Chapter Summaries

Lu Su learned that Unohana Retsu could only use her swordsmanship after her condition worsened, then sparred with her and claimed victory. He arrived at Nanda University's Xianling Campus for his late enrollment and asked two students for directions to his class.

• Unohana Retsu told Lu Su that she could only use swordsmanship once her condition had dropped, and Lu Su asked her to teach him.
• Lu Su sparred with Unohana Retsu in his bedroom and got up the next morning with a sore lower back, boasting that his sword had never been dull.
• Lu Su checked a message from Shi Wenrao confirming that his Nanda University enrollment was complete, then meditated.
• Lu Su flew to Nanda University's Xianling Campus wrapped in Arrogance, drawing attention from students at the gate.
• Lu Su showed his admission notice and student ID to two Card Making Department students, then asked them how to reach his class.

Lu Su joined Nanda University’s Card Making Department class and revealed that Bai Yueming was his teacher, explaining his connection to Kurumi. During a practical combat lesson, his classmates urged him to face Kurumi’s Yellow Turban Warrior first, and the chapter ended as the warrior attacked and Lu Su responded confidently.

• He Shoushou and He Qifeng guided Lu Su to Class One of the Card Making Department and discovered he was their new classmate.
• Lu Su introduced himself to the class and said Bai Yueming was his teacher, explaining why he called Kurumi Senior Disciple Sister.
• After a day, Lu Su joined He Shoushou and He Qifeng for practical combat class on the mountain summit.
• Kurumi arranged a wilderness self-preservation exercise with her Yellow Turban Warrior, and Lu Su’s classmates urged him to go first.
• The Yellow Turban Warrior launched a powerful punch at Lu Su, who said Kurumi had underestimated him.

Lu Su used Arrogance to defeat Kurumi’s Yellow Turban Warrior with ease during his first class at Nanda University. After class, He Shoushou invited him to join the Battle Club and explained the National Tournament and its rewards.

• Lu Su caught the Yellow Turban Warrior’s punch, severed its arm, and destroyed it while Kurumi watched.
• Kurumi recorded a perfect score for Lu Su’s ability to protect himself in wild battles, and the other students reacted with astonishment.
• Lu Su urged Kurumi to continue the class, and the remaining students took turns fighting Yellow Turban Warriors without defeating one outright.
• After class, He Shoushou praised Lu Su and invited him to join the Battle Club.
• He Shoushou told Lu Su that the Battle Club prepared students for the National Tournament, whose top prizes included entry to the Welfare Secret Realm and Gold Grade materials.

Lu Su learned that students obtained materials through Secret Realm cleanup courses and joined the Battle Club, where he challenged second-year core member Guan Jie. The duel began on the mountaintop with Lu Su summoning Nami, Luffy, Tsugikuni Yoriichi, and Unohana Retsu.

• He Shoushou explained that first- and second-year students entered Secret Realms for cleanup training, making Lu Su more certain that Ma Liang's earlier Black Flag Secret Realm mission had been unusually dangerous.
• Lu Su went with He Shoushou to join the Battle Club and told Teacher Chai that he wanted to become a core member.
• Lu Su revealed that he was a Silver Grade Card Master and challenged Guan Jie, a second-year core member, drawing a crowd of students.
• Teacher Chai led Lu Su and Guan Jie to the mountaintop, where he started their duel.
• Lu Su summoned Nami, Luffy, Tsugikuni Yoriichi, and Unohana Retsu, while Guan Jie mocked him for appearing to rely on lower-grade cards.

Lu Su challenged Battle Club core member Guan Jie and won after Unohana Retsu revealed her terrifying combat strength. The teachers approved Lu Su’s promotion to core member, while he considered how to make another Silver grade card and use his annual Secret Realm reward.

• Guan Jie summoned his Silver grade Yaksha and Asura, while Lu Su sent Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Nami, Luffy, and Unohana Retsu into battle.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s Sun Wheel and Luffy’s powerful attacks failed to break Yaksha and Asura’s defensive barrier, but Unohana Retsu’s Kurohitsugi destroyed it and wounded them.
• Guan Jie sent Asura after Unohana Retsu, only for her to block Asura’s strike and unleash a devastating slash that nearly split the arena.
• A middle-aged taoist in a yellow robe stopped Unohana Retsu before she could strike again, and the teachers protected the students from the collapsing arena.
• Teacher Chai accepted that Lu Su qualified to become a core member, and Lu Su resolved to make another Silver grade card using Nanda University’s annual self-selected Secret Realm reward.

After defeating Guan Jie, Lu Su learned about Field Cards and chose a Silver Grade secret realm to seek materials for his first one. Shi Wenrao registered his selection, but told him to report to the Sunset District government office rather than the Card Master Association.

• Lu Su was congratulated by He Shoushou and He Qifeng after defeating Guan Jie, and news of his victory spread through the Card Making Department.
• Lu Su studied Field Cards and learned that they enhanced cards on the field, were generated from materials and a chosen system, and needed further investment to level up.
• Lu Su asked Kurumi for time off and contacted Shi Wenrao to enter the school's promised secret realm.
• Shi Wenrao explained that Great Ming's controlled secret realms reached only Gold Grade, then gave Lu Su a tablet to browse available realms.
• Lu Su selected the Silver Grade Night Banquet secret realm, which produced the Place of Death field material, and Shi Wenrao registered his choice.
• Shi Wenrao told Lu Su to bring his Card Master certification to the Sunset District government office, leaving Lu Su wondering why he was not going to the Card Master Association.

Lu Su suspected that the Imperial Court and the Association were divided and wondered whether Miaoxuan had access to a wider intelligence network. He entered the Night Banquet Secret Realm with Wu Di, who appeared to have designs on the rare materials there.

• Lu Su chatted with Shi Wenrao, who worried that Lu Su had been caught in a dangerous political struggle and apologized for being unable to help him.
• Lu Su registered to enter the benefit Secret Realm and traveled to Night Banquet Base.
• At the entrance, Lu Su met Wu Di, who had expected to enter alone, and learned that the materials from the Place of Death appeared only once a year.
• Wu Di told Lord Lin he and Lu Su would settle who got the materials themselves, then Lu Su entered the Secret Realm portal ahead of him.
• Wu Di called Lu Su Master Bai's disciple and described their meeting as a delightful coincidence.

Lu Su and Wu Di entered the Night Banquet Secret Realm to harvest Field Materials, but Wu Di tried to reach the core area first and claim the Place of Death. Lu Su caught him, and Wu Di proposed crafting cards with materials he supplied, leaving Lu Su eager to accept the generous offer.

• Lu Su and Wu Di received the Night Banquet Secret Realm map, chose separate areas, and agreed to compete for the Place of Death after harvesting.
• Wu Di headed toward the core area, but Lu Su went there first and caught him preparing to take the Field Material.
• Wu Di proposed that they craft cards on the spot and battle with the finished cards, offering to provide the materials.
• Wu Di explained that he wanted to avoid a public dispute with Bai Yueming's disciple and asked Lu Su to keep the circumstances quiet.
• Lu Su accepted Wu Di's offer to use the materials.

Lu Su chose materials for King Arthur and created the Silver-grade Pure White Knight Princess Artoria, who could advance into the King of Knights and Lion King. After reviewing her abilities, he prepared to use her in a one-on-one match while Wu Di continued working.

• Lu Su recognized the King Arthur materials among Wu Di’s three sets and chose them over the materials for Meng Po and another underworld deity.
• Lu Su wrote Artoria’s origin, depicting her as Uther Pendragon’s daughter who drew Calibur and earned the name Pure White Knight Princess through her adventures.
• Lu Su created the Silver-grade Pure White Knight Princess Artoria card, with Mana Burst, Calibur, and traits that strengthened allies and protected them from emotion-based effects.
• Lu Su noted that Artoria could advance to Master Grade and considered her Leadership Aura and Journey of Flowers useful for military service, though irrelevant in a one-on-one match.
• Lu Su put away Artoria’s card and asked Wu Di whether he was finished, but Wu Di still had his eyes closed.

Lu Su and Wu Di faced off with their newly made cards, Altria and Meng Po. After Meng Po’s River Styx water failed to stop Altria and her soup had no effect, Altria unleashed Caliburn at her.

• The Captain watched Lu Su finish his card quickly and went to observe the duel in person.
• Wu Di finished his card and mistook Lu Su’s speed for a sign that he had made a weak card.
• Lu Su summoned Altria, while Wu Di summoned Meng Po, and the two cards began fighting.
• Meng Po attacked Altria with River Styx water and her emotion-affecting soup, but Altria resisted the soup and avoided the water’s threat.
• Altria raised the Sword of Golden Vows and fired Caliburn at Meng Po as Wu Di shouted for her to dodge.

Lu Su and Altria defeated Wu Di’s Meng Po, winning Lu Su the right to claim the Place of Death. Inside the cave, Lu Su found a Red Quality material and a symbol tied to a diary from another secret realm, deepening his suspicions about the secret realms and the Mysterious Space.

• Altria unleashed a full-force Caliburn strike that destroyed Meng Po and carved a vast ravine, forcing Wu Di to concede to Lu Su.
• Captain arrived, checked whether Lu Su and Wu Di were injured, and left after Wu Di dismissed him.
• Lu Su claimed the Place of Death as agreed, while Wu Di vowed to challenge him openly at the National Tournament.
• Lu Su found the Silver grade Red Quality Place of Death material floating above a pitch-black vortex in the cave.
• Lu Su spotted a symbol matching one in the Sword Lake diary and suspected the secret realms’ origins were connected to the Mysterious Space and the Spirit Summoning Society.

Lu Su cleared a group of Demons in the Night Banquet secret realm, then used a Red Quality Field Material to create the Seireitei field card and discovered its powerful sealed effects. After returning to school, he learned that Wednesday’s class would involve a Silver grade secret realm and began considering upgrades for his cards.

• Lu Su and his cards attacked the Demons in the Night Banquet secret realm, and Unohana Retsu and Lily defeated a Silver grade Ugly Demon while Tsugikuni Yoriichi made sure it was dead.
• Lu Su collected Demon materials, returned home, sold the Bronze grade materials, and kept the Silver grade materials for future use.
• Lu Su combined the Place of Death with the cards of Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Unohana Retsu to create the Red Quality Silver/Diamond grade field card Seireitei.
• Lu Su examined Seireitei’s effects, including sealed abilities involving Shinigami-type Cards, Zero Division, and Soul King Revival.
• Lu Su learned from He Shoushou that Wednesday’s practical class would take the students into a Silver grade secret realm, and considered upgrading Arrogance and eventually replacing Pidgeot.

Lu Su learned why Wu Di resented him and confirmed that the Spirit Summoning Society knew about the growing discord between the Imperial Court and the Association. While caught between several factions, he obtained materials from Manager Wang and prepared to advance Arrogance.

• Lu Su visited Miaoxuan and learned that Wu Di had failed to become Bai Yueming's disciple, giving him reason to expect Wu Di's hostility to continue.
• Lu Su told Miaoxuan about tensions between the Imperial Court and the Association, and she confirmed that the Spirit Summoning Society knew about them and told him to keep quiet.
• Lu Su concluded that his ties to Bai Yueming and the Spirit Summoning Society left him caught between factions, so he decided to strengthen Arrogance before his position became more dangerous.
• Lu Su met Manager Wang, who urged him to consider an Imperial Court internship in exchange for a material; Lu Su declined to commit but bought the Silver Grade [Terrifying Imitator] (Purple).
• Lu Su returned home with the materials needed to advance Arrogance and prepared to strengthen it.

Lu Su finished compiling a story in which Otaku and Arrogance survived a government attack and planned to keep growing in secret. Back in reality, he examined Arrogance’s upgraded abilities and realized Gene Replication could eventually make it extraordinarily powerful, though it could use only one genetic module at a time.

• Otaku gained animal genes through Arrogance, returned from the wilderness, and defeated fighter jets before surviving a thermobaric bomb through rapid regeneration.
• Otaku and Arrogance agreed they were one, then Otaku entered the city in disguise to keep developing without confronting the whole world.
• Lu Su finished the compilation and found that Arrogance had advanced to Silver grade with Super Regeneration, Gene Replication, and Indestructible.
• Lu Su recognized Gene Replication’s potential but noted that Arrogance could insert only one genetic module at a time.

Lu Su traveled to Dabie Mountain to farm genetic modules and test Arrogance after its advancement. There, Yuan Hua and Shi Wu encountered Lu Su’s monstrous Arrogance and froze under its overwhelming pressure.

• Arrogance returned to Lu Su and enhanced his body, and Lu Su discovered it had acquired an Iron Kidney genetic module from him.
• Lu Su asked Kurumi for a day off, then chose Dabie Mountain as a nearby place to farm better genetic modules before practical training.
• Lu Su rode Arrogance, possessing a Pidgeot, to Dabie Mountain and tested its strength after it advanced to Silver grade.
• Yuan Hua and Shi Wu, lost in Dabie Mountain after several days of hiking, heard a crash and fled from the approaching danger.
• Shi Wu stopped to face the threat, but Yuan Hua pointed out a massive black-and-red humanoid monster blocking their path.
• Lu Su’s monster asked Yuan Hua and Shi Wu why they were running, and its overwhelming pressure left them unable to move.

Lu Su rescued Yuan Hua and Shi Wu from a Bronze Grade Roving Demon in Dabie Mountain and tested Arrogance’s ability to extract gene modules from Demons. After obtaining the Shadow Bloodline module, he prepared to escort the two men out of the forest.

• Lu Su transformed back into a youth, showed Yuan Hua and Shi Wu his Card Master Association identification, and learned they had come to challenge themselves in the woods.
• Lu Su sensed something wrong in the dark forest, transformed into Arrogant Form, and attacked a lurking Demon before it could strike Yuan Hua and Shi Wu.
• Lu Su identified the creature as a weak Bronze Grade Roving Demon and had Arrogance extract its gene modules while his cards guarded and watched Yuan Hua and Shi Wu.
• Arrogance acquired the Shadow Bloodline module, which increased concealment, and Lu Su learned it could not extract gene modules from card creatures.
• Lu Su crushed the Demon’s head, collected its material, and turned back to take Yuan Hua and Shi Wu out of the forest.

Lu Su escorted Yuan Hua and his companion to an Association outpost, where his Silver Grade status and connection to Bai Yueming impressed the local officials. He returned to Dabie Mountain to test a newly extracted ant gene module, then set out to hunt birds.

• Lu Su brought Yuan Hua and his companion to the county Association outpost and explained how he had rescued them.
• The middle-aged woman discovered Lu Su was a Silver Grade Card Master and notified President Bao, who hurried over and treated him deferentially.
• President Bao arranged for Yuan Hua and his companion to return to their registered residence after Lu Su left on his black-and-red giant bird.
• Lu Su returned to Dabie Mountain, extracted the Leg Muscle Cluster gene module from ants, and replaced Iron Kidney with it.
• Lu Su's kick sank his foot into a boulder, so Arrogance took control and smashed the boulder through the trees.
• Lu Su tried jumping skyward to search for birds, fell without being able to change direction, summoned Pidgeot, and prepared to hunt.

Lu Su returned to Nandu after gathering genetic modules, then joined Nanda University’s Silver Grade field training to eliminate Demons in a secret realm. As students received their mission at a heavily guarded base, survivors within the realm prepared to hide from the Card Masters.

• Lu Su flew back to Nandu in Arrogant Form, passed an inspection, and learned that flying over two hundred kilometers per hour within the city counted as speeding.
• Lu Su sorted his genetic modules, found Streamlined Muscles and Keen Smell, and relied on Arrogance and Battle Master to manage module switching.
• Kurumi escorted Lu Su to the Silver Grade field training group, where he chose to act alone as the teacher warned students about the risks inside the secret realm.
• A young man asked his weakened Ancestor what their clan should do, and the Ancestor ordered the remaining clan members to hide in underground chambers while warning him about It.
• Lu Su arrived with the students at a heavily guarded base, received the mission to eliminate Silver Grade Demons in a designated area, and set out with the group.

Lu Su studied his assigned mission area, exchanged messages with his Third Disciple Brother Li Fuyu, and entered the secret realm for practical training. After confirming the torrential rain was harmless, he transformed and flew toward his target area alone.

• Lu Su examined a detailed three-dimensional map and found that his mission was to eliminate Silver grade Demons in a mountainous forest.
• Li Fuyu welcomed Lu Su to the sect group chat and described the increased dangers in recent secret realms, while Kurumi briefly replied.
• Lu Su put away his phone, apologized to the instructor for replying to a message, and entered the secret realm.
• Guan Jie and his companions decided to travel toward their target despite the rain, and Guan Jie spotted Lu Su setting out alone.
• Lu Su sensed that the rain was ordinary, shifted into Arrogant Form, spread his Spiked Wings, and flew away from the entrance.

Lu Su reached the demon faction’s mountain stronghold and found its buildings abandoned, then searched his assigned area for the missing demons. Unohana Retsu sensed that the demons were hiding underground, and Lu Su began looking for their entrance.

• Lu Su arrived at the mountain stronghold and found many buildings collapsed and no demons in sight.
• Lu Su summoned his cards and searched the complex, but found no trace of the demons.
• Guan Jie warned his team to be cautious as they approached a silent village.
• Lu Su searched the surrounding area without finding any demons and realized their belongings suggested they had not fled far.
• Unohana Retsu used Kido #58: Seize the Sparrow's Leg and sensed many Spirit Pressure signatures underground.
• Lu Su concluded that the demons were hiding below the stronghold and set out to find their entrance.