Teenager Tom Majors has discovered that the remote control scanner used for an online game is actually a portal that transports his consciousness to an alternate world called Chaotic. In Chaotic, advanced players can make the characters on their game cards come to life. When these players engage… More in battle, they actually become the character or monster they are playing. The rest of the population of Chaotic can watch the match-ups via monitors. As the Tom and his friend play, they discover the codes of additional creatures, locations and items in Perim. These can be added to their gaming "decks" through the use of their scanners.
Following his fight with Ulmanator, Sarah and Kaz head to Ulmar's lab to get a scan for the Reality Field Generator. Peyton gets a call from CodeMaster Hotekk who would like Peyton to become his apprentice and must prove himself worthy without telling anyone. Peyton's first instructions is to head to Psikoom City to get the BattleGear called Alluring Bait. Peyton arrives in Psykoom City and finds the Alluring Bait.
H'earring is leading Kaz to where Milla'inn was last sighted. The Scan Quest on it doesn't go well. H'earring's mind get taken over by Milla'iin's mind control. Meanwhile, Tom is constantly bugged by Evan (codenamed Mister E) to battle Tom's Maxxor. Tom is informed by Sarah and Peyton that Mister E is an UnderWorld Player and Tom finds out that he Milla'iin is on Mister E's team. Mister E uses Ragetrod and Tom's Nebres in the first fight which ends with Ragetrod defeating Nebres. Tom uses Blugon against Mister E's Ooloo at Glacier Plains in which Ooloo constantly turns into a giant.
Tom, Kaz, and Peyton reach Broken Edge (the border between the OverWorlders and the Mipedians) in hopes to find new Mugic and BattleGear for Tom's Drome Match. Upon stumbling on the Mipedians, they managed to evade them and find the OverWorld camp. They then end up caught by Arias and Attacat and are brought in for questioning. Lucky for them, Najarin intervenes before Viqtarr gains information from them his way.
When Kaz and Peyton are at the Lava Pond to obtain a scan of Zapetur, they are attacked by the M'arrillian Milla'iin. Tom, Kaz and Peyton battle for the attention of a beautiful newbie named Shinwan who exhibits her skill in the Battledome from defeating Klay using Kinnianne to her daring on a trip to the Lava Pond where they discover Milla'iin with Khybon. Before they can get a scan of Milla'iin, Zapetur attacks Milla'iin causing Zapetur to be scanned by them.
The blight of Prexxor Chasm continues to grow bigger and stronger, threatening its inhabitants. Tom must find a cure before the plague completely destroys Prexxor Chasm... and all of Perim!