Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

Su Hao: "......."

Oh no, what this pink mushroom-headed guy said actually makes a lot of sense.

If the third trial involves something else, and if there's a long period of time involved, the Zeraora I encounter might be the normal version living alone—a reclusive and aloof electric cat.

Unlike now, they're so soft and cute, you can pet them, hug them, and kiss them.

Seeing that Memridor had successfully silenced Su Hao, Azelf and Uxie looked at it in astonishment. As expected of Memridor, it actually outshone Su Hao in verbal sparring. A god who plays with emotions is indeed corrupt even at heart.

Knowing when to stop, Amritod spread his arms, and Azelf and Uxie, sensing this, floated to its left and right, respectively. Countless streams of light burst forth from them, as if to completely illuminate the surrounding dark space.

The three lake gods said in unison, "Then, let's begin to reveal the truth—"

Its sound was as awe-inspiring as an ancient bell, and in Su Hao's eyes, an ancient scroll slowly unfolded.

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In the grand scheme of things, Su Hao is an insignificant individual.

But the figure that completely filled his field of vision, almost taking up the entire universe, looked very familiar to him.

Galaxy is merely an ornament on its toes, and planets are no different from grains of sand to it. It may seem to fill the entire universe, but its existence has no impact on the universe.

Its presence is omnipresent, its power is omnipotent, and its majestic divine light illuminates the universe, making it appear like a god—

It is Arceus, the creator god Arceus.

Pokémon, a creature said to have been born from nothingness and wielding 1000 hands to create the universe...

In Su Hao's vision, Arceus was surrounded by nineteen stone slabs, each radiating a brilliant light. The slabs slowly rotated around the Thousand Cosmic Arms, while the legendary 1000 hands were currently dragging a sphere that was constantly emitting black energy towards the edge of the universe.

Su Hao's eyes widened, and he murmured, "What is that?"

"That must be... a space contaminated by dark matter."

Rashiram appeared on Su Hao's shoulder at some point, his small, wolf-like face revealing an indescribable solemnity.

"Could it be... the spirit world!?"

Reshiram's reminder brought back Su Hao's memories, and he recalled Articuno's earlier mention of the spirit world sealed by Arceus with a stone tablet.

That place was once invaded by dark matter.

A thousand arms lifted the spirit realm and quickly arrived at a place that was like a transparent barrier. On this side of the barrier was the universe that Su Hao was familiar with, while on the other side of the barrier was a void that was nothing, like chaos.

For some reason, the words "nothingness" suddenly popped into Su Hao's mind.

For some reason, Arceus's expression was solemn and complex. He lightly touched the tip of his golden hoof, and a ripple spread through the universe. The nineteen stone slabs around him suddenly accelerated their rotation and began to slowly detach from Arceus's divine body.

Nineteen stone tablets—the Magical Stone, the Jade Insect, the Earth, the Emerald Green, the Water Drop, the Fireball, the Deadly Poison, the Lightning, the Blue Sky, the Icicle, the Rock, the Steel, the Evil Face, the Clear Sky, the Fist, the Fairy, the Monster, the Legend, and the Dragon Stone—were slowly inlaid into the barrier, opening the passage to the Void.

A thousand arms slowly sent the black gas, which should have been from the spirit world, out of this universe. The black gas scattered everywhere, but it had nowhere to hide under Arceus's divine light and was completely annihilated.

At the same time, the nineteen stone tablets emitted power, and an enlarged version of the Thousand Cosmic Arm, radiating brilliant golden light, slowly emerged on the wall of the universe, as if it had been sealed. The black energy could no longer enter this universe. After completing all this, the nineteen stone tablets detached from the wall of the universe and once again surrounded Arceus.

From Su Hao's perspective, this was a complete and overwhelming victory for Arceus, but a sense of unease lingered in his mind.

Then, as Su Hao gazed at the stone slabs slowly encircling Arceus, a flash of inspiration struck him.

He recalled that Articuno had mentioned in his account of the past that Arceus's nineteen tablets were used to seal the passage of dark matter to this world, and that Arceus, having lost the tablets, banished the shattered spirit world to the outside of the universe.

So... the exile to the spirit world is complete, why are the nineteen tablets of Arceus still there, without any sign of being broken?

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I'm still stuck on the story, so the next update will be later. I have to be very careful because it involves the main plot later on.

Chapter 672 Su Hao is actually a sentient being from the Creation Stone!?

Since the stone tablets showed no abnormalities after being banished to the spirit world, where did the water droplet stone tablet fragments at Milotic's place, the lightning stone tablet fragments at Zeraora's place, and the magical stone tablet fragments that led me to the three lake gods come from?

Despite having many questions in his mind, the scene before him gradually faded away like ink fading. In a short while, he returned to the dark space, and the figure of the Three Lakes God reappeared before Su Hao.

The moment Su Hao saw the three Pokémon, he knew that the footage from the past had ended. The fragments of the Mystic Stone still emitted a faint glow, protecting him, but he felt a sense of frustration, like watching a movie and finding out it had a bad ending.

Emridor chuckled, "Are you feeling frustrated because you have a lot of unanswered questions? Don't worry, we'll help you release them right now~"

Su Hao: "......."

Azelf and Yuxi both gave Amritod a speechless look. Was it because Amritod controlled emotions? Amritod was so emotionally charged and loved to spout nonsense, which was a disgrace to the prestige of Arceus's messenger.

However, the legendary Pokémon of the three lakes still floated to Su Hao's side and began to circle around the light screen formed by the magic stone.

Su Hao could clearly sense that the Three Lakes God was undoubtedly the true form, unlike the energy clones he had seen after the trial ended.

In his memory, these guys seemed to be at the edge of the universe... which means he was sent to the edge of the universe, some light-years away from Earth!?

Damn it, what's the point of the international youth exchange competition? By the time he returns to Earth, he'll either be old and dead, or Earth will have developed for who knows how many years.

The chibi version of Reshiram watched curiously as the three lake gods closed their eyes and circled around Su Hao in space, chanting incantations, looking like three shamans performing a ritual.

The pure psychic energy rippled outwards from the three Pokémon Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit, as if resonating with the fragments of the magical stone that had always protected Su Hao.

As if in response to the superpowers of the Three Lakes God, the magical stone slab fragments suddenly flashed with light.

Next, Su Hao and Rahiram completely lost their composure.

Following the magical stone slab fragments, emerald green stone slab fragments appeared from Su Hao's body; those were undoubtedly emerald green stone slab fragments.

Immediately afterwards, fragments of the Clear Sky Slab, the Fist Slab, and the Dragon Slab that Su Hao was familiar with emerged from Su Hao's body, shining with luster.

Reshiram stared at Su Hao in shock, exclaiming incredulously, "How is this possible... Su Hao actually has so many of the Creator God's stone tablets on him, and I didn't even notice!"

Reshiram even had a terrifying thought: Could Su Hao actually be a sentient being from the Creator God's stone tablet?!

That's why he's slightly different from the ordinary people Reshiram knows. If Su Hao is a sentient stone tablet... then all of this makes sense!

Ignoring Reshiram's inner thoughts, Su Hao was shocked to discover that the system, which could usually appear with a thought, had completely disappeared. Coupled with the five stone slab fragments that suddenly emerged from his body, he had an extraordinary guess.

The so-called system... has always been something created by the fusion of the forces between the fragments of the stone slab!

This speculation left Su Hao completely bewildered, his mind reeling.

At this moment, Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit frowned, as if they were about to collapse, and their psychic energy completely dissipated.

Apart from the magical stone slab fragments that still protected him, the stone slab fragments floating outside also quickly returned to Su Hao's body as if they had disappeared into the sea, and the "system" reappeared in Su Hao's mind.

Well, now the guess has become a reality.

The three lake gods, on the other hand, looked extremely exhausted, as if summoning the other stone slabs had been a huge drain on them.

Su Hao frowned and looked at Amritod and the others, asking, "How are you?"

"It's nothing, it's just that summoning the stone slab fragments temporarily is too exhausting. Even we need the combined power of the magical stone slab fragments to summon them."

I've only been out for a short while.

This time, it was Arknom who answered him, recovering even faster than Uxie and Emredo.

Then, Emredo and Yuxie recovered one after another, and they told Su Hao about the origin of the stone tablet on his body.

Arknom, Uxie, and Emrydo held hands and began to speak: "First of all, as you have seen before, the Creator God did not exhaust his power in expelling the dark matter and the spirit world, and the stone tablet returned to its body after reinforcing the cosmic wall, without breaking."

Su Hao asked in confusion, "Then where did the stone slab fragments on my body, and the two stone slab fragments I collected, come from...?"

Yukshi narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "From another world, or rather, this Reshiram's... world."

"what?"

Reshiram temporarily broke free from the mental trap of wondering whether Su Hao was a spirit from a stone tablet, and looked bewildered as he faced the gazes of Su Hao and the Three Lake Gods.

Su Hao rubbed his forehead, his face filled with grief.

Damn, I suddenly remembered that Reshiram has been completely fooled by the Riddler just like me. After being asked to escape by Dialga, it came to this world. It doesn't even know what's going on in its original world.

Arknom, Uxie, and Emredo said in unison, "I won't go into the specific details. Su Hao and Reshiram from the other world, you just need to remember these points."

Su Hao timidly raised his hand: "I'd like to hear more details..."

The Three Lakes Gods ignored him: "The Creator God is only temporarily asleep; the Primordial Stone Tablet has not been broken."

"The stone tablet fragments inside you come from the world of Reshiram, who came from another world, as does that Zeraora."

"And you, Chosen One Su Hao, are just as the stone slab fragments chose you. You bear the mission of collecting all the stone slab fragments... As for what will happen after the stone slab fragments are collected, we do not know."

The information that overturned Su Hao's previous understanding was poured out by Mesprit and the others all at once. While Su Hao felt a headache coming on, he still couldn't help but ask the question that he cared about the most: "So, the reason why I can use Pokémon moves and master so many special abilities is because of the stone slab fragments in my body?"

The Three Lakes God nodded: "Yes, the stone slab fragments are also subtly changing your physique."

Having received the answer, Su Hao found that everything suddenly made sense.

He said that he even had racial stats, while Old Su and Su's mother were pure, 100% human, so how come he mutated?

So it was these stone slab fragments that were causing the trouble.

Just as Su Hao was about to ask something, suddenly, Amritod and the others looked up into the distance and murmured, "Why is the Lord of Reversal here? Did he sense your presence?"

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Chapter 673 The smell is too strong

Following the gaze of the Three Lakes God, Su Hao saw a deep, dark shadow approaching from afar. It was none other than Giratina, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

Reshiram suddenly asked in confusion, "Su Hao, do you still know the Lord of Reversal?"