Chapter Summaries

Cheng Tian returned from visiting Barbaracle with Frogadier and welcomed Feebas onto his team, though the new Pokémon’s arrogance caused friction. After leaving the forest, he went to buy Beauty-boosting Pokéblocks and received a call from Su Han.

• Frogadier battled Barbaracle for advice, and Cheng Tian noted that it was nearing evolution while it corrected its battle habits.
• Cheng Tian released the poached Pokémon, introduced Feebas to the team, and tried to stop it from treating the others rudely.
• Frogadier gave Barbaracle a Mystic Water before Cheng Tian and the others left, promising to visit again and compete in the World Pokémon League someday.
• Cheng Tian went to a Pokémon Shop, rejected an expensive box of Pokéblocks after hearing the clerk’s sales pitch, and received a call from Su Han.

After arranging supplies for Feebas and bathing, Cheng Tian found Xu Xinmeng waiting alone and took her to a milk tea shop, where she played with Noibat. The chapter left Cheng Tian caring for her while she checked a notebook for her family’s contact details.

• Cheng Tian asked Su Han to buy Beauty-boosting Pokéblocks for Feebas, and she teased him about staying faithful before promising to help.
• Cheng Tian ordered a fish tank and bought ornamental fish, then planned to shop for TMs before deciding to bathe first.
• After bathing, Cheng Tian spotted Xu Xinmeng waiting by a shared bike and invited her to rest with him in a milk tea shop.
• Cheng Tian brought out Noibat to entertain Xu Xinmeng, then asked her to think of her family’s contact details.
• Xu Xinmeng took a notebook from her schoolbag with a string of phone numbers written in it.

Cheng Tian said goodbye to Xu Xinmeng, bought TMs for his Pokémon, and returned home after arranging for a fish tank for his new Pokémon. The chapter ended with his mother demanding an explanation for the expensive tank's delivery.

• Xu Xinmeng's aunt arrived to take her home and explained that Xu Xinmeng had autism and was happiest playing with Pokémon.
• Cheng Tian promised Xu Xinmeng she could visit his house to play with his Pokémon, and she reluctantly let go of Noibat.
• Cheng Tian bought Dig, Trick, and Scald TMs for his Pokémon, then had them learn the moves at the Pokémon Center.
• Cheng Tian's mother answered the door and learned that Cheng Tian had ordered a 4,888-yuan fish tank for his new Pokémon.
• Cheng Tian's mother demanded an explanation while the delivery worker praised the tank's features.

Cheng Tian accompanied Su Han to a swimsuit store and awkwardly helped her choose what to try on. After Su Han modeled his conservative pick, her teasing left him flustered as she offered to wear a more revealing swimsuit too.

• Cheng Tian browsed swimsuits with Su Han and struggled to keep his gaze away from her.
• Su Han asked Cheng Tian to pick swimsuits, and he chose a conservative school swimsuit before accidentally finding a highly revealing one.
• Su Han tried on the school swimsuit and commented that it felt tight.
• Su Han noticed Cheng Tian's reaction and teased him, saying she could wear the revealing swimsuit as well.

At the beach, Su Han found a private moment with Cheng Tian after sending Lin Lin and Bai Yun to fetch sunscreen. She gave Cheng Tian a special 521 gift and teased him about being shy.

• Lin Lin and Su Han played on the beach in swimsuits while Cheng Tian and Bai Yun joined them with a volleyball.
• Su Han stopped the group to ask whether Lin Lin had put on sunscreen, and Lin Lin pulled Bai Yun away to get some.
• Su Han led Cheng Tian to a secluded stretch of beach and asked him to help apply sunscreen where she could not reach.
• After Cheng Tian finished, Su Han revealed that she had prepared a special 521 gift for him and asked whether he liked it.
• Cheng Tian turned his face away shyly as Su Han teased him.

Cheng Tian brought his new Shiny Feebas home and told his parents he had caught it on the way back from the botanical gardens. After learning of the next day’s exams, he returned to Bingzhou No. 1 High School and entered without a uniform or leave slip, unaware that the security guard had recorded the incident.

• Cheng Tian’s mother scolded him for buying an enormous fish tank, while his father admired it and photographed the Shiny Feebas he released into it.
• Cheng Tian fed Feebas a Pokéblock, then called Su Han and learned that Bai Yun had asked him to check on Lin Lin in Bingzhou.
• Cheng Tian saw a class message announcing the June monthly exams and decided to return to school and look for Lin Lin.
• Florges joined Cheng Tian in bed, and he eventually fell asleep beside her.
• Cheng Tian arrived at Bingzhou No. 1 High School without his uniform or a leave slip, and the security guard let him in after recording the incident.

Cheng Tian returned to school during exams, met Teacher Sun, and found Lin Lin to share news about Bai Yun. After Lin Lin went back to her exam, Chu Jiaojiao was dragged off by her biology teacher for slacking.

• Cheng Tian visited Teacher Sun, explained that he had received leave from the Training Camp, and kept Training Island’s location and supplies confidential.
• Teacher Sun told Cheng Tian that Lin Lin had also kept Training Island details secret, then sent him to find her after the exam period ended.
• Chu Jiaojiao recognized Cheng Tian and helped him locate Lin Lin, who had just left her exam room.
• Cheng Tian told Lin Lin that Bai Yun was training under a Fighting-type Elite Four member, and Lin Lin shared that she was researching Pokéblocks.
• Chu Jiaojiao admitted she planned to skip her biology paper, so her teacher dragged her back and threatened to make her copy the textbook if she failed.
• After Lin Lin returned to her exam, Cheng Tian decided to look for Teacher Zhou.

Cheng Tian returned from Training Island and battled Teacher Zhou, whose Exploud was overwhelmed by Frogadier’s new techniques. Teacher Zhou ended the fight as Frogadier’s legs began to tremble from the strain, and he acknowledged how much Cheng Tian had improved.

• Cheng Tian returned to school, and Teacher Zhou mistook him for someone who had been eliminated before inviting him to battle.
• Teacher Zhou explained that the school had formed a Pokémon battle team after the college entrance exam reforms.
• Cheng Tian sent out Frogadier to face Teacher Zhou’s Exploud, and Frogadier used Double Team and Swords Dance to begin its assault.
• Frogadier dodged Exploud’s attacks with Dig and Steam Mode, then struck it with an enhanced Waterfall.
• Frogadier blocked Boomburst with Protect and repeatedly slashed Exploud with Liquidation-enhanced Aerial Ace until Teacher Zhou called a halt.
• Cheng Tian noticed Frogadier’s legs trembling from the strain, and Teacher Zhou praised his progress.

Cheng Tian returned early to Training Island to prepare for training and reunite with Su Han, who had earned a tournament spot. He showed her his Shiny Feebas and fed it a special Pokéblock as they planned to strengthen their Pokémon before the tournament.

• Cheng Tian left home early so he could prepare to raise Feebas before the group went abroad.
• Granny Du warned Nalu that hidden dangers might lie beneath the country's apparent peace and urged her to focus on growing stronger.
• Su Han bought the remaining Beauty-raising Pokéblocks for Feebas and told Cheng Tian she had secured a tournament spot through her father's connection to Grandpa He.
• Cheng Tian and Su Han decided to train together in the wild before the tournament, and Su Han planned to evolve Vulpix.
• Cheng Tian showed Su Han his Shiny Feebas at the pond behind the cafeteria, and Su Han marveled at its rarity.
• Cheng Tian fed Feebas a special gold-and-blue Pokéblock, and Feebas eagerly swallowed it.

Cheng Tian returned to the Training Camp and consulted Nalu about raising his newly caught shiny Feebas. Nalu revealed a special evolution method that could make Feebas exceptionally beautiful, and Cheng Tian set out to find a scale from the most beautiful Milotic.

• Cheng Tian visited the Elite Four members, learning that Aron's armor work was finished, Noibat had mastered stimulating its body with Wild Charge, and Haunter should undergo trade evolution before he went abroad.
• Cheng Tian told Nalu that Frogadier had improved and showed her his shiny Feebas, exciting her with its rarity and beauty.
• Nalu explained that Feebas could evolve through Pokéblocks or by holding a Prism Scale, then shared a secret method combining both.
• Cheng Tian agreed to find a scale from the most beautiful Milotic so Feebas could evolve into an especially beautiful Milotic.

Cheng Tian and the Chinese delegation gathered at the airport before departing for the Exchange Tournament, where Gengar reminded him to evolve Haunter. Cheng Tian completed the Trade Evolution, and Haunter became Gengar, gaining a physical body and new moves before their trip abroad.

• Yang Yonggang briefed the delegation on representing China and keeping the main team's strength concealed during the Exchange Tournament.
• Gengar reminded Wen Xu and Su Han that Cheng Tian had promised Granny Du to evolve Haunter.
• Cheng Tian asked Yang Yonggang for permission to evolve Haunter and took Haunter and Gengar to the airport's Trade Evolution machine.
• Cheng Tian and Gengar traded Haunter and Dusknoir, then traded back after Gengar used a shadow to help Haunter's evolution.
• Haunter emerged as Gengar with a physical body, the Cursed Body Ability, and new moves, and Cheng Tian congratulated him.

Cheng Tian and the other tournament participants flew toward the Exchange Tournament while Nalu and Yang Yonggang discussed international competitors and guardian Pokémon. A huge dark-purple hole appeared above the Pacific, triggering alarms worldwide and warnings that aggressive Pokémon and a terrifying attacker were approaching the plane.

• Cheng Tian and Su Han enjoyed the plane’s luxurious amenities as the participants chatted during their flight.
• Nalu and Yang Yonggang reviewed the competing teams, including an Oni Palace Family participant and Piera, who was rumored to have contracted with Hoopa.
• A massive dark-purple hole appeared in the sky above the Pacific, creating a powerful magnetic field detected by multiple countries.
• China’s security officials suspected a new guardian-deity-level Pokémon had appeared and ordered someone to investigate before another country could reach it.
• Yang Yonggang told the frightened passengers to sit down as the plane encountered magnetic interference, while Cheng Tian’s system warned him that hostile Pokémon and a terrifying attacker were approaching.

A giant Giratina emerged from a rift over the Pacific Ocean, but a platinum barrier repelled its attacks and drove it back. As the rift closed, hundreds of powerful Drifblim appeared and attacked the plane, leaving Yang Yonggang to rally everyone for battle.

• The plane's passengers watched Giratina emerge from a growing rift, while Cheng Tian's system failed to scan its immense power.
• Giratina struck the platinum barrier with Shadow Claw and Draco Meteor, but the barrier blasted it with a beam and forced it to retreat.
• Cheng Tian spotted hundreds of Drifblim approaching the plane, including a level 63 leader.
• The leading Drifblim attacked the plane with Shadow Ball, but Wen Xu's Gengar intercepted it in midair.
• Yang Yonggang ordered Cheng Tian to protect the passengers and called on everyone with a flying Pokémon to join the fight.

Gengar fought the Drifblim swarm until Yang Yonggang, Wen Xu, and the Elite Four arrived and turned the battle around with their powerful Pokémon and Mega Evolutions. Wen Xu Mega Evolved Gengar and ordered it to pursue the fleeing Drifblim leader.

• Gengar attacked the Drifblim swarm, but the leader rallied the confused Pokémon and its Shadow Balls wounded Gengar.
• Yang Yonggang and Wen Xu escaped onto Long Weixi's Tropius as Liang Pingfeng and Noivern joined the battle.
• The Elite Four sent out more than fifty Pokémon and Mega Evolved several of them, overwhelming the Drifblim swarm.
• Chong Wensen revealed his Shiny Beedrill and Mega Evolved it while the other trainers pressed their advantage.
• Wen Xu Mega Evolved Gengar into Three-Eyed Mega Gengar and ordered it to attack the frightened Drifblim leader.

The Elite Four and their Pokémon fought off a swarm of Drifblim, while Mega Gengar wiped out the leader and Wen Xu collapsed from the strain. The battle ended just as foreign Staraptor riders arrived and demanded that the group identify themselves and submit to an investigation.

• Liang Pingfeng sent Talonflame into the Drifblim, triggering Flare Boost in several of them, and Yang Yonggang warned the others not to use Fire-type moves.
• The Elite Four attacked the Drifblim leader, which burned itself to activate Flare Boost and fought back with Shadow Ball, Air Slash, and Thunderbolt.
• Drifblim drained another Drifblim to recover, while Magnezone used Electric Terrain and Lock-On before the leader escaped a Zap Cannon with Substitute.
• Wen Xu directed Mega Gengar to trap the Pokémon in a Darkness Domain, where Gengar drained the Drifblim; Wen Xu then collapsed from the strain.
• More than a dozen Americans riding Staraptor arrived, demanded the group’s identities, and threatened to use force if they refused an investigation.

Nalu and the Chinese Elite Four were confronted by American Staraptor riders who tried to detain them after a strange disturbance in the sky. Miyamoto Ryunosuke intervened and used his influence to make the Americans withdraw, allowing the group to continue toward the Exchange Tournament.

• Nalu and the others struggled to communicate with the Americans, who demanded that they submit to an investigation.
• The Americans threatened to use force, but Gengar seized their leader, and Wen Xu signaled for Gengar to release him.
• As the two sides reached a tense stalemate, Miyamoto Ryunosuke arrived on Jellicent and vouched that the Chinese team had nothing to do with the disturbance.
• Miyamoto Ryunosuke called someone, and the American leader received orders to leave the airspace and stop bothering the Chinese team.
• Yang Yonggang thanked Miyamoto Ryunosuke and promised to visit him after landing.

As Cheng Tian and the Reserve Team flew toward the World Pokémon League, Chong Wensen explained the League’s history and the Mythical Pokémon living on its island. Meanwhile, Yang Yonggang sent footage of Giratina to He Xisong, who learned that it had awakened and might soon break through its Imprison and seek revenge.

• Yang Yonggang told Nalu that an old fellow had helped resolve the trouble after spotting the Americans, while the newcomers listened without understanding their conversation.
• Chong Wensen explained that the Pokémon League was an ancient international organization based on Bakia Island and recounted how it had befriended Manaphy after the Pokémon caused a tsunami.
• Chong Wensen told the Reserve Team that Meloetta, Uxie, Zeraora, and Shaymin lived on the League’s island, and Cheng Tian hoped to meet Zeraora.
• Yang Yonggang reviewed footage of enormous black claws emerging from a purplish-black hole and sent the video to Director He Xisong.
• He Xisong and Long Lan concluded that Giratina had awakened, though Xiao Qian’s Imprison still held it, and Long Lan ordered He Xisong to return to Capital City for a meeting.

The Chinese delegation arrived on Bakia Island for the Exchange Tournament and was welcomed by Pokémon League chairman Sara. As they settled in, unusual Pokémon watched from across the island.

• Long Weixi teased Wen Xu for pretending to still be tired, while Cheng Tian and Su Han comforted a shaken Gengar.
• Yang Yonggang and Nalu agreed to focus on the upcoming Exchange Tournament while they waited for instructions from their superiors.
• The plane reached Bakia Island, where a yellow catlike Pokémon split a boulder, a hedgehoglike Pokémon went back to sleep, and an illusory figure appeared above the lake.
• Miyamoto Ryunosuke pointed out the Chinese plane to chairman Sara as it approached the runway.
• Sara stood his ground as the plane landed, then welcomed Yang Yonggang, Nalu, and the Chinese trainers to the Pokémon League.
• Miyamoto Ryunosuke offered to take the delegation to their accommodations, and Nalu thanked him.

Cheng Tian and Su Han settled into the Pokémon League’s shared suite, fed their Pokémon, and joined the other contestants for dinner. At the buffet, Cheng Tian accidentally met a Japanese girl’s hand while reaching for serving tongs, then fled after addressing her in an odd accent, unaware that Su Han had seen the encounter.

• Su Han happily explored the luxurious suite, while Cheng Tian protested that they should not share a room because they were minors; Long Weixi left them to settle in.
• Long Weixi discovered that Wen Xu had set up her Switch and invited her to play.
• Cheng Tian and Su Han released their Pokémon and fed them Pokéblocks, and Cheng Tian refused Su Han’s suggestion that they shower together.
• Cheng Tian and Su Han joined the others for dinner, where Miyamoto Ryunosuke introduced himself as head of the Pokémon League’s Resource Management Department and took wine away from Huang Zequan.
• Cheng Tian and Su Han went to make sushi, and Cheng Tian accidentally touched a Japanese girl’s hand as they reached for the same tongs.
• Cheng Tian apologized in Japanese with a strange accent and hurried away, while Su Han watched the encounter and later greeted him with a strange smile.

After the welcome banquet, the Chinese team learned that the Pokémon League competition rules and training grounds would open the next day. Miyamoto Ryunosuke’s delegation met them, setting up a possible spar between Yang Yonggang and Sama and revealing that Nalu and the woman leading the delegation were rivals, while Cheng Tian discovered that the girl he had spoken to was Miyamoto Sanya.

• Su Han teased Cheng Tian about approaching a pretty girl and led him to eat, while privately planning to deal with him later.
• Sara welcomed the gathered teams, announced that the competition rules would be revealed the next morning, and invited them to the Grand Training Ground and Path of Challenges the following afternoon.
• Yang Yonggang and Miyamoto Shigeru discussed a future spar between Yang Yonggang and Sama, who had not yet arrived.
• Nalu and Miyamoto Ryunosuke’s companion traded barbs, and Nalu claimed Cheng Tian as her student before he confirmed that he already had a teacher.
• Miyamoto Sanya, the girl Cheng Tian had met at the food counter, greeted the Chinese team, prompting Su Han to grow jealous.