Chapter Summaries

Lu Li expanded his Farm plans, inspected the frozen Secret Realm in the Qingyun Mountains, and confirmed that Iron Leaves’ presence was behind the dangerous cold. Later, Principal Wen Gongmao offered him a month-long exchange at Saint Castle University, including access to the Cambrian Secret Realm, and Lu Li went home to consider the offer.

• Lu Li approved expanding the Farm by up to one hundred mu and told Eike to offer Yisha a Water-type Pokémon Egg so she could learn Rain Dance and help irrigate the fields.
• Eike reported that the cold wave would reduce the Farm’s harvest by at least thirty percent, and Lu Li told him to prioritize the Wildfire Gang’s needs over sales.
• Lu Li inspected the Water Stone Mine, then traveled deeper into the Qingyun Mountains and sensed Iron Leaves’ Authority in the ice sealing the Secret Realm Entrance.
• After a week of school and time with his Pokémon, Lu Li learned that Saint Paul University had requested him as an exchange student at Saint Castle University, where he could enter the Cambrian Secret Realm.
• Lu Li declined to decide immediately, returned home, and took out the Bagua diagram and Tortoise Shell to consider the offer.

Lu Li refused an exchange opportunity to the Cambrian Secret Realm after divining that Kyurem might be there, then prepared Life Recovery Fluid and went to Qingyun City to retrieve Frigibax's Pokémon Egg. At Qingyun Gym, he reunited with Liu Li and Jin Fengjiao, who offered to send a Pokémon to protect him in the now-chaotic Qingyun Secret Realm.

• Lu Li divined an unknown result for the Cambrian Secret Realm, feared Kyurem might be there, and decided not to go; Terapagos also chose not to summon its underlings against Iron Leaves.
• Lu Li declined the exchange-student slot, and Wen Gongmao considered seeking an exchange with the Long Family; Lu Li then made Life Recovery Fluid to restore Frigibax's Pokémon Egg.
• Lu Li contacted Jin Fengjiao for permission to enter the Qingyun Secret Realm, accepted her invitation to Qingyun Gym, and learned Liu Li had moved there.
• Liu Li told Jin Fengjiao she had given Lu Li three hundred million in breeding funds, leaving Jin Fengjiao shocked and regretful as Liu Li prepared to welcome him.
• Lu Li arrived at Qingyun Gym and explained that he planned to train and take Onix to its birthplace; Liu Li offered to send a Pokémon to protect him.

Lu Li gave Jin Fengjiao and Liu Li a rare Quaxly Egg, then entered the Secret Realm to train and encountered Jin Huang. Their Pokémon battle ended with Onix knocking out Jin Huang’s Aron in one blow, while Jin Longyu and the Second Elder watched and speculated that Lu Li had cheated.

• Lu Li declined Liu Li’s offer of protection, gave Jin Fengjiao and Liu Li a Quaxly Egg, and left for the Secret Realm.
• Liu Li identified the Egg as a rare League Official-bred Quaxly Egg and resolved to thank Lu Li after it hatched.
• Lu Li brought Onix to its birthplace, but Onix refused to train there because it considered its home to be Lu Li’s Villa.
• Lu Li met Jin Huang, who challenged him to a battle; Onix struck Jin Huang’s Aron with Iron Tail and knocked it unconscious in one hit.
• Jin Longyu asked the Second Elder how Lu Li’s Onix had become so strong, and the Second Elder claimed Lu Li must have used a Pokémon Secret Treasure.

Lu Li defeated the Jin Family’s Second Elder in a wager battle after the elder tried to exploit him for his Divine Item. When the elder refused to honor the wager, Lu Li forced him to hand over the Ground Gem and then continued his adventure.

• Jin Longyu persuaded the Second Elder to teach Lu Li a lesson, and the elder challenged Lu Li while accusing him of breaking a supposed ban on Pokémon battles.
• Lu Li revealed Tropius’s late Elite-level strength and agreed to a one-on-one wager battle, with the Ground Gem as the elder’s stake.
• Tropius overwhelmed the Second Elder’s Aggron with a rapid Leech Seed attack and Star Absorb Technique, winning the battle.
• The Second Elder and Jin Longyu denied that they had agreed to any stakes, but Jin Huang confirmed that he had heard the wager.
• Lu Li released peak Elite-level Milotic and compelled the Second Elder to hand over the Ground Gem before the elder left with Jin Longyu.
• Lu Li reassured Jin Huang, praised Tropius, and set off on his adventure while Jin Huang headed toward the Secret Realm Entrance.

Lu Li recovered a Frigibax Egg and Baxcalibur’s remains from the underground Icy World, then returned home and tended to his Pokémon. Meanwhile, Ekaterina’s refusal to enter the Cambrian Secret Realm convinced her court that Kyurem was sleeping there and that Lu Li was the Emissary of Ideals.

• Lu Li used Charmander to melt the ice around a Frigibax Egg, stored the egg and Baxcalibur’s corpse, and escaped the underground Icy World with a Teleportation Talisman.
• The Jin Family Head refused to help the Second Elder pursue Lu Li, warning that Title Elite Four Qu Suxin and Gym Leader Yao Yifei supported him; the Second Elder and Jin Longyu vowed to seek revenge later.
• Lu Li returned home, checked on his Pokémon and eggs, and poured Life Recovery Fluid over the Meltan Nuts to help the Meltan revive.
• Ekaterina learned that Lu Li had refused her invitation to the Cambrian Secret Realm and worried about his possible romantic rivals.
• Froslass concluded that Lu Li’s refusal confirmed he was the Emissary of Ideals and that Kyurem, the Strongest Dragon, slept inside the Cambrian Secret Realm, a dangerous prospect for the Polar Ice Empire.

Lu Li learned that prominent families’ daughters were pursuing him and refused Wen Gongmao’s invitation to visit the Yamato Region’s Mount Fuji Secret Realm, where Groudon was said to have left traces. He returned home to divine Wen Gongmao’s motives, while Wen Gongmao took Lu Li’s refusal as a sign that the Rainbow Hero’s destiny meant the trip would be safe.

• Ekaterina decided to visit Lu Li herself, while Long Ying waited for him in the school library and claimed she wanted a date.
• Long Ying warned Lu Li that prominent families’ daughters were competing for his attention, then secretly celebrated after he went to complain to Wen Gongmao.
• Lu Li asked Wen Gongmao to keep the girls from disrupting the library, and Wen Gongmao suggested he find a girlfriend.
• Wen Gongmao invited Lu Li to an exchange program in the Yamato Region, but Lu Li refused after hearing the group planned to seek Divine Items near Groudon.
• Wen Gongmao privately concluded that Lu Li’s refusal meant the Rainbow Hero would not face a disaster on the trip, while Lu Li went home to divine his motives.

Lu Li divined that Wen Gongmao faced a violent death and suspected Groudon had appeared in the Mount Fuji Secret Realm. As Terapagos worried about Groudon reaching the real world, Li Zhi and Qu Gang agreed to take Huang Meng to the secret realm, while Terapagos summoned Celebi for help.

• Lu Li divined that Wen Gongmao was in danger of dying violently and connected the threat to Groudon in the Mount Fuji Secret Realm.
• Terapagos realized Groudon might have left the Primordial Secret Realm and considered how to get Lu Li to the Mount Fuji Secret Realm.
• Huang Meng asked Li Zhi and Qu Gang to let her join their trip to the Mount Fuji Secret Realm, revealing her Elite-level Pikachu and orphan status.
• Li Zhi and Qu Gang agreed to take Huang Meng, and Yu Lili offered to let her challenge the Shui Bo Gym.
• Terapagos used Find Partners and summoned Celebi, who teased it about looking weak.

Terapagos, Celebi, and Zygarde worried that Groudon would awaken in the Real World while Blue Star was at its weakest, but they had no reliable way to stop it. After learning of the danger, Lu Li warned his family and Qu Suxin, and began preparing to survive the coming crisis.

• Terapagos told Celebi and Zygarde that Groudon would soon awaken and leave its Secret Realm, but neither they nor Ho-Oh seemed likely to stop it.
• Terapagos laid out a plan for Celebi, while Lu Li sneezed and continued studying an Elite Four Trainer’s notes.
• Yu Lili told Lu Li that the Rainbow Hero had gone to the Mount Fuji Secret Realm, prompting him to call an emergency family meeting.
• Lu Li warned Wei, Baobao, and Yao Yifei that Groudon’s awakening could make the oceans disappear and plunge the world into chaos.
• Lu Li arranged to stockpile water and supplies, and Yao Yifei suggested they could claim territory in Qingyun City’s Secret Realm if her Vespiquen reached Heavenly King level.
• Lu Li asked Qu Tongtong, Jin Fengjiao, and Qu Suxin for help, warning Qu Suxin that Groudon might soon awaken in the Real World.

After a strange Secret Realm entrance appeared in Lu Li’s backyard, he and Yao Yifei entered and found themselves at Mount Fuji, where the entrance vanished behind them. Lu Li chose to follow a promising divination deeper into the Secret Realm, and they arrived just as a Vullaby carried a yellow-haired girl through the sky.

• Qu Suxin confirmed that Takeshi was heading to the Mount Fuji Secret Realm and told Qu Tongtong to prepare to retreat into a Secret Realm.
• Lu Li informed Ekaterina of the danger, drew talismans, and later found Qingfeng City nearly deserted because of the cold weather.
• Espeon detected a Secret Realm entrance in Lu Li’s backyard, and Lu Li and Yao Yifei entered it while Wei and Baobao stayed behind.
• Lu Li and Yao Yifei emerged before Mount Fuji, discovered that the entrance had closed, and decided to find the Secret Realm’s real exit.
• Lu Li divined that heading southwest could bring them a great opportunity, so Espeon teleported them to the location he marked.
• Yao Yifei spotted a Vullaby carrying a yellow-haired girl by her backpack, and Lu Li looked toward the approaching cry.

Lu Li and Yao Yifei rescued Huang Meng from a Vullaby and discovered that the Time-Space Tunnel had sent them two days into the future. They learned Huang Meng was the Forest God Celebi’s Divine Emissary and Master Wen Gongmao’s granddaughter, then watched her summon Celebi to find him.

• Yao Yifei sent Togekiss and Espeon to drive off Vullaby and save Huang Meng.
• Lu Li and Yao Yifei checked Huang Meng’s phone and realized the tunnel had cost them two days outside.
• Huang Meng revealed that she had come to the Secret Realm to find her grandfather, Wen Gongmao, and that she possessed Evergreen Power blessed by the Viridian Forest Secret Realm.
• Lu Li sensed a hidden Champion-level Claydol guarding Huang Meng, while she explained that her missing “Grandpa Black” could help her find Wen Gongmao.
• Huang Meng summoned Celebi, who agreed to search for her grandfather as Celebi and Terapagos argued privately about their Divine Emissaries.

Lu Li and his companions reached Wen Gongmao in the Mount Fuji Secret Realm, where Wen realized that Fate had brought Lu Li there despite his efforts to keep him away. As Wen asked Lu Li to protect Huang Meng, Sasaki and Kiyo prepared an operation targeting Wen Gongmao and Kenlin.

• Kenlin learned that Loford had left the Divine Cult to establish the God-Slave Society, then entered the Secret Realm to find the God of the Earth before Wen Gongmao.
• Loford and Cloak Man displayed the Crimson Red Orb and planned to use it to draw out the God of the Earth.
• Satoshi and Takeshi searched the Secret Realm for Huang Meng while arguing about Satoshi's loud behavior and curiosity about the God of the Earth.
• Lu Li, Yao Yifei, and Huang Meng used Espeon's Teleport to reach Wen Gongmao, while Lu Li grew increasingly uneasy about the Secret Realm.
• Claydol warned Wen Gongmao that Mengmeng was coming and that he faced danger; Lu Li's group arrived, and Huang Meng reunited with her grandfather.
• Wen Gongmao asked Lu Li to protect himself and Mengmeng, while Sasaki pressed Kiyo to proceed with a plan to kill Wen Gongmao and Kenlin.

Kiyo ordered Champion-level Weezing to trigger Mount Fuji’s eruption and awaken Groudon, trapping Lu Li, Wen Gongmao, and Kenlin in the collapsing Secret Realm. As Groudon emerged in a colossal form, Lu Li realized the crisis had only begun.

• Sasaki and Kiyo escaped the Secret Realm, and Weezing struck Mount Fuji with Body Slam and Giga Impact before detonating an Explosion beside Groudon’s hidden entrance.
• Groudon woke in fury, while Lu Li and Wen Gongmao escaped the volcanic blast with help from their Pokémon and met Kenlin at the sealed exit.
• Wen Gongmao and Kenlin recognized Kiyo and Weezing as the cause of the disaster, while Terapagos, Celebi, and Zygarde discussed the threat of the Secret Realm collapsing.
• Terapagos persuaded Zygarde to protect Lu Li, and Zygarde entered the crisis despite being limited to a fraction of his power inside the Secret Realm.
• Wen Gongmao, Kenlin, and Lu Li faced the collapsing Mount Fuji as Groudon emerged, and Lu Li was shocked by the giant’s immense size.

Lu Li and the others faced an enraged Groudon as it turned the Mount Fuji Secret Realm into a sea of magma. Celebi opened a Time-Space Tunnel to rescue them, while Kenlin remained behind as they escaped.

• Zygarde explained that it could not stop Groudon, so Lu Li asked Huang Meng to summon Celebi while Wen Gongmao and Kenlin prepared to defend themselves.
• Groudon used Earth Retrospection to find and crush the dying Weezing that had helped awaken it, then discovered the humans had escaped and intensified its destruction.
• Marshadow rescued Qu Gang and Li Zhi by pulling them into the Shadow World as magma and earthquakes spread through the Secret Realm.
• Groudon flooded the Secret Realm with magma, leaving Lu Li, Huang Meng, Yao Yifei, Wen Gongmao, and Kenlin stranded on rocks as they waited for help.
• Celebi arrived, created a Time-Space Tunnel, and led Huang Meng, Lu Li, Yao Yifei, and Wen Gongmao out; Kenlin stayed behind.

Groudon descended into the Real World, unleashing catastrophic disasters across the Yamato Region after the God-Slave Society stole the Red Orb. As Groudon headed for Point Nemo to reclaim it, Lu Li and Yao Yifei were stranded amid the devastation and considered taking shelter in a nearby Secret Realm.

• Terapagos and Zygarde failed to stop Groudon from leaving the Mind World, while Zygarde warned that Blue Star could not be restarted soon if it was destroyed.
• After returning to the Yamato Region, Kenlin prepared to leave, but earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and collapsing geomagnetic intensity signaled Groudon's arrival; Loford ordered the Red Orb taken to Point Nemo.
• Groudon's power devastated the Yamato Region, and Sasaki and Kiyo were engulfed by his Eruption as they faced him.
• Groudon sensed that humans had taken the Red Orb and headed for Point Nemo, while Zygarde struggled to contain the effects of his power.
• Lu Li could not return to the Kyushu Region because Groudon's power prevented Claydol from using long-distance Teleport, and Wen Gongmao left with Huang Meng to settle scores with the Yamato Region.
• Lu Li suggested hiding in a nearby Secret Realm and asked how far Yao Yifei's Espeon could Teleport after learning its range was only ten kilometers.

Lu Li and Yao Yifei entered a Secret Realm and encountered the newly born Ogerpon, who recruited Lu Li to help make her Type Masks and save the world from Groudon. After Ogerpon shared her Laws and inheritance, Lu Li recognized that her Masks resembled Divinity Masks from the Cultivation World and examined the rare materials she had gathered.

• Lu Li and Yao Yifei entered an undiscovered Secret Realm, where they met Ogerpon, a newly born god of Masks.
• In the Mind World, Terapagos persuaded Ogerpon that Lu Li could make Masks for her and that they needed to stop the out-of-control Divine Beast destroying the world.
• Ogerpon contracted with Lu Li and brought him and Yao Yifei to her cave, where she explained that she needed Masks of other attributes.
• Ogerpon passed her Laws and Authority to Lu Li, who fainted and then realized her Type Masks were similar to Divinity Masks from the Cultivation World.
• Ogerpon showed Lu Li a Law Crystal, a branch from the World Tree, and special paints as materials for making her Masks.

Lu Li helped Ogerpon craft the Wellspring Mask, greatly increasing her strength, then left the Secret Realm with her to confront Groudon. Groudon remained in the Real World, where his eruption of new land created the Seventh Continent.

• Lu Li helped Ogerpon craft the Wellspring Mask, which changed her into a Grass- and Water-type and raised her power close to Tier 2; she thanked him and declared him her partner.
• Ogerpon gave Lu Li the leftover Law Crystals and wood scraps, then took him out of the Secret Realm while Yao Yifei stayed behind.
• Lu Li and Ogerpon emerged into the ruined world, and Ogerpon sensed Groudon and teleported them to him.
• Lu Li learned that the Secret Realm's time had flowed a thousand times faster, so the four days he spent there had barely passed in the Real World.
• Ogerpon formed a bond with Lu Li that shared their defense and life, while Groudon banished Terapagos from his Mind World for urging him to stop.
• Groudon used Earth Perception to locate the Red Orb at Point Nemo, erupted from the seabed with Precipice Blades, and raised a lifeless Seventh Continent twice the size of the Australia Region.

Lu Li and Ogerpon fought Groudon, and Terapagos revealed that Lu Li could use his Spiritual Power to strengthen Deities. Their bond awakened Ogerpon’s Celestial Transformation, and its Sky-Supporting Strike sent Groudon flying beyond the horizon.

• Ogerpon challenged Groudon, and Lu Li guided it to block Groudon’s attacks and counter with its Ivy Cudgel.
• Groudon unleashed Eruption, but Ogerpon endured the flames and used Photosynthesis State and Growth State to recover and strengthen itself.
• Terapagos contacted Lu Li and told him his special power could affect Deities, prompting Lu Li to pour his Spiritual Power into Ogerpon.
• Ogerpon entered Celestial Transformation and rose to Tier 2 Deity strength, though Lu Li warned the state would last only one minute.
• Ogerpon struck Groudon with Celestial Spirit: Sky-Supporting Strike and blasted it beyond Lu Li’s field of vision.

Rayquaza watched Groudon get blasted into space, while Lu Li and Ogerpon escaped the New Continent after defeating it. Groudon secretly marked Lu Li to observe his potential, and the chapter ended with Ogerpon giving Lu Li the Wellspring Mask before they parted ways temporarily.

• Rayquaza mistook Groudon’s flight through the atmosphere for an attempt to create a planet, then returned to repair the hole Groudon had made.
• Lu Li found Groudon’s crimson scale and learned that Groudon had marked him so it could study his Celestial Transformation and search for a new path of evolution.
• Trainers gathered to argue over who would claim the New Continent, while Loford regretted that the God-Slave Society had failed to obtain the Red Orb.
• Lu Li returned safely, reassured Yao Yifei, and asked Ogerpon to come home with him.
• Ogerpon agreed to search for materials for new Masks and gave Lu Li the Wellspring Mask so they could find each other again.

Lu Li and Yao Yifei left Ogerpon’s Secret Realm with the Wellspring Mask and other gains, then returned to find their Villa intact and Baobao and the others safely evacuated. Meanwhile, the Kyushu League discussed Wen Gongmao’s report and prepared for the Global League Conference as Lu Li began to digest his spoils.

• Ogerpon gave Lu Li the Wellspring Mask, agreed that he could grow things in the Secret Realm, and left to collect more Law Crystals.
• Lu Li discovered that Groudon’s scale had granted him Earth Power, including Earth Perception and a one-use protective shield, and he and Yao Yifei discussed the rewards they had gained.
• Lu Li and Yao Yifei exited into the Villa’s backyard, learned that Master-level Trainers had contained the Earthquake, and realized Baobao and the others had been taken to safety.
• Yao Yifei left to retrieve Baobao and introduce Lu Li to her mother, while Espeon told her that Lu Li liked her but had feelings for others too.
• Lu Li went to the basement to digest his gains, while Wen Gongmao reported to the Kyushu League that Lu Li had likely commanded a Deity and warned that Loford’s plan to create Secret Realms was dangerous.
• The Kyushu League set its goals for the Global League Conference: securing two-thirds of the New Continent and proposing measures against the God-Slave Society.

After absorbing a Law Crystal, Lu Li improved his aptitude, broke through to Qi Refining Stage 2, and began digesting Ogerpon’s knowledge of transformation. Yao Yifei returned with her mother, An Feng, and revealed the Ji Family’s plan to use Lu Li’s Rainbow Hero identity; when Lu Li met An Feng, he sensed she was not fully human.

• Long Yuzuo and the League President discussed Wen Gongmao’s good fortune and warned that the Peng Family had been getting close to the Divine Cult.
• Lu Li absorbed a Law Crystal, transformed his Water Spiritual Root, and broke through to Qi Refining Stage 2.
• Lu Li tried to teach Charmander the Fire Starting Skill, but Charmander could not understand the cultivation technique.
• Lu Li used Calm Mind to digest Ogerpon’s knowledge and contemplated the Dao of Transformation.
• Yao Yifei reunited with An Feng and learned that the Ji Family wanted the Rainbow Hero to marry into their family, though Yao Yifei doubted Lu Li would agree.
• Lu Li met An Feng at the Villa and sensed that his future mother-in-law was not fully human.