Recaps

Xiaoyun and Dawn traveled through Unova, winning festival and Gym battles while becoming entangled in the conflicts surrounding Victini and the Forces of Nature. They reached Mistralton City, where Skyla judged them defeated in simulated Air Battles, but Rotom challenged her assessment.

• Dawn’s Flygon lost to Xiaoyun’s Drapion, and Xiaoyun then defeated Alder’s Bouffalant with Volcarona before refusing Alder’s offer to move to Unova.
• At the Harvest Festival, Xiaoyun and Dawn won battles with Zorua, Gabite, Luxray, and Altaria, while Dread revealed his plan to restore the Kingdom of the Vale using Victini’s power.
• Dread used Victini to free the Sword of the Vale, but the released Dragon Force threatened Eindoak Town, and Xiaoyun’s group freed Victini, and Giratina restored the town.
• Xiaoyun caught Victini and traveled to Nimbasa City with Dawn, where they won the Battle Subway Double Battle and Dawn earned Elesa’s Volt Badge.
• Xiaoyun and Dawn helped a wounded Pawniard, and Sceptile defeated Bisharp before Xiaoyun caught the Pawniard.
• On Milosh Island, Xiaoyun’s group defeated Tornadus and Thundurus and helped Landorus grow Revival Herbs, while Team Rocket captured the Forces of Nature and took Landorus away.
• Virgil and Dawn won their Gym battles against Clay, and Xiaoyun defeated Clay’s Stunfisk and Excadrill before Clay awarded the group Quake Badges and a Tyrunt fossil.
• Xiaoyun and Dawn helped Bianca recover her Minccino and rescued the other captive Minccino from Cassidy and Butch, then reached Mistralton City and disputed Skyla’s simulated Air Battle results.

Xiaoyun and Dawn won tournaments and Gym Badges while their Pokémon evolved, then helped Keldeo pass Kyurem’s trial and gained the DNA Wedge. They reached Virbank City, where Dawn earned her eighth Badge and Xiaoyun’s battle with Roxie continued.

• Dawn and Xiaoyun challenged Skyla, won the Jet Badges, and made matching wishes at Celestial Tower before signing up for the Don George Club Battle.
• Xiaoyun and Dawn advanced through the Club Battle, where Dawn defeated Xiaoyun in the semifinal and went on to win the tournament against Ash.
• At Icirrus Mountain, Xiaoyun and Dawn helped Brycen rescue a wounded Volcarona from Tianzang, then earned the Freeze Badges in battles against Brycen.
• Keldeo challenged Kyurem and failed, so Xiaoyun trained it until it passed the Trial of the Brave and was accepted as a member of the Swords of Justice.
• Xiaoyun battled Kyurem with his Pokémon, defeated it with Infernape’s help, and received the DNA Wedge, which strengthened his Power of Overcoming and enabled fusion techniques.
• Xiaoyun fused Sceptile and Darkrai into a First-Level God Pokémon, then traveled with Dawn to meet Fennel and revive a Tyrunt fossil.
• Dawn defeated Roxie’s Koffing, Scolipede, and Garbodor to earn her eighth Badge, while Xiaoyun’s Bisharp defeated Roserade and Roxie sent out her final Pokémon.

Xiaoyun earned his final Unova Badges, befriended Deino, and faced Team Rocket’s attempt to capture Mewtwo before reaching the Vertress Conference. The arc ended as Xiaoyun and Trip began their preliminary battle with matching Serperior.

• Xiaoyun defeated Roxie’s Toxtricity with Drapion, earned the Toxic Badge, and traveled with Dawn to Undella Town, where Caitlin challenged him for a villa.
• Xiaoyun defeated Caitlin’s Gothitelle, helped Gabite evolve into Garchomp, then won a battle against Cameron and his newly evolved Lucario.
• At Pokémon Hills, Xiaoyun’s Pokémon helped Shaymin’s group fight the Genesect, and Mewtwo later intervened to learn that the Genesect wanted a home.
• Team Rocket captured Mewtwo, but Xiaoyun defeated Giovanni’s Beedrill with Slaughter Shadow Sceptile, and Mewtwo left Little Genesect in Xiaoyun’s care.
• Xiaoyun defeated Drayden’s Hydreigon and Haxorus with Genesect and Kyurem, then received the Legend Badge and learned the history of the DNA Splicers in the Village of Dragons.
• Xiaoyun used the Power of Overcoming to comfort Deino about its past experiments, earned its trust, and caught it before registering for the Vertress Conference.
• Xiaoyun reunited with Virgil, Cameron, Barry, and Zoey, while Ash and Zoey began a friendly battle that Ash stopped before it was settled.
• Cynthia’s Garchomp and Alder’s Volcarona drew in an exhibition match, and Xiaoyun was called to face Trip in the conference preliminaries, where both sent out Serperior.

Xiaoyun and Dawn advanced through the Vertress Conference quarterfinals and semifinals, leaving Xiaoyun and Ash to battle for the championship. Ash gained the advantage in the final, with Mega Charizard X facing Xiaoyun’s Metagross.

• Xiaoyun defeated Qisheng and Xiaoxi, then joined Ash, Virgil, Dawn, Hilda, Rosa, and Bei Pingchuan in the quarterfinals.
• Ash defeated Cameron, Virgil defeated Rosa, and Xiaoyun beat Bei Pingchuan after Aerodactyl’s Bond Phenomenon helped it defeat Charizard, Pidgeot, and Mega Gengar.
• Dawn defeated Hilda with Mega Lopunny, setting the semifinals between Xiaoyun and Virgil and between Dawn and Ash.
• Xiaoyun’s Bond Infernape defeated Glaceon, Vaporeon, and Flareon, after which Virgil forfeited following Eevee’s knockout of Infernape.
• Ash defeated Dawn in a close semifinal, with Gabite’s Draco Meteor knocking out Piplup after Sceptile and Mega Lopunny had both fallen.
• Xiaoyun and Ash began the final with Drapion and Torkoal, then Mismagius and Krookodile knocked each other out before Bloodmoon Bear defeated Tauros.
• Ash’s Sceptile split Mega Metagross’s meteor with Leaf Blade but was knocked out when Metagross reassembled the fragments, and Ash sent out Mega Charizard X against Xiaoyun’s Meteor Mash command.