Chapter Summaries

Mark dealt with five members of the Aqua Legion by giving them Memory Potion and using a Hypnosis Gun, then planned to assign them to a new Water-type squad near Clear Stream Lake. Red Fire tried to escape and then attack Mark, but Mark caught Mega Charizard X by the neck.

• Mark had the five people drink Memory Potion and used a Hypnosis Gun on them, then decided they would join a Water-type squad at a branch gym near Clear Stream Lake.
• Jirachi persuaded Mark to have a Fishing Platform built by the lake.
• Red Fire tried to confront Mark with Charizard and Registeel, but Mew took control of Registeel.
• Red Fire's time-space transmission device failed, and he broke it while trying to escape.
• Red Fire and Charizard attempted a Flame Resonance sneak attack on Mark, but Mark caught Mega Charizard X by the neck.

Mark defeated Red Fire’s Mega Charizard and explained that the other five newcomers had hidden faults, but he still planned to help them reform at Clear Stream Gym. Red Fire accepted Mark’s explanation and was welcomed to the gym.

• Red Fire’s Mega Charizard ambushed Mark, but Mark subdued it and ended its Mega Evolution, leaving Red Fire terrified.
• Mark pulled Red Fire to his feet and advised him that Charizard should not hold back in a life-or-death battle.
• Mark showed Red Fire Porygon’s simulated footage of two Deru Angs stealing items and described Lan Run’s plan to manipulate Red Fire.
• Mark explained that Bo An and Doctor Kerry also had faults, but he intended to bring all five to Clear Stream Gym to help them change.
• Red Fire accepted Mark’s explanation, and Mark welcomed him to Clear Stream Gym.

Red Fire arrived at Clear Stream Gym with Jirachi and Mew, learned about Combat Training, and met Mark again after Mark investigated the Desert of No Return with Zacian. At the Gym, Red Fire recognized John Two, who was also Lei Meng of the Rainbow R Organization.

• Red Fire worried about Jirachi and Mew’s destructive sparring but listened as they explained that Combat Training involved real battles and that the Dream Cultivation World made training more effective.
• Jirachi told Red Fire that Mark had been searching for the Rainbow R Organization Headquarters’ time-space coordinates so he could return for training, though it did not remember his other reasons.
• Jirachi explained that Mark and Zacian had gone to the Desert of No Return after Zacian sensed Eternatus’s aura, and Red Fire continued on with Jirachi and Mew.
• Mark returned to Clear Stream Gym with Zacian and suspected that his interference with the Chaos Space might have delayed Eternatus’s invasion.
• Mark introduced Clear Stream Gym to Red Fire, who instead fixed his attention on John Two and recognized him as Lei Meng, his friend from the Rainbow R Organization.

Red Fire reunited with John Two, formerly Lei Meng, who gave him a Memory Potion and warned him cryptically about what lay ahead. At Clear Stream Gym, Mark explained John Two’s work on wireless power before Red Fire encountered Flaming’s Bond Evolution with Beedrill.

• Red Fire recognized John Two as his old friend Lei Meng and realized John Two remembered him despite the Memory Potion’s effects on others.
• John Two gave Red Fire a Memory Potion, saying it would help when Red Fire could no longer endure what was coming, and warned him that drinking would eventually be only about the flavor.
• John Two left to install Wireless Power Modules, and Mark explained that John Two’s instincts had helped make Clear Stream Village’s wireless power system possible.
• Red Fire followed Mark to Clear Stream Gym and saw a yellow-and-black armored figure flying through the sky.
• Mark told Red Fire that the figure was Beedrill and that Flaming had fully mastered Bond Evolution with it.

Red Fire learned that Flaming and Beedrill had achieved Fourth Stage Bond Evolution, then experienced the brutal Combat Training at Clear Stream Gym. George revealed that Red Fire was in the Dream Cultivation World, where Combat Training generally lasted a year.

• Flaming explained that his Fourth Stage Bond Evolution with Beedrill let them fuse into a combat-ready Mecha Armor and use Beedrill's powers.
• Mark introduced Zacian to Flaming and urged Zacian not to let its feelings about another world's Flaming affect it.
• Little Mi Yang arrived with the freed Celebi, and Flaming beat him for trying to send them away and set off alone.
• Red Fire joined Clear Stream Gym's overnight Combat Training, where Devil Jirachi repeatedly healed him and his Pokémon after severe injuries.
• George poured out a potion and told Red Fire that he was in the Dream Cultivation World, where Combat Training generally lasted a year.

Mark refined his plans to advance from the Embracing the Dan realm toward the Earthly Immortal realm, while Red Fire began a year of advanced Combat Training. As Jirachi, Celebi, Mew, and Hoopa prepared for an outing, Mark examined Celebi and sensed something about its physical condition.

• George arranged for Red Fire to skip ordinary Combat Training and begin the advanced yearlong version with Aya, John, Ling Liushu, John Two, and the others.
• Mark focused on refining his Immortal Path and training Zacian, defining his next cultivation stage as Three Flowers Gather at the Crown and Five Qi Return to Origin.
• Mark theorized that Fairy-type Energy could help him reshape his body into an immortal body and change his type to Fighting and Fairy.
• Jirachi told Mark that Zacian had been standing by Clear Stream Lake, where it was practicing swordsmanship by striking the water with a tree branch.
• Jirachi, Celebi, Mew, and Hoopa gathered in detective outfits and urged Mark to join them as the Dream Cultivation World approached the end of its year.
• Celebi explained that it had not traveled through time and space for several days and wanted to let loose, so Mark examined its physical condition with Aura Power.

Mark traveled three hundred years into the past with Zacian and several Pokémon to find clues about Xerneas and save Doctor Hosen. After returning to the future, he saw the two Cosmog fighting inside Nihilego and throwing out a small green Pokémon.

• Mark ended the Dream Cultivation World training, and Red Fire used a Memory Potion before falling asleep.
• Mark invited Zacian on his journey through time and promised to take it to meet Calyrex, Groudon, and Kyogre afterward.
• Mark traveled three hundred years into the past with several Pokémon to investigate Xerneas and find Doctor Hosen.
• Mark discovered Hosen had died of a sudden illness, used a substitute to save him, and had Jirachi freeze him for preservation.
• Mark returned to the future with the Pokémon, but Nihilego broke free of its Pokeball as the two Cosmog fought inside it and threw out a little green fellow.

Mark and his Pokémon discovered Zygarde’s core and tried to get it to help Groudon, but the frightened creature repeatedly fled into Nihilego. After the Cosmog accepted Zygarde, Nihilego underwent a second Shiny transformation and became Rainbow Golden.

• The two Deoxys recognized that Zygarde’s core had a life form and potential similar to their own, and Mark identified the creature as Zygarde.
• Jirachi explained that Zygarde’s Thousand Arrows Barrage could hit airborne Pokémon and urged Zygarde to help Groudon.
• Mark tried to calm the trembling Zygarde, but it escaped into Nihilego, where the two Cosmog threw it out five times before finally accepting it.
• Rainbow-colored light enveloped Nihilego, changing its pale-gold body to Rainbow Golden.

Mark investigated Nihilego’s second Shiny transformation and explained that its connection to their Parallel Time-Space might make it unique. Hoopa, spurred by Jirachi and Mew’s Shiny forms, finally resolved to challenge its other self alone.

• Mark found that Rainbow Golden Nihilego remained unintelligent and could not explain its new form or the power it had gained.
• Mark reasoned that Nihilego’s transformations might be tied to its interference with legendary Pokémon and its role as the special Pokémon of Parallel Time-Space OTZ404.
• Jirachi took Intelligence Interference Pills, thinking they might help it undergo a second Shiny transformation, but Mark stopped it and clarified that Nihilego’s low intelligence was not the cause.
• Mark tried to question Zygarde inside Nihilego, but the two Little Nebula blocked him.
• Hoopa announced that it would challenge its other self alone right away, though it briefly wavered and considered waiting until tomorrow.

Hoopa Confined decided to challenge its other self alone, despite learning that victory probably would not make it a Shiny Pokemon. Mark revealed that the challenge could still make their eventual fusion go more smoothly, and Hoopa insisted on going immediately.

• Mark asked Hoopa Confined whether it had truly decided to challenge its other self, and Zacian, Leafeon, Jirachi, Mew, and the other Pokemon encouraged it.
• Hoopa Confined worried that Jirachi and Mew would resent it for becoming stronger, but Jirachi and Mew said they would be happy for it.
• Jirachi gave Hoopa Confined its Wish Tag and promised that it, Mew, and Shaymin would help rescue Hoopa if it faced danger.
• Hoopa Confined told Mark it wanted to challenge its other self alone and asked to go immediately.
• Mark warned Hoopa Confined that winning probably would not make it a Shiny Pokemon, but said the solo challenge should make their fusion go more smoothly.

Hoopa Confined returned to the sealed palace to confront Hoopa Unbound, facing its fears and recovering memories of its escape. Hoopa Unbound's Dark-type power could not harm Hoopa Confined, revealing how much Hoopa Confined had grown stronger.

• Mark and Golisopod encouraged Hoopa Confined, and Golisopod passed its Aura into Hoopa to help it face fear.
• Hoopa Confined used Jirachi's Wish Tag to enter a dark palace, where it lit a Will-O'-Wisp and remembered the passage leading to Hoopa Unbound.
• Hoopa Confined pushed through the eerie passage and met Hoopa Unbound, who revealed that Hoopa Confined had escaped after its kindness and rationality split away.
• Hoopa Confined remembered fleeing its other self and saw that Hoopa Unbound had blocked the passage with Dark-type energy.
• Hoopa Confined chose to stand its ground without tearing Jirachi's Wish Tag, and its Aura surfaced as Hoopa Unbound's attack failed to harm it.

Hoopa Confined recognized that Demon God Hoopa controlled Dark-type energy poorly because it relied on Telekinesis, then took control of the energy and Demon God Hoopa’s rings. The chapter left Hoopa Confined empowered with four jet-black arms as Demon God Hoopa lost control.

• Hoopa Confined survived Demon God Hoopa’s Dark-type energy attack and identified flaws in its control.
• Hoopa Confined asked whether Demon God Hoopa was using Telekinesis to guide the energy, and Demon God Hoopa roared instead of answering.
• Demon God Hoopa tried to devour Hoopa Confined, then summoned four rings to attack with Hyperspace Fury.
• Hoopa Confined took control of the rings and the surrounding Dark-type energy, explaining that Telekinesis could not control it effectively.
• Hoopa Confined absorbed the Dark-type energy and gained four jet-black arms through the rings.

Hoopa Confined defeated and absorbed Demon God Hoopa, overcoming its resentment and taking control of their fused body. Mark arrived afterward, and Hoopa asked him to hide the embarrassing truth from Jirachi and Mew by telling them a fabricated story instead.

• Hoopa Confined restrained Demon God Hoopa with Dark-type energy, freed it from its sealing chains, and confronted it about its fear and resentment.
• Hoopa Confined declared it would surpass Jirachi and Mew and absorbed Demon God Hoopa, overcoming the resentment that surged into its mind.
• Hoopa Confined realized its will and Mark’s Combat Training had helped it control the fused body and resist its destructive impulses.
• Mark arrived with Victini and Shaymin and explained that he had secretly followed Hoopa Confined while keeping Jirachi and Mew away.
• Hoopa Confined asked Mark to conceal its embarrassing side and suggested he claim it had beaten and digested Demon God Hoopa after drowning it in yogurt.

Mark watched Hoopa Confined entertain the Pokémon at Clear Stream Gym with a fabricated story about fusing with its other self, then suspected Victini's intelligence was worse than he had thought. As the celebration continued, Mark checked on Nihilego and the sleeping Cosmog and Zygarde, finding no new results in his research on Zygarde.

• Hoopa Confined told Jirachi, Mew, Victini, and the others an increasingly absurd story about digesting its other self, and Mark wondered why they believed it.
• Mark decided to give Victini two Fu Cong Capsules each day and to improve the little Pokémon's cognitive abilities.
• Hoopa Confined transformed into its Unbound Form and used Lao Lao to bring in the Great Detective Dance Troupe, whose Pikachu performed on a stage Jirachi created.
• Mark left the noisy celebration undisturbed and observed Zacian watching the Pikachu dancers with interest.
• Mark tested the twice-recolored Nihilego again, then noted that the two Cosmog were sleeping more and eating less, suggesting they might soon evolve.
• Mark sensed a strange power inside Zygarde's core and used Porygon to search three centuries of records, but found no new information.

Mark reviewed Zygarde’s history, revived Doctor Hosen, and spent five days dealing with changes across several worlds while helping Hoopa become Shiny. Hoopa succeeded in its first Parallel Time-Space and grew stronger by freeing its counterparts.

• Mark compared Porygon’s records with his research and found no changes to Zygarde’s known history, then planned to search the Rainbow R Organization’s records.
• Mark thawed Doctor Hosen and restored his body, but Hosen’s madness worsened before treatment brought it under control.
• Rayquaza returned from the sun after four days, while Zacian chose to stay on Mars and grow coffee with Calyrex between training sessions.
• Mark discovered a second, difficult-to-communicate-with Groudon on Saturn, while Kyogre on Neptune continued expanding its authority.
• Mark took Hoopa to other Parallel Time-Spaces, where it absorbed its counterparts’ resentment and anger and helped them gain freedom, becoming Shiny on its first visit.

Hoopa became a unique Shiny Pokemon with enhanced rings that could control an Other-Dimensional Space and connect to Parallel Time-Spaces. After rescuing Hoopas across around fifty Parallel Time-Spaces, Hoopa neared the limit of how much resentment it could absorb, and Mark encountered Youth Mi Yang, who had run away with Little Mi Yang.

• Hoopa's Shiny black and white rings gained stronger transport abilities, an Other-Dimensional Space called the Demon God's Treasure Vault, and the unstable ability to travel through time and space.
• Mark used Hoopa's enhanced rings alongside Rayquaza and Jirachi to improve travel through the Solar System, though the group still could not leave it.
• Mark and Hoopa spent five days rescuing Hoopa Confined from Parallel Time-Spaces, strengthening Hoopa as it absorbed Demon God Hoopa's resentment and anger.
• After absorbing resentment and anger from around fifty Parallel Time-Spaces, Hoopa neared mental saturation, and Mark estimated it would need two to three months to digest what it had absorbed.
• Mark encountered Youth Mi Yang, who had returned to World Number One Parallel, accepted his father Flaming's arrangements, and become an administrative officer in the Hia Republic.
• Youth Mi Yang remained dissatisfied and ran away to travel through other Parallel Time-Spaces with Little Mi Yang.

Youth Mi Yang returned to Clear Stream Gym after encountering a Jirachi seeking Boss Jirachi, then learned Mark had joined the Rainbow R Organization’s Ideal Land. Mark recruited Youth Mi Yang to help test a route to the organization’s headquarters, and Youth Mi Yang agreed to join Ideal Land.

• Youth Mi Yang brought a Jirachi seeking Boss Jirachi to Clear Stream Gym, where Jirachi summoned more than a hundred and fifty Jirachi for a party.
• Mark told Youth Mi Yang that he had joined Ideal Land as a researcher and explained that Shiny Celebi and Shiny Hoopa might help him reach the Rainbow R Organization’s headquarters through the time-space interference.
• Mark offered Youth Mi Yang an Ideal Land identity and training for his Celebi, and Youth Mi Yang agreed to help test the journey.
• The pink Celebi reluctantly accepted the prospect of training after Mark’s Pokemon urged it to become stronger.
• Youth Mi Yang joined the Rainbow R Organization’s Ideal Land.

Mark brought Youth Mi Yang, Doctor Hosen, and Red Fire through a Rainbow R Organization branch to its headquarters, where Mi Yang and Hosen registered as members. Mi Yang passed the headquarters’ dream-based Trainer assessment and was left inside the tightly controlled organization.

• Mark took Youth Mi Yang, Doctor Hosen, and Red Fire to the Rainbow R Organization branch in BLK1023 Parallel Timeline.
• Mark led the group through the branch and explained that the city was managed by the Exploration Department rather than directly by Flaming.
• Mark brought Mi Yang and Doctor Hosen to the Rainbow R Organization headquarters, where they saw the Dark Lugia research display and learned about the organization’s Legendary Pokemon classifications.
• Doctor Hosen completed researcher registration, while Mi Yang passed a dream-based Trainer battle assessment.

Mark and Mi Yang searched the Frozen Tundra for a way to locate the Rainbow R Organization’s parallel time-space, while Lan Run arrived and found Red Fire and Doctor Hosen in a disoriented state. Red Fire’s memories returned after Lan Run showed him the medicine, but he began crying without understanding why.

• Mark and Mi Yang searched the Frozen Tundra with Hoopa Confined and Shiny Celebi, but the Pokémon struggled to sense the parallel time-space’s coordinates.
• Lan Run tracked Mark and Red Fire to the Frozen Tundra and found Red Fire staring blankly while Doctor Hosen rambled about resurrecting Witch.
• Lan Run released Red Fire’s Pokémon, which panicked and returned to their Poké Balls, then discovered five medicine bottles and a small silver gun in Red Fire’s clothing.
• Lan Run waved the medicine bottles before Red Fire, triggering painful memories and restoring Red Fire’s awareness.
• Red Fire recognized Lan Run and realized he was back in the Rainbow R Organization’s headquarters time-space, then watched Mark and Mi Yang approach.
• Red Fire touched the tears on his cheek and began crying uncontrollably, unsure why.

Mark explained that Red Fire had used a Memory Potion to support his cultivation and was nearing the formation of a Heart of Strength. He refused to reveal where he had taken Red Fire or the Clear Stream Gym’s location, but gave Lan Run two reagents to help stabilize Xerneas’s body in Ideal Land.

• Red Fire drank a Memory Potion, and Mark explained to Lan Run that it eased negative emotions during cultivation and could help form a Heart of Strength.
• Mark told Lan Run that Red Fire had developed resistance to the potion and might soon cultivate a Heart of Strength.
• Lan Run questioned Mark about the five days he had spent with Red Fire and the whereabouts of the other five, but Mark refused to disclose the information unless Lan Run joined the Clear Stream Gym.
• Mark gave Lan Run two green reagents and instructed him to have Doctor Noah use them to stabilize Xerneas’s body in Ideal Land.
• Lan Run agreed to deliver the reagents, but Mark suddenly waved at him.