Chapter Summaries

Kahn returned from the parallel world to find that a year had passed and Azula had conquered the world, making him a wanted man. He learned that the White Lotus Society had been branded a terrorist organization and was left wondering whether he had returned to the right world.

• Kahn awoke at the Great Banyan Tree and reunited with Xiuer, Aang, Katara, and Sokka, who recognized him from wanted posters.
• Katara told Kahn that Azula was Fire Lord and had conquered the world, while Aang had only recently awakened and had not learned other bending.
• Kahn realized that a year had passed in this world while he had spent months in the parallel world, and that Azula had been searching for him.
• Kahn asked about Iroh, Zuko, and the White Lotus Society, and Aang, Katara, and Sokka reacted nervously to the questions.
• Katara told Kahn that the White Lotus Society was considered an evil terrorist organization and was among the Fire Nation's top arrest targets, leaving him bewildered.

Kahn decided to find the White Lotus Society and learn what had happened during the year he was gone, joining Aang and his companions on their search. After locating the elders, they set out, while Kahn continued to hide why he was wanted worldwide.

• Kahn told Aang, Katara, and Sokka that he planned to find the White Lotus Society and suggested its elders as possible Bending teachers.
• Aang revealed that Bumi had told them to seek the White Lotus Society after they found him imprisoned in Omashu, and Kahn invited the group to travel together.
• Kahn used the Great Banyan Tree to locate the White Lotus Society and arranged to leave with Aang and his companions the next morning.
• Kahn entered the Spirit World to retrieve Four Directions, then returned with the four Deities still angry at him for leaving them behind.
• Katara asked Kahn why he was wanted worldwide, but he denied knowing and kept the truth to himself.

Kahn reunited with Iroh and the White Lotus Society at the Eastern Air Temple after a year away. Iroh explained how Azula had exposed the Society and ruined its reputation, while the group prepared to catch Kahn and Aang up on the changed world.

• Iroh learned that few White Lotus branches had responded, Zuko’s efforts to recruit the Resistance Army had mostly failed, and there was still no news from branches in the Fire Nation homeland.
• Kahn brought Toph back into Team Avatar and arrived with her, Aang, and the others at the Eastern Air Temple, where Iroh greeted Kahn warmly.
• Iroh introduced the visitors to the White Lotus Elders, and Aang and Katara met their Waterbending teacher while Kahn learned that Zuko was away on business.
• Iroh explained that Azula had exposed the White Lotus Society and accused it of being a terrorist organization after the Elders failed to reach the Fire Nation capital.
• Kupa, Iroh, and Piandao described how genuine corruption within the Society, traitors’ accusations, and public panic had destroyed its reputation.

Iroh explained how Azula dismantled the White Lotus Society, exploited the nations’ distrust, and conquered the world by recruiting Colonies Earthbenders and taking Omashu. Kahn realized his past remarks might have inspired Azula’s tactics, then concealed his guilt as the group remained in hiding from her pursuit.

• Kupa blamed Kahn for helping Azula learn about the White Lotus Society, while Iroh admitted his own judgment had also contributed to the Society’s downfall.
• Iroh said Azula’s decision to recruit Earthbenders from the Colonies and allow Colonists to become generals had strengthened the Fire Nation’s army despite widespread opposition.
• Kahn recalled Azula noticing Earthbenders after Kori helped uncover a clue and suspected that his own comments had inspired Azula’s policies and her campaign against the White Lotus Society.
• Iroh explained that Chang Feng had captured the Earth King and surrendered Omashu to the Fire Nation, then became its governor.
• Azula conquered the world, pursued Kahn, and attacked the White Lotus Society’s remnants, forcing them to hide.

Iroh explained how the White Lotus Society could exploit Azula’s overstretched forces and political unrest to prepare a counterattack. After recounting his time in another world, Kahn accepted responsibility for helping Azula and said he wanted to see her.

• Iroh told Aang that resistance forces, scattered Fire Nation troops, and unrest over Azula’s decrees created an opening for a counterattack, and asked Aang to master the other forms of bending.
• Iroh and Kahn walked through the Eastern Air Temple and discussed Guru Pathik’s help protecting the White Lotus Society.
• Guru Pathik joined Iroh and Kahn, and Kahn recounted traveling to another world where Ozai had been defeated and Zuko had restored balance among the Four Nations.
• Kahn apologized for his role in the White Lotus Society’s defeat and said he wanted to make amends.
• Kahn told Iroh and Guru Pathik that he wanted to see Azula.

Kahn stayed outside the White Lotus Society's meetings while Iroh and the elders planned a counteroffensive to liberate Omashu and arranged lessons for Aang. When Zuko returned, Kahn offered him Spirit Water to heal his scar, but Zuko chose to keep it as a reminder of the person he did not want to become.

• Iroh excluded Kahn from the elders' meetings until he decided whether to side with the White Lotus Society, so Kahn spent his time with Guru Pathik and the four young ones.
• Iroh and the others planned to attack Omashu and arranged bending lessons for Aang, while Aang and his friends wondered who Kahn was and why he was wanted.
• Kahn met the returning Zuko and Zhengzheng, then waited outside while Zuko reported to Iroh and the elders.
• Kupa gave Kahn Spirit Water, which Kahn recognized as a possible way to heal Zuko's scar.
• Kahn offered the Spirit Water to Zuko, but Zuko said he wanted to keep his scar as a reminder not to become like Ozai.

Kahn met with Zuko and Iroh and explained why he favored innovation and global unification over the old balance of the Four Nations, while insisting he would not take either side. Zuko and Iroh were left doubtful of his neutrality.

• Zuko told Kahn that he still met Mai privately and exchanged letters with Ershu despite being on opposing sides from Azula.
• Zuko invited Kahn to support his side, but Kahn refused and said he thought the current unified state of affairs was good.
• Kahn compared global unification to the Fire Nation's compulsory education policy, arguing that both were new changes whose value could not be known in advance.
• Kahn argued that the Four Nations' balance had never brought lasting peace and that the Fire Nation's strength came from innovation rather than tradition.
• Kahn said he preferred innovation and possibility but did not want to get involved, prompting Zuko and Iroh to doubt his claim of neutrality.

Azula learned that Kahn had appeared at the White Lotus Society but chose not to alter her plans. Meanwhile, Kahn left the Eastern Air Temple for the Fire Nation, and Iroh moved the group’s plan forward that night.

• Azula burned the intelligence scroll after learning Kahn had appeared at the White Lotus Society, then ordered her general to withdraw without taking extra action.
• Kahn told Aang he was leaving after teaching him Firebending during his stay at the Eastern Air Temple.
• Zuko and Iroh warned Kahn to be careful, and Kahn left on Four Directions.
• Iroh told Zuko and Aang to inform everyone and begin their plan that night, explaining that he feared Azula might detect it.

Kahn reached the Fire Nation capital to find Azula, but discovered she was away in Omashu. After learning she had gone to eliminate the White Lotus Society, he realized Iroh and the others could be in danger.

• Kahn saw a Fire Nation Airship Fleet flying toward an unknown destination on his way to the capital.
• Kahn entered the Royal Palace through a secret passage and found Azula absent and security heightened.
• Kahn met Woolf on patrol, and Woolf recognized him after Kahn stopped the guards from attacking.
• Kahn pressured Woolf into revealing that Azula had gone to Omashu to wipe out the White Lotus Society.
• Kahn connected Azula's destination with Iroh's counterattack plan and the Airship Fleet, then exclaimed that something was wrong.

Azula captured the White Lotus Society and Team Avatar after a surprise bombing, then taunted them about her spy and blamed Aang for the war. As soldiers approached Katara, Sokka, and Toph, Iroh interrupted Azula to ask a question.

• Azula's forces bound and captured the White Lotus Society and Team Avatar after bombing their arriving force, leaving many dead and wounded.
• Mai confronted Azula about Zuko's injuries, and Azula insisted that his condition was part of her plan.
• Zuko asked how Azula had learned of their operation, and she revealed that she had planted a spy in the White Lotus Society.
• Aang condemned Azula for the deaths, but she blamed him for the hundred-year war and left him shaken.
• Azula ordered soldiers to punish Katara, Sokka, and Toph, then added Aang when he tried to stop them.
• Iroh interrupted Azula and said he had another question.

Azula ordered the White Lotus Society prisoners executed until Kahn arrived and tried to reason with her. When he refused to prove his loyalty by killing Aang, Azula struck him with lightning, leaving him fallen as Katara called out that she could save him.

• Azula explained that she had stumbled upon Iroh’s operation by coincidence and ordered the soldiers to continue executing the prisoners.
• Ty Lee spotted Kahn descending from the sky, and he landed between Azula and the White Lotus Society.
• Kahn told Azula he had returned and asked her to hear his explanation, but she demanded that he kill Aang to prove himself.
• Kahn refused to kill Aang and asked whether there was another way to make Azula listen; she told him to die, and he agreed.
• Azula struck Kahn with lightning, and Katara shouted that she could save him.

In a blank white space after his apparent death, Kahn spoke with Guru Pathik about his exhaustion, his lack of freedom, and the choices that had brought him back to Azula. He decided to leave and face the problems waiting for him outside.

• Kahn watched his life replay, and Guru Pathik appeared beside him through Spiritbending.
• Kahn told Guru Pathik that he had grown tired of fighting and felt that fate had left him with no real choices.
• Guru Pathik argued that Kahn could have stayed in the parallel world and reminded him that returning and choosing Azula had been Kahn's own decisions.
• Kahn accepted that he had brought his situation on himself, stood up, and prepared to return to the world outside.

Kahn woke after nearly a month unconscious and learned that Katara and Guru Pathik had helped save him. After speaking privately with Azula, they confessed their love and reconciled, though Kahn’s injuries remained painful.

• Kahn woke in his home surrounded by Iroh, Zuko, Aang, Mai, Toph, Katara, and Guru Pathik, and learned he had been unconscious for almost a month.
• Iroh explained that Azula had agreed to a truce, allowing Aang and the others to move freely but keeping them in the city until Kahn recovered.
• Mai brought Azula into Kahn’s room, and the others left them alone together.
• Azula apologized for attacking Kahn but blamed him in part for not explaining himself sooner, and Kahn teased her before kissing her.
• Kahn told Azula he liked her, and Azula kissed him passionately before declaring him her queen.
• Azula warned Kahn not to leave her behind again, and Kahn promised he would not.

Kahn and Azula negotiated a truce with Aang and his allies after the Fire Nation’s victory. The agreement ended the century-long war and opened the way to a new era.

• Kahn asked Guru Pathik why his fear had disappeared, but Guru Pathik could not identify its cause after the emotion had already dissipated.
• Iroh told Aang and the others that they had lost and should accept that Kahn and the Fire Nation had spared them.
• Kahn challenged Aang to reconsider what maintaining balance among the Four Nations meant, while Katara reminded him of the Fire Nation’s aggression and the deaths it had caused.
• Kahn proposed a ten-year noninterference agreement, giving Aang and his allies freedom to act as long as they did not attack the Fire Nation.
• Aang and his allies negotiated the agreement down to five years, and its signing marked the end of the century-long war.

Over four years, Azula and Kahn led the Phoenix Empire through reconstruction and reform before abruptly abdicating and leaving Zuko to rule. Aang and the others agreed to support Zuko, while Azula and Kahn flew off together to begin their vacation.

• Azula became Phoenix Emperor and appointed Kahn Chancellor, and they organized nationwide reconstruction with earthbenders, waterbenders, firebenders, factories, and airships.
• Over the next two years, Azula and Kahn introduced compulsory education, broadened court appointments, created an Inspection Corps with Zuko and later Aang, and began railway construction as the empire recovered.
• In the fourth year, Azula abdicated in favor of Zuko, and Kahn announced that he was leaving with her.
• Aang and the others questioned Zuko about the abdication, then agreed to help him lead the empire; Aang chose to leave its new order intact for the time being.
• Kahn and Azula flew away on Four Directions, and Azula proposed visiting the Great Banyan Tree to investigate whether travel between worlds was possible.

Kahn and Azula arrived in Republic City with the four little ones after visiting an elderly Zuko in the future. Kahn noticed Korra arriving and hoped to spar with this incarnation of the Avatar.

• Dockworkers watched a royal Fire Nation cruise ship arrive in Republic City, carrying Kahn and Azula.
• Kahn and Azula recalled traveling through the Great Banyan Tree to a parallel world, where Aang had defeated Ozai and elderly Zuko was still alive.
• After visiting Zuko and staying at the Fire Nation Royal Palace, Kahn, Azula, and the four little ones traveled to Republic City for a vacation.
• The captain escorted Kahn and Azula off the ship and wondered about their connection to former Fire Lord Zuko.
• Kahn spotted Korra riding Naga and said he hoped to spar with the Water Tribe Avatar, while Azula called him a monster.
• Korra shivered, wondered if White Lotus Society elders were talking about her, and decided to eat with Naga before going to Air Temple Island.

Azula and Kahn explored Republic City and encountered an Equalist rally calling for the overthrow of the benders’ government. Azula joined the Equalists to watch what happened and to see Zuko’s reaction, while dismissing their beliefs as foolish.

• Azula admired Republic City’s roads and wanted to street race, but Kahn pointed out that traffic made it impractical.
• Kahn and Azula heard an Equalist recruiter urge people to follow Amon and overthrow the benders’ government.
• Azula wondered what could give the Equalists confidence, and Kahn speculated about advanced technology or Amon’s ability to remove bending.
• Azula pretended she had been bullied by benders and joined the Equalists, encouraging other people to sign up.
• Azula told Kahn she had joined for entertainment and wanted to see Zuko’s reaction, then called the Equalists’ plan idiotic.

Korra arrived in Republic City, where she met Azula and Kahn after joining them in stopping a gang of thugs. The police arrested the thugs and tried to arrest Korra, Azula, and Kahn for the damage, but Kahn presented Fire Nation royal documents and requested a meeting with their superior.

• Korra got lost in Republic City and encountered thugs extorting a shopkeeper.
• Azula kicked one thug away and defeated the other two, while Kahn went to pay the shopkeeper and put the gramophone in the car.
• Korra stopped the first thug from escaping by earthbending his car into a shop, then introduced herself to Azula as the Avatar.
• Police officers arrived in an airship, arrested the thugs, and announced that Korra, Azula, and Kahn were under arrest for the damage.
• Kahn showed the officers documents bearing the Fire Nation royal emblem and asked to meet their superior, and the lead officer agreed.

Kahn and Azula negotiated their release from Lin Beifong’s police station by agreeing to pay for the damage, while Lin kept Korra there over her unannounced arrival in Republic City. Tenzin arrived to take Korra back to the South Pole and learned that Kahn and Azula had helped her.

• Lin Beifong questioned Kahn and Azula about their Fire Nation royal status and agreed to let them leave once they paid for the damage.
• Korra protested that she had acted to help people, but Lin refused to let her go because the Avatar’s arrival in Republic City had not been reported.
• Azula left with Kahn, while Lin stopped Korra and demanded to know how she had reached the city.
• A police officer told Lin that Tenzin had arrived, and Tenzin said Korra would return to the South Pole right away.
• Korra introduced Tenzin to Kahn and Azula and explained that they had helped her subdue the thugs and cover her share of the damage.

Tenzin and Lin Beifong suspected Kahn and Azula of impersonating Zuko’s relatives because they looked far too young, but Kahn used Spiritbending to show Tenzin memories that proved their identities. The chapter ended with Lin still incredulous that the two youthful visitors were actually eighty or ninety years old.

• Tenzin explained that Zuko had told him Azula and Kahn were coming to Republic City, while Lin questioned their apparent age and identities.
• Azula joked about turning themselves in, and Kahn offered to have Zuko confirm who they were.
• When Lin and Tenzin remained suspicious, Kahn moved too quickly for them to react and tapped Tenzin’s forehead.
• Lin attacked Kahn with her cables, but Tenzin stopped her and apologized after memories shown by Kahn confirmed that the visitors were genuine.
• Kahn explained that he had used a Spiritbending technique to show Tenzin memories, and Lin questioned whether Kahn and Azula were really eighty or ninety years old.