Chapter Summaries

Chen Shi took Jirachi toward the battle in the sky, but the fight ended before they arrived, and he spotted Mew disguised as Rayquaza. Back at camp, Chen Shi spoiled Jirachi with sweets, leaving Togekiss feeling replaced before Jirachi shared the treats with her.

• Chen Shi reassured Jirachi and rode Dragapult toward the battle while wearing a mask to avoid recognition.
• Jirachi told Chen Shi that Rayquaza and the others had won, so he decided to turn back rather than approach them.
• Chen Shi glimpsed Mew disguised as Rayquaza, and Mew noticed Victini with him before flying away.
• At camp, Chen Shi gave Jirachi the sweets he had supposedly been rationing, and Togekiss realized he had saved them for Jirachi.
• Jirachi teased Togekiss about keeping the treats, then shared sweets with her, while Ralts shared Skittles with Jirachi and Victini.

Chen Shi took Jirachi and his Pokémon to the beach, where Swampert found a shadow-tainted meteorite on the seabed. Chen Shi identified it as a sleeping Shadow Deoxys and concluded it was not the Deoxys that had fought Rayquaza the previous day.

• Chen Shi brought Jirachi and his Pokémon to the beach to play.
• Swampert found a black rock emitting an aura like Shadow Lugia's and alerted Chen Shi.
• Chen Shi sent Metagross and Swampert to retrieve the rock without touching it.
• Chen Shi scanned the meteorite and learned that it had formed around a sleeping Shadow Deoxys.
• Chen Shi reasoned that the meteorite held a different Deoxys from the one that fought Rayquaza, while Jirachi asked him to throw it away.

Chen Shi purified Shadow Deoxys’s meteorite with his Psychic power and stored the sleeping Deoxys in his backpack while he considered what to do with it. Later, he coaxed the sulking Togekiss into abandoning her decision to step down by offering her three special Pokéblocks.

• Chen Shi purified the meteorite, removing Shadow Deoxys’s dark aura, and Jirachi praised him.
• Chen Shi put the sleeping Deoxys in his backpack because he could not catch it and expected Rayquaza to oppose it.
• Chen Shi checked Metagross and Swampert for lingering corruption, then watched them and Jirachi play in the sea.
• Chen Shi found Togekiss sulking and tried to cheer her up with a special Pokéblock made with Threefold Honey.
• Togekiss resisted Chen Shi’s offer of one and then two Pokéblocks, but agreed to stay his little angel when he produced a third.

Chen Shi spent three happy days showing Jirachi around before Cogita’s Shiny Gardevoir arrived with urgent instructions. Chen Shi agreed to find Rayquaza that day and make a splash in Hoenn, hoping the mission would help him return.

• Chen Shi gave Togekiss Secret Recipe Pokéblocks, and she shared them with Jirachi and Leafeon before eating the last one herself.
• Chen Shi spent three days taking Jirachi to the beach, desert, Undersea World, forest, and sky.
• Cogita’s level 99 Shiny Gardevoir appeared and offered to deliver her mistress’s message to Chen Shi.
• Chen Shi tried to refuse after learning the mistress was Cogita, but Gardevoir persuaded him by mentioning his chance to go back.
• Gardevoir told Chen Shi to find Rayquaza that day and make a splash in Hoenn so the Legendary Pokémon would notice him.

Chen Shi and Jirachi found Rayquaza in the Ozone Layer, where Chen Shi revealed that darkness had infected it and offered to remove it. Rayquaza began to suspect that Arceus had sent Chen Shi, but the chapter ended before it decided whether to trust him.

• Chen Shi persuaded a wary Jirachi to carry him to the Ozone Layer to find Rayquaza.
• Rayquaza noticed Jirachi and Chen Shi approaching and confronted them after recovering from its fight with Deoxys.
• Chen Shi told Rayquaza that darkness had invaded its body and offered to help purge it.
• Chen Shi reasoned that Rayquaza had been infected while fighting Shadow Deoxys and pointed out that Mew and Zygarde did not know about the infection.
• Rayquaza considered how Chen Shi knew about the darkness and suspected that Arceus had sent him.

Chen Shi cleansed the dark energy from Rayquaza and persuaded it to help when Groudon and Kyogre awakened, promising to help Rayquaza Mega Evolve. Rayquaza then fell silent after Chen Shi described a Pokémon about as strong as Jirachi that had been overtaken by darkness without noticing.

• Chen Shi used his Psychic power to remove the dark energy from Rayquaza, astonishing Rayquaza and earning its offer of a favor.
• Chen Shi asked Rayquaza to intervene when Groudon and Kyogre awakened and offered to help it Mega Evolve; Rayquaza agreed.
• Chen Shi asked Rayquaza about how the darkness had affected it, and Rayquaza said it had noticed nothing until Chen Shi cleansed it.
• Chen Shi described a Lugia that had been consumed by darkness without realizing it, and Rayquaza fell silent after hearing Lugia had been about as strong as Jirachi.

Chen Shi learned that divine roles might help Legendary Pokémon resist the encroaching darkness, while Rayquaza revealed that Xerneas had been infected for two thousand years. Rayquaza proposed making Chen Shi the World Tree Guardian to grant him eternal life, and Chen Shi recalled a legend in which immortality became a human’s torment.

• Chen Shi told Rayquaza that Jirachi had been invaded by darkness, and Rayquaza suggested divine roles might explain why it and Xerneas had resisted.
• Chen Shi explained how he could help Rayquaza undergo Mega Evolution by using his Key Stone and Psychic power to connect with its Emperor Organ.
• Rayquaza revealed that Xerneas had first been infected two thousand years earlier and warned that the darkness could plunge the world into crisis.
• Rayquaza proposed taking Chen Shi to Mew so he could become the World Tree Guardian and gain eternal life.
• Chen Shi remembered a legend about a human granted immortality by Xerneas, who watched his loved ones die, eventually broke down, and killed himself.

Chen Shi rejected Rayquaza’s offer to become the World Tree Guardian, preferring a finite life spent with the people he loved. That evening, after reassuring Jirachi and planning a visit to the Meteor Tribe, Chen Shi confronted a Shiny Gardevoir sent to take Deoxys away.

• Chen Shi told Rayquaza to trust in Arceus’s plans and asked it to come quickly when needed, and Rayquaza agreed before flying away.
• Around the campfire, Chen Shi explained to Jirachi that he wanted a happy, limited life, and promised to see it again when it next woke.
• Chen Shi apologized for not taking Jirachi to play with Rayquaza and promised to take it to an amusement park the next time it woke.
• Chen Shi planned to visit the Meteor Tribe with Jirachi the next day to check on Shate and the others’ efforts with Salamence.
• A Shiny Gardevoir arrived and said it had come to retrieve Deoxys’s meteorite for its master, and Chen Shi challenged its right to take it.

Chen Shi traded Deoxys's meteorite to Gardevoir for a projection of the Spooky Plate, then learned that Arceus wanted him to reveal his Psychic Power to warn hidden beings. Gardevoir left with the meteorite, and Dragapult absorbed the Plate, gaining a powerful surge of pure Ghost-type energy.

• Chen Shi refused to give Deoxys to Gardevoir until she offered him a projection of the Spooky Plate, which he eagerly accepted.
• Gardevoir took Deoxys's meteorite and told Chen Shi that several Pokémon in the Hisui Region had Plate projections and that he would eventually be taken there.
• Gardevoir explained that Chen Shi was meant to show Legendary Pokémon that more than one person possessed Psychic Power, then left with the meteorite.
• Chen Shi gave the Spooky Plate to Dragapult, which absorbed it and began drawing in and purifying Ghost-type energy.

Chen Shi and his Pokémon discussed the Spooky Plate, the other Plates rumored to be in the Hisui Region, and their uncertain stay in the past. He decided they should use the time to train, while Togekiss tried to bargain her way out of it.

• Dragapult showed off its new Spooky Plate, and Chen Shi promised Metagross and Charizard they could look for Plates suited to them in the Hisui Region.
• Chen Shi recalled Gardevoir's warning about hidden beings and wondered whether Arceus had arranged events around him.
• Togekiss asked whether they could return soon, and Chen Shi explained that their return depended on Gardevoir and the others.
• Chen Shi urged Togekiss and Leafeon to train while they were in the past, and Togekiss asked if she could skip training.
• Chen Shi threatened to give Togekiss's Pokéblocks to Jirachi, who eagerly accepted the idea.

Chen Shi explained Shelgon's evolution and urged the Meteor Tribe to build a relationship with Salamence, which might help them connect with her Dragon's Den and develop their own Pokémon population. Neo thanked Chen Shi by calling him a good person, and Chen Shi silently resented the compliment.

• Shate brought Chen Shi to see Little Blue, who had evolved into Shelgon, and Chen Shi explained that he needed time to transform without battling.
• Shate told Chen Shi that Salamence had been bringing food for Shelgon and had even taken Shate flying.
• Chen Shi urged Neo and Shate to prepare food for Salamence and build a stronger relationship with her.
• Chen Shi explained that the Great Tribes controlled Pokémon populations and suggested the Meteor Tribe might do the same through Salamence's Dragon's Den.
• Neo bowed and called Chen Shi a good person, prompting Chen Shi to object inwardly to being given a nice guy card.

Chen Shi learned that Salamence had been badly injured in a battle over an enormous rainbow-colored stone deep in Meteor Falls, which he recognized as the Energy Meteorite. Fearing it would draw Groudon and Kyogre into a battle that could destroy the nearby Meteor Tribe, he urgently asked Salamence to take him into Meteor Falls.

• Chen Shi returned to the Meteor Tribe with Jirachi and headed outside to find children for it to play with.
• A wounded Salamence fell from the sky, and Chen Shi had Florges heal her.
• Salamence told Chen Shi that Pokémon in Meteor Falls were fighting over an enormous rainbow-colored stone after its aura increased a Dragonite's level.
• Chen Shi recognized the stone as the Energy Meteorite and feared Groudon and Kyogre would come to fight over it.
• Chen Shi urgently asked Salamence to take him deep into Meteor Falls.

Chen Shi took Jirachi and Salamence into Meteor Falls to seize the Energy Meteorite before Groudon and Kyogre awakened. Jirachi teleported the meteorite away, leaving Salamence alone amid the furious Pokémon.

• Chen Shi persuaded Salamence to take him back to Meteor Falls and asked Jirachi to teleport them to its entrance.
• Chen Shi rode Dragapult deeper into Meteor Falls, where powerful Pokémon were battling over the Energy Meteorite.
• After a Dragonite attacked them, Chen Shi asked Jirachi to teleport him and the Energy Meteorite away.
• Jirachi teleported Chen Shi and the meteorite, leaving the battling Pokémon stunned and enraged.
• Salamence arrived and found herself surrounded by the furious Pokémon, while Chen Shi was nowhere to be seen.

Chen Shi took the Energy Meteorite from Meteor Falls and carried it far out to sea, believing he had protected the mainland from Groudon and Kyogre. Rayquaza and Cogita knew the act would instead wake the two legendary Pokémon, and Cogita prepared to meet Chen Shi after the Hoenn crisis was resolved.

• Chen Shi had Jirachi teleport him, Dragapult, and the Energy Meteorite out over the sea, then moved farther from land before declaring himself a genius.
• Rayquaza spotted Chen Shi carrying the Energy Meteorite toward the area where Kyogre slept and realized the act would likely wake Kyogre and Groudon.
• The Energy Meteorite's departure from Meteor Falls drew the attention of legendary Pokémon around the world.
• Cogita learned from Shiny Gardevoir that Autumn had taken the Energy Meteorite and laughed that his plan would trigger the awakening of Groudon and Kyogre.
• Cogita told Gardevoir to collect Autumn once the Hoenn events were settled and bring him directly to her in the Hisui Region.

Chen Shi learned that moving the Energy Meteorite out of Meteor Falls had awakened Groudon and Kyogre, and Rayquaza rushed to prevent them from taking it. The two Legendary Pokémon began battling at sea while Rayquaza watched from the clouds with Chen Shi.

• Jirachi asked Chen Shi what they would do next, but Rayquaza intercepted them and angrily revealed that the Energy Meteorite had been safe inside Meteor Falls.
• Chen Shi realized that bringing the Energy Meteorite outside had awakened Groudon and Kyogre, and Dragapult, Jirachi, and Victini reacted with embarrassment or retreated.
• Rayquaza warned that the Legendary Pokémon were converging, then fled with Chen Shi and the Energy Meteorite as Kyogre emerged from the sea and Groudon approached across the land.
• Rayquaza dropped the Energy Meteorite near the sea and flew away with Chen Shi, hoping Groudon would keep Kyogre from reaching it while the two fought.
• Groudon struck Kyogre with five Precipice Blades, starting their battle as Chen Shi reflected on how his actions had changed events.

Chen Shi left Rayquaza to watch Groudon and Kyogre fight over the Energy Meteorite, then rushed back to check on the tribes near Groudon’s path. He found the Meteor Tribe evacuating but unharmed and promised to take them somewhere safe.

• Rayquaza set Chen Shi on Dragapult and explained that Groudon and Kyogre were trying to seize the Energy Meteorite before Rayquaza could intervene.
• Rayquaza told Chen Shi to alert him if Groudon and Kyogre underwent Primal Reversion.
• Chen Shi saw the destruction Groudon had left near Meteor Falls and used Jirachi’s Teleport to return to the tribe.
• Chen Shi found Shate directing the frightened Meteor Tribe residents out of their homes and learned they were unharmed.
• Chen Shi told Shate to gather everyone and promised to take them away, so the residents stopped fleeing and hurried back.

Chen Shi watched Groudon and Kyogre battle over the Energy Meteorite while protecting the Draconids and hiding Jirachi from Mew. Mew arrived and recognized Chen Shi as the human who had brought out the meteorite, but it remained unaware of his deeper identity.

• Groudon and Kyogre fought fiercely over the Energy Meteorite as Chen Shi watched from a mountain with Jirachi and the Draconids.
• Neo worried that the battle might reach them, but Chen Shi assured him he would keep everyone safe.
• Jirachi said it felt Mew nearby, so Chen Shi covered it with his robe and asked it to hide.
• Mew flew to the mountain in the form of a Swellow and landed beside Chen Shi, recognizing him from the Energy Meteorite incident.
• Chen Shi called Mew the world's number one loafer, leaving Mew confused about the insult.

Chen Shi teased Mew about its motives and questioned it about the Energy Meteorite, but lightning struck him after he nearly insulted Arceus aloud. He recovered Jirachi from the crater and left Mew wondering who had attacked him.

• Chen Shi accused Mew of coming to scavenge and warned it not to cause trouble.
• Mew blamed Chen Shi for bringing out the Energy Meteorite, and Chen Shi argued that the battle would have happened regardless.
• Chen Shi asked Mew why Groudon and Kyogre wanted the Energy Meteorite and why it could not leave Meteor Falls, but Mew refused to explain.
• Mew asked about Chen Shi's mask and robe, and Chen Shi began to mention Arceus before lightning blasted the boulder beneath him.
• Shate carried Chen Shi out of the crater, and Chen Shi found Jirachi dazed inside it and brought it back to his arms.
• Mew asked who had struck Chen Shi, and Chen Shi told it to repeat his earlier insult if it wanted to find out.

Chen Shi tricked Mew into leaving by implying his white robe and mask belonged to Arceus, then headed with Jirachi to find Rayquaza as Groudon and Kyogre entered Primal Reversion. He found Rayquaza secretly stacking Dragon Dance and caught the sky god off guard.

• Mew refused to repeat the words that had angered the hidden presence, then left after Chen Shi hinted that his clothes and mask came from Arceus.
• Groudon and Kyogre continued fighting over the Energy Meteorite as dark clouds gathered and heavy rain began to fall.
• Chen Shi told Shate to shelter his people and asked Jirachi to teleport him to Rayquaza so the battle could be stopped.
• Jirachi brought Chen Shi to Rayquaza, who was performing Dragon Dance high among the clouds.
• Rayquaza panicked when Chen Shi caught it stacking its third Dragon Dance, then angrily demanded to know why he had returned.

Rayquaza took Chen Shi into the battle against Groudon and Kyogre, forcing him to help it Mega Evolve amid their attacks. After Rayquaza struck Kyogre with Dragon Ascent, Chen Shi urged it to counter Primal Groudon’s tenfold Precipice Blade with Dragon Pulse, and the collision sent Rayquaza flying.

• Rayquaza carried a terrified Chen Shi toward Groudon and Kyogre, ignoring his pleas to be put down.
• Groudon and Kyogre attacked Rayquaza together, and Rayquaza dodged Kyogre’s Origin Pulse while demanding Chen Shi help it Mega Evolve.
• Chen Shi used his Key Stone and Psychic power to Mega Evolve Rayquaza, while Victini replenished his draining stamina and Jirachi held him in place.
• Rayquaza struck Kyogre with Dragon Ascent, sending it crashing into the ocean.
• Groudon trapped Rayquaza in a tenfold Precipice Blade barrage, and Chen Shi told it to counter with a full-power Dragon Pulse.
• Dragon Pulse collided with Precipice Blade, and the resulting shock wave sent Rayquaza flying.