Chapter Summaries

Jiang He kept Camula under his control as his maid, and Alexis Rhodes asked to stay at his cottage to avoid becoming a target of the Shadow Riders. The chapter ended with Alexis returning with luggage alongside Jasmine, Mindy, Bastion Misawa, and Chazz Princeton, who had come to discuss strategy and eat Jiang He’s food.

• Jiang He studied the ruins map at his cottage while Camula served him juice under the Darkness Card’s control.
• Alexis Rhodes visited Jiang He, found Camula acting as his maid, and learned that Jiang He had made a deal with her.
• Alexis asked to stay at Jiang He’s cottage temporarily so the Shadow Riders could not threaten her friends or the Obelisk Blue girls’ dorm, and Jiang He agreed.
• Camula warned Jiang He that Alexis seemed to like him, but Jiang He said he already knew and sent Camula to buy boxed meals.
• Alexis returned with luggage, accompanied by Jasmine, Mindy, Bastion Misawa, and Chazz Princeton; Bastion wanted to discuss strategy, while Chazz admitted he had come for a meal.

Camula revealed that five Shadow Riders had infiltrated Duel Academy, and Jiang He left their investigation to Bastion and Chazz. He then joined Professor Banner and the others on an expedition to ancient ruins, where he recognized the entrance as a gateway to the Gravekeeper Clan’s Spirit World.

• Camula confirmed that she had joined Jiang He's household as his maid and told Alexis, Bastion, and the others that five Shadow Riders had infiltrated Duel Academy.
• Jiang He assigned the search for the infiltrators to Bastion and Chazz, then told Alexis about Professor Banner's planned expedition to mysterious island ruins.
• Alexis asked to join the expedition, and Jiang He agreed.
• Two mornings later, Jiang He, Professor Banner, Alexis, Jaden, Syrus, Chumley, and Camula set out for the ruins.
• The group reached an ancient stone archway, and Jiang He recognized it as the entrance to the Gravekeeper Clan's Spirit World.

Jiang He exchanged for an underworld Gravekeeper Deck before Professor Banner activated a hidden mechanism that transported the group to a Duel Monsters spirit realm. He and Alexis arrived at an ancient Egyptian temple, while Camula retreated into the Darkness Card to escape the three suns.

• Jiang He inspected the refreshed system shop and spent 1,500 Emotion Points on the Gravekeeper Deck, choosing it over the Mikanko Deck and Perfume Tactics.
• Professor Banner’s fat cat Pharaoh dug up an ancient golden disk, triggering green light and strange weather across the ruins.
• As the three suns and thunder appeared, Jiang He took Alexis to shelter beneath the broken archway while Banner and the others ran to a nearby ruin.
• A flash of light transported the group to an ancient Egyptian landscape, where Jiang He recognized it as one of the places Duel Monsters spirits lived.
• Jiang He noticed Camula was missing, then found her inside the Darkness Card, and Sphere Kuriboh appeared beside him.

Jiang He and Alexis Rhodes found Jaden Yuki dueling the Gravekeeper Elder, who had captured Jaden’s companions and threatened to bury them alive. The Elder summoned himself and revived Gravekeeper’s Curse, damaging Jaden as the duel continued.

• A Gravekeeper woman warned Jiang He and Alexis Rhodes that their companions had been captured and that Jaden Yuki was fighting the Elder in a shadow duel.
• Jiang He and Alexis followed Sphere Kuriboh to the altar, where they found Jaden with only 2300 LP and the Elder holding a strong field advantage.
• The Gravekeeper Elder activated Necrovalley, revealing Syrus Truesdale, Chumley, Professor Banner, and a cat bound inside stone coffins below the duel.
• Jaden said he knew Necrovalley’s effect from seeing an Underworld HERO Deck and claimed he had a counter ready.
• The Gravekeeper Elder tributed Gravekeeper’s Guard to summon himself, then revived Gravekeeper’s Curse from his graveyard.
• Gravekeeper’s Curse used its effect to deal 500 damage to Jaden, reducing him to 1800 LP as the coffins closed further around his companions.

Jaden Yuki survived Gravekeeper's Elder's attacks and Royal Tribute, then used Elemental HERO Necroshade to summon Bladedge and win the duel. Gravekeeper Elder awarded him half of a pendant and revealed that Alexis Rhodes's brother, who called himself Darkness, had previously passed the same trial.

• Gravekeeper's Elder's attacks reduced Jaden Yuki to 100 Life Points, but Draining Shield first negated Gravekeeper's Assailant's attack and restored his Life Points.
• Gravekeeper's Elder activated Royal Tribute, sending the monsters in both players' hands to the graveyard, including Jaden Yuki's Elemental HERO Necroshade.
• Jaden Yuki used Necroshade's graveyard effect to summon Elemental HERO Bladedge without a Tribute and destroyed Gravekeeper's Curse, reducing Gravekeeper's Elder's Life Points to zero.
• Gravekeeper's Elder conceded defeat, gave Jaden Yuki half of a pendant, and said that Darkness had passed the trial before him.

Jiang He began a Shadow Duel against Gravekeeper Elder, who used Necrovalley and summoned powerful Gravekeeper monsters. The duel left off as Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier attacked Jiang He's face-down monster, revealing Gravekeeper's Guard.

• Gravekeeper Elder confirmed that the Shadow Riders had recruited him and challenged Jiang He or Alexis to continue the trial duel.
• Jiang He refused to let Alexis take his place and began the duel against Gravekeeper Elder.
• Gravekeeper Elder summoned Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier, activated Necrovalley, and set a card.
• Jiang He set one monster and three cards, then ended his turn.
• Gravekeeper Elder tribute summoned himself, revived Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier, and attacked Jiang He's set monster.
• Jiang He's face-down monster flipped up as Gravekeeper's Guard.

Jiang He used Gravekeeper cards to outmaneuver Gravekeeper's Elder, returning the elder to his hand and damaging his Life Points. When Gravekeeper's Elder tried to turn Jiang He's Guard to Attack Position, Jiang He revealed Necrovalley Temple to weaken the attacking monsters, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Jiang He flipped Gravekeeper's Guard and used its effect to return Gravekeeper's Elder to his hand, then Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier failed to destroy the Guard and reduced the elder's Life Points to 3600.
• Gravekeeper's Elder questioned how Jiang He possessed Gravekeeper cards, but Jiang He evaded the question and Set another monster.
• Gravekeeper's Elder summoned Gravekeeper's Assailant and used her effect to change Jiang He's Gravekeeper's Guard to Attack Position.
• Jiang He revealed the Continuous Trap Necrovalley Temple, whose effect weakened the opponent's monsters because Necrovalley and Gravekeeper monsters were on the field.

Jiang He used his Gravekeeper cards to frustrate Gravekeeper Elder and steadily reduce his Life Points. He revealed Rite of Spirit, leaving Gravekeeper Elder distressed as the chapter ended.

• Necrovalley Temple weakened Gravekeeper's Assailant and Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier, while Gravekeeper's Guard knocked Assailant back.
• Gravekeeper Elder switched Spear Soldier to Defense Position rather than attack Jiang He's face-down monster.
• Jiang He Flip Summoned Gravekeeper's Spy and used her effect to Special Summon Gravekeeper's Cannonholder.
• Jiang He summoned Gravekeeper's Curse, dealing 500 damage to Gravekeeper Elder, then tributed Curse to Cannonholder for another 700 damage.
• Jiang He revealed Rite of Spirit, and Gravekeeper Elder recognized the Trap and looked aggrieved.

Jiang He defeated Gravekeeper Elder in the Shadow Duel trial, earned a card containing Gravekeeper's Assailant as his reward, and declined an offer to become the next Gravekeeper Elder. Gravekeeper's Assailant agreed to guide Jiang He and his companions back to their world when the three suns aligned.

• Gravekeeper Elder surrendered after Jiang He revived Gravekeeper's Curse and prepared another series of Cannonholder attacks.
• Jiang He passed the trial, and Gravekeeper Elder offered him a chance to succeed him, but Jiang He refused to stay in the Duel Monsters Spirit World.
• Gravekeeper Elder gave Jiang He the card containing Gravekeeper's Assailant, who would provide warnings and protection against Shadow Duel powers.
• Gravekeeper Elder said he would train clan members to become Gravekeeper's Cannonholders, and Jiang He denied responsibility for the plan.
• Gravekeeper's Assailant removed her hood and mask and explained that she would guide Jiang He and the others through the gate when the three suns aligned.

After returning from the Duel Monsters Spirit World, Jiang He and the others learned that two days had passed in the real world. Chazz Princeton and Bastion Misawa visited Jiang He's cabin, where Bastion explained that the Shadow Riders' thieves had been Duel Monsters Spirits.

• Jiang He and Gravekeeper Assailant returned to the island with the unconscious Alexis Rhodes, Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, Professor Banner, and the others.
• Gravekeeper Assailant asked Jiang He to call her Ishizu, and Alexis Rhodes and the others gradually woke up.
• Jaden Yuki lost heart when Jiang He reminded him that Professor Banner meant there would be no food at Slifer Red, so Jiang He arranged for Camula to fetch bentos.
• Chazz Princeton and Bastion Misawa visited Jiang He's cabin and revealed that two days had passed while the group was in the Spirit World.
• Bastion Misawa showed five cards depicting the Shadow Riders' thieves, and Syrus Truesdale and Chumley recognized Titan and Don Zaloog.

Bastion and Chazz explained how the Dark Scorpion Burglars were exposed, though Bastion ended up in the infirmary after eating food spiked with croton. The group learned another Shadow Rider was approaching, and the next morning Jiang He checked his refreshed system shop and considered its new options.

• Bastion told Jiang He and Alexis that Chazz helped expose the Dark Scorpion Burglars after they infiltrated Duel Academy.
• Bastion revealed that he became ill after eating food laced with croton, while Chazz avoided it because Bastion ate nearly all his portion.
• Chazz reported that the defeated burglars had warned them another, stronger Shadow Rider was heading to the island, and Bastion confidently declared their side had the advantage.
• Alexis said good night to Jiang He and planned to visit her brother in the infirmary the next day.
• During Teacher Kawa's morning theory class, Jiang He checked his gains and found that his system shop had refreshed with four new options, including the Remove Screw skill.

Jiang He and the others investigated the disappearance of Duel Academy students and found them being forced to work at a colosseum in the southern woods. The group encountered a fierce tiger inside the building, and Jaden, Syrus, Chazz, and the others scrambled up a pillar to escape it.

• Jiang He ignored the Iaido Draw Deck option and listened as Bastion Misawa pointed out that many Obelisk Blue and Ra Yellow students had skipped class.
• Jiang He, Alexis Rhodes, and Bastion concluded that a Shadow Rider might be on the island after a Ra Yellow assistant teacher reported finding a missing student's backpack in the southern woods.
• Nurse Fontaine stopped class to report the disappearance, and Jiang He led the group into the woods by following Sphere Kuriboh's directions.
• Jiang He and the others found a newly built colosseum where missing students and Professor Crowler were being made to labor.
• A blue-eyed tiger roared nearby, and Jaden, Syrus, Chazz, and the others hurriedly climbed a stone pillar to get away from it.

Jiang He and his companions encountered Tania, a Shadow Rider who had built a duel arena with help from the students and challenged them for their Spirit Keys. Bastion Misawa stepped forward to duel her, while Jaden Yuki's comment left everyone thinking he was attracted to muscular women.

• Gravekeeper Assailant partially materialized and wounded the Amazoness Tiger as it lunged at Jiang He and the others.
• Tania arrived, identified herself as an Amazoness Tribe descendant and Shadow Rider, and paid the students and workers who had built her arena—except Professor Crowler, whom she rejected for his looks.
• Tania proposed a Shadow Duel for the Spirit Keys and said that a losing man would have to marry into the Amazoness Tribe.
• Jiang He stepped forward but said he had no interest in Tania's condition, and Tania chose Bastion Misawa as her opponent over Chazz Princeton.
• Bastion prepared to duel, while Jaden Yuki complained that Camula had taken his earlier chance to duel, prompting the others to suspect he liked women like Tania.

Tania and Bastion dueled as Jiang He explained the dangerous effects of Tania’s Amazoness monsters. Bastion’s hidden strategy caught Tania’s Amazoness Tiger in a trap, but Tania continued her attack.

• Tania summoned Amazoness Swords Woman, whose effect made Bastion take battle damage from fights involving her.
• Jiang He explained the monster’s effect to Alexis and the others, while Tania invited him to join her Amazoness Tribe.
• Bastion set a monster and a back-row card, naming his new strategy deck Unknowable as Yin.
• Tania summoned Amazoness Tiger and boosted its attack to 1900 with its effect.
• Bastion’s set Blast Sphere attached itself to Amazoness Tiger and threatened to destroy it and damage Tania next turn.
• Tania dismissed the trap and continued her turn, pointing out that Amazoness Swords Woman had not attacked.

Bastion Misawa summoned Litmus Doom Swordsman and relied on a set Trap to raise its stats, but Tania countered his Blast Sphere plan with Amazoness Rebirth and revived her monsters. Tania then attacked Litmus Doom Swordsman, and Bastion revealed Spirit Barrier to defend himself.

• Bastion Misawa summoned Litmus Doom Swordsman by tributing two Hydrogeddon, then set a card to activate its 3,000 attack and defense while a Trap was active.
• Tania activated Amazoness Rebirth, destroying Amazoness Tiger and Amazoness Swords Woman and then reviving both from her Graveyard, which also removed the Blast Sphere attached to the tiger.
• Tania summoned a second Amazoness Swords Woman and attacked Litmus Doom Swordsman with the first.
• Bastion Misawa revealed his set Continuous Trap, Spirit Barrier, as the attack began.

Tania defeated Bastion Misawa in a Shadow Duel, and her tiger carried off the unconscious Bastion as the Spirit Key vanished. She challenged the others to duel for places in her Amazoness tribe, while Alexis’s reaction to her taunts sparked speculation that she cared for Jiang He.

• Tania revived Amazoness Swords Woman with Call of the Haunted, and its attack let Litmus Doom Swordsman destroy it while Bastion took the battle damage and lost all his Life Points.
• Bastion collapsed, and Tania’s tiger carried him away; Ishizu warned that he had temporarily become a Duel Monsters spirit and might not change back if left too long.
• Tania challenged the group to duel and declared that she wanted male companions to join her Amazoness tribe.
• Alexis objected to Tania’s conditions and challenged her, but Tania refused to duel her before the men.
• Chazz and the others suspected Alexis had feelings for Jiang He, while Tania ranked Jaden and Syrus ahead of Alexis as potential duel targets and insulted Chumley and Crowler.

Jiang He stepped in to duel Tania before Bastion Misawa remained trapped in the Amazoness world, and Tania chose his smiles deck while using her courage deck. After Tania built an Amazoness field, Jiang He began his turn with the unfamiliar Spell Card Ostinato, which could summon a Melodious Fusion Monster.

• Jiang He stepped forward to duel Tania after warning that Bastion Misawa might not be able to change back.
• Alexis Rhodes, Chazz Princeton, and Jaden Yuki realized Bastion had become connected to the Amazoness Tribe and learned that Tania was a spirit using the Dark Scorpion Glove.
• Jiang He offered Tania two new decks, and Tania chose the deck representing smiles while using her courage deck for the duel.
• Tania went first, sent Amazoness Swords Woman from her deck to the graveyard with Amazoness Call, then revived it with Monster Reborn.
• Tania summoned Amazoness Paladin, boosted its attack to 1,900, set two cards, and ended her turn.
• Jiang He began his turn by activating Ostinato, which could send Melodious Fusion materials to the graveyard and summon a Fusion Monster.

Jiang He summoned Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir, whose effects countered Tania’s Amazoness Swords Woman and inflicted damage. Tania drew a card with confidence, suggesting her Dark Scorpion Glove could improve her draws, as Jiang He’s turn ended with three set cards.

• Jiang He Fusion Summoned Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir using Mozarta the Melodious Maestra and Tam Tam the Melodious Diva, then explained its protection and battle effects.
• Jiang He activated Tam Tam the Melodious Diva’s Graveyard effect, reducing Bloom Diva’s attack by 500 and dealing 500 damage to Tania.
• Jiang He attacked Tania’s Amazoness Swords Woman with Bloom Diva, destroying it and dealing Tania another 500 damage.
• Jiang He set three cards and ended his turn while the duelists recognized Bloom Diva as a dangerous counter to Tania’s strategy.
• Tania drew a card and smiled, while Jiang He suspected her Dark Scorpion Glove enhanced her drawing power.

Jiang He thwarted Tania’s attempts to remove Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir and use Amazoness Death Arena to attack him directly, then summoned an Amazoness Swords Woman of his own. His attack on Tania’s face-down Amazoness Paladin was stopped by her Amazoness Archers Trap, which weakened his monsters, and he welcomed the opening her defense created.

• Tania activated Amazoness Summoning to return Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir to the Deck, but Jiang He protected it with Melodious Illusion.
• Tania activated Amazoness Death Arena, which restored both duelists’ Life Points and allowed attacking monsters to inflict real Shadow Duel damage.
• Jiang He used Book of Moon to turn Tania’s Amazoness Paladin face-down, preventing her from using the Arena’s effect that turn.
• Jiang He summoned Amazoness Swords Woman and ordered Bloom Diva to attack Tania’s face-down Paladin.
• Tania activated Amazoness Archers to reduce Jiang He’s monsters’ Attack and protect her Paladin from Bloom Diva’s attack, and Jiang He said her move had saved him trouble.

Jiang He defeated Tania by using Riryoku to boost her Amazoness Paladin’s Defense, triggering Amazoness Swords Woman’s damage effect and ending the Shadow Duel. Tania transformed into a white tiger and returned to the Duel Monsters Spirit World, while the group argued over who would carry the unconscious Bastion.

• Jiang He discarded Malefic Truth Dragon to make Tania’s Amazoness Paladin’s Defense 5000, then used Amazoness Swords Woman’s effect to deal 4000 damage and defeat Tania.
• Tania transformed into a white Amazon tiger, told Jiang He she would seek revenge, and disappeared back to the Duel Monsters Spirit World.
• Alexis Rhodes remarked that Tania had shown impressive restraint by not attacking Jiang He herself.
• Jiang He asked who would carry the unconscious Bastion, and Chazz Princeton insisted that Jaden Yuki and his friends should do it.
• Jaden tried to pass the task to Syrus, but Professor Crowler then told Chumley to carry Bastion.