After firing Mr. Shroud as his manager, Zane was given an invitation to meet an old friend "at the top of the world." Zane traveled to a dojo high in the snowy mountains and met with Chancellor Sheppard. It was revealed Sheppard taught Zane how to duel at that dojo and taught him to respect his opponents. It was there Zane received the Cyber End Dragon as a symbol of completion of his training and now Sheppard wanted to duel him to teach Zane to go back to his old ways. Zane dueled against his former teacher and defeated him by showing no care for his Cyber End Dragon and only focusing on defeating his opponent. After winning, he stole the dojo's secret deck, the Underworld deck. Before leaving Sheppard told him about a dueling tournament he was hosting at Duel Academy. He believed that Zane's friends could win back the old Zane they know and love.