Recaps

Yong defeated Glacia and Drake to earn a match against Champion Wallace. Their Champion Challenge began with Rhyperior fighting Wallace’s unseen Pokémon in a water-filled arena.

• Volcarona defeated Glacia’s Abomasnow and Glalie before losing to her Shiny Lapras, which had taken control of the weather.
• Yong sent out Swampert, which defeated Lapras with Hammer Arm and secured Yong’s victory over Glacia.
• Yong faced Drake and used Aerodactyl, Tyranitar, Swampert, and Aggron to defeat Drake’s team, while Tyranitar and Haxorus fought to a draw.
• Mega Aggron outlasted Drake’s injured Salamence, and Yong defeated the Elite Four to earn his Champion Challenge.
• Yong trained Rhyperior before entering the Water Field to battle Wallace for the Champion title.
• Wallace’s hidden Pokémon swept Rhyperior into a whirlpool and waterspout, but Yong had Rhyperior redirect the torrent back into the pool.

Shiyan Yong defeated Master Wallace to become Hoenn League Champion, then reorganized the League as poaching spread. He traveled with Cynthia toward Alola, where Harman’s smuggled Z-Ring and a mysterious watcher pointed to trouble ahead.

• Yong defeated Wallace’s final Pokémon, Milotic, with Terrakion and became the Hoenn League Champion.
• Cynthia presented Yong with his Champion’s cape, Badge, and certificate, while Yong promised to continue his research and League work.
• After Giovanni discussed Yong’s Champion title and Will recruited Koga for Team Rocket, Yong reorganized Hoenn’s League to investigate poaching and illegal trade.
• Yong and Cynthia visited Shalour Gym, where Gliscor defeated Ahe’s Graveler and Qingcao’s Golurk before Yong revealed his identity to Grant and Qingcao.
• Yong encouraged Qingcao to continue learning and arranged for him to train at Mount Michaya, then departed with Cynthia for Azure Bay.
• Yong and Cynthia boarded the Blue Wave, bound for Alola, after learning about its route and stops.
• Harman told Yong he had smuggled a Z-Ring with a Poison Z-Crystal from Alola, and Yong took the ring and brought him along to return it to the Aether Foundation.
• A man in a black tailcoat watched Yong and Cynthia aboard the Blue Wave before disappearing into the crowd.

Yong and Cynthia uncovered a Black Yi House Clan attack on Fakola Island and fought Lysandre and Black Yi Ryuusei’s forces. When Gengar’s poison triggered the island’s collapse, Yong’s Pokémon and Mew helped contain the disaster, and Cynthia saw the crisis end.

• Yong and Cynthia arrived at Fakola Island, where they found released Pokémon seeking help, while Black Wing Longcheng and Black Yi Ryuusei assembled forces to attack them.
• Black Yi Ryuusei’s forces besieged the island, and Cynthia led the defense while Yong faced Lysandre and his Volcanion in the highlands.
• Cynthia’s Garchomp defeated Naganadel and broke through the attacks of Black Yi Ryuusei’s allies, then confronted the spirit of his dead Gengar.
• Yong bonded with Swampert, which defeated Volcanion, while Cynthia and the League forces tried to contain Gengar’s poisonous shroud.
• Black Yi Ryuusei let Gengar consume him, and the resulting shroud struck the highlands and triggered violent tremors and poison across the island.
• Yong and his Pokémon worked to stop the fissures and poison swamps, while Cynthia and Lysandre evacuated survivors and the coastal Pokémon held back the waves.
• As the island crumbled and Yong collapsed, a familiar Pokémon voice and red-gold light renewed Swampert’s strength.
• Mew appeared in a pink psychic shield and gathered the poison swamps and clouds into a black sphere, after which the earth, sky, and sea grew calm.

After recovering from the attack on Fakola Island, Yong and Cynthia visited Alola, met the Aether Foundation, and explored Melemele Island together. They befriended Bewear and trained with it before leaving for Poni Island, where Yong found a Water-type Z-Crystal.

• Yong recovered in Alola as League forces dismantled the Black Yi House Clan, and he and Cynthia accepted Olivia’s welcome and explored Akala Island.
• Mew took Yong and Cynthia to a beach, where they relaxed with their Pokémon and shared a meal beneath the moonlight.
• Yong and Cynthia visited Aether Paradise, where Lusamine asked for their help with Ultra Beasts and explained her hope of finding Professor Mohn with Lunala’s power.
• Yong and Cynthia received Beast Balls but left Aether Paradise to avoid interference, then traveled with Mew to Melemele Island and explored its beaches and forest.
• Yong and Cynthia met Bewear and Stufful, accepted Bewear’s hospitality, and watched Aggron battle Bewear to a powerful draw.
• Yong and Cynthia spent a week helping Bewear control its strength, shared a feast with the forest Pokémon, and left Bewear gifts before departing Melemele Island.
• Yong and Cynthia traveled to Poni Island, where Yong found a blue Water-type Z-Crystal that Wimpod had guarded in its nest.