Recaps

Roy and Mimikyu entered the Alola Spirit Realm on Akala Island, where they encountered feralized Armored Warriors and drove them off. As Lucario advanced toward mastering the second stage of Aura Fist, Tapu Koko observed Roy and informed the other Guardian Deities about him.

• Tapu Koko sensed Roy’s Shining Stones, judged him worthy of observation, and sent information about him to the other Guardian Deities.
• Roy and Mimikyu emerged on Akala Island, where Mimikyu recognized her former homeland and led the way toward the Overlord Ribombee.
• Four feralized Armored Warriors ambushed Roy and Mimikyu, but Electivire and Lucario defeated them without killing them.
• Lucario sensed that the Armored Warriors’ hearts were clouded by feralization, while Mimikyu said most Pokémon on the island had been that way before becoming Overlords.
• Roy praised Lucario’s Aura and Fighting-style progress, and Lucario said it was close to mastering the true Aura Fist, which would raise its stats to S3 and meet the Master Level standard.

Roy and his Pokémon crossed the dangerous Spirit Realm and reached Ribombee’s territory, where they stopped to rest. Cosmog’s appearance attracted Kapu Fini, who mistook Roy for a poacher and surrounded the camp with her Misty Maker; Roy recognized her as the likely source of the Psychic Sage Art.

• Roy’s group endured repeated attacks from feral Pokémon, and a Corviknight flock wounded Roy before his Pokémon drove it off.
• Mimikyu blamed herself for the ambush and led the group more cautiously through the Spirit Realm.
• After six hours, Roy reached Ribombee’s flower-field territory and decided to camp outside it for the night.
• Cosmog emerged from its Beast Ball to absorb radiance, drawing the attention of a hidden Kapu Fini.
• Kapu Fini mistook Roy for one of the poachers who had stolen Cosmog and enveloped the camp in Misty Maker.
• Metagross woke the group, and Roy identified the Psychic Sage Art as Kapu Fini’s.

Roy and his Pokémon survived Kapu Lele’s Nature’s Wrath by combining their strongest attacks, but the Guardian Deity vanished before Roy could escape. Roy discovered that Kapu Lele’s Scale Powder had healed their injuries and restored their energy, leaving her intentions unclear.

• Kapu Lele attacked Roy and his Pokémon with Nature’s Wrath, and Gigantamax Metagross blocked it long enough for the others to gather their strength.
• Roy’s Pokémon combined Gigantamax, Mega Evolution, a Z-Move, and their strongest attacks to neutralize Nature’s Wrath.
• Kapu Lele noticed Cosmog had stayed beside Roy despite being afraid, and she began to suspect she had misunderstood the situation.
• Roy prepared to use a Psychic Doll to flee, but Kapu Lele disappeared and her psychic field faded.
• Roy found that his Pokémon were fully healed and refreshed, and he realized Kapu Lele’s Scale Powder had restored them.

Roy realized Tapu Lele had left healing scale powder as an apology and drew inspiration from her Nature’s Wrath to explore combining natural energy with weather moves. He reached Overlord Ribombee’s flower-field domain, where she began a trial of inheritance by revealing the extraordinary way she used her Overlord aura.

• Roy recognized that Tapu Lele’s scale powder had healed his Pokémon as a gesture of goodwill and regretted missing a chance to make peace with her.
• After dreaming about Nature’s Wrath, Roy concluded that weather moves might also be transformed through natural energy and decided to experiment when he could train in peace.
• Roy and his Pokémon entered the flower field, where Overlord Ribombee’s feral Pokémon gathered around them without attacking.
• Overlord Ribombee welcomed Roy with honey, and he accepted her hospitality before asking what trial she would give him.
• Overlord Ribombee began a trial concerning inheritance and revealed golden wings of light formed from her Overlord aura, explaining how she had become one of the Four Great Overlords.

Roy learned that Tapu Koko had arranged an Inheritance Trial to compensate him, and Mimikyu began training to master the refined use of Overlord aura. Meanwhile, Tapu Koko watched Roy with growing fascination and told the other Guardian Deities that Cosmog had returned as Cosmoem, though they could not explain how it had gained the power to evolve so soon.

• The Overlord Ribombee explained that Tapu Koko had arranged an Inheritance Trial as compensation for the previous night's misunderstanding.
• Roy chose Mimikyu to learn the refined use of Overlord aura, and she began training under the Overlord Ribombee.
• Tapu Koko watched Roy through a light projection and became smitten with him.
• Kapu Mingming, Kapu Fini, and Kapu Bulu arrived at the Life Ruins after Tapu Koko summoned them.
• Tapu Koko told the other Guardian Deities that Cosmog had returned to the Alola Spirit Realm as Cosmoem, astonishing them.

The Guardian Deities stripped Roy of the chance to become an Island King but let him continue the trials as inheritance trials, while other challengers began taking on Overlord tests. Meanwhile, Morey Ivan and Noah Reginald searched for a hidden altar in the Alola Spirit Realm, exploiting gaps in Tapu Koko’s surveillance.

• Tapu Koko and the other Guardian Deities learned that Cosmoem had recognized Roy and decided he was unsuitable to become an Island King, but allowed him to continue with inheritance trials.
• Roy trained Mimikyu in mobile Haki while challengers adapted to the Spirit Realm and sought information from Overlord Pokémon.
• Aihara Take injured himself during his first attempt at Ribombee’s trial, then used Mind’s Eye and a team formation to locate Ribombee on his second attempt.
• Xiao Muyi passed Wimpod’s trial by scattering its school and finding its true body, while Ooki Yukiteru also passed Fomantis’s trial and Amora followed.
• Morey Ivan told Noah Reginald that he still had not found the altar, and the two discussed how Tapu Koko’s broad but imprecise surveillance left them room to search.

Morey revealed the Mirror of Manifestation as a way to counter illusions and call on the Three Cloud Gods to stall the Guardian Deities. Roy left Akala Island for Ula-Ula Island after Mimikyu mastered Overlord Ribombee’s mobile aura, but he felt that a major event might disrupt his pilgrimage.

• Morey showed Noah the Mirror of Manifestation and explained how it could expose transformations and bring the Three Cloud Gods into their Therian Formes.
• Overlord Ribombee gave Roy honey tea while Mimikyu mastered its mobile Overlord aura, and Ribombee pleaded for Roy to stay longer.
• Roy reassured Ribombee that they would meet again, while Ninetales warned him that Ribombee was only pretending to be affectionate.
• Roy sailed from Akala Island to Ula-Ula Island aboard Blastoise, fending off several Gyarados clans along the way.
• Roy recognized Ula-Ula Island’s lush growth as the influence of Tapu Bulu and set out toward Overlord Fomantis’s forest.

Roy arrived at Overlord Fomantis’s forest for a trial and learned that the Guardian Deities had changed his trials into inheritance trials because of Cosmog’s connection to them. Fomantis demonstrated its Fusion Overlord Aura, an Aura Burst that temporarily brought its power close to Elite Four level.

• Roy entered the ancient forest and was surrounded by the Pokémon army serving Overlord Fomantis.
• Roy introduced himself to Fomantis, which dismissed its subordinates and told him that his trial had become an inheritance trial.
• Fomantis explained that Roy’s bond with Cosmog, the Star Child, meant he was destined for a status above the Guardian Deities.
• Roy released Cosmog, and Fomantis bowed to it in reverence.
• Fomantis demonstrated its Fusion Overlord Aura, and Roy recognized the technique as Aura Burst, which could briefly cross the Elite Four threshold.

Roy had Mimikyu learn Aura Burst while Ooki Yukiteru challenged the final Overlord, Kommo-o, and was defeated. Five days later, Roy reached Poni Island, where Mimikyu had become the first Pokémon on his team to reach Master Level.

• Roy chose Mimikyu to learn Aura Burst, and she mastered the technique in four days.
• Ooki Yukiteru reached Melemele Island and confronted the final Overlord, Kommo-o.
• Ooki released all eight of his Pokémon and challenged Kommo-o, but the battle ended after three hours with his entire team defeated.
• Roy arrived on Poni Island five days later and learned that Mimikyu had reached Master Level after mastering several techniques.

Roy met the Overlord Wimpod on Poni Island and learned its inheritance allowed it to fuse Overlord auras, while Mimikyu demonstrated that it could fuse with its own clones. Meanwhile, Morey Evan found the Sun Altar, and an anomaly at the Alola Spirit Realm node triggered an evacuation in Hawaii.

• Roy comforted Lucario after Mimikyu became the first of his Pokémon to master an Overlord inheritance.
• Roy met the Overlord Wimpod, which revealed that it fused the auras of 9,999 Wimpod into one body.
• Mimikyu created four clones and demonstrated that it could use Aura Fusion by combining with them.
• Morey Evan and Noah Reginald used the Reveal Glass to find the Sun Altar, a site connected to the Reverse World and Ultra World.
• President Augustus received reports about the Island Pilgrimage while three Champions stayed in Hawaii to protect their forces and prepare for Spirit Realm exploration.
• On the eleventh day, an anomaly at the Spirit Realm node triggered air-raid sirens, and authorities ordered everyone in Hawaii to seek shelter.

The three Champions discovered that senior Trainers in all three nations had betrayed them and concluded that the Illuminati was behind the crisis. In the Alola Spirit Realm, Tapu Koko and Tapu Fini confronted the Three Cloud Gods and their human allies, including Elite Four Arman.

• Aiden Deimos, Lin Wuya, and Lucas learned that the Space Node had been sealed and its night-shift staff had vanished.
• Major Karl reported that Morey had stolen the Reveal Glass, Alpha Gem, and intelligence; Aiden realized his trusted Elite Four had betrayed him.
• Lin Wuya learned that Kou Yan had stolen the Omega Gem and Virus Meteorite, while Lucas learned that his son Noah had stolen the Cocoon of Destruction and Arman had kidnapped Meloetta.
• The Champions recognized the Illuminati as the likely force behind the coordinated betrayals.
• Tapu Koko sensed the sealed passage and Tapu Fini's distress, then rushed to Poni Island, where it found Landorus, Thundurus, Tornadus, Noah, Morey, and Arman.
• Arman greeted Tapu Koko as the Three Cloud Gods faced Tapu Koko and Tapu Fini with killing intent.

Roy learned that mysterious invaders were trying to enter the Sun Altar and joined the other challengers gathering to stop them. As suspicion kept the Trainers from uniting, the Overlord Pokémon arrived and chose Roy to lead them in battle.

• Tapu Koko sent a warning about the invaders and Morey and Noah’s approach to the Sun Altar, prompting Roy and the other challengers to head there.
• Roy joined the challengers near the Sun Altar, where Trainers from France and the United States guarded the ground route and the group struggled to trust one another.
• Roy explained that his Aura could sense basic goodwill and hostility, but a challenger questioned who could verify Roy’s own innocence.
• Kommo-o led an army of more than a hundred Overlord Pokémon to the gathering and selected Roy as their commander.
• The Four Great Overlords and the rest of the Overlord Pokémon submitted to Roy, while the challengers watched in shock.

Roy led the trial participants into the Sun Altar to stop Morey and Noah, where ancient murals revealed the altar’s history and the Radiant God’s sealed light. Roy deduced that the Illuminati planned to use an evolved Cosmog to absorb that light and wield divine power, then the group found Morey Evan on a sacrificial platform.

• Roy used Aura Power to expose and capture two enemy informants, then divided the participants between the battle outside and the search inside the Sun Altar.
• Xiao Muyi, Lin Xingchen, Master Amora, Aihara Take, and Kommo-o joined Roy’s group as they entered the altar.
• The group read murals describing the Radiant God, the Guardian Deities, Sun and Moon, and the war that ended with Sun and Moon dead and the Radiant God sealed away with their light.
• Roy realized the Illuminati had stolen two Cosmog and intended to make one absorb the altar’s sealed light and evolve to wield a god’s power.
• Xiao Muyi spotted someone ahead, and the group found Morey Evan standing on a massive sacrificial platform.

Roy and Xiao Muyi confronted Morey at the Sun Altar and learned that Noah Reginald had taken the Star Child into Ultra Space to recreate the radiance of Ultra Sun and Moon. Meloetta’s song incapacitated most of their allies, but Roy and Xiao Muyi resisted it, leaving Roy and Kommo-o to face the Illuminati’s forces as Xiao Muyi began the attack.

• Morey explained that Noah Reginald had taken the Star Child into Ultra Space to recreate the radiance of Ultra Sun and Moon, allowing the Illuminati to wield divine power.
• Roy, Xiao Muyi, Aihara Take, Master Amora, and Lin Xingchen ordered their Pokémon to attack Morey, but Meloetta appeared and sang a song that overwhelmed most of them.
• Roy and Xiao Muyi resisted Meloetta’s song with Aura Power and Psychic Power, while Lucario and Overlord Kommo-o also remained free of its control.
• Roy recognized Meloetta’s authority over song and realized that Kommo-o’s Soundproof Ability made it immune to the song.
• Roy sent Lucario to carry Aihara Take, Master Amora, and Lin Xingchen to safety, recalled his other Pokémon, and linked minds with Kommo-o to coordinate their battle.
• Xiao Muyi launched the first attack against Morey.

Xiao Muyi and Morey Evan’s Pokémon fought to a standstill until Meloetta used Relic Song to weaken Xiao Muyi’s team and turn other Pokémon hostile. Roy’s Kommo-o overcame the song-controlled attackers with Dragon Tamer Power and powerful moves, leaving Morey to recognize Roy as a dangerous variable.

• Xiao Muyi Mega Evolved Gardevoir, whose Psychic Power matched Morey Evan’s Slowking as their Pokémon battled across the psychic realm.
• Morey pressured Meloetta by reminding her that failure would lead to ‘her’ death, and Meloetta changed her song to Relic Song.
• Relic Song weakened Xiao Muyi’s Pokémon and drove Aihara Take’s Pokémon to attack her, but Roy’s Kommo-o knocked them all out with Mach Punch.
• Amora’s Medicham and the Dragon-type Pokémon led by Garchomp attacked Kommo-o, but Roy’s Dragon Tamer Power let Kommo-o unleash Clanging Scales and blast away all twelve Master-level Pokémon.
• Roy and Kommo-o followed with Aura Sphere and Close Combat, defeating the twelve attackers and prompting Morey to call Roy a variable.

Darkrai, secretly controlled by the Illuminati president, emerged to protect Morey and overwhelmed Kommo-o with its Dark Hole. Roy prepared a special Z-Move as Darkrai’s attack threatened to tear Kommo-o’s soul away.

• Kommo-o attacked Morey, but the Illuminati president’s hidden Darkrai appeared and stopped the blow with a barrier.
• Darkrai fought Kommo-o, but Kommo-o’s Overlord aura and armor let it withstand Darkrai’s attacks and injure it.
• Darkrai unleashed Dark Hole, drawing Kommo-o’s consciousness toward an eternal nightmare.
• Morey declared victory, but Roy revealed a golden crystal and began channeling a special Z power.

Roy and Xiao Muyi survived the Dark Hole’s explosion, which destroyed the Sun Altar and left their Pokémon unconscious or badly injured. Golden light then poured through an Ultra Wormhole, revealing that the Radiance Seal had broken and a Star Child was ascending toward godhood.

• Roy empowered Kommo-o’s Clanging Scales, which overwhelmed Darkrai’s Dark Hole and caused it to explode; Mega Metagross shielded Roy, while Kommo-o and Darkrai vanished.
• Roy recalled the unconscious Metagross and stored the unconscious Meloetta in a spare Poké Ball amid the Sun Altar’s ruins.
• Xiao Muyi told Roy that Morey Evan was dead, explaining that she had stopped his Pokémon from protecting him during the explosion.
• A brilliant torrent of Nature Power poured through the Ultra Wormhole, allowing the four Guardian Deities to use Guardian Giant: Alola and gain the upper hand against the Three Cloud Gods and Arman’s Icebound Legion.
• Tapu Koko warned Roy to get inside because the Radiance Seal had broken and the Star Child was absorbing its light to ascend to godhood.

Roy and Mega Lucario entered the Ultra Megalopolis, where they found Noah Reginald guarding the tower as a Star Child absorbed radiance within its pillar of light. Roy assembled his remaining Pokémon to face Noah and clear the way for his own Star Child.

• Roy Mega Evolved Lucario and entered the Ultra Wormhole leading to the sealed Ultra Space.
• Roy and Lucario reached the lifeless Ultra Megalopolis, where Roy recognized the tower as the cage built to contain Necrozma.
• Roy flew toward the tower on Dragonite and used its Turbulent Current Realm to deflect Walrein's Ice Beam.
• Noah Reginald recounted the Illuminati's failed plans to reclaim the Star Child and explained that Roy had repeatedly disrupted their schemes.
• Roy faced Noah on the tower platform with his Pokémon, while Cosmog watched its counterpart absorb radiance inside the pillar of light.