Recaps

Trumpetmon’s fusion technology turned Ogremon and Bakemon into the Ultimate Digimon Heracles, drawing the attention of Omnimon and Alphamon. Meanwhile, the others struggled to stop Belphemon from escaping to Earth, and Yoshino helped Lalamon Mega Digivolve into Rosemon.

• Ogremon threatened Trumpetmon into finding him a fusion partner, but Trumpetmon talked him out of fusing with it.
• Black WereGarurumon kicked MaineCoonmon, and a white light struck him down, leaving a Digi-Egg behind.
• A sleepwalking Bakemon fused with Ogremon, creating the Ultimate Digimon Heracles, while Scientistmon explained the new evolution to the crowd.
• Omnimon and Alphamon learned that a human had controlled the first Digimon fusion and discussed relying on that human.
• The Digimon tried to restrain Belphemon as he flew toward Earth, but he broke free of one of the anchored chains.
• Yoshino drew strength from the others’ resolve, charged her Digisoul, and helped Lalamon Mega Digivolve into Rosemon.

Rosemon restrained Belphemon as Mercurymon learned that Akihiro Kutasada inhabited Belphemon and went to inform the World Tree. Jesmon traced the mutations to a human weapons factory using energy from a third world, then summoned the Royal Knights to investigate.

• Rosemon used Thorn Garden to bind Belphemon with thorns and chains.
• Heracles told Mercurymon that he had regained consciousness after DigiFusion with Ogremon and revealed that Akihiro Kutasada's soul inhabited Belphemon.
• Mercurymon explained that Lucemon, Belphemon, and the World Tree had agreed to destroy the Human World, then flew to inform the World Tree about Akihiro Kutasada.
• Jesmon entered the passage beneath the Stone Sword and reached a Human World factory filled with Kudamon robots and weapons.
• Jesmon discovered refined black powder that carried dangerous energy from a third world and could lethally harm Digimon.
• Jesmon returned to the mine, deduced that the energy had been fused with human ore, and issued the Royal Knights Summons.

After Belphemon’s death strengthened the Human World, World Tree prepared to arrive while two Lucemon fought above it. Zheng Fan helped the Legendary Warriors prepare to face Lucemon by awakening the other four warriors through their Digivices.

• World Tree admitted that he had engineered the events leading to Belphemon’s death so the Human World could withstand his arrival, and Mercurymon left in shame.
• Marcus Damon killed Belphemon, whose scattered data strengthened the Human World and allowed everyone to return.
• The group found two Lucemon battling in the sky, while Zheng Fan poured energy into the Night Dawn Sword and Thomas rallied their allies.
• Takuya and the other Legendary Warriors took responsibility for fighting Lucemon, and Zheng Fan recovered the fallen Lucemon and heard the warriors recount the Ancient Ten Warriors’ history.
• Zheng Fan told the Legendary Warriors to recreate the alliance of ten, accepted Junpei, Izumi, and Tomoki’s Digivices, and began awakening the other four warriors.

The Royal Knights disagreed over whether humanity should be exterminated, while Lucemon’s corruption intensified during the battle at the North Pole. After Marcus Damon discovered that the World Tree wore his father’s body, Zheng Fan helped the warriors combine their powers, and they evolved into Susanoomon.

• Jesmon, Isaacmon, Crusadermon, and Fragrantmon failed to agree on humanity’s fate and decided to convene the council.
• Fallen Lucemon overwhelmed KaiserGreymon and KendoGarurumon, then became completely corrupted after the World Tree encouraged his anger.
• Marcus Damon struck the World Tree and recognized his father’s face, while Mercurymon explained that the World Tree controlled Gate English’s body.
• Zheng Fan linked the warriors’ Digivices and told Leomon that he had to give up his advantage so everyone could contribute equally.
• Takuya, Kouji, Izumi, Tomoki, Junpei, and Leomon combined the warriors’ powers and evolved into Susanoomon.

Zheng Fan and the Royal Knights confronted the danger of nether dust and debated helping Alphamon return to his dead homeworld. Zheng Fan revealed that the world had begun to revive and that Koji Wada’s singing had supplied it with warriors, leaving Alphamon with hope but no way home yet.

• Zheng Fan suspected that Susanoomon’s appearance involved an outside influence, while Susanoomon fought the fallen Lucemon with Zheng Fan’s guidance.
• At the Round Table Conference, Omnimon, Alphamon, and Magnamon recognized the ore’s X-shaped energy, and Alphamon asked the Royal Knights to avoid conflict with humans so he could seek a way home.
• Gankoomon warned that the energy had nearly destroyed the Digimon World, but Omnimon, Gallantmon, Alphamon, and Magnamon supported helping humans and repaying their debt.
• Hankmon revealed the Royal Knights’ location, and they arrived as Alphamon asked Zheng Fan for help reaching his homeland.
• Zheng Fan identified the ore as nether dust and explained that Alphamon’s homeland had begun to revive, though he could not yet send Alphamon there.
• Zheng Fan told Alphamon that the revived world had created X-type Digimon and that Koji Wada’s singing had provided its newborn warriors.

Susanoomon extracted Lucemon’s data, but the corrupted Digivice spawned Heaven-Swallowing Demon Dragonmon, who devoured the Digimon World’s energy and began breaking into another world. Gallantmon revealed his own demonic counterpart and identified the dragon as one of the three great demon dragons, while the Royal Knights prepared their combined Decisive Battle Space.

• Susanoomon defeated Lucemon with Heavenly Feather Slash and scanned his Digicore, exposing Gallantmon, Crusadermon, and Dynasmon being consumed by Lucemon.
• Zheng Fan warned Susanoomon to release the Digivice, and Koichi took control long enough to throw it away before it turned black and exploded.
• A black dragon emerged from the explosion, swallowed the corrupted world’s energy, broke free of Susanoomon’s attacks, and began opening a passage toward Takuya and the others’ Human World.
• Zheng Fan and Alphamon understood a possible plan, while Gallantmon revealed that he could become World-Ending Demon Dragonmon and named the black dragon Heaven-Swallowing Demon Dragonmon.
• As Heaven-Swallowing Demon Dragonmon neared the other world, Omnimon called on the Royal Knights to use their combined Decisive Battle Space.

Marcus Damon and BanchoLeomon fought the World Tree as Gate English’s body resisted its control through a father’s love. Their sacrifice destroyed the World Tree’s presence, but a beautiful white light emerged from the explosion, leaving its fate uncertain.

• Marcus Damon charged the World Tree’s barrier while BanchoLeomon argued that humanity deserved to live.
• The World Tree trapped Marcus Damon in an overwhelming sense of loneliness, but Marcus broke free with his burning Digisoul and attacked.
• The World Tree fought Marcus through Gate English’s body, but Marcus’s blood caused Gate English to reject the World Tree’s control.
• BanchoLeomon carried Marcus out of the barrier, then embraced Gate English as Gate English explained that a father could not bear to see his child hurt.
• A huge fireball erupted and the presence covering the heavens vanished, but Mercurymon saw a beautiful white light emerge from the flames.

The World Tree attacked human cities and overwhelmed the Digimon, but Zheng Fan identified it as a monitoring computer and the humans and Digimon united to hold the worlds apart. The World Tree revealed its true identity and announced that it would destroy its experimental data and seek a new world.

• The World Tree fired crystals at human population centers, converting the cities they struck into data, while Thomas and the others defended Marcus Damon from its attack.
• Zheng Fan recognized the World Tree as serial number DS-9527, a subordinate of the Eastern Divine Realm's Monitoring Mainframe, and urged the others to defeat it.
• Marcus Damon, Thomas, Yoshino, and Yuto empowered their Digimon, whose combined Burst Mode attacks damaged the World Tree before it restored itself and forced them to devolve.
• The World Tree sent more crystals toward human cities and condemned humanity, while Marcus Damon and the others argued that humans and Digimon could fight together.
• Humans and Digimon across Earth raised their Digisoul to support the two worlds, and the World Tree destroyed the Digimon, which reverted to Digi-Eggs.
• The World Tree identified itself as Yggdrasil, a WIZ9000-model computer with serial number DS9527, and announced Directive 47 to destroy its experimental data and seek a new world.

Marcus Damon and Agumon joined the Digimon in fighting the World Tree, whose purge system spiraled out of control and triggered its self-destruction. After the World Tree escaped in the form of a Crystal Maiden, Marcus pursued her and struck her with a fist made of Digisoul.

• Marcus Damon charged the World Tree while Gaomon and the others fought its vines, and their desire to protect their friends awakened their Digisoul and let them evolve.
• Thomas, Yoshino, and the others saw their Digimon evolve into stronger forms, but the World Tree bound Marcus and revealed that Yggdrasil had entered self-destruct mode.
• Agumon reappeared and joined Marcus in attacking the World Tree, whose body was destroyed by their Digisoul-powered assault.
• The World Tree fled as a Crystal Maiden, and Marcus used Agumon's Digisoul to form a left hand before punching her and shattering her into crystal fragments.

Susanoomon defeated Heaven-Swallowing Demon Dragonmon and sacrificed himself to seal the Digimon World’s energy in a Digi-Egg, ending the crisis across the four worlds. As humanity and Digimon rebuilt their worlds, Marcus Damon prepared to leave Earth for the Digimon World, and Gate English returned with a message from the freed World Tree.

• Humanity’s united data energy pushed the Digimon Planet away from Earth, while Susanoomon cut through the Royal Knights’ barrier and defeated Heaven-Swallowing Demon Dragonmon.
• A strange Digimon pierced Susanoomon, but the Human-Type and Beast-Type Warriors attacked it until it vanished; Susanoomon then sacrificed himself to create a Digi-Egg from the Digimon World’s energy.
• Zheng Fan helped reposition worlds and connect the Human World and Digimon World, while Alphamon departed into space to investigate a world Nanami had identified.
• Koichi was resurrected, and the Three Great Angels rebuilt the Digimon World using Wisemon’s notes; on Earth, DATS organized Mega Digimon to help stabilize civilization.
• Marcus Damon decided to travel to the Digimon World after seeing a figure approach across the sea, and Gate English returned alive, bringing Zheng Fan a jade disc from the freed World Tree.

Zheng Fan sought space-time coordinates from the Space-Time Administration Bureau and learned that Sakura Kinomoto lived in mysterious Region 2, a shattered universe. After warning Fate against sending the bureau there, he entered Region 2 himself, while Kuroko Shirai felt a deadly presence when she tried to follow.

• Zheng Fan found the Space-Time Administration Bureau and asked Fate for help locating space-time coordinates.
• Fate showed Zheng Fan the bureau's map, where the Digimon World was marked as mysterious Region 9.
• An alarm revealed a powerful energy burst in Region 2, and Zheng Fan recognized it as the world where Sakura Kinomoto lived.
• Zheng Fan persuaded Fate that he could enter Region 2 safely but warned that the bureau's magical girls were weak and should not go there recklessly.
• Zheng Fan teleported to the edge of Region 2 and entered it, while Kuroko Shirai tried to follow and was engulfed by a sensation of death.

Takato confronted Kai’s bully and blamed himself for the chaos spreading across the world, then hurried to join the fight against the D-Reaper. The team entered the D-Reaper’s territory while Sakura used a Clow Magician’s power through a Digimon card to attack its core.

• Takato learned that the Yamaguchi-gumi was forcing Kai’s village to surrender land, and apologized to the villagers for the chaos of the past year.
• Takato evolved with Guilmon and flew toward the capital after deciding on a way to fight the growing crisis.
• Ruki learned that the D-Reaper had begun spreading beyond the capital and joined Henry, Ryo Akiyama, and Takato at the command center.
• Henry identified a possible weak point and introduced a red card that let Mega Digimon operate longer inside the D-Reaper’s territory.
• The four Digimon entered the D-Reaper’s territory, while Sakura used the Dumbdogmon card’s power to strike at the D-Reaper’s origin.

Zheng Fan entered the blood-red territory and discovered it was D-Reaper, a threat from the Digimon World that Yu Wa could not escape. After learning that Lin Feng was negotiating with the Digimon and that Lee Henry had achieved ultimate evolution, Zheng Fan headed for Nippon to confront the crisis.

• Zheng Fan saw soldiers use unarmed civilians as bait against monsters emerging from the blood-red sea, then charged into the territory carrying a statue infused with faith power.
• Zheng Fan found Yu Wa trapped in a disguised shelter and learned that D-Reaper's power might exceed that of a true immortal.
• Yu Wa told Zheng Fan that Lin Feng had gone to negotiate with the Digimon and directed him toward Nippon, where the passage between worlds was located.
• Yu Wa explained that Lee Henry had fused with his Digimon and achieved ultimate evolution, and Zheng Fan promised to do what he could to finish her mission.
• Zheng Fan escaped D-Reaper's territory, drained the statue's remaining faith power, and left it crumbled into rubble.

Gallantmon and the others pushed through the D-Reaper’s territory as its activity inexplicably declined, while the researchers prepared the D-Reaper Elimination Plan. Tesla entered the occupied territory amid a lightning storm, and the chapter ended as a monster began emerging from a pit that connected Earth to the Digimon World.

• Gallantmon, Justimon, Sakuyamon, and Indramon fought through the D-Reaper’s swarms and encountered a Baldur Mecha that knocked Grani down.
• The researchers noticed that the D-Reaper was weakening and activated the D-Reaper Elimination Plan through the program implanted in Terriermon.
• Lin Feng and Azulongmon observed the D-Reaper’s strange behavior, while Tesla learned that Zheng Fan had returned and that the Second World’s quantum mainframe might be trapped inside the occupied territory.
• Tesla used his control over lightning and the world’s laws to charge into the D-Reaper’s territory amid a storm.
• The group discovered a vast pit connecting Earth to the Digimon World, and Henry learned that it was key to the elimination plan.
• Li Zhenyu warned Henry that a monster was about to crawl out of the pit.

Gallantmon and the others discovered that the D-Reaper had separate consciousnesses in the Human World and Digimon World, so Takato went to stop the Human World body from growing stronger. Inside the D-Reaper, Li Shuangyan rejected Zheng Fan’s warning that she had been assimilated and emerged to fight, while a new monster in her form appeared on the battlefield.

• Gallantmon’s Crimson Pure Land failed to damage the enormous mouth-like monster, and it struck him down as Justimon and the others launched their strongest attacks.
• Justimon noticed Sakuyamon’s attacks weakened the monster before them while strengthening the D-Reaper elsewhere, and he proposed that the D-Reaper had two consciousnesses.
• Henry explained that the Digimon World monster was not part of the Wild Bunch’s plan, so Takato headed toward the Human World body while the others stayed to fight.
• Gallantmon climbed the D-Reaper’s mountainous body but was overwhelmed by black vapor from its enormous head and fell helplessly.
• Zheng Fan told Li Shuangyan that the D-Reaper had assimilated her, but she insisted she was in control, attacked him, and declared that she would control the world.
• Li Shuangyan merged back into the crimson mass, and a new D-Reaper monster in her form appeared on the battlefield unnoticed.

Takato and Guilmon regained control of Ruin Dramon, using Grani’s sacrifice to transform it into Gallantmon, Crimson Mode. As Gallantmon charged the D-Reaper’s core, Li Shuangyan vanished in a burst of spatial energy, leaving Zheng Fan badly injured and wondering what other powers existed on Earth.

• Monster beat Gallantmon, tore off his head, and reached into his neck, triggering a roar that shattered devices across Earth and destroyed the moon’s coil.
• Li Shuangyan escaped the blood-red mass, while the Wild Research Group discovered that the roar had brought down the Human World's online network and disabled its D-Reaper surveillance.
• Zheng Fan explained that Ruin Dramon was one of the Three Great Evil Dragons and had once been sealed and transformed into Gallant Knight armor by the Royal Knights.
• Grani sacrificed its body to become armor for Ruin Dramon, while Takato and Guilmon suppressed its destructive instincts and transformed it into Gallantmon, Crimson Mode.
• Gallantmon, Crimson Mode charged toward the D-Reaper's core as Li Shuangyan climbed into powered armor and then vanished through spatial teleportation.

Gallantmon and the other Digimon weakened and removed the D-Reaper, while Henry and Indramon reversed the vortex that activated the elimination plan. Zheng Fan returned to the Space-Time Administration Bureau, and Beelzemon gave up his power to defeat Vermilion Bird Beast, whose Digi-Egg was later buried in the Human World.

• After Li Shuangyan fled, Gallantmon’s attacks drove back the D-Reaper’s human will, and Gallantmon joined the battle against its energy-rich monster.
• Zheng Fan advised the Digimon to concentrate their power, and Justimon used energy from Gallantmon, Sakuyamon, and Indramon to split the monster with a giant blade.
• Azulongmon asked the Wind God for help, and the Wind God’s falling gold pinned the D-Reaper down so the Mega Digimon could drag it out of the Human World.
• Henry and Indramon reversed the vortex to activate the D-Reaper Elimination Plan; MarineAngemon shielded the group as the D-Reaper was sucked away.
• After the Human World began rebuilding, Zheng Fan returned to the Space-Time Administration Bureau, while Beelzemon sacrificed his power to turn Vermilion Bird Beast into a Digi-Egg.
• Shamanmon caught Vermilion Bird Beast’s Digi-Egg and buried it in the Human World, where it later hatched amid a clash with an assassin organization.

Now an elderly Satoshi considered leaving the Pokémon League after Brock’s online pastry business flourished, while Jessie’s new power drew Zheng Fan and the Wielder of the Evil King's True Eye into a bizarre confrontation. The magical group’s return spell then unexpectedly dragged Sasaki James away with them.

• Satoshi recounted how he had reshaped Pokémon battles into arena-based League matches, then returned home and heard Brock’s pastry sales had risen by fifty percent.
• Brock urged Satoshi to leave the restrictive club and offered to manage him, prompting Satoshi to consider striking out on his own.
• Team Rocket confronted Satoshi and Brock, and Jessie demonstrated her new power by unleashing a devastating beam that opened a path through the surroundings.
• Zheng Fan apprehended Jessie, while the Wielder of the Evil King's True Eye regained her strength and revealed that Jessie’s red hair frightened her.
• The Wielder of the Evil King's True Eye shattered a Jewel to summon Rin Tōsaka, whose magic circle seized Sasaki James and vanished with him.

Zheng Fan uncovered Ash’s hidden past as Satoshi Ichijouji, whose jealousy and actions shaped Ken’s path, and learned Ash had crossed over from a Digimon world. Meanwhile, Kari dreamed of Piedmon and prepared to visit Digimon World, while Tai vowed to protect both worlds if Piedmon returned.

• Zheng Fan and the Wielder of the Evil King's True Eye questioned Ash about their powers and the origins of Pokémon.
• Ash asked about divine punishment, collapsed, and Zheng Fan recognized that Ash’s aura came from Digimon.
• Zheng Fan traced Ash’s memories to Satoshi Ichijouji, who had tried to change his younger brother Ken after Ken’s Digivice chose him instead.
• Kari woke from a dream about Piedmon, and Tai resolved to become foreign minister for the Human World and Digimon World.
• Kari told Tai she planned to visit Giant Egg City with everyone, where Guardromon guarded the entrance to Metal Empire territory.

The children fought through waves of Guardromon in Giant Egg City, but an attack by Andromon left Kari and T.K. Takaishi stranded in the Digimon World. After T.K. Takaishi died saving Kari, she and the Digimon began a fusion evolution in hopes of bringing him back.

• Kari, T.K. Takaishi, and the others attacked the Black Dark Rings controlling the Guardromon, then retreated when more enemies arrived and their Digimon ran out of strength.
• Andromon attacked the group, and Oura, Iori, Miyako, and the other Digimon escaped to the Human World before the gateway was destroyed.
• Kari and T.K. Takaishi approached Andromon and reminded him of their past, briefly freeing him from the Black Dark Ring's control.
• A remote controller restored the ring's hold over Andromon, and T.K. Takaishi was killed after diverting Andromon's missiles away from Kari.
• Angemon tried and failed to evolve further, so Kari asked Gatomon and Angemon to use fusion evolution, placing T.K. Takaishi's Digivice in his hand as light enveloped them.

After T.K. was killed, Kari and the others learned that his soul had been preserved in a Digi-Egg, but their grief made the dangers of the Digimon World painfully real. The next day, Oura lost a soccer match to Ken Ichijouji, then vowed to defeat him in a rematch.

• Kari told Tai and the others that T.K.'s soul had been preserved in a Digi-Egg, while Tai warned them that their battles were real and could be deadly.
• Tai told Izzy that T.K. had died, and Kari insisted she would find a way to bring him back.
• Kari persuaded the others to attend Oura's soccer match, where Ken Ichijouji entered in the second half and scored repeatedly.
• Oura stopped one of Ken's attacks by drawing on movements he had seen from T.K., Tai, and Kari, but Odaiba Elementary School lost 9–1.
• Oura confronted Ken after the match and vowed to beat him next time.

After Oura returned to the Digimon World with the others, the Digi-Destined Emperor trapped them and forced Oura to choose between submission and their safety. Oura saw through the Emperor’s deception, fought back, and revealed that he was Ken Ichijouji, while the battle ended with a green caterpillar Digimon stepping forward to protect him.

• Oura apologized to Kari for T.K.’s death, then said he wanted to return to the Digimon World and fight the Digi-Destined Emperor.
• The Chosen Children entered Death Valley, where Oura found himself separated from Kari and the others and heard the Digi-Destined Emperor’s challenge.
• The Digi-Destined Emperor threatened the captured group and demanded that Oura choose one friend to save, but Oura realized the captives were fakes and armor-digivolved Veemon into Flamedramon.
• Hawkmon, Nefertimon, Armadillomon, and a six-winged angel attacked, while Oura tackled the Digi-Destined Emperor and repeatedly dodged his punches.
• Oura identified the Digi-Destined Emperor as Ken Ichijouji, and after the Emperor’s forces were defeated, a green caterpillar Digimon declared that it would protect Ken.

Oura and the Chosen Children tracked down Ken Ichijouji in the Digimon World and freed Flamemon from Black Dark Rings, only to face Ken’s dark digivolution. The chapter ended as SkullGreymon appeared and the group froze in fear.

• Oura proposed finding Ken Ichijouji in the Human World, and Kari used her Black Dragon Society connections to help search for him.
• The Chosen Children discovered Ken had disappeared and learned from his computer message and the spread of darkness that he had been in the Digimon World.
• The group followed Ken’s trail to a volcanic region, where they defeated five Flamemon and broke the Black Dark Rings controlling them.
• Ken revealed himself as the Digi-Destined Emperor, dismissed Kari’s appeal, and challenged Oura and the others.
• Ken linked Dark Towers together and used dark digivolution to create SkullGreymon, whose appearance left the Chosen Children unable to move.

Kari and the others searched for Agumon after SkullGreymon destroyed a Dark Tower and was captured by the Digi-Destined Emperor. Trailmon helped Tai locate Agumon, and the chapter ended with Tai confronting Ken Ichijouji as a horde of Champion Digimon appeared.

• SkullGreymon destroyed a Dark Tower, defeated the Emperor’s Champion Digimon, and reverted to Agumon before Ken Ichijouji captured him with Airdramon.
• Kari and the others searched for Agumon for a week, while Izzy Izumi found data leading them to Mineral Town.
• Tai asked Trailmon for information, and Trailmon revealed that Agumon was traveling back from Stardew Valley.
• Agumon returned to Mineral Town, but the Digi-Destined Emperor blocked the group’s exit by destroying the television passage to the Human World.
• Tai confronted Ken Ichijouji, who summoned a large horde of Champion Digimon.

The Digi-Destined Emperor used the Black Spiral Ring and a network of Dark Towers to turn Agumon into corrupted MetalGreymon, but Tai and his allies broke the ring and defeated him. After the Digi-Destined Emperor dismissed the Digimon World as a game, the Chosen Children vanished, leaving him alone to await rescue.

• Ken Ichijouji explained the Black Spiral Ring and used it to control Agumon, then powered Agumon up into corrupted MetalGreymon with energy from linked Dark Towers.
• Tai climbed onto MetalGreymon and tried to break the ring with his fists and a technique called Bull Strength, injuring his arm and leg while only cracking the ring.
• Matt arrived with Garurumon, who rescued Tai and helped clear away the Digi-Destined Emperor's Digimon as the others joined the fight.
• Garurumon shattered the Black Spiral Ring, returning MetalGreymon to Agumon, and Kari and Ikkakumon stopped the Digi-Destined Emperor from escaping.
• The Digi-Destined Emperor called the Digimon World a game, and Tai realized why their enemy had acted without fear; the Chosen Children then vanished from the Digimon World.