Chapter Summaries

Killer Frost brought Captain America's shield and the comatose Steve Rogers to Su Quan's side, while Su Quan arranged for the shield to be used in a spar between Jenny Focke and the Master Mimic. Melina then asked whether she should visit Natasha, prompting Su Quan to question why she was pleading for her.

• Phil Coulson signed for Steve Rogers, but Killer Frost took Captain America's shield through a portal to the Nato Tong branch.
• Killer Frost delivered the shield to Su Quan, who assigned it to Jenny Focke and gave the shield in his storage room to the Master Mimic for their spar.
• Combat rewards appeared for Rapid Learning from Jenny Focke and a Chemical Conquest Chip from the Master Mimic.
• Melina said Natasha had not truly betrayed Su Quan and explained that the Chemical Conquest Chip could not be removed without killing her.
• Su Quan asked Melina why she was pleading for Natasha and whether it was because of the Dionysus Factor or because Melina considered herself his woman.

Melina pleaded with Su Quan to spare Natasha, but he said he would hear Natasha's reasons before deciding her punishment. At Tony Stark's party, Su Quan denied arranging Tony's kidnapping and revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. had asked him to mail a package to Captain America, suggesting Captain America was still alive.

• Melina asked Su Quan not to kill Natasha, and he said he could understand Natasha's actions but could not accept them without hearing her explanation.
• Su Quan arrived at Tony Stark's party in Stark Tower and gave Pepper Potts a handmade metal flower.
• Tony Stark introduced Su Quan as the boss of Nato Tong and joked that the women at the party could have him after Tony was done.
• Tony Stark asked whether Su Quan had arranged his kidnapping by the Ten Rings Gang, and Su Quan denied it while explaining why the kidnapping made no sense for him.
• Su Quan revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. had asked him to mail a package to Captain America, and Tony Stark asked whether Captain America was still alive.

Su Quan discussed the value of reviving Captain America as publicity, then teased Tony Stark by teleporting away from his party with Pepper Potts. The next morning, Su Quan watched a report about displaced villagers and foreign militants in Galami.

• Tony Stark offered Su Quan Stark Industries' shipping operations as repayment for saving him, but Pepper Potts pointed out that Obadiah managed the company's business.
• Su Quan invited Pepper Potts for a drink, and she grew closer to him as he politely turned away other women at the party.
• Tony Stark asked about Su Quan's teleportation, and Su Quan vanished with Pepper Potts when Tony asked him to demonstrate it.
• Tony waited for Su Quan and Pepper to return, then ended the party and went back to his Malibu Coast Villa.
• The next morning, Su Quan watched a report describing refugees driven from villages near Galami by warlords and armed Freedom Fighters.

Su Quan watched Tony Stark begin his first rescue mission in the red-and-gold Iron Man suit while Pepper Potts considered his offer to work for him. Tony survived a tank blast at the terrorists’ base and climbed out of the crater.

• Su Quan recognized the news story as the kidnapping that would lead Tony Stark to become Iron Man.
• Pepper Potts discussed Tony’s firing and her plans to find him a new assistant before deciding to consider Su Quan’s invitation.
• Su Quan located Tony Stark and watched him travel to Grammy Town in the Mark III armor.
• Tony fought the terrorists, rescued their hostages, and dragged their leader out of hiding for the refugees.
• Tony flew to the terrorist base to destroy its weapons, but a tank shell struck him and sent him crashing into a crater.
• Tony climbed out of the crater as the terrorists watched.

Iron Man returned from destroying the Jericho Missile, while Su Quan exposed Obadiah Stane as the one who ordered Tony Stark’s kidnapping. Obadiah stole Tony’s Arc Reactor, but Su Quan appeared with a replacement and left Tony able to confront him.

• Iron Man destroyed the Jericho Missile and flew away, while Su Quan criticized him for leaving the terrorist leader alive.
• Su Quan stopped the terrorist leader’s bullet, learned that Obadiah Stane had ordered Tony Stark’s kidnapping, and killed the leader.
• Colonel James Rhodes addressed Iron Man’s encounter with the Air Force and the attack on the terrorists in Grammy Town.
• Obadiah paralyzed Tony Stark with a sonic device, removed his Arc Reactor, and revealed his plans to use it for weapons.
• Su Quan appeared in Tony’s living room and gave him a new Arc Reactor, leaving Tony to face Obadiah.

Su Quan traded Tony Stark ten Mark 3 suits and Arc Reactors for Tony’s original suit, then demonstrated his nanotech armor. As Obadiah attacked Pepper Potts and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in the Iron Monger, Su Quan stopped the gunfire and indicated that Tony had arrived to face him.

• Su Quan offered Tony Stark ten identical Mark 3 suits, each with an Arc Reactor, in exchange for Tony’s Iron Man suit, and Tony accepted.
• Su Quan demonstrated his nanotech suit, leaving Tony astonished by its capabilities.
• Tony suited up in one of the new Mark 3 suits and flew out through the laboratory roof as Su Quan took the original suit away through a portal.
• Pepper Potts and Phil Coulson’s agents fled Obadiah’s weapons department, but Obadiah emerged in the Iron Monger and opened fire on them.
• Su Quan halted the bullets in midair, and Pepper ran to him as he pointed out that Tony had arrived.

Su Quan restrained Obadiah’s Iron Monger while Tony Stark returned in a fresh suit to continue their battle. Tony exploited the freezing altitude to disable the Iron Monger and sent Obadiah crashing down.

• Su Quan recorded Iron Man fighting Iron Monger and received rewards for both suits.
• Tony left to change suits, and Su Quan used gravity to hold Obadiah in place while promising to protect him during the fight.
• Tony returned in a new suit, and he and Obadiah battled in the air as Phil Coulson asked Su Quan about Captain America’s shield.
• Tony lured Obadiah to high altitude, where icing disabled the Iron Monger, then punched Obadiah down from the sky.

Tony Stark defeated Obadiah's Iron Monger with Su Quan's help, then made Pepper Potts CEO of Stark Industries and tasked her with working with Nato Tong. Back at the Void Tower, Su Quan encountered a young Peter Parker, who had sneaked in to thank him.

• Tony Stark crushed Iron Monger and killed Obadiah, then thanked Su Quan for helping him win.
• Su Quan left Pepper Potts with Tony, who appointed her CEO of Stark Industries and assigned her to oversee cooperation with Nato Tong.
• Su Quan returned to the Void Tower's storage room and added the system-generated Iron Monger suit to his collection.
• Su Quan spotted a young boy in the elevator and recognized him as Peter Parker.
• Peter Parker thanked Su Quan for letting him and Aunt May stay at the tower and promised to repay him when he grew up.
• Su Quan smiled and asked Peter Parker how old he was.

Su Quan encountered Peggy Carter after she was pruned from her timeline and appeared in the Void. He explained why she could not return and told her about his plans for the Time Variance Authority, leaving Peggy understanding and supporting his cautious approach.

• Su Quan visited the Void to deliver an Arc Reactor to Reed, but a pod fell from the sky and Peggy Carter emerged from it.
• Peggy attacked Su Quan, who dodged her and gave her a Wonder Woman uniform before introducing himself as the Lord of the Void.
• Su Quan told Peggy that the Time Variance Authority had pruned her for disrupting her timeline and that her universe had reset without her.
• Peggy questioned whether she had done wrong by taking the serum, and Su Quan explained that she could not return to her former life.
• Su Quan described He Who Remains, Kang, the Multiverse War, and his plan against the Time Variance Authority, and Peggy supported his decision to prepare before acting.

Su Quan brought Peggy Carter to the Void, arranged for Reed to upgrade the Void Battle Beads for cross-temporal communication, and equipped Peggy with a Captain Carter uniform and shield. Peggy tested the shield’s remarkable ricochet, and Su Quan gained the Shield Bash Technique before wondering why Zombie Captain America had not dropped the same ability.

• Su Quan took Peggy Carter to meet Reed, who said cross-temporal communication research had succeeded and explained that the Void Battle Beads could connect places already visited.
• Sharon Carter told Peggy Carter that Su Quan had replaced her with another version of herself as a mole in S.H.I.E.L.D., which Peggy linked to Hydra’s infiltration of the organization.
• Su Quan designed a Captain Carter uniform for Peggy, and she used the Void Battle Bead to summon its nanotech parts and put it on.
• Su Quan retrieved Peggy’s modified shield, and Peggy happily tested its ricochets against a wall.
• The shield bounced toward Su Quan, triggering a combat reward that granted him Peggy Carter’s Shield Bash Technique.

Su Quan brought Captain Carter to the Void Tower, where Dotty Underwood recognized her as the person whose death had led to Dotty being pruned and attacked her. After Dotty admitted she had broken the rules and asked Su Quan to kill her, he did so despite Captain Carter's pleas, leaving Captain Carter horrified by the man she had chosen to follow.

• Su Quan returned Captain Carter to the Void Tower and gathered the Nato Tong members to upgrade or distribute their Void Battle Beads.
• Dotty Underwood recognized Captain Carter and attacked her over the fact that Captain Carter had been the person Dotty killed before being pruned.
• Dotty and Captain Carter fought fiercely, with Dotty gaining the advantage by sacrificing her injured arm to strike Captain Carter.
• Dotty confessed that attacking a colleague broke the rules and asked Su Quan to kill her, while Captain Carter pleaded for Dotty's life and offered to share her punishment.
• Su Quan killed Dotty with Heat Vision, and Captain Carter cradled her body, horrified by Su Quan's brutality.

Su Quan revived Dotty Underwood, assigned Peggy Carter to a new operation in Sokovia, and brought Skye along with them. After arriving at an abandoned castle, Su Quan sensed a powerful presence watching him and wondered whether it was Odin.

• Dotty Underwood returned to life with her fatal wound healed, and she teased Peggy Carter about Su Quan’s power.
• A Black Widow reported that Stark Industries shares had risen fivefold after Tony Stark revealed he was Iron Man, and Su Quan told the Black Widows to manage the investment and share half the profits among themselves.
• Su Quan chose Sokovia as Peggy’s assignment and asked the Wild Pack to contact him about a long-term mission once their current work ended.
• Skye asked to join Su Quan and Peggy, and he agreed before taking them through a Teleportation Portal to Sokovia.
• Su Quan brought Peggy and Skye to an abandoned castle he had bought, then sensed an elusive gaze watching him and considered whether Odin was responsible.

Su Quan discovered that The Watcher Uatu had been observing him and learned that Uatu suspected him of being immune to causality. After confronting Uatu, Su Quan returned to Skye and Peggy Carter, then headed outside to consider targeting Baron Strucker’s Hydra base.

• Su Quan used Cisco Ramon's sensory ability to locate Uatu in a corridor of prismatic mirrors.
• Uatu explained his role as an observer and revealed that Peggy Carter’s presence and Su Quan’s immunity to causality had drawn his attention.
• Su Quan introduced himself as the Lord of the Void, then sent his psychic power toward Uatu before ending the connection.
• Skye and Peggy Carter found Su Quan unresponsive, and he told them he had been chatting with a new friend.
• Su Quan left the castle and considered Baron Strucker’s base as his true target, reflecting on Hydra’s leaders.

Su Quan reviewed how his Energy Manipulation ability had consolidated many of his powers into one category without changing their underlying nature, then waited at the castle in Sokovia. Wanda arrived and joyfully reunited with him, telling him that she and Pietro had become resistance cadres and were helping others.

• Su Quan considered the Hydra figures and enhanced individuals tied to his past experiments and explained why he had come to Sokovia with Peggy Carter and Skye.
• Su Quan checked the Watcher Uatu's Energy Manipulation reward and found that it had grouped many of his energy-based abilities under one heading.
• Su Quan realized Energy Manipulation could alter how he released existing powers, such as letting him fire Heat Vision from anywhere on his body.
• Wanda arrived at the castle and rushed into Su Quan's arms.
• Wanda told Su Quan that his sponsorship had improved her and Pietro's lives and that they had become resistance cadres who helped people.

Su Quan reunited with Wanda at the old castle and revealed that Hydra had fueled Sokovia’s war, prompting him to promise her revenge. He gathered Wanda, Skye, and Peggy Carter to take on Baron Strucker, while the women trained with abilities Su Quan had granted them.

• Su Quan recalled how he had helped Wanda and Pietro survive in Sokovia, and why Wanda regarded him as her sugar daddy and closest companion after Pietro.
• Wanda visited the old castle while Pietro was busy with the resistance, and she met Skye and Peggy Carter there.
• Su Quan explained that Hydra leader Baron Strucker had prolonged Sokovia’s conflict and supplied weapons, including the missiles that killed Wanda’s parents; he also clarified Tony Stark’s and Obadiah’s roles.
• Su Quan promised Wanda he would help her get revenge, and Peggy Carter eagerly agreed to track down Hydra’s leader alongside the others.
• At the castle, Wanda and Skye sparred with Silver Sable and Peggy Carter, and Silver Sable complained that they had gained their skills in only a few days.
• Su Quan told Silver Sable that the women had dedicated their lives to him and that their abilities were a fair return for their commitment.

Su Quan left Peggy Carter in charge of training Wanda and Skye before visiting Hydra agent Hale and revealing the ancient origins of Hydra. He explained that the organization’s true purpose was to bring Hive back to Earth.

• Wanda and Skye sparred after gaining sword-fighting abilities, and Su Quan told Peggy Carter that Skye had immense hidden potential while Wanda’s future lay in the multiverse.
• Su Quan told Peggy Carter to investigate Hydra when the team was ready, then vanished and traveled to an American air force base.
• Su Quan confronted Hale in her office, recorded her responding to “Hail Hydra,” and used his knowledge of her daughter Ruby and the Hydra Academy to make her hear him out.
• Hale asked Su Quan what he wanted, and he began explaining that Hydra predated Red Skull’s organization and had been founded to return Hive to Earth.
• Su Quan described Hive as a Kree-created Mayan Inhuman exiled by his fellow Inhumans, and said Hydra’s Project Looking Glass served the same goal of bringing him back.

Su Quan broke Hale’s faith in Hydra and recruited her to help take over Baron Strucker’s forces, while planning to use Gideon Malick as an ally. Stephanie Malick then arrived at the Void Tower to meet Su Quan, who showed little interest in her family name.

• Su Quan told Hale that Gideon Malick had rigged Hydra’s sacrificial draw and explained that Hive intended to rule a world of Inhumans, not humanity.
• After learning that Hydra might discard her and her daughter Ruby, Hale agreed to work for Su Quan and asked for help taking over Baron Strucker’s forces.
• Su Quan outlined a plan to eliminate Hale’s superior, secure her promotion, and gain Gideon Malick’s support, then arranged his superior’s accidental death.
• Stephanie Malick visited Su Quan at the Void Tower and introduced herself as Gideon Malick’s daughter, but Su Quan said he minded her uninvited visit.

Su Quan forced Stephanie Malick to abandon her demands and negotiate on his terms, while revealing that he knew the Malick family’s secret faith. The chapter left Stephanie agreeing to support his plans in exchange for the hope of seeing the planet where the Hydra God was exiled.

• Stephanie Malick invoked her father Gideon Malick’s status, but Su Quan dismissed her and demanded that she jump into his pool if she wanted to negotiate.
• Su Quan threatened to offer the Super Soldier Serum and Dionysus Factor to Alexander Pierce, and Stephanie returned to the pool and jumped in.
• Stephanie proposed three doses of the Super Soldier Serum, two drops of the Dionysus Factor, and deep cooperation between S.H.I.E.L.D. and Su Quan’s prison.
• Su Quan demanded that Gideon support Hale’s rise to general and told Stephanie that her family and the current Hydra were not the same.
• Su Quan offered no goods, but promised hope by offering to take Stephanie to the planet where the Hydra God was exiled, confirming that he knew her family’s secret.

Su Quan proved to Stephanie Malick that he could travel through the portal monolith and return, then visited Maveth and found Hive. He returned to the Malick mansion, leaving Stephanie and Gideon astonished that he had come back.

• Stephanie Malick agreed to Su Quan's conditions if he proved he could take her to the Hydra God's planet and bring her back.
• Su Quan snapped his fingers and transported Stephanie Malick from the Void Tower to her family mansion, where she told Gideon Malick he could bring back the Hydra God.
• Su Quan returned to the Malick mansion that evening and used Cisco Ramon's abilities to activate the portal monolith.
• Su Quan traveled to Maveth, explored the planet, and discovered Hive hidden beneath the ground.
• Su Quan returned to the mansion, startling Stephanie Malick and Gideon Malick as they waited by the monolith.

Su Quan returned from Planet Mavis without finding the Hydra God, then told Gideon Malick that he would take only one person there and bring only one person back. Later, he sent Hale to deal with General Ross’s attempt to locate Samuel Sterns, leaving the Malicks scrambling to satisfy his demands and preserve their chance to welcome back the Hydra God.

• Su Quan showed Gideon Malick and Stephanie Malick photos of Planet Mavis and said he had found no people or Hydra God there.
• Su Quan demanded that Gideon fulfill his conditions before he would take Stephanie to Planet Mavis, warning that he would transport only one person each way, just once.
• Gideon convened his subordinates to meet Su Quan’s demands and ordered Stephanie to keep him satisfied, even moving out of the Malick mansion.
• Jessica Jones told Su Quan that General Ross wanted Nato Tong to deliver a package to Samuel Sterns, who had been corresponding with Bruce Banner.
• Su Quan summoned Hale and instructed her to demand benefits from General Ross and tell him that Samuel Sterns was under Su Quan’s protection.