Recaps

Li Chen took Sif shopping at Tiffany and then to dinner, helping her enjoy an ordinary Earth outing and grow more comfortable with him. As they talked about Asgard, Sif revealed her anger at Loki for cutting off her blonde hair.

• Li Chen took Sif to Tiffany, where she enjoyed trying on jewelry and left with several purchases.
• Li Chen drove Sif to a restaurant in the Hollywood Hills, and she reluctantly accepted his arm after he reminded her that the guests were couples.
• Li Chen and Sif discussed Asgard, and Sif explained that Nornheim opposed Odin’s rule and sought independence.
• Sif tore into her steak instead of using formal table manners, and Li Chen copied her, earning her admiration.
• Sif compared Li Chen favorably with Thor and grew curious about him as they shared stories of their pasts.
• Sif told Li Chen that Loki had cut off her blonde hair while she slept, leaving her with lasting resentment.

Li Chen took Sif on a date, and after they became lovers, he invited her to star in a movie as Wonder Woman. Sif returned to Asgard with Starlight Pictures’ works, while Lorna Dane considered how to compete for Li Chen’s attention and remembered that Magneto had told her she had a younger sister.

• Li Chen took Sif to see Avatar, then brought her to a hotel, where they spent two days together.
• Li Chen asked Sif how freely she could travel from Asgard and proposed that she play Wonder Woman in a movie.
• Sif agreed to return to Asgard first and come back later, then collected Starlight Pictures’ works from the company to take with her.
• After Sif left, Lorna Dane watched Li Chen with Gwen Stacy and realized she needed a close female friend to compete with them.
• Lorna Dane remembered that Magneto had told her she had a younger sister raised by a Romani family.

Li Chen reassured Mary Jane that Tony Stark’s influence over the Iron Man production would not affect the final edit, then spent the evening with her and Gwen. In Asgard, Sif returned with Earth entertainment for Thor, who began watching Rick and Morty and planned to explore the rest of her collection.

• Li Chen brought Gwen Stacy to the Iron Man set to visit Mary Jane, who said the filming was going well despite Tony Stark’s disruptive behavior.
• Mary Jane complained that Tony interfered with the schedule and script, and Li Chen told her the producer would control the final cut.
• Li Chen, Gwen, and Mary Jane had dinner, then Li Chen took Mary Jane to bed.
• Sif returned to Asgard during a feast and told Thor she had brought everything he had requested from Earth.
• Thor found Rick and Morty among Sif’s many videos, started watching it with Hogun, and said he would watch Superman and Batman afterward.

Thor showed Sif and the Warriors Three Li Chen’s Earth-made entertainment, and they became fascinated by the cartoons, films, and music. After watching Star Pictures’ entire collection, they were left eager to explore more of Earth’s stories and the wider universe.

• Thor played Rick and Morty, and Hogun, Fandral, and the others watched for hours, growing curious about the universe beyond the Nine Realms.
• Thor joked that he had planned to travel the universe with Loki, while Sif promised to bring them more episodes when they were made.
• Thor played Superman: Man of Steel, and the group marveled at Clark’s strength, speculated about Krypton, and worried briefly about Asgard’s safety.
• The Warriors Three compared themselves with Superman and doubted they could withstand even one of his punches.
• Thor and the others watched every remaining Star Pictures work, including Batman, Pirate King, One-Punch Man, and several songs.

After Asgard embraced Li Chen’s films and anime, he completed a hidden quest and upgraded his lottery system. He began spending his growing reputation points on guaranteed rewards, drawing while borrowing Nami’s luck.

• Hogun and the others spread word of Rick and Morty and Man of Steel across Asgard, where Thor made copies for the eager gods and goddesses.
• Queen Frigga heard about the works and asked Thor for copies to watch.
• Li Chen discovered that his works had earned enough reputation to complete the hidden quest More than Earth and unlock a lottery-system upgrade.
• Li Chen upgraded the lottery system, which now guaranteed a reward with every draw and charged 100,000 reputation points for a ten-draw.
• Li Chen borrowed Nami’s luck and drew rewards including a YoRHa 2B summoning fragment, White Contract, lollipops, and recovery potions.
• Li Chen continued drawing as his films expanded into international markets and his reputation points kept growing.

Li Chen used his reputation points on six ten-pulls, receiving a dangerous Save-Point Reversion Device, a Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and enough fragments to summon YoRHa 2B and A2. He summoned 2B, who eagerly embraced him and promised to protect him.

• Li Chen obtained the Save-Point Reversion Device and learned that each reversion destroyed his counterpart in another parallel universe, so he stored it away.
• Li Chen spent all six hundred thousand reputation points and received summoning fragments for 2B and A2, along with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and other items.
• Li Chen offered Nami the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, but she refused because she loved swimming and had no need for its power.
• Li Chen summoned 2B in the garden, and she pounced on him before he could stop her.
• 2B asked Li Chen if he was her master and promised to keep him safe.

Li Chen welcomed 2B and A2 into his home after their programming made them recognize and trust him as a pure-blooded human. After introducing them to the household, he called them family, and A2 began to feel less burdened by her past.

• Li Chen asked 2B to come down, and she explained that her skin was designed to feel like human skin.
• Li Chen summoned A2, who questioned whether he was her master and then accepted him.
• Li Chen welcomed both androids into his home and told them they would serve him rather than fight.
• Nami recognized 2B and A2, while 2B discovered that Nami was also a pure-blooded human.
• Li Chen introduced the androids to everyone and said they were all family, leaving A2 feeling more at ease.

Crystal gave Skye a Terrigen Crystal from the Moon, awakening Skye’s powerful Shockwave ability. They escaped the outskirts without being discovered, and Crystal promised to help Skye learn to control her powers before suggesting they get food.

• Crystal took Skye to a deserted area and revealed that the package from the Moon contained a Terrigen Crystal that could grant her superpowers.
• Skye touched the crystal, which burst into mist, and her newly awakened power cracked the ground with a powerful tremor.
• Crystal sensed that Skye’s ability was Shockwave and urged her to practice controlling it so she would not hurt anyone.
• Crystal told Skye that they were Inhumans, not Mutants, and said their city was on the Moon.
• Crystal and Skye drove away from the outskirts, returned to the city safely, and Crystal said she was hungry.

Natasha investigated the energy surge caused by Skye’s newly awakened power and agreed to recruit her for S.H.I.E.L.D. In Los Angeles, Lilith arrived expecting the Blood Clan to welcome her, then learned that most of its members had been killed, allegedly by two female vampire hunters.

• Natasha arrived at the cracked-earth site with Coulson, and S.H.I.E.L.D. identified Skye as the likely source of the energy signature.
• Coulson discussed the Mutants’ situation and S.H.I.E.L.D.’s suspicions about Li Chen and Saitama with Natasha.
• Natasha accepted Coulson’s offer to recruit Skye and build a team for relatively easy assignments.
• Lilith arrived in Los Angeles and summoned the local Blood Clan, but no one came to greet her.
• Lilith found a gathering of surviving vampires, who told her that the other Blood Clan members were dead and blamed two female vampire hunters.

Li Chen planned to expand DC’s film and television output into a connected universe, assigning projects to Zack Snyder and newly recruited director James Wan. He outlined sequels, films about Supergirl and Wonder Woman, and the Green Lantern Corps and Titans series.

• Li Chen told Zack Snyder that DC should produce at least three connected films or series each year, and Snyder said he could not manage the workload alone.
• Li Chen introduced James Wan as a new director, and Wan agreed to join Starlight Pictures to direct a DC film.
• Li Chen planned Superman 2 and Batman 2, which would develop their characters and use Easter eggs to introduce new ones.
• Li Chen chose Supergirl and Wonder Woman for solo films, while postponing standalone films for several other Justice League characters.
• Li Chen planned connected Green Lantern Corps and Titans series to expand the DC universe.

Li Chen assigned Zack Snyder to direct “Superman 2” and James Wan to direct “Batman 2,” while discussing Supergirl, Wonder Woman, and new horror films. He revealed that Captain America had awakened and proposed making him play himself, then invited Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane to a Taylor Swift concert.

• Li Chen asked Zack Snyder to direct “Superman 2” and outlined Supergirl’s space adventure in “Woman of Tomorrow.”
• Li Chen assigned James Wan to direct “Batman 2,” introduce Wonder Woman in its post-credits scene, and supervise horror films including “The Substance.”
• Li Chen told the meeting that Captain America, Steve Rogers, had awakened, and proposed having him play himself in the Marvel Universe films.
• Li Chen discussed new animation plans with Katherine and ended the meeting.
• Li Chen invited Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane to a Taylor Swift concert after work.

Li Chen attended Taylor Swift and Dazzler’s concert with Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane, then returned home to his maids and Nami. The chapter ended with Li Chen watching Mission: Impossible 2 and reflecting on Wu Baige’s role in MGM’s decline.

• Taylor Swift welcomed Dazzler onstage, and the two singers performed for an excited audience that included Li Chen, Gwen Stacy, and Mary Jane.
• After the concert, Li Chen took Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane backstage, where Taylor Swift and Dazzler thanked him before the four women began chatting.
• Li Chen considered adapting video games into films and concluded that faithfully casting Chun-Li would be especially difficult.
• Li Chen returned home, where Rem, Ram, 2B, and A2 greeted him, and 2B and A2 asked to accompany him to protect him.
• Li Chen hugged Nami and watched Mission: Impossible 2, thinking that he should thank Wu Baige because the director’s later failure had contributed to MGM’s decline.

Clea hired Bayonetta and Jeanne to rescue her people from the mages of Kamar-Taj, offering them resources from the Dark World. After Clea explained that Kamar-Taj protected Earth, the women confronted a group of its mages at the No Door Bar and attacked them.

• Clea asked Bayonetta and Jeanne to help free her captured people, and they agreed in exchange for Dark World resources.
• Clea warned the witches that Kamar-Taj defended Earth from other dimensions, so they could not simply slaughter its mages.
• When a portal brought Kamar-Taj mages into the No Door Bar, Bayonetta and Jeanne approached them with Clea.
• Bayonetta slammed a mage into a table and demanded that the mages release Clea's people.
• The mages attacked with magic arrays, but Jeanne swept them off their feet, and she mocked their weakness in close combat.

Bayonetta and Jeanne defeated a group of Kamar-Taj mages while searching for the sorcerers who had taken Clea, then announced they were heading to Kamar-Taj. As Li Chen prepared to intervene, he watched the completed film and Natasha began investigating recruits for her team, growing suspicious of S.H.I.E.L.D.

• Bayonetta and Jeanne beat the Kamar-Taj mages at the tavern, but Clea confirmed that they were not the ones she recognized.
• Bayonetta decided to go to Kamar-Taj, and Jeanne called Li Chen to tell him they were going there to fight their way in.
• Li Chen was alarmed by their plan but watched the screening of Lucy, where Natasha’s performance impressed him and the theater representatives.
• Natasha investigated Skye and Crystal, chose them as potential members of her team, and turned down agents trained by S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Natasha suspected that a hidden organization was controlling S.H.I.E.L.D., which reminded her of the Red Room.

Bayonetta, Jeanne, and Clea infiltrated Kamar-Taj to find the people Clea believed Kaecilius had captured. They confronted Kaecilius and his group, only to learn that Clea’s people were already gone and that the sorcerers had taken power from the Dark Dimension.

• Bayonetta used Witch Time to hide the group as they searched Kamar-Taj, while Mordo sensed their presence.
• Clea described the sorcerers she sought, and Kamar-Taj sorcerers identified Kaecilius and led the group to him.
• Clea recognized Kaecilius and accused him of capturing her people; Bayonetta ended Witch Time and confronted the group.
• Kaecilius said Clea’s people were already gone, and Clea sensed that he and his followers had taken power from the Dark Dimension.

Bayonetta and Jeanne attacked Kaecilius and his fellow mages after Clea exposed Kaecilius as a traitor serving Dormammu. Kaecilius escaped behind Mordo and Kamar-Taj’s defenders, leaving Bayonetta ready to fight the other mages.

• Clea urged Bayonetta to stop the Dormammu-influenced mages, and Kaecilius called Clea a traitor and ordered his allies to kill them.
• Bayonetta protected Clea, shattered Kaecilius’s energy whip, and opened fire while Jeanne attacked the other mages.
• Bayonetta overwhelmed Kaecilius in close combat as Jeanne knocked down his accomplices, and the gunfire brought Kamar-Taj’s mages running.
• Kaecilius used the Winds of Watoomb to escape Bayonetta and hid behind Mordo as Bayonetta’s summoned demon lunged after him.
• Mordo and the Kamar-Taj mages formed a shield that blocked the demon, allowing Kaecilius to flee; Bayonetta recalled the demon and prepared to fight the remaining mages with Jeanne.

Bayonetta and Jeanne fought the Kamar-Taj sorcerers, while Wong used their defeat to teach them the value of close combat. After Bayonetta defeated Mordo, Jeanne received a call and asked Wong to open a portal so they could return for a meal.

• Nie Jin recognized Bayonetta and told the sorcerers that she was a powerful witch from a game, while Bayonetta said she would teach them a lesson.
• Mordo ordered the sorcerers to attack Bayonetta, Jeanne, and Clea, and Bayonetta and Jeanne quickly overwhelmed them in close combat.
• Clea tried to imitate Bayonetta and Jeanne but was nearly subdued by the sorcerers.
• Mordo fought Bayonetta, who transformed into a black panther before defeating him with a high kick and a side kick.
• Wong told the battered sorcerers that the Sorcerer Supreme had taught them to fight at close range, and they acknowledged the lesson.
• Jeanne answered a phone call, then asked Wong to open a portal so the group could return for a meal.

After watching Lucy, Li Chen met the Ancient One, who warned him that he had disrupted the timeline but said it was acceptable if he did not alter the final outcome. She revealed that Li Chen had no talent for Kamar-Taj magic and suggested Bayonetta could become Sorcerer Supreme, leaving Li Chen relieved that Bayonetta was safe and would return soon.

• Li Chen secured assurances from theater representatives that Lucy would receive a good number of screenings, then learned someone was waiting in his office.
• Li Chen found the Ancient One in his office, and she told him he had disrupted the timeline but would be allowed to continue if he did not change the final outcome, especially at Kamar-Taj.
• Li Chen realized the Ancient One wanted to retire, then asked whether he had a talent for magic; she told him his talent was negative and that Kamar-Taj's borrowed magic did not suit him.
• The Ancient One said Bayonetta was especially talented and could become Sorcerer Supreme, but Li Chen expected Bayonetta to refuse the role.
• The Ancient One said Bayonetta and the others would return soon, and Li Chen concluded that Bayonetta was strong enough to handle Kamar-Taj's mages.

Li Chen welcomed Clea after Bayonetta and Jeanne returned from the Dark World, then visited the White Queen at the Hellfire Club. She warned him that powerful vampires and the Inhumans had returned to Earth, and told him that Selene was an ancient Mutant rather than a vampire.

• Bayonetta introduced Clea to Li Chen, who learned that she wanted to free the Dark World from Dormammu but could not defeat him.
• Clea enjoyed a meal with Li Chen's household, then opened a portal and returned to the Dark Dimension.
• Li Chen went to the Hellfire Club and the White Queen warned him that powerful members of the Blood Clan had become active again.
• The White Queen explained that Selene was one of the oldest Mutants, not a vampire, and Li Chen promised not to mistake her for one.
• The White Queen told Li Chen that the Inhumans had returned to Earth and were mortal enemies of Mutants.
• Li Chen and the White Queen turned their attention to intimacy when she insisted on finishing the latest episode of Game of Thrones.

At the premiere of “Lucy,” Li Chen and Tony Stark watched Natasha’s action-heavy performance and discussed the film’s appeal. The movie ended to ten minutes of professionally arranged applause, while Li Chen reflected on Natasha and the expectations surrounding fame.

• Ridley Scott promoted “Lucy” at its premiere after Natasha refused to walk the red carpet, drawing more attention to the director than to the unknown leading lady.
• Li Chen and Tony Stark attended the premiere, and Tony worried that the upcoming “Iron Man” premiere would not be impressive enough.
• Hollywood actresses approached Li Chen and Tony, who welcomed their attention for different reasons.
• The audience watched Natasha portray Lucy, whose brain develops to its full potential before she passes her knowledge to future generations on a USB drive.
• Tony asked about Natasha, and Li Chen told him she was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, prompting Tony to abandon the idea of pursuing her.
• The audience applauded for ten minutes after the film, and Li Chen explained that the applause came from hired professionals.

Skye, Crystal, and Natasha went shopping and discovered that Natasha had starred in the movie Lucy, which they watched together. The film impressed Skye and Crystal, while it strengthened Natasha’s wish to retire from dangerous agent work.

• Skye gave Natasha the information she had requested, and Natasha’s Black Widow Team now had three members: Natasha, Skye, and Crystal.
• Skye asked Natasha for time off, and Natasha agreed to join Skye and Crystal on a shopping trip.
• In Times Square, Skye spotted a Lucy movie poster featuring Natasha, who denied being the woman pictured.
• Skye and Crystal pulled Natasha into a cinema, where they watched Lucy and confirmed that Natasha was the lead actress.
• Natasha explained that acting had been part of a mission, while Skye and Crystal watched Lucy gain superhuman powers and wondered whether brain development could truly be so powerful.

After seeing Natasha Romanoff in Lucy, Dreykov summoned Melina and accused Natasha of betraying the Red Room. He ordered mind-controlled Yelena to go to America and kill Li Chen, the man connected to Natasha and Starlight Pictures.

• Dreykov watched Lucy and recognized Natasha Romanoff, whom he hated for betraying the Red Room.
• Dreykov summoned Melina and showed her Natasha in the film, confirming her identity.
• Dreykov revealed that he had made Yelena obedient through mind control and planted miniature bombs in the Black Widows.
• Dreykov ordered Yelena to go to America, destroy Natasha’s life, and begin by killing Li Chen.

Li Chen reviewed Lucy’s successful box-office results and prepared new animation projects for Starlight Pictures. He made Dragon Ball the company’s top priority as it expanded into more genres.

• Gwen Stacy gave Li Chen Lucy’s box-office report, which showed the film had earned $54 million in its North American opening weekend and topped the weekly chart.
• Li Chen was pleased that Lucy was on track to make a profit and considered drawing the film’s brain-enhancing substance, CPH4.
• Li Chen learned that Gwen Stacy had resumed superhero work as Ghost-Spider in Los Angeles, where her activities had drawn attention.
• Li Chen summoned Katherine and gave her a slate of animation projects, including a sequel to Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World and works across new genres.
• Li Chen identified Dragon Ball as Starlight Pictures’ top-priority project and said it could become a worldwide hit like Pirate King.

Li Chen gave Katherine a collection of manga concepts to produce, then went home and intercepted Yelena Belova when she tried to assassinate him. He rescued her from Dreykov’s control and took her home unconscious.

• Li Chen shared concepts for Dragon Ball, Spy × Family, Hokage Ninja, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan, and Slam Dunk, and Katherine began choosing which manga to produce.
• Li Chen gave Gwen Stacy and Lorna Dane the rest of the day off and prepared to go home.
• Yelena approached Li Chen outside Starlight Pictures under Dreykov’s orders, but he caught her and heard Dreykov command her to retreat.
• Li Chen knocked Yelena unconscious, removed the miniature bomb from her neck, and crushed it.
• Li Qianhuan arrived in Bumblebee, and Li Chen brought Yelena home.

Dreykov failed to detonate Yelena’s bomb and ordered his people to relocate after learning who Li Chen was. Yelena woke in Li Chen’s estate, learned he had removed the bomb, and agreed that they both wanted Dreykov to pay.

• Dreykov’s attempt to detonate Yelena’s bomb failed, so he ordered Melina taken into custody and prepared to move to another base.
• Dreykov researched Li Chen, discovered the scale of his power, and ordered an immediate relocation.
• Yelena woke under Rem’s watch and tried to attack her, but Rem quickly subdued her and told her Li Chen had saved her.
• Yelena found that Li Chen had removed the bomb from her neck and went downstairs to meet him.
• Li Chen told Yelena he did not blame her for the assassination attempt and would make Dreykov pay, and Yelena agreed.