The teachers and students from China had also improved considerably during the exchange tournament.
Many had already reached the peak of Entry Class and were just one step away from Elite Class. At their previous rate of growth, they would not have reached Elite Class until the start of their sophomore year.
After returning to their dorms, everyone settled into a quiet period of study.
The students at the University of the Hawaiian Islands entered their final month of exams. Everyone was busy preparing for their final exams, while the instructors' academic courses continued as well.
Once the first semester ended, a group of teachers and students from China would return home. Only a few would stay with Xiao Ran and Qiu Yuxuan in the Hawaiian Islands as long-term exchange students.
The teachers and students from the Federation's various universities had also left one after another following the academic exchange tournament. Only a handful of students remained, waiting for the Alola Great Secret Realm to open.
Although the Alola Great Secret Realm could be entered year-round, that privilege was limited to Pokémon Trainers of Gym Leader Class or higher. Ordinary Entry Class and even Elite Class students had to follow their schools' arrangements and enter together at the end of each academic year.
The universities used these places as an incentive. Only the top hundred students in each year group's annual exams would receive an opportunity to enter the Alola Great Secret Realm at the end of the academic year.
During this period, the top students at the Hawaiian Islands Pokémon University were all working desperately to qualify for entry into the Alola Great Secret Realm.
Not only that, but the Hawaiian Islands had also gradually begun to grow livelier.
The opening of the Alola Great Secret Realm would draw