Chapter Summaries

After Cycloze grew stronger from eating Terastal Crystals, Su Hao decided to return to the White Eagle Alliance's Electric Grand Canyon after finishing his examiner duties. At the Imperial City exam site, he unexpectedly reunited with Jiang Chengcheng, who had come to take the College Entrance Exam, and began waiting to examine candidates.

• Cycloze gained two moves after eating four Terastal Crystals, and Su Hao concluded that it would need increasingly powerful crystals to keep growing stronger.
• Su Hao decided to return to the Electric Grand Canyon after his examiner duties and joked to his Pokémon that he had an illegitimate child outside.
• At the Imperial City exam site, Su Hao ran into Jiang Chengcheng, who was there to take the College Entrance Exam, and showed her his examiner ID.
• Su Hao and Jiang Chengcheng caught up, and Su Hao joked that he might be her examiner before hurrying away when she boasted about her strength.
• Su Hao completed the handover and waited in the Battle Arena, hoping Jiang Chengcheng would not be assigned to his examination area.

Jiang Qin entered the B2 Area examination room confident that he would defeat Su Hao, but Cycloze easily knocked out both of his Pokémon. After leaving the exam, Jiang Qin rejected Xiao Rou and vowed to give up dating until he caught up to the man he had made his goal.

• Jiang Qin proposed to Xiao Rou, and she shyly agreed before he headed to the B2 Area exam.
• Jiang Qin challenged Su Hao, declaring that he would defeat the examiner and become a couple with Xiao Rou.
• Su Hao sent out Cycloze, and Jiang Qin's Tauros was knocked unconscious by an Overhead Slam.
• Cycloze defeated Jiang Qin's Professional Level Ursifu with one punch.
• Jiang Qin left the examination room and rejected Xiao Rou, deciding to pursue his goal of catching up to Su Hao.

Su Hao tested Jiang Chengcheng in the College Entrance Exam, and Cycloze defeated her Gallade and Baxcalibur with ease. Jiang Chengcheng’s Machamp showcased its Flowing Water Ultimate Technique before Cycloze overpowered it, earning her high marks from the examiners.

• Su Hao sent Cycloze against Jiang Chengcheng’s Gallade, which Cycloze defeated with Take Down despite its Sacred Sword.
• Cycloze knocked out Jiang Chengcheng’s Baxcalibur with a single punch.
• Jiang Chengcheng sent out Machamp to demonstrate the Flowing Water Ultimate Technique: Close Combat Combo.
• Cycloze defended against Machamp’s fluid barrage, then smashed it into the battlefield with overwhelming strength.
• The examiners gave Jiang Chengcheng high scores after seeing Machamp force Cycloze to defend.

After comforting Jiang Chengcheng following her assessment, Su Hao returned to Yang City and told Su Xu he had brought Grass-type Pokémon from the Sakura Nation Alliance into the Articuno Secret Realm. He then asked his stunned father to get him a White Eagle Alliance passport.

• Jiang Chengcheng told Su Hao that she and Machamp had trained hard to master their ultimate technique, and she vowed that she and Li Hua would keep trying to catch up to him.
• Su Hao promised to help Jiang Chengcheng and Li Hua after his competition, and Jiang Chengcheng playfully pinned him down for calling himself their big brother.
• Su Hao left the examination venue and rode Dragapult through the Reverse World to Yang City, where he accidentally slammed into Su Xu while emerging from a passage.
• Su Hao sensed Skadi in the newly arrived Articuno Secret Realm and spent nearly three hours inside before meeting Su Xu in the living room.
• Su Hao told Su Xu that he had brought three Elite Four Level Grass-type Pokémon, several Gym Level Grass-type Pokémon, and their clansmen from the Sakura Nation Alliance into the Articuno Secret Realm.
• Su Hao asked Su Xu to obtain a White Eagle Alliance passport for him that day, leaving his father shocked.

Su Hao arrived in Orchester Town, where the Carlisle Family was suppressing rumors about an unknown Electric-type Pokémon spotted in the Electric Grand Canyon. He entered a tavern to learn what was happening before continuing his search for Zeraora, while a Carlisle guard kept watch.

• An explorer returned from the Electric Grand Canyon with a photograph of an unknown golden-furred Electric-type Pokémon, and Tran Carlisle came to town to claim it and suppress the news.
• Tran Carlisle's subordinates detained the explorer and confiscated communication devices as the Carlisle Family locked down Orchester Town.
• Su Hao arrived in town while seeking Zeraora and sensed the suspicion and attention of the residents and Carlisle personnel.
• Reshiram warned Su Hao that many people were watching him, and Su Hao decided to gather information before entering the forest.
• Su Hao entered a tavern to ask about the town, while a Carlisle guard watched the entrance and prepared to apprehend him.

Su Hao learned that Tran Carlisle and the Carlisle Family were hunting Zeraora in Electric Grand Canyon, so he bypassed the guards and headed there through the Reverse World. Zeraora, exhausted and wounded after fleeing the Carlisle Family’s Pokémon, fell from a collapsing rock wall and was left facing its pursuers.

• Su Hao paid the tavern bartender for news and learned that Tran Carlisle had entered Electric Grand Canyon to capture a swift, unknown Electric-type Pokémon.
• Su Hao found the canyon sealed by Carlisle Family guards, avoided a confrontation, and used Dragapult to travel through the Reverse World toward the canyon.
• Zeraora recalled leaving the stone chamber to search for Su Hao and approaching the humans, who attacked it with increasingly powerful Pokémon.
• Zeraora fled through the canyon from Tran Carlisle’s group and Vikavolt, but Wind-based attacks wounded it as it neared exhaustion.
• Zeraora fell when a crumbling rock wall gave way, exhausted its stored electricity, and wondered where Su Hao was as its pursuers approached.

Tran Carlisle tried to capture the injured Zeraora for his own rise within the Carlisle Family, but Su Hao arrived in time to stop him. After Su Hao healed Zeraora and refused to hand it over, Tran Carlisle ordered an attack, setting up a confrontation with Vikavolt.

• Tran Carlisle approached the trapped Zeraora and prepared to capture it with a Great Ball, hoping to replace Ophelia as the Carlisle Family heir.
• Su Hao interrupted the capture by shattering the Great Ball with an Aura Bullet and sent Dragapult to strike Vikavolt with Shadow Sneak.
• Zeraora relaxed and fainted in Su Hao's arms, while Su Hao used Tokiwa Power to heal its injuries.
• Tran Carlisle threatened Su Hao and demanded that he surrender Zeraora, but Su Hao refused.
• Tran Carlisle declared that Su Hao should die and directed Vikavolt to attack him and the Dragapult siblings.

Su Hao defeated Tran Carlisle’s Pokémon and killed him in revenge for Zeraora’s injuries, despite Ophelia Carlisle’s attempt to stop him. The chapter ended with Su Hao turning to Ophelia and asking, “Oh, and then?”

• Su Hao’s Diancie blocked Vikavolt’s Zap Cannon while Dragapult and the Dragapult siblings defeated Tran Carlisle’s other Pokémon.
• Diancie overwhelmed Vikavolt with Diamond Storm, leaving Tran Carlisle without protection.
• Tran Carlisle begged Su Hao for mercy and offered his assets and help against the Carlisle Family, but Su Hao refused.
• Su Hao ignored Reshiram’s offer to kill Tran Carlisle and formed an Aura Bullet to strike his heart.
• Ophelia Carlisle arrived and pleaded with Su Hao to stop, but he killed Tran Carlisle and asked her, “Oh, and then?”

Su Hao killed Tran Carlisle after Tran showed killing intent and mistreated Su Hao’s lost Pokémon, while Ophelia Carlisle chose to conceal the death rather than fight him. Su Hao continued deeper into the Electric Grand Canyon and sheltered in a cave while waiting for Zeraora to wake.

• Su Hao explained that Tran Carlisle had threatened him and mistreated his Pokémon, and Ophelia Carlisle decided to let him leave and hide what happened from her family.
• Ophelia Carlisle ordered her attendants to say wild Pokémon had killed Tran, and Su Hao handed over Tran’s Poké Balls so the Pokémon could be returned to their Trainers.
• After Su Hao left, Ophelia Carlisle told Smith she feared his strength and instructed the group to pretend they had found Tran’s corpse after a wild Pokémon attack.
• Su Hao used his Aura to avoid wild Electric-type Pokémon and found a concealed cave where he planned to wait for Zeraora to wake.

After reuniting with and capturing Zeraora, Su Hao opened the Stone Gate Ruins with the Three Proofs and entered the spatial vortex. Inside, a Miracle Plate Fragment emerged from his body and carried him into the darkness.

• Su Hao introduced his Pokémon to Zeraora, comforted it, and captured it in a Luxury Ball after it willingly touched the ball.
• Su Hao decided to enter the Stone Gate Ruins and set off at night, recalling his Pokémon before approaching the concealed gate.
• Su Hao presented the Proof of Will, Proof of Wisdom, and Proof of Emotion, which revealed the stone gate and opened a spatial vortex.
• An unseen voice instructed Su Hao to enter the vortex and face the truth of the world, but Reshiram could not hear it.
• Su Hao entered the vortex and found himself weightless in darkness until a Miracle Plate Fragment emerged from his body and enveloped him in pink light.

Su Hao met the Lake Guardians in the darkness and demanded his reward, but Mesprit argued that it had arranged for him to meet Zeraora early. The Guardians then showed him a vision of Arceus exiling the corrupted Spirit Realm beyond the universe, leaving Su Hao puzzled by a contradiction about the Plates.

• Su Hao spotted Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit and immediately demanded his reward from them.
• Mesprit claimed that letting Su Hao meet Zeraora ahead of schedule counted as his reward, and Su Hao reluctantly acknowledged its reasoning.
• The Lake Guardians revealed an ancient vision of Arceus carrying the corrupted Spirit Realm toward the edge of the universe.
• Arceus used its nineteen Plates to open a passage to the Land of Nothingness, expel the Spirit Realm, and seal the Cosmic Wall against Dark Matter.
• Su Hao recalled Articuno's account and wondered why the nineteen Plates appeared intact in the vision after they had supposedly been used to seal the passage.

Su Hao learned that the Plate Fragments inside him came from Reshiram’s original world and were responsible for his Pokémon abilities and altered physique. The Lake Guardians revealed that Arceus was only asleep and that Su Hao had been chosen to gather every Plate Fragment, then noticed Giratina approaching.

• The Lake Guardians summoned the Plate Fragments inside Su Hao, briefly causing his system to disappear and return.
• Reshiram wondered whether Su Hao was a sentient Plate, while Su Hao realized the system was formed from the power of the Plate Fragments.
• Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit explained that Arceus had not shattered the original Plates and that Su Hao’s fragments came from Reshiram’s world, including Zeraora’s.
• The Lake Guardians told Su Hao that he had been chosen to gather every Plate Fragment and confirmed the fragments gave him Pokémon moves, abilities, and physical changes.
• Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit sensed the Lord of the Reverse World approaching and wondered whether it had detected Su Hao.

Su Hao reunited with Giratina in Cosmic space, where Giratina eagerly met Dragapult and its Dreepy. After judging their Reversal Power to be poorly used, Giratina asked to take them for special training.

• Giratina tracked Su Hao and the Lake Guardians through Cosmic space, then pretended it had not come specifically to see Su Hao and Dragapult.
• Su Hao offered to let Giratina see Dragapult and the Dreepy, and Giratina accepted while trying to hide its excitement.
• Giratina created a Shadow Domain that let Dragapult and the Dreepy safely leave their Luxury Ball in Cosmic space.
• Giratina felt pleased that Dragapult had grown well, but became dissatisfied with how crudely Dragapult used Reversal Power.
• Giratina asked Su Hao to let Dragapult and the Dreepy come with it so it could teach them.

Dragapult chose to remain with Giratina to train its control over Reversal Power, and Su Hao reluctantly returned to Blue Star without it or the Dreepy siblings. Back in Yang City, Su Hao discovered changes in his body and mind, prompting a gathering to investigate their cause.

• Mesprit revealed that Su Hao's time in Giratina's domain was ending, and Dragapult dodged Su Hao's attempt to recall it.
• Dragapult asked to train with Giratina, and Giratina promised to bring Dragapult and the Dreepy siblings back to Blue Star once their training was complete.
• Su Hao accepted the separation and returned to Blue Star through the spatial vortex while Dragapult and the Dreepy siblings mourned his departure.
• Su Hao arrived at the Stone Gate Ruins and returned to Yang City, where he found that only one day had passed.
• Su Hao gathered with Su Xu and his Pokémon to investigate changes in his perception, mental clarity, and spiritual world.

Su Hao confirmed that he had awakened Psychic-type powers, though his control was too weak to do more than slightly bend a spoon. With three days until the International Youth Exchange Competition, he prepared for the next stage of his plans and trained in the Articuno Secret Realm.

• Su Hao demonstrated his Psychic-type powers by slightly bending a spoon, while Incineroar mocked him and Milotic struck Incineroar with an Aura Bullet.
• Su Hao explained that his Mental Power was strong but his Psychic-type talent and control were poor, and he told Su Xu that he planned to use the time before the competition to prepare something with Grandpa Xia’s Mega Stones.
• Su Xu asked whether Su Hao had contacted Su Qing for her paper, and Su Hao said the paper was complete and he could set its publication time himself.
• Su Hao entered the Articuno Secret Realm, where Milotic trained its Ice-type moves using Never-Melt Ice and guidance from Legendary Pokémon.
• Su Hao relaxed in the Secret Realm as Hisuian Braviary flew across the sky.

Su Hao checked on Lucario's cultivation and reassured it that its slow progress toward Gym Level was normal. He then visited Reshiram, Incineroar, and Zeraora, where he comforted the two Pokémon struggling with Reshiram's training and secretly thanked Reshiram.

• Sableye served Su Hao Gogoat milk and declined to accompany him to check on the other Pokémon.
• Su Hao flew with an Articuno to the snowy cliff where Lucario was cultivating.
• Lucario told Su Hao it felt close to Gym Level but could not make the breakthrough, and Su Hao reassured it that Leafeon's rapid advancement had depended on exceptional circumstances.
• Su Hao visited Reshiram, Incineroar, and Zeraora as Reshiram criticized the two Pokémon's training progress.
• Incineroar and Zeraora hugged Su Hao in relief, and Su Hao comforted them while privately thanking Reshiram through Aura.

After two days of training, Su Hao departed for the International Youth Exchange Competition, where the Divine Land Alliance team had reached the quarterfinals. As the team prepared for the globally broadcast tournament, online attention focused on Su Hao’s surprising role as captain.

• Su Hao’s Pokémon improved their move proficiency, and his team’s current levels and abilities were outlined.
• On January 8, Su Hao left for the airport while Su Xu planned to visit his master and pursue further training for Charizard.
• The eight quarterfinal teams were announced, with the Sakura Nation Alliance withdrawing and the Indian Alliance advancing as a dark horse.
• Divine Land Alliance netizens reacted with surprise to Su Hao’s place as team captain alongside prominent young trainers.
• Xiao Zijian showed the team a popular Trainer Forum post, and the contestants discussed whether their opponents could use the public information against them.

Su Hao and the Divine Land Alliance team discussed their quarterfinal opponents, and Su Hao suspected Great Britain Alliance might use controllable Gigantamax in the tournament. He chose to visit the Augusto Mountains, where he recalled an R Institute branch might be hidden, alongside the others planning to see Gigantamax Pokémon.

• Liao Xingchen briefed the team on rival alliances and warned them not to underestimate any opponent.
• Su Hao revealed he had casually awakened Psychic-type powers and bent a spoon with Confusion.
• Su Hao questioned the tournament rules and suspected Great Britain Alliance had achieved controllable Gigantamax.
• Xiao Zijian and Cheng Liming planned a trip to see Gigantamax Pokémon near the Augusto Mountains, while Bai Linglong and Jin Lin chose to explore London.
• Su Hao remembered Wilson’s information about an R Institute branch and a Dominic Company mine in the Augusto Mountains, then decided to join the trip.

Su Hao joined Xiao Zijian and Cheng Liming on a tour of Gigantamax Pokémon in the Augusto Mountains, while Marshadow secretly tagged along in his shadow. The group flew into the mountains as their guide explained the region’s history and the dangers of Gigantamax Pokémon.

• Su Hao returned to his room, where Marshadow revealed it had come to play and hid in his shadow to go along on the tour.
• Su Hao chose a Corviknight aerial taxi so he could observe Gigantamax Pokémon and survey the Augusto Mountains from above.
• Su Hao, Xiao Zijian, and Cheng Liming signed the park’s strict liability contract and boarded the aerial taxi with a mother, her daughter, and their guide.
• During the steady flight, the guide described the Augusto Mountains’ resources and explained that Gigantamax Pokémon once threatened Great Britain before the phenomenon was contained in remote wilderness areas.

Su Hao and the tour group encountered a Gigantamax Centiskorch in the Augusto Mountains, while Marshadow explained that Gigantamaxing was connected to the ancient Infinite Comet. A nearby Carbink then Gigantamaxed, and the two Pokémon began attacking each other.

• The guide described Centiskorch to the little girl and led the group toward the monitored Gigantamax Pokémon in the Augusto Mountains.
• Su Hao surveyed the mountain terrain from Corviknight and wondered whether he would have to investigate the Dominic Company to find the R Institute.
• The group saw a massive Gigantamax Centiskorch, and Marshadow told Su Hao that Gigantamaxing had taken root on the planet after the ancient Infinite Comet crisis was resolved.
• A nearby Carbink Gigantamaxed, prompting Centiskorch to launch G-Max Inferno as Carbink countered with G-Max Rockfall.