Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan found the rare Feebas after it appeared in a river battle and captured it with Magnezone, while Gluttony Ghost recovered a Mystic Water. The other Trainers were left empty-handed as Fang Yuan focused on his new target.

• Fang Yuan rejected Gluttony Ghost’s suggestion to catch a Magikarp because he wanted a Milotic for his research.
• Three Trainers spotted a Feebas using Whirlpool and sent their Pokémon to catch it.
• Fang Yuan followed Magnezone’s warning to the river and used Magnezone to lift Feebas out of the water.
• Gluttony Ghost found a Mystic Water in the river and took it while Fang Yuan’s Pokémon drove off the other Trainers and wild Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan pocketed the Mystic Water and prepared to catch Feebas.

Fang Yuan captured a proud Feebas after overpowering the other Trainers who wanted it. The Feebas joined his team, though its sense of humiliation suggested it might not be an obedient Pokémon.

• Fang Yuan sensed Feebas’s intense humiliation as it struggled under his Confusion and decided he wanted to catch it.
• One of the competing Trainers sent Machop after Fang Yuan, but Monferno stopped it with a powerful Iron Fist.
• Fang Yuan threw a Poké Ball, and Magnezone paralyzed Feebas and guided it into the ball, securing the capture.
• The three rival Trainers lamented losing Feebas, while the female Trainer recognized Fang Yuan as her former school’s Rookie King and ran toward him.
• Magnezone returned the Poké Ball to Fang Yuan, who reflected that Feebas was his first Pokémon captured through battle and wondered whether it would obey him.

Fang Yuan brought the unusual Feebas home and tried to earn its trust, discovering that it was the same Feebas he had helped a year earlier. Feebas remained defiant but eventually accepted him as its follower, leaving Fang Yuan to tolerate its delusions of grandeur.

• Zhou Rui recognized Fang Yuan after he captured Feebas, and news of the capture spread among Trainers seeking the Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan took Feebas home, treated its paralysis, and faced its anger over being captured.
• Fang Yuan offered Feebas a Blue Energy Cube and realized it was the Feebas that had eaten one of his Energy Cubes a year earlier.
• Feebas rejected Fang Yuan's offer to become its Trainer and repeatedly rammed the water vat, even after he showed it a picture of Milotic.
• After ten minutes, Feebas ate the Energy Cube and declared that Fang Yuan could become its follower.

Fang Yuan registered Feebas as his fifth Pokémon and declined a Battle Club manager’s implied offer to fund his Feebas research. After the visit, he considered using his future status to commercialize Energy Cubes by bringing Pokémon Coordinators and the Grand Festival to Earth.

• Fang Yuan registered Feebas at the Pokémon Center and decided to delay taking the Professional Trainer Assessment until his team was stronger and more balanced.
• Fang Mingyao, the head of Pingcheng Dream Fulfillment Club, visited Fang Yuan and explained that he had placed the bounty for Feebas while seeking rare Water-type Pokémon for a new facility.
• Fang Mingyao proposed funding Fang Yuan’s Feebas research and supplying specimens, but Fang Yuan said he would think about it rather than accept.
• After Fang Mingyao left, Fang Yuan considered commercializing Energy Cubes through an associated industry and founding a Grand Festival on Earth.

Fang Yuan considered turning Grand Festivals into a business and watched Feebas demonstrate its Charm move, which failed to impress anyone. He stayed in the countryside to train and await his online order, while Zhou Rui asked whether he would attend his high school's anniversary celebration.

• Fang Yuan considered establishing a Grand Festival Company, using his Energy Cubes and ability to produce Milotic to promote the competitions.
• Feebas showed Fang Yuan and his Pokémon its Charm move, but it could not charm any of them and retreated into its tank.
• Fang Yuan gave Feebas Blue Energy Cubes and a defective Mystic Water, and Feebas vowed to charm Pokémon and humans someday.
• Zhou Rui asked Fang Yuan if he would attend Peaceful City First High School's eightieth anniversary celebration, and he replied that he would see.
• Fang Yuan decided to remain in the countryside for Pokémon training and checked the delivery tracking for the items he had ordered.

Fang Yuan unboxed new items for Feebas, Gluttony Ghost, and Magnezone, then surprised Eevee with a gift of its own. The Bone Club remained unopened as Eevee discovered its present was a hundred phone cases.

• Fang Yuan gave Feebas a high-quality Mystic Water, and Feebas replaced its old one with the new gemstone.
• Fang Yuan handed Gluttony Ghost a bottle of Black Sludge and explained how it could improve its body.
• Fang Yuan fitted Magnezone with customized Focus Lenses to help it find opponents’ weak points.
• Fang Yuan revealed that Eevee’s gift was a hundred phone cases, leaving Eevee stunned.

Fang Yuan gave Monferno a specially processed Marowak bone club, which helped it unleash its fury flames for the first time. While continuing to train his Pokémon at his old home, Fang Yuan also learned that Magnezone had mastered a powerful Signature Move.

• Fang Yuan gave Monferno a Fire- and Ghost-type Marowak bone club that could contain flames and electricity.
• Monferno used the bone club to control its Anger Energy and unleashed a powerful Rage Outburst of fury flames.
• Fang Yuan received an invitation from Yang Han to attend Peaceful City First High School’s School Anniversary and continued training his Pokémon while he waited.
• Fang Yuan trained Monferno, Feebas, Gluttony Ghost, Haunter, and Eevee, while restricting Gluttony Ghost’s soul-burning Will-O-Wisp.
• Fang Yuan discovered that Magnezone had mastered a Signature Move comparable to Monferno’s Rage Outburst.

Magnezone used Eevee’s rotational techniques to create a powerful Electromagnetic Storm, surprising Fang Yuan. Fang Yuan pointed out the move’s flaws and directed Magnezone to practice advanced Double Team, while Fang Yuan considered returning to Flat City for the School Anniversary and further training.

• Eevee demonstrated its strengthened Sand Attack Counter Shield for Magnezone.
• Magnezone used Gyro Ball and controlled its Electromagnetic Force to create an Electromagnetic Storm on its own.
• Fang Yuan praised Magnezone’s achievement but explained that the storm imitated Eevee’s techniques and needed advanced Double Team to be perfected.
• Fang Yuan sent Magnezone to practice Double Team and considered returning to Flat City for the approaching School Anniversary.

After returning to Flat City, Fang Yuan attended Peaceful City First High School’s anniversary and caught up with Liu Le and former teachers. He and Liu Le met Yang Han and Zhuang Xin, who revealed that a major battle was unavoidable over the three Eternal Pokémon in the approaching Secret Realm.

• Fang Yuan skipped the School Anniversary speeches and performances, then wandered around campus with Liu Le.
• Fang Yuan and Liu Le visited the gymnasium, where Liu Le talked about the school’s poor result in the Su Province Rookie Competition.
• Fang Yuan chatted with former teachers before waiting with Liu Le for Yang Han and Zhuang Xin.
• Fang Yuan and Liu Le asked Yang Han and Zhuang Xin about the large Secret Realm and the three Legendary Pokémon.
• Yang Han said the three Eternal Pokémon could not be negotiated with and that a great battle was unavoidable, but told Fang Yuan and Liu Le to focus on their studies.

Fang Yuan discussed his plan to take the Professional Trainer Assessment in his third year and began looking for potential members for his future Research Team. After learning about a Secret Text Expert among the alumni, he considered how such scholars might help uncover the origins of Secret Realms, then left to plan his summer training.

• Fang Yuan told Yang Han, Zhuang Xin, and Liu Le that he planned to take the Professional Trainer Assessment in his third year, surprising them with his ambition.
• Fang Yuan asked Yang Han about notable alumni who might join the Research Team he planned to build, and Yang Han doubted anyone from their school would fit.
• Zhuang Xin suggested a Secret Text Expert and offered to provide their contact information, prompting Fang Yuan to consider how their work might reveal the origins of Secret Realms.
• Fang Yuan and Liu Le left the classroom, and Fang Yuan declined to join the planned interactive battles because his Pokémon needed time to complete their techniques.
• Liu Le said he would study at a dojo during summer break, while Fang Yuan decided to travel to special places to train his Pokémon.

After the school anniversary, Fang Yuan set off alone for Moon Mountain to help Eevee overcome a training bottleneck by finding Clefairy with Magic Guard. He also hoped the mountain’s attraction-skilled Clefairy would benefit Feebas, and the chapter ended as he entered the scenic area.

• Fang Yuan considered how Haunter could develop its soul-burning Will-O-Wisp without harming Pokémon or disturbing the dead.
• Fang Yuan assessed his team’s strength and praised Haunter’s rapid progress, noting that its Black Flame could seriously injure even his strongest Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan chose Moon Mountain because its Clefairy population might include Pokémon with Magic Guard, which could help Eevee perfect Payback Fourth Stage.
• Fang Yuan also planned for Feebas to interact with Moon Mountain’s Clefairy that excelled at attraction-type moves.
• Fang Yuan bought tickets for himself and his Pokémon and entered the Moon Mountain Scenic Area.

Fang Yuan and Eevee searched Moon Mountain for the Clefairy Clan, but their exploration was interrupted when they found a Seviper and Zangoose fighting. Eevee stopped the battle and treated Zangoose’s poison, and Fang Yuan asked two tourists to call for help as the ponytailed woman released her Chansey.

• Fang Yuan entered Moon Mountain with Eevee and sent Gluttony Ghost through the walls to search for Clefairy.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee followed the sounds of a battle and found a Seviper and Zangoose fighting without Trainers nearby.
• Seviper attacked the arriving tourists, so Fang Yuan ordered Eevee to knock out both Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan found both Pokémon seriously injured, and Eevee used Heal Bell to cure Zangoose’s poison.
• Fang Yuan asked the ponytailed tourist to call the staff, and she released Chansey.

Fang Yuan helped resolve a dangerous clash between Zangoose and Seviper, then met Chansey’s trainer, Qiao Yiyi, and learned she attended Pokémon Medical College. He befriended her and began considering her as a potential member of his planned Secret Realm exploration team.

• Qiao Yiyi sent Chansey to heal the badly injured Zangoose and Seviper, while Duan Xue called Moon Mountain’s emergency number.
• Seviper resumed its fight with Zangoose, but Eevee knocked Seviper out and intimidated Zangoose into stopping.
• Security personnel investigated and learned that both Pokémon’s trainers had let them wander while searching for event treasures; the trainers arrived and received a lecture.
• Fang Yuan met Qiao Yiyi and Duan Xue, then asked Qiao Yiyi to add him as a friend because he admired Chansey’s healing abilities.
• Duan Xue held Eevee as a condition for accepting Fang Yuan’s request, and Qiao Yiyi agreed to connect with him.
• Qiao Yiyi told Fang Yuan she studied at Pokémon Medical College.

After leaving Qiao Yiyi, Fang Yuan followed Gluttony Ghost to a hidden cave in Moon Mountain where a large Clefairy clan had gathered. He used candy and Eevee’s charm to befriend them, then brought out Feebas to train it toward becoming more beautiful.

• Fang Yuan politely left Qiao Yiyi after adding her as a friend and regretted having no achievements on his social media feed to show off.
• Gluttony Ghost reported that more than twenty Clefairy, including a Clefable, lived in a hidden cave north of Moon Mountain.
• Fang Yuan bribed a Cleffa with candy and gained access to the Clefairy clan’s inner circle.
• Eevee charmed the Clefairy, while Fang Yuan released Feebas and had it make an ice tank filled with cold water.
• Fang Yuan told Feebas that training could make it as popular as Eevee, and Feebas reacted skeptically.

During their half-month stay in the Moon Mountain scenic area, Fang Yuan’s Pokémon trained and experimented with the Clefairy, while Fang Yuan considered ways to improve their abilities and teamwork. Eevee learned to use Magic Guard to control Life Energy, bringing its Return Move a small step closer to the fourth stage.

• Fang Yuan’s group befriended the Clefairy, whose leader played with Haunter as it hid in the leader’s shadow and formed a giant Shadow Sneak phantom around it.
• Magnezone trained Double Team, while Monferno improved Thunder Armor but still struggled with the recoil and its reaction speed.
• Fang Yuan considered finding stronger Pokémon for Monferno to Role Play, and hoped Feebas might learn healing moves after evolving.
• Eevee discovered that Magic Guard helped control Life Energy, and Espeon practiced exchanging Abilities with the Clefairy.
• Eevee mastered the Life Energy control technique, advancing Return a small step toward its fourth stage.

Fang Yuan and Eevee tested Payback 3.5, which enhanced Eevee’s offensive and status moves and let it create two Substitutes. Fang Yuan saw the technique as a path toward Elite Four-level strength and began considering how to develop Payback’s fourth and fifth stages.

• Fang Yuan took Eevee to a secluded wilderness near Moon Mountain to test Payback 3.5.
• Eevee used Payback-enhanced moves, making Sand Attack far stronger and boosting offensive moves by about 30 percent.
• Eevee’s status moves and Combination Skills also improved, while Spiral Shadow Ball became usable without a Substitute or Help Move.
• Fang Yuan noted that Payback-enhanced Substitute let Eevee create two Substitutes, and told Eevee to work toward One Mind Three Uses.
• Fang Yuan considered developing Payback’s fourth stage around Mega Evolution and the Bond Phenomenon, and its fifth stage around Z-Moves, Primal Reversion, Natural Energy, Sun Energy, and the Destructive Gene.

After finishing his Life Orb and Magic Guard research paper, Fang Yuan learned that a medium-sized Secret Realm had appeared near Icefield City and decided to go there. He planned to enter the relocated World's Greatest Fighting Tournament with Monferno and search for Lapras that knew Life Dew.

• Fang Yuan chatted with Duan Xue and learned that Qiao Yiyi was an exceptional medical college student he was not yet prestigious enough to recruit.
• Fang Yuan completed a paper on how Magic Guard could negate the Life Orb's side effects, which he hoped would help him become a Senior Researcher.
• Duan Xue told Fang Yuan that she and Qiao Yiyi were volunteering in Icefield City after a medium-sized Secret Realm appeared nearby, and that Qiao Yiyi hoped to find a Lapras capable of using Life Dew.
• Fang Yuan learned that the Secret Realm's harsh icy environment made exploration difficult and decided to travel to Icefield City.
• Fang Yuan planned to use his tournament entry ticket to compete in the World's Greatest Fighting Tournament with Monferno and look for Lapras that knew Life Dew.

Fang Yuan traveled toward Icefield City and chose to cross the frozen wilderness with Monferno to prepare for the Fighting Tournament. After reaching Qin Yuan City and gathering supplies, he left the city and assigned Monferno a new training task.

• Fang Yuan learned that the Icefield Secret Realm had disrupted the climate and blocked transport routes around Icefield City.
• Fang Yuan decided to travel through the wilderness from Qin Yuan City and train Monferno against the cold before the tournament.
• Fang Yuan took a taxi to Qin Yuan City, bought winter clothes and supplies, and prepared to leave with Eevee.
• A volunteer checked Fang Yuan's Trainer ID and warned him that the wilderness had become dangerous, but Fang Yuan continued onward.
• Fang Yuan entered the frozen wilderness, called out Monferno, and told it to carry their supplies as weight training.

Fang Yuan trained Monferno in the freezing wilderness on the way to Icefield City, honing its Iron Fist and battle skills for the Fighting Tournament. Near the city, Qin Yuan Dojo teacher Zhang Ling and her apprentices witnessed Monferno defeat a charging Ursaring with one Mach Punch.

• Fang Yuan released Feebas into a frozen lake to strengthen its affinity for Ice-type energy and assigned Eevee to spar with Monferno.
• Eevee battered Monferno in the freezing conditions while both Pokémon trained, and Fang Yuan reflected on Monferno's progress developing Hardened Iron Fist.
• Fang Yuan continued toward Icefield City and considered Monferno's many combat techniques ahead of the Fighting Tournament.
• Zhang Ling led two Qin Yuan Dojo apprentices across the ice plains and ordered them to prepare when she found Ursaring tracks.
• Zhang Ling and her apprentices caught up with Ursaring as it confronted Fang Yuan's group, and Monferno knocked it unconscious with a single Mach Punch.

Fang Yuan met Zhang Ling and two Qin Yuan Dojo apprentices on the icefield, then learned how the Fighting Tournament’s revised preliminary rounds would work. At a public Move Power Tester in Icefield City, Monferno scored 101 despite holding back, leaving Fang Yuan concerned that the result was still too high.

• Fang Yuan met Zhang Ling, Mu Xin, and Wang Dali, who were also heading to Icefield City for the Fighting Tournament.
• Zhang Ling told Fang Yuan that contestants would first be ranked by Move Power Tester scores, with the top 256 advancing to the second preliminary round.
• Zhang Ling brought Mu Xin and Wang Dali to test their Pokémon, and Toxicroak scored 119 while Medicham scored 118.
• Fang Yuan had Monferno use a restrained Fire Punch on the tester, earning 101 points and rank 63.
• Fang Yuan decided he should have had Monferno hit the tester with a bone instead.