The darkness was driven away.
Warm, brilliant golden light illuminated the entire space.
Every Pokémon froze and looked up toward the source of the radiance—
The sky!
A sky far higher than where they stood!
"Rrr..."
Giratina let out a low growl. As Arceus's offspring, it knew exactly who had arrived.
Demon God Hoopa, which had been controlling countless Golden Rings, opened its mouth slightly. "That light is—"
The light that had once punished it, and the light that had once saved it and Barza!
"It's Arceus!" it cried.
The heavens shone as though the clouds had parted to reveal the sun. Amid the slowly drifting clouds stood a golden being, looking down at the Pokémon below.
The creator of Pokémon, the source of all things, the observer of the multiverse—Arceus had arrived!
On the back of the boat-shaped Porygon2, Baimu gripped his softly glowing Space-Time Wristband. He could hardly believe their little skirmish had brought the "authorities" down on them.
"A-Ar..."
Mulder's pupils widened. He was too shocked to speak.
As someone from Sinnoh, he naturally recognized Arceus. And if Giratina existed, he knew the legendary Creator God probably wasn't just a legend either.
But he had never imagined he would see Arceus with his own eyes!
No matter how many Pokémon had been worshipped as gods throughout history, only Arceus could truly be called [God]!
Under the golden light, the Distortion World gradually returned to how it had been at first.
Its sky-like walls shimmered like mirrors, with floating islands stretching between them and strange plants growing everywhere.
"Eek!"
Munkidori was still lost in awe when it suddenly felt the Undying Peach shift in its arms.
Boss! Was Boss about to wake up?
It quickly lifted the peach, but nothing else happened.
It was almost as if the