Recaps

Xinhai captured and helped stabilize an unusual Alolan Golem, then traveled to Professor Birch’s institute to support its research and train his partners. After Kirlia evolved into Gardevoir, Zigzagoon into Linoone, and Eevee awakened its Normal type, Xinhai reached Slateport City, where he noticed a mysterious pink scale at the market.

• In Granite Cave, Xinhai and his companions survived Alolan Golem’s electrical attack, defeated it, repaired its damaged core and cannon, and captured it.
• Xinhai gathered Thunder Stones and Magnesium Tourmaline, then learned from Takeda that the League would register Golem as an Alolan Form and agreed to Brawly’s terms for help selling his haul.
• Professor Birch invited Xinhai to Littleroot Town to study Golem, and Xinhai traveled there after arranging for Golem to receive a tailored training plan.
• At the institute, Xinhai demonstrated Golem’s Galvanize Ability and helped Professor Birch examine it, while Wally arranged Skill Swap training for Xinhai’s partners.
• Professor Birch gave Xinhai Golem’s analysis and training plan, along with a Key Stone, and Xinhai stayed several more days so his partners could finish their training.
• Xinhai’s partners thanked their Ecological Park helpers, then Kirlia evolved into Gardevoir, Zigzagoon evolved into Linoone, and Eevee awakened its Normal type and reached Elite level.
• Xinhai left Littleroot Town, sailed to Slateport City, and won shipboard battles with Eevee, Gardevoir, and Blaziken before disembarking.
• In Slateport, Xinhai bought Magnesium Qi Tourmaline and Rock Ore at the market, where Gardevoir led him to a secluded stall and he spotted a pink scale emitting faint life Qi.

Xinhai explored Slateport, won three Battle Tent matches, and watched Suzuki Ai win the Pokémon Contest before returning home to Verdanturf Town. He practiced making Pokéblocks and left for Mauville City to take the Beginner Breeder examination, where he encountered an injured young boy at the Pokémon Center.

• Xinhai bought a Deep Sea Scale and Berry drinks at Slateport Market, then chose Golbat, Magneton, and Poliwag for the Battle Tent.
• Xinhai won three consecutive rental battles, collected his prize, and later discovered that Battle Tent insiders were driving promising challengers away with the Shadow Assault Team captain's support.
• Xinhai watched Suzuki Ai win the Slateport Contest and saw Wallace perform with Milotic before leaving with Eevee and Gardevoir.
• Xinhai returned to Verdanturf Town, reunited with Nami and Yantai, and introduced his Pokémon to his parents during a family meal.
• Xinhai visited his old Pokémon School and learned from Ms. Ishihara that Beginner Breeder examinations would be held in Mauville City in five days.
• Xinhai practiced making Pokéblocks, improved his recipe with Gardevoir's feedback, and continued training and studying at home before the examination.
• Xinhai said farewell to his parents and traveled to Mauville City, where he saw a younger boy ask Nurse Joy to treat his badly injured Pokémon after a Gym battle.

Xinhai became a Beginner Breeder, earned the Dynamo Badge in Mauville, and traveled with his Pokémon toward Lavaridge Town. The arc left him and his partners rested at a hot spring inn beneath Mt. Chimney, with a Gym challenge booked for the following days.

• Xinhai passed the Breeder assessment in second place, earned his Beginner Breeder Badge, and celebrated with his Pokémon and family.
• Xinhai completed League missions, relocated an Electrike and Manectric pack to an abandoned power station, and prepared for his Mauville Gym challenge.
• Xinhai and Sandile defeated Manectric, then Linoone helped bring down Magneton before Mightyena defeated Fang Rui’s Ampharos to win the Dynamo Badge.
• Xinhai planned a journey to Lavaridge Town, bought supplies, and traveled along Route 111 toward Mt. Chimney.
• Ranger Kenji warned Xinhai about the expanding Lost Desert and Mirage Tower, and Xinhai chose the safer route toward Lavaridge.
• Xinhai and Eevee rode the cable car up Mt. Chimney, saw its volcanic landscape, and continued down to Lavaridge Town.
• Xinhai checked into the Pokémon Center, booked a Lavaridge Gym battle, and took his partners to a hot spring inn.
• Xinhai and his partners bathed, ate dinner, received grooming and massages, and went to sleep beneath the night sky over Mt. Chimney.

Xinhai bought supplies in Lavaridge Town, defeated Mura to earn his fifth badge, and accepted Lavaridge Gym’s support after learning about the League’s history. He then trained at the Gym, where Mightyena beat Flannery’s Rapidash and Blaziken began learning to sense Solar Energy.

• Xinhai bought potions and fragrant sachets in Lavaridge Town, then trained his Pokémon while preparing for the Gym Battle.
• Xinhai defeated Mura’s Torkoal, Magcargo, and Magmar with Eevee, Blaziken, and Sandile, earning the Heat Badge.
• Mura offered to invest in Xinhai and explained how the Gyms helped preserve the League’s founding ideals, and Xinhai accepted his trust.
• Flannery showed Xinhai Lavaridge Gym’s training facilities, where Old Coal and Little Flame agreed to help his Pokémon learn sun-related skills.
• Xinhai and Flannery held a practice match, and Mightyena defeated Rapidash after a hard-fought battle.
• Xinhai returned to the Sunlight Room, where Blaziken trained with Torkoal and learned to sense and draw out a trace of Solar Energy.