Chapter Summaries

Lu Li and Ogerpon found Freya, but Iron Leaves arrived before she and Natu could escape, forcing Ogerpon to battle it. With Lu Li’s Spiritual Power supporting her, Ogerpon won their clash of rules and sealed Iron Leaves in a Six-sided Box; she and Lu Li then escaped the Void through a Secret Realm Entrance.

• Natu led Lu Li and Ogerpon to Freya, who learned the exit was open, but Iron Leaves arrived before she could escape.
• Lu Li told Natu to take Freya to safety while he stayed behind with Ogerpon to face Iron Leaves.
• Ogerpon and Iron Leaves exchanged attacks, and Iron Leaves proposed that they fight using Rule Power instead of moves.
• Ogerpon asked Lu Li for help as their laws reshaped the Secret Realm, and his Spiritual Power helped her overcome Iron Leaves’s calamity and ice.
• Ogerpon sealed Iron Leaves inside the Six-sided Box, then opened an entrance from the Void and took Lu Li through it.

Lu Li returned from the Thousand-Faced God Secret Realm after Ogerpon sealed Iron Leaves inside a small Secret Realm, then learned that Freya had triggered Iron Leaves’s rampage by taking its broken Sword Fang. He kept the Divine Item, persuaded Freya to stay with the Lu Family, and negotiated rewards with Wen Gongmao after reporting Iron Leaves’s defeat.

• Ogerpon explained that Iron Leaves was sealed in a small Secret Realm whose altered time flow would keep it contained for about a hundred years in the Real World.
• Lu Li reunited with Yao Yifei, announced that the danger had passed, and led the Wildfire Gang back to the Real World.
• Freya revealed that Iron Leaves had gone berserk over its stolen broken Rune Ancient Sword, and Lu Li confiscated the Divine Item despite its ominous aura.
• Lu Li warned Freya that the North American Alliance had fallen apart and offered her a place with the Lu Family; after Natu urged her to stay, Freya agreed.
• Lu Li told Wen Gongmao that Ogerpon and he had sealed Iron Leaves, then requested a full set of Charizard Mega Stones and a Jangmo-o Pokémon Egg as rewards.

Lu Li negotiated for New Continent territory and arranged for the Qu Family to develop a city near the Qingyun Mountains. He then rushed to the Golden Triangle Region, where he found Baobao unconscious and learned that Ogerpon could stabilize her with a mask.

• Lu Li persuaded Wen Gongmao to seek territory on the New Continent, then offered the land to Qu Suxin for a new city near the Qingyun Mountains.
• Qu Suxin agreed that the Qu Family would fund the project, while Lu Li chose not to involve Ekaterina.
• Three days earlier, Doctor Fuji decided to accelerate Baobao’s Psychic Ability growth, hoping to free her from her frail body and create a new god.
• Ogerpon teleported Lu Li to the Divine Cult’s secret base, where he found Baobao in a deep sleep on a testing table.
• Ogerpon explained that Baobao’s powerful Psychic Ability overwhelmed her body and offered a mask that would strengthen her body and suppress her ability, provided she kept it with her.

Lu Li rescued Baobao, raided a Divine Cult research base, and recruited its director, Sun Mu, while Ogerpon destroyed the facility. Back home, Ogerpon said Baobao might become her emissary, and Lu Li clarified to Wei that he was Ogerpon’s partner, not her Divine Emissary.

• Lu Li placed Ogerpon’s mask on Baobao to suppress her Psychic Ability, then took Ogerpon to the base’s Data Center after realizing her power had been detected.
• Sun Mu surrendered the research data and led Lu Li to the Base Vault, where Lu Li collected Spirit Gathering Grass and special metals.
• Lu Li recruited Sun Mu and his apprentices, then brought them into his movable Secret Realm Entrance so Sun Mu could study it.
• Lu Li ordered Ogerpon to destroy the abandoned base, and she grew a giant vine over the site.
• Lu Li brought the sleeping Baobao home and reassured Wei that the mask could help her recover; Ogerpon said Baobao might become her emissary, and Lu Li told Wei he was Ogerpon’s partner.

Lu Li formed an equal Blood Pact with Ogerpon, gaining a connection to the world’s laws and an extra source of cultivation. As Ogerpon left to gather materials for a Fire-type mask, Baobao met Mewtwo in its Mind World, and Lu Li began searching for a Foundation Establishment Spiritual Herb before his rapid progress carried him to the next stage.

• Wei thanked Ogerpon for helping Baobao, then carried Baobao upstairs as Lu Li asked.
• Lu Li formed an equal Blood Pact with Ogerpon, weakening himself temporarily while marking his soul in the world’s laws; Ogerpon trusted him despite the rules urging her to resist.
• Ogerpon used Life Dew to restore Lu Li, then told him her mask materials were nearly gathered and left to make a Fire-type mask.
• Baobao met Mewtwo in its Mind World, asked to leave, and then tried to become friends with it.
• Groudon and Terapagos argued over whether humans had created a god or merely its body before their Mind World fell silent.
• Lu Li assessed his gains from the Blood Pact and decided to use divination to find a Foundation Establishment Spiritual Herb before his cultivation advanced further.

Lu Li weighed ways to establish his foundation and decided to pursue Arceus’s Creation Plates, with the World Tree as a backup. He then welcomed Freya into his group after learning about her background and her ability to detect Divine Items, but their talk about sharing one ended in a misunderstanding over a Curse Seal.

• Lu Li ruled out the Foundation Establishment Pill and blessed-land methods, then chose to seek Arceus’s Creation Plates and keep the World Tree as an alternative.
• Lu Li learned that Freya had served in several Leagues, including the Non-Aligned League, and asked why she wanted to follow him.
• Freya said she trusted Lu Li because he was a Divine Emissary who had won a Divine War, and revealed that her Natu could sense Divine Item auras.
• Freya identified Yao Yifei’s Psychic-type Divine Item and Lu Li’s Flying-type Divine Item, prompting Yao Yifei to worry that she had exposed her secret.
• Lu Li offered Freya access to a Divine Item in exchange for a small price, and Freya and Yao Yifei agreed to the arrangement.
• Lu Li suggested they begin immediately, and Freya mistook his offer to carve a Curse Seal for a sexual proposition.

Lu Li recruited Freya with a Curse Seal and learned that Natu's Secret Realm contained Pokémon from the future and a nonexistent past, including Paradox Pokémon. At the Kyushu League Headquarters, the League President approved Lu Li's requests and turned to the A-San Alliance's claim on the Snowy Secret Realm, where Articuno lived.

• Freya agreed to serve Lu Li in exchange for access to a Divine Item, and Lu Li placed a Curse Seal on her.
• Freya asked Lu Li for Master-level Psychic-type Trainer notes, and she explained that only nine such Trainers had existed in history.
• Natu told Lu Li that its Secret Realm joined a future world fragment with one from a nonexistent past, and warned that fierce, dangerous Pokémon lived there.
• Natu agreed to guard the Secret Realm entrance and alert Lu Li if any special Pokémon entered the Real World; Lu Li planned to explore it after Freya reached Champion-level.
• At the Kyushu League Headquarters, the League President approved Lu Li's three requests and announced that the A-San Alliance was claiming the Snowy Secret Realm.
• The Leng Family representative called for retaliation against the A-San Alliance, noting that Articuno, a deity wielding Authority, lived in the Snowy Secret Realm.

The Kyushu League discussed guarding the Snowy Secret Realm and the escalating threats from neighboring regions while Lu Li secured approval to build a city in the Qingyun Mountains. After choosing a site beside a Water Stone Vein and the Ninth Generation Secret Realm, he prepared to strengthen Freya’s Pokémon and discovered their potential was largely limited.

• The Leng Family agreed to guard the Snowy Secret Realm in exchange for exclusive rights to use it, while the League President postponed the Li Family’s request for aid against the Yamato League.
• The League approved Lu Li’s requests, and he announced plans to establish a city in the Qingyun Mountains beside a Water Stone Vein and the Ninth Generation Secret Realm.
• Lu Li assigned Freya to protect the city’s construction crews, and Freya agreed after learning his elixirs could greatly strengthen Pokémon.
• Freya released her Psychic-type Pokémon, and Lu Li found that Starmie and Delphox had Champion-level potential while the others had reached their limits.

Lu Li learned that Divine Items permanently cap a Pokémon’s potential, then witnessed Milotic make progress on a camouflage technique and saw seven Meltan revive. He explained that Meltan were Divine Beasts, but he still did not know how their evolution would work.

• Freya told Lu Li that Pokémon who broke through with Divine Items could never surpass the tier of the Deity whose item they used, so Lu Li ruled out Tier 2 items for his Pokémon.
• Milotic told Lu Li that she had learned to camouflage herself underwater by adjusting her scale colors, and he encouraged her to keep training her strength and accuracy.
• The Starry Pokémon warned Lu Li that the Nuts in the washbasin were reviving, and Lu Li teleported to the basement to watch seven Meltan emerge.
• Lu Li brought the Meltan upstairs, where Yao Yifei and Freya recognized them as Divine Beasts and learned they had revived as newborns.
• Lu Li told Yao Yifei and Freya that Meltan could evolve through a special item or Fusion Evolution, but he did not know how many Melmetal fusion would produce.

Lu Li studied the seven newly hatched Meltan and planned to investigate their evolution at the Steel Temple, while the Gan Family learned of their birth and dispatched elders to capture them. Terapagos and Groudon discussed the God of Steel’s origins and the threat of a repeating cycle, and Terapagos revealed it intended to use Lu Li to alter fate.

• Lu Li recorded the Meltan’s condition, chose the strongest as his future companion, and decided to return to Ancient City to seek clues about Melmetal’s evolution.
• The Gan Family’s God of Steel announced that seven Meltan had been born in the south, and the elders sent the Second Elder to capture them so the god could ascend.
• Gan Xin worried that the God of Steel might lose control, then decided to accompany the Second Elder while postponing her choice about the family’s plan.
• Terapagos told Groudon that the First Generation God of Steel had sacrificed himself to create a race, but an aberrant descendant had emerged and sought to devour its own kind.
• Terapagos said it would use an existence outside Fate—Lu Li—to change the God of Steel’s destiny, despite Groudon’s warning about the backlash.

Lu Li discovered that three Gan Family Elders were approaching his manor to seize Meltan, so he intercepted them with Tropius and Mega Charizard Y. Fearing that a counterattack might endanger the Rainbow Hero, the Elders only defended as Lu Li's Pokémon pressed their assault.

• The Gan Family Elders decided to take Meltan from Lu Li, while the League learned of their approach and chose to monitor the confrontation.
• Natu warned Lu Li that hostile auras were nearing the manor, and Lu Li set out to intercept them before calling Freya and Yao Yifei back.
• Lu Li used Celestial Transformation on Tropius and Mega Evolved Charizard into Mega Charizard Y before attacking the Gan Family Elders.
• Gan Xin and the Second and Third Elders recognized Lu Li and realized that he knew they were targeting him.
• The Elders feared that striking back could endanger Lu Li, so they defended against Charizard's Flamethrower and Tropius's Leech Seed.

Lu Li and the Gan Family fought over a Pokémon the family believed he had taken, while Freya and Yao Yifei arrived to support him. After Qu Tongtong intervened with a Master-level Secret Realm Overlord, the Gan Family withdrew, leaving the dispute over Meltan unresolved.

• The Gan Family Elders ordered their Corviknight and Metagross to attack Lu Li and Tropius, but Mega Charizard Y knocked one Corviknight out of the sky with a modified Blast Burn.
• Corviknight and Metagross wounded Tropius and sent it falling, but Freya used psychic power to slow its descent as she and Yao Yifei arrived with reinforcements.
• Yao Yifei Mega Evolved Altaria, and twenty-seven Elite Four-level combatants joined the battle; after a half-hour stalemate and Mega Charizard Y's exhaustion, Lu Li called a halt.
• The Second Elder said the Gan Family had come to reclaim a Pokémon Lu Li had taken, and Lu Li realized they wanted Meltan and refused to hand it over.
• Qu Tongtong arrived with a Master-level Secret Realm Overlord Gardevoir, warned the Gan Family Elders to leave, and forced them to withdraw.

Lu Li learned that the Gan Family planned to target Meltan and considered striking back, but Wen Gongmao intervened to prevent a devastating battle. When Wen Gongmao confronted the Gan Family, the First Elder revealed that they wanted the God's Offspring, a divine child left by their ancestral Deity.

• Qu Tongtong rescued Lu Li from the Gan Family Elders, and Yao Yifei warned that the family might try again.
• Lu Li learned about the Gan Family's Champion-level First Elder and called Wen Gongmao, who promised to warn them.
• Lu Li told Freya to guard Meltan but not to fight Champion-level intruders alone.
• Wen Gongmao urged the League President to restrain both sides, then went to the Gan Family Grounds.
• Wen Gongmao warned the First Elder that Lu Li could command a Deity, and the First Elder revealed the Gan Family sought the God's Offspring.

Wen Gongmao learned that the Gan Family wanted to reclaim Lu Li’s Meltan, while Lu Li delayed negotiations and planned to prepare for a possible fight. He then learned about the Li Family’s upcoming Xuanwu Gate Competition and decided to attend, leaving his group’s next journey set to begin after the contest.

• The Gan Family First Elder told Wen Gongmao that the Meltan in Lu Li’s possession was their Divine Beast’s descendant and said the family would pay any price to reclaim it, though he secretly favored stealing it if negotiations failed.
• Wen Gongmao reported the Gan Family’s offer to Lu Li, who agreed to negotiate in a month so Ogerpon could gather Fire-type Law Crystals and prepare to challenge the Gan Family’s Melmetal.
• Lu Li asked Freya to guard the Lu Family Estate and discussed the powerful families’ Divine Beast connections with Yao Yifei and Freya.
• Yao Yifei explained that the Li Family’s hundred-year Victory Assembly included the Xuanwu Gate Competition, whose winner received the God of Victory’s blessing and the title of Child of Victory.
• Lu Li learned that the competition was scheduled for the eighteenth of the next month and decided to attend with Yao Yifei and Freya, while Ekaterina was also expected to participate.

Lu Li learned more about the Secret Realm Remnants and the value of the Ninth Generation Secret Realm, while the League President planned to stir up trouble between the Hu and Gan Families and Qu Suxin worried about unrest near her region. A week later, Kubfu’s rapid growth impressed everyone, and Lu Li asked Freya to investigate Kubfu’s origins and Wei’s enemies as Baobao remained unconscious.

• Freya explained that powerful families such as the Ekaterina Family sought Super Large Secret Realms they could fully control, making Lu Li more determined to attend the Victory Assembly.
• The League President ordered the Secretary-General to leak the Gan Family’s possession of Melmetal to the Hu Family, then declared that the League would support the Rainbow Hero in his negotiations.
• Qu Suxin and Gardevoir discussed Gardevoir’s progress on the Fairy Path, the approaching Victory Assembly, and the danger posed by unrest in the Golden Triangle Region.
• A week passed without Baobao waking or Eike’s location being found, while Kubfu reached Gym Leader-level after rapidly advancing through its training.
• Freya marveled at Kubfu’s growth, and Lu Li asked her to investigate the smuggling incident that brought Kubfu to South America and look into Wei’s enemies.

Baobao woke after her Psychic Ability and physique had grown dramatically, reuniting with Lu Li and Wei. At dinner, Lu Li served medicinal Spirit Meals and revealed he had prepared a soup to help Baobao avoid becoming like Sabrina.

• Freya agreed to search the chaotic South American Region for clues to a Psychic-type Legendary Pokémon for Lu Li.
• Baobao woke in the villa, clung to Lu Li, and reunited with Wei, while Lu Li found her physique comparable to a Champion-level Trainer's.
• Baobao teased Wei about her darker skin, then demonstrated Blue Surprise by turning her long hair into spikes that destroyed the television.
• Lu Li cooked several medicinal Spirit Meals, including Qingling Soup for Baobao, whose rapidly growing Psychic Ability had begun to worry him.
• Lu Li served dinner to the household and explained that his medicinal dishes had effects comparable to Elixirs.

Lu Li and Yao Yifei grew closer after a lavish dinner, while they worked on plans to attract residents to the new city, Twinleaf Town. Three days later, an enormous boom shook the ground as Lu Li inspected the orchard.

• Lu Li served dinner to Yao Yifei, Freya, Wei, and Baobao, then enjoyed their attention and company after the meal.
• Yao Yifei visited Lu Li in his bedroom that night, and the next morning Baobao and Wei suspected what had happened; Yao Yifei spent several days recovering.
• Lu Li and Yao Yifei discussed developing Twinleaf Town, attracting miners with the Water Stone Vein, and having the League provide a mayor and administrative support.
• Three days later, while Lu Li inspected the orchard, an earth-shattering boom shook the ground.

After the Golden Triangle Alliance attacked the Kyushu Region, Yao Yifei was conscripted to the front lines, and Lu Li equipped her with protective Talismans before she departed with Vespiquen and the Combee Legion. Lu Li then learned that the League had sent Yao away as part of a scheme to isolate him, at the demand of powerful aristocratic families.

• Onix told Lu Li that the Earthquake had come from the south, and Yao Yifei confirmed that a Golden Triangle Master-level Trainer had attacked and that she had been conscripted.
• Lu Li gave Yao Yifei a large supply of Talismans, and she arranged for her mother to move to the manor before taking Vespiquen and the Combee Legion to the battlefield.
• Vespiquen consumed the honey in her nest and broke through to the Elite Four-level with a Bug-type Energy Source.
• After Yao Yifei left, Lu Li called Qu Suxin to investigate why Yao had been conscripted, suspecting the League was targeting him.
• The League President told the Secretary-General that the Aristocratic Family Alliance had demanded Yao's transfer to keep her away from Lu Li, while the League's leaders also feared the Rainbow Hero gathering power and allies.

Yao Yifei reached the front lines and forced Commander Peng to give her command of the Charizard and Scyther Legions. Back in the Kyushu League, Lu Li learned that Kubfu and the Pokémon smuggled with it had come from a Secret Realm in the Southwestern Region.

• Qu Suxin told Lu Li that Yao Yifei's summons was suspicious, but she could not identify who was behind it.
• Yao Yifei rejected the two Bug-type Legions Commander Peng assigned her and demanded the Charizard and Scyther Legions instead.
• Yao Yifei pressured Commander Peng into giving her command tokens for the two top-tier legions and secured additional tokens through his offer of future support.
• Yao Yifei took command of the Eleventh Charizard Legion and the Scyther Legion, seeing them as valuable assets to bring back to Lu Li.
• Lu Li replenished his Talisman supplies while Wei's Kubfu advanced to the Heavenly King level and continued growing rapidly.
• Freya told Lu Li that Kubfu and the Pokémon smuggled in the same batch had originated in a Secret Realm in the Southwestern Region of the Kyushu League.

Lu Li learned that the Baji Secret Realm might contain Kubfu, but his divination warned that exploring it would bring a poor return, so he stayed behind and helped Wei learn about her family’s enemies. Meanwhile, Mewtwo resisted birth and began developing the Authority of Protection, and the chapter ended with Ogerpon bringing Lu Li unusual materials, including sacred wood he did not recognize.

• Lu Li learned that the Baji Secret Realm held Wishing Stars and was guarded by a hostile God-level Rillaboom, but his divination warned him against exploring it, so he abandoned the trip.
• Freya told Wei that Silke might have betrayed her father, Matt had killed him, and Silke had placed a bounty on Wei that required her to be captured alive and unharmed.
• Mewtwo refused to enter its body because the Authority of war and destruction tormented it, while Doctor Fuji urged the Divine Cult to spark more wars; Mewtwo unknowingly began nurturing the Authority of Protection.
• A week later, Lu Li considered using Melmetal’s Metal Fluid to make a Metal Coat for Onix, whose strength had reached the middle stage of Elite-level.
• Ogerpon appeared with a Fire Law Crystal and sacred wood, and Lu Li asked what kind of wood she had brought.