Recaps

Ye Yinchuan earned his appraiser certification, welcomed new Pokémon, and continued helping Trainers through his streams. His appraisal of Explorer R’s Pokémon revealed a large-scale illegal capture operation, leaving Ye Yinchuan to stall the team while authorities investigated.

• Ye Yinchuan calmed Lapras and helped it reunite with its mother before joining The Most Handsome Explorer’s storm livestream, where Raikou, Zapdos, and Zeraora sealed an anger-inducing crystal beneath a lake.
• Ye Yinchuan passed the appraiser examination after impressing Master Long with his insights into Bagon’s evolution, and he later identified Long Beibei’s Deino.
• Ye Yinchuan trained his Pokémon, welcomed Aron and Sprigatito after their eggs hatched, and helped Uncle Bird protect his farm’s Spearow from Mandibuzz.
• Ye Yinchuan appraised a lovesick Staryu, a Togepi, and a Ledyba, then guided Wen’s Ledyba through an evolution that gave it the Iron Fist Ability.
• Explorer R offered Ye Yinchuan Master Balls to appraise Pokémon, and Ye Yinchuan recognized that the team had caged Natu and Girafarig.
• Ye Yinchuan secretly alerted the Pokémon Center and Dream Protection Bureau after realizing Explorer R’s roughly fifteen-person team had captured nearly two hundred Pokémon, then continued appraising to buy the authorities time.

Ye Yinchuan helped expose and stop a Pokémon-trafficking operation, then guided several Pokémon through unusual discoveries and evolutions. The arc ended with him investigating a Tourist Park’s attempt to evolve a Galarian Slowpoke.

• Ye Yinchuan identified the island Pokémon attacking the Line Connector’s team, and Kadabra evolved into Mega Alakazam, subdued the invaders, and ordered them to repair the island and care for its Pokémon.
• Ye Yinchuan appraised an unstable Eevee that evolved into Jolteon, warned construction workers about Larvitar and Pupitar, and explained a Galarian Zigzagoon’s growth before it evolved into Galarian Linoone.
• Ye Yinchuan appraised Shedinja and several callers’ Pokémon, while Rowlet evolved into a Shiny Dartrix and Primeape learned Fury Fist before evolving into Annihilape.
• A Chong found Forretress and safely took its egg with help from his Pokémon, then encountered a powerful Volcarona that set the forest ablaze.
• Ye Yinchuan advised officials to contain the fire without provoking Volcarona, and the aged Pokémon laid an egg before turning to ash as Larvesta hatched and quickly evolved into a new Volcarona.
• Ye Yinchuan helped Kricketune Hero plan a selective-breeding project, appraised his Kricketune and eggs, and identified a sickly candidate with exceptional sound talent and Perish Song.
• Ye Yinchuan appraised A Mu Mu’s S-Rank Treecko and then watched Tourist Park staff hold a Shellder near Lao Dai La’s tail, asking what they were doing.

Ye Yinchuan evolved and trained his Pokémon, helped viewers with unusual Pokémon problems, and passed the Professional Trainer exam. He began exploring HuaShui Forest, caught Cottonee, and joined Xiao Wu in capturing Illumise and Volbeat for a commission.

• Ye Yinchuan helped a Galarian Slowpoke evolve into Galarian Slowbro, then appraised unusual Slowpoke and explained their possible evolutions.
• Ye Yinchuan helped Little Pink Worm evolve Silcoon into Dustox, spent time with Bai Zhi, and trained his Pokémon with Overlord’s Shadow.
• Ye Yinchuan reached Fame Level Seven, used Love Freely to change several Pokémon into earlier forms, and helped Zheng Hui recover from his Clefairy transformation while Porygon evolved into Porygon2.
• Snorlax evolved, Ye Yinchuan completed his Professional Trainer exam, and he earned certification after Milotic, Dartrix, and Incineroar won three battles.
• Ye Yinchuan entered HuaShui Forest for his first outdoor exploration and rescued poisoned Plusle and Minun before catching a rare Cottonee.
• Ye Yinchuan and Incineroar took a Quick Claw from fighting Meowth and Sneasel, and Ye Yinchuan met Xiao Wu, who accepted his advice about Metapod and invited him to help find Illumise and Volbeat.
• Ye Yinchuan and Xiao Wu used Milotic, Dartrix, and Heracross to capture two Illumise and eight Volbeat, then spotted an Illumise that seemed unusual.

Ye Yinchuan rescued Sableye and its mother from Team Shadow in Brilliant Cave, then explored Dragonveil Forest and helped Aron evolve into Lairon. The Miraidon Egg hatched into a golden Miraidon, and Ye Yinchuan ended the stretch by approaching a battle between Exploud and an unfamiliar Dragon-type Pokémon.

• Ye Yinchuan uncovered the Smeargle clan’s Celebi ritual, received a blessed Smeargle egg and fruits, and later caught a Shiny Miraidon Egg left behind by Celebi.
• Ye Yinchuan visited Brilliant Cave, defeated Roggenrola and Boldore, and found an injured explorer after discovering that Team Shadow had trapped a Sableye mother and daughter.
• Ye Yinchuan soothed the young Sableye, helped free its mother, and fought Team Shadow with A Kai and the others before accepting the young Sableye into a Poké Ball.
• Ye Yinchuan escaped the collapsing cave with A Kai and Chen Lan, rescued the injured Uncle Zhou, and appraised Rookidee’s unusual Thorn Rock Onix.
• Ye Yinchuan explored Dragonveil Forest, helped Whismur and Loudred reunite, and discovered a group of Cufant beside a lake.
• Ye Yinchuan encouraged Aron to drink from the lake, and Aron evolved into Lairon with Water-type potential before helping Copperajah defeat Torkoal.
• Ye Yinchuan found Wilderness Tentacool and learned that the Miraidon Egg was close to hatching, then watched it hatch into a golden Miraidon with Normal- and Dragon-type Energy.
• Ye Yinchuan continued through the forest with Miraidon and Lairon, then found Exploud battling an unfamiliar Dragon-type Pokémon.