Chapter Summaries

Ye Qing settled in with Zhang Zhongxin’s family, contacted his relatives about the statue and the coming disaster, and learned that the oasis was preparing for danger. The chapter ended with Zhang Zhongxin reassuring the Old Tusi and organizing repairs to the oasis’s defenses.

• Meng Wutong burned an R-logo USB drive in the kitchen while resolving to protect her family.
• Zhang Zhongxin showed Ye Qing the household signal transmitter, and Ye Qing read messages about his statue before calling his mother and telling his family about the disaster.
• Ye Qing’s relatives celebrated the statue plans, while Psyduck grew jealous of Aerodactyl and kicked a drunken Ditto from a tree branch.
• The Old Tusi confronted Zhang Zhongxin for sheltering Ye Qing and Absol, but accepted Zhang Zhongxin’s explanation and sent the gathered villagers home.
• Zhang Zhongxin kept the tribe in the oasis and assigned people to inspect and repair its defenses before the disaster arrived.

Ye Qing woke in Zhang Zhongxin’s oasis and helped the tribe prepare after Absol warned of an approaching sandstorm. Meanwhile, Meng Wutong recognized Ye Qing from Team R’s wanted list but chose not to report him, and the tribe accepted Absol’s warning.

• Yaoyao playfully woke Ye Qing, who then joined Zhang Zhongxin’s family for breakfast.
• Meng Wutong flew back to the oasis on Pidgeot after defeating a Krookodile, recognized Ye Qing on Team R’s wanted list, and decided not to report his location.
• Ye Qing asked Zhang Zhongxin how the tribe survived sandstorms, and Zhang explained that Trainers defended the settlement while residents sheltered in basements.
• Zhang Zhongxin ordered the tribe to prepare its basements and supplies and told the men not to leave, then explained that Absol had warned them of the coming disaster.
• The tribe members accepted Zhang Zhongxin’s explanation and began taking Absol’s warning seriously.

Absol sensed an approaching sandstorm, and Ye Qing, Zhang Zhongxin, and the other defenders prepared to protect the shelter beneath Crescent Moon Lake. The storm engulfed the oasis and swept Ye Qing off his feet as the defenders braced for the wild Pokémon within it.

• Absol's glowing horn warned Ye Qing that a sandstorm was coming, and Zhang Zhongxin sent Pidgeot to scout while Old Tusi led the crowd into the basement.
• Zhang Zhongxin led twenty-four Trainers toward Crescent Moon Lake to defend the shelter, and Meng Wutong stayed behind to maintain order underground.
• Ye Qing released his Pokémon beside the lake and prepared a gas mask as the wind intensified.
• The sandstorm swept over the oasis, and Zhang Zhongxin shut the shelter entrance and released his Pokémon to hold off the danger.
• The storm's powerful wind blew Ye Qing sideways into the air.

Ye Qing and his Pokémon fought off waves of wild Pokémon driven toward them by the Sandstorm, using Crescent Moon Lake and coordinated attacks to hold them back. After his attempts to spare and recruit some of the less hostile Pokémon failed, Ye Qing resolved to stop being so lenient.

• Gardevoir pulled Ye Qing safely back to the ground as the Sandstorm intensified and the earth began to tremble.
• Ye Qing had Milotic use Surf and Lairon use Earthquake to disrupt the rolling Golem and Graveler, then froze the ground with Ice Beam so the attackers slipped and crashed.
• Gabite, Absol, Gardevoir, and Gengar attacked the wild Pokémon, while Gengar ambushed an underground Onix and drained its energy before defeating it.
• A Golem used Self-Destruct, but Lairon protected the group; Ye Qing’s Pokémon continued fighting off the waves of attackers.
• Ye Qing tried to redirect or stop milder-tempered Pokémon and offered them medicine and Pokéblocks, but they attacked him instead, so he decided he would be less lenient.

Ye Qing and his Pokémon battled through the Sandstorm for hours, gaining several levels before Garchomp arrived and attacked them. Ye Qing ordered his team to fight back and tried to capture Garchomp, then invoked their bond as the battle escalated.

• Ye Qing rotated his Pokémon to conserve stamina as the Sandstorm dragged on, while Lairon, Milotic, Gabite, and Gengar broke through to higher levels.
• Milotic and Lairon broke through again, and Gardevoir also leveled up after explaining that she had been sustaining the group’s psychic protections.
• By the Sandstorm’s fourth hour, Crescent Moon Lake was half-buried when Garchomp appeared and crashed into the lake after failing to turn toward Ye Qing.
• Ye Qing ordered his Pokémon to attack Garchomp; Gardevoir disrupted him, Infernape held him in place, and Absol wounded him with Megahorn.
• Garchomp shook off Encore and slashed Lairon aside despite Lairon’s boosted defense, so Ye Qing shouted “Bond!” and prepared to unleash their power.

Ye Qing and his bonded Infernape fought Garchomp at Crescent Moon Lake, while their Pokémon struggled to keep the wild Pokémon from overwhelming them. After Garchomp badly wounded Infernape, Infernape’s Blaze power surged and he unleashed a greatly enlarged Fire Punch as Garchomp tried to defend himself.

• Infernape transformed through bonding with Ye Qing and struck Garchomp with a Charcoal-boosted Fire Punch, driving him into the lakebed.
• Garchomp fired Draco Meteor, then used his speed to attack Infernape while Krookodile blocked the others from helping.
• Garchomp’s allies attacked Ye Qing’s group, and Infernape was left badly hurt in a crater, sharing his pain with Ye Qing.
• Garchomp dove at Infernape, but Ye Qing urged him to keep fighting, triggering Infernape’s Blaze and doubling the size of his flaming ape.
• Infernape swung a massive Fire Punch at Garchomp, who abandoned his attack and crossed his claws to block it.

Ye Qing and Infernape defeated Garchomp, but Ye Qing decided the difficult, disobedient Pokémon would be better kept at home than on his team. After recovering from the battle, Gabite tried to imitate Garchomp’s Draco Meteor and prepared to keep practicing.

• Infernape struck Garchomp with a powerful Fire Punch, and Milotic carried the exhausted Infernape and Ye Qing back to shore.
• Ye Qing considered Garchomp’s poor potential and unruly nature, then caught him in a Great Ball that was automatically locked as his seventh Poké Ball.
• Ye Qing used Pokéblocks and healing potions to help his Pokémon recover, and he and Infernape agreed to practice the Bond Phenomenon more.
• Gabite attempted to copy Garchomp’s Draco Meteor, but the energy fell back down and blasted a crater.
• Ye Qing encouraged Gabite to keep practicing, and Gabite eagerly decided to find a Wild Pokémon to practice on.

Ye Qing left the shelter’s defenses with Gardevoir and Absol to help a second Absol caught in the sandstorm. He healed the injured female Absol and agreed to search for Golisopod’s missing Trainer before teleporting the group away.

• Ye Qing recalled his exhausted Pokémon and learned that Absol had sensed another Absol in the sandstorm.
• Ye Qing checked in with Zhang Zhongxin, helped rescue a Trainer from an Onix, and then returned to Absol.
• Ye Qing, Gardevoir, and Absol found Golisopod protecting an injured female Absol from wild Pokémon.
• Gardevoir healed the female Absol while Golisopod explained that he had become separated from his Trainer and asked Ye Qing to find him.
• Gardevoir sensed another person nearby, and Ye Qing had her teleport the group to search for Golisopod’s Trainer.

Ye Qing rescued Xie Yu from a Steelix and helped defend Crescent Moon Lake from the sandstorm’s wild Pokémon. After the storm subsided, the group began clearing the buried shelter, and Xie Yu prepared to leave to continue his Wilderness Challenge.

• Ye Qing arrived to find Xie Yu clinging to Malamar and used Lairon’s Earthquake to knock down the surrounding Pokémon.
• Ye Qing and Gardevoir teleported Xie Yu and the others back to Crescent Moon Lake, where Ye Qing joined Zhang Zhongxin’s defense.
• Xie Yu showed off Malamar’s powerful hypnosis, turning attacking wild Pokémon against one another.
• Ye Qing and Xie Yu’s Pokémon helped hold the line until the six-hour sandstorm weakened, and Lairon reached level 41 near evolution.
• Zhang Zhongxin thanked Ye Qing and Xie Yu, while Onix dug out the shelter entrance from the sand.
• Xie Yu said he would continue his Wilderness Challenge, exchanged contact details with Ye Qing, and promised to send him a gift in thanks.

Ye Qing left the oasis after the Sandstorm, accepting a blue Pokémon Egg from Yaoyao and hearing warnings about the dangerous Desert Gym and Nightmare Gang. Gardevoir Teleported him into the desert, where he wondered what Pokémon would hatch from the egg.

• Ye Qing said goodbye to Zhang Zhongxin's family, and Yaoyao gave him a blue Pokémon Egg after he promised to visit her again.
• Zhang Zhongxin warned Ye Qing that the Desert Gym Leader was eccentric and that the powerful Nightmare Gang controlled the area with the Gym Leader's backing.
• Old Tusi apologized for the earlier misunderstanding and welcomed Ye Qing back, showing that the oasis residents had changed their attitude toward Absol.
• Gardevoir Teleported Ye Qing away from the oasis, and he walked through the desert while guessing what Pokémon was inside the egg.

Ye Qing discovered that the egg contained an Azurill with Huge Power, bringing his plan to create a Huge Power Slaking closer to reality. He reached the desert city where the Desert Gym was located, paid to enter, and saw a violent clash erupt nearby.

• Ye Qing scanned the egg and found it contained a female Azurill with Huge Power.
• Ye Qing considered how to transfer Huge Power to a Slaking and decided to search for a high-potential Slakoth or Vigoroth after challenging the Desert Gym.
• Ye Qing traveled across the desert with Gardevoir and Gengar and arrived at the walled city built around a massive oasis.
• Scarface demanded a ten-thousand-yuan entry fee, and Ye Qing paid before entering the city with Gardevoir.
• Ye Qing explored the busy city until a shop window shattered and a person was hurled out onto the street.

Ye Qing gathered information about the Nightmare Gang in Desert City and learned its leader preyed on women and girls. Unable to unlock Garchomp’s Poké Ball at the Pokémon Center, he asked Dragon Tamer for help, and Dragon Tamer told him to contact Cynthia.

• Scarface spotted Ye Qing’s shiny Gardevoir and planned to find out where they were staying before reporting to the Young Master.
• Ye Qing questioned a candied-hawthorn vendor and other locals, learning that the Nightmare Gang’s leader used seduction, money, and force to take women and girls.
• Ye Qing entered the Pokémon Center and asked a nurse to unlock Garchomp’s Poké Ball, but she said he needed a Pokémon League Association certificate and had to separate his Poké Balls by ten kilometers.
• Ye Qing called Dragon Tamer and asked him to help unlock the ball, but Dragon Tamer said the decision was not his to make and told Ye Qing to ask Cynthia.

Ye Qing got Cynthia to authorize a three-day unlocking of Garchomp’s Poké Ball, then released Garchomp at his hotel. Garchomp resented the Poké Ball’s conditioning but found himself unable to feel hostile toward Ye Qing.

• Ye Qing called Cynthia after the Dragon Tamer could not unlock Garchomp’s Poké Ball, and Cynthia agreed to unlock it for three days after he invoked Mewtwo.
• Cynthia contacted the Pokémon Center director, who personally unlocked the Poké Ball and told Ye Qing it would relock in 71 hours, 56 minutes, and 10 seconds.
• Ye Qing checked into a hotel and let his Pokémon out, then released Garchomp in the living area.
• Garchomp emerged angrily, recalling the Poké Ball’s false images and brainwashing voices, but found he felt fondness rather than hostility toward Ye Qing.

Ye Qing failed to get Garchomp to obey and went to sleep, while Wei Shikang led his gang to punish a Pokémon Day Care for refusing to pay protection money. The chapter ended with the gang surrounding the establishment as locals feared for Old Xu’s family.

• Ye Qing tried to make Garchomp fetch the air conditioner remote, but Garchomp ignored him, took Gabite’s Pokéblocks, and returned himself to his Poké Ball.
• Ye Qing recalled the uncomfortable Milotic, told his Pokémon to rest, and went to sleep after the Sandstorm exhausted him.
• Wei Shikang learned that the Pokémon Day Care on West Street had refused to pay protection money and set out to confront its owners.
• Wei Shikang asked when his followers would bring him a Gardevoir, and they said it would take about another week.
• Wei Shikang’s gang surrounded the Day Care, blocked passersby’s view with smoke and mist, and frightened locals who feared for Old Xu’s family.

Wei Shikang violently extorted Old Xu and tried to assault his daughter, but abandoned her after learning of Ye Qing’s shiny Gardevoir. After investigating Ye Qing’s background, Wei Shikang weighed whether to seize Gardevoir while avoiding trouble over the Champion Cynthia banner.

• Wei Shikang’s men smashed Old Xu’s shop, subdued his Machamp, and demanded that Old Xu obey his rules.
• Wei Shikang seized Old Xu’s daughter and threatened her, while Old Xu begged for mercy after her escape attempt failed.
• Scarface reported that Ye Qing owned a shiny Gardevoir, and Wei Shikang left Old Xu’s shop to pursue her.
• Wei Shikang’s men investigated Ye Qing and discovered his family had a silk banner from Champion Cynthia.
• Mustache urged Wei Shikang to take Gardevoir but postpone killing Ye Qing, and Wei Shikang began considering the plan.

Wei Shikang and Mustache kidnapped the shiny Gardevoir using a staged fall to lure her out and put her to sleep. Ye Qing discovered she was missing, forced Garchomp to track her, and pursued the kidnappers as they arrived at a villa.

• Mustache laid out a plan to make Gardevoir teleport to rescue a falling child, then have Muk and Hypno disable and hypnotize her.
• Wei Shikang assured Mustache that Muk could hold Gardevoir, and the group threw an unconscious little girl from the roof.
• Gardevoir saved the girl but was immobilized and put to sleep by Hypno, then carried away on a Pidgeot with Wei Shikang.
• Gengar woke Ye Qing, who realized Gardevoir had been kidnapped and summoned Garchomp to find her scent.
• Ye Qing used the Spoon Mark to make Garchomp comply, and they flew through the city toward Gardevoir while Gengar shielded Ye Qing from the wind and glass.
• Wei Shikang and his group landed at a villa, where he ordered the others to guard the door and took the sleeping Gardevoir inside.

Ye Qing attacked the Nightmare Gang’s villa to rescue Gardevoir and captured Wei Shikang after Garchomp and Infernape demolished the gang’s defenses. He confronted Wei Shikang in the sky and demanded that he reveal who was backing him.

• Mustache stationed gang members around the villa while Wei Shikang brought the unconscious Gardevoir inside.
• Ye Qing arrived and sent Garchomp and Infernape crashing into the villa as the Nightmare Gang’s Pokémon rose to attack.
• Garchomp destroyed the villa, defeated Krookodile, and seized Wei Shikang, while Infernape sent the gang’s airborne Pokémon flying.
• Ye Qing checked Gardevoir, had Garchomp take her to safety, and restrained Wei Shikang with Gengar.
• Ye Qing slapped Wei Shikang and demanded that he call out whoever was backing him.

Ye Qing confronted Desert Gym Leader Wei Wufeng after taking his son Wei Shikang hostage, then castrated and killed Wei Shikang despite the threats. Wei Wufeng sent three Pokémon to attack Ye Qing, who prepared to counter with Dragon Rush.

• Wei Wufeng learned that Wei Shikang had been taken hostage and rushed to the villa, where he rebuked Mustache for revealing their relationship.
• Wei Wufeng demanded that Ye Qing release Wei Shikang, but Ye Qing asked how many women and children Wei Shikang had harmed.
• Ye Qing stabbed Wei Shikang in the crotch, and Infernape burned the wound to prevent it from being healed.
• Ye Qing killed Wei Shikang with a knife after Wei Shikang threatened him, enraging Wei Wufeng.
• Wei Wufeng sent Gliscor, Charizard, and Pelipper to attack Ye Qing in the sky, and Ye Qing called for Dragon Rush.

Ye Qing fought Wei Wufeng and rallied the oppressed crowd to help him hold off the Nightmare Gang. Wei Wufeng Mega Evolved his Swampert, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Garchomp attacked Wei Wufeng's Pokémon, and Ye Qing announced that the Pokémon League had sent him to investigate Wei Wufeng's crimes.
• Ye Qing used Gengar's Perish Song to frighten the Nightmare Gang members and urged the crowd to resist Wei Wufeng.
• A middle-aged man whose daughter had been abducted joined the fight, and several others followed by attacking the gang.
• Wei Wufeng scanned Garchomp and was shocked by its energy reading, while Ye Qing revealed that Gardevoir had changed Pelipper's Ability and forced a Sandstorm.
• Wei Wufeng summoned his level 67 Swampert and Mega Evolved it as the crowd debated whether Ye Qing's Infernape could turn the tide.

Ye Qing and Wei Wufeng’s aerial battle left Garchomp and Infernape badly injured, while Infernape used Blaze to smash Mega Swampert into the courtyard. Wei Wufeng then brought out Tyranitar, leaving Ye Qing facing another Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon alongside the wounded Swampert.

• Wei Wufeng sent Mega Swampert to attack Garchomp with Ice Punch, and Ye Qing ordered Infernape to counter with Fire Punch.
• Infernape deliberately took Mega Swampert’s blow, triggering Blaze, while Garchomp knocked Pidgeot away and disrupted Swampert’s footing.
• Infernape used his Blaze-fueled power to smash Mega Swampert into the villa courtyard, and Garchomp caught the falling Infernape.
• Ye Qing teleported down to pursue Wei Wufeng, who released Tyranitar and threatened him.
• Mega Swampert painfully climbed out of the crater and stood beside Tyranitar.