Chapter Summaries

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in the Sinnoh Region after their Star Gate malfunctioned, and they met Dawn outside Sandgem Town. Hai Ming gave Dawn a blessing that increased her affinity with Water-type Pokémon, then left with Zhu Zhuqing to explore while they waited for Kyogre.

• Professor Rowan headed back from the coast, concerned about Dawn receiving one of his unusually temperamental starter Pokémon.
• Dawn rode toward Professor Rowan's laboratory but was thrown from her bicycle when Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing crash-landed nearby.
• Hai Ming healed Dawn, and she introduced herself while warning the strangers that they were near Professor Rowan's laboratory.
• Hai Ming realized the pair had arrived in the Sinnoh Region instead of Hoenn after their Star Gate malfunctioned.
• Hai Ming gave Dawn a Sea God blessing that increased her affinity with Water-type Pokémon, then left with Zhu Zhuqing to explore Sandgem Town as they waited for Kyogre.

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing met Dawn’s powerful Gardevoir, who thanked them for blessing Dawn and predicted her future as a top Water-type Trainer. At Professor Rowan’s laboratory, Dawn’s chosen starter Piplup unexpectedly evolved as soon as it leapt into her arms.

• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing encountered Gardevoir near Sandgem Town and learned she had come to thank them for blessing Dawn.
• Gardevoir explained that she recognized the blessing’s divine power and believed it would help Dawn become a top-tier Water-type Trainer.
• Dawn met Professor Rowan at his laboratory and considered Chimchar and Turtwig, but neither seemed suited to her Coordinator ambitions.
• Professor Rowan released Piplup, which rushed into Dawn’s arms and absorbed a blue light from her before beginning to evolve.

Dawn’s Piplup transformed after triggering Hai Ming’s blessing, and Professor Rowan identified Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing as God-Communicators of Kyogre. Zhu Zhuqing caught a Shiny Misdreavus, but someone confronted her and ordered Pikachu to attack.

• Piplup transformed into a more powerful, strikingly blue form after Dawn’s blessing awakened, leaving Professor Rowan baffled.
• After hearing Dawn’s account, Professor Rowan concluded that Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing were God-Communicators linked to Kyogre.
• Gardevoir returned with Ultra Balls for Zhu Zhuqing, who searched the forest for a Pokémon to catch.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Voidwalking to intercept a Shiny Misdreavus and caught it with a Poké Ball.
• As Zhu Zhuqing released her new Pokémon, someone shouted at her and commanded Pikachu to use Thunderbolt.

Ash met Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing on the way to Professor Rowan’s laboratory after Pikachu attacked them, and the group continued together to Sandgem Town. At the laboratory, Dawn recognized Hai Ming, and Hai Ming tried to lure Pikachu away from Ash.

• Ash and Pikachu encountered Zhu Zhuqing and Hai Ming while they were capturing a Shiny Misdreavus, and Pikachu’s Thunderbolt was shattered by Zhu Zhuqing’s Dark Thunder.
• Hai Ming healed Pikachu, and Ash apologized after learning that Zhu Zhuqing had been trying to capture Misdreavus legitimately.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Hai Ming agreed to accompany Ash to Professor Rowan’s laboratory so they could learn how to care for Misdreavus.
• The group reached the laboratory, where Professor Rowan planned to introduce Ash to Dawn as a travel companion.
• Dawn recognized Hai Ming when he arrived with Ash and Zhu Zhuqing, while Ash excitedly examined the Sinnoh starter Pokémon.
• Hai Ming held Pikachu and tried to persuade it to leave Ash by promising it food and greater strength.

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing met Professor Rowan in Sandgem Town, where Zhu Zhuqing learned how to train her Shiny Misdreavus using Soul Power Pokéblocks. The chapter left Hai Ming confident that he could boost Kyogre enough to defeat Groudon after the two Legendary Pokémon clashed again.

• Professor Rowan asked whether Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing were God-Communicators, and Hai Ming explained how Legendary Pokémon and their chosen communicators worked.
• Professor Rowan advised Zhu Zhuqing to train Misdreavus with Ghost Type Pokéblocks, and Zhu Zhuqing created a black Soul Power cube that Misdreavus eagerly absorbed.
• Ash and Dawn became acquainted through a friendly battle between Aipom and Piplup.
• Professor Rowan invited Ash, Dawn, Zhu Zhuqing, and Hai Ming to lunch before Ash and Dawn planned to leave Sandgem Town together.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked why Kyogre had not arrived, and Hai Ming explained that Kyogre was fighting Groudon on the way to Sinnoh.
• Hai Ming said he could amplify Kyogre's power and expected Groudon to be thoroughly beaten.

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing explored Jubilife City, where Cyrus approached them and asked to borrow their power to meet a mysterious being. Hai Ming identified Cyrus’s plan involving Giratina but said they were not God-Communicators, leaving Cyrus’s request unresolved.

• Hai Ming used psychic power to incapacitate several thugs who intended to harm Zhu Zhuqing and steal her Shiny Misdreavus.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing toured Jubilife City, shopped, and enjoyed ice cream together.
• Cyrus approached the couple and invited them to lunch, and Hai Ming recognized him as Team Galactic’s leader.
• At lunch, Cyrus said he wanted to borrow their power to meet someone, and Hai Ming guessed he meant Giratina.
• Hai Ming told Cyrus that he and Zhu Zhuqing were not God-Communicators.

Cyrus confronted Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing after mistaking them for God-Communicators, then attacked when he learned they were not. After Hai Ming subdued him and Cynthia arrived, Hai Ming revealed Cyrus’s plan and began considering how to use Sinnoh’s resources to gather more Plates.

• Cyrus questioned Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing about whether they were God-Communicators, and Hai Ming denied that they were.
• Cyrus ordered Crobat to attack, but Hai Ming erased its Air Cutter, bound Crobat, and restrained Cyrus with his ten Soul Rings.
• Hai Ming lifted Cyrus through the window and threw him onto the street, then returned to lunch with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Cynthia entered after the fighting outside and asked what Cyrus had discussed with them.
• Hai Ming told Cynthia that Cyrus planned to use Dialga and Palkia to destroy the world and create a New World controlled by Team Galactic.
• Hai Ming considered using the Sinnoh League and the Temple Clan to find more Plates before the Little Alpaca appeared.

Hai Ming explained why Cyrus's plan to create a new world was unlikely to succeed, then asked Cynthia for information about Arceus and the Jewel of Life. After he revealed two God Slates, Cynthia agreed to help him on the condition that he accompany her to Mt. Coronet.

• The restaurant owner moved Hai Ming, Zhu Zhuqing, and Cynthia to a better private room and served treasured tea in hopes of getting Cynthia's autograph and advice.
• Hai Ming told Cynthia that Cyrus could neither destroy the existing world nor create a living new one with Palkia and Dialga, and warned that Giratina might intervene.
• Cynthia offered Hai Ming a reward for helping the Sinnoh League, and Hai Ming requested information about Arceus and the Jewel of Life.
• Cynthia grew suspicious, so Hai Ming revealed the Splash Plate and Flame Slate and said he might help the Temple Clan calm Arceus's wrath.
• Cynthia agreed to take Hai Ming to Mt. Coronet so she could try communicating with Giratina.

After leaving Jubilife City, Hai Ming, Zhu Zhuqing, and Cynthia camped on the way to Mt. Coronet, where Zhu Zhuqing examined Cynthia’s Spiritomb and helped her improve. The group returned to dinner to find Spiritomb had reached Champion level, while Hai Ming’s plan to summon Kyogre as backup remained in place.

• Hai Ming arranged for Kyogre to meet the group at Mt. Coronet after defeating Groudon, then the group left Jubilife City and stopped to camp.
• Cynthia’s Roserade and Lucario prepared dinner, and Hai Ming admired Roserade’s cooking despite questioning how she handled food while carrying poison.
• Zhu Zhuqing touched Spiritomb, sensed the many souls intertwined within her, and questioned the reliability of her Pokédex entry.
• Zhu Zhuqing took Spiritomb away from the campsite to guide her in using Ghost Type energy, while Garchomp watched closely in case Cynthia needed help.
• After Zhu Zhuqing returned with Spiritomb, Garchomp and Lucario reacted in shock as they sensed that Spiritomb had advanced from Elite Four level to Champion level.

Spiritomb gained Champion-level strength and a Slaughter Domain after Zhu Zhuqing gave her a lesser Divine Slaughter's Domain. Cynthia brought Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing to the Michina Temple to collect a Life Orb and documents, and Hai Ming saw the orb but realized he could not use it himself.

• Spiritomb explained that Zhu Zhuqing's lesser Divine Slaughter's Domain had repaired her soul and helped her reach Champion level.
• Spiritomb demonstrated Slaughter Domain, which weakened Lucario and Garchomp while strengthening her, and Cynthia decided she owed Zhu Zhuqing a proper gift of thanks.
• Cynthia, Hai Ming, and Zhu Zhuqing traveled to Mt. Coronet after Cynthia contacted Sheena and Kevin to prepare the Life Orb and documents.
• Sheena and Kevin welcomed the group at Michina Temple, where Cynthia introduced Hai Ming to the temple and its history.
• Hai Ming saw the Life Orb floating above a stone pillar and recognized its power, but lamented that he could not use it himself.

Hai Ming suspected that the real Life Orb was meant to draw Arceus’s wrath onto Michina Town and warned Cynthia to guard it. After Cynthia uncovered signs of a threat at the temple, she moved to protect it, while Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing left and received a cryptic warning from a cotton-candy seller.

• Hai Ming let Zhu Zhuqing test the Life Orb, but she found it incompatible, and he realized it was real despite his memory of a fake orb in this timeline.
• Hai Ming suspected that the Pokémon League had replaced the orb to make Arceus target Michina Town, and he urged Cynthia to strengthen its security.
• Cynthia told Sheena she would guard the temple, then used her Pokémon to expose intruders hiding in its shadows.
• Cynthia called the Sinnoh League chairman, took leave for up to a year, and warned him to keep his people away from her clan’s temple.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing left the temple and walked through Michina Town, where an elderly cotton-candy seller warned them to take another route because bad people lay ahead.

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing traveled to Alamos Town, where Hai Ming sought the reason Palkia had chosen the town to recover. He found Darkrai and asked it to repair the shattered Evil Slate and become his Pokémon.

• Hai Ming realized the cotton-candy seller who warned him was a Pokémon in disguise, and he and Zhu Zhuqing left the alley.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing spent two or three days in Michina Town before traveling toward Alamos Town.
• Iris piloted a hot-air balloon and guided Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing into Alamos Town, sharing what she knew about the Time-Space Tower.
• Zhu Zhuqing battled other Trainers with Misdreavus twice, and Misdreavus lost both battles.
• Hai Ming sensed Darkrai in the forest and asked it to repair the shattered Evil Slate and become his Pokémon.

Hai Ming offered Darkrai a wager that would make it his Pokémon if he ever needed its help protecting Alicia's garden, and Darkrai accepted. During their honeymoon in Alamos Town, Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing met Ash and Dawn as the town grew lively ahead of a festival, while Hai Ming sensed an approaching battle.

• Darkrai grew furious when Hai Ming proposed that it help complete the Plates and become his Pokémon, so Hai Ming offered a wager instead.
• Darkrai agreed to become Hai Ming's Pokémon if he ever needed its power to protect Alicia's garden, then left after imprinting the scroll.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing spent two months enjoying the Time-Space Tower's music, training Misdreavus, and sampling Iris's baking.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing encountered Ash, Dawn, and Xiao Gang, whose Croagunk knocked him down after he tried to approach Zhu Zhuqing.
• Iris brought Ash and his friends to the garden, while Hai Ming sensed a coming battle and told Zhu Zhuqing and Misdreavus to prepare.

Ash and his companions discovered the ruined courtyard and learned that Darkrai was battling Dialga and Palkia, whose attacks threatened to destroy the town. Hai Ming intervened to protect the injured Darkrai and faced the two Legendary Pokémon as the battle began.

• Baron Alberto attacked a figure in the bushes with Lickilicky's Hyper Beam, but Misdreavus absorbed the attack, and Tonio emerged unharmed.
• Tonio investigated the ruins after detecting an unusual spatial reaction, while Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing returned home to work on pastries.
• Iris rushed to warn Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing that the town was in danger after spatial disturbances shook the area.
• Darkrai fought Dialga and Palkia, was badly injured, and was rescued from a pool by Iris and the others.
• Darkrai tried to shield the town from Dialga's Roar of Time and Palkia's Spacial Rend, but Hai Ming restrained it and stopped the attacks from colliding.
• Hai Ming confronted Dialga and Palkia with his Wishful Trident and ten Soul Rings.

Hai Ming and Kyogre fought Dialga and Palkia while protecting Alamos Town from the damage threatening to erase the surrounding space. Cynthia arrived and summoned Giratina, leaving Palkia facing a growing group of powerful opponents.

• Ash mistook Hai Ming for a Pokémon, while Zhu Zhuqing chose not to join the fight.
• Hai Ming commanded Primal Reversion Kyogre and used Twilight of the Sea God as they clashed with Dialga and Palkia.
• The battle threatened to destroy Alamos Town, and Cynthia reassured Tonio and Iris that the town would be safe.
• Cynthia revealed that Hai Ming had asked her to come and summoned Giratina to help stop Dialga and Palkia.
• Giratina joined Hai Ming and Kyogre against the two gods, while injured Palkia angrily lamented his run of bad luck.

Giratina confronted Palkia for dragging Alamos Town into a dimensional rift and polluting the Distortion World, then beat it down with help from Kyogre and Hai Ming. Dialga restored the town while Hai Ming recovered, leaving Giratina to continue punishing Palkia.

• Giratina demanded that Palkia release Alamos Town, but Palkia answered with a Spacial Rend.
• Giratina countered Palkia's attack and struck it with Dragon Pulse while Kyogre froze its leg and Hai Ming damaged its core with Twilight of the Sea God.
• Palkia called for Dialga's help, but Dialga instead used Roar of Time to restore the collapsing town.
• Giratina carried Palkia into the sky with Shadow Force and continued beating it as Kyogre ended its Primal Reversion and Hai Ming recovered his divine power.
• Hai Ming explained that he had joined the fight to protect Alamos Town and the Distortion World, while Giratina kept punishing Palkia.

Dialga restored Alamos Town while Palkia recovered from Giratina’s beating, and Hai Ming claimed Darkrai as his Pokémon under their old agreement. While they waited for Palkia to return the town to its world, Hai Ming asked Tonio about playing Oración.

• Dialga used its power over time to restore the town and shield it from the dimensional storm, but it could not return the town to its original world.
• Hai Ming stopped Giratina from attacking Palkia further, and Palkia said it needed time to regain enough strength to restore the town to its original space.
• Hai Ming told Kyogre to keep watch and went down to Iris and Tonio, then accepted Darkrai’s pledge to become his Pokémon in return for protecting the garden.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained the agreement to Iris, and Hai Ming told Darkrai it could say its goodbyes before they left once the town returned.
• Hai Ming asked Tonio about playing Oración, and Tonio confirmed that the notes said the piece could calm the gods’ anger.

Hai Ming found the Oración disc, and its song transformed the Time-Space Tower, healing Palkia and restoring the town. After Giratina, Palkia, and Dialga prepared to leave, Hai Ming persuaded Palkia and Dialga to share their origin energy so he could create a Dragon Slate, then departed with Zhu Zhuqing.

• Hai Ming searched the Time-Space Tower’s music discs with water clones and found the disc containing Oración.
• Iris played Oración, causing golden wings to unfold from the tower and healing injured Pokémon, including Palkia.
• Giratina returned to the Distortion World, and Palkia restored the town to its original world.
• Hai Ming asked Palkia and Dialga to show gratitude, then received half of each Pokémon’s origin energy and created a Dragon Slate.
• Hai Ming told Zhu Zhuqing that he had obtained what he wanted, and the two vanished while Ash wondered where they had gone.

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing visited Professor Carolina in Celestic Town to deliver Cynthia’s gift and ask about buying a high-quality Dusk Stone for Misdreavus. Carolina welcomed them after studying a mysterious mural, and the chapter left them beginning their discussion.

• Professor Carolina studied an ancient mural depicting Arceus, battling Pokémon, and two weapons surrounded by circles, but could not explain its meaning.
• Carolina’s assistant told her that Cynthia’s friends had arrived with supplements, prompting Carolina to meet them.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing delivered Cynthia’s gift and asked Carolina to sell them a high-quality Dusk Stone.
• Hai Ming explained that Kyogre had warned them against forcing Misdreavus to evolve because it could damage its life potential.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing had sought Carolina after Professor Rowan could offer only a medium-quality Dusk Stone and referred them to her as a renowned collector.

Professor Carolina gave Hai Ming a top-grade Dusk Stone in exchange for observing his powerful Darkrai, then showed Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing an ancient mural. Hai Ming identified it as depicting Arceus destroying the world, leaving Carolina to reconsider the mural as an image of Judgment.

• Professor Carolina praised Zhu Zhuqing’s Misdreavus and sent A-Quan to fetch a top-grade Dusk Stone.
• Professor Carolina sensed an unseen presence around Hai Ming, and Hai Ming revealed the powerful Darkrai concealed in his shadow.
• Professor Carolina gave Hai Ming the Dusk Stone as payment for observing Darkrai.
• After discussing the battle of Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina in Alamos Town, Professor Carolina led Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing to the mural room.
• Professor Carolina described the mural’s ancient battle and asked Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing to interpret its weapons and rings.
• Hai Ming declared that the mural depicted Arceus destroying the world, and Professor Carolina considered whether it showed Arceus using Judgment.