Chapter Summaries

The Avengers attacked Strucker’s castle while the Iron Legion tried to protect the city, and Strucker sent wave after wave of soldiers to delay them. As Strucker prepared to escape with the twins, his scientist reported that they had already gone outside.

• Hulk smashed through the first barricade, and Xia Yu helped the Avengers break through Hydra’s defenses.
• Strucker ordered attacks on the city to buy time, so Tony deployed the Iron Legion to protect civilians.
• The civilians attacked the Iron Legion because they blamed Stark weapons for destroying their homes and killing their loved ones.
• Captain stopped Xia Yu from using a portal, while Tony searched for a way through the castle’s defensive shield.
• Strucker rallied his remaining soldiers to charge the Avengers, then told his scientist to delete the data and prepare an escape with the twins.
• The scientist told Strucker that the twins had already gone outside.

The Avengers fought their way through Hydra’s defenses, where Xia Yu’s automatic protective True Qi stopped Quicksilver’s charge. After Captain captured Strucker and Tony found the Mind Scepter, Scarlet Witch ambushed Tony and invaded his mind.

• Hawkeye’s explosive arrows were intercepted by Quicksilver, who then knocked Hawkeye and Captain down before confronting Xia Yu.
• Quicksilver collided with Xia Yu’s automatic protective True Qi and was thrown back, then left after promising to remember him.
• Tony destroyed the castle’s shield, and Captain entered while Xia Yu went to find Hulk and return him to normal.
• Captain fought Scarlet Witch, then caught and knocked out Strucker as he tried to escape.
• Tony found a secret underground room containing Chitauri weapons and the Mind Scepter, but Scarlet Witch approached unnoticed and invaded his mind.

The Scarlet Witch showed Tony a horrifying vision of the Avengers dead and Xia Yu sacrificing himself, then fled with Quicksilver while Tony retrieved the Scepter. The team returned to the Xia Star and planned a victory party, while Xia Yu learned the real enemy had yet to appear and Ultron’s birth seemed inevitable.

• The Scarlet Witch invaded Tony’s mind and showed him a battlefield where Pepper and the Avengers had died and Xia Yu destroyed the attacking ships at the cost of his life.
• Tony awoke in the secret chamber, and the Scarlet Witch left with Quicksilver without taking the Scepter.
• Tony put on his nano Armor, retrieved the Scepter, and told Xia Yu over comms that he was fine.
• Xia Yu learned from the system that the Mind Stone mission would begin when the real enemy appeared, and he suspected Ultron’s birth could not be avoided.
• Aboard the Xia Star, Thor proposed a celebration, and the group decided to hold a party on Tony’s yacht.

Xia Yu took the Avengers and Spider-Man aboard the Xia Star for a hot pot meal in space, then told Tony about his plan to build a vast floating continent and extend the Avengers’ reach across the universe. When Tony remembered he had invited Rhodey, Xia Yu opened a portal to bring him aboard, and Rhodey was stunned by the view of space.

• Xia Yu proposed eating hot pot aboard the Xia Star while looking at Earth, and the group enthusiastically joined him.
• Spider-Man excitedly talked about sharing photos from space, but Tony and Xia Yu warned him against posting them; Xia Yu promised to take him to another planet when he turned sixteen.
• Xia Yu told Tony he wanted to build a floating continent and expand the Avengers into a powerful organization known throughout the universe.
• Tony agreed that the Iron Legion could defend the continent, then realized he had forgotten to invite Rhodey to the meal.
• Xia Yu opened a portal and brought Rhodey aboard the Xia Star, where Rhodey saw space outside the window and was left speechless.

At Tony's yacht party, Xia Yu met Old Master Li, who warned him against changing too much and explained how his expectations could make small alterations go unnoticed. The old man left Xia Yu without answers about who might target him, while Xia Yu pressed him about whether he should make drastic changes to Tony and Natasha.

• Rhodey lay awake all night, shaken by how far Tony, Xia Yu, and the others had surpassed him and Earth.
• The Avengers and their guests spent a day relaxing on Tony's yacht before he began the evening party with a fireworks display.
• Xia Yu searched the yacht for the white-haired old man, then found Old Master Li after listening to Tony and Thor praise their girlfriends.
• Old Master Li praised Xia Yu for not preventing Ultron's appearance and said Vision should still come into being.
• Old Master Li warned that changing too many things would bring a violent backlash and showed Xia Yu that he overlooked details in the Reality Stone armor he created.
• Xia Yu asked whether he should make drastic changes involving Tony and Natasha.

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.