1 00:00:02,168 --> 00:00:03,501 [opening theme music playing] 2 00:00:03,584 --> 00:00:06,668 ♪ Spider's in the house ♪ 3 00:00:06,751 --> 00:00:09,084 ♪ Sleep, sleep ♪ 4 00:00:09,751 --> 00:00:12,376 ♪ Spider bit the mouse ♪ 5 00:00:12,834 --> 00:00:15,668 ♪ Sleep deep ♪ 6 00:00:16,501 --> 00:00:17,834 [lightning cracking] 7 00:00:18,334 --> 00:00:20,209 [Harumi reading episode title] 8 00:00:22,084 --> 00:00:25,834 [Harumi] My name is Harumi, the Jade Princess. 9 00:00:25,918 --> 00:00:30,501 You may think you know my story. But you don't. 10 00:00:30,584 --> 00:00:33,293 As a child, the Ninja were my heroes. 11 00:00:33,376 --> 00:00:37,793 Until the day the Great Devourer attacked Ninjago. 12 00:00:37,876 --> 00:00:40,668 Although my parents found a way to save me, 13 00:00:40,751 --> 00:00:42,751 they couldn't save themselves. 14 00:00:43,293 --> 00:00:47,709 The Ninja, my "beloved heroes," had failed me. 15 00:00:49,418 --> 00:00:51,584 Failed us all. 16 00:00:51,668 --> 00:00:55,251 I was adopted by the Emperor and Empress of Ninjago, 17 00:00:55,334 --> 00:00:57,501 making me a princess... 18 00:00:57,584 --> 00:01:02,459 But becoming royalty couldn't fill the emptiness in my heart. 19 00:01:02,543 --> 00:01:05,043 So I began plotting my revenge. 20 00:01:05,126 --> 00:01:08,918 I resurrected the greatest enemy the Ninja have ever faced, 21 00:01:09,001 --> 00:01:11,293 Lord Garmadon. 22 00:01:11,376 --> 00:01:13,876 But the results spun out of my control. 23 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,459 The city was attacked yet again. 24 00:01:16,543 --> 00:01:21,334 I couldn't let another family be torn apart like mine was. 25 00:01:21,418 --> 00:01:24,001 That's how people think my story ended. 26 00:01:24,084 --> 00:01:29,293 But sometimes an ending is really a new beginning. 27 00:01:29,376 --> 00:01:31,876 [Crystal King] Harumi. Awaken. 28 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:33,501 [Harumi groans] 29 00:01:33,584 --> 00:01:35,626 Hear me. 30 00:01:36,751 --> 00:01:38,084 [Harumi gasps] 31 00:01:38,168 --> 00:01:40,876 Where... where am I? 32 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,293 [Crystal King] You are with me. 33 00:01:43,376 --> 00:01:46,918 I have been watching you for some time, Princess. 34 00:01:47,001 --> 00:01:51,001 Your skill and daring have impressed me. 35 00:01:51,084 --> 00:01:55,251 But you have chosen a poor champion. 36 00:01:55,334 --> 00:01:56,959 I don't understand. 37 00:01:57,043 --> 00:02:00,834 [Crystal King] You have placed your faith in Garmadon. 38 00:02:00,918 --> 00:02:02,959 A poor choice. 39 00:02:03,043 --> 00:02:04,668 He failed you. 40 00:02:04,751 --> 00:02:08,376 And you are abandoned, again. 41 00:02:08,459 --> 00:02:11,626 Who are you? How do you know all this? 42 00:02:11,709 --> 00:02:14,834 I am the Crystal King! 43 00:02:14,918 --> 00:02:17,918 And I have the power to restore you. 44 00:02:18,001 --> 00:02:21,501 If you will serve me. 45 00:02:21,584 --> 00:02:23,543 But I don't even know who you are. 46 00:02:23,626 --> 00:02:25,418 [Crystal King] A shame. 47 00:02:25,501 --> 00:02:28,251 I expected courage from you, Harumi. 48 00:02:28,334 --> 00:02:32,376 Not reservation. Not fear. 49 00:02:32,459 --> 00:02:34,959 But it seems I was wrong. 50 00:02:35,043 --> 00:02:40,709 Enjoy eternity... in the Departed Realm. 51 00:02:41,418 --> 00:02:45,626 No, wait! I'll do it! I'll serve you! 52 00:02:45,709 --> 00:02:47,459 [Crystal King] Very well. 53 00:02:47,543 --> 00:02:51,668 Then I shall grant you... life anew! 54 00:02:51,751 --> 00:02:52,959 [Harumi grunts] 55 00:02:55,251 --> 00:02:57,418 [gasps, panting] 56 00:03:00,584 --> 00:03:02,918 [Crystal King] Good. Now dig us out of here. 57 00:03:05,751 --> 00:03:08,626 [grunting] 58 00:03:08,709 --> 00:03:11,376 I... I don't have the strength. 59 00:03:11,459 --> 00:03:13,793 [Crystal King] You do now. 60 00:03:13,876 --> 00:03:15,001 [tense music] 61 00:03:15,084 --> 00:03:16,543 [grunts] 62 00:03:16,626 --> 00:03:18,501 [metal clanks] 63 00:03:18,584 --> 00:03:20,209 [grunts] 64 00:03:20,293 --> 00:03:21,501 -[metal clanks] -[grunts] 65 00:03:23,043 --> 00:03:24,918 [Harumi grunting] 66 00:03:25,793 --> 00:03:27,501 [panting] 67 00:03:30,084 --> 00:03:32,376 Now... what? 68 00:03:32,459 --> 00:03:34,668 [Crystal King] Take me to the place where you revealed 69 00:03:34,751 --> 00:03:38,084 your true face for the first time. 70 00:03:40,418 --> 00:03:43,084 [suspenseful eerie music] 71 00:03:51,584 --> 00:03:52,793 [Harumi] The Oni Temple. 72 00:03:53,876 --> 00:03:55,751 [Crystal King] Go to the altar. 73 00:03:55,834 --> 00:03:58,001 Place the crystal on the pedestal. 74 00:03:58,084 --> 00:04:03,501 Like a seed. From it will grow a new dawn. 75 00:04:05,209 --> 00:04:07,126 [momentous music] 76 00:04:13,584 --> 00:04:15,126 [Crystal King] Excellent. 77 00:04:17,584 --> 00:04:18,793 [explosion] 78 00:04:20,709 --> 00:04:23,501 [coughing] 79 00:04:23,584 --> 00:04:26,834 -[dark suspenseful music] -[crashing] 80 00:04:31,043 --> 00:04:32,709 [rumbling] 81 00:04:35,959 --> 00:04:38,751 You... you're the Overlord! 82 00:04:38,834 --> 00:04:42,126 I have had many names. 83 00:04:42,209 --> 00:04:46,251 Dark Lord, Golden Master, 84 00:04:46,334 --> 00:04:47,709 Crystal King... 85 00:04:48,751 --> 00:04:51,918 and yes, Overlord. 86 00:04:52,001 --> 00:04:55,543 I can't serve you! You'll destroy everything! 87 00:04:55,626 --> 00:04:58,418 Destruction comes from conflict. 88 00:04:58,501 --> 00:05:02,501 From the eternal struggle between light and dark. 89 00:05:02,584 --> 00:05:06,001 I will end that struggle. 90 00:05:06,084 --> 00:05:10,293 If you serve me, I will destroy the balance 91 00:05:10,376 --> 00:05:14,501 and end the conflict once and for all. 92 00:05:14,584 --> 00:05:18,709 There will be peace in the dark. 93 00:05:21,334 --> 00:05:23,126 I will serve you. 94 00:05:23,209 --> 00:05:25,293 Good. 95 00:05:25,376 --> 00:05:31,126 Then my first command is this: build me an army. 96 00:05:31,209 --> 00:05:33,251 I've recruited mercenaries before 97 00:05:33,334 --> 00:05:34,918 for the Sons of Garmadon, but... 98 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:37,834 I didn't tell you to recruit an army. 99 00:05:37,918 --> 00:05:40,418 I told you to build one. 100 00:05:40,501 --> 00:05:43,751 Out of Vengestone. 101 00:05:43,834 --> 00:05:47,918 Let my enemies' weakness be my strength. 102 00:05:50,668 --> 00:05:52,834 [Harumi] Vengestone is difficult to come by. 103 00:05:55,459 --> 00:05:57,293 It took a lot of searching. 104 00:05:57,376 --> 00:06:01,209 But I eventually found a nearly endless supply. 105 00:06:02,251 --> 00:06:03,209 [door thuds] 106 00:06:05,334 --> 00:06:07,709 Greetings, Princess Harumi. 107 00:06:07,793 --> 00:06:09,543 How good to see you again. 108 00:06:09,626 --> 00:06:11,168 Vangelis. 109 00:06:11,251 --> 00:06:15,001 Unfortunately, we must postpone our negotiations. 110 00:06:15,084 --> 00:06:17,793 I have visitors arriving any moment. 111 00:06:17,876 --> 00:06:21,501 Visitors I do not think you want aware of your presence. 112 00:06:21,584 --> 00:06:23,293 What visitors? 113 00:06:23,376 --> 00:06:24,668 The Ninja. 114 00:06:25,626 --> 00:06:27,751 The Ninja could ruin everything! 115 00:06:27,834 --> 00:06:31,376 Your so-called "perfect city" runs on the money 116 00:06:31,459 --> 00:06:34,168 I pay you for that black market Vengestone! 117 00:06:34,251 --> 00:06:37,709 Do you really think I am unprepared for the Ninja? 118 00:06:37,793 --> 00:06:41,543 I control Shintaro in ways you cannot imagine. 119 00:06:41,626 --> 00:06:43,668 [eerie music] 120 00:06:46,668 --> 00:06:51,376 Fear nothing. My Geckle and Munce workers 121 00:06:51,459 --> 00:06:54,001 will provide every ounce of the Vengestone 122 00:06:54,084 --> 00:06:56,334 your Crystal King requires. 123 00:06:56,418 --> 00:07:00,709 And if the Ninja are destroyed in the process, so be it. 124 00:07:00,793 --> 00:07:01,793 [knocking] 125 00:07:01,876 --> 00:07:03,043 [Harumi gasps] 126 00:07:08,584 --> 00:07:09,876 Enter! 127 00:07:09,959 --> 00:07:12,459 It is with great honor, King Vangelis, 128 00:07:12,543 --> 00:07:16,459 that I present the famed Ninja of Ninjago! 129 00:07:16,543 --> 00:07:19,501 [Harumi] But, of course, King Vangelis was defeated. 130 00:07:19,584 --> 00:07:22,126 Putting an end to his Vengestone mines. 131 00:07:22,209 --> 00:07:25,418 And the blame for this lay firmly on... 132 00:07:25,501 --> 00:07:26,543 The Ninja! 133 00:07:26,626 --> 00:07:28,501 Oh, wow! I've been waiting for this! 134 00:07:28,584 --> 00:07:31,043 [Miss Demeanor] I've worked so hard to make it to the top. 135 00:07:31,126 --> 00:07:33,459 And it's actually happening. Oh, wait, wait , wait. 136 00:07:33,543 --> 00:07:35,793 I had a line for this. Oh, yeah! 137 00:07:35,876 --> 00:07:38,918 I've got a warm welcome planned! 138 00:07:42,251 --> 00:07:46,168 [Harumi] With King Vangelis's operation shut down, 139 00:07:46,251 --> 00:07:49,251 I had to get the last of the Crystal King's Vengestone 140 00:07:49,334 --> 00:07:53,251 from... less reputable sources. 141 00:07:56,626 --> 00:07:58,959 [Lloyd] You were there all along? 142 00:07:59,043 --> 00:08:01,043 You were the mysterious Vengestone buyer 143 00:08:01,126 --> 00:08:02,376 we were trying to track? 144 00:08:02,459 --> 00:08:05,876 The greatest villain is the one that got away... 145 00:08:05,959 --> 00:08:07,543 Remember? 146 00:08:08,584 --> 00:08:11,459 So you're using the Vengestone to build an army? 147 00:08:11,543 --> 00:08:13,751 But what are you gathering all these villains for? 148 00:08:13,834 --> 00:08:15,084 Well, I needed enough players 149 00:08:15,168 --> 00:08:17,209 for my Villainous Volleyball team, of course. 150 00:08:17,293 --> 00:08:18,709 Are you serious? 151 00:08:18,793 --> 00:08:20,793 Of course I'm not serious! [scoffs] 152 00:08:20,876 --> 00:08:23,043 Well, it's hard to tell with you sometimes! 153 00:08:23,126 --> 00:08:26,418 How you ended up leading Ninjago's greatest heroes 154 00:08:26,501 --> 00:08:30,459 is beyond me. It's amazing how gullible you are. 155 00:08:30,543 --> 00:08:32,918 I don't normally fall for things like that, 156 00:08:33,001 --> 00:08:35,543 but I'm a little frustrated and confused right now! 157 00:08:35,626 --> 00:08:37,293 [Harumi chuckles] 158 00:08:37,376 --> 00:08:41,293 Well, this is only the beginning of your frustrations. 159 00:08:41,376 --> 00:08:43,834 Because the next part of my plan involves 160 00:08:43,918 --> 00:08:47,876 breaking in to your precious Monastery of Spinjitzu. 161 00:08:47,959 --> 00:08:49,876 Is that what this is about? 162 00:08:49,959 --> 00:08:53,043 You're trying to take over the Monastery? 163 00:08:53,126 --> 00:08:57,168 No. I have zero interest in your monastery. 164 00:08:57,251 --> 00:09:00,334 But I am interested in the Weapons of Spinjitzu. 165 00:09:00,418 --> 00:09:03,543 Which are inside the monastery. 166 00:09:03,626 --> 00:09:06,293 But why? What do you need them for? 167 00:09:06,376 --> 00:09:08,084 They no longer have any power. 168 00:09:08,168 --> 00:09:12,543 You of all people should realize power is never really destroyed. 169 00:09:12,626 --> 00:09:14,501 How many times have you and your ninja 170 00:09:14,584 --> 00:09:17,834 lost your powers, only to regain them? 171 00:09:17,918 --> 00:09:19,668 -Harumi! -What? 172 00:09:19,751 --> 00:09:22,876 I'm clearly trying to leave in a dramatic way. 173 00:09:22,959 --> 00:09:24,668 There's something I need you to know. 174 00:09:25,876 --> 00:09:28,876 You once told me you never actually had feelings for me. 175 00:09:28,959 --> 00:09:32,418 That it was all just a trick. Maybe that's true. 176 00:09:32,501 --> 00:09:35,293 But... my feelings for you were real. 177 00:09:36,459 --> 00:09:38,543 Then why didn't you come for me? 178 00:09:38,626 --> 00:09:39,709 I did! 179 00:09:42,043 --> 00:09:44,001 [dramatic music] 180 00:09:46,668 --> 00:09:48,876 Harumi! Harumi! 181 00:09:49,418 --> 00:09:51,668 [grunting] 182 00:09:55,793 --> 00:09:58,043 I searched through that rubble with my bare hands. 183 00:09:59,459 --> 00:10:01,543 You didn't search long enough. 184 00:10:01,626 --> 00:10:03,501 I understand you hate me. 185 00:10:03,584 --> 00:10:06,543 And maybe I deserve it. But either way... 186 00:10:06,626 --> 00:10:08,543 -[chain clanking] -[Lloyd grunts] 187 00:10:08,626 --> 00:10:10,751 I can't let you get your hands on those weapons! 188 00:10:10,834 --> 00:10:13,209 So I'll just be going now. 189 00:10:13,293 --> 00:10:14,334 Sorry, Rumi. 190 00:10:14,418 --> 00:10:17,501 No. I'm sorry, Lloyd. 191 00:10:17,584 --> 00:10:19,626 [suspenseful music] 192 00:10:23,334 --> 00:10:24,334 My powers? 193 00:10:24,584 --> 00:10:25,668 [grunting] 194 00:10:27,709 --> 00:10:29,168 [tense music] 195 00:10:29,251 --> 00:10:31,793 In the presence of this much Vengestone, 196 00:10:31,876 --> 00:10:33,668 you are powerless, Lloyd. 197 00:10:33,751 --> 00:10:36,001 There's nothing you can do to stop the coming 198 00:10:36,084 --> 00:10:37,626 of the Crystal King. 199 00:10:37,709 --> 00:10:41,084 And Ninjago will finally find peace... 200 00:10:41,168 --> 00:10:43,793 in the darkness of his rule! 201 00:10:43,876 --> 00:10:46,876 [Crystal King cackles] 202 00:10:47,084 --> 00:10:50,709 [sinister music playing]