Recaps

Cheng Tian asked Jirachi to locate the mysterious Pokémon linked to the GS Ball, and Jirachi sent him toward a place on White Horse Mountain. After finding a ruined shrine there, Cheng Tian held the GS Ball above it and prayed for Xiaohan to return.

• Cheng Tian asked Jirachi to find the mysterious Pokémon connected to the GS Ball, and Jirachi sensed that it could travel through time and space.
• Jirachi sent a ray of light toward a location and returned to the cosmos after Cheng Tian shared his wishes, including becoming the strongest Trainer and bringing Xiaohan back.
• Cheng Tian followed the light to White Horse Mountain in Bingzhou and searched the forest for a clue to Celebi.
• Cheng Tian lost his footing and tumbled down a slope, where he discovered a small, dilapidated shrine.
• Cheng Tian held the GS Ball above the shrine and prayed for Xiaohan to return.

Cheng Tian summoned Celebi and learned that he had met it in different timelines, then returned to the present to face Bai Yun. The chapter ended as Cheng Tian challenged Bai Yun to a battle.

• Cheng Tian placed the GS Ball in the shrine and summoned Celebi, which recognized him from future encounters.
• Celebi understood that Cheng Tian wanted help rescuing Xiaohan, but urged him to finish what he wanted to do in this timeline before traveling through time.
• Bai Yun defeated Gamino in a Champion Challenge with Urshifu’s Counter, extending his winning streak.
• Cheng Tian descended onto the battlefield, greeted Bai Yun, and challenged him to battle.

Cheng Tian, believed dead since the Great Calamity, returned and challenged his friend Bai Yun for the Pokémon League Champion title. After Bai Yun introduced him to the crowd, the League approved the challenge, and the two prepared to battle.

• Cheng Tian appeared at the tournament venue, reunited with Bai Yun, and revealed he had survived and spent three years training.
• Gamino conceded the championship path to Cheng Tian and left the field.
• Cheng Tian and Bai Yun caught up while Bai Yun’s Pokémon recovered from their previous battle.
• Bai Yun introduced Cheng Tian to the crowd and vouched for his battling strength, provoking an uproar.
• Miyamoto Ryunosuke officially approved the championship challenge between Cheng Tian and Bai Yun.
• Cheng Tian and Bai Yun accepted the stakes, and Ryūnosuke declared the match underway.

Bai Yun and Cheng Tian battled as Breloom and then Mienshao faced Aggron, with Cheng Tian Mega Evolving Aggron to counter Mienshao’s speed. The fight continued with Mega Aggron charging relentlessly after Mienshao across the field.

• Bai Yun sent out Breloom against Cheng Tian’s Aggron, and their attacks left both Pokémon badly shaken.
• Aggron struck Breloom with Body Slam before Bai Yun recalled it and sent out Mienshao.
• Mienshao used its speed and Fighting-type attacks to pressure Aggron, while Aggron defended itself and counterattacked.
• Cheng Tian Mega Evolved Aggron, which used Autotomize and Dragon Rush to chase Mienshao around the field.

Bai Yun’s Mienshao used Tai Chi and a powerful Focus Punch to fight Cheng Tian’s Mega Aggron, but the battle ended with Aggron trading itself for both Mienshao and Breloom. The crowd applauded Cheng Tian’s strength as both trainers lost another Pokémon.

• Bai Yun’s Mienshao redirected Mega Aggron’s High Horsepower into the arena wall, and Bai Yun revealed that it had learned Tai Chi at Daodao Temple.
• Cheng Tian’s Mega Aggron boosted its strength and charged Mienshao, which used Detect and Dig to evade its Dragon Claw.
• Mienshao struck Mega Aggron with Focus Punch, then used U-turn to bring in the already injured Breloom, which was knocked out.
• Bai Yun sent Mienshao back out and ordered Close Combat, but Cheng Tian’s Aggron used Endeavor to knock out both Aggron and Mienshao.

Cheng Tian and Bai Yun traded Pokémon as Lycanroc overcame Florges before Milotic defeated it. Bai Yun then sent out Urshifu, leaving it facing Milotic.

• Cheng Tian sent Florges against Bai Yun’s Lycanroc, which used Swords Dance and charged in despite its type disadvantage.
• Lycanroc paralyzed Florges with Thunder Fang, landed Iron Head and Stone Edge, and used Taunt to disrupt its Safeguard.
• Florges struck Lycanroc with Petal Dance and Psychic, but Lycanroc remained standing after defeating it.
• Cheng Tian sent out Milotic, which immediately knocked Lycanroc out with Hydro Pump.
• Bai Yun sent out Urshifu, and it provoked Milotic as Cheng Tian recognized it as Rapid Strike Style.

Cheng Tian and Bai Yun battled through Pokémon switches before both used their Key Stones to Mega Evolve Gengar and Lucario. Their Pokémon traded powerful attacks, leaving both injured as the fight continued.

• Milotic poisoned Urshifu with Toxic and tried to wear it down, but Urshifu countered its U-turn with Thunder Punch and knocked it out.
• Cheng Tian sent out Noivern, and he and Bai Yun both used U-turn to switch their Pokémon.
• Bai Yun sent out Lucario, Cheng Tian answered with Gengar, and both trainers Mega Evolved their Pokémon.
• Mega Gengar and Mega Lucario exchanged attacks including Shadow Ball, Bone Rush, Sucker Punch, Dig, Crunch, Disable, Zen Headbutt, and Dazzling Gleam.
• Mega Lucario and Mega Gengar stepped back, both battered by the rapid exchange.

Bai Yun and Cheng Tian traded Pokémon in a brutal battle, using Z-Moves and underhanded tactics to gain an edge. Cheng Tian’s Noivern then faced Urshifu, which seized it midair and began pounding it as both Pokémon fought on.

• Cheng Tian and Bai Yun clashed Mega Gengar’s Never-Ending Nightmare against Mega Lucario’s Corkscrew Crash, but Lucario survived by using Life Dew and knocked out Gengar.
• Lucario used Reversal to eliminate Cheng Tian’s Milotic, then Noivern quickly knocked out the exhausted Lucario, leaving both sides with two Pokémon.
• Cheng Tian sent Noivern against Bai Yun’s Urshifu, which used Stone Edge and a rising Waterfall to climb toward the airborne Pokémon.
• Noivern hit Urshifu with Dragon Pulse and followed with Super Fang, but Urshifu grabbed Noivern’s wing and repeatedly punched its head.

Bai Yun and Cheng Tian’s Urshifu and Noivern pushed each other to their limits in a brutal battle, then fainted at the same time. Both trainers prepared to send out their last Pokémon, choosing to finish the match with their first partners.

• Noivern battered Urshifu with Wild Charge and Draco Meteor, but Urshifu caught its hidden attack and struck back with a punch.
• Noivern used Outrage and Boomburst to overwhelm Urshifu, driving it into a wall as Bai Yun urged it to endure.
• Urshifu survived Noivern’s barrage with Endure and landed a powerful Counter, while Noivern struck back with Dragon Claw.
• Urshifu and Noivern fainted simultaneously, leaving Bai Yun and Cheng Tian to prepare their final Pokémon.
• Bai Yun and Cheng Tian reflected on ending their battle with the Pokémon they had first raised.

Cheng Tian’s Greninja and Bai Yun’s Infernape fought a brutal final battle that ended with Infernape falling after both Pokémon landed their last punches. Bai Yun invited Cheng Tian and Su Han to his winter wedding, and Greninja promised Infernape another match.

• Cheng Tian’s Greninja and Bai Yun’s Infernape exchanged close-range attacks, counters, and fighting techniques, with neither gaining a decisive advantage.
• Cheng Tian’s Greninja revealed his Bond State, and he and Infernape traded powerful attacks as their stamina ran out.
• Greninja lost his Bond State, and both Pokémon continued fighting through exhaustion until they threw their final punches at the same time.
• Bai Yun told Cheng Tian that he and Lin Lin had set their wedding for the start of winter and invited Cheng Tian and Su Han to attend as part of the wedding party.
• Infernape fell, but Greninja caught him, and the two agreed to have another match someday.

Cheng Tian recorded his champion profile and message in the Hall of Honor after defeating Bai Yun. As the group left, Gamino challenged him, but Cheng Tian postponed any battles while he rested and prepared for what came next.

• Ryūnosuke led Cheng Tian and Bai Yun to the Hall of Honor, where Bai Yun showed Cheng Tian his digital champion record.
• Cheng Tian registered his team and left the message, “Stay true to your heart. Never forget why you started.”
• Bai Yun explained that Gamino had challenged him repeatedly during his two months as champion, and Gamino immediately challenged Cheng Tian.
• Bai Yun offered to fly home with Cheng Tian, but Cheng Tian decided to travel by Noivern after resting.

Cheng Tian traveled with Celebi to the anime world, arriving near Pallet Town to find the real Giratina in the first world Arceus created. After meeting Infernape and Bulbasaur, he reached Professor Oak’s home and was asked who he was.

• Cheng Tian told Celebi he was ready to reclaim his original heart and learned that Giratina lived in the first world Arceus created.
• Celebi used nearly all its strength to take Cheng Tian across worlds, then became a leaf in his pocket.
• Cheng Tian emerged in a forest near Pallet Town and encountered an Infernape training beneath a waterfall.
• Infernape led Cheng Tian to a grassy field filled with Tauros and other Pokémon, where Bulbasaur stopped him with Razor Leaves.
• Cheng Tian said he had come to see Professor Oak, and the elderly professor stepped out of his house and asked who he was.

Cheng Tian told Professor Oak that he came from another world and needed to find the real Giratina to stop an impostor threatening his world. Professor Oak offered to connect him with Professor Carolina, but their conversation was interrupted by Delia arriving at the laboratory.

• Cheng Tian met Professor Oak and showed him a leaf that made the professor suspect he came from another timeline.
• Cheng Tian explained that he was from another world, and Professor Oak eagerly asked about Pokémon and Trainers there.
• Cheng Tian told Professor Oak that an impostor posing as Giratina threatened his world and that he had come to seek the real Giratina’s help.
• Professor Oak offered to introduce Cheng Tian to Professor Carolina, an authority on mythical Pokémon in the Sinnoh Region.
• Delia arrived with an apron-wearing Mr. Mime to borrow Professor Oak’s phone and ask how Ash was doing.

Cheng Tian visited Professor Oak and met Delia, who spoke proudly of Ash’s Masters Eight competition and his wish to keep adventuring. After Professor Oak arranged his trip to Sinnoh, Delia gave Cheng a hat she had sewn for Ash before a journey, and Cheng Tian set off on Noivern.

• Professor Oak introduced Cheng Tian to Delia as the student of an old friend from Sinnoh.
• Cheng Tian showed Delia and Professor Oak his Pokémon, and Milotic scalded Professor Oak after he took pictures with a camera flash.
• Delia told Cheng Tian that Ash was competing in the Masters Eight and wanted to keep adventuring rather than return home after becoming a Pokémon Master.
• Delia tried several times to call Ash, but Professor Oak and Delia guessed that he had stayed up late and was still asleep.
• Professor Oak told Cheng Tian that he had arranged his trip to Sinnoh and handed him a map, while Cheng said he would leave as soon as possible.
• Delia gave Cheng Tian a hat she had sewn for Ash, and Cheng thanked her before departing on Noivern.

Cheng Tian arrived in Sinnoh and planned a route through Floaroma Town and Eterna Forest toward Celestic Town. Officer Jenny warned him that Team Galactic fugitives were attacking travelers in Eterna Forest, but Cheng Tian decided to continue that way because he was in a hurry.

• Cheng Tian reached Sinnoh and planned to cross Mt. Coronet after traveling through Floaroma Town, Eterna Forest, and Eterna City.
• Cheng Tian rested at the Pokémon Center in Floaroma Town and bought supplies before encountering Officer Jenny.
• Officer Jenny questioned Cheng Tian, then accepted his explanation that Professor Oak had sent him to find Professor Carolina in Celestic Town.
• Officer Jenny explained that Team Galactic had not been fully eliminated and that fugitives were attacking passersby in Eterna Forest.
• Officer Jenny advised Cheng Tian to detour through Jubilife City, but Cheng Tian chose the shorter route through Eterna Forest because he was in a hurry.

Cheng Tian encountered Team Galactic in Eterna Forest, where Cynthia and Lucario attacked the group and mistook him for one of their members. After Professor Oak confirmed Cheng Tian’s identity, Cynthia invited him to travel with her toward Celestic Town, and he revealed that he was searching for Giratina.

• Cheng Tian watched Team Galactic members in a clearing and overheard them discussing their weakened organization.
• Lucario attacked the Team Galactic members with Air Slash and Aura Sphere, and Cynthia scolded it for not capturing them.
• When Cheng Tian tried to sneak away, Lucario detected him and struck him with an Aura Sphere.
• Cynthia questioned Cheng Tian and called Professor Oak, who confirmed that Cheng Tian was his friend.
• Cynthia apologized, introduced herself, and invited Cheng Tian to ride Togekiss with her toward Celestic Town.
• Cheng Tian told Cynthia he was searching for Giratina, and she warned that her grandmother believed Giratina might not be in this world.

Cynthia escorted Cheng Tian across Mt. Coronet to Celestic Town, where Professor Carolina shared her research on Giratina and explained how to seek it. Cheng Tian learned that the Distortion World’s entrance was hidden within Mt. Coronet, then spent an awkward night at Professor Carolina’s home thinking of his distant fiancée.

• Cynthia bought Cheng Tian warm clothes and warned him that Mt. Coronet’s Pokémon had become irritable.
• Cynthia used Togekiss to hurry Cheng Tian over Mt. Coronet before dark, and they reached Celestic Town.
• Professor Carolina showed Cheng Tian her handwritten Giratina research and described Giratina’s connection to Arceus, the dead, and the Distortion World.
• Professor Carolina warned Cheng Tian that seekers of Giratina often vanished, including Cyrus, but told him the Distortion World’s entrance was hidden within Mt. Coronet.
• Cheng Tian slept on the floor in Cynthia’s room under the watch of her Garchomp and told Cynthia he was engaged and would see his fiancée soon.

Cheng Tian searched Mt. Coronet with Aggron, Noivern, and Gengar and found a dead Team Galactic member buried beneath the snow. Using Gengar’s Z-Move, he revealed a hidden cavern atop the mountain and jumped inside with Gengar.

• Cynthia left Cheng Tian on Mt. Coronet, and he split up with Aggron, Noivern, and Gengar to search the snowy plateau.
• Cheng Tian waited for his Pokémon to report back after they found no trace of their target.
• Gengar led Cheng Tian to a frozen Team Galactic member, whom Aggron buried in the frozen soil.
• Cheng Tian realized the dead man must have been searching for something nearby and asked Gengar to use the Z-Crystal.
• Gengar’s Ghost-type Z-Move revealed a hidden cavern on Mt. Coronet, and Cheng Tian and Gengar jumped inside.

Cheng Tian entered the Distortion World and discovered that he had been transformed into a girl. After Gengar battled a Palossand whose attacks defied type matchups, a colossal dragon emerged from a black hole.

• Cheng Tian and Gengar found the entrance to the Distortion World and stepped through it.
• Cheng Tian woke in the Distortion World transformed into a girl, while Gengar remained unchanged.
• A Palossand attacked Cheng Tian, and Gengar found that its moves behaved contrary to normal type matchups.
• A dragon roared, killed the Palossand with a gigantic claw, and emerged from a black hole as Cheng Tian recognized the familiar figure.

Cheng Tian met the real Giratina in the Distortion World and asked it for help, claiming Arceus had sent him. After hearing how Arceus had used its Griseous Orb, Giratina agreed to follow Cheng Tian and confront the impostor.

• The real Giratina appeared before Cheng Tian and demanded to know his name and why he had entered the Distortion World.
• Cheng Tian recalled Gengar and told Giratina that Arceus had sent him to ask for help.
• Giratina flew into a rage when it heard Arceus's name and revealed that Arceus had stolen its Griseous Orb.
• Cheng Tian explained that Arceus had used the Griseous Orb to create a space that sealed away the Ghost-type Plate in his world.
• Giratina agreed to go with Cheng Tian to deal with the impostor and recover its Griseous Orb.

Giratina gave Cheng Tian its reverse scale so it could track the Griseous Orb and enter the impostor’s Distortion World without causing an uproar in Cheng Tian’s world. Cheng Tian left the Distortion World in a forest, returned to his male body, and prepared to go back to Xiaohan with Celebi.

• Giratina embedded its reverse scale in Cheng Tian and explained that it would sense the Griseous Orb and let Giratina teleport into the impostor’s world.
• Giratina explained that the Distortion World reversed laws, including gender and type effectiveness, making Giratina invincible there.
• Giratina opened a rift and sent Cheng Tian away, warning that he would not arrive at Mt. Coronet.
• Cheng Tian emerged in a forest, confirmed that his body had returned to normal, and summoned Celebi from the leaf.
• Cheng Tian told Celebi that he had finished what he needed to do and said they would return to Xiaohan.

Cheng Tian entered the sealed realm to rescue Xiaohan and confronted the impostor with his six Pokémon. He summoned the real Giratina, which attacked the impostor and condemned it as a false god.

• Cheng Tian reunited with Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf at the Lake of Wisdom and insisted he was ready to bring Xiaohan back.
• The three Lake guardians opened a brief spatial rift to the place where the impostor was sealed, and Cheng Tian entered it.
• Cheng Tian summoned Greninja, Aggron, Noivern, Florges, and Milotic, then crossed the chains sealing the black hole with them.
• Cheng Tian arrived in a ruined world filled with Ghost-type Pokémon, where the impostor recognized and charged at him.
• Cheng Tian used a black dragon scale to summon Giratina, which wounded the impostor and denounced it as a false god.

Giratina confronted the impostor that had taken its form, and they battled across the devastated world. Giratina gained the advantage by using its superior mastery of Ghost-type and spatial powers, but the impostor healed and demanded another fight.

• Giratina sensed the world and mocked the impostor, then demanded it return to its original form or face being exposed.
• The impostor claimed it was a source of Arceus’s power, and Giratina dismissed it as unworthy of its divine station.
• Giratina and the impostor clashed in the sky, while Ghost-type Pokémon below scrambled to collect their fallen scales.
• Giratina warned Cheng Tian to stay hidden as the battle sent destructive energy across the battlefield.
• Giratina tore into the impostor and used Shadow Force to bypass its Protect, leaving it gravely wounded.
• The impostor rapidly healed and roared for another fight.

Cheng Tian and Giratina worked out a plan to reach the Griseous Orb, which was sealing the impostor, while Giratina held it back. Cheng Tian and his Pokémon fought through the Ghost-type swarm as Noivern carried him toward the orb above the impostor.

• Giratina explained that the Ghost-type Plate let the impostor heal instantly, while using the Griseous Orb would break the seal and bring it fully into the World of the Living.
• Cheng Tian asked Giratina to hold the impostor in place while he retrieved the Griseous Orb, and Giratina agreed.
• Cheng Tian and his six Pokémon charged down the mountain as Giratina bound the impostor with Shadow Force.
• The Ghost-type Pokémon attacked Cheng Tian, but Mega Gengar, Mega Aggron, Greninja, and Florges fought through the swarm and cleared a path.
• Cheng Tian rode Noivern toward the Griseous Orb above the impostor while his companions held off the attackers below.

Cheng Tian secured the Griseous Orb and gave it to Giratina, allowing Giratina to reclaim its primal power and become Origin Giratina. With the portal to the real world closed, Giratina faced the impostor as it launched a desperate attack.

• Noivern carried Cheng Tian toward the Griseous Orb while Giratina restrained the impostor, but the impostor broke free and struck Giratina with Draco Meteors.
• The impostor intercepted Cheng Tian and Noivern, but a Water Shuriken knocked its bite aside, allowing Cheng Tian to reach the Griseous Orb and pull it free.
• Giratina rammed the impostor away, and Cheng Tian threw the Griseous Orb to Giratina before Noivern caught him.
• Giratina swallowed the orb, unleashed its primal power, and closed the black hole as the impostor tried to flee.
• Giratina transformed into Origin Giratina, and the impostor became a huge mass of shadow and attacked; Origin Giratina appeared before it to meet the assault.