Recaps

Nemona passed the Champion Assessment and faced Luo Mu in a full battle, then graduated from his guidance. Luo Mu helped the Dragonite Leader find closure with Lia and returned to his Pokémon’s daily adventures, ending with the capture of a Shiny Magikarp for Milotic.

• Nemona defeated Rika, Aoki, and Hassaku in the Gauntlet, then overcame Geeta’s team with Ursaluna’s help to earn the Champion title.
• Luo Mu restored his Champion-Level Trainer status and challenged Nemona to a six-on-six battle in Mesagoza, where his Pokémon defeated her team.
• Luo Mu told Nemona she had graduated from his guidance, and she immediately asked to battle him again the next morning.
• Luo Mu used Tapu Fini’s mist to help the Dragonite Leader reunite with Lia and say goodbye, freeing it from its lingering regret.
• Luo Mu and Nemona sparred with Falinks, whose synchronized Coaching maximized its group’s attack and defense boosts.
• Luo Mu planned trips to Hoenn and searched the creek with Gyarados, eventually catching the Shiny Magikarp Gyarados wanted for Milotic.
• Gyarados gave the male Shiny Magikarp to Milotic, and Luo Mu returned home for an All-Fish Feast prepared by Falinks and Audino.

Luo Mu traveled through Hoenn, trained Lucia for the Wallace Cup, and won an exhibition match against Genji before two Rayquaza attacked Larousse City. After helping stop the crisis, he continued to Lavaridge Town for a vacation, where Bonnie entrusted him with a Pokémon Egg.

• Luo Mu visited Grandma Lia’s grave in Porto Marinada, then traveled to Hoenn with several Pokémon and met Wallace and Steven Stone in Sootopolis City.
• Luo Mu advised Lucia to build her Pokémon’s strength alongside their elegance, then defeated her Altaria with Politoed in a serious battle.
• Luo Mu traveled to Larousse City, met Lund Dr. and Yuko, and defeated Genji’s Mega Salamence and Haxorus with Moltres and Victini in an exhibition match.
• Two Rayquaza attacked Larousse City, and Luo Mu sent his Pokémon to protect Deoxys and help evacuate the stranded crowd while Lund Dr. and Victini revived Deoxys No. 2.
• Luo Mu and Luxray defeated Shiny Rayquaza, while Deoxys No. 2 and Mimikyu helped drive off Hoenn Rayquaza, and Shiny Rayquaza later left after promising to challenge them again.
• Luo Mu traveled to Lavaridge Town, where Ice Bonnie introduced herself and entrusted him with a Pokémon Egg after learning of his actions in Larousse City.
• Luo Mu relaxed at Bonnie’s inn with his Pokémon, learned that Zhen Si and Shizuka had earned the Mossdeep Badge, and chose to continue his vacation despite expecting Team Aqua and Team Magma’s plot to unfold.

Luo Mu and his students helped stop Team Aqua and Team Magma’s rampage, then set out with the Giant Pokémon and reached Dragonite Island. There, Luo Mu agreed to enter Dragonite in the clan’s Leader Election, and the group discovered a Kubfu rescued from the sea.

• Zinnia released Kyogre while Groudon was also freed, and Lance, Nemona, Steven, Wallace, and their Pokémon struggled to contain the Ancient Pokémon as their weather threatened Hoenn.
• Luo Mu arrived on Lugia and battled Groudon and Kyogre with Giant Dragonite and Giant Tentacruel, while Lance recovered the Red Orb and Luo Mu used Terastallization to help defeat Groudon.
• Lugia sent Kyogre back to its territory and Groudon returned underground, while Lance arrested Archie and Maxie and Wallace arranged for the Orbs to be guarded at Mt. Pyre.
• Steven Stone hosted Luo Mu and the others, showed them his Pokémon and fossil collection, and revived Aerodactyl from Takeshi’s Secret Amber.
• Luo Mu reunited with Lugia and the Giant Pokémon, then traveled with Giant Dragonite and Giant Tentacruel to an island inhabited by Dragonite and Dragonair.
• The Dragonite Leader invited Dragonite to compete for clan leadership, while Luo Mu explored the island and found a Dratini shedding its skin.
• Luo Mu treated the Dragonite challengers after the Leader’s training battles and learned that winning the election could bring Dragonite to the island’s mysterious power.
• Giant Tentacruel chose to migrate its clan to Dragonite Island, and Luo Mu agreed that he and Dragonite would enter the Leader Election before recognizing a rescued Kubfu among the island Pokémon.

Luo Mu took Kubfu into training and welcomed Walking Wake to his farm after resolving the Pokémon’s takeover of Porto Marinada’s reservoir. Meanwhile, Ash and Zhen Si’s fierce tournament battle continued, ending with Pupitar beginning to evolve as it faced Ursaring.

• Luo Mu’s Dragonite won the Dragonite Leader Election, inherited the former leader’s power, and inspired Kubfu to ask Luo Mu for help becoming strong.
• Luo Mu returned to Paldea, brought Kubfu into his classes, and trained it at Rampage Waterfall while the students discovered a sealed shrine and a Seal Stake.
• Luo Mu found rare Silver and Golden berries on his farm, followed the Saiyu Conference, and went to Porto Marinada when heated water disrupted the city.
• Luo Mu and Calyrex confronted Walking Wake in the underground reservoir, learned it had claimed the water as a hot-water habitat, and persuaded it to join the farm.
• Walking Wake settled at Thunderclap Lake, where Tapu Fini beat it for bullying Popplio, and Luo Mu later planned a hot spring for it.
• Shizuka advanced in the Saiyu Conference, while Ash and Zhen Si faced off in the Final Tournament after agreeing to a friendly spar.
• Ash and Zhen Si traded victories as Zhen Si’s Skeledirge defeated Armarouge and Ash’s Swellow defeated Skeledirge, then Froslass beat Swellow and Glalie.
• Ash’s Pupitar overcame Froslass on the Grass Field, then faced Zhen Si’s Ursaring as its shell began glowing and a powerful roar sounded from within.