Recaps

After recovering Infernape and testing his team, Fang Yuan trained Gluttony Ghost and Milotic while preparing to enter the Dragon Den. He helped defend Binhai City from a Water-type Pokémon siege, then arrived at Dragon Island with Yun Guancheng to face the Dragon Den trial.

• Fang Yuan withdrew from the Fighting Tournament to treat Infernape, then trained it toward Thunder Flame Mode and held a team tournament that ranked Eevee first and Milotic last.
• Fang Yuan learned Shadow Contract from Teacher Zhou Youyou and Millennium Gengar Nai He’s methods, while Gluttony Ghost mastered Complete Shadowification and Shadow Control.
• Fang Yuan arranged his research plans and traveled to Binhai City to pursue his sixth Pokémon, where he defeated Yun Guancheng’s Kingdra and Salamence with Milotic and Gluttony Ghost.
• Fang Yuan learned about the Dragon Den’s moving island and exceptional Dragon-type lineages, then trained Milotic along the coast while volunteering near the sea.
• Fang Yuan investigated Water-type Pokémon that resisted his Psychic Power, then joined Binhai City’s defense when a huge gathering of Water-types raised a destructive wave.
• Master Yun Miao showed Fang Yuan a photograph of a Pokémon he recognized as likely Manaphy, while a Dragonite Messenger arrived from Dragon Den with a map.
• Fang Yuan and Yun Guancheng flew with Dragonite to Dragon Island, where Yun Guancheng explained they had to pass the trial before meeting the elders and catching Pokémon.

Fang Yuan earned Dragon Island’s trust, took in the sleepwalking Dragonite Messenger, and trained his team while preparing for the National Competition and Professional Trainer Assessment. The stretch ended as he entered the assessment battle with Eevee against Examiner Jin’s Steelix.

• Fang Yuan and Yun Guancheng reached Dragon Island’s Dragon-type clans, impressed the Pokémon with Espeon’s Psychic Wave, and agreed to prove themselves in clan trials after the Ten Thousand Dragons Dance Together.
• Fang Yuan discovered that the Dragonite Messenger suffered from sleepwalking combat syndrome, defeated it in its sleepwalking state with his team, and captured it after promising to help it.
• Fang Yuan and Yun Guancheng returned to Binhai City, where the Dragonite Elder warned Yun Guancheng that Manaphy might seek help from Legendary Pokémon and connected the threat to a nearby ancient ruins Secret Realm.
• Fang Yuan told Tang Sheng that he planned to pursue a place in the National Team substitute selection, and he decided to use the National Competition’s Individual Battle to strengthen his nomination chances.
• Fang Yuan consulted Millennium Gengar about Gluttony Ghost’s Black Flame and Dragonite’s condition, then set his Pokémon on an intensive training schedule while Dragonite worked to improve its sleepwalking combat.
• After the hundred-day training period, Eevee showed signs of becoming a Partner Eevee, while Fang Yuan continued researching its abilities and developed a plan to help Infernape combine Thunder Armor with Rage Fire.
• Fang Yuan passed the written Professional Trainer Assessment, traveled to Donghua City, registered, and bought modified items from Hao Feng, including equipment that helped Dragonite make wind blades.
• Fang Yuan entered the assessment room, chose Eevee for evaluation, and faced Examiner Jin’s Steelix after examiners Hu Guanxiong and Zhou Jiakai recognized him.

Fang Yuan dominated the East China Division competition, then developed a powerful team tactic and helped two Klink recover at First Police Academy. After passing a dangerous Team Battle assessment, he captured the escaped poacher Liu Jinbiao for the Fourth Gate.

• Fang Yuan passed the Second Gate with Eevee’s Double Spiral Shadow Ball and advanced through the Third Gate by defeating Li Shu’s team with six different Pokémon.
• Fang Yuan battled strong university Trainers to test Infernape, then led Magic University’s team through the National Competition and defeated Ji Yan to become the East China Division Individual Battle champion.
• At First Police Academy, Fang Yuan devised a Rainy Day Tactic with Dragonite, Milotic, and Magnezone, while his Pokémon helped two Klink awaken their powers and join Magnezone as a combat unit.
• Fang Yuan demonstrated his Rainy Day Tactic, but Zhou Shan stopped the unfinished combination because it risked killing everyone, and the examiners passed him without a battle.
• Xu Manjie and Zhou Shan assigned Fang Yuan to capture Liu Jinbiao, the poacher who had escaped into Da Cang Mountain.
• Fang Yuan used Eevee to block Crobat’s Supersonic and Magnezone’s Gravity to pin down Liu Jinbiao and his Pokémon, then handed the poacher over to the police.

Fang Yuan won the National Competition with Infernape’s overwhelming final performance, then passed the Fifth Gate by exploring a newly emerged Secret Realm. There, he negotiated with powerful Grass-type Pokémon, helped cure their confusion, and discovered Awakening Fruits that revealed new powers in his team, including a dangerous Dark Aura in Dragonite’s sleepwalking state.

• Fang Yuan returned to Flat City, declined Zhou Shan’s invitation to First Police Academy, and prepared for the Fifth Gate and the National Competition.
• Fang Yuan held the Second Fang Yuan Tournament, where Magnezone took first place, then challenged Eevee to learn Mimic in exchange for Evolution Stones.
• Fang Yuan defeated Zhao Zi'ang and Tao Shengjie in the National Competition, then led Infernape to a one-versus-three victory over Zhuo Yue in the final.
• Fang Yuan learned about the Top Level Domain and accepted a Class C disaster assignment to complete his Professional Trainer assessment in the Small Secret Realm near Bai Yu Village.
• Fang Yuan entered the Secret Realm, rescued two rangers, and encountered a giant Venusaur, whose group he befriended after a brief fight.
• Fang Yuan mapped the three major Grass-type groups, helped Giant Venusaur cure its Pokémon with medicine, and received Awakening Fruits in return.
• Milotic awakened Psychic-type power, while Gluttony Ghost awakened Fire-type power and gained better control over its Black Flame.
• Dragonite awakened Dark-type power, but its sleepwalking state amplified its Dark Aura until Eevee used Heal Bell to wake it, leading Fang Yuan to consider Darkrai as a way to help Dragonite master the power.