after nya, cole, zane, lloyd and master wu get cursed during a fight with a villain, they are sent to limbo. A place in between realms. Though it only felt like 10 minutes to them, when they return it's eight years later and their home is not what it once was. They set out to find Jay and kai. Finding Jay easily at the monastery. Only to learn that he was injured and couldn't fight while kai was fighting on the front lines. But front lines to what? And what was going on in ninjago!? The ninja have many questions for their blue friend who is willing to give them answers but even then, not even Jay can describe the disaster that has come of ninjago while they were gone to its fullest and they will be faced with the shocking truth of their new home.