Recaps

A monstrous Pokémon created from Yveltal and Zygarde data attacked Lumiose City with Petrifying Beam while Team Flare’s betrayal trapped the Kalos Elite Four. Ash, Serena, and their Pokémon defended the main venue as the attack continued.

• Lysandre ordered the stone god of destruction to reshape Lumiose City, and its Petrifying Beam turned buildings, vehicles, people, and Pokémon into stone.
• Diantha learned Malva had been a Team Flare member all along, while Siebold, Wikstrom, and Drasna failed to break out of Malva’s reinforced alloy room.
• Diantha escaped with Gardevoir’s Teleport and battled Malva and her Houndoom in the corridor, while the other three Elite Four members attacked the sealed wall.
• The destruction reached the main venue, where the panicking crowd spotted the monster and Ash watched in shock as it targeted the awards podium.
• Pikachu blocked most of the beams with Thunderbolt, and Serena and Delphox joined the defense with Fire Spin as Clemont and Bonnie followed.

Alain tried to stop Lysandre from turning Lumiose City into the foundation of a new world, but Lysandre defeated him with Mega Pyroar. Xiaoyun arrived with his companions and Gouging Fire, and the battle between Xiaoyun and Lysandre began.

• Alain interrupted the giant serpent’s attack with Charizard, then confronted Lysandre and learned that Team Flare planned to cleanse the world and create a new one.
• Alain refused Lysandre’s offer to join Team Flare, and the two battled as Charizard fought Lysandre’s Pyroar.
• Lysandre Mega Evolved Pyroar, defeated Charizard, and prepared to finish Alain off.
• Xiaoyun arrived with Dawn, Zoey, Barry, Sawyer, and the others, while Mairin rushed to comfort Alain.
• Lysandre ordered Mega Pyroar to attack Barry, but Xiaoyun’s Gouging Fire blocked and returned the flames, prompting Lysandre to order Fire Blast.

Xiaoyun defeated Lysandre’s Mega Pyroar, but Lysandre unleashed the God of Destruction, whose rapidly spreading energy-absorbing thorns petrified people and covered much of the city. Diantha assigned Xiaoyun to hold back the monster while Ash confronted Lysandre, and Ash and Serena’s first attacks struggled against Lysandre’s powerful Shiny Gyarados.

• Gouging Fire shattered Pyroar’s Burning Bulwark clash and defeated it with Dragon Rush, while Malva arrived and warned Lysandre that Diantha was close behind.
• Lysandre activated the God of Destruction, which spread dark red thorns that absorbed energy and turned a Trainer and Bisharp to stone.
• Diantha organized the evacuation and defense, then asked Xiaoyun to delay the God of Destruction while Ash faced Lysandre.
• Ash sent out Greninja against Lysandre’s Shiny Gyarados, and Serena joined the fight with Delphox.
• Gyarados withstood Greninja and Delphox’s attacks, knocked Greninja back with Aqua Tail, and dispersed their combined Water Shuriken attack with Twister.

Ash and Serena fought Lysandre’s Mega Gyarados while Diantha confronted Malva and the others cleared the dangerous thorns spreading through the city. Ash’s battle continued as Barry reunited with Ayaka after she saved him from an exploding thorn.

• Ash and Serena attacked Lysandre’s Gyarados, but Lysandre Mega Evolved it and launched a Hyper Beam.
• Ash bonded with Greninja, and Bond Greninja countered the Hyper Beam before clashing with Mega Gyarados’s Ice Fang.
• Diantha refused Malva’s attempt to negotiate, and their Mega Gardevoir and Mega Houndoom began battling.
• Dawn and Zoey used Lopunny and Delcatty to freeze and destroy red thorns while Barry’s Empoleon failed to cut through them.
• Ayaka used Absol’s Dark Pulse to destroy a swelling thorn and save Barry, then left angrily after he asked why she had not been eliminated from the tournament.

Clemont, Meyer, and Wikstrom fought Team Flare forces while Xiaoyun summoned Z1 and Z2 in their Zygarde 50% Formes to face the God of Destruction. Lysandre saw the two Zygarde and raged, but Ash kept him occupied.

• Clemont and the tournament elites formed a cleanup squad that slowed the spread of the fast-growing thorns, while Tierno's Hydro Pump made them grow faster.
• Meyer, as Blaziken Mask, defeated Xerosic's Crobat and Malamar with Mega Blaziken.
• Wikstrom Mega Evolved Scizor and defeated Bryony's Bisharp and Liepard, then chased Bryony as she tried to escape.
• Xiaoyun reached the God of Destruction with Tuantuan and Squishy, then had Z1 and Z2 transform into Zygarde 50% Formes.
• Lysandre spotted the two Zygarde and raged that they should have been his, while Ash used the distraction to attack and kept Lysandre occupied with Greninja and Delphox.

Xiaoyun helped Tuantuan and Squishy unite into Zygarde’s 100% Forme, then used the Mega Evolution Giant Rock to let it Mega Evolve. Mega Zygarde destroyed Lysandre’s God of Destruction, leaving Yveltal’s true body alive but gravely wounded.

• Tuantuan and Squishy attacked the God of Destruction together, but its defenses and immense reserves kept it standing.
• Xiaoyun called on Tuantuan and Squishy to combine, and they transformed into Zygarde’s 100% Forme.
• Xiaoyun opened a World Gate to the Tree of Beginning and channeled the Mega Evolution Giant Rock’s energy into Zygarde, producing Mega Zygarde.
• While Ash and Greninja struck Lysandre and Mega Gyarados, Mega Zygarde locked onto the God of Destruction and fired Core Enforcer: Final Judgment.
• Mega Zygarde’s attack dismantled and purified the God of Destruction, leaving a severely wounded black-and-red bird in the crater.

Xiaoyun defeated Team Flare, then brought Xerneas to restore Lumiose City and save its people and Yveltal. Days later, as the city rebuilt, Diantha told him the tournament had been moved to the Azoth Kingdom, and Xiaoyun agreed to compete before returning to Sinnoh to prepare for the Elite Four challenge.

• Xiaoyun and Zygarde defeated Team Flare, leaving Lysandre and the executives incapacitated and Yveltal gravely wounded.
• Xiaoyun summoned Xerneas, which restored the petrified people and damaged city and healed Yveltal before taking it to the Tree of Beginning.
• A few days later, Ash took a photo with his championship trophy amid Lumiose City's ongoing reconstruction while Barry and Zoey teased him and Xiaoyun.
• Diantha told Xiaoyun that Lysandre and Team Flare's executives had been handed to the Pokémon League, while Malva had lost her Elite Four position and awaited trial.
• Diantha announced that the tournament had moved to the Azoth Kingdom, and Xiaoyun agreed to participate before planning to return to Sinnoh for the Elite Four challenge.

Xiaoyun and his companions traveled through Allearth Forest, where Dawn defeated Baru’s Mega-Evolved Hawlucha with Piplup. After learning that wild Pokémon had begun Mega Evolving and dropping Mega Stones, Xiaoyun led the group toward the forest to investigate and hunt for stones.

• Xiaoyun, Dawn, Barry, and Zoey traveled through Allearth Forest, where tournament hopefuls battled across the plains.
• Baru challenged Dawn, recognized her as the Kalos Queen, and Mega Evolved his Hawlucha during their battle.
• Dawn’s Piplup defeated Mega Hawlucha with Secret Sword, while Barry returned from a close battle against a trainer with a Mega-Evolved Glalie.
• Xiaoyun asked Baru about his Mega Stone, and Baru explained that wild Mega-Evolved Pokémon had appeared and sometimes dropped Mega Stones when defeated.
• Xiaoyun persuaded the group to search for wild Mega-Evolved Pokémon and collect their stones.

Xiaoyun caught a strange Mega Absol in Allearth Forest and found its Mega Stone, confirming that abnormal Mega Evolutions were occurring near the Azoth Kingdom. The next morning, a meteor crashed near the campsite, revealing the Mythical Pokémon Volcanion.

• Xiaoyun pursued a fast, ominous Absol through the night and battled it with Dragonite.
• Dragonite defeated Absol, and Xiaoyun caught it with a Great Ball and found its Mega Stone nearby.
• The next morning, Xiaoyun treated Absol while Dawn, Barry, and Zoey learned about the capture and Mega Stone.
• A meteor struck a clearing near the campsite, and Rotom identified the Pokémon that emerged as Volcanion, the Water-and-Fire-type Mythical Pokémon.

Xiaoyun and his companions encountered Volcanion and Magearna, but Volcanion distrusted them and fled with Magearna. When attackers cornered Volcanion and overwhelmed it with four Mega-Evolved Pokémon, Magearna asked Xiaoyun for help, and Absol intervened.

• Rotom identified Magearna as an artificial Mythical Pokémon created by Alva, and Magearna sensed the group’s goodwill while Volcanion remained suspicious.
• Xiaoyun let Volcanion and Magearna leave, but a man and a woman soon blocked their path and demanded Magearna for the Azoth Kingdom.
• The woman Mega-Evolved Ampharos, Steelix, Excadrill, and Barbaracle with a single device, and the four Pokémon attacked Volcanion.
• Magearna ran to Xiaoyun and pleaded with him to save Volcanion, whom she called her most important family.
• Excadrill knocked Volcanion down, but Xiaoyun sent Absol to strike Excadrill and defend Volcanion.

Xiaoyun, Dawn, Barry, and Zoey defeated the Azoth Kingdom agents’ Pokémon with their Mega-Evolved partners, while Volcanion joined the fight to protect Magearna. After Magearna thanked them, Volcanion began explaining how it and Magearna had met on the Nebel Plateau.

• Xiaoyun, Dawn, Barry, and Zoey confronted the Azoth Kingdom agents and Mega Evolved their Pokémon.
• Mega Absol, Chesnaught, Gengar, and Starmie fought the agents’ Pokémon, defeating Ampharos and Steelix while Shaymin kept Volcanion from overexerting itself.
• Volcanion broke free to stop Excadrill, blasted it with Steam Eruption, and helped the others defeat Barbaracle.
• The Azoth Kingdom agents fled, and Magearna thanked the group by giving Dawn a bouquet of flowers.
• Xiaoyun asked Volcanion and Magearna what had happened, and Volcanion began telling the group how they met on the Nebel Plateau.

Volcanion agreed to travel with Xiaoyun and the others to Azoth Kingdom with Magearna, hoping to end the pursuit at its source. In the kingdom, Prince Raleigh sent Jarvis to recover Magearna, while Jarvis secretly planned to capture it and obtain its Soul-Heart.

• Volcanion explained that it had protected Magearna from agents hunting it and agreed to join Xiaoyun’s group on their journey to Azoth Kingdom.
• Magearna insisted on traveling with Volcanion, and it joined the party alongside him.
• Raleigh learned that his agents had failed to recover Magearna and told Jarvis to bring it back safely.
• Jarvis reprimanded the agents, learned that Magearna and Volcanion were heading toward the kingdom with Xiaoyun’s group, and ordered them to follow the party without alerting it.
• Jarvis revealed that Magearna’s Soul-Heart was the crucial key to his plans.

Xiaoyun and his companions arrived in the Azoth Kingdom for the tournament, where Minister Alva began scheming to obtain Magearna. Princess Kimia approached Xiaoyun and Dawn and offered to explain Magearna’s history and the kingdom’s situation.

• Xiaoyun’s group reached the Azoth Kingdom, where Barry and Zoey went to confirm their tournament eligibility while Xiaoyun and Dawn explored with Volcanion and Magearna.
• Minister Alva watched the group through palace surveillance cameras and ordered his staff to guide Princess Kimia into negotiating with them.
• Princess Kimia introduced herself to Xiaoyun and Dawn, recognized Magearna, and warned that its presence in the royal capital could bring trouble.
• Kimia invited Xiaoyun and Dawn to discuss Magearna and the kingdom’s situation somewhere more private, and Xiaoyun agreed.

Princess Kimia warned Xiaoyun and Dawn that Jarvis was manipulating Prince Raleigh to obtain Magearna, while Raleigh arrived to request its return. Jarvis’s agents provoked a battle with Xiaoyun’s group, and the chapter ended as Xiaoyun and Dawn sent out their Pokémon to defend themselves and Magearna.

• Princess Kimia explained that Raleigh trusted Jarvis, who had improved the technology for forcing groups of Pokémon to Mega Evolve, and warned that Jarvis wanted Magearna’s Soul-Heart.
• Jarvis persuaded Raleigh to personally demand Magearna’s return, then sent Hongchi and Lanlun with him to confront Xiaoyun’s group.
• Raleigh asked Xiaoyun to return Magearna, but Xiaoyun said Magearna should decide for itself, and Princess Kimia pointed out that it did not appear to be captive.
• Jarvis ordered Hongchi and Lanlun to provoke a fight and capture Volcanion, so they summoned Pokémon and forced several to Mega Evolve.
• Xiaoyun sent out Sceptile and told Volcanion to protect Magearna, while Dawn sent out Piplup and Gengar.

Xiaoyun's Sceptile overwhelmed the attackers' Mega Pokémon, but Lanlun and Cherie restrained Volcanion and forced Magearna to leave with them. The aircraft escaped with Magearna and Prince Raleigh while Volcanion remained bound.

• Xiaoyun's Sceptile dodged the attackers' moves and defeated Mega Gallade with Light of the Corona.
• Alva ordered the attackers to focus on Volcanion, and Lanlun bound it with a suppressive chain device.
• Cherie threatened to cripple Volcanion if Xiaoyun's side resisted, while Volcanion urged Sceptile to keep fighting.
• Lanlun demanded that Prince Raleigh bring Magearna back in exchange for Volcanion's release.
• Magearna agreed to go with Raleigh, and the attackers took them aboard their aircraft and flew away.

Xiaoyun freed Volcanion and led Kimia and Dawn toward the fortress where Jarvis had taken Magearna. Jarvis revealed that he wanted the Soul-Heart to seize power, but just as he reached for it, a dark figure burst from Magearna’s shadow.

• Xiaoyun had Sceptile cut Volcanion free, then pointed out that Volcanion did not know where Magearna had been taken.
• Xiaoyun claimed he knew the fortress’s location, and Kimia flew him, Dawn, and Volcanion northwest of the palace.
• Jarvis brought Magearna to the fortress and revealed that her Soul-Heart contained powerful energy, not Alva’s technological legacy.
• Jarvis used Gengar’s Hypnosis to knock Prince Raleigh unconscious and declared that the country would soon be under new rule.
• Jarvis had Alakazam immobilize Magearna and reached for her Soul-Heart, but a dark figure erupted from her shadow.

Darkrai protected Magearna from Alva and fought his Pokémon before Alva used the Mega Evolution Fragment to create an army of Mega-Evolved Pokémon. Darkrai entered a strengthened Shadow Mode as Xiaoyun and his group arrived at the hall.

• Darkrai appeared beside Magearna, slapped Alva, and fought Alakazam and Gengar while Alva ordered Cherie and Raleigh to release the Pokémon.
• Alva activated the Mega Evolution Fragment, forcing more than thirty Pokémon to Mega-Evolve and attack Darkrai.
• Darkrai entered Shadow Mode, full-power version, by channeling the fragment’s energy into strengthening its existing form.
• Xiaoyun and his group broke through the castle wall and entered the hall, where Volcanion found Magearna safe beside Darkrai.
• Darkrai told Xiaoyun that the fragment’s light had changed its appearance, though it had avoided using the energy for a deeper evolution.

Xiaoyun and his companions battled Alva’s thirty-eight Mega-Evolved Pokémon in the hall, with Volcanion absorbing Feraligatr’s Hydro Pump to power up and turn the fight around. As Sceptile, Zygarde, Darkrai, Dawn, and Kimia fought off their opponents, the battle remained underway.

• Alva ordered the hall sealed and his thirty-eight Mega-Evolved Pokémon to attack Xiaoyun’s group, while Volcanion stepped forward to fight.
• Xiaoyun sent Bond Sceptile and Zygarde into battle, and they struck down several opponents as Darkrai defended Magearna.
• Volcanion absorbed Mega Feraligatr’s Hydro Pump through his arm, then overwhelmed Mega Camerupt with a powered-up Steam Eruption.
• Dawn’s Mega Gengar defeated an unusually fast Mega Garchomp, and her Mega Diancie knocked out Mega Houndoom, Mega Mawile, and Mega Scizor with Diamond Storm.
• Kimia Mega-Evolved her Shiny Gardevoir and began a magical exchange of attacks with an opposing Mega Gardevoir.

Jarvis captured Magearna to power the aerial fortress, but Magearna Mega Evolved, freed itself, and defeated his Pokémon. When Jarvis activated the fortress’s self-destruct, Xiaoyun summoned Kyurem to freeze it, leaving Kimia and Raleigh to handle the aftermath.

• Jarvis ordered Cherie and Lancelot to trap Magearna in energy-draining chains, using its Soul-Heart to activate the aerial fortress.
• A Mega Stone triggered Magearna’s Mega Evolution, allowing it to break the chains and blast away three of Jarvis’s Mega-Evolved Pokémon.
• Mega Magearna gave flowers to Xiaoyun, Dawn, and Volcanion, then Volcanion embraced it after realizing its gentle nature remained.
• Raleigh apologized for trusting Jarvis, and Kimia urged him to learn judgment and take responsibility as a future king.
• Jarvis activated the fortress’s five-minute self-destruct sequence, prompting Volcanion to prepare to sacrifice itself.
• Xiaoyun summoned Kyurem, which froze the aerial fortress and stopped the countdown; Xiaoyun then left the kingdom’s family affairs to Kimia and Raleigh.

Xiaoyun handed Alva and her accomplices over to Officer Jenny, then explained that Magearna had chosen to stay in Azoth Kingdom with Volcanion. As the tournament approached, he and his friends secured palace presidential suites, while Raleigh and Kimia hosted them.

• Xiaoyun called Officer Jenny and gave her evidence of Alva’s kidnapping and war plot, then secretly took the Mega Stone fragment for Mew.
• Mew happily added the fragment to the Tree of Beginning’s collection and began its vacation.
• Xiaoyun told Zoey and Barry that Magearna wanted to remain in Azoth Kingdom, and Volcanion chose to stay and guard it.
• Xiaoyun encouraged Barry to focus on the tournament, prompting Barry to boast that he would reach at least the top eight.
• Raleigh offered Xiaoyun and his friends rooms at the palace, and Kimia arranged for them to stay in the east wing’s presidential suites.

Xiaoyun and his companions enjoyed their stay at the palace until Ash, Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie arrived before the tournament. Prince Raleigh invited them to stay and lent the group aircraft to visit the competitors' hotel, ordering more when there were not enough seats.

• Xiaoyun, Dawn, and their companions spent several days training and relaxing at the palace before the tournament.
• Ash arrived with Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie, who were amazed by the palace and its luxurious hospitality.
• Prince Raleigh invited Xiaoyun's friends to move into the palace, and Ash's group accepted.
• Serena explained that only Ash would enter the tournament because she and Clemont had not reached the required tier.
• Barry suggested visiting the competitors' hotel, and Xiaoyun offered to take everyone in a royal aircraft lent by Raleigh.
• When Barry worried that one aircraft could not seat everyone, Raleigh ordered attendants to bring several more aircraft.

Xiaoyun arrived at the Azoth Kingdom’s championship venue in a showy fleet of aircraft and reunited with fellow trainers and regional elites. At the opening ceremony, Diantha revealed a multi-stage free-for-all format, and the first-round group draw began.

• Xiaoyun arrived at the competitors’ hotel with Raleigh and Kimia, drawing attention from Sidney, Pheobe, Steven, Wallace, Norman, Paul, and the Sinnoh elites.
• Xiaoyun caught up with Flint, Volkner, and Lucian, who explained that Cynthia was attending as a guest and would not compete.
• Diantha opened the Kalos Conference at the ancient arena and introduced Cynthia as a special guest.
• Diantha announced that 54 trainers would be split into 18 three-person free-for-all groups, followed by a spectator-voted repechage and a final round of 16.
• The contestants discussed the format, and Diantha began the random draw as the groupings appeared on the holographic screen.

The tournament draw placed Ash, Cheren, and Drew together, while Xiaoyun discovered his group would effectively pit him against the Mossdeep twins and Gardenia. The first round began with Ash, Cheren, and Drew sending out their Pokémon, and Pikachu was caught between their attacks.

• The tournament groups were revealed, including Ash against Cheren and Drew, and Steven against Volkner and Kentaro.
• Dawn and Serena recognized Tobias, whose opponents also feared his history of using Legendary Pokémon.
• Xiaoyun learned that Liza and Tate counted as one entry, leaving him in a group with the twins and Gardenia; Gardenia eagerly focused on his Sceptile.
• Diantha announced that the first-round battles would begin in thirty minutes, with only one Trainer advancing from each group.
• Ash, Cheren, and Drew began their three-way battle with Pikachu, Stoutland, and Roserade, respectively.
• Pikachu dodged Stoutland's Crunch but was struck by Roserade's Petal Blizzard.

Ash won the chaotic three-way battle with Cheren and Drew after Pikachu outlasted their Pokémon and struck at the right moment. The next three-way match began with Steven, Volkner, and Kentaro taking the field, each sending out a Pokémon.

• Ash, Cheren, and Drew agreed to pause their chaotic battle and settle it with their strongest attacks.
• Pikachu, Roserade, and Stoutland clashed with Volt Tackle, Solar Beam, and Giga Impact, leaving all three badly weakened.
• Ash had Pikachu knock out Stoutland with Electro Ball and then defeat Roserade with Quick Attack and Iron Tail, advancing to the next round.
• The next matchup was announced as Steven versus Volkner versus Kentaro, and the competitors took their places.
• Steven sent out his Shiny Metagross, Volkner sent out Electivire, and Kentaro sent out Ursaring.

Volkner and Electivire launched a powerful series of attacks that badly damaged Steven’s Metagross, but Steven Mega Evolved it and took control of the battle. The chapter ended as Mega Metagross’s Zen Headbutt and Electivire’s final Thunder Punch collided.

• Kentaro sent out Ursaring, which froze at the sight of Steven’s Metagross and Volkner’s Electivire.
• Volkner opened with Electivire’s Thunder, but Metagross blocked it with Light Screen.
• Electivire used Charge to boost its power and speed, broke Light Screen with Thunder Punch, and followed with a close-range Thunder that damaged Metagross.
• Steven Mega Evolved Metagross and ordered it to attack with Meteor Mash, forcing Electivire backward despite its speed.
• Volkner had Electivire call down Thunder around itself and Mega Metagross, but Metagross protected itself with a psychic barrier.
• Steven ordered Zen Headbutt, and Electivire met Mega Metagross’s charge with a final Thunder Punch.