Chapter Summaries

Meowscarada cleared Lin Feng’s Sky Challenge by dodging Pidgeot’s Aerial Ace, and Lin Feng let the eager Pokémon try the challenge next. Ajiu volunteered first but froze when Pidgeot attacked and was caught in its claws.

• Meowscarada used Grass Slide to slip beneath Pidgeot’s Aerial Ace, and the thirty-second challenge ended successfully.
• Lin Feng praised Meowscarada and gave it a Rare Candy, raising its Energy Level to 24–26.
• Ajiu and the other Pokémon watched Meowscarada’s success, and Lin Feng invited them to try the challenge.
• Ajiu entered the challenge area, confident it had learned how to dodge Pidgeot’s attacks.
• Pidgeot swooped down with Quick Attack, and Ajiu reacted too late and was caught in its claws.

Lin Feng watched Alolan Ninetales clear the first-stage Sky Challenge and reach Champion level, then followed Qin Shu and Blastoise's Sea Manaphy Cup match at home. As the Dominion Tournament drew near, Champion Feng Yang messaged Lin Feng, asking whether he had caused any recent weather trouble.

• Lin Feng let Ajiu attempt Pidgeot's Sky Challenge, but Pidgeot safely carried the frightened Eevee back down.
• Alolan Ninetales took on the plus version of the first-stage challenge, defeated up to four Pidgeot, and advanced to Level 60-62.
• Lin Feng announced that the Breeding House was entering its annual rest period and said the new berry orchard would allow it to produce more Energy Cubes next year.
• Lin Feng watched Qin Shu and Blastoise defeat Golduck in the Sea Manaphy Cup, while his Pokémon cheered for them.
• Feng Yang messaged Lin Feng to ask whether he had caused trouble with the weather lately as the Dominion Tournament began attracting attention.

Feng Yang invited Lin Feng to enter the Dominion Tournament, and Lin Feng decided to ask his Pokémon whether they wanted to compete. Gardevoir and Alolan Ninetales volunteered, and Lin Feng began gathering the others to hear their choices.

• Feng Yang watched footage of Serperior using Grassy Terrain and contacted Lin Feng to invite him to the Dominion Tournament.
• Lin Feng told Feng Yang that Mewtwo was away training and Mew was out playing, then said he needed time to decide.
• Gardevoir read their messages and asked Lin Feng if she could enter the competition, and he agreed.
• Lin Feng reviewed the Energy Levels of his Pokémon and called them together to ask who wanted to participate.
• Alolan Ninetales eagerly said she wanted to go, and Lin Feng agreed.

Lin Feng chose his Pokémon for the Dominion Tournament and learned he could enter without earning badges. As December 29 approached, Meowscarada neared evolution, and Swanna and a flock of Psyduck appeared by the river.

• Lin Feng asked his Pokémon whether they wanted to join the Dominion Tournament, and Milotic agreed to go watch while several others wanted to compete.
• Lin Feng finalized a lineup of eight Pokémon, including Gardevoir, Blaziken, Serperior, and Milotic, and explained that Gardevoir would compete.
• Lin Feng asked Feng Yang about entry requirements, and Feng Yang said he would register Lin Feng without requiring badges.
• Lin Feng spent the following weeks training his Pokémon and accompanying Meowscarada as the days passed into late December.
• On December 29, Lin Feng saw that Meowscarada was close to evolving and considered adding her to the tournament lineup.
• Swanna and a flock of Psyduck appeared along the river near the forest.

Lin Feng discovered that Mew had disguised itself as a Psyduck, then learned Latias would not visit until the weather grew warmer. On December 31, he began making New Year’s birthday cakes for every Pokémon at the Breeding House, but the Alcremies ran out of cream.

• Lin Feng counted the Psyduck by the river and realized Mew had returned, then caught it disguised as one of them.
• Mew told Lin Feng that Latios had decided Latias should wait until the weather warmed before visiting.
• Lin Feng took Meowscarada home, while Mew complained that he had left it behind.
• Lin Feng gathered the Alcremies, Gardevoir, and the female Indeedee to prepare birthday cakes for all the Pokémon, setting everyone’s birthday as the first day of the new year.
• The Alcremies ran out of cream and stopped working.

Lin Feng and the Alcremies finished preparing cakes for the Pokémon, then watched New Year’s fireworks and spoke with Mewtwo, who was challenging the Regis. On January 1st, Lin Feng gathered the Pokémon for a feast, which was underway when the chapter ended.

• Lin Feng and Gardevoir worked with the Alcremies from morning until night to bake and pack cakes for the Pokémon.
• Lin Feng and the Pokémon watched fireworks at the entrance to Wutong Town, and he received a video call from Mewtwo.
• Mewtwo told Lin Feng it was challenging the Regis in a snowy mountain region, and Lin Feng explained that it was the last day of the year.
• On January 1st, Lin Feng set out food and Pujiu Wine for a feast, with the Pokémon—including the temporarily shrunken Big Pidgeots—gathering in the living room.
• Dragonite eagerly headed for the table of large portions prepared for it and Goodra.

Lin Feng celebrated his Pokémon’s birthdays with special cakes, then helped a wine-dazed Serperior settle down. As New Year approached, Qin Shu returned from the Sea Manaphy Cup with Blastoise, Meowscarada, and a newly caught Noibat, only to find the Breeding House closed.

• Lin Feng and his Pokémon shared a birthday dinner before he brought out individually labeled cakes with special effects.
• Serperior became drunk on Pujiu Wine, clung to Lin Feng, and shrank after eating a Peachy Energy Cube.
• Lin Feng carried Serperior toward the Plantation while Alolan Ninetales joked that he was taking it to sleep.
• As New Year drew closer, returning residents and traveling Trainers came home.
• Qin Shu returned with Blastoise, Meowscarada, and Noibat and learned from Lin Feng that the Breeding House had been closed for over twenty days.

Lin Feng reunited with Qin Shu and met her Blastoise, Meowscarada, and newly caught Noibat. Noibat kept avoiding Qin Shu’s grasp, but it flew down to Lin Feng when he beckoned with his Evergreen Power.

• Qin Shu defended herself for not checking in with her mother while she had been busy traveling.
• Blastoise excitedly charged at Lin Feng, who stopped it from crashing into him and checked its status.
• Lin Feng compared Qin Shu’s Meowscarada’s level with his own and wondered why his Meowscarada had not evolved.
• Noibat grabbed Qin Shu’s hair and flew out of her reach as she tried to catch it.
• Qin Shu explained that Noibat had followed her and Blastoise home after they found it picking wild Berries.
• Lin Feng beckoned to Noibat with his Evergreen Power, and Qin Shu froze when it responded.

Lin Feng welcomed Qin Shu back and agreed to provide food for her Pokémon, while reassuring her about Jirachi’s year-long sleep. The next morning, Meowscarada refused a Rare Candy, leaving Lin Feng to ask why it did not want to evolve.

• Noibat approached Lin Feng, accepted an Energy Cube, and let him pet it, frustrating Qin Shu.
• Qin Shu asked Lin Feng to provide food for her Pokémon and her mother’s Chansey, then gave him her Manaphy Cup prize money to cover the costs.
• Lin Feng told Blastoise to bring the Pokémon to the house for meals instead of using the Water Reservoir route.
• Qin Shu complained that Lin Feng had not told her Jirachi would sleep for a year, and Lin Feng explained that Jirachi had kept its plan secret.
• On January 8th, Meowscarada refused another Rare Candy, and Lin Feng asked whether it wanted to evolve through its own efforts or had another reason.

Lin Feng realized Meowscarada had been holding back her evolution because she feared he would stop training with her afterward, and he reassured her that they could continue training. Meowscarada chose to keep training, but Qin Shu arrived and challenged her to a battle.

• Lin Feng asked Meowscarada why she had stopped progressing toward evolution, then realized she feared he would no longer train with her afterward.
• Lin Feng told Meowscarada she could keep training after evolving, and she happily agreed to continue.
• Lin Feng summoned two Pidgeot to begin the Sky Challenge training with Meowscarada.
• Qin Shu arrived with her Meowscarada and a Noibat, then asked whether Lin Feng's Meowscarada was male or female.
• Qin Shu proposed a Meowscarada-versus-Meowscarada battle.

Lin Feng's Meowscarada evolved during a friendly battle with Qin Shu's Meowscarada, revealing her dramatically greater strength. Lin Feng celebrated her new form and gold aptitude while reminding her that the battle was not over.

• Qin Shu persuaded Lin Feng to let their Meowscarada battle so she could show off her recent progress.
• Qin Shu's Meowscarada opened with Leafage, and Lin Feng's Meowscarada answered with a much stronger Leafage that overwhelmed it.
• Lin Feng's Meowscarada evolved into Meowscarada during the attack, leaving Qin Shu and her Pokémon stunned.
• Lin Feng checked Meowscarada's status and discovered that her aptitude had become gold and her strength had reached Level 42–45.
• Meowscarada celebrated her evolution and tried to run to Lin Feng, but he stopped her because Qin Shu's Meowscarada could still battle.

After Meowscarada defeated Qin Shu’s Pokémon, Lin Feng told her he would leave town for two or three days after January 13 to compete in the Dominion Tournament. As the town grew livelier with new residents and students, several young newcomers arrived without Pokémon of their own.

• Lin Feng’s Meowscarada used Magical Leaf to defeat Qin Shu’s Meowscarada, and Qin Shu treated her Pokémon before accepting Lin Feng’s praise.
• Lin Feng told Qin Shu he would be away for two or three days after January 13 to participate in the Dominion Tournament, and he claimed he had an internal slot.
• Qin Shu questioned how Lin Feng could enter the tournament without challenging Gyms, but Lin Feng changed the subject and sent her to fetch Blastoise.
• Lin Feng returned home with Meowscarada, who was delighted by her evolution.
• As schools let out and new residents arrived, the town grew busier, including newcomers Feng Liang, Du Feng, Liang Yue, and Li Xiang; the two girls had not received their first Pokémon.

Liang Yue, a young Trainer and Breeder from Magic City, visited Lin Feng to challenge him after learning about his strength from Qin Shu. Lin Feng checked her Pokémon and refused the challenge because their Energy Levels were too low, suggesting she try the Sky Challenge in spring.

• Liang Yue arrived at Lin Feng's villa and asked to challenge him.
• Liang Yue recalled how Qin Shu's powerful Blastoise and Meowscarada had impressed her, then sent her to find Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng explained that the Sky Challenge was closed for winter and asked to see Liang Yue's Pokémon or Gym Badges.
• Liang Yue showed Lin Feng her Roserade and Xatu, whose Energy Levels were 21–24 and 12–15.
• Lin Feng declined Liang Yue's challenge and told her to try the Sky Challenge in spring.

Liang Yue discovered that Lin Feng’s orchard was home to unusually large, powerful Pokémon and decided to tell her grandfather, a breeder and researcher. As Lin Feng trained in the forest, Lucario watched in disbelief at how quickly his Pokémon had grown and how strong they had become.

• Lin Feng told Liang Yue to return after obtaining four Gym Badges, then refused to accept challenges until spring next year.
• Liang Yue saw Lin Feng’s large, fully evolved Pokémon and wondered how an orchard owner had raised them to such a level.
• Xatu tried to scout the villa from the sky but shrank back when an enormous Pidgeot took flight.
• Liang Yue decided to tell her grandfather about Lin Feng’s Pokémon so he could ask about their unusual size.
• Lin Feng trained his Pokémon in the forest while Lucario watched, astonished that Blaziken and the others had become so powerful in only a few months.

Lin Feng asked Uncle Liang’s Lucario to help Serperior improve its use of Wave Power. Lucario discovered that Lin Feng and his Pokémon could all wield Wave Power, then explained how to use it for perception and combat before recommending blindfolded battle practice.

• Lucario emerged from the trees after Lin Feng called for it to help Serperior train.
• Lin Feng greeted Lucario warmly, and Lucario agreed to teach Serperior how to use Wave Power skillfully.
• Lucario sensed that Lin Feng, Serperior, Gardevoir, and Alcremie all possessed Wave Power and was astonished by their abilities.
• Lucario explained that waves could scout surroundings or form Focus Blasts, and demonstrated a Focus Blast.
• Lucario taught them that Fighting-type Pokémon could use waves to anticipate opponents’ moves and suggested blindfolding Serperior to practice sensing and reacting.

Lin Feng trained Serperior to evade and attack while blind, then spent the night with his Pokémon and learned that the Dominion Tournament would begin the next day in Jinghua City. He still had to travel from Wutong City and arrive in time to sign in.

• Lin Feng learned Lucario’s old training method and told Serperior to practice evasion and attacking with its eyes covered and its tongue restrained.
• Serperior panicked in the darkness and coiled around Lin Feng.
• Meowscarada asked to become smaller, ate a size-shifting Peachy Energy Cube, and curled up contentedly in Lin Feng’s arms.
• Lin Feng looked up the Dominion Tournament venue and discovered that the competition would begin the next day in Jinghua City.

Lin Feng traveled to Donghua Arena to register for the Dominion Tournament and settled into the contestants’ hotel with his Pokémon. With the competition set to begin at nine, he released his team and prepared for the event.

• On January 13, Lin Feng left home on Dragonite and told the Indeedee siblings to seek Dragonite’s help if anything went wrong.
• After Dragonite was stopped by law enforcement in Jinghua City, Officer Jenny escorted Lin Feng to the registration office at Donghua Arena.
• Old Wang registered Lin Feng, who learned that another contestant from Wutong City had arrived earlier and suspected it was Fang Youzhi.
• A staff member led Lin Feng to the hotel beneath the stands, where he requested ingredients and checked the tournament information for the 128 contestants.
• Lin Feng released his Pokémon in his room and explained that Milotic would need a Shape-Shifting Energy Cube because she would not battle.

Lin Feng’s Pokémon gathered for the Dominion Tournament, where Feng Yang opened the competition and announced its expanded format. As the contestants assembled, Fang Youzhi recognized Lin Feng and realized that the Breeding House owner’s Pokémon were extraordinarily powerful.

• Lin Feng explained the tournament screen to his Pokémon before Feng Yang called to confirm he had arrived and the first-round draw began.
• Feng Yang rode Moltres into Donghua Arena, lit the arena’s sacred flames, and officially opened the Dominion Tournament.
• Li Bing announced that the tournament had more contestants than usual and would use 6v6 battles once the field reached the top 32.
• The 128 contestants appeared in the arena, and Lin Feng stood with Serperior and Alolan Ninetales beside him.
• Fang Youzhi recognized Lin Feng and recalled the astonishing feats of his Shiny Gardevoir and the Breeding House’s Big Pidgeot challenge.

Lin Feng entered the Dominion Tournament and learned that his first opponent was a bespectacled young Trainer. He watched the opening match, where a burly Trainer sent out Aggron and his opponent’s Pokémon surprised the crowd.

• Fang Youzhi saw Lin Feng at the tournament and worried that Lin Feng’s Gardevoir might appear.
• Li Bing recognized Lin Feng and predicted that his Goodra and Serperior could carry him far, though he doubted Lin Feng would win the Dominion Tournament.
• Lin Feng was paired with a bespectacled young man, while spectators from Wutong City recognized him and discussed his Pokémon.
• Lin Feng decided to attend the spectator stands and watch the first 3v3 match instead of returning to his room.
• A burly Trainer sent out his Aggron, and the crowd’s reaction shifted when the girl released her Pokémon.

At the Dominion Tournament, Lin Liang’s Aggron used Metal Sound to set up a surprise Growl that forced Lin Liang’s opponent to switch Primeape for Dragonite, then knocked Dragonite out. The match continued with Lin Liang’s side holding the advantage.

• The contestants sent out Aggron and Primeape, and Li Bing pointed out Aggron’s fourfold weakness to Fighting-type moves.
• Aggron used Metal Sound while Primeape used Swords Dance, then Primeape charged with Force Palm as Aggron finished its move.
• Aggron used Growl to force Primeape back into its Poké Ball and bring out Dragonite.
• Aggron struck Dragonite with Rock Throw and Heavy Slam while Dragonite answered with Discharge, then Dragonite collapsed.
• Li Bing praised Lin Liang’s surprise tactic, and Lin Feng realized that Aggron’s Metal Sound had concealed the plan to switch out Primeape.