, while Liu Jianghe transformed into a flesh dragon and wrecked Jincai Credit’s building. Lu Su got the students out, but a monstrous figure bearing President Bai’s shredded suit crashed down in front of him.

• Bai Yueming found Jin Ping using Hermes’s golden scale and realized their plan had been exposed, then challenged him to keep him occupied.
• A sinister voice forced Liu Jianghe into a painful transformation, and he became a flesh dragon that tore apart the building.
• Lu Su led the students down the fire escape, where he and his summoned creatures fought Flesh Demons made from Jincai Credit employees.
• Lu Su used Pidgeot to carry the students to safety and stayed behind to leave last.
• A crimson monster crashed through the ceiling, and Lu Su recognized President Bai’s shredded suit on its body.

Lu Su and his cards defeated President Bai, who revealed that the Spirit Summoning Society wanted to create greater chaos in Shanghai City. After Lu Su collected the materials and evacuated, a massive flesh dragon struck Jincai Credit’s headquarters and split the building in half.

• Lu Su left Luffy to fight President Bai while he escaped the unstable building on Pidgeot, and Luffy activated Gear Second.
• Kaneki and Tsugikuni Yoriichi created an opening for Luffy, who battered President Bai and brought him down despite the monster devouring parts of the office and copying Kaneki’s Kagune.
• As President Bai died, he admitted he had aided evil and told Lu Su that the Spirit Summoning Society aimed to create greater chaos in Shanghai City.
• Lu Su collected a Bronze Grade Bloody Devourer and seven Black Iron Grade Inferior Flesh Demon materials, then urged Kong Cong and the others to evacuate.
• A massive dragon of flesh slammed into Jincai Credit’s headquarters, snapping the building in half.

Lu Su and the students survived Liu Jianghe’s attack when Yan Wenlai intervened, while the Association confronted the Spirit Summoning Society’s widespread assault. Bai Yueming suspected a high-ranking mole and learned from Jin Ping that the Society had already achieved its goal.

• Lu Su directed the students to attack the falling building so Luffy could block the remaining debris, but a beam of light destroyed it before it hit them.
• Yan Wenlai arrived with his Diamond Grade card, Viphalaka, the Western Guardian King, and drove Liu Jianghe away from the city.
• Lu Su told Yan Wenlai that Jincai Credit’s employees had become Demons under the Spirit Summoning Society’s control, and Yan Wenlai sent the students to a shelter.
• Bai Yueming confronted Jin Ping over the attack, suspected Jiang Wang might be a mole, and heard Jin Ping say the Spirit Summoning Society had achieved its goal.
• Jin Ping vanished, and Bai Yueming watched the sea refill the void left by their battle as he thought of Lu Su.

After the Spirit Summoning Society’s attack, Bai Yueming and Yan Wenlai discussed the suspected mole Jiang Wang and learned that a Master Grade Secret Realm had appeared in Central Shu. Lu Su reported a new warning about the Society and secured permission to return to the Black Flag Secret Realm, then chose a Secret Realm as his Talent Cup reward.

• Bai Yueming told Yan Wenlai that Jiang Wang might be a mole, and Yan Wenlai decided to place him under covert observation by assigning him easier work.
• Bai Yueming revealed that the Secret Realm in Central Shu had gone berserk and that Mountain Lord had gone to help Ye Diantang after a new Master Grade Secret Realm appeared nearby.
• Lu Su arrived at Association headquarters and told Bai Yueming and Yan Wenlai what President Bai had said about the Spirit Summoning Society’s plans to make Shanghai City more chaotic.
• Lu Su asked when he could re-enter the Black Flag Secret Realm, and Yan Wenlai gave him permission to go the following day.
• Yan Wenlai offered Lu Su either a Bronze Grade material or entry to a Bronze Grade Secret Realm as an additional reward, and Lu Su chose the Secret Realm.

Lu Su returned to the Black Flag Secret Realm with Zhao Chang, Old Liu, and Silver Grade Card Master Wang Youwei to avenge Zhou Yi. After they entered, they spotted a ship fleeing the entrance and gave chase, leaving Old Liu stranded on the coast.

• Lu Su met Zhao Chang, Old Liu, and Wang Youwei at the Black Flag Secret Realm entrance, where Old Liu apologized and Zhao Chang thanked him for remembering Zhou Yi.
• Wang Youwei grumbled about being assigned to protect Lu Su, whom he mistakenly assumed was a leader’s spoiled child.
• Lu Su and the others entered the Black Flag Secret Realm and began looking for a way to reach Skull Island.
• The group spotted a ship speeding away from the entrance, and Lu Su pursued it on Pidgeot with Wang Youwei riding with Zhao Chang, while Old Liu was left behind.

Lu Su and Wang Youwei learned that Black Flag had united the pirate crews and planned to leave the Secret Realm, so they sailed for Skull Island to eliminate its leaders. Seeing Captain and Xiao Yan’s bodies displayed at the dock, Lu Su abandoned the plan to sneak in and ordered Luffy to attack Moore.

• Lu Su questioned the last pirate on the ship, learned that Black Flag had united the crews on Skull Island, and had Kaneki kill him.
• Wang Youwei proposed sneaking into Skull Island to kill the pirate leaders, and Lu Su asked to kill Moore himself.
• Zhao Chang returned with Old Liu, and the group sailed toward Skull Island, where they found Captain and Xiao Yan’s bodies hanging from flagpoles.
• Lu Su ordered the ship to crash into the dock, and he and the others landed safely with Luffy’s help.
• Moore arrived and mocked Lu Su over the displayed corpses, but Lu Su told Luffy to go all out against him.

Luffy used Gear Third to defeat Moore, while Wang Youwei eliminated the other pirate leaders and drove the remaining pirates away. After Zhao Chang thanked Lu Su for avenging Zhou Yi, he gave him the material condensed from Moore.

• Luffy used Gear Third to batter Moore with Giant Pistol and Giant Axe, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Lu Su ordered Luffy to finish Moore with Giant Rocket, and Luffy disappeared after the attack as a mysterious voice mentioned a king.
• The remaining pirate leaders charged at Lu Su and his allies, but Wang Youwei killed them, causing the other pirates to flee.
• Zhao Chang thanked Lu Su for avenging Zhou Yi and gave him the material condensed from Moore, identified as a Bronze Grade Elite Pirate Swordsman (Gold).

After clearing the Secret Realm, Lu Su returned home while Bai Yueming and Yan Wenlai discussed their suspicions about a mole in the Association. The Spirit Summoning Society planned to approach Lu Su again and kill him if he refused, as Lu Su considered what card to create next.

• Lu Su refused his share of the materials at first, then accepted them and tried to give them to Zhou Yi's and Xiao Yan's families, only to learn that they had all died.
• Lu Su, Zhao Chang, Old Liu, and Wang Youwei returned to the base, where Lu Su said goodbye and Wang Youwei went to report the mission.
• Bai Yueming and Yan Wenlai discussed keeping Jiang Wang under watch without alerting him, and Yan Wenlai predicted Lu Su would become Bai Yueming's student.
• Jin Ping asked the Suit Man about recruiting Lu Su, then said Xiao Wu would try again and that they would kill Lu Su if he refused.
• At home, Lu Su considered making a card from his Elite Pirate Swordsman (Gold), which he thought could form a Bond with one of his existing cards.

Lu Su bought sword materials and created a Bronze Grade Pirate Hunter Zoro card, which emerged with Red quality and a Straw Hat Pirates bond. After reviewing Zoro’s skills and advancement path, Lu Su summoned him alongside Luffy.

• Lu Su bought a Nameless Demonic Blade and traded Bloody Devourer for two Heirloom Sabers.
• Lu Su wrote Zoro’s story from his childhood training through the events at the Sabaody Archipelago.
• The Mysterious Space created a Red-quality Bronze Grade Pirate Hunter Zoro card with sword techniques, traits, and bonds.
• Lu Su noted that Zoro’s advancement limit was Jade Grade and summoned Zoro and Luffy.

Lu Su considered crafting better equipment for his cards, then arranged a spar between Zoro and Tsugikuni Yoriichi at school. The chapter left the two swordsmen facing off at a combat venue, with Yoriichi realizing Zoro used Three Sword Style.

• Lu Su weighed possible weapons, defensive gear, and a replacement for Pidgeot, but his limited funds and materials constrained his plans.
• Lu Su summoned Zoro and Tsugikuni Yoriichi; Zoro recognized Yoriichi as a powerful swordsman and challenged him to spar.
• Lu Su stopped the fight and said he would arrange a school venue, while Yoriichi showed little desire to fight another human.
• Lu Su returned to school and found Jiang Nanxi exhausted; she told him her father, Jiang Wang, had seemed unhappy, but she did not know why.
• After school, Lu Su borrowed a combat venue from Song Qian and summoned his cards, where Yoriichi finally understood Zoro's Three Sword Style.

Luo Su watched Zoro duel Tsugikuni Yoriichi before returning home, where Gu Wu of the Spirit Summoning Society confronted him and demanded that he join. Luo Su signed the Society’s contract, leaving his future under its control.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi used Sun Breathing to block Zoro’s attack, then admitted defeat because he had broken their agreement to compete only in swordsmanship.
• Luo Su encouraged Zoro, recalled the cards, and returned home on Pidgeot.
• Gu Wu appeared in Luo Su’s living room with a powerful young man, and their pressure forced Luffy, Zoro, Kaneki, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi to their knees.
• Gu Wu invited Luo Su to join the Spirit Summoning Society and hinted that refusing would come at a price.
• Luo Su examined Gu Wu’s contract and signed it.

After signing a contract with the Spirit Summoning Society, Lu Su realized it had mistaken him for the dead original owner and believed he had escaped its control. He accepted a gift and discovered that Ma Liang, the Ning'an District Card Master Association chairman, was the Society’s mole and would now serve as his handler, while Lu Su planned to exploit the situation before leaving Shanghai.

• Lu Su signed the Spirit Summoning Society’s contract and discovered its terms in the original owner’s memories, suspecting that the contract had bound the dead original owner instead of him.
• Gu Wu gave Lu Su Bronze Grade Individual Combat Armor material as a gift from the Society.
• Ma Liang arrived, and Lu Su realized the Ning'an District chairman had been the mole who helped the Society track and target him.
• Gu Wu assigned Ma Liang to act as Lu Su’s handler, and Ma Liang greeted Lu Su as his new contact.
• Lu Su hid his suspicions and decided to seek benefits from the Society before leaving Shanghai after the Jiang Province Unified Examination.

After the Spirit Summoning Society left, Russell reflected on his vulnerability and used the armor material he had obtained to create Mark3. He summoned and equipped the new armor, whose artificial intelligence greeted him as its master.

• Gu Wu and the other person left after telling Russell to wait for notification, and Russell comforted his cards while reflecting on how dangerous his work was.
• Russell considered Ma Liang's betrayal and decided he could trust only Bai Yueming and Yan Wenlai with the Gold Water Card.
• Russell bought a Portable Power Core and Basic Artificial Intelligence, then created a silver Mark3 armor card with a flight speed of 200 kilometers per hour.
• Russell examined Mark3's Gold-quality Bronze-grade abilities and learned that its power core provided up to one hour of endurance.
• Russell summoned Mark3 and equipped the silver armor, whose artificial intelligence greeted him.

Lu Su tested Mark3 and considered keeping it secret because he lacked the materials to make another. Ma Liang gave him a Spirit Summoning Society mission to recruit or kill Xu Dalong, and Lu Su flew toward the target’s coastal factory under cover of night.

• Lu Su tested Mark3 with Luffy and decided not to reveal the armor until he had enough materials to support it.
• Ma Liang visited Lu Su and handed him documents about Xu Dalong, a Bronze Grade Card Master who ran several flesh businesses.
• Ma Liang told Lu Su to make Xu Dalong sign the Society’s contract and to kill him if he refused.
• Ma Liang gave Lu Su a Breath Concealment Bead and ordered him to return before midnight, whether or not he completed the mission.
• Lu Su accepted the assignment and flew toward an Abandoned Factory by the coast in his silver armor.

Lu Su rescued a young woman from Xu Dalong’s criminal gang, killing Xu Dalong and the thugs with Zoro and Mark3. He left the woman alive and gave her a false identity as he departed.

• Lu Su entered the factory and confronted Xu Dalong while Xu Dalong was attacking a young woman.
• Lu Su summoned Zoro, who killed Xu Dalong’s Bronze Grade demon with One Mist Silver.
• Mark3’s electromagnetic cannon disabled Xu Dalong’s subordinates’ cards, and Zoro killed Xu Dalong after he tried to bargain for his life.
• A thug held a knife to the woman’s neck, but Mark3 shot him before Lu Su killed the remaining thugs.
• Lu Su spared the woman and, when she asked his name, replied, “I am Iron Man.”