Chapter Summaries

Diancie advanced its understanding of the laws of light while training under Primal Groudon, then helped Su Hao defeat Elder Long Yao and the enormous Dragonite in the Legend Cup quarterfinals. After reaching the semifinals, Su Hao returned to Volcano Island, where Primal Groudon began moving again and befriended Groudon.

• Diancie used the Authority Shell to gather law power and advanced its understanding of the laws of light to twenty percent under Primal Groudon's Terminus Land.
• Su Hao and Diancie fought Elder Long Yao and the enormous Dragonite in the seventh round of the Legend Cup and narrowly defeated them with Dawn Break.
• Su Hao gave the enormous Dragonite's Dragon Rage to Naganadel and secured a place in the semifinals against David Carlisle, while Bai Du advanced to face Antonio.
• Su Hao returned with Diancie to Volcano Island for further training after the seventh round.
• Primal Groudon learned to move while controlling its body and became friends with Groudon after asking how it had changed into its current form.

Kyogre began training Milotic to undergo a power-integration form of Primal Reversion using the Infinite Source as a vessel. After a month of training, the story shifted to Rome, where Kalos and her Pokémon cornered Nightmare as he tried to escape.

• Kyogre proposed using Milotic's Infinite Source to integrate her power and achieve Primal Reversion, with Latios and Latias supporting the plan.
• Kyogre guided Milotic through a month of training in the Primal Sea to strengthen her Pseudo-Primal Sea and prepare her for Primal Reversion.
• Su Hao welcomed the New Year in the Valley of Creation and planned to return to Yang City for Spring Festival.
• In Rome's Colosseum, Nightmare tried to flee Kalos and Little Ji after they pursued him for a month and repeatedly injured Darkrai.
• Kalos told Nightmare that Little Ji had locked onto him, and a blackish-green Pokémon appeared beside her and blocked his escape.

Zygarde defeated the corrupted Darkrai and discovered a dangerous imbalance between life and death, prompting it to seek Xerneas and Yveltal while continuing its search for its Complete Forme. Meanwhile, Su Hao returned to Yang City for Lunar New Year with a crowd of Legendary Pokémon, leaving his father stunned at the door.

• Zygarde gathered enough Cells to transform into its 50% Forme, trapped Darkrai and Nightmare in the Colosseum, and defeated Darkrai with Core Enforcer.
• Zygarde sensed that life had grown far stronger than death and decided to search for Xerneas and Yveltal while collecting more Order Divine Power Cells.
• Su Hao paused training for the holiday, recorded a Spring Festival greeting, and agreed to return home to celebrate with his family.
• Su Hao brought Articuno and Little Lugia from the Divine Bird Sanctuary, while Xerneas, Little Y, Latios, and Latias joined the trip to Yang City.
• Su Xu opened the door to find Su Hao surrounded by Legendary Pokémon and joked that they seemed ready to conquer the world.

Su Hao brought a gathering of Legendary Pokémon home to celebrate the New Year with his family, who prepared a festive courtyard feast. As midnight approached, his prerecorded greeting played on television, but Groudon unexpectedly wandered into the shot.

• Su Qing was stunned by the Legendary Pokémon Su Hao brought home, then learned they had brought ingredients for the feast.
• Su Qing, Su Xu, Su Hao, and the Pokémon prepared and decorated the courtyard for their New Year's reunion dinner.
• Su Hao and the Pokémon wrote wishes on ribbons, and Diancie used her Radiance Aura to brighten the fireworks display.
• The family watched New Year's greetings from Su Hao's acquaintances before Su Hao's prerecorded message appeared on television.
• Groudon unexpectedly walked into the background of Su Hao's televised greeting, shocking the viewers.

Su Hao resumed training on Volcano Island after the New Year holidays, while Giovanni waited for Mewtwo to finish fusing with darkness and planned to seize the light at the Island Sanctuary. The chapter left Giovanni preparing to control Cosmoem and use it to return to his world and take revenge.

• Su Hao spent the New Year visiting family and friends before returning to Volcano Island on the sixth day to resume training.
• Giovanni watched the unconscious Mewtwo continue changing as it fused with the power of darkness.
• Giovanni recalled how Mewtwo had helped him conquer his world before Radiant God Ultra Necrozma defeated Team Rainbow Rocket in another world.
• Giovanni planned to visit the Island Sanctuary, seize its light, and use it to feed Cosmoem.
• Giovanni prepared to control Cosmoem and use its power to open Ultra Wormholes, declaring that the time was almost here.

Su Hao watched Ogerpon train against Incineroar on Volcano Island before traveling to the Sea Temple. He checked on the progress of Diancie's Authority Shell and learned that his Pokémon were cultivating in the Reverse World.

• Leafeon reached the mid-Champion Level, mastered the power of the sun, and further refined its Sword Intent during a month of training.
• Ogerpon continued fighting Incineroar despite losing with its Hearth Mask, determined to improve enough to inherit Zacian's legacy.
• Su Hao saw that Diancie's Authority Shell fill progress had reached 40.25% before leaving for the Sea Temple.
• Su Hao entered the Sea Temple with Manaphy's pearl and admired the gathered aquatic Pokémon guarding it.
• Reshiram told Su Hao that Dreepy and the others were cultivating in the Reverse World, where Dragapult's group could protect them from losing their life force.

Su Hao watched Milotic undergo Primal Reversion in the Sea Temple as Primal Kyogre, Mega Latias, and Mega Latios empowered it. Milotic awakened a unified power and reached near the limit of Champion Level.

• Su Hao considered how the Reverse World could help Lucario, Dragapult, and the others develop their powers and train.
• Su Hao avoided interrupting Hisuian Braviary, which was close to breaking through to mid-Champion Level.
• Su Hao entered the Sea Temple’s core chamber and watched Primal Kyogre, Mega Latias, and Mega Latios assist Milotic.
• The Water-type Plate Fragment left Milotic, and blue arcs formed the origin symbol α as Milotic awakened a small domain within Primal Kyogre’s Primal Sea.
• Milotic combined the powers of origin, purification, and interference, then rose to nearly the limit of Champion Level as Su Hao recognized its transformation as Primal Reversion.

Milotic absorbed the power of the Primal Sea but chose to delay her Master Level breakthrough so she could build a stronger foundation and eventually surpass Latios and Latias. Su Hao asked Manaphy to find a suitable sparring partner for her, and Manaphy discovered a wild Master Level Pokémon nearby.

• Milotic sensed that she could cross the Dragon Gate into Master Level, but withdrew her power and returned to late Champion Level instead.
• Latios fussed over Milotic while Latias called him an idiot, and Su Hao examined Milotic and confirmed she was healthy but needed to recover her energy.
• Milotic explained that she wanted to master the laws as well as accumulate power, and Su Hao agreed to support her ambitions.
• Su Hao thanked Primal Kyogre, then asked Manaphy to find Milotic a strong sparring partner because the others were unavailable or unsuitable.
• Manaphy searched the Prince of the Sea's inherited memories and found a wild Master Level Pokémon nearby.

Manaphy led Su Hao to a secluded island near Point Nemo to find the wild Master Level Pokémon known as the Moon of Calamity. Slowking guided them to the target, and Su Hao discovered it was a vacant-eyed Altaria.

• Manaphy remembered a remote island inhabited by wild Pokémon and identified the Moon of Calamity as their target.
• Su Hao and Manaphy arrived at the island near Point Nemo aboard the Sea Temple and found it teeming with Pokémon.
• A Master Level Slowking blocked Su Hao’s Aura scan, greeted Manaphy, and questioned whether they truly intended to challenge the Moon of Calamity.
• Su Hao confirmed his intention to challenge the Pokémon, and Slowking led him, Manaphy, and Milotic deeper into the island.
• Slowking found the Moon of Calamity in the middle of a freshwater lake, where Su Hao saw a dull-witted Altaria and stared at Manaphy in disbelief.

Su Hao learned that Altaria’s fearsome reputation as the Moon of Calamity came from its partnership with Slowking, which compensated for Altaria’s poor memory and lack of tactics. Manaphy showed him the Ocean Friend Almanac’s account of Altaria driving the White Eagle Alliance fleet away from the World-Secluded Island.

• Milotic challenged Altaria, but Altaria quickly forgot what Milotic had said and asked Slowking to explain.
• Slowking used its Mental Power as an external brain for Altaria, and Manaphy explained how their partnership made Altaria formidable.
• Manaphy shared images of the White Eagle Alliance fleet approaching the World-Secluded Island to claim its resources and Pokémon.
• Slowking parted the clouds and spread its Mental Power as the fleet mocked Altaria’s vacant expression.
• Altaria summoned waves, swallowed a Barraskewda, Stockpiled energy, and unleashed Steam Eruption against the sea before the fleet.
• The terrified sailors recognized Altaria as the Moon of Calamity.

Manaphy showed Su Hao and Milotic how Slowking and Altaria had once devastated the White Eagle Alliance fleet, explaining Altaria’s fearsome power. Milotic fought Altaria in its Primal Reversion, but its Natural Energy ran out, ending the spar when Slowking blocked Altaria’s attack.

• Manaphy transmitted a vision of Altaria and Slowking destroying the White Eagle Alliance fleet, after which Manaphy’s predecessor’s predecessor befriended them and the title Moon of Calamity originated.
• Milotic eagerly accepted Altaria’s challenge, and Slowking agreed to contain the battle’s aftershocks.
• Altaria and Milotic began their spar in the lake, with Altaria’s Steam Eruption pressuring Milotic into Primal Reversion.
• Milotic expanded its Pseudo-Primal Sea-based domain and countered with Origin Pulse, but Altaria continued to overpower it as Slowking stabilized the island and blocked the domain’s mental effects.
• Milotic’s Natural Energy ran out during Altaria’s stronger Gulp Missile, so Slowking stopped the attack and Milotic returned to its original form.

Milotic depleted her Natural Energy while fighting Altaria, so Slowking intervened and she began charging for Primal Reversion. After days of training against Altaria, she mastered a powerful cloud-and-mist domain with purifying rain, which Su Hao named Eternal Pure Mist Abyss.

• Milotic ran out of Natural Energy, and Slowking intervened before Altaria’s next strike; she then used the Infinite Source to gather more energy.
• Su Hao connected with the island’s plants through Tokiwa Power, reducing the time Milotic needed to gather enough Natural Energy for half an hour of Primal Reversion from three days to one.
• Su Hao stayed on the island for several days as Milotic trained against Altaria, adapting to her enhanced body and integrated abilities.
• Milotic’s Primal Reversion produced a cloud-and-mist domain that amplified Water-type power, rejected Fire-type attacks, induced hallucinations, and froze Mental Energy.
• Milotic’s domain also produced purifying rain that blocked curses and abnormalities below her level and weakened stronger ones.
• Su Hao named Milotic’s new ability Eternal Pure Mist Abyss.

Su Hao prepared to mobilize Legendary Pokémon against Giovanni while Mewtwo worked to locate the R Institute. After learning the Legend Cup semifinals would soon begin, Su Hao watched Diancie's Authority Shell progress reach 49.999%.

• Su Hao reviewed the Legendary allies he could gather and considered traveling to the North Bear Alliance to seek Kyurem and obtaining the Green Orb for Groudon and Kyogre.
• On January 19, 2025, Shen Yun told Su Hao that the Legend Cup semifinals were approaching and their location had been decided.
• Incineroar recalled its loss to David Carlisle and demanded a chance to fight, but Su Hao warned it that Tapu Koko might support its opponent.
• Su Hao went to see Diancie and observed that its Authority Shell completion progress had reached 49.999%.

Su Hao concluded that Diancie needed a high-pressure battle to break through to Class Two Legendary and chose the upcoming semifinal against Tapu Koko as its opportunity. Meanwhile, university teams gathered to enter Sky Tower, where Longdu University student Li Hua prepared to climb with his entry slot.

• Su Hao learned that Diancie remained stuck at 49.9% progress and, following Mewtwo's analysis, decided it needed combat pressure to complete its breakthrough.
• Su Hao chose Tapu Koko as Diancie's opponent in the upcoming semifinals and planned to clear Sky Tower in the meantime.
• The Divine Land Alliance arranged Sky Tower entry slots for university teams, and students from the top-ranked schools gathered at the tower.
• Li Hua joined Longdu University's group with an entry slot and resolved to climb as many floors as he could to strengthen himself and his companions.

Li Hua prepared to reach Sky Tower’s tenth-floor Dragon Trial and earn a Flying Gem for Corviknight. The crowd’s attention shifted when Jiangcheng University arrived with Su Hao, who was registered to enter the tower as a third-year student.

• Li Hua watched Jiang Chengcheng and considered how Sky Tower could help him catch up with the strongest students.
• Longdu University’s teacher explained the tower’s early floors and the tenth-floor trial, where Trainers had to command three assigned Dragon-type Pokémon through a hurricane barrier.
• Li Hua set his sights on the tenth-floor reward, a Flying Gem to strengthen Corviknight’s potential.
• Jiangcheng University arrived, and Li Hua recognized Su Hao among the team led by Zhao Yun.
• Zhao Yun registered Li Xiao, Long Ningyan, and third-year student Su Hao to enter Sky Tower.

Su Hao secretly used a Jiangcheng University slot to enter Sky Tower, hoping to obtain something inside while avoiding Rayquaza’s notice. As the trial was about to begin, Li Hua asked Su Hao to take him along so he could improve.

• Su Hao’s appearance at Sky Tower stunned the students when Coach Zhao Yun named him as one of Jiangcheng University’s candidates.
• Li Xiao told Long Ningyan that Su Hao had traded a Legendary Bird feather for the entry slot originally intended for another candidate.
• Su Hao reflected that he had originally come to Jiangcheng University for his final exam before choosing to enter Sky Tower through the university.
• Su Hao used an Aura Channel to speak with Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng, but kept his reason for entering Sky Tower and his connection to Rayquaza private.
• As the participants prepared to enter Sky Tower, Li Hua begged Su Hao to take him along so he could improve.

Su Hao agreed to let his friends follow behind him through Sky Tower’s early floors, then led a growing crowd toward the upper levels at speed. On the second floor, he reached the stairs guarded by sub-dragon projections and sent out Naganadel to attack them.

• Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng asked to follow Su Hao through Sky Tower and share any resources they found, and Su Hao agreed.
• Su Hao told Li Xiao and Long Ningyan to follow him for the first ten floors, then entered Sky Tower with the others.
• Teachers and students from several universities began trailing Su Hao, hoping to conserve their strength on the early floors.
• Long Ningyan explained the second floor’s resources and its projected Pokémon guards to Su Hao.
• Su Hao reached the stairs guarded by Shieldon projections and an Early Elite Level Bastiodon, then ordered Naganadel to use Acid.

Su Hao’s Shiny Naganadel obliterated the Shieldon and Bastiodon projections with a rapidly spreading, corrosive poison mist, leaving the students unsure how to reach the stairs. Su Hao summoned Milotic to cleanse the dangerous mist.

• A Beast Ball opening startled Li Hua and the other students, but Su Hao’s Shiny Naganadel appeared instead of an Ultra Beast portal.
• Shieldon and Bastiodon projections attacked Naganadel with Ancient Power, and Naganadel answered with Acid.
• Naganadel’s poison corroded the stones and spread into a mist that destroyed the projections and withered the grass.
• The students feared the mist would block their route up the stairs, while Su Hao explained that it could only be fully eradicated with Purifying Power.
• Su Hao summoned Milotic and asked it to deal with the poison mist.

Su Hao and the students climbed Sky Tower, with Milotic purifying the toxic mist and Naganadel clearing the guardians and desert obstacles. They reached the tenth floor, where the Dragon Trial projections failed to appear as if the tower had frozen.

• Su Hao summoned Milotic, which used Eternal Pure Mist Abyss to eliminate the toxic mist and restore the barren ground.
• Su Hao led the group through the third and fourth floors while Naganadel defeated the sub-dragon projections with Dragon-type moves.
• Su Hao sent Naganadel ahead across the fifth-floor desert, while he walked through the air toward the stairs and the others followed on Flying Pokémon.
• Su Hao and the students continued through the next floors, collecting resources as Naganadel cleared their path, and reached the tenth floor.
• The Dragon Trial’s three Pokémon projections did not appear after the crowd entered the tenth-floor space.

Su Hao used his Aura Barrier to cross the tenth floor’s Hurricane Barrier while the other challengers relied on Dragon-type Pokémon projections. He reached the eleventh floor ahead of his companions, who realized they would have to continue without catching up to him.

• A strange pressure recalled everyone’s Pokémon into their Poké Balls and blocked them from being released.
• Sky Tower gave each challenger three Dragon-type Pokémon projections, and Su Hao received Druddigon, Goomy, and Greedent.
• Su Hao ordered his projections to follow behind him and walked through the hurricane, protecting them with his Aura Barrier and defeating many Flying Pokémon.
• After Su Hao left the tenth floor, Li Hua, Jiang Chengcheng, Li Xiao, and Long Ningyan crossed the weakened Flying Pokémon encirclement.
• The group reached the eleventh floor and found craters left by Su Hao but no sign of him, so they prepared to continue on their own.