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Gingka, Masamune, Tsubasa and Yu try to work on their teamwork skills, but end up quarrelling even more than usual. This leads to Madoka threatening to disband Team Gangan Galaxy.

The bladers find themselves in Greece where they must battle the European Union, aka Team Excalibur.

With Masamune still missing, Yu must take his place in the next battle against Aleksey. Anton and Aleksey have rigged the stadium to emit sound waves that disable Flame Libra’s Special Move, but Yu outsmarts them and claims victory for Team Gangan Galaxy.

Julian Konzern and Team Excalibur return to Italy, where Konzern is surprised to be challenged to a battle by Tsubasa. The battle is interrupted by the unexpected appearance of Ryuga and his new bey, Meteo L-Drago.

Chiyun battles Klaus in an elimination bout and despite his best efforts, Chiyun loses and Wang Hu Zhong are eliminated from the tournament. Meanwhile, Hyoma finds Ryuga.

Team Gangan Galaxy are in shock as they learn that their teammate Tsubasa has been infected by a dark power. Meanwhile, the first battle for a spot in the finals between Excalibur and Wang Hu Zhong is won by Wales and Sophie of the EU team.

With Team Gangan Galaxy tied with Team Wild Fang, a fourth and final team battle is set to determine a winner.

Gingka and his team battle their next opponents in the Beyblade World Championships, the Russian Team, Lovushka. Masamune meanwhile is lost in the countryside, having been tricked into taking a different train than his teammates.

After his loss to Chaoxin, Masamune begins hard bey training in the wilderness, where he meets a little old man. The mysterious old man repays a meal that Masamune gives him with some unique training that restores Masamune’s confidence.

Madoka and Gingka visit the opposing team’s training camp to find out who the third blader is. Masamune stumbles on this third blader himself – “Chaoxin”, a flashy blader in it for the glory of his fans.

Team Japan arrives in China and is invited to their opponents’ practice facility, the Beylin Temple to observe their training rituals.

Since Kyoya has refused to join Team Japan for the Beyblade World Championships, a battle is arranged between Yu and Tsubasa to decide who will be the final Regular Member.

At a qualifying match for the final spot on Team Japan for the Beyblade World Championships, Kyoya and Rock Leone face off against Tsubasa and Earth Eagle. The battle is hard fought, but Kyoya emerges the victor.

At a qualifying tournament to select representatives for the Beyblade World Championships, Gingka finds that he is already on the team and is not required to battle.

New blader Mei-Mei invites Gingka into battle where she is partnered with Chiyun and Gingka is partnered with Masamune. Gingka and Masamune must learn to work together to defeat their opponents, and they do in the nick of time.

Gingka defeats Masamune but Masamune challenges Gingka again and again, losing each time. Masumune trains hard and eventually manages to defeat Gingka, but Gingka learns a valuable lesson about how to work with Galaxy Pegasus.

Gingka and the rest of Team Gangan Galaxy travel by train to Russia to meet their next opponents in the Beyblade World Championships.

Gingka and the team travel abroad where they watch Team Desert Blaze do battle with Team Excalibur from the EU.

The third and deciding battle of the first round of the Beyblade World Championships features Dashan against Gingka.

In a heated battle, Chiyun taunts Tsubasa relentlessly about his rigid battling style.