Chapter Summaries

Heavenly King Luo explained how Pokémon break through their species limits to reach Professional-level and asked Roy how soon he expected to do so; Roy said within two years. Roy then watched Bedrock demonstrate Aura Fist and learned that it was a state built around uniting a Pokémon’s body, mind, and energy.

• Heavenly King Luo explained that Pokémon must accumulate power to break their species limits, with pseudo-legendary Pokémon needing less of it than species with lower limits.
• Roy estimated that he could become a Professional-level Trainer within two years, faster than Champion Lin Wuya’s three-year record.
• Heavenly King Luo summoned Bedrock, Lucario’s father, to assess whether Roy’s Lucario was ready to train in Aura Fist.
• Bedrock dodged Lucario’s attacks with his eyes and ears blocked, prompting Roy to ask whether he was using Aura Power.
• Heavenly King Luo explained that Aura Fist was a state, not a punching technique, and that Aura Power connected a Pokémon’s body and mind.

Roy Hao began training Lucario for Aura Fist at Wuji Dojo, subjecting it to constant Gravity and Weighted Bracelets. He then offered Roy’s Electabuzz a secret technique created by the Initial Champion for Slaking, and began explaining how it turned Truant into a weapon.

• Roy Hao explained that Aura Fist unified a Pokémon’s essence, energy, and spirit so its whole body could sense danger and react instinctively.
• Roy Hao had four Clefable use Gravity on Lucario and told it to live and train under the effect; Roy added Weighted Bracelets to intensify its training.
• Roy returned to the tea room, discussed training needs for his other Pokémon, and explained his plan to develop Electabuzz’s Lightning Armor.
• Roy Hao offered Electabuzz an Initial Champion secret technique that required powerful vitality, strong willpower, and the ability to learn Rest.
• Roy Hao recounted that the Initial Champion had accepted Slaking’s Truant Ability and sought to turn its need to rest into a form of power.

Roy chose to teach Electabuzz the secret technique Sleep Punch, then trained alongside his Pokémon at Wuji Dojo. A week later, Roy Hao warned him that Electabuzz was secretly overtraining each night, but Roy said he had a way to restore its vitality.

• Roy Hao explained that Sleep Punch let Slaking's body sleep and recover while its conscious mind fought through Dream Talk, and Roy decided Electabuzz would learn the technique.
• Roy moved into Wuji Dojo, befriended its disciples, and trained his reactions and Inner Focus with Latias's Infinity Calm Mind method.
• Roy's Pokémon trained at the dojo: Vulpix practiced Ice moves and Calm Mind, Squirtle battled to cultivate Aura, and Lucario trained under Rock and the Clefable coaches.
• Electabuzz practiced Sleep Punch for three hours daily, learning to resist Hypnosis and work toward keeping its body asleep while its consciousness stayed awake.
• A week later, Roy Hao told Roy that Electabuzz had been secretly training in the high-voltage charging room every night, and Roy said he would let it continue because he could replenish its vitality.

Roy witnessed Electabuzz complete Lightning Armor, a vitality-draining technique resembling a weaker form of Zekrom’s Overclock Drive Mode. Electabuzz’s rapid progress threatened Lucario’s standing, and Roy reflected that it had another evolution ahead.

• Roy kept his vitality-restoring method secret from Roy Hao, who warned him not to reveal it.
• Roy’s Pokémon trained harder at Wuji Dojo, while he worried about the growing cost of their resources and planned to profit from the National University League.
• After three weeks of intense training, Electabuzz completed Professor Xing’s Lightning Armor and showed it off to Roy and the others.
• Roy recognized similarities between Lightning Armor and Zekrom’s Overclock Drive Mode, though Electabuzz could sustain its form for only three minutes and lost vitality while using it.
• Electabuzz’s evaluation rose to B-class, or B+ in Lightning Armor, surpassing Squirtle and making Lucario anxious about being overtaken.
• Roy noted that Electabuzz’s power came with unusually high racial potential and that it could evolve beyond its current form.

Electabuzz mastered Lightning Armor, while Lucario completed the training needed to comprehend Aura Fist at Wuji Dojo. As the National University League approached, Roy drew attention as Sheng Hai University’s unprecedented freshman main roster member, and the chapter shifted to the fierce debate over the Twin Kings and this year’s likely champions.

• Electabuzz vowed to keep training after mastering Lightning Armor, and Roy urged Vulpix and Squirtle to work as hard as it did.
• Lucario asked the Clefairy coaches for tenfold gravity and pushed Bedrock and the Pink Devils through increasingly intense training.
• In its sixth week at Wuji Dojo, Lucario met the physical, mental, and spiritual requirements for Aura Fist, and Bedrock began teaching it his experience with the technique.
• Cities across Dragon Country promoted the National University League, while Roy became a major topic as the first freshman main roster member in the history of the Six Coastal Elite Four.
• Online supporters argued over Jinghua University and Jing University, debating whether Xiao Muyi’s departure would let Lin Xingchen and Tianjing University take the championship.

Lucario mastered Aura Fist at Wuji Dojo, prompting Roy Hao to declare him graduated and Roy to prepare to leave. Roy reviewed his Pokémon’s progress and considered exchanging for an Ice Stone for Vulpix, though he felt reluctant about her evolving.

• Lucario dodged Bedrock’s Rock Smash, and Roy Hao praised his rapid mastery of Aura Fist and advanced Aura talent.
• Lucario challenged Bedrock and Roy Hao to a future battle with Roy, leaving Roy embarrassed by the unexpected declaration.
• Roy Hao graduated Lucario, and Roy returned to his room to pack and say goodbye to the dojo.
• Roy checked his Pokémon’s evaluations: Lucario was strongest, followed by Squirtle, Electabuzz, and Vulpix.
• Roy considered getting Vulpix an Ice Stone but felt reluctant about her growing up and no longer sleeping on his stomach or riding his shoulder.

Roy left Wuji Dojo aiming to buy Vulpix a perfect Ice Stone, then returned to Sheng Hai University before the final exams. After learning the practical assessment would be a team battle with points split among teammates, he considered entering alone, while Huo Qing and Lin Shixian discussed challenging him to settle an old humiliation.

• Roy checked the System Mall and found that a perfect Ice Stone cost ten million points, far beyond his current balance.
• Wuji Dojo's disciples bid Roy farewell, joking with him about his Pokémon and the National University League.
• Roy returned to class the day before final exams and struggled with the written test's Pokémon questions.
• Lin Shixian told Roy that the practical assessment would be a squad-based 3v3 team battle, with points divided equally among team members.
• Roy wondered whether entering alone would earn him a larger share of the points.
• Huo Qing urged Lin Shixian to team up with him and Xiao Bin to challenge Roy and erase their past humiliation.

Roy entered Sheng Hai University's final team battle alone, drawing a strong team of Recommended Students as his first opponents. As the practical exam began, students and prominent Trainers gathered to watch, while Xiao Bin's group planned to study Roy's performance before facing him.

• Lin Shixian decided to team up with Xiao Bin and Huo Qing to challenge Roy, and news spread that Roy would compete alone.
• Roy saw his Popularity Points rise from attention surrounding the National University League and prepared his Pokémon for team battles.
• Roy and Xiao Bin used their abilities to cheat on the written exam before Professor Xing led the students to the Pokémon Battle Center.
• Xiao Bin spotted his sister Xiao Muyi in the stands, and the students drew their team numbers for the practical exam.
• Roy drew Team 7 and was matched against Team 14, a squad of Recommended Students including Yang Dong and Meng Duoduo.
• Fang Hang and Zhuo Feng arrived at the arena to watch Roy's match.

Roy faced Yang Dong, Meng Duoduo, and the glasses-wearing girl in a one-versus-three assessment, choosing Electabuzz instead of Lucario. Electabuzz overwhelmed their coordinated team, and Roy ordered it to finish Scizor even as Primeape and Squirtle struck it.

• Zhuo Feng came to watch Roy’s assessment because he wanted to see how Roy had grown over the past two months.
• Roy chose Electabuzz for the battle, surprising Yang Dong, Meng Duoduo, and the glasses-wearing girl, who had prepared tactics against Lucario.
• Primeape charged Electabuzz while Squirtle attacked from range and Scizor used Tailwind, Double Team, and Agility to build up its speed.
• Electabuzz defeated Primeape’s attacks, froze and hurled Squirtle’s Water Gun back at it, then beat Scizor’s boosted Brick Break with a Fire Punch.
• As Electabuzz prepared another powerful Fire Punch against the fallen Scizor, Yang Dong and the glasses-wearing girl sent Primeape and Squirtle to interrupt it, but Roy ordered Electabuzz to finish the move.

Roy’s Electabuzz dominated the team battle assessment, winning twelve matches and confirming its B+ strength, but it still showed no sign of evolving. Xiao Muyi told Roy that Electabuzz needed a battle that pushed its potential to the limit and revealed she could see the future; as Roy prepared for the final match, he worried about what she might have foreseen involving him.

• Electabuzz defeated Scizor, Primeape, and Squirtle, forcing the opposing team to surrender.
• In the medical room, Yang Dong and Meng Duoduo reflected on their crushing loss, while Zhuo Feng accepted that Roy had surpassed him.
• Roy sent Electabuzz through twelve consecutive victories in the team battle assessment, confirming its B+ strength.
• Roy wondered why Electabuzz had not evolved, and Xiao Muyi told him ordinary battle experience was not enough; it needed a fight that pushed its potential to the limit.
• Xiao Muyi said she could see the future, leaving Roy uneasy that she had glimpsed something about him.
• Roy entered the final match against Xiao Bin, Lin Shixian, and Huo Qing while still thinking about Xiao Muyi's prediction.

Roy and Electabuzz overwhelmed Xiao Bin, Lin Shixian, and Huo Qing in the freshman final, defending Roy’s position as Chief Recommended Student. Fang Hang planned to congratulate Roy and discuss the National University League, whose rival teams might be unusually strong.

• Xiao Bin, Lin Shixian, and Huo Qing sent Alakazam, Ivysaur, and Sandslash against Roy’s Electabuzz, confident that their three-on-one advantage would win.
• Roy ordered Electabuzz to unleash its Lightning Armor, and Electabuzz shattered the three opponents’ attacks before knocking out Ivysaur.
• Electabuzz used Roy’s Aura guidance to ambush and defeat Alakazam, while Sandslash took damage from the heat of Electabuzz’s lightning despite its Ground typing.
• Huo Qing surrendered to protect Sandslash, and the referee declared Roy and Electabuzz the winners.
• Fang Hang explained the lightning’s damage to Zhuo Feng and decided to congratulate Roy and discuss the National University League and its powerful rival teams.
• Roy rested in the contestants’ room after successfully defending his position as Chief Recommended Student.

Roy learned that Zhe University captain Mo Yangqiu’s Swampert had reached the Professional-level, making him a Quasi-Professional-level Trainer and a major obstacle for Sheng Hai University. Roy considered ways to challenge such a powerful opponent but found Mega Evolution’s Key Stone prohibitively expensive.

• Fang Hang praised Roy’s talent and predicted he would lead Sheng Hai University after Lin Xingchen graduated, but Roy joked that he could dominate the National Tournament this year.
• Fang Hang gave Roy intelligence on rival universities, including strong practice-match results from Xiamen University and Tongji University and foreign exchange students joining other teams.
• Roy read that Zhe University captain Mo Yangqiu’s Swampert had broken through its Species Limit Value and reached the Professional-level.
• Fang Hang explained that Mo Yangqiu was now a Quasi-Professional-level Trainer and warned that Sheng Hai University would need to overcome him to surpass its past results.
• Roy considered extraordinary methods such as Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, and Gigantamax, but the 100-million-point cost of a Key Stone had stopped him from pursuing Mega Evolution.

Roy learned that Mo Yangqiu’s Swampert had grown stronger after his father bought him a treasure from the Alola Spirit Realm, and Professor Xing told Roy he could choose one Alolan relic artifact as his official reward. Roy then learned about fossil revival research and considered how its technology might be safely developed, before Lin Qing escorted him toward the National Pokémon Research Center.

• Roy learned from Professor Xing that Mo Yangqiu’s father had bought his son a relic treasure, and that Roy could choose one Alolan artifact as his outstanding contribution reward.
• Roy reunited with Mu Tianyang and Mu Xixi, who told him she planned to skip another grade to join her advisor’s Pokémon paleontology research team.
• Roy learned that researchers were pursuing technology to revive extinct Pokémon from fossils, and he considered using a System Mall revival device to help Mu Xixi reverse-engineer it someday.
• Roy met with his family and the Mu family for dinner before returning to his villa.
• Roy registered at the National Museum and discovered that Lin Qing would escort him to the National Pokémon Research Center after helping protect the Alola relic excavation team.

Roy visited the National Pokémon Research Center with Lin Qing and found a Psychic-type Z-Crystal misidentified as a child’s toy, along with a disguised Mimikyu. After Roy’s praise revealed Mimikyu’s delight, Lin Qing asked whether he had heard of Overlord Pokémon.

• Lin Qing explained that exploring the undeveloped Alola Spirit Realm was a sought-after assignment as she led Roy through the research center’s relic exhibits.
• Roy recognized a pink crystal as a Psychic-type Z-Crystal and asked to take it, while Lin Qing mistook it for a toy and teased him about giving it to Mu Xixi.
• Lin Qing let Roy choose a toy as a personal gift, and Roy spotted a Pikachu doll that he suspected was Mimikyu hiding beneath its Disguise.
• Roy praised the doll as cute, sensed a flash of delight from its shadow, and confirmed that Mimikyu was concealed there.
• Roy asked whether Pokémon in the Alola Spirit Realm became violent before merging, and Lin Qing confirmed they did and asked if he had heard of Overlord Pokémon.

Roy brought a mysterious Mimikyu doll and a Psychic Z-Crystal home, then revealed that the doll concealed a conscious Ghost-type Pokémon. As Mimikyu tried to escape, Lucario fought it, and the chapter ended with Mimikyu revealing its Overlord aura and vanishing from sight.

• Lin Qing explained that the Alola Spirit Realm was dangerous, remained largely unexplored, and might still be home to living Guardian Deities.
• Roy chose to take the Mimikyu doll and Psychic Z-Crystal, then accepted a Spell Tag from Lin Qing before returning to his villa.
• Roy gathered his Pokémon in the training room and used Squirtle's Water Gun to dissolve Mimikyu's disguise, forcing Mimikyu to emerge from the shadows.
• Mimikyu tried to flee, but Lucario intercepted it and countered its Shadow Claw attacks with Steel-type moves.
• Roy challenged Mimikyu to battle, and Mimikyu revealed an Overlord aura before suddenly disappearing.

Roy watched Lucario battle Mimikyu and deduced that it was using Disguise to create an apparently endless chain of Substitute decoys. After Mimikyu exhausted its decoys and revealed itself, Roy lent Lucario Aura energy as Mimikyu launched a desperate attack.

• Mimikyu ambushed Lucario with Ghost-type attacks and decoys, but Lucario used Aura Sight and Close Combat to fend them off.
• Roy realized Mimikyu's decoys were layered Disguises that slipped into another dimension and reappeared, and he concluded the technique consumed enormous energy.
• Lucario defended efficiently through ten minutes of combat until Mimikyu ran out of decoys and emerged from its spatial passage.
• Mimikyu converted its remaining Overlord aura into a powerful Shadow Claw, expecting to overwhelm the exhausted Lucario.
• Roy supplied Lucario with Aura energy, surprising Mimikyu as Lucario unleashed Aura Sphere.

Roy captured Mimikyu and discovered through Aura that its hostile behavior came from shyness and embarrassment, then examined the Psychic Z-Crystal and concluded he needed a Z-Ring to use Z-Moves. The next morning, Roy woke to a phone call.

• Roy checked Mimikyu's System profile and found that the newly captured Overlord Pokémon had mastered dozens of moves, including Master-level Substitute and Shadow Claw.
• Roy treated Mimikyu's wounds and welcomed it to the team, but it reacted angrily to his affection and returned to its Poké Ball.
• Roy sensed Mimikyu's emotions and realized that its apparent hostility came from social anxiety, embarrassment, and a desire to get close to others.
• Roy concluded that a Z-Crystal converted natural energy into a Pokémon's type energy and saw that buying a Z-Ring would cost 50 million Popularity Points.
• A phone call woke Roy early the next morning, and the caller asked whether he was awake.

Roy prepared a custom competition outfit and began feeding Mimikyu specialized Energy Cubes. He learned that Mimikyu’s power kept disappearing after it reached its Species Limit Value, and Fang Hang explained that Pokémon had to accumulate enough strength to satisfy an internal limiter before advancing to Professional-level.

• Fang Hang told Roy to attend an official portrait photoshoot and recommended a custom clothing shop for his competition outfit.
• Roy designed an outfit inspired by Red and arranged to pick it up from the shop owner the next day.
• Roy fed Mimikyu specialized Energy Cubes, and Mimikyu warmed to him as it ate.
• Roy learned that Mimikyu had reached its Species Limit Value years ago, but strength it gained through training and battle vanished.
• Fang Hang explained that accumulating strength meant filling an internal limiter, and Roy compared the process to gaining experience while stuck at a game’s level cap.

Roy discovered that Mimikyu could permanently use Overlord aura, a rare talent tied to natural energy, and had Professor Xing examine it. He left Mimikyu with a secret manual for Moonlight so she could explore that energy further.

• Roy learned that Mimikyu did not know how much strength she had accumulated, then realized her Overlord aura was what made her special.
• Mimikyu used Overlord aura again, and Roy concluded she could maintain it permanently despite having been away from the Alola Spirit Realm for at least a month.
• Roy took Mimikyu to Professor Xing, who identified Overlord aura as a form of natural energy.
• Roy brought Mimikyu home and gave her a secret manual for Moonlight, telling her to focus on understanding the move's principles.

Roy explained how Mimikyu could use the principle behind Moonlight to overcome the limits of her Infinity Double Team, then prepared for the university tournament. He joined the Sheng Hai University team as its first-round opponent was decided, and learned about his teammates and the competition format.

• Roy told Mimikyu that converting natural energy into life energy could let her create more clones, and she reluctantly agreed to try.
• Roy collected his competition uniform, posed for promotional photos, and agreed to let the clothing store owner display signed pictures.
• Roy traveled with Fang Hang and the Sheng Hai University team to Sheng Hai Arena, where Fang Hang explained the points system and Zhe University's home-field advantage.
• Mo Xuexin introduced herself as a Fire-type specialist with five competition-ready Pokémon, and the Yang brothers said they were strongest in team battles.
• Roy told his teammates that he was probably better at singles because he had never fought a 3v3 battle.