[gentle music playing]
That Merlopian tofu was magnifique!
[all laugh]
And topped with a Crème de Imperium?
Oh, pastry chef Grab-Barg's creations are just...
[smooches]
Since our Crossroads built up,
our culinary exploits have truly been second-to-none!
So many exotic options!
Agreed!
It's almost worth the Ninja being gone for this!
[all groan]
I was joking!
It was a joke!
Don't make light of the loss of our beloved heroes, Gus.
But I have heard rumors the Ninja are still alive.
Some people have even seen them. [laughs]
They're just waiting until the time is right
to show themselves.
Sounds like a baloney conspiracy theory to me.
The Ninjas are gone.
[thunder rumbles]
[all screaming]
Is it happening again?
- [car horn honking] - [tires screech]
[grunts]
I should not have had a second helping
of Grab-Barg's dessert!
[grunting]
[heroic music]
[yelps]
Welcome aboard!
Sorry if it's a bumpy ride!
[man grunts]
[rumbles]
Phew.
Thank you, young man!
You're welcome, ma'am!
Kai the Fire Ninja is back!
Nope! You've upgraded to Wyldfyre!
[Kai] Upgraded?
Really?
[Sora] Hope you have a great evening!
See?
Told you they were back!
[woman] No one is ever going to believe us.
[Kai] Whoa!
♪ Lost in the unknown So much to see ♪
♪ Together we will rise ♪
♪ We fight ♪
♪ Be a ninja for what's right ♪
[lightning crackles]
[heroic music playing]
I'm still surprised how many dragons decided
to stay after we freed them from Imperium.
[Sora] Having these stables makes it easier.
Stables that weren't here before the Merge, right?
It's almost like everything's coming together for a reason.
I love ya, Arin,
but not everything is some big cosmic plan.
These dragons love living in these caves,
we humans love living
in the comfortable Monastery up top.
[snarls]
Well, most of us humans.
[soft growls]
[Wyldfyre] Yes!
You're getting better
at lighting those torches, Wyldfyre.
But are you sure you don't want, I don't know, a bed?
- A bathroom? - [snorts]
I'm not soft like the rest of you.
I was raised by a dragon!
My bathroom is everywhere!
I don't think that's sanitary.
Well, you always have a space
up in the Monastery if you want it.
Don't want, don't need.
Is Wyldfyre ever going to train with us?
She's helping stop the MergeQuakes.
I'm hoping she'll eventually warm up
to the idea of becoming a Ninja.
[grunting] There we go... perfect.
The Monastery works best
when everything is in its proper place.
But isn't keeping this place running a lot of work?
Especially when you're also training new Ninja?
Yeah. Maybe you could get some help?
Hm. Master Wu could handle everything on his own.
It's my sworn duty to do just the same.
I got this.
[playful music playing]
Lloyd, I must speak with you.
Sorry, Zane, but I really need to get this place cleaned up.
Talk soon.
Ninety eight, 99, 100.
[grunting]
Done. What's next?
Uh? Uh... just do that over again.
[sighs] Again?
Can't you come up with some new drills?
I'm bored.
[sighs]
Sorry!
Just practicing my mech-fighting skills.
I can help fix it.
[sighs deeply]
No, I got it.
Lloyd! The information I have is vital.
[Lloyd] Not now, Zane!
[clatters]
Um, I have questions.
You asked me to train Wyldfyre,
and this is how she took to the idea.
Train me?
I should be training you!
Oh, says the kid who thinks
that control is to blast at everything?
Control this!
Cease fire!
Tell her to stop!
I'll stop when you stop!
Ah! My room!
[grunts]
[yells]
I need you all to come with me.
Can't you see we have a situation?
Yes. A very serious one I need to inform you about.
Right now.
I have spent the past few days
catching up on everything I missed
when I went offline during the Merge.
Especially the MergeQuakes like we saw yesterday.
They threaten to destroy everything
and are increasing in frequency and intensity.
Zane, we know the MergeQuakes are getting worse.
Did you just bring us down here for that?
Because I have plants to water.
I do not believe you understand the severity of the data here.
The MergeQuakes are not simply getting worse.
Their frequency is about to hit a tipping point.
Right now they are appearing one at a time.
But very soon they will be everywhere, simultaneously.
Until finally, all is destroyed.
Then what's the solution, Zane?
I see no solution.
This is inevitable.
Zane, can you roll back?
Zoom in. [Nya gasps]
- Stop there. - [computer beeping]
Up a bit. Um, over to the left.
There! Stop right there!
I knew I had seen this before.
When I was researching MergeQuakes
in the Cloud Kingdom,
I found old texts referring to a "Coalescence."
That could be a "Merge".
That's what I thought too.
A Coalescence was once prophesied
to happen, but didn't.
It was stopped.
How?
By an ancient power kept here
the "Temple of the Dragon Cores".
But I had no context for this image until now.
Zane's data revealed where the temple is.
If something here prevented a Merge before,
then it's our best bet at stopping the MergeQuakes now.
Before it's too late.
Watering the plants can wait.
[tense music playing]
Imperium is the jewel of this new, united world.
However, a tiny number of disloyal citizens among us
have spread false rumors that dragons,
our source of safe energy, have escaped.
A blatant lie.
Yes, some evil dragons rebelled
but they were decisively recaptured.
And now that the dragons are back in our hands,
there is no energy shortage.
In fact, anyone who says that the dragons are gone,
or that there are energy shortages,
is a traitor...
and will be imprisoned.
But do not worry, citizens.
I, the Empress Beatrix Vespasian-Orus,
promise to continue to guide you into the light.
[inhales deeply] Thank you.
[all] All hail the good empress!
But... I was there.
I saw the dragons go into that weird building
that came up from the ground.
There's just no way they were re-captured.
[gasps] Why would the Good Empress lie?
I...
I don't know.
An excellent job of assuring the public the dragons
didn't escape and there is no energy crisis.
Status report.
Ever since those dragons escaped,
we've been having an energy crisis.
We control one of the greatest fonts
of energy in existence, a Source Dragon!
You told me our energy needs would be met forever.
Yes, Empress, but as I've explained before,
the process of draining the Source Dragon is difficult.
That's why Lord Ras--
Never say that name in my presence!
Apologies.
But since we haven't found a way to fully harness
the Source Dragon's power,
we still need other dragons to meet our energy needs.
There must be a solution!
Actually, there is quite a simple one.
We could lower power usage.
Some easy conservation steps could save so much power that--
No!
Asking people to "do without" upsets them.
And upset people are difficult to rule.
I want my people plugged in, content, and passive.
[sighs deeply] This is the fault of the Ninja.
And they will pay.
That fool Rapton's spy mission better bring me results!
[growls]
[Lloyd] These trees are the size of skyscrapers.
[snarls]
They are the world trees.
[Nya] According to the map,
the Temple should be right around... here!
I feel like I'm the size of an ant.
The Temple of the Dragon Cores!
Looks like the whole door is one big puzzle lock.
Maybe if we try--
Uh, let us handle this one, trainee.
[cracks]
I'm gonna a thing, I deserve a break.
I think what my rude brother meant was,
we have a lot of experience getting into ancient temples.
There's probably a combination of movements that unlocks it.
I can run all possible scenarios.
[trilling]
[growls]
[trilling continues]
[snoring]
I have processed all possible combinations.
And none of them have resulted in a positive outcome.
We must have missed something.
I was thinking.
Three dragon cores.
And three levers.
So it could be designed
so that no single person could enter alone.
[light music playing]
[Arin] No handles.
No knobs.
No anything.
Maybe another puzzle?
Bet I know a way to open the doors.
You and I don't agree on a lot,
but we agree on this.
Wait! Stop!
[explosions]
Puzzle solved.
[whooshing]
Not the solution we were looking for!
[yawns]
Ta-na-na! [grunting]
Ta-na! Ta-na! Ta-na! Ta-na-na!
- Oh. - [thuds]
I am sneaky man!
Sneaky, sneaky, ninja what?
[laughs]
[ghostly growling]
Uh, maybe I'll wait out here for a bit.
[whooshing]
[all grunt]
What are these things?
Evidently angry spirits have taken up residence
inside the Temple.
But why?
And why don't they-- [grunts]
Warning. Elemental powers have no impact on these spirits.
[sighs] Your powers are just weak!
See the force of Wyldfyre!
[grunts] Everyone!
Elemental powers have no impact on these spirits.
We're more than just our powers!
We're Ninja!
- [whooshing] - Whoa!
[yells]
[groans]
Leave him alone!
[grunts]
Eat fire!
- Ouch! - [groans]
An altar?
Lloyd! Attacking spirits that way.
There's something I gotta fix.
Not the time to tidy up, Lloyd.
- [whooshing] - [Lloyd] Things work best
when they're in their proper place.
Get those candles, help me set up.
[grunts]
[both groan]
This is impossible!
Like trying to root out armpit parasites!
Your armpits have what?
Kai. Wyldfyre. We need some heat.
- On it! - On it!
[grunts]
Uh, we're going to have to work on your precision skills, kid.
Look, it's working!
[zaps]
Thank you, Ninja.
I am the Spirit of this temple,
and I am grateful to you for rebuilding my altar.
But-- Uh, there were two of you.
My essence was held in that altar.
When a quake caused it to split apart,
I was also split in two.
Is that why you were so angry?
My identity was divided,
and that division made me act out in uncontrollable rage.
Allow me to offer the only gift I have to give,
the story of this temple.
Long before time had a name,
the First Spinjitzu Master created Ninjago.
Few know that he did not only create Ninjago,
but also some of the other realms.
One day, as the First Spinjitzu Master meditated,
he foresaw an event when all the realms
would crash together.
He called this event "the Coalescence"
and he knew its time would soon be upon them.
So he appeared before the Seven Source Dragons
and begged of them to freely give energy
so he could forge Three Dragon Cores.
The Dragon Cores kept the Coalescence at bay.
The realms were prevented from smashing into one another.
For ages, all was well.
When the First Spinjitzu Master knew
his time in the realms was at an end,
he feared what evil-hearted people
might do with the cores,
so he hid them in three different locations.
"The Coalescence" is what we call the Merge.
It might have been stopped back then,
but no one stopped it this time.
Master Wu must've been trying to rediscover
the Dragon Cores before the Merge happened
but it came sooner than he expected.
Why didn't he just let us help him?
Can you please reveal
the locations of the Dragon Cores?
It's too late to stop the Merge,
but we can use them to stop the MergeQuakes.
My master created an enchantment
so the locations of the cores could only be revealed
when one of his descendants requested it.
My name is Lloyd, son of Garmadon,
who was a child of the First Spinjitzu Master.
I hereby request the locations of the Dragon Cores.
Um, how did you just never mentioned that
you're the grandson of the guy that created Ninjago?
Ah. It never came up.
I sense the truth in your words.
The Mother Garden,
the Pinnacle of Crystals, and the Wyldness.
Thank you, Spirit.
You have helped us and our world.
[whooshing]
So I'd say this mission goes squarely
in the "not a disaster" column.
Yeah, all we have to do is go pick up those cores.
How hard can it be?
[grunts]
[suspenseful music playing]
[clatters]
Lloyd, what are you doing?
We don't have very reliable maps of the Merged lands,
most have yet to be explored.
So I'm trying to plot out our missions to get the cores.
While doing the dishes?
Dragon Cores or no Dragon Cores,
the Keeper of the Monastery's got a Monastery to keep.
About that.
If we're going off to get cores, you'll need help here.
I told you, Master Wu managed the monastery all on his own,
and so will I.
But in the temple, you asked us to help fix up the altar.
There's no shame in needing help.
That's why we want to introduce you
to our good friend from the Crossroads.
Mr. Alfonzo Frohicky!
Oh, wow.
Oh, wow-zy, wow!
A real-life hero!
Even before my realm merged with Ninjago,
when I was a wee little tadpole,
we used to hear tales of the Ninja!
Oh, uh, hi.
Mr. Frohicky's great at organizing stuff.
He runs mech races, carnival pie-baking contests,
and even the annual soup-launching festival.
If he can keep all that together,
he can help run a monastery.
And I'd do anything if it meant
getting to help true heroes like you.
Well, I don't know...
[clatters]
You know what?
Yeah, I could do with some help.
Mr. Frohicky, you are now
the "Assistant Keeper of the Monastery of Spinjitzu"!
Oh, thank you, sir!
It is an honor to serve!
Can you start right now?
So, together, these three Dragon Energy Cores
can control the MergeQuakes?
[Rapton] That's what the Ninja say. [chuckles]
Then I'll send my forces to beat the Ninja to the cores.
You want to stop the MergeQuakes?
[scoffs] Of course not!
I want to use them as a weapon.
A weapon that will wipe those elemental-powered,
dragon-stealing Ninja out of existence!
[closing theme music playing]