Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan accepted Kane and Zarude’s challenge so he could study the Mythical Pokémon, sending his second-team Venusaur into battle. Venusaur revealed a Totem Aura, overwhelmed Zarude with Mega Evolution and its Exclusive Z-Move, and left Kane desperate to surrender.

• Fang Yuan arrived at the arena and accepted Kane and Zarude’s challenge, explaining that he wanted to study Zarude.
• President Antonio began the battle, and Zarude used its roar to draw Shaymin’s attention before Fang Yuan sent out Venusaur.
• Venusaur revealed its Totem Aura and used Nature’s Return and Frenzy Plant to battle Zarude, then Mega Evolved and struck it with Tree World Fluctuation.
• Zarude recovered with its special vines and broke through Venusaur’s Tree World, but Venusaur’s durability let it withstand Zarude’s attack.
• Fang Yuan ordered Venusaur to use True Several Thousand Hands, which pinned Zarude and forced President Antonio to declare Fang Yuan the winner.
• Fang Yuan released Zarude and ended the battle, while Kane cried and begged Fang Yuan not to come closer.

After Fang Yuan defeated Zarude, he tried to discourage Venusaur and Shaymin from dating, insisting they should both grow stronger first. His interference left Shaymin determined to prove itself, and Ninetales Luo Ke offered to help it improve.

• Fang Yuan defeated Zarude with Venusaur’s Mega Evolution and signature Z-Move, then vanished to avoid reporters.
• Fang Yuan met Shaymin and claimed Venusaur had trained to create a legendary Gracidea flower sea for it, prompting Shaymin to suggest they date.
• Fang Yuan rejected the idea of them dating and told Venusaur that both it and Shaymin needed to become better first.
• Fang Yuan explained that Shaymin’s leisurely life on Alliance Island gave it room to grow, and Venusaur reluctantly accepted his reasoning.
• Shaymin felt wronged and resolved to prove itself worthy of Venusaur, while Ninetales Luo Ke offered to help it improve.

Fang Yuan’s Venusaur defeated a Guardian God-level Mythical Pokémon, prompting the China Association to realize how powerful Fang Yuan and his Pokémon had become. Meanwhile, Little Celebi’s search for a Plate in an altered past timeline ended in panic when it encountered Hoopa Unbound.

• Fang Yuan decided to make Venusaur and Shaymin’s relationship face a trial, while Dragonite defended his plan and Fang Yuan sent Eevee back to train.
• President Wen learned that Venusaur’s attack rivaled a Top Guardian God’s power, then heard from Master Kong Hai that Infernape could match that power with a basic attack.
• Fang Yuan told Xiao Mai to challenge famous young Trainers, then tasked her with challenging Alliance Island’s three Top Guardian Gods using Manaphy and Rainy Day team tactics.
• President Wen questioned Fang Yuan about Venusaur and Infernape’s strength, while Fang Yuan downplayed the importance of the Guardian God War’s resources.
• Little Celebi encountered Hoopa Unbound while searching for a Plate in an altered past timeline and fled through a Time-Space Channel to seek Mew’s help.

President Wen appointed Fang Yuan Acting President of the China Association so Fang Yuan could help prepare China for the Guardian God War, while Fang Yuan arranged a Dream World training ground and delegated research to Xie Qingyi. Just as Fang Yuan prepared to return to the Pokémon World, Mew reported that he needed to retrieve a Plate from Hoopa Unbound in the past.

• President Wen asked Fang Yuan to serve as Acting President, and Fang Yuan accepted after offering to help train the Association’s Top-tier Trainers with Darkrai’s time-altering Dream World.
• Fang Yuan explained the Spirit Time Chamber to President Wen and agreed to manage Association resources while President Wen sought Guardian God Pokémon for China.
• Fang Yuan told Xie Qingyi to lead research into hundreds of new nutritional products and Pokémon Items, promised her Legendary Resources for her Pokémon, and planned to establish a Spirit Time Chamber under her care.
• Fang Yuan decided to stay on Alliance Island briefly to guide He Xiaomai before returning to the Pokémon World, where he needed to raise his ranking and qualify for the final Knockout Round.
• Mew contacted Fang Yuan and revealed that he had to obtain a Plate from Hoopa Unbound in the past, leaving Fang Yuan shocked by the unexpected mission.

Fang Yuan agreed to help Mew retrieve two Plates from Hoopa Unbound by making a Sealed Object from Arceus’s Ground-, Water-, and Fire-type Plates. The chapter then shifted to the past, where Beast Tamer Ziyuan watched Fang Yuan and Eevee fall from the sky after her wish.

• Fang Yuan returned to the research institute and learned that Little Celebi had encountered Hoopa Unbound while searching for Plates in the past timeline.
• Little Celebi explained Hoopa’s immense power and how Arceus’s messenger Gris had sealed most of it with the Prison Bottle.
• Fang Yuan rejected relying on Pokémon battles and proposed using three Plates to create a Sealed Object capable of suppressing Hoopa.
• Mew agreed to help, and Fang Yuan told Mew to send the Regi Trio to guard the institute and prepare for his senior sister’s visit.
• More than a hundred years in the past, Beast Tamer Ziyuan prayed for the Monster War to end, and Fang Yuan and Eevee suddenly fell from the sky before her.

Fang Yuan arrived near Desert City, learned from Ziyuan that Hoopa had turned against the people who once worshiped it, and searched unsuccessfully for Hoopa and the Plates. Hoopa Unbound then appeared near the city, and Fang Yuan headed toward it.

• Fang Yuan and Eevee landed outside Desert City, where Ziyuan questioned them and warned that Hoopa planned to destroy the city.
• Ziyuan told Fang Yuan how Hoopa had once provided for Desert City before growing hostile after the people made endless demands and began treating its attacks as a game.
• Fang Yuan decided to find Hoopa and befriend it, then left Ziyuan and searched the Secret Realm for Hoopa and the Plates with Dragonite.
• Fang Yuan failed to locate either Hoopa or the Plates and called for the Celebi to help.
• Hoopa Unbound appeared near Desert City and announced that its game was about to begin, so Fang Yuan and Dragonite went to confront it.

Fang Yuan stopped Hoopa Unbound’s attack on Desert City by using the Prison Bottle to seal away its Dark-type and much of its Psychic power, leaving it in its small Hoopa Confined form. After Hoopa woke, Fang Yuan refused to restore its power until it could control it, but offered to keep his promise to play with it.

• Hoopa summoned six powerful Dragon-type Pokémon, and they overwhelmed Desert City’s Beast Tamers until Dragonite appeared to protect Ziyuan.
• Fang Yuan arrived and used Eevee to send Hoopa’s summoned Pokémon back through the Golden Rings, then challenged Hoopa to summon stronger opponents.
• Fang Yuan used the Prison Bottle to drain Hoopa’s Dark-type Power and Psychic Power, transforming Hoopa Unbound into the unconscious Little Hoopa.
• Fang Yuan and his Pokémon waited beside a forest lake while Little Hoopa slept, and he planned to ask it where it had hidden the Plates.
• Little Hoopa woke, demanded its power back, and attacked Fang Yuan, who refused to restore it until Hoopa could control it.
• Fang Yuan offered to play with Little Hoopa, and the hungry Pokémon turned its attention to the Energy Cubes.

Fang Yuan fed and befriended Little Hoopa after sealing its power, then brought it to China during Spring Festival. As they celebrated with a feast and fireworks, a brilliant comet appeared in the sky, heralding Jirachi.

• Fang Yuan coaxed hungry Little Hoopa into eating, then offered to help it control its sealed power in exchange for meals, games, and company.
• Fang Yuan explained that Hoopa could not retrieve the Prison Bottle through its rings, and Eevee and Victini took Hoopa to play games while Celebi discussed having Mew guard the seal.
• Fang Yuan decided to bring technology and knowledge from the future to China, then traveled there with his Pokémon and Little Hoopa.
• Fang Yuan told Hoopa about Spring Festival and called it family before Eevee and Victini took it to enjoy the fireworks while the others prepared dinner.
• Fang Yuan and the Pokémon celebrated with a feast, and a bright comet appeared in the night sky as they looked up at the Millennial Comet, Jirachi.

Fang Yuan and his Pokémon found Jirachi as it descended from the Millennial Comet and welcomed the newly awakened Pokémon into their group. Over breakfast, Fang Yuan proposed a Battle Tournament with Jirachi sponsoring the prize, but Jirachi and Hoopa both wanted to compete.

• Fang Yuan used the Celebi’s spatial passage to reach Jirachi’s landing site and caught its descending crystal.
• Jirachi emerged from the crystal, woke up, and learned the names of Fang Yuan’s Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan invited Jirachi to spend seven days with them as friends.
• Fang Yuan’s Pokémon prepared breakfast, and Jirachi and Hoopa eagerly joined the meal.
• Fang Yuan asked Jirachi to sponsor a Battle Tournament, but Jirachi and Hoopa both excitedly asked to enter.

Fang Yuan organized a video game competition for Hoopa, Jirachi, and Victini, while the other Pokémon prepared for the Eighth Fang Yuan Tournament. He announced the tournament rules and prizes, then gave everyone two days to prepare before the three-day competition began.

• Fang Yuan stopped Hoopa and Jirachi from entering the battle tournament and persuaded them to compete in a video game competition instead.
• Fang Yuan, Hoopa, and Jirachi agreed to provide wishes as prizes, while the gaming competition would offer consoles, phones, and game services.
• Fang Yuan announced the tournament’s points-based battle rules, including unrestricted items and partner combinations that fit in one Poké Ball.
• Fang Yuan said the tournament would last three days, with Milotic and Victini healing the contestants between battles.
• Fang Yuan scheduled the Eighth Fang Yuan Tournament to begin in two days, giving the Pokémon time to prepare.

Fang Yuan’s Pokémon completed the Eighth Fang Yuan Tournament to determine who would receive the five wish opportunities while Jirachi was awake. Eevee and Infernape tied for first after a grueling final battle, leaving Fang Yuan to learn what wishes the winners would make.

• Fang Yuan brought his Pokémon to a reinforced island arena, where the two Celebi and Victini helped maintain the venue and heal contestants.
• Venusaur, Lycanroc, Ditto, and Dragonite finished tenth through seventh, while Milotic defeated Gengar to take sixth and Gengar claimed fifth.
• Darkrai placed fourth, Armored Magnezone third, and Infernape beat Eevee in the final match after opening its Seventh Gate, only for Eevee to reveal that it had used Substitute.
• With both Pokémon too exhausted to continue, Eevee and Infernape were declared tied for first, completing the tournament rankings.

After the tournaments ended, Fang Yuan began granting the five winners’ wishes, starting with Gluttony Ghost and Darkrai. Darkrai wished to become the strongest Darkrai, and Fang Yuan promised to help it pursue that goal after they returned to the Pokémon World.

• Eevee and Infernape fought to a draw, and the Celebi, Victini, and Milotic treated their injuries.
• Victini won the Game Tournament, with Hoopa placing second and Jirachi third, and the Fang Yuan Tournament winners gathered to make their wishes.
• Gluttony Ghost first asked Hoopa for its ring, then changed its wish to learning Hoopa’s spatial abilities in exchange for Energy Cubes.
• Darkrai rejected Fang Yuan’s suggestion that it wished to find the Dreaming God and declared that it wanted to become the strongest Darkrai.
• Fang Yuan promised to train Darkrai toward Legendary strength and take it to challenge other Darkrai after they returned to the Pokémon World.

Fang Yuan explained how Plates could help his Pokémon reach the Legendary Domain, then Jirachi granted Armored Magnezone’s wish to let its two Klinklang evolve without ending their fusion. Armored Magnezone gained two Klang components and rose to Quasi-Legendary Level, leaving Fang Yuan’s team eager to test its new strength.

• Fang Yuan reassured Darkrai that he could reach Legendary Level within a year by training toward Quasi-Legendary Level and then using the Dark-type Stone Plate.
• Armored Magnezone wished for its two Klinklang to evolve while preserving their coexistence and fusion with Magnezone.
• Jirachi examined Armored Magnezone and agreed to attempt the wish, drawing power from the Millennial Comet and Wallace’s Seven-Colored Meteorite Fragment.
• Jirachi’s power evolved the two Klinklang into Klang, adding floating Metal Rings and Small Gears to Armored Magnezone.
• Fang Yuan and Rotom Phone determined that Armored Magnezone had reached Quasi-Legendary Level and could contend with powerful Legendary Pokémon.

Jirachi used the Millennial Comet’s power to strengthen Infernape’s physique, letting him withstand the Seventh Gate with far less strain and laying the groundwork for the Eighth Gate. Fang Yuan said they would assess Infernape’s limits, while Jirachi grew sleepy and the Millennial Comet seemed to speed away.

• Jirachi explained that the stars let it grant only three wishes each time it woke, leaving two wishes after helping Chef Magnezone.
• Infernape wished to master Perfect Fusion Power, so Fang Yuan clarified that he wanted a stronger, more resilient body that could withstand the Seventh Gate.
• Jirachi drew on the Millennial Comet’s power and strengthened Infernape until the enhancement reached its limit.
• Infernape tested its new physical strength with a punch that swept away ruins, then said it could now open the Seventh Gate whenever it wanted.
• Fang Yuan said they would examine Infernape to determine whether it could use the Eighth Gate, and Jirachi grew sleepy as the Millennial Comet appeared to flee.

Jirachi chose to spend its final waking day granting wishes and playing with Fang Yuan and his Pokémon before the Millennial Comet disappeared. Jirachi fell into a thousand-year slumber, while Victini vowed to grow strong enough to wake it sooner and Hoopa sought reassurance that Fang Yuan would stay.

• Jirachi said it was about to fall asleep and wanted to fulfill everyone’s wishes before it did.
• Eevee asked Jirachi what it wished for, and Jirachi wished to stay awake longer and play with everyone.
• Eevee offered its wish to make Fang Yuan powerful and immortal, but Fang Yuan told it to choose another wish.
• Fang Yuan and the Pokémon spent a long time playing with Jirachi in Darkrai’s dream, then watched the Millennial Comet fade and Jirachi return to a pink crystal.
• Darkrai and Victini could not reach Jirachi’s consciousness after it entered suspended sleep, so Victini vowed to grow strong enough to simulate Comet Energy and wake Jirachi.
• Hoopa, upset by the separation, asked Fang Yuan whether he would leave too, and Fang Yuan promised they would always be together.

Fang Yuan returned from the Parallel Timeline with Little Hoopa, leaving Mew responsible for guarding Hoopa’s sealed evil power and scrambling to obtain two Plates. Meanwhile, He Xiaomai disrupted Alliance Island’s God Domain Training, and Xie Qingyi received a Legendary Resource from the Regi Trio at Fang Yuan’s institute.

• Representatives agreed that World Championship competitors could carry only one item, while He Xiaomai used her Mega Blastoise to defeat trainees and become the God Domain Pokémon’s examiner.
• Luo Ke urged Shaymin to learn from He Xiaomai, while Fang Yuan’s institute temporarily employed the Regi Trio as gatekeepers.
• Xie Qingyi collected a Legendary Feather from the Regi Trio and realized Fang Yuan had left her to handle his work.
• Mew worried when Fang Yuan stayed away for more than a week, then welcomed him back and noticed his Aura Power and Psychic Power had greatly increased.
• Fang Yuan gave Mew the Prison Bottle containing Hoopa’s sealed evil power and revealed that he had brought Little Hoopa back with him.
• Little Hoopa tried to reclaim its power, and Fang Yuan told Mew to guard the Prison Bottle and negotiate with Hoopa for the Ghost Stone Plate and Dark-type Stone Plate.

Fang Yuan set up a time-accelerated training ground for the China Association, then returned to the Pokémon World with Little Hoopa. His arrival shocked Groudon, Kyogre, and Mewtwo, and he immediately recruited them to teach Eevee and Venusaur Autonomous Z-Moves.

• Lycanroc slipped away toward the World Tree while Mew stayed at Fang Yuan Research Institute to keep Little Hoopa occupied.
• Fang Yuan planned to collect the remaining Stone Plates, compete for the Rock Stone Plate, and raise his Pokémon’s strength before the Pokémon World Championships.
• Fang Yuan worked with Darkrai, Victini, and two Celebi to create a valley where one day outside equaled about a week in the Dream Domain.
• Fang Yuan returned to the Pokémon World with Little Hoopa and reunited with Groudon, Kyogre, and Mewtwo on the Psychic Ruins island.
• Groudon and Kyogre recognized Little Hoopa as the legendary Hoopa Unbound, while Mewtwo was shocked that Fang Yuan had brought it along.
• Fang Yuan ordered Groudon and Mewtwo to help Darkrai, the two Celebi, and Victini teach Eevee and Venusaur Autonomous Z-Moves within one day.

Fang Yuan assigned Eevee and Venusaur to train in autonomous Z-Moves while he pursued a higher Championships ranking. He challenged Bea in Galar and prepared to travel there, hoping to experience its Dynamax battles.

• Fang Yuan explained the five stages of Z-Power training and left Eevee, Venusaur, Victini, Darkrai, Groudon, Mewtwo, Little Celebi, and Hoopa on Base Island to train and search for Plates.
• Fang Yuan checked the Championships rankings and asked Rotom to find a strong Trainer who would accept a challenge from someone ranked 611th.
• Rotom found Bea, who had previously contacted Fang Yuan and had since risen to 139th place.
• Bea accepted Fang Yuan's challenge but insisted that their battle take place in Galar.
• Fang Yuan decided to travel to Galar and considered learning about Gigantamax and Dynamax battles there.

Bea’s warning about Fang Yuan’s Championships record drew Rose and Olivia’s attention, but their investigation could not uncover his encrypted history. After reaching Galar ahead of schedule, Fang Yuan postponed his battle with Bea and went to the wilderness to test whether Gengar could absorb Gigantamax energy.

• Bea reviewed Fang Yuan’s undefeated record and asked Olivia about starting a Dynamax Battle for their match.
• Olivia found that Fang Yuan’s records were encrypted, and Rose decided to bring Leon to watch the battle.
• Fang Yuan arrived in Soaring Legend Town quickly and agreed to battle Bea the next day because she was still training and her Pokémon were not ready.
• Fang Yuan sensed pink Gigantamax energy beneath the wilderness and asked Gengar to try absorbing it.

Fang Yuan had Gluttony Ghost absorb Galar Particles and Gigantamax without a Dynamax Band, revealing its unusual white Gengar form and drawing Bea to the Wilderness Area. After meeting Bea, Fang Yuan learned that Leon had been asked to battle him privately, and Leon agreed to the match without using Charizard.

• Fang Yuan summoned Infernape to stand by in case Gluttony Ghost lost control, then directed Gluttony Ghost to absorb Galar Particles from underground.
• Gluttony Ghost Gigantamaxed into a white, enormous Gengar, and Fang Yuan photographed its form while observing its strength and short duration.
• Bea rushed toward the apparent Gigantamax emergency, found Fang Yuan with Gluttony Ghost, and learned that the Pokémon belonged to him and had Gigantamaxed without a Dynamax Band.
• Fang Yuan introduced himself to Bea, and they agreed to have dinner and discuss their scheduled battle.
• In the Crown Tundra, Chairman Rose asked Leon to privately battle Fang Yuan, and Leon accepted while deciding not to use Charizard.