Chapter Summaries

Ye Qing denied being the Trainer seen with Milotic, then slept through Zhao Xinran’s class and was punished alongside Wang Yao. After school, he headed to the dormitory with Wang Yao, both assigned to copy the Type Matchup Chart a hundred times.

• Ye Qing denied owning Milotic until the curious crowd dispersed, while Zhang Qiang brooded over his repeated failures against him.
• Ye Qing saw Wang Yao face down a burly man by boasting that his brother was a hospital department director, then entered class.
• Zhao Xinran announced that the Provincial Pokémon Association planned interschool sparring and exchange events.
• Ye Qing and Wang Yao fell asleep during class, and Wang Yao gave an incorrect answer about Golduck’s type matchups.
• Zhao Xinran ordered Wang Yao to copy the Type Matchup Chart a hundred times, then punished Ye Qing with the same assignment when he could not explain Wang Yao’s mistake.
• Ye Qing bought Miltank milk after school and walked toward the dormitory as Wang Yao insisted he was innocent.

Ye Qing found a way to make Monferno copy his Type Matchup Chart homework, then used his memorization to persuade Zhao Xinran to excuse him from the assignment. Wang Yao failed her follow-up Pokémon-type question, and the chapter ended with Zhao Xinran keeping both boys after school.

• Ye Qing tricked Monferno into copying the Type Matchup Chart by offering to teach him to write, while Ralts kept him company.
• Ye Qing handed Zhao Xinran his notebook and convinced her to test his knowledge instead of judging his messy handwriting; he correctly named Ground and Psychic as super effective against Arbok.
• Wang Yao claimed he had memorized the chart and asked Zhao Xinran to excuse his remaining copies, but he could not identify Golduck's type or weaknesses.
• Zhao Xinran sent Wang Yao back to class to finish copying, explaining that knowing Pokémon types was important for safety.
• Zhao Xinran kept Ye Qing and Wang Yao after school while the rest of the class left.

After their success at Black Rock Mountain, Ye Qing and Wang Yao received permission to choose a move manual or TM from the school collection. Ye Qing chose Thunder Punch and began helping Monferno study it, ending as he prepared tools to help Monferno sense Electric-type energy.

• Zhao Xinran rewarded Ye Qing and Wang Yao for their work at Black Rock Mountain with permission to choose one move manual or TM each.
• Ye Qing chose a Thunder Punch manual, while Wang Yao selected an Iron Head manual for Gyarados.
• Back in his dorm, Ye Qing read the Thunder Punch manual and played its instructional video for Monferno.
• Monferno carefully studied a Machoke's explanations of sensing and channeling Electric-type energy.
• Ye Qing brought out Electric-type Pokéblocks and an electric baton to help Monferno practice sensing Electric-type energy.

Ye Qing trained Monferno to master Thunder Punch, then welcomed the Imperial Capital Representative Team to Shanhai City First Pokémon Academy. He introduced Ralts to Milotic and watched Monferno demonstrate his new move.

• Ye Qing fed Monferno Electric-type Pokéblocks and used a stun baton to help him sense electric energy, then rented an Electric Terrain room where Monferno learned Thunder Punch but accidentally became paralyzed.
• The Imperial Capital Representative Team arrived by helicopter with three Pokémon League investigators, including Professor Qian, for an interschool exchange and an investigation into the recent Pokémon invasion.
• Ye Qing left the welcoming ceremony to train Milotic and Monferno, while Wang Yao stayed behind to admire the visiting girl.
• Ye Qing introduced Ralts and Milotic, and the two Pokémon warmly nuzzled together.
• Monferno struck a rock with Thunder Punch and shattered it, proudly showing Ye Qing the results of his training.

Ye Qing trained Monferno, Milotic, and Ralts while Wang Yao tried to learn about visiting challengers Xiao Qingyun and Ye Yunyin. Wang Yao added Xiao Qingyun as a friend, and Xiao Qingyun arranged to meet Zhang Qiang, who arrived with several lackeys.

• Ye Qing assigned Monferno to focus its Flamethrower, Milotic to push a rock with Hydro Pump, and Ralts to lift a rock with Confusion.
• Wang Yao followed Xiao Qingyun and Ye Yunyin to the campus fountain plaza, where Xiao Qingyun confronted him.
• Wang Yao claimed Fujii Gongshu was Shanhai No. 1 High School's strongest student and offered information about him in exchange for payment.
• Xiao Qingyun scanned Wang Yao's contact code, and Wang Yao left pleased that he had gained a mutual connection to Ye Yunyin.
• Xiao Qingyun contacted Zhang Qiang, who arrived at the fountain with several lackeys and greeted him.

Xiao Qingyun gathered information about Shanhai No. 1 High School’s strongest students while Ye Qing trained and asked Wang Yao to investigate their opponents. At the exchange match, Xiao Qingyun volunteered to face the school alone and declared that everyone his age there was trash.

• Xiao Qingyun asked Young Master Zhang Qiang about Fujii Gongshu and Ye Qing, then instructed Ye Yunyin to investigate their opponents.
• Ye Qing trained Milotic, who reached level 27 and learned Recover, and asked Wang Yao to find information about Xiao Qingyun and Ye Yunyin.
• Wang Yao described what he had done for Ye Qing but could not yet provide information about the visiting team.
• Ye Qing arrived at the gymnasium, where Principal Jiang and Professor Qian prepared the exchange match with both schools’ students present.
• Xiao Qingyun volunteered as Imperial Capital No. 2 High School’s sole challenger and boasted that everyone his age at Shanhai No. 1 High School was trash.

Professor Qian and Principal Jiang wagered a Metal Coat against a Rain Dance TM on a three-on-three Pokémon battle. After both schools chose their participants and strategies, the first match began with Zhang Haoning’s Graveler facing Fujii Gongshu’s Pokémon.

• Principal Jiang and Professor Qian agreed to a king-of-the-hill match and placed valuable items on the outcome.
• Zhao Xinran chose Fujii Gongshu, Morikawa Minako, and Ye Qing to compete for Shanhai No. 1 High School, with Fujii going first.
• Xiao Qingyun assigned Zhang Haoning to lead his team with Graveler, while Ye Yunyin planned to go second and Xiao Qingyun kept the final position.
• Wang Yao joked with Ye Qing about Ye Yunyin, and Ye Qing denied knowing her.
• A Rotom Pokédex started the match on Rock Terrain, and Zhang Haoning sent out Graveler against Fujii Gongshu.

Fujii Gongshu’s Combusken battled Zhang Haoning’s Graveler, whose Rollout and surprise Autotomize overwhelmed Combusken before he fought back with a risky counterattack. The battle remained underway as Combusken attacked with Double Kick and Low Sweep.

• Fujii Gongshu had Combusken use Agility and Quick Attack to evade Zhang Haoning’s Graveler as its Rollout gained speed.
• Zhang Haoning used Graveler’s surroundings to change direction and smash through obstacles, forcing Combusken to keep dodging.
• Zhang Haoning revealed that Graveler knew Autotomize, which made it faster and let it strike Combusken with Rollout.
• Zhang Haoning followed with Earth Power, but Combusken used Quick Attack to rebound off the rising rocks and rush toward Graveler.
• Fujii Gongshu had Combusken hit Graveler with Low Kick, then ordered Double Kick and Low Sweep.

Combusken lost to Zhang Haoning's Graveler after both Pokémon exchanged heavy attacks. Morikawa Minako then sent out Quilava, but Graveler used Self-Destruct and blasted him away.

• Fujii Gongshu ordered Combusken to dodge Graveler's Bulldoze and Rock Tomb, but Combusken's injured leg slowed him and a rock struck his back.
• Combusken endured the hit and landed a final Low Sweep, but Graveler met it with Mega Punch and knocked him out.
• Ye Qing warned Zhao Xinran that Graveler might know Self-Destruct, so Morikawa Minako went to battle instead.
• Morikawa Minako sent out Quilava and ordered Flare Blitz against Graveler.
• Zhang Haoning ordered Graveler to use Self-Destruct, and the explosion struck Quilava as he charged in.

After Quilava and Graveler both fell to Self-Destruct, Xiao Qingyun chose to face Ye Qing on the Water Terrain with his powerful Gyarados. Ye Qing sent out Milotic, stunning the crowd and confirming that he had received Professor Qian’s Prism Scale.

• Quilava forced Graveler to use Self-Destruct, but both Pokémon were ruled unable to battle.
• The arena changed to Water Terrain, and Xiao Qingyun stepped forward to challenge Ye Qing instead of letting Ye Yunyin go first.
• Xiao Qingyun questioned Ye Qing about defeating Zhang Qiang, and Ye Qing replied that Xiao Qingyun would lose too.
• Xiao Qingyun sent out his enormous level 27 Gyarados, while spectators doubted Ye Qing could defeat it.
• Ye Qing summoned Milotic, whose beauty astonished the gymnasium, and Professor Qian realized he had given her the Prism Scale.

Ye Qing’s Milotic defeated Xiao Qingyun’s Gyarados after Cute Charm disrupted its Thrash, securing the battle despite sustaining injuries. Xiao Qingyun then challenged Ye Qing to prove himself in the next battle while Milotic was still hurt.

• Ye Qing and Xiao Qingyun ordered Milotic and Gyarados to clash with Twister, then traded attacks with Dragon Breath, Ice Beam, and Iron Fang.
• Milotic struck Gyarados with Iron Tail, but Cute Charm did not trigger, and Gyarados knocked her into the water with his own Iron Tail.
• Xiao Qingyun ordered Gyarados to use Thrash, while Ye Qing had Milotic create a Twister that hindered Gyarados’s movements.
• Cute Charm finally infatuated Gyarados during Thrash, allowing Milotic to batter him with Dragon Breath and win the match.
• Xiao Qingyun accepted his mistake, then taunted Ye Qing about facing the next battle with an injured Milotic, and Ye Qing dismissed his concern.

Ye Qing faced Ye Yunyin after Xiao Qingyun returned to the stands, and Ye Yunyin forced Pikachu to evolve into Raichu to try to win. Ye Qing and Milotic exposed Raichu’s lack of training and fought back, leaving Raichu blasted away by Hydro Pump.

• Xiao Qingyun swallowed his anger after losing and told Ye Yunyin not to disgrace their academy.
• Ye Yunyin challenged Ye Qing, who mocked her for courting Xiao Qingyun, then sent out Pikachu and forced her to evolve with a Thunder Stone.
• Ye Qing saw that the forced evolution had damaged Raichu’s potential and left her with hidden injuries, while Ye Yunyin assumed her Electric-type moves would defeat Milotic.
• Ye Qing had Milotic use Recover, and Raichu failed to use Thunderbolt because she had not learned the move.
• Raichu used Quick Attack to escape Milotic’s Water Vortex, but Ye Qing followed with Hydro Pump as Ye Yunyin ordered Wild Charge.
• Raichu’s electricity dispersed through the pool with little effect on Milotic, and Hydro Pump blasted Raichu away.

Ye Qing and Milotic defeated Ye Yunyin and Raichu after Raichu’s disobedience undermined their teamwork. Ye Qing received the Rain Dance TM, while Fujii Gongshu and Morikawa Minako were offered items; the two felt awkward about accepting them.

• Milotic struck Raichu with Iron Tail, but Raichu clung to her and landed a Thunder Punch before Ye Yunyin’s command to use Wild Charge was disrupted by Raichu dodging.
• Professor Qian told Zhang Haoning that Ye Yunyin had already lost by failing to earn Raichu’s trust, then gave Principal Jiang the Rain Dance TM.
• Milotic used Twister to trap Raichu in the water, froze her with Icy Wind, and struck her out of the pool with Iron Tail.
• Alakazam stopped Raichu before she hit Ye Yunyin, while the spray drenched Ye Yunyin and left her questioning why she had lost.
• Ye Qing criticized Ye Yunyin for not understanding her Pokémon, and Xiao Qingyun’s earlier boasts drew jeers from Shanhai No. 1 High School.
• Principal Jiang awarded Ye Qing the Rain Dance TM and offered Fujii Gongshu and Morikawa Minako items, which left them embarrassed to accept.

Ye Qing celebrated his exchange tournament victory, taught Milotic Rain Dance with the TM Principal Jiang gave him, and returned home to find his father back. After getting drunk at dinner, he woke to find Mewtwo sitting in his room, ready to ask him something.

• Principal Jiang invited Ye Qing to join Shanhai City's Pokémon Trainer Association after graduation, while Professor Qian expelled Ye Yunyin from his tutelage over her attempt to force Pikachu to evolve.
• Ye Qing taunted Xiao Qingyun's defeated group, then used the Rain Dance TM on Milotic and successfully taught it the move.
• Ye Qing returned home and learned his younger sister was staying away to continue her Pokéblock research with Shuckle.
• Ye Qing celebrated his progress with his father over drinks, but passed out after finishing a glass of baijiu.
• Ye Qing awoke sober to find Mewtwo in his room, and Mewtwo said he had come to ask him a few things.

Mewtwo empowered Ralts with Psychic energy, raising her potential and teaching her new moves, while Ye Qing benefited from the encounter as well. The next morning, Ye Qing arranged to visit Professor Qian in the Imperial Capital with his family, giving Professor Qian hope about the Tao Trio.

• Ye Qing recommended that Mewtwo challenge Groudon because Groudon could not fly, but Mewtwo said he would not lose.
• Mewtwo sensed a Psychic-type aura on Ye Qing and drew out Ralts, then used his power to transform her and increase her Psychic affinity.
• Ralts’s potential rose to S+, and she learned Calm Mind and Heal Pulse as Mewtwo left.
• Ye Qing found that Ralts had reached level thirteen overnight and decided she should spend a week regulating her energy.
• Ye Qing called Professor Qian to say his family was planning a trip to the Imperial Capital and that he would visit, delighting Professor Qian, who hoped to advance the matter of the Tao Trio.

With the academy’s closed-campus restrictions lifted, Ye Qing planned to take the Professional Trainer assessment after his family’s trip to the Imperial Capital and then begin collecting Provincial Gym Badges. He mapped out his first two challenges and considered what kind of fourth Pokémon his team needed.

• Zhao Xinran announced that classes had ended, lifted the closed-campus restrictions, and told students to pass the Trainer assessment before next March.
• Ye Qing told Wang Yao that he planned to take the assessment after returning from the Imperial Capital, then travel to collect Gym Badges for the National Tournament.
• Ye Qing recalled his relatives’ past criticism and began planning a route through Provincial Gyms, choosing the Rock-type Gym in Jushi City as his first challenge and the Water-type Gym on Seven-Colored Island as his second.
• Ye Qing considered a defensive Pokémon that could protect him and carry him during his travels, including Absol, Snorlax, Aggron, and a Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon.

Ye Qing flew with his parents to the Imperial Capital, where they arrived at his maternal grandfather’s wealthy villa. He saw a level 59 Dragonite playing in the yard, leaving him to wonder what his mother’s family would be like in this world.

• Ye Qing settled on a broad direction for his Pokémon training and prepared for the trip to the Imperial Capital.
• Ye Qing and his parents traveled to the airport and boarded a first-class flight booked with Professor Qian’s help.
• After several hours, Ye Qing and his parents arrived in the Imperial Capital and rode a Pokémon-pulled carriage through the city.
• The carriage brought Ye Qing and his parents to his maternal grandfather’s villa, where many powerful Pokémon played in the yard.
• Ye Qing noticed a level 59 Dragonite playing on a swing and examined its status.

Ye Qing attended his grandfather’s family gathering, where relatives judged his past grades and Monferno’s care. He discovered that Ye Yunyin was his younger cousin and challenged Zhang Min’s assumptions about his exam results.

• Ye Qing arrived with his parents and greeted Zhang Min before meeting his grandfather, eldest uncle, and cousin Zhao Ziran.
• Ye Qing brought out Monferno, and his grandfather examined it while Zhao Ziran laughed at Ye Qing’s Pokémon-raising skills.
• Ye Yunyin appeared, and Ye Qing learned she was his younger cousin; she announced that the food was ready.
• The family gathered around the table, where Ye Qing’s grandfather said they would wait for an old friend to arrive.
• Zhang Min criticized Ye Qing’s grades and his family’s decision to buy him a Chimchar Pokémon Egg, and Ye Qing challenged her to explain how she knew his exam rank.

At a family meal, Ye Qing’s relatives belittled his abilities and Zhang Min showed off her son’s Pignite against Ye Mom’s Psyduck. When Pignite attacked Psyduck over an apple, Psyduck unleashed powerful psychic energy and Monferno finished him off, leaving the family stunned.

• Ye Qing’s relatives praised Zhao Ziran’s grades and Trainer ambitions, while Ye Mom defended Ye Qing’s achievements and explained that he had chosen Psyduck through egg gambling.
• Zhang Min called over her Pignite and compared him favorably to Psyduck, while Ye Qing noted that Pignite was not bad.
• Pignite flew into a rage after Psyduck took an apple and punched him on the head.
• Psyduck bound Pignite with psychic power, slammed him into the ground, and hurled him away.
• Monferno struck Pignite with his tail and pinned him down, while Zhang Min protested and Zhao Ziran gaped at Psyduck’s strength.

At a family meal, Ye Yunyin insulted Ye Qing and Monferno, sparking a fight that ended with Ye Qing using Psychic-type energy to seize and slap her. The old man ordered Ye Yunyin to apologize and be sent home, while Ye Qing returned to the table with his power newly noticed by his family.

• Ye Yunyin insulted Ye Qing and Monferno, and Ye Qing stood up to confront her as his emotions stirred the Spoon Mark on his wrist.
• Monferno charged at Ye Yunyin, but Dragonite caught and restrained him while the old man ordered everyone to stop.
• Ye Qing demanded an apology, then used Psychic-type energy to appear behind Dragonite, grab Ye Yunyin, and slam her against a courtyard wall before slapping her.
• Ye Qing's eldest maternal uncle noticed his Psychic-type energy, and the old man ordered Zhang Min to bring Ye Yunyin to apologize and send her back to her parents the next day.
• Ye Qing returned to the table, and Dragonite released Monferno, who glared at him while Dragonite tried to smooth things over.