H35 Rift in the Blood Clan

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**Rift in the Blood Clan**, the 35th book in the The Golden Age of Adventures series was published in April 2021. It is the English language edition of the original Chinese comic, ***"*蓝梦狂气"**, which was published in March 2021.

## Synopsis

ALWAYS ON ADVENTURE! STOPPING THE TREACHEROUS TWILIGHT DOCTOR!

With the Automation King's assistance, Alex and co. manage to find the hideout of Major Roger and Dr. Ming. In the ensuing melee, the truth about Hank's parents' deaths come to light. Meanwhile, Dr. Ming is intercepted by the Void and Woe. Who will prevail in this clash of the Blood Clanners?

## Cast

* Alex
* Lulu
* "Twilight Doctor" Ming
* "Azure Princess" Marie
* The Void
* Miss Crowbone

## Plot

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

### Chapter 1: Where the Soul Belongs

Brighton refuses to explain. Sally tells him she discovered the Soul Transfer Machines can transfer souls into certain metals or put a soul back into its body, nothing else. However, there is an extraordinary one used to transfer Adolf Hitler's soul into an IBYon body.

Sally believes Ming created it. He did mention he had Iron Heart and Blood Clan knowledge. Everyone thought he was dead, but that was not so. Sally found a transmitter in Roger's hand. Brighton requests the two Soul Transfer Machines at the Global Alliance for Humanity to be destroyed and Ming handed over to him.

Two days later, Sigurd Bodon has set out to Shambhala. Ramson Spalding uses this opportunity to kill Ming. The Fury-Glee hybrid appears behind Ming. In Bali, Indonesia, Roger's location has been detected. Hank, Alex, Fenrir and Pelagius will investigate while Team Cygnus stays on the beach. Brighton will come too, with his giant diving suit.

### Chapter 2: Puppet Master

In the ocean, Brighton detects Roger beneath Buddha statues. He sends out an electromagnetic pulse to knock out surveillance. Alex finds a Javanese scripture: "Controls four oars, but never leaves home." Behind the statues are buttons with animals drawn on them. Alex presses the turtle. The center statue reveals the entrance. The team enters Sigurd's base. Graham stalks them. Ming defeats Roger. Graham connects his blood wires to Hank. Hank punches Alex's back.

### Chapter 3: The Truth About the Past

Brighton goes after Ming. Hank destroys Fenrir's body and Pelagius' water shots. She then kicks Alex's face. Graham tells her how he used blood puppetry to kill her parents.

When Fenrir and Marie entered inside Giant Clam Island, Graham left them alone. Their visit led to more people coming, something he can't ignore. He waited for his chance to take over one of them. He then used that person to kill three of the group, leaving Hank's parents left. He controlled Natasha and set her against Morgan.

Alex has transformed into his IBYon form because of Graham's unforgivable act. While chasing Ming, Brighton detects something above him. The Fury-Glee hybrid tries to squish him. A defeated Ramson lays in its hand. Ming orders the hybrid to kill him because he wants to study Brighton's suit. A whale shark sticks its mouth to the window. The window is then cut. Inside the whale shark is the Void and Woe.

### Chapter 4: In Control

Hank continues fighting Alex. As Pelagius dashes to her, she throws Alex at him. Alex blocks Hank's punch with Whirl of the Mad King. Hank deeply apologises to Alex for hurting him. Alex tells her she doesn't have to apologise, for he has also experienced the same thing. Alex didn't go berserk as parts of his IBYon face appears like a mask. He produces a stronger whirl, catching Graham in it by his wires. He throws him to Hank. She punches him with a powerful force, defeating him.

Grey Hu is a master of the arcane blood puppetry technique which allows its practitioner to hijack and manipulate other people and even corpses. This ancient art was lost forever after Grey suffered irreparable damage to his body as a result of this fight.

Woe fights his brothers. Brighton uses his suit's tail to cut the hybrid, but is covered with armour plates. Ming created this synthetic beast with the expertise of the Blood Clan and Iron Heart.

### Chapter 5: No Mercy

Steel skin encasement is an advanced Iron Heart technology. It attaches to the epidermis, greatly enhancing one's defensive abilities. This skill was lost after the Iron Heart-Blood Clan war. Ming revived it by studying some old records. After seeing Sigurd cut its leg easily in Ireland, he decided to put this skill to good use. He also combined Glee and Fury's hearts to increase energy output. This creation is more stable than W10-616.

Woe and the hybrid continue fighting. Brighton jumps on Woe's back and comes out of his suit. He detaches the steel skin encasement, surprising Ming. Woe kicks the hybrid, then the Void sends out strength-sapper birds to weaken it. Ming presses a button, causing Glee and Fury's hearts to enlarge and enlarge and enlarge until they both burst. Ming, now covered in dragon scales, picks up Brighton. He remembers him. He used his father's diary to create a perfect soul transfer machine. Woe is saddened and the Void is enraged by their brothers' deaths.

### Chapter 6: Power of the Dragon

Woe charges towards Ming. Ming throws Brighton away and slashes Woe's body, then spews flames at him. The Void holds a scaly egg. A little multi-headed dragon hatches and bites Ming. They don't hurt him at all. This is because he has the power of Sacred Dragon.

Marie defeated him last time, making him fall into the Dragon's domain. His earthworm cells regenerated him. There, he saw the dormant Sacred Dragon. He took scale and hair samples. He discovered the cells were strong and nothing like he has ever seen. No mention of the Dragon was in the Blood Clan's records, so he concluded it must have come from a different world.

By having its cells, Ming has become invincible. He declares himself as the Blood Clan's top genius and nothing can hurt him. His scales start to break. The parts of the scales were the same spots the Void's dragon bit Ming at. Woe stomps over him. Ming realises the dragon looks similar to the Sacred Dragon. This means the Void has been in the its domain before and studied it. Ming escapes by shedding his skin. Alex punches his face. He and the Void face once more.

### Chapter 7: Words of the God of War

Woe curls himself around Alex, not letting any of the two hurt each other. Alex has cured the Void and Woe will go back with Alex. The Void goes away in his whale shark. Ramson, Roger, Ming and Graham have all been tied up. Fenrir's head is tied to Roger and Ramson so that he can warn the team if they escape.

With the World Adventure Union defunct, some countries have set up their own adventuring teams. Their inexperienced led to them messaging Marie to help them solve puzzles. Marie forgets about for now. Charles sees a murder of crows. Miss Crowbone is among them.

Yesterday, Sigurd gave Crowbone what she always wanted: the God of War's Words. The writer introduces himself as the god of war. He gives a shower of light. The unworthy become beasts. They shall seek the holy water to become half-man. They shall search for others like them and feed on each other. The victor achieves the final evolution. Lulu senses Crowbone's crows. Marie stops Crowbone. She decides to test Xuan Zhen's training on her.

### Chapter 8: Evolution

Crowbone distracts Marie with her crows. She knocks out Rita and Rica and takes Lulu into the sky. She bites Lulu's arm, then feels a static. Lulu bites back and feels static too. They both are transformed: Crowbone's arms and legs become crow-like and Lulu becomes her adult form. Mundus saves Lulu from falling with sand. Marie's training is not powerful enough to overcome Crowbone. Lulu gets ready to fight her.

## X-Venture continuity

### In the series

* **H14 Menace of the Secret Cave**: Alex understands Hank when Graham was controlling her because he was controlled by Xiang Yu's blood vessels.
* **H29 Might of the Ancient Axe**: When Ming realised the Void has been in the Sacred Dragon's domain, panels from H29 appear. This might mean the Sacred Dragon originates from the dryads' realm.