Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan brought He Xiaomai to Magic University to test her training against the School Team. After Squirtle defeated Lin Sen’s Chimchar, He Xiaomai sent out her Professional Level Golduck against his Flygon, leaving the team stunned by her strength.

• Tang Sheng introduced He Xiaomai to the Magic University School Team and asked for a volunteer to guide her, so Lin Sen stepped forward.
• He Xiaomai’s Squirtle used a Hydro Pump and Rapid Spin combination, then Aura Sphere, to defeat Lin Sen’s Chimchar.
• Lin Sen sent out his Professional Level Flygon for another battle, and He Xiaomai recalled Squirtle and chose her own Professional Level Golduck.
• Golduck suppressed Flygon’s Sandstorm and used Psychic Power and an ice blade to badly wound it, shocking Tang Sheng, Xu Lan, and the School Team.
• Fang Yuan told Xu Lan that He Xiaomai was a sixteen-year-old Rookie Trainer from his Heart Source Style Dojo and admitted he had brought her to challenge the School Team.

He Xiaomai defeated several Magic University School Team members with Golduck before losing to captain Xu Lan, and Fang Yuan explained her blindness, Aura abilities, and bond with Golduck to Tang Sheng. Fang Yuan agreed to coach the team, then startled a visiting Didu University delegation when they realized he was at Magic University ahead of their planned exchange battle.

• He Xiaomai revealed herself as a Heart Source Style disciple of Fang Yuan, prompting the Magic University School Team to realize who had trained her.
• Fang Yuan wagered that he would teach the School Team Grand Festival techniques if they defeated He Xiaomai, and she went on to beat several members with Golduck.
• Fang Yuan told Tang Sheng that He Xiaomai was blind, used Aura in place of sight, and had grown up alongside Golduck, her Guide Pokémon.
• Xu Lan defeated He Xiaomai and Golduck with her near-Master Level Froslass, ending the morning's battles.
• Fang Yuan agreed to stay at Magic University and coach He Xiaomai and the School Team, while Tang Sheng prepared to host Didu University's visiting team.
• Hu Guanxiong and the Didu University School Team arrived to prepare for a challenge, then lost confidence when they saw Fang Yuan there.

Fang Yuan returned to his old dormitory at Magic University after training the school team and reviewed Rotom’s latest records of his Pokémon’s strength. The chapter left Dragonite’s Silver Wing nearing failure and Fang Yuan preparing for an important task the next day.

• Fang Yuan trained Magic University’s team and He Xiaomai while Eevee spent the afternoon playing games in the E-sports Club classroom.
• Fang Yuan returned to his old dormitory, told Eevee to rest, and said they had something important to do the next day.
• Fang Yuan read Rotom’s report and noted that Magnezone and Gluttony Ghost had reached Top Level Second Stage strength, with powerful Mega Evolution and armor forms.
• Fang Yuan reviewed Dragonite’s top-level Dragon-type mastery and its strength in Dark Dragonite Mode, while noting that it still could not control its dark state and the Silver Wing was nearly failing.
• Fang Yuan concluded that almost all of his Six Main Force had reached at least Top Level Second Stage strength, placing him among China’s top fifty trainers.

Fang Yuan’s Energy Cubes became a sensation among Grand Festival contestants, driving demand and boosting the event’s popularity. Over dinner, Master Qiao Jing congratulated Fang Yuan and decided to seek a Champion Road gatekeeper position so she could interact with him again.

• After Principal Sun left, Fang Yuan learned that he would be one of Champion Road’s ten gatekeepers but found no useful details about the others.
• Fang Yuan heard that contestants had devoured their complimentary Energy Cubes, and he read their enthusiastic praise online.
• Trainers bought out the Energy Cubes sold near the Grand Festival Venue, while officials announced more Grand Festivals would be held in eighteen cities starting in September.
• Master Qiao Jing congratulated Fang Yuan at dinner after learning about the Energy Cubes’ success, and Fang Yuan reflected that money mattered little to him now.
• Master Qiao Jing decided to apply for a Champion Road gatekeeper position, while Fang Yuan wondered whether her Blissey or his Milotic had greater healing ability.

The Fang Yuan Cup Grand Festival opened with Xie Qingyi and Mega Altaria dazzling the crowd in a Gorgeous Performance. Fang Yuan arrived with Milotic as the performance shifted into the anticipated Gorgeous Battle Competition.

• Fang Yuan checked the progress of the Mega Evolution Stone Detection Device at Senior Xie's laboratory before the Grand Festival began.
• Xiao Qin opened the Fang Yuan Cup and introduced judges Xie Qingyi, Master Qiao Jing, and Fang Yuan, along with special referee Rotom Phone.
• Xie Qingyi publicly Mega Evolved Altaria, revealing the first Mega Altaria the audience had seen.
• Xie Qingyi and Mega Altaria performed a musical display with Cotton Feathers, Fairy Light, and sound-based moves.
• Fang Yuan entered with Milotic, and the crowd recognized the start of the Gorgeous Battle Competition.

Fang Yuan and Xie Qingyi’s exhibition battle showcased Milotic’s advanced techniques against Mega Altaria and ended in a draw after five minutes. The match made the Grand Festival a national sensation and left Fang Yuan recognized as its creator and a Top Level Coordinator Master.

• Fang Yuan opened the battle by having Milotic use Rain Dance, which froze Mega Altaria’s Sea of Clouds into an Ice Starry Sky.
• Xie Qingyi ordered Mega Altaria to use Play Rough, shattering the ice and sending Fairy Light and ice shards toward Milotic.
• Fang Yuan countered with Milotic’s Water Tornado, whose life-like water dragon devoured Altaria’s attack and continued the clash.
• Spectators and expert Trainers were astonished by Mega Altaria’s strength and Milotic’s mastery of Life Energy.
• The five-minute battle ended with both sides having equal Gorgeous Value, though Fang Yuan and Xie Qingyi knew Altaria was nearing the limit of its Mega Evolution.
• The battle’s popularity surged, and viewers recognized Fang Yuan as the Father and Creator of the Grand Festival and a Top Level Coordinator Master.

Fang Yuan’s first Grand Festival inspired Rookie Trainers and ordinary viewers while drawing widespread acclaim for its rewards and performances. After a week of competition, Xu Jing won the first Fang Yuan Cup, and Fang Yuan considered the event a success while planning ways to keep it growing.

• After Fang Yuan and Xie Qingyi’s exhibition match, contestants performed Combination Skills that inspired Rookie Trainers to imitate them and consider entering future Grand Festivals.
• Over three days, the Grand Festival attracted fans, advertisers, companies, and talent scouts, while Qiao Jing and Xie Qingyi praised Fang Yuan’s plan and offered to help develop it.
• Fang Yuan outlined future Grand Festival formats, including team performances, two-Trainer contests, and Ribbon Badge competitions leading to the title of Top Coordinator.
• The Grand Festival continued for a week, and He Xiaomai passed the first judging round but lost her first battle after choosing Squirtle and her other Pokémon instead of Golduck.
• Xu Jing, a Psychic Power user of the Tianxin Style with Master Level Combat Power, won the first Fang Yuan Cup, and Fang Yuan declared the Grand Festival a success.

After three weeks of training, Fang Yuan traveled to Champion Road for his challenge, while President Wen arranged seven gatekeepers instead of ten. Fang Yuan arrived prepared to fight without Darkrai and hoped his mysterious Pokémon Egg would hatch in time.

• Fang Yuan returned to his institute after the Grand Festival and focused on preparing for Champion Road, while the Alliance waited for him to begin Mega Evolution research.
• During three weeks of training, Fang Yuan and his Pokémon stabilized their strength, and Fang Yuan also trained his body, Aura, and Psychic Power.
• President Wen arranged seven gatekeepers, judging that Fang Yuan was unlikely to reach the final three gates without Darkrai, while Fu Hei warned that Fang Yuan might use it anyway.
• Fang Yuan set out for Champion Road with eleven Pokémon and an Egg, intending to honor his promise not to use Darkrai.

Fang Yuan prepared his Pokémon and supplies for the Champion Road Challenge, then met the Association President and several members of the Twelve Earthly Branches by video call. The challenge was set to begin at six the next morning, leaving Fang Yuan to face ten unknown gates and gatekeepers.

• Fang Yuan returned to his villa on Champion Road and assigned his Pokémon roles, with Milotic serving as the team’s healer and Venusaur supporting supplies.
• Fang Yuan learned that Milotic could ease Infernape’s Thunder Flame Mode side effects but could not quickly heal the severe injuries caused by opening its highest gates.
• Fang Yuan checked and packed his supplies, carrying the Pokémon Egg himself and storing the rest in Gluttony Ghost’s Inner Space.
• President Wen connected Fang Yuan to a meeting with nine members of the Twelve Earthly Branches, who watched him confirm he was ready for the challenge.
• President Wen announced that the ten-gate challenge would begin at six the next morning, last thirty-six hours, and allow up to twelve Pokémon; Fang Yuan would receive each gate’s rules during the challenge.

Fang Yuan began the Champion Road Challenge and faced the First Gate, where Yun Li commanded a hundred Dragon-type Pokémon. Milotic overwhelmed the Dragon Legion with her charm and Blizzard, clearing the gate in under twenty minutes as Fang Yuan prepared for the next challenge.

• Fang Yuan entered Champion Road with his Pokémon and met Yun Li, the First Gate's gatekeeper, who explained that he had to defeat one hundred Dragon-type Pokémon while sending out only one Pokémon at a time.
• Fang Yuan chose Milotic to fight, despite Dragonite's protests, and entered Dragon Valley with her.
• Milotic used her Charm Body and Disarming Voice to captivate the Dragon Legion, causing the Pokémon to fight one another instead of guarding the gate.
• Yun Li lost control of the Dragon Legion as its members battled for Milotic's affection, while Fang Yuan and the Twelve Earthly Branches watched the chaos unfold.
• After Garchomp became the last survivor, Milotic defeated it with Blizzard and cleared the First Gate in under twenty minutes.
• Fang Yuan put on his baseball cap and wondered what the next gate would bring.

Fang Yuan hurried to the Second Gate after passing the First Gate and arrived at the Stone Forest, where old acquaintance Ye Hui challenged him to a battle against Ariados. Dragonite volunteered to fight, revealing that Fang Yuan planned to give it an early chance to prove its upgraded strength.

• Fang Yuan left Yun Li after the First Gate and discovered that the Pokémon Egg was still absorbing victory energy from the battle.
• Fang Yuan traveled by Dragonite to the Stone Forest, where Ye Hui was waiting as the Second Gate’s gatekeeper.
• Ye Hui explained that the gate required Fang Yuan to defeat Ariados in a twelve-versus-one format, with only one of Fang Yuan’s Pokémon allowed out at a time.
• Fang Yuan considered sending Infernape, Espeon, or Mega Gengar, but Dragonite stepped forward and requested the battle.
• Fang Yuan agreed to let Dragonite fight, while Ye Hui and the watching observers were surprised that Fang Yuan chose one of his supposedly weaker Pokémon.

Fang Yuan’s Dragonite battled Ye Hui’s Ariados in the Stone Forest and overcame the Spider Web Birdcage by mastering control of its Darkness Power. Dragonite won the Second Gate but fainted from its injuries, leaving Fang Yuan to worry over it.

• Dragonite entered Dark Dragonite Mode and dodged Ariados’s Sniper Line before the two Pokémon began a fierce battle.
• Ye Hui trapped Dragonite in Ariados’s Spider Web Birdcage, but Fang Yuan used Aura to help Dragonite resist Darkness Power and fight back.
• Ariados withdrew and tightened the birdcage around Dragonite as its Silver Wing was fully corroded and its strength reached its limit.
• With Fang Yuan’s command and its companions’ cheers, Dragonite awakened control over the Darkness Power and burst the birdcage, knocking Ariados unconscious.
• Ye Hui conceded the Second Gate, and Dragonite fainted from its severe injuries before Fang Yuan could congratulate it.

Fang Yuan reached the Third Gate after Milotic quickly healed Dragonite, leaving Ye Hui struggling to treat Ariados. The gatekeeper, Tang Tianrong, revealed that the challenge allowed Trainers to join the battle, and Fang Yuan eyed the armored scientist with suspicion.

• Milotic healed Dragonite with Life Dew, and Fang Yuan recalled it before it could enjoy the treatment.
• Fang Yuan departed while Ye Hui and the Twelve Earthly Branches marveled at Milotic's rapid healing.
• Fang Yuan arrived at the Third Gate, where he met its gatekeeper, Tang Tianrong, wearing a suit of armor.
• Tang Tianrong explained that the gate was a three-on-one team battle in which Trainers could fight alongside their Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan considered using his Sealed Objects but grew wary of Tang Tianrong's armor and its possible weapons.

Fang Yuan prepared a Prison Gourd and an Odd Keystone to seal powerful Pokémon as he faced Tang Tianrong at the Third Gate. After both Trainers summoned their armored Pokémon, Fang Yuan’s team entered a clash of magnetic forces, and he ordered Magnezone and the Klink to enter Soul Heart State.

• Fang Yuan explained that his Odd Keystone and Light Clay Prison Gourd could seal Top Level Combat Power, while sealing a Guardian God would require weakening it first.
• Tang Tianrong glanced at the Drone Rotom broadcasting the Third Gate and summoned his armored Metagross, Scyther, and Skarmory.
• Fang Yuan sent out Armored Magnezone and two Klink, which merged with it to activate their abilities and raise its power.
• Armored Magnezone unleashed a Psychic Magnetic Wave, but Tang Tianrong’s three Pokémon resisted, and their opposing forces cracked the ground.
• Fang Yuan used Telepathy to order Magnezone and the Klink to enter Soul Heart State.

Fang Yuan’s Armored Magnezone entered Soul-Heart Mode and used its Psychic Magnetic Wave to destroy the Technological Armor on Tang Tianrong’s Pokémon, badly unsettling Tang Tianrong and weakening his team. The Twelve Earthly Branches watched as Magnezone clashed with Metagross, Scyther, and Skarmory, while Snake predicted Tang Tianrong would still make Fang Yuan expend strength.

• Magnezone and the two Klink synchronized on their own and entered Soul-Heart Mode, releasing a wave that forced Metagross, Scyther, and Skarmory back.
• Fang Yuan asked Tang Tianrong if he had heard of the Appliance Destroyer, Mobile EM, as Magnezone’s wave made the three Pokémon’s Technological Armor explode.
• Tang Tianrong panicked over the loss of his costly equipment, while Eevee remembered the terror of Magnemite’s power destroying its phone.
• Fang Yuan explained that Magnezone’s Psychic Magnetic Wave combined Psychic and electric waves to devastate technology, and Tang Tianrong realized his own devices could be targeted.
• Snake of the Twelve Earthly Branches praised Magnezone as a Super Electromagnetic Pulse Weapon and said Tang Tianrong would still force Fang Yuan to expend strength.
• Armored Magnezone clashed with Metagross, Scyther, and Skarmory as the Twelve Earthly Branches watched.

Fang Yuan used the Prison Gourd’s Aura Sealing Technique to target Metagross while Armored Magnezone fought Tang Tianrong’s three Steel-type Pokémon. Magnezone restrained Metagross as the gourd’s blue light struck it.

• Armored Magnezone fought Tang Tianrong’s Skarmory, Scyther, and Metagross while Tang Tianrong directed them to target Klink.
• Fang Yuan realized the prolonged battle was draining Armored Magnezone and chose to seal Metagross with the Prison Gourd.
• Fang Yuan called Metagross’s name, surprising Tang Tianrong and the observers as he aimed the gourd at it.
• Metagross roared in anger, awakening the Prison Gourd and drawing a blue beam of Aura toward it.
• Armored Magnezone used Magnet Pull to hold Metagross still, and the blue light struck it.

Fang Yuan cleared the Third Gate by using the Prison Gourd’s Aura Sealing Technique to capture Tang Tianrong’s Metagross, then defeating Scyther and Skarmory with Magnezone. As he set out for the Fourth Gate, Fang Yuan considered turning Dragonite’s Dark Silver Wing into a Legendary Sealed Object.

• Fang Yuan sealed Metagross in the Prison Gourd, leaving Scyther and Skarmory to face Magnezone alone.
• Magnezone defeated Scyther and Skarmory, allowing Fang Yuan to clear the Third Gate.
• The Twelve Earthly Branches discussed Aura Sealing, while President Wen pointed out that the technique depended on the Sealed Object and might not work on stronger Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan released Metagross, apologized to Tang Tianrong for damaging his Pokémon Items, and prepared to head for the Fourth Gate.
• Fang Yuan asked Dragonite about its Darkness-corroded Silver Wing and proposed using it as a Sealed Object.

Fang Yuan decided not to turn Lugia’s Dark Wing into a Sealed Object and received the rules for the Fourth Gate, a six-on-six battle in Death Canyon. He chose his team while the Ghost-type gatekeeper prepared a Ghost Domain to confront him.

• Fang Yuan rejected the idea of altering the Dark Wing because he feared backlash from changing Lugia’s Aura without its consent.
• The Rotom Phone explained that the Fourth Gate’s battle would begin upon entering the canyon, with both sides using six Pokémon and Fang Yuan able to join the fight.
• Fang Yuan selected Eevee, Infernape, Gluttony Ghost, and Armored Magnezone, counting Magnezone’s three Pokémon as the full team of six, and left Ditto out.
• In Death Canyon, the Ghost-type gatekeeper assembled Dusknoir, Gengar, Mismagius, Curse Doll, Froslass, and Sableye to construct a Ghost Domain.

Fang Yuan and his Pokémon entered the Fourth Gate’s canyon and were caught in Jiang Liu’s Ghost Domain illusion. Heart Power revealed that the illusions stirred the Pokémon’s rage rather than breaking their spirits, leaving Jiang Liu’s tactic in trouble.

• The Review Committee discussed Jiang Liu’s Ghost Domain tactics and the danger they posed to Fang Yuan’s team.
• Fang Yuan led his six Pokémon into the canyon, where they sensed a connection to the Spirit World but could not find their opponents.
• Fang Yuan realized that the team had entered an Illusion Domain and used Heart Power to awaken his Pokémon.
• Jiang Liu discovered that the Pokémon’s fear-based illusions were provoking fury instead of weakening them.
• Fang Yuan saw the bizarre visions through Heart Power and wondered who had dared to provoke his team.

Fang Yuan and his Pokémon broke through Master Jiang Liu’s Ghost Domain and prepared to overwhelm the Fourth Gate’s ghostly defenders. The gatekeepers faced Fang Yuan’s furious team as it launched the Death Triad tactic.

• Fang Yuan recognized that the Ghost Domain’s shallow illusions had angered Eevee and the others instead of defeating them.
• Master Jiang Liu ordered the six Ghost-type Pokémon maintaining the Ghost Domain to intensify it and try to provoke Infernape into using its costly Thunder Flame Mode.
• Fang Yuan used Heart Power to shatter the Ghost Domain and help his Pokémon regain their clarity.
• Armored Magnezone, Infernape, Espeon, and Gluttony Ghost grew furious over their illusions and wanted to punish the gatekeepers.
• Fang Yuan ordered the Death Triplet Tactic, while Magnezone, Mega Gengar, and Espeon prepared to fight and Infernape entered the Three Gates State.
• Fang Yuan’s team unleashed its full combat power, terrifying the hidden Ghost-type Pokémon who had already been defeated by them before.