Chapter Summaries

Fang Yan and his Pokémon defeated the three Legendary Titans, but Regigigas woke up and attacked just as Brandon predicted it would stay asleep. Fang Yan dodged its Hyper Beam and shouted at Brandon to stop jinxing them.

• Dali overpowered Registeel and caused the Legendary Titans to turn on one another.
• Fang Yan told the others to stand back, then led Lilligant, Ninetales, Latias, and Dali into battle against the Titans.
• Lilligant used Bloom Doom to knock Regirock away, while Ninetales used Inferno Overdrive to leave Regice unable to fight.
• Dali overwhelmed Registeel with Dynamic Punch and Focus Punch, leaving all three Titans down.
• Brandon said Regigigas would not wake soon, but Regigigas began moving and fired Hyper Beam at Fang Yan and Latias.
• Fang Yan dodged the attack and yelled at Brandon to shut his mouth, while Riley covered Brandon's mouth to stop him talking.

Fang Yan and the others stopped Regigigas's rampage when Ash reached it with Pikachu's Thunder and a Mega Punch, and Ash's Aura helped Regigigas remember its bond with the people and Pokémon of the mountain. Fang Yan learned Regigigas had only gotten up to stretch and arranged to take it exercising next time, leaving it asleep while Brandon, Riley, and Candice handled the aftermath.

• Regigigas resumed attacking, and Fang Yan directed Ash and Pikachu to try again while the others cleared rocks and distracted it.
• Ash jumped from a mountaintop as Pikachu used Thunder, then struck Regigigas with a Mega Punch; Ash's Aura carried everyone's feelings into Regigigas's heart and calmed it.
• Fang Yan caught Ash after he fell, praised him and the others, and learned from Gothitelle that the avalanche danger had passed.
• Regigigas awakened briefly and told Fang Yan it had not gone berserk but had gotten up to move after sleeping too long; it also said it could not sleep because Arceus would soon awaken.
• Fang Yan promised to take Regigigas out for exercise with Groudon next time, and Regigigas agreed to go back to sleep.
• Brandon, Riley, and Candice agreed to handle the remaining work, while Fang Yan and the others prepared to get food.

After the crisis in Snowpoint City, Fang Yan cooked for his Pokémon and received gifts from Regigigas, including a powerful move for Dali and a blessing for the Day Care. He left Snowpoint City with Flint and Aaron while Gary stayed behind to train with Candice.

• Fang Yan shared his fried rice with Gengar after it found the noodles unpleasant, and Candice treated everyone to a meal in thanks for helping Snowpoint City.
• Fang Yan teased Ash about owing the Day Care three hundred thousand for meals, then offered to settle the bill if Ash won the Lily of the Valley Conference.
• Fang Yan borrowed the restaurant kitchen and made egg fried rice after Ninetales, Lilligant, and the other Pokémon could barely eat the meal.
• Regigigas gave Dali its signature move, Crush Grip, promised to answer Fang Yan's call for future training, and blessed the Day Care's Normal- and Fighting-type Pokémon with greater strength and sturdiness.
• Fang Yan left Snowpoint City with Flint and Aaron, while Gary stayed to train with Candice and Ash and Dawn wished them goodbye.

While Fang Yan was away, Zhishi challenged a Jubilife Academy Trainer and defeated all three of his Pokémon with help from the Pokémon Day Care's Gogoat, Miltank, and Rhyperior. Fang Yan returned to find the crowd celebrating Zhishi's win, then took her and Shauna back to make them something tasty.

• Shauna confirmed Dratini's egg was healthy, and Zhishi teased her for copying Fang Yan.
• A Jubilife Academy Trainer challenged the Pokémon Day Care, and Zhishi asked Shauna to let her battle him.
• Zhishi's Gogoat defeated Drapion, and her Miltank defeated Heracross.
• Zhishi teamed up with Rhyperior to defeat the Trainer's Empoleon and won the challenge.
• Fang Yan returned, heard about Zhishi's victory, and took her and Shauna back to make them food.

Fang Yan fell asleep at the Pokémon Day Care while Shauna and Gengar started a wooden-sword duel that ended with Gothitelle wrapping them in quilts and hanging them up. After the pair slept through the commotion, Fang Yan woke, freed them, and went to prepare food as they asked whether it was time to eat.

• Gengar covered sleeping Fang Yan with a blanket, while Ninetales returned and settled beside him; Shauna and Zhishi quietly began playing nearby.
• Shauna and Gengar staged a martial-arts duel, and Gothitelle returned, caught them, and wrapped them in quilts before Ariados secured them with String Shot.
• Lilligant and Zhishi watched the two cocoons eat sausages, while Shauna’s parents took pictures and encouraged the duel; Gogoat later lifted a fallen sausage to Shauna.
• Fang Yan woke, mistook the hanging cocoons for a threat, and learned from Zhishi that Shauna and Gengar had been playing; Vespiquen helped him free them.
• Shauna and Gengar woke and asked if it was time to eat, and Fang Yan told them to bathe while he went to cook.

At the Pokémon Day Care, Mime Jr. helped shy Zorua ask Alcremie for a cake, showing it that everyone there considered it and its ma family. Zorua ate a cake shaped like itself, feeling welcomed and loved.

• Zorua found Mime Jr. awake in Fang Yan's room while Fang Yan slept in with Lilligant and Ninetales.
• Mime Jr. invited Zorua to help prepare breakfast, and Zorua asked for a cake.
• Mime Jr. encouraged Zorua to ask Alcremie directly, and Alcremie happily began making it a cake.
• Gothitelle told Zorua that everyone at the Pokémon Day Care was family and that it could speak openly about what it wanted.
• The older Meowstic brother served Zorua a chibi cake shaped like itself, and Zorua realized the Pokémon Day Care considered it and its ma family.

Fang Yan finished the Pokémon Day Care’s accounts and discovered that it had made a profit, largely from its delivery service. In the backyard, he learned that Ariados had fallen for Pinsir and that Beautifly was pursuing Heracross, leaving both Pokémon fleeing their admirers.

• Fang Yan calculated the Pokémon Day Care’s finances and found that it had earned a profit, with delivery income making up most of its earnings.
• Vespiquen showed Fang Yan that Ariados was watching Pinsir while he trained with Miltank.
• Vespiquen explained that Pokémon did not need to be a couple to lay Eggs, and Fang Yan learned that Ariados had fallen for Pinsir.
• Ariados offered Pinsir flowers, but Pinsir refused them and ran toward the forest.
• Fang Yan realized that Beautifly was male and watching Heracross, so he warned Heracross, who fled as Beautifly followed.

As spring approached, Fang Yan and the Fujinos prepared the Pokémon Day Care for a busy planting season and the arrival of young Trainers. Enamorus and Landorus blessed the Day Care’s soil and environment, while the chapter ended with a powerful white bird scattering a storm and sending battered Tornadus and Thundurus fleeing.

• Fang Yan learned that Twinleaf Town’s spring planting season began around January 20 and discussed expanding the Day Care’s vegetable, Berry, herb, and tea gardens with Mrs. Fujino.
• Mr. Fujino warned Fang Yan that spring would bring many children seeking Pokémon, and Fang Yan promised to help them find suitable Pokémon and pursue their dreams.
• Mrs. Fujino explained that Twinleaf Town’s Thanksgiving Festival honored the God of Spring, prompting Fang Yan to connect Enamorus’s ancient intervention with his and Cynthia’s journey to Hisui.
• Fang Yan received blessings from Enamorus and Landorus that improved the Day Care’s soil, crop growth, and appeal to wild Pokémon, along with notices of seasonal storms tied to Thundurus and Tornadus.
• A large white bird burst from the sea, scattered the storm clouds, and returned underwater to sleep while bruised Tornadus and Thundurus fled.

Fang Yan helped Xiang'an understand why Riolu had rejected him and arranged a battle in which Xiang'an had to command Vespiquen himself. Xiang'an showed Riolu his resolve, and Riolu accepted him as a partner for their journey.

• Fang Yan planned his upcoming work, agreed with Mrs. Fujino to hold a larger Lunar New Year's Eve dinner, and reassured Mime Jr. that the dining hall would get busier in spring.
• Keli explained that Xiang'an had repeatedly tried and failed to earn Riolu's approval, even after winning a battle with a borrowed Swampert.
• Fang Yan told Xiang'an that borrowed Pokémon's strength could not prove his own resolve, then took him and Keli to meet Riolu with Vespiquen's help.
• Fang Yan instructed Vespiquen not to act until Xiang'an gave her commands, forcing Xiang'an to take responsibility for the battle as Riolu attacked her.
• Xiang'an declared that he still believed in their promise and commanded Vespiquen to use X-Scissor, prompting Riolu to recognize his resolve and agree to travel with him.

Fang Yan traveled to the Galar Region with Lugia and the Sinnoh Legendary Birds to help settle matters with Galar’s Legendary Birds. They met Champion Leon just as the birds launched into a fight, leaving Fang Yan and Leon confused about what was happening.

• Fang Yan invited the Sinnoh Legendary Birds to accompany him and Lugia to the Galar Region.
• Fang Yan, Lugia, Latias, and the three birds flew toward a gathering of Galar’s Legendary Birds, while Leon followed them after spotting the birds in flight.
• Leon met Fang Yan and warily asked why he had come to Galar.
• Moltres, Articuno, Zapdos, and Latias charged into battle against the Galar Legendary Birds as Fang Yan and Leon watched in surprise.

Fang Yan and Leon brought the Sinnoh and Galarian Legendary Birds together for a tournament to stop the Galarian birds from causing trouble. After the Sinnoh birds won, the Galarian birds agreed to behave for a year and left to train, while Leon began showing Fang Yan around Galar before Raihan arrived to meet them.

• Sinnoh Moltres attacked Galarian Moltres, and the Legendary Birds from both regions broke into a chaotic battle while Fang Yan and Leon watched.
• Fang Yan explained to Leon that he had come with Lugia to resolve the Galarian Legendary Birds' troubles, and Cynthia joined them by video call as Fang Yan pointed out the grounded Galarian Zapdos.
• Galarian Zapdos attacked Fang Yan but was stopped by Ninetales, and Gengar and Lilligant helped overpower the Galarian birds.
• Fang Yan proposed a three-match tournament between the corresponding Legendary Birds, and the Sinnoh birds won all three battles.
• Fang Yan required the Galarian birds to avoid causing trouble for a year and announced the competition would recur every three years; they left to train for a rematch.
• Leon offered to show Fang Yan around Galar, but after getting lost, he revealed that Raihan was arriving on a Flygon to meet them.

Fang Yan visited the Isle of Armor with Leon and Raihan, met Mustard, and shared tea with him. Mustard recognized Fang Yan as the descendant of an old friend from Donghuang and offered to coach his Pokémon, leaving Fang Yan ready to battle him.

• Raihan and Fang Yan found Leon after he got lost, then took him to meet Mustard on the Isle of Armor.
• Fang Yan told Mustard, Honey, Sonia, Leon, and Raihan how he had resolved the Legendary Birds’ conflict by arranging a contest between the Sinnoh and Galar birds.
• Mustard praised Fang Yan’s Pokémon and traded coaching for tea leaves, while Fang Yan promised to send more if he could grow them at his Pokémon Day Care.
• Leon proposed a Gigantamax battle, but Fang Yan explained that he could not Dynamax or Gigantamax, then went to explore the island with his Pokémon.
• Mustard found Fang Yan and offered him pointers, explaining that Fang Yan reminded him of an old friend from Donghuang who had owned a Pokémon Day Care in Sinnoh.
• Fang Yan realized Mustard was talking about Grandaunt and agreed to battle him.

Fang Yan battled Mustard in a coaching match, where Lilligant’s powerful Z-Move covered the Isle of Armor in flowers and defeated Dynamax Mienshao. The battle ended after the explosion damaged the field, leaving Fang Yan to pay for repairs.

• Mustard challenged Fang Yan to a three-on-three coaching battle and sent out Mienshao against Lilligant.
• Lilligant endured Mienshao’s rapid attacks, set up Sunny Day, and struck back with a redirected Solar Beam and other powerful moves.
• Mustard Dynamaxed Mienshao and urged Fang Yan and Lilligant to unleash their greatest power.
• Fang Yan and Lilligant used Bloom Doom, spreading flowers across the Isle of Armor and launching a huge orb at Mienshao.
• Mienshao’s Focus Blast collided with the Z-Move, so Gothitelle compressed the resulting energy and Gengar carried it out to sea, where it exploded.
• Mustard ended the battle after Mienshao fell unconscious, and Fang Yan agreed to pay for the damaged battlefield.

Fang Yan said goodbye to Mustard and received a Psychium Z and a Kubfu Egg, then accepted a Dynamax Band from Sonia and tested it with Dali. After nearly damaging the dojo’s last battlefield while preparing a Z-Move, Fang Yan departed the Isle of Armor with Latias to explore Galar.

• Mustard gave Fang Yan a Psychium Z for Gothitelle and asked him to find a trustworthy Trainer for a Kubfu Egg.
• Fang Yan told Leon that a powerful boy from Sinnoh would eventually become his rival, while Leon explained that Dynamax incidents and his contract with Chairman Rose kept him in Galar.
• Sonia gave Fang Yan a Dynamax Band, and Fang Yan chose Dali to demonstrate Dynamax after learning that multiple Pokémon could use the band.
• Fang Yan and Gothitelle began preparing a Z-Move while Dali was Dynamaxed, but Mustard stopped them to protect the dojo’s last battlefield.
• Fang Yan invited Leon, Raihan, and Sonia to visit his Pokémon Day Care in Sinnoh, then left the Isle of Armor on Latias.

Fang Yan and his Pokémon camped in a Galar forest, where Bea fled from a rampaging Dynamax Vespiquen and was rescued by Dali. Fang Yan then defeated the Vespiquen with Gothitelle’s Shattered Psyche, leaving Bea stunned by his strength.

• Fang Yan set up a comfortable forest camp with Gengar’s supplies, shared mushroom soup with his Pokémon, and went to sleep while Dali stood guard.
• Bea trained in the forest with her Machamp, Machoke, and Machop, then encountered a Dynamax Vespiquen and fled as it attacked her Pokémon.
• Dali blocked Vespiquen’s strike and broke through her Max Guard with a powerful Dynamic Punch, while Gothitelle and Lilligant helped protect Bea.
• Fang Yan woke and recognized Bea, who explained that the wild Vespiquen had chased her through the forest.
• Fang Yan used his Psychic-type Z-Move with Gothitelle to unleash Shattered Psyche and knock out Dynamax Vespiquen.

Fang Yan helped Dynamax Vespiquen calm the violent energy inside her and promised to find a way to restore her, while Bea agreed to check on her. The group fled after Gengar and the others emptied Vespiquen’s hive, leaving her furious at Fang Yan.

• Fang Yan invited Bea to breakfast, then led her and his Pokémon to Dynamax Vespiquen after the meal.
• Dynamax Vespiquen explained that she had absorbed particles from Eternatus and could not control the violent energy that made her rampage.
• Fang Yan had Gothitelle prepare herbal medicine, and Lilligant and Celebi helped soothe Vespiquen’s power so she could stop rampaging.
• Fang Yan asked Vespiquen to move deeper into the forest and asked Bea to visit her while he searched for a way to restore her.
• Gengar, Latias, and Dali emptied Vespiquen’s hive for honey and supplies, then ran as Vespiquen roared that Fang Yan was her sworn enemy.

Fang Yan discovered that Gengar and Latias had taken a huge haul of honey and other treasures from a Dynamax Vespiquen, including a special Max Honey with powerful effects. After sharing a meal made from Max Honey and Max Mushrooms, Fang Yan agreed to let Bea travel with him and train under Dali, and the group set off for Stow-on-Side.

• Fang Yan confronted Gengar and Latias about the stolen goods, learned Gengar had left the Vespiquen only one jar of honey, and found that Gengar had traded the Pokémon Day Care's honey for it.
• Fang Yan tasted the Max Honey and discovered a special batch that carried Vespiquen's feelings and could boost compassion, friendship, mood, and move mastery.
• Fang Yan examined the Max Mushrooms, shared a Big Nugget with Bea, and had Gothitelle prepare Max Mushroom soup with Max Honey for lunch.
• Fang Yan and the Pokémon ate the soup, which could alter Pokémon's Dynamax forms and improve their abilities; the meal also triggered a Gourmet Critical Hit effect for several of Fang Yan's Pokémon.
• Bea asked Fang Yan to train her, and Fang Yan agreed to have Dali coach Bea, Machamp, and the others while they traveled together.
• Dali began training Bea and the others, then led them running toward Stow-on-Side while Fang Yan followed with Ninetales and Gothitelle reminded Gengar to bring the pot.

Fang Yan left Bea’s dojo after helping inspire her training and promising to try to organize a martial arts tournament, then encountered Eternatus in the skies over Galar. After Eternatus fled from the legendary Pokémon gathered around Fang Yan, he headed back to Sinnoh, where Dialga was dragged into the Distortion World and fought Giratina; Fang Yan and Lugia were later pulled into that world as Giratina rushed to deal with them.

• Fang Yan watched Dali train Bea and her Pokémon at the Stow-on-Side dojo, then promised Dali he would try to organize a martial arts tournament in spring.
• Fang Yan left Bea with encouragement to pass her Gym assessment, and Bea agreed to keep training with her Pokémon.
• A storm gathered over Galar, and Fang Yan confronted Eternatus with Mega-Evolved Latias, Gengar, and Gothitelle nearby; Eternatus sensed powerful auras and fled when Fang Yan offered to fight.
• Lugia joined Fang Yan, explained that legendary Pokémon across the regions would unite against Eternatus, and traveled with him toward Sinnoh.
• Dialga emerged beside a lake, where Giratina dragged it into the Distortion World; after they fought, Dialga escaped while Giratina became trapped in a repeating moment.
• Fang Yan and Lugia were pulled into the Distortion World while traveling over a flower field, and Giratina abandoned Ash and the others to approach them and set up illusions.

Fang Yan and his Pokémon were trapped in an illusion in the Distortion World while Giratina pursued Ash and Shaymin, and Cynthia organized Sinnoh’s leaders to contain the rampaging Pokémon around Mt. Coronet. The chapter ended with Ash and Volkner pulled into the Distortion World and Flint and Brock facing an unknown threat at the Gracidea Flower Field.

• Fang Yan found that Giratina had trapped him and his Pokémon in an illusion, and Lugia refused to break through because it could destroy corresponding places in the real world.
• Professor Carolina told Cynthia that Distortion World fluctuations were causing spacetime rifts and wild Pokémon to rampage around Mt. Coronet, so Cynthia called in the Elite Four and nearby Gym Leaders.
• Flint and Volkner met Ash, Brock, and Mugen, learned that Shaymin had escaped the Distortion World, and accompanied the group toward the Gracidea Flower Field.
• Giratina gave Fang Yan a view of events outside the illusion, where Shaymin transformed into its Sky Forme and Fang Yan later welcomed Jessie, James, and Meowth into his makeshift camp.
• A vortex pulled Ash and Volkner into the Distortion World, leaving Brock and Flint behind as the wild Pokémon rampage spread across Mt. Coronet and Cynthia deployed Sinnoh’s defenders.

Fang Yan escaped the illusion and reached the real world, where Zero’s machine had drained Giratina’s power and the enraged Pokémon threatened the region. As Fang Yan joined Ash and the others in the Distortion World to stop Giratina, he Mega Evolved Latias and began a coordinated attack.

• Zero captured Ash’s group and forced Shaymin to use Seed Flare, opening a gateway that let them escape the Distortion World.
• Cynthia and the Sinnoh trainers fought waves of frenzied Pokémon while Zero trapped Giratina in his machine and drained its power.
• Fang Yan broke through the illusion with Lugia, then sent the Team Rocket Trio to watch the screens while he entered the real world.
• Cynthia freed Giratina from Zero’s machine, but Giratina lost control and headed toward Sendoff Spring as an avalanche threatened a town below Mt. Coronet.
• Fang Yan used Shaymin’s Seed Flare to open a gateway, sent Lugia after Giratina, and entered the Distortion World with Ash, Dawn, Brock, Mugen, and Volkner.
• Fang Yan Mega Evolved Latias and joined Lugia and Gengar in attacking Giratina.