Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan and He Xiaomai examined the remains of the World Tree, where Lycanroc discovered a hidden Black Energy that might have caused the tree's Energy Depletion. The group could not detect the energy themselves, leaving Lycanroc as the only one able to perceive it.

• He Xiaomai declined Fang Yuan's Energy Crystal and chose to continue guarding the World Tree Remains, but admitted she knew nothing about the tree's Energy Depletion.
• He Xiaomai led Fang Yuan and the others to the World Tree's ruins, where the Energy Crystals had lost their Life Energy and become inanimate resources.
• Lycanroc mourned the World Tree, which it had known closely in another time-space, then noticed a strange Black Energy inside the crystals.
• Fang Yuan and He Xiaomai used Aura to examine the crystals but could not detect the Black Energy, while Lycanroc confirmed it was present in every crystal and might have caused the World Tree's Energy Depletion.
• Lycanroc gathered Counter and prepared to strike at the hidden energy.

Fang Yuan investigated the mysterious Black Energy threatening the World Tree and agreed to meet the Pokémon Association in two days. He also searched for Arceus’s Plates, but discovered that Mew had hidden them in a Different Dimension, leaving him to consider asking Celebi for help.

• Fang Yuan stopped Lycanroc from touching the World Tree Remains, then accepted Lycanroc’s discovery of Black Energy after He Xiaomai said she trusted it.
• Fang Yuan had Lycanroc observe the Black Energy with help from Rotom Phone and Future Senior’s Rotom Phone, while forbidding anyone from touching it.
• Fang Yuan gave He Xiaomai an Energy Crystal as a memento and said he would take samples for Mew to examine.
• Future Senior told Fang Yuan that the Association’s chairman and the Twelve Earthly Branches wanted to meet him, and Fang Yuan scheduled the meeting for two days later.
• Fang Yuan searched near the World Tree for Arceus’s Plates but realized Mew had hidden them in a Different Dimension, so he considered asking Celebi for help.

Fang Yuan and the Future Senior left the World Tree Remains and met President Wen and the Twelve Earthly Branches at the Trainer Association Headquarters. After revealing that he was the World Tree Guardian and Dog of the Twelve Earthly Branches in another timeline, Fang Yuan waited as the Association leaders prepared to test him.

• Fang Yuan gave up searching for Mew's Space Treasure Trove and told He Xiaomai he would return after the Mewtwo Game.
• Fang Yuan and the Future Senior arrived at the Trainer Association Headquarters, where President Wen and ten members of the Twelve Earthly Branches had gathered.
• Fang Yuan introduced himself as Red for the Mewtwo Game and promised to give his all to rescue the hostages and help Master Kong Hai.
• Fang Yuan revealed his real name and said he was the World Tree Guardian and Dog of the Twelve Earthly Branches in another timeline, surprising President Wen and the others.
• President Wen and the Twelve Earthly Branches decided to test Fang Yuan, while Fang Yuan considered how to persuade them not to enter the dangerous Mewtwo Game.

Fang Yuan agreed to demonstrate his strength against China's Twelve Earthly Branches and faced Master Jiang Kui in a one-on-one battle. Gluttony Ghost revealed its powerful spatial techniques, leaving Jiang Kui wary as the match continued.

• President Wen warned Fang Yuan that Mewtwo's allies, including Latios and Latias, made the upcoming battle dangerous, and Jiang Kui challenged him to a test match.
• Fang Yuan accepted, and the group went to the Trainer Association's Battle Arena, where he chose Gluttony Ghost to face Jiang Kui's Dusknoir.
• Dusknoir unleashed its Pressure Ability, but Gluttony Ghost countered with Black Flame that burned the Pokémon's spiritual power.
• Jiang Kui ordered Dusknoir to attack with Shadow Punch, but Fang Yuan used Kamui to make Gluttony Ghost intangible and avoid the blow.
• Dusknoir tried to strike Gluttony Ghost through another dimension, but it still failed to find its true body, and Jiang Kui grew serious about testing their spatial mastery.

Fang Yuan’s Gengar used Intangibility to withstand Jiang Kui’s Dusknoir and its Space Ripping, revealing that Fang Yuan had improved the Spirit Realm technique. He then activated Mega Evolution, leaving the battle poised to continue with Mega Gengar at Quasi-Guardian God level.

• Dusknoir’s Shadow Punch and Future Sight failed to hit Gengar while it used Intangibility, and Fang Yuan explained that Gengar could be struck when it attacked.
• Jiang Kui ordered Dusknoir to use Space Ripping, but the spatial tearing force could not affect Gengar.
• Fang Yuan told Jiang Kui that Gengar had learned and improved Space Ripping in another time and space, prompting Jiang Kui to challenge him to demonstrate the upgraded technique.
• Fang Yuan activated the Key Stone on his Mega Bracelet and announced Mega Evolution.
• Gengar began Mega Evolving, gaining the strength and spatial mastery to rival or surpass Dusknoir.

Fang Yuan demonstrated Mega Evolution and Mega Gengar’s Subspace Cut during his battle with Jiang Kui, overwhelming Dusknoir and ending the match. He revealed that both powers had severe stamina costs, leaving the assembled Trainers shocked and eager to learn more.

• Jiang Kui, President Wen, and the Twelve Earthly Branches watched Fang Yuan activate Mega Evolution and initially struggled to understand the power.
• Future Senior explained Mega Evolution’s abilities and said Fang Yuan had discovered it in another time and space.
• Fang Yuan had Mega Gengar demonstrate Subspace Cut, which tore through space and defeated Jiang Kui’s Dusknoir without striking it directly.
• Jiang Kui admitted defeat as the Trainers marveled at Mega Gengar’s strength.
• Fang Yuan said Mega Evolution and Subspace Cut could only be sustained briefly because they consumed considerable stamina, and Eevee recognized his practiced excuse.

Fang Yuan defeated Jiang Kui and Yun Bu with Gluttony Ghost’s Mega Evolution, revealing that its Subspace Cut drew on Giratina’s Platinum Orb Fragment and its White Flame form mimicked the Underworld Dragon. President Wen then decided to test Fang Yuan’s strength personally at the Guardian God level.

• Jiang Kui recalled Dusknoir after Gluttony Ghost’s Subspace Cut defeated it, and Yun Bu volunteered to test whether Dragonite could dodge the move.
• At Yun Bu’s request, Fang Yuan had Gluttony Ghost use Subspace Cut again, and Dragonite narrowly avoided a vital hit.
• Yun Bu recognized the technique’s connection to Dragon-type energy, and Fang Yuan explained that Gluttony Ghost had imitated Palkia’s Subspace Rend using power gained from Giratina’s Platinum Orb Fragment.
• Gluttony Ghost transformed into a White Flame Ghost Dragon, then overwhelmed Dragonite with White Flame Dragon Force after Yun Bu ordered a direct Dragon Claw attack.
• Fu Hei offered to test Fang Yuan next, but President Wen chose to challenge him himself and assess his strength at the Guardian God level.

Fang Yuan defeated Yun Bu with Mega Gengar, then offered to share his Mega Evolution research and detection technology with the China Association. When President Wen asked whether he could fight a Guardian God without relying on items, Fang Yuan said he had one and glanced at Eevee.

• Gluttony Ghost's White Flame overwhelmed Yun Bu's Dragonite, and Yun Bu conceded the battle.
• Gluttony Ghost reverted from Mega Gengar to Gengar, while the Twelve Earthly Branches recognized its Guardian God-level strength and Fang Yuan's power.
• President Wen and the Twelve Earthly Branches asked Fang Yuan to explain Mega Evolution, and Fang Yuan offered them his research paper and a finished detection device.
• Fang Yuan argued that Mega Evolution had greater long-term potential than Z-Moves and said he had helped the Island Kings complete the Tapu's final trial in his time and space.
• President Wen asked whether Fang Yuan could fight a Guardian God without items, and Fang Yuan replied that he had one as he looked at Eevee.

Fang Yuan claimed that his unevolved Eevee could match Guardian Gods, prompting President Wen to challenge it. Their battle began with Lucario’s Aura assault, which Eevee and Fang Yuan repelled without Eevee moving.

• Fang Yuan said Eevee could exchange blows with High-Level Guardian Gods, shocking President Wen and the Twelve Earthly Branches.
• Fang Yuan invited President Wen to test Eevee in battle, and President Wen accepted.
• President Wen sent out his experienced Lucario, whose Aura probe was repelled by Eevee.
• Lucario attacked Eevee with Aura Power, but Fang Yuan joined Eevee in an Aura Duel and the resulting clash forced Lucario back while Eevee stood firm.

Fang Yuan and Eevee overwhelmed President Wen’s Lucario in an Aura showdown, countering its attacks with a succession of Psychic, Ice, Fire, Grass, and Water techniques. The chapter ended with Lucario trapped in a blazing chain of explosions while President Wen and the Twelve Earthly Branches stared in disbelief at Eevee.

• Fang Yuan and Eevee overpowered Lucario’s Aura Sphere with a Sun-charged Confusion orb, then countered its Bone Club Barrage with Frosty Freeze and Brave Fire.
• Lucario broke free of the ice and recovered with Heal Pulse, but Eevee summoned vines from beneath the field and forced Lucario into the air.
• President Wen ordered Lucario to use Blaze Kick, but a Substitute Eevee hidden among the vines charged it with a Water-type move and trapped it in a draining water bubble.
• Vines immediately ensnared Lucario again after it escaped the bubble, and Fang Yuan told Eevee to ignite them.
• Eevee set off a chain of fiery explosions that engulfed Lucario, leaving President Wen and the Twelve Earthly Branches stunned.

Fang Yuan’s Eevee defeated President Wen’s Lucario, convincing the China Association that Fang Yuan was a High-Level Guardian God and could help in the Mewtwo Game. Believing the Association was too weak to face Mewtwo, Fang Yuan asked to battle one of China’s High-Level Guardian Gods for command of the Association and its Mewtwo Game team.

• Eevee overwhelmed Lucario with its many abilities and knocked it out, shocking President Wen, Fu Hei, Future Senior, and the Twelve Earthly Branches.
• Future Senior explained that Eevee had come from an ordinary Association Breeding House, leaving the Twelve Earthly Branches baffled by how Fang Yuan had raised it.
• President Wen and the Twelve Earthly Branches accepted Fang Yuan as a High-Level Guardian God and believed he could play a major role in the Mewtwo Game.
• Fang Yuan judged that China’s forces were too weak to challenge Mewtwo and worried that Mewtwo could clone a powerful Guardian God army.
• Fang Yuan asked President Wen for a battle against one of China’s High-Level Guardian Gods and demanded command of the Association and its Mewtwo Game team if he won.

Fang Yuan sought command authority over the China Association in exchange for proving he could defeat a High-Level Guardian God. He instantly defeated Blastoise with Darkrai, leaving President Wen and the Twelve Earthly Branches stunned by the strength of his hidden Pokémon.

• Fang Yuan asked President Wen for command authority during the Mewtwo Game and promised to challenge a High-Level Guardian God as proof of his strength.
• President Wen agreed to let Fang Yuan fight Blastoise, and he led Fang Yuan, the Twelve Earthly Branches, and Xie Qingyi to the aquarium where it was training.
• Fang Yuan sent out Darkrai to battle Blastoise while the invisible Victini secretly supplied it with power.
• Darkrai used Nightmare Domain to overwhelm Blastoise's mind and make it collapse with a nightmare of its life ending.
• Fang Yuan told President Wen and the Twelve Earthly Branches that the battle was over, and they stared in shock at Darkrai's apparent Top Guardian God strength.

Fang Yuan defeated Blastoise and gained President Wen’s promise to consider giving him command of the China Association during the Mewtwo Game. As preparations began, a new crisis emerged in Jiangsu Province, where Regieleki and Regidrago awakened from their seals.

• Fang Yuan defeated Blastoise with Darkrai, and Blastoise later thanked them after gaining a new understanding of Life Power through its nightmare.
• President Wen promised to consider Fang Yuan’s request and give him an answer within three days.
• Fang Yuan argued that Mewtwo could still be reasoned with and hoped to resolve the conflict peacefully before it escalated into war.
• With five days remaining before the Mewtwo Game, the China Association accepted Fang Yuan as its secret weapon and assigned Xie Qingyi to assist him.
• Future Senior brought Fang Yuan a red s-Rank alert reporting that Regieleki and Regidrago had awakened from their seals at a newly discovered ruin in Jiangsu Province.

Fang Yuan learned that the Su Province Secret Realm held two more Eternal Pokémon, Regieleki and Regidrago, and that the awakening Regieleki threatened Liyue City. With the Association unable to find a way to reseal them, Fang Yuan offered to help.

• Future Senior showed Fang Yuan images of Regieleki, which was devouring lightning and moving toward Liyue City as its strength recovered.
• Fang Yuan asked why the Association had not called him, while Future Senior explained that President Wen, Fu Hei, and the Twelve Earthly Branches had gone to confront Regieleki.
• Fang Yuan asked whether the Association had explored the temples where Regieleki and Regidrago were sealed, and Future Senior said the ruins were badly damaged and the sealing method remained unknown.
• Fang Yuan told Future Senior to contact President Wen and said he had a way to seal the two Eternal Pokémon if the Association could not communicate with them.

Regieleki’s rampage threatened several cities, and President Wen’s team engaged it after learning its power was growing. Fang Yuan arrived and asked to take over, seeing Regieleki’s Life Power-infused lightning as a chance to train Infernape through repeated battles and recovery.

• Doctor Zhang reported that Regieleki’s power kept increasing as it absorbed lightning, and Snake of the Twelve Earthly Branches requested its lightning data to develop stronger restraints.
• President Wen, Fu Hei, and Master Qiao Jing approached Regieleki, but it attacked Lucario instead of communicating.
• President Wen’s team prepared to fight Regieleki with an attrition strategy as the battle drew the attention of trainers across Jiangsu Province.
• Fang Yuan arrived on Dragonite and recognized that Regieleki’s lightning was infused with Life Power, making it useful for training Pokémon who could endure it.
• Fang Yuan proposed fighting Regieleki himself and planned to use Victini, Infernape, Armored Magnezone, and Milotic to repeatedly battle, heal, and strengthen Infernape.

Fang Yuan used Infernape, Armored Magnezone, and Milotic to face the Electric God Pillar, turning its powerful lightning into training for Infernape. He told President Wen and the others to check on the Dragon God Pillar while his team continued using the Electric God Pillar as a sparring partner.

• Fang Yuan arrived and told President Wen to watch the Dragon God Pillar while he dealt with the Electric God Pillar.
• Fang Yuan sent out Armored Magnezone, Infernape, and Milotic, and Infernape opened the Fifth Gate to enter Thunder Flame Mode.
• Armored Magnezone launched Infernape into the Electric God Pillar, but the pillar grabbed and shocked Infernape before Milotic healed it.
• Fang Yuan and his Pokémon repeatedly launched Infernape at the Electric God Pillar, allowing it to recover and grow stronger from the pillar's lightning.
• Fang Yuan explained that the Electric God Pillar's Life Power lightning was training Infernape, then urged President Wen and the others to investigate the Dragon God Pillar.

Fang Yuan let Infernape battle the Electric God Pillar while Milotic and Victini kept it going, and Infernape grew stronger as its opponent weakened. The Electric God Pillar finally fled, leaving Fang Yuan, Infernape, and the watching Su Province Association officials stunned.

• Su Province Association officials wondered who Fang Yuan was after seeing him face the Electric God Pillar while President Wen and the others left him to handle the fight.
• Miao Ji told the war room that Fang Yuan’s identity would soon be revealed, as the officials speculated that he had befriended a Guardian God Level Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan and his team realized the Electric God Pillar was tiring while Infernape’s strength and resistance to its lightning grew.
• The Electric God Pillar let Infernape crash into it, then used the impact to turn and flee.
• Fang Yuan, Infernape, and the Su Province Association officials stared in surprise as the Electric God Pillar ran away.

Mewtwo reviewed its plans to liberate Pokémon and watched footage of Fang Yuan fighting the Electric God Pillar, dismissing him as no threat. Meanwhile, Fang Yuan and his Pokémon chased the fleeing Electric God Pillar past President Wen, who joined the pursuit.

• Mewtwo reflected on its confusing attempt to free Pokémon and returned to its base after seeing that many still chose to obey humans.
• Mewtwo studied footage of Fang Yuan and Infernape battling the Electric God Pillar, but decided Fang Yuan was too weak to threaten the Mewtwo Game.
• The Electric God Pillar fled toward the Dragon God Pillar, intending to seek help and unseal its three brothers, while Fang Yuan and his Pokémon pursued it.
• President Wen and his companions saw the Electric God Pillar rush past, then heard Fang Yuan call for them to chase it.
• Fang Yuan refused to explain what had happened and ordered Dragonite to charge after the Electric God Pillar.

Fang Yuan cornered Regieleki near Regidrago, expecting the two Dragon and Electric God Pillars to fight him together. Instead, Regidrago became enamored with Milotic and tried to court her, leaving Regieleki desperate to rescue its other brothers.

• Regieleki fled from Dragonite and reached Regidrago on a mountain peak, where it called for help.
• Fang Yuan gathered his Pokémon on a nearby peak and prepared to battle both God Pillars.
• Regidrago crossed over but showed no hostility, then invited Milotic to become its mate.
• Dragonite and Fang Yuan reacted angrily to Regidrago's advances, while Regidrago apologized and explained it wanted to start a new life.
• Regidrago called Regieleki over, but Regieleki remained focused on rescuing the other Three Regi and realized there was a traitor among them.

Fang Yuan talked his way out of a fight with Electric God Pillar and Dragon God Pillar, convincing them that he was their fellow World Tree Guardian. The group settled into a friendly gathering, leaving President Wen, Fu Hei, and Master Qiao Jing bewildered when they arrived.

• Milotic rejected Dragon God Pillar because it was too ugly, while Dragonite celebrated and Electric God Pillar grew furious at the awkward confession.
• Fang Yuan invoked his connection to World Tree Mew and the God Pillars’ brothers to persuade Electric God Pillar and Dragon God Pillar that they were companions.
• Electric God Pillar accepted Fang Yuan’s Energy Cubes and agreed to train Infernape one-on-one, while Dragon God Pillar also asked Dragonite to be its partner and sent it fleeing.
• Fang Yuan became sworn brothers with the two God Pillars, and they peacefully shared food and conversation on the mountaintop.
• President Wen, Fu Hei, and Master Qiao Jing arrived and stared in disbelief at the former opponents getting along, while Fang Yuan wondered whether the God Pillars could join the Mewtwo Game.