Recaps

Shauna reminisced about her bond with Chingling, which evolved into Chimecho under the moonlight. Steven gave Shauna Chimecho's Mega Stone after discovering she could sense Pokémon through Mega Stones, and the chapter ended with Shauna and Chimecho beginning an incomplete Mega Evolution.

• Shauna told Chingling how they had become friends and promised that they and Rapidash would stay together forever.
• Chingling evolved into Chimecho, and Shauna said it resembled the Pokémon she had seen in a vision.
• Shauna sensed the Pokémon associated with several Mega Stones, leading Fang Yan and Steven to realize she had an unusual ability.
• Steven gave Shauna Chimecho's Mega Stone, and Shauna handed it to Chimecho.
• Shauna tried copying Fang Yan's Z-Move poses, then spoke of her and Chimecho's connected hearts as they began Mega Evolution.
• The Mega Evolution stopped halfway, leaving Shauna weak and everyone laughing.

Fang Yan and Steven left for Kalos to investigate Meowstic, while Ash, Brock, and Dawn prepared to travel to Alamos Town for the Wallace Cup. Cynthia also headed toward Alamos Town, hoping to invite Fang Yan to the contest and the Lily of the Valley Conference.

• Fang Yan asked Brock about his Gym assessment and wondered whether the Sinnoh events he remembered had been prevented or changed.
• Steven said he was leaving for Kalos to search for precious stones, and Fang Yan decided to go with him to visit Meowstic.
• Fang Yan left Brock at the Pokémon Day Care to look after Ash and Dawn, then flew to Kalos with Steven on Latias.
• Ash and Dawn learned Fang Yan had left, then set off with Brock for the Wallace Cup in Alamos Town.
• Cynthia hurried toward Alamos Town after Mt. Coronet, planning to watch the Pokémon Contest and invite Fang Yan to be a special guest.
• Wallace continued preparing for the Wallace Cup after Fang Yan did not reply to his message.

Fang Yan arrived in Anistar City with Steven to meet Olympia and adopt two Meowstic known for caring for young Pokémon. Olympia accepted him as a candidate but required him to win a Double Battle for the Meowstic’s approval, and Fang Yan went to spend time with them before the battle.

• Fang Yan told Cynthia he had reached Anistar City, and she warned him that Olympia would likely test his qualification to adopt the Meowstic with a Double Battle.
• Fang Yan and Steven arrived at the Anistar Gym, where Ninetales brushed the snow from Fang Yan before they entered.
• Olympia met Fang Yan and showed him the blue and white Meowstic, explaining that they were talented at caring for others but not at battling.
• Fang Yan described the Pokémon at his Day Care, and Olympia decided he could adopt the Meowstic if he earned their parents’ approval through a Double Battle.
• After Olympia went to prepare the battlefield, Fang Yan entered the room with Latias, Ninetales, and Gengar while Steven waited outside.

Fang Yan won the Meowstic siblings’ trust and invited them to join his Pokémon Day Care. He then battled their parents with Ninetales and Lilligant, defeating them and leaving the siblings cheering for him.

• Fang Yan reassured the Meowstic siblings that they could help care for Pokémon and children at his Day Care without needing to battle, and both agreed to go with him.
• Fang Yan left the Day Care with the siblings and met Olympia and Steven at the battlefield.
• Fang Yan chose Ninetales and Lilligant for a Double Battle against the Meowstic parents, while Gengar and the siblings watched from the spectator seats.
• The Meowstic parents used Helping Hand, Future Sight, and Psychic, but Ninetales and Lilligant countered with Sunny Day, Nasty Plot, Flamethrower, and Solar Beam.
• Ninetales endured the Future Sight attack, and Lilligant’s final Solar Beam knocked out both Meowstic parents as the younger sibling cheered for Fang Yan.

Fang Yan received the Meowstic siblings into his care and learned from Olympia’s prophecy that Alamos Town faced a catastrophe involving Dialga, Palkia, and Darkrai. He hurried toward Sinnoh to intervene, while Olympia saw the future change as a large white bird appeared on the battlefield.

• Fang Yan accepted the Meowstic siblings’ parents’ trust and took the siblings into his care.
• Olympia gave Fang Yan a Gym Badge, then told him she had seen a town threatened by two powerful energies.
• Olympia described visions of a storm, purple and blue figures, a black figure, Ash and his companions, and a land dragon; Fang Yan identified the town as Alamos Town and learned the Wallace Cup was being held there.
• Fang Yan decided to travel to Alamos Town, reassured the Meowstic sister, and flew toward Sinnoh on Latias.
• Olympia saw a large white bird enter the battlefield in her vision and realized that the future had changed.

Ash and his friends reached Alamos Town as Wallace prepared its Pokémon Contest and Cynthia agreed to investigate the nightmare incidents linked to Darkrai. Tonio searched for a way to help Darkrai, then left to investigate a space-time rift while Alice stayed behind.

• Tonio searched the Space-Time Towers library for a book that might help solve the problem with Darkrai.
• Alice helped Ash, Dawn, and Brock cross the river to Alamos Town, where a Pokémon Contest was being prepared.
• Wallace welcomed Cynthia and told her about the nightmares involving Darkrai, and Cynthia took responsibility for investigating them.
• Tonio warned Alice that danger was coming, but Alice chose to stay with him; Alberto declared that he would defeat Darkrai.
• Alice told Tonio that her grandmother had met and saved Darkrai, and Tonio left to investigate the space-time rift while Alice played “Oración.”

Fang Yan warned Cynthia that Palkia and Dialga were approaching Alamos Town, but Cynthia refused to leave and followed Darkrai to help protect the town. She arrived just in time to shield Ash and the others from Darkrai’s attacks.

• Fang Yan told Cynthia that Palkia and Dialga were coming to Alamos Town and explained how to use Oración to stop the Space-Time Duo.
• Cynthia lost contact with Fang Yan, then encountered Darkrai, who ordered her to leave Alamos Town.
• Cynthia told Darkrai she would help protect the town, but Darkrai said it was too late and disappeared.
• Darkrai attacked Ash, Baron Alberto, and the others with Dark Void, putting nearby people and Pokémon to sleep.
• Cynthia arrived on Garchomp and had it slice apart the Dark Voids aimed at Ash and the others.

Darkrai tried to drive everyone out of Alamos Town to protect them from Palkia, while Cynthia and Wallace confronted the Legendary Pokémon after Dialga appeared. Fang Yan summoned Lugia from Twinleaf Town’s harbor and proposed that they meet the Duo of Time and Space.

• Darkrai fought Garchomp but retreated after Cynthia explained she would help it only on her terms.
• Ash discovered that Dark Void had swapped the souls of humans and Pokémon, and Tonio traced the strange effects to Palkia hiding in a spatial rift.
• Palkia appeared above Alamos Town and attacked Darkrai, which Alice realized was protecting the town; Cynthia sent Ash and the others to find and play the stone disc engraved with “Oración.”
• Dialga joined the battle, and Cynthia and Wallace teamed up with Garchomp and Altaria to fight Palkia and Dialga.
• Fang Yan left the Meowstic siblings at the Pokémon Day Care, went to Twinleaf Town’s harbor, and called Lugia from the sea to join him in meeting the Duo of Time and Space.

After the Lake Guardians left their lakes with Fang Yan aboard Lugia, Professor Rowan learned they had gone with him to help in Alamos Town. As Ash and his companions raced to use the Oración stone disc, Team Rocket followed, hoping to steal it and give it to Fang Yan.

• Researchers reported that Mesprit and Azelf left their lakes with a giant white figure, while Uxie departed Lake Acuity; Gary identified the figure as Lugia and the person riding it as Fang Yan.
• Professor Rowan called Fang Yan, who confirmed he had taken the Lake Guardians to Alamos Town to help with something and promised to bring them back.
• Fang Yan flew toward Alamos Town on Lugia with the Lake Guardians, urging Lugia to hurry as he worried about Cynthia.
• Ash and his companions headed for the Space-Time Towers to find the Oración stone disc, and Team Rocket decided to follow and give the disc to Fang Yan.
• Tonio remembered that the Oración disc was in Alamos Town's library, led the group there, and Ash carried the disc toward the Space-Time Towers.

As the Dimensional Barrier trapped Alamos Town and Dialga joined Palkia in attacking Darkrai, Cynthia and Wallace fought to hold the Pokémon off while Ash and his friends searched for Oración. Fang Yan found the barrier’s weakest point with the Lake Guardians’ help and sent Lugia crashing into it to break through.

• Wallace learned that the mist around Alamos Town was a Dimensional Barrier, then saw Darkrai and Palkia battling in the sky as Dialga arrived.
• Cynthia told Wallace to help Darkrai hold off Palkia and Dialga until Ash and the others found Oración, and Wallace agreed to fight alongside her.
• Wallace’s Altaria struck Palkia with Dragon Pulse, while Cynthia’s Garchomp attacked Dialga with Draco Meteor and Dragon Rush.
• Ash and his friends continued running as Dialga attacked them, while Cynthia and Wallace kept fighting and Altaria suffered wounds against Palkia.
• Fang Yan asked the Lake Guardians to find the barrier’s weakest point, then used Lugia’s Sky Attack to smash through it.

Fang Yan broke through the dimensional barrier and joined the battle against Palki and Dialga, while Cynthia and Wallace continued to defend Alamos Town. He then went to the Pokémon Center to treat injuries and reassure the people, leaving Cynthia, Wallace, Lugia, and Darkrai to fight as the crisis continued.

• Wallace and Darkrai fought Palki while Cynthia and Garchomp battled Dialga, but Mega Altaria and Garchomp were badly injured, forcing Cynthia and Wallace to regroup.
• Fang Yan arrived on Lugia after it broke through the dimensional barrier, and Lugia joined the melee against Palki and Dialga; Latias caught Fang Yan when he fell.
• Fang Yan reunited with Cynthia and Wallace, explained how he had brought Lugia and the Lake Guardians' help, and said Ash and the others were already searching for Oración.
• Fang Yan left Cynthia and Wallace to resume the battle and rode Latias to the Pokémon Center, where he organized Nurse Joy and the others to distribute herbal medicine and calm the crowd.
• Fang Yan reassured the people at the Pokémon Center, then approached Jessie, James, and Meowth to ask them for help with something important.

Fang Yan tried to unite Darkrai with Lugia and Latias against Palkia and Dialga, while Ash and his companions carried the disc toward the Space-Time Towers to play “Oración.” The battle continued as Team Rocket prepared to reach the towers, and the chapter ended with Latias crashing to the ground after Darkrai deflected an attack toward her.

• Fang Yan sent Jessie, James, and Meowth to help Ash’s group reach the top of the Space-Time Towers, then found Lugia, Darkrai, Palkia, and Dialga fighting as their clashes erased people and buildings.
• Fang Yan ordered an evacuation and sent Latias to intervene; her Draco Meteor struck Darkrai, which fell into the ruins, where Alice found and treated it.
• Fang Yan and Gengar approached Darkrai, and Fang Yan convinced it that they shared a desire to protect someone; Darkrai accepted his herbal medicine after resisting him.
• Fang Yan and Mega Gengar forcibly made Darkrai drink eleven more bowls of medicine, and the recovering Darkrai returned to battle alongside Lugia and Latias against Palkia and Dialga.
• Ash and his companions carried the stone disc up the Space-Time Towers, while the Team Rocket Trio set off to build a hot-air balloon to reach the top.
• Cynthia and Wallace treated their injured Pokémon with Fang Yan’s herbal medicine, while Darkrai deflected trouble toward Latias, sending her crashing to the ground.

Fang Yan and his Pokémon helped stop Palkia and Dialga’s battle, while Ash and the others reached the Space-Time Towers and restored Oración. The town was repaired and the legendary Pokémon departed, while Fang Yan lost consciousness from exhaustion and heard Celebi’s blessing.

• Latias and Darkrai attacked Palkia, but Palkia’s Roar of Time struck Latias and left her badly wounded; Fang Yan gave her medicine while Lugia and Darkrai were also knocked out of the fight.
• Ash sent Staraptor up the Space-Time Towers with the stone disc, but an energy beam knocked Staraptor and the disc down; Ash caught the disc, and Team Rocket rescued him and carried the group toward the top.
• Fang Yan rejoined the battle with Latias and helped Lugia, Darkrai, and the others fend off Palkia and Dialga while Gothitelle protected the crowd from falling meteors.
• Fang Yan commanded Darkrai to absorb the gods’ attacks, then joined Lugia in striking them; his wooden pendant glowed, and three divine birds drove Palkia and Dialga into a crater as Oración rang out from the towers.
• Palkia and Dialga recovered, Palkia restored Alamos Town, and the Lake Guardians left with them; Lugia departed after asking Cynthia to tell Fang Yan to visit it by the sea.
• Fang Yan passed out from overexertion in Cynthia’s arms, while Latias chased Darkrai; in his daze, he heard Celebi’s blessing.

After Alamos Town’s crisis ended, Lugia stayed in the garden while Fang Yan slept and the others helped the town recover. Cynthia watched over Fang Yan and joined the Pokémon in drawing on his face, while Ash and the others celebrated the town’s return to normal.

• Lugia returned to Alamos Town and decided to wait for Fang Yan to wake, while privately considering asking him to help with three creatures fighting in the Galar Region.
• Cynthia, Wallace, and Darkrai carried Fang Yan to the garden, where Cynthia settled his head on her thighs and Lugia lay down to sleep.
• Wallace left to handle the disaster’s aftermath after receiving a message from a former partner, while Ash and Dawn saw that Alamos Town had been restored.
• Alice arrived in the garden and found Fang Yan resting among the Pokémon; Lugia told Cynthia that Fang Yan only needed sleep to recover his mental energy.
• Lilligant and Gothitelle drew on Fang Yan’s face, and Cynthia joined in and took photos while Alice watched.

Fang Yan woke up during the courtyard celebration, discovered his face had been drawn on, and joined everyone for dinner and fireworks. Darkrai returned to the gathering and shared a quiet meal with Fang Yan, while the festivities ended with Fang Yan losing nearly all his food to the others.

• Lilligant and Roserade danced to “Oración” while the courtyard watched, and Darkrai leaned against Gengar to rest.
• Fang Yan awakened as Cynthia took a photo, then found the courtyard preparing dinner and stopped Gengar from cooking mushrooms.
• Fang Yan took over the cooking, and Cynthia and Fang Yan watched fireworks before Ash, Dawn, Brock, Wallace, Tonio, and Alice joined the meal.
• Ash and Dawn laughed at the drawings on Fang Yan’s face, and Fang Yan threatened Ash with a battle before welcoming Pikachu to eat.
• Darkrai joined the gathering, accepted a bowl of food from Fang Yan, and listened to the celebration with a smile.
• Gengar, Ninetales, and Darkrai took Fang Yan’s food, leaving him to cry out in exasperation.

Fang Yan questioned Lugia about the battle in Alamos Town and learned that Celebi had brought Lugia’s versions from different timelines to help defeat Palkia and Dialga. The chapter ended with Fang Yan wondering whether all the Celebi had given him their blessing.

• Fang Yan asked Lugia what had happened after the battle in Alamos Town and guessed that it had returned to hide from trouble caused by the Legendary Birds in Galar.
• Lugia agreed to answer Fang Yan’s questions if he would help deal with the Galar Legendary Birds.
• Lugia explained that the three silhouettes that attacked Palkia and Dialga were all versions of itself brought from different times by Celebi, not the Lugia from Johto’s Whirl Islands.
• Lugia told Fang Yan that Palkia and Dialga had found no timeline changes or parallel worlds caused by the different versions of Lugia appearing.
• Fang Yan recalled Celebi’s blessing and wondered whether all the Celebi had been with him.

Fang Yan received gifts and blessings after helping save Alamos Town from the battle between Dialga and Palki. He learned the town might become a refuge where Celebi could recover, and he looked forward to seeing more of them there.

• Fang Yan received Darkrai's promise to teach Gengar its strongest move and a Latiasite from Lugia.
• Palki and Dialga each promised to come fight for Fang Yan once, while Alamos Town arranged to cover the Pokémon Day Care's expenses there.
• Fang Yan learned that two Celebi had joined their powers in Alamos Town, which would now help Celebi recover and heal their injuries.
• Fang Yan wondered whether Latias could Mega Evolve and joked about using Baron Alberto's reimbursement to buy rental houses.
• Baron Alberto felt a chill as Fang Yan anticipated that many Celebi might soon live in Alamos Town.

Fang Yan and Cynthia grew closer during the fireworks before Ash interrupted their moment and challenged Fang Yan to a battle. Fang Yan then took Cynthia and their Pokémon through a time-space portal to visit Celebi, dragging Darkrai along at the last moment.

• Lugia thanked Fang Yan, promised to accompany him to Galar, and flew away after sending him tumbling into the air.
• Fang Yan explained Lugia's situation to Cynthia, then confessed that she was the best in the world and took her hand.
• Darkrai knocked Baron Alberto and Ash unconscious, but Ash later woke and challenged Fang Yan to a battle; Fang Yan defeated Infernape in one move and used Latias's power.
• Fang Yan told Dawn and Brock to take Ash and Pikachu back to bed, then invited Cynthia to visit Celebi with him.
• Fang Yan opened a time-space portal and stepped through with Cynthia and their Pokémon, pulling Darkrai inside just before the mirror shattered.

Fang Yan and his Pokémon found Celebi injured in the Hisui Region, where Akari had protected it from an Ursaluna. After treating Celebi, Fang Yan agreed to stay at Akari’s home while Celebi recovered, and he realized Akari was the heroine of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

• Akari secretly cared for the weakened Celebi in a cave, feeding it herbs and rice balls.
• An Ursaluna attacked Akari and Celebi, but Fang Yan’s Pokémon defeated it before it could hurt them.
• Fang Yan thanked Akari, examined Celebi, and had Gothitelle prepare medicine while he tended to it.
• Fang Yan asked Akari to let Celebi recover at her home, and she eagerly agreed to host him and Cynthia.
• Fang Yan told Cynthia they were in the ancient Sinnoh Region, the Hisui Region, and recognized Akari from Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

Fang Yan and Cynthia stayed with Akari and the two elders, sharing a room despite Fang Yan’s hopes of sleeping beside Cynthia. That night, Cynthia agreed to explore the past Sinnoh with him, while their Pokémon kept watch as they slept.

• Akari introduced Fang Yan and Cynthia to the two elders, who agreed to host them, and explained that only one room was available.
• Cynthia claimed the room, told Fang Yan to sleep on the floor, and accepted Akari’s invitation to use the bathhouse.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia bathed separately, then returned to their room in Hisui-style clothes while Akari took Celebi with her.
• Fang Yan told Cynthia he was staying because he had to wait for the other Celebi to find them, and Cynthia suggested they explore the area the next day.
• Cynthia wished Fang Yan good night and fell asleep as Garchomp, Gengar, and Darkrai stood guard.

Akari welcomed Fang Yan and Cynthia to breakfast, then sent them to explore the village and nearby forest. Fang Yan showed Cynthia Hisui Pokémon and helped her use a camera, while their Pokémon caused a commotion before the pair photographed a Hisuian Braviary.

• Akari found Fang Yan and the others preparing breakfast, and Fang Yan told her they would handle the meals for the next few days.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia walked through the village and climbed a nearby mountain, where Fang Yan explained the Hisui forms of Kleavor and Growlithe.
• Fang Yan claimed Ninetales had told him about Hisui Pokémon, while Gengar, Darkrai, and Latias argued over stolen snacks in the shadows.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia entered the forest, photographed Hisui Sneasel and Big Sneasel, and then helped Lilligant join a Hisuian Lilligant's dance.
• Garchomp, Gengar, Latias, and Darkrai knocked a swooping Hisuian Braviary unconscious, and Fang Yan and Cynthia photographed it as it slept.

Two Pokémon brought a storm and violent winds toward Hisui while Fang Yan and Cynthia wandered into a spring grassland and stopped for a picnic. As Gengar and Gothitelle prepared lunch, Cynthia photographed the sleeping Decidueye, and the storm continued to approach the region.

• Two humanoid Pokémon flew toward Hisui from opposite sides of the sea, bringing thunderclouds, a waterspout, and violent winds.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia chased a Decidueye through the forest until Darkrai put it to sleep with Dark Void.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia emerged onto a lush grassland, where they decided to have a picnic instead of returning for lunch.
• Gengar set up the picnic while Luxray powered the rice cooker and Gothitelle prepared ingredients for the meal.
• Darkrai reminded Fang Yan that Decidueye was still asleep nearby, and Cynthia finished photographing it.
• Cynthia settled onto a cushion and told Gothitelle she was looking forward to the food.

Akari and the villagers were caught in the destructive battle between Thundurus and Tornadus until Landorus intervened. Fang Yan and Cynthia returned with powerful Pokémon and confronted the Three Clouds, demanding they answer for the village’s destruction.

• Akari reunited with the nearly recovered Celebi, but Thundurus attacked the village and Tornadus arrived to fight it.
• Celebi protected Akari from lightning and helped her lead her grandparents and villagers to a cave as the storms devastated the village.
• Landorus arrived and subdued Thundurus and Tornadus, but falling meteors struck all three and knocked them from the sky.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia returned with Darkrai, Gengar, Latias, and Garchomp, who surrounded and overpowered the Three Clouds.
• Fang Yan demanded that the Three Clouds explain how they would make amends, while Garchomp beat Thundurus and Tornadus into a pit.

Fang Yan demanded that Landorus repair the damage Tornadus and Thundurus had caused in Hisui, then let Garchomp beat the two storm Pokémon while Landorus watched. Landorus restored the land and promised decades of protection and good harvests before leaving with a cryptic suggestion from Fang Yan.

• Landorus offered to restore the damaged land and protect it from natural disasters, and Fang Yan insisted that Tornadus and Thundurus also needed to answer for their destruction.
• Landorus stepped aside, and Cynthia sent Garchomp to thrash Tornadus and Thundurus while Fang Yan watched with Akari.
• Landorus gathered energy from the sky and returned it to the soil, clearing the clouds and bringing sunlight and a sunshower to Hisui.
• Landorus promised ten years of protection from unnecessary natural disasters and thirty years of favorable weather and abundant harvests, and Fang Yan gave it restorative herbal medicine.
• Fang Yan hinted that Landorus might one day meet someone who would invite it to a Pokémon Day Care for tea, and Landorus left while the injured Tornadus and Thundurus departed without medicine.

Fang Yan and Cynthia said farewell to Akari in Hisui and returned to their own time with the Celebi who had come to find them. Akari stayed behind with a keepsake and Enamorus’s promise of help, while Fang Yan and Cynthia reunited with their familiar courtyard.

• Fang Yan and Cynthia watched Akari help the villagers rebuild, and Celebi sensed that its other self was arriving soon.
• Enamorus appeared over the village, brought new growth to the land, and helped the second Celebi reunite with Fang Yan.
• Akari learned that Fang Yan and Cynthia were from another time, and Cynthia comforted her by saying they still shared the same land and sky.
• Fang Yan gave Akari a wooden tag that opened to reveal a group picture, and Enamorus promised to come when Akari called its name.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia said goodbye to Akari, passed through the time mirror, and returned to their courtyard.