Chapter Summaries

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.

Xia Yu vanished from the Milano while its crew argued over his teleportation, then appeared on Sovereign Planet during the Cocooning Festival. He landed on the naked high priestess Ayesha and grabbed her breasts, leaving him to realize what he was touching.

• Xia Yu asked Star-Lord to get him a nanotech mask, then shared food with the Guardians aboard the Milano.
• A blue-black mist rose around Xia Yu, and he disappeared before he could finish asking Quill to buy him a mask.
• Drax accused Xia Yu of being cursed, and his argument with Rocket escalated into a fight as the others tried to stop them.
• Xia Yu appeared on Sovereign Planet during the Cocooning Festival, landing on high priestess Ayesha while she prayed.
• Xia Yu squeezed Ayesha's breasts before realizing what he had grabbed.

Xia Yu escaped the Sovereigns’ sacred Cocooning Festival after accidentally disrupting the ritual and taking a selfie, then fled into the desert. Tmall revealed that one-sixth of the Cosmic Origin had fused with Xia Yu’s soul, while the resulting changes and skills remained unknown.

• Xia Yu woke in the middle of the Sovereigns’ ritual, apologized awkwardly, and took a selfie before High Priestess Ayesha and the assembled girls reacted.
• High Priestess Ayesha screamed, prompting the thousands of Sovereign girls to scream as Xia Yu fled and gathered their clothes into his Space Ring.
• Xia Yu knocked down the guards at the palace and spaceships, then ran into the golden desert to hide.
• Xia Yu questioned Tmall about his inexplicable joy and learned that one-sixth of the Cosmic Origin had imprinted on his soul.
• Tmall said the fusion would continue for a few hours and refused to reveal Xia Yu’s new skills until afterward.

After absorbing the Space Stone, Xia Yu gained immense energy and the ability to open portals, but his body could not yet safely channel enough power for long-distance travel. He reached a satellite by hopping between nearby locations and hid aboard a freighter bound for Xandar, where he planned to pursue the Power Stone.

• High Priestess Ayesha imposed a gag order after the incident and secretly resolved to retaliate against Xia Yu.
• Xia Yu hid beneath a sand dune and waited for his absorption of the Space Stone to finish.
• The system told Xia Yu that his energy had become infinite and that he could draw power from the universe, though his meridians could not safely channel much of it.
• Xia Yu opened small portals, but attempting to reach Earth made energy surge through his body and crack his meridians.
• The system explained that Xia Yu was still evolving and could eventually become far more powerful than Captain Marvel.
• Xia Yu traveled portal by portal to a satellite, then hid aboard a freighter bound for Xandar to pursue the Power Stone mission.

Xia Yu boarded Yondu’s ship looking for Peter Quill and encountered the ambitious Ravager Taserface. When Yondu challenged him with his Yaka Arrow, Xia Yu caught it effortlessly and returned it after crushing marks into the weapon, leaving Yondu and his men aiming guns at him.

• Xia Yu arrived on Yondu’s ship and found Taserface grooming himself in a filthy room while boasting about becoming leader of the Ravagers.
• Xia Yu mocked Taserface’s chosen name, and Taserface attacked him before Xia Yu kicked him through the bathroom wall.
• Xia Yu asked the Ravagers to take him to Peter Quill, but Yondu arrived and said Quill was not aboard.
• Xia Yu told Yondu he was Quill’s friend and knew about the plan to deal with Ronan, but Yondu attacked him with his Yaka Arrow.
• Xia Yu caught the Yaka Arrow, resisted Yondu’s attempts to control it, and tossed it back with finger marks crushed into it.
• Yondu drew his gun as his men aimed their weapons at Xia Yu.

Xia Yu joined Star-Lord’s team as they boarded Ronan’s Dark Aster to stop its attack on Xandar, while planning to find the Supreme Intelligence. As Xia Yu led the group through the ship, the Supreme Intelligence launched a concealed attack that left him motionless.

• Star-Lord arrived with Gamora, explained the plan to Xia Yu, and took him to meet Rocket and the others.
• The group reviewed their plan to board the Dark Aster and kill Ronan, while Xia Yu considered how to locate the Supreme Intelligence.
• Ronan’s Dark Aster entered Xandar’s atmosphere, and Rocket and Yondu led the Ravagers in an attempt to intercept it.
• The Supreme Intelligence detected Xia Yu’s portal entry and urged Ronan to focus on destroying Xandar while it dealt with Xia Yu.
• Xia Yu led Star-Lord’s group through the Dark Aster, killing Kree soldiers with ease until a hidden energy traveled through one soldier and entered Xia Yu’s arm.
• Xia Yu froze after the energy reached him, leaving Star-Lord and the others watching in surprise.

Xia Yu was trapped in the Supreme Intelligence’s mental space, where Tmall suppressed it and began absorbing its energy to evolve. While Xia Yu waited, the Guardians fought Ronan, and Xia Yu emerged from the wreckage just as Star-Lord and the others contained Ronan with the Power Stone.

• The Supreme Intelligence pulled Xia Yu into its mental space and tried to destroy him, but Tmall protected him and suppressed the Kree AI.
• Tmall explained that it would absorb the Supreme Intelligence and evolve, potentially gaining an external avatar and functions like JARVIS.
• Xia Yu waited in a room Tmall created while the Guardians found Ronan and attacked him aboard the Dark Aster.
• Ronan nearly defeated the Guardians, but Rocket’s ship crashed the Dark Aster, and Groot sacrificed himself to protect the others during the crash on Xandar.
• Ronan emerged from the wreckage intending to destroy Xandar, but Star-Lord distracted him and Rocket shattered his hammer.
• Star-Lord seized the Power Stone, whose energy enclosed Ronan and the others, and Xia Yu emerged from the Dark Aster’s wreckage.

Xia Yu joined Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, and Rocket in wielding the Power Stone to kill Ronan, then absorbed the stone himself. He fell unconscious inside an impenetrable energy shield while his body and power transformed, leaving the Nova Corps and his allies waiting to see what would happen.

• Xia Yu entered the Power Stone’s shield and helped Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, and Rocket withstand its energy.
• Xia Yu aimed the Power Stone at Ronan, who was blasted to ash, completing Xia Yu’s task.
• Xia Yu took the Power Stone from Gamora and began absorbing it, sealing himself inside a sphere of energy before losing consciousness.
• The Power Stone raised Xia Yu’s Black Tortoise Golden Body Art to its tenth level and strengthened his body, but the system gave him no new functions.
• Yondu and the Ravagers stayed on Xandar, while Star-Lord and the others were celebrated as heroes and Nova Prime worried about Xia Yu’s shield.

After absorbing the Power Stone, Xia Yu assessed the gains from his trip and considered how the Infinity Stones would change his abilities. As the energy shield around him grew more unstable, he prepared to return to Earth, where the next Stone might soon become available.

• Rocket tended a twig from Groot until two leaves sprouted, while Xandar remained anxious about the energy shield and the Power Stone.
• Nova Prime learned that the energy inside the shield had surged to more than three times its earlier density and that the shield was slowly expanding.
• Xia Yu woke inside the shield and learned from Tmall that he needed to remain there while his body and soul adjusted after absorbing the Power Stone.
• Xia Yu reviewed the weapons, nanotech helmet, portable AI, and increased potential he had gained during the trip.
• Xia Yu concluded that martial foundations and combat awareness mattered more to him than traditional Internal Energy attack techniques, and he looked ahead to obtaining the Reality Stone.

Xia Yu left Xandar after helping defeat Ronan and returned to Earth aboard his new ship, the Xia Star. He reunited with the Avengers at their base, eager to upgrade their equipment with what he had brought back.

• Nova Prime welcomed Xia Yu as a hero and arranged for a new spaceship to be built for him.
• Xia Yu declined Star-Lord and Rocket's invitation to join them, and he spent five more days on Xandar before naming his new ship the Xia Star.
• Xia Yu said goodbye to Star-Lord, Rocket, and the others, then traveled through five wormholes and reached Earth after two days.
• JARVIS told Xia Yu that the base's aboveground structures were complete and that the others were waiting for him there.
• Tmall landed the Xia Star outside the base, where Tony, Natasha, Hawkeye, and Thor welcomed Xia Yu back.

Xia Yu returned from space and told the Avengers about the Infinity Stones, then proposed building a warship powered by the Power Stone. He took Natasha to the Maldives for a vacation, but their privacy was interrupted when the Ancient One appeared through a portal.

• Natasha embraced Xia Yu when he returned, then slapped him and threatened him before kissing him.
• Xia Yu reunited with Tony and the others at the underground base and recounted his experiences with Ronan, Xandar, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and Thanos.
• Xia Yu showed the team the technology and equipment he had brought back, including a Nova Corps fighter, and revealed the Power Stone.
• Xia Yu proposed using the Power Stone as a spaceship's core, and Tony eagerly began planning research into a powerful Avengers warship.
• Xia Yu took Natasha through a portal to the Maldives for a vacation, but the Ancient One appeared through another portal as they prepared to get into bed.