Recaps

The Tyler Sisters used recovery and damage-negating traps to defeat Professor Crowler and Vice Chancellor Bonaparte in a tag duel. After accepting compensation to take over the practical tests, Jiang He stepped onto the platform to face a new opponent.

• Grace activated [Amazoness Secret Hot Springs] during the End Phase and restored the Tyler Sisters' life points from 400 to 3,000.
• Grace revealed [Amazoness Spell Mirror], which would negate one instance of battle damage they took each turn.
• Grace's [Amazoness Swords Woman] attacked [Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem] and reflected damage to Professor Crowler and Vice Chancellor Bonaparte, reducing their life points to zero.
• Chancellor Sheppard praised the Tyler Sisters, and Leo Akaba called for the next practical test.
• Professor Crowler and Vice Chancellor Bonaparte asked Jiang He and the other students to take their places, offering compensation.
• Jiang He accepted an envelope and stepped onto the platform to face an orange-red-haired young man.

Jiang He and Dennis McField began their entrance-test duel, with Dennis unveiling Pendulum Monsters and the new Pendulum Summoning method. Dennis set Pendulum Scales and started summoning monsters from his hand, leaving the duel underway.

• Dennis McField tried to pressure Jiang He with remarks about the entrance tests, but Jiang He recognized the tactic and mocked Dennis's appearance and entertainment-duelist ambition.
• Dennis took the first turn and activated [Pendulum Box], drawing two Pendulum Monsters and keeping them because they were both Pendulum Monsters.
• Dennis placed [Performage Bonus Dealer] and [Performage Stack Tricker] in his Spell and Trap Zones, setting Pendulum Scales of 3 and 6.
• Dennis explained that he could summon Level 4 and Level 5 monsters, then Special Summoned [Performage Hat Tricker] from his hand.

Dennis demonstrated Pendulum Summoning by filling his field with Performage monsters, then combined them through Xyz and Fusion plays. As Dennis continued his circus-themed assault, Jiang He remained calm and watched for his next move.

• Dennis Pendulum Summoned four Level 4 Performage monsters and used Bonus Dealer's effect to draw two cards.
• Dennis overlaid Hat Tricker and Flame Eater to Xyz Summon Performage Trapeze Magician.
• Dennis Normal Summoned Performage Tricker Clown and explained that its effect could enable a Fusion Summon without Polymerization.
• Dennis fused Tricker Clown and Damage Juggler, beginning another summon while Jiang He watched calmly.

Dennis used Pendulum Summoning to bring out three Performage monsters, including two aces, then ended his turn with two set cards. Jiang He began his turn by summoning the Underworld squires and Tributing them to summon Erebus the Underworld Monarch.

• Dennis Fusion Summoned Performage Trapeze High Magician after using Pendulum Summoning to bring out Performage Trapeze Magician and Performage Mirror Conductor.
• Dennis set two cards and ended his turn, unable to attack on his first turn.
• Jiang He activated One for One, discarded a monster, and Special Summoned Edea the Heavenly Squire from his deck.
• Edea's effect Special Summoned Eidos the Underworld Squire, whose effect granted Jiang He an additional Tribute Summon that turn.
• Jiang He Tributed Edea and Eidos to summon Erebus the Underworld Monarch.

Jiang He used [Erebus the Underworld Monarch] to disrupt Dennis’s hand and destroy one of his set cards, then revived [Edea the Heavenly Squire]. He declared that he now had both Tributes he needed, leaving Dennis to realize Jiang He planned to Tribute [Erebus] again.

• Jiang He Tribute Summoned [Erebus the Underworld Monarch] and used its effect to return the last card in Dennis’s hand to his Deck.
• Jiang He activated [Frost Blast of the Monarchs] from his Graveyard, banished it and [The Monarchs Erupt], and destroyed Dennis’s set [Rank-Up-Magic Magician's Force].
• Dennis argued that his remaining monsters, set card, and Pendulum Scales still protected him from Jiang He’s lone monster.
• Jiang He banished [Eidos the Underworld Squire] from his Graveyard to Special Summon [Edea the Heavenly Squire].
• Jiang He said he now had both Tributes he needed, and Dennis realized he might use [Erebus the Underworld Monarch] as a Tribute.

Jiang He Tribute Summoned Mobius the Mega Monarch, destroyed Dennis’s remaining back-row cards, and set three cards before ending his turn without attacking. Dennis began his next turn confident that his monsters could press the attack, and activated Performage Trapeze Magician’s effect to let it and Performage Trapeze High Magician attack twice.

• Jiang He Tributed Erebus the Underworld Monarch and Edea the Heavenly Squire to Special Summon Mobius the Mega Monarch.
• Jiang He used Mobius the Mega Monarch’s effect to destroy Dennis’s last Set card and both Pendulum Monsters in his Spell and Trap Card Zones.
• Edea the Heavenly Squire’s Graveyard effect let Jiang He add the banished The Monarchs Erupt to his hand, and he Set three cards before ending his turn without attacking.
• Dennis taunted Jiang He about holding back, then drew a card at the start of his turn and declared that he would attack.
• Dennis detached both Xyz Materials from Performage Trapeze Magician to let it and Performage Trapeze High Magician attack twice.

Dennis’s attack with [Performage Trapeze Magician] failed when Jiang He activated [The Monarchs Erupt], negating Dennis’s monster effects and letting [Mobius the Mega Monarch] destroy the attacker. Dennis then used [Performapal Rain Goat] as a Continuous Spell to boost [Performage Trapeze High Magician], leaving its growing attack as a threat for later turns.

• Dennis used his Xyz Materials to let [Performage Trapeze Magician] and [Performage Trapeze High Magician] attack twice, then attacked Jiang He’s [Mobius the Mega Monarch].
• Dennis activated [Performage Trapeze High Magician]’s effect to reduce [Mobius the Mega Monarch]’s attack, but Jiang He flipped [The Monarchs Erupt] and negated the effects of Dennis’s monsters.
• Jiang He ordered [Mobius the Mega Monarch] to counterattack, destroying [Performage Trapeze Magician] and reducing Dennis’s Life Points from 4000 to 3700.
• Dennis ended his Battle Phase and activated [Performapal Rain Goat] as a Continuous Spell, using its Pendulum effect to raise [Performage Trapeze High Magician]’s attack by 1200.

Jiang He negated Dennis's Pendulum effects with Imperial Order, then destroyed the Trap on his next turn so he could activate Card of Demise. He drew five cards and began Tributing Mobius the Mega Monarch, leaving Dennis frustrated and the duel continuing.

• Jiang He activated Imperial Order, negating the effects of Dennis's Performapal Rain Goat and stopping Performage Trapeze High Magician's attack boost.
• Dennis ended his turn with 3,700 LP and hoped to draw a Trap that could turn the duel around.
• Jiang He chose not to pay Imperial Order's 700 LP cost during his Standby Phase, destroying the Trap.
• Jiang He activated Card of Demise and drew five cards, angering Dennis with the apparent double standard.
• Jiang He offered Mobius the Mega Monarch on his field as a Tribute.

Jiang He tightened his control over Dennis’s field by summoning a second Erebus the Underworld Monarch, returning Dennis’s Pendulum Monster to his deck, and destroying another monster. When Dennis tried to recover with Pot of Greed, Jiang He revealed Anti-Spell Fragrance, leaving Dennis’s Spell Cards and Pendulum plays locked down again.

• Jiang He Tribute Summoned a second Erebus the Underworld Monarch using the Tribute Summoned Mobius the Mega Monarch as its tribute.
• Jiang He used Erebus’s effect to return Dennis’s Performapal Rain Goat to the deck, then destroyed Performage Trapeze High Magician in battle and reduced Dennis to 3300 LP.
• Jiang He set three more cards, leaving four face-down cards and The Monarchs Erupt on his field as Dennis began his turn with an empty hand and a weakened monster.
• Dennis drew Pot of Greed and prepared to activate it, but Jiang He revealed Anti-Spell Fragrance, forcing Spell Cards to be set before they could be used.
• Dennis realized Anti-Spell Fragrance also prevented him from setting Pendulum Scales, trapping him in an even stricter lockdown.

Jiang He used [Raiza the Mega Monarch] to return Dennis’s set [Pot of Greed] to the top of his deck, locking it down with [Anti-Spell Fragrance]. When Dennis argued that another Tribute Summon would shuffle away the lockdown, Jiang He revealed [The Monarchs Awaken] and Tribute Summoned [Erebus the Underworld Monarch] again, leaving Dennis’s plan in jeopardy.

• Jiang He activated [The Monarchs Erupt] during Dennis’s turn and Tribute Summoned [Raiza the Mega Monarch].
• [Raiza the Mega Monarch] returned Dennis’s set [Pot of Greed] and Jiang He’s [Erebus the Underworld Monarch] from the graveyard to the tops of their decks.
• Dennis realized [Anti-Spell Fragrance] would keep [Pot of Greed] unusable and tried to endure the draw lock with [Performage Mirror Conductor].
• On his turn, Jiang He drew [Erebus the Underworld Monarch] and revealed [The Monarchs Awaken], which let him add a high-level Monarch to his hand after a Tribute Summon.
• Jiang He Tributed [Raiza the Mega Monarch] and summoned [Erebus the Underworld Monarch] again.

Jiang He defeated Dennis by setting up an endless Raiza loop, and Dennis fainted before the test duel ended. As the practical tests continued, Duel Academy’s students reversed the Future Duel Academy freshmen’s early lead, leaving Leo Akaba’s bid to gain control of the school in jeopardy.

• Jiang He added a second Raiza the Mega Monarch to his hand, threatening to lock Dennis’s draws in an endless loop, and Dennis fainted from anger.
• Chancellor Sheppard declared Jiang He the winner, while Professor Crowler and Vice Chancellor Bonaparte sarcastically praised Dennis and exchanged barbs with Leo Akaba and the Tyler Sisters.
• Sheppard proposed letting the final practical test results determine whether Crowler and Bonaparte kept their positions, and Leo Akaba agreed, hoping to gain control of Duel Academy if his side won.
• Jaden Yuki, Chazz Princeton, Jack Atlas, Kaiser Zane Truesdale, and other Duel Academy participants defeated the Future Duel Academy freshmen in succession, including Kaiser’s one-attack victory with Cyber End Dragon.
• After Tyranno Hassleberry defeated the final freshman, Leo Akaba praised Duel Academy to Chancellor Sheppard as his side’s chances of taking control dwindled.

Jiang He warned his companions that Leo Akaba was secretly preparing dangerous technology and advised them to investigate before acting. Leo ordered Yuri to target Jiang He, setting up a confrontation.

• Jiang He sensed a strange energy beneath Future Academy’s Obelisk Blue dorm and warned that Leo Akaba and his students were hiding something.
• Jiang He explained that Leo’s technology might capture people in blank cards, prompting his companions to take the danger seriously.
• Tori Meadows asked how they should respond, and Jiang He recommended investigating Leo’s plans before making a move.
• Leo Akaba rejected Yuri’s offer to eliminate Crowler and Bonaparte and ordered him to go after Jiang He instead.
• Leo told Yuri to attack Jiang He when he was alone, or otherwise take the blame and leave Duel Academy to carry out other plans.
• Yuri eagerly agreed and said he wanted to test a device that could make Duel Monsters Spirits semi-materialize and cause real damage.

Jiang He recognized Celina as a reincarnated fragment of Ray Akaba’s soul and realized Leo Akaba was planning to retrieve her. After Yuri secretly followed Jiang He and his companions, he challenged Jiang He to a dangerous duel, and Jiang He offered to make it a real Shadow Duel instead.

• Jiang He spotted Celina in Leo Akaba’s Pendulum theory class and recognized her as one of the soul fragments needed to revive Ray Akaba.
• Leo Akaba worried that Celina had been assigned to Slifer Red and considered having Yuri abduct her.
• Jiang He recognized Yuri as Leo Akaba’s enforcer when the purple-haired youth watched him from across the classroom.
• Jiang He and his companions bought card packs and boxed lunches at Aunt Dorothy’s shop while Yuri secretly followed them.
• Yuri confronted Jiang He in a woodland clearing and explained that his duel could inflict real damage and seal the loser inside a card.
• Jiang He rejected Yuri’s Pseudo Shadow Duel and challenged him to a real Shadow Duel.

Jiang He trapped Yuri in a Shadow Duel, and Yuri responded by using his real Predaplant deck to Fusion Summon Starving Venom Polymerization Dragon. The duel was underway as Jiang He recognized the dragon’s powerful connection to Yuri’s soul.

• Jiang He activated a Shadow Duel and drew Yuri into it, alarming Leo Akaba, who hoped Yuri could win and help revive his daughter.
• Yuri embraced the Shadow Duel’s lethal challenge, and Jiang He chose his Counter Fairy deck for their duel.
• Yuri summoned Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio, used its effect to bring out Predaplant Darlingtonia Cobra, and searched his deck for Polymerization.
• Yuri fused his two Predaplants to summon Starving Venom Polymerization Dragon, whose power Astral compared to that of the Sacred Beasts and a primordial Number Darkness Card.
• Jiang He sensed that Starving Venom Polymerization Dragon was closely connected to Yuri’s soul.

Jiang He faced Yuri with Guiding Ariadne and several set cards, while Yuri tried to suppress his field with Predaplant Banksiogre. Their Solemn Judgment traps then clashed, leaving Jiang He's negation at risk as the onlookers watched in alarm.

• Jiang He summoned Valkyria the Power Angel and activated Guiding Ariadne as a Pendulum Scale 3 Continuous Spell, then set four cards and ended his turn.
• Yuri activated Predaplant Banksiogre, whose effect would negate the effects of Jiang He's face-up cards and prevent monsters from attacking.
• Jiang He revealed Solemn Judgment and paid half his Life Points to negate the activation of Predaplant Banksiogre.
• Yuri revealed his own Solemn Judgment and paid half his Life Points to negate Jiang He's Counter Trap, alarming the watching duelists and Leo Akaba.

Jiang He countered Yuri’s attempt to negate his Counter Trap, then used Valkyria the Power Angel to add Minerva, Scholar of the Sky to his hand. After summoning Minerva and drawing five cards with Card of Demise, Jiang He faced Yuri’s Trap Draw Discharge, which threatened to damage him and banish the cards he drew.

• Jiang He activated Ultimate Providence, using Guiding Ariadne’s Pendulum effect to avoid its cost and destroy Yuri’s Solemn Judgment, allowing Jiang He’s Solemn Judgment to destroy Predaplant Banksiogre.
• Jiang He triggered Valkyria the Power Angel’s effect and added Minerva, Scholar of the Sky from his deck to his hand.
• Yuri attacked and destroyed Valkyria with Starving Venom Polymerization Dragon, then Set a card and ended his turn.
• Jiang He drew a card, summoned Minerva, Scholar of the Sky, and activated Card of Demise to draw five cards.
• Yuri activated the Trap Draw Discharge, intending to inflict damage based on the drawn Monster Cards and banish all five cards.

Jiang He stopped Yuri’s [Draw Discharge] with a second [Solemn Judgment], then built up his Counter Fairy defenses and activated [The Sanctuary in the Sky]. Yuri began his turn facing four set cards and drew from his deck.

• Yuri activated [Draw Discharge] to banish Jiang He’s drawn cards and deal damage based on any Monster Cards among them.
• Jiang He flipped his second [Solemn Judgment], using [Guiding Ariadne]’s effect to negate and destroy [Draw Discharge] without paying LP.
• Jiang He activated [Minerva, Scholar of the Sky]’s effect, raising its attack by 500 after the Counter Trap activation.
• Jiang He set three more cards, bringing the number of set cards on his field to four.
• Jiang He activated [The Sanctuary in the Sky] and ended his turn, and Yuri drew a card to begin his turn.

Jiang He stopped Yuri’s attack with [Negate Attack], allowing [Minerva, Scholar of the Sky] to gain attack points and recover [Solemn Judgment]. Yuri feared triggering Jiang He’s remaining Counter Traps and ended his turn, but Jiang He began his turn by summoning [Condemned Witch].

• Yuri ordered [Starving Venom Polymerization Dragon] to attack [Minerva, Scholar of the Sky], but Jiang He activated [Negate Attack] and ended the Battle Phase.
• [Minerva, Scholar of the Sky] gained 500 attack points and used [The Sanctuary in the Sky] to let Jiang He recover [Solemn Judgment] from his Graveyard.
• Yuri realized Jiang He could keep replenishing his Counter Traps, hesitated to activate cards or summon monsters, set a card, and ended his turn.
• Jiang He drew a card and summoned [Condemned Witch] in Defense Position.
• Bastion Misawa recognized [Condemned Witch] as an angel monster connected to [Solemn Judgment].

Jiang He weakened Yuri’s Starving Venom Polymerization Dragon with Forbidden Droplet, but Yuri used a counterfeit Super Polymerization to fuse it with Condemned Witch and summon Greedy Venom Polymerization Dragon. Yuri ended the chapter boasting that his new monster’s 3,300 attack points surpassed Minerva, Scholar of the Sky.

• Jiang He added Forbidden Droplet to his hand with Condemned Witch’s effect and activated it, sending a card from his hand to negate Starving Venom Polymerization Dragon’s effects and halve its attack points.
• Jiang He ordered Minerva, Scholar of the Sky to attack Starving Venom Polymerization Dragon, but Yuri revealed a counterfeit Super Polymerization that fused monsters without allowing responses.
• Jiang He identified Yuri’s Super Polymerization as a technological reproduction and showed that he possessed the real card.
• Yuri fused Starving Venom Polymerization Dragon with Jiang He’s Condemned Witch and Special Summoned Greedy Venom Polymerization Dragon.
• Yuri pointed out that Greedy Venom Polymerization Dragon’s 3,300 attack points exceeded Minerva, Scholar of the Sky’s 2,600.

Jiang He destroyed Yuri’s [Greedy Venom Polymerization Dragon] with [Forbidden Lance] and stopped its Graveyard effect with [Solemn Strike]. Yuri then tried to revive it, but Jiang He revealed the unfamiliar Counter Trap [Rebirth of Parshath], leaving its effect unresolved.

• Jiang He used [Forbidden Lance] to weaken Yuri’s [Greedy Venom Polymerization Dragon], letting [Minerva, Scholar of the Sky] destroy it in battle.
• Yuri activated [Greedy Venom Polymerization Dragon]’s effect to destroy all monsters and inflict damage, but Jiang He negated it with [Solemn Strike].
• Jiang He increased [Minerva, Scholar of the Sky]’s attack and recovered [Ultimate Providence] from his Graveyard.
• Yuri tried to revive [Greedy Venom Polymerization Dragon] by banishing [Starving Venom Polymerization Dragon] from his Graveyard.
• Jiang He revealed the unfamiliar Counter Trap [Rebirth of Parshath] to stop Yuri’s revival attempt.

Jiang He used his Counter Trap arsenal to stop Yuri’s attempts to revive his dragons, summoned Avenging Knight Parshath, and launched a direct attack. Yuri tried to revive Greedy Venom Polymerization Dragon with Call of the Haunted, but Jiang He revealed a third Solemn Judgment and negated it, leaving Yuri furious.

• Jiang He used Rebirth of Parshath to negate Starving Venom Polymerization Dragon’s revival effect and return it to Yuri’s Extra Deck.
• Jiang He used Rebirth of Parshath’s second effect to Special Summon Avenging Knight Parshath from his Deck.
• Jiang He added Solemn Strike from his Graveyard to his hand and ordered Avenging Knight Parshath to attack Yuri directly.
• Yuri activated Call of the Haunted to revive Greedy Venom Polymerization Dragon, but Jiang He revealed Solemn Judgment and negated the Trap, sending the dragon back to the Graveyard.

Jiang He defeated Yuri after negating his plays and leaving him unable to fight back, prompting the Z-ARC presence inside Yuri to threaten revenge before disappearing. Jiang He then explained to the others that Z-ARC’s soul consciousness had possessed Yuri and that Professor Leo Akaba was involved, though not deliberately.

• Yuri used Predaplant Drosophyllum Hydra to halve the damage from Avenging Knight Parshath, but his Life Points fell to 500.
• Jiang He added Rebirth of Parshath to his hand, set four more cards, and ended his turn with Yuri facing an empty field and no cards in hand.
• Yuri surrendered and warned Jiang He that Supreme King Z-ARC would return to destroy him and the Duel world; the shadow vanished, and Yuri was sealed away as his Deck passed to Jiang He.
• Astral asked Jiang He about the shadow, and Jiang He identified it as the soul consciousness of the future devil Duelist Supreme King Z-ARC.
• Alexis Rhodes asked why Z-ARC was connected to Yuri, and Jiang He said Professor Leo Akaba was involved but had not deliberately caused the possession.

Jiang He explained that Celina was likely one of Ray Akaba’s reincarnated soul fragments, and she reluctantly recognized the evidence linking her to Ray. The chapter ended with Celina questioning whether she was connected to Professor Leo Akaba’s daughter.

• Jiang He explained that Ray Akaba’s soul had split into four fragments, which reincarnated alongside Supreme King Z-ARC’s fragments.
• Jiang He confirmed that Yuri was one of Z-ARC’s reincarnations and revealed that Professor Leo Akaba’s Arc Area Project aimed to revive Ray by sacrificing her four reincarnated selves.
• Jiang He described Ray’s silver bracelets and the decks associated with them, and Rei Saotome recalled that a new Slifer Red girl wore one.
• Celina emerged from behind a tree and insisted that she was not a reincarnation of Ray Akaba.
• Jiang He pointed out Celina’s bracelet, face, and Lunalight deck as evidence connecting her to Ray, leaving Celina questioning her origins.

Jiang He kept Celina at the Slifer Red dorm, prompting Leo Akaba to plan how to seize her and Jiang He's Super Polymerization. Jiang He then obtained the Quantum Cube, completing the Dark Great Evil God Mark, and considered new hellish decks to use against Leo's incoming subordinates.

• Jiang He warned Celina that Leo Akaba might use her as material to resurrect Ray Akaba, and Rei Saotome invited her to stay at the Slifer Red dorm.
• Leo Akaba learned Celina had moved into Slifer Red and resolved to obtain both her and Jiang He's Super Polymerization, while seeking stronger subordinates.
• Jiang He checked his Emotion Points and exchanged 6,000 points for the Dark Great Evil God Mark: Quantum Cube.
• The Quantum Cube combined Jiang He's Dark Great Evil God Marks into a complete mark, impressing Camula with the divine powers gathered around him.
• Jiang He examined the Future Utopic Draco and Qliphort decks as possible ways to torment the opponents Leo Akaba sent his way.

Jiang He explained the origins of the four dimensional areas to the girls and received a mysterious challenge demanding his real Super Polymerization. He prepared to face the challenger that night, suspecting Professor Leo Akaba had hired someone from outside Duel Academy.

• Jiang He explained that City represented the Synchro Dimension, Paradise City represented the Standard Dimension, and Future Academy had originally belonged to the Polymerization Dimension.
• Celina insisted she could defeat powerful opponents, but Jiang He doubted she could beat Jack Atlas or Rei Saotome, frustrating her and amusing the others.
• A stranger left a note challenging Jiang He to a death match that night for his real Super Polymerization, and Jiang He suspected the challenger was connected to Leo Akaba.
• Jaden Yuki, Chazz Princeton, Yuma Tsukumo, and the others came to Jiang He's cabin, where they speculated about who Leo Akaba had sent.
• Jiang He suggested Leo Akaba might have hired someone from outside Duel Academy, since the unfamiliar aura he sensed did not belong to any student there.