Though the construct refuses to follow her orders, Arukenimon and her lackey Mummymon take advantage of his drive to find the ultimate opponent by having him destroy the Destiny Stones that keep the dimensional barriers of the human and Digital Worlds from blending, which is what Control Spires were really built for. However, the mysterious woman, revealed to be a human-Digimon hybrid called Arukenimon, responds by creating BlackWarGreymon from a 100 Control Spires. Though Veemon, Hawkmon, and Armadillomon were now able to Digivolve to their Champion forms, the Control Spire Digimon prove to be stronger until Ken joins the gang and they learn of DNA Digivolution, enabling their Digimon to fuse with each other in pairs for more power.
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However, after his defeat, soul searching and the rebirth of his partner Wormmon, Ken learns of a mysterious woman who can turn Control Spires into constructs resembling living Digimon. With the Digimon Emperor defeated, the DigiDestined proceed to help the resident Digimon rebuild their homes. After Wormmon dies in Ken's arms, he returns home, and the Digidestined do the same.
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Ken, who believed that the Digimon were nothing more than a game, realises he was a monster and casts off his evil side. Wormmon sacrifices himself to rescue Magnamon and give him the energy to destroy Kimeramon. Magnamon duels with Kimeramon in a battle that destroys the base. In the engine room a Golden Digi-Egg (DigiMental) is found, which Veemon uses to digivolve to Magnamon. Devimon's power causes Kimeramon to abandon his master, and Wormmon betrays the Digimon Emperor to help the Digidestined, and bring the Ken who was his friend back. After infiltrating the base a second time, and a fight with Kimeramon that almost kills the partner Digimon, Davis decides to set out to destroy the engine room of the base himself. However, while Kimeramon is able to defeat the Digidestined's partners effortlessly, Devimon's influence begins to drive the Digimon Emperor insane. The Digimon Emperor takes Devimon's data as the final piece to complete his ultimate weapon, Kimeramon, created from the parts of many Digimon, as the Digimon Emperor is unsatisfied with his own partner Wormmon. Cody and T.K manage to enter the headquarters as it enters the Dark Pool, a whirlpool in the ocean caused by a powerful Digimon, who is revealed to be what is left of Devimon, the first villain defeated by the original Digidestined.
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The Digidestined finally discover the mobile base of the Digimon Emperor, and resolve not to return home until it is destroyed. Agumon is eventually freed when Davis discovers a new Digi-Egg (DigiMental) allowing Veemon to Armor Digivolve to a more powerful form, an ability Hawkmon and Armadillomon later gain when Yolei and Cody find similar Digi-Eggs (DigiMentals). The Digimon Emperor then creates the Dark Spiral to control fully evolved Digimon. The Digimon Empreror forces Agumon to digivolve to Skullgreymon, who then goes on a rampage, now able to resist the power of the Dark Ring. Now permanently based in the Digital World, the Digimon Emperor steps up his plans, kidnapping Tai Kamiya's partner Agumon. The Digimon Emperor is eventually revealed to be the boy genius Ken Ichijouji, who flees to the Digital World before the Digidestined can confront him at his home. They are also given D-Terminals that hold Crest-themed relics called Digi-Eggs (DigiMentals) that allow Patamon and Gatomon, along with the new Digimon Veemon, Hawkmon, and Armadillomon to Armor Digivolve as a counter to the presence of Control Spires. To fight him three new Digi-destined, Davis, Yolei and Cody along with the now teenage T.K and Kari, each gain a type of Digivice called a D3, which allows them to open a gate to be transported to the Digital World through any computer. Taking place a few years after Digimon Adventure, the Digital World comes under attack from a mysterious human calling himself the Digimon Emperor who is enslaving Digimon with his Dark Rings while building Control Spires that negate Digivolution and act as aerials to power the Dark Rings.