Chapter Summaries

Su Hao and Cycloze traveled through the Northern Village Secret Realm in search of Terastal Crystals. They found a Terastallized Poliwrath guarding a crystal, and Cycloze defeated it before eating what remained of the crystal’s energy.

• Su Hao released Cycloze and told it that it could eat any Terastal Crystals they found.
• Su Hao, Cycloze, and Metagross followed a river upstream, with Metagross flattening the waist-high grass along their route.
• Su Hao spotted a glowing Terastal Crystal, where an Early Professional Level Poliwrath stood guard in its Fighting-type Terastallized form.
• Cycloze blocked Poliwrath’s Focus Punch with one claw and struck it into the river with the other, breaking its Terastallization.
• Cycloze ate the nearly depleted Terastal Crystal, regretting that Poliwrath had used up much of its energy.

Su Hao watched Cyclizar grow stronger after eating Terastal Crystals and wondered about its hidden secret. After exploring the small Northern Village Secret Realm, he told Cyclizar he would wait until it trusted him enough to reveal its past.

• Cyclizar ate Terastal Crystals while Metagross tried and failed to bite one, nearly shattering its teeth.
• Cyclizar controlled its newly gained strength, which had increased by around ten or twenty percent, while Metagross grew envious.
• Su Hao, Cyclizar, and Metagross explored along the river and found the Secret Realm was small, with a force field over its center.
• Su Hao noted that Cyclizar had eaten five crystals during the expedition and grown closer to Gym Level strength.
• At camp, Su Hao asked Cyclizar whether it was hiding a secret, then told it he would bear its past with it as its Trainer.

Su Hao discovered that genuine masks could pass through the force field surrounding the Northern Village Secret Realm’s core and entered with Metagross and Cycloze. Inside, he found skeletal villagers forced to make counterfeit masks by Greavard, which attacked after spotting his Wellspring Mask.

• Su Hao told Cycloze how he felt, then went to sleep and assigned Metagross to night watch.
• Su Hao found countless counterfeit masks near the core’s force field and failed to penetrate it with his and his Pokémon’s attacks.
• Reshiram warned Su Hao that breaking the force field with Blue Flare could damage the Secret Realm itself.
• Su Hao realized masks were being thrown out from inside and used the genuine Wellspring Mask to pass through the force field with Metagross and Cycloze.
• Su Hao found skeletal villagers making masks under the control of Greavard, which charged at him after noticing the Wellspring Mask.

Su Hao and his Pokémon confronted Greavard, whose Poison Chain greatly increased its strength, while Su Hao pieced together how it had trapped the villagers and coveted the Wellspring Mask. As Greavard prepared to attack Su Hao for the mask, a small green Pokémon rushed in and pleaded with him to return.

• Greavard blocked Cycloze’s punch after the Poison Chain boosted its strength, then attacked with Poison Jab, but Cycloze escaped by kicking off Greavard’s arms.
• Su Hao told Metagross and Cycloze to step back and inferred that Greavard wanted the Wellspring Mask to escape its cage, while the trapped villagers were forced to make counterfeit masks.
• A hidden Pokémon saw Su Hao holding the mask and hurried toward him after sensing three more auras approaching.
• Su Hao taunted Greavard by putting the mask in his backpack, and a small green figure grabbed his clothes and cried, “Ogerpon!”

Su Hao fled Greavard with Ogerpon and followed it to a summit protected by a pool of concentrated Terastal Energy. When Su Hao asked Ogerpon what had happened to the village, it began recounting the tragedy that had destroyed Mask Village.

• Ogerpon anxiously tugged Su Hao away, and Metagross used Flash Cannon to help them escape Greavard.
• Su Hao flew with Ogerpon toward a mountain peak that Ogerpon said was safe from its pursuers.
• Su Hao and Ogerpon reached the summit and found a pool radiating powerful Terastal Energy.
• Su Hao released Cycloze, which confirmed it could not absorb the energy unless it was in the form of Terastal Crystals.
• Su Hao asked Ogerpon about the ruined village and its past before returning the Wellspring Mask, and Ogerpon began telling him the story of Mask Village and the attackers drawn by its four masks.

Ogerpon recounted how Greavard and its retainers deceived the villagers, stole her masks, and left her trapped with their suffering for countless years. Su Hao comforted Ogerpon and promised to help, but the villains threatened the villagers’ remains to seize the Wellspring Mask before an ancient Dragon’s Aura erupted from the mist.

• Ogerpon revealed that Greavard and its retainers poisoned and controlled the villagers, stole her masks, and forced the villagers to make masks even after they became skeletons.
• Overcome with regret and grief, Ogerpon sobbed in Su Hao’s arms, and Su Hao comforted her and returned the Wellspring Mask.
• Su Hao promised to punish Greavard and its retainers and help Ogerpon find a peaceful resting place for the villagers’ remains.
• Greavard, Okidogi, and Munkidori appeared beyond the Terastal Energy and threatened the controlled remains to force Ogerpon to surrender the Wellspring Mask.
• A deafening roar and ancient Dragon’s Aura erupted from the mist near the Crystal Light Pool, revealing a flickering red figure.

Su Hao encountered Groudon, a Class One Legendary Pokémon, on the mountaintop and watched it defeat Greavard with a single tail strike. Cycloze then approached Groudon, and their identical Aura Frequencies and golden rainbow eyes revealed a connection between them.

• Groudon appeared after the Terastal Energy vanished, frightening Su Hao, Ogerpon, and the Pokémon around them.
• Greavard sent one of its controlled Greavard to attack Groudon while it escaped with Okidogi and Munkidori.
• Groudon struck Greavard off the mountain with its tail, seemingly killing it instantly.
• Su Hao prepared to summon Reshiram, but Cycloze walked toward Groudon despite his warning.
• Su Hao sensed that Cycloze and Groudon had identical Aura Frequencies, and Cycloze recalled appearing on an unfamiliar mountaintop in its past memories.

Su Hao faced Groudon in the Northern Village Secret Realm and summoned Reshiram, beginning a battle between Legendary Pokémon. Outside the realm, the fight’s energy threatened to destabilize the space, while Lu Guang discovered that the Space Channel could no longer be entered.

• Groudon dismissed Cyclizar’s conflicted reaction and challenged Su Hao, forcing Cyclizar into Metagross.
• Su Hao entrusted Diancie with protecting Ogerpon, Metagross, Cyclizar, and the remains, then walked toward Groudon.
• Diancie raised a protective barrier as Su Hao summoned Reshiram, and the two Legendary Pokémon began fighting in the sky.
• At the Taishin Research Institute, a monitoring alarm revealed that the battle’s readings were soaring and might cause the Northern Village Secret Realm to explode.
• Lu Guang found that the Space Channel was fluctuating and could no longer be entered.

Reshiram and Su Hao fought Groudon in the unstable Northern Village Secret Realm and prepared a Blue Flare Z-Move to end the battle quickly. Just as Groudon charged into the attack, it was pulled into a familiar memory and crashed into the ground, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Reshiram and Groudon exchanged powerful close-range attacks until Su Hao urged Reshiram to retreat and overwhelm Groudon with firepower.
• Reshiram struck Groudon with Dragon Pulse and Fusion Flare, but the battle’s shockwaves threatened to destroy the Secret Realm.
• Su Hao used the Fire Z-Crystal to empower Reshiram’s Blue Flare and form Inferno Overdrive: Blue Flame Style.
• Groudon charged at the Z-Move with Double-Edge, but its vision blurred and it found itself reliving a familiar memory as it crashed into the ground.

Su Hao explained that Groudon’s sudden appearance and disappearance were connected to the exhausted Terastal Energy at Crystal Light Pool, and concluded that Cycloze was Groudon’s ancient form. Cycloze was left confronted with Su Hao’s revelation that it had once been Wing King.

• Reshiram absorbed and dispersed its full-power fireball after Groudon vanished, then returned to Su Hao’s Sea of Psyche to rest.
• Ogerpon clung to Su Hao in relief, while Diancie watched them and Metagross laughed at Cycloze.
• Su Hao gathered the Pokémon and asked Cycloze about its Aura Frequency matching Groudon’s exactly.
• Su Hao explained that Groudon had evolved over time into Cycloze and that Crystal Light Pool’s Terastal Energy may have summoned Groudon from the past.
• Su Hao told Cycloze that it had once been Wing King, an ancient Groudon, and declared that Cycloze was Groudon.

Cycloze revealed that it was Groudon, whose tail was trapped beneath Sky Tower, and Su Hao agreed to search for it after the High Seas Secret Realms matter. Su Hao restored Ogerpon’s Wellspring Mask and invited her to help offer the three Poison Beasts to the villagers’ souls before laying their remains to rest.

• Cycloze admitted through Aura that it was Groudon and explained that its true body’s tail was trapped beneath Sky Tower after its battle with Rayquaza.
• Su Hao told Cycloze he would help retrieve the tail from Dragon Cave after they resolved the High Seas Secret Realms matter, and Cycloze agreed to wait.
• Slab-kun displayed Cycloze’s revealed identity and abilities before disappearing.
• Diancie reminded Su Hao and Ogerpon that the villagers’ remains needed burial and the three remaining Pokémon needed to be dealt with as the force field began to fade.
• Su Hao placed the Wellspring Mask on Ogerpon, restoring her power, then invited her to offer the three Poison Beasts to the villagers’ souls.

Su Hao gave Ogerpon the choice to face its past, and Ogerpon chose to take revenge on Greavard and the others. As the Oni descended the mountain, Greavard controlled a poisoned Munkidori to delay the approaching threat while Okidogi stayed behind.

• Su Hao offered Ogerpon his hand and said he would punish Greavard, Okidogi, and Munkidori if Ogerpon did not want revenge.
• Ogerpon recalled the villagers and the trio's desecration of their remains, then accepted Su Hao's hand and resolved to punish them.
• Greavard urged Okidogi and Munkidori to break through the weakening barrier so they could escape.
• Okidogi realized Ogerpon and Su Hao were approaching and persuaded Greavard to send Munkidori to delay them.
• Greavard used Evil Poison Chain to poison and control Munkidori, while Okidogi silently stayed back to save itself.

Su Hao and Ogerpon encountered a poisoned, suffering Munkidori, and Ogerpon defeated it with a Terastallized strike. Greavard sensed Munkidori’s defeat and turned its attention to the still-controlled Okidogi.

• Su Hao and Ogerpon raced along the force field’s edge, hoping to find Greavard and the others.
• Munkidori attacked them from above with Air Slashes, and Ogerpon protected Su Hao with Spiky Shield.
• Su Hao recognized that Greavard’s poison had left Munkidori in a strange, tortured state.
• Ogerpon charged Munkidori with Grassy Glide, then Terastallized and struck it down with the Thorn Whip Stick.
• Greavard sensed Munkidori’s aura vanish and focused on Okidogi, which remained bound by Poison Chain.

Ogerpon and Su Hao raced toward the force field before Greavard could control the wild Pokémon outside, but Okidogi intercepted them. After defeating Okidogi, Ogerpon continued toward her remaining enemies with Su Hao’s reassurance.

• Ogerpon let the Thorn Whip Stick fade after defeating Munkidori, while Su Hao suggested using the Terastal Ghost Mask as a shield.
• Su Hao warned that Greavard could control wild Pokémon once the force field fell, and Ogerpon hurried onward to stop it herself.
• Okidogi attacked by hurling poison-coated earth at Ogerpon, who dodged the Sludge Bombs and charged toward it.
• Okidogi used Mental Energy to immobilize itself and taunted Ogerpon before she struck it down with the Thorn Whip Stick.
• Su Hao told Ogerpon not to try to understand her irrational enemies, and Ogerpon smiled and agreed.

Ogerpon and Su Hao pursued Greavard as it tried to escape the force field, with Leafeon and Hisuian Braviary helping Ogerpon catch up. Ogerpon defeated Greavard with three furious blows, ending its control and thousand-year reign of torment.

• Greavard sensed that Okidogi had been defeated and rushed toward a gap in the weakening force field to escape.
• Ogerpon charged after Greavard, while Leafeon used Grassy Terrain and Hisuian Braviary used Tailwind to help it close the distance.
• Su Hao urged Ogerpon to use Thorn Whip Stick, and Ogerpon struck Greavard into the ground before it hid inside its shell with Withdraw.
• Ogerpon hit Greavard twice more, cracking its shell and driving it into a crater.
• Ogerpon delivered a final water-wrapped blow, and Greavard's aura vanished completely.

Ogerpon accepted Su Hao’s Friend Ball and left the villagers’ grave behind to begin a new life. At the Northern Village Secret Realm, Elder Zhang arrived after its fluctuations stabilized and revealed that she had come to see Su Qing’s son.

• Ogerpon said goodbye to the villagers and accepted Su Hao’s Friend Ball, completing the capture without a shake.
• On February 24, Major General Chen Shi escorted Elder Zhang to the secured Space Channel of the Northern Village Secret Realm.
• Su Qing reported that the Secret Realm’s energy fluctuations had stabilized, and Zhang Xuan used Natu to assess the Space Channel.
• Zhang Xuan said the channel would soon allow normal passage and that forcing entry could destabilize the Secret Realm.
• Zhang Xuan told Su Qing that she had come to see her son.

Su Hao and Ogerpon recovered all three of Ogerpon’s missing masks, and Su Hao realized each mask seemed to give Ogerpon a separate energy bar and health bar. Back at camp, he arranged a spar between Ogerpon and Incineroar while investigating how Terastal Crystals affected Cycloze, discovering that Cycloze was recreating its past strength.

• Su Hao found the Space Channel unstable and decided to remain in the Secret Realm while his Pokémon gathered Terastal Crystals for Cycloze.
• Su Hao and Ogerpon searched the counterfeit masks and recovered the Ivy Mask, completing Ogerpon’s set of four masks.
• Ogerpon demonstrated its rapid mask-switching technique, and Su Hao sensed that each mask changed its energy and strength.
• Su Hao provoked Incineroar into sparring with Ogerpon, and the other Pokémon gathered to watch.
• Su Hao examined Cycloze with Wave Power and concluded that Terastal Energy was recreating Cycloze’s strength from the past.

Su Hao reflected on how he might enter the Dragon Cave to reattach Cycloze’s tail, while Ogerpon overwhelmed Incineroar in a battle. Afterward, Su Hao healed Incineroar by the campfire, and Zeraora worried that it was falling behind Su Hao’s increasingly powerful team.

• Su Hao considered how to enter the Dragon Cave and whether reattaching Cycloze’s tail could restore it to Groudon.
• Ogerpon resisted Incineroar’s Intimidate and Parting Shot, then struck it with a Thorn Whip Stick and sent it flying.
• Ogerpon changed to its Hearth Mask as Incineroar charged back into the fight, and Ogerpon later defeated it after using all four masks to hit it.
• Su Hao healed Incineroar beside the campfire while Ogerpon apologized for the beating.
• Zeraora tended the fire and worried that it was the weakest of Su Hao’s Pokémon and might not get to battle him again.

Cycloze consumed the last Terastal Crystals and reached Elite Four Level strength, while Su Hao considered how to build his team for an Elite Four Challenge. The group’s disturbance attracted the attention of an enormous creature in the forest.

• Incineroar returned to normal but became determined to master Magnetic Field Manipulation before Zeraora could surpass it.
• Cycloze swallowed the last Terastal Crystal and shattered Diancie’s Reflect with one punch, revealing its Elite Four Level combat power.
• Su Hao learned that Cycloze had adapted to its new strength, but the Northern Village Secret Realm had run out of Terastal Energy and crystals.
• Su Hao considered finding more Terastal Crystals or retrieving Cycloze’s tail from Dragon Cave to help it grow stronger.
• Su Hao resolved to develop a full team with Elite Four Level combat power before challenging the Divine Land Alliance Elite Four.
• A huge creature with green eyes woke in the forest and rose as mist spread around it.

Su Hao and Metagross waited out a sudden fog that covered the Secret Realm, then used the sleepless night for special training. Metagross accepted the Destruction Gene’s power and appeared to reach a breakthrough, leaving Su Hao surprised as evolution-like light enveloped it.

• A thick fog spread across the Secret Realm, and Su Hao used Aura to confirm it posed no immediate danger.
• Metagross used Confusion to clear the fog, but it quickly returned, so Su Hao decided to wait by the campfire.
• Su Hao chose to train Metagross, which was close to Gym Level and had nearly adapted to the Destruction Gene.
• Su Hao guided Metagross to accept the Destruction Gene’s power instead of resisting it.
• Metagross’s aura surged as it broke through, and dense milky-white light suddenly enveloped its body.