Recaps

Ye Qing protected five Genesect from the Star Team, earned the Dragon Badge, and agreed to help the Genesect return to their era. After reaching Shanhai City, he sheltered fugitives and tried to summon Celebi, then asked Mew for help when Celebi did not appear.

• Ye Qing trained his Pokémon on an uninhabited island, where Gabite fought Simisage and her Pansage troop, gained levels, and learned Dragon Rush.
• Five Genesect attacked Ye Qing, but Mega Mewtwo Y intervened, freed them from their control systems, and left four of them in Ye Qing’s care.
• Ye Qing brought the four Genesect to the Dragon Gym, where Gardevoir, Gengar, and Infernape won his three matches and earned him the Dragon Badge.
• Cyllene and the Star Team tried to recapture the Genesect, but the five Genesect resisted their controller and drove them off before Ye Qing agreed to help them return home.
• Ye Qing found Wang Yao’s note beneath a tree in Shanhai City, learned it linked Luo Moyun to Team R, and took the Genesect to the forest where he had first met Celebi.
• Ye Qing stopped Wangchen and Luo Jiujiu from arresting Xie Yu, Zhu Yuanhao, and Chen Siyuan, agreed to safeguard Lucario’s Mega Stone, and placed the GS Ball before the Celebi statue.
• When Celebi failed to appear, Ye Qing took the Genesect home and asked Mew to help them, offering a new-model game console in return.

Ye Qing explored the rainforest, helped defend Venusaur’s evolution ceremony, and found Xerneas before Yveltal petrified him and his companions. After Xerneas revived them, Ye Qing won the Sky Badge, accompanied Diancie home to replace the Sacred Diamond, and reached the Steel Fortress as Luo Moyun plotted to steal the DNA Splicers.

• Ye Qing arranged for the Genesect to stay with Mew and entered the rainforest, where his Pokémon defeated a Totem Tangrowth after it captured Gabite.
• Ye Qing rescued Bulbasaur and defended Venusaur’s Evolution Ceremony from invading Pokémon, while Gabite overcame his fear of Simisage and evolved into Garchomp.
• Venusaur directed Ye Qing to Xerneas, who guided Diancie in sensing Fairy-type power, while the Star Team accidentally awakened Yveltal.
• Mu Linsen led Yveltal toward Ye Qing, and Yveltal petrified Ye Qing, Gardevoir, and Diancie before Mewtwo and the other Legendary Pokémon intervened.
• Xerneas revived the petrified victims and restored the forest, Mewtwo killed Mu Linsen, and Diancie mastered Fairy Aura.
• Ye Qing defeated Madison’s Braviary with Garchomp to earn the Sky Badge and rejected Madison’s attempt to turn him against the Dragon Country Pokémon League.
• Diancie created a replacement Sacred Diamond for the Diamond Kingdom and received the Diamond Minister’s approval to continue traveling with Ye Qing.
• Cynthia retained Su Yiqin’s promised tournament place, Luo Moyun planned a false Moltres attack report to enable Kyurem to seize the DNA Splicers, and Ye Qing entered the Steel Fortress.

Ye Qing survived William’s ambush and the fallout from the Steel Tower’s destruction while Kyurem’s theft of the DNA Splicers widened the crisis. During Ye Menghan’s school outing, Dialga and Palkia trapped Longquan Town in a subspace, leaving Ye Qing and his Pokémon fighting to stop them as help waited outside.

• William ambushed Ye Qing at the Steel Gym, but Ye Qing’s Pokémon fought back and Mega Diancie helped him escape the sealed dome.
• Ye Qing defeated William’s team, but Magnezone’s Explosion destroyed the Steel Tower and killed William as Ye Qing fled with his injured Pokémon.
• Cynthia rescued Ye Qing from Walker, then he joined her at the Imperial Capital and learned Kyurem had stolen the DNA Splicers.
• Ye Qing met Su Yiqin and challenged Long Zinuo, while Luo Moyun mocked him and Ye Qing later challenged Luo Moyun in return.
• Cynthia questioned Ye Qing about William’s death, while Wang Yao escaped Team R’s Antarctic base with Walrein, Butterfree, and Fletchinder after Li Hu let him go.
• Ye Qing accompanied Ye Menghan on her school outing to an abandoned town, where his Spoon Mark burned as Dialga and Palkia fought in a spatial rift.
• Darkrai tried to protect the trapped group as Dialga and Palkia’s battle devastated Longquan Town and sealed it inside a subspace.
• Ye Qing sent Mega Diancie, Infernape, and Mega Gengar against Dialga and Palkia, but the Dragon Tamer and League forces could not enter the vanished town as the two Legendary Pokémon charged their finishing attacks.

After Giratina interrupted Dialga and Palkia’s attack, Ye Qing trained, qualified for the World Cup, and led Dragon Country through its opening team battles. Dragon Country fell to eighth place before the captain battles, while Ye Qing faced a dinner with the Zhang Family and Mizuno Jeff watched him from the street.

• Giratina emerged from the Purple Vortex, defeated Giant Gengar, Giant Alakazam, and Giant Dragonite, then joined Mew in saving Ye Qing and the others from Dialga and Palkia.
• Mew erased everyone’s memories except Ye Qing’s and Darkrai’s, and Ye Qing returned home to find that his family had been affected by the memory loss.
• Ye Qing trained under Latios for nearly two months, strengthened his Pokémon, and traveled with his family to the Imperial Capital for the World Cup qualifiers.
• Ye Qing defeated Sun Tianlong, Li Xiangning, and Zhao Yunxiong in the elimination rounds, securing a place in the main competition alongside Luo Jiujiu, Jiang Zhe, and Wangchen.
• Wang Yao escaped Team R with a Dark Ball, while Luo Moyun agreed to help Yuan Wei enter Dragon Country so he could hunt Wang Yao.
• The Dragon Tamer appointed Ye Qing captain and divided Dragon Country’s ten competitors into three squads for the World Cup team matches.
• Luo Moyun’s squad swept its matches, and Jiang Zhe Mega Evolved Lucario to help Dragon Country reach seventh place, but Morikawa Minako’s Mega Blaziken lifted Japan past them and left Dragon Country eighth.
• Ye Qing promised to give everything in the captain battles, then noticed Mizuno Jeff watching him before joining the Zhang Family for dinner.