Chapter Summaries

Fang Yan invited Diantha, Shauna, and the Pokémon Day Care’s staff and Pokémon on a fishing trip, while Cynthia reminded Diantha that Fang Yan still needed to prove he could protect her. At the harbor, Drake revealed that the wealthy young woman he rescued had bought him a yacht and planned to marry him, leaving Fang Yan envious.

• Mime Jr. teased Pokémon along Day Care Road before returning to Fang Yan at the Day Care with Diantha.
• Fang Yan proposed a fishing trip, invited Diantha and Shauna, and closed the Day Care so everyone could enjoy the outing.
• Cynthia confronted Fang Yan over not yet taking her out to sea, then agreed to join him on a trip another time.
• Diantha told Cynthia that Fang Yan needed to defeat her to prove he could protect Diantha, and Cynthia wished her a pleasant holiday.
• Drake showed Fang Yan the luxurious yacht he had bought for one percent of its price after rescuing a wealthy young woman who intended to marry him.

Fang Yan took the Fujinos, Diantha, and their Pokémon out to sea for a fishing trip, but he struggled to catch anything while everyone else hauled in fish. The trip ended with Shauna pulling a Gyarados from the sea and Mrs. Fujino catching a gigantic Wailord.

• Drake piloted Fang Yan's yacht to a fishing spot, where Fang Yan handed out fishing rods and bait to the group.
• Gothitelle, Gengar, and the others caught fish rapidly while Fang Yan's bucket stayed empty, and Shauna caught Magikarp with sausage tied to a stick.
• Shauna hauled a massive Gyarados out of the sea, and Zhishi's Dratini struck it with Thunder when it threatened them.
• Mrs. Fujino pulled a nearly twenty-meter Wailord out of the water, astonishing Fang Yan and Gengar.
• Shauna praised her mother's catch and compared the Wailord's size to how many little Shaunas it could eat.

After a day of fishing, Fang Yan returned to the Pokémon Day Care and accepted Diantha’s challenge to test his strength and prove he was worthy of her trust in Cynthia. Professor Rowan prepared a protected battlefield, and Fang Yan and Diantha took their positions to begin their Champion-level battle.

• Drake thanked Fang Yan for their fishing trip, while Fang Yan returned to the Pokémon Day Care empty-handed and joked that his powerful aura had scared away the fish.
• Diantha asked Fang Yan to battle so she could judge his strength for herself and see whether he deserved her trust regarding Cynthia; Fang Yan agreed to fight without holding back.
• Fang Yan called Professor Rowan, who offered a suitable battlefield, and Fang Yan opened a Distortion Passage so the group could travel to Sandgem Town.
• Professor Rowan greeted Fang Yan and Diantha, explained the Distortion World to Diantha, and discussed the Sinnoh and Kalos Legendary Pokémon with them.
• Professor Rowan led Fang Yan and Diantha to a secluded battlefield with a protective barrier, then volunteered to referee their match.
• Fang Yan and Diantha faced each other on the battlefield and declared the start of their battle.

Fang Yan’s battle against Diantha continued, with his Pokémon defeating her team through forceful attacks and clever switches. Diantha sent out her ace Gardevoir, and Gengar appeared to face it.

• Sandgem Town’s Officer Jenny arrived to watch Fang Yan battle Diantha, while Xia Lan began recording for Cynthia.
• Fang Yan’s Lilligant defeated Diantha’s Aurorus, which scattered Stealth Rock before fainting; Staraptor then used the hazard to its advantage and knocked out Hawlucha.
• Fang Yan switched between Staraptor and Gothitelle to pressure Diantha’s Goodra, then used Ninetales to defeat Gourgeist after Trick-or-Treat made it vulnerable to Ghost attacks.
• Dali overwhelmed Goodra with multiple punches at once and knocked out Diantha’s Tyrantrum with a single Dynamic Punch.
• Diantha sent out Gardevoir, and Gengar emerged from the shadows to face it.

Fang Yan defeated Diantha’s Mega Gardevoir with Mega Gengar, then helped Professor Rowan deal with rampaging Pokémon at his laboratory. After learning Professor Oak would visit in two days, Fang Yan left the battle to Dali and Gothitelle, who quickly subdued the unruly Pokémon.

• Diantha Mega Evolved Gardevoir, and Fang Yan Mega Evolved Gengar before their Champions’ battle began.
• Gengar outmaneuvered Mega Gardevoir and knocked it unconscious with Shadow Force, securing Fang Yan’s victory.
• Fang Yan and Diantha discussed his strength during a video call with Cynthia, and Professor Rowan announced Professor Oak would visit in two days.
• An explosion at Professor Rowan’s laboratory revealed that several hot-tempered pseudo-legendary Pokémon were causing havoc, so Fang Yan offered to help.
• Fang Yan sent Dali and Gothitelle against the rampaging Pokémon, and they quickly beat them into submission.

Fang Yan and the Day Care Pokémon filmed and uploaded the first episode of “Ever-Changing Gengar,” featuring Gengar as a gardener and hero. Cynthia watched the video with her Pokémon and shared it online, where Champions and other prominent figures quickly praised it.

• Fang Yan filmed Gengar’s improvised gardener scenes with help from the Day Care Pokémon and Diantha, then edited and uploaded the episode.
• Gengar thanked Fang Yan for his work, celebrated the successful upload, and gathered the other Pokémon to watch for its approval.
• Cynthia found Diantha’s message, searched for the video, and watched it with her Pokémon, who enjoyed the episode.
• In the episode, Gengar helped around the Day Care, mistook Pachirisu’s tears over a stolen Berry for gratitude, and rescued Lilligant from Pinsir’s bullying act.
• Cynthia posted the video on social media, and Diantha, Steven, Wallace, Lance, Leon, Alder, Geeta, and Professor Oak responded with praise.

Fang Yan spent a lively morning at the Pokémon Day Care before discovering that his cartoon had topped the view charts thanks to recommendations from Champions and Gym Leaders. He welcomed Professor Oak, Professor Rowan, and Cynthia, and Professor Oak said the Day Care looked like a nice place to retire.

• Fang Yan woke to find Pokémon sleeping throughout his room and discovered Little Red Plane asleep in his wardrobe.
• Fang Yan and Gengar argued over whether Gengar could work late-night food deliveries, then Fang Yan discussed harvesting tea leaves with Gothitelle, Lilligant, and Roserade.
• Mrs. Fujino told Fang Yan that customers were expected, and Diantha urged him to check his cartoon's online reception.
• Fang Yan found his cartoon ranked first in views after Champions and Gym Leaders recommended it, and Gengar agreed to keep making episodes for the viewers who enjoyed it.
• Cynthia and Professor Rowan brought Professor Oak to the Pokémon Day Care, where Fang Yan showed them around and Professor Oak praised it as a good place to retire.

Fang Yan hosted Professor Oak, Professor Rowan, and Cynthia at his Pokémon Day Care, where they sampled its drinks and Honey and learned about its work helping Pokémon and local communities. Professor Oak praised Fang Yan’s dietary therapy and offered to help him pursue a Pokémon Professor’s career, then raised an unspecified request for his help.

• Fang Yan served Professor Oak, Professor Rowan, and Cynthia drinks made from Gracidea flowers, Moomoo Milk, Gogoat milk, and Vespiquen’s Honey.
• Fang Yan kissed Cynthia, and she left for the kitchen with Garchomp while Vespiquen shared her Honey with the professors.
• Fang Yan explained how his delivery service and arrangements between Seviper, Zangoose, and local officers helped Pokémon and people coexist in Twinleaf Town and Sandgem Town.
• Professor Oak praised Fang Yan’s dietary therapy and proposed writing a paper that could help Fang Yan become a Pokémon Professor.
• Professor Oak asked Fang Yan to organize his experimental food recipes and proportions, then said he and the other professors had a request for him.

Fang Yan agreed to help Unova handle crises requiring Champion-level strength while Alder searched for a successor, and he was promised Pokémon Eggs in return. After Arceus interrupted his attempts to flirt with Cynthia, she explained the duties Champions carried, and Fang Yan declared that he would sleep with Diantha instead.

• Professor Oak, Professor Rowan, and Diantha told Fang Yan that Alder was seeking a successor and that Team Plasma was growing bolder in Unova.
• Fang Yan agreed to intervene in any major Unovan crisis, and Professor Oak promised him Pokémon Eggs from the laboratories.
• Shauna and Zhishi invited Professor Oak and Professor Rowan to explore the forest, while Misdreavus and Dusclops followed to protect them.
• Arceus contacted Fang Yan, teased him about Cynthia, and finally left after watching Fang Yan kiss her.
• Cynthia explained how Champions bore responsibility for protecting their regions, and Fang Yan announced that he would sleep with Diantha that night.

Fang Yan met Arceus, who revealed that parallel worlds faced threats beyond Arceus and asked him to help protect his world. Fang Yan insisted that its people and Pokémon would defend it together, then received Arceus’s blessing after the deity repelled Necrozma.

• Gothitelle forced Fang Yan to eat breakfast after he refused, while Ninetales and the other Pokémon teased him about his failed chance to sleep beside Cynthia.
• Fang Yan remembered his appointment with Arceus, told Cynthia he would be safe, and took his Pokémon through a passage to Arceus’s palace.
• Arceus revealed that Fang Yan came from another world and showed him parallel worlds where different Trainers protected their own worlds from devastating crises.
• Fang Yan told Arceus that the whole world shared responsibility for protecting it and vowed to become strong enough to help, without fighting alone.
• Arceus promised Fang Yan a blessing, then struck Necrozma back into space before returning to sleep.
• Fang Yan returned to the Pokémon Day Care and saw a message announcing Arceus’s Blessing.

After receiving Arceus’s blessing, Fang Yan helped organize Pokémon-care research and received nearly a hundred Pokémon Eggs from Professor Oak and Professor Juniper. He remembered his promise to arrange a martial arts tournament for Dali, who celebrated by hurling him high above the clouds.

• Fang Yan learned that Arceus had blessed his Pokémon Day Care and chosen him to handle dangerous conflicts between powerful Pokémon.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia said goodbye, and Cynthia kissed him before leaving with Diantha.
• Fang Yan, Gothitelle, and others compiled their food and medicine research, then celebrated the prospect of a Berry party.
• Professor Oak sent Fang Yan Pokémon Egg lists from his and Professor Juniper’s laboratories, and Fang Yan shared the Day Care’s research with him.
• Professor Oak told Fang Yan that Elite Four Bruno had donated a Machamp Egg and wanted to spar with him, prompting Fang Yan to remember his promised fighting tournament for Dali.
• Fang Yan told Dali about the tournament, and Dali tossed him above the clouds, leaving Fang Yan wondering if he could fly.

Fang Yan organized a martial arts tournament in Twinleaf Town and invited fighters, Gym Leaders, and Champions to join. After receiving more than two hundred Pokémon Eggs with the town covering shipping costs, he inspected them and prepared them for incubation as tournament registrations began arriving.

• Fang Yan arranged the tournament venue with Mayor Qiyi and persuaded Dali to train by warning him about the powerful competitors; Dali dragged Rhyperior into the backyard for training.
• Lance, Steven, and others offered to invite Elite Four members and Gym Leaders, while Fang Yan invited Bea to compete and she eagerly accepted.
• Mustard agreed to enter the tournament, and Leon said he would visit Sinnoh with him and hoped to battle Cynthia.
• Officer Jenny delivered Pokémon Eggs from Kanto and Unova and told Fang Yan that Twinleaf Town would reimburse shipping fees and taxes for his deliveries.
• Fang Yan and his Pokémon moved the eggs into the Day Care, where he examined them; Lilligant and Gothitelle said their eggs should be free to choose their own Trainers.
• Bruno, Marshal, Chuck, Brawly, and Maylene announced that they would register for the tournament.

Fang Yan collected Mustard, Honey, Leon, and Sonia after they got lost in Sinnoh, then brought them to his Pokémon Day Care. As Twinleaf Town was overwhelmed by visitors and trouble, Fang Yan sent the Day Care’s Pokémon to help Officer Jenny patrol while she continued handling the crisis.

• Mustard called Fang Yan for help after he and Honey got lost in Sinnoh and became separated from Leon and Sonia.
• Fang Yan flew to meet them with Latias, and Gothitelle stopped them from crashing after Latias and Fang Yan lost control in the air.
• Fang Yan led the group to the Pokémon Day Care, where Honey admired the Gracidea flowers and enjoyed the flower tea.
• Officer Jenny arrived and told Fang Yan that Twinleaf Town was overwhelmed by visitors, incidents, and a shortage of police officers.
• Fang Yan sent the Day Care’s Pokémon to patrol Twinleaf Town with Officer Jenny, who left to return to work and screamed inwardly about her job.

Fang Yan learned that his Martial Arts Tournament had drawn major competitors and spectators, then arranged prize money with Cynthia and Twinleaf Town. At the Day Care, Dali defeated Leon’s Charizard and Rillaboom in sparring, while Fang Yan welcomed Mustard and Honey to enjoy the forest’s hot spring and mushrooms.

• Cynthia explained that Mustard and Bruno’s participation had made Fang Yan’s tournament a world-class event, and Fang Yan realized he had planned no prizes.
• Fang Yan and Mayor Qiyi agreed that the Pokémon Day Care and Twinleaf Town would split the tournament prize fund, while Cynthia contributed sponsorship money.
• Cynthia told Fang Yan that Lucian would oversee the tournament alongside Byron and Roark, and Fang Yan anticipated that Lucian would have to work overtime again.
• Fang Yan found Dali sparring with Leon’s Charizard and Rillaboom; after both Pokémon lost, he examined their injuries and gave them herbal medicine.
• Mustard and Honey showed Fang Yan the mushrooms they had gathered, and he invited them, Sonia, and Leon to use the forest hot spring after asking the forest Pokémon to make room.

Fang Yan arrived at Twinleaf Town’s martial arts tournament, caught up with Lucian and his student Bea, and was amazed by the enormous venue built in just two weeks. After settling in to watch with his friends, he saw Bea face Korrina in the tournament’s opening match.

• Fang Yan met Drake and Vilia at a roadside stall, then continued toward the venue while Gengar arranged to buy a huge fish for dinner.
• Fang Yan reunited with Lucian, who was helping Officer Jenny organize the area, and asked Staraptor to patrol from the air.
• Fang Yan introduced Bea to Lucian and invited her to visit the Pokémon Day Care after the tournament; Bea chose to seek advice from other martial artists before her matches.
• Mayor Qiyi showed Fang Yan the new venue, which could hold five thousand people, and explained that Fang Yan could watch from a private preparation area as an organizer.
• Leon and the others joined Fang Yan in the stands, where they watched matches and discussed Leon’s friendly battle with Cynthia.
• Bea and Korrina began their tournament match, sending out Machamp and Lucario respectively.

Korrina lost to Bea, and the two girls became friends after agreeing to battle again. Fang Yan then defeated Brawly’s Hariyama with Er Li and joined Bea, Korrina, and the others to watch the tournament, while Bruno grew eager to face him.

• Korrina’s Lucario battled Bea’s Machamp, but Machamp restrained Lucario and knocked it out with Focus Punch, giving Bea the victory.
• Korrina congratulated Bea and suggested they battle again; the two left together to get food and watch Bea’s teacher compete.
• Fang Yan entered the tournament against Brawly and used Er Li, who defeated Hariyama with Seismic Toss and a four-fist Close Combat.
• Fang Yan invited Bea and Korrina to join the group in the stands, where Bea met Champion Leon and received his praise.
• After the morning matches, Mustard celebrated his victory while Fang Yan noticed Bea and Korrina had become close; elsewhere, Bruno read about Twinleaf Town’s harmony between humans and wild Pokémon and said he wanted to battle Fang Yan.

Bea faced Bruno in the tournament and lost, but his advice and Fang Yan’s encouragement helped her understand the conviction behind her fighting style. The tournament’s first day ended with more battles, fireworks, and Fang Yan recounting the events to Cynthia.

• Bea told Fang Yan she would face Bruno, and Fang Yan encouraged her to focus on learning rather than winning.
• Gurkinn learned that Fang Yan and Shauna had Key Stones, while Lucian returned after dealing with trouble from Team Galactic remnants.
• Bruno defeated Bea’s Machamp with a Focus Punch and explained how a fighter’s conviction differed from simply waiting for an opening.
• Fang Yan praised Bea’s battle and urged her to face challenges with passion and determination, while Dali’s excited punch cracked Gothitelle’s Reflect even after she put him to sleep.
• Fang Yan won his match with San Li, Maylene and Marshal advanced, and Mustard defeated Chuck as the tournament’s first day concluded with fireworks.
• Fang Yan invited the Elite Four members and Gym Leaders to dinner, then told Cynthia about the day.

Fang Yan discovered he was Mustard’s opponent only moments before their battle, then led Dali through a grueling fight that ended with Dali defeating Urshifu. After celebrating with Cynthia and his Pokémon, Fang Yan promised Gengar and the others their own dramatic battle entrances.

• Gothitelle replaced Fang Yan’s untouched noodles with congee and meat buns, and Gengar happily ate the leftovers.
• Fang Yan realized he was Mustard’s opponent and hurried to the battlefield, where he sent out Dali to face Mustard’s Single Strike Style Urshifu.
• Dali endured Urshifu’s attacks, overcame confusion with Work Up, and clashed with Urshifu in a powerful exchange of blows.
• Fang Yan and Mustard mistakenly recalled their Pokémon expecting to Dynamax, then resumed the battle after remembering they were in Sinnoh.
• Fang Yan declared “Champion Time” and Dali defeated Urshifu with a final Focus Punch, while Gothitelle shielded the spectator stands from the shock waves.
• Mustard thanked Fang Yan for a battle that let him enjoy fighting again, and Fang Yan later promised Gengar and the others their own dramatic moments before reuniting with Cynthia.

Fang Yan woke in Cynthia’s room, then went with her and their friends to the Martial Arts Tournament, where Dali defeated Marshal’s Conkeldurr in the opening quarterfinal. The tournament continued with Fang Yan advancing to the next round.

• Fang Yan remembered that he had slept beside Cynthia and joined her and the Pokémon on the balcony for breakfast.
• Fang Yan learned that Mustard, Honey, Leon, and Sonia planned to return home after watching the tournament final.
• Fang Yan checked the schedule and discovered that his opening match was against Unova Elite Four member Marshal.
• Marshal sent out Conkeldurr, and Fang Yan ordered Dali to battle it using Dynamic Punch and other powerful attacks.
• Dali crushed Conkeldurr in a four-armed grip, shattered its stone pillars with Cross Chop, and won the match for Fang Yan.

Fang Yan defeated Maylene in a battle that also served as her Gym Leader assessment, then prepared Dali for the tournament final against Bruno. The chapter ended as Fang Yan and Bruno sent out Dali and Machamp and the final began.

• Lucian and Cynthia discussed Maylene's past loss of confidence, and Fang Yan agreed to assess her as a Gym Leader during their semifinal battle.
• Dali defeated Maylene's Lucario, and Fang Yan told Maylene she had passed her assessment.
• Gothitelle made Dali drink herbal recovery medicine before his upcoming match with Bruno, while Fang Yan explained that he could treat Dali himself.
• Cynthia told Sonia that Fang Yan was studying to become a Pokémon Professor specializing in Pokémon treatment, and Ninetales smacked Fang Yan after he boasted.
• Fang Yan and Dali entered the tournament final against Bruno and his Machamp, and the battle began.