Recaps

Roy advanced through the first preliminary stage after Electabuzz scored 724 points with its newly mastered Bolt Strike, then entered the second stage and defeated a bearded teenager’s Talonflame with Metang. Metang began to evolve after the victory.

• Electabuzz used its perfected Bolt Strike to score 724 points, placing Roy eighth in the first preliminary stage.
• Roy learned that he had advanced and went to the second preliminary stage, where contestants had to win three battles to qualify for the main event.
• Roy was matched against a bearded teenager and chose Metang to battle the opponent’s Talonflame.
• Metang evaded Heat Wave with its speed, grabbed Talonflame, and used Role Play to copy Heavy Metal, crushing it with its increased weight.
• Metang finished Talonflame with a weight-empowered Meteor Mash and began to evolve.

Roy evolved Metang into a Shiny Metagross, advanced through the preliminaries, and prepared for the European Youth Championship’s main event while Lucario trained to master sage arts. As publicity turned Roy and Zenia into rival national favorites, Roy learned that hostile fans had targeted his hotel, but he had been staying at a Pokémon Center.

• Roy’s Metang evolved into a Shiny Metagross, which defeated the opponent’s Furfrou and helped Roy advance through the preliminaries into the top thirty-two.
• Roy reviewed the finalists and realized he would need three Professional-level Pokémon to win the Key Stone, hoping Lucario could master sage arts in time.
• Roy fused his Aura with Lucario’s in a Training Room to strengthen Lucario’s ability to sense natural energy, while Mimikyu assisted its training.
• Tournament publicity cast Roy and Zenia as rival national talents, and some European fans abused Roy online and sent dead rats to his hotel.
• Roy learned about the harassment on television, but he had spent the past two days at a Pokémon Center, and Lucario and Mimikyu reacted angrily.

Roy learned that Lucario had mastered Overlord aura and Psychic-type senjutsu, then traveled to France for the tournament. The live draw matched him against Zenia Reginald in the first round, and he watched the other competitors while waiting for their evening main event.

• Roy reassured his angry Pokémon and learned that Lucario had taken the final step toward mastering Overlord aura and comprehended Psychic-type senjutsu.
• Roy arrived at the French tournament and avoided drinking water in the competitor lounge after Metagross warned him to be cautious.
• Lucas Reginald drew the tournament brackets, matching Roy against Zenia Reginald in the first round.
• Zenia recognized Roy from the preliminaries and hoped he would prove strong enough to deserve her friendship.
• Roy watched Amora's Medicham sweep its opponents and noted Ma Zhang's Bisharp and Aihara Take as competitors to watch.

Roy’s Lucario faced Zenia’s Weavile in the round-of-thirty-two match, enduring the hostile crowd and Weavile’s malice-powered tactics. Lucario dodged Weavile’s ambush by using Teleport, leaving Zenia shocked as the battle continued.

• Aihara Take swept his opponent with Heracross and declared that he was the strongest and would win the championship.
• Roy entered the arena with Cosmog as the crowd booed him, while Zenia grew impatient with the jeering.
• Roy chose Lucario, and Zenia sent out her well-trained Weavile, whose enhanced Intimidate disrupted Lucario’s Aura Perception.
• Weavile used Nasty Plot to strengthen Dark Pulse, but Lucario’s Aura Sphere overwhelmed the attack before Weavile evaded it with Double Team.
• Weavile attacked Lucario from its blind spot with Feint Attack, but Lucario vanished and reappeared thirty meters away using Sage Art Teleport, shocking Zenia.

Roy and Lucario faced Zenia’s team in the arena, defeating Weavile and exposing Greninja’s Protean trick during their high-speed battle. The chapter ended with Lucario slamming Greninja into the ground with Aura Sphere.

• Zenia’s Weavile used Agility to evade Lucario, but Lucario predicted its movement and knocked it out with a point-blank Aura Sphere.
• Zenia sent out Greninja, which repeatedly evaded Lucario’s attacks by changing into a Ghost type with Protean and Lick.
• Roy identified Greninja’s Protean Ability and alerted Lucario to the trick.
• Lucario struck Greninja with Thunder Punch before Greninja created Double Team clones and attacked with Water Shuriken.
• Lucario evaded the Water Shuriken at the last moment and hit Greninja with Aura Sphere, smashing it into the ground.

Roy defeated Zenia’s Hydreigon with Lucario after provoking her into wasting its energy, winning the match and leaving her overwhelmed and in tears. Roy was stunned by her reaction and wondered whether he could still escape Lucas’s attention.

• Roy’s Lucario defeated Zenia’s Greninja with Close Combat, leaving Zenia shaken as she sent out Hydreigon.
• Roy taunted Zenia, and she angrily ordered Hydreigon to unleash Triple Attack.
• Hydreigon wasted its stamina firing a sweeping beam while Lucario dodged, and Roy told Lucario to finish the battle.
• Lucario endured Crunch, struck Hydreigon with Aura Sphere, and knocked it out with Close Combat.
• Roy applauded and thanked Zenia, who collapsed and began crying as Roy glanced toward Lucas in the VIP seats.

After defeating Zenia, Roy mocked the European crowd during his winner’s interview, sparking an international uproar and a surge in Lucario’s Popularity Points. Roy looked ahead to his next match against Aihara Take and considered using the points to obtain Z-Crystals for his Pokémon.

• Zenia broke down after losing to Roy, then left the arena as the commentator tried to reassure viewers.
• Roy told an interviewer that European viewers should learn how to behave in a library, implying he would silence the crowd.
• European fans erupted online and pressured their five Professional-level Trainers to defeat Roy, while Dragon Country viewers celebrated his taunt.
• Researchers discussed whether Lucario could learn Teleport and debated how Pokémon’s inherited moves developed.
• Roy noticed Lucario had gained more than sixteen million Popularity Points and considered buying Z-Crystals for Squirtle and Ninetales.
• Roy identified Aihara Take as his next-round opponent.

Roy faced Aihara Take in the quarterfinals and surprised the crowd by leading with Mimikyu. Mimikyu’s high-grade energy and Ghost-type powers unsettled Aihara Take, who was left searching for her after she vanished into the Spirit World.

• Roy learned that defeating Aihara Take would secure him a semifinal place, while Aihara Take said he wanted to see Roy’s legendary Z-Move.
• The commentator framed the match as a possible upset, though spectators expected Aihara Take to win because he had three Professional-level Pokémon.
• Roy sent out Mimikyu, surprising Aihara Take and the European audience.
• Aihara Take ordered Heracross to attack with Thousand Arrows, but Mimikyu blocked it with Sage Art: Shadow Claw, revealing high-grade energy.
• Heracross struck Mimikyu into the air and attacked with Megahorn, but Mimikyu’s Sage Art: Shadow Ball drove it back.
• Mimikyu disappeared into the Spirit World, leaving Aihara Take unable to locate her.

Roy’s Mimikyu ambushed Heracross from the Spirit World, tore off its wings, and revealed that its clones could strike with the original’s strength. Aihara Take ordered Heracross to go berserk, leaving the battle to its dangerously arrogant Moxie as Mimikyu regrouped and Roy considered whether to use a Z-Move.

• Heracross waited for Mimikyu to emerge from the Spirit World, then caught its Shadow Claw and dragged it into the arena.
• Two Mimikyu clones attacked Heracross from Spirit World channels, tore off its wings, and forced it to repel them with Counter.
• Aihara Take realized Mimikyu’s clones were as strong as the original and ordered Heracross to go berserk.
• Heracross’s Moxie surged into extreme confidence, and its Thousand Arrows overwhelmed all three Mimikyu despite their combined Shadow Claws.
• The three Mimikyu regrouped and watched Heracross warily while Roy weighed whether to use a Z-Move.

Roy's Mimikyu defeated Aihara Take's Heracross with repeated Clone Suicide-Style Destiny Bonds, earning the European crowd's applause. Aihara Take then sent out Toxicroak and began his next attack with Sludge Bomb.

• Roy used five Mimikyu to suppress Heracross and draw it into attacking a clone under Destiny Bond.
• Heracross resisted the first Destiny Bond, but Roy forced it to face two more, and the third drained its remaining life force.
• Aihara Take recalled Heracross as the crowd applauded Roy, then vowed not to lose the battle.
• Aihara Take sent out Toxicroak and ordered Sludge Bomb, covering the battlefield with falling poison and sludge.

Roy’s Mimikyu defeated Aihara Take’s Toxicroak with the Ghost-type Z-Move Endless Pavilion Night’s Temptation after Roy revealed that his Pokémon besides Ninetales could use Z-Moves. Aihara accepted the loss and sent out his starter Pokémon, Martial King, for the final battle.

• Toxicroak’s Poison Jab assault poisoned the two Mimikyu and wore down their defenses as Aihara Take urged Roy to use his Z-Move Ninetales.
• Roy activated his Shining Stone and revealed that Ninetales was not the only one of his Pokémon capable of using Z-Moves.
• One Mimikyu let Toxicroak pierce its body, then used Mean Look to hold it briefly while Roy’s other Mimikyu unleashed Endless Pavilion Night’s Temptation.
• The Ghost-type Z-Move overwhelmed Toxicroak with negative emotions, leaving it defeated and giving Mimikyu its second consecutive victory over a Professional-level Pokémon.
• Aihara Take recovered his composure, sent out his starter Pokémon Martial King, and prepared to continue the battle.

Roy's Ninetales fell after trading Z-Moves with Aihara Take's Infernape, while Lucario endured Infernape's firestorm as Roy recovered. Roy's Aura then empowered Lucario through Aura fusion, and the two Pokémon prepared to clash.

• Roy sent out Ninetales, which used a Z-Move against Infernape but was knocked out by High-Temperature Pressure.
• Infernape survived the Z-Move and activated Flash Fire, while Roy rested before sending out Lucario.
• Lucario dodged Infernape's attacks and tried to break through its fiery domain as Aihara Take intensified the sunlight.
• Infernape used Overheat to engulf the arena, but Lucario survived with Endure.
• Roy's Aura reached Lucario and empowered it through Aura fusion as it rose to face Infernape.

Roy defeated Aihara Take in a brutal battle but collapsed from the strain of using three Z-Moves. As public attention surged, Roy Hao agreed to send Professional-level Trainer Hu Jun to protect Roy.

• Roy and Aihara Take's Lucario and Infernape knocked each other out, leaving Aihara defeated while Roy still had Mimikyu able to fight.
• Roy declined interviews, returned to the hotel, and fell asleep as his Pokémon recovered and guarded him.
• Viewers praised Roy's victory over three Professional-level Pokémon, while others worried about Dragon Country's growing dominance and Roy's future potential.
• Lin Liming reprimanded Roy Hao for leaving Roy vulnerable and warned that foreign forces might take desperate risks against him.
• Roy Hao agreed to assign Hu Jun to protect Roy, and Lin Liming was reassured by the choice.

After recovering from the previous battle, Roy learned that Hu Jun was coming to protect him and claimed his tournament rewards, including a Key Stone and a Life Stone. He advanced to the semifinals and began choosing a Mega Stone, keeping his plans for Mega Evolution secret.

• Roy woke after fourteen hours of sleep, recovered with Ninetales's help, and fed his hungry Pokémon.
• Roy read that Roy Hao had sent Hu Jun to France to protect him and that tournament rewards were waiting to be claimed.
• Roy defeated Sai'er in the quarterfinals and advanced to the semifinals alongside Amola, Ma Zhang, and a French Professional-level Trainer.
• Roy chose two million euro, a Mega Stone, thirty million euro, and a Life Stone from his tournament reward tiers.
• Roy received the Key Stone and realized that all the conditions for Mega Evolution had been fulfilled.
• Roy examined a cart of sixteen Mega Stones and was pleasantly surprised by the third one.

Roy discovered that Ma Zhang’s friendly approach concealed a plan to kill him, just as a Spirit Realm descended over Paris. After Lucario teleported Roy away from Ma Zhang’s Bisharp, the attackers continued pursuing them through the collapsing Pioneer Battle Tower.

• Roy chose a Metagross Mega Stone as his competition prize and learned that his Euros would arrive within three days.
• Ma Zhang waited for Roy in the contestants’ passageway, while Cosmog sensed an impending abnormality.
• A powerful Space Quake began across Paris, and Ma Zhang recognized the Pioneer Battle Tower as a severely affected area.
• Ma Zhang revealed his killing intent, but Lucario teleported Roy away just before Bisharp’s slash struck.
• Bisharp relentlessly attacked Roy and Lucario with sword energy, destroying the Pioneer Battle Tower as nearby people fled.
• Global monitoring stations confirmed that a special-disaster-level, super-large Spirit Realm was descending between Paris and Berlin.

Roy and Ma Zhang’s fight escalated as a Spirit Realm descended, swallowing Roy and his Pokémon in a wave of spatial energy. Roy awoke in an unfamiliar valley and saw a colossal ancient tree rising toward the sky.

• Roy used Lucario, Blastoise, and Cosmog to survive Ma Zhang’s attacks as the chaotic Space Quake increasingly restricted Teleport.
• Mimikyu ambushed Ma Zhang, but Bronzong revealed itself as his invisible protector and blocked the strike.
• Ma Zhang summoned Shedinja, Skarmory, and Aggron while Roy prepared his remaining Pokémon for a full battle.
• As spatial fissures spread, Ma Zhang ordered his Pokémon back, and Roy recalled Mimikyu and strengthened his defenses.
• A black sphere expanded and engulfed Roy; after losing consciousness and reliving his past, he awoke in a valley beneath a colossal ancient tree.

Roy and his Pokémon were transported to the World Tree of Beginning, where he planned to reunite with Lucario and Blastoise by heading toward the landmark. A powerful Kabutops confronted them and attacked as negotiations failed.

• Roy realized the Space Node had separated him from Lucario and Blastoise, while Mimikyu and the Pokémon in his Poké Balls had arrived with him.
• Roy chose to lead his group toward the World Tree of Beginning, reasoning that Lucario and Blastoise would likely use its conspicuous location to orient themselves.
• Roy's Pokémon cleared the way as the group traveled through the Spirit Realm, where the wild Pokémon seemed more rational than those in other Spirit Realms.
• Roy sensed a powerful creature approaching and identified it as an unusually large, ancient Kabutops.
• Ninetales tried to communicate with Kabutops, but it dismissed her and attacked with Shell Blade.

Roy used Ice Z with Ninetales to freeze Kabutops in the Spirit Realm, while Mew discovered that Lucario had entered the World Tree. Lucario climbed toward the summit to find Blastoise, unaware that Mew had already sensed it.

• Kabutops overwhelmed Electabuzz with a sword-aura slash and mocked Ninetales, prompting Roy to activate the Ice Z-Crystal.
• Electabuzz used Cross Thunder Mode and its Overlord aura to hold back Kabutops, while Mimikyu's Shadow Claws pinned it down.
• Roy empowered Ninetales's Blizzard with Ice Z, and Ninetales froze Kabutops with Subzero Slammer.
• Mew woke after sensing a Space Quake and discovered that Lucario had arrived inside the World Tree.
• Lucario assessed the mountain-like World Tree and climbed toward its summit to find Blastoise before reuniting with Roy.

Lucario met Mew, who used its immense Aura to find Lucario’s companions and transported it to Blastoise. Mew then sensed Roy drawing on powerful natural energy and offered to bring him to Lucario.

• Mew appeared on Lucario’s shoulder, and Lucario asked for help finding its companions.
• Mew scanned the Spirit Realm with its Aura and teleported Lucario to Blastoise, who was celebrating his appointment as clan leader.
• Blastoise introduced Lucario as his good brother and explained his plan to conquer the Spirit Realm and recruit help searching for their companions.
• Mew sensed Roy using a Z-Move and detected the strong divine presence surrounding him.
• Mew told Lucario it had found Roy and offered to bring him over, and Lucario respectfully agreed.

Roy and his Pokémon reunited with Lucario and Blastoise on the World Tree after Mew transported them there, and Mew revived Kabutops and ordered the Fossil Pokémon not to attack humans. Mew noticed the divine power connected to Roy and offered to help him, but refused when Roy asked it to deal with another human in the Spirit Realm.

• Blastoise stepped down as King of Turtles and left its sunglasses with a sturdy Blastoise.
• Mew carried Roy, Ninetales, Electabuzz, Mimikyu, and the frozen Kabutops to the World Tree, where Roy reunited with Lucario and Blastoise.
• Mew healed Kabutops, restrained it when it tried to attack Roy, and changed its order so the Fossil Pokémon would not casually attack humans.
• Mew sensed the divine power within Roy and offered compensation for Kabutops's attack.
• Roy asked Mew to deal with another human in the Spirit Realm, but Mew refused to fight.

Roy learned that Ma Zhang was an alias used by Kurama, an Illuminati agent sent to recover Nebula and eliminate him, while Mew showed Kurama fleeing Registeel. Kurama escaped beyond the World Tree’s range when Registeel stopped pursuing him, leaving Roy and Kurama both puzzled by the sudden reprieve.

• Mew projected Kurama fleeing through the forest with Aggron, Bisharp, and Houndoom while Registeel pursued him.
• Roy connected Ma Zhang to Kurama through the rented Cacnea and the leak of his travel information, and concluded that Ma Zhang was an alias.
• Kurama recalled how poverty and his failed attempts to become a Trainer led him to join the Illuminati and rise to Professional-level agent.
• The Illuminati assigned Kurama to recover Nebula and kill Roy, but Registeel overwhelmed his six Pokémon and left three near death.
• Registeel stopped chasing Kurama after he fled beyond the World Tree’s range, and Mew explained that it only removed intruders within that range.

Roy used the bond between himself and Lucario to trigger Mega Evolution, bringing Lucario to Professional-level strength. Mew teleported them to Kurama, who was shocked to see Lucario’s new form.

• Roy gave Lucario its Mega Stone and activated Mega Evolution through their bond and his Key Stone.
• Lucario transformed into Mega Lucario, whose strength exceeded the system’s ability to assess.
• Roy asked Mew to teleport him and his Pokémon to Kurama’s location.
• Kurama recognized the transformed Pokémon as Lucario and struggled to accept that it had evolved.

Roy’s Mega Lucario overwhelmed Kurama’s Pokémon, while Roy assessed how Mega Evolution boosted Lucario’s combat ability. The battle ended with Aggron collapsing and Mimikyu returning with Kurama and Bisharp.

• Lucario defeated Houndoom and severely injured Bisharp while repelling Aggron’s attacks.
• Kurama fled with Bisharp as Aggron raised rock walls to cover their retreat.
• Roy sent Mimikyu after Kurama and watched Lucario use its speed, tactics, and Aura Spheres to overpower Aggron.
• Aggron collapsed after enduring Lucario’s attacks, and Mimikyu returned carrying Kurama and Bisharp.

After Roy defeated Kurama in the World Tree Spirit Realm, Lucario learned that Mega Evolution drained its strength and could last only a few minutes. As officials searched for the missing Roy and Hu Jun hurried to join a search team, Mew explained that Lucario could become an Aura Wielder and help maintain the World Tree, while Roy made clear he would not sacrifice his Pokémon to save it.

• Mimikyu reported that her mission was complete, and Roy praised her before Lucario ended its Mega Evolution and described its limits.
• Disaster officials counted 976 missing, 12 dead, and 13,636 injured in Paris, then reported that Roy and Kurama were missing after a deadly fight.
• France informed the Dragon Country embassy, and Hu Jun decided to negotiate for access to the Spirit Realm rather than wait for the joint search team.
• Mew led Roy and the others up the World Tree, explaining that Lucario could become an Aura Wielder and guardian despite Roy's doubts about its strength.
• Roy questioned whether Mew intended Lucario to give its life to save the World Tree, and Mew denied this, explaining that Aura Wielders could regulate its ecosystem from the Crystal Chamber.

Mew asked Roy to choose a reward for helping watch over the World Tree, and Roy sought training opportunities for Metagross and Ninetales from Registeel and Regice. Regirock was left wondering what Roy had in mind for it after he suggested it serve as a move-testing dummy.

• Mew explained that it wanted Roy to temporarily help watch over the World Tree and asked what reward he wanted.
• Registeel and the other Regis greeted Roy and asked him to pass their greetings to Regigigas’s brothers, Regieleki and Regidrago.
• Roy asked Registeel to temper Metagross’s body with the same underground pressure that had strengthened Registeel, and Metagross agreed after Roy reminded it of its promise to surpass Ho-Oh.
• Roy asked Regice to teach Ninetales to control its extreme cold, and Regice agreed after recognizing her exceptional talent.
• Regirock stepped forward expecting Roy to ask something of it, but Roy suggested it become a move-testing dummy because of its immortal body.