Recaps

As Ghost-type Pokémon began appearing over Shanhai City, Ye Qing sheltered his family and Wang Yao’s family while the city’s defenses prepared for the crisis. At six in the evening, Litwick descended from the purple vortex in orderly rows, followed by a mass of Ghost-type Pokémon and spreading purple mist.

• Wang Yao asked Ye Qing if he could bring his mother to stay at the house, and Ye Qing agreed.
• Ye Qing spent the night watching patrols as authorities evacuated ordinary families and warned residents to stay indoors.
• The next morning, a dark purple vortex covered Shanhai City, and Old Master and Ye Qing’s Pokémon prepared for danger.
• Wang Yao and his mother arrived by Teleport, bringing Blissey, Meganium, and Clefable to support the group.
• At six in the evening, blue-flamed Litwick descended from the vortex in two rows as Ghost-type Pokémon emerged and purple mist spread toward the city.

On Ghost Festival, the Spirit World Gate opened and corrosive purple mist filled the streets as Ghost-type Pokémon attacked. Ye Qing left the villa with Gardevoir to investigate, while Cassidy’s Team R operatives searched for a target and Cassidy learned that Ghost Girl needed a vessel to keep the gate open.

• Old Master had Bronzong protect the villa with Confusion as Ghost-type Pokémon attacked patrol members outside.
• News reports revealed that the purple mist was corrosive and affected the minds of humans and Pokémon, prompting Ye Qing to leave with Gardevoir.
• Gardevoir’s barrier held against the mist, though the purple fog steadily ate away at her Confusion.
• Cassidy sent Team R operatives, including Fujii Gongshu, out in teams to search for a target.
• Cassidy met the Doctor in a hidden laboratory, where he explained that Ghost Girl needed one of three girls as a vessel to keep the Spirit World Gate open.

Ye Qing and his Pokémon fought off a group of Misdreavus before he discovered that his Mark protected him from the purple mist without Gardevoir’s Barrier. He went to the hardest-hit downtown area, where a level 38 Gengar ambushed him as nearby Trainers warned him not to underestimate it.

• A Misdreavus startled Ye Qing’s group, but Gardevoir dispersed the mist and blasted her with Shadow Ball.
• Three more Misdreavus arrived, and Infernape, Gible, and Gardevoir drove the four Ghost Pokémon away.
• Ye Qing tested stepping outside Gardevoir’s Barrier and found that his Mark shielded him from the mist.
• Ye Qing had Gardevoir teleport him downtown, where Infernape and Gible struck a Gengar that lunged at him.
• A nearby trio warned Ye Qing about the Gengar while they remained occupied fighting Haunter and Yamask.

Ye Qing and his Pokémon fought invisible Gengar before a lightning-fast Zeraora swept through the Ghost-type Pokémon and vanished. Ye Qing summoned Giant Dragonite for help, while a terrifying girl holding Drifloon appeared at his home and confronted his family.

• Gengar broke Gardevoir’s barrier, but Ye Qing used Infernape’s Double Team to expose him, and the Pokémon struck him through a shop wall.
• Gardevoir reached level thirty-four as Ye Qing set out to help the others, but Zeraora raced past and cleared the Ghost-type Pokémon from the street.
• Ye Qing followed Zeraora with his Pokémon but lost it when the purple mist disrupted Gardevoir’s Teleport.
• Worried that dangerous Legendary or Mythical Pokémon might threaten his home, Ye Qing blew the bone whistle to summon Giant Dragonite.
• A girl with black-hole-like eyes arrived at Ye Qing’s home holding Drifloon, and Old Master, Dragonite, Ye Mom, Zhao Ziran, and Wang Yao reacted in fear.

A little girl and hundreds of Ghost-type Pokémon attacked Wang Yao and his family at Ye Qing's villa, forcing them into a desperate defense. As the battle wore on and their escape was sealed, Director Wang reported the attack to the Dragon Tamer, while Wang Yao decided to go with the girl.

• The little girl appeared above the villa with a horde of Ghost-type Pokémon and demanded that Wang Yao come play with her.
• The Old Master and the others defended the villa as the Ghost-type Pokémon surrounded it and prevented Gardevoir from using Teleport.
• Wang Yao and his family began to tire as the attackers kept coming, while Giant Dragonite heard his bone whistle and flew toward its source.
• Director Wang refused to pull security squads away from their assigned posts, then sent a report to the Dragon Tamer on a professor's advice.
• Wang Yao clenched his fists and decided to go with the little girl.

The Little Girl abducted Wang Yao after her Dusknoir shattered the villa’s defenses, then left with him while the others kept fighting. Elsewhere, Ye Qing overheard Team R searching for a Female Ghost they believed could open a passage to the Spirit World.

• Wang Yao offered to go with the Little Girl to keep her from killing the people at the villa, but his mother and the Old Master objected.
• The Little Girl’s Dusknoir destroyed the Psychic-type barrier with Shadow Punch, and she hesitated after sensing an unfamiliar but familiar Psychic Legendary aura.
• The Little Girl ordered Cofagrigus to bind Wang Yao and carry him away, leaving other Ghost-type Pokémon to attack the villa.
• A Female Ghost wandered through homes in downtown Shanhai City, frightening residents as she searched for someone who had been gone for a thousand years.
• Ye Qing hid with his companions and overheard Scarface tell Fujii Gongshu that Team R wanted to capture the Female Ghost and use her to open a passage to the Spirit World.

Ye Qing confronted Fujii Gongshu after discovering that he had joined Team R, and the two began a deadly Pokémon battle in a narrow alley. Fujii Gongshu’s worsening illness left him unable to command Blaziken, and the fight continued as Blaziken and Infernape’s flames collided.

• Fujii Gongshu’s Golbat detected Ye Qing, who emerged from hiding and asked why Fujii had joined Team R.
• Fujii Gongshu declared that Ye Qing had to die and challenged him to a one-Pokémon fight, despite coughing blood and struggling to stay conscious.
• Fujii Gongshu sent out Blaziken, and Ye Qing chose Infernape to battle him.
• Blaziken attacked without commands while Infernape blocked his strike, counterattacked, and used Feint to break Protect.
• Blaziken dodged Infernape’s fiery charge with Quick Attack, then the two Pokémon’s Flamethrower attacks collided and exploded.

Ye Qing defeated Fujii Gongshu, who died after asking him to rescue his sister, Morikawa Minako, from Team R. Ye Qing then hunted Scarface and his remaining accomplices, reaching Scarface at a construction site.

• Infernape stopped Blaziken from using Agility and defeated him with Focus Punch.
• Fujii Gongshu gave Ye Qing a Grass Gem and asked him to rescue Morikawa Minako, whom Team R had taken, before dying.
• Blaziken cremated Fujii Gongshu, then left with six Poké Balls; Ye Qing kept the Grass Gem and collected some bone fragments for Morikawa Minako.
• Ye Qing and his Pokémon defeated one of Scarface's accomplices and followed Scarface's scent to a construction site.
• Gardevoir located Scarface, who was hiding at the site with Mightyena and keeping watch among several Gastly.

Ye Qing killed Scarface and recovered the Smooth Rock, while Shanhai City remained under siege by Ghost-type Pokémon from the Purple Vortex. Giant Dragonite arrived after tracking Ye Qing’s scent, searching for his companion and expecting an important lead.

• Ye Qing used Gardevoir’s Teleport to ambush Scarface, then had Infernape kill him after learning he carried a treasure.
• Mightyena fled while two Gastly attacked Ye Qing, and Gardevoir defeated them with Thunderbolt.
• Ye Qing found Scarface’s Smooth Rock and gave it to Gible, who swallowed it and equipped it.
• Zhao Ziran, Old Master, Ye Yunyin, Wang Yao’s Mom, and Ye Mom struggled to defend themselves as Ghost-type Pokémon overwhelmed Shanhai City.
• Director Wang and Zhang Yan learned that a powerful Trainer was holding the line at Villa No. 6 and ordered the Patrol Team to withdraw.
• Giant Dragonite tracked Ye Qing’s scent across Shanhai City and landed nearby to look for him.

Ye Qing returned home with Giant Dragonite and drove off the Ghost-type Pokémon attacking his family. He learned that a Female Ghost had taken Wang Yao and headed to the Public Security Bureau to find Zhang Ziren, while Wang Yao remained trapped inside Cofagrigus.

• Ye Qing summoned Giant Dragonite, who carried him and his companions home at great speed.
• Giant Dragonite blasted away the Ghost-type Pokémon surrounding Ye Qing’s home, forcing them to retreat.
• Wang Yao’s family told Ye Qing that a Female Ghost had abducted Wang Yao, and Ye Qing recognized her as the girl from South Forest Alley.
• Ye Qing guessed that the Female Ghost wanted Wang Yao to lead her to Ranger Zhang Ziren, then left for the Public Security Bureau while Giant Dragonite guarded his family.
• Cofagrigus opened on a deserted street, revealing Wang Yao wrapped like a mummy and struggling inside.

Wang Yao was forced to lead the Ghost Girl toward Black Rock Mountain while Ghost-types overran Shanhai City. At the Public Security Bureau, Ye Qing set off to find Zhang Ziren, and the Dragon Tamer reported that the Spirit World passage could not be closed without finding its source.

• The Ghost Girl freed Wang Yao from Cofagrigus’s bandages and ordered him to take her to the person she sought, so he pretended to comply while planning to stall her at Black Rock Mountain.
• Ghost-types continued attacking people throughout Shanhai City as Zhao Ling, accompanied by five Ghost-types and a Snorlax, headed toward South Forest Alley.
• Ye Qing reached the Public Security Bureau and told Director Wang that a female ghost had kidnapped his son, then explained what had happened in South Forest Alley.
• After learning Zhang Ziren was at the intersection of Binhai Road and Jinxi Road, Ye Qing used Gardevoir’s Teleport to go find him.
• Director Wang saw an image of a huge Dragonite near Ye Qing’s home, and the Dragon Tamer arrived injured and said they needed to find the source of the Spirit World passage.

As Darkrai arrived in Shanhai City, Ye Qing warned his family to stay awake and brought Zhang Ziren to the Public Security Bureau. He told Zhang Ziren that Yaoyao had returned from the Spirit World and might be seeking him, then Dragon Tamer and Director Wang pressed Ye Qing to explain his theory.

• Darkrai appeared in the darkened city, and frightened Trainers urged everyone to flee and avoid falling asleep.
• Ye Qing realized that people's nightmares may have drawn Darkrai and warned his family not to sleep before flying to Zhang Ziren.
• Ye Qing had Gardevoir take Zhang Ziren from the coast to the Public Security Bureau, then told him that Yaoyao had come herself and could travel between the Spirit World and their world.
• Ye Qing explained that Yaoyao had abducted his buddy and might be looking for Zhang Ziren, leaving Zhang uncertain about her purpose.
• At the Public Security Bureau, Zhang Ziren reported to Dragon Tamer, while Director Wang demanded that Ye Qing explain his theory.

Ye Qing deduced that the Ghost Girl had opened the Spirit World to find Zhang Ziren, while Wang Yao led her toward the Public Security Bureau. Meanwhile, Team R tracked a Female Ghost to an apartment complex, where Cassidy confronted her and discovered she was not the Ghost Girl he sought.

• Ye Qing told Zhang Ziren that the Ghost Girl had opened the Spirit World to find him, and Zhang Ziren offered to sacrifice himself to save Shanhai City.
• The Ghost Girl followed Wang Yao to Zhang Ziren’s cabin, then ordered her Pokémon to kill several Team R members who were watching them.
• Ma Hou detected a ghost in an old residential complex, and Cassidy led a Team R force there to capture it.
• Cassidy confronted the Female Ghost, who recognized he was not Zhang Ziren and then laughed at him when he asked what she was.

Cassidy’s search for the Ghost Girl failed when Gastly escaped after impersonating Lugia, while Darkrai’s uncontrolled power spread nightmares across Shanhai City. At the Public Security Bureau, the officials identified Darkrai’s presence and used Ye Qing’s Lunar Wing to resist its sleep-inducing energy, but Zhang Yan fell asleep as soon as he left its protection.

• Gastly disguised itself as Lugia to escape Cassidy, who realized she had captured the wrong Ghost Girl and raised the bounty on her target.
• Darkrai’s growing power put people and Pokémon throughout Shanhai City to sleep, and Zeraora rushed toward its location.
• Director Wang and Zhang Yan learned that the authorities planned to kill the Ghost Girl, leaving Zhang Ziren torn because she was his fiancée, Yaoyao.
• The Public Security Bureau detected a new Legendary Pokémon-level energy signature, and Director Wang identified Darkrai as the source of the spreading drowsiness.
• Ye Qing used the Lunar Wing to protect those nearby, but Zhang Yan stepped outside its light and immediately fell asleep.

The Dragon Tamer, Ye Qing, and Director Wang flew to Darkrai’s location, where a thousand-year-old Gastly woke Darkrai and ended its citywide sleep. With Darkrai and Zeraora fighting in the forest, the group turned toward Team R, but Gastly incapacitated Dragonite and challenged them as Ye Qing called for backup.

• The Dragon Tamer gave Zhang Ziren a Glass Vessel holding Ho-Oh’s fire, then took Ye Qing and Director Wang toward Darkrai on Dragonite.
• Dragonite’s Thunder failed to affect Darkrai, but a talking Gastly transformed into an alarm clock and woke it.
• Darkrai withdrew its energy from Shanhai City, then fought Zeraora as the two Mythical Pokémon headed toward the forest.
• Director Wang reported Team R’s location along the route from Black Rock Mountain to the Public Security Bureau, and the group decided to investigate.
• The Dragon Tamer tried to capture Gastly, but Gastly put Dragonite to sleep; Ye Qing took out a Bone Whistle to call backup.

Cassidy led Team R in an assault on Ghost Girl, unleashing Dark Zapdos against her Ghost-type Pokémon. As Dark Zapdos charged at Ghost Girl, Zeraora intervened, but the modified bird recovered and attacked him with a giant blue-energy bird.

• Gastly fled before Ye Qing could decide whether to catch him, and Director Wang’s group continued toward Team R’s location.
• Cassidy confronted Little Girl and Wang Yao at Central Square, then had Team R attack while giant turbines battered the Ghost-type Pokémon with wind.
• Little Girl ordered Dusknoir to summon nearby Ghost-types, and five Gengar dismantled the turbines while the two sides fought.
• Cassidy unleashed Dark Zapdos, who devastated the Ghost-type ranks and turned the battle in Team R’s favor; Wang Yao climbed into Cofagrigus for safety.
• Dark Zapdos charged at Little Girl, but Zeraora struck him and sent him flying; Dark Zapdos recovered and launched a giant blue-energy bird at Zeraora.

Cassidy used a Dark Ball to make Mega Blaziken burn through his life energy, overwhelming Dragon Tamer’s Pokémon as Dark Zapdos battled Darkrai and Zeraora. The fight remained unresolved as Zeraora launched a barrage against Dark Zapdos.

• Darkrai struck Dark Zapdos with Shadow Balls, while Cassidy used a Dark Ball on Mega Blaziken and transformed him into Dark Mega Blaziken.
• Dark Mega Blaziken overwhelmed Zeraora and fought Darkrai, while Dark Zapdos summoned lightning from the clouds.
• Dragon Tamer arrived with Dragonite and Mega Evolved Gyarados, but their combined attacks could only match Dark Mega Blaziken.
• Ye Qing explained to Director Wang that the Dark Ball forced Mega Blaziken to burn his life energy, multiplying his strength beyond its limits.
• Dragon Tamer sent Aerodactyl, Mega Gyarados, and Dragonite to attack Dark Mega Blaziken as Darkrai absorbed Dark Zapdos’s lightning and Zeraora struck Dark Zapdos.
• Dark Zapdos pecked Zeraora in the chest as Zeraora continued its barrage.

Ye Qing summoned Giant Dragonite, whose arrival turned the battle against Cassidy and Dark Mega Blaziken into a decisive victory for the Pokémon League. After Cassidy was captured, Ghost Girl reunited with Zhang Ziren, though she could not physically touch him.

• Ye Qing blew the Bone Whistle, and Giant Dragonite flew to the square while Cassidy ordered Dark Mega Blaziken to attack Ghost Girl.
• Giant Dragonite crashed into the square and blasted Dark Mega Blaziken with lightning, forcing Cassidy to retreat.
• Giant Dragonite captured Dark Zapdos, Dragon Tamer caught the fleeing Cassidy, and Pokémon League troops arrested the remaining R Organization members.
• Ye Qing brought Ghost Girl’s attention to Zhang Ziren, and she recognized him as the person she had searched for.
• Wang Yao emerged from Cofagrigus, and Ghost Girl sent him to Director Wang before reaching toward Zhang Ziren, only for her hand to pass through him.

Zhang Ziren chose to die with Yaoyao rather than kill her, using Ho-Oh’s Sacred Fire to destroy them both. Yaoyao’s death reversed and dispersed the Purple Vortex over Shanhai City, and the surviving Pokémon and people began to leave the square.

• Zhang Ziren admitted that he and Yaoyao were guilty of the deaths caused by the Spirit World invasion, while Yaoyao said she would sacrifice anything to find him.
• The Dragon Tamer prepared to use Sacred Fire if Zhang Ziren could not bring himself to kill the Ghost Girl, and Wang Yao slapped himself as he resolved to change his ways.
• Zhang Ziren crushed the glass vessel containing Ho-Oh’s Sacred Fire and held Yaoyao as the flames burned them both.
• Drifloon carried Zhang Ziren and Yaoyao into the air, where the golden flames consumed them and they vanished.
• Yaoyao’s death caused the Purple Vortex to reverse and disperse, while Ghost-type Pokémon fled and Darkrai and Zeraora left the square.

After the R Organization was defeated, Ye Qing found Morikawa Minako among the rescued captives and learned that a thousand-year-old Gastly wanted people to remember the story of Maiden Rock. He arranged for reporters to publicize the legend, then asked Gastly to introduce him to a promising Pokémon from its line.

• The Dragon Tamer ordered the captured R Organization members and rescued women taken to the Public Security Bureau, and Ye Qing found Morikawa Minako in a cultivation pod.
• Ye Qing and Wang Yao thanked Giant Dragonite, who left after Ye Qing promised to contact him with news.
• Gastly asked Ye Qing how he knew it had lived for over a thousand years, and Ye Qing decided to use the reporters to spread the Maiden Rock legend.
• Ye Qing told the story of the girl who waited for her lover until she became a rock, and Gastly was moved that people still remembered it.
• Gastly refused to go home with Ye Qing because it had to keep passing the story down, so Ye Qing asked it to introduce him to a Pokémon from its line.

Ye Qing chose a Shiny Haunter from Gastly’s descendants and accepted its challenge to battle, sending Gardevoir to fight. Gardevoir badly injured Haunter with Psychic-type attacks while Haunter’s Perish Song threatened nearby Pokémon.

• Gastly summoned his descendants and offered Ye Qing a gifted Pokémon to take with him.
• Ye Qing examined a Shiny Haunter and a Totem Gastly, then chose the Shiny Haunter.
• The Shiny Haunter tried to touch Ye Qing, then challenged him to catch it in a fair fight.
• Haunter began using Perish Song, alarming the nearby Trainers and prompting them to recall their Pokémon.
• Gardevoir copied Haunter’s type and struck him with Synchronoise and Confusion, leaving him badly injured.

Ye Qing captured Haunter after Gardevoir defeated him, then returned home with Wang Yao as Shanhai City recovered from the purple mist. The next morning, Ye Qing visited his old classmate Morikawa Minako in the hospital, where she had awakened and was recovering.

• Gardevoir defeated Haunter with Disarming Voice, and Ye Qing captured him before Perish Song took effect.
• Millennium Gastly left with his descendants after refusing Wang Yao's request to catch one of them.
• Ye Qing and Wang Yao returned home, reunited with their families, and rested through the night.
• Ye Qing woke the next morning, ate breakfast, and decided to visit Morikawa Minako at the hospital.
• Ye Qing entered Morikawa Minako's room and asked how she was recovering.

Ye Qing told Morikawa Minako that her brother Fujii Gongshu had died and gave her his ashes, then accepted her Grass Gem. After Dragon Tamer offered compensation for Ye Qing’s contribution to Shanhai City, Ye Qing secured an estate and traded the Grass Gem for a Dragon Gem, leaving him to settle back at home with his Pokémon.

• Ye Qing told Morikawa Minako about Fujii Gongshu’s death and gave her the box containing his ashes.
• Morikawa Minako offered Ye Qing her brother’s Grass Gem, and Ye Qing eventually accepted it after she insisted.
• Blaziken arrived at the hospital and reacted warily to Ye Qing, who left his phone number and departed with Gardevoir.
• Dragon Tamer offered Ye Qing compensation, and Ye Qing requested a Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon Egg before settling for an estate.
• Ye Qing traded the Grass Gem to Dragon Tamer for a Dragon Gem and learned that the estate paperwork would go through the Shanhai City Trainer Association.
• Ye Qing returned home, introduced Haunter as a new companion, and watched the other Pokémon greet him uneasily.

Ye Qing learned that the Trainer Association was awarding him an estate in Shanhai City's Botanical Garden, giving him a new home after his Pokémon repeatedly wrecked the yard. As his family prepared to move, Ye Qing planned to resume his journey and train for the approaching National Tournament.

• Psyduck attacked Aerodactyl with Confusion after Gible bit his head, and Haunter copied him by knocking Marowak out of his sleep.
• Zhang Yan told Ye Qing the Trainer Association had awarded him the right to live in and renovate an estate in the Botanical Garden, but not to sell or sublet it.
• Ye Qing told Wang Yao and his family that he would move to the estate, and Wang Yao hurried away after making a mysterious phone call.
• Old Master and Zhao Ziran announced they would leave for home the next morning, while Zhao Ziran promised to challenge Ye Qing again after his Dragonair evolved.
• Ye Qing reflected on his four Badges and the approaching National Tournament, then told his Pokémon to wait until they had moved before roughhousing again.

Ye Qing moved with his mother and Pokémon into a manor in Shanhai City's Botanical Garden. He then agreed to let researchers study his Aerodactyl under strict safety conditions, preparing for a journey to the dangerous Forbidden Ridge.

• Ye Qing and his mother moved their belongings to the manor with help from Aerodactyl, Psyduck, Gardevoir, Aggron, and Milotic.
• Ye Qing settled into the new home and went shopping for household necessities with his mother the next morning.
• Ye Qing's grandfather asked to study Aerodactyl, and Ye Qing agreed in exchange for Pokéblocks and TMs after setting conditions to protect Aerodactyl.
• Ye Qing planned to take Secret Power to the Forbidden Ridge, where Pokémon could create Secret Bases to survive the freezing conditions.