Recaps

Jing He hatched and caught Larvitar, then swept through the Lily of the Valley Conference with his Pokémon and reached the championship final against Tobias. In the final, Tinkaton defeated Hydreigon, Urshifu knocked out Espeon, and Ice Ninetales battled Grimmsnarl.

• Jing He and Cynthia explored Dandelion Island, where Larvitar hatched during a Golem attack and later joined Jing He’s team.
• Jing He prepared Larvitar for training and the Lily of the Valley Conference, where Charcadet defeated Dino and Indeedee beat Louis’s team to advance him.
• Jing He’s Rotom defeated Mawa’s team in the Top Eight, then Kubfu evolved into Urshifu during the battle against Kabu and swept Kabu’s full team.
• Jing He’s Dragonite defeated all six of Guzma’s Pokémon in the semifinals, sending Jing He to the championship final against Tobias.
• Tinkaton knocked out Tobias’s Hydreigon, and Jing He sent out Urshifu against Espeon.
• Tobias’s Espeon gave Urshifu a Choice Scarf with Trick, but Urshifu knocked it out with one critical Wicked Blow.
• Jing He recalled Urshifu when Tobias sent out Grimmsnarl and sent in Ice Ninetales, who established Misty Terrain and countered Grimmsnarl’s attacks with her Permanent Ice Wall and Moonblast.

Jing He won the Lily of the Valley Conference, then helped Darkrai resolve its grief and restrained Dialga and Palkia when their battle devastated Celestic Town. After returning home, he took on Botan as a student and tracked Silver to a polluted forest, where he met Yukinari and Celebi before confronting Bishas.

• Jing He defeated Tobias’s Darkrai with Gengar and became the Lily of the Valley Conference champion, earning a Master Level Trainer rank and an invitation to an Exhibition Match.
• Jing He helped Darkrai recall its life with Alicia and encouraged it to seek new experiences, then defeated Shiba with Mega Gengar at the Celestic Town Exhibition Match.
• When Dialga and Palkia fought in Celestic Town, Jing He and his allies used Tinkaton’s Red Chain to restrain them, and the dragons restored the town before leaving.
• Jing He returned home, agreed to guide Peony’s daughter Botan, and helped Tinkaton develop its forging skills while Botan found a lead on Silver.
• Jing He followed Silver’s trail to Kano Village, where Gengar led him into the forest and he encountered Celebi and the time-traveling Yukinari.
• Jing He and the forest’s Pokémon worked with Celebi and Yukinari to contain and purify the polluted Lake of Life, discovering that capture machinery had likely contaminated it.
• Bishas arrived with a giant machine and a Dark Ball to seize Celebi, so Jing He contacted Mato for help as Sakaki dispatched Team Rocket’s Four Generals.
• Bishas used a Dark Ball to summon a violent Tyranitar and attacked Jing He and the wild Pokémon, but Gengar rescued Little Larvitar, put the charging Pokémon to sleep, and swallowed a Dark Ball aimed at it.

Jing He stopped Deoxys’s rampage in Mossdeep City, helped reunite it with its companion, and gained new insights into his Pokémon as Charcadet evolved. After joining Hoenn’s investigation of Team Magma and Team Aqua, he discovered a mysterious sculpture linked to the Sea God, while Cyrus prepared to meet Hunter J and Captain Ghost.

• Jing He defeated Bishas, destroyed his Dark Balls, and helped Celebi restore the polluted Lake of Life before leaving for Johto.
• Jing He met Professor Elm and Kris, brought the Salt Rock Behemoth into his Coffee Shop, and joined Steven Stone to investigate a meteorite containing Deoxys’s green core.
• Jing He and Steven Stone found Deoxys at Mossdeep Space Center as Team Magma’s attack and Rayquaza’s arrival escalated the crisis.
• Jing He reached Deoxys through Aura and its green core, calmed it, and then persuaded Rayquaza to let it reunite with its companion.
• Charcadet evolved into Ceruledge and defeated Bonnie’s Duosion, while Jing He and Tinkaton discovered that its armor could also transform it into Armarouge.
• Jing He attended a Hoenn League meeting about Team Magma and Team Aqua, then accepted Bonnie’s request to investigate unusual activity in the Hoenn Sea.
• Jing He and his Pokémon explored Crescent Island, found the stolen sculpture among Shedinja, and defeated the Ninjask swarm and an ambushing Dusknoir.
• Cynthia and Caitlin identified the sculpture’s likely connection to the Sea God, while Cyrus sent Mars and Jupiter to meet Hunter J and Captain Ghost.

Jing He helped free and reunite Lugia with its child, then returned to his training and tournament preparations. A plea from Unova led him to investigate escaped Porygon while Team Rocket and the League began responding to the network breach.

• Jing He joined Cynthia and Caitlin to investigate relics tied to the People of the Water, then rescued Looker from the Ghost Pirate Crew and found Lugia’s Child in his care.
• Jing He followed the Silver Wing’s coordinates to the Sea Temple, where Hunter J captured Lugia with a Red Chain and Dark Ball while the Ghost Pirate Crew pursued Manaphy’s Egg.
• Jing He restored the Sea Crown as Cynthia and the others fought Dark Lugia, then destroyed the Red Chain and reunited Lugia with its child.
• Jing He counseled Lugia on its secluded island, promised to return, and left with an Earth Plate fragment as Lugia’s thanks.
• Jing He prepared his Pokémon for the Youth Master World Championship Tournament, expanded his yard, and battled Elesa with Larvitar in Mauville City.
• Porygon-Z brought Jing He a plea from an unidentified Pokémon in Unova, and Jing He agreed to help it return home.
• Jing He told Sakaki that Hunter J had possessed a Dark Ball, received three million League Credits, and agreed to help the escaped Porygon.
• The League detected a Pokémon interacting with its firewall, Agatha organized computer experts to investigate, and Porygon-Z returned to Team Rocket after guiding Porygon through the network.