Chapter Summaries

Lorelei explored the Everwinter Realm, the theme park’s ice-and-snow pavilion, with Lapras and Articuno. After seeing its Ice-type Pokémon and snowy habitats, she heard an ancient cry from deeper inside and approached the pavilion’s signature Fossil Pokémon, Aurorus.

• Cynthia dined with Diantha, Shauntal, Caitlin, and the others at the Panda Restaurant while watching Li Wei’s livestream until Diantha told her to put her phone away.
• Shauntal said she was imagining a novel with Cynthia and Li Wei as its leads, and Cynthia warned her not to write anything strange.
• Lorelei left the snowy restaurant and entered the Everwinter Realm, where she released Lapras and Articuno.
• Lorelei explored the pavilion’s Alolan Vulpix forest, Froslass and Snorunt corridor, central ice field, and Mamoswine glacier habitat.
• Lorelei heard an ancient cry from deep within the pavilion and realized it came from Aurorus, the Everwinter Realm’s signature Fossil Pokémon.

Lorelei toured the Everwinter Realm at Jubilife Pokémon Theme Park and saw how Li Wei had created a home for its Ice-type Pokémon while educating visitors about respecting nature. Impressed by the exhibit, she decided to spend future winters in the Sevii Islands and bring Cloyster and Jynx to visit.

• Lorelei observed the Aurorus and their young, then explained to visitors how to respect the Pokémon and how Aurorus used their neural spines and sails.
• Lorelei encouraged Lina to study so she could educate the public about the Pokémon in the Ice Exhibition Hall.
• Lorelei watched the Pokémon in their snowy habitat and decided that the Everwinter Realm truly was their home.
• Lorelei decided to return to the Sevii Islands for future winters and bring Cloyster and Jynx to experience the exhibit.

Steven toured the Steel Exhibition Hall at the Jubilife Pokémon Theme Park, where Aggron, rescued Metang and Magnezone, and Steelix lived in underground habitats. He reassured a frightened child, met two fans, and left as the park closed for the day.

• Steven explored the cavern habitat and observed Aggron, Lairon, and Aron mining and eating ore.
• Steven visited the Metang and Magnezone rescued from Hunter J and entrusted to Li Wei, and confirmed that they had adapted well.
• Steven found two enormous Steelix in a secluded cavern and reassured a little girl that they were calm if left undisturbed.
• Yukino and her younger sister recognized Steven, asked for his autograph, and took a photo with him.
• The park closed at six, and Li Wei ended the day's livestream, saying he would stream again tomorrow.

After Jubilife Pokémon Theme Park’s successful opening day, Li Wei gathered friends and colleagues at the Scenic Terrace to celebrate and discuss improvements. They praised the park’s attractions and offered suggestions, leaving Li Wei with several issues to address.

• Li Wei, Brock, Yellow, and Wen Hui served pastries and tea as friends and colleagues gathered at the Pokémon Restaurant’s Scenic Terrace.
• Professor Oak, Professor Rowan, Crystal, Akin, and Steven praised the park’s habitats, Pokémon, educational displays, Swan Lake performance, and new residents.
• Lt. Surge told Li Wei that queues in the visitor battle area were too long, but Li Wei said he wanted battles to remain secondary to showcasing Pokémon’s lives.
• Lorelei advised Li Wei to improve the Ice Exhibition Hall’s acclimatization area and strengthen safety guidance around Snorunt and Froslass.
• Steven recommended clearer ore signs, projected explanations, and advance warnings about Magnezone’s electromagnetic interference.
• Professor Rowan suggested tiered educational content and an interactive fossil excavation experience for the Fossil Exhibition Hall.

Li Wei listened to guests’ suggestions for improving the Jubilife Pokémon Theme Park, including new attractions, better Pokémon rest schedules, and upgrades to existing facilities. The gathering ended with everyone celebrating the park’s opening and pledging to help make it better.

• Professor Oak suggested adding rest areas, scheduled breaks, and safer activities at the Little Ranch, while Cynthia proposed a Legendary Path linking the exhibition halls.
• Dawn praised the Corviknight flight experience and asked for more slots, and Li Wei agreed to improve the Little Ranch’s schedules and interactions.
• Professor Rowan suggested an AR fossil excavation simulation, Professor Sycamore offered to help find someone to build it, and Li Wei accepted his offer.
• Li Wei agreed to assess improvements to the battle area, including plans proposed by Blue and Red for a Battle Tower or similar facility, while Steven and Lorelei offered further proposals for their exhibition halls.
• Blue, Professor Oak, and others praised Li Wei’s work, and Cynthia took his hand as they promised to protect the Pokémon paradise together.
• Lance raised a tea toast to the park’s success and the journey ahead, and everyone joined in.

After a busy day at the Pokémon Theme Park, Li Wei and his Pokémon rested while he showed Cynthia plans for their future villa. The next morning Cynthia, Diantha, and Lance left to handle their responsibilities, and Li Wei prepared to continue managing and promoting the park.

• Li Wei thanked his Pokémon and friends for helping protect the park and entertain visitors throughout the day.
• Li Wei showed Cynthia the plans for a spacious villa that would house his family, and she agreed with the design.
• Cynthia told Li Wei she would return to Lily of the Valley Island the next morning, and they went to sleep.
• Cynthia and Diantha departed for their respective work, while Lance left later to deal with the Pokémon Hunters and their backers.
• Lance said he might miss the Pokémon Summer Camp, and Li Wei offered to help if needed.
• At eight in the morning, the Pokémon Theme Park opened for a new day as Li Wei focused on his work there.

On July 28, Jubilife Pokémon Theme Park drew huge crowds after its opening made the news and Li Wei’s livestream went viral. As Li Wei prepared for a busy day, he gave Korrina a male Ralts and a Dawn Stone, then invited Dawn to choose a Pokémon from the park exhibits.

• Visitors crowded the park early, and Li Wei pointed Lan toward the food street when she suggested selling breakfast.
• Li Wei apologized to Professor Rowan for being unable to help with the Summer Camp, but Rowan told him to focus on his work.
• Ash, Dawn, and Korrina stayed to attend the Summer Camp, while Brock joined the cooking team.
• Li Wei gave Korrina a male Ralts and a Dawn Stone from Mr. Lucian, and told her she could earn a Galladite from Professor Sycamore after evolving it into Gallade.
• Li Wei let Dawn choose a Pokémon from the exhibits, advising her to start with Rookidee or Corvisquire if she wanted a Corviknight.

On the second day of Jubilife Pokémon Theme Park’s opening, Li Wei sent Dawn and Korrina to Professor Rowan’s Pokémon Summer Camp and organized security and training for the park’s Pokémon. He began his livestream tour of the exhibition halls, starting with the Valley of Dragons.

• Li Wei told Dawn to explore the park before choosing a Pokémon, while he prepared a Ralts and a Dawn Stone for Korrina and money and travel advice for Shiyin.
• Li Wei sent Korrina and Dawn to Professor Rowan, and noted that Ash would focus on training Gible with a plan from Blue and Lance.
• Li Wei directed Lucario and the others to train in the Special Training Room until a Battle Tower could be built, and asked them to help secure the park during its first three days.
• Zeraora, Shaymin, and Sirfetch’d took on park security duties, with Sirfetch’d guarding the Little Ranch and Swan Lake.
• Li Wei started his livestream and began touring the exhibition halls he had not shown the day before, opening with the Valley of Dragons.

Li Wei livestreamed a tour of the Great Dragon Valley at Jubilife Pokémon Theme Park, showing viewers its Dragon-type Pokémon and their habitats. He introduced his Extreme Speed Dragonair and a Shiny Axew, leaving the tour focused on the Axew gathered in the valley.

• Li Wei welcomed livestream viewers to the Great Dragon Valley and showed them its lake, mountain habitat, and Water-type residents.
• Li Wei explained how Dratini shed their skin as one surfaced and displayed the process underwater.
• Li Wei’s Dragonair, formerly an Extreme Speed Dratini from Blackthorn City, leaped from the lake, greeted him, and returned to swimming.
• Li Wei showed Axew sharpening their tusks and explained how the activity prepared them to evolve.
• Li Wei confirmed that one unusually colored Axew from the Dragon Village was Shiny and said he had caught it.

Li Wei livestreamed a tour of the Valley of Dragons, explaining its Pokémon and how visitors could safely observe them. As the tour ended, Pokémon Summer Camp began, with Red, Blue, Lorelei, and Steven set to teach the young Trainers.

• Li Wei showed viewers Druddigon territory and explained that the territorial Pokémon would not attack if left undisturbed.
• Li Wei answered visitors’ questions about Dratini’s evolution, Axew’s tusk-clashing, and how to avoid provoking Druddigon.
• Li Wei toured the Noibat and Gible caves, then ended the livestream overlooking the Pokémon living in the Valley of Dragons.
• Professor Rowan’s Pokémon Summer Camp began with Ash, Dawn, and Korrina among the participants, and Red, Blue, Lorelei, and Steven agreed to serve as instructors.
• Korrina joined Steven’s group while the children eagerly chose their instructors, and Professor Oak said he would prepare for his own camp after returning home.

Professor Rowan assigned the Summer Camp students to observe Pokémon around the park while their instructors answered questions. At Bamboo Hideaway, photographer Franklin overcame his creative bottleneck by photographing playful Pancham and a powerful Pangoro, then continued his visit at the Panda Restaurant.

• Professor Rowan asked the campers to observe Pokémon at the Little Ranch, the Grassland, and Sky Lake and report back that night.
• Ash chose to observe Aerodactyl, Dawn headed to the Little Ranch, and Korrina chose to observe Milotic with Lucario.
• Franklin photographed playful Pancham at Bamboo Hideaway, including their games, a mock meeting, and their curious interaction with his camera.
• Franklin photographed Pangoro snapping a thick bamboo stalk and calmly eating its tender core.
• Franklin ordered bamboo rice, sesame bamboo shoot buns, and beef braised in red wine at the Panda Restaurant and sat beside the glass wall overlooking the Pancham activity area.

After Franklin left the bamboo forest with photographs of a playful moment between a visitor and a Pancham, the story shifted to August 1, when Regigigas’s temple was completed and its guardians, Frost Moon and Frost Star, settled in. Li Wei welcomed Mr. Harold to the Pokémon Theme Park, then returned to work as his livestream began.

• Franklin photographed a visitor and a Pancham mimicking each other with food through the glass at the Panda Restaurant, then left the bamboo forest with photographs he believed would become a classic collection.
• On August 1, the Pokémon Theme Park continued to thrive, and Mayor Luca approved Li Wei’s proposal to build battle facilities.
• Regigigas’s completed temple became the home of Regigigas and the rock, ice, and steel legendary titans, while Frost Moon and Frost Star took up their posts as its guardians.
• Officer Jenny and two other officers patrolled the busy park without encountering any incidents, while visitors included old friends such as Saiko and the Trainer of a Midday Form Lycanroc.
• Mr. Harold visited Li Wei with Mr. Ron and Sprigatito, apologized for missing the opening, and told Li Wei to focus on his livestream.
• Li Wei called Lucario and Zeraora, put on Pokédex Rotom, and returned to work.

Li Wei took Lucario, Zeraora, Diancie, and the others on a livestreamed ride through Jubilife Pokémon Theme Park’s trail, showing viewers the Monkey Mountain Pavilion and its Pokémon. The chapter ended when he heard Dawn and Korrina nearby.

• Blue told Li Wei he would return after November and discussed preparing for the Research Forum Summit; Li Wei reminded him he would visit Kanto as a Celadon University guest lecturer.
• Blue urged Ash to train hard and win a Pokémon League tournament before leaving.
• Li Wei rode Arcanine along the park’s walking-speed riding trail with his Pokémon and began a livestream.
• Li Wei showed viewers the Monkey Mountain Pavilion, where Grookey tapped their Sound Sticks while Chimchar and Mankey explored the habitat.
• Li Wei heard Dawn and Korrina as he continued along the riding trail.

On the fifth day of Pokémon Summer Camp, Dawn observed a Galarian Rapidash herd and tried to befriend a frail-looking Galarian Ponyta. As she offered it a homemade Poffin, the herd’s leader stopped the other Ponyta from approaching.

• Professor Rowan assigned the campers to observe Pokémon in different enclosures, and Dawn’s group went to the Grassland Ranch.
• Dawn spotted a Galarian Rapidash and its Ponyta herd near the forest and told Li Wei she wanted to observe them.
• Li Wei asked Lucario to reassure the Galarian Rapidash, which recognized Dawn and allowed her to approach.
• Dawn noticed a frail-looking Ponyta standing apart from the herd, crouched to seem harmless, and offered it a homemade Poffin.
• The Galarian Rapidash judged Dawn’s Poffin average and stopped the other Ponyta from coming forward.

Dawn befriended a weak Galarian Ponyta with patience and Poffins, then walked with it and Korrina through Misty Forest Area to observe Skiddo. After sharing a beautiful moment with Ponyta in the rain, Dawn returned from the outing with a new friendship.

• Dawn coaxed the tired Galarian Ponyta into eating a Poffin and gently stroked it until it relaxed beside her.
• Ash and Korrina befriended Rapidash, and Ash rode it across the grassland, startling Ponyta until Dawn reassured it.
• Korrina invited Dawn to see Skiddo, and Ponyta agreed to accompany Dawn, Piplup, Dratini, Korrina, and Lucario into Misty Forest Area.
• Lucario used its Aura to guide the group through the forest as they watched Skiddo and Ponyta glowed in the mist.
• When light rain fell, Ponyta's wet mane shimmered like a rainbow, and it affectionately licked Dawn's hand.
• After the drizzle stopped, Korrina suggested heading back, and Dawn returned from the outing having formed a bond with Ponyta.

Li Wei read Aoli’s popular Pokémon Theme Park guide, and Dawn chose Galarian Ponyta as her partner. With Galarian Rapidash’s approval, Ponyta became Dawn’s Pokémon.

• Sinnoh NOW published Aoli’s detailed Pokémon Theme Park guide, which drew a record number of views.
• Li Wei read the guide and found several snacks that interested him.
• Dawn told Li Wei she wanted Galarian Ponyta, and he said she should ask Ponyta and then get a Poké Ball from him.
• Li Wei took Ash, Dawn, and Korrina to the grassland ranch, where Dawn promised Galarian Rapidash she would care for Ponyta.
• Galarian Rapidash approved, and Galarian Ponyta became Dawn’s Pokémon.

Professor Rowan took the Summer Camp children through the Fossil Museum, teaching them about prehistoric Pokémon and letting them try fossil excavation activities. After the museum visit, he prepared to take them to see living fossil Pokémon.

• Professor Rowan introduced the children to the museum’s displays, including Tyrantrum and Aerodactyl, and Kōhei correctly recalled facts about Aerodactyl.
• Professor Rowan explained Omanyte, Kabuto, Shieldon, and Cranidos as visitors gathered to listen.
• A Tuo imitated Cranidos by pretending to use Headbutt, making nearby visitors laugh.
• The children tried a simulated fossil excavation, and Ash challenged Dawn and Korrina to a race before Dawn reminded them to be gentle.
• The children experienced an AR fossil excavation simulation, and Lily nervously watched its recreations of prehistoric Pokémon.
• Professor Rowan announced that they would next go see real fossil Pokémon.

Professor Rowan took the Summer Camp children to Lakeheart Island to observe fossil Pokémon and learn how their diets and habits allowed them to coexist. After the children presented their observations, Rowan praised their work and emphasized understanding and respecting Pokémon, leaving the group with a lesson in living harmoniously with them.

• Professor Rowan brought the children to Lakeheart Island and warned them to observe the fossil Pokémon without touching them.
• Rowan explained how Kabuto and Omanyte fed on different things, while Brock observed Shieldon and recorded their plant-based diet.
• Dawn and Korrina watched two Aerodactyl, and the male caught a fish before greeting them.
• Kōhei and Ken observed Tyrantrum as Professor Rowan explained its place in the island’s food chain and how the Aerodactyl and Tyrantrum helped maintain order.
• The children observed the island’s Pokémon, completed their logs, and presented their findings to Professor Rowan.

After Pokémon Summer Camp ended, Li Wei sent Ash, Dawn, and Korrina on their separate journeys and returned to running the theme park. He resumed grooming Dragonair as the first episode of “Behind the Truth: Pokémon Appraisal” aired.

• The Red Team, including Dawn, Ash, and Korrina, won the final camp competition, and Li Wei arranged special training for Dawn and Korrina after their competitions.
• Li Wei drove Korrina to the airport, where she and Lucario boarded a flight back to Shalour City, while Ash, Dawn, and Brock prepared to travel to Lake Valor.
• Li Wei checked the theme park’s growing visitor numbers and planned to resume work in the restaurant after taking two days off from livestreaming.
• Lorelei returned to the park after her matches, spoke briefly with Li Wei, and went to the Breeding Center to visit Lily.
• Li Wei groomed Dragonair, the Extreme Speed Dratini Lance had sent him, and considered how the Dragon Plate would complete the Giant Dragon Valley.
• The first episode of “Behind the Truth: Pokémon Appraisal” began that evening.

Sinnoh NOW premiered a show explaining that Absol was misunderstood as a Disaster Pokémon because it appeared before natural disasters. Professor Rowan presented evidence that Absol sensed warning signs rather than causing calamities, and the program moved on to a Pokémon League experiment.

• Dayou, Mizuki, Lalami, Lorelei, and the others watched the first episode of Yuka's show about Absol.
• Yuka introduced rumors and news reports that had led people to fear Absol as a harbinger of disaster.
• Professor Rowan explained that Absol sightings correlated with disasters because Absol could sense subtle changes in nature.
• Professor Rowan began showing a Pokémon League laboratory simulation experiment to support his explanation.