Recaps

After Professor Oak confirmed that Kangaskhan’s Mega Evolution allowed her child to battle outside her pouch, Chen Shi helped Steven identify Mega Stones and encouraged his Pokémon before the next day’s semifinal. Cynthia left to handle personal business, and Chen Shi hoped his semifinal opponent would be Steven or Lance rather than her.

• Chen Shi asked Professor Oak about the contents of the first two vaults, but Oak refused to explain and said they could choose after the Pokémon World Championships.
• Professor Oak told Chen Shi that Kangaskhan’s child had been able to leave her pouch and fight alongside her after Mega Evolution.
• Cynthia left to handle personal business, reassuring Chen Shi that she was fine, while Pheobe told him not to worry.
• Steven asked Chen Shi to identify his remaining Mega Stones, and Chen Shi took a Charizardite Y while identifying another stone as a Tyranitar Mega Stone.
• Chen Shi praised Charizard for its progress and told Metagross and Togekiss they would battle the next day.
• Chen Shi realized he might face Cynthia in the semifinal and silently hoped to draw Steven or Lance instead.

Chen Shi faced Cynthia in the Pokémon World Championships semifinals and opened the six-on-six battle with Togekiss against Gastrodon. Togekiss’s Air Slash repeatedly flinched Gastrodon until it fainted, leaving Cynthia to face Chen Shi’s newly revealed tactic.

• The semifinal draw paired Chen Shi against Cynthia and Steven against Lance, and Cynthia asked Chen Shi to give the battle everything he had.
• Chen Shi entered the arena determined to defeat Cynthia and sent out Togekiss, while Cynthia chose Gastrodon.
• Cynthia ordered Gastrodon to use Rain Dance, but Chen Shi commanded Togekiss to attack with Air Slash.
• Togekiss’s Air Slash repeatedly flinched Gastrodon, preventing it from acting until the seventh strike knocked it out.

Chen Shi defeated Cynthia’s Gastrodon and forced her to reveal Spiritomb’s Skill Swap strategy, then Mega Evolved Metagross to face her Lucario. Cynthia Mega Evolved Lucario in response, leaving the battle poised between the two powerful Pokémon.

• Chen Shi explained that Togekiss’s Serene Grace and King’s Rock had raised Air Slash’s flinch chance, and Cynthia sent out Spiritomb to use Skill Swap.
• Chen Shi ordered Togekiss to attack with Dazzling Gleam and Moonblast, forcing Cynthia to withdraw Spiritomb and send out Glaceon.
• Chen Shi recalled Togekiss and Mega Evolved Metagross, whose strength rose to the Mid-Stage Senior Elite King level.
• Cynthia recalled Glaceon, sent out Lucario, and Mega Evolved him to the late-stage Senior Elite King level.

Chen Shi and Cynthia's Mega-Evolved Pokémon fought an intense battle, with Cynthia's Lucario trapping and badly injuring Metagross. Metagross endured Lucario's finishing attack, leaving Chen Shi poised to counter as the chapter ended.

• Cynthia revealed her Mega-Evolved Lucario, and Chen Shi realized she had secretly practiced Mega Evolution overnight.
• Mega Metagross and Lucario traded powerful attacks as Chen Shi used Metagross's strength and move combinations to keep pace.
• Cynthia baited Metagross into a Hammer Arm, then used Detect and Bone Rush to leave it badly injured.
• Lucario charged at Metagross with Extreme Speed and Bone Rush while the audience feared Chen Shi would lose the round.
• Metagross used Endure to survive Lucario's attack, and Chen Shi ordered it to unleash Hammer Arm at full power.

Chen Shi sent out Swampert to face Cynthia’s Garchomp, and both Pokémon Mega Evolved. Cynthia’s strain from using Mega Evolution left her unable to give commands in time, while rain empowered Swampert to overwhelm Mega Garchomp with a rapid series of Waterfall attacks.

• Cynthia recalled Lucario and sent out her ace Garchomp, while Chen Shi chose Swampert instead of Dragapult.
• Chen Shi Mega Evolved Swampert, and Cynthia Mega Evolved Garchomp despite the physical strain from her recent Mega Evolution.
• Swampert summoned rain with Rain Dance while Cynthia struggled to recover and Garchomp charged at him with Dragon Claw.
• Chen Shi ordered Waterfall, and rain-boosted Swampert struck Garchomp before she could react.
• Swampert followed with Hammer Arm and repeated Waterfall attacks, leaving Mega Garchomp unable to fight back as the stunned spectators watched.

Chen Shi defeated Cynthia after Swampert’s Mega Evolution and Swift Swim overwhelmed Garchomp in the rain, sending him to the finals. Cynthia woke in the hospital and learned Chen Shi knew more about Mega Evolution than he had admitted, leaving him in trouble when she demanded an explanation.

• Swampert used rain and Swift Swim to overpower Mega Garchomp, and Cynthia conceded before passing out.
• Chen Shi carried Cynthia to the hospital and stayed by her bedside until she woke that evening.
• Cynthia congratulated Chen Shi on reaching the finals, and Chen Shi warned her against attempting Mega Evolution twice without enough practice.
• Steven asked why Swampert was so fast, and Chen Shi explained its Swift Swim Ability and the effects of Mega Evolution on Garchomp and Lucario.
• Cynthia questioned how Chen Shi knew those details after previously claiming he did not, while Steven and Pheobe left them alone.
• Chen Shi tried to distract Cynthia with ice cream, but she pinched him until he apologized.

Chen Shi prepared for the Pokémon World Championships final against Lance, while Cynthia remained angry over Chen Shi withholding information about Mega Evolution. That night, Dragapult reached Mid-Stage Senior Elite King, and Chen Shi celebrated with his Pokémon before they vowed to win.

• Cynthia, Steven, Pheobe, and Chen Shi left the Silver Conference Hall and ate together at the Villa.
• Steven warned Chen Shi that Lance was strong and reminded him he was the only one of their group left in the tournament.
• Pheobe asked Chen Shi about Togekiss's unfamiliar moves, but he refused to explain, and Cynthia left the table in frustration.
• Chen Shi fed his Pokémon in his room and discovered that Dragapult had reached level 64 and Mid-Stage Senior Elite King.
• Chen Shi shared his remaining Threefold Honey with his Pokémon to celebrate reaching the final and Dragapult's breakthrough, and Dragapult promised they would win.

Chen Shi and Lance began the six-on-six Pokémon World Championships final after receiving encouragement from their friends and supporters. Lance sent out his Mid-Stage Senior Elite King Hydreigon first, and Chen Shi noticed its quadruple weakness to Fairy-type attacks.

• Pheobe grew nervous about Chen Shi's match while Chen Shi remained relaxed.
• Professor Oak brought Gary and Ash to wish Chen Shi luck before the final.
• Diantha and Yuko visited to encourage Chen Shi, and Pheobe, Steven, and Cynthia wished him luck as he left for the arena.
• Chen Shi and Lance met outside the arena and recalled Lance's promise to let Chen Shi meet his partners.
• The host introduced the finalists, and the referee explained the six-on-six rules with unlimited switching.
• Lance sent out Hydreigon, and Chen Shi recognized its Dragon and Dark typing and quadruple weakness to Fairy-type attacks.

Chen Shi’s Florges debuted a powerful new Fairy-type move and defeated Lance’s Hydreigon in the opening match of the World Championships finals. Florges remained poised as the crowd cheered, while Lance had to choose his next Pokémon.

• Chen Shi sent out Florges, and Lance ordered Hydreigon to use Nasty Plot.
• Chen Shi told Florges to shine, and her new Fairy-type attack interrupted Hydreigon’s power-up and severely injured him.
• Steven realized Florges had used a move of a newly discovered eighteenth type, and Chen Shi followed up with Dazzling Gleam.
• Lance ordered Hydreigon to use Dragon Pulse, but Florges’s Moonblast struck him down while she emerged unhurt.
• The referee declared Hydreigon unable to battle, and Florges bowed to Lance and the cheering spectators.

During the Pokémon World Championships final, Chen Shi revealed his hidden accomplishments and explained why he had kept them secret, leaving the audience and his grandparents stunned. Lance sent out Gyarados, and Chen Shi answered with Mega Swampert as Lance prepared to counter its strength in rain.

• Lance asked why Florges had taken no damage, and Chen Shi explained that he had hidden his abilities because he feared for his safety.
• Chen Shi revealed that he had become an Intermediate Breeder at eleven, a Senior Breeder at fifteen, could make top-grade potions, and was the researcher known as Severe Indecisiveness.
• Chen Shi told Lance that meeting him in Lavaridge Town had inspired him to stop hiding, while Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen listened with guilt and sadness from the Chen Family Farm.
• Lance praised Chen Shi, then sent out his nearly nine-meter Gyarados, which Chen Shi recognized as a powerful opponent.
• Chen Shi recalled Florges and Mega Evolved Swampert, while Lance relied on his research and planned to prevent Swampert from benefiting from rain.

Chen Shi’s Swampert defeated Lance’s Gyarados, then struggled against Aerodactyl after losing control of the weather. Chen Shi used Telepathy to help Swampert seize Aerodactyl and counterattack with Hammer Arm.

• Chen Shi’s Swampert overwhelmed Gyarados with Waterfall and Rock-type attacks, then blocked Lance from recalling him before knocking him out.
• Lance sent out Aerodactyl, a powerful fossil Pokémon, and Aerodactyl’s Sunny Day overrode Swampert’s Rain Dance.
• Aerodactyl completed Agility, struck Swampert with Aerial Ace, and followed up with Dragon Claw.
• Chen Shi used Telepathy to guide Swampert, who dodged Dragon Claw, grabbed Aerodactyl’s wing, and hit him with Hammer Arm.

Chen Shi and Lance sent out their Charizard after Swampert and Aerodactyl knocked each other out, then battled with increasingly powerful attacks. Super Charizard, near defeat, summoned his remaining strength for one final Flare Blitz as both trainers ordered their Pokémon to charge.

• Aerodactyl endured Swampert’s Liquidation and landed a Hyper Beam, knocking Swampert out as Aerodactyl also became unable to battle.
• Chen Shi and Lance sent out their Charizard, and Chen Shi Mega Evolved his Pokémon into Super Charizard.
• The two Charizard traded Flamethrower and Dragon Claw attacks, then Lance’s Charizard gained the advantage with Flare Blitz and Air Slash.
• Super Charizard split Lance’s Rock Slide with Dragon Claw, but another clash of Flare Blitz left him badly weakened.
• Super Charizard rallied after hearing Chen Shi and erupted in blue flames, prompting both trainers to command a final Flare Blitz.

Chen Shi sent out Mega Metagross after Charizard and Lance’s Charizard drew, and Metagross defeated Altaria before facing Lance’s powerful Dragonite. Metagross defied Chen Shi’s order to dodge and struck Dragonite with Ice Punch, but both Pokémon were sent flying, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Chen Shi and Lance recalled their defeated Charizard and sent out Metagross and Altaria, respectively.
• Chen Shi Mega Evolved Metagross and ordered it to attack Altaria with Ice Punch.
• Metagross defeated Altaria with a second Ice Punch but took damage from its Fire Blast.
• Lance sent out his level 69 Dragonite, which used Extreme Speed to knock Metagross down.
• Metagross ignored Chen Shi’s order to dodge, briefly restrained Dragonite with Psychic power, and landed an Ice Punch as Dragonite struck it with Fire Punch.

Chen Shi sent Florges against Lance’s Dragonite, and Florges drew on energy from Xerneas’s broken antler fragment to unleash a devastating Dazzling Gleam. She knocked Dragonite down, then smiled and bowed to Chen Shi, showing she was not afraid.

• Chen Shi recalled Metagross and thanked him, then asked Florges whether she was afraid to face Dragonite.
• Florges remembered how Pokémon Hunters had captured and tortured her as a Flabébé before Chen Shi rescued her and became her Trainer.
• Lance ordered Dragonite to attack with Extreme Speed, while Chen Shi realized Florges had already begun acting.
• Florges drew fairy type energy from Xerneas’s broken antler fragment and unleashed Dazzling Gleam, sending Dragonite crashing to the ground.
• Exhausted and in pain, Florges turned to Chen Shi, bowed, and answered that she was not afraid.

Chen Shi and Lance agreed that Dragapult’s battle against Dragonite would decide the Pokémon World Championships title. After using U-turn to escape Dragonite’s Ice Punch, Chen Shi sent Dragapult back into battle and declared that the real fight was beginning.

• Chen Shi sent out Dragapult and agreed with Lance that their battle would decide the championship.
• Dragapult used Shadow Force to evade Dragonite while Lance tried to strengthen Dragonite with Dragon Dance.
• Chen Shi ordered Dragapult to attack with Sucker Punch, but Dragonite caught him and prepared an Ice Punch.
• Chen Shi remembered U-turn, and Dragapult struck Dragonite before switching out to Togekiss and avoiding the Ice Punch.
• Chen Shi recalled Togekiss, sent Dragapult back out, and told Lance that the battle was now beginning.

Chen Shi and Lance’s Dragapult and Dragonite fought through a punishing final exchange, leaving both Pokémon unable to rise. As Dragapult struggled to keep his promise to win, Chen Shi entered a strange darkness and felt the overwhelming pain Dragapult had been carrying.

• Lance had Dragonite feint with Extreme Speed and Ice Punch to draw Dragapult out, but Chen Shi countered with Shadow Force.
• Chen Shi and Lance ordered a final clash between Dragon Darts and Dragon Rush, followed by Dragon Pulse and Dragon Rush, which sent both Pokémon crashing onto the arena.
• Dragonite and Dragapult struck each other with Ice Punch and Shadow Force, then collapsed and struggled to get up.
• Dragapult recalled his teammates’ sacrifices and resolved that he could not break his promise to win for Chen Shi.
• Chen Shi’s pink-glowing eyes brightened as the world disappeared, and he saw Dragapult trembling in the darkness.
• Chen Shi embraced Dragapult and felt the unbearable pain Dragapult was experiencing.

Chen Shi and Dragapult awakened a bond form and defeated Lance’s Dragonite, winning their match. Afterward, Dragapult collapsed only after Chen Shi told him he was proud of him.

• Dragonite rose again, and Chen Shi’s psychic power surged as he urged Dragapult to get up.
• Chen Shi and Dragapult connected through their shared memories and transformed Dragapult into Bond Dragapult.
• Chen Shi ordered Dragapult to use Outrage, and Dragapult clashed with Dragonite’s Outrage above the arena.
• Dragonite ran out of stamina, and Dragapult slammed him into the field, winning the match for Chen Shi.
• Dragapult flew to Chen Shi for praise, then collapsed and returned to his original form after Chen Shi told him he was proud of him.

After waking in the temporary Pokémon Center following the championship battle, Chen Shi reassured his friends and explained that Dragapult had used a bond phenomenon rather than Mega Evolution. Steven reminded him about the awards ceremony the next day, where the top sixteen could choose Pokémon Eggs and enter the League’s treasure vault.

• Chen Shi woke up in the Pokémon Center, and Cynthia hurried to check on him before Steven and Pheobe teased him about using four Mega Evolutions and passing out.
• Steven told Chen Shi that his Pokémon were safe, though Florges had suffered serious injuries before an Elite Four Level Blissey healed them.
• Chen Shi explained that Dragapult’s final transformation had been a bond phenomenon requiring Trainer and Pokémon to become one in mind and spirit.
• Steven, Cynthia, and Pheobe reacted to Chen Shi’s explanation, and Chen Shi admitted he did not know whether other Trainers could achieve the phenomenon.
• Steven reminded Chen Shi that the top sixty-four had to attend the awards ceremony the next day, where the top sixteen could choose a Pokémon Egg and enter the League’s treasure vault.
• Chen Shi confidently offered to pick good Pokémon Eggs for Steven.

Chen Shi met Mu Jin Stone, who thanked him for helping Devon Corporation develop fossil revival technology and offered to fund a research institute for him. Chen Shi was left stunned by the offer.

• Steven told Pheobe that every top-thirty-two finalist would receive a reward, and she cheered at the news.
• Steven invited Chen Shi to meet his father, Mu Jin Stone, and Chen Shi left with Cynthia, holding her hand.
• Mu Jin warmly welcomed Chen Shi at a hotel and thanked him for providing the key information that enabled Devon Corporation's fossil revival research.
• Mu Jin offered to fund a research institute for Chen Shi with the best available equipment, leaving Chen Shi in disbelief.

Chen Shi accepted Mu Jin's offer to build a research institute and partnered with the Devon Corporation on Mega Stone research and an auction. He revealed that Pokéblocks could awaken Fairy-type energy and that Fairy-types were immune to Dragon-type moves, but made publishing his Fairy-type paper conditional on the League granting him a professorship.

• Chen Shi accepted Mu Jin's offer to build a research institute on the Chen Family Farm near Back Mountain.
• Mu Jin proposed that Devon Corporation partner with Chen Shi on Mega Evolution research and stage an auction featuring Key Stones and Mega Stones when Chen Shi published his paper.
• Chen Shi told Mu Jin that he also wanted to collaborate on important Pokéblocks that could awaken Fairy-type Pokémon's original type energy.
• Chen Shi explained the Fairy type and revealed that Fairy-types were immune to Dragon-type moves, shocking Mu Jin, Steven, Cynthia, and Pheobe.
• Chen Shi said he would publish the Fairy-type paper only if the League agreed to grant him a professorship.

Chen Shi and Mu Jin agreed to work together on revealing Fairy-type Pokémon, with Mu Jin helping Chen Shi pursue a Doctor title. Later, Chen Shi and Cynthia celebrated his championship and discussed Mega Stones and criminal groups before Cynthia kissed him.

• Chen Shi told Mu Jin he would only reveal the Fairy type if the League accepted his conditions, and Mu Jin agreed to help him become a Doctor and build a partnership with Devon Corporation.
• Chen Shi told Mu Jin he planned to prepare and publish his paper on Mega Evolution soon, and Mu Jin asked him to give advance notice.
• Chen Shi and Cynthia strolled through Silver Town, where Cynthia congratulated him on winning the championship and thanked him for the Mega Stones he had found for Garchomp and Lucario.
• Chen Shi explained that he had taken Garchomp's Mega Stone from a Team Magma member at Meteor Falls and bought Lucario's at a Black Market stall.
• Cynthia told Chen Shi that Team Galactic had emerged in Sinnoh, and Chen Shi privately recalled that its leader, Cyrus, planned to destroy the world.
• When Cynthia offered to give Chen Shi anything within her power, he asked for a kiss, and she kissed him before walking ahead.

After Chen Shi's championship win, Professor Oak explained the League's likely terms for recognizing Chen Shi's Fairy-type research and warned him not to grow careless with his rewards and new status. Chen Shi celebrated with his Pokémon and reminded Florges not to risk her health again.

• Chen Shi returned to the villa, where Professor Oak teased him about Cynthia and told him to attend the awards ceremony before choosing his championship reward.
• Professor Oak said the League would likely grant Chen Shi a Pokémon Professor's benefits and status, but would wait until he was an adult to officially recognize his title.
• Chen Shi asked whether the League would give him more chances to enter its vaults, but Professor Oak said his existing rewards were enough and warned that others might target him.
• Professor Oak left to join Ash and Gary, and Chen Shi brushed off Pheobe's questions about him and Cynthia.
• Chen Shi brought out his Pokémon, gave them Pokéblocks, and praised their tournament efforts while warning Florges not to endanger her body again.

Chen Shi and Steven attended the Pokémon World Championships closing ceremony, where Chen Shi confirmed he would publish research on Mega Evolution. He left Lance questioning his goal of becoming a Dragon-type Champion after learning Dragonite might not Mega Evolve and Chen Shi pointed out that many of Lance’s Pokémon were Flying-types.

• A staff member directed Chen Shi, Steven, and their companion to the top-sixteen lounge, while Pheobe was told to wait elsewhere with the other top-thirty-two competitors.
• Lance asked Chen Shi about the evolution from the earlier matches, and Chen Shi said he would publish a paper on Mega Evolution after the Championships.
• Lance asked what Dragonite would look like after evolving, and Chen Shi suggested Dragonite might not have a Mega Evolution.
• Chen Shi pointed out that Charizard, Gyarados, Aerodactyl, and Altaria could Mega Evolve, then remarked that Lance could become a Flying-type Champion.
• Lance insisted that he wanted to become a Dragon-type Champion, and Chen Shi asked whether being in the Dragon Egg Group made his Pokémon dragons.
• Lorelei laughed at Lance, while Cynthia realized Chen Shi had likely known about Lance’s situation and had been waiting to tease him.

Chen Shi told Leon and Diantha that the Devon Corporation auction would offer Mega Stones for Charizard and Gardevoir, inviting them to attend. His hint that Gardevoir had another type left the assembled Trainers suspecting that it shared Florges’s mysterious advantage against Dragon-types.

• Lance argued that Dragonite, Altaria, and Hydreigon were all dragons, while Chen Shi placated him and told Lorelei that none of her Pokémon could Mega Evolve.
• Leon asked whether Mega Evolution had regional limits and what Charizard and Dragapult needed; Chen Shi explained the Key Stone and Mega Stone requirements and invited him to the Devon Corporation auction.
• Steven confirmed that the Devon Corporation would hold the auction, and Leon accepted the invitation after learning it might include a Charizard Mega Stone.
• Chen Shi invited Diantha because the auction would include a Gardevoir Mega Stone, and she was thrilled to learn her ace could Mega Evolve.
• When Diantha and Cynthia questioned whether Mega Gardevoir could defeat Lance’s Dragonite, Chen Shi hinted that Gardevoir was not purely Psychic-type, prompting the Trainers to suspect it had an undiscovered type like Florges.

Chen Shi attended the Pokémon World Championships award ceremony after arranging for Diantha and Wallace to have a chance to bid on Mega Stones. He received the champion’s medal and trophy, then celebrated with a group photo of all seven of his Pokémon.

• Diantha agreed to attend the auction to bid for Gardevoir’s Mega Stone, and Steven clarified that she would have to win it through the bidding.
• Chen Shi announced that the other Mega Stone at the auction was for Altaria, and Wallace accepted the chance to bid for it.
• The eliminated contestants and finalists received their awards, while Chen Shi waited in the passage with an aggrieved Pheobe before being called onstage.
• Professor Oak presented Chen Shi with the champion’s medal and trophy.
• Chen Shi brought out all seven of his Pokémon for a group photo as the audience cheered.