Recaps

Zheng Fan and the Chosen Children dealt with Digimon stranded across Earth while new children were selected to help return them to the Digimon World. Zheng Fan then entered a hidden Shadow World, where Calumon sensed a terrifying power approaching from the sea.

• The Night Dawn Sword told Zheng Fan it had destroyed all Digimon and Dark Towers within two thousand li, prompting Miyako to confront him before Joe Kido stopped their argument.
• Izzy Izumi relayed Genai's news that partner Digimon could reach Ultimate and that a new batch of children had been selected, then used Genai's program to empower the Digivices and choose children around the world.
• The Chosen Children traveled through the Digimon World and struggled to capture and return the scattered Digimon to their proper environments.
• Etemon became a street musician, evolved into Guitar-Carryingmon, and wiped out Dark Towers and troublesome Digimon to protect his fans.
• Zheng Fan used Silver Mirror Beast's data to find and enter the Shadow World, where Calumon weakened and warned him that a terrifying power was approaching from the sea.
• Zheng Fan left Calumon behind and flew toward the distant ocean to investigate.

Zheng Fan discovered that the Kiwimon hauling Dark Towers were alien life-forms enslaved by dark power, then accompanied Calumon deeper underwater toward a second origin of evolution. Calumon took control of that power, leaving Zheng Fan braced for a powerful enemy who might command vast numbers of Ultimate Digimon.

• Zheng Fan hid beneath the seabed, touched a Dark Tower, and was overwhelmed by its shadowy power before attacking the Kiwimon hauling it.
• Zheng Fan captured a Kiwimon and used a vacuum to reveal that it was a dark-energy Spirit Race creature disguised as a Digimon.
• Zheng Fan used Heavenly Dipper Swordsmanship to kill the Kiwimon and destroyed their Dark Tower, then broke the disguised tower suppressing Calumon.
• Zheng Fan carried Calumon into the deep sea inside a MarineAngemon bubble and fought through groups of alien creatures transporting Dark Towers.
• Calumon identified another origin of evolution beyond a boundary and took control of its power, while Zheng Fan feared the being behind the laborers could command a huge force.

Zheng Fan and Calumon explored an underwater settlement, sampled SpongeBob SquarePants’s Krabby Patties, and attended a performance by the Dream Circus. The show’s lucky draw selected Killer, the wary yellow octopus seated beside Zheng Fan.

• Zheng Fan and Calumon visited the Krusty Krab, where SpongeBob SquarePants served them an enormous meal.
• Zheng Fan paid Squidward with a Bitcoin, which Squidward and SpongeBob SquarePants competed to claim before Squidward won and exchanged it for a theater ticket and change.
• Zheng Fan followed Squidward’s directions to the Umbrella Theater, and Calumon used the Digivice to turn invisible so they could enter with one ticket.
• Zheng Fan met Killer, a yellow octopus who could see Calumon, and watched the Dream Circus perform.
• The Dream Circus leader began a lucky draw, and the theater lights selected Killer.

Zheng Fan watched the Dream Circus ambush Killer, then investigated the underwater world's history and found the imprisoned giant monster Pizhu. Pizhu revealed how his master’s arrival connected the world to others, but Zheng Fan interrupted the account and awakened the basics of Flowing Light.

• Little Mimi and the Dream Circus performers trapped Killer in a cage of energy and attacked him.
• Zheng Fan learned that Pirate King Jack’s treasure hunt had brought land dwellers to the waters, whose remains helped awaken intelligence among the underwater inhabitants.
• Zheng Fan searched for land through the earth veins, then infiltrated the imperial palace to find the imprisoned giant monster Pizhu.
• Pizhu told Zheng Fan that his master had earned the Gentleness Crest and that a disturbance in space and time had brought powerful outsiders into the world.
• Zheng Fan demanded to know whether the master’s treasure had been stolen, rejected the future Pizhu had foreseen, and mastered the basics of Flowing Light.

Zheng Fan learned that Dagomon was using the Arcane Arts to seek control of the undersea world, and that his human bloodline made him the missing factor in Dagomon’s calculations. The Giant Monster warned that Dagomon would target the Light Crest, but Zheng Fan admitted he could not protect it right now.

• Zheng Fan showed the Giant Monster the bizarre creatures’ corpses, and the Giant Monster explained they had been reborn in Dagomon’s divine kingdom after worshipping him.
• Zheng Fan recognized Dagomon and read his book, Masterpiece of Arcana, which revealed that the Arcane Arts could use calculations to explain the universe and improve strength.
• Zheng Fan realized Dagomon’s Arcane Arts could help him seize control of the world, and the Giant Monster said Dagomon’s calculations could not account for something nonexistent in the undersea world: humans.
• Zheng Fan told the Giant Monster that Dagomon’s followers had infiltrated the Human World and the Digimon World, and that he knew a child chosen by the Crest of Gentleness.
• The Giant Monster urged Zheng Fan to protect the Light Crest, warning that Dagomon could nullify the Sun King’s power if he obtained it, but Zheng Fan said he could not protect it right now.

Zheng Fan questioned the Giant Monster about the Light and Gentleness Crests, uncovering how gentleness could become corrupted and how Ken Ichijouji had become the Digi-Destined Emperor. Dagomon then revealed himself after secretly listening, and the Giant Monster warned Zheng Fan that Dagomon’s Four-Dimensional Pocket was a powerful special move.

• Zheng Fan analyzed the crests while the Giant Monster refused to explain their connection and destroyed Zheng Fan’s notes.
• Zheng Fan argued that the Giant Monster’s reliance on innate power made him vulnerable, prompting the Giant Monster to admit that the Sun King had protected him and explain that gentleness needed constant exposure to light.
• The Giant Monster explained that the Sun King had once exhausted himself helping others, and Zheng Fan concluded that someone had tampered with Ken Ichijouji before he entered Digimon World.
• Zheng Fan and the Giant Monster sensed Dagomon behind the Artificial Hill, where Dagomon revealed that his Stone Hat had concealed him and that he had cracked the Four-Dimensional Pocket.
• The Giant Monster identified the Four-Dimensional Pocket as Blue Fattymon’s special move, which could materialize imagined things and had enabled the Sun King to travel the world.

Zheng Fan and the giant monster battled Dagomon after Dagomon altered the underwater environment and unleashed a legion of followers. As the giant monster’s strength waned, Zheng Fan destroyed an artificial rock formation, releasing a blue light that spread across the underwater world.

• Dagomon tried to bargain with Zheng Fan, but Zheng Fan refused to trust him after seeing his Night Dawn Sword expose the power of the Four-Dimensional Pocket.
• Calumon warned Zheng Fan that the environment had changed, and Dagomon attacked him with the Forbidden Trident while the underwater world’s power weakened him.
• Dagomon gained the upper hand against Zheng Fan and the giant monster, then withdrew after the giant monster rejected his offer to hand Zheng Fan over.
• Dagomon sent his shadow-shrouded followers to drain Zheng Fan and the giant monster, while Zheng Fan adapted to the changed environment and urged the giant monster to use its hidden power.
• Zheng Fan noticed the giant monster repeatedly looking toward an artificial rock formation, smashed it, and released a mass of blue light across the underwater world.

Zheng Fan battled Dagomon over the crystal and learned that Dagomon had researched wave-particle duality and could create a flesh doppelganger. After Dagomon’s formula failed to shake him, Zheng Fan altered Dagomon’s remains with a Bitcoin, causing the doppelganger and crystal to change color.

• The Blue Wave Fist wiped out the Shadow Legion and struck Dagomon, but a miniature Dagomon formed from the shattered trident fragments and seized the crystal.
• Zheng Fan and the Giant Monster attacked Dagomon, but the crystal’s glow shielded him; Calumon arrived with the Giant Monster and asked Zheng Fan to help him grow stronger.
• Zheng Fan dissected Dagomon’s remains while Dagomon explained his research and recited a formula he called wave-particle duality.
• Zheng Fan dismissed Dagomon’s attempt to unsettle him and cited the Tao Te Ching, prompting Dagomon to fear what Zheng Fan planned to do.
• Zheng Fan inserted a Bitcoin into Dagomon’s remains, stopping them from dissipating and turning the miniature Dagomon white and the crystal black.

Zheng Fan used a sword dance and Calumon's powers to wrest the Changhong Sword from Dagomon and seal him away. He and Pizhu closed the passage between the worlds before Zheng Fan departed, while Dagomon later escaped and became known as the Vow-Breaking Monk.

• Calumon transformed the crystal’s power into the Black Cat Pistol, and Zheng Fan learned about Black Cat’s evolutions from the Giant Monster.
• Zheng Fan danced with the Night Dawn Sword as Calumon’s powers let him move underwater, weakening Dagomon’s control of the crystal.
• Zheng Fan drew the Changhong Sword from the fire lotus, and Dagomon realized he could no longer control the crystal or defeat Zheng Fan.
• Calumon used linked Digimon powers and Zheng Fan’s cultivation to seal Dagomon for at least two years, and Pizhu gave Zheng Fan the Changhong Sword.
• Zheng Fan and Pizhu sealed the Spatial Node between the worlds, while Dagomon later broke free, entered another world, and became the Vow-Breaking Monk.

After the Dark Towers were cleared, Kari and the others suspected the enemy was using the chaos as a diversion. The enemy launched coordinated traps against the children, leaving several allies occupied as ZombieSatan attacked Izzy’s group and Oura and Xiao Xian blocked its escape.

• Kari, Tai, Izzy, and Gatomon concluded that the enemy’s attacks on Earth were a diversion and discussed capturing Arukenimon and her accomplice.
• Joe and Iori defeated Gesomon beside a cruise ship, but Turtle Chancellor discovered its ink contained a contaminant and had to stay behind to neutralize it.
• Matt and MetalGarurumon were trapped suppressing a volcanic eruption, while Tai became unreachable and the other children faced attacks across the city.
• MegaKabuterimon defeated DarkTyrannomon, but an unseen enemy wounded it before T.K. and MagnaAngemon identified the attacker as ZombieSatan.
• MagnaAngemon pursued ZombieSatan as it attacked Airdramon, and Oura and Xiao Xian appeared to block its escape.

ZombieSatan fled Imperialdramon and the other Digimon, but Sora intercepted him and stole the jewel from his staff. As Izzy Izumi broke through to Grandmaster, the group warned that the Digimon could not keep fighting in the Human World, and ZombieSatan escaped Sora by charging toward a bus full of people.

• ZombieSatan tried to flee through Airdramon, who pierced his body with Shatter Horn before MegaKabuterimon and Angewomon attacked.
• Sora fought ZombieSatan hand-to-hand, disarmed him, and pried the jewel from his staff.
• Izzy Izumi realized that Crests could be linked to the body's hidden treasures and suddenly reached the Grandmaster Realm.
• T.K. Takaishi stopped Kari from using her Digivice, warning that the Digimon had already spent too much energy in the Human World.
• ZombieSatan endured Sora's attacks, escaped her reach, and lunged toward a bus packed with humans.

Oura's guilt over Goguryeo drove him to demand that Imperialdramon attack ZombieSatan despite the hostages, but Ken Ichijouji helped him regain control and trust his partners. That resolve awakened Imperialdramon's Fighter Mode, and he rescued the school bus and destroyed ZombieSatan.

• ZombieSatan held a school bus full of children above the ground, while Oura ordered Imperialdramon to attack and Ken Ichijouji tried to stop him.
• Miyako revealed that Millenniumon had destroyed Goguryeo after Oura was driven away, leaving Oura convinced he had failed to act decisively.
• Ken Ichijouji reminded Oura that they were partners and could save the world together, and Oura accepted his help.
• Oura and Ken Ichijouji's renewed resolve awakened Imperialdramon's Fighter Mode.
• Imperialdramon swiftly cut ZombieSatan apart, took the bus to safety, and erased the enemy.

Demon took Ken Ichijouji to harvest the Seed of Darkness he had planted in him years earlier, while Sora and the others pursued. Arukenimon opened a gate for an army of Digimon, but Izzy’s Tactical Music Project calmed them; Ken was later captured by Arukenimon’s group and brought before a strange man.

• Demon arrived and revealed that he had planted a Seed of Darkness in Ken years ago, which had helped turn Ken into the Digi-Destined Emperor.
• Demon tried to take Ken, but Sora confronted him with a Crimson Feather; Ken agreed to go with Demon to keep the others safe.
• Veemon and Miyako pursued Demon, while Arukenimon opened a gate and sent red-eyed Digimon toward the Human World.
• Izzy used a recording of Mimi singing “Purity” to calm the invading Digimon and explained his Tactical Music Project.
• Arukenimon and Mummymon captured Ken and put him in a car filled with silent children, where a gaunt stranger appeared and claimed he had granted their wish to meet their idol.

Zheng Fan returned in time to fight Demon Knightmon, who had fused with Imperialdramon and was attacking the others. Zheng Fan broke the fusion with his Sunlight Sword Technique, leaving Demon defeated but promising to meet him again after rebirth.

• Zheng Fan arrived as Demon Knightmon attacked MagnaAngemon and learned that Demon had fused with Imperialdramon.
• Zheng Fan fought Demon Knightmon, first being knocked away, then using enhanced strength and agile swordsmanship to evade the halberd.
• Demon Knightmon fired a corrupted Positron Laser at Zheng Fan, who used his sword technique to attack from within Imperialdramon.
• Demon Knightmon severed Imperialdramon's head in a panic, and the fusion broke apart, freeing Imperialdramon and revealing Zheng Fan.
• Zheng Fan explained that his Sunlight Sword Technique had disrupted the fusion, while Demon crumbled away and vowed to meet him again.

Zheng Fan and the others discovered that Oikawa Yukio had implanted Seeds of Darkness in children, while Izzy and Tai investigated one girl’s abusive family and helped secure her rescue. The seeds rapidly grew stronger as the children gained attention and power, leaving the group facing a worsening crisis.

• Ken Ichijouji explained that the children carried Seeds of Darkness transplanted from him, and Zheng Fan said he could not remove them but believed their influence might be suppressed.
• Sora Takenouchi greeted the children, and most responded with expressions of jealousy and hatred.
• Izzy Izumi showed Tai that one child was the missing daughter of Shi Baoqiang, whose former wife Ma Rong and her partner Takagi Sōkichi were abusing her and had found a buyer for her.
• Police from two countries rescued the girl and returned her to her biological father, while Takagi Sōkichi and Ma Rong escaped.
• Tai suffered severe psychological trauma after investigating the adults’ situation, while the other children’s Seeds of Darkness grew stronger as they gained attention, praise, and physical power.

Izzy Izumi and the others planned for the children’s rescue while Zheng Fan defeated BlackWarGreymon, who revealed his conflict over being created as a weapon. After Iori’s grandfather showed Oikawa Yukio Hiroki’s diary and affirmed his dreams, Oikawa broke down and declared that he would begin a true battle to rule the world.

• Izzy Izumi told the group to conserve their strength, and T.K. Takaishi revealed that Patamon and Gatomon could attain Mega-level power.
• BlackWarGreymon explained his origins and his desire for freedom to Zheng Fan, who challenged his weak resolve and left him to deal with survivors hidden in the ruins.
• BlackWarGreymon opened a path across the sea with Dark Battle Tornado and departed, while Izzy Izumi received word that the children and Oikawa Yukio had been found.
• Iori’s grandfather recognized Oikawa Yukio as Hiroki’s friend and gave him Hiroki’s diary, explaining how Hiroki’s dreams had been carried on by the next generation.
• Oikawa Yukio read the diary, grieved for Hiroki, and vowed to begin his true battle to change the world and rule everything.

BlackWarGreymon rejected Oikawa Yukio and sacrificed himself to seal the passage between the Human World and the Digimon World. Izzy confirmed that the gate was closed, and Zheng Fan could not reopen it.

• BlackWarGreymon told Oikawa Yukio their debt was settled, and Zheng Fan explained that Oikawa had helped create him.
• Oikawa Yukio attacked BlackWarGreymon with dark mist and brain-like objects, leaving him badly injured before Oikawa and the children disappeared.
• Miyako comforted BlackWarGreymon, who said farewell and flew to the passage between the worlds.
• BlackWarGreymon dissolved his body to seal the passage, cutting off travel between the Human World and the Digimon World.
• Izzy discovered that the gate had closed, and Zheng Fan found that breaking the seal would require centuries of effort or a breakthrough.

Izzy collapsed from a mysterious condition and was taken to the hospital while Oura and the others confronted Oikawa Yukio as he used the Seeds of Darkness to open a Gate. Oikawa and the children entered the Digimon World, followed by the others, and Oikawa wept as he watched the children begin their adventures.

• Izzy received Oura's message about Oikawa Yukio, but collapsed from weakness before he could leave and his mother called an ambulance.
• Oikawa Yukio explained that the children's damaged Seeds of Darkness had mutated and would grow into dark trees, while Ken Ichijouji learned Oikawa had chosen him to help ordinary people reach the Digimon World.
• Ken ran toward Oikawa Yukio, but T.K. Takaishi and Kari intercepted Arukenimon and Mummymon while Oura tried to stop Oikawa.
• Oikawa Yukio led the children in song and opened a golden Gate with his computer, then entered the Digimon World with them as Arukenimon and Mummymon followed.
• T.K. and the others rushed through the Gate after them, and Oikawa Yukio knelt in tears as he urged the children to enjoy the Digimon World and go on adventures.

The children’s cries exposed Oikawa Yukio’s world as a thoughtscape, where Myotismon revealed his plan to merge with Oikawa and devoured Arukenimon and Mummymon. Myotismon transformed into Belial Myotismon, leaving the DigiDestined facing his new form.

• The children’s sobs dispelled Oikawa Yukio’s illusions, revealing his world as a crudely constructed landscape, and a giant version of Oikawa confronted him as his normie self.
• Angewomon rescued Oikawa from Myotismon’s attack, and Myotismon explained that Oikawa had created the thoughtscape and that he intended to merge with him.
• Myotismon seized and swallowed Arukenimon despite her attempt to bind his mouth with spider silk.
• Mummymon attacked Myotismon with corrosive pus, damaging Oikawa’s body and causing green scribbles to spread across the thoughtscape.
• Zheng Fan explained that Oikawa owned the thoughtscape and could shape it, while the world continued to evolve with him.
• Myotismon swallowed Mummymon, restructured his digicore, and tore out of Oikawa’s body as Belial Myotismon.

Belial Myotismon defeated and devoured the children and Digimon, but they kept returning unharmed because Oikawa Yukio had built immortality into the Thoughtscape. Zheng Fan and the others deduced that the world could make imagined things real, while the children experienced tempting dream versions of their deepest wishes.

• The children and Digimon forced Belial Myotismon through MagnaAngemon's Heaven's Gate, but he re-formed from the clouds and overwhelmed them after they had exhausted their strength.
• Belial Myotismon devoured the children and Digimon, then tried again when they reappeared, until he realized Oikawa Yukio had made the Thoughtscape immortal and left them asleep in dreams.
• Zheng Fan, Matt, Tai, Sora Takenouchi, and Izzy Izumi discussed Oikawa Yukio's wish and concluded that the Thoughtscape could turn imagined things into real beings.
• T.K. Takaishi dreamed that his family had returned, Miyako dreamed that her family celebrated her success, and Iori dreamed of visiting the Digimon World with his father.
• Ken Ichijouji, appearing as Zeng Xiao Xian, endured punishment from Digimon, while Oura found his parents' celebration of his perfect test score strangely unfamiliar.

Oura broke free of BelialMyotismon’s dream illusion by accepting his limits and naming the wishes he still hoped to pursue, allowing Veemon to manifest multiple forms and join the others in battle. The group crossed into a darkened Digimon World where BelialMyotismon regained his strength, while Zheng Fan left to deal with BlackWarGreymon’s lingering power affecting the Human World.

• Oura rejected the perfect-score, ramen-shop, and soccer dreams, then explained that he had awakened because they were only dreams and he had not yet achieved them.
• Oura’s resolve awakened the Armor Digi-Eggs of Courage and Friendship, and Veemon became Flamedramon, Raidramon, and Veemon EX to attack BelialMyotismon.
• Izzy used Mimi’s online request to gather fans’ imagined worlds, and Zheng Fan channelled their ideas through the barrier into the Thought-Sense Plane.
• The children’s attacks drove BelialMyotismon into a boundary, and Oura led the others through a starry-sky image into the Digimon World.
• BelialMyotismon absorbed the Digimon World’s darkness, recovered, and sent dark power through space toward the Earth World.
• Zheng Fan identified the influence as BlackWarGreymon’s lingering True Immortal power and left to clear it from the Human World.

The children’s despair strengthened Belial Myotismon, but Oura and T.K. Takaishi helped them embrace their dreams and wish for Digimon partners. Zheng Fan destroyed the Dark Power in the Human World, and Imperialdramon gathered the will of Digimon and humans to defeat Belial Myotismon.

• Belial Myotismon stirred the children’s despair, making the Dark Power grow stronger in both worlds.
• Izzy Izumi and the others contacted T.K. Takaishi through the Thoughtscape and warned him that the Dark Power threatened the Human World.
• Oura and T.K. Takaishi encouraged the children to pursue small goals and share their dreams, leading them to wish for Digimon partners.
• Zheng Fan shattered the Dark Power in the Human World and struck Belial Myotismon’s Digicore, leaving him as a mass of dark energy.
• Imperialdramon called on Digimon and humans to lend him their will, then destroyed Belial Myotismon with Super Death.

Oikawa Yukio reunited with Pipimon and died as the Thoughtscape merged into the Digimon World, restoring its landscape. A professor then sent Big Hammer to trigger the Second Impact and begin the Human Instrumentality Project, but the Chosen Children confronted the resulting catastrophe at the South Pole and found a powerful giant beside a sealed hibernation pod.

• Iori carried the dying Oikawa Yukio toward the Digimon World, where Oura confronted him over the destruction caused by his plans.
• Oikawa Yukio met Pipimon, said goodbye, and dissolved into particles that helped the Thoughtscape merge with and restore the Digimon World.
• A professor revealed the Dead Sea Scrolls and a mysterious box to Big Hammer, then ordered him to the South Pole to trigger the Second Impact and begin the Human Instrumentality Project.
• The Chosen Children escaped an explosion that destroyed the South Pole, and Joe Kido and MetalGarurumon prevented the resulting waves from flooding the Earth.
• Mimi Tachikawa approached the giant that appeared at the pole and found a wounded father placing his daughter in a hibernation pod; the father sealed it and threw down a small box.
• Sora Takenouchi told Tai and Matt she wanted to pursue cultivation rather than romance, and WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon fused into Omnimon to face the enraged giant.

Oura met an old man who claimed his world needed saviors, but Zheng Fan recognized him as Bagramon and concluded he had come from a parallel world. Zheng Fan agreed to travel there with the others, while warning Bagramon that he could not hide a scheme from him.

• Oura helped the old man replace his torn shoe, and the man asked him to save another world.
• The old man explained that he had used Clockmon to travel through time and recruit generations of saviors, but Tai and Sora questioned his account.
• After the old man revealed knowledge of Biyomon, the group grew suspicious, and Zheng Fan recognized him as Bagramon.
• Zheng Fan concluded that Bagramon had entered a parallel world, then explained how mental energy and the Great Void could sustain such worlds.
• Zheng Fan agreed to take the group to Bagramon's world, and Sora demonstrated that she could protect herself without Clockmon's help.
• During their journey through the space-time passage, Zheng Fan accused Bagramon of being a ruler with a hidden plan and warned that he could stop him.

Tomoki, as Korikakumon, was trapped by Airu Suzaki and Ren Tobari, then evolved into Babasamon and fought them while rescuing Mongemon. After escaping, he reverted to human form, and Taiki confronted Geki about the danger Digimon hunters posed to Digimon.

• Taiki and Gumdramon tried to capture a lone Digimon, but it escaped and rumors spread about a legendary Digimon.
• Tomoki hid in ruins, fell asleep, and woke to find Korikakumon caught in Airu Suzaki's trap.
• Ren Tobari and Airu argued over Korikakumon and traded Mongemon, while Korikakumon learned that humans hunted rare Digimon.
• When Ren tried to capture him, Korikakumon evolved into Babasamon, took Mongemon, and fought Airu's Bacchusmon and Ren's Yashamon.
• Babasamon defeated Yashamon, scanned away Mummymon's power, and fled with Mongemon before collapsing and reverting to a human child.
• Taiki told Geki that Ren had captured Mongemon and reminded him that Digimon hunters made prey of Digimon, then explained Yu's past and Strongmon's sacrifice.