Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan spotted a Feebas and considered how Light Blue Energy Cubes might help reveal its Evolution Condition and become a lucrative business. After he tossed one into the pond, the Feebas grabbed it and disappeared, leaving Fang Yuan and Eevee to turn their attention to the gathered Magikarp.

• Fang Yuan saw a Feebas in the pond and recalled that Feebas evolved through Prism Scale and Beauty, conditions researchers had yet to explain.
• Fang Yuan reasoned that his Light Blue Energy Cubes might increase Feebas's true Beauty by changing its constitution, potentially revealing its Evolution Condition and creating a profitable business.
• Fang Yuan threw a Light Blue Energy Cube into the pond, attracting nearby Pokémon, including the Feebas.
• The Feebas used Tackle to beat the other Pokémon to the Energy Cube, ate it, and swam away without approaching Fang Yuan or Eevee.
• Fang Yuan told Eevee to learn from the Feebas and then pointed at the gathered Magikarp, saying it was time to get to work.

Fang Yuan trained Eevee and Magnemite in Nanwu Town, then returned to Flat City and traveled to Jinling to visit Southern River University. Meanwhile, the Modu Trainer Association exposed Dr. Chen Shengcong’s forbidden experiments and issued a nationwide Wanted Order as he remained at large.

• Fang Yuan trained Eevee and Magnemite, finding that their Reflect and Light Screen defenses still needed improvement.
• Fang Yuan left Nanwu Town after Feebas ignored his attempts to befriend it and returned to Flat City.
• The Modu Trainer Association discovered that Dr. Chen Shengcong had conducted human experiments and Elf cloning at his institute before fleeing.
• The Association reconstructed how Dr. Chen Shengcong’s research into an active fossil had led him to forbidden experiments and issued a nationwide Wanted Order.
• Fang Yuan boarded a maglev train from Flat City to Jinling to visit Southern River University.

Fang Yuan and Wen Siyu visited Nineteenth Street, a Pokémon-related black market, where Fang Yuan found the goods and activities disappointing. Wen Siyu then spotted an old man's stall in a dim hutong, drawing Fang Yuan's attention to it.

• Wen Siyu offered to take Fang Yuan to Professor Xu Qingmu's laboratory and invited him to visit Nineteenth Street that evening.
• Fang Yuan and Wen Siyu explored Nineteenth Street, where Wen Siyu explained that most supposed Secret Realm finds were worthless and warned him about sellers passing off ordinary goods as special.
• Fang Yuan examined mushroom and pearl stalls but found no treasures, then passed on several Pokémon-related activities.
• Wen Siyu grabbed Fang Yuan and pointed out a shabby old man's stall in a dim hutong, where a Spoink stood beside him.

Fang Yuan and Wen Siyu discovered a stall where challengers paid to test whether their Pokémon could resist Spoink’s hypnosis and win an item. After Wen Siyu’s Wigglytuff was hypnotized, Fang Yuan stepped up, believing he had a way to succeed.

• Fang Yuan and Wen Siyu found the stall’s valuable items and learned that challengers had to pay 500 yuan for a chance to take one.
• A university team member’s Pinsir and two other Pokémon quickly fell to Spoink’s hypnosis.
• Wen Siyu explained that the stall owner appeared to adjust Spoink’s hypnosis to each challenger’s strength.
• Wen Siyu challenged the stall with Wigglytuff, but Wigglytuff collapsed after four seconds and Wen Siyu paid the fee.
• Fang Yuan decided to challenge the stall with Eevee, hoping to use the owner’s adjusted hypnosis against him.

Fang Yuan challenged the old stall owner's Spoink and used a provocative reminder to awaken Eevee from hypnosis by triggering its Anger Energy. After Eevee won the challenge, the old man gave Fang Yuan a rare Swagger Move Manual, and Fang Yuan left unsure why the stall owner had taken such an interest in them.

• Fang Yuan paid the five-hundred-yuan challenge fee and sent Eevee to face the old stall owner's Spoink.
• Spoink began hypnotizing Eevee, and Fang Yuan broke its concentration by shouting that Magnemite had blown up Eevee's phone again.
• Eevee's anger surged and disrupted Spoink's hypnosis, prompting the old stall owner to recognize Eevee's use of Anger Energy.
• The old stall owner let Fang Yuan choose a reward and recommended a rare Swagger Move Manual suited to Eevee.
• Fang Yuan accepted the manual and left the hutong with Wen Siyu, still puzzled by the old stall owner's behavior.

Fang Yuan had Eevee study Swagger and tested the move against Trainers at the Public Battle Arena, where Eevee learned to enrage opponents and won several battles. After watching them fight, Xie Qingyi challenged Fang Yuan with her own Eevee.

• Fang Yuan read the Swagger Move Manual and decided Eevee should learn the move, though its Psychic Power limited how many opponents it could affect.
• At the Public Battle Arena, Eevee struggled to enrage Magnemite because Magnemite’s Psychic Power and Thunder Wave disrupted Swagger.
• Fang Yuan took Eevee to challenge Rookie Trainers, and Eevee used Swagger to provoke their Pokémon into attacking recklessly before defeating them.
• Xie Qingyi approached Fang Yuan after watching his battles and challenged him with her Eevee.

Fang Yuan and Eevee lost a battle against Xie Qingyi and her Eevee, Little Yi, whose powerful moves included Baby-Doll Eyes. After learning that Xie Qingyi was a celebrated Magic University researcher who developed the Rotom Phone, Fang Yuan wondered about her Pokémon and resolved to keep improving.

• Fang Yuan's Eevee opened the battle with Swagger, but Little Yi blocked it with Protect and used Baby-Doll Eyes to leave Eevee vulnerable to Quick Attack.
• Little Yi defeated Eevee after displaying a strong moveset that included Double Kick, Protect, Baby-Doll Eyes, and Last Resort.
• Fang Yuan returned to the Pokémon Center, regretted not asking Xie Qingyi for her contact information, and learned from Wen Siyu that they would visit Professor Xu Qingmu at 8:00 the next morning.
• Wen Siyu prompted Fang Yuan to search Xie Qingyi's name, and Fang Yuan discovered she was a Science Star Award recipient and a Magic University researcher specializing in Fairy Attributes.
• Fang Yuan found that Xie Qingyi's Beginner Pokémon was Swablu and considered how its evolution, Altaria, could use Fairy-type moves.

Fang Yuan and Wen Siyu visited Professor Xu Qingmu at the Greenwood Research Institute, where he shared his research on Eevee’s unstable genes and evolution. He proposed that an Eevee’s Awakening Power type could reveal its most suitable evolution, giving Fang Yuan a new way to consider Eevee’s future.

• Fang Yuan and Wen Siyu arrived at the Greenwood Research Institute and met Professor Xu Qingmu, who welcomed them inside.
• Professor Xu Qingmu served Eevee a specially made drink, and Eevee drank it after discovering it was nearly tasteless.
• Fang Yuan said Jolteon was a likely evolution for Eevee because Electric-type resources were easier to obtain and Eevee was fast.
• Professor Xu Qingmu explained that Eevee’s unstable genes made it a notable subject for studying evolution and that each Eevee might have a different best evolution path.
• Fang Yuan realized that an Eevee’s Awakening Power type could indicate its strongest elemental talent and the evolution best suited to it.

Fang Yuan visited Professor Xu Qingmu’s institute, where they discussed using Eevee’s Awakening Power to guide its evolution and encountered Eevee with different abilities. Xu Qingmu later invited Fang Yuan back to collect reaction-speed data, while Xie Qingyi arrived at Fang Yuan’s hotel.

• Professor Xu Qingmu suggested that Eevee’s Awakening Power attribute could indicate its most suitable Evolution Form, though the theory could not be tested without Eevee learning Awakening Power.
• Fang Yuan and Wen Siyu visited the institute’s backyard, where Professor Xu Qingmu showed them five Eevee, including two with the Anticipation Ability.
• Fang Yuan told Xu Qingmu that Xie Qingyi’s Eevee had used Baby-Doll Eyes, and Xu Qingmu stiffened when he heard her name.
• Xu Qingmu called Fang Yuan that evening and invited him back the next day to help gather reaction-speed data from Eevee with the Anticipation Ability.
• Xie Qingyi arrived at Fang Yuan’s hotel and booked a room using her university student Trainer discount.

Fang Yuan and Eevee discovered that the man posing as Professor Xu Qingmu was a researcher named Doctor Chen, who planned to use Eevee in dangerous experiments with the R Drug. As Fang Yuan and Eevee were pinned down and the drug was about to take effect, the doorbell rang.

• Doctor Chen told Fang Yuan about a researcher whose failed experiments with the R Drug had driven him to seek an Eevee test subject.
• Doctor Chen revealed that he had secretly given Eevee red and green R Drug, which was about to take effect.
• Doctor Chen pinned Fang Yuan and Eevee to the sofa and revealed that Professor Xu Qingmu had died several days earlier.
• Doctor Chen summoned a Zoroark and said he would leave once he confirmed Eevee was a suitable test subject.
• The doorbell rang as Fang Yuan and Eevee faced Doctor Chen.

Xie Qingyi confronted Chen Shengcong at the Greenwood Research Institute while Fang Yuan tried to escape with Eevee, whose body was reacting violently to the Red and Green Drug. Eevee briefly suppressed the drug’s destructive gene, but the battle drew the attention of the Trainer Association and others as the clash between Xie and Chen continued.

• Xie Qingyi tracked Chen Shengcong to the Greenwood Research Institute and confronted him for experimenting on Fang Yuan and Eevee.
• Xie Qingyi’s Gardevoir freed Fang Yuan, and her Mimikyu blocked Chen Shengcong’s Ditto as Fang Yuan fled with Eevee.
• The Red and Green Drug drove Eevee into a frenzy, and Fang Yuan’s attempt to recall it failed.
• Eevee’s Soothing Bell and Emotional Energy helped it suppress the destructive gene and fling its Shadow Ball away from Fang Yuan.
• Chen Shengcong tried to reach Eevee, but Xie Qingyi blocked him as their Pokémon clashed.
• The Golden Hill Trainer Association detected the battle, foreign spies began gathering information, and an old man with Psychic Power rushed toward the institute.

After waking in the hospital, Fang Yuan learned that Eevee had developed new genes and sharply increased Psychic Power after the drug incident, though its future condition remained uncertain. Xie Qingyi protected Eevee from the Golden Hill Trainer Association, and Kong Hai arrived to take charge before offering to make Xie Qingyi his disciple.

• Fang Yuan woke in the hospital and asked about Eevee, which was asleep in the next bed and out of immediate danger.
• Rotom reported that Eevee had developed new genes, its other genes had begun to solidify, and its Psychic Power had increased sharply, while its long-term risks remained unknown.
• Xie Qingyi promised to cover Fang Yuan and Eevee’s treatment and said Doctor Xu Qing could examine Eevee.
• Researchers from the Golden Hill Trainer Association tried to take custody of Eevee, but Xie Qingyi ordered them to leave.
• Kong Hai arrived and sent the researchers away, then praised Xie Qingyi for defeating Chen Shengcong and offered to take her as his disciple.
• Xie Qingyi declined Kong Hai’s offer, saying she did not need a teacher.

Fang Yuan waited anxiously at the hospital for Eevee to awaken after it resisted the R Drug, and the pair reunited after nearly three days. Eevee recovered enough to return to Fang Yuan’s shoulder, but further examinations remained necessary as its new abilities and condition emerged.

• Fang Yuan stayed beside Eevee in the hospital for two days while his family, Yang Han, Zhuang Xin, school representatives, and Xie Qingyi checked on them.
• Xie Qingyi learned Fang Yuan had exhausted himself keeping watch, and Eevee woke by licking his face and crawling toward him.
• Xie Qingyi told Fang Yuan that Chen Shengcong’s drugs were dangerous and that Eevee would need ongoing hospital examinations, though no one would restrict Fang Yuan unless Eevee became a threat.
• Eevee’s examination showed it had regained its energy, and it discovered that its Psychic Power had greatly increased and it could use Focus Blast.
• Eevee realized its new Focus Blast ability could help it control Substitute while the Substitute trained.

Fang Yuan and Eevee remained at Jinling General Hospital while Doctor Li Qing warned that Eevee’s altered genes made evolution risky. During a month of training, Eevee developed Help Move and used it with Substitute to stabilize Spiral Shadow Ball, though the powerful attack still had limited range and accuracy.

• Eevee apologized to Fang Yuan for hurting him while confused, and Fang Yuan reassured it that he held no grudge.
• Doctor Li Qing examined Eevee and advised Fang Yuan against letting it evolve until its altered genes returned to normal, warning that evolution could cause unknown effects.
• Fang Yuan resumed training at the hospital with resources from the Peaceful City Trainer Association, while Eevee’s improved Psychic Power left Magnemite feeling resentful.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee struggled to stabilize Spiral Shadow Ball, as its rotating energy tore apart and slightly injured Eevee.
• After a month, Eevee independently learned Help Move and used it through Substitute to stabilize Spiral Shadow Ball, producing a powerful attack that still had limited range and accuracy.

During Eevee’s final examinations at Jinling General Hospital, Fang Yuan learned how his classmates and their Pokémon had improved while he was away. With Eevee showing no abnormal symptoms, Fang Yuan expected to return to school in time for the Provincial High School Pokémon Battle League.

• Fang Yuan checked Eevee’s examination notice and expected the final tests to clear it for discharge after two months without abnormal symptoms.
• Liu Le sent Fang Yuan pictures and a video of Snorlax chaining moves in its sleep and asked how well Eevee had learned Shadow Ball.
• Fang Yuan reflected that Eevee’s Psychic Power had grown enormously, while Magnemite had steadily improved and learned Magnet Bomb.
• Liu Le told Fang Yuan that the New Star Plan had added Yue Chenfei and Zhou Xueyao, Teacher Li had restarted the Psychology Club, and Lin Jing had been tentatively named school team captain.
• Fang Yuan learned that Lin Jing’s Growlithe was improving rapidly, though it had not yet evolved into Arcanine.

After returning to Flat City, Fang Yuan and Eevee underwent a Guidance Battle with Professional Trainer Yang Han so Yang Han and Zhuang Xin could assess their progress before the provincial competition. Eevee revealed its powerful Swagger and Spiral Shadow Ball, and Zhuang Xin concluded that Fang Yuan should become the core of the team.

• Yang Han picked up Fang Yuan and Eevee after Eevee passed two months of hospital observation, then brought them to the Trainer Association for an assessment.
• Yang Han and Zhuang Xin arranged a Guidance Battle at a rented Battle Arena, and Yang Han sent out his Charizard against Eevee.
• Eevee used Swagger to enrage Charizard, then charged with Payback Move and made Charizard meet its attack with a Fire Punch before Charizard knocked Eevee away with its tail.
• Fang Yuan revealed that Eevee had another move and asked Yang Han to let Charizard defend without attacking while Eevee prepared it.
• Eevee and its Substitute combined Shadow Ball with Help Move to create a Spiral Shadow Ball that tore through Charizard's Flamethrower before Charizard blocked it.
• Yang Han identified the Spiral Shadow Ball's slow preparation as a weakness, and Zhuang Xin concluded that Fang Yuan should lead the team while his teammates coordinated around his strengths.

After Eevee exhausted itself using Spiral Shadow Ball, Fang Yuan returned home and considered training Magnemite with natural lightning. He weighed his university options and leaned toward Modu University so he could seek help with Eevee’s altered genes, while reminding himself to focus on the upcoming rookie competition.

• Eevee collapsed from using Spiral Shadow Ball, and Yang Han and Zhuang Xin praised Fang Yuan’s progress before Zhuang Xin arranged for him to report to school the next day.
• Fang Yuan returned home, where his parents welcomed him and Mother Fang fussed over him and Eevee.
• Fang Yuan asked Father Fang about thunderstorms because he wanted Magnemite to train by absorbing natural lightning, but Father Fang warned him that the plan was dangerous.
• Fang Yuan organized his Rattled Ability thesis and considered his prospects for university admission after Senior Xie Qingyi said his Anticipation Ability thesis could earn him admission to Modu University.
• Fang Yuan decided to apply to Modu University so he could meet Doctor Li Qing and investigate Eevee’s changed genes, then resolved to focus on the rookie competition for now.

Fang Yuan returned to Peaceful City First High School and took over as captain of its Trainer School Team after Eevee decisively defeated Lin Jing’s Growlithe. With the provincial competition approaching, the team finalized its roster and prepared to leave for Jinling.

• Fang Yuan returned to school and met the Trainer School Team at the gymnasium.
• Wu Pingqiu appointed Fang Yuan as captain, and Lin Jing challenged him to a battle to demonstrate his strength.
• Eevee used Substitute, Shadow Ball, and Sand Attack to defeat Lin Jing’s Growlithe, earning the team’s acceptance of Fang Yuan as captain.
• The school finalized its competition roster with Fang Yuan as captain and planned tactics around him.
• Wu Pingqiu announced that the team would depart for Jinling on the 19th ahead of the competition.

Peaceful City First High School’s team arrived at the Jinling Pokémon Arena Center for the provincial league and settled into the Athlete Village. Fang Yuan planned to challenge other schools’ contestants with Magnemite, and he spotted two girls in red uniforms at a convenience store.

• Zhuang Xin led Peaceful City First High School’s ten contestants to the arena center, where Zhou Xueyao and the others worried about competing in school uniforms while rival teams wore custom uniforms.
• The team registered and moved into the Athlete Village, where Fang Yuan dismissed Liu Le’s suggestions to tour the battlefields or scout the competition zones.
• Fang Yuan told Liu Le he would challenge contestants from other schools with Magnemite to gain experience before the competition began.
• Fang Yuan and Liu Le slipped away from their teammates and passed a convenience store, where Fang Yuan spotted two girls in red school uniforms and hoped they would accept a challenge.

Fang Yuan and Liu Le looked for opponents to battle at Athlete Village, and Fang Yuan challenged Zheng Xinyi from Great Peace Middle School. Fang Yuan’s Magnemite struck Zheng Xinyi’s Beautifly with a powerful Thunderbolt, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Fang Yuan invited Zheng Xinyi and Wang Xu to a warm-up battle, but they left to ask their teacher first.
• Zheng Xinyi and Wang Xu returned with two boys, and Fang Yuan agreed to battle Zheng Xinyi while Liu Le declined to participate.
• At the Battle Arena, Zheng Xinyi sent out Beautifly, and Fang Yuan sent out his unevolved Magnemite.
• Beautifly used Agility and dodged Magnemite’s Thunder Wave before Zheng Xinyi ordered Bubble Beam.
• Magnemite blocked Bubble Beam with Light Screen and sent Thunderbolt along the attack, blasting Beautifly away.