Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL - Episode 118 " Mission : Astral World , Part 1 " , known as " Deity of the Holy Azure Land - Eliphas the Radiant " in the Japanese version , is the one hundredth and eighteenth episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " anime . It first aired in Japan on August 25 , 2013 . Summary . Quinton tells Kite and Tori that it ' s time for Yuma to go . Kite cheers " go , Yuma ! " as the Interdimensional Teleporter powers up . Yuma shouts out something , but his words cannot be heard over the noise the device is making . Tori yells to him , telling him to come back safe . The device shoots a brilliant beam of blue light into the sky and Yuma is gone . Tori begs him to come home safely . As Yuma is shot through the portal , covered in red energy , he tells Astral to wait for him and promises to save him no matter what ( these events are cut from the dub , as they took place in the previous episode ) . As the portal ends , Yuma screams . When he opens his eyes , he finds himself floating above the Astral World with several planets around him . He wonders how he can actually enter the world . A stream of light flies past him and then stops , manifesting itself as a Rainbow Kuriboh , who intones " kuri kuri " . Yuma recognizes it as a card his father used to use . He wonders what it ' s doing here . The shining figure appears before him as a yellow energy being with one green eye and one orange eye . Yuma asks who is and the figure asks if he would happen to be Yuma Tsukumo in response . Yuma wonders how he knows who he is , but the figure only says that Yuma is one that must never be allowed into this world . The black and yellow feral dogs that inhabited Astral ' s mind under Dark ZEXAL appear in front of the figure . Yuma runs and the beasts give chase . Yuma yells that he didn ' t come here to fight and he isn ' t their enemy , but thinks that Quinton may have been right - they had no idea what would happen if he got to the Astral World , as nothing was known about it ( Yuma ' s thoughts are cut from the dub ; instead , Yuma tries to get the beasts to back down while he is being chased ) . Yuma looks back at the beasts as he continues fleeing , wondering why the world doesn ' t want him here . When he turns back , he has nowhere else to go and is forced to leap from a cliff , the beasts following him . One of the beasts manages to bite him in mid - air , but all of them vanish once it does . Yuma falls towards the water , screaming . " Kuri kuri " rings out and a blast of rainbow light flies towards Yuma . As he hits the water , he finds himself in a " kuriboat " , as Rainbow Kuriboh calls it . The yellow figure appears on the cliff he jumped from , then phases out . In the Barian World , Dumon meets with Mizar , having called him to talk about something important . Dumon states he doesn ' t know where Nash and Marin are . He says he ' s gone back to the ruins where his memories were sealed a few times now and each time , more and more comes back to him . He concludes there is no way around it - the Barian s were once human . Mizar thinks of what he learned in his own ruins . Dumon says they were revived as Barians - and if the legends of those ruins were true , then the same is true of Nasch . Red lightning strikes nearby as Mizar just says " impossible " . Dumon reveals he plans to go bring Nasch back as soon as they ' re done here ( Nash and Marin are not mentioned in the dub . Mizar also asks Dumon if he is putting his trust in a fairy tale , which the latter confirms ) . Back in the Astral World , the kuriboat speeds through the water . Yuma thanks Kuriboh for saving him and asks if he knows where Astral is ( in the dub , Yuma advises Rainbow Kuriboh to steer clear of the being ) . A larger version of the figure from before suddenly appears directly in front of him . Yuma questions if it really appeared out of thin air as the kuriboat makes a wide turn away from it . As the kuriboat turns , another figure appears . A total of six now surround them , with Yuma saying they ' re in trouble now . They all reach towards the boat , but it suddenly sinks into the water , having changed into a diving ball , prompting Kuriboh to say " kuriball ! " . As the ball sinks to the depths , Yuma tells Kuriboh he ' s looking for Astral ( in the dub , Yuma is relieved they escaped again ) . The figure appears behind them again , prompting Yuma to wonder why he ' s so persistent . The figure shoots tendrils made of its hair , shattering the kuriball . Yuma begins to take in water as the figure rushes towards him . Kuriboh appears and says " kuriobstruct " , releasing a cloud of ink that obscures the figure ' s vision . This gives Kuriboh time to lead Yuma through an underwater tunnel , which leads to a cave with enough dry land to sit down . Yuma again asks Kuriboh if he knows where Astral is . The light on Kuriboh ' s head glows and shoots out a projection , which takes the form of Yuma ' s father , Kazuma . Yuma is shocked to see his father . Kazuma knows that if Yuma is watching this , many emotions are going through his head and he ' s probably complaining . Telling him this is a video he left with Rainbow Kuriboh , he says there ' s not much time to talk . He tells Yuma he must save Astral as quickly as possible , as he ' s been judged to be " chaos " . He ' ll be " erased " soon because of that . He says Rainbow Kuriboh will guide him to Astral ' s location and that Yuma is the only one who can save Astral . As the projection fades , Kuriboh flies off and Yuma follows . At Heartland Hospital , Shark sits by Rio ' s beside . Remembering the car accident from their childhood , Shark wonders if they really died in it and how they could still be here now ( in the dub , Shark is confused about having two sets of memories : one from the car crash in modern times and the other from fighting Vector in past times ) . Confused about his family ' s crest being the same as the one he saw in the memories from the ruins , he thinks he has no idea what ' s going on anymore , thinking back to what he saw there . When he turns away from the bed , he sees Dumon standing in front of him . Shark asks why he ' s here and Dumon calls him " Reginald " , before correcting himself and calling him " Nash " instead . He states it ' s time for him to awaken . Back in the Astral World , Rainbow Kuriboh flies through the air , with Yuma following by clutching the bottom of the plane used by " Goblindbergh " . He tells them both to take him to where Astral is . In the distance , a flock of birds made of blue energy suddenly appear and speed towards them . One clips through the wing of the plane used by " Goblindbergh " , causing Yuma to go into a free - fall as the plane is destroyed . Kuriboh speeds downwards and Yuma bounces off Kuriboh before safely hitting the ground , though he does scream in pain . The figure again appears before him . Yuma is surprised at the figure ' s persistence ( in the dub , Yuma turns himself in and asks for the figure ' s demands ) . Gesturing to the city , the figure insists Yuma cannot exist this world ( in the dub , the figure offers two choices : Yuma leaves on his own accord or the figure forces Yuma to leave ) . Yuma asks what this is all about ( in the dub , Yuma says he will only leave if he has Astral ) , but blue lightning flies from the tower again and Yuma flees . He narrowly dodges bursts of lightning while running through the city , vowing he ' ll find Astral . As he runs to a bridge , lightning strikes it front of him and destroys it and he ' s pitched into the dark pit beneath along with Kuriboh . The figure stands at the top of the abyss and just stares downward . Yuma wakes up in a bed in a room with stained - glass windows adorning the walls to Kuriboh floating in front of him . Yuma wonders where he is . A small blue orb floats in front of him and a voice tells him he ' ll be safe from his pursuers for a little while if he stays here . The ball materializes into a female Astral being , who introduces herself as Enna . She explains she is one of the people who inhabits the Astral World . Yuma asks why she is helping him and she responds there are many here that wish to help him . More blue orbs float through the air as Yuma rises from the bed . The orbs materialize into more Astral beings , each of their faces appearing cracked . Enna explains that all of them are suffering from an illness and it won ' t be long before the " lights of their lives " go out . Yuma asks how he can help ( in the dub , Yuma is surprised there are too many of these suffering Astral beings to help ) and Enna asks that he touch each of them . Yuma is confused at first , but remembers what happened when the he touched the vines earlier . Enna insists Yuma ' s power can save them . A small Astral child approaches him and stretches out his hand , his arm also marred with cracks . Yuma clasps the child ' s hand and brilliant yellow light shines forth . When the light goes out , the cracks on the child ' s body are no more . Enna explains that it ' s the power of Chaos inside of Yuma that has done this . She informs him that that power existed in the Astral World thousands of years ago and that all souls that wielded that power were cast out , which created the Barian World . Yuma asks if she means that two worlds were once one , then . Enna confirms this and clarifies that power of Chaos is derived from the desire to live . The Astral World was dying and mistakenly believed that by casting out Chaos , they could " Rank - Up " and heal . She goes on to say that Chaos is the power to protect others - it is the power of the heart to keep hoping , it was the power that drove primitive life to continue existing . Yuma thinks of Astral ' s own sacrifice to save him from Number 96 . The conversation continues and its dialogue is heard over Yuma continuing on ( Enna does not mention the Barian World in the dub , and the story is simplified ; the scene of Number 96 is also cut . The Chaos energy was purged by the Astral beings because it was dangerous . By purging it , the Astral beings lost part of themselves and their world is suffering because of it . Yuma is their only hope ; he must get Astral back before he is erased . Enna also tells Yuma to leave now because Eliphas , the guardian of the Astral World , is coming near ) . He vaults up a flight of stairs and removes a floor tile , getting him back into the city near the tower . As he does so , Enna explains that without Chaos , the Astral World did not Rank - Up , it just became weaker . Yuma asks if they can ' t do anything about that . Enna says it is impossible - to cast out Chaos , the Astral World became a place that exists only to Rank - Up - and to achieve that , they created Eliphas . She says he is the one that has been chasing him and calls him the symbol of this world . He is a being that exists only to Rank - Up . Yuma urges Astral to wait for him ( Enna ' s story of Eliphas while Yuma is on his way to Astral is edited out in the dub ) . Eliphas appears to Enna and the rest and asks if Yuma was here . Enna admits that he was . Eliphas says he has the power of Chaos , with Enna insisting he saved them ; he helped everyone here ( in the dub , Eliphas insists that Yuma did not help the Astral beings ; he infected them , just as he did with Astral ) . Eliphas demands to know where he went and Enna tells him he went to save Astral - and the rest of this world . Yuma vaults up another staircase , led by Rainbow Kuriboh . Yuma had asked Enna if the Astrals couldn ' t corner Eliphas and do something about him . Enna responded that only Yuma and Astral could save them . Yuma finally reaches the top of the tower , ending up in the room with the floating Astralite crystals ( several shots of Yuma running up staircases and his conversation with Enna are cut from the dub ) . Reaching the top of the stairs within that room , Yuma sees the Astral World ' s throne . Astral himself floats in large Astralite crystal above it . Above him , the top of the throne stretches upwards in the form of a larger Emperor ' s Key . Astral ' s body is still marred by the black wound he obtained from Number 96 ( the wound is recolored light blue in the dub ) . Tears in his eyes , Yuma rushes towards him . He tells Astral he came to bring him back and urges him to wake up . No matter what Yuma says , Astral ' s eyes stay shut and he does not respond . A voice rings out , saying it is useless . Yuma turns to see Eliphas standing before him again . Eliphas ' yellow energy form fades , revealing a tall , blue - skinned , armored figure in its place . He introduces himself as Eliphas , the one who seeks this world ' s dream . Yuma says Enna told him everything and he determines Eliphas is essentially a representative for the Astral World itself ( Yuma ' s deduction is cut from the dub ) . Elphas confirms this and Yuma demands he release Astral . Eliphas tells him he will not , with Yuma just demanding he do so again . Eliphas explains that Astral was created to annihilate the Barian World , which would allow the Astral World to Rank - Up further ( in the dub , Eliphas states that Astral was also created to guide the Astral World to its destiny of evolving its power ) . Astral was supposed to be clean and pure , but instead he was corrupted by Yuma ' s Chaos . Eliphas determined he must erase Astral . Yuma admits Astral was changed through contact with him , but that does not mean he was corrupted . He claims they may have argued , but they became friends - when one was sad or hurt , so was the other . Those are the bonds he forged with Astral . He insists Eliphas understand this - Astral helped him in many ways . Eliphas asks how and Yuma responds that it was through Duel ing . Astral had always said that Dueling was like a sacred ceremony ( in the dub , Yuma is unwilling to lose Astral again and demands Eliphas to free him , but Eliphas still refuses ; the analogy between a Duel and a sacred ceremony is cut from the dub ) . Eliphas says that if that ' s the case , perhaps they should Duel to decide Astral ' s fate . Yuma agrees , with Eliphas informing him he ' ll be wagering his memories of Astral in this Duel ( in the dub , Eliphas ' conditions are different : if Yuma wins , Astral goes free . If Eliphas wins , Yuma will remain trapped in the Astral World ) . Yuma seems hesitant , but eventually accepts . Eliphas decides they can begin the ritual now , then . Yuma arms his D - Pad and Duel Gazer , while an ornate D - Pad appears on Eliphas ' arm . Eliphas declares the first turn , drawing his card . Looking over at Astral , Yuma believes that Eliphas must be at least as strong as Astral himself , given that he ' s the representative of this world . He knows he cannot afford to lose . Eliphas activate s two copies of " Mysterious Monolith " , which can be used as Overlay Units for the Xyz Summon of a Rank 4 Xyz Monster . Yuma is shocked to see him use Spell Card s as Overlay Units . Eliphas overlays them to Xyz Summon " " , who appears in Attack Position with 1000 ATK . Eliphas Set s a card to end his turn . Yuma mutters " New Order " and draws " Rainbow Kuriboh " ( in the dub , Yuma hopes that the monster isn ' t as strong as it is scary ) . Yuma asks if Kuriboh wants to fight with him . Getting another " kuri kuri " in response , Yuma thanks it . Yuma Normal Summon s " Ganbara Knight " and Special Summon s " Kagetokage " from his hand via its own effect as he Normal Summoned a Level 4 or lower monster . Yuma overlays his two Level 4 monsters to Xyz Summon " " in Attack Position . Eliphas calls " Utopia " a strange creature that was created due to the irregular , unexpected encounter between Yuma and Astral ( in the dub , Eliphas calls " Utopia " an abomination formed by the disgusting alliance between Yuma and Astral ) . Yuma says it isn ' t strange and that their meeting was not irregular - " Utopia " is the hope that Yuma and Astral built together . Eliphas insists he ' ll have to destroy that hope , then . Yuma urges himself to calm down and sees that " Anubis " has only 1000 ATK . For Eliphas to Summon a monster with such little ATK , it has to be a trap ( in the dub , Yuma wonders how Eliphas will destroy " Utopia " , since only " Number " monsters can destroy other " Number " monsters ) . He recalls Astral once telling him they should both " kattobingu " . Yuma equip s " Utopia " with " Reverse Breaker " and orders an attack . He explains that when the equipped monster attacks , " Reverse Breaker " can destroy an opponent ' s Spell or Trap Card and even prevent its activation . Eliphas ' Set card is destroyed and " Utopia " moves to strike , but Eliphas activates the effect of " Etheric Anubis " . He can detach an Overlay Unit when a Spell / Trap Card he control s is destroyed to re - Set that card from the Graveyard - and if it is a Trap Card , he can activate it this turn . " Etheric Anubis " jumps up and breathes fire at the ground . When it dissipates , the card has returned . Eliphas activates it - a Trap Card called " Mysterious Mirror " . A mirror appears in front of " Etheric Anubis " and Eliphas clarifies that it will prevent the destruction of his monster by battle and inflict the battle damage to Yuma instead . As the sword of " Utopia " rebounds off the mirror , Yuma activates the effect of " Utopia " , detaching an Overlay Unit to negate his own attack . Eliphas is surprised Yuma was even capable of that . Yuma says he learned much from Astral and Sets a card to end his turn . Eliphas insists Yuma can ' t defeat him and resolves to show him what a Duel in the Astral World is really like . Eliphas raises his hand and says " In the Duels between the strongest Duelists , a Duelist creates the very cards they draw ! " ( " I wield the power to choose the very cards I draw ! " in the dub ) . Seeing the resulting light , Yuma says this is impossible as Eliphas declares " Shining Draw ! " . Featured Duel : Eliphas vs . Yuma Tsukumo . Turn 1 : Eliphas < br > Eliphas activate s two copies of " Mysterious Monolith " , whose effect s allow him to use them as Overlay Units for the Xyz Summon of a Rank 4 Xyz Monster . He overlays them to Xyz Summon " " ( 1000 / 1000 ) in Attack Position . Eliphas Set s a card . Turn 2 : Yuma < br > Yuma draws " Rainbow Kuriboh " and Normal Summon s " Ganbara Knight " ( 0 / 1800 ) . As he Normal Summoned a Level 4 or lower monster , Yuma Special Summon s " Kagetokage " ( 1100 / 1500 ) from his hand in Attack Position via its own effect . Yuma overlays his two Level 4 monsters to Xyz Summon " " ( 2500 / 2000 ) in Attack Position . He equip s " Utopia " with " Reverse Breaker " , whose effect allows him to destroy a Set Spell / Trap Card his opponent control s whenever the equipped monster declare s an attack , while also preventing the opponent from activating Spell / Trap Cards in response to this effect . " Utopia " attacks " Etheric Anubis " , using " Reverse Breaker " to destroy Eliphas ' Set card . As a Spell / Trap Card he controls was destroyed , Eliphas activates the effect of " Etheric Anubis " , detach ing an Overlay Unit ( " Etheric Anubis " ORU 2 → 1 ) to Set that card from the Graveyard and allowing him to activate it this turn if it is a Trap Card . He activates it now , revealing it as " Mysterious Mirror " , which will prevent the destruction of the battling monsters and inflict the battle damage only to Yuma . Yuma activates the effect of " Utopia " , detaching an Overlay Unit ( " Utopia " ORU 2 → 1 ) to negate his own attack . Yuma Sets a card . Turn 3 : Eliphas < br > Eliphas performs a Shining Draw . " Duel continues in the the next episode . " Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .