Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan tested the Tianxin Style Meditate Technique with Espeon and considered how it might help Espeon learn Future Sight. After the Cave Secret Realm’s valuable resources were assessed, the mission participants gained the chance to buy them cheaply, and Fang Yuan was relieved to find his preferred item still available.

• Fang Yuan read that completing the technique’s final step could sharpen Intuitive Perception and saw it as a possible foundation for Espeon to learn Future Sight.
• Fang Yuan had Espeon practice meditating, and Espeon found that its fur sensed airflow more strongly even though it struggled to sense while meditating.
• Two days later, Zhao Qing told Fang Yuan that the mission rewards were Soft Sand and described the Cave Secret Realm’s Moon Stones, fossils, and valuable mineral deposits.
• The next day, Fang Yuan joined the mission participants in purchasing extracted resources at low prices and found that the scarce item he wanted was still available.

Fang Yuan explained how he planned to use an Everstone to help Eevee master Life Energy, then left Heavenly Heart Dojo after obtaining the stone and learning its Calm Mind technique. Back at Modu University, he calculated his credits before immediately heading out again.

• Fang Yuan bought an Everstone and planned to use its suppressive effects to train Eevee's perception and control of Life Energy.
• Fang Yuan watched Espeon amplify its Sand Attack with Soft Sand and Confusion while Magneton admired the trick and Chimchar copied the move.
• Fang Yuan packed his things and left Heavenly Heart Dojo after Espeon learned the dojo's Calm Mind technique and laid the foundation for Future Sight.
• Lu Hai saw Fang Yuan off, and Fang Yuan told him he would make up his missed classes before visiting Wind Fist Style Dojo.
• Fang Yuan returned to Modu University, calculated his credits in the Research Department dormitory, and quickly left again.

Fang Yuan trained Chimchar and Espeon in the Sunlight Room, where the powerful Sunny Day strengthened Fire Energy and aided recovery. As Espeon tested its Sun Energy and found no new effect, Qin Shou arrived with his Drought-ability Torkoal.

• Fang Yuan brought Espeon and Chimchar to the Sunlight Room, where they discovered that the intense Sunny Day enhanced their abilities and recovery.
• Fang Yuan assigned Chimchar to practice precise Fire Punch control under the strengthened sunlight.
• Espeon used Calm Mind while sensing the Sun Energy in its Destructive Gene, but Sunny Day did not seem to affect the move.
• Qin Shou greeted Fang Yuan and introduced his Torkoal, which had the Drought Ability.

Fang Yuan and Qin Shou discussed Torkoal’s efforts to master Sunny Day and the value of weather-based team tactics. After hearing them, Espeon unexpectedly learned Sunny Day and found that the move improved its Calm Mind training, leaving Fang Yuan stunned by its progress.

• Qin Shou explained that Torkoal had learned to form Sunny Day’s energy orb but could not yet stabilize it or sustain the weather.
• Fang Yuan asked whether Magic University sold Scorching Rocks, and Qin Shou said the school might reward one to a core Weather User on its team.
• Qin Shou guessed that Fang Yuan wanted Espeon to learn Sunny Day, and Fang Yuan confirmed it.
• Espeon attempted to sense Sun Energy inside and outside its body during Calm Mind, then considered Sunny Day as another way to improve its perception.
• Espeon condensed and launched a stable Sunny Day orb, astonishing Fang Yuan and Qin Shou.
• Espeon discovered that sensing external Sun Energy through Sunny Day strengthened the effect of Calm Mind.

Espeon learned Sunny Day in the Sunlight Room, prompting Fang Yuan to consider developing its exclusive Calm Mind into a powerful technique. Back in the dorm, Fang Yuan gathered his Pokémon and announced that he had a new idea.

• Espeon used Sunny Day, leaving Qin Shou impressed and prompting him to head back with Torkoal to train.
• Espeon told Fang Yuan how its Calm Mind had improved after learning Sunny Day, and Fang Yuan considered using the Destructive Gene to develop it into an advanced technique.
• Fang Yuan told Espeon to focus on mastering Calm Mind and promised Chimchar a chance to learn Focus Punch before their planned trip to the Wind Fist Style Dojo.
• Fang Yuan returned to the dorm with Espeon and Chimchar, called out Magneton, and explained how meditation could build Psychic Power.
• Fang Yuan smiled at his Pokémon and said he had a pretty good idea.

Fang Yuan devised a substitute-based training routine to improve Eevee’s Premonition Ability, then began preparing Chimchar to study Focus Punch. A Battle Club assessment notice gave him a chance to test his Pokémon’s training in the Gravity Room.

• Fang Yuan proposed having Eevee meditate and play games with a Substitute while Magneton launched sneak attacks, and Eevee agreed after they set training hours and free time.
• Fang Yuan judged that Chimchar was close to evolving and decided to introduce it to Focus Punch before it studied at the Wind Fist Style Dojo.
• Fang Yuan took the Focus Punch Move Manual from the Modu University Library and planned to keep publishing research papers to become a Senior Researcher.
• Xu Changliang notified Battle Club members that they had to pass either the Gravity Room evasion or defense trial with a C-grade evaluation or better before the semester ended.
• Fang Yuan saw the assessment as a chance to test Eevee’s, Magneton’s, and Chimchar’s training results.

Fang Yuan went to Modu University’s Gravity Training Ground to attempt the Gravity Trial after reviewing the scoring requirements. He registered as Qi Yue and other Battle Club members prepared to watch how his Espeon performed.

• Fang Yuan learned that new Battle Club members needed at least a C-grade Gravity Trial score, while S-rank evaluations were rare and required exceptional strength and talent.
• Qi Yue and his friends discussed the assessment, and Lin Sen received a C for his first Gravity Trial attempt with Venusaur.
• Fang Yuan teased Lin Sen about his score, then Lin Sen explained that Venusaur was not yet accustomed to gravity training.
• Fang Yuan registered for the trial, prompting Lin Sen and Qi Yue to wonder what score he and Espeon would get.
• Qi Yue offered to livestream Fang Yuan’s attempt in the Battle Club freshmen group chat, and several members said they would come watch.

Fang Yuan took Chimchar to the Battle Club’s Gravity Training Ground to test its strength in an Energy Ball challenge. Chimchar handled the opening attack easily as Espeon and Magneton came out to watch.

• Battle Club members gathered to see Fang Yuan’s assessment, and Xu Lan challenged him to a wager over their ratings.
• Fang Yuan registered for three consecutive challenges and entered the Gravity Training Ground with Chimchar first.
• Fang Yuan chose the Energy Ball challenge mode, and Chimchar entered the room to begin.
• The room’s gravity doubled, but Chimchar stayed steady and smashed the first Energy Ball with a flaming fist.
• Fang Yuan brought out Espeon and Magneton to watch as another launcher appeared.

Fang Yuan tested Chimchar and Magneton in the Gravity Training Ground, using the trials to gauge how well they could perform under increasing gravity. Chimchar earned a D+ rating, while Magneton continued its evasion challenge at five times gravity as Fang Yuan watched for its limit.

• Chimchar destroyed the incoming Energy Balls with punches as the room increased to four times gravity, then began to struggle when it reached five times gravity.
• Fang Yuan saw Chimchar receive a D+ rating, treated its scraped arms and fists with Potion, and told it that a C-Rank should be possible after it evolved.
• Fang Yuan asked NPC Senior to switch the Gravity Room to evasion mode and sent Magneton in for its challenge.
• Magneton used Thunder Wave to resist the increasing gravity and dodged the beams, while Espeon watched its movements.
• Battle Club students debated Fang Yuan's likely score as Magneton easily handled five times gravity and beams fired from two directions.

Fang Yuan’s Magneton earned an A- in the Gravity Room by dodging beams under ten times Gravity, and Espeon began its own challenge. Espeon trained while evading increasingly difficult attacks, reaching the same five-direction, ten-times-Gravity trial as the senior prepared to raise the difficulty.

• Magneton used Lock-On to predict and dodge beams, but a beam grazed it under ten times Gravity and it received an A-.
• Fang Yuan encouraged Magneton to improve its Lock-On, then Espeon entered the Gravity Room for its challenge.
• Qi Yue shared Fang Yuan’s A- score, while Lin Sen teased Shi Yiming and Xu Lan wondered whether Fang Yuan would try again.
• Espeon reduced Gravity’s effect with Psychic Power and dodged beams while using Calm Mind to train.
• Espeon reached ten times Gravity and five firing directions without losing its rhythm, and Fang Yuan asked when the trial would become harder.

Fang Yuan’s Espeon reached the Gravity Trial’s s-Rank threshold by briefly entering an incomplete Foresight State, though it was knocked out in the next wave. Fang Yuan and Espeon realized the state was connected to learning Future Sight, leaving them considering repeated challenges to develop it further.

• Espeon endured five-direction beam attacks under increased gravity, using its body and abilities to evade while Fang Yuan asked whether it could earn s-Rank.
• As Espeon grew exhausted, the beams gained Reflective Property, and Fang Yuan warned it that the challenge had reached the s-Rank threshold.
• Espeon briefly entered an incomplete Foresight State and dodged all five reflected beams, but two beams struck it during the next wave and knocked it out; it received an s- evaluation.
• The Battle Club members were stunned that Fang Yuan had earned both A- and s- evaluations, and Xu Lan guessed he had used Magneton for the first attempt and Espeon for the second.
• Fang Yuan and Espeon recognized that Espeon’s brief Foresight State had let it predict the reflected beams, and Fang Yuan wondered whether repeated trials could help it learn Future Sight.

After Espeon earned an S rating in the Gravity Trial, Fang Yuan left the Battle Club and learned that the school team wanted to recruit him but required stronger Pokémon. He studied Focus Punch for Chimchar and discovered a public Lansat Drink formula, which led him to consider making Energy Cubes with similar effects.

• Espeon left the Gravity Room after demonstrating its strength, while Magneton and Chimchar watched in awe.
• Fang Yuan told the Battle Club students to read his paper on Espeon's evolution and ability data, then reminded Xu Lan about their meal.
• The school team considered recruiting Fang Yuan early but could not accept him because Magneton and Chimchar did not yet meet its strength requirements.
• Fang Yuan studied the Focus Punch manual and learned it recommended nutritional products to develop Chimchar's Fighting-type potential and help it practice Focus Energy.
• Fang Yuan found the Lansat Drink formula online and considered using nutritional product formulas to make Energy Cubes with corresponding effects.

Fang Yuan experimented with Lansat, Apicot, and Wiki Berries and confirmed they could produce an Energy Cube formula, though his attempts mostly failed. He contacted Breeder Xia Xinyan to make Lansat Drink, then surprised her by asking to buy its formula and production process.

• Fang Yuan bought Lansat, Apicot, and Wiki Berries and had Magneton help him test a new Energy Cube formula.
• After several failures, Fang Yuan produced a pink Energy Cube with black patterns and realized the three Berries could form a formula.
• Fang Yuan asked Xu Changliang for Breeder recommendations and chose Xia Xinyan because she specialized in Berry Studies.
• Xia Xinyan offered to make Lansat Drink for a share of the finished product, but Fang Yuan asked to buy the formula and production process instead.
• Xia Xinyan wondered why Fang Yuan wanted the process, since he was not a Breeder and lacked the proper equipment and techniques.

Fang Yuan recruited Xia Xinyan to help with his Energy Cube research and used her Lansat Drink ingredient ratios to create a new pink Energy Cube. When Chimchar ate it and practiced Focus Energy, it began to glow as if evolving.

• Fang Yuan contacted Xia Xinyan and invited her to join his Research Team as a Berry Studies specialist.
• Xia Xinyan met Fang Yuan at a cafe and agreed to try working with him while continuing her studies.
• Three days later, Fang Yuan and Magneton used the ratio of Lansat Berry, Apicot Berry, and Wiki Berry to make a Pure Pink Energy Cube.
• Fang Yuan had Chimchar eat the cube, and Chimchar sensed its inner breath more clearly before glowing during Focus Energy.

Fang Yuan’s Chimchar evolved into Monferno after eating a Pink Energy Cube, but its newfound strength came with a defiant attitude. After testing the cubes on his Pokémon, Fang Yuan determined they improved energy gathering and mental focus, and he left with a promising new training aid.

• Chimchar evolved into Monferno and immediately demonstrated its new Mach Punch.
• Monferno ignored Fang Yuan’s questions about the Pink Energy Cube, so Fang Yuan ordered Eevee and Magneton to beat it into cooperating.
• Monferno explained that the cube helped it sense and gather energy more quickly, which improved its Focus Energy and led to its evolution.
• Fang Yuan tested more Pink Energy Cubes and found they improved Pokémon’s mental state and the speed at which they gathered energy and used moves.
• Fang Yuan concluded the Pink Energy Cubes were more effective than Lansat Drink.

Fang Yuan traveled to Icefield City to train Monferno at the Wind Fist Style Dojo, where apprentices also sparred with one another. After meeting apprentice Cen Mingzhi, Fang Yuan learned that new arrivals had to battle so the teachers could arrange their instruction.

• Fang Yuan continued training Monferno and noticed that, despite its mischievous new personality, it learned moves quickly and could still calm itself with Focus Energy and Concentrate.
• Fang Yuan set out for the Wind Fist Style Dojo in Icefield City, bringing Monferno, Eevee, and Magneton for their studies.
• Fang Yuan arrived in the freezing Fighting City and released Eevee, using its warmth as he walked through town.
• Fang Yuan met Cen Mingzhi, a Wind Fist Style Dojo apprentice who explained that the apprentices trained by sparring with both Pokémon and each other.
• Cen Mingzhi led Fang Yuan inside and told him that new apprentices had to battle, prompting Fang Yuan to wonder whether Monferno would be matched by age or strength.

Fang Yuan arrived at the Wind Fist Style Dojo, where Feng Yin planned to assess his Pokémon in battle before arranging his training. At the afternoon group session, Lü Liang challenged Fang Yuan to a match instead of facing a dojo apprentice.

• Feng Yin welcomed Fang Yuan and said he wanted to battle his Pokémon before setting up a training plan.
• Fang Yuan settled into his room, joked about being sick to avoid hand-to-hand training, and discovered Eevee had turned on the air conditioner’s cold setting.
• Fang Yuan ran into Lü Liang, another Magic University trainer, and the two went to the cafeteria for lunch.
• Feng Yin introduced Fang Yuan and Lü Liang as new apprentices and prepared to pair them with dojo students for combat battles.
• Lü Liang asked to battle Fang Yuan instead.

Fang Yuan agreed to Lü Liang’s challenge at the Wind Fist Style Dojo, where their Monferno and Hariyama began a one-on-one battle. The chapter ended with the two Pokémon locked in a powerful palm-and-fist clash.

• Feng Yin asked Fang Yuan for his opinion after Lü Liang proposed a battle, and Fang Yuan accepted the challenge.
• Fang Yuan and Lü Liang sent out Monferno and Hariyama in the dojo’s Battle Arena.
• The referee started the match, and both Pokémon used Focus Energy.
• Monferno completed Focus Energy quickly and charged Hariyama with Mach Punch, prompting Lü Liang to order Focus Punch.
• Monferno turned its strike into Thunder Punch, and its fist clashed with Hariyama’s palm in a stalemate.

Fang Yuan's Monferno and Lü Liang's Hariyama fought an exhausting battle, trading powerful punches, fire, and electricity until both Pokémon were nearly unable to continue. Feng Yin called the match a draw, and the Trainers agreed to battle again after dojo training.

• Hariyama and Monferno clashed with Brutal Push, Mach Punch, and Leverage Throw, but Monferno used its flaming tail to burn Hariyama and escape another throw.
• Lü Liang used Hariyama's Guts Ability to increase its attack, while Fang Yuan ordered Monferno to target Hariyama's wound with Fire Punch.
• Hariyama grabbed Monferno's fist again and tried to throw it, but Monferno wrapped its tail around Hariyama's neck to prevent the move.
• Fang Yuan ordered Monferno to use Awakening Electric, shocking Hariyama while its burn worsened until both Pokémon could barely stand.
• Feng Yin proposed a draw, and Fang Yuan and Lü Liang agreed to battle again after dojo training.

After Fang Yuan and Lü Liang battled, Feng Yin assessed their Pokémon and planned specialized training to help Monferno and Hariyama learn Wind Fist Style techniques. He told Fang Yuan that challenging every Fighting dojo in Icefield City could earn him entry qualification for the World's Greatest Fighting Tournament.

• Feng Yin said Hariyama needed stronger basic skills and breath control, while Monferno needed decisive moves such as Mach Punch, Close Combat, and Focus Punch.
• Feng Yin assigned Lü Liang and Hariyama severe cold-weather training at Icefield Mountain to temper Hariyama and help it learn Focus Punch.
• Feng Yin gave Fang Yuan a Challenge Letter and planned to teach him a special technique before he challenged other Fighting dojos with Monferno.
• Feng Yin explained that gaining recognition from every Fighting dojo in Icefield City would qualify Fang Yuan to enter the World's Greatest Fighting Tournament.