Chapter Summaries

Shiyan Yong’s Terrakion defeated Wallace’s Milotic in a devastating final clash, securing Yong’s victory in the Hoenn League Champion Challenge. Wallace congratulated Yong and shook his hand as the crowd welcomed its new Champion.

• Milotic unleashed a powerful Twister and Waterfall against Terrakion, but Terrakion answered with Sacred Sword and tore through the storm.
• Terrakion’s final strike sent Milotic crashing into the ruined battlefield, where it could no longer continue despite its Aqua Ring.
• The referee declared Terrakion the winner and named Shiyan Yong the overall winner of the challenge.
• Yong’s system awarded him battle rewards and an Arceus’s Stone Plate replica for becoming Hoenn League Champion.
• Wallace congratulated Yong, and the two shook hands as Charles Goodshow invited everyone to welcome the new Champion.

Yong was officially recognized as the Hoenn League Champion after winning the public battle, and the League’s leaders and his family congratulated him. He accepted the Champion’s responsibilities while promising to continue his research, then received his cape, badge, and certificate.

• Wallace congratulated Yong and prepared to leave the Champion’s role to him.
• Bruno challenged Yong to a future battle, while Lorelei, Glacia, Sidney, and Pheobe congratulated him.
• Drake and Professor Oak argued over whether Yong should prioritize League duties or research, and Yong assured Oak that he would continue his projects and publish a paper each year.
• Ishida's Mom and Ishida's Dad praised Yong, and Yong embraced Cynthia in front of their friends and family.
• Cynthia presented Yong with his Champion’s cape, Champion Badge, and certificate, and President Charles Goodshow declared him the Hoenn League Champion.

After becoming Hoenn’s Champion, Shiyan Yong reorganized the League’s field operations as Pokémon poaching spread, while Team Rocket’s leaders took notice of him and assigned covert work in Johto. The chapter ends with Yong’s external reforms in place and internal League changes still ahead.

• Giovanni discussed Yong’s new Champion title and his recognition by Terrakion with Apollo and Athena, then said Yong would eventually come to him.
• Will met Koga in his forest hideout, ordered him to hunt Pokémon for Team Rocket’s research, and told him to prepare to challenge for the Johto Elite Four.
• Poaching and illegal hunting spread across the Eastern Hemisphere, prompting Yong and Cynthia to return to their Champion duties.
• Yong reorganized Hoenn’s League departments, establishing an Inspection Department to investigate poaching, illegal Pokémon trade, and threats to protected areas.
• Yong assigned Drake to lead the League’s investigation and inspection forces, placed Sidney in charge of the Taboo Forest and internal monitoring, and divided other duties among Glacia and Pheobe.
• Yong completed the League’s external restructuring but postponed internal reforms.

The chapter describes Bug-type Pokémon living in and guarding their natural habitats, from Galvantula in a Unova forest to Escavalier climbing a mountain. It ends with reference descriptions of four Pokémon the writer plans to introduce later.

• Galvantula rested on a branch in the Unova forest and sensed the breeze around him.
• Golisopod stood in a stream and protected its ecosystem.
• Crustle lived along a rugged coast, clinging to rocks and gazing toward the ocean.
• Scolipede guarded a jungle and attacked intruders who threatened it.
• Heracross protected a grassland and earned the admiration of those who lived there.
• Escavalier persevered through difficult conditions and reached a mountain summit; the chapter then listed Shiny Beedrill, Larvesta, Ancient Yanmega, and Beautifly as future Pokémon references.

After a year of rapid change in Kalos, Yong and Cynthia traveled through Laverre City on their way to the Alola Islands, where Yong hoped to gather results for his official exchange visit. They disguised themselves and challenged the Shalour Gym, leaving Yong face-to-face with its first-stage guardian, Ahe.

• Yong and Cynthia toured bustling Laverre City and discussed Yong's need to justify his trip to the Alola Islands to Drake and Hoenn's Elite Four.
• Yong reflected on how the former Rock Solid Gym had become the Shalour Gym under Grant, while Cynthia suggested they challenge it.
• Grant watched as Yong and Cynthia arrived in masks, and Qingcao joined him to observe the challengers.
• Yong claimed the Shalour Gym's Badge would belong at the bottom of his collection and faced Ahe, angering the Gym's observers.

Yong disguised himself as a rude challenger and cleared the Shalour Gym’s first stage with Gliscor, then faced his former student Qingcao on the second floor. Qingcao revealed his evolved Golurk, and the battle began with Gliscor attacking.

• Yong’s Gliscor defeated Ahe’s Graveler with a single Brick Break after dodging Rock Slide and overpowering Double-Edge.
• Yong gave Ahe advice about improving Graveler’s movement before proceeding to the second floor.
• Qingcao challenged Yong to a two-on-two battle and declared his resolve to defend the Gym.
• Qingcao sent out his level 59 Golurk, which had evolved from the Golett he caught alongside Yong’s Golurk.
• Gliscor dodged Golurk’s Ice Punch with Acrobatics and struck at its head with Crabhammer as Qingcao ordered Shadow Strike.

Yong returned to Shalour Gym in disguise and defeated Qingcao’s Golurk before revealing himself to his former student and reuniting with Grant. He met Cynthia and the Gym’s staff in his old lounge, where Doba Na arrived to welcome him back.

• Yong’s Gliscor dodged Golurk’s Fusion Technique and knocked it out with Crabhammer, earning a win in the official battle.
• Yong criticized Qingcao’s use of energy, then watched him send out Steelix, which recognized Yong despite his disguise.
• Grant came to the battlefield, and Yong removed his mask and revealed his identity as Qingcao’s former teacher.
• Cynthia removed her mask and introduced herself to Grant, while Qingcao led the group to Yong’s preserved lounge.
• Grant teased Yong about returning as a Gym Leader, and Yong asked about Shalour Gym’s ranking.
• Doba Na entered the lounge, and Yong greeted him warmly.

Yong and Cynthia prepared to leave Kalos for Alola after catching up with their friends at the Shalour Gym. They set off for Coumarine City with travel passes, while Qingcao began preparing for his own journey, and Cynthia hinted that her grandmother would come after Yong.

• Yong learned that Miss Siebold had returned to the Battle Chateau, now a League-run challenge venue, and asked Qingcao what he wanted to do next.
• Qingcao chose to keep learning from Yong, who urged him to train at Mount Michaya and later travel to build his own path.
• Grant explained how Yong and Cynthia could reach Alola aboard the Pokémon League Express Cruise Ship from Azure Bay and arranged their passes.
• The next day, Yong gave Qingcao Kofu's contact information and secured his status as a League Trainer through Professor Sycamore.
• Yong and Cynthia said goodbye to Grant, Doba, and Qingcao, then flew north from Laverre City on Aerodactyl.
• As they headed toward Coumarine City, Yong wondered whether Uncle Drake and Bertha Grandmother would be angry, and Cynthia said her grandmother would definitely drag him back.

Yong and Cynthia boarded the Pokémon League ship Blue Wave in Azure Bay for a three-day voyage to the Alola Islands. After settling into their rooms and learning about the planned stop at Fakola Island, they watched the ship leave port.

• Yong and Cynthia met the League official and Officer Jenny, who escorted them through Azure Bay to the Blue Wave.
• Officer Jenny explained the route to Alola, including a resupply stop at protected Fakola Island and passage through waters managed by Akala Island.
• Yong and Cynthia recognized Olivia's connection to Akala Island and recalled its captain candidates, Lana and Kiawe.
• Ishijima welcomed Yong and Cynthia aboard, showed them their private rooms, and invited them to the evening banquet.
• The Blue Wave sounded its horn and departed Azure Bay toward the open sea.

Yong and Cynthia learned that merchant Harman had acquired a Poison Z-Crystal Z-Ring and was being pursued by Poison Black Yi. Yong took the ring and agreed to escort Harman to the Alola Islands, leaving the family’s response uncertain.

• Yong and Cynthia enjoyed the Blue Wave’s deck before Harman approached them about his Battle Stage.
• Harman revealed that he had smuggled a Z-Ring containing a Poison Z-Crystal out of Alola and that Poison Black Yi had learned about it.
• Harman admitted he had planned to hide the ring by making it the Battle Stage prize, but Yong warned him that the scheme would not fool Poison Black Yi.
• Yong took the metal box containing the ring and told Harman to accompany him and Cynthia to Alola, where he could return it to the Aether Foundation.
• A man in a black tailcoat watched Yong and Cynthia from a corner before disappearing into the crowd.

Black Yi Ryuusei punished a subordinate for failing to seize an item from Shiyan Yong and Cynthia, then set his sights on the Eastern Hemisphere’s geniuses. The Blue Wave reached Fakola Island, where Yong and Cynthia learned that Trainers commonly abandoned Pokémon there in search of better ones.

• Black Yi Ryuusei had Gengar consume a subordinate who returned after placing the item near Shiyan Yong and Cynthia, and vowed to test how the Eastern Hemisphere’s geniuses tasted.
• The Blue Wave spent a peaceful night at sea and continued toward Fakola Island the next morning.
• Yong and Cynthia talked with Alolan Trainers on deck while their Pokémon enjoyed swimming alongside the ship.
• An Alolan boy told Yong and Cynthia that Trainers often released Pokémon on Fakola Island because they believed they could find better ones there.
• The Blue Wave arrived at Fakola Island, and Yong and Cynthia saw the island’s lush greenery.

Yong and Cynthia explored Fakola Island, enjoying its peaceful grasslands and forest filled with Pokémon. After Cynthia set out food for the Pokémon, Yong called his own Pokémon out to relax with them.

• Yong and Cynthia passed through the island's simple checkpoint and learned the Blue Wave might remain until sunset.
• Yong and Cynthia walked across the grassland, watched its Pokémon, and left food for the timid ones.
• Yong and Cynthia entered the forest and laughed after Yong lifted Slakoth from its tree.
• Yong patiently returned Slakoth to its tree while Cynthia spread out food for the Pokémon in a clearing.
• Yong tossed his Pokémon Balls and invited his Pokémon to come out and relax.

Yong and Cynthia explored Fakola Island, where they realized many unevolved Pokémon might be hoping to leave, and headed toward the island’s highlands. As they traveled inland, hostile forces prepared to attack them from both the sea and the highlands.

• Yong and Cynthia spent time among the friendly Pokémon in the forest, including Treecko and Snivy.
• Yong suspected that many of the unevolved Pokémon had been released and were approaching visitors because they wanted to leave the island.
• Yong promised the Pokémon he and Cynthia would help them, then they left food behind and set off for the highlands.
• A group of Tentacool, Tentacruel, Dragalge, and people in diving suits approached the island underwater, with the Pokémon showing ominous scarlet eyes.
• Black Wing Longcheng spoke with the gathered enemies in the highlands and urged them to eliminate Yong and Cynthia, promising to reveal the Seventeen Families’ resources.

Lysandre joined Black Yi Ryuusei and three Team Plasma sages on Fakola Island, agreeing to test Shiyan Yong while the Black Yi House Clan targeted Cynthia. As poison spread and an explosion struck the port, Cynthia flew off to handle the crisis there, leaving Yong to face an approaching figure.

• Lysandre arrived at the cliff and ordered the woman to leave, then explained that Shiyan Yong had disrupted his plans and asked whether Black Yi Ryuusei intended to attack Cynthia.
• Bronius presented Lysandre with a natural Meteorite Shard from Ghetsis, and Lysandre agreed to test Shiyan Yong while Black Yi Ryuusei dealt with Cynthia.
• Black Yi Ryuusei snapped his fingers and ordered his forces to seal off Fakola Island.
• Yong sent Aerodactyl to investigate as Pokémon fled, and he and Cynthia discovered poisonous liquid spreading from the ground.
• An explosion and cries came from the port, so Cynthia flew there on her Pokémon while Yong stayed behind to face a tall figure approaching from the high ground.

Poison-type Pokémon and members of the Black Yi House Clan attacked Fakola Island, trapping the Trainers, officials, and tourists in a battle for survival. As enormous Scolipede burst from the ground, Togekiss rushed in to protect the threatened crowd.

• Poison-type Pokémon and Black Yi House Clan members surrounded the coast, destroyed the Blue Wave, and forced the survivors into a defensive line led by Ishijima and Guangzhi.
• Guangzhi identified Fakola Island as a breeding ground for Poison-type Pokémon, and Ishijima suspected the Black Yi House Clan had launched the attack to target two people.
• Wild Pokémon from the island joined the defenders, helping the Trainers and tourists hold back the attackers until Dragalge and Tentacruel joined the fight.
• A Psychic-type Trainer and their Kadabra and Hypno blocked many incoming attacks, while other Trainers intercepted the rest.
• Several massive Scolipede burst from the ground and charged the crowd, but a voice from the sky ordered Togekiss to use Extreme Speed.

Cynthia arrived at the island and took command as the Black Yi House Clan’s forces attacked the shore. She turned the battle in the League’s favor, but Black Yi Ryuusei confronted her and released a strange Pokémon Ball as the conflict escalated.

• Togekiss and Garchomp arrived, and Cynthia ordered the League officials and Trainers to form defensive lines and protect the civilians.
• The Black Yi House Clan and its Poison-type Pokémon launched a massive assault, but Cynthia sent Togekiss to knock out the Scolipede and Milotic to wash away the sea blockade with Surf.
• Roserade’s Flower-Burial Aura restored and strengthened the League’s forces, enabling Ishijima and the other Trainers to defend against the attacks and counterattack.
• Black Yi Ryuusei arrived with three of Team Plasma’s Seven Sages and a hooded figure, then offered Cynthia a place beside him if she helped eliminate the others and Shiyan Yong.
• Cynthia rejected Black Yi Ryuusei’s offer, and he declared the island would become a poison-filled dead zone before throwing a strange blue Pokémon Ball into the air.

Yong confronted Lysandre, who demanded to know how Yong had discovered Mega Evolution and challenged him to prove his strength. Lysandre summoned the Mythical Pokémon Volcanion, leaving Yong facing a legendary opponent.

• Aerodactyl relayed news of the coast to Yong before flying away, and Lysandre approached him.
• Lysandre questioned Yong about how he had discovered Mega Evolution and explained that he wanted to verify Yong's power.
• Yong said his first goal with his Pokémon partners had been to become stronger and suggested he had been born knowing the truth.
• Lysandre dismissed Yong's explanation and threw a Pokémon Ball, summoning Volcanion.
• Yong recognized Volcanion as a powerful Mythical Pokémon, and Lysandre challenged him to fight.

Yong faced Lysandre’s powerful Volcanion on the Alola Islands and sent out Swampert and Metagross to battle it. The chapter ended as both trainers ordered their Pokémon to attack.

• Yong brought several Pokémon to Alola to train while keeping powerful partners with him for protection.
• Yong sent out Swampert and Metagross to face Lysandre’s Volcanion.
• Swampert had reached level 80 and Metagross level 78 during the month after the Champion Challenge.
• Yong ordered Swampert to use Stone Edge and Metagross to use Rock Tomb as Lysandre commanded Volcanion to use Steam Eruption.

Yong’s Swampert and Metagross battled Lysandre’s Volcanion, combining their attacks to weaken its Steam Eruption. As Volcanion launched Heat Crash at Swampert, Yong ordered it to meet the attack with Counter.

• Volcanion unleashed a powerful Steam Eruption, and Metagross’s Rock Tomb failed to stop the azure sphere.
• Swampert entered Primal Reversion and used Nature Power-imbued Stone Edge to clash with Volcanion’s attack, disrupting its force and sending Swampert and Metagross flying.
• Lysandre ordered Volcanion to use Heat Crash, and it leaped into the air before plunging toward Swampert.
• Yong told Swampert to take the Heat Crash head-on with Counter.

Mew sensed a call from the fantasy crystals and vanished with the blue and red orbs. On Fakola Island, Cynthia’s side held the beach as Black Yi Ryuusei and Team Plasma’s Seven Sages revealed berserk Pokémon and an unfamiliar Pokémon hovering in the air, whose aura clashed with Cynthia and Garchomp’s.

• Mew woke in a hollow, sensed a message from the fantasy crystals, and disappeared with the two orbs.
• Togekiss, Roserade, and Aerodactyl helped the League members and Trainers hold the shoreline against the sea Pokémon and Black Yi House Clan.
• Black Yi Ryuusei confronted Cynthia, while Bronius, Gorm, and Vio unleashed Pokémon altered by the Rage Potion.
• Cynthia recognized that Amoonguss, Toxicroak, and Scolipede had been driven berserk, then focused on the unfamiliar Pokémon hovering nearby.
• Cynthia and Garchomp unleashed their combined fighting spirit and murderous aura against the strange force field surrounding the unfamiliar Pokémon.