The animation of the seventh season was also a high point of criticism.

Vania goes to alert her father while Cole fights the Skeleton warriors with whips and is captured by the Skull Sorcerer. Yang admits he failed his students and wanted to live forever so no one would forget him, to which Cole says he'll be remembered as the creator of Airjitzu. Many praised the season for developing the character of Zane and Garmadon, as well as the introduction of P.I.X.A.L. Yang tested the blade on himself, but its powers backfired, turning him and his students into ghosts and defacing his temple. A team of five teenaged superheroes save the world from many villains around their city while experiencing things normal teens face today. As the Ninja reunite with their allies, Cyrus Borg tells them that they should head for the The Ninja start traveling to the temple but pause when they see the Golden Master's path of destruction. However, after losing in battle to the Overlord's Stone Army, the Serpentine made a home for themselves underground and later aid the people of New Ninjago City escape the Golden Master's attack and then against Master Chen's army of fake Anacondrai.

Kai stands in a gas station flirting with a girl when P.I.X.A.L. Lloyd said he would hold them off, but the Ninja won't let him, so Scott decides to hold off the Red Visors. Likewise, he indulged in his fame the most out of all of the ninja. The season finale was a high point of critical praise however. The Ninja manages to split up and escape but Misako gets arrested. Meanwhile, the Red Visors begin to show up, so the Ninja begin fighting them in the background. It results in the oni’s downfall but the Golden Weapons lose their power. Fortunately, Nya helped Jay to get the sword to save his friends and they crashed the wedding. Word is passed around through Geckles and Munce about a secret meeting after lunch, and when the time comes, they discuss retrieving both Blades by defeating the Skull Sorcerer. The second season received high critical acclaim. The The Ninja suddenly spot three Red Visors up ahead. Scott shows the Ninja all of the vehicles he has and commented that he wouldn't race due to having only one life left. The hard drive containing the Overlord is later stolen by Pythor, revealed to have survived being eaten by The Great Devourer. The seventh season also received mainly mixed reception. Skylor is a female Ninja in a Flame Yellowish Orange colored outfit with some tan details and black hands. Dr. Saunders arrives, greeting Wu and the Ninja before presenting the museum's new exhibit, the Hall of Villainy, which houses life-sized mannequins of the major villains fought by the Ninja over the years, as well as a plaque describing the rare Yin-Yang Lunar Eclipse. Kai's history is the same as the prime version until after March of the Oni. He says no, and reveals that Scott was a test player and when he asked Unagami to give Scott an intense game, Scott was trapped and when Dyer finds out, he panics and shuts the game down, but Unagami survives. Nadhakan's father, the Djinn King, told Nadakhan that the Sixteen Realms were all interconnected. The season finale was a high point of critical acclaim, still standing out as one of the series' best reviewed episodes. They are short on money to enter the Speedway Five-Billion race because Kai spent money on a new avatar and when they are attacked by Red Visors, they have to pay money to upgrade their weapons. Lord Garmadon uses the Mega Weapon to go back in time and make it so that Lloyd would never become the green Ninja. The Royal Family informed the Ninja as long as they have the Oni Mask, their lives are in danger. Sensei Wu tries to pull Morro out of the grasp of the Preeminent, but the hold of the Preeminent is too strong, and Morro dies as soon as he hits the water. The Ninja race in the Even though the Ninja struggled to maintain a lead, especially when Garmadon enters the race.

Nya recognizes a pile of rocks covering something and asks the Geckles and Munce to work together to remove the rocks.

But thanks to a lever installed giving the Ultra Sonic Raider flight, and a piece of As the Ninja are trying to train Lloyd, they find out that he was anticipating to get the new issue of the "Starfarer" comic. Inside the Temple, they find pictures on the walls depicting their journey from the past until the present. Zane used the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu to corrupt Grimfax's warriors, turning them into the Blizzard Warriors, later also freezing the Formlings and massacring the Yetis. Kai and Zane are walking through a cave when they hear Geckles singing while collecting After tough views from both sides, Gluch decides to place the Ninja in a "Trial by Mino" so they fall into a pit. However, The Mechanic was able to flee quickly. The twelfth season, "Prime Empire," premiered on June 19, 2020 in the United States. He fell into the water, but Zane told him to use his Fire on Following the defeat of The Preeminent, the Ninja rose in popularity and began being treated as celebrities. They met with a realtor, and she suggested they train Lloyd in the Ninja Suite, but Kai scoffed at the expense. He then listens to one of the Red Visors being interrogated by Lloyd before it dies.

The Ninja split up, while Cole and Lloyd attempt to find the two blades, Zane and the others go about releasing the remaining Geckles and Munce.