Chapter Summaries

Rotom awakened Steel-type and proposed building a Thunder Flame Turbine Bracer to help Infernape master Thunder Flame Mode. While the Bai Yu Village Secret Realm’s major dangers were cleared, Fang Yuan remained stationed there until it fully merged with Earth and funded Rotom’s invention.

• Rotom ate the Awakening Fruit and awakened Steel-type, disappointing Infernape, which had hoped Rotom would awaken Psychic-type and help it research Thunder Flame Mode.
• Fang Yuan’s team and the Professional Trainers cleared most dangers in the Bai Yu Village Small Secret Realm, finding valuable plants, medicinal herbs, Grass Stone veins, and Awakening Fruits.
• Fang Yuan wrote papers on Awakening Fruits and Feebas evolution, considered the future popularity of Awakening Power, and continued his assessment duties while the Secret Realm awaited its merger with Earth.
• Rotom presented Fang Yuan and Infernape with plans for a Thunder Flame Turbine Bracer that could reduce the burden of Infernape’s Thunder Flame Mode.
• Fang Yuan agreed to fund Rotom’s research with ten million, and Infernape realized they had not forgotten about helping it.

After the Bai Yu Village Secret Realm fused, Fang Yuan completed his internship and received approval as a Professional Trainer. His rapid rise brought fame to Flat City, and the Trainer Association appointed him honorary president of the Peaceful City Trainer Association.

• Fang Yuan’s Pokémon continued to grow stronger while Rotom’s research into an exclusive item for Infernape remained unfinished, leaving Infernape worried about falling behind.
• On March 1, Niu Yi told Fang Yuan that the Secret Realm had completely fused and their mission was over.
• Niu Yi informed Fang Yuan that his internship assessment had been submitted and his Professional Trainer license would soon be approved.
• Three days later, the Trainer Association approved Fang Yuan as a Professional Trainer, and news of his achievement spread through Flat City and Jiangsu Province.
• The East China Branch appointed Fang Yuan honorary president of the Peaceful City Trainer Association, surprising Yang Han, Zhuang Xin, and the other association members.

After earning his Professional Trainer license, Fang Yuan visited the Genetics Research Institute to discuss training opportunities, his research, and a promised auxiliary Pokémon. The chapter left him looking forward to receiving a specially bred Ditto while preparing for training at the Spirit Realm Secret Realm.

• Fang Yuan received his Professional Trainer license and learned he had become the honorary president of the Peaceful City Trainer Association.
• Fang Yuan traveled to Magic City with Eevee and visited Doctor Li Qing at the Genetics Research Institute.
• The Magic University Old Principal secured Fang Yuan a chance to train at the Spirit Realm Secret Realm near the Ghost King Dojo.
• Fang Yuan told the Magic University Old Principal and Doctor Li Qing that he had nearly figured out how Feebas evolved into Milotic, then joked that battles helped inspire his research.
• The Magic University Old Principal and Doctor Li Qing discussed giving Fang Yuan a Ditto bred at the institute as an auxiliary Pokémon.

Fang Yuan visited Doctor Li Qing’s institute to choose a Ditto and selected one from the item-transforming category for its exceptional stamina. He left with the new Pokémon, already imagining how it could support his team and research.

• Doctor Li Qing explained the institute’s three Ditto categories and their different talents.
• Fang Yuan chose the third category, which specialized in transforming into items, because he wanted a versatile helper rather than another battle-focused Pokémon.
• Doctor Li Qing introduced Fang Yuan to a third-category Ditto with exceptional stamina and handed it over as his new Trainer.
• Fang Yuan welcomed Ditto and held it while Eevee examined her new teammate and imagined it transforming into comfortable furniture.

Fang Yuan met Zhang KaiXin, a former Magic University champion recommended for the World Pokémon League Conference Substitute Selection, and battled him to demonstrate his strength. Magnezone and the two Klink overwhelmed Zhang KaiXin’s team, leaving him defeated and asking Fang Yuan how he trained his Pokémon.

• Principal Sun introduced Zhang KaiXin as Fang Yuan’s senior and fellow National Competition Individual Battle Champion, and confirmed both would attend the Substitute Selection.
• Principal Sun proposed a 3v3 Team Battle so he could assess Fang Yuan, and Zhang KaiXin agreed.
• Zhang KaiXin sent out Abomasnow, Dewgong, and Mamoswine, while Fang Yuan chose Magnezone and two Klink.
• Magnezone combined with the Klink to form its Electromagnetic Armor Form and shattered Zhang KaiXin’s Snowy Weather tactics with Blue Lightning and Railgun attacks.
• Zhang KaiXin’s three Pokémon fainted, and he conceded defeat before asking Fang Yuan how he trained his Pokémon.

Principal Sun recommended the Eight Great Joint Dojos as places for Fang Yuan and Zhang KaiXin to train before the Substitute Selection. Fang Yuan learned that he had a chance to compete for a visit to the Sea God Temple, where he hoped to help Dragonite and strengthen Milotic.

• Principal Sun offered to recommend training sites, and Zhang KaiXin became interested in the Eight Great Joint Dojos.
• Zhang KaiXin asked about the Fire God Dojo’s Moltres flames, and Fang Yuan became intrigued by the possibility of letting Infernape encounter them.
• Fang Yuan asked about the Dragon Palace Dojo in Binhai City, prompting Zhang KaiXin and Principal Sun to explain its ties to the Azure Dragon Dojo and Fang Yuan’s Dragonite.
• Fang Yuan recalled how the Binhai City Trainer Association returned the Sea God Temple’s stolen treasure to Manaphy and earned seven chances to visit the temple.
• The Binhai City Trainer Association arranged qualifying battles for the temple visit, and Fang Yuan planned to compete in hopes of helping Dragonite and benefiting Milotic.

Fang Yuan traveled to Binhai City to compete for a chance to enter the Sea God Temple and meet Manaphy, then settled into the Dragon Palace Dojo. He introduced his newly registered Ditto to the team, whose flawless Transformation left Dragonite stunned and worried about mistaking a transformed Milotic for the real one.

• Fang Yuan registered Ditto in Magic City, said goodbye to Principal Sun and Doctor Li Qing, and traveled to Binhai City.
• Yun Guancheng explained that four Sea God Temple spots would be contested by sixteen Professional Trainers in two-on-two battles on the Ocean Battlefield.
• Yun Guancheng arranged for Fang Yuan to stay at the Dragon Palace Dojo while its trainers were away, and Fang Yuan settled into the courtyard.
• Fang Yuan released his Pokémon and introduced Ditto as their new companion.
• Ditto transformed into Dragonite and copied its greeting so convincingly that Dragonite recoiled in shock.
• Dragonite imagined Ditto transforming into Milotic and worried it would not recognize the real one.

Fang Yuan proposed that Ditto train to Transform into the Thunder Flame Turbine Bracer and become Infernape’s battle partner, potentially helping it strengthen Thunder Flame Mode. He left Ditto’s physical training to Infernape, which eagerly accepted after hearing the plan, while Rotom worried Ditto would face grueling training.

• Fang Yuan explained to Rotom and Ditto his idea to make the Thunder Flame Turbine Bracer a growth-type enhancement item that Ditto could Transform into.
• Fang Yuan proposed that Ditto train its stamina and durability while learning to Transform into complex technological items, with Infernape as its coach.
• Infernape arrived carrying a mop, and Fang Yuan assigned it to train Ditto alongside its own training.
• Rotom told Infernape that Ditto might become its exclusive partner in the Third Fang Yuan Tournament and help it master stronger Thunder Flame Mode.
• Infernape vowed to train Ditto to its own demanding standards, while Ditto remained confused and Rotom worried about its workload.

Fang Yuan attended the Sea God Temple qualifying battle, where the Masters praised his accomplishments and the referee explained the competition rules. He drew red four and was paired in the first round with Master Ni Feng, leaving him facing a Master immediately.

• Fang Yuan had Infernape train Ditto to improve its stamina, strength, and Willpower, while an unexpected development involving Eevee occurred.
• Twenty-eight Trainers confirmed their participation in the qualifying battle, and Fang Yuan arrived at the Ocean Battlefield with Yun Guancheng.
• Yun Miao, Master Ni Feng, and Master Zhang Yuhai praised Fang Yuan and his Milotic before the referee led the contestants through the rules.
• Fang Yuan decided to use Magnezone and Dragonite for the day's battles, then drew red four in the first-round lottery.
• Master Ni Feng drew black four, pairing her against Fang Yuan in the opening round.

Fang Yuan chose to battle Master Ni Feng despite their difficult matchup, then sent Eevee out instead of his usual powerful Pokémon. Eevee revealed Master-level strength by using Psychic Power to stand on the ocean and counter Gyarados’s Hydro Pump, leaving the spectators stunned.

• Yun Guancheng urged Fang Yuan to concede after he was matched against Master Ni Feng, but Fang Yuan decided the battle was not hopeless.
• Fang Yuan reached the ocean platform with Eevee, which asked to battle so it could try a newly learned Electric-type Partner Move.
• Fang Yuan sent Eevee out against Ni Feng’s Gyarados, astonishing the spectators when Eevee landed on the water and stood there using Psychic Power.
• Ni Feng tested Eevee with Gyarados’s Hydro Pump, but Eevee’s Confusion tore the attack apart, making the Trainers realize it had Master-level combat power.

Fang Yuan’s Eevee stunned the audience by matching Master Ni Feng’s Gyarados in an aura clash and turning its anger into confusion. Ni Feng countered with Outrage, but Fang Yuan used the rampaging Gyarados to test Eevee’s Electric-type Partner Move, leaving it trapped in a sea of lightning.

• Gyarados’s Hydro Pump failed to overwhelm Eevee, which tore apart the attack with Confusion.
• Eevee and Gyarados clashed with Baby-Doll Eyes and Gyarados’s aura techniques, and Eevee used psychic illusions and Swagger to confuse Gyarados.
• Master Ni Feng ordered Gyarados to use Outrage, turning its anger into destructive momentum and reversing its disadvantage.
• Fang Yuan stayed calm as Eevee touched the seawater with a paw and released an Electric-type Partner Move.
• Eevee’s electricity spread through the sea and engulfed Gyarados in a powerful, paralyzing current.

Fang Yuan’s Eevee defeated Master Ni Feng’s Gyarados and Double Ice Cream Pokémon with powerful Electric- and Fire-type moves, astonishing the tournament’s spectators. Afterward, every trainer who drew Fang Yuan in the next round forfeited, leaving him to watch the remaining battles.

• Fang Yuan’s Eevee paralyzed Ni Feng’s enraged Gyarados with Thunder Shock and knocked it out.
• Ni Feng sent out Double Ice Cream Pokémon, whose Snow Warning began freezing the ocean battlefield.
• Fang Yuan’s Eevee countered Blizzard with Fire Vortex and replaced the snow clouds with Sunny Day.
• Eevee defeated Double Ice Cream Pokémon, giving Fang Yuan an unexpected victory over Ni Feng.
• Trainers who drew Fang Yuan in the next round voluntarily forfeited, so he spent the day watching the other battles.

After the seven qualified Trainers entered the Sea God Temple, Manaphy submerged the palace with them inside, but it remained protected by a Water Screen. The group found no sign of Manaphy, while the temple’s Pokémon became captivated by Fang Yuan’s Milotic and Dragonite stayed close to it.

• The referee announced that Fang Yuan, Yun Miao, Zhang Yuhai, Wang Enjie, Li Xiuying, Yun Guancheng, and Ni Feng had won the seven Temple spots.
• Manaphy raised the rebuilt Sea God Temple from the sea, and Zhang Yuhai organized supplies and security before the seven Trainers headed inside.
• The temple sank beneath the waves soon after the Trainers entered, leaving those on shore unsure whether they had survived.
• Fang Yuan and the others found themselves in a water-filled plaza protected from the sea, but they could not locate Manaphy.
• Fang Yuan summoned Milotic, whose beauty captivated the temple’s Water-type Pokémon as Dragonite eagerly guided it around.
• Yun Guancheng concluded that Fang Yuan had won Dragonite’s loyalty through a beauty trap rather than food.

The trainers explored the Sea God Temple after Eevee unexpectedly learned the Water-type Partner Move Live Bubble. Manaphy secretly watched Fang Yuan, sensed a power in him similar to its own, and finally appeared to greet him.

• Eevee controlled water balls with Water-type energy and used Live Bubble, surprising Master Ni Feng and Fang Yuan.
• When the Sea God Temple connected with the seafloor ruins, Manaphy watched the trainers explore and sensed a power in Fang Yuan that resembled its own.
• Master Zhang Yuhai found a chamber of ancient Water Stones that helped his Golduck reach a new level of understanding.
• Master Yun Miao discovered murals depicting Kyogre and Lugia alongside Manaphy, revealing the Sea Prince's connection to the two Legendary Pokémon.
• Master Ni Feng gained the temporary ability to communicate telepathically with Water-type Pokémon, while Fang Yuan encountered Manaphy directly.

Manaphy assessed Fang Yuan and his Pokémon, then agreed to hear his request to cure Dragonite’s special condition. The chapter ended with Manaphy asking what was wrong with Dragonite, while wondering whether it might be lovesick.

• Manaphy observed Fang Yuan, Milotic, Dragonite, and Eevee, and sensed Dragonite’s jealousy when it connected their minds.
• Manaphy considered asking Fang Yuan to join the Water Folk but decided against it because he already seemed claimed by his Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan asked Manaphy to help cure Dragonite’s special condition, and Milotic and Eevee joined his plea.
• Manaphy agreed to help because it wanted to befriend Fang Yuan, then asked what Dragonite’s condition was.

Fang Yuan had Manaphy examine Dragonite’s sleepwalking state, and Manaphy found a way to stop Dragonite from entering it unconsciously, though it could not make the power controllable. Manaphy offered to help Dragonite and Milotic grow stronger in exchange for Fang Yuan finding it a suitable young Trainer, and prepared two special places in the Sea God Temple for the Pokémon.

• Manaphy watched Dragonite enter its Sleepwalking State, then fought it briefly while shielding Fang Yuan and the others from its Malicious Aura.
• Manaphy used its power to awaken Dragonite and explained that it could prevent Dragonite from sleepwalking unconsciously but could not fully cure or control the state.
• Fang Yuan was relieved that Dragonite could sleep normally again, while Manaphy offered to help Dragonite and Milotic become stronger if Fang Yuan brought it a kind, talented female Water-type Trainer under twenty with Psychic Power.
• Manaphy planned to let Dragonite encounter Lugia’s Silver Wing and guide Milotic to a place connected to Kyogre’s life-origin power.
• At the Dragon Palace Dojo, Infernape sneezed during training and wondered why Fang Yuan and the others had not returned.

Manaphy led Fang Yuan, Dragonite, and Milotic through the Sea God Temple to powerful training opportunities tied to Lugia and Kyogre. Dragonite began training with Lugia’s Silver Wing, while Manaphy brought Fang Yuan and Milotic to Kyogre’s former dwelling place.

• Manaphy guided Fang Yuan and the other Trainers to separate opportunities throughout the Sea God Temple.
• Manaphy revealed Lugia’s Silver Wing and let Dragonite use it for a day to sense and control wind currents while working to overcome its sleepwalking condition.
• Fang Yuan realized the Sea God Temple contained several connected spaces as Manaphy led him, Eevee, and Milotic away from Dragonite’s training area.
• Manaphy brought Fang Yuan and Milotic to a cavern marked with a red α symbol and explained that it was Kyogre’s dwelling place, where Kyogre had once tried to absorb Natural Energy and return to its Primal form.

Manaphy guided Dragonite and Milotic through a day of intense training, using Lugia’s Silver Wing and the energy sealed in the Sea of Origin to help them grow. After their training ended, Fang Yuan planned to take Milotic to Purification Lake to explore its newly emerging powers.

• Manaphy sealed the energy from Kyogre’s failed Primal Reversion in a small Sea of Origin and let Milotic train there while Fang Yuan observed.
• Eevee created two Substitutes and asked Manaphy to exchange ideas about their abilities.
• Dragonite trained with Lugia’s Silver Wing, improving its Flying-type moves, Rain Dance, Psychic-assisted Agility, and ability to use Extreme Speed while awake.
• Milotic developed its Psychic Power and coordination with Water-type Power, strengthened its Hydro Pump and healing moves, and sensed that its controlled water was beginning to transform.
• After twenty-four hours, Manaphy retrieved the Silver Wing, closed the Sea of Origin, and told Dragonite that its Psychic Power abnormality had been resolved.
• Fang Yuan said goodbye to Manaphy and considered taking Milotic to Purification Lake to pursue the changes in its water powers.

After returning from the Sea God Temple, Fang Yuan planned to visit Tianxing Dojo to find a candidate for Manaphy, help Espeon advance its Psychic Power, and seek a cultivation method for himself. He fell asleep before making the trip, while Infernape began training harder after seeing how much Dragonite and Milotic had gained.

• The seven Trainers returned safely from the Sea God Temple, where Manaphy had guided each of them and Dragonite and Milotic had greatly improved.
• Fang Yuan returned to Dragon Palace Dojo and asked Rotom to record Dragonite and Milotic's new data before going to sleep.
• Fang Yuan remembered Manaphy's request to find a young, kind-hearted female Trainer with Psychic Power talent and Water-type Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan decided to visit Tianxing Dojo to search for a suitable Trainer, help Espeon advance its Psychic Power, and seek a Psychic Power cultivation method.
• Infernape saw Dragonite and Milotic's new data and dragged Ditto out for Devil Training.

After strengthening his team at the Sea God Temple, Fang Yuan traveled to Hangzhou to train at the Tianxing Dojo and meet Psychic-type Elite Four member Su Shu. He offered research on Slowpoke’s undiscovered evolution, Slowking, in exchange for the Tianxing Style’s Psychic Power cultivation methods.

• Fang Yuan told Yun Guancheng he would see him at the World Championship Substitute Selection, then left Binhai City for Hangzhou.
• Lu Hai told Fang Yuan that Su Shu would give a lecture at the Tianxing Dojo, and Master Du approved Fang Yuan’s attendance.
• Fang Yuan continued developing Eevee’s Substitute and multi-tasking techniques, including a triple-helix Shadow Ball.
• Fang Yuan met Su Shu at the dojo and asked to exchange valuable research for the Tianxing Style’s Meditation Method and Telepathy cultivation techniques.
• Fang Yuan described Slowking as Slowpoke’s other Psychic-type evolution and offered related research results, prompting Su Shu’s interest.