Chapter Summaries

Li Wei and the others answered the giant Vileplume’s call by restoring Fog Island’s vegetation to suppress Calamity. Seven Shaymin and Lance’s Viridian Force revived the island, and the giant Vileplume bid them farewell as its voice and Calamity’s heartbeat faded.

• As Calamity’s poison mist spread and its seal weakened, the giant Vileplume asked Li Wei and the others to restore the island’s vegetation with Shaymin’s power.
• Shaymin used its power to revive the plants, while Lance strengthened it with the Viridian Force and Cynthia’s Roserade and the island’s Grass-type Pokémon shared their energy.
• Li Wei sent Steven to Floaroma Town on Lance’s Dragonite to find more Shaymin.
• Steven returned with six Shaymin, and all seven joined together to spread life-giving light across Fog Island.
• Lance amplified the seven Shaymin’s life forces with the Viridian Force, restoring the island’s vegetation and suppressing Calamity.
• The giant Vileplume thanked Li Wei and the others and said goodbye as its voice and Calamity’s heartbeat faded.

After Mirror Lake Island’s crisis ended, Lance brought the giant Dragonite to the Dragon’s Den in Blackthorn City, while Li Wei and Cynthia returned to Sandgem Town. Li Wei then headed to the Breeding Center to meet his student Korrina, who had won the P1 Fighting Championship.

• The seven Shaymin departed for Alola, and Lance arranged for the Investigators to collect the Pokémon Hunters’ abandoned equipment.
• Lance invited the giant Dragonite to live at Blackthorn City’s Dragon’s Den, and it willingly entered a special Heavy Ball.
• Steven and Blue departed from Mirror Lake Island, while Lance stayed behind to oversee the remaining work.
• Li Wei and Cynthia flew to Sandgem Town, where Cynthia agreed to visit Li Wei with Professor Rowan on the evening of the twenty-fourth.
• Cynthia told Li Wei that Korrina’s Lucario had defeated Bea’s Machoke in the P1 Fighting Championship finals, earning Korrina the gold belt.
• After lunch with Cynthia, Li Wei set off for the Breeding Center to meet Korrina.

Li Wei returned to the Jubilife Breeding Center after the battle on Mirror Lake Island, let his Pokémon rest, and checked on the newly hatched Piplup. He borrowed Dayou’s car to pick up his apprentice Korrina and her grandfather at Jubilife Airport.

• On Mirror Lake Island, Bill eagerly asked Lance to see the giant Dragonite, then inspected the enormous Heavy Ball holding it.
• Lance explained that Mr. Steel had made the giant Heavy Ball and said he would take Dragonite back to the Dragon's Den himself rather than risk using the Pokémon Storage System.
• Li Wei returned to the Jubilife Breeding Center and told his Pokémon to rest after their battle with the Pokémon Hunters.
• Li Wei checked the newly hatched Piplup and found them healthy enough to be raised for the Pokémon League.
• Li Wei borrowed Dayou's car to pick up Korrina and her grandfather at Jubilife Airport.

Li Wei met Korrina and Gurkinn at Jubilife Airport after Korrina won the P1 Fighting Championship and her Riolu evolved into Lucario. He brought them to the Breeding Center, where Korrina marveled at the many Pokémon living there.

• Korrina excitedly greeted Li Wei at the airport, showing him her championship gold belt and her newly evolved Lucario.
• Gurkinn praised Li Wei's coaching, while Li Wei congratulated Korrina and Lucario on their victory and growth.
• Korrina asked Li Wei to begin special training, but he suggested she and Lucario take two days to rest first.
• Li Wei drove Korrina and Gurkinn to the Breeding Center, where Korrina was amazed by the Pokémon playing in the snowy grounds.

Li Wei and the Jubilife Breeding Center staff welcomed Korrina, then organized a team snowball fight during a quiet winter day. After teams formed and took their positions, the match began with Korrina targeting Li Wei.

• Korrina greeted Li Wei's family and called his grandfather Grandpa Lian.
• Li Wei proposed a snowball fight, and the group agreed to divide into teams.
• Dayou set rules that banned Pokémon moves and made Metagross judge hits while Pokédex Rotom refereed.
• The participants drew colored slips and formed four teams, with the Yellow Team including Lucario and Korrina.
• As Pokédex Rotom blew the whistle, Korrina aimed two snowballs at Li Wei and shouted that he should prepare himself.

Li Wei trained Korrina and her newly evolved Lucario at the Jubilife Breeding Center, teaching them conditioning, aura work, and battle moves. After several days, Korrina also began helping Lycanroc lose weight, while Li Wei prepared for the center’s year-end dinner.

• Li Wei outfitted Lucario with the Liquid Alloy Training Device and had Korrina guide it through basic conditioning and aura training.
• Li Wei taught Korrina about type matchups and planned to train her in Power-Up Punch, Ice Punch, and Thunder Punch with Lucario as her guide.
• Over five days, Korrina settled in, helped with breeding-center tasks, and Lucario adapted to the training device before Li Wei increased its intensity.
• Li Wei asked Korrina to help Lycanroc lose weight, and she began taking it running alongside Lucario.
• Li Wei practiced clarifying broth in the kitchen ahead of the next evening’s party and group dinner.

On December 24, Li Wei and the Breeding Center’s staff prepared an outdoor holiday gathering and welcomed Professor Rowan’s group. As guests arrived, Ash and Brock also set off for Professor Oak’s Laboratory gathering.

• Li Wei woke late, ate breakfast with Lalami and Mizuki, and learned that Lalami planned to visit her parents and teacher in Canalave City.
• Li Wei joined Dayou, Lucario, Incineroar, and Machamp in clearing snow from the Breeding Center’s paths.
• Li Wei and the staff set up an outdoor hot pot gathering, and Professor Rowan’s group arrived to help prepare.
• Li Wei told Professor Rowan that Lance, Steven, and Blue could not attend because they were spending the holiday elsewhere.
• Ash and Brock prepared to leave for the gathering at Professor Oak’s Laboratory after Ash finished competing in Johto’s Silver Conference.

Professor Oak's group prepared an outdoor hot pot while Ash challenged Red to a battle and Brock helped with the cooking. At the Breeding Center, Li Wei and Cynthia took a walk together, and Roland and Vera spotted them, both stunned by the pairing.

• Green organized the preparations at Professor Oak's Laboratory while Akin and Red battled in the yard.
• Ash arrived with Brock and ingredients, then challenged Red to a battle, with Akin insisting on joining in.
• Brock agreed to prepare the hot pot ingredients and told Green he planned to travel to Hoenn with Ash.
• Li Wei invited Cynthia for a walk through the snowy Breeding Center after his father sent him away from the dinner preparations.
• Section Chief Zoro, Belle, Dayou, and Wen Hui gathered at the Breeding Center as wild Pokémon greeted Li Wei and Cynthia.
• Roland and Vera rode past on Salamence, saw Li Wei walking with Cynthia, and stared at them in surprise.

Li Wei celebrated the holiday with friends at the Jubilife Breeding Center and Professor Oak's Laboratory, where everyone enjoyed his spicy hot pot. He invited them to the Pokémon Restaurant's January 26 opening, and Wen Hui sent the employees home with bonuses and New Year's cash gifts.

• Roland accepted Li Wei and Cynthia's relationship, warned them not to break up, and asked Li Wei to treat her sister well.
• Li Wei's friends praised his hot pot at Professor Oak's Laboratory, while Ash and Akin competed to eat the most.
• Li Wei invited his friends to the Pokémon Restaurant's January 26 opening and promised them a free meal.
• Red invited Yellow to go to the opening with him, leaving her blushing, and also invited Blue and Green.
• Wen Hui gave the employees their year-end bonuses and New Year's cash gifts before they went home.

Li Wei and his family said goodbye to friends and staff at the Jubilife Breeding Center before taking the Maglev Train back to Celestic Town for the New Year. After arriving, they made plans for dinner with Professor Carolina while Cynthia and Roland headed home first.

• Professor Rowan and the Rowan Research Institute staff thanked Li Wei for dinner and left the Breeding Center.
• Li Wei drove Korrina and Gurkinn to the airport, where Korrina promised to train hard and fulfill her duties as a Gym Trainer.
• Li Wei and his family said goodbye to Nurse Joy and the remaining staff, then asked Arcanine and Luxray to guard the Breeding Center during their absence.
• Li Wei, his family, Cynthia, and Roland took the Maglev Train to Celestic Town.
• Cynthia and Roland said they would stop at home first, and Cynthia agreed to invite Professor Carolina to dinner.

Li Wei returned to his old home in Celestic Town with his family and Pokémon, and they cleaned the house before he went to buy ingredients. Elsewhere, Cogita waited for the person from another world guided by Arceus as a battle between Black Rayquaza and an avatar of Arceus was about to begin.

• Xiao Meng returned to her house while Wen Hui reminded her to join them for meals.
• Li Wei brought his Pokémon to his old home, leaving Milotic at the Breeding Center, and Arcanine ran off to roam the nearby area.
• Li Wei and his family cleaned the house with help from Gengar, Gardevoir, Lucario, and their other Pokémon.
• Li Wei set out to buy ingredients with Lucario, Diancie, Vera, and Tyrunt.
• Cogita waited in her cabin for a person from another world guided by Arceus, while Black Rayquaza faced an avatar of Arceus in space.

Black Rayquaza challenged Arceus’s avatar in space and defeated her after a fierce battle. Arceus healed them both and gave the exhausted Rayquaza a task.

• Cogita watched as Black Rayquaza began his fifth challenge against Arceus’s avatar in space.
• Black Rayquaza Mega Evolved, activated Delta Stream, and struck Arceus with Dragon Ascent, cracking her avatar despite her Ice Plate and Judgment.
• Arceus foresaw many possible defeats for Rayquaza, while he endured her icy attacks and continued battling as she switched Plates to counter him.
• Black Rayquaza attacked Arceus relentlessly, eventually cracking one of her Plates and winning the battle.
• Arceus restored their injuries and shattered Plates, acknowledged Rayquaza’s victory, and said she had a task for him.

Black Rayquaza earned Arceus's avatar's recognition after winning their fifth challenge, then returned to the atmosphere feeling lonely for lack of worthy opponents. At dinner in Celestic Town, Professor Carolina noticed Cynthia and Li Wei's closeness and confronted Cynthia after they got home.

• Black Rayquaza defeated Arceus's avatar in their fifth challenge and accepted new duties from Arceus.
• Cogita watched from the Mt. Coronet Foothills and was surprised by Black Rayquaza's progress.
• Cynthia and Roland invited Professor Carolina to dinner, where she noticed Cynthia sitting beside Li Wei and learned he had made the meal.
• Roland and Cynthia told Professor Carolina about Li Wei's cooking, Pokémon Breeding skills, competition win, and rare Pokémon.
• After returning home, Professor Carolina teased Cynthia and asked what was going on between her and Li Wei, while Roland fled.

Cynthia told Professor Carolina that she and Li Wei had been dating for about two months, and her grandmother immediately began asking about marriage. Cynthia admitted she would be willing to marry Li Wei but felt it was too soon, while Professor Carolina urged her to be sure of her feelings.

• Cynthia told Professor Carolina that she and Li Wei were dating and explained she had kept it quiet because she feared her grandmother would push them to marry.
• Professor Carolina asked Cynthia to recount how their relationship began, then suggested they marry next year.
• Cynthia refused, saying the timing was too soon, and explained that she did want to marry Li Wei eventually.
• Professor Carolina teased Cynthia about being willing to marry Li Wei as he was, and Cynthia's blush revealed her feelings.
• Professor Carolina told Cynthia to make sure of her feelings soon, while Li Wei chatted with Ash and the others in the Chat Group.

At home in Celestic Town, Cynthia told Professor Carolina more about Li Wei, and Carolina reassured her that their happiness mattered more than marriage. After learning about Li Wei’s abilities, Carolina proposed hiring him as a special consultant on Ancient Script.

• Professor Carolina told Cynthia she did not need to marry as long as she and Li Wei were happy together.
• Cynthia described Li Wei’s successful Breeding Center and upcoming Pokémon Restaurant, then revealed that he could make potions and translate the Ancient Language.
• Roland accidentally revealed she had been eavesdropping, and Cynthia explained that Li Wei had translated inscriptions, including text about Almighty Sinnoh.
• Cynthia said Li Wei preferred breeding Pokémon to research, while she also valued both her mythology studies and her Pokémon.
• Professor Carolina suggested hiring Li Wei as a special consultant, and Cynthia agreed to ask what he thought.

Cynthia and Li Wei spent their first proper date together in Celestic Town, sharing a quiet evening and learning more about each other’s lives. The date ended with Cynthia leaving money to help the barbecue shop owner, while Li Wei agreed to pay the bill.

• Cynthia asked Li Wei out, and the two sat together on a park bench before deciding to begin their first proper date.
• Cynthia and Li Wei went to a small barbecue restaurant she had discovered with Roland and told the owner that Li Wei was her boyfriend.
• Cynthia explained that the owner’s husband had died in a car accident and that her daughter needed medical treatment, which Cynthia had quietly helped fund.
• The owner served Cynthia and Li Wei extra food and beer, and Cynthia left her cash beneath a plate before asking Li Wei to pay the bill.

After his first date with Cynthia, Li Wei began searching Celestic Town for Cogita, whom he believed might know how he had come to this world. Cynthia stayed with Professor Carolina and Roland, while the name Cogita stirred an unexplained memory in her.

• The proprietress noticed the money Li Wei had left beneath the plate and wished him and Cynthia happiness as they walked away.
• Li Wei and Cynthia shared their first embrace before he left her at home and returned to his room, where Lucario and Metagross had waited for him.
• The next day, Li Wei set out with Lucario and Arcanine to search Celestic Town for Cogita, while Cynthia agreed to spend two days with Professor Carolina and Roland first.
• Cynthia repeatedly tried to remember where she had heard Cogita's name, but Roland said she did not recognize it.
• Roland explained that she had stayed up studying research reports from the Saffron City Forum Summit, and Cynthia told her to get some sleep.
• Li Wei reached the market, where vendors greeted him, and Professor Carolina returned from visiting friends around noon.

Cynthia and Li Wei searched for clues about Cogita, whose name appeared in ancient poetry, while Xiao Meng also set out to find her. Cynthia began examining her parents’ research, and Li Wei planned to continue his search at the Celestic Town Police Station.

• Cynthia asked Professor Carolina about Cogita and learned that ancient poems were the only confirmed record of her in Sinnoh.
• Cynthia wondered whether her parents’ research might mention Cogita and opened her parents’ room to search their materials.
• Li Wei asked Lucario to search for Cogita with Aura, then questioned Lidas, who did not recognize her name or appearance.
• Li Wei finished his meal and headed for the Celestic Town Police Station to look for clues.
• Xiao Meng set out to find Cogita, remembering that Cogita had made her noodles and Jubilife Muffins.

Li Wei visited the Celestic Town Police Station to seek leads, while Xiao Meng went to Cogita’s empty home and found a farewell letter. The chapter left Li Wei explaining his request to Officer Jenny, who asked why he wanted to find someone.

• Li Wei registered at the Celestic Town Police Station using his Special Investigator credentials and sought useful leads.
• Xiao Meng visited Cogita’s home with Farfetch’d, recalling how Cogita had taught her to make Jubilife Muffins and helped her in the past.
• Xiao Meng found Cogita’s house empty and discovered a sealed letter that she understood as a farewell.
• Xiao Meng put the letter back, thanked Cogita, and left determined to keep living well.
• Li Wei told Officer Jenny that he wanted to find someone, and she asked him to explain why.

Li Wei searched Celestic Town for Cogita and learned that she had been seen at the foot of the western hills. Xiao Meng wondered about Enamorus, while Cynthia found no mention of Cogita in her parents’ notes; Roland invited her to go eat.

• Li Wei asked Celestic Town's Officer Jenny to check whether anyone named Cogita was registered, but the search returned no matches.
• Celestic Town's Officer Jenny recalled seeing Cogita at the foot of the western hills and offered to take Li Wei there, but he asked only for the general location.
• Xiao Meng and Farfetch'd left the place where Cogita had lived and wondered whether Enamorus was a rare Pokémon like Diancie.
• Cynthia told Roland that she had searched her parents' notes for records about Cogita but had found none so far.
• Roland invited Cynthia to go eat, and Cynthia agreed.