Recaps

Xia Yu beat Thor at the S.H.I.E.L.D. camp and showed him that Mjolnir still would not let him lift it. Thor gave up in despair, while Xia Yu left Coulson to watch over him.

• Xia Yu called Nick Fury and Natasha, then decided to stay out of the main events while watching Thor’s situation.
• Jane Foster and Thor went to the S.H.I.E.L.D. camp to retrieve her equipment and Mjolnir, and Thor slipped through the fence.
• Xia Yu knocked Thor down and beat him while taunting him about his worthiness and his dependence on Mjolnir.
• Xia Yu summoned Mjolnir, but Thor could not lift it, and he despaired after demanding an answer from Odin.
• Xia Yu told Coulson to take Thor inside and watch him from a distance, then went in out of the rain.

Xia Yu returned to Tony Stark's home after watching Thor and Jane Foster grow close, then learned that Ivan Vanko had completed his Whiplash armor and threatened Tony. Xia Yu and Tony headed for the Stark Expo, where Xia Yu received a mission to eliminate Vanko.

• Xia Yu watched Loki deceive Thor about Odin's death and saw Thor accept mortal life with Jane Foster.
• Natasha told Xia Yu that Justin Hammer would exhibit weapons at the Stark Expo, so Xia Yu visited Tony Stark before going there.
• Xia Yu told Tony about Thor and Asgard, while Tony dismissed the gods and said he would skip Hammer's exhibition.
• Ivan Vanko called Tony and threatened to rewrite the Stark family's history, and JARVIS traced the call to Manhattan.
• Tony gave Xia Yu a miniature earpiece, and Xia Yu received a system mission to eliminate the fully equipped Whiplash, Ivan Vanko.

Xia Yu and Tony arrived at Justin Hammer’s exhibition, where Xia exposed Hammer’s connection to Ivan Vanko just as the Iron Soldiers turned against them. Tony drew the airborne attackers away while Xia fought to destroy the soldiers on the ground, leaving the battle still underway.

• Tony Stark and Xia Yu arrived at Justin Hammer’s exhibition, where Hammer presented his Iron Soldiers and claimed Rhodey’s modified armor as his own.
• Xia Yu grabbed Hammer and demanded to know where Ivan Vanko was, then warned the audience to evacuate because Hammer was working with a terrorist.
• Rhodey lost control of his armor, and Hammer’s Iron Soldiers targeted Tony and Xia after Ivan Vanko took control of them remotely.
• Tony flew away with Rhodey and the flying Iron Soldiers pursuing him, while Xia Yu threw Hammer to Natasha and told her to find Ivan Vanko.
• Xia Yu used the Heaven Reliant Sword to destroy the ground soldiers’ chest reactors as Tony struggled against attackers in the air and called for him to hurry.

Xia Yu fought Whiplash’s armored soldiers as they fired indiscriminately, saving civilians and helping protect Tony Stark and James Rhodes. After striking Whiplash from the sky and rescuing them, Xia Yu faced him in a fight as Whiplash’s energy whips kept him at a distance.

• Whiplash ordered the remaining armored soldiers to fire at random, and Xia Yu rushed out to protect civilians while warning Tony Stark to leave.
• Xia Yu saved Peter Parker from an armored soldier, then learned from James Rhodes that a squad had returned to the exhibition hall.
• Natasha reached Justin Hammer’s company and began freeing War Machine from Vanko’s control while Xia Yu destroyed the returned soldiers.
• Xia Yu found Whiplash holding Tony Stark and James Rhodes with his whips, then struck him with a golden dragon palm and freed them.
• Whiplash attacked Xia Yu with his electrical whips, and Xia Yu dodged while telling Tony Stark and James Rhodes to stay back.

Xia Yu defeated Whiplash with his Heaven Reliant Sword and a palm strike, then helped Tony and Rhodey escape the exploding Armors. Tony’s hoped-for kiss with Pepper was interrupted first by Xia Yu and Rhodey, then by a young Peter Parker who needed help getting home.

• Xia Yu cut through Whiplash’s whips with the Heaven Reliant Sword and killed him with a palm strike that shattered his internal organs.
• Tmall announced that Xia Yu had completed his mission and earned 15,000 Points and a system lottery draw.
• The Armors began beeping as bombs, so Tony rescued Pepper while Xia Yu and Rhodey flew to the roof.
• Xia Yu and Rhodey interrupted Tony as he leaned in to kiss Pepper, then left him alone with her.
• Young Peter Parker appeared in Tony’s mask and explained that he had been separated from his family, prompting Tony to call Rhodey back to take him home.

Xia Yu returned to Chinatown with Natasha after a chaotic night, only to find Nick Fury waiting with questions about Asgard. After hearing Xia Yu’s account of Odin’s invitation and Ragnarok, Nick ordered him to visit Asgard once the New Mexico situation was settled.

• Xia Yu won a lottery reward that increased his Space Ring’s capacity tenfold, then picked up Natasha from Justin Hammer's company with Happy.
• Xia Yu and Natasha returned to Chinatown, where they found Nick Fury waiting to discuss the night’s events.
• Nick Fury asked why Xia Yu was not in New Mexico, and Xia Yu complained about his exhausting work and agreed to go the next day.
• Xia Yu recounted his conversation with Odin, including the warning about Ragnarok and the invitation to Asgard.
• Nick Fury told Xia Yu to visit Asgard after the New Mexico matter was settled and gather information about the Nine Realms and other civilizations.
• After Nick Fury left, Xia Yu joked that interrupting their sex life would make Nick’s penis shrink.

Xia Yu went to see Jane Foster and Thor, then struck Thor and told him that Odin was alive and wanted him to learn to think for himself. The chapter ended with Xia Yu switching from scolding Thor to fussing over his injured face, leaving Jane and the others baffled.

• Xia Yu spent his days in New Mexico stocking his ring and teasing Coulson about his hairline.
• After detecting abnormal energy fluctuations, Coulson left to investigate, while Xia Yu headed into town to watch events unfold.
• Xia Yu arrived where Jane Foster, Thor, and the others were staying and greeted them.
• When Thor challenged him, Xia Yu slapped him and sent him flying.
• Thor angrily confronted Xia Yu, who told him Odin was alive and had placed the restriction on Mjolnir to teach him to use his brain.
• Xia Yu told Thor that Odin had wanted him to hit him, then abruptly expressed concern for Thor's face, confusing Jane and the others.

Xia Yu helped Thor understand that Odin was alive and had arranged his banishment, then watched as Thor regained Mjolnir and defeated the Destroyer. After Thor emerged victorious, Xia Yu collected the Destroyer's remains to use for armor.

• Xia Yu told Thor that Odin was alive and had banished him to teach him to become a king, then left him to speak with Sif and the others.
• Xia Yu called Coulson to evacuate the town before the Destroyer arrived, and he promised Thor he would protect Jane Foster and her friends.
• Sif and the others confronted the Destroyer, but it quickly knocked them down and sent Thor flying.
• Mjolnir returned to Thor, restoring his powers, healing his injuries, and giving him his armor.
• Thor defeated the Destroyer with his hammer, and Xia Yu collected its scattered remains with his ring.

After the Destroyer fight, Xia Yu challenged Thor’s pride and joined the Asgardians on their journey home. The group left Earth through the Bifrost, and Xia Yu looked forward to seeing Asgard.

• Thor threatened to repay Xia Yu for beating him, but Xia Yu announced Odin had invited him to Asgard.
• Xia Yu summoned a gigantic golden dragon to demonstrate Earth’s strength and warned Thor that Asgardians were not invincible.
• Xia Yu told Thor to say goodbye to Jane Foster and ordered Coulson to return her equipment.
• Thor called Heimdall several times before the group entered the Bifrost, while Coulson reminded Xia Yu of Nick’s task.
• Xia Yu reflected on Asgard’s reputation and anticipated arriving there.

Xia Yu watched Loki try to use the Bifrost to destroy the Frost Giants, then learned Odin had deliberately allowed events to unfold as part of a plan to avert a future war. The chapter ended with Thor smashing the Bifrost and Odin saving both brothers from falling.

• Xia Yu followed Thor to the Golden Palace and watched Loki kill Laufey before rushing to activate the Bifrost.
• Frigga regained her composure and greeted Xia Yu while Odin revealed he had only pretended to be asleep.
• Odin told Xia Yu that his power was fading and that eliminating the Frost Giants was necessary to prevent war across the Nine Realms.
• Thor smashed the Bifrost, and Odin caught Thor and Loki as they fell.

Odin explained that Asgardians were finite tools of the world, while humans could continue to grow, and revealed his plan to destroy Asgard so its people would become ordinary humans. He identified Xia Yu as a variable whose presence seemed to increase the fortune of those connected to him.

• Odin made tea for Xia Yu and explained that gods had fixed limits to their power, unlike humans, who could keep surpassing themselves.
• Odin said he believed Asgardians had to become human on Midgard if they wanted to survive rather than be discarded through Ragnarok.
• Odin revealed that he had planned to create his own Ragnarok by destroying Asgard, which would sever the source of Asgardian divine power and leave its people mortal.
• Xia Yu recalled scenes from the future involving Hela, Thor, Surtur, and Asgard's destruction.
• Odin told Xia Yu that he was a variable absent from the future fragments Odin had seen, and that people with fortune gained more of it when they came closer to Xia Yu.

Xia Yu received the inheritance of Asgard’s God of War from Odin, transforming his Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill into the Black Tortoise Golden Body Art. He then visited Odin’s treasury to absorb the Eternity Flame and swallowed a clump of it, leaving Thor stunned and asking how it tasted.

• Xia Yu gave Odin a box of condoms, and Odin roared furiously after discovering what they were.
• Odin gifted Xia Yu the golden rune of Asgard’s God of War, and Xia Yu absorbed it, evolving his Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill into the Black Tortoise Golden Body Art.
• Tmall gave Xia Yu a mission to absorb some of the Eternity Flame and purify his Nine Yang Divine Skill.
• Odin let Thor show Xia Yu around the treasury, where Xia Yu found the Eternity Flame and grabbed a clump of it without being burned.
• Xia Yu swallowed the Eternity Flame, and Thor nervously asked whether it tasted good.

After gaining immense power from the Eternal Flame, Xia Yu learned that Odin planned to send him and Thor to Earth so Thor could continue his training. Odin made the two swear brotherhood, leaving Thor bound to follow Xia Yu’s lead on Earth.

• Thor remained wary of Xia Yu after seeing him swallow the Eternal Flame, while Xia Yu benefited from its power and waited for Odin to send them to Earth.
• Odin told Thor he would return to Earth for more training and ordered him to follow Xia Yu’s arrangements there.
• Thor objected to obeying Xia Yu, but Odin threatened to strip him of his divine power and forbid him from going to Earth.
• Odin staged a Huaxia-style oath ceremony, and Xia Yu and Thor swore to become brothers, with Xia Yu as the elder brother.
• Before leaving for Earth, Xia Yu asked which book Odin had copied the ceremony from, and Odin said its passage was called “Peach Garden Oath.”

Xia Yu returned from Asgard with Thor, who stayed in New Mexico with Jane Foster, then reported to Nick Fury in New York and gave him information about the universe. At the Avengers' base, Xia Yu and Natasha planned to settle in while Fury arranged identification for Thor and prepared for the team to assemble.

• Xia Yu left Thor in New Mexico with Jane Foster, bought him a phone, gave him ten thousand dollars, and told him to call if he needed anything.
• Xia Yu flew to New York and met Nick Fury and Natasha at the future Avengers base, where he recounted his time in Asgard and said Odin had sent Thor to Earth for experience.
• Xia Yu gave Nick Fury books about the universe and major civilizations, and asked him to get Thor legal identification and help start the Avengers Initiative.
• Nick Fury said Coulson would provide Thor's documents, Hawkeye would return from his mission soon, and Steve Rogers was ready; he told Xia Yu to contact Stark.
• Xia Yu and Natasha explored the base and chose to find the biggest room, while Xia Yu offered to pay for the team's daily necessities.

Xia Yu prepared for the Avengers’ first gathering and learned that Tony Stark could help solve the problem of maintaining their new home. The gathering began with Thor and Tony fighting after trading insults, while Xia Yu and the others watched.

• Xia Yu called Tony Stark about cleaning their large home, and Tony offered to adapt some unfinished products for them.
• Nick Fury arranged jobs for Jane Foster’s group and recruited Jane’s father into S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Tony arrived at the Avengers’ gathering, and Coulson gave Xia Yu an ID for Thor that listed him as Xia Yu’s adopted younger brother.
• Tony and Thor insulted each other after Thor called Tony’s armor ugly, and Thor hurled Mjolnir at him.
• Tony and Thor fought through the compound and into the nearby woods as Xia Yu, Natasha, Coulson, and Hawkeye watched.

Xia Yu watched Thor and Tony fight until Captain America intervened, then stopped the brawl with a palm strike and called the team to a meeting. When Captain America criticized him for not stepping in sooner, Xia Yu had Thor reveal his age and call him big brother.

• Xia Yu, Hawkeye, Natasha, and Coulson watched Thor and Tony fight outside the base while Xia Yu commented on Tony’s armor.
• Nick Fury arrived with Captain America, and Captain America shielded Tony from Thor’s hammer before urging them to stand united.
• Tony and Thor rejected Captain America’s intervention and charged at him, so Xia Yu blasted all three apart with the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms.
• Xia Yu called everyone to a meeting, then Captain America reproached him for letting the fight continue.
• Xia Yu asked Thor his age and their relationship, and Thor said he was Xia Yu’s little brother.

At the Avengers’ first meeting, Xia Yu’s strange ability to produce anything from his Space Ring disrupted the gathering before Nick Fury explained why he wanted to assemble the team. Xia Yu proposed that the Avengers remain independent from S.H.I.E.L.D. and political authorities, and the others agreed, while Hawkeye ended the discussion by asking about the Frost Giants’ destroyed planet.

• Xia Yu produced drinks, snacks, and a Jericho Missile from his Space Ring, startling everyone except Thor until Nick Fury told him to put it away.
• Nick Fury explained the Avengers Initiative and argued that Earth needed a shield against threats from the wider universe.
• Captain America questioned whether forming the team would prevent war, while Thor asked whether Earth was truly in danger.
• Nick Fury argued that Earth could not rely on Asgard or other powers for protection and needed to defend itself.
• Xia Yu proposed that the Avengers remain autonomous from S.H.I.E.L.D., the government, and the World Security Council, and Tony Stark, Thor, Captain America, and Natasha agreed.
• Hawkeye revealed he had been wondering whether the Frost Giants’ destroyed planet had been split in half like the Apple logo.

Xia Yu approached Bruce Banner to recruit him into the Avengers, arguing that suppressing the Hulk was dangerous and offering help with his research and transformations. Banner refused, and Xia Yu ended their conversation by pointing a Gatling machine gun at him.

• The Avengers chose Bruce Banner as their first recruitment target, and Xia Yu went alone to meet him in India.
• Bruce Banner recognized Xia Yu as the Dragon Knight and said he wanted to be left alone.
• Xia Yu warned Banner that suppressing the Hulk would eventually cause greater destruction and invited him to join the Avengers.
• Banner refused, saying he was tired of fighting and feared the Hulk would endanger people.
• Xia Yu promised a better laboratory and offered to help control the Hulk, but Banner still declined.
• Xia Yu produced a Gatling machine gun, pointed it at Banner, and told him he had no choice.

Xia Yu brought Bruce Banner to the Sahara to transform Hulk somewhere isolated and try communicating with him. Hulk briefly accepted juice before punching Xia Yu away, and Xia Yu prepared to let him vent.

• Xia Yu pressured Bruce Banner into joining the Avengers and traveling to the Sahara, where the team could safely face Hulk.
• The Quinjets carried Bruce Banner and the Avengers into the desert, and Xia Yu knocked Banner out of the aircraft to trigger his transformation.
• Xia Yu offered Hulk juice and tried to befriend him, but Hulk drank the juice and then punched Xia Yu more than a hundred meters away.
• Hulk charged at Xia Yu and swung a heavy punch down at him, which Xia Yu blocked with both hands.

Xia Yu fought Hulk in the desert, trying to restrain him without seriously injuring him, but Hulk kept growing stronger as his anger rose. After repeated attempts to strike Hulk’s sleep point failed, Xia Yu threw sand in his eyes and fled, calling for Thor to help.

• Xia Yu told Thor and Tony to hold back and exchanged powerful blows with Hulk, knocking him down before Hulk charged again.
• Hulk’s growing strength sent Xia Yu flying, while Xia Yu avoided using his full internal energy because he feared injuring Hulk.
• Xia Yu tried several times to strike the Anmian point behind Hulk’s earlobe, but Hulk’s defenses and attacks defeated each attempt.
• Tony suggested that Xia Yu use his fist instead of his finger, but Hulk guarded his ear and eventually caught Xia Yu and hurled him away.
• Xia Yu threw sand into Hulk’s eyes, ran across the desert, and shouted for Thor to come down and help him.

Xia Yu and the Avengers subdued Hulk with Thor’s hammer, then waited in the desert while Hulk kept struggling. As they passed the time, Captain America told them how he met Peggy Carter and spoke of the dance he had missed.

• Thor joined the fight against Hulk, and Tony and Captain America arrived to help Xia Yu restrain him.
• Xia Yu struck Hulk down, and Thor pinned him with his hammer, but Hulk remained awake and continued struggling.
• Xia Yu called Hawkeye and Natasha down, and the Avengers waited near Hulk while sharing drinks in the desert.
• The group teased Captain America into telling the story of his time with Peggy Carter.
• Captain America said he would go to the dance with Peggy at any cost.

Xia Yu persuaded Hulk to join the Avengers and return to New York as Bruce Banner, with Hulk allowed out to fight. He tested his acupoint technique on Hulk, who fell asleep after punching Thor and transformed back into Banner.

• Xia Yu served the group a feast from his Space Ring, and Hulk revealed he was hungry while still pinned beneath Thor’s hammer.
• Xia Yu offered Hulk food in exchange for a promise not to attack the group, and Hulk agreed before Xia Yu recalled the hammer.
• Hulk devoured the feast and called Xia Yu his friend; Xia Yu invited him to join the Avengers and asked him to turn back into Banner when he was not fighting.
• Xia Yu, Captain America, and Tony persuaded Hulk to return to New York as Banner and let Hulk come out occasionally.
• Hulk agreed to let Xia Yu test his acupoint technique, but after Xia Yu struck the Anmian point, Hulk punched Thor, fell asleep, and transformed into Bruce Banner.

Xia Yu trained the Avengers in the Simplified Yijin Jing while they settled into their new roles, and the completed mission rewarded him with a Rejuvenation Pill. He decided to check whether Peggy Carter was still alive before using the pill to help Captain America fulfill his dream.

• Xia Yu began cleansing the Avengers’ meridians and marrow and teaching them the Simplified Yijin Jing, while Tony and Bruce Banner set up a laboratory to study the Destroyer’s remains and develop equipment.
• Xia Yu made the Avengers perform a ritual and gave them sect titles, naming Coulson the outer disciple Gentleman Sword Yue Buqun.
• The Avengers settled into their duties, with Tony and Banner handling research, Xia Yu instructing them, and Captain America coordinating combat training.
• After Xia Yu completed the mission, the system awarded him a Rejuvenation Pill that could restore someone’s body and appearance to age twenty.
• Xia Yu decided to find Peggy Carter before giving the pill to Captain America.

Xia Yu planned to use a Rejuvenation Pill to help Captain America keep his date with Peggy Carter, but the bank that owned the Stork Club property refused his offers. He persuaded Tony Stark to buy the bank instead.

• Xia Yu revealed the Rejuvenation Pill and explained that he wanted to help Captain America keep his date with Peggy Carter.
• Tony and Dr. Banner studied the pill but could not identify its ingredients.
• Natasha found that a Paris bank owned the street where the Stork Club had stood, and the bank rejected Xia Yu's offers to buy or rent the building.
• Xia Yu complained about the bank's refusal and turned to Tony for help.
• Tony agreed to arrange the purchase of the bank.

Xia Yu and Natasha visited Peggy Carter and offered her a Rejuvenation Pill so she could reunite with Steve Rogers. After Peggy regained her youth, they restored the Stork Club and prepared a plan to bring the couple together.

• Xia Yu told Peggy Carter about the Avengers, Steve's lingering regret over their missed date, and the Rejuvenation Pill.
• Peggy accepted the pill and asked Natasha to give her a new identity while keeping the rejuvenation secret from everyone except Natasha.
• Peggy regained her youth, and Stark Industries acquired the Stork Club street and the bank behind it for the restoration project.
• Coulson kept Captain America busy training S.H.I.E.L.D.'s new operations team while Xia Yu and the others prepared the reunion plan.
• Xia Yu and his team restored the Stork Club to Peggy's memories, and Xia told Coulson the plan would begin Saturday at eight o'clock.