Chapter Summaries

Lin Qi secured a large order from Fengye for Healing Cards and asked her to search for skeleton-type Summoning Cards in Xinyao City. After Fengye left, Lin Feng explained why high-quality Healing Cards were so valuable and scarce in their remote region.

• Fengye offered to increase her order to two hundred one-star Healing Cards and agreed to bring Lin Qi the materials in two days.
• Lin Qi promised that Lin Feng would make the cards and asked Fengye to look for skeleton-type Summoning Cards in Xinyao City.
• After Fengye left, Lin Qi calculated that the deal could earn him at least five hundred thousand Ka'en and closed the shop.
• Lin Qi asked Lin Feng why Healing Cards were so valuable, and Lin Feng explained their healing abilities and the lack of high-quality cards in nearby towns.

Lin Qi fused Skeleton Warrior and magic, armor, and weapon cards into the blue three-star Hellfire Skeleton, advancing to a Three-Star Card Master and gaining fire resistance. He prepared to fuse more cards to fill his newly opened Card Slot, aiming to create a three-star Obscuring Dust Spell for escape.

• Lin Qi used his Fusion Card to turn the Skeleton Foot Soldier cards into three two-star Skeleton Warrior Summoning Cards.
• Lin Qi fused the Skeleton Warriors with Exploding Fireball, equipment, and armor cards to create the blue three-star Hellfire Skeleton.
• Lin Qi formed a mental link with the Hellfire Skeleton and received a surge of Source Power that advanced him to a Three-Star Card Master and gave him fire resistance.
• Lin Qi resolved to take revenge on Lei De and the bandits on Stone Iron Mountain, despite the Grand Card Master backing them.
• Lin Qi began mass-producing Obscuring Dust Spell cards to try to fuse them into a three-star escape spell.

Lin Qi discovered that fusing five Confounding Dust Cards produced only a one-star Mist, but fusing five Mist Cards created a green two-star Hazy Smokescreen. After exhausting his Source Power, he told Lin Feng he had reached Three-Star Card Master and set a seven-day deadline to prepare for confronting Lei De and the bandits on Stone Iron Mountain.

• Lin Qi fused Confounding Dust Cards twice and got one-star Mist cards, then tested mixed junk cards and produced a white two-star Burning Trap.
• Lin Qi reviewed his fusion notes and hypothesized that the Mist cards were too weak to advance directly to green quality.
• Lin Qi fused five Mist cards and created a green two-star Hazy Smokescreen, then used hundreds of junk cards to make more Mist cards until his Source Power ran low.
• Lin Qi asked Lin Feng for a Source Crystal and revealed that he had advanced to Three-Star Card Master, prompting Lin Feng to celebrate and suggest leaving the family’s affairs to him.
• Lin Qi gave Lin Feng seven days to cultivate and promised to obtain ten Source Crystals, then declared he would settle matters with Lei De and wipe out the Stone Iron Mountain bandits.
• Lin Feng abandoned his carefree attitude and vowed to break through to Grand Card Master within seven days and join Lin Qi in attacking Stone Iron Mountain.

Lin Qi used Source Crystals to rapidly replenish and grow his Source Power, then fused ten Hazy Smokescreens into a powerful Mirage card that let him see through illusions. Hoping to find an advancement card for the Wind Chime Cat, he went to visit Bishop Xiaoduo at the Furnace Church and was left waiting at the entrance.

• Lin Qi discovered that he could absorb a Source Crystal in minutes, and he repeatedly fused junk cards and spent the crystal to increase his Source Power.
• Lin Qi fused ten Hazy Smokescreens into the three-star blue Mirage card, whose illusions confused enemies and whose Illusion Breaking ability let him see through disguises.
• Lin Qi decided to seek an advancement card for the Wind Chime Cat at the Furnace Church, recalling that Xiaoduo had cleared him after Oliver's death.
• Lin Qi found Lin Feng cultivating beneath the old locust tree, asked Ruilian to watch the shop, and left with the Wind Chime Cat.
• Lin Qi reached the Furnace Church and asked its two knights to announce his visit to Bishop Xiaoduo; one knight went to inform the bishop.

Lin Qi visited Bishop Xiaoduo, who believed his rapid advancement proved he was blessed by the gods and explained the religions of the Source Card Continent. After Lin Qi summoned his Hellfire Skeleton, Xiaoduo declared him a divine messenger of the God of the Flame Hell.

• Lin Qi entered the church, where Bishop Xiaoduo recognized him as a Three-Star Card Master and called him blessed by the gods.
• Xiaoduo led Lin Qi in worship and claimed that a master card maker had come to Stone Iron City ten years earlier under the God of Source Cards' instructions to guide Lin Qi's family.
• Xiaoduo explained the four nations' churches and why ordinary believers called their deities the God of Source Cards.
• Xiaoduo asked to see Lin Qi's Natal Card, and Lin Qi summoned his Hellfire Skeleton inside the church.
• Xiaoduo touched the Hellfire Skeleton's flames and told Lin Qi that he was a divine messenger of the God of the Flame Hell.

Lin Qi learned that Xiaoduo believed him to be the Messenger of the God of the Flame Hell and gained access to the bishop’s teaching and church library. He left with a valuable awakening Source Crystal and information about the Wind Chime Cat’s evolution paths.

• Xiaoduo declared Lin Qi the Messenger of the God of the Flame Hell because the god’s Power of the Inferno had supposedly transformed his Natal Card into a Hellfire Skeleton, while Lin Qi privately credited his own experiment.
• Lin Qi asked about practical benefits, and Xiaoduo offered to teach him everything he knew, let him browse the church library, and give him lessons every Sunday.
• Lin Qi summoned the Wind Chime Cat, and Xiaoduo explained its two evolution paths: Moonlight Bell Cat and Rending Wind Demon Cat, each requiring rare materials and ten Source Crystals.
• Xiaoduo suggested Lin Qi ask Alicia for evolution materials, but Lin Qi doubted that her earlier supplies would be enough for the result he wanted.
• Xiaoduo gave Lin Qi an awakening Source Crystal, explaining that the Card Master Association supplied one each year and that Stone Iron City’s supply lasted three years.
• Lin Qi accepted the Source Crystal and watched Xiaoduo leave, pleased by his unexpected gains from visiting the church.

Lin Qi traded a Source Crystal and a map of Stone Iron Mountain for Jack’s intelligence about Lei De and the bandits’ plans. He learned they intended to kidnap him to force Lin Feng to surrender rare cards, and prepared to strike back with his powerful Card Beasts.

• Lin Qi caught Jack in an alley and agreed to pay him a Source Crystal for information and a detailed map of Stone Iron Mountain.
• Jack drew the map, including the bandits’ sentry posts, and Lin Qi gave him the Source Crystal.
• Jack revealed that Lei De had become the bandits’ second-in-command after reaching Five-Star Card Master.
• Jack told Lin Qi that Scar and Lei De planned to stage an attack on the city and send men to kidnap Lin Qi, believing Lin Feng had found rare cards in a card secret realm.
• Jack said Scar had been a Five-Star Card Master for years and was in league with the city lord’s manor, which received much of the bandits’ plunder.
• Lin Qi let Jack leave and resolved to punish the bandits, holding the map and the Hellfire Skeleton card.

Lin Qi sold his Magic Cards for a large profit and gave Ruilian Source Crystals to aid his cultivation. At the Lava Church, he met Alicia in the study and began reading the history of the Source Card Continent, while she reconsidered her opinion of him.

• Lin Qi sold twenty Burning Traps and fifty Sound and Light Bombs, earning thirty-eight thousand Ka'en.
• Lin Qi gave Ruilian five Source Crystals and left for the Lava Church, intending to help advance Ruilian's Natal Card.
• Lin Qi recalled that Xiaoduo had come to Stone Iron City for its Fire Crystal Ore and had built the church's statue from the valuable mineral.
• Lin Qi found Alicia reading in the church study, and she directed him to a shelf of Source Card history books.
• Lin Qi became engrossed in a history book, while Alicia watched him and wondered whether he might have a bright future.

Lin Qi learned that Alicia was an Eight-Star Grand Card Master and Xiaoduo was her teacher, then sought Xiaoduo’s help against the impending bandit attack. The chapter ended with Lin Qi eagerly kneeling to worship after discovering how powerful the people around him were.

• Lin Qi read history books until sunset, and Alicia caught him daydreaming about elves before leaving in disgust.
• Xiaoduo told Lin Qi that Alicia was an Eight-Star Grand Card Master who had awakened her Natal Card at eight and become a Five-Star Card Master at ten.
• Lin Qi warned Xiaoduo that Stone Iron Mountain’s bandits would attack Stone Iron City in three days and were really after him.
• Xiaoduo said Alicia was his student and assured Lin Qi that she would deal with the threat.
• Lin Qi knelt to worship the God of the Flame Hell, claiming his back pain had been miraculously healed.

Lin Qi returned from serving the God of the Flame Hell and gave Ruilian valuable materials to advance his bow. In the backyard, he found Fiona attending Lin Feng and decided not to interfere with their apparent courtship.

• Lin Qi limped home after worshipping and cleaning the God of the Flame Hell’s statue, where he had obtained Fire Crystal Ore.
• Lin Qi closed the shop and gave Ruilian Flame Lizard leather, refined iron, and Fire Crystal Ore to improve his Arc Iron Bow.
• Ruilian accepted the materials, moved by Lin Qi’s gratitude and encouragement.
• Lin Qi found Fiona fanning Lin Feng while he cultivated in the backyard and suspected she was trying to seduce him.
• Lin Qi decided to let Lin Feng enjoy Fiona’s attention and quietly went upstairs without interrupting them.