Chapter Summaries

After Jing He demonstrated a powerful Chansey strategy and reviewed the first episode of “Meowth and Pichu,” Team Rocket discovered that his conversation with Mewtwo might help Porygon evolve. Sakaki sent Jing He a USB drive containing “The Essence of Earth,” which Gengar eagerly opened despite knowing no Ground-type moves.

• Jing He reflected that Nurse Joy could use Chansey and Audino together for a durable doubles strategy after Chansey’s boosted Assist Power impressed her and Wu Neng.
• Jing He watched the sample episode of “Meowth and Pichu,” praised the trio’s performance to Mato, and decided they could prepare it for release.
• Mato told Sakaki that researchers thought information from Jing He’s conversation with Mewtwo could help Porygon evolve into a self-learning Porygon2, and Sakaki sent Jing He “The Essence of Earth.”
• Jing He postponed his trip to Kalos so he could attend his academy’s final-exam preparation meeting before visiting Professor Sycamore.
• Delibird delivered Sakaki’s USB drive to Jing He in Canalave City, and Gengar plugged it in and studied “The Essence of Earth” despite lacking Ground-type moves.

Jing He stayed in Hoenn instead of traveling to Kalos, then spent a rainy evening making dumplings with his Pokémon. In Kalos, Professor Sycamore noticed Lysandre’s increasingly extreme ideas and hoped Jing He could help him.

• Gengar studied Sakaki’s The Essence of Earth until Jing He reminded it that they had to attend a school meeting.
• Jing He called Professor Sycamore and learned from Alain that the professor was away, so he put off his trip to Kalos.
• Lysandre gave Professor Sycamore a note about ruins, and Sycamore noticed a flash of madness in his friend’s expression.
• Sycamore decided to introduce Lysandre to Jing He and hoped Jing He could offer him help.
• Jing He and his Pokémon prepared dumplings and their requested dishes together, then shared a lively meal on a rainy night.

Jing He’s beach outing with the Pokémon was interrupted by Mew’s surprise visit, and the group settled in for a day of fun at Canalave Beach. In Hoenn, Bea trained with Teng Shu before answering a call from Jing He, who admitted he was lost.

• Jing He found Mew disguised as a chubby Eevee in the Coffee Shop, and Mew revealed itself after leaping into his arms.
• Mew reunited with Gengar, Vulpix, Kirlia, and Dragonair while Gengar downloaded shows and games for her.
• Jing He took the group to Canalave Beach, where Vulpix and Mew built a sandcastle, Kirlia rode Dragonair on the waves, and Gengar went swimming.
• Teng Shu trained Bea in surfing near Dewford Town, and Bea quickly adapted to the waves.
• Bea answered Jing He’s call, and Jing He told her he was lost in Hoenn Region.

Jing He found Leon lost at sea near Canalave City and brought him ashore, where Leon invited him to the Isle of Armor on Mustard’s behalf. After Leon challenged him to a battle, Jing He considered letting Mew take the fight.

• Bea called Jing He to ask him to help find her friend Leon, who had become lost at sea in Hoenn Region.
• Jing He sent Gengar toward a distant figure, and Gengar returned with Leon’s Dynamax Band while Leon chased it on Charizard.
• Leon landed on the beach, explained that he had flown from Johto for three days and lost his way, and shared Energy Cubes with Charizard.
• Leon invited Jing He to visit the Isle of Armor on behalf of his master, Mustard, and Jing He agreed to consider the invitation.
• After eating, Leon challenged Jing He to a battle, and Jing He eyed Mew as he considered how to answer.

Jing He negotiated with Mew to battle Leon while disguised as an Eevee, and Mew quickly overwhelmed Leon’s Haxorus. The spar ended with Leon eager to grow stronger, while Jing He tried to keep Mew’s identity secret.

• Jing He promised Mew four toys in exchange for battling Leon, then asked it to Transform so it would not attract attention.
• Leon sent out Haxorus, and Mew appeared as an Eevee while Jing He and his Pokémon cheered it on.
• Mew used Misty Terrain and Dazzling Gleam to evade Haxorus’s attack and nearly defeat it in one move.
• Jing He stopped the spar, and Leon accepted the loss and vowed to work harder for a future full battle.
• Mew returned to playing with Vulpix and the others, while Jing He told Leon that Mew was a friend rather than his Pokémon.

After Leon reported his defeat by Jing He, Jing He spent a quiet evening with Mew and the others before Old Principal arranged an all-expenses-paid trip to Galar. Jing He and his Pokémon arrived in Wyndon, where a jeep came speeding toward him as he left the airport.

• Leon told Mustard that Jing He had defeated him and accepted Mustard's invitation to visit.
• Jing He took Mew and his Pokémon shopping, fed them a lavish dinner, and walked with them by the river, where Gengar swallowed fireflies and spat them out after Jing He warned they might stink.
• Jing He spent the evening with Mew and his Pokémon, but Mew returned to the World Tree before he woke the next morning.
• Old Principal told Jing He that his first-class flight and expenses for a trip to Galar had already been arranged, and Jing He announced the trip to his excited Pokémon.
• Jing He and his Pokémon landed in Wyndon, and a jeep drifted around a corner toward him as he left the airport.

Jing He met Sonia in Wyndon and agreed to let her study under him in Hoenn. As they prepared to travel to the Isle of Armor by Flying Taxi, Kirlia reacted to the arriving Corviknight by attacking it with a stone and hammer.

• Sonia arrived to meet Jing He, and he took over driving after she crashed her jeep into a guardrail.
• Sonia's Yamper was startled unconscious by Gengar, then recovered after Ice Vulpix gently breathed on it.
• Jing He and Sonia visited a Wyndon department store for supplies before going to the Galar Taxi Company to arrange transport to the Isle of Armor.
• Sonia told Jing He she wanted to attend university in Hoenn and study under him, and he agreed.
• The Flying Taxi driver arrived on Corviknight, and Kirlia burst from its Luxury Ball and struck the Pokémon with a stone and hammer.

Jing He arrived at the Isle of Armor to help Kirlia learn Fighting Techniques, but Mustard surprised him by offering him a Pokémon after a strength test. When Mustard summoned a Rookidee and a Rockruff, Jing He realized the test—and the chance to catch one—was serious.

• Jing He and his Pokémon flew to the Isle of Armor, where the taxi driver introduced the Tower of Waters and the Tower of Darkness.
• Honey welcomed Jing He to the Master Dojo and brought him to Mustard, who had just lost a video game.
• Mustard told Jing He he could choose one of his Pokémon, then led him to the backyard for a strength test.
• Mustard sent out a Rookidee and a Rockruff, leaving Jing He stunned by how young they were.

Jing He defeated Mustard in an Unrestricted Mode battle and passed Mustard’s test. Mustard then introduced him to a Kubfu, which immediately challenged Kirlia and warned Jing He not to damage the trees.

• Honey proposed an Unrestricted Mode battle, and Mustard and Jing He each chose two Pokémon.
• Jing He noticed Mustard’s Rookidee and Rockruff used techniques associated with Single Strike Style and Rapid Strike Style.
• Kirlia’s hammer sent Mustard flying, while Gengar’s Shadow Balls defeated Rookidee and Rockruff, giving Jing He the victory.
• Honey lifted Kirlia’s heavy hammer, and Mustard told Jing He that he had passed the test.
• Mustard led Jing He to a sleeping Kubfu, which woke up, took a fighting stance, and told Jing He not to damage the trees.

Jing He accepted Mustard’s Kubfu as his fifth Pokémon after sensing their mutual affinity, only to discover that the sleeping Kubfu could fight with extraordinary power. Mustard then entrusted Kubfu’s care to Jing He after it defeated a rampaging Drednaw.

• Mustard presented Kubfu to Jing He, and Kirlia challenged it, sending it flying with a hammer strike.
• Jing He offered Kubfu an Energy Cube, sensed their connection, and captured it after Kubfu agreed to become his partner.
• A rampaging Drednaw emerged from the swamp, and Mustard asked Jing He to release the sleeping Kubfu.
• Jing He ordered Kubfu to use Brick Break, and Kubfu dodged Drednaw’s bite and knocked it down with an Aura-charged blow while still asleep.
• Mustard praised Jing’s skill with Pokémon psychological issues and entrusted Kubfu to his care.

Jing He bonded with the sleepy but gifted Kubfu and introduced it to his Pokémon, who welcomed it into their mischievous gang. Meanwhile, Mustard told Leon that Jing He had caught Kubfu and claimed he had lost their fight, prompting Leon to train.

• Kubfu traded a Berry with Drednaw while still asleep, then shared the Berry with Jing He after waking.
• Mustard explained that Kubfu had mastered both Single Strike Style and Rapid Strike Style by visiting the Towers while asleep, and Jing He found it training inside its Luxury Ball.
• Jing He brought his Pokémon together to meet Kubfu, and Dragonair woke it with an electric jolt.
• Gengar welcomed Kubfu into the Outlaw Gang, whose members planned to combine their various sneaking, stealing, and hypnosis skills.
• Mustard told Honey that Jing He had caught Kubfu, then told Leon that Jing He had defeated him; Leon ended the call to go train.

Jing He confirmed that Mustard had supplied the misleading Pokédex entry for Kubfu, then received Mustard’s secret martial arts scrolls and considered how to train Kubfu and Kirlia. On the beach, Kirlia knocked a Corviknight out of the sky, and Kubfu joined the group in mobbing it.

• Jing He called Professor Oak about the Pokédex’s strange description of Kubfu, and Oak said he had gotten the entry from Mustard.
• Honey served Jing He, Mustard, and their Pokémon lunch, while Mustard got drunk and demonstrated Single Strike and Rapid Strike techniques.
• Mustard gave Jing He scrolls containing his insights into both fighting styles, and Jing He thanked him before Mustard fell asleep.
• Jing He studied the scrolls and considered training Kubfu to use Aura, while leaving its eventual Urshifu style to its own choice.
• Kirlia struck a flying Corviknight with a stone, and Jing He’s Pokémon rushed over to pin it down.
• Kubfu joined the attack, believing the group had shown it a better way to claim territory.

Jing He spent the night at Master Ma's dojo while his Pokémon explored, trained, and ate, and Kubfu pledged his life to him after breakfast. As Kirlia practiced hunting Corviknight with Kubfu's coaching, one Corviknight suddenly began Gigantamaxing.

• Kirlia forged Corviknight feathers into her hammer late into the night until Jing He told her to sleep.
• After Jing He fell asleep, Gengar led Kirlia and the others out to explore, while sleeping Kubfu trained through the night.
• Jing He woke to find Gengar eating a mushroom and Kubfu still training, then watched Kubfu devour breakfast and pledge his life to him.
• Kirlia resumed hunting Corviknight with help from Gengar and the others, while Kubfu coached her in fighting techniques.
• Kirlia launched a stone at a Corviknight, which became enraged and began to Gigantamax as Jing He recognized what was happening.

Jing He and his Pokémon defeated a wild G-Max Corviknight on the Isle of Armor, and Kirlia evolved into Tinkaton. The chapter left Tinkaton rushing toward Corviknight with her enormous new hammer while Jing He worried about how much metal it would absorb.

• G-Max Corviknight attacked with G-Max Wind Rage, but Jing He protected his team with Vulpix’s Aurora Veil and ordered Gengar to strike with Shadow Ball.
• Dragonair hit G-Max Corviknight with Thunder while Kubfu coached Kirlia, who enlarged her ice-covered hammer and knocked the giant bird unconscious.
• Gengar used Skill Swap and Pickpocket to steal a dark crimson object from Corviknight before it fell to the ground.
• Jing He persuaded Kirlia to stop collecting Corviknight feathers, but she suddenly evolved into Tinkaton, whose hammer grew several times larger.
• Tinkaton hurried toward Corviknight with her new hammer, and Jing He realized she had likely evolved to make room for more metal in it.

Jing He watched Tinkaton’s evolution transform its hammering and learned that Gengar had seemingly stolen a clump of Galar Particles from a G-Max Corviknight. At Motostoke, Eternatus briefly stirred inside its sealed core, while Jing He and his Pokémon resumed their beach activities and Gengar and Dragonair encountered an unusual golden-tipped Slowpoke.

• Tinkaton used Gigaton Hammer to forge metal much faster, and Jing He noticed it had learned Gigaton Hammer, Brutal Swing, and Fake Out.
• Gengar failed to find the dark-red substance it had taken from the Corviknight, and Jing He suspected it had been Galar Particles before teasing Gengar about being ill.
• Kubfu mourned Gengar’s supposed death and vowed to carry on its will until Gengar revealed that it was joking.
• Alarms sounded at Motostoke’s energy plant, and Eternatus briefly opened its pale eyes inside the core before closing them again.
• Tinkaton resumed its Corviknight-fishing plan while Kubfu guided it in Single Strike Style, and Jing He restored the Rainbow Wing’s glow with Aura.
• Gengar and Dragonair found a Slowpoke with golden-yellow coloring on its tail tip and the top of its head.

Jing He left the Isle of Armor with Kubfu and his Pokémon, taking ancient radish seeds Honey had given him and planning to try growing them back home. After returning to Hoenn, he watched his Pokémon welcome Kubfu into their household gang.

• Jing He departed the Isle of Armor with Kubfu, Tinkaton, Gengar, Ice Vulpix, and Dragonair after Tinkaton and Gengar had terrorized the island’s Pokémon.
• Honey and Mustard gave Jing He a bag of ancient radish seeds, which the Pokédex said could grow into Ice Radishes or Black Radishes under special conditions.
• Jing He decided to try growing the radishes using Ice Vulpix’s snow and Gengar’s Ghost energy, hoping to make nutritious food for his Pokémon.
• Jing He flew from Wyndon back to Hoenn to avoid the unstable Galar Particles and returned to the Coffee Shop with his Pokémon.
• Gengar and the other Pokémon showed Kubfu their household toys and introduced it to their gang, and Kubfu embraced its new sense of belonging.

Jing He and his Pokémon renovated the back garden and planted Ice Radish and Black Radish seeds using supplies Gengar had collected on the Isle of Armor. After the muddy work was finished, Lorelei called Jing He and asked him to look at an Ice Sculpture Competition she had sent.

• Jing He assigned Kubfu, Tinkaton, Dragonair, Vulpix, and Gengar tasks for clearing and preparing the garden.
• Jing He tricked Gengar into handing over some of its stored mushrooms, twigs, Apricorns, seeds, and other materials to enrich the soil.
• The Pokémon worked on the garden, but Kubfu's tilling and Dragonair's watering soaked Jing He and sparked a mud fight among them.
• Jing He and the Pokémon finished planting the seeds in separate ice-and-snow and Haze-covered flower beds.
• Lorelei called Jing He and told him to look at the Ice Sculpture Competition she had sent.

Jing He decided to take Ice Vulpix to Snowbelle City for an ice sculpture competition and accepted Professor Sycamore’s invitation to visit Kalos. After the academy approved his Galar trip expenses because he had defeated Mustard, Jing He and Gengar arrived in Lumiose City.

• Jing He showed Ice Vulpix the Snowbelle City ice sculpture competition, and it eagerly agreed to participate for the prizes.
• Professor Sycamore called Jing He, and Jing He confirmed he was preparing to travel to Kalos.
• Min Jiang presented Jing He’s Galar trip reimbursement claim to the Old Principal, who approved it after learning Jing He had defeated Mustard.
• Jing He received the reimbursement transfer while aboard the plane, as Gengar watched the successful premiere of Meowth and Pichu.
• Jing He and Gengar approached Lumiose City, where Jing considered recruiting more Coffee Shop employees and wondered if Gengar’s Mega Evolution was near.

Jing He arrived in Lumiose City and visited Professor Sycamore’s lab, where the professor offered him a Mega Stone and a Key Stone for Gengar. The chapter ended with Gengar overhearing the offer and peeking through a wall.

• Jing He and his Pokémon rode Gogoat through Lumiose City, but Gengar’s thoughts terrified its mount and forced Jing He to calm it with Energy Cubes.
• Alain welcomed Jing He to Professor Sycamore’s lab and showed him the Pokémon research facilities.
• Jing He greeted Professor Sycamore, while Gengar and Vulpix met a young Garchomp.
• Professor Sycamore gave Jing He a Mega Stone he believed belonged to Gengar, along with a Key Stone.
• Gengar overheard Professor Sycamore mention the Key Stone and poked its head through the wall.

Jing He accepted a Key Stone from Professor Sycamore after revealing that Gengar already had its own Mega Stone, and agreed to help with Mega Evolution research and Coffee Shop staffing. With Coco Burr observing, Jing He and Gengar began their first Mega Evolution battle against Professor Sycamore’s Garchomp.

• Professor Sycamore offered Jing He a Mega Stone in exchange for Mega Evolution data, but Jing He accepted only the Key Stone and revealed Gengar’s Mega Stone.
• Professor Sycamore agreed to help Jing He find Pokémon employees for his Coffee Shop and invited him to try Mega Evolution.
• Gengar’s Mega Stone and Jing He’s Key Stone reacted as a bond formed between them, prompting Jing He to agree to a supervised battle.
• Professor Sycamore, Jing He, Gengar, and Garchomp took their places in the lab arena while Coco Burr observed and Alain refereed.
• Jing He and Gengar synchronized their heartbeats, and Jing He called for Gengar to Mega Evolve.