Chapter Summaries

Jiang He used D.D. Warrior against Z-one, whose Draining Shield negated the attack and restored his Life Points. Z-one then drew extra cards because Raphion returned to his deck, but he used Infinity Machine to summon Zaphion, Kamion, and Michion, leaving the duel poised for another clash.

• Jiang He summoned D.D. Warrior and ordered it to attack Z-one directly.
• Z-one activated Draining Shield to negate the attack and raise his Life Points from 2000 to 3200.
• Jiang He set a card and ended his turn with three set cards on his field.
• Raphion, the Timelord returned to Z-one's deck during his Standby Phase, forcing him to draw until he had five cards in his hand.
• Z-one activated Infinity Machine and Special Summoned Zaphion, Kamion, and Michion, the Timelords.

Jiang He used a two-Trap combo to change Z-one’s Timelords to Defense Position and banish all three from the field. Z-one set a card and ended his turn, while Jiang He prepared to inflict damage with Phantom of Greed.

• Z-one explained the Life Point effects of Zaphion, the Timelord and Michion, the Timelord, then sent Kamion, the Timelord to attack D.D. Warrior.
• Jiang He activated Evil Barrier Dark Force and No Entry!! in a combo, putting Z-one’s three Timelords in Defense Position and banishing them.
• Z-one, enraged by losing his monsters, set one card and ended his turn.
• Jiang He invoked Phantom of Greed’s effect to deal Z-one 500 damage for each extra card drawn by a card effect.

Jiang He used Card of Demise to refill his hand, then sacrificed Phantom of Greed and Future Visions with Emergency Provisions to restore his Life Points before setting four cards. Z-one began drawing six cards with Cards of Fate, but Jiang He revealed a second Phantom of Greed to punish the draw.

• Jiang He activated Card of Demise and drew five cards, risking 2,500 damage from Phantom of Greed.
• Jiang He activated Emergency Provisions, sent Phantom of Greed and Future Visions to the Graveyard, and recovered 2,000 Life Points.
• Jiang He set four cards and ended his turn without attacking Z-one.
• Z-one activated Cards of Fate and rolled a six, allowing him to draw six cards from his Deck.
• Jiang He flipped up his second Phantom of Greed as Z-one began drawing.

Jiang He countered Z-one’s attempt to overwhelm him with five Timelords by activating Chain Disappearance. The Trap targeted the four Timelords summoned with 0 ATK, leaving Sandion on the field as the energy chain struck.

• Z-one activated Infinity Light, sending Infinity Machine to the Graveyard and preventing his Timelords from returning to the deck.
• Z-one Special Summoned Lazion, Raphion, Metaion, Timelord Sandion, and Hailon with 0 ATK.
• Z-one explained that Hailon and Sandion could deal Jiang He a combined 6,800 damage after battling.
• Jiang He activated Chain Disappearance, which banished monsters with 1,000 or less ATK.
• Jiang He pointed out that only Sandion had 4,000 original ATK, and a giant energy chain shot toward the other four Timelords.

Jiang He forced Z-one’s remaining Timelords into a series of banishing effects, then survived Z-one’s defense against his end-of-turn damage. On Z-one’s next turn, he revealed that Infinity Light could summon an ultimate Timelord, leaving Jiang He and the distant spectators to face a new threat.

• Jiang He activated Summon Limit - Force of the Raging Monsters, forcing Z-one’s Timelord Sandion to attack D.D. Warrior.
• Jiang He used D.D. Warrior’s effect to banish both it and Timelord Sandion, leaving Z-one with no Timelords on the field.
• Jiang He activated Phantom of Greed to inflict damage for Z-one’s earlier draw, but Z-one discarded Winged Kuriboh to prevent all effect damage that turn.
• Jiang He drew a card with Top-Tier Clear Mind, set it without summoning a monster, and ended his turn.
• Z-one activated Infinity Light, offering to send it to the graveyard to Special Summon an ultimate Timelord from his hand, deck, or graveyard.

Z-one summoned Sephylon, the Ultimate Timelord, and raised its ATK to 8000, while Jiang He used Return from the Different Dimension to bring back two banished monsters and prepare to block its attack. Z-one claimed Sephylon could negate the effects of monsters that battled it, leaving Jiang He's next response unresolved.

• Z-one sent Infinity Light to the Graveyard and Special Summoned Sephylon, the Ultimate Timelord.
• Sephylon Special Summoned Raphion, the Timelord, the only Timelord Z-one had not banished, and increased its ATK to 4000.
• Z-one raised Sephylon's ATK to 8000 and ordered it to attack Jiang He directly.
• Jiang He activated Return from the Different Dimension, paid half his LP, and Special Summoned D.D. Warrior Lady and D.D. Warrior from banishment.
• Z-one declared that Sephylon could negate the effects of monsters that battled it.

Jiang He defeated Z-one by banishing his Timelords and using DD Dynamite to reduce his Life Points to zero. Arc Cradle then began collapsing toward New Domino City, leaving the onlookers trapped and in danger.

• Jiang He negated Sephylon, the Ultimate Timelord's effects with Infinite Impermanence, then used D.D. Warrior Lady to banish it.
• Jiang He used D.D. Warrior and Different Dimension Fissure to banish Raphion, the Timelord, leaving Z-one without his ace monsters.
• Jiang He activated DD Dynamite, dealing Z-one 5,400 damage for his seventeen banished cards and winning the duel.
• Arc Cradle began to collapse after Z-one lost the Shadow Duel.
• Yusei Fudo and Lazar realized Arc Cradle's collapse could destroy New Domino City and that they were stranded.

After escaping Arc Cradle’s collapse through the Duel Monsters Spirit World, Jiang He and his companions returned to Duel Academy and learned that New Domino City had been destroyed and replaced by Heartland City, a city from a much more distant future. Lazar’s plans to rebuild New Domino City ended abruptly when the new city appeared.

• Jiang He used the power of Crimson Dragon Quetzalcoatl and The Gates of Dark World to take Alexis Rhodes and the others away from Arc Cradle before it fell.
• Jiang He and his companions traveled through the Dark World and returned to Duel Academy with Gravekeeper Assailant’s help.
• Professor Banner told Jiang He and the others that New Domino City had vanished in a huge explosion while they were away.
• Lazar declared that he would rebuild New Domino City, but Professor Banner revealed that a new city had appeared in its place.
• Alexis Rhodes searched the news and identified the replacement city as Heartland City, which Jiang He recognized as coming from a far-future era.

After New Domino City was replaced by Heartland City, the students and former residents faced uncertain futures, while Jiang He returned to Duel Academy and checked his growing Emotion Points. He exchanged for a new deck, then stayed after class to hear Chancellor Sheppard’s announcement.

• Akiza Izinski and Bastion Misawa concluded that a spacetime reaction involving the Arc Cradle had brought Heartland City into their world.
• Jaden Yuki welcomed the prospect of meeting strong duelists, while Chazz Princeton lamented losing his family’s support and having to rebuild his career.
• Yusei Fudo, Jack Atlas, Luna, Leo, and Crow discussed their limited options after New Domino City disappeared.
• Vellian Crowler lectured at Duel Academy about Synchro Summoning as Jiang He wondered whether Heartland City used different summoning methods.
• Jiang He checked his 79,000 Emotion Points and exchanged 1,500 points for the Triple Toadally Awesome Deck.
• Crowler announced that Chancellor Sheppard had an important message, and Jiang He stayed to listen.

Jiang He examined the WRGP prize and sent the cards he did not keep to the Slifer Red students, while Heartland’s officials arranged for students to investigate Duel Academy for powerful Number cards. The chapter ended as a lobster-haired newcomer asked Jiang He for directions to the large classroom.

• Chancellor Sheppard announced that Duel Academy would admit students from Heartland City, prompting Jiang He to suspect Mr. Heartland had an ulterior motive.
• Mr. Heartland ordered Dextra and Nistro to attend Duel Academy with another person and search for Number cards, believing many had landed there.
• Camula delivered the WRGP prize case, and Jiang He selected rare cards, money, and property for himself, Alexis Rhodes, Akiza Izinski, and Rei Saotome.
• Jiang He sent the remaining cards to the Slifer Red students and looked forward to meeting the incoming Heartland students.
• Jiang He basked on the rooftop with Sphere Kuriboh when a lobster-haired young man asked him where the large classroom was.

Jiang He misdirected Yuma Tsukumo about the new students’ meeting place, then joined the welcome ceremony as Duel Academy introduced special students from Heartland City. The ceremony was interrupted when Yuma finally rushed in, arriving just as Chancellor Sheppard was about to finish.

• Jiang He told Yuma Tsukumo that the main classroom was two floors down, omitting that the meeting had been moved to the duel stadium.
• Alexis Rhodes, Akiza Izinski, and Rei Saotome realized Jiang He had sent Yuma to the wrong place and found him at the stadium.
• Chancellor Sheppard introduced Kite Tenjo, Dextra, and Nistro as recommended duelists from Heartland City, and Jiang He recognized Kite as a formidable opponent.
• Chancellor Sheppard presented several new students from Heartland Academy and began to close the welcome ceremony.
• Yuma Tsukumo came tumbling through the side door and slid to the front of the stage.

Yuma Tsukumo arrived at Duel Academy, volunteered to represent the new students in a welcome duel, and was matched against Jiang He. Jiang He accepted, viewing Yuma as a future opponent to challenge again, and the chapter ended as both prepared their Duel Disks.

• Yuma Tsukumo explained that he had gone to the wrong meeting place after asking Jiang He for directions, then introduced himself to Chancellor Sheppard and Vice Chancellor Bonaparte.
• Vice Chancellor Bonaparte announced a welcome duel between a new student and a Duel Academy representative, and Yuma volunteered to represent the newcomers.
• Bonaparte named Jiang He as the academy's representative and asked him to duel Yuma; Jiang He agreed, while Aster Phoenix declined to step in.
• Yuma and Jiang He took their places on the duel stage, and Yuma activated his futuristic Duel Disk and light-screen headset.
• Jiang He put on his jeweled gold Duel Disk and inserted a newly acquired underworld deck, stunning Yuma, Kite Tenjo, Dextra, and the watching students.

Jiang He faced new student Yuma Tsukumo in a representative duel as Yuma demonstrated the future Heartland City method of Xyz Summoning. The duel began with Yuma summoning Number 17: Leviathan Dragon, leaving the spectators astonished by the unfamiliar technique.

• The instructor began the welcoming duel, and Jiang He and Yuma drew their opening hands with 4000 Life Points each.
• Astral warned Yuma not to underestimate Jiang He, while Jaden Yuki and Chazz Princeton noticed the Duel Monsters Spirit beside Yuma.
• Yuma summoned Gagaga Kaiser and Special Summoned Gagaga Child, then changed Gagaga Child's Level to 3.
• Aster Phoenix explained that Heartland City used a new Special Summoning method instead of Synchro Summoning, and the spectators watched curiously.
• Yuma overlaid his two Level 3 monsters and Xyz Summoned Number 17: Leviathan Dragon, astonishing the watching students and faculty.

Yuma Tsukumo introduced Xyz Summoning by bringing out Number 17: Leviathan Dragon, drawing the attention of Kite Tenjo and his companions, who had come to collect Number cards. Jiang He began his turn by summoning Swap Frog and setting up a revival, leaving Yuma unaware of the threat to come.

• Yuma Tsukumo Xyz Summoned Number 17: Leviathan Dragon and explained how its materials worked.
• Nistro and Dextra recognized the Number monster, while Kite Tenjo fixed his attention on Yuma and watched Jiang He warily.
• Jiang He drew Swap Frog and Special Summoned it by discarding a WATER monster.
• Jiang He sent Ronintoadin from his Deck to the Graveyard with Swap Frog's effect, then banished a Frog monster to revive Ronintoadin.

Jiang He used his frogs to Xyz Summon Toadally Awesome, shocking Yuma and the spectators who had not expected him to know Xyz Summoning. He then summoned Dupe Frog and attacked Yuma’s Number 17: Leviathan Dragon, but the monster remained unharmed.

• Jiang He banished a Frog from his Graveyard to Special Summon Ronintoadin.
• Jiang He overlaid Swap Frog and Ronintoadin to Xyz Summon Toadally Awesome, stunning Yuma, the spectators, and Kite Tenjo’s group.
• Yuma blushed as he remembered explaining Xyz Summoning to Jiang He, and Jiang He gained Yuma Tsukumo's Emotion Points +800.
• Jiang He Normal Summoned Dupe Frog in Defense Position and teased Yuma about his fear of frogs.
• Jiang He ordered Toadally Awesome to attack Number 17: Leviathan Dragon, but Yuma's monster remained unharmed.

Yuma Tsukumo used Astral’s advice to assemble two Level 4 monsters and began an Xyz Summon, while Jiang He watched his opponent’s setup. The chapter ended as Yuma summoned his ace, Number 39: Utopia.

• Jiang He ended his turn after setting two cards, and Yuma Tsukumo drew a card.
• Astral advised Yuma to use the card he drew to summon their ace, prompting Jiang He to regard Astral as a dubious strategist.
• Yuma summoned Gogogo Golem in Defense Position and activated Xyz Reception.
• Yuma used Xyz Reception to Special Summon Gagaga Magician with its effects negated and its ATK and DEF reduced to zero.
• Yuma overlaid Gagaga Magician and Gogogo Golem, then began an Xyz Summon of Number 39: Utopia.

Yuma Tsukumo summoned his ace Number 39: Utopia, but Jiang He used Toadally Awesome to negate and destroy Yuma’s Number 17: Leviathan Dragon, then took control of it. The duel left Yuma reeling as the spectators watched Jiang He’s trick play.

• Yuma Tsukumo summoned Number 39: Utopia, surprising Jaden Yuki, Chazz Princeton, Yusei Fudo, Kite Tenjo, Nistro, and Dextra.
• Jiang He explained that Dupe Frog forced Yuma’s monsters to attack it, and Yuma activated Number 17: Leviathan Dragon’s effect to raise its attack.
• Jiang He discarded Aqua Frog and used Toadally Awesome to negate and destroy Number 17: Leviathan Dragon’s effect.
• Jiang He used Toadally Awesome’s effect to set the destroyed Number 17: Leviathan Dragon on his field.
• Yuma cried out over losing his monster as the watching duelists leaned back in shock.

Jiang He kept Yuma Tsukumo from attacking [Toadally Awesome] by reviving [Dupe Frog] and began assembling materials for another Xyz Summon. Yuma and Astral watched warily as Jiang He repeated his Frog setup.

• Yuma Tsukumo attacked and destroyed Jiang He's [Dupe Frog], but Jiang He used its effect to add a second [Swap Frog] from his deck to his hand.
• Yuma ended his turn after setting one card, and Jiang He began his turn by drawing.
• Jiang He detached an Xyz Material from [Toadally Awesome] to Special Summon another [Dupe Frog], restoring his defensive barrier.
• Jiang He activated [Pot of Greed] to draw two cards, then discarded a Water monster to Special Summon his second [Swap Frog].
• Jiang He used [Swap Frog]'s effect to send a second [Ronintoadin] from his deck to the graveyard, repeating his setup for another Xyz Summon.

Jiang He repeatedly revived Frog monsters and Xyz Summoned two more [Toadally Awesome], leaving three on his field. Yuma Tsukumo and Astral were shaken, but Astral then spotted an opportunity for them.

• Jiang He revived [Ronintoadin] from his graveyard and used it with [Swap Frog] to Xyz Summon a second [Toadally Awesome].
• Jiang He revived another [Ronintoadin] and overlaid it with [Dupe Frog] to Xyz Summon a third [Toadally Awesome].
• Jaden Yuki, Chazz Princeton, Yusei Fudo, Kite Tenjo, and the other spectators reacted with alarm to Jiang He's three monsters.
• Yuma Tsukumo and Astral grew distressed at Jiang He's field, but Astral noticed an opening and pointed it out to Yuma.

Jiang He boosted his three Toadally Awesome with Solidarity and battered Yuma Tsukumo with attacks, leaving Yuma at 2300 LP. Yuma began his next turn by activating Hope for Escape and drawing cards, hoping for a decisive draw against Jiang He’s frogs.

• Jiang He activated Solidarity, raising each Toadally Awesome’s ATK from 2200 to 3000.
• Jiang He ordered all three Toadally Awesome to attack Number 39: Utopia, dealing Yuma 1500 damage while Utopia remained intact.
• Yuma’s LP fell from 3800 to 2300, and the spectators recoiled at the frogs’ attacks.
• Jiang He ended his turn and told Yuma to play.
• Yuma activated Hope for Escape, paid 1000 LP, and drew cards without Jiang He negating the trap.