Chapter Summaries

Chen Shi learned that stronger Pokémon clans lived in the Mystery Realm’s central region and that its most powerful Pokémon dwelled in the deep sea or underground magma. He took some resources from the Breloom clan and continued toward the forest’s center, planning to obtain more goods to sell.

• Chen Shi asked the Breloom leader about stronger clans and learned that the central region held more powerful Pokémon, while the strongest lived in the sea or magma.
• Chen Shi demanded the Breloom clan’s valuable resources, and the reluctant leader sent clan members to fetch Type Gems, herbs, and Evolution stones.
• Chen Shi accepted the haul and left, while the Breloom leader confirmed that the clan had kept most of its reserves and given away items it could spare.
• Chen Shi realized the Breloom had held back resources but chose not to confront them, considering the clan’s future generations.
• Chen Shi thanked Jirachi and proposed borrowing resources from other clans to sell for money, explaining that money could buy delicious food.

Chen Shi sent Togekiss to scout for Pokémon communities, then spent the day robbing nearly every community in the forest with Jirachi and his other Pokémon. He left some of the loot behind when his backpack filled up, promising Swampert he would return for it.

• Chen Shi pressured Togekiss into scouting for Pokémon communities by threatening to withhold her ice cream.
• Togekiss returned in a panic with two Gym-level Flygon behind her, and Dragapult quickly defeated them.
• Togekiss led Chen Shi to a powerful Pokémon community, and Chen Shi rode Shiny Metagross there to settle the score.
• Chen Shi robbed communities across the forest, and word spread that a demon was stripping them of their resources.
• Chen Shi forced Swampert's community to hand over most of its resources, including a top-grade Water Stone.
• When his backpack filled up, Chen Shi left less important items with Swampert and said he would return for them.

Chen Shi crossed from the forest toward the volcanic region while searching for signs of Team Magma and Team Aqua, and he realized Groudon and Kyogre might escape their confinement before fighting. Elsewhere, Steven and Diantha found each other on an island after being stranded at sea, while Cynthia and Pheobe faced danger on land.

• Chen Shi flew out of the forest with Metagross and learned that the mystery realm contained two volcanic regions, a desert, and a forest surrounded by ocean.
• Chen Shi asked Mew where Groudon and Kyogre were, but Mew implied that they would try to escape their thousand-year confinement before fighting.
• Steven and Metagross spotted a small island after flying over the ocean for a day, then met Diantha, who had also spent a day and night searching for land.
• Cynthia traveled through the desert with her Pokémon, but a Dreambro Cacturne summoned its colony to hunt her after she defeated it.
• Pheobe was attacked and robbed by hostile forest Pokémon, escaped with Gengar, and sat down outside the forest to cry for Chen Shi.

Chen Shi found Caitlin unconscious and injured on the shore after investigating Groudon’s Precipice Blades. He warmed and treated her, and she began to regain color, though she remained unconscious.

• Chen Shi spotted Groudon’s Precipice Blades and flew over to investigate them.
• Chen Shi found Ground-type Pokémon living in the blades, attracted by the dense Ground-type energy.
• Chen Shi followed the sound of waves to the shore, where Jirachi spotted a girl lying facedown.
• Chen Shi recognized the injured girl as Caitlin and had Metagross move her away from the water.
• Chen Shi used Charizard to warm Caitlin, treated her wounds, and had Florges use Life Dew twice.

Drake entered the mystery realm to protect the young trainees, leaving Sidney outside as Maxie seized the chance to attack the League’s ships and force his way in. Archie also arrived at the entrance, turning the confrontation into a gathering of the two rival leaders and Sidney.

• Sidney urged Drake to enter the mystery realm, and Drake took five people inside while Sidney stayed behind to guard the trial.
• A League staff member secretly helped create an opening for Maxie, who learned that Drake had left and ordered Team Magma’s ship toward the entrance.
• Sidney trained aboard the League’s ship until Maxie’s Camerupt sank one of its three ships in an explosion.
• Maxie claimed he only wanted to enter the resource-rich mystery realm, while Sidney suspected a League mole and warned that the League would retaliate.
• Archie arrived at the entrance and announced that he wanted to join the gathering.

Chen Shi rescued Caitlin after she became stranded at sea and was injured, but she attacked Charizard when she woke before realizing he had saved her. After Caitlin explained what happened and thanked Chen Shi, he left her to recover.

• Caitlin woke in Charizard's arms and instinctively attacked it, but Jirachi restrained her Psychic power.
• Chen Shi confronted Caitlin, who apologized after realizing he had rescued her and cared for her injured Pokémon.
• Caitlin told Chen Shi that she had fallen into the sea, angered a Kingdra, and lost control of her Psychic power while her Pokémon fought to protect her.
• Chen Shi gave Caitlin food and explained that Charizard had held her to keep her from freezing.
• Caitlin thanked Chen Shi and offered to repay him, and Chen Shi said goodbye and left.

Chen Shi found Pheobe after she had gone hungry and lost her belongings in the dangerous Mystery Realm. He fed her and her Pokémon, leaving them reunited and better supplied.

• Chen Shi left Caitlin to search for Cynthia and Pheobe, while Caitlin angrily watched him go.
• Pheobe, hungry and exhausted, begged Gengar for food, but it offered her a saliva-covered Pokéblock meant for its Ghost- and Poison-type self.
• Pheobe broke down crying about being bullied and robbed until Chen Shi appeared overhead with Metagross, Jirachi, and Victini.
• Pheobe told Chen Shi that Pokémon had beaten her and stolen her belongings, then asked him for food.
• Chen Shi gave Pheobe a meal and snacks, then fed Gengar and Dusknoir Pokéblocks as the rest of Pheobe’s Pokémon emerged from her shadow seeking food.

Chen Shi learned that Pokémon in the forest had beaten Pheobe and stolen her belongings, so he gave her Poké Balls and let her follow him. Meanwhile, Caitlin encountered Tao and his two Team Aqua companions, who intended to rob her.

• Pheobe told Chen Shi that Pokémon in the forest had beaten her and taken her belongings, leaving her to smash her Poké Balls to make them stop.
• Feeling guilty, Chen Shi gave Pheobe six Poké Balls and agreed to let her travel with him.
• Chen Shi left on Metagross, and Pheobe followed after having Dusknoir carry her.
• Caitlin left the shore to explore the barren land and was confronted by Tao and two Team Aqua men.
• Tao and his companions discussed stealing Caitlin's possessions and Pokémon, and Tao challenged her to fight.

Chen Shi and Pheobe searched the volcano for the orbs and discovered Team Magma members inside the Mystery Realm. After Jirachi captured them, Chen Shi learned that Maxie had entered while Drake was away and that Team Aqua had come as well, leaving both teams inside the realm.

• Chen Shi told Pheobe they were heading to the volcano to search for the orbs, and explained that he had accepted the job because of the reward from her grandparents.
• Jirachi spotted two Team Magma members riding a Mightyena, and Chen Shi identified them as members of the group that had attacked Pheobe's home.
• Jirachi captured the two men, and Chen Shi threatened them into answering his questions.
• The men said Maxie had brought Team Magma into the Mystery Realm after injuring Sidney, while Drake was away from the entrance.
• One man revealed that Team Aqua had also entered the Mystery Realm and that both teams had come in together after a tense standoff.

Chen Shi learned that Team Magma and Team Aqua had infiltrated the Mystery Realm, so he took a tracking watch from two grunts and sent them away with Dragapult while planning to find Cynthia and Steven. In the Distortion World, Giratina discovered the men had been dumped into its home and demanded ten boxes of Pokéblocks from Chen Shi.

• Chen Shi worried that Groudon and Kyogre might awaken and that Cynthia, Steven, and the other League members could be in danger, so he decided to search for Cynthia and Steven first.
• Chen Shi learned that the Team Magma grunts' watches showed their location and a rendezvous point, then took the watches and their Poké Balls.
• Chen Shi had Dragapult carry the two grunts away, and Dragapult secretly dropped them into the Distortion World.
• Giratina saw the two humans falling into the Distortion World and became furious that Dragapult had treated its home like a trash can.
• Giratina demanded ten boxes of Pokéblocks from Chen Shi.

Chen Shi used Victini’s energy to have Charizard create a towering Flamethrower beacon in the sky, hoping Cynthia and the others would find him. Steven, Diantha, Cynthia, and many other trainers spotted the flames and headed toward them.

• Chen Shi failed to locate Cynthia and the others, but Victini’s Infinite Energy gave him the idea to use Charizard’s Flamethrower as a beacon.
• Chen Shi asked Victini to replenish Charizard’s energy while Charizard continuously fired Flamethrower into the sky.
• The blaze lit up the sky, catching the attention of people across the mystery realm.
• Steven and Diantha saw the distant flames from their island and decided to investigate.
• Cynthia spotted the beacon after leaving the desert and rode Garchomp toward it, while other trainers also converged on Chen Shi.

Chen Shi used a huge commotion to draw his friends together after learning Team Magma and Team Aqua had invaded the Mystery Realm. Caitlin and Lance arrived, and Lance learned about the danger as the group continued gathering.

• Chen Shi stopped Charizard's Flamethrower, explained to Pheobe that he hoped the commotion would gather their friends, and waited with Jirachi, Mew, Dragapult, and Metagross.
• Caitlin arrived and told Chen Shi that Team Aqua executive Tao had tried to steal her Pokémon, forcing her to flee.
• Chen Shi warned Caitlin that Team Magma and Team Aqua's leaders had champion-level Pokémon, then suggested she stay with the group.
• Lance arrived, and Chen Shi called him Doduo before Pheobe explained that Team Magma and Team Aqua had invaded the Mystery Realm.

Chen Shi gathered Lance, Caitlin, and Leon after learning Team Magma and Team Aqua had entered the mystery realm, but he chose to stay and search for his friends. His warning that the criminal teams had a deeper objective left the others questioning what they were really planning.

• Lance learned from Pheobe that Team Magma and Team Aqua had infiltrated the mystery realm, and Chen Shi told him to use his Emergency Button to summon Drake and evacuate everyone.
• Lance decided to stay with Chen Shi, and Chen Shi gave him Team Magma's Rally Watch showing their main force's gathering point.
• Leon arrived on Charizard and told Chen Shi he had escaped a volcano where people had attacked a group of Torkoal.
• Leon said he still intended to train elsewhere, but Chen Shi warned him not to wander because the situation was more complicated than it appeared.
• Lance, Caitlin, and Leon realized Team Magma and Team Aqua likely had a hidden objective beyond occupying the mystery realm.

Chen Shi waited for Cynthia after causing a commotion to draw attention, while Cynthia struggled through the desert to reach him. She arrived with news that Team Magma had gathered and captured many people in the mystery realm.

• Leon decided to stay with Chen Shi, while Lance wondered what Chen Shi's true objective was.
• Chen Shi explained that the other visitors might not have noticed his commotion or might be afraid to approach, then fed his Pokémon and Pheobe.
• After no one else arrived, Chen Shi pitched a tent, and Cynthia's Garchomp spotted the group and brought her over.
• Cynthia told Pheobe that she had been stranded in the desert and chased by Cacturne before she reached them.
• Cynthia told Chen Shi that Team Magma members were gathering and had captured many people who came to train.

Chen Shi and Cynthia agreed to investigate Team Magma’s captured people after resting, then Steven and Diantha arrived and joined Chen Shi’s group. The group set out to rescue the captives, reassured by Jirachi’s presence.

• Chen Shi learned that Team Magma had captured many people without hurting them and decided to investigate the next day.
• Cynthia said her tent had been blown away, and Pheobe offered to share hers until Lance and Chen Shi sent her back to bed.
• The next morning, Steven and Diantha arrived, and Steven told Chen Shi they had met Elite King Drake, who was pursuing Team Aqua.
• Chen Shi’s group decided to go straight to Team Magma and rescue the captives, while Diantha worried they might not be strong enough.
• Chen Shi sent out Dragapult and Charizard, Steven chose Skarmory, and Diantha prepared to follow on Hawlucha after Cynthia reminded her that Chen Shi had Jirachi.

Chen Shi and the others reached Team Magma’s gathering point at a volcano and entered the cave after subduing the guards. Caitlin sensed many people ahead as the group approached Team Magma’s hideout.

• Chen Shi’s group flew to the volcano where Team Magma was gathering, and Chen Shi told Jirachi to stay out of the coming fight.
• Chen Shi ordered Dragapult to knock down two Team Magma guards while Metagross restrained them and took their Poké Balls.
• Chen Shi handed the guards and their Poké Balls to Lance, then led the group into the cave.
• Chen Shi urged Steven and the others to act decisively against criminal organizations in the wilderness.
• Caitlin sensed many people ahead as the group continued through the cave.

Chen Shi and the others found Lorelei and over twenty other captives in Team Magma’s underground cavern, where Admin Tabitha confronted them with his Camerupt. As Tabitha prepared to attack, someone called out to Urshifu, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Caitlin sensed people ahead, and Chen Shi led the group into a cavern where they found Lorelei and over twenty others bound and gagged.
• Team Magma members recognized Chen Shi and the League geniuses and greedily discussed capturing them for ransom and their Pokémon.
• Lance teased Lorelei, and Chen Shi had Pheobe go to untie her while pretending not to recognize her.
• Tabitha challenged the group and sent out his mid-stage Elite Four-level Camerupt.
• Chen Shi reached for a miniaturized Poké Ball as someone called out to Urshifu.

Leon revealed that his master, Mustard, had lent him a powerful Single Strike Style Urshifu, which defeated Camerupt and subdued the Team Magma members. The group rescued the captives, who then hurried to recover their stolen Pokémon and belongings from a nearby cave.

• Leon summoned Urshifu, who defeated Tabitha's Camerupt with one punch, and Chen Shi recognized the Pokémon as a Legendary.
• Leon explained that Mustard had lent him Urshifu for protection, while Chen Shi said Professor Oak was his teacher.
• Leon had Urshifu knock down the Team Magma members and collect their Poké Balls before recalling him.
• Chen Shi and the others freed more than twenty captives, and Lorelei pointed out the cave where Tabitha had stored their belongings and Pokémon.

Chen Shi explained Urshifu’s forms and Mustard’s ties to Legendary Pokémon, then told Cynthia and Steven that befriending or defeating a Legendary Pokémon could make it possible to catch one. He left them astonished by describing Professor Oak’s strength and revealing that Urshifu could overpower even a Champion-level Pokémon.

• Chen Shi and the others treated the injured stolen Pokémon while Cynthia and Steven asked him about Urshifu.
• Chen Shi explained that Mustard was close to a group of Legendary Pokémon and described Kubfu’s Single Strike Style and Rapid Strike Style evolutions.
• Chen Shi told Steven that Legendary Pokémon could be caught by earning their recognition, or befriended like Jirachi, who said they protected him.
• Chen Shi claimed Professor Oak kept many Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno feathers at home, leaving Cynthia and Steven to wonder if Oak surpassed Champion level.
• Steven assumed Urshifu was only Champion level, but Chen Shi said even a Champion-level Pokémon could not withstand one of its punches.

Chen Shi's group captured and interrogated Team Magma admin Tabitha, while Lance's brutal questioning turned into an awkward farce when Tabitha pointed out that nobody had asked him anything. Tabitha remained their prisoner, and the group had yet to learn what he knew about the Mystery Realm.

• Most of the rescued people left the Mystery Realm, while Lorelei chose to stay with Chen Shi and the others.
• When Steven asked where they would go next, Chen Shi decided they should question the captured Team Magma admin Tabitha.
• Lance woke Tabitha and threatened him, but Tabitha boasted that Team Magma leader Maxie and other members were in the Mystery Realm.
• Lance crushed Tabitha's fingers and ordered Dragonite to break one of his arms when he refused to cooperate.
• Tabitha shouted that Lance had never actually asked him a question, leaving Lance and the others speechless.