Recaps

Xinhai received the Sceptile Tribe’s Life Energy and met Celebi, while the Rangers fought Hunter C’s attempt to seize Celebi. After Celebi defeated Hunter C and sealed the Nature Domain, Xinhai helped the Rangers and welcomed Grovyle to his team.

• Xinhai and his companions received the Sceptile Tribe’s Life Energy, strengthening them as Xinhai broke through the Three Gates and began circulating Qi on his own.
• Celebi appeared before Xinhai, recognized that his soul came from another world, and promised to keep his secret before flying to face the attackers at the Tree of Nature.
• Grovyle chose to join Xinhai, and Old Sceptile gave him a Mega Stone that Xinhai identified as likely belonging to Sceptile.
• Hunter C and Hunter E attacked the old ranger’s forces while the Spirit World Passage spread deathly aura, but Celebi arrived and closed it.
• Celebi erased Hunter C’s attacks with an Energy Ball, destroying him and his six Ghost-type Pokémon, while Hunter E escaped.
• Celebi warned the old ranger of a coming crisis and sealed the Nature Domain for a year, transporting Xinhai, the Rangers, poachers, and wild Pokémon to Route 120.
• Xinhai joined the Rangers in capturing fleeing poachers, then registered Grovyle and received 29,400 League Points for his mission contributions.
• Xinhai settled into a tent with Eevee, reviewed Grovyle’s team status and Mega Stone, and noticed a faint green trace in his Qi.

Xinhai completed the journey to Lilycove City, strengthened Grovyle’s bond with the team, and prepared his Pokémon for a week of training. While exploring the city, he and Gardevoir accepted a portrait from Akamatsu Jun, as Sorrel confronted Team Rocket’s Lei Ang in the mines.

• Xinhai discovered his Qi had changed after breaking through the Three Gates, then left the rangers’ camp and traveled along Route 120 with Grovyle joining his team.
• Xinhai coached Grovyle through battles against wild Pokémon, helping it improve its tactics before they reached the Route 120 and Route 121 intersection.
• Clefable found an exploding sound-wave device in the mines, while Sorrel and a boy fought their way through Team Rocket members and encountered Lei Ang.
• Xinhai traveled along Route 121 to Lilycove City, checked into the Pokémon Center, and exchanged League Points for training potions for his Pokémon.
• Xinhai bought Grovyle a hollow pendant necklace for its Mega Stone and gave it a Miracle Seed, then planned a week of special training for the team.
• Xinhai took his companions to Lilycove’s museum, where Smeargle painted Gardevoir and Akamatsu Jun offered them the finished portrait.
• Sorrel recognized Lei Ang as one of Team Rocket’s Four Generals and attacked him with Lunatone and Sandslash.

Xinhai adjusted to his Three Gates breakthrough, trained his Pokémon, and helped Krokorok evolve into Krookodile. He then boarded the Sea Emperor for Mossdeep City, where he met Disca Dicolik and remained undecided about attending the Dicolik family party.

• Xinhai told Brawly about his Three Gates breakthrough and began adjusting to the Dewford Twelve Forms while training in Lilycove City.
• Xinhai visited Akamatsu Jun and Smeargle, then received League resources for his Pokémon and considered the debt he had taken on to obtain them.
• Xinhai decided Krokorok had to evolve before the Ever Grande Conference and gave it Type Crystals and Garchomp’s Dragon Fang, allowing it to become Level 42 Krookodile.
• Xinhai recorded Krookodile’s new moves and stronger attacks, then continued training and booked passage to Mossdeep City aboard the Sea Emperor.
• Aboard the ship, Xinhai read research papers, spent time with his Pokémon, and released Milotic to swim in the sunset-lit sea.
• Disca Dicolik met Xinhai on deck, discussed his own abandoned dream of traveling Hoenn, and invited Xinhai to the family party.
• Xinhai told Disca he was still considering the invitation, then gathered his Pokémon and headed toward the elevator.

Xinhai attended the Dicolik family gala, met fellow Trainers, and continued developing his Pokémon and creative projects before bidding at the charity auction. Meanwhile, Sorrel and Xia Shu escaped the danger beneath Mt. Moon and joined Flint’s preparations to defend the city.

• Sorrel and Xia Shu retreated through the tunnels as Elite-level Pokémon fought nearby, and Flint burrowed toward them with Steelix.
• Xinhai attended the Dicolik family gala with Eevee, Gardevoir, Charmander, and Axew, where he met Ryosuke Onodera, Yuma Kamiya, Rika Yuzuki, Diska, and Moska Dicolic.
• Xinhai discussed Pokémon training with Moska and his new friends, declined invitations to dance, and returned to his room with his sleeping Pokémon.
• Flint reached Sorrel and Xia Shu, learned how Team Rocket and Ariana had become involved, and sent them to help Officer Jenny establish defenses against approaching Pokémon.
• Xinhai earned news from Scott that The Adventures of Lolo had sold broadcast rights for 230 million League Coins, offered the employees an extra five million, and shared the premise for Super Beast Force.
• Xinhai tested a revised Pokéblock recipe and continued adjusting its ingredients before taking Gardevoir and Eevee to the charity auction.
• Xinhai passed on the Gible Egg, then won the 37%-enhancement Charcoal for Blaziken with a 14-million-League-Coin bid.
• Rika Yuzuki bid on an 87%-quality Leaf Stone, raising the price to 4.5 million as she competed with a young man who had a Breloom.