Chapter Summaries

After defeating Chen Rui, Su Hao advanced to Great Ball Tier Rank 5 and learned how ranked battles developed Trainers while providing a path to League leadership. The chapter left the Divine Land Alliance facing a looming shortage of elite young talent as its current Champion and Elite Four approached the World Championship age limit.

• The chapter explained the discounts, free Starters, and Pseudo-Legendary rewards offered to ranked-match participants.
• Su Hao received confirmation that his ten consecutive Poké Ball Tier wins advanced him to Great Ball Tier Rank 5.
• Su Hao learned that Great Ball Tier battles included both singles and doubles, encouraging Trainers to build versatile teams and varied strategies.
• The chapter recounted how the Divine Land Alliance's ranked-match system helped it rise to dominance at the World Championships.
• Su Hao's father warned that the current Champion and Elite Four would age out after this year's World Championship, leaving the Alliance without obvious young successors.

After leaving Hulbury Stadium, Su Hao returned to the hotel and watched his Pokémon settle into their different routines. Carbink was upset by the latest manga episode, and after comforting her, Su Hao began researching which Gym to challenge next.

• Su Hao returned to the hotel at night and released Carbink, Incineroar, and Milotic from their Luxury Balls.
• Carbink eagerly used Su Hao's phone to read manga while Incineroar trained and Milotic meditated.
• Su Hao reflected on Carbink's anime obsession, Incineroar's determination to surpass her, and Milotic's drive to grow stronger.
• Carbink screamed after reading that Pineapple Head had been abandoned, and Su Hao comforted her with a promise that the story might turn around.
• Su Hao picked the heartwarming anime Magical Girl Xiao Fang for Carbink, then used his laptop to research which Gym to visit next.

Su Hao arrived in Ice Peak City unprepared for its freezing weather and bought cold-weather gear before heading to the Pokémon Center to look for an experienced mountaineering team. Daiwu and Muxia noticed his Incineroar and became interested in battling it.

• Su Hao reached Ice Peak City and was overwhelmed by the cold, so Incineroar warmed him with Heat Wave.
• Su Hao had Incineroar carry him to a clothing store, where he bought warm clothes and mountaineering equipment.
• Su Hao nearly bumped into Daiwu and Muxia at the store, apologized, and left to seek a mountaineering team at the Pokémon Center.
• Muxia praised Incineroar’s physique and flames and said she wanted Blaziken to battle it.
• Daiwu also became interested in fighting Su Hao’s Incineroar.

Su Hao prepared to climb Ice Feather Mountain and challenge Extreme Ice Gym, hiring an experienced guide to protect him during the journey. After booking an early departure, he planned to reserve a spot at an auction before it began on April 8.

• Su Hao reviewed his moves and chose Protect and Power Release to improve his chances of surviving wild Pokémon attacks.
• Su Hao noticed an upcoming Pokémon auction and decided to reserve a place after arranging his mountain climb.
• Su Hao visited the Climbing Club and asked for a Professional Level Trainer to lead him to Extreme Ice Gym.
• Su Hao paid the fee, completed his registration, and learned that two other clients would join the trip, which was scheduled to depart the next morning.

Su Hao joined Captain Roger, Muxia, and Daiwu for a climb up Ice Feather Mountain so he could challenge the Extreme Ice Gym. After a Weavile pack attacked the group, Su Hao revealed his Aura ability, leaving Muxia and Daiwu impressed by his potential.

• Su Hao booked a mountain-climbing trip with Captain Roger and confirmed the group would take three days to return.
• Su Hao met Roger, Muxia, and Daiwu at the foot of the mountain, where Muxia and Daiwu learned that he was a seventeen-year-old high school senior taking the Beginner Gym Challenge.
• Roger led the group up Ice Feather Mountain and helped them avoid the mountain's dangers.
• The group fought off a Weavile pack with their Pokémon, but a Sneasel rushed toward Su Hao while Incineroar was occupied.
• Su Hao knocked out the Sneasel with an azure Aura Bullet and told the others he had a Special Ability.
• Muxia and Daiwu discussed recommending Su Hao to their university after seeing his potential.

Su Hao, Daiwu, Muxia, and Roger reached the remote Extreme Ice Gym after a grueling climb, and Gym Leader Zhao Xuecheng welcomed the challengers. After resting overnight, Su Hao learned about Zhao’s past and the agreement between Ice Peak City and Articuno before the group headed to the Gym’s battle arena.

• Su Hao and his group arrived at the Extreme Ice Gym, where Alolan Sandslash and Alolan Ninetales guarded the entrance.
• Zhao Xuecheng greeted the three challengers and asked Roger to show them to their guest rooms for the night.
• Su Hao slept soundly, then met Zhao in the garden the next morning and helped him pick vegetables for breakfast.
• After breakfast, Su Hao, Daiwu, and Muxia went with Zhao to the ice Battle Arena and learned that Articuno had created it under an agreement to leave Ice Peak City undisturbed.

Su Hao faced Gym Leader Zhao Xuecheng in an official 2v2 Doubles Match, using Carbink to support Incineroar against Zhao’s snow team. The battle remained underway as Incineroar and Carbink withstood Zhao’s opening attacks.

• Roger announced the official Doubles Match rules, and Zhao Xuecheng sent out Alolan Ninetales and Wailord.
• Su Hao chose Carbink and Incineroar, with Carbink agreeing to support Incineroar despite her gloomy mood.
• Zhao activated Snow Warning and ordered Wailord to use Ice Shard, while Su Hao had Carbink use Defense Curl and Incineroar use Bulk Up.
• Wailord attacked Carbink with Icy Wind under Ninetales’ Aurora Veil, but Incineroar blocked Wailord with a pillar of fire.
• Ninetales used Blizzard, and Carbink raised a Rock Wall that protected Incineroar while Carbink endured the full attack.

Su Hao used Carbink to contest Zhao Xuecheng’s weather control and help Incineroar defeat Wailord. Zhao Xuecheng conceded the match and accepted Su Hao’s victory, leaving him qualified for the Glacier Badge.

• Su Hao ordered Carbink to use Sunny Day, disrupting Ninetales’s snow weather and removing Wailord’s weather advantages.
• Incineroar struck Wailord with a Sunny Day-boosted Fire Blast, burning and exhausting it despite Wailord enduring the attack.
• Su Hao and Zhao Xuecheng agreed to decide the match with one final attack, and their Pokémon exchanged Dazzling Gleam while Incineroar charged Wailord with Flare Blitz.
• Incineroar broke through Wailord’s Light Barrier and knocked it out of battle.
• Zhao Xuecheng conceded to Su Hao and said he would award him the Glacier Badge.

Su Hao earned his second badge from Gym Leader Zhao Xuecheng, then joined Muxia and Daiwu for their Intermediate Gym battles before a sudden blizzard separated the group. While searching for his companions, Su Hao fell through a hidden opening into a dark ice cave and illuminated it with Incineroar.

• Zhao Xuecheng gave Su Hao the Beginner Glacier Badge, his second badge after the one from Gym Leader Jie Wei at Water Boat Gym.
• Muxia challenged Zhao Xuecheng with Ceruledge and Blaziken, and Blaziken narrowly defeated his Cloyster after both of her Pokémon were worn down.
• Daiwu battled Zhao Xuecheng with Metang and Aegislash, and Metang outlasted Abomasnow to win.
• After all three earned badges, Su Hao, Muxia, Daiwu, and Roger began descending Ice Feather Mountain, but a sudden blizzard separated them.
• Su Hao's Wave Power could not reach far through the blizzard, and he fell through a concealed opening into an ice cave.
• Su Hao released Incineroar to make light and discovered the cave's smooth, reflective ice walls.

Su Hao took shelter from the Blizzard in an icy hollow while Giratina discovered three Pokémon Eggs in the Reverse World and fused them into one egg protected by his Authority. The chapter ended with Giratina, a Pikachu- and Umbreon-like Pokémon, and a boy together.

• Su Hao released Carbink and Milotic, made a fire with Incineroar, and went to sleep while waiting for the Blizzard to pass.
• Giratina sensed a brief passage to the Reverse World beneath an island in the Sakura Nation Alliance and arrived after it had vanished.
• Giratina found three Pokémon Eggs losing Life Energy and realized two were close to death.
• Giratina infused the center egg with the Reverse World's origin and merged the two dying eggs into it, creating a platinum-and-white egg with red wave patterns.
• The chapter ended with Giratina beside a Pikachu- and Umbreon-like Pokémon and a boy.

Giratina left the Platinum Egg with a sleeping Trainer and his Pokémon, then went to confront Articuno as its Blizzard engulfed Ice Feather Mountain and Ice Peak City. The Trainer remained asleep in the Ice Cave with the egg in his arms.

• Giratina saw a Trainer sleeping with three Pokémon in an Ice Cave and decided to entrust the Platinum Egg to him.
• Giratina placed the egg in the Trainer’s arms, then headed to Ice Feather Mountain to stop Articuno’s Blizzard.
• Articuno returned to find humans had destroyed its feather nest and frozen the intruders outside its cave.
• Articuno unleashed Absolute Zero, but the leading man used a machine to absorb the attack and strike Articuno.
• Articuno recovered and released its Authority, engulfing Ice Feather Mountain and Ice Peak City in a Blizzard.

Su Hao woke with a Shiny Dragapult Egg that had an unusual move, then left the mountain after discovering the Blizzard had stopped. He reported the storm and his suspicion about Articuno and the New Star Organization to his father, who headed to the Pokémon League to report it.

• Su Hao found a Shiny Dragapult Egg in his arms and noticed it knew Shadow Sneak, but the system could not explain where it came from.
• Carbink, Incineroar, and Milotic had heard nothing unusual, and Su Hao decided to search for the egg’s parents once the Blizzard ended.
• Carbink noticed sunlight at the cave entrance, and Su Hao flew out and searched for his separated companions and the egg’s parents without success.
• Su Hao descended Ice Feather Mountain with the egg and borrowed a sanitation worker’s phone because his own phone had run out of battery.
• Su Hao told his father that the Blizzard might be linked to Articuno and the New Star Organization, and his father turned Charizard toward Alliance Headquarters to report it.

After reuniting with Roger, Daiwu, and Muxia, Su Hao learned that a Ninetales Clan had rescued them and returned to the hotel with the Pokémon Egg he had found. The next day, he prepared to buy hatching supplies and attend an auction, hoping to spot an overlooked bargain.

• Su Hao met Roger, Daiwu, and Muxia at the Alliance Fire Rescue Team, and they canceled the search-and-rescue dispatch request.
• Su Hao learned that a wild Ninetales Clan had saved the other three, while they learned he had found shelter and picked up a Pokémon Egg.
• Su Hao added Daiwu and Muxia on Piplup Messenger, returned to the hotel, and researched how to care for a newborn Pokémon.
• On April 8th, Su Hao planned to buy supplies for hatching the Dragapult Egg and attend the evening auction.
• Su Hao reviewed the auction’s expensive Pokémon Eggs and cultivation items, then decided to look for a hidden lot he might snag for cheap.

Su Hao found the lost child Bai Yue in a mall restroom and brought her to the Lost Child Assistance Center. Her older sister Bai Zirou arrived, and Bai Yue asked to hear the rest of Su Hao’s story before leaving.

• Su Hao heard sobbing in a restroom stall and found Bai Yue hiding there because she could not find her sister.
• Bai Yue told Su Hao that a Pokémon had chased her from the playground and vanished through a wall.
• Su Hao took Bai Yue to the Lost Child Assistance Center, where the staff broadcast a description of her.
• Bai Zirou heard the announcement, confirmed she was Bai Yue’s sister, and went to the room where Bai Yue was waiting.
• Bai Yue asked Bai Zirou to let her stay until Su Hao finished his story, and Bai Zirou agreed.

After helping Bai Zirou find Yueyue, Su Hao accepted a valuable Dragon Fang as thanks. He then went to assess his Pokémon’s combat limits, reflecting on the challenge of reaching Professional Level and his goal of getting all three Pokémon there without relying on Specialization.

• Bai Zirou thanked Su Hao for helping her find Yueyue and offered him a Dragon Fang worth roughly one hundred thousand Shenzhou Coin.
• Su Hao repeatedly refused the gift, but Bai Zirou and her sister insisted until he accepted it.
• Before the Auction, Su Hao left the mall for a private club to assess his three Pokémon’s training progress and combat limits.
• Su Hao considered how Specialization helped Pokémon break through to Professional Level and how his father’s Charizard had specialized in Fire Energy.
• Su Hao felt confident about Carbink and Milotic’s prospects but worried about improving Incineroar’s physical abilities, and he resolved to get all three Pokémon to Professional Level without Specialization.

Su Hao assessed his Pokémon’s growth and combat power, noting Carbink and Milotic were on track to reach Professional Level while Incineroar needed a suitable training method to keep up. He planned to earn his fourth Badge and compete in the National Youth Championship to gain access to valuable training manuals, and ended up dreaming about Mega Rayquaza.

• Su Hao checked Carbink, Milotic, and Incineroar’s stats, found Carbink’s mutation at sixty percent, and decided to save for a Key Stone and more Pink Diamonds.
• Su Hao reviewed Milotic’s evolution through Latios and Latias’s ritual and her ability to wield Water-, Dragon-, and Psychic-type Energy and their Signature Moves.
• Su Hao recognized that Incineroar wanted to surpass Carbink, but Carbink and Milotic had far greater potential and Incineroar still needed a way to improve his physical strength.
• Su Hao tested his Pokémon’s output and found Carbink near Mid Professional Level, Incineroar around Elite Level Late Stage, and Milotic around Mid-Elite Level.
• Su Hao planned to earn his fourth Badge and compete in the National Youth Championship for access to training manuals and other rewards, then thought about Mega Rayquaza.

Su Hao attended the United Commerce Guild auction and learned how profitable Energy Cubes could be, prompting him to consider getting certified as a Nurturer. The auction continued after the sale of its opening items, with Su Hao still waiting to see what came next.

• Su Hao imagined ways to adapt techniques from fiction for Pokémon and discussed possible moves for Diancie, Incineroar, and Milotic.
• Su Hao arrived at the auction hall, took seat No. 1145, and observed the guests and bidding setup.
• The auctioneer sold a box of five Choco Fruits for 10,000 Shenzhou Coin.
• The auctioneer sold Intermediate Ice-type Energy Cubes for 100,000 Shenzhou Coin.
• Su Hao realized he could earn substantial profits from his own Energy Cubes and decided to consider taking the Nurturer Association's certification exam.

Su Hao bid on a rare Steel-type ointment to improve Carbink’s Iron Defense, hoping it would help him develop a way to make enhancement effects permanent. He won the jar for one million Shenzhou Coin and tried to console himself over paying twice its official price.

• Su Hao watched wealthy bidders purchase a Pink Diamond for three million Shenzhou Coin and thought about Diancie’s ability to create diamonds.
• The auctioneer introduced a limited-quantity Steel-type ointment formulated by Advanced Breeder Wang Jingze, which improved Steel-type Pokémon’s defenses and physical attacks.
• Su Hao decided the ointment could help Carbink master Iron Defense and bid against several Trainers.
• Su Hao won the ointment for one million Shenzhou Coin after the other bidders dropped out.
• Su Hao reflected on the expense of training Pokémon and the League requirements for becoming a Professional Level Trainer.

Su Hao attended an Auction where rare Pokémon and Eggs sold for high prices, then examined a Charmander Egg that Li Hua wanted him to bid on. Before bidding began, the auctioneer announced that the United Commerce Guild had prepared surprise lots for the end of the Auction.

• Su Hao received 5,000,000 yuan from Li Hua, who asked him to buy the Charmander Egg and cover any extra cost.
• The Auction sold several uncommon Pokémon and Eggs, including a Druddigon Egg and a Froakie Egg that went for 5,000,000 Shenzhou Coin.
• The auctioneer introduced Charmander as the ace Pokémon of League Champion Liao Xingchen, drawing more guests' interest.
• Su Hao inspected the Charmander Egg and found that it was female, had Solar Power, and knew Dragon Dance.
• The auctioneer paused the Charmander bidding to announce surprise lots prepared by the United Commerce Guild for the end of the Auction.

Su Hao won Li Hua’s Charmander Egg at auction, while Bai Zirou outbid everyone for two rare Pseudo-Legendary Eggs. Bai Zirou’s successful purchase cleared the way for her to take the eggs back to her family.

• Su Hao bid 5.511 million Shenzhou Coin for the Charmander Egg, outlasting a middle-aged competitor and securing it for Li Hua.
• Su Hao learned that VIP No. s001 had won the Gible Egg for 20 million Shenzhou Coin.
• VIP No. s001 also won the Irontail Dragon Egg for 23 million Shenzhou Coin, leaving Su Hao astonished at her wealth.
• Bai Zirou reflected that she had brought Bai Yue to Ice Peak City after her uncle, Bai Du, was recalled by the Pokémon League.
• Bai Zirou felt relieved after winning both Dragon-type Eggs and prepared to bring them safely back to her family.