Chapter Summaries

Jiang He used a defensive Trap to survive Adrian Gecko’s attempt to clear his field, then began a new turn by activating a Continuous Spell that amplified effect damage. The duel was poised to turn into a repeated burn-damage combo.

• Jiang He set three cards and ended his turn, then damaged Adrian Gecko twice with [Trickstar Lycoris] and [Trickstar Light Stage] when Adrian drew.
• Adrian Gecko activated [Heavy Storm], but Jiang He flipped [Threatening Roar] to prevent attacks before the gale destroyed his remaining set cards and Field Spell.
• Adrian Gecko summoned [Cloudian - Cirrostratus], used its Fog Counters to destroy [Trickstar Lycoris], and ended his turn with two set cards.
• Jiang He asked Adrian Gecko whether his spy training had prepared him for torture, then activated [Nightmare's Torture Chamber] after drawing.
• Jiang He explained that [Nightmare's Torture Chamber] added 300 damage whenever he inflicted effect damage, prompting the onlookers to realize it could amplify the Trickstar burn effects.

Jiang He used two [Trickstar Lycoris] monsters, [Trickstar Light Stage], and [Nightmare's Torture Chamber] to inflict a massive burst of damage on Adrian Gecko. Adrian survived by activating [Aegis of the Goddess], then planned to destroy Jiang He's key cards on his next turn.

• Jiang He resummoned [Trickstar Candina], searched for [Trickstar Light Stage], and swapped Candina for [Trickstar Lycoris].
• Jiang He used [Monster Reborn] to revive a second [Trickstar Lycoris] from his graveyard.
• Jiang He activated [Card of Sanctity], making both players draw until they had six cards and triggering the Trickstars' burn effects.
• The two [Trickstar Lycoris] monsters and [Trickstar Light Stage] reduced Adrian Gecko's Life Points from 3600 to 1200, while [Nightmare's Torture Chamber] threatened to deal another 1200 damage.
• Adrian Gecko activated [Aegis of the Goddess] to gain 3000 LP, but [Nightmare's Torture Chamber] still dealt 1200 damage, leaving him at 3000 LP.
• Adrian Gecko planned to use his Cloudian monsters and remaining [Aegis of the Goddess] to destroy Jiang He's key cards and outlast the burn damage.

Jiang He repeatedly burned Adrian Gecko with Trickstar effects, using traps to refill Adrian’s Life Points and force him to draw again. The chapter ended with Adrian suffering another round of damage after Jiang activated a second Disturbance Strategy.

• Adrian Gecko drew a card, triggering Trickstar Lycoris, Trickstar Light Stage, and Nightmare's Torture Chamber to reduce him to 1000 LP.
• Adrian activated a second Aegis of the Goddess and restored his Life Points to 4000.
• Jiang activated Disturbance Strategy, forcing Adrian to shuffle his seven-card hand into his deck and draw seven cards, then dealing him 3200 damage.
• Jiang activated Gift Card to restore Adrian's Life Points, after which Nightmare's Torture Chamber dealt him another 1200 damage.
• Jiang activated a second Disturbance Strategy, forcing Adrian to shuffle and redraw his hand, and Trickstar's needles struck him again.

After defeating Adrian Gecko, Jiang He realized Professor Cobra was spying on them and suspected Cobra would accelerate his duel-energy collection plan. The Serpent God Kingdom sent Jiang He eight rare cards, which he gave to Alexis Rhodes, setting off a jealous quarrel with Rei Saotome.

• Jiang He defeated Adrian Gecko, who collapsed unconscious after his remaining Life Points reached zero, and Tyranno Hassleberry carried him to the infirmary.
• Sphere Kuriboh warned Jiang He that someone was watching, and Jiang He identified the spy as Professor Cobra, who fled and decided to speed up his plan.
• Jiang He and his companions discussed finding Cobra’s hidden base, while Bastion Misawa prepared an electromagnetic detector to trace the duel-energy transmissions.
• Alexis Rhodes told Jiang He that Professor Crowler’s practical class had been suspended and students were encouraged to duel, which Jiang He recognized as Cobra’s attempt to collect more energy.
• Camula revealed that Prince Ojin’s bodyguard had delivered a suitcase of rare cards, and Jiang He opened it to find eight cards, including White Night Dragon and three Cyber Angel ritual monsters.
• Jiang He offered all eight cards to Alexis Rhodes, who accepted them after Rei Saotome teased her and tried to claim Jiang He as her future husband.

Jiang He joined Jim and the others in tracking abnormal electromagnetic waves that were linked to Professor Cobra’s survival duel devices. After Jaden and Johan’s duel ended and the signal vanished again, Jim proposed that two people duel to produce another signal while the rest continued searching.

• Jiang He signed documents granting him partial ownership of Industrial Illusions, Kaiba Corporation, and the Gecko Financial Group, then had Miss Gravekeeper Assailant Ishizu hide his ornate Duel Disk.
• Jiang He led Alexis Rhodes and Rei Saotome outside, where Shirley the crocodile chased Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, Chumley, Chazz Princeton, Johan Andersen, and the others up a tree before Jim calmed her.
• Jim explained that strong electromagnetic waves had made Shirley aggressive and used his detector to lead the group toward their source in the woods.
• Jiang He told Jim that Professor Cobra’s survival duel devices absorbed duelists’ energy, and the group continued toward the source while Jaden and Johan dueled to provide a signal.
• After Jaden and Johan’s duel ended and the detector lost its signal, Jim suggested that two people duel while the others continued searching.

Jiang He and Jim began their duel while Chazz and Tyranno Hassleberry continued searching for Professor Cobra’s lair. Jim used his Fossil deck to summon Fossil Warrior Skull Knight, and Jiang He began unveiling his Invoked deck with Aleister the Invoker and Invocation.

• Jiang He warned Chazz and Tyranno Hassleberry to locate Professor Cobra’s lair without entering it, then challenged Jim using the ornate Duel Disk he had won from Adrian Gecko.
• Jim opened the duel with Specimen Inspection, discarding Flint Cragger and making Jiang He send Swift Scarecrow from his deck to the Graveyard.
• Jim activated Fossil Fusion and banished Flint Cragger and Swift Scarecrow to Fusion Summon Fossil Machine Skull Buggy.
• Jim paid half his Life Points and used Time Stream to Tribute Fossil Machine Skull Buggy, summoning Fossil Warrior Skull Knight, then set a card and ended his turn.
• Jiang He summoned Aleister the Invoker, used its effect to add Invocation to his hand, and activated Invocation to begin a Fusion Summon.

Jiang He used Jim's graveyard monster to Fusion Summon Invoked Mechaba, destroyed Jim's Fossil Warrior Skull Knight, and recycled Invocation while Jim stopped Mechaba's direct attack. Jim then destroyed Mechaba with Hammer Shot and activated Monster Reborn, leaving the duel poised for him to revive a monster from either graveyard.

• Jiang He banished Aleister the Invoker and Jim's Cenozoic Fossil Machine Skull Wagon to Fusion Summon Invoked Mechaba.
• Jiang He used Mechaba's effect to destroy Jim's Fossil Warrior Skull Knight, but Jim negated Mechaba's direct attack with Negate Attack.
• Jiang He returned Invocation from his graveyard to his deck to recover a banished Aleister, then set three cards and ended his turn.
• Jim destroyed Invoked Mechaba with Hammer Shot and drew two cards with Pot of Greed.
• Jim activated Monster Reborn, which could revive a monster from either player's graveyard.

Jiang He defeated Jim by using [The Book of the Law] to summon [Invoked Raijin] and boost its ATK, leaving Jim with no way to recover. After Jim collapsed from exhaustion, Tyranno Hassleberry and Chazz Princeton reported that they had found Professor Cobra’s hideout.

• Jim revived [Fossil Warrior Skull Knight] and attacked [Invoked Mechaba], but Jiang He activated [The Book of the Law] and replaced it with [Invoked Raijin].
• Jiang He discarded [Aleister the Invoker] to boost [Invoked Raijin] to 3200 ATK, and it destroyed [Fossil Warrior Skull Knight] in battle.
• With his field empty and only 1200 LP remaining, Jim admitted defeat, then collapsed as the duel ended and the survival duel device drained his strength.
• Tyranno Hassleberry told Jiang He that Jim, Jaden Yuki, and Johan were recovering in the infirmary and that Jim should be well after a night’s rest.
• Chazz Princeton said that he and Tyranno Hassleberry had located a small military research base where the signal suggested Professor Cobra was hiding, then choked on a rice ball.

Jiang He and his companions learned that Adrian Gecko had sent them a map to lure them toward Professor Cobra’s base, while Axel Brodie arrived with a more detailed map and asked to help stop Cobra. Jiang He agreed to let Axel join their confrontation the next day.

• Jiang He proposed that the group confront Professor Cobra at his temporary base the next day, and Bastion Misawa arrived with the electromagnetic detector he had made.
• A paper map naming Professor Cobra’s temporary base flew into the cabin, and Jiang He recognized Adrian Gecko as its likely sender.
• Jiang He guessed that Adrian intended to use the group to distract Professor Cobra while he sneaked into the base.
• Camula suggested using materialized spirits to expose Adrian, and Jiang He considered having three troublesome spirits help with the plan.
• Axel Brodie arrived with a detailed map he had found in Professor Cobra’s safe and asked Jiang He to help stop Cobra.
• Jiang He accepted Axel’s request and agreed that he could join them at the base the next day.

Jiang He exchanged for the Orca Earthbound Immortal and Kaguya Kaiju decks, gained the Strongest Cyber Style skill, and materialized the Ojama Trio. The next morning, he led his group toward Professor Cobra’s base despite being spotted by its cameras, while Cobra watched their approach.

• Jiang He used 2,000 Emotion Points to acquire Strongest Cyber Style, then exchanged for the Orca Earthbound Immortal Deck and the Kaguya Kaiju Deck.
• Jiang He materialized the Ojama Trio with the Crimson Dragon’s power, but they announced plans to steal underwear before Sphere Kuriboh ordered them to bring him juice.
• The next morning, Axel warned Jiang He’s group that Professor Cobra’s cameras had spotted them in the woods.
• Chazz realized he and Tyranno Hassleberry had passed the camera the day before without noticing it, and Jiang He mocked him for missing it.
• Jiang He decided the group should follow their original plan, confident they could handle the base’s traps, and Professor Cobra watched them approach on a monitor.

Jiang He and his companions entered Professor Cobra’s abandoned base, avoided a trap, and found Adrian Gecko trying to infiltrate it separately. Professor Sartyr blocked their route through the underground forest and demanded a Shadow Duel, with Jaden volunteering to face him.

• Jiang He sensed Adrian Gecko watching from the woods and sent the Ojama Trio to surprise him as he entered the base.
• Jiang He warned his companions about a concealed pit trap, and the group crossed safely while Professor Cobra watched from the control room.
• Adrian Gecko caused a power outage in the underground forest, but the Ojama Trio restored the lights before the group could advance far.
• Professor Sartyr emerged to block the group and challenged them to leave a worthy opponent for a Shadow Duel.
• Jaden Yuki volunteered to duel Professor Sartyr, and Syrus Truesdale offered to stay behind with Chumley to support him.

Jiang He and his companions pushed through Professor Cobra’s defenses and reached the abandoned base’s control room, where they discovered that Cobra was gathering duel energy to revive a powerful Duel Monsters Spirit. The Ojama Trio thwarted Adrian Gecko’s sabotage and left him trapped in a ventilation duct as Jiang He confronted Cobra.

• Adrian Gecko crept through a ventilation duct toward Professor Cobra’s control room, planning to sabotage the base and claim Cobra’s special card.
• The Ojama Trio followed Adrian and secretly dismantled each remote-controlled trap he planted.
• In the underground forest, Johan Andersen and Axel Brodie stayed behind to duel the Duel Monsters Spirit hunter Keith Hunter while Jiang He and the others crossed the bridge.
• Jiang He and his companions entered the control room, where an orange-yellow phantom emerged from a glass cylinder and Professor Cobra’s hand began transforming into a demonic dragon’s.
• Professor Cobra sealed the ventilation duct after hearing Adrian, trapping him inside, and the Ojama Trio returned to Jiang He with Adrian’s stolen device.

Jiang He faced Professor Cobra in a Shadow Duel on a rooftop platform, while Cobra used his venomous snake deck and a poisonous Field Spell. Jiang He protected himself and the others from the poison, then summoned Floowandereeze & Robina as Cobra explained how Venom Swamp weakened and destroyed monsters; Jiang He prepared to show what the bird could do.

• Professor Cobra tried to provoke the group into facing him in Shadow Duels, but Jiang He saw through the ploy and accepted the duel himself.
• Cobra raised the platform above the abandoned base, and he and Jiang He began their Shadow Duel with 4000 Life Points each.
• Cobra summoned Venom Boa and activated Venom Swamp, filling the field with poisonous mud and gas.
• Jiang He's Orca Mark suppressed the poisonous gas and protected the others, surprising Cobra and revealing the mark's divine power to Jim.
• Cobra set three cards and ended his turn, and Jiang He summoned Floowandereeze & Robina in Defense Position.
• Cobra explained that Venom Swamp placed Venom Counters on non-Venom monsters and reduced their attack, then Jiang He challenged him to see what Robina could do.

Jiang He used his Floowandereeze effects to summon the Level 10 Floowandereeze & Empen, recover his cards, and establish a Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds. After Empen damaged Professor Cobra, Jiang He recognized Yubel behind him, while Professor Cobra claimed the spirit could perform any miracle.

• Jiang He used Floowandereeze & Robina and Floowandereeze & Eglen to search his deck and gain successive Normal Summons.
• Jiang He tributed Robina and Eglen to summon Floowandereeze & Empen, and both tributed monsters returned to his hand after being banished.
• Jiang He used Empen to add a Floowandereeze Spell or Trap to his hand, then Normal Summoned Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds.
• Jiang He attacked Professor Cobra's Venom Boa with Empen, destroying it and reducing Professor Cobra's Life Points from 4000 to 2500.
• Professor Cobra quickly recovered from the Shadow Duel injuries with the power of the spirit behind him, and Jiang He recognized the spirit as Yubel.

Jiang He used his set Trap to interrupt Professor Cobra’s attempt to summon monsters, then rebuilt his Floowandereeze field during Cobra’s turn and restored the Special Summon lockdown. The chapter left Professor Cobra facing the returned Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds and growing increasingly frustrated.

• Professor Cobra activated Damage = Reptile after taking battle damage, but Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds prevented him from Special Summoning non-WIND monsters.
• Professor Cobra used Venom Swamp and Venom Serpent to place Venom Counters on Jiang He’s monsters, destroying Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds.
• Jiang He activated Floowandereeze and the Dreaming Town during Cobra’s turn and began a chain of Normal Summons with Robina and Eglen.
• Jiang He summoned Floowandereeze & Empen, added a Floowandereeze card to his hand, and Normal Summoned Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds.
• Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds restored the lockdown over Professor Cobra’s field, leaving him frustrated.

Jiang He broke Professor Cobra’s defenses by Tributing Cobra’s monster and his own Empen to summon Supay, Duskwalker, but Threatening Roar stopped the attack. Professor Cobra then used Card of Sanctity to refill both players’ hands, while Jiang He waited with four face-down cards and a surprise prepared.

• Professor Cobra destroyed Jiang He’s Barrier Statue and Empen with Offering to the Snake Deity, then used Serpent’s Whistle to summon Venom Cobra and set his last card.
• Venom Swamp reduced Empen’s ATK, but Jiang He activated Floowandereeze and the Unexplored Winds and Tributed Empen and Venom Cobra to summon Supay, Duskwalker.
• Jiang He used Duskwalker’s effect to add an Earthbound Immortal card to his hand and attacked directly, but Professor Cobra stopped the attack with Threatening Roar.
• Jiang He set two cards and ended his turn as Venom Swamp weakened Duskwalker.
• Professor Cobra activated Card of Sanctity, drawing until he had six cards in hand; Jiang He also drew until he had six and kept his four face-down cards ready.

Professor Cobra summoned [Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes], but Jiang He used [Floowandereeze and the Dreaming Town] to prepare to Tribute Summon [Floowandereeze & Empen] using Cobra’s ace. Cobra destroyed his own monster to prevent Jiang He from using it, then activated [Rise of the Snake Deity] to summon [Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes], leaving the duel poised around his legendary monster.

• Professor Cobra revived [Venom Serpent] with [Monster Reborn] and Special Summoned [Black Mamba] from his hand.
• Cobra placed another Venom Counter on [Supay, Duskwalker], then Tributed his two Reptile monsters to summon [Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes], whose attack rose to 2,000.
• When Cobra began his attack, Jiang He activated [Floowandereeze and the Dreaming Town] and chained Winged Beast summons to bring out [Floowandereeze & Empen].
• Jiang He used [Floowandereeze and the Unexplored Winds] to threaten to Tribute Cobra’s [Vennominon], so Cobra discarded [Kahkki, Guerilla of Dark World] and destroyed his own ace.
• Cobra used [Trap Booster] to activate [Rise of the Snake Deity] from his hand, Special Summoning [Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes] from his Deck.

Jiang He summoned the Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua to face Professor Cobra’s Vennominaga, then destroyed the gorgon in battle with Supay, Duskwalker. Cobra revived Vennominaga in Defense Position, but Jiang He remained confident as he ended his turn.

• Professor Cobra explained that Vennominaga was unaffected by card effects and gained 500 attack for each Reptile in his graveyard.
• Jiang He used Unexplored Winds to tribute Empen and Cobra’s Damage = Reptile, summoning Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua.
• Cobra attacked Supay, Duskwalker with Vennominaga, but Jiang He activated Prideful Roar and destroyed Vennominaga, reducing Cobra to 2200 Life Points.
• Cobra banished a Reptile to revive Vennominaga in Defense Position, lowering its attack and defense to 2000.
• Jiang He mocked Cobra’s belief that Defense Position would protect Vennominaga and ended his turn.

Jiang He defeated Professor Cobra with Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua, exposing the spirit Yubel behind Cobra before she used her power to transport Duel Academy and everyone nearby to the Duel Monsters Spirit World. Jiang He identified their location and suggested returning to the academy while his devices were used to arrange a way back.

• Jiang He explained that Chacu Challhua was unaffected by Venom Swamp and could attack directly, then used it to reduce Professor Cobra's LP to zero.
• Professor Cobra collapsed and vanished after Yubel's voice said he had lost his value, while an incomplete orange-yellow energy form emerged where he had stood.
• Yubel revealed herself and unleashed a white energy curtain that transported Jiang He, Jaden Yuki, and the others to a yellow-white desert in the Duel Monsters Spirit World.
• Jiang He recognized the new surroundings and told the group to return to Duel Academy while they assessed the situation.

Jiang He tested Professor Cobra’s Vennominaga in the Duel Monsters Spirit World and explained how monster spirits and his Crimson Dragon power could materialize cards. After learning that Dr. Stein’s Duel Quantum Machine might bring them back, the group gathered at Duel Academy to assess their situation.

• Jiang He summoned Vennominaga and used her to destroy a Harpie Lady that attacked the group, then explained that only cards containing Duel Monsters Spirits could normally materialize there.
• Jiang He led the others into Duel Academy, where Professor Crowler and Vice Chancellor Bonaparte asked what had happened to their surroundings.
• Jiang He and the others told Chancellor Sheppard, Zane, Atticus, and the staff that Yubel had transported them to the Duel Monsters Spirit World.
• Jiang He said Dr. Stein could use his Duel Quantum Machine and the locator on Jiang He’s wristband to open a rift and return them to the real world.
• Bastion recognized Dr. Stein’s research and realized that the machine might have successfully opened a passage to the Spirit World.