Chapter Summaries

Chu Xin and Bai Le tried to stop Mega Scizor as it gathered power with Focus Energy, but the Elite Four member’s Pokémon launched a devastating counterattack. Chu Xin’s Pokémon were all knocked unconscious, while Bai Le’s badly injured Scyther got back up to continue the battle.

• Mega Scizor surrounded itself with a whirlpool as it used Focus Energy, and Chu Xin and Bai Le failed to break through its water barrier until Electrike struck it with Thunder.
• Chu Xin ordered Xiao Wu and Kaka to attack, but Mega Scizor stopped both moves with Air Slash.
• Mega Scizor evaded Scyther’s Agility attack and knocked Scyther down with Bullet Punches.
• Mega Scizor defeated Xiao Wu, Electrike, and Kaka in a ten-second counterattack, leaving Chu Xin’s Pokémon unable to battle.
• Bai Le called to his fallen Scyther, which struggled back to its feet and faced Mega Scizor.

Bai Le and Scyther defeated Mega Scizor and obtained Heracross’s Mega Evolution Stone, ending the Trial. As Bai Le and Chu Xin left, Tao Lu decided to confront Chu Xin about taking her secret manual.

• Mega Scizor let Scyther land a series of attacks before collapsing, and Scyther also ran out of strength.
• Bai Le recalled Scyther and thanked him for helping him win the Trial.
• Chu Xin picked up Heracross’s Mega Evolution Stone and handed it to Bai Le, who thanked him for his help.
• Bai Le and Chu Xin headed back to camp, and Chu Xin noticed Mega Scizor had disappeared.
• In the Surveillance Room, Tao Lu told Ai Xing she would not hold Chu Xin’s theft of her secret manual against him but would still go scare him.

Bai Le obtained Heracross's Mega Evolution Stone, but Chu Xin explained that Heracross might not yet be able to Mega Evolve because it needed to be fully evolved and share a strong bond with its Trainer. Tao Lu then appeared and reassured Chu Xin that she would not punish him for taking her Calm Mind Manual, offering instead to help him study it.

• Bai Le showed Chu Xin Heracross's Mega Evolution Stone and said he planned to return to the Academy and train another Pokémon.
• Chu Xin explained that Mega Evolution required a fully evolved Pokémon and a strong bond with its Trainer.
• Tao Lu arrived, confirmed that she was Bai Le's master, and said researchers had verified the need for an emotional bond for Mega Evolution.
• Chu Xin asked Ai Xing for help, but Ai Xing brought him before Tao Lu and apologized for Chu Xin taking her Calm Mind Manual.
• Chu Xin admitted his mistake, and Bai Le offered to take the blame for bringing out the manual.
• Tao Lu forgave Chu Xin, allowed him to keep studying the manual, and offered to help him understand it.

Bai Le and Chu Xin walked with Ai Xing and Tao Lu, who reassured Chu Xin about the Calm Mind Manual and discussed his Pokémon and training. Tao Lu explained the strengths and drawbacks of specializing in Bug-type Pokémon, leaving the group discussing the limits of a single-type team.

• Bai Le and Chu Xin followed Ai Xing and Tao Lu, and Chu Xin admitted that he was a little afraid of Tao Lu.
• Tao Lu told Chu Xin that she had intended others to learn from the Calm Mind Manual and did not consider it important to her.
• Tao Lu praised Chu Xin's strength and described the seven Pokémon listed in his file, noting the unusual potential of Carbink and Slowpoke.
• Chu Xin worried Tao Lu wanted to take his Pokémon, but Tao Lu clarified that she was only commenting on their potential and preferred to raise Bug-types.
• Tao Lu explained that specializing in one type helped Trainers grow quickly but left their teams vulnerable to opponents who could exploit their weaknesses.

Chu Xin explained different approaches to team building and how Trainers should refine their teams to answer varied opponents. He described Xiao Wu as his team’s core, Kaka as a short-burst demolition specialist, and Electrike as a Pokémon with an unconventional role.

• Chu Xin understood Tao Lu’s warning that specializing in one Pokémon type made a team easier to counter.
• Chu Xin considered strategies for building teams around a core, an offensive or defensive backbone, or a tactical concept.
• Chu Xin concluded that teams needed a clear way to win against different opponents and should be adjusted after battles revealed weaknesses.
• Chu Xin identified Xiao Wu as his well-rounded team core and the Pokémon he trusted to overcome crucial opponents.
• Chu Xin assigned Kaka the role of demolition specialist, using his explosive power to take down strong opponents despite his limited stamina.
• Chu Xin gave Electrike an unconventional role based on its Ability and Secret Move, though it had few chances to show its strengths.

Chu Xin explained how Electrike’s Ball Lightning supported its role in prolonged battles, and Tao Lu praised his prospects of becoming a Champion Trainer. Afterward, Chu Xin, Bai Le, Tao Lu, and Ai Xing continued sightseeing by the seaside.

• Chu Xin’s training plan relied on Electrike using Ball Lightning to switch Abilities, preserve stamina, and grow stronger as a battle continued.
• Tao Lu praised Chu Xin’s Pokémon knowledge and told him he had a strong chance of becoming a Champion Trainer.
• Bai Le recalled how quickly Chu Xin had surpassed him and accepted that Chu Xin’s ambition was within reach.
• Chu Xin and Bai Le stayed in the city after the Trial, and the four continued sightseeing along the shore.
• Chu Xin enjoyed seeing the ocean in person for the first time and took in the seaside scenery.

After passing Chu Xin’s Trial, Chu Xin and Bai Le used their remaining leave to plan a visit to a local forest park and its famous Wish Lake. They ate at a restaurant first, then arrived at the park, where Bai Le prepared insect repellent before they entered.

• Chu Xin suggested sightseeing during their remaining leave, and Bai Le searched online for local attractions.
• Bai Le found a popular forest park known for Wish Lake, where legend said visitors could receive guidance in a dream after making a wish.
• Chu Xin and Bai Le agreed to visit Wish Lake, but decided to eat at a restaurant first because they were hungry.
• After their meal, Chu Xin and Bai Le took a taxi to the forest park and admired its natural woodland scenery.
• Bai Le sprayed Chu Xin with insect repellent before they entered the park, warning him that mosquitoes and bugs remained in the forest.

Chu Xin and Bai Le visited Wish Lake despite the mosquitoes, and Chu Xin’s Azelf-powered stone reacted as Mesprit secretly watched him. Mesprit became curious about Chu Xin’s ability to sense Pokémon’s emotions and communicate with them, then vanished to find a way to approach him as he arrived at the lake.

• Chu Xin and Bai Le followed the forest park’s path toward Wish Lake, enduring mosquitoes and seeing friendly Pokémon they were forbidden to catch.
• Chu Xin felt the stone Zeraora had given him grow hot and wondered whether Azelf was nearby.
• Mesprit watched Chu Xin from the trees, sensing Azelf’s power in the stone and hiding whenever he looked around.
• Mesprit noticed Chu Xin could sense Pokémon’s emotions and use them to communicate, which greatly piqued its curiosity.
• Mesprit saw that Chu Xin was heading to Wish Lake, vanished excitedly, and Chu Xin and Bai Le arrived at the lake wondering how to find the rumored Pokémon.

Chu Xin and Bai Le reached Wish Lake, where Chu Xin’s Azelf Stone reacted and he suspected a Lake Guardian lived there. Mesprit secretly sensed his thoughts, became curious about him, and planned to connect with him through his dreams as Chu Xin tossed a coin into the lake.

• Chu Xin and Bai Le reached Wish Lake and enjoyed its mosquito-free calm.
• Chu Xin’s Azelf Stone warmed, leading him to suspect that Azelf lived by the lake.
• Mesprit sensed Chu Xin’s thoughts and learned he had mistaken Mesprit’s home for Azelf’s.
• Mesprit decided to connect with Chu Xin and enter his dreams to find out why he was so clever.
• Bai Le tossed a coin into the lake and made a wish, then Chu Xin did the same.
• Mesprit caught the coin Chu Xin threw into the water.

After Chu Xin’s wish at Wish Lake drew Mesprit’s attention, she decided to grant his wish to meet Azelf and Bai Le’s wish for guidance while investigating how Chu Xin knew the Lake Guardians’ names. Back at the inn, Chu Xin received Tao Lu’s Calm Mind Manual, and Mesprit watched as he and Bai Le debated Tao Lu and Ai Xing’s titles.

• Chu Xin tossed a coin into Wish Lake wishing to meet Azelf, then left with Bai Le after nothing happened.
• Mesprit surfaced with Chu Xin’s coin, sensed his wish, and grew wary that he knew the Lake Guardians’ names.
• Mesprit decided to grant Chu Xin’s wish and help Bai Le find his path so she could use him to investigate Chu Xin.
• Bai Le gave Chu Xin a USB drive containing Tao Lu’s revised Calm Mind Manual and her explanations of the move.
• Chu Xin and Bai Le discussed Tao Lu’s unknown title and argued over whether Ai Xing or Tao Lu was stronger while Mesprit watched.

Mesprit drew Chu Xin into a dream where he faced Ai Xing in a Champion promotion match and won with Slowking. Chu Xin recognized the battle as a dream, and Mesprit appeared to ask how he had identified it.

• After debating the strength of Titled Elite Four members with Bai Le, Chu Xin went to sleep thinking about how far he still had to go.
• Mesprit appeared beside the sleeping Chu Xin and brought him into a dream of a Champion Trainer assessment against Ai Xing.
• Chu Xin summoned Slowking and used Rain Dance, Confusion, Water Pulse, and Surf to defeat Ai Xing's Charizard.
• Ai Xing congratulated Chu Xin and gave him a Champion medal, but Chu Xin said he would earn a real victory through his own strength.
• Chu Xin called out Mesprit, causing the dream and its audience to vanish.
• Mesprit appeared before Chu Xin and asked how he had recognized it instead of mistaking it for Azelf.

Chu Xin identified Mesprit as the Lake Guardian who had created his dream and asked it to explain his ability to sense Pokémon’s emotions. Mesprit offered to strengthen that ability if Chu Xin completed a task and returned to Wish Lake.

• Chu Xin explained how he ruled out Uxie and Azelf and concluded that Mesprit had created the dream.
• Mesprit sensed that Chu Xin was lying about learning of the Lake Guardians through stories, but detected no ill will in him.
• Chu Xin asked Mesprit where his ability came from, and Mesprit said it was an innate gift similar to its own power.
• Mesprit realized Chu Xin wanted his ability strengthened and offered to help if he completed a task and returned to Wish Lake.

Chu Xin agreed to help Mesprit drive a Pokémon Hunter away from Wish Lake in exchange for an enhancement to his special ability. Mesprit then entered Bai Le’s dream to learn more about Chu Xin, and Bai Le awoke convinced the Lake God had granted his wish.

• Mesprit showed Chu Xin the suspicious man near Wish Lake and asked him to drive the man away, promising to enhance Chu Xin’s ability.
• Chu Xin recognized the man as a likely Pokémon Hunter and agreed to find him, asking Mesprit for clues.
• Mesprit promised it could sense the man’s emotions throughout its territory, then left Chu Xin’s dream.
• Mesprit entered Bai Le’s dream to investigate Chu Xin and help fulfill Bai Le’s wish.
• The next morning, Bai Le excitedly told Chu Xin that the Lake God of Wish Lake had visited his dream and granted his wish.

Chu Xin explained Mesprit’s abilities and discussed its competitive strengths, weaknesses, and battle strategies. He concluded that experienced, capable Trainers could defeat it despite its status as a Legendary Pokémon.

• Bai Le reacted in shock to Chu Xin’s report of encountering Mesprit, a Legendary Pokémon.
• Chu Xin clarified that Mesprit could sense and manipulate emotions, and said it could be defeated by a strong opponent.
• Chu Xin described Mesprit’s stats, abilities, movesets, and possible roles in competitive battles.
• Chu Xin explained that Mesprit’s limited recovery and ordinary resistances made it easy to pressure and wear down.
• Chu Xin concluded that experienced Trainers could defeat Mesprit, as Team Galactic had demonstrated against the Lake Guardians.

Chu Xin recruited Bai Le to help locate and report a suspected Pokémon Hunter near Wish Lake, following Mesprit’s request. The chapter then shifted to Team Rocket’s hidden European base in the Alps, where its members prepared to welcome Boss Sakamoto.

• Chu Xin told Bai Le that Mesprit had asked him to drive a suspected Pokémon Hunter away from Wish Lake.
• Bai Le questioned whether they could handle the intruder, and Chu Xin explained that they only needed to find him and call the police.
• Chu Xin and Bai Le agreed to prepare for their search, including bringing effective insect repellent.
• Team Rocket members at their concealed Mont Blanc base prepared to welcome Boss Sakamoto.
• Sakamoto sat in his private office inside the base.

Sakamoto explained Team Rocket’s goal of controlling human desire through overwhelming force and ordered Athena and Apollo to help recover the Mew Fossil in southern China. Meanwhile, Chu Xin and Bai Le returned to Forest Park and headed toward Wish Lake to investigate the suspected hunters.

• Sakamoto insisted that Team Rocket had to recover the Mew Fossil to advance the Mewtwo Project, despite Apollo and Athena doubting the mission’s chances in China.
• Sakamoto rebuked Athena for blaming the Asia branch captains and said they would lead the operation to make up for their failures.
• Sakamoto declared that Team Rocket would restrain humanity’s desires through force and ordered Athena and Apollo to join the operation against Team Galactic’s activity in southern China.
• Chu Xin and Bai Le traveled back to Forest Park with mosquito repellent and reached Wish Lake.
• Bai Le questioned whether Pokémon hunters were really present after seeing several rare Pokémon, and Chu Xin said they should find the suspects and call the police.

Chu Xin and Bai Le met Mesprit at Wish Lake, where Mesprit used its emotional powers and asked them to drive away an intruder. Following Mesprit’s directions into the rainforest, they found the suspected Pokémon hunter accompanied by two strangers.

• Chu Xin brought Bai Le to Wish Lake and summoned Mesprit with the Azelf Stone.
• Mesprit calmed Bai Le’s excitement by touching his forehead and explained its power to control emotions.
• Mesprit introduced itself as one of the Lake Guardians and used Telepathy to direct Chu Xin and Bai Le toward an intruder.
• Chu Xin and Bai Le headed northwest through the rainforest to find the Pokémon hunter and planned to call the police afterward.
• Chu Xin and Bai Le found the man, but two other strangers were with him.

Chu Xin and Bai Le found the Pokémon Hunter Mesprit had shown Chu Xin in his dream, but discovered that two members of Team Galactic were with him. Chu Xin recognized their uniforms and considered the danger posed by the organization’s plan to capture Dialga and Palkia.

• Chu Xin spotted the Pokémon Hunter from his dream and noticed that two other people were with him.
• Chu Xin and Bai Le crept closer until Chu Xin recognized the two strangers as members of Team Galactic.
• Chu Xin recalled that Team Galactic intended to capture Dialga and Palkia to create a new world.
• Chu Xin considered how Dialga and Palkia’s conflict could disrupt time and space and draw Giratina into the fight.

Chu Xin and Bai Le tried to escape after discovering Team Galactic at Wish Lake, but Team Galactic and a Pokémon Hunter ambushed them. Chu Xin realized they could not win and fled with Bai Le on Xiao Wu, leaving their pursuers behind.

• Chu Xin recognized the spacesuited men as Team Galactic and led Bai Le away from the woods to call the police.
• A purple arrow and Golbat attacked Chu Xin and Bai Le, who summoned Xiao Wu, Kaka, and Electrike to defend themselves.
• Two Team Galactic members confronted them, and the Pokémon Hunter who had threatened Mesprit emerged with a rifle and joined the attack.
• Chu Xin judged that they could not defeat their opponents and ordered Kaka and Electrike to distract them.
• Chu Xin climbed onto Xiao Wu with Bai Le, recalled Kaka and Electrike, and escaped through the air as the attackers failed to pursue them.

Chu Xin escaped Team Galactic’s ambush with Bai Le, reported the group to the police, and decided to return to Forest Park to warn Mesprit. He left Bai Le in Scyther’s protection and stealthily headed for Wish Lake to get Mesprit out before Team Galactic could capture it.

• Chu Xin used Xiao Wu to escape Team Galactic’s pursuit, then gave Bai Le a Potion after Golbat’s sonic attack left him badly hurt.
• Chu Xin explained that Team Galactic was an international terrorist organization and called the police to report its presence.
• Chu Xin arranged an ambulance for Bai Le and left him in a safe place under Scyther’s protection.
• Chu Xin realized Team Galactic had targeted Mesprit and headed back into Forest Park with Electrike and Kaka to reach Wish Lake unnoticed.
• Chu Xin used Mosquito Repellent Spray to mask his scent and cautiously made his way through the woods toward Mesprit.