Chapter Summaries

Ye Yinchuan enjoyed a meal with his Pokémon before beginning an evening appraisal stream, where he discovered that a viewer’s Vulpix had the rare Drought Ability. He began explaining the Pokémon’s stats and answering the viewer’s questions as the stream’s comments reacted.

• Ye Yinchuan checked his livestream income and viral Lighthouse Dragonite video, then ordered dinner while resting at home.
• Litten checked on Ye Yinchuan while he slept and tried to guard him in the bathroom, but he sent it outside.
• A Magnemite delivered Ye Yinchuan’s takeout, and he shared the meal with Snorlax and Litten while Feebas ignored the human food.
• Ye Yinchuan opened his evening livestream and connected with a viewer named Black Night Little Widow for a Pokémon appraisal.
• Ye Yinchuan examined the viewer’s Vulpix and found that it had the Drought Ability, then began explaining its stats and answering questions about the Ability.

Ye Yinchuan explained how the young Vulpix’s Drought Ability worked and advised its owner to improve its food. He then helped Never Miss investigate a series of frightening hauntings and identified the supposed ghost as a Misdreavus when it appeared in the room.

• Ye Yinchuan explained that the Vulpix’s Drought was weak because it was young, and advised Never Miss to feed it higher-grade Pokémon Food.
• Never Miss told Ye Yinchuan that he had fished up a woman’s head and that strange events, illnesses, and nightmares had followed him home.
• Ye Yinchuan encouraged Never Miss to confront the source of the crying, while Never Miss’s Sentret guarded him as they approached the room.
• Never Miss entered the room, and Ye Yinchuan’s Appraisal Eye identified the crying ghost as a Level 37 female Misdreavus.

Ye Yinchuan helped A Jun overcome his fear of Misdreavus and arranged for the Dream Protection Bureau to handle it. He then connected with Beachcomber, whose sick Azurill needed urgent help, and began asking about its condition.

• Misdreavus startled Never Miss with a close-range attack, but Ye Yinchuan showed him screenshots that helped him see the Pokémon as cute rather than terrifying.
• Ye Yinchuan explained that Misdreavus fed on fear and likely did not intend to harm people, though it still needed to be prevented from frightening humans.
• Never Miss regained his composure, asked Ye Yinchuan to call him A Jun, and agreed to wait for the Dream Protection Bureau to handle Misdreavus.
• Beachcomber connected with Ye Yinchuan and showed him a weak, severely cold Azurill whose status also showed hunger.
• Ye Yinchuan identified Azurill and asked Beachcomber where he had found it and what treatment it had received.

Ye Yinchuan helped a Beachcomber stabilize a sick Azurill by correcting the care that had worsened its condition, then connected with Lao Di, whose Diglett were plowing a field at night. The chapter leaves Ye Yinchuan eager to learn the details of Diglett's mud-wrapped underground bodies.

• Ye Yinchuan explained that Azurill was not a Water-type Pokémon and instructed the Beachcomber to use fresh water, feed it plants, keep it warm and dry, and take it to a clinic for an IV drip.
• The Beachcomber followed Ye Yinchuan's instructions, and Azurill ate lettuce, regained fullness in its tail, and began to recover.
• Ye Yinchuan ended the call with the Beachcomber and connected with Lao Di, who showed him Diglett plowing a field at night.
• Ye Yinchuan explained that Diglett avoided sunlight because their thin skin could burn, and that they helped cultivate fields while feeding on plants.
• Lao Di challenged Ye Yinchuan to identify Diglett's hidden lower body, and Ye Yinchuan guessed it was wrapped in mud.
• Lao Di confirmed Ye Yinchuan's guess but said he had missed a few details, leaving Ye Yinchuan intensely curious.

Ye Yinchuan used Heart of Listening to uncover why Lao Di’s two Dugtrio had stopped working together: Old Three resented receiving the same food as the newly evolved Little Three despite years of service. Lao Di apologized and promised to recognize Old Three’s experience while continuing to reward work, leaving both Dugtrio willing to cooperate again.

• Lao Di explained that two Dugtrio had divided his Diglett herd and disrupted his farming, so Ye Yinchuan asked him to call them out and prepare unequal food portions.
• Ye Yinchuan listened to Old Three and Little Three’s thoughts as Lao Di served them, discovering that Old Three felt overlooked after years of work while Little Three believed greater effort deserved greater rewards.
• Ye Yinchuan explained that equal portions had ignored Old Three’s long service, and Lao Di realized why his supposedly fair treatment had caused resentment.
• Following Ye Yinchuan’s guidance, Lao Di apologized to Old Three and promised it a larger share for its years of labor and experience.
• Lao Di reassured Little Three that it would still earn more by working harder and would receive more than any future newcomer, satisfying both Dugtrio and restoring their willingness to work together.

Ye Yinchuan helped the Pokémon Center handle a Misdreavus that was evolving after taking a Dark Stone, advising the staff to help it evolve by sharing fear and goodwill. The Misdreavus became Mismagius, blessed the people nearby, and flew away, leaving the Pokémon Center to warn the public about it.

• Lao Di reconciled his two Dugtrio, and Beachcomber and Lao Di sent Ye Yinchuan gifts after their livestream connections.
• Pokémon Center officer Liu Xing connected with Ye Yinchuan for help after a Misdreavus took a Dark Stone and began evolving inside A Jun's home.
• Ye Yinchuan warned the staff not to interrupt the evolution and instructed them to watch horror clips to provide fear, while explaining that Mismagius could also bless people.
• Misdreavus evolved into Mismagius, which showed goodwill, chanted a spell, and flew out through the window.
• The staff discovered that Mismagius's blessing had eased their ailments and brought them good fortune, while Liang FeiFan thanked Ye Yinchuan and planned to warn the public.

Ye Yinchuan accepted a call-in from Dan Dan, a rival streamer who tried to expose him by presenting a disguised Grimer Egg. Ye Yinchuan identified the egg and revealed its exceptional qualities after it hatched, leaving Dan Dan stunned and his viewers questioning their assumptions.

• Ye Yinchuan chose Dan Dan for the final call-in and told him to proceed directly to the appraisal rather than use the connection to promote himself.
• Dan Dan brought out a bleached and dyed Grimer Egg, intending to use it to discredit Ye Yinchuan.
• Ye Yinchuan recognized the egg as a Grimer Egg and called it good, prompting Dan Dan to accuse him of fraud and challenge him to defend his appraisal.
• Ye Yinchuan demanded that Dan Dan prove the egg was a Grimer Egg before he explained his judgment, and Dan Dan hatched it on stream.
• After the egg hatched into a Grimer, Ye Yinchuan revealed it had at least A-Rank Individual Value and the rare Poison Touch and Sticky Hold Abilities, leaving Dan Dan and the viewers astonished.

Ye Yinchuan exposed Dan Dan’s fraudulent Pokémon Egg business during a livestream, and the Pokémon Protection Bureau arrived to arrest him. With Dan Dan’s operation shut down and his followers flocking to Ye Yinchuan, Ye ended the stream and enjoyed time with Litten, Snorlax, and Feebas.

• Ye Yinchuan defended his appraisal of Grimer, explaining how Poison Touch and Sticky Hold worked and why the dual-Ability Pokémon was valuable.
• Dan Dan mocked Ye Yinchuan with a Poké Ball and 250 Potions, but Ye hinted that Dan Dan’s streaming career was about to end.
• The Pokémon Protection Bureau raided Dan Dan’s business, exposed his fraudulent equipment and counterfeit Pokémon Eggs, and arrested him.
• A Bureau officer said the confiscated Pokémon would be handled properly and that Grimer might be sold at a judicial auction.
• Dan Dan’s livestream was banned, and many of his former viewers followed Ye Yinchuan as his follower count surged.
• Ye Yinchuan ended his stream and accepted affection from Litten, Snorlax, and Feebas.

After his stream, Ye Yinchuan pampered his Pokémon, strengthened Litten and Little Snorlax by raising their Individual Values, and cared for Rowlet’s egg. He then watched Hu Yue’s popular cosplay performance stream and spotted a Pidgey running through the corner of the screen.

• Ye Yinchuan massaged Litten, Snorlax, and Feebas with his Heavenly Hand of Cares, leaving each Pokémon blissfully overwhelmed.
• Ye Yinchuan applied medicine to Rowlet’s egg and noticed its heartbeat seemed stronger than the day before.
• Ye Yinchuan received 14,679 Influence Points from the stream and used Super Influence to raise Litten’s Individual Value from A-Rank to S-Rank.
• Ye Yinchuan raised Little Snorlax’s Individual Value from 45 to 65, prompting its strength to noticeably improve and fueling friendly rivalry with Litten.
• Ye Yinchuan watched Hu Yue’s stream, where four Beauties cosplayed as Eevee and its Evolutionary Forms and performed with matching Pokémon.
• Ye Yinchuan noticed a Pidgey running along the ground in a corner of Hu Yue’s stream.

Ye Yinchuan helped the Old Granny promote her Grain Pancake stall and showed viewers Scolipede’s warmhearted side, then headed to the stadium to begin battle training. Before that, he noticed Rowlet’s egg had begun to move and promised to take Feebas to a swimming pool the next day.

• Ye Yinchuan recognized Xiao Wen as the streamer behind the acrophobic Pidgey account and sent gifts to her and Hu Yue’s group.
• Ye Yinchuan woke up with Litten and Little Snorlax, then noticed Rowlet’s egg wobble and its weakened status improve.
• Ye Yinchuan remembered Feebas had been left home alone and decided to take it to a swimming pool the next day.
• Ye Yinchuan filmed the Old Granny making Grain Pancakes and featured Snorlax and Litten eating them to promote her stall.
• Ye Yinchuan and the Old Granny explained that Scolipede was gentle and helped keep her warm, easing a child’s fear of it.
• Ye Yinchuan uploaded the video, said goodbye to the Old Granny, and went to the stadium to start battle training.

Ye Yinchuan began teaching Litten and Little Snorlax to use their moves properly, showing Litten how a focused Scratch hit harder than its wild flurry of attacks. After discovering Litten feared practicing Ember because it had once burned its Trainer, Ye Yinchuan promised to support it if it wanted to keep training.

• Ye Yinchuan reviewed Pokémon training principles and decided to start by assessing his Pokémon’s moves.
• Litten demonstrated its fierce, improvised attack against an imagined Houndour, and Ye Yinchuan challenged it to test Scratch against a wooden stake.
• Litten used a focused Scratch that split the stake, realizing that mastering the basic move could strengthen its signature attack.
• Ye Yinchuan tested Litten’s other moves, while Little Snorlax learned to use Lick by reaching for Pokémon Food with an Energy Tongue.
• Ye Yinchuan sensed Litten’s fear of Ember and learned that it had once burned its Trainer, prompting it to flee and become a stray.
• Ye Yinchuan told Litten it could become strong without Fire-type moves, but promised to help if it chose to master them; Litten moved toward him for comfort.

Ye Yinchuan helped Litten confront its fear of Fire-type moves, then trained Little Snorlax to improve its Tackle before the two Pokémon sparred. After healing and sharing lunch, Ye Yinchuan prepared to begin his livestream appraisals.

• Ye Yinchuan encouraged Litten to use Ember on a wooden stake, and Little Snorlax protected him when Litten accidentally unleashed a powerful fireball.
• Ye Yinchuan praised Litten and Little Snorlax, helping Litten regain confidence and learn to control Ember.
• Ye Yinchuan used food to motivate Little Snorlax, which smashed a wooden stake with Tackle and improved its technique through training.
• Litten and Little Snorlax battled for an extra chicken drumstick; Litten held the advantage early, but Little Snorlax's endurance and size helped it win after Litten tired.
• Ye Yinchuan gave Little Snorlax its promised chicken drumstick, and Little Snorlax shared part of it with Litten before Ye Yinchuan prepared to livestream appraisals.

Ye Yinchuan advised a Snubbull’s owner to stop feeding it excessive snacks, then helped A Gui appraise Poliwag eggs at Mountain Lake. He found a promising egg and then spotted an unexpected egg among the Poliwag clutch.

• Ye Yinchuan examined a Snubbull that would not eat meals and determined its owner had spoiled it with snacks, so he instructed her to feed it regular portions and stop giving it treats.
• A Gui joined Ye Yinchuan’s livestream and traveled to Mountain Lake to select Poliwag eggs, bringing Wartortle and Kingler with him.
• Ye Yinchuan recognized Ashlei Water Grass and asked A Gui to send him some for his aquarium.
• Ye Yinchuan appraised the eggs and found one with an A-Rank Individual Value, a bold Nature, and the Egg Move Mud-Slap, which A Gui chose.
• When A Gui panned the camera back, Ye Yinchuan noticed a Poliwag egg among the Poliwag eggs and wondered how it had gotten there.

Ye Yinchuan helped A Gui identify a valuable Tympole egg, but taking it brought the pair into a fierce battle with its protective family. A Gui escaped with the egg after defeating a level 35 Palpitoad, which began evolving into Seismitoad as they fled.

• Ye Yinchuan identified the Tympole egg’s high Individual Value and likely Water Absorb Ability, and A Gui decided to take it alongside his Poliwag egg.
• When A Gui tried to collect the Tympole egg, Tympole attacked with Acid, but Wartortle and Kingler struck it down and A Gui took the egg.
• A hostile level 35 Palpitoad blocked A Gui’s escape, and A Gui refused to return the egg.
• Palpitoad attacked with powerful sound waves, but A Gui’s Wartortle and Kingler countered with coordinated moves and severely injured it.
• A Gui offered to spare Palpitoad, which yielded, and he retreated with both eggs under his Pokémon’s protection.
• Palpitoad began evolving as A Gui escaped, and Ye Yinchuan urged him to hurry before it became a Seismitoad.

Ye Yinchuan advised Xiao Bei Ke about her Shiny Poliwhirl and the unknown method for evolving it into Politoed, then took a call from Bounty Hunter about a mysterious golden Pokémon. The chapter ended as Bounty Hunter sent Ye Yinchuan a photo of the Pokémon he had spotted.

• A Gui thanked Ye Yinchuan for his help escaping a powerful wild Seismitoad and sent him eight Master Balls.
• Ye Yinchuan examined Xiao Bei Ke's Shiny Poliwhirl and explained that a Water Stone could evolve it into Poliwag, while a rumored King's Rock might trigger its evolution into Politoed.
• Xiao Bei Ke showed Ye Yinchuan a box full of Water Stones, thanked him for his advice, sent him eight Gold Leaves, and added him as a friend.
• Bounty Hunter told Ye Yinchuan about a golden, fox-headed Pokémon that vanished whenever he blinked and described its appearance in detail.
• Ye Yinchuan asked whether Bounty Hunter had photographed the Pokémon, and Bounty Hunter sent him the photo.

Ye Yinchuan explained how difficult Abra was to catch and described methods that could prevent it from escaping. When Bounty Hunter encountered Abra alongside a powerful Gothorita, he revealed that he planned to risk his life rather than give up on his dream of becoming a Professional Trainer.

• Ye Yinchuan identified the rare Pokémon in Bounty Hunter’s photograph as Abra, a Psychic-type known for escaping with Teleport.
• After checking Bounty Hunter’s permit, Ye Yinchuan explained Abra’s rarity and said catching it required clearing one’s mind, using a powerful Psychic-type Pokémon, or using a Ghost-type Pokémon with Shadow Tag.
• Bounty Hunter encountered Abra again, but a Gothorita appeared and used its Shadow Tag Ability to stop Abra from escaping.
• Ye Yinchuan warned Bounty Hunter that Gothorita was above Level 30 and dangerous to challenge.
• Bounty Hunter said he was nearly forty, had no family, and intended to risk his life because becoming a Professional Trainer was his only reason to keep living.

Ye Yinchuan watched a grieving bounty hunter risk his life to catch Abra, then secretly used Heavenly Hand of Cares to calm Gothorita and help keep him alive. Abra entered the Poké Ball willingly, Gothorita later released the bounty hunter, and the chapter ended with Ye Yinchuan returning to his livestream.

• Ye Yinchuan warned the bounty hunter not to gamble his life on catching Abra, but the bounty hunter charged ahead after thanking the viewers for their support.
• The bounty hunter threw Poké Balls at Abra, and Ye Yinchuan secretly soothed an enraged Gothorita with Heavenly Hand of Cares before Abra entered a ball on its own.
• Gothorita lifted the bounty hunter with Confusion and put him to sleep, then played with him while Ye Yinchuan contacted the Pokémon Center and explained the situation to the viewers.
• Gothorita eventually set the bounty hunter down and left, and the bounty hunter woke in tears after dreaming of his deceased family.
• Ye Yinchuan reassured the bounty hunter that Abra was sleeping safely in the Poké Ball, and the bounty hunter thanked him with ten Master Ball gifts before Ye Yinchuan ended the connection and resumed streaming.

Ye Yinchuan investigated a farmer’s mysterious crop circles, missing metal tools, and vanished rice, concluding that a Snorlax had visited the farm while suspecting another Pokémon was hiding underground. The farmer revealed he was a former Professional Trainer with powerful Pokémon, then prepared to search the farm himself.

• Ye Yinchuan connected with the farmer and saw the farm’s Sunflora, Sunkern, Bunnelby, Diggersby, Bellsprout, and Miltank as the farmer drove him toward the strange occurrences.
• The farmer showed Ye Yinchuan circular flattened patches in the wheat, unusual pits and claw marks, and a crater-like impact site, all discovered after heavy rain.
• The farmer revealed that metal tools and fences had disappeared and that his rice granary had been emptied overnight.
• Ye Yinchuan identified blue fur as evidence that a Snorlax had likely emptied the granary and made some of the crop circles, but concluded another Pokémon had also appeared.
• Ye Yinchuan warned the farmer to contact the Pokémon Center and check the farm’s underground spaces, but the farmer decided to investigate immediately.
• The farmer summoned Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur and revealed that he had been a Professional Trainer, reassuring Ye Yinchuan that he could handle ordinary wild Pokémon.

Ye Yinchuan helped the Farmer investigate the farm’s missing tools and discovered a Snorlax, a group of Clefairy repairing their spaceship, and a hostile Metagross. After the Farmer’s Pokémon drove Metagross away and helped the Clefairy finish repairs, the Clefairy departed in their ship, leaving Ye Yinchuan and the Farmer with questions about the dangerous Pokémon.

• The Farmer found a sleeping Level 42 Snorlax in a grain cellar and caught it with help from Blastoise, Venusaur, and Charizard.
• Ye Yinchuan and the Farmer followed small footprints to a group of Clefairy repairing a moon-shaped spaceship with tools stolen from the farm.
• The Clefairy leader offered the Farmer a Moon Stone, which Ye Yinchuan identified as an Evolution Stone for Pokémon including Nidorina and Nidorino.
• A Metagross burst into the cellar and attacked the Clefairy, but the Farmer ordered his Pokémon to fight it while the Clefairy helped drive it back.
• The Clefairy healed the injured Pokémon, and the Farmer gathered metal supplies so they could repair their spaceship and leave the farm.
• The Clefairy flew away in their repaired ship, while the Farmer refused to report Metagross to the Pokémon Center.

Ye Yinchuan explained Metagross and its Beldum and Metang forms to Farmer and the livestream viewers, then connected with Cute Little Treasure, who had hatched a Pokémon she thought might be a mutated Cleffa. He identified it as Igglybuff and warned that its singing could make listeners sleepy; as Cute Little Treasure began singing, Igglybuff’s eyes lit up.

• Ye Yinchuan explained that Metagross evolved from Metang and Beldum, described its Steel and Psychic types, and discussed its intelligence and magnetic flight.
• Farmer thanked Ye Yinchuan, gave him ninety-nine Prosperity Grain, and ended the connection after the Clefairy repaired their Moon Spaceship and departed with Farmer’s Moon Stone.
• Ye Yinchuan accepted Cute Little Treasure’s connection request after she asked for help identifying a Pokémon that had hatched and resembled Clefairy.
• Cute Little Treasure showed Ye Yinchuan the Pokémon in an incubator, and he identified it as Igglybuff, which would evolve into Jigglypuff.
• Ye Yinchuan warned that Igglybuff’s singing might put listeners to sleep and advised Cute Little Treasure to use a Voice Changer and sing near a bed.
• Cute Little Treasure sang in an exaggerated Artificial Voice, and Igglybuff’s eyes gradually lit up.