Recaps

On the rooftop of Xiangyang High School, Zheng Fan faced a cleric who had used a magic array to immobilize him and manipulate the students against him. Zheng Fan and an old man disrupted the array, and the chapter ended with the old man revealing the explosions were only projections and mocking the Pope's rumored illegitimate children.

• Li Xiaojiao, Gao Da, Zhang Xiaopang, Xiaoxiao, and the other students tried to stop Zheng Fan from jumping, while an invisible stranger provoked him and was exposed as a young cleric.
• Zhang Xiaopang struck the cleric with a steel rod, but the cleric's Divine Light Shield injured him before the cleric healed his shoulder and explained his faith.
• The cleric described how the Church had used blessed crosses and magic arrays to gather prayer energy and attack Xiangyang Town, while turning the students against Zheng Fan by blaming Buzhou.
• Zheng Fan revealed he had found a flaw in the binding array and began breaking free, as a mysterious speaker accused him of causing Xiaoxiao's death.
• An old man in black appeared and helped destroy the magic array, triggering explosions around Xiangyang Town that the cleric believed would kill many people.
• The old man explained that the explosions were projections with no effect on the real world, then joked about the Pope's rumored 108 illegitimate children.

After a spatial rupture banished Zheng Fan from the Buzhou Domain, he awoke in the Digimon world and met Leomon and the Biyomon. He agreed to visit Andromon the next day for answers, while studying the world’s unfamiliar energy without absorbing it.

• The old man’s banishment spell combined with the spatial rupture and sent Zheng Fan to another world, where he woke beside a river near Biyomon village.
• Leomon explained that Zheng Fan’s Night Dawn Sword had defeated Kuwagamon while he was unconscious, and Zheng Fan accepted the mistaken belief that he was a Champion-level Digimon.
• Leomon challenged Zheng Fan to fight, and their sparring damaged several Biyomon homes before they resumed their duel in a clearing.
• Zheng Fan and Leomon exchanged fists and then sword blows until Leomon used Beast King Fist, prompting Zheng Fan to concede and explain his homeland’s methods of using energy.
• Leomon recommended that Zheng Fan seek Andromon at the factory, and Zheng Fan arranged to go with him the next day.
• That night, Zheng Fan sensed that Digimon-world energy felt gentle and electrical, but chose not to absorb it before consulting Andromon.

Zheng Fan and Leomon reached the Village of Beginnings, where they helped defend the newborn Digimon from a Kuwagamon attack alongside Ogremon and Elecmon. After the battle, Ogremon shared what he knew about powerful Digimon on File Island, then challenged Leomon to a duel.

• Zheng Fan learned from Leomon that dead Digimon became data and that Tentomon could evolve into either Virus-type Kuwagamon or Kabuterimon.
• Leomon rushed toward the Village of Beginnings after seeing an energy signal, then attacked Ogremon before learning that Ogremon had come to help.
• Zheng Fan, Leomon, Ogremon, and Elecmon fought four Kuwagamon, and Zheng Fan learned that Leomon and Ogremon had once been friends but were now rivals.
• Leomon refused help against the last Kuwagamon and defeated it with Beast King Fist and Man Soul after fighting through the night.
• Ogremon told Zheng Fan about powerful Digimon on File Island, including Andromon, Monzaemon, and a possible MegaSeadramon, then challenged Leomon to fight.

Zheng Fan and Leomon helped Centarumon defend the ruins from Kuwagamon and Numemon, then learned the site was tied to the Digivices and the coming Darkness Invasion. Centarumon let Zheng Fan study the ruins’ inscriptions, while Leomon was left stung by Centarumon’s insult.

• Zheng Fan and Leomon hurried to the ruins after discovering Centarumon was under attack by two Kuwagamon and two Numemon.
• Centarumon asked Leomon to protect the ruins, so Zheng Fan fought the airborne Kuwagamon while Leomon attacked the Numemon.
• After Leomon and Centarumon defeated the Numemon, Centarumon joined Zheng Fan on the roof, and the three defeated the Kuwagamon together.
• Centarumon explained that the ruins were connected to Digivices and had been prepared to counter the Darkness Invasion.
• Zheng Fan told Centarumon he had no Digivice but asked to study the inscriptions, and Centarumon agreed.
• Leomon protested that Centarumon had previously refused to let him inspect the ruins, but Centarumon called him illiterate.

Zheng Fan discovered that the murals depicted Holy Rings that might be manufactured objects, and the discussion frightened Leomon until Centarumon and Zheng Fan restored his fighting spirit. While Zheng Fan tried to memorize the mural’s sword techniques, Night Dawn absorbed the ruins’ vast data and transformed, leaving the sword’s new power unexplained.

• Leomon recognized the Holy Ring in the murals and compared it to Digitamamon’s plates, while he and Zheng Fan considered whether ancient Digimon had created the rings.
• Leomon became terrified by the possibility that darkness was too powerful to defeat and began losing data, but Centarumon and Zheng Fan encouraged him until he avoided devolving.
• Zheng Fan used his cultivation technique to memorize the murals’ sword techniques, enduring severe pain before realizing Night Dawn’s sword soul could absorb sword-related memories.
• Zheng Fan awakened Night Dawn’s sword soul, and the sword’s pull caused the mural to absorb Leomon’s orange data and activate the ruins’ energy core.
• Data swirled into Night Dawn’s hilt and vanished; although the sword appeared unchanged, Zheng Fan took it and felt a powerful aura burst forth.

Zheng Fan and Leomon visited Andromon’s Factory, where Andromon explained how data and the heart shaped Digimon evolution. Zheng Fan considered whether absorbing data energy could make him evolve, and the story left him and Leomon waiting while the overwhelmed Andromon recovered.

• Zheng Fan promised Centarumon he would help when he had the chance, then left with Leomon for Andromon’s Factory.
• Guardromon explained that mechanical modification could help Leomon reach Mega only if he could first evolve to Ultimate.
• Andromon told Zheng Fan that data energy guided the direction of evolution while the heart created the possibility and chose its path.
• Zheng Fan showed Andromon the Night Dawn Sword’s Holy Ring and explained that he had stopped absorbing data energy after his body began showing signs of conversion.
• Andromon crashed after hearing Zheng Fan’s account of Buzhou, so Zheng Fan and Leomon waited at the Factory while Guardromon arranged help.

Andromon showed Zheng Fan how data symbols enabled Digimon evolution, then strengthened Zheng Fan and Leomon at the Factory. The chapter ended with Zheng Fan and Leomon sparring, as Leomon prepared an unknown follow-up while wearing Zheng Fan down.

• Andromon concluded that individual names could encourage communication and self-awareness among Digimon, then demonstrated evolution by turning a Guardromon into Andromon Number Two.
• Andromon invited Zheng Fan to stay and help with research, and Zheng Fan agreed in exchange for a path to greater strength without changing his appearance.
• Andromon digitized and strengthened Zheng Fan's arms, while Leomon accepted enhancements that brought his body to the limits of the Champion level.
• Zheng Fan and Leomon sparred, and Zheng Fan used sword arts and his knowledge of Leomon's fighting habits to gain an advantage in close combat.
• Leomon continued pressing Zheng Fan while preparing a follow-up, and Zheng Fan struggled to keep up as his stamina ran low.

Zheng Fan and Leomon traveled through the sewers toward Toy Town, where a Sukamon ambush forced them into a brutal battle. After they defeated most of the attackers, Black King Sukamon offered them a place in his Underground Kingdom, unaware that his guess about their past was nearly correct.

• Zheng Fan and Leomon continued their daily sparring after Andromon developed a way to repair their damaged bodies, and Zheng Fan improved his Flowing Water Sword Style.
• Zheng Fan asked Andromon about finding human children, and Andromon pointed him toward Toy Town while warning him away from Infinite Mountain.
• Zheng Fan and Leomon took a sewer route to Toy Town with Universal Tools from Andromon.
• Sukamon surrounded Zheng Fan and Leomon in the sewers and attacked them with poop, but the pair slaughtered almost all of the green Digimon.
• Black King Sukamon appeared, revealed that he ruled the Underground Kingdom, and offered Zheng Fan and Leomon command of two thousand Champion-level Digimon if they helped him attack Andromon's Factory.
• Black King Sukamon suspected Zheng Fan and Leomon had destroyed the Village of Beginnings and demanded they either join his bid to rule File Island or face trial on the surface.

Zheng Fan and Leomon fought Black King Sukamon in the sewers, but the Ultimate Digimon’s suppression and attacks forced Zheng Fan to absorb its data energy at the cost of digitizing his feet. A shockwave from Leomon’s Beast King Fist incapacitated everyone, leaving Black King Sukamon defeated and Zheng Fan regretting the costly battle.

• Zheng Fan diverted Black King Sukamon’s black poop while Leomon closed in, and Zheng Fan froze Black King Sukamon in sewage.
• Leomon cut out Black King Sukamon’s eye, and Zheng Fan destroyed it with sword energy before Black King Sukamon broke free and used his Ultimate-level suppression on Leomon.
• Zheng Fan absorbed Black King Sukamon’s suppressive data energy, weakening him while digitizing Zheng Fan’s feet and part of his lower legs.
• Black King Sukamon unleashed Poop Storm, and Leomon’s Beast King Fist knocked a black lump into the sewer wall, creating a shockwave that incapacitated them all.
• The shockwaves killed many Sukamon and left Black King Sukamon unable to fight, while Zheng Fan regretted his digitized feet and the outcome of the battle.

Zheng Fan and Leomon defeated Black King Sukamon in the sewers and traveled to Toy Town to find Monzaemon. Monzaemon trapped them in Love Attack bubbles, then rewarded them with bubbles that restored their strength.

• Zheng Fan burned Black King Sukamon until he shattered into data energy, and Black King Sukamon warned that a great being of darkness would be reborn.
• Zheng Fan and Leomon left the sewers, raced to the exit, and arrived at Toy Town, where Digimon feared Leomon’s reputation.
• Guardromon tried to warn Zheng Fan and Leomon about Monzaemon’s rules, but Monzaemon arrived and caught them with Love Attack.
• Monzaemon hung Zheng Fan and Leomon on Toy Town’s wall for a day, draining their data energy as punishment.
• Monzaemon thanked Zheng Fan and Leomon for clearing the sewers, then used Love Attack again to restore their strength.

Zheng Fan and Leomon spent three days enjoying Toy Town, while Zheng Fan shared Digimon knowledge with the children and recalled how hardship had shaped his youth. As Zheng Fan and Leomon prepared to leave, Monzaemon realized that something had happened in the sewers and that the two intended to go.

• Zheng Fan and Leomon scrubbed themselves after realizing they still reeked from the sewers, and they kept their encounter with Black King Sukamon to themselves.
• Zheng Fan enjoyed Toy Town’s rides and games, then remembered his parents’ deaths, Xiaoxiao’s sacrifice, and the difficult years he spent on the battlefield and studying on Earth.
• Zheng Fan taught the Digimon about the ten categories of powerful Digimon, hoping to inspire the younger ones to evolve and fly.
• Zheng Fan spent three days having fun in Toy Town and claimed the top score on the Factory’s game consoles.
• Monzaemon recognized that Zheng Fan and Leomon had come from the sewers and realized they intended to leave.

Zheng Fan and Leomon investigated Infinite Mountain, where Zheng Fan sensed powerful devotion alongside data-corroding energy. After Unimon blocked their ascent and fought Leomon, Zheng Fan used the Sword of Faith to stop him, and they decided to retreat with Unimon.

• Monzaemon reminisced about Toy Town’s past and warned Zheng Fan that children should not be drawn into the Darkness Invasion.
• Zheng Fan demonstrated his new Sword-Controlling Art and Holy Ring, then set out with Leomon to investigate Infinite Mountain.
• Zheng Fan sensed an aura of devotion on the mountain and concluded that Digimon had once loved the place.
• Leomon insisted on discovering why Infinite Mountain had changed, and Zheng Fan agreed to continue with him.
• Unimon confronted them and battled Leomon, so Zheng Fan separated them and struck Unimon with the Sword of Faith.
• Leomon agreed to retreat, and Zheng Fan carried the motionless Unimon down the mountain.

Zheng Fan asked Elderlymon about Infinite Mountain and learned its history as a sacred center of Digimon evolution and the site of a disastrous attempt to turn File Island into a Sea Ark. The mountain later began spreading Dark Power, and the Digimon sealed it off after failing to discover the cause.

• Elderlymon scolded Leomon and warned Zheng Fan against treating Infinite Mountain as a place to explore.
• Zheng Fan told Elderlymon that Infinite Mountain had once represented hope, prompting Elderlymon to explain its role in Digimon evolution and the Village of Beginnings.
• Elderlymon said the Darkness Invasion ended with Dark Power seizing the Gate and scattering the Village of Beginnings’ influence across the Digimon World.
• Elderlymon explained that the Metal Empire tried to use the lingering power of fallen Mega Digimon to turn File Island into a Sea Ark, but the energy shattered the island and killed many Digimon.
• Elderlymon said Infinite Mountain began turning toward Dark Power after the disaster, corrupting Digimon until the island’s inhabitants sealed it off.

Zheng Fan and Elderlymon climbed Infinite Mountain to investigate the force behind its catastrophe, while Zheng Fan considered whether the mountain’s spirit had been corrupted, sought revenge, or was granting a wish. Near the summit, Leomon suddenly attacked Unimon, and Zheng Fan summoned Nuwa’s phantom image as the group faced the mountain’s powerful dark energy and faith.

• Zheng Fan proposed three explanations for Infinite Mountain’s behavior, and Elderlymon agreed to accompany him there after a day of preparation.
• Elderlymon, Zheng Fan, Leomon, and Unimon climbed Infinite Mountain as Elderlymon recalled stories from its past.
• As the group climbed above the halfway point, Zheng Fan sensed increasingly strong dark power and faith energy near the summit.
• Leomon tore open Unimon’s wing, and Elderlymon separated them with a beam of red light.
• Zheng Fan summoned Nuwa’s indistinct phantom image and spat out blood from the strain.

Leomon evolved into SaberLeomon and scattered the deity’s faith energy, while Zheng Fan and his allies fought Devimon and confronted the deity of Infinite Mountain. Elderlymon’s Sunshine empowered Zheng Fan’s Night Dawn Sword, whose Solar Radiance, Slaying Strike cleared enough dark energy to protect the Champion Digimon.

• Nuwa’s phantom dispersed the faith energy and forced data energy into Leomon, while Elderlymon and Unimon raised a barrier around the group.
• Leomon evolved into SaberLeomon, whose Lion King's Roar scattered the faith energy; SaberLeomon then said they wanted a name that would not change with evolution.
• Devimon attacked, and Zheng Fan used the Earthly Sha Sword Art and Tai Chi Sword to fight it while resisting the deity’s mental interference.
• The deity appeared in a body assembled from parts of other Digimon and told Elderlymon it wanted revenge for the machinery and channels installed in Infinite Mountain.
• The deity’s influence nearly led Elderlymon out of the barrier, but SaberLeomon’s Lion King's Roar restored Elderlymon’s clarity.
• Elderlymon unleashed Sunshine, which Zheng Fan absorbed into the Night Dawn Sword to unleash Solar Radiance, Slaying Strike and destroy enough dark energy to protect the Champion Digimon.

Zheng Fan and the Digimon fought Devimon and Divine Spirit on Infinite Mountain, with Elderlymon and SaberLeomon both falling in battle. Zheng Fan began Gentleman's Sword Dance and prepared to use his ultimate technique against the weakened enemies as Unimon carried the injured away.

• Elderlymon’s Barrier shattered, allowing Unimon and SaberLeomon to attack Devimon while Zheng Fan fought Divine Spirit.
• Divine Spirit healed Devimon by merging its spectral arm into him, and Devimon later struck Elderlymon with Death Claw, leaving him unconscious.
• Zheng Fan began Gentleman's Sword Dance and asked SaberLeomon and Unimon to protect him while the field weakened Divine Spirit.
• Devimon charged a powerful Death Claw and pierced SaberLeomon’s chest, but Zheng Fan severed Devimon’s arm as SaberLeomon fell back to Champion-level Leomon.
• Zheng Fan told Unimon to evacuate Elderlymon and Leomon while he prepared his ultimate technique, warning that they might all die together.

Zheng Fan used Azure Dragon Swordsmanship to shatter space on Infinite Mountain, then found himself in the void alongside Devimon. After Devimon entered a world that barred Zheng Fan, he discovered the Digimon World’s refuge, where cards recorded every Ancient Digimon’s evolution.

• Zheng Fan’s Sky Splitter opened black holes that swallowed the deity and Devimon, but the backlash also pulled Zheng Fan into the void.
• Devimon reassembled from data energy, recognized the void as a route between worlds, and traveled with Zheng Fan toward a distant world.
• Devimon entered the world by breaking apart into data energy, while its barrier refused Zheng Fan entry.
• Zheng Fan followed the world’s boundary and discovered a space filled with cards depicting Digimon and their evolutions.
• Zheng Fan learned that the Digimon World’s Core had moved its records into the void as a refuge from the Darkness Invasion.

Zheng Fan tried to turn his body into data energy so he could enter Digimon World, but his cultivation nearly killed him as the transformation reached his organs. A powerful pink Digimon rescued him, and Zheng Fan awakened with a complete data body, grateful to the cards that had saved him.

• Zheng Fan gathered more than 120,000 Digimon cards and realized he still needed to transform into data energy to enter Digimon World.
• Zheng Fan used the cards' energy to explore his meridians, but the reckless circulation damaged his organs and failed to transform his body.
• Zheng Fan drew in data energy more forcefully until it began converting his emperor-level flesh into a data body, then continued on to his internal organs.
• Zheng Fan lost consciousness as his organs transformed, and a powerful pink Digimon saved him with a heart-shaped bubble.
• Zheng Fan regained consciousness with a complete data body, deduced that he had passed out when his internal breathing stopped, and thanked the cards for saving him.

Zheng Fan crossed the Digimon World's layered barrier using the Traversing Technique, but emerged injured and unconscious in a strange void containing six orbiting worlds. Meanwhile, Piedmon showed Fallen Angemon footage of the battle and asked for his help recalling something, prompting Fallen Angemon to draw a Black Greatsword on him.

• Zheng Fan sensed the Digimon World's hundred-plus barrier layers and used the Traversing Technique to enter its traversal realm.
• Zheng Fan endured mounting pressure and repulsion as he crossed the barrier layers, then was expelled into a void mixed with data energy and lost consciousness after coughing blood.
• Piedmon summoned Fallen Angemon and showed him footage of the battle, including Devimon and others being swallowed by the void.
• Fallen Angemon recognized Devimon and commented on SaberLeomon, the Divine Spirit, and Zheng Fan; Piedmon explained that Devimon had returned badly injured.
• Piedmon said he needed Fallen Angemon's help with matters only they still remembered, and Fallen Angemon drew a Black Greatsword and threatened to fight.

Piedmon and Fallen Angemon studied footage of Zheng Fan and suspected he was a human, while Taichi and the other children woke in a snowy forest with Digimon partners. The group fled Kuwagamon, whose attack they repelled before it flew away.

• Piedmon told Fallen Angemon that Zheng Fan appeared to be a human, but Fallen Angemon said the human world had been destroyed.
• Taichi woke beside Koromon, learned they were partners, and met the other children and their Digimon partners.
• Taichi climbed a tree to scout the forest and spotted Kuwagamon approaching, then fell and urged everyone to run.
• Kuwagamon attacked the children, and Koromon, Biyomon, Tanemon, and the other Digimon fought back.
• Mimi told Tanemon to attack Kuwagamon's eyes, and the Digimon's bubbles forced Kuwagamon to fly away.

The Chosen Children were lured into Devimon’s house, where he drained their strength and prepared to break apart File Island. Zheng Fan regained control of his body, crashed into Devimon from the sky, and confronted the modified Digimon as Leomon and Ogremon moved to stop him.

• The children explored Devimon’s house, ate its food, and used its facilities while Devimon watched them and ordered Ogremon to gather more ingredients.
• Izzy accessed the house’s surveillance system, but the power failed before he could identify its owner; Devimon then made the house vanish under the children as they slept.
• T.K. woke to the cold and warned everyone, but the children’s attacks failed to stop Devimon, and their Digimon discovered they could no longer digivolve.
• Zheng Fan’s soul reunited with his body through the Crests of Courage and Friendship, and he regained control as he fell toward Devimon.
• Zheng Fan struck Devimon with the Night Dawn Sword and discovered mechanical modifications inside his body.
• Devimon called Leomon and Ogremon to hold Zheng Fan off, claiming he had not come to fight.

After File Island broke apart, Zheng Fan rescued Taichi and Joe, then began training them while recovering from his injuries. Three days later, he rushed to the Village of Beginnings to stop a herd of rampaging Triceramon from reaching it.

• Devimon ordered Leomon and Ogremon to kill the humans and Digimon as the earth split apart, but Zheng Fan wounded Devimon and kicked Ogremon into the sea with a plank.
• Zheng Fan woke a day later and met Taichi Yagami and Joe Kido, explaining that humans could grow stronger and offering to train them.
• Zheng Fan trained Taichi, Joe, and Agumon for three days after File Island broke apart.
• Elecmon told Zheng Fan that a herd of Triceramon had charged out of a cave near the rift, and Zheng Fan flew toward the Village of Beginnings as the herd approached.

Zheng Fan tried to keep Tai and Joe Kido out of the battle against the Triceramon, but Tai's anger triggered Agumon's digivolution into Greymon while Agumon was high in the sky. Zheng Fan worked to slow Greymon's fall and heal him as Tai realized he had caused trouble and cheered them on.

• Tai, Joe Kido, and their Digimon defied Zheng Fan's orders and joined him near the Village of Beginnings.
• Joe Kido explained that the chosen children had to face danger, while Tai grew increasingly distressed by his thoughts.
• Zheng Fan threw Agumon into the sky, and Tai kicked him in anger, triggering Agumon's digivolution into Greymon.
• Zheng Fan caught up with the falling Greymon, restrained his flailing with a sword net, and fed him data energy to heal his wounds.
• Tai realized his anger had helped cause the crisis and shouted encouragement to Greymon and Zheng Fan.

Zheng Fan saved Greymon from the fall, but Flymon’s attack sent them crashing down and Greymon reverted to Koromon after destroying Flymon with Super Flame. Joe Kido’s Digivice then helped Elecmon evolve into Aegiochusmon.

• Zheng Fan used his data energy and immense strength to catch Greymon, while Joe Kido and Tai watched in alarm.
• Flymon attacked Greymon with Turbo Stinger, and Greymon’s Super Flame struck back as he and Zheng Fan began to fall.
• Greymon reverted to Koromon, whom Tai caught, while his Super Flame burned Flymon to ashes.
• Zheng Fan reassured Joe Kido about the dangers of the Digimon World, and Joe Kido’s Digivice began to glow.
• Zheng Fan guided Joe Kido in using the Digivice and data energy to help Elecmon digivolve into Aegiochusmon.

Aegiochusmon failed to stop the Triceramon herd with brute force, but he and Greymon began turning the battle around with Zheng Fan’s sword traces and their attacks. The fight shifted to the Village of Beginnings when a Triceramon broke through and attacked the village’s young Digimon.

• Aegiochusmon used Sheep Charge to scatter the Triceramon, then collapsed from exhaustion as the herd surrounded him.
• Zheng Fan set up defensive sword traces before resting, and Tai had Koromon digivolve into Greymon to face the herd.
• Zheng Fan’s sword traces severed one Triceramon’s leg and crippled two others, while Greymon and Aegiochusmon attacked the remaining herd.
• Aegiochusmon used Golden Ray to bind several Triceramon, and Greymon charged in as Aegiochusmon demanded a chance to take revenge.
• A Triceramon broke free and rampaged through the Village of Beginnings, where young Digimon tried to distract it; the Triceramon then unleashed Volcanic Cannon.