Recaps

After retiring from battling, Luo Mu began building a farm in Los Platos, where he rescued children, helped Arven, and gathered Pokémon and supplies. The stretch ended with Arven staying overnight at the farm and Luo Mu angrily calling Iono after Dragonite brought him a Silph Co. box and his phone.

• Luo Mu retired from battling and moved onto his land in Los Platos, where a system appeared and declared its goal was to make him a Champion.
• Luo Mu arranged with Geeta to teach battle classes in exchange for help turning Tera Orb Raw Ore into a Tera Orb, then met Olin and Arven at the Lighthouse Research Institute.
• Luo Mu helped Olin solve a problem with her spatial transmission cores, declined a research position, and agreed to look after Arven at Naranja Academy.
• After rescuing Nemona from kidnappers and helping police free three children, Luo Mu planned his farm and Nemona told Allen she wanted to become a Trainer like him.
• Arven brought Luo Mu his Tera Orb, and Luo Mu Terastallized Swampert, which helped clear the farm’s overgrown fields.
• Luo Mu consulted Peter about farming, bought crop seeds from Juzi, and accepted a mysterious Pokémon Egg that Juzi’s son had brought back from Sinnoh.
• After Luo Mu’s first potato planting failed because Serperior and Swampert supplied too much energy, Arven explained the mistake and agreed to ask his parents about the Egg.
• Luo Mu rescued Eldegoss and two Gossifleur from Skuntank and invited them to his farm, then returned with Arven as Dragonite delivered a Silph Co. box and Luo Mu angrily shouted Iono’s name.

Luo Mu built up his farm, welcomed new Pokémon, and began teaching at Naranja Academy. After hatching an ancient Hisuian Growlithe and making peace with Arven, he started training the eager Poliwag and reassured it that he would never abandon his Pokémon.

• Luo Mu discovered that the Pokémon Egg needed more energy and a powerful Pokémon with Flame Body, then let Arven stay at the farm while his parents were away.
• Luo Mu and his Pokémon expanded the farm, and Luxray, Ceruledge, and Mimikyu brought back an enraged Moltres, which Dragonite defeated in a crater Luo Mu named Thunderclap Lake.
• Luo Mu and Luxray found a clean lake and recruited four Poliwag, then Swampert dug a channel so they could settle in Thunderclap Lake.
• Moltres helped keep the egg warm until it hatched into a Hisuian Growlithe, which called Moltres “Mama” and Luo Mu “Papa.”
• Luo Mu arrived at Naranja Academy as its new Battle Studies teacher, warned students against bullying, and battled Nemona’s Pawmi with Growlithe.
• Luo Mu harvested and sold the farm’s first crops, while the two Gossifleur evolved into Eldegoss and he began training the leader Poliwag.
• Poliwag defeated Growlithe in a sparring match, and Luo Mu promised he could afford to care for it and would not abandon it.
• Luo Mu held a barbecue with the farm Pokémon, and after the others went to rest, Poliwag approached Ceruledge as it sat wearing its stained apron.

Luo Mu traveled to Porto Marinada, battled Zhi Mi, and returned to find his farm weathering a typhoon that brought Delibird and led to Poliwag’s evolution into Poliwhirl. He began teaching Battle Studies, bought four Pokémon for the farm, and started spring planting while planning training with his students.

• Luo Mu visited Porto Marinada, obtained a genuine Chipped Pot, judged Hai Dai and Zhi Mi’s cooking contest, then defeated Zhi Mi’s Mega Blastoise with Ceruledge.
• On the flight home, Dragonite spotted a storm and Luo Mu found Delibird struck by lightning, and he brought the injured Pokémon to the farm, where Moltres also sheltered from the weather.
• During the storm, Luo Mu and Poliwag confronted Veluza at Thunderclap Lake, and Poliwag defeated it before evolving into Poliwhirl.
• After the typhoon, Nurse Joy diagnosed Delibird’s fear of flying and lightning, and Luo Mu decided to help it recover while buying seeds and berry saplings for the farm.
• Luo Mu visited Aili Ranch and bought Milcery, Smoliv, Mudbray, and Fidough, then began his first Battle Studies class with fifteen students at Naranja Academy.
• Luo Mu paired students for battles, watched Poliwhirl defeat Arven’s Mabosstiff and Pina’s Pawniard beat Ortega’s Fidough, then froze Ortega’s allowance after Ortega insulted Pippa and Pina.
• Luo Mu introduced the four new Pokémon to the farm, helped Mudbray settle into a mud patch and Smoliv find a flowerpot, and gave Milcery a temporary home in the kitchen.
• Luo Mu began spring planting with Swampert and Mudbray, then called Nemona and Arven to discuss their training.

Luo Mu traveled to Alola with Kukui to earn Tapu Bulu’s help in teaching Grassy Terrain, while Kukui pursued his plans to establish an Alolan Pokémon League. After returning to Paldea with new Pokémon and Z-Crystals, Luo Mu reunited with his farm companions and tested their combined Grassy Terrain.

• Luo Mu rescued the exhausted Kukui and Braviary, cared for them and their Pokémon, and invited Kukui to stay at his farm.
• Kukui watched Luo Mu teach at Naranja Academy, battled him in a match refereed by Geeta, and offered to take Serperior and the Eldegoss to Alola to learn Grassy Terrain.
• Luo Mu received leave from the academy, chose his traveling Pokémon, and flew to Alola with Kukui after asking his remaining Pokémon to guard the farm.
• Kukui and Luo Mu learned that Tapu Bulu had a fearsome reputation, and Luo Mu chose to investigate the haunted Thrifty Megamart before seeking the Island King’s help.
• Luo Mu encountered a wild Mimikyu in the megamart ruins, then accepted Murtagh’s apology and traveled with Kukui to the Ruins of Abundance.
• Luo Mu passed Tapu Bulu’s trial with Mimikyu, and Tapu Bulu agreed to train Serperior, the Eldegoss, Comfey, and Mudbray.
• Luo Mu captured Comfey, trained his Pokémon under Tapu Bulu, and returned to Paldea with Grass- and Ground-type Z-Crystals after the training ended.
• Luo Mu reunited with his farm Pokémon, who welcomed him with a cake, then tested Composite Grassy Terrain as Comfey and the Eldegoss covered fifteen saplings.