Chapter Summaries

Marshadow intensified the illusion’s negative emotions, causing Yan Yang’s Pokémon to grow hostile toward one another. After Armorouge badly injured Houndoom, Litleo decided they had to leave, and Houndoom agreed they needed time apart.

• Marshadow decided to amplify the negative emotions of Yan Yang and the four Pokémon to make the trial more difficult.
• Armorouge pushed the Pokémon through punishing training, while Litleo, Houndoom, and Rockruff grew increasingly resentful.
• When Yan Yang checked on Armorouge, Armorouge pinned him down and ordered him to keep the others in line.
• Houndoom confronted Armorouge over the harsh training, and the two began fighting despite Yan Yang’s efforts to stop them.
• Yan Yang and Litleo found Armorouge pinning and injuring Houndoom; Litleo said they were leaving, and Houndoom agreed that they needed time to think.

Yan Yang stopped the Pokémon from fighting and used gentle care and firm words to settle tensions with Armorouge, Houndoom, Litleo, and Rockruff. The group agreed to stay together, though Yan Yang mistakenly thought being more forceful was the key to keeping them in line.

• Yan Yang stopped Houndoom and Litleo from leaving and told the Pokémon to stop fighting and bring their problems to him.
• Yan Yang massaged Armorouge, easing his exhaustion and anger, and persuaded him to shorten the others’ training and stop managing them so harshly.
• Yan Yang tended Houndoom’s wound, and Houndoom apologized for his earlier outburst and said he would stay.
• Litleo and Rockruff objected to staying, but Houndoom persuaded them that wandering the wilderness would be dangerous and troublesome.
• Armorouge clarified that he had meant no harm, and Yan Yang brought the Pokémon together and warned them not to argue or he would ignore them.

Yan Yang used his newfound strength and strange abilities to challenge Armorouge for leadership of their group. He defeated Armorouge with a restraining power and a borrowed Dragon-type attack, leaving their relationship poised to change.

• Yan Yang recalled how a mysterious dream had strengthened him and given him the ability to see Pokémon’s information, which he called the God's Eye.
• Yan Yang checked Armorouge’s condition and challenged him while he was exhausted from training.
• Yan Yang used a black mark on his wrist to restrain Armorouge, then struck him with a Dragon-type phantom punch that drained his strength.
• Yan Yang knocked Armorouge down and won their battle.

Yan Yang revealed that his new hand markings let him paralyze Pokémon and borrow their strength, alarming Armorouge and the others. He insisted he wanted their family to stay together, but his final words left the Pokémon helpless and uncertain whether he meant to control them.

• Armorouge carried the exhausted Yan Yang back to their resting place and noticed black markings on his hands.
• Yan Yang woke to find the Pokémon gathered around him, then explained his new ability to draw circles that restrained Pokémon and let him borrow their powers.
• Yan Yang demonstrated the ability on Houndoom, Litleo, and Rockruff, frightening Houndoom with the strength and commanding presence of his borrowed Dark-type energy.
• Armorouge pinned Yan Yang against a rock wall and demanded that he get rid of the power, but Yan Yang used a circle to weaken Armorouge and break free.
• Yan Yang told Armorouge he would never hurt them, then suggested Armorouge feared being controlled or replaced and said he wanted the family to stay together through absolute control.

Yan Yang discovered that his power transferred the Pokémon’s negative emotions to him, and he refused to give it up despite its effects on his body and mind. The Pokémon tried to persuade him to abandon it, but he remained convinced that it would let him keep their family together.

• Houndoom realized Yan Yang’s power weakened the Pokémon and shifted their negative emotions onto him, changing both him and them.
• Yan Yang found that the spreading black markings had stopped him from summoning his flames, but he chose to keep using the power to make the Pokémon more obedient and harmonious.
• Houndoom, Armorouge, Rockruff, and Litleo discussed how to help Yan Yang and agreed to promise they would never leave him.
• Houndoom asked Yan Yang to give up the power, but Yan Yang insisted it was helping the Pokémon and said only he could make a family that would never separate.
• Armorouge challenged Yan Yang to a battle, offering to make him abandon the power if he won, but Yan Yang refused because he would have to rely on it to defeat him.

Armorouge took Yan Yang aside and confronted him about using his power to bind Pokémon, urging him to trust their bond instead. Yan Yang accepted Armorouge’s reasoning and resolved to reject the unknown force behind the dream that had given him this power.

• Armorouge suddenly carried Yan Yang away while Houndoom, Litleo, and Rockruff were discussing how to help him.
• Houndoom reminded Litleo and Rockruff that Pokémon should choose to follow someone freely, not be controlled, and the three set out to find Armorouge and Yan Yang.
• Armorouge admitted that he had once treated Yan Yang as a replacement for his sister and asked him to remove the dark traces without binding the Pokémon.
• Yan Yang tried to explain that he only wanted insurance against the Pokémon leaving, but Armorouge told him that controlling them showed distrust and that negative emotions mattered too.
• Armorouge promised to treat Yan Yang as his younger brother rather than a replacement, and Yan Yang agreed that he had been mistaken.
• Yan Yang concluded that a malicious stranger in his dreams had given him the power and declared that his bond with the Pokémon needed no dirty chains.

Yan Yang recovered from Marshadow’s illusion and promised his Pokémon he would use his strange power only in emergencies. While Marshadow prepared to take Lycanroc to the spirit world to train, Yan Yang remained asleep under its watch.

• Yan Yang explained the dream and his strange power, then resolved to trust only his four Pokémon’s words over anyone else’s.
• Yan Yang spent time with Houndoom, Litleo, Rockruff, and Armorouge, and the dark marks on his hands began to fade.
• Yan Yang proposed using his power to suppress Pokémon conflicts, but Armorouge and the others firmly refused, so he agreed to use it only if he faced danger.
• Marshadow, observing the group, judged that its attempt to tempt Yan Yang had failed and released Lycanroc from her Poké Ball.
• Marshadow restrained Lycanroc, warned her not to wake Yan Yang, and offered to take her to the spirit world early so she could grow stronger.

Marshadow brought Lycanroc into the spirit realm so she could develop her Ghost-type power, warning her to suppress her attachment to Yan Yang. After Marshadow abandoned her with Dusknoir for training, Lycanroc followed the wary gatekeeper into the spirit realm.

• Marshadow opened a rift to the spirit realm and warned Lycanroc that she needed to set aside her longing for Yan Yang to develop her Ghost-type power.
• Lycanroc arrived in a forest of inverted stalactites, where Marshadow warned her that familiar-looking things could be dangerous and shattered a disguised Gastly.
• Marshadow exposed a Dusknoir hiding in Lycanroc's shadow, and Dusknoir angrily confronted the Mythical Pokémon.
• Marshadow explained that Lycanroc was there to train, then vanished before Dusknoir could respond.
• Lycanroc feared being left alone with Dusknoir, but followed it when it told her to come.

Lycanroc began Cresselia’s Spirit World training to learn to control Ghost energy and use Shadow Claw. After enduring the Styx and reaching a state between corporeal and incorporeal, she prepared to battle Phantump while Cresselia left to investigate an unauthorized crossing between worlds.

• Lycanroc followed Cresselia through the Spirit World, frightened by its ghosts and eerie surroundings.
• Cresselia examined Lycanroc, judged her foundation poor, and asked whether she wanted to return to the real world; Lycanroc insisted on staying to grow stronger for Yan Yang.
• Cresselia took Lycanroc to the Styx and taught her to cloak herself in Ghost energy as she tried to cross its waters.
• After repeated attempts, three Phantump fixed Lycanroc in a translucent state, and Cresselia told her to maintain it until she mastered Shadow Claw.
• Cresselia ordered Lycanroc to defeat a Phantump before leaving the river, then vanished after sensing an unauthorized passage between the real world and the Spirit World.

Lycanroc struggled to fight in the Spirit World, while Gengar, Mismagius, and Banette sneaked in to train and explore. After Gengar pranked Lycanroc, Banette recognized something familiar in her voice, and Gengar told her to go back because she could not resonate with Ghost energy.

• Lycanroc failed repeatedly to hit Phantump and realized her usual attacks were ineffective in the Spirit World.
• Gengar and Mismagius brought Banette into the Spirit World, where Banette absorbed power while they guarded it.
• The trio sensed Cresselia approaching, fled, and later found Lycanroc training by the Styx.
• Gengar suggested pranking Lycanroc, and the trio agreed.
• Gengar suspended Lycanroc over the Styx until she pleaded to be released; Banette found her voice familiar.
• Gengar revealed itself, dismissed Lycanroc's training, and told her to return because she could not resonate with Ghost energy.

Lycanroc confronted Gengar and nearly had her life force drained, but awakened her Ghost-type powers and learned Shadow Ball and Shadow Claw. Banette offered to train her, and she entered a mirror maze to face her deepest fear while he guarded her body.

• Lycanroc attacked Gengar after it mocked her, but her claws passed through its Ghost-type body.
• Gengar bound Lycanroc and drained her strength until her longing for her Trainer and hatred for Gengar awakened Shadow Ball and Shadow Claw.
• Banette and Mismagius stopped Gengar, and Banette apologized to Lycanroc before offering to help her grow stronger.
• Lycanroc accepted Banette's training and improved as he taught her to use her Ghost-type power.
• Banette submerged Lycanroc in the Styx and sent her into a prism maze where mirrors showed possible versions of her life; an invisible force pulled her into one mirror as Banette guarded her body.

Marshadow watched Yan Yang remain asleep in the trial’s peaceful illusion, where he lived happily among Pokémon and worried over Rockruff’s failure to evolve. After following a mysterious crimson Pokémon through the cold night, Yan Yang recognized it as his fifth family member when he touched its fur.

• Marshadow decided to let Yan Yang discover the illusion was false on his own, warning that he would fail if he exceeded the time limit.
• Yan Yang enjoyed a peaceful life among the forest Pokémon as Pyroar evolved and Armorouge opened his territory to more Pokémon.
• Rockruff remained unevolved despite reaching the required level, and Yan Yang comforted her as she struggled with her conflicting feelings about evolving.
• Yan Yang woke during the night, noticed Rockruff was missing, and went searching for her with a ball of firelight.
• Yan Yang spotted a huge, fast-moving Pokémon wreathed in flames and followed it into the cold, sensing it might be his fifth family member.
• The red, lion-shaped Pokémon approached Yan Yang, and he touched its warm fur, recognizing it as his fifth family member.

Yan Yang befriended a silent Entei in Marshadow’s illusion and brought Rockruff along when Entei ran through the forest. At sunrise, Entei gave Rockruff the power to evolve, and she transformed into a dark-blue, bipedal Pokémon.

• Yan Yang persuaded the silent Entei to come home with him and climbed onto his back for a ride.
• Entei ran through Rockruff Forest at full speed, and Rockruff was knocked aside when she tried to stop him, believing Yan Yang was in danger.
• Yan Yang reassured Rockruff that Entei was friendly and invited her to ride with them.
• At sunrise, Rockruff began to evolve but lacked enough power to complete the transformation.
• Entei gave Rockruff a Sun Stone, a Moon Stone, and his own energy, allowing her to evolve into a dark-blue, bipedal Pokémon.

Yan Yang returned home with the silent Fire-type Pokémon who had helped Lycanroc evolve, and the group gradually welcomed him into their routines. After Yan Yang named him Entei, the Pokémon wondered whether he truly was Entei as he watched Yan Yang leave.

• Yan Yang returned on the mysterious Pokémon's back, and Armorouge scolded him for leaving without warning.
• Lycanroc and the others met the newly evolved Lycanroc, who explained how the Fire-type Pokémon had helped her evolve.
• Marshadow reflected on the gathered Pokémon and left to prepare at Tianqing Mountain.
• Yan Yang and the other Pokémon tried to communicate with the silent newcomer, while Lycanroc treated him as her younger brother.
• After several days, Yan Yang named the newcomer Entei, and the Pokémon privately questioned whether he was Entei and why he wanted to listen to Yan Yang.

Entei struggled to understand his missing memories and the intentions of Yan Yang and the others, while growing attached to Yan Yang despite his wariness. After dreaming that he had once been a toy cherished by someone who looked like Yan Yang, Entei woke and silently accepted Yan Yang as his benefactor.

• Entei watched Yan Yang and the werewolf care for him but remained unsure whether to trust them, while planning to escape.
• Armorouge secretly used Entei as a punching bag until Yan Yang caught him and ordered him to stop, then Armorouge dragged Pyroar away instead.
• Yan Yang offered Entei protection and let him chew on his hand, and Entei found himself reluctant to let go.
• Entei dreamed that he had once been a toy who lived happily with someone resembling Yan Yang before being abandoned and damaged by another person.
• Entei woke beside Yan Yang and decided to believe in him as his only benefactor.

Entei watched Lycanroc struggle to learn Shadow Claw and resolved to help her, but he could use only Fire-type moves. After poachers bombed Armorouge’s territory and trapped the Pokémon, Yan Yang intervened and used his dangerous power to save Armorouge, making himself the poachers’ new target.

• Entei silently encouraged Lycanroc’s attempt to master Shadow Claw, then discovered he could use only Fire-type moves and could not help her.
• An explosion devastated Armorouge’s territory, and Entei emerged from the cave to observe Yan Yang and the others confronting armed humans.
• The humans revealed themselves as Pokémon poachers, trapping the Pokémon inside an electric field and attacking Armorouge with their Pokémon.
• Yan Yang weakened some of Armorouge’s attackers with his power, allowing Armorouge to escape, but black veins spread across Yan Yang’s body as he suffered its effects.
• Lycanroc helped Yan Yang stand while Houndoom kept the other Pokémon back, and the poachers shifted their attention to Yan Yang.

Yan Yang and Armorouge fought the poachers and their controlled Pokémon, but Yan Yang was captured and Armorouge lost an arm. Entei arrived to rescue them, and the poachers’ strength-suppressing device failed to restrain him as the battle turned against them.

• Yan Yang warned Armorouge about the leader’s dangerous icy sword and entered the battle himself, using flames and a kick to repel Weavile.
• Yan Yang urged Armorouge not to kill the controlled Pokémon, and Armorouge knocked Dodrio unconscious instead of killing it.
• The poachers released their stronger Pokémon, and an Electivire paralyzed Yan Yang before the leader cut off Armorouge’s left arm.
• A poacher injected Yan Yang with a syringe, and Yan Yang lost consciousness after seeing Entei arrive.
• The leader revealed he had tracked Entei and activated a device meant to suppress Pokémon, but it did not weaken Entei.
• Armorouge blocked the poachers from taking Yan Yang, while Entei gained the upper hand against their Pokémon.

Entei killed the poachers, then sacrificed himself to shield them from a powerful explosion. Before vanishing, he reassured Yan Yang, asked whether Yan Yang would abandon him, and told him to wake up, leaving Yan Yang stunned by his final words.

• Entei killed the poachers and noticed a countdown to an explosion, so he carried their leader away from the others.
• Lycanroc followed Entei, while Armorouge and the Water-type Pokémon woke Yan Yang; a distant blast sent Yan Yang searching for Entei and Lycanroc.
• Yan Yang found Entei gravely damaged at the blast site, where Lycanroc absorbed the deathly energy surrounding him.
• Entei asked whether Yan Yang would abandon him if he became unable to move or speak, and Yan Yang promised to keep loving him.
• Entei used his remaining strength to remove the black veins from Yan Yang, then vanished after telling him to wake up.

Yan Yang accepted that his companions in the dream were illusions keeping him from waking and said farewell to them before returning to reality. He woke surrounded by Pokémon, with his memories and the truth of his situation still awaiting him.

• Yan Yang decided to trust Entei and told Armorouge, Houndoom, and Lycanroc that he might have to leave.
• Armorouge, Houndoom, and Lycanroc revealed that they had remembered they were illusions and encouraged Yan Yang to follow his heart.
• Yan Yang hugged the three Pokémon and said his farewells, and Pyroar arrived with his own memories restored and joked about his real counterpart.
• Yan Yang wished the four Pokémon well and left the collapsing illusion as they faded away.
• Yan Yang woke in reality with several Pokémon sleeping on him and startled them as they scattered.

Yan Yang passed Marshadow’s trial, climbed Tianqing Mountain, and placed the Rainbow Feather on the Rainbow Rock, summoning Ho-Oh. Ho-Oh arrived to judge him, while Yan Yang worried about the object on its head and his unfinished thesis.

• Yan Yang left Marshadow’s trial with the Rainbow Feather and tried to dismiss the illusion’s vision of Substitute Entei dying in an explosion.
• Yan Yang climbed toward the summit, found the Rainbow Rock, and placed the Rainbow Feather on it.
• Entei joined Yan Yang and heard about the trial, becoming troubled by the vision of Substitute Entei’s death.
• Ho-Oh flew along the rainbow bridge to Tianqing Mountain to judge Yan Yang as a potential Brave of the Rainbow.
• Yan Yang stared at the object on Ho-Oh’s head and wondered whether it was a camera.