Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan prepared for the New Star Plan’s weekend battle training in Nanwu Town Back Mountain, where he and the other students would face wild Pokémon. At Pingcheng Building, Zhuang Xin explained that the program’s goal was to prepare them to meet Professional Trainer standards and pass the assessment before age thirty.

• Fang Yuan learned that the New Star Plan group would spend Saturday in the wild for battle training and that their destination was Nanwu Town Back Mountain.
• Fang Yuan put on his Red-Style Outfit, ate breakfast with Eevee, and headed to Pingcheng Building.
• Fang Yuan, Lin Jing, and Liu Le met Professional Trainer Zhuang Xin at Pingcheng Building and followed her to the thirteenth floor.
• Zhuang Xin introduced herself as the person in charge of Flat City's New Star Plan and said the students should aim to pass the Professional Trainer assessment before age thirty.

Zhuang Xin sent Fang Yuan, Lin Jing, and Liu Le to spend a day and night surviving in the wilderness as their first practical training. The three set out from the forest ranger defense line with separate escorts, while Zhuang Xin explained that Flat City hoped to develop promising young Professional Trainers.

• Zhuang Xin explained that the students had to survive alone in Pokémon-filled wilderness, complete a task, and reach the mountaintop before three o'clock the next afternoon.
• Fang Yuan and the others received Survival Backpacks and were told to hand over their phones, then traveled with Zhuang Xin to Nanwu Town's back mountain.
• Forest ranger captain Wang Dahu greeted the group and questioned whether sending Rookie Trainers into the wilderness was too hasty.
• Zhuang Xin assigned Fang Yuan, Lin Jing, and Liu Le to three forest rangers, and the students exchanged farewells before setting off in different directions.
• Wang Dahu told Zhuang Xin that the rangers would secretly follow the students, and Zhuang Xin said Flat City needed to cultivate promising young Trainers to compete with Big City branches.

Fang Yuan and Eevee climbed toward the mountain summit, fending off aggressive Pokémon and spotting Ledyba with the unexplored Rattled Ability. They found a young Buneary lying on the path, apparently suffering from dehydration or heatstroke.

• Fang Yuan released Eevee at the mountain entrance, and they began climbing through the hot, overgrown terrain.
• Eevee dodged Ekans's attack and drove it away with Quick Attack.
• Fang Yuan asked Eevee to check whether the ranger was following them, but Eevee's response left him unsure.
• Fang Yuan recorded observations of Ledyba and considered researching their rare Rattled Ability.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee found a young Buneary lying in the grass, and Fang Yuan suspected it had heatstroke.

Fang Yuan and Eevee treated an injured Buneary, but its Lopunny companion mistook them for attackers and carried it away. As they continued onward, Fang Yuan considered the emotional energy behind Lopunny’s moves.

• Fang Yuan and Eevee found Buneary suffering from heatstroke and bite wounds, moved it into the shade, and treated it with water and a Potion.
• Buneary recovered and calmed down after Eevee explained that they had helped it.
• As Fang Yuan and Eevee prepared to leave, Lopunny attacked them, mistaking them for enemies who had hurt Buneary.
• Lopunny scooped up Buneary and bounced away before it could explain what had happened, leaving Eevee dejected.
• Fang Yuan cheered Eevee up, then reflected on Lopunny’s use of Frustration and the power of anger-based moves.

Fang Yuan became interested in the power of bonds after seeing Lopunny use Payback, and decided it could serve as the foundation for a Move Manual. The next morning, Lopunny returned with Oran Berries to make amends, and Fang Yuan asked it to teach Eevee Return.

• Fang Yuan considered how affinity could strengthen Pokémon and enable Mega Evolution, then resolved to study Payback as a way to research bonds.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee camped for the night, struggled to sleep, and continued up the mountain the next morning.
• Lopunny approached Fang Yuan and Eevee with Oran Berries to apologize for the previous day's misunderstanding.
• Fang Yuan asked Lopunny to explain the move it had used to protect Buneary so Eevee could learn Return.
• Lopunny understood Fang Yuan's request and agreed to teach Eevee.

Lopunny taught Eevee the principles behind Return, though Eevee could not yet sense Emotional Energy or learn the Move. Fang Yuan and Eevee continued up the mountain and reached the summit, where they unexpectedly found Lin Jing and Liu Le, who had both been eliminated early.

• Fang Yuan persuaded Eevee to study Return by promising it extra phone time, and Lopunny began teaching it.
• Lopunny explained how intense emotions generate Emotional Energy, which can unlock a Pokémon's potential and release a burst of power.
• Eevee struggled to sense Emotional Energy and failed to learn Return, but understood the Move's principles and gained a direction for training.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee refused to keep Lopunny's Oran Berries, and Lopunny took them back before leaving.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee avoided dangers and reached the summit before three in the afternoon, where they found Lin Jing and Liu Le, who had both been eliminated early.

After the wilderness survival training, Zhuang Xin reprimanded Lin Jing and Liu Le for their dangerous mistakes and praised Fang Yuan for his performance. She explained the importance of teamwork for future missions, then Fang Yuan stayed at the Trainer Association to collect his reward, where he found a box.

• Zhuang Xin criticized Lin Jing for nearly starting a wildfire and Liu Le for failing to wake Snorlax when he was in danger, while Fang Yuan’s ranger praised his wilderness skills.
• The first week of wilderness survival training ended, and Zhuang Xin warned that the students would face stricter missions after their next theoretical lesson.
• Zhuang Xin explained how Trainers rely on teams for Secret Realm missions and said the three students would likely work together in the future.
• At the Flat City Trainer Association, Fang Yuan stayed behind to receive the extra reward for performing best and found a box that puzzled him.

Fang Yuan realized the Soothing Bell helped Eevee sense the Emotional Energy needed to learn Payback, while his father brought home the Magnemite he had chosen. The chapter ended with Eevee seeing Magnemite as a potential rival.

• Zhuang Xin gave Fang Yuan a box of Nutrient Drinks as a reward for his strong training performance.
• Fang Yuan considered learning Pokémon massage to improve his bond with Eevee, then noticed Eevee had sensed Emotional Energy while hearing the Soothing Bell.
• Fang Yuan concluded the Soothing Bell might help Eevee learn Payback and searched for information about the move.
• Fang Yuan fell asleep, and Eevee covered him with a blanket before continuing to practice recalling Payback.
• Fang Yuan woke to find Father Fang had brought home a Magnemite, which Eevee regarded as a possible rival.

Fang Yuan and Eevee welcomed Magnemite into their home after Father Fang arranged for the Power Plant Pokémon to stay with the family. Fang Yuan reflected on the rules limiting Pokémon ownership and his own lack of money, while Magnemite remained registered to Father Fang’s company.

• Father Fang explained that Magnemite would remain registered under the Power Plant and gave the family a charger for it.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee greeted Magnemite, which nervously touched their hands with its magnets and gave them weak electric shocks.
• Fang Yuan considered how Trainer laws limited the number of Pokémon people could own and recognized that company registration let his family raise Magnemite through a loophole.
• After Mother Fang returned, the family ate dinner, and Eevee drank milk while Magnemite charged beside an outlet.

Fang Yuan prepared Eevee for Payback training before attending an emergency school meeting about the Provincial High School Pokémon Battle League. The school chose Fang Yuan and Lin Jing as candidates for its team, while the tournament’s massive prize money and the province’s urgent push to develop Trainers raised questions.

• Fang Yuan put a Soothing Bell on Eevee and left it in the Psychology Club classroom with training equipment.
• Lin Jing told Fang Yuan she had heard the Provincial Trainer Association Headquarters was preparing a major move.
• Teacher Zhang sent Fang Yuan and Lin Jing to a meeting, where they joined Liu Le, teachers, and school leaders.
• Director Wang explained that the province would hold a Pokémon Battle League for key high schools, with Individual and Team Battles and ten million in prize money for Team Battles.
• Bai Ning confirmed that Fang Yuan, Lin Jing, and Liu Le were the school team’s only official members so far.
• Lin Jing asked why the province had launched the tournament, and Bai Ning said universities had received similar notices and the Association seemed urgently focused on training more Trainers.

Fang Yuan asked Teacher Li to teach him massage techniques so he could help Eevee recover from its demanding training, while learning more about the Provincial High School Pokémon Battle League. The school began selecting its team, and Fang Yuan and Lin Jing were provisionally chosen for class 12.

• Fang Yuan asked Teacher Li to teach him massage techniques for Eevee, and Teacher Li agreed to show him five techniques.
• Teacher Li warned Fang Yuan that the High School League carried more significance than the Little Phoenix King Cup and could affect his future development.
• Fang Yuan tried massaging Eevee himself, but his poor control of the pressure made Eevee yelp.
• Teacher Bai Ning provisionally selected Fang Yuan and Lin Jing as class 12's candidates for the school team and encouraged their classmates to challenge them.
• The students avoided Fang Yuan's unhappy Eevee and chose to challenge Lin Jing instead.

After Fang Yuan arranged for Eevee to spend time with Magnemite, the Pokémon’s playtime ended in an explosion that revealed Eevee had learned Frustration. Fang Yuan was left wondering why Eevee had failed to learn Return but picked up its opposite instead.

• Fang Yuan reassured Eevee that he would soon master the massage technique, while Eevee worried about being hurt by his clumsy attempts.
• Fang Yuan noticed Magnemite secretly watching Eevee and urged Father Fang to spend time with it, but Father Fang suggested Eevee play with Magnemite instead.
• Fang Yuan persuaded a tired Eevee to play with Magnemite by promising to repay the time with extra training rewards the next day.
• Eevee approached Magnemite like a boss and began lecturing it, while Fang Yuan and Father Fang believed the two Pokémon were getting along.
• An explosion on the balcony revealed that one of Eevee’s phones had broken, and Fang Yuan realized Eevee’s anger was producing Anger Energy, suggesting it had learned Frustration instead of Return.

After Magnemite apparently caused Eevee’s phone to explode, Fang Yuan’s parents considered returning it to the Power Plant, while Fang Yuan suspected its unusual condition might be a special talent. They agreed to have Teacher Li examine Magnemite at school, but as Magnemite was about to enter its Poké Ball, the ball moved on its own.

• Eevee blamed Magnemite for destroying its phone, and Fang Yuan calmed Eevee by promising to buy a replacement.
• Fang Yuan explained the incident to his parents, who questioned Magnemite and worried it might endanger the household.
• Fang Yuan’s parents considered sending Magnemite back to the Power Plant, but Fang Yuan argued that the explosion might reveal a special talent.
• Fang Yuan proposed taking Magnemite to school to ask Teacher Li for advice about its inability to fly and the phone explosion, and Magnemite agreed.
• Fang Yuan’s father placed Magnemite’s Poké Ball on the table, but the ball moved twice just as Magnemite was about to enter it.

Fang Yuan discovered that Magnemite had awakened Psychic-type Hidden Power, which might explain why it could not fly. He took Eevee and Magnemite to the public battle arena to train Eevee’s Return and investigate whether Magnemite could regain flight through practice.

• Fang Yuan tested Magnemite with nonmetal objects and realized it could move them with Psychic power, identifying the ability as Psychic-type Awakening Power.
• Fang Yuan reasoned that Magnemite’s developing Psychic power might be interfering with Thunder Wave and preventing it from flying, and concluded Magnemite was talented rather than defective.
• The next morning, Fang Yuan took sick leave and brought Eevee and Magnemite to the Peaceful City Public Battle Arena to investigate Magnemite’s flight problem.
• Eevee used Frustration to smash into a rubber wall, and Fang Yuan decided to help it learn Return by practicing positive Emotional Energy.
• Fang Yuan released Magnemite and considered whether training it to control its Psychic power and master Hidden Power could help it fly again.

Fang Yuan discovered that Magnemite’s Awakening Power combined Psychic Waves with electric waves, causing it to destroy electrical appliances. He recognized Magnemite’s unusual talent and asked it to become his Pokémon, promising to help it fly and prove itself.

• Magnemite practiced using Awakening Power to levitate a pebble, and Fang Yuan tested the ability on a calculator, a toy car, and an electric razor.
• The experiments showed that Magnemite’s focused Awakening Power disrupted or destroyed electrical appliances by combining Psychic Waves with electric waves.
• Fang Yuan compared Magnemite’s ability to Kadabra’s Alpha Waves and warned Magnemite not to focus on appliances carelessly.
• Fang Yuan considered Magnemite’s potential and asked it to become his Pokémon, promising to help it fly and surpass those who had rejected it.

Fang Yuan made a one-year agreement with Magnemite to help it recover and later train it, while investigating how to control its disruptive powers. At school, he learned that Teacher Bai had recommended him for Trainer School Team Captain, a position that could benefit his future but bring greater pressure.

• Fang Yuan agreed to help Magnemite return to normal over the next year, and Magnemite agreed to stay in its Poké Ball until it could control its abilities.
• Fang Yuan suspected that Magnemite's Psychic Wave and electric waves interfered with each other, and he decided that it needed to master Awakening Power to regain flight and control its disruptive effect on electrical appliances.
• Fang Yuan taught Eevee that Return's positive emotions could counter Frustration, and Eevee practiced Return after hearing his warning about anger.
• Teacher Zhang told Fang Yuan that Teacher Bai had recommended him to the School Leaders for Trainer School Team Captain, and Fang Yuan thanked her while wondering about the scholarship money.

Fang Yuan and Lin Jing discussed the upcoming school team tryouts and Growlithe’s progress, while Eevee learned to use Return with the Soothing Bell. After seeing Return’s power, Fang Yuan considered whether Emotional Energy could strengthen specific body parts and improve Eevee’s other moves.

• Fang Yuan learned from Lin Jing that school team tryouts would begin the following week and that Growlithe had learned Fire Fang and was close to mastering Flame Burst.
• Fang Yuan worried that Lin Jing might surpass him and wondered how Liu Le’s Snorlax was progressing.
• Five days after Eevee comprehended Frustration, it learned to use Return smoothly with the Soothing Bell.
• Eevee used Return against a rubber wall, hitting it with nearly twice the power of Frustration.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee recognized that Return was powerful but lacked speed, and Fang Yuan considered using Emotional Energy to train Eevee’s hind legs or tail.

Fang Yuan discovered that Eevee could direct Return’s energy into specific body parts, creating powerful training effects. After Eevee overstrained its tail and legs, a Pokémon Center examination confirmed that it needed nutrition and rest, and Fang Yuan planned to continue training toward Iron Tail and greater speed.

• Fang Yuan had Eevee hold its charged state before attacking, and Eevee confirmed that its energy burst instinctively came out as Tackle.
• Fang Yuan asked Eevee to focus Return on its tail, and Eevee struck a pebble hard enough to demonstrate that it could change the move’s attack form.
• Eevee tried to direct Return into its legs but sprang upward, lost its balance, and crashed to the ground.
• Fang Yuan took Eevee to the Pokémon Center, where an examination showed that Eevee was overtrained and urgently needed nutrition.
• Fang Yuan concluded that targeted Return training could improve Eevee’s tail and leg strength, and he planned to use it to help Eevee learn Iron Tail and become faster.

Fang Yuan checked Magnemite’s progress before attending a New Star Plan lesson on Trainer Team Battles. Zhuang Xin explained how coordinated tactics could unify a team’s strength, leaving Fang Yuan doubtful that Eevee could work well with Lin Jing’s Growlithe and Liu Le’s Munchlax.

• Fang Yuan praised Magnemite for keeping an eraser afloat for a minute, then watched it throw the eraser at a dartboard with greater force than before.
• Fang Yuan arrived at Pingcheng Building for the New Star Plan theory class and waited with Lin Jing and Liu Le for Zhuang Xin.
• Zhuang Xin asked Liu Le to explain the rules of five-versus-five Trainer Team Battles, then said the lesson would focus on teamwork and coordination.
• Zhuang Xin explained that Secret Realm teams prioritize survival and protecting Trainers, unlike competition Team Battles, which operate under rules designed for safety and entertainment.
• Zhuang Xin showed a video of Didu University defeating Jianghai University with a coordinated team built around Tyranitar’s Sandstorm, then explained how shared tactics could amplify a team’s strength.
• Fang Yuan doubted that Eevee could coordinate effectively with Lin Jing’s Growlithe and Liu Le’s Munchlax.

After class, Fang Yuan considered how to help his team prepare for another Wild Combat Training and realized that Energy Cubes might solve Snorlax’s feeding problems. He left lunch eager to test whether he could develop a way to make them.

• Zhuang Xin assigned Fang Yuan, Lin Jing, and Liu Le a thousand-word team-cooperation summary and announced another Wild Combat Training next week.
• Liu Le worried that the training rations would not be enough for his picky Snorlax, and Lin Jing suggested foraging while Fang Yuan proposed asking Zhuang Xin for Compressed Biscuits.
• Hearing about Compressed Biscuits reminded Fang Yuan of Energy Cubes from the anime and their potential to provide Pokémon with highly nutritious food.
• Fang Yuan reasoned that Energy Cubes were not yet available on Earth and wondered whether Berry mixtures could be compressed and solidified into cubes.
• Fang Yuan considered using Magnemite’s Psychic Power to compress the mixture and wondered whether temperature was needed to solidify it.