"What do you mean, you set this up?" Cheng Tian's eyes reddened. "Are you saying you deliberately let that beast loose to wreak havoc on the world?!"
[Watch it, or I'll sue you for slander!] Arceus composed itself. [It seems I need to tell you the real truth about this world.]
The next moment, a massive screen of light unfolded behind Arceus.
[I was the first Pokémon to be born. I was born even before the world itself.]
[You should already know a great deal about my creation legend. What I'm going to tell you next is where it differs from what you know.]
The screen changed, and a blue planet appeared. It was Earth, where Cheng Tian was now.
The view pulled back, revealing the vast universe across the screen of light. It looked breathtakingly beautiful.
[This world is very complicated. This world is very simple.]
Irregular lines spread out, first resembling a tangled mess of hemp. Finally, the excess lines were erased, and three rectangular Plates appeared before Cheng Tian.
Cheng Tian's mouth fell open in shock.
[My power is beyond your imagination. Did you think this was the only world I created?] Arceus asked him, wearing an almost-smile.
[I created six worlds in total. Each world is composed of three Plates of different types, each representing a portion of my origin power.]
[The world you originally lived in is one of them. There simply aren't any Pokémon there. In that world, Pokémon appear before humans in another form.]
[Each world seems parallel to the others, without interfering with them, but they actually have many connections. Do you think the world in the anime is real?]
Cheng Tian's eyes widened with excitement. The next moment, a familiar figure appeared before him.
It was a bright, cheerful boy wearing