Recaps

Roy’s Vulpix defeated Zhuo Feng’s Marowak with charm and Blizzard, then weakened Rhyhorn with Grudge before Roy recalled her. Roy sent out Squirtle against Rhyhorn, and the battle continued with Squirtle evading Drill Run.

• Roy’s Vulpix used Charm to stop Marowak, then froze it with Blizzard and finished it with Icy Winds.
• Zhuo Feng recalled Marowak and sent out Rhyhorn, which struck Vulpix with Stomping Tantrum.
• The audience’s reaction made Rhyhorn hesitate, allowing Vulpix to use Grudge and seal its Stomping Tantrum before Roy recalled her.
• Roy sent out Squirtle, and Zhuo Feng kept Rhyhorn in despite its severe weakness to Water-type attacks.
• Rhyhorn used Drill Run, but Squirtle dodged by using Water Gun to launch itself into the air, then Roy called for Water Pulse.

Roy’s Squirtle outlasted Zhuo Feng’s Rhyhorn through the effects of Hail, but Rhyhorn’s Explosion knocked both Pokémon out. Zhuo Feng was left with his final Pokémon needing to defeat Roy’s two remaining Pokémon to keep his school team position.

• Squirtle dodged Rhyhorn’s attacks while Vulpix’s Grudge kept Rhyhorn from using Stomping Tantrum.
• Roy’s Squirtle endured the Hail better than Rhyhorn, whose speed and stamina declined as frostbite set in.
• Squirtle landed consecutive Water Pulses, and Zhuo Feng ordered Rhyhorn to endure the second hit and use Explosion.
• Rhyhorn and Squirtle both lost the ability to battle, leaving Roy with two Pokémon and Zhuo Feng with one.
• Zhuo Feng blamed his own decisions for losing the second round, while Lin Shixian and Xiao Bin wondered how Roy’s tactical skill had improved so much.

Roy’s newly evolved Lucario faced Zhuo Feng’s Steelix in the final battle, and Roy fused his Aura with Lucario’s to overcome the stronger opponent. Lucario gained the upper hand with overwhelming speed and Power-Up Punch, leaving the outcome of the match unresolved.

• Roy sent out Riolu against Zhuo Feng’s Steelix and triggered Riolu’s evolution into Lucario in front of the crowd.
• Lucario used Force Palm to plant Aura in Steelix, then detonated it to disrupt Steelix’s attempt to use Earthquake.
• Roy and Lucario fused their Aura, raising Lucario’s power to match Steelix and greatly increasing its speed.
• Lucario’s Quick Attack sent Steelix flying, and Steelix used Lightweight Body to respond to Lucario’s rapid strikes.
• Lucario and Steelix traded attacks as Lucario’s Power-Up Punch grew stronger with every hit.

Roy defeated Steelix with Lucario’s Aura Sphere, securing a legendary victory at Sheng Hai University Arena. After taking his Pokémon to the infirmary, he faced reporters and explained Alolan Vulpix before being asked whether he was a Psychic-type user.

• Lucario battered Steelix and defeated it with Aura Sphere, while Roy and Lucario collapsed in exhaustion.
• Roy celebrated the win, reflected on Lucario’s evolution, and took Lucario, Vulpix, and Haba the Turtle to the infirmary.
• Roy drank Moomoo Milk and went outside to meet the reporters waiting to interview him.
• Roy explained that his Vulpix came from the Alola Spirit Realm and described it as an Alolan subspecies.
• A reporter asked Roy whether the blue light seen during the match meant he was a Psychic-type user.

Roy revealed that he was an Aura Wielder and claimed his Lucario had Champion potential, then joined Sheng Hai University's regular school team roster. He learned the National University League's four-region format and was warned that his team needed to grow before the winter-break selections.

• Roy told reporters he was a natural Psychic-type with rare Aura Power and said his Lucario had Champion potential.
• Roy denied rumors that conglomerates or foreign capital supported him, and his and his Pokémon's Popularity Points began to rise.
• Professor Xing took Roy to register for the school team, where Fang Hang and the other regulars welcomed him as Sheng Hai University's first first-year regular member.
• Zhuo Feng handed Roy the gold-plated regular-member badge, and Roy filled out the National University League registration form.
• Fang Hang explained the league's four regions and two stages, then cautioned Roy that opponents could prepare for Squirtle and Vulpix before the winter-break selections.

After Roy’s victory made him a nationally celebrated trainer, his family and friends welcomed him home and the media spotlight boosted his Pokémon’s popularity. Roy prepared Vulpix for an examination and photo shoot for Pokémon Daily, leaving her poised to enter the global spotlight.

• Roy returned home to a surprise celebration with his family and the Mu family, who met his evolved Lucario and admired Vulpix.
• Roy and the others discussed the Illuminati, an extremist organization that opposed peaceful coexistence between humans and Pokémon.
• News coverage of Roy’s victory and Alolan Vulpix spread nationwide, with the chapter noting that official support helped amplify the publicity.
• The director invited Dr. Zhang to cooperate with an exclusive interview about the rescued Pokémon Egg, reassuring him that he was not suspected of being a spy.
• Professor Xing told Roy that Pokémon Daily wanted information and photos about Vulpix, and Roy agreed to bring her to the university.
• Roy reviewed his Pokémon’s rising Popularity Points and prepared Vulpix for the examination by asking Squirtle to fetch hot water for her bath.

Roy watched researchers register Vulpix’s data, then allowed her to model for a lucrative clothing advertisement while weighing how to balance publicity with her training. He joined his classmates for the midterm wilderness practicum, learning that they would be tested in the Heavenly Lake safe zone on Changbai Mountain.

• Roy questioned Dr. Zhang about whether one Vulpix could provide enough data for accurate Pokémon research, and Dr. Zhang defended conducting research with limited resources.
• Roy discussed the midterm exam with Dr. Zhang and learned that students would search for score cards and could capture Pokémon during the wilderness practicum.
• Roy let Vulpix complete a clothing advertisement shoot for seventy million, but declined the director’s invitation for another shoot because the exam was approaching.
• Roy boarded the school bus with his classmates, where Professor Xing introduced their examiner, Senior Lin Qing, a rising Professional-level Trainer.
• Lin Qing revealed that the exam would take place in the Heavenly Lake safe zone on Changbai Mountain, and Roy asked Lin Shixian to explain the different safety classifications of Spirit Realms.

Roy began a seven-day snowfield survival examination in the Changbai Mountain Tianchi Safety Zone with Lucario, Vulpix, and Squirtle. After securing food and water, he faced a hostile group of Sneasel that targeted Vulpix, and ordered Lucario to attack.

• Roy arrived at the snowfield shelter, collected survival gear, and learned that students had to survive alone for seven days while searching for point cards to earn high scores.
• At dawn, Senior Lin Qing explained the examination rules, and Roy entered the wilderness with his three Pokémon.
• Roy and his Pokémon explored the snowfield, gathered firewood, boiled water from a frozen lake, and caught fish for lunch.
• Lucario sensed approaching hostile Pokémon, and a group of Sneasel appeared before Roy's party.
• The Sneasel showed killing intent toward Vulpix, so Roy ordered Lucario to take them out.

Roy subdued the Weavile tribe and hired it to scout nearby Pokémon tribes and search for Point Cards, then spent five days expanding his network of Pokémon helpers across the snowfield. By the fifth day, he had collected twenty-four Point Cards and commanded more than a dozen tribes.

• Roy and Lucario defeated Weavile and its Sneasel tribe, then had them reveal nearby tribe locations and information about a Point Card.
• Roy persuaded Weavile to work for seven days in exchange for food and Potions after the tribe tried his Pokémon feed.
• Roy camped on the snowfield, where Vulpix drove off Raticate and Lucario repelled Mightyena during the night.
• Roy assigned Squirtle to battle wild Pokémon so it could gain experience while he searched for Pokémon worth catching.
• Over five days, Roy expanded his network to more than a dozen Pokémon tribes and collected twenty-four Point Cards, which Weavile brought to him.

Roy investigated Weavile’s report of humans attacking and kidnapping students, then discovered a member of the Illuminati holding Lin Shixian captive. The man and his Pokémon attacked Roy, who fought back with Lucario, Vulpix, Squirtle, and Aura Power as the battle continued.

• Weavile told Roy that someone was attacking and kidnapping humans, so Roy went with Lucario to investigate.
• Roy found Lin Shixian bound and shivering in the snow beside a tall, thin man, and prepared to activate his Distress Beacon.
• Banette ambushed Roy and Lucario, and Roy recognized the emblem on the man’s hand as the Illuminati’s symbol.
• The man sent out Arbok and Grimer, while Banette attacked from the shadows and Roy released Vulpix and Squirtle to defend himself.
• Lucario, Vulpix, and Squirtle blocked the Pokémon’s attacks, and Roy used Aura Power to shield himself from flying ice shards as the fight continued.

Roy defeated an Illuminati attacker in a life-or-death battle and learned that the group had targeted Sheng Hai University students as hostages, with Xiao Bin as their primary target. He began questioning the dying man about the Illuminati’s recent major operation.

• Roy used Aura Power Fusion to strengthen Lucario, which defeated Banette and struck down the tall, thin man; Arbok and Grimer fled.
• Roy brought the wounded attacker and Banette to Weavile’s dwelling, then promised not to kill Banette in exchange for the man’s cooperation.
• The attacker admitted he belonged to the Illuminati and explained that its members had infiltrated the area because security around the wilderness zone had slackened.
• The attacker revealed that the Illuminati planned to capture Sheng Hai University students as bargaining chips, and that Xiao Bin was their real target.
• Roy connected the kidnapping plan to the Alliance’s pursuit of the Illuminati and asked the dying attacker what major operation the group had carried out.

Roy learned that the Illuminati had kidnapped students and stolen something from the Alola Spirit Realm, then helped the examiners devise a plan to find the hostages without alerting the criminals. The chapter ended with Roy preparing to use his alliances with more than twenty wild Pokémon tribes to bring the students to safety.

• Roy learned that the Illuminati had taken the students to a temporary base near the Heavenly Pool, and the captured man died after revealing the information.
• Roy recalled the dying Banette, calmed himself after the battle, and discovered that Squirtle had secretly evolved into Wartortle.
• Roy told Senior Lin Qing about the Illuminati, and she suspended the examination and took him back to the shelter.
• At the shelter meeting, Senior Lin Qing rejected Tang Zhuang's suggestion to retrieve the students openly, fearing the Illuminati would harm them.
• Roy proposed using wild Pokémon to find and protect the students, then revealed that more than twenty tribes were willing to follow his command.

Roy agreed to infiltrate the Illuminati’s camp at Heavenly Lake alone, using his Aura Power to bypass their Pokémon-based screening. With Champion Lin Wuya’s help and a disguised face, he headed toward the camp to gather information and aid the hostage rescue.

• Lin Qing left with Squirtle to secure Xiao Bin’s safety while Roy and the examiners waited for him to return.
• Champion Lin Wuya arrived and explained why the League was handling the Illuminati threat discreetly.
• Lin Wuya asked Roy to infiltrate the Illuminati’s temporary base, and Roy agreed after learning the operation’s risks and reward.
• Lin Wuya brought Roy to a mountain overlooking Heavenly Lake and explained the Illuminati’s password and Sneasel screening procedure.
• Roy questioned a brainwashed Illuminati patrolman, copied his Aura frequency, and used Ditto’s disguise before walking toward the camp.

Roy infiltrated the Illuminati camp in disguise to find and rescue the captured students, discovering that the detention area also held abused Pokémon used for experiments. He entered a fifth tent and found Pokémon kept asleep, leaving their purpose unknown.

• Roy used a crude gesture to bluff past an Illuminati guard after failing to understand his language, then entered the camp undetected.
• Roy fed two Mightyena to get past the guards at the detention area and found Huo Qing among the prisoners.
• Huo Qing told Roy that the cages were electrified, the prisoners wore explosive collars, and the captors used a shared ID card that was likely kept in the warehouse.
• Roy investigated the detention tents and found battered experimental Pokémon, including Electabuzz, which he gave healing medicine and promised to rescue.
• Roy entered a fifth tent and found that its Pokémon were being kept asleep rather than imprisoned in cages.

Roy discovered that the Illuminati had stockpiled enough Voltorb to threaten Changbai Mountain and found a research log describing Cosmog, Little Nebula, and a powerful form of lightning. The log linked that lightning to Zekrom, leaving Roy to wonder whether the mysterious relic was the DNA Splicers.

• Roy found more than one hundred sleeping Voltorb in the Illuminati camp and realized their simultaneous explosions could devastate Changbai Mountain.
• Dragonite confirmed that it could use Twister to send the Voltorb into outer space, and Roy went to search the warehouse for an ID card.
• Roy found Dr. Charles's research log and read how researchers dismissed Nebula as a weak Pokémon after its failed training and escape attempts.
• Roy learned that Cosmog could transform ordinary lightning into exceptionally powerful Heterogeneous Lightning that negated many Pokémon Abilities.
• Roy recognized the lightning as Zekrom's Teralvolt and wondered if Cosmog was connected to the DNA Splicers.

Roy uncovered Dr. Charles’s research log, learning that the Illuminati had tortured Pokémon with Exotic Lightning and planned to capture students, including Roy, to force their escape. After freeing the prisoners and winning Electabuzz’s cooperation, Roy began his breakout by having Dragonite unleash a gale that sent the base’s Voltorb exploding into the sky.

• Roy read Dr. Charles’s log and learned that the Illuminati’s experiments had killed hundreds of Pokémon, including Electabuzz No. 0131, before the team planned to capture Roy and other students.
• Roy found an ID card, freed Huo Qing and the other students, and told them to wait for a violent gale before escaping.
• Roy persuaded Electabuzz to direct its revenge at the Illuminati, and Electabuzz accepted his healing medicine and helped control the other experimental Pokémon.
• Roy released Dragonite and ordered it to blow the Voltorb into the sky.
• Dragonite created a massive tornado that triggered the Voltorb’s lightning explosions, setting off alarms across the Illuminati base.

Roy and Dragonite defeated the Illuminati attackers at Heavenly Lake, while Champion Lin Wuya confronted Hermes, one of the Illuminati’s Three Sword Bearers. Roy led the students back to safety after Lin Wuya ordered him to evacuate them, and the aftermath revealed casualties among the students and their Pokémon.

• Dragonite used Outrage and Draco Meteor to defeat over a thousand Illuminati Pokémon and melt the ice covering Heavenly Lake.
• Lin Wuya arrived on Flygon and confronted Hermes, who threatened the students through his Mismagius and challenged Lin Wuya without Dragonite’s protection.
• Lin Wuya sent Dragonite to protect the students and ordered Roy to lead them away and alert the examiners to capture the Illuminati remnants.
• Roy led the students and six experimental Pokémon back to the shelter as Lin Wuya and Hermes fought; the battle devastated Changbai Mountain, and defeated Hermes later took poison and died.
• At the shelter, students grieved for dead Pokémon and discovered that several classmates were missing.

Roy found and healed an injured Cosmog, then persuaded it to stay with him by offering Energy Cubes. He tried to catch it in a Poké Ball, but the ball failed to work.

• Xiao Bin silently blamed himself for the deaths, while Roy mourned the people who had died.
• Electabuzz found an unconscious, wounded Cosmog, and Roy healed it with Advanced Healing Medicine.
• Cosmog woke, thanked Roy, and tried to flee after confirming Hermes was gone.
• Roy fed Cosmog Energy Cubes and suspected that it needed to accumulate vast amounts of energy to evolve.
• Roy offered to adopt Cosmog and provide it with Energy Cubes, and Cosmog eagerly accepted.
• Roy threw a Poké Ball at Cosmog, but it bounced back without capturing it.

After the Changbai Mountain attack, Roy kept Cosmog’s identity secret and brought the rescued Pokémon to the examiners for assessment. The chapter ended with Roy hospitalized for observation and going to check on Electabuzz before his discharge.

• Roy captured Cosmog with a Beast Ball, but Cosmog emerged because staying inside would hinder its growth, so Roy let it stay on his shoulder and warned it not to wander off.
• Lin Qing met Roy’s Cosmog and the rescued Electric-type Pokémon, and Electabuzz looked to Roy before agreeing to cooperate with the examiners.
• Hermes and the Illuminati remnants in Eurasia were wiped out, while the attack left students and thousands of wild Pokémon dead; Roy’s role was kept confidential.
• News of the six surviving experimental Pokémon spread, and the public learned that their electrical injuries could not be fully cured.
• Roy spent three days under observation at a Pokémon Center with Vulpix and Cosmog, then got up to visit Electabuzz on the day before his discharge.

Roy learned that draining Electabuzz’s electricity worsened its condition, while the hospital’s treatment could only ease the experimental Pokémon’s suffering. After the lockdown ended, Roy’s parents and Professor Xing visited him, and Professor Xing revealed that Sheng Hai University’s reward involved a meteorite kept in its Pokémon courtyard.

• Roy watched Pikachu drain Electabuzz’s Electric Energy, and Director Chen explained that the treatment only relieved the Pokémon’s pain temporarily.
• Electabuzz collapsed in severe pain after its Electric Energy began to recover, and Director Chen suspected that draining it had disrupted a balance created by its resistance to the Exotic Lightning.
• Roy returned to his ward without waiting for Electabuzz to wake, and the hospital lifted its lockdown after authorities eliminated the remaining Illuminati forces.
• Roy’s parents and Professor Xing visited him, and Professor Xing described the withdrawals and psychological toll among Sheng Hai University’s students while praising Roy’s role in the rescue.
• Professor Xing told Roy that Sheng Hai University had chosen a reward for him and explained that the university’s Pokémon courtyard held a meteorite that could strengthen Psychic abilities.

Professor Xing offered Roy a chance to receive serum made from a meteorite virus, and Roy accepted. At the hospital, Electabuzz begged Roy to take it in, so Roy gave it one day to prove its potential through Lightning Body Tempering, but its first attempt triggered a painful backlash.

• Professor Xing explained the virus’s effects and offered Roy the serum, which Roy agreed to receive when he returned to Sheng Hai University.
• Director Chen said Electabuzz and five other experimental Pokémon would be moved to a sanatorium because their conditions could not be cured.
• Electabuzz begged Roy to become its Pokémon, and Roy refused before granting it one day to prove its potential.
• Director Chen pretended not to notice Roy taking Electabuzz to the hospital rooftop, where Roy explained how it might use Zekrom’s power for Lightning Body Tempering.
• Electabuzz tried the training method, suffered a backlash, and collapsed, so Roy used 10,000 points to obtain Universal Powder.

Roy watched Electabuzz train through the night and adapt to Zekrom’s Power, then caught it as his fifth Pokémon. Electabuzz fainted after succeeding, and its new status showed its Electric-type moves were unavailable.

• Electabuzz spent eight hours repeating Lightning Body Tempering while Roy and his Pokémon watched and cheered it on.
• Roy saw Vulpix, Squirtle, and Lucario become motivated to train after witnessing Electabuzz’s determination.
• At sunrise, Roy discovered that Electabuzz’s cells had adapted to Zekrom’s Power by accelerating their growth whenever the lightning damaged them.
• Electabuzz asked Roy to take care of it, and Roy caught it as his fifth Pokémon after it fainted.
• Roy checked Electabuzz’s status and wondered whether it was a waste-character protagonist with a divine power and an unavailable moveset.

Roy captured Electabuzz after restoring the life force it had burned through with Lightning Body Tempering, then returned to Shenghai and let his Pokémon settle in. While Roy slept, Lucario, Squirtle, and Electabuzz went to Sheng Hai University to train, where Electabuzz faced Yang Dong’s Primeape in a battle that drew a crowd.

• Roy gave Electabuzz a Vitality Block, healed it, and successfully captured it in a Poké Ball.
• Roy returned to Shenghai with Cosmog and his other Pokémon, then collapsed into an exhausted sleep at home.
• Squirtle and Lucario welcomed Electabuzz and prepared weighted training gear for it before the three Pokémon headed to Sheng Hai University.
• Roy woke after fourteen hours of sleep and learned from Vulpix that the others had gone to train at the university.
• Huo Qing called Roy to warn him that his Pokémon were fighting, and Roy rushed to the university’s battle arena.
• Roy found Electabuzz battling Yang Dong’s Primeape while Lucario and Squirtle stood at the command station.

Roy watched Electabuzz battle Yang Dong’s Primeape, which overwhelmed it with Close Combat. Though Electabuzz kept getting back up, its Static finally paralyzed Primeape, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Roy questioned Huo Qing about the trouble, then watched Electabuzz face Yang Dong’s Primeape.
• Electabuzz used its battle instincts and Lightning Body Tempering to fight Primeape evenly until Yang Dong ordered Close Combat.
• Primeape’s refined Close Combat battered Electabuzz, and the referee nearly declared it defeated before it stood back up.
• Electabuzz endured repeated attacks, and Primeape’s lowered defenses allowed Electabuzz’s Static to paralyze it.
• Electabuzz struck the immobilized Primeape with Headbutt, increasing the paralysis and leaving Primeape unable to move.

Roy’s Electabuzz defeated Yang Dong’s Primeape despite collapsing immediately afterward, and Roy brought it to the medical room. Professor Xing revealed his expertise in Electric-type research and proposed intensifying Electabuzz’s Lightning Body Tempering to develop a lightning-coated state carrying Zekrom’s Teralvolt.

• Roy called out Brick Break, allowing Electabuzz to defeat Primeape before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Roy recalled Electabuzz, checked that Lucario and Squirtle had not caused trouble, and took Electabuzz to the medical room for treatment.
• Professor Xing arrived and told Roy that the laboratory was ready to study the D virus.
• Roy explained Electabuzz’s Teralvolt Trait and Zekrom’s nature, which Professor Xing had not previously heard of.
• Professor Xing proposed increasing the voltage of Electabuzz’s Lightning Body Tempering to strengthen its cellular adaptation.
• Professor Xing predicted that this training could coat Electabuzz’s body in lightning and make every action carry Zekrom’s Teralvolt.