Recaps

Roy led Sheng Hai University through a string of tournament victories, strengthened his team, and began mastering Z-Moves. He entered Nirvana Spirit Realm and chose a Shiny Metagross whose wish to protect its clan could bind it to Roy’s ambitions.

• Roy swept Jinling University’s opening individual match with Electabuzz, Mimikyu, and Lucario, then helped Sheng Hai University win the team battle with Ninetales’s Ice Field.
• Roy’s rising popularity funded a Z-Ring, while Blastoise evolved and Electabuzz left with Dragonite to train in the Dragon’s Lair.
• Roy tested Ninetales’s Psychic Z-Move against Clefable and learned that the attack was powerful but slow to activate and taxing to use.
• Mimikyu gave Overlord aura to Lucario and Blastoise, and Roy organized intensive training as he advanced his Z-Move technique.
• Xiao Muyi escorted Roy into Nirvana Spirit Realm, where Ho-Oh explained the Bell Tower, the chosen Trainers, and its sealed floors.
• Roy asked Ho-Oh to show him exceptionally talented Pokémon and chose a Shiny Metagross from among the tribes.
• Roy calmed the reluctant Metagross and urged it to grow strong enough to protect its clan and win freedom from Ho-Oh’s control.

Roy led Sheng Hai University to the East China League championship, revealed a powerful Z-Move, and prepared for the Alola Island Challenge. He then traveled to France, gathered Mega Stones, and entered the European Youth Championship amid skepticism from the crowd.

• Roy recruited Metagross from the Spirit Realm, received a Rainbow Feather from Ho-Oh, and brought Metagross home to join his team.
• Roy and Electabuzz developed new battle strength before Roy faced Mo Yangqiu in the East China League finals.
• Roy defeated Mo Yangqiu’s team with Lucario, Electabuzz, and Ninetales, whose Supreme Psychic Destruction Wave overwhelmed Swampert.
• Roy won the championship, revealed that his Z-Move used natural energy, and learned that he could join the Alola Island Challenge Trial.
• Roy chose the Weightless Technique for Metagross, devised training to exploit its Light Metal Ability, and helped Mimikyu transform her attacks with a Ghost Z-Crystal.
• Xiao Muyi defeated Xiao Rong to become the new Superpower Heavenly King, while Roy received his passport and traveled to Paris.
• Roy advanced to the twenty-fifth floor of the Pioneer Battle Tower and exchanged his battle points for twelve Mega Stones, including Lucario’s Mega Stone.
• Roy learned about Ma Zhang and the tournament contenders, then watched Zenia score 674 points before choosing Electabuzz for his own contest run.

Roy won through the French tournament and claimed the Key Stone, but Ma Zhang attacked him as a Spirit Realm descended over Paris. Separated from some of his Pokémon, Roy reunited with them at the World Tree, defeated Kurama with Mega Lucario, and agreed to help watch over the tree in exchange for training for his Pokémon.

• Roy advanced through the tournament, and his Metang evolved into Shiny Metagross before he entered the main event.
• Roy defeated Zenia with Lucario, then beat Aihara Take’s Professional-level team with Mimikyu, Ninetales, and Lucario to reach the semifinals.
• Roy claimed the Key Stone and other rewards, but Ma Zhang attacked him at the Pioneer Battle Tower as a catastrophic Spirit Realm descended over Paris.
• A Space Node separated Roy from Lucario and Blastoise and carried him and his other Pokémon into the Spirit Realm, where they encountered the World Tree and defeated an ancient Kabutops.
• Mew reunited Roy with Lucario and Blastoise at the World Tree, where Roy learned that Ma Zhang was the Illuminati agent Kurama and that Registeel had driven him off.
• Roy Mega Evolved Lucario and pursued Kurama, whose Aggron, Bisharp, and Houndoom Lucario defeated before Mimikyu captured Kurama and Bisharp.
• As officials reported the devastation and Roy’s disappearance, Mew asked Roy to help watch over the World Tree, and Roy arranged training for Metagross and Ninetales with Registeel and Regice.

Roy trained in the World Tree Spirit Realm, learned more about Cosmog and Ultra Beasts, and returned in time for the National Tournament. He led Sheng Hai University through a sweeping victory over Jing Hua University, then followed Xiao Muyi’s mysterious livestream link.

• Roy negotiated with the investigation team on Mew’s behalf, and Mew displayed her power before the investigators reported her to the world’s nations.
• Roy stayed in the World Tree Spirit Realm to train his Pokémon, Mega Evolved Blastoise and Metagross, and helped Lucario develop new abilities.
• A Pheromosa emerged from an Ultra Wormhole seeking Cosmog, but Lucario defeated it, and Mew made it her playmate.
• Roy trained his Pokémon further, broke out of the Spirit Realm with Mimikyu, and returned to Shenghai to prepare for the National Tournament.
• Roy and Sheng Hai University drew Jing Hua University in the opening match, where Blastoise, Lucario, and Metagross defeated their opponents in a one-versus-three sweep.
• Aihara Take withdrew after Roy defeated him, and Jing Hua University lost its individual and team matches, ending its long championship streak.
• Xiao Muyi gave Roy a YouTube livestream link, and Roy followed her instructions into a Los Angeles food stream featuring a creator and his Snorlax.