Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan’s Magnemite battled through Great Peace Middle School’s team, defeating Beautifly, Gloom, and Snover with defensive screens and Psychic Awakening Power. As more students gathered to watch, Bai Qi and the Wuzhou First High School team recognized Fang Yuan from their earlier exchange battle.

• Magnemite defeated Zheng Xinyi’s Beautifly using Light Screen, Thunderbolt, and Thunder Wave, and Wang Xu volunteered to battle next.
• Wang Xu’s Gloom failed to affect Magnemite with its foul smell, and Magnemite struck it with Psychic Awakening Power, sending it crashing into the arena wall.
• Chen Mo sent out Snover, but Fang Yuan’s Magnemite shattered Snover’s Icy Wind assault and blasted it away with Awakening Power.
• Students from other schools gathered to watch, and Bai Qi recognized Fang Yuan as the trainer whose Eevee had defeated his Magmar.
• Wang You and the Wuzhou First High School team recognized Fang Yuan and were surprised to see him battling with Magnemite.

Fang Yuan and Magnemite defeated all four Great Peace Middle School contestants before Fang Yuan left the arena with Liu Le and encountered Bai Qi. At the Provincial High School Pokémon Battle League opening ceremony, the contestants assembled and heard the rules.

• Magnemite won its fourth battle, defeating Great Peace Middle School's final contestant after beating the other three.
• Fang Yuan decided not to send Eevee into battle and left the arena with Liu Le after wishing Great Peace Middle School luck in the Main Competition.
• Bai Qi challenged Fang Yuan to meet again in the Main Competition and Team Competition, and Fang Yuan agreed.
• The Provincial High School Pokémon Battle League opening ceremony began on April 20, with Wang Lin introducing the competition and its twenty schools.
• Fang Yuan led Peaceful City First High School's ten-person team into the stadium, where the contestants took their oath and listened to speeches before Wang Lin explained the rules.

Fang Yuan listened to the Individual and Team Battle rules, then watched Professional Trainers Qiao Liang and Song Yifan demonstrate the power of Blaziken and Tyranitar. After the first-round pairings were announced, Fang Yuan learned he would face a Graveler user from Lvhia Senior High School and rested ahead of the competition.

• Fang Yuan heard that the Individual Battle Selection Examination would cut 140 contestants down to 48, while the Team Battles would advance eight schools to a final round-robin.
• Fang Yuan decided to leave strategic choices to the teachers and aimed to win the championship with Eevee.
• Host Wang Lin introduced Professional Trainers Qiao Liang and Song Yifan, whose Blaziken and Tyranitar battled in an exhibition match.
• After the opening ceremony, the contestants learned their first-round Selection Examination pairings.
• Teacher Bai Ning told Fang Yuan that he would face a student from Lvhia Senior High School whose Pokémon was Graveler, and reminded him to save stamina for the Team Battle.
• Fang Yuan rested while Liu Le prepared to face a Machop and Lin Jing prepared to face a Bellsprout.

Fang Yuan entered the Su Province High School Pokémon League as Peaceful City First High School’s captain and overwhelmed his first opponent with Eevee. His decisive win drew attention from rival schools and thrilled reporter Lu Shuang.

• Reporter Lu Shuang spotted Fang Yuan at the opening ceremony and decided to follow his matches for a major story.
• Fang Yuan arrived at Field Three, where students from Peaceful City First High School gathered to cheer him on.
• Fang Yuan faced Liang Yan of Green Sea High School, whose Graveler was rattled by Fang Yuan’s reputation.
• As Liang Yan ordered Graveler to use Rock Throw, Eevee launched two Shadow Balls without waiting for Fang Yuan’s command.
• Eevee knocked out Graveler almost immediately, leaving the spectators stunned.
• Rival-school teachers recorded Fang Yuan’s strength, while Lu Shuang and Peaceful City First High School’s supporters celebrated his victory.

After Fang Yuan’s individual match, Peaceful City First High School prepared to face Great Peace Middle School in the Team Battle. Fang Yuan and Eevee opened with an Anger Bombardment tactic that sent the opposing team’s Pokémon charging helplessly into long-range attacks.

• Fang Yuan learned that Peaceful City First High School’s first Team Battle opponent would be Great Peace Middle School, whose contestants he and Magnemite had defeated the day before.
• Liu Le was ruled out of the Team Battle after Snorlax was injured, and the school selected Fang Yuan, Lin Jing, Yue Chenfei, Zhang Yan, and Zhang Huanyu for the lineup.
• The teams took their positions on the Rock Battlefield, with Fang Yuan and Eevee at the center of Peaceful City First High School’s formation.
• When the battle began, Eevee charged forward alone and used Swagger, leaving Great Peace Middle School’s Pokémon unable to follow their Trainers’ commands and provoking them into attacking.
• Zhuang Xin recognized Fang Yuan’s strategy: Eevee would draw the enraged Pokémon in while the rest of the team bombarded them with ranged attacks.

Fang Yuan’s Eevee led Peaceful City First High School to a swift Team Battle victory, revealing its powerful Psychic abilities and drawing warnings from Zhuang Xin about adapting when opponents targeted its known tactics. The Selection Examination ended with Fang Yuan and Lin Jing advancing from their school, while Liu Le and the rest of the team were eliminated.

• Eevee helped Peaceful City First High School defeat Great Peace Middle School’s team in 61 seconds by provoking all five opposing Pokémon into losing their Combat Ability.
• Zhao Yan and other spectators recognized Eevee’s exceptional Psychic Power, while Zhuang Xin warned Fang Yuan that opponents would now prepare for Eevee’s exposed abilities and urged him to rely on his command skills.
• Fang Yuan won all three Individual Battles the next day, defeating each opponent with Shadow Ball.
• Liu Le lost all three of his battles, while Lin Jing earned a win, a loss, and a draw and advanced through extra cultivation points for Growlithe’s training.
• Only Fang Yuan and Lin Jing advanced from Peaceful City First High School as the field narrowed from 140 contestants to 48.

Fang Yuan and Eevee faced Calm Sea High School in the final stretch of the Team Battle preliminaries, using Swagger in an unexpected way to target every opponent except Vigoroth. The match was still underway as Eevee tried to defeat Vigoroth amid its confused teammates' attacks.

• At the cafeteria, Liu Le cried over his battle results and explained that he had hoped to earn a larger allowance, while Fang Yuan reminded everyone to prepare for their next match.
• Eevee spent the night liking its own battle pictures and videos, while Fang Yuan found a post predicting he would become the Su Province Rookie King.
• Before the match, Wu Pingqiu warned Fang Yuan that Guo Xuan's Vigoroth had strong resistance to psychic-type moves, and Fang Yuan suggested trying a different approach.
• Calm Sea High School's team attacked Peaceful City First High School's other Pokémon, and Zhou Xueyao's Ivysaur quickly lost its Combat Ability.
• Eevee used Swagger on every opposing Pokémon except Vigoroth, then closed in on Vigoroth as its confused teammates began attacking without regard for one another.

Fang Yuan and Eevee dominated the team battle against Calm Sea High School, using their strength and battle awareness to turn the opposing Pokémon against one another. Peaceful City First High School preserved its perfect preliminary record, and Fang Yuan drew attention from universities while setting his sights far beyond them.

• Eevee matched Vigoroth in close combat and dodged attacks so that Calm Sea High School's Pokémon struck their own teammate.
• At Guo Xuan's command, Vigoroth prepared to use Uproar, but Eevee attacked again and used a leap to make Heracross crash into Vigoroth.
• Eevee's control and battle awareness impressed the referees as it restrained all five opponents, and Vigoroth collapsed after being worn down by its teammates' attacks.
• After the match, Teacher Bai Ning worried that Fang Yuan and Eevee had exhausted themselves before his two Individual Battles, and Fang Yuan said he would not take such a risk again after the Main Competition began.
• Online discussions praised Peaceful City First High School's undefeated preliminary record, and several provincial universities offered Fang Yuan admission benefits that did not sway him from his ambitions.

Fang Yuan and Eevee advanced through the Individual Battle preliminaries, while Lin Jing failed to qualify. After the rookie rankings placed Fang Yuan second behind Jiang Ran, Zhuang Xin warned him that Jiang Ran might be connected to the Spirit World, leaving him to consider how difficult their coming battle would be.

• Eevee won both of Fang Yuan's Individual Battles despite still recovering from the Team Battle, while Lin Jing lost her chance to advance.
• Zhuang Xin shared the Jiangsu Province Rookie Trainer Strength Ranking, which placed Jiang Ran first and Fang Yuan second.
• Fang Yuan asked Zhuang Xin about Jiang Ran's background after finding little information about her online.
• Zhuang Xin explained that Jiang Ran's Haunter and battle style suggested a connection to the Spirit World, an inheritance that gave its Trainers access to powerful training and resources.
• Zhuang Xin urged Fang Yuan to take Jiang Ran seriously, and Fang Yuan went to bed wondering how he could beat her.

At the Su Province High School Pokémon League main competition, Jiang Ran and Fang Yuan each won their opening matches in decisive fashion, drawing attention to their powerful Pokémon. The tournament continued, with Fang Yuan anticipating a possible final against Jiang Ran.

• On April 23rd, contestants and spectators discussed the Golden Hill Trainer Association's Rookie List as the main competition began.
• Fang Yuan learned he was scheduled for the final match and said he looked forward to possibly meeting Jiang Ran in the finals.
• Jiang Ran's Haunter defeated Feng Kun's Arbok with Feint Attack and Dream Eater, impressing the audience and Fang Yuan.
• Guo Xuan won the second match with Vigoroth, and the tournament proceeded through several more battles.
• In the eighth match, Fang Yuan's Eevee evaded its opponent's attacks, used Swagger, Shadow Ball, and Iron Tail, and knocked out the opposing Breloom.

After his team won two more matches, Fang Yuan went to the training fields with Magnemite to practice the Railgun technique. He and Magnemite made limited progress, and Fang Yuan planned to keep developing the move as Magnemite grew stronger.

• Fang Yuan led Peaceful City First High School to two Team Battle victories, boosting his and Eevee’s popularity.
• Fang Yuan decided to train after dinner, but Liu Le fell asleep and other contestants refused his sparring challenge.
• Fang Yuan took Magnemite to an empty training field and explained that no one would battle them because of Eevee’s recent performances.
• Fang Yuan and Magnemite resumed practicing Railgun, using Magnet Bomb, electric current, a Magnetic Field, and Lock-On to improve the attack’s speed and accuracy.
• Fang Yuan concluded that continued practice and Magnemite’s future growth could make Railgun usable against opponents.

Fang Yuan defeated Zhang Rui in the Individual Battle quarterfinals, while Peaceful City First High School prepared to face the powerful South University Affiliated High School in the Team Battle. The chapter ended with Lin Jing volunteering to join Fang Yuan, Liu Le, Zhang Huanyu, and Yue Chenfei in the lineup.

• Magnemite practiced Railgun with Fang Yuan, who warned it not to get distracted and threatened it with exercise books.
• Director Wu drew Nanjiang University High School Affiliated as Peaceful City First High School's next Team Battle opponent, and Fang Yuan said he was confident about his Individual Battle against Zhang Rui.
• Jiang Ran's Haunter overwhelmed Guo Xuan's Vigoroth, and the other quarterfinal matches produced victories for Martial Advance High School and Abundant City Middle School.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee defeated Zhang Rui's Solrock with Swagger and a Shadow Ball, advancing through their quarterfinal match.
• Fang Yuan and his teammates discussed South University Affiliated High School's strength and its Fire-type Pokémon, and Lin Jing volunteered to battle with Growlithe despite the matchup risks.

Peaceful City First High School faced Nanjiang University High School Affiliated in a team battle, where Ralts and Haunter used a coordinated tactic to trap Eevee with Destiny Bond. Eevee struggled against the Curse Power as the match continued.

• The teams entered the arena, and Fang Yuan realized that Eevee would have little chance against the opposing lineup in a team battle.
• Both teams began attacking, while Ralts used Teleport to appear beside Cloyster and distract Peaceful City First High School.
• Haunter ambushed the opposing side, and Eevee responded with a close-range Shadow Ball.
• Haunter used Wonder Room to switch places with Ralts, causing Eevee's Shadow Ball to hit Ralts just as it completed Destiny Bond.
• Ralts sacrificed itself and bound Eevee with Curse Power, leaving Eevee struggling as Jiang Ran ordered her team to attack.

Peaceful City First High School lost its Team Battle against South University Affiliated High School after the opponents used hidden moves to take Eevee out and overwhelm the rest of the team. Zhuang Xin told Fang Yuan to prioritize Individual Battles, and he resolved to win the championship as public predictions shifted toward Jiang Ran.

• South University Affiliated High School used Destiny Bond and a coordinated attack to defeat Eevee, then eliminated Lin, Liu, and the rest of Peaceful City First High School's team.
• Fang Yuan returned to the Players' Lounge, where Teacher Bai Ning comforted the team and Zhuang Xin urged them to learn from the defeat.
• Zhuang Xin told Fang Yuan to focus on Individual Battles and not hold back, and Fang Yuan agreed to pursue the Individual Battle championship.
• Eevee read online reports about the loss, grew angry at its teammates, and cheered up after Fang Yuan showed it a supportive post.
• Fang Yuan saw that online championship predictions had shifted from four-to-six in his favor against Jiang Ran to three-to-seven.

The Jiangsu Pokémon High School Battle League reached its Individual Battle final between Jiang Ran and Fang Yuan, with Champion Jiang Li’s unexpected arrival hinting at Jiang Ran’s unusual background. Fang Yuan stayed focused on winning as he and Jiang Ran entered the arena.

• Jiang Ran and Fang Yuan decisively defeated their semifinal opponents and advanced to the championship match.
• The Team Battle ended, and the Golden Hill Trainer Association reranked Jiangsu Province’s twenty key high schools.
• Wang Lin introduced the finalists and revealed that Elite Four Champion Jiang Li had come to watch the final.
• Zhuang Xin hinted to Liu Le that Jiang Ran was not as simple as she seemed, while Fang Yuan connected Jiang Ran’s Spirit World inheritance to Jiang Li’s presence.
• Jiang Ran and Fang Yuan walked toward the arena, and Fang Yuan resolved to give his parents a surprise by winning with Eevee.

Fang Yuan and Eevee faced Jiang Ran and Haunter in the final individual battle, where Haunter’s Curse and Hypnosis seemed to secure victory. Eevee revealed a concealed Substitute and a trap-like Spiral Shadow Ball to defeat Haunter, leaving Fang Yuan the winner.

• Fang Yuan told Jiang Ran he intended to avenge their Team Battle loss, and both Trainers vowed to win before the final began.
• Eevee countered Haunter’s Will-O-Wisp, Feint Attack, and Strange Beam while the two Pokémon tested each other’s defenses.
• Jiang Ran ordered Haunter to use Curse, and Eevee appeared to weaken as it pursued Haunter and was struck by Hypnosis.
• Haunter approached the sleeping Eevee to use Dream Eater, but Eevee revealed a hidden Substitute and its concealed Spiral Shadow Ball.
• The Spiral Shadow Ball exploded with a black-hole-like force, leaving Haunter unable to battle, and the referee declared Fang Yuan the winner.

After winning the Su Province Rookie King title, Fang Yuan counted his prize money with Eevee and learned that he and the other top Rookie Trainers would stay in Jinling to enter a Secret Realm early. The Secret Realm held abundant resources but also powerful Legendary creatures and Overlord Pokémon.

• Fang Yuan defeated Jiang Ran to become the Individual Battle champion, and the Rookie List ranked him first in Su Province.
• Fang Yuan reunited with his parents, who felt proud of his success but worried most about his and Eevee’s safety and happiness.
• After the closing ceremony, Fang Yuan and Eevee calculated their winnings, and Fang Yuan proposed more special training while Eevee argued that Magnemite needed attention too.
• Zhuang Xin told Fang Yuan that the top twenty-two Rookie Trainers would remain in Jinling and go with Professional Trainers to enter a Secret Realm ahead of schedule.
• Zhuang Xin explained that the Secret Realm contained rich resources, three powerful Legendary creatures, and many strong Overlord Pokémon.

Fang Yuan learned that Rookie Trainers would visit different Secret Realms in small groups, then discovered that he and Jiang Ran would be taken to the Spirit World by Jiang Li. Jiang Li explained that they would visit the relatively suitable Jiuyuan Town Spirit Realm, and the pair followed him with unease.

• Teacher Bai Ning told Fang Yuan that the Rookie Trainers would be divided into groups and that he would leave for a Secret Realm at five the next morning.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee met Jiang Ran at Jinling Airport and realized they were the only Rookie Trainers in their group.
• Jiang Li appeared and announced that he would take Fang Yuan and Jiang Ran on a day trip to the Spirit World.
• Jiang Li explained that the Spirit World was a vast Secret Realm with separate entrances and that he would take them to the small Jiuyuan Town entrance.
• Jiang Li revealed that he had chosen Fang Yuan after noticing his Ghost-type talent, and Fang Yuan and Jiang Ran followed him uneasily.

Jiang Li brought Fang Yuan and Jiang Ran to Nine Source Town and led them through the Spirit Realm Entrance into the Spirit World. Magnemite struggled with the realm’s radio waves, and Jiang Li said it would adapt and benefit from them.

• Jiang Li led Fang Yuan and Jiang Ran up Nine Source Mountain, recalling how Ghost-type Pokémon had shaped his childhood training.
• Jiang Li attached Purification Charms to Fang Yuan and Jiang Ran and showed them the Spirit Realm Entrance inside a stone house.
• Jiang Li summoned Dusknoir to open the entrance, and Dusknoir pulled the trainers and their Pokémon into the Spirit World.
• Fang Yuan found himself disoriented in the dark Spirit World, while Magnemite cried out in pain.
• Jiang Li reassured Fang Yuan that Magnemite was reacting to the Spirit World's radio waves and would benefit once it adapted.

Fang Yuan and Jiang Ran entered the Spirit World with Jiang Li, where their Pokémon trained amid its spiritual energy. Magnemite’s Psychic Power transformed, allowing it to create Gravity, while Fang Yuan immediately recognized the move’s potential for battle and training.

• Jiang Li explained that Dusknoir could receive Spirit World radio waves and bring people into the Spirit World, and Magnemite adapted to the waves shortly after entering.
• Fang Yuan and the others encountered Pumpkin Spirits, which Jiang Li sent away before recommending that Fang Yuan and Jiang Ran use their time to train their Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan had Eevee practice Shadow Ball while Magnemite focused on sensing the Spirit World radio waves.
• After half a day of exposure, Magnemite’s Psychic Power transformed, and it created an intense Gravity Field around Eevee.
• Fang Yuan praised Magnemite for discovering Gravity and considered using the move for battle and Eevee’s weight training.