Chapter Summaries

After returning from the Ultra Wormhole, Su Hao dealt with the fallout from his half-month disappearance and learned that Ancient Sword Leopard and Ting-Lu had been fighting in the Alshan Volcanic Range the entire time. The Pokémon League sealed the area and ordered Su Hao to handle the situation.

• Su Hao went along with the others’ belief that he had been on a secret mission, then asked Long Tianxing about recent activity at Sky Tower, where he learned that no unusual events had occurred.
• Su Hao used Zeraora to charge his phone and replied to the messages that had piled up during his absence.
• Miao Yin told Su Hao that the alert had been lifted and the temporary encampment was being dismantled, so there would be no lunch for him.
• Miao Yin explained that Ancient Sword Leopard and Ting-Lu had fought nonstop in the Alshan Volcanic Range for half a month, leaving the area devastated and forcing the Pokémon League to seal it off.
• Su Hao realized Ancient Sword Leopard had held Ting-Lu back while he pursued Forest Plague, and learned that the Pokémon League expected him to handle the sealed-off area.

Ancient Sword Leopard fought Ting-Lu for control of the Authority of Calamity while Li Luoyan guarded the battle zone and learned that Su Hao had returned safely. The chapter ended as an unknown Master Level Pokémon approached the command headquarters.

• Ancient Sword Leopard used its advantage to pressure Ting-Lu and widened its lead in control of the Authority of Calamity.
• Li Luoyan watched the battle from beyond the quarantine cordon and kept Su Hao’s disappearance secret from those in the Nirvana Secret Realm.
• Li Xiao asked Li Luoyan why Su Hao was absent, and Li Luoyan received news that Su Hao had returned safely and that Forest Plague had been executed.
• An urgent report warned Li Luoyan that an unknown Pokémon with Master Level energy was approaching the command headquarters, and the report identified it as Galar Rapidash.

Su Hao arrived to support the operation against the battling Calamity Pokémon Ancient Sword Leopard and Ting-Lu, then took command and planned to stop their fight and seal Ting-Lu. He left the others to prepare logistics and cleanup before catching up with Li Xiao about the university team’s loss.

• Li Luoyan learned that Su Hao was arriving with the Master Level Naganadel and reassured the team before greeting Su Hao as he descended on Hisuian Braviary.
• Su Hao confirmed that Ancient Sword Leopard and Ting-Lu had been fighting for half a month and identified Ting-Lu as the New Star Organization’s partner in Forest Plague’s plans.
• Su Hao declared Ancient Sword Leopard an ally from his perspective and said he would stop the battle and disable Ting-Lu while Li Luoyan’s team handled logistics and cleanup.
• Su Hao teased Li Xiao about Jiangcheng University’s tournament loss, and Li Xiao explained that the team had struggled without Su Hao and with a shortage of mid-tier strength.

Su Hao used Naganadel to snipe Ting-Lu from fifty kilometers away, giving Ancient Sword Leopard the opening it needed to win their battle. After Ting-Lu was incapacitated and Ancient Sword Leopard absorbed much of its Authority of Calamity, Su Hao arrived, leaving Ancient Sword Leopard shocked to see him alive.

• Su Hao decided to recommend the boy with Flabébé to Jiangcheng University for special admission, then flew toward Naganadel as the operation began.
• From fifty kilometers away, Su Hao had Naganadel target Ting-Lu while avoiding Ancient Sword Leopard.
• Naganadel struck Ting-Lu with venomous attacks, interrupting its Great Calamity and creating openings for Ancient Sword Leopard.
• Ancient Sword Leopard defeated Ting-Lu, greatly increasing its control over the Authority of Calamity.
• Su Hao arrived on Naganadel, and Ancient Sword Leopard recognized him and wondered how he could still be alive.

Su Hao explained Naganadel’s origins to Ancient Sword Leopard and revealed that Forest Plague had deceived Ting-Lu and Shedinja. After Ting-Lu fainted from the truth, Su Hao invited Ancient Sword Leopard to leave with him, but it chose to disappear into the Far North.

• Ancient Sword Leopard eyed Naganadel with hostility, but Su Hao explained that Naganadel was his friend and thanked the leopard for fighting Ting-Lu.
• Ting-Lu woke and asked Su Hao about Forest Plague, so Su Hao said Forest Plague had died in the Ultra Wormhole.
• Su Hao told Ting-Lu and Ancient Sword Leopard how Forest Plague had tricked Shedinja and abandoned it, and Ting-Lu fainted after realizing it had been fooled too.
• Su Hao contacted Li Luoyan to prepare for the others’ arrival, then invited Ancient Sword Leopard to leave with him and promised it would not be disturbed.
• Ancient Sword Leopard said Su Hao could not afford to keep it without a huge snowy mountain, then vanished toward the Far North.

Su Hao transported Ting-Lu for sealing, checked on Cycloze’s fusion, and returned to the Divine Bird Sanctuary to help Diancie purify Dark Lugia. After seeing Diancie’s increased power, Articuno asked Su Hao where its Icicle Plate was.

• Su Hao and Naganadel guarded Ting-Lu during its transport to Shedinja’s sealing site, where Ting-Lu asked to be sealed.
• Su Hao spoke with Mu Jianguo, returned to Yang City to reassure Su Xu, and took a furious call from Su Qing.
• Su Hao visited the Dragon Cave, confirmed Cycloze’s fusion was progressing well, and left before encountering Long Tianxing.
• Su Hao brought Diancie to the Divine Bird Sanctuary, where she used Dawn Break to further purify Dark Lugia.
• Articuno saw Diancie’s power and asked Su Hao where its Icicle Plate was.

Su Hao returned to the Divine Bird Sanctuary, where Articuno let him delay delivering an Icicle Plate Fragment after hearing about his recent travels. He checked on his Pokémon and their training, then turned his attention to Diancie beginning her path to godhood.

• Articuno anxiously reminded Su Hao of the promised Icicle Plate Fragment, but gave him more time after hearing about his recent experiences.
• Su Hao visited Gogoat, Mega Sceptile, Sableye, Skadi, Dobrenea, and the other Pokémon at the sanctuary.
• Su Hao decided Poipole needed a carefully designed training plan rather than simply following its mother Naganadel's battle-focused growth path.
• Su Hao observed that Zeraora was developing its Electric power with the Zap Plate Fragment and inspiration from Ash's Pikachu's special Thunderbolt attacks.
• Su Hao recognized that Diancie could begin pursuing her own path to godhood.

Su Hao prepared to hold a friendly team tournament while Diancie began training toward becoming a Class Two Legendary. The tournament was about to begin on Frozen Beach, with eight Pokémon ready to compete.

• Su Hao reviewed the requirements for Master Level and explained that Diancie would pursue the path to Class Two Legendary instead.
• Articuno and Reshiram shared their breakthrough knowledge with Diancie, which began preparing to reach late Champion Level and connect with the law of light.
• Su Hao decided to hold the long-delayed team tournament while Diancie trained, and considered charging the Legendary birds feathers to watch and bet on the matches.
• On August 7, Su Hao gathered eight contestants at Frozen Beach and rejected Incineroar's complaint about the tournament timing.
• Su Hao announced that the tournament was a friendly match with no rewards or punishments and no restrictions on battle systems.

Su Hao held a draw to set the brackets for the third internal tournament, and the Pokémon and Legendary Birds placed bets on the matchups. The first battle began with the Dragapult siblings overwhelming Ogerpon’s masks, leaving her in her final Steel-Forged Mask.

• Su Hao prepared a feather draw and warned the Pokémon not to cheat with Psychic powers.
• Milotic, Dragapult, Lucario, Leafeon, Incineroar, Hisuian Braviary, Ogerpon, and Zeraora drew numbers that set the tournament brackets.
• The Legendary Bird clans placed bets, with the Articuno clan backing Milotic and the Lightning God backing Zeraora.
• Su Hao started the tournament with Dragapult versus Ogerpon.
• Dragapult and its sibling coordinated attacks that knocked off Ogerpon’s first four masks, forcing her to switch to her Steel-Forged Mask.

Ogerpon lost to the Dragapult siblings, and Lucario, Zeraora, and Incineroar also lost their battles, leaving the final four decided. The next matchups were set as the Dragalge siblings versus Leafeon and Milotic versus Hisuian Braviary.

• Ogerpon used Heart Shield and later Terastallized into pure Steel, but Dragapult's Reversal Power overcame its defenses and defeated it.
• Mega Lucario fought Leafeon in a fierce contest of speed, but Leafeon's King of Swords signature Z-Move defeated it.
• Zeraora broke through Milotic's Pseudo-Origin Pulse barrage and landed its Plasma Speed Fist, but sixteen Pseudo-Origin Pulses knocked it Out of Battle.
• Hisuian Braviary used its aerial advantage and control of wind and rain to defeat Incineroar with Terastal Flying Aeroblast.
• The final four were set, with the Dragalge siblings facing Leafeon and Milotic facing Hisuian Braviary.

Su Hao's Pokémon battled in the semifinals, where the Dragapult siblings defeated Leafeon and Milotic beat Hisuian Braviary. The Dragapult siblings and Milotic advanced to the final showdown.

• Articuno watched Su Hao's Pokémon display their progress and worried that it might become his weakest Pokémon.
• The Dragapult siblings fought Leafeon in a fierce semifinal, exploiting their coordination and ultimately defeating it with a combined Fire Blast.
• Su Hao treated Leafeon, which accepted the loss as a chance to improve, while Articuno reinforced the battlefield.
• Milotic and Hisuian Braviary battled above the sea, and Milotic won after overwhelming Braviary with sixteen beams of Pseudo-Origin Pulse.
• Milotic and the Dragapult siblings advanced to the final showdown.

Su Hao watched Milotic and the Dragapult siblings fight an all-out battle that left both sides badly injured. The fight ended with both teams Out of Battle at the same time, resulting in a draw.

• Su Hao restored Milotic and the Dragapult siblings before their battle began in Milotic’s Pseudo-Primal Sea.
• Milotic and Dragapult exchanged powerful attacks, with Dragapult using the Reverse World to evade some of Milotic’s beams.
• Milotic struck Dragapult with Dragon Tail and Pseudo-Origin Pulse, while Dragapult retaliated with Draco Meteor and attacks from the shadows.
• Milotic knocked the Dragapult sister from the air and froze the Dragapult brother with Blizzard, while both sides continued fighting through severe injuries.
• Dragapult’s Shadow Sneak shattered the Water World Serpent and knocked Milotic into the ocean as Milotic’s Pseudo-Origin Pulses struck Dragapult.
• Diancie retrieved Milotic and the Dragapult siblings, and both sides were declared Out of Battle in a draw.

After the Divine Bird Sanctuary tournament ended in a draw, Su Hao left Poipole and the others behind in a better-prepared home and set out for the Twin Fist Secret Realm. There, the Greatest Martial Arts Tournament hosted by the two Urshifu was about to begin.

• Milotic and the Dragapult siblings tied for first in the third internal tournament, while Poipole won the Divine Birds' bets by default.
• Su Hao spent three days in the Divine Bird Sanctuary, planting fruit and berry trees in Evergreen Forest and reinforcing Dark Lugia's cage of light.
• Su Hao said goodbye to Articuno and Little Lugia, then left the sanctuary with Naganadel and Poipole.
• Su Hao read Jiang Chengcheng's message that the Twin Fist Secret Realm was about to open and learned that the Flowing Water Dojo and the Fighting Association each held one of its keys.
• Su Hao learned that Urshifu of the One-Hit Flow and Urshifu of the Combo Flow would hold the Greatest Martial Arts Tournament to choose Trainers worthy of their techniques or descendants.

Su Hao visited his grandfather Xia Jie with Jiang Chengcheng and declined an offer to receive a Hisuian Cyndaquil. He showed Jiang Chengcheng his newly caught Poipole, and she introduced her new partner, Kubfu.

• Jiang Chengcheng waited at Xia Jie's home, where Xia Jie gave her a set of Evolution Key Stone and Gallade Evolution Stone.
• Su Hao arrived with gifts, and Jiang Chengcheng told him that Xia Jie seemed to have misunderstood their relationship.
• Su Hao accepted Xia Jie's offer to arrange a car but declined his offer of a Hisuian Cyndaquil.
• Su Hao released Poipole to show Jiang Chengcheng his new Pokémon.
• Jiang Chengcheng introduced her new partner, Kubfu.

Su Hao visited Jiang Chengcheng after she passed Urshifu’s trial and earned Kubfu’s recognition, then arranged to enter the Twin Secret Realm. The chapter ended with the tournament’s contestants and spectators learning that Su Hao would battle Urshifu, Combo Flow, before the Greatest Martial Arts Tournament began.

• Jiang Chengcheng introduced Kubfu to Su Hao and explained that she had recently passed the trial, while Poipole quickly got Kubfu to loosen up.
• Jiang Chengcheng shared information about the Twin Fist Secret Realm and said she would not enter the Greatest Martial Arts Tournament; Su Hao showed her his Fighting Capital Doubles Tournament trophy as proof of his entry qualification.
• Su Hao told Jiang Chengcheng and Xia Jie that he wanted to challenge Urshifu, Combo Flow, directly, stunning them.
• Chen Qing learned of Su Hao’s planned challenge and hurried to the Secret Realm entrance to watch the battle.
• Su Hao, Jiang Chengcheng, Xia Jie, and Jiang Shide entered through the private channel and headed toward the Water Tower.
• The Fighting Association informed the tournament participants and spectators that Su Hao would battle Urshifu, Combo Flow, before the tournament began.

Su Hao reached the Water Tower with Jiang Shide, Jiang Chengcheng, and Xia Jie, where he met the Champion-level Urshifu in its Combo Flow and prepared to spar with it using Lucario. The group then headed to the Greatest Martial Arts Tournament arena, where Urshifu in its One-Hit Flow awaited its old rival.

• People debated whether Su Hao's Lucario could face Urshifu after the match was announced.
• Jiang Shide led Su Hao, Jiang Chengcheng, and Xia Jie up the Water Tower, explaining how its Trial tested martial arts understanding and learning.
• Su Hao met Urshifu in its Combo Flow, which mistook him for its opponent before learning that Lucario would spar with it.
• Urshifu in its Combo Flow agreed to the challenge and left with the group for the Greatest Martial Arts Tournament.
• At the tournament arena, Urshifu in its One-Hit Flow noticed its old rival approaching with the humans.

Su Hao brought Lucario to spar with Urshifu—Combo Flow at the Greatest Martial Arts Tournament, where Mega Evolution pushed Lucario to Champion Level. As Mega Lucario countered Urshifu’s attacks with Meteor Mash, Urshifu—One-Hit Flow recognized its own secret art in the technique.

• Su Hao arrived at the tournament with Jiang Shide, Jiang Chengcheng, and Xia Jie, then sent Lucario into the arena to face Urshifu—Combo Flow.
• Su Hao Mega Evolved Lucario, whose Aura and power surged to Champion Level before it strengthened itself further with Bulk Up and entered Little Fairy Dog Mode.
• Urshifu—Combo Flow opened with Aqua Jet, and Mega Lucario met its charge with Bullet Punch, matching its strength.
• Urshifu—Combo Flow followed with a rapid three-punch combination, and Mega Lucario blocked two blows before countering with Meteor Mash.
• Urshifu—One-Hit Flow recognized Mega Lucario’s Meteor Mash as its own One-Hit Flow Secret Art and wondered how Lucario had learned it.

Mega Lucario battled Combo Flow Urshifu, revealing that it had learned and adapted the One-Hit Flow Secret Art and could use Teleport. The fight continued as Mega Lucario copied Combo Flow Urshifu’s stance, apparently asking it to teach the Combo Flow Secret Art.

• Combo Flow Urshifu recognized Mega Lucario’s One-Hit Flow Secret Art and fought it with a barrage of Fighting-type moves.
• The Fighting Association president and other observers recognized the technique, while Chen Qing concluded that Mega Lucario had reconstructed and adapted the genuine art from seeing Kommo-o use the Extreme Martial Style.
• Su Hao ordered Aura Bullet, and Mega Lucario used Teleport to appear above Combo Flow Urshifu and blast it away.
• Combo Flow Urshifu prepared to fight at full strength, but Mega Lucario copied its Combo Flow Secret Art stance.

Mega Lucario used its battle with Urshifu, Combo Flow to master the Combo Flow Secret Art and pursue a fusion with the One-Hit Flow Secret Art. It created its own three-strike technique, drove Urshifu to the arena’s edge, and earned its opponent’s wholehearted acceptance of defeat.

• Urshifu, Combo Flow attacked Mega Lucario with Surging Strikes, while Lucario endured the blows and continued fighting at Su Hao’s command.
• Mega Lucario rapidly improved its grasp of the Combo Flow Secret Art and began weaving it together with the One-Hit Flow Secret Art.
• Mega Lucario resisted using Origin Power to create an instant fusion and instead relied on its own strength to unite the two styles.
• Mega Lucario unleashed three punches carrying both styles’ intent and drove Urshifu, Combo Flow to the edge of the arena.
• Urshifu, Combo Flow saluted Mega Lucario and accepted its defeat.

After Mega Lucario defeated Urshifu of the Combo Flow by combining two martial arts styles, Su Hao left the tournament and flew to Wuling Village. He sought out retired Poison Type expert Poison Gu Bo to learn toxin training techniques for Poipole and to obtain the Poison Secret Manual.

• Mega Lucario created Two Styles Combined and defeated Urshifu of the Combo Flow, which accepted defeat and asked it to return for a rematch after perfecting the style.
• Su Hao and Lucario saluted Urshifu, and Su Hao healed it with Tokiwa Power.
• Su Hao left the Twin Fist Secret Realm and flew to Wuling Village with Naganadel and Poipole.
• Su Hao planned to ask Poison Gu Bo for the Poison Secret Manual and guidance on training Poipole's toxins and eventually absorbing Nihilego's poison.