Chapter Summaries

Cheng Tian used Mega Gengar’s Z-Move to defeat Magnezone, then waited for Zeraora to appear. Zeraora arrived, and Cheng Tian and Greninja prepared to fight it for revenge.

• Cheng Tian trapped Magnezone with Mega Gengar’s Shadow Tag and unleashed a powerful Z-Move that knocked it unconscious.
• Su Han caught Cheng Tian as he staggered from exhaustion, then released Milotic to help restore his and Magnezone’s stamina.
• Cheng Tian said Zeraora would come to challenge a strong opponent, and released Greninja as an electric streak approached.
• Zeraora appeared before Cheng Tian and Su Han, recognizing Cheng Tian from their earlier encounter.
• Cheng Tian and Greninja challenged Zeraora, declaring that they wanted revenge for the kick that had knocked Cheng Tian out.

Greninja and Cheng Tian battled Zeraora again, trading powerful attacks as both Pokémon grew battered. As Greninja began to gain the upper hand, Su Han prepared a Top-grade Thunder Stone and watched Zeraora.

• Zeraora spread Electric Terrain and struck Greninja with Thunder, but Greninja used Role Play to copy Volt Absorb and Double Team to evade its attacks.
• Greninja blocked Zeraora's Drain Punch, then countered with Surf and Aerial Ace before Zeraora battered it with a series of close-range blows.
• Cheng Tian and Greninja canceled Role Play and used Liquidation, wounding Zeraora in a prolonged exchange that left both Pokémon bloodied.
• Zeraora regained confidence and charged Greninja with Wild Charge, but Greninja met it with Whirlpool and its water blade, then pinned it down with Ice Beam and Water Shuriken.
• Su Han took out the Top-grade Thunder Stone she had prepared and watched the crackling Zeraora.

Greninja and Cheng Tian battled Zeraora while Su Han prepared a way to subdue it. After Greninja struck Zeraora with Hyper Beam, Su Han used Aura through the Thunder Stone, and Zeraora vanished.

• Greninja used Dig to evade Zeraora while Zeraora expanded Electric Terrain and healed itself with summoned lightning.
• Su Han asked Cheng Tian to create an opening so she could get close to Zeraora.
• Zeraora anticipated Greninja emerging underground, but Greninja appeared behind it and stabbed it with its Katana.
• Cheng Tian ordered Greninja to fire Hyper Beam, which blasted Zeraora toward him and badly burned it.
• Su Han channeled Aura into the Thunder Stone, and Zeraora vanished when the stone touched it.

Su Han discovered the Aura Sealing Technique in Mew’s memories and learned to turn objects into Sealing Objects that could contain Pokémon. She claimed to have sealed Zeraora inside a Thunder Stone, but the stone began trembling, leaving its seal uncertain.

• Su Han used Aura marks to divide the library books and finished using Future Sight on another set of scenes.
• Mew showed Su Han how it sealed Spiritomb and passed her a memory of the Aura Sealing Technique.
• Su Han experimented with Sealing Objects, accidentally sealing Farfetch'd in an iron pot and later successfully sealing a level 33 Golem in an Everstone.
• Su Han explained that sealing Legendary Pokémon required powerful materials and came at a price.
• Su Han told Cheng Tian that she had sealed Zeraora in a Thunder Stone and teased that she might seal him too.
• The Thunder Stone began trembling, and Su Han hurriedly threw it away.

Cheng Tian and Su Han returned to Nier’s cabin after failing to capture Zeraora and escaping its attack. There, they found Han Yu recovering from his tournament elimination, while Nier and Su Han shared a knowing moment about their relationship.

• Cheng Tian and Su Han explained that their Sealing Object had failed to restrain Zeraora, which defeated their Pokémon and forced them to flee.
• Nier welcomed Cheng Tian and Su Han into the cabin, where they found Han Yu lounging in a hammock.
• Han Yu revealed that he had been eliminated in the Top 212 knockout round, and Nier comforted him.
• Han Yu vowed to become Pokémon League Champion and promised Nier his trophy, while Nier blushed and Su Han encouraged her.

Cao Min fought Gamino in the tournament and used Dhelmise and Serperior to challenge the formidable Kommo-o. Serperior forced Kommo-o out and swiftly defeated Rhyperior, leaving Cao Min with a dramatic advantage.

• Cao Min used Dhelmise to surprise Kommo-o with a combined Shadow Sneak and Anchor Shot, but Kommo-o endured the wound and knocked Dhelmise out.
• Cao Min sent out his Contrary Serperior and used Grassy Terrain and repeated Leaf Storms to trap and weaken Kommo-o.
• Serperior struck Kommo-o with Dragon Tail, forcing Gamino to send out Rhyperior.
• Cao Min immediately ordered Leaf Storm, and Serperior defeated the Grass-weak Rhyperior in seconds.

Gamino sent out Volcarona against Cao Min’s Serperior and explained how years of struggle shaped his contempt for supposed geniuses. Volcarona defeated Serperior, and Gamino ordered the battle to continue.

• Cao Min faced Gamino’s Volcarona, whose rarity and hard-won survival made Cao Min doubt that Serperior could overcome it.
• Gamino recounted his long path from repeated defeats and delayed evolution to becoming a champion, and declared that he worked harder than any genius.
• Volcarona used Fiery Dance and Quiver Dance, burning away Cao Min’s Leaf Storm and growing stronger.
• Cao Min ordered Serperior to use Protect and close in, then commanded Dragon Tail as it leapt toward Volcarona.
• Volcarona caught Serperior in Fire Spin, leaving it unable to battle, and Gamino told Cao Min to continue.

After Cao Min lost to Gamino, Cheng Tian reflected on Gamino’s strength and received reassurance from Su Han about his bond with his Pokémon. Cheng Tian then encountered Gamino in the restroom, where Gamino smashed a smoke alarm, and watched him exchange tense words with Miyamoto Ryunosuke before leaving.

• Cao Min’s teammates comforted him after Gamino defeated him, ending his Pokémon League run.
• Su Han told Cheng Tian that his bond with his Pokémon set him apart, and Cheng Tian went to the restroom.
• Gamino smoked a cigar in the restroom, smashed the smoke alarm with a stone, and explained that he valued the pleasure of forgetting that smoking brought.
• Gamino recognized Cheng Tian from his past with Yang, then dismissed him after learning he was only handling logistics.
• Miyamoto Ryunosuke confronted Gamino about the broken alarm and asked him to look after Yūichi in their match, and Gamino agreed to pay for the damage before leaving.

After Cao Min’s elimination, the Chinese contestants discussed the next round, and Long Weixi assigned Su Han to take Wen Xu along while she competed. Cheng Tian spent the evening studying artifacts in the Pokémon League Museum, where the old caretaker translated their descriptions and criticized the exam-focused English Cheng Tian had learned.

• Cao Min offered to help Long Weixi and the other contestants scout dangerous opponents, while Han Yu, Du Jiajia, and Su Han discussed what they would do the next day.
• Long Weixi took Wen Xu’s game console and left Wen Xu in Su Han’s care for the following day.
• Cheng Tian worked with Gengar to translate the second-floor museum displays, but the old caretaker repeatedly urged him to leave before closing.
• The old caretaker translated an artifact’s description as fossilized forelimb remains from an ancient Pokémon and told Cheng Tian to return the next day.
• The old caretaker explained transcreation and told Cheng Tian that the long, complex English sentences taught for exams were meant for college entrance exam graders, not foreigners.

The former Pokémon League Chairperson warned Ryūnosuke not to seek a hidden Museum artifact as a tournament reward, saying Uxie had ordered it kept safe. The next morning, Cheng Tian discovered a display labeled No. 101 in a Museum that was supposed to contain only one hundred items.

• Ryūnosuke visited the Museum after hours to discuss rewards for the Pokémon League tournament, and the little old man refused to let him take anything from the collection.
• The little old man warned Ryūnosuke to keep to his duties and protect what Uxie had instructed them to keep safe.
• The next morning, the little old man let Cheng Tian into the Museum early and gave him a headset to ask about displays.
• As visitors filled the Museum, Cheng Tian asked about several exhibits, including an ancient sacrificial vessel and a Dragonite bone.
• Cheng Tian told the little old man he had found a compartment labeled No. 101, and the little old man realized something was wrong.

Cheng Tian and Gengar uncovered a mysterious exhibit in the museum, and the old man warned Cheng Tian not to form a connection with it. Later, after learning that Liang Pingfeng had been eliminated, Cheng Tian reflected with Su Han on the pressure facing their country’s competitors and the responsibilities that came with power.

• Gengar pulled the cloth off Exhibit No.101, revealing a broken crystalline bead, and Cheng Tian’s system began analyzing it before the museum’s old man covered it again.
• The old man scolded Cheng Tian and Gengar for entering the locked compartment, then accepted that the door had already been open and said Cheng Tian seemed fated to encounter the exhibit.
• The old man warned Cheng Tian that the museum’s objects carried many karmic entanglements and told him not to try to forge a connection with them.
• Cheng Tian met Liang Pingfeng near the spectator area and learned that Liang had lost his latest match and been eliminated.
• Cheng Tian told Su Han he felt that the competitors were under heavy pressure, and they discussed the losses among their country’s Elite Four members and the burden of public opinion.
• Cheng Tian recalled Yang Yonggang’s words about having no choice and bearing responsibility when entrusted with greater power.

Cheng Tian discovered that the damaged Griseous Orb was tied to a deeper mystery surrounding Giratina and uncovered evidence that Giratina had appeared in Bingzhou twenty years earlier. He decided to call his father for answers.

• Granny Du, Long Lan, and He Xisong discussed easing the pressure on the young tournament competitors and keeping a closer watch on the Pokémon League tournament.
• Long Lan and He Xisong discussed secret diplomatic relations with Manaphy and learned that Nalu might soon awaken from her inheritance.
• Cheng Tian reviewed the information on the Incomplete Griseous Orb and realized its unusual state pointed toward Giratina.
• Cheng Tian woke Rotom and asked it to look up information about Giratina, finding reports that contradicted what he knew.
• Cheng Tian found old reports of a Giratina-related disaster in Bingzhou twenty years earlier and decided to call his father.

Cheng Tian asked his father about the disaster that struck Bingzhou twenty years earlier, and his father recounted how a rampage of Ghost-type Pokémon trapped the city. The story left Cheng Qiuyu watching a colossal Dragon-type Pokémon emerge from a black hole and bombard Bingzhou as the sky turned purple-black.

• Cheng Tian's father explained that the Bingzhou disaster remained a painful memory because many people had died.
• Twenty years earlier, Cheng Qiuyu learned that rampaging Pokémon were attacking people in Bingzhou while he was traveling with Li Nawei and their newborn son, Cheng Tian.
• Cheng Qiuyu's father warned him not to return, then escaped Bingzhou with Cheng Qiuyu's mother on Uncle Liu's Pidgeot.
• Cheng Qiuyu and Li Nawei sheltered at a toll-station convenience store as fleeing cars filled the road and news reported that Ghost-type Pokémon were emerging from black holes.
• Cheng Qiuyu heard a dragon's roar, saw a huge black hole above Bingzhou, and watched a powerful Dragon-type Pokémon descend and unleash Draco Meteor on the city.

Cheng Tian learned from his father how the Bingzhou disaster had killed Su Han’s grandparents and promised to protect her if danger returned. He then joined Su Han and their friends to watch Yu Xiao battle Drednaw, where Incineroar interrupted its attacks and taunted it.

• Cheng Tian’s father recounted the devastating Bingzhou disaster and revealed that Su Han’s maternal grandparents had died in it.
• Cheng Tian’s father asked him to protect Su Han if disaster struck again, and Cheng Tian promised he would.
• Su Han hurried to watch Yu Xiao’s match, and Cheng Tian embraced her before they left together.
• Cheng Tian and Su Han arrived to find Yu Xiao’s Torkoal switched out and Drednaw using its resistance to Fire to pressure his team.
• Yu Xiao sent out Incineroar, which stopped Drednaw’s Surf with Fake Out, interrupted its next Water-type attack with Flamethrower, and taunted it after landing a powerful blow.

Yu Xiao used Mega Blaziken to build up speed and power against a Water-heavy team, then relied on his remaining Pokémon to defeat Mega Blastoise. He advanced to the next round, while Long Weixi prepared for his own match that afternoon.

• After Incineroar and Drednaw knocked each other out, Yu Xiao sent out Mega Blaziken against Seismitoad and used Swords Dance to build speed and Attack.
• Mega Blaziken dodged Seismitoad's Earthquake, forced it to withdraw, and continued building power as Yu Xiao's opponent sent out his remaining Pokémon.
• Mega Blaziken struck Mega Blastoise with Sky Uppercut, dealing heavy damage before a torrent of water knocked him out.
• Flareon and Torkoal weakened Mega Blastoise, and Torkoal used Shell Smash, Protect, and Explosion to force a double knockout.
• Yu Xiao advanced to the next round, and Cao Min reminded Long Weixi that his match was that afternoon.

Yu Xiao, Long Weixi, and Wen Xu were the only Chinese contestants to reach the tournament’s final sixteen, while organizers discussed the prizes and China’s team celebrated. Yu Xiao explained that their results could affect public opinion and government policy, then asked Long Weixi and Wen Xu to protect China’s honor in the matches ahead.

• Sara reviewed the final sixteen list as Miyamoto Ryunosuke proposed a meeting to decide the tournament’s prizes.
• Long Lan and He Xisong praised the three Chinese contestants for advancing and hoped they would achieve even more with experience.
• Granny Du hosted a celebration banquet and wished Yu Xiao, Long Weixi, and Wen Xu success in the coming matches.
• Yu Xiao explained that the Chinese Elite Four faced intense public scrutiny and that this year’s results mattered to the government’s specialist-trainer policies.
• Yu Xiao admitted he might never reach the top trainers’ level and solemnly asked Long Weixi and Wen Xu to protect China’s honor.

Wen Xu and Long Weixi were placed in the same points-competition group, while Yu Xiao faced Sama Yūichi. Long Weixi battled Mr. Rime with Flygon and Dragapult, and Yu Xiao struggled against Sama Yūichi’s Slowking.

• Wen Xu and Long Weixi discovered they were in the same group and agreed they still had to fight for points.
• Yu Xiao told Wen Xu he would try to draw out some of Sama Yūichi’s Pokémon.
• Long Weixi sent Flygon against Mr. Rime, countered its icy terrain with Sand Tomb, and used U-turn to bring in Dragapult.
• Long Weixi’s Dragapult used its speed and Sucker Punch to hit Mr. Rime while avoiding its ice attacks.
• Yu Xiao sent Houndoom against Sama Yūichi’s Slowking, but Psychic Terrain nullified Houndoom’s Sucker Punch.
• Sama Yūichi’s Slowking used Teleport to strike Houndoom with Hydro Pump and evade its counterattack.

Long Weixi used Dragapult’s accumulated boosts to help Gyarados knock out Mr. Rime, while Yu Xiao struggled against Sama Yūichi’s Slowking and Yanmega. The chapter ended with Yu Xiao using Baton Pass to send Flareon into the field as Yanmega prepared to attack Blaziken.

• Dragapult used Dragon Darts to wound Mr. Rime, then Long Weixi used Baton Pass to send in Gyarados, which knocked Mr. Rime out and inherited Dragapult’s boosts.
• Yu Xiao recalled his badly wounded Houndoom and sent out Blaziken against Sama Yūichi’s Slowking.
• Blaziken built up speed and power with Flame Charge and Swords Dance, while Sama Yūichi recalled Slowking and sent out Yanmega.
• Yanmega pressured Blaziken with Silver Wind and Air Slash as Yu Xiao’s Pokémon struggled to land close-range attacks.
• Blaziken charged Yanmega with Flare Blitz, but Yu Xiao used Baton Pass to replace it with Flareon.

Yu Xiao knocked out Sama Yūichi’s Yanmega, but Sama’s Greninja copied Flareon’s ability and defeated him. Long Weixi advanced her battle with Mega Altaria and Perish Song, while Wen Xu entered the arena with Gengar.

• Yu Xiao’s Flareon knocked out Yanmega with Flare, but Sama Yūichi’s Greninja used Role Play to copy Flash Fire and defeated Yu Xiao without revealing a fourth Pokémon.
• Long Weixi’s Gyarados fought fiercely before she sent out Altaria to face her opponent’s Mega Swampert.
• Long Weixi Mega Evolved Altaria, and the two Mega Pokémon fought to a stalemate with Hyper Voice, Moonblast, and Stone Edge.
• Long Weixi used Perish Song to pressure Mega Swampert, prompting its Trainer to recall it and send out Dragalge, which Altaria knocked out with Hyper Beam.
• Wen Xu entered the arena against Pangoro and sent out Gengar, while Cao Min wondered why she had chosen her ace first.

Long Weixi and Wen Xu faced each other in the final qualifier, each determined to give the match everything, before Long Weixi recalled their first meeting at an Elite Four selection. The chapter left their past encounter at the moment Long Weixi discovered the eerie eyes in Wen Xu’s shadow.

• Long Weixi and Wen Xu reached the final qualifier with the rankings close, and the other zones’ qualifiers had already been decided.
• The two women left the battlefield separately, then met again under the floodlights and began their match with Dusknoir and Flygon.
• Long Weixi remembered arriving at the Elite Four selection with Long Lan’s encouragement and noticing the other candidates, including Liang Pingfeng.
• Wen Xu entered the waiting area and was called to the Ghost-type Elite Four selection.
• Long Weixi noticed Wen Xu’s shadow did not change with the light, then jumped when two scarlet eyes opened inside it.