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In Ash's hands, there is still an S-class opportunity that has not been triggered, and that is the jade orb opportunity.
The value of the jade orb is actually similar to the Silver Wing and the rainbow wing, but it's also a bit different. If Ash could really find the jade orb and completely master its power, he could even become the master of Rayquaza without having to battle it.
Yes, its master. This relationship is different from other Legendary Beasts and Trainers. Even if one gains the recognition of the top-tier Legendary Beasts, they only fight alongside them as partners, not as superiors and subordinates. But if one completely masters the jade orb, then even Rayquaza would have to bow its head in submission.
And this isn't just any ordinary Rayquaza. Rayquaza, like Lugia, is a Pokémon with a Clan. Mastering the jade orb is equivalent to mastering the King of the Rayquaza, the strongest Rayquaza that holds the Sky Divine Office!
However, wanting to master the jade orb is actually a fantasy. According to the big shots in the group, the power contained within the jade orb is simply not something an ordinary person can control; even using it is extremely difficult.
After obtaining the jade orb, one also needs to gain the recognition of the King of the Rayquaza Family before it's possible to master the power of the jade orb.
There's a bit of a contradiction here: mastering the jade orb is equivalent to mastering the King of the Rayquaza Family, but without the King of Rayquaza's recognition, there's no way to master the jade orb. But if I've already gained the recognition of the King of Rayquaza, why do I still need to master the jade orb?
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So the normal process is still: after obtaining the jade orb, first use its power to summon Rayquaza, or follow the jade orb's guidance to find Rayquaza yourself. Finally, through a battle or a trial set by Rayquaza, after gaining Rayquaza's recognition, you will be able to obtain Rayquaza's power.
As for whether to summon Rayquaza or go find it, there are differences there too. It can only be said that if you want to capture Rayquaza, the latter is definitely much easier than the former.
It seems like finding Rayquaza is a difficult task, and you might have to fight it after finding it, so it would seem more practical to just summon it and have a go. But if you really rely on the jade orb to summon Rayquaza, then the trial of 'finding Rayquaza' is essentially skipped by you.
This skipped trial will increase the difficulty of the battle. At that time, the challenger will know what a full-power Rayquaza looks like—
In short, according to the big shots in the group, if you can go find Rayquaza, absolutely do not let Rayquaza come to you. Otherwise—it won't even matter if you call Lugia over; you'd probably have to call all three Space-Time Gods together, plus Lugia, just to stand a chance against Rayquaza.
[Ascender Ash: —Is Rayquaza really that powerful? They are all Tier 1 Gods, so why does it take the three Space-Time Gods plus Lugia to fight Rayquaza? This power gap is a bit too much!]
After listening to the big shots' explanation on how to use the Silver Wing, along with some additional explanations about Rayquaza, Ash also raised his doubts in confusion.
They are both Tier 1 Gods, can the power gap really be that large?
Those among the Tier 1 Gods who hold a divine position should all be at the Peak of the Divine Realm, right? The Peak of the Divine Realm is already the most powerful level in the world besides the Creator God Arceus, and it is theoretically the end of the road for a Pokémon.
Yet, even though they are both at the Peak of the Divine Realm and both are Tier 1 Gods, Rayquaza requires four Tier 1 Gods to deal with. This is a bit too exaggerated!
[Champion Ash: Newbie, do you know why my Mewtwo could knock out the controlled Lugia with just a wave of its hand and return it to normal?]
[Ascender Ash: Uh—because Lugia was being controlled, so its strength decreased a bit, and your Mewtwo, big shot, should be an extremely strong existence even at the Peak of the Divine Realm, so it could achieve that, right?]
Ash said somewhat uncertainly. He had witnessed the entire battle process inside his own body at that time. In its blackened state, Lugia was almost powerless against Mewtwo. From Ash's observation, even if Lugia returned to its normal state, it likely wouldn't be a match for the possessed Mewtwo.
But to say it could beat a normal state Lugia like a dog, that shouldn't be the case. The reason Lugia was beaten so badly back then was mostly because it was being controlled.
His Viridian Power could sense that even though Lugia was controlled by dark power, it was struggling hard. Those emotions were much stronger than when the Legendary Birds were controlled, which means Lugia's resistance was much more intense.
This would cause Lugia's strength to decline even more significantly while being controlled. With various debuffs stacking up, it wasn't incomprehensible that it was beaten into such a miserable state by Mewtwo.
Of course, this was also inseparable from the fact that Champion Ash's Mewtwo was already powerful to begin with.
[Champion Ash: You're wrong. At the very end, Hades stimulated all the dark power within Lugia, making it so Lugia's consciousness couldn't interfere with its body for a short time. Without using its divine position, Lugia in that state was no different from its original self.]
[Champion Ash: But even in that state, when Lugia used Aeroblast, it was still pierced through by Mewtwo using the Fighting-type Close Combat. The Flying-type already has a suppressive effect on Fighting-type skills, let alone that it was Lugia's own signature move.]
Champion Ash's explanation left Ash stunned. Then he thought about it, and it seemed true. After the controlled Lugia went berserk later on, it had actually returned to the Peak of the Divine Realm level. Aside from not using its divine position, it was no different from a normal Lugia.
If you say it couldn't use a divine position, then Mewtwo was the same. Mewtwo doesn't have such a thing as a divine position at all, so theoretically, the two Pokémon were standing in the same realm.
Then why—could Mewtwo break through the opponent's signature move against its type disadvantage, and knock the opponent dizzy with one punch, causing all the energy in its body to dissipate?
[Champion Ash: Because of Mega Evolution.]
[Ascender Ash: Oh! Right! There's also Mega Evolution! Because of the boost Mega Evolution gave to Mewtwo, it was able to shatter the opponent's signature move even though their levels were the same, right?]
Ash suddenly remembered that Mewtwo had Mega Evolved at that time. It was just that Ash had subconsciously thought that after reaching the Peak of the Divine Realm, even Mega Evolution wouldn't provide much of a boost.
But from Champion Ash's words, it seemed that wasn't the case.
[Champion Ash: Don't underestimate Mega Evolution. This power shines brightly even at the Divine Realm Level. The reason Mewtwo could suppress two Legendary Birds at once was not only because they were controlled, but more so because Mewtwo gained a power boost after Mega Evolution.]
[Champion Ash: Otherwise, no matter how much their power was suppressed, being at the same Initial God Domain Level, it would have been impossible for Mewtwo to subdue Moltres and Zapdos so quickly. Taking my Mewtwo as an example, under Mega Evolution, it already possesses Quasi-Creation Level power.]
[Ascender Ash: Quasi-Creation Level?]
[Champion Ash: After the Divine Realm comes Creation. If the Divine Realm is a realm that appeared because of the title of 'Legendary Beast', then Creation is a realm that appeared because of Arceus. The Creator God Arceus is the only existence in all parallel worlds that can reach the Creation Level.]
[Ascender Ash: The only one in all parallel worlds? What does that mean? Do you big shots not have a single Pokémon in your hands that can reach the Creation Level right now?]
[Aura Hero Ash: That's right. No matter which parallel world it is, no Creation Level Pokémon has appeared other than Arceus. Whether it's Legendary Beasts, ordinary Pokémon, or us—none of us have trained a Creation Level Pokémon.]
[Evolutionist Ash: The reason Arceus is invincible in the world, besides the plates on its body that can grant immunity to all attributes, is its unique level. The gap between the Creation Level and the Divine Realm Level is no different from the gap between the Divine Realm Level and the Ordinary level. Even if Arceus removed all its plates, no Pokémon could defeat it.]
Arceus, the Creator God, is rumored to be the existence that created the Pokémon world. The gods of Time, Space, and the Distortion World were also personally created by the Creator God.
As for other Pokémon and humans, they are creatures that slowly emerged during the natural cycles of the world. But for Arceus, who created the world, they are also indirectly created by it.
This mysterious Chat Group, which was like a concept, might have nothing to do with the Creator God, and no one knew where it came from. But this thing allowed the Ashes of countless parallel worlds to know one thing: so far, in all parallel worlds, no Pokémon has been able to reach the same level as the Creator God Arceus.
Even Champion Ash and Legendary Beast Ash, who were already standing at the peak of the world, ultimately failed to challenge Arceus.
An Arceus with its plates is simply unthinkable; it can ignore all attributes, and coupled with its own terrifying strength, it is an invincible existence. If it took off its plates, then there might be some hope.
But the prerequisite is that there must be a Pokémon that can reach the same level as Arceus. If one can't even reach the same level, then what victory is there to talk about?
The level Arceus is at is not something that can be made up for with strategies or the like. To battle Arceus, one must stand at the same level as Arceus; otherwise, going there is just throwing one's life away.
[Champion Ash: The Quasi-Creation Level was actually told to me by Arceus. I once took Mewtwo to challenge Arceus. Needless to say, the final result was my crushing defeat in a six-versus-one situation. At that time, Arceus also pointed out two Pokémon in my hands that could potentially reach the Creation Level. One was Mega Evolved Mewtwo.]
[Champion Ash: After reaching the Peak of the Divine Realm, every step upward is extremely difficult. But Mega]
Evolution can let you experience what the next level is like in advance. The importance of this effect for increasing strength is naturally self-evident. The difference between Pokémon that have Mega Evolution and those that don't, after both reach the peak of their level, is indeed quite large—]
[Champion Ash: Therefore, Rayquaza, who can also Mega Evolve, possesses power far exceeding that of ordinary Tier 1 Gods. After Mega Evolving, its level could very likely reach the Quasi-Creation Level!]
This is where Mega Evolution is superior to other systems. Besides allowing a Pokémon to reach an unprecedented form, it also allows a Pokémon to reach an unprecedented level.
Compared to Gigantamax and Z-Moves, Mega Evolution is indeed more superior. As for the reason—who knows? Go ask the origins of these systems.
The big shots in the group had already mentioned that Rayquaza could Mega Evolve, but Ash hadn't expected that a single Mega Evolution could create such a huge gap between Rayquaza and other Legendary Beasts.
The fact that Mewtwo was able to easily deal with Lugia earlier was also due to Mega Evolution.
The depth of this system was much deeper than Ash had imagined.
Besides that, it was also the first time Ash learned of an existence above the Divine Realm Level, which is also the ultimate end of this world—the Creation Level!
That level should be the level that all Pokémon dream of, except that no Pokémon other than Arceus can reach it.
[Ash, the friend of legendary Pokémon: So, newbie, if you get the jade orb, the best choice is to follow the jade orb's guidance to find Rayquaza, rather than letting Rayquaza come over and then challenging it. The situations for the two are completely different.]
[Ash, the friend of legendary Pokémon: If you choose the latter, you will see a full-power Mega Rayquaza. But if you choose the former, you will see a Rayquaza that doesn't use Mega Evolution and even holds back a bit. I think you should understand the difference between these two options now, right?]
Understood! How could he not understand? Isn't this just the difference between the Quasi-Creation Level and not even reaching the Peak of the Divine Realm? The gap between the two is like heaven and earth!
If it were the latter, Lugia could still clash with Rayquaza. But if it were the former—even if Lugia came, it wouldn't be of any use.
[Ascender Ash: I understand, Legendary Beast big shot. If I find the jade orb, I will definitely not call Rayquaza over casually.]
If he really encountered some unsolvable situation and had to ask Rayquaza for help, that would be unavoidable. But if there was no such situation, he would definitely follow the jade orb to find Rayquaza properly.
Who would be so bored as to set up even higher hurdles for themselves!
[Ascender Ash: By the way, besides Mewtwo, who is the other Pokémon that the Champion big shot mentioned could advance to the Creation Level? Could it be Rayquaza?]
Ash hadn't forgotten what Champion Ash said just now. Arceus told Champion Ash that he had two Pokémon that could reach the Creation Level. So besides Mewtwo, could the other one be Rayquaza, the Tier 1 God that can Mega Evolve?
[Champion Ash: I haven't captured Rayquaza. The other Pokémon Arceus mentioned is—Pikachu.]
[Ascender Ash:???]