Pokémon, Ash is going to become a perfect man from now on.

"So, do you like it?" the girl asked playfully, her voice as melodious as a clear bell.

"Yes, it's beautiful and suits you very well," Xiao Zhi sincerely praised.

"Of course, and she's definitely prettier than Lugia~" The girl's smile was smug, but then she tilted her head curiously and asked, "But how do you know you'll definitely succeed?"

"Because I really want to help you more than the Tree of Origin." Ash looked earnestly into the other's eyes. "And I believe in you; you definitely won't let me fail!"

Ash naturally placed absolute trust in Ho-Oh.

This wasn't even the first time he had chosen to entrust his life to the other party... Ash had already 'died' for this once before, back in the otherworld movie.

So he made this choice: after burning out the fourth-stage aura, he chose Ho-Oh as the medium for symbiosis, fusing all his power with it!

He did succeed. In a direct spiritual embrace, all of Ash's aura was transformed into life force and perfectly merged into Ho-Oh's body.

From then on, their powers could be continuously exchanged, achieving a Burst form similar to Necrozma and Rayquaza.

However, there is a difference: Ho-Oh's recovery ability is far superior to that of the other two!

She possesses the power of resurrection, and can use the Sacred Ash to reshape Ash's body in his Heroic Spirit state at any time. After she recovers quickly, she can also transfer her power to Ash.

To outsiders, it seemed that Ash had indeed exhausted his Aura... but in reality, his life force was always at full capacity!

"Hehe, that's great~" The direct spiritual contact made Ho-Oh realize that Ash wasn't lying, and it immediately happily nuzzled its face against Ash's neck.

But after taking advantage of the situation for a while, she suddenly started to worry for no reason.

"Hey, I'm a Pokémon, and I'm so much older than you, you don't find that strange, do you?"

"Not at all. You've already shown me your innermost self, which only makes me feel incredibly lucky. Besides, there's a saying: 'A woman three years older than you is like holding a gold brick...'"

"I see... What if it's 300 million?" Phoenix King asked like a curious young girl.

"We're experiencing it right now~" Ash smiled as he stroked Ho-Oh's fiery red hair, while the outside world had already undergone a complete transformation.

Click!

A tremendous cracking sound echoed from the void as the enclosed subspace completely collapsed.

The sky was no longer obscured, and the land below had reappeared. The Tree of the Beginning slowly fell back to the ground, beginning to take root and grow vigorously once more.

Everything... was like the world had been created anew!

Chapter 986 The Hero of Waveguides, Offering Himself...and Then Being Rejected

The disaster is really over!

As the sun rose in the distance, everyone who had been on tenterhooks all night burst into celebration, and the noise and joy lasted for a long time.

The golden phoenix in mid-air watched all this with satisfaction. It extinguished the flames around it, and its body gradually shrank back to its normal size. A human figure separated from its body.

"Ash!!" Seeing the returning figure, Serena could no longer contain her emotions. She rode Togekiss into the air and hugged Ash tightly in mid-air!

"Thank goodness...you're finally back safe and sound!"

"I'm sorry for making you and everyone else worry," Ash said softly, before landing back on the ground with Serena.

At that moment, a slightly jealous voice echoed in his mind.

(Oh, you just left me and you're already throwing yourself at another female?)

(Ah...) Xiao Zhi was speechless for a moment.

Female… what a powerful word.

(Oh well, I don't mind anyway.) The girl's voice carried a hint of teasing. (By the way, the feeling of life force merging is really nice. I should do it more often... Maybe I can create a baby like Little Silver. What do you think about naming it Little Gold?)

"Cough...cough cough!" Xiao Zhi coughed unexpectedly.

"Ash, are you alright?!" Serena and the other girls were terrified and rushed around Ash, asking how he was doing.

"It's nothing, it's just that the landing was a bit sudden..."

It wasn't just sudden; he practically braked with his face.

Please, the existence of Mewtwo and N is already quite absurd, let's not add any more to the list, okay?

Of course, if Ho-Oh really wants it, it's not impossible for him to grow up.

Could you please reconsider the name? Avoid associating it with gold, silver, or crystal...

Ahem, let's get back to the main topic.

In the face of this sudden disaster, Xiaozhi did his best within his power.

At least since he intervened, neither the humans of Ordron City nor the Pokémon living there have suffered any losses!

The Tree of Origin was also successfully rescued and severed its bond with Dream, and the two will no longer be related.

This is a good thing, at least Fantasy Westward Journey won't be hampered anymore.

The Tree of Origin will also become a great help to Ash in the future.

Ash has discovered that Yggdrasil is actually a huge transfer station for life force.

It draws energy from the earth to provide shelter for the Pokémon that live there, and in turn, it ensures the land is fertile through the activities of these Pokémon.

When faced with a crisis, it can actively absorb or release life force through the crystals distributed in various places.

The better the tree's condition, the more vitality it can store and release.

Therefore, Ho-Oh is clearly more suited to stay here than Mew.

Fertilizing the World Tree with holy ash will make it flourish, and then give more vitality back to Ho-Oh.

Then Ho-Oh transfers its life force to Ash, who then transforms it into Aura and passes it on to Lucas and the other friends... a perfect process!

Another piece of good news is that the Three Sacred Pillars have begun to revive.

Aaron preserved their cores. Although they can only remain as iron blocks, stone blocks, and ice blocks for now, with continued repairs, they can eventually return to their majestic form.

The three different textured bumps bounced and hopped around, thanking Ash. It was both funny and made people feel very fortunate.

As for Mew's sneak attack, they didn't mind... the other party was someone they were protecting, and besides, Mew wasn't in a good state at the time.

"Mew... Ash, I'm sorry..." Mew flew timidly to Ash and apologized like a child who had done something wrong.

"You didn't really hurt me. Save your apologies for the World Tree and the three legendary pillars," Ash said, shaking his head slightly.

Dream didn't directly harm anyone; she just kept pushing forward her conspiracy... Besides, her words were very malicious.

But that wasn't its original intention; it was the ideology instilled in it by those who brainwashed it.

They wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice everything to eliminate Ash!

It is indeed a very condescending attitude. All ordinary and innocent lives are ants in their eyes... They can abandon them without any scruples in order to achieve their goals!

There's really no problem with that, since the Pokémon world was created by their masters anyway.

Even if the world becomes riddled with holes, as long as we can maintain the so-called order and get rid of Ash, this disobedient "variable," we can just let life reproduce again.

Or perhaps we could activate the Star Stop, bringing the entire world to a standstill…

But this won't shake Ash's resolve!

The enemy can indeed devise all sorts of insidious schemes to ravage his body, torment his mind, and even drag innocent people into the mess... but Ash always manages to win!

He did his best to do better, and he didn't embark on the journey alone out of concern for implicating his companions.

No matter who chooses to stay by his side, he will do his best to protect them and then lead everyone to forge a path!

And his companions around him never wavered.

No one would worry unnecessarily; everyone simply stayed by Ash's side, celebrating his safe return... and then looked forward to the journey ahead!

“No…” Seeing everyone surrounding Ash, Mew felt a pang of envy for no reason.

At the same time, there was also an unyielding anger!

It once considered those three as good friends, but they took the opportunity to control its mind, almost causing it to make a terrible mistake!

After a long while, it seemed to have made up its mind and flew back to Ash.

"Ash, would you like to take me with you?" Mew asked tentatively. "You can catch me and I can become your Pokémon!"

The fact that Dream took the initiative to ask to be captured undoubtedly shocked everyone.

Nemo, in particular, hadn't seen any legendary Pokémon in Padia yet, but here she came to a legendary Pokémon meeting, and now this one is practically begging to be hers.

To everyone's surprise, Ash shook his head and refused.

“Mew, I consider you a friend, but we haven’t actually interacted that much,” Ash explained seriously. “You were forced into this situation before. If you want to be caught by me out of guilt or revenge against those three, then there’s no need for that… After all, you’re not the type of animal I want to train.”

Mew's power is undeniable; it contains the genes of all life forms and can use almost all moves, even replicating the signature moves of legendary Pokémon with remarkable accuracy…

But it's really not suitable for Ash.

Ash will always remain a trainer for any Pokémon he catches, regardless of the relationship he develops with them.

As a trainer, you must raise and train Pokémon and command them in battle.

Each Pokémon that Ash raises has different characteristics and roles, making them unique.

Even two animals with the same characteristics will exhibit completely different fighting styles.

Both are forced life orbs, but Nidoking is good at standing still and dealing damage, while Feraligatr prefers to get close and rush in.