Chapter Summaries

Su Hao, Articuno, and Diancie faced the Reshiram-shaped Void Shadow at the top of Dragon Spiral Tower, while the Shadow revealed how it had gained intelligence and planned to kill the True Hero candidate. Articuno unleashed divine Blizzard that froze the Spiral Secret Realm, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Void Shadow revealed that it had absorbed Reshiram’s Light Stone, gained Reshiram’s form and intelligence, and grown stronger by feeding on negative emotions.
• Reshiram’s remaining will threatened the Void Shadow, which mocked him and vowed to kill Su Hao as a candidate True Hero.
• The Void Shadow spotted Su Hao, Articuno, and Diancie approaching and charged at them, intending to begin Lord Dark Matter’s invasion with Su Hao’s death.
• Articuno dodged the Shadow’s black-and-red flame attack and carried Su Hao and Diancie closer while avoiding contact with its strange abilities.
• Su Hao ordered a Blizzard, and Articuno unleashed divine Ice Energy that froze the Spiral Secret Realm and scattered its blood-red mist.

Articuno tested whether its power could destroy the Negative Energy Phantom, which Su Hao had frozen into a Reshiram-shaped sculpture. After a Mind's Eye-guided strike and an intense Ice Breath, the sculpture remained intact, leaving Su Hao and Articuno stunned.

• Su Hao and the others landed on Dragon Spiral Tower with the frozen Negative Energy Phantom and prepared to finish it off.
• Articuno argued that the Phantom's pure-energy nature might explain why it seemed too weak to be the enemy it could not destroy.
• Su Hao agreed to let Articuno test its theory while he and Diancie watched from a distance.
• Articuno used Mind's Eye to target the sculpture, shattered its ice, and followed with an Ice Breath that raged for three minutes.
• Articuno dispersed the blizzard and found the Negative Energy Phantom's sculpture apparently unchanged, making Su Hao exclaim in shock.

Su Hao and Articuno questioned the intelligent Negative Energy Phantom, Void Shadow, and learned it served Dark Matter and believed itself immortal as long as negative energy remained. Diancie’s Radiant Power proved to be its natural counter, and Su Hao boosted her Dazzling Gleam to destroy it despite its pleas to surrender.

• Articuno explained that it could restrain Void Shadow but could not destroy it, and believed Diancie’s Fairy Light could harm it.
• Su Hao questioned Void Shadow, which identified itself as a vanguard of Lord Dark Matter and claimed negative energy made it immortal.
• Void Shadow refused to provide information and mocked Su Hao and his companions, so Su Hao ordered Diancie to attack.
• Diancie struck Void Shadow with Radiant Power-enhanced Dazzling Gleam, causing its body to melt and forcing it to beg for its life.
• Su Hao lent Diancie his energy, strengthening her Dazzling Gleam until Void Shadow’s negative energy melted away completely.

Su Hao and Diancie destroyed the Void Shadow’s exposed true body, leaving behind an illusory Light Stone. After Diancie’s strength increased from the battle, Su Hao noticed her killing intent rising.

• Su Hao recognized the Void Shadow’s exposed true form and ordered Diancie to bombard it while sparing the Light Stone.
• Diancie repeatedly attacked the shadow until Su Hao believed the Void Shadow had been completely destroyed.
• Articuno asked about Diancie’s Radiant Power, and Su Hao explained that Radiant Stones were scarce and hard to find.
• Diancie said her Radiant Power was growing slowly but that she felt stronger after defeating the Void Shadow.
• Su Hao checked Diancie’s panel and realized she had gained enough experience to reach Mid Professional Level.

Su Hao touched the Light Stone and met Reshiram in its spiritual world, where the legendary Pokémon revealed that it was the last survivor of a destroyed world. Reshiram became a Light Stone in Su Hao’s mind, promising to contract with him after healing and leaving him with a warning to protect this world.

• After Su Hao touched the Light Stone, the Secret Realm Key merged with it and transported him into Reshiram’s spiritual world.
• Reshiram thanked Su Hao for defeating the Void Shadow and revealed that it came from another world destroyed by Dark Matter.
• Reshiram explained that the Void Shadow had consumed its body and weakened its soul, which would now sleep as a Light Stone in Su Hao’s mind until it recovered.
• Reshiram promised to form a contract with Su Hao when they met again, calling him its True Brave One.
• Before vanishing, Reshiram said the Secret Realm would destroy itself and asked Su Hao to purify the lingering negative energy and watch over the World Tree.

After learning Reshiram’s story and that the Spiral Secret Realm would collapse when he left, Su Hao devised a plan with Articuno and Diancie to clear the negative energy mist. Diancie unleashed a Radiant Power-enhanced Dazzling Gleam through Articuno’s ice mirrors, and Articuno wondered whether she could Mega Evolve.

• Su Hao told Diancie and Articuno that Reshiram had explained the origins of Void Shadow and the Spiral Secret Realm, and that the realm would collapse after he left.
• Su Hao proposed using Articuno’s ice mirrors to spread Diancie’s Dazzling Gleam throughout the Spiral Secret Realm instead of searching for Suicune.
• Articuno arranged countless Never-Melt Ice mirrors across the realm while Su Hao calculated their positions.
• Articuno carried Su Hao and Diancie to a chosen position, where Diancie released her Radiant Power-enhanced Dazzling Gleam.
• The light refracted through the ice mirrors and dissolved the negative energy mist, while Articuno asked Su Hao about Mega Evolution.

Deputy Mayor Huang Zhuo sought Elite Four Guang Lan’s help with the sealed Spiral Secret Realm, but she delayed the operation while pursuing an Ice-type Legendary Pokémon. A sudden roar and earthquake ended with an announcement that the Spiral Secret Realm had collapsed.

• Huang Zhuo welcomed Guang Lan to Yang City and asked her to help send a sampling vanguard into the sealed Secret Realm.
• Guang Lan’s assistant set the mission start time for noon, dismissing Huang Zhuo’s urgency and saying Guang Lan would arrive on time.
• After Huang Zhuo left, Guang Lan asked about the search for an Ice-type Legendary Pokémon and discussed capturing it before the Elite Four Challenge.
• A tremendous roar and Earthquake shook the command center, so Guang Lan summoned Jynx to shield them.
• The command center broadcast announced that the Spiral Secret Realm had collapsed.

Su Hao escaped the collapsing Spiral Secret Realm after purifying its negative energy, and Guang Lan contained the spreading spatial currents. A week later, Su Hao finished making 666 boxes of Energy Cubes, cleared his debts, and began planning his next trips before the High School Cup Main Tournament.

• After the Spiral Secret Realm collapsed, Guang Lan and her Pokémon suppressed the spatial currents and found no one nearby.
• Su Hao left the area after completing his mission and obtained Reshiram's Light Stone and Energy Cube crafting techniques.
• Su Hao and his Pokémon used their abilities to make Perfect Quality Beginner Ghost-type Energy Cubes.
• Su Hao completed the 666 boxes Mu Yulan had commissioned, received notice that he had repaid his debt, and rejected the system's Master Ball offer.
• Su Hao planned to visit the Thousand Winds Secret Realm and travel to Olden City in the German Alliance before the High School Cup Main Tournament.

Su Hao chose the Thousand Winds Secret Realm as Braviary’s training plan after Braviary decided to overcome his fear of risky flight. Su Hao reached Imperial City in the rain, where he planned to eat and find a place to stay before Miao Yin arrived.

• Su Hao converted most of his savings into Merit Points, bought Ghost Gems, and received more Merit Points from Su Qing.
• Su Qing offered Su Hao two training plans for Braviary, and Su Hao explained the Thousand Winds Secret Realm’s dangers and benefits to Braviary.
• Braviary chose to enter the Thousand Winds Secret Realm to master wind and overcome the fear that held back his Flying Skills.
• Su Hao’s Pokémon gathered to encourage Braviary after he made his decision.
• Su Hao received approval to enter the Thousand Winds Secret Realm, traveled to Imperial City, and set out to find food and lodging.

Su Hao arrived in the Imperial City, where a persistent drizzle had been troubling locals, and spent the night at a hotel. The next morning, he traveled to the Flying Wing Gym to handle other business and found its grounds filled with a surprising mix of Pokémon.

• Su Hao bought an umbrella and ate Douzhi, Jiaoquan, and sesame seed cakes at a small shop in the old district.
• The shop owner told Su Hao that the rain kept returning even after the Pokémon League dispersed it with weather-changing moves.
• Su Hao left the shop and stayed at a hotel rather than use the shared rooms at a Pokémon Center.
• The next morning, Su Hao hired a Camerupt-drawn taxi to reach the Flying Wing Gym on the city's outskirts.
• Su Hao arrived at the open-style Gym and saw many Trainers training amid a crowd of Flying-type Pokémon.

Su Hao registered Braviary for training in the Thousand Winds Secret Realm despite Old Zhao’s warnings about its dangers. Braviary entered the realm alone, while Su Hao left to meet Mr. Miao Yin and travel to Olden City in the German Alliance.

• Su Hao showed Old Zhao his Elite Trainer credentials and approval to enter the Thousand Winds Secret Realm, then insisted on proceeding despite Old Zhao’s warnings.
• Su Hao registered Braviary as an Elite Level Late Stage Pokémon and corrected Old Zhao’s records to note its Psychic and Flying types.
• Su Hao packed Energy Cubes and stored Life Energy in a Space Backpack for Braviary before the Secret Realm Gate opened.
• Su Hao said farewell as Braviary flew into the Thousand Winds Secret Realm, and the gate closed behind him.
• Su Hao left the Flying Wing Gym and set off to meet Mr. Miao Yin before traveling to Olden City in the German Alliance.

At the airport, Su Hao learned more about Miao Yin and chose to reveal Diancie to the world through a research institute press conference. He flew with Miao Yin and Zhao Yunlan to Olden City, where they planned to seek Aura-talented Pokémon during the Aura Hero Festival.

• Su Hao confirmed through his father that Miao Yin belonged to the Twelve Zodiacs and learned that a Legendary Pokémon was connected to the Secret Realm in international waters.
• After overhearing that the Evolution Research Institute would announce two evolved forms, Su Hao decided to let Su Qing reveal Diancie while keeping her Trainer and evolution requirements secret.
• The press conference introduced Bloodmoon Ursaluna and Diancie, and Diancie's appearance and battle footage drew worldwide attention.
• Su Hao boarded a flight to Olden City with Miao Yin and Zhao Yunlan, an Aura User who was Miao Yin's cousin.
• Miao Yin told Su Hao and Zhao Yunlan that Olden City’s seven-day Aura Hero Festival would begin the next day and offer chances to capture locally bred Pokémon with Aura Talent, including Riolu.

Su Hao and his companions arrived in Olden City for the Aura Hero Festival, where Su Hao had been given a chance to match with a Pokémon Egg. As Ramona drove them toward the castle, she began telling them the Legend of the Dragon God.

• Su Hao accepted Miao Yin’s offer to use one of his Pokémon Egg matching chances, hoping to find a compatible Pokémon.
• Miao Yin woke Su Hao and Zhao Yunlan as their flight landed in Olden City on the day the Aura Hero Festival opened.
• Zhao Yunlan boasted that he could fight Pokémon barehanded, but Su Hao pointed out that Miao Yin was waiting for them.
• Ramona welcomed the group at the airport and drove them toward Olden City Castle across the lake.
• Ramona asked whether they knew Olden City’s legend, and began recounting the Legend of the Dragon God.

Ramona told Su Hao and Zhao Yunlan how Queen Elsa and the Dragon God brought an end to the wars around Olden City. She explained that the Dragon God had not appeared for decades, leaving its identity known only through oral accounts.

• Ramona recounted how Queen Elsa, an Aura User, planned to stop the wars threatening Olden City.
• Ramona explained that the Dragon God descended near Olden City and drove the armies away, ending the wars there.
• Ramona said Olden City commemorated the event each year with the Aura Hero Festival and offerings to the Dragon God.
• Zhao Yunlan asked whether the Dragon God truly existed, and Ramona said it had occasionally appeared in the forest.
• Su Hao asked what kind of Pokémon the Dragon God was, and Ramona said it was described as a giant dragon that danced through the skies.

Su Hao, Zhao Yunlan, and Miao Yin arrived at Olden City's castle for its Pokémon Egg matching event and learned about the banquet's international guests and political significance. At the evening banquet, Su Hao sensed a powerful Aura erupt from the covered display of Pokémon Eggs.

• Ramona led Su Hao, Zhao Yunlan, and Miao Yin through the castle and introduced the influential guests gathered in its courtyard.
• Ramona gave the three invitations and explained that the Queen was meeting Xavier Baden, while Miao Yin revealed that Elite Four Trainers from several alliances would attend.
• Su Hao and Zhao Yunlan changed into formalwear and entered the banquet hall, where Su Hao sensed more than a hundred Auras.
• Su Hao sensed a new, powerful Aura erupt from the top of the red-covered, tiered table and wondered what had caused it.

At a Pokémon Egg event, Su Hao sensed a strong Aura resonance from an egg beneath a red cloth and discussed Aura compatibility with Zhao Yunlan. Elite Four member Li Luoyan assured Su Hao and Zhao Yunlan that the Divine Land Alliance would support them as they searched for Pokémon that matched their Auras.

• Su Hao sensed a brief Aura fluctuation from atop the red cloth, though Zhao Yunlan did not notice it.
• Zhao Yunlan explained Aura Resonance and mistakenly thought Su Hao had sensed a compatible person; Su Hao clarified that the resonance came from a Pokémon Egg.
• Zhao Yunlan hoped to find a Pokémon with an Aura Frequency close to his own, while Su Hao reflected that he had adapted his Aura to resonate with his Pokémon partners.
• Miao Yin brought Li Luoyan, the Divine Land Alliance's Fire-type Elite Four member, to meet Su Hao and Zhao Yunlan.
• Li Luoyan encouraged Su Hao and Zhao Yunlan to seek compatible Pokémon and promised the Alliance's support if competition over an egg led to conflict.

At the banquet, Aphrodite Wilson noticed Su Hao and Zhao Yunlan and approached them, while Zhao Yunlan told Su Hao about Jiangcheng University. Su Hao was tempted by the university’s housing and facilities, then reluctantly introduced himself to Aphrodite as she flirted with him.

• Aphrodite Wilson spotted Su Hao and Zhao Yunlan and decided she was interested in Su Hao.
• Su Hao asked Zhao Yunlan about Jiangcheng University, and Zhao Yunlan enthusiastically recommended it and described its campus, villas, and Lake Heart Island.
• Aphrodite left the other guests and approached the two boys to introduce herself.
• Su Hao briefly shook Aphrodite’s hand, gave his name coldly, and worried that her admirer might cause trouble.

At a banquet in Olden City, Su Hao discussed Steel-type Pokémon with Aphrodite while missing her romantic interest, then watched Queen Alistair announce that a rare Riolu Egg with the Olden City royal bloodline would be included in the Pokémon-matching tradition. The guests were astonished by the announcement, and Su Hao had already noticed something surprising about the Egg.

• Aphrodite approached Su Hao, who focused on her Magnezone and mistook her flirtation for an invitation to discuss Pokémon care.
• Aphrodite revealed she was the niece of the Beautiful Country Alliance's Steel-type Elite Four and shared advice about raising Steel-type Pokémon before leaving disappointed.
• Miao Yin and Li Luoyan brought Su Hao and Zhao Yunlan into the hall, where Queen Alistair took her seat amid applause.
• Queen Alistair's butler introduced the annual tradition of matching guests with Pokémon Eggs using her Wave Power.
• Queen Alistair announced that the rare Riolu Egg at the top of the display held Royal Family bloodline and would participate in the event, astonishing the guests.
• Su Hao examined the Riolu Egg with blue spots and saw a piece of data that surprised him.

Queen Alistair revealed that Olden City’s matching event offered a Riolu of the Royal Family Bloodline, then used her and Lucario’s Aura to calm the crowd. Su Hao resisted the Aura and noticed hostility from Dominic, whose mining-company ties raised suspicions about the Great Britain Alliance and its Gigantamax research.

• Queen Alistair announced that the compatibility matching would offer a rare Riolu of the Royal Family Bloodline, shocking the guests and exciting Zhao Yunlan.
• Queen Alistair summoned Lucario and combined their Aura to calm the crowd, but Su Hao and several Elite Four Trainers resisted it.
• Su Hao realized that his Aura had blocked Queen Alistair and Lucario’s probing Wave Power before Li Luoyan could protect him.
• Su Hao spotted a hostile man, and Li Luoyan identified him as Dominic, a mining-company heir given a matching-event spot by the Great Britain Alliance.
• Su Hao connected the Alliance’s mining push to the Wishing Star and wondered whether it had already conducted controlled Gigantamax experiments.

At Olden Castle’s Pokémon Egg matching ceremony, Aphrodite found a compatible Riolu without Royal Family bloodline, while Su Hao revealed his immense Aura and matched with the Royal Family Riolu. His Aura awakened the egg so intensely that it began hatching, leaving Queen Alistair stunned.

• Queen Alistair tested Aphrodite’s compatibility, and Aphrodite matched with a Riolu without Royal Family bloodline after receiving 0% compatibility with the Royal Family Riolu.
• The white-haired butler called Su Hao to the stage, where Su Hao told Queen Alistair that he was an Aura Wielder.
• Su Hao released an ocean-like Aura that astonished the guests, including Li Luoyan, Miao Yin, Zhao Yunlan, and Queen Alistair.
• Su Hao found no compatibility with the eggs on the first three floors and only 15% compatibility with the remaining eggs on the fourth floor.
• Su Hao enveloped the Royal Family Riolu egg with his Aura, causing it to burst into brilliant light and begin hatching after ten years.