Recaps

Ye Qing acquired Chimchar and became stranded in Jinxi Forest, where he took on the identity of a dead Team R mole to infiltrate Team R. He reached Mewtwo and shared its origin memories, leaving Mewtwo confronted with its creation and an unidentified girl from its past.

• Ye Qing chose a damaged Chimchar Egg at the gambling market, and Chimchar hatched with B+ potential after Blissey helped treat it.
• Ye Qing trained Chimchar, then joined Wang Yao, Sun Xiaowei, and Su Yiqin on a trip into Jinxi Forest, where they battled wild Pokémon and were separated by danger.
• Ye Qing and Su Yiqin survived attacks in the forest, while Wang Yao and Sun Xiaowei learned Team R was active in the mountains and returned with Brother Xu to seek help.
• Team R attackers forced Ye Qing from Pidgeot, and he fell into the forest before discovering Li Zhiyong, a dying Pokémon League mole.
• Li Zhiyong told Ye Qing about Team R’s God-Making Plan, then Ye Qing used Li Zhiyong’s credentials and clothes to impersonate Blood Bat and reach Team R’s camp.
• Ye Qing witnessed Mewtwo defeat Dragonite, then followed Team R to a volcanic island where Mewtwo fought Moltres and a volcanic eruption scattered the group.
• Blood Hand assigned Ye Qing to guard Mewtwo, and Ye Qing volunteered to deliver its food before Mewtwo recognized him as an outsider.
• Ye Qing let Mewtwo read memories of its creation, showing it Team Rocket’s search for Mew, the God-Making Plan, and a blue-haired girl whose identity Mewtwo could not recall.

Ye Qing helped Mewtwo escape Team R and returned to school, where Chimchar’s battles won him recognition and a top dormitory assignment. After attracting Team R’s attention, Ye Qing secured protection and a Safari Zone membership, then set out to catch a second Pokémon.

• Mewtwo shared the story of Ai with Ye Qing, gave him a Silver Spoon, and explained how his restraints worked.
• Ye Qing and Chimchar knocked out the guards and freed Mewtwo, but Hydreigon pursued them until Mewtwo broke his restraints and teleported them to safety.
• Ye Qing returned to school with Chimchar, stood up to Zhang Qiang’s group, and placed first in the exam before defeating Zhang Qiang’s Charmander in the class battle.
• Ye Qing trained Chimchar in his dormitory and learned that Team R agents were searching for him, so he sought protection by sharing information about the Tao Trio with the Pokémon League.
• Professor Qian rewarded Ye Qing with money, a gold Safari Zone membership, and promised security for his family after Alakazam fainted while examining the mark on Ye Qing’s wrist.
• Ye Qing obtained permission to catch a second Pokémon, trained Chimchar to level fourteen, and went to the Safari Zone with supplies.

Ye Qing explored the Wild Area, caught a powerful Feebas, and survived an encounter with Team R’s assassins with Mewtwo’s help. As school life resumed, he prepared for a tournament and accepted exchange student Fujii Gongshu’s challenge, leaving their match about to begin.

• Ye Qing entered the Wild Area, where Monferno evolved and the pair caught a mischievous Ditto that led them to a powerful Totem Feebas.
• Monferno defeated the Totem Feebas, and Ye Qing caught her before returning home and persuading her to eat beauty-enhancing Pokéblocks.
• Ye Qing explored an unfinished building with Monferno and Feebas, found Wang Yao and Chen Sisi surrounded by Ghost-type Pokémon, and Mewtwo rescued them.
• Mewtwo captured Team R’s agents, read their memories, and sent Ye Qing home after Ye Qing dealt with Nightingale.
• Monferno mastered Iron Tail, while Ye Qing considered his next Pokémon and learned about the upcoming school tournament and island training.
• Fujii Gongshu joined Ye Qing’s class and challenged him to a tournament battle, wagering his younger sister’s class placement.
• Ye Qing trained Monferno before the tournament, then arrived at the stadium with Wang Yao as Fujii Gongshu warned him that his younger sister was strong.

Ye Qing won the academy tournament, then entered the island survival trial, where Monferno and Feebas grew stronger and Feebas evolved into Milotic. He rescued a dying Ralts Egg and gathered a crowd of helpful Pokémon before Principal Jiang brought him back as a wild Pokémon invasion threatened the city.

• Ye Qing defeated Fujii Gongshu’s Combusken in the tournament final, making Ye Qing the champion, and agreed to a future wilderness battle with Fujii Gongshu.
• Ye Qing trained Monferno and Feebas before joining the students for the seven-day island survival trial.
• Ye Qing and Monferno survived Ursaring’s attacks and a Raticate-led horde, and Monferno learned Low Kick and reached level 22.
• Ye Qing’s Feebas evolved into Milotic after he gave her a Prism Scale, and she drove off the Gyarados attacking them.
• Ye Qing explored the cavern beneath the waterfall and found a dying shiny female Ralts Egg after witnessing Gallade’s final struggle through the Spoon Mark.
• Ye Qing gathered wild Pokémon to help find food and supplies, rescued Morikawa Minako from Onix, and won five Razz Berries from Seviper.
• Ye Qing traded with Tropius and gathered Pokémon at his riverside camp, where he spent several days preparing food for them.
• Principal Jiang brought Ye Qing back to Wailord, where Ye Qing confirmed his promised battle with Fujii Gongshu before the group was called back to respond to a wild Pokémon invasion.