Li Chen

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Li Chen has memories of a previous life, including films, games, and other entertainment. He used that knowledge to guide his Hollywood projects and acquired MGM after outbidding a Sony-led group 4 18 45.

At the premiere of Starlight Pictures’ Superman: Man of Steel in 2008, Li Chen used reputation points to draw rewards from a system. His first major prizes included Superman Glasses and the Kryptonian Bloodline. As he spent time in sunlight, his new powers grew 1 2 4.

Appearance

Li Chen is a handsome, young Chinese man 1 188.

• Glasses: Gwen considers him more intellectual-looking when he wears them 38.
• Disguises: He has worn a Superman suit and a Batman mask, including the latter at the Hellfire Club 8 15.

Personality

Li Chen is opportunistic and pragmatic. He saw public anxiety over Tony Stark’s disappearance as a business opportunity, and after locating Stark, chose not to rescue him because they had no personal or shared interests 5 15.

He enjoys wealth, power, romance, and the excitement of lottery draws. He also describes himself as neither a saint nor an especially good person, and holds grudges against those who threaten him 15 29 44 179.

Li Chen can be protective toward people he considers his own. He promised to reunite Rem with Ram, welcomed summoned characters into his household, and offered rescued Black Widows a choice of futures 10 17 157 189.

Abilities & Skills

Kryptonian Physique

Li Chen’s lottery-granted bloodline gives him a steel-like body that grows stronger with sunlight 1 2.

• Strength and durability: He crushed pistols in his hands and withstood Lady Deathstrike’s adamantium blades 21 36.
• Flight: He traveled around Earth in under five minutes while still unfamiliar with his speed 9.
• Bio-electric aura: He used it to protect Gwen from the cold at high altitude 41.
• Body alteration: Following CPH4 use, he could change features such as his hair color and number of fingers 194.

Enhanced Senses and Vision

• Super vision: He can see through walls and over great distances. He initially struggled to control it but later used it skillfully 4 13.
• Super hearing: He can sort useful information from a vast number of voices, though sustained, intense use initially left him unaccustomed to the strain 15.
• Heat Vision and Freeze Breath: He tested both abilities; Heat Vision left his eyes somewhat dry. He later used Heat Vision against Magneto’s obstacles 9 105.

Mental Resistance

Emma Frost’s attempt to probe Li Chen’s mind failed, as did the combined mental attack of the five Stepford Cuckoos 13 106.

System and Summoning

Li Chen spends reputation points on lottery draws for abilities, equipment, and summoning fragments. He concluded that people must experience a work and become fans for it to generate reputation points 1 75.

• Summoning: He summoned Rem after collecting ten fragments and later summoned Ram and Saitama 10 17 44.
• Lottery upgrade: At 100,000 accumulated reputation points, he paid 10,000 points to unlock the intermediate lottery, which offered improved rewards but raised the cost of a ten-pull to 10,000 points 72.
• Other summons: He gathered enough fragments for Faora, Bayonetta, and Jeanne, and later welcomed 2B and A2 into his household 121 157.

Lottery Abilities

• Blessing of First Strike: Guarantees that his first attack hits. He used it to make a thrown 20-ton mass follow Sunspot 10 28.
• Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon: Releases the user’s energy as a massive wave from the mouth; its description states it can destroy Earth 73.
• Blessing of First Sight: Causes the first unseen attack to miss 121.
• Blessing of the Unarmed: Increases his strength when fighting without a weapon 121.

Equipment and Items

• Superman Glasses — Prevent strangers from recognizing him while worn 1.
• Superman suit — A lottery-drawn suit he wore while testing flight 8.
• Batman mask — Part of his Hellfire Club disguise 15 26.
• Bracelet of Time — Consumes magic to enter Witch Time, during which everything stands still 121.
• Shattered Witch’s Heart — An item that increases maximum stamina when used 121.
• Batmobile — A lottery reward equipped with a turret and grappling hook; it can move sideways, accelerate with nitrous, and climb walls 121.
• Nanotechnology — Technology he obtained through a draw and discussed applying to Iron Man armor with Tony Stark 194 195.

Relationships

• Rem and Ram — Summoned maid sisters who live at his manor. Li Chen brought Ram over after promising Rem he would reunite them 10 17 18.
• Gwen Stacy — His romantic partner and later an assistant at Starlight Pictures. He first met her after frightening away two armed men 21 38 146.
• Mary Jane — Gwen’s best friend, with whom Li Chen also becomes involved. He introduces her to Renee to help prepare her for an Iron Man role 59 73 146.
• Emma Frost — Hellfire Club ally and romantic interest. They developed the Kingdom Plan together, with Emma agreeing that Li Chen was better suited than Erik to lead it 50 95.
• Saitama — A character Li Chen summoned and housed at his manor. They play fighting games together, and Li Chen has asked him to guard the household 44 47 139.
• Natasha Romanoff — A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent whom Li Chen recognized and hired as his personal assistant. Their relationship became romantic, and he insisted she fulfill her Lucy contract 75 86 109.
• Yelena — Natasha’s sister, whom Li Chen freed from Dreykov’s control. He became involved with her and helped the sisters reunite 176 178.
• Li Qianhuan — A mutant who asked to become his bodyguard and also works as his driver 34 78.
• Psylocke — A Hand ninja whom Li Chen defeated and brought to his manor, declaring her his captive and future maid 23.
• Magneto — A rival for mutant leadership. Li Chen opposed his plan and defeated him in a brief fight 95 105.

Story Role and Major Arcs

Starlight Pictures and the Hand

Following the success of Superman, Li Chen expanded his entertainment ventures. Sony’s Hideo Morita, angered by losing the MGM acquisition, hired the Hand to intimidate him. Li Chen killed Morita, defeated Psylocke, and took her to his manor 18 22 23.

Hellfire Club and the Kingdom Plan

Li Chen proved his strength at the Hellfire Club and rose to White Rook. Emma Frost later explained that becoming White King required contributions as well as power. They agreed on a plan to establish a mutant kingdom, and Mystique helped recruit mutants dissatisfied with Magneto 28 50 54.

Li Chen opposed Magneto’s attempt to act against human leadership, arguing that it would make mutants enemies of the world. He defeated Magneto during the confrontation at the summit 95 105.

S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Red Room

After Saitama’s public appearance brought attention to Li Chen, S.H.I.E.L. D. sent Natasha to approach him. Li Chen recognized her cover identity, hired her, and deliberately exposed selected information for her to report. He later refused S.H.I.E.L.D.’s protection and said Saitama would not join the Avengers Initiative 73 75 86 109.

Li Chen helped reunite Natasha and Yelena and supported them against Dreykov. Afterward, he offered Melina and the rescued Black Widows work through the Hellfire Club. Melina later proposed an island-sized mobile Helicarrier as a home for their growing circle 176 179 189 202.