Chapter Summaries

After the battle with Arceus, Jing He and the others celebrated while considering a trip to Kalos to strengthen their Fairy-type Pokémon. Elsewhere, Mewtwo revealed that Sakaki’s son Silver was in Johto, while Zekrom returned to N and Steven planned to visit Kalos.

• Giratina proposed that it, Reshiram, and Zekrom form the New Three Dragons, but Reshiram and Zekrom rejected the idea.
• Darkrai suggested forming a team with Gengar and Mewtwo, while Larvitar tried to act as Togepi and Victini’s big brother and Ice Ninetales froze Houndoom when it approached.
• Jing He discussed improving his team’s Fairy-type abilities with Cynthia, who suggested asking Mache in Kalos, and Cynthia said she intended to train and pursue the Champion title.
• Mewtwo told Sakaki that Silver was in New Bark Town and relayed Jing He’s advice to observe Silver without making contact; Sakaki agreed and acknowledged that he had little time left.
• Zekrom told N about the battle against Arceus, and Alder arrived to ask N again about joining the Unova League, but fell asleep before N could answer.
• Steven told his father that he planned to visit Kalos after his exams to seek Mu Jins and train at the Battle Castle.

Jing He and his Pokémon discovered that their garden had produced an unexpectedly abundant harvest, possibly thanks to Calyrex responding to Larvitar’s prayer. They celebrated by gathering and eating the crops together, ending the day with Jigglypuff’s song.

• Jing He, Larvitar, and Gengar found that the garden’s Berries and crops had ripened in just a few days, while Salt Rock Behemoth drew attention to the changed Calyrex carving.
• Larvitar prayed to Calyrex for more food, and Jing He suspected that the carving’s apparent blessing had caused the abundant harvest.
• Jing He and his Pokémon harvested the garden, and he planned to try growing Energy Root with Calyrex’s help.
• Gengar chilled watermelons with Ice Ninetales, and Jing He and the Pokémon shared the harvest before pelting Larvitar and Jing He with watermelon seeds.
• Jigglypuff sang after the meal while Gengar joined in, and Jing He hummed along as evening settled over the courtyard.

Jing He considered a summer trip to Kalos after learning that the Pokémon Triathlon would be held there, then joined Steven Stone and his students for dinner at the Stone residence. Steven invited Jing He to become the Image Ambassador for Devon Corporation’s Pokémon Ecological Park and gave him two Z-Crystals, including a rare Marshadium Z that Gengar might be able to use.

• Jing He trained Larvitar with Steven Stone and explained why he was delaying its evolution while it continued to build strength.
• Gengar showed Jing He news about the Pokémon Triathlon in Kalos, prompting him to consider visiting the region during summer vacation.
• Steven Stone invited Jing He and his students to dinner at the Stone residence, where Flannery repeated a rumor that Jing He had smashed Arceus to pieces.
• Steven Stone showed the group his collections, including a Wishing Star and Minior shells, and Jing He explained their significance.
• Steven Stone offered Jing two Z-Crystals as payment for becoming Devon Corporation’s Pokémon Ecological Park Image Ambassador; Jing identified one as Marshadium Z, which Gengar suspected it could use.

Jing He discovered that Arceus’s Thousand Arms amplified his Aura and could grant Safeguard, while his clinic continued treating Pokémon with relationship troubles. After learning that the poaching gang connected to Ice Ninetales’s capture was believed to be in Kalos, he sought information from Officer Jenny and Sakaki, who also asked him to take Silver as a student; the chapter ended with Sakaki assigning Mato to investigate and expand Team Rocket’s mines for captured poachers.

• After dinner, Stone Mokuren and Steven joked about their appetites and found the exhausted chefs had used every ingredient preparing the meal for Jing He and his friends.
• Jing He tested the Thousand Arms, sensed Arceus and a guide toward Kalos, and activated a Safeguard barrier that Ice Ninetales copied after seeing it.
• Jing He and Jigglypuff treated a heartbroken Purugly with hypnosis, and Jing later received Officer Jenny’s invitation to serve as a Special Instructor for a Kalos simulation exercise and news of a poaching gang there.
• Jing He asked Sakaki to investigate the unidentified Kalos poaching group, and Sakaki told him he had found Silver and wanted Jing He to take the boy as his student.
• Sakaki explained his plan to transform Team Rocket and let Silver defeat him, then tasked Mato with investigating the poachers and preparing more mines for their labor reform.

Jing He visited Professor Sycamore’s lab, where Mega Evolution testing with Gengar produced readings so extreme that the detector exploded. Team Flare tried to identify the Trainer behind the data, but a mysterious Gastly-themed computer infection disrupted their efforts, while Rotom sensed someone was stealing electricity.

• Jing He and Gengar rode Gogoat to Professor Sycamore’s lab, where they brought him enormous chilled watermelons.
• Professor Sycamore showed Jing He Mega Stone research and footage of Blaziken Mask’s Mega Evolution, then asked to record Jing He and Gengar’s data.
• Jing He and Gengar Mega Evolved, and the detector’s readings rose until the machine exploded.
• Team Flare received the Mega Evolution data, but its own detector exploded before Xerosic could identify the Trainer.
• A Gastly-themed virus spread through Team Flare’s computers, while Tinkaton offered to melt down Professor Sycamore’s ruined detector.
• Rotom emerged from the smoking machine and said someone seemed to be stealing electricity.

Jing He received an invitation making him an Earl of the Battle Castle, where he hoped to find a Tyranitar Mega Stone for Larvitar. After riding out of Lumiose City to camp, his Pokémon’s antics led Gengar to wield two Clawitzer like cannons, and Ceruledge began experimenting with a similar idea in Armarouge form.

• Rotom suggested that a Pokémon might be stealing electricity in Lumiose City, and Jing He asked Professor Sycamore to pass the lead to the workers checking the electrical lines.
• Professor Sycamore rewarded Jing He with an invitation granting him the Battle Castle title of Earl and mentioned a possible Tyranitar Mega Stone, exciting Larvitar.
• Jing He updated his Pokédex map, left the laboratory, and rode his Rotom Bike out of Lumiose City toward Route 7 with his Pokémon.
• Jing He’s group camped beside a stream, where Larvitar ate part of the riverbed and Gengar, Tinkaton, and Larvitar built a dam that Jing He had Ice Ninetales make them undo.
• Gengar caught two Clawitzer and used their claws to fire Aura Spheres, then Jing He apologized to their parents after they retaliated with Water Pulses.
• Ceruledge transformed into Armarouge after seeing the Clawitzer’s cannons and Aura attacks, and began considering how to strengthen its own Aura pulses.

Jing He and his Pokémon traveled to the Battle Castle, where he met Kalos Gym Leader Grant and learned about an upcoming promotion battle and feast. At the castle entrance, Jing He encountered Lance, who had secretly earned the title of Duke.

• Armarouge practiced strengthening its Aura Sphere by imitating the Clawitzer’s Mega Launcher, while Jing He let the Clawitzer return to the stream with Energy Cubes.
• Jing He cooked berry curry for his Pokémon, then spent the evening remembering Jirachi and sensing the nearby Pokémon with Aura.
• Jing He and his Pokémon set off for the Battle Castle and met Grant, who explained the castle’s matching system and Zhi Mi’s upcoming promotion battle to Duke.
• Grant climbed toward the castle while Jing He continued by the road, then Jing He arrived and presented Professor Sycamore’s invitation to butler Yi Kong.
• Lance arrived at the Battle Castle on Dragonite, and Yi Kong addressed him as Duke Lance, surprising Jing He.

Jing He visited Kalos’s Battle Castle with Wataru and met several Kalos leaders before being matched against Gym Leader Viola. Larvitar defeated both of Viola’s Pokémon, earning Jing He a promotion from Count to Marquis.

• Jing He told Wataru he was sightseeing in Kalos, while Wataru explained that the League had ended his Team Rocket undercover mission and ordered him to pursue an Elite Four position.
• Jing He, Wataru, and Grant entered the Battle Castle, where they met Zhi Mi, Ramos, and Gan Kai; Gengar and Tinkaton became fascinated with Gan Kai’s armor.
• Butler Yi Kong matched Jing He against Countess Viola in a 2v2 Singles battle, and both Trainers changed into Battle Castle dueling attire.
• Viola sent out Masquerain, but Jing He’s Larvitar endured its attacks, boosted its strength, and knocked it out with Rock Slide.
• Viola’s Vivillon tried to restrain Larvitar with powders, but Larvitar scattered them with Sandstorm and defeated Vivillon with Rock Slide.
• Yi Kong declared Jing He the winner and promoted him to Marquis, leaving the waiting marquises worried they might be matched against him.

Jing He advanced to Marquis at the Battle Castle, then joined Wataru and Gan Kai to investigate a blackout at the Kalos Power Plant. They found the legendary Regieleki draining the plant’s electricity, and Jing He tried to reach it through Aura by claiming Regigigas had called it home to eat.

• Larvitar defeated Viola’s Vivillon, and Jing He was congratulated on advancing to Marquis at the Battle Castle.
• Jing He spoke with Cynthia by phone, then Ramos used astrology to identify the Kalos Power Plant as the source of the blackout.
• Jing He, Wataru, and Gan Kai flew to the power plant, where Officer Jenny explained that its power had suddenly failed during her investigation.
• Rotom fled the plant after finding a powerful Pokémon inside, and Regieleki burst out amid a surge of electricity.
• Gan Kai sent out Aegislash and Wataru sent out Dragonite as Jing He deployed Armarouge and Urshifu; Larvitar also challenged Regieleki.
• Jing He used Aura to tell Regieleki that Regigigas had called it home to eat.

Jing He calmed the rampaging Regieleki at the Kalos Power Plant, caught it in a Luxury Ball, and arranged to return it to the Crown Tundra while keeping it fed. After settling into Battle Castle and winning a Marquis match, Jing He was challenged by chef and Elite Four member Zhi Mi to a Designated Challenge framed as a test of their cooking skills.

• Jing He used Arceus’s aura and Energy Cubes to calm Regieleki, which explained that it had awakened far away and crossed the sea in search of electricity.
• Regieleki agreed to travel with Jing He until it could return to the Crown Tundra, and Jing He caught it in a Luxury Ball as Wataru, Gan Kai, and Officer Jenny watched.
• Jing He and Wataru identified unanswered questions about Regieleki’s journey and Regidrago’s whereabouts, then resolved to report the matter and search for Regidrago.
• At Battle Castle, Jing He warned Regieleki not to consume electricity freely, while Rotom tracked its Energy Cube meals and exchanged electric currents with it.
• Jing He won his first Marquis-ranked Battle Castle match, then accepted Zhi Mi’s Designated Challenge after the chef invited him to taste his Hidden Menu through a Pokémon battle.

Jing He defeated Zhi Mi’s Clawitzer with Mow Rotom in their Battle Castle match, then sent out Ceruledge to face Zhi Mi’s Mega-capable Blastoise despite Ceruledge’s type disadvantage. The battle against Blastoise was about to begin.

• Wataru and the spectators hurried to the courtyard after Jing He and Zhi Mi accepted a designated challenge, while Jing prepared Rotom for the Water-type Elite Four’s team.
• Zhi Mi sent out Clawitzer, and Jing transformed Rotom into Mow Form to counter its Water Pulse and Dragon Pulse.
• Jing used Light Screen, Thunder Wave, Charge, and Thunderbolt to pressure Clawitzer, while Zhi Mi answered with Heal Pulse to recover its damage.
• Jing ordered Rotom to use Pain Split, knocking out Clawitzer; Rotom survived, and Jing promised it five hundred photos as a reward.
• Zhi Mi sent out his ace Blastoise with a Mega Stone, and Jing chose Ceruledge after it eagerly requested the chance to battle.

Jing He and Armarouge fought Zhi Mi and Mega Blastoise to a spectacular standstill, and Zhi Mi conceded that Jing He had won the battle. Jing He was promoted to Duke and exchanged his points for Tyranitarite, which Larvitar immediately tried to taste.

• Blastoise and Ceruledge traded powerful attacks before Zhi Mi Mega Evolved Blastoise, prompting Ceruledge to transform into Armarouge.
• Armarouge battled Mega Blastoise at a type disadvantage, then combined its flames with Jing He's Aura to unleash a devastating Armor Cannon.
• After their final clash left both Pokémon exhausted, Zhi Mi conceded, and Butler Yi Kong promoted Jing He from Marquis to Duke.
• Jing He asked Yi Kong about available Mega Stones and exchanged his points for Tyranitarite.
• Larvitar eagerly tried to inspect and taste the Tyranitarite, but Jing He told it to wait until it evolved and suggested it chew on an Earth Plate Fragment instead.

Jing He camped on Route 10 after Regieleki accidentally accelerated his bike, while Gengar and Larvitar sneaked out to mine diamonds and discovered Diancie in an underground cavern. Diancie agreed to meet Jing He for help controlling its power, but when they emerged, the hunters Lyle and Fleur were waiting to capture it.

• Regieleki charged the Rotom Bike without permission, causing Jing He, Larvitar, and the others to crash before they made camp for the night.
• Gengar and Larvitar secretly explored the forest, found diamonds underground, and dug into a cavern filled with diamond deposits.
• Diancie appeared in the cavern, explained its search for Xerneas and its difficulty controlling its power, and showed Larvitar a pink diamond that quickly vanished.
• Gengar and Larvitar persuaded Diancie to seek help from Jing He, and the three left the cavern without gathering the remaining diamonds.
• Diancie emerged from the underground passage and found the hunters Lyle and Fleur waiting with their Delphox and Greninja; Gengar and Larvitar followed behind it.

Gengar and Larvitar rescued Diancie from Lyle and Fleur, bringing the captured hunters and a diamond vein back to Jing He. Jing He agreed to help Diancie learn to control her power and limited the mining to half the vein, while Argus Steel and Millie watched from a cloaked airship before Regieleki disrupted its systems and forced it to retreat.

• Gengar and Larvitar defeated Lyle, Fleur, Delphox, and Greninja after Diancie warned them the hunters had come to capture her.
• Gengar and Larvitar brought Diancie, the captured hunters, and a pile of diamonds to Jing He, who recognized Lyle and Fleur and arrested them.
• Jing He led his Pokémon to mine the abandoned Carbink village, then agreed to take only half the diamonds after Diancie warned that taking them all could prevent new Carbink from being born.
• Diancie asked Jing He for help mastering her power and finding Xerneas, and he offered to let her observe how his Pokémon controlled their abilities.
• Argus Steel and Millie Steel watched the camp from their invisible airship, but Regieleki disrupted its signals and forced them to retreat.

Jing He and his Pokémon finished mining diamonds with the Carbink village, and Larvitar grew sturdier after eating them and training Iron Defense. On the way to Stone Aroma Town, Jing He met Korrina, who challenged him to a battle and then volunteered to guide him to Orreans Forest after Officer Jenny called about a drill site.

• Jing He let Larvitar eat its fill of diamonds, and Larvitar devoured a person-high pile while Diancie tried his cooking for the first time.
• Jing He’s group finished excavating half the Carbink village’s diamonds, while Officer Jenny had already taken Lyle and Fleur away.
• Jing He noticed Larvitar’s shell had grown sturdier and its Iron Defense had become nearly constant before the group resumed its journey.
• Jing He encountered Korrina and her Lucario on the road, and Korrina eagerly asked to become his disciple and challenged him to a battle.
• Officer Jenny called Jing He about a drill location in Orreans Forest, so Jing He postponed Korrina’s challenge and prepared to go there.
• Korrina offered to lead Jing He to Orreans Forest and followed him, hoping to battle him afterward.

Jing He and his companions reached Orreans Forest after helping Diancie discover her battling strength and turning a defeated Rhyhorn herd into a cart team. At the Pokémon League police drill, Officer Jenny asked Jing He to help prepare officers for Legendary Pokémon incidents, and he wondered whether they would provide meals for Regieleki.

• Steven examined the unusual rocks outside Stone Aroma Town, while Lysandre privately considered recruiting Jing He and Diantha urged him to meet with Jing He.
• Diancie and Larvitar fought off a Rhydon and its Rhyhorn herd, and Diancie gained confidence in her own power after using Diamond Storm.
• Larvitar subdued the herd, and Jing He accepted Diancie's pink diamond as thanks while Korrina considered training with him and Lucario.
• Jing He used the captured herd to pull a cart to Orreans Forest, where he met Officer Jenny and received two Rare Candies for helping apprehend thieves.
• The chief Officer Jenny asked Jing He to help the police prepare for incidents involving Legendary Pokémon, and Jing He suggested using Regieleki if they provided meals.

During a disaster drill, Jing He met AZ, the ancient king who had come to Orreans Forest seeking Xerneas. After talking with AZ about his past and his bond with Florges, Gengar befriended him and received the key to the Ultimate Weapon, while AZ revealed that Xerneas might have awakened.

• Regieleki helped the Officer Jennys conduct a simulated Legendary Pokémon disaster until an unknown Golurk attacked, and Jing He identified its owner as AZ.
• Jing He recognized AZ and called him a friend, then invited him to rest with the group while the drill continued.
• AZ questioned whether Pokémon were partners or servants, and Jing He urged him to forgive himself for the past; Korrina and Lucario felt a new understanding of their bond as they heard AZ's story.
• Gengar secretly met AZ by the river, asked to learn about the Ultimate Weapon to protect Jing He, and received its activation key from AZ.
• Jing He asked why AZ had come to Orreans Forest, and AZ said he had come to see Xerneas, who might have awakened there.

Jing He and his companions met Xerneas in Orreans Forest, where it gave Diancie its blessing and revealed that the Fairy Plate had been lent to the Tapu. Diancie still could not create real diamonds, and the chapter ended as a violent presence began to awaken in the forest.

• AZ left Jing He and Diancie to search for Xerneas separately, while Jing He wondered whether he would have made the same choice as AZ to save someone he loved.
• Steven Stone arrived at camp, met Diancie, and joined Jing He, Korrina, and the others on their search for Xerneas.
• Diancie sensed a strong Fairy aura, and Xerneas appeared and granted its life energy to Diancie, Ice Ninetales, and Tinkaton.
• Xerneas told Jing He that the Fairy Plate had been borrowed by the Tapu to resist beings from beyond the cosmos, then gave him a Fairy Plate fragment.
• Diancie failed to create real diamonds despite Xerneas's blessing, and a leaf-shaped object landed on Jing He as a violent aura awakened in Orreans Forest.

Jing He and his companions confronted the newly awakened Yveltal as its dark aura petrified Pokémon across Orreans Forest, while Team Flare used the chaos to pursue Zygarde. Diancie and Gengar helped resist Yveltal, and Xerneas arrived as the battle intensified.

• A Zygarde core appeared on Jing He's shoulder, warned that Yveltal had awakened, and urged him to stop it.
• Yveltal emerged in Orreans Forest and spread a dark aura that withered the forest and petrified Pokémon; Argus and Millie fled in their airship, which Yveltal petrified.
• Jing He and his companions rushed toward Yveltal, where Gengar merged its mist with the dark aura and Zygarde explained that its partner believed Yveltal's awakening would restore balance.
• Yveltal petrified Argus and his Pokémon, but Gengar blocked an Oblivion Wing with Dark Void, and Jing He encouraged Diancie to trust its strength; Diancie formed a diamond that stopped another beam.
• Jing He and Steven Stone prepared their Pokémon to stall Yveltal, while Xerneas sensed the awakening and rushed toward the forest.
• Lysandre ordered Team Flare to make its move, but their attempt to capture Zygarde's 50% Form failed when it escaped; Xerneas arrived to aid Jing He's group as Yveltal unleashed a Hurricane.

Jing He, Steven Stone, Xerneas, and their Pokémon fought Yveltal after it awakened, using coordinated attacks and status effects to restrain it. Mega Diancie shielded Jing He from Oblivion Wing, and Yveltal finally agreed to stop and hand over its Plate fragment.

• Xerneas arrived and fought Yveltal, while Jing He and Steven Stone joined the battle with their Pokémon.
• Jing He Mega Evolved Gengar, whose Ghost Aura and status moves helped restrain Yveltal alongside Dragonite and Regieleki.
• Yveltal pursued Jing He through the sky, but Diancie Mega Evolved and created a massive Eternal Diamond that blocked Oblivion Wing.
• Mega Gengar struck Yveltal down after the group piled on paralysis, burn, poison, freeze, and other disruptions.
• Yveltal communicated with Jing He and agreed to stop after he threatened to summon help from the Distortion World.
• Jing He asked Yveltal for its Plate fragment, and Yveltal reluctantly agreed to give it to him.