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The concept of the World Championships in itself, and the 1000 trainer ranking ladder that comes with it, is more than enough to keep the series going for the next few generations provided it's not rushed. And I didn't even include any of the in-between episodes, fillers, slice of life stuff, training focus etc.
I don't know if I can see them keeping to the World Championship concept for that long. That would potentially make Ash defeating other highly skilled trainers and Champions more believable, but considering that his goal is to defeat Leon, I'm not sure if they'll keep the goal beyond this generation. They aren't exclusively focused on promoting Sword/Shield this time around, but they are featuring some of the new Pokemon within the main cast and Ash wants to beat Leon, so that is still at least a bit of a factor. I guess it's too early to tell either way, but I'm just not sure if they'll keep Ash's attempts to enter the World Championships, and by extension PM itself, last for that long.