Recaps

Li Wei helped calm Giratina and stop Ghetsis from taking control of the Distortion World, then shared the discoveries at the Eterna City summit and won a Gold Award with Cynthia. He agreed to advise Professor Kukui on establishing an Alola Pokémon League and promised to help investigate Galar’s Darkest Day when he could.

• Ghetsis pulled Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Shaymin into the Distortion World, where Li Wei followed and found Ghetsis threatening Giratina with a stolen energy-absorbing machine.
• Shaymin’s Seed Flare opened a passage out of the Distortion World, while Cynthia, Lance, Steven, and the Investigators seized Ghetsis’s Flying Battleship and arrested him.
• Meloetta’s Oración and Shaymin’s Seed Flare calmed Giratina, and Li Wei persuaded it to avoid endangering the real world while pursuing Dialga and Palkia.
• Li Wei and Cynthia presented research on Sinnoh’s Legendary Pokémon at the Eterna City Research Forum Summit, and they won a Gold Award for their work on spacetime, antimatter, and creation.
• Professor Kukui invited Li Wei to advise the effort to establish an Alola Pokémon League, and Li Wei accepted while offering ideas for natural battle venues.
• Professor Magnolia and Sonia asked Li Wei and Cynthia to help investigate the Darkest Day and find Eternatus, Zacian, and Zamazenta, and both agreed to assist when possible.
• Li Wei and Cynthia returned home to celebrate their award, and their Pokémon resumed training at Falling Star Valley.
• Li Wei, Cynthia, and their family watched Sinnoh NOW explain Giratina’s role, and Li Wei told Mizuki and Wen Hui that Giratina had taken him to the Distortion World without attacking him.

Li Wei prepared the Pokémon Girl Group’s debut, watched his Dragon Pokémon evolve, and followed the Master League and Dawn’s Grand Festival. Dawn won the Top Coordinator title, and Li Wei returned to Jubilife City before the round-of-sixteen battles began.

• Li Wei used his tickets to obtain items, then gave Meloetta the Pokémon Flute and watched her perform for nearby Pokémon.
• Yuka and Li Wei organized Candy Girls’ debut at the Theme Park, where Meloetta and the other Pokémon performed for an enthusiastic crowd.
• Li Wei learned that Shiny Fraxure, Dragonair, and Deino had evolved into Haxorus, Dragonite, and Zweilous, and he added them to his conference lineup.
• Sabrina defeated Will, Lorelei beat Lucy, Drake defeated Drayden, and Bruno beat Koga as the Master League top sixteen was decided.
• Li Wei attended Dawn’s Grand Festival as a guest observer, while Dawn advanced through the performances and battles to the final against Zoey.
• Dawn defeated Zoey as time expired, won the Top Coordinator title, and agreed to attend the Lily of the Valley Conference with Ash before returning for training.
• Li Wei returned to Jubilife City and examined Dragonite and Red Gyarados, finding injuries from special netting and treating Dragonite’s strained muscles.
• Lorelei and Wallace opened the round of sixteen with an even battle, and Lorelei sent out Articuno as the battlefield grew colder.

Li Wei and Ash traveled to Michina, where they changed the past and stopped Arceus from destroying the town. Li Wei returned home to train for the championship as the Master League quarterfinals began.

• Lorelei defeated Wallace, Steven defeated Raihan, and Cynthia and Leon also won their matches as the Master League finalists were decided.
• Li Wei headed to Michina while Ash, Dawn, and Brock encountered Sheena, Dialga, and the space-time disturbances threatening the town.
• Arceus attacked Michina after Sheena offered it a fake Life Jewel, and Li Wei and the others joined the battle before traveling a thousand years into the past.
• Li Wei’s group freed Damos and exposed Marcus’s deception, allowing Arceus to recover the real Life Jewel, forgive Damos, and restore Michina.
• Li Wei gained the Power of Overcoming and returned to the present, then reported the incident and began training his Pokémon for the championship.
• Leon defeated Norman, and Cynthia beat Lorelei in the quarterfinals after Garchomp overcame Articuno.
• Li Wei agreed to help Professor Oak study the Power of Overcoming, then cared for his recovering Pokémon as Bruno and Lance began their match with Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon.

Lance defeated Leon to reach the Master League final, but Cynthia beat Lance and claimed the championship before joining Li Wei in Sinnoh. The Lily of the Valley Conference began, and Li Wei and Ash advanced through the early rounds as Ash’s quarterfinal rematch with Shinji continued.

• Steven defeated Diantha in the quarterfinal, while the tournament set up Lance against Leon and Cynthia against Steven.
• Cynthia defeated Steven, then Lance beat Leon with Dragonite to earn a place in the Master League final.
• Cynthia defeated Lance in the final, returned to Sinnoh, and agreed to travel with Li Wei after the Lily of the Valley Conference.
• Li Wei and Ash arrived at Lily of the Valley Island, and the Conference began with both advancing through their early matches.
• Ash defeated Nando and Kōhei, while Li Wei won his rounds with Dragonair, Zweilous, Haxorus, Sirfetch'd, Shaymin, Diancie, and Meloetta.
• Ash and Shinji met in the quarterfinal, where Infernape defeated Aggron and Torterra beat Gastrodon before Buizel faced Drapion.
• Drapion caught Buizel with its tail pincers and pinned it, leaving Ash unable to recall it.