Chapter Summaries

Fang Yan and Dali battled Bruno and Machamp in the Martial Arts Tournament final, with Dali ultimately winning after both Machamp unleashed their full strength. Fang Yan claimed the championship, while Bruno accepted his defeat and vowed to win next time.

• Fang Yan and Bruno sent out Dali and Machamp, who exchanged powerful fighting moves as their Trainers encouraged them.
• Fang Yan used the rubble and holes in the field to make Machamp stumble, allowing Dali to land a Dynamic Punch that sent him crashing into a wall.
• Bruno removed Machamp's gold belt and unleashed his sealed power, letting Machamp overwhelm Dali and knock him into the wall.
• Dali recovered and returned his Black Belt to Fang Yan, then they fought Machamp through a final exchange of Focus Punches while Gothitelle protected the spectators with a psychic barrier.
• Machamp lost consciousness, and the referee declared Fang Yan the tournament champion; Bruno congratulated him before leaving with Chuck and Brawly, determined to win next time.

After the Martial Arts Tournament, Fang Yan said goodbye to the visiting trainers, collected the championship prize, and spent time exploring Twinleaf Town with Cynthia. He helped Mayor Qiyi plan ways to attract visitors and persuaded Lucian to handle League procedures for developing nearby islands.

• Fang Yan and the others said goodbye to Mustard, Honey, Leon, and Sonia, then headed to Twinleaf Town for the awards ceremony.
• Fang Yan let Shauna and Zhishi hold Dali's fist-shaped trophy for a photo, while Bruno and Maylene collected their prize money.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia strolled around Twinleaf Town, where he gave Cynthia a golden Gracidea flower and told her he was thankful she had come into his life.
• Fang Yan invited Bruno to return for future Martial Arts Tournaments, and Bruno agreed to compete without an appearance fee.
• Fang Yan suggested fishing events and island resorts to Mayor Qiyi, then offered Lucian tea, Honey, and other treats to get him to contact the League about the islands.

Fang Yan finished assessing Byron and Roark, then rested at the Pokémon Day Care while Lucian took a well-earned vacation. In Kalos, Professor Sycamore doubted Fang Yan’s dietary therapy paper and decided to test it on a berserk Garchomp.

• Fang Yan used Lapras to defeat Roark’s Rampardos, then told Roark and Byron they had passed their Gym Leader assessments.
• Lucian asked Fang Yan not to disturb his vacation, and Fang Yan explained to Lapras why Lucian was indispensable to the Sinnoh League.
• Fang Yan returned to the Day Care, where Lilligant sang him to sleep as the Pokémon and staff enjoyed a quiet afternoon.
• Professor Sycamore read Fang Yan’s paper on dietary therapy and Mega Evolution, dismissed its claims, and chose to test its advice on his berserk Garchomp.
• Fang Yan slept at the Day Care while Gothitelle read the book he was writing about Pokémon food preferences.

Professor Sycamore calmed a rampaging Garchomp with specially prepared fried rice, while Fang Yan learned that his paper had won academic supporters and was invited to present at a research expo. He accepted the invitation, then read Professor Sycamore’s experimental posts and recognized how thoroughly the professor had tested his methods.

• Professor Sycamore used sweet and astringent Berries to confirm Garchomp’s taste and asked his assistant to prepare special Garchomp fried rice.
• Garchomp ate the fried rice, asked for more, and tolerated Professor Sycamore sitting nearby, though it moved away when he touched its back.
• Fang Yan woke from a dream, placated an angry Ninetales, and arranged for an air conditioner and an ice cream party at the Pokémon Day Care.
• Professor Oak told Fang Yan that scholars had tested his paper’s methods and invited him to present at a research expo in the Sinnoh Region.
• Fang Yan accepted the invitation, discovered Professor Sycamore’s many reports of successful experiments, and compared him to Mendel and Morgan.

Fang Yan arrived at the Pokémon Academic Summit in Solaceon Town to present his research on Pokémon dietary therapy. Before his turn, he met Professor Birch and spent the summit discussing Pokémon habitats with him.

• Cynthia told Fang Yan that she and Professor Carolina would present research on Sinnoh legends and Legendary Pokémon at the summit.
• Researchers gathered in Solaceon Town, where Cynthia, Professor Carolina, Professor Oak, and Professor Rowan waited for Fang Yan to arrive.
• Fang Yan entered through a Distortion Passage beside a garbage can, then joined Professor Oak and Professor Rowan at the venue.
• Fang Yan sat beside Professor Birch and told him a Squirtle joke, which made Birch laugh before the two introduced themselves.
• Professor Birch recognized Fang Yan as the author of the dietary therapy paper and discussed Pokémon habitats with him until Fang Yan's presentation was due.

Fang Yan presented his research on dietary therapy at a conference, explaining its benefits for Pokémon and its relationship to Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, and other battle transformations. He demonstrated his bond with Gengar and left the professors impressed after speaking for an hour.

• Cynthia presented evidence and recordings of Sinnoh's Legendary Pokémon, then lent Fang Yan her lab coat before his presentation.
• Gengar frightened Professor Birch into fainting, apologized after he woke, and quickly became friends with him.
• Fang Yan explained how dietary therapy could support Pokémon's physical and emotional health, using examples from Shauna and Officer Jenny's Arcanine.
• Fang Yan described how strong bonds enabled Mega Evolution and demonstrated it with Gengar before discussing Z-Moves and Dynamax.
• Fang Yan used Gothitelle's Z-Move to strike Giratina through the Distortion World, then concluded his hour-long presentation to sustained applause.

Fang Yan discussed his theories about Z-Moves and dietary therapy at the summit, then was named a Pokémon Professor specializing in bonds and emotions. Afterward, he boasted to Cynthia and Professor Carolina, got assigned to cook dinner, and faced the prospect of losing his bed at Cynthia’s house before Kukui approached with a white crystal.

• Fang Yan explained to Kukui and Burnet how bonds, dancing, and dietary therapy might reduce the strain of Z-Moves, then demonstrated a dance with Lilligant and used Bloom Doom.
• Fang Yan lectured the gathered scholars and allowed them to use topics from his research, while Professor Oak and Professor Rowan decided to name him a professor specializing in Pokémon bonds and emotions.
• Professor Oak announced Fang Yan as the summit’s first-place researcher and one of three new Pokémon Professors, and Professor Rowan revealed that Fang Yan was also a top-class breeder and Champion Trainer.
• Fang Yan boasted about his new title to Cynthia and Professor Carolina, then nervously agreed to cook dinner after Professor Carolina threatened to bar him from her home.
• Cynthia told Fang Yan he would have to return to the Pokémon Day Care to sleep, and Kukui approached them holding a white crystal.

Kukui gave Fang Yan a Normalium Z, which Fang Yan entrusted to Dali, and the group tested Dali’s Z-Move. Dali knocked out Kukui’s Incineroar in one hit, while Fang Yan’s chaotic antics with his Pokémon continued.

• Kukui gave Fang Yan a Normalium Z, and Fang Yan chose Dali to use it despite the other Pokémon arguing over the crystal.
• Fang Yan and Dali went to a battlefield, where Dali tossed Fang Yan into the air and later carried him off before Latias and the others intervened.
• Fang Yan and Latias performed Mega Evolution, allowing Professor Sycamore to see Mega Latias for the first time.
• Kukui volunteered to test Dali’s Z-Move with his Incineroar, and Fang Yan and Dali performed a war dance before launching Pulverizing Pancake.
• Dali’s Pulverizing Pancake knocked Incineroar out in one hit, leaving Burnet stunned.

Fang Yan and Cynthia spent a romantic afternoon together in a park, sharing stories about their childhoods and the Pokémon they had met. After Professor Carolina called them back, the three headed home through a Distortion Passage, with Fang Yan agreeing to get his driver's license.

• After the group left the venue, Dali pulled Fang Yan away from the crowd, and Cynthia joined him at a nearby park swing.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia held hands and traded stories about their childhoods and how they first met their Pokémon.
• Fang Yan asked Gothitelle to watch a boy walking a girl home, then embarrassed the boy by telling his mother about the girl's kiss.
• Cynthia repeatedly flustered Fang Yan with affectionate remarks and kisses while Latias and Gengar tried to take pictures.
• Professor Carolina called Cynthia and Fang Yan back, and the three walked toward home together as Fang Yan and Cynthia exchanged declarations of love.
• Cynthia opened a Distortion Passage to take them home, and Professor Carolina told Fang Yan to get his driver's license.

At Fang Yan’s Pokémon Day Care, Lucario learned Aura Sphere through Latias’s unconventional instruction, while Fang Yan and Latias bickered and Lucario was sent to train with Dali. Flint then brought Volkner to the Day Care for his Gym assessment, and Fang Yan prepared to begin it.

• A visiting trainer left Lucario and Volcarona at the Pokémon Day Care to learn moves, then returned after a friend told him that boarded Pokémon could learn moves without extra fees.
• Lilligant covered the sleeping Fang Yan with a blanket, and Latias woke him by ramming into him after she became frustrated teaching Lucario Aura Sphere.
• Lucario emerged holding an Aura Sphere, and Fang Yan sent it to the backyard to continue practicing with Dali, who took it to the sparring area for training.
• Fang Yan teased Latias about gaining weight, and she flew out of the Day Care vowing to lose weight.
• Flint arrived with Volkner for Volkner’s Gym assessment, and Fang Yan warned Flint that Lucian would likely bury him in League work when he returned.
• Volkner chose to begin his assessment immediately, and Fang Yan asked Gothitelle to fetch Luxray before leading them to the battlefield.

Fang Yan assessed Volkner in a Gym battle, then urged him to take his Gym responsibilities and desire to win seriously. After Volkner resolved to return to running his Gym, Xia Lan called Fang Yan for help with strange behavior among Pokémon at Striaton Academy, and he set off for the Unova Region.

• Fang Yan’s Luxray defeated Volkner’s Raichu, Luxray, and Jolteon in their three-on-three assessment battle, earning Volkner’s approval to pass.
• Fang Yan told Volkner that his waning drive to battle was widening the gap between him and Flint, and Volkner decided to focus on running his Gym and rediscover his desire to win.
• Fang Yan ordered Flint back to League work, then let him take food from the Day Care before he returned with Volkner.
• Xia Lan told Fang Yan that Pokémon at Striaton Academy had become lethargic or aggressive, and Fang Yan advised her to prepare herbal medicine while he traveled there to investigate.

Fang Yan arrived at Striaton Academy with Shauna and Zhishi to investigate the Pokémon’s widespread emotional disturbances, discovering signs that an oppressive presence near the academy might be responsible. He sent Latias to investigate the suspicious area and entered the building housing the affected Pokémon with Xia Lan, while awaiting Shauntal’s help.

• Fang Yan reached Striaton Academy with Shauna and Zhishi, where Xia Lan and her cousin Xia Muzi explained that Dewott and many other Pokémon had become listless and frightened.
• Fang Yan calmed Dewott with candy and learned it felt something scary in the direction of a clear stretch of sky; Latias detected unusually high humidity and an oppressive presence there, then went to investigate.
• Fang Yan explained that seeing other distressed Pokémon could have affected Dewott, and asked Shauna and Zhishi to play with it while Xia Muzi led them into the academy.
• Fang Yan considered whether a powerful Pokémon nearby was causing the academy-wide disturbances, while Gengar sensed that someone might be watching them; Fang Yan messaged Shauntal for backup.
• Xia Lan led Fang Yan to the building where the affected Pokémon were being housed, and offered to act as his lawyer as they prepared to enter.

Fang Yan investigated the Pokémon falling ill at Striaton Academy and traced the Electric-type Pokémon’s worsening condition to an unidentified electrical current after a violent storm. As he and Shauntal prepared a way to treat them, Shauntal also told him about signs of fighting and the Unova League’s difficulty coordinating against Team Plasma.

• Fang Yan showed his credentials as a Sinnoh Pokémon Professor, examined the sick Pokémon, and found that most had similar symptoms while the Electric-type Pokémon were in worse condition.
• Fang Yan connected the Electric-type Pokémon’s chaotic energy to the thunderstorm that had struck the academy and asked the researcher to check whether they had been unable to use Electric-type moves afterward.
• Fang Yan identified herbal medicine as sufficient for most Pokémon and planned to regulate the Electric-type Pokémon’s currents in a larger open space with Shauntal and Cheren’s help.
• Shauna and Zhishi went shopping with Xia Muzi, buying a million-dollar Dragon Scale, while Shauna bought a stone and tooth-shaped object for one million.
• Shauntal told Fang Yan that she had found a site surrounded by signs of fighting and said the Unova League’s divided members could not effectively monitor Team Plasma.

Fang Yan helped the Electric-type Pokémon at Striaton Academy recover by discharging their excess current, then prepared to confront the powerful Pokémon behind the continuing storm. He flew into the clouds with Latias and addressed the Dragon of Ideals as lightning gathered around it.

• Fang Yan explained that the storm had thrown Electric-type Pokémon’s internal currents out of balance, and Gengar, Dali, and Ninetales helped them discharge the excess energy.
• Shauna and Zhishi showed Fang Yan their purchases, and he identified the stone as containing Dragonite’s Mega Stone and gave it to Zhishi for Dratini.
• Gothitelle added Honey to herbal medicine, and Fang Yan and the others fed it to the Pokémon, which recovered and were kept overnight for observation.
• Latias returned without finding the cause of the disturbance, but she sensed a familiar presence and warned Fang Yan that a severe storm was approaching.
• A tornado swept past Striaton Academy, and Shauntal and Cheren left to organize emergency repairs and rescue work as Fang Yan stayed behind to protect Shauna and Zhishi.
• Fang Yan asked Darkrai to guard the children, then flew with Latias into the clouds and asked the Dragon of Ideals for a favor as it gathered lightning.

Fang Yan persuaded Zekrom to stop affecting nearby Pokémon, then left it with Darkrai and Gengar while he went to investigate trouble at Abundant Shrine. There, he helped turn the battle against the Forces of Nature and asked Landorus, Thundurus, and Tornadus to hear him out.

• Zekrom tested Fang Yan’s ideals, acknowledged him as a hero, and agreed to fly higher so its presence would not affect nearby Pokémon, though it stayed to wait for the Hero of Black.
• Darkrai attacked Zekrom after misunderstanding Fang Yan’s request, but Fang Yan stopped the fight and Darkrai and Gengar won Zekrom over with Pokémon Day Care snacks.
• Fang Yan reassured Xia Lan and the academy researcher that Zekrom would no longer cause Pokémon to lose their vitality, then flew off to find Shauntal.
• At Abundant Shrine, Shauntal and Ash faced the Forces of Nature while other Gym Leaders protected nearby residents; Gothitelle shielded Ash, and Gengar attacked Tornadus.
• Fang Yan arrived on Latias, and Ninetales knocked Thundurus into a mountainside before Fang Yan asked Landorus, Thundurus, and Tornadus to hear him out.

Fang Yan and his Pokémon stopped Tornadus and Thundurus from destroying the area, then forced the two Forces of Nature to return to their island. After N experienced the affection between Fang Yan and his Pokémon, Fang Yan recognized him and offered to be called teacher.

• Fang Yan asked Landorus, Tornadus, and Thundurus to leave, but Tornadus and Thundurus combined their storms into a massive tornado and attacked.
• Fang Yan’s Lilligant used Bloom Doom to destroy the tornado, and Gothitelle and Fang Yan’s other Pokémon beat Tornadus and Thundurus into submission.
• Fang Yan ordered the Forces of Nature to return to their island, and Landorus took Tornadus and Thundurus away.
• N sensed the Pokémon’s affection for Fang Yan and tasted a sausage made with Mime Jr.’s love, which brought him to tears.
• Fang Yan introduced himself to the Gym Leaders, joked about Elesa’s long legs, and learned that Ash had been traveling with N.
• Fang Yan recognized N and told him to call him teacher.

Fang Yan arranged for Zhishi to battle Ash and scolded Ash after her Dratini defeated his Oshawott, hoping to shake him out of complacency. He then took N to the Distortion World to discuss the bond between humans and Pokémon, while an airship captured the injured Forces of Nature.

• Fang Yan refused Ash’s request for a battle, then arranged for Zhishi and her Dratini to face Ash and Oshawott.
• Zhishi’s Dratini defeated Oshawott, and Fang Yan rebuked Ash for underestimating Zhishi and neglecting his training.
• Gengar followed Ash to the river, where Ash trained with Pikachu and his other Pokémon, while Fang Yan coached Iris.
• N asked Fang Yan how he viewed the relationship between humans and Pokémon, and Fang Yan led him through a passage into the Distortion World.
• An airship captured the injured Forces of Nature in the Distortion World, and Giratina decided to keep repairing the realm rather than alert Fang Yan.

Fang Yan brought N to Twinleaf Town and showed him how humans and Pokémon lived together, challenging his plan to liberate Pokémon by separating them from people. After seeing the town’s kindness firsthand, N found a new resolve to pursue Pokémon freedom through coexistence.

• Fang Yan let N hear the Pokémon Day Care Pokémon’s thoughts, and N’s unusual ability startled Vespiquen before the Pokémon welcomed him.
• Fang Yan took N to Twinleaf Town, where they watched children play with Pokémon and wild Pokémon help residents with daily tasks.
• Fang Yan questioned how N would liberate Pokémon and argued that humans and Pokémon could support one another, as they did in Twinleaf Town.
• A Pachirisu offered N a Berry, and N wept as he remembered the childhood he might have had among kind Pokémon.
• N thanked Fang Yan and declared that he would liberate the Unova Region by freeing every Pokémon, while Fang Yan encouraged him to pursue coexistence.

Fang Yan was punished by the Pokémon at his Day Care for insulting Alcremie, but he left with Latias to investigate a powerful presence that had fallen toward Veilstone City. There, he and his Pokémon fought Deoxys and trapped it in a stalemate, while Lucian revealed that he, Flint, and Cynthia were also chasing a Pokémon from outer space.

• Officer Jenny learned that Gothitelle had cocooned Fang Yan because he had called Alcremie fat and compared them to Vespiquen.
• A meteor-like presence appeared in the sky, and Latias recognized it as similar to Rayquaza’s; Fang Yan escaped his cocoon and flew after it with Latias.
• In Veilstone City, Deoxys defeated Maylene’s Lucario, but Fang Yan arrived and joined his Pokémon in battling it.
• Fang Yan’s team cornered Deoxys, but it repeatedly changed forms to evade attacks, leaving both sides locked in a stalemate.
• Fang Yan called Cynthia for advice, but Lucian answered and said he and Flint were pursuing a Pokémon from outer space with her.

Fang Yan, Cynthia, and the others cornered two Deoxys in Veilstone City, but learned they had arrived through a barrier and did not know where they were. Meanwhile, Giovanni’s airship appeared above the Unova League, where the Forces of Nature were transformed and attacked Ash and the others.

• Fang Yan kept the first Deoxys surrounded in Veilstone City while Maylene and Officer Jenny helped assess the damage and waited for the other Elite Four members.
• The second Deoxys arrived and battled Gengar, while Fang Yan’s Pokémon stopped both Deoxys from escaping.
• Cynthia arrived with Garchomp, and Lucian and Flint soon joined the group, leaving both Deoxys surrounded.
• The brothers tried to flee in opposite directions but were stopped, and Fang Yan learned they had come through a barrier without knowing their location.
• At the Unova League, Caitlin, Shauntal, Marshal, and Grimsley saw Giovanni’s airship, while Giovanni used a Plate and machines to transform the Forces of Nature, who then attacked Ash and the others.