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[Lloyd] I've been so focused on finding it,

I'm only realizing now,

I have no idea what's waiting for me in that temple.

The Arc Dragon was very… nonspecific.

Well, the Temple of the Dragon Cores was run by a helpful spirit guardian.

Maybe it'll be like that?

All I know is, there'll be some "ritual"

to help me reach my true potential as the Green Ninja.

The Dragon also said the ritual was something you would not survive.

Yeah, trying not to think about that part.

How do we open it?

[disembodied whispering]

[vines rustling]

Unh!

Lloyd, you're sealed off! It's a trap!

Oh!

Uh, or… not?

[sighing]

Guess I'm doing this one alone.

Or-- hear me out-- you could just not do it?

This doesn't have to be your responsibility, Lloyd.

But it does, Arin.

I'm the Green Ninja,

but I've never discovered that true potential.

Plus, this is the only chance we have

to fix the messed up state of Elemental Energy in our world,

so… I have to take the risk.

I knew you were gonna say something like that.

Good luck, old friend. See you on the other side.

Hello?

Anyone?

I'm outside now?

Hey!

[straining] Ah!

♪ Lost in the unknown ♪

♪ So much to see ♪

♪ Jump up, kick back Whip around and spin ♪

♪ Together we will rise ♪

♪ Whip around and spin ♪

♪ Together we will rise ♪

♪ For what's right ♪♪

[Rontu] Thank you for your care,

but like Egalt before me,

my time is near.

No, Master Rontu, don't say that.

Together we'll fight for your recovery.

I've sent Jenny and Barry for supplies.

I'll cook you a restorative bowl of--

There is no point.

Riyu, my final student,

also lays dying, somewhere in a distant land.

What? No…

I'm sure that's not true.

I can feel it.

He's fading,

passing from this life, as I am.

Your suffering must be causing bad dreams.

It's no dream,

but it is my fault.

If I had been a better teacher,

I should not have let him go.

I didn't protect him,

and now he…

will…

die.

[groaning sadly]

[wheezing breath]

[groaning]

Don't worry, Riyu. Sora and Frak will get you what you need.

You'll be fine.

Where are they? Why aren't they back yet?

-[Frak] Come on! -[both panting]

[Frak] We gotta catch that monster before it destroys everything!

I'm more worried about getting its energy to save Riyu.

[panting]

What direction do you think that scream come from?

Not sure. We'd better split up. We don't have much time.

H'up!

H'ah!

-[yelping] -Shh!

I thought you were the monster.

I saw it. I've been trying to hide.

You're the one who screamed? Which direction did it go?

[distant high squealing]

-[squeal reverberating] -[Sora panting]

[squealing echoing]

[air squealing]

[sound stops abruptly]

[sighing in relief]

Someone there?

Who are you? What are you doing on this ship?

Did you free that elemental monster?

Ugh!

Get back here!

[Frak panting]

[Sora screaming]

[Frak] Sora!

-[Sora gasping] -[monster hissing]

[Sora] Ah! No!

H'ah!

[snarling]

Ah!

Nope.

I need that!

[monster snarling]

[Frak] Sora!

We can't let it escape! It's Riyu's only hope!

[snarling]

No!

[Reggie] What?

My creature escaped?

What kind of Ninja are you?

That monster is my valuable property!

[both] H'yah!

That's right, go get it back,

or you'll have the Explorer's Club of Ninjago to answer to!

[groaning]

Ah!

[boy giggling deviously]

[mischievous laughing]

Hello?

A-Are you… the Spirit of this Temple?

[tense music playing]

I've seen some weird Source Dragon visions,

but seriously, what was that?

[boy] Why ask me, old man?

No way…

Yes way. I'm the seed that grew into you,

and you're the seed that will grow into your future self.

Well, that is, unless your life ends here.

[giggling deviously]

[Cole] Ras came through the Monastery, fighting everyone in his path,

for the library?

This isn't the Cyrus Borg Children's Reading Room,

it's Master Wu's study.

It's gotta have secrets Ras would want, right?

[Cole] I guess.

To be honest,

I'm not sure what Wu kept in here.

Mr. Frohicky is not going to like this.

He's got bigger problems right now. Rontu isn't looking so good.

Can't believe I got so hotheaded I ran right into that fight with Nokt.

I could've been here, I could have protected everyone from Ras.

Or… you'd be trapped wherever all the other Ninja are.

It can't be a coincidence Ras used the Gates,

then they stopped working right after that.

These scrolls…

They're all about finding, and containing, energy,

and they're numbered, but one is missing, and one guess who took it.

Didn't Ras capture a Source Dragon?

Sounds like he's pretty good at containing energy already.

Unless it's something specific he needs to contain.

Something specific to Master Wu's knowledge.

[Frak and Sora panting]

[Frak] You'd think an Elemental Monster would be easier to track down.

[distant screaming]

I'm guessing that way.

-[villagers whimpering] -[monster snarling]

-[screaming] -[structure crumbling]

[snarling]

[Sora] Tourists, am I right?

[monster snarling]

Ah!

[Sora gasping]

[impacts thudding]

Can't they keep it down out there?

We got a hurt dragon in here!

[Sora] Frak, keep it still!

[Frak] How am I supposed to do that

when it's trying to blast me to the Spectral Lands?

-[Riyu groaning] -This can't be good.

[monster snarling]

[villagers screaming]

Ugh!

They had one job!

[monster snarling]

Are you two completely incompetent without me?

It's like watching Lava Tides trying to square dance!

-Now's not the time for jokes! -Who's joking?

Get that energy to Riyu, I can hold this thing back.

Yeah, we didn't get the energy yet.

What? Are you two trying to break the record for Most Failed Mission?

[roaring]

Ugh!

Okay,

I'll turn up the heat, you get to work.

-H'ah! -[powers fritzing]

Ah!

Ugh!

I keep forgetting about our messed up powers!

Annoying!

We've gotta do this the old-fashioned way.

What does that mean? Take black and white pictures?

No. Classic Ninja moves, without Elemental Powers.

H'yah!

Ah!

H'yah!

Hi'yah!

Uh, hope this isn't sacred or anything.

That flag has stood in that spot for five centuries.

Wow!

Someone's living in the past.

Hi'yah!

H'yah!

H'ah! Y'ah!

Hi'yah! Yah! Yah!

I'm… afraid of her.

-Hup! -H'yah!

[all grunting with effort]

H'yah!

Ah!

Sora! Now!

[device powering up]

Riyu!

[sighing in relief]

-Nice catch, Freya! -[monster snarling]

H'yah! H'ah!

Don't worry about us!

Save Riyu!

[Sora] Please be enough…

[Riyu wheezing]

[groaning softly]

[bellowing]

[Frak] Huah!

[Wyldfyre] H'ah!

[panting]

We need to use the environment to our strategic advantage.

Ugh! Even in a fight, you talk all boring!

What I mean is, force that thing into the dead end!

-It can't escape. -Now, that's an idea.

[monster snarling]

Hah!

H'yah!

H'ah!

[monster hissing]

H'yah!

H'ah!

Hah! H'yah!

[energy surging]

Frak?

It's acting all freaky!

[monster snarling]

[roaring]

We're going to need a bigger dead end.

-Since when can it do that? -[monster roaring]

Are you… really me?

I mean, young me?

[laughing]

Why are you even asking that?

You know it's true.

Are you here to guide me?

[laughing]

Does a tree guide what happens to its seeds?

What's that supposed to mean?

[blowing]

[rumbling]

[gasping]

[Young Lloyd] This is the Tree of Life.

[bursting sprouts, trees rumbling]

I…

I don't understand.

Then get to the root of the mystery.

What am I supposed to be looking-- woah!

[Young Lloyd laughing]

[sniffing] Ooh!

Is that Merlopian seaweed cake I smell?

Mm! I haven't had that since our honeymoon,

and it's here in our old neighborhood?

Guess everything's right here now.

We've missed so much, Barry.

When Arin gets back, he has to give us a tour of this place.

If he gets back.

I'm worried.

Being a Ninja mom is not easy.

We should start a Ninja Parent support group.

Great idea, but first

we gotta get everything Mr. Frohicky needs.

-[woman] What's that? -That's normal, right?

[energy crackling]

[snarling]

Maybe this is just a regular part of the Crossroads?

[roaring]

[yelping]

-[people screaming] -I'm thinking no.

-[panicked screaming] -[monster hissing]

[roaring]

Come on, get to safety!

[monster snarling]

[roaring]

Ah!

Hey, you Gormless fopdoodle!

Prepare to face the fury of the Lariat Launcher!

[blasting]

Ugh!

[groaning]

[Frak] Thanks for the distraction, Gweeg!

My dad is so wrong about you!

Come on, Riyu.

This can't be it.

[Egalt] Your journey is not what you think,

young Riyu.

[groaning]

Oh, her heartbeat is getting weaker.

[Egalt] Rest easy, Morro.

I will handle this one.

Egalt, my love!

I finally rejoin you,

but my passing is not in the glory of battle

nor the joy of peace.

It is in failure.

Source Dragons have abandoned the Merged Lands.

All is falling to pieces.

I miss you, dear one, but this is not your time.

I… I don't understand.

For good or ill, your student is important.

Only you can show him the way.

The fate of this cycle depends on it.

But Riyu is dying.

I can feel it.

He is not going to make it.

Never lose hope, Rontu.

[ethereal music playing]

[gasping]

[coughing]

Riyu…

[music continues]

-[Wyldfyre grunting with effort] -[heavy thudding]

[battle thudding outside]

[energy surging]

[gasping]

[monster snarling]

-Uh! -[monster growling]

H'yah!

Oh!

[snarling]

No…

[energy surging]

[Riyu roaring]

[gasping]

[smashing]

[roaring]

[roaring]

That is the coolest thing I've ever seen.

That… was a pretty powerful antidote.

I just wanted him to live. I had no clue this could happen.

[monster snarling]

[snarling]

[Riyu growling]

[thrilling music playing]

[bellowing in victory]

[panting]

[Sora] Riyu!

Look at you, boy!

[Riyu grumbling]

-[Sora] Oof! -[Riyu grumbling fondly]

That was amazing!

We owe you our lives!

I mean, I totally had that thing, but thanks for the assist.

[villagers celebrating]

[Gweeg] Good show, old boy!

Good show!

[Loyalist] The monster was unleashed from the airship,

and it behaved exactly as you predicted.

Of course it did, but did you get the information we need?

[Loyalist] Yes.

Recorded at the precise moment of expansion.

Sending now.

[Chief Loyalist] Most interesting.

Positive news.

We now know the exact location of the Weapon.

However, it is splintered in two different locations.

But I promise, we will find-- and reassemble--

the Weapon of Desolation for you.

[Beatrix] Then Imperium, the Ninja,

and the entire Merged Lands will bow before me

as I regain my rightful power!

All hail the good Empress.

[closing theme music playing]