Recaps

Liu Changsheng learned that he had to earn ten gold coins to buy a Poké Ball, but he refused Li Ke’s offer of a day’s work out of pride. As Li Ke waited for him to decide whether to work or return home, Yun Qingyang expressed her desire to enter the Pokémon world and catch one herself.

• The cultivators watching Liu Changsheng realized he needed ten gold coins to buy a Poké Ball and speculated that the Pokémon world must offer a way to earn money.
• Liu Changsheng asked Li Ke how to earn the coins, and Li Ke offered him a day’s work in exchange for ten gold coins.
• Liu Changsheng refused the job, unwilling to humble himself, so Li Ke put away the Poké Ball and rested while leaving him the option to return home.
• The watching cultivators mocked Liu Changsheng for being too proud to work, while Ma Feifei discussed his predicament with Yun Qingyang.
• Yun Qingyang said she would take the job if there was money to be made, then asked Ma Feifei when she could enter the Pokémon world because she wanted to catch a Pokémon.

Liu Changsheng agreed to patrol Mt. Moonview for Li Ke, but with his cultivation sealed, he avoided a flock of Zubat before trying to approach a Carvanha. The chapter left him falling into the river after something kicked him from behind.

• Liu Changsheng accepted Li Ke’s offer of ten gold coins to patrol Mt. Moonview and received a map.
• Li Ke warned Liu Changsheng not to approach the mountain’s Pokémon without a Poké Ball, but Liu Changsheng left without listening.
• Liu Changsheng found a flock of Zubat near a cave, considered catching one, then avoided provoking the group because his cultivation was sealed.
• Liu Changsheng spotted a Carvanha by a river and crept down the bank, intending to try to tame it.
• Liu Changsheng realized he could not swim and fell into the river after something kicked him in the back.

Liu Changsheng endured a series of humiliating mishaps while patrolling Mt. Moonview with his cultivation sealed. As he continued his mission, Jiang Bieli began recording lessons from his misfortunes to prepare for entering the book world.

• Meowth kicked Liu Changsheng into a shallow river, then left with its companions while he struggled to escape and the spectators laughed.
• Liu Changsheng climbed ashore, wrung out his soaked clothes and hair, and resumed his patrol despite his humiliation.
• After patrolling most of the day, Liu Changsheng climbed a fruit tree for food, reflected on his misfortunes, and broke the branch beneath him with an angry punch.
• Liu Changsheng fell from the tree, prompting more laughter from the cultivators watching the projection.
• Jiang Bieli explained to Jiang Yibei that he was recording Liu Changsheng's mistakes to help them prepare for capturing Pokémon, and Jiang Yibei asked him for a copy.

Ma Feifei considered writing strategy guides for cultivators entering the Pokémon world, while Liu Changsheng received a Poké Ball but refused to pay for a Pokédex. He explored a cave and encountered a cute, unfamiliar Pokémon as the chapter ended.

• Ma Feifei realized he could use his knowledge of Pokémon to create and sell strategy guides, though he decided to test the book world further first.
• Liu Changsheng finished a day and night of patrol, and Li Ke rewarded him with a Poké Ball.
• Li Ke explained that Liu Changsheng needed to battle Pokémon before catching them and offered him a discounted Pokédex, but Liu Changsheng refused because he had no money.
• Liu Changsheng used the map to find a cave where he had encountered Zubat and decided to search inside for a Pokémon.
• Liu Changsheng heard a sound and saw a pink, star-shaped Pokémon hop out of the cave.

Liu Changsheng fought off Team Rocket and defeated Meowth, Ekans, and Koffing with his sealed cultivation, then lost interest in catching Pokémon because they seemed so weak. Ma Feifei and the cultivators watching the story remained puzzled about why Pokémon appeared so underpowered in a yellow-grade book.

• Team Rocket appeared and tried to take the Moon Stone Shard from the Clefairy, so Liu Changsheng stepped in to stop them.
• Jessie and James challenged Liu Changsheng to a Pokémon battle, but he had no Pokémon of his own.
• Meowth attacked Liu Changsheng, who dodged its claws and kicked it to the ground.
• Liu Changsheng defeated Ekans and Koffing with punches and kicks, displaying his powerful physique despite his sealed cultivation.
• Jessie and James fled, while Liu Changsheng and the watching cultivators questioned why Pokémon seemed so weak.
• Ma Feifei struggled to understand the mismatch between Pokémon and the other yellow-grade book, and the story shifted as the Clefairy spoke.

Liu Changsheng caught a Clefairy in the Pokémon world but refused to pay 100,000 Spirit Crystals to take it out of the book. Jiang Bieli bought the Pokémon instead, and a crowd gathered outside the bookstore to see it released.

• Liu Changsheng caught Clefairy with a Poké Ball, then returned from the Pokémon world to the bookstore.
• Ma Feifei read that taking Clefairy out of the book would cost 100,000 Spirit Crystals, but Liu Changsheng refused to pay.
• Jiang Bieli borrowed 100,000 Spirit Crystals from Jiang Yibei and bought the Pokémon after Ma Feifei confirmed he could resell it.
• The book produced a red-and-white Poké Ball, which Jiang Bieli picked up as the crowd urged him to release Clefairy.
• Ma Feifei led Jiang Bieli and the crowd outside, where cultivators from across Dubian Town gathered to watch.

Jiang Bieli summoned Clefairy from the Pokémon book, surprising the crowd with its intelligence despite its low rank. Ma Feifei explained that Pokémon could grow stronger through battle and consuming spirit beast cores, then revealed that the books contained Pokémon of divine-beast quality.

• Jiang Bieli summoned Clefairy outside the Bookstore, and the cultivators judged it to be weaker than a second-rank spirit beast.
• Clefairy hid behind Jiang Bieli and showed intelligence that astonished the crowd.
• Ma Feifei told Jiang Bieli that Clefairy could advance by battling spirit beasts and devouring their cores.
• Ma Feifei explained that Clefairy was common quality and that higher-quality Pokémon were harder to advance.
• Ma Feifei revealed that Pokémon books included divine-beast-quality creatures, renewing the cultivators' excitement.

After Jiang Bieli revealed Clefairy, Zhang Wu ordered an investigation into him, Ma Feifei, and the Mysterious Bookstore while weighing the dangers of approaching Ma Feifei’s allies. Inside the bookstore, Ma Feifei received rewards for introducing Pokémon, a quest to hold a tournament, and notice that the system upgrade would close the store for two days.

• Jiang Yibei told Jiang Bieli to put Clefairy away and leave with him as nearby cultivators watched them with interest.
• Zhang Wu ordered Wang Xianzhi to investigate Jiang Bieli and Ma Feifei, then learned the bookstore’s connections included a Saint, Yang Chengzhi, and Zhou Zhuling.
• Zhang Wu struck Wang Xianzhi for suggesting they target Zhou Zhuling, and learned the Azure Dragon Envoy was injured and warned that a high-ranking member protected Ma Feifei.
• Ma Feifei received a rare Pokémon for completing the introductory quest and a new quest to hold a tournament with at least one thousand participants within six months.
• The system announced an upgrade and said the bookstore would be renovated and closed to the public for two days.

After completing the Side Quest, Ma Feifei learned that the system was upgrading and that he had a new quest to hold a Pokémon Championship. He planned to use his new ability to gather Pokémon and ask Gongsun Qiong to organize the event, while considering how to earn Spirit Crystals for the System Shop.

• Ma Feifei read the eight system upgrade entries, including the expanded Bookstore, the System Shop, Book Qi Points, and new owner and employee benefits.
• Ma Feifei realized that One Book Multiple Travels could bring a thousand book friends into a book world at once, making it possible to gather Pokémon for the championship.
• Ma Feifei decided to ask Gongsun Qiong to organize the Pokémon Championship because he and Yun Qingyang could not manage such a large event themselves.
• Ma Feifei planned to charge entry fees and discuss ticket revenue with Gongsun Qiong, hoping to earn Spirit Crystals to buy books from the System Shop.

Ma Feifei summoned a rare Six-tailed and gave it to Yun Qingyang after she offered him one million Spirit Crystals. The next morning, news spread that cultivators had died trying to steal Jiang Bieli’s Clefairy, while Jiang Bieli left for Nine Heavens Mountain with an old man beside him.

• Ma Feifei summoned a rare first-rank Six-tailed and admired its strength and appearance.
• Yun Qingyang offered Ma Feifei Spirit Crystals for Six-tailed, and he gave her the Pokémon and its Poké Ball.
• Ma Feifei explained that he had given Six-tailed to Yun Qingyang because she liked it and had helped him protect the Bookstore.
• News spread through Dubian Town that cultivators had died in a failed attempt to steal Jiang Bieli’s Clefairy.
• Jiang Bieli headed toward Nine Heavens Mountain with a stooped old man following him.

Ma Feifei took Yun Qingyang and Six-tailed to Nine Heavens Mountain to test how Pokémon advanced through independent battles. After Six-tailed fought a rank-one Jumping Rabbit, Ma Feifei concluded that Pokémon were stronger, faster, and more intelligent than spirit beasts of the same rank.

• Ma Feifei and Yun Qingyang went to First Heaven Mountain so Six-tailed could battle spirit beasts and grow.
• Yun Qingyang killed a Serrated Tiger that had cornered a cultivator, then collected five Spirit Crystals as payment.
• Ma Feifei led Yun Qingyang and Six-tailed to the Misty Forest, where they found a rank-one Jumping Rabbit.
• Yun Qingyang encouraged Six-tailed to attack, and Six-tailed fought the Jumping Rabbit, quickly gaining the advantage.
• Ma Feifei observed that Six-tailed outmatched the Jumping Rabbit in strength, speed, and intelligence.

Ma Feifei and Jiang Bieli tested how Pokémon advanced by consuming spirit-beast inner cores in Nine Heavens Mountain. Clefairy reached the second tier after eating four first-tier inner cores and gained a skill, while Six-tailed still needed more cores to advance.

• Ma Feifei gave Six-tailed the Bouncing Rabbit's inner core, and Six-tailed absorbed spiritual energy without advancing.
• Jiang Bieli searched for spirit beasts with Clefairy as cultivators watched, while Jiang Yizhou told him to ignore the crowd.
• Clefairy killed a first-tier spirit beast and consumed its inner core, prompting her to absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.
• The watching cultivators argued about how many inner cores Pokémon needed and whether they could consume higher-tier cores, then broke into a brawl.
• Jiang Bieli helped Clefairy find and defeat four first-tier spirit beasts, and Clefairy advanced to the second tier after consuming the fourth inner core.
• Clefairy gained a skill, and Jiang Bieli unexpectedly understood the information she conveyed.

Jiang Bieli revealed that Clefairy had learned the Beast Skill Pound, proving it could break through a powerful spirit beast’s defenses. The discovery made Clefairy a target, and Jiang Yizhou sensed powerful cultivators closing in as they tried to leave.

• Jiang Bieli told Jiang Yizhou that Clefairy had learned Pound, and Jiang Yizhou summoned a Golden Armor Beetle to test it.
• Clefairy used Pound to crack the Golden Armor Beetle’s shell, astonishing the watching cultivators.
• Jiang Bieli refused offers to sell Clefairy, while some cultivators warned him that refusing could put him in danger.
• Jiang Yizhou returned Clefairy to its Poké Ball and tried to escort Jiang Bieli away as the crowd surrounded them.
• Jiang Yizhou sensed at least two presences at the Spirit Venerable realm or above approaching and realized his confidence had been misplaced.

Jiang Yizhou fought Bai Zongtian to protect Jiang Bieli and the Poké Ball, then confronted Liu Changsheng when he tried to take it. Jiang Yizhou had defeated Bai Zongtian but was left struggling against Liu Changsheng’s lightning saber technique.

• Bai Zongtian demanded that Jiang Yizhou make Jiang Bieli hand over the spirit, and Jiang Yizhou stood his ground with the Divine Fire Staff.
• Jiang Yizhou and Bai Zongtian clashed with their seventh-tier spirit weapons, and their fight sent Jiang Bieli and the surrounding cultivators reeling.
• After Jiang Yizhou and Bai Zongtian fought in the sky, nearby cultivators pressed Jiang Bieli to surrender the Poké Ball.
• Liu Changsheng arrived and demanded the Poké Ball from Jiang Bieli, who refused because he had bought it.
• Jiang Yizhou drove Liu Changsheng back from Jiang Bieli, defeated the injured Bai Zongtian, and then fought Liu Changsheng, whose lightning saber put him at a disadvantage.

Ma Feifei arrived as Jiang Bieli defended Clefairy from cultivators trying to seize her after she learned a beast skill. He revealed that the Mysterious Bookstore would soon expand access to Pokémon, but the crowd had yet to respond to his offer.

• Ma Feifei and Yun Qingyang found Jiang Bieli protecting Clefairy from cultivators who wanted to take her.
• Jiang Bieli explained that Clefairy’s newly learned beast skill suggested she could eventually become a seventh-tier spirit beast, prompting Ma Feifei to stop Jiang Yizhou and Liu Changsheng’s fight.
• Ma Feifei had Yun Qingyang summon Six-tailed and told the crowd she was a rare-quality Pokémon with even greater growth potential.
• A cultivator pointed out that long waits and uncertain access to Pokémon made stealing one seem more reliable.
• Ma Feifei announced that the Mysterious Bookstore would expand and let a thousand people enter a book world each month to catch Pokémon, including divine beasts.

Ma Feifei announced that the Mysterious Bookstore would expand and hold a Pokémon Championship, with a Yellow Quality book and a rare Sacred Beast-level Pokémon as prizes. He left the cultivators rushing to buy exclusive numbers for a chance to enter Pokémon’s world, while Jiang Bieli admitted he had borrowed the Spirit Crystals used to buy his Clefairy.

• Ma Feifei announced the Bookstore’s expansion and said he could take a thousand readers into a book’s world each month, easing the cultivators’ urge to fight over Pokémon.
• Ma Feifei revealed that the upcoming Pokémon Championship would award a rare Sacred Beast-level Pokémon and a Yellow Quality book from the Mysterious Bookstore.
• Ma Feifei said the first thousand exclusive-number holders could enter Pokémon’s world for eight hours next Monday, and the cultivators hurried toward Dubian Town to buy numbers.
• Jiang Bieli thanked Ma Feifei for preventing the crowd from taking his Clefairy, then explained that he had borrowed the Spirit Crystals to buy it.
• Ma Feifei told Jiang Bieli to come to the Bookstore early next week, then left with Yun Qingyang for Nine Heavens Mountain.

After Ma Feifei announced a Pokémon Championship with a Mysterious Bookstore book as its prize, cultivators rushed to buy exclusive numbers, and Gongsun Qiong decided to enter with Zhao Xiaodao. On Monday, Ma Feifei confirmed the bookstore’s upgrade and found it had expanded dramatically, with new private reading rooms.

• News of Ma Feifei’s Pokémon Championship spread through Dubian Town, and prices for exclusive numbers within the first thousand soared as cultivators sought them.
• Zhao Xiaodao told Gongsun Qiong that the tournament’s prize was a yellow-quality book from the Mysterious Bookstore.
• Gongsun Qiong proposed that she and Zhao Xiaodao enter the competition, and they planned to visit the Pokémon world when the bookstore opened Monday.
• Ma Feifei arrived at the bookstore early Monday and received confirmation that its upgrade was complete.
• Ma Feifei discovered that the bookstore had expanded to 400 square meters and gained reorganized tables and shelves, a new checkout counter, and six private rooms furnished for reading.

Ma Feifei explored the upgraded Bookstore and discovered that its private-room furnishings increased comprehension, while the system shop offered an enormous collection of books with powerful effects and steep purchase requirements. He began investigating the unfamiliar Book Qi Points needed to buy them.

• Ma Feifei inspected the private room and learned that its Enlightenment Incense consumed five Spirit Crystals per hour, while its tea and sofa also increased comprehension.
• Ma Feifei reviewed the upgraded system panel and found a shop alongside the quests.
• Ma Feifei browsed the shop's many books, including mythic, legendary, epic, and yellow-grade titles, most of which he could not afford or was not eligible to purchase.
• Ma Feifei wondered whether the books could grant access to real worlds and dismissed the idea that they could destroy his world.
• Ma Feifei reopened the system panel to look up Book Qi Points, which he suspected might relate to the Method of Wish Power he was cultivating.

Ma Feifei examined Book Qi and weighed how it compared with spirit crystals before opening the bookstore’s system upgrade gift pack. The pack stocked the expanded Divine Bookstore with 300 blue-quality books, and Yun Qingyang entered carrying the six-tailed fox as she sensed a spatial formation.

• Ma Feifei learned that Book Qi came from his cultivation and readers’ comprehension, and that he could use it to buy books from the system store.
• Ma Feifei decided to pursue both Book Qi and spirit crystals because the bookstore needed funds for its many books.
• Ma Feifei opened the system upgrade gift pack and received 300 blue-quality books, which filled the first bookshelf.
• Ma Feifei recognized the new collection as martial arts and literary novels and welcomed the relief from the bookstore’s book shortage.
• Yun Qingyang entered through the back door carrying the six-tailed fox, sensed something strange, and identified a spatial formation.

Ma Feifei prepared to send a thousand cultivators into Pokémon through the One Book, Multiple Travels skill. After Yun Qingyang enforced the special-number rules and Gongsun Qiong stopped a complaint, Ma Feifei activated the manga and the chosen cultivators entered its world.

• Ma Feifei used the System’s One Book, Multiple Travels skill to prepare a Pokémon-only event for the crowd outside Divine Bookstore.
• Yun Qingyang gathered the cultivators’ special numbers, and Ma Feifei found that five special numbers displaced the holders of numbers 996 through 1000.
• Five displaced cultivators protested, but Ma Feifei returned their numbers and Gongsun Qiong warned them that the rules gave special numbers priority.
• Ma Feifei activated the Pokémon manga, which radiated golden light and transported a thousand cultivators into its pages.

Ma Feifei entered the Pokémon Book World as its invincible guardian while a thousand cultivators were scattered across the world with their cultivation sealed. Gongsun Qiong and Zhao Xiaodao arrived in Cerulean City and struggled to find a place to stay or a way to catch Pokémon.

• Ma Feifei learned that the system had brought him into the Book World to guard it and keep the plot from being affected.
• The system gave the outsiders Pokédexes and Poké Balls, then warned that they would leave after catching a Pokémon or remain for eight days if they failed.
• The cultivators discovered that their cultivation had been sealed, while those watching outside learned that eight days in the Book World would pass as only a few hours outside.
• Gongsun Qiong and Zhao Xiaodao learned they were in Cerulean City, where the Pokémon belonged to trainers, and searched for somewhere to stay despite having no money.
• Ma Feifei watched the two women from a cloud, able to travel freely but unable to help them or catch Pokémon himself.

Gongsun Qiong and Zhao Xiaodao found work in a Cerulean City restaurant, where they were assigned to wash a mountain of dirty dishes. After Sister Cui insulted and punished them for not knowing how to use dish soap, Gongsun Qiong calmed Zhao Xiaodao and urged her to keep working so they could save up for Pokémon.

• Gongsun Qiong and Zhao Xiaodao asked restaurant owner Xiao Lan for work and accepted kitchen jobs with food, lodging, and five gold coins per day.
• Sister Cui assigned the two new workers several basins of grimy dishes to wash.
• Zhao Xiaodao began washing dishes while Gongsun Qiong looked for something to remove the grime and found dish soap.
• Sister Cui showed them how to use the dish soap, scolded them, and withheld their lunch until the dishes were finished before dark.
• Zhao Xiaodao nearly confronted Sister Cui, but Gongsun Qiong stopped her and reminded her they were saving money to buy Pokémon.

Liu Changsheng was stranded alone on a tiny island, where a storm left him dazed and unable to notice a Lapras nearby. As the sea rose and threatened to submerge the island, his chance to escape remained uncertain.

• Liu Changsheng found himself stranded on a small island with his cultivation sealed and no way to leave unless he caught a Pokémon.
• A storm swept over the island, and Liu Changsheng took shelter beneath a banana tree.
• Lightning struck the tree beside Liu Changsheng, leaving him temporarily deaf and dazed.
• Lapras appeared in the ocean and sang, but Liu Changsheng was too disoriented to notice it.
• The storm intensified, the waves battered the island, and the rising water threatened to submerge it.

Liu Changsheng was trapped by a rising ocean until Lapras carried him away, while Jiang Bieli and Jiang Yibei faced three cultivators over a Bulbasaur. The Poké Ball was knocked aside, and the three rivals rushed to capture Bulbasaur.

• Liu Changsheng climbed a Banana Tree as the storm and rising sea threatened to drown him, and he spotted Lapras swimming toward him.
• Lapras offered Liu Changsheng a ride, and he put away his Poké Ball and climbed onto its back.
• Ma Feifei watched Lapras carry Liu Changsheng out to sea, then resumed searching the Book World for the other cultivators.
• Jiang Bieli and Jiang Yibei confronted three cultivators over a Bulbasaur that Jiang Bieli had found first.
• Jiang Bieli threw a Poké Ball at Bulbasaur, but Bulbasaur used Vine Whip to knock it away, and the three rival cultivators charged toward it.

Jiang Bieli summoned Clefairy inside the Book World, turning the fight against the three men in his and Jiang Yibei’s favor. Jiang Yibei killed the eldest man, but Ma Feifei learned from the system that readers were truly dying in the Pokémon world.

• Jiang Yibei fought the eldest man while the other two men knocked Bulbasaur down and injured Jiang Bieli.
• Jiang Bieli summoned Clefairy from its Poké Ball, and the Pokémon rushed to help fight the men.
• Jiang Yibei was knocked down and lost a tooth, then suddenly gained speed and killed the eldest man with a kick to the temple.
• The eldest man’s body disappeared in white light, and Jiang Yibei wondered whether he had been eliminated.
• Ma Feifei received system notifications that readers had died in the Pokémon world and that the deaths had cost him book energy points.