Recaps

Roy persuaded and captured the Shiny Metagross, then received Ho-Oh’s Rainbow Feather and said goodbye to Lin Xingchen and Xiao Muyi. He brought Metagross to its clan, where the leader communicated with it before turning to Roy.

• Roy convinced Metagross to leave the Spirit Realm with him, and Metagross agreed after resolving to grow strong enough to challenge Ho-Oh.
• Roy discovered that Metagross had the hidden Ability Light Metal and several inherited moves, then captured it and promised to let it say goodbye to its kin.
• Ho-Oh gave Roy a Rainbow Feather that could open a passage to the Spirit Realm and challenged him to return after becoming a Champion.
• Roy declined Lin Xingchen’s invitation to travel together, and they agreed to battle at the University League’s National Tournament in summer.
• Roy greeted Xiao Muyi before she and Lin Xingchen used their Rainbow Feathers to leave, then took Metagross to its clan.
• The Metagross leader communicated with Shiny Metagross and then turned toward Roy with a heavy Metal Sound.

Roy brought Metagross back to his villa and welcomed it onto his Pokémon team, where he gave it rare training resources and laid out an ambitious development plan. Metagross was overwhelmed by its new family’s generosity and realized its training had only just begun.

• The Metagross leader gave Roy a rare Metal Coat as a farewell gift, and Roy decided he could use Metal Coats as food to strengthen Metagross.
• Roy returned to Shenghai with Metagross and introduced it to his other Pokémon at the villa.
• Roy prepared specially customized Energy Cubes and fed Metagross two Metal Coats, which delighted and astonished the newcomer.
• Roy assigned Ninetales to teach Metagross the Infinite Calm Mind method, gave it access to Master Level Move Disks, and planned for Mimikyu to grant it Overlord aura.
• Roy told Metagross it would later receive an Aura Seed and train Mind Energy with Electabuzz, leaving Metagross overwhelmed by the resources and training awaiting it.

Metagross rapidly improved through Roy’s training resources, but it was not ready for the finals against Zhe University. Electabuzz returned after evolving, only for Roy to discover that its uncontrolled Teralvolt clashed with Metagross’s Magnetism and kept the two Pokémon apart.

• Roy explained that Aura let Metagross join the team’s battle network, and Metagross began training with exceptional dedication.
• Metagross learned the Infinity meditation method, received Overlord aura, and rose from D-rank to C-rank in four days, though it could not catch up before the finals against Zhe University.
• Roy waited for Electabuzz to return on the morning of the finals and found Metagross training in the basement.
• Dragonite brought back the evolved Electabuzz, which greeted Roy with an excited hug and accidentally shocked him.
• Metagross collapsed when Electabuzz approached, and Dragonite moved it away so it could move again.
• Roy realized Electabuzz’s uncontrolled Teralvolt clashed with Metagross’s Magnetism, leaving the two Pokémon incompatible until Electabuzz mastered its power.

Roy discovered Electabuzz’s A+ potential and its new Cross Thunder Mode, which greatly increased its battle strength ahead of Sheng Hai University’s championship match against Zhejiang University. Roy asked Fang Hang to put him in the first slot so he could face Mo Yangqiu, and the chapter left the match about to begin under intense national attention.

• Roy saw that Electabuzz’s evolution had raised its evaluation to A+ and noticed its improved Fire Punch and Hidden Power.
• Electabuzz combined Fire-type energy with Lightning Armor to create Cross Thunder Mode, an imitation of Zekrom’s signature move.
• Roy tested Electabuzz and found Bolt Strike Mode lasted six minutes, while Cross Thunder Mode boosted its stats and lightning power but lasted only two minutes.
• Roy learned that Electabuzz had surpassed Lucario as the strongest Pokémon on his team.
• Roy asked Fang Hang to give him the first slot against Mo Yangqiu, and told him he thought he could win.
• The Zhejiang University and Sheng Hai University teams prepared to compete for the East China League championship at Yellow Dragon Arena.

Sheng Hai University’s team battled Zhe University to set up the match they wanted: Roy against Mo Yangqiu. After preparing his Pokémon in secret, Roy was left as Sheng Hai University’s final competitor as the arena erupted in anticipation.

• Fang Hang told the team to clear out Zhe University’s competitors and leave Roy a one-on-one chance against Mo Yangqiu, and the others agreed to give their all.
• Roy trained Lucario, Electabuzz, Blastoise, and Ninetales into Overlord State, then declared everything ready.
• Yang Bowen and Yang Bowen each lost their matches, while Mo Xuexin defeated Zhe University’s fifth competitor and narrowly lost after taking down two of their third competitor’s Pokémon.
• Fang Hang defeated Zhe University’s third competitor, then drew with their second competitor, leaving Roy to face Mo Yangqiu as the final competitors.
• Roy Hao watched from the VIP seats and wondered how much Roy had improved.

Roy’s Lucario battled Mo Yangqiu’s Sceptile in a fierce opening exchange, using its golden aura to match Sceptile’s superior technique. Roy then used the sunlight to set up a trick, leaving Mo Yangqiu blinded and realizing he had fallen for it.

• Elder Lin recalled Ho-Oh’s cryptic praise of Roy and decided to judge him by watching the match.
• Roy sent out Lucario, whose golden aura surprised the commentators, while Mo Yangqiu chose Sceptile.
• Lucario and Sceptile traded powerful moves, with Lucario’s Aura Fist and Overlord aura letting it counter Sceptile’s Master-level techniques.
• Roy avoided using Aura fusion to conserve strength for a later Z-Move and ordered Lucario to use Extreme Speed again.
• Lucario leaped into the sunlight, which flared into Mo Yangqiu’s eyes and revealed that Roy had tricked him.

Roy’s Electabuzz overwhelmed Mo Yangqiu’s Blaziken, revealing power beyond what its species should normally possess. Mo Yangqiu sent out his enormous Swampert, a Professional-level Pokémon, leaving Roy’s team facing its next challenge.

• Lucario blinded Sceptile with Harsh Sunlight and knocked it out with a combined Close Combat and Focus Punch, giving Roy the first victory.
• Roy sent out his evolved Electabuzz against Mo Yangqiu’s Blaziken while Harsh Sunlight remained active.
• Electabuzz crushed Blaziken’s Flame Charge with Brick Break, displaying strength that shocked Mo Yangqiu and the spectators.
• Electabuzz activated Cross Thunder Mode and knocked Blaziken out with a lightning-fast Brick Break before deactivating the costly form.
• Mo Yangqiu sent out his unusually huge Swampert, which showed the signs of a Professional-level Pokémon beyond the Species Limit Tier.

Roy’s Electabuzz fought Mo Yangqiu’s Professional-level Swampert despite their overwhelming difference in strength. After enduring repeated knockdowns and injuring Swampert’s eye, Electabuzz launched one final attack as its energy neared exhaustion.

• Roy kept Electabuzz in the match as the referee began its battle against Mo Yangqiu’s enormous Swampert.
• Electabuzz used Overlord aura and Lightning Armor to attack, but Swampert overpowered it with Brick Break and Hydro Pump, leaving Electabuzz badly injured.
• Swampert repeatedly knocked Electabuzz down with Arm Hammer, but Electabuzz kept getting up and attacking.
• Swampert pinned Electabuzz with Body Slam, and Electabuzz used Battle Continuation to strike it before the referee declared it unable to battle.
• Electabuzz endured Swampert’s Bite and slashed its vulnerable eye with Brick Break, then charged for one last attack as its mental energy nearly ran out.

After Electabuzz pushed Swampert to its limit but lost, Roy sent out Ninetales instead of Mimikyu and revealed a Z-Ring-powered plan to turn Electabuzz’s sacrifice into her chance to win. Ninetales’s aura surged to Professional-level as Swampert remained paralyzed, and Mo Yangqiu ordered Protect to try to survive.

• Electabuzz battered Swampert with dozens of Brick Breaks before Swampert countered with Arm Hammer and defeated it with Ten Thousand Horsepower.
• Commentator Chen Xudong praised Electabuzz’s fighting spirit, while spectators expected Roy to send out Mimikyu for his final singles battle.
• Roy sent out Ninetales, whose Snow Warning intensified into hail as Mo Yangqiu ordered Swampert to attack.
• Ninetales’s icy atmosphere allowed Electabuzz’s Static to paralyze Swampert, and Roy revealed that Electabuzz had fought to set up this opportunity.
• Roy activated his Shining Stone and Z-Ring, channeling Nature Power into Ninetales until her aura reached and surpassed Swampert’s peak strength.
• Mo Yangqiu ordered Swampert to use Protect while it remained paralyzed and Ninetales’s mental pressure spread through the stadium.

Roy used Supreme Psychic Destruction Wave to defeat Mo Yangqiu’s Professional-level Swampert, giving Sheng Hai University the individual match and stunning viewers nationwide. As Roy’s team prepared for the evening’s team match, Xiao Rong remained fixated on the move’s mysterious Psychic energy.

• Roy’s Ninetales unleashed Supreme Psychic Destruction Wave, overwhelming Swampert’s Protect and knocking Mo Yangqiu’s Pokémon unconscious.
• Lin Liming, the VIPs, and viewers were stunned by the unprecedented power, while Xiao Bin recognized that the move contained energy beyond ordinary Psychic power.
• Sheng Hai University won the individual match, and Roy’s teammates celebrated before checking on his exhaustion from using the Z-Move.
• Roy explained the skill manual ranks and identified Supreme Psychic Destruction Wave as a Transcendent Skill Manual with extraordinary power and serious drawbacks.
• Roy’s team agreed to focus on winning the evening’s team match, and Roy promised to defeat Mo Yangqiu.
• Xiao Rong pondered the composition of the mysterious Psychic energy in Roy’s move.

Roy entered the deciding team battle against Mo Yangqiu after Sheng Hai University took a 4-to-3 lead, confident that his team would secure the win. As Ninetales began charging the Supreme Psychic Destruction Wave, Mo Yangqiu ordered his rain team to attack, and the battle opened with Electabuzz striking Politoed down.

• Elder Lin, Roy Hao, and Xiao Rong discussed Roy's secret manual, its connection to the Alola Spirit Realm, and whether to let him undertake the Island Challenge Trial.
• Sheng Hai University built a 4-to-3 advantage in the team battle, leaving Roy and Fang Hang against Mo Yangqiu.
• Roy refused Fang Hang's offer to battle first and declared that Sheng Hai University had already won the team battle.
• Mo Yangqiu sent out Swampert, Lotad, and Politoed, while Roy fielded Electabuzz, Ninetales, and Blastoise.
• Politoed seized control of the weather with Drizzle as Ninetales began charging its powerful move, prompting Mo Yangqiu to order an all-out attack.
• Electabuzz entered Cross Thunder Mode and Overlord aura state, knocked Politoed down with Brick Break, and was struck by Politoed's close-range gaze after it endured the blow.

Roy’s team defeated Mo Yangqiu’s team after Blastoise shielded Ninetales long enough for her to unleash Supreme Psychic Destruction Wave. In a post-match interview, Roy revealed that the move was a Psychic-type Z-Move based on his Sage Art secret technique and confirmed he was researching Z-Moves for other types.

• Blastoise endured Lotad’s Thunder and Swampert’s Hydro Pump, using its defenses and recoil from a Water-type move to protect Ninetales and hold its ground.
• Electabuzz broke free of Mean Look and knocked Lotad unconscious, leaving Mo Yangqiu with only Swampert.
• Swampert used Outrage and cracked Blastoise’s shell, but Ninetales completed Supreme Psychic Destruction Wave and left Swampert in a Near-Death State, securing Roy’s team a crushing victory.
• Viewers discussed the battle online, and Eevee Is My One True Love argued that the strange aura around Electabuzz, Lucario, and Blastoise greatly increased their stats.
• During his post-match interview, Roy said the secret technique was called Sage Art, named Supreme Psychic Destruction Wave as a Psychic-type Z-Move, and confirmed he was researching Z-Moves for the other types.

Roy explained Z-Moves to the public, claiming Aura Power enabled him to use natural energy while inviting researchers to help develop the technique. After Sheng Hai University won the East China League championship, Elder Lin presented the team’s rewards and privately summoned Roy to talk.

• Roy told reporters that Z-Moves used natural energy, said he could manipulate it because he possessed Aura Power, and claimed ordinary people might eventually learn the technique through research.
• Roy ended the interview, returned to the competitors’ lounge, and received his championship medal from Fang Hang.
• Elder Lin visited the team and announced that each champion could choose one manual from any Gym, in addition to receiving a medal and seeded competitor status.
• Roy considered choosing a manual suitable for Metagross, then followed Elder Lin aside when he asked to speak with him.

Elder Lin told Roy that the Alola Spirit Realm’s Guardian Deities would hold an Island Challenge Trial for Professional-level Trainers under twenty-five, while Roy’s Z-Move made him famous worldwide and earned him a windfall of Popularity Points. After weighing a Key Stone against a Ghost Z-Crystal, Roy decided to save his points and began studying confidential information about Dragon Country’s Gym techniques.

• Elder Lin explained that Ho-Oh had mediated between the League and Alola’s four Guardian Deities, who would hold an Island Challenge Trial that autumn for eligible Trainers.
• Roy’s Z-Move drew worldwide attention, prompting media coverage and research teams to investigate natural energy, while League warnings deterred people from trying to exploit him.
• Roy relaxed at his villa and counted the popularity gained by himself and his Pokémon, which had brought him eighty-two million Popularity Points in one day.
• Roy considered spending his points on a Key Stone or a Ghost Z-Crystal, then decided to save them because he was not ready to reveal Mega Evolution.
• Roy received an email containing confidential information about secret techniques taught by Dragon Country’s Gyms and started reading it.

Roy chose the Weightless Technique manual for Metagross and planned to rest before training toward the National Tournament and Alola’s Island Challenge. During dinner, he learned that the European Spirit Realm had fused with Earth as the Kalos Spirit Realm and spotted a mysterious multicolored stone among its championship prizes.

• Roy selected the Weightless Technique manual, which used Metagross’s Light Metal Ability to develop its speed, and learned the materials would arrive within three days.
• Roy planned a short break at home before pursuing Professional-level strength for the National Tournament and the Alola Island Challenge Trial.
• While Roy bathed Metagross and Blastoise, Electabuzz’s accidental electrical discharge shocked Squirtle and sent Metagross into the pool, where Lucario and Ninetales rescued it.
• Roy prepared dinner with Lucario’s help and heard that Clefairy had returned to Wuji Dojo to assist with a Pokémon preparing to lay an egg.
• A news report announced that the northern French Spirit Realm had fused with Earth as the Kalos Spirit Realm, and Roy spotted a mysterious multicolored stone among the European Youth Championship prizes.

Roy decided to compete in the European Youth Championship for a chance to win a Key Stone, then returned to school and secured leave from classes and exams. At the semester-opening battle, he sent out his newly acquired Shiny Metagross, which faced Lin Shixian’s Ivysaur.

• Roy learned that reaching the European Youth Championship semifinals would let him choose a Key Stone, and decided to compete in France.
• Roy asked Professor Xing for an extended leave and an exam exemption, and Professor Xing agreed to seek Principal Fang’s approval.
• Roy took the semester-opening test and chose Electabuzz and Metagross for the 2v2 battle.
• Roy was matched against Lin Shixian, whose Ivysaur froze when it saw Roy as its opponent.
• The crowd was stunned by Roy’s Shiny Metagross, which entered its Overlord State and endured Ivysaur’s Vine Whip without a scratch.

Roy’s Metagross evolved into Metang after battling through the school competition, and its anxiety about having two brains gave Roy an idea for training it. Roy won the opening test, then received the Weightless Technique manual and a Float Stone, discovering the technique’s demanding prerequisites.

• Metagross used its heavy defenses to outlast many opponents, losing to Fire-, Dark-, and Ground-type Pokémon before evolving into Metang.
• Metang worried that its two connected brains might cause a split personality, so Roy examined it with Aura Power and began considering how its brain structure could inspire new training.
• Roy sent Electabuzz against Xiao Bin and won the opening test decisively.
• Roy received the Weightless Technique manual and a Float Stone from the Guangdong Steel-type Gym, then read that the technique required Light Metal and three Master-level moves.

Roy studied the Weightless Technique and devised a Metang-specific method for switching between lightweight and heavyweight forms. He arranged to rent a Heavy Metal Cacnea for training, then learned from Fang Hang that the Elite Four Challenge was happening the next day.

• Roy rejected the manual’s written move instruction and exchanged points for Master Level Move Disks for Lightweight Body, Rock Polish, and Calm Mind, as well as a Ghost Z-Crystal.
• Roy identified the Weightless Technique’s weaknesses and devised a plan for Metang to use Role Play and Calm Mind to imitate Heavy Metal and switch between lightweight and heavyweight forms.
• Roy decided to begin training Metang in the Zero Gravity State and searched for a Pokémon with the Heavy Metal Ability to use as a training sample.
• Fang Hang directed Roy to the National Pokémon Rental Center, where Roy rented Kurama’s Cacnea for delivery the next day.
• Fang Hang asked whether Roy would watch the Elite Four Challenge, and Roy realized it was taking place the next day.

Roy helped Mimikyu use a Ghost-type Z-Move, and the experience awakened her ability to fuse natural energy into her attacks. Mimikyu developed stronger Fairy Style moves and a vitality-restoring version of Curse, leaving Roy eager to teach the technique to his other Pokémon.

• Delibird delivered a Poké Ball containing Cacnea, whom Roy brought to Metang before Metang offered to show Cacnea around.
• Roy used the Ghost Z-Crystal with Mimikyu, empowering her Master Level Shadow Claw into the Z-Move Endless Night's Temptation.
• After experiencing the Z-Move, Mimikyu transformed Shadow Claw by fusing it with natural energy, creating Fairy Style: Shadow Claw at twice the original move's power.
• Mimikyu tested Fairy Style versions of her Ghost-type attacks, which grew at least twice as powerful, while her transformed Curse restored her vitality.
• Roy recognized that Mimikyu's vitality-restoring Curse worked like the Moonlight technique he had envisioned and asked her to maintain the state and try her Infinite Nesting Doll Technique.

Roy learned that Mimikyu had become the strongest Pokémon on his team after mastering powerful Substitute clones and Immortal Arts, then examined the team’s growth and Overlord aura training. He made plans to travel abroad and watched Xiao Muyi challenge her father for an Elite Four position.

• Mimikyu created four full-strength Substitute clones and demonstrated that they could use Immortal Arts: Shadow Claw.
• Roy announced that Mimikyu was now the team’s strongest Pokémon, prompting Electabuzz, Lucario, and Blastoise to reconsider their training.
• Roy examined his Pokémon and found that Mimikyu, Electabuzz, Lucario, and Blastoise had reached their Species Limit Values and entered the accumulation period.
• Roy booked an appointment to process his passport and turned on the broadcast of Xiao Muyi’s Elite Four Challenge against her father.
• Xiao Muyi began the challenge, which required her to win both a full-team individual battle and a team battle.

After Xiao Muyi became the new Superpower Heavenly King, Roy waited a month for his passport review while his Pokémon continued training. Roy Hao brought him his passport and a Teleport doll for protection, and Roy arrived in Paris to compete in the European Youth Championship.

• Xiao Muyi narrowly defeated Xiao Rong and took her father's place as the new Superpower Heavenly King.
• Roy's Pokémon continued training during the month-long passport review, and Metang's evaluation rose to B+.
• Roy Hao explained that officials had debated whether to let Roy travel abroad because of the dangers he might face, then gave him his passport and a Teleport doll made by Xiao Muyi.
• Roy arrived at De Gaulle Airport in Paris with Cosmog and asked a local woman for directions, but he could not understand her reply.

Roy visited the Pioneer Battle Tower in Paris and discovered that its rewards included twelve Mega Stones, which he hoped to collect by reaching the twentieth floor. He began climbing the tower with Metang, drawing an unusually large livestream audience as he reached the twelfth floor.

• Roy checked into the Shangri-La Hotel and learned about the Pioneer Battle Tower and its upcoming European Youth Championship.
• Roy visited the tower, learned its rules and expensive registration fee, and inspected the rewards available for battle points.
• Roy spotted twelve Mega Stones, called World Tree Orbs, among the rewards and decided to reach the twentieth floor to claim them.
• Roy challenged the tower with Metang and advanced to the twelfth floor in one go.
• The tower's livestream viewers discussed Roy's speed, youth, and possession of a pseudo-legendary Pokémon.

Roy climbed the Battle Tower in France, defeating opponents with Metang and Lucario before stopping short of a match against three Professional-level Pokémon. He exchanged his points for all twelve Mega Stones available, including a Lucario Mega Stone.

• Roy defeated the twelfth-floor Floor Master with Metang and continued to the thirteenth floor.
• Roy sent out Lucario, which instantly defeated the thirteenth-floor Floor Master's Meowstic.
• Roy crushed his way through the Battle Tower to the twenty-fifth floor, drawing attention from the organizers and European livestream viewers.
• Roy stopped challenging the tower rather than face the twenty-sixth-floor Trainer and their three Professional-level Pokémon.
• Roy cleared out all twelve Mega Stones in the Battle Tower's exchange area and recognized the final one as Lucario's Mega Stone.

Roy suspected that the Professional-level Trainer Ma Zhang had approached him with hidden intentions and investigated his background, but found no clear reason for Ma Zhang to target him. The next day, Roy registered for the tournament and faced hostility from foreign spectators as the preliminary stage began.

• Roy met Ma Zhang, who shared information about the tournament’s Professional-level entrants and young contenders, including Aihara Take and Xenia Reginald.
• After Ma Zhang left, Roy grew suspicious because he had shown no curiosity about Cosmog, and Roy returned to the hotel to check his background.
• Roy contacted Professor Xing, Fang Hang, and Su Xiaoyu, and learned that Ma Zhang was a twenty-five-year-old Professional-level Trainer from Yun Province, skilled with Dark- and Steel-type Pokémon.
• Roy decided to adapt to the situation, relying on his trump cards and Xiao Muyi’s Teleport Scroll if necessary.
• Roy registered at the Pioneer Battle Tower the next day and noticed that foreign spectators doubted him and hoped he would lose as the preliminary stage approached.

Roy entered the European Youth Championship preliminaries and watched Zenia’s Greninja score 674 points with a powerful Water Shuriken technique. Irritated by the crowd’s comparisons, Roy sent out Electabuzz to silence them, leaving its move-power test about to begin.

• Roy watched a Middle Eastern contestant’s Machamp score 523 points with Focus Punch.
• Zenia sent out Greninja, whose modified Flying Water Shuriken scored 674 points.
• The crowd debated whether Roy could beat Zenia’s score, and Roy grew irritated by their noise.
• Roy chose Electabuzz instead of Lucario and prepared to show the crowd its power.
• Electabuzz clenched its fists angrily after hearing the spectators dismiss it.