Chapter Summaries

Cheng Tian met Manaphy while searching for Nalu, only to learn that she was the Prince of the Sea’s chosen emissary and could not leave the Temple of the Sea during an approaching calamity. Manaphy sensed the spatial power around Cheng Tian and questioned whether he belonged in this world, leaving Cheng Tian’s secret exposed.

• Manaphy confronted Cheng Tian, whose Info Panel revealed that the Seventh Generation Prince of the Sea was level 74 but had few developed skills and little combat experience.
• Cheng Tian introduced himself and explained that he had come to find his missing master, Nalu.
• Manaphy said Nalu was his chosen emissary, who had to stay at the Temple of the Sea until a great calamity passed, and described a prophecy involving the Creator God and the Demon Dragon.
• Manaphy noticed Kyogre’s power in Milotic and learned from Cheng Tian that Greninja could take another form under certain conditions.
• Manaphy sensed strong Spatial Power around Cheng Tian, said his aura did not belong to this world, and asked what had happened to him.

Cheng Tian met Manaphy, who revealed that Big Red had brought him to the Temple of the Sea and that his companions were inside the Waterspout. Manaphy offered to replenish Cheng Tian’s energy with concentrated Water-type energy, but when Cheng Tian said humans could not absorb it, he convinced Manaphy to give it to Greninja instead.

• Cheng Tian stopped the system’s scanning function after Manaphy sensed something unusual about him.
• Manaphy told Cheng Tian that Big Red had brought him there and that his companions were inside the Waterspout.
• Manaphy led Cheng Tian, Greninja, and Milotic into the inner hall and gathered pure Water-type energy for him.
• Cheng Tian told Manaphy that humans could not absorb the energy, then claimed Greninja was hungry so Manaphy would give it the water-energy ball.
• Manaphy sent the energy to Greninja, and Cheng Tian urged Greninja to thank their host.

Cheng Tian and Manaphy shared grilled fish and stories in the Temple of the Sea, and Manaphy decided they were friends. Manaphy then led Cheng Tian to see evidence that Kyogre once lived with his ancestors.

• Greninja absorbed the Water-type essence, gained two levels, and reached level 45 before needing time to digest the energy.
• Cheng Tian explained that humans replenished their energy by eating, so Manaphy brought him two sea fish and Gengar grilled them.
• Cheng Tian and Manaphy exchanged stories, and Manaphy told him about Legendary Pokémon, including Kyogre's past life in the Temple of the Sea.
• Manaphy tasted the grilled fish, loved it, and ate nearly all the fish Gengar prepared.
• After Cheng Tian explained what a friend was, Manaphy declared that they were friends, and Cheng Tian agreed.
• Manaphy took Cheng Tian by the hand to show him proof that Kyogre had once lived with his ancestors.

Cheng Tian discovered Primordial Water left behind by Kyogre’s Primal Reversion in the Temple of the Sea and considered letting Milotic absorb it. Manaphy revealed that it used the water for bathing, but Cheng Tian found another possible way to persuade it: Manaphy dreamed of hearing Meloetta sing, and Cheng Tian claimed he could help.

• Manaphy led Cheng Tian, Greninja, and Milotic through a wall into a hidden chamber containing dense Water-type energy marked with a symbol linked to Kyogre’s Primal Reversion.
• Manaphy explained that Kyogre had once slept in the Temple of the Sea, but the temple had lost contact with it; Manaphy could still contact Lugia, though Cheng Tian declined to summon it.
• Cheng Tian asked the system about Milotic absorbing the energy, and learned that taking it in gradually would be safer than absorbing it all at once.
• Manaphy refused to give up the Primordial Water because it used the water to bathe and wash away impurities.
• Manaphy said its greatest wish was to hear Meloetta sing, and Cheng Tian claimed he could make that happen.

Cheng Tian played Meloetta’s song for Manaphy, who gave him Primordial Water and helped train his team at the Temple of the Sea. Meanwhile, Su Han visited her grandmother in Bingzhou and tested her growing Aura abilities on White Horse Mountain.

• Cheng Tian showed Manaphy a video of Meloetta singing, and Manaphy asked him to help arrange a marriage with her.
• Cheng Tian explained that he had not met Meloetta and hoped to meet her by winning the world championship, so Manaphy vowed to help him grow stronger.
• Manaphy gave Cheng Tian its Primordial Water, which Milotic began absorbing in batches, while Greninja trained against the overlord Gyarados.
• Su Han finished teaching in Bingzhou, visited Granny Zhang, and said she and Cheng Tian might spend the New Year with her.
• Su Han trained her Aura on White Horse Mountain, formed a vortex that blasted a crater into a tree, and sensed objects within twenty square meters.

Su Han trained her Aura while A-Tian was away, then discovered a tin box of keepsakes that belonged to her mother, Huo Qian. She began reading her mother's old diary, opening a new connection to her past.

• Su Han set a goal of expanding her Aura's detection range to 50 square meters and trained by repeatedly exhausting and recovering her Aura.
• After training, Su Han ate lunch at Granny Zhang's house and went to nap in her mother's room.
• Kirlia found a rusted tin box under the bed, and Su Han opened it with lubricating oil.
• Su Han found old keepsakes in the box, including a photograph signed by Huo Qian, and realized the box had belonged to her mother.
• Su Han discovered two notebooks and began reading the first, titled Diary: 36.

Su Han read her mother's diaries and learned about her research on Giratina, her pregnancy, and her dangerous premature delivery. The latest entries described a Giratina temple discovered in Bingzhou, leaving Su Han curious and planning to ask her father about it.

• Su Han read diary entries revealing that her mother had researched Giratina and discovered it had a second form.
• Su Han learned that her mother became pregnant with her and chose the name Su Han for a daughter.
• Su Han read that her mother nearly died during a premature delivery but survived after Mulin donated blood to her.
• Su Han discovered that researchers had found a temple used to worship Giratina in Bingzhou and detected a strong magnetic field nearby.
• Su Han searched for information about the temple, found nothing, and decided to ask her father about it.

After finding her mother’s diaries, Su Han confronted Su Mulin about the truth of her death. He admitted that Giratina killed her and blamed himself for failing to protect her.

• Su Han left Granny Zhang’s home and hurried to the city after reading her mother’s diaries.
• Su Han confronted Su Mulin at the mayor’s office and accused him of lying about her mother’s death.
• Su Han showed Su Mulin the diaries and asked him to explain what happened after her mother explored Giratina’s temple.
• Su Mulin recalled his wife’s final words and admitted that Giratina had killed her.
• Su Mulin confessed that he had failed to protect Su Han’s mother.

Su Mulin told Su Han how his mother, Huo Qian, vanished during an expedition into ruins and returned months later with news about Giratina. In her account, the expedition encountered Giratina in a sealed deathly realm, and she later warned that it intended to destroy the world.

• Su Mulin explained that an earthquake uncovered ruins in Bingzhou and Huo Qian joined an expedition to investigate them.
• The ruins collapsed, and Huo Qian and the other expedition members disappeared for months before reappearing after another earthquake.
• Huo Qian recounted waking in a strange realm where Ghost-type Pokémon hunted the expedition.
• A powerful Palossand attacked the group, but Giratina appeared and destroyed it before turning its attention to Huo Qian.
• Su Mulin said the expedition suffered heavy casualties and Huo Qian returned with evidence that Giratina's weakening seal was close to breaking.
• Su Mulin revealed that Giratina was no guardian deity and wanted to destroy the world.

Su Mulin told Su Han how Huo Qian sacrificed herself to reseal Giratina during the catastrophe in Bingzhou. After grieving with her father, Su Han decided to uncover what happened to her mother and seek answers from Giratina.

• Su Mulin recounted how Ghost-type Pokémon poured through dark holes across China as Giratina began breaking through its weakened seal.
• Huo Qian drugged Su Mulin, went alone to confront Giratina with a glowing orb, and told him to care for himself and Su Han before resealing it.
• Su Han embraced her sobbing father and promised not to resent her mother.
• Later, Su Han stood on a midnight overpass with Sylveon and resolved to discover what happened to Huo Qian and make Giratina pay.

Cheng Tian and Greninja continued their month-long training against Apex Gyarados in the Temple of the Sea, mastering the Bond Phenomenon and revealing a new weapon formed from Greninja’s waist bead. The battle ended with Greninja cutting a bloody gash through Gyarados’s scales.

• Cheng Tian directed Greninja through a fierce sparring match against Gyarados while Manaphy protected him and cheered Greninja on.
• As Greninja began to tire, Cheng Tian and Greninja deliberately triggered the Bond Phenomenon, revealing Greninja’s strengthened form and two sapphire-blue beads.
• Greninja used Water Shuriken, Dig, and Night Slash against Gyarados, while Manaphy shielded the Temple of the Sea from Gyarados’s Earthquake.
• Cheng Tian sensed a response through their bond and drew at his waist as Greninja transformed its waist bead into a Water Taidō.
• Greninja drew the Water Taidō and used Liquidation to slash a bloody gash through Gyarados’s scales.

Cheng Tian and Greninja tested Greninja’s newly revealed katana in a fierce spar against Gyarados, while Manaphy watched over the fight. Greninja and Cheng Tian achieved the Bond Phenomenon on their own, but the effort left them exhausted, so they returned to the Temple of the Sea for food.

• Greninja drew its katana and slashed Gyarados, prompting Manaphy to let Gyarados use more of its strength in the spar.
• Cheng Tian and Greninja fought in close rapport, using boosted attacks as Gyarados struck back with its own powerful moves.
• Gyarados nearly bit Greninja after breaking its Protect barrier, but Manaphy stopped it and gave it a ball of water before it left.
• Cheng Tian celebrated with Greninja after they triggered the Bond Phenomenon on their own, then collapsed from exhaustion as Greninja left its Bond State.
• Cheng Tian and Manaphy returned to the flower-filled Temple of the Sea, where Florges, Noibat, and sleeping Aggron were in the hall and Gengar had prepared food.

Milotic completed its transformation after absorbing the last of the Primordial Water, and Cheng Tian discovered that its level had risen to 42 and it had learned a nerfed version of Origin Pulse. The chapter ended with Cheng Tian stunned by the move on Milotic’s Info Panel.

• Cheng Tian sent Greninja to distribute the grilled fish while Chef Gengar finished cooking and enjoyed a Pokéblock.
• Cheng Tian heard Milotic cry from the inner hall and hurried to check on it as it absorbed the last of the Primordial Water.
• A phantom of Kyogre appeared behind Milotic, then dissolved into black energy that surged into its body.
• Milotic completed its transformation, and Cheng Tian saw that its level had risen to 42.
• Cheng Tian checked Milotic’s moves and found Origin Pulse (nerfed version) at level 0.

Milotic learned a weakened version of Kyogre’s Origin Pulse after absorbing Primordial Water, and Cheng Tian discovered that its Kyogre-like aura made other Water-type Pokémon too intimidated to fight it. Meanwhile, Old Han and He Xisong decided to wait three more days before returning without Cheng Tian.

• The system explained that Milotic had learned a weakened Origin Pulse, whose power and elemental control fell short of Kyogre’s but could still counter many Fire-type moves.
• Cheng Tian learned that Milotic was starving and promised to have Gengar grill it some fish.
• Old Han and He Xisong agreed to wait three more days for Cheng Tian before beginning their return voyage.
• Cheng Tian had Greninja and Gengar train with Milotic after other powerful Water-type Pokémon refused to fight it because it carried Kyogre’s aura.

Cheng Tian had Greninja and Gengar spar with Milotic, whose clever tactics let it turn the fight into a painful prank on Cheng Tian. Milotic’s Origin Pulse then bypassed the Temple of the Sea’s barrier and destroyed a pillar, leaving Manaphy devastated.

• After Kingdra was expelled from the Temple of the Sea, Cheng Tian paired Greninja and Gengar against Milotic and linked himself to Greninja through the Bond Phenomenon.
• Milotic used its durability and recovery to withstand the pair while Gengar attacked and Greninja built up its Attack with Swords Dance.
• Milotic copied Greninja’s boosts with Psych Up, erased them with Haze, and struck Greninja with Iron Tail, making Cheng Tian feel half the pain.
• Milotic repeatedly targeted Cheng Tian with attacks, so he had Greninja bind it with Grass Knot, enraging Milotic.
• Milotic unleashed Origin Pulse, which bypassed the Temple of the Sea’s defensive barrier and blasted an outer pillar in two.
• Manaphy rushed to the damaged pillar in tears, upset that its home had been wrecked.

Cheng Tian discovered that Milotic’s Origin Pulse could bypass ordinary Water-type defenses and learned that Manaphy had seen Mega Stones in the Temple of the Sea. The group found a Slowbro Evolution Stone embedded in the dome, leaving Cheng Tian disappointed because he had no Slowbro.

• Milotic’s Origin Pulse damaged a pillar in the Temple of the Sea because its Primordial Water bypassed the temple’s protective barrier, and Cheng Tian tested its ability to pierce ordinary Water-type moves.
• Milotic fought Greninja and Aggron after Manaphy moved the battle away from the temple, but it eventually lost to the stronger pair.
• Gengar asked Cheng Tian for a power-up, so Cheng Tian asked Manaphy whether it knew where to find Mega Stones.
• Manaphy led Cheng Tian to a Mega Stone embedded in the temple dome, and Cheng Tian’s system identified it as a Slowbro Evolution Stone.
• Cheng Tian asked Manaphy whether it knew of any other Mega Stones.

Cheng Tian learned that Manaphy had encountered only a few Mega Stones and asked it to save him a purple-and-red one if it found one. When Manaphy told him his companions were leaving, Cheng Tian agreed to stay one more day so he could see his master, Nalu, and discovered she was receiving an inheritance in a coffin-like chamber.

• Manaphy recalled seeing a stone on a sunken ship and a black-and-purple stone near volcanic bones, but had lost the latter.
• Manaphy sensed Cheng Tian's companions trying to cross the Water Formation Wall and said it would not have Gyarados attack them.
• Cheng Tian realized his companions might have spent over a month searching for him and agreed to stay another day to see Nalu.
• Manaphy sang to open a passage beneath the inner hall and led Cheng Tian down to a dark room.
• Cheng Tian found Nalu asleep in a coffin-like box, and Manaphy explained that she was receiving the inheritance.

Manaphy explained the Sea Ancients’ legacy and revealed that six Great Calamities had devastated the world, with a seventh approaching and the ruler of the World of the Dead nearing a return. Cheng Tian learned that Nalu had been marked as the heir, while Manaphy warned him that trying to change fate could bring unbearable consequences.

• Manaphy showed Cheng Tian the teardrop mark on Nalu’s forehead and explained that the Temple of the Sea selected human heirs to carry the Sea Ancients’ will.
• Manaphy described the six past Great Calamities, which had brought chaos and destruction to the world, and warned that the seventh was about to arrive.
• Manaphy said the ruler of the World of the Dead was about to return and that the Sea Ancients’ legacy was needed to help the Temple weather the coming calamity.
• Cheng Tian asked how a person inherited the Sea Ancients’ will, and Manaphy explained that the Temple itself chose a suitable candidate.
• On their way back to the hall, Cheng Tian asked whether humans could survive a Great Calamity, and Manaphy said survivors would remain but warned him against taking the consequences of changing fate upon himself.

Manaphy explained that the seventh calamity had been delayed, and Cheng Tian left the Temple of the Sea with Big Red after saying goodbye to his new friend. As the submarine crew feared they had returned empty-handed, Cao Min spotted Cheng Tian riding toward them.

• Manaphy told Cheng Tian that the seventh calamity should have arrived twenty years earlier and might have been delayed by someone taking its cause and effect onto themselves.
• Cheng Tian asked Manaphy to help him keep parts of his experiences and Pokémon's abilities secret when he returned.
• Cheng Tian said goodbye to Manaphy and rode Big Red away from the Temple of the Sea, carrying a Mystic Water engraved with Manaphy's face.
• Old Han and He Xisong survived another Waterspout in the damaged submarine, while Old Han reflected on losing Little Lu and Xiao Tian.
• Cao Min saw Cheng Tian riding Big Red toward the submarine and recognized him.

Cheng Tian reunited with Cao Min, Rotom, He Xisong, and Old Han after spending a month at the Temple of the Sea, where he befriended Manaphy. Manaphy warned them that a worldwide calamity was approaching, while Nalu remained behind to inherit the will of the sea.

• Cao Min, Rotom, He Xisong, and Old Han rejoiced when Cheng Tian returned and asked what had happened during his month away.
• Cheng Tian explained that Manaphy had taken him to the Temple of the Sea, then showed them a projection recorded in a Water Stone.
• Manaphy's message confirmed its friendship with Cheng Tian, warned of a coming great calamity, and explained that Nalu needed to remain behind to inherit the will of the sea.
• He Xisong and Old Han celebrated Cheng Tian's achievement, while Cao Min asked what the great calamity was.
• He Xisong and Old Han described the calamity as a world-spanning catastrophe and explained that countries were seeking alliances with Legendary Pokémon to prepare for it.