Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan agreed to help Mew search for the Plates scattered across different timelines, hoping to resolve the Spacetime Collapse. Mew could not locate Celebi yet, but it helped Fang Yuan prepare by sealing the Blackened Silver Wing and was asked to help Ditto fuse with Mew Gene.

• Fang Yuan and his Pokémon agreed to help Mew and Arceus search for the scattered Plates, and Fang Yuan decided to become a World Tree Guardian.
• Fang Yuan found Mew playing mobile games with Eevee and Victini, but Mew quickly mastered the games and lost interest.
• Mew told Fang Yuan it did not know where Celebi was and would search for it, possibly for as long as five years.
• Mew offered to teach Fang Yuan the Aura Sealing Technique, but Fang Yuan revealed that he already knew it and asked Mew to turn the Blackened Silver Wing into a Sealed Object.
• Fang Yuan asked Mew to help Ditto fuse with the Mew Gene in the R Drug, leaving Mew startled by his supply of Mew-related material.

Fang Yuan asked Mew to help Ditto absorb R Drug and fuse with Mew Gene, hoping to greatly improve Ditto’s Transform ability. The fusion succeeded, and Ditto astonished everyone by transforming perfectly into Darkrai and copying its powerful moves.

• Fang Yuan explained how R Drug and Mew Gene could enhance Ditto’s Adaptability, and Mew agreed to help Ditto absorb the drug.
• Mew warned that the drug could be fatal to most Pokémon, then guided Ditto through the fusion process.
• After ten minutes, Ditto emerged safely, and Fang Yuan’s Pokémon gathered to see what had changed.
• At Fang Yuan’s request, Ditto transformed into Darkrai with flawless appearance and aura, then used Nightmare Pulse and Dark Void.
• The assembled Pokémon were startled by Ditto’s copied powers, while Darkrai reacted angrily to being imitated.

Ditto’s transformation improved dramatically after absorbing Mew Gene, allowing it to copy Fang Yuan’s Pokémon and some of their combat techniques. Mew then prepared a passage to the World Tree Secret Realm so Fang Yuan could continue training for the trials ahead.

• Ditto transformed into Darkrai and Infernape, copying Dark Void and activating the First Gate of Thunder Flame Mode with a replicated Thunder Flame Turbine Bracer.
• Fang Yuan and the others tested Ditto and discovered it could replicate combat techniques and transform into his Pokémon more perfectly, though its stamina and base strength remained limiting factors.
• Mew decided Fang Yuan needed further training before searching for the Plates and planned to open a passage from the Fossil Protected Area to the World Tree Secret Realm.
• Mew went to modify the passage, while Darkrai welcomed the chance to meet Mew’s stronger Fossil Legion and considered arranging a sparring match.
• Fang Yuan warned Darkrai not to trust Luo Ke’s advice about challenging Mew’s Fossil Legion.

Fang Yuan entered the World Tree Secret Realm with Mew to assess its Pokémon and learn what it would take to become a qualified guardian. He and his companions discovered how formidable its Fossil Pokémon were before encountering Regirock, one of the realm’s powerful core guardians.

• Mew opened a two-way entrance between the Fossil Protected Area and the World Tree Secret Realm, and Fang Yuan offered to supply food for its Pokémon.
• On October 3rd, Mew led Fang Yuan, Darkrai, Luo Ke, Rockruff, and Rotom Phone into the World Tree Secret Realm to survey its strength.
• Darkrai, Luo Ke, and Rockruff saw that the realm’s Fossil Pokémon vastly outclassed the Fossil Legion, with powerful overlords and a MEGA Aerodactyl among them.
• Fang Yuan explained Rockruff’s well-developed Aura Talent, which let it sense opponents, see through illusions, and read their movements.
• Near the World Tree’s core, the group encountered Regirock, whose rock body could recover by attaching stones, and Fang Yuan explained that its strength made it a difficult opponent for Darkrai.

Fang Yuan and his companions toured the World Tree Secret Realm, met its three powerful Guardian Gods, and learned about Mew’s symbiotic bond with the World Tree. As the World Tree glowed in response to Mew’s happiness, Rockruff unexpectedly began to evolve.

• Fang Yuan explained the strength and origins of Regice and Registeel while Rotom recorded their data.
• Darkrai vowed to surpass the Guardian Gods, and Mew judged that its potential exceeded theirs.
• Fang Yuan and his companions reached the World Tree, where Mew explained its symbiosis with the tree and the dangers they shared.
• Fang Yuan promised to protect Mew and the World Tree, prompting Mew to rejoice as the tree shone with a golden light.
• Rockruff stared at the golden canopy and suddenly began evolving, leaving Fang Yuan and the others unsure what had triggered it.

Rockruff evolved near the World Tree into a new Lycanroc form with powerful Aura abilities, which Fang Yuan named Lycanroc Aura Form. Mew invited Lycanroc to stay and train at the World Tree, while Fang Yuan and Rotom Phone planned to make the secret realm the focus of the team's special training.

• Rockruff evolved into a new Lycanroc form with blue eyes and greatly enhanced Aura, and Fang Yuan named it Lycanroc Aura Form.
• Mew sensed that Lycanroc had absorbed a trace of the World Tree's power and offered to train it there.
• Lycanroc eagerly agreed to stay at the World Tree, and Luo Ke accepted the separation despite her reluctance.
• Fang Yuan and his companions returned from the World Tree Secret Realm and identified its Fossil Pokémon and powerful inhabitants as training partners.
• Fang Yuan and Rotom Phone created a Special Training Diary centered on the World Tree Secret Realm, with training set to begin the next day.

Fang Yuan reviewed his Pokémon’s first week of training in the World Tree Secret Realm and discussed Eevee’s difficult advanced goals with Mew. He also checked progress on the Space Battleship Plan, which remained a long-term project.

• Fang Yuan assessed his Pokémon’s training results with Rotom Phone after a week of practice.
• Mew advised Eevee to improve its control of light and Sun Energy through steady training rather than offering a shortcut.
• Fang Yuan reviewed Eevee’s advanced goals of learning Z-Moves of every type and strengthening Future Sight with Time Flowers.
• Fang Yuan explained that his other Pokémon were focusing on building their basic strength and reaching their Racial Limits.
• Rotom Phone reported that Magic University’s Breeding House had raised 109 talented Pokémon for the Space Battleship Plan, and Fang Yuan planned to give them Awakening Fruit.
• Fang Yuan noted that the Space Battleship still required a model, construction materials, Ditto’s Transform, and further training for its Pokémon team.

Fang Yuan explained to Rotom that he wanted to revive Apricorn Ball Technology and make Special Poké Balls with effects such as healing and luxurious interiors. He left Rotom considering the idea as Fang Yuan eyed the technology’s vast commercial potential.

• Fang Yuan ate a Pink Ball Berry in Mew's World Tree Secret Realm and learned that Rotom had found no Slowpoke Well Water.
• Fang Yuan told Rotom he wanted to make more comfortable Poké Balls for Eevee, Magnezone, and the others, and described possible special effects.
• Fang Yuan explained that modern Poké Balls relied on the Primeape Anger Energy Extraction Experiment and did not need to use spatial abilities.
• Fang Yuan argued that Apricorns could be used to craft Poké Balls with special effects, unlike mass-produced modern Poké Balls.
• Fang Yuan suggested Apricorn Ball Technology could make Hoenn Group a major commercial power like Silph or Devon.

Fang Yuan planned to develop Pokémon Transfer Technology while beginning research into Apricorn-based Special Poké Balls. He left the World Tree Secret Realm to establish a craftsman's workshop at the institute.

• Fang Yuan reasoned that all Pokémon could turn themselves and their Poké Balls into electronic signals, and he planned to study Porygon to guide future transfer-system research.
• Fang Yuan decided that Pokémon Transfer Technology could improve Pokémon training, help protect people during Secret Realm Descends, and strengthen Pokémon Centers.
• Fang Yuan reviewed the steps for crafting Apricorn Balls and considered testing different water sources as substitutes for Slowpoke Well Water.
• Fang Yuan decided to begin Special Poké Ball research as a hobby and planned to set up a craftsman's workshop at the institute.

Over two months, Fang Yuan’s Mega Evolution research transformed China’s Trainer scene and positioned the China Association to lead international efforts. A Pokémon League conference established the Mega Evolution Research Institute under Fang Yuan, and the chapter ended with countries agreeing to let its researchers search their Secret Realms for Mega Evolution items.

• Coordinators across China discussed Fang Yuan’s absence from Grand Festivals and anticipated the upcoming Fang Yuan Cup.
• Xie Qingyi and Fang Yuan completed a Mega Evolution Stone Detection Device, helping China locate twenty sets of Mega Evolution items.
• The China Association decided to seek other countries’ Mega Evolution items openly by inviting cooperation rather than secretly entering foreign Secret Realms.
• President Antonio convened a Pokémon League conference and proposed a League organization headed by Fang Yuan to research and manage Mega Evolution.
• League member states approved the Mega Evolution Research Institute’s access to their domestic Secret Realms and pledged full cooperation.

Fang Yuan continued researching Special Poké Balls while training his control, but Mew brought news of a shortcut for Eevee to learn All-Type Z-Moves. Mew revealed that the Tapu Family had arrived on Earth, and Fang Yuan decided to visit the Island Secret Realm to seek their guidance.

• Fang Yuan worked to shape Apricorns into Special Poké Balls, improving his Aura and Psychic Power control as he experimented.
• Mew visited Fang Yuan, who first wondered whether Venusaur had reached the Top Level Domain, but Mew said it had found a solution to his earlier question.
• Mew told Fang Yuan that Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, and Tapu Fini had descended and could teach Eevee All-Type Z-Moves.
• Fang Yuan decided to visit the Island Secret Realm and seek the Tapu Family's guidance.

Niu Bai Bai reviewed reports of dangerous Overlord Pokémon in a newly descended Island Secret Realm near Hawaii and worried that it might contain Legendary Pokémon. Fang Yuan contacted him while flying over the Pacific Ocean and said he would arrive soon.

• Niu Bai Bai learned that exploration teams from more than a dozen countries had failed against powerful Overlord Pokémon in the Island Secret Realm.
• The League identified Totem Aura and cross-species Pokémon commands as defining traits of the Overlords, while finding that most Pokémon there had not been affected by Alien Syndrome.
• Niu Bai Bai prepared for the next exploration teams, which would include Masters with Top Level Combat Power, but feared the presence of Legendary Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan called Niu Bai Bai from above the Pacific Ocean, with Eevee beside him, and said they would arrive soon.

Fang Yuan warned Master Niu Bai Bai that the Island Secret Realm was protected by four genuine Legendary Pokémon and that the China Association’s team must not seize its resources. He decided to enter with the team and lead them in protecting the realm, backed by Darkrai and Victini.

• Fang Yuan told Master Niu Bai Bai that four Island Guardian Gods protected the Secret Realm’s islands and would punish those who damaged nature.
• Master Niu Bai Bai said the Chinese Trainers had behaved cautiously, and Fang Yuan approved of their restraint.
• Fang Yuan met Master Niu Bai Bai at the Association branch and attributed his information about the Secret Realm to Manaphy.
• Fang Yuan told Master Niu Bai Bai that China’s team should enter as planned, with Fang Yuan commanding them to protect the Secret Realm’s resources.
• Fang Yuan revealed Darkrai and Victini, convincing Master Niu Bai Bai that he could safely join the expedition.

Fang Yuan took charge of the Chinese team entering the Island Secret Realm and warned them that four Legendary Pokémon protected it, making diplomacy and protecting its resources more important than gathering them. After entering, he sensed the four Island Guardian Gods approaching and split from the team to meet them.

• Niu Bai Bai brought Fang Yuan to the waiting Trainers and announced that Fang Yuan would lead their exploration of the Island Secret Realm.
• Fang Yuan explained that four Legendary Pokémon lived in the Secret Realm and told the team to respect their territory, protect its resources, and befriend the Overlord Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan led Zhao Xianglu, Shang Ren, and the other Trainers through an entrance and onto a remote island in the Secret Realm.
• Fang Yuan sensed the four Island Guardian Gods approaching through Mew's Aura Mark and told the team to continue to the largest nearby island without him.

Fang Yuan met the four Island Guardian Gods, told them about the threat of Spacetime Collapse, and asked them to train him in Z-Moves. They agreed and outlined the Island Challenge to prepare Trainers to defend Alola from Ultra Beasts, while Fang Yuan offered to publicize the plan.

• The four Island Guardian Gods sensed the World Tree's Aura and flew to meet Fang Yuan on an unnamed island.
• Fang Yuan explained Mew's warning about Spacetime Collapse and asked the Guardian Gods to teach him Z-Moves.
• The Guardian Gods agreed to train Fang Yuan because he was the World Tree Guardian and they wanted to cultivate local strength.
• The Guardian Gods told Fang Yuan that Ultra Wormholes threatened Alola and that they planned to choose Island Kings and Queens to teach Z-Moves through the Island Challenge.
• Fang Yuan offered to publish a Z-Move Thesis and promote the Island Challenge to Trainers.

Fang Yuan asked the four Island Guardian Gods to teach him Z-Moves of every type, despite their warnings that mastering them would take too long and strain his stamina. He demonstrated that he and Eevee could unleash several powerful Z-Moves in succession, leaving the Guardians stunned and ready to teach him.

• The four Island Guardian Gods asked Fang Yuan which types of Z-Moves he wanted to learn, and he said he wanted to learn them all.
• Tapu Koko and the other Guardians warned Fang Yuan that learning every type would take months or longer and could leave him unable to master any of them.
• Fang Yuan insisted he could learn them quickly and called on Eevee to demonstrate their abilities.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee fired a massive Fire-type Z-Move at the ocean without a Fire-type Z-Crystal or Full Power Prayer Action.
• With Victini restoring their strength, Fang Yuan and Eevee used the Z-Move repeatedly, convincing the stunned Guardians that they could handle the training.

Fang Yuan and his Pokémon impressed the Four Island Guardian Gods with their ability to unleash repeated Z-Moves, then asked whether Eevee could learn Z-Moves of every type without Z-Crystals. The Tapus explained that it would take years of training and began discussing Exclusive Z-Moves, leaving Fang Yuan considering whether to develop them for his Pokémon.

• Fang Yuan, Eevee, and Victini demonstrated their Z-Move combination, astonishing the Four Island Guardian Gods with Eevee's Natural Energy control and Victini's stamina restoration.
• The Four Island Guardian Gods agreed to teach Fang Yuan Z-Moves after seeing his team's talent.
• Fang Yuan asked whether Eevee could use Z-Moves of other types without Z-Crystals, and the Tapus said it was possible but would require extensive Natural Energy training.
• Fang Yuan insisted that Eevee keep training despite the possibility that mastering all types could take more than a hundred years, and Eevee reluctantly agreed.
• Tapu Koko advised Fang Yuan and Eevee to use different Z-Crystals to experience other types of Natural Energy and offered to teach them the basics of Fairy Type Natural Energy.
• Tapu Koko asked whether Fang Yuan wanted to develop Exclusive Z-Moves for his Pokémon, and Fang Yuan recognized Extreme Evoboost as an example.

Fang Yuan asked the Island Guardian Gods to help his Pokémon learn Exclusive Z-Moves, and they agreed to train only those with the right aptitude. They gave him eighteen Type Z-Crystals and strengthened his Shining Stone Bracelet into a Super Z-Ring before preparing to judge which Pokémon could learn an Exclusive Z-Move.

• Fang Yuan asked the four Guardian Gods to guide his Pokémon in developing Exclusive Z-Moves, and Tapu Koko agreed to help only Pokémon suited to learning them.
• Tapu Koko asked Fang Yuan to keep the Island Challenge plans secret until four Island Kings had been selected, and Fang Yuan agreed.
• Fang Yuan gathered his fourteen Pokémon on the nameless island to meet the Guardian Gods for Z-Move training.
• The Guardian Gods gave Fang Yuan eighteen Z-Crystals covering every type, warning that the crystals would break after one use unless his bracelet was strengthened.
• Tapu Koko and the other Guardian Gods strengthened Fang Yuan's Shining Stone Bracelet through ritual dances, turning it into a Super Z-Ring with a slot for Z-Crystals.
• Fang Yuan asked the Guardian Gods how they would determine which of his Pokémon were suited to learning Exclusive Z-Moves.

Fang Yuan asked the four Island Guardian Gods to assess which of his Pokémon could learn Exclusive Z-Moves. They approved Eevee, Magnezone, Venusaur, and Lycanroc, while Tapu Fini offered to teach Milotic special applications of Purification Water, leaving the others disappointed or redirected toward their own abilities.

• The Guardian Gods combined their four terrains to assess Fang Yuan's Pokémon, then judged Eevee and Magnezone capable of learning Exclusive Moves.
• They rejected Infernape, Gluttony Ghost, Dragonite, Rotom, Ditto, Darkrai, and Victini because of poor compatibility, insufficient strength, or powerful existing abilities.
• Tapu Fini recognized Milotic's Purification Water and offered to teach it special applications instead of an Exclusive Z-Move.
• Tapu Bulu found Venusaur suited to learning an Exclusive Move because of its Grass type and talent for Natural Energy.
• The Guardian Gods recognized Lycanroc's potential and offered to teach it Splintered Stormshards, a move they had previously developed for another Lycanroc.

Fang Yuan and Eevee impressed the Island Guardian Gods by using several powerful Z-Moves, but Victini and Magnezone could not control Z-Power without training. The other Pokémon began learning the required poses, where Dragonite quickly mastered all eighteen types and proudly showed off to Milotic.

• Fang Yuan and Eevee successfully used three more Partner Move-based Z-Moves, impressing the four Island Guardian Gods.
• Victini failed to use Fire- and Psychic-type Z-Moves, and Magnezone also failed to use a General Electric-type Z-Move.
• Tapu Koko explained that Fang Yuan's other Pokémon needed to learn the Full Force Pose to control Z-Power, and Fang Yuan asked the Guardian Gods to teach them.
• The Island Guardian Gods demonstrated Z-Move poses for all eighteen types while Rotom recorded the lessons, and the Pokémon began practicing the types suited to them.
• Ditto copied the poses by transforming into an Island Guardian God, while Dragonite learned all eighteen sets almost immediately through its dance talent.
• Dragonite proudly danced in front of Milotic to show off, while Fang Yuan and Milotic dismissed its display.