Recaps

Cheng Tian and Su Han discovered that a level 50 Solrock had trapped them in a vast illusion and fought it. Solrock detonated itself before they could finish the battle, leaving Greninja gravely wounded.

• Cheng Tian and Su Han rested with their Pokémon in a cavern, then continued through the tunnels when the cold drove them onward.
• Cheng Tian realized they were walking in circles, and Su Han used her Aura to locate a Solrock creating the illusion.
• Su Han distracted Cheng Tian and the Pokémon, then struck behind them with an Aura Sphere, revealing the level 50 Solrock and the enormous cavern around them.
• Solrock blinded the group and attacked; Greninja fought back with Swords Dance and Night Slash, slamming Solrock into a wall.
• Solrock unleashed Explosion, and Gengar shielded Cheng Tian and Su Han with Protect, but Greninja was blasted into a wall and left gravely wounded.

After Greninja was badly injured by Solrock’s Self-Destruct, Cheng Tian and Su Han began retreating through Meteor Falls, but a powerful Hydreigon emerged from a hidden cavern and attacked them. Cheng Tian recognized the level 64 Hydreigon as an Elite Four-level threat and prepared to fight for their lives.

• Cheng Tian and Su Han treated Greninja’s severe injuries, and Cheng Tian shared half of its pain through their Bond form.
• After Greninja was recalled to recover, Cheng Tian agreed with Su Han that they should leave Meteor Falls and return later.
• A roar led Cheng Tian and Su Han to discover a vast underground canyon behind an opening blasted into the rock wall.
• Cheng Tian tackled Su Han out of the way as a Hyper Beam shot from the canyon and struck the cavern wall.
• A level 64 female Hydreigon flew out of the canyon, and Cheng Tian and Su Han prepared to face her.

Cheng Tian and Su Han struggled to survive Hydreigon’s attack while their Pokémon tried to restrain Noibat’s instinctive blood feud with it. The trainers coordinated four layers of Misty Terrain to suppress Hydreigon, leaving the battle poised to continue in the Fairy-filled cavern.

• Cheng Tian grabbed Su Han and fled Hydreigon’s charge as their Pokémon moved to shield them.
• Noibat attacked Hydreigon, which fixated on her and ignored Gengar’s Sludge Bomb; Hydreigon knocked Noibat from the air.
• Cheng Tian and the others restrained Noibat with Florges’s Vine Whip after she tried to charge back into the fight.
• Cheng Tian and Su Han recognized that they had to coordinate to weaken Hydreigon, whose level was far above theirs.
• Cheng Tian and Su Han ordered their Pokémon to establish Misty Terrain, and four layers of Fairy energy left Hydreigon feeling suppressed and panicked.

Cheng Tian and Su Han’s team fought Hydreigon, with Mega Aggron taking the front line while the others attacked and supported it. Tinkaton was knocked out, and Hydreigon’s Tri Attack then targeted Sylveon.

• Gengar changed its typing to Fairy and Ice and took Hydreigon’s Levitate to better withstand Dragon-type attacks.
• Cheng Tian Mega Evolved Aggron to strengthen the team’s front line against Hydreigon.
• Mega Aggron and Tinkaton attacked Hydreigon while the rest of the team struck from range and Milotic disrupted its attacks.
• Hydreigon used Body Slam and Flamethrower to knock Tinkaton out, increasing the pressure on Mega Aggron.
• Hydreigon launched Tri Attack at Togekiss, which dodged with Extreme Speed, then targeted Sylveon with another Tri Attack.

Cheng Tian and the others struggled against the berserk Hydreigon until he ordered everyone through a breach to escape its Draco Meteor. He rescued Rotom but was badly injured in the collapsing cavern, and the group emerged with Hydreigon trapped behind the rubble.

• Sylveon was knocked out after Hydreigon’s Tri Attack inflicted a burn, leaving Cheng Tian’s side increasingly overwhelmed.
• Mega Aggron, Gengar, and Noibat wounded Hydreigon, but the dragon grew more violent as its injuries worsened.
• Cheng Tian ordered everyone through the breach when Hydreigon unleashed Draco Meteor, then turned back to carry Rotom to safety.
• Cheng Tian and Rotom dodged the falling meteors as the cavern collapsed, and Togekiss helped push them through the breach before rubble sealed it.
• Cheng Tian emerged with stones embedded in his back, while Togekiss’s wing was injured; Su Han prepared to treat them as Cheng Tian’s Mega Evolution ended.

Cheng Tian and Su Han escaped Hydreigon by jumping into the canyon and survived the perilous descent with help from their Pokémon. At the bottom, Cheng Tian fell asleep, and Su Han began arranging for the group to rest and treat his wounds.

• Cheng Tian and Su Han realized their injured Pokémon could not stop Hydreigon and chose the canyon as their last chance to survive.
• Gengar distracted Hydreigon with Pokéblocks while Cheng Tian and Su Han jumped into the abyss, followed by Gengar and Noibat.
• Su Han used her Aura to guide Togekiss as it carried them down, with Gengar and Noibat helping support it.
• Togekiss crashed to the canyon floor, and Su Han shielded Cheng Tian from the impact.
• Cheng Tian fell asleep after confirming they were safe, and Su Han released the Pokémon and asked Gengar to light a fire so she could treat his wounds.

Su Han treated Cheng Tian and the injured Pokémon after they became trapped underground, then rested with them as they waited for a way out. When she woke, her Aura had grown stronger, and she discovered a strange black rock that absorbed her Aura.

• Su Han used Gengar, Greninja, and Milotic to treat Cheng Tian's wounds and help him recover.
• Su Han and the Pokémon tended to the injured team, but dwindling Pokéblocks and Hydreigon blocking the way left them with no clear escape route.
• Su Han and the Pokémon huddled together for warmth and fell asleep underground.
• Su Han woke, found that her Aura's range and power had increased, and used it to explore the darkness.
• Su Han touched a black, metal-like rock, which began absorbing her Aura until she pulled away.

Su Han awakened Jirachi by channeling her Aura into a strange stone, and learned that the Pokémon had come from outer space to keep a promise to a mysterious little kitty. Jirachi believed Su Han might be the person it had been waiting for because she possessed the same power as the kitty, leaving Su Han unsure of their connection.

• Su Han poured her Aura into the black stone until it turned golden and shattered, revealing a small Pokémon.
• Gengar, Gardevoir, Noibat, Aggron, and the other Pokémon rushed toward the newcomer, but Su Han stopped them and approached it peacefully.
• The Pokémon introduced himself as Jirachi and said he had come to Earth to keep a promise to a little kitty.
• Jirachi explained that the kitty had told him to wait for someone with the same power, and he recognized that power in Su Han.
• Su Han told Jirachi about her travels and Legendary Pokémon, and Jirachi proudly revealed that he could grant wishes.

Su Han met Jirachi, which offered to grant her wishes but could not change the past or future. Jirachi sent Su Han, Cheng Tian, and their Pokémon back aboveground, and Su Han urged Jirachi to make its own wish come true.

• Su Han asked Jirachi to bring her mother back, but Jirachi explained that it could not affect the past or future.
• Jirachi gave Su Han a Key Stone and explained that it had awakened because Su Han's power felt familiar to it.
• Jirachi said it had come to Earth with another space-born being and was growing sleepy because it could not draw energy from space.
• Su Han chose to wish for herself, Cheng Tian, and their Pokémon to return aboveground, saying that what she wanted most was already by her side.
• Jirachi granted Su Han's wish, and Su Han asked Jirachi to fulfill a wish of its own before they disappeared.

Su Han and Cheng Tian escaped Meteor Falls with Jirachi’s help, recovered at a Pokémon Center, and learned that their Pokémon were stable. After deciding to rest, they saw photos of Bai Yun and Lin Lin on an outing and called Bai Yun.

• As Jirachi fell asleep and began to petrify, it made its first wish: to see Su Han again when it next woke.
• Su Han brought the injured Cheng Tian and their Pokémon to a Pokémon Center, where the nurse and Chansey began treating them.
• After waking, Cheng Tian learned that Su Han had met Jirachi and wished for them both to escape the canyon; she showed him the matching Wristband and Key Stone Jirachi had given her.
• Cheng Tian learned that Greninja and Aggron were out of danger and that Noibat had gained another level, then suggested they rest for a few days.
• Su Han showed Cheng Tian photos of Bai Yun and Lin Lin on an outing, and Rotom called Bai Yun.

Bai Yun and Lin Lin climbed Mount Wudang to begin Bai Yun’s training under Shi Shen’s old friend. They reached Tianyuan Taoist Temple, where Wuyou and Shen Gun welcomed them, and learned that Shen Gun was its chief disciple.

• Half a month earlier, Shi Shen told Bai Yun that an old friend at North Lake, Wudang, would teach him what he needed to become a Fighting-type Elite Four member.
• Bai Yun and Lin Lin climbed toward a remote building on Mount Wudang while Bai Yun’s Pokémon raced ahead.
• Wuyou and his Hariyama met Bai Yun and Lin Lin on the mountainside and guided them uphill.
• Bai Yun and Lin Lin recognized Shen Gun, who introduced himself as Changshan, chief disciple of Tianyuan Taoist Temple.
• Shen Gun and Wuyou brought Bai Yun and Lin Lin through the temple gates to meet Shen Gun’s master.

Bai Yun and Lin Lin met the old Celestial Master, who arranged for Lin Lin to leave and assigned Bai Yun to chop bamboo for firewood as training. Bai Yun began the task the next morning under the watch of the Mienshao practicing Tai Chi.

• Shen Gun led Bai Yun and Lin Lin through the monastery and introduced them to the old Celestial Master.
• The old Celestial Master recognized Lin Lin, then sent her to the guest room so he could speak with Bai Yun alone.
• The old Celestial Master told Bai Yun to chop bamboo for firewood each day, explaining that he needed to strengthen his heart first.
• Shen Gun prepared Bai Yun and Lin Lin's room and explained that the firewood task was meant to still Bai Yun's heart.
• The next morning, Bai Yun entered the bamboo grove and saw the Mienshao practicing Tai Chi nearby.

Long Lan and the leader discussed the weakening seal on Giratina and the nation’s slim chances of surviving the Great Calamity. As Giratina attacked the chains holding it back and vowed to destroy humanity, the crisis drew closer, leaving Cheng Tian’s readiness uncertain.

• Long Lan reported that signs of the weakening seal were appearing worldwide, while Nalu continued her inheritance and Cheng Tian had befriended Manaphy.
• The leader and Long Lan assessed the nation’s forces and concluded that its chances against Giratina were negligible.
• The leader ordered the Chinese Academy of Sciences to investigate how Huo Qian had sealed Giratina and directed the nation to search for Legendary Pokémon.
• On a polar ice sheet, Giratina attacked its chains, but the chains repelled it before the black hole began to close.
• Giratina vowed to overthrow Arceus and wipe out humanity, while its crimson eye appeared through the shrinking opening.

Three months into their search for Keldeo, Cheng Tian and Su Han reached the last island in Virizion’s marked area. Keldeo eagerly challenged Su Han to a battle after mistaking her for a powerful Aura Guardian.

• Noibat continued battling wild Pokémon and reached level 46, while Cheng Tian and Su Han searched the islands for Keldeo.
• Cheng Tian sent Greninja ahead to scout the last island, where Greninja encountered and fought Keldeo on the beach.
• Cheng Tian and Su Han arrived and recognized the small, horned Pokémon as Keldeo, Virizion’s apprentice.
• Su Han used her aura to learn that Keldeo wanted a strong battle before seeking recognition from its masters.
• Su Han told Keldeo that its master had sent them, but Keldeo mistook her for an Aura Guardian and challenged her to fight.

Cheng Tian and Su Han found Keldeo, who challenged them to battle before learning they were friends of its master, Virizion. Keldeo knew nothing about the Great Calamity but recalled a powerful bird flying east or west toward the waters, which Su Han suspected was Zapdos.

• Keldeo attacked Su Han, and Cheng Tian sent Aggron and Greninja to stop it.
• Keldeo entered its Resolute Form and used Secret Sword to pierce Greninja's Protect barrier.
• Cheng Tian overwhelmed Keldeo with nine Pokémon, then explained that Virizion had sent them to find it.
• Keldeo apologized and told Cheng Tian and Su Han it knew nothing about the Great Calamity or other legends.
• Keldeo recalled challenging a powerful, arrogant bird that had flown toward the waters to the east or west, and Su Han suspected it was Zapdos.
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Cheng Tian and Su Han headed to Japan to investigate a powerful Darkrai rumored to live near the Kuril Islands. They boarded with plans to slip past the blockade, though they worried Darkrai would put them to sleep and send them away.

• A disguised thief tried to steal Cheng Tian's phone, but Su Han and Gengar frightened him off while Cheng Tian pretended to sleep.
• Su Han and Cheng Tian recalled that Keldeo had only given them the general direction Zapdos had gone, and they decided not to pursue the potentially dangerous Pokémon.
• Su Han read about a Darkrai discovered near the Kuril Islands, whose nightmares had incapacitated investigators and driven some survivors to despair.
• Su Han and Cheng Tian chose to visit Darkrai, reasoning that Milotic and Gengar could help them evade the Japanese blockade.
• Su Han woke Cheng Tian when their flight to Japan began boarding.

Cheng Tian and Su Han encountered a furious Zapdos attacking their passenger plane, forcing the passengers to abandon the aircraft. The two held hands and jumped into the sky as the plane descended into chaos.

• Cheng Tian and Su Han discussed their Pokémon’s levels while traveling by plane.
• Cheng Tian and Su Han woke to find dark storm clouds and lightning surrounding the aircraft.
• Cheng Tian and Su Han spotted a level 61 Zapdos flying through the storm.
• Zapdos charged at the plane, and the passengers panicked and began jumping out to save themselves.
• Cheng Tian took Su Han’s hand, and they jumped from the plane together.

After Zapdos destroyed their plane, Cheng Tian and Su Han survived the fall with Milotic and changed course for the Kuril Islands. They reached an island where Darkrai had awakened, while a Japanese search team also headed there; Cheng Tian began organizing a search for it.

• Zapdos attacked and destroyed Cheng Tian and Su Han's plane, but Milotic caught them after they fell into the sea.
• Cheng Tian decided to travel to the Kuril Islands, and he and Su Han set off with Milotic and Togekiss taking turns carrying them.
• A Japanese government team searching for Darkrai learned of Zapdos's attack and continued toward its target.
• Darkrai woke in an underground mine and released energy that made every living creature on the island fall asleep.
• Cheng Tian and his Pokémon reached the island, and he warned Rotom not to wander before surveying the nearby hill.

Darkrai’s uncontrolled Bad Dreams knocked Cheng Tian and the island’s Pokémon unconscious, while Su Han resisted the effect and fought to protect him and Rotom. Darkrai explained its ability and why it had come to the island, then asked Su Han who she was and why she had come.

• Cheng Tian saw Darkrai sending people out to sea, and Darkrai’s expanding black ring knocked him and the Pokémon unconscious.
• Su Han stayed awake, caught Cheng Tian, and attacked Darkrai when it approached them.
• Darkrai dodged Su Han’s attacks and headed for Rotom, but Su Han struck it with an Aura Sphere and demanded it leave Rotom alone.
• Darkrai told Su Han that it had not intended to knock Cheng Tian out and could not control its Bad Dreams while asleep.
• Darkrai explained that Cheng Tian would wake only after defeating his nightmare, then asked Su Han who she was and why she had come.

Su Han pressed Darkrai for information about the coming Great Calamity, revealing her vow to avenge her family. Darkrai described surviving three calamities, then watched Su Han’s Pokémon awaken while Cheng Tian and two others remained trapped in nightmares.

• Su Han asked Darkrai about the Great Calamity and explained that she sought knowledge to confront the ruler who destroyed her home and killed her family.
• Darkrai warned Su Han not to provoke the powerful ruler, then revealed that it had experienced three Great Calamities and demonstrated its strength with a Shadow Ball that destroyed part of an island.
• Milotic awakened and struck Darkrai with Origin Pulse, while Su Han stopped it from continuing the attack.
• Aggron and Noibat awakened and attacked Darkrai, and Florges woke afterward as Darkrai realized they had overcome their deepest fears.
• Su Han soothed her awakened Pokémon while Darkrai observed that Gengar, Greninja, and Cheng Tian remained trapped in nightmares, with Cheng Tian’s dream seeming especially strange.

Cheng Tian, Haunter, and Greninja were trapped in separate dreamlike lives, each sensing that something important was missing. The chapter ended with all three exhausted and isolated as the nightmare continued.

• Cheng Tian woke at his old office, where his supervisor berated him, and gradually accepted that he had always worked there.
• Haunter woke as Haunter under the control of its former Trainer and resumed harsh training, though it felt it had forgotten something important.
• Greninja wandered through a blizzard, saw Articuno, and hid in a hole after Articuno attacked the tree where it had been concealed.
• Cheng Tian worked late, spoke with his senior colleague and mother, and briefly remembered someone asking him to come back early.
• Haunter endured more demanding training while Cheng Tian lay awake and Greninja huddled in its snow-covered hiding place.

Cheng Tian endured a humiliating work dinner and was cared for by his senior colleague after passing out, while Greninja discovered a dead Pokémon resembling itself and an egg that seemed connected to its origins. The chapter ended with Cheng Tian crying as he admitted he felt something important was missing.

• Cheng Tian vomited after being pressured to drink at a business dinner, and his senior colleague encouraged him to keep going.
• Haunter was reprimanded after missing a finishing attack during a fight with Ursaring.
• Greninja escaped the wreckage left by Articuno and found a dead Pokémon that looked identical to itself.
• Greninja buried the dead Pokémon, then found a blue-marked egg beneath blood in the snow and wondered if the corpse had been its mother.
• Cheng Tian's senior colleague took him home and made him porridge, and Cheng Tian began crying despite saying he was fine.
• Cheng Tian told his senior colleague that he felt he had lost something important.

Cheng Tian, Gengar, and Greninja confronted nightmares that trapped them in repeating cycles, and each remembered the bonds that gave them a reason to keep going. Cheng Tian fought to return to Xiaohan, Gengar broke through its Poké Ball, and Greninja shattered the frozen world around it.

• Cheng Tian met his senior at a Pokémon movie, turned down her confession, and was struck by a car while saving her.
• As Cheng Tian lay dying, memories of Xiaohan returned, and he used his black cross necklace to summon the strength to fight back.
• Gengar remembered its new friends and Trainer, then battered its way out of the darkness inside the Poké Ball with Shadow Balls.
• Greninja remembered that its Master and companions were waiting, regained its resolve, and punched cracks into the frozen world while Barbaracle watched over the egg.
• Cheng Tian declared that he was coming back to Xiaohan and struck his chest as Gengar and Greninja broke through their nightmares.

Cheng Tian and Su Han confronted Darkrai, who revealed that Giratina would unleash an unavoidable Great Calamity and that even Darkrai could not survive fighting it. After warning them and discussing how civilizations had been preserved through past calamities, Darkrai suffered a sudden spell of sleepiness as another ring of black ripples spread across the island.

• Cheng Tian woke from Darkrai's Nightmare, embraced Su Han, and confirmed he had broken free through his conviction.
• Cheng Tian assessed Darkrai's level and power before Darkrai refused to help prevent the Great Calamity and told them to leave.
• Darkrai confirmed that Giratina would cause the Great Calamity and said it had no chance of winning a fight against it.
• Darkrai explained that Legendary Pokémon and a few powerful Pokémon preserved civilization's remnants, and said China's Legendary Pokémon might have just over a thirty percent chance against Giratina.
• Darkrai warned that the calamity could rival the first Great Calamity, then began swaying as black ripples spread across the island and admitted it felt sleepy.

Cheng Tian offered to help Darkrai sleep safely in exchange for becoming his partner, but Darkrai instead promised to fight alongside him if he could avoid dying. After Cheng Tian and Su Han left the island, they called their families from a Pokémon Center in Japan.

• Cheng Tian asked Darkrai to become his partner if he could someday solve its sleep problem, and Darkrai promised to help him survive the Great Calamity instead.
• Darkrai explained that it could control its nightmares by obtaining a Divine Office, but its teacher currently held that power and Darkrai could not kill its teacher.
• Cheng Tian and Su Han left the island on Milotic, and Cheng Tian promised to keep looking for a treatment for Darkrai.
• At a Pokémon Center in Japan, Su Han called Su Mulin, who warmly greeted her and Cheng Tian.
• Cheng Tian called home, reunited with Ditto on the screen, and told his father that he had seen Zapdos up close near Japan.