Chapter Summaries

After defeating Yūgong Feiyue in a Shadow Game, Yūki recovered her cards and learned that he had unlocked the Vampire archetype. With her mission complete, Snowstorm Princess asked to follow him, and Yūki welcomed her into his deck.

• Yūki defeated Yūgong Feiyue, gained Soul Power and Duel Coins, and unlocked the Vampire archetype pack.
• Yūki collected Yūgong Feiyue's cards and wondered about the Dark Erosion Cult's president and the power of the Vampire deck.
• Silent Magician returned to her card while Snowstorm Princess praised Yūki's duel and compared him with Lady Misaki.
• Snowstorm Princess explained that her duty to guard the stone tablet was complete and asked Yūki if she could follow him.
• Yūki accepted Snowstorm Princess, who became a Monster Card in his hand.

After defeating Yūgong Feiyue, Yūki was caught in a spatial disturbance from a cracked stone tablet and disappeared. Amamiya Mio ordered Underground Level Seven sealed and launched a search for him.

• Yūki examined Snowstorm Princess's card and welcomed her into his card case beside Silent Magician.
• Amamiya Mio arrived and learned that Yūgong Feiyue had vanished after the Shadow Game, taken away by a mysterious figure.
• The stone gate's bindings faded, revealing three tablets, and the cracked middle tablet began releasing unstable energy.
• Snowstorm Princess and Silent Magician tried to hold Yūki back as the tablet's suction dragged him and both spirits into its crack.
• Amamiya Mio's team found the middle tablet shattered and Yūki missing, then she ordered Underground Level Seven sealed and requested a search for him.

Yūki and his two spirit companions arrived in an unfamiliar Spirit World with three suns and no known way back. When a band of zombies attacked, Silent Magician and Snowstorm Princess fought them while Yūki used a Trap Card to stop the zombie leader, then summoned Don Zaloog and Sangan.

• Yūki found himself in a jungle beneath three suns after the stone tablet transported him out of the real world.
• Silent Magician and Snowstorm Princess confirmed they were in an unfamiliar Spirit World and could not identify a route home, though Silent Magician sensed faint familiar power nearby.
• A zombie leader and its followers surrounded Yūki and his companions, intending to capture them as offerings for their god.
• Silent Magician blasted zombies with magic while Snowstorm Princess smashed a Ghoul with her ice hammer.
• The zombie leader charged Yūki, but Yūki activated Negate Attack to block its blade and summoned Don Zaloog and Sangan.

Yūki discovered that Duel Monster cards worked in the Spirit World and used his monsters to defeat a band of dark creatures. After questioning their zombie leader about returning home, he was confronted by the divine emissary, Skull Jester.

• Yūki used [Negate Attack] and his summoned monsters to defeat the zombie leader’s forces, gaining Soul Power and Duel Coins until his Soul Power reached Lv3 and a new system feature began unlocking.
• The zombie leader surrendered and told Yūki he was in the Three Suns Spirit Dimension, near Lightrock Forest and Holy Spirit City.
• Yūki learned the zombie leader had attacked on the divine emissary’s orders and that the emissary might know how to open a way back to the human world.
• Skull Jester emerged from the woods, mocked the zombie leader, and addressed Yūki as the powerful enemy.

Yūki confronted Skull Jester, who killed Zombie Chief for failing to deliver spirits and then revealed that he served Despair God Antihop. When Yūki refused to become an offering, Skull Jester challenged him to a duel, and they began.

• Yūki realized Zombie Chief had been stalling until Skull Jester arrived, but Zombie Chief claimed he had remained loyal to their god.
• Skull Jester used black threads to kill Zombie Chief and absorb his remains, saying the useless creature would nourish his god’s revival.
• Yūki asked Skull Jester to name his god, and Skull Jester announced Despair God Antihop.
• Yūki refused to sacrifice himself, citing his upcoming enrollment at Duel Academy, and Skull Jester accused him of insulting their god.
• Skull Jester revealed his Duel Disk and challenged Yūki; both prepared their decks and began the duel.

The Puppeteer Who Controls the Dead used Painful Choice to load its Graveyard, then brought out Necromancer King - Evil Eye and established Zombie World. Yūki recognized the threat and began his turn, confident he had an answer.

• The Puppeteer Who Controls the Dead activated Painful Choice and let Yūki choose Necromancer King - Evil Eye, sending Gozuki, Skull Guardian, Dragon Zombie, and Goblin Zombie to the Graveyard.
• The Puppeteer Who Controls the Dead used Gozuki’s Graveyard effect, banished Skull Guardian, and Special Summoned Necromancer King - Evil Eye.
• The Puppeteer Who Controls the Dead activated Zombie World, summoned Pyramid Turtle in Defense Position, set two cards, and ended its turn.
• Yūki assessed the Puppeteer’s field and recognized that he had an answer before starting his turn.

Yūki used a burn-focused strategy to dismantle the Puppeteer Who Controls the Dead’s Zombie field and punish his attacks. The Puppeteer was left with only 700 Life Points, while Yūki’s Marshmallon and back-row cards kept him under pressure.

• Yūki destroyed Zombie World with Mystical Space Typhoon, then used Leaky Thunder to deal the Puppeteer 800 damage.
• Yūki played Swords of Revealing Light to prevent the Puppeteer’s monsters from attacking and set two cards.
• The Puppeteer destroyed Swords of Revealing Light with Mystical Space Typhoon, tributed Pyramid Turtle, and summoned Skull Guardian.
• Skull Guardian attacked Yūki’s set Marshmallon, which survived and dealt the Puppeteer 1,000 damage with its effect.
• Yūki activated Ceasefire, revealed the face-down monster, and dealt the Puppeteer another 1,500 damage, reducing him to 700 Life Points.

Yūki used Card of Demise to refill his hand, then survived the Puppeteer’s attacks with traps and defeated him with Blazing Mirror Force. The Puppeteer vanished when his life points reached zero, leaving his cards behind.

• Yūki activated Card of Demise and drew five cards, then summoned Witch of the Black Forest.
• The Puppeteer destroyed Witch of the Black Forest with Trap Hole, allowing Yūki to add Spherical Time Bomb to his hand.
• The Puppeteer used Raigeki to destroy Marshmallon, then attacked Yūki with the Necromancer King.
• The Puppeteer tributed Mezuki to destroy Yūki’s Magic Cylinder with Ballista Squad, but Yūki activated Blazing Mirror Force.
• Blazing Mirror Force destroyed the Necromancer King and Skull Guardian and dealt 2,600 damage to both duelists, reducing the Puppeteer’s life points to zero.
• The Puppeteer vanished in the flames, and his Duel Disk shattered into black mist.

After defeating the Puppeteer, Yūki discovered new system features, including the ability to create spirits, and gathered the Puppeteer’s deck as spoils. He followed clues toward the Puppeteer’s lair, hoping to find a gate back to the real world.

• Snowstorm Princess and Silent Magician confirmed that the Puppeteer and the spirits inside his cards had been consumed by the Shadow Game.
• Yūki received Soul Power and Duel Coins for defeating the Puppeteer, then discovered Spirit Command, Spirit Draw, and Spirit Genesis in the system.
• Yūki learned that Spirit Genesis could create a newborn spirit from a system-produced monster card for 10,000 Duel Coins, leaving him just short of the cost.
• Yūki gathered the Puppeteer’s cards and decided they could complement Yūgong Feiyue’s Vampire deck.
• Yūki rang the bone bell, found footprints leading north-northwest, and set off with Silent Magician and Snowstorm Princess to search the Puppeteer’s lair for a gate.

Yūki followed evidence of captured spirits north and learned that Holy Spirit City had been under siege by Antihop’s dark forces for over ten days. He reached the city and found its golden barrier holding against an enormous zombie tide.

• Yūki, Snowstorm Princess, and Silent Magician found the puppeteer’s temporary lair, then followed drag marks and golden feathers north toward Holy Spirit City.
• Yūki used Zarug to defeat two Black-Winged Corpse Demons and free a group of captured forest spirits.
• The spirits told Yūki that Holy Spirit City was surrounded, the Sun Warrior was defending it, and dark creatures were capturing spirits as offerings to the Despair God.
• Yūki rescued several more groups of spirits on the way north and learned that dark creatures were growing more numerous as the forest’s native spirits dwindled.
• Yūki and his companions crossed White Stone Slope and saw Holy Spirit City’s golden barrier facing a vast army of zombies and other dark monsters.

Yūki watched Holy Spirit City’s defenses falter as Sun Warrior and Silent Swordsman fought the Zombie Tide and Antihop’s corrupted spirits. He sent Silent Magician to help Silent Swordsman, then prepared to unleash his cards against the horde.

• Yūki observed that the golden barrier around Holy Spirit City was weakening under the Zombie Tide’s attacks.
• Sun Warrior fought the bone dragons outside the gates, refusing to retreat despite being overwhelmed.
• Yūki recognized Silent Swordsman battling Summoned Skull and wondered whether Little Yugi had secretly been fighting threats in other dimensions.
• Silent Swordsman tried to protect Summoned Skull’s soul while the demon’s lightning further damaged the barrier.
• Yūki ordered Silent Magician to subdue Summoned Skull and prepared Lava Golem, Thunder Dragon Titan, Thunder Dragon Colossus, Elemental HERO Sunrise, and Elemental HERO Neos to attack the horde.

Yūki and his summoned monsters helped Holy Spirit City turn back the Zombie Tide, drawing Summoned Skull’s attention to the human duelist. Summoned Skull offered Yūki a way back to the human world, but after Yūki refused, he equipped a Bone Duel Disk and prepared to duel.

• Thunder Dragon Titan and Thunder Dragon Colossus struck the Zombie Tide, while Lava Golem, Elemental HERO Neos, and Elemental HERO Sunrise joined the battle and helped Holy Spirit City fight back.
• Sun Warrior rallied the city’s defenders, who charged out through the gate as the summoned monsters cleared the enemy ranks.
• Summoned Skull recognized Yūki as a human duelist and withdrew from his fight with Silent Swordsman to confront him at White Stone Slope.
• Summoned Skull offered to open a passage to the human world if Yūki recalled his monsters and stopped helping the city, but Yūki refused to trust him.
• Summoned Skull summoned a Bone Duel Disk and threatened to take Yūki’s soul, leaving Yūki asking why they could not settle things without a duel.

Fujiwara Yūki began his duel against Summoned Skull by dismantling its Ritual-focused hand with a series of Spell Cards. He ended his turn with Silent Magician and two set cards on the field, while Summoned Skull held only Skull Archfiend of Lightning.

• Fujiwara Yūki and Summoned Skull began their duel with 4,000 Life Points each, and Yūki took the first turn.
• Yūki used Pot of Greed to draw two cards, then Confiscation to inspect Summoned Skull’s hand and discard Graceful Charity.
• Yūki activated Mischievous Twins to discard Summoned Skull and Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands, then used The Forceful Sentry to return Contract with the Abyss to the Deck.
• Yūki Normal Summoned Witch of the Black Forest, Tributed her to Special Summon Silent Magician, and used the Witch’s effect to add Don Zaloog to his hand.
• Yūki set two cards and ended his turn with Silent Magician on the field, while Summoned Skull had only Skull Archfiend of Lightning left in its hand.

Yūki defeated Summoned Skull in the Shadow Game and stripped away the power Despair God Antihop had given him. Yūki spared his life so they could discuss the Dimensional Passage, leaving Summoned Skull asking why he had been saved.

• Summoned Skull used a dark draw to get Sonic Bird, but Yūki activated Drop Off during the Draw Phase and sent it to the Graveyard.
• Summoned Skull ended his turn with only Skull Archfiend of Lightning in hand, and Yūki used Card of Demise to draw until he had five cards.
• Yūki Normal Summoned Don Zaloog, boosted Silent Magician's ATK, and attacked Summoned Skull directly.
• Don Zaloog's effect discarded Summoned Skull's last card, and Silent Magician's direct attack reduced his Life Points to zero.
• Yūki spared Summoned Skull's life and removed the power Antihop had left within him.
• Yūki asked to discuss the Dimensional Passage, and Summoned Skull asked why Yūki had saved him.

After Yūki freed Summoned Skull from Antihop’s control, the demon offered his soul in a Master-Servant Contract, and Yūki accepted. Summoned Skull warned that Antihop could track his lingering aura to Holy Spirit City, leaving Yūki facing the threat of the Despair God’s arrival.

• Summoned Skull showed Yūki the Dimensional Orb and explained that it could open a passage to a target dimension, but Yūki questioned whether he could trust its destination.
• Summoned Skull knelt and offered to enter a Master-Servant Contract, saying he wanted to serve Yūki after being freed from Antihop’s enslavement.
• Summoned Skull gave Yūki his core soul, and the contract bound his power, will, and life to Yūki.
• Yūki picked up the Dimensional Orb and asked Summoned Skull how to locate the human world.
• Summoned Skull warned Yūki that Antihop could follow his lingering aura and find Holy Spirit City.

After defeating Summoned Skull, Yūki ordered him to send the dark creatures back to their dimension and forbid further attacks on Holy Spirit City. The city celebrated its rescue with a feast, where Yūki asked Sun Warrior about Silent Swordsman’s background.

• Yūki warned Summoned Skull to report any changes to the mark connected to the Despair God and checked the duel rewards he had earned.
• Yūki ordered Summoned Skull to end the siege and send his former troops back to the dark dimension through the Dimensional Passage.
• Sun Warrior thanked Yūki for saving Holy Spirit City and invited him to a victory feast.
• Yūki brought Silent Magician and Snowstorm Princess to the feast while keeping Summoned Skull in the contract space.
• Yūki noticed Silent Swordsman sitting apart from the others and asked Sun Warrior to tell him about the swordsman’s background.

Yūki learned why Silent Swordsman had traveled to the Three Suns Dimension and accepted his offer to open a passage home. Sun Warrior gave Yūki three Agents of the Sun God cards before Yūki departed for the human world.

• Sun Warrior explained that Silent Swordsman had spent over a year defending Holy Spirit City from dark creatures.
• Silent Swordsman told Yūki that his bond with Yugi Muto let him return whenever Yugi called, and that he had stayed because the city needed a sword.
• Silent Swordsman offered to open a Dimensional Passage for Yūki, who chose his help over using Antihop's Dimensional Orb.
• Sun Warrior gave Yūki three Agents of the Sun God cards, which could summon copies of themselves but could only be Tributed for Egyptian God Cards.
• Silent Swordsman opened a Dimensional Passage at the Central Altar, and Yūki stepped through toward the human world.

Yūki returned from the Three Suns Spirit Dimension to Yugi’s home, where he learned Antihop could not reach the real world soon. After assuring the International Fantasy Society that he was safe, he secured compensation for the dangerous accident and asked the Domino City branch to help upgrade his deck.

• Yūki arrived in Yugi’s house through the passage opened by Silent Swordsman and thanked Yugi for preparing for his return.
• Yugi warned Yūki to keep growing stronger and explained that Antihop could not cross into the real world soon unless Yūki used the dimensional item imbued with his power.
• Yūki left to report to the International Fantasy Society’s Domino City branch, where Kamiya Ryūichi and Amamiya Mio questioned him about his return from the spirit dimension.
• Kamiya Ryūichi apologized for the branch’s failure to ensure Yūki’s safety and offered to cover his losses and provide compensation.
• Yūki asked the branch to procure hard-to-find cards for his deck, and Kamiya agreed to seek them through the branch’s channels and partner institutions.

Yūki received three powerful cards from Kamiya Ryūichi as compensation and used the system to create a newborn spirit for Lava Golem. The spirit’s creation began as the card’s eyes lit up.

• Yūki offered Kamiya Ryūichi a list of more than twenty cards but agreed to choose only three without requesting a transfer from headquarters.
• Kamiya Ryūichi gave Yūki Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning, Snatch Steal, and Cyber-Stein from the Domino City branch’s special Card Vault.
• Yūki checked the cards, thanked Kamiya Ryūichi, and promised to help confirm information about the ruins and the Dark Erosion Cult.
• At home, Yūki dismissed the system shop’s Silver Fang, Firegrass, and Castle Walls, then considered which Monster Card should receive a newborn spirit.
• Yūki spent 10000 Duel Coins to create a newborn spirit for Lava Golem, and the card’s dark red eyes began to glow.

Yūki created a newborn Lava Golem spirit that appeared as a tiny creature he named Little Red, then used his Duel Coins to complete the cores of his Thunder Dragon and Vampire decks. The chapter ended with Little Red failing to make an ice flower and producing a smoking pebble instead.

• Yūki watched a palm-sized Lava Golem emerge from its card and discovered that the newborn spirit was gentle and warm.
• Silent Magician, Snowstorm Princess, and Summoned Skull met the new spirit, and Yūki named it Little Red.
• Summoned Skull recognized that Yūki's ability to create spirits exceeded an ordinary duelist's power, and Yūki told it to keep the ability secret.
• Yūki spent Duel Coins on Thunder Dragon and Vampire packs, filling out both decks' missing core cards.
• Little Red tried to imitate Snowstorm Princess's ice flowers but produced a smoking black pebble, which Yūki set on his desk.