Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan and his Pokémon completed introductory training in General Z-Moves and developed several Exclusive Z-Moves with help from the Island Guardian Gods. Tapu Koko told Fang Yuan that the Island Kings had been chosen, while Shang Ren received a Guardian God’s power and prepared to complete its test.

• Fang Yuan’s Pokémon learned General Z-Moves, and Eevee, Magnezone, Venusaur, and Lycanroc began developing Exclusive Z-Moves with the Guardian Gods’ help.
• Eevee, Magnezone, Venusaur, and Lycanroc gained preliminary control of their new moves, while Milotic learned to turn Purification Water into the attack Freezing Mist.
• Fang Yuan and his Pokémon completed introductory training in Z-Moves, greatly increasing their strength.
• Tapu Koko told Fang Yuan that the Island Guardian Gods had chosen the Island Kings.
• Shang Ren received a Shining Stone Bracelet and a special crystal from a Guardian God, then resolved to complete its test and surpass Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan stayed in the Island Secret Realm to refine his Z-Move thesis while the four Guardian Gods chose representatives to become Island Kings and Queens. Shang Ren, Lucilia, Mora, and Makino Ruki each passed a trial, and all were sent to the Island of Mist to learn their duties.

• Fang Yuan moved to a remote island in Tapu Fini’s territory to train in seclusion and wait for the Guardian Gods to choose their representatives.
• Shang Ren defeated an Overlord Honchkrow with a Rock-type Z-Move, and Tapu Koko appointed him Island King of Melemele Island.
• Lucilia defeated an Overlord Lurantis with a Psychic-type Z-Move, and Tapu Lele appointed her Island Queen of Akala Island.
• Mora defeated a powerful Absol with a Fighting-type Z-Move, and Tapu Bulu appointed him Island King of Ula'ula Island.
• Makino Ruki defeated an Overlord Kommo-o with a Flying-type Z-Move, and Tapu Fini appointed her Island Queen of Poni Island.
• Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, and Tapu Fini each directed their chosen representative to travel to the Island of Mist.

Shang Ren arrived at the Island of Mist and was ambushed by Fang Yuan’s Mega Venusaur, whom he mistook for a trial set by Tapu Koko. Fang Yuan countered Shang Ren’s Z-Move with Venusaur’s enormous exclusive Z-Move, leaving Shang Ren stunned and wondering why Fang Yuan and his Pokémon were so powerful.

• Shang Ren reached the Island of Mist, where Fang Yuan recognized him as the arriving Island King and decided to test him with Mega Venusaur.
• Mega Venusaur attacked Shang Ren and knocked Tyranitar back, prompting Shang Ren to gather his Pokémon and prepare a Z-Move.
• Shang Ren unleashed World-Destroying Giant Rockfall while Rotom secretly recorded his Z-Move pose.
• Fang Yuan appeared beside Venusaur and used its exclusive Z-Move, True Several Thousand Hands, to summon a massive wooden Buddha statue.
• The Buddha statue caught and crushed Shang Ren’s giant rock, then raised its other arms against his team, leaving Shang Ren and his Pokémon stunned.
• Fang Yuan greeted Shang Ren and confirmed he was the Island King Tapu Koko had expected, while Shang Ren wondered how Fang Yuan’s Venusaur had become so powerful.

Fang Yuan tested the four newly chosen Island Kings and Queens by overwhelming their Z-Moves with Darkrai’s own, then the Guardian Gods revealed that they regarded him as their equal. The group was left to begin the Island Challenge together, while Shang Ren and the others fainted from shock.

• After Venusaur defeated Shang Ren’s Tyranitar with True Several Thousand Hands, Fang Yuan revealed that he was not an Island King but the guide appointed by the Guardian Gods.
• Shang Ren, Lucilia, Mora, and Makino Ruki introduced themselves as the chosen rulers of Melemele, Akala, Ula'ula, and Poni Islands.
• Fang Yuan challenged Lucilia, Mora, and Makino Ruki to attack him together, then summoned Darkrai and selected a Dark-type Z-Crystal from his large collection.
• Darkrai’s Black Hole Devours All overwhelmed the three Z-Moves and defeated Emboar, Pidgeot, and Raichu, while the blast cleared the mist from Mist Island.
• The Four Island Guardian Gods restored the defeated Pokémon and told the representatives that Fang Yuan had developed Autonomous Z-Moves and should be treated as their equal.
• Shang Ren, Lucilia, Mora, and Makino Ruki fainted after the Guardian Gods explained Fang Yuan’s standing.

After the Island Guardian Gods entrusted Fang Yuan with preparing the Alola Island Challenge, he recruited the Island Kings to promote Z-Moves through recorded battles. Two days later, Shang Ren faced America Team star Gula in New York, with the special match about to begin.

• The Island Guardian Gods praised Fang Yuan and left him to explain the Ultra Beast threat and the Island Kings’ role in preparing Trainers to wield Z-Power.
• Fang Yuan revealed Rotom had recorded the Island Kings performing Z-Move poses, then persuaded them to promote Z-Moves through battles instead of pose demonstrations.
• Fang Yuan urged the Island Kings to challenge famous Trainers they had previously struggled against, and Shang Ren accepted a specially authorized match against Gula.
• Two days later, Shang Ren and Makino Ruki arrived at a New York arena, while Fang Yuan, Mora, and Lucilia secretly observed.
• Gula questioned whether Shang Ren was serious about challenging him as the special-program battle was about to begin.

Shang Ren, Mora, Makino Ruki, and Lucilia revealed Z-Moves to the world after winning spectacular battles, then explained that the Island Guardian Gods had bestowed Z-Power on them. Fang Yuan disclosed that he had independently researched Z-Moves and published papers explaining how trainers could learn them, leaving the Trainer Domain eager to seek the Guardian Gods’ tests.

• A video showed Shang Ren using a powerful Rock-type Z-Move to defeat United States Champion Gula, stunning trainers worldwide.
• Mora and Makino Ruki released footage of their own victories using the same mysterious power, and Lucilia drew attention by defeating a top master with a Psychic-type Z-Move.
• Shang Ren, Mora, Lucilia, and Makino Ruki explained that Z-Moves came from the Island Guardian Gods and could be used by anyone with the proper items and training.
• Lucilia revealed that Fang Yuan had independently developed a move comparable to Z-Moves, prompting worldwide speculation about his research.
• Fang Yuan published papers on Z-Power and explained that Z-Crystals and systematic training could let ordinary trainers use Z-Moves.
• Fang Yuan urged trainers to seek out the Island Guardian Gods and pass their tests, while Antonio realized how much Fang Yuan had accomplished.

Fang Yuan returned to the Island Secret Realm after publishing his Z-Power research and prepared to resume his work on Poké Balls and teleportation. Venusaur asked to stay behind for Overlord Training, hoping to master Totem Aura.

• Fang Yuan returned to the Island Secret Realm and waited for Shang Ren and the other Island Kings before leaving for his research institute.
• Fang Yuan enjoyed fruit from Venusaur while Eevee stole the remaining oranges and continued fishing with a Ditto fishing rod.
• Fang Yuan recalled that his recent paper explained how Totem Aura came from Necrozma's light and that the Island Guardian Gods had invited his Pokémon to train in special locations.
• Venusaur asked Fang Yuan to let it stay in the Island Secret Realm for Overlord Training.
• Fang Yuan considered how difficult it was for Pokémon to maintain Totem Aura, which the island's enormous Overlord Pokémon had uniquely mastered.

Venusaur chose to stay in the Island Secret Realm and train with Tapu Bulu to master the Totem Aura, hoping to catch up with its teammates. Fang Yuan supported its decision and urged it to learn Tapu Bulu’s other skills as well.

• After learning that mastering the Totem Aura could take years, Fang Yuan’s Pokémon initially gave up on training for it.
• Venusaur decided it wanted to stay behind because its size and Synthesis made it especially suited to the Totem Aura.
• Fang Yuan supported Venusaur and promised to have Magnezone send it Energy Cubes while it trained.
• Eevee and the other Pokémon supported Venusaur, while Ditto worried it would have to take over the gardening.
• Lycanroc considered training in the Totem Aura but chose to keep following the path it had set for itself.
• Fang Yuan advised Venusaur to learn Tapu Bulu’s other skills and encouraged it to work hard.

After returning to Magic City, Fang Yuan learned that Lycanroc had been barred from the World Tree Secret Realm for repeatedly bothering the World Tree, so he told it to prepare for the Fang Yuan Tournament. The plan was interrupted when Rotom Phone discovered that the two Klink were about to evolve.

• Shang Ren and the other Island Kings returned to the Island Secret Realm with official recognition from the Pokémon League, while Fang Yuan headed home after leaving Venusaur with Tapu Moomoo to learn Totem Aura.
• Fang Yuan returned to his research institute, where Luo Ke learned that Venusaur would be away for a year or more and that Lycanroc had gone to the Fossil Protected Area with Darkrai.
• Fang Yuan, Luo Ke, and Rotom Phone found Lycanroc pleading with Mew to let it back into the World Tree Secret Realm, but Mew refused because the World Tree still resented Lycanroc.
• Fang Yuan told Lycanroc to prepare for the Fang Yuan Tournament, and Lycanroc looked forward to competing in the Preschool Group.
• Rotom Phone discovered that the two Klink could no longer hold back their evolution, and it told Fang Yuan to hurry back to deal with the situation.

Magnezone’s attempt to develop its Blue Lightning triggered the Klinks’ forced evolution into Klinklang. The evolved Klinklang could still fuse with Magnezone, creating a stronger, symbiotic Armored Magnezone that Fang Yuan recognized as a new Pokémon species.

• While training its Blue Lightning, Magnezone accidentally triggered the Klinks’ evolution, and Everstones could not suppress it.
• Mew warned that the Klinks had to evolve, and Fang Yuan and Magnezone persuaded them to stop resisting.
• The Klinks evolved into Klinklang at Quasi-Master Level, then separated their gears and fused their Small Gears with Magnezone.
• Armored Magnezone remained stable with the large gears separated, and Rotom and Mew suggested Soul-Heart had made the Pokémon symbiotic.
• Magnezone used the large gears as weapons to unleash miniature Electromagnetic Storms, and Fang Yuan named the result Armored Magnezone, a new Pokémon species.
• Lycanroc worried that the two Klinklang might be too strong for it to face in the Preschool Group competition.

Fang Yuan discovered that Armored Magnezone could enter Magnezone’s Poké Ball as one Pokémon, then let it compete in the Main Force Group of the Sixth Fang Yuan Tournament. After the tournament, he set new training plans for his Pokémon and gave himself two months to make a Special Poké Ball before catching a Porygon to study the transmission system.

• Fang Yuan and the others found that the Poké Ball recognized Armored Magnezone as a single Pokémon, allowing it to compete in one-on-one battles.
• Fang Yuan decided to enter Armored Magnezone in the Main Force Group, while Eevee, Infernape, and the others objected and joked about training in Soul-Heart.
• Armored Magnezone won the Main Force Group championship, followed by Infernape, Eevee, Milotic, Dragonite, and Gluttony Ghost.
• Ditto won the Preschool Group, the Plus-Minus Gear Group placed second, Lycanroc came fourth, and Rotom Phone finished last.
• Fang Yuan reviewed his Pokémon’s strength, set new training goals, and vowed to make a Special Poké Ball within two months or catch a Porygon to research the transmission system.

Fang Yuan visited National Defense Pokémon Technology University to select Porygon for research after getting stuck on the quenching step of his Special Poké Ball. He met researcher Zhao Qiuyuan and former schoolmate Xia Xiaowei, then chose to see the Pokémon first.

• Fang Yuan struggled to find Slowpoke Well Water for quenching his Special Poké Ball and decided to visit National Defense University to obtain Porygon.
• Fang Yuan went to the Ralts Maid Cafe with Eevee, joked about opening an Eevee internet club, and then headed to the university.
• Zhao Qiuyuan and Xia Xiaowei received Fang Yuan at National Defense University after he requested a low-key visit.
• Xia Xiaowei reminded Fang Yuan that they had attended Peaceful City First High School and shared the Psychology Club, though Fang Yuan barely remembered her.
• Fang Yuan told Zhao Qiuyuan he wanted to see the Porygon before touring the university.

Fang Yuan visited the university’s Porygon facility to evaluate the newborn Pokémon and choose one to take. Eevee defeated a Porygon at Go, while Fang Yuan noticed that one of the Porygon had awakened Awakening Power.

• Professor Zhao Qiuyuan showed Fang Yuan fourteen newborn Porygon and explained their limited programming and Go training.
• Fang Yuan had Eevee challenge the strongest Porygon at Go while he fed the Porygon Awakening Fruits to test their talents.
• Eevee used its practiced Go skills and Future Sight to exploit a weakness in the Porygon’s data and win the match.
• Professor Zhao Qiuyuan and Xia Xiaowei reacted with shock when Eevee defeated the Porygon.
• Fang Yuan noticed that one of the Porygon seemed to have awakened Awakening Power.

Fang Yuan tested Awakening Fruits on a group of Porygon and discovered that one had unusually awakened powers and signs of self-awareness. He chose the peculiar Porygon as his research partner, believing it liked him and Eevee.

• Six of the first thirteen Porygon awakened Electric- or Psychic-type powers after eating Awakening Fruits.
• Eevee reminded Fang Yuan that the Porygon that had played Go with it had not yet received an Awakening Fruit.
• After eating the fruit, the Go-playing Porygon instantly wielded electricity, fire, and ice through a special Tri Attack.
• Fang Yuan noticed the Porygon show a trace of emotion and suspected Eevee's Go moves had corrupted its data and sparked self-awareness.
• Fang Yuan chose the unusual Porygon instead of one of the Psychic-type Porygon.

Fang Yuan chose a Porygon at National Defense Pokémon Technology University and began setting it up with Rotom. The chapter ended with Porygon sharing Rotom’s phone body and making a duck-like cry that Fang Yuan and Eevee preferred over Rotom’s voice system.

• Eevee imagined using Porygon’s programmable abilities for cheating, but Fang Yuan warned it not to get carried away.
• Professor Zhao gave Fang Yuan Porygon’s Poké Ball and a data chip containing its upgrade programs, and Fang Yuan took Porygon to a quiet training field.
• Fang Yuan woke Rotom and introduced it to the newly caught Porygon, then asked Rotom to install expression and language systems.
• Rotom connected Porygon to its phone body, reviewed its data, and adjusted its voice system.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee rejected Rotom’s chosen voice, while Porygon made a duck-like cry.

Eevee asked Fang Yuan to let it use Porygon to make games and animation, but Fang Yuan made approval conditional on Eevee defeating Infernape one-on-one. After Rotom upgraded Porygon, it concluded that Porygon had developed a unique Tri Awakening Power, and Fang Yuan planned to test it by teaching Porygon Tri Attack.

• Eevee asked to borrow Porygon for a month so it could start a game and animation production company, but Fang Yuan insisted it keep training.
• Fang Yuan promised to support Eevee’s company if it could defeat Infernape one-on-one, and Eevee accepted the challenge.
• Rotom upgraded Porygon with basic expression, growl, and command programs.
• Fang Yuan told Rotom that Porygon had reacted unusually after eating an Awakening Fruit, and Rotom identified its ability as a unique Tri Awakening Power.
• Fang Yuan decided to teach Porygon Tri Attack later and see how the two abilities interacted.

Fang Yuan left National Defense Pokémon Technology University after learning that Darkrai was fighting another intruder at his research institute. Cresselia arrived to confront Darkrai, mistaking its nightmare training for cruelty, and the two faced off at the Fossil Protected Area.

• Xia Xiaowei got a commemorative photo with Fang Yuan, but he declined her invitation to tour the university because an urgent situation required him to return to Magic City.
• Cresselia sensed nightmares near Magic City and concluded that Darkrai was deliberately tormenting Pokémon.
• Darkrai and Luo Ke trained the Fossil Baby Legion with nightmare simulations that strengthened the Pokémon’s minds and Psychic Power.
• Cresselia’s holy dream energy swept over the Fossil Protected Area, dispelling Darkrai’s Nightmare Domain and ending the training.
• Darkrai and Luo Ke saw Cresselia descend, and they faced the stronger Dreaming God.

Cresselia attacked Darkrai after mistaking its nightmare training of Fossil Pokémon for cruelty, but Mew helped them resolve the misunderstanding. After Cresselia left, Darkrai asked Fang Yuan to capture it officially so it could train and grow stronger.

• Darkrai left the Fossil Protected Area to avoid fighting Cresselia there, but Cresselia caught up and overwhelmed it in a barren region.
• Mew intervened and learned that Darkrai had been using dreams to train the Fossil Pokémon, not torment them; Cresselia apologized, and the two dream gods reconciled.
• Fang Yuan returned to the research institute and learned that Cresselia had left Darkrai a Lunar Wing as an apology before departing.
• Darkrai reflected on Cresselia's example and asked Fang Yuan to capture it officially so it could undergo strict training.
• Fang Yuan agreed and proposed a capture battle in two days, promising to train Darkrai like his other Pokémon.

After Fang Yuan returned to the research institute and fell asleep, Rotom enlisted Ditto and Porygon to develop a giant composite robot, while Eevee searched for a way to become strong enough to defeat Infernape. Eevee considered evolving its Substitutes into different Eeveelutions but doubted the plan would help, leaving it frustrated over the difficulty of mastering Z-Moves independently.

• Fang Yuan returned to the research institute with his Pokémon and went to sleep after failing to see Cresselia.
• Rotom took Ditto away from Infernape to train it to transform into a composite robot, while Porygon prepared move programs to help control the robot's weapons.
• Eevee decided to find a way to surpass Infernape and searched online for ideas about getting stronger.
• Eevee dismissed suggestions that it could evolve into other forms because Mew Gene had fixed its evolution chain.
• Eevee considered using altered Substitutes without Mew Gene to create other Eeveelutions, but doubted they could defeat Infernape.
• Eevee grew frustrated and resisted Mew's suggestion that it master Z-Moves independently.

Fang Yuan woke to Gluttony Ghost’s news that the Pokémon League had approved two Legendary Resources, and he went to choose one for it. He considered the Rainbow Wing as a possible match, but its connection to Ho-Oh and Marshadow made it an uncertain, distant prospect.

• Fang Yuan considered using Armored Magnezone or Fifth Gate Infernape to battle Darkrai and decided Armored Magnezone was a strong choice.
• Gluttony Ghost woke Fang Yuan and told him that the Legendary Resources were coming.
• Fang Yuan agreed to pick a Legendary Resource for Gluttony Ghost, though he worried that the League had no Ghost-type resource suited to it.
• Fang Yuan considered Ho-Oh’s Rainbow Wing and wondered whether it could eventually help Gluttony Ghost through Marshadow, but Ho-Oh had not yet appeared and Marshadow’s whereabouts were unknown.