Recaps

Jaden defeated Chazz after evolving Winged Kuriboh into Winged Kuriboh LV10 and summoning Elemental HERO Sparkman. Jiang He was then called to duel Bastion Misawa in the practical lesson, as Jaden and Alexis watched him head to the field.

• Jaden drew Elemental HERO Sparkman and used its 1600 ATK to reduce Chazz's remaining 1000 LP to zero.
• Professor Crowler called the next practical lesson matchups, including Bastion Misawa versus Jiang He.
• Students questioned Jiang He's ability, while Alexis, Jasmine, and Mindy frowned at their comments.
• Jaden told Alexis that Jiang He was strong and that Bastion was the stronger opponent Jiang He had requested.

Jiang He and Bastion Misawa began a duel, with Bastion preparing a strategy to summon Water Dragon. After Jiang He set four cards, Bastion assembled two Hydrogeddon and one Oxygeddon and summoned Water Dragon, leaving Jiang He’s response pending.

• Jiang He and Bastion Misawa started their duel after Bastion said he wanted to face Jiang He’s supposed Exodia deck.
• Bastion activated Graceful Charity, summoned Oxygeddon, and set two cards.
• Jiang He set one face-down monster and three face-down cards, prompting confusion among the spectators.
• Bastion summoned Hydrogeddon, used Top Hat of Survival to revive another Hydrogeddon, and activated Bonding - H2O.
• Bastion tributed both Hydrogeddon and Oxygeddon to summon Water Dragon.

Jiang He stopped Bastion Misawa’s Water Dragon from attacking by revealing a second Torture Wheel, leaving Bastion with low Life Points and no cards in hand. Bastion then drew Mystical Space Typhoon, a Quick-Play Spell that could answer the trap restraining his monster.

• Bastion Misawa used Raigeki Break to destroy Jiang He’s set monster, then negated Jiang He’s first Torture Wheel with Solemn Judgment, paying half his Life Points.
• Jiang He activated a second Torture Wheel and trapped Bastion Misawa’s Water Dragon before it could attack.
• Bastion Misawa ended his turn with 2000 Life Points, an empty hand, and Water Dragon restrained; Jiang He still had 4000 Life Points and two cards in hand.
• Jiang He drew, dealt Bastion Misawa 500 damage with Torture Wheel, and set a monster and another card.
• Bastion Misawa drew Mystical Space Typhoon and revealed the Quick-Play Spell.

Jiang He countered Bastion Misawa’s attempts to free Water Dragon and summon Diamond Dragon, then tributed both monsters to summon Lava Golem onto Bastion’s field. Bastion was trapped in Lava Golem’s cage as Jiang He called the move a gift of friendship.

• Bastion Misawa destroyed Torture Wheel with Mystical Space Typhoon, but Jiang He activated Fiendish Chain to bind Water Dragon again.
• Bastion Misawa used Carboneddon’s graveyard effect to Special Summon Diamond Dragon.
• Jiang He activated Bottomless Trap Hole, trapping Diamond Dragon face-down in Defense Position.
• Jiang He used Clear Mind’s guaranteed draw ability, then tributed Water Dragon and Diamond Dragon to summon Lava Golem onto Bastion Misawa’s field.
• Lava Golem dropped a chained cage over Bastion Misawa, leaving him horrified by Jiang He’s so-called gift of friendship.

Jiang He defeated Bastion Misawa by reclaiming Lava Golem with Owner's Seal and exploiting Oxygeddon's effect. Bastion accepted Jiang He's strength, while Crowler held back his anger and planned to get revenge later.

• Bastion Misawa revived two Hydrogeddon and one Oxygeddon with Water Dragon's Graveyard effect.
• Jiang He activated Owner's Seal, returned Lava Golem to his control, and attacked Oxygeddon instead of a Hydrogeddon.
• Oxygeddon's effect dealt 800 damage to both players when Lava Golem destroyed it, reducing Bastion's Life Points to zero and giving Jiang He the victory.
• Crowler realized he had forgotten Oxygeddon's effect and resolved to wait for the duelist he had hired before taking revenge on Jiang He and retrieving the incriminating photos.
• Alexis Rhodes and her friends recognized Jiang He's skill, and Bastion praised him and resolved to study more before challenging him again.

Jiang He returned to the practical dueling class spectator area, where Zane, Professor Banner, and Chazz had been watching him. After Sphere Kuriboh awkwardly inspected Jaden’s Winged Kuriboh, Jiang He watched the remaining duels and wondered whether Chazz had already left Duel Academy.

• Sphere Kuriboh warned Jiang He that Zane Truesdale and Professor Banner were watching him, and Jiang He noticed they could see Duel Spirits.
• Jaden Yuki invited Jiang He to duel him later, but Sphere Kuriboh startled Winged Kuriboh by parting its fur to check its sex.
• Jiang He welcomed Jaden’s challenge and asked Alexis Rhodes whether she would duel in the practical class; Alexis said she might not get a turn as a second-year student.
• Jasmine praised Alexis as the strongest queen in the Obelisk Blue girls’ dorm, and Alexis blushed while Jiang He agreed she was powerful.
• Jiang He spotted two of Chazz Princeton’s former lackeys dueling each other, then searched for Chazz and wondered if he had temporarily left school after his defeat.

Jiang He exchanged Emotion Points for the Crimson Dragon’s protective Dragon Head Mark after learning Alexis Rhodes had visited the abandoned honors dorm connected to Atticus Rhodes’s disappearance. The next day, he weighed which toxic deck to buy while relaxing on the Duel Academy rooftop.

• Sphere Kuriboh told Jiang He that Chazz Princeton had left the island, and Jiang He expected him to return for another chance to exploit him.
• Sphere Kuriboh reported that Alexis Rhodes had taken a flower to the abandoned honors dorm, where her brother Atticus Rhodes had disappeared.
• Jiang He spent 3,000 Emotion Points to obtain the Mark of the Crimson Dragon: Dragon Head Mark and felt its protection against Shadow Duel damage.
• Jiang He hid from the construction noise on the classroom building’s rooftop and considered exchanging his remaining points for an Arcana Force, Morphing Jar, or Stealth Bird deck.

Jiang He agreed to join Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, and Chumley on an expedition to Duel Academy’s abandoned dorm, hoping to test his protection against Shadow Duels. Meanwhile, Crowler hired the supposed Shadow Duelist Titan to target Jiang He and Jaden, but he doubted the mysterious fog around Titan.

• Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, and Chumley told Jiang He they had heard about the abandoned dorm from Professor Banner and planned to explore it that night.
• Jiang He agreed to go, interested in discovering whether a Shadow Duel would occur and testing the Crimson Dragon’s protection.
• Sphere Kuriboh alerted Jiang He to someone near the rooftop stairs, but Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, and Chumley found no one there.
• In a forest on Duel Academy grounds, Crowler revealed that Jiang He and Jaden Yuki planned to visit the abandoned dorm and waited for a hired duelist.
• Titan introduced himself as a professional Shadow Duelist and promised to destroy Jiang He’s camera and photographs, while Crowler questioned the fog surrounding him.

Jiang He brought Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, and Chumley to investigate the abandoned dormitory, where Alexis warned them that students, including her brother, had disappeared. After Sphere Kuriboh sensed a malicious stranger nearby, Jiang He went after Alexis, and a disguised Titan attacked her to lure Jiang He into a Shadow Duel.

• Jiang He and the others arrived at the abandoned dormitory and found a fresh white flower near its entrance.
• Alexis Tenjo appeared, admitted leaving the flower, and warned them that students had vanished there, including her brother.
• Sphere Kuriboh sensed a malicious presence in the woods, and Jiang He suspected that Professor Crowler had hired Titan.
• Jiang He told Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, and Chumley to enter the dormitory while he went to check on Alexis.
• Alexis turned back toward the dormitory, but Titan ambushed her and tried to seize her as bait for a Shadow Duel with Jiang He.
• Someone hurled a heavy piece of wood at Titan, striking his head and interrupting the attack.

Alexis Rhodes and Jiang He tracked Titan to the abandoned dormitory, where they joined Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, and Chumley. Titan revealed himself as a dark duelist and challenged Jiang He to a Shadow Duel.

• Alexis Rhodes kicked Titan in self-defense, but he recovered and fled toward the abandoned dormitory.
• Jiang He used Sphere Kuriboh to locate Titan, and Alexis went with him to investigate.
• Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, and Chumley reported seeing a tall shadow in the dormitory and agreed to search for the attacker.
• Jiang He led the group into a stone chamber, where they saw white mist drifting across the floor.
• Titan emerged from the mist, identified himself as a dark duelist, and named Jiang He as his target.

Jiang He exposed Titan’s fake Millennium Puzzle just as Titan accidentally activated a real Shadow Duel ritual. After dark creatures swarmed the chamber and possessed Titan, he challenged Jiang He to a duel with the loser facing the darkness.

• Alexis Rhodes blamed Titan for her brother’s disappearance, but Jiang He said Titan was probably unrelated and pointed out that his Millennium Puzzle was a fake.
• Titan tried to leave, but his movements activated symbols around the chamber and began a real Shadow Duel ritual.
• Pitch-black creatures surged toward the group, but Sphere Kuriboh and Winged Kuriboh drove them back; Alexis Rhodes and the others discovered they could touch the Duel Monsters.
• The creatures engulfed Titan and entered his body, briefly turning his eyes scarlet.
• Titan challenged Jiang He to a duel and warned that the loser would be swallowed by darkness.

Jiang He faced Titan in a dangerous Shadow Duel, using his new Stealth Bird burn deck while Titan relied on an Archfiend deck and a real Pandemonium field. The duel remained in its opening turns, with Titan mistaking Jiang He's face-down monster for Celtic Guardian of Noble Arms.

• Jiang He stopped Alexis, Syrus Truesdale, Jaden Yuki, and the others from taking his place, then began the duel with Titan.
• Titan summoned Shadowknight Archfiend and activated Pandemonium-Archfiend's Lair, creating a real Archfiend field that removed his monsters' life-point costs.
• Titan set a card and ended his turn, and Jiang He drew the key card from his Stealth Bird deck before setting a monster and three cards.
• Titan guessed that Jiang He's face-down monster was Celtic Guardian of Noble Arms after Syrus Truesdale nearly revealed the group’s suspicion.

Jiang He used Wall of Disruption to reduce Titan’s Archfiend monsters’ attack, then revealed that his face-down monster was Stealth Bird rather than Celtic Guardian. Stealth Bird’s defense sent the attack back into Titan, leaving him wounded and at 2300 Life Points.

• Titan summoned Doomking Balerdroch beside Shadowknight Archfiend and raised Balerdroch’s attack to 3000 with Shadowknight Archfiend’s effect.
• Titan equipped Shadowknight Archfiend with Kiss of the Fiend, raising its attack to 1600, then ordered it to attack Jiang He’s face-down monster.
• Jiang He activated Wall of Disruption, reducing Shadowknight Archfiend’s attack to zero and Doomking Balerdroch’s to 1400.
• Jiang He revealed that his face-down monster was Stealth Bird, whose 1700 defense repelled Shadowknight Archfiend’s attack.
• The reflected attack wounded Titan and reduced his Life Points from 4000 to 2300.

Jiang He used two revealed [Stealth Birds] and a possible [Wall of Disruption] to put Titan in a dilemma over whether to attack. Titan finally summoned [Archfiend General], leaving the threat of Jiang He's face-down cards unresolved.

• Jiang He summoned a second [Stealth Bird] in attack position, then used both birds' effects to turn them face-down in Defense Position.
• Titan realized Jiang He had deliberately revealed the birds and grew wary of the two face-down cards in Jiang He's back row.
• Alexis Rhodes explained that attacking the birds could trigger a trap, while leaving them alone would expose Titan to 2,000 LP of damage from their effects.
• Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, and Chumley understood that Titan was caught between those risks, while Jiang He watched him hesitate.
• Titan summoned [Archfiend General] in attack position.

Jiang He used two traps to reduce Titan’s three monsters to 0 ATK, and Stealth Bird’s effect left Titan unconscious with 600 Life Points. Jiang He finished the duel and led the others out as the Shadow Duel space collapsed.

• Titan boosted Archfiend General’s ATK and ordered it to attack Jiang He’s face-down Stealth Bird.
• Jiang He activated Half Shut and then another Wall of Disruption, reducing Titan’s monsters to 0 ATK.
• Archfiend General attacked Stealth Bird, whose effect dealt Titan 1700 damage and knocked him unconscious at 600 Life Points.
• Jiang He Flip Summoned the other Stealth Bird, reduced Titan’s Life Points to zero, and triggered the collapse of the Shadow Duel space.
• Alexis warned the group to escape, and Jiang He sent them riding on the two Stealth Birds toward a crack of light.

After spending the night dueling in the Shadow Duel ritual space, Jiang He and the others were caught entering the abandoned dorm and brought before Chancellor Sheppard. Professor Crowler’s concern over Jiang He’s camera led the chancellor to offer a tag duel as an alternative to expulsion, leaving Jiang He and the others to face two legendary tag duelists.

• Stealth Bird carried Jiang He, Jaden Yuki, Chumley, Syrus Truesdale, and Alexis Rhodes out of the Shadow Duel ritual space before vanishing, and Jiang He caught Alexis as she fell.
• The exhausted students slept through a written theory test while Professor Crowler fretted that Titan had failed to destroy Jiang He’s incriminating camera.
• Duel Academy security brought Jiang He and the others to Chancellor Sheppard’s office for entering the abandoned dorm.
• When Chancellor Sheppard raised expulsion as the penalty, Crowler spotted the camera in Jiang He’s pocket and urged the chancellor to give the students another chance.
• Chancellor Sheppard proposed a tag duel against two legendary duelists as an alternative punishment, and Jiang He recognized the situation from the original storyline.

Jiang He and the others prepared for a tag duel against Chancellor Sheppard’s legendary duelists, while Slifer Red was reduced to just four students after most withdrew. While waiting to meet Alexis Rhodes, Jiang He checked his rewards from the Shadow Duel with Titan and found new decks in the system shop.

• Jaden Yuki asked Chancellor Sheppard how five students would be divided for the required tag duels, and Alexis Rhodes gave her exemption to Chumley so she could participate.
• Jaden Yuki and Syrus Truesdale paired up, leaving Jiang He and Alexis Rhodes to team up against the legendary duelists.
• Professor Banner told Jiang He, Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, and Chumley that they were the only four students left in Slifer Red after the others withdrew.
• Jiang He ate lunch with the others and then went to the grassy hill to wait for Alexis Rhodes.
• Jiang He checked his system and saw that Titan had earned him 1,700 Emotion Points, bringing his total to 2,000.
• Jiang He opened the refreshed system shop and saw options for a Vehicroid Deck and an Ojama Deck.

Jiang He redeemed Top-Tier Clear Mind, then reassured Alexis Rhodes with information that her missing brother, Atticus, was alive and might be found through another Shadow Duel. The next morning, Jiang He and Alexis joined Jaden Yuki and Syrus Truesdale for the academy’s tag duel, where the Paradox Brothers appeared as their opponents.

• Jiang He spent 2,000 Emotion Points to redeem Top-Tier Clear Mind, which let him draw any card he owned that was not in his current deck once per duel.
• Alexis Rhodes met Jiang He to discuss the tag duel and ask about her missing brother, and Jiang He said Atticus had likely been taken somewhere when a Shadow Duel space vanished.
• Alexis thanked Jiang He after he suggested another Shadow Duel might reveal a clue to Atticus’s whereabouts, and they spent the afternoon resting together instead of discussing tactics.
• Jaden Yuki and Syrus Truesdale reviewed their tag-duel strategy that evening while Jiang He listened from the room next door and used earplugs to sleep.
• Jiang He, Jaden, Chumley, and Alexis arrived at the arena the next morning, where Chancellor Sheppard and Professor Crowler began the tag duel.
• The Paradox Brothers somersaulted onto the field and introduced themselves as the wandering duel guardians.

Jiang He and Alexis Rhodes began a tag duel against the Paradox Brothers, with Alexis summoning Cyber Blader and Jiang He setting up Stealth Bird and several cards to draw the brothers’ attacks. The Paradox Brothers responded by summoning Blast Juggler and Kaiser Sea Horse, leaving the duel poised to escalate.

• Alexis Rhodes fused Cyber Prima and Blade Skater into Cyber Blader, then set a card and ended her turn.
• The older Paradox Brother summoned Blast Juggler and ended his turn.
• Jiang He summoned Stealth Bird, used its effect to turn it face-down, and set three cards to draw the opponents’ attention toward him.
• The younger Paradox Brother declared that the brothers would focus on Jiang He and summoned Kaiser Sea Horse.

Jiang He’s [Magical Cylinder] sharply reduced the Paradox Brothers’ life points, but they summoned [Kazejin] and used [Dark Designator] to add [Sanga of the Thunder] to their hand. Alexis Rhodes then attacked the older brother directly with [Cyber Tutu], leaving the duel at 4600 LP for the Paradox Brothers.

• Jiang He activated [Magical Cylinder], dealing the Paradox Brothers 2,400 damage and lowering their life points from 8000 to 5600.
• The dark-green-clad Paradox Brother activated [Puppet Ritual], tributed the older brother’s [Blast Juggler], and summoned [Kazejin].
• Jiang He reassured Alexis Rhodes that they could coordinate, and Alexis regained confidence in their teamwork.
• The dark-green-clad Paradox Brother activated [Dark Designator] to let the older brother add [Sanga of the Thunder] from his deck to his hand, then ended his turn.
• Alexis Rhodes summoned [Cyber Tutu] and attacked the older Paradox Brother directly, reducing their life points to 4600.
• Jiang He noted that the Paradox Brothers had withheld [Kazejin]’s damage-prevention effect, preventing him from drawing it out before [Cyber Blader] could attack.

Alexis Rhodes’s attack was stopped by Kazejin, and the Paradox Brothers summoned Gate Guardian by combining their three fiends. Jiang He revealed Magical Cylinders to absorb Gate Guardian’s attack, leaving the Paradox Brothers facing its counterattack.

• Alexis Rhodes boosted Cyber Blader’s attack, but Kazejin’s effect prevented her from dealing damage.
• The older Paradox Brother revived Blast Juggler and used Puppet Ritual to summon Suijin.
• The Paradox Brothers summoned Sanga of the Thunder, then tributed all three fiends to summon Gate Guardian.
• The older Paradox Brother equipped Gate Guardian with Meteor Strike and ordered it to attack Jiang He’s set Stealth Bird.
• Jiang He activated Magical Cylinders, absorbing Gate Guardian’s attack and preparing to redirect it at the Paradox Brothers.

Jiang He and Alexis defeated the Paradox Brothers with a doubled Magic Cylinder, and Jiang He’s victory taunt left the brothers refusing to smile during their next duel. While Jaden Yuki and Syrus Truesdale mounted a comeback against them, Alexis’s thoughtful preparations and shy reaction to Jiang He’s praise made him suspect she might treat him differently.

• Jiang He doubled the damage from Magic Cylinder and defeated the Paradox Brothers without losing any Life Points.
• Jiang He teased the defeated brothers after Chancellor Sheppard announced their victory, earning more Emotion Points.
• The Paradox Brothers began their tag duel against Jaden Yuki and Syrus Truesdale, and Alexis joked that Jiang He was responsible for them no longer smiling.
• Alexis showed Jiang He the Dark Bribe she had prepared to protect his cards, then blushed when he praised her thoughtfulness.
• Jaden encouraged Syrus, who used Power Bond to summon UFO Warrior with 8,000 attack points; Jaden then used De-Fusion to help them defeat the Paradox Brothers in an OTK comeback.

After defeating the Paradox Brothers, Jiang He considered spending his Emotion Points on a new deck before Chancellor Sheppard summoned him and Jaden Yuki. Sheppard explained that Duel Academy needed a first-year student to represent it in its annual friendly duel against North Academy.

• Jiang He’s victory over the Paradox Brothers fueled rumors that Duel Academy students taunted opponents after winning, leaving Chancellor Sheppard distraught.
• Jiang He counted his 1,700 Emotion Points and weighed buying a Vehicroid Deck, an Ojama Deck, or a Dark HERO Deck.
• Professor Banner told Jiang He and Jaden Yuki that Chancellor Sheppard wanted to see them, and Alexis Rhodes followed them to the office.
• Sheppard explained that Duel Academy’s annual duel against North Academy came with a mysterious prize for the winning school.
• Professor Crowler said Kaiser Zane Truesdale had represented Duel Academy the previous year, but this year’s North Academy representative was a first-year student, so Duel Academy should send one too.

Jiang He agreed to duel Jaden Yuki to decide who would represent Duel Academy against North Academy, then spent lunch on the rooftop with Alexis Rhodes and her friends. He revealed that his new deck was ready and planned to use a Dark HERO Deck against Jaden the next morning.

• Professor Banner suggested that Jiang He and Jaden duel to choose Duel Academy’s representative, and the principal approved the idea.
• Jiang He and Jaden agreed to the duel, with Jiang He warning that he would use a new deck.
• Alexis Rhodes, Jasmine, and Mindy joined Jiang He on the rooftop for lunch, and Alexis reflected on how much comfort and hope he had given her.
• Alexis asked whether Jiang He had prepared for his duel with Jaden, and he confirmed that his new deck was ready.
• Jiang He decided to exchange his points for the Dark HERO Deck and use it against Jaden.

Jiang He faced Jaden Yuki in the duel to choose Duel Academy’s representative and revealed a Dark HERO Deck, surprising the spectators. Jaden opened with Bubbleman, Flame Wingman, and three set cards, while Jiang He summoned Shadow Mist and prepared to respond.

• Alexis Rhodes and her friends left after Nurse Fontaine asked them for help, and Jiang He returned to the Slifer Red dorm to see his cabin nearing completion.
• Jaden Yuki told Syrus Truesdale he had adjusted his deck and was looking forward to dueling Jiang He.
• Professor Crowler began the representative duel between Jiang He and Jaden Yuki before a crowd of students and staff.
• Jaden summoned Elemental HERO Bubbleman, used its effect to draw two cards, fused Avian and Burstinatrix into Flame Wingman, and set three cards.
• Jiang He revealed that he was using a Dark HERO Deck and summoned Elemental HERO Shadow Mist in Defense Position.