Chapter Summaries

Su Hao visited the Valley of Creation, where Zygarde analyzed the seal trapping Little Hoopa and Little Mew and agreed to remove it over the next few days. With Zygarde watching over them, Su Hao left to handle another matter, carrying a Zygarde Cell that could help him communicate and travel.

• Little Hoopa pretended Little Mew was bullying it, but Su Hao saw through the act and distracted it with donuts.
• Zygarde realized Little Mew was weakening because it could not find the World Tree it was bound to support.
• Zygarde analyzed the Valley of Creation and concluded that Ghost-type energy from a Spooky Plate fragment sealed the spacetime rift and blocked Little Hoopa's Hyperspace Hole.
• Zygarde said it would need three to four days to capture the fragment and remove the seal while monitoring Little Hoopa and Little Mew.
• Su Hao agreed to leave the Valley of Creation in Zygarde's care and accepted a Zygarde Cell that would let Zygarde contact and locate him.

Su Hao returned to the Divine Bird Sanctuary with Diancie, intending to use her newfound strength to purify Dark Lugia’s negative energy. He showed Articuno Diancie’s Legendary power, leaving the ancient bird unable to resist her radiant field.

• Su Hao set out for the Divine Bird Sanctuary to resolve the lingering problem of Dark Lugia, confident that Diancie could now purify Lugia’s corruption.
• Reshiram kept quiet about Rayquaza’s growing favor toward Su Hao, while Rayquaza stubbornly decided not to make peace first.
• Su Hao arrived at the sanctuary, where Articuno and its kin welcomed him and Articuno reported that the Pokémon in its care were doing well.
• Su Hao prompted Diancie to reveal her power to Articuno, who recognized that Diancie had surpassed it.
• Articuno struggled against Diancie’s radiant field and could not resist its suppression.

Su Hao and Diancie returned to the Divine Bird Sanctuary, where the Legendary Birds learned that Diancie had become a Class Two Legendary Pokémon and could finish purifying Lugia. Dark Lugia remained confident it could eventually escape, unaware that purification was about to be completed.

• Moltres and Zapdos rushed to confront the newcomers, but Articuno recognized Su Hao and Diancie and sent the visiting clansmen home.
• Zapdos and Moltres acknowledged that Diancie's strength and Radiant aura surpassed theirs, while Articuno resolved to seek its own improvement.
• Su Hao asked the Legendary Birds about recent disturbances and Lugia's condition, and they reported that the sanctuary remained peaceful and Lugia's purification had continued.
• The Legendary Birds realized Diancie's arrival as a Class Two Legendary meant Lugia's purification could be completed that day.
• Dark Lugia sensed Su Hao and Diancie near the Imprison, dismissed the danger, and continued plotting to exploit the host personality and escape.

Diancie used her Radiant Authority to cleanse Dark Lugia while Zapdos, Moltres, Articuno, and Su Hao watched with Little Lugia. Dark Lugia faded into slumber, and Lugia’s gentle personality returned, declaring that she had truly come back.

• Dark Lugia was shocked to see Diancie had reached Class Two Legendary and mastered a light-related Authority.
• Zapdos and Moltres prepared to confront Dark Lugia while Articuno reassured Little Lugia that its mother would return.
• Su Hao explained that he brought Little Lugia to help it distinguish Dark Lugia from the Lugia who loved it.
• Diancie poured her Radiant Power into the seal, cleansing Dark Lugia’s negative energy and suppressing its consciousness.
• Dark Lugia warned that it would awaken again and glanced toward Little Lugia before losing consciousness.
• Lugia opened her gentle eyes, smiled at Su Hao and the others, and said she had truly returned.

After purifying Lugia, Su Hao visited Ice Island and decided which Pokémon would travel with him and which would stay behind. Articuno agreed to join his journey, while Hisuian Braviary remained at Divine Bird Sanctuary to train under Lugia.

• Su Hao declined to add Sableye to his traveling team and left it and the other Grass-type Pokémon safe in Evergreen Forest with resources.
• Lugia reunited with Little Lugia on Frozen Beach and offered to help Su Hao.
• Su Hao left Hisuian Braviary at Divine Bird Sanctuary to receive advanced training from Lugia.
• Su Hao asked Articuno whether it wanted to travel with him, and Articuno agreed.

Su Hao returned to Yang City with Articuno and reunited with his family and Pokémon. Zygarde lifted the restriction on the Valley of Creation, while Malice grew alarmed as a dangerous being neared awakening in an underwater facility.

• Articuno reflected on joining Su Hao’s team and hoped it could help him face future threats.
• Su Hao arrived at his family’s villa in Yang City, where Su Xu welcomed him and Su Hao immediately asked whether he had completed his assigned task.
• Su Hao’s Pokémon settled back into their routines, while he took Articuno to visit Metagross and Mewtwo.
• On February 3rd, Zygarde’s Cells told Su Hao that the restriction on the Valley of Creation had been lifted.
• At an underwater research facility, Malice sensed the being in a cultivation tank growing stronger and decided it needed to save itself before attempting to devour its main body.

Su Hao gathered his Pokémon and went to the unsealed Valley of Creation, where Zygarde had strengthened its defenses against Malice. There, he spotted a Spooky Plate Fragment in Little Hoopa and Little Mew’s gaming room.

• Su Hao recalled his Pokémon and noted that his team, except for Naganadel, had reached Champion Level.
• Su Hao freed Spiritomb from its guardianship, and arranged for it to work at Chu Ya’s family’s haunted house.
• Su Hao entered the Valley of Creation by way of the Spirit Realm Secret Realm and the Sealed Inheritance Grounds.
• Zygarde guided Su Hao through the Valley of Creation and explained its watch over the area against Malice’s Hyperspace Holes.
• Su Hao greeted Little Mew and noticed a Spooky Plate Fragment on the table.

Su Hao accepted the Spooky Plate Fragment from Zygarde and used Little Hoopa’s Hyperspace Hole to search for Kyurem. The ring found a freezing presence but became blocked by an ice-blue barrier, and Zygarde realized what had happened.

• Zygarde explained that the Spooky Plate Fragment had formed from the seal that isolated the Valley of Creation, and Su Hao stored it in the System Space.
• Su Hao considered how many Plate Fragments he had collected and suspected that the remaining ones were mostly in his original world.
• Zygarde lifted its suppression of Little Hoopa’s Hyperspace Hole, and Su Hao briefly opened a portal into the Mewtwo Research Institute, startling Mewtwo.
• Su Hao gave Little Hoopa his impressions of Kyurem and its Aura Frequency, then asked it to find and bring Kyurem through a ring.
• Little Hoopa’s ring found a freezing aura, but the passage froze over behind an ice-blue barrier, prompting Zygarde to declare that it understood what was happening.

Zygarde traced Kyurem to the Far North and told Su Hao that the Icicle Plate Fragment was likely keeping it asleep. Su Hao prepared to head there after meeting Chairman Antonio, using Hoopa to open a direct passage to the Imperial City.

• Zygarde identified the Light Barrier around Hoopa's Hyperspace Hole as the effect of the Icicle Plate Fragment and concluded it had affected Kyurem.
• Zygarde used its scattered Cells and the traces of Kyurem's aura to locate it in the Far North.
• Su Hao learned that Chairman Antonio had arrived in the Imperial City and ordered preparations to leave immediately.
• Shen Yun and her assistant prepared for the meeting while Shen Yun recognized that Su Hao had only appeared to be working seriously.
• Hoopa opened a ring-shaped passage to the Imperial City, and Su Hao and Shen Yun stepped through it.

Su Hao met United Nations Chairman Antonio in secret to discuss a shortcut into North Bear Alliance territory for a polar expedition. Antonio asked for Su Hao’s help because Regice, one of Regigigas’s Sacred Pillars, was suspected of being controlled.

• Su Hao met Antonio in a secluded reception room after Shen Yun arranged the meeting.
• Antonio offered to have Su Hao join a joint polar expedition, allowing him to enter North Bear Alliance territory and the Arctic legally.
• Su Hao asked what Antonio wanted in return before agreeing to the offer.
• Antonio asked Su Hao what he knew about Regigigas, and Su Hao described its legends and its creation of the Legendary Giants.
• Antonio revealed that Regice was suspected of being controlled, which was why Regigigas had become his ally.

After the alliances approved a joint expedition to investigate the missing Arctic research stations, Su Hao prepared to sail north during the dangerous polar night. He had already narrowed down where Regice had gone and headed out to challenge the three Swords of Justice before the expedition ship departed.

• Antonio returned to the White Eagle Alliance, and the Divine Land and White Eagle alliances pressured the North Bear Alliance into approving their proposal.
• Su Qing warned Su Hao about the Arctic’s polar night and harsh conditions, then gave him precautions she had gathered from acquaintances.
• Su Hao set February 5 as his departure date, three days before the expedition ship sailed, and planned to challenge the three Swords of Justice in the meantime.
• Su Hao pieced together how Regice had vanished from Legend Island and concluded that the remaining New Star Organization members and Hoopa’s Evil Thoughts revealed its likely location.

Su Hao arrived in the North Bear Alliance and asked Yegor to arrange a friendly swordsmanship spar between Leafeon and the Swords of Justice. Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion accepted, and Su Hao presented Leafeon to them in the wilderness.

• Su Hao used Hoopa's ring to appear before Yegor at the Kremlin, startling him and returning his restrained Poké Ball.
• Su Hao told Yegor that Leafeon wanted to spar with the Swords of Justice in swordsmanship.
• Su Hao persuaded Yegor to make the request by offering information about the Evil Dragon and a future chance for Keldeo to undergo its Trial.
• Yegor passed the request to Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion, who agreed to meet Su Hao outside Moscow.
• Cobalion asked whether Su Hao wanted to challenge the Swords of Justice, and Su Hao brought out Leafeon as the intended sparring partner.

Su Hao arranged a swordsmanship contest between Leafeon and the three Swords of Justice, who agreed to spar. While they prepared, he explained Kyurem’s past to the curious Keldeo and urged it to use Kyurem’s name instead of calling it the Evil Dragon.

• Yegor realized that Leafeon had reached mid-Champion Level and might be nearing the upper limits of Champion Level.
• Cobalion, Virizion, and Terrakion agreed to spar with Leafeon in a contest focused purely on swordsmanship.
• Keldeo eagerly approached Su Hao and Leafeon, but Yegor tried unsuccessfully to stop it from talking.
• Keldeo asked Su Hao whether the Evil Dragon was as wicked as the stories claimed.
• Su Hao explained that Kyurem had recognized its mistakes and accepted punishment, then asked Keldeo to call it Kyurem.

Leafeon faced Virizion in a swordsmanship trial and defeated it with a lightning-fast technique that Virizion called a sword art of the Divine Realm. Terrakion stepped forward to challenge Leafeon next, and Su Hao told it to transform.

• Virizion explained that the nearby wild Pokémon had been moved away, and Su Hao offered to restore any plants damaged during the spar.
• Virizion and Leafeon exchanged sword strikes, and the watching Swords of Justice were astonished that Leafeon could keep pace with Virizion.
• Leafeon unleashed its fastest sword strike, cracked Virizion's blade, and completely outmatched Virizion in swordsmanship.
• Virizion admitted defeat and praised Leafeon's skill, leaving Keldeo stunned.
• Terrakion challenged Leafeon to test its strength against Leafeon's speed, and Su Hao told Leafeon to transform.

Leafeon transformed into its King of Swords form and challenged Terrakion with a head-on clash of sword techniques. Leafeon shattered Terrakion’s energy-formed Sacred Sword, leaving a broken horn on the ground.

• Leafeon transformed into its King of Swords form after Su Hao supported its decision to face Terrakion with swordsmanship.
• Leafeon met Terrakion’s Sacred Sword with Leaf Blade and held its ground in a direct exchange.
• Terrakion unleashed a full-power heavy sword strike as Leafeon developed its own heavy Sword Intent.
• Leafeon used Giant Beast Slash to collide with Terrakion’s attack, and the two stood facing each other after the clash.
• Terrakion’s energy-formed Sacred Sword cracked and shattered, leaving its broken horn on the ground.

Leafeon fought Terrakion and Cobalion in swordsmanship sparring and perfected its Sword Intent, reaching the supreme realm of the Sword Path. Exhausted but triumphant, it planned to challenge Kartana again once the Ultra Wormhole reopened.

• Leafeon defeated Terrakion in swordsmanship, and Terrakion gave its broken horn to Yegor as payment for arranging the battles.
• Leafeon fought Cobalion, whose calm and adaptable style challenged it more than the other Swords of Justice.
• Leafeon fused its Sword Intents into a powerful technique, overwhelmed Cobalion, and entered the supreme realm of the Sword Path.
• Yegor and Keldeo marveled at Leafeon's achievement, while Leafeon resolved to challenge Kartana in the Ultra Forest again.
• Su Hao soothed Leafeon's exhaustion and judged that it had the qualifications to advance to Master Level and possibly become a new Legend Plate.

Su Hao arrived at Murmansk Port on Articuno to join the joint expedition searching for the Divine Land Alliance research station that had lost contact. His arrival reassured the expedition’s leaders and Elite Four as the ship prepared to depart for the Arctic.

• Su Hao traveled to Murmansk Port on Articuno after finishing his Sword Path sparring with the three Swords of Justice.
• The icebreaking expedition ship’s captain, Moore, asked whether Su Hao would really join the mission, and Shi Wei assured him that Su Hao would arrive before departure.
• Shi Wei, Sophia, Ault, and Moore gathered aboard the ship as preparations continued for the Arctic search-and-rescue expedition.
• Articuno flew into view over the harbor, carrying Su Hao toward the expedition ship.
• Shi Wei, Sophia, Ault, and Moore recognized Su Hao and felt confident about the voyage.

Su Hao joined the Hope polar expedition ship as it set out to investigate missing Arctic research stations, with Articuno’s presence and a strange display of good fortune boosting the crew’s confidence. After the ship overcame an iceberg and was surrounded by Carvanha and Sharpedo, Su Hao stopped Sophia and offered to handle the threat himself.

• Su Hao learned that the Hope’s mission was to investigate the disappearance of Arctic research stations and that his role was mainly to reassure the crew and guard against unknown dangers.
• On February 8, the Hope departed beneath a sudden break in the clouds, which Articuno recognized as a sign of the world’s favor toward Su Hao and the others aboard.
• Hope entered an ice-floe-filled sea, and Shi Wei’s Armarouge destroyed a massive iceberg with Armor Cannon.
• A school of Carvanha and Sharpedo surrounded the ship and prepared to gnaw at its hull.
• Su Hao stopped Sophia from confronting the Sharpedo and said he had a faster, better way to drive them off.

Su Hao jumped from the research vessel to confront the Sharpedo and Carvanha, then used Manaphy's pearl to make them obey him. He secured their agreement to escort the ship in exchange for food and resources.

• Sophia stepped aside and let Su Hao handle the Sharpedo and Carvanha blocking the vessel.
• Su Hao jumped from the bow without releasing a Pokémon, then used Confusion to stop himself above the water.
• The Sharpedo and Carvanha surrounded Su Hao, but he revealed the pearl Manaphy had given him.
• The pearl's aura from Manaphy and Kyogre made the aquatic Pokémon eager to obey Su Hao.
• Su Hao petted the overlord Sharpedo and asked the group to escort the vessel in exchange for compensation, and the Sharpedo agreed.

Su Hao arranged for the Sharpedo, Tentacruel, and Crawdaunt groups to escort the Hope, helping the research vessel cross the Arctic Ocean with its crew and Pokémon largely unspent. After five days, the ship reached the Arctic Continent, where Su Hao prepared to search for Kyurem and investigate the research station's disappearance.

• Su Hao told Captain Moore that the Sharpedo group would escort the Hope in exchange for supplies, and Moore accepted the deal.
• The Hope resumed its voyage with the Sharpedo group guarding and guiding the ship through the waters.
• By the third day, Su Hao had also secured escorts from the Tentacruel and Crawdaunt groups, and the voyage became smooth enough for the Trainers to relax aboard the ship.
• On the fourth day, the Hope entered the Arctic Circle, where denser ice and wild Pokémon slowed its progress and forced the three escort groups to turn back.
• After spending a day avoiding wild Pokémon and breaking through ice, the Hope docked at the Arctic Continent on the fifth day, and Su Hao set his sights on finding Kyurem.