Chapter Summaries

Ye Qing's team survived as the battlefield narrowed, but Williams finally sent Mega Aerodactyl after Gardevoir. Mega Aerodactyl struck Gardevoir with Iron Tail, and she Teleported away to escape his follow-up attack.

• Long Zinuo's Dragonite took Roserade's Hyper Beam while protecting Gardevoir, and Ye Qing promised Long Zinuo he would win.
• Gardevoir defeated Roserade, while the battle eliminated the contestants from Australia and India and left Ye Qing's team with more Pokémon in reserve than the other sides.
• Jiang Zhe sent Mega Lucario to fight Mega Blaziken, and Wangchen used Aegislash to hold off Mizuno Jeff's Mega Scizor.
• Williams Mega Evolved Aerodactyl and attacked Gardevoir as Wangchen blocked Mega Scizor with King's Shield.
• Gardevoir used Protect against Mega Aerodactyl's Giga Impact, but his Iron Tail hit her before she could Teleport, sending her crashing into the ground.
• Gardevoir Teleported away as Mega Aerodactyl prepared a Steel Wing follow-up.

Ye Qing and Wangchen used Gardevoir’s Confusion to help Aegislash take down Mizuno Jeff’s Mega Scizor with Destiny Bond. Mizuno Jeff then sent out Heatran, the World Cup’s first Legendary Pokémon, as the other battles continued.

• Ye Qing and Wangchen coordinated Gardevoir’s Confusion with Aegislash’s Destiny Bond, causing Mega Scizor to faint when Aegislash fell.
• Wangchen recalled Aegislash, while Mega Blaziken gained the advantage over Mega Lucario and Mega Aggron defeated Mega Glalie.
• Mizuno Jeff waited until the final seconds of the deadline before throwing a Master Ball onto the field.
• Mizuno Jeff’s Pokémon appeared amid scorching winds and lava, and the announcer identified it as Heatran, the first Legendary Pokémon at the World Cup.

Ye Qing’s teammates were eliminated one by one, leaving him and a battered Gardevoir facing Williams, Morikawa Minako, and Mizuno Jeff’s combined forces. The opponents demanded that he surrender, but Gardevoir stood her ground as the story ended with Ye Qing still outnumbered and his Infernape unrevealed.

• Ye Mom worried that Heatran’s arrival put Ye Qing in greater danger while Heatran and Mega Aerodactyl attacked Gardevoir.
• Mega Blaziken defeated Jiang Zhe’s Mega Lucario, eliminating him from the contest.
• Williams and Mizuno Jeff used Mega Aggron and Mega Aerodactyl to take down Luo Moyun’s Mega Charizard X, eliminating Luo Moyun.
• Luo Moyun angrily rejected Luo Jiujiu’s attempt to comfort him, prompting Wangchen and the others to defend her.
• Ye Qing recalled Gardevoir and realized that his teammates were gone, leaving him alone against the opposing lineup.
• Williams, Morikawa Minako, and Mizuno Jeff confronted Ye Qing and urged him to surrender while Gardevoir refused to yield.

Ye Qing brought Infernape and Gengar into the battle against Williams and Japan’s competitors, then revealed the Pokémon hidden in his Master Ball. The chapter ended as a pink, diamond-adorned Pokémon appeared before the watching crowd.

• Gardevoir used Healing Wish before returning to her Poké Ball, and Ye Qing sent out Infernape and Gengar.
• Ye Qing activated Infernape’s Bond State and Mega Evolved Gengar as Williams and Japan’s competitors faced them.
• Mega Blaziken charged Infernape, but Infernape slapped him and nearly followed with Mach Punch before Blaziken dodged using Quick Attack.
• Mizuno Jeff ordered Heatran to attack Gengar while Ye Qing threw his Master Ball to send out his final Pokémon.
• A pink Pokémon wearing a diamond crown and a dress studded with pink diamonds appeared in a flash of light.

Ye Qing sent out the legendary Diancie, who defeated Williams's Mega Aerodactyl with one Diamond Storm. Williams then brought out his final Pokémon, Darkrai.

• Diancie appeared on the field, and Prince Bathong identified her as the legendary Diamond Princess while the spectators and dignitaries reacted with astonishment.
• Ye Qing ordered Diancie to use Diamond Storm against Williams's Mega Aerodactyl, while Williams told Aerodactyl to use Protect.
• Diancie's Diamond Storm broke through Aerodactyl's Protect and knocked him out in one hit.
• Williams sent out his final Pokémon, the legendary Darkrai.

Williams sent out Darkrai, while Luo Moyun secretly arranged for Team R to frame Wang Yao’s father in order to ruin Ye Qing. As Heatran and Darkrai threatened Diancie, Ye Qing revealed that she could Mega Evolve, and Darkrai launched an attack at her.

• Williams sent Darkrai into battle, exciting the American spectators and bolstering his teammates’ confidence.
• Luo Moyun contacted Team R and ordered Yellow Hair to fabricate a case against Wang Yao’s father before the World Championships ended.
• Mega Blaziken and Bond Infernape continued their fierce fight, while Mega Gengar used Curse on Heatran and weakened further.
• Williams told Mizuno Jeff to handle the other battle, and Mizuno Jeff ordered Heatran to use Stone Edge against Diancie.
• Ye Qing commanded Diancie to Mega Evolve, stunning Williams and the spectators as her power was revealed.
• Darkrai rushed in front of Heatran, formed a black energy ball, and fired it at Mega Diancie.

Mega Gengar took Darkrai’s Dark Void to protect Diancie, while Blaziken and Infernape turned against Heatran and Diancie completed Mega Evolution. As Mega Diancie overwhelmed Darkrai, Ye Qing called Gengar back from Darkrai’s nightmare, and Gengar awoke after hearing that Ye Qing would introduce Gardevoir to Muk.

• Mega Gengar shielded Diancie from Darkrai’s Dark Void and fell asleep, while Heatran’s attack sent Infernape flying.
• Mega Blaziken attacked Heatran, and Infernape joined Blaziken against Heatran after entering his Blaze state.
• Diancie completed Mega Evolution and charged at Darkrai, overwhelming him with Diamond Storm.
• Darkrai trapped Gengar in a nightmare, and Gengar began reverting from Mega Evolution as Ye Qing tried to reach him.
• Ye Qing threatened to introduce Gardevoir to Muk, which gave Gengar the strength to swallow his fears and wake up.

Ye Qing’s Infernape and Gengar were unable to battle after fighting Heatran and Darkrai, leaving Mega Diancie to face the two Legendary Pokémon alone. Williams and Mizuno Jeff unleashed a huge combo attack combining Darkrai’s Shadow Ball with Heatran’s Magma Storm.

• Mega Diancie defeated Darkrai’s advance while Heatran knocked Infernape and Mega Blaziken away with Earth Power.
• Infernape and Mega Blaziken reached their limits, and Morikawa Minako recalled Blaziken while Ye Qing recalled Infernape and Gengar.
• Ye Qing told Williams and Mizuno Jeff that the battle had only just begun, and Mega Diancie challenged Heatran and Darkrai.
• Darkrai created a Shadow Ball more than ten meters wide while Heatran wrapped Magma Storm around it to form their practiced combo move.

Mega Diancie survived a combined attack from Darkrai and Heatran, then counterattacked and defeated Heatran with a Ground-type move. She also blasted Darkrai away with Dazzling Gleam, leaving both opponents beaten.

• Mizuno Jeff and Williams combined Darkrai's Shadow Ball with Heatran's Magma Storm and hurled the attack at Mega Diancie.
• Mega Diancie blocked the combined strike with Sacred Diamond, which shattered the arena's protective barrier before another barrier contained the blast.
• Ye Qing told Diancie that Ground-type moves were super effective against Heatran, and she used a rock blade to knock him down.
• Mega Diancie blocked Darkrai's barrage with Sacred Diamond while Ye Qing reminded her that Fairy-type moves were effective against him.
• Mega Diancie unleashed Dazzling Gleam, blasting Darkrai away along with Heatran.

Mega Diancie overwhelmed Heatran and Darkrai, helping Ye Qing win the Arceus Cup, while Old Master Zhang announced Zhang Siyu’s engagement to Zhao Ziran. As the celebrations began, Team R moved to Shanhai City to carry out the final stage of its plans against Ye Qing and Wang Yao.

• Mega Diancie repeatedly blasted Heatran and Darkrai, then swung them into the ground until the Floating Island cracked.
• The host declared Heatran and Darkrai unable to battle and announced Ye Qing’s team as the Arceus Cup champions.
• Old Master Zhang publicly announced that Zhang Siyu and Zhao Ziran would become engaged.
• Ye Qing celebrated with his teammates, while Williams asked how he had obtained Diancie and Ye Qing said he had lured her away.
• Jiang Zimo arrived in Shanhai City on Team R’s behalf, believing the city’s remaining connections to Ye Qing and Wang Yao had been prepared or dealt with.

Jiang Zimo bribed a security guard to ignore a person in a photograph and spread a story about Director Wang, while Ye Qing’s team celebrated winning the World Championship. The ceremony ended with Ye Qing receiving the trophy and medal, though Gengar’s mishandling of Williams’s gift briefly caused a scene.

• Jiang Zimo gave Uncle Dang a case of Pokémon Coins and asked him to ignore a person in a photograph and mention a story about Director Wang’s arrest.
• Ye Qing’s team received applause as Dragon Country’s flag rose during the World Championship awards ceremony, while Japanese spectators angrily condemned their team’s third-place finish.
• Williams offered Ye Qing a box containing Garchomp’s Mega Stone, but Gengar swallowed the box and disappeared into Ye Qing’s shadow.
• Gengar returned with Salamence’s Mega Stone in the box, and Ye Qing gave the gift back to Williams and punished Gengar by forbidding him to sleep for a month.
• Japan’s Champion presented Ye Qing with the Golden Trophy and a medal as Morikawa Minako, Cynthia, and Dragon Tamer watched him receive the honors.

After winning the World Championship, Ye Qing returned to the hotel exhausted and went straight to sleep, while Wang Yao prepared to visit his father before carrying out a risky plan. Team R executives watched Wang Yao approach the Public Security Bureau, but someone dragged him into an alley before he could enter.

• The awards ceremony ended without further disruption, and Mizuno Jeff brooded over his loss while Williams warned that Ye Qing would face coming turmoil.
• Ye Qing declined his family’s victory banquet because the double evolution had left him exhausted, then used Gardevoir’s Teleport to return to the hotel and sleep.
• Ye Qing admired the Garchomp Mega Stone he had received but decided to keep training Garchomp before attempting Mega Evolution.
• Wang Yao planned to act after the championship team returned to the Imperial Capital, then set out to visit his father at the Public Security Bureau.
• Jiang Zimo and Yuan Wei watched Wang Yao approach the bureau and discussed Giovanni’s plan as Wang Yao recalled his past with Ye Qing.
• As Wang Yao reached the bureau entrance, an unseen person seized his arm and dragged him into an alley.

Wang Yao learned that his father had been arrested and his mother restricted, with the Luo Family rumored to be behind the investigation. After Wang Yao sent Ye Qing a cryptic warning, Ye Qing rushed back to Shanhai City and found Wang Yao’s home sealed.

• Li Yong stopped Wang Yao from entering the Public Security Bureau and told him that Director Wang had been investigated for embezzlement and Wang Yao’s mother was under restrictions.
• Li Yong said the Luo Family had reportedly intervened and installed a new Director, prompting Wang Yao to blame Luo Moyun.
• Wang Yao checked the news on the old man’s phone, confirmed his father’s arrest, and sent Ye Qing a warning before leaving.
• Ye Qing read Wang Yao’s message, flew to Shanhai City on Garchomp, and found Wang Yao’s home sealed.

Ye Qing investigated Wang Yao’s family after learning that Wang Yao’s parents had been arrested, and he suspected a trap connected to the recent changes in his life. Meanwhile, Wang Yao infiltrated Luo Moyun’s residential complex, unaware that Jiang Zimo and Yuan Wei had arranged the situation as part of Giovanni’s plan.

• Ye Qing learned from the security guard that Wang Yao had been in a very bad mental state and that his parents had been arrested for corruption.
• Ye Qing demanded that the Dragon Tamer secure Wang Yao’s parents’ release on bail, investigate the case within a day, and revoke the wanted notices for Xie Yu and the other two.
• The Dragon Tamer agreed to investigate and rushed to Ye Qing, while Ye Qing sensed that a series of traps might be connected to his revelation of Diancie.
• The National Team returned to the Imperial Capital, and Luo Moyun considered finding Articuno now that Ye Qing had Diancie.
• Wang Yao slipped into the Dragon Soaring Villa Complex, intent on killing Luo Moyun.
• Jiang Zimo and Yuan Wei watched Wang Yao and revealed that Giovanni’s plan was meant to kill both Luo Moyun and Wang Yao while driving Ye Qing into conflict with the Pokémon League.

Wang Yao attacked the Luo Family villa with Raikou and captured Luo Moyun as a hostage. Surrounded by the family and Elite Four members, Wang Yao prepared to use Luo Moyun to escape so he could stay alive and rescue his parents.

• Jiang Zimo ordered his people to withdraw after Wang Yao entered the villa’s vicinity, while Yuan Wei complained about his tone.
• Luo Moyun left the family dinner in frustration after Ye Qing surpassed him, then learned that the Dragon Tamer had helped secure Wang Yao’s parents’ release on bail.
• Wang Yao spotted Luo Moyun in his study and, as cracks spread through his Dark Ball, brought his plan forward and sent Raikou to attack.
• Metagross collapsed part of the villa to protect Luo Moyun, burying him beneath the rubble, but Raikou blasted Metagross aside and dug him out.
• Raikou seized the bleeding Luo Moyun and faced the assembled defenders while Wang Yao chose to keep him alive as a hostage.
• Old Master Luo released all five of his Pokémon and surrounded the villa as the two Elite Four members confronted Raikou.

Wang Yao took Luo Moyun hostage at the Dragon Soaring Villa Complex and crippled him while demanding answers about his parents. As the Luo Family and League forces closed in, Dragon Tamer and Cynthia rushed toward the scene, while Jiang Zimo decided to leave before Cynthia found him.

• Wang Yao threatened the gathered League forces and Luo Family members while Raikou summoned a storm and Sceptile held Luo Moyun at blade point.
• Wang Yao stabbed Luo Moyun in the thigh, waking him, and Luo Moyun blamed Team R for what happened to Wang Yao's parents.
• Wang Yao stabbed Luo Moyun in the crotch, leaving him unconscious and unable to have heirs, and Luo Moyun's mother fainted.
• Old Master Luo charged at Wang Yao with his Pokémon, while Dragon Tamer learned that Wang Yao had taken Luo Moyun hostage and hurried to the villa district.
• Cynthia also rushed toward the scene, and Jiang Zimo decided to leave before she discovered him.

Wang Yao tried to escape the Pokémon League after crippling Luo Moyun, relying on a Dark Ball-enhanced Raikou, but the League’s forces and Cynthia blocked his way. As Ye Qing raced toward the villa district, the Dark Ball shattered and Raikou turned on Wang Yao.

• Ye Qing received word of Wang Yao’s crisis and rushed from a television interview toward the Imperial Capital.
• Wang Yao fled toward the villa district gate with Sceptile dragging Luo Moyun, while Raikou fought off Old Master Luo’s Mega-Evolved Pokémon.
• Cynthia, the Dragon Tamer, Zapdos, and Pokémon League troops completed the encirclement, while Giovanni ordered his forces to prepare support for Ye Qing.
• Ye Qing hurried toward the villa district, using Gardevoir’s Teleport, as Mewtwo continued its mountain training and Mew stayed behind with Latias.
• Old Master Luo ordered the attack, and Raikou fought the three Mega-Evolved Pokémon while Cynthia and the Dragon Tamer prepared to subdue Wang Yao.
• The Dark Ball shattered, Raikou regained its clear eyes, and it immediately targeted Wang Yao.

Sceptile saved Wang Yao from Raikou’s attack but was badly injured, while Wang Yao was left unconscious and Luo Moyun was killed. As Ye Qing tried to protect Wang Yao, Old Master Luo and the Pokémon League confronted him, and Ye Qing accused the League of breaking its promise to protect his family and friends.

• Sceptile knocked Wang Yao clear of Raikou’s Discharge and shielded him, but the attack shattered Protect and left Sceptile gravely injured; Wang Yao was also struck while shielding Luo Moyun.
• Ye Qing arrived with Gardevoir and Garchomp, and Mega Diancie’s Diamond Storm drove back Cynthia, the Dragon Tamer, Raikou, and their Pokémon.
• Ye Qing treated Wang Yao with Gardevoir and Gengar while ordering Gardevoir to help Sceptile; Wang Yao passed out after asking Ye Qing not to kill Raikou.
• Old Master Luo mourned Luo Moyun, then accused Ye Qing of shielding a murderer and vowed to bring Wang Yao to justice.
• As Cynthia asked Ye Qing to hand Wang Yao over, Ye Qing refused and accused the Pokémon League of breaking its promise to protect his family and friends.

Ye Qing refused to hand Wang Yao over to the Pokémon League and denounced it as corrupt, leaving Cynthia to confront him publicly. As Ye Qing and Cynthia prepared for battle, League members and Legendary Pokémon closed in around him.

• Ye Qing rejected the pleas of Cynthia, the Dragon Tamer, and others, refusing to surrender Wang Yao despite the crowd demanding his arrest.
• Ye Qing thanked Cynthia and the Dragon Tamer for their past help, then declared he wanted nothing more to do with the Pokémon League.
• Cynthia, pressured by the reporters and public, ordered Ye Qing to hand Wang Yao over, but he refused.
• A Council Member suggested subduing Ye Qing, and Cynthia Mega Evolved Garchomp while Zhang Siyu and the Ghost-type Elite Four Mega Evolved their Pokémon to block his retreat.
• Ye Qing sent out Infernape and Gengar to protect him as Zapdos and Raikou advanced, while the others watched the looming confrontation.

Ye Qing refused to hand Wang Yao over to the Pokémon League and faced an overwhelming force until Mew, Latias, Latios, and Entei arrived to support him. Zhang Sisi called Articuno to join the League's side, and Old Master Luo revealed a rainbow-colored feather that began to transform the battle.

• Ye Qing rejected Zhang Sisi's demand and prepared to fight the Pokémon League as its members attacked.
• Ye Qing's family and the gathered onlookers watched the confrontation unfold on a live broadcast, while Ye Dad tried to rush to his rescue and Old Master stopped him.
• Mew appeared beside Ye Qing and brought Latias and Latios, while Entei also joined Ye Qing's side.
• Zhang Sisi summoned Articuno to reinforce the League, and Old Master Luo raised a rainbow-colored feather that burned a hole through the clouds.