Chapter Summaries

Yu Hai learned how to try to save Zapdos and received maps from Blaine, then asked about Elite Four advancement and faced Xiao Feng's questions about his past. The chapter ended with Xiao Feng asking whether Yu Hai had also been the person at the Black Market.

• Blaine explained that Zapdos's diluted legendary bloodline made its electrical power damage its body, and suggested removing its electricity-storing organ or building its resistance to electricity.
• Yu Hai proposed using Crystal Lake and repeated charging and discharging to help Zapdos adapt, and Blaine gave him a map to the lake as well as a permit map for Blastoise Island.
• Yu Hai joined Blaine, Ame, Ai, Xiao Qian, Xiao Feng, and Xiao Feng's mother for dinner, then asked Blaine how Pokémon advanced to the Elite Four while they soaked in the hot spring.
• Blaine said Magmar would reach the Elite Four naturally but could not judge Yu Hai's other Pokémon without studying them.
• Xiao Feng revealed that he knew Yu Hai's Lucario had been his missing Riolu, but said he did not want revenge because he and his childhood friend had grown apart.
• Xiao Feng asked whether Yu Hai had also been the person at the Black Market, and Yu Hai denied it.

Yu Hai discovered that Xiao Feng had guessed he was Spider, and Xiao Feng asked to join him in exchange for help protecting his family from Team Rocket. Yu Hai accepted Xiao Feng but refused the offered Bagon, leaving Xiao Feng with advice on staying safe and growing stronger.

• Xiao Feng revealed that Team Rocket had recruited him and demanded that he steal Blaine's research materials, then said he wanted to join Spider.
• Xiao Feng admitted he had deduced that Yu Hai was Smiling Spider, and Yu Hai realized Xiao Feng had tricked him into confirming it.
• Xiao Feng offered Yu Hai a talented Bagon in exchange for saving his family, but Yu Hai refused because he was not confident facing Team Rocket.
• Yu Hai examined Xiao Feng's Pokémon and agreed to let him join while keeping his identity secret and not telling his father about Team Rocket's approach.
• Yu Hai explained that Blaine was protecting Xiao Feng and his mother, and advised Xiao Feng to stall Team Rocket and focus on becoming stronger.
• Xiao Feng offered the Bagon again, but Yu Hai told him to keep it as a means to protect himself and seek revenge if necessary, then left the hot spring.

Yu Hai left Cinnabar Island for Johto to investigate Crystal Lake, but Team Rocket ambushed him aboard the passenger ship. After evading their search, he disguised himself as a Sailor and hid in the Sailor Bar, while his pursuers decided to wait for him to appear.

• Yu Hai said goodbye to Blaine, Ai, Ai's Mother, and Xiao Qian before boarding a ship bound for Johto, while Xiao Feng watched from the Gym entrance.
• Yu Hai planned his route to Crystal Lake and trained his Pokémon during the voyage, unaware that three people were waiting near his room.
• Gengar sensed the ambush, so Yu Hai jumped overboard and escaped around the ship with help from Sharp-toothed Fish and Golbat.
• Yu Hai disguised himself with Ditto and hid in the Bar, where he learned the men searching the ship worked security for the Goldenrod Game Corner and were likely Team Rocket.
• Yu Hai changed into a Sailor uniform and slept in the Sailor Bar while Gengar kept watch, as the searchers failed to find him and decided to wait.

Yu Hai escaped the ship and ambushed his pursuers in the forest, defeating their Pokémon before confronting the jacket-wearing middle-aged man and his Elite-class Feraligatr. Poliwrath’s full-power attack badly wounded Feraligatr but left Poliwrath unconscious, and Yu Hai faced the powerful trainer with the battle unresolved.

• Yu Hai flew from the ship on Fearow, spotted two pursuers, and landed in a forest where he prepared an ambush with Poliwrath and Scyther.
• Yu Hai’s Pokémon overwhelmed the two Black-Clad Men and their teams, leaving the men unconscious or dead and capturing ten Pokémon.
• Gengar warned Yu Hai that the jacket-wearing middle-aged man had arrived, and Yu Hai recalled most of his Pokémon before facing the man’s Feraligatr.
• Yu Hai ordered Poliwrath to unleash Belly Drum and Focus Punch against Feraligatr’s Dragon Claw, and their collision devastated the forest and formed a huge crater.
• Poliwrath fell unconscious while Feraligatr survived with severe injuries, and Yu Hai fed Poliwrath Energy Cubes as the middle-aged man treated his starter.

Yu Hai lured the middle-aged man deep into the Silver Mountain Range, then launched a coordinated night ambush with his Pokémon. Gengar poisoned the man and Medicham before retreating, leaving the middle-aged man weakened and struggling to survive.

• Yu Hai escaped the middle-aged man’s Onix and Ekans by flying into the forest on Pelipper, then led his pursuer deeper into the Silver Mountain Range throughout the day.
• After night fell, Yu Hai sent Spinarak and Golbat to locate the middle-aged man and quietly approached with his Pokémon.
• Poliwrath and Scyther engaged Ekans while Rhydon blocked Onix, and Gyarados fired a Hyper Beam at the middle-aged man.
• The middle-aged man released Medicham to protect himself, but Toxicroak and Gengar surprised him from behind and from his shadow.
• Ekans and Medicham pulled the middle-aged man out of Gengar’s grasp, but Gengar poisoned both of their feet, and the toxin began spreading up the man’s legs.

Yu Hai defeated the middle-aged Team Rocket officer and his Pokémon after the man recognized him as Spider, then interrogated him about the ambush. The officer revealed that his family had targeted Yu Hai while investigating the disappearance of his nephew, Ada’s eldest cousin, and Yu Hai asked how Team Rocket’s wanted notice described him.

• Yu Hai divided his Pokémon among the battles, using Toxicroak, Scyther, and Accelgor to take down the drugged Feraligatr while Gengar and the others fought Onix and Medicham.
• The middle-aged man recognized Yu Hai as Spider and tried to expose his identity, but Yu Hai destroyed his phone and had Spinarak bind him.
• Yu Hai’s Pokémon defeated the man’s remaining Pokémon, and Gengar killed Ekans and ate its Poison Sac.
• Yu Hai treated his injured Pokémon while Lucario stayed beside the defeated Medicham, unwilling to return to its Poké Ball.
• Yu Hai had Gengar hypnotize the captive and learned that the man was a Team Rocket officer investigating his nephew’s disappearance and that his nephew was Ada’s eldest cousin.
• Yu Hai asked the captive how Team Rocket’s wanted notice described him.

Yu Hai learned why Team Rocket had targeted him, salvaged valuable items from the defeated Pokémon, and discovered that Ditto and Lucario had gained new strength. He left the Silver Mountain Range for Lake of Life to treat his injured Pokémon, while Team Rocket’s search party concluded he had reached Elite Four level and Sakaki prepared to act.

• Yu Hai learned that Team Rocket had hunted him for his suspected Darkrai and that the middle-aged man had pursued him while investigating his missing nephew.
• Yu Hai collected valuable items and materials from the defeated Pokémon, and Ditto absorbed the remains of another Ditto, raising its Potential.
• Yu Hai discovered that Medicham had transferred its Aura and psychic power to Lucario before dying, strengthening Lucario and teaching it Psychic.
• Yu Hai burned the battlefield and the corpses, but honored Lucario’s request to bury Medicham, then left for Lake of Life because his Pokémon needed treatment.
• A search party reached the Silver Mountain Range at dawn, assessed the destruction, and concluded Yu Hai possessed a legendary Dark Spirit and had advanced to Elite Four level.
• Team Rocket’s relatives argued over pursuing Yu Hai, then learned that Sakaki had received the news and was preparing to act personally.

Yu Hai reached Lake of Life and slept while his injured Pokémon recovered. Celebi and Suicune secretly healed them, and Eevee evolved into Umbreon; Yu Hai woke the next morning and discovered the change.

• After two days and one night of flight, Yu Hai arrived at Lake of Life and let his Pokémon bathe while he slept.
• Celebi recognized Yu Hai and, with Suicune guarding it, healed his injured Pokémon and eased his exhaustion.
• Celebi and Suicune left after the treatment, while Gengar kept watch and Starmie took over the next shift.
• Eevee evolved into Umbreon beneath the moonlight while Yu Hai slept.
• Yu Hai woke startled by Umbreon in his sleeping bag, then recognized his evolved Pokémon and apologized to Gengar.

After Celebi secretly healed Yu Hai’s Pokémon at Lake of Life, Yu Hai discovered their recovery and Umbreon’s evolution, then buried Medicham and set out for Crystal Lake with Zapdos. After visiting Kano Village, he was attacked from the forest while flying onward, but Gengar blocked the Hyper Beam.

• Yu Hai found that Poliwrath, Rhydon, Gyarados, and the others had recovered, and learned that Eevee had evolved into Umbreon with increased Potential and new moves.
• Zapdos woke in good health, and Yu Hai fed the Pokémon before noticing Celebi’s hidden laughter and collecting Lake of Life water.
• Yu Hai and Lucario buried Medicham, then left Lake of Life aboard Pelipper to travel east toward Crystal Lake.
• Yu Hai visited Kano Village, met the old woman and her granddaughter Miku, and let Lucario battle the village children before departing.
• A Pokémon in the forest fired a Hyper Beam at Pelipper, but Gengar anticipated the attack and blocked it with Protect.

Yu Hai was attacked by Bisharp and Tyranitar, but Celebi saved him by transporting him into the future. He returned to Kano Village and learned that years had passed, leaving him eager to discover what had become of his future self and the people he knew.

• Bisharp ambushed Yu Hai in the forest, and Tyranitar, Scizor, and Weavile cornered him as he tried to escape.
• Celebi shielded Yu Hai from Tyranitar's Hyper Beam and transported him away; Yu Hai later woke beside Celebi and Pelipper near a huge pit.
• Yu Hai sent Fearow to search for people and discovered that he was still in Celebi Forest, near Kano Village.
• White, Miku, and Miku's grandmother recognized that Yu Hai had traveled into their future, where years had passed since his departure.
• Yu Hai told them about Bisharp and Celebi, then asked about his future Champion status and the people he knew.

Yu Hai contacted his future self, who used a coded call to warn him that Sakaki had forced him to join Team Rocket after he returned from the past. Yu Hai learned the danger awaiting him and was left preparing for a different future.

• Miku told Yu Hai that his future self became the Champion of the Orange Islands, and he left for Lake of Life to contact him.
• Yu Hai called his future self using coded phrases, while Manba traced the call to near Olivine City without realizing the two callers were the same person.
• Future Yu Hai arranged for Gengar to send a warning to his past self, and Manba dismissed the call as a conversation with a poor relative.
• Yu Hai interpreted the coded insults as a signal to wait for a call at 2:50 a.m. and kept watch beside Lake of Life.
• At 2:50 a.m., a Slowking relayed future Yu Hai's warning that Sakaki had blocked his return and forced him to join Team Rocket, which had powerful Pokémon including Darkrai and Zapdos.

Yu Hai heard his future self recount how he became the Orange Islands Champion under Team Rocket, along with the betrayals and deaths that followed. The call ended with a warning about Darkrai and a second, cryptic call from Dunmei that left Yu Hai furious and confused.

• Slowking told Yu Hai that his future self became Orange Islands Champion, joined Team Rocket, and married Manba, while A Dai learned to speak through telepathy.
• Yu Hai's future self described Spider's dissolution, Guita's revenge and marriage, and A Yan's death after he tried to steal his beloved bride.
• Slowking warned Yu Hai that Ada would be assassinated during the Orange Tournament and shared leads about Shingo, Taro, Sabrina, Mewtwo, Steven, and the Whale Trio.
• Yu Hai's future self revealed that he had killed Xiao Ying under Team Rocket's pledge of allegiance and had failed to find Darkrai in the Ruins.
• After the call ended, Yu Hai raged over the spoilers, then answered a call from Dunmei, who asked whether he had known all along and said she hated him before hanging up.

Yu Hai returned to the past and escaped Sakaki’s ambush by having Mega Gengar open a way into the Distortion World. With his past self free, the doomed future timeline began collapsing, and future Yu Hai vanished while saying goodbye to Manba.

• Yu Hai revived Celebi in the Lake of Life, and Celebi healed Scyther before preparing to take him back in time.
• Before traveling, Yu Hai had Mega Gengar enter its Mega Evolution state and instructed Celebi to return to its Poké Ball after they arrived.
• Yu Hai appeared in the crater at Celebi Forest, where Bisharp and three other pursuers had surrounded him, but Mega Gengar dragged him into the Distortion World.
• Sakaki ordered his group not to pursue Yu Hai, then left by helicopter; Suicune tracked Celebi’s aura to the crater.
• Future Yu Hai learned that his past self had escaped and told Manba their time together was ending as the future timeline fractured.
• Future Yu Hai vanished into starlight after saying goodbye to Manba and calling out to A Yan, Xiao Ying, and Ada.

As the future changed, people and Pokémon across the world vanished, while Yu Hai escaped his pursuers by drawing Giratina into a fight in the Distortion World. Suicune carried him and Celebi to Ecruteak City, and Giratina freed the controlled Pokémon before returning to repair its realm.

• Manba, Sakaki, and many people across the world vanished as the future changed, while imprisoned Pokémon and others reflected on Yu Hai and their loved ones.
• Yu Hai entered the Distortion World and drew Giratina into battle with the two Elite Four pursuers, then fled while Giratina fought them.
• Suicune carried Yu Hai out of the Distortion World and demanded Celebi; after Yu Hai released Celebi, Suicune crushed its Poké Ball and took Celebi away.
• Yu Hai reached Ecruteak City, rented a room in Old Town, and planned to rest before traveling to Crystal Lake.
• Giratina defeated the pursuers, freed their Dark Ball-controlled Pokémon, and released them into Celebi Forest before beginning repairs to the Distortion World.

Yu Hai prepared to awaken the Clay Doll Origin Stone in Ecruteak City’s Burned Tower, gathering Ghost-type, Ground-type, and other materials before returning there at midnight. With Gengar’s help, he triggered the Origin Stone’s reaction, and it absorbed a vast quantity of items as the awakening began.

• Yu Hai explored Ecruteak City and decided the Burned Tower’s dense Ghost-type aura made it the best place to activate the Clay Doll Origin Stone.
• Matsuba confronted Yu Hai at the Burned Tower, checked his Pokédex, and accepted his explanation that he was searching for Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Yu Hai returned to his inn, sorted his Elite-class and other materials, and waited until midnight before flying to the Burned Tower on Pelipper.
• At the tower’s summit, Yu Hai arranged the materials around the Origin Stone, then had Gengar inject Ghost-type energy when moonlight made the stone react.
• The Origin Stone absorbed the arranged Ghost-type, Ground-type, and other materials, and Yu Hai added further stones, gems, and metal before the resulting tornado stopped.

Yu Hai awakened a newly created Golurk, which resisted capture until Umbreon used their shared golden glow to persuade it to enter a Poké Ball. After reviewing Golurk’s status, Yu Hai discovered it was Shiny and exceptionally powerful, and planned to train it with help from his Pokémon.

• Gengar awakened the giant Golurk inside the Burned Tower, and Yu Hai’s first attempts to catch it failed as it broke free and fled toward the city.
• Gengar could not put Golurk to sleep, so it released Umbreon, whose golden glow attracted Golurk and led it back to Yu Hai.
• Umbreon demonstrated entering and leaving a Poké Ball, and Golurk accepted capture after deciding that friends stayed in balls.
• Gengar erased Golurk’s enormous footprints while Yu Hai returned to the inn with Golurk’s Poké Ball.
• Yu Hai inspected Golurk’s status and found it Shiny, with Champion Potential, a high level, and a powerful set of moves.
• Yu Hai planned to have Gengar, Umbreon, and Poliwrath teach Golurk control, common sense, and fighting techniques.

Yu Hai’s bus journey to Olivine City was diverted by Luo Ke, a two-hundred-year-old Ninetales who trapped the passengers in illusions and drew them toward her old residence. After Yu Hai revealed that he knew where her master’s descendants were, Luo Ke saw Brock’s picture and urgently asked to meet him.

• Yu Hai fell asleep on the bus while Umbreon guarded him, and Luo Ke’s illusion led the bus into a remote valley on Mt. Bell.
• Yu Hai recognized that Luo Ke had trapped the passengers, while the others sought shelter in her old residence as rain fell and wolves surrounded the bus.
• Yu Hai used Gengar’s pressure to drive away the wolves and called out Luo Ke, who opened the gate after he mentioned her master.
• Yu Hai told Luo Ke that her master’s descendants might still be identifiable and showed her a magazine portrait of Brock.
• Luo Ke became overwhelmed with excitement at Brock’s resemblance to her master and said she wanted to see him.

Golurk had learned a wide range of moves after the narrator invested resources in completing its training. The narrator explained that Minimize could help the oversized Golurk evade attacks and hide, then invited readers to report any problems with the status panel.

• Golurk received a status panel listing its types, abilities, and moves.
• The narrator said Golurk had completed its training and only needed to get familiar with its moves.
• The narrator explained that Golurk normally could not learn Minimize but had been taught it to shrink and improve its evasion.
• The narrator described Golurk as over four meters tall and asked readers to report any problems with the status panel.

Yu Hai freed Luo Ke, a Ninetales trapped in an old mansion, and helped her learn that her master had been killed by bandits two hundred years earlier. After reaching Olivine City, Yu Hai planned to search for Yanbo’s Piloswine the next day, while Luo Ke watched over him as he slept.

• Yu Hai used Gengar to reveal Luo Ke’s true form, then helped her release the travelers trapped in illusions and find her master’s Poké Ball.
• Luo Ke gathered her master’s photograph, diary, and antique Poké Ball, entered the ball, and left the mansion with Yu Hai without burning it down.
• Yu Hai and Luo Ke reached Olivine City, where he examined her abilities and resolved to search the nearby mountains for Yanbo’s Piloswine.
• Yu Hai and Luo Ke entered the library after closing and found a Wu family record stating that Luo Ke’s master had been killed by bandits and buried in the family cemetery.
• Yu Hai told Luo Ke what had happened to her master, then planned to search for Piloswine the next day and considered how he might bring it along.
• Yu Hai shared Energy Cubes with Luo Ke and her Ninetales, then went to sleep while Luo Ke watched him and called him gentle like her master.

Yu Hai searched an underground ice cavern for Yanbo’s missing Piloswine and discovered the Legendary Pokémon Regice frozen there. He found a Piloswine wearing leg bands, sealed the cavern entrance to protect Regice, and woke the Piloswine to learn whether it belonged to Yanbo.

• Yu Hai followed Gengar into an underground ice cavern beneath a canyon and found a colony of Ice-type Pokémon, including several Piloswine.
• Yu Hai discovered Regice frozen among a herd of Mamoswine and decided to leave it sealed until he was strong enough to capture it.
• Yu Hai searched the ice for hours and found a Piloswine wearing leg bands, then carefully melted it free without disturbing Regice.
• Yu Hai blocked the cavern entrance with ice and boulders before carrying the Piloswine out of the canyon.
• Yu Hai used Magneton’s Thunderbolt to wake the Piloswine and showed it Yanbo’s photograph, asking whether it remembered its Trainer.