Chapter Summaries

Fang Yan and his Pokémon stopped Giratina’s rampage in the Distortion World with Shaymin’s help, then joined Cynthia and the Legendary Pokémon in halting the glacier. After the crisis ended, Fang Yan collapsed in Cynthia’s embrace while Darkrai arrived late.

• Giratina battered Lugia, Mega Latias, and Gengar, but Fang Yan’s team kept fighting until Celebi opened a passage and Shaymin evolved into Sky Forme.
• Shaymin used Seed Flare to absorb the Distortion World’s negative emotions, calm Giratina, and create an exit, while Celebi healed Giratina and Lugia.
• Giratina took Fang Yan and his allies out of the Distortion World, and Fang Yan rode Regigigas back to help stop the glacier.
• Regigigas, Giratina, Lugia, Cynthia, the League members, and the wild Pokémon pushed the glacier back into place, while Giratina later repaired the Distortion World.
• Cynthia embraced the exhausted Fang Yan, and Darkrai arrived to find them together before hiding in Fang Yan’s shadow with Gengar.

After the disaster, Fang Yan and Cynthia said goodbye to the departing Pokémon and returned to their own responsibilities, with Cynthia inviting Fang Yan to meet her grandmother after the Lily of the Valley Conference. Fang Yan came back to the Pokémon Day Care, reunited with its residents, and was confronted by Vespiquen, who smelled another bee on him.

• Shaymin and the two Celebi departed, and Fang Yan and Cynthia thanked them before heading back with the others.
• The Team Rocket Trio revealed they had captured Zero, and Fang Yan and Cynthia arranged for the League to take him away while Gengar delivered the trio food and money.
• Cynthia told Fang Yan her grandmother wanted to meet him, and Fang Yan agreed to visit after the Lily of the Valley Conference and the Day Care's work settled down.
• Ash promised Fang Yan he would become a Pokémon Master, and Fang Yan returned to the Pokémon Day Care, where Mrs. Fujino updated him on its business and Shauna accidentally crashed into him.
• Fang Yan visited the green backyard and credited Celebi and Lugia for its recovery, but Vespiquen smelled another bee on him and demanded an explanation.

Fang Yan reunited with Vespiquen at the Pokémon Day Care, where she gave him a bottle of Honey she had spent the winter brewing especially for him. After Fang Yan learned how precious it was and accepted half of it, Vespiquen realized he understood her feelings, and the Pokémon Day Care welcomed her home.

• Fang Yan offered Vespiquen Max Honey, then caught Gengar trying to flee after stealing it, and Vespiquen chased Gengar through the Pokémon Day Care.
• Vespiquen explained that she wanted to improve the sharp-tasting Max Honey, then gave Fang Yan a bottle of Honey she had brewed over 118 days.
• Fang Yan learned that Vespiquen's Honey had extraordinary effects and had been made especially for him, and he was moved by how much the Pokémon cared for him.
• Fang Yan initially returned the precious Honey, but Vespiquen brought back two half-filled bottles so they could share it.
• Fang Yan welcomed Vespiquen home and revealed that he understood the feelings behind her Honey, leaving Vespiquen flustered as the other Pokémon thanked her.

Fang Yan learned that Giratina had given Gengar access to the Distortion World and that Shaymin had gifted him Gracidea seeds and offered to teach his Pokémon. The Shaymin arrived at the Day Care, accidentally opened a passage to the Distortion World with Seed Flare, and settled in the flower beds for the night.

• Fang Yan read that Gengar could travel to the Distortion World and train with Giratina, while Shaymin had given him Gracidea seeds and would teach Lilligant and Roserade.
• Fang Yan tried to open a passage himself, then spoke with Giratina, who explained that Fang Yan could invite it to open one and offered to guide Gengar.
• Unable to sleep, Fang Yan planned with Gengar and the other Pokémon to plant Gracidea flowers and expand the Day Care's grounds.
• Twelve Shaymin arrived at the balcony, thanked Fang Yan for protecting their flower fields, and offered to teach Gengar and another suitable Pokémon their move.
• The lead Shaymin accidentally opened a passage to the Distortion World with Seed Flare, and Fang Yan closed it before the Shaymin went to rest in the flower beds.

As spring arrived, Fang Yan worked with his Pokémon to repair and tidy the Pokémon Day Care. Xiaosi and Mala began their promised journey together after Xiaosi chose Gligar as his partner.

• Fang Yan and Gengar began clearing the backyard, and Gengar repaired the broken mower after discovering its battery was not the problem.
• Fang Yan visited Vespiquen in the hive and offered to help, then suggested planting Gracidea flowers for her at the Day Care.
• Xiaosi woke early to start his journey, and Mala revealed she had returned from the Kalos Region after placing third in its League Conference so they could travel together.
• At the Pokémon Day Care, Fang Yan showed Xiaosi several Pokémon Eggs, but none would hatch soon enough, so he invited the pair to look for a willing Pokémon in the backyard.
• Xiaosi asked Gligar to join him, promising they would grow stronger and protect the people they cared about; Gligar agreed, and Xiaosi caught it.
• Mala and Xiaosi left together, holding hands and renewing their childhood promise to travel together.

Fang Yan and the Pokémon Day Care helped Officer Jenny search for the children missing around Twinleaf Town, tracking them to a cave where Drifloon and Drifblim had been holding them. After the children were rescued, Shauna punched a Drifblim that tried to abduct her, leaving Fang Yan to defend her actions to Officer Jenny.

• Officer Jenny told Fang Yan that seventeen children had gone missing in two days and asked him to help search for them.
• Fang Yan sent the Pokémon from the Day Care to search Twinleaf Town while he stayed behind with Shauna; Staraptor and Gothitelle also kept watch and followed a Drifloon to its hideout.
• The Zangoose leader reported finding the children, and Fang Yan called Officer Jenny before heading to the forest with Shauna and the Pokémon.
• Latias confirmed that twelve children were inside the cave, and Officer Jenny and the other officers rescued them.
• Officer Jenny identified the culprits as Drifloon and Drifblim, but one Drifblim tried to carry Shauna away before she punched a hole in it.
• Shauna threatened to hit the Drifblim again, and Fang Yan praised her while Officer Jenny looked to him for an explanation.

Fang Yan and Officer Jenny arranged for local Pokémon to protect Twinleaf Town from Drifloon and discussed recruiting Zangoose to help the police. Shauna then demonstrated startling strength by knocking down Rhyperior and Pinsir, while Zhishi resolved to become stronger.

• Officer Jenny told Fang Yan that the League would find Trainers for the wild Pokémon or release them far from town, and Fang Yan offered the Day Care's Pokémon to help protect children from Drifloon and Drifblim.
• Fang Yan asked Honchkrow, Gliscor, and Staraptor to drive away nearby Drifloon and Drifblim, and they agreed to rally their Pokémon and help.
• Officer Jenny proposed hiring wild Pokémon for police work, and Fang Yan suggested recruiting the Zangoose; Lilligant offered an idea, and Fang Yan and Officer Jenny planned how to persuade them.
• Shauna arrived with Zhishi and showed how she had punched a Drifblim by knocking Rhyperior down with one blow; Ninetales sent Rhyperior flying, and Pinsir was knocked down too.
• Fang Yan treated Rhyperior and Pinsir, and Pinsir insisted he would win Dali's affection; Zhishi stroked her Dratini egg and resolved to get stronger.

Fang Yan organized a second battle between the Zangoose and Seviper clans, which ended with Seviper winning again. He then persuaded the defeated Zangoose to cooperate with Twinleaf Town and help protect its residents in exchange for payment and opportunities to grow stronger.

• The Zangoose and Seviper clans gathered at the Pokémon Day Care for their rematch, with Fang Yan and Officer Jenny ensuring they followed rules against killing and serious injury.
• The clans fought a series of battles, and Seviper defeated the Zangoose leader in the final match after both Pokémon unleashed their strongest attacks.
• After the battle, Fang Yan proposed that the Zangoose help drive away dangerous wild Pokémon and capture criminals, promising payment and chances to face strong opponents.
• Officer Jenny offered the Zangoose access to Twinleaf Town, and the Zangoose leader agreed to try cooperating with them.
• Officer Jenny discussed the arrangement with the Zangoose leader, signed a contract, and escorted the clan back to its territory.

Fang Yan sent Staraptor, Honchkrow, Gothitelle, Latias, and Gengar to help Sandgem Town drive away the Drifloon and Drifblim. After Gengar and Gothitelle accidentally damaged Professor Rowan's laboratory, Fang Yan paid for the repairs, and Sandgem Town's Officer Jenny began considering whether her town could also arrange a partnership with wild Pokémon.

• Sandgem Town's Officer Jenny asked Fang Yan for help after damp weather and Drifloon and Drifblim from other towns overwhelmed the town's defenses.
• Fang Yan sent Staraptor and Honchkrow with flocks of Flying-type Pokémon, along with Gothitelle and Latias, to drive away the Drifloon and Drifblim.
• Gengar joined the battle late and unleashed a powerful Dark Void, prompting Gothitelle to intervene and accidentally blast a hole through Professor Rowan's laboratory.
• Fang Yan paid for the laboratory repairs, while Staraptor and the other Pokémon began patrolling around Sandgem Town.
• Twinleaf Town's Officer Jenny told her cousin about Twinleaf Town's contract with Zangoose, and Sandgem Town's Officer Jenny began considering a similar arrangement.

Fang Yan helped Seviper secure a cooperation agreement with Sandgem Town, where they would help Officer Jenny protect the town. The Seviper left with Officer Jenny, eager to grow stronger and battle Zangoose again.

• Fang Yan learned that Seviper wanted the same chance to train and serve as the Zangoose working with Twinleaf Town.
• Officer Jenny from Sandgem Town proposed that Seviper cooperate with her town, and Fang Yan agreed to arrange it.
• Shauna accidentally knocked out Seviper's leader when it startled her, but the leader eagerly agreed to lead the Seviper to Sandgem Town after waking.
• Fang Yan reviewed the agreement, and Officer Jenny and Seviper signed it with their handprints and tailprints.
• Officer Jenny led the Seviper toward Sandgem Town as Fang Yan warned them to avoid meeting Zangoose and reminded them to return if they needed help.

Officer Jenny asked Fang Yan to help with a Munchlax that had eaten much of the food around Twinleaf Town, and he discovered it had traveled from Sinnoh in search of a place to eat its fill. After Officer Jenny offered Pokémon Eggs for the Day Care, Fang Yan lured Munchlax with Honey and persuaded it to come with him, leaving the Day Care with another big eater to feed.

• Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy found that the sleeping Munchlax had eaten nearby food and frightened off Trainers with its enormous appetite.
• Grandpa Yongchang suggested asking Fang Yan for help, and Fang Yan identified Munchlax as a male with the Thick Fat Ability that had traveled from northern Sinnoh to find food.
• Fang Yan refused to take Munchlax to the Day Care until Officer Jenny offered forty Pokémon Eggs and help obtaining rare Eggs from Professor Rowan.
• Gengar’s Honey woke Munchlax, and Fang Yan offered it food and a home at the Day Care in exchange for work.
• Munchlax eagerly accepted and clung to Fang Yan’s leg, but Fang Yan struggled to lift it before agreeing to take it back.

Fang Yan and the Pokémon at the Day Care enjoyed a sunny day preparing the grounds for planting season and planning a tea-growing area. Meanwhile, Sandgem Town's Officer Jenny and a group of Seviper captured Pokémon Hunters and rescued their captives, leaving Officer Jenny to take recovered Pokémon Eggs to Professor Rowan.

• Munchlax settled in at the Day Care, where Fang Yan and Gengar discovered it ate less than the other Pokémon had expected.
• Fang Yan, the Fujinos, and the Pokémon expanded the planting area, repaired fences, and agreed to try growing tea with Lilligant's help.
• Sandgem Town's Officer Jenny led her colleagues to a Pokémon Hunters' hideout, where the leader planned to capture her Arcanine.
• A scarred Seviper and its group poisoned the Pokémon Hunters, helping Officer Jenny arrest them and uncover the captive Pokémon and Eggs.
• Officer Jenny freed the Pokémon and carried the Eggs toward Professor Rowan's laboratory, hoping to give them to Fang Yan if Professor Rowan approved.

Fang Yan and the residents of the Pokémon Day Care celebrated New Year’s Eve together with festive decorations, food, fireworks, and red envelopes. The chapter ended with Fang Yan watching Cynthia and Shauna set off fireworks, happy with the family they had gathered around him.

• Fang Yan explained New Year’s Eve traditions to Shauna and the Pokémon, and Xia Lan brought the spring couplets he had forgotten to buy.
• Fang Yan and the others decorated the Pokémon Day Care, welcomed Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy, and Cynthia, then lit firecrackers together.
• Fang Yan sowed seeds, including tea seeds, and Cynthia returned from the League to join the celebration.
• The group shared a New Year’s Eve dinner, took a family photo, and exchanged red envelopes.
• Fang Yan gave Cynthia a red envelope and watched her set off fireworks with Shauna.

Fang Yan celebrated the Spring Festival at the Pokémon Day Care with Cynthia, Shauna, and the Pokémon, then received six Pokémon Eggs from Sandgem Town’s Officer Jenny to sell. The chapter ended with friends and neighbors arriving to celebrate with him.

• Shauna wished Fang Yan a prosperous New Year and collected a red envelope from Cynthia before riding Rapidash to Twinleaf Town.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia toured the Day Care’s rapidly growing crops, discussed Shauna’s future journey, and looked forward to the Lily of the Valley League Conference.
• Sandgem Town’s Officer Jenny entrusted Fang Yan with six Pokémon Eggs rescued from Pokémon Hunters, including Eggs belonging to Eevee, Togepi, Happiny, and Riolu.
• Fang Yan checked with Twinleaf Town’s Nurse Joy about selling the Happiny Egg, and she trusted him to find it a suitable Trainer.
• Drake, Grandpa Yongchang, Grandpa Muzhi, and Grandma arrived with gifts and New Year greetings, and Fang Yan welcomed them to the Day Care.

Cynthia returned to the League office after leaving Lucian to handle her work, while Fang Yan visited Vespiquen to see her improved Max Honey. Vespiquen revealed a remarkable talent for making and improving honey, and the chapter ended with Shauna knocking Gengar out with a Rocket Headbutt.

• Cynthia told Fang Yan she had to return to work, then arrived at the League office and found Lucian exhausted from covering for her for several days.
• Cynthia gave Lucian Fang Yan’s New Year gift, then took Flint to the training grounds to test his strength while Aaron stayed behind.
• Fang Yan visited Vespiquen’s hive with Gengar and the others, where Lilligant refused to help them sneak Honey.
• Fang Yan tasted Vespiquen’s improved Max Honey, praised her work, and discovered that she could learn to make and improve Honey without Dynamaxing.
• Vespiquen gave Fang Yan a New Year special edition Honey, and Fang Yan left half the Max Honey in the hive.
• Fang Yan tricked Gengar by calling for Little Shauna, and Shauna charged in and knocked Gengar out with a Rocket Headbutt.

Fang Yan shared sunflower seeds with the Pokémon at the Day Care before Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy called him to stop a group of Trainers from fighting in Twinleaf Town. After Gothitelle subdued the crowd, Fang Yan directed them to the Day Care for battles and required them to pay for the damage, then returned home with Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny’s jars of seeds.

• Fang Yan and the Day Care Pokémon ate sunflower seeds, and he set out with Shauna, Gengar, Pachirisu, and Ninetales to check on Steelix.
• Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy called Fang Yan to handle Trainers whose sparring had turned into a free-for-all in Twinleaf Town.
• Fang Yan watched the Trainers battle while Nurse Joy treated the injured, then had Gothitelle pin the fighters to the ground with psychic power.
• Fang Yan warned the Trainers not to fight in town again, directed them to challenge the Pokémon at his Day Care, and told them to pay for the damage.
• Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny accepted jars of sunflower seeds from Gengar, and Fang Yan rode Ninetales back to the Day Care.

Shauna and Zhishi took on challengers at Fang Yan’s Pokémon Day Care, with Shauna winning two battles before losing and Zhishi sweeping her opponents with Rhyperior. After the challengers left, Fang Yan returned inside, where the wooden pendant on his chest suddenly grew hot.

• Fang Yan welcomed Trainers from Twinleaf Town who had come to challenge the Pokémon Day Care, and a Jubilife Academy student returned for another attempt.
• Shauna volunteered to battle the student, and her Rapidash defeated Graveler and Granbull before narrowly losing to Prinplup.
• Fang Yan congratulated the student on finally winning his challenge and gave him a wooden Empoleon carving, moving him and his Pokémon to tears.
• Zhishi accepted a challenge from a Twinleaf Town Trainer and used Rhyperior to defeat Magcargo, Magneton, and Nidoking.
• The remaining Trainers declined to battle, and Fang Yan returned to the Pokémon Day Care, where his wooden pendant suddenly became hot.

Cynthia and Ash tried to stop the legendary Pokémon from fighting in Michina, but Arceus awoke and attacked the city after rejecting Sheena’s supposed Life Orb. Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina defended Michina and called for help as Lance continued traveling toward the Sinnoh Region, unaware of the crisis.

• Lance flew toward Sinnoh while Cynthia sent Flint and Aaron to handle the League’s paperwork and rode Garchomp to Michina after Celebi warned her of danger.
• Ash, Dawn, and Brock watched Giratina and Dialga fight until Palkia intervened, and energy from the temple later drove the three Pokémon into a frenzy before Sheena calmed them.
• Sheena told Cynthia and the others that her ancestor had betrayed Arceus and offered the Life Orb to seek forgiveness, while Team Rocket secretly eyed the orb.
• Arceus awoke, rejected the Life Orb as fake, and unleashed Judgment on Michina, badly wounding Garchomp as Cynthia tried to protect Sheena and the others.
• Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina defended Michina against Arceus, who accused them of betraying it, while Dialga urged Palkia to call for help.
• Lance leisurely continued toward the Sinnoh Region, anticipating his visit to the Pokémon Day Care.

Fang Yan joined the battle against Arceus and sent Cynthia, Sheena, and Ash back in time to recover the real Life Orb. He stayed behind with a group of Legendary Pokémon to face Arceus, while the Team Rocket Trio unexpectedly found the Life Orb in the temple sewers.

• Arceus overwhelmed Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina as Fang Yan realized the total solar eclipse marked the start of the promised day.
• Fang Yan answered the Legendary Pokémon’s call, traveled through the Distortion World with Lugia and others, and joined the fight against Arceus.
• Fang Yan sent Ash and Sheena back to the day Damos was betrayed and asked Cynthia to defeat Marcus and retrieve the real Life Orb.
• Arceus defeated several of its attackers, including Regigigas, while Dialga sent Cynthia, Sheena, Ash, and Gengar into the past.
• Fang Yan and the remaining Legendary Pokémon attacked Arceus, and Fang Yan Mega Evolved Latias as the battle continued.
• Jessie broke a stone staff in the temple sewers, revealing a gem that the Team Rocket Trio recognized as the Life Orb.

Cynthia and her companions rescued Damos, recovered the Life Orb, and returned it to Arceus in the past, but learned that the future had become a separate timeline. As Fang Yan’s group fought Arceus in the present, Twinleaf Town’s blessing restored Fang Yan, and Arceus revealed that the apparent battle had been a test before sending Fang Yan flying for swearing at it.

• Cynthia followed Celebi to Damos, freed him, and helped defeat Marcus and his Heatran with Garchomp and Gengar.
• Damos returned the Life Orb to the past-era Arceus, which explained that restoring it could not change the separate future timeline; Arceus then sent Cynthia and the others back.
• In the present, Fang Yan’s Pokémon struggled against Arceus until Twinleaf Town’s blessing revived him and restored his strength.
• Fang Yan led his Pokémon in another attack, while the Team Rocket Trio brought him a Life Orb that crumbled to dust and Cynthia returned with her group.
• Fang Yan realized Arceus had been testing them because its eyes had not glowed red; Arceus admitted it and sent Fang Yan crashing into Articuno for swearing at it.