Recaps

Oikawa Yukio discovered the Digimon aboard the train and eagerly questioned them after Zheng Fan agreed to help with basic research. After the group reached Shinjuku, Zheng Fan let the children split up to explore, but Joe Kido and Izzy Izumi went missing from Tai’s group.

• Oikawa Yukio confronted Leomon about not being human, then fainted when he saw Calumon and the other Digimon.
• After waking, Oikawa Yukio questioned the Digimon about their biology and learned about their world from Zheng Fan, Izzy Izumi, and Tai.
• At Shinjuku, Takato asked to stay and explore, and Zheng Fan agreed as long as ordinary people did not see their Digimon.
• Zheng Fan gave Henry money and used cards to conceal the Digimon, then parted ways with Takato and his companions.
• Tai’s group walked through Shinjuku and realized Joe Kido and Izzy Izumi were missing; their Digivice showed only five people.

Zheng Fan used a staged abduction by the Black Dragon Society to make the children confront their strength and vulnerability, but Saori’s resurrection ability and Sora’s frightening fingers intimidated the gangsters instead. The group headed toward Odaiba in a limousine while Izzy Izumi colored Sora’s fingers to look normal.

• Zheng Fan read a note claiming Izzy Izumi, Joe Kido, and Saori Kido had been captured, but the group kept eating because Saori was a Champion-level Digimon.
• Joe returned after escaping the Black Dragon Society with Saori and explained that he and Izzy Izumi had fought the gangsters before they used guns and drugs.
• Zheng Fan admitted that he had arranged the encounter to show the children how weak ordinary people were and remind them they were not invincible.
• Joe declared Saori his little sister, and the group left in a stretch limousine after the Black Dragon Society arranged the ride.
• The Black Dragon Society’s bosses grew afraid of Saori’s resurrection power and Sora Takenouchi’s black fingers, while Izzy Izumi used Holy Light to color Sora’s fingers normally.

Zheng Fan and the others were trapped in a traffic jam when Gesomon attacked, and Zheng Fan struck the Digimon from within to stop its deadly special attack. As Ikkakumon and Tentomon fought Gesomon, they targeted the steel pipe lodged in its head, provoking a furious response.

• Yagyu’s limousine broke down and blocked most of the road, while Yagyu used his Black Dragon Society membership to intimidate the people stuck in traffic.
• Brother Wu hurled a steel pipe at the limousine, then fled with Xiaofu; Yagyu threw the pipe into the river.
• Gesomon burst from the river and attacked, but Zheng Fan vanished into its body and interrupted its Death Shadow attack.
• Gomamon evolved into Ikkakumon and challenged Gesomon, while Joe Kido and Sora Takenouchi tried to help.
• Izzy Izumi told Ikkakumon to wait, then directed Tentomon to strike the steel pipe in Gesomon’s head with Boom Bubble, making Gesomon howl furiously.

Zheng Fan used South Heaven One Sword to escape Gesomon, survived the backlash, and left the children in the Black Dragon Society’s care. As the group headed home, Yagyu explained how the Society would cover up the battle as a miracle and silence witnesses.

• Zheng Fan invoked South Heaven One Sword, used Silver Mirror Beast’s Reflecting Shield to survive the sun’s counterattack, and escaped Gesomon before Ikkakumon killed it with Harpoon Vulcan.
• Saori healed T.K. Takaishi’s burned feet while the group waited for Zheng Fan to recover, and Ikkakumon offered to carry everyone home.
• Zheng Fan sent the navigation unit across the scorching, sword-scarred road and left after Yagyu promised to protect the children’s daily lives from the fallout.
• Izzy Izumi asked Yagyu about the Black Dragon Society’s name, and Yagyu said it had begun as a group serving the gods before becoming an underworld organization.
• Yagyu told Matt that the Society would present the battle as a miracle and threaten witnesses to keep the story from spreading.

Calumon secretly went hunting and tried to train by fighting an enhanced tiger, but he struggled because he lacked a special move and could not evolve. After the Night Dawn Sword rescued him from a wild boar, Calumon declared victory over the tiger.

• Calumon slipped out with the Night Dawn Sword while Zheng Fan slept and asked the sword to let him fight on his own.
• Calumon summoned a beam of light that the Night Dawn Sword destroyed, drawing an enhanced tiger into the forest.
• Calumon charged the tiger, shattered its teeth, and kicked it away, but the tiger tore fur from his back and later pinned him down.
• Calumon's forehead crystal flared and blasted the tiger away when it touched him, but his attempt to evolve failed.
• The Night Dawn Sword rescued Calumon from an approaching wild boar and carried him away with the boar's corpse as Calumon defiantly faced the tiger.

Calumon and the Night Dawn Sword forced Yagyu to gather Tokyo’s finest chefs and prepare dishes from the enormous wild boar they had hunted. The chefs finished four dishes, and Calumon was left to judge them.

• Calumon and the Night Dawn Sword found Yagyu before dawn and demanded that he find chefs to cook their wild boar.
• Yagyu struggled to contact anyone, then mobilized people across Tokyo to find top chefs and brought five of them to his house.
• The chefs inspected the giant boar and divided its cuts among their planned dishes, but their knives could not pierce its hide.
• Calumon used the Night Dawn Sword to sharpen the chefs’ knives, enabling them to prepare the meat.
• He Guyang, Zhao Kang, Kaimier and Kim Min-go, and Sekitani Kenjiro presented four wild boar dishes to Calumon.

After a dream unexpectedly advanced him to the Dharma Realm, Zheng Fan struggled to control his strength and decided to sheath the Night Dawn Sword. He left the story preparing to go out with Calumon and Yagyu Mubai while Xiao reluctantly agreed to enter the sheath.

• Zheng Fan woke weakened after dreaming and realized he had advanced beyond the Spirit Realm into the Dharma Realm.
• Yagyu Mubai brought Zheng Fan dishes made from a sentient boar, while Calumon and Xiao returned from hunting it.
• Zheng Fan ate the boar dishes, praised the chefs, and wrote seasoning recipes for Yagyu Mubai to pass along to them.
• Zheng Fan told Xiao that his new strength was difficult to control and decided to find a sheath for the Night Dawn Sword.
• Calumon tried to shield Xiao, but Xiao eventually agreed to enter the sheath after Zheng Fan explained that they might still face a fight.

Zheng Fan set out for Nanke Market to find materials for sheathing his power, while Yagyu Mubai’s ambitions and doubts came to the surface. At the market, a ninja ambushed Zheng Fan, whose recognition of the ninja lineage left him wondering how this hidden world could exist beyond Buzhou’s knowledge.

• Zheng Fan asked Yagyu Mubai to take him to Nanke Market, and Yagyu explained Takamagahara’s martial ranks and arranged a subway carriage for the trip.
• At the Emperor Hotel, a hostess’s contemptuous remarks and correction of Yagyu’s story prompted Zheng Fan to challenge Yagyu’s fixation on rising above others, leaving Yagyu dazed.
• Zheng Fan sent Takumi to stay with Yagyu, then reassured the undercover agent that Yagyu would not dare harm him while Zheng Fan was present.
• Zheng Fan browsed Nanke Market and bought items before confronting a dark-clad man who had been following him.
• The ninja attacked with a sonic technique and hidden weapons, but Zheng Fan blocked them and recognized the kunai and technique as belonging to the Six Paths Adept’s lineage.

Zheng Fan killed a Ninja and examined the diluted Six Paths Breakthrough bloodline before visiting Nanke Market to look for rare materials. He learned about stone gambling and chose an expensive ore, while Iwatani Masatada suspected Zheng Fan was a powerful outsider and hurried to consult Furukawa Shū.

• Zheng Fan crushed the Ninja’s heart, then concluded he would need to visit the Ninjas’ lair to learn more about their bloodline.
• Zheng Fan explained to Calumon that the Ninjas in his world inherited power through bloodlines, unlike those in Yamaki’s world, who relied on cultivation methods.
• A fat proprietor led Zheng Fan to his Burmese Old Mine shop and explained that customers gambled on whether ore contained jade or valuable metals.
• Zheng Fan tested a bar of No. 98 molybdenum steel and discussed how ordinary technology could advance beyond cultivation.
• Iwatani Masatada recognized Zheng Fan as a likely level-seven expert, sent Yuan Bing to watch him, and went to find Furukawa Shū.
• Zheng Fan selected a dark-brown rock priced at eighteen million US dollars and asked whether he had to cut it open there.

Zheng Fan shopped in Nanke Market while Myotismon’s forces plotted their next moves, and Kiwimon’s attempt to digivolve with a Crest turned him into Toadmon instead of Gesomon. Gatomon uncovered Myotismon’s trap and reflected on how his inexperience had alienated the Digimon under his rule.

• Zheng Fan bought unusual items and arranged for the shop to deliver a three-ton piece of guyasha despite not remembering his address.
• Kiwimon proposed disrupting Odaiba’s transportation network, and Myotismon gave him a Crest after Kiwimon revealed he wanted to become Gesomon.
• Gatomon reprimanded the Digimon for their defeats and revealed that BlackKnightmon and Straw Hat Captainmon had disappeared in Shinjuku, prompting Myotismon to strike her with his Demon Blood Whip.
• Kiwimon shattered and swallowed the Crest, but its hidden dark power merged with his Digicore and made him digivolve into Toadmon.
• Gatomon revealed she had dozens of Fake Crests and realized Myotismon had set a trap for anyone who used them to digivolve.
• Gatomon recalled her difficult past and contrasted her experience with Myotismon’s sheltered rise to power, noting that the other Digimon waited for him to fail.

Zheng Fan examined Shinichi Kudo, identified the likely cause of his condition, and agreed to inspect a mysterious Kudo family ore. At the Kudo Old Residence, he learned that the cultivation community was celebrating his arrival from the Celestial Empire, where a young man immediately challenged him.

• Shinichi Kudo introduced himself to Zheng Fan and described how an experimental drug had altered his body, while Zheng Fan suspected it contained the effects of the Four Seasons Revolving Flower.
• Zheng Fan threatened Shinichi after he asked about Ghost Festival symptoms, then accepted Shinichi's invitation to inspect a family ore measuring nearly three cubic meters but weighing only eight taels.
• Shinichi explained that the Kudo family wanted to hand over the ore, which had played a secret role in the Pearl Harbor Incident, but its elders were afraid to act.
• The Kudo family welcomed Zheng Fan with fireworks and cannons, and an elder explained that his arrival as a cultivator from the Celestial Empire was a major occasion for Fusang's cultivation community.
• After Zheng Fan sorted out the language, a young man challenged him, and Zheng Fan told him he needed another forty years of cultivation.

Zheng Fan defeated Kudo Shinji’s Draw-Sword Technique, then examined the Kudo Family’s mysterious azure heaven jade and identified it as impure ascension heaven crystal. Kudo Yusaku decided to give the crystal to Zheng Fan.

• Kudo Shinji challenged Zheng Fan to demonstrate Fusang’s martial heritage, and Zheng Fan allowed him one strike with a bamboo sword.
• Zheng Fan dodged Shinji’s first attack and flicked aside his second, destroying the bamboo sword; Shinji knelt and asked Zheng Fan to accept him as a disciple, but Zheng Fan ignored him.
• Shinichi Kudo led Zheng Fan to the basement, where Zheng Fan confirmed that the immovable azure heaven jade was connected to water and had been affected by a high-energy particle collision.
• Kudo Yusaku asked Zheng Fan about the ore, and Zheng Fan explained that azure heaven jade was impure ascension heaven crystal mixed with heavenly water qilin.
• After consulting the elders, Kudo Yusaku decided to give the ascension heaven crystal to Zheng Fan.

Zheng Fan accepted the Kudo Family’s ascension heaven crystal but left it in their care until it could be transported, then spoke with reporter Zhao Beiyue about Emperor Allen’s palace. Zhao’s investigation put her in danger at Tokyo Television, while Matt learned that his father had gone to Shibuya instead of coming home for dinner.

• Zheng Fan agreed to take the ascension heaven crystal and left a sword imprint at the Kudo estate to deter intruders.
• Zheng Fan discussed the dangers of the crystal and the Auxiliary Cultivation Path with Xiao and Calumon on the way back to the hotel.
• Zhao Beiyue interviewed Zheng Fan about the Kudo Family and Emperor Allen, hoping to research the emperor’s palace for a history program.
• Zhao Beiyue submitted a program plan, and her superior Uryu Ishida protected her from a Tokyo Television executive who planned to kill her.
• Matt called Sakurada to ask his father to come home for dinner, but Sakurada said the Section Chief had gone to Shibuya and would likely be late.

Matt and T.K. considered going to find their busy father, while Zhao Beiyue presented a media proposal to the Kudo Family with Uryu Ishida. Shinichi Kudo agreed to cooperate if Zheng Fan supported the plan, and Zhao Beiyue left excited to attend the Super Shape-Up semifinals.

• T.K. suggested that he and Matt go find their father, and Matt objected before reconsidering their ability to handle danger.
• Zhao Beiyue discussed her investigation with Uryu Ishida at a café and asked him to pay the bill.
• Uryu Ishida and Zhao Beiyue visited Shinichi Kudo at Nanke Market, where he revealed that someone had given him hope of curing his illness.
• Zhao Beiyue explained that Zheng Fan had provided information about the Kudo Family and that she had prepared a proposal using the television station's research on Emperor Allen.
• Shinichi Kudo warned Zhao Beiyue to justify herself to Zheng Fan, then returned her proposal and agreed the Kudo Family would cooperate if Zheng Fan wanted it.
• Zhao Beiyue invited Shinichi Kudo to Shibuya for the Super Shape-Up semifinals.

Zheng Fan broke free of time’s restraints, created the sword strike Flowing Light, and collapsed from exhaustion. In Shibuya, T.K. Takaishi chased after Patamon while Gabumon was carried off by Pumpkinmon and Oremon, leaving the group in pursuit of several Digimon.

• Zheng Fan used the Way of Time, decided it clashed with his sword path, and created Flowing Light before losing consciousness.
• Patamon flew out of the subway after T.K. Takaishi angrily told him to stop talking, and Matt went after him with T.K. Takaishi following.
• Pumpkinmon and Oremon talked about ruling Shibuya after Myotismon took over the human world.
• Gabumon sensed Digimon in Shibuya, but Pumpkinmon and Oremon grabbed him and ran from a woman demanding her ice cream back.
• T.K. Takaishi pointed the woman toward an intersection where Pumpkinmon and Oremon had gone.

Matt and T.K. encountered Pumpkinmon and Oremon, who had turned against Myotismon’s plans, but Myotismon cornered them in an alley. Garurumon and the two Digimon attacked Myotismon, whose power overwhelmed Oremon’s assault.

• Oremon and Pumpkinmon revealed they had no interest in fighting and took Matt and T.K. to try on clothes in Shibuya.
• Myotismon appeared, prompting the group to flee through the streets and into an alley blocked by his swarm of bats.
• Myotismon ordered Pumpkinmon and Oremon to capture Matt and T.K., but the two Digimon rejected him for eavesdropping on them.
• Gabumon digivolved into Garurumon and attacked Myotismon with the Garuru Crystal Sword while Pumpkinmon and Oremon joined the fight.
• Myotismon deflected Garurumon’s sword with bats, and Oremon’s Rock Storm could not damage him.

Zheng Fan and his companions survived an ambush by Garurumon's Garuru Crystal Sword, then joined the battle in Shibuya against Myotismon. As Zheng Fan confronted Myotismon, the Ultimate Digimon unleashed his aura, weakening Angemon and driving WereGarurumon into a blood-fueled transformation.

• A concealed Garuru Crystal Sword nearly struck Zheng Fan, but he slowed it with the Azure Dragon Sword Domain and Flowing Water Sword Style until Calumon stopped it.
• Zheng Fan calmed the Night Dawn Sword's demonic flames with the Gentleman Sword's intent, while Calumon used a Heart-Clearing Mantra Talisman Card.
• After checking their injuries and depleted cards, Zheng Fan and his companions resolved to fight and used Digivice cards to strengthen him.
• Zheng Fan arrived as Myotismon bound WereGarurumon with Demon Blood Whips, then freed WereGarurumon and advised him to learn Eight Trigrams Palm instead of Flower-Piercing Palm.
• Myotismon attacked Zheng Fan, but Zheng Fan broke his blood whip and sent him flying with an Iron Mountain Lean as Angemon struck with Heaven's Knuckle.
• Myotismon's aura weakened Angemon and caused WereGarurumon's blood to burn, transforming his body and turning his eyes bright red.

WereGarurumon went berserk and battled Myotismon while Zheng Fan protected Matt, T.K., and the injured Digimon. After WereGarurumon weakened Myotismon, Zheng Fan and Xiao broke through his Psychokinesis and pierced him with the Night Dawn Sword, leaving the battle's outcome unresolved.

• WereGarurumon transformed into a frenzied form and attacked Myotismon, while Zheng Fan sent the Sword of Faith into his mental world and promised to look after Matt.
• Zheng Fan found Matt, T.K., Oremon, and Pumpkinmon injured, treated Matt's bat poison, and learned that Calumon had found Angemon.
• Uryu Ishida tried to clear the crowd, so Zheng Fan frightened the onlookers away with his killing intent and reunited Matt and T.K. with their father and Angemon.
• Zhao Beiyue and Matt identified WereGarurumon and Myotismon as a werewolf and a vampire, while WereGarurumon struck Myotismon with Kaiser Nail and tore off his arm.
• Zheng Fan empowered Angemon to destroy Myotismon's severed arm, then attacked Myotismon as Xiao used oscillation to break his Psychokinesis.
• Myotismon hurled WereGarurumon toward Zheng Fan, but Zheng Fan unleashed Eternal Azure Heaven and pierced Myotismon with the oscillating Night Dawn Sword.

Zheng Fan destroyed nearly all of Myotismon’s bat forms, but Myotismon survived and began planning his next moves. Wizardmon broke Myotismon’s seal on Gatomon, revealing that she was the eighth chosen Digimon and Kari Yagami’s partner, and they prepared to act against Myotismon.

• Zheng Fan used the Blazing Fire Sword Style to destroy most of Myotismon’s bats, while Calumon’s attack cards were nearly exhausted.
• Myotismon escaped to his secret chamber, ordered DemiDevimon to gather human blood, and redirected his forces toward Odaiba and Akihabara.
• Gatomon met Wizardmon in her bright quarters, and Wizardmon urged her to join forces with the Chosen Children.
• Wizardmon broke Myotismon’s seal and revealed that Gatomon was the eighth chosen Digimon and Kari Yagami’s partner.
• Gatomon and Wizardmon planned to act once Myotismon began feeding on human blood, and Wizardmon recalled that Gatomon had once given him water when he was dying of thirst.

Gatomon’s failure to stop the Tamers’ escape led her to accept responsibility and lose authority over Myotismon’s forces. Meanwhile, Zheng Fan and the Black Dragon Society responded to the mass deaths in Shinjuku, leaving Matt and the other children central to the coming conflict.

• The Tamers used card-enhanced attacks to break through the Digimon forces, while Gatomon defeated DemiDevimon after protecting herself from Bakemon.
• MetalSeadramon reported that three Champion Digimon and their human partners had escaped, and Gatomon accepted responsibility for the failure.
• Myotismon merged the squads, made Gatomon captain of the defense squad, and placed DemiDevimon in charge of the Digimon army.
• Zheng Fan told Matt that 273 women had disappeared in Shinjuku and explained that the Dao God Cult represented a powerful ancient tradition.
• Yagyu Mubai reported that the missing women were dead and pledged the Black Dragon Society’s obedience to Zheng Fan in exchange for help eliminating the evil gods.
• Zheng Fan said the children were key to solving the crisis and vanished, leaving Yagyu and Matt to discuss working together.

The Black Dragon Society began searching for the missing witness to the Hikarigaoka battle, while Wizardmon confirmed Kari as Gatomon’s partner and the eighth Chosen Child. In the forest, Takato’s group headed toward a clash between Wizardmon and Myotismon as Wizardmon and Gatomon fought to recover their Digivice.

• Matt told Yagyu that the Hikarigaoka explosion had been a battle between Digimon and asked the Black Dragon Society to find another witness, prompting the society and the Cabinet to organize a wide search.
• Gatomon and Wizardmon visited Kari, and the Light Crest’s glow confirmed Kari’s connection to Gatomon while healing her illnesses.
• Gatomon and Wizardmon left to retrieve their Digivice from the injured Myotismon, refusing Kari’s offer to bring Tai and the others along.
• Takato, Ruki, Renamon, and Guilmon went toward a distant battle after spotting an Ultimate Digimon, while Henry searched the forest alone with Terriermon.
• Wizardmon battled Myotismon, who tried to convince Gatomon to return to him, but Gatomon rejected him because he fed on blood.

Myotismon tried to capture Gatomon and defeat the Digimon, but Growlmon and Kyubimon resisted his Crest trick and attacked him. In the forest, Henry reached a breakthrough while drawing the sword, which flew free and shot into the sky.

• Wizardmon hurled Gatomon out of danger and used his power to block Myotismon's attack, while Guilmon and Renamon joined the fight and evolved into Growlmon and Kyubimon.
• Myotismon shattered several replica Crests of Light, but Growlmon and Kyubimon did not revert, and they counterattacked with their finishing moves.
• Albers forced Henry toward the sword in the fallen tree and threatened him, while Gargomon stayed nearby and Henry tried to draw it.
• Henry recalled Master Zhao's lessons, found calm, and gently pulled the sword free; it circled him before shooting into the sky.

Myotismon’s attack on Takato was interrupted by the Night Dawn Sword’s lingering sword intent, forcing him to flee with Gatomon and Wizardmon. Elsewhere, Zheng Fan’s fight with a Ninja squad ended after Abe Ma’er’s spell backfired, and Zheng Fan immobilized the surviving Ninja.

• Gatomon struck Myotismon, but his unleashed origin power suppressed her and he prepared to attack Takato with Demon Blood Whip.
• The Night Dawn Sword’s sword intent rose from the forest, and Myotismon panicked, transformed into bats, and fled with Gatomon and Wizardmon as the sword qi pursued him.
• Zheng Fan fought a Ninja squad using swordsmanship while Abe Ma’er defended the fighters with embryonic shikigami.
• Abe Ma’er’s surrender spell entered Zheng Fan’s sea of consciousness, but his counterattack killed Abe Ma’er and released the shikigami to consume his remains.
• After the Ninja fought among the remaining shikigami, Zheng Fan captured all ten and struck their necks with pebbles, leaving them unable to move.

Zheng Fan learned the history of the ninjas and defeated a dangerous demon shikigami, then sought information about shikigami cultivation. Meanwhile, Myotismon tried to evolve by spreading smog and drinking blood, while Kari revealed to Tai that Gatomon was the eighth chosen Digimon.

• Zheng Fan questioned the ninja leader, who explained the origins of ninjas, the Survey Corps, and the Shadow Corps, and blamed the United States for the attack.
• The ninjas tried to atone by taking their own lives, but Zheng Fan disarmed them and spared them.
• After the dog-headed demon shikigami defeated and consumed the other two shadows, Zheng Fan caught it and battered it harmless with its own tail.
• Zheng Fan asked the ninjas where shikigami were raised and warned that evil cultivation methods could threaten humanity.
• Myotismon spread dark clouds over Odaiba, told DemiDevimon to find more fresh blood, and continued trying to force Gatomon to drink it.
• Kari woke from a nightmare, cried to Tai about Gatomon, and told him about the eighth Chosen Child and eighth chosen Digimon.

After arriving on Wintergrass Island, Zheng Fan learned about the valley where the Ninjas trained and the Dao God Cult had built a temple. Sora Takenouchi was stranded near Odaiba, fought off attacking Digimon, and freed herself from the mysterious force influencing her; Mimi Tachikawa reassured Tai's mother that Tai and Sora were safe.

• Zheng Fan teased Yamaguchi, who said a song had inspired him to abandon entertainment and train until he reached the next realm.
• Yamaguchi told Zheng Fan that the Ninjas' training base and a Dao God Cult temple were in a southern valley, though he had sensed no evil presence there.
• When the control tower failed to respond, Sora Takenouchi advised Yamamoto Tsuchi to divert the plane, then discovered Kuwagamon attacking aircraft nearby.
• A crowd of Digimon attacked Sora Takenouchi, and she used her golden-marked finger and martial techniques to destroy many of them before Snakemon revealed that Oraclemon had found her.
• Sora Takenouchi confronted the entity in her finger, gained control of her body, and agreed to trust it as long as it did not interfere with her thoughts.
• After Odaiba disappeared from view and officials considered using nuclear weapons, Mimi Tachikawa told Tai's mother that Tai and Sora were safe and promised that Tai and Greymon would rescue them.