Chapter Summaries

Su Hao toured Jiangcheng University with Zhao Yunlan and learned about Lake Heart Tower, whose randomized challenges offered powerful rewards. Intrigued by the tower and the university’s campus and housing, Su Hao chose Jiangcheng University and asked where to complete enrollment.

• Zhao Yunlan led Su Hao through a peaceful Pokémon habitat to Lake Heart Tower, whose appearance was difficult to remember.
• Zhao Yunlan explained that the tower had thirty randomized stages and that he had reached the ninth floor after struggling with its academic challenges.
• Zhao Yunlan showed Su Hao his Delfino and revealed that clearing the fifth floor had raised her level and rewarded her with an ability to swim through the air.
• Zhao Yunlan explained that the tower required scarce special energy to activate, limiting how often students could enter.
• Su Hao decided to enroll at Jiangcheng University and asked Zhao Yunlan where to complete the enrollment procedures.

After enrolling at Jiangcheng University without an exam, Su Hao traveled to the Evolution Research Institute in Magic City and reunited with Mi Hao. He noticed that Mi Hao’s Aura had become deeply dark, though Mi Hao remained unaware that Su Hao had noticed.

• Su Hao completed his transfer to Jiangcheng University, skipped freshman military training, and left for Magic City.
• A taxi driver recognized Su Hao as the Battle champion and asked to take a photo with him instead of collecting the fare.
• Su Hao paid the driver 100 Shenzhou Coin and arrived at the Evolution Research Institute.
• Mi Hao greeted Su Hao and congratulated him on winning the championship, mentioning that the institute’s director had given researchers red envelopes.
• Su Hao sensed that Mi Hao’s Aura had grown far darker than before, then calmly asked him to lead the way inside.

Su Hao learned that Mi Hao had developed the treatment that saved Eevee, but the treatment left Eevee unable to battle or evolve. Su Hao resolved to catch Eevee and find a way to cure him completely.

• Su Hao followed Mi Hao into the institute and remained suspicious of his rapid rise and aura of malice.
• Su Hao reunited with Su Qing and saw that Eevee’s health and comfort had greatly improved.
• Su Qing revealed that Mi Hao had treated Eevee’s Gene Deletion and had become a full researcher by claiming the research as his own.
• Su Qing warned Su Hao that Eevee could no longer battle or evolve and asked whether he still wanted to catch him.
• Su Hao insisted that he would adopt Eevee and find a way to cure him completely.

Su Hao formally partnered with Eevee and learned that Eevee’s condition still prevented him from battling or evolving, though Su Qing gave him Evolution Stones for the future. Su Qing also explained that she had approved funding for Mi Hao’s field investigation near the Sea People’s island, where a new Water-type Pokémon form was rumored to have appeared.

• Su Hao approached Eevee in the flowerbed, and Eevee recognized him before the two high-fived and became partners.
• Su Qing explained that Eevee’s Genetic Collapse had been stabilized, but missing gene fragments still prevented him from battling and evolving.
• Su Qing gave Su Hao five Great Quality Evolution Stones for Eevee’s possible future evolutions.
• Su Hao told Su Qing that he had chosen Jiangcheng University.
• Mi Hao arrived to sign a permit, and Su Qing explained that the paperwork funded his investigation of a rumored new Water-type Pokémon form near the Sea People’s island.

Su Hao persuaded Su Qing to let him accompany Mi Hao as a free bodyguard, unaware that Mi Hao planned to betray him. Mi Hao discovered Su Hao’s bounty and arranged an ambush with Joseph, while also finishing work on data about experimental subject Y10032.

• Su Hao volunteered to guard Mi Hao, and Su Qing agreed on the condition that he would receive no payment.
• After Su Qing called with the new instructions, Mi Hao hid his anger and continued working in a dim server room.
• Mi Hao found a ten-million-Shenzhou-Coin bounty on Su Hao and his Pokémon, especially Diancie, with 250 people already accepting the mission.
• Mi Hao called Joseph and canceled the bodyguard plan, proposing that they ambush Su Hao and split the bounty.
• Mi Hao reviewed the completed data on Y10032’s genetic collapse and recovery, intending to use it to advance within the R Institute.

Su Hao accompanied Mi Hao on a nighttime journey toward the Water Tribe settlement while secretly watching for signs of Mi Hao’s plans. At the beach, Su Hao spotted the traces of invisible Shedinja just as an ambush began.

• Mi Hao persuaded Su Hao to leave at three in the morning, and they traveled through the Nameless Forest toward the coast.
• Su Hao used Dragonair’s Steel Wing to clear a path through the overgrown forest while Mi Hao checked their route.
• Mi Hao steered Su Hao toward Tentacruel territory, and Su Hao defeated a returning Tentacruel with Milotic’s Ice Beam.
• Su Hao used Aura to guide them safely past wild Pokémon habitats until they reached the beach.
• Su Hao spotted wavy red and blue lines left by invisible Shedinja, and attackers launched cold flashes at him while a man ordered him to die.

Su Hao survived Mi Hao and Wilson’s ambush with a Protect barrier and Diancie’s Rock Slide, but Wilson killed Mi Hao and revealed he worked for the R Institute. Wilson then threatened to kill Su Hao and target Experiment Y10032 at the Evolution Research Institute.

• Beedrill attacked Su Hao, but his Protect barrier blocked its stingers and Diancie drove it back with Rock Slide.
• Su Hao confronted Mi Hao and Wilson, realizing they were acting for the bounty on his life.
• Mi Hao asked when Su Hao had discovered his betrayal, and Su Hao said he had known since their first meeting.
• Wilson ordered Beedrill to kill Mi Hao, then took a USB drive from his backpack.
• Wilson identified himself as an R Institute mercenary and threatened Su Hao and Experiment Y10032.

Su Hao interrogated Wilson about the R Institute, using Articuno to freeze him and a stone sword to punish his lies. Wilson revealed the location of an R Institute branch and a plan involving Sea King and the Water Tribe’s island, leaving Su Hao concerned that the island might already have been invaded.

• Articuno froze Wilson at Su Hao’s command, leaving his head free to answer questions.
• Su Hao stabbed Wilson’s arms with stone swords and learned that the R Institute branch was hidden in a mine contracted by the Dominic Company.
• Wilson revealed that he and Mi Hao had planned to visit the Water Tribe’s island and cooperate with Sea King to search for treasure, while Wilson’s real mission was to kill Mi Hao and retrieve treatment data.
• Su Hao learned that the R Institute was conducting genetic experiments and suspected that Sea King and the R Institute were plotting something together.

Su Hao killed Wilson after learning that the mercenary could not remember how many people and Pokémon he had killed, then planned to investigate the Sea People's island. An unexplained tsunami surged toward Magic City at impossible speed, and Su Hao's mother warned him to flee the beach.

• Su Hao asked Wilson about his killings, then had Articuno freeze him until he vanished into ice crystals.
• Su Hao called Su Qing and told her he planned to visit the Sea People's island because New Star's Chosen of the Gods posed a danger there.
• Su Qing offered to send Altaria, Milotic, and Sylveon to protect Su Hao, but he said he had a stronger trump card and told her to keep them nearby.
• An alarm sounded at the Evolution Research Institute, and Su Qing discovered a tsunami over one hundred meters high was traveling at one thousand kilometers per hour.
• Su Hao asked Su Qing to check Water-type Energy levels, and she found they were more than twenty times normal, with the tsunami originating near the Sea People's island.
• Su Qing warned Su Hao that even an Elite Four Level Trainer could not stop the disaster and urged him to run.

Magic City began evacuating as a Great Tsunami approached, while Trainers assembled to delay it until the Guardian Deity arrived. The chapter revealed that Chi Lang had massacred the Sea People factions and planned to bury Magic City with the tsunami, as Ghost Elite Four Chu Ya confronted him.

• Magic City sounded its alarms and began evacuating as the Great Tsunami threatened to destroy the city.
• The Divine Land Alliance gathered Gym Level and stronger Trainers, who agreed to risk their lives delaying the disaster until the Guardian Deity arrived.
• On an island off Magic City, Chi Lang killed Chizawa and confronted the elderly Lugia Faction Clan Leader.
• Chi Lang revealed that he had wiped out the Neutral and Kyogre Factions after they rejected his dream of covering the planet with the sea.
• Chi Lang used the Blue Orb to unleash a powerful shockwave, and the old man died after Chi Lang threatened to bury Magic City.
• Chi Lang noticed Ghost Elite Four Chu Ya had arrived and addressed her.

Chu Ya and the Trainers in Magic City struggled to stop a colossal tsunami caused by energy bearing the traits of the Creator of the Great Sea. After learning that Articuno could freeze the energy long enough for help to arrive, Su Hao flew out to intervene.

• Chu Ya arrived too late to capture Chi Lang and left to intercept the tsunami while he let the waves swallow him.
• Chu Ya gathered her Pokémon and unleashed their strongest wide-range attacks, but she doubted they could hold back the tsunami before it reached Magic City.
• Su Qing warned Su Hao to flee, and he asked whether the Trainers could last until the Guardian Deities arrived.
• Articuno told Su Hao that he could freeze the tsunami's energy for about an hour, giving time for the Three Legendary Beasts and others to arrive.
• Su Hao told Su Qing he would step in, ended the call, and rode Articuno into the sky.

Articuno arrived at Magic City and froze the tsunami threatening the coast with Absolute Zero. The sea and even the rain froze, leaving Chu Ya awed by the power of a true Legendary Pokémon.

• Articuno reached the tsunami and reported to Su Hao that Chu Ya was close to exhaustion after holding it back for five minutes.
• Chu Ya recognized Articuno and fled into the Spirit Realm after it warned her to leave its attack range.
• Chu Ya thanked Articuno and planned to warn the Gym Level Trainers and summon the Three Legendary Beasts to assist.
• Articuno unleashed Absolute Zero and froze the hundred-meter-high tsunami and the surrounding coastal waters.
• Su Hao and Chu Ya saw Magic City's coast become an icy landscape as the rain turned to snow.

After Articuno froze the tsunami, Su Hao learned how taxing it had been and considered the danger posed by the Blue Orb and Kyogre. Once he confirmed Magic City was safe, he discovered he was at an abandoned mine and decided to explore it.

• Articuno explained that its Ice Authority struggled against the Ocean Creator's power and that Master Level strength could contend with Authority.
• Su Hao concluded that the Blue Orb was likely behind the Great Tsunami and worried that the Sea King might use it to awaken Kyogre and trigger a disaster.
• Su Hao called Su Qing, who told him that Suicune and the other Legendary Beasts had dispersed the tsunami in Magic City and confirmed he was safe.
• Su Qing identified Su Hao's location as an abandoned mine with poor map coverage, and he decided to inspect its tunnels.
• The Divine Land Alliance began contacting other countries attacked by the New Star Organization to prepare a response.

Su Hao led his Pokémon into the mine, where Arbok ambushed Riolu and Dragonair drove it off. After Arbok escaped through the wall, Riolu guiltily showed Su Hao a purple gemstone he had found.

• Su Hao checked the area with Aura and entered the mine with Diancie, Riolu, Dragonair, and Eevee.
• Riolu chose a passage that seemed free of wild Pokémon, but Su Hao's group encountered Arbok in a cavern.
• Arbok lunged at Riolu, and Su Hao ordered Dragonair to strike it with Dragon Tail.
• Su Hao used Riolu's Coaching to strengthen Dragonair, who blocked Arbok's Poison Sting with Steel Wing.
• Arbok escaped by digging through the mine wall, and Riolu showed Su Hao a purple gemstone.

Su Hao found a Poison Gem and helped Riolu learn from his reckless mistake as they explored the mine. After fighting a Coalossal that attacked him out of hatred for humans, Su Hao learned that Trainers had driven its clan from a coal-rich cavern deeper in the mountain.

• Su Hao took the Poison Gem and explained to Riolu that his carelessness had been a mistake, while encouraging him to learn from it.
• Eevee encouraged Riolu, and the two Pokémon caught up with Su Hao after Riolu recovered his confidence.
• Su Hao marked the tunnels as he and his Pokémon explored, then directed Dragonair to battle a hostile Coalossal.
• Su Hao used Aura to communicate with Coalossal and learned that a dark-skinned man and several Trainers had driven its clan from a coal-rich cavern.

Su Hao followed Coalossal into the mine and discovered that Water Tribe members Chi Bi and Chi Xu had captured Coalossal and Carbink. He agreed to help free them, then overheard the pair discuss a failed tsunami plan and their decision to retreat.

• Su Hao followed Coalossal deeper into the mine after sensing that Fire-type energy was unusually strong.
• Coalossal led Su Hao and his Pokémon to a cavern where Chi Bi and Chi Xu were gathered around displays.
• Su Hao saw several Carbink and Coalossal trapped in a cage, and Coalossal pleaded with him to save them.
• Su Hao agreed to help Coalossal but held back to learn more about the Water Tribe members.
• Chi Bi told Chi Xu to withdraw from the Divine Land Alliance after their plan failed and the tsunami was stopped.
• Chi Bi explained that the organization would lie low while its other Chosen of the Gods and the R Institute drew attention away from Lord Chi Lang.

Su Hao confronted Chi Bi and Chi Xu after discovering their role in the deaths of the Water Tribe and their search for the Silver Feather. He overwhelmed their Pokémon in the mine, leaving the two New Star agents at his mercy.

• Chi Bi and Chi Xu discussed how the Divine Land Alliance's conflict with rival factions could help Lord Chi Lang rise, then prepared to destroy the mine and erase their traces.
• Su Hao burst into the cave with Dragonair and Diancie and accused Chi Bi and Chi Xu of being with New Star.
• Chi Bi and Chi Xu recognized Su Hao as a powerful Trainer and ordered Crawdaunt and Golisopod to kill him before he could report them.
• Su Hao summoned Incineroar, Milotic, and Hisuian Braviary, and his Pokémon defeated Crawdaunt and Golisopod.
• Su Hao's Aura search found no other hidden threats, and he prepared to punish Chi Bi and Chi Xu.

Su Hao defeated Chi Bi and Chi Xu after they ambushed him with submachine guns, then freed Coalossal’s clan from their cages. As Coalossal offered him its treasures, Articuno sensed powerful Fire-type energy in the pile, and Su Hao discovered a Z-Crystal.

• Chi Bi and Chi Xu pretended to be helpless, then opened fire on Su Hao with submachine guns.
• Su Hao blocked the bullets with an Aura Barrier, knocked out Chi Xu, and subdued Chi Bi with an Aura Bullet.
• Su Hao kept the pair alive for interrogation and called Coalossal into the cavern after reassuring Diancie and the other Pokémon.
• Su Hao directed Hisuian Braviary to tear open the iron cages, freeing Coalossal’s clan.
• Coalossal offered Su Hao its collected ores and gemstones, and Su Hao found a diamond-shaped crystal radiating warmth among them.

Su Hao traded with Coalossal for a Fire Z and captured Chi Bi and Chi Xu, then began interrogating them for information about Chi Lang. The chapter ended with Chi Xu awake and dismissing Su Hao’s threat to kill him.

• Su Hao learned from Articuno that the Fire Z contained Natural Energy and traded Coalossal Energy Cubes for it.
• Su Hao searched Chi Bi and Chi Xu, secured their Poké Balls, and had Diancie tie them to crosses.
• Su Hao decided to question the pair about Chi Lang so he could avenge Chizawa and prepare to kill Chi Lang.
• Milotic woke Chi Xu with icy Water Pulse, and Chi Xu realized Coalossal had led Su Hao to them.
• Su Hao asked Chi Xu whether he wanted to live or die, but Chi Xu doubted Su Hao would follow through.

Su Hao interrogated Chi Xu and Chi Bi about the New Star Organization and Chi Lang, but their heads exploded before Chi Xu could reveal the base’s location. Su Hao was left without the information he needed to find Chi Lang.

• Su Hao exposed Chi Bi’s act and identified himself as an Aura User.
• Su Hao demanded Chi Lang’s whereabouts and stabbed Chi Xu and Chi Bi in the thighs to pressure them.
• Chi Bi berated Chi Xu, revealing her contempt for him and deepening his anger at her.
• Su Hao offered Chi Xu survival in exchange for information, and Chi Xu agreed to talk.
• An internal device beeped, and Chi Xu and Chi Bi’s heads exploded before Chi Xu could name the base’s location.