Chapter Summaries

After the auction, Chen Shi and Cynthia stayed together in a hotel, where Chen Shi planned their next destination: Meteor Falls. The next morning, Cynthia joined him for the trip as he pursued a lead about Rayquaza and continued preparing his Pokémon for the mystery realm.

• Wallace outbid Suzuki Yu and won the Altaria Mega Stone for 3.5 billion.
• Chen Shi, Cynthia, Steven, Leon, and Diantha discussed their plans to travel around Hoenn and train before the mystery realm opened.
• Chen Shi and Cynthia went to a hotel, where Chen Shi decided to investigate the Draconids at Meteor Falls and checked on his Pokémon and Victini's egg.
• Cynthia visited Chen Shi the next morning and agreed to go with him to Meteor Falls.

Chen Shi and Cynthia searched Meteor Falls for the Draconids’ village, but Chen Shi repeatedly took wrong paths until Ada revealed the hidden entrance. Ada led them into the village, where they prepared to meet the Grandmother-in-Chief.

• Chen Shi and Cynthia toured Meteor Falls before heading deeper inside to find the Draconids.
• Chen Shi led Cynthia in circles for over three hours, unable to find the path Ada had shown him before.
• Chen Shi suggested returning to contact Drake, but the hidden wall opened and Ada stepped through.
• Ada explained that the Draconids had concealed their entrance after five Bagon went missing, and Chen Shi asked to see the Grandmother-in-Chief.
• Ada led Chen Shi and Cynthia through the hidden entrance into the Draconid village, where Cynthia looked around at the Dragon-type Pokémon.

Chen Shi told the Grandmother-in-Chief and Zinnia that Team Magma and Team Aqua had stolen the orbs and might awaken Groudon and Kyogre, but learned the Draconids could not contact Rayquaza. The Grandmother-in-Chief revealed a green orb that could summon Rayquaza, giving Chen Shi a way to seek the Dragon God's help.

• Chen Shi explained Team Magma and Team Aqua's plans, the stolen orbs, and the Mystery Realm to the Grandmother-in-Chief and Zinnia.
• The Grandmother-in-Chief said the Draconids had worshipped Rayquaza for a thousand years without receiving a response.
• Chen Shi considered seeking help from Ho-Oh, Lugia, or Zygarde if Rayquaza could not be reached.
• The Grandmother-in-Chief revealed that the Draconids had kept a green orb left behind by Rayquaza.
• Zinnia brought the orb from the shrine, and Chen Shi's system identified it as an item that could summon Rayquaza at a high elevation.

Chen Shi received the Draconids’ Green Orb on loan and left Meteor Falls to investigate its purpose before the mystery realm opened. After he departed, Zinnia questioned the Grandmother-in-Chief’s decision, and the elder revealed that Cynthia also wielded the Dragon God’s power.

• The Grandmother-in-Chief lent Chen Shi the Green Orb and asked him to report what he learned about it.
• Chen Shi promised to return the orb and share any discoveries, then declined the offer to stay and left Meteor Falls with Cynthia.
• Zinnia asked why the Grandmother-in-Chief trusted Chen Shi with the Draconids’ treasured relic.
• The Grandmother-in-Chief explained that the Draconids had failed to discover the orb’s purpose for a thousand years and believed Chen Shi would return it.
• The Grandmother-in-Chief revealed that Cynthia also wielded the Dragon God’s power, stunning Zinnia.

After leaving Meteor Falls, Chen Shi and Cynthia returned to Chen Family Farm, where Chen Shi asked Mew about the Green Orb. Mew confirmed it could summon Rayquaza, but warned that Rayquaza was asleep and would be furious if woken, leaving Chen Shi uncertain whether to use it.

• Chen Shi explained that the Green Orb could summon Rayquaza, while Team Magma and Team Aqua's orbs enabled Groudon and Kyogre to undergo Primal Reversion.
• Chen Shi told Cynthia that Sinnoh's legendary Pokémon had powerful Origin Formes, then claimed he had learned about them from an ancient book that Dragapult had supposedly lost.
• Chen Shi and Cynthia returned to Chen Family Farm, released their Pokémon to train, and Cynthia practiced Mega Evolution.
• Chen Shi showed Mew the Green Orb, and Mew sensed Rayquaza's faint presence inside it.
• Mew warned Chen Shi that Rayquaza was asleep and had a bad temper when awakened, making Chen Shi hesitate to summon it.

Mew revealed that it knew where Rayquaza slept and offered to take Chen Shi there, relying on its bond with the World Tree to keep Rayquaza from attacking. Mew carried Chen Shi into the ozone layer, where he found Rayquaza resting on a floating patch of land.

• Mew admitted that it knew where Rayquaza slept and offered to guide Chen Shi there in exchange for treats.
• Chen Shi questioned whether Rayquaza would attack them, and Mew explained that its bond with the World Tree would protect them.
• Mew used Teleport, then carried Chen Shi high into the sky while Cynthia and the Pokémon watched them disappear.
• Mew flew through the ozone layer until Chen Shi spotted Rayquaza coiled on a floating, barren patch of land.

Chen Shi and Mew found Rayquaza and warned it that Maxie and Archie had obtained the Red Orb and Beautiful Blue Orb and planned to use them against Groudon and Kyogre. Rayquaza recognized the familiar power in Chen Shi and began considering how his Psychic Power might help it Mega Evolve if the two legendary Pokémon awakened.

• Mew protected Chen Shi as Rayquaza awoke and nearly attacked them with Hyper Beam, then stopped Rayquaza by making itself known.
• Rayquaza recognized Mew and recalled its habit of collecting things during the ancient battle between Groudon and Kyogre.
• Mew introduced Chen Shi, and Rayquaza sensed in him the same power as the human who had helped it a thousand years earlier.
• Chen Shi warned Rayquaza that Maxie and Archie had obtained the orbs and intended to control Groudon and Kyogre.
• Rayquaza considered the danger of their Primal Reversion and realized Chen Shi's Psychic Power might help it Mega Evolve.

Chen Shi learned that Rayquaza claimed it lacked the meteorite energy to Mega Evolve, so Rayquaza proposed using Chen Shi’s psychic power and a Key Stone instead. Chen Shi was left unsure whether his power could Mega Evolve a Legendary Pokémon he barely knew.

• Rayquaza explained that Groudon and Kyogre could undergo Primal Reversion and claimed it lacked enough meteorite energy to Mega Evolve.
• Chen Shi suggested Rayquaza eat the nearby meteorites, but Rayquaza said gathering enough energy would take too long before the Mystery Realm opened.
• Chen Shi offered to help Rayquaza, and Rayquaza proposed that Chen Shi use a Key Stone and his psychic power to connect with its Emperor Organ.
• Mew suspected Rayquaza had lied about having no energy but kept quiet, while Chen Shi wondered whether his power could overcome their weak bond.

Chen Shi successfully helped Rayquaza Mega Evolve using his Psychic power and Key Stone, though the effort quickly exhausted him. Rayquaza returned to its normal form, and powerful Pokémon across the world were left wondering what had happened in Hoenn.

• Chen Shi tested Rayquaza's claim and used his Psychic power and Key Stone to connect with Rayquaza's Emperor Organ.
• Rayquaza Mega Evolved, and Chen Shi's system detected its new Delta Stream Ability.
• Lugia and Ho-Oh sensed Rayquaza's Mega Evolution, while Zygarde gathered cells into its ten-percent form and the Mystery Realm in Sootopolis City trembled.
• Chen Shi ran out of stamina and ended the Mega Evolution, then collapsed as Rayquaza said he could not last through a battle.

Chen Shi learned how to summon Rayquaza with the Green Orb, then Mew stole one of Rayquaza’s scales while teleporting them home. Chen Shi tried to persuade Mew to give him the scale in exchange for strengthening Dreepy and treating Mew to sweets and new foods.

• Rayquaza told Chen Shi he could summon it with the Green Orb by channeling his unusual Psychic power into it, and explained how others could use the orb.
• Mew spotted one of Rayquaza’s shed scales, snatched it with Psychic power, and teleported away with Chen Shi.
• Chen Shi cursed Mew for making several rapid Teleports before noticing the scale Mew had taken.
• Chen Shi scanned the scale and learned it was an ordinary legendary resource, then asked Mew to give it to him.
• Chen Shi offered to use the scale to strengthen Dreepy and promised Mew sweets and unfamiliar foods, leaving Mew hesitating over the deal.

Chen Shi signed off on construction of his research institute and realized Victini might be able to replenish the stamina he lost while Mega Evolving Rayquaza. After Mew suggested humans were a kind of Pokémon, Chen Shi asked how to hatch Victini quickly.

• Chen Shi signed the documents for the Devon Corporation to begin building his research institute, which was expected to be finished in about a month.
• Chen Shi rested at home while Cynthia trained, then worried about lacking the stamina to keep Rayquaza Mega-Evolved.
• Chen Shi remembered that Victini could share its energy and wondered whether it could restore his stamina.
• Chen Shi woke Mew and asked whether Victini could replenish a human's stamina, and Mew said it might be possible because humans were a kind of Pokémon.
• Chen Shi asked Mew whether it knew a way to hatch Victini quickly.

Chen Shi brought Jirachi’s Sleeping Meteorite to Back Mountain, hoping the newly awakened Mythical Pokémon would provide Victini with enough Victory Energy to hatch. Under a once-in-a-thousand-years comet shower, Jirachi awakened and recognized Chen Shi.

• Mew explained that Jirachi could supply Victini with enough Victory Energy for it to hatch, though it could not speed up the hatching process.
• After three days, Chen Shi took Cynthia and their Pokémon to Back Mountain to watch Jirachi awaken.
• Chen Shi and Cynthia explained Jirachi’s thousand-year slumber and seven days of wakefulness to the gathered Pokémon.
• A dazzling comet shower appeared, and Jirachi’s meteorite cracked open as Chen Shi announced its awakening.
• Jirachi emerged, spotted Chen Shi, and flew into his arms, greeting him as Little Shi.

Chen Shi discovered that Jirachi remembered meeting him and his Pokémon a thousand years earlier, though he had not experienced that meeting yet. Jirachi explained that Chen Shi’s wish before it went to sleep had brought them together again.

• Cynthia questioned Chen Shi about his age after Jirachi greeted him as an old friend.
• Jirachi recognized Chen Shi, Dragapult, his other Pokémon, and Victini’s Pokémon Egg, calling it Little V.
• Jirachi refused to identify the other Pokémon it remembered because Chen Shi had told it not to reveal the secret.
• Chen Shi and Cynthia realized he would likely travel a thousand years into the past to meet Jirachi.
• Chen Shi promised to play with Jirachi while it was awake, and Jirachi said he had wished a thousand years earlier that they would meet again.

Chen Shi welcomed Jirachi to the Farm and watched it bond with his Pokémon, while remembering that it had only seven days before another thousand-year slumber. He chose to enjoy the time with Jirachi and joined Cynthia and the others in a game.

• Chen Shi brought Jirachi home and treated it to Threefold Honey and Pokéblocks.
• Togekiss secretly shared candy with Jirachi, and the two quickly became friendly.
• Jirachi played with Togekiss, Charizard, Dragapult, and Mew while Chen Shi and Cynthia watched.
• Chen Shi thought about Jirachi's seven-day stay, then decided to make the most of their time together.
• Chen Shi invited everyone to play Pidgeot catches Caterpie and said he would be Pidgeot.

Chen Shi learned that Jirachi could not grant Victini victory energy until it awakened its wish-granting power in seven days, so he promised to spend the time enjoying himself with Jirachi. Just as the group prepared to visit an amusement park, Pheobe returned and joined them, reassured by Chen Shi that he had a plan to recover her family’s stolen orbs.

• Mew returned to its original form, and Jirachi was delighted to recognize its old friend.
• Jirachi told Chen Shi it could not grant a wish until seven days later and would fall asleep again afterward, so Chen Shi stopped asking it to help hatch Victini.
• Jirachi asked to visit an amusement park, and Chen Shi promised to take it the next day.
• Chen Shi, Jirachi, Cynthia, and the others set out for the amusement park, but Pheobe arrived at the Farm’s gate and asked to come along.
• Pheobe said her grandparents and the Ghost Mystery Realm were safe, and Chen Shi told her he had found a lead on the stolen orbs and had arranged a plan to recover them.

Chen Shi took Jirachi, Cynthia, Pheobe, Mew, and Togekiss to Mauville City’s Food Street, where Jirachi grew comfortable among the crowds and eagerly sampled snacks. After Jirachi accidentally spoke aloud, Chen Shi and the others covered for it, and the group continued exploring the stalls.

• Chen Shi carried Jirachi openly through Mauville City, and Jirachi gradually grew less frightened as they visited the sights.
• Chen Shi bought cotton candy for Jirachi, Pheobe, Mew, and Togekiss, while Cynthia planned to get ice cream instead.
• Jirachi thanked Chen Shi aloud, startling the vendor, but Chen Shi, Cynthia, and Pheobe denied hearing it and distracted the vendor from the mistake.
• Mew and Togekiss discovered they enjoyed cotton candy, and Chen Shi took the group to other stalls to try more snacks.
• Jirachi happily ate the treats Chen Shi bought, while Mew and Togekiss preferred sweets over spicy fried fish balls.

Chen Shi took Jirachi, Pheobe, and Cynthia to an amusement park, where Jirachi enjoyed its happiest day yet. Back home, Diantha asked Chen Shi why her Gardevoir’s attempted Mega Evolutions kept failing.

• Chen Shi and the others spent half a day riding attractions at the amusement park, and Jirachi enjoyed the experience more than any of its previous awakenings.
• Cynthia defended Pheobe when Chen Shi teased her about enjoying the rides, and the group left Mauville City to return home.
• On the way home, Chen Shi told Pheobe that Steven’s family was helping build his research institute.
• Chen Shi found Steven and Diantha waiting at the Chen family home, where Diantha asked for his advice about Gardevoir’s failed Mega Evolution attempts.
• Diantha explained that Mega Evolution light appeared around Gardevoir but faded without changing its form, and that learning Leon had succeeded after only a few attempts had shaken her confidence.

Diantha consulted Chen Shi about why Gardevoir’s Mega Evolution kept failing, and he suspected Gardevoir lacked Fairy-type energy. Steven and Diantha discovered that Jirachi had awakened, and Steven made a wish for a Hisuian Form Goomy.

• Diantha visited Chen Shi with Steven and explained that Gardevoir’s Mega Evolution repeatedly failed despite their strong bond.
• Chen Shi reasoned that Gardevoir’s Fairy type had not awakened, causing Mega Evolution to fail at the last moment.
• Chen Shi explained that Mega Gardevoir would gain the Pixilate Ability, which turned Normal-type moves into stronger Fairy-type moves.
• Steven recognized the Pokémon in Chen Shi’s arms as Jirachi, and Jirachi confirmed its identity.
• Steven wished for a Hisuian Form Goomy.

Steven eagerly tried to use Jirachi to wish for a Hisuian Goomy, but Chen Shi refused and Cynthia revealed she had obtained a Hisuian Goomy Egg from the League. Steven then announced that the mystery realm would open in ten days, leaving Chen Shi counting on Jirachi to help Victini hatch before they gathered in Sootopolis City.

• Steven rushed to ask Jirachi for a Hisuian Goomy, but Chen Shi explained that Jirachi could not grant wishes yet and refused to let Steven make that wish.
• Steven explained Hisuian Goomy's appeal to Diantha, who learned that Cynthia had received its Egg as a Pokémon World Championships prize.
• Chen Shi suggested the League had mistaken the Hisuian Goomy Egg for an ordinary Goomy Egg.
• Steven announced that the mystery realm would open in ten days and that invited participants would gather in Sootopolis City.
• Chen Shi felt pressed for time but expected Jirachi to help Victini hatch in six days.

Chen Shi relaxed at home while trying to learn how to use the power of the heart, and Pheobe revealed how much stronger she had become. The chapter left Chen Shi refusing her challenge and Jirachi returning after Togekiss supposedly went to train.

• Chen Shi asked Mew how to master the power of the heart, but Mew only advised him to keep using that hidden power.
• Chen Shi told Pheobe that the lead was inside the mystery realm in Sootopolis City and warned her not to cause trouble.
• Pheobe said her Dusknoir and Gengar had reached Mid-Stage Senior Elite King after her grandparents gave her resources, and she challenged Chen Shi to battle.
• Chen Shi refused Pheobe's challenge and suggested she ask Cynthia to test her strength instead.
• Jirachi returned to Chen Shi after saying Togekiss had sent it away so she could train.