Chapter Summaries

Kiriha, Taiki, and their allies fought Moonlight Myotismon as Beelzemon and Shoutmon X5 cleared away the Lady Devimon, but Moonlight Myotismon absorbed MetalGreymon and transformed again. Meanwhile, Zheng Fan reached the center of the Moon Disc and found the bead that formed its moon: Bagramon's left eye.

• Moonlight Myotismon stopped Shoutmon X5's Meteor Impact and used Nightmare Raid to weaken him, but a shock wave destroyed the Dream Eaters.
• Kiriha sent Shoutmon X5 to hold off the Lady Devimon, while MetalGreymon struck Moonlight Myotismon with Trident Arm.
• Taiki summoned Beelzemon, whose Death Cannon cleared the sky, and Shoutmon X5 used Meteor Smash to weaken Moonlight Myotismon.
• Moonlight Myotismon used his Digivice to absorb the Lady Devimon and grow stronger, then blasted MetalGreymon away and healed from MetalGreymon's attack.
• Kiriha ordered MetalGreymon to use Giga Destroyer, but Moonlight Myotismon subdued and swallowed MetalGreymon, transforming again.
• Zheng Fan and Black Terriermon reached the center of the Moon Disc, where Zheng Fan found the bead that formed its moon, Bagramon's left eye.

Zheng Fan helped Black Terriermon take Bagramon's eyeball from the moon, then the loss of moonlight left Moonlight Myotismon vulnerable and allowed the others to escape. He found Kiriha grieving over MetalGreymon's forced Fusion, and the chapter ended with Kiriha begging him to help save his partner.

• Zheng Fan recognized the moon as Bagramon's resentful eyeball, and Black Terriermon took it into his care.
• Moonlight Myotismon forced MetalGreymon into Fusion, then tried to fuse Beelzemon using a straw substitute that poisoned him.
• Zheng Fan erased the moon's law, and Fighter Sparrowmon used guided missiles to free the others from Moonlight Myotismon's Nightmare Bombs.
• Zheng Fan found Kiriha punching a rock over MetalGreymon's apparent death and challenged him over the way he treated his partner.
• Zheng Fan told Kiriha that MetalGreymon might still be alive, and Kiriha begged him to help save MetalGreymon.

Zheng Fan and the United Hearts Team used a staged rescue to awaken MetalGreymon and free him from Moonlight Myotismon’s Forced DigiFusion. Black Terriermon’s power changed the world’s laws, allowing Shoutmon DX and Zheng Fan to defeat Moonlight Myotismon, while Black Terriermon collapsed unconscious.

• Zheng Fan positioned Mongemon, Tortomon, and the other noncombat Digimon to distract Moonlight Myotismon, then launched Shoutmon into his body with the Dorulumon Cannon to reach MetalGreymon.
• Shoutmon showed MetalGreymon footage of their companions in danger and convinced him that Taiki, Kiriha, and the others were fighting to save him.
• MetalGreymon evolved into ZekeGreymon, while Shoutmon evolved into OmniShoutmon; Moonlight Myotismon realized the plan and attacked Zheng Fan, Zubamon, and Fighter Sparrowmon with sword qi.
• The captive Black Terriermon resisted Moonlight Myotismon from within and awakened Black Terriermon’s power, changing the world’s laws and protecting ZekeGreymon and OmniShoutmon.
• Taiki and Kiriha used Double Fusion to combine OmniShoutmon and ZekeGreymon into Shoutmon DX, who broke out of Moonlight Myotismon.
• Zheng Fan explained that the changed laws had stripped Moonlight Myotismon of his immortality, then killed him with the Night Dawn Sword.

Taiki's group rushed to rescue Fragrantmon and Honeymon, while Zheng Fan uncovered DarkKnightmon's plan and confronted Yu. Zheng Fan escaped with Yu captured, leaving the group to prepare for the danger tied to the boy and DarkKnightmon's ambition.

• Taiki's group intervened when Ignitemon and the Beemon attacked Fragrantmon, Honeymon, Shoutmon, and the others.
• Zheng Fan studied the world's fragmented laws, tasted Digital Honey, and learned how it was made from Digimon's hopes and will.
• Yu told DarkKnightmon that he wanted to fight Taiki, and Strongmon suggested using Zamielmon to gather information on Taiki.
• Zheng Fan appeared before Yu, exposed DarkKnightmon's plan to control Digimon World, and warned Yu that the world and its Digimon were real.
• Zheng Fan held DarkKnightmon back while High-Definition Displaymon seized Yu, then escaped with him.
• Zheng Fan examined Yu and concluded that the boy was likely key to DarkKnightmon's plan.

Zheng Fan learned that humans had entered Rosemon’s territory and accompanied Yūjin and Hawkmon to confront Marcus Damon and Thomas. After the fight revealed how Digisoul fueled evolution, Calumon used his power to de-evolve the combatants, while Thomas watched Zheng Fan approach with growing unease.

• Mercurymon left his palace after hearing that Jupitermon had been defeated in the north, interrupting his game with Zheng Fan.
• Hawkmon and Yūjin arrived seeking Mercurymon’s help against two humans in Rosemon’s territory, and Zheng Fan agreed to go with them.
• Marcus Damon and Thomas explained that they were DATS agents pursuing Drillmon, but Yūjin accused them of poaching Digimon and attacked.
• Thomas’s Digisoul evolved Gaomon into MachGaogamon, while Yūjin’s will evolved Hawkmon into Woodpeckermon; Marcus’s Digisoul then evolved Agumon into GeoGreymon.
• As the battle threatened to overwhelm Yūjin, Zheng Fan sent Calumon to de-evolve the Champion Digimon, and Thomas grew wary as Zheng Fan approached.

Zheng Fan discovered that contamination of Drillmon’s Digi-Egg pointed to a crisis in the Human World and said he needed to visit it, while Thomas and Marcus Damon insisted Digimon must not enter without permission. After the group returned through the Portal, Marcus was caught in a DATS restraint, and Thomas eventually emerged safely.

• Thomas showed Zheng Fan Drillmon’s contaminated Digi-Egg, and its black patterns attacked Zheng Fan as Marcus Damon punched him without effect.
• Zheng Fan contained the contamination and said he would visit the Human World, but Thomas and Marcus Damon refused to authorize his entry and insisted humans should handle their own problems.
• Zheng Fan persuaded Yuto to consider humanity, and Thomas and Marcus Damon joined in before leaving through the Portal.
• Marcus Damon lent Thomas clothes after Agumon suggested bringing back local specialties, then emerged at DATS and was locked in a restraint device.
• Captain Satsuma and Yoshino worried about Thomas until Thomas and Gaomon came through the Portal safely.

After returning from the Digimon World, Thomas reported meeting Zheng Fan, a powerful visitor who warned of a future crisis, while Captain Satsuma shut down the equipment connecting the worlds. Zheng Fan stayed behind to train Yuto, then used Yuto’s battle with Starmon to test a new cultivation method and prepare a reward for him.

• Captain Satsuma scolded Marcus Damon and Agumon for losing their uniform and failing to bring back Drillmon’s Digi-Egg, while Marcus vowed to improve.
• Thomas told Satsuma that he and Marcus had encountered a stranded child and Zheng Fan, who claimed the Human World faced a great crisis and possessed power comparable to a Mega Digimon.
• Satsuma shut down the instruments after doubting that a powerful being could reach the Human World without mechanical help, so Zheng Fan postponed his visit and continued training Yuto.
• Yuto and Hawkmon killed Starmon, and Zheng Fan praised their teamwork while explaining that Yuto had reached his current limit without Hawkmon evolving.
• Hawkmon brought Zheng Fan Starmon’s preserved Digicore, and Zheng Fan summoned a tornado of data energy as he tested his new Hidden Weapon Method and gained insight into the Four Great Heavenly Daos.

Zheng Fan helped Yuto turn Rockmon’s digicore seed into a Digivice, allowing Hawkmon to digivolve into Woodpeckermon. After they confronted Kudamon, a Champion-level Digimon slaughtering weaker Digimon to collect their Digi-Eggs, Kudamon opened a passage to the Human World, and Zheng Fan led Yuto and Woodpeckermon inside as a fiery-red figure attacked from above.

• Zheng Fan gave Yuto the seed made from Rockmon’s digicore, and Yuto changed it into a Digivice that helped Hawkmon digivolve into Woodpeckermon.
• Zheng Fan sent Yuto and Woodpeckermon north, where they discovered Kudamon collecting Digi-Eggs from Digimon it had killed.
• Zheng Fan coordinated Yuto, Woodpeckermon, Biyomon, Miroamon, Elecmon, and Labramon to corner Kudamon.
• Kudamon announced a self-destruct sequence, but Curiositymon warned the group that Kudamon still held the Digi-Eggs.
• Kudamon’s explosion opened a passage to the Human World, and Zheng Fan brought Yuto and Woodpeckermon through it.
• A fiery-red figure plunged toward the ground and unleashed Shadow Wing Slash.

Chika protected Mianmianmon from Agumon and grew close to the newly born Digimon, while Hawkmon discovered the pure Digisoul created by their bond. When Mianmianmon evolved into Biyomon to protect Chika, Marcus realized DATS might force his little sister into the combat division and began arguing with Biyomon.

• A group led by Kodachi cornered Chika, but an apparent meteor struck Kodachi and landed safely in Chika’s hands before Marcus and the others arrived.
• Zheng Fan treated his poisoning with netherworld grass while Hawkmon went searching for more and sensed unusually pure Digisoul near Chika’s home.
• Chika rescued Mianmianmon from Agumon and comforted him, and Hawkmon explained that their shared wish had produced pure Digisoul.
• Marcus, Thomas, and Yoshino arrived, and Mianmianmon sensed their hostility as Chika asked whether they wanted to kill him.
• Mianmianmon evolved into Biyomon after promising to protect Chika, and Marcus and Yoshino worried that DATS would make Chika join the combat division.
• Marcus asked Biyomon to speak with him alone, and they began a heated argument in Chika’s bedroom.

Hawkmon intervened in Marcus Damon and Biyomon’s fight, but Mercurymon arrived and easily overpowered the humans and their Digimon. Zheng Fan persuaded Mercurymon to leave, then asked Yuto to return Biyomon’s power.

• Hawkmon stopped Marcus Damon from using his Digivice and fought him, while Yoshino and Thomas’s Sunflowmon and Gaogamon failed to catch him.
• At Chika’s request, Biyomon helped Marcus Damon down from the Signal Tower, but Marcus launched himself at Hawkmon and the three fell from the sky.
• Marcus Damon digivolved Agumon into GeoGreymon, but Mercurymon arrived and defeated Marcus Damon, GeoGreymon, Sunflowmon, and Gaogamon with ease.
• Yuto and Zheng Fan arrived, and Zheng Fan asked Mercurymon to spare the others, so Mercurymon returned to the Digimon World.
• Hawkmon apologized to Yuto and Zheng Fan, and Zheng Fan told Yuto to give Biyomon his power back.

Zheng Fan helped expose Akihiro Kutasada’s role in creating strange Digimon, but DATS was disbanded and he took Sayuri’s invitation to dinner. The chapter ended with Yuto agreeing to protect Chika at school and Marcus returning to class with plans to conquer the school.

• Biyomon reclaimed its power and became a Digi-Egg, leaving Chika grieving as Zheng Fan explained that the strange Digimon were created by Akihiro Kutasada.
• Hashiba dissolved DATS and ordered its members to dispose of the Digimon, but Zheng Fan’s spear demonstration struck two disguised Kudamon and revealed their identities to Yuto.
• Zheng Fan declined to attack Kudamon further, warning Yuto that it could take its enemies down with it, and then accepted Sayuri’s invitation to dinner.
• Sayuri served Zheng Fan fried eggs that moved Chika’s Digi-Egg and made Zheng Fan wonder whether Sayuri would help the Culinary Dao rise to Heavenly Dao status.
• Zheng Fan suggested that Yuto attend school and protect Chika, and Marcus persuaded Yuto to accept the responsibility.
• Marcus returned to school the next day planning to conquer it, then paused after looking at the lectern.

Zheng Fan began teaching Marcus’s class and used an unexplained ability to make Marcus take school seriously. After Marcus investigated Haruko Obokata’s kidnapping and returned to seek Zheng Fan’s help, Zheng Fan removed the influence from Marcus’s mind, changing his thoughts.

• Zheng Fan introduced himself as the class’s substitute teacher and held Marcus’s attention through the lesson.
• Marcus visited Zheng Fan after class and learned he had come to teach at Sayuri’s request, while Zheng Fan told him to behave and keep studying.
• Marcus gradually began enjoying school as Yuto grew tired of it and teamed up with Chika as the Condor Couple.
• Marcus saw two men in black abduct Haruko Obokata, tracked them to a research base, and knocked out guards before withdrawing to seek Zheng Fan’s help.
• Zheng Fan pointed out that Marcus had skipped class, and Marcus realized Zheng Fan’s ability amplified his own sense of regret; Zheng Fan then drew the influence from Marcus’s head and changed his thought pattern.

Marcus Damon confronted Zheng Fan over his influence, then set out with Chika, Yuto, and Calumon to rescue Teacher Obokata from the gang’s base. After charging into a hail of gunfire, Marcus relied on Calumon’s talismans and defeated the guards, ending by questioning their commander.

• Marcus Damon accused Zheng Fan of manipulating him, but Zheng Fan explained how the Salvation Sutra had influenced his thinking and encouraged his confidence.
• Marcus remembered that Teacher Obokata had been taken, so Zheng Fan sent him with Chika, Yuto, and Calumon to retrieve her.
• Marcus rushed the gang’s laboratory and was shot when Chika’s frightened crying distracted him from the gunfire.
• Calumon used talismans to shield and heal Marcus and enhance his abilities, allowing him to charge through the guards’ bullets.
• Marcus crushed the commander’s radio, seized him, and demanded to know who the gang was and what organization ran the base.

Marcus Damon and his allies uncovered Kurata’s laboratory, where evidence of experiments on powerful Digimon revealed the scale of his ambitions. Kurata attacked with Kudamon, and as the battle escalated, Marcus Damon and Chika began evolving their partners.

• Marcus Damon’s group found cultivation tanks containing Digimon remains, including a fragment of Jupitermon’s weapon, and Biyomon identified Mercurymon as the force behind it.
• Kurata revealed that he had captured Thomas, the Black and White Sisters, and DATS support staff, then sent ten Kudamon AT against the group.
• Calumon used a card to blast through the ceiling, while Yuto warned Marcus Damon that the Kudamon’s beams could permanently kill Digimon.
• Yuto charged Digisoul and evolved Hawkmon into Woodpeckermon, which quickly defeated all ten Kudamon AT.
• Kurata fused the Kudamon into the Ultimate Digimon Kudamon XT, and Marcus Damon evolved Agumon into GeoGreymon as Chika evolved Biyomon into Airdramon.

After Kurata’s Dimensional Shock Bomb sent Marcus Damon, Yuto, Chika, and their Digimon to the Digimon World, its damage injured the world and killed six of the Twelve Olympian Gods. Marcus Damon woke in a forest and was attacked by local Digimon, while Yuto’s connection to Mercurymon helped calm them.

• GeoGreymon, Woodpeckermon, and Airdramon defeated Kudamon AT as Thomas activated the device, opening a black hole that swallowed Marcus Damon and the others.
• Zheng Fan sensed a wound in the world, and the blast’s backlash killed six of the Twelve Olympian Gods, leaving only five to sustain the Digimon World.
• Marcus Damon awoke in the Digimon World, where frightened Poyomon fled and two Rookie Digimon attacked him before he drove them off.
• When Yuto and Chika awoke, they found Marcus Damon fighting Rookie and In-Training Digimon, which accused the humans of being invaders.
• Hawkmon introduced himself and Yūjinmon as followers of Mercurymon, and the Digimon listened to Yuto and withdrew when he asked them to leave.

Yuto and the others reached the Holy City, where Baromon declared war on humanity and prepared to sacrifice the humans. Oremon blamed Yuto for past disasters, leaving Yuto devastated before Marcus broke free and struck Oremon.

• Yuto explained the strength of the Digimon World’s rulers and the World Tree as the group traveled through Mervamon’s territory.
• The group discovered that the hill they had been approaching was Golgomon, carrying the Holy City on its back, and Baromon welcomed them to its festival.
• Baromon had Marcus Damon, Yuto, and Chika bound to pillars and announced that the Holy City would sacrifice them and wage war on humanity.
• Oremon accused Yuto of causing the disasters that followed the expedition and Yukidarumon’s death, and Yuto fainted after accepting the blame.
• Marcus Damon snapped his ropes, punched Oremon away, and called for Agumon to evolve.

Marcus Damon and Chika learned how Gate English saved the Holy City, then helped defend it from Kurata’s Kudamon army. Marcus and Chika awakened new evolutions for their partners, and Marcus left to confront Kurata, where he encountered Sheng.

• Baromon confirmed Marcus Damon and Chika were Gate English’s children and recounted how Gate English saved Golgomon by bringing groundwater to the surface with his Digisoul.
• Yuto woke in a vacant state, and Oremon warned the Holy City that Kurata’s human forces and Kudamon army were attacking.
• Oremon digivolved into Meteormon, but Kurata’s Kudamon AT merged into powerful Kudamon XT and began overpowering the defenders.
• Marcus Damon poured his Digisoul into Agumon, who digivolved into RizeGreymon, while Chika helped Biyomon digivolve into Garudamon.
• RizeGreymon and Garudamon drove back the Kudamon army, and Marcus Damon flew off to find Kurata.
• Marcus Damon confronted Kurata, who revealed the blue-clad Sheng as his technological weapon.

Yoshino encountered Ivan, a man who could transform into BioStegomon and BioSpinosmon, while trying to learn why Kurata had sent him after her. After Ivan reverted to human form, his body began transforming again, and Yoshino realized that Ivan was no longer in control.

• Yoshino dodged Ivan's attack and learned that Kurata had ordered him to stop her from interfering with an operation.
• Ivan used Hyper Bio-Evolution to become BioStegomon, and Yoshino and Lalamon fought to keep Ivan from being consumed by the Digimon's will.
• Lalamon digivolved into Sunflowmon, but Ivan transformed into the much larger BioSpinosmon and overwhelmed her.
• Yoshino agreed to go on a date with Ivan if he explained Kurata's plan, causing BioSpinosmon to revert to human form.
• Yoshino kicked Ivan and demanded answers, but the struck area turned gray, and Ivan transformed into BioSpinosmon again under someone else's control.

Thomas warned Nanami that Digimon had wills of their own, while Kurata’s operation sent Golgomon through a black hole into the Human World and caused a devastating earthquake. Kurata then prepared a report on the threat Digimon posed and the possibility of peaceful coexistence as officials sought to turn the crisis to their advantage.

• Nanami confronted Thomas about tampering with the experiment, and Thomas said his understanding of Digimon came from living with Gaomon and learning from Marcus Damon.
• After Sei reported that he had drawn Marcus Damon and RizeGreymon away, Kurata triggered an explosion and used Kudamon AT to force Golgomon into a black hole.
• Apollomon learned that Golgomon was in danger and ordered Mercurymon to announce war on the Human World while the other Olympians went to rescue him.
• Sei’s BioDarkdramon held RizeGreymon off until Golgomon and the Holy City were swallowed by the black hole.
• Golgomon emerged in the Human World and caused towering waves and a devastating earthquake that damaged nearby ships and the seabed.
• Kurata promised Chief Hashiba a private briefing and asked Nanami to send him her paper on Digimon’s threat and the possibility of peaceful coexistence.

The children explored Seraphimon’s castle and learned that Dynasmon and Crusadermon were dismantling the prison that held Lucemon. Seraphimon sent them back to the Human World to protect it as the Royal Knights arrived.

• The children’s D-Tectors opened a path into Seraphimon’s castle, where Koichi explained the murals and their history.
• At the castle’s core, Patamon, Salamon, and Black Terriermon appeared, and Seraphimon revealed that Lucemon had manipulated Cherubimon and that the Royal Knights were breaking Lucemon’s prison.
• The children realized that the prison was protected by the land and the Trailmon tracks, and Izumi vowed to protect the castle’s data.
• Seraphimon and the others urged the children to return to the Human World because the coming war could threaten it too.
• The children boarded a Trailmon with Wisemon, and Dynasmon and Crusadermon arrived after the gate disappeared.