Recaps

Jiang He defeated Dark Mist and Nash in duels over the Number Darkness Cards, then learned Don Thousand planned to use Fake Number Darkness Cards to merge the Barian World with the real world. When Mr. Heartland and Jellyfish Senpai attacked Duel Academy to spread the cards, Jiang He and Rio prepared to face them in a Shadow Tag Duel.

• Jiang He defeated Dark Mist Astral, sealed Number 96: Dark Mist, and claimed Number 65: Djinn Buster.
• Don Thousand revived the Barian Emperors and ordered Vector to devour them, while Jiang He gathered Number cards from the ruins and reunited with Sherry LeBlanc.
• Nash challenged Jiang He over the Number Darkness Card at the lakeside ruins, and Jiang He discarded Nash’s key cards with Smoke Grenade of the Thief before Nash conceded.
• Jiang He warned Reginald Kastle and Rio Kastle that Don Thousand had altered the Emperors’ memories and intended to use them as energy for his revival.
• Don Thousand gave Vector Fake Number Darkness Cards to distribute, while Jiang He prepared new decks and made Pseudo-Millennium Items for his companions.
• Fake Number Darkness Cards descended over Duel Academy, and Jiang He shattered the light scattering them before confronting Mr. Heartland and Jellyfish Senpai.
• Rio recognized Jellyfish Senpai as the driver responsible for her parents’ fatal crash and joined Jiang He in a Shadow Tag Duel against the transformed Barian agents.

Jiang He and his allies uncovered Don Thousand’s plan to merge Duel Academy and Heartland City with the Barian World, then Jiang He challenged Vector in a Shadow Duel. Jiang He repeatedly dismantled Vector’s cards and combos, leaving Vector facing the effects of two Viruses as the duel continued.

• Mr. Heartland summoned Number 1: Gorgonic Fly King, while Jiang He recognized it as a fake Number created with Barian power.
• Rio Kastle used Ice Crystal to destroy Ice Beast Zerofyne and Number 4: Stealth Kragen, but Jellyfish Senpai revived two Stealth Kragen Spawn.
• Jiang He used Ecorce the Forest Spirit and Primathmech Laplacian to damage his opponents and strip away their cards, while Rio summoned Number C103: Ragnafinity.
• Rio’s attack and Jiang He’s Natural Reflect reduced Jellyfish Senpai and Mr. Heartland to zero LP, sealing them into cards and revealing that their duel had stalled for Don Thousand’s plan.
• Jiang He learned that Don Thousand was merging Duel Academy and part of Heartland City with the Barian World, and gathered allies to face Vector.
• Vector transformed and challenged Jiang He to a Shadow Duel over the cities and Number Darkness Cards, while Jiang He exposed Vector and Don Thousand’s thoughts to the onlookers.
• Jiang He used Lair of Darkness to tribute Vector’s monsters, then deployed Crush Card Virus and other Trap cards to disrupt Vector’s Number combos.
• Vector revived Chaos Chimera Dragon and tried to turn Life Point recovery into damage, but Jiang He took and then tributed Number 43: Manipulator of Souls before Vector could reclaim it.
• Jiang He activated Deck Devastation Virus to destroy Chaos Chimera Dragon and Shadow Tokens, then used a second Eradicator Epidemic Virus to destroy Vector’s Continuous Spells.

Jiang He defeated Don Thousand, secured the Numeron Dragon and its reality-altering power, then returned to Duel Academy as a future academy’s students arrived. The arc ended with Gloria and Grace Tyler dueling Crowler and Bonaparte, their shared Life Points down to 400.

• Jiang He defeated Vector, whose powers Don Thousand absorbed before sealing Vector away, then obtained the Stone Tablet Mark and prepared to challenge Don Thousand.
• Jiang He dueled Don Thousand with the Ursarctic Deck, using Ursarctic Septentrion to suppress the Numeron Gates and turning Don Thousand’s 100,000-ATK Sunya Numeron World against him.
• Jiang He destroyed Don Thousand’s revived god monster and won the duel, after which Don Thousand’s curse and the Barian World’s collapse raised fears for the Astral World and Earth.
• Jiang He traveled to the lunar ruins with Astral, found Number 1... Numeron Dragon, and returned to Duel Academy as a future academy and part of Paradise City appeared.
• Chancellor Sheppard introduced Leo Akaba and the future Duel Academy students, who took entrance tests while Tori Meadows warned Jiang He that some newcomers had malicious intentions.
• The Tyler sisters challenged Crowler and Bonaparte in a tag duel after future students defeated several teachers, and Gloria’s Slow Life restricted summoning for both sides.
• Gloria and Grace Fusion Summoned Amazoness Empress and Amazoness Tiger Lion, then Gloria used Call of the Haunted to revive Amazoness Swords Woman and reflect 2900 damage onto the teachers.
• Crowler boosted Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem to 5000 ATK and attacked Amazoness Tiger Lion, then destroyed his own Ancient Gear Tank to leave the Tyler sisters with 400 shared Life Points.

Jiang He defeated Dennis and Yuri, then uncovered Leo Akaba’s plan to sacrifice Ray Akaba’s reincarnated soul fragments. The arc left Celina staying with the Slifer Red students as Jiang He prepared for a mysterious challenger seeking his real Super Polymerization.

• Jiang He defeated Dennis with a Monarch lockdown, and Chancellor Sheppard declared him the winner of the practical test.
• Duel Academy’s students defeated the Future Academy freshmen, while Jiang He sensed a strange energy beneath the Obelisk Blue dorm and warned his companions that Leo Akaba was hiding something.
• Leo Akaba sent Yuri to attack Jiang He, and Yuri challenged him to a duel that could seal the loser inside a card.
• Jiang He defeated Yuri in a Shadow Duel, and Yuri warned that Supreme King Z-ARC would return before being sealed away.
• Jiang He explained that Leo Akaba planned to sacrifice Ray Akaba’s four reincarnated soul fragments, and Celina questioned whether she was one of them.
• Rei Saotome invited Celina to stay at Slifer Red, while Jiang He acquired the Dark Great Evil God Mark: Quantum Cube.
• A stranger challenged Jiang He to a death match for his real Super Polymerization, and Jiang He suspected Leo Akaba had sent someone from outside Duel Academy.