Old Tricks Always Win Hearts (Three-in-One)

Xia Yan, drenched in cold sweat, instinctively pulled back his hand.

He did not know what Xerneas had intended by showing him this scene.

But he had indeed witnessed an event from three thousand years ago.

Three thousand years ago, the "Ultimate Weapon" had been an artifact that transcended millennia of history—a flower blooming like a crystal creation, a weapon built by the legendary king AZ with the strength of an entire nation.

With the technology of that era, creating such a weapon was absolutely enough to destroy the world.

Of course.

The cost of activating it was enormous as well.

It required a massive amount of Life Energy.

Although AZ's original intention in building the weapon had been to revive his Pokémon, Flabébé, who had tragically died.

He had indeed succeeded.

That Flabébé had become Eternal Flower Floette, and AZ had gained an endless lifespan because of it.

It was only later.

To take revenge on the wars that had claimed Flabébé's life, AZ transformed the "Ultimate Weapon" into a true weapon, causing tremendous casualties throughout the Kalos Region.

Through Xerneas's perspective, Xia Yan learned.

When AZ activated the "Ultimate Weapon" for the first time to revive Flabébé and grant himself an endless lifespan, he had absorbed the Life Energy of an unknown number of Pokémon.

The price he paid for that could absolutely be called ruthless.

When he activated the "Ultimate Weapon" for the second time, he had borrowed Yveltal's power, bringing terrifying destruction and indirectly satisfying Yveltal's desires.

Only after that had AZ finally come to his senses.

What Xia Yan had seen was the second firing of the "Ultimate Weapon," witnessed from Xerneas's perspective.

The terrifying Destructive Energy launched from the heart of that massive instrument, pure as a lotus flower, had deeply shocked him.

It