As Sawatari and Gongenzaka both fail to defeat the Tyler sisters, Yuya and Shun arrive to meet their challenge. In the face of their near perfect combo, Yuya must not give into his rage and defeat his powerful foes.
Yuma and Shark turn the tides and put Don Thousand on the brink of defeat, but DonThousand still has a thousand tricks up his sleeve!
Yuya reaches a new place - Heartland City, the hometown of Yuto and Shay in the Xyz Dimension along with Sylvio and Gong. There they meet Duel Academy soldiers and an independent warrior from that dimension.
The Friendship Cup may be over, but trouble sure isn't! Roget is planning to take Zuzu to Duel Academy!
While Luna continues her searches for Regulus in the Spirit World with the help of Torunka, Leo continues his Duel against Devack while managing to Synchro Summon his ace card, "Power Tool Dragon".
While the Signers decide to fight each Dark Signer on their battle ground, Luna is unexpectedly sent to the Duel Monsters Spirit World, leaving Leo to fight Devack in her place.
Yusei and Roman continue their Duel. Roman pushes Yusei to despair, by revealing information about his past and putting his friends in danger.
Yusei and the other Signers visit Martha in Satellite, but Roman interrupts their visit, challenging Yusei to a Shadow Duel.
Crow and Lazar continue their Duel, with Crow still thinking Lazar is a Dark Signer, while the Signers prepare to travel to Satellite to face the Dark Signers.
While the Signers must make their decision to whether or not they must battle the Dark Signers, Crow encounters Lazar in Satellite and challenges him to a Duel.
Rex Goodwin invites the Signers to his home and reveals to them the secret of the Crimson Dragon, as well as the connection between the Signers and the Dark Signers.
Yusei and Akiza's Duel continues. Akiza continues to inflict pain to Yusei. But despite the pain, Yusei is still determined to bring Akiza out of her sorrow.
Akiza Izinski is left in an unconscious state after the attack on the Arcadia Movement. Unable to open Akiza's heart, due to their past treatment of Akiza, her parents ask Yusei Fudo for help.
Misty and Carly continue their Duels against Akiza and Sayer, respectively.
Carly Carmine, who has been thrown off the Arcadia Movement building to her death as a result of her Duel with Sayer, has come back to life as a Dark Signer, seeking revenge. Meanwhile, Misty Tredwell, after sensing that Carly has fully become a Dark Signer, goes to the Arcadia Movement to Duel Akiza Izinski as she desires revenge of her own. With both Dark Signers ready to wreak both havoc and vengeance, the countdown to the extinction of the Psychic Duelists seems to have begun!
Yusei Fudo confronts and questions Akiza Izinski on why she calls the Mark of the Dragon a "wretched mark". During the Duel against her, Yusei is filled with various doubts about Akiza.
The second round of the finals pits Akiza Izinski against Commander Koda. Koda begins his strategy of tormenting Akiza with her record of the past 16 years, in which flashbacks of Akiza's life are shown.
Determined to carry out his mission to his hometown, Greiger uses "Flying Fortress SKY FIRE" to run Yusei down. In response, Yusei reads Greiger's strategy and looks for his chance to counterattack.
The first day of the Fortune Cup comes to a close. Before their Duel begins tomorrow, Yusei and Greiger have a friendly talk during the night.
Luna engages in her Duel with Professor Frank when she is called by a mysterious voice to protect the Duel Monsters Spirit World Seeing the turmoil evildoers are doing to this land, Luna must take all her courage and skill at hand to defeat Frank's trump card.