Chapter Summaries

Su Hao reviewed his progress after half a month of training, including his Aura techniques and the evolution and growth of Incineroar and Carbink. His father, Su Xu, watched Carbink defeat his Mid-Elite Torkoal and proudly recognized Su Hao’s extraordinary strength.

• Su Hao checked his status and noted that his Wave Power had reached the intermediate level and that he had mastered Aura Resonance and Aura Bullet.
• Litten evolved into Incineroar during a battle with the Scyther clan leader, and the Soothing Bell and blue scarf fused into his Flame Bag and body.
• Su Hao trained Incineroar to combine Fake Out with Intimidate, while Incineroar grew strong enough to contend with Elite Level Scyther.
• Carbink trained energy control with Coalossal, reached initial Elite Level, and learned Safeguard, Power Gem, and Moonblast.
• Su Hao commanded Carbink to defeat Su Xu’s Mid-Elite Level Torkoal, prompting Su Xu to praise his son as having the bearing of a Champion.

On Su Hao’s first day back at school, his class learned about the Grade Tournament that would determine who could compete in the High School League. After school, Su Hao invited Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng to Rising Sun Gym to register for ranked matches.

• Su Hao returned to Class 1, Third Year Grade, greeted his classmates, and let them admire Carbink and Incineroar.
• Li Hua arrived with Blue Raven and Swablu, while Jiang Chengcheng brought Machop and a lively Pangoro.
• Ms. Liang explained that the Grade Tournament would use two Pokémon per participant and that the Top Eight would represent Yang City in the High School League qualifying tournament.
• Su Hao attended the Opening Ceremony and was dismissed early with his classmates.
• Su Hao invited Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng to register for ranked matches at Rising Sun Gym, and they agreed to go.

Su Hao, Li Hua, and Jiang Chengcheng registered for ranked matches at Rising Sun Gym, and Su Hao’s first Poké Ball Tier battle paired him against Ye Fan. Su Hao defeated Ye Fan’s Stufful with Incineroar, and Ye Fan surrendered to spare his Pokémon further injury.

• Su Hao contacted Uncle Qian at Rising Sun Gym, and the manager helped Su Hao, Li Hua, and Jiang Chengcheng register for ranked matches.
• Su Hao used the Trainer app to match with Ye Fan and was assigned Battle Arena No. 13.
• Su Hao recognized Ye Fan as the trainer whose Stufful he and Carbink had defeated in their first battle.
• Su Hao sent out Incineroar against Ye Fan’s stronger Stufful, and Incineroar overwhelmed it with Fire Fang and Flamethrower.
• Ye Fan saw Stufful’s fur scorched and surrendered before the battle could cause it more injuries.

Su Hao won his second consecutive battle when Incineroar defeated a middle-aged trainer’s Mightyena. After lunch with Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng, the three prepared to continue battling in the afternoon.

• After Ye Fan hurried off to the Pokémon Center, Su Hao entered another match and faced a middle-aged trainer with a Late Normal Level Mightyena.
• Incineroar endured Mightyena’s Snarl, closed the distance, and traded close-range attacks with it.
• Su Hao ordered Incineroar to use U-turn, striking Mightyena’s waist and leaving it unable to rise for a while.
• Incineroar finished Mightyena with Heat Wave, and the Rotom referee declared Su Hao the winner.
• Su Hao met Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng after their battles; Su Hao and Jiang Chengcheng had two wins each, while Li Hua had one win and one loss.
• The three ate lunch at a Pokémon-themed restaurant, rested, and prepared for the afternoon’s battles.

Su Hao entered another ranked match and sent Carbink against Zhang Yang’s Elite Level Scizor. Carbink overwhelmed Scizor and won with Meteor Beam, after which Su Hao left the arena.

• Su Hao waited for his sixth match while spectators and persistent elderly people tried to talk to him.
• Zhang Yang arrived late, insulted Su Hao, and sent out his Elite Level Scizor against Carbink.
• Carbink suppressed Scizor in a clash of strength despite Fairy-type moves being resisted by Steel.
• Su Hao used Wave Power to help Carbink target Scizor, and her Meteor Beam knocked it out.
• Referee Rotom declared Su Hao and Carbink the winners, and Su Hao recalled Carbink and left the arena.

After earning six consecutive victories at the Battle Arena, Su Hao took advantage of his freedom from class to cultivate Wave Power and visit a cat cafe. As he relaxed Luxray with his petting, he used his system to inspect the Pokémon’s data.

• Su Hao told Dragonite and Clear Water that he had won six consecutive battles, and they revealed that they had each earned six wins as well.
• Su Hao skipped the day’s academic lessons to cultivate Wave Power while his classmates attended class.
• After school, Su Hao went to the city’s cat cafe and ordered mango pomelo sago from the owner.
• Su Hao approached Luxray instead of Zangoose and soon had Luxray sprawled across the sofa, enjoying his attention.
• Su Hao used his system to inspect Luxray’s data.

Su Hao trained Carbink and Incineroar, then learned that the school’s two-versus-two grade tournament would begin the next day. After the System assigned him a task to take first place, Su Hao resolved to win.

• Su Hao returned home and saw Incineroar using Flame Charge to attack Carbink’s Reflect.
• Su Hao told Incineroar to use Shadow Claw, and Incineroar broke through Carbink’s Reflect.
• Su Hao ended training and planned to reward Carbink and Incineroar with a feast.
• Liang Hua announced that the Third Year Grade tournament would begin the next day, and students discussed potential contenders in their group chat.
• Li Hua told Su Hao that classmates expected Wen Hao to be a strong competitor, but Su Hao remained unconcerned.
• The System tasked Su Hao with taking first place and offered Litten Candy and System Currency as rewards, so Su Hao decided to win.

Su Hao advanced through Yangcheng High School’s tournament, defeating Fang Wenbin’s Primeape and Staryu in the Top 32. He left the arena as the crowd applauded.

• Su Hao easily defeated a Class 6 girl’s inexperienced Oddish in the first day’s tournament.
• Su Hao, Li Hua, Jiang Chengcheng, and He Xu reached the Top 32 after the first day’s eliminations.
• At Rising Sun Gym, Su Hao was drawn against Fang Wenbin of Class 3, while his father Su Xu watched from the Award Stage.
• Su Hao’s Incineroar suppressed Fang Wenbin’s Primeape and defeated it with Heat Wave after Primeape ignored its trainer’s command.
• Fang Wenbin sent out Staryu, but Incineroar overcame its Water Gun and defeated it with Shadow Claw.
• Su Hao won the match and left the Battle Arena to applause from the students.

Su Hao defeated Wen Hao in the quarterfinals after revealing that his Starter Pokémon, Carbink, had reached the Elite Level. The victory sent Su Hao through as the crowd celebrated.

• Su Hao, Li Hua, Jiang Chengcheng, and five other students qualified for the quarterfinals, and the matchups were set.
• Li Hua defeated Wang Jin, while Jiang Chengcheng's Machamp evolved during its fight with Qi Shu's Liepard and knocked it Out of Battle.
• Su Xu revealed that Su Hao had been able to defeat Elite Level Pokémon before school started, just before Su Hao's quarterfinal match began.
• Su Hao sent out Carbink, whose Elite Level strength overwhelmed Wen Hao's Heracross and knocked it Out of Battle.
• Wen Hao's Squirtle landed a hit on Carbink but lost to its Moonblast and Power Gem, giving Su Hao the victory.

Su Hao defeated Li Hua and advanced to the finals, where Incineroar overwhelmed Kong Lingwei’s Baltoy and Natu. The chapter ended with Natu unconscious after Incineroar’s Fire Blast broke through her Psychic attack.

• Su Hao’s Incineroar wore down Li Hua’s Blue Raven and Swablu to win their semifinal match.
• Jiang Chengcheng’s Machamp defeated Kong Lingwei’s Baltoy but lost to Natu despite fighting through the type disadvantage.
• Jiang Chengcheng accepted her defeat and promised to grow strong enough to overcome Psychic-type opponents.
• Su Hao chose Incineroar rather than Carbink for the final, and Incineroar quickly knocked out Baltoy with Flame Charge and Shadow Claw.
• Incineroar stopped Natu’s takeoff with Fake Out, struck her with Shadow Claw, and clashed with her Psychic attack.
• Su Hao directed Incineroar to form and launch Fire Blast, which overwhelmed Kong Lingwei and Natu’s combined Psychic power and left Natu unconscious.

After winning the senior-year competition, Su Hao learned about the New Star Organization and received his father's advice and a chance to challenge Gyms early. He accepted a System task to collect four Beginner Badges and brought Carbink and Incineroar to the training room to measure their strength before using Candy.

• The System rewarded Su Hao for taking first place and added Litten Candy to his inventory and store.
• Su Hao's father explained New Star's crimes, praised Su Hao's Pokémon training, and gave him a notebook of his experience.
• Su Hao's father proposed that he challenge Gyms for four Beginner Badges, which would allow him to enroll early at a university.
• Su Hao accepted the System task to collect four Beginner Badges and agreed to set out after his father finished the paperwork.
• Su Hao released Carbink and Incineroar in his training room and prepared to test their attack energy before feeding them Candy.

Su Hao tested how Pokémon Candy affected Incineroar and Carbink, finding that it slightly improved their abilities as its energy was absorbed. After telling his friends he planned to travel and challenge Gyms, he decided to head to Shuizhou City for a Water-type Gym and seek new Pokémon.

• Su Hao measured Incineroar's and Carbink's attacks before giving them their matching candies.
• After eating one candy each, Incineroar and Carbink showed slightly higher attack output and improved physical abilities, though their inspection data remained unchanged.
• Su Hao concluded that Pokémon Candy generated energy that strengthened a Pokémon's abilities across the board without raising its Energy Level.
• The next day, Su Hao told Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng he would take leave to challenge Gyms and return after earning four badges for the National Youth Tournament.
• Su Hao planned to travel by train to Shuizhou City in Haiqing Province, challenge its Water-type Gym, and look for new companions.

Su Hao explored the giant tower in the Spiral Secret Realm, where mysterious energy knocked him unconscious and left him injured in an unexplained location. He escaped the tower and returned home, while he and his father wondered what the white light had been.

• After the competition, Su Hao borrowed his father's Arcanine from Uncle Qian and entered the Spiral Secret Realm to explore the giant tower.
• Su Hao and Arcanine crossed the lake and descended the tower's seemingly endless spiral stairs as Su Hao extended his Wave Power downward.
• Mysterious ripples made the tower shake, and a blinding white light shot up from below and struck Su Hao, knocking him unconscious.
• Su Hao awoke with a head wound near the tower's entrance, and Arcanine said it did not know how they had gotten there.
• Su Hao left the Secret Realm, received a simple bandage, and returned home after dark.
• Su Hao told his father what had happened, and his father wondered about the white light and said they would go to the hospital the next day.

Su Hao left home for his Gym Challenge journey, traveling to Baohe City in Haiqing Province with Carbink and Incineroar. He explored a Trainer Market, bought supplies and Pokémon Items, and settled into his hotel with his journey ahead.

• Su Hao dreamed of an androgynous voice repeatedly asking him what his truth was, a voice he had heard since returning from the Spiral Secret Realm.
• Su Hao's father prepared supplies for his journey, while Su Hao's mother sent him a Space Backpack packed with wilderness gear and clothes.
• Su Hao said goodbye to his father, Li Hua, and Jiang Chengcheng, then took a first-class train to Baohe City, arriving three days later.
• Su Hao visited a Trainer Market and bought a Light Clay, a Prism Scale, six Luxury Balls, and Berries for making Energy Cubes.
• Su Hao returned to the Mawile Hotel and stored the Berries in his System Backpack, where they would stay fresh.

Su Hao traveled from Baohe City toward Shuizhou City with Carbink and Incineroar, battling wild Pokémon along the way. Meanwhile, members of the New Star Organization investigated an unusual energy surge in the Spiral Secret Realm and decided to pursue a lead.

• Su Hao left the Mawile Hotel with Carbink and Incineroar, giving them comfortable Luxury Balls for their journey through the wilderness.
• A level 35 Tentacruel blocked Su Hao's path, but Carbink and Incineroar combined their attacks to defeat it and drive it away.
• Carbink and Incineroar fought off several more wild Pokémon, and Incineroar reached Level 26 before the group camped peacefully for the night.
• Two members of the New Star Organization examined a machine in the Spiral Secret Realm and confirmed it had recorded an energy peak reaching Champion to Master Level.
• The New Star Organization members learned that the giant tower had shaken and decided to investigate the Secret Realm's entry and exit records.

Su Hao and his Pokémon took shelter from the rain in a cave that belonged to a Feebas. After the rain stopped, they cleaned the cave and left, while Feebas set out to find her adopted siblings.

• Su Hao found a cave during the rain, checked that it was unoccupied, and made camp with Carbink and Incineroar.
• Su Hao bathed, washed his clothes, and fell asleep beside the fire.
• Feebas emerged from the pool and told Su Hao through Wave Power that the cave was her home and that her adopted siblings were away.
• Su Hao apologized to Feebas with an Energy Cube, then he, Carbink, and Incineroar cleaned the cave and departed.
• Feebas said she would go look for her adopted siblings, who had been gone for several days.

Su Hao arrived in Shuizhou City after a week of travel and training, during which Incineroar reached the Elite Level and Carbink grew stronger. At Hulbury Stadium, Gym Leader Jie Wei arranged to hold his Gym Challenge the following evening as a ticketed event, and Su Hao agreed to her proposed share of the sales.

• Incineroar defeated an Elite Level Golem with Flame Charge, reached the Elite Level, and learned Flare Blitz.
• Carbink continued developing her Diancie traits and defeated an Elite Level Steelix, which fled underground after being knocked down by Meteor Beam.
• Su Hao arrived in Shuizhou City and went to Hulbury Stadium to challenge Gym Leader Jie Wei for a Beginner Gym Badge.
• Jie Wei explained that the Gym Challenge would take place the next evening as a public ticketed event, with Su Hao receiving twenty percent of ticket sales.
• Su Hao accepted Jie Wei's offer and agreed to dress formally for the televised and livestreamed battle.

Su Hao faced Gym Leader Jie Wei in a 3v3 Gym Challenge at Hulbury Stadium. Incineroar defeated Jie Wei’s Azumarill, leaving Su Hao ahead after the first battle.

• Shuizhou City residents discussed the rare Gym Challenge and rushed to buy tickets for the match between Su Hao and Jie Wei.
• Jie Wei visited Su Hao in the lounge, revealed that she had been his father’s junior at university, and told him she would not go easy on him.
• The referee announced the 3v3 rules, and Su Hao sent out Incineroar while Jie Wei chose Azumarill.
• Su Hao used Incineroar’s Fake Out and Intimidate to interrupt Azumarill’s opening attack, then fought her through Aqua Tail, Hydro Pump, and close-range exchanges.
• Jie Wei ordered Azumarill to use Surf, but Su Hao countered with a massive Fire Blast that filled the field with steam.
• Su Hao sent Incineroar charging through the steam with Flare Blitz, and Incineroar knocked Azumarill out with their collision.

Su Hao and Incineroar faced Jie Wei’s Elite-level Garganacl after defeating Azumarill, and their fierce clash ended with Incineroar transforming into a more powerful form. Incineroar’s transformation left the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• The spectators cheered as Su Hao’s Incineroar defeated Azumarill, and Jie Wei sent out Garganacl.
• Su Hao ordered Incineroar to attack Garganacl, whose Shell Blade split apart Flamethrower and whose swordsmanship kept Incineroar on the defensive.
• Su Hao activated Aura Resonance and synchronized with Incineroar as they launched a Flare Blitz against Garganacl’s Iaido: Aqua Cutter.
• Incineroar overpowered Garganacl’s ultimate sword strike, and a blinding light filled the arena.
• When the light faded, Incineroar had vanished and a muscular tiger-like Pokémon stood in its place.

Incineroar evolved during his battle with Garganacl and defeated him with Darkest Lariat, but the exhausted Pokémon also collapsed unconscious afterward. The referee declared both Pokémon Out of Battle.

• Incineroar evolved into his powerful upright form, though he had little stamina left.
• Jie Wei ordered Garganacl to use Sacred Sword, and Garganacl charged at Incineroar with a golden blade.
• Su Hao and Incineroar used Darkest Lariat to create a Fire Tornado that shattered Sacred Sword and blasted Garganacl into the Energy Shield.
• The cheering crowd watched Incineroar roar in victory before Su Hao's Aura Resonance connection broke and Incineroar fell unconscious.
• The referee declared Garganacl and Incineroar both Out of Battle.