Chapter Summaries

Lu Li explored the Dragon Tomb, gathered Ghost-type treasures, and earned a Dominant Dragapult’s help by posing as a Dragon God messenger. Regidrago ordered the clan to assist him, and Dominant Dragapult offered him a Dreepy Egg that Lu Li discovered was dangerously unbalanced and possibly fathered by the Giant Dragonite.

• Lu Li collected a Dragon Bone Pearl, Dragon Spirit Grass, Reaper Cloth, and other treasures while exploring the Dragon Tomb.
• An Elite Four-level Dragapult mistook Lu Li for a helper cleaning up the clan’s trash and led him to the clan’s young Pokémon.
• Lu Li asked Dragapult to help him find a Dreepy companion, and it brought him to the Dragon Tomb’s core to meet its Clan Leader.
• Regidrago instructed Dominant Dragapult to fulfill Lu Li’s requests because he was its messenger and the key to the Regidrago Completion Plan.
• Dominant Dragapult offered Lu Li its unhatched Dreepy Egg as a test, and Lu Li identified a severe imbalance between its Dragon-type and Ghost-type Origin.
• Dominant Dragapult said the Egg’s father’s aura was familiar to Lu Li, leading him to realize that the Giant Dragonite might be its mate.

Lu Li secured Dominant Dragapult’s Pokémon Egg and treasures, then learned that Giant Dragonite had been transformed by Great Shang’s forbidden experiments and agreed to try to rescue its sealed companions. He left with Giant Dragonite’s Inverse Scales and gave one to Long Ying.

• Lu Li promised Dominant Dragapult he would find a way to save its Pokémon Egg, then took two treasure chests of valuables and Secret Treasures from the Dragon Tomb.
• After a week on Dragon Island, Lu Li and Long Ying were sent away, and Giant Dragonite asked Lu Li to rescue its sealed companions.
• Giant Dragonite explained that Great Shang’s Pokémon Ancestral Regression Experiment had transformed it and two companions into enormous beasts, prompting the God of Order to destroy Great Shang.
• Giant Dragonite revealed that Gengar and Giant Alakazam had been sealed by Great Zhou and gave Lu Li a scale to guide him to them, along with several Inverse Scales as payment.
• Lu Li accepted the scales and gave one to Long Ying, who hoped to use it to improve a Horsea’s potential.

After parting from Long Ying, Lu Li returned home, used a Mutated Dragon God Fruit to strengthen his Dragon Taming Power, and planted the Dragon God Fruit Tree in the Thousand-Faced God Secret Realm. He discovered that Baobao’s Pokémon were growing at an extraordinary rate, while Abra secretly resented Lu Li’s closeness with her.

• Lu Li parted from Long Ying and returned home, where he learned that Yao Yifei was supervising construction and Baobao was collecting Water Stones in the Qingyun Mountains.
• Long Ying gave Long Yuzuo the Dragon Token, revealed the Dragon Scale Lu Li had given her, and learned that her brother was in seclusion trying to reach the God-level before Qu Suxin reached the Master-level.
• Lu Li consumed the Mutated Dragon God Fruit, raised his Dragon Spiritual Roots to the intermediate level, and gained the ability to increase the power of Dragon-type moves by roughly 50%.
• Lu Li planted Dragon Spirit Grass and the Dragon God Fruit Tree in the Thousand-Faced God Secret Realm, where his Pokémon helped restore the Orchard.
• Baobao returned with a Kirlia and an Abra, and Lu Li wondered why her Pokémon had grown so quickly; Abra watched Lu Li affectionately rub Baobao’s head and grew jealous.

Lu Li’s misleading Cyclizar data caused trainers and families around the world to believe Cyclizar could evolve into the God of the Future, sending Cyclizar prices soaring. After learning Satoshi was in Driftveil City hunting for a Cyclizar, Lu Li prepared to contact him so he could hatch his Drakloak egg.

• Lu Li used divination to learn that Wei and the others were trapped in the Wei Long Secret Realm but were not in mortal danger, and chose not to intervene.
• After confirming the Yu, Qu, and Ekaterina Families were prepared, Lu Li uploaded Miraidon’s Limited Mode data as that of a new Pokémon resembling Cyclizar.
• Trainers and families, including the Lei Family, mistook the new Pokémon for Cyclizar’s evolution into a Divine Beast, and Cyclizar prices surged worldwide.
• Jin Fengjiao told Lu Li that the Yu Family had made at least one billion from Cyclizar futures, while Long Yuzuo ordered the Long Family to buy high-quality Cyclizar and sent Long Ying to Qingfeng City.
• Lu Li declined Qu Tongtong’s invitation to a Cyclizar auction and decided he needed to hatch his Drakloak egg to use as the Myriad Souls Banner’s core soul.
• Lu Li asked Qu Tongtong where Satoshi was, learned he had gone to Driftveil City to catch a Cyclizar, and decided the trip was manageable with Teleport.

Lu Li brought Miraidon to Driftveil City and asked Marshadow to restore the Ghost Origin of a Drakloak Pokémon Egg. After Marshadow took the egg and let Lu Li enter the Shadow World, Lu Li learned that it connected to the Pokémon Multiverse but could not be used to travel between worlds.

• Lu Li lured Miraidon into a Master Ball with sandwiches and brought it along to Driftveil City.
• Satoshi, Takeshi, and Li Ning were led by a local gang leader to a venue for Cyclizar Riders before he realized they wanted Cyclizar and took them elsewhere.
• Lu Li found Satoshi's group at the Paradise Cyclizar Racetrack and called Marshadow out of Satoshi's shadow.
• Lu Li gave Marshadow a Drakloak Pokémon Egg so it could replenish the egg's Ghost-type Origin, agreeing to owe Marshadow a favor.
• Marshadow took the egg to nurture in the Shadow World and allowed Lu Li to follow it there.
• Lu Li learned that the Shadow World connected to the Pokémon Multiverse, but each world's Marshadow could only access its own world.

Lu Li returned from the Shadow World and focused on improving Dragon Spirit Pills, while news broke that a Secret Realm disaster had devastated Driftveil City. At a League meeting, leaders secured control of the Secret Realm and rejected a plan to provoke a divine war by forcing Lu Li into conflict with the A San Region.

• Lu Li left the Shadow World with Natu, declined Marshadow’s invitation to meet the Rainbow Hero, and began researching improved Dragon Spirit Pills.
• Lu Li discovered that Dragon Fang powder slightly boosted the pills’ effectiveness and started studying dragon bones for further improvements.
• Yao Yifei told Lu Li that Secret Realm Pokémon had destroyed half of Driftveil City after people angered the Secret Realm Overlord by capturing Cyclizar.
• Yao Yifei reported that the Yu Family had paid Lu Li about one billion League Credits and that the Qu and Ekaterina Families had supplied goods, including Dragon-type items.
• The League President ordered the League to hold the Driftveil City Secret Realm and discussed the A San Region’s Cyclizar legion and the risk of war.
• A Du Family representative proposed forcing Lu Li into the A San Region and provoking a divine conflict, but the League President and most attendees rejected the plan.

Long Ying visited Lu Li’s manor, warned him that the god behind the Du Family might target him, and gave him a Master-level Dragon Taming Codex and Yao Yifei a Flying Gem. Lu Li studied the codices and discovered a body-forging method that could extend human lifespan, while Long Ying learned that his secluded research left him little time for company.

• Natu warned Lu Li that Long Ying was approaching, and Lu Li agreed to let her stay at the manor after she explained that its high Dragon-type Energy suited her.
• Long Ying told Lu Li that her grandfather believed the god behind the Du Family had set its sights on him, but Lu Li said he had already guessed and declined her offer of help.
• Long Ying gave Lu Li her grandmother’s Dragon Taming Codex and presented Yao Yifei with a Flying Gem; Baobao made clear she did not welcome Long Ying.
• Lu Li used three Clones to study his newly obtained codices and found the Dragon Blood Body Forging Method, which could improve physical constitution and extend lifespan.
• After a day and a half, Long Ying learned from Baobao that Lu Li spent most of his time in secluded research and rarely socialized with the people living at the manor.

Long Ying explored Lu Li's estate and was astonished by the household’s unusual Pokémon, orchard, and Baobao’s talent. Eike returned from another world far stronger and more weathered than before, and Lu Li emerged from seclusion to meet him.

• Long Ying learned that Baobao had Champion-level Psychic Ability, then discovered Mythical Beast Cubs and an orchard full of rare fruit trees on the estate.
• A Vullaby arrived carrying Eike, and Baobao recognized him as the friend she had feared was dead; Eike greeted Long Ying and went to see the younger children.
• Long Ying noticed Eike had reached Gym Leader-level strength and wondered whether he had encountered a god during his disappearance.
• Lu Li sensed it was time to leave seclusion, learned Eike had returned, and asked Baobao to bring him over.
• Lu Li corrected Long Ying for calling Eike Little Blackie, then greeted Eike and remarked on how much older and more weathered he looked.

Lu Li questioned Eike about the three and a half years he had spent in another world and a Secret Realm, learning that Eike had become an Emissary of Ideals and gained a power that rewound time. Eike chose to return and pursue his ideals, while Lu Li realized the other world was connected to Red and grew concerned about the wider implications of travel between parallel universes.

• Lu Li took Eike to the basement, confirmed that Eike had experienced three and a half years while only two months passed in the Real World, and learned he had reached peak Gym Leader-level.
• Eike told Lu Li that he had lived in a peaceful world where he met Red, who became a Champion-level Trainer in less than a year.
• Eike explained that the Dragon of Ideals offered him a choice between staying in that world and returning to create his own ideal future, and he chose to return.
• Eike told Lu Li that he had become an Emissary of Ideals after obtaining a Black Stone in a High Tower, which gave him access to a dangerous Super Large Secret Realm.
• Eike revealed that he had died more than two thousand times in the Secret Realm but survived by using a Special Ability that let him return a few minutes into the past.

Groudon gathered several gods in the Mind World and proposed an alliance, claiming Lu Li’s power could help them grow stronger. The gods joined for mutual protection and to oppose their rivals, while Zekrom confronted Terapagos over Eike’s altered Fate.

• Groudon introduced the gathered gods and invited them to form an alliance, while Regidrago eagerly agreed to join.
• Groudon revealed that the alliance already included Ho-Oh, Ogerpon, Victini, and Xerneas, and Mewtwo agreed to join as well.
• Zekrom accused Terapagos of altering Eike’s Fate and binding his Divine Emissary to Lu Li; Terapagos admitted making changes and promised they would benefit Zekrom.
• Zekrom joined the alliance, and Groudon said they could help one another face their Rivals, including Kyogre, Reshiram, and Miraidon’s opponent.
• Groudon explained that the meeting was meant to keep the gods from acting against Lu Li, and Zekrom left his Divine Mark on Lu Li before several gods departed the Mind World.
• Lu Li, unaware of the gods’ meeting, prepared to accept Eike’s gift.

Eike gave Lu Li a Dragon Plate, which Lu Li refined as the foundation for his breakthrough into Foundation Establishment. The gods realized Lu Li had claimed a Creation Plate for himself and learned that he possessed knowledge from Outside the Box, leaving them wondering whether Arceus knew about him.

• Eike presented Lu Li with a Stone slab, and Lu Li recognized it as a Dragon Plate and accepted it as a reward-worthy gift.
• The gods mocked Zekrom for supposedly stealing a Creation Plate, but Zekrom explained that he had found the slab in a Parallel Universe and had meant it to help his emissary.
• Lu Li refined the Dragon Plate and spent a week establishing his foundation, becoming the first Cultivator in the Pokémon world without causing a tribulation or heavenly phenomena.
• Groudon, Terapagos, and Regidrago sensed that Lu Li had erased Arceus's mark and made the Creation Plate his own, while Zekrom questioned how an ordinary human could do so.
• Terapagos admitted that Lu Li came from outside the Pokémon world and possessed knowledge from Outside the Box, then suggested that Arceus might know about it.

Lu Li learned from Baobao’s nightmare that their home would be destroyed in a month, then forged the Dragon Soul Sword and sought Celebi’s help to turn it into a Honedge. He arrived at Wen Gongmao’s home to meet Huang Meng and ask the God of the Forest for help.

• Baobao told Lu Li about a nightmare in which their home lay in Poison Fog, and Lu Li divined that the destruction would happen in a month.
• Lu Li could not divine Wei and Freya’s whereabouts, so he decided to retrieve them after preparing for the coming danger.
• Lu Li forged the Dragon Soul Sword in the Deep Gray Secret Realm and planned to use Celebi to take it thirty thousand years into the past so it could become a Honedge.
• Lu Li visited Wen Gongmao and asked to meet Celebi through Wen’s granddaughter, Huang Meng.
• Wen Gongmao brought Lu Li to his home, where he found Huang Meng playing volleyball with Pikachu.

Lu Li gave the Dragon Soul Sword to Celebi, then entered the Wolong Secret Realm to find Wei and his companions. A Celebi from a parallel universe redirected him to a merged timeline, where his friends and sword were buried beneath a forest that transformed at night.

• Lu Li asked Huang Meng to summon Celebi, and Celebi took the Dragon Soul Sword to a tomb in the late Warring States period, promising it would reunite with Lu Li.
• Lu Li traveled to Wolong City and entered the Wolong Secret Realm, prompting the League President to order a level-two alert in case his arrival signaled danger.
• As Lu Li and Natu searched Wolong Forest for Wei and the others, a Celebi from a parallel universe appeared and took them through a Time-Space Tunnel.
• The other Celebi explained that the forest belonged to a timeline merged into its universe and that Lu Li’s friends and sword lay in a tomb beneath it.
• Celebi said it would give Lu Li the nighttime forest as a gift, but refused to take him directly to his friends, insisting he experience the gift himself.

Lu Li followed Ghost-type Pokémon through Wolong Forest at night and entered a vast underground pit, where he reunited with Wei and Freya. After learning that they had been forced to tell stories to a stone coffin, he discovered the pit was an ancient mass grave linked to Bai Qi and suspected it had been used for a sacrifice.

• At night, Wolong Forest twisted into a corpse-nurturing ground filled with Ghost-type Pokémon, and Celebi led Lu Li through a temple statue into a Time-Space Tunnel.
• Lu Li emerged in a vast inverted pit where Ghost-type Pokémon held a tournament, then followed a Wobbuffet through a passage lined with armored skeletons.
• Lu Li reunited with Wei and Freya in a tomb chamber and learned that Ghost-type Pokémon had brought them there after they became lost in the forest at night.
• Freya told Lu Li that she and the others had been made to tell stories to an ordinary stone coffin every day, and Lu Li planned to investigate it with them.
• Freya explained that Bai Qi's mass grave, created eleven eras earlier, held forty thousand humans and millions of living beings, leading Lu Li to suspect it had been a sacrificial pit.

Lu Li and the others entered the tomb of Bai Qi, where the Dragon Soul Sword awakened and reunited with Lu Li. Lu Li refined it as his Natal Sword, and the chapter ended with both of them safe and the sword resting in his Dantian.

• A Golurk led Lu Li, Freya, and Wei through the guarded passage to Bai Qi’s tomb, while Freya explained that the sealed space had prevented their escape.
• Freya told Lu Li that Bai Qi had reportedly died by answering the God of Death’s summons and might have become a Ghost-type Pokémon.
• The Stone Coffin opened on its own, and the Dragon Soul Sword emerged after sensing a Bloodline Summon from Lu Li.
• The Dragon Soul Sword revealed that it had been born from a God-level Baxcalibur’s dragon soul and the God of Slaughter’s soul, then built the Ghost Kingdom while waiting for its master.
• Lu Li and Freya realized that the Dragon Soul Sword’s creation and their kidnapping had become entangled in reversed cause and effect.
• Lu Li drew the Dragon Soul Sword into his Dantian and successfully refined it as his Natal Sword; the sword confirmed that it was unharmed.

Lu Li learned how Dragon Soul Sword had grown into a powerful Honedge and built a Ghost Kingdom with a Song and Dance Troupe that purified Pokémon’s negative emotions. After Celebi agreed that nighttime Wolong Forest could be moved, it returned from the future timeline with an announcement.

• Lu Li scanned Dragon Soul Sword with his Pokédex and learned it was a Champion Peak Shiny Honedge with No Guard and Tough Claws.
• Freya suggested sending Pokémon into the past to make them stronger, but Lu Li explained why Dragon Soul Sword’s situation was different and named it Long Ling'er, nicknamed Xiao Ling.
• Long Ling'er explained how it had absorbed baleful aura, reshaped the mass grave into a Ghost Kingdom, and recruited Chimechoes into a Song and Dance Troupe that used Mass Healing Bell to soothe Pokémon.
• Lu Li agreed that Long Ling'er could bring its Chimechoes along if they wished, then considered moving the Ghost Kingdom into a Secret Realm and returned to the surface with the others.
• Lu Li asked Celebi to help move nighttime Wolong Forest, and Celebi warned that it might assimilate its surroundings before flying into the Time-Space Tunnel and returning from the future timeline.

Lu Li returned from the Wolong Secret Realm after Celebi moved its nighttime forest into his Secret Realm, only to learn that no Kubfu remained there. Meanwhile, the Dark Web and the League reacted to Kubfu being identified as Divine Beast Cubs, setting up a struggle over the rare Pokémon.

• Celebi used the Wellspring Mask to move nighttime Wolong Forest into Lu Li's Secret Realm and gave him a Divine Mark that opened its entrance, then sent him and his companions back to the Wolong Secret Realm.
• Lu Li divined that all Kubfu had left the Wolong Secret Realm, with four in the East and five in the West, and decided to return home with Freya and Wei.
• At a Dark Web base, Singed confirmed that Kubfu were Divine Beast Cubs, while Silco urged him to keep improving the Evolution Potion and promised to recommend him to the leader.
• The League President learned that Kubfu were Divine Beast Cubs and ordered the League to classify them as an SSS-grade Treasure, prompting the Secretary-General to prepare for negotiations.

The Gai Family learned about Kubfu and targeted Wei, planning for Gai Xiong to pursue her while the family sought a Kubfu from the League. Lu Li trained with the Dragon Soul Sword and learned of the threat, while Wei’s Champion-level strength surprised Long Ying at dinner.

• Gai Lie learned that Wei’s Kubfu was Champion-level and unevolved, then ordered Gai Xiong to pursue Wei and planned to negotiate with the League for a Kubfu.
• Lu Li practiced controlling the Dragon Soul Sword as a Pokémon and as a Natal Sword, while Freya and Wei returned home from the Ghost Kingdom.
• Qu Suxin warned Lu Li that the Gai Family might target Wei after Kubfu’s discovery became known among major families.
• At dinner, Long Ying urged Wei to beware of the Gai Family, and Wei revealed that she was nearly Champion-level, stunning Long Ying.

Lu Li welcomed the newly hatched Frigibax, named it Xiaodong, and then toured the developing Twinleaf Town with Yao Yifei. The town was growing through mining, business investment, and its proximity to the Qingyun Mountains, while Lu Li left its management largely in Yao Yifei’s hands.

• Wei worried that the aristocratic families might target her over Kubfu’s exposure, but Lu Li reassured her that they would not dare cause trouble under his protection.
• Lu Li hatched Frigibax, whose first act was eating its eggshell, and the Dragon Soul Sword sensed a deep connection with it.
• Lu Li fed Frigibax a Dragon Spirit Pill, scanned its impressive starting skills, named it Xiaodong, and put it to sleep in a Poké Ball.
• Yao Yifei took Lu Li to inspect Twinleaf Town, where she explained that a staged Water Gem discovery was attracting visitors to the Water Stone Vein.
• Lu Li and Yao Yifei reviewed the town’s schools, businesses, and prospects as a gateway to the Qingyun Mountains, and Lu Li told her she could rely on him.

Lu Li and Wei received invitations that revealed overlapping plans: Wei was invited to the Saint Tournament, while the Du Family summoned Lu Li to negotiations and threatened a Divine War if he refused. Long Ying suspected the Du and Gai Families were coordinating a trap, and Lu Li decided to play along and destroy the Du Family, whose members had already been enslaved by Pecharunt.

• The Wildfire Gang and its Farm and Ranch continued expanding as Lu Li trained beside the lake with Wei and Long Ying.
• A Pidgeot Trainer delivered Wei an invitation to the Saint Tournament in Lefo City and Lu Li a Du Family notice demanding negotiations in one week.
• Lu Li gathered Yao Yifei and Long Ying, who warned that the Du Family's invitation was a trap coordinated with the Gai Family to target Lu Li and then keep Wei at the Victory Assembly.
• Lu Li rejected the idea of alerting the Kyushu League and resolved to use the Du Family's attempt on his life to uproot the family.
• The Du Family's members were revealed to have become Pecharunt's puppets after the Seed of Domination took hold of them.