Chapter Summaries

After Nurse Joy confirmed that Zeraora had fully recovered, she explained that it still favored its left foot because of years of compensating for its old injury. Li Wei took Zeraora to Dayou, who taught it rehabilitation exercises and promised to supervise its strength training, aiming for full recovery within two months.

• Nurse Joy told Lucario, Diancie, and the others that Zeraora's body had recovered and might even have become younger, but warned that it still put too much weight on its left foot.
• Li Wei asked Dayou for advice on correcting Zeraora's habit, and Dayou confirmed that he understood rehabilitation from his own experience.
• Dayou showed Zeraora four exercises: balancing on one leg, moving its ankle on an unstable surface, shifting weight between its feet, and mirror therapy.
• Dayou instructed Zeraora to practice standing, sitting, and walking while consciously using its right foot, and offered to supervise its strength training each evening.
• Dayou invited Zeraora to train at his home and promised it would be fully recovered within two months.

After Zeraora began rehabilitation in Jubilife City, the Pokémon League discussed rewards for Li Wei and the others who helped arrest Hunter J and calm Regigigas in Snowpoint City. The League approved Legendary and Mythical Pokémon sighting records, additional resources, and a Guardian Medal for Li Wei, then President Samaranch asked Cynthia to stay behind.

• Nurse Joy confirmed that Zeraora's injuries had healed, and Dayou prescribed rehabilitation exercises and evening strength training to correct Zeraora's habit of favoring its left foot.
• Cynthia arrived on Lily of the Valley Island and attended the Pokémon League meeting, where Lucian reported Hunter J's arrest by Li Wei and the efforts that calmed Regigigas and evacuated Snowpoint City.
• Lucian proposed giving Li Wei Legendary and Mythical Pokémon sighting records, along with resources, as a reward for his contributions.
• Cynthia supported Lucian's proposal, and President Samaranch announced that Li Wei would also receive a Pokémon League Guardian Medal.
• The League unanimously approved Li Wei's reward, and President Samaranch asked Cynthia to stay behind after the meeting.

President Samaranch asked Cynthia about Li Wei’s background and character, and she recounted their childhood friendship and his growing interest in Pokémon beyond battling. Samaranch remained impressed by Li Wei’s many talents, while Cynthia confirmed that he knew the Ancient Language.

• President Samaranch asked Cynthia to describe how she had known Li Wei since childhood.
• Cynthia recalled that Li Wei’s cooking drew her and Roland to his home, and that he could cheer Roland up with Gengar.
• Cynthia explained that she and Li Wei lost touch for four years after she became Champion, then reunited at the Jubilife Breeding Center without feeling distant.
• Cynthia said Li Wei had always known a great deal about Pokémon but chose not to pursue the path of a Trainer because he believed Pokémon offered more than battling.
• President Samaranch wondered how Li Wei had mastered so many fields in less than two years, and Cynthia confirmed that he knew the Ancient Language.
• Cynthia compared Li Wei with other exceptional figures, and President Samaranch thanked her for explaining his history.

Cynthia told Li Wei that the Pokémon League would reward him with Legendary and Mythical Pokémon sighting records and resources for his Pokémon, while he showed her the black jade holder for Regigigas’s stone sphere and shared that Zeraora had recovered. At the Pokémon Theme Park, Lucario convened the second Pokémon Representatives’ Conference, where the Pokémon reviewed the battle with Regigigas and agreed to protect its sleep and seek ways to befriend it.

• Cynthia told Li Wei that the Pokémon League would send him sighting records for Legendary and Mythical Pokémon and that she would personally choose resources for his Pokémon.
• Li Wei showed Cynthia the black jade holder Bibarel had made for Regigigas’s stone sphere and told her Zeraora had fully recovered.
• Lucario gathered the Pokémon at the theme park for the second Pokémon Representatives’ Conference, where he reviewed the incident and praised Diancie, Zeraora, Metagross, and Dragapult for their contributions.
• Lucario warned the Pokémon to stay vigilant and protect Regigigas from anyone who might disturb its slumber.
• Lucario encouraged the Pokémon to communicate with Regigigas despite not understanding its words, and Shaymin proposed playing hide-and-seek while Metagross suggested challenging it to a fight.

Li Wei learned how Regigigas could mold the other Legendary Titans and what materials each required. He began gathering help for the project, ending by calling Steven with an offer to join.

• Li Wei placed Regigigas's stone sphere in the hollow Bibarel had carved, and Regigigas approved of the fit.
• Li Wei promised Regigigas that people and the other Titans would guard him while he slept, and Regigigas agreed that the protection was useful.
• Regigigas explained that he could mold Regirock, Regice, and Registeel in about a day if he had the materials and could give them the corresponding Titan Giants' power.
• Regigigas listed the materials: varied regional rocks for Regirock, Iron Island composite iron ore for Registeel, and Lake Acuity ice rock plus Antarctic ice for Regice.
• Li Wei worked out where to obtain the materials and called Steven to invite him to join the project.

Li Wei asked Steven to help gather materials so Regigigas could create Regirock, and Steven warned him about the risks of the League learning about it. Steven agreed to help, while Mew recognized Regigigas as an old friend and Li Wei planned to ask Regigigas whether it wanted to meet Mew.

• Li Wei called Steven with a proposal to gather materials for Regigigas to create Regirock.
• Steven warned Li Wei that the League might pressure him to create more titans and advised keeping the research secret.
• Li Wei explained that the materials were difficult to obtain, Regigigas alone could create the titans, and he trusted Mayor Luca not to abuse the discovery.
• Steven agreed to help and asked Li Wei to send him the materials list.
• Mew recognized Regigigas as an old friend from before Mew's birth, and Li Wei said he might bring them together.
• Steven said he had some Mt. Coronet rock but would need Li Wei to obtain more, and he arranged to send rocks from other regions to the Breeding Center.

Li Wei discussed having Regigigas create Regirock and Registeel, then sought opinions and help from his friends and Professor Oak. With no one objecting, Li Wei planned to proceed after gathering the materials and contacting Professor Rowan.

• Li Wei and Steven agreed to focus on creating Regirock and Registeel, and discussed searching for Regieleki and Regidrago in Galar when they had time.
• Li Wei asked the Chat Group what they thought of having Regigigas create Regirock and Registeel for his protection, and explained how Regigigas made the titans.
• Li Wei turned down Akin, Lt. Surge, and Blue when they suggested Regigigas make Pokémon resembling them.
• Lorelei offered to help obtain Antarctic ice for Regice, while Green asked Crystal to get Professor Oak's opinion.
• Crystal told Professor Oak about Li Wei's plan, and Professor Oak approved and asked to watch the titans' creation.
• Green said she also wanted to watch, and Li Wei said he would begin after collecting most of the materials and contacting Professor Rowan.

Li Wei arranged to obtain rock from Mt. Coronet and iron ore from Iron Island so Regigigas could create Regirock and Registeel. With both shipments approved and underway, he still needed to ask Lorelei for help with Regice.

• Cynthia supported Li Wei's plan and promised to handle any opposition within the Pokémon League.
• Professor Rowan agreed to apply for permission to collect diabase tuff, granite, and andesite from Mt. Coronet, estimating the process would take about half a month.
• Li Wei asked Riley for iron ore from Iron Island, and Riley arranged for him to buy five tonnes at cost.
• Li Wei learned the iron ore shipment would take fifteen to twenty days to reach the Breeding Center and asked Wen Hui to pay for it.
• Wen Hui agreed to transfer the payment after Li Wei explained the ore was for Regigigas.

Li Wei arranged for Lorelei to gather Antarctic ice so Regigigas could create the Legendary Titans, while making plans for several Pokémon for his students. News of Regigigas’s calming boosted Li Wei’s reputation, and he learned he would receive the Pokémon League’s highest-ranking Guardian Medal at the Pokémon Theme Park opening.

• Li Wei persuaded Lorelei to travel to Antarctica with Articuno for ice, offering her the chance to catch Regice, and planned for Steven and Cynthia to catch Registeel and Regirock.
• Li Wei asked Lucian to find a male Ralts for Korrina, while deciding Dawn could choose a Pokémon at Summer Camp and preparing a Dawn Stone for Korrina.
• Giovanni had Matori report that Li Wei had quelled Regigigas’s rage, then praised Li Wei’s rapidly improving strength.
• Mayor Luca told Li Wei that the Pokémon League would award him its highest-ranking Guardian Medal at the Pokémon Theme Park opening, with Luca presenting it on President Samaranch’s behalf.
• Mayor Luca said he felt more energetic lately and advised Li Wei to rest after dealing with Regigigas.

Lance told Li Wei that Hunter J had revealed her clients and financial backers, allowing the Investigators to begin arrests while Li Wei focused on building Regigigas's temple and preparing the Breeding Center. Joy Shirley arrived as a new Pokémon doctor and was greeted by Li Wei's Pokémon.

• Lance told Li Wei that Hunter J had named her clients and financial backers, and said the Investigators would pursue them with Cynthia and Steven's help.
• Li Wei asked NBJ Architectural Design Company to plan Regigigas's temple and ordered stone to build it quickly, fearing Regigigas might accidentally destroy his house.
• Dayou told Li Wei that Nurse Joy's younger sister would arrive to work as a Pokémon doctor after graduating from Celadon University's medical school.
• Joy Shirley arrived by ambulance at the Jubilife Breeding Center and found Li Wei's Pokémon gathered to welcome her.

Joy Shirley arrived at the Pokémon Center to begin working with her older sister, Joy Xuelan, and met Li Wei’s Pokémon team. Joy Xuelan planned to introduce Shirley to Li Wei and show her Aerodactyl, while Li Wei received a phone call as he ate.

• Nurse Joy introduced Joy Shirley to Lucario, Zeraora, Metagross, Diancie, Shaymin, and the other Pokémon.
• Joy Shirley met the mother-and-son Dragapult pair and introduced her partner Audino to Chansey.
• Nurse Joy told Joy Shirley she would introduce her to Li Wei and Uncle Leon after they finished eating.
• Joy Shirley asked about the tarps on the plain and Li Wei’s Pokémon, while Joy Xuelan kept the planned event and other surprises secret.
• Li Wei browsed his phone while eating and answered a call.

Li Wei invited his friends and associates to the Pokémon Theme Park’s opening ceremony on July 27, and Nurse Joy introduced her younger sister Shirley to the Breeding Center staff. On July 19, construction began on Regigigas’s temple, with Cynthia having selected its two shrine maidens.

• Li Wei invited his friends in the Chat Group and personally contacted several others, and many agreed to attend the July 27 ceremony.
• Blue planned to sell signed caps and capes at the theme park, while Lance, Falkner, and Silver aimed to finish their work and reach Jubilife City before the ceremony.
• Nurse Joy introduced her younger sister, Joy Shirley, and Dad Leon proposed a welcome party for her.
• Li Wei began construction on Regigigas’s single-story temple, designed with room for Regigigas and two shrine maidens.
• Cynthia selected the two shrine maidens who would guard the temple.

Nurse Joy took Joy Shirley to examine Pokémon in the Breeding Center’s Wild Area and revealed that Li Wei planned to keep Regigigas there in a temple. Shirley was amazed by the Pokémon and scenery, and followed her sister into the Pyroar facility for checkups.

• Nurse Joy brought Joy Shirley to the Wild Area and told her that the demolished cowshed would be replaced by a temple for Regigigas.
• Nurse Joy revealed that Li Wei had caught Regigigas with its approval and planned to house it in the temple, using a special Heavy Ball when needed.
• Joy Shirley questioned whether the Pokémon League would allow Li Wei to keep Regigigas, and Nurse Joy said the League trusted him to protect it.
• Nurse Joy led Joy Shirley past the Pokémon habitats, where Shirley saw Copperajah, Pyroar, Luxray, and Zeraora beside Pride Rock.
• Nurse Joy entered the Pyroar facility to conduct checkups, and Joy Shirley followed, reassured that Zeraora would protect them.

With the Jubilife Pokémon Theme Park set to open in two days, Li Wei prepared for the ceremony as news reported the successful arrests of Pokémon Hunters and the conglomerates backing them. Lorelei arrived with Antarctic Ice for the park, and Li Wei took it to Cold Storage while Cynthia showed Lorelei to her room.

• Li Wei watched the news report that Cynthia, Lance, Steven, and Lucian had brought down the Pokémon Hunters and their backers, freeing captive Pokémon and cutting off funding to Team Plasma and Team Flare.
• Cynthia took time off to stay at the Breeding Center until the park opened, while Li Wei arranged materials for creating the Legendary Titans.
• Lorelei arrived at the Breeding Center with Antarctic Ice and teased Li Wei and Cynthia about their warm welcome.
• Li Wei and Lucario took the Antarctic Ice to Cold Storage as Cynthia escorted Lorelei to her room.

Cynthia showed Lorelei Jubilife Pokémon Theme Park, where Lorelei admired Swan Lake and learned that the Splash Plate lay beneath it. Lorelei checked into the Lakeview Hotel and planned to bring her Water-type Pokémon to the lake when fewer visitors were around.

• Cynthia led Lorelei across Swan Lake, where Popplio blew a huge bubble that Cynthia gave to a little girl.
• Cynthia explained that Primarina and Swanna would perform at the park, and Lorelei praised the lake’s clear water.
• Cynthia told Lorelei that Jirachi’s meteorite and Li Wei’s Splash Plate helped keep the water clean, and that Milotic and other Pokémon guarded the buried plate.
• Lorelei asked whether Dewgong, Cloyster, Lapras, and Slowbro could stay in the lake, and Cynthia agreed to help her check them in around noon.
• Cynthia showed Lorelei the Lakeview Hotel, and Lorelei chose a third-floor suite with a view of the lake.

Lorelei watched the Swanna flock perform a graceful dawn dance on Swan Lake at Jubilife Pokémon Park. Impressed by their beauty and condition, she considered raising Swanna in the Sevii Islands but concluded that the lake’s special water made it nearly impossible to recreate their environment.

• Lorelei woke early at the Lakeview Hotel and watched Swan Lake from her room with two meditating Lucario nearby.
• The Swanna leader called the flock of twelve into the lake and arranged them in formation as other Pokémon gathered to watch.
• Lapras, Milotic, and Dewgong began crooning and beating time as the first sunlight reached the water.
• The Swanna performed a synchronized dance, shifting through formations while their wings scattered rainbow-colored droplets.
• Lorelei admired the performance and considered keeping Swanna in the Sevii Islands, but recognized that the park’s special water was essential to their condition.

After watching the Swanna flock dance at dawn, Lorelei decided to board Lapras and her other Pokémon at Swan Lake. She asked Li Wei about buying a home and boarding fees, then asked whether she could book her hotel room for a year.

• The Swanna performed a synchronized dance over Swan Lake as Lorelei and the Pokémon watched and applauded.
• Inspired by the flock's graceful movements, Lorelei imitated their wing stretches and decided to board Lapras and the others at the Breeding Center.
• Lorelei met Li Wei by the lake and asked about home prices in Jubilife City and Pokémon boarding.
• Li Wei said buying a home was not worthwhile at current prices and agreed they could discuss boarding fees.
• Lorelei produced her Pokémon League gold card and asked how much her hotel room cost per day and whether she could book it for a year.

Lorelei decided to book a hotel suite and board her Pokémon at Jubilife Pokémon Theme Park for a year, while Cynthia offered to help her arrange it. Professor Rowan arrived with the final batch of gray-green tuff from Mt. Coronet, allowing them to have Regigigas make figurines.

• After watching Swanna perform, Lorelei decided to stay near the park and agreed with Li Wei on discounted annual boarding fees for Lapras and the others.
• Li Wei took Arcanine for a walk and played with children at the Little Ranch alongside several Pokémon.
• Cynthia found Lorelei and offered to show her around, but Lorelei chose to save the park's attractions for its opening tomorrow.
• Cynthia agreed to take Lorelei to the hotel to ask about booking a suite for a year.
• Professor Rowan arrived with the last batch of gray-green tuff from Mt. Coronet, making it possible for Regigigas to make figurines.

Lorelei agreed to become the Lakeview Hotel’s first annual guest after Anna negotiated a discounted five-year stay. The park grew lively as Professor Oak arrived with Red, Blue, and other Pokémon trainers.

• Lorelei chose to stay at the Pokémon Theme Park rather than buy an expensive home in downtown Jubilife City.
• Li Wei and his family recruited Anna as the Lakeview Hotel’s general manager after Jessica warmed to the Pokémon at the park.
• Anna explained the hotel’s facilities and negotiated Lorelei an annual rate of 13.8 million Pokédollars, with permission to use her name in promotion.
• Lorelei booked five years at the hotel and arranged Pokémon boarding, pleased with the deal.
• Professor Oak arrived with Red, Blue, and other trainers, while Ash, Dawn, and Brock arrived and Dawn called out to Li Wei.

Li Wei welcomed Professor Oak, Professor Rowan, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Akin, Silver, and Crystal to Jubilife Pokémon Park before its opening. He arranged for the visitors to tour the park after lunch and planned to have Regigigas mold a Regirock that night, while Ash and Dawn arrived to join the group.

• Li Wei explained to Professor Rowan that the park was ready for the Pokémon Summer Camp and that its low admission prices helped make Pokémon education accessible.
• Professor Oak arrived with Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Akin, Silver, and Crystal, while Rowan’s assistants carried in the camp supplies.
• Li Wei told Green that Regigigas would mold a Regirock that night, and promised Red and the others a park tour after lunch.
• Akin asked to join Li Wei’s business, and Blue checked that her stall was ready.
• Visitors recognized Red as Ash and Dawn arrived; Akin greeted Ash, who immediately challenged him to a battle.