Recaps

Jiang He began his turn against Hermann by summoning Nordic monsters and preparing a powerful Synchro Summon. He Special Summoned Ivaldi the Nordic Smith, leaving Hermann wary of the threat ahead.

• Hermann set two cards and ended his turn after his Stealth Bird's attack failed to damage Jiang He's D-Wheel.
• Jiang He drew a card and activated Nordic Relic Hlidskjalf to Special Summon Vanadis of the Nordic Ascendant from his Deck.
• Jiang He sent Dökkálfar of the Nordic Alfar from his Deck to the Graveyard, raising Vanadis's Level from four to five.
• Jiang He Normal Summoned Ljosalf of the Nordic Alfar in Defense Position as Hermann suspected he was preparing a six-star Synchro Summon.
• Jiang He Special Summoned Ivaldi the Nordic Smith from his hand after taunting Hermann about the scale of his planned Synchro Summon.

Jiang He Synchro Summoned Thor, Lord of the Aesir, then used Dverg of the Nordic Alfar and monsters from his hand to begin another Synchro Summon. The chapter leaves the second summon underway as Hermann and the spectators react in shock.

• Jiang He tuned Vanadis of the Nordic Ascendant, Ljosalf of the Nordic Alfar, and Ivaldi the Nordic Smith to Synchro Summon Thor, Lord of the Aesir.
• Hermann and Team Catastrophe watched Thor descend and struggled to believe Jiang He had summoned a real god.
• Jiang He used Ljosalf's effect to Normal Summon Dverg of the Nordic Alfar, then set a card and activated Card of Sanctity to draw until he held six cards.
• Jiang He revealed Dverg's effect, which let him use two Nordic monsters in his hand as Synchro Materials.
• Jiang He began tuning Dverg with Ivaldi the Nordic Smith and Tyr of the Nordic Champions from his hand.

Jiang He Synchro Summoned [Loki, Lord of the Aesir] beside [Thor, Lord of the Aesir], terrifying Hermann and the spectators. Hermann protected [Stealth Bird] with [Safe Zone], surviving Loki’s attack, while Jiang He prepared another surprise for Team Catastrophe.

• Jiang He Synchro Summoned [Loki, Lord of the Aesir], revealing a second Aesir god on his field.
• Sherry LeBlanc confirmed her suspicions about Jiang He, while Hermann and the spectators reacted with shock and fear.
• Jiang He ordered [Loki, Lord of the Aesir] to attack Hermann’s [Stealth Bird] with Zero Bullet.
• Hermann activated [Safe Zone] before the attack and protected [Stealth Bird] from destruction.
• Loki’s attack struck [Safe Zone], and Hermann’s D-Wheel shook from the impact as Nicholas and Hans feared the gods’ real power.
• Jiang He noted that Hermann had narrowly avoided Thor’s attack and said he still had a surprise prepared for Team Catastrophe.

Jiang He gave Hermann [Jormungardr the Nordic Serpent] and set more cards, while Hermann tried to burn Jiang He with [Stealth Bird]. Jiang He negated the damage and discarded one of Hermann’s cards, but Hermann continued by activating [Labyrinth of Nightmare], setting up a combination that could also trigger Jormungardr’s effects.

• Jiang He Special Summoned [Jormungardr the Nordic Serpent] to Hermann’s field and set three more cards before ending his turn.
• Hermann switched [Stealth Bird] between Attack and Defense Position with [Soul Fire Formation] to activate its 800-damage effect.
• Jiang He activated [The Tricky Trap], negating the damage and randomly discarding a card from Hermann’s hand.
• Hermann used [Trap Booster], discarded a card, and activated [Labyrinth of Nightmare] from his hand.
• Hermann told Jiang He he was not finished, as the trap combination threatened to trigger Jormungardr’s effects.

Jiang He used Hermann’s Labyrinth of Nightmare traps to trigger Jormungardr the Nordic Serpent’s effect, cutting Hermann to 1,000 LP, then negated Stealth Bird’s damage effect. He banished his own two Aesir gods with Thunder Crash to deal 400 more damage, leaving Hermann at 600 LP and the reason for Jiang He’s move unclear.

• Hermann activated a second Labyrinth of Nightmare, allowing him to change his monsters’ battle positions twice at the end of his turn.
• Jiang He triggered Jormungardr the Nordic Serpent’s effect when it changed to Attack Position, dealing Hermann 3,000 damage and leaving him with 1,000 LP.
• Hermann activated Stealth Bird’s effect to inflict 800 damage, but Jiang He used Guldfaxe of the Nordic Beasts to negate the effects of his face-up cards.
• Jiang He drew a card and activated Thunder Crash, banishing Loki, Lord of the Aesir and Thor, Lord of the Aesir as its cost.
• Thunder Crash dealt Hermann 400 damage, leaving him with 600 LP as he believed Jiang He had made a tactical blunder.

Jiang He defeated Hermann with Thor’s revived attack, leaving Team Catastrophe’s remaining duelists trapped by their mysterious master’s orders. Nicholas took over the field and began his turn under pressure from Jiang He’s returning gods and the LP-draining monster, but his newly drawn card gave him hope.

• Jiang He revived Thor, Lord of the Aesir, and struck Hermann with lightning, knocking him unconscious and destroying his D-Wheel.
• Nicholas and Hans realized they could not surrender because their master’s Darkness Cards might kill them, so Nicholas took over the duel and Hermann’s field cards.
• Nicholas found himself surrounded by Jormungardr the Nordic Serpent and inherited Hermann’s Labyrinth of Nightmare traps, which supported the monster’s LP-draining effect.
• Jiang He revived Loki, Lord of the Aesir, recovered The Tricky Trap, and ended his turn with both gods back on the field.
• Nicholas reluctantly drew for his turn and was delighted to see a high-level monster that required a Tribute Summon.

Jiang He trapped Nicholas’s Jormungardr the Nordic Serpent on Nicholas’s field with Mask of Restrict, then used its effect to deal 3,000 damage to him. On his next turn, Jiang He drew cards with Card of Demise and summoned Valkyrie of the Nordic Ascendant, leaving Nicholas at 1,000 LP with two face-down cards set.

• Jiang He activated Mask of Restrict, preventing either player from Tributing monsters on the field and blocking Nicholas’s planned Tribute Summon.
• Nicholas set two cards and ended his turn without changing Stealth Bird’s battle position.
• Jormungardr the Nordic Serpent changed Nicholas’s monster to Attack Position, and Jiang He used its effect to inflict 3,000 damage, reducing Nicholas to 1,000 LP.
• Jiang He began his turn, activated Card of Demise, and drew until he had five cards in hand.
• Jiang He summoned the Tuner Valkyrie of the Nordic Ascendant in Defense Position.

Jiang He Synchro Summoned Odin, Father of the Aesir, revealing the third Aesir god to the spectators and duelists. He then used Enemy Controller to change Nicholas’s Stealth Bird to Attack Position, setting up a response to its defensive effect.

• Jiang He used Valkyrie of the Nordic Ascendant to discard two Spell Cards and Special Summon two Einherjar Tokens.
• Jiang He tuned Valkyrie of the Nordic Ascendant with the two Einherjar Tokens and Synchro Summoned Odin, Father of the Aesir.
• The announcer and spectators reacted in shock as Odin appeared beside Loki, Lord of the Aesir and Thor, Lord of the Aesir.
• Nicholas relied on Safe Zone to protect Stealth Bird and claimed that even Odin could not damage him.
• Jiang He activated Enemy Controller and changed Nicholas’s Stealth Bird to Attack Position.
• Nicholas said Stealth Bird would return to Defense Position when attacked, and Jiang He indicated that he already knew its effect.

Jiang He countered Nicholas’s traps and used Odin to defeat him, leaving the tournament observers to blame the crash on another D-Wheel malfunction. Nicholas was knocked unconscious with zero Life Points as the announcer urged duelists to inspect their vehicles.

• Jiang He used Thor to negate and absorb Stealth Bird’s effects, then ordered Odin to attack it.
• Nicholas activated Judgment Ray, hoping to deal 3,200 damage to both duelists, but Guldfaxe negated the trap.
• Nicholas revealed Magic Cylinder to negate Odin’s attack and damage Jiang He, but Odin’s protection made the trap fail.
• Odin’s attack destroyed Stealth Bird, wrecked Nicholas’s D-Wheel, and reduced his Life Points to zero.
• The announcer called the crash another D-Wheel malfunction and warned duelists to check their vehicles.

Jiang He defeated Team Catastrophe’s final duelist, Hans, by summoning a second [Jormungardr the Nordic Serpent] to Hans’s field and dealing enough effect damage to reduce his Life Points to zero. Team GX was declared the winner.

• After Nicholas was carried away, the announcer said Hans was Team Catastrophe’s last duelist, and Hans took a spare D-Board onto the field.
• Jiang He activated the effect of a second [Jormungardr the Nordic Serpent] and Special Summoned it to Hans’s field.
• Hans summoned [Stealth Bird - Darkness] in Defense Position, then ended his turn without further action.
• Jiang He used [Labyrinth of Nightmare] to change the two [Jormungardr the Nordic Serpent] into Attack Position, triggering their effects to inflict 6000 damage on Hans.
• Hans’s Life Points fell from 4000 to zero, and he collapsed unconscious as the announcer declared Team GX the winner.

Jiang He warned that Team Sun’s defensive strategy and unusual ace could trouble Team 5D’s, despite the team seeming weak. Team Sun’s first duelist began a Turbo Duel against Kalin by summoning Key Mace and setting three cards, while Kalin summoned Infernity Sage.

• Chazz complained that he had not gotten a chance to duel, and Jiang He explained that later Turbo Duels could give him an opportunity.
• Aster shared information that Team Sun relied on defensive monsters and effects to slowly drain opponents’ Life Points, but Jiang He predicted they could still trouble Team 5D’s.
• Team Sun’s first duelist began the match against Kalin and summoned the low-stat vanilla monster Key Mace in Defense Position.
• Team Sun’s duelist set three cards and ended his turn, and Kalin drew and summoned the Tuner monster Infernity Sage.

Kalin used his zero-hand strategy to summon Infernity Doom Dragon and attack Jinbei directly, putting Team Sun’s first duelist in danger. Jinbei activated The Eye of Truth to restore his Life Points temporarily, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Kalin summoned Infernity Sage and discarded his entire hand to the Graveyard, completing his zero-hand strategy.
• Kalin banished Infernity General to revive Infernity Queen and Infernity Reloader, then Synchro Summoned Infernity Doom Dragon.
• Kalin used Infernity Queen’s Graveyard effect to let Infernity Doom Dragon attack Jinbei directly, reducing Jinbei’s Life Points to 1,000.
• Jinbei activated the Continuous Trap The Eye of Truth and temporarily restored his Life Points to 4,000.

Jinbei strengthened Team Sun’s defenses, but Kalin used his Infernity cards to deal heavy damage and launch a direct attack. Jinbei tried to hold on as the dragon’s attack rushed toward him.

• Jinbei summoned Hand-Holding Genie, whose effect raised its defense and made it the only monster Kalin could attack.
• Jinbei activated The League of Uniform Nomenclature to protect his Defense Position monsters from effect destruction, then set another card.
• Kalin summoned Infernity Reloader and used its effect to reveal Infernity Destroyer, dealing Jinbei 1200 damage and reducing him to 2800 LP.
• Kalin used Infernity Queen’s graveyard effect to let Infernity Doom Dragon attack Jinbei directly.
• Jinbei gritted his teeth and reached for one of his set cards as Doom Dragon’s attack approached.

Team Sun’s first two duelists sacrificed themselves to pass their defensive field to Taro Yamashita, who prepared to summon Sleeping Giant Thud. Yusei Fudo recognized that Team Sun’s strategy depended on keeping a Level 1 Normal Monster on the field for ten turns.

• Jinbei summoned Giant Soldier of Stone, raising Hand-Holding Genie’s defense to 3,900 as he survived Kalin’s attacks.
• Jinbei activated Dust Tornado to destroy the two The Eye of Truth traps on his own field, then was eliminated and left his monsters and set card for his teammate.
• Jiang He explained that Team Sun was nearing the conditions to summon an infamous monster with exceptionally difficult summoning requirements.
• Team Sun’s second duelist held out for five turns with The Eye of Truth and Threatening Roar, then destroyed his own two The Eye of Truth traps and passed his field to Taro Yamashita.
• Taro inherited the field, set two cards, and ended his turn with a hopeful smile.
• Yusei realized Team Sun was trying to Special Summon Sleeping Giant Thud by keeping a Level 1 Normal Monster on the field for ten of their turns.

Team Sun summoned Sleeping Giant Thud after Kalin failed to destroy Key Mace, and the giant defeated Kalin’s Infernity Doom Dragon. Taro Yamashita began another attack with Kalin at 3,000 LP, leaving Team 5D’s facing a growing threat.

• Kalin used Speed Spell - Detonate to change Team Sun’s monsters to Attack Position, then targeted Key Mace with Infernity Doom Dragon’s effect.
• Taro Yamashita activated Desert Sunlight, returning his monsters to Defense Position so The League of Uniform Nomenclature protected them from destruction.
• Taro summoned Sleeping Giant Thud by tributing Key Mace, which had remained on the field for ten turns.
• Sleeping Giant Thud attacked and destroyed Infernity Doom Dragon, reducing Kalin’s Life Points from 4,000 to 3,000.
• Taro announced that his offensive was not over and reached for one of his remaining set cards.

Taro Yamashita defeated Kalin with a chain of trap effects, bringing Team Sun back into the duel. Yusei Fudo took over against [Sleeping Giant Thud], summoned two monsters alongside Kalin’s remaining Tuner, and began a Synchro Summon.

• Taro Yamashita activated [Blasting the Ruins], tributing [Hand-Holding Genie] to deal 2000 damage to Kalin and leave him with 1000 LP.
• Taro Yamashita activated [Destruction Ring], destroying [Giant Soldier of Stone] and dealing 1000 damage to both duelists, which reduced Kalin to zero LP and left Taro Yamashita with 3000 LP.
• Yusei Fudo entered the duel with 4000 LP, then used [Speed Spell - Summon Speeder] to Special Summon [Maximum Warrior].
• Yusei Fudo Normal Summoned [Shield Warrior] and declared a Synchro Summon using [Infernity Reloader], [Shield Warrior], and [Maximum Warrior].

Yusei Fudo struggled against Taro Yamashita’s [Sleeping Giant Thud], whose rising ATK and resistance made it difficult to overcome. After drawing two cards with [Speed Spell - Shift Down], Yusei received the Crimson Dragon’s mark, setting up his next move.

• Yusei Fudo summoned [Stardust Dragon] and set two cards before ending his turn.
• Taro Yamashita changed [Stardust Dragon] to Attack Position with [Speed Spell - Defense Burst] and attacked it with [Sleeping Giant Thud].
• Yusei used [Shield Warrior] from his graveyard to prevent [Stardust Dragon] from being destroyed, but he took 1,000 damage and fell to 3000 LP.
• Yusei activated [Speed Spell - Shift Down], removed six Speed Counters, and drew two cards as the Crimson Dragon’s mark appeared behind him.
• Yusei began activating [Level Warrior]’s effect by discarding another Level 1 monster from his hand.

Yusei Fudo summoned [Majestic Star Dragon] and used [Synchro Baton] to overcome Taro Yamashita’s [Sleeping Giant Thud]. The dragon destroyed Taro’s monster, leaving their duel ongoing.

• Yusei Fudo summoned [Level Warrior] and [Majestic Dragon], then used them with [Stardust Dragon] to Synchro Summon [Majestic Star Dragon].
• Taro Yamashita said [Sleeping Giant Thud] would gain 1,000 attack over any monster it battled and challenged Yusei’s new dragon.
• Yusei Fudo activated [Synchro Baton], boosting [Majestic Star Dragon] by 1,200 because two Synchro Monsters were in his graveyard.
• [Majestic Star Dragon] rose to 5,000 attack, surpassed [Sleeping Giant Thud], and destroyed it with an attack that struck Taro Yamashita’s D-Wheel.

Yusei Fudo defeated Taro Yamashita and secured Team 5D's place as the winner, while Jiang He speculated that Team New World was the Three Emperors of Yliaster. On the way home, Jiang He and his companions spotted eliminated duelists being chased by strange Security Maintenance Bureau riders.

• Yusei Fudo activated [Burst Breakthrough], lowered [Majestic Star Dragon]'s attack, and attacked Taro Yamashita directly, reducing Taro's Life Points to zero.
• The announcer declared Team 5D's the winner, and Jiang He discussed the teams likely to advance with Alexis Rhodes and the others.
• Jiang He suspected Team New World was the Three Emperors of Yliaster and reasoned that changes to the timeline had trapped them in the present.
• Jiang He returned toward the villa with Alexis Rhodes, Akiza Izinski, and Rei Saotome while Jaden Yuki, Chazz Princeton, Kaiser Zane Truesdale, and others stayed to watch duels.
• Jiang He and his companions saw eliminated duelists, including Team Unicorn members Andre and Breo, fleeing from strange riders dressed like the Security Maintenance Bureau.

Jiang He destroyed the Three Emperors of Yliaster’s rogue dueling robots with golden lightning, then checked his Emotion Points and browsed the refreshed System Shop. He ended by considering two new hellish decks while leaving the Blue-Eyes skill and weaker Magnet Warrior Deck unchosen.

• Jiang He recognized the rogue robots as machines built under Lazar’s plan and controlled by the hidden mastermind, then struck them with golden lightning and rescued Andre, Breo, and the other duelists from their attack.
• Primo watched the robots’ destruction and grew furious as Jakob warned him that Jiang He might trace the incident back to them before they were ready.
• Jiang He relaxed at the villa and saw that his Emotion Points had risen to 44,000, largely from Team Catastrophe’s Nicholas and his two teammates.
• Jiang He checked the refreshed System Shop and dismissed the Blue-Eyes skill and Bastion Misawa’s Magnet Warrior Deck.
• Jiang He compared the Seven-Star Longyuan burn deck with the Victory Dragon one-hit-kill deck as possible future choices.

Jiang He’s Team GX was matched against Sherry LeBlanc’s Team Holy Knights of the Flower in the quarterfinals, and Sherry proposed a wager over becoming his third princess. The bet was accepted by Alexis Rhodes and Akiza Izinski, who prepared to face Sherry in the duel.

• Jiang He redeemed the Victory Dragon and Shadow Riders Longyuan decks before arriving late at the venue with his companions.
• The host announced Team GX’s quarterfinal matchup against Sherry LeBlanc’s Team Holy Knights of the Flower.
• Sherry proposed that Alexis Rhodes and Akiza Izinski support her as Jiang He’s third princess if she won or drew, offering the [Z-ONE] card as part of her stake.
• Alexis and Akiza accepted, wagering that Sherry would stop pursuing Jiang He if she lost.
• The teams went to the waiting area, where Alexis suggested that she or Akiza duel first because Sherry intended to lead her team.

Alexis Rhodes and Sherry LeBlanc began their Turbo Duel, with Alexis opening by summoning Cyber Petit Angel and setting four cards. Sherry responded by activating Speed Spell - Overboost to raise her Speed Counters, and the duel continued with her key card in hand.

• Jiang He proposed that Akiza Izinski duel second and he serve as the fallback, and the group agreed.
• The announcer named Alexis Rhodes, Akiza Izinski, and Jiang He for Team GX and Sherry LeBlanc, Mizoguchi, and Axel Brodie for Team Holy Knights of the Flower; a coin toss set the match as a Turbo Duel.
• Alexis Rhodes and Sherry LeBlanc activated Speed World and began their duel with 4000 LP each.
• Alexis took the first turn, summoned Cyber Petit Angel, added Cyber Angel Benten to her hand, and set four cards.
• Sherry drew, then activated Speed Spell - Overboost to increase her Speed Counters by four, with them set to fall to one at the end of her turn.

Sherry LeBlanc used Speed Spells to summon Centaur Mina and tried to break through Alexis Rhodes’s defenses. Alexis anticipated the attack, negated it with Magic Cylinder, and reduced Sherry to 1800 LP.

• Sherry LeBlanc used Speed Spell - Overboost to gain four temporary Speed Counters, then summoned Floral Steed and drew a card with its effect.
• Sherry LeBlanc activated Speed Spell - Speed Polymerization, fusing Floral Steed with Lancer of the Holy Knights to summon Centaur Mina.
• Alexis Rhodes activated Threatening Roar, but Centaur Mina negated the Trap’s activation and set it face-down again.
• Sherry LeBlanc ordered Centaur Mina to attack Cyber Petit Angel, and Alexis Rhodes activated Magic Cylinder to negate the attack and reflect 2200 damage.
• Sherry LeBlanc’s Life Points fell from 4000 to 1800, giving Alexis Rhodes the advantage in the Turbo Duel.

Alexis Rhodes used a Synchro Summon during Sherry LeBlanc’s turn, then revealed a Trap that prepared a Level 10 Cyber Angel Ritual Monster for a later Ritual Summon. The chapter ended as Alexis began her turn with two speed counters, poised to continue her counterattack.

• Alexis Rhodes Special Summoned Hop Ear Squadron during Sherry LeBlanc’s Main Phase 2 and used it with Cyber Petit Angel to Synchro Summon Herald of the Arc Light.
• Sherry LeBlanc set three cards and ended her turn after Alexis summoned the unfamiliar Synchro Monster.
• Alexis Rhodes revealed the Continuous Trap World Rebirth and banished a Level 10 Cyber Angel Ritual Monster from her Deck.
• Alexis Rhodes drew for her turn as her speed counters rose to two, then smiled at the card she had drawn.

Alexis Rhodes Ritual Summoned Cyber Angel Vrash and used Herald of the Arc Light to stop Sherry LeBlanc from destroying it. Vrash destroyed Sherry’s Centaur Mina and cut her Life Points to 800 before Alexis ordered a direct attack.

• Alexis Rhodes Tributed Darklord Desire and activated World Rebirth to Ritual Summon Cyber Angel Vrash.
• Sherry LeBlanc activated Ritual Sealing Book to destroy Vrash, but Alexis Tributed Herald of the Arc Light to negate and destroy the Trap effect.
• Alexis used Herald of the Arc Light’s effect to add a Level 8 Ritual Monster from her deck to her hand.
• Alexis activated Vrash’s effect to destroy Sherry’s Centaur Mina and inflict 1,000 damage, reducing Sherry to 800 Life Points.
• Alexis ordered Cyber Angel Vrash to attack Sherry directly.