Chapter Summaries

After being revived by the Pokémon Template Bestowal System, Chen Yu met Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei in Bluestone Town and persuaded them to leave with him. When Wang Wu and more than twenty thugs blocked their escape, Chen Yu bestowed the Xerneas, Rayquaza, and Groudon templates on the three companions.

• The system restored Chen Yu’s body and gave him three initial-level legendary Pokémon templates.
• Chen Yu met Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, who offered him food and agreed to follow him toward a safer place outside town.
• Wang Wu and his thugs confronted the four as they tried to leave Bluestone Town, demanding their valuables and Chen Yu.
• With the thugs closing in, Chen Yu bestowed the Xerneas template on Liu Bei, the Rayquaza template on Guan Yu, and the Groudon template on Zhang Fei.

Chen Yu awakened the powers of Xerneas, Rayquaza, and Groudon in Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, enabling them to defeat Wang Wu’s thugs. After explaining their powers as ancient bloodlines awakened by a Devil Fruit, Chen Yu won the three brothers’ allegiance and formed an alliance to change the world.

• Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei gained divine beast powers and used them to rout Wang Wu and his thugs, sparing Wang Wu after Guan Yu intervened.
• Chen Yu led the three men into the forest, where they made camp, caught fish, and shared a meal.
• Chen Yu claimed that a Devil Fruit had awakened Mythical Pokémon bloodlines within the three brothers, and their trust in him grew.
• Chen Yu declared his ambition to end injustice and build an ideal nation, prompting Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to pledge their support.
• Chen Yu and the three brothers clasped hands and swore to work together as brothers, bound in life and death.

Chen Yu and his companions found a secluded valley, named it Peach Blossom Spring, and established it as their home. After Chen Yu, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei swore brotherhood, Chen Yu awakened a faint portion of Arceus’s power and set his sights on Flower Country.

• Chen Yu and Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei explored southeast, using their new abilities to find safe routes, food, and water.
• The four discovered a secluded valley with a stream and peach grove, and Chen Yu named it Peach Blossom Spring.
• Chen Yu and his companions built defenses and wooden huts, then celebrated their new home around a campfire.
• Zhang Fei proposed that the four become sworn brothers, and Chen Yu, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei took an oath together.
• Chen Yu awakened a faint level of Arceus’s Life Creation authority after the brotherhood formed, then declared his ambition to reach Flower Country.

Chen Yu organized Peach Blossom Spring’s development, training, and recruitment while the four brothers strengthened their refuge and practiced their powers. He rescued Zhao Yun from gang pursuers and welcomed him to the valley, leaving the group poised to face retaliation from Bluestone Town’s gangs.

• Chen Yu assigned Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei tasks to improve shelter and food supplies, train their abilities, and seek trustworthy companions while keeping their powers secret.
• Chen Yu used his Life Creation ability to accelerate the growth of fruit seeds, and the brothers built facilities and trained to develop their abilities.
• Chen Yu investigated Bluestone Town and found that news of Wang Wu and his gang’s injuries had been suppressed, making him suspect a larger threat.
• Chen Yu rescued Zhao Yun, a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old from Shizhuang Town, from pursuing thugs after Zhao Yun refused to join their gang.
• Liu Bei welcomed Zhao Yun to Peach Blossom Spring, and Chen Yu learned that Zhao Yun had 98% compatibility with the Reshiram template as the gang threat loomed.

Zhao Yun joined Peach Blossom Spring, earned Chen Yu and his brothers’ trust, and received Reshiram’s template. As Guan Yu signaled that danger had arrived at the valley entrance, Chen Yu prepared the group to face the enemy.

• Zhao Yun told Chen Yu, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei how the Black Snake Gang destroyed his village and the Water Ghost Gang hunted him in Bluestone Town.
• Zhao Yun helped build Peach Blossom Spring and trained with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei while Liu Bei comforted him and Chen Yu developed his own powers.
• Chen Yu warned the group that the Water Ghost Gang was searching for someone and might suspect their hidden base, so he organized watches and battle preparations.
• Zhao Yun pledged himself to Chen Yu’s cause, and Chen Yu bestowed Reshiram’s template on him, awakening white flames and the Eye of Truth.
• Zhao Yun’s loyalty reached 100% and his Reshiram awakening began at 1% as Guan Yu signaled unusual activity near the valley entrance.
• Chen Yu told Zhao Yun to prepare to face the approaching enemy.

Chen Yu and his sworn brothers ambushed and defeated a Water Ghost Gang search party, capturing most of its members without suffering casualties. After learning that the gang was protected by corrupt officials, they decided to gather intelligence at its Abandoned Shipyard base and prepare to strike first.

• Guan Yu spotted dozens of Water Ghost Gang members led by Wang Wu approaching Peach Blossom Spring, and Chen Yu assigned his brothers defensive roles at the narrow entrance.
• Guan Yu ambushed the first intruders, Zhang Fei held the passage against the gang, and Zhao Yun helped him defeat Wang Wu.
• Chen Yu used Arceus’s power to animate vines and bind the fleeing gang members, while Liu Bei healed his brothers; the defenders captured the surviving attackers.
• Chen Yu interrogated a gang member and learned that leader Cui Gui wanted Zhao Yun, commanded two or three hundred men, and operated from an Abandoned Shipyard with support from corrupt town officials.
• Chen Yu chose to take the initiative against the gang, planning to scout its base with Zhao Yun while Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei remained in Peach Blossom Spring to train and strengthen its defenses.

Chen Yu and his four brothers raided the Water Ghost Gang’s shipyard, killed its leader Cui Gui, and escaped with money and evidence of his dealings with a town official. Back at Peach Blossom Spring, they used the spoils to expand their base and continued training together.

• Chen Yu planned an afternoon assault on the shipyard, assigning Zhang Fei to attack from the front, Guan Yu to flank, Zhao Yun to handle sentries, and Liu Bei to provide support.
• Zhang Fei stormed the shipyard while Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Liu Bei, and Chen Yu used their abilities to support the attack and control the battlefield.
• Cui Gui transformed into his eel form and fought Zhang Fei, but Chen Yu restrained him with plants, allowing Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, and Zhao Yun to kill him.
• The brothers drove off the remaining Water Ghost Gang members, searched the shipyard, and took Beli, valuables, a nautical chart, and letters linking Cui Gui to a tax official surnamed Zhou.
• The brothers returned to Peach Blossom Spring, where the spoils strengthened their base and their trust deepened; they then bought supplies and intensified their individual and teamwork training.

After destroying the Water Ghost Gang, Chen Yu strengthened Peach Blossom Spring and planned for retaliation from the officials who had protected Cui Gui. He sent Zhao Yun to infiltrate Bluestone Town and gather intelligence.

• Rumors about Peach Blossom Spring and the Water Ghost Gang’s destruction spread through Bluestone Town, alarming Lord Zhou and Captain Qian.
• Chen Yu’s growing power and leadership raised his standing among his followers as the group’s crops flourished and the brothers trained their abilities.
• Chen Yu warned Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun that Zhou Ming and Captain Qian might seek allies to retaliate.
• Chen Yu chose Zhao Yun to enter Bluestone Town, investigate the authorities and remaining gangs, and look for potential recruits.

Zhao Yun investigated Bluestone Town, discovered that officials planned to seek Happo Navy support against Peach Blossom Spring, and learned that Huang Zhong was struggling to care for his sick son. After Zhao Yun returned with the intelligence, Chen Yu prepared the group for a stronger assault and decided to recruit Huang Zhong, while a clever boy in town grew curious about Peach Blossom Spring.

• Zhao Yun disguised himself and entered Bluestone Town, where he heard that the Black Whale Gang had taken over the Water Ghost Gang's territory and spotted Huang Zhong with his sick son.
• Zhao Yun overheard Zhou Ming and a senior official discuss reporting Peach Blossom Spring to the prefect, raising a bandit suppression tax, and capturing its leaders for their fruit abilities.
• Zhao Yun stopped Black Whale Gang thugs from robbing an old woman and defeated them without killing them, while a boy watched from a nearby room.
• Zhao Yun returned to Peach Blossom Spring with his findings, and Chen Yu ordered Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, and Liu Bei to accelerate training and preparations.
• Chen Yu decided to go to Bluestone Town himself to approach Huang Zhong, while the boy who had witnessed Zhao Yun's fight became curious about Peach Blossom Spring.

After Peach Blossom Spring’s security was compromised, Chen Yu traveled to Bluestone Town in disguise to assess the danger and recruit Huang Zhong. He found Huang Zhong caring for his sick son and revealed his identity, leaving Huang Zhong demanding to know who he was.

• Chen Yu’s investigation confirmed that a new subordinate had sold information about Peach Blossom Spring, and Zhang Fei was forbidden to drink for a year after exposing details about Chen Yu.
• Chen Yu left Peach Blossom Spring alone in disguise, while Liu Bei oversaw the home, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei trained the recruits, and Zhao Yun patrolled the perimeter.
• Chen Yu entered Bluestone Town with a group of farmers and learned that the Black Whale Gang was expanding its influence while town officials and Garrison Captain Qian discussed Peach Blossom Spring.
• Chen Yu found Huang Zhong in the eastern marketplace tending to his sick son, Huang Xu, and the system identified Huang Zhong as highly compatible with the Dialga template.
• Chen Yu named Huang Zhong and his courtesy name, Hansheng, then introduced himself as Chen Yu, master of Peach Blossom Spring, prompting Huang Zhong to demand an explanation.

Chen Yu used Arceus’s power to earn Huang Zhong’s trust by offering to treat Huang Xu, then recruited the mysterious Guo Jia, who proposed a dangerous preemptive strike against the Happo Navy’s informants. Peach Blossom Spring prepared to risk a silent attack on the garrison’s key figures.

• Chen Yu empowered Huang Zhong’s medicine with Arceus’s life energy and offered to treat Huang Xu and bring the family to Peach Blossom Spring.
• Huang Zhong accepted Chen Yu’s offer and pledged his loyalty if Chen Yu could save his son.
• Guo Jia appeared unnoticed, warned Chen Yu that powerful people coveted his ability, and suggested silencing the Happo Navy’s informants first.
• Chen Yu invited Guo Jia to join the risky plan, and Guo Jia agreed to follow him.
• Chen Yu’s recruitment of Huang Zhong and Guo Jia brought Peach Blossom Spring to a critical crossroads as preparations began for a covert strike.

Chen Yu, Guo Jia, and Huang Zhong carried out a midnight plan to kill three officials and delay Bluestone Town’s report about Peach Blossom Spring. They returned safely with Huang Xu, while Chen Yu gained the loyalty of two powerful allies and a brief respite from the crisis.

• Chen Yu used Arceus’s power to ease Huang Xu’s illness, winning Huang Zhong’s trust as Guo Jia proposed killing Zhou Ming and Captain Qian and manipulating Wang Lang into suppressing the news.
• Chen Yu poisoned Zhou Ming’s wine at the Drunken Fragrance Tower and left a piece of cloth bearing the Black Snake Gang emblem as planted evidence.
• Huang Zhong shot Captain Qian through a barracks window and escaped without being seen.
• Guo Jia spread rumors blaming the Water Ghost Gang and Black Snake Gang, prompting Wang Lang to seal the town administration and forbid reports to the prefectural authorities.
• Chen Yu, Huang Zhong, and Guo Jia regrouped at the earth god temple, then returned to Peach Blossom Spring with Huang Xu and Zhao Yun; Chen Yu’s Arceus awakening and both allies’ loyalty increased.

Chen Yu brought Huang Zhong and Guo Jia to Peach Blossom Spring, where Guo Jia outlined plans to establish legitimacy and build stable foundations. Chen Yu awakened Huang Zhong’s Dialga abilities, making him a powerful archer and a loyal pillar of Peach Blossom Spring as the group prepared to carry out Guo Jia’s strategies.

• Zhao Yun escorted Chen Yu, Huang Zhong, and Guo Jia safely into Peach Blossom Spring, where Liu Bei and the others welcomed the newcomers.
• Guo Jia identified Peach Blossom Spring’s lack of legitimacy, shallow foundations, and powerful surrounding enemies, then proposed seeking influence, trade, and education.
• Chen Yu assigned Huang Zhong the Dialga template, awakening his spacetime powers and winning his unwavering loyalty.
• Huang Zhong tested his new abilities by predicting an arrow’s path and unleashing a time-disrupting shot at a target.
• Guo Jia, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong strengthened Peach Blossom Spring’s leadership and military prospects as they prepared to establish its legitimacy and deepen its roots.

Chen Yu and Peach Blossom Spring’s leaders planned to build public legitimacy and strengthen the valley’s foundations, then put their civil, military, and trading systems into action. As the group quietly gathered strength, Zhao Yun learned that Gan Ning would soon patrol their waters, giving Chen Yu and Guo Jia a possible opportunity to advance their plans.

• Chen Yu, Liu Bei, and Guo Jia planned to build Peach Blossom Spring’s reputation by exposing corrupt officials and spreading stories of its righteous deeds.
• Chen Yu assigned Liu Bei to oversee internal affairs, Guo Jia to handle intelligence and planning, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, and Zhao Yun to manage training, security, and field operations.
• Peach Blossom Spring expanded farming, construction, education, trade, and military training while beginning to spread its reputation and gather news from outside.
• Zhao Yun reported that the Happo Navy would soon patrol their waters under Gan Ning’s command.
• Chen Yu and Guo Jia decided to watch Gan Ning’s movements and consider him a possible opportunity to legitimize Peach Blossom Spring.

Peach Blossom Spring prepared for Gan Ning’s naval patrol, then Chen Yu and his officers defeated him in a series of martial contests and invited him to become their ally. Gan Ning agreed to withdraw and consider friendship over wine, leaving the immediate crisis resolved but his allegiance undecided.

• Zhao Yun reported that Gan Ning would arrive with five warships and five hundred sailors, and Guo Jia proposed deterring him while trying to win him over.
• Chen Yu ordered preparations for Gan Ning’s arrival, and Peach Blossom Spring’s forces trained, scouted the coast, and established concealed firing positions.
• Gan Ning landed with elite sailors and demanded that Peach Blossom Spring surrender, but Chen Yu challenged him to a series of contests instead.
• Zhang Fei defeated a naval captain, Guan Yu disarmed Gan Ning, and Chen Yu beat Gan Ning in their own match.
• Liu Bei and Guo Jia appealed to Gan Ning’s sense of honor and frustration with the navy, and Gan Ning agreed to withdraw and discuss friendship over wine.

After Gan Ning became a highly friendly potential ally, Chen Yu and Guo Jia strengthened their ties with him and accelerated Peach Blossom Spring’s development. When Guo Jia reported that the Black Tide Pirates threatened their trade route, Chen Yu decided to use the threat to test Peach Blossom Spring’s navy and win Gan Ning’s favor.

• Guo Jia proposed showing Gan Ning Peach Blossom Spring’s strength, supporting his sailors with gifts, and sharing their ambitions, and Chen Yu sent him a personal invitation and supplies.
• Gan Ning visited Peach Blossom Spring, saw its disciplined troops and prosperous farms, and grew impressed by Chen Yu and his companions.
• Over a banquet, Gan Ning criticized the Happo Navy and promised to help Chen Yu when needed, though he did not formally pledge his service.
• Peach Blossom Spring improved its coastal defenses, expanded trade and administration, and developed its intelligence network.
• Guo Jia reported that the Black Tide Pirates, led by Fraser, planned to attack Peach Blossom Spring’s trade route with Gan Ning.
• Chen Yu decided that Zhao Yun’s naval squad would confront the Black Tide Pirates, both to gain experience and to help Gan Ning.

Peach Blossom Spring destroyed the Black Tide Pirates in its first naval battle and gave Gan Ning Fraser and most of the spoils, securing his gratitude and strengthening their alliance. With its navy tested and its reputation spreading through the West Blue, Chen Yu prepared to extend Peach Blossom Spring’s influence further.

• Guo Jia planned an ambush that would train Peach Blossom Spring’s forces, seize supplies, and give Gan Ning credit for the pirates’ defeat.
• Chen Yu approved the plan as Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, and Huang Zhong prepared their forces, while Chen Yu subtly shaped the sea and mist to aid the ambush.
• Zhao Yun’s speedboats and Huang Zhong’s marksmen attacked the Black Tide fleet, and Zhang Fei led a boarding assault that captured Fraser.
• Peach Blossom Spring defeated the three pirate ships in under an hour, capturing over a hundred pirates and taking weapons, valuables, and food.
• Chen Yu sent Gan Ning Fraser and most of the spoils, and Gan Ning pledged to repay the favor so long as the task did not violate righteousness.
• Peach Blossom Spring’s victory boosted its navy’s morale and experience, strengthened its bond with Gan Ning, and began spreading its reputation across the West Blue.

After the Black Tide Pirates’ defeat brought Peach Blossom Spring renown across the West Blue, Chen Yu and his allies organized the growing refuge, strengthened its forces, and cultivated contacts. Gan Ning warned Chen Yu that Flower Country’s authorities were preparing a major campaign against them, led by Water Buffalo Atlas.

• Gan Ning received military commendations and supplies for reporting the Black Tide Pirates’ defeat, while rumors spread that Peach Blossom Spring had destroyed the crew and he had claimed the credit.
• Peach Blossom Spring repaired and renamed the three captured ships the Peach Spring, the Loyalty, and the Flying Swallow, and Zhao Yun began training the expanded navy.
• Guo Jia urged the leaders to spread Peach Blossom Spring’s reputation for benevolence, screen and settle displaced people, cultivate allies, and prepare for retaliation.
• Chen Yu assigned Liu Bei and Guo Jia to domestic affairs and contacts, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Huang Zhong to land defenses, and Zhao Yun to the navy, while he handled relations with Gan Ning.
• Chen Yu met Gan Ning and learned more about West Blue powers and pirate crews; Gan Ning warned that the Flower Country’s suppression faction was preparing a large campaign led by Six Treasures Navy deputy leader Water Buffalo Atlas.

After learning that the Flower Country planned to send the Six Treasures Navy under Deputy Pillar Atlas, Chen Yu and Guo Jia prepared a strategy to lure the enemy ashore and strike back. Ten days later, the fleet arrived in the western waters, and Peach Blossom Spring’s commanders took their battle stations.

• Chen Yu reported that the Pro-Cleansing Faction planned to send around two thousand Six Treasures Navy troops and more than twenty warships under Atlas, possibly with Five Treasures Navy support.
• Guo Jia explained the Happo Navy’s eight divisions and identified political rivalries and divided loyalties as weaknesses Peach Blossom Spring could exploit.
• Guo Jia proposed drawing the enemy ashore, exhausting and ambushing its forces, attacking its anchorage by sea, then capturing its leader and pursuing peace talks.
• Chen Yu approved the plan, and Peach Blossom Spring prepared its defenses, trained its forces, gathered intelligence, and worked to win public support.
• Ten days later, a watchtower spotted the Six Treasures Navy in the western waters, and Chen Yu ordered the commanders to proceed according to plan.

Peach Blossom Spring lured the Six Treasures Navy into a mountain ambush while Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong attacked its fleet at sea, winning a decisive victory and capturing Deputy Pillar Atlas. With the Flower Country court expected to respond, Guo Jia’s plan to force peace negotiations was about to begin.

• Atlas dismissed warnings and led more than a thousand Six Treasures Navy soldiers ashore to pursue Peach Blossom Spring’s retreating troops.
• Zhao Yun’s fast boats and Huang Zhong’s snipers attacked the Six Treasures Navy fleet, setting two ships’ sails ablaze and preventing the fleet from supporting Atlas.
• Guan Yu blocked Atlas in a valley as Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun’s troops attacked the Six Treasures Navy from multiple sides.
• Guan Yu wounded Atlas as she tried to flee, and Peach Blossom Spring’s soldiers captured her while the remaining troops surrendered.
• Zhao Yun’s forces forced the fleet commander to retreat, and Peach Blossom Spring celebrated its victory as Guo Jia’s peace-negotiation plan began.