Chapter Summaries

Su Hao and Lucario advanced through the tournament by defeating Wei Lai and Sirfetch'd with a newly shaped Dragon Pulse whip and a massive Aura Bullet. The final between Lucario and Lan Ruosi’s Gallade began, and Elite Four Chen Qing wondered how Lucario kept predicting Gallade’s Teleport attacks.

• Wei Lai and Sirfetch'd repeatedly attacked Su Hao, but he dodged long enough for Lucario to charge its move.
• Lucario used its Aura Cloak to shape Dragon Pulse into a whip and sent Wei Lai flying out of the arena, taking Sirfetch'd’s leek shield with him.
• Sirfetch'd charged Lucario with Meteor Assault, but Lucario formed a huge Aura Bullet with Su Hao’s guidance and defeated it.
• The final began between Lucario and Lan Ruosi’s Gallade, while Su Hao was taken out early by Gallade’s Teleport.
• Chen Qing watched the match and wondered how Lucario could predict where Gallade would reappear and evade its attacks.

Lucario defeated Lan Ruosi and Gallade to win the Fighting Capital Doubles Tournament, while Su Hao’s collection progress advanced to ¾. Su Hao then prepared to challenge Chen Qing, who was eager to fight him.

• Lucario anticipated Gallade’s Teleport and attacks, then blocked its Psycho Cut with a specialized Aura defense.
• Lucario broke Lan Ruosi’s arms, forcing him to withdraw from the battle.
• Lucario struck Gallade with a fully boosted Meteor Mash, knocking it unconscious and winning the tournament for Su Hao.
• Luo Xia watched Lucario’s rapid growth and left without warning Magic City University about Su Hao’s strength.
• Su Hao saw his Elite Four Collection Progress reach ¾ and sought a battle with Chen Qing.
• Chen Qing, fired up by the prospect of facing Su Hao’s hidden trump card, demanded a satisfying fight.

Su Hao prepared for an exhibition match against Elite Four Chen Qing, who changed the event to a Pokémon Singles Battle because he feared losing a two-on-two fight. Chen Qing introduced his Kommo-o to the crowd, revealing its Bulletproof Ability.

• Su Hao refused medical treatment for Lucario and recalled Chen Qing asking him to hit his chest with an Aura Bullet.
• Chen Qing demanded that the tournament official replace the people-and-Pokémon doubles format with a standard one-on-one Pokémon battle, threatening to quit otherwise.
• The host announced the revised rules, disappointing viewers who had expected Chen Qing to fight Su Hao himself.
• Chen Qing told the audience he had requested the change because he lacked confidence in a two-on-two battle against Su Hao.
• Chen Qing sent out his Kommo-o, whose Ability was Bulletproof.

Su Hao and Lucario faced Chen Qing and his Kommo-o in an Exhibition Match, with both sides opening by enhancing their Pokémon’s strength and speed. Kommo-o shattered Lucario’s Bonemerang defense with a single Fire Punch and sent it flying, revealing a decisive gap in strength.

• Su Hao examined Chen Qing’s Kommo-o and noted its Bulletproof Ability, mid Professional Level, and countering moves.
• The referee started the Exhibition Match, and Su Hao and Chen Qing ordered Lucario to use Full Bulk Up and Kommo-o to activate Dragon Dance.
• Chen Qing ordered Kommo-o to charge with Fire Punch while Su Hao had Lucario use Bonemerang to test its strength.
• Kommo-o’s Fire Punch broke Lucario’s bone clubs and knocked it flying without losing momentum.

Su Hao turned the battle against Chen Qing’s Kommo-o by publicly supporting Lucario with overwhelming Aura. The two Pokémon clashed in a furious exchange, with the fight still unresolved.

• Kommo-o’s Fire Punch hurt Lucario, and Su Hao realized the burst of power temporarily weakened Kommo-o’s right arm.
• Kommo-o pressed Lucario with Iron Tail, while Lucario’s Dragon Pulse whip barely held it off.
• Su Hao ordered Lucario to charge and trade blows with Kommo-o, then began supporting it with Aura in public.
• Su Hao’s Aura strengthened Lucario’s Aura Cloak and sharpened its perception, allowing it to keep pace with Kommo-o.
• Chen Qing commanded Close Combat, and Lucario met Kommo-o’s barrage with a Meteor Mash of its own.

Su Hao and Chen Qing's Lucario and Kommo-o fought through a series of powerful exchanges, with both trainers holding back their strongest tactics. Chen Qing's Extreme Martial Style attack seemed to have struck Lucario, but Su Hao revealed Lucario unharmed in the air, bringing an Ice Punch down on Kommo-o and reversing the battle.

• Su Hao ordered Lucario to test Kommo-o with Aura Bullet, but Bulletproof and its scales nullified the attack.
• Lucario overpowered Kommo-o in a Brick Break clash, and Su Hao used Protect to block Kommo-o's Wide Guard.
• Chen Qing ordered Dragon Rage, and Kommo-o unleashed its Extreme Martial Style punch into the battlefield.
• As Kommo-o's attack tore through the ground, Chen Qing and the audience believed Lucario had been hit.
• Su Hao ordered Ice Punch, revealing Lucario unharmed above Kommo-o as it struck the dragon Pokémon on the head.

Su Hao and Lucario used Teleport to evade Kommo-o’s attacks, then prepared a risky Dragon Aura Bullet designed to bypass its Bulletproof Ability. Chen Qing waited for Lucario to approach and launched Kommo-o’s final attack as the two Pokémon were about to clash.

• Lan Ruosi realized Lucario had learned Teleport, while Chen Qing recognized how difficult it would be for Kommo-o to hit it.
• Chen Qing ordered Kommo-o to use Close Combat, but Lucario Teleported behind it and struck its back with Ice Punch.
• Kommo-o entered its Dragon Rage state and swung its tail, while Lucario used Teleport to appear above it with an Aura Bullet.
• Su Hao and Lucario merged Dragon Pulse energy into the Aura Bullet, creating an unstable projectile that would explode once it left Lucario’s control.
• Chen Qing waited for Lucario to approach Kommo-o and then ordered it to use Ultimate Impact.

Su Hao and Lucario defeated Chen Qing and Kommo-o when their unstable Aura Bullet exploded, forcing Chen Qing to concede. After the battle, Li Luoyan, Chu Wei, and Bai Du discussed threats targeting Diancie and the dangers surrounding a secret realm beneath the high seas.

• Chen Qing ordered Kommo-o to launch a devastating Hyper Beam, while Lucario threw its unstable Aura Bullet and escaped with Teleport.
• The Aura Bullet exploded after Dragon-type Energy reacted with Aura Energy, blasting Kommo-o and tearing up the Battle Arena.
• Chen Qing admitted defeat and told Su Hao he hoped to face him again in the Elite Four Challenge; Su Hao promised that day would come.
• The audience and host reacted in disbelief as Su Hao's victory over Chen Qing became clear.
• Li Luoyan, Chu Wei, and Bai Du discussed foreign operatives targeting Diancie and Su Hao's plans to compete for a place in the high-seas secret realm.
• The three connected the secret realm's legend to Ho-Oh and questioned what the New Star people were plotting.

After the award ceremony, Su Hao visited Xia Jie’s treasure vault and discovered that his collection of so-called Enhancement Stones included several Mega Stones and an Evolution Key Stone. He asked Xia Jie to help obtain more of them, laying groundwork for revealing Mega Evolution.

• Xia Jie praised Su Hao and Lucario for their performance and brought them to his villa’s treasure vault.
• Xia Jie explained that Incineroar had quickly learned to use explosive flames, aided by its energy-based flame technique.
• Su Hao spotted Xia Jie’s Camerupt Mega Stone and asked how many Enhancement Stones he had collected.
• Xia Jie showed Su Hao a Heracross Mega Stone, a Charizard Mega Stone Y, and an Evolution Key Stone alongside the Camerupt Mega Stone.
• Su Hao declined Xia Jie’s offer to take the four stones and asked him to seek out more, preferably from other Pokémon Leagues.

Su Hao followed Xia Jie into the deepest part of the treasure vault, where Xia Jie showed him a damaged Water Stone Plate Fragment. Su Hao accepted the fragment and wondered what its shattering meant for Arceus and the arrangements surrounding him and Reshiram.

• Xia Jie arranged to contact old friends who could help obtain Enhancement Stones through private channels.
• Xia Jie led Su Hao through layers of security and revealed a damaged Plate Fragment entrusted to him by a deceased friend.
• Su Hao recognized the object as an Arceus Plate, and Reshiram reacted with shock that a Plate representing the world's origin had shattered.
• Su Hao suggested Arceus might have allowed the Plates to shatter as part of a plan, calming Reshiram and making it eager to revive its body.
• Xia Jie gave Su Hao the Water Stone Plate Fragment, saying its Water-type energy might someday strengthen one of his Pokémon.

Su Hao returned to Jiangcheng University after his Pokémon made major gains in Yundu, then learned that he had been approved as a tactical core for the University League. With Lake Tower reopening for only half a month, he gathered his Pokémon at home to finally hold an internal tournament and hoped to make Articuno owe him a favor.

• Su Hao recalled Incineroar, Hisuian Braviary, and Lucario’s progress during their special training in Yundu.
• Su Hao returned to Jiangcheng University, where his teammates marveled at Lucario’s rapid growth after watching his recent match.
• Zhao Yun announced that Lake Tower would reopen for half a month and urged Su Hao to leave early with the team using an independent timer.
• Su Hao learned that the university had voted to make him a tactical core alongside Li Xiao for the University League.
• Su Hao gathered his eight Pokémon at his villa to hold an internal tournament, hoping the second-place winner would help Articuno incur a debt to him.

Su Hao introduced Reshiram as the tournament’s special referee and organized a round-robin team tournament with prizes and restrictions. The tournament began with Diancie taking the field, but every other Pokémon forfeited rather than face it.

• Su Hao introduced Reshiram to the Pokémon as the True Dragon and the upcoming tournament’s special referee.
• Su Hao announced the tournament’s prizes and rules, including a ban on Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, and his Aura support.
• Diancie, Incineroar, Dragapult, Hisuian Braviary, and the other Pokémon sized up their chances and the prizes.
• Reshiram witnessed the start of the round-robin tournament, and Diancie was the first to take the field.
• Every Pokémon forfeited against Diancie, leaving her to wonder whether she had already won first place.

Su Hao’s team held an internal tournament, where Incineroar won its first six matches and prepared to face Dragapult for second place. The Sparkling Stone Su Hao bought for Diancie was still being shipped, leaving Diancie to wait for it.

• Su Hao bought an uncut Sparkling Stone from a collector in Hawaii State, but it would not arrive before his second Trial began.
• Incineroar defeated Metang and Leafeon, then overcame Lucario after activating Current Propulsion.
• Incineroar beat Hisuian Braviary by unleashing Explosion Blaze, forcing it to the ground under the tournament’s flight rules.
• Su Hao and Reshiram praised Incineroar’s Fire-type talent and Hisuian Braviary’s progress after the match.
• Incineroar used speed, Thunder Punch, and Explosion Blaze to wear down Milotic and defeat it for the first time.
• After six consecutive victories, Incineroar prepared to face Dragapult.

Incineroar and Dragapult fought to decide second place in Su Hao’s internal tournament, with Dragapult overwhelming Incineroar through coordinated attacks with its Dreepy siblings. Incineroar’s powerful Explosion Burn was extinguished, leaving it unable to move as the battle continued.

• Su Hao explained that the tournament’s second-place contest came down to Incineroar and Dragapult.
• Incineroar opened with Intimidate and Fake Out, but Dragapult evaded the attack with afterimages and retaliated with Heat Wave.
• Dragapult launched its Dreepy siblings at Incineroar, and their attacks disrupted its Darkest Lariat and struck it with Dragon Pulse.
• Incineroar channeled its emotions into Explosion Burn and formed a huge Blazing Sun.
• Dragapult and the two Dreepy combined their Dragon Pulses to overwhelm Explosion Burn, while Incineroar fell rigid after exhausting itself.

Su Hao’s Pokémon completed their strength-ranking tournament, with Diancie taking first place and Dragapult securing second. Milotic, unsettled by its defeat and slow growth, resolved to absorb the Water-type Plate Fragment and surpass Latios and Latias.

• Dragapult defeated Incineroar and Milotic in their consecutive challenges, while Milotic earned four points and Dragapult went on to finish with seven wins and one abstention.
• The remaining Pokémon fought their matches, and Lucario surprised Su Hao by defeating Hisuian Braviary despite the storm and turbulent conditions.
• Su Hao’s final rankings placed Diancie first, Dragapult second, Incineroar third, Milotic fourth, Lucario fifth, Hisuian Braviary sixth, Leafeon seventh, and Metang eighth.
• Diancie spent its championship prize money on crowdfunding for the manga’s anime adaptation, Dragapult bought stones for its Gem Mountain, and Incineroar ordered heavier training equipment to prepare for a rematch.
• Milotic considered absorbing the Water-type Plate Fragment to accelerate its growth and regain its drive, resolving to become stronger than Latios and Latias.
• The chapter described Electabuzz’s rarity, lightning-based abilities, rapid movement, healing electricity, and tendency to cause forest fires.

Su Hao entered the Trial of Knowledge, where Uxie warned him that a sealed Pokémon Egg would hatch and help him confront an awakening threat. After learning the Trial had a two-week time limit, Su Hao was transported away to begin it.

• Zhao Caiwei encouraged Jiangcheng University's team before Su Hao and the others entered Lake Tower.
• Uxie greeted Su Hao and told him to complete the Trial quickly before a being's remains awakened.
• Uxie said the Pokémon Egg sealed in the Stone Gate Ruins would hatch, and the Pokémon of Thunderclap would aid Su Hao.
• Su Hao recognized that the Time Gear and Space Gear had transported him to a parallel Pokémon world.
• A mission prompt gave Su Hao 336 hours to complete the Trial of Knowledge and earn the Proof of Knowledge.
• The gears shone brightly, and Su Hao vanished from their space.

After being transported by a Time Gear to the frozen Crown Snowfield, Su Hao learned from Reshiram that a Legendary Pokémon was somewhere to the west and set off toward its aura. He and Diancie fought off a pack of Weavile, which fled once it realized how outmatched it was.

• The chapter described how the King of Abundance protected the Ice Remnants of Crown Snowfield and how their settlements grew into Ice King City.
• Su Hao arrived in a blizzard with temperatures of negative 45 degrees Celsius and put on cold-weather gear.
• Su Hao released Diancie to keep watch while he used Aura to detect several powerful, violent presences nearby.
• Reshiram told Su Hao it did not recognize the world but sensed a Legendary Pokémon to the west.
• Su Hao and Diancie defeated a group of attacking Pokémon, and the leader Weavile ordered the pack to retreat.

Su Hao and Diancie discovered a human merchant caravan in an unfamiliar ancient world, but an Ivory Pig attacked before they could make contact. Su Hao changed into fur clothing and rushed to help, hoping to learn more about the people and the weakened Legendary Pokémon aura nearby.

• Su Hao and Diancie traveled west through harsh terrain, where Su Hao encountered an ancient-looking Garchomp and realized he might be in the distant past.
• Reshiram sensed a weak Legendary Pokémon aura to the west, while Su Hao spotted a road and a human caravan below the mountain.
• Diancie pointed out that an Ivory Pig had thrown the caravan into chaos, and she and Su Hao decided to use the attack as a chance to make contact.
• Su Hao changed into fur clothing and hurried with Diancie to the battlefield, where the Ivory Pig was killing caravan members as they fled.
• Su Hao spread his Aura across the scene and prepared to stop the Ivory Pig, deciding he might have to pretend to be mute if he could not understand the caravan's language.

Jack’s caravan was attacked by an Ivory Pig while carrying Radiant Petals, but Su Hao and Diancie arrived and defeated the beast. After Jack mistook Su Hao for a powerful Beast Tamer, Su Hao realized he could understand the local language and questioned Jack to learn about the era.

• Jack and his caravan faced an Ivory Pig on the road to Ice King City, leaving Jack as the only survivor.
• Su Hao and Diancie appeared, drawing the Ivory Pig’s attention away from Jack.
• Diancie pressured the Ivory Pig, which attacked with Rock Slide, but she struck it down before the boulders could hit them.
• Jack thanked Su Hao on his knees, believing him to be an elite Beast Tamer sent by Priest Yana.
• Su Hao discovered he could understand Jack and asked why Jack had encountered the Pig Demonic Beast.

Su Hao learned that he had traveled into the past, to the Land of Glacial Prison, and set out for Ice King City to find Calyrex and change the course of history. He reached the city gates with Jack, where the soldiers knelt before him because of Lucario.

• Jack told Su Hao that Priestess Yana had sent him to gather Radiant Petals, and Su Hao realized he was in his own world's past.
• Jack explained that the Ice Remnants lived in the Land of Glacial Prison under the rule of the Ice King, and Su Hao suspected the Ice King had taken power from Calyrex.
• Su Hao decided to go to Ice King City to find Calyrex, disguised himself and Lucario, and had Jack lead the caravan there.
• Su Hao and Jack reached Ice King City after half a day's travel, and Su Hao noticed that the soldiers guarding the city had no Pokémon.
• The soldiers knelt when they saw Lucario, allowing Su Hao to enter Ice King City without obstruction.