Recaps

Xia Yu arranged for Spider-Man to help choose and print weapons suited to Tate’s mental abilities. After the equipment was ready, Spider-Man, Tate, and Harry discussed their plans for the Young Avengers’ first operation.

• Xia Yu called Spider-Man at the base and asked him to print one of three weapon designs as a gift for Tate.
• Spider-Man and Harry suspected the Avengers had noticed their activities, but neither wanted to call Xia Yu or Tony Stark; Spider-Man suggested asking Thor, prompting the Avengers to tease Thor.
• Spider-Man chose Tony and Shuri’s Gothic-style nanotech longswords, which could function as two swords, a greatsword, or flying blades.
• After the weapons finished printing, Spider-Man, Tate, and Harry held a secretive discussion and prepared for their first operation after setting up a ground-level base.

Spider-Man, Harry, Ned, and Tate established the Young Avengers Alliance and tracked down a lead on Vulture’s next arms deal. As Vulture prepared to oversee the deal before retiring, the young heroes hid aboard the cruise boat, unaware of each other’s presence.

• Spider-Man brought Tate to the team’s newly completed underground base, where Ned greeted him and the group showed off their @ logo.
• The Young Avengers Alliance chose Vulture as its first major target and used footage from Spider-Man’s Armor to identify a thug who had bought weapons.
• The thug revealed that an arms deal would take place aboard a Hudson River sightseeing cruise boat in three days.
• Spider-Man and Harry boarded the boat early while Tate waited nearby in his Armor.
• Vulture decided to oversee the important deal himself before leaving town with his wife and child, and he disguised himself as a tourist.
• The young heroes and Vulture’s people searched the boat for one another without realizing who else was aboard.

Spider-Man, Harry, and Tate raided a weapons deal aboard a cruise ship, but Vulture arrived in full gear just as the Young Avengers questioned the captured smugglers.

• Ned spotted suspicious men at the ship’s stern and alerted Spider-Man and the others from the hidden base.
• Spider-Man and Harry put on their Armor and surrounded four smugglers, while Tate flew overhead as backup.
• Spider-Man webbed the smugglers to the railing and found alien-tech firearms and US dollars in their bags.
• One smuggler mocked Harry as the “Tinplate Guerrilla Squad,” and Harry fired a warning blast at the deck.
• Vulture flew over the cars behind the group in full gear.

Tate, Harry, and Spider-Man fought Vulture aboard a cruise ship, exposing their lack of coordination before Spider-Man helped them capture him. Vulture escaped after activating a weapon that cut the ship in half, leaving the young heroes facing a disaster at sea.

• Vulture freed four captives, knocked Spider-Man and Harry into the river, and deduced that Spider-Man was Peter Parker before threatening the heroes’ families.
• Tate attacked Vulture with a returning flying sword, then split it into two swords while Harry harassed Vulture with his laser cannon.
• Spider-Man identified the heroes’ coordination problem, webbed Vulture’s ankles, and helped Tate and Harry strike both wing propellers so they could pull Vulture onto the deck.
• Vulture threw down a purple energy block that fired lasers and sliced the cruise ship in half.
• Vulture escaped on his damaged wings after warning Peter Parker, leaving Tate, Harry, and Spider-Man aboard the splitting ship.

Spider-Man, Harry, and Tate worked together to keep a damaged cruise ship from splitting apart and brought it safely to shore. The passengers cheered, but Spider-Man collapsed from exhaustion and Tate fell into the river.

• Spider-Man webbed the cruise ship’s two halves together, but the strain began snapping his webs.
• Harry used his Armor’s thrusters to brace one half of the ship, while Tate used his psychic power to hold up the other.
• Spider-Man joined them in pulling the ship together, and the three teenagers kept it intact as it neared the opposite bank.
• Yondu watched Tate’s feat and worried that he had overdrawn his potential, but Xia Yu reassured him and said Tate’s psychic power would grow stronger.
• The passengers disembarked safely and cheered for the three heroes, while Spider-Man collapsed on deck and Tate fell headfirst into the river.

After Spider-Man, Harry, and Tate disobeyed orders to fight Vulture, Xia Yu, Tony, and Captain America scolded them but agreed to let the Young Avengers operate under strict rules. The boys were tasked with capturing Vulture on their own as a test, with their team and equipment at stake.

• Xia Yu, Tony, and Captain America confronted Spider-Man, Harry, and Tate about their unauthorized fight with Vulture, criticizing their mistakes while acknowledging that they saved the cruise ship.
• Tate’s request to use the bathroom broke the silence, and the adults’ discussion gradually became more relaxed as they praised and scolded the boys.
• Xia Yu used F.R.I.D.A.Y. to locate Ned and pulled him through a portal, then was embarrassed when a beggar recognized him from an old kiss with Natasha.
• Xia Yu set rules requiring the young heroes to stay in a designated area, report major crimes, and keep their grades up, with Tate’s studies assessed at the base.
• Captain America approved the Young Avengers, while Tony challenged them to capture Vulture without help or lose their team, equipment, and chance to be superheroes.
• Tony told Ned that passing the test would make him an Avengers reserve in logistics, with a salary.

As Spider-Man prepared for his first homecoming date, the Avengers helped him train and choose an outfit, while Vulture remained under surveillance. Peter arrived at Liz’s house with flowers, only to find Vulture answering the door.

• Tony had Aunt May move to the compound for her safety, where she settled in and worked as a tour guide.
• Xia Yu reassured Spider-Man that the Avengers had plans to protect his identity and arranged combat training for the teenagers.
• T’Challa visited to invite Xia Yu and the others to his coronation, hinting that Xia Yu could obtain the Heart-Shaped Herb.
• Spider-Man told the Avengers that Liz had accepted his invitation to the homecoming dance, and the women helped him prepare.
• Spider-Man arrived at Liz’s house with flowers, and Vulture opened the door and greeted him.

Peter Parker's first date with Liz was overshadowed by discovering that her father was Vulture, the criminal he had been pursuing. Vulture drove them to school and privately checked that Liz still knew nothing about Peter's superhero identity.

• Peter froze when Vulture opened the door, but Vulture calmly told him to act normal around Liz.
• Liz came downstairs in a red dress, and Vulture coached Peter through complimenting her and giving her flowers.
• Vulture drove Liz and Peter to school while Peter remained tense and watched him.
• Vulture asked Liz to get out so he could speak privately with Peter, then asked whether Liz knew about their secret conflict.
• Peter said he did not know what Vulture meant, and Vulture concluded that Liz knew nothing about his superhero identity.

Vulture told Spider-Man how losing his cleanup contract pushed him into crime, then asked him to let his family go free. Spider-Man struggled with whether to expose Vulture and hurt Liz, and Tony and Xia Yu arrived through a portal as he sat alone on a rooftop.

• Vulture explained how the government took over his cleanup job, rejected his appeals, and left him desperate to support his family.
• Vulture told Spider-Man he had decided to quit and asked him not to hold his past against him or target his family.
• Spider-Man went to the dance with Liz but remained distracted, and Liz refused his offer to take her home.
• Spider-Man left Ned to think alone, put on his Armor, and swung high through Queens to escape his troubled thoughts.
• Tony and Xia Yu opened a blue portal beside Spider-Man as he sat on a rooftop.

Spider-Man struggled to decide what should happen to Vulture, so Xia Yu and Tony arranged a supervised three-year house arrest in AC City, with Vulture’s former crew assessed and the dangerous members sent to prison. Vulture’s family learned the truth and forgave him, while Liz avoided Peter, who later visited Vulture and came to feel he had made the right choice.

• Tony offered to audit government accounts and compensate people harmed by unpaid compensation, then left Vulture’s fate to Spider-Man.
• Spider-Man admitted he could not judge Vulture and worried both about Vulture returning to crime and about his own feelings for Liz.
• Xia Yu and Tony placed Vulture and his men under house arrest in AC City for three years, with Avengers surveillance and community work; men judged dangerous were taken into FBI custody.
• Vulture told his wife and daughter the truth, and Liz forgave him, though she transferred schools and continued avoiding Spider-Man.
• Peter visited Vulture, apologized, and heard Vulture explain that he felt relieved his family knew the truth and had forgiven him.
• Vulture thanked Peter, and Peter felt reassured that he had made the right choice.

Xia Yu learned that Thanos and his legions had vanished, leaving him uncertain about the coming threat, and went to seek the Ancient One’s counsel. She asked him to kill her most outstanding student, Doctor Strange.

• Xia Yu learned from Star-Lord that no one had heard of Thanos or his legions since their last reported attack six months earlier.
• Star-Lord said Thanos might be dead or hiding, and that Gamora’s search of his likely hideouts had found them deserted.
• Xia Yu told Star-Lord to keep searching and alert him to any news, then reflected on his responsibility to protect his friends and the Avengers.
• Xia Yu went to the Ancient One at Mount Everest to discuss his concerns about the future.
• The Ancient One asked Xia Yu to kill Doctor Strange, her most outstanding student.

The Ancient One took Xia Yu to the secret Time Sanctum after explaining that she had been told to kill her successor, Strange. She revealed that the altar’s guidance had named Strange as the person she should kill, while the future had become impossible for her to see clearly.

• The Ancient One told Xia Yu that she had been instructed to kill Strange, and Xia Yu demanded to know why.
• The Ancient One led Xia Yu through a portal and explained that a hidden fourth Sanctum existed beneath Kamar-Taj, known only to Sorcerers Supreme.
• The Ancient One opened the ancient Sanctum’s doors with the Time Stone and showed Xia Yu its altar, books, and magical implements.
• The Ancient One said the future had grown hazy since Xia Yu appeared and had become impossible to see clearly for six months.
• The Ancient One explained that the altar did not predict the future but told her what to do, and that it had told her to kill Strange.

Xia Yu and Ancient One used the altar to seek guidance about Doctor Strange, but Xia Yu’s enormous energy output transformed the cave into a sealed, separate space containing a password-locked courtyard. Trapped with only one incorrect attempt left before the space explodes, Xia Yu recognized the displayed numbers as his former-life ID number.

• Ancient One explained that the altar could guide them through a crisis and asked Xia Yu to channel energy into it to seek another way to deal with Doctor Strange.
• Xia Yu poured energy into the altar for hours until the pillar and runes glowed, transforming the cave into a separate grassy space with an ancient courtyard.
• Xia Yu and Ancient One failed to force their way through the courtyard gate or escape using portals, and they discovered that the gate required an eighteen-digit password.
• After Xia Yu entered two incorrect passwords, the gate warned that a third consecutive mistake would make the entire space explode.
• Xia Yu examined the displayed digits and realized they matched his ID number from his previous life.

Xia Yu entered his previous-life ID number as the courtyard’s password, bringing the space to life, and he and Ancient One entered to explore it. An old man appeared and revealed that he had been waiting for Xia Yu, a transmigrator.

• Xia Yu entered his previous-life ID number, and the space suddenly seemed to come alive.
• Ancient One joined Xia Yu in opening the gate and exploring the courtyard.
• An old man appeared with a basin of jujubes and invited Xia Yu and Ancient One to sit.
• The old man said the space was separate from the universe and that he had remained there to wait for someone.
• The old man identified Xia Yu as the transmigrator he had been waiting for.

Xia Yu learned that Tmall was only an early guide and that a created spiritual afterimage had been waiting to help him remove it. The old man explained that Xia Yu needed to absorb the Time Stone and strengthen his soul origin before fully absorbing the Soul Stone, leaving Asgard as the next key source of power.

• The old man revealed that he knew Xia Yu was a transmigrator and asked what he would do now that Thanos had disappeared.
• The old man explained that Tmall had only guided Xia Yu at first, then removed the system from Xia Yu and said he had no authority to explain who caused the transmigration.
• The old man said Xia Yu had absorbed four Infinity Stones and could absorb the Time Stone, then warned him not to seek out Thanos before Ragnarok brought Thanos to Asgard.
• The old man explained that fully copying the Soul Stone's origin required a powerful soul origin and energy from things created by the universe's laws.
• The old man named Asgard as something Xia Yu needed to absorb.

The old man explained that Xia Yu should absorb Asgard’s origin after Ragnarok and revealed that their goal was to free the world from the influence of the movies that had predetermined its events. Xia Yu returned to the cave with the Ancient One, where the altar instructed him to build a sanctum in Sky City and strengthen the seal against the Dark Dimension, leaving him ready to discuss absorbing the Time Stone.

• The old man told Xia Yu to wait until Ragnarok destroyed Asgard before absorbing its origin, and said his group wanted the world to become independent of the movies that had shaped it.
• The old man sent the Ancient One away, altered her memories, and returned the system’s orb to Xia Yu, who absorbed it back into himself.
• Xia Yu returned to the cave, where the altar displayed instructions to build a sanctum in Sky City and expand the formation sealing off the Dark Dimension.
• The Ancient One explained that she had come for help because she could not activate the altar while suppressing Dormammu’s power, and Xia Yu agreed to help with the new sanctum.

Xia Yu helped Ancient One build a new Sanctum beside the Avengers Compound and welcomed Wong, who quickly warmed to the compound’s abundant food and its residents. Meanwhile, Dormammu empowered Kaecilius and his followers and sent them to destroy Kamar-Taj’s Sanctums.

• Xia Yu helped Ancient One build a new Sanctum beside the Avengers Compound and added early-warning measures to protect it.
• Ancient One postponed letting Xia Yu absorb the Time Stone until the crisis with Dormammu had passed, and Wong took up residence at the new Sanctum.
• Xia Yu showed Wong around the compound and offered him access to its dining hall, where Wong eagerly anticipated meeting the Avengers.
• Wong befriended the compound’s residents, and Tate’s mental power impressed him.
• Ancient One strengthened the Sanctum’s formation with energy from the Tesseract, making Earth harder for Dormammu to sense.
• Dormammu empowered Kaecilius and his followers and ordered them to destroy Kamar-Taj’s Sanctums.

Doctor Strange toured Xia Yu’s floating sanctum with Wong and dismissed the claim that Xia Yu had pulled a planet back, insulting the Avengers and Xia Yu. Tate overheard him and challenged him, then sent two flying swords at Doctor Strange.

• Doctor Strange told Wong he believed the floating landmass had been created with technology rather than by Xia Yu pulling back a planet.
• Wong urged Doctor Strange to spend time with Xia Yu’s group, but Doctor Strange continued to look down on them.
• Wong tackled Doctor Strange when a rush of air approached, then discovered that Tate had confronted them with his flying swords.
• Tate said he wanted to teach Doctor Strange a lesson for insulting the Avengers and Xia Yu.
• Doctor Strange dismissed Tate’s challenge, and Tate sent two flying swords straight toward his face and heart.

Tate tested his flying swords against Doctor Strange and repeatedly proved he could strike before Strange finished casting spells. Doctor Strange called their contest a draw, but Xia Yu appeared and brought them out of the Mirror Dimension.

• Tate used his flying swords to stop inches from Doctor Strange and Wong, startling them with their speed and precision.
• Doctor Strange challenged Tate by claiming he could trap him in another dimension, and Tate urged him to try.
• Doctor Strange opened a portal to the Mirror Dimension, but Tate repeatedly targeted him whenever he sensed energy from the Sling Ring.
• Tate explained how he detected the Sling Ring’s energy, and Doctor Strange conceded that Tate was strong but called the contest a draw because Tate could not escape the Mirror Dimension alone.
• Wong challenged Doctor Strange’s claim, and Xia Yu appeared as the Mirror Dimension rippled and returned them to normal space.

Xia Yu teased Doctor Strange about his arrogance after Tate defeated him, prompting Strange to return to Kamar-Taj and study magic. Meanwhile, Kaecilius sacrificed an African town to channel Dormammu’s power, leaving a passage between Earth and the Dark Dimension open.

• Xia Yu praised Doctor Strange sarcastically, while Tate mocked Strange for losing their sparring match.
• Xia Yu lectured Tate about humility in front of Strange, then invited him and Wong to eat.
• Strange left for Kamar-Taj and buried himself in magic books, while Wong went to the Avengers Compound for a meal.
• Kaecilius slaughtered the residents of an African town and arranged their bodies in a rune-covered square.
• Kaecilius and his followers opened a small passage to the Dark Dimension, and Dormammu’s black light reduced the corpses to dust.

Dormammu transformed Kaecilius and his followers with blood, souls, and Dark Magic, then ordered them to destroy Kamar-Taj's Sanctums. Kaecilius destroyed the London Sanctum, and Master Mordo discovered that the Ancient One was nowhere to be found.

• Dormammu transformed Kaecilius and his followers into powerful, partly inhuman beings and ordered them to destroy the Sanctums.
• Kaecilius tested his enhanced Dark Magic and vowed to kill the Ancient One after completing Dormammu's mission.
• Kaecilius and his followers attacked the London Sanctum, killed its sorcerer, destroyed the building and its protective formation, then escaped.
• Mordo, Wong, and Master Daniel arrived too late, sensed the powerful Dark Magic, and Wong and Daniel returned to guard their Sanctums.
• Mordo returned to Kamar-Taj to notify the Sorcerer Supreme but could not find the Ancient One.

While dining with Odin and the Ancient One, Xia Yu learned that the Ancient One planned to leave Kaecilius for Doctor Strange to face and expected Xia Yu to intervene if needed. Kaecilius destroyed the New York Sanctum and then attacked the Sky Temple, where Doctor Strange and Mordo arrived as its defenses came under threat.

• Odin and the Ancient One shared hot pot with Xia Yu, and Odin recalled eating the silver shadows into extinction.
• Xia Yu asked the Ancient One why she had not stopped Kaecilius, and she explained that Stephen needed an ordeal and that she intended to resolve Dormammu's threat.
• The Ancient One told Xia Yu that Kaecilius had grown stronger because of him and that he might need to fight Kaecilius.
• Kaecilius destroyed the New York Sanctum and reached the Sky Temple by hijacking a tourist transport ship.
• Doctor Strange and Mordo arrived too late to save Master Daniel or the New York Sanctum, then teleported to the Sky Temple when its alarm sounded.
• The Sky Temple's defenses slowed Kaecilius's assault, but the Ancient One remained missing and its defenders feared they could not hold out.

Wong learned the Avengers were seventy-five million light-years away and could not return to help defend the New York Sanctum. As Kaecilius and his followers broke through the defenses, Wong, Doctor Strange, and Mordo fought them, leaving the Sanctum’s formation on the verge of destruction.

• Wong asked F.R.I.D.A.Y. to contact the Avengers, but learned they were on a team-building trip seventy-five million light-years away and their exact location was unknown.
• Wong returned to the Sanctum, where Doctor Strange and Mordo joined him to face Kaecilius and his followers.
• Kaecilius broke through the Sanctum’s barrier, revealed his altered appearance, and offered to let Wong, Mordo, and Doctor Strange serve Dormammu.
• Kaecilius hurled an energy spear at Doctor Strange, and Wong blocked it, sending both of them crashing through cabinets of magical artifacts.
• Mordo fought Kaecilius while Kaecilius ordered his followers to destroy the Sanctum’s formation; Doctor Strange and Wong joined the fight after Mordo’s Magic Baton was cut in two.

Doctor Strange, Mordo, and Wong fought Kaecilius as the Sky Temple's magical foundation was destroyed, and a sentient cloak saved Strange from a lethal strike. Kaecilius offered them a chance to serve Dormammu, then revealed the Ancient One's connection to Dark Magic, prompting Strange to confront him about the missing pages.

• Mordo, Doctor Strange, and Wong struggled to injure Kaecilius as his scales shrugged off most of their attacks.
• The Sky Temple's magical foundation was destroyed, and Wong faltered as Kaecilius attacked him.
• Mordo struck Kaecilius from behind, but Kaecilius used the force of the blow to swing at Wong; Strange stepped in to protect him.
• A dark red cloak pulled Strange out of danger, chose him as its master, and joined the three sorcerers against Kaecilius and his returning followers.
• Kaecilius offered to spare them if they swore allegiance to Dormammu, then claimed the Ancient One knew Dark Magic and used it to live for thousands of years.
• Doctor Strange asked whether Kaecilius meant the missing pages described sacrificing darkness for a long life, and Kaecilius demanded to know if Strange had read them using the Eye of Agamotto.

Kaecilius tried to persuade Doctor Strange to join Dormammu, but Strange refused and joined Wong and Mordo in a desperate attack. Kaecilius transformed, defeated them, and was challenged by Xia Yu as he claimed no one could save them.

• Kaecilius told Doctor Strange that Dormammu could grant eternal life, but Strange rejected him and called his followers monsters.
• Doctor Strange, Wong, and Mordo resolved to fight together and attacked Kaecilius with coordinated magic.
• Kaecilius endured their strikes, healed his wounds, and transformed into a larger, more monstrous form.
• Kaecilius caught Doctor Strange and Mordo by the throat after breaking Mordo's energy blade, while Wong's shield faded.
• Kaecilius mocked Wong's hope for rescue, but Xia Yu appeared beside him and challenged his claim that no one could save them.