H36 The Sword of Gaia's Children

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**The Sword of Gaia’s Children**, the 36th book in the The Golden Age of Adventures series was published in June 2021. It is the English language edition of the original Chinese comic, ***"*夜光断风剑"**, which was published in May 2021.

## Synopsis

ALWAYS ON ADVENTURE! DEFENDING MOTHER EARTH!

After Alex and co. emerge from a fierce battle, the Children of Gaia sense something is amiss - the Adventure King has infiltrated Gaia's domain! Fighting alongside the protectors of Mother Earth, can Alex and Lulu defeat this formidable foe?

## Cast

* Alex
* Lulu
* Akhazane
* Children of Gaia
	+ Caelus
	+ Mundus
	+ Nemus
	+ Luminus
	+ Pelagius
	+ Tempesta
* John Rodrick (Sigurd Bodon)

## Plot

***Spoiler warning!** Plot and/or ending details follow.*

### Chapter 1: 300%

While Lulu and Miss Crowbone are fighting, Marie takes her whip. She tells Mundus and Tempesta to hear out for her signal. Upon reaching 300%, she signals the two Children to get Lulu out of the way. She releases her whip's force at Crowbone, splitting the ocean below in half. Wanda shoots Crowbone. Crowbone falls into the sea. Nacho witnesses all this from a tiny island.

### Chapter 2: Summoned

Marie's fractures are tended to. Pelagius, Mundus and Tempesta sense Caelus in pain.

Sigurd Bodon arrives in Angkor Wat, Cambodia, to enter Shambhala. He finds a puzzle on one of the naga statues. There are two doors that are next to each other. They open during the day and close during night. Their occupants never meet. Sigurd pushes its eyes. The other naga statue opens its mouth. Inside is a portal, but it is small. Sigurd uses Caelus to widen it.

He enters Shambhala's center. He finds the way to the potent force is sealed. He finds another puzzle. He has to find the two identical dragon heads. After pulling their teeth, they open the way. Sigurd enters and sees Gaia. Ming's astral element machine is reacting. Sigurd can absorb Gaia's energy to open portals. Caelus, to the best of his abilities, opens portals for Nemus, Luminus...

### Chapter 3: Nemus and Luminus

...and Pelagius, Mundus and Tempesta. The three Children enter the portal, followed by Lulu, who sees Sigurd, then Alex.

Alex feels Luminus' fires. He positions his flames like angel wings. Nemus comes on all fours. Caelus whispers Sigurd is going to absorb Gaia's energy. The order is to annihilate him. Nemus sends out Long-Ears. Sigurd cuts them, becoming gas. Alex tells Lulu to hold her breath because Axe said it is a lethal poison. Sigurd inhales them, for no toxin or venom harmed him for 300 years. He dodges all the Children's attack. He uses his blade to absorb Nemus' energy, then shoots water at Luminus' flames and absorbs his energy. Lulu charges towards him.

### Chapter 4: Separation

Sigurd dodges Lulu's kick. He shoots a rock at her back. Alex extends his arms to Lulu. Lulu pulls it and Alex readies his hat's blades. Sigurd readies his blade. He cuts Alex's "IBYon mask" in half. He realises Alex has taken Caelus. Alex gives Caelus to the the Children. As Alex and Lulu charge to him, Sigurd blankets their heads in water, then hits them with stone towards Gaia. Upon Alex touching Gaia, she turns red.

Lulu is turned into a cat due to Gaia's defensive actions. Alex's IBYon cells come out its host. Gaia's defensive actions also caused Sigurd to lose his immortality. As the IBYon cells are about to feed on Gaia, Akhazane splits from it. He won't let it touch her. The cells dodges Tempesta and Pelagius' attacks. It enters Sigurd body.

### Chapter 5: Crossed-Star

Sigurd agrees to assimilate with the cells because **he would do anything to live on**. At the Global Alliance for Humanity base in the USA, Lydia burns divination slips. "Crossed-Star" is what remains. Sigurd absorbs the astral elemental energy from Ming's machine and becomes IBYon. The Children hit him with everything they got. Lulu uses herself as Alex's transportation as he is back to being crippled.

Akhazane learns Gaia is unsettled by IBYon presence. Akhazane finds the only way to calm her is transferring his memories to her. He tells her she is a beautiful planet. Her atmosphere is a shield against meteoroids and harmful radiation. Her oceans are teeming with life. Her fertile hands yield an abundance of food. Though there are some who seek to destroy her, there are countless others to protect her. She need not be afraid.

Caelus is shocked to see Akhazane, an IBYon, calming Gaia. Before Akhazane fades to nothingness, he gives him his life force. Alex takes Nemus out of Sigurd's blast. He tells the Children they need to work together with him and Lulu.

### Chapter 6: Heart on Fire

Alex ties his rope on Sigurd's face. Alex signals Pelagius and Mundus to use water and sand to block Sigurd's sight, so everyone can attack from all directions. Sigurd attacks back. Tempesta and Luminus are greatly affected. Alex and Lulu fight Sigurd while Pelagius, Mundus and Nemus go back to Tempesta and Luminus.

Luminus observes how Alex is fighting for Gaia harder than her Children. He suggests transferring his energies to Alex as he has wielded planetary energies before. Tempesta and Luminus transfer their energies to Alex. As Sigurd comes, Alex spews out fire from his mouth at him.

### Chapter 7: Seventh Child

Tempesta and Luminus seem to be getting stronger in Alex's body. It is because he still retains the three ancient planets' energies. Alex creates a lightning sword (like in the book cover). He stabs Sigurd's chest. Sigurd's hand is held by an energy from a portal. It was created by the Seventh Guardian, who is both Akhazane and Caelus. Since the IBYon cells came from his body, Alex wants to be pulled into the portal with Sigurd. Lulu will let herself be pulled too.

Nemus uses his large roots to throw Alex and Lulu away from Sigurd. Mundus and Pelagius ride with their powers in the from of dragons. Mundus telepathically tells Alex he doesn't have to worry about Gaia if a warrior like him is around. Pelagius telepathically tells Alex he shouldn't have to sacrifice himself like this. The two help Nemus push Sigurd into the portal. Nemus telepathically tells Akhazane to not hold back. All four of the Children successfully got Sigurd through the portal.

### Chapter 8: A New Goal

Akhazane's portal leads to a realm filled with those worms, the bane of numerous realms. As Sigurd is distracted by them, Pelagius, Mundus and Nemus encase themselves.

A week later on Jones' island, Akhazane has labeled all of Shambhala's portals for the forces of justice to destroy while he hibernates. Akhazane tells Alex he will bring Pelagius, Mundus and Nemus back when he regains enough strength. He fixes Alex's spine so that he can stand again. He can't fix Lulu because she has foreign force that's blocking his and Gaia's powers. Luminus and Tempesta will hibernate in Alex until they regain their strength. Akhazane returns to mother.

Steel Fang plans on retiring for making misjudgments for two years. Brighton got a call from Roach that the Global Alliance for Humanity has sent the two Soul Transfer Machines to the designated drop-off point. He then forces Fenrir to go back to his body. The Alliance is questioning Ramson Spalding for Nacho's location. Major Roger is locked up. Ming and Woe are held in a prison designed by Brighton.

Alex has a new goal for the future. He believes this conflict was largely caused by ignorance and misunderstanding. He has met several species that are as intelligent as humans, but they don't take the initiative to make contact. Some hide from, fear, hate and have been hurt by humans. Humans fear them too. This is because of the fear of the unknown. Alex wants to learn more "unknowns", but the world is too big. He will form a team that explores the unknown. The first thing to do is find the cure for Lulu's curse.

### Post-credit scene

Lydia's divination slips have been fully burnt, marking the fulfillment of her third prophecy. The wind blows the ashes, forming a new adversity: conflict between a cat and a crow.

Crowbone was taken care of by Nacho. Upon waking up, Nacho gives her a photo of a man to locate him. In return, he will help her catch Lulu.

## X-Venture continuity

* Alex's new goal is the foundation for the X-Venture Xplorers, a team consisting of the protagonists of the all the series that take place after this series. When Alex was talking about his goal, Steel Fang had his eyes widened, like he had an idea. Vault of Adventurers stated he will play a role in the X-Venture Xplorers' establishment.