Recaps

After winning the Pokémon World Championships, Chen Shi chose a Pokémon Egg for his reward and advised the other top contestants on their picks. When reporters questioned him, he promised to publish research on Charizard’s evolution and revealed that Florges belonged to a new type he called Fairy.

• Chen Shi inspected the reward eggs and chose the final egg on the second tier, while Lance picked the shiny Dratini egg after Chen Shi recommended it.
• Chen Shi directed Steven to the Mawile egg and Cynthia to the Hisuian Goomy egg, then the remaining contestants selected their rewards.
• Professor Oak advised the contestants to raise their Pokémon well and stay humble before inviting reporters to ask questions.
• Chen Shi told reporters he would publish a paper about Charizard’s evolution on the Researcher Forum after the event.
• Chen Shi explained that Florges was immune to Dragon-type energy because she belonged to a new Pokémon type, which he named Fairy.

Chen Shi deflected questions about the Fairy type, his championship win, and his relationship with Cynthia by promising to publish papers. After returning to the Villa, he revealed that Cynthia's reward was a Hisuian Form Goomy egg, leaving Steven jealous of his own Mawile.

• Chen Shi told reporters he would publish details about the Fairy type and its Pokémon on the Researcher Forum.
• Chen Shi answered questions about his championship and alleged romance with Cynthia by promising more papers, frustrating the reporter and making Steven laugh.
• The four returned to the Villa, where Steven complained about the exhausting award ceremony and Cynthia asked Chen Shi about her egg.
• Chen Shi revealed that Cynthia's egg held a Hisuian Form Goomy that would evolve into Steel and Dragon-type Pokémon.
• Steven glared at Chen Shi over the rare Goomy, but Chen Shi defended choosing Cynthia's reward over his friend's.

Chen Shi and Steven discussed their bargain with the Draconids and learned that Rayquaza was the Dragon God meant to stop Groudon and Kyogre. Chen Shi admitted he had accepted the dangerous task because the Draconids offered valuable rewards, leaving Steven, Pheobe, and Cynthia speechless.

• Chen Shi argued with Steven over who received the Goomy egg while Steven complained that Mawile could not compare to a pseudo-legendary Pokémon.
• Steven asked whether the Dragon God had stopped the disaster with Mega Evolution, and Chen Shi revealed that the Dragon God was Rayquaza.
• Chen Shi explained that the Draconids worshipped Rayquaza and that the disaster would come from Groudon and Kyogre fighting.
• Chen Shi reminded Steven that they had promised to return to Meteor Falls and summon Rayquaza when Groudon and Kyogre fought again.
• Cynthia challenged Chen Shi to tell the truth, and he admitted he had accepted the task because the Draconids offered a Champion Level Outrage scale, a Metagross Mega Stone, and a promised treasure.

Chen Shi and the other tournament winners visited the League headquarters to claim their rewards, with Chen Shi taken to the heavily guarded Vault Two. After choosing four legendary resources for his Pokémon, he learned that Professor Oak would take him next to Vault One.

• Professor Oak and Agatha led the winners to the League vaults, sending the other contestants into Vault Three while Professor Oak took Chen Shi farther inside.
• Professor Oak explained the vault’s security before Alakazam used psychic power to bring him and Chen Shi into Vault Two.
• Chen Shi examined the catalog and chose an advanced Mystery Realm Core Shard for Dragapult, a Shaymin flower for Leafeon, a Tornadus Essence Feather for Togekiss, and a Thousand-Year Leyline Stone for Swampert.
• Professor Oak handed Chen Shi the four items and said they would head to Vault One next.

Chen Shi explored Vault One with Professor Oak and chose a Mystery Realm Core over the legendary Pokémon treasures he was forbidden to take. After learning how its first energy infusion would shape the realm, he returned with Professor Oak to meet Steven and the others before they boarded the plane.

• Alakazam teleported Chen Shi and Professor Oak into Vault One, where Chen Shi saw Ho-Oh's nest and Lugia's Silver Wing.
• Professor Oak explained that the legendary items belonged to the League and could be used to summon their owners, so Chen Shi could not take them.
• Chen Shi chose a complete low-grade Mystery Realm Core after scanning it and learning it could become a small Mystery Realm.
• Professor Oak warned Chen Shi that the type of energy infused first would become more abundant inside the Mystery Realm.
• Alakazam brought Chen Shi and Professor Oak back, and they met Steven and the others beside the private plane before Professor Oak urged them to board.

After the tournament, Chen Shi and his friends planned to return home while he discussed a Fairy-type Pokéblock partnership with Steven. Chen Shi and Steven agreed to split the profits evenly, and Cynthia revealed she would travel to Hoenn with them.

• Chen Shi checked on his Pokémon Egg and told Cynthia it was his Victory Star, revealing that Victini was inside.
• Pheobe, Steven, and Chen Shi agreed to leave the next day and return home after the tournament.
• Steven asked Chen Shi to tell him when he published his Mega Evolution paper so Steven could prepare for the auction.
• Chen Shi proposed giving Devon Corporation the Fairy-type Pokéblock recipes to produce and sell intermediate- and high-grade Pokéblocks.
• Steven offered a thirty-seventy profit split, but Chen Shi insisted on an even split, and Steven accepted the partnership.
• Cynthia told Pheobe she would go to Hoenn with them.

Chen Shi told Cynthia she could join his group on their trip to Hoenn, then gave his Pokémon time off and distributed legendary-grade resources. Leafeon and Togekiss received gifts suited to them, while Chen Shi prepared to give the remaining resources to his other partners.

• Cynthia accepted Chen Shi's invitation to visit Hoenn, and Steven arranged for everyone to fly to Rustboro City the next day.
• Chen Shi promised his Pokémon a few days of rest, then joked that Leafeon would have to keep training because he mistook her cry for a complaint.
• Chen Shi reassured Leafeon that she was part of the team and gave her a glowing pink flower resource, which she happily accepted.
• Togekiss eagerly opened her gift and found Tornadus's feather, a resource rich in Flying-type energy.
• Chen Shi tied Tornadus's feather around Togekiss's neck, and she happily flew around wearing it.

Chen Shi rewarded several Pokémon for their work and worried about Mew’s unexplained disappearance, but Mew soon returned and explained what Victini’s egg needed to hatch. Mew also revealed that Chen Shi’s mind ability had grown, then demanded food and a massage.

• Chen Shi gave Shaymin, Leafeon, Swampert, and Dragapult gifts, while explaining that Florges, Charizard, and Metagross had already received their rewards.
• Chen Shi wondered where Mew had gone, and Mew suddenly appeared beside Togekiss and examined Victini’s egg.
• Mew told Chen Shi that Victini’s egg needed victory energy to hatch, and Chen Shi thanked Mew for the warning.
• Mew noticed Chen Shi’s Psychic power had grown and explained that his mind ability had strengthened.
• Mew transformed into an Eevee, sat on Chen Shi’s shoulder, and demanded something delicious and a full-body massage.

Chen Shi returned to the Chen family villa in Verdanturf Town with Cynthia and Pheobe, where his grandparents warmly welcomed them. Grandma Chen fussed over Cynthia and asked how far things had gone between her and Chen Shi, leaving them both embarrassed.

• Chen Shi declined Steven’s invitation to lunch and set off for Verdanturf Town with Cynthia and Pheobe.
• Chen Shi arranged for Charizard to carry Pheobe after she complained that Gengar could not safely carry her.
• Cynthia hesitated outside the Chen family villa until Gardevoir opened the door, and Chen Shi led her inside by the hand.
• Grandma Chen welcomed the visitors, recognized Cynthia as Carolina’s granddaughter, and piled food into her bowl.
• Grandma Chen asked Cynthia how far things had gone with Chen Shi, while Grandpa Chen gave his grandson a knowing look.

Chen Shi asked Mew to use the Mystery Realm Core to create a Grass-type mystery realm, but Mew accidentally formed its entrance in Chen Shi’s bedroom. After Mew stabilized the spatial cracks, Chen Shi persuaded it with ice cream to try moving the entrance to the Back Mountain.

• Chen Shi discussed using the Mystery Realm Core on the Back Mountain with Grandpa Chen and chose to make a Grass-type mystery realm.
• Chen Shi asked Mew to charge the core with Grass-type energy, and Mew poured energy into it inside Chen Shi’s room.
• The core became a vortex and created a mystery realm entrance in the room, while spatial cracks appeared around it.
• Mew used its psychic power to erase the cracks and stabilize the space.
• Chen Shi blamed Mew for creating the entrance in the wrong place and offered it three boxes of ice cream to move it to the Back Mountain.

After moving the mystery realm entrance, Chen Shi returned home and joined a celebratory meal with his family and friends. Grandpa Chen revealed that the Hoenn League planned to invite young talents to explore a newly discovered top-tier mystery realm, but Chen Shi said he would rather stay home.

• Mew warned Chen Shi that the mystery realm was still forming and remained too dangerous to enter.
• Chen Shi found his family preparing a celebratory feast, where Salamence knocked Garchomp into a crater after catching him eyeing Cynthia's Garchomp.
• Garchomp tried to appease Salamence several times, then sat apart drinking after she continued to ignore him.
• Chen Shi, Cynthia, and Pheobe celebrated their World Championships results with the family and Pokémon.
• Chen Shi confirmed that Devon Corporation would build him a research institute, while Cynthia and Pheobe shared their plans to stay in Hoenn.
• Grandpa Chen explained that the Hoenn League would invite young talents to a newly discovered top-tier mystery realm, and Chen Shi said he would rather stay home.

Chen Shi declined to join an expedition into a vast mystery realm, while Cynthia and Pheobe agreed to go. A phone call then reported a massive explosion on Mt. Pyre and a suspected Champion-level battle, sending Chen Shi rushing there.

• Chen Shi refused Grandpa Chen's invitation to explore the mystery realm, despite its rare Pokémon and the League's promise of opportunities.
• Grandpa Chen described the realm as nearly half the size of Hoenn, split between land and ocean, with powerful Pokémon and a Tyranitar population.
• Chen Shi privately worried the realm might be connected to Groudon and Kyogre, but kept his suspicions to himself.
• Cynthia and Pheobe offered Chen Shi support, and Cynthia reminded him that they did not need to be polite with each other.
• Grandpa Chen received a call reporting a huge explosion on Mt. Pyre and a suspected fight between Champion-level Pokémon.
• Grandpa Chen ordered Chen Shi to hurry to Mt. Pyre, and Chen Shi called for Salamence and Garchomp to leave with him.

Chen Shi and Pheobe rushed to Mt. Pyre, where Maxie and Archie had defeated Pheobe’s grandparents and stolen the Red Orb and Beautiful Blue Orb. Chen Shi arrived with Pheobe and Cynthia as the grandparents called back to their granddaughter.

• Pheobe begged Chen Shi to take her to Mt. Pyre, and he agreed before Salamence carried them there at full speed.
• Chen Shi realized Team Magma’s Maxie or Team Aqua’s Archie might be attacking Pheobe’s grandparents for the orbs, while Cynthia followed on Garchomp.
• Maxie and Archie confronted Pheobe’s grandparents as Camerupt, Sharpedo, and Gengar fought amid the ruined Ghost Mystery Realm.
• Team Magma and Team Aqua recovered the Red Orb and Beautiful Blue Orb, then retreated while Pheobe’s grandparents were too exhausted to stop them.
• Chen Shi, Pheobe, and Cynthia arrived on Salamence and Garchomp, and Pheobe called out to her grandparents.

After Maxie and Archie stole the Red Orb and Beautiful Blue Orb from Mt. Pyre, Chen Shi vowed to track down Team Magma and Team Aqua before they could awaken Groudon and Kyogre. He and Cynthia left to seek help, while Garchomp defended his decision to accompany her for three bottles of liquor.

• Pheobe's Grandpa told Chen Shi that two powerful intruders had taken both orbs from Mt. Pyre, and Chen Shi recognized them as Maxie and Archie.
• Chen Shi apologized for arriving too late and promised to track down Team Magma and Team Aqua and recover the orbs.
• Chen Shi told Pheobe to stay with her grandparents, then left the Ghost Mystery Realm with Cynthia.
• Cynthia condemned Maxie and Archie's bombing of the area, and Chen Shi explained the orbs' connection to Groudon and Kyogre.
• Chen Shi planned to ask the League and the Stone family for help, finish his paper and auction, and visit the Draconids.
• Cynthia revealed that she had offered Garchomp three bottles of liquor to bring her along, and Garchomp insisted she had offered too much to refuse.

Chen Shi told Drake that Team Magma and Team Aqua had stolen the orbs capable of awakening Groudon and Kyogre, and warned that their battle could bring disaster. Drake was shaken by Chen Shi’s account of the Draconids’ prophecy that disaster would return after a thousand years.

• Chen Shi and Cynthia encountered Drake, Hoenn’s Dragon-type Elite King, as he arrived by ship to investigate the Mt. Pyre incident.
• Drake asked Chen Shi what had happened on Mt. Pyre, and Chen Shi asked how closely Drake was connected to the Draconids.
• Chen Shi revealed that Team Magma and Team Aqua had joined forces to steal a red orb and a blue orb from the elderly couple on Mt. Pyre.
• Drake admitted he did not know the orbs could awaken Groudon and Kyogre, so Chen Shi explained the legend of their ancient battle and the Dragon God who stopped it.
• Chen Shi told Drake that the Draconids’ ancestors had prophesied disaster after a thousand years, leaving Drake stunned.

Chen Shi warned Drake that Team Magma and Team Aqua could use the stolen orbs to awaken Groudon and Kyogre, prompting Drake to report the danger to the League. After returning home with Cynthia, Chen Shi reassured his grandparents that everyone was safe and showed Cynthia to her room.

• Chen Shi explained the orbs, the teams, and the ancient catastrophe to Drake, who agreed to report the information to President Miyazaki and the League.
• Chen Shi and Cynthia returned to the villa, where Grandpa Chen anxiously asked about the two elders and Pheobe.
• Chen Shi assured his grandparents that the elders were safe and explained what had happened in the Mystery Realm.
• Grandma Chen showed Cynthia the room she had prepared, and Chen Shi pointed out his room before leaving her alone.
• Cynthia reminded Chen Shi that they had shared a tent during their travels, but Chen Shi awkwardly left her room.

Chen Shi finished most of his Mega Evolution paper but postponed its release until he could speak with Steven. After Mew revealed that Rayquaza had driven Groudon and Kyogre into a mystery realm, Chen Shi suspected it was the newly discovered Hoenn realm and decided he had to visit it.

• Chen Shi worked on his Mega Evolution paper and planned to consult Steven before publishing it.
• Mew demanded a massage, and Chen Shi argued that Mew had already eaten too many of his Pokéblocks.
• Chen Shi asked Mew where Groudon and Kyogre were, and Mew said Rayquaza had chased them into a mystery realm a thousand years earlier.
• Chen Shi connected Mew's clue to the newly discovered Hoenn mystery realm, which had both land and ocean.
• Chen Shi suspected Maxie and Archie had stolen the orbs because they knew Groudon and Kyogre slept in that realm, so he resolved to go there.

Chen Shi published papers on Mega Evolution and the Fairy type, prompting excitement and questions from researchers across the Pokémon world. Professor Carolina then teased him online by claiming her granddaughter Cynthia was missing and asking him to find her.

• Chen Shi told Steven he would publish his papers that day, and they arranged for the Devon Corporation to hold an auction in Rustboro City the day after tomorrow.
• Chen Shi published his papers on Mega Evolution and the Fairy type, and readers flooded them with comments about the discoveries.
• Professor Birch and Professor Oak discussed the Fairy type, while Professor Sycamore asked Chen Shi to publish a list of Fairy-type Pokémon and moves.
• Chen Shi promised to compile information on Fairy-type Pokémon and moves within the week.
• Professor Carolina posted that her granddaughter was missing and joked that a young man might have sweet-talked her into running off, leaving Chen Shi to recognize the tease was about him and Cynthia.

Drake briefed Hoenn League leaders on the theft of the orbs that could awaken Groudon and Kyogre, and Miyazaki Ryuno organized a search for Team Magma and Team Aqua. The leaders also approved sending Pokémon World Championships competitors into a newly discovered mystery realm for training half a month later.

• Drake reported that Team Magma and Team Aqua had stolen the orbs guarded by the Mt. Pyre Lineage, and Miyazaki Ryuno confirmed the account.
• Hoenn League officials argued over why the Mt. Pyre Lineage had kept the orbs until Miyazaki Ryuno silenced them and refocused the meeting on recovering them.
• Officer Jenny Suqing offered to lead the pursuit, and Miyazaki Ryuno assigned Mura and Sidney to track Team Magma while Drake and Glacia searched for Team Aqua.
• Miyazaki Ryuno proposed sending outstanding Pokémon World Championships competitors into the mystery realm near Sootopolis City for training, and the officials agreed.
• The leaders set the competitors’ entry date for half a month later and discussed rules for the expedition.

Chen Shi and Cynthia visited Steven at Devon Corporation before the auction, where Chen Shi told him that Pheobe had left and explained Team Magma and Team Aqua's theft of the orbs. Steven realized the events might fulfill the prophecy of a disaster returning after a thousand years.

• Chen Shi and Cynthia arrived at Devon Corporation and used the president's private elevator to meet Steven.
• Steven welcomed them to his office, where Chen Shi sampled his wine and Mew spat out a sip.
• Steven said the auction would not begin until that night and asked why Pheobe had left.
• Chen Shi told Steven about Pheobe's departure, the orbs, Groudon, and Kyogre.
• Steven recalled the prophecy from Meteor Village and feared that the theft of the orbs meant it was coming true.

Chen Shi and Steven discussed how to prepare for Groudon and Kyogre’s eventual conflict, then examined photographs of a newly discovered Hoenn mystery realm. Chen Shi recognized its towering stone pillars as Groudon’s Precipice Blade, confirming that the realm was where Groudon and Kyogre slept.

• Steven asked Chen Shi how they should handle the threat of Groudon and Kyogre, and Chen Shi said he planned to consult the Draconids after the auction.
• Chen Shi asked Steven about a newly discovered mystery realm in Hoenn, and Steven showed him photographs from a scouting team.
• Cynthia examined the photographs and decided she would explore the dangerous realm, where rare Pokémon and abundant resources had been reported.
• Chen Shi stared at the stone pillars in the photographs and realized they were Groudon’s Precipice Blade, confirming the realm held Groudon and Kyogre’s sleeping place.

Chen Shi warned Cynthia and Steven that the Mystery Realm was likely where Groudon and Kyogre had been driven a thousand years ago, but both insisted on entering. He chose not to tell the League about his suspicions and remained focused on recovering the stolen orbs, then learned Steven was ready to sell mass-produced Fairy-type Pokéblocks.

• Chen Shi tried to persuade Cynthia and Steven to stay out of the Mystery Realm, but Cynthia challenged his concerns and Steven grew curious.
• Chen Shi revealed that the scattered Precipice Blades suggested the Mystery Realm was where Groudon and Kyogre had been driven a thousand years ago, and connected it to the stolen orbs.
• Cynthia and Steven decided to enter the Mystery Realm despite the danger, and Chen Shi accepted that he could not stop them or the other League invitees.
• Chen Shi decided not to inform the League, fearing it might keep the Red Orb and the Beautiful Blue Orb, and resolved to return both to Pheobe's grandparents.
• Steven told Chen Shi that his team could mass-produce intermediate-grade Fairy-type energy Pokéblocks and planned to put them on the market the next day.

Chen Shi told Diantha that Gardevoir could awaken the Fairy type with newly available Pokéblocks, then explained to Leon that Charizard had two Mega Evolution Forms. The chapter ended as he began describing Mega Charizard Y.

• Steven received word that two visitors had arrived and went downstairs to meet them.
• Leon and Diantha came to Steven's office and joined Chen Shi, Cynthia, and Steven for tea.
• Diantha asked whether Gardevoir had the Fairy type, and Chen Shi confirmed it and said Devon Corporation would sell Fairy-type Pokéblocks the next day.
• Leon asked how Mega Evolution changed Charizard, and Chen Shi revealed that Charizard had two Mega Evolution Forms.
• Chen Shi explained that Mega Charizard X gained greatly increased physical attack power, became Fire- and Dragon-type, and had Tough Claws, then began introducing Mega Charizard Y.

Chen Shi explained Charizard’s two Mega Evolution forms to Leon and joined Steven, Cynthia, and the others at the Devon Corporation auction in Rustboro City. As they waited for the bidding to begin, Chen Shi joked that Steven should pay for anything he and Cynthia wanted, leaving Steven annoyed.

• Chen Shi explained that Mega Charizard X focused on physical attacks, while Mega Charizard Y boosted Special Attack and gained Drought; Leon decided to bid on the X Mega Stone.
• When Steven asked whether other Pokémon had two Mega Evolution forms, Chen Shi said Charizard was the only known one.
• Steven led Chen Shi, Leon, Cynthia, and one other companion through a private entrance to the auction house and into a third-floor room.
• Steven said the Mega Stone would be the final lot and invited them to bid on other items that caught their interest.
• Chen Shi joked that he and Cynthia could get Steven to pay for whatever they wanted, and Steven begrudgingly called himself a good bro.

Riko opened Devon Corporation’s auction with rare evolution items that drew fierce bidding, while Chen Shi watched from Box One with Cynthia and the others. When Riko revealed a large item from Mu Jin’s personal collection, Chen Shi and Mew reacted with shock and delight.

• Riko introduced herself as Devon Corporation’s chief auctioneer, and Cynthia pulled Chen Shi’s ear after he praised Riko’s legs.
• The auction’s first lot, a Top-Grade Water Stone, sold to a buyer in a second-floor private box for 150 million League Coins.
• A young lady in a third-floor private box won the Prism Scale for 50 million League Coins.
• Riko presented a large piece from Mu Jin’s collection, and Chen Shi sat bolt upright in disbelief as Mew showed surprise and delight.