Recaps

Kahn sparred with Kori and learned about Jade Island, where generations of Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom residents had built a shared home. Kori's mother explained why she considered herself a Fire Nation citizen, leaving Kahn to set aside his thoughts about the island's history for now.

• Kahn sparred with Kori, easily avoiding her attacks and suggesting she learn more earthbending techniques.
• Kori's mother restored the damaged training ground with earthbending, then shared food and stories about Jade Island with Kahn and Kori.
• Kahn asked Kori's mother why Jade Island's earthbenders did not want to return to the Earth Kingdom.
• Kori's mother explained that later generations identified with the Fire Nation because they grew up with its traditions and helped build Jade Island.
• Kori's mother invited Kahn to visit Jade Island, and he accepted before deciding he was not yet qualified to dwell on the questions its history raised.

Kahn read about exotic beasts and hoped to travel the world and keep one as a pet. When he guessed that war was about to resume, Iroh confirmed it and questioned whether the Fire Nation should seek peace through balance among the Four Nations instead of unifying the world.

• Kahn read Guide to Rare and Exotic Beasts and picked out possible future pets based on their appearance and abilities.
• Iroh arrived late for Kahn’s Firebending lesson and acted distracted, then claimed he had an upset stomach.
• Kahn guessed that the Fire Nation was going back to war, and Iroh confirmed that Ozai had rejected his efforts to stop it.
• Kahn said he hoped the emperor would unify the world so the nearly century-long conflict would end.
• Iroh asked why the Fire Nation had to invade other countries and suggested that peace could come from a balance among the Four Nations.

Kahn told Iroh that the Fire Nation seemed certain to win the war, leaving Iroh troubled by the suffering and his own role in it. Meanwhile, Ozai plotted to remove Iroh’s former allies through battlefield losses and asked Azula about Kahn’s firebending talent.

• Kahn argued that the Earth Kingdom and Water Tribe could not overcome the Fire Nation’s technological advantage, and Iroh silently struggled with the truth of his words.
• Iroh reflected on Kahn’s innocence and unusual outlook, then rubbed his head until Kahn slapped his hand away.
• Ozai reviewed his plans to conquer the world and gradually send Iroh’s former supporters to die in battle while replacing them with loyal commanders.
• Ozai considered his lack of powerful fighters and decided that Azula was the only person he could currently rely on.
• Ozai asked Azula whether she knew that Kahn was a talented firebender and Iroh’s disciple.

Ozai asked Azula to bring Kahn over to his side, and Azula agreed while privately deciding Kahn belonged on her side. She told Kahn about Ozai’s interest, and their argument over who had informed Ozai ended in a fight.

• Ozai praised Azula and asked whether Kahn would fit in with him rather than Iroh; Azula said Kahn seemed to enjoy her company more.
• Ozai left it to Azula to keep Kahn from Iroh’s influence and bring him to their side, and Azula agreed.
• Azula told Kahn that Ozai had noticed his talent, and Kahn worried about attracting the emperor’s attention.
• Kahn guessed that his Firebending School teacher had told Ozai about him, while Azula suggested Mai or Ty Lee might also have shared information.
• Kahn joked that Azula herself was the prime suspect, so Azula attacked him with Firebending and they fought.

After Ozai’s interest in Kahn left him feeling genuinely threatened, Kahn trained harder while Iroh moved in to help protect him. As war began, Ozai turned his attention elsewhere, and Iroh grew increasingly concerned about the conflict.

• Kahn felt real danger from Ozai and immersed himself in Firebending training.
• Iroh decided to live with Kahn, and Kahn readily agreed.
• Zuko wished he could stay with Kahn, while Azula asked for a guest room so she could visit overnight.
• Kahn continued his routine and spent time with Azula, Zuko, Ty Lee, and Mai as they formed a close group.
• War began, leaving Ozai occupied, while Iroh frequently visited the Council Chamber and returned troubled.

During the Fire Nation’s three-day founding holiday, Azula took Kahn on a covert search of Yin Shu’s former residence for clues to her mother’s disappearance. They entered the guarded bedchamber and found a letter, whose contents left Azula visibly upset.

• Kahn spent the holiday practicing firebending while Iroh, Zuko, and Azula attended the Fire Nation’s commemorative ceremony.
• After the holiday, Kahn observed Iroh silently attending Council Chamber meetings and Zuko struggling with his studies and Ozai’s scolding.
• Azula surprised Kahn by insisting they begin searching for clues about her mother’s disappearance, and he agreed to help.
• Azula guided Kahn past the palace guards to Yin Shu’s guarded courtyard, using the patrol schedule and shift changes she had memorized.
• Kahn and Azula knocked out the two guards and searched Yin Shu’s bedchamber, where Kahn found a letter beneath the desk.
• Azula examined the letter with Kahn and became visibly upset.

Kahn stopped Azula from believing a forged letter that claimed Yin Shu feared and hated her, and they suspected Ozai had planted it to drive her toward madness. Later, Ozai comforted Azula after questioning her, while she hid her contempt for him.

• Azula nearly lost control after reading a letter that called her a monster, but Kahn pointed out its suspicious details and reminded her that Yin Shu had called her a good child.
• Azula burned the letter and concluded that Ozai had forged it to manipulate her; she thanked Kahn before snapping at him for teasing her.
• Kahn and Azula gave up investigating Yin Shu's disappearance for the time being, and Kahn reflected that Ozai's cruelty seemed to run in the family.
• Ozai questioned Azula about breaking into Yin Shu's room, then comforted her and called her the child he was proudest of.
• Azula embraced Ozai and answered obediently, while privately sneering at him and viewing his affection with disdain.

Kahn began learning Chi-Blocking from Ty Lee and helped her imagine new uses for her acupoint techniques. When Azula teased him about Zuko and Mai, Kahn used Chi-Blocking to knock her down, and their ensuing fight threw everyone into chaos.

• Ty Lee taught Kahn how to locate the points used to block chi, and Kahn eagerly became her pupil.
• Kahn suggested that Ty Lee search for acupoints with other effects, inspiring her to investigate further.
• Kahn noticed that Ty Lee was a skilled close-range fighter and Mai was an expert with concealed weapons.
• Azula complained that Kahn and Ty Lee were ignoring her, then teased Kahn by calling Zuko and Mai over to play.
• Kahn struck Azula's thigh with Chi-Blocking, and the two erupted into a fiery fight that sent everyone else fleeing.

Kahn finished telling Journey to the West, and his friends debated its characters and ending before supporting his plan to publish it as a book. After Iroh explained the different principles behind Firebending and Earthbending, Kahn began wondering whether Firebending could have other or better methods.

• Kahn finished Journey to the West, and Azula criticized its ending while Zuko, Ty Lee, and Mai discussed their favorite characters.
• Kahn proposed writing Journey to the West down and publishing it, and everyone supported the idea; Iroh agreed as long as Kahn kept up his Firebending training.
• After trying and failing to use Earthbending moves to bend fire, Kahn asked Iroh how the two forms of Bending differed.
• Iroh explained that Firebending drew on breath while Earthbending relied on contact with the ground, and that their forms followed different principles.
• Kahn realized that Firebending forms were only one way to control flames and began considering alternative methods.

Kahn learned that Zuko was grieving Yin Shu’s birthday and discovered that Zuko hoped to earn Ozai’s approval before searching for his missing mother. Worried about Ozai’s influence and Zuko’s safety, Kahn considered bringing him into the effort to find Yin Shu.

• Kahn set aside his plans to experiment with advanced firebending and continued focusing on his training and other responsibilities.
• Kahn asked Zuko why he had seemed downcast, and Zuko said he missed Yin Shu on her birthday.
• Zuko told Kahn that Ozai had refused to reveal Yin Shu’s whereabouts and that he planned to ask again when he was older, or search for her himself.
• Kahn worried that Zuko was vulnerable to Ozai’s abuse and considered bringing him into the alliance seeking Yin Shu.

Kahn and Azula planned another search for clues about Yin Shu’s disappearance, and Kahn convinced Azula to consider bringing Zuko along. After Kahn told Zuko the truth, Zuko agreed to join, but first he would have to meet Azula’s requirements.

• Azula planned a palace adventure with Mai and Ty Lee to look for things Ozai might have kept from Yin Shu’s room.
• Kahn suggested inviting Zuko, but Azula objected and said she did not trust him.
• Kahn explained Zuko’s interest in finding Yin Shu and argued that involving him could help their search.
• Azula reconsidered and said Zuko could join if he met her requirements.
• Kahn told Zuko about the secret search, and Zuko agreed to take part despite the risk of defying Ozai.
• Kahn warned Zuko that he would have to meet Azula’s requirements before joining.

Iroh learned that Zuko had been punished for helping Azula prank their History Teacher, while Azula escaped blame. After Zuko’s confinement delayed her plan, Azula brought Kahn, Mai, and Ty Lee into the palace through a secret passage to visit him.

• Iroh told Kahn that Zuko had been confined for a month after a prank, and Kahn hid how much he already knew.
• Iroh warned Kahn not to take things too far, and Kahn reassured him.
• Azula told Kahn that Zuko had been nervous during the prank and had taken all the blame, while she carried out most of it.
• Azula grew frustrated that Zuko’s confinement delayed her plan, then arrived with Mai and Ty Lee to visit him.
• Azula revealed a secret passage leading to Zuko’s room and welcomed Kahn into the Royal Girls’ Exploration Club.

While confined in the Royal Palace, Zuko joined Azula, Ty Lee, Mai, and Kahn in exploring its secret passages as part of Azula and Kahn’s search for a hidden room containing Yin Shu’s belongings. The group found no useful clues, but Zuko returned to his room feeling less alone and more at ease.

• Azula, Ty Lee, Mai, and Kahn emerged from a secret passage to visit Zuko in his confinement room.
• Kahn explained their plan to search the palace for a hidden room, and Zuko agreed to join them despite worrying about being caught.
• Azula revealed she had learned the palace maids’ meal schedule so they could return before anyone discovered Zuko was gone.
• The group explored palace passages and searched for hidden rooms but found no useful clues.
• Azula decided they would continue exploring daily, and the group separated before Zuko’s meal arrived.
• Zuko returned to confinement and felt more at ease because he had companions.

Kahn discovered that Kori’s Earthbending could help locate hidden objects and offered her abilities to Azula as a possible aid in their search. Azula approved, but Kahn insisted Kori’s safety came first, leaving him uneasy about how far he had gone to protect their secret operation.

• Kori demonstrated that she could sense objects through a desk and offered to help Kahn find what he and his friends were seeking.
• Kahn told Kori that he needed to discuss involving her with his unusual friend, and Kori agreed to help if he needed her.
• Azula visited Kahn after another fruitless search, and Kahn explained how Kori’s Earthbending could help their operation.
• Kahn warned Azula that Kori was not strong and that he would not let her get drawn too deeply into danger.
• Azula agreed to keep Kori’s involvement limited and promised to keep her safe, while privately considering her a risk to their secrecy.
• After Azula left, Kahn wondered whether he had gone bad.

Kahn and Azula recruited Kori under the guise of a secret royal commission to help search the Royal Palace for hidden rooms. Her Earthbending uncovered three rooms in one afternoon, and a week later the group finally found a clue.

• Kahn introduced Kori to Azula, who showed her a sealed Decree and had her sign a Confidentiality Agreement.
• Kori used Earthbending to reveal a secret passage and demonstrated that she could locate and open hidden rooms.
• Kori helped Azula and Kahn find three secret rooms, but none held clues about Yin Shu.
• Azula praised Kori and asked Kahn how long they had been friends before teasing turned into a threat to beat him.
• A week later, Azula, Kahn, and Kori discovered a clue.

Kahn, Azula, and Zuko found letters that pointed to Yin Shu’s hometown, Rah, and raised a shocking claim about Zuko’s parentage. The chapter ended with the three agreeing to travel to Rah to continue their investigation.

• Kori helped Kahn and Azula find a chest of letters in the storeroom, then left after Kahn thanked her and promised to keep the discovery secret.
• Kahn brought Zuko to the Secret Room, where Azula revealed that Yin Shu’s hometown was Rah.
• Azula showed Kahn and Zuko a letter claiming Zuko was the child of Yin Shu’s old acquaintance rather than Ozai.
• Kahn and Azula questioned the claim, noting that Ozai would likely have acted against Zuko if he had known it was true.
• Kahn, Azula, and Zuko agreed that their next destination was Rah.

Over a year passed as Kahn trained, studied, and waited for a chance to travel to Rah and investigate Yin Shu’s whereabouts. As Kahn turned twelve and grew much stronger, the opportunity to leave the capital seemed closer.

• Kahn, Azula, and Zuko had to suspend their search for Yin Shu because they could not leave the Imperial Capital, and they waited for over a year.
• Ozai replaced many army commanders and cast Iroh aside, while Admiral Zhengzheng defected and disappeared; Iroh remained cheerful and continued to defeat Kahn in sparring.
• Kahn saw Kori and her mother off when they returned to Jade Island after the situation there stabilized.
• Kahn finished compulsory education, published a bestselling book about the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and decided not to continue his studies.
• Kahn mastered Firebending moves and combined them into a unified style, bringing him closer to Azula’s strength and to the chance to travel.

Kahn and Azula traded a fierce sparring match, and Kahn narrowly won by hiding inside a waterfall of fire. Afterward, Kahn reflected on his growing skill and looked forward to Iroh teaching him the path to becoming a Firebending Master.

• Kahn and Azula exchanged powerful firebending attacks until Kahn vanished inside his fiery waterfall and caught Azula off guard.
• Kahn explained how he had hidden in the flames, and Azula complained before the two argued over their record of victories.
• Kahn and Azula rested together, and Kahn considered how far his fighting ability had advanced under Iroh's guidance.
• Azula teased Kahn about a new move she was learning, and the two resumed bickering when he tried to guess what it was.
• Kahn greeted Iroh expectantly, believing his bending had met Iroh's requirements and that he was ready to pursue the path of a Firebending Master.

Iroh taught Kahn that mastery meant cultivating the body and mind as well as deepening one's understanding of Firebending. He urged Kahn to focus on Firebending for now and hinted that Azula's new moves would soon bring the promised advanced lesson within reach.

• Iroh told Kahn that life experience, hardship, and reflection beyond Firebending were essential to becoming a master.
• Kahn considered Iroh's advice and concluded that mastery involved cultivating both the body and mind.
• Iroh advised Kahn to keep deepening his understanding of Firebending, and Kahn teased him about his promised powerful moves.
• Iroh said the time for the lesson had not yet come, but it would be soon because Azula had started making moves.
• Kahn asked whether Iroh had reached the realm he described, and Iroh answered playfully that he had not trained in a long time.

Iroh told Kahn that a comet would arrive in a few years and greatly amplify Firebenders’ power, prompting Kahn to ask what the Fire Nation had done during its previous arrival. Iroh revealed that the Fire Nation had used the comet to send troops to wipe out the Air Nomads.

• Kahn asked Iroh when he could travel the world, and Iroh said he could go in another year or two.
• Kahn guessed that something important would happen in a few years, and Iroh agreed to explain.
• Iroh told Kahn that a comet arrived once every hundred years and could greatly increase Firebenders’ power.
• Kahn asked what the Fire Nation had done the last time the comet appeared, and Iroh said it had sent troops to wipe out the Air Nomads.

After Iroh told Kahn that the Fire Nation had committed genocide against the Air Nomads to prevent the Avatar's return, Kahn struggled with whether the Fire Nation's unification could be justified. He eventually set those questions aside, returned to Firebending study, and asked Iroh how to choose among his many ideas.

• Iroh explained that Fire Lord Sozin had ordered the Air Nomads wiped out during the comet to stop the next Avatar from opposing his war.
• Kahn questioned his belief that the Fire Nation's unification might benefit the world, then forced himself to stop dwelling on questions he could not answer.
• After taking a few days off, Kahn felt ready to study Firebending but became overwhelmed by the many techniques and theories he could pursue.
• Kahn asked Iroh for advice, and Iroh suggested that he develop his ideas gradually and return to his starting point.

Kahn revisited fundamental firebending exercises and discovered he could precisely control heat, first boiling water and then keeping the cup cold while its contents boiled. He showed Iroh his new ability by freezing his tea, leaving Iroh demanding that he thaw it.

• Kahn visited his meditating friend and explained that he had fallen asleep while practicing the fundamentals.
• Zuko demonstrated a leaf-burning exercise, and Kahn used it to explore precise fire control.
• Kahn heated a cup of water until it boiled, then controlled the heat so the water boiled while the cup stayed cold.
• Iroh returned home and happily drank the tea Kahn had prepared for him.
• Kahn pulled the heat from Iroh's tea and froze it, prompting Iroh to demand that he thaw the drink.

Kahn discussed his new heat-controlling ability with Iroh, who explained that Kahn’s unusually strong Spirit and the Chi in living creatures shaped how the ability worked. Iroh declared that Kahn had reached the level of a Firebending Master.

• Iroh marveled at how quickly Kahn had devised a way to control heat, and Kahn proudly named the move [Deadly Zero Point Breakthrough: First Edition].
• Iroh suggested that Kahn’s unusually strong [Spirit] explained his exceptional control of his body and Chi, then advised him to meditate more.
• Kahn outlined how he could generate, redirect, and extract thermal energy, describing the destructive effects those techniques could have.
• Iroh showed that Kahn could only shrink a flame by extracting its heat and explained that Chi in living creatures resisted outside Bending.
• Iroh rebuked Kahn for experimenting on his own body, explaining that his body did not resist Chi originating from him, then called him a Firebending Master.

Kahn continued researching Firebending after Iroh helped him temper his confidence, and he taught Zuko Thermal Bending during Zuko’s break. As Kahn experimented with meditation and new fire techniques, his soul inexplicably left his body.

• Iroh explained that many Firebenders focused on killing rather than exploring Firebending’s possibilities, and Kahn resumed his research with a more modest outlook.
• Kahn taught Zuko Thermal Bending, and Zuko eagerly began practicing it despite struggling to use it effectively.
• Zuko grew restless during his break, then became busy learning about the country as a future ruler.
• Kahn experimented with compressing flames into explosive, homing attacks and considered ways to make the technique faster and safer.
• Kahn increasingly used meditation to aid his research, experienced a mysterious sensation, and found that his soul had left his body.

Kahn’s meditation caused his soul to leave his body, and Iroh explained that Kahn had awakened Spiritbending. After guiding Kahn back into his body, Iroh told him Spiritbending’s history and agreed to teach him.

• Kahn discovered that his soul had separated from his body and rushed to Iroh for help.
• Iroh recognized that Kahn had overdone his meditation and guided him back into his body.
• Iroh explained that Spiritbending was humanity’s ancient art of commanding spirits, before the four bending arts and the Avatar.
• Iroh confirmed that Kahn had awakened Spiritbending and had immediately used its ability to leave his body.
• Kahn asked to learn Spiritbending, and Iroh agreed to teach him.