Pokémon

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Pokémon (宝可梦)
Affiliation	Chi Hong’s summoned team; Professor Oak supplies Pokémon from Chi Hong’s game storage 1 3.
Occupation/Role	Battle partners summoned through Chi Hong’s Poké Ball Martial Soul; individual Pokémon serve as its Soul Rings 1 3.
First Appearance	Chapter 1, when Chi Hong summons Charmeleon to fight Wang Dong 1.

Power Progression

Age levels below measure the Pokémon’s battle strength in the story’s Soul Beast cultivation system.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Charmander → Charmeleon	1	Chi Hong’s starter evolves after defeating a ten-year Wind Baboon; Chi Hong reaches Soul Power level fifteen 1.
Charmeleon → Charizard	1	Victory over Wang Dong triggers evolution and teaches Charizard Air Cutter and Wing Attack 1.
Charizard: 1,423 years; Froakie joins	3	Chi Hong reaches level twenty and receives Froakie as his second Pokémon and Soul Ring 3.
Froakie → Frogadier	4	Evolves after persisting through early losses against Shrek students 4.
Frogadier → Greninja	5 6	Evolves after the victory over Beibei and Xu Sanshi, surpassing one thousand years of strength 5 6.
Charizard: roughly 3,000 years; Greninja: over 2,000 years	6 9	Charizard’s strength is reported after the Twin Stars battle; Greninja passes two thousand years after a freshman-assessment victory 6 9.
Charizard: 5,000 years; Greninja: 3,000 years	12	Both advance after defeating Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger 12.
Charizard: 6,500 years; Greninja: 4,900 years	13	Winning the Freshman Assessment also teaches them Flare Blitz and Extrasensory, respectively 13.
Riolu: 106 years	27	Joins as Chi Hong’s third Pokémon Soul Ring after he reaches Soul Power level thirty-one 27.
Riolu: roughly 3,000 years	28	Rapidly grows from about one hundred years by defeating opponents weakened by Charizard and Greninja 28.
Charizard and Greninja: 8,000 years each	26 28	Their strength rises after an ambush; Greninja subsequently reaches Charizard’s level after absorbing Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber 26 28.
Charizard: 9,999 years	36 37	Growth stalls just below ten thousand years; Professor Oak attributes the bottleneck to an unstable foundation and prescribes a powerful source of life 36 37.
Riolu → Lucario	38	Evolves during the Yun Luo Academy bouts as his friendship with Chi Hong rises, awakening his Aura and gaining new moves 38.
Charizard, Greninja, and Lucario: ten-thousand-year level	45	All three reach this level before the tournament final 45.
Charizard → Mega Charizard X	45 46	Chi Hong activates his Key Stone in response to Charizardite X, giving Charizard a Fire/Dragon form with greatly increased combat power 45 46.
Darkrai: 6,666 years	58	Arrives as a randomly drawn Mythical Pokémon and defeats Charizard, Greninja, and Lucario together in a spar 58.

Background and Summoning

Chi Hong’s Poké Ball Martial Soul lets him summon one Pokémon from his former game storage for every ten Soul Power levels. Battles against Soul Masters and Soul Beasts grant experience to both trainer and Pokémon; a defeated opponent need not be killed. Professor Oak communicates with Chi Hong through the game panel, sends Pokémon, and provides items after learning about his battles and discoveries 1 3 12 64.

The Pokémon are treated as companions rather than conventional hunted Soul Beasts. Mu En notices that Charizard’s nature differs from that of a Soul Beast and praises the trust between Chi Hong and his team. Chi Hong’s separate Advanced Poké Ball Martial Soul captures Soul Beasts native to Douluo Continent, including the Ice Empress; those contracted companions are distinct from the Pokémon Professor Oak sends 3 8 20.

Abilities and Battle Methods

Battle-Driven Growth

• Pokémon gain experience through victories and can evolve during or after battles, as Charmeleon, Frogadier, and Riolu do 1 5 38.
• Chi Hong uses stronger teammates to create openings for a newcomer: Charizard and Greninja weaken opponents in the battle royale so Riolu can defeat them and gain experience 28.
• Training also builds coordination. Charizard and Greninja spar repeatedly because their contrasting Fire and Water abilities can interfere with one another when used together 6.

Moves and Teamwork

• Charizard supplies flight, firepower, and aerial attacks; Greninja favors speed, concealment, and attacks from unexpected angles 3 5 6.
• Their combined Smokescreen helps defeat Beibei and Xu Sanshi, while Greninja later uses Protect to shield the team from a Soul Cannon barrage 5 46.
• Lucario adds close-range fighting and Aura-based techniques. Chi Hong envisions him holding the front line while Charizard attacks from behind and Greninja strikes from cover 27 38.

Abilities Awakened by Plates

• Mu En’s fire power awakens Charizard’s Solar Power, which strengthens special attacks in harsh sunlight but drains health as moves are used. Charizard retains Blaze, which strengthens Fire-type moves when its health is low 7 8.
• The Splash Plate awakens Greninja’s Protean, changing his type to match the move he is about to use. The Ice Empress subsequently teaches him Ice-type techniques 32 33.
• Plate control is also required to use certain one-use Legendary Pokémon Balls, including Ho-Oh’s Flame Plate-linked ball and Kyurem’s Ice Pillar Plate-linked ball 16 22.

Notable Pokémon and Legendary Summons

Pokémon	Role or distinguishing trait
Charizard	Chi Hong’s starter and first Soul Ring; a proud Fire/Flying battler who later becomes Mega Charizard X 1 3 46.
Greninja	Second Soul Ring; a stealth-oriented Water/Dark partner whose Protean ability enables type-changing techniques 3 6 32.
Lucario	Third Pokémon Soul Ring; evolves from battle-loving Riolu and specializes in Aura and close combat 27 38.
Ho-Oh	One-use Flame Plate-linked summon. Its Sacred Fire defeats the Ice Empress; the spent ball becomes unusable, though Chi Hong receives a Rainbow Wing afterward 16 19 20.
Kyurem	Ice Pillar Plate-linked Legendary summon whose Glaciate cripples Xuan Zi 22 51.
Mew	Mystery Plate-linked Pokémon capable of combining its genes with Plate energy to create new Pokémon. Its cooperation depends on affection and trust 45 53 54.
Darkrai	Mythical Pokémon with an uncontrollable passive Nightmare effect; Dark Void puts Charizard, Greninja, and Lucario to sleep in their first spar 58.

Relationships

• Chi Hong — Trainer of the featured Pokémon. Their battles increase both strength and closeness, and Mew asks him to deepen those bonds before helping the Snow Empress 1 54.
• Professor Oak — Supplies Pokémon, TMs, and other training items through Chi Hong’s communication panel 3 12 38.
• The Ice Empress — A contracted Soul Beast rather than one of Oak’s Pokémon; she teaches Greninja Ice techniques and advises Chi Hong about Charizard’s cultivation bottleneck 20 32 33 36.
• Charizard and Greninja — Competitive teammates whose rivalry drives training, but who also coordinate in battle 6 16 28.
• Riolu/Lucario and Darkrai — Riolu seeks to catch up with the older teammates; Darkrai’s defeat of all three later renews their eagerness to train 28 58 64.