Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan compared Monferno’s move power with other Fighting Tournament contestants and tested its attacks again at the Wind Fist Style Dojo. As the tournament approached, Monferno resolved to shine, while Trainers investigated strange signs near a lake outside Icefield City.

• Fang Yuan learned that Monferno’s initial 101-point score had fallen out of the top hundred and reviewed forum estimates showing Professional Trainers’ Fighting-type Pokémon scored at least 200 points.
• Fang Yuan visited the Wind Fist Style Dojo after Senior Feng could not be reached, and Cen Mingzhi greeted him and offered to help with another test.
• Fang Yuan tested Monferno’s full-power attacks, recording 106 points for Thunder Punch, 127 for Fire Punch, 121 for Mach Punch, and 190 for Focus Punch.
• Monferno proudly imagined shining in the tournament and evolving to catch up with Eevee.
• Trainers investigated the Secret Realm’s effects outside Icefield City, where a lake drew attention after someone reportedly saw an aurora rise from its depths.

Fang Yuan learned that Purification Lake could help Water- and Ice-type Pokémon train and recover, and suspected it might give Feebas a chance to evolve. He reached the sealed-off lake and encountered Qiao Yiyi and Duan Xue, who were discussing her application to capture a Lapras.

• Fang Yuan heard that Purification Lake had powerful water pressure and water that could gradually heal Pokémon, making it a promising place to train and evolve.
• Fang Yuan decided to take Feebas to test the lake and traveled toward it with Eevee the next morning.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee avoided patrols but found the lake surrounded by Trainer Association checkpoints and gave up on sneaking in.
• Eevee spotted Qiao Yiyi and Duan Xue near the medical tents, where they discussed Qiao Yiyi's pending Lapras capture approval and the lake's potential to teach Water-type Pokémon Healing-type Moves.
• Fang Yuan approached Qiao Yiyi and Duan Xue and greeted them.

Fang Yuan entered Purification Lake with Feng Yin’s permission and discovered that its water healed and purified Pokémon while restraining Poison-types. He sent Feebas to challenge the lake’s crushing depth, while Eevee quietly tasted the water.

• Fang Yuan met Qiao Yiyi and Duan Xue at the restricted lake and persuaded Professional Trainer Feng Yin to let him enter.
• Fang Yuan released Feebas and Haunter into the lake, finding that Feebas enjoyed the water while Haunter recoiled from its purifying effect.
• Feng Yin confirmed that Purification Lake restrained Poison-type Pokémon and explained that its water also had healing properties and immense pressure.
• After Haunter refused to enter the lake, Fang Yuan urged Feebas to train against the pressure, hinting that the lake might be connected to Suicune.
• Feebas dived deeper to investigate the lake, while Eevee secretly tasted its water and found it sweet.

Feebas pushed through Purification Lake’s crushing depths, using its Adaptability, healing water, and stored energy to break its limits and evolve into Milotic. Espeon witnessed the evolution and found Milotic’s quiet transformation underwhelming.

• Fang Yuan, worried about Feebas, sent Eevee into Purification Lake to check on it, and Eevee transformed into Espeon to withstand the pressure.
• Feebas descended despite the pressure, gradually adapting and recovering with help from the lake’s water and the vitality stored from Golden Energy Cubes.
• As Feebas pushed past its limits again, the emotional energy from Blue Energy Cubes awakened its Life Energy and triggered Evolution Light.
• Espeon arrived in time to witness Feebas evolve into Milotic, whose increased vitality and strength let it continue deeper into the lake.
• Milotic’s noble mood faded when Espeon silently suggested that its evolution had been too low-key and offered to stage a more spectacular show.

As Trainers began another exploration of Purification Lake, a vast sea of mist appeared and revealed what seemed to be a gigantic, majestic Milotic. The chapter left Fang Yuan and the gathered Trainers stunned, while Eevee secretly took pride in using an optical illusion to create the spectacle.

• Feng Yin and two other Professional Trainers prepared eight Trainers and nineteen Water-type Pokémon for another exploration of Purification Lake.
• Fang Yuan wondered whether Suicune lived beneath the lake and noticed that Eevee had not returned with news about Feebas.
• A sea of colorful mist spread across the lake, and enormous red and fan-tailed phantoms appeared within it.
• A cry and pink light calmed the gathered Trainers and Pokémon before the mist dispersed to reveal a sixty-to-seventy-meter-tall Milotic.
• Eevee, hidden at the bottom of the lake, used an optical illusion to alter Milotic's appearance and privately congratulated itself on the trick.

Fang Yuan’s Feebas evolved into a gigantic Milotic at Purification Lake, startling the Trainers before they mistook the evolution for an effect of the lake’s water. Milotic revealed several newly learned moves, including Life Dew, leaving Fang Yuan eager to develop its healing potential.

• Eevee’s enormous illusion of Milotic startled Fang Yuan and the Trainers, then vanished as Eevee fled and left Milotic surrounded by Water-type Pokémon.
• Espeon retrieved Milotic with its Poké Ball, and Fang Yuan realized his Feebas had evolved after absorbing nutrients from Energy Cubes.
• Feng Yin asked whether Purification Lake had caused the evolution, and Fang Yuan let the Trainers speculate rather than explain the likely role of the Energy Cubes.
• Fang Yuan released Milotic again and asked it to demonstrate its newly learned moves.
• Milotic demonstrated Twister, Hydro Pump, Ice Beam, Aqua Ring, Recover, and Life Dew, which Qiao Yiyi recognized as a powerful healing move.

Fang Yuan watched Trainers speculate about how Feebas could evolve into Milotic, then considered Milotic’s abilities and how its evolution affected Monferno. The chapter ended with Monferno seeing Milotic and trying to jump into the lake in despair.

• Bai Yin said the exploration would continue and that she would report the hypothesis about Purification Lake and Feebas’s evolution.
• Qiao Yiyi wondered how Milotic had learned Recover, Aqua Ring, and Life Dew, while Fang Yuan asked her and Duan Xue for advice on Healing-type Moves.
• Fang Yuan decided to focus on training Milotic’s control of Water-type moves and wondered whether it would let him ride it.
• Fang Yuan called out Monferno and warned it that its former companion Feebas had evolved into Milotic.
• When Milotic emerged from the lake, Monferno tried to jump in, shouting that it wanted to die.

Fang Yuan watched Monferno recover from its despair over Feebas’s evolution and master Rage Fire without its bone club. He then began planning Milotic’s training, intending to develop her charm, healing Moves, and combat skills.

• Monferno jumped into Purification Lake, choked on the powerful water, and Milotic pulled it out before tossing it onto the ground.
• Monferno resumed punching with unusual despondent emotion, then discarded its bone club as its tail flame surged and it mastered Rage Fire on its own.
• Fang Yuan told Milotic that physical contact could make Pokémon more beautiful and asked whether she was ready for training; Milotic agreed after hearing about Monferno’s experience.
• Fang Yuan outlined plans to strengthen Milotic’s Charm Body and healing Moves, then develop her combat ability through Combination Skills.

Fang Yuan planned Milotic’s coordinated training around a Whirlpool-and-Twister technique called Water Tornado, while also focusing on high-pressure Hydro Pump. After two days at Purification Lake, Milotic adapted to its evolved body and mastered four new moves, and Fang Yuan prepared to leave for the Fighting Tournament preliminaries with Monferno.

• Fang Yuan planned to combine Milotic’s Whirlpool and Twister into a rotating Water Tornado for defense and attack.
• Fang Yuan considered training Milotic to compress water and control Hydro Pump’s pressure and flow rate.
• Milotic could not reach the bottom of Purification Lake because of the extreme water pressure.
• Fang Yuan stayed at Purification Lake for two more days, and Milotic adapted to its evolved body and mastered Hydro Pump, Recover, Life Dew, and Aqua Ring.
• A Water Master arrived to take charge of Purification Lake, while the Trainer Association released Feebas there for evolution experiments that showed no results.
• On the night before the Fighting Tournament preliminaries, Fang Yuan took out Monferno’s Poké Ball and prepared to compete.

Fang Yuan and Monferno entered the World's Greatest Fighting Tournament preliminaries, where Monferno earned the highest score in Area D with a 147-point Fire Punch. Strong Professional Trainers then posted scores far beyond Monferno's limits, leaving Fang Yuan to reassure it that their trump card was stronger.

• Fang Yuan found the Area D preliminary venue with Monferno and Eevee, then lined up behind a girl with a Gallade.
• The tournament staff explained that contestants would first be ranked by Move Power Tester scores, with afternoon battles deciding who advanced to the Main Competition.
• Fang Yuan sent Monferno to the tester, where its Fire Punch scored 147 points and topped Area D.
• The girl with Gallade scored 180 points, a Veteran Trainer's Pokémon scored 191, and Professional Trainers surpassed 200 points.
• Fang Yuan saw a leading Professional Trainer score 488 points and told Monferno that their trump card was stronger.

Fang Yuan and Monferno prepared for the second preliminary, where only one victory was needed to qualify for the Main Competition. They watched Ning Yu's Gallade defeat Zhang Lang's Hawlucha in an instant with a Teleport-based battle method, leaving Fang Yuan impressed by its power.

• Fang Yuan checked the morning results and learned that Monferno had scored 147, while more than twenty Pokémon had reached Professional level.
• Fang Yuan and Monferno went to their assigned competition area as Eevee returned to the backpack to sleep instead of cheering.
• Ning Yu and Zhang Lang entered the arena for the second match, pairing Gallade against Hawlucha.
• Gallade used Teleport to appear behind Hawlucha, then struck it unconscious with Aerial Ace.
• Fang Yuan recognized Gallade's technique as the Flying Thunder God Battle Method and judged it difficult to counter.

Fang Yuan and Monferno entered the Fighting Tournament, where Monferno defeated Li Mingjiang’s Hitmonlee with a focused Mach Punch. The victory restored Monferno’s confidence and left other contestants wary of its supposed bone-club fighting style.

• Gallade used Teleport and close-range attacks to eliminate Zhang Lang’s Hawlucha, while Fang Yuan assessed the technique’s weaknesses with Monferno.
• A Professional-level Heracross defeated its opponent with a single charge, and Fang Yuan judged that Monferno would need Rage Outburst to match its raw strength.
• Fang Yuan faced Li Mingjiang in the sixth match and claimed that Monferno’s strongest technique was staff fighting, drawing attention to its bone club.
• Li Mingjiang ordered Hitmonlee to use Agility and Power-Up Punch, but Monferno countered with Mach Punch and struck with the Focus Energy and Concentrate technique it had learned at the Wind Fist Style Dojo.
• Monferno’s punch injured Hitmonlee’s hand bones and sent it flying, prompting Li Mingjiang to concede; Monferno regained confidence as the spectators speculated about Fang Yuan and the bone club.

Fang Yuan faced Zhao Yangyang and Primeape in the Fighting Tournament’s 128-to-64 round. He tricked them into guarding against a returning bone club while Monferno attacked, leaving Primeape dazed under a barrage of punches.

• Fang Yuan learned he would face Zhao Yangyang, the successor of King Kong Dojo, in the Main Competition.
• Fang Yuan and Monferno entered the arena as spectators and fellow contestants watched them, including Feng Yin and Wang Ling.
• Zhao Yangyang asked whether Monferno would use its bone club, and Fang Yuan said his opponent was worth using it against.
• Fang Yuan shouted that Monferno was using Bone Boomerang, but Monferno hurled the club past Primeape as a Bone Dart that did not return.
• While Zhao Yangyang and Primeape watched for the club’s return, Monferno struck Primeape with Mach Punch and followed with a barrage of Consecutive Serious Punches.

Fang Yuan used Eevee’s help and Monferno’s bone club to win his match against Zhao Yangyang, then prepared a counter for Ning Yu’s Teleport-using Gallade. The chapter ended as Fang Yuan entered the arena and provoked Monferno before their battle began.

• Monferno ambushed Zhao Yangyang’s Primeape with a bone-club trick and won, keeping its strongest abilities hidden.
• Fang Yuan retrieved the bone club with Eevee’s help and reflected that battles were also information wars.
• After advancing to the top sixty-four, Fang Yuan learned that his next opponent was Ning Yu, whose Gallade used Teleport for close-range attacks.
• Fang Yuan trained Monferno to enhance Fire Vortex with the bone club as a defense against Teleport.
• Feng Yin wished Fang Yuan luck, and Fang Yuan entered the arena, claiming Monferno was his weakest Pokémon and praising Gallade to anger it.

Fang Yuan used Monferno’s fake Swords Dance to lure Gallade into a devastating Rage Vortex, winning their match and advancing to the round of 32. He then learned that his next opponent had a Speed Boost Blaziken that could outpace Monferno, leaving him wondering whether Thunder Armor could defeat it before it accelerated.

• Fang Yuan had Monferno feign Swords Dance, prompting Ning Yu to order Gallade to attack with Psycho Cut.
• Monferno unleashed its Rage Vortex, trapped Gallade, and struck it with a powerful Rage Fire Punch.
• Monferno’s Rage Transformation overwhelmed Gallade, and Fang Yuan won the match to advance from the round of 64 to the round of 32.
• Fang Yuan learned his next opponent’s Speed Boost Blaziken had quickly defeated a powerful Heracross.
• Fang Yuan wondered whether Monferno could use Thunder Armor to defeat the Blaziken before it built up speed.

Fang Yuan prepared Monferno for a difficult Top 32 battle while aiming for the Top Sixteen reward, a Bulk Up Move Manual. After Xie Qingyi praised his Life Orb research and offered him a chance to enter a Dragon Den plus an unreleased Rotom Phone, Eevee took an interest in the phone.

• Fang Yuan watched the tournament matches, saw Wang Dali lose and Senior Feng Yin dominate, and noted the powerful contenders he might face later.
• Fang Yuan learned that reaching the Top Sixteen would earn him a Bulk Up Move Manual and considered how it could help Monferno.
• Xie Qingyi told Fang Yuan his Life Orb paper could earn him Senior Researcher status and said she had arranged to collect Life Orbs overseas.
• Xie Qingyi offered Fang Yuan her chance to enter Yun Kai's Dragon Den and catch a Dragon-type Pokémon, along with an unreleased Rotom Phone.
• Eevee stared at the Rotom Phone offer and made clear that it wanted the phone.

Fang Yuan gave Eevee the Rotom Phone it wanted, then brought Monferno to the Fighting Tournament as the matches continued. As Fang Yuan prepared to face Zhou Jiakai, the Dojo Masters discussed his unusual background and potential.

• Fang Yuan gave Senior Xie Qingyi the Rotom Phone model Eevee had chosen, and Eevee won the phone.
• Fang Yuan watched Chen Xianglin's Kommo-o defeat a Professional-level Hariyama, while the northern Dojo Masters predicted Wang Xuanliang could win the tournament.
• Fang Yuan entered the arena with Monferno for his match against Zhou Jiakai and his Blaziken.
• The Master from Icefield Dojo told the other Masters that Fang Yuan had studied Wind Fist Style but had broader ambitions beyond fighting.
• The Master from Icefield Dojo said Fang Yuan might become Magic University's second Xie Qingyi, or even surpass him, and was likely using the tournament to train his Secondary Pet.

Fang Yuan and Monferno faced Zhou Jiakai and his Speed Boost Blaziken in the Fighting Tournament. Monferno revealed a lightning-powered technique that let it outpace and overpower Blaziken, leaving the spectators and dojo leaders stunned.

• Zhou Jiakai invited Fang Yuan to join the Kamikaze Dojo and sent Blaziken charging in with Speed Boost.
• Fang Yuan ignored the invitation and ordered Monferno to fight, and Monferno entered Rage Form with its bone club and flames.
• Monferno replaced its Rage Form with golden lightning, surged past Blaziken, and struck it with a Thunder Punch.
• Monferno followed up with three rapid punches that sent Blaziken flying and demonstrated Professional-level strength and speed.
• Feng Yin, Ning Yu, the Professional Trainers, and the dojo leaders reacted with shock as a Master Level Trainer identified lightning around Monferno.

Fang Yuan’s Monferno fought Zhou Jiakai’s Blaziken in a brutal round-of-32 match, trading powerful attacks and using paralysis to curb Blaziken’s Speed Boost. Both Pokémon reached their limits, but Monferno stood back up and swung at Blaziken, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Blaziken used Bounce to attack Monferno from above, but Monferno met it with Focus Punch and the two Pokémon’s moves collided in a draw.
• Fang Yuan sent Monferno forward with Mach Punch, and it clashed with Blaziken’s High Jump Kick as both fighters took heavy injuries.
• Blaziken’s Speed Boost overcame its paralysis and increased its speed, while Fang Yuan urged Monferno to endure the pressure and evolve.
• Monferno used Thunder Punch and lightning to slow Blaziken, restricting the speed that powered its opponent’s fighting style.
• Blaziken kicked Monferno away after its Thunder Armor failed, but the exhausted Monferno rose again and swung at Blaziken as both Pokémon resorted to hand-to-hand combat.

Fang Yuan’s Monferno defeated Zhou Jiakai’s Blaziken after both Pokémon collapsed and struggled back to their feet. Monferno evolved into Infernape after the victory, then immediately lost consciousness from exhaustion.

• Monferno and Blaziken exchanged blows until both collapsed, then rose again as the crowd cheered.
• Monferno stood using its bone club as a crutch, and Blaziken collapsed while Monferno remained standing.
• The host declared Fang Yuan and Monferno the winners, and Monferno began to evolve.
• Monferno evolved into Infernape amid golden lightning and crimson flames, drawing cheers and photographs from the crowd.
• Infernape lost consciousness and fell, while the audience applauded the battle.