Recaps

Natasha gave Xia Yu the Winter Soldier’s file revealing Bucky’s role in Tony’s parents’ deaths, and Xia Yu decided the truth should be shared at the right time. He sent Steve, Peggy Carter, and Nick Fury to build an Avengers intelligence network while planning the organization’s future and preparing to confront the United States government.

• Natasha gave Xia Yu the Winter Soldier’s file, including the mission in which Bucky killed Tony’s parents.
• Xia Yu showed the file to Steve and Peggy Carter, and Steve struggled between loyalty to Bucky and the truth owed to Tony.
• Xia Yu reassured Steve that Bucky had been used as a weapon and asked Peggy and Steve to help Nick Fury build an Avengers intelligence network.
• Steve, Peggy Carter, and Nick Fury went to Europe, while Agent Hill joined the Avengers to improve its logistics and liaison work.
• Xia Yu learned from Tmall that the next phase of missions would focus on the Infinity Stones, then chose to prioritize building the Avengers before pursuing the Tesseract.
• Xia Yu prepared for a public hearing in which the United States government planned to accuse the Avengers, intending to leave the government disgraced.

Xia Yu, Natasha, and Tony confronted government officials at a hearing about the Avengers’ actions during the S.H.I.E.L.D. incident. They exposed the government’s failures and defended their actions, leaving the officials facing Tony’s threat to seek compensation for the damage to his property.

• Tony deliberately arrived late with Xia Yu and Natasha, then posed for reporters outside the Congress Hill Building.
• Tony challenged the secretary of state’s criticism and argued that the Avengers could represent themselves at the hearing.
• A congressman blamed Xia Yu and the Avengers for destroying S.H.I.E.L.D., and Xia Yu and Natasha countered that Hydra had corrupted it.
• The vice president threatened Natasha with imprisonment over the classified documents she had released, and Xia Yu condemned the government’s secret Helicarrier plan.
• Xia Yu angrily defended the Avengers, saying they had saved officials’ families from Hydra, and Tony threatened to seek government compensation for property damaged by Alexander Pierce’s missiles.

Xia Yu defied the U.S. government at a public hearing and announced that the Avengers would seek recognition from the United Nations as a superhero organization. After submitting their application, the Avengers relaxed at Stark Tower until Hawkeye accidentally injured Banner and triggered Hulk.

• Xia Yu confronted government officials at the hearing, threatened retaliation against anyone who targeted the Avengers, and turned the conference table to ash.
• Xia Yu told reporters that the Avengers would apply to the United Nations to become an independent organization protecting ordinary people and the world.
• Xia Yu and the others submitted their application while governments prepared to discuss limits on the Avengers' authority.
• The Avengers gathered at Stark Tower, where Hawkeye showed off his cooking skills while Banner helped him in the kitchen.
• Hawkeye accidentally embedded a cleaver in Banner's thigh, causing Banner to transform into Hulk and roar through Stark Tower.

Baron Strucker and Scarlet Witch secretly met President Trump in the White House passage and offered help against the Avengers. After their two-hour meeting, Trump called for an emergency United Nations meeting about the Avengers.

• President Trump met Baron Strucker and Scarlet Witch in the White House's secret passage after security searches.
• Trump kissed Scarlet Witch's hand, and she secretly sent a red light into his head.
• Strucker and Trump spoke privately for two hours about a plan to deal with the Avengers.
• Trump returned to the Oval Office and ordered an emergency United Nations meeting concerning the Avengers.

Baron Strucker used Scarlet Witch’s power to intensify President Nade Trump’s resentment toward the Avengers and disrupt the United Nations’ debate over the Avengers Act. After representatives goaded him to arrest the Avengers himself, Trump returned to the United States and ordered their arrest.

• Baron Strucker explained that he had used Scarlet Witch to influence Trump and discussed Hydra’s plan to survive the fallout from Project Insight.
• Trump denounced the Avengers at the United Nations and demanded that every country oppose the Avengers Act.
• The United Kingdom’s representative and other delegates rejected Trump’s demands, noting the Avengers’ public support.
• Trump lost his temper and berated the assembled representatives, whose contempt only made him angrier.
• The representatives urged Trump to arrest the Avengers if he believed they were criminals.
• Influenced by Scarlet Witch’s power and the delegates’ goading, Trump returned home and ordered the Avengers arrested.

The White Eagle Assault Team attacked Stark Tower on President Trump's orders, injuring several people and nearly triggering Banner's transformation. After Hawkeye identified the attackers and the group confirmed the president had ordered the strike, Xia Yu called on everyone to surround the White House.

• President Trump deployed the secret White Eagle Assault Team, whose helicopters fired eight missiles at Stark Tower.
• Xia Yu shielded Natasha from the blast, then put Banner to sleep before he could transform and checked on Betty Ross.
• Thor and Tony intercepted some of the attackers while Xia Yu destroyed two transport helicopters and the soldiers aboard them.
• Hawkeye identified the White Eagle Assault Team and explained that it answered directly to the president.
• Agent Hill, Natasha, Hawkeye, and Tony gathered evidence confirming that President Trump had ordered the attack.
• Xia Yu stood up and called on the others to surround the White House.

After President Trump ordered an attack on the Avengers, they arrived at the White House to confront him. Xia Yu left Trump bloodied and missing several teeth, while the confrontation continued.

• Trump demanded news about the Avengers and ordered intelligence agencies to find them, threatening to send the Bald Eagle and even buy a nuclear warhead.
• A multicolored beam from the Bifrost brought Xia Yu, Tony Stark, Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Thor, and Hulk to the White House.
• Hulk smashed into the Oval Office, seized Trump, and threw him onto a sofa while keeping the Secret Service agents at bay.
• Xia Yu confronted Trump about the missile attack and slapped him twice, knocking out several teeth before saying that he looked much better.

Xia Yu and the Avengers confronted President Trump after exposing his collusion with Hydra, while Chris Evans arrived to negotiate the cabinet’s response. The talks stalled when Xia Yu demanded more than Trump’s removal, and a mysterious force began cutting the White House off from its surroundings.

• Xia Yu used the Life and Death Talisman on Trump, who confessed to colluding with Baron Strucker and begged for mercy.
• Chris Evans entered the Oval Office as the cabinet’s representative, and the Avengers chose Xia Yu to negotiate.
• Chris Evans said Trump’s removal was inevitable, but Xia Yu insisted that impeachment alone could not protect his family.
• Xia Yu pointed outside, where a seven-colored pillar of light began carving a deep trench around the White House, shocking Chris Evans.

Xia Yu used Asgard’s anger over the attack on Thor to pressure the United States government, while Chris Evans carried his account to the press. The government removed Trump through the Twenty-Fifth Amendment and sent General Ross to negotiate as Xia Yu staged a dramatic injury before reporters.

• Xia Yu told Chris Evans that Asgard demanded an explanation for the attack on Thor, then sent Chris and the cabinet away by helicopter to spread the account.
• The vice president and national officials invoked the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, and Congress unanimously impeached Trump before swearing in the vice president as president.
• Xia Yu accused Trump of ordering an illegal attack, spat blood in front of reporters, and let Tony catch him and claim he had taken two missiles.
• Natasha sent the captain and Hawkeye outside in disguises to carry Xia Yu back on a stretcher, while Tony explained Asgard’s position to the press.
• The government quickly dispatched General Ross to negotiate with the Avengers and Asgard.

After Xia Yu faked an injury to prevent a conflict between Asgard and Earth, he reassured the Avengers and argued that the U.S. government should compensate them. General Ross arrived and negotiated with Xia Yu while the Avengers watched.

• Aunt May and Peter watched Xia Yu’s televised display, and Peter decided he wanted to become a hero like him.
• Xia Yu admitted to the Avengers that he had pretended to cough blood, then urged them to demand compensation from the government.
• General Ross arrived with Tony Stark, asked about Betty, and said he wanted Banner and Betty to visit him.
• Xia Yu and General Ross argued over whether the government was responsible for the attack and how much compensation it owed.

After settling the government dispute over Trump’s actions against Asgard, the Avengers traveled to Asgard for a visit and feast. They explored the realm and arrived at Odin’s hall, where Banner nervously knelt before Odin and the others laughed.

• Xia Yu and General Ross agreed that the government would apologize to Asgard, prosecute Trump, compensate the Avengers, and grant Thor land and funding.
• Xia Yu told Thor to keep some of the money for himself and give the rest to Peggy Carter to manage.
• Trump confessed his crimes, including his contact with Baron Strucker, while intelligence agencies searched unsuccessfully for Strucker.
• The Avengers arrived in Asgard, where Heimdall welcomed them and Thor invited them to stay for Odin’s feast.
• Xia Yu and Thor guided the group across the Bifrost and through Asgard, while Tony criticized the Golden Palace and its guards’ horned helmets.
• At Odin’s hall, Banner knelt and hailed the All-Father, prompting Tony, Hawkeye, Xia Yu, and Thor to laugh.

Xia Yu spent the evening with Odin in Asgard before going to the vault to absorb the Tesseract’s Space Origin Power. The blue energy enveloped him, and he floated inside a sphere as the absorption began.

• Odin explained that Asgardians were humans who had followed a different evolutionary path, then invited Xia Yu to speak with him privately.
• Odin served Xia Yu centuries-old Pu'er tea and recounted how he had saved Zhu Meichuo, the daughter of the Chongzhen Emperor.
• Odin agreed to let Xia Yu use the Tesseract and told him to visit the vault the next morning.
• Odin hosted a family feast, where Tony seated Loki between Xia Yu and Banner, making Loki uneasy.
• Xia Yu went to the vault with Thor and chose to absorb the Tesseract's Space Origin Power.
• Blue energy surrounded Xia Yu, lifting him into the air inside a sphere.

Xia Yu absorbed the Tesseract’s energy, strengthening his body and transforming his soul as the Space Stone’s laws etched themselves into his Source. Thor alerted Odin when the energy grew dangerous, and Odin recognized Xia Yu was copying part of the Cosmic Origin and declared that Asgard’s future depended on him.

• Xia Yu absorbed the Space Stone’s energy, advancing his Black Tortoise Golden Body Art from the Fifth Layer to the Seventh Layer and intensifying his internal energy.
• The Tesseract’s energy transformed Xia Yu’s soul and etched the universe’s spatial rules into his Source while he remained unaware inside the cocoon.
• Thor grew alarmed by the violent energy around Xia Yu and flew to the Golden Palace to ask Odin for help.
• Odin sensed the danger and accompanied Thor to the Vault, where he saw Xia Yu absorbing the Tesseract’s power.
• Odin concluded Xia Yu was copying one-sixth of the Cosmic Origin and wondered what he would become if he copied all Six Infinity Stones.
• Odin told Thor that Asgard’s future depended on Xia Yu, instructed him to notify his friends, and said he would watch over Xia Yu for as long as necessary.

After seven days in the Golden Palace vault, Xia Yu emerged from the energy cocoon transformed, but vanished just as Natasha reached him. Natasha was left embracing empty air and staring at Odin in confusion.

• Odin guarded Xia Yu as Natasha watched anxiously, and the energy cocoon suddenly fell silent.
• The cocoon expanded repeatedly, reaching nearly twenty meters across before shrinking back and releasing Xia Yu.
• Xia Yu opened his eyes, and his cosmic pressure briefly overwhelmed Odin before receding.
• Xia Yu fell from midair, and Natasha ran to embrace him as Odin watched.
• Blue energy suddenly surrounded Xia Yu and contracted, making him disappear before Natasha could reach him.

After absorbing part of the Space Stone’s cosmic origin, Xia Yu lost control of its teleportation ability and appeared in a spacecraft cabin. He startled an orange-skinned woman there, stopped her from raising an alarm, and caught her trying to reach one before confronting her.

• Tmall explained that absorbing the cosmic origin had overloaded Xia Yu and caused his uncontrolled teleportation.
• Xia Yu discovered that he was aboard a spacecraft and stared out at the vastness of space.
• An orange-skinned woman emerged naked from the cabin’s bathroom, and Xia Yu covered her mouth to prevent her from screaming.
• The woman pretended to believe Xia Yu’s explanation, then tried to reach an alarm on the wall.
• Xia Yu caught her and pressed her against the wall, accusing her of pretending to believe him.

Xia Yu's uncontrolled teleportations repeatedly dropped him into awkward encounters with naked women on Earth, and he escaped each time. After he ordered Tmall to stop choosing comfortable destinations, she sent him to a spaceship where he came face to face with Thanos.

• Xia Yu teleported from the orange-haired woman's room before he could investigate her further.
• Xia Yu appeared in Aviva Lawson's bathtub, then fled her house as townspeople chased him through the streets.
• Xia Yu teleported into a women's changing room in Australia, a women's dormitory in London, and an African chief's room, where he ran from her advances.
• Xia Yu demanded that Tmall stop sending him to places with naked women and let her choose a random destination instead.
• Xia Yu arrived in a spaceship's main hall and saw Thanos seated on a huge throne.

Xia Yu encountered Thanos aboard a spaceship and tried to stall while gauging the danger. When Thanos moved to capture him, Xia Yu overcame his fear and launched a fierce attack, ending the chapter with a punch aimed at Thanos’s chest.

• Xia Yu sized up his chances against Thanos and greeted him as “Mr. Purple Sweet Potato,” asking where he was.
• Thanos revealed that he had sent Loki and Mar-Vell to Earth for the Tesseract and said Xia Yu’s energy reminded him of it.
• Xia Yu questioned Thanos and tried to stall, but Thanos saw through him and approached to capture him and search his memories.
• Xia Yu struck first with a golden dragon attack, then followed up with a rapid barrage of palm strikes to Thanos’s head.
• Xia Yu kicked Thanos away and chased him through the air, driving a punch into his chest over his heart.

Xia Yu fought Thanos aboard his warship, using trickery and speed to avoid being overwhelmed despite being unable to seriously injure him. The chapter ended with Xia Yu taunting Thanos as he named his evasive tactic “Walking the Dog.”

• Xia Yu's strongest punch only made Thanos's heart tremble, and Thanos grabbed Xia Yu's wrist while dismissing his power.
• Xia Yu threw coffee creamer powder into Thanos's face, then drew the Heaven Reliant Sword and thrust toward his crotch; Thanos caught the blade and sent Xia Yu flying.
• Xia Yu mocked Thanos for sending others after the Tesseract instead of going to Earth himself, and Thanos threatened to kill every living thing there.
• Xia Yu dodged Thanos's charges and repeatedly targeted his lower body with attacks, while Thanos struggled to catch him.
• Thanos demanded that Xia Yu fight like a warrior, and Xia Yu called his evasive tactic “Walking the Dog.”

Xia Yu escaped Thanos by triggering a chain of explosions that destroyed Sanctuary II. The Space Stone teleported him to Xandar, while Gamora and Nebula returned to search the wreckage for Thanos.

• Thanos armed himself with the Overlord's Heavenly Blade and ordered his guards to trap Xia Yu inside a shrinking energy shield.
• As the Space Stone began to teleport him, Xia Yu threw crates of missiles and grenades at Thanos and his men, then detonated a grenade.
• Xia Yu vanished in blue light as the explosions ignited Sanctuary II's fuel chamber and tore through the ship.
• Gamora and Nebula, who had just left to assist Ronan the Accuser, turned back and flew into the wreckage to look for Thanos.
• Xia Yu arrived beside a fountain in the crowded city of Xandar.

After receiving Xia Yu’s message that he was safe and temporarily stranded on Earth, his friends stopped planning a search. Xia Yu landed on Xandar, where he began stealing weapons and equipment to replenish his supplies.

• Natasha worried that Xia Yu was missing, so Tony promised to search for him with her if they heard nothing within a week.
• The group returned to Earth and found Xia Yu’s video message, in which he explained that the Tesseract’s energy was causing his random teleports and told Natasha not to search for him.
• Tony reassured Natasha and set an alert for Xia Yu’s signal, while the others relaxed after learning he was safe.
• Xia Yu asked Tmall about his teleportation and learned that the random state might last at least seven days.
• After realizing he needed to restock, Xia Yu stole weapons and gadgets from people around Xandar, prompting numerous complaints to the local guard station.

Xia Yu was caught stealing on Xandar but escaped the Nova Corps after taking one of their fighters. He arrived on a desolate planet and found what he believed was the Power Stone Temple, where he wondered whether to take the stone before Star-Lord arrived.

• Xia Yu stole weapons from hundreds of people on Xandar and drew the attention of the Nova Corps.
• Four Nova Fighters tried to capture Xia Yu with beams, but he flew to the squad leader’s fighter, threw the leader out, and took the craft.
• The Nova Corps squad leader confronted Xia Yu as backup arrived, but Xia Yu disappeared from Xandar in a flash of blue light.
• Xia Yu explored the barren planet he landed on, then put on his Armor and flew until he found an ancient stone hall.
• Xia Yu entered the hall, saw small two-legged lizards, and realized it was likely the Power Stone Temple.

Xia Yu entered the abandoned hall where Star-Lord was stealing the Orb and revealed that he was also from Earth. After stopping Star-Lord’s attack and immobilizing him, Xia Yu faced Ronan’s men with him, leaving Star-Lord pleading for the armed Kree to believe he was not Xia Yu’s ally.

• Xia Yu heard Star-Lord singing inside the abandoned building and entered the hall where the Orb was stored.
• Star-Lord extracted the Orb and kicked an energy grenade at Xia Yu, who caught it and contained its blast in his palm.
• Xia Yu introduced himself as Xia Yu and caught Star-Lord trying to escape, then proposed they deal with the approaching enemies first.
• Xia Yu restrained Star-Lord as a Kree leader and two soldiers entered and ordered them to put down their weapons.
• Star-Lord told the Kree he could not move and had only just met Xia Yu, while Xia Yu pretended they had grown up together.

Xia Yu rescued Star-Lord from Ronan’s Kree soldiers, then was teleported to Titan, where Tmall revealed that an unknown cosmic power had influenced his travels. Suspecting that a hidden force was manipulating events, Xia Yu vowed to uncover the truth, but a thunderbolt interrupted his declaration.

• Xia Yu tricked the Kree soldiers into mistaking Star-Lord for a comrade before they demanded the Orb and ordered Star-Lord to go with them.
• The Black leader shot at Xia Yu, but Xia Yu moved behind him, seized him, and defeated the Kree soldiers while warning Star-Lord not to flee.
• Star-Lord asked why Ronan wanted him and whether Xia Yu had arranged the red-skinned woman aboard his ship; Xia Yu denied knowing about her and reminded Star-Lord that he owed him a favor.
• Spatial energy teleported Xia Yu away, and Star-Lord left the Power Stone’s hall with supplies looted from the Kree ship.
• Xia Yu landed on Titan, where Tmall said an unknown power had influenced his destinations and his spatial energy would be fully absorbed within three days.
• Xia Yu suspected that a hidden force was manipulating him, vowed to uncover the truth, and was interrupted by a nearby lightning strike.

Xia Yu arrived at Xandar's prison while Star-Lord, Rocket, Gamora, Drax, and Groot were planning their escape, and offered to help them get out. He revealed his goal of stopping Thanos and defeating Ronan first, leaving Gamora stunned by his knowledge and claims about Earth.

• Xia Yu appeared in the prison and startled Rocket and the others as they planned their escape.
• Gamora questioned Xia Yu about the Tesseract and the Infinity Stones, and he said he had absorbed some of the Space Stone's power.
• Star-Lord brought Drax and Groot over, and Xia Yu offered to help the group escape without asking for money.
• Xia Yu explained that the Infinity Gauntlet in Asgard was fake and said he wanted to stop Thanos and eliminate Ronan.
• Xia Yu claimed he had destroyed Thanos's ship and told Gamora that Thanos feared going near Earth after his plans there failed.
• Star-Lord praised Earth's bands, and Groot called him an idiot.

Xia Yu led Gamora, Rocket, and the others in a prison escape, then helped Star-Lord retrieve his Walkman before they all boarded the Milano. The group set off to find a buyer for the Orb inside a skull.

• Xia Yu promised to help Gamora escape, handed out weapons, and led the group through the prison after Rocket blasted open a door and triggered an alarm.
• Xia Yu and the others fought through the prison, recovered their belongings and the Orb, and Star-Lord went back with Xia Yu to retrieve his Walkman.
• Star-Lord recovered his Walkman from Administrator Doug, then revealed that he still had the Orb.
• Xia Yu broke a window, used his Armor to fly Star-Lord to the Milano, and joined the others aboard the ship.
• Gamora said they would find a buyer inside a skull, and Drax asked where they were going.