Chapter Summaries

Ye Qing returned to Shanhai City First Pokémon Academy to give a speech and donate his Masters Eight prize money, then gathered his Pokémon and Legendary friends for a family photo. A week later, he visited his old classroom and remembered the day his journey began.

• Zhao Xinran invited Ye Qing to return to his old school and give a speech, and he agreed to donate his prize money.
• Ye Qing arrived at the academy riding Garchomp, spoke about a Trainer’s responsibilities, and demonstrated his Pokémon’s Mega Evolutions.
• Ye Qing asked Hoopa to gather his friends, then arranged a family photo with his Pokémon and the Legendary and Mythical Pokémon.
• Ye Qing returned to his old classroom, sat at his desk, and remembered the voice that had asked him whether he wanted to raise it into a Rayquaza.

Su Yiqin was forced toward a wedding with Williams, but Ye Qing arrived in time and defeated the Legendary Pokémon guarding the ceremony. After rescuing her, he agreed to take her along on his next journey.

• Su Yiqin's stepmother told her that she would marry Williams in three days to save the Su Group, despite Su Yiqin's protests.
• Williams asked Madison to obtain Su Yiqin's phone, while Ye Qing declined an offer to become Champion and received a message apparently sent in her name asking for help.
• Ye Qing used Mew to reach the American wedding, where Hypno's control over Su Yiqin was interrupted by the arrival of Ye Qing's Pokémon.
• Ye Qing summoned Mega Rayquaza, which defeated Zekrom, Landorus, and the other Legendary Pokémon, then he took Su Yiqin away from the wedding.
• Su Yiqin denied sending the message and asked to join Ye Qing on his journey, and he agreed to travel with her.

A thousand years after Ye Qing’s death, Jirachi awakened and reunited with Gengar and Diancie, who brought her to meet Ye Qing’s descendant, Ye Xingchen. As Ye Xingchen guided her through the places tied to their old companions, Jirachi mourned those who had died and then asked to visit Ye Qing.

• A thousand years after their master’s passing, Gengar and Diancie gathered with Mew as Jirachi awakened beneath the comet.
• Gengar and Diancie told Jirachi they had kept their promise and introduced her to Ye Qing’s great-great-great-grandson, Ye Xingchen.
• Jirachi recognized Aggron, Garchomp, Gardevoir, and Infernape’s resting places as Ye Xingchen led her through the island.
• At the lake, Jirachi sensed Milotic’s presence and wept as she realized Milotic had died before she awoke.
• Ye Xingchen offered to take Jirachi to Ye Qing, and Jirachi smiled through her tears as she set out to see Xiao Qingzi.

Ye Xingchen, Jirachi, and Celebi traveled a thousand years into the past so Jirachi could see Ye Qing again. Ye Xingchen landed near the younger Ye Qing and Su Yiqin, where he woke to find himself face-to-face with his ancestors.

• Jirachi grieved at Ye Qing’s gravestone until Diancie revealed that Celebi could take them back a thousand years with the comet’s power.
• Ye Xingchen agreed not to reveal anything about Diancie, Gengar, and Mew, then joined Jirachi on the journey through time.
• Jirachi opened its True Eye, and Celebi used Spacetime Ripples to take Jirachi and Ye Xingchen into the past.
• Ye Xingchen fell from the sky near Ye Qing and Su Yiqin, and their Pokémon gathered around him.
• Gardevoir healed Ye Xingchen, who woke and recognized Ye Qing and Su Yiqin.

Ye Xingchen awoke a thousand years in the past and met his ancestor Ye Qing, who questioned him about the future. After learning how his Pokémon partners would eventually die, Ye Qing asked whether all of them were gone except Gengar and Diancie.

• Ye Xingchen recognized Ye Qing and Su Yiqin as his ancestors after waking in the forest.
• Milotic sensed Jirachi nearby, and Ye Qing realized Ye Xingchen had traveled from a thousand years in the future.
• Ye Qing brought Ye Xingchen home, then asked him about the future while they sat beneath a tree.
• Ye Xingchen described future technologies and the discovery of Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, and Dynamax, and offered to battle Ye Qing.
• Ye Qing glimpsed the fates of his Pokémon partners and asked whether all of them except Gengar and Diancie were gone.

A thousand years after Ye Qing’s time, Ye Xingchen reunited him with Jirachi and challenged him to a battle to prove his strength. Their clash began with Infernape and Greninja, and both trainers prepared to unleash their special powers.

• Ye Xingchen told Ye Qing that his former partners had died, but Diancie had become the Diamond Queen and continued protecting the Ye Family.
• Ye Qing reunited with Jirachi and released his Pokémon, while Ye Xingchen left the family gathering and challenged him to a battle.
• Ye Qing and Ye Xingchen flew to a deserted forest clearing, where Ye Xingchen declared that he wanted to prove he could match his grandfather through his own effort.
• Ye Qing sent out Infernape and Ye Xingchen sent out Greninja, whose opening clash ended with both Pokémon driven back.
• Greninja evaded Infernape’s Fake Out, then exchanged attacks with him until Ye Xingchen called for Bond Phenomenon and Ye Qing answered by powering up Infernape.

Ye Qing's Infernape defeated Ye Xingchen's Greninja in a fierce Bond Phenomenon battle. After the match, Ye Qing caught Garchomp scheming with Ye Xingchen's Garchomp about Simisage and demanded to know what he was doing.

• Ye Qing's Infernape and Ye Xingchen's Greninja unleashed their Bond Phenomenon powers and exchanged attacks that wrecked the battlefield.
• Infernape broke through Greninja's Hydro Cannon, battered him with punches, and used a curving Flare Blitz to knock him down.
• Ye Xingchen and Greninja rose for one final Water Shuriken, but Ye Qing's Infernape used Protect and then Thunder Punch to win.
• Ye Xingchen recalled Greninja and considered challenging Ye Qing again with Dynamax, while Ye Qing thought about using Garchomp's Mega Evolution.
• Ye Qing found Garchomp talking with Ye Xingchen's Garchomp about Simisage and interrupted them, while Aggron decided to keep his distance.

Ye Qing and Lin Yi traveled with Celebi to the late Eastern Han, where Hua Xiong had defeated several allied generals before Guan Yu killed him. They arrived as Lü Bu and his Apex Rapidash launched into battle, leaving Ye Qing stunned by the Pokémon’s level.

• Ye Qing agreed to take Lin Yi through time to investigate late Eastern Han documents after the Dragon Tamer offered him a Dragon egg.
• Three days later, Celebi transported Ye Qing, Lin Yi, and their Pokémon to the late Eastern Han.
• At the Suanzao Alliance, the lords learned that Hua Xiong had defeated General Yu and then killed Pan Feng.
• Guan Yu volunteered to face Hua Xiong, defeated him in battle, and returned with his head.
• Ye Qing and Lin Yi emerged above the battlefield and saw Lü Bu leap from the city wall on his level-one-hundred Apex Rapidash.

On Mid-Autumn night, Ye Qing learned that Ditto’s missing Trainer might belong to the ancient Draconids and decided to travel back in time to find her. He, Su Yiqin, Ditto, and their Pokémon set out with Celebi to reach the day and place where she was last seen.

• Ye Qing and Su Yiqin shared a quiet moment during the family reunion while Ditto sat alone watching the moon.
• The Dragon Tamer told Ye Qing that Ditto’s Trainer might have ties to the Draconids and was last seen at Starlight Plaza ten years earlier.
• Ye Qing explained the Draconids’ connection to Rayquaza, and Ditto eagerly hoped to see its Trainer again.
• Ye Qing decided to take Ditto, Su Yiqin, Diancie, several Pokémon, and Psyduck on the search, with Celebi’s help.
• Ye Qing set Celebi’s destination to September 25, 2012, and activated time travel.

Ye Qing and Su Yiqin found Lin Yi in the past and reunited her with Ditto, which had waited ten years for her. After learning Lin Yi planned to capture Rayquaza to stop a prophesied meteorite, Ye Qing warned her that the mission would likely cost her life, but she remained determined.

• Ye Qing and Su Yiqin arrived at Starlight Plaza with Ditto and Psyduck and followed Ditto's scent to Lin Yi.
• Ditto transformed into Gardevoir and rushed into Lin Yi's arms, so Ye Qing's group teleported away from the gathering crowd.
• Su Yiqin introduced herself and explained that they had come from ten years in the future; Lin Yi verified her identity and accepted the explanation.
• Lin Yi realized Ditto's account suggested she had died after leaving it, while the meteorite crisis had somehow been resolved.
• Lin Yi explained her duty as a Meteorite Remnant to capture Rayquaza and stop the meteorite, but Ye Qing warned that her strength was insufficient and the Rayquaza she met might not be the one her ancestors knew.

Ye Qing, Lin Yi, and their companions traveled to Sky Pillar to confront the prophecy of a new meteorite and summon Rayquaza. Lin Yi revealed the Draconids’ plan, and the group prepared to call Rayquaza with a Seven-Colored Meteorite.

• Ditto asked Ye Qing to help Lin Yi, and Ye Qing agreed to go with her to Sky Pillar to prevent the prophesied meteorite from threatening the world.
• Lin Yi explained that the teleportation array to Sky Pillar lay underwater, and Ye Qing’s Gardevoir transported the group to it.
• The group activated the ancient array and arrived at the ruined Sky Pillar, where Lin Yi showed them the Draconids’ prophecy and legacy.
• Lin Yi explained that Rayquaza had once stopped the conflict between Groudon and Kyogre and that a larger meteorite was prophesied to fall thousands of years later.
• Lin Yi took out a Seven-Colored Meteorite and said they would summon Rayquaza, defeat it, help it Mega Evolve, and stop the approaching meteorite.