En Tao’s wife dramatically enters and converses with him about the state of their children. She is curious as to why he’s so mad that they’ve talked back to him. He explains that the Tao family has to be the absolute existence - that of justice. She asks what he’s going to do now. She answers to cut his doubt. Ren is trying to trust others and he needs to break that. She asks if he has doubt in himself. He answers he has no such thing and disappears.
Yoh and Manta lazily relax on a raft floating on a river in China. Horo Horo and Ryu are battling it out on the next raft as Ryu explains the records - he has won all three. Horo Horo has only won two, and Yoh has a win, a loss, and a draw. They have a moment where they discuss Ren and how he is now their friend so they must rescue him.
Ren and Jun are still chained in the basement. He mentions that everything will be ok. He believes that. She laughs because it reminds her of Yoh.
When they reach the Tao estate, the spirits are suspicious that there are no armies to greet them. En Tao sits in his lair applauding Bason’s actions. He had hoped all along that he would bring back the incarnations of evil that gave “doubt” to Ren. He calls for his strongest Kyonshiis which the Tao family has specifically created as bodyguards, the ultimate 5 Deities Army.
Yoh and company enter and are greeted by the 5 Deities army. They take Ryu down pretty easily. Horo Horo begins the fight in Oversoul and freezes one of the deities with Hipopo Punch, ice condensed by Oversoul. Another attacks and hits him from behind but Ryu takes it out with his death blow, Jigokuryuu Benitokage. Horo Horo and Ryu decide to hold them as Yoh and Manta make a run for Ren.
They free Ren and Jun. Ren is still intent on defeating his father, but Jun has vowed to never fight again. She doesn’t want to hurt anyone anymore.
En Tao calls forth Pailong. Meanwhile, Horo Horo and Ryu are making short work of the 5 Deities army. Yoh and Manta follow Ren, questioning his motives. Yoh doesn’t understand how Ren can hate his father this much. Ren explains that he came to destroy the hatred within him. His father placed an emblem on his back to fill him with hatred. He must overcome his father before he overcomes himself. He tells Yoh to go home. Yoh, however, has other intentions, puts his arm around Ren, and tells him that they’ll do it together.
Suddenly, there is a loud crash and Pailong breaks through the wall. Yoh tries to greet him as a friend, but Ren and Jun are quick to warn him that their father is once again controlling him. Pailong transforms into a dragon. Manta asks what’s going on, but then realizes that they won’t use Oversoul because Jun still cares about Pailong. Jun decides to step in and throws her seal to try to break her fathers. Ren cuts it before it hits Pailong. He thinks there must be a secret to this because there doesn’t appear to be a seal. Ren Oversouls and commands Yoh to do the same, explaining that En is controlling Pailong from far away with Furyoku. That’s why he’s in this state. Together, Ren and Yoh destroy Pailong’s Oversoul.
They then make their way back to Ryu and Horo Horo, who aren’t fairing too well against the last of the 5 Deities. He performs Ochankyaku…
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