Recaps

Xilian survived the Wilderness, became a Torchbearer, and helped defend White Cliff Town during a sudden Tidal Night. As he prepared to seek help from Her City, hostile Torchbearers arrived and Nuen confronted their leader.

• Xilian survived a night surrounded by Demons and Grey Fog, then woke in the Armory, where Nuen tested him and later confirmed he showed no signs of corruption.
• Xilian chose to undergo the dangerous rite of Transcendence, met Randolph Frank in the Origin Sea, and received the blessing Cultivation of Ten Thousand Forms.
• Nuen used Commander Frey’s blood to awaken Xilian’s Torchbearer lineage, then revealed that Xilian had been found in an iron coffin marked with the same Ouroboros design as his palm.
• Xilian learned that his Ouroboros Mark granted Blessing: Nurture Myriad Forms, and he told Ava, Tim, and Mick that he planned to reach Her City and bring support to White Cliff Town.
• When the Grey Fog engulfed White Cliff Town, Xilian fought Demons during Tidal Night while Mick replenished the Lighthouse and Tim gathered the townspeople, and Xilian killed nineteen Demons at the eastern wall and cleared others from a building.
• After the battle, Nuen ordered Xilian to kill Chaos-corrupted people without hesitation, and Xilian understood the command as he recalled killing Bell.
• Xilian prepared for a journey to Her City and shared a peaceful evening with Ava, Tim, and Mick before Ava taught him to waltz at the town celebration.
• Nuen ordered Boll to end the celebration when hostile visitors approached, then fought Deathbird, who identified Nuen as Nunn Soflova and declared that he was also a Torchbearer.

After White Cliff Town fell to Chaos, Xilian buried his friends and traveled to Her City with Bruce, where he joined the City Guard Bureau while secretly hunting the people behind the attack. His search led him to a Chaos ritual beneath the city, where he killed the Iron Guard before an approaching Rank Three Transcendent forced him to flee.

• Deathbird’s attack devastated White Cliff Town, and Xilian killed Toren before joining Nuen in striking down Deathbird and driving back the darkness.
• Xilian found Mick, Ava, Tim, and the other survivors dead, buried them, and left White Cliff Town for Her City with Nuen’s sword and supplies.
• Xilian met Bruce, a man transformed into a white dog, and traveled with him to Her City, where the City Guard Bureau questioned Xilian before allowing him into the city.
• Xilian settled in Her City, joined the City Guard Bureau, and began night patrols while keeping his bloodline and desire for revenge to himself.
• Bruce repaired a Jet Revolver for Xilian using bullets made from his unusually pure blood, and Xilian recalled that Deathbird had called his blood Torchbearer Sacred Blood.
• Xilian followed the Ouroboros Mark to Dark Alley, found a Chaos ritual involving mycelium linked to Tania, and killed the Iron Guard after learning that he knew her.
• A Rank Three Transcendent approached the ritual chamber and shot Xilian through the shoulder, forcing him to escape into the underground river.