Chapter Summaries

Lu Su secretly dug into the Demons’ underground hideout, killed a Demon, and used Arrogance’s shapeshifting to disguise himself as the victim. He prepared to infiltrate the group, but a Demon called out to him before he could leave.

• Lu Su had Arrogance dig into the mountainside at a spot away from the Demons’ Spirit Pressure readings after Unohana Retsu located them.
• Lu Su sensed that the Demons had blocked or deceived Spiritual Power, then broke through the rock wall and encountered a Demon in the tunnels.
• Lu Su extracted the Demon’s Scent Gland Generation module, crushed him, and had Arrogance observe his appearance.
• Lu Su transformed into the Demon, identified as a Half-Human Weasel, and sealed the tunnel entrance behind him.
• A Demon nearby called out to Huang Mei, asking why he was taking so long to use the toilet.

Lu Su infiltrated a Demon guard group by using a scent-producing ability to pass himself off as one of them, then followed them through the underground settlement. The old man questioned Huang Da about a disturbed Barrier, putting Lu Su’s infiltration at risk.

• Lu Su found four Demons at a sentry post and used Scent Gland Generation to convince them he was one of their group.
• Huang Da revealed that Lu Su’s assumed identity was an orphan named Huang Mei, whose parents had been killed by creatures from the outside world.
• A group of furry-eared Demons arrived to take over the watch, and Huang Da led Lu Su and the others away from the sentry post.
• Lu Su saw a massive metal door guarded by many Demons and spotted Silver grade Huang Kong among the guards.
• At the settlement, an old man asked Huang Da whether anything unusual had happened, then challenged his denial by asking why the Barrier had been disturbed.

Lu Su survived an attempt to poison him and the other imprisoned weasels by killing the food deliverer and taking his identity. Disguised as Zhu Liu, he left the dungeon with another demon who said their lord was waiting.

• The Ancestor questioned Huang Da and examined Lu Su as Huang Mei, then ordered their squad detained under close watch.
• In the dungeon, a suspicious food deliverer served poisoned mush, and Lu Su avoided eating it with Arrogance’s help.
• After Huang Da and the other demons began dying from the poison, Lu Su subdued the food deliverer and had Arrogance kill him.
• Lu Su used Arrogance to take the dead demon’s appearance, collected the materials, and disguised himself as Zhu Liu.
• Lu Su left the dungeon and joined another demon, who said their lord was waiting for them.

Lu Su infiltrated the Pig Family’s hideout and survived the Young Master’s order to die by pretending to stab himself, then transformed into Zhu Wuzhi after absorbing him. He left the woods disguised as the head steward, with a new Sharp Fangs genetic module.

• Lu Su followed Zhu Wu into the Young Master’s study, where the Young Master ordered them both to commit suicide.
• Zhu Wu stabbed himself, and Lu Su followed suit, pretending to die after seeing the Young Master’s suspicion.
• Zhu Wuzhi arrived and agreed to dispose of the bodies, then killed Zhu Shi and Zhu Niao to keep the matter secret.
• Lu Su revived in the woods as a black-and-red monster, seized Zhu Wuzhi, and absorbed him.
• Lu Su gained the Sharp Fangs module and transformed into Zhu Wuzhi’s likeness.

Disguised as the Pig Family’s chief steward, Lu Su returned to the family and learned that its young patriarch and his father had been exposed for killing the Yellow Family squad. When the father and son blamed him to escape punishment, Lu Su faced the Pig Family ancestor and prepared to fight.

• Lu Su returned to the Pig Family disguised as its chief steward after disposing of the demons’ corpses.
• A servant summoned the young patriarch and the chief steward to the reception hall, where the Pig Family ancestor confronted the young patriarch about the Yellow Family squad’s deaths.
• The young patriarch blamed his own greed, while the ancestor revealed that he had been watching the dungeon and warned the gathered patriarchs that he had not arranged the killings.
• Lu Su realized the gathered patriarchs seemed like weak Silver Grade pretenders and considered attacking them with Lily’s help.
• The Pig Family father and son accused Lu Su of involvement, and the ancestor moved to kill him before Lu Su answered with a ferocious threat.

Lu Su exposed his disguise in the Pig Family settlement and Lily’s Caliburn devastated the demons there, but he retreated before reinforcements arrived. He trapped and slaughtered demons at the metal gate, then flew toward the gathering point after the remaining demons assembled there.

• The old man recognized Lu Su as an outsider, and the demons attacked him, but Danku shielded him from their assault.
• Lily fired Caliburn through the underground settlement, killing dozens of demons and leaving the old man badly wounded; Lu Su fled after sensing approaching reinforcements.
• Lu Su flew to the metal gate and used Ren Xiaxin’s charm to make the Black Iron Grade demons kill themselves, while he and Unohana Retsu dealt with the remaining threats.
• Lu Su collected materials from the battlefield, waited at the gate, and killed two more Silver grade demons who tried to escape.
• After two days without further demons approaching the gate, Lu Su flew toward the gathering point and spotted the remaining demons assembled together.

Lu Su confronted the Demons and followed their leader to an underground chamber, where he survived their ambush and obtained the ancient tome. The old Demon died, leaving Lu Su to examine the book and pursue its secrets.

• Lu Su rejected the old Demon's attempt to bargain for his clansmen's lives in exchange for an ancient tome, but agreed to follow him to its hiding place.
• The old Demon sent the Silver grade Demons to slit their throats and unleash a crimson torrent, but Lily's Caliburn met the attack while Lu Su fled to safety.
• After Lily survived the clash, she beat the weakened old Demon into submission, and Lu Su used Arrogance to control him and retrieve the tome.
• Lu Su extracted the old Demon's genetic module, took the book, and watched the old man die before beginning to read it.

Lu Su harvested the defeated Demons’ materials, learned that the old man’s gene module could prevent a fatal attack, and searched the underground lair for surviving Silver Grade Demons. Meanwhile, Guan Jie and his companions fled a pursuing Demon until Lu Su appeared to intercept it.

• Lu Su photographed the unreadable book, collected Demon materials, and discovered that the old man’s Substitute Death module could negate a fatal attack by sacrificing a same-grade card.
• Lu Su decided to leave the weaker Demons alive and searched the underground space for any remaining Silver Grade Demons.
• Guan Jie and his two companions recounted how they had found the Demons underground, been surrounded, and fled after Guan Jie’s cards covered their retreat.
• Guan Jie and his companions worried about Lu Su, then sensed a Silver Grade Demon catching up with them.
• Lu Su dropped from the sky and greeted Guan Jie’s group.

Lu Su rescued Guan Jie and his companions from pursuing Demons, then revealed that he had already completed his mission. As they rested, Guan Jie explained how points worked, leaving Lu Su to wait with them while they recovered their cards.

• Guan Jie asked Lu Su to deal with the Demons pursuing him and his two companions, and Lu Su vanished into the woods.
• Guan Jie and his companions rested and speculated that Lu Su might have retreated from his mission.
• Lu Su returned with the Demons' heads, and Guan Jie offered to help him complete his mission until Lu Su said it was already done.
• Guan Jie promised Lu Su points as repayment and explained that points could be earned and traded for goods, materials, and Card Master insights.
• Lu Su told the exhausted group to sit and waited while they recovered their cards.

After returning from the Secret Realm, Lu Su registered his mission and kept the ancient book he had found. He reviewed his loot and spent his points on two materials for a Shadow Army card, then contacted his Senior Disciple Sister for help with the missing material and the book’s writing.

• Lu Su left Guan Jie and the others, exited the Secret Realm, registered his cleared area with the guard, and chose not to mention the ancient book.
• Lu Su returned home, rested after a Pokémon battle, and sorted through the materials he had collected during the trip.
• Lu Su checked the Point Platform and found that its material buyback prices were far below market value.
• Lu Su decided to make a Shadow Army card for travel, storage, and housework, and spent all 2,020 points on a Shadow Ninja and a Mind-Capturing Mask.
• Lu Su messaged his Senior Disciple Sister to ask about the missing third material, the ancient book, and learning the Secret Realm writing.

Lu Su traded for a Gold-quality Shadow Demon material and created Ghost Shadow Mask · Nika, an Item Card that summoned the Ghost Shadow Legion. After testing its storage, teleportation, and household abilities, he turned his attention to learning the secret realm Demons’ language.

• Lu Su shared photos of the ancient book in the group chat, and Kurumi sent him study materials for the secret realm Demons’ writing.
• Li Fuyu warned Lu Su not to tell ordinary people about the book’s contents, while Bai Yueming said he would soon have time to guide Lu Su in Shanghai City.
• Lu Su asked Kurumi to trade Silver-grade materials for a higher-quality material, and she offered him a large selection of Purple- and Gold-quality materials.
• Lu Su selected a Gold-quality Silver-grade Shadow Demon material and left Kurumi’s other materials with her for safekeeping.
• Lu Su created and refined Ghost Shadow Mask · Nika, which summoned Ghost Shadow Soldiers and connected its holder to the Shadow Kingdom.
• Lu Su tested the soldiers’ storage and five-kilometer teleportation abilities, discovered they could cook and clean, and decided to focus on learning the Demons’ language.

Lu Su read a Demon diary describing the Sword Venerable’s defeat, the Four Calamity Gods’ arrival, and the Qi Family’s world being reduced to the lake around them. An ancient book then suggested that secret realm creatures had once corrupted a world’s inhabitants after killing a Demon God, leaving Lu Su to suspect that the secret realms came from other worlds.

• Lu Su translated the diary and learned that Master Huang had warned the Qi Family about a coming catastrophe and an entity more powerful than the Venerable Lord.
• The diary recorded that the Sword Venerable fought the Plague King, one of the Four Calamity Gods’ four great Kings, and lost; Master Huang died in the war.
• The diary’s author witnessed the Four Calamity Gods appear in the sky and later found that the world had been reduced to the lake around the Qi Family.
• Lu Su suspected that the Spirit Summoning Society was targeting the Four Calamity Gods.
• Lu Su read an ancient book about secret realm creatures killing a Demon God and turning the inhabitants of his world into creatures like themselves, and concluded that secret realms originated from other worlds.

After discovering that an ancient book described the origins of secret realms, Lu Su gave the Spirit Summoning Society photographs of its contents and tried to make Miaoxuan believe he was gradually accepting his place in the Society. He returned to Nanda University’s classes, where his Ghost Shadow Soldiers impressed his classmates, and received a message from Chai Hao to visit the Battle Club.

• Lu Su concluded that the ancient book explained the origins of secret realms and decided to share photographs of it with the Spirit Summoning Society in exchange for possible rewards.
• Lu Su traveled to Miaoxuan’s room in a chair carried through the shadows by Ghost Shadow Soldiers and gave her a USB drive containing the book’s contents.
• Miaoxuan praised Lu Su for giving the original book to his teacher rather than the Imperial Court and said the Society wanted him to appear more often before Bai Yueming.
• Lu Su returned home and reflected that he had convinced Miaoxuan he was gradually accepting his identity in the Spirit Summoning Society.
• At Nanda University, Lu Su surprised He Shoushou and He Qifeng with his Ghost Shadow Soldiers, who carried his books and offered the students snacks.
• Chai Hao messaged Lu Su to come to the Battle Club after his last class, and Lu Su agreed.

Lu Su joined the Battle Club's other main team members and learned that the team would spar with Southeast University that weekend. Liu Yu then challenged Lu Su to a match, and Chai Hao urged them both to hold back as they prepared to spar.

• Lu Su went to the Battle Club office, where Chai Hao gathered the five main team members and announced a practice match with Southeast University's Battle Club.
• Lu Su introduced himself to Liu Yu, Sun Jian, You Mengnan, and Du Jing.
• Liu Yu asked Lu Su to spar so the team could learn about each other's fighting styles before the National Tournament.
• Lu Su agreed, and the group headed to the mountaintop arena.
• Chai Hao told Liu Yu and Lu Su to hold back, then advised Lu Su not to worry about the result.

Lu Su and Liu Yu sparred with their cards, and Lu Su revealed his Seireitei Field Card to break apart Liu Yu’s darkened battlefield. The demonstration left Liu Yu and the crowd stunned as the evening sunlight returned to the arena.

• Lu Su summoned Lily and Unohana Retsu for the spar while Liu Yu summoned two cards that spread black shadows across the arena.
• Lily attacked Liu Yu’s black humanoid card, but it melted into the ground and the dragon-snake creature unleashed a wave of shadows.
• Unohana Retsu used healing arts to restore Lily after the shadows cut her face, drawing Liu Yu’s interest in her card’s healing ability.
• Lu Su summoned the Seireitei Field Card behind Unohana Retsu and used its power to fire a massive lightning attack through the dark clouds.
• Liu Yu recognized Seireitei as a Field Card and voiced his astonishment.

Lu Su ended his match with Liu Yu before either revealed all their cards, then rejected the Battle Club’s internal posturing and rumors. On Saturday, he headed to the Battle Club for the arranged match against East University.

• Liu Yu called off his match with Lu Su and invited him to join the Battle Club, while Lu Su declined to show enthusiasm about joining.
• Liu Yu told Sun Jian to stop criticizing Lu Su, and Du Jing left the mountaintop without waiting for a response.
• Rumors spread through the Card Making Department about why Liu Yu had ended the match, and Lu Su suspected someone was stirring them up.
• Lu Su decided to ignore the Battle Club’s internal politics and focus on making stronger cards.
• On Saturday, Lu Su went to the Battle Club for the match with East University that Chai Hao had arranged.

Lu Su and Nanda University's Battle Club traveled to East University for a sparring match, where Pan Fang predicted his team would win. With the Gold Grade Barrier in place, Liu Yu and East University's Lu Ren were chosen to fight first.

• Lu Su arrived at the Battle Club and considered what card to make next while planning to let Lily demonstrate her power during the sparring.
• Chai Hao brought the group to East University in his battered minivan, whose interior held far more space than its exterior suggested.
• Pan Fang greeted Chai Hao at East University's gates and boasted that his team would win because one of his students had recently made a major breakthrough.
• Pan Fang completed the venue paperwork and activated a Gold Grade Barrier around the sparring grounds.
• Liu Yu volunteered to fight first for Nanda University, and Pan Fang sent Lu Ren, a boy with black-rimmed glasses and a bowl cut, to face him.

Liu Yu’s lightning-powered warrior battered Lu Ren’s defenses, but Lu Su realized the seemingly inactive taoist had turned the battle against him. The Dragon Serpent entered cooldown while the storm clouds remained, and Lu Su predicted Liu Yu would lose.

• Liu Yu’s armored warrior summoned lightning and hurled repeated Lightning Spears at Lu Ren’s Knight and taoist, who held behind the Giant Tower Shield.
• Liu Yu charged the warrior into the shield, cracking it and leaving Lu Ren’s Knight and taoist exposed.
• As Liu Yu prepared a finishing strike, his Dragon Serpent entered cooldown and the dark clouds continued to hang over the arena.
• Lu Su said Liu Yu was going to lose, prompting Du Jing, You Mengnan, and Sun Jian to react with disbelief.

Lu Su entered the battle against Lu Ren after Liu Yu lost, while Nanda University’s team doubted their chances. As Unohana Retsu and Lily endured the Taoist’s lightning behind a barrier, Lu Su launched a counterattack that stunned everyone.

• Liu Yu lost to Lu Ren after the Taoist’s lightning overwhelmed his cards, and Sun Jian blamed him for the defeat.
• Lu Su volunteered to fight next, despite Liu Yu warning that Lu Ren’s Knight and Taoist would be difficult to overcome quickly.
• Lu Su summoned Unohana Retsu and Lily, along with a Field Card that startled East University’s students.
• Unohana Retsu cast Splitting Void to shield herself and Lily from Lu Ren’s enhanced lightning, but the barrier quickly cracked.
• As the onlookers assumed Lu Su’s cards were helpless targets, a girl cried out, “Caliburn!”, leaving everyone stunned.

Law’s Lily unleashed a devastating attack during the battle with East University, destroying the arena and ending the match. Back home, Law chose materials to create Fubuki, whom he called Xue, and began preparing to make her.

• Lily’s Caliburn overwhelmed Lu Ren’s defenses, broke the battle Barrier, and destroyed much of the arena without injuring anyone.
• Pan Fang and Chai Hao ended the battle and assured Law that the school would handle the damage.
• Back at Nanda University, Liu Yu apologized to Law for underestimating him, while Sun Jian watched them resentfully.
• Law reviewed his materials and points, deciding to make Fubuki from One Punch Man as a sustained-combat card and potential partner for Lily.
• Law bought the remaining material, Silver-grade Psychokinetic Envoy, from Manager Wang’s trading company and returned home to make Blizzard of Hell.