Chapter Summaries

Yan Yang spent a carefree day picking berries and playing in the mud with Entei and Substitute Entei, then fell asleep between them beneath the stars. His sleepy declaration that he liked them both eased their rivalry, though they still wondered what would happen if he ever favored one over the other.

• Yan Yang shared raspberries with Entei and Substitute Entei, praising Substitute Entei for chasing off a Pansage.
• Yan Yang invited Substitute Entei to play by the creek, and Entei followed them there.
• Yan Yang and Substitute Entei threw mud at each other while Entei watched from beneath a tree.
• Yan Yang fell asleep between the two Entei after pointing out stars he associated with each of them.
• Entei and Substitute Entei's rivalry softened when Yan Yang mumbled that he liked them both most, and they accepted sharing his affection.

Yan Yang and Volcanion confronted a human expedition seeking to capture Volcanion and use it as a power core. The expedition leader forcibly Mega Evolved his Pokémon into suffering weapons, and Yan Yang prepared to intervene.

• Volcanion landed on the spaceship with Yan Yang and confronted the priest leader, who revealed that the expedition aimed to capture Volcanion as a power core.
• The priest leader dismissed Yan Yang as an unrelated child, while Yan Yang quietly used Teleport to hide behind containers.
• The priest leader raised his gemstone scepter and sent warped energy over the Pokémon assembled behind him.
• The Pokémon were forcibly Mega Evolved, suffering pain and confusion as they surrounded Volcanion.
• Yan Yang grew furious at the cruel treatment and decided he could not let the expedition succeed.

Yan Yang and Silvally joined Volcanion against the forced Mega Evolution army, but Mewtwo abruptly transported them off the airship into the sky. As they plummeted toward Mount Coronet, Volcanion caught them and kept them from falling.

• Yan Yang healed Silvally with Evergreen Power and sent him to help Volcanion fight the forced Mega Evolved Pokémon.
• Silvally and Volcanion worked together to overwhelm the enemy Pokémon, whose unstable forms began to break down under the strain of forced Mega Evolution.
• Volcanion blasted the priest leader’s camp, forcing the airship crew to retreat, but Yan Yang warned him that destroying the ship could kill the suffering Pokémon aboard.
• Mewtwo used psychic power to transport Yan Yang, Silvally, and Volcanion high above Mount Coronet.
• Silvally struggled to slow their fall, while Volcanion stopped himself and caught Yan Yang and Silvally with his cannon-like arm.

Yan Yang and Volcanion returned to Mount Coronet after driving off the humans, where the plateau Pokémon celebrated their guardian. Volcanion ordered Yan Yang to leave to protect the Pokémon’s sanctuary, and Yan Yang set off with Houndoom unsure where to go next.

• Volcanion carried Yan Yang back to Mount Coronet, where the plateau Pokémon cheered their returning guardian.
• Yan Yang asked Volcanion about Magearna, but Volcanion had never heard of her.
• Yan Yang praised Volcanion for caring for the plateau Pokémon and nearly patted it, but Volcanion dodged his hand.
• Volcanion ordered Yan Yang to leave Mount Coronet, warning that no humans were welcome in the Pokémon sanctuary.
• Yan Yang left with Houndoom and wondered where to go and what Pokémon liked burning everything to ashes.

After Yan Yang left the hidden plateau, Volcanion struggled with questions about the boy while the young Pokémon hoped he would return. Yan Yang and his companions wandered through Mount Coronet’s dense fog, singing as they searched for a way out.

• The adult Pokémon felt relieved that Yan Yang had left, while Pancham and the other young Pokémon missed him and asked Volcanion if he could visit again.
• Volcanion rebuked the young Pokémon, tossed Pancham away when it tried climbing onto its back, and retreated to its hot spring to ponder Yan Yang’s strange affinity and fiery aura.
• Yan Yang, Houndoom, and Silvally struggled to find their way through Mount Coronet’s fog, and Yan Yang decided not to pursue the possibly absent Plate against Volcanion’s wishes.
• Silvally played Yan Yang’s song to help them keep their bearings, and Yan Yang began humming along as the trio continued through the fog.

After the airship’s failed attempt to capture a Mythical Pokémon, Cheng Yu discussed the mission with Mewtwo and urged it to investigate the boy and Silvally. Mewtwo refused and left after warning Cheng Yu to stay away from Xiao Ai, while Cheng Yu resumed coordinating the organization’s work.

• A furious superior berated the airship’s black-clad team for failing to capture the Mythical Pokémon, while Cheng Yu returned to his cabin.
• Mewtwo emerged from its Poké Ball and told Cheng Yu that their deal had only required it to ensure the airship’s safe retreat.
• Cheng Yu told Mewtwo that the boy was Entei’s Trainer and Silvally had been secretly developed by their organization in Alola.
• Cheng Yu tried to persuade Mewtwo to approach the boy and Silvally, but Mewtwo declined and warned him not to surveil or threaten Xiao Ai.
• Mewtwo vanished from the cabin, and Cheng Yu contacted someone about analyzing a Pokémon and preparing more merchandise for wealthy families.

After Yan Yang was teleported away again, Entei ordered the Pokémon to continue their routines and leave the search to him and Banette. At school, his friends and staff noticed his unexplained absence, but Wang Yan assumed Yan Yang was caught up in an important encounter and chose not to interfere.

• Entei told Yan Yang’s Pokémon to keep up their normal routines and not search on their own, then took Banette with him to look for Yan Yang.
• Armorouge decided to stay and keep training the club’s Pokémon, while privately planning to double Pyroar’s workload.
• Ruan Zhu and Agate checked with Teacher Shen E and then visited Yan Yang’s dormitory, where Bu Xiang confirmed Yan Yang was not there.
• Teacher Shen E reported Yan Yang’s absence to Principal Mu Tao, who contacted Li Qiang; Li Qiang then informed Wang Yan that Yan Yang could not be found.
• Wang Yan considered that Yan Yang might have been summoned by Ho-Oh or another ancient being and decided to wait for him to return without interfering.

Yan Yang and his companions emerged from the fog-covered plateau into a vast grassland, where they stopped to rest and Silvally ran free. After a pride of female Pyroar attacked them for entering its territory, Silvally drove them back, but a powerful roar from deeper in the grassland challenged their attempt to leave.

• Yan Yang found a Berry grove, rested with Houndoom, and sent messages to Ruan Zhu and Agate saying he was safe in Kalos and would be away for a month.
• Yan Yang encouraged Silvally to run freely across the grassland while Houndoom stayed beside him.
• A group of female Pyroar surrounded Yan Yang and Houndoom, and Silvally rushed back to protect them.
• Silvally knocked away the Pyroar that attacked him and fought off the pride as Yan Yang realized they had entered its territory.
• Yan Yang called Silvally back so they could leave, but a powerful roar from the grassland warned the human intruder not to escape.

Yan Yang watched Houndoom defeat the level 62 Pyroar King in a fierce battle on the eastern Kalos grasslands. The defeated king accepted his loss but glared at Yan Yang with deep disgust, leaving him baffled.

• A male Pyroar appeared, and Yan Yang noted its resemblance to his own Pyroar before it attacked him with fire.
• Yan Yang sent Houndoom to fight the Pyroar while Silvally rested, then watched from Silvally's back.
• Houndoom and the Pyroar traded powerful fire attacks before closing in for a brutal physical fight.
• Houndoom outmaneuvered the Pyroar and knocked it down with Dark Pulse, defeating the Lion King.
• The Pyroar stopped the lionesses from approaching, stood again, accepted defeat, and glared at Yan Yang, who wondered why the king seemed to blame him.

Yan Yang tried to heal the hostile Pyroar King, but its hatred of humans flared up again until Hawlucha arrived and recognized him. Hawlucha revealed that Yan Yang had saved it years earlier, leaving the Pyroar King shaken by the realization that its friend trusted the human.

• Yan Yang offered to heal the Pyroar King, but the lion attacked him, so Houndoom and Silvally restrained it.
• Yan Yang used Evergreen Power to heal the Pyroar King and calm its anger, but its distrust of humans returned when he asked why it hated them.
• Hawlucha dived at Houndoom and Silvally to protect the Pyroar King, then recognized Yan Yang and greeted him excitedly.
• Hawlucha explained that Yan Yang had saved it and introduced him to the Pyroar King as its best friend.
• The Pyroar King realized Hawlucha's story about Yan Yang and a Legendary Pokémon might be true, while Yan Yang recognized the unexpected connection between them.

After earning the Pyroar King's acceptance, Yan Yang learned that humans had stolen one of the King's eggs and suspected it was the Pyroar he had raised. He toured the grasslands with Hawlucha, met the pride's Litleo cubs, and ended the day sleeping among them.

• The Pyroar King welcomed Yan Yang and his Pokémon to the grasslands, while warning them to stay away from his lionesses.
• Hawlucha explained that humans had stolen one of the King's eggs when he was captured, and Yan Yang suspected the egg had become his own Pyroar.
• Hawlucha and the Pyroar King bickered and fought playfully before Hawlucha took Yan Yang on a tour of the grasslands.
• Hawlucha led Yan Yang to six or seven Litleo cubs, and Yan Yang played with them while thinking about reuniting them with his Pyroar.
• Yan Yang decided to sleep beside the cubs, while Houndoom and Silvally kept watch nearby.

Yan Yang left the Litleo pride and traveled with Silvally toward Shining Cave, hoping to reach the nearest human town. He entered the glowing cavern with Houndoom and Silvally, and the chapter left them exploring its luminous interior.

• Yan Yang said farewell to Pyroar, Hawlucha, and the Litleo pride, promising to visit again before leaving the grasslands.
• Yan Yang rode Silvally toward the mountains and searched the terrain with God's Eye for Mega Stones and Key Stones, but found nothing.
• Yan Yang identified the vast mountain fissure as Shining Cave and released Houndoom to join the journey.
• Yan Yang entered Shining Cave with Houndoom scouting ahead and Silvally guarding the rear.
• Yan Yang illuminated the cavern and saw mineral flecks and vast patches of glowing Luminous Moss across its walls and ceiling.

Yan Yang followed a wild Pokémon’s directions deeper into Shining Cave and discovered that a gang was forcing a fossil researcher to locate fossils. He secretly followed the group as they began smashing into a fossil site, leaving him poised to intervene.

• Yan Yang collected Luminous Moss, then asked a frightened Krabby for directions out of the maze-like cave.
• Krabby admitted it did not know the way but pointed Yan Yang toward humans it had seen deeper inside.
• Yan Yang heard a gang threatening a young fossil researcher and learned they were making him search for fossils.
• Yan Yang recalled Houndoom and Silvally and quietly followed the group to a promising fossil site.
• The gang ignored the researcher’s warnings and began violently breaking into the rock, leaving him fearing the fossils would be destroyed.

Pita was forced to help a gang excavate a cave, where they found a Fin Fossil and tried to kill him. Yan Yang and his Pokémon rescued him, and Houndoom uncovered a second fossil that Yan Yang claimed for himself.

• Pita watched the gang excavate carelessly until they uncovered a well-preserved Fin Fossil, then tried to steal it and was beaten.
• The gang leader ordered his men to kill Pita, but Yan Yang's Silvally and Houndoom burst into the cave and defeated the gang's Pokémon.
• Yan Yang took the Fin Fossil from the leader and returned it to Pita, who identified it as a Fin Fossil.
• Houndoom discovered another fossil, and Pita carefully excavated it and identified it as a Jaw Fossil.
• Yan Yang claimed the Jaw Fossil, which he recognized as containing a Larvitar.

Yan Yang escaped Shining Cave with Pita and secured Pita’s help restoring the Jaw Fossil, but realized his missing Pokédex could make his identity a problem in Kalos. After the police arrived, he rode with them to Ambrette Town, nervously fearing his unclear status might get him detained.

• Yan Yang left Shining Cave with Pita, the Jaw Fossil, and Luminous Moss, and agreed to let Pita restore the fossil at the Ambrette Town Fossil Research Institute.
• Yan Yang worried that his Johto identity and missing Pokédex would cause trouble in Kalos, and Pita offered to vouch for him within Ambrette Town.
• Yan Yang learned that Pita was a leading fossil researcher at the local institute and waited with him for the police.
• The police arrived, arrested the thugs, and praised Yan Yang for rescuing Pita before offering him a ride to town.
• Yan Yang rode in a police car as an honored young Trainer, but privately feared his unclear identity would lead to detention.

Yan Yang and Pita headed to the Ambrette Town fossil research institute after seeing fans crowd around celebrity Xiao Ai. Alone in her hotel suite, Xiao Ai revealed how exhausted she was by her demanding public image and feared her parents discovering her true self.

• Yan Yang escaped an enthusiastic police officer, and Pita took him toward the fossil research institute to revive their fossil.
• Yan Yang and Pita encountered a traffic jam caused by fans surrounding Xiao Ai’s limousine.
• Pita told Yan Yang that Xiao Ai was a celebrated sixteen-year-old known as the “Perfect Girl,” though she was reportedly afraid of powerful Pokémon, especially Psychic-types.
• Xiao Ai calmed her fans from inside the limousine and asked them to clear the road.
• Alone in her hotel suite, Xiao Ai admitted she was exhausted and resolved to keep acting perfect so she would not disappoint her parents or reveal her true self.

Xiao Ai practiced sewing and cooking while Mewtwo secretly used his psychic abilities to help her. As he watched her, Mewtwo reflected on how their unusual bond had begun and wondered whether protecting her was the meaning he had been seeking.

• Xiao Ai chose to learn sewing, struggled with the needle, and calmed herself before resuming her practice.
• Mewtwo appeared disguised as the weak, harmless Xiao Meng, then secretly studied Xiao Ai’s sewing tutorial and enhanced her embroidery needle with psychic power.
• Xiao Ai served Mewtwo freshly baked Poffle, and he found it tasty after enduring her earlier cooking attempts.
• Xiao Ai found sewing suddenly easier and joked that Xiao Meng was her lucky star, while Mewtwo silently watched her.
• Mewtwo recalled meeting Xiao Ai during a Dark Hunters mission in Kalos and considered whether protecting her gave meaning to his existence.

Yan Yang visited Ambrette Town's Fossil Research Institute, watched the Fin Fossil begin its revival, and explored the institute's ecological park. After bonding with several fossil Pokémon, he encountered an aggressive Aerodactyl, which hesitated at his affinity but rejected his request for a ride and flew away.

• Pita introduced Yan Yang to the institute director, who thanked him for recovering the Fin Fossil and gave him a special access badge to help with identity checks in Ambrette Town.
• Pita showed Yan Yang the revival laboratory, where the Fin Fossil began glowing as the revival chamber registered signs of ancient life.
• A researcher led Yan Yang through the ecological park, where he learned the institute had not yet revived a Larvitar and watched him easily befriend Lileep, Archen, and Tirtouga.
• Yan Yang asked to see the adult fossil Pokémon, and the researcher warned him that they were wild and aggressive before leading him deeper into the park.
• Aerodactyl swooped at Yan Yang, but his affinity caused it to hesitate, and Yan Yang dodged its attack.
• Yan Yang asked Aerodactyl to let him ride it, but Aerodactyl scorned the request and flew away.

Yan Yang witnessed the revival of an Ice Dragon, then revived his Jaw Fossil and met the newborn Larvitar. Larvitar cautiously approached him and bit his finger, but Yan Yang was unharmed.

• Yan Yang toured the ecological park and observed several ancient Pokémon, including Ice Dragon and Torterra.
• Pita completed the revival process, and a newborn Ice Dragon emerged from the Fin Fossil and was examined by the researchers.
• Yan Yang agreed to let the institute care for Larvitar while he stayed in Ambrette Town, and he used Evergreen Power to nurture the Jaw Fossil before its revival.
• A newborn Larvitar burst from the Jaw Fossil and showed strong activity, vigilance, and curiosity.
• Yan Yang approached Larvitar, which relaxed and bit his finger, but left him completely unharmed.

Yan Yang bonded with the newly revived Larvitar by giving it Luminous Moss, then took it to the ecological park to meet Houndoom and Silvally. He discovered that the newborn was already Level 20 and decided to deepen their bond before considering a Poké Ball.

• Larvitar became curious about Yan Yang’s Luminous Moss, accepted a piece as a gift, and happily rubbed against him.
• Pita reached to pet Larvitar, which bit his hand until Yan Yang told it to let go.
• Yan Yang took Larvitar to the ecological park and introduced it to Houndoom and Silvally, who welcomed it calmly.
• Yan Yang used God’s Eye and learned that Larvitar was female, Level 20, and had Strong Jaw and Sturdy abilities.
• Yan Yang decided to spend the remaining month building trust with Larvitar before discussing a Poké Ball.