Atem and Seto ' s ka battle ( manga ) Pharaoh Atem and Priest Seto faced each other in a ka battle in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " manga . A similar version of this battle takes place in the anime . Akhenaden wished for Seto to become pharaoh , but Seto was non - compliant his moral corruption . So Akhenaden forced Kisara ' s ka , The White Dragon upon Seto , possessed him and forced him to fight Atem for his crown . Although , Akhenaden and Seto defeated Atem ' s Dark Magician , The White Dragon turned on Akhenaden and destroyed him , releasing Seto from his control . Dark Yugi and Seto Kaiba witnessed a vision of this battle , during the Battle City tournament . Events . Prior . When Akhenaden received the Millennium Eye , he made a wish that his son Seto would one day become the pharaoh . After becoming corrupted by Thief Bakura ' s evil , he become more merciless and hellbent on making that wish come true . During the High Priests battle with Zorc Necrophades , Akhenaden , since promoted to High Priest of Darkness , confronted Seto . He revealed himself to be Seto ' s father and attempted to get Seto to side with him and Zorc . Akhenaden teleported himself and Seto to the palace , where Kisara was confined . He informed Seto that Kisara was destined to die in order for her great power , The White Dragon , to become Seto ' s . With it , he wanted Seto to become the new king of the World of Darkness . Seto refused to sell his soul to the darkness and located Kisara . He escorted her out of the palace and advised her to run as far she could , to somewhere safe . Akhenaden confronted Seto over his decision to let her leave . Seto stated that the High Priest of Darkness was not his father and that the best part of his father had died long ago , giving his life bravely on the battlefield . With Seto unwilling to take Kisara ' s power , Akhenaden decided to force him to accept and proceeded to kill Kisara . Seto carried Kisara ' s body to a stone slab . He apologized to her and stated that for him the world would never be truly bright again . He said that he had never wanted to let her go and that it was her he wanted , not her spirit ka . Seto then heard her voice saying she would protect him with the light of her spirit . Akhenaden urged Seto kill Atem so he could become the new king , but Seto questioned the value of such power , with Egypt in ruins . Akhenaden backed towards a chasm , said that he loved Seto and would give him his soul as a parting gift . He called for Seto ' s blood to become filled with his love and to boil with his anger for the pharaoh , before letting himself fall down the chasm . In death he merged his soul into Seto ' s . While controlling Seto ' s body , Akhenaden used the Millennium Rod to remove The White Dragon from Kisara and seal it in the tablet . When Atem arrived at the palace , Seto infused with Akhenaden , challenged him to a Duel for the title of King . Seto claimed that while people say only a king can summon the gods , he too had a god sealed in the tablet . Atem insisted that they did not have time to fight , since the High Priest of Darkness was still alive . Akhenaden then revealed himself to be in Seto ' s soul and Atem tried warning Seto that he was being controlled . Battle . Seto summoned The White Dragon from the slab behind him . With no choice but to fight and his ba too low to summon the Gods , Atem summoned Mahado , the Dark Magician from the slab behind him . Atem and Mahado were both impressed by the power of The White Dragon ' s heka . Understanding the futility of fighting the dragon , Atem instructed Mahado to attack the slab it was summoned from . The White Dragon attacked Mahado with " Reign of Destruction " . Mahado dodged the attack and fired a " Black Magic " attack at opposing slab . However , he was too slow as The White Dragon ' s attack continued and hit Mahado ' s slab , smashing it , causing Mahado to disappear . Atem was left defenseless , so he tried appealing to Seto ' s true consciousness again . He informed Seto that even if he wins , he will not be a true king , if he is ruled by darkness . Akhenaden had Seto order the dragon to kill Atem . However it refused to attack and faded away . It also disappeared from the tablet . Kisara ' s spirit appeared within Seto ' s mind and told him he must not be captured by the shadows . The White Dragon then appeared in Seto ' s mind and attacked Akhenaden , destroying him . Aftermath . Seto was disorientated for a moment , but remembered being dragged into the shadows by Akhenaden via his suicide and being rescued by Kisara . After Atem died , Seto had tablet depicting this battle created , as a memento to Atem . Dark Yugi and Kaiba ' s school Duel . When Atem , as Dark Yugi , first faced Seto Kaiba in , the modern day incarnation of Seto , " Duel Monsters " , some aspects of their Duel mirrored this battle . Battle City . In the late twentieth century , Ishizu Ishtar exhibited the tablet , depicting this battle , at the Domino City Museum . She believed it had the power to attract Duelists . Before convincing Seto Kaiba to host the Battle City " Duel Monsters " tournament , she showed him the tablet and noted similarities between his and Seto ' s use of the White Dragon . However Kaiba was skeptical of its authenticity . When Dark Yugi saw the tablet , he was immediately convinced the tablet depicted himself and Kaiba . During Kaiba ' s quarterfinal Duel against Ishizu , Kaiba saw a vision of Seto holding Kisara before the White Dragon tablet , after her death . This prompted Kaiba to use the White Dragon ' s card , " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " to win the Duel . This interference disrupted Ishizu ' s prediction of Kaiba losing using " The God of the Obelisk " . During Kaiba ' s semifinal Duel against Dark Yugi , the destruction of their God cards triggered another vision , in which they witnessed a portion of the battle . The vision ended during the summoning of the White Dragon and Dark Magician . Kaiba and Dark Yugi then Summoned the " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " and " Dark Magician " cards . Dark Yugi believed they were fated to continue the battle , while Kaiba believed the vision to have been an illusion created by subliminal suggestion . In Ishizu ' s attempts to get Kaiba to help Dark Yugi in the final Duel against Dark Marik , she mentioned how the tablet had been created by Seto as a gift to the deceased Atem . Shadow RPG . In the Shadow RPG , Dark Yugi replayed the events of his life as pharaoh , including this battle . In the RPG , Atem did not shatter the Millennium Pendant or seal his soul in it . After this battle , he gave the pendant to Seto , as he requested that Seto take over as pharaoh . Seto insisted that he must first defeat Atem in a battle . However since Atem had no memories beyond that point , his body began to disappear , as he exited the World of Memories .