Chapter Summaries

Du Qiangwei learned that the Du Family was being driven mad by Domination Poison and that she was not Du Dai’s biological daughter, so her mother arranged for her to leave before the family fell. Meanwhile, Lu Li prepared for the Saint Tournament and the coming battle with Pecharunt, securing Miraidon’s help in exchange for lavish meals.

• Du Qiangwei’s mother told her the Du Family might be destroyed and urged her to flee, avoid revenge, and hide her identity.
• Qiangwei’s Mom revealed that Du Dai was not Du Qiangwei’s biological father and said Madame Viper would protect her if disaster struck.
• Seven days later, the Dragon Soul Sword reached God-level, and Lu Li prepared to attend the Saint Tournament and confront the Du Family.
• Lu Li asked Miraidon to help him deal with a Deity, and Miraidon agreed in exchange for ten even tastier feasts.
• Lu Li told Yao Yifei and Long Ying he planned to contain the coming Divine War in the Du Family’s Secret Realm, then declined their offers to seek outside help.

Lu Li entered the Du Family’s Secret Realm to confront Pecharunt, which wanted Ogerpon’s Mask. When Lu Li refused to surrender it and Pecharunt learned he could make Masks, Pecharunt tried to capture him, forcing Miraidon to reveal itself.

• Lu Li traveled to the Du Family’s Secret Realm with Miraidon and told Du Yao to take him directly to Pecharunt.
• Du Yao led Lu Li to Pecharunt’s palace, where Pecharunt demanded Ogerpon’s Mask and revealed that it craved Masks as a collector.
• Lu Li refused to give up the Mask but offered to forge one; Pecharunt instead decided to capture him and make him produce Masks endlessly.
• Pecharunt ordered Okidogi, Fezandipiti, and Munkidori to attack Lu Li, but Miraidon emerged and blasted the three Pokémon with lightning.
• Pecharunt used Domination to raise its retainers’ strength to Tier 2 and urged them to face Miraidon together.

Lu Li and Miraidon defeated Pecharunt, destroyed the matter inside its Secret Realm, and turned Pecharunt into the source of a Divine Toxic Mochi-making item. After escaping, Lu Li made Du Yao surrender most of the Du Family’s resources and submit to him.

• Miraidon overwhelmed Pecharunt and its dominated Pokémon, then killed Okidogi, Munkidori, and Fezandipiti with Hyper Beam.
• Pecharunt unleashed its Rule Power, but Miraidon’s Future World overcame it and compressed the Secret Realm into a small ball of light.
• Lu Li asked Miraidon to make Pecharunt produce Toxic Mochi, and Miraidon created a Mochi Production Engine that consumed Pecharunt.
• Lu Li and Miraidon escaped as Du Yao learned that his father, the Elders, and the Divine Secret Realm were gone.
• Lu Li ordered Du Yao to surrender ninety percent of the Du Family’s resources and inherited knowledge, then make the family serve him.

Du Yao made the Du Family submit to Lu Li after recognizing that it had lost the God of Domination’s protection, and news of the defeat spread through the Kyushu League. Lu Li processed Toxic Mochi at home while Wei arrived in Buddha City for the Saint Tournament, unaware that her new acquaintance Xiong Ge was a Gai Family member assigned to approach her.

• Du Yao ordered the Butler to make the Du Family Lu Li’s vassal, and Lu Li left while onlookers watched from the shadows.
• Gai Lie canceled the Gai Family’s plundering plan and ordered Gai Xiong to pursue the second plan of winning over Wei.
• Lu Li examined Toxic Mochi, discovered it contained Pecharunt’s will and soul-poisoning poison, and began separating the will for reuse.
• Wei arrived in Buddha City, met Xiong Ge, and chose a hotel near the Fighting Tournament after Natu warned that he was no ordinary taxi driver.
• Gai Xiong told his Sixth Uncle that Wei was suited to be a like-minded partner rather than a wife, then agreed to discuss how to win her over.

After defeating the Du Family, Lu Li accepted its submission and began researching a Loyalty Bloodline Curse inspired by Toxic Mochi. The League President feared Lu Li might reopen the Imperial Path, while Lu Li emerged from three days of seclusion with the new curse ready to use on the Gan and Du Families.

• Li Feng agreed to send Du Qiangwei to Lu Li as the Du Family's offering and insisted on supervising the preparations.
• Lu Li told Yao Yifei and Long Ying that he would handle the Du Family like the Gan Family, then left them in charge of its assets while he studied Toxic Mochi.
• Lu Li fed Miraidon Toxic Mochi sandwiches and arranged for Yao Yifei and Long Ying to take turns feeding him during his seclusion.
• The League President abandoned plans to hold the Du Family accountable and worried that Lu Li might reopen the Imperial Path.
• After three days of research, Lu Li created a Loyalty Bloodline Curse and decided to use it on both the Gan Family and the Du Family.

Lu Li accepted most of the Du Family’s wealth and an Eternatus Divine Item, then learned that Kyurem might be in the Polar Ice Empire and could target the Twin Dragons of Tao. He called Ekaterina and discovered that the Emptiness organization was stirring up trouble in her empire.

• Du Qiangwei arrived as the Du Family’s hostage and reported that ninety percent of its treasury had been delivered to Lu Li.
• Lu Li chose the Eternatus fragment for Tropius, reasoning that its power to devour energy could help the Pokémon understand Rules.
• Yao Yifei told Lu Li that Wei’s competition was going well but that people were pursuing her, and Lu Li made clear he would not give her up.
• Long Ying identified the God of Emptiness as Kyurem, and Yao Yifei warned that it was likely in the Polar Ice Empire and targeted the Twin Dragons of Tao.
• Lu Li divined that Du Yao had truly handed over the promised assets, then called Ekaterina and learned that the Emptiness organization was causing turmoil in her empire.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lu Li finds it absurd that the Void Organization claims to be like the Divine Cult.
• The Polar Ice Empire's weakness is exposed by the Void Organization's activity.
• Lu Li contacts Yu Lili, who shares gossip about Kyogre's Primordial Secret Realm and her Shiny Magikarp.
• Lu Li offers Yu Lili a Tier 2 Deity-level Dragon Scale for Kingdra.
• Lu Li brands the Gan and Du Family members with the Loyalty Bloodline Curse Seal.
• Du Juan and Li Feng's conversation reveals Du Qiangwei's parentage and Li Feng's affair.
• Lu Li tasks the Du Family with two matters before his departure.

Character Developments

• Lu Li: Shows concern for Yu Lili's safety and offers help in finding an exceptional Horsea.
• Yu Lili: Demonstrates maturity and understanding of her limits, refusing to enter the Primordial Secret Realm.
• Du Yao: Struggles with the revelation of Du Qiangwei's parentage and his mother's secret.
• Du Juan: Reveals her knowledge of Li Feng's affair and uses it to secure Li Feng's cooperation.
• Li Feng: Agrees to Du Juan's terms to ensure her daughter's status in the Du Family.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and manipulation (Loyalty Bloodline Curse Seal, Du Family's Power of Domination)
• Betrayal and infidelity (Li Feng's affair, Du Qiangwei's parentage)
• The consequences of one's actions (Du Juan's reflection on her life, Li Feng's regret)

Character Interactions

• Lu Li and Yu Lili: Share gossip and discuss Yu Lili's Magikarp and potential Kingdra.
• Du Juan and Li Feng: Reveal secrets and negotiate terms, highlighting their complex relationship.
• Lu Li and the Du Family: Lu Li brands them with the Loyalty Bloodline Curse Seal and tasks them with two matters before his departure.

Lu Li ordered Du Yao to find high-potential Horsea and quietly sell his Cyclizar, then went to Buddha City to watch Wei compete against Michael Rigg in the Saint Tournament final. Wei and Rigg began an intense battle alongside their Pokémon, and the fight remained underway.

• Lu Li told Du Yao to search for high-potential Horsea and sell the Cyclizar discreetly, explaining that Cyclizar had no evolved form.
• After Lu Li left, Du Yao ordered Du Juan to dispose of the Cyclizar, while Du Juan wondered why Lu Li had not placed a Loyalty Bloodline Curse Seal on her.
• Lu Li went to Buddha City for the Saint Tournament final and learned that Wei would face Michael Rigg, a Fighting-type Trainer whose family worshipped Terrakion.
• Wei and Rigg introduced themselves and charged into battle with Kubfu and Dynamaxed Machamp as the tournament began.
• Kubfu attacked Machamp with Surging Strikes and Close Combat while Wei and Rigg exchanged powerful blows in the Trainer battle.
• Lu Li watched the paired battles and realized that the tournament's fighting style suited him.

Wei and Kubfu defeated Ligge and Machamp with their Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, and Wei sensed that Kubfu was nearing evolution. Lu Li discovered that Kubfu needed the style to become widely known to evolve into Rapid Strike Style Urshifu, then rejected Gai Lie’s proposal for Gai Xiong to marry Wei.

• Ligge used Earthquake to force Wei and Kubfu into the air, then attacked them with Dynamic Punch and a heavy punch as they landed.
• Wei urged Kubfu to trust its martial arts, and they counterattacked with Surging Strikes and Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, leaving both sides badly injured.
• The referee declared Wei and Kubfu the winners after Ligge and Machamp lost the ability to battle, and Wei sensed Kubfu was close to evolving.
• Lu Li realized Kubfu had to make Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist sufficiently well-known to evolve into Rapid Strike Style Urshifu.
• Gai Lie visited Lu Li with Gai Xiong and proposed marriage between Gai Xiong and Wei in exchange for a Fighting-type Divine Item.
• Lu Li refused the proposal, saying Wei should decide for herself and implying he would keep Kubfu in the family, so Gai Lie and Gai Xiong left.

After Wei won the Saint Tournament, Virizion granted her the Power of Challenge, and Lu Li encouraged her to travel worldwide to spread the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist. Lu Li planned a World's Greatest Martial Arts Tournament to help Kubfu reach godhood, then summoned representatives from four families to discuss his plans.

• The Gai Family decided not to pursue Wei's Kubfu, and Lu Li teleported to congratulate Wei after her victory.
• Virizion blessed Wei with the Power of Challenge, which let her strengthen herself or her Pokémon and break an opponent's defensive move with a third attack.
• Wei told Lu Li she wanted to travel worldwide, challenge Fighting-type Gyms, and spread the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist so Kubfu could evolve.
• Lu Li encouraged Wei's journey and proposed a World's Greatest Martial Arts Tournament, hoping Kubfu would reach godhood and become a Deity before the event.
• Lu Li summoned Yao Yifei and instructed him to invite the heads of the Du and Gan families, Qu Tongtong, and Liu Li; representatives arrived within two hours, but Jin Fengjiao came instead of Liu Li.

Lu Li organized a World's Greatest Martial Arts Tournament in Twinleaf Town, securing major family investments and Yu Family steel supplies, then used divination to locate Kubfu held by the Dark Web. He attended his first Supreme Council meeting to pursue Kubfu, where the Du Family lost its seat and many members treated him with caution.

• Lu Li proposed holding the World's Greatest Martial Arts Tournament in two years, offering Divine Items and Mythical Beast Cubs as prizes, and the families pledged funding for its venue.
• Jin Fengjiao offered Yu Family steel at cost and five billion in funding after realizing the Yu Family needed to contribute as well.
• Qu Tongtong told Lu Li that the Dark Web's Kubfu could not be located, so Lu Li divined that three were together and two others were elsewhere.
• Lu Li decided to seek a Kubfu from the League before considering a raid on the Dark Web, and learned that the Supreme Council would meet that night to discuss the border conflict and Kubfu.
• Lu Li arrived at League Headquarters with Miraidon and Natu, and the Kyushu League President announced that the Du Family had lost its Supreme Council seat.
• Long Yuzuo introduced Lu Li to the council members, but most representatives from the commoner faction and great families kept their distance from him.

At the Supreme Council, Lu Li secured a Kubfu by offering to lead a strike against the Dark Web, disrupting the League President’s plan to divide the two cubs between the Gai Family and Da Quan. He brought his Kubfu back to the Lu Family Estate and gave it to Wei to raise, while reserving its training path for later.

• The Supreme Council shelved its debates over the border conflict and the Three Monkeys Region before turning to the allocation of two Kubfu.
• Gai Lie sought both Kubfu for the Gai Family, while Da Quan asked for one on behalf of the commoners.
• Lu Li entered the competition and offered to adopt a Kubfu in exchange for leading a surprise attack on the Dark Web’s headquarters and research bases.
• The League President agreed to give one Kubfu to Lu Li and one to the Gai Family, then assured Da Quan that he also deserved a cub for his service.
• Lu Li brought his Kubfu to the Lu Family Estate, told Wei not to teach it the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, and allowed her to raise it.

Lu Li taught Tropius the Seed Condensation Technique and gave it an Eternatus fragment to study, then passed the Temperature Control Technique to Charizard. He began training Frigibax and successfully refined an Ice Dragon Orb.

• Lu Li sealed the Eternatus fragment’s energy-devouring ability and gave it to Tropius to study, then taught Tropius the Seed Condensation Technique.
• Lu Li taught Charizard the Temperature Control Technique, and Charizard eagerly began digesting the technique’s potential.
• Lu Li checked Frigibax’s health and ordered it to practice absorbing heat and regulating its body temperature for three hours.
• Lu Li began refining an Ice Dragon Orb and completed a high-quality Magic Tool after eight hours.

Lu Li learned that the Starwish Remnants had arrived in the Real World, were arranging Sensing Towers to locate powerful beings, and offered prizes to Trainers who defeated their challengers. The Starwish Remnants’ First Elder identified Lu Li as a likely Epoch Lord, while the League President proposed joining other Leagues to investigate them.

• Lu Li gave Frigibax the Ice Dragon Orb, then learned from Yao Yifei that the League had ordered special Sensing Towers built.
• Wen Gongmao told Lu Li that the Starwish Remnants had demanded the towers and offered Mythical Beast Cubs to the five largest Leagues, including a special-form Articuno cub to the Kyushu League.
• Long Ying explained that the Starwish Remnants’ Rookie Trainers challenged local prodigies for valuable gifts, and Lu Li decided to wait at home for a challenge.
• At their Imperial Capital residence, the Starwish Remnants’ youths examined intelligence about Lu Li and learned he was a seventeen-year-old who had commanded two gods.
• The First Elder called Lu Li a likely Epoch Lord and sent the Starry-Eyed Youth to challenge him with generous gifts, while the elders worried that Lu Li might thwart their plans.
• At a Supreme Council meeting, the League President proposed cooperating with other Leagues to investigate the Starwish Remnants.

Lu Li used music to try to attract Jirachi, but his performance instead drew Meloetta to the Lu Family Manor. Meloetta listened to Yao Yifei’s singing and Lu Li’s playing, leaving Lu Li aware of the visiting deity.

• Lu Li divined that two Starwish Remnants World Walkers would visit in two days and guessed that the remnants were seeking Jirachi.
• Lu Li forged a guzheng and asked Yao Yifei to sing songs he had written, hoping their performance would attract Jirachi.
• Yao Yifei sang while Lu Li played, and Long Ying and Baobao joined the audience after the performance.
• Lu Li sensed that Jirachi had not appeared and decided to ask Miraidon to watch for it.
• The next night, Meloetta heard Yao Yifei’s song at a concert in the Eu Region and traveled to Kyushu to listen as Lu Li played.

Meloetta discovered Lu Li’s unusual divine connections and joined the Gods’ Alliance after hearing his music. She then showed Lu Li and Yao Yifei her Divine Item, which recreated Yu Boya’s performance from ten eras earlier.

• Meloetta noticed Lu Li’s many Divine Marks and met Groudon and Terapagos in the Mind World, where Terapagos explained the Gods’ Alliance.
• Meloetta marked Lu Li and agreed to stay after he played several pieces that impressed her.
• Meloetta returned to the balcony with Lu Li, where Yao Yifei recognized her as the fan who had requested an autograph three years earlier.
• Meloetta explained that her booklet preserved outstanding musicians’ works and used Yu Boya’s page to recreate his riverside performance.
• After the performance ended, everyone returned to the Real World, and Meloetta explained that she preserved music because human records could not withstand time.

Meloetta joined the Lu Family after being drawn in by Lu Li and Yao Yifei's singing, while the Starwish Remnants prepared their World Walkers to challenge selected trainers. As the Starwish Remnants debated sending their young people beyond their secret realm, Loford began the Great Flood Plan in response to the approaching Wishing Star.

• Lu Li arranged a room for Meloetta beside Miraidon's, and Yao Yifei was too excited about meeting the Song and Dance God to sleep.
• Meloetta appeared at the manor the next morning, and Freya decided to adjust her schedule so she could see Meloetta sing at night.
• Long Ying told Lu Li, Freya, and Yao Yifei that the Starwish Remnants planned to challenge them, and Lu Li predicted that the World Walkers would arrive the next day.
• Xing Yufei, Xingluo, and Xingli flew toward Qingyun City as Xing Yufei warned them to treat Lu Li politely.
• The First Elder and the other elders discussed using the challenge period to prepare the Star Wish Clan's youngsters for travel outside their secret realm.
• Loford learned that the Starwish Remnants had entered the world and ordered the start of the Great Flood Plan.

Lu Li and Wei faced three World Walkers from the Starwish Remnants, whose Divine Beast partners and Pokémon Eggs revealed the clan’s extraordinary resources. Wei won Xingli’s challenge and received a special-form Zapdos Egg, while Lu Li prepared to battle Xing Yufei with his God-level Dragon Soul Sword.

• Loford questioned the voice sealed inside a jar about where the Wish God would descend, but withdrew his hand when it offered help in exchange for finding its true body.
• Lu Li welcomed Xing Yufei, Xingli, and Xingluo, who offered Zapdos and Articuno Eggs as rewards for winning their challenges.
• Xingluo defeated Freya quickly with Champion Peak Cresselia, while Wei beat Xingli and his special-form Zapdos using Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist.
• Xingli gave Wei the special-form Zapdos Egg and agreed to attend Lu Li’s martial arts tournament for a chance to win a Kubfu Cub.
• Xing Yufei released his Champion Peak Zapdos, and Lu Li sent out Dragon Soul Sword; Xing Yufei recognized it as a God-level Aegislash and ordered a barrier around the battlefield.

Lu Li defeated Xing Yufei’s Zapdos with the Dragon Soul Sword and accepted a Pokémon Egg as his prize. At the Lu Family Estate, Xing Yufei and the others sensed powerful presences, while Lu Li learned more about the Starwish Remnants and their Divine Beast clans.

• Zapdos’s Triple Thunderclap and Extreme Speed failed to break the Dragon Soul Sword’s King’s Shield, and Lu Li defeated Zapdos with Sacred Sword.
• Xing Yufei conceded defeat, gave Lu Li Zapdos’s Pokémon Egg, and accepted Lu Li’s offer to stay at the Lu Family Estate with Xingluo and Xingli.
• At the estate, Xingluo suspected that a Psychic-type Deity—and perhaps a third Deity—was present, while Long Ying warned Lu Li to keep the Elixirs secret.
• Lu Li and Xing Yufei discussed Deities and the Starwish Remnants, and Lu Li learned that nine Divine Beast clans had descended into the Secret Realm and that the clan worshiped Jirachi, the Wish God.

Lu Li’s nightly singing for Meloetta alarmed Xing Yufei and Xingluo, while Cresselia warned Xing Yufei that Lu Li was the Child of the Era and too dangerous to oppose. The Star Wish Clan left the next morning, and in the Mind World Terapagos revealed that it wanted to help Jirachi, leaving its plan unfinished.

• Lu Li and Yao Yifei sang for Meloetta, and Xing Yufei and Xingluo recognized the Song and Dance God and waited for the performance to end.
• Xing Yufei asked Lu Li about the nightly songs, and Lu Li said Meloetta enjoyed listening to them.
• Cresselia warned Xing Yufei to leave because a great Deity had threatened her and Lu Li carried terrifying Divine Marks.
• Cresselia identified Lu Li as the Child of the Era and said the Star Wish Clan should not make an enemy of him.
• Xing Yufei and his group left early the next morning, disappointing Lu Li with their sudden departure.
• In the Mind World, Terapagos said it had scared the Star Wish Clan to help Jirachi, then began to explain its plan to Groudon.