Chapter Summaries

Li Wei gave Korrina a Sirfetch'd egg and discussed helping her find a Kubfu to breed. After dinner, he began assessing her training through Gallade’s Mega Evolution, while Korrina still awaited a family trial to receive Lucarionite.

• Li Wei gave Korrina a Sirfetch'd egg, and she eagerly accepted responsibility for hatching it.
• Li Wei promised to look for Kubfu after Korrina said she liked Urshifu, and he planned to ask professors for information about Kubfu habitats.
• Li Wei learned that Gurkinn’s family had two Lucarionite stones but was saving one for Korrina to receive through a trial.
• Li Wei took Korrina outside to assess her training by having Gallade Mega Evolve.

After Korrina’s Lucario withdrew following its crushing loss to Li Wei’s Lucario, Korrina found it and helped it regain its fighting spirit. As Li Wei prepared to leave for home, Gurkinn decided Korrina was ready to undertake Lucario’s Mega Evolution trial.

• Li Wei and Gurkinn stopped Li Wei’s Lucario from comforting Korrina’s missing Lucario, leaving Korrina to resolve the problem with her partner.
• Korrina searched near the Tower of Mastery and found Lucario sitting alone on the beach.
• Korrina offered Lucario Poffins and reminded it that Li Wei’s Lucario also lost but kept fighting and learning.
• Korrina urged Lucario to stand up, promised they would become the best partners, and vowed to challenge Li Wei’s Lucario again; Lucario’s fighting spirit returned.
• Li Wei decided to buy plane tickets for the next day, and Gurkinn said Korrina was ready for Lucario’s Mega Evolution trial.

Li Wei returned to Jubilife City after helping Korrina and Lucario in Shalour City, where his Pokémon welcomed him home. He exchanged gifts with Cynthia, then went to see his father before discovering Cynthia’s larger present in their room.

• Gurkinn praised Korrina for rekindling Lucario’s will to fight and decided she could take her test earlier than planned.
• Li Wei gave Korrina advice about caring for her Pokémon egg, then flew back to Jubilife City the next day.
• Li Wei arrived home on Metagross and was greeted by his Pokémon, while Cynthia watched nearby.
• Li Wei gave Cynthia a Lucarionite and explained that Professor Sycamore had also given him a Mega Charizard X Evolution Stone.
• Cynthia told Li Wei she had prepared a gift for him and put it in their room.
• Li Wei returned to the room after talking with his father and saw Cynthia’s gift.

Cynthia gave Li Wei a Relic Crown, which he added to his collection of ancient artifacts. Professor Rowan then visited to see Latios and Latias Mega Evolve through the Eon Flute, and arranged to study the process with them in Sandgem Town.

• Cynthia gave Li Wei a Relic Crown she had won at a charity auction, and Li Wei placed it in his study with his other ancient artifacts.
• Professor Rowan visited Li Wei with researchers Yuzao and Yongzhi after learning that the Eon Flute could trigger Mega Evolution.
• Li Wei used Meloetta's flute performance to help Latios and Latias Mega Evolve, impressing Professor Rowan with a process that required no bond between Li Wei and Latios.
• Professor Rowan asked to study how the Eon Flute enabled the siblings' Mega Evolution, and Latios agreed to visit his lab in Sandgem Town the next morning.
• Li Wei invited Professor Rowan to stay for lunch, and Rowan happily accepted.

Li Wei, Cynthia, and Lorelei traveled to Unova at Alder’s invitation to help deal with Team Plasma, while Ash, Iris, and Brock arrived in Undella Town ahead of the Junior Cup. The chapter ended with Jerome taking Ash and his companions to Cynthia’s villa, as Pikachu sensed the invisible Meloetta nearby.

• Li Wei, Cynthia, and Lorelei flew to Unova to attend the Junior Cup opening ceremony and assist Alder against Team Plasma.
• Li Wei considered whether N might be persuaded to turn against Ghetsis and thought about calling on powerful Pokémon for help.
• Ash, Iris, and Brock arrived in Undella Town, unaware that the invisible Meloetta was following them.
• Cynthia’s butler Jerome greeted Ash and his companions and offered to take care of their needs.
• Jerome picked them up in Cynthia’s limousine, and Pikachu’s Legendary Pokémon Sense reacted to Meloetta.

Ash and his friends arrived in Undella Town, where Meloetta joined them and Ash reunited with Dawn at Cynthia’s villa. Dawn and Ash introduced their new Pokémon, and Li Wei, Cynthia, and Lorelei arrived as Dawn revealed her Shiny Milotic.

• Ash and his friends admired Undella Town’s scenery, and Meloetta appeared on Ash’s lap during the drive to Cynthia’s villa.
• Ash reunited with Dawn and Piplup at the villa after four and a half months apart.
• Dawn introduced herself to Iris and explained that she planned to compete in the Junior Cup and visit a Pokémon musical in Nimbasa City.
• Ash and Dawn tried to coax the shy Meloetta out of hiding and prepared to introduce their new partners.
• Dawn revealed her Shiny Milotic, evolved from Feebas, as Li Wei, Cynthia, and Lorelei arrived.

Ash and Dawn reunited with their Pokémon at Cynthia’s villa, where Ash’s Meloetta met Li Wei’s Meloetta and the two quickly became friends. Iris challenged Cynthia to a battle while Ash and Dawn began a match of their own, as Li Wei learned that Meloetta had first appeared at Pokéstar Studios and wondered about the Abyssal Ruins and the Reveal Glass.

• Ash and Dawn let their Pokémon out at Cynthia’s villa, and Iris praised Dawn’s well-raised Dragonite.
• Ash introduced his shy Meloetta to Dawn, and Piplup fell for Meloetta’s smile.
• Li Wei arrived with Cynthia and Lorelei, and his Meloetta met Ash’s Meloetta; the two Meloetta held hands and spun together.
• Oshawott and Piplup competed for Meloetta’s attention, while Brock photographed them and sent the picture to the Chat Group.
• Iris challenged Cynthia to a battle, and Ash and Dawn arranged a one-Pokémon match between Oshawott and Piplup.
• Li Wei asked Brock where they had met Meloetta, learned it had first appeared at Pokéstar Studios, and recalled that Meloetta guarded the Reveal Glass in the Abyssal Ruins.

Li Wei learned from Lance that N had left Team Plasma after falling out with Ghetsis and was being hunted across Unova. He urged Lance to find N and avoid a fight, hoping Ash and Lance could help him understand the bond between Trainers and Pokémon.

• Li Wei took a call from Lance while Ash and Dawn battled and Iris challenged Cynthia.
• Lance reported that N had left Team Plasma after a falling-out with Ghetsis, who had sent people to hunt him across Unova.
• Lance said Team Rocket had stopped one encounter with N and asked whether Jessie, James, and Meowth were involved.
• Li Wei told Lance that N might be connected to Reshiram and could be the offspring of a human and a Pokémon, though he could not confirm it.
• Li Wei explained that N wanted to free Pokémon from Poké Balls and make Pokémon rule the world because he considered them his friends and humans his enemies.
• Li Wei advised Lance to avoid fighting N and suggested that Ash and Lance could show him the bond between Trainers and Pokémon.

Li Wei explained N’s history and beliefs about humans and Pokémon to Cynthia, Lorelei, Ash, and the others, and they agreed to help change his mind. After the group left to continue preparing for the Junior Cup, Li Wei tried to call the Real Protagonist Trio and paid to restore their phone service.

• Li Wei told Cynthia and the others that N had fallen out with Ghetsis, who had manipulated him into believing humans enslaved and persecuted Pokémon.
• Li Wei explained that humans and Pokémon now generally shared a cooperative partnership, and that Ash and Pikachu could help persuade N.
• Lorelei suggested taking N to the Jubilife Pokémon Theme Park so he could see how Pokémon lived, and Cynthia supported the idea.
• Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Iris volunteered to help N, while Zeraora trusted that Li Wei and Ash could change his mistaken beliefs.
• Lorelei raised concerns about finding N and Team Plasma’s next move, and Li Wei planned to ask Lance to watch Opelucid City.
• Cynthia and the others left to prepare for the Junior Cup, and Li Wei restored the Real Protagonist Trio’s phone service so he could call them.

Li Wei asked Jessie, James, and Meowth to help find N, then Ash, Brock, Dawn, and Iris visited Onix Island to search for a Shiny Onix. Dawn caught the island’s Shiny Onix for Li Wei’s Theme Park and returned to the Villa eager to show him.

• Li Wei showed Jessie, James, and Meowth a photo of N and told them to answer honestly if they spoke with him again.
• Jeremy took Ash, Brock, Dawn, and Iris to Onix Island on Cynthia’s yacht, where they spent the morning swimming and exploring.
• The group found a large Shiny Onix, and Dawn challenged it with Li Wei’s Meloetta after explaining she wanted to take it somewhere better.
• Meloetta defeated the Shiny Onix with Close Combat and Low Kick, and Dawn caught it in a Poké Ball.
• Jeremy brought the group back to the Villa, where Dawn excitedly told Li Wei she had caught a Shiny Onix.

Dawn brought her enormous shiny Onix to Cynthia's villa, where Li Wei arranged for it to stay at his Rock-type facility while Dawn bonded with it. The next morning, a power outage led Ash, Dawn, Iris, and Brock to investigate a troublesome Dragonite at the forest substation, while Li Wei sent Pokémon to follow and protect them.

• Dawn showed everyone her 16.8-meter shiny Onix, and Li Wei offered to house it at his Rock-type facility while Dawn raised it.
• Li Wei said the Onix would need three or four Metal Coats if Dawn decided to evolve it.
• Officer Jenny told Li Wei and Cynthia that a famous Dragonite had attacked the substation and caused a power outage.
• Iris ran to investigate the Dragonite, and Ash, Dawn, and Brock followed her.
• Cynthia let the group handle the situation, while Li Wei sent Lucario and Zeraora to follow Ash and allowed Corviknight and Sirfetch'd to go protect Dawn and the others.

Iris and the others discovered that Dragonite had crashed into the substation after Hydreigon injured its wing while it protected a Pidove. Iris caught Dragonite after calming and treating it, then brought it back to the villa, where it immediately challenged powerful Pokémon and was knocked out by Zeraora.

• Iris, Ash, and Dawn entered the substation through a ventilation duct while Lucario and Zeraora waited outside.
• Meloetta’s song calmed Dragonite, and Iris learned that Hydreigon had injured it while it protected a Pidove.
• Dawn and Iris treated Dragonite, and Iris caught it after Dawn realized it wanted to be caught.
• Iris took Dragonite to the Pokémon Center and later introduced it to Cynthia, Lorelei, Li Wei, and the others at the villa.
• Dragonite challenged Garchomp, Zeraora, and Metagross, and Zeraora knocked it out with Plasma Fists.

Li Wei and the others attended the Junior Cup in Lacunosa Town, where Ash, Dawn, Iris, Korrina, and Trip advanced to the final sixteen. As the tournament began, Li Wei and the other guests discussed reports of N near Opelucid City and Steven's plans to visit the Giant Chasm.

• Cynthia told Li Wei that Shinji had declined her invitation because he was still searching for his own path and was not ready to battle Ash again.
• Trip challenged Alder, declaring that he would win the Junior Cup and prove Alder was past his prime.
• Li Wei and Steven's Metagross battled in an exhibition match, both Mega Evolving before the match was declared a draw after ten minutes.
• Li Wei asked Lance about N, and Lance reported sightings near Opelucid City while Steven offered to help and said he planned to visit the Giant Chasm after the Cup.
• Ash, Dawn, Iris, Korrina, and Trip won their opening matches and qualified for the final sixteen, with Trip's Snivy having evolved into Serperior.

After Korrina won the Junior Cup, Li Wei and his allies returned to Undella Town to watch for Team Plasma and search for N. Jessie, James, and Meowth found N surrounded by Team Plasma members near Opelucid City and called Li Wei for help.

• Korrina defeated Trip and Ash to win the Junior Cup, then declined her right to challenge Alder at Li Wei's request.
• Li Wei, Lance, and the others returned to Undella Town while Steven and Lance went into hiding to monitor Team Plasma.
• Dawn stayed in Unova to help find N, while Ash insisted he would use his current team at the Vertress Conference.
• Li Wei discovered that his system now listed Evolution Stones for twenty-seven Pokémon, including Greninja and Zeraora.
• Jessie, James, and Meowth tracked N to the outskirts of Opelucid City, where Team Plasma members had cornered him.
• Jessie ordered the group to intervene, and Meowth called Li Wei to report the danger.

N was cornered by Team Plasma at the Observatory, where Angie used Colress's machine to turn Pokémon against him. Jessie, James, and Meowth tried to protect N until Li Wei's Dragonite and Metagross arrived to help.

• N explained that he communicated with Pokémon rather than controlling them, but Angie activated the Colress Machine and made the Pokémon attack him.
• Jessie, James, and Meowth arrived and declared they would protect N from Team Plasma.
• Angie sent a larger group of scarlet-eyed Pokémon against the Team Rocket Trio, but Meowth, Yamask, Woobat, and Frillish were unaffected by the machine.
• N urged Jessie, James, and Meowth to leave, but they refused, and Li Wei's Dragonite and Metagross attacked with Hyper Beam and Flash Cannon.

Lance, Steven, and Looker stopped Angie and her companions at the Observatory, while Lance spoke with N about the relationship between humans and Pokémon. N left with a better understanding of Meowth’s friendships, but Colress escaped after destroying the Observatory.

• Lance and Steven arrived at the Observatory as Looker used a device to free the nearby Pokémon from the Colress Machine’s radio waves, and Looker arrested Angie and her companions.
• Lance told N that he would not be arrested if he was not on Ghetsis’s side, while Steven went to destroy the Observatory’s transmitter.
• Steven found that Colress had left a time bomb and escaped the Observatory before it exploded.
• N asked Meowth whether humans and Pokémon were friends or masters and servants, and Meowth described Jessie, James, and the Pokémon as friends.
• N thanked Meowth and shook his hand, then the Observatory exploded.

N told Lance and the others that he had left Team Plasma two years earlier and explained Ghetsis’s plans involving Reshiram. He insisted on going to the White Ruins to find the Light Stone, so Li Wei and the others joined him and set out for Icirrus City as Ghetsis launched the Plasma Frigate.

• N told Lance, Steven, and Looker that he had left Team Plasma two years earlier and described how Reshiram destroyed Ghetsis’s castle.
• N explained that Ghetsis and Dr. Colress were pursuing Kyurem, Zekrom, and Reshiram, and he wanted to learn what Ghetsis intended to do.
• Steven called Li Wei and told him that N had opened up to Lance.
• N refused to wait safely and insisted on going to the White Ruins to find Reshiram and thwart Ghetsis’s scheme.
• Li Wei, Cynthia, Ash, and the others arrived, agreed to travel with N, and set out for the White Ruins in Icirrus City.
• Ghetsis gave the order, and the Plasma Frigate began moving.

Li Wei and his companions traveled to the White Ruins to find the Light Stone while Colress pursued the DNA Splicers needed to fuse Kyurem with Reshiram or Zekrom. Professor Magnolia had discovered a sealed mural linked to Reshiram, and Li Wei began helping her decipher its scrambled inscriptions.

• Li Wei, N, Cynthia, Ash, and the others went to the White Ruins, where Professor Magnolia had found a massive mural that might conceal the Light Stone.
• Professor Magnolia's assistant suggested asking Li Wei for help, but Professor Magnolia insisted on trying to open the sealed door herself before admitting she thought she knew how.
• Colress learned that Drayden held the DNA Splicers and ordered the Plasma Frigate to head for Opelucid City.
• Li Wei arranged for Lance, Steven, Lorelei, Caitlin, and Shauntal to support the operation while he and his group met Professor Magnolia.
• Li Wei said he could read the mural's Ancient Script and began arranging its scrambled stones with Professor Magnolia's research.

Li Wei recovered the Light Stone in the White Ruins, but it did not awaken Reshiram. As Team Plasma brought its warship to Opelucid City with Kyurem under its control, Lance, Steven, Lorelei, and Darkrai prepared to attack.

• Professor Magnolia solved the White Ruins puzzle, opening the passage to the Light Stone.
• Li Wei confirmed the sphere was genuine and stopped N from taking it, then lifted it and triggered a pillar of flame without awakening Reshiram.
• Team Plasma spotted the flames, while Ghetsis learned the Light Stone had appeared and planned to seize Drayden’s DNA Splicers after taking control of Kyurem.
• Lance and Steven gathered in evacuated Opelucid City as the Plasma Frigate appeared overhead, and Darkrai arrived through Giratina’s passage.
• Lance ordered the group to destroy the warship as Dragonite and Metagross Mega Evolved, Articuno appeared, and Darkrai gathered a Dark Void.

Team Plasma attacked Opelucid City with the Plasma Frigate and used a Colress-controlled Kyurem to fire a devastating ice cannon. Lance and the others gained reinforcements from Unova’s Elite Four and the city’s Trainers, while Team Plasma’s forces moved to seize the DNA Splicers and the battle continued.

• Lance and Drayden evacuated Opelucid City’s residents as Lance, Steven, Lorelei, and Drayden attacked the Plasma Frigate with their Pokémon.
• Ghetsis ordered Team Plasma to freeze Opelucid City with Kyurem, which Doctor Colress controlled through the Colress Machine and the Plasma Frigate’s cannon.
• Dragonite, Metagross, Articuno, Darkrai, and Haxorus joined forces to intercept Kyurem’s Ice World, but the attack still coated the city’s high-rises in ice.
• Shauntal, Caitlin, and Alder arrived to help, and Lance, Steven, and Lorelei sent out more Pokémon to attack the frigate and its engines.
• Ghetsis sent the Seven Sages and Team Plasma members out to surround the defenders and seize the DNA Splicers while Doctor Colress broadcast the Colress Machine’s sound waves.
• Led by Team Rainbow Rocket, Trainers from Opelucid City left the underground shelters and joined the fight.