Recaps

After the World Duel Tournament, Jiang He traded for an honorary prince title and a share of the Serpent God Kingdom’s gold mines, then returned to classes with his friends. Chancellor Sheppard announced a strengthening reform for Duel Academy, leaving Jiang He to anticipate new trouble.

• Prince Ojin gave Jiang He an honorary prince title and a share of the Serpent God Kingdom’s gold mines in exchange for the Satellite SOLA Key.
• Jiang He’s friends reacted with shock to his new title, while Alexis and Rei competed for his attention.
• A professor reviewed the World Duel Tournament results, and Jiang He found that his Emotion Points had risen to 19,000, apparently from Sartorius and the Light of Destruction.
• Chancellor Sheppard announced a strengthening reform for Duel Academy after criticizing most students’ tournament performances.
• Jiang He suspected the reform would bring trouble, and Crowler and Bonaparte worried that Sheppard had acted without consulting them.

Jiang He spent his Emotion Points on three decks before learning that the visiting branch elites had arrived at Duel Academy. On the way to the gathering, he misdirected Johan Andersen, who then followed him to the Chancellor’s office and went searching elsewhere for the lecture hall.

• Jiang He exchanged 500 Emotion Points for a Red-Eyes Deck and 1,500 each for the Iron Knight and Waking the Dragon decks.
• Alexis Rhodes and Rei Saotome told Jiang He that the visiting branch elites and a dueling professor had arrived and Chancellor Sheppard was gathering the students.
• Jiang He left the rooftop with Alexis Rhodes and Rei Saotome to attend the gathering in the lecture hall.
• Johan Andersen stopped Jiang He and asked for directions, and Jiang He falsely told him the Chancellor’s office was the lecture hall.
• Johan followed Jiang He and the two girls into the Chancellor’s office, realized he had been misled, and searched farther down the corridor for the lecture hall.

Jiang He watched Duel Academy welcome several elite transfers and Professor Cobra, who announced a Survival Duel program that could change students’ dormitory ranks or get them expelled. Professor Cobra then revealed a device that would measure duelists’ strength and fighting spirit during the assessments.

• Jiang He told Alexis Rhodes that Chazz Princeton and Bastion Misawa had switched the signs for the lecture hall and Chancellor Sheppard’s office.
• Chancellor Sheppard introduced Adrian Gecko, Axel Brodie, and Jim as representatives of other academies, then introduced Johan Andersen, who arrived late after getting lost.
• Johan Andersen apologized to Jiang He for doubting his earlier directions and hurried to join the other transfers at the front.
• Professor Cobra announced that students would duel in Survival Duels, with their strength and fighting spirit determining their dormitory rank or whether they were expelled.
• Professor Cobra displayed a silver watch-shaped device that he said would record duel results and measure fighting spirit for Duel Academy’s computer.

Professor Cobra arranged an opening Survival Duel between Jiang He and Johan Andersen, hoping to learn more about Jiang He while Johan unknowingly wore the device that drained duel energy and stamina. Johan summoned a Crystal Beast, and the spectators learned about the rare cards as Jiang He watched the duel begin.

• Chancellor Sheppard approved Professor Cobra’s Survival Duel training, and Cobra named Jiang He and Johan Andersen as the opening-match representatives.
• Jiang He recognized Cobra’s interest in studying him and refused to wear the Survival Duel device, while Johan put his on.
• Jiang He and Johan began their duel with 4000 Life Points each, and Johan took the first turn.
• Johan summoned Crystal Beasts Emerald Tortoise in Defense Position.
• Chazz Princeton and Adrian Gecko explained the Crystal Beasts’ origins, while Jiang He heard the monster’s spirit warn Johan.

Jiang He used a seemingly straightforward beatdown strategy against Johan Andersen before revealing a combo built around Gearfried the Iron Knight, Dark Ruler Ha Des, and Morale Boost. He summoned Prime Material Dragon from his graveyard, setting up a way to turn the combo’s damage into Life Point recovery.

• Johan Andersen ended his turn with two face-down cards, and Jiang He summoned Gearfried the Iron Knight.
• Jiang He activated Heavy Storm to destroy Johan’s face-down cards, then used Graceful Charity to draw three cards and discard Dark Ruler Ha Des and Prime Material Dragon.
• Jiang He equipped Dark Ruler Ha Des to his own Gearfried, reducing its attack by 500, and activated the Continuous Spell Morale Boost.
• The spectators realized Gearfried could destroy its Equip Cards and Dark Ruler Ha Des could re-equip itself, creating a loop that repeatedly triggered Morale Boost.
• Jiang He activated Monster Reborn and Special Summoned Prime Material Dragon from his graveyard.

Jiang He used Prime Material Dragon, Gearfried the Iron Knight, Dark Ruler Ha Des, and Morale Boost to gain infinite Life Points, then attacked Johan Andersen’s Crystal Beasts. Johan began setting up an attrition strategy with his Crystal Beasts, leaving the duel still underway.

• Jiang He used Gearfried the Iron Knight and Morale Boost with Prime Material Dragon to turn repeated damage into recovery and raise his Life Points to infinity.
• Jiang He encouraged Johan Andersen to trade attacks, then Prime Material Dragon destroyed Crystal Beasts Emerald Tortoise, which became a Continuous Spell on Johan’s field.
• Gearfried the Iron Knight attacked Johan directly, reducing his Life Points from 4000 to 2200.
• Johan summoned Crystal Beasts Sapphire Pegasus, whose spirit advised him to pursue a deck-out victory instead of trying to overcome Jiang He’s infinite Life Points.
• Johan used Sapphire Pegasus and Crystal Bond to place Crystal Beasts Topaz Tiger and Crystal Beasts Amber Mammoth in his Spell and Trap Zone as Continuous Spells, and added Crystal Beasts Cobalt Eagle to his hand.

Johan Andersen used [Rare Value] to clear the field and summon three Crystal Beasts, but his monsters could not threaten Jiang He’s [∞ LP]. Jiang He summoned [Cyber-Stein] and paid 15,000 LP to bring three [Pair Cycroid] onto the field, leaving the duel poised for his attack.

• Johan Andersen activated [Rare Value], sending every card on the field to the graveyard and then reviving three Crystal Beasts.
• Johan Andersen set a card and ended his turn, admitting that his attacks could not reduce Jiang He’s life points.
• Jiang He drew a card, summoned [Cyber-Stein], and announced that he would end the duel that turn.
• Jiang He paid 15,000 LP to use [Cyber-Stein]’s effect and Special Summon three [Pair Cycroid] from his Extra Deck.

Jiang He warned the Slifer Red students that Professor Cobra’s survival duel devices absorbed duel energy and arranged to have them modified, while Jaden Yuki and Johan Andersen had already put theirs on. Cobra investigated why most students had refused the devices, then went to meet a mysterious figure at the island’s cliff.

• Jiang He defeated Johan Andersen in the survival duel opening match by using Pair Cycroids to attack him directly, and Chancellor Sheppard declared Jiang the winner.
• At dinner, Jiang He told Alexis Rhodes and the others that the survival duel devices absorbed duel energy, and Professor Banner confirmed that the devices had a strange mechanism.
• Jaden Yuki and Johan Andersen realized they had already put on the devices, while Jiang He advised the group not to expose Cobra’s plan yet.
• Jiang He proposed having Doctor Eisenstein modify the devices to remove their energy-absorbing function, and planned for Camula to take them to him.
• Professor Cobra noticed that most of Jiang He’s allies had not worn their devices, received a command from the apparition in the glass cylinder, and went to meet a muscular black figure hanging upside down by a cliff.

Axel Brodie challenged Jiang He on Professor Cobra’s orders, but Jiang He postponed the duel until morning while waiting for his modified Survival Duel device. Once they faced off, Jiang He opened with a new Traptrix monster, while Axel prepared to test his counterstrategy.

• Professor Cobra ordered Axel to challenge Jiang He and do everything possible to pressure and defeat him.
• Axel challenged Jiang He late at night, but Jiang He told him to return in the morning and went to rest.
• After breakfast, Jiang He and the others found Axel waiting outside the Slifer Red dorm, and Jiang He agreed to duel him.
• Jiang He and Axel began their duel with 4000 LP each, and Jiang He took the first turn.
• Jiang He summoned [Traptrix Atrax] and explained that its effect prevented his Normal Trap activations and effects from being negated.
• Axel recognized the threat to his plans but believed his preparations and counterstrategy could still defeat Jiang He.

Jiang He baited Axel into destroying his set cards, allowing Waking the Dragon to summon Naturia Exterio, whose effect negated Axel’s Spell. Axel realized his Volcanic Deck could not use Spells or Traps while Naturia Exterio remained, and summoned Volcanic Rocket.

• Jiang He set four cards, and Axel drew and activated Heavy Storm to destroy them.
• Axel saw that Jiang He had let Solemn Judgment be destroyed and suspected one of the set cards had an effect triggered by destruction.
• Jiang He revealed that Waking the Dragon had been destroyed and used it to Special Summon Naturia Exterio from his Extra Deck.
• Axel activated Blaze Accelerator, but Naturia Exterio negated and destroyed it.
• Axel summoned Volcanic Rocket after realizing Naturia Exterio could keep negating his Spell and Trap activations.

Jiang He used Traptrix Rafflesia to refill his field with traps while Naturia Exterio and his monsters damaged Axel. Axel tried to summon Volcanic Queen to tribute away Naturia Exterio, but Jiang He stopped him with Mask of Restrict, leaving Axel’s counterplay locked down.

• Axel retrieved Blaze Accelerator, then attacked and destroyed Traptrix Atrax, reducing Jiang He’s Life Points to 3900.
• Jiang He drew two cards with Pot of Greed, summoned Traptrix Rafflesia, and attacked with Naturia Exterio and Rafflesia, reducing Axel to 1900 Life Points.
• Jiang He tributed Traptrix Rafflesia to set Grave Hole and another Trap Hole from his graveyard and deck, then set one more card.
• Axel drew Volcanic Queen and prepared to use its effect to tribute Naturia Exterio and summon the Queen to Jiang He’s field.
• Jiang He activated Mask of Restrict, preventing either player from tributing monsters and blocking Axel’s Volcanic Queen effect.

Jiang He defeated Axel Brodie by negating Volcanic Rat’s Graveyard effect with Grave Hole, then identified the Survival Duel device as the cause of Axel’s exhaustion. Axel returned to his room and reported to Professor Cobra that Jiang He was wearing a device and had a deck built to counter trap-destruction tactics.

• Axel set a monster, but Jiang He attacked it with Traptrix Atrax, destroying Volcanic Rat and prompting Axel to activate its Graveyard effect.
• Jiang He revealed Grave Hole, negated Volcanic Rat’s effect, and inflicted 2000 damage, reducing Axel’s Life Points to zero.
• After Axel left, Alexis noticed the Survival Duel device on his wrist; Jiang He confirmed it was draining duelists’ energy, and Rei said her and the others’ devices had been modified by Dr. Stein.
• Jaden and Johan learned their devices could no longer be safely modified, while Sphere Kuriboh warned Jiang He that someone had been watching them.
• Axel returned to his room feeling physically drained and suspected his device was responsible.
• Professor Cobra visited Axel, who reported that Jiang He wore a Survival Duel device and used cards that countered trap-destruction tactics.

Jiang He redeemed the Orca Mark and two evil decks while Professor Cobra looked for a new way to deal with him. After class, Adrian Gecko watched Jiang He leave and revealed that he was seeking a powerful card Professor Cobra might possess.

• Axel's questions confirmed his suspicions that Professor Cobra had tampered with the survival duel devices, but Cobra told him to wait for further orders and said he would find someone else to handle Jiang He.
• Jiang He reassured Alexis that Cobra would not let the survival duels endanger many students, then spent the evening relaxing with Alexis, Rei Saotome, and his spirits.
• Jiang He checked his system and found that his Emotion Points had risen to 23,000 after dueling Johan Andersen and Axel Brodie.
• During class, Jiang He redeemed the Earthbound Immortal Mark · Orca Mark and then bought the Invoked Deck and Trickstar Torture Deck, intending to use them against Adrian Gecko.
• After class, Adrian watched Jiang He head to Aunt Dorothy's shop and identified him as a suspected power behind Chairman Kagemaru, while revealing that he was seeking a powerful card Professor Cobra might have obtained.

Adrian Gecko sought the Satellite SOLA Key and agreed to duel Jiang He, offering stakes in exchange. Jiang He rejected Adrian’s offer of a Gecko-trained assistant, and Adrian presented a Legendary Crystal Beast Duel Disk as another possible stake.

• Professor Cobra pressured Adrian to duel Jiang He before the survival duel evaluation, and Adrian agreed while planning to seek the Satellite SOLA Key.
• Jiang He told Alexis, Johan, and the others that Adrian was the spy who had watched them, and Chazz accidentally guessed Adrian’s identity.
• Adrian met Jiang He on the wooden bridge and asked to wager for the Satellite SOLA Key, offering shares and a Gecko-trained assistant as stakes.
• Jiang He rejected the assistant as an unsuitable stake, and Adrian offered a Legendary Crystal Beast Duel Disk instead.

Jiang He began his duel with Adrian Gecko over the Satellite SOLA Key, using a Trickstar deck while Adrian played Cloudian monsters. Jiang He summoned Trickstar Lycoris and built his hand and field, leaving Adrian wary of the deck’s unfamiliar effects.

• Jiang He accepted Adrian Gecko’s wager of a gold Duel Disk and three shareholding documents against the Satellite SOLA Key, then chose the Trickstar Torture Deck for their duel.
• Adrian started by activating Summon Cloud, summoning two Cloudian - Sheep Cloud monsters, and setting up Cloud of Greed to draw two cards during the End Phase.
• Jiang He summoned Trickstar Candina and used her effect to add Trickstar Light Stage to his hand instead of Trickstar Reincarnation.
• Jiang He activated Trickstar Light Stage, added Trickstar Lycoris to his hand, and Special Summoned her by returning Candina to his hand.

Jiang He used a defensive Trap to survive Adrian Gecko’s attempt to clear his field, then began a new turn by activating a Continuous Spell that amplified effect damage. The duel was poised to turn into a repeated burn-damage combo.

• Jiang He set three cards and ended his turn, then damaged Adrian Gecko twice with [Trickstar Lycoris] and [Trickstar Light Stage] when Adrian drew.
• Adrian Gecko activated [Heavy Storm], but Jiang He flipped [Threatening Roar] to prevent attacks before the gale destroyed his remaining set cards and Field Spell.
• Adrian Gecko summoned [Cloudian - Cirrostratus], used its Fog Counters to destroy [Trickstar Lycoris], and ended his turn with two set cards.
• Jiang He asked Adrian Gecko whether his spy training had prepared him for torture, then activated [Nightmare's Torture Chamber] after drawing.
• Jiang He explained that [Nightmare's Torture Chamber] added 300 damage whenever he inflicted effect damage, prompting the onlookers to realize it could amplify the Trickstar burn effects.

Jiang He used two [Trickstar Lycoris] monsters, [Trickstar Light Stage], and [Nightmare's Torture Chamber] to inflict a massive burst of damage on Adrian Gecko. Adrian survived by activating [Aegis of the Goddess], then planned to destroy Jiang He's key cards on his next turn.

• Jiang He resummoned [Trickstar Candina], searched for [Trickstar Light Stage], and swapped Candina for [Trickstar Lycoris].
• Jiang He used [Monster Reborn] to revive a second [Trickstar Lycoris] from his graveyard.
• Jiang He activated [Card of Sanctity], making both players draw until they had six cards and triggering the Trickstars' burn effects.
• The two [Trickstar Lycoris] monsters and [Trickstar Light Stage] reduced Adrian Gecko's Life Points from 3600 to 1200, while [Nightmare's Torture Chamber] threatened to deal another 1200 damage.
• Adrian Gecko activated [Aegis of the Goddess] to gain 3000 LP, but [Nightmare's Torture Chamber] still dealt 1200 damage, leaving him at 3000 LP.
• Adrian Gecko planned to use his Cloudian monsters and remaining [Aegis of the Goddess] to destroy Jiang He's key cards and outlast the burn damage.

Jiang He repeatedly burned Adrian Gecko with Trickstar effects, using traps to refill Adrian’s Life Points and force him to draw again. The chapter ended with Adrian suffering another round of damage after Jiang activated a second Disturbance Strategy.

• Adrian Gecko drew a card, triggering Trickstar Lycoris, Trickstar Light Stage, and Nightmare's Torture Chamber to reduce him to 1000 LP.
• Adrian activated a second Aegis of the Goddess and restored his Life Points to 4000.
• Jiang activated Disturbance Strategy, forcing Adrian to shuffle his seven-card hand into his deck and draw seven cards, then dealing him 3200 damage.
• Jiang activated Gift Card to restore Adrian's Life Points, after which Nightmare's Torture Chamber dealt him another 1200 damage.
• Jiang activated a second Disturbance Strategy, forcing Adrian to shuffle and redraw his hand, and Trickstar's needles struck him again.

After defeating Adrian Gecko, Jiang He realized Professor Cobra was spying on them and suspected Cobra would accelerate his duel-energy collection plan. The Serpent God Kingdom sent Jiang He eight rare cards, which he gave to Alexis Rhodes, setting off a jealous quarrel with Rei Saotome.

• Jiang He defeated Adrian Gecko, who collapsed unconscious after his remaining Life Points reached zero, and Tyranno Hassleberry carried him to the infirmary.
• Sphere Kuriboh warned Jiang He that someone was watching, and Jiang He identified the spy as Professor Cobra, who fled and decided to speed up his plan.
• Jiang He and his companions discussed finding Cobra’s hidden base, while Bastion Misawa prepared an electromagnetic detector to trace the duel-energy transmissions.
• Alexis Rhodes told Jiang He that Professor Crowler’s practical class had been suspended and students were encouraged to duel, which Jiang He recognized as Cobra’s attempt to collect more energy.
• Camula revealed that Prince Ojin’s bodyguard had delivered a suitcase of rare cards, and Jiang He opened it to find eight cards, including White Night Dragon and three Cyber Angel ritual monsters.
• Jiang He offered all eight cards to Alexis Rhodes, who accepted them after Rei Saotome teased her and tried to claim Jiang He as her future husband.

Jiang He joined Jim and the others in tracking abnormal electromagnetic waves that were linked to Professor Cobra’s survival duel devices. After Jaden and Johan’s duel ended and the signal vanished again, Jim proposed that two people duel to produce another signal while the rest continued searching.

• Jiang He signed documents granting him partial ownership of Industrial Illusions, Kaiba Corporation, and the Gecko Financial Group, then had Miss Gravekeeper Assailant Ishizu hide his ornate Duel Disk.
• Jiang He led Alexis Rhodes and Rei Saotome outside, where Shirley the crocodile chased Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, Chumley, Chazz Princeton, Johan Andersen, and the others up a tree before Jim calmed her.
• Jim explained that strong electromagnetic waves had made Shirley aggressive and used his detector to lead the group toward their source in the woods.
• Jiang He told Jim that Professor Cobra’s survival duel devices absorbed duelists’ energy, and the group continued toward the source while Jaden and Johan dueled to provide a signal.
• After Jaden and Johan’s duel ended and the detector lost its signal, Jim suggested that two people duel while the others continued searching.

Jiang He and Jim began their duel while Chazz and Tyranno Hassleberry continued searching for Professor Cobra’s lair. Jim used his Fossil deck to summon Fossil Warrior Skull Knight, and Jiang He began unveiling his Invoked deck with Aleister the Invoker and Invocation.

• Jiang He warned Chazz and Tyranno Hassleberry to locate Professor Cobra’s lair without entering it, then challenged Jim using the ornate Duel Disk he had won from Adrian Gecko.
• Jim opened the duel with Specimen Inspection, discarding Flint Cragger and making Jiang He send Swift Scarecrow from his deck to the Graveyard.
• Jim activated Fossil Fusion and banished Flint Cragger and Swift Scarecrow to Fusion Summon Fossil Machine Skull Buggy.
• Jim paid half his Life Points and used Time Stream to Tribute Fossil Machine Skull Buggy, summoning Fossil Warrior Skull Knight, then set a card and ended his turn.
• Jiang He summoned Aleister the Invoker, used its effect to add Invocation to his hand, and activated Invocation to begin a Fusion Summon.

Jiang He used Jim's graveyard monster to Fusion Summon Invoked Mechaba, destroyed Jim's Fossil Warrior Skull Knight, and recycled Invocation while Jim stopped Mechaba's direct attack. Jim then destroyed Mechaba with Hammer Shot and activated Monster Reborn, leaving the duel poised for him to revive a monster from either graveyard.

• Jiang He banished Aleister the Invoker and Jim's Cenozoic Fossil Machine Skull Wagon to Fusion Summon Invoked Mechaba.
• Jiang He used Mechaba's effect to destroy Jim's Fossil Warrior Skull Knight, but Jim negated Mechaba's direct attack with Negate Attack.
• Jiang He returned Invocation from his graveyard to his deck to recover a banished Aleister, then set three cards and ended his turn.
• Jim destroyed Invoked Mechaba with Hammer Shot and drew two cards with Pot of Greed.
• Jim activated Monster Reborn, which could revive a monster from either player's graveyard.

Jiang He defeated Jim by using [The Book of the Law] to summon [Invoked Raijin] and boost its ATK, leaving Jim with no way to recover. After Jim collapsed from exhaustion, Tyranno Hassleberry and Chazz Princeton reported that they had found Professor Cobra’s hideout.

• Jim revived [Fossil Warrior Skull Knight] and attacked [Invoked Mechaba], but Jiang He activated [The Book of the Law] and replaced it with [Invoked Raijin].
• Jiang He discarded [Aleister the Invoker] to boost [Invoked Raijin] to 3200 ATK, and it destroyed [Fossil Warrior Skull Knight] in battle.
• With his field empty and only 1200 LP remaining, Jim admitted defeat, then collapsed as the duel ended and the survival duel device drained his strength.
• Tyranno Hassleberry told Jiang He that Jim, Jaden Yuki, and Johan were recovering in the infirmary and that Jim should be well after a night’s rest.
• Chazz Princeton said that he and Tyranno Hassleberry had located a small military research base where the signal suggested Professor Cobra was hiding, then choked on a rice ball.

Jiang He and his companions learned that Adrian Gecko had sent them a map to lure them toward Professor Cobra’s base, while Axel Brodie arrived with a more detailed map and asked to help stop Cobra. Jiang He agreed to let Axel join their confrontation the next day.

• Jiang He proposed that the group confront Professor Cobra at his temporary base the next day, and Bastion Misawa arrived with the electromagnetic detector he had made.
• A paper map naming Professor Cobra’s temporary base flew into the cabin, and Jiang He recognized Adrian Gecko as its likely sender.
• Jiang He guessed that Adrian intended to use the group to distract Professor Cobra while he sneaked into the base.
• Camula suggested using materialized spirits to expose Adrian, and Jiang He considered having three troublesome spirits help with the plan.
• Axel Brodie arrived with a detailed map he had found in Professor Cobra’s safe and asked Jiang He to help stop Cobra.
• Jiang He accepted Axel’s request and agreed that he could join them at the base the next day.

Jiang He exchanged for the Orca Earthbound Immortal and Kaguya Kaiju decks, gained the Strongest Cyber Style skill, and materialized the Ojama Trio. The next morning, he led his group toward Professor Cobra’s base despite being spotted by its cameras, while Cobra watched their approach.

• Jiang He used 2,000 Emotion Points to acquire Strongest Cyber Style, then exchanged for the Orca Earthbound Immortal Deck and the Kaguya Kaiju Deck.
• Jiang He materialized the Ojama Trio with the Crimson Dragon’s power, but they announced plans to steal underwear before Sphere Kuriboh ordered them to bring him juice.
• The next morning, Axel warned Jiang He’s group that Professor Cobra’s cameras had spotted them in the woods.
• Chazz realized he and Tyranno Hassleberry had passed the camera the day before without noticing it, and Jiang He mocked him for missing it.
• Jiang He decided the group should follow their original plan, confident they could handle the base’s traps, and Professor Cobra watched them approach on a monitor.