Chapter Summaries

After the first round, Zhang Cheng and Ye Tian advanced to the second round, where Zhang Cheng drew Ye Lang as his opponent. The chapter ended as Zhang Cheng and Ye Lang sent out Oshawott and Poliwag for their battle.

• Ye Tian comforted Wu Yueyue after her first-round defeat, while Hao Chenggong and two other Class One Trainers won their matches.
• The first-round results left four Class One Trainers and six Class Two Trainers advancing to the second round.
• Ye Tian invited Zhang Cheng to lunch, and they discussed the possibility of drawing opponents from their own classes.
• Zhang Cheng drew lot number one and discovered that his second-round opponent was Ye Lang; Ye Tian and Hao Chenggong drew numbers two and four.
• Zhang Cheng and Ye Lang exchanged taunts before sending out Oshawott and Poliwag to begin their match.

Zhang Cheng defeated Ye Lang by having Poliwag steal Oshawott’s Leftovers and wear it down, then watched the rest of the tournament as Ye Tian and Hao Chenggong also advanced to the finals. The last match began between evenly matched Trainers, leaving Zhang Cheng wondering whether his classmate would secure a place in the finals.

• Zhang Cheng had Poliwag use Thief to steal Oshawott’s Leftovers, then put Oshawott to sleep and struck it with Bubble Beam.
• Ye Lang ignored Zhang Cheng’s advice to concede and kept ordering Oshawott to attack until Poliwag knocked it out; the referee declared Zhang Cheng the winner.
• Zhang Cheng returned to Class One’s rest area, received an encouraging message from Bai Yuling, and watched Ye Tian defeat a classmate’s Machop with Butterfree.
• A Trainer from Class Two won the third match, and Hao Chenggong won the fourth, leaving Zhang Cheng as the only Class One Trainer confirmed for the finals.
• The final match began between two evenly matched Trainers, and Zhang Cheng considered how their commands would affect the outcome.

Zhang Cheng faced Hao Chenggong in a showdown between the leaders of Elite Class One and Elite Class Two for a place in the tournament. Their battle began with Hao Chenggong’s Tepig attacking Poliwag, and Zhang Cheng countered Tepig’s feint with Bubble Beam.

• Zhang Cheng prepared Poliwag and Pidgey for the next day’s tournament after the first round left him as the sole competitor from his class.
• The five remaining Trainers drew lots, and Ye Tian advanced without battling after drawing number three.
• A Squirtle defeated a Ponyta, earning its Trainer a place in the next round.
• Zhang Cheng and Hao Chenggong, the leaders of Elite Class One and Elite Class Two, began their match with Poliwag and Tepig.
• Hao Chenggong ordered Tepig to use Body Slam, then tried to set up another Body Slam with Flame Charge, but Zhang Cheng saw through the plan and ordered Poliwag to use Bubble Beam.

Zhang Cheng defeated Hao Chenggong’s Tepig with Poliwag to secure the final qualifying spot. The instructors announced that the three qualifiers would visit the principal’s Safari Zone the next day to catch Pokémon, and Zhang Cheng left with his classmates to get food before more sparring.

• Poliwag endured Tepig’s attacks, put it to sleep with Hypnosis, and defeated it with a final Bubble Beam after using Mind Reader.
• The referee awarded the final spot to Zhang Cheng, and Hao Chenggong vowed to beat him someday.
• Zhang Cheng’s classmates praised him, celebrating their class’s victory in the showdown between class monitors.
• Liu Feng told Zhang Cheng, Ye Tian, and the other qualifier to meet at the teaching building at nine the next morning for a Safari Zone visit.
• After the instructors left, Zhang Cheng joked with Ye Tian about what Pokémon he might catch, and they agreed to eat before sparring again.

Zhang Cheng traveled with Liu Feng, Ye Tian, and Fang Han to Jiangcheng City's Safari Zone, hoping to give Pidgey more battle experience and catch a Pokémon. After learning the Safari Zone's rules, Zhang Cheng and Ye Tian split up to search separately, leaving their catches undecided.

• Zhang Cheng bought Pokéblocks for Poliwag and Pidgey, fed them, massaged them, and went to sleep.
• Liu Feng arrived with Ye Tian and Fang Han, then took the three students to the Safari Zone on his Level 59 Charizard.
• Liu Feng explained that each student could use three Safari Zone Poké Balls and keep only one Pokémon, and the staff member warned them to remain in the outer Wild Area.
• Fang Han went off alone, while Zhang Cheng and Ye Tian also split up to look for Pokémon.

Zhang Cheng searched the Safari Zone for a Mareep and found a promising female with strong potential and the Plus ability. After having Poliwag and Pidgey speak with the Mareep, he watched as both approached him, leaving their decision unclear.

• Zhang Cheng searched the grasslands for Mareep, hoping to catch an Electric-type Pokémon with strong potential.
• He found two Mareep and used the system to learn that the level 7 female had B potential and the Plus ability.
• Zhang Cheng decided to approach the Mareep peacefully rather than risk battling both of them.
• He released Poliwag and Pidgey and asked them to persuade the female Mareep to leave with him.
• After talking with Poliwag and Pidgey, both Mareep walked over to Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng accepted a Pokémon Egg from two Mareep and discovered it contained a shiny female Mareep with A-grade potential. On his way out of the Safari Zone, he came across Ye Tian watching a Butterfree battle a Heracross.

• Two Mareep led Zhang Cheng, Poliwag, and Pidgey into a cave and offered them a Pokémon Egg to care for.
• Zhang Cheng accepted the egg and promised to look after the unborn Mareep.
• Zhang Cheng discovered the egg held a shiny female Mareep with A-grade potential and carefully secured it in his bicycle basket.
• Zhang Cheng left the cave, decided he could no longer catch Pokémon in the Safari Zone, and headed toward the exit.
• Zhang Cheng heard a battle in the woods and recognized Ye Tian's Butterfree fighting a Heracross.

Ye Tian finally caught a stubborn Heracross after Zhang Cheng lent him extra Poké Balls, while Zhang Cheng returned with a Mareep Egg from the Safari Zone. The three students arrived back at school with their new Pokémon, and Zhang Cheng placed the egg in an incubator.

• Ye Tian failed several times to catch the sleeping Heracross, so Zhang Cheng lent him three Poké Balls and urged him to stay calm.
• Ye Tian used Butterfree to weaken Heracross and put it to sleep again, finally catching it after spending five Poké Balls.
• Ye Tian took Heracross to the Safari Zone’s Treatment Room, where he and Zhang Cheng met Fang Han, who had caught a Magby.
• The Safari Zone staff treated the group to dinner, and Liu Feng flew the three students back to Jiangcheng No. 1 High School on his Charizard.
• Ye Tian learned that Zhang Cheng’s Pokémon Egg contained a Mareep entrusted to him by two Pokémon in the Safari Zone.
• Zhang Cheng returned to his room and placed the Mareep Egg in the incubator he had used for Poliwag.

Zhang Cheng cared for his Pokémon while following his school routine and training with Ye Tian. On Sunday, Mareep hatched as a pink Pokémon and immediately bonded with Zhang Cheng.

• Zhang Cheng bought Electric-type Pokémon food and Miltank milk, then told Bai Yuling he had chosen a Mareep Egg and planned to teach Mareep Agility.
• Zhang Cheng checked on the egg between classes, trained Pidgey against Ye Tian's Butterfree, and adjusted the incubator as cracks appeared in the shell.
• Zhang Cheng stayed beside the egg on Sunday, hoping to be the first person Mareep saw after hatching.
• Mareep hatched with pink wool, rubbed its head against Zhang Cheng, and began eating a piece of eggshell.

Zhang Cheng welcomed his newly hatched Shiny Mareep and considered how to develop his team into a Rain Team. After training with Ye Tian, he planned to ask Bai Yuling for leave so he could gain experience in the wilderness.

• Zhang Cheng fed Mareep milk and Electric-type Pokémon Food while Poliwag introduced it to the other Pokémon and their food.
• Zhang Cheng planned light exercise for Mareep, paired Poliwag with Butterfree and Pidgey with Ye Tian's Heracross, and considered seeking a Mudkip to counter Electric-types.
• Zhang Cheng trained with Ye Tian, who recognized Mareep as a Shiny Pokémon, and comforted Mareep when it felt shy around him.
• Zhang Cheng massaged his three Pokémon until they fell asleep, then decided to ask Bai Yuling for leave to train in the wilderness.

Zhang Cheng trained his Pokémon and visited Bai Yuling, asking her to approve leave so he could gain experience in Magnolia Forest near Jiangcheng. Bai Yuling agreed, leaving Zhang Cheng free to prepare for his trip into the wilderness.

• Zhang Cheng kept Mareep to basic conditioning and planned to begin training its moves the following week.
• Zhang Cheng fed and bathed his Pokémon, then agreed to help Bai Yuling care for her Pokémon on Sunday.
• Zhang Cheng visited Bai Yuling with breakfast and asked her to approve leave for a trip to Magnolia Forest.
• Bai Yuling warned Zhang Cheng about the wilderness’s dangers but agreed to approve his leave if he kept each trip short.
• Zhang Cheng thanked Bai Yuling and promised to be careful.

Zhang Cheng spent time with Bai Yuling, trained his Pokémon over the following week, and prepared to go to Magnolia Forest for wilderness training. After warning him to avoid the forest’s dangerous depths, Bai Yuling gave him a Paired Pendant and approved his leave, and Zhang Cheng set out for the forest.

• Zhang Cheng and Bai Yuling spent the day shopping, eating, and returning to school together.
• Zhang Cheng trained Mareep for a week, while Poliwag, Pidgey, and Mareep gained levels and he continued sparring with Ye Tian.
• Zhang Cheng bought healing spray and asked Bai Yuling to approve his leave for training in Magnolia Forest.
• Bai Yuling warned Zhang Cheng to stay out of the forest’s depths and gave him a Paired Pendant so she could come protect him if he was in danger.
• Zhang Cheng packed supplies, left school, and took a taxi to Magnolia Forest.

Zhang Cheng accepted missions to catch a Paras and collect Candlenut Berries, then entered Magnolia Forest with Poliwag and Pidgey. He left the forest path after defeating two Rattata and stealing a Sitrus Berry from one of them.

• Zhang Cheng accepted missions to catch a wild Paras and collect twenty Candlenut Berries, and picked up a map of Magnolia Forest.
• Zhang Cheng entered Magnolia Forest with Poliwag and Pidgey and followed the map toward the Candlenut Berry trees.
• Two Rattata ambushed Zhang Cheng, and Poliwag and Pidgey counterattacked.
• Zhang Cheng had Poliwag use Thief to take the Sitrus Berry held by one Rattata.
• The enraged Rattata attacked Zhang Cheng, but Pidgey and Poliwag defeated it, and the other Rattata fled with its unconscious companion.

Zhang Cheng reached the Candlenut Berry tree and joined forces with a Bug Catcher to draw out its Rhyhorn guardian. After Rhyhorn badly injured Beedrill, Zhang Cheng’s Pokémon wounded it with Water-type attacks, and Rhyhorn fled into the woods.

• Zhang Cheng agreed to help a Bug Catcher pick Candlenut Berries from a tree guarded by a powerful Rhyhorn.
• Zhang Cheng planned an ambush while the Bug Catcher sent Beedrill to lure Rhyhorn out.
• Rhyhorn appeared at level 15, defeated Beedrill with one Horn Attack, and pursued Spinarak.
• Zhang Cheng ordered Poliwag to strike Rhyhorn with Bubble Beam, and Pidgey helped Poliwag avoid Rhyhorn’s Smack Down.
• Poliwag hit Rhyhorn with another Bubble Beam, forcing it to flee into the woods.

Zhang Cheng finished his berry-picking and Paras-catching missions in Magnolia Forest and earned forty-five thousand Pokémon Coins. After leaving the forest before nightfall, he settled into an inn and planned to return for more training the next day.

• Zhang Cheng divided the Candlenut Berries with the Bug Catcher, taking forty and leaving him twenty.
• Zhang Cheng rested his Pokémon, then traveled toward the Paras habitat and trained Mareep against wild Pokémon until it reached level 4.
• Zhang Cheng found a level 7 female Paras and had Pidgey defeat her with Air Slash and Gust before catching her.
• Zhang Cheng healed Paras and left Magnolia Forest as evening approached.
• Zhang Cheng turned in twenty Candlenut Berries and Paras at the Pokémon Mission Hall and received forty-five thousand Pokémon Coins.
• Zhang Cheng checked into an inn, fed his Pokémon Pokéblocks, and went to sleep after planning to return to the forest the next day.

Zhang Cheng trained his Pokémon in Magnolia Forest, where Poliwag battled a Spearow and later fought a male Poochyena carrying a Nugget. The male Poochyena charged Poliwag after Zhang Cheng blocked his mate’s escape, and their battle continued.

• Zhang Cheng trained Mareep and Pidgey on the forest’s outskirts while Poliwag guarded them.
• Zhang Cheng sent Poliwag against a level 12 Spearow, which fled deeper into the forest after being hit by Bubble Beam.
• Zhang Cheng discovered that a male Poochyena carried a Nugget and ordered Poliwag and Pidgey to attack the Poochyena pair.
• Pidgey struck the sleeping female Poochyena with Steel Wing while Poliwag hit the male with Bubble Beam.
• Zhang Cheng blocked the female Poochyena’s path to prevent the male from escaping, and the male charged Poliwag, which met him with Bubble Beam.

Zhang Cheng stole a Nugget from a Poochyena pair, treated Poliwag after the battle, and fled a flock of Spearow seeking revenge. After escaping into a lake, he followed Pidgey to a Waterfall, where a wild Machop challenged his Pokémon to a battle.

• Zhang Cheng used Thief to steal the male Poochyena's Nugget while Poliwag and Pidgey fought the pair.
• Poliwag put the male Poochyena to sleep but was badly poisoned by Poison Fang, and Zhang Cheng cured him with a Pecha Berry.
• Zhang Cheng set off back toward town, then fled when Pidgey returned pursued by about thirty Spearow.
• Zhang Cheng escaped the Spearow by diving into a lake and waited until the flock flew away.
• Zhang Cheng followed Pidgey to a Waterfall, where a wild Machop invited him to battle.

Zhang Cheng sold supplies, bought food for his Pokémon, and brought his recovered team back to Magnolia Forest to battle Machop. Poliwag and Machop exchanged attacks, leaving Poliwag badly hurt as the fight continued.

• Zhang Cheng postponed battling Machop because Poliwag and Pidgey were injured, then took them to the Pokémon Center for treatment.
• Zhang Cheng sold a Sitrus Berry and Nugget for twelve thousand Pokémon Coins and bought Pokéblocks for his Pokémon.
• After Poliwag and Pidgey recovered, Zhang Cheng fed his three Pokémon and rested at the inn.
• The next morning, Zhang Cheng returned to the waterfall, where the eager Machop challenged him to battle.
• Machop struck Poliwag with Karate Chop and Low Sweep, but Poliwag used Hypnosis to force Machop back.
• Poliwag and Machop clashed with Bubble Beam and Karate Chop, and Poliwag was badly hurt by Machop's attack.

Zhang Cheng trained his Pokémon after Poliwag defeated Machop, then returned to the waterfall the next morning with Fighting-type Pokéblocks for Machop. Machop accepted the gift and challenged Zhang Cheng again, who chose Pidgey as his opponent.

• Poliwag used Endeavor and Water Gun to defeat Machop, reaching level 13 as Zhang Cheng treated both Pokémon's injuries.
• Zhang Cheng trained Pidgey and Mareep against wild Pokémon; Mareep reached level 5 while Pidgey practiced Air Slash.
• Zhang Cheng bought Fighting-type Pokéblocks for Machop, messaged Bai Yuling that he was safe, and returned to the waterfall the next morning.
• Machop finished training with Fire Punch, accepted Zhang Cheng's Pokéblocks after Pidgey and Poliwag encouraged him, and asked for another battle.
• Zhang Cheng sent Pidgey to battle Machop, who grew serious upon facing a Flying-type opponent.

Zhang Cheng’s Pidgey battled Machop to a draw, reaching level 11 before recovering with Machop. He trained Poliwag and Mareep around the forest outskirts, then left Machop at the Waterfall and headed to town to take on missions.

• Pidgey and Machop traded attacks until both were unable to battle, and Zhang Cheng treated their injuries.
• Zhang Cheng found that Pidgey had reached level 11, then rewarded it and shared Pokéblocks with his Pokémon.
• After lunch, Zhang Cheng trained Poliwag and Mareep against wild Pokémon near the forest’s outskirts while Pidgey and Machop rested.
• Zhang Cheng told Machop that he would be away for a few days to do missions, then left the Waterfall with his Pokémon for town.