Chapter Summaries

After Rayquaza defeated them in Outer Space, Mark resolved to strengthen his body until he could survive a fall from beyond the atmosphere. Jirachi recovered its spirits and discovered it had gained a new kind of wish, leaving Mark to consider what he might wish for.

• Jirachi discovered that the apparent damage to its belly was only a broken SLR Camera hidden inside it.
• Caterpie and Little Zapdos declared that they would become stronger, while Jirachi recovered by drinking cola.
• Mark realized his fragile body had made him a burden during their encounter with Rayquaza and might not survive falling from Outer Space alone.
• Mark set a goal to train until he could survive a fall from beyond the atmosphere, eventually without injury.
• Jirachi ran to Mark and revealed it had gained Medium Wishes that it could use every few months, then asked whether Mark had any.

Mark learned that Jirachi had been using a Small Wish every day to extend his life, revealing the source of his recent training improvements. As the Pokémon considered wishes, Mark wondered why Rayquaza had driven them from its territory in space.

• Mark told Jirachi he did not need to use its Medium Wish for himself, and Jirachi said its wish was for everyone to stay together and be happy.
• Jirachi revealed that it had used a Small Wish each day to add a day to Mark’s lifespan, giving him about seven hundred years to live.
• Mark realized Jirachi’s wishes had caused the slight improvements he noticed during martial arts training.
• Jirachi wished to become muscular with Three Heads Six Arms, but found that its Medium Wish could not fulfill the transformation.
• Caterpie, Little Zapdos, Victini, and Leafeon each shared a wish or offered Jirachi a Life Fruit.
• Mark recalled Rayquaza driving them away from space and wondered why it had done so.

Mark and the Pokémon recovered from Rayquaza’s attack while Jirachi prepared a Medium Wish. The wish failed to create another Mark, but it gave Mark the ability to multitask.

• Mark suspected Rayquaza had driven the group from space because of a possible connection with Jirachi.
• Jirachi told Mark that the Pokémon had chosen a Medium Wish together and that it would be ready in several hours.
• Mark trained with Rayquaza’s power while Jirachi healed him and Caterpie, and he identified their crash site in the Maple Mountain Range.
• Caterpie discovered it could devour Rayquaza’s power, helping Vikavolt Multi-Magnemite recover and wake up.
• Jirachi and the Pokémon used the Medium Wish to try to create another Mark, but the wish failed and instead gave Mark the ability to multitask.

Jirachi and the other Pokémon tried a Medium Wish to split Mark into two, but it only partially succeeded by making his consciousness more active and scattered. Mark explained why multiplying someone would not create more of the same person, leaving Jirachi imagining itself pushed away from him by countless other Jirachis.

• Caterpie explained that it had changed the wish to make Mark split as much as possible, allowing the failed Medium Wish to partially succeed.
• Jirachi told Mark the Pokémon wanted two Marks to give them more affection, training, and help with research.
• Mark asked Jirachi to imagine being duplicated instead, and Jirachi eagerly proposed making a hundred trillion Jirachis.
• Mark explained that the other Jirachis would not be the original Jirachi, and Jirachi pictured itself being crowded away from Mark.

Jirachi abandoned its wish to create a hundred trillion copies of Mark after realizing the consequences, and Mark began teaching his Pokémon through fables. As Caterpie gained chrysalis progress and Bond Evolution seemed possible, Mark remembered that the Nia Pokemon Academy Academy Cup quarterfinals were about to begin.

• Jirachi cried in Mark's arms, rejected the idea of becoming a hundred trillion Jirachis, and asked Mark to forgive it and Leafeon.
• Jirachi discovered Leafeon had hundreds of photos of it, deleted the embarrassing ones, and tussled with Leafeon over the phone.
• Mark admitted he had neglected to teach the Pokémon about beliefs and right and wrong, then began telling them fables and discussing their lessons.
• Mark found that Caterpie's Primeval Chrysalis Form progress had risen from 6% to 9% and its Final End Chrysalis Form progress from 5% to 7% after absorbing Rayquaza's power.
• Mark discovered that Bond Evolution with Caterpie seemed possible, but waited for his injuries to recover before testing it.
• Mark stopped recovering when he remembered that the Nia Pokemon Academy Academy Cup quarterfinals were about to begin.

Mark arrived at the Academy Cup Preparation Base injured after dealing with events near Clear Stream Village, where he learned Aya had escaped Zhao Meisha. During a pre-match interview, Zhou Yuan challenged Mark to a one-Pokemon Vanguard Battle under rules that would force the loser to concede and sit out the remaining matches, and Mark accepted.

• Mark used Jirachi’s Small Wish to cross space to Royal Capital Riel City after his damaged devices kept him from learning that filming had begun.
• Aya told Mark that Zhao Meisha had appeared near Clear Stream Village, sensed her malicious intent with Aura Power, and escaped after holding her off.
• Director Li Kang decided to feature Mark’s injured but imposing appearance in Hack Pokemon Academy’s Demon King’s Path documentary and promotional video.
• During the interview recording, Zhou Yuan challenged Mark to a one-on-one Vanguard Battle in which the loser would concede and be barred from later matches.
• Mark accepted Zhou Yuan’s challenge, saying his Pokemon preferred battles where more of them could participate but that he would agree to a one-on-one match.

At the Hia Kingdom Academy Cup, Zhou Yuan challenged Mark to a one-on-one duel and unleashed Mega Charizard X with Resonance State and a Fire-type Z-Move. Mark’s Caterpie revealed its Bond Evolution and counterattacked from the air with Aura Spheres, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Zhou Yuan ignored the boos as he entered the arena, confident that winning would make people forget his underhanded challenge.
• Mark and Zhou Yuan presented their Pokemon for inspection, revealing that Mark had chosen Caterpie and Zhou Yuan had chosen Charizard.
• After the referee started the match, Caterpie grew into a Muscle Giant Bug, and Zhou Yuan Mega Evolved Charizard into Mega Charizard X.
• Zhou Yuan combined Mega Evolution, Resonance State, and a Z-Move to unleash Superpower Extreme Blazing Flame Ball, blasting Mega Charizard X out of sight and leaving a crater.
• Mark’s Caterpie appeared in the air enveloped in Aura Flame and fired Aura Spheres into the crater, revealing that it had achieved Bond Evolution and gained some of Mark’s Aura Martial Arts techniques.

Mark’s Caterpie defeated Zhou Yuan’s Mega Charizard X, then revealed a new healing power after its Bond Evolution. Spectators connected Mark’s unusual Pokemon abilities to rumors that he possessed Mew’s Blood, while Mark and Caterpie examined Caterpie’s changed body.

• Zhou Yuan’s Mega Charizard X lost to Mark’s Caterpie, and the referee declared Mark the winner.
• Caterpie stopped firing Aura Spheres when it realized Charizard was unconscious, then used a green healing power to restore Charizard’s wounds.
• Spectators discussed Caterpie’s moves and shared magazine claims that Mark had traveled through the Rom Federation and obtained Mew’s Blood.
• The crowd debated whether Mew’s Blood explained Mark’s Pokemon abilities as Caterpie posed for the audience and then examined its changed body.
• Mark watched Caterpie after its Bond Evolution and studied its altered body.

After Caterpie’s Bond Evolution helped Mark’s team win its matches and advance to the semifinals, Mark met Dr. Philin from Beyond Corporation, who offered him funding. A magazine at Mark’s feet described him as having “Mew’s Blood,” and Mark questioned the claim.

• Caterpie displayed its Bond Evolution changes and used Fighting-type moves that combined with Mark’s Aura Martial Arts.
• Mark and Aya won their doubles match, and Mark found that sustaining Caterpie’s Bond Evolution caused both of them mental strain.
• Zhou Kuan defeated Luo Lin, allowing Hack Pokemon Academy to sweep Nia Pokemon Academy 3–0 and advance to the semifinals.
• Gu Dan introduced Mark to Dr. Philin from Beyond Corporation, who offered to fund him.
• A magazine titled Comprehensive Collection of World's Genius Pokemon Trainers fell open to a page about Mark, prompting him to question the fabricated claim about “Mew’s Blood.”

Dr. Philin and his assistant left after arranging sponsorships, and Mark dismantled and reassembled one of Dr. Philin’s detection devices. Mark and Aya then departed unexpectedly, leaving Yan Yong confused about the warnings and future events Mark had told him about.

• Dr. Philin and his assistant left the Preparation Base after arranging sponsorships for Mark and several members of Hack Pokemon Academy.
• Mark told Gu Dan he was interested in Dr. Philin’s research, then dismantled and quickly reassembled the Pokemon Detection Device.
• Mark warned Gu Dan that he might be away for several days and left the Preparation Base with Aya.
• Yan Yong recalled Mark’s warnings about Lei Meng, Flaming, and a future disaster, and decided to catch up with Mark.
• Yan Yong saw Mark and Aya disappear in a silver radiance and realized they had used Teleport.

Dr. Philin’s research into Mew and Mewtwo led him to suspect Mark and Zhao Xiaoya had clues connected to Mew. Back at the Fallen Sky Mountain Experiment Base, Mark helped Aya with Riolu’s headache and discovered he could access memories from other people’s experiences in the Stat Point Dream World.

• Dr. Philin learned that his research funding would not increase and heard that Porygon AI found a 19.3% chance Mark and a 26.3% chance Zhao Xiaoya had some connection to Mew.
• Riolu suffered a severe headache after Dr. Philin mentioned Mew, and Mark used Clear Stream Power to soothe it.
• Aya worried that Dr. Philin was dangerous because he worked for Beyond Corporation, but Mark and Jirachi explained that he seemed neither good nor malicious.
• Mark asked Aya about her Iron Defense training and found her memories from the Stat Point Dream World surfacing in his mind.
• Mark tested the effect with George and John and realized he might have discovered the proper way to use the Stat Point Dream World.

Mark considered using Porygon to help develop his Spirit Control Panel and Stat Point Dream World, then learned that Dr. Philin owned the Porygon once kept at Hack Pokemon Academy. The chapter left Mark with a reason to contact Dr. Philin about catching it.

• Mark realized the Stat Point Dream World could not safely handle many people or powerful stat allocations, so he considered training the Spirit Control Panel directly.
• Mark identified Porygon as a possible partner whose virtual-world abilities and Bond Evolution might help him develop the Spirit Control Panel and Stat Point Dream World.
• Aya recalled seeing and petting a Porygon at Hack Pokemon Academy's Experiment Base.
• Mark called Professor Tao and learned the academy had only rented the Porygon, which belonged to Dr. Philin.
• Mark realized the academy's cooperation with Dr. Philin was connected to Porygon.

Mark traveled to the Frozen Tundra to find and capture Spectrier, leaving Aya behind to care for Riolu as its memories began to awaken. While searching the blizzard with Ling Liushu and his Pokémon, Mark discovered a field of frozen corpses and a strange living corpse buried beneath the snow.

• Mark told Aya to stay with Riolu and contact Bulbasaur Sage if anything went wrong, then left Fallen Sky Mountain with Jirachi’s Small Wish.
• Mark arrived at the Frozen Tundra with Ling Liushu and began searching for Spectrier near the place where Ling Liushu had previously encountered it.
• Mark’s Pokémon joined the search while Jirachi and Victini looked for clues in the blizzard.
• Jirachi unearthed a frozen man, and Caterpie and Golisopod found more corpses arranged densely toward the center of the area.
• Caterpie discovered a strange corpse buried twenty meters beneath the snow that was still alive.

Laika awoke in a protected tent after sleeping for centuries in the Stormy Snowfield, still believing the King of Abundance would return and revive the frozen land. He realized Jirachi might have arrived with the King and asked whether it had come with him.

• As a child, Laika believed his father’s story about the Land of Abundance and set out with Wyrdeer to find the King of Abundance.
• A blizzard overwhelmed Laika, but a seed at his wrist warmed him and gave him a vision of the King returning after the ice melted.
• Laika awoke in Mark’s tent, where Jirachi told him it had repeatedly used Wish to revive him.
• Laika discovered that his clothes and Pokeball had deteriorated, and Jirachi said he had slept for at least several hundred years.
• Laika remembered searching for the Land of Abundance to save his people and asked Jirachi whether it had come with the King of Abundance.

Jirachi healed Laika and learned that he had been searching for the King of Abundance, whom Jirachi recognized as Calyrex. Mark found Spectrier and the Land of Abundance’s Chaos Space, then offered Laika the choice of waiting to be awakened by Calyrex or leaving with them.

• Jirachi healed Laika and heard how his ancestors had been aided by the King of Abundance before Laika’s family was attacked and he went searching for help.
• Jirachi read Laika’s thoughts, recognized the King of Abundance as Calyrex, and learned that Spectrier and Glastrier remained in the Land of Abundance.
• Jirachi vanished while Laika waited in the tent, and Laika later saw Mark approaching with a giant and a black horse-like figure.
• Jirachi returned with Mark and reported that Mark had found Spectrier and the Land of Abundance’s Chaos Space.
• Jirachi told Laika that Mark had caught Spectrier and asked whether Laika wanted to keep waiting for Calyrex or leave with them.

Mark woke Laika and stopped Jirachi from freezing him again, while Jirachi gave Laika a game console. Mark reflected on how Spectrier had joined him after being caught with a single Pokeball, and Spectrier told him that some unknown people were grateful to him.

• Jirachi considered freezing Laika, but Mark stopped it and Jirachi apologized, then gave Laika a game console.
• Laika curiously tried the console while Mark reflected on the unexpected ease of catching Spectrier.
• Mark called Spectrier into the tent and asked why it had stayed inside the Pokeball.
• Jirachi translated Spectrier's claim that unknown people were grateful to Mark, then asked where they had thanked him.

Mark learned that Spectrier’s ghostly aura had frightened several hundred people to death, then took Spectrier and Laika away from the Frozen Tundra. He brought Laika to Clear Stream Village, where Laika would stay while deciding what to do next.

• Jirachi translated Spectrier’s account, revealing that the Spectrier’s aura had caused nearby humans to die from fear-induced illusions, though Spectrier had not meant to kill them.
• Mark decided to train Spectrier to control its power and asked whether it wanted to leave the Land of Abundance; Spectrier agreed.
• Mark invited Laika to stay in Clear Stream Village, and Laika agreed while keeping Jirachi’s existence secret.
• Mark recalled his Pokémon and used Jirachi’s power to take Laika to Clear Stream Village, welcoming him to the unfamiliar town.

Laika used the power of Calyrex to grow tomatoes at Clear Stream Village’s Tomato Garden, but remained unsure what to do after losing his family and old life. Jirachi delivered Mark’s advice that Laika could seek Celebi’s help to change his past and should begin Combat Training to grow stronger.

• Laika discovered that his Grass-type power could make the tomatoes grow larger and better.
• Jirachi tasted Laika’s tomatoes, praised them, and imagined becoming the King of Wishes with a crown.
• Jirachi told Laika that Mark suggested he seek Celebi himself if he wanted to change his past and future.
• Jirachi relayed Mark’s plan for Laika to begin Combat Training at Fallen Sky Mountain and potentially develop a Heart of Strength.
• Jirachi explained how becoming stronger had benefited it and Mark, prompting Laika to reconsider the importance of strength.

Laika realized Jirachi was the Wish Star and began worshipping it, while Yan Yong brought Mi Yang to Clear Stream Gym to seek Mark’s help. Mi Yang revealed that his father Flaming had gone missing, and Mark calmly said he already knew.

• Laika recognized Jirachi’s miraculous powers, bowed before it, and later planned to carve figures of Jirachi and Mark for worship.
• Yan Yong flew to Clear Stream Village with Mi Yang, while his Flygon remained resentful of its defeat by Mark’s Butterfree.
• Yan Yong and Mi Yang watched Clear Stream Gym members defeat challengers, including an Activated State Serperior and an Elite-level Crobat.
• Yan Yong introduced Mi Yang to Mark at the Gym, then secretly listened as Mi Yang asked Mark to help find his missing father, Flaming.
• Yan Yong reacted with shock when Mi Yang said Flaming had disappeared, but Mark calmly replied that he already knew.

Mark revealed to Yan Yong and young Mi Yang that Flaming was in his custody, then took Yan Yong to the base at Fallen Sky Mountain. There, they learned Riolu had evolved into Lucario and encountered the silver-haired Youth Mi Yang, who reacted fearfully to something.

• Mark shut off young Mi Yang’s phone and Pokémon Index, then explained that Flaming was with him and that he had captured him to protect Yan Yong and Tang You.
• Young Mi Yang impulsively attacked Mark with Weavile, but Mark defeated Weavile and knocked him unconscious before carrying him away with Yan Yong.
• Mark brought Yan Yong to the base at Fallen Sky Mountain and revealed that the Mimikyu costume concealed Jirachi, while the supposed Golden Tentacruel was an undiscovered Ultra Beast called Nihilego.
• Ling Liushu told Mark that Riolu had evolved into Lucario and was stable, while Flaming had been recaptured after trying to run away and was organizing experimental data.
• The silver-haired Youth Mi Yang approached Mark and Yan Yong, then recoiled as if he had seen something terrifying.