Chapter Summaries

Mark uncovered more about Mew’s weakened state and bargained with it to learn true Aura Power, while promising he might find a way for Mew to leave the God Tree Space more freely. He then entered the Stat Point Dream World, where Jirachi noticed that Mew, Youth Mi Yang, and the television had disappeared.

• Mark reasoned that Mew had been weakened after breaking open the God Tree Space to help Aya, Yan Yong, and the others, and that it had returned there to recover and repair the God Tree.
• Mew told Jirachi it was bored in the God Tree Space, where Lucario and the Three Holy Pillars offered little entertainment.
• Jirachi asked Mew to teach Mark true Aura Power, and Mew agreed in exchange for staying two extra days before returning to the God Tree Space.
• Mark promised Mew he might find a way for it to leave the God Tree Space whenever it wanted, and Mew excitedly believed him.
• Mark sensed a change in the Spirit Control Light Spot and entered the Stat Point Dream World; Jirachi found Mew, Youth Mi Yang, and the television missing.

Mark discovered that he could open and close the Stat Point Dream World, though it consumed energy, and found that this version was badly damaged. After Jirachi explored a black fissure and returned, Mark entered one himself and found a floating fragment of the Pokemon Supplies Store.

• Mark realized he could control the Stat Point Dream World's opening and closure, but the energy he used could not be replenished from inside it.
• Mark and Jirachi and Victini found cracks across the sky, forest, and buildings, and Mark suspected the Spirit Control Light Spot had not fully recovered.
• Caterpie, Little Zapdos, Mewtwo, and Leafeon arrived and confirmed that black fissures became more numerous farther from Mark; Mark sensed that his bond with Mewtwo had grown enough for it to enter the dream world.
• Jirachi crawled into a fissure at the Pokemon Supplies Store and returned through the sky fissure, saying the spaces inside were made of fragments.
• Mark entered the fissure and found himself in darkness among floating store goods, facing a large fragment of the Pokemon Supplies Store.

Mark explored the Dream Cultivation World, discovered a strange disturbance, and encountered Darkrai and Cresselia. Cresselia repaired the damaged dream realm before Mark and his Pokemon woke in reality with a Lunar Wing.

• Mark estimated that the Dream Cultivation World could provide around fifteen days of training time and considered renaming it the Dream Cultivation World.
• Jirachi told Mark that Mewtwo, Caterpie, and Golisopod had sensed a strange disturbance, and she led him to Mewtwo.
• Mark touched the disturbed void with power from the Spirit Control Light Spot, shattering space and revealing Darkrai and Cresselia confronting each other.
• Jirachi protected Mark and the Pokemon as Darkrai departed and Cresselia repaired the damaged Dream Cultivation World and its black rifts.
• Mark and the Pokemon returned to reality, where Mark caught a pink feather and identified it as Cresselia's Lunar Wing.

Mark realized the Spirit Control Light Spot and the Stat Point Dream World were connected to dreams, and considered how Cresselia, Darkrai, and Porygon might help strengthen it. Mew then recalled being chased by Giratina after using a Lunar Wing to prank it, while Jirachi’s story about Mark’s plan to catch Giratina ended with another bonk.

• Mark reasoned that Cresselia and Darkrai might help strengthen the Dream Cultivation World, while Porygon could still be useful because of its computational power and ability to cross between virtuality and reality.
• Mi Yang explained that the feather Mark held was a Lunar Wing, and Jirachi reminded Victini that Cresselia and Darkrai were the Pokémon they had recently seen.
• Mew revealed that it had once used a Lunar Wing to prank fierce-looking Pokémon on a vast continent and was beaten and chased by a silver, gold-spiked Pokémon with black wings.
• Jirachi showed Mew Giratina’s picture, and Mew recognized it as the Pokémon that had chased it.
• Jirachi recalled that Mark had once considered catching Giratina, then Mark knocked Jirachi on the head before it could finish.

Mark asked Mi Yang where he could find clues about Cresselia and Darkrai, and learned that Lunar Wings might be linked to Xia’s Ninth Princess Lilith. Mi Yang recounted how Lilith’s injured Phione became Manaphy at a festival, and Jirachi brought their Phione friend into the room to see if it could do the same.

• Mark asked Mi Yang about finding Cresselia or Darkrai, and Mi Yang recalled that Lunar Wings had spread from Divine Grace Continent.
• Mi Yang explained that Divine Grace Continent had closed itself off and that Lilith might have brought Lunar Wings to Xia.
• Mi Yang said Lilith’s Phione had been badly poisoned while protecting her and later became Manaphy during a Sea Festival.
• Jirachi wondered if a Phione could become Manaphy by attending the festival, then brought the rescued Phione into the room.

Mark asked Jirachi to find Cresselia, but Jirachi could not locate the Legendary Pokémon, so Mark considered seeking clues through Ninth Princess Lilith and the Divine Grace Continent. Mi Yang revealed that Celebi had brought him through time only temporarily, leaving him at most half an hour before he had to go.

• Mark asked Jirachi to use a Medium Wish to find Cresselia, but Jirachi could not locate her.
• Mark asked whether Jirachi could find Ninth Princess Lilith and considered traveling to the Divine Grace Continent to search for clues about Cresselia and Darkrai.
• Mi Yang questioned why Mark kept seeking greater strength, and Jirachi declared that there was no end to becoming stronger, earning agreement from the other Pokémon.
• Leafeon urged Jirachi to return Phione to her owner, then played and took pictures with Jirachi and Victini.
• Celebi informed Mi Yang that his time was nearly up, and Mi Yang told Mark he had at most half an hour left in this world.

Mi Yang gave Mark a mark that could lead him to this world's Celebi before returning to his own world. At Clear Stream Gym, Mew helped Mark and the others try to master Aura Power, with Mark and Leafeon succeeding while Jirachi and Victini failed.

• Mi Yang watched news of the Hia Royal Guard defeating the Lighthouse Gym and asked Mark to help stop his father in the future.
• Mi Yang placed a pink mark on Mark's palm that could reveal this world's Celebi when he came near it, then disappeared back to his world.
• Mi Yang and Celebi decided to investigate newly sensed spacetime anchors, while Mark sent Celebi's location to Little Mi Yang and Laika.
• Jirachi told Mark it wanted to travel seven thousand years into the past to meet him earlier, but abandoned the idea after considering the long wait.
• Mew agreed to teach Mark and the others Aura Power, but Jirachi and Victini failed to learn it.
• Mew lightly touched Leafeon and Mark, and both learned how to use Aura Power.

After mastering Aura Power, Mark gained a new sense that let him perceive the world and his own body, revealing that he had become an Aura Hero. He learned Mew had only one Aura Hero slot left and urged it to choose carefully.

• Mark used Aura sense to perceive the flow of the world and examine the processes and powers within his body.
• Mark realized Mew had made him an Aura Hero, and Mew explained that six of its seven Aura Hero slots had been used.
• Mark asked Mew to revoke his status, but Mew said it could not unless it came to hate him; the slots would return if Mark and Leafeon died.
• Mew mourned the Aura Heroes it had lost, while Jirachi joked about Mark and Leafeon's deaths and prompted Mark to comfort Leafeon.
• Mark urged Mew to choose the final Aura Hero carefully, and Mew solemnly agreed before returning to play.

Mark explored the advanced uses of Aura Power, from refining his martial arts to flying, and considered how it might make the realm of Embracing the Dan achievable. He then arrived at Fallen Sky Mountain Base to watch Aya and Lucario train and wondered why Lucario was so poor at using Aura Power.

• Mark demonstrated Bright Strength, Hidden Strength, Transforming Strength, and Unity of Heaven and Man, explaining that mastering the latter required both Transforming Strength and true Aura Power.
• Mark considered using Aura Power to form a Dan and develop Dan Strength, though he estimated the process would take at least thirty years without help from the Dream Cultivation World and Victini's Infinite Energy.
• Mark used Aura Power to fly around the room silently at nearly the speed of sound, surprising the little ones, including Mew.
• Mark flew to Fallen Sky Mountain Base and watched Aya, Lucario, Gyarados, and the other Pokemon secretly train for battle.
• Mark questioned why Lucario, despite being an Aura Hero, was so poor at using Aura Power and wondered whether that explained why Aya and Lucario had become partners.

Mark discovered that Aya and Lucario were wasting their Aura talents on repetitive combat training and an outdated cultivation manual. He destroyed the manual, set new Aura training goals for them, and demonstrated his control by taking over Lucario’s Aura Sphere.

• Mark arrived while Aya, Raichu, Charizard, Lucario, and Gyarados were training, and he sensed that Gyarados no longer remembered him.
• Mark compared Aya and Lucario’s repetitive training to a truck driver who carried only one box per trip, then said he would help them use their Aura talents properly.
• Mark tore apart the Aura Cultivation Manual and promised to write a better one, setting goals for Aya and Lucario to learn Bright Strength, Hidden Strength, and Transforming Strength.
• Mark told Lucario to attack him with an Aura Sphere, but Lucario was astonished when Mark took control of the sphere and transferred it into his hand.

Mark taught Lucario and Aya advanced aura control, then developed his Embracing the Dan cultivation method and refined the New Aura Cultivation Manual during months of Dream Cultivation World training. He left the dream world unable to remember what he had recently forgotten.

• Mark demonstrated microscopic aura perception and precise Aura Sphere control to Lucario, then told him to practice and learn alongside Aya and Leafeon.
• Mark returned to Clear Stream Gym, planned his Embracing the Dan cultivation, and began compiling the New Aura Cultivation Manual with Porygon's help.
• Mark entered the recovered Dream Cultivation World alone and found no trace of Cresselia, then returned and brought his Pokemon inside to cultivate.
• After five days in reality and nearly four months in the Dream Cultivation World, Mark completed an Embracing the Dan cultivation method and revised the New Aura Cultivation Manual to its fourth edition.
• Mark noted that Aya, Lucario, and Leafeon were progressing slowly and realized he had forgotten something, though he could not recall what.

Second Prince Bryce investigated the failed attempts to capture Riel Pokemon Academy's dean and ordered the academy's students incorporated into the Third Pokemon Legion. Jon then brought him footage that might explain the rumors of a ghost in the library.

• Bryce examined an old photograph on Dean William's desk and considered whether it could help him find the missing dean.
• Bryce reviewed the failed captures of Dean William and Dean Cao, the disappearance of Qi Fei, Long Er, and Shadow, and Dean Long's lack of knowledge about what happened.
• Jon told Bryce that the students had accepted the new situation, and Bryce ordered them transferred to the Third Pokemon Legion and a new enrollment round begun.
• Jon reported that a ghost was rumored to roam the library and explained that most of its cameras were working.
• Jon showed Bryce footage from the library camera that was not connected to the network.

Jon showed the Second Prince surveillance footage revealing that Mark had secretly appeared in the library for five days, where he rescued a soldier after Weezing nearly exploded. The Second Prince realized Mark was the Library Ghost, though Mark’s reason for being there remained unknown.

• The Second Prince watched footage of a soldier smoking beside Weezing and saw Weezing’s explosion contained within a small spherical space.
• Mark arrived with Mutation Persian and Mimikyu, treated the unconscious soldier, healed Weezing, and left with his Pokemon.
• Jon identified the young man as Mark and explained that the damaged camera had recorded him twenty-seven times over five days.
• Jon showed the Second Prince a timeline indicating Mark always hid before anyone else approached, leading the Second Prince to conclude that Mark was the Library Ghost.

The Second Prince investigated Mark’s impossible appearance in the academy library and learned that Rotom or Porygon might have altered the surveillance footage. After discovering that Zhang Da Shan’s memories had been altered, he decided to leave Mark a letter in the library and wait for him.

• The Second Prince and Jon suspected Rotom or Porygon had tampered with the library’s surveillance footage, and Jon reported that Mark had recently appeared at Clear Stream Gym.
• The Second Prince questioned Zhang Da Shan, who watched footage of himself smoking and triggering Weezing’s explosion but remembered neither the incident nor smoking.
• Alakazam detected traces of altered memories in Zhang Da Shan but found no further clues.
• The Second Prince decided to write Mark a letter and wait for him in the library rather than send in a team of guards.

Mark studied an ancient text describing how Aura could alter Pokemon genes, then went to meet Second Prince Bryce at the library. After Bryce began speaking to him, everything stopped, and Bryce awoke naked in a primeval forest with Jon unconscious nearby.

• Mark read The Essence of Water Shuriken and considered using Aura to alter his body at the genetic level.
• Jirachi found a letter from Bryce inviting Mark to meet him on the library's fourteenth floor.
• Mark decided to meet Bryce, who he believed was fated to die because of the First Prince.
• Mark reached the fourteenth floor and recognized the Judgment Legion emblem on Bryce before everything abruptly halted.
• Bryce awoke naked in a primeval forest, unable to remember what happened after Mark arrived, and saw Jon unconscious nearby.

Second Prince Bryce and Jon discovered that Mark had brought them to Miao Miao Mountain, where Jirachi had arranged for the Bulbasaur Sage to keep them there. Meanwhile, Mark returned to Fallen Sky Mountain Base and released twenty-seven special Pokemon from the Judgment Legion, which showed no response to Mew.

• Second Prince Bryce and Jon woke in an unfamiliar place and realized Mark had brought them there.
• Bryce and Jon followed cries through wild Ivysaur and Venusaur and found Long Er, Shadow, and Qi Fei trapped in thorny vines.
• Long Er told them Mark had captured the three and brought them to Miao Miao Mountain, where the Bulbasaur Sage was friendly with Mark.
• The Bulbasaur Sage restrained Bryce and Jon from leaving, then provided them phones that invited them to play "Pokemon Battle."
• Mark returned to Fallen Sky Mountain Base, remembered the Judgment Legion members sent to Miao Miao Mountain, and released twenty-seven of their special Pokemon.
• Mew transformed into the released Pokemon and waved at them, but they remained sluggish and unresponsive.

Mark explained that the Judgment Legion had kept Pokémon alive by suppressing their minds after their Trainers died, and that healing them could leave them grieving and likely to die soon. He described the bond between Pokémon and Trainers as a curse, then suggested a Pokémon they were about to seek might help the affected Pokémon accept their loss.

• Mew and Jirachi learned that the Judgment Legion had controlled the vacant Pokémon after their Trainers died, and Jirachi wanted to punish the Legion members.
• Jirachi realized that using Wish to heal the Pokémon might restore their grief and cause them to die from depression.
• Mark explained the link between Trainers' deaths and Pokémon lifespans, calling it a curse on both Pokémon and Trainers.
• Jirachi proposed that Leafeon counsel the Pokémon, but Mark said the chance of helping them through heartfelt communication was only about four percent.
• Mark revealed that a Pokémon they were about to seek might be able to help the Pokémon open their hearts.

Mark explained that Manaphy could use telepathic communication with all things to help the Pokémon of the Judgment Legion, then the story shifted to Second Prince Bryce becoming absorbed in playing "Pokemon Battle" with Bulbasaur Sage and Long Er. Bryce was still eagerly following Bulbasaur Sage’s lead as their match continued.

• Mark told Jirachi and the others that Manaphy’s ability to communicate telepathically with all things might help the Pokémon of the Judgment Legion.
• Jirachi showed off the Eye of Truth and joked that the Mythical Pokémon of the Fourth Generation needed training, but Mark reminded the group that Arceus was among them.
• At Miao Miao Mountain, Second Prince Bryce played "Pokemon Battle" as Charizard, supporting Bulbasaur Sage by changing the weather and shielding Bulbasaur from Fire-type Pokémon.
• Bulbasaur Sage urged Bryce through a game message to eat an Aroma Fruit, and Bryce followed the marker to push forward with Bulbasaur Sage and Long Er.
• Long Er grew nervous in the strange forest, while Bryce became increasingly engrossed in the game.

Mark turned Second Prince Bryce and Long Er into new villagers of Clear Stream Village after Jirachi helped Bryce see the Bulbasaur Sage’s true form. The chapter left Shadow, Jon, Bryce, and Long Er set to undergo Combat Training and begin new lives in the village.

• Jirachi took Second Prince Bryce’s phone, taught him how to defeat Snorlax, and showed him how to counter an enemy ambush with Flame Traps.
• Mark used Aura to let Bryce glimpse the Bulbasaur Sage and Jirachi in their small forms, then had Victini take Bryce’s place in the game.
• Mark told Bryce that he had killed Qi Fei and given Shadow and Jon Memory Potions, and explained that the two would join Clear Stream Village after Combat Training.
• Mark reassured Bryce that he would not kill him and urged him to atone for his past as a villager of Clear Stream Village.
• Mewtwo read Bryce’s memories, and Mark gave him a Memory Potion and set his memories with the Hypnosis Gun.
• Mark gave Long Er a Memory Potion as well, and Clear Stream Village gained four new villagers.

Mew celebrated the approaching Mew Festival by pranking the village and failing to fool Phione with its disguises. Meanwhile, Lilith reflected on the clues that had convinced her Clear Stream Village held secrets and that Mark was the real authority at Clear Stream Gym.

• Clear Stream Village prepared for the Mew Festival despite unrest across Hia, and Mew vandalized the enormous Mew lantern for fun.
• Mew disguised itself as Leafeon, but Phione recognized it by its mischievous aura and chose the real Leafeon as its friend.
• Mew tried again by transforming alongside Leafeon into Steel Eevee, while Lily watched over the Pokemon at the breeding house.
• Lilith recalled that her companions' memories of January 18 had been altered and that Aya had mentioned Memory Potions used around Clear Stream Village.
• Lilith recalled meeting a Flame Team member who warned that the village was dangerous and identified Evil Doctor Locke as the Memory Potion's inventor.
• Lilith remembered that Mark won the Academy Cup and that she had discovered he, not Gym Leader Qian, truly ran Clear Stream Gym.