Chapter Summaries

Lisa and Blu learned about the Pokémon world and suspected that Mingi City had been made unusually prone to Ultra Wormholes. Meanwhile, Su Hao and Wang Anquan used a Mega Evolution battle to clear rubble on Mingi City’s outskirts, and Wang thanked Su Hao for the Scizorite.

• Lisa and Blu searched the internet, learned about Pokémon Trainers and the world’s Champions, and identified Su Hao and Diancie as the pair they had seen fighting Guzzlord.
• Lisa and Blu noticed that Ultra Wormholes appeared unusually often around Mingi City and decided to seek a nearby opening to contact the Elders' Council.
• Mega Scizor and Mega Lucario battled across Mingi City’s outskirts, bringing down abandoned buildings as they fought.
• A construction worker thanked Su Hao and Wang Anquan for helping clear building remains, and Su Hao explained they had been sparring without holding back.
• Wang Anquan thanked Su Hao for giving him the Scizorite.

Su Hao sparred with Wang Anquan and considered how new battle regulations would affect Trainers with multiple powerful enhancements. A message from Shen Yun revealed that Liao Xingchen wanted to meet him, and the chat log exposed a connection to the Groundblight Shrine and the Forest Plague.

• Su Hao watched Lucario defeat Wang Anquan's Mega Scizor and praised Lucario for its performance.
• Su Hao discussed Wang Anquan's Mega-Evolving Aggron and Scizor and noted that battle rules would limit the use of enhancement systems.
• Su Hao told Wang Anquan that restrictions would not apply to Metagross's independent Mega Evolution or Diancie's Ultimate Burst.
• Su Hao received Shen Yun's final incident report and a forwarded chat log saying Liao Xingchen wanted to discuss something with him.
• Su Hao read the chat log, recognized the words "Groundblight Shrine" and "Forest Plague," and realized someone had exposed their tracks.

Su Hao accepted Liao Xingchen’s request to guard the Groundblight Shrine near Mingi City and received the coordinates and a gift. He discovered the bottle contained a divine relic Mystic Water personally condensed by Suicune.

• Liao Xingchen asked Su Hao to guard the Groundblight Shrine and help conceal it while warning him that Forest Plague might appear.
• Su Hao agreed to the commission, hoping to encounter Forest Plague and advance his New Star Terminator achievement.
• Shen Yun delivered Liao Xingchen’s gift and the shrine’s coordinates to Su Hao.
• Su Hao identified the Mystic Water as a divine relic containing Suicune’s purification law power, with a slim chance of granting insight into the Law of Purification.

Su Hao gave Ogerpon the Mystic Water as a necklace and encouraged Milotic to study the Suicune power within it. Meanwhile, Forest Plague removed the final seal stake from the Vessel of Ruin and planned to use Ting-Lu to unseal the Firescourge Shrine.

• Su Hao used Confusion to bring out Ogerpon and Milotic, then made the Mystic Water into a necklace for Ogerpon.
• Ogerpon happily wore the Mystic Water and called it a matching pair with Su Hao’s necklaces, while Milotic agreed to let Ogerpon keep it.
• Su Hao told Milotic it could borrow the Mystic Water to study Suicune’s purification law and improve its Purifying Water, and Milotic resolved to strengthen its own power.
• Su Hao noticed his location was near the Greater Khingan Range and the Odesk Snow Mountain Range, wondered about Ancient Sword Leopard, and flew off on Hisuian Braviary.
• Forest Plague removed the last stake sealing the Vessel of Ruin, loosening its seal and revealing that it retained power close to Class Two Legendary strength.
• Forest Plague decided to obtain Ting-Lu and use it to unseal the Firescourge Shrine.

Forest Plague freed Ting-Lu from the Groundblight Shrine and recruited it as an ally. Su Hao arrived too late, found Ting-Lu’s tracks, and began pursuing them.

• Forest Plague dissolved the seal imprisoning Ting-Lu and asked it to help him turn the outside world upside down; Ting-Lu agreed.
• Ancient Sword Leopard sensed Ting-Lu’s awakening, descended the Snow Mountain on a snow slide, and headed toward the volcano where Calyrex was imprisoned.
• Su Hao reached the Groundblight Shrine and found its seal undone, confirming Forest Plague had freed Ting-Lu.
• Hisuian Braviary spotted Ting-Lu’s tracks, and Su Hao identified them as leading away from the shrine.
• Su Hao sent an urgent message through Shen Yun to Liao Xingchen’s subordinates, then followed Ting-Lu’s tracks by air with Hisuian Braviary.

Su Hao followed Ting-Lu’s trail and concluded that the Firescourge Shrine was likely hidden in the Alshan Volcanic Range, while Forest Plague led Ting-Lu toward the place where Calyrex was sealed. As Forest Plague and Ting-Lu approached their destination, an Aeroblast struck from the sky.

• Shen Yun sent Su Hao a list of volcanoes that might conceal the Firescourge Shrine, and Su Hao chose the Alshan Volcanic Range as the likeliest location.
• After Ting-Lu’s footprints disappeared at a river, Su Hao told Hisuian Braviary to fly higher and race toward the Alshan Volcanic Range.
• Ting-Lu asked Forest Plague whether Calyrex was nearby, and Forest Plague assured it that the Firescourge Shrine was close.
• Forest Plague told Ting-Lu that he had unsealed the Groundblight Shrine first, found the Icerend Shrine already unsealed, and still had not located the Rotten Wood Shrine.
• Ting-Lu promised to protect Forest Plague and said it could handle the calamities even without Ancient Sword Leopard.
• Ting-Lu sensed a surge of energy and looked up as someone called out Aeroblast.

Su Hao and his Pokémon launched a coordinated ambush on Forest Plague, but Ting-Lu broke through their attack with its Authority of Calamity. The plan failed, Diancie was weakened, and Su Hao prepared to call for reinforcements as Forest Plague declared him his mortal enemy.

• Hisuian Braviary attacked Forest Plague with Aeroblast while Dragapult and the other Pokémon assaulted Ting-Lu's earthen barrier.
• The Dragapult siblings broke through the barrier and charged at Forest Plague, prompting Ting-Lu to unleash the Vessel of Ruin's Authority of Calamity.
• Diancie swapped places with the Dragapult brother and shielded him, while Mega Lucario rescued the Dragapult sister; Ting-Lu's power blasted Diancie away and weakened it.
• Su Hao recalled most of his Pokémon and mounted Mega Metagross, deciding he needed to summon reinforcements.
• Forest Plague recovered from the ambush, identified Su Hao as his greatest mortal enemy, and shouted that Su Hao's time had come.

Forest Plague unleashed Ting-Lu’s Great Calamity, but Lisa and Blu blocked the attack and Ancient Sword Leopard engaged Ting-Lu, giving Su Hao a chance to strike. Forest Plague escaped into an Ultra Wormhole, and Su Hao followed him into the dangerous passage, where Forest Plague died and Lisa and Blu pursued them.

• Forest Plague ordered Ting-Lu to unleash Great Calamity at Su Hao, but Lisa and Blu’s protective barrier blocked the strike.
• Ancient Sword Leopard arrived and fought Ting-Lu while Lisa and Blu urged Su Hao to retreat.
• Su Hao refused to leave and ordered Mega Metagross to attack Forest Plague with Meteor Mash.
• Forest Plague smashed a vial of concentrated Star Child energy, opened an Ultra Wormhole, and jumped inside to escape Mega Metagross’s attack.
• Su Hao followed Forest Plague into the Ultra Wormhole, and Lisa and Blu entered after them when their helmets issued a new warning.
• Inside the passage, Forest Plague’s Aura vanished and his body was left in a ruined state, while Su Hao endured the passage’s tearing force with Mega Metagross’s protection.

Su Hao and Mega Metagross survived the Ultra Wormhole and learned that Lisa and Blu came from another world. After traveling with them through the channel, Su Hao arrived near Ultra Megalopolis, where a mysterious figure sensed his Destruction Gene.

• Su Hao asked Mega Metagross whether it could maintain its Mental Power and Mega Evolution state, and Mega Metagross said it could hold on.
• Su Hao questioned Lisa and Blu about their origins, and Lisa admitted they were from another world and had investigated him.
• Lisa and Blu said their protective suits had nearly run out of energy and asked Su Hao to accompany them to their world, and Su Hao agreed.
• Su Hao, Mega Metagross, Lisa, and Blu passed through the Ultra Wormhole and emerged in a desolate wilderness near a brightly lit city.
• Lisa and Blu welcomed Su Hao to Ultra Megalopolis, while a hooded figure far away sensed the Destruction Gene and spoke Su Hao's name.

Su Hao agreed to meet the Elders' Council of Ultra Megalopolis after Lisa and Blu promised to arrange an Ultra Wormhole for his return. As they led him toward the city's central tower, they explained how the Radiant God's fall began the Lightless Eternal Night Era.

• Su Hao recalled Mega Metagross and hid his Poké Balls in System Space, replacing them with empty ones before agreeing to meet the Elders' Council.
• Lisa and Blu assured Su Hao that the council would arrange an Ultra Wormhole using the recorded coordinates of his world.
• Lisa and Blu explained that the Radiant God had fallen, plunging the Ultra World into darkness and beginning the Lightless Eternal Night Era.
• Lisa and Blu led Su Hao into Ultra Megalopolis, where he observed its advanced technology and the black buildings designed to conserve Light Energy.
• Lisa and Blu brought Su Hao toward the Ultra Megalopolis Tower, home to the Elders' Council and the city's technological core.

Su Hao arrived at Ultra Megalopolis and saw the refugees living outside its protected walls before Captain Xion escorted him into the city. Xion brought him to meet the Governing Elders' Council, leaving Su Hao to face the metropolis's true leaders.

• Su Hao saw refugees outside Ultra Megalopolis, and Lisa and Blu explained that they lacked resident status and had fled Ultra Beast attacks.
• Captain Xion met Su Hao on the Governing Elders' Council's orders and suggested a medical examination to investigate how Su Hao had survived the Ultra Wormhole and the polluted wilderness.
• Xion drove Su Hao, Lisa, and Blu into Ultra Megalopolis, then praised Lisa and Blu and dismissed them to prepare reports and undergo examinations.
• Su Hao asked Xion to state his purpose, and Xion led him into the Ultra Megalopolis Tower.
• Su Hao saw six elderly members of the Governing Elders' Council seated behind glass in a chamber.

Su Hao met with the Elders' Council of Ultra Megalopolis, who revealed their plan to restore light to their world by creating a new Radiant God. They asked him to let Diancie wield the laws of light and become the god of their world.

• Su Hao met the six Elders' Council members through isolation glass and learned they had summoned him after seeing footage of him and Diancie defeating a Shiny Guzzlord.
• The Elders' Council revealed that the Ultra Recon Squad's predecessors had found Necrozma's remains and taken its Colorless Prism.
• Xion explained that Ultra Megalopolis wanted to end the Lightless Eternal Night Era by awakening the dormant laws of light.
• The Elders' Council said Diancie's power resembled Necrozma's and asked Su Hao to let Diancie become the new Radiant God.

Su Hao rejected Ultra Megalopolis’s invitation to let Diancie undergo the God-Making Plan because he suspected the plan concealed dangerous risks. He escaped the tower with Mega Lucario, but the Elders’ Council ordered the Ultra Recon Squad and Xion to capture him before he could leave the metropolis.

• Xion invited Su Hao to join Ultra Megalopolis and promised him a place on the Elders’ Council if Diancie completed the God-Making Plan.
• Su Hao suspected the plan could harm Diancie or allow Necrozma to take control, and he noticed Xion was concealing information.
• Su Hao refused the invitation despite Xion warning that he would be captured and lose the right to choose.
• Su Hao summoned Mega Lucario and used Teleport to escape Ultra Megalopolis Tower.
• The Elders’ Council ordered the Ultra Recon Squad to intercept and kill Su Hao, while Xion agreed to capture him and the Council wanted Mega Lucario taken alive.

Su Hao and his Pokémon fought off the Ultra Recon Squad outside Ultra Megalopolis Tower, using coordinated defenses and attacks to overwhelm the squad. As the battle turned in Su Hao’s favor, Captain Xion appeared and summoned Lunala to face him.

• Su Hao realized the tower’s light had locked down space and prepared to fight the Ultra Recon Squad surrounding him.
• Diancie shielded Su Hao and his Pokémon while Milotic and Hisuian Braviary unleashed a storm that battered the squad.
• Su Hao’s other Pokémon attacked the Ultra Recon Squad, whose weapons and defenses began failing as their energy dwindled.
• Captain Xion entered the battle and introduced himself as Ultra Megalopolis’s strongest beast tamer.
• Xion summoned Lunala from an Ultra Wormhole to challenge Su Hao.

Su Hao and Diancie confronted Xion and his Lunala after Xion rallied the Ultra Recon Squad. Diancie overwhelmed Lunala with Photon Geyser, and the chapter ended with Lunala in pain as the Governing Elders' Council stopped Megalopolis Tower from concentrating its light.

• Xion arrived with Lunala and told the Ultra Recon Squad to leave Diancie to him, restoring their confidence.
• Su Hao stepped forward with Diancie to face Xion and Lunala while Milotic and the others continued fighting the squad.
• Xion ordered Lunala to attack, and Lunala fired a Shadow Ball at Diancie.
• Diancie unleashed its radiant aura and used Photon Geyser to melt the Shadow Ball and strike Lunala.
• Lunala's Light Energy turned against it, and the Governing Elders' Council stopped Megalopolis Tower from concentrating its light after Diancie gathered a large amount of it.

Su Hao and Diancie defeated Xion and escaped Ultra Megalopolis, but the Elders' Council fired Megalopolis Tower's Light Annihilation Weapon at them. After Dawn Break held the attack for about ten seconds, a mysterious figure arrived and took Su Hao and Diancie away as the weapon struck the wasteland.

• Su Hao and Diancie overwhelmed Xion and Lunala, then used Hisuian Braviary's Aeroblast to clear a path out of Ultra Megalopolis.
• Xion warned Su Hao that Megalopolis Tower would activate its annihilation weapon once he left the city limits.
• The Elders' Council ordered Megalopolis Tower to fire, disregarding the refugees near the target area.
• Su Hao and Diancie used Dawn Break to resist the Light Annihilation Weapon, but its attack began to overpower them after roughly ten seconds.
• A mysterious figure arrived, claimed Su Hao had bought enough time, and took him and Diancie away before the weapon struck the wasteland.

After surviving Ultra Megalopolis’s attack, Su Hao woke in the Ultra Forest and learned from a message left by Mewtwo that the forest could lead him into the past and onward to the Pokémon world. He resolved to pass the God Paper Users’ Trial, reach that world, and find the key to eventually confronting Ultra Megalopolis.

• Xion found the crater where Diancie had fallen empty after receiving orders to retrieve it.
• Su Hao woke in the Ultra Forest, confirmed Diancie was safe inside its Luxury Ball, and remembered Mewtwo rescuing him.
• Metagross activated a psychic message Mewtwo had hidden in its Destruction Gene, explaining the Ultra Forest’s slow time and how Kartana could open a wormhole to the past.
• Su Hao realized Mewtwo had traveled from his future and had been guiding events without meeting him to avoid causing greater problems.
• Su Hao decided to find the God Paper Users, pass their Trial, and use the Pokémon world to gain what he needed to defeat Ultra Megalopolis in the future.

Su Hao encountered Chu, a God Paper User, in the Ultra Forest after Mega Metagross blocked an attack from Chu’s Kartana. When Su Hao restored the damaged forest, Chu mistook him for a messenger of the Radiant God and worshipped him.

• Mega Metagross blocked a surprise slash from Chu’s Kartana and showed off its power before Su Hao redirected its attention.
• Su Hao recognized Chu as a God Paper User and considered how to earn his trust.
• Chu angrily confronted Su Hao for damaging the sacred forest, so Su Hao used Mega Metagross’s Confusion and his own Life Energy to restore it.
• Chu fell to the ground in worship, declaring that the Radiant God had manifested and that Su Hao was its messenger.
• Su Hao connected his Aura to Chu and understood that Chu and his Kartana revered him as a divine messenger.

Su Hao was mistaken for the Radiant God's Divine Messenger after restoring the forest, so Chu led him to the God Paper Users' village. The villagers welcomed Su Hao with reverence, while he reflected that they did not know the Radiant God had fallen.

• Chu and Kartana accepted Su Hao as the Radiant God's Divine Messenger, and Chu led him toward the God Paper Users' headquarters.
• Su Hao learned from Chu about the God Paper Users' bond with Kartana, their duties, and their worship of the Radiant God.
• Chu took Su Hao to his treehouse village, where fewer than a hundred villagers lived among the trees.
• Chu announced that Su Hao was the Radiant God's Divine Messenger, and the villagers bowed devoutly to him.

Su Hao was welcomed into the God Paper Users’ village as the Radiant God’s Divine Messenger and asked Elder Feng to take him to the strongest Kartana. Feng explained that the Kartana was too powerful to cooperate unless Su Hao defeated it in close combat or impressed it with a sword technique.

• The villagers treated Su Hao lavishly while Chu returned with Elder Feng and the other God Paper Users.
• Feng recognized Su Hao as the Radiant God’s genuine Divine Messenger and asked whether he had come to deliver an oracle.
• Su Hao told the God Paper Users that he wanted to meet the strongest Kartana in the Ultra Forest.
• Feng’s Kartana could not open a targeted Ultra Wormhole to Su Hao’s desired coordinates because they were too far away.
• Feng warned that the strongest Kartana would only cooperate if Su Hao defeated it in close combat or impressed it with swordsmanship, and asked him to stay in the village while they searched for a way.