Arc 5The Plates Awaken
Chi Hong stopped Yveltal’s devastation by creating Zygarde, then traveled to the Sun Moon Empire to confront the Illustrious Virtue Hall and find the Steel Plate. After defeating the hall’s forces and discovering Kong Deming’s Genesect project, Chi Hong sensed Dialga’s influence in the underground laboratory.
- Chi Hong entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Celebi, who subdued the intelligent immortal herbs and helped him secure the basin for his allies.
- Chi Hong strengthened Di Qiu'er and restored Snow Empress, then investigated the Earth Plate near the planet’s core as hostile forces attacked the well.
- Yveltal petrified Di Qiu'er, Zi JI, Bi JI, and others, spreading its Dark Aura across the continent until Chi Hong summoned Xerneas to oppose it.
- Chi Hong, Mew, and Gu Yuena created Zygarde, who subdued Yveltal and restored the land while Xerneas revived petrified creatures and plants.
- Chi Hong took a surviving Zygarde Core as his fifth Soul Ring, learned more about the Plates and the unstable continent, and set his sights on the Sun Moon Empire.
- Chi Hong challenged the Illustrious Virtue Hall in Mingdu, defeated its defenders with Mega Charizard X, Di Qiu'er, Snow Empress, and Squishy, and reached Soul Power level sixty-eight.
- Kong Deming sent a red Genesect against Chi Hong, but Zygarde defeated it, forcing Kong Deming to reveal that the Steel Plate lay beneath the hall.
- Chi Hong left Squishy guarding the entrance and went underground, where he sensed Dialga’s influence and found Genesect’s Life Pods.