Chapter Summaries

Officer Jenny discovered that Larousse City’s evacuation had failed at Port 3, where two Rayquaza shattered Deoxys’s barrier and trapped the remaining civilians. Luo Mu sent Ash and the others to awaken Deoxys, then raced to Port 3 and arrived just as Hoenn Rayquaza, Shiny Rayquaza, and Deoxys prepared to fight.

• Officer Jenny learned that the Cube Robot Crossing Sea Bridge had failed to evacuate anyone from Port 3, then saw the two Rayquaza break through the barrier and contacted Lund Dr.
• Luo Mu assigned Ash to take Victini to the laboratory and awaken Deoxys, while Lund Dr. led the group there and explained their task.
• Ash told Lund Dr. that Victini could enhance Pokémon and replenish their energy, prompting Lund Dr. to stop and consider the possibility.
• Luo Mu rode Luxray toward Port 3 as Shiny Rayquaza shattered Deoxys’s barrier and Hoenn Rayquaza crashed into the city.
• Hoenn Rayquaza targeted Deoxys at Port 3, and Shiny Rayquaza joined the confrontation as the stranded crowd faced danger.
• Luo Mu arrived at the last moment and ordered Luxray, Swampert, and Mimikyu to attack.

Luo Mu evacuated the people at Port 3 while Mimikyu, Mega Swampert, and Luxray held off Deoxys and the two Rayquaza. As Luo Mu rode toward Port 4 to join the fight, Officer Jenny relayed his commands to Mega Swampert, and passing Wailmer and Wailord mistook it for the legendary Finizen Hero.

• Mimikyu struck Deoxys with Phantom Force, Mega Swampert punched Hoenn Rayquaza into the sea, and Luxray rammed Shiny Rayquaza into Port 4.
• Luo Mu arrived at the port on a motorcycle and ordered the stranded crowd to flee into Larousse City.
• Hoenn Rayquaza attacked Mega Swampert while Shiny Rayquaza fought Luxray, and the crowd escaped with help from the Team Rocket trio and the security Cube Robots.
• Luo Mu rode toward Port 4, planning to face all three opponents while waiting for Victini and Lund Dr. to succeed with their plan.
• Officer Jenny relayed Luo Mu's commands to Mega Swampert over a loudspeaker, helping it hold its own against Hoenn Rayquaza.
• A passing Wailmer and Wailord recognized Mega Swampert's battle and believed it was the legendary Finizen Hero.

Lund Dr. and Ash used Victini’s energy to boost the awakening device as Deoxys’s consciousness began regenerating, while Rayquaza rushed toward the laboratory. Luo Mu and Luxray battled Shiny Rayquaza beneath the Battle Tower, where Luxray Terastallized and Luo Mu activated Electric Terrain for their next round.

• Lund Dr. activated the awakening device, and Victini’s energy pushed its laser output past the required threshold as Deoxys’s consciousness stirred.
• Hoenn Rayquaza headed toward the aurora, so Luo Mu sent Mega Swampert after it and Officer Jenny pursued with Arcanine.
• Luo Mu and Luxray fought Shiny Rayquaza through Larousse City, and Luxray endured its Hyper Beam before knocking it back with Wild Charge.
• Luo Mu used Protect twice to shield Luxray from Shiny Rayquaza’s attacks as they reached the Battle Tower.
• Luo Mu Terastallized Luxray and started Electric Terrain, challenging Shiny Rayquaza to continue their battle.

Luo Mu's Pokémon fought to defend Larousse City, and Mega Swampert brought Hoenn Rayquaza down with a crushing blow. Luxray then used its growing ability to predict Shiny Rayquaza's movements and lure it into a trap, defeating it with an Electric-type Z-Move and leaving it buried beneath the Battle Tower's rubble.

• Moltres and the Pokémon in the Ecological Garden attacked Hoenn Rayquaza, giving Mega Swampert the opening to leap from a skyscraper and smash it into a crater.
• Luxray predicted Shiny Rayquaza's movements and drove it toward the Battle Tower, where Luo Mu had gathered the Cube Robots.
• Shiny Rayquaza blasted through the Cube Robots and returned to face Luo Mu and Luxray, while the robots connected through Electric Terrain supplied Luxray with electricity.
• Luo Mu activated an Electric-type Z-Move, and Luxray charged into Shiny Rayquaza as it used Dragon Ascent, triggering a massive explosion.
• Luo Mu found Luxray standing wounded atop the rubble while Shiny Rayquaza lay buried beneath it, unable to move.

Mimikyu and Deoxys interrupted Hoenn Rayquaza’s attack on Mega Swampert while Deoxys No. 2 was revived in Lund Dr.’s laboratory and joined the fight. Hoenn Rayquaza fled after sensing Shiny Rayquaza’s defeat in another part of Larousse City.

• Mimikyu stalled Deoxys with Status Moves until a tremor and Hoenn Rayquaza’s roar prompted it to let Deoxys fly toward the Ecological Garden.
• Hoenn Rayquaza recovered and prepared to attack the weakened Mega Swampert, but Deoxys struck it with Psycho Boost and Mimikyu followed with Play Rough.
• Lund Dr. and Yuko completed the awakening experiment, and Deoxys No. 2 reconstructed its body before Xiao Chao urged it to join its companion.
• Deoxys No. 2 joined Deoxys and Mimikyu in fighting Hoenn Rayquaza, forcing it onto the defensive.
• An explosion elsewhere in Larousse City revealed to Hoenn Rayquaza that Shiny Rayquaza was badly weakened, so Hoenn Rayquaza fled before the others could stop it.

After Luxray defeated Shiny Rayquaza, Luo Mu negotiated its departure to prevent further damage to Larousse City, though Rayquaza vowed to return and challenge him again. News of the incident left Nemona, Zhen Si, Shizuka, and Steven Stone astonished by Luo Mu’s strength.

• Luo Mu assessed the aftermath, learned Hoenn Rayquaza had fled, and had Comfey treat Luxray while Shiny Rayquaza recovered.
• Luo Mu offered Shiny Rayquaza a chance to leave Larousse City and promised it could seek revenge later.
• Shiny Rayquaza accepted the terms, flew away, and vowed to defeat Luo Mu and Luxray at full strength next time.
• A television report about the Larousse City incident stunned Nemona, Zhen Si, and Shizuka at the Mossdeep Space Center.
• Steven Stone, aware that Deoxys had also been involved, admitted Luo Mu’s strength made him want to challenge him.

Zinnia escaped confinement to set a plan in motion that would make Hoenn witness the Dragon God’s power again, while Luo Mu left Larousse City for a relaxing trip to Lavaridge Town. He arrived near Mt. Chimney and headed toward the town’s famous hot springs with his Pokémon.

• Zinnia saw reports of Hoenn Rayquaza’s defeat, escaped Meteor Falls with Xijiana and Salamence, and planned to use Team Magma and Team Aqua’s search for Groudon and Kyogre to draw the Dragon God’s attention.
• Dr. Lund told Luo Mu that the two Deoxys had left Larousse City to avoid drawing Rayquaza back.
• Luo Mu accepted Dr. Lund’s suggestion to visit Lavaridge Town and set out by train the next day.
• Luo Mu arrived in Mauville City, traveled toward Lavaridge Town with Delibird and Terapagos, and rode a Camerupt into the area around Mt. Chimney.

Luo Mu arrived in Lavaridge Town and learned that the elderly residents gave Pokémon Eggs to tourists they trusted to care for them. At Unmelting Ice, he met its owner, Bonnie, who confirmed that the Egg had been entrusted to him and heard him promise to raise it well.

• Luo Mu followed directions to Hot Spring Street and received Slateport City Senbei and a Pokémon Egg from an elderly woman.
• Luo Mu reached Unmelting Ice, where the owner, Bonnie, welcomed him and revealed that she knew of his actions in Larousse City.
• Bonnie introduced herself as Ice Bonnie, Hoenn's Ice-type Elite Four member and Genji's colleague.
• Bonnie explained that Lavaridge Town's elders judged tourists through an information network before entrusting Pokémon Eggs to people they trusted.
• Luo Mu promised Bonnie that he would care for the Pokémon that hatched from the Egg.

Luo Mu settled into his private hot spring at a Lavaridge Town hotel with his Pokémon, discovering that Politoed’s Bubble Beam made an excellent cleanser. As the group relaxed in the water, Luo Mu helped Mimikyu enter without its costume and began teaching Terapagos to swim, while the entrusted Pokémon Egg left him feeling watched.

• Bonnie showed Luo Mu the hotel suite and its large private Lavaridge Hot Spring, then told him the meal schedule.
• Luo Mu released his Pokémon and used Politoed’s Bubble Beam to clean them before they entered the spring.
• Swampert soaked underwater and found that the hot spring eased the discomfort from its hidden injury, while Victini and Luxray also joined the bath.
• Luo Mu failed to persuade Moltres to enter the water, then encouraged Mimikyu to soak in its real body; Mimikyu jumped into the spring with Victini and Terapagos.
• Luo Mu entered the spring to teach the sinking Terapagos to swim, while a wooden basin holding Slateport City Senbei and the entrusted Pokémon Egg floated nearby.
• Victini pointed at the Pokémon Egg and asked Luo Mu whether it could eat the Hot Spring Egg.

Luo Mu enjoyed Lavaridge Town with his Pokémon, where Bonnie thanked him for inspiring her to resume training and challenge the Champion League. After discovering Moltres’s secret in the hot spring, he checked in with his students and decided to keep relaxing while the Hoenn crisis approached.

• Luo Mu shared Slateport City Senbei with his Pokémon at the hot spring, while Moltres stayed on shore and watched enviously.
• Bonnie told Luo Mu she would leave to train in the desert and challenge the Champion League again after the Ever Grande Conference, and she waived his inn expenses.
• Luo Mu ate with his Pokémon and briefly ventured into Lavaridge Town’s crowded night streets before deciding to stay at the inn.
• Luo Mu discovered Moltres soaking in the hot spring and realized its body stayed solid even with its feathers soaked.
• Luo Mu spent three days sightseeing and learned from Nemona, Zhen Si, and Shizuka that Zhen Si and Shizuka had earned the Mossdeep Badge and needed only the Rain Badge.
• Luo Mu anticipated that Team Aqua and Team Magma’s plot was near, but chose to continue his vacation and consider searching for Lugia, Giant Dragonite, and Giant Tentacruel.

Nemona, Zhen Si, and Shizuka traveled to an island near Mossdeep City to train for the Sootopolis Gym, where they discovered a Team Aqua submarine offshore. Meanwhile, Zinnia secretly interfered with the submarine, and Luo Mu summoned Lugia near the Kanto Sea.

• Nemona, Zhen Si, and Shizuka rented a boat and sailed to an island for three days of Water-type training before the Ever Grande Conference.
• Zhen Si and Shizuka released their Pokémon and searched the shore for Water-type Pokémon while Nemona ran into the forest to battle.
• Zhen Si spotted a Team Aqua submarine surfacing offshore, extinguished their campfire, and led Shizuka and their Pokémon into the forest.
• Zinnia, disguised inside the submarine, revealed that she had knocked out the two grunts monitoring the area and was waiting for it to submerge.
• Zinnia said Team Aqua had already sent spies into Team Magma's submarine to free Kyogre, and that she only needed to release Groudon.
• Luo Mu flew to the sea near Kanto and called Lugia with the Silver Wing, and a gigantic creature began rising from beneath the water.

Luo Mu reunited with Lugia and Giant Dragonite, learned that the ancient Kyogre’s presence had faded, and revealed Team Aqua and Team Magma’s plans. Meanwhile, Nemona, Zhen Si, and Shizuka became stranded on an island after Team Aqua’s submarine disrupted communications, and they decided to seek help from wild Pokémon the next morning.

• Luo Mu greeted Lugia and Giant Dragonite, then explained that Dragonite had stayed home to rest and reminded them of his promise to help Giant Dragonite find its companions.
• Lugia told Luo Mu that the ancient Kyogre’s aura had grown faint and asked whether humans knew why it was happening.
• Luo Mu told Lugia about Team Aqua and Team Magma’s plans to control Kyogre and Groudon, and Lugia decided to accompany them to help Giant Dragonite fulfill its wish.
• Zhen Si reassured Ninjask after it brought Nemona back, while Shizuka explained that Team Aqua’s submarine had left the island without a signal.
• Nemona proposed asking wild Water-type Pokémon to help them leave the island, and Zhen Si agreed they would try the next morning before returning to Mossdeep City if they found no trace of Team Aqua.

Luo Mu and Lugia discovered that Moltres’s Sacred Fire came from a previous Fire God, then encountered Giant Tentacruel near Levincia as it confronted Giant Dragonite. Meanwhile, Nemona, Shizuka, and Zhen Si found Team Aqua’s island base and spotted familiar people riding a red Gyarados.

• Lugia identified Moltres’s Sacred Fire as an inheritance from the previous Fire God, who had learned the move from Ho-Oh.
• Luo Mu guided Lugia and the others to the waters near Levincia, where Giant Dragonite sensed Giant Tentacruel beneath the sea.
• Giant Tentacruel surfaced with its colony and aimed its tentacles at Giant Dragonite, but Lugia intervened with a commanding cry.
• Nemona, Shizuka, and Zhen Si befriended a Wailmer and rode its Wailord companion to an uncharted island that Zhen Si identified as Team Aqua’s base.
• As the group prepared to leave the signal-jamming area and contact Officer Jenny, they spotted familiar people riding a red Gyarados.

Takeshi, May, Max, and Nemona’s group headed to Muns Island to rescue Ash and Pikachu, while Lance waited for a chance to seize the Orbs from Team Magma and Team Aqua. The rival leaders’ standoff turned into a battle, and Lance heard Red Gyarados returning.

• Takeshi recognized Nemona’s group and explained that Red Gyarados had rescued him, May, and Max after they were separated from Ash and Pikachu.
• Takeshi told Nemona’s group that Team Magma and Team Aqua were fighting over the Ancient Pokémon, and Nemona joined the others in traveling to Muns Island.
• Archie accused Maxie of sending a spy after Team Aqua captured Courtney, while Maxie countered by revealing that Team Magma had captured Shelly.
• Lance, undercover among Team Magma, waited for a chance to take the Red Orb and Blue Orb without letting either side release Groudon or Kyogre.
• Team Magma and Team Aqua released their Pokémon and prepared to fight, and Lance heard Red Gyarados approaching.

Lugia helped the Giant Dragonite approach the lonely Giant Tentacruel, and the two shared an embrace. On Muns Island, Nemona and her companions interrupted the Team Aqua and Team Magma standoff, while Lance revealed himself and helped turn the battle against the leaders.

• Lugia calmed the Tentacool and Giant Tentacruel, then let the Giant Dragonite speak with it.
• The Giant Dragonite asked whether the Giant Tentacruel was troubled by its size, and the two embraced after it admitted its loneliness.
• Nemona, Zhen Si, and Shizuka attacked Archie and Maxie when they arrived on Muns Island with the Red Gyarados, but the leaders' guards blocked their surprise strikes.
• Archie knocked down Nemona's Dusclops, so Nemona recalled it and sent out Pawmot while Shizuka treated Dusclops and brought out Venusaur.
• As Archie and Maxie advanced on Takeshi, May, and Max, Lance revealed himself, ordered the Red Gyarados to use Hydro Pump, and sent Dragonite to steal the Blue Orb from Maxie.
• Nemona's Pawmot overwhelmed Archie's Sharpedo, while her Tauros and Ursaluna joined the fight against Crawdaunt and Walrein.

Zinnia freed Groudon and Kyogre while Lance and Nemona’s group fought Team Magma and Team Aqua on Muns Island. The awakened Ancient Pokémon gathered in a great storm, and Archie and Maxie abandoned their battles to pursue them with the Orbs.

• Nemona’s Pawmot and other Pokémon held off Archie, Shelly, and Matt as Lance reached Takeshi, May, and Max, but he failed to take the Blue Orb from Maxie.
• Zinnia left the battle and went to Team Magma’s submarine, where Musashi, Kojiro, and Meowth were preparing to steal the sleeping Kyogre.
• Zinnia released Kyogre, whose awakening brought a sudden storm, while Groudon had already been freed elsewhere.
• Takeshi told Lance that Nemona, Zhen Si, and Shizuka were Luo Mu’s students, and Max revealed that Nemona was the youngest Champion-Level Trainer in Paldea.
• Archie and Maxie failed to control the awakened Ancient Pokémon with their Orbs, then ordered their teams to retreat and headed toward Groudon and Kyogre.

Lance split the group’s efforts after Groudon and Kyogre escaped: he went to rescue Ash while Nemona, Zhen Si, and Shizuka prepared to summon help. Maxie and Archie awakened their respective Orbs and directed Groudon and Kyogre into battle, leaving Lance convinced their clash could threaten all of Hoenn.

• Lance told Nemona, Zhen Si, and Shizuka to contact Steven Stone and Wallace while he took Takeshi, May, and Max to rescue Ash.
• Nemona’s group headed for Wailord, planning to call Luo Mu as well as Hoenn’s Champions, while Lance led the others toward Team Magma’s submarine.
• Archie and Maxie failed to control Kyogre and Groudon until Groudon noticed Maxie’s Blue Orb and drew it into his body, followed by Kyogre absorbing Archie’s Red Orb.
• Maxie ordered Groudon to expand the land, and Groudon’s roar triggered a volcanic eruption that provoked Kyogre into raising a massive tsunami.
• Groudon countered Kyogre’s attacks with a lava barrier and Solar Beam, then Kyogre froze its second tsunami with Ice Beam, crushing the barrier as Lance watched and feared the battle would endanger all of Hoenn.

Zinnia awakened Groudon and Kyogre to draw Rayquaza to Sky Pillar, while their battle spread catastrophic weather across Hoenn. Lance intervened to stop the Ancient Pokémon and buy time for reinforcements, but Groudon and Kyogre remained overwhelmingly powerful.

• Zinnia prayed atop Sky Pillar after setting Groudon and Kyogre against each other to summon Rayquaza and secure its recognition.
• Groudon and Kyogre's clashing weather expanded across the sea as Archie and Maxie became increasingly controlled by the Ancient Pokémon and their orbs.
• Lance sent Ash and the others to safety, then told Nemona, Zhen Si, and Shizuka to protect themselves as they prepared to return.
• Archie and Maxie urged Kyogre and Groudon to expand the ocean and land, while Lance arrived with Dragonite and Gyarados to attack them.
• Lance ordered Gyarados to dodge Kyogre's sweeping beams, then faced Groudon as it sent steaming blades from the sea toward Dragonite.

Luo Mu learned that Team Aqua and Team Magma’s conflict had gone off course and began considering how to respond, while Lance and Dragonite struggled to hold off Groudon and Kyogre. After Nemona and Pawmot saved Lance, she resolved to take his place and fight until reinforcements arrived.

• Luo Mu worried that his students had become involved in the Team Aqua and Team Magma conflict, then formed a plan involving Lugia.
• Lance and Dragonite dodged Groudon’s attacks while Red Gyarados was overwhelmed by Kyogre, with Groudon also striking at it.
• Lance tried to rescue Gyarados, but Groudon and Kyogre targeted him until Nemona and Pawmot interrupted Groudon’s Solar Beam with Thunder.
• Shizuka treated Lance’s dislocated arm and injuries while Nemona and Zhen Si supported him on Wailord’s back.
• Nemona declared that she would fight in Lance’s place until reinforcements arrived, saying her teacher had defeated the Dragon that Controls the Sky.

As Groudon and Kyogre’s expanding disasters ravaged Hoenn, Nemona and her Pokémon fought until they were nearly defeated. Steven and Wallace arrived to take over the battle, determined to suppress the Ancient Pokémon and protect Hoenn as Luo Mu had done.

• Steven and Wallace assessed the floods and drought spreading across Hoenn and decided to confront Groudon and Kyogre while reinforcements headed toward the crisis.
• Nemona fought from Dragonite’s back, directing Pawmot and Ribombee against Kyogre and Ursaluna and Tauros against Groudon as the Pokémon overwhelmed her team.
• After Groudon and Kyogre’s attacks left her Pokémon badly hurt, Nemona recalled Ursaluna and Tauros and retreated with Dragonite while Gyarados rescued Pawmot and Ribombee.
• Steven’s Metagross blocked Groudon’s Solar Beam, and Wallace’s Milotic countered Kyogre’s Hydro Pump as the reinforcements arrived.
• Nemona told Steven that Luo Mu was her teacher, then departed; Steven and Wallace prepared to fight Groudon and Kyogre to protect Hoenn.