Recaps

Xia You won the Azalea and Goldenrod Gym battles, helped the police capture Team Rocket executives, and traveled with Erika to Alto Mare. He won the city’s water race and ended the stretch touring Alto Mare’s canals with Ash, Misty, Brock, and Rossi.

• Xia You defeated Bugsy’s Spinarak and Metapod, and his Scyther beat Bugsy’s Scyther before evolving into Scizor and earning Xia You the Bug Badge.
• Xia You and Erika helped Looker rescue hostages at the Goldenrod City TV Station, and Xia You captured Apollo and Athena with the police after Gengar protected him from Hyper Beam.
• Xia You defeated Whitney’s Miltank, Ambipom, and Lopunny to earn the Plain Badge, then registered for the Silver Conference.
• Xia You beat Xing Qitian, Xing Qiliu, and Xing Qiyi’s Pokémon, collected their medals, and boarded a ship with Erika for Alto Mare.
• Xia You met Ash, Misty, and Brock in Alto Mare, registered for the water race, and saw Ash’s Pikachu defeat Eevee in a battle.
• Xia You raced Blastoise through Alto Mare and won the finish ahead of Misty and Rossi after Ash’s Totodile left the course with Latios and Latias.
• Xia You accepted the glass victory trophy and joined Erika, Ash, Misty, Brock, and Rossi on a gondola tour, where Rossi told them the legend of Latios and Latias guarding Alto Mare.

Xia You and his friends rescued Latios and Latias from Sanna and Lian and helped protect Alto Mare from a tsunami. After reaching Silver Town, Xia You prepared for the Silver Conference and qualified for the Preliminaries.

• Xia You and his friends met Latias in Alto Mare, then followed her to the Secret Garden and befriended her and Latios.
• Sanna and Lian captured Latios and stole the Soul Dew, so Xia You and his friends fought through the revived fossils and rescued Latios as the Soul Dew turned black.
• Xia You, Latias, Latios, and Suicune weakened the tsunami threatening Alto Mare, and Xia You rescued the exhausted Latios and Latias from the seabed ruins.
• After the waves receded, Xia You and his friends returned to the Secret Garden, then left Alto Mare and parted from Ash, Misty, and Brock near Cherrygrove City.
• Xia You and Erika visited Professor Elm, continued north together, and helped the Ho-Oh Shrine staff deal with Sneasel, Machop, and Machoke before Sneasel agreed to coexist peacefully with humans.
• Xia You and Erika settled in Silver Town, where Ash, Misty, and Brock joined them before the Silver Conference and Xia You encountered Gary, Kenta, and Marina.
• Xia You won his three Selection Tournament matches with Dragonite, Tyranitar, and Scizor, while Ash also advanced to the Preliminaries.
• Charles Goodshow announced the Preliminaries format, and Xia You joined Ash, Misty, Brock, Kenta, Marina, Jackson, and Nana for a meal as his popularity rose to first place online.

Xia You advanced through the Silver Conference, defeating Ash and then Tyson to reach the finals. Dushe rallied from an early deficit against Yamashita and secured the other place in the final.

• Xia You entered the Silver Conference and won his group matches, then defeated Nana to advance to the top sixteen.
• Ash defeated Gary and faced Xia You in the quarterfinals, where Xia You won despite Charizard ending his undefeated streak.
• Xia You defeated Ash and advanced to the semifinals, while Tyson beat Kenta to become his next opponent.
• Xia You took a three-to-zero lead over Tyson before Gengar defeated Swellow and Crystal Steelix beat Linoone.
• Gardevoir defeated Tyson’s Blaziken, sending Xia You to the finals.
• Yamashita took a two-to-zero lead over Dushe, but Dushe rallied and won the remaining battles to reach the finals against Xia You.

After winning the Silver Conference, Xia You helped free Celebi from Vicious and caught it in the GS Ball before beginning his Hoenn journey. He collected new Pokémon, stopped Team Magma and Team Aqua, parted from Erika, and arrived at a suspicious Gym with Misty.

• Xia You defeated Dushe in the Silver Conference final and received the championship medal and trophy.
• Xia You and his companions rescued Celebi from Vicious, and Xia You caught Celebi in the GS Ball before leaving for Hoenn.
• Xia You registered for the Hoenn League, caught Torchic and Feebas, and met Archie in Petalburg Woods.
• Xia You stopped Team Magma from robbing a Devon Corporation employee, then helped Steven and the company thwart Team Aqua’s theft of Culture Medium.
• Erika received the League’s order to return to Celadon Gym, said goodbye to Xia You, and sailed back to Kanto.
• Misty arrived to travel with Xia You, and the pair visited Anthony’s Gym, where Xia You realized Anthony was hiding Pokémon inside Pelipper and offered to take over Misty’s battle.