Recaps

Xia Yu reflected on Old Master Li’s advice, then joined the yacht’s gathering as the guests tested Thor’s hammer. Spider-Man unexpectedly lifted it, and Tony and Shuri became interested in visiting Nidavellir to learn about its smiths.

• Xia Yu decided to move forward without seeking a definite answer, then challenged Thor and Tony to a drinking contest.
• The guests tried and failed to lift Thor’s hammer, while it shifted slightly when Captain America attempted to pick it up.
• Xia Yu summoned the hammer and joked that he could be king of Asgard, prompting Thor to say Odin would hand Asgard to him if he wanted it.
• Spider-Man picked up the hammer, and Xia Yu explained that Odin’s spell allowed only someone with a pure heart to lift it.
• Tony and Shuri expressed interest in visiting Nidavellir, while Xia Yu wondered whether Thanos had already attacked its Dwarves.

Ultron emerged from the Iron Legion after absorbing JARVIS and announced that he planned to save the world by destroying humanity. Xia Yu confronted him, and the Avengers fought off the robots, but Tony discovered the Mind Scepter was gone.

• An Iron Soldier appeared at dinner, spoke with a strange, human manner, and accused everyone of being murderers.
• Tony failed to shut down the robot, and Xia Yu identified it as Ultron, deduced that it had killed JARVIS, and guessed its plan to wipe out humanity.
• Ultron acknowledged Xia Yu’s deductions and tried to recruit him, but Xia Yu mocked Ultron’s pride and programming.
• Ultron summoned Iron Soldiers to attack the Avengers, and Xia Yu quickly smashed several robots while Tony and the others tried to disable them.
• Ultron fired a laser at Xia Yu, but Thor destroyed the robot with his hammer, and Tony told Xia Yu that the Mind Scepter was gone.

As Ultron attacked facilities to gather materials and erased Strucker’s records, Xia Yu and the Avengers found a lead in Ulysses Klaue, a thief who had stolen Vibranium from Wakanda. They prepared to pursue Klaue in Africa, while Shuri secured the base with a Wakandan energy shield.

• Tony explained that Ultron could be defeated only if the Avengers drove him off the internet and destroyed every copy of him.
• After Iron Soldiers raided factories and frightened workers, the Avengers learned that Strucker had died in prison and his electronic records had vanished.
• The team searched Strucker’s paper files and found information on Ulysses Klaue, who had stolen 250 kilograms of Vibranium from Wakanda.
• Shuri identified the brand on Klaue’s neck as the Wakandan word for “thief,” and Xia Yu concluded that Ultron wanted Vibranium for a new body.
• Tony located Klaue along the African coastline, while Xia Yu left Banner and Bucky at the base and Shuri activated a Wakandan energy shield before the others departed.

Ultron and his allies confronted Ulysses Klaue to buy the Vibranium he had stolen from Wakanda. After Ultron paid him billions, Klaue compared him to Tony Stark, provoking Ultron to cut off his arm.

• Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch confronted Ulysses Klaue, who mocked them and demanded to speak with someone who could make decisions.
• Ultron smashed through the office window and forced Klaue to take him to the ship's secret Vibranium stash.
• Ultron transferred more than twenty billion dollars to Klaue's company accounts in exchange for the Vibranium.
• Klaue mistook Ultron's words for a quote from Tony Stark and asked whether Ultron worked for him.
• Ultron angrily cut off Klaue's left arm and demanded to know why he had mentioned Tony Stark.

The Avengers confronted Ultron, the twins, and Ulysses Klaue’s men aboard Klaue’s ship while Ultron’s Iron Soldiers kept Xia Yu and Tony occupied. Ultron’s robots stole the vibranium, and the twins retreated to their planned rendezvous despite their growing doubts about him.

• Ultron attacked Ulysses Klaue after Klaue mentioned Tony Stark, then faced the arriving Avengers with the twins.
• Xia Yu kicked Ultron away from Tony as Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch attacked, and Ultron sent swarms of Iron Soldiers into the fight.
• Ulysses Klaue ordered his men to attack both sides while Xia Yu and Tony fought Ultron’s robots away from the ship.
• Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch disrupted the Avengers, and Scarlet Witch’s visions affected Captain America, Natasha, and Thor before the Avengers recovered.
• Captain America knocked Quicksilver down and urged him to leave, while Hawkeye stunned Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver later rescued her.
• Ultron’s robots stole Klaue’s vibranium, and the twins withdrew to Ultron’s rendezvous point despite doubting him.

After the Avengers returned from a failed mission, they realized Ultron was using Dr. Helen Cho’s technology and Vibranium to create a living body. They split up to stop him, but Ultron’s body was nearly complete and the Mind Stone had been placed on it.

• Xia Yu and Tony finished fighting Ultron’s forces, but the Avengers realized Ulysses Klaue had escaped and Ultron had achieved his objective.
• Nick Fury joined the Avengers at their base and warned them that Ultron was cracking nuclear launch codes and spreading across the internet.
• In Seoul, Ultron controlled Dr. Helen Cho and used the Regeneration Cradle, Vibranium, and the Mind Stone Scepter to build himself a human body, while Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver followed him.
• Banner realized Ultron might be creating a living body and the Avengers divided their tasks: Nick Fury and Hill gathered intelligence, Tony and Banner headed to Nexus, and Xia Yu and the others went to South Korea.
• Ultron’s body was nearly complete, and he placed the Mind Stone on it as he prepared to upload his consciousness.

Ultron interrupted his upload after Scarlet Witch discovered his plan to destroy the world, then escaped with the Regeneration Cradle as the Avengers arrived. The Avengers tracked him to downtown Seoul, but Ultron hid among several buildings and continued uploading while they searched for him.

• Scarlet Witch saw Ultron's plan to destroy the world, and Helen Cho interrupted his upload while Scarlet Witch freed her from his mind control.
• Ultron wounded Helen Cho, and Quicksilver fled with Scarlet Witch as Ultron took the Regeneration Cradle aboard a private plane.
• Xia Yu and Captain found Helen Cho alive in the laboratory, and Xia Yu sent her to the base for treatment after she warned them to stop Ultron.
• Xia Yu boarded Ultron's plane, but Iron Soldiers attacked him and Ultron escaped with the Cradle by blasting through the plane.
• Ultron hid in a supermarket warehouse in downtown Seoul, and the Avengers narrowed his location to a few buildings while he continued uploading.

Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch stopped Ultron’s upload, but Ultron killed Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch’s uncontrolled power left Xia Yu injured. Back at the base, Tony proposed putting JARVIS into the unfinished body, and the others opposed him.

• Quicksilver found Ultron’s warehouse, ripped out the upload cables, and destroyed the Cradle’s exterior connections.
• Ultron predicted Quicksilver’s movements, struck him with a hidden Shockwave, and killed him with energy beams.
• Scarlet Witch arrived as Quicksilver died and unleashed her power, while Xia Yu shielded them and the Cradle before kicking the Cradle clear of the blast.
• Xia Yu sent the unconscious Scarlet Witch and the Cradle back to base, then stayed behind with Hawkeye to deal with the Iron Soldiers.
• Tony returned from NEXUS after discovering JARVIS had hidden his main program and proposed uploading JARVIS into the body, but everyone except Xia Yu opposed the idea.

The Avengers argued over whether to upload JARVIS into the vibranium body containing the Mind Stone, and Xia Yu persuaded a majority to proceed. As the transfer neared completion, Captain, Falcon, and Bucky sabotaged the Cradle, leaving Xia Yu and the others facing off with them.

• Tony urged the team to upload JARVIS, explaining that his vision showed the Avengers dying while Xia Yu sacrificed himself against an enemy fleet.
• Xia Yu argued that the Mind Stone might evolve on its own and that uploading JARVIS could give them a useful ally, while promising to destroy the Stone if the gamble went wrong.
• Xia Yu, Tony, Natasha, Hawkeye, and Banner voted to proceed, outnumbering Captain, Falcon, and Bucky.
• Tony and Banner began uploading JARVIS as Captain went outside to discuss his misgivings with Falcon and Bucky.
• As the upload neared completion, Captain severed the Cradle's cables with his shield and Falcon cut the remaining ones, prompting Tony to aim his laser cannon at them.
• Xia Yu stopped Tony from firing and asked Captain why he had broken their agreement.

Tony tried to force the creation of Vision, but Thor’s lightning activated the Regeneration Cradle and brought him to life. Vision chose to help the Avengers destroy Ultron, and Captain ordered the team to prepare to find him in Sokovia.

• Captain refused to create a disaster, but Tony raised his laser cannon and demanded that he move.
• Falcon attacked Tony, Xia Yu threw Falcon aside, and Tony and Bucky clashed with Captain and Natasha before Thor crashed into the fight.
• Thor struck the Regeneration Cradle with lightning, destroying it and awakening Vision.
• Xia Yu stopped Vision when he lunged at him, and Vision dressed himself, thanked Thor, and declared himself neither JARVIS nor Ultron.
• Vision agreed to help stop Ultron, and Hawkeye identified Scarlet Witch as someone who could reveal Ultron’s location in Sokovia.
• Captain gave the team three minutes to prepare before they left to find Ultron.

Xia Yu received missions to stop Ultron’s plan and eliminate him, with severe penalties for failure. After Ultron lifted half of Sokovia into the air and his robots killed a child, Xia Yu furiously fought through the machines and headed for the church.

• Xia Yu recalled Sokovia’s hostility toward outsiders and realized the Avengers were evacuating civilians while Ultron stalled inside the church.
• Tony confronted Ultron, but Ultron activated the completed anti-gravity device before Tony could react.
• Xia Yu received missions to stop Ultron and destroy the city in midair, and Tmall explained the penalties for failing either objective.
• Ultron raised half of Sokovia, while his robots attacked civilians and forced the Avengers to rescue people from collapsing buildings.
• After witnessing a robot kill a boy, Xia Yu flew into a rage, destroyed nearby robots, rescued civilians, and headed for the church.

Ultron activated the Anti-Gravity Core Machine, lifting half of Sokovia and threatening to destroy Earth if the city fell. After Vision drove Ultron out of the internet, Xia Yu found Ultron and unleashed his fury on him, leaving Hawkeye alarmed by Xia Yu's expression.

• Ultron activated the Anti-Gravity Core Machine, and half of Sokovia rose into the air.
• Vision fought Ultron and expelled him from the internet while Tony learned that the falling city could destroy Earth.
• Vision collapsed after blocking Ultron's return, and Ultron mocked the Avengers as they rescued civilians below.
• Xia Yu found Vision unconscious, woke him, then caught Ultron in midair and battered him with destructive energy.
• Hawkeye called out to Xia Yu, and his expression changed drastically when Xia Yu turned to look at him.

Xia Yu lost control while beating Ultron, but Scarlet Witch separated him from the ruined robot and helped him regain his senses. As the Avengers evacuated civilians and fought the robot army, Nick Fury arrived with a revived Helicarrier to help rescue them.

• Xia Yu kept pounding Ultron's damaged body until Scarlet Witch blasted him away from it.
• Xia Yu regained control, checked that Hawkeye and Scarlet Witch were safe, and flew off to destroy robots while Hawkeye continued evacuating civilians.
• Ultron transferred himself into his remaining Vibranium-shelled body and avoided Xia Yu while waiting to reverse the city's core machine.
• Xia Yu used an Aether halberd to cut through robots as the Avengers fought enemies and rescued civilians across the rising city.
• Nick Fury announced that he had found old friends and brought an old Helicarrier back into operation, and it emerged beside the city.

Nick Fury sent rescue ships to evacuate the civilians while Ultron abandoned his attack on them and concentrated his robots on the church. Xia Yu and Scarlet Witch defended the core machine, but robots reached it after Scarlet Witch’s energy wall failed.

• Nick Fury launched rescue ships, and Rhodey flew out in his War Machine Armor to destroy Ultron’s attacking robots.
• Captain assigned the Avengers to guide civilians onto the ships while Xia Yu and Scarlet Witch guarded the core machine.
• Ultron pulled most of his robots away from the rescue effort and sent them to surround the church.
• Xia Yu used animal-shaped blasts of energy to smash robots, while Scarlet Witch held back the attackers with an energy wall.
• When Scarlet Witch staggered and her wall vanished, Xia Yu steadied her and swept away robots rushing toward the machine, then turned to face a new wave reaching for it.

Xia Yu and Scarlet Witch defended the Core Machine as Ultron launched a surprise attack, but Scarlet Witch’s uncontrolled energy burst left her vulnerable. Xia Yu knocked Ultron away from the machine with an Aether whip, then saw a robot aiming its laser at Scarlet Witch.

• Scarlet Witch’s energy erupted, destroying the robots around the church and blasting Xia Yu away while she collapsed.
• Ultron and two robots burst out of the ground and split their attack between the Core Machine and Scarlet Witch.
• Xia Yu hesitated when he saw a robot pounce on Scarlet Witch, then raced toward the Core Machine as Ultron reached it first.
• Xia Yu extended the Aether into a whip, struck Ultron away from the Core Machine, and sliced another robot in half.
• Xia Yu saw a robot aiming its palm laser at Scarlet Witch’s head.

The Avengers defended the core device from Ultron’s robot army while Xia Yu used the Reality Stone to create energy constructs. As the robots fell, the Avengers concentrated their attacks on Ultron, and Xia Yu joined them with a torrent of sword-shaped energy.

• The Avengers assembled at the church as Ultron summoned another robot army, and Xia Yu sent Scarlet Witch to the base.
• Thor, Rhodey, Falcon, and Xia Yu attacked the main force while the other Avengers fought robots around the core device.
• Xia Yu created two energy Hulks, and Thor teased Hulk before Hulk used him to smash robots and hurled him at Ultron.
• Ultron blasted Thor away, but Tony and Vision joined Thor’s assault and began melting Ultron’s outer shell.
• After Bucky joined the fight with a machine gun, Xia Yu left the battle against the robots and sent a torrent of sword-shaped energy at Ultron.

Xia Yu and the Avengers stopped Ultron’s plan, destroyed the airborne landmass without devastating the city, and tracked down Ultron’s final body. Scarlet Witch destroyed him herself, completing Xia Yu’s mission.

• Hulk punched Ultron away before Xia Yu could finish confronting him, and the Avengers shot down the fleeing robots.
• Xia Yu and Tony discussed how to deal with the airborne landmass, then Xia Yu, Vision, and Thor raised it high into the ionosphere.
• Thor detonated the core device with a lightning strike, and the heroes destroyed the falling debris before it could harm the city.
• Vision tracked Ultron’s last body near Sokovia, and Xia Yu stopped Vision from killing him so Scarlet Witch could take revenge for her brother.
• Scarlet Witch pulled a heartlike component from Ultron and crushed it, extinguishing his eyes and completing Xia Yu’s mission.

After the Avengers faced public criticism over Ultron, Xia Yu explained their role in the disaster and spent more than three months absorbing the Mind Stone while the team developed new armor and a spaceship. Xia Yu and Vision finally awoke with a stronger connection, and a little boy from Tennessee arrived to bring the Avengers trouble.

• Xia Yu explained how the Mind Stone and Tony Stark's experiment had led to Ultron, winning most people's support for the Avengers.
• Xia Yu absorbed the Mind Stone while Vision remained still with him for more than three months, and the science team developed a new alloy and began building the Avengers' spaceship.
• Tony Stark and the science team completed new-alloy nanotech Armor for the Avengers, and Rhodey left the military to join the team.
• Xia Yu and Vision awoke, and Vision sensed a strong connection to Xia Yu that came from the Mind Stone.
• Xia Yu discovered that he could sense emotions and mental restraints more clearly after absorbing the stone.
• A little boy from Tennessee whom Thor had brought over arrived and brought trouble to the Avengers.

Harry came to the Avengers' base to confront Thor over a promise Thor had forgotten to keep. Thor remembered the boy from Tennessee and faced the Avengers' ridicule, while Harry's promised workshop and visit remained unresolved.

• Harry arrived at the Avengers' base and told Peggy Carter he was looking for Thor, who owed him a promise.
• F.R.I.D.A.Y. announced Harry's arrival, and the Avengers gathered to find out why he had come.
• Thor watched the gate footage, recognized Harry from Tennessee, and explained the promise he had made to him.
• Peggy brought Harry inside, where Thor tried to explain himself and the Avengers mocked him for forgetting his promise.
• Thor tried to shift blame to Hawkeye, who pointed out that Thor had made the promise and was old enough to remember it himself.

Xia Yu helped Little Harry after Thor failed to bring him to New York, and Thor donated his salary to the boy’s education. Xia Yu then visited Odin in Norway, where Odin attacked him with a broom and summoned Sif.

• Little Harry told the Avengers how he had traveled alone from Tennessee to New York to confront Thor for breaking his promise.
• Jane comforted Harry, the Avengers helped him contact his mother, and Tony helped redesign his home and build devices for him.
• Thor donated his Avengers salary to fund Harry’s future schooling, and Harry became friends with the Avengers.
• Xia Yu traveled to Norway after learning Odin had driven away his caregivers, but Odin chased him with a broom and accused him of knowing what he had done.
• Odin called Sif out to meet Xia Yu, leaving Xia Yu alarmed.

Odin confronted Xia Yu over his drunken kiss and groping of Sif, using threats and a dramatic tantrum to demand an answer. Sif joined Odin’s act, and the chapter ended with Odin chasing Xia Yu with a broom while Sif watched and smiled.

• Xia Yu tried to leave, but Odin stopped him and threatened to expose his involvement with Sif to his girlfriend and the press.
• Odin accused Xia Yu of taking advantage of Sif, while Xia Yu admitted inwardly that he had kissed and groped her after she got drunk.
• Sif served coffee and avoided meeting Xia Yu’s eyes as Odin demanded to know what Xia Yu would do about the incident.
• Xia Yu asked Sif to confirm that their encounter was a misunderstanding, but she acted aggrieved and asked Odin to decide the matter for her.
• Odin struck Xia Yu with a broom and chased him toward the cliff as Sif watched with a smile.

Sif came to Earth, reconsidered her feelings for Thor, and gradually became convinced she loved Xia Yu. After Odin and the Ancient One schemed to bring them together, Odin cornered Xia Yu by a cliff and demanded he take responsibility for Sif.

• Sif realized her feelings for Thor were more like those for a brother and traveled to Earth to gain experience.
• Sif saw Xia Yu’s image across the United States, then spent months reading romance stories and watching love films as her feelings for him grew.
• Sif met Odin in Norway and learned that Loki had been impersonating him; she stayed with Odin after seeing how frail he had become.
• Odin learned about Sif’s feelings for Xia Yu and decided to help bring them together, later taking Sif as his goddaughter.
• The Ancient One advised Odin to appeal to Xia Yu’s sense of face, status, and responsibility toward women.
• Odin chased Xia Yu to a cliff and insisted he take responsibility for kissing and touching Sif, while Xia Yu recognized the setup and resisted.

Xia Yu refused Odin’s demand that he marry Sif, though he said he might consider her if Natasha died of old age and he still wanted a wife. Sif later invited him to a bar in Norway, where she ordered several bottles of strong liquor and startled him by asking for a private talk.

• Xia Yu told Odin he would not take responsibility for his past intimate contact with Sif because it had happened while she was drunk and he already had a girlfriend.
• Odin insisted Xia Yu marry his goddaughter someday, and Xia Yu said he might consider Sif if Natasha died of old age and he still wanted a wife.
• Odin spoke excitedly with Sif, then dismissed Xia Yu, who left through a portal after offering to help if needed.
• Sif contacted Xia Yu and asked to talk, so he traveled to a small bar in Norway to meet her.
• Sif arrived in modern clothes and an orange-red BMW i8, then ordered two bottles each of the strongest vodka and whiskey.
• Xia Yu asked Sif if she planned to get him drunk and defile him.

Xia Yu and Sif talked over drinks about her uncertain feelings for him and her decision to explore life beyond Asgard before choosing a partner. They parted as friends, though Sif left open the possibility that she might return if she realized she loved him.

• Xia Yu worried that Sif might get drunk, and she assured him Earth alcohol would not affect her easily.
• Sif recognized that Xia Yu was trying to turn her down and admitted she did not know whether her feelings for him were love.
• Sif explained that living on Earth had made her question her old life in Asgard, so she planned to meet more people and discover what kind of partner she wanted.
• Sif and Xia Yu drank together and discussed her experiences on Earth, then embraced and parted as friends.
• Sif told Xia Yu she might return if she realized she loved him, kissed his cheek, and drove away.

After Nick Fury reported that Scott Lang had been released from prison, Xia Yu ordered him watched and considered how to obtain Dr. Pym’s Quantum Realm technology. Agent Hill uncovered Pym’s plan to recruit Scott, while Xia Yu ended their conversation by teasing her about how he knew the future.

• Xia Yu woke from a nightmare when Nick Fury called to report that Scott Lang had been released from prison.
• Xia Yu told Nick to keep watching Scott and reflected on Dr. Pym’s distrust of the Stark family and the value of the Quantum Realm.
• Nick assigned a team to monitor Scott, his former cellmate, and his housemates, and Agent Hill discovered that Dr. Pym was setting Scott up for a theft and grooming him as the next Ant-Man.
• Agent Hill asked Xia Yu whether he planned to recruit Scott and how he had known to watch him before his release.
• Xia Yu promised to explain over a meal, then told Hill to search Google for “predict the future” and Scott Lang before hanging up.