Chapter Summaries

Tetsuhiro learned that Diva had stolen the Millennium Ring and Dimension Cube, then hurried to find Bakura Ryou, whom he believed Diva would target. Meanwhile, Bakura and his friends talked about their futures before a strange blue-haired young man confronted them.

• Tetsuhiro gave Tobirama the Sealing Card bearing Anubis's image and the Millennium Eye to study, then discussed expanding the Ten Thousand Worlds Ninja Nation.
• A month later, Kaiba had recovered fully and planned to help rebuild Domino City and duel Dark Yugi again.
• Maya reported that Diva had injured Shadi and Marik, trapped Shinnō in dimensional isolation, and escaped with the Millennium Ring and Dimension Cube.
• Tetsuhiro realized the Millennium Ring might have influenced Diva, told Maya to let Yugi Muto search for his memories, and rushed toward Bakura Ryou.
• Bakura Ryou and his friends shared their hopes for the future and agreed to find Miho after graduation.
• A blue-haired young man appeared and dismissed friendship and bonds as children's make-believe.

Aigami, also called Diva, attacked Joey Wheeler and challenged Dark Yugi to a duel, then transformed into a monster and activated the Dimension Realm. Seto Kaiba joined the fight and began a transcendent duel, leaving the duel about to start.

• Aigami began banishing Joey Wheeler to the Other Side of the Dimension, and Dark Yugi intervened to protect him and challenge Aigami to a duel.
• Aigami revealed the Millennium Ring, transformed into a monster, and announced a dark Dimension Realm duel.
• Seto Kaiba and Mokuba arrived, and Kaiba accused Aigami of attacking Shadi and Maximillion Pegasus and banishing Shinnō.
• Tetsuhiro arrived and mocked Diva's monstrous appearance before Diva activated the Dimension Realm and summoned Vijam the Cubic Seed.
• Mokuba used Noah to activate transcendent duel mode, and the surrounding buildings sank to clear a ten-kilometer area.
• Kaiba interrupted Dark Yugi and declared that he would duel Diva first.

Chigusa monitored the duel as Dark Yugi and Kaiba fought Diva, whose second Crimson Nova Trinity left Yugi with only 1000 Life Points. Tetsuhiro broke the barrier around the duel and watched as Diva dismissed his warning about a death flag.

• Reinhardt told Chigusa that Aigami had transformed into a monster during the duel, and Chigusa ordered a livestream and resident outreach while plotting to advance his career.
• Tetsuhiro had Exodia shatter the Dimension Realm barrier, revealing Dark Yugi and Kaiba facing the mutated Diva.
• Diva summoned Dark Cubic Lord, Crimson Nova Trinity, and attacked Dark Yugi and Kaiba, but Kaiba destroyed it with Ring of Destruction, reducing his and Diva's Life Points to zero.
• Diva revealed Relay Soul and summoned a second Crimson Nova Trinity, whose attack reduced Dark Yugi to 1000 Life Points before Kuriboh blocked its next strike.
• Tetsuhiro warned Diva that he had raised a death flag, but Diva snapped back that he still had the advantage.

Tetsuhiro helped Dark Yugi regain his confidence, and Dark Yugi summoned a powerful Egyptian figure who defeated the mutated Diva. Tetsuhiro saved Diva, took the Deck and artifacts, and disciplined Shinnō before Seilah and Tobirama arrived.

• Tetsuhiro dodged Diva’s attacks and encouraged Dark Yugi to resume the duel.
• Dark Yugi drew a Card that summoned an Egyptian figure, whose golden attack blasted Diva and the Dark Cubic Lord.
• Tetsuhiro caught the weakened Diva, used Yang Power to save him, and took the Deck while phantoms suppressed the Millennium Ring and Dimension Cube.
• Seilah thanked Tetsuhiro for saving Diva, while Shinnō admitted his failure and apologized.
• Tetsuhiro demoted Shinnō and reduced his research funding, then reassured Seilah that Diva would not be killed.
• Tobirama and the Extreme Speed Special Forces arrived and knelt before Tetsuhiro.

Tetsuhiro punished Diva, assigned Tobirama to correct the Shinobi World's arrogance, and gave Yugi and his friends three days to say goodbye before traveling to Egypt. On the plane, Tetsuhiro wondered how Zorc might return and admired the Golden Castle of Stromberg card.

• Tetsuhiro reprimanded Tobirama, First A, and the others, then tasked Tobirama and Madara with correcting attitudes in the Shinobi World.
• Tobirama agreed to have Yamanaka Ichiro search Diva's mind, keep the Dimension Cube in his custody, and involve Seto Kaiba in its research.
• Tetsuhiro spared Diva from death but ordered him to atone through service, then gave the nameless Pharaoh three days to say goodbye before leaving for Egypt.
• Tetsuhiro took his friends to explore the city with Kaiba, while Tobirama and the others returned to Egypt with Diva and the rest.
• Yugi and his friends boarded a plane for Egypt after their three days together, while Tetsuhiro secretly considered Zorc's possible resurrection.
• Tetsuhiro admired Chigusa's Golden Castle of Stromberg card and read its effects.

Tetsuhiro and the others entered the Millennium Puzzle to help Dark Yugi recover his memories, but Dark Bakura secretly corrupted the puzzle and set a trap inside. As the group fell into the memory world, the Pharaoh separated from Yugi and lost consciousness.

• Tetsuhiro arrived in Egypt, ordered Erwin to begin world conquest, and met with his allies and the Tomb-Keeper Tribe.
• Isis explained that Marik carried the information needed to unlock the Pharaoh's memories carved into his back, and Dark Yugi agreed to begin the ritual.
• Anzu and the others joined Dark Yugi in the Millennium Puzzle, while Tetsuhiro, Madara, Tobirama, and their forces followed them inside.
• Dark Bakura used a piece corrupted by Dark Erosion to escape the mind maze and possess Bakura Ryou.
• The group emerged from the Puzzle into the sky above the memory world and began falling, while the Pharaoh separated from Yugi and lost consciousness.

Tetsuhiro and Madara brought Kisara to the Royal Palace and helped the Pharaoh break free of Dark Bakura’s control. After Aknadin attacked them, the Pharaoh exposed his uncle’s betrayal, and Tetsuhiro ordered the priests to seize him.

• Bakura possessed a prisoner in the desert, summoned a phantom that swallowed the prisoners, and approached the city with seven black-robed riders.
• Tetsuhiro sensed Kisara in the desert, found her with Madara, and brought her to the Royal Palace to meet the Pharaoh.
• Tetsuhiro used Mind Guidance to help the Pharaoh break free of his restraints, and the Pharaoh confronted Dark Bakura in a dark realm.
• Tetsuhiro and Madara entered the palace with Kisara, where Priest Aknadin secretly attacked the Pharaoh and the other priests joined the fight.
• Madara deflected Aknadin’s attack, and Tetsuhiro shielded the group as the Pharaoh accused Aknadin of betraying him and ordered the priests to seize him.

Aknadin was captured after attacking Kisara, and Tetsuhiro exposed his crimes and the truth about his family. The Pharaoh ordered Aknadin stripped of his priesthood and Millennium Eye and imprisoned, then summoned Simon, Seto, Mahad, and Isis to remain.

• Aknadin attacked Kisara with the Millennium Eye and tried to flee, but Tetsuhiro deflected the beam while Madara restrained him.
• The Pharaoh pleaded for Aknadin's life, and Tetsuhiro ordered that his Millennium Item be confiscated and that he be imprisoned.
• Tetsuhiro revealed Mahad's role in the previous Pharaoh's death and identified the priests' histories, prompting Aknadin to admit that the previous Pharaoh was his elder brother.
• Aknadin confessed that he sacrificed more than six hundred people at Kul Elna Village to create the Millennium Items, and revealed that he was Seto's father.
• Seto broke down as Aknadin said he had intended to make him Pharaoh; the Pharaoh stopped Mahad's attack and ordered Aknadin removed from the priesthood, disarmed, and imprisoned.
• The Pharaoh ordered Simon, Seto, Mahad, and Isis to stay, and told Shada to lend Simon the Millennium Key.

The Pharaoh arranged for Simon to begin unsealing Exodia and urged the Priests to prepare for the coming battle. Tetsuhiro revealed Kisara’s connection to the White Dragon and unexpectedly married her to Seto, who pledged to protect her against even a god.

• Isis failed to sense the future or nearby malice, and the Pharaoh sent her to prepare more Monster-Sealing Plates while Mahad agreed to recover.
• Exodia emerged as a consciousness and asked Simon to undo his seals; after Madara demonstrated his power, Simon agreed to begin the process and received five Ritual Plates depicting Exodia’s body parts.
• The Pharaoh told Seto he might succeed him, and Tetsuhiro explained Kisara’s connection to Seto, the White Dragon, and Aknadin.
• Tetsuhiro declared Kisara and Seto married after they agreed to give their lives for and protect each other, and Seto vowed to fight even a god to keep Kisara safe.

Tetsuhiro and the others reached the Pharaoh’s hidden tomb after Bakura robbed King Akhenamkhanen’s tomb and tried to sow distrust between the Pharaoh and Tetsuhiro. They overcame the tomb’s deadly choice without sacrificing anyone and found the Pharaoh’s true name carved above a golden throne.

• Tetsuhiro, the Pharaoh, and Madara discovered that Bakura had robbed King Akhenamkhanen’s tomb and taken his mummy.
• Bakura tried to convince the Pharaoh that Tetsuhiro had ulterior motives, but the Pharaoh rejected his claims and warned that Bakura would change his tactics.
• Tetsuhiro sensed unusual energy in the Pharaoh’s hidden tomb and led the group inside, where they reunited with Yugi and the others and learned Bakura had attacked with seven underlings and Diabound.
• The group reached the secret chamber, where the Pharaoh deciphered an inscription requiring them to repay the wish made when the Millennium Pyramid was completed.
• When the chamber began collapsing and the stone door forced Yugi to choose whom to save, Tetsuhiro used Repulsive Force to fly everyone through safely.
• The group entered a golden chamber and saw the Pharaoh’s true name carved above the throne.

Bakura used the timed hourglass to stop time, gathered the Millennium Items, and persuaded Aknadin to join him at Kul Elna Village. Atem recovered his memories and returned to the Royal Palace, where the priests reported Bakura’s theft and Aknadin’s betrayal.

• Bakura revealed that Atem’s name was the eighth item sealing Zorc and used his hourglass to freeze everyone in the game.
• Bakura stopped Tobirama and his companions during their pursuit, but they escaped with a marker and the Dimension Cube; he then rode to the Royal Palace with his followers.
• Bakura left the palace carrying six Millennium Items and convinced Aknadin to accompany him to Kul Elna Village.
• The membranes vanished, Atem recovered his memories, and he revealed his true name before the royal tomb collapsed.
• Tetsuhiro sent Tobirama toward Kul Elna Village while the others returned to the palace to hold Atem’s coronation ceremony.
• The priests told Atem that Bakura had stolen their Millennium Items and that Aknadin had left with him, and Atem asked Seto for his opinion.

Atem prepared an early banquet while Tetsuhiro hunted Bakura, whose Time Reversal sent events back to the palace and gave Madara the chance to seize the Millennium Spike. The group split up to confront the threat at Kul Elna Village, where Tobirama and the others sealed the basement with the Four Red Yang Formation, though one figure escaped.

• Atem ordered an early banquet and sent the Priests to prepare while Tetsuhiro and Madara departed for Kul Elna Village.
• Tetsuhiro caught Bakura on horseback and trapped him and his skeletons in a forest of trees, but Bakura used Time Reversal to restore himself and rewind events.
• When time returned to the moment of their departure, Madara became exhilarated, pulled the Millennium Spike from Atem, and announced that they would use it to revive Zorc.
• Madara and Tetsuhiro flew to Kul Elna Village while Atem tried to explain their actions to the enraged Priests.
• Tobirama and three others formed the Four Red Yang Formation around the basement, but a towering black figure escaped through a spatial vortex before the barrier closed.

Tetsuhiro and Madara confronted Bakura and let him summon Zorc, while Madara battled Bakura’s forces to pass the time. Zorc emerged and shattered the Four Red Yang Formation, but Tobirama and the other three charged him before Madara could begin his fight.

• Tobirama opened the Four Red Yang Formation so Tetsuhiro and Madara could enter Bakura’s basement.
• Bakura revealed that Aknadin had become the Dark High Priest and had gone to the Royal Palace, then accepted Madara’s order to revive Zorc.
• Bakura summoned vengeful spirits to empower Diabound and his six minions, and Madara attacked with twenty-five clones.
• Madara and Bakura fought above ground as Diabound battled the clones, while Bakura stalled until the seal broke.
• Zorc emerged from the ground and shattered the Four Red Yang Formation with a sweep of his hand.
• Tobirama and the other three charged Zorc before Madara could fight him.

Bakura merged with Zorc, and Tobirama led the Extreme Speed Special Forces in a series of attacks that Zorc survived through his overwhelming regeneration. Madara entered the fight as the others struggled to regroup, while a faint golden light appeared beneath them.

• Bakura entered the Memory World and merged with Zorc as Zorc absorbed Diabound's core and grew stronger.
• Tobirama sent the Extreme Speed Special Forces to attack, and A and Big A, Might Duy, and Tobirama struck Zorc with powerful techniques.
• Zorc regenerated from their attacks and knocked Big A into a crater, but Tobirama rescued him and Big A recovered with a Soldier Pill.
• First A and Big A severed Zorc's enormous member while Tobirama blasted him apart with a water javelin, but Zorc quickly regenerated again.
• Madara swatted the others aside and advanced on Zorc as Tobirama noticed a faint golden light beneath their feet.

Aknadin attacked the coronation feast, overpowering the Priests and threatening everyone while Kisara’s White Dragon and Mahad stood against him. Mahad sacrificed himself through Fusion Symbiosis to protect Yugi, becoming Dark Magus and appearing as Guardian Priest Mahad in Atem’s card.

• Aknadin appeared at the coronation feast, defeated the guards and Priests, and demanded that Seto help him kill Atem.
• Seto refused his father and urged him to turn back, so Aknadin attacked the gathering with dark energy.
• Kisara summoned the White Dragon to protect Seto and the others, but Aknadin trapped the dragon with Curse of the Hexagram.
• Mahad summoned Black Illusion Magician and took a magical attack meant for Yugi, then began the irreversible Fusion Symbiosis Technique.
• Mahad merged with Black Illusion Magician, transforming it into Dark Magus, while a fragment of his soul entered Atem’s card and revealed Guardian Priest Mahad.

Seto tried to stop Aknadin, but Kisara sacrificed herself to save him, and Aknadin possessed Seto with White Dragon’s power. Simon summoned Exodia, whose darkness overcame him, forcing Atem and Yugi to summon Exodia and the Egyptian God Cards to fight him.

• Mana awakened her Dark Magic and summoned Dark Magician Girl, but Aknadin’s attack overwhelmed them and injured Mana.
• Seto charged Aknadin and shattered the Swords of Revealing Light, freeing White Dragon, but Aknadin grew stronger and trapped her again.
• Simon sacrificed half his Soul Power to summon Exodia, whose body assembled as Aknadin attacked Atem; Kisara shielded Seto from the black water and collapsed.
• Karim gave his Soul Power to save Isis, but Isis could not heal Kisara, and Aknadin entered Seto’s body after White Dragon merged with the tablet.
• Kaiba’s Blue-Eyes White Dragon flew into Seto, while Atem summoned Exodia to fight the corrupted Exodia.
• Yugi manifested a Duel Disk and summoned the Egyptian God Cards to help Exodia battle his dark counterpart.

Seto broke free from Aknadin’s control, and Atem’s group reunited with Exodia before joining the fight against Zorc. As Zorc overwhelmed their attacks, Atem summoned Holactie, creating an opening for Tetsuhiro to charge.

• Hasan shielded Atem from Seto’s attack, while the Blue-Eyes White Dragon awakened Seto and Kisara’s lingering consciousness, helping them destroy Aknadin.
• Seto carried Kisara’s body to the stone tablet, where she became the Blue-Eyes White Dragon; Kaiba learned the truth about their past-life connection.
• Atem’s group subdued Exodia and cleared most of the darkness from his mind, and Exodia warned that Zorc remained to be defeated.
• Tobirama returned the seven Millennium Items, and Shadi explained that he had kept an escape route open while Madara fought Zorc.
• Atem, Kaiba, Yugi, and Seto attacked Zorc, but their efforts failed and Atem was grievously wounded.
• Atem fused the Egyptian God Cards into Holactie, frightening Zorc, and Tetsuhiro charged at him as the others seized the opening.

Tetsuhiro and his allies sealed Zorc, then fought the Light of Creation God, which sacrificed the Egyptians to escape. Tetsuhiro forced the god to restore the kingdom’s people before sealing it, while Anubis warned that the captured god was only a spiritual manifestation.

• Tetsuhiro summoned powerful monsters and sealed the weakened Zorc in a card.
• Madara trapped the Light of Creation God, and Tetsuhiro’s allies and Anubis attacked it.
• The Light of Creation God sacrificed every Egyptian except Atem and Seto to escape, enraging Tetsuhiro.
• Tetsuhiro struck the god with Kinrin Tensei Baku and forced it to spit out the kingdom’s people and the Priesthood.
• Tetsuhiro sealed the Light of Creation God, and Anubis told him the captured being was only a spiritual manifestation.

After Atem departed through the stone gate with the spirits of his friends, Tetsuhiro and his allies used the Dimension Cube to break into the higher-dimensional consciousness space. They forced open a passage despite resistance and began crossing over to investigate the Light of Creation God.

• Atem merged with the Pharaoh, reunited with his friends, and said farewell before entering the stone gate, where Kisara, Mahad, and Mana joined him.
• Tetsuhiro told Atem that Seto had lived a full life and encouraged him to accept that life was short but convictions could endure.
• Tobirama completed the collection of spatial coordinates while Seto Kaiba, Mokuba, and Noah prepared the Dimension Cube.
• Tetsuhiro ordered the Dimension Cube activated, and he and Madara supplied Tobirama with energy to overcome the unknown force resisting their passage.
• Madara broke through the dimensional barrier with Yin-Yang Release-Turbulent Flow Break, and Tetsuhiro entered the opening to stabilize a passage for the others.

Tetsuhiro and his allies reached the Royal Palace, where Atem’s brainwashed priests attacked them. Atem devised a plan requiring the Millennium Scales, but Hasan and Isis thwarted Tobirama’s attempt to take them.

• Tetsuhiro, Madara, Tobirama, and their companions flew toward the Royal Palace while resisting the world’s corrosive energy.
• Seto, Shada, Karim, and Simon ordered the priests to attack the newcomers, so Atem followed with Mahad, Mana, and Kisara.
• The priests attacked Tetsuhiro’s group, and Kisara transformed into the Blue-Eyes White Dragon while Simon summoned Exodia and his true body.
• Atem asked Tetsuhiro to obtain Shada’s Millennium Scales, but Hasan and Isis stopped Tobirama from taking them.
• Hasan threw Isis toward the ground after she urged him to protect the scales, and Tobirama abandoned the chase to catch her.