Chapter Summaries

Steven and Wallace struggled to contain Groudon and Kyogre as their Pokémon were overwhelmed, while Lance and Nemona prepared to rejoin the fight. Rayquaza sensed the crisis and the familiar presence of Luo Mu, but ignored Zinnia’s summons and stayed in the starry sky.

• Shizuka treated Lance and the injured Pokémon aboard Wailord while Lance repeatedly asked whether Luo Mu had really defeated Rayquaza.
• Wallace and Steven coordinated their teams to hold Kyogre and Groudon back, then focused attacks on Archie and Maxie in hopes of stopping the battle by removing the orbs fused inside them.
• Groudon and Kyogre became more aggressive when their orbs were threatened, breaking through the defenders’ lines and badly injuring Wallace, Steven, and their Pokémon.
• Lance insisted on returning to battle, and Nemona offered to go with him as the fighting grew more desperate.
• A black-haired young man arrived on the back of the white Sea God as Zinnia’s Key Stone began to shine, but Rayquaza sensed Luo Mu’s presence and abandoned its response to her summons.
• Rayquaza decided the crisis was already under control with Luo Mu there and returned to searching for meteors, leaving Zinnia stunned as her Key Stone dimmed.

Luo Mu arrived at Muns Island on Lugia with Giant Dragonite and Giant Tentacruel to intervene in the battle between Groudon and Kyogre. As Lugia drew the two Legendary Pokémon into a fight, their Solar Beam and Ice Beam collided with Lugia’s Hydro Pump, leaving the battlefield engulfed in a massive explosion.

• Zinnia failed to summon Rayquaza and fell to her knees in confusion and self-doubt.
• Luo Mu reached Muns Island on Lugia, accompanied by Giant Dragonite and Giant Tentacruel, and saw Groudon and Kyogre facing off.
• Kyogre pursued Lugia with Origin Pulse while Wallace collapsed from hypothermia and blood loss.
• Groudon struck Kyogre with Precipice Blades and tried to hit Lugia and Luo Mu as well, but Lugia dodged the attack.
• Groudon fired Solar Beam as Kyogre used Ice Beam, and Lugia met both attacks with Hydro Pump, triggering a huge explosion.

Luo Mu and Lugia joined the battle at Muns Island, where Groudon and Kyogre were fighting, and chose to overwhelm the legendary Pokémon instead of taking the orbs from Archie and Maxie. Giant Dragonite and Giant Tentacruel helped subdue Kyogre while Lugia repeatedly outmaneuvered and battered Groudon, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Steven Stone told Luo Mu that taking the orbs from Archie and Maxie might end Groudon and Kyogre’s unnatural rampage, then left with Metagross.
• Luo Mu sent Giant Dragonite and Giant Tentacruel to confront Kyogre while he and Lugia faced Groudon.
• Giant Dragonite used Victini’s support to clash with Kyogre’s Origin Pulse, while Giant Tentacruel wrapped Kyogre in its tentacles and poisoned it.
• Lugia dodged Groudon’s Precipice Blades and countered its attacks with Brave Bird, Safeguard, Hydro Pump, and Psychic under Luo Mu’s directions.
• Lugia’s final Brave Bird knocked Groudon onto its backside, while Kyogre remained entangled and poisoned by Giant Tentacruel.

Luo Mu and his allies fought Groudon and Kyogre, with Giant Dragonite defeating Kyogre and Lance recovering the Red Orb. As Groudon surged in strength, Luo Mu Stellarized Lugia and used Aeroblast to pierce its Precipice Blades and knock it down.

• Lugia suppressed Groudon with Luo Mu’s precise commands while Steven Stone and Wallace recognized a chance to defeat the Legendary Pokémon.
• Giant Tentacruel poisoned Kyogre and Giant Dragonite, aided by Victini, trapped it and struck it down with Thunder.
• Lance and Dragonite ambushed Archie, and Lance recovered the Red Orb as Kyogre lay defeated.
• With Kyogre out of the battle, Groudon’s power surged, but Lugia summoned rain to counter its expanding sunlight.
• Luo Mu used Terapagos and the Tera Orb to Stellarize Lugia, whose Aeroblast bored through Groudon’s Precipice Blades and knocked it to the ground.

After Lugia and the others stopped Groudon and Kyogre, the Legendary Pokémon withdrew and the gathered trainers began arranging the aftermath. Luo Mu returned the Orbs and explained Terastallization to Steven Stone, who resolved to visit Paldea and mine Tera Orb Raw Ore.

• Lugia promised Kyogre it would not steal natural energy from its territory, and Kyogre swam home while Groudon returned underground through Muns Island’s volcano.
• Lance captured Archie and Maxie, while Steven Stone and Wallace planned to hunt down the remaining members of Team Aqua and Team Magma and investigate who had released the Ancient Pokémon.
• Luo Mu offered the Blue Orb and Red Orb to Wallace, who said Pheobe would guard them at Mt. Pyre once she arrived.
• Steven Stone asked Luo Mu what had happened when Lugia transformed, and Luo Mu explained Paldea’s Terastallization phenomenon.
• Steven Stone decided he would visit Paldea to explore and dig for Tera Orb Raw Ore, despite Luo Mu telling him Geeta could provide a Tera Orb.

After the Hoenn disaster ended, Steven Stone and Wallace hosted a private celebration banquet for the heroes, where Ash and Zhen Si's rivalry led to Pokémon battles. Steven Stone took an interest in Zhen Si, then invited everyone to visit the Pokémon living behind his estate.

• Fūyō collected the Blue Orb and Red Orb from Luo Mu and took them to Mt. Pyre for safekeeping.
• Mauville Radio announced that the disaster had been stopped and praised Luo Mu and the other Trainers as Hoenn's heroes.
• Steven Stone and Wallace thanked their guests at a private banquet, where Ash and Zhen Si argued and Nemona eagerly proposed battling too.
• Steven Stone led everyone to his estate's battle arena, where Pikachu defeated Zhen Si's Lairon and Nemona sparred with Wallace.
• Steven Stone admired Zhen Si's battling and suggested that everyone visit the Pokémon living in the back mountain of his home.

Steven Stone led the group through his rocky mountain manor, where they saw an enormous population of Rock and Steel Type Pokémon and learned they could choose Pokémon or fossils to take. Luo Mu tried to decline the gift, but Steven Stone insisted, so he agreed to look through the Collection Room and pick an item.

• Steven Stone introduced the group to an elderly Aggron inherited from his father, then led them into the mountain with Illumise lighting their way.
• The group discovered more than a hundred Beldum resting in a cave, and Steven Stone showed them other caves filled with Rock and Steel Type Pokémon.
• Steven Stone explained that fossil Pokémon were scarce and offered to show the group his fossils and help revive any they liked.
• Ash, Nemona, Zhen Si, Shizuka, and May expressed interest in finding Pokémon, while Takeshi asked Steven Stone about the fossils and was granted a look at the collection.
• Steven Stone urged Luo Mu to accept a gift; Luo Mu declined catching a Pokémon but agreed to choose an item from the Collection Room.

Luo Mu and Takeshi toured Steven Stone’s collection, where Takeshi chose a Secret Amber for revival and Luo Mu was inexplicably drawn to an unidentified crystal. The chapter ended with Takeshi sensing that the Mysterious Crystal looked familiar but being unable to recall why.

• Steven Stone brought Luo Mu and Takeshi into his private Collection Room and enthusiastically introduced his stones until Luo Mu asked to look around.
• Takeshi and Steven Stone agreed to spend the next day discussing stones, while Luo Mu examined Steven Stone’s collection and considered choosing a gemstone.
• Luo Mu spotted a partly buried pale blue crystal and asked Steven Stone about it.
• Steven Stone explained that Devon Corporation had detected unknown energy inside the Mysterious Crystal, but its nature and abilities remained unsolved.
• Takeshi chose a piece of Secret Amber despite not knowing which Pokémon it contained, and Steven Stone promised to arrange fossil revival equipment.
• Takeshi looked at the Mysterious Crystal and found it familiar, but could not remember where he had seen one like it.

After Lance acknowledged Luo Mu’s strength and vowed to become Kanto Champion before challenging him at the Pokémon World Championships, Steven Stone and Wallace also resolved to grow stronger. Takeshi’s Secret Amber revived into an Aerodactyl, Zhen Si gained a Beldum and Steven’s support, and Luo Mu left Hoenn to rejoin Lugia and the Giant Pokémon, where Giant Dragonite offered to take him to an island.

• Lance asked Luo Mu whether he had surpassed him, accepted Luo Mu’s confirmation, and vowed to meet him at the Pokémon World Championships after becoming Kanto Champion.
• Steven Stone and Wallace declared their intentions to become stronger, and Steven agreed to give the young trainers time to pursue competitions before returning to bond with Pokémon on his property.
• Devon Corporation’s fossil revival device successfully revived Aerodactyl from Takeshi’s Secret Amber.
• Nemona and the others returned from the rocky mountain mostly without Pokémon, while Zhen Si left with a Beldum and received training materials, a Devon discount card, and money from Steven Stone.
• On January 28, Luo Mu departed Mossdeep City and reunited with Lugia and the Giant Pokémon at the Hoenn Sea, where Giant Dragonite asked to take him to an island.

Luo Mu accompanied Giant Dragonite to Dragonite Island, where he reunited with Dragonite and accepted Lugia’s offer to teach it Aeroblast. As Delibird chose to return to the Farm and Dragonite began an intense overnight lesson, Luo Mu prepared to visit the Dragonite habitat the next morning.

• After Kyogre and Groudon left, Lugia told Luo Mu that it, Giant Dragonite, and Giant Tentacruel would depart, and Giant Dragonite invited him to an island inhabited by Dragonites.
• Giant Dragonite brought Luo Mu to a small island, where he called the Farm and Lugia offered to teach Dragonite Aeroblast when it arrived.
• Delibird finished recounting its travels, and Luo Mu invited it to return to the Farm and rest before their next journey to Sinnoh; Delibird gladly agreed.
• Dragonite followed Lugia’s aura to the island after sunset and hugged Luo Mu, then grew excited when it learned they would visit an island of Dragonites.
• Lugia began teaching Dragonite airflow techniques through the night while Luo Mu camped on the island and planned to depart the next morning.

Luo Mu followed Giant Dragonite across distant seas to a secluded island inhabited by Dragonite and Dragonair, while Giant Tentacruel scouted the surrounding waters for a place to settle. After the island’s Dragonite welcomed Giant Dragonite back, a dark green Flash Dragonite arrived and glared down at Luo Mu.

• Lugia said goodbye after helping Dragonite learn Aeroblast, and Luo Mu set out with Giant Dragonite and Giant Tentacruel.
• Luo Mu learned that Giant Tentacruel had come to find a remote habitat for its people, away from likely conflict with the Kanto League.
• Luo Mu and his companions reached a large island near Galar and found it crowded with wild Dragonite and Dragonair.
• The island’s Dragonite gathered around Giant Dragonite as if welcoming it home, while Luo Mu released his recovered Dragonite.
• A dark green Flash Dragonite descended onto the beach and looked down at Luo Mu with hostility.

Luo Mu and his Pokémon were welcomed to Dragonite Island, where the Dragonite Leader invited his Dragonite to compete for the clan leadership. Luo Mu declined for the moment and explored the island, discovering its rich resources and a Dratini shedding its skin.

• The Wild Dragonite welcomed Luo Mu and his Pokémon, and the Dragonite Leader invited Dragonite to compete to become the next clan head.
• Luo Mu politely declined the invitation, while the Dragonite Leader said they could explore the island and reconsider before the ceremony the next day.
• Luo Mu asked the Giant Dragonite why it had brought them to the island, and it explained that leadership would give Dragonite benefits without much responsibility.
• Luo Mu explored the island with his Pokémon and found fertile soil, abundant berry trees, and piles of Dragonite shed skins.
• Luo Mu discovered a Dratini in the bushes as it shed its skin.

Luo Mu helped a Dratini shed its skin, then followed two Dragonair to their island settlement with Dragonite. He saw the clan’s lakeside habitat, where Dragonite declined a sparring challenge and Dratini joined the young Pokémon in the water, before a distant explosion interrupted the peaceful visit.

• Luo Mu helped Dratini remove its shed skin, and Dratini let him keep it as thanks.
• Two Dragonair arrived, checked on Dratini, and invited Dragonite to visit the settlement.
• Luo Mu and his group followed the Dragonair through the forest to a freshwater lake filled with Dragonite, Dragonair, and Dratini.
• Several wild Dragonite challenged Dragonite to spar, but Dragonite refused because it wanted to remain with Luo Mu.
• Dratini swam with the other young Pokémon while Luo Mu rested by the lake, until a distant explosion startled him.

Luo Mu discovered that the Dragonite Leader was training ten challengers by repeatedly defeating them, and helped Comfey heal them between rounds. The Dragonite Leader revealed that winning the Leader Election would grant Luo Mu’s Dragonite access to a mysterious power on the island.

• Luo Mu and his Pokémon investigated an explosion near the Dragonite Clan’s lakeside habitat and found the Dragonite Leader facing ten challengers.
• The Dragonite Leader repelled the challengers’ attacks with a roar and then defeated them in close combat, including the Shiny Dragonite.
• Luo Mu and Comfey treated the injured Dragonite, while Luo Mu realized the battles were the Dragonite Leader’s daily training for potential clan leaders.
• The Dragonite Leader ordered another training round after the challengers recovered, and Comfey and Victini healed them again.
• The Dragonite Leader used Moltres to tell Luo Mu that winning the Leader Election would let his Dragonite reach a place where it could encounter the island’s mysterious power.

Luo Mu agreed to enter Dragonite's Leader Election after reconsidering the benefits, while Giant Tentacruel began moving its clan toward Dragonite Island. The next morning, Luo Mu found a Kubfu surrounded by Dragonite, and the chapter ended with him recognizing the Legendary Pokémon.

• Luo Mu learned that the waters around Dragonite Island were an ideal habitat for the Tentacruel Clan and imagined building his Terarium Dome there.
• Giant Tentacruel decided to lead its clan on a long migration to Dragonite Island, while Giant Dragonite stayed behind for the Leader Election.
• Luo Mu told Giant Dragonite and the Dragonite Leader that he and Dragonite would participate in the Leader Election.
• After a stormy night, Luo Mu found Dragonite and Dragonair gathered around a small Pokémon rescued from the sea.
• Luo Mu recognized the beige bear Pokémon at the center of the crowd as Kubfu.

Luo Mu and the Dragonites rescued and treated a Kubfu that had nearly drowned in a storm, and Kubfu woke at his camp. Kubfu remembered swimming to train but stayed silent about where it came from and whether it wanted to go home, then chose to watch the Dragonite Leader Election.

• Luo Mu warmed the soaked Kubfu, gave it medicine, and learned that a wild Dragonite had pulled it from the sea.
• Comfey treated Kubfu, and it recovered enough to wake later that afternoon at Luo Mu’s camp.
• Kubfu mistook the gathered Dragonites for a threat, then showed guilt after Luo Mu explained that they had rescued it.
• Luo Mu questioned Kubfu about its origins and its journey at sea, but Kubfu only admitted it had been training and gotten lost in a storm.
• Kubfu accepted food and eagerly chose to watch Luo Mu’s Dragonite take part in the evening Leader Election.

Luo Mu’s Dragonite entered the Dragonite Clan’s Leader Election and defeated all ten challengers, earning the right to face the Dragonite Leader. The chapter ended as Luo Mu watched the leader, hoping their battle would reveal the nature of its miraculous power.

• The Dragonite Clan gathered to hold its Leader Election, where the winner would earn the Dragonite Leader’s recognition and access to a mysterious power.
• Luo Mu sent his Dragonite into the arena first, and it launched a physical Dragon Claw that sent the Shiny Dragonite crashing into a boulder.
• Dragonite overwhelmed the Shiny Dragonite with repeated Dragon Claws, stopping its Dragon Rush with one claw and driving it from the arena.
• Dragonite defeated the other nine challengers as well, earning the surrounding Dragonite, Dragonair, and Dratini’s respect.
• Luo Mu turned his attention to the Dragonite Leader, anticipating that their battle might reveal secrets about its miraculous power.

Dragonite battled the Dragonite Leader, matching its powerful attacks and using Tailwind and Extreme Speed to gain the upper hand. After Dragonite struck the Leader with a surprising burst of speed, the Leader unleashed a roar-like force that Luo Mu recognized as similar to Overlord Aura, and Dragonite prepared to try another newly learned move.

• Dragonite refused the Dragonite Leader's offer to rest, and the two began their battle with Dragon Claw.
• Dragonite split the Leader's Dragon Pulse with Wing Attack, then struck it with Dragon Tail and Ice Punch before the Leader countered with Heat Wave.
• The Dragonite Leader intensified its attacks, but Dragonite used Tailwind to fly faster and keep ahead even as the Leader used Extreme Speed.
• Dragonite experimented with a Dragon Tamer Clan technique, experienced the world in slow motion, and struck the Leader out of the sky with Dragon Claw.
• The Dragonite Leader blasted Dragonite away with a powerful roar, which Luo Mu identified as an ability similar to Overlord Aura.
• Dragonite recovered in the air and eagerly prepared to test another newly learned move.

Dragonite became the new leader of Dragonite Island and inherited a mysterious power from the Dragonite Statue before returning to Luo Mu’s campsite. There, Luo Mu asked the conflicted Kubfu whether it wanted him to take it home.

• The Dragonite Leader ended its fight with Dragonite, acknowledged its strength, and transferred leadership to it.
• The former Dragonite Leader took Luo Mu and Dragonite to a sea cave, where Dragonite touched the Dragonite Statue and began inheriting its power.
• At dawn, Luo Mu and Dragonite left the island and returned to the campsite, where Swampert and the others gathered around Dragonite.
• Kubfu hesitated over what to do next, and Luo Mu asked whether it wanted him to take it home.

Kubfu asked Luo Mu to train it instead of returning to the Isle of Armor, and Luo Mu brought it home to the Farm. After returning from Hoenn, Luo Mu welcomed a visit from Aoki, who handed him a Pokémon Egg and said he could no longer afford to raise it.

• Kubfu asked Luo Mu to help it become strong like Dragonite, and Luo Mu agreed to make it a training plan while leaving the decision about going home to Kubfu.
• On the Isle of Armor, Mustard and Honey searched for the missing Kubfu while Mustard comforted a remorseful Urshifu.
• Luo Mu returned to his Farm in Paldea and reviewed the new semester arrangements, including Kieran and Carmine's transfer into his classes.
• Larvesta greeted the lonely Kubfu, while Calyrex teased Luo Mu about not calling for help during his Hoenn trip and began to discuss the crystal he had brought back.
• Aoki arrived at Luo Mu's Farm, thrust a Pokémon Egg into his hands, and cried that he could no longer afford to raise it.