Recaps

Kahn and the others connected Omashu’s strange behavior to the Dai Li and planned to investigate before sneaking into the king’s banquet. Kahn then returned to Iroh, found Zuko ill from inner turmoil, and agreed to tell Iroh more about himself before asking about the Dai Li and the White Lotus Society.

• Katara and Toph reported finding two palace maids named Judy who shared identical mannerisms, leading Toph to suspect large-scale brainwashing.
• Sokka told the group that the Dai Li arrested people who discussed the war and returned them seemingly changed, with their memories of the war erased.
• Kahn concluded that someone may have seized control of the Dai Li and was keeping the king from learning about the war.
• Aang suggested sneaking into the king’s upcoming banquet, and the group split up to search for the brainwashing site and the mastermind’s identity.
• Kahn visited Iroh again and learned that Zuko was bedridden with a fever after struggling with the ideas Kahn had raised.
• Iroh asked Kahn to be open about himself before answering his questions about the Dai Li and the White Lotus Society, and Kahn agreed.

Kahn told Iroh about his parallel world and learned that Grand Secretariat Chang Feng controlled the Dai Li and that Reformation Lake was where they brainwashed people. Iroh revealed the Ancient Sun Warriors were still alive and sheltered two dragons, while Kahn disclosed that Ozai had murdered the old Fire Lord; Iroh ended by questioning Kahn about his connection to Azula.

• Kahn explained his origins and his work teaching Firebending to the Avatar, and Zuko said he no longer wanted to capture the Avatar.
• Iroh identified Chang Feng as the Dai Li's mastermind and said their brainwashing took place inside Reformation Lake, while explaining why the White Lotus Society would not interfere.
• Kahn gave Iroh a Dancing Dragon scroll, and Iroh revealed that the Ancient Sun Warriors still lived and protected the world's last two dragons.
• Kahn learned that Iroh had secretly escorted the dragons to the Sun Warriors and said he wanted to visit them.
• Kahn told Iroh that Ozai had killed the old Fire Lord and altered his final decree, then let slip that Azula had told him secrets, prompting Iroh to question their relationship.

Kahn brought Iroh and Zuko to meet Aang and the others before their plan against the Dai Li, and Zuko explained his past to earn their trust. After learning that Long Feng controlled the Dai Li and concealed the war from Omashu’s king, the group prepared to disrupt the banquet.

• Aang and Toph confirmed that the Dai Li were brainwashing people beneath Reformation Lake and saw palace maids being processed there.
• Kahn introduced Iroh and Zuko, who asked Aang and the others for a chance to make amends and work together.
• Zuko told the group how Ozai scarred and banished him, and Aang revealed that Zuko had once rescued him from Admiral Zhao.
• Aang and the others accepted Iroh and Zuko as allies after hearing their stories.
• The group learned that Long Feng controlled the Dai Li and Omashu but had not taken control of the king’s armies outside the city.
• Aang and the others set out to disrupt the banquet.

Kahn and Team Avatar crashed the Earth King's banquet and fought the Dai Li, then confronted Chang Feng about his plot. With the palace guards already defeated, Chang Feng's attempt to summon reinforcements failed, leaving the Earth King to hear their claims.

• Chang Feng grew uneasy when the two men assigned to watch the Avatar failed to report, so he ordered the Dai Li to tighten security.
• Appa burst into the banquet hall carrying Team Avatar, and Chang Feng called them assassins while trying to evacuate the Earth King.
• Aang raised earthen walls to block the Dai Li's Silent Fist attacks, and Kahn, Zuko, Iroh, and Aang defeated the attackers.
• Aang told the Earth King that Chang Feng was keeping him in the dark, and the group put down their weapons at the king's request.
• Chang Feng ordered his forces to seize Team Avatar, but Kahn revealed that they had already cleared out the palace guards.

Aang and his friends exposed Chang Feng’s deception and showed the Earth King the truth about the war and the Dai Li’s brainwashing. With Omashu’s leadership restored, the group planned their next steps, leaving Kahn, Zuko, and Iroh behind to coordinate with the Earth Kingdom army.

• Aang told the Earth King about the war and the Dai Li’s brainwashing, but Chang Feng denied the accusations and the king proposed investigating the next day.
• Kahn chi-blocked the Earth King and Chang Feng, carried them to Appa, and took them to Reformation Lake, where Katara and Toph guarded the captured Dai Li agents.
• Aang and Toph showed the Earth King the brainwashing site, and he accused Chang Feng of treason before visiting Omashu’s outer wall and confirming the war.
• The Earth King thanked Aang and his friends, while Chang Feng was imprisoned and General Hao’s search of his home uncovered a letter for Toph and a report about Hakoda defending Chameleon Bay.
• Aang planned to visit the Eastern Air Temple to train with Guru Pathik, while Kahn, Zuko, and Iroh agreed to stay in Omashu and coordinate with the Earth Kingdom army.

After leaving the Earth King to decide the Dai Li’s fate, Kahn watched Iroh coordinate the eclipse campaign with the Five-Man Council and later welcomed Toph back to Omashu. His quiet respite ended when the Earth King summoned him.

• The Earth King insisted on keeping the Dai Li under his direct command, and Kahn left the Royal Palace rather than argue further.
• Iroh and Zuko met with the Five-Man Council, and Iroh helped the generals plan their campaign against the Fire Nation around the solar eclipse.
• Kahn returned to his lodgings and practiced his Bending while Iroh and Zuko stayed busy.
• Toph returned to Omashu after discovering that her Earthbending teacher and an underground gambling den host had lured her away; she trapped them in an iron cage.
• Kahn spent his free time sparring with Toph and visiting Iroh and the others until the Earth King summoned him.

Azula captured Kahn and threatened to have the Dai Li brainwash him, but Kahn revealed that he had prepared an ambush with Toph. They overpowered Azula and her companions, and Kahn left the palace with Toph and the Earth King as Azula screamed after him.

• Azula used the Dai Li to restrain Kahn and revealed that she planned to have him brainwashed into her obedient servant.
• Kahn learned that Azula had gained temporary control of the Dai Li through an agreement with someone he suspected was Chang Feng.
• Kahn unleashed a disorienting shout with Spiritbending and called for Toph, who emerged from underground and pinned Azula, her companions, and the Dai Li to the ceiling with stone pillars.
• The Earth King ordered the guards to arrest the rebels, but the guards did not respond because Azula's group had already dealt with them.
• Kahn and Toph left to have the captives locked up, and the Earth King hurried after them while Azula screamed Kahn's name.

After the Earth King dissolved the Dai Li, Zuko and Iroh returned and Zuko persuaded Mai and Ty Lee to join their side, though both feared Azula and refused to oppose her if she escaped. Zuko failed to reach Azula in prison, while Kahn discovered that only three of his Seven Chakra Gates remained blocked; Toph then welcomed Butterfly and Katara back.

• The Earth King scattered the Dai Li among the Five-Man Council's units and dissolved the organization.
• Zuko spoke with Mai and Ty Lee, who joined his side, and he and Mai made their relationship official.
• Mai and Ty Lee warned that they would not oppose Azula if she escaped, explaining that Azula had threatened them and Mai's father.
• Zuko tried to reason with Azula in her heavily shackled cell, but she mocked him and he left in anger.
• Kahn examined his Seven Chakra Gates and found that fear, lies, and attachment to the mortal world still blocked three of them.
• Toph joyfully greeted Butterfly and Katara when they returned.

Aang returned from training without mastering the Avatar State and secretly told Kahn that he had fled because Guru Pathik said he must give up his feelings for Katara to open his final Chakra Gate. Kahn asked whether Guru Pathik had told him to give up those feelings or let them go.

• Kahn and Toph told the group how Azula infiltrated the Royal Palace, the Dai Li rebelled, and Azula and her allies were captured or turned to their side.
• Mai said the real Kyoshi Warriors had probably been sent to a Fire Nation prison, and Sokka angrily stormed out over Suki's imprisonment.
• Kahn changed the subject, and Katara recounted how she and Sokka fought at Chameleon Bay and earned Hakoda's and their tribespeople's respect.
• After Zuko, Iroh, Mai, and the others left, Aang privately confessed to Kahn that he had secretly left his training because he could not master the Avatar State.
• Aang revealed that he loved Katara and could not give up those feelings to open his final Chakra Gate, so Kahn asked whether Guru Pathik had told him to give them up or let them go.

Kahn explained to Aang that the final chakra was blocked by obsession, not love itself, and that Aang had to truly let go of his fixation on Katara. Aang decided to return to Guru Pathik for help, while Kahn admitted he still had a long way to go in opening his own chakras.

• Kahn told Aang that Guru Pathik’s warning about earthly attachments could be understood as a need to let go of obsession, rather than abandon someone he loved.
• Kahn asked Aang how he would respond if Katara loved someone else, and Aang chose to wish her well and move on.
• Aang questioned why his final chakra remained blocked, and Kahn explained that he had to face the issue calmly or use Guru Pathik’s risky shortcut.
• Aang decided to return to Guru Pathik and continue his training after thanking Kahn.
• Aang asked whether Kahn had opened all his chakras, and Kahn said he was still far from doing so.

Aang returned to the Eastern Air Temple, while the others made plans for the month before the eclipse. Kahn met the spirits in this world and set out for the Ancient Sun Warriors’ ruins with Ty Lee as his companion.

• Iroh handed responsibility for coordinating with the Earth Kingdom to Katara and Sokka while he enjoyed running the Jasmine Dragon.
• Toph decided to return home and talk to her parents, traveling with the two men she had captured.
• Kahn entered the Spirit World, met Jia, Bing, Geng, Ren, and Wu, and introduced them to the others.
• Ty Lee befriended Wu as Kahn announced that he planned to visit the Ancient Sun Warriors’ ruins.
• Ty Lee asked to travel with Kahn, and he agreed after Iroh gave his approval.

Kahn and Ty Lee explored the Ancient Sun Warriors' ruins, where Kahn saved Ty Lee from a hidden trap. They reached the largest temple, and Ty Lee recognized its entrance mechanism from the Spiritbending Temple in the Fire Nation.

• Kahn flew Wu through the clouds with Ty Lee and used Firebending to dry her clothes.
• Kahn and Ty Lee arrived at the Ancient Sun Warriors' ruins and walked toward the largest temple.
• Ty Lee nearly fell into a spike trap, but Kahn caught her before she could be injured.
• Kahn and Ty Lee climbed to the temple entrance, where Ty Lee recognized a mechanism like the one in the Fire Nation's Spiritbending Temple.

Kahn and Ty Lee encountered a Sun Warrior while investigating the temple, and Ty Lee subdued him after he attacked them. Wu’s appearance caused the Sun Warriors to kneel, and the chief began questioning Kahn after learning he was a Spiritbender.

• Kahn noticed the temple was carefully maintained and refused to enter, suspecting the Sun Warriors still lived nearby.
• A Sun Warrior emerged from hiding and attacked Kahn and Ty Lee with a fireball, but Kahn cut it apart and Ty Lee Chi-Blocked the attacker.
• Kahn identified the captured man as a Sun Warrior and asked to speak with his chief.
• The chief confronted Kahn and Ty Lee with dozens of warriors, but Wu appeared and the Sun Warriors bowed before the Dragonbird.
• Kahn identified himself as a Spiritbender, prompting the chief to lower his people’s guard and ask why Kahn had come.

Kahn and Ty Lee began the Sun Warriors’ judgment ritual so Kahn could seek instruction from the Firebending Masters Ran and Shaw. As they reached the altar, Kahn recognized the masters’ true forms: dragons.

• The chief explained that outsiders discovered by the Sun Warriors had to face Ran and Shaw’s judgment, and that Kahn would need to pass a test to receive their guidance.
• Kahn accepted the Eternal Flame and was told to keep its temperature steady as he carried it to the altar; Ty Lee accompanied him despite her fear.
• Kahn studied the Eternal Flame beside his own fire as they traveled, but could not yet tell whether the flames differed.
• At the altar, Kahn raised the flame and Ty Lee followed him up the stairs while the Sun Warriors began their ritual.
• Two dragons emerged from the twin sacred mountains, and Ty Lee recognized them as the masters while Kahn watched with excitement.

Kahn and Ty Lee passed the Sun Warriors’ judgment, and the dragons’ rainbow flames gave Kahn a new insight into fire. After Ty Lee confessed her feelings, Kahn realized he loved Azula and rejected Ty Lee.

• Kahn mirrored the dragons’ movements as he performed the Dancing Dragon, then he and Ty Lee survived the dragons’ flames and passed the judgment.
• Kahn promised the chief to keep the Sun Warriors’ existence secret, and he and Ty Lee stayed to explore the ruins.
• Ty Lee told Kahn she liked him and asked him to be her boyfriend.
• Kahn recalled Azula’s confession and told Ty Lee that he liked someone else.
• Kahn named Azula as the person he loved, leaving Ty Lee stunned.

Kahn accepted that he loved Azula but decided to remain in the parallel world to fulfill his promise, continue training, and consider her proposal to govern the Fire Nation together. After enduring the group’s gossip, he joined them to hear about Aang’s return and asked him to demonstrate his mastery of the Avatar State.

• Kahn cleared his sound chakra by admitting that his claim not to like Azula had been a lie, but he chose to stay in the parallel world and reflect on his remaining fears and attachments.
• Iroh found Kahn hiding from Team Avatar, who had learned that Kahn rejected Ty Lee because he loved Azula; Zuko jokingly asked whether he should call Kahn his brother-in-law.
• Iroh told Kahn that Aang had returned, but Aang rushed in and loudly asked whether Kahn liked Azula, renewing the group’s gossip.
• After everyone agreed to stop discussing Kahn’s love life for the time being, Sokka questioned whether Aang had truly mastered the Avatar State.
• Aang admitted that Kahn had advised him about spiritbending, and Kahn urged him to demonstrate his mastery.

Aang demonstrated his fully mastered Avatar State, leaving Kahn shaken by its overwhelming power and wondering why he feared facing Aang. After Toph returned from a failed attempt to reconcile with her parents, Team Avatar decided to take a short trip, and Kahn suggested a destination.

• Aang entered the Avatar State, and Kahn and the others witnessed the immense power and control he had gained.
• Aang left the Avatar State and explained that his past lives had scolded him for showing off.
• Kahn considered the Avatar State’s limits and wondered whether his unease came from the possibility of opposing Aang if he sided with Azula.
• Toph returned after arguing with her parents, who had tried to keep her at home, and happily reunited with Team Avatar.
• With a week remaining before the operation, Team Avatar chose to take a short trip, and Kahn said he had somewhere he wanted to go.

Team Avatar visited Jade Island, where Kahn explained that the Fire Nation colony could help Aang and Zuko consider how to restore balance after defeating Ozai. The group saw its prosperity and tensions between Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom residents, and the chapter left them facing the colonies as a major problem.

• Katara used Spirit Water from the North Pole to heal Zuko’s scar, and Kahn was delighted that it worked.
• Kahn brought Team Avatar to Jade Island, prompting Sokka and Toph to complain about visiting Fire Nation territory.
• Katara noticed that Earth Kingdom residents mostly worked in the shops, while Zuko explained that their lives had improved and Sokka objected that the city remained a colony.
• Aang asked Kahn why he had chosen Jade Island, and Kahn said an old friend had once invited him to visit.
• Zuko realized Kahn wanted him and Aang to consider how to handle the colonies, which Kahn identified as a major challenge after Ozai’s defeat.

Kahn challenged Aang, Zuko, Sokka, and Toph to consider the complications of returning the Colonies to the Earth Kingdom, especially the residents who had built lives and families there. He left Zuko with a harsh answer: if Zuko remained committed to his ideals, he should suppress opposition and carry out his plan anyway.

• Aang and Zuko agreed that the Colonies should be returned to the Earth Kingdom, while Sokka proposed sending Fire Nation residents home.
• Kahn explained that people from the Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom had formed families in the Colonies, making simple ethnic divisions impossible.
• Aang and Katara voiced support for people of different nations being together, and Zuko said residents should be allowed to leave with him if they wished.
• When Toph argued that Colonists had no right to refuse Earth Kingdom rule, Kahn warned Zuko that his softness might cost him the throne, prompting Zuko to challenge him.
• Kahn described how a Fire Nation resident might feel dispossessed after generations of building a peaceful life in the Colonies and asked Zuko how he would respond.
• Kahn told Zuko to dismiss, imprison, and publicly behead an opponent if that was necessary to continue carrying out his ideals.

Kahn explained how powerful people could falsely claim to speak for ordinary citizens and use history to excuse Fire Nation aggression. As Zuko considered asking Iroh for political guidance and then asked Kahn to teach him, Kahn recalled Azula’s offer to govern the Fire Nation together and suddenly froze.

• Kahn challenged Aang and the others to recognize that the speaker in his story represented privileged people, not the war’s ordinary victims.
• Kahn explained that the speaker’s references to distant history and cities built by the Fire Nation were attempts to deny and justify colonization.
• Zuko resolved to learn from Uncle Iroh, but Kahn warned him that Iroh was not suited to teach politics.
• Zuko asked Kahn to teach him, but Kahn refused, calling himself an armchair strategist.
• Katara questioned whether executing the speaker would be excessive, and Kahn said it could deter others from causing trouble.
• Kahn remembered Azula asking him to govern the Fire Nation with her, then suddenly froze as he considered her ambitions.

At the beach resort, Kahn meditated on his feelings for Azula and realized his central conflict was whether he could give up his freedom to govern the Fire Nation with her. He decided to return and speak with her, then was asked to weigh in on the group's debate over Ozai's fate.

• Kahn reflected on Azula's proposal to govern the Fire Nation together and recognized that he feared being confined by politics and losing his freedom.
• Kahn considered whether he and Azula could compromise, but admitted he did not know and decided to return to speak with her in person.
• Kahn left his meditation and found Aang, Zuko, and Sokka debating whether Ozai should be killed.
• Aang asked Kahn what he thought, and Kahn told him to do what he believed was right while privately intending to claim Ozai's head himself.

Aang remained conflicted about whether to kill Ozai after Kahn outlined the dangers of both choices, while Team Avatar enjoyed the end of their vacation. At Chameleon Bay, they learned Iroh had begun the counteroffensive and liberated Omashu, as Team Avatar prepared to carry out the next phase of the plan.

• Kahn described how leaving Ozai alive could lead to Zuko's assassination and another war, while he also warned that killing Ozai might provoke terrorist attacks.
• Katara called the group over for a seafood barbecue, and Kahn reminded Aang to set aside his worries during their vacation.
• Team Avatar traveled to Chameleon Bay, where Zuko reunited with Mai and General Hao explained that Iroh had started the first phase of the plan early.
• General Hao reported that Iroh had liberated Omashu, rescued Bumi, and drawn the Fire Nation's main forces toward him.
• Ty Lee asked Kahn about the Azula from his world, and Kahn confirmed that she was the one he liked.
• Katara and Sokka reunited with their father, Hakoda, and Sokka asked whether he had found the people they needed.

Hakoda gathered forces from the Northern Water Tribe and the Earth Kingdom for an assault on the Fire Nation capital, while Tezin arrived with Sokka’s secret weapons. The chapter ended with Kahn discovering that one of those weapons was a submarine.

• Tezin and Teo arrived aboard Hakoda’s ship after a peanut butter bomb experiment exploded, and Aang introduced them to Kahn, Toph, and Zuko.
• Kahn learned that Li Ming had forced Tezin to invent weapons and taken credit for his work, and he resolved to tell Azula to fire Li Ming.
• Hakoda introduced Pakku, captain of the Northern Water Tribe squad, and explained that the Northern Water Tribe and Earth Kingdom had each sent fifty fighters to support the assault.
• Katara learned that Kupa had gone to the South Pole to visit family and wondered if he had gone to see her grandmother.
• Sokka took Tezin and the others to see the secret weapons they had prepared, and Kahn discovered a submarine.

Kahn and the others inspected Sokka and Tezin’s improvised weapons before Hakoda accepted command of the allied forces. Hakoda outlined their plan to reach the Fire Nation capital during the solar eclipse and escort Team Avatar to the Royal Palace for the final battle.

• Tezin showed Kahn and the others a waterbender-powered submarine, ice-encased torpedo bombs, and heavy landing tanks that Sokka had helped design.
• Hakoda accepted command after Pakku and General Hao declined to lead the operation.
• Hakoda explained that the Earth Kingdom’s main forces would draw the Fire Nation’s attention while their group flanked the enemy fleet toward the capital’s bay.
• Hakoda outlined the plan to breach the Gates of Azulon, land, and escort Team Avatar—including Ty Lee and Mai—to the Royal Palace before the eclipse.
• Kahn felt the final battle beginning as Sokka prepared to explain the weapons and vehicles.

Hakoda's fleet used Waterbenders' fog and torpedoes to sink a Fire Nation warship and intercept its messenger hawk. As the fleet continued its voyage toward Azulon Bay, Aang remained troubled over what to do about Ozai, while Katara suspected Kahn was hiding something.

• Kahn spotted a Fire Nation fleet ahead, and Hakoda ordered the Waterbenders to cloak their ships in fog so they could pass unseen.
• Kahn detected a Fire Nation warship directly in their path, and Hakoda ordered the fleet to prepare torpedoes while Aang blocked the enemy's airspace.
• The Waterbenders launched ten torpedoes that tore holes in the warship, and the Earthbenders blocked its return shot as it sank.
• Aang intercepted the messenger hawk, destroyed the message, and returned with the bird after the fleet defeated the warship.
• Sokka and Zuko argued over what to do with the hawk, while Katara worried about Aang's indecision over Ozai and wondered what Kahn was hiding.