Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhen prepared to attend Daigo’s wedding with Xiao Yan and Little Zi Yan, while the other Spirit Maidens stayed away to avoid official surveillance. As the wedding began, Keigo Masaki discovered a hidden chamber in the ancient underwater ruins and prepared to break inside.

• Xiao Zhen introduced Zetton Girl, whom he called Little Zhi, to the Spirit Maidens, who teased him about his naming skills.
• Xiao Zhen invited the Spirit Maidens to Daigo’s wedding, but Nia warned that officials might watch them, so only Xiao Yan and Little Zi Yan planned to go.
• During the month before the wedding, Xiao Zhen gathered supplies and sent them to the Mecha Beast World.
• At the wedding plaza, Xiao Zhen noticed Little Zi Yan eating cake before the ceremony and went to stop her while Daigo tried to calm his nerves.
• In the underwater ruins, Keigo Masaki found a sturdy wall hiding something and took out powerful explosive charges to get inside.

Keigo Masaki awakened the energy within three ancient statues, while Camilla appeared at Daigo and Rena’s wedding and mistook Daigo for Tiga. Xiao Zhen warned Daigo that Camilla was a dangerous Dark Giant who might target him and Rena.

• Keigo Masaki blasted through an ancient wall and found three Giant Stone Statues whose energy began to awaken.
• At Daigo and Rena’s wedding, Camilla appeared as an energy projection and greeted Xiao Zhen as Achilles.
• Camilla recognized Tiga’s aura in Daigo and resented that he had married Rena instead of her.
• After the wedding, Daigo asked Xiao Zhen about Camilla, and Xiao Zhen explained that she had been Tiga’s girlfriend thirty million years ago.
• Xiao Zhen warned Daigo that Camilla was ruthless and had glared at Rena as if she wanted to devour her.

Xiao Zhen went to scout the R'lyeh Ruins while Daigo left on his honeymoon, and TPC captured Keigo Masaki at an ancient cave. The three Dark Giants emerged from their stone statues, leaving Captain Saeki and his soldiers terrified as Keigo warned that they were not righteous heroes.

• Daigo and Rena took leave from GUTS for their honeymoon, and Xiao Zhen decided to investigate the R'lyeh Ruins with Zi Yan.
• Xiao Zhen sensed dense darkness to the southeast and headed there with Zi Yan while concealing themselves.
• Keigo Masaki worked on his Light Particle Converter until Captain Saeki and TPC soldiers stormed his cave and arrested him.
• Captain Saeki revealed that TPC had tracked Keigo through clues and that his assistant Tako Nakamura had been a TPC agent.
• The three stone statues shed their rocky shells and the Dark Giants roared, frightening Saeki and his soldiers.
• Keigo told Saeki that the Dark Giants were not righteous Ultramen and had once been Tiga's companions.

Camilla, Hitra, and Darram attacked the humans and identified Keigo Masaki as the old warrior Shadow, then tried to recruit him. Keigo learned that they considered Tiga a traitor, but the chapter left him puzzled about why Tiga had betrayed them.

• Saeki approached Camilla to speak, but she crushed him and focused on Keigo Masaki, whom she recognized as Shadow.
• Camilla grabbed Keigo Masaki and left the other humans to Hitra and Darram, who prepared to slaughter them.
• Camilla brought Keigo Masaki to a stone platform and used her power to show him memories of Shadow Ultraman and Tiga.
• Keigo learned that Shadow Ultraman had been called Titan Ultraman and had once fought alongside Tiga, his fellow disciple.
• Camilla transformed with Hitra and Darram and told Keigo they wanted to recruit him because a traitor was gone.
• Hitra accused Tiga of betraying their group, leaving Keigo wondering why Tiga had turned against them.

Keigo Masaki joined Camilla, Hitra, and Darram after they revived, and they restored his transformation power. Yulian activated a golden barrier around the R'lyeh Ruins, trapping the Dark Giants and their strange birds as Camilla planned to wait for someone’s return.

• Hitra and Camilla told Keigo Masaki that Tiga had sealed them after deciding to join the side of light, with Camilla blaming Yulian for influencing him.
• Keigo Masaki agreed to join the Dark Giants, and Camilla, Hitra, and Darram gave him a dark transformation device.
• Darram released enormous strange birds from the cave, and the birds attacked a surviving elite squad member who had tried to contact TPC headquarters.
• Keigo Masaki transformed with the small hammer and rejoiced at regaining power, though Camilla judged him only a second-rate warrior.
• Yulian appeared outside the R'lyeh Ruins and raised a golden barrier that trapped the Dark Giants and blocked the birds.
• Darram proposed using Lian Ying to break through, but Camilla rejected the idea and said they had to wait for someone to return.

Keigo Masaki tried to abandon Camilla and the other Dark Giants, but Camilla's spiritual energy reached him and forced him to obey. Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan then confronted the three in the R'lyeh Ruins, where Xiao Zhen sent Darram flying with a single punch.

• Keigo Masaki left the R'lyeh Ruins in his submarine, intending to keep his transformation power and pursue his own ambitions instead of bringing Daigo back.
• Camilla and the other two Dark Giants appeared inside the submarine through spiritual energy, threatened Keigo Masaki, and made him promise to follow their instructions.
• Camilla sensed Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan in the ruins, and Darram and Hitra moved to attack them while Camilla watched.
• Zi Yan offered to fight Hitra, while Xiao Zhen told her to retreat if she faced danger.
• Xiao Zhen countered Darram's punch and sent him flying, leaving Darram shocked that Xiao Zhen was stronger despite being in human form.

Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan fought the Dark Giants, then escaped their attacks with the help of an ancient barrier. Xiao Zhen took Zi Yan to a nearby reef island to test whether transformation devices could let him transform again.

• Zi Yan grabbed Hitra's leg and slammed him down, while Xiao Zhen repeatedly battered Darram.
• Hitra used his speed to evade Zi Yan until she struck him with spatial energy and sent him flying.
• Hitra and Darram transformed into their true forms, and Xiao Zhen teleported away with Zi Yan.
• Darram charged after them but was knocked down by a yellow current, while Hitra's weapon failed to penetrate the barrier trapping the Dark Giants and Camilla.
• Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan flew to a desolate reef island, where Xiao Zhen prepared Keigo Masaki's baton and the bronze Spark Lens to test whether he could transform.

Xiao Zhen failed to transform with the bronze Spark Lens and mallet, then found Daigo to warn him about Camilla and Keigo Masaki. Daigo and Rena learned that Masaki had regained his ability to transform and was coming after Daigo.

• Xiao Zhen tried to transform using the bronze Spark Lens and the little mallet, but both attempts failed.
• Zi Yan reminded Xiao Zhen that Keigo Masaki had gone looking for Daigo, so Xiao Zhen set out to find him.
• Xiao Zhen interrupted Daigo and Rena's vacation and told them Camilla, Tiga's former girlfriend, had awakened and might target Daigo.
• Xiao Zhen warned the couple that Camilla's spiritual power could harm Daigo despite her seal and that Keigo Masaki had agreed to capture him.
• Xiao Zhen told Daigo and Rena that Masaki had regained his ability to transform, leaving Daigo in danger.

Xiao Zhen gave Daigo Tiga’s Spark Lens as Keigo Masaki arrived to take him away. When Masaki transformed into Shadow Ultraman, Daigo chose to protect Rena and the people he cared about, and Tiga’s power began to awaken within him.

• Xiao Zhen showed Daigo Tiga’s Spark Lens and told him he could use it to transform again.
• Keigo Masaki arrived by helicopter and demanded that Daigo come with him, but Rena refused and fired at him.
• Masaki deflected Rena’s shot with a barrier, then confronted Xiao Zhen, who had stepped out of the RV.
• Masaki transformed into Shadow Ultraman, and Daigo stood before Rena with the Bronze Rod.
• Xiao Zhen transported Rena several hundred meters away as Daigo’s Bronze Rod glowed and Tiga’s power began to awaken.

Daigo transformed into Tiga and defeated Keigo Masaki, who fled under the protection of darkness. Xiao Zhen explained why he had let Keigo escape, then said goodbye and returned to the Dou Qi Continent, leaving Daigo and Rena to head home.

• Daigo used the Bronze Rod to transform into Tiga, while Xiao Zhen watched and Rena worried about him.
• Zi Yan arrived carrying the RV, and Rena explained that she and Daigo had refused rewards for saving the world.
• Daigo overwhelmed Keigo Masaki, but Keigo fled after darkness boosted his speed, and Xiao Zhen told Daigo not to pursue him.
• Xiao Zhen explained that Keigo's ambitions would keep Tiga valuable as a guardian to the authorities, and Daigo thanked him for his help.
• Xiao Zhen said he had come to say goodbye and departed through a ripple in space, while Daigo and Rena prepared to return home.

Xiao Zhen returned to the courtyard with Zi Yan and reunited with Erina and Hisako, secretly arranging to meet Hisako for cultivation. Xiao Yan also returned home, and Die and Chiyu came back that night, with Die revealing her legs after checking that no outsiders were present.

• Xiao Zhen brought Zi Yan back, teased her, and embraced Erina while Hisako watched with longing.
• Xiao Zhen sent Hisako a secret message arranging to guide her cultivation in a cave beneath the back-courtyard waterfall three nights later.
• Xiao Zhen brought Xiao Yan back to the courtyard, where Xiao Yan complained about being dropped and then hurried off to tell his parents he was safe.
• Die and Chiyu returned at night, and Die checked for outsiders before changing her snake tail into legs.

After Xiao Zhen returned home, Zi Yan reported on his recent journey, and the family discussed his lost transformation ability and plans for a reunion. As visitors and household demands kept him busy, Xiao Zhen and the women cultivated together, and he broke through to seven-star Dou Zong.

• Zi Yan shared her notebook about Xiao Zhen’s surveillance mission, and Die learned that he had behaved himself and taken in only one maid.
• Xiao Zhen explained that if he regained his Ultraman transformation, he could reach strength close to a high-level Dou Zun, while Chiyu said she was half a step from the eighth tier.
• Die announced that Xiaoqing Lin would return next month, and Xiao Zhen planned to bring Hanako and Ash home as well.
• The day after Xiao Zhen returned, visitors sought high-grade medicinal pills, and he inspected the Shadow Organization, where Mitel Haoyu had expanded its influence into the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Zhen and the women cultivated together, helping Erina reach four-star Dou Master and Die reach three-star Dou Zong, while Chiyu neared a breakthrough to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Zhen broke through to seven-star Dou Zong and gained the ability to use Space Lock without Old Ya’s help.

Xiao Zhen brought Xiao Lin and Guan Xue to the Pokémon World to meet Hanako and Ash. As the family returned home, they saw smoke pouring from the house, where a kitchen fire had broken out.

• Hisako reached the ninth stage of Dou Qi after Xiao Zhen helped her cultivate, and they returned to the courtyard separately.
• Xiao Lin and Guan Xue insisted on joining Xiao Zhen to visit Hanako and Ash, and he took them through worlds to the Pokémon World.
• Xiao Zhen gave his parents Japanese language mastery and left them at his house while he went to find Hanako and Ash.
• Ash told his parents that he was graduating from Pokémon primary academy and would soon receive a Pokémon from Professor Oak.
• Xiao Zhen, Hanako, and Ash saw smoke coming from their house, and Xiao Zhen realized a wiring problem had started a fire in the kitchen.

Xiao Zhen reunited with his family and Pokémon over dinner, then agreed to accompany Ash to learn his school results. He planned to visit Oak's Laboratory afterward to see Golduck’s research work.

• Hanako repaired the kitchen after Xiao Lin and Guan Xue accidentally caused an explosion while experimenting with the gas cylinder.
• Little Mew arrived for dinner and scolded Xiao Zhen for leaving the Pokémon behind, prompting the others to bristle at its complaint.
• Hanako told Xiao Zhen that Golduck was working as Professor Oak’s research assistant at Oak's Laboratory.
• Hanako asked Xiao Zhen to accompany Ash when his grades were announced, and he agreed after learning Ash had ranked near the bottom at school.
• Xiao Lin expressed interest in accompanying them to Ash’s academy, and Xiao Zhen planned to visit Oak's Laboratory after dinner.

Xiao Zhen visited Professor Oak's Laboratory, where Golduck and the researchers were studying Eevee's possible evolutionary paths. He told Professor Oak that Ash was ready to begin traveling and left Golduck's meals in the researchers' care.

• Professor Oak and the researchers discussed evidence that Eevee might have additional evolutionary paths, while avoiding experiments that could harm Eevee.
• Xiao Zhen reunited with Golduck and asked how he was doing at the laboratory.
• Professor Oak told Xiao Zhen that Ash's exam results would be announced at a parent-teacher meeting the next day and recalled Ash's poor understanding of type matchups.
• Xiao Zhen informed Professor Oak that Ash had graduated from the beginner academy and was old enough to travel.
• Xiao Zhen complained that Golduck was eating instant noodles, and Professor Oak promised to prepare proper Pokémon food for him.

Xiao Zhen visited Professor Oak’s institute to choose a Starter Pokémon for Ash and decided to adopt the unusually powerful Pikachu. He returned home and told Hanako he had found Ash an interesting Pokémon, leaving Ash unaware of his future partner.

• Xiao Zhen used his scouting ability to identify several talented Charmander and Bulbasaur among Professor Oak’s Starter Pokémon.
• Xiao Zhen asked Professor Oak about other Pokémon and learned about a volatile Pikachu whose strong electricity had nearly killed Golduck.
• Xiao Zhen checked Pikachu’s information, saw its top-grade talent, and chose it as Ash’s starter despite Professor Oak’s warning.
• Ash dreamed that he would receive a Charmander while Hanako tucked his blanket around him.
• Xiao Zhen returned home late, told Hanako he had found Ash an interesting Pokémon, and spent the night with her.
• Ash woke the next morning to find Hanako looking refreshed as the family prepared for the day.

Xiao Zhen and Xiao Lin attended Ash’s junior Pokémon Academy results announcement, where Ash’s rival Gary boasted about his high score and future ambitions. The chapter ended with Ash scoring only eleven points, leaving Xiao Zhen embarrassed and baffled.

• Xiao Zhen, Xiao Lin, and Ash arrived at the Academy, where Gary mocked Ash for being a bottom-ranker.
• Gary told Xiao Zhen he had come with his sister Nanami, then he and Ash argued before the results meeting began.
• Xiao Zhen and Xiao Lin sat beside a nervous Ash as the teacher read out the students’ scores.
• Gary scored ninety-four and declared that he would become the next Kanto Pokémon League champion, prompting Ash to challenge him.
• The teacher announced that Ash, listed as Xiao Zhi, had scored eleven and completely failed, while Xiao Zhen sensed the crowd’s reactions and wondered how Ash had done so poorly.

Ash received an exceptionally low test score, but Xiao Zhen and Hanako let him decide whether to repeat the year. After spending several days preparing, the family returned to the Dou Qi Continent, where Ash eagerly headed for Xiao Yan's courtyard.

• Xiao Zhen questioned Ash about choosing Electric-type as the best matchup against Grass-type, and Xiao Lin defended Ash by blaming his father.
• Ash's teacher urged Xiao Zhen and Xiao Lin to have Ash repeat a year, but Xiao Zhen said the decision would be left to Ash.
• Ash proudly showed Hanako his score of 11, while Yumi met Xiao Zhen's mother and the elders of both families chatted amiably.
• After several days of preparations, Xiao Zhen's family returned to the Dou Qi Continent for the holidays.
• Ash ignored Hanako's calls and headed toward Xiao Yan's courtyard as the clan members praised his aura and predicted a great future for him.

Xiao Zhen visited Ya Fei, became intimate with her, and promised to marry her when the time was right. After leaving her, he ran into Xun'er in the market, where she noticed another woman's scent on him and secured a future favor from him.

• Xiao Zhen entered the Mittel Family grounds and found Ya Fei longing for him in her pavilion.
• Xiao Zhen and Ya Fei became intimate, and her cultivation rose to the one-star Da Dou Shi realm.
• Xiao Zhen stayed until Ya Fei woke, promised to marry her later, and left her several bottles of medicinal pills.
• Xiao Zhen encountered Xun'er in the market, and she noticed a woman's fragrance on him.
• Xiao Zhen and Xun'er agreed to save her request for later, then strolled through the market as Ling Ying followed.

Xiao Zhen returned to the Xiao Clan courtyard after shopping with Xun'er and visiting Yao Ye, while Medusa continued strengthening her rule over the Snake-people Race. The chapter ended with Medusa receiving a strange invitation to the Myriad Worlds Chat Group.

• Xiao Zhen took Xun'er shopping, teased her about the favor she owed him, and returned to the palace to visit Yao Ye.
• Xiao Zhen and Yao Ye agreed that they would marry after she turned sixteen and held her coming-of-age ceremony.
• Xiao Zhen returned to the courtyard, where Die and Zi Yan identified Yao Ye's scent on him as everyone prepared for Xiaoqing Lin's return.
• Xiao Zhen joined the others for dinner while Xun'er watched him with suspicion.
• Medusa's cultivation reached seven-star Dou Zong, and she earned a fierce reputation by killing seven seventh-rank magical beasts or Dou Zong experts.
• Medusa heard a strange voice welcoming her to the Myriad Worlds Chat Group and urging her to say something.