Recaps

Ye Qing woke up in a world where Pokémon existed alongside humans and discovered that his knowledge from another life let him answer advanced Pokémon questions with ease. After class, he borrowed Wang Yao’s and the class beauty’s phone to learn how Pokémon had reshaped history, from ancient times through the rise of Trainers and the modern Poké Ball.

• Ye Qing woke in class after being struck by chalk and realized he had transmigrated into a Pokémon world.
• Ye Qing correctly answered Liu Jianguo’s questions about Bulbasaur’s Abilities, Gloom’s evolutions, and Dragonite’s Fighting-type moves, startling the class.
• Ye Qing watched Pidgey, Ponyta, and Caterpie around the school and recognized that Pokémon and reality had merged in this world.
• Ye Qing borrowed Wang Yao’s phone, then used the class beauty’s phone to search the world’s history after remembering his own phone had been confiscated.
• Ye Qing learned that Pokémon had shaped ancient history and warfare, while Berry Balls, the Pokémon League, and modern Poké Balls transformed the rise of Trainers.

Ye Qing adjusted to his life in a world where humans and Pokémon had coexisted for ages, and learned he needed to get his first Pokémon before the start of next month. After receiving his Pokémon-keeping permit, he went home worried about the cost of buying a Pokémon.

• Ye Qing returned a classmate’s phone and learned from Wang Yao that their school would soon require them to obtain their first Pokémon.
• Ye Qing researched Pokémon with Wang Yao’s phone and found that Pokémon knowledge was well established, though Poké Balls and research into rare Pokémon and moves were relatively new.
• Ye Qing received his Pokémon-keeping permit, then stayed behind when homeroom teacher Liu Jianguo asked about his studies.
• Wang Yao waited for Ye Qing in a wealthy girl’s Porsche, and she drove Ye Qing home after he joined them.
• Ye Qing reunited with his mother, who promised to buy him a good Pokémon, but he worried that even common Pokémon cost tens of thousands of yuan.

Ye Qing accompanied his parents to a Pokémon Day Care to choose his first Pokémon, while feeling guilty about his family's financial sacrifices. When he inspected a cheap Magikarp Egg, his long-awaited golden finger appeared and revealed its information.

• Ye Qing learned that his younger sister was staying in another city to study for her high school entrance exam, and he resolved to earn money for his family.
• Ye Dad returned home and rushed Ye Qing and Ye Mom to the commercial street, saying he had borrowed one hundred thousand Poké Dollars for a Pokémon.
• Ye Qing's family visited a Pokémon Day Care, where the sales assistant showed them expensive Pokémon Eggs and then cheaper options.
• Ye Qing inspected a Magikarp Egg and received information about its species, level, aptitude, ability, and other traits through his golden finger.
• Ye Qing realized he had finally gained a golden finger and celebrated its appearance.

Ye Qing convinced his parents to take their borrowed money to the egg gambling market, where he used his ability to inspect Pokémon Eggs. He found a C-potential Whismur and then spotted a larger egg identified as a Chimchar, but had not chosen what to buy yet.

• Ye Qing stopped his father from heading to the Pokémon Day Care and persuaded his parents to visit the egg gambling market instead.
• Ye Qing's parents worried about risking their borrowed money, but his father agreed to trust his confident son.
• Ye Qing searched through the shop's Pokémon Eggs and found a female Whismur with C-grade potential.
• Ye Qing kept browsing the grimier, cheaper eggs and spotted a larger egg that his ability identified as a Chimchar.

Ye Qing chose a cracked, weakened Chimchar egg with B+ potential despite his parents' doubts and bought specialized equipment to try to save it. As he carried the egg home, he ran into his best friend Wang Yao and his family.

• An elderly man warned Ye Qing that the cracked egg he was examining was unlikely to survive, but Ye Qing checked it and discovered it contained a high-potential male Chimchar.
• Ye Qing felt Chimchar repeatedly striking the shell from within, picked up the egg, and told his surprised parents he had made up his mind to choose it.
• The shop owner offered the egg for ten thousand if Ye Qing also bought supplies, and Ye Qing's father agreed to pay.
• Ye Qing selected an advanced incubator and special-grade incubation fluid, and the owner cleaned the egg and placed it in the incubator.
• Ye Qing left the shop carrying the incubator and met his best friend Wang Yao and Wang Yao's parents on the street.

Ye Qing received help from Aunt Wang’s Blissey to heal the cracked Pokémon Egg containing Chimchar, then prepared for the Pokémon’s eventual hatching. A week later, he was still caring for the incubator while his classmates had already begun training their Pokémon.

• Wang Yao noticed a crack in Ye Qing’s Pokémon Egg, and Aunt Wang summoned Blissey to examine it.
• Blissey put a piece of her own egg into the incubator and used her healing power to treat Chimchar.
• Ye Qing brought the incubator home, adjusted its settings, and researched Chimchar’s care and feeding needs.
• Ye Qing’s mother gave him a bank card with thirty thousand yuan to spend on his Pokémon before he moved into the dorms.
• A week passed as Ye Qing cared for the incubator, and he watched Wang Yao run by with the Treecko his girlfriend had given him.

Ye Qing's Pokémon Egg hatched into a mischievous Chimchar, whom he fed and began bonding with. He carried Chimchar to school, where his classmates were surprised that he had a Starter Pokémon.

• Ye Qing watched the Pokémon Tournament while waiting for his Egg to hatch, then welcomed his sister Ye Menghan home and promised to pay for her Pokémon Academy education if she did well on her exams.
• Two days later, Ye Qing's Pokémon Egg cracked open, and Chimchar hatched with B+ potential and several Egg moves.
• Chimchar quickly adapted to his new body and made a mess around the house, then eagerly ate a Fire-type Pokéblock after Ye Qing taught him to behave.
• Ye Qing carried Chimchar to school, where his classmates gathered around and reacted with surprise at his new Starter Pokémon.

Ye Qing brought his newly hatched Chimchar to school and home, delighting his classmates and family. During training, Chimchar struggled to use Ember at first but learned it after watching a demonstration, then challenged Huo Mengyao’s Growlithe.

• Ye Qing showed Chimchar to his classmates, and Liu Jianguo announced a practical lesson in the nearby forest for a month later.
• Ye Qing bought food and Pokéblocks for Chimchar, introduced him to his delighted parents, and posted his picture online.
• After Chimchar adjusted to his body, Ye Qing began training him; Chimchar failed to use Ember but made deep claw marks in a tree with Scratch.
• Ye Qing showed Chimchar an official Ember tutorial, and Chimchar appeared to understand the move after watching it a few times.
• Chimchar used Ember in front of Huo Mengyao and the sports representative, startling Growlithe and drawing a challenge from Chimchar.

Ye Qing trained Chimchar until he mastered Ember and Fire Punch, then agreed to join Wang Yao and two girls on a camping trip to Jinxi Forest. The next morning, Wang Yao arrived to pick him up, and Ye Qing recalled Chimchar before getting into the car.

• Chimchar learned Ember during training, impressing Ye Qing, Huo Mengyao, Growlithe, and the nearby students.
• After a week of practice, Chimchar used Fire Punch to shatter a rock and reached level 7.
• Wang Yao invited Ye Qing to camp at Jinxi Forest with his girlfriend and her best friend, and Ye Qing accepted so Chimchar could battle wild Pokémon.
• Ye Qing told his mother about the trip, and she reminded him that she had packed his dorm supplies.
• The next morning, Wang Yao arrived at Ye Qing's residential complex, and Ye Qing recalled Chimchar before joining him.

Ye Qing joined Wang Yao, Sun Xiaowei, and Su Yiqin for a trip into the undeveloped back of a mountain, where their Pokémon encountered a wild Rattata. Ye Qing’s Chimchar defeated the level 6 Rattata, leaving the group ready to continue exploring.

• Ye Qing met Sun Xiaowei and Su Yiqin, then agreed to follow Wang Yao to the mountain’s undeveloped back trails.
• The four ignored a warning sign, released their Pokémon, and entered the forest, with Su Yiqin’s Swablu watching from above.
• A wild Rattata ambushed Chimchar, and Ye Qing ordered Chimchar to block the attack with Quick Guard.
• Ye Qing told Chimchar to charge and use Scratch, then had him grab Rattata and strike with Ember.
• Chimchar defeated Rattata, and Ye Qing praised him.

Ye Qing and his friends encountered a powerful, injured Fearow after Swablu flew into its territory, and they fought together to protect themselves. As Chimchar kept attacking Fearow, Su Yiqin sent Swablu back into the battle, drawing Fearow's attention away from Chimchar.

• Ye Qing warned the group not to go farther into the forest, but Swablu flew up to search for a nearby river and provoked a level 17 Fearow.
• Fearow attacked the group, and Ye Qing, Sun Xiaowei, and Wang Yao ordered Chimchar, Torchic, and Treecko to strike back.
• Chimchar climbed a tree and leapt onto Fearow's back, hitting its head with Fire Punch while Torchic and Treecko attacked from the ground.
• Fearow wounded Treecko and counterattacked Torchic with Ember, then prepared to blast Chimchar off his back.
• Su Yiqin released her recovering Swablu and ordered her to use Peck, causing Fearow to turn away from Chimchar and attack Swablu.

Ye Qing and Su Yiqin escaped a flock of Spearow by jumping into a river, but the current carried them over a waterfall and left them stranded in a forest basin. As night fell, Ye Qing made a fire and treated Su Yiqin’s injuries.

• Chimchar defeated Fearow with a powerful Fire Punch, then Ye Qing and the others were attacked by hundreds of Spearow.
• Ye Qing grabbed Su Yiqin and fled through the woods, while Wang Yao and Sun Xiaowei ran in the opposite direction.
• Ye Qing and Su Yiqin jumped into a river to escape the Spearow, but the current swept them over a waterfall.
• Ye Qing dragged the unconscious Su Yiqin ashore, released Chimchar, and discovered they were stranded beside a forest pool as night approached.
• Ye Qing fed Chimchar, started a campfire, and sprayed medicine onto Su Yiqin’s bruised back.

Ye Qing and Chimchar were ambushed by a level 12 Ekans while keeping watch over the unconscious Su Yiqin. Su Yiqin awakened and released Swablu to help fight, but Ekans coiled around Chimchar, leaving him struggling to breathe as Ye Qing urged him to use Ember.

• Ye Qing waited beside the campfire with Chimchar, worrying about Wang Yao and Sun Xiaowei as they fled through the forest.
• A hidden Pokémon lunged from the bushes, and Chimchar used Fake Out to reveal and strike Ekans.
• Ekans’s Intimidate frightened Chimchar, but Ye Qing encouraged him while Su Yiqin awoke and released Swablu.
• Chimchar’s Ember clashed with Ekans’s Poison Sting, and Swablu used Peck to hit Ekans’s vulnerable spot before raising Safeguard.
• Chimchar struck Ekans with Fake Out and Fire Punch, burning her tail, but Ekans wrapped around him and began to squeeze.
• Ye Qing urged the trapped Chimchar to unleash Ember, but Chimchar struggled to focus under Ekans’s constriction.

Ye Qing and Su Yiqin survived an attack by Ekans, while Sun Xiaowei and Wang Yao escaped Jinxi Forest and reached the foot of the mountain. The chapter left Ye Qing and Su Yiqin still stranded in the forest as Sun Xiaowei and Wang Yao tried to get help.

• Su Yiqin ordered Swablu to use Fury Attack, but Ekans swallowed her before Ye Qing charged with a torch and Chimchar attacked the snake.
• Chimchar unleashed Fury Swipes, forcing Ekans to spit out Swablu and collapse; Su Yiqin treated Swablu's injuries.
• Swablu tried to wash her dirty wings in the river, and Su Yiqin accidentally exposed herself when her blanket slipped, prompting an angry confrontation with Ye Qing.
• Ye Qing and Su Yiqin stayed by their campfire because the forest was too dangerous to cross at night, while Chimchar sensed threats in the bushes.
• Sun Xiaowei and Wang Yao escaped the forest, reached the mountain's base, and learned from a security guard that Team R members were active in the mountains.

Ye Qing and the others escaped the mountains on Pidgeot after learning Team R was active nearby, but enemies ambushed them in flight. Ye Qing fell from Pidgeot during the attack as the others sped away.

• Ye Qing, Su Yiqin, and Chimchar built a ring of fire while Wang Yao and Sun Xiaowei went to seek help.
• Wang Yao and Sun Xiaowei returned with Brother Xu on Pidgeot, and the group fled toward the city.
• Wang Yao explained Team R's crimes, and Ye Qing feared the organization might pursue Mew to create Mewtwo.
• Enemies attacked Pidgeot with Hyper Beam and wind blades, forcing Brother Xu to flee through the forest.
• Machamp's Protect blocked an attack, but the impact knocked Machamp into Ye Qing and tore Ye Qing's grip from Pidgeot.
• Ye Qing fell while Pidgeot raced away with the others.

Ye Qing survived his fall with Chimchar’s help and escaped into the burning Jinxi Forest, where the Pokémon League and Team R were fighting. He discovered two Team R members facing off, one accused of being a League mole, and listened as they hinted at a dispute over Mewtwo.

• Ye Qing released Chimchar, who slowed their fall with Fury Swipes and Fire Punch before they landed on a tree branch and passed out.
• Ye Qing woke amid smoke and spreading flames, recalled the unconscious Chimchar, and escaped the burning tree using his survival skills.
• Wang Yao begged Wang Yougang to rescue Ye Qing, but Wang Yougang said the League had forbidden entry to Jinxi Forest and that he had already asked them to watch for Ye Qing.
• Wang Yao tried to leave and rescue Ye Qing himself, but Wang Yougang ordered the Jynx to knock him unconscious.
• Ye Qing found two injured Team R members facing off in a clearing, where one accused the other of being a Pokémon League mole and asked whether he was after Mewtwo.

After a Team R member and League mole Li Zhiyong died in a Magneton Explosion, Ye Qing learned about the undercover mission to uncover Team R’s God-Making Plan and accepted a request to retrieve information on Mewtwo. He used Li Zhiyong’s magnetic card and disguise to pose as Team R member Blood Bat, preparing to move through the burning forest.

• A Team R member ordered Magneton to use Explosion, and the blast killed both him and Li Zhiyong while Ye Qing escaped by hiding in a crater.
• Ye Qing found the dying Li Zhiyong, removed his Poké Balls, and gave him the medicine he requested.
• Li Zhiyong revealed that he was a Pokémon League mole investigating Team R’s God-Making Plan and asked Ye Qing to obtain information on Mewtwo and deliver it to the League.
• After Li Zhiyong died, Ye Qing used his magnetic card and password to activate a backup identity as Blood Bat, a Team R third-squad member under Executive Blood Hand.
• Ye Qing hid his phone in a tree, changed into Li Zhiyong’s clothes, put on the Bat Mask, and burned his hair to complete the disguise.

After taking Li Zhiyong’s identity, Ye Qing rode Arcanine toward Team R’s position while avoiding Pokémon League pursuers. A League trainer ambushed them, and Ye Qing ordered Arcanine to fight as Nidoking charged.

• Ye Qing comforted Arcanine over Li Zhiyong’s death, healed him with Potions, and watched him burn Li Zhiyong’s corpse to ashes.
• Ye Qing decided to impersonate Li Zhiyong, climbed onto Arcanine, and let Arcanine destroy Li Zhiyong’s Poké Ball to conceal their departure.
• Arcanine sensed Team R southeast and detected a Pokémon League trainer nearby, so Ye Qing ordered him to flee rather than fight.
• Arcanine avoided battles throughout the forest until a League trainer blocked his path with Onix’s Rock Tomb and sent Nidoking charging at him.
• Ye Qing ordered Arcanine to use Flamethrower, then Safeguard and Flare Blitz after Nidoking blocked the flames with rocks.

Ye Qing reached Team R's encampment and tried to maintain his cover as Li Zhiyong while buying supplies. As Dragonite overwhelmed Hydreigon and the camp came under attack, Team R released Mewtwo, who noticed Ye Qing in the crowd.

• Arcanine used Flare Blitz to knock Nidoking aside, then carried Ye Qing through the forest to Team R's encampment.
• Ye Qing posed as the quiet Team R member Li Zhiyong and bought a Great Ball and two Super Potions with his points.
• Dragonite defeated Hydreigon and destroyed a transport helicopter with lightning as Pokémon League troops encircled the camp.
• Hydreigon's rider urged the researchers to release Mewtwo, and the camp's members knelt to welcome it.
• Ye Qing knelt with the crowd, but Mewtwo turned toward him with a puzzled look.

Ye Qing witnessed Mewtwo overpower the Pokémon League forces before hidden restraints knocked Mewtwo unconscious and Yanlang’s group took control of the scene. Ye Qing slipped aboard their transport and faked an injury to get into a room, where he considered how to gather detailed information about Mewtwo.

• Mewtwo’s psychic voice overwhelmed most of the League personnel, and Mewtwo defeated Dragonite with a single gesture.
• Yanlang ordered the group to withdraw, but Mewtwo’s restraints discharged electricity and rendered Mewtwo unconscious; Yanlang then ordered Mewtwo’s memories erased and Mewtwo put into dormancy.
• Ye Qing followed the group onto a transport plane, then feigned unconsciousness when he did not know which room was his.
• The squad leader ordered Ye Qing carried to his room, where medical staff treated his wounds and left him alone.
• Ye Qing released Chimchar, argued with him, and recalled him into his Great Ball before weighing the danger of finding Mewtwo’s information.

Ye Qing’s squad arrived at Team R’s volcanic island camp, where he learned that Mewtwo’s memory wipe had left traces. The chapter ended with Yanlang throwing a researcher into the crater and ordering Hydreigon to use Draco Meteor.

• Ye Qing read Li Zhiyong’s files on Team R’s members and learned Yanlang, the Mad Scientist, and Blood Hand’s codenames and signature Pokémon.
• Mewtwo sat alone aboard the transport, questioning its identity and the right its creators had to make it.
• The transports landed on a volcanic island, and Ye Qing’s squad was assigned to guard the camp while Team R drove wild Pokémon away.
• Ye Qing released Arcanine, soothed his anger toward Team R, and watched the Mad Scientist and researchers set up equipment by the crater.
• A researcher told Yanlang that traces of Mewtwo’s memories remained and that this might be the last time they could erase them.
• Yanlang threw the researcher into the crater, then summoned Hydreigon and ordered it to use Draco Meteor.

Yanlang awakened Moltres by bringing Mewtwo near the volcano, and the two Legendary Pokémon began fighting. Mewtwo dismissed Moltres’s attacks with ease as Ye Qing watched, while Blood Hand continued to wonder about Blood Bat’s strange behavior.

• Yanlang had Hydreigon bombard the magma with Draco Meteor, then ordered the researchers to release Mewtwo.
• Mewtwo appeared confused about its identity, and its Legendary aura stirred the Pokémon sleeping beneath the magma.
• Moltres burst from the volcano, knocking people at the crater off their feet, while Arcanine protected Ye Qing.
• Yanlang asked Mewtwo to defeat Moltres, but Mewtwo rebuked him and then effortlessly destroyed Moltres’s fireball.
• Moltres attacked Mewtwo with a surging sea of fire, and Arcanine used Flash Fire to shield Ye Qing from the heat.
• Blood Hand noticed that Blood Bat had not released his Beartic and wondered what had seemed off about him since his return.

Mewtwo and Moltres fought at full strength, turning the volcano into an erupting disaster. As Ye Qing and Arcanine fled the falling lava, Blood Hand appeared on Fearow and called for Ye Qing to climb aboard.

• Moltres unleashed its full power, stirring the volcano, while Mewtwo summoned storms and ordered everyone to evacuate.
• Ye Qing escaped down the mountainside on Arcanine as Mewtwo fought off Moltres's attacks and then charged it with Barrier.
• Moltres met Mewtwo's charge with Burn Up and Sky Attack, and their collision triggered a massive volcanic eruption.
• Team R's members fled or died as lava and debris spread, forcing Ye Qing and Arcanine to keep running.
• Blood Hand arrived on Fearow and offered Ye Qing a way to escape, but Ye Qing hesitated and missed the chance to jump aboard.

Ye Qing joined the guard detail assigned to Mewtwo and seized the chance to bring him food, hoping to gain his trust. Inside Mewtwo’s room, Ye Qing found himself in a seemingly endless darkness and called out to him.

• Ye Qing jumped from Arcanine onto Fearow, and Blood Hand helped him onto its back as Moltres fled after Mewtwo defeated it.
• Yanlang accepted Mewtwo’s refusal to pursue Moltres, while the Mad Scientist celebrated Mewtwo’s power.
• Blood Hand assigned Ye Qing and Fatty to guard Mewtwo because their squad was responsible for protecting him.
• Fatty explained that Mewtwo’s temper made delivering his food dangerous, so Ye Qing volunteered to take the tray inside.
• Mewtwo asked Ye Qing if he knew him, and Ye Qing entered the room to find himself surrounded by darkness.

Ye Qing convinced Mewtwo that they came from the same world and offered to reveal its past life by sharing his memories. Mewtwo discovered that it had been cloned from Mew’s fossilized eyelash and watched memories of its early days, where a mysterious blue-haired girl appeared.

• Ye Qing told Mewtwo they were both outsiders to this world and offered to answer its questions if it read only memories related to its birth.
• Mewtwo entered Ye Qing’s memories and saw Team Rocket searching for the Mythical Pokémon Mew and finding an ancient mural of it.
• Mewtwo watched researchers discover a fossilized eyelash from Mew and begin the God-Making Plan, creating Mewtwo and other Pokémon in incubation chambers.
• Mewtwo’s emotions overwhelmed Ye Qing, who collapsed, before the memories resumed and showed Mewtwo awakening in the laboratory.
• Mewtwo saw a blue-haired girl appear beside its younger self and explain that the researchers were speaking human language, but it could not remember who she was.