Chapter Summaries

Su Hao confronted Xavier Baden over his hostility, then prepared his team for the semifinals while cultivating Aura with Lucario. Lucario broke through to Gym Level in the Divine Land Alliance lounge, leaving Su Hao’s teammates stunned.

• Su Hao threatened Xavier Baden after sensing his targeted malice, and Liao Xingchen stopped the confrontation by feeding Su Hao a sandwich.
• Xavier left breakfast with the German Alliance players after warning Liao Xingchen to control his team.
• Su Hao told his teammates Xavier might have his players target him and urged them to follow their own tactics while he handled the danger.
• Qin Gang arrived at the Giant Beast Arena to watch Su Hao compete, while Queen Alistair took a seat between Xavier and Liao Xingchen.
• Su Hao and Lucario cultivated Aura together, triggering a powerful shockwave that knocked Xiao Zijian and the others down.
• Su Hao confirmed that Lucario had broken through to Gym Level, and Xiao Zijian called them monsters.

Su Hao prepared Lucario for the Zone A semifinal after its Aura breakthrough doubled its total Aura, then led the Divine Land Alliance team into the arena against the German Alliance. The teams released their Pokémon, and the German side underestimated Lucario’s Gym Level aura as the match was about to begin.

• Su Hao sensed Lucario’s breakthrough and found that its total Aura had doubled, while Lucario resolved to fight in both upcoming battles.
• Su Hao, Bai Linglong, and Jin Lin prepared to compete, and Xiao Zijian and Cheng Liming wished them luck.
• Liao Xingchen greeted Queen Alistair in the stands, while Xavier Baden complained that she was showing concern for the Divine Land Alliance team.
• The commentator introduced Paul, Leon, and Carl for the German Alliance and Su Hao, Bai Linglong, and Jin Lin for the Divine Land Alliance as both teams entered the arena and released their Pokémon.
• Paul’s team saw Lucario’s Gym Level Early Stage aura and felt confident, but Queen Alistair and Qin Gang sensed its vigorous Aura, and the semifinal was about to begin.

In the International Youth Championship semifinal, Su Hao’s team countered the German Alliance’s attempt to overwhelm Lucario by using the opening to power up Hydreigon and Big Chrysanthemum. As the teams clashed, Su Hao prepared an Aura-based move and challenged the German Alliance to face it.

• The referee began the semifinal, and the German Alliance targeted Lucario with Shedinja, Talonflame, and Coalossal while Hydreigon and Big Chrysanthemum powered up.
• Lucario used Aura Cloak and Bulk Up to meet Talonflame’s Flare Blitz, then blasted Shedinja away with an Aura Bullet guided by Su Hao.
• Bai Linglong’s Hydreigon slowed Coalossal with Tri Attack and charged it, while Jin Lin’s Big Chrysanthemum attacked Shedinja with Frenzy Plant.
• Su Hao recognized the tactic the German Alliance had used against the Indian Alliance’s Psychic users and began gathering Aura as he challenged them to take his next move.

Su Hao and Lucario overwhelmed the German Alliance team with a massive Aura Bullet, securing the Divine Land Alliance’s semifinal victory. The team advanced to the finals, where White Eagle or Great Britain awaited, and Liao Xingchen worried about their opponents’ plans.

• Su Hao and Lucario combined their Auras to create a huge Aura Bullet infused with Electric-type energy.
• Lucario used Teleport while carrying the unstable Aura Bullet and struck Talonflame from above, knocking it out in the explosion.
• Lucario’s attack weakened Coalossal and Shedinja, while Big Chrysanthemum protected Hydreigon and healed its injuries.
• Hydreigon defeated Coalossal, and Big Chrysanthemum and Lucario defeated Shedinja, giving the Divine Land Alliance the semifinal victory.
• Queen Alistair and Liao Xingchen reflected on Lucario’s growth and Su Hao’s success, while Liao Xingchen worried about facing White Eagle or Great Britain in the final.

After Su Hao’s Aura Bullet performance brought Wave Power into the public eye, Qin Gang returned home to capitalize on the surge of interest in Aura training. Su Hao rested and prepared for the finals while the Great Britain Alliance revealed controllable Gigantamax in its battle against the White Eagle Alliance.

• Su Hao’s Aura Bullet video surpassed one hundred million views, prompting a rush of applicants at Aura School dojos across the Divine Land Alliance.
• Qin Gang resold his semifinals and finals tickets at a huge markup and hurried home to recruit new Aura students.
• Su Hao returned to the hotel, received a custom necklace for his Evolution Key Stone, and practiced dramatically breaking its replacement chains while announcing Mega Evolution.
• Su Hao and his Pokémon rested at the hotel as the White Eagle Alliance forced the Great Britain Alliance into a defensive position.
• The Great Britain Alliance team activated its Dynamax Bands and used underground Gigantamax Energy to unleash controllable Gigantamax.

The Great Britain Alliance revealed that it could control Gigantamax, using three Gigantamax Pokémon to crush the White Eagle Alliance in the semifinals. At a meeting, Su Hao argued that Gigantamax must have limitations and said he would still send out Lucario in the final.

• The Great Britain Alliance used three Gigantamax Pokémon to defeat the White Eagle Alliance, shocking the audience and alliance leaders.
• Su Hao woke up after Xiao Zijian and the others came to bring him to a meeting called by Liao Xingchen.
• Liao Xingchen showed Su Hao and the others footage of the Great Britain Alliance's crushing semifinal victory and warned that they would use Gigantamax in the final.
• Xiao Zijian, Cheng Liming, Jin Lin, and Bai Linglong worried about how difficult it would be to face three Gigantamax Pokémon.
• Su Hao said Gigantamax must have limitations and declared that he would still send out Lucario in the final.

As the finals began, the Great Britain Alliance entered as the overwhelming favorite because of its three Gigantamax Pokémon, while Divine Land supporters struggled to believe their team could win. Su Hao remained determined to send out Lucario, and the chapter ended with him promising his team they would prevail.

• Audiences and online forums expected the Great Britain Alliance to win, while many Trainers looked forward to its promised Gigantamax press conference.
• Ying Huan rallied the subdued Divine Land Alliance supporters at the Giant Beast Arena as the finals began.
• The Queen of Great Britain greeted Liao Xingchen and Queen Alistair and invited them to the next day's press conference.
• Liao Xingchen told Queen Alistair that Su Hao still planned to send Lucario out, leaving her baffled.
• Liao Xingchen asked Marshadow through the Rainbow Feather whether it had seen Su Hao's hidden trump card, but Marshadow did not know what he was planning.
• Su Hao finished Calm Mind with Lucario and assured his team they would win the battle.

Su Hao, Xiao Zijian, and Bai Linglong entered the International Youth Exchange Competition final against Prince William's Great Britain team, which planned to overwhelm them with Gigantamax. Su Hao warned William that his defeat was near, and the battle began with the Divine Land team facing three opponents poised to Gigantamax.

• Su Hao scheduled a file for publication through Su Qing's academic website account, then told Xiao Zijian and Bai Linglong they were walking into a new era for Trainers.
• Prince William offered Su Hao and his teammates the chance to join the Great Britain Alliance in exchange for access to Gigantamax, but Su Hao refused.
• Su Hao told William that everyone was watching and that he had only three minutes left before his defeat, then led his teammates to their side of the arena.
• William ordered Dylan and Edward to use Gigantamax from the start, and the referee began the battle.
• Su Hao sent out Lucario, Xiao Zijian sent out Breloom, and Bai Linglong sent out Hydreigon against William's Basculegion, Dylan's Corviknight, and Edward's Inteleon.

Su Hao’s team faced William’s Gigantamax Pokémon in the Giant Beast Arena, and Su Hao revealed Mega Evolution as Lucario’s last-minute power-up. Lucario’s Aura Bullet knocked out all three opponents just before the match ended, and Su Hao announced that his research paper had been uploaded.

• William, Dylan, and Edward Gigantamaxed Basculegion, Corviknight, and Inteleon and attacked Lucario, Breloom, and Hydreigon with G-Max Moves.
• Su Hao synchronized his Aura with Lucario’s and directed the team to endure the attack while preparing a coordinated counter.
• Bai Linglong and Xiao Zijian boosted Lucario with Helping Hand and Dragon Cheer as Su Hao triggered its Mega Evolution.
• Su Hao ordered Mega Lucario to fire an enormous Aura Bullet, which knocked out the three Gigantamax Pokémon and left the arena in stunned silence.
• Su Hao explained Mega Evolution to the crowd and announced that his research paper had been uploaded.

After Su Hao revealed Mega Evolution to the world, Trainers and scholars rushed to learn more, while the Great Britain Alliance’s Gigantamax plans faltered. As the Divine Land Alliance team prepared to return home, Su Hao secretly decided to stay behind and handle unfinished business.

• Scholars found Su Hao’s complete Mega Evolution paper, and Trainers worldwide grew excited by the possibility that their Pokémon could gain greater power.
• The Great Britain Alliance’s Gigantamax plans lost support after Mega Evolution overshadowed it, while reporters and Trainers gathered outside the Divine Land Alliance team’s hotel.
• Liao Xingchen told the team that the Pokémon League wanted them to return home for a press conference and to avoid trouble from rivals.
• Su Hao told the others he would pretend to leave with them, then secretly return to the Great Britain Alliance to finish his business.
• Reporters questioned Su Hao about Mega Evolution and an accusation of stolen research, and he replied that he had a Pokémon Professor mother.

Su Hao arranged for his mother to handle Mega Evolution and requested access to the Northern Village Secret Realm as a reward, then secretly left the plane for the Great Britain Alliance. In Yang City, Su Xu faced Long Tianxing in a ranked match, determined to avenge the way Long Tianxing had treated his son.

• Su Hao told Liao Xingchen that Su Qing would coordinate the Mega Evolution arrangements and insisted he could safely remain in the Great Britain Alliance under a disguise.
• Su Hao requested entry to the classified Northern Village Secret Realm, and Liao Xingchen agreed to submit the request for approval.
• Su Hao left the plane with Lucario's Teleport, and Liao Xingchen asked Marshadow what it knew about Mega Evolution.
• In Yang City, Su Xu and Long Tianxing met again in the ranked matches and exchanged taunts about Long Tianxing's treatment of Su Hao.
• Su Xu told Long Tianxing he would not hold back and vowed to beat him.

Su Xu battled Long Tianxing in an official ranking match, where the winner would take the loser's rank. After Charizard overwhelmed Salamence with Explosion Blaze, Su Xu pressed Long Tianxing to reveal his trump card, and Long Tianxing ordered Salamence to unleash ancient power.

• Long Tianxing's Salamence and Su Xu's Charizard began the match with Flamethrower, and Charizard's stronger flames forced Salamence to dodge.
• Salamence closed in with Dragon Claw, but Charizard matched its attacks and deflected its blows.
• Salamence unleashed Dragon Rush, but Charizard dodged and struck it with Explosion Blaze, engulfing it in flames.
• Su Xu taunted Long Tianxing to use his trump card, and Long Tianxing ordered Salamence to unleash the power from ancient times.

Su Xu Mega Evolved Charizard into Mega Charizard Y and overwhelmingly defeated Long Tianxing’s Salamence, leaving the arena destroyed. After the crowd celebrated Su Xu, Qian Kun showed him the repair bill, and Su Xu blamed Long Tianxing for the cost.

• Su Xu revealed his Key Stone and Mega Evolved Charizard into Mega Charizard Y, whose new Ability was Drought.
• Mega Charizard Y dodged Salamence’s attacks and burned through its defenses with powerful flames.
• Mega Charizard Y defeated Salamence with a firestorm that sent it crashing into the lava-like battlefield.
• The crowd cheered for Su Xu, while he and Long Tianxing left the ruined arena separately.
• Qian Kun told Su Xu the repair bill would be enormous, prompting Su Xu to swear at Long Tianxing.

Su Hao entered the tunnels beneath the Augusto Mountains, intending to reach Ore Kingdom and investigate a possible R Institute branch. After disguising himself, he arrived at Dominic Mine’s transit area and prepared to take Tunnel No. 11.

• Su Hao powered off his phone and entered a tunnel beneath the Augusto Mountains.
• Su Hao trained Leafeon against an Onix, then restored Leafeon’s energy with a Leaf Stone.
• Su Hao followed the faint sensation toward the passage to Ore Kingdom and heard mining machines nearby.
• Su Hao disguised himself as an ordinary Great Britain man and agreed with Leafeon to destroy the R Institute and rescue its persecuted Pokémon if they found it.
• At Dominic Mine, the supervisor recognized Su Hao’s familiar golden eyes but asked about the tunnel requirements, and Su Hao paid to take Tunnel No. 11.

Disguised as Arthur, Su Hao trained Metagross in Cave No. 11 and considered whether its Destruction Gene might let it Mega Evolve without a Mega Stone. Their progress was interrupted by a fleeing Shiny Corphish and the approach of humans, including Young Master Ian.

• Su Hao entered Cave No. 11 with Metagross and defeated an Aggron with Meteor Mash.
• Su Hao treated Metagross and speculated that mastering its Destruction Gene could enable Mega Evolution without a Mega Stone.
• Metagross detected several approaching life forms, and Su Hao sensed that they were humans.
• A flustered Shiny Corphish emerged from the ground, mistook Su Hao for its pursuers, and fled in another direction.
• Young Master Ian's companion demanded that he catch the Corphish.

Su Hao and Metagross encountered Ian and his bodyguard Sophia in Tunnel No. 11, where Ian tried to claim Su Hao’s Shiny Metagross as compensation for a lost Shiny Corphish. The confrontation ended with Metagross defeating Beedrill in one blow and frightening Ian into wetting himself.

• Su Hao and Metagross met Ian, Sophia, and her Beedrill in the tunnel, and Ian stopped them from passing.
• Ian asked whether Su Hao had seen a Shiny Corphish, and Su Hao said it had escaped into a freshly dug hole.
• Ian ordered Beedrill to attack Su Hao and Metagross, but Metagross crushed the incoming Pin Missiles with Psychic power.
• Ian demanded Su Hao give him his Shiny Metagross as compensation for losing the Corphish.
• Su Hao ordered Meteor Mash, and Metagross knocked Ian down and defeated Beedrill with a single blow, leaving Ian terrified.

Su Hao discovered that Sophia’s trump card was Genesect, a prototype tied to the R Institute, and fought it in the underground passage. After his Pokémon wounded Genesect, Sophia fled to seek support, leaving Ian behind.

• Ian, humiliated after wetting himself, demanded that Sophia stop holding back against Su Hao.
• Sophia’s Poké Ball released Genesect, which blocked Metagross’s Psychic and revealed itself as GT-003.
• Sophia kicked Ian aside and ordered Genesect to attack Su Hao and Metagross.
• Genesect’s Dark Pulse blasted Metagross into the rock wall, but Incineroar weakened Genesect with Intimidate and met its Techno Blast with Flare Blitz.
• Su Hao’s Pokémon struck Genesect with Sacred Sword, and Sophia fled on Genesect, leaving the unconscious Ian behind.

Su Hao pursued Sophia to a hidden entrance to the R Institute and captured her, setting off alarms inside. Meanwhile, branch director Charles prepared to leave after completing his research on Gigantamax Energy and Genesect, unaware that Su Hao had reached the institute.

• Su Hao ordered Metagross to carry the unconscious Ian and followed Sophia and the injured Genesect using his Aura.
• Sophia reached the concealed institute entrance, recalled Genesect, and opened the disguised gate with a keycard.
• Su Hao appeared behind Sophia, identified the location as an R Institute branch, and threw Ian inside.
• Metagross restrained Sophia and slammed her into a metal wall, triggering alarms throughout the institute.
• Charles reviewed the branch’s Genesect and Gigantamax research and waited for people sent by Mr. R so he could return to headquarters.

Su Hao fought his way through an R Institute branch and found Charles Dominic waiting with three Genesect. Charles activated the Pokémon to stop him, while Su Hao faced two Early Elite Four Level Genesect and one Elite Four Level Mid-stage Genesect.

• Charles ordered the researchers to destroy evidence, then learned that intruders had entered the institute and saw Sophia and Ian defeated on the surveillance footage.
• Charles watched Su Hao command Leafeon to defeat the guards and researchers, then awakened and activated three Genesect.
• Su Hao used Metagross to shield against the guards’ specialized bullets while Leafeon cut down their Pokémon.
• Su Hao concluded that the institute was an R Institute branch whose test subjects had been transferred months earlier, and continued fighting toward Charles’s laboratory.
• Su Hao recognized Charles Dominic as the owner of Dominic Company and Ian’s father, then saw the three Genesect behind him.

Su Hao stopped Charles's attack by revealing Reshiram, whose azure flames overwhelmed the laboratory and began burning away the sins of everyone inside. Charles and the research staff were left engulfed in the flames.

• Charles ordered the three Genesects to fire Techno Blast at Su Hao, hoping to kill him before abandoning the institute.
• Su Hao raised his hand and used azure flames to erase the attack without harming Leafeon or Metagross.
• Su Hao revealed Reshiram, and Charles recognized it as the being that had burned Tokyo.
• Su Hao snapped his fingers, and Reshiram engulfed the laboratory, including Charles, the security staff, researchers, Ian, and Sophia, in azure flames.