Recaps

Fang Yan and Mega Gengar defeated Leon and Charizard in a destructive battle at Wyndon Stadium, using Rain Dance and Thunder to weaken Charizard before finishing it with Night Daze. The referee declared Fang Yan the winner, and the trainers and their Pokémon congratulated each other.

• Charizard’s attacks clashed with Gengar’s Dark Void, and Leon prepared to Gigantamax Charizard as Fang Yan began Mega Evolution.
• Fang Yan Mega Evolved Gengar, and the two trainers traded powerful attacks that devastated the stadium.
• Gengar used Rain Dance to set up Thunder, which struck Gigantamax Charizard and forced it back to its normal form.
• Gengar endured Charizard’s attacks and defeated it with a final Night Daze after Leon called for their last move.
• The referee announced Fang Yan’s victory, and Fang Yan thanked Gengar and his other Pokémon before shaking Leon’s hand.

After Fang Yan defeated Leon, the regional Champions gathered on the Isle of Armor and agreed to coordinate announcements about Fang Yan’s Unova role and the upcoming Masters Eight Tournament. Geeta accepted Fang Yan’s invitation to compete, leaving open who would qualify for the tournament.

• Fang Yan defeated Leon, then reunited with Shauna and celebrated with Cynthia, Diantha, Mustard, and the other Champions.
• Fang Yan learned that Geeta had come to watch the battle, and the group agreed to travel to the Isle of Armor for a meal and a conversation about the Masters Eight Tournament.
• After sensational news reports misrepresented the Champions’ gathering and Unova’s absence, Fang Yan arranged for Unova and the other regional Leagues to issue coordinated announcements.
• Fang Yan explained the Masters Eight Tournament to Geeta and invited her to participate, and Geeta accepted.

News of the Masters Eight Tournament spread worldwide while Fang Yan continued his quiet life at the Pokémon Day Care. Ash trained with Steven and learned that his Bond Phenomenon with Greninja caused them to share pain, while Diancie escaped her Carbink home and reached a human city, where a Gengar discovered her beneath a park bench.

• The Leagues announced the Masters Eight Tournament, and Trainers around the world discussed the competition and Unova acting Champion Fang Yan.
• Paul read reports about Fang Yan in Kalos, while Gary showed Ash the tournament news during their training with Steven.
• Steven told Ash that Fang Yan would only let him enter the tournament if he won a championship, prompting Ash to train harder for the Kalos League.
• Ash and Greninja fought Steven's Mega Metagross in Bond Phenomenon form, but Steven struck Greninja and Ash felt the same pain; Clemont explained their Pain Sharing.
• Fang Yan explained to Steven that Bond Phenomenon arose when a Trainer's and Pokémon's Auras and emotions aligned, allowing the Pokémon's injuries to affect the Trainer.
• Diancie slipped away from her mineral-vein home, evaded the Carbink guards searching for her, and entered a human city, where Gengar found her hiding beneath a park bench.

Fang Yan traveled to the Kalos Region for a romantic date with Cynthia, where their teasing turned into a kiss before they explored a couples’ festival. Meanwhile, Diancie slipped through the crowds, planning to act after dark, unaware that she was about to encounter Fang Yan.

• Fang Yan woke early for his date with Cynthia, then flew to the Kalos Region on Latias while Shauna and Zhishi went to school.
• Fang Yan greeted Cynthia with a flirtatious joke, and Cynthia accidentally tackled him into the sand before they kissed.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia visited a festival, made a wish beneath a large tree, and continued exploring together.
• Diancie moved through the festival crowd and decided to wait until night to act, not knowing Fang Yan was nearby.

Fang Yan and Cynthia entered a couples' Pokémon battle to win a trip to Romance Island, then withdrew after overpowering their opponents in a Mega Evolution match. They spent the rest of their date together, while Gengar and Garchomp discovered a frightened Diancie hiding in a park.

• Fang Yan and Cynthia signed up for the couples' battle, where they were matched against a Hoenn couple whose boyfriend was this year's Hoenn League Conference Champion.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia Mega Evolved Gengar and Garchomp, who quickly knocked out the opponents' Mega Swampert and Mega Blaziken and left the arena damaged.
• The organizer offered Fang Yan and Cynthia extra Romance Island tickets if they withdrew, and Fang Yan agreed so the other couples could compete.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia decided to stay at the event, explored couples' activities, and watched a movie together while Fang Yan reassured Cynthia that she could act however felt comfortable.
• Gengar and Garchomp spotted Diancie sneaking into a park, and Gengar startled her by appearing before her and introducing himself.

Diancie befriended Gengar and Garchomp while searching for Xerneas to help restore the Sacred Diamond in her home domain. After the Pokémon stopped a gang of thieves from capturing her, Fang Yan and Cynthia learned of her mission and agreed to help.

• Gengar shared snacks and Honey with Diancie, who explained that she had left the Diamond Domain to find Xerneas and learn to restore its failing Sacred Diamond.
• A master thief and his accomplice ambushed the group, but Garchomp, Gengar, Dali, and Gothitelle defeated them and protected Diancie.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia arrived, and the police took the two thieves and their Pokémon into custody.
• Fang Yan recognized Diancie and learned that the Sacred Diamond's energy was nearly exhausted and that she was seeking Xerneas's help.
• Cynthia asked Fang Yan to help Diancie, and Fang Yan agreed.

Fang Yan was unexpectedly separated from Cynthia for the night after Diancie bonded with her and the others, then spent the evening joking with Gengar and the Pokémon. He called Steven to reveal Diancie was with him and promised to let Steven help it the next day, leaving Steven eager to arrive.

• Diancie quickly bonded with Cynthia, Lilligant, and Gothitelle, so Cynthia sent Fang Yan to sleep in the next room.
• Cynthia overheard Fang Yan bragging about women wanting to throw themselves into his arms and returned to her room, leaving him outside with Gengar.
• Gothitelle moved Fang Yan and Gengar into the room next door and warned them not to fight, while Lilligant and Gothitelle brought Fang Yan clothes and herbal tea.
• Fang Yan called Steven, who was searching for Diancie with Ash and the others, and revealed that Diancie had appeared while he was on a date with Cynthia.
• Steven agreed to come the next day, and Fang Yan promised to ask Diancie to let Steven help it while he continued his date with Cynthia.

Fang Yan arranged for Steven, Ash, and their companions to help Diancie find Xerneas, while Latias returned with Diancie from the sea. Steven finally met Diancie and won her admiration, as Fang Yan and Cynthia prepared to visit Romance Island together.

• Gothitelle woke Fang Yan late in the morning and told him Steven and the others had been waiting since early morning.
• Fang Yan learned Latias had taken Diancie out to sea, where the two fought Tornadus and Thundurus before Latias brought Diancie back at his request.
• Fang Yan asked Steven to lead the search for Xerneas with Ash and the others, then persuaded Steven to rest before meeting Diancie.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia decided to visit a couples' hot spring on Romance Island, and Cynthia admitted she had bought the yukata Fang Yan once chose for her.
• Latias returned with Diancie, and Fang Yan explained Steven and his companions would help her find Xerneas.
• Steven greeted Diancie with a gentlemanly bow and kissed her hand, and Diancie called him elegant and said she liked him.

Fang Yan and Cynthia tried to enjoy a private evening on Romance Island, where a forgotten yukata nearly ruined their hot spring date. Cynthia surprised Fang Yan by joining him in the bath, then took him through a Distortion Passage to a fireworks festival in Sinnoh.

• Fang Yan showed his credentials to a beach staff member, who let him and Cynthia stay, while their Pokémon secretly watched and made fireworks for them.
• Cynthia admitted she had forgotten her yukata, and Fang Yan despaired that they would have to bathe separately.
• Cynthia secretly retrieved her yukata, joined Fang Yan in the hot spring, and threw him out after he pushed his luck during a shoulder massage.
• Cynthia later came to Fang Yan's room wearing the yukata and invited him to a fireworks festival in Sinnoh.
• Gothitelle and Lilligant helped Fang Yan get dressed, and he entered a Distortion Passage with Cynthia for their date.

Ash and his companions traveled with Diancie toward the Forest of Orsay, but Team Rocket kidnapped her and a Carbink before Ash’s Greninja drove them off. After Diancie reunited with the Carbink and headed back toward the city, she met a ragged stranger who introduced himself as AZ.

• Steven led Ash and the others to Pinec Town, where Diancie told them she was seeking Xerneas and asked for help finding the Carbink who had been protecting her.
• Team Rocket lured Diancie and the Carbink into an alley, then captured them in a net and carried them off in an insulated hot-air balloon.
• Ash’s Greninja used Water Shuriken and Hydro Pump to damage Team Rocket’s balloon, sending the trio flying while Diancie and the Carbink fell away.
• Diancie and the Carbink emerged unharmed, realized they had been tricked, and started back toward the city to find Ash and the others.
• Diancie found a ragged man rummaging through a trash can and offered to buy him food; he told her his name was AZ.

Diancie befriended the remorseful AZ, who resolved to atone for his past and promised to treat her to a meal when they met again. Ash and the others found Diancie safely, and the group prepared to continue toward the Forest of Orsay to search for Xerneas.

• Diancie comforted AZ about his lost home and friend, encouraging him to make amends, and became his first friend.
• AZ learned that Diancie’s other friends were helping her find Xerneas and offered to guide her to the Forest of Orsay, but she declined because she had already made plans with them.
• Diancie told AZ that she had been kidnapped and separated from her friends, prompting him to relive the loss of Floette and insist that he bear his own pain.
• Ash arrived with Pikachu and Greninja, and AZ left after promising Diancie he would treat her to a meal when they met again.
• Gary told Fang Yan that Diancie had been kidnapped, then reported that Ash had found her; Fang Yan reassured Cynthia and went back to sleep with her.
• Steven checked that Diancie was safe, and the group agreed to rest before setting off for the Forest of Orsay the next day.

Fang Yan joined Diancie, Steven, and the others as they prepared to travel to the Forest of Orsay, where Diancie hoped to meet Xerneas. After recognizing AZ as the former king, Fang Yan agreed to let him accompany them on the condition that he bathed and changed clothes before they left.

• Diancie invited the lonely AZ to have breakfast with her group, and Steven welcomed him after learning he had helped Diancie and Carbink.
• Fang Yan arrived, explained that Cynthia had returned to League work, and joined the group for breakfast while teasing Ash and Bonnie.
• Fang Yan asked Gary about competing in the Masters Eight Tournament, then sent Ash to train with Dali and let Bonnie play with Lilligant.
• After the others left, Fang Yan recognized AZ as King AZ, and AZ said he was traveling to the Forest of Orsay because Diancie was going there.
• Diancie asked Fang Yan and Steven to let AZ accompany them, and Fang Yan agreed if AZ bathed and changed clothes first.

Fang Yan and his companions set out on a camping trip toward the Forest of Orsay to find Xerneas, while AZ asked what it meant to be a Trainer. Fang Yan urged AZ to move beyond his grief for Floette and invited him to battle Ash after the journey.

• Steven arranged clothes for AZ, and Fang Yan took the group to watch Ash train with Dali after Latias crashed into a shop.
• Fang Yan corrected Ash for sparring with Dali himself instead of having his Pokémon battle, then the group prepared to travel toward the ferry terminal and camp on the way.
• Steven drove the rented pickup after Fang Yan revealed he had no driver's license, and Gengar claimed the front passenger seat.
• AZ watched the others with their Pokémon and asked Fang Yan what it meant to be a Trainer; Fang Yan described the bond between humans and Pokémon and told AZ that Floette still loved him.
• Fang Yan revealed he had visited AZ's era and fought Arceus, then encouraged AZ to experience being a Trainer and battle Ash after the trip.

Fang Yan and the others reached the Forest of Orsay and found Xerneas, while AZ separated from them to head toward the Cocoon of Destruction and atone for his past. Xerneas awakened in its rainbow-deer form and became alarmed when Fang Yan claimed he had defeated Arceus and other Legendary Pokémon.

• Steven told Diancie that the ship had reached the Forest of Orsay, and Fang Yan led the group ashore for lunch before guiding them into the forest.
• Fang Yan and the others found the forest’s lifeless inner region, and Ash sensed Xerneas’s energy and led them toward a mysterious altar.
• AZ refused to accompany Diancie, choosing instead to head toward the Cocoon of Destruction and accept responsibility for his past actions.
• Ash guided Fang Yan and the others to a rainbow-colored tree, which transformed into Xerneas when Fang Yan’s pendant released the auras of Legendary Pokémon.
• Xerneas asked Fang Yan why he carried those auras, and Fang Yan said he had defeated the Legendary Pokémon, including Arceus, leaving Xerneas frightened.

Xerneas shared its life energy with Diancie and showed Fang Yan memories of Enamorus’s devotion to life, including how it became merciful rain to revive a continent. When Yveltal awakened and began petrifying life with its death aura, Fang Yan agreed to help Xerneas stop it.

• Xerneas taught Diancie that mastering life energy required understanding the meaning of life, after sharing its Fairy-type Aura with her.
• Xerneas revealed memories of Enamorus supporting it during its long sleep and promising to protect a continent.
• Fang Yan learned that Enamorus had turned itself into rain, spreading life and protecting the continent from outside Pokémon.
• Yveltal awakened, and its blood-red aura petrified nearby Pokémon and withered trees as Steven urged everyone to stay out of its reach.
• Xerneas asked Fang Yan to help defeat Yveltal, and Fang Yan agreed because Enamorus had been his friend.

AZ awakened Yveltal while seeking death, but Yveltal cursed him to keep living and unleashed its life-draining power across the Forest of Orsay. Fang Yan and his allies fought to protect the others, while Darkrai rescued AZ and carried him toward Fang Yan.

• AZ entered Yveltal’s Dark Aura, discovered it had drained energy from Kalos’s mineral veins and Diancie’s Heart Diamond, and awakened Yveltal by approaching its cocoon.
• Yveltal refused to kill AZ, cursed him to endure his pain, and flew away as its power turned Pokémon and the forest to stone and ash.
• Fang Yan and the others saw Yveltal attack the forest; Xerneas confronted it, while Fang Yan sent Ash and Gary to find the terrified voices and help the Team Rocket Trio.
• Xerneas was overwhelmed by Yveltal, so Fang Yan encouraged Diancie and summoned Mega Latias, while Steven brought out Mega Metagross to attack Yveltal.
• Ash and Gary found Jessie, James, and Meowth, who had been turned to stone by Yveltal’s attack, and carried Meowth toward Fang Yan.
• Darkrai found AZ, put him to sleep, and carried him toward Fang Yan while Yveltal and Xerneas continued battling.

Fang Yan and his allies struggled against Yveltal as its Oblivion Wing repeatedly healed it and petrified nearby Pokémon. After AZ sacrificed himself to save Ash, Diancie awakened her diamond power, and Steven used the Diancie Stone to help her transform as the chapter ended in brilliant light.

• Mega Latias injured Yveltal but became airsick, while Yveltal used Oblivion Wing to heal itself by draining nearby life.
• Ash, Gary, Steven, and the others joined the fight, but Yveltal petrified Gary, Mega Blastoise, and nearby Pokémon after absorbing their life force.
• Pikachu struck Yveltal with a powerful Thunderbolt, but Yveltal regained its full strength as Xerneas protected the petrified Pokémon.
• AZ shielded Ash from Oblivion Wing and began turning to stone, prompting Diancie to grieve and resolve to protect everyone.
• Diancie unleashed her diamond power, and Fang Yan urged Steven to use the Diancie Stone; Steven accepted Diancie's emotions and kissed the stone as they both blazed with light.

Diancie Mega Evolved and created a Heart Diamond that blocked Yveltal’s Oblivion Wing, but soon exhausted her strength. Fang Yan then revealed Gothitelle and his hidden allies Lugia and Mega Rayquaza, who overwhelmed Yveltal and left him badly injured and unable to rise.

• Diancie Mega Evolved and used Diamond Storm to create a Heart Diamond that blocked Yveltal’s Oblivion Wing.
• Diancie reverted from her Mega Form after exhausting her strength, and Fang Yan gave her medicine before confronting Yveltal.
• Fang Yan summoned Gothitelle, who blocked and destroyed Yveltal’s Oblivion Wing with an Inner Focus barrier.
• Fang Yan called on Lugia, Mega Rayquaza, and Mega Latias to attack Yveltal, while Ninetales carried him above the battlefield.
• Lugia and Mega Rayquaza repeatedly struck Yveltal, whose wings broke as he fell to the ground unable to rise.

Fang Yan and his Pokémon defeated Yveltal, restored the petrified people, and persuaded the God of Death to leave after treating his injuries. Diancie then helped AZ receive Xerneas’s gift of a reunion, leaving him weeping with a black flower in his hand.

• Lugia and Mega Rayquaza battered Yveltal while Xerneas’s restored power freed the petrified people, including Gary, Meowth, Jessie, James, and AZ.
• Fang Yan introduced himself to Yveltal as the Messenger of Arceus and demanded that he leave, but Yveltal said he could not move because of his injuries.
• Fang Yan had Gothitelle treat Yveltal with herbal medicine, then helped him recover and urged him to stop fighting and boasting about being invincible.
• Yveltal flew away after Lugia and Mega Rayquaza teased him, while Fang Yan explained that the world needed the God of Death and praised Ash and Diancie.
• Diancie invited AZ to Fang Yan’s barbecue, and Xerneas granted AZ a reunion, placing a black flower in his hand as he cried.

Fang Yan and the others celebrated after Xerneas helped reunite AZ with Eternal Flower and Diancie mastered creating Heart Diamonds. When Diantha arrived, the group prepared an outdoor meal, and Ash battled AZ as promised, but Eternal Flower defeated his entire team.

• Fang Yan thanked Rayquaza and Lugia as they departed, then asked Diancie to dance and learned she had mastered creating Heart Diamonds.
• AZ thanked Xerneas for reuniting him with Eternal Flower, and Fang Yan encouraged him to become a Trainer who fought alongside Pokémon.
• Diancie gave Fang Yan a Heart Diamond that could enable her Mega Evolution and gave Steven and the others pink diamonds as gifts.
• Ninetales burned Fang Yan for boasting, while Gary sent Ash to gather firewood for dinner.
• Diantha arrived after directing the evacuation, ordered ingredients by helicopter, and joined the group for dinner.
• Fang Yan reminded Ash to battle AZ, and Eternal Flower defeated Ash's entire team before the group continued preparing a meal that went beyond a barbecue.

After Diancie invited Fang Yan and Steven to visit the Diamond Domain, Fang Yan brought Shauna, Zhishi, and Bonnie together to meet her. The group learned that AZ planned to dismantle a weapon beneath Lumiose City, and they prepared to part ways as the little girls went off to play.

• Diancie invited Fang Yan and Steven to the Diamond Domain, and Fang Yan asked to bring Shauna and Zhishi.
• Fang Yan said goodbye to the Team Rocket Trio, while AZ promised to visit Diancie after completing his mission with Eternal Flower.
• AZ revealed that a weapon called Angzhu lay beneath Lumiose City and could destroy the city, and Diantha offered to help him dismantle it.
• Fang Yan opened a Distortion Passage and brought Shauna, Zhishi, and Bonnie to meet Diancie; the three girls introduced themselves and went to play together.
• The two Celebi healed Xerneas and left through a space-time rift, while Fang Yan explained that Pokémon were free to leave the Pokémon Day Care.
• Xerneas sensed that Shauna carried the ocean's blessing, and Darkrai headed back to the Pokémon Day Care for food.

Fang Yan reunited with Enamorus, who restored the devastated land before returning to the Hisui timeline and fulfilling her fate as the God of Spring. The chapter ended with the aftermath of her sacrifice revealed, while Fang Yan and his companions traveled toward Diancie's Diamond Domain.

• Xerneas transformed into a great tree and used its life energy to purify the land, while Fang Yan found Enamorus's wooden tag and summoned Enamorus with the help of two Celebi.
• Enamorus arrived from a timeline centuries later, brought healing rain to the land, and told Fang Yan that she had to return to her own time.
• Enamorus reassured Fang Yan that her presence lived on through the life her rain had nurtured, then vanished through a temporal rift despite Fang Yan's sorrow.
• Fang Yan accepted that the timeline could not be changed, thanked the Celebi, and left with his companions for Diancie's Diamond Domain in Steven's helicopter.
• In Hisui's past, Enamorus sacrificed herself to end the devastation caused by Palki and Dialga, and the two Pokémon agreed to coexist as equals as life flourished across the region.
• At the Pokémon Day Care, Alcremie cried out, while Darkrai protested from inside the Distortion World that he had already been beaten up.

Fang Yan and his companions arrived at the Diamond Domain, where Diancie welcomed them after learning to create a Heart Diamond. The Carbink initially suspected Fang Yan’s group of wanting to steal it, but Diancie cleared up the misunderstanding and began showing them around.

• Fang Yan learned that Xerneas would bear most of the stamina cost when he commanded Legendary Pokémon, Yveltal had taken Staraptor away for a time, and Little Zhishi had received a forest blessing.
• Gothitelle massaged Fang Yan as the helicopter descended toward the Diamond Domain, while Steven and Diantha each wished they had a Gothitelle of their own.
• Diancie led Fang Yan and the others into the Diamond Domain, where they marveled at its vast, glittering gemstone deposits.
• Shauna told Zhishi that she preferred the lively Pokémon Day Care to the beautiful but quiet Diamond Domain, and Fang Yan affectionately patted her head.
• Dian the Diamond Minister ordered the Carbink to arrest Fang Yan’s group, but Diancie explained that they had protected her from danger, including Yveltal.
• Gothitelle drove the Carbink back with its Inner Focus, then withdrew its power after Fang Yan reassured it and Diancie apologized; Diancie showed her friends around the domain.

Fang Yan spent a lazy day at the Pokémon Day Care teasing Ninetales and Latias before getting into another comic fight with Gengar. Gothitelle punished Fang Yan, Gengar, and Victini by hanging them up, and Officer Jenny arrived to visit while they remained trapped.

• Fang Yan accused Ninetales of getting thinner and told Latias to exercise because she had grown too large.
• Latias blamed Fang Yan for her lack of fights, then bragged about battling Legendary Pokémon and called herself the God of the Red and White Airplane.
• Fang Yan and Gengar argued over who was lazy and dishonest, then fought while the Fujinos watched and kept score.
• Fang Yan threw Victini toward Gengar, but Victini missed and knocked over Gothitelle's herbal medicine, so Gothitelle strung up Fang Yan, Gengar, and Victini.
• Officer Jenny arrived for a visit and chose to leave the three hanging; Gengar teased Fang Yan by giving him a red nose, prompting Fang Yan to vow revenge.

Fang Yan met with Officers Jenny Ye and Sha after returning from Kalos, discussed improving Officer Jenny training, and warned Ye about the world-ending djinn sealed by Arceus. In Kalos, Ash and his friends decided to travel to Dahara City for a battle tournament, unaware of the danger tied to the djinn’s legend.

• Officer Jenny Ye recognized Fang Yan’s role in the Forest of Orsay incident and called him the disaster relief Champion among Officers Jenny.
• Ye complained that Unova’s Officer Jenny school lacked internships, so Fang Yan asked Shauntal to speak with its officials and proposed a worldwide Officer Jenny skills competition.
• Ye told Fang Yan that the djinn legend had been heard in Dahara City; Fang Yan explained that Arceus had sealed the djinn and warned that its awakening could end the world.
• Fang Yan recounted how human greed strengthened the djinn until it destroyed a kingdom, and Ye realized that its innocent, childlike side remained after Arceus sealed away its negative emotions.
• Ash heard about a battle tournament in Dahara City and persuaded Clemont, Serena, and Bonnie to travel there with him.