"Dialga, ruler of time! Palkia, ruler of space! Unleash your power and create a new universe!" While Cynthia was still marveling, Cyrus issued his command to the controlled Palkia and Dialga. Both Pokémon roared toward the sky.
"Everyone, run!" Sensing Palkia and Dialga gathering their power, Liu Qing immediately called out a warning. Ash and the others hurried out of the Altar with the three Legendary Pokémon. Then the two Pokémon opened their mouths and fired luminous green beams at a single point, where they converged into a sphere of energy laced with lightning. Inside it, a chaotic space spun.
"What incredible power!" Liu Qing exclaimed. Cynthia was equally stunned, her lips parting slightly as she watched the spinning space gradually expand. They could clearly see galaxies forming within it, and Cyrus grew excited. "Oh, a universe! A world is being born! I am the one who will bring order to this chaos!"
"You think we'll let you get away with that?" Ash shouted.
"Aim for those two rings!" Cynthia instructed. "If we can free Palkia and Dialga from them, we should be able to stop the new world from being born!"
"All right, go, Pikachu! Thunderbolt!" "Piplup, Bubble Beam!" "Croagunk, Poison Sting!" The three immediately gave their commands.
"Salamence, Garchomp! Double Draco Meteor!" Liu Qing and Cynthia commanded together. Salamence and Garchomp roared, swiftly gathering orange-yellow balls of light and launching them into the air. The balls burst into a barrage of projectiles that joined the other Pokémon's attacks, hurtling toward the rings around Palkia and Dialga.
"Dialga, Roar of Time! Palkia, Spacial Rend!" Cyrus commanded, his pupils glowing red. Dialga gathered energy the color of the cosmos and fired it at Ash and the others' attacks. Palkia swung an arm, sending a crescent-shaped pinkish-purple blade of light at