Recaps

Xia You defeated Dahlia’s Medicham to win the Battle Roulette, then celebrated with Dahlia, Caitlin, and May. The next morning, he challenged the Battle Factory, where Snowman Snorlax swept Thorton’s team and left the Frontier Brain shaken.

• Xia You ordered Monferno to engulf itself in flames and attack relentlessly, defeating Dahlia’s Medicham and winning the Battle Roulette match.
• Dahlia gave Xia You her stamp and invited him, Caitlin, and May to dinner at her tropical restaurant, where she learned of Xia You’s victories in three regional Conferences and his defeat of Brandon.
• After spending the night at Caitlin’s castle, Xia You continued his Battle Frontier challenges with Caitlin accompanying him.
• Thorton analyzed Xia You and his Pokémon before their Battle Factory match, then sent out Magnezone, Bronzong, and Metagross.
• Xia You used Snowman Snorlax to defeat all three of Thorton’s Pokémon, undermining Thorton’s confidence in his data analysis.

Xia You defeated Kate at the Battle Stage, earning all four stamps and arranging a challenge against the Battle Tycoon for the next day. At the docks, he reunited with Cheryl and stunned Caitlin by calling Cynthia his first wife, leaving Cynthia unable to deny the claim in public.

• Xia You defeated Kate's Masquerain, Zangoose, and Magmortar with Umbreon, Lucario, and Greninja, earning his fourth stamp.
• Caitlin arranged for Darach to book Xia You's Battle Tycoon match for the next day.
• Xia You went to the docks with Caitlin and met Cheryl, who embraced him.
• Caitlin and Cynthia were shocked to discover each other there and mistakenly assumed they were rivals for Xia You.
• Xia You called Cynthia his first wife and challenged her to deny being the head wife.
• Cynthia fell silent rather than dispute Xia You's claim in front of the watching visitors, and Caitlin took her silence as confirmation.

At dinner in the Battle Chateau, Cynthia tried to conceal her complicated relationship with Xia You while warning Caitlin that he had many women. Caitlin learned Xia You had helped her catch Cresselia, but she remained unconvinced that he was trying to seduce her.

• Xia You told Cheryl that he had cleared the Battle Roulette, Battle Factory, and Battle Stage, and would challenge Palmer at the Battle Tycoon facility the next morning.
• Caitlin questioned Cynthia about her relationship with Xia You, and Cynthia denied they were involved despite their heated exchange.
• After Xia You and Cheryl left, Cynthia questioned Caitlin and learned Xia You had helped her catch Cresselia in Canalave City.
• Cynthia warned Caitlin that Xia You had at least seven other women and urged her to stay away from him.
• Caitlin asked why Cynthia had traveled to Johto and Kanto to meet Xia You's women, leaving Cynthia unable to explain herself.
• Caitlin doubted Cynthia's warning because Xia You had turned down her advances and she trusted her own experience with him.

Xia You arrived at the crowded Battle Tower to challenge Palmer, with Cynthia, May, Cheryl, and Caitlin accompanying him. Palmer opened the three-on-three match with a battle-scarred Milotic, and Xia You sent out Scizor as the first fight began.

• Cynthia insisted she was going to see Palmer, while Xia You and his companions headed to the Battle Tower.
• At the Rest Room, Caitlin offered Xia You information about Palmer, but Xia You declined to study his opponents beforehand.
• Xia You entered the packed Battle Field and was introduced to the crowd before Palmer appeared.
• Palmer sent out his veteran Milotic, and Xia You chose Scizor from his second-string team to face it.
• Xia You ordered Scizor to attack, but Milotic proved dangerous in close combat and could use Recover and Safeguard.

Xia You defeated Palmer’s Milotic with Scizor, then recalled Scizor and sent out Tyranitar against Palmer’s Rhyperior. As their second battle began, both Pokémon traded ranged attacks before charging into a close-range clash.

• Xia You directed Scizor to defeat Palmer’s Milotic, giving him the first battle.
• Palmer sent out Rhyperior, another of his main Pokémon, for the second battle.
• May told Cheryl, Caitlin, and Cynthia that Scizor and Tyranitar belonged to Xia You’s second-string lineup, while Gardevoir, Charizard, and Gengar were his main Pokémon.
• Xia You recalled Scizor and sent out Tyranitar to face Rhyperior.
• Tyranitar and Rhyperior exchanged Stone Edge attacks, then Rhyperior endured Tyranitar’s Dark Pulse as it charged forward.
• Xia You and Palmer ordered their Pokémon into close combat, and Tyranitar and Rhyperior collided on Palmer’s side of the field.

Xia You’s Tyranitar defeated Palmer’s Rhyperior, putting him two Pokémon ahead, before both Trainers sent out Dragonite. Xia You’s Dragonite used a specially trained Twister to turn the tide, and the two Dragonite ultimately knocked each other out, leaving the match tied at two Pokémon each.

• Tyranitar defeated Palmer’s Rhyperior with a close-range Hyper Beam, making the score two to zero for Xia You.
• Palmer sent out his third Pokémon, and he and Xia You simultaneously chose Dragonite.
• Palmer’s older, stronger Dragonite initially kept Xia You’s Dragonite on the defensive.
• Xia You’s Dragonite used a powerful Twister to gain the advantage, but Palmer’s Dragonite created a smaller Twister that disrupted and erased it.
• The two Dragonite fought at full strength and knocked each other out in their final clash.
• Cynthia watched Xia You’s battle strategy with new appreciation, then grew flustered by her thoughts about him.

Xia You won the Battle Frontier and returned to Sinnoh, where he learned Team Galactic had defeated the International Police and seized the Lake Guardians. As Looker asked him to help stop Team Galactic’s next major operation, Xia You teased Cynthia about whether she would stay with their “family.”

• Xia You defeated Palmer when their Dragonite knocked each other out, earned his final Battle Frontier stamp, and completed the challenge.
• At lunch, Caitlin admitted she was reluctant to leave Xia You for Unova, while Cynthia learned about his work with Looker and decided to secretly pursue Shelly and Courtney.
• Xia You and his companions said goodbye to Caitlin and sailed back to Sinnoh, where he learned Team Galactic had overwhelmed the International Police at all three lakes and taken the Lake Guardians with red chains.
• Looker called Xia You to apologize for the failed operations and asked him to intervene as Team Galactic prepared a major move, offering a substantial reward if he stopped them.
• After the call, Xia You found Cynthia eavesdropping and asked whether she would leave or stay with his “family,” leaving her irritated by his wording.

Xia You’s group headed to Mt. Coronet as Team Galactic prepared to carry out its plan at Spear Pillar, while May considered whether to visit her family and ask Dawn to travel with Xia You. The International Police rescued the Lake Guardians but failed to stop Saturn from escaping with the completed Red Chain, leaving Looker to rely on Xia You.

• Xia You brought Cynthia along, sent Shelly and Courtney ahead to Mt. Coronet, and told Gardenia to meet the group at the mountain’s foot.
• Cheryl reassured May that she could visit her family and return to Xia You, then suggested May entrust her concerns about other girls to someone else; May wondered whether Dawn could take her place.
• Xia You reunited with Gardenia at Mt. Coronet, where he learned from Shelly that Team Galactic’s advance party was sealing off Spear Pillar.
• Xia You’s group climbed the mountain and changed course halfway up to meet Shelly and Courtney.
• Looker and the International Police raided Team Galactic’s hideout and rescued the dying Lake Guardians, but Saturn escaped with the completed Red Chain.
• The International Police lost track of Team Galactic, and Looker placed his hopes in Xia You.

Xia You revealed Team Galactic’s plan to Cynthia and used Gardevoir’s Teleport to bypass the group’s mountain defenses and reach Spear Pillar. He and Cynthia decided to hide and wait for Cyrus so they could capture him without alerting him to their presence.

• Xia You told Cynthia that Cyrus led Team Galactic and intended to use the Red Chain to control Dialga and Palkia, destroy the world, and create a new one.
• Cynthia admitted she had no way to reach the summit undetected and asked Xia You to help stop Cyrus.
• Xia You released Gardevoir, who used a previously marked location to teleport the group directly to Spear Pillar.
• The group hid among the rocks and agreed to wait for Cyrus rather than attack Team Galactic’s members and risk driving him away.
• Cheryl smiled at the thought that Cynthia would eventually accept Xia You as she had, while Cynthia focused on stopping Cyrus.

Xia You and his allies waited for Cyrus to reach the mountain summit, while Xia You gave Cynthia his coat and revealed that Dialga was in his Poké Ball. As Cyrus began preparing the Red Chain at the ruins, Xia You assigned the others to intercept his forces and realized Necrozma might appear to abduct Cyrus after the confrontation.

• Xia You gave Cynthia his thick coat, and the two teased each other while they waited in the cold.
• Cyrus arrived at the summit with Saturn and Pokémon Hunter J, while Xia You’s group stayed hidden and learned that Cyrus had the Red Chain.
• Xia You revealed to Cynthia that he had captured Dialga, making her realize Cyrus could not summon both the God of Time and the God of Space.
• After receiving Shelly’s message, Xia You assigned Gardenia, Cheryl, and May to distract Team Galactic and J’s subordinates, and asked Cynthia to handle Saturn and J.
• Xia You realized Necrozma might abduct Cyrus after the confrontation, as it had taken Maxie and Archie while they were in International Police custody.

Xia You watched Cyrus summon Palkia, while his own Dialga remained protected inside its Great Ball, and led an assault on Team Galactic before confronting Cyrus. The chapter ended with Cyrus sending out his Honchkrow, Houndoom, and Weavile to face Xia You.

• Cyrus used the stolen Orbs and a machine to open Space-Time Portals, summoned Palkia, and trapped it with the Red Chain, but Dialga did not appear.
• Xia You confirmed that his Dialga stayed inside its Great Ball, then led Cynthia, Cheryl, May, and Gardenia in an attack on Team Galactic.
• Shelly and Courtney joined the fight, while Cynthia battled Saturn and J after J agreed to help Cyrus for double her original price.
• Xia You confronted Cyrus, mocked his plan, and rejected his offer to join Team Galactic, describing his own ideal as a carefree life by the sea with his woman.
• Cyrus released Honchkrow, Houndoom, and Weavile to stop Xia You from interfering with his plan.

Xia You freed Palkia from Cyrus’s Red Chain and revealed that he had already captured Dialga, ending Cyrus’s plan. As Necrozma appeared to take Cyrus away, Xia You ordered Deoxys to stop it, and the two Pokémon began to clash.

• Xia You sent out Deoxys, which defeated Cyrus’s Pokémon and shattered the Red Chain binding Palkia.
• Palkia escaped through its portal, and Xia You told Cyrus that Dialga was already in his possession and that Team Galactic’s plans were over.
• Necrozma emerged from a rift and moved to seize Cyrus, whom Shelly recognized as the Pokémon that had taken Archie and Maxie.
• Deoxys struck Necrozma and teleported between it and Cyrus, forcing Necrozma to confront it.
• Xia You ordered Deoxys to use Double Team as Necrozma gathered psychic power for an attack.

Xia You used Deoxys to hold off Necrozma while Team Galactic’s leaders were restrained, expecting the battle to draw Arceus’s attention. Arceus appeared and focused on Necrozma, which abandoned its attempt to seize Cyrus and attacked Xia You instead.

• Deoxys swarmed Necrozma with clones, while Cynthia kept J and Saturn from escaping and Xia You protected the group from Necrozma’s sweeping beam.
• Xia You called on Deoxys to reveal its strength, but Arceus suddenly appeared through the storm clouds and turned its attention to Necrozma.
• Cyrus laughed at Arceus’s arrival, and Xia You ordered Gengar to put him to sleep with Hypnosis.
• Necrozma reached for the sleeping Cyrus, but Deoxys used Teleport to block it; Necrozma then changed targets and charged at Xia You.
• Gengar surged forward to meet Necrozma and defend Xia You.

Xia You and his Pokémon helped defeat Team Galactic while Arceus battled Necrozma above Mt. Coronet. When Xia You sent Deoxys into Attack Forme to strike both legendary Pokémon, Arceus recognized Xia You as an intruder disrupting the world's order and attacked him and Deoxys.

• Gengar struck Necrozma with a powerful Shadow Ball, briefly holding it back and giving Xia You time to prepare Rayquaza's Great Ball.
• Arceus intervened and fought Necrozma in the sky while Deoxys stopped Team Galactic's attempt to reclaim Cyrus.
• Cynthia defeated and bound J and Saturn as the remaining Team Galactic members fled, leaving the organization without its leaders.
• Xia You ordered Deoxys into Attack Forme, and Deoxys's energy beam struck both Arceus and Necrozma, injuring them and drawing their attention.
• Arceus sensed that Xia You was an uninvited visitor and attacked him and Deoxys to correct what it saw as a disruption to the world's order.

Xia You expected Arceus to turn on him after dealing with Necrozma, so he cleared the area and sent out Black Rayquaza alongside Deoxys. After Mega Evolving Rayquaza, he launched both Pokémon against Arceus and Necrozma, leaving the four powerful Pokémon locked in a chaotic, closely contested battle.

• Xia You ordered Cheryl, Gardenia, Courtney, Shelly, and Cynthia to take Cyrus, Saturn, and J away from the fight.
• Xia You released Black Rayquaza and commanded it to use Dragon Ascent, triggering its Mega Evolution.
• Xia You sent Mega Rayquaza and Attack Forme Deoxys to attack Arceus and Necrozma together.
• Mega Rayquaza and Deoxys pressed their opponents, while Arceus and Necrozma struggled to cooperate and attacked each other as well.
• Arceus and Necrozma used their remaining Plates and Necrozma's unpredictable energy attacks to resist, leaving the battle deadlocked.

Cynthia stayed behind while Cheryl and the others took Cyrus and the prisoners downhill, but Necrozma broke away from the battle and caught up with them. It escaped through a spatial doorway with Cyrus, leaving Arceus furious at Xia You and his Pokémon and preparing to fight seriously.

• Cynthia volunteered to stay near Xia You while Cheryl, Gardenia, Shelly, and Courtney escorted Cyrus and the others toward safety.
• Necrozma abandoned the battle and raced downhill after Cyrus, with Deoxys pursuing it and Xia You running after them.
• Necrozma overwhelmed the Pokémon guarding Cyrus, grabbed him, and escaped through a spatial doorway before Arceus could stop it.
• Arceus blamed Xia You and his Pokémon for interfering and turned toward Mega Rayquaza and Deoxys as its wheel and body began to blaze with light.

Xia You and his Pokémon fought Arceus after Mega Rayquaza’s power ran out, but Dialga’s intervention triggered a strange surge of time energy. Xia You and Cynthia found themselves on a lush, unfamiliar Mt. Coronet and suspected they had traveled into the past.

• Xia You brought Dialga into the battle after Mega Rayquaza reverted, allowing Dialga, Rayquaza, and Deoxys to hold Arceus at a stalemate.
• Arceus unleashed Draco Meteor across the battlefield, so Rayquaza and Deoxys left the fight to protect Shelly and the others while Gengar guarded Xia You and Cynthia.
• Xia You ordered Dialga to use Roar of Time, but Arceus interrupted it and struck Dialga down before Dialga collided with Arceus in a burst of green light.
• Xia You and Cynthia awoke in a quiet, verdant area of Mt. Coronet, with their companions and the battling Pokémon nowhere to be seen.
• Xia You concluded that Dialga’s time power had probably sent them back to the past.

After being stranded centuries in the past without their Dialga, Xia You and Cynthia planned to find the era’s Dialga and return to their own time. They headed toward the place where Xia You had previously found Dialga, leaving their search for a way home unresolved.

• Xia You concluded that his clash with Arceus had disrupted the time travel and left their Dialga, Rayquaza, and Deoxys behind, while Cynthia and their other Pokémon remained with them.
• Xia You and Cynthia checked their supplies and combat strength, marked a tree to remember where they had arrived, and began descending Mt. Coronet.
• Xia You provoked Cynthia and warned her not to challenge him, displaying Gengar and explaining that Charizard could still Mega Evolve; Cynthia backed down.
• Xia You changed direction and told Cynthia he wanted to search the nearby place where he had previously found Dialga.
• Cynthia was astonished that Xia You had caught Dialga on Mt. Coronet, and Xia You boasted that this set him apart from everyone else.

Xia You and Cynthia searched unsuccessfully for Dialga, then descended Mt. Coronet toward a settlement and realized they were in the Hisui period. They met Rei, Akari, and a blond man, and suspected that Akari had also traveled through time before the group left without explaining further.

• Xia You and Cynthia searched the skies over Mt. Coronet for Dialga but found no trace of its hiding place.
• Xia You and Cynthia spotted a settlement by a lake and headed toward it, with Cynthia planning to speak to the locals.
• Cynthia recognized the unfamiliar Pokémon forms as Hisuian Forms and explained that they were in Ancient Sinnoh.
• Xia You and Cynthia argued over whether Pokémon from Hisui could adapt to life in the future, then traded barbs about Xia You's romantic history.
• Xia You and Cynthia met Rei, Akari, and a blond man, who noticed their modern clothes and hurried away with the others.
• Cynthia concluded that Akari had traveled through time too, and she and Xia You noted Akari's resemblance to Dawn.

Xia You persuaded Cynthia to follow Akari, Rei, and Volo, revealing that he knew their roles and the dangerous events ahead. The pair tracked them to a secluded estate, where they stopped to plan their next move.

• Xia You recognized Akari, Rei, and Volo and persuaded Cynthia to follow them instead of seeking local clues.
• Xia You sent Charizard and Dragonite to keep watch as he and Cynthia followed the group northeast.
• Xia You told Cynthia that Akari came from another world and that Volo was secretly the mastermind behind the coming crisis.
• Cynthia recognized the route toward the place where Celestic Town would later stand and wondered what it looked like in this era.
• Akari, Rei, and Volo left the main route and crossed a broad river to reach a secluded estate after dark.
• Xia You and Cynthia watched the estate from cover, and Cynthia began thinking through a plan for what to do next.

Cynthia and Xia You entered the Ancient Retreat, where its owner Cogita recognized them as travelers from another space-time and explained her role in guiding Akari, the Chosen One. Cogita revealed that Dialga and Palkia were inside the space-time rift, and that opening it to reach Dialga would endanger Hisui.

• Cynthia and Xia You left the forest and went to the Ancient Retreat, where Cogita invited them inside despite Volo's suspicion that they had followed him, Akari, and Rei.
• After Volo, Akari, and Rei went upstairs, Cogita introduced herself and identified Cynthia and Xia You as people from another space-time.
• Cynthia admitted that she and Xia You had followed the group because they suspected Akari was also a time traveler, and Cogita confirmed that Akari was the Chosen One she had been waiting to guide.
• Cynthia told Cogita that a temporal disturbance involving Dialga had brought them to Hisui, more than a thousand years in the past.
• Cynthia asked where Dialga was, and Cogita explained that Dialga and Palkia were inside the space-time rift and that opening it would put Hisui in great danger.

Xia You and Cynthia stayed at Cogita’s Estate while discussing how to find Dialga without endangering the world. Xia You apologized for his past actions, and the two buried the hatchet before joining Cogita, Volo, Akari, and Rei for dinner.

• Cogita warned Cynthia and Xia You that opening a space-time rift could tear the world apart, and she admitted she did not know where to find one.
• Cogita assigned Xia You and Cynthia the same guest room, and Xia You stopped Cynthia from correcting her assumption that they were a couple.
• Xia You cornered Cynthia to make her listen, then apologized for framing her and for the trouble caused by Shelly, Courtney, Sabrina, Erika, Xiaojuan, Xiaotao, and Xiaoyu.
• Cynthia accepted Xia You’s apology, and they shook hands and agreed to let bygones be bygones, though Xia You teased her about being his head wife.
• Cogita noticed that Xia You and Cynthia seemed more relaxed with each other when they arrived for dinner with Volo, Akari, and Rei.

At dinner, Cynthia's remarks about the future Team Galactic unsettled the group, while Xia You noticed Volo's reaction to the idea of controlling Dialga and Palkia. Later, Akari privately confirmed that she and Xia You and Cynthia came from other times and spaces, then pointed out Cynthia's resemblance to Volo, leaving Cynthia wondering if he was her ancestor.

• Cogita told Akari to visit Lake Verity, Lake Valor, and Lake Acuity and complete the trials there, while Volo asked Cogita to look after her.
• Cynthia described the destructive Team Galactic from her time, and Rei and Akari insisted that the Team Galactic they knew protected Hisui's Pokémon and environment.
• Xia You noticed Volo's disdain when Cynthia mentioned controlling Dialga and Palkia, and Cynthia drew useful information from the dinner conversation.
• Akari visited Xia You and Cynthia privately, confirmed they had come from another time and space, and recounted how Arceus brought her to Hisui and changed her phone.
• Akari remarked that Cynthia resembled Volo, prompting Cynthia to wonder whether the ambitious man was her ancestor.

Cynthia and Xia You learned from Akari that she planned to seek the Red Chain to address the red sky and space-time rift, while Cogita asked Cynthia about the future. The next morning, Adaman and Irida arrived to help with the mission, and the chapter ended as they met Xia You and Cynthia.

• Cynthia confirmed that she knew Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf from her time, and told Akari she was a Champion while Xia You claimed to be stronger than her.
• Akari revealed that she planned to obtain the Red Chain, which Volo and Cogita believed could stabilize the crisis and close the space-time rift after the sky above Jubilife Village turned red.
• Cogita visited and asked Cynthia about the future, and Cynthia described its cities, vehicles, Pokémon battles, communications, and entertainment before Cogita and Akari left.
• Cynthia realized she had forgotten to ask Cogita for another room and spent the night sharing one with Xia You, sleeping poorly while he slept on the floor.
• Volo and Cogita misunderstood Cynthia's exhausted appearance at breakfast, and Cynthia blushed as Xia You acted innocent.
• Adaman and Irida arrived with clan members to help, and their attention turned to Xia You and Cynthia after they exchanged greetings.

Xia You and Cynthia left Cogita’s estate and traveled toward a nearby town, but a Ghost-type-infested forest brought them face-to-face with a Hisuian Zoroark. Xia You decided he wanted to catch it, while Cynthia warned that it might not survive outside Hisui.

• Adaman and Irida met Xia You and Cynthia, learned they were travelers from another time, and watched them leave Cogita’s estate after Akari and Cogita tried to persuade them to stay.
• Xia You and Cynthia headed toward a town near Mt. Coronet, discussing Akari’s mission and their plans to wait until she obtained the Red Chain and opened the space-time rift.
• They entered a dark, withered section of forest, where a blue-green Will-O-Wisp attacked Charizard from the trees.
• Charizard charged into the forest, and Xia You and Cynthia followed to find him facing an unfamiliar gray-white Zoroark.
• Xia You identified it as Zoroark’s Hisuian Forme and said he wanted to catch it, but Cynthia warned that its body might not withstand the future environment.