Chapter Summaries

Ye Qing met Su Yiqin for a lavish meal, but Long Zinuo insulted his manners and prompted him to challenge him to a battle. Su Yiqin refereed as Ye Qing and Long Zinuo prepared to fight, and the chapter ended just after Infernape appeared.

• Ye Qing hurried to the restaurant, where Su Yiqin treated him to a table full of food and asked him for pointers afterward.
• Long Zinuo arrived and mocked Ye Qing's table manners, then recognized him and realized whom he had insulted.
• Ye Qing left with Su Yiqin and arranged to battle Long Zinuo in an abandoned storeroom.
• Long Zinuo accepted the challenge, and he and Ye Qing each took out a Poké Ball as Zhao Ling and Li Zifan arrived.
• Su Yiqin started the battle, and Ye Qing sent out Infernape to face Long Zinuo.

Ye Qing and Infernape defeated Long Zinuo’s Blaziken in a brief spar, revealing Infernape’s overwhelming strength and a flash of the Bond Phenomenon. As Ye Qing began touring the National Team’s training camp, an unknown attacker launched a Flare Blitz at him from a rooftop.

• Long Zinuo sent out his level 54 Blaziken to challenge Ye Qing’s Infernape.
• Infernape stopped Blaziken’s Quick Attack with Fake Out, then blocked Blaze Kick with Quick Guard and struck him with a powerful Focus Punch.
• Blaziken crashed into wooden crates and climbed out injured, while the onlookers wondered how Infernape had hit so hard and noticed a flash in his eyes.
• Su Yiqin declined a spar, and Ye Qing said he wanted to look around the National Team’s training camp.
• As Ye Qing and the others left the warehouse, a fireball flew toward him from a distant rooftop, and Infernape charged into it with Flare Blitz.

Ye Qing encountered the Blaziken who had been pursuing him, then visited the National Team training hall with Su Yiqin and the others. There, he clashed with captain Luo Moyun until Cynthia arrived and called him over.

• Long Zinuo used Blaziken's Protect to shield the group from Infernape's flames, while the pursuing Blaziken sent Ye Qing a challenge letter that Infernape burned before it landed.
• Blaziken left in frustration to arrange another challenge letter, and Ye Qing realized the Pokémon had grown nearly as strong as Infernape.
• Ye Qing agreed to visit the National Team's training hall with Su Yiqin, Long Zinuo, Li Zifan, and the others.
• Luo Moyun reprimanded Li Zifan and Su Yiqin, then mocked Ye Qing, who challenged him to battle again.
• Cynthia arrived and called Ye Qing over, but he first warned the others that he would take Luo Moyun's spot if he threatened them.

Cynthia took Ye Qing from the stadium in a police car and brought him to the Public Security Bureau, claiming it was for his safety. During interrogation, she confronted him over the suspected killing of a foreign Steel-type Elite Four member, but Ye Qing denied responsibility and Cynthia pressed him to tell the truth.

• Ye Qing challenged Luo Moyun, then followed Cynthia out of the stadium and left in a police car.
• Giovanni questioned Jiang Zimo about Wang Yao, ordered him to keep investigating the suspected message to Ye Qing, and instructed him to have Wang Yao followed around the clock.
• Cynthia escorted Ye Qing into an interrogation room at the Public Security Bureau, where he asked why he had been brought there.
• Cynthia accused Ye Qing of killing another country's Steel-type Elite Four member and cited footage showing he was the last person to enter the Steel-type Gym.
• Ye Qing denied the accusation, argued that he had been a challenger and a victim, and Cynthia urged him to tell her the truth.

Ye Qing tried to prepare for the danger surrounding the unexplained death of Steel Fortress’s Steel-type Elite Four member while seeking a Garchomp Mega Stone. Meanwhile, Wang Yao ventured onto Antarctica’s surface to find Pokémon for his experiment, worried that Luo Moyun’s secret dealings with Team R could expose him and endanger Ye Qing.

• Cynthia warned Ye Qing that investigators could still consider him a suspect and that Legendary Pokémon might not always be able to protect him.
• Ye Qing arranged to meet Dragon Tamer and spent three days relaxing with his companions at Pokémon buffets and spas.
• Ye Qing asked Dragon Tamer to trade Hunter J’s Salamence Mega Stone for a Garchomp Mega Stone before the World Cup; Dragon Tamer suggested exchanging it with the Luo Family for their spare stone.
• Ye Qing declined to reveal that he had a Metagross Mega Stone and returned home to his fortified residence.
• Wang Yao took three assistants from the underground Antarctic base to search for Pokémon, despite a warning about an approaching blizzard.
• Wang Yao worried that Luo Moyun’s secret dealings with Team R could compromise him and put Ye Qing in danger.

Wang Yao began planning an escape from Team R and led his monitored outing to a group of Ice-type Pokémon, where he challenged their level 53 Walrein with Sceptile. Meanwhile, Ye Qing returned home with Garchomp and found his family away, leaving him to rest.

• Wang Yao concluded that Team R might be using him to recruit Ye Qing and decided he needed to build strength to escape.
• Wang Yao went into the Antarctic snow with three assistants monitoring him and searched for Pokémon to catch.
• Wang Yao led the group to a sheltered hillside and sent Sceptile to fight the level 53 Walrein.
• Ye Qing arrived home with Garchomp, greeted his Pokémon, and learned that his family had gone shopping.
• Ye Qing decided to catch up on sleep while the house was empty.

Wang Yao used a sudden blizzard to escape Team R with Walrein and Butterfree, who evolved from Metapod and shielded him from the pursuers’ attacks. As Wang Yao reached the sea, Li Hu appeared overhead on Pidgeot.

• Wang Yao caught Walrein and kept hunting Pokémon until a blizzard gave him a chance to flee Team R.
• Wang Yao rode Walrein down the slope and escaped the pursuing assistants and Team R members through Walrein’s familiar routes.
• Wang Yao evolved Metapod into Butterfree, who scattered powders over the pursuers and helped pull Walrein across the ice.
• Butterfree blocked attacks and used Confusion to protect Wang Yao as they sped toward the sea.
• Wang Yao reached the ocean, but Li Hu descended from the blizzard on Pidgeot.

Li Hu let Wang Yao escape with a Poké Ball containing Fletchinder, and Wang Yao and his Pokémon evaded their pursuers to hide in a cave. Meanwhile, Ye Qing spent the evening with his family before going for a walk alone.

• Wang Yao prepared to die rather than be captured, but Li Hu asked what they meant to each other and chose to let him go.
• Li Hu gave Wang Yao a Poké Ball and stayed behind to delay the pursuers; Wang Yao escaped into the sea with Walrein and Butterfree.
• As Wang Yao grew dangerously cold inside a cocoon on the water, he released the Pokémon in Li Hu's Black Ball, and Fletchinder used Flame Body to warm him.
• Wang Yao woke in a hidden cave, where Butterfree, Fletchinder, and Walrein had gathered; Walrein reported that pursuers were still nearby.
• After a reunion dinner with his family, Ye Qing went outside alone for a walk.

Ye Qing agreed to accompany Ye Menghan on her Breeder Academy spring outing and disguised himself as her cousin to avoid being recognized. At the eastern docks, he met her classmates and learned that one of them, Zhang Yulan, was the younger sister of local Gym Leader Zhang Na.

• Ye Qing worried about Wang Yao and then agreed to accompany Ye Menghan on her school's spring outing.
• Ye Qing packed for the trip, disguised himself with a mask and glasses, and traveled with Ye Menghan to the eastern docks.
• Ye Menghan told Ye Qing that the outing would be at an abandoned town near the Qinling Mountains.
• Ye Menghan introduced Ye Qing to her classmates as her cousin, and he met Li Shaoyun and Zhang Yulan.
• Ye Menghan whispered that Zhang Yulan's older sister was Alto Mare's Gym Leader, Zhang Na.

Ye Qing accompanied Ye Menghan and the others to a flower-filled abandoned town for an event, but the Spoon Mark on his wrist began burning as two powerful Pokémon fought in another space. As the group arrived, Ye Qing sensed danger, and he overheard that Darkrai had been misunderstood when the town was abandoned.

• Ye Qing met Gym Leader Zhang Na at the event and tried to keep her from recognizing him while watching Li Shaoyun grow close to Ye Menghan.
• Vice Principal Ailisi welcomed the group aboard a Wailmer airship, and Ye Qing brought Ye Menghan aboard on Milotic.
• The group reached a flower-covered abandoned town, where Ye Qing's Spoon Mark began to burn as Dialga and Palkia fought in a spatial rift.
• Ye Qing sat aside with Ye Menghan after sensing danger, while ripples appeared among the flowers and the Ghost-type Elite Four member watched the Purple Vortex in the Qinling Mountains.
• Ye Qing sent Infernape to watch over Ye Menghan and overheard Zhang Na ask why the town had been abandoned; Ailisi said its residents had misunderstood Darkrai and looked toward an ivy-covered villa.

A strange phenomenon spread across the sky, flowers, and ground while Ye Qing and the others gathered to protect the children. With the Spoon Mark and his other tattoos suddenly dimmed, Ye Qing suspected they had left normal space and lost contact with Mewtwo.

• Ailisi told Zhang Na that the villa had once been her home and said Darkrai was no longer nearby.
• After Li Shaoyun was rejected by Ye Menghan, he argued with Ye Qing until the ripples appeared across the sky and ground.
• Ye Qing revealed his face, and Li Shaoyun recognized him and became an admirer.
• Zhang Na summoned her six Pokémon and ordered everyone to gather as Ailisi sent her Pokémon to evacuate and count the children.
• Ye Qing left Gardevoir, Slaking, and Marill to protect Ye Menghan, then noticed his Spoon Mark and other tattoos had gone dim.

Ye Qing and the others encountered Darkrai, whom Ailisi recognized as an old friend, but Darkrai warned them to leave as strange distortions engulfed the sky. The group tried to escape on foot while Ye Qing suspected Palkia had sealed off the area and Dialga would soon arrive.

• Zhang Na urged Ye Qing to bring his group to safety, but Ye Qing refused to risk his family before knowing what threat was approaching.
• Darkrai appeared from a living shadow, and Ailisi recognized her friend from decades earlier.
• Darkrai told everyone to leave, then focused on Ye Qing after sensing the auras of Legendary Pokémon around him.
• Hundreds of dark vortices formed in the sky as mist surrounded the town, and Darkrai flew toward a spot above them.
• Ailisi and Zhang Na led the group toward the path out of town, while Ye Qing followed and suspected Palkia had sealed the area.

Darkrai attacked Palkia after the trapped group discovered they could not escape Longquan Town through the fog. Dialga soon joined the battle, and the Space-Time Duo’s clashes began destroying the town as Ye Qing and the others faced imminent danger.

• Ailisi led the group into the fog, but everyone who tried to leave returned, and Darkrai sensed a threat.
• Darkrai fired a beam into the sky, and Ye Qing identified the approaching Pokémon as Palkia.
• At the Pokémon League command center, Cynthia sent Dragon Tamer to investigate Longquan Town with Entei and Zapdos, then learned Ye Qing and Ye Menghan were trapped there.
• Mewtwo discovered its connection to Ye Qing had been severed and sent Mew to investigate.
• Palkia appeared and knocked Darkrai into a cluster of houses with an Aura Sphere, then Dialga arrived and began fighting Palkia.
• Darkrai shielded the crowd as the Space-Time Duo damaged the town, then Dialga and Palkia fired Roar of Time and Spacial Rend at each other.

Palkia and Dialga’s battle devastated the town, and Darkrai protected the people before collapsing from his injuries. As the survivors gathered in the last remaining square, Ye Qing rode Garchomp into the sky and prepared to confront the Space-Time Duo with Diancie, Infernape, and Gengar.

• Darkrai redirected Palkia away from the crowd, then tried to shield everyone from the Space-Time Duo’s attacks and fell exhausted into Ailisi’s arms.
• The battle between Dialga and Palkia destroyed nearly the entire town, leaving the survivors and wild Pokémon gathered in the square.
• Ye Qing stopped Zhang Na from charging into battle and decided to intervene himself as the Space-Time Duo weakened.
• Ye Qing flew upward on Garchomp while his companions watched and hoped he could stop the battle.
• Ye Qing released Diancie, Infernape, and Gengar and prepared to evolve them.

Ye Qing and his Pokémon fought to keep Dialga and Palkia apart as their strength ran low, while reinforcements outside Longquan Town could not reach the subspace. The Space-Time Duo prepared to unleash Roar of Time and Spacial Rend again, leaving Ye Qing and the others facing an imminent crisis.

• Diancie Mega Evolved, and Ye Qing sent her, Infernape, and Mega Gengar to hold back Palkia and Dialga while Darkrai joined the fight.
• Diancie blocked Palkia's Hydro Pump, while Infernape and Mega Gengar struggled against Dialga until Darkrai helped them repel its Flash Cannon.
• Palkia's attack sent a yellow sphere crashing toward the ground, and Slaking struck it away but injured his fist; Ailisi healed him with Blissey's Heal Pulse.
• The Dragon Tamer and the Pokémon League forces arrived outside, but Longquan Town had vanished and they could not enter the subspace.
• As Ye Qing's group gradually lost ground, those below urged him to hold on, and Dialga and Palkia began charging Roar of Time and Spacial Rend.

Ye Qing and his Pokémon blocked two combined attacks from Dialga and Palkia, but they were too exhausted to resist a third. Meanwhile, Giratina escaped through a rift and followed the spatial disturbance to Longquan Town, where Dragon Tamer entered the closing rift in pursuit.

• Ye Qing and his Pokémon stopped Dialga and Palkia’s first combined attack, but the second left Darkrai barely able to hold them back with a shield.
• Giratina emerged from the Purple Vortex in the Qinling Mountains, defeated Giant Gengar, Giant Alakazam, and Giant Dragonite, then flew toward Longquan Town.
• Dragon Tamer recognized Giratina, followed him through a space-time rift with Entei and Zapdos, and slipped inside before it closed; the commander arrived too late to follow.
• Darkrai blocked Dialga and Palkia’s second attack and collapsed from exhaustion as Ye Qing, Ye Menghan, Diancie, Garchomp, Gengar, and Infernape faced their likely deaths.
• Dialga and Palkia began gathering a third combined attack while Ye Qing accepted that he could not defeat them.

Mew saved Ye Qing and the others from Dialga and Palkia, then erased everyone’s memories of the battle before Ye Qing left with Mew. Ye Qing befriended Darkrai, while Wang Yao remained stranded at sea with Gyarados, Butterfree, and Fletchinder.

• Mew shielded Ye Qing and the others from Dialga and Palkia’s attacks as Giratina joined the battle.
• Mew teleported everyone except the three Legendary Pokémon to a forest and erased the memories of everyone but Ye Qing and Darkrai.
• Ye Qing told Ye Menghan to return home, then left with Mew to check on everyone’s condition.
• Darkrai greeted Ye Qing with a fist bump before slipping underground, and Ye Qing and Mew headed home.
• Wang Yao continued crossing the ocean on Gyarados while Fletchinder searched for land.

Wang Yao drifted toward an island while fixating on revenge against Luo Moyun. Meanwhile, Luo Moyun negotiated with the injured Kyurem for Articuno and was ordered to find Reshiram or Zekrom, while Jiang Zimo began testing Li Hu’s loyalty.

• Fletchinder spotted a sizable island and guided Gyarados toward it as Butterfree shielded the unconscious Wang Yao from the sun.
• Luo Moyun told Yellow Hair that Kyurem might betray them, but believed Kyurem would still need their help and eventually give him Articuno.
• Kyurem refused to hand over Articuno immediately and asked Luo Moyun to use his family's resources to locate Reshiram or Zekrom while Kyurem recovered.
• Kyurem released Luo Moyun's Pokémon as a small reward, and Luo Moyun checked their improved strength with his Pokédex.
• Jiang Zimo questioned Li Hu about Wang Yao's escape and summoned Hypno to test whether Li Hu was telling the truth.

Wang Yao recovered on a remote island while Ye Qing and the others dealt with the aftermath of the battle and prepared for the World Cup. The chapter ended with Ye Qing looking ahead to his goals after the tournament.

• Wang Yao ate fruit on the island and rested while Sceptile trained nearby and Fletchinder neared evolution.
• Cynthia told Dragon Tamer that his memories had been erased, then discussed the limited data they had gathered on Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina and agreed to attend the World Cup together.
• Ye Qing had Mew check on his Pokémon, promising to buy her a game console, while Mewtwo searched for greater strength by attacking a boulder and turning toward the Genesect.
• Ye Qing returned home and learned his sister was unwell after her memories had been erased; he reassured his mother and found that several Pokémon had gained levels, including Infernape reaching level 60.
• Ye Qing spent the following week training under Latios and grew nervous about facing World Cup opponents whose strength he could not assess.
• Ye Qing looked at the stars and planned his goals for after the World Cup.

Ye Qing stayed near home after Dragon Tamer asked him to avoid causing trouble, then spent nearly two months training his Pokémon in the forest before the World Cup elimination rounds. After Dragon Tamer summoned him to the Imperial Capital in three days, Ye Qing ended training and returned home, finally noticing how close the World Cup was.

• Ye Qing called Dragon Tamer to ask about Garchomp's Mega Stone, and Dragon Tamer said he and Cynthia were searching for one.
• Ye Qing misread Dragon Tamer's request to cause less trouble as an accusation, kicked a tree, and woke the sleeping Espeon.
• Ye Qing took his Pokémon to train in the forest, where Latios and Diancie coached them and Slaking learned Focus Blast and Earthquake.
• After nearly two months of intensive training, Ye Qing's Pokémon improved, with Slaking reaching level 55 and Garchomp reaching level 49.
• Dragon Tamer told Ye Qing to come to the Imperial Capital in three days for the World Cup elimination rounds, and Ye Qing called off training before riding home on Garchomp.