Recaps

Su Hao defeated Bai Du to become the youngest Elite Four member, then received the Champion’s ring and prepared to face Long Tianxing. Their succession battle began with Su Hao’s Pokémon quickly defeating Noivern and Kommo-o, leaving Ogerpon to face Aerodactyl.

• Su Hao tied the score against Bai Du with Hisuian Braviary, then Milotic, Dragapult, and Diancie defeated Bai Du’s remaining Pokémon, including Mega Salamence.
• Su Hao received full Elite Four authority and discovered classified records suggesting Pokémon had existed on Earth before disappearing from history.
• Su Hao celebrated his birthday with friends, claimed the collapsed Spiral Secret Realm as a training ground, and considered plans involving the World Tree, Cycloze, and Xerneas.
• Star Creation showed the New Star Organization leaders Calyrex trapped in ice as black mist eroded the World Tree, then urged them to pursue their own goals and draw the world’s attention.
• Su Hao trained his Pokémon for the succession ceremony, chose Cycloze, Metagross, Zeraora, Ogerpon, Leafeon, and Diancie for the battle, and Leafeon reached Elite Four Level.
• Su Hao received the Champion’s ring, while Bai Du warned Long Tianxing that Su Hao intended to settle their past grievances and would not hold back.
• Su Hao’s Zeraora knocked out Long Tianxing’s Noivern with Charged Particle Cannon, and Cycloze then defeated Kommo-o with Full-Power Double-Edge.
• Su Hao recalled the exhausted Cycloze and sent out Ogerpon, while Long Tianxing sent out Aerodactyl to face it.

Su Hao became Champion, entered Dragon Cave, and helped Cycloze confront the Groudon consciousness within its severed tail and transform into Miraidon. As Cycloze began reclaiming its power, a Carbink kingdom emerged in Great Britain, while Su Hao grew concerned that the Darkest Day was approaching and the heroes’ Legendary Pokémon were still missing.

• Su Hao defeated Long Tianxing and was named Champion before traveling to Dragon Cave to help Cycloze reclaim its tail.
• Su Hao passed through Rayquaza’s restricted zone and led Cycloze to the sealed chamber where its Shed Tail was guarded by a crimson Groudon.
• Groudon attacked Cycloze and tried to make it fuse with its abandoned power, but Cycloze resisted and transformed into Miraidon.
• With Su Hao’s help, Miraidon Terastallized and defeated Groudon, after which Cycloze chose to spare Tail Spirit and hoped to find it a new body.
• Su Hao left Cycloze to merge with its Shed Tail as Dragon Cave’s leaders sent Bai Du and Long Tianxing to investigate the vanished Dragon God Pressure.
• Su Hao showed Bai Du and Long Tianxing Sky Tower’s first and second floors, then returned to prepare an evacuation and security perimeter around Viridian Forest.
• Auston entered the Carbink-filled Secret Realm beneath the Augusto Mountains and met Queen Diancie, who revealed the Ore Kingdom to him.
• The Queen of Great Britain announced cooperation with Diancie, while Su Hao dismissed public questions and worried that the Darkest Day was nearing without the heroes’ Legendary Pokémon.

Su Hao and his Pokémon defeated Yveltal, restored Viridian Forest, and helped Xerneas awaken Little Y. After leaving the forest, Su Hao accepted an emergency mission at Mingi City, where an enormous Eclipse wormhole was unleashing Ultra Beasts.

• Su Hao entered the Life and Death Secret Realm with Celebi and Diancie, found Xerneas asleep, and confronted the cocooned Yveltal with Reshiram.
• Xerneas awakened and joined Reshiram in weakening Yveltal, but Yveltal absorbed a Dread Plate Fragment and escaped into Viridian Forest, where it began stealing life.
• Xerneas empowered Diancie with the forest’s vitality, and Diancie used Dawn Break with Su Hao’s help to defeat Yveltal and restore the petrified Pokémon and people.
• Xerneas revealed that Diancie carried the First Generation Queen’s essence and that Yveltal had once been her friend, then revived Yveltal as Little Y.
• Little Y recognized Diancie as its big sister, and Xerneas asked Su Hao and Diancie to keep it company while it recovered in Viridian Forest.
• Su Hao and Diancie left the forest after saying goodbye to Xerneas and Little Y, and Shen Yun gave Su Hao an emergency order to raid the Ultra Wormhole at Mingi City.
• Su Hao flew to Mingi City, saw its devastated streets and the Eclipse wormhole releasing Ultra Beasts, then ordered his Pokémon to attack the unrestrained threats first.

Su Hao pursued Forest Plague through an Ultra Wormhole and became entangled in Ultra Megalopolis’s plan to make Diancie its new Radiant God. After escaping with Mewtwo’s help, he entered the Ultra Forest and gained the God Paper Users’ trust, leaving him seeking its strongest Kartana.

• Su Hao and Diancie defeated and captured a gigantic Shiny Guzzlord during the Ultra Beast attack on Mingi City, while Leafeon fought Kartana.
• Su Hao accepted Liao Xingchen’s request to guard the Groundblight Shrine, but found it unsealed and followed Forest Plague and Ting-Lu toward the Firescourge Shrine.
• Su Hao ambushed Forest Plague and Ting-Lu, then followed Forest Plague through an Ultra Wormhole with Lisa and Blu.
• In Ultra Megalopolis, the Elders’ Council asked Su Hao to let Diancie become the new Radiant God, and Su Hao escaped after refusing.
• Su Hao and Diancie fought Xion and Lunala, then resisted the city’s Light Annihilation Weapon until Mewtwo rescued them.
• Su Hao learned that Mewtwo had come from his future and decided to seek the God Paper Users’ help in the Ultra Forest.
• Su Hao restored the sacred forest and convinced Chu and the God Paper Users that he was the Radiant God’s Divine Messenger.
• Su Hao asked Elder Feng to help him meet the Ultra Forest’s strongest Kartana, and Feng warned that he would need to defeat it or impress it with swordsmanship.