Recaps

Yūki banished the Paradox Brothers’ newly summoned Gate Guardian with Bottomless Trap Hole, leaving Gong unable to continue his turn. On his next turn, Yūki summoned Silent Magician and prepared to press his advantage.

• The Paradox Brothers summoned Gate Guardian, boasting about its 3,750 attack points.
• Yūki activated Bottomless Trap Hole, which destroyed and banished Gate Guardian.
• Gong denounced Yūki’s trap but ended his turn with no cards or monsters to defend himself.
• Yūki Flip Summoned Witch of the Black Forest and tributed her to Special Summon Silent Magician.

Yūki strengthened Silent Magician with two copies of Power of the Guardians and used Card of Demise to raise her ATK to 4,000. She negated Mei’s Book of Moon and dealt him 4,000 damage, leaving the Paradox Brothers’ duel in a dire state.

• Yūki used Witch of the Black Forest’s effect to add Magicalized Rijin to his hand, then equipped Silent Magician with Power of the Guardians.
• Yūki activated Card of Demise, drew until he had five cards, and equipped Silent Magician with a second Power of the Guardians.
• Yūki used Silent Magician’s effect to increase her ATK to 3,000 based on his four-card hand.
• Yūki declared a direct attack on Mei, and both Power of the Guardians cards gained Spell Counters to raise Silent Magician’s ATK to 4,000.
• Mei activated Book of Moon to turn Silent Magician face-down, but Yūki negated it with her effect.
• Silent Magician’s attack struck Mei and reduced the Paradox Brothers’ Life Points from 8,000 to 4,000 as Gong cried out for his brother.

Yūki protected Silent Magician from Man-Eater Bug, then negated Gong’s Graceful Charity and defeated the Paradox Brothers with a direct attack. The brothers were left unconscious with their Life Points reduced to zero.

• Mei revealed Man-Eater Bug and used its Flip Effect to target Silent Magician for destruction.
• Yūki used Power of the Guardians to prevent Silent Magician’s destruction, and Hayato’s Des Kangaroo destroyed Man-Eater Bug.
• Gong activated Graceful Charity, but Yūki used Silent Magician’s effect to negate and destroy it.
• Yūki drew a card, restored Silent Magician to 4000 ATK, and raised her ATK to 5000 with Power of the Guardians.
• Silent Magician attacked Mei directly, reducing the Paradox Brothers’ Life Points from 4000 to zero and knocking them unconscious.

After Fujiwara Yūki and Hayato Maeda defeated the Paradox Brothers, the Academy revoked the students’ punishments and granted Yūki an exceptional direct promotion to Obelisk Blue. Yūki welcomed the upgrade and collected his duel rewards, while the defeated brothers were carried away for medical care.

• The Paradox Brothers were carried off on stretchers as the crowd reacted to Yūki’s overwhelming victory.
• The deputy director announced that the expulsions of Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, and Hayato Maeda were revoked and the demotions of Fujiwara Yūki and Alexis Rhodes were annulled.
• The deputy director granted Yūki a direct promotion to Obelisk Blue, and Yūki accepted it.
• Yūki considered Obelisk Blue’s better resources and private villas, deciding the promotion was far preferable to staying in Ra Yellow.
• The system awarded Yūki 4 Soul Power Points and 12,000 Duel Coins, bringing his balance to 40,300.
• Yūki watched the Paradox Brothers leave in an ambulance and privately looked forward to challenging them again with a more punishing deck.

After Yūki won promotion to Obelisk Blue, his friends celebrated while Syrus brooded over being overlooked and grew consumed by jealousy. Yūki rejected the students eager to become his followers, then invited Jaden and Asuka to celebrate over dinner.

• Jaden and Hayato congratulated Yūki, and Asuka thanked him for overturning the Academic Affairs Office's punishment and breaking the freshman promotion record.
• Syrus resented that Yūki received praise and promotion despite Syrus's own victory over the Paradox Brothers, and dark mist appeared in his eyes.
• Two former followers of Chazz Princeton shoved and mocked Syrus, then hurried away to seek Yūki's favor.
• Syrus blamed Yūki for his humiliation as black mist writhed beneath his feet.
• Students crowded around Yūki to congratulate him and offer to serve as followers, but he refused, calling such company dead weight.
• Yūki invited Jaden and Asuka to make the Academic Affairs Office pay for a celebratory cafeteria feast.

Yūki settled into his new Obelisk Blue villa and spent Duel Coins to start a Transcendent Time and Space Duel against Jaden Yuki’s future self. The duel brought him face to face with an armored figure who appeared to be Supreme King Jaden.

• Yūki and Asuka walked back from the cafeteria, joked about the meal, and agreed to visit Zane the next morning to discuss Syrus.
• Asuka gave Yūki directions to his lakefront villa and advice on how to approach Zane.
• Yūki explored his new villa, arranged his decks, and reviewed the system’s Transcendent Time and Space Duel feature.
• Yūki spent 10,000 Duel Coins to challenge Jaden Yuki’s future self, hoping to obtain Jaden’s later HERO cards.
• The duel transported Yūki to a strange space-time arena, where an armored, golden-eyed figure appeared and Yūki suspected he was facing Supreme King Jaden.

Yūki faced Supreme King Jaden in a Transcendent Time and Space Duel and decided to counter his powerful Evil HERO deck with a stall-burn strategy. As the duel began, Yūki believed his knowledge of Jaden's cards and his hidden deck gave him the advantage.

• Yūki realized the system had brought Supreme King Jaden instead of the promised test and judged that he could not defeat him in a direct fight.
• Yūki identified the danger of Dark Fusion and Super Polymerization, then chose to switch to a stall-burn deck.
• Yūki summoned Little Red, Lava Golem's spirit, and prepared to face Supreme King Jaden without Yubel present.
• Supreme King Jaden demanded to know whether defeating Yūki was the condition for leaving and declared that he would crush him.
• Supreme King Jaden activated his Duel Disk, releasing overwhelming Dueling Power, while Yūki confidently prepared to duel with his matchup advantage.

Yūki opened his Duel against Supreme King Jaden with a defensive setup, but Jaden broke through it and powered up Evil HERO Inferno Wing for a punishing attack. The attack was aimed at Yūki’s face-down monster, whose identity and fate remained unresolved.

• Yūki set a face-down monster and three Trap Cards, then activated Swords of Revealing Light to prevent Supreme King Jaden’s monsters from attacking.
• Supreme King Jaden fused Elemental HERO Avian and Elemental HERO Burstinatrix with Dark Fusion to summon Evil HERO Inferno Wing.
• Supreme King Jaden activated Supreme King's Castle and used Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Yūki’s Swords of Revealing Light.
• Supreme King Jaden entered the Battle Phase and sent Evil HERO Malicious Edge from his Deck to the Graveyard, raising Inferno Wing’s ATK from 2100 to 3500.
• Supreme King Jaden ordered Inferno Wing to attack Yūki’s face-down monster.

Supreme King Jaden negated Yūki’s board-clearing Trap with Red Reboot, then attacked through Marshmallon and inflicted heavy battle damage. The turn ended with both Duelists at 1,000 Life Points and Yūki still determined to fight.

• Yūki activated Blazing Vortex to destroy Supreme King Jaden’s Attack Position monsters and deal matching damage, but Supreme King Jaden paid half his Life Points to activate Red Reboot and negate it.
• Supreme King Jaden forced Yūki to Set a Trap from his Deck and prevented him from activating Traps for the rest of the turn.
• Supreme King Jaden attacked Yūki’s face-down monster, revealing Marshmallon, which survived the battle and dealt 1,000 damage to Supreme King Jaden.
• Infernal Flame Winged Demon’s piercing effect dealt 3,000 damage to Yūki, leaving both Duelists with 1,000 Life Points.
• Supreme King Jaden ended his turn, and Yūki faced him with renewed determination.

Yūki tried to wear down Supreme King Jaden with burn damage, but Jaden destroyed the field with Heavy Storm after Yūki’s Just Desserts reduced him to 100 Life Points. As the storm cleared, ominous background music began and Jaden’s oppressive presence surged, leaving Yūki stunned.

• Yūki drew Pot of Greed, set a monster, and used Leaky Thunder to reduce Supreme King Jaden from 1,000 to 600 Life Points.
• Supreme King Jaden drew with Pot of Greed and activated Heavy Storm to destroy every Spell and Trap on the field.
• Yūki chained Just Desserts to Heavy Storm, dealing 500 damage and reducing Jaden to 100 Life Points before the storm destroyed the back row.
• Yūki noticed the Supreme King’s execution theme playing as Jaden’s presence intensified despite his critical Life Points.

Supreme King Jaden tried to finish Yūki with Infernal Flame Winged Demon's piercing attack, but Yūki stopped it with Sphere Kuriboh and survived the turn. Yūki began his turn facing two monsters and prepared to summon a powerful answer.

• Supreme King Jaden Special Summoned Evil HERO Poison Bubble and used its effect to draw two cards because Infernal Flame Winged Demon was on the field.
• Supreme King Jaden attacked Yūki's Marshmallon with Infernal Flame Winged Demon, aiming to deal lethal piercing damage.
• Yūki sent Sphere Kuriboh from his hand to the Graveyard, forcing Infernal Flame Winged Demon into Defense Position and stopping the attack.
• Supreme King Jaden ended his turn with Infernal Flame Winged Demon and Poison Bubble in Defense Position.
• Yūki drew for his turn and said Supreme King Jaden should not have left exactly two monsters on his field.

Yūki tried to hold off Supreme King Jaden with Level Limit - Area B after Jaden severed his bond with Little Red, but Jaden dismantled his defenses and used Super Polymerization to fuse Yūki’s Flame Swordsman into Evil HERO Neos Dominator. With two powerful Fusion Monsters on Jaden’s field, Yūki drew a card that showed Big Baby and grinned.

• Supreme King Jaden severed Yūki’s connection to Little Red, but Yūki activated Level Limit - Area B and set two cards to defend himself.
• Supreme King Jaden drew with Card of Demise, played Supreme King's Castle, and Fusion Summoned Evil HERO Evil Blade Demon, whose effect destroyed Marshmallon and increased its ATK.
• Supreme King Jaden Special Summoned Evil HERO Infernal Gainer, used it as a substitute for Elemental HERO Neos, and Normal Summoned Elemental HERO Burstinatrix.
• Burstinatrix attacked Yūki’s Set monster, revealing Flame Swordsman, whose destruction effect threatened to destroy an opposing monster and deal 500 damage.
• Supreme King Jaden activated Super Polymerization, used Infernal Gainer and Flame Swordsman as Fusion Materials, and summoned Evil HERO Neos Dominator, then ended his turn with his monsters held in Defense Position.
• Yūki drew for his turn and saw a card depicting Big Baby, then grinned in anticipation.

Yūki defeated Supreme King Jaden by Tributing his two Fusion Monsters for Lava Golem, whose effect reduced Jaden’s Life Points to zero. Back in his Duel Academy room, Yūki unlocked the Evil HERO Booster Pack and prepared to make fifty draws.

• Yūki drew Lava Golem and Special Summoned it to Supreme King Jaden’s field by Tributing Evil HERO Neos Lord and Evil HERO Evil Blade Demon.
• Lava Golem’s Standby Phase effect inflicted 1,000 damage on Supreme King Jaden, reducing his 100 Life Points to zero and ending the duel.
• Yūki received the Evil HERO Archetype Pack as a reward for defeating Supreme King Jaden.
• Yūki returned to his room at Duel Academy and saw the newly unlocked Evil HERO Booster Pack in the shop.
• Yūki ordered the system to give him fifty draws.

Yūki spent 25,000 Duel Coins on fifty Evil HERO Booster Packs, first finding mostly ordinary HERO cards before a mass opening yielded a powerful collection of Evil HERO monsters and spells. He still failed to obtain Super Polymerization, but planned to use his new cards when he met Zane Truesdale the next day.

• Yūki opened five Booster Packs and found mostly Elemental HERO monsters, along with Evil HERO Malicious Edge and two copies of Dark Fusion.
• Yūki opened five more packs and drew Dark Calling but mostly received more ordinary HERO cards, leaving him frustrated by the missing Super Polymerization.
• Yūki opened the remaining forty packs at once and received many Evil HERO Fusion Monsters, including Malicious Fiend, as well as multiple copies of key cards.
• Yūki searched all 150 cards but found no Super Polymerization, then concluded the pack pool made its strongest cards extremely rare.
• Yūki accepted that his new Evil HERO cards could form a powerful deck, noted that his balance had fallen to 5,300 Duel Coins, and prepared to use the cards when he saw Zane Truesdale tomorrow.

Yūki and Asuka visited Zane Truesdale at the Obelisk training hall, where he defeated an opponent with Cyber End Dragon and 8000 ATK. After discussing Syrus’s dangerous search for power, Zane challenged Yūki to a duel, and Yūki accepted, hoping to unlock a Cyber Dragon booster pack.

• Yūki teased Asuka about her connection to Zane, and she explained that she met him to learn about her missing brother Fubuki.
• Yūki and Asuka entered the Obelisk Special-Class Competitive Training Hall and watched Zane defeat a third-year duelist with Cyber End Dragon boosted by Power Bond.
• Zane welcomed Yūki to Obelisk Blue and listened as Yūki and Asuka warned him that Syrus had become obsessed with dangerous ways to gain power.
• Zane said Syrus had to face his own choices, but promised to duel him himself if Syrus fell completely into darkness.
• Zane challenged Yūki to test his strength, and Yūki accepted, hoping the duel would unlock the Cyber Dragon Exclusive Booster Pack.

Yūki challenged Zane Truesdale to test his newly built Evil HERO Deck against the Kaiser’s overwhelming Cyber Dragons. Zane opened by summoning Cyber End Dragon, and Yūki began his turn by Special Summoning Evil HERO Infernal Gainer.

• Yūki chose to face Zane with his new HEROes rather than use a stall strategy, and the two began their Duel with 4000 Life Points each.
• Zane went first and fused three Cyber Dragons from his hand to summon Cyber End Dragon, then set one card and ended his turn.
• Yūki drew and activated Dark Fusion Assault, discarding a card to Special Summon an Evil HERO from his Deck.
• Yūki summoned Evil HERO Infernal Gainer, whose dark, demonic appearance surprised Asuka.

Yūki used Dark Fusion to summon Evil HERO Evil Blade Demon, then activated Supreme King's Castle to boost it past Cyber End Dragon's ATK and destroy Zane Truesdale's ace. The chapter left Zane shocked after his Life Points fell to 3600 and Cyber End Dragon was destroyed on Yūki's first turn.

• Yūki searched Dark Fusion with Evil HERO Infernal Gainer's effect and used it with Evil HERO Wicked Spirit Necrom to Fusion Summon Evil HERO Evil Blade Demon.
• Yūki activated Supreme King's Castle, Set one card, and entered the Battle Phase.
• Yūki used Supreme King's Castle's effect during damage calculation, sending Evil HERO Malicious Edge from his Deck to the Graveyard to raise Evil Blade Demon's ATK to 4400.
• Evil Blade Demon destroyed Cyber End Dragon in battle, reducing Zane Truesdale's Life Points from 4000 to 3600.

Zane Truesdale revived Cyber End Dragon with Monster Reborn after Yūki destroyed it, then prepared to push beyond Yūki’s field defenses with his last card. The chapter ended with Zane showing a fanatical hunger for overwhelming power before his next move.

• Yūki ended his turn after Evil Blade Demon’s ATK fell from 4400 to 3000, and Zane acknowledged him as a worthy opponent.
• Zane drew and activated Monster Reborn, Special Summoning Cyber End Dragon from the Graveyard to his field.
• Zane recognized that Supreme King's Castle could let Yūki raise Evil Blade Demon’s ATK during battle, so he held back from attacking.
• Zane focused on the last card in his hand and declared that he would overcome Yūki’s defenses with absolute power.

Zane Truesdale doubled Cyber End Dragon’s ATK to 8000 with Limiter Removal and launched its attack at Yūki, but Yūki revealed Magic Cylinder and reflected the attack to win. Zane’s Life Points fell to zero, leaving him stunned as the arena fell silent.

• Zane activated Limiter Removal, doubling Cyber End Dragon’s ATK to 8000.
• Zane sent Cyber End Dragon to attack Yūki’s Evil Blade Demon with Eternal Evolution Burst.
• Yūki activated the set Magic Cylinder, negating the attack and reflecting its damage back at Zane.
• The reflected attack reduced Zane’s Life Points from 3600 to zero, and Yūki was declared the winner.
• Zane stood frozen, staring at the loss displayed on his Duel Disk.

Yūki defeated Zane Truesdale and earned enough Duel Coins to unlock the Cyber Dragon Archetype Pack. After Zane accepted the loss and left, Professor Crowler urgently summoned Yūki to his office.

• Yūki received duel rewards, including 13,000 Duel Coins, and unlocked the Cyber Dragon Archetype Pack.
• Zane acknowledged that Yūki had outplayed him, accepted the defeat, and vowed to challenge him again.
• Alexis and Zane praised Yūki’s control of the duel and his use of Magic Cylinder.
• Zane left the Training Hall, and the stunned Blue Dormitory students dispersed.
• Yūki received an urgent email from Professor Crowler and headed to his office.

Yūki met with Professor Crowler after his promotion to Obelisk Blue and learned about the upcoming exchange duel with the North Campus. He agreed to serve as Zane Truesdale’s substitute after Crowler offered practical rewards and access to the academy’s rare card vault.

• Crowler congratulated Yūki on becoming Obelisk Blue and explained that the Academic Affairs Office had arranged the Paradox Brothers duel without his or Principal Samejima’s knowledge.
• Crowler told Yūki that Zane Truesdale would represent the main campus in next month’s exchange duel, with Yūki considered as a special reserve representative.
• Crowler proposed that Yūki duel Alexis Rhodes in the next monthly assessment to earn a recommendation as Zane’s substitute.
• Yūki demanded tangible benefits for taking the role, and Crowler offered S-Rank Practical Credits, a Dormitory Allowance, and one card from the sealed rare-card vault if Yūki won and joined the team.
• Yūki eagerly accepted the exchange-match assignment and left Crowler’s office while Crowler protested that he would only be a substitute.

Yūki and Asuka learned that they would duel in next week's Monthly Exam, and Asuka shared her fears about her missing brother, Atticus. Yūki reassured her, then revealed that he knew Atticus was alive and would soon return as the first of Kagemaru's Seven Stars.

• Asuka discovered Professor Crowler had scheduled her to duel Yūki in next week's Monthly Exam, with the winner becoming Kaiser's substitute, and she questioned the plan after seeing Yūki defeat Zane.
• Yūki explained that he accepted the substitute position for S-rank Credits, an accommodation allowance, and a rare card from the academy's Card Vault.
• Asuka welcomed the coming duel and said she had developed a new ritual chain for Cyber Blader and Cyber Tutu, while Yūki joked that he would prepare five set cards.
• Asuka told Yūki that her brother Atticus had vanished three years earlier, and Yūki encouraged her to believe he was still alive.
• Yūki privately recalled that Atticus had found the dark altar beneath the Abandoned Dormitory and would soon become the Seven Stars' first assassin, as Chairman Kagemaru pursued the Sacred Beasts.

Yūki recognized that the evil spirit targeting students was Jinzo and went to the mountain power station to capture him. After finding an unconscious student, he was joined by Jaden, Hayato, Syrus, and Professor Daitokuji, who warned that the Dark Power was dangerous.

• Yūki received Jaden's warning about an evil spirit draining students' vitality and duel energy.
• Silent Magician sensed a ravenous spirit at the power station, and Yūki identified it as Jinzo and set out to confront it.
• Yūki found an unconscious Obelisk Blue student at the power station and confirmed the student was alive.
• Jaden, Hayato, Syrus, and Professor Daitokuji arrived and found Yūki at the scene.
• Professor Daitokuji warned Yūki that the Dark Power could tear his soul apart.

Jinzo emerged from the substation and demanded a Duel, hoping to devour the students’ Duel Energy. When Syrus stepped forward to challenge him, Jinzo instead chose Yūki, who accepted with a calm smile.

• Jinzo rose from the transformer bank and revealed that he wanted to devour the students’ Duel Energy to gain a physical body.
• Silent Magician warned Yūki that Jinzo had only just escaped his seal and remained unstable.
• Syrus activated his Duel Disk and insisted on dueling Jinzo to prove he was no longer a coward or Jaden’s sidekick.
• Jaden tried to stop Syrus, but Syrus refused to back down.
• Jinzo dismissed the group’s reactions and pointed at Yūki as his first target.
• Yūki activated his Duel Disk and accepted Jinzo’s challenge.

Yūki bargained with Jinzo over the stakes of their Shadow Game, demanding that Jinzo become his Spirit familiar if he lost. After the duel began, Yūki chose a deck designed to disrupt Jinzo’s hand and used Mischievous Twins to make him discard two cards.

• Yūki demanded that Jinzo release the captured students if Jinzo lost, then insisted Jinzo’s soul should also be at stake.
• Jinzo agreed to the wager, and he and Yūki began a Shadow Game with 4000 Life Points each.
• Yūki won the first turn and chose not to use his trap-heavy deck against Jinzo.
• Yūki paid 1000 Life Points to activate Mischievous Twins, which made Jinzo discard two cards from his hand.