Recaps

Roy watched Darkrai attack Los Angeles through a livestream and learned that the Nightmare God had caused thousands of deaths and left millions suffering from nightmares. As the Pokémon League and the American Champion mobilized to hunt Darkrai, Roy suspected the attack had been deliberate and asked Roy Hao to investigate.

• Roy watched the livestream as Darkrai appeared over Los Angeles and caused everyone in the area to fall asleep in nightmares.
• Roy learned that Darkrai was a legendary Pokémon with no known prior sightings on Earth and wondered why Xiao Muyi had predicted its appearance.
• News spread that Darkrai's attack had killed thousands and left millions with lasting nightmare symptoms, prompting people to fear an evil god.
• Roy reasoned that Earth lacked Darkrai's counterpart, Cresselia, to restore the balance and suspected Darkrai had attacked with intent.
• Roy asked Roy Hao to assess the incident, and Roy Hao revealed that he had arrived in Los Angeles to join the investigation as the Pokémon League and the American Champion prepared to hunt Darkrai.

Roy and his teammates watched Tianjing University face Zhe University in the final Group D round-robin match, where Lin Xingchen revealed his Master Level Garchomp and its Perfect Dragon’s Wrath. Roy explained that the technique let Dragon-type Pokémon sustain Outrage without losing their sanity, then prompted Yang Bowen to notice something unusual about Lin Xingchen’s Pokémon.

• Sheng Hai University finished the Group A round robin undefeated and advanced to the semifinals.
• Roy and his teammates met Mo Yangqiu’s Zhe University team before its match against Tianjing University, and Roy teased Mo about helping them win the championship.
• Lin Xingchen entered as Tianjing University’s first contestant, surprising Fang Hang and Yang Bowen, who joked that Fang’s prediction had been wrong.
• Lin Xingchen’s Master Level Garchomp easily overwhelmed its opponent, and Roy recognized its High-grade Dragon Energy as Perfect Dragon’s Wrath.
• Roy explained that Lin Wuya’s Pokémon used Perfect Dragon’s Wrath to sustain Outrage without losing their sanity, then asked Yang Bowen to look for something unusual about Lin Xingchen’s Pokémon.

Roy learned that Lin Xingchen had inherited Dragon Tamer Power and watched him reveal his strongest Pokémon before proposing a fair lead-off battle between them. Sheng Hai University and Jing Hua University reached the National Tournament final, setting up the highly anticipated Battle for the Crown.

• Roy learned that Lin Xingchen's Dragon Tamer Power strengthened his Dragon-type Pokémon, and Lin Xingchen's Garchomp defeated Mo Yangqiu's Swampert before he forfeited.
• Lin Xingchen told Roy he would use his strongest three Pokémon against him and proposed that they both take the lead for a fair fight.
• Roy accepted Lin Xingchen's proposal.
• Roy won three straight battles against Deep City University in the semifinals, then stepped down so his teammates could compete.
• Jing Hua University advanced to the final, setting up a showdown with Sheng Hai University that the media called the Battle for the Crown.

The national finals opened with an unexpected first-round clash between Roy and Lin Xingchen, whose starter Pokémon, Lucario and Garchomp, faced off before a record-breaking crowd. Garchomp’s terrifying Dragon God Dive nearly hit Lucario, but Lucario vanished at the last moment, surprising Lin Xingchen.

• Public debate favored Tianjing University, while Ghost-type Heavenly King Qian Ren argued that Roy’s team was too weak overall to overcome Lin Xingchen’s team.
• The finals began at Bird’s Nest before a record-breaking audience, with Roy and Lin Xingchen named as their teams’ first contestants.
• Roy and Lin Xingchen simultaneously sent out Lucario and Garchomp, then began the match after a tense standoff.
• Lin Xingchen ordered Garchomp to use Dragon God Dive, whose killing intent overwhelmed Lucario as Garchomp charged at supersonic speed.
• Lucario disappeared just before Garchomp’s attack struck, and Lin Xingchen looked surprised as the stadium replay showed the narrow dodge.

Roy revealed Mega Evolution during his National Tournament battle with Lin Xingchen, transforming Lucario in front of the watching crowd. The chapter ended as the audience saw Lucario’s changed form and struggled to understand what they were witnessing.

• Lucario used Teleport and precognition-like combat tactics to evade Garchomp while the Pokémon exchanged attacks.
• Lin Xingchen strengthened Garchomp with Dragon Tamer Power, while Roy’s Aura Power helped Lucario resist its murderous aura.
• Aihara Take recognized Lucario’s unusual spatial fighting style and believed its precognition let it contend briefly with a stronger Pokémon.
• Roy announced that he would change how the world understood the relationship between Trainers and Pokémon, then displayed his Key Stone.
• Roy activated Mega Evolution, and Lucario transformed as the crowd watched in shock.

Roy’s Lucario underwent an unprecedented Mega Evolution and defeated Lin Xingchen’s first three Pokémon despite crippling both arms. The battle remained underway as Lin Xingchen sent out his next Pokémon.

• Lucario Mega Evolved, stunning the audience and Lin Xingchen, who rallied Garchomp to attack with Dragon God Dive.
• Lucario defeated Garchomp with Close Combat after Garchomp’s wings broke, and Roy warned Lin Xingchen to recall it before it hit the ground.
• Lin Xingchen sent out Dragonite, but Lucario defeated it with another Close Combat, disabling its left arm in the process.
• Lin Xingchen sent out another Garchomp, which Lucario evaded before overpowering its Draco Meteor with Aura Sphere.
• The crowd and Sheng Hai University’s contestants reacted in shock as Roy’s Lucario stood victorious over three Master-level Pokémon.

Roy defeated Lin Xingchen and revealed Mega Evolution to the world, then used Mega Metagross and Mega Blastoise to overwhelm Jing University's team. He explained that Mega Evolution could help Pokémon surpass their Species Limit Values and that anyone could learn it if they met the conditions, leaving Trainers eager to discover how.

• Lucario's Mega Evolution ended after it defeated three opponents, and the referee declared Roy the winner over Lin Xingchen.
• Roy Hao and Lin Wuya learned about Mega Evolution during the operation against Darkrai and withdrew to pursue its possibilities.
• Roy sent Mega Metagross against Qian Feng's Mismagius, which it defeated with one Meteor Mash, then crushed Qian Feng's Chandelure and Bannette.
• Mega Metagross continued through Jing University's third slot, defeating six Professional-level Pokémon before Roy withdrew it from Mega Evolution.
• Roy Mega Evolved Blastoise, then announced that Mega Evolution surpassed ordinary evolution and required a Key Stone and certain conditions.

After Roy’s Mega Evolution led Sheng Hai University to an unexpected National Tournament victory, the other team members thanked him for their rewards and the Heavenly Kings summoned him to discuss the new power. Roy explained how he discovered Mega Evolution, and Lin Wuya began to reveal what separated Champions and Heavenly Kings from legendary Pokémon.

• Blastoise defeated Jing University’s final player, completing Roy’s sweep, and Jing University’s team forfeited the team battle.
• Sheng Hai University received the championship medals, Crown Tundra tickets, and permission to capture pseudo-legendary Pokémon, while Fang Hang and Mo Xuexin thanked Roy.
• A staff member brought Roy to meet Dragon Champion Lin Wuya and the four Heavenly Kings, who asked him to explain Mega Evolution.
• Roy said Mew had taught him the conditions for Mega Evolution after he activated it while battling Kurama, and the Trainers accepted his explanation.
• Roy asked how Champions and Heavenly Kings compared to legendary Pokémon, and Lin Wuya began explaining the secrets reserved for Trainers who passed the Professional-level assessment.

Lin Wuya explained that Elite Four-level Pokémon fused High-grade energy with their bodies, while Mega Evolution could raise ordinary Pokémon to a legendary life form. Roy revealed that Dragonite could not Mega Evolve, leaving Lin Wuya disappointed as the others learned which of their Pokémon could.

• Lin Wuya explained that Elite Four contenders optimized High-grade energy, while Elite Four-level Pokémon also fused energy with their bodies.
• Roy realized legendary Pokémon displayed energy fusion, and Roy Hao explained that their distinct life forms made them stronger than ordinary Pokémon with similar power.
• Lin Wuya said Mega Evolution raised Elite Four-level Pokémon to legendary life forms, while Champions needed at least one Pokémon with Divine Domain-level power.
• Roy told Lin Wuya that Dragonite was not among the forty-six Pokémon species capable of Mega Evolution, disappointing Lin Wuya.
• Roy revealed that Bedrock, Qian Ren's Gengar, Kou Yan's Charizard, and Xiao Muyi's Gardevoir could Mega Evolve, while Kou Yan learned Charizard had two forms.

Roy received three Key Stones from Dragon Country as a reward for revealing Mega Evolution, intending to help his Pokémon learn to Mega Evolve independently. The Champion and Elite Four gathered at the arena to demonstrate Mega Evolution, but Roy Hao and Bedrock failed to resonate with their stones.

• Roy asked for three Key Stones, and Roy Hao approved his request as compensation for revealing Mega Evolution.
• Roy planned to have Lucario and other Pokémon absorb the life energy in Key Stones so they could Mega Evolve independently and potentially allow multiple Pokémon to Mega Evolve at once.
• Officials delivered three Key Stones to Roy, while the Champion and Elite Four received stones and corresponding Mega Stones of their own.
• Roy Hao proposed demonstrating Mega Evolution at the battle venue so reporters and neighboring countries could witness Dragon Country's power.
• Roy Hao and Bedrock attempted Mega Evolution in front of the gathered staff and reporters, but nothing happened because their emotions had not reached the peak needed for resonance.

Roy tricked Dragon Country’s Champions and Elite Four into reciting dramatic lines to trigger Mega Evolution, and Xiao Muyi’s memories revealed why Roy was the first person who made her feel connected to the world. The leaked video showed Dragon Country’s top Trainers mastering Mega Evolution, alarming their international rivals.

• Roy claimed that Mew had recommended reciting emotional lines to trigger resonance, and Xiao Muyi falsely confirmed his story.
• Roy Hao, Lin Wuya, Qian Ren, and Kou Yan recited lines to their Pokémon and successfully Mega Evolved them while Roy filmed.
• Xiao Muyi remembered that her prophetic visions showed a doomed future, but Roy’s future appeared blank when she touched him, awakening her emotions.
• Xiao Muyi decided to share Roy’s interests and dedicate herself more deeply to training, hoping to change her predetermined future.
• The day after the National Tournament, a video of Dragon Country’s Champions and Elite Four shouting their Mega Evolution lines spread online and worried rival countries.

Roy and the other National Tournament finalists traveled to the Crown Tundra, where Hu Jun explained the region’s rare Galarian Pokémon and its dangerous Gigantamax phenomenon. The group began a fourteen-day trip with permission to explore most of the region, but they were warned to avoid Gigantamax Pokémon and stay out of God's Abode.

• Xiao Muyi considered the changes Roy had brought to the future as he prepared to leave for the Crown Tundra.
• Roy packed for the cold journey, hoping the Crown Tundra would help Electabuzz and Ninetales break through their species limits.
• Roy met his Sheng Hai University teammates and the other finalists at the airport, where Hu Jun introduced himself as their guide and Roy’s secret bodyguard.
• Hu Jun told the students they could each capture up to three Galarian Pokémon, with champion-team members allowed special access to pseudo-legendary populations.
• Hu Jun explained that energy points caused wild Pokémon to Gigantamax and become powerful, berserk attackers that guarded their territory.
• Hu Jun announced that the trip would last fourteen days and instructed the group to avoid God's Abode, stay clear of energy-point pillars, and use their emergency devices if they were in danger.

Roy and the other Trainers arrived at the Crown Tundra for a seven-day Gigantamax event, where Pokémon could experience Gigantamax power before being knocked back to normal. After the students set out to explore, Roy secretly headed toward a crimson energy pillar with his Pokémon and his Gigantamax Band.

• Fang Hang explained that Gigantamax energy could drive Pokémon berserk, and Roy said they would return to normal once the energy was used up and they were defeated.
• The group landed at the snowy Crown Tundra, where Roy spotted a crimson pillar of Gigantamax energy and revealed his Gigantamax Band.
• Hu Jun told the students they could explore the Crown Tundra but warned them to avoid the gods' residences and wild Gigantamax Pokémon.
• Fang Hang, Mo Xuexin, and the Yang brothers formed an exploring team and invited Roy, but he declined; Lin Xingchen set out alone.
• After Hu Jun left, Roy used Aura to check that no one was nearby and headed for the nearest crimson pillar with his Pokémon released.

Roy learned about the Crown Tundra’s legendary Pokémon and its Gigantamax dangers before his group encountered a wild Gigantamax Grimmsnarl. As Grimmsnarl prepared a powerful Dark-type attack, Roy began Mega Evolving Metagross.

• Lucario scouted ahead while Roy’s group met Aipom, who shared information about the Crown Tundra in exchange for food.
• Roy learned that Calyrex, its two mounts, and the Galarian forms of Regieleki, Regidrago, Zapdos, Articuno, and Moltres lived in the restricted area.
• Aipom explained that humans periodically defeated Gigantamax Pokémon and treated them, and Roy gave it Energy Cubes before continuing toward the pillar of light.
• Roy’s group encountered a wild Gigantamax Grimmsnarl, which attacked them with the powerful move Gigantamax Barrage.
• Lucario, Blastoise, and Metagross countered Grimmsnarl’s attack while Mimikyu protected Roy, and Roy began Mega Evolution for Metagross as Grimmsnarl gathered Dark Energy.

Roy and his Pokémon defeated a Gigantamax Grimmsnarl at an energy point, then learned that Dynamax Mushrooms had awakened its Gigantamax potential. After letting Grimmsnarl return to its group, Roy led his team toward the energy point, where its violent influence began to affect them.

• Mega Metagross used Absolute Defense State to withstand Grimmsnarl's G-Max Snooze while Roy empowered Blastoise to freeze Grimmsnarl with Subzero Slammer.
• Mimikyu and Lucario disrupted Grimmsnarl, and Mega Metagross smashed it with Meteor Mash, ending the battle and causing its Gigantamax Energy to erupt.
• Roy recalled the sleeping Ninetales, reassured Electabuzz that it would receive a transformation, and noticed Metagross had become the team's strongest Pokémon.
• Lucario healed the defeated Grimmsnarl, and Roy learned it had eaten a Dynamax Mushroom that drew out its Gigantamax potential.
• Roy let the grateful Grimmsnarl return to its group, then led his Pokémon toward the energy point, where Gigantamax Energy's violent will stirred their aggression.

Roy used Dynamax Soup and the Gigantamax Band to Gigantamax Blastoise, testing its power and discovering its massive area attack. Far away, Calyrex sensed the transformation and watched Roy, wondering how a human of this era could wield such power.

• Roy filled the Gigantamax Band with Galar Particles and fed Blastoise Dynamax Soup.
• Roy Gigantamaxed Blastoise, which grew into a fifty-meter fortress with thirty-one cannons.
• Blastoise explained that Gigantamax favored wide-area attacks but drained energy quickly.
• At Roy's command, Blastoise unleashed G-Max Cannonade Annihilation and flooded the surrounding mountain with a vast water vortex.
• Calyrex sensed the man-made Gigantamax from the Crown Temple and spotted Roy holding a Key Stone, Z-Crystal, and Gigantamax Band.

Calyrex foresaw that Roy could help turn the coming catastrophe around and sent Glastrier and Spectrier to wait at the eastern ruins. Roy used the last of a Gigantamax energy node to strengthen his Pokémon and assemble a Z-Ring powered by a Wishing Star, then headed toward the ruins to seek the Regis.

• Calyrex used his foresight on Roy and sensed that the youth who should not exist might offer a chance to break the deadlock.
• Calyrex sent Glastrier and Spectrier to wait at the ruins east of the Crown Tundra.
• Roy had six of his Pokémon Gigantamax, allowing several of them to strengthen their energy and loosen their limits.
• Roy drained the remaining energy from the node, found a Wishing Star beneath it, and added it to his Z-Ring.
• Roy realized the Wishing Star could continually generate Gigantamax Energy, though the Z-Ring limited how much it could store.
• Roy marked the eastern ruins on his map and set off with Metagross to visit the Regis.

Roy brought Ninetales to the eastern Crown Tundra ruins, awakened Regieleki and Regidrago, and asked Regieleki to help Electabuzz evolve. Electabuzz endured the clash between Regieleki’s Crystal Power and its Teralvolt, became Electivire, and grabbed Roy by the shoulders.

• Roy used Ninetales’s Unmelting Ice to awaken Regieleki and Regidrago at the ruins.
• Roy reassured the two Regis about their companions at the World Tree and asked them to help Electabuzz break through its limits.
• Regieleki infused Electabuzz with Crystal Power, causing it immense pain as the energy clashed with Teralvolt.
• Electabuzz drew on its will to absorb the Crystal Power and evolved into Electivire.
• Electivire grinned and grabbed Roy by the shoulders.

Roy learned that Electivire’s determination had resonated with Zekrom’s ideals, allowing it to fuse more deeply with Teralvolt and attain a legendary Pokémon’s life form. Calyrex arrived to explain the change, then bowed to Roy and apologized for looking into his past without permission.

• Electivire demonstrated that it could use Thunder Punch and control Teralvolt after evolving, while Regieleki identified its life form as having reached the level of a legendary Pokémon.
• Calyrex arrived riding Spectrier and explained that Electivire had been gradually fusing with Teralvolt through its strong will and ideals, which resonated with Zekrom’s power.
• Roy realized that Electivire’s desire to evolve and catch up with its companions had accelerated the fusion, transforming its life form and granting it an initial grasp of Teralvolt.
• Calyrex told Roy that it had come for him, dismounted, bowed, and apologized for looking through his past without permission.

Roy met Calyrex at Crown Temple, where Calyrex revealed that Roy’s future was an unpredictable variable and offered to help with his goals. Calyrex summoned Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos, leaving Roy face-to-face with the Legendary Birds.

• Calyrex apologized for using foresight and explained that Roy’s future was blank because the power of the gods made him a variable.
• Calyrex invited Roy to Crown Temple and asked why he had come to the Crown Tundra.
• Roy explained that he wanted a flying pseudo-legendary Pokémon and to contact Articuno to help Ninetales with the side effects of Frozen Body.
• Calyrex said Articuno’s power was highly compatible with Ninetales and summoned the Legendary Birds.
• Galarian Form Articuno and Moltres arrived, followed by Zapdos charging over at great speed.

Calyrex explained how the Three Legendary Birds had transformed their powers through Inner Focus and paired each of them with one of Roy’s Pokémon for training. Ninetales left with Articuno to learn Ice Cold Gaze, while Electivire and Mimikyu prepared to train with Zapdos and Moltres.

• Calyrex explained that Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos had fused Inner Focus with their elemental energy, gaining new powers while giving up their original attributes.
• Calyrex matched Ninetales with Articuno, and Ninetales eagerly asked Articuno to teach her Ice Cold Gaze so she could overcome Frozen Body’s side effects.
• Articuno acknowledged Ninetales and flew away with her to begin training, leaving Roy feeling guilty about their parting.
• Calyrex matched Electivire with Zapdos and Mimikyu with Moltres, saying their abilities suited the Pokémon’s current training goals.
• Zapdos challenged Electivire to run fifty laps around the Crown Tundra with lightning covering its body, and Electivire accepted the training.

Mimikyu mastered a stronger Ghost energy after Moltres forced her to experience her deepest jealousy, and Calyrex then told Roy about a Shelgon whose attempt to absorb Gigantamax Energy left it unable to evolve. Roy was left wondering whether Gigantamax could prevent a Pokémon from evolving.

• Roy asked Mimikyu to demonstrate Envy Fire, and Moltres used Burning with Rage to trap her in a mental illusion about a clone stealing Roy’s affection.
• Mimikyu’s jealousy overflowed, allowing her to merge jealousy energy into Ghost Style and tear apart the illusion; she then hid in Roy’s shadow.
• Moltres returned to its nest, and Calyrex offered Roy advice about capturing pseudo-legendary Pokémon.
• Calyrex recounted how a gifted male Bagon tried to absorb Gigantamax Energy, evolved into Shelgon, then became too weak to stand after a painful Gigantamax episode.
• The Shelgon never evolved while its former peers became Dragonite, and its once-close female companion grew distant and resentful.
• Roy recognized the Shelgon’s story and asked whether Gigantamax Energy could prevent Pokémon from evolving.

Roy accepted Calyrex’s suggestion to investigate an unusually oversized Shelgon that could not evolve, then rode Glastrier into the Crown Tundra and encountered the Sheng Hai University team. The pseudo-legendary tribes stopped fighting and bowed to Roy, and he began arranging for his teammates to catch Pokémon.

• Calyrex explained that Gigantamax energy had disrupted Shelgon’s development, leaving it enormous and unable to evolve, and suggested Roy consider catching it.
• Roy agreed to inspect Shelgon before deciding whether to take it, and Calyrex lent him Glastrier to travel there.
• Fang Hang, Mo Xuexin, and the two Yang Bowen watched powerful pseudo-legendary tribes battle and worried about how to catch one.
• Roy rode Glastrier onto the battlefield, causing both tribes to stop fighting and bow before him.
• Fang Hang, Mo Xuexin, and Yang Bowen followed Roy, who recognized them and introduced Glastrier as Calyrex’s envoy before asking it to help them.

Roy visited the Dragonite tribe to find a Pokémon skilled at flying and chose to meet a Shelgon that had once been a prodigy but was now rejected by its tribe. After learning about Shelgon’s history and meeting the dispirited Pokémon, Roy faced Scarface’s doubts about capturing it.

• Roy rode Glastrier to the Dragonite tribe, while Fang Hang and the others realized Roy had a connection to the Legendary King.
• Scarface told Roy that a former Dragonite prodigy had left the tribe with a human Trainer who was an Elite Four member, then returned to beat Shelgon.
• Roy recognized the story as a likely match for the Russian Elite Four member whose Dragonite he had ridden.
• Scarface led Roy to Shelgon’s cave and urged him to consider Scarface’s son instead.
• Shelgon emerged with a massive shell, showed little interest in Roy, and urged Scarface to hurry so it could sleep.

Roy tried to reignite Shelgon’s will to evolve by telling it that its former sweetheart, now an Elite Four-level Dragonite, was seeking a mate. After Shelgon’s anger returned, Roy offered to help it evolve and regain its dignity, leaving Shelgon to decide whether to trust him.

• Roy examined Shelgon with Aura Power and discovered that its Dragonite body was growing too slowly and lacked the strength to break its shell.
• Roy showed Shelgon a breeding website reporting that its former sweetheart, an Elite Four-level Dragonite, was seeking a mate with a Milotic.
• Shelgon’s old sense of betrayal and fury resurfaced, though it despaired over its weak, cumbersome body.
• Roy offered Shelgon a Poké Ball and promised to help it evolve if it worked hard and trusted his judgment.
• Roy explained his accomplishments and why he wanted to help, while Shelgon silently weighed the risks of trusting him.