Chapter Summaries

Su Hao traveled across Magic City to book the Beginner Nurturer exam, getting lost when Juede Map repeatedly led him in circles. He reached the Nurturer Association and asked the receptionist to book his exam.

• Su Hao rode the crowded subway to the center of Magic City and recalled Dragapult to spare it the crush.
• Juede Map sent Su Hao around in circles until he asked Xia Xiaoguang for directions and learned the Nurturer Association was beside the station.
• Su Hao hurried to the Nurturer Association, where he observed trainee nurturers waiting for their exams.
• Su Hao approached the front desk and said he wanted to book the Beginner Nurturer exam.

Su Hao registered for the Beginner Nurturer exam and toured the Evolution Research Institute with Mi Hao, learning about its Pokémon evolution research. He entered the institute’s core research room and found his mother, Su Qing, discussing a critically ill Eevee rescued from an underground laboratory.

• Su Hao paid the 50,000 Shenzhou Coin fee and registered for the Beginner Nurturer exam scheduled for the next morning.
• Su Hao traveled to the Evolution Research Institute, where Mi Hao welcomed him and showed him around.
• Mi Hao explained how the institute developed Dragon Scale and Metal Coat to help Seadra, Onix, and Scyther evolve.
• Mi Hao gave Su Hao a Temporary Passcard to the core research room and left him to visit the deputy director.
• Su Hao entered the research room and found Su Qing saying that only one of the rescued Eevee remained alive and its vital signs were still collapsing.

Su Hao visited the last surviving Eevee with Genetic Collapse at his mother Su Qing’s research institute, hoping to use his Life Energy to save it. After his system revealed no treatment, Su Qing explained that implanted genes from many Pokémon had caused Eevee’s own genes to be deleted, leaving its condition critical.

• Su Hao noticed Su Qing was troubled and asked to see the Eevee she had been discussing.
• Su Qing led Su Hao through the institute’s disinfection passages and described the brutal experiments performed on the Eevee.
• Su Hao and Su Qing joked that Su Xu had gone to train in a Secret Realm and left his work to Old Qian.
• Su Hao examined Eevee’s data panel, found it offered no treatment, and asked Su Qing about Gene Deletion.
• Su Qing explained that foreign gene fragments from many Pokémon had triggered Eevee’s Genetic Collapse and that previous attempts to restore its vitality had only slowed the decline.

Su Hao learned from Articuno that he could not fully cure Eevee, but he could use Life Energy to keep it alive. He treated Eevee with a Verdant Healing Rasengan while Su Qing concealed the energy readings and kept others away, leaving Su Hao to continue treating Eevee until late that night.

• Articuno told Su Hao that his Life Energy could sustain Eevee but could not cure it completely.
• Su Hao warned Su Qing before creating a Verdant Healing Rasengan from Tokiwa Power, Wave Power, and Life Energy.
• Su Qing opened the Medical Pod, and Su Hao enveloped Eevee in the Rasengan to repair its damaged body.
• Su Qing shut off the treatment room's external data connection to protect Su Hao and the energy from being discovered.
• Su Hao asked Su Qing to keep people away while he continued replenishing the Rasengan, and she left to secure the area.

Su Qing disguised the institute’s data and surveillance records while Su Hao stayed with Eevee until its condition stabilized. Later, Su Hao took Dragapult into the outskirts of Magic City for its first battle, where Dragapult knocked out Pidgey and Su Hao healed it before moving on to search for an Ekans and Arbok nest.

• Su Qing altered the data and surveillance records, hoping everything went smoothly for her son.
• Su Qing told Su Hao that Eevee was out of danger inside the Medical Pod, and he arranged a ride back to the hotel.
• Su Hao instead entered a forest outside Magic City with Dragapult to train and find it a first opponent.
• Su Hao used Aura to predict Pidgey’s flight path and launched Dragapult at it with a powered-up Dragon Darts attack.
• Su Hao healed the fallen Pidgey, then decided to investigate a nearby Ekans and Arbok nest.
• Pidgey woke without injuries, remembered the attack, and returned to its tree hollow to hide.

Su Hao and Dragapult hunted wild Pokémon through the night, raising Dragapult to level 15 before Su Hao returned to the Evolution Research Institute. He reunited with Diancie and began testing her with Su Qing so they could record data for her eventual public introduction.

• Su Hao and Dragapult defeated three Arbok in the nearby forest, gaining five levels and inspiring a local urban legend about the Forest of the Evil Serpent God.
• Su Hao returned to the institute and told Su Qing he wanted to help and eventually adopt the injured Eevee after its damaged genes were repaired.
• Su Hao met Su Qing at the institute, where she greeted Diancie and asked her to cooperate with the tests.
• Su Qing and Su Hao began recording Diancie's data in a testing room with Diancie's permission.

Su Hao and Su Qing agreed to conceal Diancie’s true status until Su Hao revealed her in battle, while Su Hao hoped the Nirvana Secret Realm might lead him to Ho-Oh and a cure for Eevee. Eevee woke long enough to thank Su Hao for saving him, and Su Hao gathered his Pokémon to tell them he wanted to help Eevee recover.

• Su Qing agreed to record Diancie’s evolution requirements as unknown and publish her information when Su Hao first used her in battle.
• Su Hao planned to reveal Diancie against the fourth-year seeds and considered asking Miao Yin about the Nirvana Secret Realm as a possible path to Ho-Oh.
• Eevee remembered his captivity, the deaths of the other rescued Eevee, and the green light that had saved him when he was near death.
• Su Hao and Su Qing arrived at the facility, where Eevee struggled toward Su Hao, thanked him through Tokiwa Power, and fell asleep from exhaustion.
• Su Hao released Diancie, Incineroar, Milotic, and Dragapult, explained Eevee’s condition, and told them he wanted to help him.

Su Hao rode a taxi to the Nurturer Association for his first assessment and learned about the exams from the talkative driver, whose daughter had repeatedly failed the Beginner Nurturer Assessment. The driver dropped Su Hao off at the association, and Su Hao headed in with confidence about taking the assessment.

• Su Hao hailed a taxi near the Evolution Research Institute and asked the driver to take him to the Nurturer Association.
• The driver told Su Hao that his daughter had failed the Beginner Nurturer Assessment several times and asked whether Su Hao was a college student.
• Su Hao asked the driver what to expect, and the driver described the tricky written test and varied practical exam topics.
• The driver explained that a Beginner Nurturer Certificate offered lucrative career opportunities, despite the assessment's difficulties.
• The driver dropped Su Hao off at the Nurturer Association and asked him to share how the assessment went if they met again.

Su Hao arrived at the Magic City Nurturer Association for his Beginner Nurturer written exam, while Branch President Mu Yulan investigated the leaked exam questions. As the exam approached, Su Hao waited among the candidates and recognized the middle-aged man he had seen the day before.

• Su Hao reflected on what he had learned from his taxi ride and hoped the written exam would not ask anything unreasonable.
• A secretary told Mu Yulan that the written and practical exam questions had been leaked, and Mu Yulan decided to use the written results to identify suspects.
• Mu Yulan sent Gengar to watch for suspicious behavior among the examinees, and Gengar slipped invisibly toward the examination floors.
• Su Hao asked the receptionist where the written exam was being held and learned that candidates would be called in random order.
• Su Hao found a seat in the crowded waiting area and noticed the middle-aged man he had seen the previous day.

Su Hao took the Nurturer exam and used his Pokémon knowledge to answer the written test. After submitting it, he sensed a powerful Gengar hiding in the ceiling, leaving him wondering why it was in the examination room.

• A middle-aged candidate tried to sell Su Hao memorized exam questions, but Su Hao left when the exam was called and planned to report him anonymously.
• Su Hao entered the computer-based exam room and discovered that a Porygon was monitoring the candidates.
• Su Hao answered the questions using his Pokémon knowledge, including identifying a Jigglypuff silhouette and naming Garchomp and Camerupt.
• After submitting the test, Su Hao sensed something on the ceiling and briefly saw scarlet eyes.
• Su Hao identified the hidden Pokémon as a Mid Gym Level Gengar carrying a Curse Talisman.

After Gengar accidentally revealed himself during Su Hao’s exam, he feared Mu Yulan would punish him by taking away his food. He tried to make up for the disruption by reporting suspicious examinees and showed Mu Yulan photos he had taken, leaving her to investigate the people she did not recognize.

• Su Hao noticed Gengar hiding in the ceiling, and the proctor and examinees screamed when Gengar’s scarlet eyes appeared.
• Gengar worried that Mu Yulan would discover the commotion and withhold his dinner, so he decided to report suspicious examinees to redeem himself.
• Gengar entered Mu Yulan’s office and told her he had found important evidence.
• Gengar pulled a saliva-covered camera from his mouth, wiped it clean, and handed it to Mu Yulan.
• Mu Yulan saw that Gengar had taken fifteen photos across twenty exam rooms and concluded the suspicious examinees were likely among the people she did not recognize.

Mu Yulan investigated suspiciously fast exam answers and punished Gengar for spying too openly, while Su Hao waited with other candidates for the results. He Kun then reported that Shu Hongyuan had bragged about getting a perfect score, and the group decided to check the results screen.

• Gengar reported that several candidates had finished the exam unusually quickly, making Mu Yulan suspect cheating.
• Gengar showed Mu Yulan a flattering photo of Su Hao and accused him of answering quickly and causing a disturbance after handing in his paper.
• Mu Yulan realized Gengar had revealed himself or exaggerated his report and cut his dinners in half, banned his snacks for a week, and reviewed Su Hao's registration details.
• Su Hao returned to the waiting hall, where he met Liu Yue, Zhao Xing, He Kun, and Li Xin and explained that he had come to visit his mother in Magic City.
• He Kun said he had heard a candidate boast that he would get a perfect score, and he recalled the candidate's name as Shu Hongyuan.

Su Hao and his companions passed the written portion of the Beginner Nurturer Assessment, while Shu Hongyuan and three classmates earned perfect scores. As the group discussed their plans before the practical exam, Su Hao revealed he had an invitation to visit Magic City University and watch its school team.

• Li Xin and Liu Yue shared rumors about the wealthy, well-known transfer student He Kun had encountered.
• The Nurturer Association posted the written results, showing Su Hao with 99 points and all five companions passing.
• He Kun recognized Shu Hongyuan among four boys who had each scored 100, and Li Xin doubted one of the boys had earned such a result.
• Zhao Xing said he planned to watch Magic City University's school team, but He Kun and Liu Yue learned that outsiders could not enter the university.
• Su Hao said he wanted to attend the matches and produced a visitor invitation, surprising the others.

Su Hao visited Magic City University with Zhao Xing after receiving an invitation, and Grandpa Xia let him enter after reading it. Zhao Xing hurried Su Hao toward the Battle Hall for the university’s Coaching match, while Grandpa Xia made a phone call after they left.

• Zhao Xing, He Kun, and Liu Yue congratulated Su Hao on his Magic City University tour invitation, while Li Xin felt jealous.
• Zhao Xing took Su Hao on the subway toward the university and enthusiastically promoted the campus to him.
• Su Hao and Zhao Xing ran for twenty minutes to reach Magic City University, where Zhao Xing explained the upgraded facial-recognition entrance system.
• Grandpa Xia read Su Hao’s invitation, recognized its significance, and allowed him to enter, asking him to register his facial data before leaving.
• Zhao Xing realized the Coaching match had started and rushed Su Hao toward the Battle Hall, while Grandpa Xia dialed a number.

Magic City University's third-year school team members gave coaching matches to lower-year Battle Department students and won decisively. After Jiang Zihan defeated another student, he challenged the handsome late arrival who had just entered the Battle Hall.

• Jiang Zihan's Serperior dodged Crabominable's attacks and defeated it while Jiang Zihan advised its trainer to stay calm and watch for openings.
• Muxia's Professional Level Blaziken defeated a Mid-Elite Level Abomasnow with Blaze Kick, and Muxia invited another student to battle.
• Daiwu's Shiny Metagross saw through Weavile's Double Team and struck its real body with Meteor Mash.
• Jiang Zihan noticed two late students enter the Battle Hall and challenged the handsome one to a battle.

Su Hao arrived late at the Battle Hall with Zhao Xing and was unexpectedly challenged by Jiang Zihan. Wanting to test himself against a top university’s school-team member, Su Hao accepted and prepared to battle.

• Su Hao and Zhao Xing reached the Battle Hall after five and pushed open its doors despite arriving late.
• Jiang Zihan spotted Su Hao and invited him to battle, drawing the attention of the students gathered nearby.
• Su Hao examined Jiang Zihan’s Elite Level Late Stage Serperior and decided to use Milotic for the match.
• Zhao Xing tried to explain that Su Hao was a Nurturer, but Su Hao interrupted and accepted Jiang Zihan’s challenge.
• Su Hao told Zhao Xing that he had taken the Nurturer exam but was still mainly a Trainer, then asked Jiang Zihan to teach him.

Su Hao entered a coaching match at Magic City University, where his Mid-Elite Level Milotic faced Jiang Zihan’s stronger Serperior. As the battle was about to begin, Milotic eagerly embraced the attention and treated her opponent as a warm-up.

• Jiang Zihan introduced himself as a third-year Battle Department student and school team member, then chose his Elite Level Serperior for the coaching match.
• Su Hao sent out Milotic, surprising the crowd and Jiang Zihan, who recognized her as Mid-Elite Level but expected his Serperior to win.
• Lin Yu and Zhao Xing discussed Milotic’s unusual aura and Su Hao’s impressive abilities, while Lin Yu predicted Jiang Zihan would prevail.
• Milotic told Su Hao she enjoyed the crowd’s attention and declared that she would treat Jiang Zihan’s Serperior as a warm-up.

Su Hao’s Milotic overwhelmed Jiang Zihan’s Serperior in a coaching match, forcing Jiang Zihan to unleash Leaf Storm. The chapter ended with Su Hao ordering Milotic to counter with Dragon Pulse.

• Su Hao sent Milotic to test herself against Jiang Zihan’s Serperior with Aqua Tail.
• Milotic held Serperior in a strength contest and gradually pushed her back, drawing a crowd of astonished students.
• Jiang Zihan told Serperior to stop holding back and use Leaf Blade, but Milotic’s Dragon Tail shattered Serperior’s attack and blasted her away.
• Jiang Zihan acknowledged Su Hao as the strongest second-year and ordered Serperior to use Leaf Storm.
• Su Hao calmly commanded Milotic to use Dragon Pulse against Serperior’s Leaf Storm.

Su Hao’s Milotic battled Jiang Zihan’s Serperior, whose Contrary Ability turned Leaf Storm’s Special Attack drops into boosts. Milotic overcame two increasingly powerful Leaf Storms, and Jiang Zihan committed Serperior to a third as the battle reached its limit.

• Milotic and Serperior clashed Dragon Pulse against Leaf Storm, and Milotic overwhelmed the first storm.
• Jiang Zihan used Serperior’s Contrary Ability to boost her Special Attack with a second Leaf Storm, but Milotic increased her output and broke through it.
• Jiang Zihan realized Serperior could not endure another boost for long, but ordered her to use a third Leaf Storm anyway.

Su Hao and Milotic battled Jiang Zihan and Serperior, pushing both Pokémon to their limits before Milotic broke through Serperior’s Leaf Storm. Serperior was knocked unconscious but spared further injury, and Milotic began treating her.

• Su Hao urged Milotic to gather her scattered Dragon Pulses while Serperior drew strength from memories of her Trainer and began overpowering them.
• Jiang Zihan encouraged Serperior as Milotic recalled Latios and Latias’s Dragon Pulse and shaped her attack into a wingless blue dragon.
• Milotic’s Dragon Pulse pierced the Leaf Storm and sent Serperior flying, but Su Hao helped redirect its impact so it would not strike her directly.
• Jiang Zihan found Serperior unconscious beside a crater, and Milotic used Aqua Ring to treat her injuries.
• Su Hao explained that he had altered Dragon Pulse’s impact point, and Jiang Zihan thanked him for showing mercy.