Chapter Summaries

Ye Qing rode Aerodactyl to the mudslide-stricken Pinecone Town, where swarms of bats blocked the approach and panicked wild Pokémon attacked rescuers and victims. After Gardevoir teleported them past the blockade, Ye Qing joined the fight, and a rescue squad captain mistook Aerodactyl for the Dragon Tamer Envoy.

• Ye Qing hurried Aerodactyl away from his wife Swanna and flew toward Pinecone Town.
• Ye Qing sent out Gardevoir to shield them from the storm as they approached the disaster zone.
• Ye Qing spotted a huge swarm of Zubat and Golbat blocking rescuers, so Gardevoir used Teleport to take them past it.
• Ye Qing saw the town buried in mud and wild Pokémon attacking victims, then blasted away a charging Sandslash with Psychic.
• The Seventh Squad captain rode over on Onix and mistook Aerodactyl for the Dragon Tamer Envoy.

Ye Qing brought food to the disaster area and helped clear wild Pokémon while rescue teams worked. When Gardevoir sensed a fading survivor beneath a collapsed building, Ye Qing chose to risk a direct rescue despite a reporter filming him.

• Ye Qing gave the rescue teams supplies and offered to help, then began driving off wild Pokémon with Gardevoir and Aerodactyl.
• Ye Qing fought wild Pokémon for several hours until League support arrived and the rescue teams could proceed more systematically.
• Gardevoir sensed a survivor beneath a collapsed building and urged Ye Qing to act quickly.
• Ye Qing released Infernape and Gabite to dig carefully, with Aggron standing by, rather than waste time seeking help.
• Weiwei began filming Ye Qing, but he ordered the Pokémon to dig despite the possible damage to his reputation.

Ye Qing and his Pokémon searched a buried house for two survivors as a mudslide rushed toward them. Gardevoir teleported Gabite and the victims to safety, while Aggron stood between Ye Qing and the oncoming debris.

• Weiwei introduced Li Feng as the captain of the Seventh Rescue Squad, and Li Feng explained the disaster-zone situation while signaling for help for Ye Qing.
• Infernape and Gabite dug beneath a collapsed house as Gardevoir sensed two people trapped below.
• A sudden explosion triggered a mudslide, and Ye Qing stayed behind to protect his Pokémon and help rescue the victims.
• Gardevoir tried to stop the mudslide with Confusion but was thrown into the mud, while Li Feng ordered a subordinate to send Pidgeot for Ye Qing.
• Infernape threw the two survivors and Gabite out of the tunnel, and Gardevoir teleported them away just before the mudslide arrived.
• Aggron stood in front of Ye Qing to face the mudslide as Infernape watched from the pit.

Ye Qing and his Pokémon survived the mudslide, and the rescued mother and child were confirmed safe. An ancient giant Claydol emerged from the mountainside, fought off the Zubat swarm, and turned toward the helicopters, leaving Ye Qing to order an evacuation and send Infernape to stop it.

• Aggron and Gengar shielded Ye Qing from the mudslide until it subsided.
• Ye Qing sensed that Infernape was alive, and Bond Infernape burst out of the rubble and reunited with him.
• Li Feng told Ye Qing that the rescued mother and child were unconscious but safe.
• An enormous Claydol emerged from the mountainside as Weiwei put away a detonator, and Ye Qing suspected it was linked to the disaster.
• Claydol blasted the Zubat swarm and turned toward the helicopters as the rain stopped.
• Ye Qing recognized Claydol as a threat comparable to Giant Dragonite, ordered everyone evacuated, and sent Infernape to stop it.

Ye Qing confronted the Giant Claydol on the mountain to keep its attacks away from the evacuation, while Suicune arrived to purify the river and rush to the battle. After Mega Evolving Gengar and summoning Diancie, Ye Qing led a coordinated fight against Claydol, which escaped their attacks with Teleport.

• Infernape struck the Giant Claydol with a Magma Staff and interrupted its Hyper Beam, allowing Ye Qing to lure it away from the rescue teams.
• Suicune arrived, purified the polluted river, and hurried toward the mountain after hearing an explosion.
• Weiwei admitted to her cameraman that she had deliberately helped cause the disaster for attention and money, then set off to follow Ye Qing.
• Ye Qing Mega Evolved Gengar and summoned Diancie to help Infernape battle Claydol, whose strength he judged to exceed that of Raikou and Suicune.
• Claydol used Teleport to evade their attacks and blast the ground where Ye Qing had stood, while Infernape and Gengar pressed their assault and Diancie fired a powerful beam.

Ye Qing and his Pokémon defeated a giant Claydol with help from a mysterious attacker, then discovered the attacker was Suicune. Suicune left after agreeing to battle Ye Qing another time, while Diancie rested after the fight.

• Gardevoir spotted Weiwei and Xiaopang spying, and Gengar stopped their Pidgeot from escaping before Claydol killed them with Hyper Beam.
• Ye Qing realized the dead spies belonged to Team R and wondered whether they had deliberately released the giant Claydol.
• As Ye Qing’s Pokémon battled the increasingly ferocious Claydol, a Hydro Pump and an Ice Beam from the forest knocked it down and froze it solid.
• Suicune emerged from the forest, and Ye Qing accidentally hit it with a Poké Ball before asking it to battle him someday.
• Suicune agreed and left, while Ye Qing recalled the exhausted Diancie to rest.

Ye Qing defeated the giant Claydol and negotiated with Dragon Tamer, who had come to subdue Zapdos, while the Pokémon League arranged to transport Claydol to its research base. After Dragon Tamer found a Team R Poké Ball at the scene and suspected the organization was involved, Ye Qing went home and woke to find himself famous.

• Ye Qing prepared to catch the frozen Claydol, but Dragon Tamer arrived with Zapdos and explained that he had come to subdue it.
• Ye Qing agreed to let the Pokémon League take Claydol in exchange for a reward he would choose later.
• Dragon Tamer arranged for Claydol to be transported to the Qinling Mountains and found a Poké Ball bearing Team R's insignia.
• Dragon Tamer called Cynthia and said he suspected Team R was connected to the Claydol incident.
• Ye Qing returned home, slept until noon, and found that the news had praised his actions.

Ye Qing set out by cruise ship for Herad Island, where Giovanni uncovered a cavern and ordered the surrounding waters secured. During a shipboard competition registration, Ye Qing met Silver and Xiao Lan and exchanged contact information with Silver.

• Ye Qing left home for Herad Island, taking supplies for the cold and deep-sea journey and reassuring Ye Mom that Diancie would be safe.
• Giovanni received Li Hu's report about Wang Yao's research, arranged a laboratory for him at Secret Base No. 3, and ordered his forces to guard the waters near a newly revealed cavern.
• Ye Qing spent several days relaxing aboard the cruise ship before entering its competition for prizes that included a Float Stone and two TMs.
• Ye Qing recognized Silver aboard the ship, met Xiao Lan, and exchanged contact information with Silver.
• Ye Qing invited Silver to battle in the competition.

Ye Qing entered a cruise-ship battle event and advanced to the final against Silver, but a pirate attack forced the ship to change course and postponed their match. Suspecting the attackers were guarding something near Herad Island, Ye Qing left for the island while Silver decided to investigate.

• Xiao Lan tried to steal from Ye Qing, while Silver reminded her to return anything she took.
• Li Hu ordered his squad to drive an approaching cruise ship away from Herad Island without drawing wider attention.
• Ye Qing used Milotic to win his way to the competition final against Silver.
• Pirates attacked the cruise ship, but their actions seemed aimed at forcing it away rather than looting it.
• After the ship changed course, Ye Qing left to head toward Herad Island, and Silver chose to investigate the pirates.

Ye Qing and Silver traveled toward Herad Island through a storm and Team R’s increasingly tight security, while Xiao Lan followed Silver and became caught in the pursuit. Ye Qing used Gardevoir to slip through successive openings in the blockades, while Silver rushed back to find Xiao Lan; the chapter ended with Team R members surrounding a girl at sea.

• Ye Qing rode Milotic toward Herad Island, evading Team R’s underwater and aerial sentries as a violent storm slowed his progress.
• Silver left Xiao Lan behind to pursue his own objective, but Xiao Lan followed him on Blastoise and then used Jigglypuff to rise above the storm.
• Team R spotted Xiao Lan’s Jigglypuff in the restricted area, and Li Hu reported the intruder to Executive Jiang Zimo, who ordered a proper welcome.
• Ye Qing hid behind a reef, then used Gardevoir to teleport past a patrol guard and continued toward Herad Island as gaps appeared in the security line.
• Silver realized Xiao Lan might have followed him, checked their linked Pokédexes, and hurried toward her location on Gyarados.
• More than a dozen Team R members surrounded and attacked a girl several kilometers behind Ye Qing.

Silver tried to rescue Xiao Lan from Team R, but Li Hu captured her and Silver escaped. Meanwhile, Dragon Tamer was assigned to investigate Team R’s operation near Herad Island, where Ye Qing infiltrated the island and seized a patrol member’s uniform and information.

• Silver and Xiao Lan fought Team R’s attackers, but Li Hu and Alakazam captured Xiao Lan while Silver escaped using Kingdra’s Smokescreen.
• Cynthia assigned Dragon Tamer to investigate Team R’s secret operation near Herad Island.
• Ye Qing reached Herad Island and used Diancie’s pink diamond to lure a Team R patrol member into the jungle.
• Ye Qing and Gardevoir subdued the man and his Houndoom, then Ye Qing disguised himself in the man’s clothes and learned the patrol routes and shift-change times.
• After discovering the man had killed innocent people, Ye Qing ordered Gengar to kill him and the Houndoom.

Ye Qing infiltrated Team R’s underground base and discovered Giovanni using the Red Orb to awaken Groudon. As the lava began churning, Ye Qing and the Elite Four waited for a chance to stop him, while Ye Qing feared the patrol would discover his disguise.

• Ye Qing and Gardevoir defeated the last guard, then Diancie sensed a powerful presence sleeping underground.
• Ye Qing sent Gabite to dig a tunnel toward the presence, and Gardevoir teleported him into a vast underground chamber.
• Ye Qing found Giovanni calling to awaken Groudon with the Red Orb, surrounded by Team R’s executives and workers.
• Ye Qing spotted Blaziken among Team R’s core members and wondered why he was there after his Trainer’s death.
• Dragon Tamer and two other Elite Four members waited below the platform after infiltrating Team R through a mole.
• The lava began churning as Giovanni called to Groudon, and Ye Qing worried that the patrol would notice the missing guards.

Team R’s ceremony to summon Groudon descended into a battle after Giovanni learned a powerful Trainer might be his missing son. As Zapdos attacked and the Red Orb was knocked loose, it flew toward Ye Qing, leaving him in immediate danger.

• Li Hu reported that infiltrators had been found and said the fleeing Trainer resembled Giovanni and seemed exceptionally strong.
• Giovanni ordered the Trainer found, but the Dragon Tamer attacked to seize the Red Orb as its power began to stir Groudon.
• The Dragon Tamer and the Elite Four fought Team R’s executives while Zapdos descended into the volcanic crater and attacked Giovanni.
• Zapdos’s strike knocked the Red Orb from Giovanni’s grasp, and Jiang Zimo’s gust blew it away from the Dragon Tamer.
• Blaziken accidentally sent the orb flying with a Rolling Kick, and it headed straight toward Ye Qing.

Infernape fused with the Red Orb, and Groudon awakened beneath Herad Island as Ye Qing and his pursuers fled into the sea. Infernape flew to Groudon and stood atop his head while the battle erupted, and a blue Pokémon deep in the ocean sensed its mortal enemy.

• Infernape snatched the Red Orb, which fused with him, and Ye Qing escaped with Gardevoir as Giovanni and the Dragon Tamer pursued them.
• Groudon emerged from Herad Island's erupting volcano and struck Zapdos with a Precipice Blade.
• Infernape broke free of Gardevoir's restraints, flew to Groudon, and stood atop his head as Giovanni ordered an attack.
• Ye Qing headed toward Groudon to rescue Infernape, while the Dragon Tamer reported the situation to the Pokémon League.
• Su Qi and the other two sent their Mega-Evolved Pokémon to attack Groudon, and a blue Pokémon deep in the ocean sensed its enemy.

Groudon and Kyogre’s battle devastated Herad Island until Rayquaza intervened, shattered the Red Orb, and drove them apart. Rayquaza sensed the powerful Pokémon within Ye Qing but departed without confronting him, while Ye Qing recovered Infernape and Groudon returned to the volcano.

• Ye Qing warned Gardevoir to keep away from Groudon as it defeated nearby enemies and advanced into the sea, creating new land.
• Kyogre emerged and clashed with Groudon, while Giovanni’s forces and the Pokémon League’s people fought amid the destruction of Herad Island.
• Rayquaza arrived and forced Kyogre and Groudon to stop fighting, then destroyed the Red Orb that had been controlling Infernape.
• Rayquaza sensed Mewtwo, Mew, Latias, Latios, and Diancie within Ye Qing, inspected him, and flew away.
• Ye Qing teleported behind Groudon, recalled the collapsed Infernape into its Poké Ball, and watched Groudon return to the volcano as Giovanni ordered a retreat.

Ye Qing recovered from his escape at sea and discovered that Infernape had grown stronger after fusing with Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire and the Red Orb. He traveled to Japan to challenge its Poison-type Gym and reached the bamboo grove, where Infernape faced the Gym's Toxicroak.

• Ye Qing and Milotic escaped to a small island, where Gardevoir made a Secret Base and Ye Qing checked that Infernape was safe.
• Ye Qing learned that Infernape had reached level 58 and gained S potential after the ordeal.
• Ye Qing decided to search for Yveltal as a possible way to find Xerneas, then rode a captured Pidgeot to Japan.
• Ye Qing obtained a travel permit and headed to the Poison-type Gym on Mount Fuji with Infernape.
• Toxicroak struck Infernape in the bamboo grove, and Infernape blocked Toxicroak's Fake Out with Quick Guard; touching Toxicroak qualified challengers for a Gym battle.

Ye Qing met Morikawa Minako at her family’s Poison-type Gym and learned that her brother’s Blaziken was connected to Team R. He accepted the Gym’s dangerous rules and prepared to battle the old Gym Leader alongside Infernape.

• Ye Qing encountered Morikawa Minako in the bamboo grove and learned that the Poison-type Gym belonged to her family.
• Morikawa Minako cried over her deceased brother and said she had not seen his Blaziken for a long time.
• Ye Qing told Morikawa Minako that Blaziken kept her brother’s Poké Ball and had been seen with Team R, prompting her to wonder if it was pursuing her brother’s dream.
• Morikawa Minako led Ye Qing to the Gym and introduced him to her uncle, the Gym Leader.
• Morikawa Minako explained that challengers had to fight alongside their Pokémon and sign a waiver accepting the risk of death.
• Ye Qing accepted the challenge and sent out Infernape.

Ye Qing entered a World-Class Gym battle against Gym Leader Morikawa, sending out Infernape to fight the Level 60 Venusaur. Infernape’s unexpectedly powerful flames overwhelmed Venusaur’s opening attack, and the battle continued with Ye Qing urging Infernape to ignore an attack aimed at him.

• Ye Qing chose Infernape for the cramped battle arena and discovered that Gym Leader Morikawa’s Venusaur knew Outrage.
• Ye Qing and Morikawa signed the Death Waiver and put on heavy protective suits before the match began.
• Morikawa and Ye Qing ordered Petal Dance and Flamethrower, and Infernape’s flames swept Venusaur’s petals aside.
• Morikawa sent Venusaur’s Vine Whip toward Ye Qing while using another vine to defend, but Ye Qing told Infernape not to worry about him.
• Infernape dodged Venusaur’s defense and slapped him in the face.

Ye Qing’s Infernape battled the Morikawa Gym Leader’s Venusaur, whose mastery of nature-based moves overwhelmed Infernape and left Ye Qing captured in Vine Whip. Seeing his master in danger triggered Infernape’s Bond Phenomenon, and he struck Venusaur with a staff powerful enough to send him crashing through a house.

• Ye Qing’s Infernape dodged Venusaur’s poisonous Vine Whip and counterattacked with Mach Punch and Rocket Headbutt.
• Venusaur used Power Whip, but Infernape’s Counter Shield burned away the venomous vines.
• Venusaur trapped Infernape in a powerful Leaf Storm, then fired Solar Beam as Infernape struggled to recover.
• Venusaur bound Ye Qing with Vine Whip, and Infernape’s fury awakened his Bond Phenomenon.
• Infernape formed a staff and smashed through Venusaur’s Protect, hurling him into a house and bringing it down.

Ye Qing and Infernape defeated the Morikawa Gym Leader’s Venusaur, earning a Badge and an invitation to talk at the Gym. The conversation turned to the World Cup, Xerneas, and the dangerous Earth’s Lung before the Gym Leader asked Ye Qing how Fujii Gongshu had died.

• Ye Qing ordered Infernape to finish Venusaur with Fire Punch, and Infernape knocked it out with a massive blow.
• The Morikawa Gym Leader awarded Ye Qing a purple Badge and praised Infernape’s Bond Phenomenon.
• Morikawa Minako led Ye Qing to a pavilion, where he reflected on how Grass- and Poison-type techniques could complement each other.
• The Morikawa Gym Leader told Ye Qing that World Cup competitors would not fight alone and suggested he investigate Earth’s Lung for information about Xerneas.
• The Morikawa Gym Leader asked Ye Qing how Fujii Gongshu had died.