Chapter Summaries

After Ash won the Vertress Conference, Brock decided to study Pokémon medicine and Iris resolved to train in the Dragon Village after Ash challenged Alder. Ash lost his Champion Challenge to Alder but defeated four of his Pokémon, and the friends parted ways at Castelia Airport.

• Brock reminisced about traveling with Ash and decided to become a Pokémon Doctor, studying in Jubilife City after visiting his family in Kanto.
• Keldeo kept its promise to the Swords of Justice and left Ash to rejoin Cobalion, Virizion, and Terrakion.
• Iris announced that she would train under Drayden and Alder in the Dragon Village after Ash’s challenge, and she and Ash promised to enter the Master League together.
• Ash challenged Alder with a team of veteran Pokémon, defeated four of Alder’s Pokémon, but lost the battle.
• Iris said goodbye to Ash and Brock at Castelia Airport as they prepared to leave Unova.

Ash visited Jubilife Pokémon Theme Park to record “Aim to Be a Pokémon Master,” while Brock and Dawn settled in to study and train there. After several days of practice with Meloetta and Li Wei, Ash and Pikachu completed a successful recording, leaving Li Wei ready to use it to promote the Pokémon game.

• Ash arrived at the Theme Park with Brock, who planned to study Pokémon medicine there, while Dawn explained that she had chosen to train at the Park after losing to Ruby at the Grand Festival.
• Dawn took Ash and Brock toward the recording studio, but Li Wei postponed the session until that night while he tended to Metagross at the Wellness Center.
• Ash struggled with the song’s melody and rhythm, so Meloetta coached him and Pikachu while Li Wei offered guidance in the studio.
• Over several days, Ash practiced until he and Pikachu delivered a performance that satisfied both Meloetta, and Cynthia, Brock, and Dawn applauded.
• Li Wei called for one more take after the successful recording, intending to use the finished song to promote the game.

Ash departed for the Kalos Region while Steven investigated the Draconids’ Legendary Giant Stone and prepared for a possible meteorite strike on Hoenn. After finding no clues at the Draconid Ruins, Steven called Li Wei for help and planned to bring him ancient stone-tablet rubbings.

• Ash said goodbye to Brock and Dawn, left his Unova Pokémon with Professor Oak, and flew to Kalos with Pikachu and Meloetta.
• Steven investigated the gigantic meteorite that might strike Hoenn and searched for Rayquaza and the Rainbow Meteorite as possible means of stopping it.
• Steven searched the Draconid Ruins for clues to the missing Draconids and Legendary Giant Stone but found nothing.
• Steven decided to visit Sinnoh to learn more about the Draconids and planned to show Li Wei the stone-tablet rubbings.
• Li Wei agreed to meet Steven after Steven called to discuss the rubbings and the approaching danger.

Steven brought Draconid stone tablet rubbings to Li Wei, who learned that an even larger meteorite was prophesied to threaten Hoenn and possibly the whole world. After Steven revealed that space centers had detected a huge meteorite, Li Wei agreed to contact Rayquaza if necessary and suggested where Steven might find the Rainbow Meteorite.

• Steven gave Li Wei the Draconid stone tablet rubbings, and Li Wei inferred that a meteorite larger than the one Rayquaza had shattered was prophesied to fall in Hoenn.
• Li Wei warned Steven and Brock that the meteorite could cause another mass extinction, potentially wiping out humanity, though the prophecy gave no date.
• Steven told Li Wei that the Mossdeep and Hoenn Space Centers had observed an enormous meteorite and were calculating its trajectory, and said he was searching for the Rainbow Meteorite to call Rayquaza.
• Li Wei promised to contact Rayquaza if the meteorite threatened the world, while Steven kept searching for the Rainbow Meteorite as a backup plan.
• Li Wei recalled that the Rainbow Meteorite might rest atop an open-air trapezoidal altar with steps and pillars, and Steven committed the details to memory.

Steven left for the Hoenn Region to investigate whether the prophesied giant meteorite was still hidden in the Draconids’ ruins. Ash began traveling with Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena in Kalos, while Li Wei prepared to join Steven’s investigation with Lucario, Black Rayquaza, Regigigas, and Darkrai.

• Brock questioned whether the thousand-year-old prophecy about a falling meteorite could come true, and Steven headed to Hoenn after Li Wei’s reminder that he might have missed the meteorite in the Draconids’ ruins.
• Ash invited Clemont and Bonnie to the Chat Group, and Clemont said they would travel with Ash while leaving a robot and his Electric-type Pokémon to handle Gym challengers at the Lumiose Gym.
• Ash won his first Kalos Gym battle at the Santalune Gym, met Serena, and invited her to join his group with Clemont and Bonnie.
• Li Wei told Lucario that they might need to travel to Hoenn to investigate the meteorite and planned to bring Black Rayquaza and Regigigas.
• Darkrai agreed to join Li Wei’s trip after hearing that the meteorite might be dangerous, and Li Wei estimated that they would leave within two months.

Steven searched the Draconid Ruins for the Rainbow Meteorite, which he hoped to use to awaken the Sky Pillar’s Rayquaza and stop a Supermassive Meteorite expected to hit Hoenn in about a month. He encountered Alain and Mairin at Meteor Falls, where Alain challenged him to a battle.

• Steven reviewed the Draconids’ history of two meteorite impacts and learned that a third was foretold to arrive a thousand years after the last.
• The Leagues prepared to shatter the incoming Supermassive Meteorite in space, with Black Rayquaza as a backup while Steven planned to summon the Sky Pillar’s Rayquaza using the Rainbow Meteorite.
• Steven searched near Meteor Falls, where his Key Stone Brooch began to resonate, suggesting the Rainbow Meteorite was nearby.
• Alain and Mairin arrived at the Draconid Ruins, and Steven recognized Alain from the Master League.
• Alain challenged Steven to test his growth with Charizard, and Steven accepted.

Steven defeated Alain in a Mega Evolution battle, then invited him to help investigate sealed ruins at Meteor Falls. In Anistar City, Olympia foresaw a future crisis and Ash's Frogadier taking a never-before-seen path, while the Chat Group revealed that preparations to stop the colossal meteorite were already underway.

• Steven's Mega Metagross defeated Alain's Mega Charizard X, and Alain admitted the vast gap between their strength.
• Steven invited Alain and Mairin to the ruins at Meteor Falls, then confirmed with Professor Sycamore that Alain was his assistant.
• Olympia foresaw a calamity threatening Kalos and linked Li Wei, Cynthia, Lance, Steven, Ash, and Professor Sycamore to it.
• Olympia told Ash that Frogadier would gain greater power along a path never seen before, and Ash postponed his Gym challenge until the next day.
• Ash told the Chat Group about the colossal meteorite, and Lance and Cynthia said the League was already preparing to destroy it in space.

Steven, Alain, and Mairin found ancient ruins in Meteor Falls by using their Key Stones to reveal a hidden stairway. They reached a circular altar where Steven believed the legendary giant stone was nearby, and Mairin offered to help search.

• Steven explained the Sun Stone and his search for the legendary giant stone to Mairin and Alain.
• Steven led Alain and Mairin through a tunnel to a misty valley with two pillars bearing markings like Rayquaza's.
• Steven and Alain touched the pillars with their Key Stones, causing a multicolored stairway to appear.
• Steven, Alain, and Mairin climbed the stairway and discovered ancient ruins hidden above the mountain.
• Steven found an inscription at the base of a pillar near the circular altar, while Mairin volunteered to help search for the giant stone.

Steven and Alain activated the two altars with their Key Stones, revealing the Rainbow Meteorite and summoning Rayquaza, which mega evolved. Steven asked Rayquaza for help with a wider crisis, and Rayquaza told him to summon it at the Sky Pillar before taking the meteorite and confronting two Deoxys in space.

• Steven used Li Wei’s translation to have Alain place his Key Stone on the second altar, and their Key Stones activated the Rainbow Meteorite.
• Steven touched the meteorite, unleashing a pillar of rainbow light that drew Rayquaza from the sky.
• Rayquaza mega evolved as Alain prepared to fight, but Steven stepped forward and asked it for help with a crisis threatening more than Hoenn.
• Rayquaza said Steven was not the Successor and told him to summon it at the Sky Pillar when the time came.
• Rayquaza used Dragon Pulse to make the Rainbow Meteorite vanish, then flew into space and roared at two Deoxys trying to enter the Pokémon world.

Li Wei and his companions prepared to travel to Hoenn to stop an approaching meteorite, while Steven investigated signs that the Rainbow Meteorite’s energy might have awakened Groudon and Kyogre. The chapter left Steven considering the danger of their possible Primal Reversion.

• Li Wei, Cynthia, Lorelei, and Dawn set out for Hoenn as the meteorite’s arrival drew nearer, while Red, Green, and their allies also planned to provide backup.
• Steven reported that Rayquaza had taken the Rainbow Meteorite and that its waveform matched the shard Li Wei possessed.
• Li Wei worried that Groudon and Kyogre might awaken, but relaxed after recalling the powerful Pokémon and allies he could summon.
• Steven brought Alain and Mairin to Rustboro City to investigate matching energy readings detected off the coast and beneath the sea near Sootopolis City.
• Steven suspected the readings meant Groudon and Kyogre had awakened, and explained Primal Reversion to Mairin.

Li Wei and the others met Steven, Alain, and Mairin at Devon Corporation, where Steven revealed that Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre might awaken and head for the Rainbow Meteorite near Rustboro City. They planned evacuations and sought to prevent the two Pokémon from meeting, while Li Wei asked when they would awaken.

• Li Wei, Cynthia, Lorelei, and Dawn arrived in Rustboro City without Brock and met Steven, Alain, and Mairin at Devon Corporation.
• Li Wei asked about Lysandre and Team Flare, and Cynthia said Lysandre was dead and Team Flare had fallen apart.
• Steven reported that energy readings suggested the Rainbow Meteorite would appear off Rustboro City and that Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre might awaken to pursue it.
• Steven projected that Kyogre would pass through several coastal cities while Groudon headed south, and Cynthia and Li Wei warned that their clash could devastate cities and Pokémon habitats.
• Steven proposed notifying the Pokémon League and evacuating threatened areas, and Li Wei said they had to stop Groudon and Kyogre from meeting.
• Li Wei asked Steven how much time remained before Groudon and Kyogre awakened.

Li Wei, Steven, Cynthia, Lorelei, and Lance prepared to stop Groudon and Kyogre from meeting near Rustboro City, while the Hoenn League organized evacuations. The group began planning their interception, with Ash still on his way to Hoenn.

• Steven told Li Wei that Groudon and Kyogre were expected to awaken within 48 hours, and Cynthia said the Red Orb and Blue Orb were missing.
• Li Wei informed the Chat Group that the Legendary Pokémon might meet off Rustboro City; Red, Blue, and Lance responded, and Lance arrived at Devon Corporation headquarters.
• Steven asked Mu Jin Stone to evacuate Devon Corporation employees and Rustboro City residents, while the Hoenn League arranged evacuations to Mauville City and issued public warnings.
• Blue confirmed that Lysandre had died, and Li Wei decided the group could focus on intercepting Groudon and Kyogre.
• After Steven returned, Li Wei and the others began a strategy meeting and decided Ash could follow their plan when he arrived.

Li Wei, Steven, and the other Champions learned that Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon would awaken and converge on the Rainbow Meteorite near Rustboro City. With evacuations underway, they prepared to stop the Legendary Pokémon from meeting.

• League President Kyle showed the group Devon Corporation’s predictions that Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon would head toward the Rainbow Meteorite above the waters off Rustboro City.
• Steven explained that the Rainbow Meteorite had vanished after Rayquaza appeared, though its energy fluctuations remained detectable and it might be a conscious life-form.
• Kyle warned that the Legendary Pokémon could meet in about forty hours and pleaded with Li Wei, Steven, Cynthia, Lance, and Lorelei to stop them.
• Kyle reported that evacuation orders had been issued, while alarms and ship horns sounded outside the conference room.
• Mu Jin Stone arrived and said he would evacuate with Rustboro City’s residents, then asked Li Wei to talk after the crisis; Li Wei and Lance assured him they would return safely.

Li Wei, Lance, Steven, and the others planned where to intercept Groudon and Kyogre while minimizing harm to populated areas. The teams split up and headed toward their assigned routes as Ash arrived in Hoenn and Rustboro began evacuating.

• Steven used the Devon Corporation supercomputer, supported by Li Wei's and his Mega Metagross, to identify interception points on Route 128 for Kyogre and Route 111 for Groudon.
• Cynthia proposed wearing down the Pokémon's Primal Reversion forms, while Lorelei planned to block Kyogre with an ice wall rather than freeze a huge stretch of sea.
• Lance assigned himself, Steven, and Lorelei to intercept Kyogre, and Li Wei and Cynthia to intercept Groudon; he brought Ancient Dragonite, and Li Wei offered Giratina's help if needed.
• Alain joined Steven's team despite Mairin's objections, while Li Wei agreed to take Dawn with him after she insisted on going.
• Li Wei, Cynthia, and Dawn headed for Route 111, and Lance told Ash to meet his team on Route 128 after Ash announced he had reached Hoenn.
• The group set out as Rustboro City carried out an orderly evacuation.

Li Wei, Cynthia, and their Pokémon prepared to intercept Groudon at Route 111 as its awakening stirred extreme heat and volcanic activity. With Lavaridge Town evacuated and Groudon beginning to emerge, they stood ready to face it.

• Li Wei shared Steven’s footage of Kyogre’s influence over Route 128, and Cynthia warned that the helicopters should keep their distance.
• Li Wei, Cynthia, and Dawn cooled the desert with Ice-type Pokémon and three Milotic using Rain Dance while the heat intensified.
• Shaymin, Victini, Meloetta, and other Pokémon gathered on their companions to avoid the scorching ground, while Diancie remained unfazed by the heat.
• Latios warned the reporters and pilots not to approach as Lavaridge Town’s residents evacuated under Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy’s direction.
• Li Wei and Cynthia waited with their Pokémon at Route 111, and a volcanic eruption sent smoke billowing into the distance as Cynthia said Groudon had arrived.

Primal Groudon awakened and advanced across Route 111, overpowering Li Wei and Cynthia’s Pokémon as they tried to stop it. Li Wei summoned Regigigas, which confronted Groudon, and the two Legendary Pokémon began battling over Groudon’s path to the Rainbow Meteorite.

• Primal Groudon emerged and marched toward its destination as Falkner and the League Investigators tried to clear the area.
• Li Wei and Cynthia’s Pokémon combined their attacks, briefly stopping Groudon before it unleashed Precipice Blade across the desert.
• Li Wei called upon Regigigas, which appeared and crushed the rising Precipice Blade with Crush Grip.
• Regigigas refused to let Groudon pass, and the two Legendary Pokémon clashed with Crush Grip and Flamethrower.

Li Wei used Victini’s power to free Regigigas from Slow Start, allowing it to badly injure Primal Groudon. Cynthia and the others kept attacking while Regigigas recovered, leaving Groudon overwhelmed by their coordinated assault.

• Li Wei and Cynthia fought Primal Groudon on Route 111 as reporters broadcast the battle and Steven and the others watched.
• Li Wei had Victini transfer its power to Regigigas, breaking the restraints of Slow Start and boosting its strength.
• Li Wei ordered Regigigas to use Giga Impact, which smashed through Groudon’s defenses and knocked it down.
• Cynthia commanded Garchomp, Darkrai, Dragapult, Zeraora, Mega Latios, Mega Latias, and Shaymin to attack Groudon while Regigigas recovered.
• Regigigas resumed attacking alongside Cynthia’s Pokémon, leaving Groudon surrounded and furious at their teamwork.

As Primal Groudon was pushed back, Primal Kyogre awakened and headed toward Rustboro City, where Steven, Lance, Lorelei, and Alain moved to intercept it. Kyogre overwhelmed Alain’s Mega Charizard X with one Surf, but Lorelei and the others froze the sea around it.

• Regigigas, Li Wei, Cynthia, and Victini gained a temporary advantage over Primal Groudon, giving Hoenn hope.
• Steven’s detector confirmed that Primal Kyogre had awakened and was moving toward Rustboro City, prompting the League to predict its route.
• Lance, Steven, Lorelei, and Alain gathered at Route 128 behind an enormous ice wall as Kyogre approached through storms and towering waves.
• Alain ordered Mega Charizard X to attack, but Kyogre’s Surf defeated it in one hit and cracked the ice wall.
• Lorelei ordered Jynx, Lapras, Alolan Ninetales, and Articuno to use Blizzard together, freezing the sea around Kyogre.

Ash joined Lance, Steven, and Lorelei on Route 128 as they fought to halt Primal Kyogre, and Lance revealed Ancient Dragonite to match the legendary Pokémon’s strength. Their coordinated assault restricted Kyogre’s movement and kept its advance at bay, but Kyogre began gathering energy for Origin Pulse.

• Ash arrived on Charizard with Pikachu and Meloetta and joined the battle against Kyogre.
• Lance sent out Ancient Dragonite, whose Dragon Rush struck Kyogre and forced it backward.
• Lance, Steven, Ash, and Lorelei coordinated attacks while Lorelei’s Pokémon repeatedly froze the sea around Kyogre.
• Ancient Dragonite and Mega Metagross targeted Kyogre as Pikachu and the other Pokémon continued wearing it down.
• Steven recognized that Kyogre was preparing Origin Pulse and called for the others to stop it.

Ash, Lance, Steven, and Lorelei weakened Primal Kyogre on Route 128 while Li Wei and his allies kept Primal Groudon occupied on Route 111. When the Rainbow Meteorite reappeared near Rustboro City, Li Wei tried to summon Rayquaza and Black Rayquaza, and the sky darkened.

• Lance's Mega Dragonite interrupted Primal Kyogre's Origin Pulse, and Ash's Pikachu struck its back with a powerful Thunderbolt.
• Lance, Steven, Ash, and Lorelei coordinated their attacks until Kyogre slowed and remained trapped on Route 128.
• The Rainbow Meteorite appeared as a beacon over the sea near Rustboro City, where Groudon and Kyogre had both been trying to go.
• Regigigas, boosted by Victini, battered Primal Groudon while Li Wei's other Pokémon joined in whenever Groudon fell.
• Li Wei moved behind Metagross and called for Black Rayquaza and Rayquaza to answer, mentioning the Rainbow Meteorite as the sky darkened.