Recaps

Wu Chen reviewed the gains from the incident in the Kamui Dimension and selected three Superman and General Zod abilities. He ended the chapter with the Codex of Life, Infinite Evolution (Sun), and Steel Body.

• Wu Chen avoided Wanda and Pietro, then built a house in the Kamui Dimension and asked White Zetsu to bring his stored belongings.
• Wu Chen checked his personal panel and saw that Toneri, Superman, and General Zod had gained roleplay progress.
• Wu Chen chose the Codex of Life and Infinite Evolution from Superman and Steel Body from General Zod.
• Wu Chen remembered that he had a compatibility potion, redeemed the three abilities, and gained them.

Wu Chen confirmed that Steel Body worked with Six Paths Mode, then drew Orochimaru as his next character to play. He planned to pair Orochimaru’s research skills with Madara Uchiha’s strength and called Minato Namikaze to discuss the plan, while Bucky Barnes grew restless in his room.

• Wu Chen tested Steel Body with Six Paths Mode and confirmed that his physical strength and chakra were compatible.
• Wu Chen drew Orochimaru from the Hokage World character pool and recognized his value as a researcher.
• Wu Chen planned for Orochimaru to collaborate with Madara Uchiha and help Madara grow stronger.
• Wu Chen used Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God Mark to summon him and discuss the plan.
• Bucky Barnes grew restless in his room.

Bucky decided to apologize to the families of the people he had killed under Hydra’s control, while Wanda and Pietro visited the families living in the Kamui Dimension. Wu Chen told Wanda he already had a girlfriend, Maria Hill, and began explaining their relationship.

• Bucky resolved to apologize to his victims’ families and then devote himself to serving Wu Chen, but he could not find Wu Chen in the Kamui Dimension.
• Wanda and Pietro visited Obito’s family and Minato Namikaze’s family instead of waiting in their room.
• Wu Chen and Minato Namikaze agreed on a plan but postponed acting until Superman returned and Wu Chen had rested.
• Wu Chen returned home and sent Pietro away so he could speak with Wanda privately.
• Wu Chen told Wanda that Maria Hill was his girlfriend and began explaining when they had gotten together.

Wu Chen agreed to help Bucky Barnes tell Tony Stark the truth about killing his father. He brought Bucky to Tony’s home, where Tony met him without recognizing who he was.

• Wu Chen saw Wanda leave, then encountered Bucky Barnes waiting for him.
• Bucky told Wu Chen his plan, and Wu Chen agreed to accompany him to help resolve the matter with Tony.
• Wu Chen took Bucky out of the Kamui Dimension and flew with him to Tony’s home.
• Bucky collapsed after the fast flight, then recovered and noticed that his strength had increased.
• Tony greeted Wu Chen at the door and asked who Bucky was, so Wu Chen introduced him as Captain America’s good friend.

Wu Chen revealed that Bucky had killed Tony's father under Hydra's control and stopped Tony from attacking him. After showing Tony footage of Hydra's destruction, Wu Chen asked whether he would forgive Bucky if Howard could be brought back to life.

• Wu Chen told Tony that Hydra had brainwashed Bucky into the Winter Soldier and used him to assassinate Howard Stark.
• Tony summoned his Iron Man Armor and tried to attack Bucky, but Wu Chen restrained him and argued that Hydra was the real enemy.
• Pepper Potts arrived and helped calm Tony as Wu Chen explained that he had already destroyed Hydra and rescued Bucky.
• Wu Chen used the Water Mirror Technique to show Tony footage of his assault on the Hydra Base, leaving out anything about the Mind Stone Scepter.
• Wu Chen asked Tony whether he would forgive Bucky if he knew someone who could bring Howard back from the dead.

Wu Chen told Tony that someone might be able to resurrect Howard Stark, then let Tony confront Bucky over the murder. Tony struck Bucky twice but spared him, and Wu Chen left with Bucky to meet Captain America.

• Wu Chen explained that he knew someone who could resurrect Tony's father and said Konoha and the Akatsuki were searching for that person.
• Tony was relieved by the possibility and asked Wu Chen to tell him immediately if there was any news.
• Tony approached Bucky and punched him twice, then stopped and turned his attention away from him.
• Wu Chen told Tony he would come back to eat and took Bucky to meet Captain America.

Wu Chen brought Bucky Barnes to S.H.I.E.L.D. to meet Captain Steve Rogers and help Bucky make amends. Nick Fury realized that Wu Chen had found the missing Bucky and suspected he had destroyed a Hydra base.

• Tony agreed to help Wu Chen arrange for Steve Rogers to meet Bucky, and Pepper Potts suggested Hill go with them.
• Wu Chen used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Bucky from Tony's home to Nick Fury's office.
• Wu Chen asked Fury where Steve was, then took Bucky to training room three after learning Steve was there.
• Fury recognized Bucky as Steve's missing friend and suspected Bucky had belonged to Hydra and that Wu Chen had destroyed a Hydra base.

Wu Chen brought Bucky to see Steve, reuniting the old friends after Bucky’s disappearance. After leaving them to catch up, Wu Chen met Natasha, who asked about Minato’s love life.

• Nick Fury thought Bucky had been brainwashed into serving Hydra and expected Steve to be happy to see him.
• Wu Chen found Steve training, and Steve wondered whether he was outdated and should retire.
• Bucky appeared and embraced Steve, and the two began catching up as Wu Chen left them alone.
• Wu Chen met Natasha outside the training room, and she asked how Minato’s love life had been lately.

Wu Chen advised Natasha to move on from Minato, then took Hill to dinner after she finished work. He later discovered Steve and Bucky had left S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters so Bucky could seek forgiveness with Steve’s support.

• Wu Chen told Natasha that Minato and Kushina were planning to have a child, and Natasha accepted that their relationship was happy.
• Wu Chen waited for Hill to finish working, invited her to Tony’s dinner, and flirted with her as they went to ask Nick Fury for time off.
• Wu Chen took Hill to check on Steve and Bucky but found they had already left the base.
• Steve accompanied Bucky to seek forgiveness from the people who still hated him.

Wu Chen encouraged Tony to develop a more powerful Iron Man suit, then returned to the Kamui Dimension with Hill and introduced her to the others. The next day, he cleared a Hydra base to prepare a location for the plan involving his Wood Clones.

• Wu Chen visited Tony with Hill, and Tony agreed he needed to develop a stronger Iron Man suit after Wu Chen pointed out its disadvantages against superheroes.
• Wu Chen and Hill returned to the Kamui Dimension, where Hill and Wanda bonded while Wu Chen spoke with Pietro.
• Wu Chen and Hill went to bed together as Wanda watched jealously.
• The next day, Wu Chen brought Hill back to S.H.I.E.L.D. and went with White Zetsu to a vacant Hydra base.
• Wu Chen entered the base underground and killed every Hydra member inside to prepare it for the Wood Clones playing Orochimaru and Madara Uchiha.

After creating Wood Clones of Madara Uchiha and Orochimaru, Wu Chen planned to pursue the Reality Stone during the events of Thor: The Dark World. He went to S.H.I.E.L.D. to ask Nick Fury for information on Thor, hoping to secure the Aether before the Dark Elves appeared.

• Wu Chen created Wood Clones to play Madara Uchiha and Orochimaru, then left them to strengthen Madara.
• Wu Chen decided to seek the Reality Stone and considered which other Infinity Stones he might obtain to prepare for Thanos.
• Wu Chen rejected the idea of eliminating Thanos early, preferring to face a familiar threat rather than risk a worse enemy appearing.
• Wu Chen went to S.H.I.E.L.D. to ask Nick Fury for information on Thor.
• Wu Chen planned to send a Wood Clone to watch London if he could not locate Thor.

Orochimaru analyzed Madara Uchiha’s blood and suggested that the Ten-Tails was limiting his growth because its power was only borrowed. He said Madara needed to fully fuse with the Ten-Tails and proposed completing it by adding the half of the Nine-Tails inside Wu Chen.

• After Wu Chen left, Orochimaru asked Madara Uchiha for blood so he could study how to make him stronger.
• Orochimaru examined Madara Uchiha’s blood and asked for spinal fluid and brain fluid, angering Madara Uchiha.
• Orochimaru explained that Madara Uchiha needed to make the Ten-Tails’ power his own to break through his current limits.
• Orochimaru said the Ten-Tails first had to be complete, which required Wu Chen to contribute the half of the Nine-Tails inside him.

Wu Chen refused to give Madara Uchiha the Nine-Tails inside him, because doing so would erase Kurama’s consciousness. He went to speak with Kurama in the Mind Stone Space, where Kurama recalled how they had become friends.

• Wu Chen returned to the underground base after getting Thor’s location and asked Orochimaru and Madara Uchiha if there was another way to strengthen Madara.
• Orochimaru said the cost of gaining strength was worthwhile, and Wu Chen told him to shut up.
• Wu Chen took time alone to calm down and consider another solution.
• Wu Chen entered the Mind Stone Space and found Kurama waiting for him.
• Kurama recalled their reconciliation, and Wu Chen admitted he had used tricks to change Kurama’s attitude.

Kurama confessed that Wu Chen was his only friend and agreed to Wu Chen’s plan to save him, asking that his eight siblings be saved too. Wu Chen returned from the Mind Stone Space and had Madara Uchiha release the Ten-Tails and separate the Nine Tailed Beasts, who emerged restless and furious.

• Kurama praised human entertainment and confessed that he was willing to sacrifice himself because Wu Chen was his only friend.
• Kurama revealed that he would rather die with his handheld console, then eagerly agreed to Wu Chen’s plan and asked him to save his eight siblings as well.
• Wu Chen left the Mind Stone Space and told Orochimaru and Madara Uchiha that they needed to release the Ten-Tails and separate the Nine Tailed Beasts.
• Madara Uchiha released the Ten-Tails and separated the Nine Tailed Beasts, who immediately grew restless and angry.

Wu Chen separated the Tailed Beasts’ consciousnesses from their original bodies so Madara Uchiha could form and absorb a more stable Ten-Tails. After Madara entered Six Paths Mode, Wu Chen offered him a small medicine bottle to secure his next advancement in strength.

• Wu Chen explained that the Tailed Beasts could move their consciousnesses into small bodies while their original bodies formed the Ten-Tails, and he dismissed their objections.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki merged the two halves of Nine-Tails and transferred the Tailed Beasts’ consciousnesses into nine small bodies created by Wu Chen.
• Wu Chen gave the little Tailed Beasts games and computers, then sent them to live in a house inside the Kamui Dimension.
• Madara Uchiha drew the nine original Tailed Beast bodies into the Ten-Tails and absorbed it, entering Six Paths Mode.
• Wu Chen explained that the Ten-Tails was more stable because it contained only pure Chakra and offered Madara Uchiha a small medicine bottle.

Wu Chen used a Fusion Potion to help Madara fuse completely with the Ten-Tails, then discussed using the Infinity Stones to strengthen him and lure Thanos into a trap. Madara achieved Kekkei Mōra, while Wu Chen left for London to meet Thor and his girlfriend and prepare for the events of Thor 2.

• Wu Chen gave Madara a Fusion Potion to fuse him with the Ten-Tails, and Madara drank it before absorbing its power.
• Wu Chen told Orochimaru how the Mind Stone had strengthened his Six Paths Power and proposed having Madara seek the other Infinity Stones to strengthen himself and bait Thanos.
• Orochimaru agreed to pass Wu Chen's plan to Madara, and Wu Chen used a Mystic Portal to travel to London through Wu Chén.
• After more than ten minutes, Madara stood up, having fully fused with the Ten-Tails and gained the ability to leave Sage Mode at will.
• Madara created a Truth-Seeking Orb in his normal state, and Orochimaru recognized that he had achieved Kekkei Mōra.

Madara Uchiha left for London to prepare for the Reality Stone, while Minato Namikaze visited Tony Stark to take over Wu Chen’s agreement with him. Tony welcomed Minato and sent Pepper Potts to fetch fruit, leaving the two men to talk privately.

• Madara Uchiha described his evolution and agreed with Orochimaru that he would go to London to watch for the Reality Stone.
• Madara used a disguise and genjutsu to obtain travel documents, then flew to London.
• Orochimaru stayed behind at the base and watched dramas and anime.
• Minato Namikaze appeared at Tony Stark’s home and explained that Wu Chen had gone to help Thor, so Minato would fulfill Wu’s agreement with Tony.
• Tony’s irritation faded when he heard Thor was in trouble, and Pepper invited Minato inside.
• Tony asked Pepper to wash fruit, and Pepper understood he wanted to discuss something privately with Minato.

Tony learned that Orochimaru was a powerful researcher currently at a Hydra base, and prepared to pay him to help Tony meet his father. The chapter ended with Tony bringing out a billion dollars’ worth of gold bars.

• Minato Namikaze told Tony that Orochimaru studied Chakra, conducted human experiments on enemies such as Hydra members, and was at a captured Hydra base.
• Tony eagerly agreed to go see Orochimaru, hoping to meet his father again.
• Minato Namikaze reminded Tony to consider how he would pay Orochimaru, and Tony realized the seized Hydra base suggested Orochimaru might want money.
• Tony decided that paying Orochimaru was worthwhile and viewed the money as support for Konoha and a way to build a relationship with it.
• With Pepper Potts's help, Tony brought a billion dollars’ worth of gold bars out of his vault.

Tony Stark brought a billion dollars in gold to Orochimaru and asked him to bring his father back so he could make amends. Orochimaru agreed, explained the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu while concealing its true capabilities, and described how it worked.

• Tony Stark gathered a billion dollars in gold, put on his Iron Man armor, and traveled with Minato Namikaze to Orochimaru's underground base.
• Tony asked Orochimaru to bring his father back to life and offered him the gold.
• Orochimaru agreed but claimed the revived dead could only talk and would not remain in the real world for long.
• Tony accepted the jutsu's limitations because he wanted a chance to apologize to his father.
• Orochimaru explained that the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu used a living sacrifice to summon a dead person's soul into the present world.

Tony agreed to provide Howard Stark’s remains so Orochimaru could revive his father, and Minato took him to the Stark family cemetery to retrieve a finger bone. Orochimaru performed the technique using a White Zetsu Clone as the sacrifice, and Howard emerged from the coffin as Tony rushed to embrace him.

• Orochimaru told Tony that the revival technique required bodily tissue from his father and offered to provide a Hydra member as the sacrifice.
• Minato Namikaze took Tony to the Stark family cemetery, where Tony dug up Howard Stark’s grave and collected a finger bone.
• Orochimaru used Wu Chen’s Wood Clone to make White Zetsu create a clone for the sacrifice, since Wu Chen had killed all the Hydra members.
• Tony brought the finger bone to Orochimaru while wearing the Mark XLV Iron Man Armor, then agreed to begin the technique.
• Orochimaru performed the Hand Seals and activated the Cursed Seal array, causing Howard Stark to emerge from the coffin.
• Tony stepped out of his armor, called out to his father, and hugged the bewildered Howard.

Tony reunited with his father, Howard Stark, but remained wary and secretly had JARVIS search the Hydra base’s systems. As Orochimaru and Minato Namikaze prepared for Tony to uncover planted evidence about Madara Uchiha, Tony took Howard aside to speak privately.

• Orochimaru checked the cases of gold bars while Tony released Howard from their embrace.
• Tony tested Howard’s identity by asking which hand he had used the first time he hit him, and Howard recalled kicking Tony after he broke a vase and blamed the maid.
• Tony recognized Howard and felt grateful to Konoha and Orochimaru, while secretly directing JARVIS to search the base’s electronic systems.
• Tony decided he would apologize and compensate Orochimaru if the search found nothing, but ask Minato Namikaze to intervene if it revealed a problem.
• Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru exchanged looks and confirmed that preparations were ready for Tony to find evidence of Madara Uchiha.
• Orochimaru confirmed the gold bars were genuine and the amount was correct, while Tony led Howard to a corner for a private conversation.

Orochimaru ended Howard Stark’s brief return to the living, giving Tony a final chance to speak with his father. Tony told Howard about his fiancée, Hydra’s defeat, and Wu Chen, then watched Howard’s body crumble as his soul departed.

• Orochimaru resumed watching a movie while Tony, Howard, and Minato Namikaze spent time in the base.
• Orochimaru used a technique that caused Howard’s body to crumble and told Tony his father had only three minutes left, with another visit possible after a month.
• Tony told Howard he had a girlfriend, planned to marry her, and would bring her to meet him.
• Howard blessed Tony and urged him to think of his fiancée and future children whenever he was in danger.
• Tony told Howard that Hydra had caused his death and had been destroyed, and that his friend Wu Chen had helped him.
• Howard’s body crumbled completely and his soul departed; Orochimaru’s pythons swallowed the remains, startling Tony.

Tony discovered footage of Madara Uchiha meeting with Orochimaru and demanded an explanation. Orochimaru claimed Madara had coerced him, and Minato Namikaze offered to pardon him and bring him back to Konoha.

• Tony put on his Iron Man Armor and thanked Orochimaru for helping fulfill his dream.
• JARVIS showed Tony surveillance footage of Madara Uchiha speaking with Orochimaru, and Tony confronted Orochimaru about it.
• Orochimaru claimed Madara had forced him to research a way to break through his power bottleneck and threatened to kill him if he failed.
• Minato Namikaze warned Orochimaru that Madara could return and urged him to seek protection.
• Minato Namikaze offered to pardon Orochimaru's desertion and asked him to return to Konoha.

Minato told Tony that Orochimaru had rejoined Konoha, though Orochimaru chose to remain at his base as an agent. Orochimaru revealed that Madara Uchiha was likely in London, where Wu Chen was also staying, and Minato reassured Tony that Wu Chen had grown much stronger.

• Minato explained that Orochimaru had defected over a misunderstanding and invited him to rejoin Konoha.
• Orochimaru agreed to rejoin but chose to remain at his newly acquired base, and Minato gave him a Three-Pronged Kunai to summon help.
• Orochimaru told Minato and Tony that Madara Uchiha was probably in London, seeking a way to grow stronger.
• Minato revealed that Wu Chen and Thor were in London, prompting Tony to urge them to warn Wu Chen and go there.
• Minato stopped Tony and said Wu Chen's strength had made tremendous progress, so they only needed to notify him.

Tony apologized to Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru, then arranged for Minato to attend his wedding. Wu Chen stayed in London and planned to wait for the events of Thor 2 while enjoying a vacation.

• Minato Namikaze explained that Wu Chen could hold out against Madara Uchiha, and Tony apologized for doubting him.
• Tony asked Minato for a Three-Pronged Kunai so he could contact him about attending his wedding, and they exchanged phone numbers.
• Tony apologized to Orochimaru, who forgave him in exchange for research equipment.
• Minato Namikaze took Tony away from Orochimaru's underground research base, leaving Orochimaru to watch anime and movies.
• Wu Chen chose not to approach Thor yet and decided to wait in London for the events of Thor 2, considering inviting Hill to join him.