Chapter Summaries

Silver’s Typhlosion defeated Lana’s Golduck with its Frenzied Fire force domain power and a combined Quick Attack and Wild Charge, giving Silver the lead. Lana sent out Masquerain next, leaving Yong to suspect she had not yet obtained the Totem-level Pokémon she wished she had brought.

• Silver sent out his force-domain-powered Typhlosion to face Lana’s Golduck.
• Typhlosion’s Frenzied Fire burned away Golduck’s Psyshock, then it seized Golduck and hurled it across the battlefield.
• Typhlosion followed up with Quick Attack and Wild Charge, knocking Golduck out despite taking recoil damage.
• Lana recalled Golduck and sent out Masquerain as her fifth Pokémon.
• Yong recognized Masquerain and thought Lana had not yet obtained the Totem-level Pokémon she had wanted to bring.

Silver’s Typhlosion defeated Lana’s Masquerain, leaving Crawdaunt as her final Pokémon. Typhlosion and Crawdaunt traded powerful attacks, and the chapter ended as lightning erupted across the battlefield.

• Typhlosion overwhelmed Lana’s Masquerain with Flames of Madness, Fire Spin, and Rock-type attacks, knocking it unconscious.
• The referee declared Silver the winner of the round, and Lana sent out her last Pokémon, Crawdaunt.
• Silver’s Typhlosion opened with Flamethrower, which Crawdaunt blocked with Hydro Pump.
• Typhlosion strengthened its flames with Force Domain Power and struck Crawdaunt with Flare Blitz.
• Crawdaunt countered with Razor Shell, and Typhlosion roared as golden light and lightning erupted around it.

Silver defeated Lana and advanced to the second round of the Invitation Tournament. The first-round final began as Youluo faced Miss Diantha, whose opening Pokémon surprised Yong.

• Typhlosion defeated Crawdaunt with a powerful Thunder Punch, giving Silver the victory over Lana.
• Lana thanked Silver for the lesson and left the battlefield after recalling Crawdaunt.
• Youluo and Miss Diantha took their places for the final battle of the first round as the audience cheered.
• Youluo sent out Froslass, whose Ice and Snow combination skill and strength impressed Yong.
• Miss Diantha revealed her first Pokémon, and Yong reacted with surprise.

Diantha’s Gardevoir overwhelmed Youluo’s Froslass, dispelling its Blizzard and defeating it with Moonblast. Diantha encouraged Youluo to keep giving his all, and he sent out his next Pokémon.

• Diantha opened the battle by sending out her powerful Gardevoir, while Youluo led with Froslass.
• Youluo’s Froslass created a Blizzard and vanished into the snow, but Gardevoir’s Psychic power exposed and seized it.
• Gardevoir struck Froslass with Moonblast, then dispersed the Blizzard with a forceful shock wave.
• Muren Under the Moon and Cynthia recognized Gardevoir’s strength, while Yong looked forward to the prospect of facing Diantha.
• Diantha urged Youluo to give the battle everything he had, and he recalled Froslass before sending out another Pokémon.

Diantha’s Gardevoir defeated Youluo’s Mismagius by breaking its cursed dream aura and using Hypnosis and Dream Eater. Youluo recalled Mismagius and faced the challenge ahead, while his elderly teacher watched the battle from Kanto.

• Diantha sent out Gardevoir, which used its Psychic Field to restrict Mismagius’s Ghost-type concealment and overwhelmed it with a Shadow Ball barrage.
• Gardevoir used Hypnosis to break Mismagius’s cursed dream aura and reveal the real battlefield.
• Diantha’s battle will resonated with Gardevoir’s force domain power as it used Hypnosis and Dream Eater to defeat Mismagius.
• Youluo recalled Mismagius and privately reflected that even its cursed dreams had been detected.
• An old man watched the broadcast in a dark building in Kanto and told Gengar that Youluo was having a tough fight.

Youluo sent out Chandelure, whose Soul Cremation attack overwhelmed Gardevoir and severed Diantha’s connection to her. As Youluo fed Chandelure his own soul energy, President Charles Goodshow revealed that Youluo was a young soul saved by Ho-Oh.

• Youluo sent out Chandelure, whose dangerous nature briefly affected the referee before Youluo restrained it with a purple crystal.
• Chandelure began the battle by surrounding the field with flames and attacking Gardevoir’s mental world with Soul Cremation.
• Diantha lost her connection to Gardevoir as Chandelure’s flames consumed Psychic Power and inflicted intense pain.
• Cynthia realized Youluo was feeding Chandelure with his own soul energy and tried to intervene, but President Charles Goodshow stopped her.
• President Charles Goodshow revealed that Youluo came from the old site of the Exquisite Pagoda and was a young soul saved by Ho-Oh.

Youluo’s Chandelure nearly overwhelmed Diantha’s Gardevoir with Night Shade and Soul Flame, while President Charles Goodshow explained Youluo’s tragic nature and power. Gardevoir unleashed Psychic to defeat Chandelure, leaving Diantha shaken and Yong pondering Youluo’s condition.

• Chandelure struck Gardevoir with Night Shade and Soul Flame, draining its stamina and suppressing its Psychic Field.
• President Charles Goodshow explained that Youluo belonged to the Golden Feather, had been resurrected by Ho-Oh, and wielded soul power that nearly matched a Pokémon’s origin force.
• Gardevoir unleashed Psychic, extinguishing the eerie flames and severing Youluo’s connection to his soul power.
• Gardevoir battered Chandelure with Shadow Ball, and the referee declared Diantha the winner.
• Youluo accepted Chandelure’s defeat, while Diantha looked shaken and Yong watched him in troubled silence.

Youluo revealed his frail condition and asked Diantha to battle without holding back, then sent out his ace Gengar. Gengar unleashed a powerful Shadow Ball that trapped Gardevoir in its Deathly Yin Aura, leaving the battle at a dangerous turning point.

• Charles Goodshow told the guests that Youluo's clan had been wiped out and that this would probably be his last match because his body could no longer withstand battle energy.
• Youluo removed his hood, revealed his weakened appearance, and asked Diantha to give the battle everything she had.
• Youluo sent out his Gengar, whose status showed Shared Life and whose abilities included Ghost-type Origin and Deathly Yin Aura.
• Youluo ordered Gengar to use Shadow Ball, and its Ghost-type Origin overwhelmed Gardevoir's psychic field.
• Diantha ordered Gardevoir to Teleport and use Psyshock, but Gardevoir could not escape its own shadow and was caught in the collision.
• Gengar's Deathly Yin Aura bound Gardevoir with shadows and began draining its life.

Diantha’s Gardevoir defeated Youluo’s Gengar after a final clash of Moonlit Radiance and Black Death Eye, but Youluo conceded because his body could no longer endure the battle. He left the stadium having finally beaten Gardevoir and urged Yong to give his all.

• Diantha told Gardevoir to unleash Moonlit Radiance, which drove back Gengar’s shadows and gave Gardevoir an opening to strike with Psychic.
• Youluo ordered Gengar to use Black Death Eye, pouring his soul energy into it as Gengar met Gardevoir’s Psyshock with a deadly wave of darkness.
• The darkness faded, and Gardevoir finally collapsed, giving Youluo the round after defeating four of his Pokémon.
• Diantha thanked Gardevoir and asked Youluo if he was all right; Youluo confirmed his victory, then conceded because he could not continue battling.
• Youluo recalled Gengar, encouraged Yong to give it his all, and walked out of the stadium.

After Youluo withdrew from the tournament, President Charles Goodshow announced a new points-based format for the second round. Yong encouraged Youluo not to give up on becoming a Trainer, then left him to prepare for the upcoming matches.

• Youluo withdrew after defeating Diantha's Gardevoir, and Diantha returned to her seat with a sense of regret.
• President Charles Goodshow announced that Silver, Yong, Muren, and Diantha had advanced to a designated-opponent points competition, where the first two contestants to win two battles would reach the final.
• Yong left the venue while Cynthia watched him, then met Youluo as he was preparing to depart with a travel bag.
• Yong urged Youluo to keep pursuing his dream, and Youluo resolved to meet them again as a Pokémon Trainer.
• Youluo wished Yong luck and asked him to be standing at the top when they met again.

Yong stepped forward as the first challenger in the Elite Four Invitation Tournament’s second round and chose Muren Under the Moon as his opponent. Muren accepted, setting up a one-on-one battle between the two competitors.

• The host announced that the second round would use one-Pokémon challenge matches, with the first two competitors to earn two points advancing.
• Yong took the field as the first competitor to issue a challenge.
• Yong called out Muren Under the Moon, questioning whether the heir of the Seventeen Families was as strong as people claimed.
• Muren Under the Moon accepted Yong’s challenge, and the crowd roared as the two prepared to battle.

Yong and Muren Under the Moon faced each other in the tournament, with Muren boasting about his rise and challenging Yong to a decisive battle. They sent out their Pokémon, and Muren realized Yong had chosen Swampert, whose overwhelming presence unsettled him and Hydreigon.

• Muren Under the Moon admitted that Shinrin Under the Moon and Yuren Under the Moon had once surpassed him, then said he had risen above them all.
• Muren accused Yong of benefiting from the protection of Mr. Steven, Elite Four Drake, and Bertha Grandmother, while Yong invited him to prove his strength in front of everyone.
• Cynthia recalled facing Yong's Pokémon before as Caitlin and President Charles Goodshow discussed the memory.
• Yong and Muren Under the Moon sent out Swampert and Hydreigon.
• Swampert's presence and the moisture it stirred across the battlefield overwhelmed Muren until Hydreigon's roar snapped him out of it, and Muren recognized Swampert as Yong's Pokémon.

Yong activated Bond Phenomenon and torrent mode with Swampert, transforming it and overwhelming Muren Under the Moon and Hydreigon. Swampert’s full-power Hammer Arm struck Hydreigon into the battlefield, leaving the match’s outcome unclear amid the devastation.

• Before the battle began, Yong and Muren Under the Moon manifested their battle will with Swampert and Hydreigon.
• Yong activated Bond Phenomenon, linking his feelings with Swampert and transforming the Pokémon as its power surged.
• Swampert’s transformed presence suppressed Hydreigon’s draconic might and Muren Under the Moon’s confidence.
• Yong ordered Swampert to use Hammer Arm at full power, and Swampert charged through the wetland with force-domain energy.
• Swampert struck Hydreigon with a devastating blow that smashed it into the ground and cracked the battlefield.

Yong’s Swampert crushed Muren Under the Moon’s Hydreigon, while the Under the Moon patriarch reassigned his heirs and acknowledged Yong’s strength. Silver then challenged Muren, beginning the second designated match as Diantha told Yong she hoped to battle him.

• Yong’s Swampert defeated Hydreigon with Hammer Arm and Bulldoze, earning Yong one point as Muren protested and was escorted away.
• Cangtian Under the Moon watched Muren’s loss, praised Yong, and assigned Shinrin to Driftveil City and Yuren to Mistralton City.
• Shinrin told Yuren that he had deliberately lost to Yong, while Cangtian and the other family members left the conference room.
• Yong received Training Points and increased move proficiency as spectators chanted their support; Silver then chose Muren as his challenge opponent.
• Diantha told Yong she looked forward to battling him, and Silver’s Typhlosion faced Muren’s Absol in the second challenge match.

Muren Under the Moon's Absol defeated Silver's Typhlosion, earning him a point and restoring a little hope. He then challenged Diantha, who accepted, leaving Muren facing a battle he doubted he could win.

• Silver sent out Typhlosion, which aggressively pressured Muren Under the Moon's Absol with its force domain power and fire attacks.
• Absol endured Typhlosion's assault, then used Double Team and Stone Edge to land a devastating hit.
• Muren Under the Moon channeled his anger into Absol's Malice Eruption, and its Dark Pulse knocked Typhlosion out.
• The referee declared Absol the winner, giving Muren Under the Moon one point as Silver quietly returned to his seat.
• Muren Under the Moon challenged Diantha, claiming his Dark-type Pokémon would defeat her, and Diantha accepted the match.

Muren Under the Moon challenged Diantha after winning a match, but his confidence faltered as he faced the renowned Kalos Trainer. Diantha answered his Krookodile with Goodra and revealed that he had wrongly assumed she specialized in Psychic-type Pokémon.

• The host announced that Muren Under the Moon could choose Shiyan Yong or Diantha as his next opponent, and he chose Diantha, who accepted.
• Professor Oak, Master Wallace, and Cynthia judged that Muren Under the Moon would struggle against Diantha.
• Muren Under the Moon cautiously sent out his Level 70 Krookodile, a Ground- and Dark-type Pokémon.
• Diantha summoned Goodra, stunning Muren Under the Moon and the crowd.
• Diantha asked Muren Under the Moon when he had gotten the mistaken impression that she specialized in Psychic-type Pokémon.

Miss Diantha’s Goodra defeated Muren Under the Moon’s Krookodile with rain, Power Whip, and Ice Beam, earning her a point and leaving Silver and Muren Under the Moon with little hope of advancing. After the rain cleared, Yong challenged Silver to a battle.

• Muren Under the Moon sent Krookodile to use Sand Tomb, but Goodra spread its mucus through the quicksand and summoned rain to restore the muddy field.
• Krookodile attacked with Dig and Earth Power, but Goodra absorbed most of the impact and its sticky mucus slowed Krookodile down.
• Goodra struck Krookodile with Power Whip, then froze it with Ice Beam.
• The referee declared Krookodile unable to battle, awarding Miss Diantha one point as Muren Under the Moon silently recalled it.
• Yong turned to Silver and asked if he wanted to battle.

Diantha defeated Muren Under the Moon’s Drapion with Goodra, becoming the first competitor to earn two points and advance to the final. Yong and Silver then headed onto the field for their match.

• Yong and Silver agreed they were looking forward to facing each other, then watched Diantha choose Muren Under the Moon as her opponent.
• Diantha’s Goodra overwhelmed Drapion with Mud Shot and Dragon Pulse, then used Thunderbolt to paralyze it.
• Goodra landed a final Dragon Pulse, knocking Drapion out and earning Diantha her second point.
• The referee declared Diantha the first competitor to advance to the final as the audience cheered.
• Yong and Silver left the competitors’ seats, received Diantha’s good-luck wishes, and stepped onto the field.

Yong and Silver faced each other in the Invitation Tournament as Tyranitar battled Silver’s Nidoking in a violent sandstorm. The chapter ended with the two Pokémon locked in a close-range clash that shattered the battlefield, leaving the outcome unclear.

• Silver sent out his Lv. 72 Nidoking, and Yong answered with his Lv. 73 Tyranitar, whose Sand Stream raised a sandstorm.
• Yong ordered Tyranitar to use Dragon Dance and Icy Wind, but Nidoking escaped the attack by burrowing underground with Dig.
• Silver sent Nidoking out of the ground with Megahorn, striking Tyranitar before driving its horn toward it again.
• Yong had Tyranitar endure the attack with Iron Defense and seize Nidoking’s horn, then counter with High Horsepower.
• Silver urged Nidoking to use Megahorn again, and Tyranitar met its renewed assault with a full-force counter that triggered a massive explosion and collapsed the battlefield.

Yong defeated Silver’s Nidoking with Tyranitar and advanced to the tournament final, where he would face Diantha in a six-on-six battle. As the battlefield was repaired, Yong also discussed visiting the Alola Islands with Kiawe and Lana.

• Tyranitar defeated Nidoking, and the referee declared Yong the winner and second finalist.
• Silver recalled Nidoking and left the venue, determined to find an answer, while Yong watched him with a growing suspicion.
• Diantha congratulated Yong, and he accepted her challenge to battle in the final.
• Yong asked Kiawe and Lana about the Alola Islands and its island deities, and they offered to welcome him and explained he would need an Island Kahuna’s introduction.
• President Charles Goodshow announced that the final would be a six-on-six full-team battle, while the host praised the competitors and workers repaired the battlefield.