Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan agreed to join Magic University’s Dangerous Ground Training at Tian Ming Mountain, despite treating the trip as a chance to relax. On the bus to the Mu Hai Mountain Range, he learned that Research Department students would be paired with Battle Department students in small teams, leaving the question of who would guard him.

• Liang Shi Ran announced that the Research Department and some Battle Department classes would train in the Mu Hai Mountain Range, likely at Tian Ming Mountain.
• Liang Shi Ran found Fang Yuan and got him to confirm that he would participate and submit the required form.
• Fang Yuan told Eevee to hire someone to power-level its game accounts and asked Luo Ke whether she would join the trip; she declined.
• Research Department Class 1 departed by bus, and Zheng Xiaodong told Fang Yuan that mixed teams would pair researchers with Battle Department bodyguards.

Fang Yuan and the other freshmen arrived at the Mu Hai Mountain Range for a ten-day training assessment led by Zhuang Rui. After being assigned to a mixed group with Liang Shi Ran, Lin Sen, and two unfamiliar students, Fang Yuan joked that he was invincible and was warned by Tang Sheng to keep a low profile.

• Fang Yuan and the Research Department students arrived at the Training Base in the Mu Hai Mountain Range, where students from the Battle Department soon joined them.
• Zhuang Rui introduced himself as the training's overall person in charge and announced three assessments over the next ten days.
• Zhuang Rui had the students randomly divided into mixed groups of five, placing Fang Yuan with Liang Shi Ran, Lin Sen, Cheng Lin, and an unfamiliar boy.
• Liang Shi Ran asked Fang Yuan to carry their group, and Fang Yuan declared that he was invincible and they could do as they pleased.
• Tang Sheng warned Fang Yuan not to cause trouble, while Fang Yuan looked at him in disbelief.

Fang Yuan’s team drew a dangerous mission to observe Nidoking and Nidoqueen hunting, while the training organizers prepared hidden challenges to make the freshmen take the assessment seriously. The chapter left the students unaware that police-trained Pokémon might put them in life-threatening situations in the Mu Hai Mountain Range.

• Yue Xiong announced that the students would begin their first team Training Assessment the next day and warned them to prepare seriously.
• Fang Yuan let Liang Shi Ran become captain, and she drew a mission to photograph and record Nidoking and Nidoqueen hunting for a research report.
• Fang Yuan warned his teammates that the Pokémon’s hunting could be brutal, and Lin Sen recognized the mission as especially dangerous.
• Zhuang Rui told the accompanying teachers that police-trained Pokémon would be released into the Mu Hai Mountain Range to frighten the students and create pressure.
• Zhuang Rui said the organizers might stage life-and-death situations so the freshmen would not treat the assessment as a routine exam.

Fang Yuan’s team encountered a Mightyena pack in the Mu Hai Mountain Range, but Fang Yuan realized the leader was acting and talked it into joining them with canned Pokémon Food. The team continued with the pack following Fang Yuan, while the instructors watching the encounter were left baffled.

• Fang Yuan’s team entered the Mu Hai Mountain Range, avoided wild Pokémon, and struggled to navigate toward the Nidoking Clan’s habitat.
• A Mightyena pack surrounded the team, and its leader knocked Supersonic Larva unconscious.
• Lin Sen prepared to fight, but Fang Yuan sensed that the Mightyena leader was only acting and told it the team was on its side.
• Fang Yuan offered the Mightyena canned Pokémon Food, and the pack began following him obediently.
• The instructors watching the encounter were stunned when Instructor Wang’s Mightyena appeared to defect to Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan led his team through the mountain range with a pack of Mightyena after cleverly avoiding a fight, while Monferno insisted on testing its strength. Monferno rushed to help Xu Lan’s team against a powerful Shiftry, but ended up surrounded by the Shiftry and its allies.

• Fang Yuan’s team followed a pack of ten Mightyena, which Fang Yuan had persuaded to lead the way, while Monferno asked to fight and Fang Yuan agreed.
• The instructors watched Fang Yuan’s team use the Mightyena as scouts and decided to give him special attention in the next assessment.
• Fang Yuan’s group spotted Xu Lan’s team struggling against Shiftry, including one powerful enough to defeat their Pokémon with a single strike.
• Monferno charged in with Thunder Armor and a fiery punch, sending the powerful Shiftry flying and impressing Xu Lan’s team and the instructors.
• The Shiftry recovered, and it and the surrounding Nuzleaf and Seedot closed in on Monferno.

Fang Yuan’s ability to communicate with Pokémon led Shiftry to stop attacking, prompting the instructors to pull him from the mountain assessment. Back at the Training Base, Zhuang Rui challenged him to last one minute in battle to earn perfect scores and skip the next two assessments.

• Monferno struggled against the two Shiftry until Fang Yuan sent Mightyena to help.
• Mightyena and Shiftry recognized each other, and Fang Yuan persuaded Shiftry to reconsider leaving with him.
• The instructors realized Fang Yuan had disrupted the assessment and ordered him back to the Training Base.
• Tang Sheng and Zhuang Rui discussed Fang Yuan’s research skills and Trainer strength.
• Zhuang Rui offered Fang Yuan perfect scores and exemption from three assessments if he lasted one minute in a battle.

Fang Yuan battled Zhuang Rui’s Lycanroc Midnight Form with Magnezone, aiming to last one minute in exchange for a chance to visit the Spirit World Secret Realm entrance on Tian Ming Mountain. Magnezone’s aerial attacks overwhelmed Lycanroc, and Zhuang Rui stopped the match when the time limit expired, granting Fang Yuan the win.

• Fang Yuan negotiated with Zhuang Rui for access to the Spirit World Secret Realm entrance if he lasted one minute in battle.
• Zhuang Rui sent out Lycanroc Midnight Form, and Fang Yuan chose Magnezone instead of Eevee.
• Lycanroc used Swagger and Rock Climb to challenge Magnezone, but Magnezone resisted the provocation and struck it with Thunderbolt enhanced by Rain Dance.
• Fang Yuan ordered Magnezone to bombard Lycanroc with Magnet Bombs through an Electromagnetic Cannon, while Lycanroc endured the attacks and fought back with Counter and Outrage.
• Zhuang Rui called the battle when the minute was up, declared Fang Yuan the winner, and praised his potential.

Fang Yuan searched the Mu Hai Mountain Range for a suitable Water-type Pokémon while waiting for permission to enter the Spirit Realm Secret Realm. The chapter ended when a student went missing and Zhuang Rui discovered that the Spirit Realm Entrance’s seal had loosened.

• Fang Yuan searched lakes for Feebas, tested eleven of them by synchronizing with their emotions, and released them because none suited him.
• Zhuang Rui told Fang Yuan that arranging entry to the Spirit Realm Secret Realm required complicated procedures, then learned Fang Yuan had previously entered with Jiang Li.
• Fang Yuan continued searching for Feebas as the students trained, and later joined the group scouting Tian Ming Mountain.
• Tang Sheng rushed to Fang Yuan’s tent and reported that a student had gone missing and Zhuang Rui had found the Spirit Realm Entrance’s seal significantly loosened.

After a Spirit Realm Gate appeared on Tian Ming Mountain, Zhuang Rui and the trainers began investigating the danger while evacuating the students. Fang Yuan joined the search for three missing classmates, and his Pokémon began looking for signs of the Spirit World.

• Zhuang Rui learned that purple flames had burned away the Purification Charms around the Spirit Realm Gate, suggesting a powerful Pokémon might have broken through its seal.
• Tang Sheng tried to evacuate Fang Yuan, but Fang Yuan insisted on helping search for the missing students.
• Zhuang Rui sent Pokémon to aid the search while remaining at the Spirit Realm's main entrance.
• Fang Yuan searched Tian Ming Mountain with an instructor named Wang and his Mightyena, reasoning that the missing students might have been lured away or dragged into the Spirit World.
• Fang Yuan used Espeon's Premonition and Magnezone's sensitivity to Spirit Realm energy to search for Ghost-type Pokémon and a Spirit Realm Gate.

Fang Yuan and Old Wang found a Litwick that opened a Spirit World entrance, but Gluttony Ghost was pulled inside. There, it discovered Liang Shi Ran, Cheng Lin, and Lin Sen trapped among Ghost-type Pokémon, just as Chandelure moved to devour it.

• Fang Yuan and the instructors searched unsuccessfully for Liang Shi Ran, Lin Sen, and Cheng Lin, and Old Wang considered entering the Spirit World.
• Fang Yuan followed Gluttony Ghost to a Litwick hiding among rotten lumber, where it opened a Spirit World entrance.
• Gluttony Ghost drove Litwick through the entrance with Black Will-O-Wisp, enlarging the gate, but a Dusknoir-like gray hand pulled Gluttony Ghost inside.
• Gluttony Ghost found Liang Shi Ran, Cheng Lin, and Lin Sen trapped in an illusion among Mismagius, Dusknoir, Chandelure, and other Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Chandelure sensed Gluttony Ghost's Life Energy, ignited purple flames, and swept toward it to devour it.

Fang Yuan and his allies arrived as Chandelure engulfed Gluttony Ghost in its soul-burning Purple Will-O-Wisp. Gluttony Ghost countered by spending the Life Energy stored in twelve Golden Energy Cubes to unleash its Black Will-O-Wisp, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Chandelure attacked Gluttony Ghost with Purple Will-O-Wisp, and its flames began consuming Gastly’s body and soul.
• Fang Yuan ordered Espeon and Magnezone to attack, while Instructor Wang sent his Pokémon to hold off Dusknoir, Mismagius, and the other Ghost-types and rescue Lin Sen’s group.
• Gluttony Ghost activated Mirror Coat and transformed into its Ghost- and Fire-type combination as Chandelure’s flames burned it.
• Gluttony Ghost ignited the Life Energy in twelve Golden Energy Cubes to sustain its Black Will-O-Wisp and break free of Chandelure’s flames.
• Gluttony Ghost and Chandelure clashed in a standoff between their Black and Purple Will-O-Wisps, with the outcome still uncertain.

Fang Yuan and Instructor Wang struggled in the Spirit World as Gluttony Ghost became locked in a life-energy struggle with Chandelure. Meanwhile, Jiang Li learned that Chandelure was behind the damaged seal and prepared to enter the Spirit World, but reports of other Spirit Realm Gates complicated the crisis; the chapter ended with Gluttony Ghost beginning to evolve.

• Fang Yuan sent Magnezone to teleport Lin Sen and the others to safety while Instructor Wang's Pokémon fought Ghost-type Pokémon in the Spirit World.
• The Trainer Association sent Jiang Li to Tian Ming Mountain, where he identified Chandelure as the likely cause of the damaged seal and set out to confront it.
• Zhuang Rui received word that instructors had found other Spirit Realm Gates and that someone had entered the Spirit World elsewhere.
• Fang Yuan and Instructor Wang struggled against approaching ghosts as Gluttony Ghost and Chandelure became entangled, each trying to devour the other's energy.
• Fang Yuan urged Gluttony Ghost to evolve, and Evolution Light began radiating from its body.

Fang Yuan’s Gastly evolved into Haunter during its fight with Chandelure and used its strengthened Black Flame to overpower the Ghost-type Pokémon. Champion Jiang Li and the first Professional Trainers arrived at the Spirit World battle site, where they found the missing students rescued and the area scorched by Haunter’s flames.

• Gastly evolved into Haunter while battling Chandelure, and Wang Yi recognized how much stronger it might become.
• Haunter gained finer control over its Black Flame and began devouring Chandelure’s Will-O-Wisp, Life Energy, and soul.
• Fang Yuan allowed Haunter to continue burning Chandelure as the battle filled the Spirit World with flames and wailing ghosts.
• The first Professional Trainers and Champion Jiang Li arrived at the battle site and found the missing students sitting dazed beside Fang Yuan and his Pokémon.
• Instructor Wang pretended to know nothing about the destruction as the rescuers took in the scene.

Fang Yuan learned that his actions in the Spirit World were considered self-defense, and Jiang Li warned him about using Gluttony Ghost’s uncontrollable Black Flame. Jiang Li also told him to watch for changes in Haunter after it consumed Chandelure’s energy.

• Fang Yuan told Jiang Li that he and his companions had dealt with the danger, and Jiang Li confirmed that Fang Yuan would not be punished for defending himself.
• Jiang Li took Fang Yuan out of the Spirit World and stayed behind to clean up the site as the training exercise ended.
• Tang Sheng told Fang Yuan that Jiang Li wanted to see him, while worrying that Fang Yuan had faced a dangerous Chandelure and that Gluttony Ghost must not be put at risk again.
• Jiang Li told Fang Yuan not to use Gluttony Ghost’s Black Flame in official battles until it could control and extinguish the flames.
• Jiang Li explained that the Spirit World contained an unknown Dusk Stone Mine and advised Fang Yuan to monitor Haunter for changes after it consumed Chandelure’s Infinity Energy.

After Haunter devoured Chandelure, Jiang Li explained the likely benefits and discussed Jiang Ran’s training at Champion Road. Fang Yuan declined the idea of going there, preferring to continue his research at Magic University.

• Jiang Li told Fang Yuan that Haunter might gain powerful benefits from devouring Chandelure, possibly inheriting its soul-burning Will-O-Wisp.
• Fang Yuan asked where Jiang Ran had gone, and Jiang Li explained that she was training at Champion Road to become a Professional Trainer before China’s World Pokémon League Conference team selection.
• Jiang Li invited Fang Yuan to consider Champion Road, but Fang Yuan worried it would take him away from the research opportunities he needed to advance as a researcher.
• Jiang Li agreed that Fang Yuan suited university and research better, then mentioned that Xie Qingyi might challenge him to another duel.
• Fang Yuan was surprised that Xie Qingyi had spoken about him and wondered what Jiang Li meant by another duel.

Jiang Li encouraged Fang Yuan to pursue the World Pokémon League Conference and urged him to learn the Ghost-type technique Shadow Contract from Teacher Zhou Youyou. After the Spirit World training ended, Fang Yuan’s Pokémon gained new abilities, while Monferno’s anger appeared to bring it closer to mastering Rage Fire.

• Jiang Li discussed the World Pokémon League Conference with Fang Yuan and wondered whether the next generation could carry China’s team after the older Trainers aged out.
• Jiang Li told Fang Yuan to visit Teacher Zhou Youyou at Magic University’s Haunted House and learn Shadow Contract with Haunter; Fang Yuan agreed despite worrying about its risks.
• The Spirit World was sealed and Magic University’s Dangerous Ground Training ended, with Magnezone improving Gravity and Gluttony Ghost mastering Wonder Room.
• Emrit’s power had previously helped Magnezone and Espeon master spatial moves, while Eevee gained nothing and Monferno endured repeated defeats without an obvious reward.
• Fang Yuan used Emotional Synchronization on Monferno and found that its anger had become natural and deeply integrated, suggesting Rage Fire was near.

After consulting Director Mu, Fang Yuan learned that he needed more time and influential research to become a Senior Researcher. He settled on studying Feebas's Evolution Condition over summer break and headed home to search for promising specimens.

• After returning to Magic University, Fang Yuan asked Teacher Zhou Youyou for help but was told to come back next semester, then prepared for his Final Exams with extra lessons.
• Fang Yuan discussed Senior Researcher qualifications with Director Mu and learned he would need at least two more years of experience unless he published a highly influential paper.
• Fang Yuan chose to keep his Payback research secret and made determining how Feebas evolved into Milotic his main research goal.
• After the Final Exam, Fang Yuan packed up and invited Luo Ke to return to Flat City with him, but she declined so she could visit the Sun and Moon Forest Secret Realm.
• Fang Yuan left for Flat City with Eevee, hoping to find promising Feebas in Nanwu Town during summer break.

After returning to Nanwu Town, Fang Yuan planned to train his Pokémon and search for Feebas. He learned that a rare Top-Grade Feebas had been reported nearby, explaining the recent influx of Trainers.

• Fang Yuan returned to his hometown and considered buying Pokémon Items for Magnezone, Gluttony Ghost, and Monferno with the compensation he received from Power Supply Mountain.
• Fang Yuan noticed that Nanwu Town's Pokémon Center was unusually busy and greeted Doctor He Haifei.
• Doctor He Haifei guessed that Fang Yuan had returned to search for Feebas, then explained that many Trainers had come to town for one.
• Fang Yuan saw a poster seeking a Top-Grade Feebas with an unusually diverse move pool that was believed to be hiding near Nanwu Town and nearby villages.

Fang Yuan joined the search for a rare Feebas that could use several powerful moves and hide underground, then sent Gluttony Ghost to scout for it with bait. Meanwhile, Eevee stayed home to browse the Dawn Group’s online mall and choose gifts for Fang Yuan’s Pokémon.

• Fang Yuan learned that the wanted Feebas could burrow through mud to reach other streams and decided it was destined for him.
• Fang Yuan left Eevee at home and assigned Magnezone, Gluttony Ghost, and the others to help search for Feebas.
• Fang Yuan made bait from crushed Light Blue Energy Cubes and planned for Gluttony Ghost to search underwater and underground using Mirror Coat.
• Fang Yuan took Magnezone, Gluttony Ghost, and Monferno out to search nearby Feebas habitats.
• Eevee browsed the Dawn Group’s online shopping mall for gifts, considering a Silk Scarf and a flame-conducting Thick Bone for Monferno.

Fang Yuan and Gluttony Ghost searched Nanwu Town for a rare Feebas but found only ordinary fish, while Eevee revealed the items it had chosen for the team. After two more fruitless days of searching, Fang Yuan kicked a stone into a rain-filled puddle and saw bubbles rise.

• Fang Yuan and Gluttony Ghost searched muddy waterways for Feebas and caught ordinary fish, which Fang Yuan planned to fry.
• Fang Yuan returned home and caught Eevee hiding its phone, then discovered it had browsed online casino scams.
• Eevee showed Fang Yuan inexpensive items it had chosen for Magnezone, Gluttony Ghost, and Monferno, then revealed costlier alternatives.
• Fang Yuan considered buying a special Marowak Bone Club to research how regional conditions and Emotional Energy might affect it.
• Fang Yuan and Gluttony Ghost searched Nanwu Town for two more days without finding Feebas, until bubbles rose from a puddle after Fang Yuan kicked a stone into it.