Chapter Summaries

Lu Ze streamed a battle against Mewtwo to demonstrate Pokémon Battle and a tricky team strategy. After Drifblim passed its maximum evasion to Glalie, Lu Ze sent Glalie out, leaving Sui Yan and the viewers wondering why.

• Lu Ze told Sui Yan and Tang Yunqin that Pokémon Battle would be released the next morning, then invited them to his home to try it on his computer.
• Lu Ze started a livestream and explained the game’s mechanics and his alternate lineup before matching against Mewtwo.
• Lu Ze used Drifblim’s Hypnosis to trigger its Blunder Policy and Unburden, then evaded Snorlax’s attacks while setting up Minimize.
• Lu Ze used Baton Pass to bring Glalie onto the field with Drifblim’s maximum evasion boosts.
• Sui Yan and the livestream viewers questioned why Lu Ze chose Glalie instead of Volcarona.

Lu Ze defeated Mewtwo online with a Moody-and-Substitute strategy, prompting Mewtwo to confront him in person. Mewtwo demanded an explanation while Lu Ze tried to blame his earlier taunts on Lu Zhengjie, but Mewtwo revealed that Lu Zhengjie was training at the institute.

• Glalie used Substitute, dodged Snorlax's attacks, and gained boosts from Moody while Leftovers restored its HP.
• Glalie defeated Snorlax, Alakazam, and Machamp with Ice Beam, giving Lu Ze victory over Mewtwo.
• Mewtwo smashed a wall in anger, then teleported away from the institute after losing the battle.
• Sui Yan took Lu Ze's seat to queue for a match, while Mewtwo appeared behind Lu Ze and demanded an explanation.
• Mewtwo stopped Sui Yan from matchmaking and confronted Lu Ze as Deoxys watched without intervening.
• Lu Ze claimed he had been talking about Lu Zhengjie, but Mewtwo said Lu Zhengjie was training with his Patterned Pokémon.

Lu Ze used a Pokémon battle game to defeat Sui Yan’s Sunny Team with a Water-focused stall lineup, then explained his Pokémon setups to the livestream audience. Inspired by Lu Ze’s tactics, Zhou Xiaopang vowed to become a nightmare to those who had looked down on him.

• After Mewtwo beat him up, Lu Ze challenged Sui Yan to a Pokémon battle game while Mewtwo stayed for dinner.
• Lu Ze matched Sui Yan’s Sunny Team with a Water-heavy lineup and used Toxapex’s Rain Dance to disrupt Torkoal’s Sunny Day.
• Lu Ze burned Sui Yan’s Venusaur with Heat Rotom, then used Toxapex’s Light Screen and Recover to frustrate Sui Yan into surrendering.
• Lu Ze explained how Toxapex, Slowking, and Heat Rotom worked together as a stall team and detailed their moves and items.
• After seeing Heat Rotom’s setup, Zhou Xiaopang vowed to make everyone who had looked down on him understand that he would become their nightmare.

After Lu Ze’s stream clips went viral, he began a ranked stream to teach the newly released game. He matched against the world’s number one Steel-type Elite Four, Mo Qiancheng, and prepared a surprise for him.

• Clips of Lu Ze’s battles spread across the internet, inspiring Zhou Xiaopang to build a stall team and Feebas to evolve into Milotic.
• Lu Ze, Sui Yan, Tang Yunqin, and their Pokémon shared an outdoor iron-pot stew dinner, and Tang Yunqin declared she would become the country’s top player.
• Sui Yan told Lu Ze that he had gone viral after the game became available to download, and Lu Ze started a stream with Sui Yan beside him.
• Wang Hechuan joined Lu Ze’s stream to promote the game and commentate as Lu Ze entered ranked matchmaking.
• Lu Ze and Wang Hechuan recognized that Lu Ze’s opponent was likely Mo Qiancheng, the world’s number one Steel-type Elite Four, and Lu Ze prepared a surprise for him.

Lu Ze tricked Mo Qiancheng into a streamed battle and swept his Steel-type team with Blaziken, then explained his strategy and team choices. Mo Qiancheng confronted him afterward, but Dratini’s surprise appearance caught the stream’s attention as the confrontation continued.

• Lu Ze used Blaziken to predict Bisharp’s [Sucker Punch], set up with [Swords Dance], and defeat Mo Qiancheng’s team, including Metagross and Ferrothorn.
• Mo Qiancheng accidentally revealed that Mega Evolution would be added in the next version, then discovered that Lu Ze had beaten him in front of over two million viewers.
• Lu Ze explained how Incineroar and Grimmsnarl would support Blaziken, and why he had chosen to lead with Blaziken against Bisharp.
• Mo Qiancheng stormed into Lu Ze’s home after the call, while Dratini woke up and wandered into the study where Lu Ze was being scolded.
• Dratini climbed onto Lu Ze, and the stream erupted over the sight of his Shiny pink Dratini.

Lu Ze agreed to help Mo Qiancheng train a second Steel-type team to overcome his Elite Four bottleneck, then gave away five Pokémon Eggs during a livestream. After losing a match to the raffle winner, Lu Ze took Mo Qiancheng and Sui Yan to the flagship Pokémon Store to choose Pokémon Eggs.

• Mo Qiancheng explained that he had hit a bottleneck and needed a second Steel-type team, so Lu Ze agreed to help him shop for Pokémon.
• Lu Ze announced a livestream raffle for five Pokémon Eggs, each with at least purple potential.
• Lu Ze lost a game to I'm Handsome, So I'm Right, then discovered that the same player had won the first raffle prize.
• After lunch, Lu Ze, Mo Qiancheng, and Sui Yan went to the flagship Pokémon Store, where Mo Qiancheng listed his existing teams and asked Lu Ze for Steel-type recommendations.
• Lu Ze and the others entered the store to select the five Pokémon Eggs requested by the raffle winners.

Lu Ze helped choose Pokémon Eggs for Mo Qiancheng and the livestream contest winners, while a children’s battle reminded him of his Minimize Baton Pass strategy. The chapter ended with him spotting a young man reluctantly returning a Duraludon Pokémon Egg because his mother worried about the cost of raising it.

• Lu Ze found a Bronzor Pokémon Egg with Levitate for Mo Qiancheng, then watched a child use a version of Lu Ze’s livestream strategy to defeat Tyranitar and win a battle.
• Lu Ze selected a Shinx Pokémon Egg for a livestream winner, along with Bounsweet, Sandile, Swinub, and Murkrow for other winners; he planned to assess whether the Larvitar winners could afford to raise it.
• Lu Ze and Mo Qiancheng chose Galarian Form Meowth for Mo Qiancheng’s second team, but left its final slot undecided after considering Nosepass and Karrablast.
• Lu Ze noticed a young man returning a silver-gray-marked Pokémon Egg while his mother said Steel-type Pokémon were too expensive to raise, and identified it as a Duraludon Pokémon Egg.

Mo Qiancheng chose Pokémon Eggs while considering taking a promising young Trainer as his disciple. He and Lu Ze went to meet Meng Fanxing, who had reluctantly given up a Duraludon Egg because his family could not afford to raise another Steel-type Pokémon.

• Mo Qiancheng saw Meng Fanxing put back a Duraludon Egg and secretly had Aegislash follow him.
• Mo Qiancheng and Lu Ze selected several Pokémon Eggs for Mo Qiancheng’s team, then went to a hotel to meet the potential disciple.
• Mo Qiancheng explained that the young man was Meng Fanxing, a top student who had chosen Shangqing University and showed promise as a Trainer.
• Meng Fanxing told his mother he wanted to specialize in Steel-type Pokémon and would work, study, and compete with Empoleon to earn the money to raise them.

Mo Qiancheng took Meng Fanxing as his apprentice because of his talent and love of Steel-type Pokémon, then brought him to meet Lu Ze and the others. Meng Fanxing arrived at Lu Ze’s home the next morning with his Empoleon, where Sirfetch'd greeted them.

• Mo Qiancheng visited Meng Fanxing and offered to take him as his apprentice, and Meng Fanxing accepted.
• Mo Qiancheng told Lu Ze and Sui Yan about his new apprentice and invited them to meet Meng Fanxing the next day.
• Mo Qiancheng visited Lu Ze’s home for breakfast, where Snorlax confronted him for eating its bread before accepting a sandwich as compensation.
• Mo Qiancheng and Lu Ze discussed Meng Fanxing’s limited training time and his chances in the Freshman Tournament.
• Meng Fanxing arrived at Lu Ze’s home with Empoleon, and Sirfetch'd let them in after Lu Ze confirmed they were friends.

Mo Qiancheng gave Meng Fanxing Mawile and Duraludon’s Pokémon Eggs, then arranged a battle between Meng Fanxing and Sui Yan to test his new disciple. As Larvesta faced Empoleon at Shangqing’s battle arena, Lu Ze revealed that the battle might trigger Larvesta’s evolution.

• Meng Fanxing accepted Mawile and Duraludon’s Pokémon Eggs from Mo Qiancheng, while Empoleon eagerly gathered them up to protect them.
• Mo Qiancheng asked Sui Yan to battle Meng Fanxing, and Lu Ze urged Sui Yan to agree because Larvesta was close to evolving.
• Mo Qiancheng brought the group to Shangqing’s battle arena, where Liu Xiangjun asked Lu Ze and Sui Yan to teach the students by analyzing the battle.
• Meng Fanxing prepared to battle with Empoleon, while Sui Yan sent out Larvesta, who felt confident after Reshiram’s special training.

Sui Yan's Larvesta defeated Meng Fanxing's Empoleon, revealing Sui Yan's third-place ranking at Shangqing University and leaving Meng Fanxing to reconsider his freshman prospects. After lessons and dinner with their Pokémon, Mo Qiancheng asked Meng Fanxing whether he felt confident about the Freshman Tournament.

• Sui Yan's Larvesta defeated Empoleon with String Shot, Fire Blast, Will-O-Wisp, and Bug Buzz while Sui Yan watched without giving orders.
• Lu Ze told Mo Qiancheng that Sui Yan ranked third in the school, and Mo Qiancheng went to comfort Meng Fanxing after the loss.
• Mo Qiancheng explained that Lu Ze ranked first and Sui Yan ranked third, then encouraged Meng Fanxing by boasting about his own past help to Lu Ze.
• Liu Xiangjun assigned students to win at least one Pokémon Battle match each day, and she and the others attended class before joining Mo Qiancheng for dinner.
• At dinner, Empoleon sought advice from Shuckle, rejected Shuckle's claims about eating and sleeping, and went to find Bisharp instead.
• Mo Qiancheng asked Meng Fanxing whether he was confident about the Freshman Tournament starting after school began the next day.

As school resumed, Lu Ze and his friends went to watch a freshman battle after learning that Meng Fanxing, Mo Qiancheng’s disciple, would compete. The chapter left them at the arena as a student offered betting odds on Meng Fanxing and his opponent.

• Lu Ze returned to class after breakfast while Latios and Electivire headed out to train, and Little Red stayed home to carve.
• At lunch, Lu Ze told Sui Yan, Tang Yunqin, and Fugui that commentator Huang Jian was organizing another freshman battle, then revealed he had arranged for Meng Fanxing to fight.
• Lu Ze and his friends hurried to the freshman arena and watched Meng Fanxing face another freshman, whose Poliwrath battled Meng Fanxing’s Empoleon.
• A student approached Lu Ze’s group and offered bets, giving odds for Meng Fanxing, his opponent, or a draw.

Lu Ze and his friends bet on Meng Fanxing, who defeated Poliwrath in his first university battle. Afterward, they joined Meng Fanxing for a celebratory meal, and Sui Yan offered to help him find paid trainer work.

• Lu Ze, Sui Yan, Tang Yunqin, and Fugui bet their points on Meng Fanxing's match after learning the betting was run by the student union.
• Meng Fanxing's Empoleon interrupted Poliwrath's Belly Drum and defeated it with a sustained series of attacks.
• Lu Ze and his friends collected their winnings and left the venue, where Meng Fanxing invited them to celebrate his victory with Mo Qiancheng.
• Lu Ze asked Meng Fanxing about paid trainer events, and Sui Yan offered to introduce him to contacts for Baby Cups and commercial battles.
• Meng Fanxing said he would ask Mo Qiancheng before deciding whether to take on weekend work, and the group arrived at a restaurant.

Meng Fanxing chose to earn money through battles while also following Mo Qiancheng’s training conditions, and Lu Ze’s group celebrated before setting out for National Team selection. They arrived at the training camp, received their room keys, and prepared to gather for the first briefing.

• Meng Fanxing insisted on earning money through commercial battles, and Mo Qiancheng agreed while setting conditions for him.
• Lu Ze learned that Duraludon and Mawile’s Eggs were expected to hatch soon, then toasted the group before leaving for National Team selection.
• The next morning, Latios and Latias flew invisibly to the bus, while Lu Ze set off with Dratini and Zorua.
• Lu Ze, Sui Yan, Tang Yunqin, and their teammates traveled to the National Team selection camp, where Zhuge Ziyu gave them room keys and told them to gather at ten.

Lu Ze arrived at the training camp with Latios and Latias, then learned the selection matches would use simple win-and-loss rules that seemed to conceal additional conditions. After a confrontation with followers of a trainer rumored to own a Legendary Pokémon, Lu Ze and his friends stayed in their private room and prepared for challenges to begin after lunch.

• Latios and Latias flew to Lu Ze’s room, transformed into Little Red and Little Blue, and went to meet Zhuge Ziyu.
• Zhuge Ziyu gathered the arriving students and announced that selection matches began after lunch, with ten wins advancing and three losses eliminating a competitor.
• Lu Ze, Tang Yunqin, and Sui Yan suspected the announced rules hid an unspoken test, then went to eat in a private room.
• Sui Yan told Lu Ze and Tang Yunqin about a trainer with a Legendary Pokémon and mocked one of that trainer’s followers.
• A short-haired young man demanded Lu Ze’s group give up their room and threatened to eliminate them after lunch, but they refused to back down.
• Lu Ze reminded Sui Yan that older students were competing too, and Sui Yan said his Pokémon had been training hard.

Lu Ze, Sui Yan, and Tang Yunqin defeated three students who supported the Legendary Pokémon Guy in their training camp battles. Afterward, Zhuge Ziyu watched Lu Ze and his Pokémon from behind one-way glass, suggesting the supporters had not found the real person worth backing.

• Lu Ze told Sui Yan that the Legendary Pokémon Guy was not among the three challengers, though they appeared to be his supporters.
• Lu Ze defeated the fat man after Crawdaunt swiftly knocked out Espeon and Electivire overpowered Honchkrow, prompting the fat man to surrender.
• Sui Yan and Tang Yunqin won their battles, and the three left together while the supporters complained and expelled the fat man from their group.
• A secretary gave Zhuge Ziyu the first-hour battle data, and Zhuge Ziyu watched Lu Ze holding Dratini and Zorua through the one-way glass.

Lu Ze reviewed his Pokémon’s strengths and adjusted their training plans while they rested at the training camp. Electivire received encouragement from his teammates but declared that he would surpass them all.

• Lu Ze promised Sirfetch'd that he would lead their next match, and Sirfetch'd accepted after sealing the promise with a high-five.
• Lu Ze planned to shift Crobat’s training from evasion and attack speed toward stronger attacks, and Crobat eagerly agreed.
• Lu Ze adjusted Snorlax’s training to raise his attack frequency and long-range move proficiency, while Charizard continued his existing training with added practice setting up weather.
• Lu Ze asked Crawdaunt to prepare to learn [Poison Jab] and improve his understanding of Poison-type energy.
• Lu Ze reassured Electivire about the difficulty of mastering Farmer's Three Punches and [Plasma Thunder Punch], and his teammates encouraged him.
• Electivire vowed to surpass his teammates, who rolled their eyes and returned to practicing.

Lu Ze discussed Sirfetch'd's training path, then waited for the Legendary Pokémon Guy while his friends competed and investigated the tournament rules. The Legendary Pokémon Guy still had not challenged them, and Sui Yan guessed he might also be an avid webnovel reader.

• Lu Ze asked Sirfetch'd whether he wanted to balance offense and defense, and Sirfetch'd chose to pursue an aggressive style despite the extra difficulty.
• Lu Ze took his Pokémon to train while Charizard watched over the sleeping Dratini, Zorua, and Snorlax; Sui Yan and Tang Yunqin competed and studied the rules.
• Sui Yan won three battles, Tang Yunqin reported that contestants were buying wins for two hundred thousand, and Lu Ze decided not to interfere.
• Sui Yan told Lu Ze about the Legendary Pokémon Guy and the second-ranked contestant, while Lu Ze said he was waiting for the Legendary Pokémon Guy to challenge him.
• Sui Yan wondered why the Legendary Pokémon Guy had not retaliated and guessed that he, too, might have read webnovels for years.

Lu Ze streamed a Pokémon battle and demonstrated a Hazard Stack Team designed to counter Variant Rain Teams. His hazards badly damaged the opponent’s team, but the battle was still underway when the chapter ended.

• Lu Ze finished training with his Pokémon, then returned to his room and checked Mewtwo’s match history, where he found a loss to a Variant Rain Team.
• Lu Ze began a stream and promised viewers he would explain how to beat Variant Rain Teams.
• Lu Ze matched against Teach and Enlighten’s Rain Team and chose a Hazard Stack Team featuring Grimmsnarl, Quagsire, and Forretress.
• Lu Ze set up screens with Grimmsnarl, then used Quagsire and Forretress to lay Toxic Spikes, Stealth Rock, and Spikes across the field.
• Lu Ze switched Quagsire in against Barraskewda and added more Spikes as the opposing Pokémon took heavy entry damage; the battle continued.

Lu Ze demonstrated a Hazard Stack Team on stream, then explained weather-team strategies before setting out to battle for the selection trials. As Lu Ze, Sui Yan, and Tang Yunqin headed to the arena, the man they had just discussed turned around and introduced himself as Legendary Pokémon Guy.

• Lu Ze used Hydreigon's Roar and Dragon Tail to force switches and stack hazards, prompting Zhou Jiaqi to surrender with his Variant Rain Team.
• Lu Ze explained that Defog could counter his Hazard Stack Team and began preparing Sandstorm and Sunny teams to discuss on stream.
• Lu Ze woke his Pokémon, ate breakfast with Sui Yan and Tang Yunqin, and decided to start battling to secure enough wins for the next round.
• Zhou Jiaqi discovered that Lu Ze's stream had made the strategies he had worked all night to counter widely known.
• Sui Yan wondered whether Legendary Pokémon Guy would confront them, and a man in black approached Lu Ze and introduced himself by that name.