Chapter Summaries

Lu Su considered how to strengthen his card lineup and decided he needed to make the most of his remaining Secret Realm opportunity. At school, he heard rumors about the Ning'an District murders and learned that Jiang Wang seemed to have been sidelined by the Spirit Summoning Society.

• Lu Su reviewed his cards, considered linking Yoriichi's setting to Soul Reaper, and worried that his remaining money would not cover the materials needed to upgrade Yoriichi.
• Lu Su decided to use his remaining Secret Realm opportunity to earn more money, since Mark3 had reduced his need for medical materials and defensive cards.
• At school, Lu Su overheard classmates spreading conflicting rumors about the Ning'an District killer and felt relieved that his identity remained concealed.
• Lu Su spoke with Jiang Nanxi, who said her father had been doing better and spending more time at home.
• Lu Su concluded that the Spirit Summoning Society had likely suspected Jiang Wang of being a mole, but he chose not to expose Ma Liang because it could reveal his own involvement.

Lu Su collected a Bronze-Grade Wraith (Gold) reward from Ma Liang and went to the Card Master Association to arrange his promised Secret Realm entry. After Lu Su asked for a realm with sword-related materials, Ma Liang found three options for him to consider.

• Lu Su told Ma Liang that he had killed Xu Dalong and his group, then explained that his disguise was called Iron Man.
• Ma Liang gave Lu Su a Bronze-Grade Wraith (Gold) as a mission reward.
• Lu Su took several days off from school and visited Ma Liang to use his promised Bronze Grade Secret Realm entry.
• Lu Su asked Ma Liang to find a Secret Realm with sword-related materials for Tsugikuni Yoriichi's advancement.
• Ma Liang showed Lu Su information about Sword Forging Manor, Sword Lake, and Demon Sword Chaos.

Lu Su chose Sword Lake to obtain Heart's Inquiry for Yoriichi's next material and entered the Association-controlled secret realm for the first time alone. After receiving the rules and a map, he flew toward the Qi Family's Demon gathering spot, where Heart's Inquiry had matured.

• Lu Su selected Sword Lake, and Ma Liang registered him to enter the secret realm the next day.
• Lu Su collected his permit and traveled to Sword Lake, where Association guards explained the harvesting rules and gave him a map.
• Lu Su reached the lake and learned that Heart's Inquiry came from its Demon families, while a mysterious broken sword remained embedded at the lake's center.
• Lu Su summoned Pidgeot and flew toward the Qi Family's gathering spot, marked as having eleven Black Iron Grade Demons, two Bronze Grade Demons, and matured Heart's Inquiry.

Qi Xu and Qi Nian lamented the Qi Family’s powerless existence under surveillance before Lu Su arrived on their island with Luffy and the others to confront the family’s thirteen members. Lu Su identified the two surviving Bronze Grade Demons, and the confrontation began when Qi Xu summoned a sword that Lu Su recognized as the Bronze Grade Item Material Heart’s Inquiry.

• Qi Xu warned Qi Nian to keep quiet about the Venerable Lord and the Four Calamity Gods because the world’s surveillance could expose them.
• Qi Xu and Qi Nian discussed how the Qi Family and other families at Heart’s Inquiry had been reduced to Stray Dogs who could not escape the inevitable descent.
• Someone hurried to Qi Xu and announced that disaster had struck, while Qi Xu and Qi Nian wondered if their time had come.
• Lu Su rode Pidgeot to the Qi Family island with Luffy and the others, then approached the thirteen Demons openly.
• Qi Xu offered his life in exchange for the others’ safety, but Lu Su ignored him, identified Qi Xu and Qi Nian as his targets, and ordered Luffy and the others to attack.
• Qi Xu summoned a sword, and Lu Su recognized it as the Bronze Grade Item Material Heart’s Inquiry.

Lu Su and his summoned allies defeated the Qi Family Demons in the Secret Realm, but Qi Nian revealed a cryptic secret before an unknown force destroyed him. Lu Su collected the remaining materials and headed into the Qi Family estate to search for valuables.

• Kaneki fought the Qi Family Demons while Luffy faced Qi Xu and Qi Nian, and Kaneki quickly regenerated after Qi Nian severed his Kagune.
• Luffy dodged the father and son's sword attack, then killed Qi Xu with a Rubber Jet Whip.
• Luffy protected Lu Su and struck Qi Nian down, but an unknown force made Qi Nian explode after he began mentioning the Sword Venerable and the Four Calamity Gods.
• Lu Su spared six Demons, collected the materials left at the scene, and regretted losing Qi Nian's material.
• Lu Su left Kaneki to guard the surviving Demons and entered the Qi Family estate with Luffy and the other ally to search for valuables.

Lu Su searched the Qi Family estate after Qi Nian’s self-destruction and found a hidden diary that might shed light on the forces manipulating Secret Realm descents. He secretly had Mark3 record the unreadable text before preparing to hand the diary over to the Association.

• Lu Su considered Qi Nian’s revelations about the Sword Venerable, the Four Calamity Gods, and the possible manipulation of Secret Realms, then speculated that the Spirit Summoning Society might plan to summon one in Shanghai City.
• Lu Su noticed the bed sounded hollow and asked Tsugikuni Yoriichi to cut it open, revealing a book he guessed was a Demon’s diary.
• Lu Su searched the other rooms, found nothing else, and decided to leave after completing his mission at the Qi Family estate.
• Lu Su rode Pidgeot high above the Secret Realm, concealed himself, and used Mark3 to scan the diary so he could keep a copy before handing it over.
• Lu Su dismissed Mark3 and rode Pidgeot back toward the way they had come.

After the Association confiscated Luo Su’s diary from the Secret Realm and paid him one million, he backed up its contents and decided to share them with the Spirit Summoning Society. Ma Liang examined the information at Luo Su’s home, recognized its importance, and said he would report it to the Association and secure Luo Su a reward.

• The base director collected the book from Luo Su, paid him one million, and inspected his phone before letting him leave.
• Luo Su received the payment and messaged Ma Liang, inviting him over so he could pass along the diary’s information.
• Ma Liang left his wife Ying'er at the hospital and went to Luo Su’s home that evening.
• Luo Su disconnected Mark3 from the network, reinstalled the computer’s operating system, and showed Ma Liang the backed-up information.
• Ma Liang recognized the information’s importance, confirmed Luo Su had not shown it to anyone else, and said he would report it to the Association and ensure Luo Su received a reward.

Lu Su began advancing Tsugikuni Yoriichi with three materials, and Yoriichi found himself in Soul Society after death. Hoping the Thirteen Court Guard Squads could help him find Kayo, Yoriichi reached the Soul Reaper Academy and received an eighth-class spirit pressure result.

• Ma Liang transferred the information from Lu Su's computer, promised his reward after the Spirit Summoning Society received it, and left.
• Lu Su chose Sword Seeker (Purple), Heart's Inquiry (Gold), and Ghost (Gold) to advance Tsugikuni Yoriichi, then entered the Mysterious Space.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi awoke young in West 80th District of Rukongai and learned that he was in Soul Society, where he hoped to find Kayo.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi became a notorious villain in West 80th District through his swordsmanship until Unohana Yachiru defeated him and said the Thirteen Court Guard Squads could help him find his family.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi traveled to Seireitei, learned that the Soul Reaper ranks had vacancies, and took the Soul Reaper Academy aptitude test.
• The academy instrument revealed that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had eighth-class spirit pressure.

Lu Su’s Tsugikuni Yoriichi entered the Soul Reaper Academy, awakened his Shikai, and graduated early to become the Third Seat of the Fifth Division. Lu Su then summoned the upgraded card, which left Yoriichi appearing in Soul Reaper attire with his Zanpakuto at his side.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi entered the Soul Reaper Academy after testing at eighth-grade Spirit Pressure, and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto chose not to intervene personally.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi studied the four Soul Reaper skills, struggled with Kido, and failed to make progress in Jinzen with his Asauchi.
• Unohana Yachiru challenged Tsugikuni Yoriichi and asked whether he could find his wife while so weak.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi received a response in Jinzen, awakened his flame-type Zanpakuto, Sun Wheel, and achieved Shikai.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi graduated early, joined the Fifth Division as its Third Seat, and Lu Su’s card gained new Soul Reaper skills, traits, and bonds.
• Lu Su summoned the upgraded Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who appeared in standard Soul Reaper attire with a Zanpakuto at his waist.

Lu Su learned that the Jiang Province Unified Examination could lead to early university admission and received a new assignment from the Spirit Summoning Society. He agreed to pursue an inland university while privately rejecting the Society’s attempt to control him.

• Lu Su held back from testing Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s Shikai because he feared attracting attention, then continued his daily meditation.
• Song Qian announced that the advanced class would travel to Nandu for the Jiang Province Unified Examination, where top-ranked students could earn early admission to major universities.
• Lu Su planned to use the examination to pursue Nanda University, since Shanghai University was already his fallback and Bai Yueming had made him a promise.
• Ma Liang paid Lu Su for his previous intelligence with the Silver-grade material Lone Star (Gold) and offered him a new Spirit Summoning Society mission.
• Ma Liang asked Lu Su to choose an inland university after the exam, and Lu Su appeared reluctant but privately resolved not to become the Society’s pawn.

Lu Su arrived in Nandu for the Jiang Province Unified Examination and was approached by a woman connected to the Spirit Summoning Society. He slipped away from his classmates and reached the meeting place, only to discover it was the Yichun Courtyard.

• Lu Su arrived in Nandu with his classmates and checked into a single room at Le Cheng Grand Hotel.
• Miaoxuan approached Lu Su with a card inviting him to meet at 175 Jiangzhu Road, and he recognized the Spirit Summoning Society's involvement.
• Lu Su suspected someone had watched him at the station and kept the card rather than leaving it in his room.
• Lu Su asked Song Qian for permission to go out, then tricked Lin Yue into staying behind by claiming he planned to visit the Yichun Courtyard.
• Lu Su took a roundabout route to the address on the card and found himself at the Yichun Courtyard's Jiangzhu Road Main Branch.

Lu Su met Miaoxuan, his Spirit Summoning Society contact in Nandu, at Yichun Courtyard after she summoned him there. She confirmed her identity and said she had intelligence about his opponents in the Jiang Province Unified Examination.

• Lu Su entered Yichun Courtyard after realizing where Miaoxuan had asked him to meet her.
• The Procuress escorted Lu Su upstairs, where Miaoxuan revealed that she could change her appearance.
• Lu Su tried to leave when Miaoxuan teased him about working at the establishment, but she said he already knew why she had called him.
• Miaoxuan admitted she belonged to the Spirit Summoning Society and showed Lu Su a contract to prove it.
• Miaoxuan told Lu Su she would be his Nandu contact and had intelligence about his Jiang Province Unified Examination opponents.

Lu Su received Miaoxuan’s files on Bronze Grade contestants in the Jiang Province Unified Examination and agreed to repay her with one favor within his ability. He left Yichun Courtyard for his hotel while Miaoxuan suspected the Spirit Summoning Society had sent him undercover.

• Lu Su read Miaoxuan’s intelligence files, which named Kong Cong, Hu Lai, Xue Ming, and other Bronze Grade students, though some card details were missing or outdated.
• Lu Su thanked Miaoxuan and promised to help her once in the future, provided the request fell within his ability.
• Miaoxuan teased Lu Su about staying with her, but he dismissed her offer and left the top floor.
• After Lu Su departed, Miaoxuan remarked that his maturity was unusual for a high school student and connected it to his undercover assignment.
• Lu Su took a Dada Taxi toward his hotel, and the driver muttered that students these days were into wild things and Great Ming was doomed.

Lu Su attended the opening ceremony of the Jiang Province Unified Examination, where university and corporate representatives took notice of him as a promising Bronze Grade Card Master. The ceremony left him suspecting that someone had intercepted the Daming Dynasty Court’s response to his earlier achievements.

• Lu Su met Lin Yue at the hotel, denied visiting Yichun Courtyard, and returned to his room.
• The Jiang Province Unified Examination began, and Lu Su skipped the preliminaries because he was already a registered Bronze Grade Card Master.
• Lu Su greeted Kong Cong in the contestants' viewing area, prompting students from other cities to wonder why Kong Cong treated him with such respect.
• During the opening ceremony, Lu Su appeared on the venue's screen, and university and corporate representatives marked him as a promising talent.
• After the ceremony, Lu Su concluded that the Daming Dynasty Court had influence of its own and suspected someone had embezzled the response he was owed.

Lu Su watched the preliminary matches and prepared for his final group match against Tian Lan, a Bronze Grade Card Master whose ghost-type card countered physical fighters. He summoned an evolved Tsugikuni Yoriichi, leaving Jiang Nanxi to wonder whether he had advanced to Bronze Grade and gained a way to counter ghosts.

• The preliminaries ended with 128 students remaining, and Lu Su learned that he and Tian Lan were the only Bronze Grade Card Masters in their group.
• Lu Su observed Tian Lan's floating card and deduced that it was ghost-type, making it dangerous for low-level physical fighters.
• Tian Lan won her matches and joined Lu Su at the top of the group standings, setting up their final match to decide who advanced.
• Jiang Nanxi worried that Lu Su might have to reveal his cards to overcome Tian Lan's ghost-type advantage, while Lin Yue asked whether he could win.
• When the match began, Lu Su summoned Tsugikuni Yoriichi, whose changed appearance made Jiang Nanxi suspect he had advanced to Bronze Grade.

Lu Su defeated Tian Lan when Tsugukuni Yoriichi swiftly destroyed her ghost card, and the tournament’s top thirty-two were announced. As the elimination bracket began, Lu Su learned that his first opponent would be Xue Ming of Nanda University Affiliated High School.

• Tian Lan summoned all her cards, but Tsugukuni Yoriichi bound her Black Iron Grade card with Bakudo No. 4 and destroyed her ghost before it could act.
• The referee declared Lu Su the winner, while spectators and academy representatives discussed Tsugukuni Yoriichi’s apparent advantage against soul-type cards.
• Lu Su returned to the rest area and considered how to manage his limited cards and identities while keeping his Bond-based strategy concealed.
• The tournament released its list of the top thirty-two contestants, and Kong Cong told Lu Su that the elimination bracket was out.
• Lu Su saw that he would face Xue Ming of Nanda University Affiliated High School.

During his three days of rest in Nandu, Lu Su visited Miaoxuan and received materials and a guide from the Spirit Summoning Society for creating vampires. He suspected the Society planned to send him on a mission after the Jiang Province Unified Examination, but decided to exploit its resources and create his first Sister Card instead.

• Lu Su accepted Miaoxuan’s invitation after she sent him an image of several materials, then flew to Yichun Courtyard on Big Competition Bird.
• Miaoxuan teased Lu Su about keeping him as a pretty boy and explained that she had told the Procuress he was a distant relative.
• Miaoxuan gave Lu Su an envelope from the Spirit Summoning Society containing three materials and a guide to creating vampires.
• Lu Su realized the guide provided only a basic setup and story outline so the Mysterious Space could assess an original creation.
• Lu Su inferred that the Spirit Summoning Society intended to send him on a mission after the examination and that it did not care if he was exposed.
• Lu Su decided not to use the Society’s vampire template and considered creating a powerful female vampire as his first Sister Card.

Lu Su created and summoned the Bronze-grade vampire card Ren Xiaxin, then prepared to compete in the tournament’s round of thirty-two. His match against Xue Ming began with both contestants revealing their cards.

• Lu Su bought a Gold-quality Bronze-grade Succubus material and used it to create Ren Xiaxin, whose abilities included powerful regeneration, charm, and destructive eyesight.
• Lu Su summoned Ren Xiaxin, spent the night with her, and discovered that she could not bite through his skin to turn him into a vampire.
• Lu Su met Jiang Nanxi in the stands on the opening day of the elimination rounds and said he was confident about facing Xue Ming.
• Xue Ming revealed a Mao Jiang and a Xiangxi Corpse Handler, and Lu Su responded by summoning Luffy and Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
• The referee started Lu Su and Xue Ming’s round-of-thirty-two match.

Lu Su defeated Xue Ming in the arena after Luffy survived a near-fatal attack and helped Tsugikuni Yoriichi behead the Mao Jiang. Xue Ming left the tournament, while Lu Su considered how to strengthen Luffy and keep his other cards secret.

• Xue Ming attached a talisman to the Mao Jiang, enhancing it, while Tsugikuni Yoriichi wounded it and Luffy blocked the Corpse Handler’s lightning attack.
• The Corpse Handler protected himself with a golden bell and summoned a powerful lightning strike that left Luffy smoking, while the Mao Jiang gained strength from the attack.
• The Mao Jiang grabbed Luffy, but Luffy’s Desperate Survival ability let him recover briefly and restrain it as Tsugikuni Yoriichi beheaded it.
• Luffy and Tsugikuni Yoriichi shattered the Corpse Handler’s bell and defeated him, forcing him back into Xue Ming’s mind.
• Xue Ming left the arena, and Lu Su assessed his opponent’s cards and resolved to find a Bond for Luffy.

After Lu Su defeated Xue Ming, university representatives discussed the unusual abilities of his Straw Hat Boy card while Lu Su considered how to strengthen his deck. The chapter left Lu Su planning to wait until the Jiang Province Unified Examination ended before making another card, as Jiang Nanxi resolved to catch up with him.

• University representatives discussed Xue Ming's loss and debated the power and quality of Lu Su's Straw Hat Boy card.
• Song Qian praised Lu Su for surpassing her, and Lu Su credited her guidance for helping him grow.
• Lu Su watched the following matches and realized he needed more defensive Item Cards for future secret-realm explorations.
• Lu Su decided to wait until after the Jiang Province Unified Examination to make another card because he had only a little over 120,000 left.
• Jiang Nanxi recognized that Lu Su might soon leave for Nandu and promised herself that she would catch up to him.