Recaps

Jiang He overwhelmed Aster Phoenix with Evil HERO Dark Gaia, which destroyed Aster’s three Destiny HERO monsters before Aster stopped its direct attack with Negate Attack. Aster began his next turn by summoning Destiny HERO - Doom Lord, confident that destiny had given him the card he needed.

• Jiang He used Vision HERO Vyon to send Evil HERO Sinister Necrom from his Deck to the Graveyard.
• Jiang He activated Dark Calling, banished two Evil HERO Sinister Necrom monsters, and summoned Evil HERO Dark Gaia.
• Jiang He used Dark Gaia to destroy Aster Phoenix’s three Destiny HERO monsters, raising Dark Gaia’s ATK to 3600.
• Aster Phoenix activated Negate Attack to stop Dark Gaia’s direct attack and end the Battle Phase.
• Jiang He set two cards and ended his turn with five face-down cards on his field.
• Aster Phoenix drew a card and summoned Destiny HERO - Doom Lord in attack position.

Jiang He repeatedly thwarted Aster Phoenix’s attempts to keep Destiny HERO - Dasher on the field, then used Aster’s Graveyard as Fusion Material to summon Destiny HERO - Dominance. Aster was left shocked that Jiang He had summoned a Destiny HERO he did not know.

• Aster Phoenix revived Destiny HERO - Dasher with Destiny Mirage after Evil HERO Dark Gaia destroyed it.
• Jiang He banished Dasher face-down with Network Trap Hole when it returned from the Graveyard.
• Jiang He activated Scrap Polymerization and banished three of Aster’s Destiny HERO monsters, including Dreadmaster and Defender, as Fusion Material.
• Jiang He Fusion Summoned Destiny HERO - Dominance, leaving Aster Phoenix astonished.

Jiang He used Destiny HERO - Dominance to reorder Aster Phoenix’s next five draws and keep him from reaching his key cards, while Aster tried to stop Jiang He’s attacks and break the lockdown. Aster then summoned Destiny HERO - Dogma as his strongest attempt to turn the duel around.

• Jiang He used Destiny HERO - Dominance to inspect and rearrange the top five cards of Aster Phoenix’s Deck, pushing Pot of Greed, Clock Tower Prison, and Compulsory Evacuation Device out of reach.
• Aster Phoenix activated D - Fortune to banish a Destiny HERO from his Graveyard and negate Evil HERO Dark Gaia’s attack, ending Jiang He’s Battle Phase.
• Aster drew Destiny HERO - Defender and summoned it in attack position, hoping to destroy Destiny HERO - Dominance.
• Aster activated Double Summon, summoned D - Cubed, and revealed another copy to count as two Tributes.
• Aster Tributed Destiny HERO - Defender and D - Cubed to Special Summon Destiny HERO - Dogma.

Jiang He defeated Aster Phoenix by using Bottomless Trap Hole to destroy and banish Destiny HERO - Dogma, leaving Aster shaken and the onlookers wary of facing him. After Alexis Rhodes publicly linked arms with Jiang He, he went to the rooftop to relax, where Ojama Yellow, Ojama Green, and Little Black asked him for physical bodies.

• Jiang He activated Bottomless Trap Hole after Aster Phoenix Special Summoned Destiny HERO - Dogma, destroying and banishing it.
• Aster Phoenix surrendered and left the arena, and Jiang He offered Jaden Yuki a duel that made Jaden step back in fear.
• Alexis Rhodes stopped Rei Saotome from hugging Jiang He, then linked arms with him as the Duel Academy students reacted.
• Atticus Rhodes learned of Jiang He and Alexis’s relationship, called Jiang He his brother-in-law, and hurried away; Kaiser Zane Truesdale left planning to challenge Jiang He after graduation.
• Jiang He sunbathed on the rooftop with Sphere Kuriboh while Ojama Yellow, Ojama Green, and Little Black asked him to give them physical bodies.

After defeating Aster Phoenix, Jiang He suspected Sartorius would come to Duel Academy and plot to use Aster against him, so he considered turning Aster against Sartorius with Chazz as an inside man. That evening, Tyranno Hassleberry, Syrus Truesdale, and Chumley arrived at Jiang He's cabin, leaving their reason for visiting unknown.

• Jiang He checked his system and found that his duel with Aster had earned him 5,500 Emotion Points, which he linked to the Light of Destruction attached to Aster's deck.
• Sartorius visited Aster at the Obelisk Blue dorms, revealed that a godlike power had interfered with his prophecy, and urged Aster to focus on defeating Jaden Yuki.
• Aster agreed to duel Jaden and pursue his revenge, while Sartorius secretly planned to exploit him and Jaden to take over Duel Academy and destroy the world.
• Jiang He considered sending Chazz to Sartorius as an inside man and planned to expose Sartorius to Aster if the opportunity arose.
• That evening, Tyranno Hassleberry arrived at Jiang He's cabin with Syrus Truesdale and Chumley.

Jiang He and the others searched for Jaden Yuki and found him dueling Aster Phoenix near Aunt Dorothy’s shop, while Chazz Princeton had already become Sartorius’s brainwashed follower. Chazz revealed Sartorius’s ability to influence people through duels, leaving Sartorius’s plans exposed as he introduced himself to Jiang He.

• Tyranno Hassleberry told Jiang He that Jaden Yuki had gone missing after heading out to sunbathe and had not returned for the Slifer Red dorm’s fried shrimp dinner.
• Jiang He inferred that Aster Phoenix might have found Jaden and led Alexis Rhodes, Syrus Truesdale, Chumley, Tyranno Hassleberry, and Rei Saotome toward Aunt Dorothy’s shop.
• Sphere Kuriboh alerted Jiang He to a duel nearby, and Tyranno Hassleberry sensed a dangerous presence as the group approached the grove.
• Alexis Rhodes spotted Jaden Yuki dueling Aster Phoenix and saw Chazz Princeton watching beside Sartorius.
• Chazz, dressed in white, announced that Jaden would soon be transformed by Sartorius’s power and become his companion, accidentally revealing Sartorius’s brainwashing plans.
• Sartorius introduced himself to Jiang He as Aster Phoenix’s manager in the professional dueling world.

Jiang He turned down Sartorius’s offer to become a professional duelist, then watched Jaden Yuki duel Aster Phoenix. Aster destroyed Jaden’s Flame Wingman with Phoenix Enforcer, but Jaden used Hero Signal to summon Clayman.

• Sartorius explained away Chazz’s remark and offered Jiang He a place in his dueling agency, but Jiang He declined because he did not need money.
• Jaden appeared to hold the advantage over Aster, with Flame Wingman on the field and more Life Points, while Aster still had four cards in hand.
• Aster fused Avian and Burstinatrix to summon Elemental HERO Phoenix Enforcer, surprising Jaden, who had not known those materials could make different Fusion Monsters.
• Phoenix Enforcer attacked and destroyed Flame Wingman, using its effect to survive battle.
• Jaden activated Hero Signal after Flame Wingman’s destruction and Special Summoned Elemental HERO Clayman from his deck in Defense Position.

Jaden Yuki used [Philosopher's Stone] to recover from Aster Phoenix's pressure and assemble a Fusion Summon. After destroying Aster's set Trap, Jaden summoned [Elemental HERO Tempest], leaving the duel poised for his next move.

• Aster Phoenix destroyed Jaden Yuki's [Elemental HERO Clayman] with [Hammer Shot] and set a card before ending his turn.
• Jaden Yuki Special Summoned [Elemental HERO Bubbleman] and used its effect and [Pot of Greed] to draw four cards.
• Jaden Yuki activated [Philosopher's Stone], paid half his Life Points twice, and added [Mystical Space Typhoon] and [Polymerization Recovery] to his hand.
• Jaden Yuki used [Mystical Space Typhoon] to destroy Aster Phoenix's set [Draining Shield], then recovered [Polymerization] and [Elemental HERO Avian] from his Graveyard.
• Jaden Yuki fused [Elemental HERO Avian], [Elemental HERO Sparkman], and [Elemental HERO Bubbleman] to Special Summon [Elemental HERO Tempest].

Jaden Yuki defeated Aster Phoenix with Elemental HERO Tempest, while Sartorius recognized Jiang He as the variable disrupting his predictions. Jiang He warned Alexis about Sartorius, received her promised kiss, and noticed the next morning that no male Obelisk Blue students were attending class.

• Jaden Yuki boosted Elemental HERO Tempest with H - Heated Heart and defeated Aster Phoenix, reducing his life points to zero.
• The Philosopher's Stone vanished after the duel, and Sartorius saw that his tarot prediction had been reversed and suspected Jiang He was responsible.
• Jiang He warned Alexis Rhodes that Sartorius had special powers and might have brainwashed Chazz Princeton.
• Alexis kissed Jiang He to fulfill her promised reward, then returned to her room.
• The next morning, Jiang He noticed that every Obelisk Blue student in the lecture hall was a girl and suspected the absence of the boys was connected to Sartorius and Chazz.

Jiang He exchanged for the Earthbound Immortal Hummingbird Mark and an Eldlich deck, then investigated the Obelisk Blue dorm after its students were absent from class. He learned that Chazz had been dueling and brainwashing the dorm members under Sartorius's influence, leaving Jiang He to recognize the Light of Destruction as a spreading threat.

• Jiang He exchanged for the Mark of the Earthbound Immortal: Hummingbird Mark, intending to disrupt Sartorius's divinations, and chose the Eldlich the Golden Lord Deck.
• Tyranno Hassleberry noticed that the Obelisk Blue boys and Chazz were missing from class, so Jiang He suggested they visit the dorm.
• Jiang He and the others found the Obelisk Blue dorm painted entirely white and saw Kaiser Zane Truesdale and Atticus Rhodes forced out of it.
• Atticus told Alexis Rhodes that Chazz had challenged the dorm residents and that those who lost had changed into white-clad followers.
• Jiang He explained that Sartorius's Light of Destruction could spread through duels, turning the brainwashing into a kind of zombie virus.

Jiang He confronted Chazz, who had been brainwashed by Sartorius into leading the Society of Light, and accepted his challenge to duel with a new underworld deck. The duel began with Chazz taking the first turn and summoning White Knight Guard in Defense Position.

• Kaiser Zane Truesdale told Jiang He that his duel with Chazz had ended in a draw after Chazz used Ring of Destruction on his own Armed Dragon.
• Chazz arrived at the Obelisk Blue dorm on a palanquin with white-clad followers and declared himself White Lightning.
• Chazz revealed that Sartorius had ordered him to turn Duel Academy into Society of Light territory.
• Chazz fell off his palanquin when his followers raised their arms, then challenged Jiang He to a duel.
• Jiang He accepted and brought out a new deck as the two began their duel in front of the dorm.
• Chazz took the first turn and summoned White Knight Guard in Defense Position.

Jiang He used his Eldlich deck to destroy Chazz Princeton’s carefully prepared back row, then began setting up against Chazz’s Graceful Charity. The chapter left Jiang He activating Eldlich Elixir of Scarlet Sanguine, whose effect could summon a Zombie monster without interrupting Chazz’s Spell.

• Chazz Princeton summoned White Knight Guard, discarded White Knight Lord to activate Magic Jammer, and negated Jiang He’s Harpie’s Feather Duster.
• Jiang He activated Lightning Storm and destroyed Chazz’s two remaining face-down Royal Decree cards.
• Jiang He activated Cursed Eldland, paid 800 LP to add Golden Land’s Grave Robber to his hand, and set four cards.
• Chazz Princeton drew and activated Graceful Charity to draw three cards and discard two.
• Jiang He activated the Trap Eldlich Elixir of Scarlet Sanguine, which could Special Summon a Zombie monster from his deck or Graveyard.

Jiang He used Eldlich the Golden Lord and Golden Land's Grave Robber to banish Chazz's Armed Dragon LV10 before it could be revived, while gaining two cards from Chazz's Level Modulation. Chazz then revived White Knight Lord and revealed its battle-protection and damage effects, leaving the duel poised for Jiang He's next move.

• Jiang He activated Golden Land's Grave Robber, Special Summoned Eldlich the Golden Lord, and later explained the Trap could become a Level 5 Zombie monster and banish a card from either graveyard.
• Chazz activated Graceful Charity, discarded Armed Dragon LV10 and a White Knight, then played Level Modulation to revive Armed Dragon LV10 while letting Jiang He draw two cards.
• Jiang He used Golden Land's Grave Robber to banish Armed Dragon LV10 from Chazz's graveyard, stopping its revival and leaving the Grave Robber in Defense Position.
• Chazz activated Monster Reborn to revive White Knight Lord from his graveyard.
• Chazz explained that White Knight Lord could not be destroyed by battle, prevented his battle damage, and inflicted 300 damage whenever it destroyed an opponent's monster by battle.

Jiang He used [Golden Land's Guardian] and [Skill Drain] to reduce Chazz's [White Knight Lord] to a powerless 0-attack monster, then pressured him again on his next turn. Chazz stopped Jiang He's attack with [Negate Attack], leaving the duel unresolved with his ace still crippled.

• Chazz's [White Knight Lord] attacked, but Jiang He activated [Golden Land's Guardian] and reduced its attack to 0.
• Jiang He activated [Skill Drain], negating the effects of every monster on the field and removing [White Knight Lord]'s protection from battle damage.
• [Golden Land's Grave Robber] repelled [White Knight Lord]'s attack, dealing 1,500 damage to Chazz and leaving the ace with 0 attack and no effects.
• Chazz set his last card, and Jiang He used [Eldlich Elixir of Scarlet Sanguine] from his graveyard to set another [Golden Land's Guardian].
• Jiang He attacked [White Knight Lord] with [Eldlich the Golden Lord], but Chazz activated [Negate Attack] to stop the attack and end the battle phase.

Jiang He locked down Chazz Princeton’s cards and stole his weakened ace monster, leaving Chazz close to defeat. Before Jiang He could finish the duel, Chazz woke from Sartorius’s control with no memory of the duel or the events that followed his meeting with Sartorius.

• Chazz activated Pot of Greed, but Jiang He used Imperial Order to negate its effect and stop him from drawing.
• Chazz switched White Knight Lord to Defense Position and hoped to survive until he could draw Ring of Destruction.
• Jiang He activated Massivemorph and took control of Chazz’s White Knight Lord, leaving Chazz with only White Knight Guard.
• Just as Jiang He prepared to attack, Chazz came to and asked why he was dueling Jiang He with unfamiliar monsters.
• Chazz said he remembered meeting Sartorius while searching for Jaden, but could not recall the duel or anything after his memories began to grow hazy.

After defeating Chazz Princeton, Jiang He explained that Sartorius’s lingering power kept the Obelisk Blue students brainwashed and that Chazz could not free them through ordinary duels. Chazz asked Jiang He for a solution, and Jiang He outlined two possible methods, leaving the group to consider how to proceed.

• Chazz Princeton surrendered to Jiang He, then faced the anger of the whitened Obelisk Blue students he had transformed.
• Jiang He left Chazz to deal with the students and returned to lunch with Alexis Rhodes, Rei Saotome, and the others.
• Jiang He explained that Chazz had resisted Sartorius’s control because he could see Duel Monster spirits, while the other students still carried Sartorius’s power.
• Chazz Princeton confronted Jiang He after discovering the students would not return to normal, and Jiang He pretended not to know why.
• Jiang He told Chazz that removing Sartorius’s power or restoring the students one by one through Shadow Duels could solve the problem.

Jiang He’s group planned to use a Gravekeeper dark item to Shadow Duel Society of Light members and restore the students they had turned white, while Jiang He chose to relax instead. Sartorius’s divination failed to reveal Aster’s fate, prompting him to seek a professional duelist hunter, and Jiang He discovered that he had gained the Earthbound Immortal Mark of the Hummingbird.

• Atticus warned that Shadow Duels inflicted physical damage, but a Gravekeeper spirit told Jiang He that the pendant could be used by anyone with enough dueling will and power, though it would eventually break.
• Chazz suggested that he, Zane, Jaden, Bastion, Atticus, and Hassleberry take turns using the pendant to restore the white Obelisk Blue students, while the group pointed out that students would be afraid to challenge Jiang He.
• Sartorius’s tarot reading about Aster’s attempt to reclaim the ultimate D-Hero card showed the Lovers card, and his attempt to see more revealed a mocking bird-shaped spirit surrounded by darkness.
• Sartorius concluded that his divination was being disrupted, decided to accelerate his plan, and sought a professional duelist hunter who could destroy an opponent’s convictions.
• Jiang He saw the Earthbound Immortal Mark of the Hummingbird appear alongside the Mark of the Crimson Dragon and checked his system, finding that his Emotion Points had risen to 9,500 after his duel with Chazz.

Jiang He ignored a suspicious love letter inviting him to Duel Academy’s pier, while Chazz and Jaden restored Obelisk Blue students from Sartorius’s control. The spread reached Ra Yellow as well, and the mysterious sender’s trap remained unresolved.

• Jiang He wondered whether the Earthbound Immortal Mark’s high cost might be tied to powerful cards or abilities that could appear in future system refreshes.
• Jiang He spent the morning sunbathing with Sphere Kuriboh and Camula while Chazz and Jaden used the merged Gravekeeper shadow item to restore controlled Obelisk Blue students.
• Jiang He learned that Chazz and Jaden had restored fifteen students, but sixteen Ra Yellow students had been dyed white that same morning.
• Jiang He found a Queen of the Night letter in his locker inviting him to the pier and decided to ignore it.
• Jiang He told Jaden and Syrus they could investigate the invitation, leaving Jaden excited and Syrus wary of another love letter trap.

Jiang He discussed Sartorius and the Society of Light with Alexis Rhodes, while Jaden Yuki went to investigate a challenge letter and was mistaken for Jiang He by the professional duelist X. The next morning, Jaden was missing from class, and X told Sartorius that he had dealt with his target.

• Alexis Rhodes asked Jiang He how he planned to stop Sartorius and the Society of Light, and Jiang He said he intended to confront Sartorius when the opportunity arose.
• Jiang He suggested that Alexis Rhodes stay in his room, but Rei Saotome called out that she was still awake; Alexis Rhodes then kissed Jiang He on the cheek before returning to her room.
• At the pier, Jaden Yuki arrived with Syrus Truesdale and Chumley to investigate the challenge letter, and X mistook him for Jiang He.
• X introduced himself as Drest X and challenged Jaden Yuki to a duel, intending to disrupt his bond with his deck.
• Jaden Yuki did not come to class the next morning, and Jiang He suspected he had lost a duel to one of Sartorius's agents and had his ability to see Duel Monsters spirits sealed.
• X told Sartorius that he had dealt with the target Sartorius had hired him to handle.

Sartorius hired professional duelist X to target Jiang He, but X mistakenly defeated Jaden Yuki instead, leaving Jaden unable to see his cards and prompting him to disappear on a trip to another dimension. Jiang He learned what happened as Duel Academy announced a World Duel Tournament featuring students, branch representatives, and top professional duelists.

• Sartorius realized X had dueled Jaden Yuki instead of Jiang He and hired X again, arranging for him to face Jiang He within two days.
• Jiang He learned from Syrus Truesdale and Chumley that X had defeated Jaden, and he suspected Sartorius's power had caused a severe side effect.
• Professor Banner announced that Jaden had disappeared, though Jaden had left a note saying he had gone out to clear his head.
• Chancellor Sheppard announced the GX World Duel Tournament, open to Duel Academy students and featuring branch representatives and invited professional duelists.

Jiang He learned that Sartorius’s World Duel Tournament could accelerate the Society of Light’s spread, but he welcomed the chance to face the threat. After the tournament began, he acquired two hellish decks and was told that professional duelist X had arrived to challenge him.

• Chancellor Sheppard announced that tournament participants had to duel once daily, could not refuse their first challenger, and would take their opponent’s GX medals when they won.
• Jiang He and Alexis Rhodes discussed Sartorius’s influence, while Chazz, Bastion Misawa, Tyranno Hassleberry, and Kaiser Zane Truesdale all tried to make Syrus Truesdale their first opponent.
• Atticus Rhodes suggested the group stay together to avoid being picked off by Sartorius’s followers, and Jiang He agreed.
• Jiang He exchanged points for a Final Countdown deck and a Hummingbird Earthbound Immortal deck, passing over the other shop options.
• Tyranno Hassleberry, Syrus Truesdale, and Chumley told Jiang He that professional duelist X had come to Slifer Red to challenge him and was confronting Chazz and Kaiser Zane Truesdale.

Jiang He faced professional duelist X in a World Duel Tournament match and used Final Countdown to set a deadline for victory. X revealed a trap that would mill Jiang He's deck whenever he summoned a monster, while Trap Jammer protected X from its effect.

• Jiang He ignored his friends’ advice to avoid X and met him outside the Slifer Red dormitory.
• Jiang He and X agreed to duel, with X adding the money in his briefcase to the wager.
• X went first, activated Card Destruction, and used Moth Lamp LV4 to Special Summon Trap Jammer before setting two cards.
• Jiang He activated Final Countdown, paying 2,000 LP to establish a twenty-turn condition for winning the duel.
• X paid 1,000 LP to reveal Monster Counter, which milled cards whenever a monster was summoned, and explained that Trap Jammer made him immune to its effect.

Jiang He used [Snatch Steal] and [Scrap-Iron Scarecrow] to stall X while [Final Countdown] advanced toward its end. X destroyed one stolen monster, but Jiang He stole his second [Trap Jammer], leaving X to set a monster in defense as he sought a way to reclaim it.

• Jiang He stole X's [Trap Jammer] with [Snatch Steal], set two cards, and ended his turn without attacking.
• X summoned another [Trap Jammer], milled four cards through [Monster Counter], then used [Raigeki] to destroy the monster Jiang He had stolen.
• X attacked directly, but Jiang He activated [Scrap-Iron Scarecrow] to negate the attack and reset the Trap.
• Jiang He drew and used a second [Snatch Steal] to take X's new [Trap Jammer], then ended his turn.
• X set a monster in defense position, hoping its effect would help him reclaim [Trap Jammer] and mill Jiang He's deck.

Jiang He stopped X’s Level Jar from returning Trap Jammer and milling his deck by activating Torrential Tribute, then used Sphere Kuriboh to limit the damage from X’s new forced-summon trap. He mocked X as the duel continued, ending the chapter with Sphere Kuriboh attacking directly.

• Jiang He passed his turn without playing a card, frustrating X’s plan to mill his deck through Monster Counter.
• X Flip Summoned Level Jar and explained that its effect would return all monsters to their owners’ decks and force Jiang He to discard four drawn cards.
• Jiang He activated Torrential Tribute, destroying Level Jar and Trap Jammer before Level Jar’s effect could resolve.
• X activated the Continuous Trap Victory Dispute, which forced each player to Special Summon a Level 4 or lower monster from hand during their turn.
• Jiang He Special Summoned Sphere Kuriboh, causing Monster Counter to mill only one card from his deck, then taunted X and ordered the monster to attack directly.

Jiang He stalled while the professional duel hunter X assembled his deck-milling combo, taunting him as a countdown of ghost flames brought X closer to defeat. X still had not drawn the Trap Card needed to finish the combo when he ended his turn.

• X let Sphere Kuriboh kick him for 300 damage rather than waste [Sakuretsu Armor], and Jiang He let the little monster’s attack cause real pain.
• X revived [Trap Jammer] with [Monster Reborn], completing the three-card setup for his deck-milling combo.
• Jiang He kept ending his turns without playing monsters, preventing X’s [Victory Dispute] from forcing a summon and milling his deck.
• X drew and set a card but could not attack past Jiang He’s [Scrap-Iron Scarecrow], while the ghost-flame countdown continued and Jiang He set two more cards.
• X drew without finding the key Trap Card that could summon a Graveyard monster to Jiang He’s field, then ended his turn with fifteen cards remaining in his deck.