Chapter Summaries

Su Hao visited Wuling Village to learn Poison-type techniques from Poison Gu Bo, bringing Poipole while Naganadel prepared to return to the Ultra Wormhole. After reading Poison Gu Bo’s manual, Su Hao began his training by examining two different Beedrill toxins.

• Su Hao landed in Wuling Village and greeted Poison Gu Bo, who welcomed him and agreed to teach him Poison-type insights.
• Poison Gu Bo asked about Poipole, and Su Hao explained that Naganadel had entrusted it to him and would return to the Ultra Wormhole in a few days.
• Su Hao greeted the village children and arranged for supplies to be sent for them, which pleased Poison Gu Bo.
• Poison Gu Bo led Su Hao to his outdoor laboratory and gave him the Poison Secret Manual to study before training began.
• Poison Gu Bo brought out a Beedrill and asked Su Hao to identify the different effects of the toxins from its tail and limb Poison Stings.

Poison Gu Bo demonstrated how Mega Evolution changed Beedrill’s venom and explained a plan to strengthen Poipole’s poison through careful study and evolution. Su Hao agreed to let Poison Gu Bo handle Poipole’s venom while he focused on improving its strength.

• Su Hao recited the known effects of Beedrill’s different venoms, and Poison Gu Bo praised his knowledge.
• Poison Gu Bo revealed an Evolution Key Stone and Mega Evolved Beedrill, explaining that Xia Jie had sent him the stones.
• Mega Beedrill reacted warily to Poipole, but Poison Gu Bo calmed it and apologized to Su Hao.
• Poison Gu Bo described how Mega Evolution made Beedrill’s limb venom fast-acting and paralyzing while its tail venom caused severe allergic reactions.
• Poison Gu Bo proposed studying Poipole’s venom, building its toxicity on a strong foundation, and enhancing it through evolution; Su Hao agreed to handle Poipole’s strength training.

Poison Gu Bo analyzed Poipole’s venom and found it was a sticky, illuminating acid, then began training Poipole to fuse toxins and increase its toxicity. After Poipole drank a dose of Beedrill venom, it showed no effects, leaving its unusual resilience to be tested.

• Poison Gu Bo analyzed Poipole’s venom and Naganadel’s venom, finding that Poipole’s was adhesive, illuminating, and primarily acidic while Naganadel’s was far more potent.
• Poison Gu Bo explained that poison cultivation involved consuming and fusing different toxins, a dangerous process requiring careful treatment and strong endurance.
• Su Hao prepared Milotic and Diancie to support Poipole and encouraged it to pursue greatness through the training.
• Poison Gu Bo selected five ordinary toxins for an initial cycle and adjusted their doses to Poipole’s size and physique.
• Su Hao fed Poipole about 100 milliliters of Beedrill venom, but after ten minutes of circulating its Poison Type energy, Poipole showed no signs of the venom taking effect.

Su Hao completed Poipole’s Five Poisons training and prepared to return to Ultra Megalopolis before his appointment with Mewtwo. After warning the Pokémon League and arranging matters at home, he entered an Ultra Wormhole with Naganadel.

• Poison Gu Bo found that Poipole’s poison resistance required large amounts of venom, and Su Hao helped it train with increasing doses.
• Poipole completed a full Five Poisons cycle in two days, gaining a faint trace of toxicity and surprising Poison Gu Bo.
• Su Hao warned the Pokémon League about unknown humans emerging from Ultra Wormholes and told Shen Yun he would be out of contact.
• Su Hao returned to Yang City, arranged to give Su Qing a gift when she came home, and said goodbye to his father.
• Su Hao destroyed Naganadel’s temporary Poké Ball and entered an Ultra Wormhole with it, bound for Ultra Megalopolis.

Mewtwo finished reverse-engineering Ultra Megalopolis’s Tactical Core Device into Light Energy Watches, and Su Hao returned to the hidden laboratory. After preparing their gear and setting the laboratory to self-destruct, Su Hao and Mewtwo left for Ultra Canyon to begin their operation against Ultra Megalopolis.

• Mewtwo completed the Light Energy Watch and used it to determine the date in Ultra Space.
• Mewtwo told Metagross that Su Hao should return soon, and Metagross eagerly began packing up the laboratory.
• Raging Bolt opened an Ultra Wormhole, and Su Hao arrived riding Hisuian Braviary.
• Su Hao reviewed the Light Energy Watch’s capabilities and outlined a plan to gather intelligence in the refugee district before infiltrating Ultra Megalopolis.
• Mewtwo gave Su Hao a repaired protective suit and warned him that the laboratory would self-destruct after they left.
• Su Hao and Mewtwo activated the self-destruct countdown, released Raging Bolt, and entered the Ultra Wormhole to Ultra Canyon.

In Ultra World, desperate refugees prepared to risk the exposed wasteland to reach humanity’s last stronghold, Ultra Megalopolis. Su Hao blended into their gathering and joined the group planning to leave in two hours.

• Refugees near Ultra Megalopolis waited in the ruins, encouraged by seeing the city’s distant glow but fearful of Ultra Beast attacks along the exposed route.
• A middle-aged man urged the refugees to unite and announced that he would set out for Ultra Megalopolis in two hours.
• More than thirty refugees, including families and teenagers, stood up to join the dangerous journey.
• Su Hao revealed himself and asked to join, and the middle-aged man accepted him after warning that the group would not slow down for him.
• The refugees raised no objections, and Su Hao returned to a corner to conserve his strength.

Su Hao and Mewtwo joined a refugee group to approach Ultra Megalopolis without attracting attention. As the group headed west, Mewtwo used Psychic-type power to hide them from nearby Ultra Beasts.

• Dulse gave Su Hao his father's worn cane and shared that his father had died saving him from an Ultra Beast.
• Su Hao learned that Dulse hoped to reach Ultra Megalopolis, though he doubted the city would make things better for the refugees.
• Su Hao and Mewtwo decided to disguise themselves as refugees and travel with a group from the ruins toward Ultra Megalopolis.
• Dulse's scouts returned and confirmed the route was clear of nearby Ultra Beasts, so the refugees set out west.
• Mewtwo spread Psychic-type power over the group, causing nearby Ultra Beasts to ignore them.

Su Hao and the refugees reached Ultra Megalopolis, where the Ultra Recon Squad sent them to an outside refugee camp. While gathering information, Su Hao learned that the city’s leaders had an important plan and encountered a recruiter inviting him to pray for the Radiant God’s resurrection.

• The refugees reached Ultra Megalopolis, and Dulse wondered whether Su Hao had somehow kept Ultra Beasts away during their journey.
• Two Ultra Recon Squad members escorted the refugees to a camp and discussed the Megalopolis Tower explosion, rumors of resurrection, and the higher-ups’ important plan.
• The refugees settled into the camp’s barracks, and Su Hao returned Dulse’s heirloom cane after explaining that his leg was nearly healed.
• Su Hao left the barracks to investigate and was handed a flyer inviting him to a gathering to pray for the Radiant God’s resurrection.

Su Hao disguised himself as a refugee, learned about the camp’s forced labor, and was sent underground in Ultra Megalopolis with Dulse. After discovering that the city was keeping Guzzlord captive and draining its energy, Su Hao attacked the guards as he began his plan to infiltrate the city.

• Su Hao refused an invitation to a gathering calling for the Radiant God’s return and explored the refugee camp.
• Su Hao blended in with refugees heading to forced labor while Mewtwo warned that energy-monitoring devices made entering Ultra Megalopolis dangerous.
• Su Hao learned that refugees were assigned underground work and saw Dulse among the workers.
• Dulse helped Su Hao keep their garbage-disposal assignment despite Su Hao’s limp, and the two were sent to a warehouse containing Guzzlord.
• Su Hao dumped the garbage into Guzzlord’s mouth, then sent two Aura Bullets at the Ultra Recon Squad members as they opened the warehouse doors.

Su Hao subdued two Ultra Recon Squad members and ordered them to release Guzzlord before infiltrating Megalopolis Tower. There, Xion learned the elders were plotting to develop another world and was confronted by Su Hao, who attacked him with an Aura Bullet.

• Su Hao used Aura Bullets to knock out two Ultra Recon Squad members, then hypnotized them with Mewtwo's help and warned Dulse to leave Ultra Megalopolis.
• Dulse departed, and Su Hao ordered the hypnotized squad members to release Guzzlord and take him to Megalopolis Tower.
• Xion reported plans to open a wormhole to Blue Star and potential allies, including the New Star Organization, to the Governing Elders' Council.
• The elders dismissed Xion's suspicions about the missing Blu and Sally and began another vote on the artificial god.
• Xion recalled his defeat by Su Hao, then Lunala recognized Su Hao as he approached in an Ultra Recon Squad uniform.
• Su Hao revealed himself to Xion and fired an Aura Bullet at him.

Su Hao defeated Xion and Lunala after infiltrating Ultra Megalopolis, then revealed the Governing Elders' Council’s role in Necrozma’s fall. Outside Megalopolis Tower, he confronted the elders with Reshiram and Mega Mewtwo Y as the Guzzlord rampage continued underground.

• Su Hao used Diancie’s Diamond Storm to subdue Lunala while Xion lay incapacitated.
• Su Hao told Xion that the Governing Elders' Council had engineered the Radiant God’s fall, then left Megalopolis Tower.
• A Guzzlord rampaged underground, forcing refugees and Ultra Recon Squad members to flee.
• Dulse recalled that he had followed Su Hao’s advice and led his companions to safety.
• The Governing Elders' Council learned of Su Hao’s infiltration and celebrated the chance to capture Diancie.
• Su Hao appeared outside Megalopolis Tower with Reshiram and Mega Mewtwo Y and announced a grand gift to the elders.

Su Hao confronted the Governing Elders’ Council at Megalopolis Tower and unleashed Z-Moves with Mega Mewtwo Y and Reshiram. As the tower activated its defenses, Mewtwo transformed the surrounding area into an endless purple mirrored space, leaving the clash poised to escalate.

• The nine elders saw the Legendary Class threat assessments for Mewtwo and Reshiram and realized the Pokémon had appeared at the heart of Ultra Megalopolis.
• Su Hao ignored the elders’ warning and used Shattered Psyche to empower Mega Mewtwo Y.
• Su Hao embedded a Fire Z-Crystal and used Inferno Overdrive to empower Reshiram, which took to the air in Overclocked Drive Mode.
• The elders ordered Megalopolis Tower’s defenses activated and its restrictions removed so it could counterattack.
• Mega Mewtwo Y used its Mental Power to turn the space around Megalopolis Tower into an endless purple mirrored space.

Su Hao, Reshiram, and Mega Mewtwo Y destroyed Megalopolis Tower, but a force stopped Reshiram’s attack from reaching the Life Energy below ground. They left Ultra Megalopolis for Blue Star, while a sealed brain core beneath the ruins began absorbing energy.

• Mega Mewtwo Y shattered the solidified space protecting Megalopolis Tower with Supreme Mind Destruction Wave.
• Reshiram overwhelmed the tower’s light-based weapons with Inferno Overdrive, reducing Megalopolis Tower to ruins and devastating the surrounding districts.
• Dulse loaded supplies and refugees into an armored vehicle to escape, then found a wounded bat-like Ultra Beast beside an unconscious person.
• Su Hao and his Pokémon departed for Blue Star after Reshiram sensed that an unknown force had protected the Life Energy underground.
• A dim triangular prism-shaped brain core beneath Megalopolis Tower trembled and absorbed energy through a broken seal.

After escaping his Champion duties, Su Hao returned home and spent time with his Pokémon among the blooming Gracidea Flowers. He discussed Diancie’s path to godhood and decided to seek Xerneas’s guidance in Viridian Forest.

• Su Hao finished meeting with visitors at the League office, and Shen Yun told him the venom he needed was still being procured.
• Su Hao returned home, where Poipole greeted him and he checked its rapid growth and digestion.
• Su Hao found Mewtwo studying Blue Star’s technology while Su Xu sat tensely beside it.
• Su Hao joined Diancie, Leafeon, Ogerpon, and Poipole in admiring the blooming Gracidea Flowers.
• Su Hao decided to take Diancie to Viridian Forest the next day to ask Xerneas for help with her path to godhood.

In Viridian Forest, Zeraora trained to develop its Plasma Lightning with the Thunder Stone Slab Fragment, while Su Hao reflected on Reshiram’s complicated feelings toward it. Su Hao then joined Xerneas, Diancie, and Little Y, where Xerneas praised Diancie’s Radiant Aura, and Su Hao briefly noticed an unfamiliar look in Little Y’s eyes.

• Zeraora restrained its usual attack and tried to modify its Plasma Lightning using the Thunder Stone Slab Fragment.
• Reshiram said Zeraora could reach great strength by developing its own abilities, and Su Hao recognized that Reshiram wanted it to be strong without burdening it with inherited hatred.
• Su Hao returned to the lakeside, where Xerneas and Diancie discussed Diancie’s enhanced Radiant Aura and Little Y excitedly greeted him.
• Su Hao glimpsed something unusual in Little Y’s eyes, but the expression vanished before he could identify it.
• Xerneas said Diancie’s Radiant Aura surpassed its own Fairy Aura in quality and could withstand Zygarde 50%’s Aura Break when their strength was equal.

Xerneas warned Su Hao that the previous God of Death’s return was unusual and that the balance between life and death was shifting, while Su Hao spent a peaceful half-month training Diancie and considering a laboratory for Mewtwo. The chapter ended with Su Hao reviewing his investigation into the New Star Organization and locating Third Seat Nightmare, whose nightmare attacks were spreading across Europe.

• Xerneas told Su Hao that the previous Yveltal should not have returned to heaven and earth and asked him to investigate, while warning that the Order Overseer might soon appear.
• Su Hao stayed in Viridian Forest, where Diancie trained to merge with the laws of light as he gathered Radiant Stones for her.
• Su Hao visited Yang City, impressed Su Qing with his advanced Pokémon technology, and asked her to retrieve Genesect for Mewtwo and find professionals to build Mewtwo a laboratory.
• Su Hao decided to visit the Spirit Realm Secret Realm after Cycloze completed its fusion and wondered whether Hoopa had awakened.
• Su Hao reviewed his investigation of the New Star Organization and identified Third Seat Nightmare as a target whose nightmare attacks were occurring across Europe.

Su Hao had Poipole safely exposed to Nihilego's Poison so it could become familiar with the substance, but the poison entered Poipole and its status changed to "Cosmic Virus: Active." After several days without visible effects, Poipole continued progressing toward evolution, leaving Su Hao to worry about what the virus might do.

• Su Hao reviewed the unresolved threats on Blue Star and went to check on Poipole's training.
• Xerneas, Diancie, Reshiram, and the others encouraged Poipole as it touched the Nihilego's Poison-corroded Iron Plate Fragment.
• The Nihilego's Poison surged into Poipole, but Xerneas determined it would not harm it, so Reshiram and Diancie stopped trying to suppress it.
• Su Hao found no visible changes in Poipole beyond the new "Cosmic Virus: Active" suffix on its name.
• After several days without unusual symptoms, Poipole reached Elite Level and neared evolution as its Poison-type training advanced.

Poipole began evolving after unleashing Dragon Pulse, but Nihilego’s Poison interfered with the process. Xerneas and Reshiram suppressed the virus, helping Poipole evolve into an unusual Shiny Naganadel whose silver-white and bright yellow colors differed from Su Hao’s expectations.

• The Dragapult siblings teased Poipole until it unleashed Dragon Pulse and began to evolve.
• The Dragapult brother rushed to fetch Su Hao, who hurried over with cameras and recording equipment.
• Su Hao found Nihilego’s Poison affecting Poipole, and Xerneas and Reshiram suppressed the alien virus.
• Nihilego’s Poison became part of Poipole’s power, and dense Evolutionary Light enveloped it.
• Poipole evolved into Naganadel, whose silver-white and bright yellow markings surprised Su Hao.

Poipole evolved into Naganadel, whose strength and venom far exceeded Su Hao’s expectations after it absorbed Nihilego’s Cosmic Virus. Su Hao sterilized the toxic area and left Naganadel to continue training, aware that its powers still held secrets.

• Naganadel reveled in its new body while Su Hao and Metagross admired its evolution.
• Su Hao checked Naganadel’s status and found it had reached Elite Level Late Stage with Poison- and Dragon-type moves.
• Naganadel demonstrated venom powerful enough to corrode metal and poison a Gym Level Pokémon into collapse.
• Reshiram used Blue Flare to sterilize the spreading venom, and Su Hao told Naganadel to control its toxicity when it practiced.
• Su Hao assessed Naganadel’s poison, sniping talent, and mobility as formidable, while suspecting the Cosmic Virus had more effects to reveal.

Su Hao returned from Viridian Forest to inspect Mewtwo’s research institute and discovered it had built a gloomy castle. Mewtwo led him inside to see the newly arrived Genesect.

• Incineroar reached Champion Level and fought Hisuian Braviary, damaging much of Viridian Forest before Xerneas restored it and Su Hao reprimanded them.
• Su Hao arranged for Lucario to cleanse Nihilego’s Poison from the Iron Plate Fragment, while Hoopa remained trapped and asleep in the Valley of Creation.
• Su Hao left Viridian Forest on September 3rd and returned to Yang City to inspect the research institute.
• Su Hao found that Mewtwo had built a huge, dark castle in less than a week, leaving Shen Yun unable to defend its appearance.
• Mewtwo told Su Hao the Genesect had arrived and led him into the unlit castle.