Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan chose three Fighting-style techniques for Chimchar to study after searching Magic University’s library with Senior Qin Shou. Back in the dormitory, he began teaching Chimchar a Tai Chi method meant to make its Focus Energy Fire Punch faster and more practical in battle.

• Fang Yuan spent three hours searching the Fighting Attribute Zone with Senior Qin Shou and decided to draw techniques from several books rather than rely on one comprehensive style.
• Fang Yuan selected six books, then registered Baji Quan, Tai Chi, and Inch Punch to study first, planning to seek further guidance from the university’s Mentor Trainers.
• Fang Yuan thanked Senior Qin Shou with a meal before returning to the dormitory with the three books he had chosen to study.
• Fang Yuan had Magneton use Gravity to train Chimchar while Eevee watched from the side, and he warned Magneton and Chimchar not to imitate Eevee’s apparent slacking.
• Fang Yuan explained the Tai Chi qi-circulation technique to Chimchar, aiming to shorten the time needed to gather energy for its Focus Energy Fire Punch.

Fang Yuan trained Chimchar in three martial arts techniques, and Chimchar made rapid progress under a Fighting Club instructor’s guidance. After considering whether Chimchar could learn more techniques, Fang Yuan checked his Intern Researcher exam results and was shocked by the score.

• Fang Yuan explained Tai Chi, Inch Punch, and Baji Quan to Chimchar and planned to use them as a foundation for its fighting style.
• A week later, Chimchar sparred with Machop and used a lightning-charged punch, while a Fighting Club instructor praised its early mastery of coordinating its aura, Psychic Power, and body.
• Fang Yuan thanked the instructor, who noted Chimchar’s unusually rapid growth and predicted it would develop quickly.
• Back in the dormitory, Fang Yuan considered teaching Chimchar more basic techniques as it trained with Magneton under Gravity.
• Fang Yuan realized the Intern Researcher exam results should be available, checked his score, and reacted with shock.

After passing the Intern Researcher exam with a score of 281, Fang Yuan planned a series of papers to advance his research career and gain greater influence. He then returned to the Magic University Library to study fighting techniques that Chimchar could learn.

• Fang Yuan celebrated his exam score and told Senior Xie Qingyi that he had passed as an Intern Researcher.
• Fang Yuan told Xie Qingyi that he had drafted a paper on Espeon's evolution, and she said she would return to Magic University soon.
• Fang Yuan reviewed the requirements for becoming a Formal Researcher and listed research papers he could write on Pokémon abilities, evolution, and Trainer-Pokémon bonds.
• Fang Yuan planned to use research status and Energy Cube production to build wealth and strengthen his position in the Pokémon world.
• Fang Yuan studied Cannon Fist as a possible technique for Chimchar and also picked up a book on Crushing Fist.

Fang Yuan considered adding new fist techniques to Chimchar’s training and learned about dojo study opportunities through Liu Le. The prospect of advanced training tempted Fang Yuan, who began weighing dojos for Eevee, Magneton, and Chimchar.

• Fang Yuan chose two fist techniques to strengthen Chimchar’s Fire Punch and Thunder Punch, deciding to postpone Focus Punch.
• Fang Yuan called Liu Le, who proudly revealed that he had caught a Shuckle and invited Fang Yuan to battle.
• Liu Le told Fang Yuan that Battle Club members could train at Trainer Dojos, prompting Fang Yuan to reconsider his dismissal of the club’s activities.
• Liu Le sent Fang Yuan a list of cooperating dojos, including the Heavenly Heart Dojo and a Fighting Dojo.
• Eevee urged Fang Yuan to consider Magneton and Chimchar instead of favoring it when choosing a dojo.

Fang Yuan shared his research hypotheses about Espeon and Umbreon with Xie Qingyi, then spent a month accompanying her Research Team as they studied special magnetic fields and Pokémon evolution. He returned to Magic University with Magneton greatly strengthened and planned to test its power against Liu Le’s Pokémon.

• Fang Yuan met Xie Qingyi at a café and gave her research on Espeon’s evolution, Secret Realm environments, Moonlight Energy, and emotional energy.
• Xie Qingyi told Fang Yuan she had secured permission for him to catch a fourth Pokémon, and he planned to use his Umbreon hypothesis to explain having an Eevee and Espeon together.
• Fang Yuan took leave from school and joined Xie Qingyi’s Research Team, witnessing Espeon and Umbreon evolve in different locations.
• Fang Yuan followed the team to four Space Magnetic Fields, where Magneton’s magnetic power and control improved substantially.
• After missing classes for a month, Fang Yuan returned to Magic University intending to report to Old Mu and test Magneton against Liu Le’s Pokémon.

After Fang Yuan’s discoveries of Espeon and Umbreon caused a sensation in the Pokémon Academic World, a wealthy collector offered a reward for their evolution conditions and invited Fang Yuan to study in the United Kingdom. Modu University’s Pokémon Academy then convened a meeting to discuss how to treat its unusually accomplished student.

• Fang Yuan returned to campus after reporting to his department and anticipated a brief period of quiet before his Wind Fist Style Dojo studies.
• China Pokémon Daily reported Fang Yuan’s discovery of Eevee’s seventh evolution form, Espeon, renewing public interest in Eevee.
• Ying Hu learned about Espeon and offered Fang Yuan one million US dollars for its evolution condition, then doubled the reward after hearing about Umbreon and offered to sponsor Fang Yuan’s studies in the United Kingdom.
• Fang Yuan watched his name trend online and saw editor Xiao Shuang-chan predict that he would soon make another major discovery.
• The dean of Modu University’s Pokémon Academy convened department leaders, who agreed Fang Yuan could no longer be treated as an ordinary student.

Fang Yuan prepared to show Liu Le Espeon, using Eevee’s Substitute to make the reveal more impressive. Liu Le visited Fang Yuan’s dorm, where he saw Espeon and Eevee gaming and discovered that Chimchar and Magneton were training under intense conditions.

• Liu Le called Fang Yuan after learning that Fang Yuan had made the news, then asked to see Espeon and arrange a battle between Shuckle and Chimchar.
• Fang Yuan had Eevee use Substitute, then evolve into Espeon while the Substitute remained an Eevee.
• Liu Le arrived at Fang Yuan’s dorm and found Espeon and Eevee playing the same game, which he mistook for reaction training.
• Fang Yuan stopped Liu Le from entering Chimchar’s training room and explained that Magneton had increased its gravity.
• Liu Le watched Magneton control metal marbles with electromagnetic force and felt discouraged by how hard Fang Yuan’s Pokémon trained.

Fang Yuan agreed to join Liu Le in a winter-break Doubles Match, then faced Liu Le’s Shuckle with Chimchar. The battle ended with Chimchar’s Serious Punch overwhelming Shuckle.

• Liu Le asked Fang Yuan to team up for a winter-break Doubles Match so he could earn credits, and Fang Yuan agreed.
• Fang Yuan worried that Chimchar had become too strong after absorbing the effects of Purple-Red Energy Cubes and training with Xie Qingyi’s Research Team.
• Liu Le sent out Shuckle at the Battle Arena, while Fang Yuan released Chimchar and warned that it had three kinds of punches.
• Liu Le told Shuckle to Withdraw into Shell and endure Chimchar’s Serious Punch.
• Chimchar combined its techniques, Focus Energy, and Fire Punch into a powerful blow that left Shuckle dazed inside its shell.

Fang Yuan discussed a doubles strategy for Liu Le’s Shuckle, then learned that British collector Ying Hu would double his reward if he disclosed Eevee’s Evolution Conditions. He declined an exchange-student offer and confirmed his upcoming training at the Wind Fist Style Dojo.

• Fang Yuan suggested pairing Espeon with Shuckle so Espeon could control the hardened Pokémon with Confusion and use it as a fast, powerful weapon.
• Liu Le left for class after lunch, and Fang Yuan went to Director Mu’s office when summoned.
• Director Mu told Fang Yuan that Ying Hu had offered a reward for the Evolution Conditions of Eevee’s forms and would double it if Fang Yuan disclosed them.
• Fang Yuan realized the doubled reward would amount to about twenty million yuan, while Eevee eagerly reacted from inside its Poké Ball.
• Fang Yuan declined Ying Hu’s offer to study at Oxbridge Pokémon University as an exchange student.
• Director Mu discussed Fang Yuan’s twelve-day Learning Activity at the Wind Fist Style Dojo, where Fang Yuan planned to train Chimchar.

Fang Yuan accepted the Heavenly Heart Dojo’s invitation to let them study Espeon in exchange for teaching it their Tianxin Style Meditate Technique. He met Lu Hai, who would guide him to both the dojo and the Modu Trainer Association’s Research Building, and learned about its Researcher-only Auction House.

• Director Mu told Fang Yuan that the Heavenly Heart Dojo had invited him to study and offered to teach Espeon the Tianxin Style Meditate Technique.
• Fang Yuan agreed to visit the Heavenly Heart Dojo, despite the time away from classes, and Director Mu reassured him that becoming a Formal Researcher would help him graduate.
• Director Mu arranged for Lu Hai, a Heavenly Heart Dojo Trainer and Formal Researcher, to show Fang Yuan around the Research Building.
• Lu Hai explained that psychics often found research easier and said he would guide Fang Yuan to the Heavenly Heart Dojo as well.
• Lu Hai introduced the Research Building’s Auction House, where Researchers could bid on special items and Pokémon from Secret Realms.

Fang Yuan toured the Modu Research Building with Lu Hai, explored its fossil exhibits, and learned about the paths open to Formal Researchers. At the Auction House, he recognized several displayed items from the Pokémon games, including a King's Rock, while considering that he might pursue Fossil Revival research in the future.

• Fang Yuan entered the Research Building with Lu Hai and saw fossil displays, including Bastiodon and Anorith fossils.
• Fang Yuan recalled Professor Juniper’s explanation that Munna’s Dream Energy could help revive fossils and considered researching the technology someday.
• Fang Yuan read an introductory researcher handbook while Lu Hai handled his business.
• Lu Hai took Fang Yuan to the quiet Auction House and explained that researchers could bid on unusual items displayed there.
• Fang Yuan recognized the Star Piece, wondered if Pink Metal was related to Metal Powder, and identified the Gold Crown as a King's Rock.

Fang Yuan discovered that a Five-Colored Stone in the Research Building was a Key Stone, then resolved to become a Senior Researcher and seek Mega Evolution resources. After the Espeon and Umbreon evolution methods were announced and his research paper was published, Xie Qingyi told him he could apply to become a Formal Researcher and collect his rewards.

• Fang Yuan recognized the Five-Colored Stone as a Key Stone and realized it could enable Mega Evolution when paired with a Mega Stone and a strong Trainer-Pokémon bond.
• Lu Hai explained the Research Building's auction procedures and arranged for Fang Yuan to visit the Heavenly Heart Dojo in three days; Fang Yuan decided to pursue Senior Researcher status and search for Mega Stones.
• The evolution methods for Espeon and Umbreon were announced, and Fang Yuan's paper on Espeon's abilities was published.
• Xie Qingyi called Fang Yuan, recalled that his Moonlight Energy speculation had led to an Eevee evolving into Umbreon, and told him he could apply to become a Formal Researcher and claim his rewards.

After receiving his Formal Researcher certificate, Fang Yuan prepared to use his expected prize money to reward Eevee and support his family before leaving school to train at Heavenly Heart Dojo. He arrived at the dojo on Tianxin Island with Lu Hai, learning that Xu Jing was away training elsewhere.

• Fang Yuan celebrated becoming a Formal Researcher and promised Eevee one million yuan from his expected 28 million yuan in prize money.
• Fang Yuan decided to give money to Father Fang and Mother Fang and arrange Breeding Certificates so his family could adopt Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan packed for a half-month stay at Heavenly Heart Dojo and traveled by boat to Tianxin Island with Lu Hai and his Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan asked whether Xu Jing was at the dojo, and Lu Hai told him she had left to train elsewhere and would not return soon.
• Lu Hai brought Fang Yuan to Heavenly Heart Dojo, where Fang Yuan followed him inside.

Fang Yuan and Espeon began training at the Heavenly Heart Dojo, where a meditation session revealed that neither had the aptitude for Psychic Power. Teacher Tao warned that Espeon would also need long, rigorous training to learn the Tianxin Style Meditate move.

• Lu Hai welcomed Fang Yuan to the Heavenly Heart Dojo, gave him an apprentice uniform, and brought him and Espeon to the Meditation Room.
• Fang Yuan and Espeon joined the dojo apprentices in a meditation session, but Fang Yuan struggled to keep his mind calm.
• A boy recognized Fang Yuan and Espeon, but Teacher Tao sent the apprentices out and asked Fang Yuan what he had felt.
• Fang Yuan admitted he had felt nothing, and Teacher Tao said he had no Meditation Talent and would need at least ten years to use Confusion to move a leaf.
• Teacher Tao said Espeon’s chaotic thoughts would make learning the Tianxin Style Meditate move difficult, and Espeon indignantly resolved to prove him wrong.

Tao Chen explained the Heavenly Heart Dojo’s Tianxin Style meditation and why Espeon’s Premonition Ability suited its focus on perception. Fang Yuan learned that Telepathy was out of reach for him, then asked whether his other Pokémon could train too.

• Tao Chen taught Fang Yuan and Espeon that Tianxin Style meditation emphasized outward perception and could strengthen Espeon’s Premonition Ability.
• Tao Chen said Espeon first had to learn to calm its mind and gather its spirit before he would teach it the Tianxin Style Meditation Secret Manual.
• Fang Yuan asked if he and Espeon could achieve Telepathy, but Tao Chen explained that Fang Yuan lacked the Psychic Power talent needed to keep up.
• Fang Yuan asked Tao Chen whether his Psychic-type Awakening Power Magneton and his Chimchar could also undergo meditation training.

Fang Yuan trained Espeon, Magneton, and Chimchar in meditation at the Tianxin Style Dojo, where Chimchar and Magneton quickly advanced despite not being Psychic-type Pokémon. After a week, Espeon found its own way to comprehend a meditation move and prepared to work backward toward the Tianxin Style technique.

• Tao Chen taught Fang Yuan the basic Tianxin Style meditation technique and explained that the complete method was reserved for qualified successors.
• Fang Yuan settled in at the dojo and had Espeon, Magneton, and Chimchar begin meditation training.
• Chimchar and Magneton completed the introductory meditation exercise before Espeon, surprising Tao Chen.
• Chimchar and Magneton advanced to the second training step while Espeon continued struggling to calm its mind.
• After a week, Espeon devised its own meditation move and decided it could use that understanding to learn the Tianxin Style technique.

Espeon developed a meditation method that used Sun Energy to activate and reveal its latent psychic power, and Fang Yuan praised the result while planning its next training steps. Their discussion was interrupted when a Super-Small Secret Realm descended upon Tianxin Island.

• Espeon used its connection between Sun Energy and psychic power to create a meditation method that activated and guided its latent power with Focus Blast.
• Fang Yuan told Espeon that its method matched his own ideas and suggested improving it in the Sunlight Room after they returned to Magic University.
• Fang Yuan planned to find Espeon a manual for learning Sunny Day and wondered what effects its Destructive Gene might have.
• An apprentice arrived at the door and told Fang Yuan that a Super-Small Secret Realm had descended upon Tianxin Island and everyone needed to gather outside.

A Super-Small Secret Realm opened three entrances on Tianxin Island, and the Heavenly Heart Dojo sent Trainers to protect nearby towns from Pokémon emerging from it. Fang Yuan joined Team Two despite being an outsider, and the chapter ended as Espeon sensed something approaching through the forest.

• A dojo instructor told the gathered Trainers that Secret Realm Pokémon had emerged from three entrances and assigned teams to defend the towns.
• Ms. Jiang initially left Fang Yuan out because he was not a dojo apprentice, but let him join Team Two after he offered to help.
• Fang Yuan and Team Two reached the southern outskirts of town and split up to watch for aggressive Pokémon.
• Espeon sensed an approaching presence in the forest as several dark blue Pokémon moved toward the town.

Fang Yuan and Zhao Qing defeated eight Nosepass that attacked near a town, with Magneton overpowering them by manipulating their magnetic force. The chapter then shifted to Tao Chen exploring a dark cave Secret Realm on Tianxin Island, where he hoped no powerful overlord lived.

• Fang Yuan and Zhao Qing faced eight Nosepass, and their Pokémon turned back the rocks the Nosepass had thrown.
• The Nosepass used Magnet Pull to drag Magneton apart, but Magneton disrupted their magnetic force and slammed them together with Gravity.
• Fang Yuan’s Magneton subdued the Nosepass, impressing Zhao Qing and earning approval from the trainer who arrived.
• Fang Yuan considered how to strengthen Magneton’s magnetic power and planned to expose it to more unusual magnetic fields before it evolved.
• Tao Chen entered the dark cave Secret Realm on Tianxin Island with Claydol and cautiously explored its Pokémon-rich depths.

After the Secret Realm crisis halted Fang Yuan’s studies at the Heavenly Heart Dojo, he learned about the dangers and rewards of the newly discovered realm. The dojo’s Sect Leader gave Fang Yuan a basic Calm Mind training manual, and Fang Yuan began considering how its method might benefit Espeon and Chimchar.

• Fang Yuan and Zhao Qing kept eight Nosepass under control until reinforcements arrived to protect Tianxin Island.
• Fang Yuan learned that an Aggron and other dangerous Pokémon inhabited the Cave Secret Realm, while its rare resources could earn participating Trainers rewards and purchase priority.
• Fang Yuan’s dojo studies were suspended, and he waited for news because his rank did not qualify him for deeper exploration missions.
• The Sect Leader of the Tianxin Style Dojo asked whether Espeon had learned Calm Mind and arranged for Fang Yuan to receive a training manual.
• Fang Yuan read the basic meditation method and reasoned that Espeon’s predictive ability might let it skip one training step, while Chimchar could benefit from the technique.