3000 B.C.
As the pharaoh had expected, Ra was now more powerful than the gods that was sealed to guard in the temple at which the defeated gods lied in ruins. The pharaoh commanded to sacrifice three of his great beasts to bring back one card from the dead, obelisk the tormentor.
The pharaoh hoped that the sight of obelisk would calm the raged god, but he got more powerful by draining the very soul that sealed inside Marik. However, if Marik dies, Ra's central power would also come to a halt. So Ra spared the very tiny speck of life to Marik, his heart.
At this point, pharaoh's second in hand general, Seto, revealed the millennium eye. He hoped to drain the rage out of Marik. Marik had to be taken over by yami Marik to survive, and yami Marik was the loyalist servant to Ra there ever was. Yami Marik revealed his millennium item, the millennium rod, and then the war of the shadow realm began between him and Seto.
Whoever won the shadow duel would win the whole shadow realm. But the loser would only power the winner. Seto began playing his la jinn the mystical jenie. Marik, however, had different monsters then the pharaoh had ever seen. Then Marik summoned the Phersomat, the great dragon that ruled over the heavens. When it attack, the cause was devastating...
Just as the situation couldn't get any worse, yami Marik used the power of the millennium rod to even power up his monsters by more attack. Seto had expected this, so he used the power of his millennium eye to make all of his monsters have special abilities to crush Marik.
He then summoned sword stalker, and then, the magic increased its attack to 2400, and then it slew the Phersomat, causing a huge powerful explosion. Marik set two tablets facedown for later uses, and Seto was puzzled. Marik explained that there were now magic and the deadly traps, destroying all that wish to pass.
Seto hadn't been let out of his duties, so he did not know the new changes that were occurring around him. Marik then summoned another Phersomat and then make Seto go. Seto just used his loyal stalker to summon his best monster, the blue eyes white dragon.
Then, he also figured out when he used half of his magicians (his lifepoints) to call back one monster from the tablet grave. This was the sword stalker, and now his attack was 2800. Seto attacked the dragon, and then Marik only had one magician left behind him to serve him. Marik realized that the time was running out.
Marik then said that Seto had fallen into his two traps. They were the two acid trap holes. Now, all of Seto's monsters sink into the hole never to be seen again. Marik then laid another tablet down and told Seto to make his move... Meanwhile, Joey, another peasant that was from the wheeler family, walked down the street.
He had no idea, that fate had chosen him to serve the pharaoh, for all eternity. Then a man with a turban greeted him with a pure gold key, hanging around his neck. Joey asked the stranger where he got the gold, but it seemed that the stranger was meditating. The stranger suddenly used his magical key to build a hole around Joey, and Joey fell into complete darkness...