Yugi ' s group , Atem and Zorc Necrophades ' ka battle ( manga ) Atem and his friends from the modern world faced Zorc Necrophades in the final battle of the Shadow RPG . This served as an alternate ending to Atem ' s battle with Zorc . Yugi Mutou , Katsuya Jonouchi and Hiroto Honda tried fighting Zorc with " Duel Monsters " . Anzu Mazaki came up with a way of showing Atem his name , through which he was able to summon The Creator God of Light , Horakhty to defeat Zorc . Events . Prior . In the Shadow RPG , Dark Yugi and Dark Bakura replayed their past lives as Atem and Zorc Necrophades , through a tabletop game . They replayed the battle between Atem and Zorc , which had previously ended with both participants being sealed in the Millennium Puzzle and Atem forgetting his name among other things . Atem ' s friends from the modern world , Yugi Mutou , Katsuya Jonouchi , Anzu Mazaki , as well as Bobasa , had also entered the World of Memories , as non - player characters in the Shadow RPG . Bobasa transformed into Hasan and protected Atem , while Dark Bakura had frozen time . Yugi and the others found Atem ' s name in his tomb , but could not read the hieroglyphs , so they memorized their appearance . In this recourse of the battle , Atem did not seal his and Zorc ' s souls within the Millennium Puzzle . When he was facing Zorc , largely defenseless , Yugi , Jonouchi , Anzu and Honda arrived to help him . Battle . Anzu tended to Atem , who was injured from his battles with Thief Bakura and Zorc . Yugi , Jonouchi and Honda stepped up to fight Zorc . Yugi referring to Atem as " the other me " led Zorc to realize that they were Atem ' s friends from the modern world . He warned them that regardless of how many of them there were , they would not win the battle of memories and would die with the pharaoh . Yugi , Jonouchi and Honda readied their Duel Disk s . Yugi used the " Duel Monsters " Deck that he and Atem had constructed together and played the " Dark Magician " card , summoning Mahado . This surprised Zorc , who had defeated the Dark Magician in the previous battle . Zorc inferred that the ka were sealed in the cards , " the stone slabs of the modern world " . Jonouchi and Honda summoned Red - Eyes Black Dragon and Gagagigo , through their corresponding cards . Mana was impressed with the strength of Atem ' s friends ba and their desire to protect him . Isis wondered who these people who could summon ka and protect the pharaoh were . Dark Magician and Red - Eyes Black Dragon attack Zorc with " Magic Blast " and " Black Fire Bullet " , which seemed to phase him at first , but he relented . Zorc fought back with " Zorc Inferno " , dislodging the ground beneath Atem and his companions . Red - Eyes was destroyed by the blast from the attack , dropping Jonouchi ' s Life Points to 1600 , while Hasan shielded everyone else . Hasan informed the group that they could not win with cards alone and reminded them of their mission to find the pharaoh ' s name . Jonouchi replied that they had done that , but could not read it and burned the hieroglyphs into their memories . As Hasan told them that they needed to find a way to make the pharaoh see , his mask fell apart , leading Yugi to realize that he was Shadi . Hasan held up his shield for the duration of the attack , but disappeared afterwards . As Zorc prepared for his next attack , Anzu noticed the cartouche hanging from Atem ' s neck . She got herself , Yugi , Jonouchi and Honda to think of the hieroglyphs they had seen for Atem ' s name and try to use the reality - warping powers they had in the RPG to etch the name onto the cartouche . On seeing his name on the cartouche , Atem heard an apparition of his father , Akhenamkhanen say that justice lies in the name of the gods and that the pharaoh descends from the gods . He instructed Atem to unite the three gods in the name of the king . Atem announced his name , breaking its seal . This caused Zorc ' s attack to be swallowed into light and the three god cards to emerge from Yugi ' s Deck . With them , Atem summoned Ra , God of the Sun , Slifer , God of the Heavens and Obelisk , God of the Earth . In the name of the king , he united them into The Creator God of Light , Horakhty , who attacked Zorc with " Sublime Light Djeseru " , destroying him and Dark Bakura . Aftermath . As everyone celebrated Zorc ' s defeat , Atem also reflected on those who had lost their lives , including Kalim , Shada and Siamun Muran . Horakhty stated that " Atem " was both the name the pharaoh had lost and the spell necessary to drive back the shadows . She also expressed that his power alone was not enough to break the 3000 - year seal and that his friends were truly the keys necessary to unlocking his name . As Atem ' s friends congratulated him , Anzu habitually referred to him as " Yugi " , causing them to reflect on the fact that they had just learned his real name . Having shared his name with Yugi for so long , having his own name felt strange to Atem . He thanked Anzu for giving him the cartouche , which saved him and thanked her , Yugi , Jonouchi and Honda for finding his name . Although Zorc was defeated the ground remained unstable , due to the " Natural Catastrophe " , Dark Bakura had initiated and Zorc ' s attacks . Atem ' s soldiers stressed the urgency in evacuating and Atem asked Isis and Mana , who else was left . Isis reported that she had not seen Seto or Akhenaden , the High Priest of Darkness in a while . Not knowing what was going to happen to the World of Memories , Atem insisted that his friends must find a way to leave . They did not want to leave without him , but Atem insisted that he must see the world of his memories through the future and assured them that he would come back to the real world too . After being thanked by Isis and Mana , Yugi , Anzu , Jonouchi and Honda flew upwards to where the Millennium Puzzle from the real world stuck through the sky . Atem went to the palace in search of Seto . Seto , who was then possessed by Akhenaden , challenged Atem to a Duel .