Recaps

Xiaoyun defeated Roxie’s Toxtricity with Drapion’s Fire Poison and Corrosion, earning the Toxic Badge. He and Dawn left Roxie’s noisy Gym and arrived in Undella Town, where they explored its beach.

• Roxie sent out Toxtricity, whose poisoned sound waves confused Bisharp and helped it defeat the newly evolved Pokémon.
• Xiaoyun sent out Drapion, and it traded Poison-type attacks with Toxtricity as both trainers tried to gain an advantage.
• Toxtricity used Shift Gear to evade Drapion’s attacks, but Drapion’s Venom Rain and Fire Poison poisoned it despite its Poison typing.
• Drapion overwhelmed Toxtricity with Flamethrower and Cross Poison, and Xiaoyun won the battle and received Roxie’s Toxic Badge.
• Xiaoyun and Dawn escaped the Gym’s heavy metal celebration and traveled to the beach resort of Undella Town.

Xiaoyun and Dawn vacationed in Undella Town, where they reunited with Nessa, Elesa, and Skyla and accepted Elesa’s offer to stay at her villa. After meeting Cynthia and Caitlin at an ice cream shop, Xiaoyun agreed to battle Caitlin for the chance to win a villa.

• Xiaoyun and Dawn met Nessa, Elesa, and Skyla on the beach after finishing their Unova Gym challenges.
• Skyla, Elesa, and Nessa took Dawn to a swimsuit shop, where they chose a bikini and shawl for her.
• Elesa invited Xiaoyun and Dawn to stay at her spacious villa, and Xiaoyun accepted.
• Xiaoyun recognized Cynthia at the villa complex’s ice cream shop, and Cynthia revealed that he had beaten her before.
• Caitlin challenged Xiaoyun to a battle, offering him his choice of villa if he won, and he eagerly agreed.

Xiaoyun defeated Caitlin's Gothitelle with Sceptile's Bond form, but Caitlin lost control of her psychic powers and empowered Gothitelle into a dangerous state. As Gothitelle unleashed an overwhelming psychic attack, Xiaoyun linked Darkrai's power to Sceptile and prepared a fusion move.

• Xiaoyun and Caitlin began a one-on-one match, with Sceptile facing Gothitelle.
• Caitlin used Swagger and Future Sight, but Sceptile recovered from his confusion and counterattacked.
• Sceptile transformed into his silver Bond form and defeated Gothitelle with a powerful Night Slash.
• After losing, Caitlin lost control of her psychic powers and greatly strengthened Gothitelle, forcing Cynthia and the others to consider intervening.
• Kyurem offered to handle the threat, but Xiaoyun refused and linked Darkrai's power to Sceptile to use Fusion move-Thorn Shadow Blade Dance.

Xiaoyun’s Gabite struggled with anxiety as his other Pokémon grew stronger, so Cynthia arranged a battle with her Garchomp to help it overcome its doubts. The chapter ended with Gabite charging into Draco Meteor as evolution light enveloped it.

• After Caitlin recovered, she apologized to Xiaoyun and gave him a villa transfer agreement.
• Xiaoyun watched Bisharp and Zoroark spar, then saw Serperior overpower an anxious Gabite during training.
• Cynthia recognized Gabite from the Lily of the Valley Conference and arranged for it to battle her Garchomp.
• Garchomp overwhelmed Gabite, but Xiaoyun, Ash, Iris, and Cynthia encouraged it to keep fighting.
• Gabite faced Garchomp’s Draco Meteor with Dragon Rush, and a bright light of evolution surrounded it.

Xiaoyun’s Gabite evolved into Garchomp and battled Cynthia’s Garchomp, while Iris’s Axew gained experience in a battle against Cynthia. After missing the Junior Cup registration deadline, Xiaoyun and Dawn stayed in Undella Town, where Xiaoyun met Cameron and agreed to battle him.

• Gabite evolved into Garchomp after enduring Cynthia’s Garchomp’s Draco Meteor, and Xiaoyun praised its breakthrough.
• Xiaoyun and Garchomp used the fused move Earth River Chariot to clash with Cynthia’s Garchomp’s Dragon Rush, and Garchomp held its ground.
• Iris asked Cynthia to battle Axew; Axew forced Garchomp to block its Giga Impact before Cynthia ended the match.
• Ash, Iris, Cilan, Cynthia, and Caitlin left for the Junior Cup, while Xiaoyun and Dawn stayed behind after missing registration.
• Xiaoyun watched Cameron’s Riolu defeat a Sawsbuck, then accepted Cameron’s challenge to battle; Cameron was surprised that Xiaoyun had eight Badges.

Xiaoyun and Cameron began a 5-on-5 battle on the beach, where Tyrunt defeated Cameron’s Ferrothorn and Swanna before losing to Samurott. Xiaoyun sent out Bisharp next, but Cameron’s Spikes struck it as soon as it appeared.

• Rotom explained that Trainers needed eight Badges to enter the Pokémon League Conference, and Cameron realized he was one short but still had a month to earn the last Badge.
• Cameron challenged Xiaoyun to a 5-on-5 battle, admitting he had prepared only five Pokémon after Dawn reminded him that full battles were usually 6-on-6.
• Xiaoyun’s Tyrunt defeated Ferrothorn with Fire Fang after enduring its attacks and Ingrain.
• Tyrunt defeated Swanna with Draco Meteor and Crunch, then Cameron sent out Samurott.
• Samurott knocked out Tyrunt with Razor Shell, and Xiaoyun sent out Bisharp, which immediately took damage from Cameron’s Spikes.

Xiaoyun’s Bisharp defeated Cameron’s Samurott, and Garchomp then overcame Cameron’s Hydreigon in a clash between pseudo-legendary Pokémon. Cameron steadied himself with Riolu’s support and prepared to send it out as his final Pokémon.

• Xiaoyun used Bisharp’s Sucker Punch, Night Slash, and Metal Burst to defeat Cameron’s Samurott.
• Cameron sent out Hydreigon, which overwhelmed Bisharp with a triple Dark Pulse and forced Xiaoyun to recall it.
• Xiaoyun sent out Garchomp, which cleared Cameron’s Spikes with Earthquake and Sandstorm before battling Hydreigon.
• Garchomp used Dragon Dance and Earth River Chariot to defeat Hydreigon after the two Pokémon exchanged powerful attacks.
• Riolu encouraged Cameron after Hydreigon’s defeat, and Cameron chose Riolu to continue the battle.

Xiaoyun’s Lucario defeated Cameron’s newly evolved Lucario in their battle, while Cameron vowed to challenge him again at the Pokémon League Conference. Far away in northern Unova, an avalanche swallowed a red figure, and Mewtwo rescued four purple figures before asking whether they had called for help.

• Xiaoyun’s Lucario effortlessly dodged Riolu’s attacks and knocked it down with Force Palm, prompting Cameron to encourage Riolu to stand and keep fighting.
• Riolu evolved into Lucario through its bond with Cameron, but Xiaoyun’s Lucario overwhelmed it with multiple Aura Spheres and Bone Rush.
• Xiaoyun’s Lucario finished the battle with Heaven-Pillaring Strike, and Cameron admitted defeat before promising to meet Xiaoyun again at the Pokémon League Conference.
• In northern Unova, a red figure and four purple figures searched a snowy mountain, but the red figure’s outburst triggered an avalanche that swallowed it.
• Mewtwo rescued the four purple figures from the avalanche and asked one of them whether it had called for help.

Mewtwo encountered the red Genesect and its group, but they attacked and fled, leaving Mewtwo to wonder whether they were still searching for a home. Meanwhile, Xiaoyun and Dawn brought their Pokémon to Pokémon Hills for a vacation, where Shaymin, Victini, and Piplup befriended a confused Genesect before a red figure descended from the sky.

• Mewtwo recognized the Genesect as human-created Pokémon from the distant past and tried to connect with them, but the red Genesect rejected its offer and led the group in attacking.
• Mewtwo blocked the Genesect’s attacks, was buried by the resulting avalanche, and later watched the group disappear into the distance.
• Xiaoyun and Dawn arrived at Pokémon Hills in Nuvema Town and released their Pokémon to enjoy the estate’s varied environments.
• Shaymin, Victini, and Piplup rode Genesect through the air, then learned that it had lost its memories and could not find its home.
• Shaymin invited Genesect to follow it, and Genesect transformed back into its flying-disc form before a red figure descended from the sky.

The red Genesect attacked Shaymin and its companions, prompting Pokémon across Xiaoyun’s villa to answer Shaymin’s call for help. As the two sides gathered for a major battle, Sceptile confronted the red Genesect and their fight began.

• The red Genesect interrupted the little Genesect and attacked Shaymin’s group, but Victini, Suicune, and Floatzel fought back.
• The red Genesect summoned three more Genesect, while Victini sent Shaymin’s distress signal into the sky.
• Sceptile, Lucario, Aerodactyl, Metagross, Infernape, Bloodmoon Bear, Luxray, Garchomp, Zeraora, and others arrived to help.
• Sceptile confronted the red Genesect, entered Curse Mark Mode, and struck with Leaf Blade and Blade Storm as the red Genesect countered with X-Scissor and Blaze Kick.
• The Pokémon split into teams to face the Genesect, with Victini taking on the smallest one while Shaymin stopped Bloodmoon Bear from joining that fight.

Xiaoyun’s Pokémon battled the Genesect, while Ailike tried to deny the chaos to Dawn and Xiaoyun. Red Genesect detonated itself to cover its companions’ escape, but Darkrai’s shadow absorbed the blast, leaving Red Genesect gravely injured as the other Genesect fled and Little Genesect continued its staged fight with Victini.

• Metagross and Aerodactyl worked together against Genesect No. 2, while Lucario and Infernape knocked Genesect No. 3 from the air and badly burned it.
• Luxray and Zeraora overwhelmed Genesect No. 4, while Victini and Little Genesect continued their deliberately harmless match.
• Dawn and Xiaoyun investigated the battle, and Ailike tried to pass the attacks off as a fireworks show and artificial rainmaking before fleeing when Shaymin signaled for help.
• Sceptile fought Red Genesect until Red Genesect blasted it back, then covered its companions’ retreat with a barrage of Signal Beams.
• Xiaoyun’s Pokémon and Suicune and Floatzel combined their attacks against Red Genesect’s Protect barrier, forcing Red Genesect to detonate itself.
• Darkrai’s black cloud absorbed the explosion, and the gravely injured Red Genesect retreated with three companions while Little Genesect stayed with Victini.

Xiaoyun learned that Genesect had attacked Shaymin and left one behind, then agreed to help Ailike stop the surviving Genesect after they cut power to Nuvema Town. At the power tower, Kyurem froze the red Genesect while Xiaoyun’s other Pokémon engaged the remaining three.

• Xiaoyun discovered the destruction caused by the battle, learned that Shaymin’s group had fought the Genesect, and scolded Shaymin for calling in backup.
• The injured red Genesect reached Nuvema Town’s power tower, where it absorbed electricity as the others built a nest that caused the town’s power supply to fail.
• Ailike asked Xiaoyun and Dawn to help drive the Genesect from the power tower, and Xiaoyun agreed when Ailike threatened to make them pay for the resort damage first.
• Xiaoyun and Dawn entered the power tower and confronted the healed red Genesect, which attacked with Thunder before Zeraora absorbed the electricity.
• Xiaoyun summoned Darkrai, Sceptile, Suicune, Victini, and Kyurem; the red Genesect attacked Kyurem with Techno Blast, and Kyurem froze it with Glaciate.
• Sceptile and Suicune began fighting separate Genesect as the other battles erupted inside the power tower.

Mewtwo stopped Red Genesect from self-destructing and took it into space, where it convinced the Pokémon that it had misunderstood its intentions and promised to help the Genesect find a home. As Mewtwo prepared to leave with them, Team Rocket ambushed it with specialized armor and a warship.

• Darkrai defeated Genesect No. 4, while Sceptile and Suicune pushed Genesect No. 2 and No. 3 to the brink of defeat.
• Red Genesect began preparing to self-destruct, but Mewtwo restrained it with Confusion and carried it away from the battle.
• Mewtwo showed Red Genesect the view from space and learned that the Genesect had only wanted to return home, so it promised to help them find a new home.
• Mewtwo returned with Red Genesect and agreed to take the Genesect away, while Xiaoyun readily allowed them to leave.
• Team Rocket attacked Mewtwo with a powerful beam and trapped it in specially designed armor that weakened its Confusion.

Giovanni arrived with Team Rocket to reclaim Mewtwo, using a device-controlled Forces of Nature to attack it. Xiaoyun and his Pokémon intervened, and Black Kyurem drove back Tornadus and Thundurus before Landorus struck; the trio celebrated prematurely as the battle continued.

• Giovanni emerged from Team Rocket’s battleship and demanded that Mewtwo return, but Mewtwo refused to serve his ambitions.
• Giovanni ordered Jessie, James, and Meowth to activate their device, which sent Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus to attack Mewtwo.
• Mewtwo escaped its restraints with Teleport but was struck by Landorus’s Hammer Arm and left badly injured.
• Red Genesect and Kyurem blocked the Forces of Nature’s next attacks, and Xiaoyun challenged Giovanni to battle.
• Giovanni sent Tornadus and Thundurus against Kyurem, which transformed into Black Kyurem and repelled their Thunder and Hurricane with Fusion Bolt.
• Landorus cracked the ground beneath Kyurem and sent lava surging upward while the Rocket Trio celebrated, but Xiaoyun warned them not to celebrate too soon.

White Kyurem overwhelmed the Forces of Nature while Giovanni sent Beedrill to seize Mewtwo, but Xiaoyun intervened and Sceptile clashed with Giovanni’s Pokémon. The chapter ended with Sceptile knocked back after its attack collided with Beedrill’s Drill Run.

• Kyurem transformed into White Kyurem and defeated the Forces of Nature’s combined attacks with Ice Burn.
• Giovanni sent Beedrill to retrieve Mewtwo, and Beedrill quickly overwhelmed the Genesect unit.
• Xiaoyun blocked Beedrill from reaching Mewtwo and sent Sceptile to fight it.
• Sceptile and Beedrill traded rapid attacks until Sceptile gained an advantage as Beedrill tired.
• Sceptile struck with Amakakeru Ryū no Hirameki, but Beedrill countered with Drill Run and knocked Sceptile back.

Xiaoyun used Darkrai and Sceptile to challenge Giovanni’s Beedrill, whose Power of Viridian healed and strengthened it. As the battle reached a stalemate, Xiaoyun fused Sceptile and Darkrai with the Power of Overcoming, unveiling Slaughter Shadow Sceptile.

• Giovanni wagered that he would leave if Xiaoyun defeated Beedrill, while Xiaoyun agreed to fight with no more than two Pokémon.
• Darkrai and Sceptile trapped Beedrill in Vine Shadow Cage, but Giovanni used the Power of Viridian to help Beedrill break free with renewed strength.
• Beedrill fought Darkrai and Sceptile to a stalemate, overpowering Sceptile and resisting Darkrai’s attacks.
• Xiaoyun declined Kyurem’s offer to help and activated Fusion Evolution with Sceptile and Darkrai.
• Xiaoyun completed the fusion, revealing Slaughter Shadow Sceptile.

Xiaoyun defeated Giovanni’s Beedrill with Slaughter Shadow Sceptile, and Giovanni withdrew while ordering Team Rocket to begin the Storm Plan to find the Reveal Glass. After recovering, Xiaoyun accepted a Little Genesect from Mewtwo and continued his journey to Opelucid City.

• Xiaoyun’s Slaughter Shadow Sceptile overpowered Beedrill, forcing Giovanni to honor their agreement and leave with Jessie, James, Meowth, and the injured Forces of Nature.
• Xiaoyun collapsed after Giovanni’s warship departed and woke the next day in a Pokémon Center, where Dawn explained that she had turned away Officer Jenny and Pokémon League investigators.
• Mewtwo thanked Xiaoyun for saving it, promised compensation, and left Little Genesect in his care before departing with the other Genesect.
• At Team Rocket’s temporary base, Giovanni learned Beedrill needed time to recover and ordered Jessie, James, and Meowth to capture Meloetta and locate the Reveal Glass in the Storm Plan.
• After several days of travel, Xiaoyun and Dawn arrived in Opelucid City.

Xiaoyun and Dawn reunited with Iris in Opelucid City, where she challenged her former mentor Drayden to test how much she had grown. Iris lost Excadrill but defeated Drayden’s Haxorus with Dragonite, leaving the battle unfinished with one Pokémon still to come.

• Xiaoyun and Dawn found Iris standing atop a utility pole, where she explained she had climbed it for fun while waiting for Ash and the others.
• Drayden arrived and accepted Iris’s request for a two-on-two battle at Opelucid Gym.
• Iris’s Excadrill battled Drayden’s Haxorus, landed several attacks, but lost after Haxorus used Dragon Rush.
• Iris sent out Dragonite, which overwhelmed Haxorus’s Dragon Pulse with Blizzard and knocked it out.

Iris’s disobedient Dragonite lost to Drayden’s Druddigon, and Drayden challenged Xiaoyun after learning he had caught Kyurem. Xiaoyun began a two-on-two battle with Genesect against Drayden’s Hydreigon, and the fight continued as their attacks collided.

• Xiaoyun judged Iris’s Dragonite strong but unruly, while Drayden sent out Druddigon to face it.
• Dragonite ignored Iris’s commands, attacked Druddigon with Dragon Rush, and was repeatedly countered until Drayden’s Dragon Tail knocked it into a wall and won the match.
• Drayden advised Iris to understand Dragonite and connect with it before expecting obedience.
• Drayden challenged Xiaoyun after recognizing Kyurem from footage of the Nuvema Town battle, exciting Iris and prompting Cilan to explain Kyurem’s reputation.
• Xiaoyun accepted a two-on-two battle and sent out Genesect against Drayden’s Hydreigon.
• Genesect and Hydreigon exchanged Flash Cannon, Dark Pulse, Techno Blast, and Tri Attack; Genesect dodged Hyper Voice in Flight Form and attacked with Blaze Kick, which Hydreigon met with Crunch.

Xiaoyun’s Genesect defeated Drayden’s Hydreigon, but Drayden’s Haxorus forced him to bring out Kyurem for their battle. Kyurem overwhelmed Haxorus with Glaciate and Freeze Shock, though Haxorus broke free from the first attack and pushed back before collapsing.

• Genesect used Techno Blast to freeze Hydreigon, knocking it out of the battle.
• Drayden sent out his scarred ace Haxorus, which struck Genesect away with Slash.
• Xiaoyun summoned Kyurem, whose arrival froze the battlefield and awed Drayden and the spectators.
• Drayden had Haxorus use Dragon Dance and Dragon Rush, but Kyurem froze both Haxorus and its attack with Glaciate.
• Haxorus broke out of the ice with Outrage and countered Kyurem’s Freeze Shock with a boosted Giga Impact before collapsing.

After earning the Legend Badge, Xiaoyun visited the Village of Dragons and learned that Kyurem had given the village’s ancestors the DNA Splicers. As the Elder returned the relic to its rightful owner, a resident reported that a Deino had gone berserk, and Xiaoyun explained why it needed patience rather than punishment.

• Drayden awarded Xiaoyun the Legend Badge and invited him and Dawn to meet the Elder in the Village of Dragons.
• Iris showed the group the village’s many Dragon-type Pokémon and explained that the Elder kept the settlement safe from hunters.
• The Elder revealed the DNA Splicers and explained that Kyurem had given them to Iris’s ancestor to help rebuild Unova and communicate with Dragon-type Pokémon.
• Kyurem confirmed its history with the village, and the Elder returned the DNA Splicers to their rightful owner.
• A resident reported that a Deino was repeatedly ramming itself against a cage, and Xiaoyun explained that its blindness made it explore by biting and ramming and that it needed patience.

Xiaoyun uncovered Deino’s traumatic past as a captive of Team Plasma, earned its trust, and caught it as his partner. After registering for the Vertress Conference, Xiaoyun spotted a familiar figure at an Eevee ice cream shop.

• The Elder explained that Deino was a wild Pokémon with deep hostility toward humans, and Xiaoyun offered to try to be its Trainer.
• Xiaoyun used the Power of Overcoming to see that Team Plasma had captured and experimented on Deino before it escaped and found refuge in the Village of Dragons.
• Xiaoyun comforted Deino in its memories, easing its fear and earning its trust.
• Deino accepted Xiaoyun’s Poké Ball, and Xiaoyun caught it as his partner.
• Xiaoyun and his companions traveled to Vertress City and registered for the Vertress Conference.
• While exploring the food street, Xiaoyun noticed a familiar figure in a red rescue uniform beside an Eevee.

Xiaoyun reunited with Virgil, Cameron, Barry, and Zoey in Unova as the tournament approached. Ash challenged Zoey to a battle, where her Absol countered Pikachu’s attacks and sent his Electro Ball back at him.

• Xiaoyun met Virgil and Cameron, then reunited with Barry, who explained that he had finished training in Alola and gotten lost in Unova.
• Dawn surprised Xiaoyun by introducing Zoey, who said she had reached the Hoenn Grand Festival finals and lost to May before challenging Wallace and losing.
• Ash challenged Zoey to a battle at the hotel training grounds, arguing that the tournament’s ban on advance battles did not apply to her.
• Ash sent out Pikachu while Zoey chose Absol, and Pikachu’s Thunderbolt missed when Absol used Double Team.
• Pikachu blocked Absol’s Razor Wind with Iron Tail and fired an Electro Ball, but Absol redirected it with Iron Tail and sent it back at Pikachu.

Ash and Zoey ended their friendly battle after Pikachu and Absol clashed, and Ash encouraged Zoey after her loss to Master Wallace. The Vertress Conference opened with an exhibition match between Alder and Cynthia, whose Garchomp and Volcarona were still charging toward each other when the chapter ended.

• Ash ordered Pikachu to meet Absol's Thunderbolt with Volt Tackle, and their attacks collided in a powerful burst of electricity.
• Ash stopped the battle and told Zoey that winning did not matter between companions, then promised they would have a real match after the tournament.
• Charles Goodshow officially opened the Vertress Conference and announced an exhibition match between Unova Champion Alder and Sinnoh Champion Cynthia.
• Cynthia sent out Garchomp, and Alder answered with a newly raised Volcarona.
• Garchomp's attacks forced Volcarona to dodge and defend with Quiver Dance, Fiery Dance, and Struggle Bug before the two Champions called for Dragon Rush and Flare Blitz.

Cynthia and Alder’s exhibition match ended in a draw, and the Vertress Conference began with Xiaoyun and Trip facing each other in a preliminary battle. Both Trainers sent out Serperior, and Trip’s Pokémon attacked first with Dragon Tail.

• Cynthia’s Garchomp and Alder’s Volcarona clashed in a powerful exhibition match that the referee declared a draw.
• Cynthia and Alder exchanged compliments, then joined host Freddy O'Martian as guest commentators for the Vertress Conference draw.
• Xiaoyun was assigned to battlefield C and embarrassed Dawn by performing a cheer routine before she left for her match.
• Xiaoyun and Trip were called to battle in the first preliminary match on battlefield C, and Trip sent out Serperior.
• Xiaoyun also sent out Serperior, which resisted Trip’s Glare before Trip ordered Dragon Tail.