Recaps

Xiaoyun rescued Riolu, joined Dawn at the Wallace Cup, and continued his Gym challenge while Dawn won the contest. After catching Skorupi in the Great Marsh, Xiaoyun and Dawn entered Paris’s Fashion Design Competition, where Dawn and Lopunny took first place.

• Xiaoyun defeated Terashima’s team, recovered Riolu from Terashima, and arrested him before Riolu chose to join Xiaoyun’s travels.
• Dawn’s Trapinch evolved into Vibrava, and Wallace explained that Piplup wanted to stay unevolved so it could remain by Dawn’s side, and Dawn then defeated Wallace in a battle that revealed Piplup’s Blizzard.
• Xiaoyun, Dawn, and their companions welcomed May to Lake Valor, then competed in the Wallace Cup, where Xiaoyun’s Suicune performance earned the highest preliminary score.
• Xiaoyun defeated Ash and deliberately forfeited his semifinal against Dawn, who went on to beat May and win the Wallace Cup’s Aqua Ribbon.
• Azelf gave Xiaoyun a Psychic Seed before Xiaoyun and Lina continued to Pastoria City, where Xiaoyun defeated Crasher Wake and earned the Fen Badge.
• Xiaoyun caught a red Skorupi in the Great Marsh, while Dawn caught a Swinub, and Skorupi later injured Swinub with its unusual fire poison, which Xiaoyun treated with a Poffin.
• Paris invited Xiaoyun and Dawn to her Fashion Design Competition, and Xiaoyun defended Dawn from an insulting contestant as they prepared their designs.
• Dawn and Lopunny presented an elegant gown and Ice Beam display, won the competition, and were featured in Paris’s magazine.

Xiaoyun and Dawn faced ghostly danger at the Old Chateau, bonded during Professor Rowan’s camp, and helped stop Team Galactic from stealing the Lustrous Orb. Later, they joined Ash’s group to protect Shaymin and Giratina from Zero, leaving the Distortion World threatened by a broken ice pillar.

• Xiaoyun and Dawn escaped Gengar and Rotom’s hypnosis at the Old Chateau, learned why the Pokémon feared humans, and invited them to travel with them.
• At Professor Rowan’s camp, Xiaoyun lent Rotom for Pokédex research, battled with Gogoat, and began a relationship with Dawn after rescuing her from Gyarados.
• Dawn won her fourth Ribbon by defeating Lila, while Xiaoyun and Dawn later protected the Lustrous Orb exhibition from Cyrus, Team Galactic, and Hunter J.
• Xiaoyun refused Cyrus’s offer to join Team Galactic, then defeated Aaron in a three-on-three battle with Mega Sceptile.
• Xiaoyun and Dawn joined Ash’s group on Shaymin’s journey to the Gracidea Flower Field, where Zero attacked them and Shaymin opened a rift into the Distortion World.
• Xiaoyun persuaded Shaymin to help Giratina leave the Distortion World, but Zero trapped Giratina and began draining its power.
• Xiaoyun, Darkrai, and Giratina destroyed the cage and the battleship, but Zero warned that the broken ice pillar would cause severe repercussions in the real world.

Xiaoyun and his companions resolved Canalave City’s Darkrai crisis, earned the Mine Badge, and uncovered Team Galactic’s plan on Iron Island. After reaching Snowpoint City, Xiaoyun won the Icicle Badge while Ash defeated Candice, and the story ended with news that Deoxys had infected Sceptile with a virus.

• Xiaoyun’s Darkrai defeated the nightmare-causing Darkrai on Newmoon Island, and Byron awarded Xiaoyun the Mine Badge after his Pokémon won the Canalave Gym battle.
• Xiaoyun and Dawn helped Wailmer reach the sea, then investigated Iron Island, where Team Galactic used the Spear Key to locate Spear Pillar.
• Riolu evolved into Lucario and destroyed Team Galactic’s radio-wave device, but Pluto escaped with the Spear Key.
• Xiaoyun saved Deoxys from a meteorite, and Giratina intervened when Rayquaza attacked Deoxys on Iron Island.
• Dawn won the Chocovine Contest and her fifth Ribbon, while Xiaoyun caught a Shiny Metagross and won the Strong Wind Town Pokémon Ring Contest with it.
• Xiaoyun rescued Nana and Snorunt near Snowpoint City, then defeated Candice to earn the Icicle Badge.
• Ash defeated Candice in his Gym battle, and Xiaoyun and Dawn later taught a class at the Trainer School.
• Hanyu Qing'an told Xiaoyun that Sceptile had turned red and become destructive, and Professor Oak said it had been infected with a virus after Xiaoyun encountered Deoxys.

Xiaoyun earned Brandon’s Brave Badge, caught Gible, and confessed his love to Dawn before Team Galactic’s attack on the Lake Guardians drew him into a battle at Spear Pillar. Cyrus’s plan collapsed when Giratina pulled Dialga and Palkia into the Distortion World, but Hunter J’s escape left a new threat in play.

• Brandon defeated Paul in a full battle, then accepted Xiaoyun’s challenge, and Xiaoyun later beat his three Legendary Titans to earn the Brave Badge.
• Uxie named Xiaoyun the Lake Guardians’ human representative, and Xiaoyun caught Gible after offering to train it.
• Xiaoyun returned to Twinleaf Town, defeated Johanna in a Double Battle, and won the Twinleaf Challenge against Palmer and Qing'an.
• Xiaoyun and his friends performed for Dawn at the festival, and Xiaoyun confessed his love by kissing her beneath the fireworks.
• Saturn and Hunter J attacked Lake Valor and captured Azelf, but Xiaoyun and Gary defeated them and recovered the Lake Guardian.
• Xiaoyun pretended to join Cyrus at Spear Pillar, then helped free the Lake Guardians as Dialga and Palkia emerged and Cynthia arrived to fight Team Galactic.
• Giratina pulled Dialga and Palkia into the Distortion World, Cyrus entered the collapsing gateway, and Team Galactic surrendered or was captured.
• Cynthia told Xiaoyun that Hunter J had escaped prison, whereupon a man riding Hydreigon broke into her cell and she greeted him.