Chapter Summaries

Jiang He used his small Beast monsters to evade Rio Kastle’s attacks and destroy her Blizzard Falcon, leaving her to end her turn with only a Set card. He began his turn by summoning Fairy Tail Animal - Fennec again, while preparing another card for his next move.

• Rio Kastle weakened Jiang He’s Alpha, the Master of Beasts with Frozen Blade, then used Blizzard Falcon’s double attack to destroy Alpha and reduce Jiang He to 1500 LP.
• When Blizzard Falcon attacked Fairy Tail Animal - Puppy, Jiang He returned it to his hand and Special Summoned Mystical Beast of the Forest - Moon Rabbit from his deck.
• Rio Kastle retargeted Moon Rabbit, but Jiang He activated its effect to destroy Blizzard Falcon.
• Rio Kastle Set a card and ended her turn, still leading Jiang He by 2500 LP.
• Jiang He drew a card and Summoned Fairy Tail Animal - Fennec in Defense Position.

Jiang He Xyz Summoned Fairy Tail Animal Family of the Forest, but Rio Kastle stopped its direct attack by using Ice Chain to Special Summon Aurora Wing. Jiang He ended his turn with four set cards and another Fairy Tail Animal - Puppy on the field, and Rio began her turn by drawing two cards with Pot of Greed.

• Jiang He overlaid Mystical Beast of the Forest - Moon Rabbit and Fairy Tail Animal - Fennec to Xyz Summon Fairy Tail Animal Family of the Forest.
• Jiang He declared a direct attack with Fairy Tail Animal Family of the Forest, but Rio Kastle activated Ice Chain to Special Summon Aurora Wing from her hand, so Jiang He canceled the attack.
• Jiang He set four cards and Special Summoned Fairy Tail Animal - Puppy from his hand during the End Phase.
• Rio Kastle drew for her turn, then activated Pot of Greed to draw two more cards.

Rio Kastle tried to Xyz Summon her ace using Ice Flame World's effect, but Jiang He bounced her Aurora Wing with a trap and forced her to Set a monster instead. On his turn, Jiang He summoned Rescue Cat and used its effect to bring out Fairy Tail Animal - Fennec and Fairy Tail Animal - Puppy, leaving Rio's face-down monster and set card on the field.

• Rio Kastle activated Ice Flame World, which let her treat a Water monster as two Xyz Materials and prepared to Xyz Summon Aurora Wing.
• Jiang He activated Fairy Tail Animal Time, detached a material from Fairy Tail Animal Family of the Forest, and returned Aurora Wing to Rio's hand.
• Rio Set a monster and a back-row card, then ended her turn to avoid triggering Puppy by summoning a monster face-up.
• Jiang He drew and summoned Rescue Cat, then sent it to the Graveyard to Special Summon Fairy Tail Animal - Fennec and Fairy Tail Animal - Puppy from his deck.

Jiang He summoned Melffy Mommy and gave her five Xyz Materials, revealing her battle-protective and damage-reflecting effects. He attacked Rio Kastle’s set monster, but Aurora Wing reflected the attack, leaving both duelists unharmed.

• Jiang He used Fairy Tail Animal Family of the Forest to search for Fairy Tail Animal's Chase Game and revived a Fennec from his Graveyard.
• Jiang He overlaid two Puppys and two Fennecs to Xyz Summon Melffy Mommy.
• Jiang He used Melffy Mommy’s effect to turn Fairy Tail Animal Family of the Forest into her fifth Xyz Material.
• Jiang He explained that Melffy Mommy could not be destroyed by battle with five or more materials, prevented his battle damage, and could reflect damage from an Attack Position monster.
• Jiang He attacked Rio Kastle’s set monster, which flipped up as Aurora Wing and reflected the attack back at Melffy Mommy.
• Rio Kastle said Melffy Mommy’s low ATK posed no threat to her.

Jiang He upgraded Melffy Mommy into Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder, shocking Rio Kastle and the spectators. Rio summoned Ice Beast Zerofyne and tried to negate all face-up cards, but Zerofyne and Rio’s other field cards began disappearing before its effect could resolve.

• Jiang He overlaid Melffy Mommy and summoned the Rank 12 Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder.
• Jiang He called the monster Melffy Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder and ended his turn, angering Rio Kastle.
• Rio drew two cards with Pot of Greed and used Aurora Wing with Ice Flame World to Xyz Summon Ice Beast Zerofyne.
• Rio announced that Zerofyne would negate the effects of every face-up card on the field.
• Ice Beast Zerofyne, Rio’s Field Spell, and her set card began disappearing before Zerofyne’s effect could activate.

Jiang He used Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder to repeatedly clear Rio Kastle’s field, leaving her unable to mount a defense. Rio conceded the Duel, then insisted that she—not Shark—would bear the doubled debt from their bet.

• Jiang He activated Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder and sent every other card on the field, including Rio’s monster and set cards, to the graveyard.
• Rio set another card, but Jiang He activated the monster’s effect again and cleared it from the field.
• Jiang He pointed out that Rio’s lost set card had been Waboku and said she would lose if he drew a monster with at least 1000 attack.
• Rio admitted defeat, judging that she had no way to overcome the monster or protect her field on another turn.
• Jiang He said the bet had doubled Shark’s debt, but Rio insisted that she would take responsibility for the additional debt.

Rio Kastle proposed repaying her debt to Jiang He by becoming his fiancée, and Jiang He accepted, leaving the other girls jealous and unsettled. At lunch, Jiang He revealed that Ray Shadows likely concealed Barian power and was one of the Seven Barian Emperors, raising new questions about the first-year student.

• Rio Kastle offered to repay her additional debt by becoming Jiang He's fiancée, and Jiang He accepted despite the objections of Alexis Rhodes, Akiza Izinski, and Rei Saotome.
• Chazz Princeton considered borrowing money from Jiang He to obtain rare cards, but Jack Atlas warned him that Jiang He would make him test his underworld deck in a Shadow Duel.
• At lunch, Camula broke the tense silence among Jiang He, Alexis, Akiza, Rei, and Rio by asking about Ray Shadows.
• Jiang He said Ray Shadows carried an aura resembling Barian World energy and was likely one of the Seven Barian Emperors who had influenced Dr. Faker.
• Rio Kastle, unfamiliar with the Seven Barian Emperors, resolved to ask Reginald Kastle about recent events rather than reveal her ignorance to Rei Saotome.

Rio Kastle insisted on staying close to Jiang He so she could grow strong and avoid becoming a weakness, while her arrival intensified the rivalry among the girls in his cabin. Jiang He continued tormenting Ray Shadows to gain Emotion Points, then checked the newly refreshed System Shop for a useful deck or skill.

• Rio rejected Reginald Kastle’s attempt to dissuade her from joining Jiang He and moved into his luxury cabin, where Alexis and Akiza helped put Rei Saotome in the guest room.
• The next morning, Jiang He noticed Ray Shadows pretending to sleep beside Yuma Tsukumo and sensed Ray’s hostility toward him.
• Jiang He blocked Ray after class and defeated him with a Timelord deck, earning nearly 8,000 Emotion Points and pushing Ray to avoid him.
• Ray planned to wait until his scheme through Yuma was nearly complete before confronting Jiang He in his true form.
• Jiang He’s Emotion Points reached 140,000, and he checked the System Shop’s new offerings while hoping for a useful toxic deck or skill.

Jiang He bought Golden Garment: Dummy of Love and two hellish decks, then learned that a Shadow Duel had broken out near the infirmary. He and his companions arrived to find Jaden Yuki dueling a new student named Fuma, who appeared to be controlled by Barian power.

• Jiang He exchanged points for Golden Garment: Dummy of Love, the Ice Beast Deck, the Kyoutou Waterfront Turtle Deck, and the Rank-Up Raidraptor Deck.
• Alexis Rhodes told Jiang He that a new student had been leading a group in causing trouble near the infirmary.
• Sphere Kuriboh warned Jiang He that a Shadow Duel was underway, so Akiza Izinski urged everyone to investigate.
• Jiang He used Emergency Teleport to take Alexis, Akiza, Rei Saotome, and Rio Kastle behind the infirmary.
• Jiang He and his companions found Jaden Yuki dueling Fuma while Chazz Princeton, Yusei Fudo, Reginald Kastle, and others watched.
• Chazz Princeton explained that Fuma had claimed to come from the Barian World, and Yusei Fudo suspected that someone had taken control of him.

Fuma used his Barian-influenced Deck to Xyz Summon Mechquipped Angineer and damage Jaden Yuki before ending his turn. Jaden began his turn by fusing Elemental HERO Neos and Elemental HERO Necroshade to summon Elemental HERO Divine Neos.

• Fuma activated Dark Bug to Special Summon a second Darklon from his hand.
• Fuma overlaid his two Darklons to Xyz Summon Mechquipped Angineer, impressing the watching delinquents and Jaden Yuki.
• Fuma used the Darklons as Xyz Materials to inflict 800 damage on Jaden, reducing his Life Points from 4000 to 3200, then set a card and ended his turn.
• Jaden drew a card and activated Polymerization, fusing Elemental HERO Neos and Elemental HERO Necroshade.
• Jaden Fusion Summoned Elemental HERO Divine Neos.

Jaden Yuki used Elemental HERO Divine Neos and Elemental HERO Bladedge to overwhelm Fuma's defenses in their duel. Bladedge dealt piercing damage, reducing Fuma's LP to 2400.

• Jaden Yuki boosted Elemental HERO Divine Neos's attack to 3300 using Elemental HERO Necroshade's effect.
• Jaden used Elemental HERO Necroshade's graveyard effect to Normal Summon Elemental HERO Bladedge without a tribute.
• Fuma used Mechquipped Angineer's effect to put it in Defense Position and prevent it from being destroyed by battle that turn.
• Jaden attacked Mechquipped Angineer with Elemental HERO Bladedge, whose piercing effect dealt 1600 damage and reduced Fuma's LP from 4000 to 2400.

Jaden used Mirage of Nightmare and Emergency Provisions to refill his hand and restore his Life Points, but Fuma revealed the Barian power behind his duel and evolved his Xyz monster with Rank-Up-Magic. The chapter ended with Jaden confident that his two Elemental HEROes could still match or exceed the new monster’s attack.

• Jaden drew four cards with Mirage of Nightmare, then sent it to the Graveyard with Emergency Provisions to gain 1,000 Life Points.
• Fuma announced that he could not be defeated so easily and activated Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force.
• Astral explained that Rank-Up-Magic was generally used by Duel Monsters Spirits from the Astral and Barian Worlds.
• Fuma ranked up Mechquipped Angineer into the Rank 4 CXyz Mechquipped Djinn Angeneral, a Dark monster with 2,600 attack.
• Jaden pointed out that Elemental HERO Divine Neos and Elemental HERO Bladedge still had enough attack to contend with Fuma’s new monster.

Fuma used Barian power and a trap to boost his Chaos Xyz Monster, damaging Jaden and then destroying both of Jaden’s powerful Elemental HERO monsters. Jaden was left facing Fuma’s still-standing monster with his own field cleared.

• Fuma activated Power Up, discarding a card to raise CXyz Mechquipped Boruto Angeneral’s attack to 4,100.
• Fuma explained that Rank-Up-Magic Barian’s Force could take an Xyz Material from an opponent’s Xyz Monster, then attacked and destroyed Jaden’s Elemental HERO Bladedge.
• Fuma used CXyz Mechquipped Djinn Angeneral’s effect to spend its two Xyz Materials and deal Jaden another 1,000 damage, reducing him to 1,700 Life Points.
• Jaden noted that Fuma’s boosted monster would lose its attack increase at the end of the turn and that Divine Neos remained on his field.
• Fuma activated Xyz Unit after his Chaos Xyz Monster lost its materials and used it to destroy Jaden’s Elemental HERO Divine Neos.

Jaden Yuki defeated Fuma by reviving Elemental HERO Neos, boosting its attack, and using Neo-Spacian Grand Mole to remove Fuma’s monster. Watching from hiding, Ray Shadows reconsidered his targets for obtaining the Number Darkness Cards and slipped away.

• Jaden Yuki revived Elemental HERO Neos with O - Oversoul and used Soul Sharing to summon Neo-Spacian Grand Mole and raise Neos’s attack.
• Jaden Yuki attacked CXyz Mechquipped Djinn Angeneral with Grand Mole, whose effect returned both monsters to their owners’ hands and Extra Deck.
• Jaden Yuki attacked directly with Elemental HERO Neos, reducing Fuma’s life points to zero and knocking him unconscious.
• Ray Shadows concluded that Fuma was too ordinary to seize the Number Darkness Card and identified Jiang He and Yuma Tsukumo as his main targets.
• Ray Shadows left before Jiang He could catch him again.

After Fuma’s defeat, Girag identified Jiang He as the holder of the Number Darkness Card and sent him a challenge. Jiang He and the others met Girag outside Slifer Red at dusk, where Girag prepared to face him.

• Girag recovered [Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force] after Fuma’s defeat and concluded that Jiang He possessed the Number Darkness Card.
• Camula found Girag’s challenge letter, which named a time and place and demanded that Jiang He surrender the Number Darkness Card.
• Jiang He confirmed that the challenge came from the Barian who had controlled Fuma and dismissed the others’ worries about facing him.
• Jaden Yuki, Chazz Princeton, Yuma Tsukumo, and the others rushed outside after a loud impact sounded near the Slifer Red dorm.
• Jiang He and his companions found Girag waiting beyond the open area, dressed in blue overalls with green cockscomb hair.

Girag trapped Jiang He and the others in a spherical Barian field and challenged him to a Shadow Duel for his Number Darkness Cards. After Girag transformed and the duel began, he summoned Fire Hand and Special Summoned Prominence Hand, leaving Jiang He to face both monsters.

• Girag revealed himself as one of the Seven Barian Emperors and trapped Jiang He and the others inside a spherical Barian field.
• Jiang He accepted Girag's Shadow Duel and wagered that he would seal Girag's Barian power if he won.
• Girag transformed into his true Barian form, and the duel began with both duelists at 4000 Life Points.
• Girag took the first turn, summoned Fire Hand, and Special Summoned Prominence Hand from his hand.

Girag summoned Number 106: Giant Hand and used Death Hand to deal 1,800 damage to Jiang He, who revealed a divine mark and answered with his Raidraptor deck. Jiang He summoned Raidraptor - Rudder Strix and began its effect to inflict damage on Girag.

• Girag overlaid Fire Hand and Prominence Hand to Xyz Summon Number 106: Giant Hand, startling Yuma Tsukumo, Astral, and the others.
• Girag set two cards and ended his turn, then activated Death Hand during Jiang He's Draw Phase to inflict 1,800 damage based on Jiang He's six-card hand.
• Jiang He's divine mark and green shield appeared as the damage reduced his Life Points to 2,200, and Girag recognized the mark of Thor's power.
• Jiang He said he could fight Girag's burn strategy with his own and summoned Raidraptor - Rudder Strix in Defense Position.
• Jiang He activated Rudder Strix's effect to inflict 600 damage on Girag, and the owl unleashed a wave of blue sonic energy.

Jiang He used his two [Raidraptor - Rudder Strix] monsters to exhaust Girag’s [Number 106: Giant Hand] materials, then Xyz Summoned [Raiders' Knight] and used its effect to Xyz Change into [Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon].

• Girag negated the effects of Jiang He’s first [Raidraptor - Rudder Strix] with [Number 106: Giant Hand].
• Jiang He activated [Raidraptor - Call] to Special Summon a second [Raidraptor - Rudder Strix].
• Girag used [Number 106: Giant Hand]’s last Xyz Material to negate the second owl’s effect, leaving both Level 4 monsters on Jiang He’s field.
• Jiang He overlaid the two owls to Xyz Summon [Raiders' Knight].
• Jiang He detached a material from [Raiders' Knight] and used its effect to Xyz Change into Rank 5 [Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon].

Jiang He used Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon to destroy Girag’s Number 106: Giant Hand twice, burn Girag, and deal direct damage. After setting two cards, Jiang He ended his turn by taunting Girag, who drew for his turn and vowed to crush the falcon.

• Jiang He activated Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon’s effect to destroy Girag’s Special Summoned Number 106: Giant Hand and reduce Girag’s LP to 3500.
• Girag revived Number 106: Giant Hand with his face-down Trap, Back to the Front.
• Jiang He attacked Girag directly with Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon, lowering Girag’s LP to 2500, then destroyed the revived Giant Hand with the falcon’s effect.
• Jiang He set two cards, ended his turn, and taunted Girag as a big shamate guy.
• Girag grew angry, drew a card, and vowed to destroy Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon.

Girag revived Number 106: Giant Hand and tried to rank it up into Chaos Number 106: Giant Red Hand, but Jiang He chained Rank-Up-Magic Revolution Force and took the monster for himself. The duel continued with Girag stunned by Jiang He’s unexpected Rank-Up-Magic.

• Girag used Pot of Greed to draw two cards, then activated Monster Reborn to revive Number 106: Giant Hand.
• Girag activated Rank-Up-Magic Barian’s Force and began a Chaos Xyz Change using Giant Hand.
• Jiang He chained the set Quick-Play Spell Rank-Up-Magic Revolution Force, taking control of Giant Hand and ranking it up into Raidraptor - Stranger Falcon.
• Girag and the watching duelists were shocked when Stranger Falcon appeared on Jiang He’s field instead of Girag’s expected Chaos Number 106: Giant Red Hand.
• Jiang He explained that Revolution Force let him take Girag’s material-less Xyz Monster and summon a Raidraptor Xyz Monster one Rank higher.