"Luca, Luca!"
Lucario pointed straight ahead with its paw.
"Mm, thanks Lucario. You can return for now."
Giovanni was right up ahead.
Ash activated his Aura powers, probing the surroundings.
His brows furrowed. Other than Giovanni… there was another overwhelming Aura signature here!
Purple-black. Shadowy. Gigantic in size. This was…
Ash's mind immediately turned to a certain figure.
Hoopa?
Could it be Hoopa?
It wasn't impossible.
…
"Hahahaha! Hoopa is the strongest! Giovanni, that trainer you mentioned—when exactly will he arrive?"
"Don't worry. Soon. He knows I'm here. He'll definitely show up…"
Giovanni smirked, utterly satisfied. Cooperating with this massive purple-black shadow was like finding a pillow right when you wanted to sleep!
As for the consequences of teaming up with Hoopa's unbound form to eliminate what it called its 'true body'—that was beyond Giovanni's comprehension.
"Hoopa, show me this power you keep speaking of. I want to witness it with my own eyes!"
Giovanni's gaze burned with fanaticism as he looked upon Shadow Hoopa.
Shadow Hoopa nodded.
"Then watch carefully! Hahahaha! Hoopa, Hoopa… Rarara! Come forth!"
Its towering frame loomed. Six enormous arms suddenly raised, each gripping a golden ring.
The golden rings expanded—smaller at first, then instantly enlarging to incomprehensible size!
They aligned across the sky.
"Hyperspace Rings"!
This was Hoopa's signature move!
As a wrathful shadow born of Hoopa's sealed power, Shadow Hoopa naturally wielded this ability as well!
"Come forth—my allies!"
At the same moment, Shadow Hoopa unleashed its ability. Far away, in Hoenn—
In Hoenn Region
Groudon and Kyogre stirred, unleashing a cataclysmic earthquake and a world-devouring tsunami!
The skies roared!
The winds howled!
The earth quaked!
The seas thundered!
It was as though the end of the world itself had arrived.
Towering skyscrapers sank into the ground. Entire cities were swallowed by raging oceans.
Groudon and Kyogre, each believing the other had trespassed upon its domain, clashed!
Groudon roared as it launched Solar Beam!
The ocean's surface erupted in an explosion!
Kyogre was struck directly.
"Oooouuuu!"
Kyogre let out a mournful cry as a primal aura of energy condensed before its jaws.
A dazzling beam of blue-white light burst forth, smashing into Groudon's body in the blink of an eye!
"Raaaaarghhh!"
Disaster. True world-ending disaster!
Steven had already been summoned and was rushing toward Hoenn.
Current Champion Wallace, the Elite Four, and the Hoenn League members scrambled frantically to evacuate civilians.
"Oh skies… is this the apocalypse? Who… who dared to awaken Groudon and Kyogre from their slumber?"
"All we can do is pray. Pray to the skies, that someone—anyone—can rise up to stop this."
"His Excellency, the Champion, will surely stop this disaster!"
"Impossible. This is far beyond human power."
Suddenly—two enormous golden rings descended, engulfing both Groudon and Kyogre.
They were swallowed whole!
Vanished without a trace…
And the golden rings disappeared with them.
——
In Sinnoh Region
Unlike Hoenn, the Sinnoh League's surface seemed calmer. But in truth, the situation was even worse.
Dialga and Palkia—something had driven them mad. They collided in reality itself, attacking one another furiously.
Just like Groudon and Kyogre, each believed the other had invaded its territory.
On Mt. Coronet, the gateway to the Reverse World inexplicably opened—and Giratina surged forth to join the battle.
Three ancient deities clashed, unleashing devastating barrages of their ultimate moves!
The reason this situation was far worse? The collision of Dialga's time and Palkia's space abilities threatened to give birth to a black hole of spacetime.
A singularity that would consume time itself. Consume space.
Consume everything.
If the three Pokémon continued, all of Sinnoh might vanish from existence.
"Graaaaarghhh!"
"Rooooaaaaarrr!"
Dialga and Palkia both charged their ultimate techniques—Roar of Time and Spacial Rend!
But before their attacks could launch, two golden rings manifested above them.
And a third above Giratina.
The rings descended simultaneously, swallowing all three ancient titans.
Gone in an instant.
——
In Unova Region
Led by two Rocket executives, a sinister scheme unfolded. Somehow, they managed to unleash Reshiram and Zekrom!
And then they enraged them both.
The two dragons clashed with unimaginable speed, soaring from sky to earth in a relentless duel. No Pokémon could even keep pace.
But their end was the same—two golden rings appeared, consuming both.
——
In Kalos Region
Beside Giovanni and Shadow Hoopa, seven ancient legendaries now stood.
As the Super Djinn Pokémon, Hoopa's sealed power, simmering for over a hundred years, had transformed into pure fury. This Shadow Hoopa's strength was beyond measure.
Groudon. Kyogre. Dialga. Palkia. Giratina. Reshiram. Zekrom.
Seven mighty deities appeared!
Giovanni's eyes blazed with unrestrained fanaticism.
Such power! To summon so many legendaries at once!
This was the power of the Super Djinn—Shadow Hoopa wielding Hyperspace Rings and the divine force of Judgment itself.
The divinity of a Super Djinn stood above all: above gods of land, sea, truth, and ideals.
It was power of retribution!
Any legendary Pokémon summoned through these golden rings would, for a short time, obey Shadow Hoopa's will.
That was its greatest strength.
The seven ancient legendaries roared, eyes blood-red.
For the moment—they were enslaved.
"Hahahahaha! Destroy! Ravage! Show the world Hoopa's might! The true body must be annihilated—destroyed! Hahahaha!"
Shadow Hoopa cackled maniacally.
Meanwhile, Bonnie and Squishy had arrived at Z2's location.
Zygarde Core Z1 (Squishy) watched its counterpart, Z2, under Hoopa's control, and began rapidly summoning cells from across the globe.
Bonnie and the others had shown Z1 the beauty of the world.
Now, seeing Z2 enslaved, Z1 knew it had to stop it from wreaking further havoc!
Two Zygarde in 50% Forme appeared!
On the other side—Ash stood atop a skyscraper with Pikachu.
By sheer coincidence, this skyscraper directly faced Giovanni and Shadow Hoopa's vantage point.
Before his eyes, seven ancient legendaries loomed, shaking the skies themselves.
The pressure was suffocating.
"Huuhhh…"
"Pikachu, let's do this—our ultimate battle!"
"Pika!!"
In the next moment, Ash hurled forth every Poké Ball of his legendary partners!
Mewtwo. Darkrai. Regigigas. Yveltal. Latias. Moltres. Zapdos… and more!