Chapter Summaries

After buying a new phone in Shuizhou City, Su Hao called his mother and learned that Space-Time Distortions had appeared worldwide, bringing new Pokémon forms and evolutions. Su Qing offered to help him get a Braviary, but Su Hao revealed that he had already caught a shiny one in the Beautiful Country Alliance.

• Su Hao bought a durable new phone and planned to return to Rong City after leaving the Infinite Secret Realm with Dragonair and two Dragapult.
• Su Hao found many missed calls, then called his mother, Su Qing, to tell her he was safe and in Shuizhou City.
• Su Qing explained that Space-Time Distortions had appeared worldwide and that several new Pokémon forms and evolutions had been discovered.
• Su Qing offered to apply for a new-form Braviary for Su Hao, but he said he already had one and believed it was shiny.

Su Hao received ten million Shenzhou Coin from Su Qing and planned to compete in the High School Cup despite expecting to overwhelm most opponents. On the Ang Trainer Forum, Bai Xiaosheng analyzed the leading contestants in Chuan Shu Province and declared Su Hao the strongest candidate for first place.

• Su Qing transferred Su Hao ten million Shenzhou Coin, told him to release Braviary normally, and promised to ask an acquaintance about Flying Skills.
• Su Hao decided he still needed to take part in the High School Cup and acknowledged he could not rely on his parents for money forever.
• Bai Xiaosheng outlined the High School Cup format and analyzed several contenders, including Bai Ziyu, Wang Bingqian, Player Cangyun, and Lin Xingyan.
• Bai Xiaosheng named Su Hao the top favorite, citing his powerful Incineroar's public victories over Elite Level Pokémon, including Bai Ziyu's.

Su Hao arrived in Rong City for the High School Cup provincial tournament and joined his teammates in the waiting area before the draw. Zhong Li gathered the team to review the rules as the tournament was about to begin.

• Su Hao traveled to Rong City by Dragonite Taxi and met Li Hua outside the arena.
• Li Hua told Su Hao that only four students from their school would compete because the other four accepted compensation.
• Su Hao joined Zhong Li, Jiang Chengcheng, and Kong Lingwei in Area B1, where they discussed his popularity on the Trainer Forum.
• Zhong Li called the team to attention and prepared to review the tournament rules.

Zhong Li explained the provincial tournament format and prizes as Su Hao and his classmates compared their progress before the opening ceremony. Su Hao revealed that his Incineroar had reached the Professional Level, leaving the others stunned.

• Zhong Li outlined the tournament groups, match formats, national qualifiers, and rewards.
• Su Hao asked about the prizes, and Zhong Li described the cash awards and Tier 3 item choices for the top four.
• Li Hua reported that his Charizard was Early Elite Level and his Altaria and Corviknight were Mid-Elite Level.
• Jiang Chengcheng said her Machamp and Baxcalibur were Mid-Elite Level and her Fraxure was Early Elite Level.
• Kong Lingwei revealed that her Gardevoir, Natu, and Reuniclus had reached Mid-Elite Level and that her Psychic abilities could boost Pokémon in battle.
• Su Hao told the others that his Incineroar had reached the Professional Level, and they reacted with disbelief.

At the competition venue, Su Hao revealed that one of his Pokémon had reached Professional Level, astonishing his friends. He reunited with Lin Xingyan, who had also come to compete, as they discussed their schoolmates' rankings.

• Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng reacted to Su Hao having two Pokémon with Professional Level combat power, and Jiang Chengcheng asked how one had broken through.
• Su Hao claimed he had used the hardest method, while his friends hid the conversation from the exhausted Zhong Li.
• Li Hua teased Su Hao about a girl in Hanfu who had blushed and run away after seeing him.
• Lin Xingyan greeted Su Hao and Li Hua, then caught up with Jiang Chengcheng.
• Su Hao learned that Li Hua, Jiang Chengcheng, and Kong Lingwei had also made the forum ranking, and Lin Xingyan recalled being surprised by their recognition as geniuses.

The High School Cup Junior Division qualifiers began across the Divine Land Alliance, with the Chuan Shu Province broadcast drawing attention from viewers in Shuizhou City. They hinted at a mysterious competitor but refused to name him, wary of the secrecy surrounding his past match.

• The Primordial Arena filled with spectators for the High School Cup Junior Division opening ceremony as regional broadcasts launched across the Alliance.
• Viewers on P Site debated which Chuan Shu Province competitors, including Bai Ziyu, Lin Xingyan, and He Shiyun, would win.
• A wave of viewers with Haiqing Province IPs entered the Chuan Shu Province broadcast, saying they had come to watch a dark horse from Shuizhou City.
• Chuan Shu viewers pressed the newcomers to identify the competitor, but they refused to say his name.
• A middle-aged witness recalled that videos and comments about the competitor's earlier match had vanished or been blocked, and Shuizhou City's viewers avoided mentioning him.

At the Chuan Shu Province Division, Su Hao ignored Zhong Li’s advice to use Incineroar and sent out his Shiny Dragonair against He Shiyun’s stronger Iron Hands. The crowd and viewers questioned his choice as the first match began.

• Provincial officials and spectators gathered at the Primordial Arena, where Zhao Zhigao and Luo Xiande discussed the competition’s leading contenders.
• Zhong Li briefed Su Hao on He Shiyun’s Pokémon and recommended that he use Incineroar against her Grass-focused lineup.
• Su Hao decided to keep Incineroar hidden and choose another Pokémon for his first battle.
• Su Hao and He Shiyun released their Pokémon, and the viewers saw that Su Hao had chosen his Shiny Dragonair to face Iron Hands.
• The livestream comments criticized Su Hao’s decision, pointing to Dragonair’s lower level and stage compared with Iron Hands.

Su Hao sent out his newly evolved Shiny Dragonair against He Shiyun’s Elite-level Iron Hands in the Group A match. Dragonair used Shadow Sneak to disappear into a Different Dimension, leaving He Shiyun wary as Iron Hands guarded itself with Fake Out.

• Su Hao and He Shiyun began their Singles Battle after exchanging a customary handshake.
• He Shiyun sent out Iron Hands, while Su Hao chose his newly evolved Shiny Dragonair instead of Incineroar.
• He Shiyun used Grassy Surge to establish Grassy Terrain and ordered Iron Hands to attack with Grassy Glide.
• Su Hao commanded Dragonair to use Shadow Sneak, and Dragonair vanished before Grassy Glide could hit.
• He Shiyun realized Dragonair had entered a Different Dimension unusually quickly and told Iron Hands to use Fake Out to protect itself.

Su Hao’s Dragonair and Dreepy overwhelmed He Shiyun’s Iron Hands in their Elimination Tournament qualifier. Dragon Pulse finished the battle, leaving He Shiyun defeated in the first round.

• Iron Hands used Fake Out to grow roaming roots and guard against Dragonair’s ambush.
• Dragonair emerged above Iron Hands and attacked, while Iron Hands’s roots blocked him and Leaf Blades threatened him.
• Dreepy fired an unexpected Dragon Pulse that destroyed the Leaf Blades, allowing Dragonair to break through Fake Out and send Iron Hands crashing into the ground.
• Iron Hands recovered and attacked with Bullet Seed, but Dragonair and Dreepy synchronized to create Shadow Balls that shattered the seeds.
• Iron Hands’s Protect broke under the Shadow Balls, and Su Hao ordered Dragon Pulse against the still-standing Pokémon.
• Dragon Pulse defeated Iron Hands, ending He Shiyun’s tournament run in the first round.

After a string of tournament victories left several female Trainers in tears, Su Hao was branded a “Girl Killer” and challenged by Cang Yun, a commercial Trainer seeking attention. Su Hao answered with a bold public taunt, and the Alliance’s online security team featured and pinned his post, setting up a high-profile semifinal.

• Su Hao’s Dragonair defeated several female Trainers, prompting netizens to call him a “Girl Killer.”
• Cang Yun challenged Su Hao to a semifinal 3v3 battle and demanded an apology if he won, while Zhong Li explained that the challenge could boost Cang Yun’s popularity either way.
• Jiang Chengcheng urged Su Hao to seek help, but Su Hao instead posted that he would defeat all three of Cang Yun’s Pokémon within three moves.
• The Alliance’s online security team chose not to censor the dispute, and its boss featured, pinned, and promoted Su Hao’s post.

Cang Yun and his manager planned to use Su Hao’s popularity to gain attention before their tournament match, but Su Hao’s provocative forum reply gave them an even bigger opportunity. Cang Yun entered the matchup convinced he would lose, yet decided to seize the chance to make a name for himself.

• Su Hao replied to Cang Yun’s forum post, declaring he would defeat all three of Cang Yun’s Pokémon within three moves and driving the post’s popularity higher.
• Cang Yun and his manager reviewed the dangerous Group A opponents and recognized that Su Hao was the worst possible matchup for Cang Yun’s Rain Team.
• Cang Yun’s manager proposed using Su Hao’s reputation as a “Girl Killer” to stir publicity, and Cang Yun agreed to their Hype Train Plan.
• After seeing Su Hao’s bold reply, the manager celebrated the chance to profit from the controversy, and Cang Yun resolved to beat Su Hao and rise to the top.

At breakfast, Su Hao revealed that Big Tiger had reached Professional Level, shocking Zhong Li. Su Hao and his teammates then visited the Rong City Pokémon Breeding Center, where Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng questioned why Su Hao had not raised Pokémon from childhood, and he avoided explaining.

• Zhong Li warned Su Hao that challenging his opponent to a three-move match could put his future at risk, while his teammates trusted his strength.
• Su Hao told Zhong Li that Big Tiger had reached Professional Level, and Zhong Li was so shocked that she had to be helped by Kong Lingwei.
• Su Hao and his teammates left Zhong Li at the hotel and went to the Rong City Pokémon Breeding Center.
• Jiang Chengcheng described the center's services, and Li Hua complained about overpriced trendy Pokémon attractions.
• Li Hua asked why Su Hao had not raised Pokémon from childhood, and Su Hao changed the subject by pointing out how quickly Incineroar had reached Professional Level.

Su Hao, Li Hua, and Jiang Chengcheng visited the Rong City Breeding Center’s Flying-type Pokémon Paradise, where Su Hao explained its pocket-space technology. Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng chose Pokémon and received lottery tickets, and Jiang Chengcheng recognized a masked Dragon-type Elite Four member in the gacha queue.

• Sister Zhang led Su Hao, Li Hua, and Jiang Chengcheng through a small door into a vast Paradise built with Psychic- and Dragon-type energy and Secret Realm fragments.
• Sister Zhang recognized Su Hao as a High School Cup semifinalist, asked for his autograph, and then explained how Pokémon energy helped stabilize the pocket space.
• Su Hao explained the energy characteristics in Trainer terms, helping Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng understand the Paradise’s construction.
• Jiang Chengcheng chose a male Ralts with Trace, while Li Hua chose a female Gligar with Immunity.
• After their purchases earned them three lottery tickets, Li Hua asked Su Hao to draw for them at the Gacha Machine.
• Jiang Chengcheng recognized the masked person at the end of the queue as the Dragon-type Elite Four who had visited her family’s dojo.

Su Hao, Jiang Chengcheng, and Li Hua visited the Rong City Breeding Center’s Gacha Machine, where Bai Du was secretly trying to win a Dragon Shard. Li Hua unexpectedly won the shard, leaving Su Hao, Jiang Chengcheng, and Bai Du stunned.

• Jiang Chengcheng suspected that a masked person at the end of the queue was Dragon-type Elite Four Bai Du, and the three students joined the line without approaching him.
• Bai Du continued trying to win the Dragon Shard he needed to prepare his ace Pokémon for a Champion Level breakthrough, but his ten-pull yielded only cash prizes.
• Su Hao, Li Hua, and Jiang Chengcheng each took a lottery ticket and tried the Gacha Machine.
• Su Hao won a fifth-prize capsule, and Jiang Chengcheng won a sixth-prize capsule.
• Li Hua triggered the machine’s announcement and won the first prize, the Dragon Shard, while Su Hao’s and Jiang Chengcheng’s capsules fell open to reveal a cash envelope and a dim green feather.

Li Hua won a Dragon Shard at the Breeding Center’s Gacha Machine, while Su Hao identified Jiang Chengcheng’s feather as Cresselia’s nearly depleted New Moon Feather. The feather’s condition left Su Hao wondering whether Cresselia was in danger, and he had no answer for Jiang Chengcheng.

• Li Hua won the Dragon Shard, and Su Hao pulled him away from the excited crowd.
• Su Hao explained that the shard was too difficult for their Pokémon to use and suggested selling it, while Li Hua considered what to do.
• Jiang Chengcheng showed Su Hao a feather from her capsule, and Su Hao used the appraisal function to identify it as a nearly depleted New Moon Feather.
• Su Hao asked Articuno about the feather, and Articuno said it was unusual for a token with so little energy to remain intact.
• Su Hao wondered whether Cresselia was in danger or had forgotten the feather, then told Jiang Chengcheng he was unsure.

Bai Du revealed that he had followed Su Hao, Li Hua, and Jiang Chengcheng to buy Li Hua’s Dragon Shard, then offered Li Hua a chance to enter the Dragon Cave in exchange. He challenged Su Hao to a Pokémon Battle for a second chance, and Su Hao considered accepting the unexpected opportunity.

• Su Hao noticed Bai Du following them and called him out, prompting Bai Du to reveal himself and explain that he wanted to buy the Dragon Shard.
• Bai Du recognized Su Hao and offered Li Hua and Su Hao one chance each to enter the Dragon Cave and capture a Pokémon.
• Jiang Chengcheng asked about the Dragon Cave’s rules, and Bai Du explained that each entrant could take a Pokémon only after earning its recognition.
• Bai Du proposed battling Su Hao with a Gym Level Early Stage Dragon-type Pokémon, wagering a Dragon Cave opportunity on the result.
• Bai Du promised to give Li Hua a Dragon Cave opportunity for the shard regardless of the battle, while Su Hao considered the offer and hoped Diancie could handle Bai Du’s Pokémon.

Su Hao accepted Bai Du’s one-on-one challenge in the Primordial Arena, where Bai Du promised Dragon Cave entry qualifications if Su Hao could defeat him. The chapter ended as Bai Du sent out his Gym Level Noivern and urged Su Hao to choose a Pokémon.

• Bai Du used his Elite Four authority to open the Primordial Arena and gave Su Hao control over its camera recordings.
• Su Hao, Bai Du, Li Hua, and Jiang Chengcheng gathered in the arena, and Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng speculated about Su Hao’s chances.
• Su Hao considered Diancie’s limits and strengths, then prepared to face Bai Du with confidence.
• Bai Du explained the one-on-one rules and sent out his Dragon- and Flying-type Noivern.
• Noivern’s Dragon’s Aura filled the arena as Bai Du challenged Su Hao to send out his Pokémon.

Su Hao sent out Diancie, whom he introduced as Carbink’s newly evolved form, to battle Bai Du’s Noivern. The battle began with Diancie setting up Dual Screens and boosting herself with Earth Power while Noivern used Dragon Dance and Supersonic, and Bai Du then ordered Steel Wing.

• Su Hao sent out Diancie, stunning Bai Du, Li Hua, and Jiang Chengcheng with her unfamiliar appearance.
• Su Hao told Bai Du that Diancie was the evolved form of his Starter Pokémon, Carbink, and said her evolution conditions were still being researched.
• Su Hao and Bai Du agreed to begin their battle when Su Hao’s coin landed, then both Pokémon opened with Status Moves.
• Noivern used Dragon Dance while Diancie set up Reflect and Light Screen.
• Bai Du ordered Supersonic, but Diancie endured it and completed Earth Power, raising her stats.
• Bai Du ordered Noivern to attack Diancie with Steel Wing.

Diancie traded powerful attacks with Bai Du’s Noivern and blocked both Brick Break and Steel Wing with a Dazzling Gleam shield. Bai Du and Noivern prepared to reveal their full power as Bai Du called for Dragon Pulse.

• Noivern attacked Diancie with Steel Wing, but she dodged behind a Rock Wall and answered with Power Gem.
• Noivern knocked away Diancie’s Power Gems with Dragon Claw, then Bai Du ordered him to close in with Brick Break.
• Diancie formed a Dazzling Gleam shield and rammed Noivern, breaking her Dual Screens while stopping his attack.
• Noivern struck the shield with Steel Wing, failed to break it, and retreated as Diancie hovered beyond his reach.
• Bai Du called for Noivern to use Dragon Pulse at full power, leaving Su Hao and the others stunned.

Su Hao and Diancie defeated Bai Du and Noivern with a sequence of attacks that ended in Diancie’s Ancient Power—Planetary Devastation. Bai Du realized the match was lost after Noivern escaped the rocky prison only to face Diancie’s Fairy Light.

• Su Hao warned Diancie that Noivern was approaching through the smoke, but Noivern struck her with Steel Wing and knocked her into a crater.
• Diancie healed herself with moonlight, then grew angry that the smoke had threatened her appearance and prepared a powerful move.
• Diancie tore up the Primordial Arena and trapped Noivern inside a massive sphere of rock with Ancient Power—Planetary Devastation.
• Bai Du used Dragon Taming Power to order Noivern to break through the rocks with Boomburst, and Noivern emerged battered after several minutes.
• Diancie waited with Fairy Light ready, and Bai Du accepted that he had lost.