Recaps

Uchiha Hiko returned to his clan, then joined the Second Prince in finding the Ocean Mythical Beast and stabilizing the village’s unruly beast powers. After reuniting with the Eldest Prince, Hiko agreed to search for the Earth Mythical Beast’s final fragment in a sealed western mudflat.

• Uchiha Hiko secretly visited the ailing clan leader, asked Hinata Hinata to manage the clan, and returned to the village with the Second Prince’s help.
• Uchiha Hiko and the Second Prince traveled to the coast, where Hiko challenged the Ocean Mythical Beast and persuaded it to return with them.
• Uchiha Hiko and the Second Prince brought the Ocean Mythical Beast back, calmed the surrounding mythical beasts, and gathered more of their powers.
• The Second Prince received an urgent message from the Eldest Prince, and he and Uchiha Hiko found him lost near Forest House Fragrance.
• Uchiha Hiko explained to the Eldest Prince that gathering all the divine beasts would throw the world out of balance, then told him he would return to his family after finishing his work.
• The Eldest Prince explained that the Pass Order granted supreme authority and asked Uchiha Hiko to find the Earth Mythical Beast’s final fragment in a sealed western mudflat.
• Uchiha Hiko agreed to search the mudflat with the Eldest Prince, while Yuzhu asked who would look after the Royal Palace.

Uchiha Hiko found the Earth God Beast’s fragment and gained the mythical beasts’ trust as he worked to reunite and protect them. After winning The Eldest Prince’s consent to release the final beast, Hiko became a guardian of divine beasts.

• Uchiha Hiko and the princes searched the tidal flats, using the Flame Mythical Beast’s fire to expose a heavy fragment hidden beneath the rocks.
• Uchiha Hiko brought the fragment to the Earth God Beast, which named him a candidate for Mythical Beast Guardian.
• Uchiha Hiko helped contain the enraged Forest Mythical Beast and gained her faith, then found the Sky Mythical Beast and entrusted her egg to The Second Prince.
• Uchiha Hiko gained the Ocean Mythical Beast’s agreement to guard with him and learned that the beast beneath the Royal Palace remained unsubdued.
• Uchiha Hiko persuaded The Eldest Prince to hand over the divine beast and gathered the village chief and villagers for the final challenge.
• Uchiha Hiko asked the chained divine beast to accept his protection, and it agreed as golden flashes marked his rise to guardian of divine beasts.

Uchiha Hiko accepted the Guardian’s Gem, uncovered his ancestor’s record of the guardians, and awakened the first two mythical beasts. He helped The Second Prince gather the beasts’ powers and ended the arc with the Sky Mythical Beast hatching under the Forest Mythical Beast’s protection.

• Uchiha Hiko accepted The Guardian's Gem from the princes and returned to his clan, where Hinata Hinata found an old book written by their ancestor.
• Uchiha Hiko named the restored book Book of the Guardian and brought it to the Royal Palace, where The Second Prince translated its account of Guardian's Time.
• Uchiha Hiko and The Eldest Prince learned that the Earth Mythical Beast and Ocean Mythical Beast had to be activated first, and Uchiha Hiko brought their powers into balance to lift the Guardian Stone’s seal.
• Uchiha Hiko helped The Second Prince collect portions of the mythical beasts’ powers, including a Fire Seed, an Earth fragment, an Ocean droplet, and a Forest leaf.
• Uchiha Hiko studied The Power of Combination with The Second Prince, but learned his divine beast power needed to recover before he could use it.
• The Sky Mythical Beast egg hatched, and the hatchling recognized The Second Prince as her master.
• Uchiha Hiko recognized the Forest Mythical Beast’s power on The Second Prince and guided him to use the leaf to protect the hatchling.

Uchiha Hiko mastered transformations into the five mythical beasts, revealed the gemstone’s secrets, and helped plan for the village’s future. He strengthened the palace Guardian God in secret before returning to train the Second Prince, whose challenge ended with Uchiha Hiko humiliating him in battle.

• Uchiha Hiko transformed into the Forest Mythical Beast and summoned it himself after the Second Prince guided him to choose the right beast.
• Uchiha Hiko demonstrated transformations into the Earth, Sky, Ocean, Forest, and Flame Mythical Beasts for the Village Chief and explained that he had not fully mastered the technique.
• The Village Chief explained what he knew about Uchiha Hiko’s ancestor and the gemstone, while Hinata Hinata warned that the gem’s energy would eventually run out.
• Hinata Hinata proposed training the mythical beasts’ cubs, and the Second Prince began working with them at the village’s old training ground.
• Uchiha Hiko and the Eldest Prince secretly strengthened the Guardian God beneath the Royal Palace with the five-colored mythical-beast power.
• The Second Prince trained the Forest Mythical Beast cub and challenged Uchiha Hiko to a battle against the Ocean Mythical Beast.
• Uchiha Hiko accidentally spat phlegm into the Second Prince’s mouth, then lightly kicked him into a ten-meter-deep pit when he charged in anger.