Chapter Summaries

Jiang He defeated Kagemaru in the Shadow Duel, sealing him inside the dark artifact ring and taking the Sacred Beast cards. Later, Camula asked whether Jiang He might revive her people, and he left her uncertain about the possibility.

• Kagemaru suffered a brain hemorrhage and lost consciousness, causing the Shadow Duel to end and its ritual space to disappear.
• Jiang He received the dark artifact ring containing Kagemaru and recovered the three Sacred Beast cards.
• Jiang He told Chancellor Sheppard to give him tens of millions as a token of appreciation for the cards.
• Jiang He checked his system and found that the duel had earned him 6,500 Emotion Points, bringing his total to 11,000.
• Camula confronted Jiang He about reviving her people, and he said he could not be certain before teasing her about whether she could stop being his maid.

After the Shadow Riders incident, Camula tried to bargain for Jiang He's help reviving her people, while Alexis chose to remain in his cabin. At Duel Academy, Crowler became chancellor and introduced Vice Chancellor Bonaparte; Jiang He then took out the golden Dark Item ring to speak with Kagemaru about a deal.

• Camula offered Jiang He loyalty in exchange for help reviving her people, but he said Ishizu would watch her and suggested she scrub his back.
• Alexis hesitated about moving back to the Obelisk Blue girls' dormitory, then decided to stay with Jiang He.
• Crowler announced that Sheppard would be away handling business with the board and that he would serve as chancellor.
• Crowler introduced Vice Chancellor Bonaparte, who had transferred from another branch school.
• Jiang He went to the rooftop for lunch, then took out the golden Dark Item ring as its red energy flickered, preparing to contact Kagemaru.

Jiang He made a deal with Kagemaru to keep him sealed in the Dark Ring in exchange for access to his wealth. As talk spread of Vice Chancellor Bonaparte’s plan to abolish Slifer Red, Jiang He remained unconcerned and continued enjoying a peaceful lunch with Alexis and her friends.

• Jiang He released Kagemaru from the Dark Ring, and Kagemaru asked to remain sealed as a spirit in exchange for letting Jiang He use his wealth.
• Jiang He accepted Kagemaru’s proposal, and a helicopter arrived to take Kagemaru away while he remained bound to the Dark Ring.
• Alexis Rhodes, Jasmine, and Mindy joined Jiang He for lunch on the rooftop, where Mindy and Jasmine reported Bonaparte’s plan to abolish Slifer Red and expel its students.
• Mindy said Professor Crowler opposed Bonaparte’s proposal, arguing that Slifer Red’s strength was greater than it appeared.
• Alexis reminded Jiang He to help Teacher Kawa pack and attend health class that afternoon.

Jiang He obtained the Dragon Wing Mark and used it to fully materialize Sphere Kuriboh and Gravekeeper Assailant Ishizu. He then spent most of his remaining Emotion Points to exchange for the DD Bomb Deck, leaving him with 2,500 points.

• Jiang He noticed the Dragon Wing Mark in the system shop and exchanged for it, completing most of the circular Crimson Dragon mark on his wrist.
• Jiang He used the mark to make Sphere Kuriboh fully corporeal after the little spirit agreed.
• Jiang He also fully materialized Gravekeeper Assailant Ishizu, who thanked him and returned to his shadow.
• Jiang He chose the DD Bomb Deck over the Runick Deck and the Koala Deck, spending his Emotion Points until only 2,500 remained.

Jiang He took responsibility for the tennis ball that hit Vice Chancellor Bonaparte, who used the incident to challenge him and Atticus to duel an elite Obelisk Blue student. Jiang He accepted the terms and proposed raising the stakes to twenty million.

• Vice Chancellor Bonaparte and Professor Crowler agreed to test Slifer Red students against selected elites, with the dorm's future riding on the results.
• Alexis Rhodes served a tennis ball that struck Bonaparte, and Jiang He and Atticus both claimed responsibility.
• Bonaparte proposed that Jiang He and Atticus duel Ayano, with expulsion as the penalty for losing.
• Alexis told Jiang He that Ayano was a third-year Obelisk Blue duelist and former Ayanokoji Masashi, rumored to rival Kaiser Zane Truesdale.
• Chazz Princeton and Atticus offered to take the duels, but Jiang He accepted Bonaparte's terms and suggested a twenty-million wager.

Jiang He dueled Obelisk Blue tennis ace Ayano after persuading Vice Chancellor Bonaparte to raise the stakes, while the watching students backed Jiang He after Ayano provoked the Obelisk Blue girls. Ayano began with a burn effect that dealt Jiang He 1,500 damage, leaving the duel underway with Jiang He at 2,500 LP.

• Jiang He convinced Vice Chancellor Bonaparte to wager twenty million in funding against an IOU, and Professor Crowler agreed to witness the deal.
• Ayano challenged Jiang He out of jealousy over Alexis Rhodes and called the duel a contest of youth, angering the Obelisk Blue girls who cheered for Jiang He.
• Jiang He and Ayano began their duel on the tennis court with 4,000 LP each, and Ayano took the first turn.
• Ayano activated [Service Ace] and asked Jiang He to guess the type of a card in his hand, but Jiang He guessed a Fusion Monster Card instead.
• Ayano resolved [Service Ace] as a wrong guess, banished his chosen card, and dealt Jiang He 1,500 damage before setting a card and ending his turn.

Jiang He used Soul Absorption and two Necroface cards to recover a massive amount of Life Points while forcing Ayano to banish cards from his deck. Ayano’s burn strategy continued, but Jiang He ended the chapter unfazed as Ayano revealed two monsters with Ace Smash.

• Jiang He activated Soul Absorption, summoned Eater of Millions, and used its effect to banish Necroface from his hand and another Necroface from his deck.
• Both Necroface effects made Jiang He and Ayano banish ten cards each, and Soul Absorption restored 11,000 Life Points to Jiang He.
• Jiang He attacked directly, but Ayano revealed Trap Ace Return to negate the attack and inflict 1,500 damage, leaving Jiang He with 12,000 Life Points.
• Jiang He set two cards and ended his turn, while Ayano drew and activated Pot of Greed to draw two more cards.
• Ayano activated two copies of Ace Smash and revealed that both cards sent from his deck were monsters, promising 2,000 damage, while Jiang He watched calmly.

Jiang He endured Ayano’s attacks while keeping his life points high, then used Pot of Acquisitiveness to return banished monsters to his deck and began a draw combo with Allure of Darkness. The duel was left poised for Jiang He to draw Necroface, while Ayano and the spectators feared what would follow.

• Ayano summoned Legendary Ace, attacked Jiang He directly, and added Service Ace to his hand, leaving himself with only fifteen cards in his deck.
• Ayano activated Service Ace and dealt Jiang He another 1,000 damage, but Jiang He still had 8,700 life points.
• Ayano set a card and ended his turn, confidently combing his hair as he believed his remaining deck could defeat Jiang He.
• Jiang He drew Pot of Acquisitiveness, returned two banished Necroface and an Eater of Millions to his deck, then drew a card.
• Jiang He activated Allure of Darkness to draw two cards and banish a DARK monster, prompting the spectators to fear he would draw Necroface.

Jiang He defeated Ayano by chaining [Necroface] effects to empty his deck, then finished him with [DD Dynamite]. Vice Chancellor Bonaparte signed Jiang He's IOU, and the chapter left Jiang He and his companions back in his cabin as the next group of students was expected soon.

• Jiang He banished Ayano's remaining deck cards with repeated [Necroface] effects, while [Soul Absorption] raised his Life Points to 24,200.
• Jiang He activated [DD Dynamite] and dealt Ayano 8,100 damage, causing Ayano to pass out.
• Jiang He stopped Vice Chancellor Bonaparte from leaving and made him sign an IOU.
• Vice Chancellor Bonaparte and Professor Crowler embraced and wept over their misfortunes.
• Jiang He returned to his cabin with Alexis and the others after the duel ended the tennis activity.

Professor Banner learned that he could restore his body by using alchemy in the Duel Monsters Spirit Otherworld, and Jiang He arranged the materials in exchange for a contract of servitude. A month later, Jiang He had settled back into his comfortable routine as Duel Academy’s new students arrived, and Alexis invited him to go see them.

• Professor Banner explained that he could not create a body while he remained a powerless soul, and Atticus Rhodes suggested that the power to materialize Duel Monsters Spirits might help.
• Jiang He told Professor Banner to travel through the Gravekeeper Clan’s ruins to the Duel Monsters Spirit Otherworld and use alchemy to create a body there.
• Jiang He offered to have Kagemaru provide the rare materials, then presented Professor Banner with a contract selling himself into servitude.
• Professor Banner later created a new body in the Duel Monsters Spirit Otherworld and returned to his duties at the Slifer Red dorm.
• Over the next month, Jiang He found few students willing to duel him, while Alexis grew closer to him.
• Alexis told Jiang He that the new students had arrived by ferry and asked if he wanted to go see them.

Jiang He and the other students welcomed Rei Saotome, the sole new Slifer Red recruit, who revealed that she had transferred to Duel Academy because she admired Jiang He and asked him to date her. Alexis Rhodes tried to advise Rei, but Rei immediately suspected Alexis was her rival for Jiang He’s affection.

• Alexis Rhodes told Jiang He that newly recruited students were arriving, and he went with her, Jaden Yuki, and the others to meet them.
• The group saw that the new students were mostly assigned to Obelisk Blue and Ra Yellow, with Rei Saotome the only newcomer in Slifer Red.
• At the welcome party, Rei introduced herself as a sixth grader who had passed Duel Academy’s hardest grade-skipping test.
• Rei told Jiang He she had transferred because she admired his duel against Chazz Princeton and asked him to go out with her.
• Alexis tried to counsel Rei about approaching Jiang He, but Rei asked whether Alexis was her rival in love, leaving Alexis flustered.

Rei Saotome challenged Alexis Rhodes to a duel over Jiang He, and Alexis accepted after Rei provoked her. Their duel began with Rei’s love-themed cards and Alexis’s Cyber monsters, and Rei prepared to use [Maiden in Love]’s counters against Alexis.

• Rei challenged Alexis to a duel, offering Jiang He as the wager, and Alexis accepted after Rei taunted her.
• Alexis and Rei began their duel in the clearing outside the Slifer Red dorm, with Rei taking the first turn.
• Rei summoned [Maiden in Love] and set a card, then Alexis summoned [Cyber Prima] and attacked it.
• [Maiden in Love] survived the attack, and Rei explained that it could not be destroyed by battle and placed a Maiden Counter on Alexis’s monster after dealing damage.
• Alexis set two cards, and Rei equipped [Maiden in Love] with [Cupid’s Kiss] before declaring an attack on [Cyber Prima].

Rei Saotome used [Maiden in Love] and [Cupid's Kiss] to take control of Alexis Rhodes's [Cyber Prima], but Alexis uncovered Rei's Life Point strategy and summoned [Cyber Angel Benten]. The duel continued with Alexis preparing to counter Rei's control effect.

• Rei ordered [Cyber Prima] to attack directly, but Alexis stopped it with [Waboku].
• Alexis destroyed Rei's face-down [The Eye of Truth] with [Mystical Space Typhoon], disrupting Rei's plan to sustain her Life Points.
• Alexis explained that Rei had intended to take battle damage to place Maiden Counters, then steal a stronger monster with [Cupid's Kiss].
• Alexis activated [Machine Angel Ritual], Tributed [Cyber Prima] from her hand, and Ritual Summoned [Cyber Angel Benten].

Alexis defeated Rei with Cyber Angel Benten and insisted that the wager meant Jiang He was hers, leaving the group stunned. That evening, Alexis claimed Jiang He had to take responsibility because she had drunk from his tea, but he turned her logic around on her.

• Alexis equipped Cyber Angel Benten with Ritual Weapon and raised its attack to 3,300.
• Alexis attacked Maiden in Love and reduced Rei's 2,400 LP to zero, winning the duel.
• Rei claimed the wager only involved swapping rooms, but Alexis grabbed Jiang He and declared that he was hers.
• That evening, Alexis reminded Jiang He that she had drunk from his oolong tea and said he had to take responsibility for her.
• Jiang He drank from Alexis's tea and told her that she now had to take responsibility for him, leaving her speechless.

Jiang He welcomed Duel Academy’s new students by buying two dark decks and looked forward to dueling them for Emotion Points. On the way to Aunt Dorothy’s shop, he heard that someone was taking students’ Duel Disks on a bridge and suspected Dinosaur Kenzan was behind it.

• Professor Crowler introduced freshmen Gokai Dozan, Tyranno Hassleberry, and Rei Saotome to the class.
• Rei Saotome announced that she had joined Slifer Red for Jiang He, while Alexis Rhodes said she did not mind her interest in him.
• Jiang He checked the system shop and exchanged 1,500 Emotion Points each for the Reversal Quiz Deck and the Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys Deck.
• After class, Professor Crowler assigned Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, and Chumley to carry spare Duel Disks toward Aunt Dorothy’s shop.
• Jasmine and Mindy told Jiang He that someone had been challenging students on a wooden bridge and taking their Duel Disks, and Jiang He suspected Dinosaur Kenzan.

Jiang He accepted Tyranno Hassleberry’s duel wager, with the loser required to become the winner’s underling or disband the Tyranno Gang. As the duel began, Jiang He revealed a new Ritual strategy by adding Rebirth of Nephthys and Nephtys, the Sacred Flame to his hand, surprising the spectators and a silver-haired observer.

• Jiang He and his companions found Tyranno Hassleberry blocking the bridge to Aunt Dorothy's shop and challenging duelists for their Duel Disks.
• Alexis Rhodes asked what Hassleberry would stake, and he wagered that he would disband the Tyranno Gang and become Jiang He's underling if he lost.
• Syrus Truesdale accidentally revealed that Jiang He and Alexis Rhodes had made their relationship official, prompting Alexis's friends Jasmine and Mindy to react in shock.
• Hassleberry won the first turn, Special Summoned Swift Velociraptor, Tributed it to summon Black Brachios, and set two cards.
• Jiang He drew and activated Pre-Preparation of Rites, adding Rebirth of Nephthys and Nephtys, the Sacred Flame to his hand as the spectators and a silver-haired man watched in surprise.

Jiang He Ritual Summoned Nephtys, the Sacred Flame and destroyed Tyranno Hassleberry’s Black Brachios, but Hassleberry revived it and later used Hammer Shot to destroy Jiang He’s Ritual Monster. As Hassleberry prepared to attack with two Dinosaurs, Jiang He revealed Threatening Roar.

• Rei Saotome joined the spectators and guessed that Jiang He’s Ritual Monster might repeatedly revive.
• Jiang He used Rebirth of Nephthys and Lava Golem to Ritual Summon Nephtys, the Sacred Flame, then destroyed Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys in his hand to destroy Black Brachios.
• Tyranno Hassleberry revived Black Brachios with Call of the Haunted, and Jiang He set three cards before ending his turn.
• Hassleberry drew with Pot of Greed, destroyed Nephtys, the Sacred Flame with Hammer Shot, summoned Crawling Dragon #2, and changed Black Brachios to Attack Position.
• As Hassleberry prepared to attack with both Dinosaurs, Jiang He revealed the Trap Threatening Roar.

Jiang He revived both phoenix monsters and used their effects to destroy Tyranno Kenzan’s back row, force him to discard his remaining cards, and remove his last monster. Tyranno Kenzan was left facing the phoenixes’ recurring field-clearing cycle as Jiang He’s direct attack struck him.

• Jiang He revived Cerulean Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys and Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys from his graveyard during his standby phase.
• Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys destroyed all four set traps, including Jiang He’s two Coffin Seller cards, and Tyranno Kenzan’s Call of the Haunted, which also removed Sauropod Brachion.
• Coffin Seller’s effects forced Tyranno Kenzan to discard both cards in his hand rather than lose Sabersaurus and risk an immediate defeat.
• Jiang He used Cerulean Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys to destroy his own Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys and Tyranno Kenzan’s Sabersaurus.
• Jiang He’s Cerulean Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys attacked Tyranno Kenzan directly with dark-blue flames.

Jiang He defeated Tyranno Hassleberry with his underworld-style deck, but refused to make him a follower and instead kept the Duel Disks he had won. As Jiang He and the others reached Aunt Dorothy’s shop, Sphere Kuriboh warned him that someone had watched the duel, while the group discovered they could briefly see the spirit.

• Tyranno Hassleberry drew Babycerasaurus, admitted defeat, and offered to follow Jiang He as his boss.
• Jiang He ended the duel, declined to take Hassleberry as a follower, and had Syrus carry the backpack of Duel Disks he had won.
• The silver-haired young man watching from Aunt Dorothy’s shop put away his makeshift deck and left to get a spare from the Obelisk Blue dorm.
• Sphere Kuriboh warned Jiang He that an unfamiliar presence had watched the duel, and Alexis Rhodes and the others briefly saw the spirit before it turned invisible.
• At Aunt Dorothy’s shop, Syrus explained that Jiang He had won an extra backpack of Duel Disks, and Jiang He offered to sell them to her.

Jiang He learned that Aster Phoenix had been watching him and expected Aster to confront him over his use of Destiny HERO monsters. Tyranno Hassleberry joined Slifer Red to stay close to Jiang He, while Alexis Rhodes and Rei Saotome argued over taking him to the beach.

• Jiang He asked Aunt Dorothy about a silver-haired young man, learned he had watched the shop, and suspected he was Aster Phoenix.
• Jiang He reassured Alexis Rhodes that the watcher would approach him himself and planned to prepare a new underworld deck.
• Tyranno Hassleberry arrived with Jaden Yuki and Chazz Princeton, explained he wanted to be Jiang He's little brother, and asked to move into Slifer Red.
• Jiang He accepted Tyranno Hassleberry's plan, and Professor Banner said there were empty rooms in the dorm.
• Rei Saotome invited Jiang He to see the sea, but Alexis Rhodes claimed her right as his girlfriend to take him sunbathing instead.
• Sphere Kuriboh and the Ojama Trio watched Alexis Rhodes and Rei Saotome argue, while Jiang He worried they were leading Sphere Kuriboh astray.