Zane dreams of walking in a blizzard and meets the Titanium Dragon. He sees the Falcon talking with P.I.X.A.L.'s voice and wakes him up (from another room) only to find out that Zane's memory drive is almost out. P.I.X.A.L. tries to get Zane to get his memory back.
She reveals that Zane had saved his friends, rebuilt himself, and reminds him of his Nindroid capabilities. He successfully begins to remember what he can do and finds new abilities to use.
Meanwhile, Nya and Master Wu are continuing work on rebuilding the Destiny's Bounty. Nya talks about what makes Jay and Cole different from each other, though Wu doesn't offer any wisdom since the problem was about young love.
Misako comes by, saying she hasn't heard from Garmadon or the Ninja for days. Nya begins a search using her mobile base, the D.B. Express. Although Wu assures Misako that her family and his students will be found, she reminds him they're still with Garmadon as a nod to his past actions.
Back at Chen's Island, the Tournament of Elements is on break. All the competitors are in the cafeteria eating breakfast.
The Ninja(except for Aria, who doesn't care) are still shaken up from Chen stealing Karlof's powers and try to come up with a new plan to find Zane.
Jay, however, decides to take the day off, which Cole criticizes him for and leads them into another argument. Chen then announces the six masters competing to get the Jadeblades next.
The masters consist of Griffin Turner, Gravis, Ash, Bolobo, and stops on Neuro.
"Guess we get the day off" Jay said as the last competitor was revealed to be Aria.
The first match begins with Griffin versus Gravis to obtain a Jadeblade from the top of a cherry blossom tree. Griffin's elementinitially gave him a headstart, but Gravis catches up to him by means of levitation.
The second match between Neuro and Bolobo begins, where the Jadeblade rets on top of a boulder. Neuro reads Bolobo's mind to see his opening move and in doing so, he uses his vines to gain ground in climbing, which makes Bolobo go after him.
The final match between Aria and Ash takes place on a bridge over a volcano, with the Jadeblade and the competitors on a wooden bridge.
Ash flips the bridge over, causing it to fall on a rock below. Aria stands there and watches Ash's every move.
Ash went for the blade, him and Aria started fighting. Ash keeps disappearing and reappearing.
Meanwhile, the Master of Nature traps the Master of Mind, though, he quickly escapes and sends his opponent to the ground using his powers, to which Garmadon remarks on the power of the mind.
However, Bolobo trapped Neuro in a multitude of vines again where Lloyd points out "in man vs nature, nature usually wins."
Griffin then begins to mess with Gravis by running to different branches, but it backfires and the Master of Gravity pins him using the blossoms.
Ash was fighting Aria close to the edge, to the ninjas surprisr Aria used Spinjitzu to push Ash back, he dissappeared and reappeared behind her. He kicked her over closer to the edge.
"Aria use your powers!" Jay shouted
Aria threw dark energy balls at him, only for Ash to dodge them while they start destroying the bridge.
With Neuro trapped, Bolobo uses his powers to grab the Jadeblade but Neuro gives him a headache, giving him the chance to climb the vines and take the blade, winning and eliminating the Master of Nature.
The Master of Speed escapes and Gravis, having had enough, uses his powers to bring the Jadeblade to him, only for Griffin to run in and take it, eliminating Gravis.
Chen activates a trapdoor even though Gravis is still levitating, so he drops a sandbag on him and sends him through, causing Griffin to question how many buttons Chen has.
Ash tackled Aria "I win girly and you loose"
"Don't think you've won just yet" Aria said grabbing him and he started turning to stone
"Aria!" Kai shouted
"Don't kill him!" Lloyd shouted
She slipped out from under Ash. She took the blade and ended the match with Ash eliminated.
Soon, most of the contestants are looking at the brackets and when the Ninja see for themselves, they're shocked to find Cole and Aria have been set up to fight next.
The Ninja confront Clouse about this, but he brushes it off. Garmadon tells them to accept it but Jay hysterically tells him that one of them has to lose.
Lloyd points out they won't have to fight if they find Zane; and their fight isn't until the night.
Back in the dungeon, Zane is beginning to cut through his chains, but is forced to stop when two cultists pass his cell. P.I.X.A.L. advises him to break out during the fight, but he states she's breaking out with him.
In the stadium, Aria and Cole getting ready for the match, Lloyd was with Aria, watching her look into a mirror and her eyes turning purple.
"Your serious about this Aria?" Lloyd asked softly
"I have my own reasons for being here Lloyd, but Cole's my cousin, i have to let my dark side take over" Aria said
"But that's dangerous!" Lloyd shouted
"Lloyd when i was young my teacher once said the best way to fight an enemy was to make them your friend, but how are you suppose to defeat your friend?" Aria said looking at Lloyd
"I don't know" he said taking her hand
Chen begins to announce the fight, and Lloyd kissed Aria's cheek "good luck baby"
Aria's eyes turned completely purple as her and Cole started fighting. Cole was holding back, but Aria's dark powers was not planning on giving any mercy to the earth ninja.
By now, Zane has broken out of his chains and has already broken into P.I.X.A.L.'s cell where he's shocked to discover she had been scrapped.
She encourages him to go find the others and stop Chen. However, he refuses to leave her behind and puts P.I.X.A.L.'s neural drive into himself so P.I.X.A.L. becomes a part of him.
Unfortunately, Clouse sneaks up behind Zane and tasers him, causing him to pass out. He then tells Zugu to put the Nindroidin chains that he can't cut through.
Meanwhile at the arena, Aria overpowers Cole and pushes him to the ground. Aria's eyes change back to green allowing Cole to roll over, him now pinning her down.
"Aria that's dangerous" Cole said worried
"I can't fight you like this and you know it, i need my dark powers to take control" Aria said
"You have your golden energy still inside you, you just never use it" Cole said making a good point
"I... I can't use it! i don't know how!" Aria shouted
"What about when you faced the Overlord?" Cole asked
"Lloyd was there powering mine, making it work" Aria said looking away
"Aria..." Cole trailed off not knowing what to say
Aria's eyes turned red and she turned into what looked like a demon.
"Aria's demon side!" Jay shouted
"Demon side?!" Lloyd asked a bit panicked
"Yes, while Aria's father is the Overlord her mother was the queen of the demons, Queen Layla" Garmadon explained
Aria threw Cole off of her and threw knifes to pin his clothes to the wall. Cole tried to pull the knifes out, but he couldn't. Aria's eyes turned green and looked worried.
"Aria get the Jadeblade" Cole said
"But" Aria said unsure
"It's fine Aria, go get it" he said and Aria nodded, she went up and grabbed the Jadeblade.
After she hugged Cole he dissappeared and the ninjas brought her back to her and Lloyd's room. They all talked and told her Cole will be fine.
In the outlands, Nya is traveling in the Bounty, as she is approached by the Falcon and wonders why it had her come out there.
Nya soon looks onto her monitor and finds that Zane's beacon was emitting a signal on a small island off the coast.
She expresses surprise by this new development before she radios Master Wu and tells him she might have found where the Ninja are.