Chapter Summaries

Xia Yu tried to use the Time Stone to undo the devastation in Chinatown, but Tmall stopped him, warning that it would bring future risks. Xia Yu crushed the system and rewound Chinatown anyway, only for a huge purple figure to appear as the neighborhood returned to normal.

• Xia Yu activated the Time Stone to reverse the deaths and destruction in Chinatown, but Tmall seized control of his arm and refused to let him turn the bracelet.
• Xia Yu fought against Tmall's restraint, suffered an injury, and told Tony Stark that he would break free of the system's rules.
• Xia Yu crushed the ball of light containing his system, freeing himself from its control.
• Xia Yu turned the Time Stone bracelet and rewound Chinatown, restoring its buildings, streets, and people to their pre-attack state.
• A huge purple figure suddenly appeared in Chinatown as the rewind reached the time before the attack.

Xia Yu reversed time to save Chinatown, but Thanos and his ships vanished when time resumed. After discovering that a congressman had ties to the media outlets covering the attack, Xia Yu decided to confront and kill him on livestream.

• Xia Yu turned back time to before Thanos's attack on Chinatown, restoring the people and buildings, but Thanos and his ships disappeared when time resumed.
• Xia Yu threatened the person who had suppressed news of the attack and used his psychic powers to control the reporters' phones while questioning them.
• A man from the Time Variance Authority met with the Captain and Bucky, then said Xia Yu's use of the Time Stone had opened a parallel timeline.
• Tony found that fifteen of the seventeen media outlets had Congressman Craig Wayne as a common shareholder.
• Xia Yu told Tony to find Craig Wayne and said he would kill him on livestream with the reporters present.

After Chinatown was destroyed, Xia Yu’s grief, self-reproach, and fear for the future overwhelmed his usual caution, and he set out to find Craig Wayne himself. Tony tried to stop him, but a message from Captain America forced Tony to return to the base instead.

• Xia Yu reflected on how his actions had exposed the Avengers to public scrutiny and how Chinatown’s destruction had intensified his guilt and anxiety.
• Xia Yu decided to stop holding back and told Tony he would find Craig Wayne himself.
• Xia Yu vanished and secretly placed a mental mark on a reporter so he could broadcast what happened after finding Craig Wayne.
• Tony prepared to use his resources to find Xia Yu or protect Craig Wayne, but Captain America contacted him through his earpiece.
• Tony’s expression changed after hearing Captain America, and he returned to the base.

After Xia Yu threatened to kill Congressman Craig Wayne, the president confronted Wayne and learned that he had helped suppress news of the Chinatown attack to pressure the Avengers into revealing their life-extending treatment. Xia Yu appeared in the president’s office and rejected the government’s ambitions, leaving Wayne facing his promised execution.

• Xia Yu hid above the White House and waited for the government to find Craig Wayne.
• The president brought Craig Wayne to his office and demanded an explanation for his suppression of the news.
• Craig Wayne explained that General Ross had accidentally revealed the Avengers’ life-extending god positions and Heart-Shaped Herb, prompting Wayne and other congressmen to plot to seize the technology.
• Craig Wayne admitted that suppressing the Chinatown news and directing public opinion against the Avengers had been their first step.
• Xia Yu appeared in the office and told the president and Craig Wayne that they would not achieve their goal.

Xia Yu confronted President at the White House over Senator Craig Wayne’s role in the Chinatown disaster and publicly executed him during a livestream. After learning three more senators were involved, Xia Yu left to find them and discovered they were at Avengers headquarters in AC City.

• Xia Yu forced the Secret Service agents out of the Oval Office and confronted Craig Wayne, accusing him of causing Chinatown’s destruction by suppressing information and smearing the Avengers.
• President tried to persuade Xia Yu to let the law punish Wayne, but Xia Yu insisted that saving the victims did not erase Wayne’s responsibility.
• Xia Yu brought a reporter and her cameraman into the Oval Office and ordered a livestream exposing Wayne’s actions, with the president and media outlets made to cooperate.
• During the broadcast, Xia Yu lifted Craig Wayne, reduced him to ash, and dissolved the ashes into nothingness.
• Xia Yu reviewed the documents identifying three other senators involved, then left to track them down.
• Five minutes later, Xia Yu found that the remaining three senators were at the Avengers’ headquarters in AC City.

General Ross brought the three surviving congressmen to Avengers headquarters to keep Xia Yu from killing them, while the Avengers dealt with a separate crisis. After Xia Yu killed Craig Wayne, he confronted the Avengers over whether they would stop him from killing the congressmen.

• General Ross explained the incident and revealed that he had brought the three congressmen to Avengers headquarters, while Craig Wayne had been taken to the White House.
• Natasha volunteered to meet Xia Yu and comfort him, and Tony Stark asked her to try to talk him down.
• Betty showed the Avengers a broadcast of Xia Yu killing Craig Wayne, and Captain America left to meet him.
• Xia Yu arrived at the compound, where Natasha embraced him and Captain America asked him not to kill the three congressmen.
• General Ross argued that the congressmen should face government justice, but Xia Yu challenged the Avengers to say whether they would stop him.

Xia Yu faced the Avengers over his intent to kill the three men responsible for his friends’ deaths, while the team debated whether they should stop him. General Ross shot the men and claimed they had resisted arrest, but Xia Yu used the Time Stone to demand they be brought back so he could kill them himself.

• Captain America and Tony told Xia Yu they would not allow him to execute the three men, and both sides prepared to fight.
• Thor heard the dispute, agreed that the men deserved to die, and took Xia Yu’s side after Ant-Man and Banner tried to explain Earth’s laws.
• General Ross shot the three men, then claimed they had resisted arrest and said he had acted because everyone was taking too long.
• The Avengers lowered their weapons, but Xia Yu appeared beside the bodies and used the green energy bracelet on his wrist to demand that the men be resurrected.

Xia Yu revived and killed the three congressmen who had been shot, then publicly warned anyone who might target his friends or smear the Avengers. As the world prepared to react, Captain America chose to stand with Xia Yu rather than apologize for him.

• Xia Yu revived the three congressmen and killed them himself before escaping through space.
• Tony found Xia Yu on the White House broadcast, where Xia Yu reduced the congressmen to ash and warned the public against harming his friends or smearing the Avengers.
• Natasha received Xia Yu's message that he was safe and wanted to walk around Chinatown alone.
• General Ross urged the Avengers to manage the public backlash with a staged admission of Xia Yu's wrongdoing and a government oversight agreement.
• Captain America rejected the idea of apologizing and told the Avengers to face the world together and support Xia Yu.

After the alien attack and Xia Yu’s time reversal, Chinatown residents began moving away, though Xia Yu understood their fear and helped Uncle Wang leave. Grandpa Sun stayed behind and insisted he was unafraid of another attack, producing a handgun as he sat with Xia Yu.

• Xia Yu found Uncle Wang packing to leave Chinatown and listened as Uncle Wang explained that his family feared another attack.
• Xia Yu gave Uncle Wang a check for three years’ rent and helped load his belongings into the car.
• Uncle Wang’s daughter called Xia Yu Chinatown’s hero as the family drove away, while many other neighbors continued to leave.
• Grandpa Sun called Xia Yu to sit and drink tea, then said he had no intention of leaving Chinatown.
• Xia Yu warned Grandpa Sun that the aliens might return, and Grandpa Sun declared he was not afraid and placed a handgun on the table.

Grandpa Sun challenged Xia Yu’s fear and hesitation after he publicly killed four legislators, urging him to use his power without worrying about others’ reactions. Xia Yu left feeling more resolute, then headed to Congress Hill, where Natasha, Tony, Captain, and the Avengers were gathered amid pressure for a regulatory agreement.

• Grandpa Sun showed Xia Yu his loaded handgun and recalled how he and Xia Yu’s grandfather had fought gangs in Chinatown with cleavers.
• Grandpa Sun accused Xia Yu of acting out of fear when he livestreamed the legislators’ deaths, and urged him to confront threats directly.
• Xia Yu accepted that he had been holding himself back to protect others, and Grandpa Sun’s advice lifted his spirits.
• Grandpa Sun refused Xia Yu’s invitation to move to AC City, so Xia Yu placed a mental mark on him to keep him safe while he played with his gun.
• Xia Yu sensed Natasha and found her with Tony, Captain, and nearly all the Avengers on Congress Hill, where he expected governments to pressure them into signing a regulatory agreement.
• Xia Yu tore open space and headed to Congress Hill, wondering if the dispute would lead to another Civil War.

Lawmakers used public outrage over Xia Yu’s killings to pressure the Avengers into accepting government oversight. Tony Stark heard their proposal for a new department to manage communications with the team, and the chapter ended before he responded.

• Political figures secretly fueled public anger over Xia Yu’s killings while the media framed government intervention as necessary for public safety.
• Congressmen invoked Tony Stark’s personal ties and the protests gathering outside to argue that the Avengers had to cooperate with the government.
• Thor asked the lawmakers how the Avengers should cooperate, prompting Tony to ask them to present their conditions.
• The lawmakers proposed a government partnership that would create a new department to liaise with the Avengers and station its personnel at Avengers headquarters.

Xia Yu confronted government officials who wanted scientists stationed at the Avengers Compound, exposing their interest in General Ross's transformation and claiming he had used Asgardian divine power to strengthen him. He rejected their proposed agreement and challenged them to arrest him for killing four officials.

• Tony rejected the clause allowing a government scientific team to enter the Avengers Compound, citing the Avengers' sensitive technology and assets.
• Xia Yu arrived in his Armor and accused the congressmen of secretly investigating General Ross's transformation and collecting his biological samples.
• Xia Yu said he had strengthened General Ross using Asgardian divine power, then offered to grant the same power to anyone who wanted it.
• Tony confirmed Xia Yu's explanation, and the congressmen fell silent as Xia Yu's threatening presence filled the hall.
• Xia Yu tore the proposed agreement into fragments and dismissed it, saying the government had no right to lecture him about agreements.
• After a young official accused him of unlawfully killing four government officials, Xia Yu smashed a table and dared them to arrest him.

Xia Yu rejected the congressmen’s attempt to make the Avengers disown him, and the Avengers united behind him. After renouncing his American citizenship, he threatened anyone who harmed their loved ones, leaving the Captain concerned about his words.

• Tony Stark feigned a medical emergency while the other Avengers ignored the congressmen’s appeals for support.
• Xia Yu told the congressmen that he alone was responsible for killing the people they cited and rejected their demand that the Avengers publicly expel him.
• Natasha, Thor, Captain America, the Winter Soldier, Falcon, Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye, and the other Avengers stood with Xia Yu, and Tony Stark said they would face the consequences together.
• Xia Yu declared that he was no longer an American citizen and shattered his ID card.
• When a congressman threatened the Avengers’ families and friends, Xia Yu used his aura to force the people in the room into their chairs and threatened to kill anyone who harmed his people; the Winter Soldier stopped the Captain from responding.

The Black-Clad Man, Thanos, and Loki discussed their plans at the TVA while Xia Yu spent a quiet day fishing with Yondu and Natasha. After learning that Dr. Pym’s experiment had succeeded and he planned to enter the Quantum Realm, Xia Yu agreed to go with him.

• The Black-Clad Man praised Thanos for helping Xia Yu open a breach in parallel spacetime, while Thanos insisted he only cared about collecting the Infinity Stones and restoring balance.
• Loki mocked the Black-Clad Man for making the Avengers more united, but the man warned Loki not to interfere or he would return him to his original timeline.
• Yondu complained that Peter Quill rarely visited, then told Xia Yu he preferred staying at the Lakeside Villa rather than moving to the Compound or Asgard.
• Natasha joined Xia Yu and Yondu by the lake, and Xia Yu asked whether the Avengers were hiding something from him about the aftermath of his killings.
• Natasha told Xia Yu that Loki wanted to live at the Compound, and Xia Yu said he could go if the Avengers agreed and Thor supervised him.
• Natasha revealed that Dr. Pym’s experiment had succeeded and that Scott wanted Xia Yu’s help rescuing Pym from the Quantum Realm; Xia Yu agreed to go.

Xia Yu visited Tony and caught him awkwardly practicing tea rituals as part of his attempt to learn traditional Huaxia martial arts. Tony demonstrated his master's Kung Fu, leaving Xia Yu dumbfounded.

• Xia Yu entered Tony's lab and secretly watched him prepare tea in an elaborate gongfu style.
• Tony abandoned the ritual when his legs went numb, and Xia Yu laughed at him and criticized how he had brewed the Longjing tea.
• Tony told Xia Yu that he had been learning traditional Huaxia martial arts from a master and that the training focused on the mind and dao.
• Xia Yu asked Tony to demonstrate what he had learned, hoping to judge the master's Kung Fu.
• Tony performed a strange routine with wild arm movements and shouted "Wulianbian," leaving Xia Yu utterly dumbfounded.

Xia Yu left Tony practicing a fraudulent martial arts move and joined Dr. Pym to enter the Quantum Realm. There, the Time Variance Authority watched their arrival and concealed its headquarters, worried that Xia Yu's involvement could disrupt the destined timeline.

• Tony told Xia Yu that Master Ma had taught him a powerful move, and Xia Yu left without revealing the con.
• Xia Yu went to Dr. Pym, whose team had built a portable Quantum Tunnel and improved protective suits, and agreed to enter the Quantum Realm with him.
• Xia Yu and Dr. Pym prepared to enter the Quantum Realm while the Avengers watched and Loki observed from the second floor.
• The Time Variance Authority's Black-Clad Man learned from Loki that Dr. Pym would take Xia Yu into the Quantum Realm to rescue the First-Generation Wasp.
• The Black-Clad Man discussed Thanos's coming Snap and ordered the TVA headquarters cloaked before Xia Yu and Dr. Pym arrived nearby.

Xia Yu and Dr. Pym reached Janet in the Quantum Realm, where she rescued Dr. Pym from a mind-clouding energy. The reunited couple embraced and kissed, while Xia Yu interrupted to offer them a tent and privacy.

• Xia Yu sensed they were being watched as he and Dr. Pym followed a detector through the Quantum Realm to find Janet.
• They landed in a glowing area, where Xia Yu removed his helmet and assured Dr. Pym that they could breathe there.
• A faint energy clouded Dr. Pym's mind and made him hallucinate, but Janet arrived and dispelled it.
• Dr. Pym recognized Janet, and they tearfully embraced and kissed after decades apart.
• Xia Yu took a commemorative photo and asked whether he should set up a tent and leave them alone.

Xia Yu returned from the Quantum Realm with Dr. Pym and Janet, allowing Janet to reunite with Hope while the Avengers celebrated. In the Quantum Realm, a man in black and Thanos discussed Xia Yu’s growing power and planned to retrieve the Soul Stone so Thanos could perform the Snap.

• Xia Yu reunited with Janet Van Dyne and teased Dr. Pym as they prepared to leave the Quantum Realm.
• Xia Yu sensed an unknown watcher, recorded its location, and returned to the Avengers' base with Dr. Pym and Janet.
• Hope embraced Janet, and Xia Yu led the others outside to give the reunited family time together.
• Xia Yu hosted a barbecue and considered investigating the Quantum Realm’s unknown energy and hidden forces.
• The man in black told Thanos that Xia Yu had noticed them and promised to delay him while Thanos retrieved the Soul Stone.

Thanos killed the Collector and began massacring planets selected by the Time Variance Authority, renewing his reputation as the Mad Titan. After Star-Lord warned Xia Yu about Thanos’s unusual attacks, Xia Yu realized that Thanos was repairing fate and urged Star-Lord to return to Earth with Gamora.

• The Collector ruled XG-27 as a god while secretly pursuing the Infinity Stones and dreaming of becoming the universe’s only god.
• Thanos appeared in the Collector’s home, declared him marked for death, and killed him as his forces slaughtered half the planet’s population.
• Thanos and his army began attacking planets chosen by the Time Variance Authority, and the Mad Titan’s name spread fear throughout the universe.
• Star-Lord called Xia Yu and warned him that Thanos’s massacres were happening more frequently than before.
• Xia Yu concluded that Thanos was repairing fate and told Star-Lord to come back to Earth immediately because Gamora might be in danger.

Xia Yu told Gamora that Thanos knew the Soul Stone was on Vormir and would have to sacrifice the person he loved most to obtain it. Gamora realized Thanos might truly love her, but she chose to flee with Star-Lord rather than trust Xia Yu or go to Earth.

• Xia Yu revealed that Thanos knew about Vormir and explained that obtaining the Soul Stone required sacrificing the person the seeker loved most.
• Gamora remembered how Thanos had treated her differently from his other adopted children and struggled with her conflicting feelings toward him.
• Star-Lord ended his call with Xia Yu, then listened as Gamora described her childhood with Thanos and comforted her.
• Star-Lord urged Gamora to go to Earth for protection, but she said she did not trust Xia Yu or Thanos.
• Gamora proposed hiding at an unknown planet with Star-Lord and the others, and Star-Lord hesitated to refuse her.