Recaps

Su Hao chose Carbink as his Starter Pokémon, trained it toward Diancie, and later added Litten, who evolved into Incineroar. As Su Hao developed his Aura and prepared for the Grade Tournament, he began ranked battles and defeated Zhang Yang’s Elite Level Scizor.

• Su Hao selected a rare Carbink that might become Diancie as his Starter Pokémon and began training with it.
• Carbink grew through battles, raised its mutation progress, and defeated Li Hua’s Carbink and Jiang Chengcheng’s Machop.
• Su Hao chose Litten as his second Pokémon and took both Pokémon to the Spiral Secret Realm to train.
• Su Hao met Qin Gang and Elder Jiang at the Flowing Water Dojo, showed his immense Aura, and received a handbook of Aura Insights.
• Su Hao advanced his Aura training as Carbink and Litten trained, and Litten evolved into Incineroar while Carbink learned powerful new moves.
• Su Hao returned to school, learned the Grade Tournament’s two-Pokémon format, and registered for ranked matches with Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng.
• Su Hao and Incineroar defeated Ye Fan’s Stufful and a middle-aged trainer’s Mightyena in ranked battles.
• Su Hao and Carbink defeated Zhang Yang’s Elite Level Scizor after Carbink struck it with Meteor Beam.

Su Hao won the Third Year Grade tournament, then set out to earn four Gym Badges and defeated Jie Wei to claim his first. After Latios and Latias asked him to rescue abducted young Pokémon, Su Hao freed them and agreed to train Feebas.

• Su Hao won the Third Year Grade tournament with Incineroar, then accepted a task to collect four Beginner Badges and left on his journey.
• While exploring the Spiral Secret Realm with Arcanine, Su Hao was struck unconscious by a mysterious light and later began hearing a strange voice in his dreams.
• Su Hao crossed the wilderness with Carbink and Incineroar, whose strength grew, then accepted Jie Wei’s public Gym Challenge in Shuizhou City.
• Su Hao defeated Jie Wei’s Azumarill and Empoleon, while Incineroar evolved during the battle against Garganacl, earning Su Hao the Beginner Water Boat Badge.
• Latios and Latias told Su Hao that the Heart's Drop Gem had been stolen and young Pokémon abducted, and Su Hao agreed to find them.
• Su Hao followed Latios and Latias’s mark with Dragonite and her companions, infiltrated a disguised fishing boat, and rescued seven captured Pokémon, including Feebas.
• Su Hao reunited the rescued Pokémon with their families, and Feebas asked him to train her so she could grow strong enough to protect her home.
• Su Hao agreed to train Feebas and took her with Carbink and Incineroar to Misty Forest, where Gallade contacted Gardevoir for him.

Su Hao strengthened his team, evolved Feebas into Milotic, and earned the Glacier Badge at Extreme Ice Gym. A blizzard separated him from his companions, and he found a mysterious Shiny Dragapult Egg before setting his sights on further training and an auction.

• Su Hao visited Hattrem and the twins, where Incineroar learned to control Emotional Energy, Carbink improved her Psychic skills, and Latios and Latias reported that they had purified the Heart's Drop Gem.
• Latios and Latias used the Heart's Drop Gem to help Feebas evolve into Milotic, who chose to join Su Hao's team before he returned to Shuizhou City.
• Su Hao was briefly arrested over a Pokémon theft case, then cleared by Jie Wei and won ranked matches with Milotic, advancing to Great Ball Tier Rank 5.
• Su Hao traveled to Ice Peak City, climbed Ice Feather Mountain with Roger, Muxia, and Daiwu, and earned the Glacier Badge by defeating Zhao Xuecheng in a Doubles Match.
• A blizzard separated Su Hao from the others on the descent, and he took shelter in an ice cave while Giratina entrusted a mysterious egg to him and went to confront Articuno.
• Su Hao found that the egg was a Shiny Dragapult Egg, descended the mountain after the blizzard passed, and later reunited with Roger, Muxia, and Daiwu at the rescue center.
• Su Hao helped Bai Yue reunite with Bai Zirou, accepted a Dragon Fang from the sisters, and then went to assess his Pokémon's training before the auction.

Su Hao won his third Badge, became entangled in Giratina’s plans, and captured Articuno as his bodyguard while heading toward his next Gym. In Viridian Forest, the New Star Organization’s pursuit of Su Hao escalated as its fugitives abducted Jiang Yueluo and powerful Pokémon moved toward nearby cities.

• Su Hao bought Carbink’s Steel-type ointment at auction, secured a Charmander Egg for Li Hua, and won a Gengar Mega Stone and Sparkling Stone.
• Bai Zirou gave Su Hao Dragon-type Egg Energy Solution and asked him to defeat her uncle Bai Du’s ace someday, while Carbink began storing the Sparkling Stone’s light and increased her mutation progress.
• Bai Du and the Alliance discovered Articuno’s bloodstained feathers and evidence of Giratina’s presence, prompting leaders to consider awakening Ho-Oh and suppressing the New Star Organization.
• Su Hao defeated Poison Gu Bo’s Drapion with Milotic’s Cleanse Light and earned his third Beginner Badge, while Miao Yin decided Su Hao qualified for the Seed Plan.
• Giratina took Su Hao to the Reverse World, explained that Dragapult’s Egg held two reborn siblings who would need dense Life Energy, and ordered Articuno to guard Su Hao in exchange for Kyurem’s Ice Authority Source Energy.
• Su Hao reached the Jiang family’s farmstead near Viridian Forest after the Fairy Gym Leader’s absence delayed his challenge, and learned Jiang Yueluo had once vanished near a shrine.
• Nightmare ordered Meichuan Neiku and Hailington to capture Su Hao, but they abducted Jiang Yueluo instead as the trail led toward a shrine.
• Miao Yin deployed forces against several powerful Pokémon approaching nearby cities, while Li Qingyi prepared to defend Evergreen City and someone woke Su Hao asking about Yue Luo.