Recaps

Xia You defeated Anabel and explained how Scizor used Double Team twice to fool her. After receiving the Ability Badge, he learned from Scott that the Battle Pyramid was near Viridian City and prepared to continue his journey with May.

• Anabel's Espeon guessed wrong against Scizor's Double Team and fell after Scizor struck it at close range.
• Xia You explained that Scizor had used Double Team again as Anabel saw through the first set of shadows, and Anabel praised the battle before asking whether they had met before.
• May explained that Anabel had likely seen Xia You on television as the Indigo Conference Champion, and Anabel gave him her Ability Badge.
• Anabel said Scott would provide the Battle Pyramid's location, and Xia You called Scott after reaching a Pokémon Center with May.
• Scott sent Xia You the Battle Pyramid's current location near Viridian City, and Xia You told May that the facility could fly to different places.

Xia You and May arrived in Kouki Town for the last Pokémon Contest before the Grand Festival, where Harley confronted them and then recruited Team Rocket to help him target them. Harley chose Meowth as a hostage, unaware that Team Rocket planned to scam him again rather than oppose Xia You.

• Xia You and May detoured to Kouki Town after learning its Contest was the final chance to earn a Ribbon Medal before the Grand Festival.
• At the crowded Contest Hall, Harley mocked May for lacking five Medals and showed her that he had already collected them.
• Harley approached Team Rocket and offered to lend Jessie his Pokémon so she could compete against May, revealing that he also wanted to target Xia You.
• Harley demanded a hostage to prevent Team Rocket from stealing his Pokémon again, and he chose Meowth.
• Team Rocket secretly agreed to take advantage of Harley, intending to scam him again instead of picking a fight with Xia You.

Harley traded his Cacturne and Banette to Jessie and James for Meowth, while May steadied herself and delivered an outstanding performance at the Kouki Contest. Meowth escaped from Harley’s warehouse, and Jessie took the stage with Harley’s Cacturne, leaving her scheme and the contest’s outcome unresolved.

• Harley gave Jessie his Cacturne and Banette in exchange for Meowth, then tied Meowth up and took him to a warehouse.
• Xia You helped May calm down during practice, and she performed smoothly with Combusken at the Kouki Contest the next morning.
• May impressed the audience with Combusken’s flying-disc routine and Fire Spin finale, angering Harley, who had expected her to falter.
• Meowth escaped his ropes, knocked down Harley’s Ariados with help from Wobbuffet, and fled the warehouse.
• Jessie appeared at the contest as Fairy Jessie Bian and sent out Harley’s Cacturne, while Xia You suspected she and Harley were plotting against May.

Jessie and May advanced through the Kouki Contest and reached its final, where Harley’s Banette ambushed May’s Squirtle with a pre-charged attack. The match began with Squirtle countering Banette, while Harley’s plan to use Jessie to defeat May remained underway.

• Jessie performed with Harley’s Cacturne and earned the second-highest score, while May placed first in the Performance Evaluation.
• May defeated her opponents with Squirtle and advanced to the final, where Jessie also secured her place after winning with Harley’s Banette.
• Lilian introduced May and Jessie as the finalists, and Harley eagerly watched, hoping Jessie would use his Pokémon to defeat May.
• At the start of the final, Banette struck Squirtle with a pre-charged Electric-type move, but Squirtle recovered and counterattacked with Ice Beam.

May defeated Jessie in the Kouki Contest and earned her fifth Ribbon Medal, qualifying for the upcoming Grand Festival. After the Team Rocket Trio staged a dramatic escape with Harley’s Pokémon, May reunited with Xia You and received a Grand Festival introductory booklet.

• May guided Squirtle through a series of defensive and counterattacks that steadily depleted Banette’s appeal points.
• May lured Banette into dodging Bubble, then froze it with Ice Beam and blasted it out of bounds with Water Gun, winning the contest.
• Jessie, James, and Meowth revealed themselves as Team Rocket, blasted a hole in the Contest Hall roof, and escaped with Banette.
• Harley recognized the Team Rocket Trio’s escape and chased after them, furious that they had taken his Pokémon again.
• Lilian announced May as the winner, and May received her fifth Ribbon Medal and qualified for the Grand Festival.
• May told Xia You she had imagined battling like him, then showed him the Grand Festival booklet Mr. Contesta had given her.

Xia You and May followed strange auroras into a forest, where severe geomagnetic interference disabled their equipment and Poké Balls. They encountered Pokémon Ranger Hinata and a Deoxys, and Xia You agreed to help investigate the anomaly.

• Xia You changed his plans to seek the Battle Pyramid near Pewter City before the Grand Festival at Indigo Plateau.
• Xia You and May spotted red and cyan auroras and entered the forest, where their compass, phone signal, and Poké Balls stopped working.
• Xia You called out Gardevoir and Gengar, and the two continued through the unusually silent forest.
• Hinata appeared and explained that Ranger headquarters had sent her to investigate strong geomagnetic anomalies.
• A Deoxys emerged briefly, and Hinata asked Xia You for help; he agreed not to stand aside if needed.

Xia You explained that the geomagnetic anomaly was likely caused by a Deoxys awakening inside a meteorite that had fallen ten years earlier, and revealed to Hinata that he owned a Deoxys. Hinata led Xia You and May to the cave where the meteorite had landed, and they entered to investigate.

• At the forest Pokémon Center, Nurse Joy told Hinata and Xia You that the equipment remained unusable because of the geomagnetic anomaly.
• Xia You learned that a meteorite had fallen nearby ten years earlier and concluded that a Deoxys inside it had recently awakened.
• Xia You showed Hinata the Great Ball containing his own Deoxys, explaining that his experience gave him greater knowledge of the Pokémon.
• Hinata gathered her report and equipment, then led Xia You and May toward the meteorite's location in a mountain cave.
• Hinata explained that Ranger equipment could withstand geomagnetic anomalies, and the three entered the cave without encountering anything.

Xia You and his companions found a Deoxys trapped in a meteorite whose geomagnetic effects prevented it from leaving. After moving the meteorite away from its cave, they learned it was the source of the anomaly and debated whether to destroy it to free Deoxys.

• Xia You released his Deoxys, which helped reveal another Deoxys inside the meteorite and sensed that it was in pain.
• Hinata tried to capture the trapped Deoxys with her Capture Styler, but it broke free of the Capture Lines.
• Xia You had his Deoxys lift the meteorite out of the cave, while Gardevoir teleported Xia You, May, and Hinata outside.
• Xia You and the others moved far from the cave but found that the geomagnetic anomaly still affected them, and Xia You concluded that the meteorite caused it.
• Hinata relayed headquarters' explanation that solar wind was affecting the meteorite, and Xia You proposed smashing it to free Deoxys.
• May hesitated, noting that the meteorite was also Deoxys's home.

Xia You and May helped a trapped Deoxys destroy the meteorite causing a geomagnetic anomaly, then continued to Pewter City to prepare for the Battle Pyramid. There, Matori and Goz spotted Xia You and planned to report the encounter to Giovanni.

• Xia You's Deoxys destroyed the meteorite, freeing the wild Deoxys and ending the geomagnetic anomaly; the rescued Pokémon thanked Xia You's Deoxys before flying away.
• Hinata thanked Xia You and May, exchanged contact information with them, and said she would be assigned to Sinnoh, where they might meet again.
• After two days of travel, Xia You and May reached Pewter City and noticed that Brock's Gym had been transformed with bright decorations.
• Xia You passed a bespectacled woman in the street and felt she was familiar, but he could not identify her and continued on with May.
• The woman revealed herself to be Matori and told Goz that Xia You had seemed to notice her; they decided to report the encounter to Giovanni.

Xia You and May met Samurai in the forest on their way to the Battle Pyramid, where Samurai challenged Xia You to a rematch. May defeated Samurai’s Butterfree with Eevee, and Samurai prepared to send out his strongest Pokémon for another battle.

• Xia You and May left Pewter City and searched the forest for the Battle Pyramid.
• May sent Eevee into the bushes, startling Samurai, whom Xia You recognized from an earlier encounter.
• Samurai challenged Xia You, but Xia You made him battle May first.
• May and Eevee used the forest for cover and defeated Samurai’s Butterfree with Sand Attack and Quick Attack.
• Samurai demanded another battle, and Xia You agreed after May nodded; Samurai took out the Poké Ball containing his strongest partner.

May defeated Samurai’s Shiny Heracross, and Samurai left vowing to beat Xia You next time. Xia You and May then found the Battle Pyramid and entered the ancient ruins beside it, where they suspected the Frontier Brain was investigating.

• Samurai sent out his Shiny Heracross, but May’s Combusken defeated it with Flame Charge and repeated Peck attacks.
• Samurai left after accusing Xia You of being responsible for the doodles, while Xia You said they might meet again when they returned to Kanto.
• Xia You and May reached the Battle Pyramid and noticed ancient ruins beside it.
• The ground collapsed beneath them, but Gengar caught them and Xia You identified the hole as a fallen section of the ruins.
• Xia You and May explored a passage lit by electric lights, released Gardevoir for protection, and Xia You photographed the ancient inscriptions for Professor Cerise.

Xia You and May discovered the ruins of the ancient Kingdom of Pokélantis and found a stone ball said to be connected to Ho-Oh. When the king’s soul emerged and attacked Xia You, Gengar struck it back before it could possess him.

• Xia You and May reached a trapped door, and Gengar opened it after finding the hidden switch.
• Brandon arrived, identified the ruins as Pokélantis, and explained the legend of its king and the stone ball.
• Xia You, May, and Brandon entered a chamber and found a stone ball on a small throne beneath a statue of the king.
• The stone ball began shaking and opened by itself, releasing a dark human-shaped soul.
• The king’s soul lunged at Xia You, but Gengar stepped in and blasted it backward.

Xia You, May, and Brandon confronted the King of Pokélantis, whose soul tried to possess them and steal their Pokémon. Gengar destroyed the king’s soul, and the group emerged from the ruins with Xia You taking the ancient stone Poké Ball; Scott was waiting outside the Battle Pyramid for Xia You’s challenge.

• The King of Pokélantis revealed himself and attempted to seize the group’s Pokémon, but Gengar stopped his attacks.
• Brandon deduced that the king had spread the Ho-Oh legend to lure someone into freeing him, and Xia You decided to destroy the king’s soul rather than seal it away again.
• Gengar pulled the King of Pokélantis close and tore his soul apart, making it vanish completely.
• Xia You took the stone Poké Ball from the throne, and Brandon led him and May through the ruins to the surface.
• Scott greeted Xia You outside the Battle Pyramid, saying he had waited to watch Xia You’s battle.

Xia You met Brandon at the Battle Pyramid and learned that Brandon had caught Regirock and Registeel but not Regice, so they agreed to battle once he completed the trio. Xia You and May then traveled to the Indigo Plateau, where May registered for the Grand Festival, before continuing toward Johto and Charizard Canyon.

• Scott met Xia You and May at the Battle Pyramid, where Xia You told him and Brandon about the King of Pokélantis in the underground ruins.
• Brandon learned that Xia You knew about the Legendary Titans, and Soutaro revealed that Brandon had caught Regirock and Registeel but was still searching for Regice.
• Xia You asked to battle Brandon’s three Legendary Titans, and Brandon agreed to contact him once he caught Regice; Xia You and May then left the Battle Pyramid.
• Xia You and May traveled to the Indigo Plateau, where Xia You recalled winning his first regional championship and May registered for the Grand Festival.
• Xia You and May left the city and headed toward Johto, where Xia You planned to take his Charizard to challenge the pinnacle of Charizard Canyon.

Xia You and May traveled by Dragonite to Charizard Canyon, where Xia You reunited with his Charizard and learned how much he had grown. The next morning, Xia You’s Charizard prepared to challenge the canyon’s strongest, with Ash’s Charizard watching from the crowd.

• Xia You and May flew to Charizard Canyon on Dragonite and met Kiko, her Charizard Lisa, and Xia You’s Charizard.
• Xia You and Kiko exchanged stories while May spent time with Pokémon at the cabin, and Xia You took his Charizard outside to see his progress.
• Xia You, May, and Kiko headed to the canyon’s highest point the next morning, followed by a crowd of Charizard.
• Xia You identified Ash’s Charizard among the spectators, and Kiko explained that only the two challengers could take part in the battle.

Xia You's Charizard challenged the strongest Charizard in Charizard Canyon, matching its strength with tactics and skill. After both Pokémon endured heavy exchanges, Xia You sensed his bond with Charizard deepen as it charged into a brutal close-range fight that was still underway.

• The strongest Charizard confronted Xia You's Charizard, and the two faced off as Kiko, May, and Gengar watched.
• Xia You's Charizard used an explosion and smoke to surprise the wild Charizard, then seized it in midair and slammed it into the ground with Seismic Toss.
• The wild Charizard softened its fall with Dragon Breath and emerged with only minor scrapes before charging at Xia You's Charizard again.
• Xia You's Charizard used Smokescreen to counter the wild Charizard's attack, and the two fought inside the smoke before emerging exhausted and evenly matched.
• Xia You sensed Charizard's desire to win and their bond growing closer as Charizard abandoned its tactical approach and charged into a fierce close-range battle.

Xia You’s Charizard defeated the strongest Charizard in Charizard Canyon, and Kiko gave Xia You a Charizard X Evolution Stone before he and May departed. On the way toward Ecruteak City, they encountered the same Entei Xia You had fought before, and Charizard pursued it as it tried to flee.

• Xia You’s Charizard beat the canyon’s strongest Charizard and was hailed as the new king, while Ash’s Charizard left determined to train harder.
• Kiko congratulated Xia You and gave him a Charizard X Evolution Stone, completing his collection of both Charizard evolution stones.
• Xia You, May, and Charizard left the canyon and flew toward Goldenrod City on their way to Ecruteak City and the Whirl Islands.
• Charizard spotted Entei resting in a valley, and Entei fled as soon as it recognized Xia You.
• Xia You sent Charizard after Entei, which tried to escape through the rocky terrain before turning to bite at its pursuer.

Xia You used Mega Evolution to turn Charizard into Mega Charizard X and defeat Entei despite Charizard's exhaustion. He caught Entei, completing his collection of the three Legendary Beasts of the Johto Region.

• Xia You arrived with May and released Gardevoir, Dragonite, Tyranitar, and Scizor to prevent Entei from escaping while Charizard fought it.
• May worried that Charizard was too exhausted to beat Entei, so Xia You equipped it with the Charizard X Evolution Stone and activated Mega Evolution.
• Mega Charizard X overwhelmed Entei with its power and Dragon-type attacks, then shattered Entei's desperate energy beam and knocked it down.
• Xia You threw a Great Ball at the weakened Entei, and the Ball stopped shaking, confirming its capture.

Xia You caught Entei, reunited with Kenta and Marina, and continued with May to the Whirl Islands. He arrived at Green Rock Island and was warmly received by Maya, though May’s arrival interrupted their reunion.

• Xia You caught Entei and explained Mega Evolution to May after Charizard returned to normal.
• Kenta and Marina arrived, reunited with Xia You, and met May; Marina shared her Coordinator experience with her over lunch.
• Xia You and May parted ways with Kenta and Marina, then flew toward the Whirl Islands on Charizard.
• Xia You arrived at the Temple of the Sea at night, where Maya recognized him and welcomed him onto the terrace.
• Xia You greeted Maya, but she paused when May climbed down from Charizard as well.

May spent the night at the Temple of the Sea, where she accidentally glimpsed Xia You and Maya together and struggled to hide what she had seen. After leaving the temple with Xia You, she flew with him toward Ecruteak City, but a dangerous storm formed around them.

• May left the Rest Room to search for Xia You, reached Maya's bolted bedroom, and heard Maya's strange cries before a maid caught her nearby.
• The next morning, May saw Xia You at breakfast and learned Maya had left to preside over a ritual; May then attended the Sea God's blessing ceremony with Xia You and recognized that he had brought her there to see Maya.
• Xia You and Maya shut themselves in a room again, and May spent dinner alone before departing the next morning with Xia You on Charizard.
• Xia You and May flew north toward the Ecruteak Five so Eevee could consider its evolution, but a violent storm with lightning and rough seas gathered around them.
• Xia You told May they could not safely fly through the storm, and May asked what they should do.

Xia You and May escaped a storm aboard Lujia’s research vessel, then discovered an iceberg inhabited by more than a hundred white Snorlax known as Snowman Snorlax. Xia You set out to catch one and found a particularly large specimen in an icy grove.

• May spotted Lujia’s small research vessel, and Lujia let Xia You and May aboard to shelter from the storm.
• Lujia steered the boat safely through the storm, though the detour carried them off course from their route to Ecruteak City.
• May, Xia You, and Lujia spotted an unusual iceberg crowded with white Snorlax, which Xia You identified as Snowman Snorlax from a local legend.
• Lujia secured the boat and stayed behind to photograph and study the Snowman Snorlax, while Xia You and May explored the iceberg.
• Xia You decided to catch a Snowman Snorlax and found a large one eating white fruit in an icy grove.

Xia You and May encountered a huge, fast Totem snowman Snorlax, and Xia You sent Gardevoir to battle it. Gardevoir weathered Snorlax’s powerful moves, but as Snorlax launched a surprise aerial Ice Punch through its Blizzard, the fight remained unresolved.

• May asked Xia You what a Totem Pokémon was, and Xia You explained that it was an unusually large Pokémon from Alola that might have a physical advantage.
• Xia You hesitated to catch the Totem snowman Snorlax because of its enormous appetite, but May reassured him that her Pokéblocks could help feed it.
• Xia You sent Gardevoir to battle the Snorlax, which revealed surprising speed by charging through debris and attacking with Ice Punch.
• Gardevoir used Teleport to evade Snorlax’s attacks and struck it with psychic power, while Snorlax endured the hits and countered with Ice Beam.
• Snorlax unleashed Blizzard, forcing Xia You and May to shelter while Gardevoir protected itself with a Confusion dome.
• Snorlax emerged from the blizzard behind Gardevoir, leapt into the air, and brought an icy punch down as Gardevoir turned to face it.

Xia You defeated and caught the snowman Snorlax with Gardevoir’s Future Sight, then traveled with May to Ecruteak City to visit Eevee’s former home. He reunited with the Ecruteak Five, where Xiaoyu challenged his recent accomplishments and Xia You recounted how he had first met the sisters.

• Gardevoir used Future Sight to strike the snowman Snorlax through the Blizzard, and Xia You caught him after he fell unconscious.
• Xia You left the iceberg with May and Charizard, then arrived in Ecruteak City the following afternoon.
• Xia You called Xiaojuan, learned the Ecruteak Five were performing, and arranged to meet them at their home.
• The Ecruteak Five welcomed Xia You and Eevee, while Xiaoyu asked about his Hoenn tournament victory and Battle Frontier progress.
• Xiaojuan invited Xia You and May inside, and Xia You told May how he had first met the sisters.

Xiaoyu realized that her pride and jealousy toward Xia You had made her provoke him because she wanted his attention, and she considered using an aphrodisiac to attract him. Meanwhile, Xia You and May reunited with the Ecruteak Five, and the chapter ended with Xiaojuan and Xiaotao asking what evolution Xia You wanted for Eevee.

• Xiaotao told Xiaoyu that she had been acting unusually toward Xia You and urged her to be kinder to him.
• Alone in the dressing room, Xiaoyu admitted to herself that she envied Xia You and Erika and wanted Xia You to notice her, then took out a bottle of aphrodisiac.
• Gengar explored the Ecruteak Five's house and startled Xiaomei and Sakura before they joined Xia You and May in the reception room.
• Xiaomei and Sakura encouraged May's Coordinator ambitions and coached her as she practiced with her Pokémon outside.
• Xiaojuan and Xiaotao asked Xia You about Eevee's possible evolution, and Xia You explained that Eevee was ready to evolve but could not choose what to become.

Xia You returned Eevee to the five sisters so they could help decide its evolution, then joined them for dinner. Xiaoyu secretly planned to drug Xia You with aphrodisiac-laced sake, but Gengar secretly spread the dose among every bottle, leaving the sisters unaware of what would happen.

• Xia You said Eevee's evolution should depend on the sisters' opinions and Eevee's choice, and the group discussed its possible evolutions over dinner.
• Xiaoyu left the dining room to fetch sake, and Xiaotao followed her to her room after growing suspicious.
• Xiaotao caught Xiaoyu pouring aphrodisiac into a sake bottle and learned that Xiaoyu planned to seduce Xia You and use the encounter to bind him to her.
• Gengar secretly divided the aphrodisiac among all the sake bottles and left without either sister noticing.
• Xiaotao warned Xiaoyu about Erika, but Xiaoyu insisted that she had set her sights on Xia You and carried the sake back to dinner.