Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng returned home and freed Garchomp from a hypnotic collar and Mega Stone. As Garchomp regained her memories, she recognized Lin Feng as the person who had captured her Trainer and began recounting what happened.

• Lin Feng arrived home with Latias and explained to his Pokémon that he had been away handling several matters.
• After dinner, Lin Feng told Gardevoir what had happened and later asked her and Dragonite to help him examine Garchomp.
• Lin Feng released Garchomp from her Poké Ball and asked whether the person who put the Mega Stone and collar on her had been her Trainer.
• Gardevoir and Lin Feng sensed hypnotic Psychic Power in the collar and Mega Stone, so Lin Feng removed the collar and Gardevoir erased the energy from the stone.
• Garchomp's memories returned, and she recognized Lin Feng as the person who had led a team to capture her Trainer.

Lin Feng learned how Garchomp had been captured and manipulated, then offered it food and shelter and promised to take it to see its child. The next morning, he considered the news about Mega Evolution and tended his farm, where the crops had grown unusually well.

• Garchomp explained how the researchers had starved, shocked, hypnotized, and deceived captured Pokémon into serving them.
• Garchomp said it wanted to see its child, and Lin Feng promised to take it there the next day, noting that someone else had captured it.
• Lin Feng released Garchomp from Gardevoir’s restraints and served it dinner alongside Blaziken, then let it sleep in the living room.
• Lin Feng read that news reports had omitted the Mega-Evolved Pokémon and Regigigas, and thought Mega Evolution might appear in the next Dominion Tournament.
• Lin Feng completed his morning farm chores and saw that the Peach Tree had nourished the orchard, leaving the watermelons and other crops larger and more uniform.

Lin Feng hosted Qin Shu and her Pokémon for breakfast before she left to challenge more Provincial Gyms and enter the Dominion Tournament. The visit grew chaotic as Qin Shu met Lin Feng’s shrunken Pokémon, Garchomp reunited with her daughter, and Farfetch'd challenged the Big Pidgeot.

• Qin Shu arrived with Blastoise, Meowscarada, Farfetch'd, Noivern, and Garchomp, saying she would leave the next day after mooching meals for the day.
• Qin Shu told Lin Feng she had earned three badges and planned to challenge the remaining Provincial Gyms before the Dominion Tournament, and she reported that Grandpa's Sandshrew had evolved into Sandslash.
• Qin Shu excitedly petted Lin Feng’s shrunken Pokémon and learned that Energy Cubes could change their size for a limited time.
• Lin Feng’s Meowscarada bristled at Qin Shu’s Meowscarada, while Garchomp and her daughter recognized each other as mother and child.
• Farfetch'd charged the Big Pidgeot, but Lin Feng rescued it from their encirclement and gave Qin Shu Shape-Shifting Energy Cubes to try.
• Lin Feng reassured Qin Shu that she had not caused Garchomp and her daughter to be separated, then went to reprimand Farfetch'd.

Lin Feng helped Qin Shu reunite with her Garchomp and let the older Garchomp decide whether to stay, while Farfetch'd learned humility after losing to Pidgeot. In the weeks that followed, Lin Feng focused on his Breeding House as Rosen investigated Sylveon's evolution, and Mewtwo searched Galar for the legendary King Pokémon.

• Lin Feng arranged a Pidgeot battle for Farfetch'd, which lost and returned to its Trainer more humbly.
• Lin Feng offered Qin Shu's Garchomp a choice of where to live, and it chose to stay with him.
• Lin Feng received rewards after raising Garchomp's Joy Value and considered where to house it.
• Rosen identified Fairy-type energy as a key to Eevee evolving into Sylveon, and Lin Feng suggested a Fairy-type move might be involved.
• Lin Feng learned that Mewtwo had reached Galar and was searching for the legendary King Pokémon, which Lin Feng recognized as Calyrex.

After Chansey evolved directly into Blissey, Lin Feng considered catching sea fish for Latias and guiding Blissey’s new egg-laying routine. A phone message then stunned Lin Feng, leaving its contents unknown.

• Lin Feng considered preparing fresh sea fish for Latias, who liked drinking and eating boneless fish.
• Chansey came to Lin Feng for food while carefully holding her egg as she neared evolution.
• Chansey evolved through two waves of light into Blissey, who immediately offered Lin Feng her egg and began producing another.
• Lin Feng told Blissey to lay eggs normally and planned to ask whether anyone wanted to join him at sea to catch fish.
• Lin Feng’s phone rang, and the message left him stunned.

After arranging a spontaneous day off, Lin Feng took a large group of Pokémon to a remote island for a beach picnic. He discovered that the island was crowded with Ghost-type Pokémon, but the group landed anyway and began setting up their vacation.

• Feng Yang told Lin Feng that Cynthia wanted to meet him to discuss Sinnoh mythology, and Lin Feng agreed to speak with her.
• Lin Feng declared a holiday, closed the Breeding House after its visitors left, and invited the Pokémon who wanted to come along.
• Lin Feng flew with the Pokémon toward the coast and followed Serperior's directions to a large island far from shipping lanes and flight paths.
• Lin Feng sensed abundant Ghost-type energy and many Ghost-type Pokémon on the island, but Latias landed on its beach despite his unease.
• Latias took human form, and Lin Feng released the Pokémon and told them to set up a sunshade.

Lin Feng and his Pokémon enjoyed a beach outing, exploring the shore, gathering fish, and preparing for a meal. Meanwhile, Cynthia set out for the Donghua region after recognizing a mysterious Pokémon in a photograph, and Lin Feng received her friend request.

• Lin Feng set up a shaded beach picnic while his Pokémon explored the shore and nearby sea.
• Lin Feng let the flying Pokémon fish and sent Goodra, Alolan Ninetales, and several Eevee to explore the island.
• Cynthia recognized a mysterious Pokémon in a photograph from Feng Yang and left Celestic Town for the Donghua region.
• Dragonite, Dragonite, and Garchomp brought back nearly a hundred pounds of fish, and Lin Feng told them to stop fishing.
• Lin Feng received a notification that Cynthia had requested to add him as a friend.

Lin Feng agreed to meet Cynthia and said he would ask Giratina before sharing information about it. Meanwhile, Alolan Ninetales led four Pokémon into the island’s dark forest to investigate whether people who became Ghost-type Pokémon retained their memories, and the group halted when Awu sensed something ahead.

• Cynthia contacted Lin Feng, confirmed he was the masked person in the image, and asked to visit him to learn about Giratina.
• Lin Feng agreed to meet Cynthia but warned that she might not learn anything, then asked Serperior to locate Alolan Ninetales.
• Alolan Ninetales led Leafeon, Umbreon, Sylveon, and Goodra into the forest despite the others’ fear.
• Alolan Ninetales wondered whether humans who became Ghost-type Pokémon kept their memories because it feared outliving Lin Feng by centuries.
• Awu stopped at the front of the group while scouting with Wave Power, alerting the others to something nearby.

Alolan Ninetales led the Pokémon deep into the forest, where they found a wrecked ship and were surrounded by Trevenant after Goodra panicked and fired a Hyper Beam. Lin Feng arrived and used his Evergreen Power to calm the Trevenant and the Ghost-type Pokémon gathered around the ship.

• Alolan Ninetales recognized a Phantump as the group explored deeper into the forest, while Ajiu and Goodra were frightened by the Ghost-type Pokémon they encountered.
• Leafeon led the group to a lake, where they discovered a wrecked wooden ship surrounded by ghostly lights and laughter.
• Trevenant emerged from the surrounding trees and encircled the Pokémon, prompting Goodra to fire a Hyper Beam in panic.
• Lin Feng sensed the commotion and flew to the group with Dragonite, Gardevoir, and Serperior.
• Lin Feng found Alolan Ninetales and the others surrounded by Trevenant, then released Evergreen Power, calming the Trevenant and drawing the ship's Ghost-type Pokémon toward him.

Lin Feng and his Pokémon explored an ancient ship, where they discovered hidden Pokémon and a hostile Ceruledge. Ceruledge escaped into the darkness after weakening Gardevoir’s Psychic, leaving Lin Feng facing a powerful new mystery.

• Lin Feng used Serperior’s Grassy Terrain to let the Ghost-type Pokémon absorb life force, then sent Dragonite and Goodra back while he explored with the others.
• Lin Feng and his Pokémon boarded the enormous wooden ship and followed Alolan Ninetales through its decayed rooms.
• Lin Feng found Litwick, Polteageist, and Flapple hiding aboard and considered bringing some of them back to his Plantation.
• Lin Feng reached the captain’s quarters, where an ambush struck from a nearby room and Gardevoir shielded the group.
• Gardevoir dragged out a Ceruledge, but it used Spite to weaken Psychic and escaped into the darkness.

Lin Feng and his Pokémon defeated and captured a powerful Ceruledge that had guarded a wooden door, then opened it and found two Hisuian Zoroark standing before a glowing azure gate. The chapter ended as Lin Feng faced the mysterious pair and the gate to the Spirit World.

• Lin Feng recalled the three little Eevee and ordered Gardevoir, Serperior, and Alolan Ninetales to attack Ceruledge.
• Gardevoir took Ceruledge’s Regret Blade to protect Lin Feng, and he treated her burned hand after the Pokémon defeated Ceruledge.
• Lin Feng contained the unconscious Ceruledge in a Poké Ball and opened the wooden door.
• Lin Feng saw two towering Hisuian Zoroark standing before an azure gate.

Lin Feng entered a room near the Spirit Gate, where two powerful Hisuian Zoroark guarded the entrance to the Spirit World, and took a pirate’s notebook without provoking them. He began reading the notebook’s account of a Pirate Group in the 1950s, leaving its story still unfolding.

• Lin Feng discovered that the two Hisuian Zoroark were guardians of the Spirit Gate appointed by the unknown Lord of the Spirit World.
• Lin Feng used Psychic Power to take the notebook from the table while the Hisuian Zoroark watched him.
• The Hisuian Zoroark warned Lin Feng to leave, so he led his Pokémon out of the room and closed the door.
• Lin Feng opened the notebook and read its account of a pirate who claimed his Pirate Group had been the largest on the seas in 1950.
• Lin Feng skimmed the early entries and learned that pirates had flourished near Donghua while the Donghua League was still new.

Lin Feng learned from a pirate’s journal that opening the Spirit Gate could return the dead but unleash spirits that could never go back. He then searched the island’s rooms and chose to bring home two Ghost-type Pokémon, approaching a room full of Litwick.

• Lin Feng pieced together the pirate’s history and read the journal’s warning that the Spirit Gate could never be closed once opened.
• Lin Feng explained that the Spirit Gate’s escaped spirits accounted for the island’s many Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Lin Feng released the Eevees and searched nearby rooms with his Pokémon, finding Gastly, Haunter, and Litwick.
• Lin Feng entered a room crowded with Litwick and told Ajiu he planned to take two Ghost-type Pokémon home.
• Lin Feng released his Evergreen Power, and the Litwick began drifting toward him.

Lin Feng used Evergreen Power to draw Ghost-type Pokémon out of the Spirit Gate rooms and chose a Litwick to take with him, while two timid Teacup Pokémon ended up in Poké Balls as well. As he considered whether to bring back a Gastly, he encountered a conspicuous white one and restrained it with Psychic Power.

• Lin Feng found that the Ghost-type Pokémon were eager to follow him because they craved his life energy, and he chose a talented female Litwick.
• Lin Feng led the Litwick out with Evergreen Power and took a small Litwick in a Poké Ball, while declining to choose any Lampent.
• Lin Feng lured out Polteageist and Flapple with Evergreen Power and World Tree tea leaves, then caught both after they remained silent.
• Lin Feng passed Gastly and Haunter that tried to startle his group, then used Psychic Power to restrain an unusually bold white Gastly.

Lin Feng caught a mischievous Gastly aboard the Ghost Ship, then hurried back to cook for his hungry Pokémon. He prepared fish dishes and soup, and brought out Polteageist to brew tea for Latias.

• Lin Feng decided to catch the panicking Gastly, and it stayed inside its Poké Ball after three chimes.
• Lin Feng left the Ghost Ship on Pidgeot after realizing his Pokémon were hungry.
• Lin Feng prepared tuna sashimi seasoned with Silver Feather powder for the Pidgeot family and began simmering fish-bone soup with tofu and cabbage.
• Lin Feng planned to brew World Tree tea with Polteageist for Latias, then brought Polteageist out to inspect its tea-cup form.

Lin Feng prepared Silver Tuna Sashimi and Silver Fish Bone Soup, then studied their effects and distributed them among his Pokémon. After the meal, he turned his attention to Polteageist’s tea, which was still steeping.

• Lin Feng checked the sashimi’s wind-related boosts and the soup’s effects, including underwater breathing, heated Water-type moves, stronger Flying-type moves while carrying a rider, and steadily increasing flight speed.
• Lin Feng shrank his Pokémon to reduce their food needs, then tested the sashimi’s speed boost and divided it among the Pidgeots for a balanced enhancement.
• The Pidgeots drank fish soup, while Milotic and Primarina gained the Water Heat effect and Dragonite and Dragonite consumed most of the remaining soup.
• Blaziken asked for some soup, and Lin Feng gave him a mouthful that granted him Water Lung.
• Lin Feng watched Polteageist’s World Tree tea leaves and Silver Feather powder steep, curious about its apparent inner space.

Lin Feng brewed Psychic World Tea and spent the afternoon relaxing with his Pokémon before returning to the Breeding House. There, he noticed he had brought back an extra Poké Ball and released two Litwick, while the Ceruledge he had caught remained unaccounted for.

• Lin Feng poured most of the brewed tea out of Polteageist and checked the seven effects of the Psychic World Tea.
• Lin Feng shared the tea and desserts with his Pokémon, then spent the afternoon playing in the ocean and fishing before returning to the Breeding House.
• Lin Feng realized he had forgotten to release a Ceruledge he caught on the Ghost Ship and counted four Poké Balls in his hand.
• Lin Feng released Litwick and Litwick into the Plantation, where the two Ghost-type Pokémon explored and their Friendship fell below 20.
• Lin Feng released Evergreen Power, drawing both Litwick close to him.

Lin Feng settled the newly captured Ghost-type Pokémon at his ranch and prepared to release the powerful Ceruledge. He suspected Ceruledge had once been a girl’s spirit bound to armor, but its long years guarding the Spirit Gate remained a mystery.

• Lin Feng ordered the two Litwick not to go out at night and placed them near the Giant Peachy Fruit Tree, keeping one in his room because it was too small to climb.
• Lin Feng caught the fleeing Gastly with his Psychic Power, and Gastly eagerly absorbed his Evergreen Power before agreeing to follow his rules.
• Lin Feng prepared to release the nearly level-ninety Ceruledge, calling Gardevoir and going to the Water Reservoir in case it attacked.
• Lin Feng recalled the captain’s story and guessed that the captain’s daughter’s spirit had become Ceruledge after being bound to armor, then obeyed the captain’s request to guard the Spirit Gate for years.

Lin Feng let the confused Ceruledge stay in his yard after it showed no hostility and its Friendship rose unusually fast. The next morning, Ceruledge mistook a passage to the Distortion World for a threat and attacked Giratina, who emerged to confront it.

• Lin Feng offered Ceruledge a place to stay as long as it did not attack Pokémon or people, and Ceruledge accepted without speaking.
• Lin Feng left Ceruledge Peachy Fruit Wine and returned to the house with Gardevoir.
• The next morning, Lin Feng found Ceruledge beside the Water Reservoir and noticed its Friendship had risen again.
• Ceruledge saw the black ripples Latias used to emerge and slashed a Regret Blade through the passage at Giratina.
• Giratina rose from the water and released its overwhelming pressure upon Ceruledge as the watching Pokémon stared in shock.

Lin Feng befriended Ceruledge after explaining Giratina’s identity and later learned that Ho-Oh wanted to see him. He set out to meet Suicune and Entei, who had come to deliver Ho-Oh’s summons.

• Lin Feng calmed Giratina after Ceruledge attacked it, and Ceruledge knelt before him after seeing him protect it.
• Lin Feng accepted Ceruledge as a companion and told it to think carefully before drawing its sword.
• Lin Feng made ice cream for his Pokémon and waited for Cynthia to arrive.
• Reports spread that Suicune and Entei had returned to Wutong Forest, and Luo Bingxue asked Lin Feng about them.
• Lin Feng went into the forest with Gardevoir and Serperior, where Suicune and Entei told him that Ho-Oh wished to see him.