Chapter Summaries

Mark followed Dark Celebi through the ruins of Iron Tower Town and into Stone Gate Forest, where invisible walls repeatedly stopped it and another Celebi. Deep in the forest, Mark found Little Mi Yang, but Mew from World Number Fifty-Seven Parallel had also discovered the group.

• Mi Yang explained that his father had relocated Iron Tower Town’s survivors to Southern Sky Province and subjected them to brutal screening and military-style management.
• Dark Celebi flew north from Iron Tower Town and repeatedly collided with an invisible wall that only it could sense.
• Mark found Flaming and Celebi from Flaming’s final attempt to save his son, then knocked out Dark Celebi and continued toward Stone Gate Forest.
• Near the forest, Dark Celebi struck the invisible wall more forcefully as Mark encountered another Celebi desperately trying to reach deeper into the forest.
• Mark led the group around the wall and found Little Mi Yang and Celebi in the forest, where Little Mi Yang would die two days later.
• Mew from World Number Fifty-Seven Parallel slipped into Mark’s group and discovered them.

Mark and the others watched Calyrex reveal the future of World Number Fifty-Seven Parallel, where Mew eventually rushed to fight Mewtwo and several people died. After meeting that world's Mew, Mark realized he might be able to change the outcome with a simpler plan, though Calyrex could no longer see the altered future.

• Mew of World Number Fifty-Seven Parallel played hide-and-seek with Aya, Mi Yang, Tang You, and the others while disguised as a Pidgey.
• Calyrex showed Mark and the others a possible future in which Mew returned to God Tree Space, Aya persuaded it to confront Mewtwo, and Mi Yang, Mew, Aya, and Lucario suffered fatal consequences.
• Mark explained that his original plan was to save Mi Yang, Aya, and Lucario while avoiding a Time Paradox, but meeting Mew had changed their situation.
• Calyrex said the future had become unclear because Mark had encountered Mew, leaving the group unable to predict what would happen next.
• As the two Mew played with Jirachi and Caterpie, Mark thought of an easier way to save the others.

Mark and Mew staged events so Mew could join Aya and Lucario in confronting Mewtwo, whose battle left Mi Yang dead and Mew near death. After Mew saved Mi Yang and revealed Mark’s plan, a rainbow light began to surround Mew.

• Mark arranged for Mew to follow the original events and secretly planned to rescue it seven years later.
• Mew returned to God Tree Space, then agreed to help Aya and traveled with her and Lucario to face Mewtwo.
• Mew and Mewtwo fought while Mi Yang, Tang You, and Yan Yong tried to stop Mewtwo; Mi Yang died, and the clash ended with Mewtwo retreating and Mew collapsing near death.
• Aya and Lucario poured their life force into Mew, which sent them and Mi Yang to safety before Mark and Jirachi appeared and explained the staged events.
• Rainbow light began surrounding Mew as Mark noticed it undergoing a change.

Mew became a Shiny Pokémon after successfully deceiving everyone, though it could not identify any new power and used Transformation to switch between its shiny and original colors. Mark brought the group to God Tree Space, where he explained that his team came from parallel worlds and revealed the tragedy behind Dark Celebi; the full account of his plan continued beyond the chapter.

• Mew turned Shiny, then alternated between its blue and pink forms, while Mark explained that its color changes came from Transformation.
• Mew and Jirachi bickered until Mark stopped them and warned everyone to limit their impact while traveling through time and space.
• Mark took the group to God Tree Space, where Aya, Little Mi Yang, and Lucario saw two Mew, and Mark kept the unconscious Dark Celebi asleep.
• Little Mi Yang questioned how the two Mew could meet, and Mark explained that they came from different parallel worlds.
• Mark told them that Mi Yang had died, Celebi had become Dark Celebi after failing to save him, and Mew's deception had enabled his plan.

After the group returned from World Number Fifty-Seven Parallel, Shiny Mew discovered it could use the special abilities of Pokemon it transformed into. With Jirachi and the others, Mew tested its new power and eventually pulled the real Hoopa Confined through Hoopa’s ring.

• Mark let the time travelers stay in the God Tree Space instead of freezing them, and they spent their remaining six days in Combat Training.
• After sixty days, Mark and the others returned to World Number Fifty-Seven Parallel, where Shaymin helped that world’s Mew leave the God Tree Space and they brought Dark Celebi to Mi Yang.
• Mew discovered that, after becoming Shiny, it could use the special powers of the Pokemon it transformed into, including Jirachi’s Small Wish.
• Mew transformed into Groudon and other Legendary Pokemon, testing their abilities with Jirachi, while Mark left for the Experiment Base at Fallen Sky Mountain.
• With Victini’s Infinite Energy Enhancement and help from the others, Mew used Hoopa Confined’s ring to pull the real Hoopa Confined out.

Hoopa Confined was freed from its ring by the exhausted Pokémon and mistakenly assumed they wanted its help. After cola and Jirachi’s Wish restored everyone, Jirachi explained that Leafeon wanted Hoopa to bless it with Ghost- or Dark-type power so it could gain a new form.

• The Pokémon dragged Hoopa Confined out of its ring, and Hoopa appointed Muscular Caterpie as its enforcer.
• Hoopa offered to grant the rescuers’ wishes, but Victini, Jirachi, Mew, and the others made iced cola instead.
• Leafeon brought Hoopa a cup of cola, which Hoopa enjoyed, and Jirachi restored everyone’s strength with Wish.
• Leafeon tried to explain its request for an Arceeus Eevee form, and Jirachi told Hoopa that Leafeon wanted a Ghost- or Dark-type blessing.

Jirachi explained how Leafeon gained its special forms and asked Hoopa to share its power, but Hoopa challenged the group after they called it weak. Hoopa’s attacks failed against Jirachi, which knocked it unconscious and then revived it with Wish.

• Jirachi showed Hoopa Leafeon’s Flareon, Espeon, and Steel Eevee forms and explained which Pokémon’s powers had enabled them.
• Hoopa questioned Jirachi about Mark and its Unbound Form, then grew angry when Jirachi and the others said Hoopa was weak.
• Hoopa secretly attacked Jirachi with ten Shadow Balls and three Shadow Claws, but the attacks struck Jirachi’s Substitute and did no harm.
• Jirachi appeared behind Hoopa and used Gravity Meteor Fall to crush it into a deep crater, knocking it unconscious.
• Jirachi used Wish to wake Hoopa and checked on its condition.

At Fallen Sky Mountain, Jirachi, Mew, Leafeon, and Victini surprised Mark by revealing Hoopa Confined in a box. Hoopa pretended to surrender, then used Phantom Force to threaten Mark, believing the Pokémon would obey it if it controlled their Trainer.

• Mark tested Cosmic Power while Jirachi and the other Pokémon brought him a steel box with Hoopa Confined inside.
• Jirachi explained that Mew had transformed into Hoopa and used Hoopa’s Lao Lao to lure the real Hoopa out.
• Mark questioned whether Hoopa truly wanted to be caught, but Hoopa insisted it was not scared.
• Hoopa used Phantom Force to appear behind Mark and aimed its ring at his neck, demanding that the Pokémon obey it.
• Hoopa recalled being beaten by Jirachi, Mew, and Victini, then fantasized about controlling Mark and getting endless iced cola.
• Hoopa realized the Pokémon had not reacted to its threat.

Mark subdued Hoopa Confined and learned that its kind consciousness had been separated from a more powerful, violent part that could destroy it if they merged. After capturing Hoopa and deciding to train it, Mark received an invitation showing he had advanced directly to the top sixty-four of the World Pokemon Alliance Youth Trainer Competition.

• Hoopa Confined tried to control Mark, but Mark caught it and took its rings, then Jirachi confirmed that Hoopa was telling the truth about holding back.
• Mark reasoned that Hoopa could hide its thoughts and that its violent nature had been sealed away, leaving a kind consciousness that mistakenly believed itself evil.
• Mark discovered Hoopa had been sealed for at least a hundred years and inferred that its other, violent part would emerge if the remaining seal broke.
• Mark warned Hoopa that merging with the violent consciousness could destroy it and told it to train with the group so it could become strong enough to defeat that part.
• Mark captured Hoopa Confined in a Pokeball, and Ling Liushu arrived with an invitation revealing Mark had advanced directly to the tournament's top sixty-four.

Mark and his Pokémon celebrated becoming Seed Players in the World Youth Trainer Tournament, then he decided to use the time before the elimination stage to train Hoopa and take a break from cultivation research. The chapter ended as Mark grabbed Mew when their agreed-upon time arrived.

• Jirachi, Mew, and the others gathered around Mark’s invitation, and Mark explained that Seed Players skipped the Preliminary Round and advanced to the elimination stage.
• Jirachi mistakenly believed villains had robbed them of matches, but Mark clarified that becoming Seed Players was an honor and the group resumed celebrating.
• Hoopa Confined emerged from its Pokeball and tried to make the others beg for its help, so Mark knocked it on the head and grabbed it when it tried to escape.
• Mark decided to give Hoopa intense Combat Training and pause Mewtwo’s research into mysterious particles of Cosmic Power, realizing he had become too fixated on martial cultivation.
• The Pokémon gathered in the laboratory base to celebrate the tournament, and Mark grabbed Mew when their agreed-upon time arrived.

Mark brought Mew to merge God Tree Space with Stone Gate Forest, despite Mew’s protests, and encouraged it to choose the challenge willingly. Mew completed the fusion in under two hours, gained a Forest Guardian Form and a patterned vine ball, and celebrated its restored freedom.

• Mew resisted Mark’s efforts to bring it to Stone Gate Forest, while Jirachi tried to persuade Mark to let it go.
• Mark told Mew he believed it could merge the spaces even though it had a way to escape, and Mew decided to try.
• Mew entered the stone gate and performed the Nature Dance as God Tree Space began merging with Stone Gate Forest.
• Mark, Mewtwo, Jirachi, and the others left the forest so their Fallen Sky Forest power would not interfere with the fusion.
• Mew completed the fusion in under two hours and gained a Forest Guardian Form with a controllable vine ball.
• Mew demonstrated its new abilities and repeatedly traveled between Stone Gate Forest and God Tree Space.

In a parallel timeline, Doctor Krama explained how the Rainbow R Organization could use his World Line Regularity Table to identify special Pokémon in high-risk worlds. Du Wei left with the table and learned that OTZ404’s special Pokémon was a Shiny Nihilego.

• Du Wei found Doctor Krama engrossed in research and told him the Exploration Department planned to investigate sixty-eight high-risk parallel worlds.
• Doctor Krama used the world codes and spatial vectors to identify special Pokémon in several worlds, including a Shiny Nihilego in OTZ404.
• Du Wei told Doctor Krama that the Exploration Department did not know about the World Line Regularity Table or his calculation method.
• Doctor Krama found a dusty floppy disk containing the table and sent Du Wei away with it.
• Du Wei left for the Exploration Department, thinking about the Shiny Nihilego in OTZ404.

Lan Sanji’s lost memories left him puzzled by his gardening skills and strange messages about Shiny Nihilego, while Mark and his Pokémon dealt with an Ultra Beast attack near Bere City. The chapter ended with Jirachi, Mew, and Hoopa painting the unconscious Kartana black before Alliance Trainers arrived.

• Lan Sanji displayed unexpectedly nimble gardening skills and wondered why he could create a blue rose after waking from a coma.
• Lan Sanji received messages from Lord of Heaven General listing classified Rainbow R Organization timeline information, including OTZ404 and Shiny Nihilego.
• Jirachi, Mew, and Hoopa Confined tried unsuccessfully to wear Shiny Nihilego, and Mark recalled it to stop their play outside the village.
• Aya met Mark near Bere City and asked whether he had caught the Kartana that fled during an attack by two Blacephalon and one Kartana.
• Mew claimed victory for capturing Kartana, then Jirachi, Mew, and Hoopa painted the unconscious Pokémon black before the Alliance Trainers arrived.

Alliance deputy director Jerison and Ultra Defense Force member Shane arrived to thank Mark and discuss the captured Ultra Beasts. Shane learned that Mark had caught Kartana too, only to discover that Jirachi, Mew, and Hoopa had painted it black before Mark reprimanded them.

• Jerison introduced himself and Shane, and both thanked Mark for helping during the Ultra Beast attack.
• Shane explained that visiting young Trainers could receive Ultra Balls and capture Ultra Beasts, while the Ultra Defense Force would take unwanted ones in exchange for Emerald Foundation points.
• Mark said he would hand over the two Blacephalon and revealed that Kartana had already been caught.
• Hoopa startled Shane, and Jirachi, Mew, and Hoopa admitted to painting Kartana black.
• Mark pulled Kartana from a bucket of white paint and knocked the three mischievous Pokemon on the head.

Mark and Aya attended a meeting in Bere City where the World Pokemon Alliance announced the Ultra Recon Squad and its role in responding to Chaotic Pokemon Tide outbreaks. Beneath the meeting, Shane investigated surveillance footage of Mark and his Pokemon, but the chapter left him puzzled by Mark's unusual movements and the discarded ice cream.

• On the way back to Bere City, Aya comforted Jirachi and Mew after Mark had scolded them, while Hoopa rode on Mark's shoulder.
• Mark and Aya registered at the Pokemon Alliance branch, visited Giant Shell Battle Arena, and went to a meeting at Giant Shell Building.
• At the meeting, Mark learned that only sixteen of the thirty-two invited Seed Players had arrived, and that Zhu Xing would not compete.
• The World Pokemon Alliance announced the Ultra Recon Squad, offering members two Ultra Beasts and resources, while other attendees could receive five Ultra Balls and peripheral membership.
• Shane reviewed surveillance footage showing Jirachi and Mew chasing Kartana and Mark abruptly crossing space to pick things up.
• Shane realized Mark had retrieved Jirachi and Mew's dropped ice cream and thrown it into a trash can, leaving him and the technician bewildered.

Xia En reviewed Mark’s effortless capture of a powerful Kartana and ordered the footage kept secret while assigning Kitazawa Chiharu to protect him. After Mark declined full membership in the Ultra Recon Squad, Xia En privately warned him that bringing Jirachi, Mew, and Hoopa could attract trouble, but Mark and Aya said they were prepared.

• Xia En read the Ultra Defense Force report and learned that Mark’s Jirachi and Mew had easily captured a peak Heavenly King-level Kartana.
• Xia En ordered Mark’s combat footage deleted from official records but kept a backup, then assigned Kitazawa Chiharu to protect Mark and observe Jirachi and Mew.
• About half the Youth Trainer Competition participants joined the Ultra Recon Squad, while Mark, Aya, Ciss, and two other Trainers chose peripheral membership instead.
• Mark asked about competition rules before Xia En invited him to a private conversation, and Mark allowed Aya to accompany him.
• Jirachi, Mew, and Hoopa interrupted the discussion with noisy boasts as Mark and Xia En went to the captain’s office.
• Xia En warned Mark that bringing Mythical Pokemon could cause trouble, but Mark and Aya insisted that he could handle any danger.

Mark agreed to let Kitazawa Chiharu accompany him and Aya, then used Teleport to take them and their Pokémon to a supermarket in Bere City. Back at the hotel, two uninvited guests, Celebi and Shaymin, emerged from Mark’s backpack after their attempt to stay unnoticed failed.

• Shane introduced Kitazawa Chiharu as a descendant of the Kitazawa Clan who had inherited her grandfather’s Greninja and trained two Pheromosa.
• Mark agreed to have Chiharu protect him and Aya, offered to guide her training, and asked to examine her Greninja.
• Mark left Shane’s office with Aya, Chiharu, Jirachi, Mew, and Hoopa, then teleported past the reporters to Mew Supermarket.
• Mark’s Pokémon joined the little ones in shopping, but he left after half an hour when he discovered two hidden guests in his backpack.
• Celebi and Shaymin climbed out of the backpack in Mark’s hotel room, and Shaymin blamed Celebi and the others for not believing that Mark would find them.

Mark learned why Shaymin and Celebi had followed him, then witnessed Celebi briefly disappear and return after hearing an unexplained voice asking for help. Celebi could not explain what had happened, and Mark asked whether it had heard the voice before.

• Shaymin told Mark it had left the Garbage Dump to stay near him because it felt safer with him than with Sun Jun.
• Celebi explained that it had followed Mark because he was dependable and his long-lived companions offered a rare chance for lasting friendships.
• Mark asked Celebi about Little Mi Yang, but Celebi had forgotten his name and said it could help if something was wrong.
• Kitazawa Chiharu realized Mark had several Mythical Pokemon with him and worried about protecting him from the Skull Team or Flare Group.
• Celebi briefly vanished and reappeared, then told Mark it had heard an unknown voice asking for help before losing awareness.
• Mark asked Celebi whether it had heard that voice before.

Mark investigated the mysterious voice that made Celebi vanish briefly, discovering that each response weakened the fluctuations around it. He moved everyone into the Dream Cultivation World for an early training session, where the voice made Celebi vanish again.

• Celebi told Mark that a mysterious voice had repeatedly asked for help since its Combat Training began, and Mark observed its brief disappearances.
• Mark advised Celebi not to answer the voice, but later encouraged it to respond so he could observe what happened.
• Celebi repeatedly vanished for two seconds after answering the voice, while the resulting fluctuations grew weaker and Celebi grew accustomed to the interruptions.
• Mark activated the Dream Cultivation World and told Jirachi that Celebi's condition had prompted him to move Combat Training earlier.
• Kitazawa Chiharu found the city outside empty, and Aya explained that Mark used the Dream Cultivation World for training.
• Mewtwo and Calyrex examined Celebi, which answered the mysterious voice and vanished briefly even in the Dream Cultivation World.

During repeated Combat Training in the collapsing Dream Cultivation World, Mark assessed Kitazawa Chiharu’s Pokemon and explained that her time inside was nearly over. After waking in the hotel, Chiharu struggled with memories of the battles and their lingering effects.

• Kitazawa Chiharu and her Pokemon were repeatedly defeated during Combat Training, and Jirachi restored them before relaying Mark’s feedback about Greninja and the two Pheromosa.
• Mark told Kitazawa Chiharu that the Dream Cultivation World was shrinking and she could remain there for only about nine more days, then examined Greninja’s aptitude and concluded its condition could not be replicated to save the Judgment Legion’s Pokemon.
• Mark ended Kitazawa Chiharu’s training and said they would meet again soon as she returned to the hotel.
• Kitazawa Chiharu awoke beside the hotel window as Jirachi, Mew, Mark, Aya, and the other Pokemon watched television, but the memories of the ruined city and battles overwhelmed her.
• Leafeon used green energy to ease Kitazawa Chiharu’s physical discomfort, while Greninja emerged from the shadows and she rushed to the toilet to dry heave.