Interdimensional War

The Interdimensional War is a prolonged hostile engagement between the Astral World and the Barian World, with Earth caught in the middle. It ultimately serves as the main conflict of Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL. The Numeron Code is the ultimate objective of both sides as it decides the victor and fate of all three worlds.

In the Beginning
Long ago, the Astral World and Barian World were once a single world, infused with the power of Chaos. However, denizens of this of that World believed that Rank-Up can achieve without the power of Chaos, and that their world needed purity. Therefore, all souls who held chaos were exiled, resulting in the creation of Barian World.

Now, the Astral World is a world where no negativity exists, not even hatred. It is, in essence, a pure, clean world. But after abandoning Chaos, the force of the pure will to live and protect, the Astral World’s power began to wane. Now, the Astral World has become a dispassionate one, whose aim is only to Rank-Up

This resulted in the creation of "Eliphas", the will of Astral World and a being whose only aim is to Rank-Up. According to Eliphas, Astral was born for the sake of eliminating the Barian World and to lead his own world to a higher Rank-Up.

The Barian World was originally small, but it expanded upon receiving the souls who died in relation to the war between Nasch and Vector.

Astral vs. Don Thousand
The emissary of Astral World, Astral fought against the god of the Barian World, Don Thousand. According to Jinlong, two divine lights were fighting in sky far, far away. The battle lasted for hundreds of days. Rains of fire poured down on the grounds as lightning ripped through the very Earth. Then those two lights collided and vanished. Astral ultimately emerging victorious, sealing Thousand in the Sea of Ill Intent, but brought chaos to the Earth in the process. Also, during the battle, a shard of Thousand's malice was trapped inside Astral. It eventually developed into the form of Number 96, which was the embodiment of the power of a "Forbidden Number".

Past Lives
It is revealed that before becoming Barians, the Seven Barian Emperors were human once in their past lives, with each of their past being connected to each ruin the Legendary Numbers were hidden in, along with the numbers themselves and their protectors.

The Missing Barian Emperors
The leaders of the Barian Emperors, Nasch and Merag, went missing at some point. According to Thousand, Vector is the one responsible for their disappearances, as he murdered them.

Prelude
Not much is known on how the war between the two dimensions really started, with the only clue being said from Dumon and Mizar that one cannot exist while the other survives. Recently, it may have been ignited due to the Barians' grudge against Astral World for their banishment.

Door to Destiny
During a duel with Shark to recover Bronk's deck, Yuma opened The Door in a vision. From this door, Astral appeared and tried to merged with him, but somehow his memory was lost and scattered into 100 "Number" cards. Despite the memory loss, with Astral's advice and receiving "Number 39: Utopia", Yuma was able to make a comeback and win the duel, retrieving Number 17: Leviathan Dragon from Shark.

At first, Yuma reluctantly began to work with Astral to hunt down "Numbers" in order to help recover his memory, making a name for himself due to defeating Shark and a few new friends along the way, like Flip Turner, Caswell Francis, Nelson Andrews, Cathy Katherine and even Shark himself after helping him out of a crisis. However, the unlikely duo would soon discover that they were not the only ones hunting for "Numbers".

They soon crossed paths with a young, yet powerful rival "Number" hunter named Kite Tenjo. During their first duel face-off, Kite had proven himself a formidable and terrifying opponent, as he easily overpowered Yuma and Astral, despite their best efforts, especially after he brought out his ace monster Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon. Just as Kite was about make his crushing finishing move, his brother Hart began to collapsed, forcing him to cancel the duel to go to his aid, but gave Yuma his name and told him to remember it before leaving. This nearly devastating loss and by extension near-death experience left both Yuma and Astral's spirits crushed. However, during the next few days, this experience would ultimately help them grow stronger as duelists and partners.

At his grandmother's request, Yuma and Astral trained with Roku at the Duel Sanctuary. Despite being his students for only a couple of days, the results the training proven to be magnificent, as when they faced off against an old student of Roku's, Kaze, who had fallen under the influence of Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja, Yuma managed to win thanks to Roku's teachings about how Duel Monsters are alive, claiming the "Number" and helped reformed Kaze. Before leaving, Roku gave a newly rejuvenated Yuma the Legendary Deck Kaze was after, giving him the means to put together a new, stronger deck capable of taking on the challenges that await at the WDC.

While the trip to the Duel Sanctuary had restored Yuma's spirit, Astral still had doubts in himself from the duel with Kite. Meanwhile Tori, Bronk, Caswell, Trip and Cathy began to grow concerned as numerous incidents kept occurring that revolves around the "Number" cards and how Yuma is becoming more involved with the "Numbers", they decided to form the Super Secret Number Cards Investigation Club to learn more about them for Yuma's sake. Unfortunately, their search gets them caught by a fortuneteller named Fortuno who claims to be a underling of Kite except for Cathy, who manages to get away. When she finds Yuma, Fortuno possess her in order to introduce himself as a servant of Kite and tell him to come if he wants to save his friends. While Astral was against it due to his lingering fear of Kite, Yuma was not afraid to confront Fortuno to save his friends.

When they arrived, before dueling it out for the "Numbers" Fortuno claimed himself a servant of Kite and said that Kite himself would be watching the dueling, scaring Astral, but Yuma managed to keep his spirit burning. During the duel, with his friends' lives on the line, when Astral found Yuma overwhelmed, Fortuno offered a deal that he would spare Yuma's friends in exchange for the "Numbers". At first, Astral was willing to be sacrificed, Yuma refused and after figuring out the "Kite" that was watching was in fact just a statue, Yuma told Astral that he was his friend. With both their spirits ignited, Astral gained a new power in the form of Chaos Number 39: Utopia Ray in order to win the duel, claim both Number 16: Shock Master and Number 11: Big Eye and save their friends, who saw Astral for a brief moment when he gain a new power, thereby confirming his existence, afterwards the real Kite came and stole Fortuno's last "Number"along with his soul.



Astral eventually learns about Yuma's parents, even how he got the key from another world. Along with gaining a new friend, Yuma and Astral would come face to face with a fierce new enemy in the form of a Forbidden "Number" card, Number 96: Dark Mist. With Bronk Stone's help Astral managed to seal Number 96, but it is clear that they have not seen the last of him.

Obtaining the ZEXAL
Yuma is surprised from being told of a ship within his key by Astral. Astral also states that only by gathering the "Numbers" will they be able to solve its mysteries. Meanwhile, Kite began to grow more concerned for Hart as his physical and mental well-being continued to worsened from using his powers, but Hart insisted on continuing since he believed he was helping the world, while Mr. Heartland told Kite to focus on gathering "Numbers" if Hart is to be healed. Kite suspected that Dr. Faker was hiding the truth behind the mystery of the "Numbers", so he had Orbital 7 research their origins, which lead to Kite seeking the Emperor's Key Yuma wears which their connected to.



When putting the key away partially at Caswell's behest, Yuma considered that he should be more careful with it after learning about a ship within. After leaving to head to class, Orbital 7 came in and tried to steal the key, but Shark intervened and tried to keep the key away. When cornered on the roof and was about to been attacked, Kite stopped Orbital. After demanding the Key from Shark, he refused and after learning that Kite is the "Number" hunter that he's been hearing about and lied about being a "Number" holder himself, a duel ensued. Despite Shark being an expert duelist himself and having a new Anti-"Numbers" deck that was effective against Yuma, Kite once again proven to be far superior in terms of dueling skills. He even allowed Shark to steal his Number 30: Acid Golem of Destruction, the latter being unaware of it's negative effects. Despite Shark resolving to not give up like Yuma, Number 30 still proven to be his ultimate downfall in the duel, resulting in an easy win for Kite. When stealing Shark's Soul, he absorbed it after seeing that it didn't have a "Number". Since facing Yuma again was not an option due to already using 85% of his Photon Transformation's power, he simply took the Key and flew off. Meanwhile, in the Key, Astral has been trapped inside when it was deactivated, and the set "Numbers" became cards again. The cards then surrounded Astral and a voice told him that he needed to obtain the "power of ZEXAL". With the help of Mr. Kay, Yuma, along with Tori, Bronk, Caswell, and Cathy manage to track down Kite at an old warehouse. Meanwhile after analyzing the Emperor's Key,with Orbital mentioning that nothing from Earth would react to it, Kite suggest using a Baria Crystal, which worked. After opening a portal, Kite then jumps in to find himself in the Key's inner Pocket Dimension. It is here that Astral and Kite meet for the first time, though from asking Kite why he was here, Astral revealed that he already knew of Kite. When Kite ask how Astral knew his name, the latter revealed that he fought him once alongside Yuma, which is proven true when Kite sees Number 39: Utopia, one of the "Numbers" Yuma used the last time they fought. When Astral inquires why Kite he hunts "Numbers", Kite asks Astral the same. Astral explains that the "Numbers" are his memories, which intrigues Kite. Kite, while not explaining his real reason for hunting "Numbers", then explains that he wants to know their secrets, along with those of the Astral World and the Barian World, with Astral wondering about the Barian World. Kite states that the best way for him to discover the answers he seeks is to collect all the "Numbers", which lead to him demanding Astral hand over the ones he posses. Astral refuses, since the "Numbers" are his only chance of recovering his memories, which leads to Kite challenging him to a duel, with all their "Numbers" on the line.

At first, thanks to Astral playing defense out of fear of Kite summoning Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, Kite managed to ploy through his defensive strategies and gain a huge lead in the duel. After realizing that he's has no need to be afraid, Astral managed to summons out Chaos Number 39: Utopia Ray and even out the plain field for a moment. However, after summoning Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, Kite once again began to overwhelm Astral to the point of having only 400 life points left. At this point Astral was ready to give up.

Meanwhile, with the help of his friends, Yuma was able to get past Orbital 7 and his security forces and find the key, while learning about someone close to Kite. Yuma then finds himself in front of The Door again. It then opens again and tells Yuma to use ZEXAL, but repeats Yuma's previous warning about losing something precious to him. Astral was able to sense Yuma's presence and informed him about the Duel, as well as telling him he is already about to be defeated. After Astral tells Yuma about ZEXAL, Yuma convinces Astral to not give up, and crosses the door, landing in the dimension inside the Key. Astral and Yuma receive the ZEXAL (power), fusing themselves in the process. Using this new power, Astral and Yuma created a card that allowed "Utopia Ray" to defeat "Galaxy-Eyes". Kite, in a pinch for the first time, managed to end the Duel in a draw. Before escaping, Kite told Yuma that he is hunting "Numbers" to save his brother and then gave Shark his soul back.

When Worlds Collide
The next day, while talking about the events that took place last night, an wave of energy from the Astral World and another world passed through Earth causing time to temporally stop and allow Kite to invade his memories. Yuma looks up at the sky, seeing a blue, red, and a yellow sun with one of them belong to Astral World. At their tower, Mr. Heartland asks Dr. Faker what just happened. Faker replies that a wave has hit the Earth, originating from the Astral World and another world. Time has temporarily stopped because of it. He tells Heartland not to panic - time will be restored as if nothing happened once the wave passes. However, he also remarks that this means that there is no doubt that the other two worlds are getting closer. The final stage will soon be set as they must deal with Astral World. When Yuma and Astral met up with Kite after the space-time phenomenon passes, he tell them that they will settle things at the World Duel Carnival.

World Duel Carnival
In an effort to help Kite Tenjo gather "Numbers" more quickly, Dr. Faker and Mr. Heartland devised a very clever plan: Holding a Duel Tournament called the World Duel Carnival. Duelists from all over the World will come to Heartland City to wage heated duels, all to claim the Title "Duel Champion". Thanks to Kite, Yuma was allowed to be in the tournament when he failed to sign up in time, though this was initially so that Kite would have another chance to face Astral. Shark also entered to get revenge against a Duelist who wrong him and his sister in the past, gaining a heart piece from the duelist. During the tournament, Yuma and Astral faced off against not only Kite and Shark but other strong duelists as well, Number holders or otherwise, including those of a more mysterious, powerful and sinister group known as the Vetrix Family.

WDC Preliminaries
After only a full interesting first day of the Carnival, Yuma managed to obtain three of the five fitting Heart Pieces needed to advanced to the WDC Finals, along with one "Number" by night's end.

Day Two
While the first day of the Carnival was relatively easy and somewhat calm, things began to take a more serious and tumultuous turn as the second unfolded, starting with Yuma witnessing the ruthless Dueling of Quattro as he delivered a brutal defeat to Bronk and Caswell, followed by watching Shark Duel for vengeance against Quattro but was forced to take on and defeat his younger brother Trey, who give him "Number 32: Shark Drake" for his victory. Watching what has happened got Yuma so angry that he unintentionally snapped at Tori who was trying to cheer him up, causing her to walk away angry and hurt, leaving Yuma alone to cool off. Unfortunately, she walk right into a dangerous situation caused by Cameron Clix, who is under the influence of "Number 25: Force Focus, forcing Yuma to face him in order to prevent a major disaster. In the end, Yuma was able to overcome the future sight ability the "Number" gave, and beat Cameron. Kite stopped the blimp Tori was on from crashing, only doing so to prevent the World Duel Carnival from being cancelled from the event causing mass panic within the city. Afterwards, Yuma gained his fourth fitting Heart Piece, the Number and an apology from Cameron for his actions while under possession.

Later, Flip performed several scams and cons in order to illicitly acquire Heart Pieces. Dextra and Nistro were to punish him, but agreed to Duel Yuma instead. Yuma fought for most of the Duel without his "Numbers" or Astral, as Astral had problems of his own in the Emperor's Key; once again dealing with Dark Mist. The duo's seamless teamwork pushed Yuma into a corner, but he managed to Summon "Number 39: Utopia", much to their surprise. Yuma, upon noticing their usage of Photon cards and correctly assuming that they were in league with Kite, revealed that he once Dueled to a draw with Kite. Yuma nearly gave up as his counter attack attempt failed, but then Astral returned after managing to suppress Number 96 once again, briefly revealing himself to everyone watching the Duel - revealing to Nistro and Dextra that Yuma was cooperating with the "Original Number". With Astral's help, Yuma managed a successful counterattack and won the Duel. Afterwards, the duo decided to stay quiet about Yuma since Nistro wanted the chance to defeat him before Kite does.

Later at night, Yuma encountered a boy named Hart. Hart had sneaked out to find Kite, but was found by Yuma, Astral and Tori, who then bore witness to his incredible powers, which included being able to see Astral. At Astral's request, Yuma brought Hart back to his home to learn more about him. Yuma and Hart became friends over dinner, but then Hart wandered out into the night again, with Yuma going after him. When Hart began to panic again, Astral told Yuma to give Hart some caramel to calm him down. After learning that Hart was looking for Kite, Yuma remembered him as Kite's brother and then promised Hart the he would help him find Kite. Quinton then arrived and brainwashes Hart into coming with him, leading Yuma to believe that he was in league with Kite. While leaving with Quinton, Hart mentions that his mission was to destroy Astral World, shocking everyone. After meeting up with Kite and realizing that someone who wasn't working with him took Hart, Yuma joined forces with Kite to save Hart, promising to bring the two brothers back together again.

When they manage to locate Hart in a old gallery, they were forced into a Tag-Team Duel against members of the Vetrix Family, Trey and Quattro, who were stalling them as Vetrix commenced the ritual to take Hart's powers. At first, Trey and Quattro saw Kite as the only threat, but as the Duel progressed, they were forced to be wary of Yuma as well when he not only revealed himself as a "Number" user from Summoning "Number 39: Utopia", but also when he continued to defend Kite from their combination attacks at the cost of his own Life Points, something that impressed Trey. Yuma soon Summoned "Number C39: Utopia Ray", and used it to defeat Quattro's "Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder". This came as a shock to the siblings, as they were not aware that "Chaos Numbers" existed, while Quinton, who was observing the Duel, realized that Yuma was the son of someone he remembered. Ultimately, Kite managed to win the Duel when he used the last Hart's power to Summon "Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon". With the Trey and Quattro defeated, both Yuma and Kite attempted to take their "Numbers", but neither Photon Hand nor Astral would succeed, due to the power of their Crests, though Trey was able to see Astral for a brief period. Quinton then gave a comatose Hart back to Kite and told Yuma that his father was alive and in the Astral World. While he was getting ready to head out to find Kazuma, Roku managed to convince him not to run from his problems and told him that through Dueling and the bond he had with his father, Yuma would one day find him. With this and the new information about Mr. Heartland, and the knowledge that Dr.Faker and Kazuma were somehow connected, Yuma was more determined than ever to win the WDC. Meanwhile after Vetrix gains mastery over his new powers, he learned from Quinton that Yuma Tsukumo possesses the "Original Number". However, because of Yuma's surname, Vetrix wonders if he is the son of Kazuma Tsukumo, which Quinton confirms, surprising Vetrix, who says that Yuma is now a target as well.

Day Three
During the third and final day of the WDC prelims, Yuma struggled to find a duelist to beat for his last fitting Heart Piece for most day, but meet up with some old faces like Nelson including some more recent encounters. Due to the events of the previous day, Yuma and Astral gain the attention of some seriously strong duelists, like Nistro and Dextra, who resigned from the WDC staff and joined the tournament on Nistro's desire to have a rematch with Yuma, along the Vetrix Family, most particularly Trey after seeing how Yuma dueled was how Kite was able to win, and Vetrix himself due to his relation to Yuma's Father and learning of his relation to the "Original Number".

During his search for his final opponent, Yuma learned of Shark's brutal dueling after seeing the hurt duelists he's beaten. In an effort to help Shark let go of his need to duel for vengeance, Yuma challenged him to a duel. In reality, Yuma only planned to let Shark take his anger out on him and doesn't even fight back. Once Shark realize this, Yuma's plan succeed and manage to make "Number 32: Shark Drake's" darkness over Shark disappeared. Before he walked off, he told Yuma that they would meet in the finals and gave him a smile.

After watching the duel from afar and hearing Yuma mention his father, Trey sneaks into Yuma's house and looks around his artifact-filled attic. After Yuma comes back and meets up with Trey, while talking about how Yuma duels, they began to bond. But during lunch, after seeing how much Yuma's family is like what Trey's used to be, Trey cries and leaves.Trey then decides, for his family, to challenge Yuma to a Duel in order to acquire Yuma's power of never giving up until the very end. Vetrix agreed to this and told Trey he would give him new powers to help him beat Yuma. Vetrix then performed a ritual on Trey, similar to the one he had with Hart, transferring some of his power into Trey's crest, which Vetrix called the powers equivalent to the pain that Trey had felt in his life. In addition, he gave him two new cards - "Number 6: Chronomaly Atlandis" and "Final Prophecy". Vetrix told him that the former card would put him a great strain on him both physically and mentally and that the latter card would ensure that both players do not walk away unharmed. That evening, Trey awaited Yuma's arrival atop a series of unfinished roads. Yuma told him he believed they could become friends after the Duel, and Trey told him he must defeat Yuma to save his family. The two then began to Duel, with Trey telling Yuma that with his new powers, he can't be defeated, and was also able to clearly perceive Astral. During the Duel, Yuma tried to reason with Trey and shocked by his sudden change in personality. Trey then uses his new powers to erase Yuma's memories of "Kattobing" and his father's teachings. Due to the power of Trey's Crest, Yuma is unable to see Astral or the Emperor's Key. Without his "Kattobing", Yuma also becomes weak and cowardly, and wants to surrender the Duel. Trey refused to let Yuma quit the Duel and brutally attacked him, causing Yuma to nearly fell off the highway until his friends saved him. With some help from his father inside the Emperor's Key and Astral using the his bit of power, Yuma was released from Trey's influence and regained ability to see the key and Astral. Upon returning to normal, Yuma learned that Trey destroyed Astral, which makes him mad and cried for his friend. Remembering the lessons Astral gave him, Yuma proceeds to use "Number 39: Utopia" and later "Number C39: Utopia Ray", but Trey counters with Number 6:Chronomaly Atlandis. Trey uses the Trap card "Final Prophecy" to protect "Atlantis", but doesn't realize that the card opens a portal to the unlocked the door to the Barian World, which threatened to destroy all of existence. Trey's Crest starts damaging his body, but Yuma manages to convince Trey to work together with him to revive Astral. Using the ZEXAL power, Yuma and Astral performed a Shining Draw - "ZW - Phoenix Bow", and equipping it to "Utopia Ray", Yuma defeated Trey. and "Atlantis". After Yuma's victory over Trey, Trey gives Yuma his "Numbers" and a Heart Piece and leaves asking Yuma to save his family.

WDC Finals
Thanks to his victory over Trey, Yuma is allowed to advanced to the WDC finals. However, at the finalist party, Yuma and Astral see Vetrix for the first time, who declared vengeance against the pair for putting Trey in a coma after defeating him. To this end, and losing faith in his remaining sons, set forward two separate plans: Hiring the Triad of Terror to defeat Yuma and placing Shark under his control.

Triad of Terror's attack
Due to forgetting his Heart Piece, Yuma got a late start, with Tori riding along, and unfortunately to make matters worse, this made it easier for the Triad of Terror to launch their 3 vs.1 duel ambush against him. However, thanks to Anna, and her sacrifice as well as Nistro's interference, Yuma was able to defeat the Triad of Terror but only has 600 Life Points left.



Underground Roller Coaster Chaos
As the semifinals goes into the underground section of the Duel Coaster, the field narrows to eight Duelists, who speed towards four special Duel Fields. In the process, Kite and Dextra attempt to become Vetrix's opponent, while Nistro chases after Quinton and Yuma blunders into Trap Points costing him life points. After getting lucky enough to retrieve 2000 life points on a all or noting trap point, Yuma goes to save Nistro from Quintion's finishing move, while delivering him some damage in the process. Vetrix stopped Quintion's furious retaliation, and told him to leave Yuma alone for now.

Battle of the Jungle
Meanwhile, Dextra managed to become Vetrix's opponent before Kite and forced Vetrix into a jungle field to begin their duel.Before Dextra's Duel with Vetrix could begin, Mr. Heartland cut the footage so that they could Duel at their best. Vetrix asked why she was doing so much for Kite, and she responded that she loved him and expressed a desire to fight without relying on others, just as Kite had. On her first turn, Dextra set up a masterful strategy comprised of "Photon Papilloperative", "Butterfly Charm", "Elimigate", and "Butterfly Swarm", which in combination with the "Jungle Field" restricted Vetrix's actions within the Duel. Despite this combination in conjunction with her large amount Life Points she gained before battling him, Vetrix managed to Xyz Summon his "Number 8: Heraldic King Genom-Heritage" and defeat Dextra. This resulted in her not only being eliminated from the World Duel Carnival, but also having all of her memories of Kite wiped clean from her mind. While Dextra was left psychologically scarred in Yuma's arms, she requested of Yuma to make sure that Kite did not forget her. After seeing this, Yuma vows to defeat Vetrix.



Master vs. Student
Quinton and Kite arrived at the Space Duel Field, "Space Field", where Quinton remembered the day he become filled with hate. They began their Duel, with Quinton bringing out "Number 9: Dyson Sphere" on his first turn, which sealed Kite's attacks. When Yuma arrived, Quinton explained that Vetrix is his father and revealed his past history with both Dr. Faker, who is Kite's father and Yuma's father, Kazuma Tsukumo. Quinton was able to reduce Kite to a mere 100 Life Points with "Dyson Sphere". He questioned why Yuma considered Kite to be a friend and was reminded of Kazuma by Yuma's answer. Quinton still questioned how Yuma could have the son of the person responsible for his father's absence as a friend. Quinton told Kite his family had thrown away their own names for revenge.He wished to save his father, but his heart was already filled with revenge when he returned. Kite told him that was wrong - he fights to oppose his own parent, Faker. Quinton was surprised at how strong Kite had become, and Kite told him he would inherit Quinton's feelings and settle things with Vetrix for him. Bringing out "Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" with the aide of a card Faker had give him, "Message in a Bottle", Kite defeated Quinton. Quinton left through a portal, leaving "Dyson Sphere" behind for Kite and put his faith into him.



Battle of the Savages
Meanwhile, Quattro used Shark's anger against him by leading him toward the Magma Field. Since Shark's Deck was composed of WATER monsters, he would be at a disadvantage. Shark was prepared to counter the field, "Magma Field", using cards such as "Plate Salvage" and "Adapt to Adversity". He brought out "Submersible Carrier Aero Shark" on his first turn, inflicting 1200 damage to Quattro before he takes his first turn. Quattro countered with "Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder", which Shark countered with "Number 32: Shark Drake". Vetrix appeared, revealing that he intended to use Shark as an assassin to defeat Dr. Faker. Shark insisted that won't happen, with Vetrix responding that he'll have no choice - he will become Vetrix's puppet. After Quattro managed to Summon "Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings" and using the effect of "String of Destiny", Quattro attacked Shark a total of eight times. Quattro revealed that he had been manipulated by Vetrix and that Shark's sister was hospitalized as a result of a fire caused by "Flaming Hell Blessing". Shark told him not to act like he was the victim, even if he was used by Vetrix, Quattro was still responsible. Quattro Summoned "Number 88: Gimmick Puppet of Leo", which would let him declare an Automatic Win on his next turn. Vetrix advised Shark to accept "Shark Drake" in order to win and have his revenge. After some resistance, Shark gave in to and was able to create "Number C32: Shark Drake Veiss" as a result. He defeated Quattro, with Vetrix musing that now he and Shark are friends, mocking Yuma's spirit of "kattobingu". Quattro apologized for hurting his sister and urged Shark to defeat his father and save him. Quattro also added that if Shark wanted to hate someone, he should hate Quattro, not Vetrix. Shark watched as Quattro departed through a portal and talked with Yuma. Now wanting revenge against Vetrix as well, Shark told Yuma he would not forgive him if he got in the way. He boarded his Duel Coaster and moved on, having advanced to the semi-finals.



Battle of Passion
After Yuma had witnessed all of the other semi-final Duels, he ended up arriving at the "Desert Field" field to see that Nistro was waiting for him. By then, Nistro had recovered his Life Points back to 4000. With Yuma only having only 100 Life Points himself, Nistro decided to restore him back to 4000 via the effect of "Heroic Gift" as he wanted to have a fair and fiery Duel with Yuma. Despite this, Yuma continued to play defensively, which annoyed Nistro as he expected an enjoyable Duel. Yuma then realized this and began to Duel up to Nistro's expectations. Midway through the Duel, the field switched to "Sunset Showdown". Wishing for the Duel to be decided by a battle using their respective ace monsters, Nistro played "Xyz Xtreme !!", letting him and Yuma Summon "Excalibur" and "Number 39: Utopia", respectively. Yuma increased the ATK of "Utopia" with "Double or Nothing!", winning him the Duel. Despite his loss, Nistro wished Yuma luck, and gave him "Excalibur".

Meeting with the Doctor
During the one night break before the the semi-finals the next day, Yuma tries to retrieve his deck, which he somehow lost in Heartland. After a while he managed to find it, but not before getting a look at Hart in a coma and meeting Dr. Faker for the first time.

Bond of Rivals: Friendship vs. Powers of Revenge
Yuma was matched up against Shark on the Duel Tower during the semi-finals. During the first phase, Shark made no real attempt and Yuma was easily able to to reduce his life points. Only after Shark made his devastating counterattack and took a huge chuck of Yuma's life points, did he realize that Vetrix is influencing Shark.

While trying to bring Shark to his senses, Yuma held out until he finally managed to summon "Number 39: Utopia", which he needed to fulfill his plan. He attacked with "Utopia", negated his own attack and activated "Rivals Unite", which gave him control of Shark's "Number C32: Shark Drake Veiss", allowing Shark to recover from Vetrix's influence, but forcing himself to suffer the darkness. Yuma had a way to get rid of "Shark Drake Veiss" by releasing "Rivals Unite", but that would make the "Number" possess Shark again. However, Yuma knew if he did not, he'd have to take the effect of "Heraldry Catastrophe", which could defeat "Utopia" and make Astral disappear. Shark, who could not stand watching Yuma in pain, activated "Underwater Snow Prison", banishing "Shark Drake Veiss" and causing himself to take 1000 damage, giving Yuma the win. After the Duel, Shark reminded Yuma that he was a good friend and thanks Yuma for saving him. As Shark was flown off to the hospital, Yuma vowed to inherit Shark's will and win against Vetrix, while an outraged Vetrix, causing him to smash the observation boxes windows out of anger and he vows to finish Yuma off, nice and slowly.

Master Avenger vs. Galaxy-Eyes Master
During the semifinals, Kite speaks to a comatose Hart and tells him he's leaving for the semifinals now and promises to defeat the remaining two Duelists to save Hart, even though his "Photon Transformation" is already damaging his body. Before proceeding to Duel Vetrix at the Duel Tower in the semifinals, Kite was greeted in the hallway by Yuma, and told him and Astral that he would meet them in the finals. The Duel began and Vetrix revealed an AR mask identical to Hart's face. Due to the connection forged between Vetrix and Hart during the ritual, Vetrix could inflict pain on Hart by hurting himself. Kite attempted to leave to help Hart, but Vetrix snared him with a Duel Anchor. Yuma and Orbital 7 departed for Heartland Tower in Kite's place. Continuing the Duel, Kite matched Vetrix's "Number 8: Heraldic King Genom-Heritage" with his own "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon".

Vetrix accused him of enjoying his actions as a Numbers Hunter, which Kite fiercely denied and justified it was only to cure Hart. Yuma and Orbital reached Hart, and Yuma and Astral entered Hart's consciousness. There, Vetrix appeared to them in the form of the dragon, which Yuma slew with "Number 39: Utopia", severed the connection between Vetrix and Hart. Kite continued an aggressive strategy, bringing out "Neo Galaxy-Eyes". Though he nearly defeated Vetrix, the latter brought out "Number 69: Heraldry Crest" which required immense rage to control it. Vetrix says he has no emotion, thus he cannot produce rage. That is why he endeavored to make everyone angry. He says he used everyone - Dextra, Shark, even his own sons. Kite is confused and Vetrix says he did quite well too, he contributed much rage due to Hart's situation. He adds that thanks to that, he was finally able to Summon this card. This "Number" then absorbed the effects of "Neo Galaxy-Eyes" and defeated Kite. He was saved from further physical harm by Hart, who projected a shield to defend him. Vetrix used his crest to take Kite's "Numbers", as well as his soul, leaving Kite in a comatose state.

War of the Numbers: Avenger of Barian vs. Wielders of ZEXAL
Having had advanced to the final match, Yuma goes against Vetrix in the Sphere Field, which would allow Dr. Faker to gather the energy of the "Numbers" Vetrix and Yuma would wield, as its effect allowed "Numbers" to be easily Summoned. Yuma confronted Vetrix about his sons' fates, and he revealed the price they paid by wielding crests, while telling Yuma how it was his father whose words inspired him to survive. Yuma told Vetrix of his promise to Trey to save his family, and would fight for Vetrix's sake as well. When Vetrix queried Yuma did not want revenge on Faker, Yuma insisted his father would not want that, but Vetrix suggested that perhaps his father's own plans of revenge had already begun - the manifestation of Astral in this world. The Duel began, and using the "Sphere Field" effect, Yuma summon "Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja" to destory Vetrix's "Number 56: Gold Rat". Vetrix responded by bringing out three "Numbers" in a single turn - "Number 10: Illumiknight", "Number 30: Acid Golem of Destruction" and "Genome Heriter". Yuma survived via the effect of "Armor Ninja" and "Half Guard" and was able to match Vetrix's move by Summoning "Number 17: Leviathan Dragon", "Number 34: Terror-Byte" and "Utopia".

Using his "Numbers", Yuma managed to destroy all of Vetrix's "Numbers", putting him at a disadvantage. However, Vetrix made a comeback by Summoning "Heraldry Crest", which absorbed the effects of all of Yuma's "Numbers" and reduced him to 500 Life Points, but after he casts the mask from his face and shows his true face for all to see: the right side of Vetrix's face appears as a glowing image of space, with a black hole for an eye. The left side of his face appears normal, though marks similar to those on the face of "Heraldry Crest" appear in the middle of it and reveals that as he wandered the fissure of the different dimension, his face was transformed into what he sees now, claiming all he has left in his body is his heart of revenge. After recovering from the attack, Yuma chose not to give up and renews his desire to deliver what Vetrix's sons entrusted him with to Vetrix. Despite the many spectators watching, Yuma tells Astral that their only chance of beating Vetrix is to use ZEXAL. After agreeing, they both perform Xyz Change ZEXAL, surprising everyone watching, including Faker and the crowd starts to cheer Yuma on. After Vetrix expressed being surprised that they hid that secret technique of fusion the whole time, the duel continued and Yuma and Astral then performed a Chaos Xyz Evolution and Summoned "Number C39: Utopia Ray", equipping it with "ZW - Lightning Blade". When they attacked with "Utopia Ray, the "Heraldry Crest"'s effect negated the attack, but Yuma survived with the effect of "Lightning Blade". Yuma narrowly survived Vetrix's next attack by using "Half Unbreak", and proceeded to use the power of ZEXAL again to perform the "Final Shining Draw" and equip "Utopia Ray" with "ZW - Tornado Bringer". Vetrix evaded this move with "Heraldry Burst", but Yuma was able to overlay his two "ZW -" monsters to Xyz Summon "ZW - Leo Arms". Using its effect, Yuma was able negated the effects of "Heraldry Crest" and boosted the ATK of "Utopia Ray" enough to defeat Vetrix and was named the "Duel Champion" of the WDC.

Faker absorbed the "Numbers" of both players with the Sphere Field and nearly absorbed the Duelists themselves.Yuma wielded "Lightning Blade" with his own hands and saved Vetrix, similar to when his father tried to save Vetrix once before. Vetrix was confused as to why Yuma rescued him, Yuma insisted that everybody can change, and that his family needed him. After Vetrix releases the souls he capture, he let go of Yuma's hand and thank Yuma for he done as he fell into the core, much to Yuma's horror. Yuma is then captured into the Sphere Field and transported to Heartland Tower in front of Faker.

Vs. Faker
Yuma reunites with Kite and Shark while attempting to rescue Astral from Faker and the Sphere Field. Astral sends him out of the Sphere Field in order to save his life but also gives him "Number 39: Utopia" and "Number 32: Shark Drake". He gives Shark Drake to Shark and the three of them began their duel with Faker.

With Faker taking the first turn he quickly summons his own Number, "Number 53: Heart eartH". Using this monster he is able to take the attacks of Yuma, Kite and Shark using the devastating abilities of "Heart Earth" as well as his Garbage Monsters. Yuma attacks head on, while Shark tries a more strategic approach however Kite ultimately destroys Heart eartH with Galaxy-Eyes. However when "Heart eartH is destroyed a new Number takes the place of the destroyed one "Number 92: Heart eartH Dragon".

The new Number is few stronger than the other one and has numerous special abilities. Yuma, Shark and Kite have to use every trick they know of in order to survive such as Shark's "Escape Lure" and Kite's "Kuriphoton". Dr. Faker is even skilled enough to escape the power of the Chaos Numbers as Yuma and Shark summon "Number C39: Utopia Ray" and "Number C32: Shark Drake Veiss" and both monsters are banished by Heart eartH Dragon, however thanks to some tactics from Shark Kite is able to summon Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon and destroy Heart eartH Dragon by negating it's effects.

After the Number is destroyed Faker suddenly proclaims that Kite is not helping Hart but doing him harm. He then explains the deal he made with the being of the Barian World, later revealed to be Vector. Kite and Faker make amends but the duel is not over yet when the Barian reveals itself and takes over Faker's body.

Vs. Vector
With Vector continuing the duel in Faker's place reviving the fallen Number and using it's effect to power it up by the amount of banished monsters. The Barian is even able to use Barian cards to power up the deck and push the trio further and further toward defeat.

Kite and Shark are injured after a brave attempt to destroy the Barian. Hart is able to free Astral from the sphere field using the Barian's own power against it and in doing so Astral and Yuma morph into Zexal and using Shining Draw bring out ZW - Ultimate Shield and summon their banished ace monsters. Yuma then uses the power of Xyz unity combined with their three monsters to destroy the Barian (at least they thought they had, though Vector survived). After this the tower began to collapse with Faker falling down the tower and Kite going down to rescue him.

Yuma in Zexal follow the two down the tower while Orbital 7 takes Tori, Hart and Shark away from the tower. Yuma saves Kite and Faker from falling down the tower although only have a tenuous grip. Vetrix appears and appears to send the three (four if Astral is included) to their deaths. However instead saves them by using the power of his crest, which had changed color. All three of them appear outside the tower safe and sound. Faker even having talked and apologized to Vetrix. Yuma asks a match with Kite as his prize for winning the Duel Carnival.

Yuma vs. Kite: Round 3
Due to his wish as the winner of the Duel Carnival Yuma wishes a duel with Kite. Although Yuma is excited about the match and the chance to duel the former Number Hunter Kite isn't as focused as he usually was due to the confusion about his reasons for dueling, as he did not have to duel to help Hart anymore.

Kite plays most of the match with no passion and doesn't use any of his usual brutal and to the point tactics, even after summoning Galaxy-Eyes. Eventually Kite regains his dueling spirit after some heart felt words from Astral and some of Yuma's antics.

As the duel continues Yuma and Kite continue to one up each other through their respective Xyz monsters and tactics. Yuma eventually summons Utopia Ray to battle with Kite, who responds by summoning Neo Galaxy-Eyes. Both duelists end the duel by using the exact same card "Xyz Double Back" to summon back their respective ace monsters Utopia and Utopia Ray for Yuma and "Galaxy-Eyes" and "Neo Galaxy-Eyes". Kite eventually wins the duel after a hard fought match.

Even though he loss, Yuma was okay with it, but vows to one day beat Kite, with Kite saying he looks forward to dueling Yuma as many times as he like, finding a new purpose in dueling, before leaving with Orbital 7. Yuma then feel asleep on Tori, with Astral making his twenty-first observation: "It appears one can feel good about a loss as well". But Unknown to both Yuma and Astral, despite the set-back, the leaders of Barian World are making next plan to defeat the Zexal pair. The war of the worlds has only just begun.

Legendary Numbers Journey
After Vector's plan at Sargasso failed, his loathing for Yuma and Astral reached dangerous new heights. To that end he sought out the power of Don Thousand and released him from is sealed prison.

Once Thousand was revived, Vector offered his life to him in exchange for the power to destroy Yuma and Astral. Thousand then explained that in order to be fully revived, he would need the power of seven sealed "Legendary Numbers" hidden on Earth. Vector agreed with Thousand and they merged, giving Vector new powers and fully healing him. While at first having trouble with Dumon and Mizar due to his failed plan at "Sargasso" making Yuma and Astral stronger than ever, he manage to convinced them to assist him in the search for the Legendary "Numbers" with the help of Mr. Heartland, revived as a fly, due to the knowledge he gained from his time with Faker, along with mentioning the possibility of finding the missing Barian Emperors, Nasch and Merag as well. After the two left to start the search, Vector used his new powers to accelerate the healing of Gilag and Alit. Alit and Gilag had awoke later with their personalities distorted by Don Thousand

Truths that Connect Three Worlds
As Yuma and Astral hunted the Legendary Numbers down one by one, they discovered the legends associated to the Legendary Numbers. When Astral viewed the memories he obtained from Number 44: Sky Pegasus and Number 54: Lion Heart, he realized that the legends are of the Seven Barian Emperors past lives as humans. After seeing the Kastle sibling's past lives in Number 73's & 94's ruins, Dumon and Astral hypothesize the Kastle twins to be Nasch and Merag.

In the meantime, on Don Thousand's orders, Vector collaborated with Dark Mist, even giving him the means to access his Chaos form, allowing him to leave with Number 65: Judge Buster the Adjudicutter Djinn.

Number 96's Final Confrontation
After mastering his new powers of Chaos, Number 96 was determined to not only defeat Yuma and Astral, but also to destroy Astral World, Barian World and Earth as well. After launching an attack on all three worlds, he summoned Yuma and Astral, along with Shark, Kite and Tori to his location into settle his conflict with the ZEXAL wielders once and for all. Despite the advantages he held from his "Chaos Field" Spell Card, one of which allowed him to steal two of Yuma's "Numbers" and have them Ranked-Up, Number 96 was ultimately defeated by the duo through using all three "Utopia" monsters and the power of ZEXAL II. After his defeat, Number 96 tried one last attack to kill Yuma and Astral. Astral took the blow and absorbed him, ending Number 96's threat once and for all. Before disappearing with the golden key, Astral thanked Yuma for everything and left the duty of collecting and protecting the "Numbers" to him.

Don Thousand's Grand Design revealed
With Astral gone and his "Numbers" in Yuma's care, along with the return of his missing piece of power from the shard that was within Astral, Thousand decided to get back to working on his master plan. After showing Vector to his old palace, he let Vector in on his goal. First he granted Vector four "Numbers", but told him that he would have to wait a while to use them against Yuma and showed him a device crucial to the plan. Using this device, Thousand would merge the Human World and the Barian World together, thereby allowing the malice of the human world to equal the malice of the Barian World, giving him control of the power necessary to destroy Astral World. For this to work, he would have to construct more of the devices, which was possible thanks to the power he retrieved from a shard that was inside Astral, the "Forbidden" Number 96: Dark Mist, thus Vector finally understood why Don considered him important. He then fused to Vector through the throne in the palace and after returning Mr. Heartland to his human form, gave him and the other members of the Fearsome Four of the Dark Dueling World four Fake Numbers created by Don Thousand in order to steal the other "Numbers" from Yuma and his allies.

Arclight Brothers Return
The Arclight brothers later returned to Heartland, this time via a submarine where they discussed the ongoing war between the Astral World and the Barian World. With Astral gone, they knew that Yuma and his friends were going to need additional help in finding the Numeron Code and engaging the forces of Barian.

Sorrow and the Company of III
For a time Yuma was deeply saddened by the loss of Astral. He barely left his house or talked to anyone, despite his friend's attempts to relieve his anguish. He got so bad that he heard Astral's voice such as when he attempted to dispose of the Numbers. Eventually Mr. Heartland decided to try and get him to hand over the Numbers when Semimaru drained his friends' memories of him. Yuma declined the agreement Heartland proposed and resolved to duel with the Numbers on the line.

Yuma was not alone in this as he had help from his old rival Trey. Trey came to his defense with the power of his bracelet created by his older brother Chris. Trey told Yuma that he would become his "Shield and Sword". Yuma even gave Trey Number 33 and Number 6, the ones he had received from him before as he believed Astral would want him to share their power. Despite a severe disadvantage Yuma and Trey dueled Semimaru and defeated him with Utopia combined with Atlandis. After the duel Yuma let Trey keep Number 3 they had received from Semimaru.

After the duel Trey continued to watch over Yuma.

Tribulations of the Twin Kastle Orphans
While Rio was still in the hospital Shark brooded over the memories he had been shown by Abyss in the Number Ruins. He rode on his motorcycle which prompted memories from his childhood about when his parents, himself and Rio were his by a car with him and his sister being the only survivors. He later appears at the front of his childhood home and remembers a time where he was injured and received a large scar on his shoulder.

Meanwhile Kurage, one of Heartland's associates from the Barian World covertly assaulted Rio to poison her. He was discovered by Yuma, Tori and Trey. He told them he was after Shark and vanished. The three of them met up with Quattro, Shark's old rival and explained the situation to him, Yuma giving him Numbers 15 and 40. Quattro appeared to Shark who had also been poisoned by Kurage and the three of them began a 2 vs. 1 duel, Kurage having 8000 life-points, Shark and Quattro on 2000 each.

Shark and Quattro won the duel and defeated Kurage who suggested that he had been familiar with Shark in the past. When he looked at him again he recognized him as the child who was in the car when he ran into it years before, which according to him killed the whole Kastle family. As Shark approached a large fountain outside his old family home he seen the crest he had also seen in the visions of his past life, leaving Shark questioning himself more than ever if or not he is truly a Barian. Quattro got to keep Number 4 they had won from Kurage.

Open the Doorway between Dimensions
Behind the scenes the prodigy Kite and his master Quinton were cooperating to discover a way to open the gate to the Astral World. After finding the place where a gate could be built they got to work on the machine and constructed the gate. After the completion of the device they alerted Yuma who, accompanied by Tori came to where they had build the portal and Kite explained that the Conqueror's Coins they had found at the each of the ruins were the method to opening the door to the Astral World, being left behind by Yuma's Father in case he ever had a reason to go there. While gate was just about to be activated someone attempted to sabotage the process by cutting the power. Thinking quickly Kite plugged Orbital 7 into the gate to power it back up.

In the meantime the last assassin of Heartland's revealed himself in the form of the Kaninja, another being from the Barian World. Yuma attempted to challenge him, however Kite and Quinton quickly stepped in with Quinton even receiving Number 9: Dyson Sphere in the process. While Orbital restarted the gate.

In a showdown between Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, the Number Slayer and Number 9, the largest number and Number 2, the smallest Number the three of them began a 2 on 1 duel like before with Kite and Quinton on 2000 Life points and Mosquito Ninja on 8000. Mosquito Ninja was able to infect Kite with a virus that made him believe that his partner and opponent were the opposite person. Eventually thanks to Quinton's quick thinking and a larger version of Galaxy-Eyes they managed to defeat the assassin and teleport Yuma to the Astral World, Tori giving him a farewell.

Journey to Astral World
Thanks to the support of Kite and his companions, Yuma is able to reach the Astral World. When first touching down, the plants came to life when he touched them. He comes immediately under attack by the will of Astral World itself, Eliphas, perceiving Yuma a a dangerous entity. But he is able to escape thanks to the assistance of his new monster spirit and guide, Rainbow Kuriboh.

Yuma eventually meets a citizen named Ena, who protected him from Eliphas' wrath because everyone wants him to be saved. Ena narrates the history of the Astral World and Barian World to Yuma, and how he contains the Power of Chaos that can restore everything and turn the world into a stronger place again. Ena also reveals that the reason why the shining figure, Eliphas, was chasing Yuma is because of his powers. Yuma and Rainbow Kuriboh then continue their journey to find Astral, Eliphas appears before everyone and Ena, who tells him that she saved Yuma. By doing this, he saved everyone and that he is here to rescue Astral and this world.

Moments of Truths


Yuma finds Astral in a glass tube, recovering from his injuries and tries to wake him up. Eliphas officially introduces himself to Yuma and tells him it is no use trying to resuscitate Astral and he will not allow him to take Astral because he is the only being that can Rank-Up and obliterate the Barian World. Eliphas blames Yuma for Astral's current state, but Yuma counters with saying that even it was true, they still fought together as partners.

Yuma then challenges Eliphas to a Duel, saying that if he wins, he gets Astral back, but if he loses, he’ll lose all his memories of Astral. Eliphas accepts the Duel and the conditions at stake.

Yuma duels with all his might in the duel against Eliphas and even summons "Utopia" out. Eliphas recognizes him as one of the Numbers and immediately summons his "New Order" monsters which are able to Rank-up quickly into more powerful forms thanks to his Rank-up spell "Rank-Up-Magic Astral Force" which allows him to rank-up his monsters far more effectively because of the card's power. As the duel continues Yuma brings out "Number C39: Utopia Ray Victory" but even it is overpowered by the effects of Eliphas' monsters. In the end, Eliphas is able to bring out the first rank 12 monster Yuma has ever seen and is nearly overwhelmed by the range of monsters and their abilities.

Yuma also learns that his Father has been incarcerated in the Astral World for making Astral go to the human world and that Astral will be exploited as a weapon to destroy the Barian World with his memories erased. The black stain in Astral's heart was also caused by Yuma and what he had been through with Astral. He also learns that Ena and all the beings in the Astral World will get better but then become similar to Yuma, filled with Chaos which Eliphas cannot permit.

While Yuma was away at the Astral World, events were still moving on Earth. In the Barian World Dumon spoke with Mizar about their part lives as humans and also about Nasch and Merag and his findings at the ruins. Mizar admitting that he was right. Dumon is determined to get Nasch back by whatever methods necessary.

After this Dumon appears in front of Shark in his human form in the hospital room of Rio. He calls Shark by his proper name and then calls him "Nasch". Dumon shows Shark the Barian Emblem once worn by Nasch, leader of the Emperors and it proceeds to show him memories of his past life from what he had seen in the ruins. After the battle King Reginald had attended Rio's funeral but then became determined to exact revenge on Vector for what he had done. After this he began to go by his last name "Nasch"

He then went out with his army and Dumon, his ally and friend. They went to Vector's country and found a young girl named Iris who looked like Rio. Nasch's army confronted Vector's while Nasch went to the ruins to have a Shadow Game against Vector. Nasch defeated and apparently killed Vector in the ruins but when he went outside he noticed his army, Vector's and also Iris all dead on the ground. After this the sky opened and all the people who had died that day were teleported to the Barian World. After coming to terms with their origins, Shark and Rio reluctantly agree to assume their true identities as Merag and Nasch, rulers of the Barian World.

Meanwhile, Yuma continues to struggle against Eliphas' Powerful "New Orders" monsters even with the aid of Rainbow Kuribon, which went from bad to worse as he uses Double Rank-Up to summons his strongest monster: "New Orders 13 Etheric Amen", the first Rank 13 Monster and uses its abilities to push Yuma into a deep corner. Refusing to give up despite the overwhelming tribulations, Yuma performs a Shining Draw on his own using the power of Chaos and plays "Rank-Down-Magic Numeron Fall" to summon Number 39: Utopia Roots. Despite its somewhat unimpressive stats, "Utopia Roots" became Yuma's catalyst for victory through a combination of its ability to turn "Etheric Amen's" overlay unit powers against it, along with Yuma's old "Double or Nothing!" card, which defeat "Amen" and wins Yuma the duel. With this, the citizens of Astral World purify Astral of the darkness that stains his body, leading to a reunion between him and Yuma. However, when energy from the Barian World enters the Astral World, he informs them of how to leave the Astral World. He gives Astral a card and restores Yuma's Emperor's Key, then after Yuma and Astral depart to return to the Human World, where events are going to become more chaotic. Meanwhile the the Dimension-Fusing Device were finally completed, so Don Thousand tells Vector that is time to commence his twisted plan into action.

End of the Worlds
Vector sends a million fake Number cards to Earth from the Dimension-Fusing Devices, turning anyone picks one up into a servant of Barian World. Vector then uses his power to choke Mr. Heartland, and threatens him to recover the 3 Number cards that he lost; if he succeeds, Vector will give him a spot among the Seven Barian Emperors, but warns him that this is his last chance. Don Thousand claims that this will be the end of both Earth and Astral World, and that after the destruction of both worlds, he would claim the Numeron Code for himself. Mr. Heartland appears before Kite and the others, revealing he intends to use the energy from these cards to connect Earth with the Barian World. Barian World begins to merge with the Human World, and energy from Barian World begin to appear in the form of red spheres. Flip picks one of these cards up himself (Number 10: Dark Illumiknight), hoping to become stronger and help Yuma. The others realize that someone had taken a fake Number, and Quattro realizes that Flip had taken one of the fake Numbers, even as he falls under the control of Barian World. Soon afterwards, Flip and other people begin to vanish, and are absorbed into the conduit between Barian World and the Human World.

Heroes Return
Kite realizes that once the Human World has been merged with Barian World, Barian World would be able to attack Astral World directly, just like how Hart was able to attack Astral World. Desiring to stop Mr. Heartland, Kite challenges Heartland to a duel. Heartland summons out the number he received from Vector, "Number 1: Infection Baal Zebul", and deals a lot of damage to Kite. At the same time, Kite also reels from the effects of the fake Shadow Mosquito Ninja he got from Kaninja. Back in Barian World, Shark and Rio appear before Vector as the 2 leaders of the Seven Barian Emperors, Nasch and Merag, much to Vector's shock and horror. Kite falls unconscious from the damage he took, and Mr. Heartland claims the Numbers from both Trey and Quattro. Just then, Yuma and Astral return to face Mr. Heartland.

Yuma and Astral, realizing that Kite is in extreme pain, take his place in the Duel against Mr. Heartland. Mr. Heartland then reveals his Barian form to Yuma and Astral. When Yuma and Astral manage to destroy Heartland's "Number", he turns things around by using "Infection Medium" to summon 5 "Infection Bug Tokens" and constantly reviving them. After Yuma manages to save himself by using "Rainbow Kuriboh's" effect, Mr. Heartland uses the Barian's Field to damage Yuma and Astral. Together, they initiate ZEXAL Morph and their bonds have grown enough to allow them to become ZEXAL III, which grants them the ability to counter the Barian's Field through the ZEXAL Field. They then use Shining Draw to create "ZS - Banish Sage" and use it to allow "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" to deliver the final blow to Mr. Heartland. Once the Duel ends, Mr. Heartland reverts back to his human form and the four "Fake Numbers" he had in his possession incinerate him, briefly taking the form of Don Thousand. The Super Secret Number Card Investigation Club reveals to Yuma what happened to Flip and Yuma is heartbroken. Just then, everyone looks at the beam of energy between Earth and the Barian World, which begins to crackle. Meanwhile back in Barian World, Nasch and Merag confirmed that though they were enemies to the barians in the Human World, they were on their side now. To prove this, he told Vector to kill him should Vector sense any hint of betrayal. Vector suggested they attempt to take Earth immediately, as Yuma and Astral aren't around. Nasch told Vector not to underestimate Yuma - there is no way he won't be back. He bestowed new power to each of the Barian Emperors, then agreed to Vector's plan.

Warriors of the Crimson World Arrive: The Final Battle Begins
With Earth and Barian World merging together, the Barians were now free to attack Astral World and all who stand in their path, including the newly-reunited users of Zexal and their allies. The Final Phase of the war has begun!!!

Begin the Barian Emperor Onslaught

Nasch himself caught up with the car they had used to flee and found himself confronted by Quattro as the car sped away again. Quattro vowed to do what Yuma would do - reforge the bonds of friendships with a Duel. Nasch unveiled his "Number 10X" card, "Number 101: Silent Honors Ark Knight". In response, Quattro used what he called the "trump card of humanity" - "Rank-Up-Magic Argent Chaos Force" - to create "Number C15: Gimmick Puppet Serial Killer". "Ark Knight" was destroyed but Nasch initiated a Barian's Chaos Draw at the same time as the other Emperors.

The six emperors draw "Rank-Up-Magic The Seventh One", which allows them to evolve their Number 10X into Chaos Numbers, with Nasch using his to evolve "Ark Knight" into "Number C101: Silent Honors Dark Knight". Quattro manages to survive Nasch's attack and uses "Argent Chaos Force" to evolve his "Gimmick Puppet of Strings" into "Number C40: Gimmick Puppet Devil's Strings" and destroys "Dark Knight" in an attempt to reach Shark's feelings. However, Nasch uses Dark Knight's effect to bring it back and restore his own life points. He then enrages Quattro by showing him footage of his allies as they are defeated by the Barian Emperors one by one and sent to Barian World. Quattro comes to loses all hope that he could save Nasch and Nasch claimed he could bury the last link to "Reginald" by defeating Quattro, but was pleased that Quattro's hatred had been reignited as he voice adopted a more demonic tone.

The Evil of Neo Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon: Trey and Quinton vs Mizar

Head to the Barian World: Yuma vs Alito