Chapter Summaries

Marshadow’s unstable shadow power accidentally sent the food from the big eater contest into Giratina’s sealed Distortion World, where the lonely ruler found comfort in tasting it again. After discovering a trace of Grass-type rules in Ye Lan’s berry salad, Giratina was left excited by what it had found.

• Leafeon and Serperior reacted to Marshadow’s contest victory while Marshadow celebrated and returned to Ye Lan’s shadow.
• Giratina tried to escape the Distortion World but was repelled by Arceus’s seal and dragged back by golden chains.
• Giratina recognized Marshadow as the little runt that had once entered its realm, carrying a wisp of its energy back out.
• Marshadow’s unstable power accidentally opened a passage, sending contest food into the Distortion World for Giratina to eat.
• Giratina watched Bulbasaur’s rafting adventure through a Shadow Map and then discovered that Ye Lan’s berry salad held a faint trace of Grass-type rules.

Giratina discovered that Grass-type law power in Berry Salad could weaken Arceus’s seal and vowed to escape and remake the world. Meanwhile, Ye Lan examined his upgraded Data Detection system and learned that his Grass Monarch ability could eventually awaken powers of the Jialuo Clan.

• Giratina splashed Berry Salad onto Arceus’s golden chains and saw them weaken slightly, revealing a possible way to break the seal.
• Giratina vowed to use Grass-type laws to escape and create a world for Grass-type Pokémon and Trainers alone.
• Ye Lan massaged his Pokémon after training, while Marshadow found that the food it had stored in its shadow space had vanished and asked for more.
• Ye Lan received notifications that Data Detection LV.3 had upgraded to LV.4 and unlocked a specialization choice between viewing move proficiency and scanning Legendary- or Mythical-associated items.
• Ye Lan inspected Absolute Monarch of Grass and saw that reaching Level 4 required recognition from an entire Legendary Pokémon item and could awaken some of the Jialuo Clan’s abilities.

Ye Lan changed Data Detection to focus on Legendary Pokémon-related items and used its new Scene Replay feature to inspect the Blue Orb Fragment. He discovered the fragment had absorbed much of his Healing Water and awakened a mischievous consciousness, but it had no abilities and refused to work for him.

• Ye Lan chose to convert part of Data Detection's function into item detection, unlocking detailed item data and Scene Replay.
• Ye Lan took out the Blue Orb Fragment Steven had let him keep and reasoned that it was safer with him than at Hoenn League headquarters.
• Ye Lan detected the fragment and learned it had absorbed a large amount of Healing Water, awakened a consciousness, and possessed no abilities.
• Ye Lan discovered that the fragment had consumed more than half his Healing Water, then sensed it defiantly refusing to work for him.

Ye Lan negotiated with the Blue Orb Fragment after discovering it had awakened a consciousness and could communicate. He offered to find the other fragments in exchange for its cooperation, and the fragment revealed an Ocean Authority that could bless him near the sea.

• Ye Lan restrained the Blue Orb Fragment with Marshadow and confronted it over consuming his Healing Water.
• The Blue Orb Fragment's data revealed that it could heal Pokémon at Professional level or below, disappointing Ye Lan.
• Ye Lan offered to use his Hoenn search authorization to find other Blue Orb Fragments and threatened to hand it to Team Aqua if it refused.
• Ye Lan showed the fragment a photo of Mechanical Kyogre, and it struggled in fear of being controlled.
• The Blue Orb Fragment's data revealed that its Ocean Authority blessed its holder in ocean regions but could bring bad luck on land.
• Ye Lan welcomed the fragment's offer and proposed a cooperative deal that could include more Healing Water.

Ye Lan discovered that the Blue Orb fragment had awakened a consciousness after absorbing Healing Water and negotiated to keep the water left in a barrel. The fragment revealed several ocean-related abilities, and its memory showed Primal Kyogre confronting two other powerful figures over natural energy.

• Ye Lan sensed that the Blue Orb fragment wanted the Healing Water remaining in a wooden barrel and agreed to give it some.
• The Blue Orb fragment revealed that the Healing Water had awakened its consciousness and unlocked abilities tied to the ocean and Water-type training.
• Ye Lan considered using the fragment to help train Leafeon, but Serperior reacted as if it had sensed his thought about catching Ludicolo.
• Ye Lan activated the fragment’s scene replay and watched Kyogre absorb natural energy as two other figures tried to seize it.
• Kyogre transformed into its Primal Form and trapped the other two figures between the sea and the sky.

Ye Lan lost consciousness after witnessing a vision, and a dragon-shaped statue at Sky Pillar opened its crimson-gold eyes. Meanwhile, his childhood friend Chen Yang visited Huaxia Academy and was surrounded by students and Grass-type Pokémon after revealing his connection to Ye Lan.

• Ye Lan saw three powerful figures fall, glimpsed crimson-gold eyes, heard a dragon's roar, and lost consciousness.
• A dragon-shaped statue at Sky Pillar cracked open and revealed crimson-gold vertical pupils.
• Chen Yang arrived at Huaxia Academy during his police academy break to surprise Ye Lan.
• Chen Yang accidentally reached the Battle Department dormitory area and asked a guard how to find the Breeding Department.
• After Chen Yang named Ye Lan as his childhood friend, the guard warned that people missed Ye Lan intensely.
• A tall student and a crowd of people and Grass-type Pokémon surrounded Chen Yang and asked him to confirm his friendship with Ye Lan.

After waking from a collapse caused by the system’s new function, Ye Lan studied the visions he had seen of Kyogre, Groudon, Eternatus, and Rayquaza. He concluded that Eternatus had seemed strangely weak in the vision, and reconsidered how powerful the Legendary Pokémon truly were.

• Ye Lan woke to find his Pokémon, Captain Bit, Erika, and Nurse Joy worried about him, and Nurse Joy confirmed he needed rest after mental exhaustion.
• After everyone left, Ye Lan asked Leafeon for paper and analyzed the fragmented visions of Kyogre and Groudon fighting over the world’s natural energy.
• Ye Lan identified the dark-red Pokémon that helped Groudon as Eternatus, but questioned why it seemed so weak against Kyogre.
• Leafeon misread Ye Lan’s sketch as evidence that he missed Ludicolo, prompting the Pokémon to joke that he wanted a Water-type for his all-Grass team.
• Ye Lan considered whether the Eternatus in the vision was a fake, then concluded he had underestimated the power of the Legendary Pokémon.

After reaching Kanto, Ye Lan told his friends he would return to Huaxia Academy soon and traveled with Erika toward Viridian Forest. He reflected on the threats posed by Team Rocket and learned that Lance had gone to Johto after losing to Lorelei.

• Ye Lan checked in with Chen Yang, who explained that Huaxia Academy’s Battle Department students wanted Ye Lan back to open his restaurant and that their Grass-type Pokémon had begged him to return.
• Ye Lan promised to come back in about a week and announced a ten-percent discount for his restaurant’s opening week.
• The Royal Knight docked at Vermilion Harbor, where Ye Lan spotted the S.S. Aqua and decided to avoid Vermilion Gym and Team Rocket by heading for Viridian Forest.
• Ye Lan and Erika set out for Viridian Forest, with Erika accompanying him as a guide and out of curiosity about the Viridian Force.
• Ye Lan asked Erika about Lance, and she told him that he had gone to Johto after Lorelei defeated him in the Elite Four Challenge.

Ye Lan and Erika entered Viridian Forest, where the forest recognized Ye Lan as a bearer of Viridian Force and opened a path for him. As Ye Lan continued deeper into the forest, he spotted a Rowlet among the gathered Grass-type Pokémon.

• Ye Lan and Erika traveled from Pewter City toward Viridian Forest while discussing the Kanto Pokémon League.
• Ye Lan rode Rillaboom along Route 4, leaving Erika exhausted by the bumpy journey.
• Viridian Forest sensed Ye Lan's Viridian Force, welcomed him, and opened a path through the vegetation.
• Erika released her Pokémon, while Ye Lan considered the forest's Grass-type energy and checked the recovering Celebi leaf in Crystal Space.
• Ye Lan saw Grass-type Pokémon gathered beside the path and recognized a Rowlet perched on a branch.

Ye Lan searched Viridian Forest for a Jumpluff and encountered a disguised Mew before finding a Champion-level Jumpluff at the forest’s center. Jumpluff recognized the taste of his Viridian Force-enhanced candy as resembling food made by its former Trainer, revealing that someone else had learned to infuse Pokémon food with Viridian Force.

• Ye Lan saw a Rowlet in a tree, checked its impossible data, and concluded it was Mew in disguise, though Leafeon had seen nothing.
• Ye Lan gave candies to nearby Grass-type Pokémon and asked them about Jumpluff, learning that it performed mysterious rituals at night.
• The Grass-type Pokémon led Ye Lan and Erika to a lake at the heart of Viridian Forest, where they found a Champion-level Jumpluff in a vine-woven house.
• Jumpluff leaped onto Ye Lan’s shoulder, knocked Whimsicott aside, and argued with it until Ye Lan offered it candy.
• Jumpluff tasted Ye Lan’s candy and recognized the flavor of Viridian Force-enhanced food made by its former Trainer, while Ye Lan realized that Trainer had independently learned to enhance Pokémon food with Viridian Force.

Ye Lan met Jumpluff, an Elite Four-level Pokémon who had once traveled with a skilled Trainer and was waiting to fulfill her Trainer’s final request. After learning that Ye Lan possessed the Viridian Force, Jumpluff brought out a sealed box left by her Trainer and urged him to open it.

• Jumpluff argued with Whimsicott, Serperior, and Oh-no Amoonguss, while Ye Lan stopped Leafeon from joining the quarrel.
• Ye Lan told Jumpluff that Giant Venusaur had become the patriarch of a forest, and Jumpluff forgave Whimsicott after hearing the news.
• Ye Lan examined Jumpluff’s information and comforted Whimsicott, which stopped holding a grudge against Jumpluff.
• Jumpluff retrieved her Trainer’s notes in a wooden box protected by tough, metallic-looking vines, explaining that only someone with the Viridian Force might open it.
• Jumpluff cried as she urged Ye Lan to open the box, and Whimsicott embraced her, sharing her grief and longing for her Trainer.

Ye Lan opened a wooden box and met a temporal projection of a Viridian Force wielder, while Bulbasaur continued its journey across the sea toward him. The projection began explaining why she had left her message, but she was already fading away.

• Ye Lan used the power of the Absolute Monarch of Grass to remove the vines from the wooden box, and opening it stopped time around him.
• Bulbasaur reached the halfway point on the Shadow Map, lost its Shellder raft, and recruited a sleeping Shellder as Surfboard #7.
• Giratina watched Bulbasaur’s journey in the Distortion World and took comfort in its resilience.
• Ye Lan met a green-haired girl who revealed she was a temporal projection created with Celebi’s power.
• The girl explained that she had left the projection so she could tailor Viridian Force techniques to Ye Lan, then began to fade.

Ye Lan received the Viridian Force researcher’s legacy as her consciousness faded, then realized her discoveries might shed light on his own system. After the time stop ended, Rillaboom broke through amid the increased Grass-type energy.

• The girl activated Ye Lan’s Absolute Monarch of Grass and was amazed by his unusual Grass-type psychic power.
• The girl passed her recipes and research to Ye Lan before fading into particles of light, which entered his body as a wooden scroll.
• Ye Lan assured Jumpluff that he had received its Trainer’s legacy and learned that the girl had developed more than a dozen Viridian Force abilities.
• Ye Lan speculated that another Viridian Force wielder might explain his system, but recognized that he still lacked evidence.
• Erika and Leafeon noticed a fading leaf-shaped mark on Ye Lan’s forehead as the time stop ended and the Grass-type energy increased.
• Rillaboom drew everyone’s attention by breaking through.

Ye Lan and the others sensed the unusual Grass-type energy in Viridian Forest after Rillaboom broke through, while the system repaired Isha’s inheritance and gave Ye Lan her Home Cooking Manual. Ye Lan discovered that his Vine Whip mastery had surged to 80%, but learned he would have to develop his new Grass-type energy ability on his own.

• Rillaboom broke through, and Ye Lan urged the Pokémon and Erika to sense Viridian Forest’s abundant Grass-type energy before it dissipated.
• Brassius joined the video call and was stunned by Rillaboom’s breakthrough, while Ye Lan recalled arranging for Brassius to guide him in Paldea.
• The system awarded Ye Lan 500 Sunshine Points and a special privilege, then used the privilege to repair Isha’s inheritance and restore her Home Cooking Manual.
• Ye Lan checked his status panel and discovered that his Vine Whip mastery had risen from 20% to 80%.
• The system warned Ye Lan that Sunshine Points could not upgrade his learned Grass-type energy ability, which he would have to develop independently.

Ye Lan examined Isha's Home Cooking Manual and found that unlocking its detailed recipes would cost Sunshine Points, then practiced sensing nature before agreeing to cook a feast for the Grass-type Pokémon in Viridian Forest. The chapter ended with Gym Leader Ramos and other Gym Leaders' Pokémon watching Ye Lan cook over Erika's video call, desperate to see more.

• Ye Lan discovered that Isha's Home Cooking Manual required Sunshine Points to unlock its recipes, with most costing five thousand points.
• Ye Lan meditated by the lake to sense nature, while Grass-type Pokémon gathered around him.
• Jumpluff explained that it had invited Pokémon from Viridian Forest to taste Ye Lan's cooking, and Ye Lan agreed to prepare a feast with Erika's help.
• Ye Lan directed the Pokémon as they gathered ingredients and prepared a giant cooking pot from a lightning-struck tree.
• Ramos called Erika after his Gogoat and other Pokémon grew hungry watching Ye Lan cook through her video call.

Ye Lan reflected on his goals while watching the Pokémon in Viridian Forest exercise, then worried that he might have disrupted N’s future role in Unova. He reviewed training plans for Serperior and his other Pokémon, and realized Rillaboom had mastered nearly all the moves it could learn as he reconsidered its intended role.

• Ye Lan watched Victreebel feast and Jumpluff lead Pokémon through weight-loss exercises, then shared a video of the routine with N.
• Ye Lan realized that if N left Team Plasma early, he might never encounter the stones or become Unova’s hero, while N began considering a trip to other regions after watching the video.
• Ye Lan searched Snake Guardian Village’s ancient books for ways to train Serperior’s Glare and Leaf Storm during the wait for its unknown new form.
• Ye Lan decided to let Little Mushroom continue pursuing its own direction while checking on Rillaboom’s improving mood and recent breakthrough.
• Ye Lan saw that Rillaboom had mastered Boomburst and nearly completed its move pool, then realized Dynamax could not be used in the Huaxia Region Pokémon League Conference.

Ye Lan rested after worrying about Rillaboom and Serperior’s rapid growth, while Jumpluff cherished the lively camp and food that recalled its late Trainer. In Unova, Mia and the Snake Guardian Clan prepared to enter the Pokémon League’s public sphere, using Mia’s company and Ye Lan’s Grass-type candies to build influence.

• Ye Lan decided to seek advice from Gym Leaders about Rillaboom and Serperior’s training, then returned to his tent to nap.
• Whimsicott and Leafeon joined Ye Lan in the tent, while Rillaboom guarded it and Serperior coiled around it.
• Jumpluff felt happy to see so many Pokémon gathered and treasured Ye Lan’s cooking because it reminded it of its late Trainer.
• Mia watched a video of Ye Lan’s Serperior dancing and discussed expanding her company’s business with Grandma Qing.
• Mickey and the Snake Guardian Clan’s elders decided to emerge from hiding and seek positions in the Unova League, with Mia’s company as their first step.
• Mia planned to use Ye Lan’s Grass-type candies as a signature product and help establish his reputation in Unova.

Ye Lan’s plans for his Grass-type restaurant drew reactions from his family and from Andrew and Taya, who had found a way to make Serperior’s Mega Stone. Meanwhile, Lin Yan returned to Shadow Demon Island No. 8 for the Seed Ranking Battle, where he expected few participants to survive.

• Leafeon and Ye Lan set the restaurant’s limit at fifteen guests a day and planned to let Rillaboom cook and battle challengers for free meals.
• Ye Lan’s mother worried that Serperior was too skinny, while Ye Lan’s father defended his skill as a Trainer.
• Andrew and Taya held back from greeting Ye Lan’s family, and Andrew boasted that he could create a Mega Stone using Fairy Aura and life energy.
• Lin Yan arrived at Shadow Demon Island No. 8 for the Seed Ranking Battle and entered the forest, determined to win using his knowledge of the island.
• Red Spider told Hu Bin she had done all she could for Lin Yan, while Hu Bin revealed that Lin Yan had arranged to leave his assets to Ye Lan if he died.

Ye Lan said goodbye to Erika and Jumpluff, then traveled to Pallet Town and visited a novice trainer who challenged his Grass-type Pokémon. After three defeats and several restorations of Charmander, the boy left with Pokémon Candy and a promise to catch a Grass-type Pokémon someday.

• Erika brought her Pokémon to say goodbye to Ye Lan, and Victreebel swallowed him and the Pokémon on his shoulders before Serperior rescued them.
• Jumpluff chose to stay in Viridian Forest, and Ye Lan promised to send it meals made from Isha's recipes.
• Ye Lan met a novice trainer with a newly received Charmander on the way to Pallet Town and accepted his challenge after the boy praised Fire-types.
• Ye Lan let Leafeon command Oh-no Amoonguss, which defeated Charmander three times with Stun Spore, Toxic, and Graft.
• Ye Lan comforted the tearful boy, gave him Pokémon Candy in exchange for a promise to catch a Grass-type Pokémon, and continued toward Pallet Town.

Ye Lan arrived at Professor Oak's laboratory in Pallet Town, where Oak discovered his unusually dense Grass-type energy and became eager to study him. The chapter ended with Ye Lan realizing that his supposed Grass-type affinity had made him a research subject in Oak's eyes.

• Ye Lan reached Professor Oak's enormous laboratory and was welcomed by Heat Rotom.
• Heat Rotom woke Professor Oak from a desk nap by setting off the laboratory alarms.
• Professor Oak recognized Ye Lan, whom Professor Birch had told him about, and examined him closely.
• Professor Oak scanned Ye Lan and found Grass-type energy nearly as dense as that of a powerful Grass-type Pokémon.
• Professor Oak called Ye Lan exceptionally suited for research, then clarified that he meant Ye Lan was suited to being researched.