Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan asked Millennium Gengar to cure Dragonite's sleepwalking, but even its Dream Eater could not uncover the cause. Fang Yuan planned to train Dragonite to control its body while sleepwalking and prepared a detailed Hundred-Day Special Training schedule for his Pokémon.

• Fang Yuan brought Dragonite to Millennium Gengar, which agreed to examine it in exchange for specially made food.
• Dragonite entered its sleepwalking state and battled Millennium Gengar, which subdued it and used Dream Eater to search its mind.
• Millennium Gengar said Dragonite's condition had no cure it could provide, so Fang Yuan considered seeking help from Legendary Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan decided to train Dragonite to face its sleepwalking state and try to control its body while asleep.
• Fang Yuan returned to his research institute and prepared a daily training schedule for his Pokémon, including practice plans for Eevee, Infernape, Magnezone, Gluttony Ghost, and Milotic.

Fang Yuan organized a full day of specialized training for his Pokémon, combining skill practice, battles, recovery, and guidance from powerful opponents. The chapter ended with Eevee beginning its advanced Sun Visualization meditation after training with Ninetales Luo Ke.

• Dragonite trained its senses and reflexes in the Sleepwalking State to pursue One with the Wind and improve its use of Extreme Speed while awake.
• Fang Yuan assigned morning enhancement training, including Eevee's Triple Mind Combination, Gluttony Ghost's Black Flame control, and joint Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning practice for Milotic, Magnezone, and Dragonite.
• Eevee and Gluttony Ghost battled Dragonite in its Sleepwalking State while Espeon tested its reaction speed, and Milotic and Infernape practiced Water Tornado against Infernape's attacks.
• Milotic used Life Dew to treat the Pokémon's injuries and practiced improving its healing moves, while Magnezone endured an hour of training with Millennium Gengar.
• Eevee fought Ninetales Luo Ke in a guidance battle focused on Sunny Day, flames, and illusions, then began cultivating its Sun Visualization meditation method.

Fang Yuan established a demanding hundred-day training routine for his Pokémon, and after three months, Eevee’s Payback 4.0 had begun transforming it toward a Partner Eevee. Eevee felt filled with untapped power, while Fang Yuan wondered how it might combine Partner Moves with Z-Moves.

• Fang Yuan assigned training schedules for his Pokémon, including battles, Energy Cube research, healing practice, and learning new moves.
• Fang Yuan and his Pokémon settled into the hundred-day training routine, adjusting to early setbacks as their strength steadily improved.
• After three months of refining Payback 3.5, Eevee advanced toward Payback 4.0, and the white marking on its tail began taking the shape of a heart.
• Fang Yuan concluded that Eevee’s changes were leading it toward becoming a Partner Eevee rather than producing a Bond Phenomenon.
• Eevee said its body felt full of power, and Fang Yuan wondered what an Extreme Evoboost could do when combined with Eevee’s Partner Moves.

Fang Yuan concluded that Eevee might have become a Partner Eevee and decided to focus on training its base form while investigating its abilities. With the Professional Assessment’s written exam two days away, he continued his research after the Hundred-Day Special Training ended.

• Fang Yuan recognized Eevee’s physical changes as signs it might be a Partner Eevee and considered its powerful Exclusive Moves and ability to use multiple types of energy.
• Fang Yuan imagined developing a Planet Spiral Ball that combined several Spiral Shadow Balls, but judged that Eevee could not yet make one with different attributes.
• Fang Yuan decided to give Eevee more battles and train its base form, which could use Extreme Evoboost, while pursuing Natural Energy and researching Partner Eevee.
• Fang Yuan asked whether Eevee had learned One Mind Three Uses, then took Rotom Phone away for research, prompting Eevee to declare it would buy another phone.
• Fang Yuan put Return 5.0 on hold to investigate Partner Eevee, and, after the Hundred-Day Special Training ended, continued researching ahead of the written exam in two days.
• Near noon, Fang Yuan called Infernape upstairs.

Fang Yuan reviewed Infernape’s progress toward completing Thunder Armor and revealed that he and Rotom Phone had modified a Battle Microwave to begin researching Thunder Flame Mode. The research had only just begun, leaving Infernape’s path to combining lightning and fire still uncertain.

• Fang Yuan noted that Infernape had finished three months of intensive Ability Role-Playing training and could use lightning to sharpen its reactions.
• Infernape maintained a hundred-win record against Awakened Dragonite, while Fang Yuan planned to challenge Master Level Trainers to help it complete Thunder Armor.
• Fang Yuan explained that Ash’s Swellow had inspired his idea for Thunder Armor and that he had researched how to combine it with Rage Fire.
• Fang Yuan and Rotom Phone modified a Battle Microwave using ideas about the turbines at the core of Zekrom’s and Reshiram’s power, finding a faint possibility for electricity and fire to coexist.
• Fang Yuan presented the broken microwave to Infernape and joked that it had to be refined inside it, then clarified that it would only help gather research data.

Fang Yuan reviewed how his Pokémon had progressed through three months of special training before gathering everyone for a meal. Gluttony Ghost still had not evolved or mastered Black Flame, while Dragonite, Milotic, and Magnezone had strengthened their moves and teamwork.

• Fang Yuan checked Magnezone's Energy Cubes and reflected on how investing in high-quality magnets had rapidly improved its combat power and techniques.
• Fang Yuan found Gluttony Ghost eager for food and noted its progress with Shadow Contract and Will-O-Wisp, despite its failure to evolve or control Black Flame.
• Fang Yuan called Milotic and Dragonite in from their Twister training; Milotic had completed its Water Tornado technique and improved its move control.
• Fang Yuan reviewed Dragonite's awake-state combat progress and the team's safety measures for its Sleepwalking State, while Dragonite still had not learned Extreme Speed or controlled the state.
• Fang Yuan gathered his six Pokémon, Rotom Phone, and Luo Ke to eat together after noting the growing teamwork among Dragonite, Milotic, and Magnezone.

Fang Yuan passed the Written Examination and traveled to the East China Branch of the Trainer Association to begin the Second Gate of the Professional Assessment. As the assessment approached, he asked Eevee whether it wanted to face the examiner in its Eevee form.

• Fang Yuan passed the Written Examination with an average score after taking it in Magic City.
• Fang Yuan reviewed the remaining Professional Assessment stages, including the Second Gate's interview and battle test and the Third Gate's 6vs6 battle.
• Fang Yuan confirmed he would compete in the East China Division of the National Competition preliminaries as a Modu University student.
• Fang Yuan arrived at the East China Branch in Donghua City with Eevee on his shoulder.
• Fang Yuan asked Eevee whether it wanted to battle the Second Gate examiner in its Eevee form, and Eevee responded with confidence.

After arriving in Donghua City, Fang Yuan and Eevee visited Pokémon Item Street, where Eevee bought Sound Shells to play its own battle music. Fang Yuan left with several other novelty items, and the group still needed to register at the Trainer Association.

• Fang Yuan and Eevee arrived in Donghua City and had Rotom book them a hotel while they planned to register at the Trainer Association.
• Eevee led Fang Yuan to the shop of Supernatural Item Craftsman, Hao, whose unusual item modifications it admired.
• Hao showed Fang Yuan his creations, and Fang Yuan bought five Sound Shells that Eevee wanted for recording and playing music during battles.
• Hao persuaded Fang Yuan to buy five more novelty items, leaving Fang Yuan carrying bags of purchases while Eevee felt it had gotten a poor deal.

Fang Yuan prepared for the Professional Assessment after buying unusual items from Hao Feng, who was also taking the exam for the fifth time. Fang Yuan entered the Second Gate’s afternoon session, where the assessment began with examinees being called to the rooms in back.

• Hao Feng gave Fang Yuan a discount on his purchases, then learned Fang Yuan was taking the Professional Assessment and offered advice from his past attempts.
• Fang Yuan registered at the Trainer Association and spent the afternoon studying the items he had bought.
• Fang Yuan gave Dragonite a King's Rock and a Sharp Beak modified into a sword hilt, which helped it create wind blades.
• Fang Yuan arrived at the afternoon assessment session and sat beside Hao Feng, who sent him information about the morning’s examiners and battles.
• A man in a suit announced that the assessment would begin and called the first Trainers to the assessment rooms.

Fang Yuan was called into the Professional Assessment’s battle arena, where examiners Hu Guanxiong and Zhou Jiakai recognized him from past encounters. He chose Eevee for the battle assessment, and Examiner Jin sent out a massive Steelix to face it.

• After waiting for about two hours, Fang Yuan was called into the assessment room and entered its enormous Battle Arena.
• The examiners reviewed Fang Yuan’s file, and Hu Guanxiong and Zhou Jiakai recognized the young Trainer and recalled their past connections to him.
• The chief examiner asked Fang Yuan to send out the Pokémon he wanted assessed, and Fang Yuan chose Eevee.
• The examiners selected Examiner Jin to battle Fang Yuan, and Jin warned him before sending out Steelix.

Fang Yuan and Eevee faced Examiner Jin’s Steelix in the Second Gate assessment, where Eevee unveiled its most powerful Shadow Ball technique and won instantly. Fang Yuan passed perfectly, and the examiners recognized the move as a top-tier technique.

• Fang Yuan ordered Eevee to use Shadow Ball, while Examiner Jin had Steelix create a Sand Tomb and Sandstorm to block it.
• Eevee formed two intertwining Shadow Balls and compressed them into Double Spiral Shadow Ball, a technique powered by Payback Move and Focus Blast.
• Eevee hurled Double Spiral Shadow Ball through Steelix’s Sandstorm, tearing through the defense and defeating Steelix almost instantly.
• The examiners were stunned by Eevee’s strength, and Fang Yuan passed the Second Gate assessment perfectly.

After passing the Second Gate assessment with Eevee, Fang Yuan studied hard while helping Eevee train its substitutes. At the results venue, he spotted Xu Jing, a former tournament rival who had trained at Champion Road, and saw her meet up with Jiang Ran.

• Fang Yuan told Hao Feng that his assessment had gone well, then explained he had begun studying the Breeder profession to better raise his Pokémon.
• Eevee persuaded Fang Yuan to join a game so he could help train its substitutes and improve its One Mind Three Uses skill.
• Fang Yuan arrived exhausted at the venue where the Second Gate results would be announced and reflected on the rising standards for Professional Trainers.
• Fang Yuan recognized Xu Jing, his former Little Phoenix King Cup rival, and recalled that she had trained at Champion Road.
• Xu Jing sat beside Jiang Ran, who briefly glanced at her before returning to her book.

Fang Yuan learned the Third Gate assessment arrangements and discovered he had passed the Second Gate. His return as a candidate stunned Xu Jing and Jiang Ran, who were eager to face the rival they had spent two years trying to surpass.

• The suited man explained that the 128 candidates who passed would compete in 6v6 battles at the fourth venue the next day.
• Fang Yuan watched the successful candidates’ names appear and saw his own name announced sixth.
• Hao Feng recognized Fang Yuan and was surprised that he had passed, though he believed Fang Yuan’s age and resources made it plausible.
• Xu Jing and Jiang Ran recognized Fang Yuan and recalled how he had defeated each of them in past competitions.
• Xu Jing remembered how Fang Yuan’s words about his bond with Eevee had inspired her to reconsider her reliance on Psychic Power.
• Xu Jing and Jiang Ran welcomed Fang Yuan’s return as a chance to battle and surpass him.

Fang Yuan discovered that Xu Jing and Jiang Ran had also passed the assessment, reunited with them, and prepared for the Third Gate’s 6VS6 battles. The candidates gathered at the fourth venue as the examiners explained the rules, and several older Trainers eyed Fang Yuan as a potential opponent.

• Fang Yuan saw Xu Jing and Jiang Ran among the 128 candidates who passed the assessment.
• Hao Feng congratulated Fang Yuan, then left when Xu Jing and Jiang Ran approached him.
• Fang Yuan told Xu Jing and Jiang Ran that research was only an interest and that he still aimed to become an outstanding Trainer; they agreed to battle again if they had the chance.
• Fang Yuan gave up trying to find information about his potential opponents and instead had Eevee train moderately before the assessment.
• At the fourth venue, the man in the suit explained the 6VS6 battle rules, and Fang Yuan noticed older candidates looking at him as a possible opponent.

Fang Yuan watched Xu Jing and Jiang Ran dominate their assessment battles with Psychic- and Ghost-type teams, while he considered how to use his own Pokémon. Near the end of the day, the screen announced Fang Yuan's match against Li Shu.

• Li Yuxiao and Sun Haishan opened the assessment, and Fang Yuan watched the candidates battle while judging their teams and tactics.
• Xu Jing defeated Yu Sijie with a powerful Psychic-type lineup, culminating in Alakazam overpowering his Pokémon.
• Hao Feng asked Fang Yuan about Xu Jing, then faced Jiang Ran and was crushed by her Ghost-type team.
• Jiang Ran and Xu Jing each looked toward Fang Yuan after their victories, while Fang Yuan planned to save Milotic for a favorable matchup.
• Near five in the afternoon, the battle screen announced Li Shu versus Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan defeated Li Shu’s Tentacruel with Milotic’s defensive healing strategy, then sent out Infernape against Li Shu’s Honchkrow on the Rock Battlefield. Infernape’s opening Thunder Punch overwhelmed Honchkrow and left the battle’s outcome poised in Fang Yuan’s favor.

• Li Shu sent out Tentacruel first on the Water Battlefield, and Fang Yuan answered with Milotic.
• Milotic used Safeguard, Recover, and a coordinated Water Tornado attack to withstand Tentacruel’s poison and wear it down.
• Tentacruel’s Accupressure-enhanced strength faded, and Milotic defeated it after four minutes of attrition.
• The battlefield changed to the Rock Battlefield, and Fang Yuan sent out Infernape while Li Shu chose Honchkrow.
• Infernape used Thunder Punch to leap above Honchkrow and smash it into the battlefield.

Fang Yuan overwhelmed Li Shu’s Pokémon with Infernape, Dragonite, and Gluttony Ghost, leaving the examiners and candidates stunned by his team’s strength. The chapter ended with Gluttony Ghost trapping Girafarig in a shadow pattern and engulfing it in Will-O-Wisp as Jiang Ran recognized its Shadow Contract technique.

• Infernape defeated Li Shu’s Honchkrow with a single Thunder Punch, astonishing the arena.
• Fang Yuan sent out Dragonite, which used Hurricane and Heat Wave to defeat Li Shu’s Jumpluff.
• Fang Yuan chose Gluttony Ghost for the next battle, and Li Shu sent out Girafarig to counter the Shiny Gastly.
• Gluttony Ghost’s Shadow Balls damaged the field around Girafarig and formed a shadow pattern that immobilized it.
• Fang Yuan ordered Will-O-Wisp, and the flames swallowed Girafarig as Jiang Ran identified Gluttony Ghost’s Shadow Contract and judged its strength comparable to her Gengar.

Fang Yuan won his Professional Assessment battles with overwhelming strength, as Magnezone and Eevee defeated Li Shu’s final Pokémon. Afterward, he told Xu Jing and Jiang Ran that his Beginner Pokémon was roughly twice as strong as Magnezone, prompting them to cancel their rematch.

• Magnezone used Gravity and a Railgun barrage to defeat Li Shu’s Sandslash, leaving the examiners stunned by its strength.
• Fang Yuan sent Eevee against Li Shu’s Machamp, and its countless Double Team clones and Spiral Shadow Balls secured his sixth victory.
• Master Liu realized Fang Yuan could challenge him in a smaller battle and regarded him as a rapidly growing Quasi-Master.
• Xu Jing and Jiang Ran asked about Fang Yuan’s Beginner Pokémon and proposed another battle against it with Alakazam and Gengar.
• Fang Yuan said his Beginner Pokémon was about twice as strong as Magnezone, and Xu Jing and Jiang Ran canceled the battle.

After passing the Third Gate assessment, Fang Yuan learned that his Fourth Gate training would take place at First Police Academy before the Spring Festival. He prepared to return for the National Competition, hoping to spar with the Master Level Trainers leading the teams.

• Fang Yuan recalled that Xu Jing and Jiang Ran planned to pursue the World Championship selection assessment in a year.
• The Third Gate assessment ended, and Fang Yuan learned that the Fourth Gate would test practical combat skills through training against criminal forces.
• The Trainer Association assigned Fang Yuan to a week-long Fourth Gate assessment at First Police Academy, beginning before February 1.
• Fang Yuan noted that Lin Jing studied at First Police Academy and regretted that the schedule would keep him from going home for the Spring Festival.
• Fang Yuan reviewed Rotom Phone's information about the powerful Trainers leading university teams and planned to seek sparring opportunities with them during the National Competition.

Fang Yuan joined Magic University's National Competition team as a new member, then skipped its tactical meeting to seek strong sparring partners. He arrived at Hangzhou University's Athlete Village to visit Master Meng Yu, using his friendship with Li Shu as an introduction.

• Dongfang Che announced Fang Yuan would join Magic University's team, and the team members recognized him as the notorious trainer who had defeated Ji Yan and Shu Yu in the past.
• On January 19, Master Fang Minghai led Magic University's advance group to White Deer Plateau for the East China Division competition.
• Fang Yuan brushed off Xu Changliang's request to attend a tactical meeting and left to find strong trainers who could help him test Infernape's Thunder Armor.
• Fang Yuan reached Hangzhou University's Athlete Village and told a student couple he was visiting Master Meng Yu through his friendship with Li Shu, prompting Eevee to recognize the name.