Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yueluo’s Flabébé defeated Li Qingyi’s Meloetta in a single attack sequence, revealing remarkable battle talent and prompting Li Qingyi to reconsider his training plan. After class, Su Hao brought Jiang Yueluo home, where the Jiang family welcomed them with a feast prepared for their Pokémon as well.

• Li Qingyi yielded the first move to Jiang Yueluo, and he commanded Flabébé to use Future Sight, which appeared to have no effect.
• Meloetta’s Fairy Wind collided with Flabébé’s Leaf Storm, which overwhelmed the attack and struck Meloetta.
• Future Sight’s hidden Psychic Ball hit Meloetta, leaving it Out of Battle and giving Flabébé and Jiang Yueluo the win.
• Li Qingyi and the students remained stunned through the rest of class, while Su Hao healed Pokémon and drew the children’s admiration.
• After class, Li Qingyi called her superiors to revise Jiang Yueluo’s planned logistical training in light of Flabébé’s battle talent.
• Su Hao took Jiang Yueluo to the Jiang family restaurant, where Jiang Jian and Li Weini welcomed them and prepared a feast for their Pokémon.

Su Hao said goodbye to Jiang Yueluo before setting off for Viridian Forest, after learning more about Flabébé's unusual Future Sight. As Su Hao and Flabébé high-fived, their powers stirred and an image passed between them.

• Chef Lu ran out of ingredients while feeding Su Hao's hungry Pokémon, and Jiang Jian ordered him to restock and promised extra pay.
• Su Hao enjoyed the meal and reflected that he could help Jiang Yueluo strengthen his Tokiwa Power by taking him deeper into Viridian Forest.
• Su Hao woke refreshed and learned that Flabébé's silent Future Sight might come from a remnant of Celebi's time-related talent.
• Jiang Yueluo told Su Hao he and Flabébé would become powerful Trainers, and Su Hao revealed that he planned to challenge the upcoming Elite Four Challenge.
• Su Hao high-fived Flabébé as Jiang Yueluo boarded the school bus, and Su Hao's Psychic-type power stirred as Flabébé activated Future Sight.

Su Hao entered Viridian Forest after Flabébé showed him a vision of the forest in a deathly state, and he used his Tokiwa Power to ask the Forest’s Will about it. Reshiram suggested the vision showed a future disaster, possibly caused by Yveltal, and Su Hao decided to check the Life and Death Secret Realm; he realized Viridian Forest’s Pokémon were protecting him because of Forest’s Blessing.

• Su Hao entered Viridian Forest early after worrying that Flabébé’s vision of withered plants and fallen leaves showed a danger to the forest.
• He Shiyun spotted Su Hao at the forest’s edge and froze, recalling their humiliating history.
• Su Hao used the Leaf of Time and his Tokiwa Power to communicate with Viridian Forest’s Will, but sensed no present danger or suffering.
• Reshiram suggested Flabébé’s vision showed a future event, and Su Hao suspected Yveltal might eventually escape its seal and devastate Viridian Forest.
• Su Hao decided to check the Life and Death Secret Realm’s stability before choosing whether to deal with it or seek Articuno.
• Su Hao opened his eyes to find Beedrill surrounding and protecting him, revealing the effect of his Forest’s Blessing.

Su Hao accepted a gift from a Beedrill colony, whose leader decided to escort him through Viridian Forest with hundreds of guards. Meanwhile, Li Xiao’s exploration team heard that the colony was moving unpredictably, then learned a huge group of Beedrills was approaching them.

• The Beedrill leader gave Su Hao a jar of honey and worried that he was traveling alone.
• The leader gathered around five hundred Beedrills to escort Su Hao through Viridian Forest.
• Trainers spread warnings that the Black Fiend Tribe was moving around the forest unpredictably.
• Li Xiao and Yang Sheng decided their team should avoid the Beedrills because the freshmen were poorly equipped to fight them.
• Lin Ke reported that her scouting Sableye had spotted a huge group of Beedrills heading toward the team.

Su Hao set aside his questions about the stable Life and Death Secret Realm and walked through Viridian Forest with the Beedrill tribe. He found Li Xiao and his companions preparing to fight the approaching Beedrill, then revealed that the tribe were his friends.

• Reshiram told Su Hao that the Life and Death Secret Realm was extremely stable and unlikely to collapse, leaving him unsure what Flabébé’s vision had shown.
• Su Hao decided to explore Viridian Forest, train his Pokémon, and check on Hydreigon and his Berry orchard while the Beedrill tribe guarded him.
• Su Hao detected Li Xiao and a group of people nearby, changed direction to meet them, and stopped the Beedrill from chasing Lin Ke’s Sableye.
• Li Xiao, Lin Ke, Yang Sheng, and He Sheng prepared their Pokémon and gathered the freshmen when they heard that hundreds of Beedrill were approaching.
• Su Hao arrived with the Beedrill, which parted to let him through, and introduced them to Li Xiao and the others as his friends.

Su Hao escorted Li Xiao, Lin Ke, and a group of Jiangcheng University freshmen through Viridian Forest to collect Sand Scale Berries, relying on his ties to the forest’s Pokémon for protection. He led them into a dangerous orchard, where an Elite Four Level Haxorus appeared, and prepared Diancie for its first battle after breaking through.

• Su Hao met Li Xiao and Lin Ke in Viridian Forest and offered to guide their group to a safe place to gather Sand Scale Berries.
• The freshmen crowded around Su Hao with questions, while he overheard Li Xiao whispering about him and challenged Li Xiao to spar later.
• Su Hao’s Beedrill swarm drove off a Gym Level Drapion and escorted the group through the forest until Su Hao sent the Beedrill back with Energy Cubes.
• Su Hao led the group deeper into Viridian Forest, and Li Xiao recognized a tree marking the route to an orchard where an Elite Four Level Hydreigon had once chased him.
• An Elite Four Level Haxorus confronted the group, ignored Su Hao’s forest affinity, and forced Su Hao to bring out Diancie for its first battle after breaking through.

Su Hao and Diancie defeated Haxorus, then helped Li Xiao’s group complete their Berry-gathering mission in Viridian Forest. After Haxorus escorted them out, Li Xiao mentioned that crops near the forest’s outskirts had been withering, giving Su Hao a new lead to investigate.

• Diancie blocked Haxorus’s attacks and overwhelmed it with Diamond Storm, leaving Haxorus wounded in a crater.
• Haxorus begged Su Hao and Diancie to make peace, and Hydreigon arrived, recognized Su Hao, and obediently accepted the defeat of its partner.
• Su Hao’s group gathered enough Sand Scale Berries from Hydreigon’s orchard to complete their mission.
• Hydreigon asked Haxorus to escort Li Xiao and the other students out of Viridian Forest, and Li Xiao told Su Hao that he hoped to meet him in the Elite Four Challenge.
• Li Xiao mentioned that crops near Viridian Forest’s outskirts had been withering for unknown reasons, and Su Hao realized the problem could point toward something otherwise insignificant to the forest’s vast consciousness.

Su Hao decided to investigate the withering crops in Viridian Forest after Reshiram urged him to inspect the affected areas. At the forest’s outskirts, He Shiyun’s team attacked an Absol for a bounty, and Absol drove them off before confronting He Shiyun and Iron Hands.

• Reshiram urged Su Hao to visit the withered crops, and Su Hao agreed to investigate after gathering Berries from the orchard.
• He Shiyun’s team found Absol beside withered vegetables and attacked it, believing it had caused the damage and could earn them a reward.
• He Shiyun refused to choose a side, telling Iron Hands to wait and observe.
• Absol revealed its Late Professional Level strength and defeated the explorers’ Pokémon with Night Slashes.
• The explorers fled, leaving He Shiyun and Iron Hands alone as Absol gave them a final warning.

Su Hao encountered He Shiyun and Absol in Viridian Forest, easily restraining Absol and recalling their past battle. Meanwhile, Lin Sen reached the walls of Wonder Garden and considered how to break in after the disappearance of two powerful figures and the Divine Land Alliance’s response.

• He Shiyun asked Absol to let her and Iron Hands investigate the dying plants, but Absol refused and threatened them with Flamethrower.
• Su Hao emerged from the bushes, and Absol lunged at him to scare him away; Su Hao pinned it down and dispersed the Aura Bullet he had prepared after realizing Absol had not meant to hurt him.
• Su Hao recognized He Shiyun as the Trainer who had cried after losing to him at the High School Cup, embarrassing her by remembering the incident but forgetting her name.
• Lin Sen stood before the plant wall surrounding Wonder Garden, judged that it would take at least Elite Four-level Mid-stage firepower to break through, and considered the risks of entering Viridian Forest.
• Lin Sen reflected that two figures who had been expected to take control of the Sakura Nation Alliance had disappeared and were likely dead, while the Divine Land Alliance had begun to react.

Lin Sen entered Viridian Forest to drain its plant energy and spread death, while Su Hao investigated a patch of withered land. After learning from Absol that a catastrophe would begin at Wonder Garden, Su Hao decided to handle the danger himself and seek out Liao Xingchen.

• Lin Sen chose Viridian Forest as his new target and sent out a Pokémon to absorb its abundant plant energy, hoping the spreading death would draw the God of Death’s attention.
• Su Hao examined the dead plants and concluded that someone or something had drained the area of all its plant energy.
• Absol returned after escorting He Shiyun out of the forest, and Su Hao agreed that she and the weaker explorers would have been in grave danger if they continued investigating.
• Li Qingyi told Su Hao that she had recalled the investigators and that Liao Xingchen had entered Viridian Forest to investigate the threat.
• Su Hao used Aura to receive Absol’s vision of a catastrophe beginning at Wonder Garden and spreading death through the forest.
• Su Hao thanked Absol, told it not to follow, and prepared to take over the investigation.

Liao Xingchen and Su Hao investigated the Pokémon draining plant energy from Viridian Forest and identified Wonder Garden as a likely target. They discovered Mega Venusaur confronting a human and Pokémon that were greedily absorbing the garden’s plant energy.

• Liao Xingchen examined a lifeless patch of land and asked Marshadow to check for traces of Legendary power.
• Su Hao called Liao Xingchen and revealed that Wonder Garden was a likely location for the next attack.
• Liao Xingchen arrived on his mid-Champion Level Charizard and discussed the threat with Su Hao.
• Mega Venusaur confronted a human and a Pokémon covered in withered yellow leaves as they absorbed Wonder Garden’s plant energy.

Lin Sen and Shedinja overwhelmed Mega Venusaur and destroyed Wonder Garden while Mega Venusaur prayed for its people before losing consciousness. As Su Hao and Liao Xingchen rushed toward Wonder Garden, Su Hao received a distress signal from the Forest Consciousness and realized they had arrived too late.

• Lin Sen watched Shedinja drain plant energy and taunt Mega Venusaur, then urged it to unleash more of its power.
• Shedinja released its destructive calamity power, withering Wonder Garden and rendering Mega Venusaur unconscious as it prayed for its clansmen and people.
• Su Hao and Liao Xingchen flew toward Wonder Garden on Hisuian Braviary and Charizard, hoping to warn Mega Venusaur about the unknown enemy.
• Su Hao sensed the Forest Consciousness's distress signal and told Liao Xingchen that something had happened to Wonder Garden.

Su Hao identified the force ravaging Wonder Garden as Shedinja, the Forest Plague and a Calamity Pokémon working with the New Star Organization. He told Liao Xingchen that Shedinja was heading for Tyranitar’s Rocky Mountain Area, then prepared to stop it while Liao Xingchen handled the battle.

• Su Hao recognized the destructive energy around the fallen Pokémon as the power he had encountered in Ancient Sword Leopard and concluded that Shedinja, the Forest Plague, was responsible.
• Su Hao reasoned that Shedinja had drained plant energy to recover from its imprisonment and had spared its victims to avoid attracting Yveltal.
• Liao Xingchen found Mega Venusaur defeated and explained that Charizard and the arriving Entei could help save some of the injured Pokémon.
• Su Hao revealed that the New Star Organization’s Forest Plague and Shedinja were heading for Tyranitar’s Rocky Mountain Area while Shedinja remained weakened.
• Su Hao refused to wait for Entei, vowed to prevent any Pokémon from dying, and left the battle to Liao Xingchen.

Su Hao sought a way to save the Pokémon in Wonder Garden, whose life energy had been drained. With Celebi’s power flowing through the Leaf of Time, he gained access to the Viridian Forest’s accumulated vitality and prepared to use it to revive them.

• Su Hao left Liao Xingchen and Marshadow to handle the other confrontation and focused on the dying Pokémon in Wonder Garden.
• Su Hao realized his Forest Heal could borrow the Viridian Forest’s strength, but Reshiram explained that the Pokémon needed their lost life energy restored.
• Su Hao summoned Lucario, Mega Evolved it, and resonated their Auras while channeling Tokiwa Power through the Leaf of Time.
• Celebi allowed the Leaf of Time to carry its authority as the Forest God, connecting Su Hao to the Viridian Forest’s stored vitality.
• Su Hao released Milotic and prepared with Hisuian Braviary to bring a revival Rain of Blessing over Wonder Garden.

Lin Sen and Shedinja defeated Tyranitar in the Rocky Mountain Area while gathering Dark Energy, but Liao Xingchen ambushed them with Charizard. Shedinja unleashed Calamity Power against Charizard, only for golden-red Sacred Fire to appear.

• Lin Sen and Shedinja entered Tyranitar’s Rocky Mountain territory and Shedinja swept away Tyranitar’s attack with fallen leaves.
• Shedinja revealed its mid-Champion Level strength and defeated Tyranitar within minutes while absorbing Dark Energy.
• Shedinja sensed they had been discovered, and Lin Sen said they needed to gather energy quickly while Liao Xingchen was occupied in Wonder Garden.
• Liao Xingchen arrived on Charizard, recognized Lin Sen, and offered him a chance to reveal information about the New Star Organization.
• Lin Sen refused to turn away from darkness, and Liao Xingchen ordered Charizard to use Heat Wave.
• Shedinja unleashed Calamity Power against Charizard, but golden-red Sacred Fire appeared before it could reach its target.

Shedinja’s Calamity Power was blocked by Charizard’s Sacred Fire, and the two sides escalated their attacks. Liao Xingchen Mega Evolved Charizard, prompting Shedinja to unleash its full-power Signature Move.

• Liao Xingchen realized Shedinja possessed Authority and warned Charizard to stay wary of its attacks.
• Shedinja and Charizard clashed with Dark Pulse and Abyssal Inferno, while Lin Sen urged Shedinja to finish the fight before Charizard could Mega Evolve.
• Liao Xingchen used his Evolution Key Stone, and Charizard transformed into Mega Charizard X.
• Liao Xingchen ordered Mega Charizard X to use Dragon Dance, bringing its strength close to the pinnacle of Champion Level.
• Shedinja sacrificed its stored energy to unleash its full-power Signature Move at Mega Charizard X.

Lin Sen’s attempt to restore Shedinja ended when Liao Xingchen and Mega Charizard X defeated it with Sacred Fire, though Shedinja protected Lin Sen from the flames. Meanwhile, Su Hao drew vitality from Viridian Forest to create Life Energy, leaving Milotic and Hisuian Braviary to rain it over Wonder Garden and revive the land and its Pokémon.

• Lin Sen unleashed Shedinja’s Calamity Power in a desperate bid to help it recover its strength.
• Liao Xingchen and Mega Charizard X answered with Sacred Fire, which overwhelmed Shedinja and left it unconscious after it shielded Lin Sen.
• Liao Xingchen noticed strange green rain clouds gathering in the distance and Viridian Forest glowing.
• Su Hao used the Leaf of Time and Lucario’s Wave Power to call on Viridian Forest’s plants and Pokémon for a small share of their vitality.
• The forest’s creatures and plants answered Su Hao’s call, while Li Qingyi and Jiang Yueluo sensed the Forest God’s presence.
• Su Hao exhausted himself creating immense Life Energy, then asked Milotic and Hisuian Braviary to use it to bring down the Rain of Blessing.

Su Hao and his Pokémon revived Wonder Garden with Milotic and Hisuian Braviary’s rain, and the grateful wild Pokémon gathered around them. Meanwhile, Liao Xingchen held Lin Sen captive and asked why he had vanished years ago, but Lin Sen said Liao Xingchen had misunderstood something from the start.

• Su Hao and Lucario collapsed after exhausting their strength, while Milotic and Hisuian Braviary summoned Life Energy rain to restore Wonder Garden and its dying Pokémon.
• Mega Venusaur and the other wild Pokémon gathered before Su Hao and his Pokémon, bowing in gratitude beneath the sea of flowers.
• Liao Xingchen confirmed that Lin Sen and Shedinja were captured, using spatial interference devices to block Lin Sen’s escape.
• Liao Xingchen said Entei would arrive to take Lin Sen to the Pokémon League and asked why he had disappeared after his research application was approved.
• Lin Sen replied that Liao Xingchen had misunderstood one thing from the very beginning.

Lin Sen revealed his destructive nature and escaped Liao Xingchen’s ambush through a mysterious golden ring, leaving Shedinja behind. As Su Hao traveled to support Liao Xingchen, Reshiram sensed a violent energy fluctuation at the scene.

• Shedinja realized it knew little about Lin Sen and called to him, but Lin Sen ignored it and told Liao Xingchen that his gentle persona was a disguise.
• Lin Sen admitted that he enjoyed causing despair and chaos, declaring that he had been broken from the beginning.
• As Liao Xingchen and Entei moved to capture him, a golden ring appeared despite the spatial interference field and began transporting Lin Sen away.
• Marshadow grabbed Lin Sen’s legs, but the ring severed them and withstood Entei’s Sacred Fire before vanishing with Lin Sen’s upper body.
• Liao Xingchen, Marshadow, Entei, and Shedinja were left stunned as Shedinja realized Lin Sen had abandoned it.
• While Su Hao rode Metagross toward the Rocky Mountain Area, Reshiram warned him that a violent energy fluctuation had erupted near Liao Xingchen.

Lin Sen recounted how Glacier had used a ring to save him after his legs were severed, then demanded to know what he had encountered in Viridian Forest. Su Hao considered the threat posed by Super Hoopa, examined Liao Xingchen's battle-worn Shedinja, and saw Entei arrive beside Liao Xingchen.

• Glacier placed a jar containing Super Hoopa's malicious thoughts on a glowing table, and the jar vanished from the sealed room.
• Lin Sen woke with his legs severed, accused Glacier of exploiting him, and explained that he still had to find the Ice Rift Shrine and unseal the Sword of Calamity.
• Glacier asked Lin Sen what he had encountered in Viridian Forest, and Lin Sen finished recounting the events to Liao Xingchen.
• Su Hao and Reshiram concluded that Super Hoopa was likely restricted, since it would otherwise have used its power more openly.
• Su Hao observed Liao Xingchen's Charizard pinning down a weakened Shedinja and wondered whether the Ancient Sword Leopard could recover its strength.
• Entei landed beside Liao Xingchen.