Yoh meets with Lyserg for a long-awaited conversation, but others lurking nearby intervene. Finally, X-Laws' team X-III takes on Hao's Hoshi-gumi team.

Yoh watches helplessly as Team X-III desperately fights Hao, who reveals the secret of his birth and his thousand-year history with the Asakura clan.

The second Shaman Fight begins as Team X-I of the X-Laws take on Egypt's Team Niles. But X-I's newest member is someone Yoh's group knows all too well.

Team Ren faces off against Hao's lackeys, Team Tsuchi-gumi. Joco recalls his past with a certain person after being cornered in a desperate situation.

Overwhelmed by Faust's new Over Soul, the Icemen crumble under the pressure — then launch a sub-zero counterattack as the end of the match approaches.

Team Funbari Hot Springs begins their first match versus the Icemen. But Yoh vows to defeat them with one attack thanks to the ultra senji ryakketsu.

Yoh and Manta encounter the shaman Ren, who shows no mercy when fighting a punk. Furious at Ren's misuse of his powers, Yoh faces him in battle.

Anna tells Yoh about the new tournament to crown the next Shaman King. Ren's sister Jun challenges Yoh to a battle, with Amidamaru as the prize.

Shaman Yoh Asakura offers to help his new classmate Manta face a notorious thug with the aid of a legendary samurai spirit.

After possessing Ryu, Tokageroh takes Manta hostage. Yoh and Amidamaru fight him, but Tokageroh wields Harusame and they're at a disadvantage.

One of the Patch Officiants, Silva, unleashes his five animal spirits against Yoh to determine if he's worthy of participating in the Shaman Fight.

Now qualified for the tournament, Yoh faces his first opponent, Horohoro of Hokkaido, a proud Ainu shaman who can manipulate ice and snow.

Faust VIII, a necromancer who can manipulate corpses, enrages Yoh when he targets Manta for sadistic experimentation before their match.

With Ren as his next opponent, Yoh distances himself from Manta to ensure his friend's safety. Later, Yoh returns to Izumo to continue his training.

The last battle in the preliminary round begins. Fated rivals Yoh and Ren fight to the limit, but who will punch their ticket to the main tournament?

Ren returns to China to take care of unfinished business. The BōZ Brothers ambush Yoh and Tamao, but a familiar face comes to their rescue.

Back home, an imprisoned Ren vows to defeat his father after losing to him in a fight. Meanwhile, Yoh and the others set out for China to rescue Ren.

Ren and his allies make their way toward En. The head of the Tao family may be a formidable foe, but Yoh and company aren't ones to back down.

Yoh's group meets the self-proclaimed future king. Those in the main tournament board a flight, not knowing their first trial is about to begin.

As Yoh and the others prepare to travel to a town where a Patch Tribe village once stood, the dowser Lyserg appears and asks to join their group.

Yohmei tasks Anna with delivering an ancient book belonging to the Asakura family to Yoh in the United States. Horohoro's guardian Kororo goes missing.

Searching for answers, Yoh and company arrive at the ancestral village of the Patch Tribe, where they find themselves beset by Hao's followers.

Facing Boris, Ryu unleashes a new power acquired from his training with Yoh's grandfather Yohmei. An unexpected person appears before Manta and Anna.

Yoh's group reaches the Patch Tribe Village as they find the Great Spirits and learn the purpose of the Shaman Fight. A cheery shaman joins the team.

While looking for Lyserg, Yoh and friends are confronted by Faust, who makes a startling offer. Finally the stage is set, and the Shaman Fight begins.