Chapter Summaries

Judai faced the Supreme King, the dark reflection within him, in a duel at the castle. After Flame Wingman damaged the Supreme King, the Supreme King began a Dark Fusion to reveal the power that separated them.

• Judai confronted the Supreme King and began a duel, with both starting at 4000 LP.
• The Supreme King summoned Elemental HERO Clayman in Defense Position, Set a Card, and ended his turn.
• Judai activated Fusion Gate and banished Elemental HERO Avian and Elemental HERO Burstinatrix to Fusion Summon Elemental HERO Flame Wingman.
• Flame Wingman destroyed Clayman and dealt 800 damage to the Supreme King, who used HERO Signal to Special Summon Elemental HERO Avian from his Deck.
• The Supreme King drew a card, called Judai's hero the weakest part of him, and activated Dark Fusion.

The Supreme King summoned Evil HERO Inferno Wing and used it to defeat Judai’s Flame Wingman, while Judai blocked its damage effect. On Judai’s next turn, the Supreme King destroyed Fusion Gate, but Judai used Polymerization to summon Elemental HERO Thunder Giant.

• The Supreme King fused Elemental HERO Avian and Elemental HERO Burst Lady into Evil HERO Inferno Wing, then equipped it with Fallen Claw to raise its ATK and protect it from battle destruction.
• Evil HERO Inferno Wing destroyed Judai’s Flame Wingman and reduced Judai’s LP from 4000 to 3700, but Judai negated its damage effect with Damage Polarizer Shield.
• The Supreme King set two cards and ended his turn while Judai considered how to overcome Inferno Wing and Fallen Claw.
• Judai activated Magical Stone Excavation, then tried to use Fusion Gate, but the Supreme King destroyed it with Dust Tornado and set another card.
• Judai searched his Deck for Polymerization with Fusion Sage, then fused Elemental HERO Sparkman and Elemental HERO Clayman to summon Elemental HERO Thunder Giant.

Judai destroyed the Supreme King’s Inferno Wing and struck him with Thunder Giant, but the Supreme King revived Clayman and summoned Evil HERO Lightning Golem. Judai brought Thunder Giant back after it was destroyed, only for the Supreme King to activate another trap against it.

• Judai used Thunder Giant to destroy Inferno Wing and deal 2400 damage to the Supreme King.
• The Supreme King activated Damage Gate and Special Summoned Elemental HERO Clayman from his Graveyard.
• The Supreme King searched for Sparkman, then used Dark Fusion to summon Evil HERO Lightning Golem and activated Legacy of a HERO to draw three cards.
• Lightning Golem destroyed Thunder Giant with its effect, but Judai used Elemental Vision to revive Thunder Giant.
• The Supreme King activated Slime Hole when Thunder Giant was Special Summoned.

Judai endured the Supreme King's attack and rejected his claim that power alone defined justice. He summoned three Neo-Spacians and restored his Life Points, preparing to show the strength of his friends.

• The Supreme King's Slime Hole destroyed Judai's revived Thunder Giant and restored 2400 Life Points to the Supreme King.
• The Supreme King's Lightning Golem attacked Judai directly, reducing Judai to 1300 Life Points, but Judai stood back up and challenged the king's belief in power.
• Judai drew cards with Card of Adversity and Convert Contact, then used Chrysalis Party to summon Chrysalis Dolphin and Chrysalis Mole.
• Judai activated Neo Space and tributed the two Chrysalises to summon Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin and Neo-Spacian Grand Mole, then Normal Summoned Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird.
• Air Hummingbird restored 1000 of Judai's Life Points, and Judai used Neo Space Gift to draw three cards before declaring he would demonstrate his Neo-Spacians' strength.

Judai used his Neo-Spacian partners to drive back the Supreme King, but the Supreme King summoned Evil HERO Malicious Bane and unleashed its devastating power. The chapter ended as Malicious Bane launched a direct attack at Judai.

• Judai used Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin's effect, but the Supreme King negated it and destroyed Aqua Dolphin.
• Neo-Spacian Grand Mole returned itself and Evil HERO Lightning Golem to their owners' hands, while Air Hummingbird attacked the Supreme King and reduced his Life Points to 2400.
• The Supreme King used Magical Stone Excavation and Evil HERO Adusted Gold to obtain Dark Calling, then banished monsters from his Graveyard to Fusion Summon Evil HERO Malicious Bane.
• Malicious Bane destroyed Air Hummingbird, gained 200 ATK, and prepared to attack Judai directly.

Judai endured Evil HERO Malicious Bane’s attack and saw memories of lives that might have belonged to him and the Supreme King. He revived Neo-Spacian Grand Mole, but the Supreme King negated Monster Reborn, so Judai summoned Neo-Spacian Connector and brought Elemental HERO Neos to the Field.

• Evil HERO Malicious Bane’s attack reduced Judai’s Life Points from 2300 to 700 and showed him visions of past battles, losses, and betrayals.
• Judai considered whether the visions were memories from his and the Supreme King’s past lives, while the Supreme King dismissed him as a powerless shadow.
• The Supreme King activated Card Destruction, making both players discard their hands and draw the same number of cards; Judai discarded Mole Bro.
• Judai activated Monster Reborn to revive Neo-Spacian Grand Mole, but the Supreme King negated it with Call from the Grave.
• Judai Normal Summoned Neo-Spacian Connector and used its effect to summon Elemental HERO Neos from his Deck.

Judai used Neo-Spacian Grand Mole and Elemental HERO Neos to Contact Fuse into Elemental HERO Terra Firma, which returned Evil HERO Blade Death Fiend to the Fusion Deck. The Supreme King blocked Terra Firma’s attack with Absorption Shield, and Judai ended his turn with Instant Neo Space equipped to Terra Firma.

• Judai Special Summoned Elemental HERO Neos, then Tributed Neo-Spacian Connector to revive Neo-Spacian Grand Mole in Defense Position.
• Judai used Contact Fusion with Elemental HERO Neos and Neo-Spacian Grand Mole to summon Elemental HERO Terra Firma.
• Judai used Terra Firma’s inherited effect to return Evil HERO Blade Death Fiend to the Fusion Deck.
• The Supreme King activated Absorption Shield to negate Terra Firma’s direct attack and raise his Life Points from 2400 to 5400.
• Judai equipped Terra Firma with Instant Neo Space, Set a Card, and ended his turn.

Judai endured the Supreme King's renewed assault and spoke of the pain they shared, the companions who had supported him, and the future he wanted to protect. The Supreme King remained defiant as Judai prepared to keep fighting and promised to show him a future filled with light.

• The Supreme King used Foolish Burial and Evil HERO Malicious Bane to summon Evil HERO Hell Gainer, then fused it with Evil HERO Bladedge to revive Evil HERO Death Fiend.
• Judai told the Supreme King that he remembered some of their shared past-life suffering and believed the Supreme King had borne it alone.
• Evil HERO Death Fiend destroyed Elemental HERO Terra Firma, but Judai used Instant Neo Space to summon Elemental HERO Neos from his hand, Deck, or Graveyard.
• The Supreme King used Trap Booster to activate Meteor Shower and attack Neos, while Judai's Hero Guard and Damage Off Zone reduced the damage and kept him alive at 400 Life Points.
• Judai described how grateful he was for his dependable partner and the companions waiting for him, then promised to show the Supreme King a future worth fighting for.

Judai used Kira’s lesson about Elemental HEROes’ infinite possibilities to defeat the Supreme King with a looping Fusion strategy and Catapult Turtle. The Supreme King’s Life Points fell to zero as Judai promised they would face the sealed-away pain and darkness together.

• Judai summoned Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab and Grand Mole, then attempted to Fusion Summon Magma Neos, but the Supreme King negated the summon with Solemn Judgment and ended Judai’s Main Phase.
• Judai used Burial from a Different Dimension, Spider Web, Trap Booster, Chain Material, Fusion Gate, and Dimensional Fissure to prepare a series of Fusion Summons.
• Judai Fusion Summoned Elemental HERO Escuridao, Tributed it to summon Catapult Turtle, then began alternating between Elemental HERO Terra Firma B and Terra Firma A.
• Judai repeatedly Tributed the Terra Firma monsters with Catapult Turtle, reducing the Supreme King’s Life Points to 1,050 while the Fusion effects recycled the needed cards.
• Judai told the Supreme King they would bear his pain and darkness together, then used Catapult Turtle’s final effect to reduce his Life Points to zero.

Judai defeated the Supreme King and chose to accept him as part of himself, agreeing to carry their burdens together. After reuniting with Kira and Joey Wheeler at the conquered castle, Judai revealed that the Supreme King was now inside him, leaving Joey stunned.

• Judai told the Supreme King that his bonds with his companions had helped him win and that they would face their darkness and sins together.
• The Supreme King realized that Kira was the friend whose tactics had humiliated him, and Judai confirmed it.
• Judai reunited with Kira and Joey Wheeler in the conquered castle and said he had defeated the Supreme King.
• Judai told Joey that he had fused with the Supreme King, prompting Joey to realize the dictator was now inside Judai.

Kira noticed Judai’s new maturity and expected Yubel to appear next semester. At the Yellow Dorm, he learned that the popular transfer student Alice was the missing Duel Doll, and she approached him in the cafeteria.

• Sho told Kira and the others that Judai seemed different and sometimes talked to himself, and Kira said Judai had simply grown up.
• Kira saw that the Yellow Dorm had been cleaned and learned that transfer student Alice had done the work and prepared food for the students.
• Kira read a School Store notice saying that a porcelain Duel Doll had vanished from its display case two days earlier.
• Alice approached Kira in the cafeteria and asked to sit beside him, and he recognized her as the missing Duel Doll.

Kira recognized Alice as the cursed doll spirit who targeted powerful duelists and realized she had come to challenge him. After frightening her into staying for a meal, he invited her to his room for a duel that night.

• Kira recognized Alice as the Resentful Cursed Doll, a guardian doll corrupted by an evil spirit born from a torn card.
• Alice approached Kira because she wanted to drive the academy’s strongest duelist into despair, but his presence made her instinctively afraid.
• Alice offered Kira mango foie gras sushi, and he praised her cooking before telling her he knew why she had come.
• Kira invited Alice to his room at nine that night, and she nervously asked what he wanted to do.
• Kira clarified that he wanted to duel her.

Alice challenged Kira to a duel with her cursed-doll deck, while Kira used Cyber Dragon and replaced her Cursed Dollhouse Field Spell with Chaos Space. The duel continued as Alice lowered Cyber Dragon’s attack, and Kira let its counterattack proceed.

• Alice arrived at Kira’s room and accepted his challenge to a duel.
• Alice summoned Lost Ceramic Doll - Alice, activated Cursed Dollhouse, and ended her turn.
• Kira summoned Cyber Dragon and attacked Alice’s doll, taking reflected damage before the doll transferred to his field and Alice summoned Doll Part - Blue.
• Kira activated Terraforming and replaced Cursed Dollhouse with Chaos Space, then set a monster and ended his turn.
• Alice drew two cards with Pot of Greed, summoned Doll Part - Gold, and used Shrink to halve Cyber Dragon’s attack.
• Kira ordered Cyber Dragon to strike back at Doll Part - Blue with Evolution Burst.

Alice assembled Doll Chimera from four Doll Parts and revealed its ability to revive and grow stronger when destroyed. She ended with the Chimera restored at 2400 ATK, while Kira faced Cyber Dragon in Defense Position.

• Cyber Dragon destroyed Doll Part - Blue in battle, and Alice used Necro-Doll Maker to summon Doll Part - Red and Doll Part - Pink.
• Alice revived Doll Part - Blue, then sent it to attack lost Porcelain Doll - Alice, taking reflected damage and 500 damage from Alice’s effect before regaining control of the doll.
• Alice used String-Controlled Doll's Burial to Tribute all four Doll Parts and Special Summon Doll Chimera, which gained 1600 ATK from the Parts in her Graveyard.
• Alice activated Doll Hammer to destroy Doll Chimera, draw two cards, and change Cyber Dragon to Defense Position.
• Alice used Doll Chimera’s effect to send two Doll Part - Blue cards from her Deck to the Graveyard, negate its destruction, and raise its ATK to 2400.

Kira used Magical Merchant and Necrovalley to exhaust Alice’s Doll Parts, destroy Doll Chimera, and clear her field. He then summoned Golden Homunculus with 8100 ATK and defeated Alice with a direct attack.

• Kira flipped Magical Merchant and excavated thirty-two cards from his Deck to find his sole Trap, Necrovalley, while sending Executioner - Makyura to the Graveyard.
• Kira activated Necrovalley repeatedly, forcing Alice to spend all twelve Doll Parts to protect Doll Chimera before it was destroyed.
• Kira banished three more monsters to destroy Bewildered Porcelain Doll - Alice, bringing the total number of banished monsters to twenty-three.
• Kira used Chaos Space to summon Golden Homunculus, whose ATK rose to 8100 because of his banished cards.
• Kira ordered Golden Homunculus to attack Alice directly, reducing her LP from 1450 to zero.

After Kira defeated Alice in a Duel, she remembered her duty as a guardian spirit and apologized for targeting innocent Duelists. Kira kept her under observation as a maid at Ra Yellow, while Judai visited and Kira asked about the Supreme King within him.

• Kira overwhelmed Alice's Doll Chimera and defeated her, leaving her shaken and ready to give up Dueling.
• Alice remembered that she was a guardian spirit meant to protect Duelists, apologized to Kira, and admitted that she had been wrong to hurt innocent people.
• Kira placed Alice in a State of Punishment and an Observation Period, assigning her labor as a maid at Ra Yellow.
• Judai arrived at Kira's dorm, met Alice, and praised the snacks and tea she had made.
• Kira asked Judai whether anything felt wrong now that the Supreme King was inside him.

Kira discussed the risk of Judai losing control of the Supreme King, but Judai insisted they could coexist. Meanwhile, Pegasus summoned Joey to Duelist Kingdom and revealed that Joey may have encountered a source of Cosmic Darkness.

• Kira warned Judai that the Supreme King might cause danger under certain circumstances, but Judai said he would not become a problem.
• Kira concluded that Judai needed to coexist with the Supreme King rather than try to destroy him.
• Judai told Kira that Jonouchi had left the island after saying Pegasus wanted to see him.
• Joey returned to Duelist Kingdom, reflected on how it had shaped him as a duelist, and met Pegasus at the castle.
• Pegasus told Joey that KaibaCorp and Industrial Illusions were monitoring the Light of Destruction and a newly discovered opposing force called Cosmic Darkness.
• Pegasus said Joey had likely come into close contact with an important source of Cosmic Darkness.

Pegasus accused Joey Wheeler of protecting the Root of Darkness and sealed them inside the castle room, forcing a duel to make Joey accept his views. Joey summoned Red-Eyes Black Dragon, and Pegasus began his turn by activating Cartoon Kingdom.

• Pegasus asked Joey Wheeler to help investigate the Root of Darkness, but Joey refused to betray someone he considered a friend.
• Pegasus called Joey infected by Cosmic Darkness and sealed the room, declaring Joey would not leave that day.
• Pegasus challenged Joey to a duel, and both began with 4000 Life Points.
• Joey summoned The Black Stone of Legend, Tributed it to Special Summon Red-Eyes Black Dragon, then set a card and ended his turn.
• Pegasus began his turn and activated the Continuous Spell Cartoon Kingdom.

Pegasus began his duel with Joey by unveiling Cartoon Kingdom and using his Toon monsters to attack. Joey’s Red-Eyes survived Pegasus’s removal effect, but Pegasus copied it with Shadow Cartoon and prepared to inflict damage.

• Pegasus activated Cartoon Kingdom, summoned Toon Dark Magician Girl, and used Dimension Magic to destroy Joey’s Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
• Joey activated Red-Eyes Trace Dragon’s effect, Special Summoning it and reviving Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
• Pegasus sent Toon Dark Magician Girl to attack Joey directly, reducing his Life Points from 4000 to 2000.
• Pegasus activated Shadow Cartoon and copied Joey’s Red-Eyes Black Dragon to inflict damage equal to its 2400 ATK.

Joey battled Pegasus, survived his Toon OTK through a Trap that forced Pegasus to discard Electric Snake, and summoned Fiend Dragon - Black Demon Dragon by fusing Red-Eyes Black Dragon with Summoned Skull. As Joey declared an attack, he revealed that his evolved dragon prevented Pegasus from activating effects during the battle, leaving Mirror Force unable to stop it.

• Pegasus's Toon Dark Magician Girl attacked directly, but Joey activated Blackboard Eraser's Trap to prevent the damage and make Pegasus discard a card.
• Pegasus discarded Electric Snake, whose effect let him draw two cards, then Set a card and ended his turn.
• Joey Tribute Summoned Summoned Skull, then used Substitute Fusion to fuse it with Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
• Joey summoned Fiend Dragon - Black Demon Dragon, describing it as the evolved form of the bond between Red-Eyes and Summoned Skull.
• Joey ordered Black Demon Dragon to attack Toon Dark Magician Girl, and its battle effect prevented Pegasus from activating Mirror Force.