Recaps

Ye Qing traveled through the desert toward the Ground-type Gym, joined a team, and fought a powerful Garchomp before continuing alone. After Absol led him to a threatened oasis, Ye Qing helped the villagers prepare for a devastating sandstorm, which culminated in another battle with Garchomp.

• Ye Qing evolved Haunter into Gengar, stocked up on desert supplies, and joined Zhang Siyu, Mu Guo, and Li Hu’s team under the name Ye Liangchen.
• The team encountered a powerful Garchomp in the desert, and Ye Qing and the others fought it until it knocked out most of their Pokémon and escaped.
• Li Hu tried to take the Charcoal Infernape had stolen from Garchomp, but Gengar forced him to retreat, and Zhang Siyu also left Ye Qing behind.
• Ye Qing rescued Xie Yu and Malamar from a failed parachute jump, then followed Absol to an oasis after Absol sensed a disaster to the south.
• Ye Qing warned Zhang Zhongxin and the villagers about the coming disaster, and Zhang persuaded the tribe to prepare their shelters and defenses despite their fear of Absol.
• When the sandstorm struck, Ye Qing and Zhang Zhongxin’s Trainers defended Crescent Moon Lake from waves of wild Pokémon, while Ye Qing’s team gained levels.
• After four hours of fighting, Garchomp appeared at the half-buried lake, and Ye Qing’s Pokémon attacked him until Ye Qing called out “Bond!” to unleash their power.

Ye Qing defeated the Nightmare Gang’s leaders after Gardevoir’s kidnapping and returned home with Garchomp and his Pokémon. He left Garchomp with his father and took Ye Menghan to the Safari Zone to look for a Vigoroth.

• Ye Qing bonded with Infernape to defeat Garchomp, then caught the exhausted Dragon-type in a Great Ball that was automatically locked.
• Ye Qing rescued Xie Yu and helped Zhang Zhongxin’s group survive the sandstorm before leaving the oasis with a blue Pokémon Egg from Yaoyao.
• Ye Qing learned that the Nightmare Gang controlled Desert City and that its leader, Wei Shikang, was targeting women and girls.
• Wei Shikang’s gang kidnapped Gardevoir, so Ye Qing pursued them with Garchomp and defeated the gang at their villa.
• Ye Qing killed Wei Shikang and fought Wei Wufeng, whose Mega Swampert and Tyranitar were defeated after Aggron evolved, and Gardevoir killed Wei Wufeng as the city rose against the gang.
• Ye Qing returned home, where he released his ownership of Garchomp so his father could catch him and help protect the family.
• Ye Qing took Ye Menghan to the Safari Zone, where Mudkip gained battle experience and Infernape found Vigoroth hiding in a tree.

Ye Qing, Wang Yao, and Luo Jiujiu searched the Qinling Mountains for ancient tombs and became trapped in a village illusion shaped by Ghost-type Pokémon. The illusion collapsed, but Luo Moyun destroyed Yingzi’s soul, leaving Wang Yao devastated as Ye Qing suspected the valley concealed an entrance to the Distortion World.

• Ye Qing and Wang Yao assembled an expedition team with Luo Jiujiu, then entered the Qinling forest with their Pokémon to search for ancient tombs.
• Ye Qing’s group crossed a mist-filled river and found a cave leading to a village where strange fog disrupted Pokémon’s senses and Ye Qing’s Spoon Mark went dark.
• Ye Qing recognized the village as an illusion resembling The Peach Blossom Spring, and he led Wang Yao and Luo Jiujiu outside to investigate.
• The group split up to investigate a wedding and a funeral as Team R, Hunter J, and Luo Moyun entered the village pursuing their own goals.
• Wang Yao entered the wedding house and became trapped in an illusion where he lived a life with Yingzi, while Ye Qing’s group struggled to reach him.
• Team R’s device disrupted the illusion, allowing Wang Yao to regain his awareness, and Ye Qing’s group followed the village chief as the illusion began to collapse.
• Ye Qing’s group exposed Mismagius and Trevenant as the forces behind the illusion, while Wang Yao’s memories of Yingzi returned.
• Luo Moyun attacked Yingzi with Psyshock, shattering the Spoon that sealed Giant Alakazam and destroying Yingzi’s soul despite Gardevoir shielding Wang Yao.
• Wang Yao sang Love of a Lifetime as Yingzi’s soul disappeared, and Ye Qing took him and Luo Jiujiu to a hillside while Giant Alakazam and Giant Gengar fought.
• Ye Qing and Luo Jiujiu saw a bell surrounded by Unown in the sky, and Ye Qing suspected the valley concealed an entrance to the Distortion World.

Ye Qing avenged Hunter J, uncovered the damage done to Wang Yao, and challenged the Psychic-type Gym while pursuing a safe way to help an unstable Vigoroth. The arc left Vigoroth beginning to learn how to evolve, while Hunter J’s surviving subordinates threatened retaliation and Luo Moyun continued plotting against Ye Qing.

• Ye Qing defeated Hunter J and Alakazam, killed Hunter J, and watched Salamence die after refusing to submit.
• Ye Qing learned that Wang Yao had spent ten years in an illusion with Yingzi, and promised to help him while refusing Mewtwo’s offer to erase his memories.
• Ye Qing moved his family to Alto Mare, met Mewtwo and Mew, and asked Mewtwo to examine Wang Yao’s soul fragment, but Mewtwo could not remove it.
• Ye Qing rescued an experimental Vigoroth from Team Magma and brought him to Alto Mare, where his unstable temperament made him dangerous to approach.
• Ye Qing passed Su Qi’s Psychic-type Gym challenge, earned the Psychic Badge, and learned that Infernape had reached level 50.
• Ye Qing learned that Luo Moyun was still plotting against him and Wang Yao, while Old Master Luo warned Luo Moyun to stop after Hunter J’s death.
• Latias tried to help Vigoroth, but an attack by Arbok triggered his rampage, and Ye Qing concluded Vigoroth was not ready for the National Tournament and learned Hunter J’s surviving subordinates might retaliate.
• Mew indicated that evolving Vigoroth into Slaking might help, and Ye Qing brought him to Mew to learn how to evolve before discovering Infernape and Aggron had wrecked the yard fighting.