Theo, Lily, and rookie Casey, members of the secretive kung fu academy Pai Zhuq, are chosen to become the latest guardians of the ancient imprisoned spirit, Dai Shi.

With Mantor still plaguing the city, the Rangers are in desperate need of learning the ability to bring themselves up to his size. RJ refuses to teach his new pizza parlor employees/students this skill until they can master their individual weapons. Casey, still a cub in the Order of the Claw, struggles with the nunchuku. If Theo and Lily can aid him in this task, they just may stand a chance of combining their animal spirits to create the Jungle Pride Megazord.

Casey requests extra training from RJ, and ends up doing seemingly menial housework for his mentor. The ancient spirit of the buffalo is harnessed for evil, as Camille brings about Buffalord and Casey soon finds that his seemingly pointless chores actually helped him train after all. Fran must protect the pizza parlor from its greatest threat: a children's birthday party.

The Rangers are shocked when Dai Shi reveals himself to them in the body of Jarrod. Dai Shi calls on the Five Fingers of Poison to orchestrate the end of the Rangers. After a nightmare of Jarrod getting revenge on Casey, Lily is worried that Casey might be in danger. She puts herself out there and fights Rantipede, the first Poison. RJ reminds her that they will only win as a team.

Theo is used to having been the best and fastest learner at everything, however his confidence is smashed when he is made a fool in a battle against Gakko. Theo gives up and doesn't see the point in anything. Casey and Lily try to protect the city from the mischievous Gakko as RJ trains Theo. The battle worsens for Casey and Lily. In order to save his friends, Theo must regain his confidence

Theo struggles with the fact that his duo with Lily has now become a trio. Camille uses Toady's love for Stingerella to get them to work together in order to defeat the Rangers. Because of the tension between Casey and Theo, the Rangers can't operate the new Claw Canon. Lily confronts them telling Casey that he is needed on the team, and to Theo, that he will always be her best friend.

Things become quite chaotic when RJ leaves Casey in charge of the pizza shop. Casey makes the mistake of letting everyone do what they want to do. Camille finds out Nadia is plotting to overthrow her beloved Dai Shi. She risks her life and takes on a dangerous way of training in order to protect Dai Shi. Casey learns that every team needs one leader to give directions.

Camille sends out Pangolin to attack the city for preparation of the Sky Overlord's resurrection. The Rangers must seek out the Jungle Mace in order to defeat Pangolin. Unfortunately Master Phant has left Pai Zhua and no longer wants to help. Lily still has faith that the old master is still inside of the hermit. Touched by her hope, the master teaches her his techniques of the Elephant.

Casey's $5 Is Stolen By A boy named Josh who wants a red kite as the rangers battle Slickgon. Meanwhile, Carnisoar erases Jarrod's past good deeds.

Theo meets Master Swoop, who has the spirit of the Bat as he is also blind, and starts to teach Theo the way of the Bat so he can help defeat the latest terrors unleashed by Carnisoar.

This episode was featured in the 2013 Colors of Courage Marathon.

Believing that Carnisoar's training methods are too harsh, Camille decides to find him a new master and revives Jellica, the Sea Overlord.

As both Theo and Lily have found new masters, Casey is eager for his to show up which makes RJ feel out of place, and things take a turn for the worse when the new master turns out to be Master Finn, RJ's estranged father. Casey learns how to use the Shark Spirit while RJ is eager to show his father the extent of his own powers.

With new Zords and weapons the Rangers are starting to feel unbeatable, and are offended when RJ wants them to start refreshing themselves on some basic steps. However it soon turns out that the Rangers aren't the only ones who have been furthering themselves when they are soundly beaten by a more powerful Dai Shi before RJ comes to the rescue. Dai Shi captures him leaving the Rangers without a master. Then the Rangers go back to the Pai Zhua Academy and then Master Mao appears and sends them to the Spirit world to train with the fallen masters. As they arrive the masters take them by surprise and beat them while Dai Shi prepares for his fight with RJ.

The fallen masters train the Rangers by helping them over come their fears. Meanwhile at Dai Shi's lair, Dai Shi fights RJ. Back at Jungle Karma Pizza Fran discovers the Ranger's identities. Then the Rangers come to RJ's rescue with their new Jungle Master Mode and defeat Dai Shi and his guards.

Carnisaur and Jellica conspire to bring forth Grizzaka, and after a battle with a pig Rinshi Beast, the Rangers are given the day off while RJ deals with a pain in his chest. Soon after, they fight Porcupongo, who pricks Lily with one of his quills. This causes her personality to change drastically, becoming a biker girl as a strange Wolf Man appears and attacks Casey and Theo. When Porcupongo appears again, the boys go after him while Lily and Fran argue, eventually making Lily turn back into herself and join the fight against Porcupongo and defeat him once and for all.

After battling with Dai Shi, RJ cannot control his Animal Spirit and goes insane. He becomes a wolf and has to be restrained. Fran then places her palm on his wolf hand he returns to his human form, She then reminds him to ask his friends for help rather than run away. RJ regains control of himself and becomes the Wolf Ranger.

Now that RJ has joined the team as the Wolf Ranger, Casey is beginning to doubt himself as the leader of the Rangers. Meanwhile, Grizzaka releases a pair of stronger Shadow Guards who give the Rangers a tough time. Master Mao's spirit visits Jarrod and unknowingly sends him on a quest for the Rhino Nexus.

After R.J. saves Flit, the little fly becomes an unwanted friend, but when R.J. is in trouble only Flit can save him. Meanwhile, Grizzaka releases an evil spirit making R.J. lose control of his spirit again.

Dominic was sent out by Master Mao to find purpose for his life. He finds out that RJ and the others are really Rangers and he wants to join them. He now knows that this is his purpose in life. Casey is dubious but Dominic proves he has the spirit of the Rhino. Dominic becomes the Rhino Ranger.

Dominic and Theo depart for the Control Dagger, but are side tracked with the attack of Whirnado. Meanwhile, Dai Shi returns to the temple where he is imprisoned. Camille attempts to take the Control Dagger which is the only way into the Rhino Nexus.

With the Control Dagger in hand, Dai Shi aims to unlock the Nexus for himself. The Overlords refuse to let such power fall into the hands of the Rangers or Dai Shi. Having searched all his life for his destiny, Dominic isn't about to let the Overlords, or Dai Shi stand in his way. With the help of his friends, Dominic is able to unlock the power of the Rhino Nexus and summons the Rhino Steel Zord to transform into Rhino Pride Megazord and destroy Carnisoar.

The Rangers learn about the Crystal Eyes, while Dai Shi sends Camille to steal the Crystal Eyes so he can revive the Phantom Generals, while the Rangers (minus Casey) fight Grizzaka. Casey and Jarrod fight over the Crystal Eyes, while Jellica attempts to steal them. Casey comes to the aid of his friends after Dai Shi warns him that they stand no chance against Grizzaka without him. With Casey's added power they finally manage to destroy Grizzaka.

Jellica releases the Phantom Beasts by the crystal eyes, who destroy her and swear allegiance to Dai Shi. Using their power, Dai Shi allows the Phantom Beasts to kidnap the 3 masters, who are used to create the Spirit Rangers.

With the masters in their possession, the Phantoms have a new weapon, the Spirit Rangers. Meanwhile, Theo's twin brother Luen (Aljin Abella in a dual role) shows up and causes trouble at JKP. One of the Phantom Beasts begins capturing the Rangers within mirror-like discs but mistakingly captures Luen believing him to be Theo. Theo fights the phantom and manages to free all of the Rangers and Luen who learns of his brother's secret of being a Ranger. The Phantom Beast is then destroyed by the ranger's combined might. Later RJ is psychically contacted by his father to help in defeating the Spirit Rangers.

By redirecting the Claw Cannon to cancel out the Spirit Rangers, RJ accidentally seals his father Master Finn inside one of the Crystal Eyes. Unidoom attempts to throw it into the ocean, but Flit gives it to RJ and RJ brings his father back. They free Masters Swoop & Phant and the Jungle Fury Rangers & Spirit Rangers unite to destroy Unidoom.

Casey, Theo, Dominick and Lily are trapped inside R.J.'s televisions and put into a gameshow/clipshow called Blow That Dough against three former Rinshi Beasts. Dominick, Theo and Lily lose, but Casey manages to win, and when R.J. sends the Morphers, manages to end the game. This episode served as a recap on the previous episodes in Jungle Fury

Casey and the others fight Whiger and the other Phantom Beast Generals who have given Camille their power and the Phoenix Spirit, and Dai Shi the Griffin Spirit, and made him their king. Whiger steals Casey's Tiger Spirit and the Rangers are easily defeated without his help. When Whiger attacks again Casey goes to Jungle Master Mode to help save the others and his martial arts students, powering the Claw Cannon with a student's Tiger Spirit. Whiger is defeated by the Megazords and flees.

Whiger was only able to steal the Tiger Spirit from Casey, but not destroy Casey. For his failure, Dai Shi strips him of his power and he is to fade away. Casey shows his kindness to Whiger even though they were just battling. Whiger rethinks which side he should be on. He helps Casey save his friends who have been captured along with all the other people in giant rattraps.Together they defeat Camille but Whiger fades to nothing after using up the last of his powers. With the Rangers re-united they destroy the two phantom beasts behind the plot with their animal spirits and afterwards Casey acknowledges that they couldn't have won without Whiger. Later Snapper and Scorch begin to scheme of getting rid of Camille.

Camille steals a potion from Maryl with the ability to clone Monkeys. She and Dai Shi give it to the Monkey Phantom Beast Warrior Grinder, and uses it to unleash clones of itself throughout the city. Dominic soon destroys Grinder. Dai Shi also realizes that Scorch and Snapper conspired against Camille and stopped her successful plan.

RJ takes Casey, Theo, and Lily back to the Pai Zhua temple for the final test before they earn the rank of Pai Zhua Master... defeating Masters Finn, Swoop and Phant in battle. Although Theo and Lily pass and earn their Master's stripes, Casey fails and, feeling dejected, goes out on his own. Meanwhile Dai Shi starts to lose control over Jarrod as he struggles to break free so Scorch and Snapper send Sonimax, Osirus, and Lepus to destroy Camille because they think she is the cause of it. Casey witnesses Jarrod saving Camille at the last minute and sees that there is some good left in Jarrod. In the end Jarrod gains control long enough to destroy Sonimax and Osirus while the Rangers use their Megazords to destroy Lepus. Dai Shi manages to regain control and Casey, although certain that Jarrod still exists inside Dai Shi, still needs to work out why he failed his test to earn the rank of Master.

Casey is convinced there is good left in Jarrod, enough to break Dai Shi's control, but the others doubt him knowing that even before he was possessed, Jarrod was a bully who went against those weaker than he was. Undeterred by his friends' doubts and Master Mao's orders not to pursue the issue, he faces Dai Shi at his lair to bring out the goodness in Jarrod. After a hard battle, Casey allows Dai Shi to destroy him and, as a result, Jarrod expels him before he can strike. The two leave the temple along with Camille, who also rebels against Dai Shi to protect Jarrod. The three then leave and are attacked by Scorch and Snapper. The other Rangers show up, and Jarrod and Camille join forces with them to defeat the two Phantom Generals. Scorch becomes a giant, then gets defeated by the Stampede Formation, including Jarrod and Camille's spirit beasts. Casey, for acting on his own instincts instead of copying his friends, finally earns his Master stripes while Jarrod runs off, feeling guilty over the trouble he's caused and the evil he unleashed...