Recaps

Ye Qing explored the Steel Fortress before going to challenge its Gym, where Gym Leader William secretly planned to capture him and study Infernape’s Bond Phenomenon. After William sprang a trap and sealed the tower roof, Ye Qing prepared to fight the Enforcement Team while keeping Diancie in reserve.

• Ye Qing toured the Steel Fortress with Infernape, while William learned he was in the city and planned to capture him during a Gym challenge.
• Ye Qing rode to the Steel Gym and met a robot operated by William, who led him into a sealed battle hall.
• William sent out Scizor, and Ye Qing chose Infernape for the one-on-one battle.
• William triggered an ambush, but Gardevoir teleported Ye Qing and Infernape outside, where attackers struck and blocked her Teleport.
• Ye Qing activated Infernape’s Bond Phenomenon and released his other Pokémon as William’s Enforcement Team attacked beneath a sealed steel dome.

Ye Qing defeated William’s Enforcement Team, but William appeared with his powerful main team and attacked to capture him alive. With his Pokémon injured and outnumbered, Ye Qing brought out the Master Ball and prepared to fight back.

• Ye Qing ordered Slaking to attack the Enforcement Team after its leader demanded Infernape, and Slaking’s rampage began after being struck by Thunderbolts.
• Ye Qing Mega Evolved Infernape and Gengar while his Pokémon fought William’s forces; Milotic was badly injured, and Ye Qing recalled him as the Enforcement Team was routed.
• William revealed himself with Magnezone and five powerful Pokémon, while Ye Qing recognized that William wanted the bond phenomenon.
• William ordered his Pokémon to capture Ye Qing alive, then had Gallade kill the three surviving Enforcement Team members.
• Ye Qing touched the Master Ball and sent out the Flaming Giant Ape as his Pokémon struggled to hold off William’s team.

Ye Qing sent out Mega Diancie and used Gardevoir to give her Huge Power, letting her devastate William’s Pokémon with Diamond Storm. As Mega Metagross attacked her in the sealed dome, both sides prepared for a fierce battle.

• Ye Qing summoned Diancie, who Mega Evolved and blocked Bronzong’s Confusion with ease.
• Ye Qing asked Gardevoir to transfer Huge Power to Diancie, who unleashed Diamond Storm and knocked out all but William’s Magnezone and Gallade.
• William recognized Diancie from legends of the Diamond Kingdom and sent Mega Metagross to fight her.
• Ye Qing assessed Mega Metagross as a serious threat because Steel-type moves were especially effective against Diancie, but trusted her Huge Power to overcome it.
• William ordered Mega Metagross to use Meteor Mash, and Diancie formed a giant diamond to block the attack.

Ye Qing fought William inside the Gym’s steel dome, while Mega Diancie battled Mega Metagross above them. Ye Qing and his Pokémon escaped through the dome’s roof, and Mega Diancie hid their exit from the onlookers with Dazzling Gleam.

• Mega Diancie’s Diamond Storm pierced Mega Metagross’s Protect and damaged the steel dome, while Gallade cut down the stray diamonds.
• Ye Qing recalled Slaking and charged William with Garchomp, Gardevoir, Mega Gengar, and Infernape as Mega Diancie and Mega Metagross moved their clash above the Trainers.
• Ye Qing evolved Infernape, who teamed up with Garchomp to knock Gallade off balance and send it flying with a Fire Punch.
• Ye Qing realized William could use Explosion with either Mega Metagross or Magnezone, making the enclosed dome especially dangerous.
• Ye Qing ordered his Pokémon to open a hole in the dome, and Garchomp carried him and Gardevoir into the sky as William followed on Magnezone.
• Mega Diancie used Dazzling Gleam to blind the onlookers and conceal the group’s escape from the dome.

Ye Qing’s battle against William turned as Infernape helped Mega Diancie defeat Mega Metagross, while Magnezone used Explosion to cover William’s escape. Gallade shoved William toward the Rotom below, but Infernape was falling beside him and prepared to confront him in midair.

• Ye Qing split the fight into three battles and sent Gardevoir to help Infernape while Mega Diancie wore down Mega Metagross.
• With his energy nearly spent, Ye Qing Mega Evolved Gardevoir as a feint, giving Infernape an opening to strike Mega Metagross alongside Diancie and knock him out.
• William ordered Magnezone to use Explosion and tried to escape, but Garchomp’s pursuing Draco Meteor forced Gallade to throw William toward the Rotom below.
• Gallade faced Draco Meteor and Explosion alone while Infernape fell beside William and moved toward him, prompting William to shout, “Don’t come any closer!”

Ye Qing escaped after William died in an explosion, taking two Mega Stones and fleeing toward Dragon Country as a Golurk pursued him. Meanwhile, Dragon Tamer remained in Shanhai City and answered Ye Qing’s call.

• Infernape struck William aside as Explosion detonated, and the blast destroyed the Steel Tower and threw Ye Qing’s group away.
• Gardevoir retrieved Metagross’s Mega Stone and Lucarionite, then Teleported Ye Qing and his Pokémon from the scene while leaving the Key Stone behind.
• The Public Security Bureau found William’s charred corpse and learned that Ye Qing had been the last challenger to enter the Gym, prompting the bureau chief to report the matter to Congress.
• Ye Qing fled on an injured Garchomp, but a fast Golurk caught up, so he called Dragon Tamer for help.
• Luo Moyun lamented that his plan had failed, while Dragon Tamer in Shanhai City hesitated before answering Ye Qing’s call.

Ye Qing fled toward Dragon Country with a Champion pursuing him for killing an Elite Four member, and called the Dragon Tamer and Cynthia for help. Cynthia arrived with Zapdos and confronted Walker, while Ye Qing began tending to his injured Pokémon; the standoff ended with Cynthia declaring she would oppose Walker for Mewtwo.

• Ye Qing called the Dragon Tamer for help, but the Dragon Tamer said he could not leave his post and told Ye Qing to contact a Champion.
• Ye Qing told Cynthia that he had killed a foreign Steel-type Elite Four member in self-defense, and Cynthia set out with Zapdos after getting his coordinates.
• Luo Moyun saw Zapdos depart and secretly headed to the Treasure Vault with a powerful Pokémon lent by Kyurem.
• Walker pursued Ye Qing on Golurk, and Ye Qing used Gardevoir's Teleport to reach the thunderclouds and Zapdos.
• Cynthia ordered Walker to leave, but Walker demanded custody of Ye Qing, and Cynthia refused, saying she would offend him for Mewtwo.

Ye Qing returned to the Imperial Capital with Cynthia after Walker left, but found the outskirts devastated by Kyurem’s attack. Cynthia confirmed Kyurem had stolen the DNA Splicers, while Kyurem returned to his lair determined to fuse with Reshiram or Zekrom.

• Walker left after Ye Qing invoked Mewtwo, and Cynthia criticized Ye Qing before taking an urgent call and leaving him with Zapdos.
• Ye Qing arrived above the Imperial Capital and saw its outskirts covered in ice, with Pokémon League troops surrounding a huge crater where Cynthia and Mega Garchomp stood.
• An officer told Ye Qing that Kyurem had attacked and warned him to leave, but Ye Qing used Gardevoir’s Teleport to reach Cynthia.
• Cynthia confirmed Kyurem had taken the DNA Splicers, and Ye Qing confirmed that the information he had previously given about them was true.
• Kyurem returned injured to his lair with the DNA Splicers and planned to fuse with Reshiram or Zekrom so the world would bow to him.

Luo Moyun celebrated Kyurem’s seizure of the DNA Splicers and prepared to meet it, while Ye Qing rushed to the Pokémon Center and unexpectedly ran into Su Yiqin. Their conversation revealed that Su Yiqin had earned a direct entry slot to the world tournament, along with Long Zinuo, Luo Moyun, Li Zifan, and Wu Zhaoling.

• Luo Moyun learned that Kyurem had taken the DNA Splicers and that Team R had gone to Shanhai City, then planned to meet Kyurem and imagined catching Articuno with his Master Ball.
• Ye Qing fled his fans and hurried to the Pokémon Center to have his Pokémon treated.
• Ye Qing bumped into Su Yiqin at the Pokémon Center, helped her up, and accidentally touched her thigh before taking his Pokémon to the nurse.
• Ye Qing bought coffee for Su Yiqin, who explained how National Team competitors received direct entry slots to the world tournament.
• Su Yiqin named Long Zinuo, Luo Moyun, Li Zifan, and Wu Zhaoling as slot holders and said the Su Group’s support helped secure her own slot.

Ye Qing accepted Su Yiqin’s offer to stay at her family’s hotel and spent the night in its luxurious presidential suite. At noon, he woke to find Aggron’s snoring had kept Infernape up and Diancie had spent the night experimenting with makeup.

• Ye Qing invited Su Yiqin to battle him, and they arranged to meet at noon the next day.
• Su Yiqin offered Ye Qing an empty presidential suite at her family’s hotel and sent him there by taxi.
• The hotel manager escorted Ye Qing to the suite, where Gardevoir checked the rooms before he released his Pokémon.
• Ye Qing fed his Pokémon, then fell asleep in the suite.
• At noon, Ye Qing woke to find Infernape exhausted from Aggron’s snoring and Diancie at the dressing table with badly applied makeup.

Ye Qing met Su Yiqin for a lavish meal, but Long Zinuo insulted his manners and prompted him to challenge him to a battle. Su Yiqin refereed as Ye Qing and Long Zinuo prepared to fight, and the chapter ended just after Infernape appeared.

• Ye Qing hurried to the restaurant, where Su Yiqin treated him to a table full of food and asked him for pointers afterward.
• Long Zinuo arrived and mocked Ye Qing's table manners, then recognized him and realized whom he had insulted.
• Ye Qing left with Su Yiqin and arranged to battle Long Zinuo in an abandoned storeroom.
• Long Zinuo accepted the challenge, and he and Ye Qing each took out a Poké Ball as Zhao Ling and Li Zifan arrived.
• Su Yiqin started the battle, and Ye Qing sent out Infernape to face Long Zinuo.

Ye Qing and Infernape defeated Long Zinuo’s Blaziken in a brief spar, revealing Infernape’s overwhelming strength and a flash of the Bond Phenomenon. As Ye Qing began touring the National Team’s training camp, an unknown attacker launched a Flare Blitz at him from a rooftop.

• Long Zinuo sent out his level 54 Blaziken to challenge Ye Qing’s Infernape.
• Infernape stopped Blaziken’s Quick Attack with Fake Out, then blocked Blaze Kick with Quick Guard and struck him with a powerful Focus Punch.
• Blaziken crashed into wooden crates and climbed out injured, while the onlookers wondered how Infernape had hit so hard and noticed a flash in his eyes.
• Su Yiqin declined a spar, and Ye Qing said he wanted to look around the National Team’s training camp.
• As Ye Qing and the others left the warehouse, a fireball flew toward him from a distant rooftop, and Infernape charged into it with Flare Blitz.

Ye Qing encountered the Blaziken who had been pursuing him, then visited the National Team training hall with Su Yiqin and the others. There, he clashed with captain Luo Moyun until Cynthia arrived and called him over.

• Long Zinuo used Blaziken's Protect to shield the group from Infernape's flames, while the pursuing Blaziken sent Ye Qing a challenge letter that Infernape burned before it landed.
• Blaziken left in frustration to arrange another challenge letter, and Ye Qing realized the Pokémon had grown nearly as strong as Infernape.
• Ye Qing agreed to visit the National Team's training hall with Su Yiqin, Long Zinuo, Li Zifan, and the others.
• Luo Moyun reprimanded Li Zifan and Su Yiqin, then mocked Ye Qing, who challenged him to battle again.
• Cynthia arrived and called Ye Qing over, but he first warned the others that he would take Luo Moyun's spot if he threatened them.

Cynthia took Ye Qing from the stadium in a police car and brought him to the Public Security Bureau, claiming it was for his safety. During interrogation, she confronted him over the suspected killing of a foreign Steel-type Elite Four member, but Ye Qing denied responsibility and Cynthia pressed him to tell the truth.

• Ye Qing challenged Luo Moyun, then followed Cynthia out of the stadium and left in a police car.
• Giovanni questioned Jiang Zimo about Wang Yao, ordered him to keep investigating the suspected message to Ye Qing, and instructed him to have Wang Yao followed around the clock.
• Cynthia escorted Ye Qing into an interrogation room at the Public Security Bureau, where he asked why he had been brought there.
• Cynthia accused Ye Qing of killing another country's Steel-type Elite Four member and cited footage showing he was the last person to enter the Steel-type Gym.
• Ye Qing denied the accusation, argued that he had been a challenger and a victim, and Cynthia urged him to tell her the truth.

Ye Qing tried to prepare for the danger surrounding the unexplained death of Steel Fortress’s Steel-type Elite Four member while seeking a Garchomp Mega Stone. Meanwhile, Wang Yao ventured onto Antarctica’s surface to find Pokémon for his experiment, worried that Luo Moyun’s secret dealings with Team R could expose him and endanger Ye Qing.

• Cynthia warned Ye Qing that investigators could still consider him a suspect and that Legendary Pokémon might not always be able to protect him.
• Ye Qing arranged to meet Dragon Tamer and spent three days relaxing with his companions at Pokémon buffets and spas.
• Ye Qing asked Dragon Tamer to trade Hunter J’s Salamence Mega Stone for a Garchomp Mega Stone before the World Cup; Dragon Tamer suggested exchanging it with the Luo Family for their spare stone.
• Ye Qing declined to reveal that he had a Metagross Mega Stone and returned home to his fortified residence.
• Wang Yao took three assistants from the underground Antarctic base to search for Pokémon, despite a warning about an approaching blizzard.
• Wang Yao worried that Luo Moyun’s secret dealings with Team R could compromise him and put Ye Qing in danger.

Wang Yao began planning an escape from Team R and led his monitored outing to a group of Ice-type Pokémon, where he challenged their level 53 Walrein with Sceptile. Meanwhile, Ye Qing returned home with Garchomp and found his family away, leaving him to rest.

• Wang Yao concluded that Team R might be using him to recruit Ye Qing and decided he needed to build strength to escape.
• Wang Yao went into the Antarctic snow with three assistants monitoring him and searched for Pokémon to catch.
• Wang Yao led the group to a sheltered hillside and sent Sceptile to fight the level 53 Walrein.
• Ye Qing arrived home with Garchomp, greeted his Pokémon, and learned that his family had gone shopping.
• Ye Qing decided to catch up on sleep while the house was empty.

Wang Yao used a sudden blizzard to escape Team R with Walrein and Butterfree, who evolved from Metapod and shielded him from the pursuers’ attacks. As Wang Yao reached the sea, Li Hu appeared overhead on Pidgeot.

• Wang Yao caught Walrein and kept hunting Pokémon until a blizzard gave him a chance to flee Team R.
• Wang Yao rode Walrein down the slope and escaped the pursuing assistants and Team R members through Walrein’s familiar routes.
• Wang Yao evolved Metapod into Butterfree, who scattered powders over the pursuers and helped pull Walrein across the ice.
• Butterfree blocked attacks and used Confusion to protect Wang Yao as they sped toward the sea.
• Wang Yao reached the ocean, but Li Hu descended from the blizzard on Pidgeot.

Li Hu let Wang Yao escape with a Poké Ball containing Fletchinder, and Wang Yao and his Pokémon evaded their pursuers to hide in a cave. Meanwhile, Ye Qing spent the evening with his family before going for a walk alone.

• Wang Yao prepared to die rather than be captured, but Li Hu asked what they meant to each other and chose to let him go.
• Li Hu gave Wang Yao a Poké Ball and stayed behind to delay the pursuers; Wang Yao escaped into the sea with Walrein and Butterfree.
• As Wang Yao grew dangerously cold inside a cocoon on the water, he released the Pokémon in Li Hu's Black Ball, and Fletchinder used Flame Body to warm him.
• Wang Yao woke in a hidden cave, where Butterfree, Fletchinder, and Walrein had gathered; Walrein reported that pursuers were still nearby.
• After a reunion dinner with his family, Ye Qing went outside alone for a walk.

Ye Qing agreed to accompany Ye Menghan on her Breeder Academy spring outing and disguised himself as her cousin to avoid being recognized. At the eastern docks, he met her classmates and learned that one of them, Zhang Yulan, was the younger sister of local Gym Leader Zhang Na.

• Ye Qing worried about Wang Yao and then agreed to accompany Ye Menghan on her school's spring outing.
• Ye Qing packed for the trip, disguised himself with a mask and glasses, and traveled with Ye Menghan to the eastern docks.
• Ye Menghan told Ye Qing that the outing would be at an abandoned town near the Qinling Mountains.
• Ye Menghan introduced Ye Qing to her classmates as her cousin, and he met Li Shaoyun and Zhang Yulan.
• Ye Menghan whispered that Zhang Yulan's older sister was Alto Mare's Gym Leader, Zhang Na.

Ye Qing accompanied Ye Menghan and the others to a flower-filled abandoned town for an event, but the Spoon Mark on his wrist began burning as two powerful Pokémon fought in another space. As the group arrived, Ye Qing sensed danger, and he overheard that Darkrai had been misunderstood when the town was abandoned.

• Ye Qing met Gym Leader Zhang Na at the event and tried to keep her from recognizing him while watching Li Shaoyun grow close to Ye Menghan.
• Vice Principal Ailisi welcomed the group aboard a Wailmer airship, and Ye Qing brought Ye Menghan aboard on Milotic.
• The group reached a flower-covered abandoned town, where Ye Qing's Spoon Mark began to burn as Dialga and Palkia fought in a spatial rift.
• Ye Qing sat aside with Ye Menghan after sensing danger, while ripples appeared among the flowers and the Ghost-type Elite Four member watched the Purple Vortex in the Qinling Mountains.
• Ye Qing sent Infernape to watch over Ye Menghan and overheard Zhang Na ask why the town had been abandoned; Ailisi said its residents had misunderstood Darkrai and looked toward an ivy-covered villa.

A strange phenomenon spread across the sky, flowers, and ground while Ye Qing and the others gathered to protect the children. With the Spoon Mark and his other tattoos suddenly dimmed, Ye Qing suspected they had left normal space and lost contact with Mewtwo.

• Ailisi told Zhang Na that the villa had once been her home and said Darkrai was no longer nearby.
• After Li Shaoyun was rejected by Ye Menghan, he argued with Ye Qing until the ripples appeared across the sky and ground.
• Ye Qing revealed his face, and Li Shaoyun recognized him and became an admirer.
• Zhang Na summoned her six Pokémon and ordered everyone to gather as Ailisi sent her Pokémon to evacuate and count the children.
• Ye Qing left Gardevoir, Slaking, and Marill to protect Ye Menghan, then noticed his Spoon Mark and other tattoos had gone dim.

Ye Qing and the others encountered Darkrai, whom Ailisi recognized as an old friend, but Darkrai warned them to leave as strange distortions engulfed the sky. The group tried to escape on foot while Ye Qing suspected Palkia had sealed off the area and Dialga would soon arrive.

• Zhang Na urged Ye Qing to bring his group to safety, but Ye Qing refused to risk his family before knowing what threat was approaching.
• Darkrai appeared from a living shadow, and Ailisi recognized her friend from decades earlier.
• Darkrai told everyone to leave, then focused on Ye Qing after sensing the auras of Legendary Pokémon around him.
• Hundreds of dark vortices formed in the sky as mist surrounded the town, and Darkrai flew toward a spot above them.
• Ailisi and Zhang Na led the group toward the path out of town, while Ye Qing followed and suspected Palkia had sealed the area.

Darkrai attacked Palkia after the trapped group discovered they could not escape Longquan Town through the fog. Dialga soon joined the battle, and the Space-Time Duo’s clashes began destroying the town as Ye Qing and the others faced imminent danger.

• Ailisi led the group into the fog, but everyone who tried to leave returned, and Darkrai sensed a threat.
• Darkrai fired a beam into the sky, and Ye Qing identified the approaching Pokémon as Palkia.
• At the Pokémon League command center, Cynthia sent Dragon Tamer to investigate Longquan Town with Entei and Zapdos, then learned Ye Qing and Ye Menghan were trapped there.
• Mewtwo discovered its connection to Ye Qing had been severed and sent Mew to investigate.
• Palkia appeared and knocked Darkrai into a cluster of houses with an Aura Sphere, then Dialga arrived and began fighting Palkia.
• Darkrai shielded the crowd as the Space-Time Duo damaged the town, then Dialga and Palkia fired Roar of Time and Spacial Rend at each other.

Palkia and Dialga’s battle devastated the town, and Darkrai protected the people before collapsing from his injuries. As the survivors gathered in the last remaining square, Ye Qing rode Garchomp into the sky and prepared to confront the Space-Time Duo with Diancie, Infernape, and Gengar.

• Darkrai redirected Palkia away from the crowd, then tried to shield everyone from the Space-Time Duo’s attacks and fell exhausted into Ailisi’s arms.
• The battle between Dialga and Palkia destroyed nearly the entire town, leaving the survivors and wild Pokémon gathered in the square.
• Ye Qing stopped Zhang Na from charging into battle and decided to intervene himself as the Space-Time Duo weakened.
• Ye Qing flew upward on Garchomp while his companions watched and hoped he could stop the battle.
• Ye Qing released Diancie, Infernape, and Gengar and prepared to evolve them.

Ye Qing and his Pokémon fought to keep Dialga and Palkia apart as their strength ran low, while reinforcements outside Longquan Town could not reach the subspace. The Space-Time Duo prepared to unleash Roar of Time and Spacial Rend again, leaving Ye Qing and the others facing an imminent crisis.

• Diancie Mega Evolved, and Ye Qing sent her, Infernape, and Mega Gengar to hold back Palkia and Dialga while Darkrai joined the fight.
• Diancie blocked Palkia's Hydro Pump, while Infernape and Mega Gengar struggled against Dialga until Darkrai helped them repel its Flash Cannon.
• Palkia's attack sent a yellow sphere crashing toward the ground, and Slaking struck it away but injured his fist; Ailisi healed him with Blissey's Heal Pulse.
• The Dragon Tamer and the Pokémon League forces arrived outside, but Longquan Town had vanished and they could not enter the subspace.
• As Ye Qing's group gradually lost ground, those below urged him to hold on, and Dialga and Palkia began charging Roar of Time and Spacial Rend.