Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan helped Milotic master the coordination of its three powers, bringing it into the Champion/Guardian God tier. After Steven and Wallace left to investigate the escaped leaders of Aqua Team and Magma Team, Fang Yuan stayed behind and considered helping Dragonite win Milotic's heart.

• Fang Yuan's Heart Power helped Milotic coordinate Purification Water, North Wind Power, and Frozen Mist, while Dragonite took pride in helping bring about its breakthrough.
• Fang Yuan realized Milotic had reached the Champion/Guardian God tier and considered whether it could eventually forge a new power from its Legendary Powers.
• Steven arrived and told Fang Yuan and Wallace that Maxie, Archie, and their main executives had escaped the Underwater Prison, possibly with help from a mole in the League.
• Wallace volunteered to accompany Steven in pursuing the fugitives and investigating the suspected Larousse Group connection.
• Steven asked Fang Yuan to warn Groudon and Kyogre that Aqua Team and Magma Team might seek their power again, and Fang Yuan agreed.
• After Steven and Wallace departed, Fang Yuan decided he might help Dragonite pursue Milotic, even if rejection could help reveal what Dragonite needed to improve.

Fang Yuan arranged for his Pokémon to stage a real-life lesson for Dragonite, hoping to create a chance for it to confess to Milotic. Meanwhile, Dragonite delivered Fang Yuan’s Aura Power booklet to Ash in New Bark Town and was eager to return.

• Milotic treated Infernape, Ditto, and Lycanroc’s training injuries with Life Dew, and Dragonite told them Milotic had made a breakthrough.
• A rumor spread through Fang Yuan’s Team that even minor injuries could trigger a breakthrough, angering Infernape and Dragonite.
• Fang Yuan gathered his Pokémon and persuaded them to help stage a script that would make Dragonite suffer in reality, keeping his plan to help Dragonite confess secret.
• Fang Yuan sent Dragonite to Johto with a letter and a booklet for Ash, keeping it far enough away that it could not quickly return.
• Dragonite found Ash in New Bark Town and gave him Fang Yuan’s Introduction to Aura Power, telling him only he could use it.

Dragonite and the others staged a fake Groudon attack to awaken Dragonite’s Darkness Power and push it to confess to Milotic. The plan ended with Dragonite learning that Groudon was Ditto, leaving it mortified after its confession was recorded.

• Groudon confronted Milotic over the Kyogre power it sensed, and Dragonite stood between them to protect its companion.
• Fang Yuan urged Dragonite to confess to Milotic, while Ditto-as-Groudon attacked the group as part of their staged plan.
• After Milotic appeared badly injured, Dragonite awakened powerful Darkness Power but resolved to control it and use it to protect its companions.
• Dragonite confessed that it liked Milotic and charged Groudon, only to knock Ditto out of its transformation.
• The Pokémon revealed the deception, and Dragonite, embarrassed by its confession and Fang Yuan’s recording, pretended to faint into the sea.

After Dragonite's confession, Fang Yuan learned that Milotic was not ready for romance and teased Dragonite with Milotic's standards for a future partner. Dragonite resolved to improve itself, but when Groudon appeared for real, Dragonite mistook it for another prank and fainted.

• After the Pokémon teased the unconscious Dragonite, Fang Yuan recalled it and asked Milotic how it felt about the confession.
• Milotic said it cherished Dragonite as a companion but was not ready to date, and Fang Yuan pressed it for its standards in a partner.
• Fang Yuan told Dragonite that Milotic wanted a powerful, grateful, slimmer partner, then urged it to train harder and lose weight.
• Dragonite decided to face Milotic despite its embarrassment and greeted it by the shore while Milotic practiced its Combination Skill.
• Groudon appeared and questioned why Milotic carried Kyogre's power fluctuations, prompting Dragonite to mistake it for another prank and attack it.
• After Fang Yuan clarified that Groudon was real, Dragonite fainted at Groudon's feet.

Fang Yuan let Groudon take the fainted Dragonite as a sparring partner, then learned more about the Red and Blue Orbs and devised a plan to obtain the originals from Mt. Pyre. The chapter ended with Dragonite waking up and facing its punishment while Fang Yuan considered using the orbs to prevent the next war between Groudon and Kyogre.

• Groudon spared Dragonite and decided to make it a sparring partner for its Flying Heaven Sword Style, and Fang Yuan agreed without asking Dragonite.
• Fang Yuan explained that Milotic had encountered Kyogre, then showed Groudon the nearly depleted Red Orb Ditto had used to imitate Groudon.
• Fang Yuan persuaded Groudon that Kyogre could be tricked into making Blue Orbs and wasting its power, so they planned to visit Kyogre the next day.
• Groudon told Fang Yuan that it and Kyogre had made the original Red and Blue Orbs, which Rayquaza supposedly took after defeating them.
• Fang Yuan realized the original orbs were guarded by Pheobe's grandparents on Mt. Pyre and considered retrieving them to help end the future war between Groudon and Kyogre.
• Dragonite woke up and stood at attention before Groudon, resigned to becoming its sparring partner.

Groudon began training to fly steadily with Aerial Ace while Fang Yuan guided Lycanroc in mastering the magma power of a Groudon Scale. Lycanroc formed a Magma Armor and strengthened its Precipice Blades, leaving Fang Yuan confident it was nearing the level to compete with his main team.

• Groudon practiced flying with Aerial Ace while sparring with Dragonite above the sea near Steven Stone's Sea View Villa.
• Fang Yuan had Lycanroc activate a Groudon Scale with Earth Power and learn to control the resulting magma power.
• Fang Yuan used Heart Power to guide Lycanroc through the pain of adapting to the magma.
• Lycanroc formed a Magma Armor and found it could use its combination-skill Precipice Blades more easily.
• Fang Yuan ended the training, judging that Lycanroc could challenge most Top Level Combat Power opponents and might soon compete with Venusaur in the Main Force Group.

Fang Yuan grounded Eevee and Victini from their phones and assigned Eevee a new training plan as a Trainer, with Victini assisting. The chapter left them bewildered as they wondered what such training would involve.

• Magma Lycanroc finished its initial special training and went to get breakfast while it adapted to the Groudon Scales.
• Fang Yuan told Eevee and Victini they might leave Rustboro City that day and took away their phones until the Championships Knockout Round.
• Fang Yuan considered how Infernape and Magnezone were pursuing their own paths toward greater power and space travel.
• Fang Yuan decided Eevee would train by treating itself as a Trainer and assigned Victini to assist it.
• Eevee and Victini froze in confusion at Fang Yuan's unusual training plan.

Fang Yuan mapped out Eevee’s three-stage path to Legendary-level strength, beginning with training its Substitute evolutions to inherit their abilities. He planned for Eevee to eventually master multi-attribute attacks and independent Z-Moves, then identified Natural Energy as a key supplement to its Heart Power training.

• Fang Yuan explained that Eevee could train multiple Substitute evolutions in parallel and inherit their improved abilities when they returned to its main body.
• Fang Yuan ordered Eevee to train its Substitute evolutions toward the main body’s strength and threatened to confiscate Eevee and Victini’s phones until they did.
• Fang Yuan outlined Eevee’s second stage, in which it would coordinate evolved Substitutes to launch multiple Multi-Attribute Spiral Energy Balls.
• Fang Yuan described the third stage, in which Eevee would fuse nine attributes into one Spiral Energy Ball and eventually unleash the attack using only its own power.
• Fang Yuan decided that Eevee should focus on Heart Power, supported by Natural Energy and Life Power, and considered using a Natural Energy orb from Kyogre to aid its training.

Fang Yuan left Rustboro City and traveled to Sea God Temple to meet Kyogre, bringing his Pokémon and supplies along. After Manaphy welcomed him and was overwhelmed by his reputation and connections, Kyogre emerged and recognized that Fang Yuan had actually come.

• Fang Yuan decided to leave Rustboro City for Sea God Temple and packed Devon’s materials, food, and supplies with his Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan departed after messaging Steven Stone and traveled by Ditto submarine, with Rotom piloting and Eevee reassuring him as the ocean currents guided them toward the temple.
• Manaphy noticed the submarine approaching and welcomed Fang Yuan after it arrived, then reacted with awe to Fang Yuan’s strength, titles, and Legendary connections.
• Fang Yuan told Manaphy that he knew it from another timeline and explained that Kyogre had invited him to help with special training.
• Kyogre emerged from its cave, saw Fang Yuan, and paused in surprise that he had come; Fang Yuan revealed he had taught Groudon Flying Heaven Sword Style.

Fang Yuan stopped Groudon and Kyogre from fighting by proposing they recover the Red Orb and Blue Orb, then train together to challenge Rayquaza. Groudon and Kyogre agreed to consider the deal, and Fang Yuan left confident the orbs were at Mt. Pyre.

• Kyogre and Manaphy insulted Groudon until Groudon burst out of Fang Yuan's Master Ball and confronted them.
• Groudon and Kyogre nearly fought at the Sea God Temple, but Fang Yuan and Manaphy persuaded them to hear him out.
• Fang Yuan pointed out that Rayquaza often interfered with their battles and caused them to lose Natural Energy and their treasured orbs.
• Fang Yuan proposed that Groudon and Kyogre recover the Red Orb and Blue Orb, stop large-scale battles, and train together to challenge Rayquaza.
• Groudon and Kyogre agreed that everything was negotiable if Fang Yuan could find their orbs, while Fang Yuan believed they were at Mt. Pyre.

Fang Yuan brought Groudon and Kyogre to Mt. Pyre to negotiate for their missing orbs, but found the mountain under lockdown and filled with the presence of True Ghosts. As he and Eevee investigated, someone confronted them for entering a dangerous area.

• Fang Yuan recalled how Kyogre had entered a Poké Ball to supervise his search for the Blue Orb, and planned to study Kyogre’s Origin Pulse and use Groudon in a battle against Tobias.
• Fang Yuan headed to Mt. Pyre to retrieve the Red Orb and Blue Orb, which he believed belonged to Groudon and Kyogre rather than serving as tools to control them.
• Fang Yuan and his Pokémon discovered that Mt. Pyre was under lockdown, with visitors gathered for protection, and Eevee frightened Victini with a ghostly prank.
• Gluttony Ghost sensed that many True Ghosts were on the mountain, while Fang Yuan warned it not to eat any of the Ghost-types there.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee followed a dense soul aura, but an angry person spotted them and demanded to know why they had entered the dangerous area alone.

Fang Yuan traveled with Unova Elite Four Wanlong to investigate the ghosts gathering at Mt. Pyre, capturing a ghostly Teddiursa and discussing a novel with her. In the Spirit World, Hoenn Elite Four Fúróng traced the disturbance to a collapsed royal tomb and faced the ancient Aegislash behind the ghost army.

• Wanlong warned Fang Yuan to leave Mt. Pyre, but joined him after learning he was a highly ranked Championships Trainer and explaining that ghosts were gathering there.
• Fang Yuan and Wanlong encountered a dead Teddiursa, which Fang Yuan sealed inside his Prison Gourd.
• Wanlong eagerly asked about Fang Yuan’s sealing item, and Fang Yuan proposed collaborating on a novel starring Ninetales as a gift for Luo Ke.
• Fúróng discovered that King Pendragon’s tomb had collapsed and found a ghost army guarding its ruins.
• Fúróng’s Pokémon defeated the ghost guards, awakening the ancient Aegislash, whose immense Soul Power threatened her team.

Fang Yuan and Wanlong searched Mt. Pyre for the force producing and controlling its attacking ghosts, then discovered a battle in the overlapping Spirit World. They entered through a passage and found Heavenly King Fúróng and her Pokémon under Aegislash’s control, just as Aegislash began attacking them.

• Fang Yuan sealed Mt. Pyre’s ghosts with his Aura Sealing Technique while Wanlong learned that he was an Aura Messenger.
• Fang Yuan sensed battle fluctuations in the Spirit World and opened a passage with White Will-O-Wisp.
• Aegislash controlled Heavenly King Fúróng and her twelve Ghost-type Pokémon, planning to use them as puppets to conquer a new world.
• Fang Yuan and Wanlong entered the Spirit World, where Fang Yuan warned Wanlong that Fúróng was under Aegislash’s control.
• Aegislash separated a new sword from its aura and attacked Fang Yuan and Wanlong with a sword-type Signature Move.

Fang Yuan and Wanlong fought Aegislash, the spirit controlling Pheobe and her Pokémon, in the Spirit World. Eevee overwhelmed Aegislash with Aura and powerful attacks, leaving Pheobe and Wanlong stunned by her strength.

• Aegislash attacked Wanlong with its ghostly forces and took control of Pheobe and her Pokémon, but Fang Yuan's Aura broke its hold.
• Pheobe warned Wanlong about King's Shield, and Wanlong's Pokémon surrounded Aegislash; it then revealed it could attack from shield form and knocked them back.
• Fang Yuan sent Eevee to confront Aegislash, and she resisted its control and blasted it into a crater with spiraling Shadow Balls.
• Eevee kept firing Shadow Balls into the crater to make sure Aegislash was finished, while Fang Yuan, Pheobe, and Wanlong watched.

Fang Yuan’s Gluttony Ghost devoured Aegislash’s spirit, but Aegislash’s memories and obsession nearly corrupted it. Gluttony Ghost rejected the spirit, destroyed it, and emerged with autonomous Mega Evolution and new techniques copied from Aegislash.

• Eevee defeated and scattered the spirit-body Aegislash, and Fúróng and Wanlong gathered with their Ghost-type Pokémon to inspect it.
• Fúróng explained that Aegislash had destroyed the Pendragon Kingdom, controlled the ghosts at Mt. Pyre, and sought to become king.
• After Fang Yuan gave permission, Gluttony Ghost roasted and swallowed Aegislash’s spirit, then experienced its memories and resisted its growing urge to consume Fang Yuan’s energy.
• Gluttony Ghost underwent autonomous Mega Evolution, spat out Aegislash’s spirit, and crushed it after deciding its taste was awful.
• Gluttony Ghost revealed that it had learned Aegislash’s Armament techniques, summoning a Sacred Sword and a simulated King’s Shield.

Fang Yuan and Gluttony Ghost cleared the remaining ghosts at Mt. Pyre after Gluttony Ghost gained Soul Power and demonstrated a weapon-wielding Will-O-Wisp Armor form. Once the mountain was safe, Fúróng brought Fang Yuan to meet her grandparents, who welcomed him and thanked him for his help.

• Gluttony Ghost used Soul Power to form a Sacred Sword and King's Shield, prompting Fang Yuan to plan further development of its Will-O-Wisp Armor technique.
• Fang Yuan sent Fúróng and Wanlong to deal with the ghosts outside while he stayed in the Spirit World to clear the rest.
• Fang Yuan and Gluttony Ghost cleared ghosts through the night, and Milotic sent the sealed spirits on to reincarnation after Rotom studied them.
• Fúróng and Wanlong found little information about Fang Yuan, then accepted that he was a kind Aura Messenger who had saved Fúróng.
• Fang Yuan and Fúróng returned to Mt. Pyre, where Fúróng led him to her grandparents' home and her grandmother welcomed him with thanks.

Fang Yuan asked Fúróng's grandparents for the Red Orb and Blue Orb, then revealed that he had captured Groudon and Kyogre to prove his explanation about returning the orbs to them. The chapter ended with Fúróng, Wanlong, and her grandparents stunned by Fang Yuan's power and the existence of the two Super Ancient Pokémon.

• Fang Yuan asked Fúróng's grandparents for the Red Orb and Blue Orb, but they refused to let the family’s guarded relics leave Mt. Pyre.
• Fang Yuan explained that the orbs held Natural Energy and had been lost by Groudon and Kyogre, but Fúróng and the others doubted his story.
• Fang Yuan challenged Fúróng to a doubles battle and sent out Groudon and Kyogre instead of his usual Pokémon.
• Groudon and Kyogre changed the weather over Mt. Pyre, shocking Fúróng, Wanlong, and Fúróng's grandparents.
• Fúróng ordered Sableye and Gengar to attack, but Groudon and Kyogre defeated them effortlessly without Fang Yuan’s commands.

Fang Yuan proved that Groudon and Kyogre were his allies and asked Fúróng’s grandparents for their orbs. After Magma Team and Aqua Team escaped arrest and headed to Mt. Pyre to seize the orbs, Fúróng prepared to face them with Fang Yuan’s help.

• Groudon and Kyogre defeated Fúróng’s Pokémon with their physical strength, convincing Fúróng, Wanlong, and her grandparents that Fang Yuan had truly brought the Legendary Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan told Fúróng’s grandparents that Groudon and Kyogre were his friends and asked them for the orbs, while the two Pokémon eagerly agreed to wait for their return.
• Steven Stone warned Fúróng that Magma Team and Aqua Team were heading to Mt. Pyre to seize the orbs, and Fúróng said they could come and face Fang Yuan.
• Maxie and Archie escaped arrest, joined forces, and brought over a hundred members to Mt. Pyre aboard the submarine Sea Abyss No. 1.
• Maxie, Archie, and their forces landed on Mt. Pyre, confident that taking the orbs would let them control Groudon and Kyogre.

Fang Yuan helped Fúróng guard the Red and Blue Orbs at Mt. Pyre as Magma Team and Aqua Team tried to steal them. When Maxie and Archie threatened the town and demanded the Orbs, Fang Yuan revealed that he could summon Groudon and Kyogre, leaving the two teams unable to carry out their plan.

• Fang Yuan took Fúróng's communicator and assured Steven that Mt. Pyre was safe while Steven and Wallace made their way there.
• Maxie and Archie led Magma Team and Aqua Team toward the sealed cavern, intending to steal the Orbs and threatening Mt. Pyre's residents as leverage.
• Fang Yuan emerged from the cavern and revealed that he had defeated Aqua Team before, prompting the leaders to recognize him as the Trainer who had ridden Groudon.
• Fúróng's grandparents brought out the Red and Blue Orbs, and Maxie and Archie ordered their teams to seize them.
• Fang Yuan released Kyogre and Groudon from Poké Balls, overwhelming both teams and exposing a fatal flaw in their plan to control the Ancient Pokémon with the Orbs.

Fang Yuan defeated the Magma Team and Aqua Team, helped Groudon and Kyogre recover their Orbs, and watched them transform into their Primal forms before recalling them. The captured leaders emerged from the ordeal convinced that Fang Yuan was destined to create a new world, while Steven Stone and Wallace were left stunned to learn he had befriended Groudon and Kyogre.

• Groudon and Kyogre overwhelmed the Magma Team and Aqua Team with visions of a world destroyed by magma and floods, then their members awoke bound.
• Groudon and Kyogre merged with the Red Orb and Blue Orb, transformed into their Primal forms, and returned to normal when Fang Yuan called them back into their Poké Balls.
• Fang Yuan and his companions explained to the captured Maxie and Archie that Groudon and Kyogre were Fang Yuan's friends, but the leaders insisted he was chosen to create a new world.
• Steven Stone and Wallace arrived at Mt. Pyre, saw the captured teams, and reacted with shock when Fúróng explained that Fang Yuan had caught—or befriended—Groudon and Kyogre.