Chapter Summaries

Jiang He agreed to duel Atticus to help restore his lost memories, but brought out his new Iaido Draw deck for the rehabilitation. As the crowd gathered to watch, Jiang He began his turn by discarding two Ceruli, Guru of Dark World, whose effects appeared on Atticus's field.

• Alexis told Jiang He that Atticus had awakened but could not remember the Shadow Duel or even her name.
• Jiang He offered to duel Atticus to stimulate his memories, and Alexis agreed to let him try.
• Nurse Fontaine approved the plan, and Atticus agreed to duel Jiang He despite sensing a warning in his soul.
• Jiang He chose his Iaido Draw deck, and students and visitors gathered to watch the duel.
• Jiang He activated Graceful Charity, drew three cards, and discarded two Ceruli, Guru of Dark World, which appeared on Atticus's field.

Jiang He put Atticus Rhodes through five brutal one-turn-kill duels, helping him recover memories of his time as a Shadow Duelist but not his earlier life. Jiang He explained that Atticus’s remaining memories were likely sealed in the Shadow Duel ritual space, leaving Alexis determined to reclaim them from the Shadow Riders.

• Jiang He used One Shot, One Kill! Iaido Draw to defeat Atticus in a single turn, and Atticus recalled a Shadow Duel in the Duel Monsters Spirit World.
• Atticus asked for another duel, and Jiang He used an Exodia deck to defeat him instantly, prompting another fragment of memory to return.
• Jiang He continued with three more hellish decks, and Atticus was carried back to the infirmary after five consecutive losses.
• Jiang He said Atticus’s memories from before Darkness possessed him were likely sealed in the Shadow Duel ritual space controlled by the Shadow Riders.
• Jiang He suggested that Atticus would need to wager his memories in a Shadow Duel against one of the remaining Shadow Riders, and Alexis hoped they would appear soon.

Jiang He enjoyed two quiet days of sunbathing while waiting for the remaining Shadow Riders, then used his Emotion Points to acquire another Mark of the Crimson Dragon. He began weighing the system shop’s new deck options as he prepared to face Titan.

• Jiang He reassured Alexis Rhodes that he would help with her brother’s memory before leaving the infirmary to sunbathe.
• Jasmine and Mindy praised Jiang He for supporting Alexis, while Jaden Yuki and Bastion Misawa explained that their lost Spirit Keys kept them from helping.
• Jaden offered to duel in Alexis’s place, but Alexis refused to hand over her Spirit Key; Chazz Princeton then claimed he could help before realizing everyone had left him alone in the infirmary.
• Jiang He spent his second quiet day sunbathing with Sphere Kuriboh and Camula, wondering why Titan had not appeared to challenge him.
• Jiang He checked his 7,000 Emotion Points and exchanged 3,000 for the Dragon Hand Mark, which Camula sensed as a godlike power.
• Jiang He considered the Goblin, Barrier Timelord, and Darklord decks as he anticipated Titan’s arrival.

Jiang He chose a Barrier Timelord Deck and confronted Titan, who returned as a genuine Shadow Rider with dark powers. Their Shadow Duel began, and Titan opened by summoning Archfiend Bull Rider.

• Jiang He exchanged his Emotion Points for a Barrier Timelord Deck, leaving him with 2,500 points.
• Alexis Rhodes told Jiang He that Professor Crowler had gathered everyone because a new Shadow Rider had appeared, and the group learned Titan had returned to collect his hiring fee.
• Professor Crowler offered Jiang He extra money to overlook his earlier hiring of Titan, and Jiang He accepted.
• Jiang He and the others followed Professor Crowler to the abandoned dorm, where Titan appeared using the dark power of a Death Mask.
• Titan challenged Jiang He to a Shadow Duel, threatening him with darkness, and Jiang He accepted with his Barrier Timelord Deck.
• Titan took the first turn and summoned Archfiend Bull Rider in attack position.

Jiang He used [Raphion, the Timelord] to reflect Titan’s [Archfiend Bull Rider] attack and damage him, while Titan summoned [Archfiend Matador] and activated [Dark Arena]. The duel left off with Jiang He’s [Stronghold the Hidden Fortress] redirecting Titan’s direct attack to [Raphion, the Timelord], which reflected the attack back at Titan.

• Jiang He summoned [Raphion, the Timelord], whose effect reflected [Archfiend Bull Rider]’s attack and reduced Titan’s Life Points from 4000 to 2400.
• Jiang He set three cards, and Titan summoned [Archfiend Matador] using [Summoned Skull] as a tribute.
• Titan activated the Field Spell [Dark Arena], which forced monsters to attack and let him choose their targets.
• Titan used [Archfiend Bull Rider]’s effect to attack Jiang He directly, but Jiang He revealed [Stronghold the Hidden Fortress] and redirected the attack to [Raphion, the Timelord].
• [Raphion, the Timelord] blocked and reflected the attack toward Titan.

Jiang He summoned [Metaion, the Timelord], whose effect returned Titan’s monsters to his hand and reduced Titan to 200 LP. Titan rebuilt his field with [Archfiend Matador], [Archfiend Bull Rider], and [Summoned Skull], but hesitated to attack after fearing Jiang He had set another [Stronghold the Hidden Fortress].

• Jiang He summoned [Metaion, the Timelord] after [Raphion, the Timelord] returned to his deck.
• Titan redirected Metaion’s attack to [Archfiend Matador], but Metaion’s immunity prevented it from being destroyed.
• Metaion returned [Archfiend Matador] and [Archfiend Bull Rider] to Titan’s hand and dealt 600 damage, leaving Titan with 200 LP.
• Titan used [Pot of Greed] and a Ritual Spell to summon [Archfiend Matador] again, then activated two [Call of the Haunted] traps to revive [Archfiend Bull Rider] and [Summoned Skull].
• Titan considered using [Archfiend Bull Rider] to attack Jiang He directly but feared Jiang He had set another [Stronghold the Hidden Fortress].

Jiang He used Time Maiden to return Titan's monsters to his hand, leaving Titan so frustrated that he began spurting blood. Titan then destroyed Jiang He's set card and attacked his empty field, but Jiang He revealed a last-minute defense, leaving the attack's outcome unresolved.

• Jiang He destroyed Titan's Dark Arena with Mystical Space Typhoon and summoned Time Maiden.
• Jiang He attacked Titan's Archfiend Bull Rider with Time Maiden, then used Foolish Judgment to prevent the battle damage.
• Time Maiden's effect returned Titan's monsters to his hand and destroyed his Call of the Haunted traps, leaving Titan spurting blood from his frustration.
• Titan activated Heavy Storm to destroy Jiang He's last set card, then summoned Archfiend Bull Rider and attacked Jiang He.
• Jiang He revealed the last card in his hand, summoning a blond female pope who blocked Archfiend Bull Rider's attack.

Jiang He defeated Titan in a Shadow Duel and recovered the sealed memories of Atticus Rhodes, who reunited with Alexis and jokingly suggested Jiang He become his brother-in-law. Atticus then revealed Professor Banner had sent him into the Shadow Duel ritual, and Jiang He suggested Banner might be connected to the Shadow Riders.

• Jiang He activated the Scepter of the High Priestess from his hand, stopped Titan's attack, and reduced Titan's Life Points to zero.
• Black ghost-face tokens engulfed Titan, and a golden orb containing Atticus Rhodes's sealed memories appeared in Jiang He's hand.
• Ishizu explained how to restore the memories, and Jiang He sent the orb into Atticus, who recovered them and thanked him.
• Atticus teased Alexis by suggesting Jiang He become her brother-in-law, and Alexis warned him he was better off staying amnesiac.
• Kaiser Zane Truesdale asked Atticus how he had become involved in Shadow Duels, and Atticus said Professor Banner had summoned him to a surprise test.
• Jiang He told the group that Professor Banner might be connected to the Shadow Riders and the dark ritual space.

Jiang He’s friends suspected Professor Banner was the last Shadow Rider after Jiang He claimed Banner’s body was created through alchemy. Camula met the gray-cloaked alchemist, who urged her to steal Jiang He’s Spirit Key, and she crept into his bedroom while he slept.

• Jiang He persuaded Alexis, Bastion, Chazz, and the others that Professor Banner’s body was likely the product of alchemy, leading them to suspect Banner was the last Shadow Rider.
• Jiang He returned to his cabin to sleep while Alexis accompanied Atticus to the infirmary for an examination.
• Camula answered a Shadow Riders’ summons and met a gray-cloaked alchemist, who asked her to steal Jiang He’s Spirit Key.
• The alchemist explained that the key could help someone else undo the Sacred Beasts’ seals and promised Camula a chance to escape her Darkness Card and revive her clan’s vampires.
• Camula returned to the cabin and, while Jiang He slept, entered his bedroom to try to take the pendant.

Camula tried to steal Jiang He's Spirit Key to revive her vampire clan, but the Ojama Trio caught her and she fell asleep beside him. After waking, Jiang He confronted her and explained that reviving her clan required retrieving their souls from the Underworld, likely beyond the Sacred Beasts' power.

• Camula approached Jiang He's Spirit Key, but the awakened Ojama Trio stopped her and assumed she had come to warm his bed.
• Jiang He woke to find Camula asleep beside him with her hand on the Spirit Key, then learned from Sphere Kuriboh and Gravekeeper Assailant that Professor Banner had persuaded her to steal it.
• Jiang He tossed the secretly awakened Camula aside, then questioned her while she knelt under the Ojama Trio's watch.
• Camula admitted she wanted the Spirit Key to revive her clan, and Jiang He told her that even the Sacred Beasts might not be able to do so.
• Jiang He explained that her clan's souls were in the Underworld and suggested the person behind the Shadow Riders had deceived her about the Sacred Beasts' power.

Jiang He learned that Amnael had defeated Alexis and sealed her brother, Atticus, in a dark artifact book, then tracked the Shadow Rider to a forest. There, Chazz was dueling Amnael under threat of Atticus’s captivity, while Jiang He and the others arrived to watch.

• Alexis told Jiang He that Amnael had defeated her in a Shadow Duel and sealed Atticus in a dark artifact book.
• Jiang He suspected Professor Banner was Amnael and used the Spirit Keys and Sphere Kuriboh to track a Shadow Duel in the southern forest.
• Jiang He and the others found Chazz dueling the gray-cloaked Amnael, with Jaden, Syrus, and Chumley watching.
• Syrus explained that Amnael had used the captive Atticus to force Chazz into the duel.

Professor Banner revealed himself as the Shadow Riders’ Amnael and continued his Shadow Duel against Chazz Princeton. Banner’s alchemy deck banished cards to strengthen Golden Homunculus, leaving Chazz facing a 4200-attack monster and two Alchemic Beasts that could attack directly.

• Alexis recognized the cloaked Amnael as Professor Banner, who removed his disguise and revealed his altered appearance.
• Chazz used Armed Dragon LV5 to destroy Salamandra of Iron, but Banner’s Alchemy Cauldron - Chaos Distill banished it instead of sending it to the Graveyard.
• Banner activated Elemental Absorber and banished Garuda the Wind Spirit, preventing Chazz’s WIND monsters from attacking and forcing him to end his turn.
• Banner used Black Process to banish his two remaining Alchemic Beasts and draw four cards, then summoned Golden Homunculus with White Process.
• Banner’s banished cards raised Golden Homunculus’s attack to 3600, then his Tin Magic Circle and Mercury Hourglass summoned two more Alchemic Beasts and raised it to 4200.

Jiang He negotiated the release of Atticus Rhodes and Chazz from Banner’s Grimoire of Darkness by trading the final Spirit Key and demanding twenty million in funds. Banner then tried to draw Jaden into a Shadow Duel, offering a legendary alchemy card, which Jiang He identified as the Philosopher’s Stone.

• Banner defeated Chazz, took his Spirit Key, and sealed him inside the Grimoire of Darkness.
• Banner refused to duel Jiang He and proposed exchanging the two hostages in his Grimoire for Jiang He’s Spirit Key.
• Jiang He demanded an additional twenty million in funds, and the voice of Duel Academy’s chairman agreed to pay.
• Banner released Atticus Rhodes and Chazz, and Jiang He handed over the Spirit Key.
• Banner challenged Jaden to a Shadow Duel, but Jaden suggested asking Jiang He for the information instead.
• Banner offered the Philosopher’s Stone as a stake to persuade Jaden, and Jiang He recognized the card.

Jaden Yuki defeated Professor Banner in their Shadow Duel, and Banner revealed that his body was made through alchemy before disappearing into Pharaoh. The Spirit Keys then triggered the seal’s collapse, bringing the three Sacred Beast cards into view as Jiang He and the others faced what came next.

• Jaden Yuki Fusion Summoned Elemental HERO Electrum and defeated Banner, whose alchemically made body began to crumble.
• Banner praised Jaden’s understanding of alchemy, while Jiang He declined the Philosopher’s Stone and exposed Banner’s attempt to make his farewell sound tragic.
• Banner vanished into Pharaoh, and the last Spirit Key dissolved as seven pillars rose around the woods.
• Jiang He recognized that the seal was breaking and that the Sacred Beast cards were emerging.
• A stone platform rose from the clearing, displaying three cards enveloped in energy.

Chairman Kagemaru revealed himself as the mastermind behind the Shadow Riders and began a Shadow Duel ritual to revive the Sacred Beasts. Jiang He faced him, and Kagemaru summoned Uria, Lord of Searing Flames, as the duel began.

• Jiang He explained that the last Shadow Rider had taken the Spirit Keys by threatening Chazz and Atticus, while Chancellor Sheppard reassured him.
• Kagemaru arrived in a mechanical life-support device, took the Sacred Beast cards, and named Jiang He and Jaden Yuki as potential opponents in his ritual duel.
• Jiang He accepted Kagemaru’s challenge and borrowed Alexis Rhodes’s Duel Disk.
• Kagemaru set three Trap Cards, then sacrificed them to Special Summon Uria, Lord of Searing Flames.
• Uria appeared amid fire and magma and roared at Jiang He, shaking the surrounding woods.

Jiang He used [Relinquished] to absorb Kagemaru’s [Uria, Lord of Searing Flames], then summoned [Gold-Bark Cat] and revived [Mystic Piper]. The duel continued with Kagemaru furious and Jiang He preparing another play.

• Jiang He used [Pre-Preparation of Rites] to add [Black Illusion Ritual] and [Relinquished] to his hand.
• Jiang He performed a Ritual Summon of [Relinquished] by tributing [Mystic Piper].
• Jiang He used [Relinquished]’s effect to absorb Kagemaru’s [Uria, Lord of Searing Flames] as an Equip Card.
• Kagemaru grew angry as Jiang He complained that the absorbed Sacred Beast had zero attack.
• Jiang He Normal Summoned [Gold-Bark Cat] and used its effect to revive [Mystic Piper] from his graveyard.

Jiang He used Mystic Piper and Gold-Bark Cat to draw cards while repeatedly evading Kagemaru’s retaliation, then watched Kagemaru summon Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder. The chapter ended as Hamon attacked Relinquished and Jiang He invoked its effect to redirect the destruction and damage.

• Jiang He tributed Mystic Piper to draw a card, drew Sphere Kuriboh, and drew another card because it was a level-one monster.
• Gold-Bark Cat attacked Kagemaru directly, then returned to Jiang He’s hand during the End Phase.
• Bastion Misawa and the others realized Gold-Bark Cat could repeatedly revive Mystic Piper to let Jiang He draw cards each turn.
• Kagemaru activated Fallen Paradise, set three Spell Cards, and sacrificed them to summon Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder.
• Kagemaru ordered Hamon to attack Relinquished, and Jiang He announced that Relinquished could destroy its equipped card instead and inflict the same battle damage on Kagemaru.

Jiang He used layered Trap effects to survive Hamon’s attack while Kagemaru’s Sacred Beasts drained life force from Duel Monsters Spirits and rejuvenated him. On Jiang He’s turn, he discarded Golden Evil Cult God to seize Hamon and equip it to Relinquished, leaving Kagemaru with only one Sacred Beast under his control.

• Jiang He activated Astral Barrier to take Hamon’s attack in Relinquished’s place, then used Spirit Barrier to reduce the battle damage to zero.
• Chazz Princeton noticed Kagemaru growing younger, and Kagemaru explained that the Sacred Beasts were draining life force from Duel Monsters Spirits across the world to restore him.
• Chazz and Jaden Yuki discovered that Ojama Yellow and Winged Kuriboh had grown weak from the drain, while Jiang He’s spirits remained protected from it during the Shadow Duel.
• Kagemaru set his final card and ended his turn, and Jiang He drew a card and activated Graceful Charity.
• Jiang He discarded Mystic Piper and Golden Evil Cult God, whose effect seized Hamon and equipped it to Relinquished, raising Relinquished’s attack to 4,000.

Jiang He used Relinquished to turn Kagemaru’s Sacred Beasts against him, while Kagemaru’s defensive trap stopped the finishing attack. Kagemaru summoned Raviel and regained vitality, leaving the duel poised for another clash.

• Jiang He attacked Kagemaru with Relinquished using Hamon’s power, but Kagemaru activated Waboku to prevent all battle damage that turn.
• Jiang He ended his turn with five cards in hand, while Kagemaru drew three cards using his draw and Fallen Paradise’s effect.
• Kagemaru summoned Chaos Summoning Beast and tributed it to Special Summon Raviel, Lord of Phantasms.
• Kagemaru banished Chaos Summoning Beast from his graveyard to add another Fallen Paradise to his hand, and his regained vitality made him look much younger.
• Jaden, Chazz, and the others saw the spirits in their decks weaken as Kagemaru declared that reclaiming the Sacred Beasts would let him achieve complete immortality.

Jiang He thwarted Kagemaru’s attempt to use [Raviel, Lord of Phantasms] and [Revival Ritual] with [Sphere Kuriboh], then took control of Raviel with [Change of Heart]. Kagemaru was left furious as the duel continued with Raviel on Jiang He’s side.

• Kagemaru activated a second [Fallen Paradise] to draw two cards, then used [Trap Booster] to activate [Royal Decree] from his hand and restrict Jiang He’s Traps.
• Kagemaru revealed [Revival Ritual] and attacked Jiang He’s [Relinquished] with [Raviel, Lord of Phantasms], planning to destroy a monster and revive one of his Sacred Beasts.
• Jiang He sent [Sphere Kuriboh] from his hand to the Graveyard, changing Raviel to Defense Position and stopping its attack.
• After Kagemaru ended his turn, Jiang He activated [Change of Heart] and took control of Raviel.
• Kagemaru grew enraged as Raviel moved to Jiang He’s field, and his emotion points increased.