Perhaps the ten-hour livestream the night before had simply been too mentally exhausting.
Xia Chi slept until eleven in the morning before waking naturally.
He lifted the covers, and, as usual, a Floragato had spawned beneath them, an inexplicable blush still lingering on its cheeks.
Xia Chi carefully moved aside the furry paw it had draped over him, then got up to wash and get ready.
Naturally, his time on the toilet was spent getting up close and personal with his phone.
But the moment Xia Chi unlocked it, he found the center of the screen packed with notifications.
Whether it was Piplup News, P Station, or TikKricketune, all the major apps had pushed the same news at once.
What happened?
Had Groudon's whole image fallen apart? Could it fly now?
This was the first time Xia Chi had encountered anything like this since arriving in this world, so his guesses could only veer toward the ridiculous.
But when he read carefully, he discovered, to his astonishment...
This news really did seem even more explosive than Groudon taking flight-
[Miracle of creation discovered! Sinnoh Champion Cynthia finds enormous divine ruins atop Mt. Coronet!]
[Cynthia confirms the existence of the creator deity! Statues of Giratina and other Legendary Pokémon revealed on Mt. Coronet!]
[Ruins of Arceus's creation revealed! Numerous priceless murals and artifacts unearthed within Mt. Coronet!]
[...]
Regardless of the headline, the key information boiled down to the same few things.
The creator deity, Cynthia, Mt. Coronet.
The situation was clear: thanks to Cynthia's tireless search...
The [Spear Pillar] ruins, buried within Mt. Coronet for some unknown reason, had finally seen daylight again!
Cynthia had started paying attention on December 1, when Xia Chi released the first half of "Arceus: Genesis."
By January 1, when Xia Chi released the second