After the Gate of Babylon, Hao meets up with his former henchman.
Chocolove dreams of running from Hao’s shaman. His Wind of Laughter has been absorbed and he is powerless. Tamao stands over him trying to wake him up. Meanwhile, the X-Laws carry Jeanne-sama on a stretcher to her Iron Maiden. Everyone looks for their fallen, as Faust uses his doctor skills to help Jeanne-sama.
Elsewhere, Ryu climbs up a mountain to find Lyserg crying. Ryu asks if he’s crying tears of regret. Lyserg counters that he’s crying for Jeanne-sama. He has no regrets in setting up Yoh to open the Gate of Babylon. Ryu tells him that he believes in him as Mine-san walks towards them. She tells Lyserg that he no longer needs to follow them. He is a gentle boy and they no longer need to borrow his power. She gives Morphine back to him and tells him to go. Lyserg doesn’t take the gist well and tells Morphine to go away as he walks the opposite direction.
Not wanting to interfere with the Great Spirit’s will, Goldbar sends her priests out to continue the Shaman Fight. Not long after, Hao appears, capturing her with his Spirit of Fire. He declares the Shaman Fight over and sets fire to the Holy Gounds. Mikihisa walks towards him.
Manta asks Anna if she really knows where Yoh is. She tells him that she is the future wife of the shaman king and there’s nothing she doesn’t know. They see Morphine coming towards them.
Horo Horo and Pirika examine his Oracle Bell. In what appears to be a homage to DBZ, it has a list of all Shamans and their furyoku levels. Horo Horo’s stands at 9060. Hao’s description is far greater, but not mentioned.
Mikihisa tells everyone to stay back. If Hao is able to capture their spirits, he will fully recover. Mikihisa and Hao then go at it.
Ren overheard that Hao was going to take on the Great Spirits inside the Gate of Babylon. Hao’s boy, Zinc, aka the 10th Priest walk up to him and taunts him. 10,000 - is that all the Chousen jiryaketsu can do? That’s not nearly strong enough to beat Hao. Zinc then offers Ren a partnership with Hao, who can make him stronger. He senses that Ren truly wishes to fight Yoh, and plays up on that until Ren’s anger flares.
When Anna and Manta find Yoh, he is enjoying a slice of watermelon. Yoh tells her that Hao already has enough strength. The shaman fight is just an annoying thing in the way of taking on the Great Spirits. Yoh came all this way to become Shaman King, but he doesn’t want anyone to be killed. If he fights him in a Shaman Fight, he also will be killed. He apologizes. Anna slaps him and then declares that she is Yoh Asakara’s wife. She then tells him to go defeat Hao and get the Great Spirits. From each direction, all the boys reunite, surrounding Yoh.
Inside the Spirit Ground, Mikihisa drops to his knees. He tells everyone to stand back. Hao burns him and tells him to give Yoh a message that everything will be decided in front of the Great Spirits.
Anna finds Mikihisa lying severely wounded. Pirika asks if the furyoku info listed in the Oracle Bell is accurate. Hao’s furyoku is 1,000,252. Everyone starts to worry as it dawns on them that they never had a chance of winning. Yoh takes off his Oracle Bell. Goldbar asks if that means forfeiting the Shaman Fight. He replies that’s not his intention and asks if the priests could nurse Mikihisa and those injured back to health. Silva will lead them to the Great Spirits.
Ren isn’t quite ready to go yet and takes the opportunity to fight Yoh one last time.