Chapter Summaries

Zhang Cheng and Xiao Wei’s Poliwrath and Cloyster defeated Li Xue’s Dewott, while Li Wei’s Wartortle weakened Poliwrath with Dragon Pulse. Li Xue sent out Florges, and Li Wei revealed Bellossom as her second Pokémon, setting up a Grass-type pairing.

• Li Xue ordered Dewott to dodge Poliwrath’s Waterfall with Detect, but Cloyster hit it with five Spike Cannon strikes.
• Li Wei’s Wartortle used Brine on Poliwrath as Zhang Cheng and Xiao Wei continued attacking Dewott with Waterfall and Aurora Beam.
• Dewott struck Poliwrath with Razor Shell, but Poliwrath’s Waterfall and Cloyster’s Aurora Beam knocked Dewott out.
• Wartortle hit Poliwrath with Dragon Pulse, reducing it to one-third HP, before Li Xue recalled Dewott and sent out Florges.
• Li Wei recalled Wartortle and sent out Bellossom, confirming Zhang Cheng’s suspicion that her second Pokémon would be Grass-type.

Zhang Cheng and Xiao Wei countered Li Wei and Li Xue’s Grass-type pairing by switching to Ninjask and Pidgeotto, while Florges established Grassy Terrain. Bellossom and Pidgeotto took damage, and Pidgeotto launched a follow-up attack at Bellossom.

• Zhang Cheng checked Bellossom’s stats and recognized how her Healer Ability complemented Florges’s Flower Veil.
• Zhang Cheng and Xiao Wei recalled their weakened Water-type Pokémon and sent out Pidgeotto and Ninjask.
• Li Wei had Florges set up Grassy Terrain, strengthening Grass-type moves and restoring Pokémon’s HP over time.
• Li Xue ordered Bellossom to hit Pidgeotto with Razor Leaf, costing Pidgeotto a quarter of its HP.
• Xiao Wei ordered Ninjask to strike Bellossom with Fury Cutter, taking a third of her HP.
• Zhang Cheng ordered Pidgeotto to attack Bellossom with Air Slash.

Zhang Cheng and Xiao Wei coordinated Pidgeotto and Ninjask to target Bellossom while Li Xue and Li Wei used Florges’s Flower Shield and Grassy Terrain to strengthen and heal their team. Bellossom defended against the incoming Hurricane and Fury Cutter as the battle continued.

• Li Xue used Bellossom’s Protect to block Pidgeotto’s Air Slash while Li Wei had Florges boost Bellossom’s Defense with Flower Shield.
• Zhang Cheng and Xiao Wei directed Pidgeotto and Ninjask to focus their attacks on Bellossom, and Pidgeotto stole its Miracle Seed with Thief.
• Li Wei had Florges use Flower Shield again, further raising Bellossom’s Defense as Grassy Terrain healed all four Pokémon.
• Zhang Cheng ordered Pidgeotto to unleash Hurricane while Xiao Wei sent Ninjask in with a strengthened Fury Cutter.
• Li Xue had Bellossom use Protect to defend against the incoming attacks.

Li Xue and Li Wei used Synthesis and repeated Flower Shield boosts to keep Bellossom standing against Zhang Cheng and Xiao Wei’s coordinated attacks. Bellossom recovered to two-thirds HP while its Defense continued rising, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Pidgeotto’s Hurricane and Ninjask’s Fury Cutter struck Bellossom, while Florges’s Flower Shield raised Bellossom’s Defense again.
• Zhang Cheng and Xiao Wei ordered another coordinated Hurricane and Fury Cutter, and Li Xue had Bellossom use Synthesis to recover to two-thirds HP.
• Florges boosted Bellossom’s Defense as Hurricane and Ninjask’s fourth Fury Cutter hit, reducing Bellossom to one-sixth HP.
• Grassy Terrain healed all four Pokémon, and Bellossom used Synthesis to recover to two-thirds HP.
• Li Wei ordered Florges to keep using Flower Shield, aiming to raise Bellossom’s Defense to its maximum.

Zhang Cheng and Xiao Wei focused their attacks on Florges to break Bellossom's Flower Veil protection. After Florges was knocked out and Li Wei sent out Wartortle, Bellossom and Pidgeotto traded attacks.

• Zhang Cheng told Xiao Wei to ignore Bellossom and attack Florges, and Xiao Wei ordered Ninjask to use Fury Cutter.
• Ninjask's Fury Cutter and Pidgeotto's Steel Wing heavily damaged Florges, while Grassy Terrain restored some of its HP.
• Florges used Psychic against Pidgeotto, but Pidgeotto blocked it with Protect.
• Ninjask struck Florges with another Fury Cutter and knocked it out, so Li Wei sent out Wartortle.
• Li Xue ordered Bellossom to attack Pidgeotto with Energy Ball, and Zhang Cheng countered with Pidgeotto's Air Slash.

Zhang Cheng and Xiao Wei used Ninjask’s powerful Fury Cutter to force Li Wei and Li Xue’s Pokémon to rely on Protect, then Zhang Cheng sent out Poliwrath and hit Bellossom with Perish Song. The battle continued with Wartortle damaging Poliwrath, while Bellossom faced the threat of fainting unless it could be switched out.

• Ninjask’s boosted Fury Cutter forced Wartortle and then Bellossom to use Protect, while Grassy Terrain healed the Pokémon.
• Zhang Cheng recalled Pidgeotto and sent out Poliwrath.
• Poliwrath used Perish Song on Bellossom, which could not block the move and had no reserve Pokémon available to switch in.
• Li Wei ordered Wartortle to use Dragon Pulse, dealing nearly half of Poliwrath’s HP in damage.
• Grassy Terrain restored the Pokémon’s HP as Zhang Cheng and Xiao Wei stopped targeting Bellossom.

Li Xue and Li Wei tried to overcome Zhang Cheng and Xiao Wei’s advantage, but Bellossom knocked out Poliwrath before Perish Song took Bellossom out as well. With Li Xue out of Pokémon, Wartortle charged at Ninjask while Xiao Wei prepared to counter with its increasingly powerful Fury Cutter.

• Bellossom’s boosted Energy Ball broke through Poliwrath’s Protect, while Ninjask’s Fury Cutter struck Wartortle’s Protect and did only minor damage.
• Poliwrath’s next Perish Song failed to reach Wartortle, and Bellossom hit Poliwrath with another Energy Ball, knocking it out.
• Perish Song then depleted Bellossom’s HP, and Zhang Cheng sent out Pidgeotto after both trainers recalled their defeated Pokémon.
• Li Wei ordered Wartortle to use Waterfall on Ninjask, and Xiao Wei commanded Ninjask to counter with Fury Cutter.

Zhang Cheng and Xiao Wei defeated Li Wei and Li Xue to win the Double Battle tournament and split the one-million-Pokémon-Coin prize. After parting ways with Xiao Wei, Zhang Cheng ran into Li Xue, who invited him to lunch at a hot pot restaurant.

• Pidgeotto and Ninjask attacked Li Wei's Wartortle, while Wartortle's Dragon Pulse badly injured Ninjask before Fury Cutter knocked Wartortle out.
• The referee declared Zhang Cheng and Xiao Wei the tournament champions, and Li Wei recalled Wartortle and congratulated them.
• A staff member gave Zhang Cheng and Xiao Wei their prize, and they split the one million Pokémon Coins evenly before going their separate ways.
• Zhang Cheng encountered Li Xue, agreed to treat her to lunch, and followed her to a hot pot restaurant.

After resting and training in Magnolia Forest, Zhang Cheng said goodbye to Machoke and returned home for New Year's. He planned to raise all his Pokémon to level 36 so they could reach their final forms and improve his chances of entering Modu University.

• Zhang Cheng shared hot pot with Li Xue, exchanged contact details with her, and returned to the Inn to rest with his Pokémon.
• Zhang Cheng resumed training in Magnolia Forest, where Poliwrath reached level 32 and Pidgeotto, Flaaffy, and Marshtomp reached level 31.
• Zhang Cheng gave Machoke a large supply of Pokémon Food and Pokéblocks before saying goodbye and leaving Magnolia Forest.
• Zhang Cheng returned home after a four-hour taxi ride, and his mother welcomed him with a lavish meal.
• Zhang Cheng planned to raise all his Pokémon to at least level 36 so they could evolve into their final forms and help him get into Modu University.

Zhang Cheng returned to school after winter break, trained his Pokémon with Ye Tian, and began the new term. The chapter left him following Bai Yuling to her dorm for lunch after she invited him.

• Zhang Cheng packed for school, said goodbye to his mother, and returned to campus.
• Zhang Cheng cleaned his dorm and trained Poliwrath, Pidgeotto, Marshtomp, Flaaffy, and his other Pokémon at the training grounds.
• Ye Tian met Zhang Cheng, compared their Pokémon’s levels, and proposed they earn their Elite Trainer titles before the college entrance exam.
• Zhang Cheng began classes and browsed the news during Bai Yuling’s theory lesson.
• Bai Yuling invited Zhang Cheng to her dorm for lunch, and he followed her there.

Bai Yuling gave Zhang Cheng a legendary Diancie Pokémon Egg, which he stored safely while waiting for it to hatch. After a month of classes and training, Zhang Cheng was called with the Elite Class to meet students from other schools for friendly matches.

• Bai Yuling gave Zhang Cheng a Pokémon Egg that his scanner identified as a genderless, S-potential Diancie.
• Bai Yuling confirmed she knew what Pokémon was inside but told Zhang Cheng to wait until it hatched, and she insisted the egg was better suited to him.
• Zhang Cheng researched legendary Pokémon Eggs and learned that they hatched on their own after an unpredictable incubation period.
• Zhang Cheng and Bai Yuling played games during class, while Zhang Cheng continued his usual studies and training with Ye Tian.
• A month passed, and Zhang Cheng's Poliwrath and Pidgeotto both reached level 33.
• The school's loudspeakers announced that students from other high schools had arrived for friendly matches and summoned the Elite Class to assemble outside.

Jin Wu defeated Hao Chenggong in a battle between Jinling University and Jiangcheng No. 1 High School, then challenged the school’s students. Ye Tian accepted Jin Wu’s two-on-two challenge and began the first match with Butterfree against Marowak.

• Zhang Cheng arrived at the training grounds and saw Jin Wu’s Quilava defeat Hao Chenggong’s Pignite, leaving both Pokémon badly injured before Pignite collapsed.
• Jin Wu mocked Jiangcheng No. 1 High School and challenged its students, prompting Ye Tian to step forward for a two-on-two battle.
• Ye Tian sent out Butterfree while Jin Wu chose Marowak, and Zhang Cheng checked Marowak’s information.
• Jin Wu ordered Marowak to attack Butterfree with Bone Club.

Ye Tian used Butterfree to defeat Jin Wu’s Marowak by exploiting its Grass-type weakness and putting it to sleep with Sleep Powder hidden in Gust. Jin Wu sent out Umbreon as his second Pokémon, refusing to concede.

• Butterfree blocked Marowak’s Bone Club with Protect, then Jin Wu countered its Energy Ball with Protect.
• Ye Tian ordered Butterfree to use Gust, and Marowak struck back with Bonemerang, dealing heavy damage to Butterfree.
• Butterfree’s Gust hit Marowak and carried hidden Sleep Powder, causing Marowak to fall asleep when Jin Wu tried to use Protect.
• Butterfree hit the sleeping Marowak with Energy Ball and then Psychic, knocking it out.
• Jin Wu recalled Marowak and sent out Umbreon, insisting that he still had a chance to win.

Ye Tian defeated Jin Wu’s Umbreon with Butterfree by feinting with Gust before landing a decisive Bug Buzz. Song Qing then challenged Ye Tian to a two-on-two battle, and the two prepared to fight.

• Zhang Cheng checked Umbreon’s stats and recognized that its Dark typing countered Butterfree’s Psychic moves, while Heracross would have been a strong alternative.
• Ye Tian kept Butterfree in battle, and its Bug Buzz dealt heavy damage to Umbreon despite Butterfree’s own injuries.
• Ye Tian tricked Jin Wu with a Gust feint, then used a second Bug Buzz to knock out Umbreon when Detect failed to save it.
• Song Qing stepped forward after Jin Wu’s defeat and challenged Ye Tian, proposing a two-on-two battle.
• Ye Tian agreed to begin the match with Song Qing.

Song Qing’s Hariyama challenged Ye Tian’s Heracross in the opening battle, but Heracross defeated him with Counter after surviving a powerful Arm Thrust. Both trainers then sent out their second Pokémon, Song Qing’s Grotle and Ye Tian’s Grovyle.

• Song Qing led with level 30 Hariyama, while Ye Tian sent out level 32 Heracross.
• Song Qing had Hariyama use Belly Drum, sacrificing half his HP to maximize his Attack.
• Ye Tian’s Heracross struck Hariyama with Aerial Ace, leaving him with less than a third of his HP.
• Hariyama’s boosted Arm Thrust hit Heracross four times, but Heracross endured the attack and returned the damage with Counter, knocking Hariyama out.
• Song Qing sent out Grotle, and Ye Tian recalled Heracross and chose Grovyle.

Ye Tian and Song Qing battled with their level-31 Grovyle and Grotle, trading attacks and trying to gain an advantage. After Grotle’s Leech Seed began draining Grovyle and restoring Grotle, Ye Tian ordered Grovyle to unleash Leaf Storm.

• Zhang Cheng checked the details of Song Qing’s Grotle and Ye Tian’s Grovyle before their battle.
• Ye Tian’s Grovyle used Dragon Breath while Song Qing’s Grotle attacked with Bite, and each lost a quarter of their HP.
• Grovyle struck Grotle with Leaf Blade as Grotle planted Leech Seed, which drained Grovyle’s HP and healed Grotle.
• Ye Tian decided to end the battle quickly and ordered Grovyle to use Leaf Storm.

Ye Tian's Grovyle defeated Song Qing's Grotle, giving Jiangcheng No. 1 High School another victory over Jinling No. 1 High School. After Du Peng challenged the school's strength, Zhang Cheng stepped forward and accepted his challenge.

• Song Qing's Grotle used Wide Guard against Grovyle's Leaf Storm, but the barrier shattered and Grotle was left badly weakened.
• Ye Tian ordered Grovyle to use Leaf Blade, while Song Qing commanded Grotle to answer with a full-power Energy Ball.
• Grovyle endured Grotle's Energy Ball and struck Grotle with Leaf Blade, knocking it unconscious and winning the battle for Ye Tian.
• Ye Tian taunted Song Qing, and Du Peng defended Jinling No. 1 High School by claiming Ye Tian was Jiangcheng No. 1 High School's only strong Trainer.
• Zhang Cheng confronted Du Peng, mocked him, and accepted his challenge to battle.

Zhang Cheng battled Du Peng, using Poliwrath to steal Feraligatr’s Mystic Water and summon rain before launching a counterattack. The two Pokémon charged at each other with Waterfall, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Zhang Cheng and Du Peng agreed to a two-Pokémon battle and sent out Poliwrath and Feraligatr.
• Du Peng ordered Feraligatr to attack with Water Pulse, but Poliwrath endured the hit and stole her Mystic Water with Thief.
• Zhang Cheng had Poliwrath use Rain Dance, activating its Swift Swim ability as rain began to fall.
• Du Peng ordered Feraligatr to use Dragon Tail, sending Poliwrath flying and reducing it to half its HP.
• Zhang Cheng commanded Poliwrath to counter with Waterfall, and Du Peng ordered Feraligatr to meet it with Waterfall.

Poliwrath defeated Du Peng’s Feraligatr with a second Waterfall, but was left too weakened to continue. Zhang Cheng sent out Marshtomp against Du Peng’s Luxray, poisoned her after she blocked Mud Bomb with Protect, and faced her Swift attack.

• Poliwrath and Feraligatr traded Waterfall and Dragon Tail, and Feraligatr was knocked out while Poliwrath was left with little HP.
• Du Peng sent out Luxray, and Zhang Cheng recalled Poliwrath and chose Marshtomp to counter her Electric typing.
• Marshtomp attacked Luxray with Mud Bomb, but Luxray used Protect to block the attack.
• Zhang Cheng had Marshtomp use Toxic after Luxray’s Protect, badly poisoning her.
• Du Peng ordered Luxray to attack Marshtomp with Swift, sending star-shaped projectiles toward it.

Zhang Cheng used Marshtomp’s defensive moves to weather Luxray’s attacks while Poison steadily drained Luxray’s HP. Luxray briefly broke through Wide Guard with a powerful Swift, but it collapsed from the Poison after Marshtomp’s Mud Bomb was blocked, leaving the battle to Zhang Cheng’s next opponent.

• Zhang Cheng had Marshtomp block Luxray’s Swift with Wide Guard and Protect while Poison repeatedly reduced Luxray’s HP.
• Du Peng pushed Luxray to unleash a far more powerful Swift, breaking Marshtomp’s Wide Guard and cutting its HP in half.
• Su Qian and Yao Jia watched the battle, and Su Qian said Du Peng had already lost.
• Zhang Cheng ordered Marshtomp to attack Luxray with Mud Bomb, and Luxray barely stopped the attack with Protect.
• Luxray’s Poison flared again and reduced its HP to zero, ending its ability to battle.