Chapter Summaries

Don Thousand summoned the ten-thousand-ATK [CNo. 1... Numeron Chaos Gate Sunya], but Jiang He used [Ursarctic Megatanus] to turn it face-down. On his next turn, Jiang He began summoning another Ursarctic monster, leaving Don Thousand bracing for another counter.

• Don Thousand Xyz Summoned [CNo. 1... Numeron Chaos Gate Sunya], a Rank 12 monster with 10000 ATK.
• Jiang He used [Ursarctic Septentrion] to add [Ursarctic Megatanus] to his hand, then discarded a Level 7 monster to Special Summon it during Don Thousand's turn.
• Jiang He used [Ursarctic Megatanus]'s effect to turn [CNo. 1... Numeron Chaos Gate Sunya] face-down in Defense Position.
• Don Thousand grew furious as Jiang He took his turn and used Top-Tier Clear Mind to draw a card.
• Jiang He activated [Ursarctic Mikpolar]'s effect and banished [Ursarctic Departure] from his Graveyard to pay its Tribute cost.

Jiang He continued to suppress Don Thousand by drawing cards, replacing Numeron Network, and reviving Ursarctic Mikpolar. The chapter ended with Jiang He Normal Summoning Effect Veiler and preparing a play that required two Normal Monsters.

• Jiang He Special Summoned Ursarctic Mikpolar, added a second Ursarctic Megatanus to his hand, and drew a card with Ursarctic Radiation.
• Jiang He used Ursarctic Megatanus and Ursarctic Mikpolar to Dark Synchro Summon a second Ursarctic Polari, then activated a second Ursarctic Big Dipper from his Deck.
• Jiang He drew another card with Ursarctic Radiation, then used Ursarctic Polari and Ursarctic Big Dipper to banish Ursarctic Megatanus and revive Ursarctic Mikpolar.
• Jiang He explained that he needed two Normal Monsters and Normal Summoned the Tuner monster Effect Veiler.

Jiang He used Effect Veiler to Synchro Summon Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier, whose effect banished Don Thousand’s face-down monster, a hand card, and Numeron Wall from his Graveyard. Don Thousand survived Jiang He’s direct attack with a third Numeron Wall, and Jiang He ended his turn by setting two cards.

• Jiang He summoned Effect Veiler and tuned it with Ursarctic Polari and Ursarctic Mikpolar to Synchro Summon Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier.
• Jiang He used Trishula’s effect to banish Don Thousand’s face-down CNo. 1: Numeron Chaos Gate Sunya, a random hand card, and Numeron Wall from his Graveyard.
• Jiang He attacked Don Thousand directly with Ursarctic Septentrion, but Don Thousand summoned a third Numeron Wall from his hand to stop the attack and end the Battle Phase.
• Jiang He set two cards and ended his turn.

Don Thousand replenished its hand, revived Numeron Chaos Gate Sunya, and had it set face-down again by Jiang He’s Ursarctic Megatanus. Don Thousand then activated a second Dark Hole to destroy its own monsters, leaving its next move unresolved.

• Don Thousand used Cards of Fate to roll a six, draw six cards, and banish six cards from its deck.
• Don Thousand used Burial from a Different Dimension to return Numeron Chaos Gate Sunya and two Numeron Walls from banishment to the graveyard, then revived Sunya with Monster Reborn.
• Jiang He Special Summoned Ursarctic Megatanus using Ursarctic Big Dipper’s effect and set Sunya face-down.
• Don Thousand activated Dark Hole and revealed that it intended to destroy its own face-down Sunya and Numeron Wall.
• Dark Hole formed a black vortex that began drawing in Don Thousand’s own monsters.

Don Thousand evolved Numeron Chaos Gate Sunya into a Rank 13 monster with 100,000 ATK, but Jiang He took control of it with Ursarctic Big Dipper. The duel left Don Thousand’s powerful ace hovering over Jiang He’s field.

• Don Thousand used the destroyed CNo.1: Numeron Chaos Gate Sunya as material to summon its evolved form, CNo.1: Numeron Chaos Gate Sunya Numeron World, with 100,000 ATK and DEF.
• Don Thousand explained that Numeron Chaos Gate Sunya Numeron World could force Jiang He to attack it or lose, and could attack because Ursarctic Septentrion negated its effect.
• Jiang He used Ursarctic Septentrion’s effect to add Ursarctic Megapolar from his Deck to his hand, then Special Summoned it by banishing Ursarctic Megatanus from his Graveyard.
• Ursarctic Big Dipper gained its seventh counter when Ursarctic Megapolar was Special Summoned, allowing Jiang He to remove all seven counters and take control of Don Thousand’s Numeron Chaos Gate Sunya Numeron World.

Jiang He countered Don Thousand’s revived 100,000-attack god with Titanocider, then used Ursarctic Septentrion to destroy it and blast Don Thousand away. Don Thousand was left furious and injured after his strongest monster failed to defeat Jiang He.

• Don Thousand activated Dark Hole, destroying the god monster under Jiang He’s control and Ursarctic Megapolar while Ursarctic White Septentrion survived.
• Don Thousand used Monster Reborn to revive CNO.1... Dream Phantasmal Hollow Light God. Numeron Heavenly Emperor. Numeron Heaven and Earth.
• Don Thousand ordered the revived god to attack Ursarctic Septentrion, but Jiang He flipped Titanocider and reduced the god’s attack to zero while negating its effects.
• Jiang He commanded Ursarctic Septentrion to counterattack and destroy the god, sending Don Thousand flying in the explosion.

Jiang He defeated and sealed Don Thousand, then returned Duel Academy and Heartland City to the real Dueling World. He warned that Don Thousand may have set the Barian World to collapse, threatening the Astral World and potentially the recently separated locations.

• Jiang He defeated Don Thousand, who dissolved into light and entered Jiang He's Sealing Card after warning that his curse would descend.
• The Barian World began separating from Duel Academy and Heartland City, and Astral warned that the locations were returning to normal.
• Pegasus arrived by helicopter, heard Chancellor Sheppard's account of the crisis, and left after confirming there were no further problems.
• Jiang He returned to his cabin, where he caught Camula relaxing with food; Jaden Yuki, Chazz Princeton, Yuma Tsukumo, and the others later arrived to ask about Don Thousand's curse.
• Jiang He explained that Don Thousand may have damaged the Barian World's foundation, causing it to collapse and potentially destroy the Astral World and affect Duel Academy and Heartland City.

Jiang He learned that the Barian World's collapse could weaken spatial barriers and threaten the Astral World, though Astral and Yuma were reassured that Eliphas could evacuate its inhabitants. After studying the rewards from defeating Don Thousand, Jiang He examined the Numeron Code and accepted Astral's help to seek its key, the Numeron Dragon, on the moon.

• Jiang He explained that the Barian World's collapse might cause spatial singularities, though effects on this side would likely be less dangerous than in the Astral World.
• Astral and Yuma worried about the Astral World's fate, but Jiang He said Eliphas could evacuate its inhabitants, including Kazuma Tsukumo.
• Jiang He checked his system panel and found that Don Thousand had earned him 16,000 Emotion Points before examining the Numeron Code and Don Thousand's god cards.
• Astral told Jiang He that the Numeron Dragon ruins were on the moon and that Dragluon, Neo Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon, and Astral's power were needed to reach them.
• Astral gave Jiang He Dragluon and a card containing Astral's power, and Jiang He used a copied Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon to give that power a definite form.

Jiang He obtained Number 1... Numeron Dragon and returned to Duel Academy, where Alexis Rhodes and the others told him that buildings and people from the future had appeared. The next morning, Chancellor Sheppard prepared to make an important announcement to the gathered students.

• Jiang He combined Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon with Astral's sealed power to create Number 62: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon Emperor.
• Jiang He and Astral traveled to the lunar ruins, where Number 46: Divine Shadow Dragon, Gluon Dragon, Number 62, and Number 107: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon revealed Number 1... Numeron Dragon.
• Jiang He obtained Number 1... Numeron Dragon, giving him access to the Numeron Code's power to rewrite reality.
• Jiang He returned to Duel Academy with Astral and learned from Alexis Rhodes, Akiza Izinski, and Shark Girl Rio Kastle that a future Duel Academy and parts of Paradise City had appeared.
• The next morning, Jiang He sat with Alexis, Akiza, and the others as Chancellor Sheppard, Vice Chancellor Bonaparte, and Professor Banner prepared to address the class.

Professor Leo Akaba and students from the Future Duel Academy joined Duel Academy, where they faced dormitory placement tests and an emerging rivalry with Professor Crowler and Vice Chancellor Bonaparte. Jiang He remained confident in Duel Academy’s strength, and the chapter ended with Alexis Rhodes and Akiza Izinski joining him and Tori Meadows in the hot spring.

• Chancellor Sheppard introduced Professor Leo Akaba and the Future Duel Academy students to Duel Academy, prompting unease and curiosity among the students.
• Chancellor Sheppard announced that Leo Akaba and his students would join the academy and take written and practical tests to determine their dormitory assignments.
• Professor Crowler and Vice Chancellor Bonaparte agreed to oversee the tests, while Leo Akaba privately planned to use them to establish his influence.
• Jiang He and the other students left the lecture hall as the written test replaced the morning’s basic theory class.
• Tori Meadows told Jiang He that she had sensed malicious thoughts from some of the newcomers, but Jiang He said they were not strong enough to overpower Duel Academy.
• Alexis Rhodes and Akiza Izinski joined Jiang He and Tori Meadows in the hot spring.

Jiang He bought two oppressive decks from his refreshed System Shop, intending to use them against the future Duel Academy students. At their practical test the next morning, Crowler and Bonaparte proposed that Jiang He test the newcomers, and he agreed only if they offered compensation.

• Jiang He rejected the King's Pulse skill and skipped Vector's Umbral Horror Deck, then exchanged for the Counter Fairy and Spell-Sealing Monarch decks.
• Leo Akaba and the future Duel Academy students discussed their written-test results, and Leo expressed confidence that they would win the practical test.
• Jiang He arrived at the practical dueling arena with Alexis Rhodes, Akiza Izinski, and the others as Chancellor Sheppard prepared to begin the newcomers' test.
• Crowler and Bonaparte proposed that elite Duel Academy students, including Jiang He, serve as opponents for the practical test.
• Jiang He said he would test the newcomers if Crowler and Bonaparte paid him compensation.

Gloria and Grace Tyler challenged Professor Crowler and Vice Chancellor Bonaparte to a tag duel during the future Duel Academy students’ practical tests. The chapter ended as the Tyler sisters activated Slow Life, leaving the duelists and spectators to grasp its restriction on summoning.

• New students from the future Duel Academy defeated Nurse Fontaine and several other teachers, shocking Professor Crowler and Vice Chancellor Bonaparte.
• Professor Crowler and Vice Chancellor Bonaparte decided to duel the remaining students themselves after Chazz Princeton and the others became reluctant to help without compensation.
• Leo Akaba sent the Tyler sisters, Gloria and Grace, to challenge the two teachers in a tag duel.
• Professor Crowler and Vice Chancellor Bonaparte accepted and chose the shared 8000 Life Point rules, then offered the Tyler sisters the first turn.
• Gloria activated the Continuous Spell Slow Life, which prevented a player from Normal Summoning and Special Summoning in the same turn.

The Tyler Sisters and Professor Crowler demonstrated their Fusion Decks in a tag Duel, summoning powerful monsters while Slow Life restricted other Summoning methods. Grace Tyler ended the chapter by summoning Amazoness Tiger Lion, leaving Vice Chancellor Bonaparte speechless.

• Gloria activated Slow Life, then used Polymerization to Fusion Summon Amazoness Empress and set a card.
• Professor Crowler fused three Ancient Gear Golems into Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem, then set a card and ended his turn.
• Grace Tyler revealed that Future Duel Academy also had an Ancient Gear Deck and teased Professor Crowler about its origins.
• Grace activated Polymerization and fused Amazoness Tiger with Amazoness Swords Woman to summon Amazoness Tiger Lion.
• Vice Chancellor Bonaparte fell silent after seeing Grace's Fusion Summon.

Grace and Bonaparte finished their turns in the tag duel, and Gloria countered Bonaparte’s attack-blocking trap by reviving Amazoness Swords Woman. The battle continued with the Tyler Sisters pressing their advantage against Bonaparte and Professor Crowler.

• Grace set two cards and ended her turn after Fusion Summoning Amazoness Tiger Lion.
• Bonaparte summoned Toy Soldier in Defense Position, set three cards, and boasted that he would show the Tyler Sisters his strength.
• Gloria attacked Toy Soldier with Amazoness Empress, but Bonaparte activated Toy Cannon to change the Tyler Sisters’ monsters to Defense Position and deal them 400 damage.
• Gloria activated Call of the Haunted and Special Summoned Amazoness Swords Woman from her Graveyard.

Gloria and Grace Tyler used Amazoness Swords Woman to reduce Professor Crowler and Vice Chancellor Bonaparte to 1100 LP, leaving the duel close to defeat for both teams. Crowler boosted Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem and then destroyed its Equip Spell to inflict damage, but the Tyler Sisters survived with 400 LP as the duel continued.

• Gloria revived Amazoness Swords Woman during the Battle Phase, and its attack reflected 2900 damage onto Crowler and Bonaparte.
• Grace explained that Amazoness Empress protected their Amazoness monsters and warned that Swords Woman could attack again on her next turn.
• Crowler drew cards with Pot of Greed, equipped Ancient Gear Tank to Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem, and raised its ATK to 5000.
• Crowler attacked Amazoness Tiger Lion, reducing the Tyler Sisters' shared Life Points from 3600 to 1000.
• Crowler activated Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Ancient Gear Tank, whose effect dealt 600 damage to the Tyler Sisters and left them with 400 LP.

The Tyler Sisters used recovery and damage-negating traps to defeat Professor Crowler and Vice Chancellor Bonaparte in a tag duel. After accepting compensation to take over the practical tests, Jiang He stepped onto the platform to face a new opponent.

• Grace activated [Amazoness Secret Hot Springs] during the End Phase and restored the Tyler Sisters' life points from 400 to 3,000.
• Grace revealed [Amazoness Spell Mirror], which would negate one instance of battle damage they took each turn.
• Grace's [Amazoness Swords Woman] attacked [Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem] and reflected damage to Professor Crowler and Vice Chancellor Bonaparte, reducing their life points to zero.
• Chancellor Sheppard praised the Tyler Sisters, and Leo Akaba called for the next practical test.
• Professor Crowler and Vice Chancellor Bonaparte asked Jiang He and the other students to take their places, offering compensation.
• Jiang He accepted an envelope and stepped onto the platform to face an orange-red-haired young man.

Jiang He and Dennis McField began their entrance-test duel, with Dennis unveiling Pendulum Monsters and the new Pendulum Summoning method. Dennis set Pendulum Scales and started summoning monsters from his hand, leaving the duel underway.

• Dennis McField tried to pressure Jiang He with remarks about the entrance tests, but Jiang He recognized the tactic and mocked Dennis's appearance and entertainment-duelist ambition.
• Dennis took the first turn and activated [Pendulum Box], drawing two Pendulum Monsters and keeping them because they were both Pendulum Monsters.
• Dennis placed [Performage Bonus Dealer] and [Performage Stack Tricker] in his Spell and Trap Zones, setting Pendulum Scales of 3 and 6.
• Dennis explained that he could summon Level 4 and Level 5 monsters, then Special Summoned [Performage Hat Tricker] from his hand.

Dennis demonstrated Pendulum Summoning by filling his field with Performage monsters, then combined them through Xyz and Fusion plays. As Dennis continued his circus-themed assault, Jiang He remained calm and watched for his next move.

• Dennis Pendulum Summoned four Level 4 Performage monsters and used Bonus Dealer's effect to draw two cards.
• Dennis overlaid Hat Tricker and Flame Eater to Xyz Summon Performage Trapeze Magician.
• Dennis Normal Summoned Performage Tricker Clown and explained that its effect could enable a Fusion Summon without Polymerization.
• Dennis fused Tricker Clown and Damage Juggler, beginning another summon while Jiang He watched calmly.

Dennis used Pendulum Summoning to bring out three Performage monsters, including two aces, then ended his turn with two set cards. Jiang He began his turn by summoning the Underworld squires and Tributing them to summon Erebus the Underworld Monarch.

• Dennis Fusion Summoned Performage Trapeze High Magician after using Pendulum Summoning to bring out Performage Trapeze Magician and Performage Mirror Conductor.
• Dennis set two cards and ended his turn, unable to attack on his first turn.
• Jiang He activated One for One, discarded a monster, and Special Summoned Edea the Heavenly Squire from his deck.
• Edea's effect Special Summoned Eidos the Underworld Squire, whose effect granted Jiang He an additional Tribute Summon that turn.
• Jiang He Tributed Edea and Eidos to summon Erebus the Underworld Monarch.

Jiang He used [Erebus the Underworld Monarch] to disrupt Dennis’s hand and destroy one of his set cards, then revived [Edea the Heavenly Squire]. He declared that he now had both Tributes he needed, leaving Dennis to realize Jiang He planned to Tribute [Erebus] again.

• Jiang He Tribute Summoned [Erebus the Underworld Monarch] and used its effect to return the last card in Dennis’s hand to his Deck.
• Jiang He activated [Frost Blast of the Monarchs] from his Graveyard, banished it and [The Monarchs Erupt], and destroyed Dennis’s set [Rank-Up-Magic Magician's Force].
• Dennis argued that his remaining monsters, set card, and Pendulum Scales still protected him from Jiang He’s lone monster.
• Jiang He banished [Eidos the Underworld Squire] from his Graveyard to Special Summon [Edea the Heavenly Squire].
• Jiang He said he now had both Tributes he needed, and Dennis realized he might use [Erebus the Underworld Monarch] as a Tribute.