Chapter Summaries

Su Hao received the newly hatched Riolu from Queen Alistair and took him into his care at the Olden City banquet. When Rayquaza streaked across the sky, two stones struck Su Hao, and he realized the visitor was Mew.

• Riolu hatched, and Queen Alistair allowed Su Hao to take him; Su Hao caught him and later fed him Moomoo Milk before capturing him in a Luxury Ball.
• The matching event continued, and Zhao Yunlan received a Squirtle Pokémon Egg with a fifty-seven percent compatibility rate.
• At the diplomatic banquet, Xavier Baden questioned Queen Alistair about giving Su Hao the rare royal-blooded Riolu, and she defended Olden City's freedom to choose.
• Rayquaza flew over Olden Castle, frightening the guests and prompting Alistair to call out to the Dragon God.
• Su Hao watched the sky with Riolu's Luxury Ball when two stones struck him; he identified them as an Evolution Key Stone and a Lucario Mega Stone, then realized the visitor was Mew.

After the Dragon God's appearance secured Olden City's standing, Queen Alistair summoned Su Hao to her bedchamber, drawing the suspicion of German Alliance Elite Four Xavier. Su Hao entered while Xavier remained outside, furious at the affront.

• The Dragon God's appearance ended the banquet and forced Olden City to lock down as news of the dragon spread worldwide.
• Queen Alistair prepared to meet Su Hao after arranging the foreign guests' lodging.
• The old butler brought Su Hao and Li Luoyan to the Queen, accompanied by Xavier and a Divine Land Alliance Fire Elite Four member.
• Xavier challenged Alistair for inviting Su Hao into her bedchamber, but Lucario dispelled Abomasnow's pressure and Alistair asserted Olden City's right to govern itself.
• Xavier let Su Hao enter and threatened to report the incident, while Su Hao taunted him before the doors closed.

Su Hao learned that Riolu’s hatching fulfilled an ancient agreement between Olden City and the Dragon God, and Queen Alistair recognized him as the prophesied hero. He left with Li Luoyan as a friend of Olden City, still unsure where Mew had gone or how it had known he would arrive.

• Su Hao and Alistair joked about Havel’s anger, and Alistair confirmed that Havel could not challenge Li Luoyan or pursue Su Hao to the Divine Land Alliance.
• Alistair asked about Riolu, and Su Hao assured her that Riolu was healthy and sleeping after hatching.
• Alistair thanked Su Hao for helping Riolu hatch and explained that the Dragon God’s Oracle promised to reveal itself when a true hero helped a royal-blooded Riolu hatch after a century without one.
• Alistair declared Su Hao the hero foretold by the prophecy after Mew appeared, though Su Hao wondered how Mew had known he would come.
• Su Hao left Olden Castle with Li Luoyan, while Alistair welcomed him as a friend and invited him to enjoy the Aura Hero Festival.

After Riolu joined Su Hao’s team, he met his new Pokémon family and showed an unusually cautious nature. Before the group left Olden Town, Su Hao and Zhao Yunlan dealt with Dominic’s challenge, and Riolu kept checking for danger.

• Su Hao released Riolu at the hotel, where Riolu initially trembled before the team but tried to protect Su Hao from the larger Pokémon.
• Su Hao introduced Riolu to Diancie, Incineroar, Milotic, Dragonair, Dragapult, and Articuno, and Riolu gradually grew comfortable with them before falling asleep.
• Dominic confronted Su Hao on the third day of the Aura Hero Festival, and Milotic defeated him while advancing to Elite Level Late Stage.
• Dominic ordered his Gym Level Trainer bodyguards to attack, but Zhao Yunlan arrived with Miao Yin and Li Luoyan, and the group subdued them before Su Hao and Zhao Yunlan beat Dominic.
• Li Luoyan returned to the Divine Land Alliance early, and Zhao Yunlan’s Squirtle hatched while Su Hao and the others stayed until the festival ended.
• Before the group boarded their flight home, Su Hao realized Riolu repeatedly used Aura to check for danger and concluded that Riolu was unusually cautious.

Su Hao visited Qingbei University and watched Imperial Capital Region champion Ning Ling defeat a senior in battle. The fight ended with Ning Ling’s friend predicting that she would win the High School Cup, even against Su Hao.

• Su Hao promised Zhao Yunlan he would visit Jiangcheng University after the High School Cup, then went to Qingbei University after learning Braviary had not returned.
• A Qingbei University senior guided Su Hao around campus and explained that visitors could use the university’s training facilities for free.
• Su Hao declined to wait in line for a training facility and went with the senior to watch Ning Ling battle a Qingbei University third-year student.
• Ning Ling’s Chandelure defeated the senior’s Chesnaught with Double Hit after inflicting a Status Condition.
• Ning Ling’s friend praised her Chandelure’s ability and claimed that Su Hao’s Incineroar could not beat it.

Su Hao declined to battle Ning Ling at Qingbei University and continued visiting universities before returning home to train with his Pokémon. He began training Riolu, a cautious but decisive Prankster with exceptional battle talent.

• The buzz-cut senior recognized Su Hao as a High School Cup favorite and urged him to challenge Ning Ling, but Su Hao said they could settle things at the tournament.
• Su Hao visited several universities, considered their generous offers, and decided to wait until after the High School Cup before visiting Jiangcheng University.
• After visiting Eevee and Su Qing in Magic City, Su Hao returned home, where Diancie rested, Milotic sparred with Incineroar, and Dragonair trained with Dragapult.
• Riolu began his third day of training, showing caution in observation and decisiveness in battle.
• Su Hao reviewed Riolu’s Prankster Ability, moves, and strong battle talent, and believed Riolu could become an Elite Four Champion.

Su Hao watched Riolu train with Teleport and assessed the young Pokémon’s unusual abilities. Riolu showed promise but could teleport only three meters after a five-second calculation, and Su Hao planned to develop its Aura, physique, and Mental Power.

• Su Hao spent his saved System Currency to teach Riolu Bullet Punch and the Illegal Move Teleport.
• Riolu used Aura to track the flying Dragonair and Dragapult, then teleported three meters ahead during their chase.
• Dragonair secretly sped up to pull ahead, but Su Hao caught him and threatened to withhold snacks before forgiving him.
• Riolu reached Su Hao, who praised and petted it while noting its strength and advanced Aura and calculation abilities.
• Su Hao reasoned that Riolu used Aura to scan its surroundings, its brain to calculate coordinates, and Mental Power to activate Teleport.

Su Hao met Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng after their training, and they shared how their Pokémon had grown stronger. He showed them custom-made fingerless gloves from Ancient Tales Shop, though the chapter ended before he explained their purpose.

• Su Hao waited for Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng beneath a banyan tree, using Articuno's feather to cool himself while discussing Articuno's wish to visit its sealed Secret Realm in Great Britain.
• Jiang Chengcheng and Li Hua returned from training, and Su Hao noticed how their appearances and auras had changed.
• Li Hua described surviving the Dragon's Lair Trial, gaining Dratini's recognition, and improving his Pokémon, while Jiang Chengcheng recounted her family's Secret Realm tasks and her Pokémon's progress.
• Su Hao told them he had caught Riolu in Olden City, then invited them to accompany him to pick something up.
• Su Hao opened a box from Ancient Tales Shop and showed them custom blue-and-black fingerless gloves with circular grooves.

Su Hao received custom gloves made from rare Pokémon materials and met Chuan Shu Province’s competition team at Rong City’s Third-rate Airport. After the team leader berated him and the other contestants, Su Hao confronted him and called Zhao Zhigao.

• Jiang Chengcheng recognized the gloves as containing valuable Froslass and Volcarona silk, and Su Hao explained their construction without revealing all their materials.
• Su Hao put on the gloves, which were comfortable, cool, and designed to conduct energy and help dispel Nightmare.
• Su Hao, Li Hua, and Jiang Chengcheng met Bai Ziyu and assembled with him as Chuan Shu Province’s four contestants.
• A middle-aged team leader scolded the three for arriving only five minutes before check-in and threatened to replace them.
• Su Hao warned the team leader not to push his luck, then called Zhao Zhigao to report the situation.

After a provincial official was dismissed for mistreating Su Hao and the other contestants, the team traveled to the Imperial City with extensive support from Chuan Shu Province. At a strategy meeting before the Preliminary Round, the team assigned Su Hao and Bai Ziyu to one doubles team and Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng to the other.

• Su Hao's call led to the middle-aged official being dismissed and investigated while Su Hao and the others passed through airport security.
• Governor Zhao Zhigao promised to replace the team leader and remove anyone implicated in abusing their authority.
• Bai Ziyu explained that Chuan Shu Province had invested heavily because Su Hao and Incineroar gave them a strong chance at the championship.
• The team arrived in the Imperial City and held a strategy meeting after learning the Preliminary Round and second round would use 2v2 Doubles Matches.
• Zhao Ci assigned Su Hao and Bai Ziyu as one team, and Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng as the other; both Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng accepted the decision.

Su Hao and Bai Ziyu prepared for the High School Cup after reviewing its top contenders, then faced He Qi and Xu Tingting in the Preliminary Round. Their opponents opened the doubles battle by bringing harsh sunlight onto the field, leaving Milotic and Kingdra weakened.

• Zhao Ci presented the tournament’s top seeds, including championship favorites Ning Ling and Su Hao, along with several other powerful regional contestants.
• The Sichuan Region’s Preliminary Round matchups were decided, and Zhao Ci studied Su Hao and Bai Ziyu’s opponents before the competition began.
• Su Hao and Bai Ziyu met He Qi and Xu Tingting in Battle Arena Number Fourteen and sent out Milotic and Kingdra against Venusaur and Vileplume.
• Xu Tingting believed the pair had underestimated them by not using their aces, while He Qi ordered Venusaur to attack Milotic and Vileplume to hold off Kingdra.
• Vileplume used a weather move to fill the field with blazing sunlight, strengthening Fire- and Grass-type energy and weakening the two Water-type Pokémon.

Su Hao and Bai Ziyu’s team swiftly defeated He Qi and Xu Tingting when Milotic’s Rain Dance overwhelmed Sunny Day and Milotic and Kingdra combined Blizzard to overpower Solar Beam. After the victory, Su Hao wondered why Milotic had controlled Rain Dance so effortlessly in the arena.

• Su Hao ordered Venusaur to attack Milotic, but Kingdra used Ice Beam to shatter its Energy Ball.
• Milotic’s Rain Dance quickly overwhelmed the Sunny Day used by He Qi and Xu Tingting’s Pokémon.
• Su Hao and Bai Ziyu ordered Milotic and Kingdra to unleash Blizzard against Venusaur and Vileplume’s Solar Beam.
• Blizzard froze Venusaur and Vileplume, and the referee declared both Out of Battle.
• Bai Ziyu praised Su Hao in the lounge, while Su Hao wondered why Milotic’s Rain Dance had worked so powerfully despite her limited training.

Su Hao and Bai Ziyu prepared for their first round-robin match against Fairy-type specialists Xushan Zhenxun and Chu Wei. The chapter ended as their opponents opened with Light Screen and Misty Terrain.

• Luo Song and Zhao Ci briefed Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng on their group, which included championship favorite Imperial Capital Doubles Team 1, and the two resolved to fight despite the difficult matchup.
• Su Hao reassured Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng after their briefing, while they admitted they expected to struggle against Professional Level opponents.
• Su Hao and Bai Ziyu chose Haxorus and Dragonair for their first match rather than using their planned Sandstorm Team.
• Su Hao and Bai Ziyu faced Xushan Zhenxun and Chu Wei, whose aces were a Shiny Gardevoir and Wobbuffet.
• At the start of the battle, Wobbuffet raised Light Screen while Gardevoir activated Misty Terrain.

Su Hao and Bai Ziyu used Dragonair’s surprise attacks to defeat Chu Wei and Xushan Zhenxun’s team. Wobbuffet and Haxorus were taken out, but the battle ended with Su Hao and Bai Ziyu winning 2 points.

• Su Hao and Bai Ziyu coordinated Haxorus’s Flash Cannon with Dragonair’s attack from a Different Dimension, while Chu Wei used Ally Switch to save Gardevoir and Wobbuffet took the combined hits.
• Gardevoir struck Dragonair with Moonblast and pressured Haxorus with Psychic, but Dragonair reappeared behind Wobbuffet and knocked him Out of Battle.
• Xushan Zhenxun ordered Gardevoir to Teleport beside Haxorus and use Focus Blast, breaking through Haxorus’s hastily raised Protect and severely injuring it.
• Dragonair used Sucker Punch to attack Gardevoir, and the referee declared Su Hao and Bai Ziyu the winners, awarding them 2 points.

Su Hao and Bai Ziyu won their group and advanced to the singles elimination tournament, but Su Hao left before watching Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng’s match to retrieve Braviary. Braviary returned from the Thousand Winds Secret Realm having reached Professional Level, and a gray-haired man arrived holding a Miraidon and asked Su Hao for help.

• Su Hao and Bai Ziyu defeated their second- and third-round opponents, finished first in their group, and advanced to the singles Elimination Tournament.
• Su Hao received a notice that Braviary had completed its training and left Ho-Oh Arena to retrieve it from the Flying Wing Gym.
• Old Man Zhao showed Su Hao a High School Cup livestream and remarked on how formidable he had become.
• Hisuian Braviary returned from the Thousand Winds Secret Realm, revealed it had overcome its trauma and reached Professional Level, and proudly reunited with Su Hao.
• A gray-haired man emerged from another elevator holding an indigo orb and asked Su Hao to speak with him elsewhere; Su Hao recognized Miraidon.

Su Hao discovered that Flying Wing Gym Leader Chizawa possessed replicas of sacred Sea People relics and learned that Chizawa came from a Sea People clan. Chizawa led Su Hao through a hidden passage beneath the Gym to an ancient altar.

• Su Hao identified Chizawa’s Blue Orb, Silver Feather, and Sea Temple as replicas of sacred Sea People tokens.
• Chizawa invited Su Hao to his office, where Su Hao admired a Cracked Teapot and tasted tea from Chizawa’s clan recipe.
• Chizawa explained that the Sea People worshipped Kyogre, Manaphy, and Lugia and that his branch lived in Magic City.
• Chizawa opened a secret passage behind the display case, and Su Hao followed him underground after sensing no malice with his Aura.
• Chizawa and Su Hao reached a cavern containing an ancient altar.

Su Hao learned that the Silver Feather was a Lugia token and accepted Chizawa’s request to return it to Lugia. He discovered that Lugia was in a high-seas Secret Realm, that New Star Organization’s Sea King wanted the feather, and that Lugia was responsible for Imperial City’s endless rain.

• Articuno identified the cavern altar as an imitation of Lugia’s altar, and Chizawa asked Su Hao to release Hisuian Braviary.
• Chizawa opened a black box and brought the Silver Feather near Hisuian Braviary, whose reaction convinced him that Braviary had encountered Lugia.
• Chizawa told Su Hao the Sea People’s history and asked him to return the Silver Feather to Lugia, and Su Hao agreed.
• Su Hao learned that Sea King of the New Star Organization had previously tried to steal the Silver Feather and might target him for possessing it.
• Su Hao learned that Lugia was in a newly discovered high-seas Secret Realm and was behind Imperial City’s persistent rain.
• Articuno explained that Lugia now handled the Legendary Birds’ climate duties, while the new Legendary Birds lived freely.

Su Hao learned that Lugia alone maintained the world's climate, then planned to use the Silver Feather to lure the Sea King and uncover the New Star Organization's headquarters. As the High School Cup neared its end, he assessed his Pokémon's progress and said goodbye to Jiang Chengcheng and Li Hua, who resolved to keep pursuing their own growth.

• Articuno explained that the New Legendary Birds had never handled climate Authority and that Lugia had inherited it, so Su Hao planned to lure the Sea King with the Silver Feather and interrogate him about the New Star Organization.
• Su Hao gave Lugia's Silver Feather to Hisuian Braviary to absorb, then reviewed his team's progress and training plans, including Diancie's stalled Mega Evolution and Milotic's future special training.
• Su Hao noted that his journey had begun in March and that half his team had reached the Professional Level by July 3, and he looked forward to finishing the High School Cup and entering university.
• Jiang Chengcheng and Li Hua prepared to leave after their defeat, acknowledged how far Su Hao had advanced, and promised to keep striving to catch up with him.

Su Hao faced Dragon City’s Long Ao in the first Top 16 Singles Match, defeating his Dragonair and Garchomp with his own Dragonair. Long Ao sent out his powerful Haxorus as his final Pokémon, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Luo Song and Zhao Ci briefed the Sichuan team on the formidable opponents awaiting them in the Singles Matches.
• The broadcast introduced Su Hao and Long Ao before their 3v3 battle began with Dragonair against Dragonair.
• Su Hao’s Dragonair outmatched Long Ao’s Dragonair in the air and knocked it out with Shadow Drop.
• Su Hao’s Dragonair defeated Long Ao’s Garchomp, even landing precise attacks through its Sand Veil in a Sandstorm.
• Long Ao revealed Haxorus, his trump card, and unleashed its powerful Dragon’s Aura across the arena.

Su Hao’s Dragonair and Dragapult brother battled Long Ao’s Haxorus, whose extraordinary strength and hidden Dragon Rage made it a formidable opponent. Haxorus pushed through their ranged attacks and closed in on Dragonair, but Su Hao ordered Dragon Pulse at the last moment.

• Long Ao sent Haxorus against Dragonair and opened with Wide Guard, overpowering Dragonair in a clash of Dragon Tails.
• Su Hao recognized Haxorus’s exceptional strength and switched to Shadow Ball attacks from Dragonair and the Dragapult brother.
• Haxorus intercepted the first Shadow Balls with Scale Shot, then activated its hidden Dragon Rage to withstand the following barrage.
• Dragonair and Dragapult’s Shadow Balls corroded Haxorus’s armor, but Haxorus kept advancing until it stood one step from Dragonair.
• As Long Ao prepared to capitalize on Haxorus’s approach, Su Hao ordered Dragonair to use Dragon Pulse.