Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan reached Azure Cloud Mountain, where Ho-Oh appeared and agreed to help him with his request. Ho-Oh also accepted him as the Rainbow Hero, and their guidance battle began with Eevee facing Ho-Oh.

• After Fang Yuan passed the trials of Marshadow and the Three Sacred Beasts, Marshadow guided him to reveal the Rainbow Rocks with the Rainbow Wing.
• Fang Yuan placed the Rainbow Wing on the summit's Rainbow Rock, summoning Ho-Oh from its distant nest.
• Ho-Oh realized the Rainbow Wing was not its feather, but agreed to hear Fang Yuan's request and recognized him as qualified to become the Rainbow Hero.
• Fang Yuan accepted Ho-Oh's offer, then asked how much Sacred Ash came with the role, prompting Ho-Oh to challenge him to a battle.
• Fang Yuan sent Eevee to face Ho-Oh in a guidance battle, and his Psychic Power and Heart Power began to grow as they fought.

Fang Yuan and Eevee recovered after their battle with Ho-Oh, whose blessing helped them break through and made Fang Yuan the new Rainbow Hero. Before leaving, Marshadow agreed to teach Fang Yuan’s Pokémon after Fang Yuan asked for its moves.

• Fan Ye told Miss Joey that he had witnessed Ho-Oh battle an Eevee, and Miss Joey realized the fight had taken place at Azure Cloud Mountain.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee woke after their battle, found Ho-Oh gone, and received the empowered Rainbow Wing from Marshadow so Fang Yuan could summon Ho-Oh later.
• Fang Yuan noted that Ho-Oh had healed Infernape, while Infernape and Dragonite worried about being left behind as the other Pokémon grew stronger.
• Fang Yuan asked Marshadow about Sacred Ash and complained that Ho-Oh had not explained the Rainbow Hero’s reward.
• Fang Yuan persuaded Marshadow to stay and teach Gengar and Darkrai Shadow Steal, then asked it to demonstrate its Z-Move.

Fang Yuan reached the Orange Archipelago seeking Lugia and learned that the Sea Flute could summon it during Asia Island’s Legend Festival. On the island, he unexpectedly met Ash, Misty, and Brock as they prepared for the festival, where Ash had been chosen to play the legendary Trainer.

• Fang Yuan returned to Moltres to ask where Lugia could be found, and Moltres explained how the Sea Flute and Lugia’s Song could summon it.
• Fang Yuan learned that the Legend Festival was approaching and decided to protect the Orange Archipelago from the movie’s villain.
• Fang Yuan arrived on Asia Island and had Mewtwo locate the Sea Flute at the Great Tiki Hut.
• Flula explained to Ash, Misty, and Brock that Ash would travel among the islands to gather the three Glass Orbs for the festival.
• Fang Yuan encountered Ash and his friends at the Great Tiki Hut, surprising them after his disappearance from Citrus Island.

Jirouta began an operation to capture Articuno and the other Legendary Pokémon of the Orange Archipelago, while Team Rocket secretly mobilized to seize Arceus’s Plates. As Fang Yuan sought the Sea Flute on Asia Island, a sudden collapse in the region’s natural balance pointed to Articuno being in danger, and the Weather Center traced the spreading climate anomaly to the Deep Sea Current.

• Jirouta launched his capture operation early and chose to target Articuno on Ice Island first.
• Matori led the Matori Matrix toward the Orange Archipelago to carry out Team Rocket’s Stone Plate Plan, with Sakaki traveling as a hidden trump card.
• Fang Yuan met Flula on Asia Island and asked to borrow the Sea Flute and learn Lugia’s Song so he could try to summon Lugia.
• A sudden storm struck the islands, and Mewtwo told Fang Yuan that the natural balance had collapsed near Ice Island, where Articuno was likely in danger.
• Fang Yuan warned Ash and the others to stay on Asia Island and said the legend might be coming true.
• Technicians at the Citrus Island Weather Center traced the widespread climate anomaly to an abnormal change in the Deep Sea Current.

Fang Yuan infiltrated Jirouta’s airship and confronted him over capturing Articuno and endangering the Orange Archipelago. After Mewtwo, Porygon, and Rotom took control of the fortress, Articuno escaped its cage.

• Jirouta admired his captured Articuno and learned that Moltres and Zapdos had appeared on Fire Island and Thunder Island.
• Fang Yuan arrived at Jirouta’s airship with Dragonite and Eevee, and Dragonite punched through its blastproof glass to enter.
• Fang Yuan challenged Jirouta’s capture of the Legendary Birds and messaged Wataru about the operation.
• Jirouta threatened Fang Yuan with the airship’s automated weapons, but Fang Yuan revealed that Mewtwo, Porygon, and Rotom had infiltrated the control system.
• Articuno broke free from its cage.

After Articuno escaped captivity, its confusion destabilized the Orange Archipelago’s climate and drove it to fight Moltres and Zapdos. Fang Yuan and Mewtwo sought to contain the battle while Ash and the others considered summoning Lugia.

• Articuno broke free from its cage and attacked the Sky Fortress, while Mewtwo explained that nature’s imbalance had confused it.
• Mewtwo teleported Articuno outside as the weakening of the Orange Archipelago’s natural balance caused disasters to spread and Moltres and Zapdos to lose their reason.
• Moltres and Zapdos reached Ice Island, where all three Legendary Birds attacked one another as Fang Yuan watched from Dragonite’s back.
• Mewtwo warned Fang Yuan that defeating the birds would not fix the imbalance, so they aimed to keep the fight contained while seeking a way to soothe them and change the Deep Sea Current’s effect.
• On Asia Island, Ash proposed that he and the others help, and Flula asked whether he meant to summon Lugia.

Fang Yuan and Mewtwo tried to contain the damage as the Three Legendary Birds' battle caused natural disasters across the Orange Archipelago. As Trainers and reporters converged on Ice Island, Lugia and Ho-Oh began approaching, leaving the crisis poised for a possible resolution.

• Mewtwo used its power to keep the Three Legendary Birds' battle energy from spreading, while Fang Yuan waited for Ho-Oh to arrive.
• Rotom Phone and Porygon prevented Jirouta from restarting his airship, and Lorelei arrested him over his role in the disaster and suspected ties to Team Rocket.
• Ami's live broadcast revealed that Zapdos, Articuno, and Moltres were fighting, drawing worldwide attention as Professor Oak, Doctor Utsugi, and Hanako flew toward Asia Island.
• Lorelei, Wallace, and Fang Yuan blocked the Legendary Birds' attacks on the helicopter, then gathered on Ice Island as the birds resumed their assault.
• Fang Yuan sensed that Lugia was approaching from the sea and that Ho-Oh was on its way in response to the Rainbow Wing.

Ash summoned Lugia, but the Sea God could not control the Three Legendary Birds alone and was injured while protecting him. Fang Yuan joined forces with Ho-Oh and Lugia to calm the birds and restore the Orange Archipelago’s climate, while Team Rocket escaped with the Plate.

• Flula played the Sea Flute, and Lugia appeared, carrying Ash and Pikachu toward Ice Island.
• Lugia’s attempt to suppress the Three Legendary Birds failed when they broke its pressure and attacked it together; Lugia was injured while shielding Ash.
• Fang Yuan provoked the Three Legendary Birds, and Ho-Oh appeared to protect him and block their attacks.
• Fang Yuan persuaded Ho-Oh and Lugia to work together, and the two legendary Pokémon subdued the Three Legendary Birds and began restoring the climate.
• Mewtwo discovered that Team Rocket, led by Sakaki, had taken the Plate, but Fang Yuan persuaded Mewtwo to postpone pursuing them.
• Ash rode Lugia and Fang Yuan rode Ho-Oh as the Orange Archipelago’s disaster ended and people around the world watched.

After restoring the Orange Archipelago, Fang Yuan learned Team Rocket had stolen the Ice, Fire, and Thunder Plates during the chaos and began assembling allies to retrieve them. Ho-Oh, Lugia, and the Three Legendary Birds declined to go themselves, but offered other powerful Pokémon to help.

• Ho-Oh and Lugia calmed the Three Legendary Birds, and Ash thanked Lugia for protecting him during their battle.
• Fang Yuan noticed the island Plates were missing, then explained to Ho-Oh, Lugia, and the Three Legendary Birds that he had come from a parallel timeline to collect Arceus's Plates and prevent Spacetime Collapse.
• Mewtwo used time reversal to show that Team Rocket had brought equipment to Fire Island, confirming Fang Yuan's suspicion that they had stolen the Plates.
• Fang Yuan asked the five Legendary Pokémon to help retrieve the Plates, but Ho-Oh, Lugia, and the Three Legendary Birds each refused to leave the Orange Archipelago.
• Ho-Oh offered the Three Sacred Beasts and Marshadow as possible allies, while Lugia offered to summon its powerful younger brother, Dark Lugia.

Fang Yuan received powerful offerings from the Three Legendary Birds and set about gathering Pokémon to target Team Rocket, while the League struggled to untangle the Orange Archipelago incident. The chapter ended with fourteen powerful Legendary Pokémon assembled on Fire Island, with Dark Lugia’s reinforcements still on the way.

• Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres each gave Fang Yuan a precious feather or portion of Life Fire that could summon the help of their kind, and Ho-Oh left to call the Three Sacred Beasts.
• Lorelei arrested Jirouta and tried to confiscate his airship, but League technicians found that Rotom and Porygon had stripped its valuable technology and components.
• The League investigated Fang Yuan after Jirouta accused him of stealing the airship’s data, while Cynthia and Professor Oak defended him and Lorelei and Wataru suspected Team Rocket was behind the incident.
• Fang Yuan began gathering allies on Fire Island, where eleven Three Legendary Birds and the Three Sacred Beasts arrived to join his forces.
• Mewtwo watched as fourteen Legendary Pokémon assembled, while Dark Lugia and its summoned allies had yet to arrive.

Fang Yuan gathered the Three Legendary Birds and Three Sacred Beasts on Fire Island and arranged for Dark Lugia to guide Dragonite, only to learn that Dragonite’s Darkness Power was already well developed. The next day, Fang Yuan tracked Team Rocket’s Plates to its Moonview Mountain Base and loudly challenged Sakaki.

• Fang Yuan waited on Fire Island for Dark Lugia, which arrived amid turbulent seas and an oppressive display of power.
• Dark Lugia examined Dragonite’s Darkness Power and said it had nothing to teach, but explained that pain could make the power grow stronger.
• Dark Lugia recommended giving Dragonite painful nightmares to accelerate its growth, leaving Fang Yuan, Eevee, and Dragonite stunned.
• The next day, Fang Yuan used the Stone Plate Radar to locate Team Rocket’s Moonview Mountain Base, where the Plates had been taken.
• Fang Yuan approached the base, asked its grunts for Sakaki, then shouted through his Rotom Phone that he had come to play with him.

Fang Yuan confronted Sakaki at a Team Rocket base and demanded the return of the Ice, Fire, and Thunder Island Plates. When Sakaki refused, Fang Yuan challenged Team Rocket to a wager, then summoned an overwhelming force of Legendary Pokémon, leaving Sakaki willing to surrender the Plates as Fang Yuan continued toward them.

• Fang Yuan entered the Team Rocket base and demanded to meet Sakaki, prompting grunts to surround him before Apollo and Athena confronted him over the stolen Energy Core.
• Sakaki arrived, declined to hand over the Plates, and offered Fang Yuan an executive position; Fang Yuan instead proposed that Team Rocket disband if he defeated its members in a one-on-one challenge.
• Fang Yuan revealed that he had come for the Ice Island, Fire Island, and Thunder Island Plates and said he would take them himself.
• Fang Yuan summoned a black Lugia, eleven Legendary Birds, and Raikou, Suicune, and Entei, terrifying Team Rocket's forces.
• Sakaki abandoned the wager and offered to give Fang Yuan the Plates, but Fang Yuan said his Legendary Pokémon's appearance fees were too expensive and kept walking toward them.

Fang Yuan led fifteen Legendary Pokémon in an assault on Team Rocket’s Moonview Mountain Base, took its Plates, and proposed transforming the organization into Team Rainbow Rocket. Sakaki agreed to wager Team Rocket on a personal battle, but Fang Yuan sent out Mewtwo, leaving him stunned.

• Fang Yuan’s Legendary Pokémon attacked the base while Sakaki ordered Matori, Apollo, and Athena to evacuate and used his Ground-type Pokémon to hold back Dark Lugia’s Hyper Beam.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee broke into the underground vault, took the Ice, Fire, and Electric Plates, and Fang Yuan invited Mewtwo to help establish a new Team Rocket.
• After the base lay in ruins, Fang Yuan confronted Sakaki and proposed turning Team Rocket and other criminal organizations into Team Rainbow Rocket, which would maintain balance between light and darkness.
• Sakaki agreed to wager Team Rocket on a battle if Fang Yuan could defeat him without help from the Legendary Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan sent out Mewtwo, and Sakaki realized he would have to face the Pokémon Team Rocket had created.

Lila reported that Fang Yuan had brought down Team Rocket, prompting Handsome, Wataru, and Lorelei to struggle to believe the news. After confirming Team Rocket’s disbandment and returning to the Orange Archipelago, Fang Yuan reviewed his messages and considered visiting Wallace to have their Milotic battle.

• Lila contacted Handsome and reported that Fang Yuan had confronted Sakaki and the Team Rocket executives, after which Sakaki ordered Team Rocket disbanded.
• Handsome questioned Lila’s account, then contacted Wataru to verify that Sakaki had disbanded Team Rocket.
• Wataru and Lorelei learned from Handsome that Fang Yuan had supposedly defeated Sakaki and brought down Team Rocket, and both were stunned.
• Fang Yuan returned to the Orange Archipelago after sending the Legendary Pokémon back and checked the messages he had missed.
• Fang Yuan read Wallace’s invitation to visit Sootopolis Gym and considered going so their Milotic could exchange pointers.

Fang Yuan returned to Earth after searching Johto for Plates, delivered three Plates to Mew, and asked for help obtaining Sacred Ash from Ho-Oh. He then went home to Flat City to reunite with his parents.

• Fang Yuan read messages about Team Rocket's disbandment and told Wataru and Lorelei that he had confronted Sakaki, while denying responsibility for the stolen airship parts.
• Fang Yuan searched Johto for Plates, found none, and returned to Base Island before traveling through the Time-Space Channel to Earth.
• Fang Yuan learned from Luo Ke that his mother had repeatedly called the research institute, and Mew greeted him and accepted the three Plates.
• Mew noticed Fang Yuan bore Ho-Oh's Rainbow Hero mark, then agreed to help him seek Sacred Ash after Fang Yuan warned that he might need healing for Infernape again.
• Fang Yuan brought another Celebi back and asked Mew to keep one as a messenger between time-spaces.
• Fang Yuan returned to Flat City with Eevee and Magnezone and reunited with Father Fang and Mother Fang.

After Wallace could not meet him, Fang Yuan challenged Lila in the Pokémon World Championships while waiting in Lilycove City. As their battle approached, he spotted Haruka and Max watching a match and predicted that Marshtomp would defeat Poochyena.

• Fang Yuan returned to the Hoenn Region to search for Plates, seek Devon’s Fossil Revival Technology, and train Milotic and Dragonite with Wallace.
• Wallace told Fang Yuan he was investigating Magma Team with Steven Stone and could not meet him, so Fang Yuan postponed their visit to the Sootopolis Gym.
• Fang Yuan found Lila ranked 199 in the Championships and challenged her; Lila recognized him from his defeat of Team Rocket and accepted.
• Fang Yuan arrived early at Lilycove City Battle Square and meditated while waiting for his scheduled battle with Lila.
• Fang Yuan noticed Haruka and Max watching a Poochyena battle a Marshtomp and told Max that Marshtomp had the upper hand.

Fang Yuan explained how Marshtomp overcame Poochyena, then battled Max and defeated Senri’s Vigoroth in one Quick Attack, leaving Max in tears. Meanwhile, Aqua Team found a sleeping Groudon and planned to transport it, while undercover agent Handsome decided to seek Lila’s help.

• Fang Yuan explained that Poochyena’s Run Away Ability helped it hide its real body, but Marshtomp used Damp to spot the difference and win.
• Max borrowed Senri’s Vigoroth to challenge Fang Yuan, and Eevee knocked Vigoroth out with a single Quick Attack.
• Max ran off crying after losing, while Fang Yuan sent Gluttony Ghost to secretly protect Max and Haruka as they returned to their parents.
• At the Pokémon Center, Senri learned that an Eevee had defeated his Heavenly King Level Vigoroth and asked Max to take him to Fang Yuan.
• Archie ordered Aqua Team to seal and transport the sleeping Groudon, and Handsome resolved to contact Lila and return Groudon to the magma before it awoke.

Fang Yuan trained Ditto to transform into Ho-Oh while waiting for Lila, then spoke with her about his role in dismantling Team Rocket. The two began their Championships battle at Battle Square, with Lila believing Fang Yuan would only use Ditto.

• Fang Yuan and Eevee urged Ditto to transform into Ho-Oh, but Ditto managed only a tiny bird resembling Torchic and then a Shiny Fearow.
• Fang Yuan recalled Mew's stories about Ho-Oh's volatile behavior after rebirth and the origin of the Three Sacred Beasts.
• Lila arrived, introduced herself as Fang Yuan's Championships opponent, and admitted she had accepted his challenge to ask about the Team Rocket base at Moonview Mountain.
• Fang Yuan confirmed he had dismantled Team Rocket and told Lila the Legendary Pokémon involved were not his, leading her to assume he was an ordinary Trainer with no Legendary Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan and Lila entered the Battle Square arena, where referee Miki prepared to record their battle, and both chose to begin immediately.

Fang Yuan battled Tower Tycoon Lila at Lilycove City’s Battle Square while Senri’s family watched. Ditto used the Rainbow Wing to transform into Ho-Oh, leaving Lila and the spectators stunned.

• Senri, Mitsuko, Haruka, and Max arrived at the Battle Square and watched Fang Yuan face Lila in a 2VS2 battle.
• Fang Yuan sent out Ditto against Lila’s Heavenly King Level Metagross, drawing surprise from the spectators.
• Lila had Metagross trap and crush Ditto with Psychic before it could Transform.
• Ditto endured the attack and transformed using the Rainbow Wing, unleashing a powerful Heat Wave that damaged the arena.
• Ditto emerged as Ho-Oh, stunning Lila and the spectators with its Legendary appearance and power.

Fang Yuan’s Ditto transformed into Ho-Oh and defeated Lila’s Metagross, forcing Lila to surrender. When Lila learned that Aqua Team had captured Sleeping Groudon, she hurriedly recruited Fang Yuan to help rescue it.

• Fang Yuan’s Ditto transformed into Ho-Oh and unleashed a Heat Wave that overwhelmed Metagross’s Psychic and blasted it into a wall.
• Lila surrendered, and Metagross was left badly burned and unable to battle for at least a day.
• Lila received a message from Handsome saying Aqua Team had captured Sleeping Groudon and requesting help.
• Lila grabbed Fang Yuan and explained the rescue mission; Fang Yuan agreed to help when he heard Groudon was involved.
• Lila dragged Fang Yuan out of the arena, leaving Miki, Senri, and the others stunned.