Chapter Summaries

Su Hao revealed Reshiram and sent it to battle Nihilego, whose overwhelming energy let it withstand Reshiram’s attacks. As the clash continued above the Augusto Mountains, Nihilego transformed into its full-power Gigantamax form.

• Reshiram burned Nihilego with Azure Flames, but Nihilego expelled them with a massive tide of energy.
• Reshiram told the injured Queen Diancie to maintain Trick Room and leave the battle to it, while Su Hao healed her with Life Energy.
• Su Hao and Reshiram faced Nihilego’s Dynamax Cannon with Fusion Flare, then struck it with Dragon Pulse through the smoke.
• Nihilego survived the attacks and revealed its full-power form, which Queen Diancie recognized as Gigantamax.

Su Hao and Reshiram unleashed repeated Inferno Overdrives to suppress Gigantamaxed Nihilego inside the Trick Room. As their struggle to hold it back continued, Leafeon and Ogerpon joined forces with Zacian and Zamazenta and flew toward the battle to strike Nihilego’s core.

• Nihilego Gigantamaxed into a colossal Disaster Dragon, threatening to break through the Trick Room and spread the Darkest Day.
• Su Hao used a Fire Z-Crystal to unleash Inferno Overdrive, and Reshiram answered with Blue Flare against Nihilego’s Eternabeams.
• Su Hao exchanged for more Fire Z-Crystals and joined Reshiram in launching three more Inferno Overdrives, forcing Nihilego into a defensive stance.
• Queen Diancie urged Leafeon and Ogerpon to join the fight and target Nihilego’s core before Su Hao and Reshiram could no longer suppress it.
• Leafeon and Ogerpon took up the Azure Sword and Steel-Forged Mask as Zacian and Zamazenta merged their power with them.
• Leafeon and Ogerpon flew toward Nihilego as Queen Diancie prayed that the two would become new heroes.

Su Hao, Reshiram, Leafeon, and Ogerpon joined forces against Gigantamax Nihilego, with Zacian and Zamazenta guiding the newcomers. They identified Nihilego’s core as its weakness and created an opening for Leafeon and Ogerpon to attack.

• Su Hao sensed Leafeon and Ogerpon arriving as Reshiram struggled to match Nihilego’s increasingly powerful Eternabeams.
• Leafeon and Ogerpon used a Heart Shield and Azure Sword empowered by Zacian and Zamazenta’s divine power to block and counter Nihilego’s attacks.
• Su Hao and Reshiram unleashed Inferno Overdrive, engulfing Nihilego in Blue Flare and weakening its assault.
• Su Hao told Leafeon and Ogerpon to target Nihilego’s swollen pink core, while Zacian and Zamazenta explained that it instinctively protected that weakness.
• Ogerpon shielded Leafeon and Reshiram as Leafeon unleashed countless Sword Lights at Nihilego’s core.
• Reshiram grew to a hundred-meter form and held Nihilego back, and Su Hao called on Leafeon and Ogerpon to attack.

Rayquaza joined the battle against Nihilego, giving Leafeon and Ogerpon a chance to expose the damaged core. With Ogerpon and Zamazenta reflecting Nihilego’s Eternabeam, Leafeon used Zacian’s divine power and Su Hao’s Z-Power to split the core in two.

• Rayquaza arrived and attacked Nihilego with Draco Meteor and Dragon Ascent, disrupting its assault and holding it in place with Reshiram.
• Ogerpon formed Heart Shield with Zamazenta’s divine power, then reflected Nihilego’s Eternabeam back at its core with Behemoth Shield.
• The reflected attack exposed Nihilego’s core and revealed an old sword scar, which Zacian identified as the best target.
• Su Hao powered Leafeon’s Z-Move as Zacian poured the Rusted Sword’s divine power into Leafeon’s Sacred Sword.
• Two distant dragon roars froze Nihilego’s flashing core, allowing Leafeon to cleave it in two with Green-Leaf Sword Shadow, Cloud-Cleaving.

After Nihilego was defeated, Dialga and Palkia appeared and sealed it deep beneath the land because its power had fused with Blue Star’s laws. They then turned their attention to Su Hao and Reshiram, leaving their purpose unclear.

• The spacetime turbulence stopped, and Tori Pendragon and Augustus realized the crisis had ended as Gigantamax phenomena vanished across the country.
• Su Hao and Reshiram watched Rayquaza fly away while Nihilego’s weakened body continued descending, still too powerful to capture or seal themselves.
• Dialga and Palkia emerged, praised Su Hao, Reshiram, Zacian, and Zacian, and used their powers to imprison Nihilego deep underground.
• Dialga and Palkia explained that Nihilego’s power had fused with Blue Star’s Authority and laws, so killing or removing it could cause further harm.
• After completing the seal, Dialga and Palkia turned toward Su Hao and Reshiram and began to speak.

Dialga and Palkia fused their gifts into an orb fragment for Su Hao before leaving, and the world learned how Su Hao and his allies had stopped the Darkest Day. As Su Hao remained missing, Mr. R prepared to begin another experiment using Nihilego’s energy and Deoxys.

• Dialga and Palkia gave Su Hao Adamant Orb and Lustrous Orb Fragments, then fused them into a vessel containing time and space Authority at his request.
• Dialga and Palkia told Reshiram it could seek them out if it was ready, then departed as time resumed and Nihilego’s remaining body disappeared.
• The Great Britain Alliance publicly recounted how Su Hao, Reshiram, Leafeon, Ogerpon, Zacian, Zacian, Queen Diancie, and Rayquaza helped end the Darkest Day, and erected statues in London.
• The Great Britain Alliance could not present its highest honor to Su Hao because he had vanished, while his reputation and the Divine Land Alliance’s standing rose.
• Mr. R watched reports about Su Hao and Reshiram, then turned his attention to Nihilego’s energy and Deoxys as he prepared his next experiment.

Su Hao honored Zacian and Zamazenta in the Ore Kingdom after they sacrificed themselves to stop Nihilego, then gave Lucario an orb containing the powers of time and space. As Lucario began studying the orb, Su Hao prepared for his upcoming Legend Cup match against Alexei Nikolaevich Yegor.

• Su Hao brought the shattered Rusted Sword and Rusted Shield to a lakeside tomb in the Ore Kingdom and placed them there in memory of Zacian and Zamazenta.
• Queen Diancie led the gathered citizens in honoring the two heroes, while Leafeon and Ogerpon mourned their loss.
• Su Hao recalled how Zacian and Zamazenta had vanished after blessing Leafeon and Ogerpon, leaving the two Pokémon with their will and a sense of the world's protection.
• Su Hao checked the date and learned that his Legend Cup match against Alexei Nikolaevich Yegor would take place at Ho-Oh Arena in Imperial City in less than three days.
• Su Hao gave Lucario an orb containing Dialga and Palkia's powers of time and space, and Lucario sensed that its Origin Power could help it develop an ability from them.

After returning to the Divine Land Alliance, Su Hao and Mewtwo examined footage of Molten Mountain’s attack and discovered what appeared to be the Prison Bottle, which might contain Hoopa’s sealed Malice. Su Hao then traveled to the Imperial City for his upcoming Legend Cup battle and news that Liao Xingchen had completed the Rainbow Hero’s Trial.

• Su Hao returned to the Divine Land Alliance and met Mewtwo in Yang City to analyze Molten Mountain’s attack on the Great Britain Alliance.
• Mewtwo showed Su Hao footage of Molten Mountain using a controlled Heatran to break into Nihilego’s deep underground hiding place.
• Su Hao recognized a pot in a released photograph as almost certainly the Prison Bottle, and he explained its connection to Primal Hoopa and its sealed Malice to Mewtwo.
• Su Hao connected Hoopa’s spatial power to the golden ring that had rescued the Forest Plague, and he and Mewtwo agreed to visit the Underworld to check on Little Hoopa.
• Su Hao made preparations, said goodbye to Mew, and flew to the Imperial City for his Legend Cup battle against Alexei Nikolayevich Yegor and the news that Liao Xingchen had completed the Rainbow Hero’s Trial.

Su Hao and the Divine Land Alliance’s Elite Four entered the Nirvana Secret Realm to meet Liao Xingchen and Ho-Oh. There, Chu Ya revealed that Su Hao’s Incineroar had originally come from the realm, leaving Su Hao stunned.

• The Alliance’s current and former Elite Four gathered at headquarters and waited for Su Hao before entering the Nirvana Secret Realm.
• Su Hao arrived late after fans recognized him inside headquarters, and Chu Ya teased him about being mobbed.
• Su Hao and the others passed through the Space Channel and found a lush, vitality-rich landscape.
• Su Hao noticed a group of Pokémon on a rocky hill, including Litten and Incineroar.
• Chu Ya explained that many high-potential Pokémon supplied by the League came from the Nirvana Secret Realm and that Liao Xingchen had brought Su Hao’s Incineroar out of it.

Su Hao learned that Incineroar had been born in the Nirvana Secret Realm near Ho-Oh, then joined the Pokémon League group at Azure Volcano to witness Ho-Oh’s awakening. As Ho-Oh’s appearance drew near, Reshiram suggested that it had completed another nirvana.

• Su Hao released Incineroar, and Chu Ya’s explanation led him to realize Incineroar had been born near Ho-Oh in the Nirvana Secret Realm.
• Incineroar regretted missing the chance to meet Ho-Oh as a cub but refused Su Hao’s suggestion that it show off to unfamiliar younger Pokémon.
• Chu Ya explained that Ho-Oh’s awakening would send an energy tide through the Secret Realm, and Su Hao learned that Su Xu and others had come too.
• Su Hao and the group reached Azure Volcano, where Fire-type energy surged toward Ho-Oh’s crater.
• Reshiram said Ho-Oh seemed to have completed another nirvana, and a phoenix cry rang out as Ho-Oh prepared to appear.

Ho-Oh emerged from Azure Volcano with the Legendary Beasts, while Liao Xingchen followed it into the Nirvana Secret Realm. As the Energy Tide began, Su Hao brought out his Pokémon to absorb its vitality and the Fire- and Flying-type Energy.

• Ho-Oh restrained Azure Volcano, appeared beneath a vast rainbow, and flew over the gathered crowd as Entei, Suicune, and Raikou guarded the crater.
• Su Hao saw Ho-Oh’s status panel and wondered where Liao Xingchen and Marshadow were.
• Liao Xingchen arrived riding a powerful Charizard and followed Ho-Oh’s rainbow trail.
• With the Energy Tide approaching, Su Hao released every Pokémon on his team except Cycloze so they could benefit from it.
• The first wave of the Energy Tide surged from Azure Volcano, and Su Hao’s Pokémon absorbed the vitality and the types of energy suited to them.

Su Hao watched the Pokémon absorb the Nirvana Secret Realm’s energy tide while Ho-Oh observed him from the clouds and considered helping. Ho-Oh chose Su Hao’s Incineroar, whose aura was untainted by other Legendary Pokémon, as the one it would aid.

• Hisuian Braviary and Incineroar absorbed the energy tide with striking efficiency, while Shi Wei’s Pokémon moved away from Incineroar.
• Su Hao used Aura to check on the progress of his acquaintances’ Pokémon, including Li Luoyan’s Volcarona attempting to reach mid-Champion Level.
• Ho-Oh watched Su Hao from a cloud with Liao Xingchen and decided to lend him a hand.
• Ho-Oh examined Su Hao’s Pokémon and found that many carried the auras of other Legends.
• Ho-Oh selected Incineroar because it was born in the Nirvana Secret Realm and had an aura untainted by other Legends.

Ho-Oh decided Incineroar was unsuited to Sacred Fire and granted him a different blessing instead. The blessing transformed Incineroar’s physical strength and vitality, and he ended the chapter approaching the threshold of the middle Champion stage.

• Ho-Oh chose to grant Incineroar a blessing and sent Liao Xingchen to inform Su Hao.
• Liao Xingchen delivered Ho-Oh’s message to Su Hao, who was astonished by the offer.
• Ho-Oh sent a ball of rainbow flame down from the clouds, and it engulfed Incineroar without harming him.
• The blessing strengthened Incineroar’s body, energy affinity, and self-healing, while giving him a chance to trigger a temporary Pseudo-Nirvana Rebirth.
• Su Hao saw Incineroar’s new Sacred Fire’s Blessing and realized his power and stamina had greatly increased.

Ho-Oh gave Su Hao Sacred Ash and energy, while Incineroar broke through to mid-Champion Level in the Nirvana Secret Realm. The story left Su Hao preparing to face North Bear Alliance Champion Alexei Nikolaevich Yegor in the fourth round of the Legend Cup.

• Ho-Oh heard Su Hao's thanks, left Sacred Ash and additional power for him, and flew to its favorite home in the Nirvana Secret Realm.
• Su Hao stored the Sacred Ash in his System Space, and Reshiram explained its rarity and ability to revive the dead.
• Incineroar absorbed the multicolored flames and broke through to mid-Champion Level as the energy tide ended; Naganadel also reached Professional Level.
• Su Hao left the Nirvana Secret Realm and prepared for his match against Alexei Nikolaevich Yegor.
• Jiang Chengcheng and Li Hua arrived at the reopened Ho-Oh Arena for the fourth-round Legend Cup match and took their VIP seats.

Su Hao met North Bear Alliance Champion Alexei Nikolaevich Yegor before their Legend Cup match and learned that Yegor would have Keldeo fight as well. Su Hao left unconcerned, dismissing Keldeo as immature and unawakened.

• Shen Yun warned Su Hao to be cautious before leading him to meet Yegor in the reception room.
• Ekaterina Nikolaevna welcomed Su Hao, who entered alone and found Yegor waiting with Keldeo.
• Su Hao examined Keldeo and judged that the Mythical Pokémon was only mid-Champion Level and had not awakened.
• Yegor greeted Su Hao and explained that Keldeo would join their match for combat training.
• Keldeo eagerly asked to fight immediately, but Yegor stopped it and called it a child.
• Su Hao accepted Keldeo's participation without concern and left the reception room.

A 2v2 singles match began between Su Hao and North Bear Champion Alexei Nikolayevich Yegor at the Ho-Oh Arena. Yegor sent out the Mythical Pokémon Keldeo, and Su Hao answered with Leafeon before immediately calling for Transform.

• The host announced that the match would use a 2v2 singles format, and Liao Xingchen predicted an intense opening clash.
• Alexei Nikolayevich Yegor and Su Hao entered the arena to cheers from the crowd and greetings from their respective supporters.
• Yegor sent out Keldeo, a Mythical Pokémon he had temporarily captured, while Su Hao sent out Leafeon.
• Yegor ordered Keldeo to use Self-Motivation and then Sacred Sword, but Su Hao commanded Leafeon to use Transform.

Leafeon took the form of the King of Swords with the Azure Sword and faced Yegor’s Keldeo in battle. Leafeon overwhelmed Keldeo with its Sword Intent and Giant Beast Slash, leaving Yegor stunned.

• Leafeon caught the Azure Sword in its jaws and transformed into its King of Swords form, while Yegor noticed that its Energy Level had not increased.
• Yegor urged Keldeo to stay calm, and Keldeo charged Leafeon with Sacred Sword.
• Leafeon blocked Keldeo’s strike with its own Sword Intent, making Keldeo retreat and recognize Leafeon as a master swordsman.
• Yegor told Keldeo to use Aura to read Leafeon’s movements and attack again with Sacred Sword.
• Keldeon attacked from an unpredictable angle, but Leafeon dodged and countered with Giant Beast Slash.
• Leafeon shattered Keldeo’s Sacred Sword and engulfed it in Sword Light, leaving Yegor speechless.

Leafeon crossed swords with Keldeo, using the battle to teach it while decisively suppressing it. Keldeo briefly escaped with Yegor’s Quick Counter order and unleashed Mystic Sword, but Leafeon defeated it with Kartana’s sword technique, leaving it unconscious on the field.

• Keldeo recovered from Leafeon’s earlier attack and charged back into battle, determined to prove its sword skills.
• Leafeon exchanged Leaf Blade strikes with Keldeo, whose masters Virizion, Terrakion, and Cobalion watched and recognized that Leafeon had developed its own sword path.
• Yegor noticed that Leafeon’s attacks seemed to strike first and ordered Keldeo to use Quick Counter, letting Keldeo break free with Aqua Jet.
• Keldeo surrounded its horn with a Miracle Plate Fragment and attacked with Mystic Sword, prompting Leafeon to unleash more than a hundred Sword Qi.
• Leafeon’s sword pressure shattered Mystic Sword and overwhelmed Keldeo, which collapsed unconscious as spatial rifts closed around it.

Leafeon defeated Keldeo with its new form, prompting Yegor to send out his powerful Beartic. Su Hao recalled Leafeon and chose Incineroar to test its strength against Beartic, leaving the two Pokémon facing off in the arena.

• Leafeon overwhelmed Keldeo with a flurry of Sword Qi strikes, and Yegor recalled the defeated Mythical Pokémon for treatment.
• Yegor sent out his ace Beartic, whose freezing breath spread across the arena and began icing the protective barrier.
• Bai Du and Li Luoyan recalled Beartic's history of dominating powerful Trainers, while Su Hao recognized its strength.
• Su Hao recalled Leafeon and sent out Incineroar to test how its power had improved against Beartic.
• Incineroar roared, drove back the surrounding cold with flames, and faced Beartic with an aura comparable to its opponent's.

Su Hao's Incineroar fought Yegor's Beartic in a brutal clash, then used Sacred Fire's blessing to undergo a nirvana rebirth. The chapter ended with Incineroar entering Crimson Lotus Mode as Yegor faced its newly awakened power.

• Liao Xingchen recognized that Su Hao would send Incineroar against Beartic, and Beartic froze Incineroar's opening attack with Icy Wind.
• Su Hao ordered Incineroar to charge with Darkest Lariat, and it clashed evenly with Beartic's ice-armored Ice Punch.
• Yegor sent Icicle Crash at Incineroar, but Su Hao told it to unleash its full power, and Incineroar struck Beartic with a devastating attack that shattered the arena and barriers.
• Both Pokémon remained standing after the explosion, though Incineroar appeared badly injured and Beartic's ice armor was broken.
• Liao Xingchen realized Incineroar's apparent collapse concealed the nirvana power of Ho-Oh's blessing, and Sacred Fire engulfed it.
• Su Hao revealed Incineroar's Crimson Lotus Overload state as Incineroar emerged reborn in Crimson Lotus Mode and locked its aura onto Beartic.