2014

> "*I used to think technology would be the answer to all of our problems…but then I saw technology invent new problems. Devastating problems. And then a Nindroid named Zane saved us all. He was the perfect balance between us and technology. He taught us that life should be a balance. Technology can improve our lives, but so can people. And if we focus on one at the expense of the other, that's when the balance is off. Our city will find its way again, but this time with Zane as our compass. With that, I give to you the Titanium Ninja.*"
> ― Cyrus Borg[[The Titanium Ninja|[source]]]
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2014 was a year in the 21st century.

## 2014

### January

#### 1st

* At the Scorpion Cave, Scorm walks up to a chasm with the CHI Laval had given him. Blaming the CHI for all of their problems, he throws it into the chasm. The CHI lands at the bottom of the chasm and begins to awaken Sir Fangar. The CHI gives Fangar a dream, where he had forgotten who he was. He ecounters a group of beavers, who explain CHI and Mount Cavora to him. Remembering who he was, he orders the Hunters to freeze the beavers, as the dream ends.
* As Eris flies over Chima, her wings suddenly catch fire. She wakes in the Eagle Spire only to find it was a dream, yet she panics and falls through the glass floor. She crashes into the basketball hoop at the Forever Rock where Cragger and Laval are playing a friendly game using CHI. She attempts to explain her dream to them, but they are too distracted, first with another round of the game, then with Gloona and Wonald begging to hear of the trip to the Outlands, to listen.
* Scorm's orb of CHI fully awakens Sir Fangar and provides him with the power to break free of his icy imprisonment. He then plugs the orb and lets out a defending howl before turning to the ice block which still holds the rest of the hunters.
* As Laval and Cragger ride their new tanks back to the Lion Temple, Eris reminds them that in their mission to the Outlands, they failed to recover the stolen CHI and that it is still out there waiting to be used. Laval and Cragger only laugh at her worriment, prompting her to fly off.
* At the Scorpion Cave, Scutter and Scolder present Scorm with the rest of the stolen CHI. Determined to have nothing more of the orbs, the scorpion king demands for them to be cast away. They cast them into the gorge and unknowingly deliver them right into the hands of Sir Fangar who uses them to awaken the rest of the hunters. Lavertus witnesses Scorm throwing the CHI into the chasm and tries to retrive some for himself.
* At the Lion City, Market Day is in full swing. The Rhinos have rocks to sell, Skinnet has a spa, and the Ravens are providing portraits atop a real life living replica legend beast. At the eagle table, Eris is selling a clock to Bladvic when suddenly, she sees her arms and legs catch fire. She imminently rushes to put it out, but is astonished to find that she was only hallucinating.
* The Speedor race commences and though Laval and Cragger both try to use CHI to win, it ultimately causes them to lose control of their speedorz and crash. Gorzan wins the race and the Golden CHI, narrowly beating out Worriz.
* By now, all of the Hunters have awakened from their dreamless sleep, including Mungus who required three CHI orbs. Sir Fangar discovers that their thousand years in the ice has given them control over it and the Hunters can now freeze anything they wish. They climb out of the chasm and march through the cave, freezing Scorpions they encounter.
* As he climbs down the chasm to retrive the stolen CHI, Lavertus witnesses the Ice Hunters climb out, noticing that they had used the CHI. He decides to hide to avoid being frozen. The Hunters freeze his helmet, but he later retrives it.
* Laval and Cragger find Eris sitting alone and invite her to their bonfire at the Forever Rock that night. She is hesitant at first, but they manage to convince her.
* The Hunters continue through the caves and enter the Spider's domain of whom they also freeze. Stealthor reports the exits are blocked, but they soon come across the remains of their fallen temple. Here they salvage vehicles before creating a ramp up the Gorge of Eternal Depth.
* Eris dreams of flying around Chima with her wings aflame once more. She spots Laval and Cragger on their tanks and rush over to them. Suddenly their tanks catch fire, as does the top of Mount Cavora. Eris wakes and rushes outside and is relived to find Mount Cavora as normal as ever. As she sighs in relief, she notices the nearby land turn to ice.
* In the Croc Swamp, Crominus and Crunket inspect their troops while inside the castle, Crooler inquires to Cragger how he feels that he's no longer king. He surprises her by declaring that he prefers to be a prince. The Hunters enter the swamp and freeze the water over. Cragger and Crooler flee from the fort, and trap the Hunters inside, but on the way to the Command Ship, they find their parents frozen. Before they could do anything, Mungus opens the fort and the Hunters fire at them. They manage to escape with Crug, who had been frozen earlier while trying to escape.
* Meanwhile the Hunters have gathered all of the crocodile's chi and use it to awaken the remaining hunters. Stealthor inquires as to what they shall do with their frozen prisoners, but Sir Fangar assures him that he has a "special" purpose for them.
* At the Lion Temple, Eris tries to explain what she saw, but Laval dismisses it as one of her dreams. However, Cragger and Crooler arrive to verify Eris' claim, presenting the frozen Crug as proof. Lagravis talks with the lion elders, who identify the substance as "ice." Realizing that a new threat has struck Chima, Laval rallies an army of lions, gorillas, wolves, rhinos, and eagles. With Cragger leading the way, they set out for the Crocodile Swamp, except for Longtooth, who is forced to remain at the Lion Temple to melt the ice trapping Crug.
* Meanwhile, the Ice Hunters return to the Fangs, where a massive ice Fortress rises. Sir Fangar declares that the hunters shall always return. With their fortress rebuilt, the Hunters head back to the swamp, only to find the army of Chima approaching.
* The good tribes find themselves at an immediate disadvantage, as most of their vehicles are impossible to control on the frozen ground of the swamp. Worriz ends up leading the attack, as the Wolf Tribe's vehicles are unaffected by the slippery conditions, but they soon find that pulsars are useless against the Hunters, who simply freeze the beams with their ice-based Chi powers. With allies and vehicles alike being frozen in their tracks by the Hunters, Laval calls a retreat, cleverly turning the ice to his advantage by laying a barrage of covering fire at the enemy tribes. Although the Hunters freeze the blasts before they make contact, the resulting wall of frozen pulse beams delays them long enough for the heroes to escape with their frozen comrades.
* At the Lion City, an irritated Longtooth sweeps up the remaining shards of ice while a defrosted Crug sleeps in the throne. Just as he declares that he is never defrosting another person again, the army returns; at the sight of dozens of frozen soldiers, Longtooth runs screaming from the city.

#### 2nd

* Sir Fangar arrives at a forest and, after swallowing an orb of Chi, begins to freeze the area, including a bird on a nearby tree.
* The Hunters continue their march across Chima. From his fortress, Sir Fangar declares to Maula and Vardy that it won’t be long until their domination of Chima is complete.
* At the Rhino Quarry, Rogon gives an inspiring speech to his rocks. Cragger questions their plan, but Laval reminds him that rocks where the only thing effective against the Hunters during their battle at the Crocodile Swamp.
* The Hunter Fortress enters a canyon where they are ambushed from the ridge by the tribes of Chima tossing down rocks. The battle seems to be going in the good tribe’s favor until Fangar orders the Mammoths and Vultures to attack in their airborne vehicles. Gorzan’s mech along with several other vehicles are quickly frozen over and they are forced to retreat. Eris’ jet crashes near a small hill where she envisions a large temple. Sir Fangar rides up in his bike and fires his weapon at her, but they find to their surprise that the hunter’s ice powers aren’t effective around the hill. Laval rides up in his Fire Lion to rescue her with Gorzan’s mech in tow and is instantly unfrozen upon reaching the crescent.
* Eris returns to the Eagle Spire where she attempts to explain the temple she saw to Ewald. He leads her to the completely-ridiculous section of the library where she searches for any mention of the Phoenix.
* Meanwhile at the Lion City, Rogon, Laval, Gorzan, Cragger, and Lagravis gather in the map room to plan their next move against the hunters. Rogon and Gorzan are soon distracted however by the blue frosting Laval used to represent the ice while Cragger becomes upset that Laval didn’t mark what he had taken over during the civil war. They soon come up with an idea and plan to use the Falling Jungle to their advantage.
* The hunters enter the forest, but just as Laval, Cragger, Gorzan, and Rogon are about to leave on their Speedorz to lead them to the Falling Jungle, Eris runs up and suggests venturing to Mount Cavora to find the Phoenix instead. Ewald quickly points out that there is an impenetrable energy field surrounding the floating mountain, to which Eris reminds him that the Crawlers managed to get through. Nevertheless, they continue with their original plan and lead the Hunters into the Falling Jungle with the Eagles, including Eris, providing air support. Their strategy works, though the eagles are soon chased by the vultures. Eris spots Mount Cavora and tricks the vultures into freezing the waterfalls.
* Cragger and Laval return to the Lion City where they notice Eris cutting a trail up one of the waterfalls. Cragger immediately refuses climbing up there, citing the legend that one will burst into flames upon contact with the mountain, but Laval manages to convince him. They enter the mountain through a cave and soon enter the heart of Cavora. There, the three heroes are greeted by the Legend Beasts, who send them up into another room where they are greeted by the phoenix king Fluminox. He introduces himself to Eris and welcomes her. Cragger is surprised that Eris knows him and she explains she's seen him only in her visions. Outside, the top of Cavora bursts into flames and reveals the Phoenix temple.
* Elsewhere, the Hunters leave the Falling Jungle behind, continuing towards the Lion City. At the Beaver Lodge, Lagravis and Longtooth explain the situation to the beavers and advise them to drain the water their home is built on as it would give the hunters an advantage. The beavers eagerly set to work constructing their dam.
* At the Phoenix Temple, Fluminox tells the story before the great story.

#### 3rd

* In the Crocodile swamp, the hunters flee as Eris, Laval, and Cragger pursue them in their vehicles. They drive the villains back to their ice fort, but their fire Chi runs out and they are forced to cease their attack. Cragger wonders as to the location of his parents and the rest of his tribe, who are nowhere to be found in the swamp.
* The hunters return to their castle, weary and defeated. Sir Fangar realizes that the tribes must have received the Fire Chi from the Phoenix, noticing that their temple is back atop Cavora. He decides that they must destroy the Phoenix, and plans to reclaim the Crescent. Maula presents Fangar with their old Speedorz that she claimed Mungus fixed (in truth, Mottrot fixed them and Mungus only carried them), and the Hunters move out.
* Laval and Lagravis drive back to the Lion City. Lagravis is still bewildered by the Phoenix and the story before the great story. Laval notes that he and Fluminox are similar in that they both never laugh, which concerns Lagravis slightly.
* Eris returns to the Phoenix Temple atop Mount Cavora, where she requests more Fire Chi. Fluminox remains cautious, so Tormak suggests the tribes prove their loyalty to him. The Phoenix King agrees, and requests one member of each tribe to protect the Crescent.
* As Laval and Eris drive off to gather their friends, Lagravis and Longtooth watch from Laval's bedroom. Lagravis asks Longtooth if he thinks he has a sense of humor. Longtooth tries to avoid the question at first, but eventually admits that Lagravis lacks a "funny bone". Dismayed by this, Lagravis decides that Longtooth must teach him how to laugh.
* At the Crescent, Laval tells those gathered about their task just as the Hunters arrive. Razar sets up a small snow gear shop where Bladvic purchases a blanket. Laval races down into battle on his speedor and he engages in a joust against Fangar. Eventually Mottrot and Vardy join in the frenzy against Cragger, Rogon and Worriz.
* Back at the Lion Temple, Longtooth tries several different ways to get Lagravis to laugh (telling jokes, making silly faces, and adding googly eyes to the lion statues), but it only makes the king more confused. Eventually, Longtooth admits that some people just don't really laugh, although it does little to improve his king's mood.
* Meanwhile, the heroes have retreated inside the Crescent, using their pulsors from inside the safety of the force field. Just then, Skinnet arrives and accidentally releases his odor while planning to help. The heroes flee back outside the Crescent to avoid the smell, leaving them open to the assault of the Hunters.
* Lagravis and Longtooth reach the Lion City gate where the elder guard suggests tickling as a way to get the king to laugh. As he is about to persuade Leonidas to carry out the deed, a loud rumbling comes above them on Mount Cavora as the *Blazing Bastion* takes off from the Phoenix Temple.
* Foltrax, Firox, and Frax fly it to the Crescent and ambush the hunters. The heroes are then surprised as the Crescent burns away, revealing a temple where the *Bastion* lands. Laval runs up as the Phoenix exit, but is stopped by Tormak. As Laval questions the tiger, he is interrupted by Li'ella, a lioness guard of whom he is immediately smitten with. Fluminox congratulates the heroes on their success and presents them with Fire Chi before returning to their aircraft with Tormak.
* Laval returns to the Lion City and tells Lagravis of Li'ella, causing the king of the lions to actually laugh at the thought of his son meeting a girl.

#### 4th

* The tribes of Chima launch a massive attack on the hunters in The Fangs. Sir Fangar declares that they shall never admit defeat, but with such a massive force against them, they are forced back into the Gorge of Eternal Depth. As the heroes gaze into the gorge, Laval remarks that he is surprised they defeated the hunters so quickly. As they leave to go finish off the rest of the hunters, Gorzam comments that the Gorillas have plenty of regular Chi back at their forest, which Fangar overhears from inside the gorge. He instructs the mammoths to go defend their fortress while he leads the vultures and saber tooth tigers to the Gorilla Forest for more Chi.
* The tribes attack the fortress on their Speedorz, but before they can melt it, Li'ella arrives on a phoenix speedor, warning that Chima would be flooded if they succeed. Fluminox and Tormak arrive as well and usher the three away from the battlefield to discuss a more "urgent" matter.
* Elsewhere, Stealthor comes across Dom de la Woosh admiring his Speedor. He reports his findings to Sir Fangar who orders the peacock frozen and added to his collection.

#### 5th

* Cragger secretly pursues the Mammoth tribe although he slips and falls mostly and has a hard time catching up. He is delayed as Plovar comes and reminds the young crocodile prince of his teeth cleaning appointment. Annoyed, he muffles the bird's voice so that they are not caught.
* When the mammoths reach the Gorge of Eternal Depth, they go under and into the underground tunnels that the Ice Hunters use now. Cragger follows them in by jumping into the actual gorge itself. Maula finally sees him and Chi's up to which Cragger does too but falls due to the ice ledg being melted by the fire. After long minutes of hauling him up Plovar brags about his accomplishment, but Cragger gets annoyed.
* At the Crescent, Laval promises to show Li'ella the Lion City, but Flinx and Eris tease them about their crush on each other. Suddenly Eris starts to have a vision of Mt. Cavora collapsing and the entire land of Chima a frozen desert. Panicked she begins to cry and Laval comes to comfort her.
* Fluminox soon arrives and explains what the Hunters are doing in the underground passages, the very thing that Cragger had discovered.

#### 6th

* Maula and Stealthor report to Sir Fangar in his trophy room at the ice fortress. Fangar questions the whereabouts of the Vultures (who are watching the bears sleep) before ordering them to capture as many animals as possible to add to his collection. He hands Stealthor the frozen Plovar and insists he put the little bird in the "puny" prize section.
* At the Eagle Spires, Eris has fallen asleep in the completely ridiculous section of the library. Suddenly Panthar runs by. Eris gives chase, but as she flies to the ground, the eagle witnesses the entire land being frozen over. She crashes into a block of ice and Cavora collapses. As she screams, Eris wakes up in the library and Ewald scolds her for yelling in the library.

#### 7th

* As the sun rises over the Lion City, Flinx and Laval accompany the Lion Legend to the steps of the city where he fire-roars a roll call to which the other Legends answer. Following the Bear's roar, the Vultures move from their hiding place and freeze the sleeping bears.
* Meanwhile in the Rhino Quarry, the Rhinos are taking advantage of their intelligence boost by using their Beast's fire-breath to power a machine that turns rocks into more valuable metals. Razar and Razcal watch from a cliff, but are quickly frozen by Maula.
* Laval and Flinx arrive at the Crescent in search of Li'ella to take her on a tour of the Lion City. To the lion prince's dismay, Flinx insists on coming along, as he had planned it to be a special time between him and Li'ella. Inside the *Blazing Bastion*, Eris speaks with Fluminox and Tormak about her visions of Panthar. The Phoenix king assures her it is a gift before they are briefly interrupted by Laval.
* Sir Fangar watches the lions and phoenix depart the Crescent from his telescope and is surprised to see Li'ella again. He tells his "trophies" of the first time they met while he was destroying her village and how he believed her to love him.
* At the Rhino Quarry, the Rhino Legend is lured away and trapped in one of the caves by Mungus and the Mammoths attack the now dumb rhinos. Rinona urges them to use Fire Chi but is quickly cast into one of the caverns along with the orbs. Soon all of the Rhinos are frozen except for Rogon, Runk, and Rukus who had Chied-up earlier to test its capabilities. They use their clipboards as sleds and race out of the canyon where they decide to try out snowboarding on the nearby hills.
* Laval and his tour group arrive at the lion city. As the lion prince shows off the lion statues, Flinx shows Li'ella a toy boat and rushes her off to Laval's room to show her his toys. Laval manages to reach his room before they do and throws all of his toys out of the window, unintentionally hitting Leonidas on the head. The lion guard reports the incident to Longtooth in the throne room, and asks if he can take the rest of the day off. Longtooth however objects to the idea and is unaware of the wave of ice seeping down from the Chi fall.
* As Laval and Li'ella stand at the steps of the Lion Temple, they notice a band on Hunters marching towards the city and ride the Lion Legend out to face them. It isn't long before the Hunters are on the run, though little does Laval realizes that it was merely a diversion and Sir Fangar's forces have infiltrated the Sacred Pool. Lagravis and the lion guards attempt to fight them off, but without Fire Chi or the Lion Legend, they are all soon frozen. Before they can depart with more Chi however, Tormak arrives, having used the tunnels to follow them. The tiger quickly defeats the Saber Tooth Tigers and unfreezes the lion guards. Li'ella and Laval arrive on the Lion Legend and they push the hunters back into their cave. After Li'ella explains Tormak's past to Laval, the tiger takes his leave. Just then, Longtooth reports that Lagravis was taken by Sir Fangar and has been added to his collection.

#### 8th

* As the Hunter fortress advances through a forest, it knocks a bird and its nest out of a tree, though it is caught by Cragger, who is leading a scouting party. The bird reminds him of Plovar and he reminiscences about his captured friend. However, at that moment, the little bird escapes Sir Fangar’s trophy room and lands next to Cragger. Noticing the other bird, Plovar it outraged that Cragger has replaced him already. Cragger tries to explain while the scouting party laugh only making him embarrassed, but Plovar storms off.
* At the Lion City, Longtooth shows Laval the tunnel the Hunters used to sneak into the throne room. Laval attempts to go after them and rescue his father, but Longtooth convinces him to stay and take his place as king. They return to the throne room and Laval orders Lennox and Leonidas to seal the tunnels. Just then, Cragger and Plovar arrive and inform Laval about the trophy room.
* At the Ice Fortress, Stealthor informs Sir Fangar about the sealing of the tunnels, yet reassures him that they won’t need them when their fortress reaches the Lion City. Sir Fangar believes it will be a shallow victory if he does not have the phoenix child in his collection by then and orders another attack on the Lion City.
* At the same time, Laval declares an attack on the Sabertooth Glacier, but Longtooth reminds him that he must first attend to the problems of the other tribes. The wolves want to move into the bear village, the ravens want to build a shopping plaza, the beavers want to build a dam over the Grand Archway, and the rhinos want to invite the mammoths over to play in the snow again. After he attends to their problems, Lennox and another lion bring in the paperwork.
* Outside, Vornon and Voom Voom arrive with a message from Sir Fangar simply stating that the lions are under attack. Their vulture jets explode, freezing the nearby guards and creating an ice wall to trap the Lion Legend inside the throne room. The other Hunters then burst forth from the nearby tunnels and their attack on the city begins.
* At the Crescent outpost, Lundor inquires to Li'ella about her trip to the Lion City. However they are interrupted by the sight of the Lion City under attack and race into the map room to inform Tormak and Fluminox about the battle. Though reluctant at first, they agree to at least fly over and take a look and board the ‘'Blazing Bastion’’.
* Back at the Lion City, battle rages heavily. Laval duels Sir Fangar, though unintentionally lets Flinx out of his sight and the phoenix child is grabbed by the mammoths. The *Blazing Bastion* arrives and Fluminox allows them to help. Soon, they have the Hunters in defeat and fleeing back to their tunnels. Tormak jumps out and closes the tunnels while Li'ella sneaks off to help the lions. However when she arrives, Sir Fangar jumps aboard a mammoth flyer and grabs both her and Flinx. They attempt to fly away, but Laval grabs on. Li'ella encourages him to save Flinx and bites Sir Fangar’s other arm, releasing the phoenix child and Laval. As Cragger and the other lions celebrate their victory, Laval watches Li'ella fly away.

#### 9th

* As the lions clean the wreckage of the city following the battle, Laval and the other tribal warriors meet in the Map Room to plan how to free Lagravis and the others in Sir Fangar's trophy room. Laval suggests using the Grand Archway Canyon to trap the Ice Clan's fortress, allowing a strike team to invade the trophy room and find the trapped animals. Tormak supports the plan, having vowed vengeance upon Sir Fangar for capturing his daughter, and the heroes move out.
* As the tribal warriors gear up the Speedorz, Flinx accompanies them. Eris and Laval try to dissuade him from joining the dangerous mission, but the young phoenix explains that Li'ella cared for him like a big sister; the least he can do is help her in her time of need. His passions suddenly cause his wings to ignite, prompting a stunned Eris to admit that Flinx finally seems to have found his "spark".
* In the ice fortress, still continuing its relentless advance across Chima, Sir Fangar has trapped Li'ella in his trophy room. The young lioness demands that Fangar get it over with and freeze her, but the undead sabretooth has no intention of making her a trophy - instead, he desires a *queen*. To Li'ella's dismay, Sir Fangar announces that she is the perfect bride for him, and she is quickly taken away by his minions in "preparation" for the wedding.
* At the canyon, the Beaver tribe has built a large, but flimsy bridge across the canyon, disguising it as a natural path to avoid revealing the trap too soon. Worriz offers to create a diversion, but his enthusiasm is dampened when only Gorzan volunteers to operate his vehicle's cannon. Nonetheless, the diversion works perfectly - with Worriz and Gorzan running interference, Sir Fangar and his troops fail to notice the false path until it crumbles under the fortress's weight, allowing the strike team to drive up the back and break into the trophy room.
* Flinx uses his flames to melt the ice trapping the captured animals, but Laval realizes too late that the Crawlers are among Fangar's "trophies". Blaming Laval's final gift of CHI for their current troubles, Scorm and Spinlyn attack, but Lagravis, Crominus and Crunket fiercely retaliate. The bemused heroes decide to let their elders handle the Crawlers as Tormak looks for Li'ella in vain. Outside, Worriz and Gorzan confront Mungus, only for the mighty Mammoth warrior to be distracted by a snowball fight with the arriving Rhinos.
* With the fortress growing increasingly unstable from Flinx's heat, the tribal warriors and the liberated prisoners make their escape - with the Crawlers falling into the canyon when the trophy room begins to fall apart. However, Flinx moves even deeper into the fortress, where he finds Sir Fangar bemoaning the loss of his "collection". His mood turns drastically when he sees Flinx nearby, but the young phoenix uses his flames to force the hunter back. With Fangar cowering in the heat, Flinx demands to know where Li'ella is, but Tormak and Laval drag him back outside just before the entire fortress collapses on itself.

#### 10th

* Following the destruction of their ice fortress, the Hunters vanish from the surface of Chima. Rhinos, ravens, eagles, wolves, and gorillas search Chima for them, but they are nowhere to be found. Eglor reports this to a distraught Laval in the lion city map room as Eris makes one final search. On her way back to Mount Cavora, she experiences another vision of the panther and the floating mountain's destruction. Just as Leonidas and Lennox finish cleaning up the lion city after the Hunters attack, the eagle crashes into the throne, destroying the lion statues.
* Eris finds Laval and Flinx in the market and tells them of her vision. Flinx shows off his new fire sword but accidentally burns a market item and Laval annoyed sends him away. Laval insists that they must first find Li'ella, which means going to the Hunter's tunnels and that they must first talk to Tormak.
* At the crescent outpost, Tormak grieves for Li'ella as he looks over the phoenix artifact map. Fluminox tries to comfort him and reminds the tiger of when he reassured him of his decision to not take part in the prior Illumination.
* At the bottom of the Gorge of Eternal Depth, the Hunters are hard at work repairing their vehicles. Stealthor reports to Sir Fangar that construction on a new ice fortress has begun and that it will be strong enough to attack Mount Cavora. Sir Fangar reminds him that they must deal with the one thing that could stop their quest; another illumination. Because it is far too dangerous for the Hunters themselves to retrieve it, Sir Fangar tells Stealthor that he plans to blackmail Tormak into obtaining the artifact in exchange for Li'ella.
* Tormak searches the caverns frantically for Li'Ella where he encounters Sir Fangar at the top of a cliff. Tormak chases after the sabre-tooth tiger until Sir Fangar makes his offer and presents Li'Ella's necklace. Tormak declares that he will never betray the phoenix and Sir Fangar drives off, regrouping the other other Hunters.
* Atop Spiral Mountain, Maula, Mottrot, Vardy, Voom Voom, and Vornon are preparing the place for the wedding. Maula questions Vardy on the choice of location, yet the vulture leader remains determined that the royal wedding must be held in a grand place, rather than a dark cave. Mottrot questions the design of the Li'ella figure on the cake to which Vardy claims that it is simply how Li'ella appears, as she demands to be released. Vornon and Voom Voom then arrive with explosive ice-plants as a substitute for bouquets. Overhead, Razar spots the Hunters from his Chi Raider, and hurries off to inform the heroes.
* Back at the Cresent Outpost, Tormak has taken up guard duty with Lundor while Li'ella is gone. The tiger notices his daughter's fire axe, prompting for him to remember of when he rescued Li'ella from the Hunters thousands of years ago and the times they spent together as she grew older, including when she made a drawing of the two of them. These memories move the fierce tiger to tears and looking at Li'ella's drawing, makes up his mind on what to do. Tormak exits the outpost and waves an orb of fire chi to signal the Hunters. Noticing this, Stealthor orders a saber-tooth tiger warrior to alert Sir Fangar.
* Tormak returns to the outpost and easily makes his way to the room where the Artifact is held. He grabs the map and prepares to leave, but is questioned by the Tiger Guards. Tormak attacks them, easily defeating his comrades and apologizes as he continues to where the Hunters have arrived at the base of the hill. At the base of the hill, Tormak arrives with the artifact, and demands Li'ella. After a negotiation, Tormak refuses to surrender the artifact, and the hunters begin to leave. However, as they leave, the tiger looks at Li'ella's drawing one last time, and changes his mind as he runs off with the artifact. Back inside the temple, Fluminox discovers that Tormak has stolen the artifact. The phoenix king frantically runs to Tormak, demanding him to bring the artifact back to the temple. Tormak refuses, claiming it's the only way he'll get his daughter back. As he approaches, though, the artifact explodes, sending hunters flying and excretes a huge cloud of ashes. Afterwards, Tormak is inflicted with panther scars and is completely blackened with a fiery aura. The drawing his daughter gave him falls to the ground, and bursts into flames. A betrayed Fluminox looks on as what was once his best advisor and best friend runs off. Laval and Eris happen to spot Tormak, now in the form of Panthar, and rush to alert the others.

#### 11th

* Tormak, having escaped into the Outlands, stops running for a second only to look back at Mount Cavora, missing Li'Ella. Near the entrance of a cave, he finds Li'Ella's necklace among other stranded items. With Li'Ella's necklace, he runs into the cave, and returns riding his Shadow Blazer. He later runs into the Hunters as they play bowling with some frozen Beavers. Tormak CHI's-Up, unleashing the power of the Artifact and unfreezing everything around him, incuding the Beavers. Tormak chases off the Hunters, smiles, and waves to the Beavers as they happily chant his name.
* Atop Spiral Mountain, Li'ella continues demanding her release as the Hunters prepare for the wedding. The other Saber-tooth Tigers, Mammoths, and Vultures are present and making finishing touches. Sir Fangar confronts Vardy on the choice of wardrobe he has the Saber-tooth Cat wearing, a gold, glittery jacket and a party hat. Vardy, however, insists that Sir Fangar wears the wardrobe, determined that it must be official and formal. Sir Fangar tries to check on the prisoner, but the Vulture stops him, claiming it's bad luck.
* The wedding starts. Mottrot, Mungus, and a three other Mammoths then get together and trumpet "Here Comes the Bride" as conducted by Vardy, which clearly irritates the Saber-tooth Tigers and Vultures. The groom walks down the alter with Stealthor, Strainor and Sykor behind him, and demands Vardy to cut the music.
* Immediately afterwards, Eris, Laval, Rogon, Worriz, and Cragger show up and crash the wedding. Maula laments on how she knew it was a terrible location, and fires a lazer at the eagle, but misses. Sir Fangar orders the soldiers to seize the lion, rhinoceros, wolf, and crocodile on the ground. The heroes manage to tie ropes around, and tip over one of the Mammoth Mechs. They then target the one containing the Lioness. Some of the hunters like Vardy manage to cut a few ropes, but it doesn't afflict the heroes too much. Mottrot then comes by, swallows an orb of chi, and he quickly slices through all of the ropes the heroes attached, which causes the mech to teeter.
* After an attempt to drive away Laval and Cragger, Sir Fangar gives up and lets Li'Ella fall off the cliff. However Laval tosses his sword and some fire Chi to her and she cuts herself lose and they bring her back to Mt. Cavora.
* Meanwhile, Fluminox is mourning over Tormak's betrayal. Flinx tries to comfort him but to no avail. So he jumps on a speedor and rides over to the Fangs and walks out onto the frozen Gorge. He becomes more unstable and finally melts through the ice and falls into gorge. The hunters at last have what they wanted and cover the hole back up and wait for Fluminox and the Phoenix to come looking for him. Just as they anticipated, Laval and the others come and dive into the Gorge with the Blazing Bastion. Although Flinx is rescued, they are trapped in by Sir Fangar and figure nothing could get them out of there. Just then Lavertus, who is down in the cave, reveals himself to be alive and offers to help the heroes escape.

#### 12th

* The Hunters speed through Chima, freezing everything in their path. Their only resistance comes when they reach the tribal villages, where their ice is melted by the Legend Beasts' fire-roar. Deciding that it isn't worth the effort, the Hunters let the tribes keep their villages and move on.
* Worriz and the other wolves hurry to the Crescent to retrieve Fire Chi, but find that the Hunters have already constructed a blockade, using the outpost's force field to their advantage. Inside the Crescent, one of the Tiger Guards suggests bringing the tribes Fire Chi, but Lundor is reluctant due to what happened to Tormak when he went against his orders. He assures his subordinates that the Phoenixes will return and tell them what to do.
* At the Gorge of Eternal Depth, a group of Hunters continue stacking the rocks from the Fangs on top of the frozen gorge, ensuring that the Phoenix never get out. At the bottom of the gorge, Lavertus explains how he used Golden Chi to survive the cave-in and how he witnessed the awakening of the Hunters. After being scolded by Fluminox for his misrepresentation of birds, the exiled lion sets to work on an escape route.
* Meanwhile in Chima, the Rhinoceros Legend melts the Rhino Quarry and the rhinos are visited by Mungus, who is looking to play. However, due to the rhinos being under their Legend Beast's "intelligence-boost", they order their foe away. Heartbroken, Mungus leaves while the rhinos resolve not to play in the snow.
* Elsewhere, at the Grand Archway Canyon, Sir Fangar watches as the Hunters' rebuilt ice fortress rises from the canyon. Now pulled by Mammoth Stompers, the glacier moves towards the Lion City.
* As night sets on Chima, Lavertus finishes arranging his Golden Chi into a grinning face and orders everyone to use an orb to create pillars to push the ice out of their way. They do as he says and before long, the phoenix pillars reach the top of the gorge. Fluminox reveals to Eris that the soul of a phoenix lives inside her and with that, her pillar stretches to the top as well. They succeed and push enough ice out of the way and board the *Blazing Bastion*. Though Mottrot and the other mammoths try to stop them, the phoenix plane makes it out of the gorge.
* As the heroes celebrate, Cragger and the others joke about Lavertus's "Or will I?" catchphrase until Fluminox discovers to his horror that the Hunters have frozen everything, sans the tribal villages. Worse yet, the heroes see the Hunters' fortress heading for the Lion City - according to Fluminox, it will reach the city within a fortnight. Within the fortress, Sir Fangar notices the *Blazing Bastion* fly overhead - infuriated at his foes' escape, he orders Stealthor to triple their speed.
* The *Blazing Bastion* lands atop Mount Cavora. Lavertus is surprised to see a hidden city atop the floating mountain and marvels at the view, though the others are horror-struck at all that is frozen. Flinx suggests they launch a Great Illumination, but Fluminox reminds him that the only map to the fire-wing harnesses was destroyed when Tormak betrayed them. Li'ella becomes discouraged at the thought of her father alone, but is comforted by the others telling of times they've felt alone too. Just then, they are interrupted by a blinding light emanating from the Outlands as the power inside Tormak causes him to spontaneously Chi-up, revealing a mysterious symbol on his head.
* Fluminox begins an ominous monologue on how Chima is now completely frozen over by the Hunters, reflects on their prior dealings with this threat, and how they were stopped by the Great Illumination. The phoenix king reminisces about the fact that the map to the Fire Wing Harnesses, the items needed to trigger the Illumination, has been destroyed. Lamenting his failure to protect the land, Fluminox states that what will happen next will be considered the greatest of the Legends of Chima.
* In the Outlands, Laval, Eris, Cragger, and Li'ella follow Lavertus towards the mysterious light, which turns out to be Tormak releasing the artifact energy now burned inside of him. He then Chis-up, revealing the map to the artifact is now part of his essence. Lavertus quickly jots it down and they all set off to the first pair of fire wings.
* Meanwhile, Sir Fangar's ice fortress continues towards the Lion City at an alarming rate due to the mammoth’s pulling it. Accompanied by Mottrot and Mungus on one of the pillars, the leader of the Hunters gloats that he will soon take Mount Cavora, forever securing his icy grip on the land of Chima.
* The heroes arrive at the first location on the map; the claw stones at the foot of the eagle spires. Tormak reveals that it is a phoenix security system and uses the power of the artifact to activate it. A wild chase ensures as they try to chase after the wings which keep moving, but eventually Eris figures out that chasing it is futile and thinking like a phoenix, soars to the center of the rock formation. As she receives the fire wings, a large burst of light is sent forth, drawing the attention of Sir Fangar, who sends Mungus and Mottrot to investigate.
* With one pair of fire wings down, the six heroes split up to find the others. Yet before they depart, they are interrupted by Lagravis’s distress roar. At the Lion City, Longtooth reports that the Hunters are moving much faster and are in sight of the city.

#### 13th

* By daybreak, the Hunter fortress is feet away from the Lion City, but the other tribes on their way to help, except for the bears who are still sleeping. The lion guards attempt to defend the city, but they are no match for the ice, which crumbles the outer wall of the city with ease.
* On their way to the Grand Archway for the next fire wing, Laval and Lavertus notice the explosions coming from the lion city and Laval attempts to head there instead but is stopped by his uncle. Though the lion prince protests, Lavertus manages to convince him to carry on with the mission at hand while he returns to the city to help. Laval reluctantly agrees and heads to the Grand Archway to start searching for the Fire Wings.
* Meanwhile, Eris and Cragger arrive at Spiral Mountain, another location of the Fire Wings. By flying around the mountain, Eris causes it to drill into the ground, where Cragger finds the second pair of fire wings.
* At the Lion City, Lagravis rallies the lion guards and engages in hand-to-hand combat against the Hunters as they flood into the city. Lavertus joins the battle and has a short reunion with his brother. The battle begins to heat up as the other tribes arrive and the phoenixes deploy Tiger Strikers using the ‘'Blazing Bastion’’. Overwhelmed by the reinforcements' firepower, the Hunters retreat inside the fortress, where Sir Fangar decides to unleash their secret weapon; the fourth and deadliest of all the Hunter tribes. Stealthor, Maula, and Vardy grow worried and immediately protest - stating that the fourth tribe is completely uncontrollable - but Fangar is unmoved, and orders the vultures to retrieve them.
* At the Grand Archway, Laval is confronted by Mottrot and Mungus and engages the two mammoths. Laval tries to use an orb of fire chi, but Mottrot quickly shoots it out of Laval's hand. Using his club, Mungus destroys the center of the arch, revealing the next pair of fire wings. Laval thinks about what Eris earlier stated, and goes for it. He dives into the canyon to retrieve them, but is saved by Cragger in his new helicopter.
* Meanwhile, the vultures enter the Gorge of Eternal Depth to find the final tribe of Hunters; the Ice Bears. Voom Voom and Vornon both state on how berserk the Ice Bears are, but Vardy points out that they are still the strongest creatures Chima ever spawned. They begin throwing Chi into the ice to awaken them, but the regular Bear tribe senses this through their dreams. As they stir, Bladvic takes off his crown, revealing war paint, and angrily declares, "Nap time...over!"
* The bears begin training to fight the ice bears, before heading into battle on their mechs.
* Battle rages at the Lion City as the Hunters are bombarded by fire from the Chima tribes assisted by the phoenix and the tiger guards. As they retreat inside their fortress, Maula suggests that they surrender, but Sir Fangar remains confident that the Ice Bears will arrive. Maula laments that the Ice Bears are uncontrollable berserkers, but Sir Fangar points out that they love a good fight.
* A commotion rises to the west as the Ice Bears tear through the wilderness. Their sheer ferocity takes the defenders off-guard, and their powerful Claw Driller mechs overwhelm the allied vehicles with ease. The Hunters penetrate the Lion Temple and begin stealing its Chi, but Lagravis tells Lavertus that they can still win with the *Blazing Bastion* on their side. However, the Hunters use the stolen Chi to empower Fangar's fortress, creating a massive tower of ice that reaches towards Cavora. The *Blazing Bastion* smashes into the tower and crashes in the jungle, leaving the tribes helpless to stop the Hunters from ascending towards the mountain.
* Meanwhile, Cragger and Laval fly to the Rhino Quarry. Along the way, Laval asks Cragger how he built his new helicopter; Cragger admits that he'd been working on it since their first battle at the Eagle Spire, but he only figured out how to finish it after he gained the power of the Fire Wings. At the quarry, the duo finds Tormak and Li'ella with the Rhino's "unbreakable" rock. Tormak explains that the rock is another Phoenix defense system, and shatters it with the power of the Artifact, revealing the seventh Fire Wing Harness inside. Laval asks if Tormak and Li'ella will join them at the Forever Rock to find the eighth and final harness, but Tormak cryptically replies that they have another matter to tend to.
* On their way to the Forever Rock, Laval and Cragger notice the ice tower rising towards Mount Cavora. Realizing that his city has fallen, Laval pleads to go and help, but Cragger points out more troops on their way towards the city. As they fly closer, the two are shocked to discover that it is none other than the bears, piloting mechs of their own and looking remarkably alert. Bladvic explains that his tribe awakened when they sensed the Ice Bears being revived - and they have always had the Bear Mechs, but have been too tired to actually use them. Bemused but relieved, Cragger and Laval continue onward to the Forever Rock; meanwhile, the Bears arrive at the Lion City and battle their icy counterparts.
* At the Forever Rock, Laval and Cragger find Eris, who has yet to locate the final Fire Wing Harness. She then receives a vision from Fluminox, who encourages her to "search forever". Using that information, she looks under the rock, where the eighth harness is hidden. Eris tells Laval that she also knows that they need a member of each tribe to perform the Illumination; at Laval's suggestion, she does the honor of summoning them with a mighty eagle screech.
* As the ice tower rises towards Cavora, Fluminox sits inside the Phoenix City, meditating. A worried Flinx wonders why his father is smiling, to which Fluminox replies that he smiles for Eris; the final phase of their plan is about to begin. Just then, the Hunters' ice tower reaches Cavora, freezing everything except the Phoenix's city; the Hunters advance and battle the Phoenix Pilots and Tiger Guards.
* Back at the Forever Rock, all the heroes have arrived and Eris explains how they will trigger the Illumination by flying into the heart of Cavora. While some of them are reluctant at first, Laval gives an inspiring speech and they all don the harnesses, taking off towards Cavora with their new Fire Wings.
* Meanwhile, on Mount Cavora, the Hunters storm and freeze the Phoenix City, breaking into the very heart of the temple. Flinx encourages his father to fight, but Fluminox remains confident that the Fire Wings are on their way. However, Sir Fangar has prepared for this eventuality - outside the mountain, the heroes are suddenly attacked by dozens of Vulture planes.
* Within the city, Sir Fangar tells Flinx that Fluminox was responsible for ruining the previous Illumination; by refusing to jump into the heart of Cavora, he caused the abnormalities in the land of Chima, including the rise of Cavora and the Hunters' own deformation. Fluminox replies that Sir Fangar only knows part of the story; when the time came for him to enter the heart of Cavora, he heard the cry of his newborn son and vowed to linger in Chima to raise him. He admits that he felt extreme guilt for failing his tribe, but states that he also enjoyed an eternity of love and happiness by raising Flinx.
* Disgusted by Fluminox's decision, Sir Fangar attacks Flinx, but Fluminox rushes into battle to protect him. The Phoenix King proves more than a match for his former student, but Sir Fangar retaliates by having all of his Hunters Chi-up and mob Fluminox. Pinned down by sheer weight of numbers, Fluminox instructs Flinx to be the ninth phoenix of the Illumination, but Sir Fangar declares that his victory is nigh.
* Outside, the heroes are held at bay by the vulture fleet, but help arrives in the form of Tormak and Li'ella, piloting the Blazing Bastion. The renewed phoenix plane quickly clears a path to Cavora, allowing each hero to fly into the cavern corresponding to their tribe. As they collide in the center of the mountain, a bright light shines in the frozen temple; realizing what this means, Flinx leaps into the heart of the mountain. Sir Fangar's final attack is in vain as the child emerges, wreathed in flames that form a large phoenix. He pushes the Hunters out of the mountain before sweeping through Chima, melting the ice and causing flowers to bloom across the plains. Amid the melting ice, Sir Fangar discovers that he has been restored to his original self and jumps for joy - the other Hunters discover that they are similarly purified.
* As the Illumination ends, Tormak and Li'ella land atop the Phoenix City, where the former is healed of his panther scars. Inside the mountain, the heroes find themselves to be alive; they climb out to the top of the mountain just as the Phoenix City disappears. Overhead, they watch as the Phoenix rise into the sky; Eris says that they "told" her (actually more of a feeling than a message) that their purpose is finally complete. Flinx and Fluminox wave goodbye before joining their tribe in ascending to their mother sun. As the Chima tribes celebrate their victory, Cragger asks Laval what he sees; the lion prince declares that he sees peace, hope, and friendship across the land. Cragger then wonders how they're supposed to get down from the mountain.

### February

#### 17th

* Cyrus Borg learns that the Overlord had survived the Final Battle, inflitrated his security systems and corrupted nearly all of his technology. He invites the Ninja to Borg Tower and creates the Techno Blades, with the ability to hack into any technology, so they could defeat the Overlord in his digital state and hides them in a golden statue of himself. He also creates new suits that block facial recognition software and records a message to the Ninja in case he would not be able to inform them of the situation personally.

#### 27th

* King Halbert requests Roberto Arnoldi to make a "smashing" statue of Queen Halbert.

#### 28th

* Arnoldi finishes the statue of the queen, but having taken the request too literally, he creates a statue of the queen literally "smashing" monsters. The queen approves of the statue but the king does not and has Arnoldi exiled.

### April

#### 5th

* A boxer named Louis Lightweight is corrupted by AntiMatter, becoming the villain Tremor.

#### 6th

* A firefighter is corrupted by AntiMatter and becomes the villain Infearno.

#### 9th

* An environmentalist is turned evil after being sucked into a vortex in Pointer Island by AntiMatter, becoming the villain Toxikita.

#### 10th

* A weathercaster is corrupted by AntiMatter and becomes the villain Psyclone.

#### 12th

* A computer genius is trapped in a vortex by AntiMatter and turns into the evil Terabyte.

#### 14th

* An exterminator is turned into the evil Spyclops by AntiMatter.

#### 15th

* An extremely rich musician is sucked by one of AntiMatter's portals. which transforms him into the villain Invazible.

#### 16th

* A security supervisor is transformed by one of the AntiMatter's portals and becomes the supervillain, Drillex.

#### 17th

* An enviromentalist is dealing with sharks of Astor City, but is corrupted by AntiMatter's power, turning into SharX.

#### 19th

* A Stone Warrior statue is discovered and placed in the Ninjago Museum of History.

#### 29th

* At Sensei Wu's Academy, Kai shows his students the events and the aftermath of the final battle, as video of Jay filming Kai singing in the shower comes on, infuriating Kai. After Kai stops the film, Tommy comes in, saying Zane is on the fritz. In Zane's class, Brad uses a remote he got from New Ninjago City to control the Ninja of Ice, who is freed by Cole.
* During recess, the ninja and Sensei Wu take a break and lament about Lloyd not being there, since he's flying around receiving awards. They are interrupted by Nya sharing the news about them getting clearance for a field trip to Borg Industries' Borg Tower. At this, all the students and teachers of the academy take a bus to New Ninjago City, which has been rebuilt and upgraded in the wake of the battle with the Overlord through the efforts of Borg Industries, headed by inventor Cyrus Borg.
* Distracted by the incredible new technology, Nya accidentally crashes the bus straight into the Postman's hover truck. Cole exits the bus to extricate it from the crash, but a Borg Industries Security Mech arrives and asks him to move aside as it deals with the problem. Master Wu decides that since they were a short distance away, the pupils and teachers should take the walk to the building on foot.
* Entering the tower, the visitors (except for Kai, who gets stuck in the door) are welcomed by P.I.X.A.L., a female android created to act as Borg's assistant. P.I.X.A.L. is especially fascinated by Zane and scans his inner-workings under the Nindroid's permission. She then notifies the ninja that Cyrus Borg is waiting for them on the 100th floor in his office and then leads the students, Master, and Nya for a tour of the tower and its technology. Sally then encourages Nya to try out the Perfect Match console, which reveals her perfect match to be Cole.
* As the ninja arrive in the office of Cyrus Borg, the ninja were all very happy to meet him. Cyrus, after letting them look around, shows them to a gift he wanted to give them: an automated statue of himself. It looked like a regular statue, but Cyrus tells Kai that they should protect "them" with their lives and to not let anyone know they had them. He then tells them that they must leave since he has things to do.
* Walking into the elevator with their gift, they begin to get suspicious about Borg. Being distracted, they accidentally drop the statue, yet they discover it is hollow and is filled with new suits as well as the Techno Blades. Suddenly, a robotic security voice in the elevator says that they should drop the blades. The ninja refuse and the elevator drops toward the ground at high speed. The ninja luckily escape into an elevator going up right next to it and manage to get their new outfits on for battle in their escape from Borg Tower.
* In the meantime, P.I.X.A.L. leads Wu, Nya, and their students to the factory area, in the moment system being hacked so she also gets under its control, saying that this will be the end of their tour.
* When ninja escape the elevator, they get attacked by Security Mechs. They try to fight them with the Techno Blades but don't know how to activate them and realize that's not how they work. A mech fires their rocket to the glass, breaking the window and pushing the ninja out. However, they survive after grabbing onto a hanging hose and hitting a window cleaning platform.
* Meanwhile, in Borg's office, the inventor attempts to explain himself to the Digital Overlord. His efforts prove fruitless however as the Overlord assimilates him into a drone. At the same time, on the platform, four ninja warriors get attacked by enemy copter but before it manages to fire at them, Zane jumps on it and hacks it with his Techno Blade, finding out that's the way how the "weapons" work.
* In the factory area, the machines begin attacking the students and P.I.X.A.L. starts chasing them, but they find the exit to the outside. There they get picked up by Zane's new vehicle—the NinjaCopter—leaving P.I.X.A.L. because Nya realizes she's one of "them."
* When they get down of the tower, Sensei Wu takes the Techno Blades and says that he wants Kai and Zane in the air, and Jay and Cole on the ground. Cole manages to defeat the Security Mech and hacks it with his Techno Blade, making it the Earth Mech. Jay invades a tank and hacks it, making it the Thunder Raider.
* Kai jumps on Zane's copter and hacks an enemy airplane, making it the Kai Fighter and reaching the atmosphere. While he is flying, Cyrus Borg gives him a virtual message saying that a few weeks ago they discovered that a virus, the Digital Overlord, had infiltrated their system. He also says that they have to get the Techno Blades out of the city because if he finds out that they have them, he will never let them leave. After that, Kai lands to pick up Wu, but they get surrounded by Security Mechs.
* At the last moment, Lloyd arrives on the Golden Dragon, defeating the robots. At the same time, the Overlord appears on the screens around them. Lloyd tells him that he will defeat him again, after which Overlord says that he just wants his power.
* Wu lands on a rooftop and drops the Techno Blades into Kai's Fighter.
* As the ninja get back into the vehicles and race to leave the city, Overlord spots that Wu is getting away with the Techno Blades so he sends two copters that capture him on a building rooftop.
* However, Wu doesn't have the blades. Upon rewinding the footage, the Overlord sees that Wu quickly dropped Techno Blades into Kai's Fighter below him. The ninja safely got out of the city with the blades, while Wu is captured by Overlord's forces.

#### 30th

* As the sun rises over New Ninjago City, the Digital Overlord takes control of Cyrus Borg while P.I.X.A.L. begins a massive production of Nindroids.
* The streets and parks of New Ninjago City are nearly deserted, its citizens fleeing after the previous battle. An unlucky citizen that didn't make it out of the city spots a vending machine that offers him a drink. Suddenly, a Nindroid helicopter comes and scans the civilian. Identifying the man as not being one of its ninja targets, the helicopter moves on to the next sector while the civilian runs away in fear.
* Meanwhile, in Borg Tower, P.I.X.A.L. extracts the Golden Power that Lloyd used on a Security Mech, but it is not enough to create a body for the Overlord. Infuriated by his current condition, the Overlord, now in control of Cyrus Borg, turns his attention to the captured Master Wu, probing his memory to find out where the ninja are hiding.
* Just outside of Garmadon's monastery, the ninja are busy hiding their vehicles. Nya gives Lloyd a techno suit to disguise him from any aerial drones. Misako then greets them and shows them to the monastery, but Zane offers to stay behind with the Techno Blades, as Garmadon (who is now "Sensei Garmadon") forbids any weapons in his monastery. While the ninja hang out with Garmadon's students, Misako catches Nya staring at Jay and Cole.
* As night falls, Garmadon arrives and teaches the ninja and his students about the Art of the Silent Fist. His son Lloyd volunteers to battle him, only to be defeated in a training session. Garmadon uses the technique to defeat his son by avoiding his blows. The lesson continues when everyone practices the martial art in pairs.
* Meanwhile, outside of monastery, Zane discovers that the Techno Blades are gone. He searches the area and soon finds P.I.X.A.L., who had stolen the blades. Zane manages to catch her and tie her up, then returns to the monastery as the ninja come out to see what is going on. Zane then uses his Techno Blade to hack P.I.X.A.L.'s systems, freeing her from the Overlord's control. Grateful to Zane for saving her, P.I.X.A.L. tells the ninja of Master Wu.
* Suddenly, P.I.X.A.L. realizes she did not come alone and Nindroids surround the place. During the battle, the Nindroids break off a part of Zane. The ninja successfully defeat the Nindroids by trapping them into a mill wheel which then rolls out. However, General Cryptor destroys the ninja's vehicles. After that, the ninja decide to split. Jay, Zane, Cole, Kai, and Nya stay together while Nya sends Lloyd and Garmadon to her secret Samurai X Cave where they find vehicles to use. She also gets an idea to shut down the power in the city to stop the Overlord's virus from controlling all the machines in Ninjago.
* The Overlord sees that Cryptor was unable to catch the ninja and activates the Nindroid MechDragon to destroy them.

#### 31st

* The ninja use a circus truck as a transport to the power station. During the trip, Nya talks to the boys about rebooting the system, but Jay says that if the shutting down the power turns off the Nindroids, P.I.X.A.L will also stop working, then Cole tells her not to say Zane if he doesn't know about it. Kai asks everyone where Zane is.
* Meanwhile, P.I.X.A.L. repairs Zane who is damaged after the battle. Suddenly, she notices his heart, a technology unfamiliar to her. When she tries to examine the heart, it hurts Zane. The female android apologizes to him stating that she is curious as to why he is so different. Zane tells her that everyone is different, but P.I.X.A.L. dismisses it and leaves.
* Lloyd and his father see Zane's falcon land on the dragon's skeleton. When Lloyd presses the button with the Samurai X sign, the door opens. As he and his father enter inside, they pick an all-terrain vehicle named Proto Sam-X and drive away to expedite their travel.
* As night falls, Nya talks with Cole and gets caught by Kai. A few seconds later, they arrive at the station but guarded by Nindroids. P.I.X.A.L. decides to stay back as she isn't designed to combat. Later, Kai, Cole, Zane, Jay, and Nya manage to get inside but can't find a way to break the power charge protecting the power source. When Zane notices that P.I.X.A.L. has started fighting the Nindroids to help the ninja, he decides to go out to help her. The other ninja try to stop him, but they fail. While Cole opens the door and Zane exits the power station, Min-Droid jumps inside and starts fighting the ninja.
* Meanwhile, in Ninjago's Highway, Lloyd is drinking water in a lake while his father rests. Suddenly, he is shocked when the MechDragon arrives and spots him as the Golden Ninja. He quickly gets into the vehicle with Garmadon, and they start getting away. While the Dragon starts attacking, Lloyd fires weapons at it, but still can't destroy it.
* Outside of power station, Cryptor captures P.I.X.A.L. who climbed to the station to help ninja. Zane decides to help her but fails as Cryptor throws his Techno Blade one stage lower. Inside the station, Cole fights Min-droid who fires the laser at the charge, which damages the power source's protective glass shell. Then Kai remembers Garmadon's lesson of fighting without fighting so they decide to lure Nindroids inside to destroy the charge.
* When Nya opens the door, Nindroids start firing lasers and break the glass. Min-droid later tries to kick him but hits the glass falling into charge, which then explodes and all the power disappears, including P.I.X.A.L., who gets shut down.
* Lloyd and Garmadon then escape the MechDragon which falls down, because of power source disabling, and gets destroyed. After that Lloyd thinks that he should return, but his father tells him that the balance is shifted. The father and son continue their journey on foot.

### May

#### 1st

* Pythor, disguised as a hooded stranger, sets up a lab in the sewers of Ninjago City and obtains several Electrocobrai. He then sneaks into Borg Tower and steals hard drive containing the Digital Overlord as well as the captured Wu.
* Far away from New Ninjago City, Garmadon is helping Lloyd focus by having him balance rocks while he explains the importance of these lessons. As he places a boulder atop the pile, the Green Ninja loses the control and the rock tower falls down. Later, Garmadon gives up and says Lloyd that they continue forward, though without the use of the Golden Dragon.
* Meanwhile, at Borg Tower, a team of workers finds Cyrus Borg on the assembly line, unconscious. The lead engineer removes the headpiece, awakening the inventor. He hurries to his office, only to find the hard drive containing the Digital Overlord missing, as well as the recently captured Sensei Wu.
* At the same time, under the tower in a secret base, a mysterious stranger reactivates the Digital Overlord using Electro-Cobrai. He then uses one to power the assimilated Wu, ordering him after the ninja.
* Garmadon and his son go visit a mountain. While Garmadon wants to meditate and prepare for the battle against the Nindroids, Lloyd wants to do father-son activities, as he couldn't when he was a child, and Garmadon finally agrees.
* They begin with baseball. However, the score stays a complete 0-0, as it is virtually impossible to bat a ball past someone using Spinjitzu. They give up on baseball, and decide to try something else.
* They switch to fishing, but find that it is significantly too easy, finding a pile of more than 15 fish in thirty minutes. They give up on that as well, and decide to try a new activity.
* The next thing they try is catch. Lloyd throws the ball at Garmadon, but it is thrown with such force that it passes by Garmadon and through several trees. They abandon this as well, and try a different activity.
* Finally, they try to have a simple father-son chat. Lloyd asks what Garmadon wanted to do when he grew up, to which Garmadon replies that he wanted to be a world conqueror. Garmadon's greatest childhood fear, similarly, was to only conquer part of the world. Lloyd gets mad and remarks that this is the reason he never brought Garmadon to career day at school, and Garmadon states that they are not like other families. They're the Green Ninja and a Ex-Master Villain, and they just aren't the same as most people. In the end, they make up, and Garmadon invites Lloyd to roast marshmallows in a great place he knows about, somewhere in the Underworld.
* In Ed & Edna's Scrap N Junk, the ninjas are looking for parts that would enable Zane's hover-copter to run on solar power. While Ed, Jay, Cole, and Kai search through the junk piles, Nya transfers half of Zane's power source to P.I.X.A.L., while Edna watches. The operation is a success and the android is re-activated. However, the moment quickly goes sour when P.I.X.A.L. claims that Nya and Cole are a better couple than Nya and Jay. Jay overhears this as he comes in and attacks Cole.
* Meanwhile, in the mountains, after coming to a broken bridge, Garmadon tells his son to focus and move one of them in front of him. Lloyd tries to move pieces into place, but he fails and the bridge crumbles. The Golden Ninja thinks that it's non-sense and summons the Golden Dragon to create the Golden Path for them, much to his father's dismay.
* At Jay's parents' junkyard, unbeknownst to the ninja, Techno Wu arrives via hover-copter and powers General Cryptor, along with a few Nindroid Warriors, using electrocobrai. After activating a few Nindroid, Min-Droid sneaks in and gets access to Ed & Edna's crane.
* The ninja are still trying to break the battle against the two ninja, but are failing. The tiny droid uses the crane and launches the truck at a garbage pile. Kai realizes and quickly informs his friends; the ninja perform Spinjitzu and get out of the fallen vehicle, while Ed and Edna escape using bubble jet-packs. But, Zane falls with P.I.X.A.L. on the hard ground. The Nindroid notices that since he has given half of his heart, he can't finish his task. Then, Cryptor attacks him and P.I.X.A.L..
* Jay and Cole see that their friend is in a difficult problem, and decide to help. Just as they run to Zane, their former master traps the two in a pit. Kai, on the other hand, is battling Wu and ask Nya to turn off the crusher. Nya is managed to get by the controls of the pit, but she has a new problem to face: there are two wires, colored black and blue, and Nya has to cut *one*. If she destroys the wrong one, Jay and Cole will be crushed.
* Nya is trying to free her love interests while Zane uses his Techno Blade as a shield. Suddenly, he soon gets captured by the Nindroids. P.I.X.A.L. watches that her lover is being crushed when Cryptor activates rest of his army. Kai and Wu are still fighting, clanging their weapons—Techno Blade and Staff—against one another. Eventually, Wu manages to fling Kai away. The enemies drop Zane over a shredding machine. Shocked P.I.X.A.L. leaps into the air and saves Zane.
* Nya eventually gives up and decides to cut both wires at the same time, and frees Jay and Cole. Now, the three are able to assist Kai. However, Wu traps the ninja in a corner, but Zane and P.I.X.A.L. come with a magnified vehicle and pick up Wu since he is now part metal. The ninja are excited but quickly ends when the Stranger frees Wu and flies away with their via hover-copter. However, the Stranger leaves a scale behind. Nya decides to give Lloyd and his father Garmadon a message.
* Meanwhile, Lloyd and Garmadon are still climbing through mountains and Garmadon prohibits his son from using the Golden Dragon. They find a Ravture baby bird, but it falls. Wasting no time, Lloyd catches the bird, and Garmadon tells Lloyd to put it back. The Ravture's dad attacked Garmadon angrily, Lloyd having to use his Golden Power to stop the bird, but caused Garmadon to fall. Lloyd quickly makes a hand out of rocks that catch his dad. Garmadon was proud of his son, and together they watch the Ravture and its dad fly together. At that moment, the Falcon comes and gives Lloyd and Garmadon a message from Nya and the ninja. Later, Garmadon and Lloyd head out to Hiroshi's Labyrinth.
* In the Stranger's room underneath Borg Industries, the Digital Overlord is outraged that he failed. The Stranger explains that his attack on the ninja was merely a plot for them to send the Falcon, of which he now controls. With Lloyd heading into Hiroshi's Labyrinth, it will be the perfect place to spring a trap and capture him. Delighted by this news, the Overlord tells the stranger he likes him due to the deviousness of the plan. He then declares that Lloyd's power will soon be his.
* The ninja and Nya return to New Ninjago City, where they find a mob of angry civilians and Cyrus Borg, who is no longer influenced by the Overlord. The ninja agree to go underground to search for the Serpentine, believing that they stole the hard drive containing the Overlord, while P.I.X.A.L. stays behind to assist Cyrus. Meanwhile, the Stranger discusses his plans with the Digital Overlord to obtain a power source for the Nindroids, while Lloyd and Sensei Garmadon make their way through Hiroshi's Labyrinth to stay hidden.
* The ninja and Nya search underground for the Serpentine, eventually running into Skales outside of the Serpentine village. Skales brings them inside and tells them how they have decided to adapt to a new life and become more "civilized," choosing not to become involved with any of the Overlord's plans, or involved with the world above as a whole. Acidicus then tells the group about the "Curse of the Golden Master," a legend telling of a being whose power will equal that of the First Spinjitzu Master. The Serpentine attempted to warn people of this but were treated as the enemy, to which they fled underground. In the meantime, Cyrus Borg meets with P.I.X.A.L. in his office, with P.I.X.A.L. telling Cyrus of her connection with Zane. Cyrus tells her that she doesn't belong to anyone, not even him and that she is fully independent.
* Dareth also acts as the substitute teacher for Sensei Wu's students, as they go to the city's aquarium. There, while viewing the Electro-Cobrai exhibit, the Stranger arrives and shatters the tank. He obtains the Electro-Cobrai while Dareth fends off a shark, saving the students.
* Underground, the ninja contemplates the situation until an army of Nindroids raids the tomb. The Serpentine scatter with the ninja defending them and defeating the Nindroids by finding out that the Electro-Cobrais are their power source. Skales tells them at the Curse of the Golden Master is upon them, and says that they would not be able to assist the ninja because they're choosing to stay out of the conflict. Skales then tells them the one Serpentine fond of using Electro-Cobrai. The ninja then return to the surface.
* As Lloyd and Sensei Garmadon continue their journey, they're attacked by the corrupted Sensei Wu and various Nindroids. Garmadon battles Wu, while Lloyd uses his Golden Power to create a motorcycle to escape. He is pursued by various Nindroids using flight gear, although he manages to evade them all before coming to a stop next to a cliff. There, the Nindroid MechDragon rises up before him, possessed by the Overlord. Wu is holding Garmadon hostage on its back. Lloyd prepares to battle the Mechdragon, but the Stranger unleashes a snake that constricts Lloyd, draining him of his powers.
* The Stranger then reveals himself to be Pythor P. Chumsworth, having survived his ordeal with the Great Devourer, although his skin was bleached white in the process while Wu made it out unharmed. Pythor brings Lloyd aboard the Mechdragon, after which Garmadon is pushed off the side and into the water. As the Mechdragon flies off with Lloyd, Garmadon emerges from the water, telling his son to be strong, and that he would find him.

#### 2nd

* At Borg Tower, Cyrus Borg and P.I.X.A.L. are hard at work on creating a way for the ninja to use the Techno Blades and reboot the system remotely. However, they are interrupted by the savage citizens led by the Postman, who are furious that Borg has been keeping P.I.X.A.L.'s power for himself.
* Heading back inside the Borg Tower, Cyrus Borg tells the ninja that they are able to reboot the Overlord virus by going inside the Digiverse, but can still get hurt inside it. They were once again attacked by the citizens, only for them to see the Overlord started to drain Lloyd of his Golden Power. The people, convinced that the ninja were trying to help them, go and fight the invading Nindroids.
* Meanwhile, the ninja are sent to the Digiverse, where they must use their imagination to find ways to reach the reboot station. They realize all the codings flow towards the reboot station. Knowing they can't get hurt if they concentrate enough, they jump down the tower. However, due to Kai's unconfidence, his friends have to encourage him to jump.
* At Borg Tower, Nya, Cyrus, and P.I.X.A.L. are attacked by the Overlord, who found the ninja in the Digiverse. He makes it so that the platform they are standing on acts as quicksand. The Postman reported they were outnumbered, meaning the Nindroids were able to enter the Tower. P.I.X.A.L. was able to save the ninja by temporarily overwriting the corrupted code, also mentioning that they must reboot the system before the Overlord can do any more damage.
* The Overlord tells the ninja that the Digiverse is his world before tilting the whole city upside down. The ninja are able to go inside the Tower, giving them another perspective of their mission.
* At Borg Tower, Techno Wu, the Nindroids, and Pythor arrive, greeted by Nya and her Samurai Mech. As Nya keeps the Nindroids busy, Techno Wu and Pythor go inside the computer room to attack Cyrus Borg and P.I.X.A.L.
* Inside the Digiverse, the ninja use their vehicles to travel up the Tower, but Kai, still unconfident, has to ride with Zane.
* Meanwhile, P.I.X.A.L. has to protect the ninja by attacking Techno Wu and Pythor. Cyrus Borg is then kidnapped, leaving P.I.X.A.L. alone with the duo.
* The ninja manage to find the reboot station, but before they can reboot the Overlord virus, they encounter the Digital Overlord. He blocks the circuit, only for the ninja to try and move him.
* P.I.X.A.L., still fighting Pythor and Techno Wu, accidentally pushes the latter towards a button to shut off the power. As Wu is about to press the button, Sensei Garmadon arrives and throws him off the building. Pythor reminds him of his oath of peace, but he replies saying after he took his son, he would do anything to get him back. Pythor retreats on a copter, but Garmadon finds Wu on a post. He jumps out of the Tower to fight Wu.
* The Digital Overlord tells the ninja that he's more powerful than them thanks to the Golden Power, but Zane complies, telling the ninja that if they can't move him, then go around him. As Zane gains the Golden Power, he encourages the ninja to do the same so they can reflect the light around the Overlord. However, Kai is uncertain if he can do the same and that the Digiverse is the Overlord's world, not theirs. After realizing he can do it, he completes the system, rebooting the virus.
* The future versions of Wu and the Time Twins are transported to the Digiverse from 2017, before warping away.
* Meanwhile, Garmadon falls off the post but is saved by Wu, who is now free of his corruption. The Nindroids retreat and Nya goes to gather with the others to celebrate their victory. As the ninja came back from the Digiverse, Garmadon reminds them of Lloyd.
* Lloyd tries to escape the Nindroid MechDragon before it explodes. He jumps off just in time, plunging into the water below him. He finds a village and informed the others of his location. Zane assures P.I.X.A.L. that they'll find Cyrus and stop Pythor.
* At the MechDragon at the bottom of the ocean, the Overlord climbs out of the debris, telling himself he is free from the Digiverse.

#### 3rd

* In the ocean's depths, Pythor leads the Nindroids in attaching balloons to the Overlord's preserved body, allowing them to raise the Nindroid MechDragon above water. With their leader secure, Pythor, General Cryptor, and the Nindroids take off towards the Lost City of Ouroboros to work on Project: Arcturus, creating a rocket that would allow them to find the Golden Weapons in space.
* The Nindroid Army takes over the village of Nom, capturing the mayor and his daughter Seliel. The Nindroids take over the factory and force the workers to create fake Nindroids to lure the ninja to the village and distract them from finding out about Project: Arcturus. Seliel manages to find a way to escape and secretly operate as the Phantom Ninja at night, but doesn't tell her father, fearing thar he might be recaptured.
* Zane and P.I.X.A.L intercept a coded message about Project: Arcturus.
* While patrolling Nom, two Nindroid Drones are attacked and subdued by a mysterious Phantom Ninja that appears through a cloud of smoke. Meanwhile, in a nearby campfire, the ninja team discuss what the Overlord is planning, only for Jay to arrive, indicating the presence of the Nindroids in the nearby village.
* Investigating, the ninja realize that the Nindroids have taken the citizens hostage, forcing them to create more Nindroids in the factory. Formulating a plan, Nya visits the village the next day, pretending to be a traveler looking for work. From the citizens, she learns that the Nindroids are expecting a shipment of raw metals that night.
* Hiding in the woods that night, the ninja encounter the truck delivering the metal, only for the Phantom Ninja to arrive, piercing the engine and making plans to take revenge on the truck driver for his involvement, regardless of his knowledge of the Nindroids or not. However, the ninja intervene, allowing the driver to escape, and the Phantom Ninja leaves, warning the ninja not to get in the way of its vengeance.

#### 4th

* The ninja discuss the Phantom Ninja and the idea of the villagers being forced to work for the Nindroids. That night, Jay, theorizing that the Phantom Ninja is actually a Nindroid trying to trick them, confronts the enigmatic warrior atop one of the roofs. After using a magnet to deduce whether or not the Phantom Ninja is a Nindroid, leading to Jay's shock over his theory being disproven, he and the Phantom Ninja get into a brief scuffle. Ultimately, Nya arrives to intervene, and the Phantom Ninja escapes.

#### 5th

* The ninja sneak into the village, gaining the cooperation of Eve who manages to convince her father to explain how the Nindroids first took over Nom. Though wary, the father agrees, explaining how the Nindroids attacked in the dead of night, taking the mayor and his daughter, Seliel, hostage. However, soon after employing the village to create machines for them, the Phantom Ninja appeared, its arrival being signified by a cloud of smoke, before taking vengeance on Nindroids and disappearing.
* Zane, from the story, theorizes the identity of the Phantom Ninja, and the ninja make plans. Nya heads out to find the mayor and Seliel, and arriving near the factory, the only place where the prisoners could be, spots something that shocks her enormously. Meanwhile, Kai and Jay, seeking to destroy the power as part of the plan, fight off the security system, which disguises itself as inanimate cables. As Cole dresses Zane up as a Nindroid, Nya is captured by several Nindroids, who discuss killing her immediately.
* At the factory, the power goes out, and Zane, disguised, orders that the villagers leave and move to New Ninjago City, successfully getting them to escape. However, trouble arises when the Phantom Ninja appears, causing chaos, even as the Nindroids see through Zane's disguise. With the help of Cole, Jay, and Kai, they manage to fend off the Nindroids, as Nya escapes her captors.
* The Phantom Ninja takes its leave, disappearing, as the ninja escape, deciding their next action is to ensure that the Phantom Ninja is on their side, or at the very least, stops interfering. That night, Cole encounters the Phantom Ninja exiting out of the side of the factory, exposing it as Seliel, the mayor's daughter. Revealing her supernatural smoke was nothing more than smoke pellets, Cole is attacked by a hostile Seliel, but manages to subdue and negotiate with her. With her village in danger, Seliel ultimately decides to accept the help of the ninja, getting over her anger over their initial absence.

#### 6th

* The ninja prepare their final phase of their plan, before Seliel lures General Cryptor and the rest of the Nindroids to the North Woods that night. As the Nindroids explore the forest, in search of the villagers, the ninja ambush them with the various traps they had set up. Despite their victory, Cryptor gloats that he will take vengeance on the mayor and Seliel, only for Seliel to reveal herself, having rescued her father in the chaos. Defeated, Cryptor escapes.
* As the heroes reconcile, Seliel explains how, after seeing the ninja fight the Skulkin some time ago, she became inspired to become a ninja herself, training everyday and inventing her smoke pellets. Before she could begin her adventures, however, the Nindroids captured Seliel and her father, holding them prisoner. Luckily, Seliel managed to discover an exit one night while her father slept, but, fearing her father's fate should he be recaptured, chose not to tell him and would regularly leave the factory every night to fight the Nindroids as the Phantom Ninja.
* However, despite their apparent success, Seliel reveals that the Nindroid parts that were being manufactured were useless, hollow pieces. Cole comes to the conclusion that the Overlord had taken over Nom Village simply to distract the ninja while he worked on his real plan. Nevertheless, Seliel and her father thank the ninja for their help and take their leave, offering her help in the future.

#### 7th

* At the Temple of Light, Lloyd gives up his Golden Power to restore the ninja's Elemental Powers. Garmadon expresses his concerns about Lloyd dividing his power, but Wu assures him that he must trust his son. Wu also reassures that they will find Cyrus Borg and stop Pythor, hoping that they will be able to rest once this is over. However, Garmadon responds by saying that since they are the protectors of Ninjago, rest doesn't come easily.
* At a secret base in Ouroboros, Cryptor asks Pythor why the Overlord hasn't shown himself yet, to which Pythor replies that their master will reveal himself when he chooses to and tells him that he can always be reprogrammed, before leaving to another room, where he regurgitates the Overlord and informs him that the Nindroids are growing inpatient. The Overlord tells him that they will soon finish Project: Arcturus.
* At Borg Tower, Sensei Wu spots General Cryptor aboard a train heading for Ouroboros. He tries to send Jay and Cole to investigate, but they are fighting over Nya once more at Chan's Theater. Wu sends Kai instead, but the Red Ninja has become overconfident with the heroes' previous victory over the Overlord. As a result, he is attacked by Nindroids, and Pythor himself grabs him, tapes his mouth, and takes him prisoner.
* Cole, Jay, Zane, and Lloyd discover the secret of Arcturus and head for Ouroboros. When they arrive, the floor opens, revealing the OverBorg's ultimate creation, Codename: Arcturus, a rocket designed to reach Delta V, the comet that contains the lost Golden Weapons.
* The ninja release Kai and secretly board the rocket, following the Nindroids to space. Wu, Garmadon, Nya and P.I.X.A.L watch as the rocket takes off, before returning to Garmadon's monastery.
* While observing the constellations, Seliel manages to get her father's approval to become the Phantom Ninja. As she reminisces on her next encounter with the ninja, she stares into the sky at the comet Delta V, where, unbeknownst to her, the ninja are currently heading to.

#### 8th

* The ninja are stowed away in the engine section of the Arcturus as it flies through space. They make contact with Borg Tower and voice their concerns about their current predicament to Sensei Wu, Garmadon, Nya, and P.I.X.A.L. Wu discovers that there are space suits inside the ship, which will enable them to go outside and commandeer the ship. Zane goes out and tries to search them, due to being a Nindroid and therefore not needing oxygen. He, however, slips while hiding from General Cryptor and floats away from the ship, but uses his Ice powers to get back.
* Zane finds the suits and gives them to the other ninja just as the rocket disengages its un-needed engines. However, when they climb toward the door leading to the cockpit they are attacked by Nindroids, who fire on them with laser guns. Following Jay's initiative of fighting back, and learning that their Spinjitzu does not work in zero-gravity, the others take some laser guns as well, so that they successfully repel the attack. Soon the Arcturus enters the comet through its tail and is battered by massive ice meteorites.
* In New Ninjago City, the Overborg, Pythor, and multiple Nindroids bring the Overlord's capsule inside the Borg Tower. When Nya and the others up in Borg's office realize that the villains are coming, they quickly escape with the equipment needed to keep in contact with the ninja. Meanwhile, the Nindroids enter the office and open the capsule, releasing the Overlord in a blackened form of the Golden Master. The Overborg attacks Wu, Garmadon, and Nya but they are saved by a Hovercopter controlled by P.I.X.A.L.'s central computer.
* In space, the Arcturus rocket crashes on the comet's surface where the melted and fused forms of the Golden Weapons are located. General Cryptor discovers the Golden Weapons and warns his Nindroid minions to not touch them, as one discovers why. The hidden ninja discovers them too as Jay excitedly finds an extraterrestrial beetle, which he names Glowie. Unfortunately, said bugs eat anything metal, a fact that reaches them from Nya too late. While the Nindroids get away with the golden mass aboard their ROV, the ninja follows pursuit on their own while using the pursuing bugs against their robotic adversaries. The ninja eventually succeed in taking Cryptor's ignition key to the rocket, so that they cannot leave the comet with the Golden Weapons and take them to the Overlord.
* However, their victory is short-lived when they find another bug swarm among the rocket, chewed up into pieces. Seeing this as well, Cryptor and the other surviving Nindroids use their built-in boosters to fly off the comet with their golden prize. Stranded on the surface with the insects, the ninja report to the others that they had failed, and are not coming back home.
* General Cryptor and his Nindroids land back at Borg Industries, where they line up to honor their ruler — the Golden Master. The Overlord marches between the two lines of robots, and commands Cyrus to flee; since he has completed his mission, the Overlord no longer needs him. As the villain questions if the Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu have been melted down for his weapon, Cryptor frees Cyrus from the OverBorg. Cyrus asks if there is anything he can do to stop the villains, but the Nindroid General declares that all he can do is to bow down to the Overlord. The Overlord looks over the factory and laughs as the Golden Weapons are melted down.
* In space, the ninja despair after repeated failed attempts to escape the comet. However, Lloyd refuses to give up, suggesting that they use their elemental powers, and everything around them to restart the ship. Reheartened by Lloyd's words, the ninja repair the ship and use Zane as a power source. Though Zane gets overheated by the strain, they manage to fly back to the planet. To land safely, Lloyd suggests a new technique: elemental shields.
* The Overlord begins his attack on New Ninjago City, but the citizens of Ninjago are filled with hope when they see the ninja returning. P.I.X.A.L. uses a motorcycle to catch up with her friends, using her power to land them on their vehicles. As the ninja reunite with their allies, Cyrus tells them that they should head for the Temple of Fortitude, a place where the Overlord and the First Spinjitzu Master battled long ago. He claims there's a shield at the place, so the Nindroids won't harm them, and there is something he wants to give them that may help them save the world.
* The ninja head to the temple but stop when they see the Golden Master's path of destruction. Nya then crashes due to being hit by a car the Overlord threw. Lloyd reminds his friends that the only way to save Ninjago is to reach the Temple of Fortitude, but the Overlord finds them and uses a massive Spinjitzu tornado against them. The ninja swiftly run away, rendezvousing with Cyrus, Wu, and Garmadon.
* While the ninja jump past various items blocking their path, Nya defeats two Nindroids. Confronted by General Cryptor himself, Nya claims that Min-Droid is better than him just as the latter walks by, naturally, Cryptor denies this. The miniature Nindroid overhears Cryptor's boast of superiority, and the resulting attack on his general allows Nya to escape.
* The ninja finally arrive at the temple, and Wu and Garmadon close the doors, which activate their shields. Cyrus gives them the ultimate weapon, a pill. Jay is angry that all they had was a pill. Borg then explains that it is no ordinary pill; it could make anyone shrink. Garmadon realizes that when he and Wu were still young, they used to play a game that involved Wu hitting an object with their staff, and they would never lose. Using this thought he forms an idea: himself and Wu would hit the pill straight into the Overlord's mouth. The shield is starting to break; Nya arrives and destroys a couple of Nindroids, and buys some time for the ninja. Borg gives the ninja armor which protects them from attacks from the Overlord.
* The ninja make it to the Golden Master, who has created a massive spider web around Borg Tower using the Golden Power. Wu hits the pill, which heads straight to the Overlord's mouth, but Pythor sacrifices himself and swallows the pill instead. As a result, Pythor shrinks down to the size of a worm before being immediately chased away by the Falcon. He is later captured and locked away in Kryptarium Prison.
* The Golden Master is outraged that the ninja tried to shrink him. He obtains the ninja with his Golden Power only to miss Zane. The Ninja of Ice tells his friends to support him one last time, and the ninja bounce him. Although, during the process, he lands and touches the Golden Master's gold and starts to overload from his power. He refuses to let go, because ninja never quit, which frees his friends. As he reaches maximum capacity, he gratefully remembers his past and freezes the Overlord at the expense of his life. The ninja are heartbroken that Zane has passed.
* Unbeknowst to anyone, Zane secretly survived and rebuilds himself in the Digiverse, gaining a new titanium body.

#### 9th

* Several Nindroids attempt to take up various different jobs but are fired due to their association with the Overlord, forcing them to begin committing crimes.

#### 10th

* A Nindroid hacks into an ATM machine but is caught and imprisoned in Kryptarium Prison.

#### 12th

* A Nindroid freelances as unregistered slot-machine, but is arrested and sent to Kryptarium Prison.

#### 19th

* A funeral is held for Zane at the Ninjago City Park.
* At the funeral, Borg makes a speech on how he thought technology was the best way to stop problems but instead caused more. He now names Zane the Titanium Ninja and reveals a statue of Zane, the titanium statue. He then passes the microphone to Kai. The Red Ninja claims no one knew what powered Zane, and he thought it was brotherhood because that's how Zane powered him. As he finishes the speech, snow begins to fall.
* P.I.X.A.L. leans on a window in Borg's office, grieving over Zane. However, the place begins to show memories of her and Zane, from the first day they met. She wonders if it could be a message from Zane. P.I.X.A.L. runs to another side of the building, realizing machines are following her. She hears Zane's voice, asking "Are we compatible now?", hinting that Zane might have survived. P.I.X.A.L. smiles in response.

#### 20th

* Having gotten word of Zane's survival, Chen and Clouse hire Ronin to bring Zane to his island, intending to use him as bait to lure the ninja to the Tournament of Elements. Ronin accepts the job, but changes his mind, upon learning the target is one of the ninja. Clouse threatens to harm his family, forcing him to comply.
* Ronin captures Zane and P.I.X.A.L. and sells them to Chen.
* Chen receives Zane and P.I.X.A.L from Ronin. He takes away Zane's powers with the Staff of Elements, ereases his memories and imprisons him in his dungeon. He also scraps P.I.X.A.L and brings her parts to the dungeons as well.

#### 25th

* Colin and Landon work for a Ship Captain who orders them to clean the ship. They start mopping but make the Captain fall.
* They paint the ship but Colin paints the Captain's face green, which upsets him. Sqiffy and Bucko then throw the anchor into the water, but it gets caught on the propeller of the ship. Colin and Landon start laughing at the Captain, who promptly fires them.

#### 26th

* Colin and Landon start working at Master Chen's Noodle House but they start breaking plates and laughing so Chen fires them.

#### 27th

* Colin and Landon work as window washers at Borg Tower but their bucket falls on Cyrus Borg's head and they laugh before he too fires them.

#### 28th

* Garmadon encounters Jacob Pevsner and Griffin Turner.

#### 30th

* A Nindroid is arrested and locked away in Kryptarium Prison after attempting armed robbery.

### June

#### 5th

* The ninja have an encounter with Ronin who leaves them in the mouth of something.

#### 6th

* The ninja team officially disbands, leaving Lloyd as the only active ninja.
* Kai becomes a fighter at Yang's Tavern, participating in Slither Pit matches under the name "Red Shogun".
* Jay begins hosting the Most Extreme Ninja Challenge Ever.
* Cole begins working as a lumberjack.

### December

#### 24th

* The inhabitants of Chima, now joined by the cured Hunters and Dark Tribes, attend a Christmas style celebration at the market, decorating the Lion Temple.
* Several animals, including Dom De la Woosh, Scorm, Strainor and Sykor skate on the ice, as several others watch.
* Reegul is given money by several animals, and then signals for a group of ravens to shoot fireworks from the walls of the Lion Temple, as the tribe members watch in awe.
* Worriz, Windra, Crawely and Crug eat grilled meat around a campfire.
* The gorillas sing a Christmas song in a chorus.
* Sir Fangar gives presents to Wonald and G'Loona.
* Lagravis and the lions use Golden Chi to form a giant Christmas Tree made out of snow from the ground, with an orb of Golden Chi on the top. The eagles and bats decorate it with Chi orbs, as all of the tribal members watch and enjoy the celebration.

## References

1. ↑ *This May Sting a Bit*
2. ↑ *Dream of the Dreamless*
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 *Fire Dreaming*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 *A Spark of Hope*
5. ↑ Sir Fangar Character Teaser Video
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 *Attack of the Ice Clan*
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 *Trial by Fire*
8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 *The Crescent*
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 *Fired Up!*
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 *Cool and Collected*
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 *The Snowball Effect*
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 *The King Thing*
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 *A Very Slippery Slope*
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 *The Artifact*
15. ↑ *The Panther*
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 *The Phoenix has Landed*
17. ↑ 17.00 17.01 17.02 17.03 17.04 17.05 17.06 17.07 17.08 17.09 17.10 *Wings of Fire*
18. ↑ *Nap Time is Over*
19. ↑ *The Good News Bear*
20. ↑ 20.00 20.01 20.02 20.03 20.04 20.05 20.06 20.07 20.08 20.09 20.10 20.11 *The Heart of Cavora*
21. ↑ 21.00 21.01 21.02 21.03 21.04 21.05 21.06 21.07 21.08 21.09 21.10 21.11 21.12 21.13 21.14 21.15 21.16 21.17 21.18 *The Surge*
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Mount Thunderstox
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 23.8 Ultra Agents App
24. ↑ Secrets Discovered
25. ↑ 25.00 25.01 25.02 25.03 25.04 25.05 25.06 25.07 25.08 25.09 25.10 25.11 25.12 25.13 25.14 25.15 *The Art of the Silent Fist*
26. ↑ 26.00 26.01 26.02 26.03 26.04 26.05 26.06 26.07 26.08 26.09 26.10 26.11 26.12 *Blackout*
27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 Night of the Nindroids
28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 *The Curse of the Golden Master*
29. ↑ 29.00 29.01 29.02 29.03 29.04 29.05 29.06 29.07 29.08 29.09 29.10 29.11 29.12 29.13 *Enter the Digiverse*
30. ↑ Golden Hour
31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 31.4 31.5 31.6 *Codename: Arcturus*
32. ↑ 32.00 32.01 32.02 32.03 32.04 32.05 32.06 32.07 32.08 32.09 32.10 32.11 32.12 Who is the Phantom Ninja?
33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 *The Void*
34. ↑ 34.00 34.01 34.02 34.03 34.04 34.05 34.06 34.07 34.08 34.09 34.10 34.11 *The Titanium Ninja*
35. ↑ The Greatest Fear of All
36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 36.4 36.5 The Invitation
37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 Story 6: Chapter 4
38. ↑ Way of the Departed
39. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/868074042842116096?t=zMVYChhdOFMAFMQkgskVOw&s=19
40. ↑ *Only One Can Remain*
41. ↑ *Versus*
42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 The Tall Tale of Sqiffy and Bucko
43. ↑ Ninja Roll
44. ↑ Stiix and Stones
45. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/860120079903674368?t=r1ADfjmkhS710kGeZlZ6Tw&s=19
46. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/860163321516969984?t=YsRyDUIPm4l5BxqbAnzV6A&s=19
47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 47.3 47.4 47.5 47.6 *Merry Chima Everyone*