Chapter Summaries

Lin Xu treated Carrett and helped him reunite with his parents, while Logan grew suspicious of Lin Xu’s knowledge and abilities. Carrett woke up and began explaining how his mutant power emerged, though its nature remained unrevealed.

• Lin Xu healed Carrett’s arms, advised his parents on his recovery, and persuaded Logan not to confront Stryker alone.
• Lin Xu cooked beef marrow with Logan’s help and asked Old Sam to set the oven to 200 degrees Celsius, which Logan learned was 390 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Logan confronted Lin Xu about his identity and powers, but accepted his explanation that he was a mage.
• Old Sam told Lin Xu that Carrett had woken up, and Lin Xu went to question him.
• Carrett explained that he had become a municipal supervisor in Vancouver before his X-Gene activated during his first kiss in 1972, causing a villa to collapse and injuring his girlfriend.

Lin Xu learned how Carrett had been captured and arranged to move him and his family before joining Logan to pursue Stryker. As Stryker ordered the family killed, Lin Xu began converting Odinforce during their nighttime escape.

• Carrett explained that his ability let him reshape soil, wood, and metal, and that Stryker’s men had captured him to drain his blood.
• Lin Xu told Carrett’s family to relocate, then agreed to help Logan find and kill Stryker’s group.
• Stryker learned that Weapon X and Carrett had escaped together and ordered Zero to leave no one in Carrett’s family alive.
• Logan rode ahead on a motorcycle while Old Sam drove Carrett and Lin Xu through the forest toward safety.
• Lin Xu used the journey to convert Odinforce into his own power, which shone crimson and gold around him.

Lin Xu rescued Old Sam, Carrett, and Sam from Stryker’s attack, then confronted Agent Zero while Logan learned the truth about the woman and reunited with Victor. After bringing the family to Kamloops, Lin Xu discovered Agamotto was investigating a change to the universe’s time barrier.

• When a helicopter approached, Old Sam drove the pickup into the woods, and Lin Xu sent the vehicle and its passengers to Kamar-Taj.
• Lin Xu intercepted Agent Zero after the sniper shot at him and bound him with the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak.
• Victor told Logan that Stryker had used the woman to manipulate him into joining the Weapon X Program, and Logan demanded to know where she was.
• Logan agreed to fight alongside Victor, while Lin Xu took one of Logan’s hairs so he could track him and flew to Kamloops.
• Lin Xu brought the pickup back from Kamar-Taj and found Agamotto in the passenger seat, where Agamotto told him the universe’s time barrier had been reinforced.

Lin Xu and Agamotto investigated a sudden change in the universe’s temporal structure and suspected the TVA was responsible. Agamotto chose to confront time, while Lin Xu returned to Kamloops and went fishing-tackle shopping, where he asked for an AK.

• Agamotto showed Lin Xu the changing temporal structure and explained that entering it could cause either time or Agamotto to assimilate the other.
• Lin Xu described the TVA and its leaders, He Who Remains and the God of Stories, and explained that it pruned timelines.
• Agamotto decided to risk entering time to keep outsiders from controlling his universe, then sent Lin Xu back to Kamloops and promised to send him out of the universe in five days.
• Lin Xu explored Kamloops, resumed converting divine power, and went to a fishing tackle shop the next morning.
• Lin Xu asked the Asian shop owner to get him an AK.

Lin Xu discovered that Boss Chen had lured him into a robbery scheme by pretending to offer an unlicensed fishing spot. He let the armed men take him to a ranch, where they searched him and questioned him about his belongings.

• Lin Xu met Chen Sihua at a fishing tackle shop and learned that fishing in BC required a licence.
• Chen Sihua offered Lin Xu a ride to a secret fishing spot for a fee, then called an accomplice to demand a cut.
• Lin Xu used a portal to overhear Chen Sihua's conversation and realized the supposed fishing trip was a setup.
• The driver took Lin Xu to a ranch, where three armed men ordered him inside and searched him.
• The white leader found Lin Xu's car keys and questioned him about the Chevrolet Suburban and his Vivo phone.

Lin Xu discovered that the ranch kidnappers were delivering people to Stryker’s operation at Duke Kraft Reservoir. After learning their Asian accomplice had been killed to cover up the operation, Lin Xu revealed himself as a mutant and confronted the remaining kidnappers.

• The white man found Lin Xu’s phone, wallet, and bank card, then demanded his PIN while threatening him.
• The Asian man recognized Lin Xu’s dates as evidence of time travel and realized he might be a mutant, then left to check the vehicle.
• Lin Xu used the Eye of Agamotto to see that the Asian man had died by suicide in a car, with a woman standing nearby.
• The white man told Lin Xu they planned to take him to Duke Kraft Reservoir, and Lin Xu deduced that Stryker’s people were using locals to procure human test subjects.
• Lin Xu transformed his folding fan into a spear, prompting the black man to aim his gun at him while the white man dropped his weapon and pleaded that it was a misunderstanding.

Lin Xu helped Kara rescue Emma Frost, then reunited her with Logan and Victor through portals before the group headed to free the other Mutants. After several days of fishing and training, he was sent back to his own world by Agamotto.

• Lin Xu let the white man and the Black man leave, but Kara controlled them into killing each other outside the base.
• Lin Xu revealed that he knew Logan and threatened to tell him about Kara, then used a portal to kill Tom Chen and the driver.
• Lin Xu opened a portal to Emma Frost, allowing her to reunite with Kara, and then connected them to Logan and Victor in Las Vegas.
• Logan and Victor agreed to help Kara and Emma rescue the other imprisoned Mutants, while Lin Xu closed the portal and left them to fight.
• Lin Xu spent the next few days fishing, eating livestock, and training until his strength reached about ten tons.
• On the fifth day, Lin Xu released the ranch livestock near Old Sam's farm and felt Agamotto sending him back to his own world.

Lin Xu returned to Kamar-Taj carrying tokens from two of the Vishanti, and the Ancient One saw a chance to retire. In New York, Tony Stark modified Spider-Man’s armor and moved to protect Adrian, the Eagleman, from Senator Ross.

• The Ancient One told Mordo she would not repeat her mistake with Kaecilius after he warned her that Strange's past resembled Kaecilius's.
• Lin Xu emerged from the Vishanti’s light, reunited with the Ancient One, and revealed he had traveled through multiple universes for what he thought had been six months.
• The Ancient One noticed Lin Xu carried two pendants from the Vishanti and concluded he was their likely choice for the next Sorcerer Supreme.
• Tony Stark asked F.R.I.D.A.Y. to improve Peter Parker’s suit by adding four more spider legs and renaming Baby 3 to A15.
• Rhodey told Tony that Senator Ross wanted the Avengers to arrest Eagleman, and Tony instructed him to describe the Eagle Armor as a nonlethal Avengers rescue project.
• Tony’s phone rang, and the caller ID showed Lin Xu.

After six months away, Lin Xu returned to contact with Tony Stark and Adrian, then visited Wong at the library and fled after Wong remembered a promised meal. S.H.I.E.L.D. detected the Prophet's signal but could not locate him, leaving Nick Fury frustrated by another unreachable place.

• Lin Xu called Tony Stark to confirm that his shares were safe, and Tony told him Adrian had joined the Avengers as Male Hawkman.
• Adrian told Lin Xu that Daisy Johnson had faked her death, the drone research center had moved from Houston to New York after the Dallas 1677 Incident, and he had become a masked hero in armor.
• Lin Xu visited the library, greeted Wong, and was caught with Wong's Sling Ring.
• Lin Xu escaped through a portal to his Houston villa, while Wong shouted after him about the meal he had promised.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. detected the Prophet's signal but could not locate him, and Nick Fury compared the mystery to Wakanda's hidden network.

Kaecilius ambushed Lin Xu at home in the Mirror Dimension and tried to take him to Dormammu, but Lin Xu wounded him before Dormammu pulled him away. The Ancient One explained that Dormammu wanted the White Magic connected to Lin Xu and offered two ways to escape, leaving Lin Xu to choose.

• Lin Xu returned to his home in Piney Point, but Kaecilius trapped him in the Mirror Dimension and bound him with the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak.
• Lin Xu broke free, wounded Kaecilius with Gungnir, and struck him with the Bolts of Balthakk before Dormammu rescued him.
• The Ancient One arrived and explained that Dormammu sought the Book of the Vishanti’s White Magic to gain complete control of the Dark Dimension.
• The Ancient One offered Lin Xu two options: leave Earth or travel to a universe where Strange had negotiated with Dormammu, though she could not bring him back.

Lin Xu arrived in another universe and sought Wong’s help to repair the timeline, then used Strange’s phone to send Tony instructions for rescuing Scott Lang. The chapter ended with Tony receiving the message and realizing he needed to investigate the quantum van in San Francisco.

• Lin Xu appeared in a storage facility in San Francisco, where he found a quantum van and unfamiliar equipment.
• Stormbreaker reacted violently to Lin Xu’s arrival, waking Thor in New Asgard.
• Lin Xu went to Kamar-Taj and explained his situation to Wong, who agreed to connect him with Stark.
• Lin Xu used Strange’s phone to text Tony the storage facility’s location and instructions to restart the quantum van and save Scott Lang.
• Tony received Strange’s message and sent Morgan away so he could deal with the unexpected request.

Tony Stark decided to travel to San Francisco after reading a message about the one-in-fourteen-million chance of success. At Kamar-Taj, Lin Xu discovered a more powerful form of Hoggoth’s Hoary Hosts and then prepared to take Fat Orange to the new Asgard.

• Tony Stark thought about Peter and arranged travel to the San Francisco Bay Arena.
• Thor woke from a drunken stupor in New Asgard, learned Stormbreaker was hiding, and demanded furniture and entertainment.
• Lin Xu used Hoggoth’s bone armor to cast a towering white-tiger version of Hoggoth’s Hoary Hosts, impressing Wong.
• Lin Xu hinted that Wong should revisit the library to understand the mystic art, then prepared to practice the Mirror Dimension.
• Fat Orange returned with a scorched piece of gold from Asgard, and Lin Xu comforted him by explaining that Asgard lived wherever its people were.
• Lin Xu transformed his folding fan into Gungnir and set off with Fat Orange to visit Thor in the new Asgard.

Lin Xu introduced himself to Thor as Fengxian Borsen, claimed Odin had exiled him to another universe, and comforted Thor about Asgard’s destruction before asking to see New Asgard. At the Avengers Compound, Tony returned with Scott and surprised Natasha and Steve.

• Lin Xu arrived in New Asgard on Grani with Gungnir, and Thor confronted him after a rainbow beam brought him there.
• Lin Xu claimed to be Fengxian Borsen, Odin’s brother, and said Odin had exiled him to another universe by changing the Bifrost’s incantation.
• Lin Xu reassured Thor that Asgard’s destruction was not his fault, and Thor called him Uncle Fengxian.
• Lin Xu asked Thor to show him New Asgard and told him to wash his hair and lose weight.
• At the Avengers Compound, Tony arrived with Scott and explained that he had rescued him, surprising Natasha and Steve.

Tony began assembling a plan to use the Quantum Realm to reverse the people lost to Thanos, while Lin Xu prepared to join the effort and rely on Tony’s technology to help him return to his own universe. In New Asgard, Thor agreed to go with Banner and Rocket after learning they had found a way to bring everyone back.

• Tony explained that time flowed differently in the Quantum Realm and gave Captain America a newly painted Vibranium Shield.
• Tony and Captain America discussed how Scott had returned, but Tony refused to reveal how he had rescued him.
• Doc Green and Rocket arrived in New Asgard and found Thor training by dragging a massive granite block while Lin Xu watched.
• Lin Xu greeted Banner and Rocket, and Thor introduced Lin Xu as his uncle, Fengxian Borsen.
• Banner told Thor they had found a way to bring the disappeared back, and Rocket confirmed they needed Thor’s help.
• Thor agreed to join them, saying he would help his friends and leave his workout behind.

Lin Xu joined the Avengers Compound and devised a way to warn the team that obtaining the Soul Stone required a soul for a soul. After Nebula confirmed Thanos had sacrificed her sister to get the Stone, Hawkeye asked whether the sacrificed soul had to be human.

• Lin Xu told Tony Stark that the Eye of Agamotto was unique to each universe and explained that sorcerers existed among the Ravagers.
• Lin Xu considered three ways to obtain the Soul Stone without a sacrifice, then approached Captain America and pretended to share stories from another universe.
• Lin Xu claimed that Red Skull had been banished to Vormir and that the Soul Stone required the soul of the person its seeker loved most.
• Nebula confirmed that Thanos had taken her sister away and returned with the Soul Stone, leaving the Avengers stunned.
• Hawkeye asked whether the Soul Stone's sacrifice had to be a human soul.

Lin Xu learned how to open a Dimension Portal and summoned Mephisto to negotiate for two loving souls, offering to restore the souls lost in Thanos’s snap. Mephisto agreed to provide a Flame of Vengeance as well, while Lin Xu planned to purify it with the Book of the Vishanti.

• Hawkeye’s question about using animal souls inspired Lin Xu to seek two pure souls from Mephisto.
• Lin Xu studied the forbidden Dimension Portal spell for ten days and mastered the mystic arts needed to reach Hell.
• Lin Xu opened a Dimension Portal in Kamar-Taj and summoned Mephisto to negotiate for two souls in true love.
• Lin Xu told Mephisto he could restore the people erased by Thanos’s snap, promising to replenish Hell’s supply of souls.
• Mephisto agreed to give Lin Xu a Flame of Vengeance, and Lin Xu planned to purify it with the Book of the Vishanti.

Lin Xu brought Romeo and Juliet from Mephisto’s collection to help obtain the Soul Stone, then traveled with Natasha and Hawkeye to Vormir. When Romeo’s sacrifice failed, Lin Xu killed the Red Skull and sent his body over the cliff with Romeo’s soul sealed inside.

• Lin Xu absorbed the Flame of Vengeance into his Hoggoth bone armor and drew Romeo and Juliet’s souls into the Eye of Agamotto after Juliet asked to follow Romeo.
• At the Avengers Compound, Lin Xu revealed that Romeo and Juliet would volunteer for the Soul Stone, and the team divided up to collect the Infinity Stones.
• Lin Xu, Natasha, and Hawkeye traveled to Vormir, where the Red Skull greeted them and Lin Xu released Romeo and Juliet to help obtain the Soul Stone.
• Romeo jumped from the cliff but returned, so Lin Xu pierced the Red Skull with Gungnir, sealed Romeo’s soul inside the corpse, and kicked it over the cliff.

Lin Xu’s group retrieved the Soul Stone, and Romeo and Juliet became its new guardians together. Back at the Avengers Compound, the time-traveling teams returned with the Infinity Stones, while Lin Xu chose not to expose the other universe’s Nebula.

• Lin Xu threw Red Skull’s body off the cliff, and Romeo’s soul emerged with the Soul Stone’s orange glow.
• Romeo reunited with Juliet, made her a guardian alongside him, and gave Lin Xu the Soul Stone.
• Frigga realized Thor’s supposed uncle Fengxian was actually Bor’s horse Grani’s rider, but let Thor keep the comforting family bond.
• The time-traveling teams returned to the Avengers Compound with the Stones, and Lin Xu noticed that Nebula did not belong to their universe.
• Lin Xu decided not to expose Nebula or prevent the events that would lead to Thanos’s counter-invasion.

Lin Xu secretly recovered the Time Stone, escaped the Avengers Compound before Thanos’s bombardment, and arrived as the battle against Thanos began. His fight with Thanos awakened the Flame of Vengeance, drawing Mephisto to the battlefield, where Thanos ordered his fleet to fire.

• After Doc Green snapped, Lin Xu took the Time Stone from the gauntlet and hid it in the Eye of Agamotto before leaving the compound.
• Sanctuary II bombarded the Avengers Compound, and 2014 Thanos arrived; Lin Xu watched from a distance and prepared to join the fight later.
• Thanos quickly overwhelmed Thor, Iron Man, and Captain America, but Lin Xu rode in on Grani and challenged him with Gungnir and spells.
• Lin Xu’s spectral tiger caught Thanos’s thrown blade, but the Flame of Vengeance activated and forced Thanos to confront the people he had killed before he rejected his guilt.
• Mephisto appeared, thanked Lin Xu for restoring Hell, and offered him work; Thanos interrupted their conversation by ordering his fleet to open fire.

Lin Xu redirected Sanctuary II’s bombardment into Thanos, and Mephisto sent Thanos through the gates of hell after Thanos attacked him. Earlier, Strange brought the returned heroes to the Avengers Compound, only to find that the battle was already well underway.

• Lin Xu redirected Sanctuary II’s attacks through a Mystic Portal, blasting Thanos and leaving him wounded but alive.
• Mephisto confronted Thanos over using the Infinity Stones to kill, then pulled him through the gates of hell after Thanos attacked him.
• Mephisto offered Lin Xu a place working for him before entering the gates, where Thanos’s furious roar about Kamar-Taj followed.
• On Titan, Strange drew power from the Hell Dimension to prepare a portal and summoned forces from Wakanda, Kamar-Taj, and New Asgard.
• Strange opened a Mystic Gate to the ruined Avengers Compound and found heroes already fighting Sanctuary II and its forces.
• Additional portals opened as returning allies called out to Captain America.