Recaps

Mark and his Pokémon won the Academy Cup matches, while Victini joined their group and revealed that its power grew with victory. Back in the Stat Point Dream World, Mark and Caterpie spent centuries forging Caterpie’s ancient and future evolution paths before escaping as Paradox Evolution (Origin, End).

• Mark studied Leafeon and The Witch's Forest, then helped Caterpie pursue its own evolutionary path as the Academy Cup approached.
• Mark watched Tang You’s Mega Venusaur defeat opponents, met Victini at the arena, and later faced Tang You with Ivysaur, Caterpie, and Little Zapdos.
• Mark’s team defeated Tang You’s team, and Victini awakened Chosen by Victory Star in Mark before joining his group.
• Victini told Mark about its past in Rome City, and Mark discovered that its power gave him a precognitive advantage that grew when he won.
• Ling Huan tried to assassinate Mark, but Mark captured him and turned him into the Clear Stream Village villager Ling Liushu.
• Mark’s team defeated Maple Leaf Pokemon Academy in the provincial final, with Caterpie winning the deciding match and receiving its commemorative Pokeball set.
• Mark returned to Fallen Sky Mountain and trained Caterpie to interrupt its evolution, eventually developing multiple specialized evolution traits over 150 years.
• Caterpie chose an ancient ancestor form and a future evolution, and Mark and Caterpie achieved Paradox Evolution (Origin, End) in year 378 before escaping the deteriorating Stat Point Dream World.

After Caterpie’s evolution failed to unite its forms, Mark traveled to the Emerald Archipelago and investigated strange incidents tied to Ultra Beasts. He found Nihilego, uncovered its connection to Bunt, and gained it as a Pokémon, but could not capture it without an Ultra Ball.

• Caterpie emerged from its evolution able to switch between several forms, but Mark realized it had not become the Legendary-level existence they had hoped for.
• Mark developed Magnetic Field Curvature Flight with Vikavolt Multi-Magnemite and flew to the Emerald Archipelago to investigate signs of Ultra Beasts.
• Mark joined the Strange Phenomena Investigation Team, discovered that Nihilego had altered Johnny’s memories, and learned that the incidents involved Ultra Beasts searching for one another.
• Mark recruited Ling Liushu to investigate Nihilego and Ghost-type phenomena, while Ling Liushu encountered Nihilego and later received a Memory Potion from Mark.
• Mark found that the dead Bunt had been impersonated by Nihilego, whose laboratory research had sought entrances to its world.
• Mark resisted Nihilego’s tentacle effects, discovered that it believed it was Bunt when wearing Bunt’s suit, and won its trust by sharing information with it.
• Nihilego followed Mark and accepted him as its Pokémon, but Mark’s ordinary Pokeball failed to capture it and Jirachi could not summon an Ultra Ball.

Mark captured Flaming and used repeated Combat Training to keep him at Fallen Sky Mountain Base while helping Aya investigate her Aura and find Riolu. Riolu joined Aya, and after Flaming tried to escape with her Charizard, Aya sensed his hostility and struck him down.

• Mark entered the Emerald Foundation, found Ultra Ball prototypes and Type: Null specimens, and built a prototype that let Nihilego remain inside a Pokeball longer.
• Mi Yang warned Aya, Mark, and Li Nianqiu not to trust Flaming, and Mark later concluded he had traveled from the future to prevent a disaster.
• Mark and Ling Liushu abducted Flaming and brought him to Fallen Sky Mountain Base, where Mark defeated his team and imprisoned him.
• Mark repeatedly used Memory Potion and Combat Training to make Flaming attack him, while Flaming gradually began working with Ling Liushu at the base.
• Mark and Aya discussed Bond Evolution, and Mark revealed Jirachi to her before they set out to find the Pokemon matching her Aura frequency.
• Aya met Riolu in Yago Forest National Park, and Riolu agreed to stay with her because their Aura frequencies matched.
• Leafeon healed an injured Riolu, and its strength helped Riolu reject the idea that it was bad at fighting.
• Flaming tried to escape by ambushing Aya and taking her Charizard, but Aya sensed his hostility, punched him with Aura, and Gyarados blasted him into a wall.

Mark recovered the Spirit Control Panel, strengthened his team, and joined forces with Mi Yang to prepare for threats across parallel worlds. He trained Jirachi’s Iron Defense in the Stat Point Dream World, but their journey into space ended with Rayquaza attacking them and leaving the group badly wounded.

• Mark discovered that his Spirit Control Panel had recovered and gained the ability to analyze Pokémon and sense his bonded teammates.
• Mark led Hack Pokemon Academy to victory in the round of sixteen and encountered Mi Yang, who had returned from a parallel world.
• Mark learned that Mi Yang wanted to avert Hia’s coming turmoil, treated Flaming with Memory Potion and hypnosis, and arranged Combat Training for Mi Yang, Aya, and Flaming.
• Old Man Qian summoned thousands of Venusaur to build a defensive line against the Chaotic Pokemon Tide, while Leafeon reunited Phione with Lilith.
• Mark allocated points to Jirachi’s Iron Defense, entering the Stat Point Dream World with John, George, and Aya and developing a training method based on Jirachi’s Dormant Cocoon.
• Mark and Jirachi trained Iron Defense in space for decades in the dream world, and Jirachi eventually broke through after fifty years.
• Mark, Jirachi, and Caterpie flew into space, where Rayquaza attacked them and sent them crashing back to the ground.
• Mark’s Pokémon freed one another and treated the wounded, while Jirachi opened the eyelid on its stomach and took out the SLR Camera.