Chapter Summaries

Cheng Tian lost his midterm battle against Song Yinghan, but Aron wounded Drapion and showed Cheng Tian how much his team still needed to grow. After Song Yinghan thanked him for looking after Rong Xue, Cheng Tian considered evolving Floette to strengthen his chances of reaching the top five.

• Drapion paralyzed Floette with Pollen Puff, then badly injured it with Poison Fang, so Cheng Tian recalled it and sent out Aron.
• Aron resisted Drapion’s poison and landed several attacks, including Head Smash and Metal Claw, but Drapion’s Night Slash and Earthquake eventually left Aron unable to battle.
• Song Yinghan declared his victory and said the result would be submitted for review.
• Song Yinghan stopped Cheng Tian to thank him for looking after Rong Xue, then walked away without explaining further.
• Cheng Tian went to have his Pokémon treated and wondered whether Floette should evolve into Florges to help him reach the top five.

Cheng Tian let Floette choose whether to evolve, and it used his Premium Shiny Stone to become Florges. During Cheng Tian’s midterm battle against Cao Min’s Cradily, Florges demonstrated its new strength and launched Petal Dance.

• Cheng Tian offered Floette his Premium Shiny Stone and let it decide whether to evolve.
• Floette chose to evolve, becoming Florges and gaining a level.
• Cao Min sent out Cradily for Cheng Tian’s midterm battle, and Cheng Tian introduced Florges.
• Florges countered Cradily’s Sludge Slope with Misty Terrain, Light Screen, and Fairy Wind, then attacked with Petal Blizzard.
• Florges began Petal Dance and sent a mass of petals surging toward Cradily.

He Xisong visited the midterm battles and watched several outstanding students compete. Cheng Tian’s Florges stunned the spectators with a powerful attack on Cao Min’s Cradily, leaving He Xisong impressed by the boy’s talent.

• He Xisong left his office to inspect the midterm exams and asked Granny Du to show him the outstanding students.
• He Xisong watched Su Han’s Sylveon battle Long Weixi’s Druddigon and asked Granny Du to have Su Han visit his office after the exam.
• He Xisong observed Cao Min’s Cradily battle Cheng Tian’s Florges and learned that Cao Min was not always giving his all.
• Cheng Tian’s Florges used Safeguard at the precise moment after Petal Blizzard to avoid confusion and launch a powerful attack.
• Florges struck Cradily with three enormous lengths of flower silk, astonishing the spectators and impressing He Xisong.

Cheng Tian’s newly evolved Florges impressed everyone with its power but collapsed after pushing itself too hard in battle. Cao Min helped restore it, and the chapter ended with Florges waking safely in Cheng Tian’s arms.

• Cao Min noticed Florges’s combination of Safeguard and Petal Dance and decided to try it with his own Florges.
• Cao Min ordered Cradily to use Swords Dance, Earthquake, and Stone Edge, while Cheng Tian had Florges recover with Wish and Synthesis.
• Cheng Tian had Florges use Safeguard and Petal Dance to evade Earthquake and charge Cradily, but Florges suddenly lost strength and fell.
• Haunter used Skill Swap to slow Florges’s fall, and Cao Min realized it had evolved just before the battle and warned Cheng Tian that its power had not stabilized.
• Cao Min’s Lurantis used Sunny Day, Pollen Puff, and Giga Drain to restore Florges, which woke up and reassured Cheng Tian.

After Cheng Tian completed two test matches, Director He Xisong took him to conduct his final test. The chapter ended as Cheng Tian faced He Xisong’s level 38 Gligar with Frogadier.

• Cao Min and Cheng Tian recalled their Pokémon, and He Xisong warned Cheng Tian to monitor his partners’ condition.
• Granny Du assigned Cao Min to train with Gang, but Liang Pingfeng arrived to report that Long Weixi’s Noivern had eaten an Aguav Berry and become confused.
• Long Weixi rushed outside to deal with Noivern, and Cao Min slipped away by volunteering to fill her vacant position.
• He Xisong learned that Cheng Tian had completed two test matches and led him to a new arena for his final test.
• Cheng Tian sent out Frogadier, while He Xisong chose his clingy level 38 Gligar, promising it another berry if it won.

Cheng Tian and Frogadier prepared a full-strength attack against He Xisong’s Gligar, using boosted moves and a new technique to learn Waterfall. Frogadier’s Waterfall broke through Gligar’s defense, and it followed up with Liquidation, though its leg was injured by the effort.

• Cheng Tian had Frogadier build its attack with Swords Dance while He Xisong had Gligar raise its speed with Rock Polish.
• Frogadier used Aerial Ace and Steam Mode to scorch Gligar’s pincer, then demonstrated the Waterfall technique Cheng Tian had helped it develop through training.
• Frogadier successfully learned Waterfall by building momentum with repeated jumps and Swords Dance.
• Frogadier unleashed its boosted Waterfall, but Gligar used Rock Tomb and Steel Wing to escape the main force of the attack.
• Frogadier vanished after the Waterfall broke apart and struck Gligar with Liquidation, knocking it to the ground while injuring its own leg.

Cheng Tian’s Frogadier lost to He Xisong’s Gligar after a fierce exchange, and He Xisong praised Cheng Tian’s talent. Outside, a frenzied Noivern threatened the school grounds, prompting Long Weixi to Mega Evolve her Altaria.

• Frogadier struck Gligar with a boosted Liquidation, but Gligar survived by using Substitute and countered with Counter.
• Gligar overwhelmed Frogadier with X-Scissor, Acrobatics, and a close-range Earthquake, knocking it out.
• Cheng Tian accepted the loss, and He Xisong praised his power and urged him to shine in June.
• Cheng Tian went outside and found Long Weixi’s confused Noivern fighting Liang Pingfeng’s Talonflame while the teachers struggled to intervene.
• Long Weixi used her Key Stone to Mega Evolve Altaria in an attempt to subdue Noivern.

Long Weixi’s Mega Altaria helped subdue her rampaging Noivern, and she explained Mega Evolution and the rare stones it required to Cheng Tian. Cheng Tian set aside his hopes of pursuing it for now and returned to training.

• Long Weixi Mega Evolved Altaria and used its attacks alongside the other Trainers to subdue Noivern without seriously harming it.
• Long Weixi apologized for Noivern’s rampage, and Granny Du reassured her before calling Liang Pingfeng aside.
• Cheng Tian asked Long Weixi how Mega Evolution worked, and she told him his Pokémon needed to reach their final forms and that Mega Stones and Key Stones were rare and expensive.
• Long Weixi described her master’s tale of a Hydreigon Mystery Realm, then admitted Hydreigon could not Mega Evolve.
• Cheng Tian decided to focus on training and returned to the grounds to treat his Pokémon and check on his companions’ battles.

After the midterm results came out, Bai Yun learned that Lin Lin had been eliminated from the training camp and would soon return to the mainland. Cheng Tian helped Bai Yun catch up with Lin Lin as she departed, where Bai Yun confessed his feelings and Lin Lin accepted.

• Yu Fei, Shen Gun, Bai Yun, and Su Han received their midterm rankings, while Cheng Tian waited for his result and spoke with Su Han by phone.
• Bai Yun told Cheng Tian that Lin Lin had been eliminated and planned to return to Bingzhou, and Cheng Tian urged him to tell her how he felt before she left.
• Lin Lin boarded a Corviknight to leave Training Island, and Cheng Tian and Bai Yun caught up to her on Noivern.
• Bai Yun reassured Lin Lin that he did not hate her and promised to stay in touch with her after she returned home.
• Bai Yun asked Lin Lin to be his girlfriend, and Lin Lin accepted while leaping into his arms.

After the midterm exam, Director He invited the five top students to join China’s Reserve Team for the June Exchange Tournament and granted them leave to train or visit home. He gave Cheng Tian a Key Stone and Wristband as his reward, then called Su Han to his office.

• Liang Pingfeng brought Cheng Tian to Director He’s office, where He Xisong congratulated the five top midterm students and invited them to join the Reserve Team for the Exchange Tournament.
• He Xisong explained that the students would leave on June 13 to observe and learn, though they might face battles against other countries’ young reserve teams.
• He Xisong granted the five students free leave to train or visit their hometowns before departure, provided they returned to the Training Camp on time.
• After the other students left, He Xisong praised Cheng Tian and gave him a Key Stone and a Wristband.
• He Xisong sent for Su Han, who entered his office unsure what to do.

Cheng Tian left the Training Camp with Liu Zhiwei and returned to Bingzhou to surprise his parents. He reunited with his mother and Yamper, but his father called asking for another account sheet, sending Cheng Tian out again just after he arrived.

• Cheng Tian said goodbye to his friends at the Training Camp and flew with Liu Zhiwei on a Tropius toward the mainland.
• Cheng Tian and Liu Zhiwei collected their plane tickets, then parted at the airport because they were on different flights.
• Cheng Tian's parents worried about him at home while his father discovered that two account sheets were missing and hurried to deliver them to the mine.
• Cheng Tian called his mother from a taxi and told her he was already on his way home.
• Cheng Tian arrived home, greeted his mother and Yamper, and learned his father had gone to the mine.
• Cheng Tian's father called asking for another account sheet, and Cheng Tian's mother told him to take it over and buy food with his father on the way back.

Cheng Tian returned to the mine and reunited Aron with the Machamp who had raised it. Frogadier missed its master, so Cheng Tian decided to take his Pokémon to visit; meanwhile, Barbaracle waited alone in its cave and wondered how its apprentice was doing.

• Cheng Tian returned home with the mine's account sheets, and his father and Uncle Ma welcomed him.
• Cheng Tian and Uncle Ma went to the mine, where Aron joyfully reunited with the Machamp Leader and the other Machamp.
• Cheng Tian noticed Frogadier felt homesick and offered to take it to visit its master.
• Barbaracle caught fish, lit a fire in its cave, and thought of its apprentice as it reflected on growing old.

Cheng Tian returned home with his evolved Pokémon and Haunter, where his family welcomed them and shared a peaceful evening together. That night, Florges stayed in bed with Cheng Tian and massaged him to sleep, while Su Han sensed something was amiss from afar.

• Uncle Ma told Cheng Tian that the mine had never produced a colorful stone like the Mega Stone he sought, and Cheng Tian asked him to report any future finds.
• Cheng Tian reunited with his father, showed him Florges's evolution, and introduced Haunter, whom his father mistakenly treated as a newly caught Pokémon.
• Cheng Tian's father bought him a Dark Ball, a Heal Ball, and a Great Ball before they returned home with the Pokémon.
• Cheng Tian's mother admired Florges, and the family spent the evening laughing, playing games, and enjoying dinner together.
• Florges insisted on sleeping beside Cheng Tian and massaged his temples until he fell asleep.
• Su Han woke with a chill on Training Island, wondered if Cheng Tian was being seduced, then dismissed the thought.

Cheng Tian sneaked into the mountains with Frogadier and Haunter, where he encountered the Raticate he had met before being hunted by Zangoose. He rescued Raticate from Zangoose and set his Pokémon against both of them.

• Cheng Tian's mother woke him for breakfast, and he told his parents he was going to visit Su Han.
• Cheng Tian used Haunter to put the highway toll collectors to sleep and Frogadier to obscure the surveillance cameras, then slipped into the mountains.
• A wounded Raticate fled from Zangoose, which had killed the other members of Raticate's clan.
• Raticate struck Zangoose with Sucker Punch, but Zangoose prepared to finish it with X-Scissor.
• Cheng Tian's Shadow Ball blasted Zangoose away, and he recognized Raticate as an old acquaintance.
• Cheng Tian used Haunter to lift Raticate into the air and told Haunter to deal with it while Frogadier fought Zangoose.

Cheng Tian defeated and restrained the wounded Zangoose, then used Haunter to learn that it belonged to a poacher who had trapped two Teddiursa and gone after a rare Chikorita. He reported the poacher to the police and decided to check on the Teddiursa, leaving the search for the poacher to chance.

• Cheng Tian had Frogadier defeat Zangoose and ordered it tied up while he treated its wounds.
• Cheng Tian stopped Raticate from fleeing and learned it had been chased after finding two Teddiursa in honey-coated traps.
• Cheng Tian had Haunter probe Zangoose’s dreams and discovered its trainer was a poacher who had left it guarding the trapped Teddiursa while pursuing a wild Chikorita.
• Cheng Tian called the police and gave them the poacher’s approximate location.
• Cheng Tian decided to check on the Teddiursa and avoid confronting the poacher unless he happened to find him.

Cheng Tian left a bound Raticate to guard an unconscious Zangoose, then found a bloody trap and narrowly escaped two enraged Ursaring. Elsewhere, a poacher electrofished a lake, caught two Poliwhirl, and continued searching for more Pokémon.

• Cheng Tian had Frogadier and Haunter bind Raticate beside the unconscious Zangoose, then had Aron knock out its teeth.
• Cheng Tian and his Pokémon found a blood-soaked trap with no sign of Teddiursa, then hid from two furious Ursaring until they left.
• Cheng Tian continued with Frogadier toward Barbaracle, hoping to arrive before nightfall.
• A poacher resting in the forest sent Jolteon to electrocute a lake after spotting Poliwhirl.
• The poacher's Toxicroak and Cacturne subdued two Poliwhirl, which he caught in Great Balls before ordering Jolteon to shock the lake again.

A greedy man spotted and captured a proud Shiny Feebas after it reflected Jolteon’s attack and tried to flee. Just as Feebas lost hope, Barbaracle appeared and seized control of the confrontation.

• The man noticed a purple Shiny Feebas and decided to capture it for its value.
• Feebas reflected Jolteon’s weakened Thunderbolt with Mirror Coat, injuring Cacturne when the attack missed its target.
• Feebas escaped Toxicroak by diving into the lake, but the man sent Seismitoad after it and had it knocked onto shore.
• The man grabbed and slapped Feebas, leaving it helpless and despairing.
• Cacturne was sent flying, and Barbaracle appeared holding Toxicroak by the throat as the man froze in fear.

Barbaracle attacked a poacher who was harming the Pokémon and fish around its lake, swiftly overwhelming his team. Cheng Tian arrived just as Frogadier protected Barbaracle, revealing himself as its old apprentice, Froakie.

• Barbaracle struck the poacher’s Pokémon after witnessing him electrocute fish and mistreat Feebas.
• Barbaracle used Shell Smash and a series of attacks to badly injure the poacher’s Pokémon, including defeating Rhyperior.
• Barbaracle rescued Feebas with Whirlpool while the poacher’s remaining Pokémon continued attacking.
• Frogadier intervened to block Toxicroak’s Close Combat and stood beside Barbaracle.
• Cheng Tian arrived with Noibat, and Barbaracle recognized Frogadier as its former apprentice, Froakie.

Cheng Tian and Frogadier defeated the poacher and his Pokémon, then rescued and caught a Shiny Feebas. With the poacher restrained, Cheng Tian pointed him toward Barbaracle to answer for the fish he had killed.

• Frogadier reunited with Barbaracle and joined it in defeating Jolteon and the poacher’s other Pokémon.
• Cheng Tian confronted the poacher while Noibat and Haunter protected him, and Haunter caught the bullet the man fired.
• The injured Shiny Feebas emerged from the Whirlpool, and Cheng Tian caught her in an empty Heal Ball.
• Frogadier and Barbaracle celebrated their reunion after their victory, while the poacher tried to bargain for his life.
• Cheng Tian told the poacher that Barbaracle would decide what happened because the fish he had killed were its food.

Cheng Tian reunited with Barbaracle and introduced his Pokémon to the Pokémon rescued from a poacher. He then persuaded the haughty Shiny Feebas to become his partner, though she left him wondering whether she was simply tsundere.

• Cheng Tian took the poacher’s Poké Balls and went into the cave while Barbaracle dealt with the poacher and his Pokémon.
• Cheng Tian released the rescued Pokémon, and Barbaracle returned with fish as Frogadier excitedly caught up with his former master.
• Cheng Tian and the Pokémon grilled fish together, then took a group photo in the cave.
• Cheng Tian released the healed Shiny Feebas and argued with her about her pride and inability to evolve while staying in the lake.
• Cheng Tian gave Feebas a Mystic Water and promised to help her find a Prism Scale, and Feebas entered his Heal Ball after pretending to refuse.