Chapter Summaries

Steven used Mega Evolution to strengthen Metagross against Kyogre as the awakened Pokémon unleashed catastrophic storms across Hoenn. At Mt. Chimney, Yong destroyed Team Magma’s machine, but the volcano erupted as something else awakened.

• Kyogre’s arrival brought torrential rain, destructive tides, and fierce winds across Hoenn’s eastern continent.
• Yong and Mew protected Aerodactyl as it destroyed Team Magma’s machine on Mt. Chimney, despite Tabitha’s attempt to stop them.
• Mt. Chimney erupted, sending lava and volcanic ash skyward as Yong ordered everyone to retreat.
• Steven and Glacia combined their Pokémon’s attacks to counter Kyogre’s assault in the eastern sea.
• Steven used his keystone and Metagross’s stone to Mega Evolve Metagross before Kyogre.

Steven and Glacia tried to slow Kyogre, but its natural-energy attack overwhelmed their Pokémon and it continued toward the Eastern Continent. Drake and Sidney prepared a trap at Mt. Pyre, warning their forces that they faced a true god.

• Steven Mega Evolved Metagross and challenged Kyogre, which answered by unleashing a massive storm and six Origin Pulse beams.
• Steven and Glacia combined Mega Metagross's Supermetal Phantom with their Pokémon's Sheer Cold, but Kyogre's attack broke through and forced Glacia to retreat with her Pokémon.
• Steven and Glacia followed Kyogre toward Mt. Pyre to join Drake and the others, hoping their combined strength could drive it back.
• Drake and Sidney positioned their Pokémon around a Y-shaped harbor at Mt. Pyre and readied them as Kyogre's extreme weather approached.

Steven, Glacia, Drake, Sidney, and the gathered Trainers combined their Pokémon’s powers to hold back Kyogre’s tsunami and trap it in whirlpools. Their defenses seemed to calm the ocean, but Kyogre remained unresponsive, leaving them unsure whether they had succeeded.

• Steven and Glacia arrived to help Drake and the others face Kyogre, while Drake ordered everyone to wait for instructions.
• Steven and Drake had their Pokémon use Sunny Day to clear the dark clouds, but Kyogre’s storm quickly swallowed the sunlight again.
• As Kyogre’s towering tsunami approached, Steven, Glacia, Drake, Sidney, and the gathered Trainers launched psychic, ice, and whirlpool attacks.
• The combined attacks formed a Confusion barrier and an enormous wall of ice that held back the tsunami while Sidney’s Pokémon trapped Kyogre in whirlpools.
• The ocean appeared to calm, but Kyogre showed no response as the attacks continued.

Steven and the other Trainers fought Kyogre with a coordinated assault, briefly driving it beneath the sea before it unleashed its full power. Kyogre overwhelmed their defenses and made landfall at Mt. Pyre’s harbor.

• Steven had Metagross transport the defending Pokémon as Sidney, Drake, and Glacia coordinated attacks against Kyogre.
• Steven and Mega Metagross unleashed Super Metal Phantom, blasting open the sea and making Kyogre disappear from view.
• Steven warned that the respite was temporary and called for the Red Orb and Brilliant Blue Orb to be recovered so Groudon and Kyogre could be put back to sleep.
• Kyogre retaliated with Origin Pulse, knocking Mega Metagross back and forcing Steven, Glacia, and Drake to evacuate the Pokémon.
• Kyogre broke through the frozen sea and fired a Hyper Beam at Mt. Pyre’s harbor, overpowering the defenders’ combined attack and making landfall.

Kyogre flooded Mt. Pyre, then left for the east after sensing an eruption at Mt. Chimney. Yong and the others escaped as Mt. Chimney erupted, and the sun’s blazing heat brought on Great Drought weather.

• Kyogre submerged most of Mt. Pyre, and Steven and Drake helped rescue people while the League and their Pokémon held the mountain summit.
• An earthquake shook Mt. Pyre, and Kyogre spotted a dust cloud and unnatural red-gold light near Mt. Chimney before diving eastward.
• Steven left Glacia and Sidney to evacuate Mt. Pyre’s survivors and flew with Drake toward Mt. Chimney.
• Mt. Chimney erupted, forcing Roxanne, Tabitha, Yong, and their groups to flee as lava and volcanic ash filled the sky.
• Yong saw magma moving through a fissure as the sun intensified, and Great Drought weather arrived.

Groudon awakened beneath Mt. Chimney and began spreading lava across Hoenn as Kyogre advanced toward the Western Continent. Yong left Roxanne and Flannery to help evacuations and flew to investigate a suspicious Team Magma figure, hoping to prevent the two ancient Pokémon from meeting.

• Yong recognized the Red Orb’s change as Groudon’s power awakened, then ordered Aerodactyl to evacuate Roxanne, Flannery, and the Gym Trainers toward the sea.
• Groudon emerged from the magma and marched toward the coast, leaving lava and newly formed land behind it.
• Yong spotted a suspicious red-uniformed figure on a Swellow and suspected it might be Maxie, so he sent Mew to watch the person.
• Roxanne and Flannery told Yong that Kyogre had breached Mt. Pyre and was heading toward the Western Continent after Steven and the League failed to stop it.
• Yong urged Roxanne and Flannery to avoid confronting Groudon directly, then flew south to intercept the suspicious figure as Kyogre’s storm and Groudon’s heat ravaged Hoenn.

Wallace and Winona arrived in Mossdeep City and turned the battle against Courtney, while Steven and Drake followed Kyogre toward the Western Continent. The chapter left Wallace looking east toward Steven as the two awakened Legendary Pokémon approached the coastline.

• Courtney's Pokémon overwhelmed Tate and Liza's exhausted team until Gallade was left vulnerable to Talonflame's attack.
• Wallace arrived with Gyarados and Milotic, while Winona came with Skarmory and Altaria, and their Pokémon drove back Courtney's attackers.
• Courtney recognized that Wallace and Winona had arrived to stop Team Magma, and Wallace sent Milotic and Gyarados to help capture the team's members around the city.
• Winona comforted Tate and Liza after they ended their Psychic Field, while Wallace looked east and worried about Steven.
• Steven rode Skarmory with Drake alongside him as they followed Kyogre toward the Western Continent, where Kyogre and Groudon were heading for the sparsely populated coastline.

Yong confronted Maxie, who had awakened Groudon and revealed the Brilliant Blue Orb. After Swampert defeated Maxie’s Swellow and Camerupt, Maxie used the Orb to command Groudon to attack, and Groudon advanced toward them.

• Yong and Swampert sneaked behind Low Mountain and discovered Maxie celebrating Groudon’s awakening with the Brilliant Blue Orb.
• Yong had Swampert knock Swellow out of the sky, sending Maxie crashing to the ground.
• Maxie explained that his machine used meteorite energy to intensify Mt. Chimney’s volcanic activity and expand the land.
• Swampert defeated Maxie’s Camerupt with Liquidation and Hammer Arm.
• Maxie revealed the Brilliant Blue Orb and ordered Groudon to destroy the area, and Groudon charged forward, shattering the mountains and splitting the earth.

Yong stopped Maxie from using the Brilliant Blue Orb, and Swampert took the Orb as Groudon calmed down. Yong tried to persuade Groudon to return to its territory, but Kyogre arrived and the two Legendary Pokémon began clashing.

• Groudon attacked Yong and his Pokémon with Hyper Beam, but Mew blocked it with a psychic shield.
• Yong tackled Maxie and knocked the Brilliant Blue Orb from his hand, and Swampert picked it up.
• Groudon stopped attacking when Swampert touched the Orb, while Maxie convulsed and lost consciousness.
• Yong took the Brilliant Blue Orb and Red Orb, then asked Groudon to calm down and return to its territory as Mew communicated with it.
• Kyogre arrived as a vast tsunami, and Groudon attacked the waves while the two Pokémon's opposing weather systems spread across the sky.

Groudon and Kyogre began fighting again, unleashing attacks that devastated the coastline while Yong and the others escaped. Yong returned with the Red Orb and Brilliant Blue Orb and gave them to Steven, hoping they could help summon the deity said to have calmed the two ancient Pokémon.

• Groudon ignored Yong and Mew, then unleashed Heat Crash at Kyogre and the tsunami, forcing Yong to flee with Aerodactyl and Mew.
• Groudon and Kyogre's attacks collided, destroying the coastline before the two Pokémon faced each other again.
• Steven and Drake joined Roxanne and Flannery, and Drake ordered the Gym Leaders to keep Team Magma's members from escaping.
• Yong told Steven that the Orbs might help stop Groudon and Kyogre, then handed him the Red Orb and Brilliant Blue Orb.

Yong and the others debated whether returning the Red Orb and Brilliant Blue Orb could calm Groudon and Kyogre or trigger their Primal Reversion, while the two Legendary Pokémon fought with devastating force. The chapter ended with the coast transformed into flooded wasteland and scorched earth, and the group suspended safely above the destruction as Yong considered what to do.

• Steven praised Yong for recovering the Red Orb and Brilliant Blue Orb, but Yong asked whether they could help Groudon and Kyogre.
• Drake organized Trainers and Pokémon to build defensive walls as the battle's shock waves forced them to retreat.
• Kyogre struck Groudon, and the two Legendary Pokémon unleashed Origin Pulse and Precipice Blade against each other.
• The attacks collided, sending enormous waves across the coasts and tearing apart the land with fissures and volcanic eruptions.
• Yong, Steven, Drake, Roxanne, Flannery, and the others took to the air as Low Mountain and the surrounding coast were devastated.
• Yong watched the destruction from Aerodactyl's back and began considering what to do.

Yong entrusted Larvesta and the captured Team Magma members to Steven before flying off with the Red Orb and Brilliant Blue Orb to draw Rayquaza toward Groudon and Kyogre. As Steven organized the defense, reinforcements arrived and reported severe damage, injuries, and missing people; the battle between the Legendary Pokémon intensified.

• Yong reasoned that smoke and water vapor would attract Rayquaza, then took the two Orbs and flew toward Groudon and Kyogre on Aerodactyl with Mew’s help.
• Yong left Larvesta and the captured Team Magma members with Steven, who prepared the gathered Trainers to defend Hoenn.
• Drake reassured Steven that Yong was Hoenn’s Sequence One, despite his youth.
• Glacia, Sidney, and Wattson arrived with reinforcements; Wattson reported damage and injuries in Mauville City, while Glacia and Sidney reported casualties, missing personnel, and Lilycove City’s southern district submerged.
• Groudon and Kyogre continued their devastating fight, and Steven told everyone to prepare for the final battle.

Steven organized the Trainers and Pokémon to contain the damage from Groudon and Kyogre, cooling lava, generating steam, controlling waves, and reinforcing a stone wall. With those defenses underway, he flew toward the distant battlefield with Yong's Metagross.

• Steven sent Glacia and Sidney with Water-move users to attack the mountain rift and cool the flowing lava.
• Steven assigned Drake, Flannery, the Team Magma members, and their Fire-type Pokémon to bombard the sea and generate steam.
• Wattson led Electric-type Pokémon in breaking apart a wave, while Roxanne directed Rock-type Pokémon in reinforcing the stone wall.
• Steven mounted Skarmory and invited Yong's Metagross to join him on the flight toward the battle between Groudon and Kyogre.

Yong watched Groudon and Kyogre devastate the sea in their battle, then sent Swampert to find Kyogre and return the Brilliant Blue Orb. As Groudon’s drought spread, Kyogre reappeared empowered by nature energy and prepared to face it again.

• Groudon and Kyogre traded devastating attacks, and Groudon’s blazing mountain struck Kyogre into the sea.
• As Groudon’s drought gained ground, Yong sent Swampert underwater with the Brilliant Blue Orb to find Kyogre and restore the balance.
• Mew pointed Yong toward the heart of the drizzle, where Groudon sensed an emerging aura and stopped its advance.
• A blue-and-gold pillar of light erupted from the ocean, and Kyogre emerged into the sky with immense nature power.

Primal Kyogre overwhelmed Groudon and Yong with Origin Pulse, but Groudon survived by consuming the Red Orb and undergoing Primal Reversion. As Primal Groudon drove Kyogre back, Yong left the battlefield and called for Rayquaza.

• Kyogre reclaimed its origin power from the Blue Orb, underwent Primal Reversion, and struck Groudon with Water Pulse and Origin Pulse.
• Yong flew close to Groudon on Aerodactyl and threw it the Red Orb as Kyogre's Origin Pulse broke through Groudon's defenses.
• Origin Pulse engulfed Groudon, Yong, Aerodactyl, and Swampert, while Mew lost track of Yong and Steven feared the worst.
• Groudon consumed the Red Orb, became Primal Groudon, and emerged from the sea to hit Primal Kyogre with Dragon Claw.
• Yong reunited with Mew, recalled Swampert, and flew away with Aerodactyl as Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre continued fighting.
• Yong looked to the sky and called for Rayquaza.

Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre’s battle devastated the land and sea as Trainers and wild Pokémon united to defend their homes. As the two Legendary Pokémon prepared their most powerful clash, Rayquaza awakened in the stratosphere and flew toward them.

• Rayquaza sensed familiar presences below, awakened from its memories, and descended through the clouds toward the surging air masses.
• Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre continued fighting, reshaping the coastline and seabed while Steven checked that Yong was safe.
• Drake, Glacia, the Trainers, and wild Pokémon joined forces to defend the stone wall and protect their homes from the rising waves.
• Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre paused and gathered energy for a devastating clash, so Yong and Steven retreated with Metagross and Aerodactyl.

Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon unleashed Origin Pulse and Precipice Blade, but a Shiny Mega-Evolved Rayquaza intervened and stopped their clash. Rayquaza subdued both Pokémon and restored calm, leaving Yong and Steven relieved and astonished.

• Primal Kyogre fired Origin Pulse as Primal Groudon unleashed Precipice Blade, and their attacks collided with world-shaking force.
• A black-and-gold Rayquaza streaked into the collision and unleashed Dragon Ascent, sending Primal Kyogre crashing into the sea.
• Rayquaza slammed into Primal Groudon and knocked it onto the beach.
• Rayquaza dispersed the storm and heat, suppressing the raging sea and lava as the land and sky returned to peace.
• Yong realized the intervening Rayquaza was a Shiny Pokémon in its Mega-Evolved form, while Steven and the others watched in relief.

Mega Rayquaza calmed Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre, who restored the damaged land and sea before returning to their ordinary forms. As the crisis ended, Mew stole Yong’s Pokémon Ball containing Swampert and vanished.

• Mega Rayquaza used Extreme Speed to defeat Groudon and Kyogre’s attacks and calm their anger.
• Groudon and Kyogre settled down, communicated with Rayquaza, and changed back from their Primal forms.
• Mew excitedly spoke with the three Pokémon while Groudon healed the land, Kyogre restored the sea, and Rayquaza cleared volcanic ash from the sky.
• Rayquaza returned to its original form and flew away, while Groudon and Kyogre departed for the mountains and ocean.
• Mew snatched Yong’s Pokémon Ball and disappeared, and Yong realized it had taken Swampert’s ball.

After the Divine War, Yong helped with Hoenn’s recovery and criticized plans to control Legendary Pokémon. He visited the Pokémon League vault to claim the Stone Plate before preparing to leave for Kalos.

• Mew returned Swampert’s Pokémon Ball to Yong, and Swampert showed that it had grown stronger after making an agreement with Mew.
• Yong treated Mew to food and gifts, and Mew departed with a package of human-made trinkets.
• Yong remained in Slateport City while Hoenn’s leaders and outside groups coordinated disaster relief and recovery.
• Yong and Steven discussed the leaked proposals about how humanity should respond to Legendary Pokémon, and Yong accused people of coveting their power.
• Yong went to the vault beneath the Pokémon League in Ever Grande City to claim the Stone Plate with his contribution points.

Yong established the Rock Solid Gym in Laverre City, where he trained alongside his Pokémon and prepared for the Kalos League’s return. The chapter ended with Yong and his Pokémon gathered around a mysterious runed stone slab inside a cave.

• The Kalos Region developed its western port cities as trade and support from the Pokémon League helped it emerge from isolation.
• Yong secured approval to establish the Rock Solid Gym in Laverre City after negotiations with Drake and Bertha, and the Ishida family ceded further interests.
• Yong made the Gym’s mountain-side grounds a home and training area for his Rock- and Ground-type Pokémon.
• Grant repeatedly challenged Yong and lost, then joined the Rock Solid Gym as an Elite Class Gym Trainer.
• In March, as the Kalos League prepared to resume the Lumiose Conference, Yong sat before a mysterious runed stone slab while his Pokémon sensed its force field.