Chapter Summaries

Su Quan joined William Stryker’s mutant squad and traveled with them to a village where they searched for a meteorite, witnessing Wolverine break with the group over their brutality. Back at Stryker’s secret base, Su Quan asked about the imprisoned mutants, and Stryker confirmed that there were many.

• Su Quan agreed to join William Stryker’s squad, while Victor vowed to get revenge on him and Deadpool irritated Stryker with his chatter.
• William Stryker’s squad interrogated a village chief about the meteorite; Sabretooth killed him, and Agent Zero shot at villagers as they fled.
• Wolverine tackled Agent Zero, stopped Sabretooth from killing another villager, and then quit the squad despite Sabretooth’s protests.
• Su Quan offered to keep Wolverine from leaving, but Stryker declined and let Wolverine go.
• The squad returned to Stryker’s secret island base with part of the meteorite, where many young mutants were imprisoned.
• When Stryker asked whether Su Quan needed anything, Su Quan asked about the imprisoned mutants, and Stryker admitted there were many.

Su Quan gained William Stryker’s trust by pretending to seek pleasure with the imprisoned mutants, and took Kayla from her cell. He kept her under his control and offered her sister better food, while still waiting for the right moment to act.

• Su Quan asked William Stryker to see the imprisoned mutants, and Stryker led him through the prison.
• Su Quan recognized several captives, including Cyclops, Toad, White Queen, and Silver Fox, then chose Kayla and demonstrated that her psychic control could not affect him.
• Stryker gave Kayla to Su Quan, who used gravity to take her from her cage as her sister, Little White Queen, pleaded for her to be released.
• After learning Su Quan was genuinely enjoying himself, Stryker trusted him more and considered his demands easier to manage.
• The next morning, Su Quan threatened to bring Kayla’s sister out unless Kayla stopped showing resentment, then persuaded her to accept better treatment for her sister.
• Su Quan ordered an extra breakfast packed for Kayla’s sister and told Kayla he would take her back after they ate.

Su Quan and Kayla grew closer while he enjoyed special privileges in William Stryker’s secret prison. Stryker recruited Su Quan into a plot to make Wolverine accept an Adamantium transformation, and the chapter ended with Stryker announcing the mutant team’s dissolution.

• Su Quan spent the next two or three months with Kayla, who gradually became less resistant to him and began to trust him.
• William Stryker told Su Quan and Kayla that he planned to use Su Quan’s staged betrayal and revenge against the mutant team to pressure Wolverine into accepting Adamantium.
• Su Quan asked what motive Stryker had chosen for his defection, and Stryker said he would claim Su Quan had fallen in love with Kayla and wanted revenge for her death.
• William Stryker gathered the mutant team at a helicopter and announced that the team was disbanded.
• The mutant team members reacted with disbelief when Stryker told them they were free.

Su Quan stayed behind after William Stryker released Wolverine and the others, continuing his plan to free Kayla and eventually turn against Stryker. He secretly brought the St. Croix twins out for food, and as their visits became less frequent, guards came for the Little White Queen.

• William Stryker warned the departing mutants to keep their pasts and secrets hidden, and they boarded the helicopter without Su Quan.
• Su Quan told Wolverine he was staying with Kayla, then met Nico St. Croix and learned that she and her twin sister, Claudette, could tear space but had lost control of their ability.
• Nico pleaded for food for herself and Claudette, and Su Quan arranged for each sister to be brought to him in secret.
• Su Quan explained that he planned to make Stryker believe he had grown tired of Kayla so Stryker would harm her and give him grounds to defect.
• The guards repeatedly took Nico and Claudette away and returned them exhausted, until their visits grew less frequent.
• The guards took the Little White Queen instead of the twins.

Su Quan revealed his plans and identity to Little White Queen, explaining that he intended to recruit her and other mutants from across timelines. He showed her an alternate-world Emma Frost and laid out a scheme involving William Stryker, leaving Little White Queen aware that he planned to take only selected mutants rather than free everyone.

• Little White Queen was taken to a lounge, where she discovered Su Quan had arranged the apparent experiment involving the St. Croix twins.
• Su Quan spoke with another-timeline Mystique Raven, who reported finding where the Raven of this world was being held.
• Su Quan told Little White Queen that he was the Lord of the Void and had chosen her, Kayla, the St. Croix Sisters, and Raven as potential subordinates.
• Su Quan summoned an illusion of the White Queen, revealing that she was an alternate-world Emma Frost and comparing her stronger diamond form with Little White Queen's.
• Little White Queen agreed to follow Su Quan's directions as he described a plan involving Kayla's staged death, the disbanded mutant squad, and Wolverine.
• Su Quan admitted that he did not intend to rescue every imprisoned mutant and named Kayla and Little White Queen as his true targets.

Su Quan revealed to Kayla, Emma, and the St. Croix sisters that he had used William Stryker’s trust to recruit them, then brought them to the laboratory to find another captive Mystique. He reached out telepathically to the imprisoned Raven, who saw him standing before her.

• Su Quan dismissed his illusion, summoned Kayla, Emma, and the St. Croix sisters, and asked the sisters to leave with him; they agreed.
• Su Quan teleported them to a hotel room, where Raven revealed her identity and Su Quan explained his true purpose.
• Kayla felt relieved when she learned Su Quan had been using Stryker’s influence to build his own team and had helped them escape.
• Su Quan brought the women to Stryker’s laboratory, concealed them from the guards, and opened the building’s walls to expose its rooms.
• Raven spotted the captive Mystique, and Su Quan teleported the group to her cell.
• Su Quan spoke to Mystique through telepathy, asking whether she wanted revenge or freedom, then appeared in front of her.

Su Quan freed Mystique Raven, bound her loyalty, and sent her allies to destroy the experimental records and kill Bolivar Trask. Big Raven killed Trask and learned from Little White Queen that Su Quan and the others had crossed timelines.

• Mystique Raven pledged her loyalty to Su Quan, who broke her chains and freed her.
• Mystique Raven and Su Quan's allies fought through the facility, and Su Quan assigned them to destroy the experimental records and find Bolivar Trask.
• Su Quan distinguished Mystique Raven as Big Raven and Raven Darkhölme as Little Raven, then sent them on separate missions with their partners.
• Little White Queen shielded Big Raven from a stun gun while Big Raven killed Bolivar Trask.
• Big Raven asked Little White Queen about their duplicate identities, and Little White Queen explained Su Quan's identity and their timeline travel.

Su Quan found Paige Guthrie imprisoned in Bolivar Trask’s Sentinel research base and recognized her mutant ability to shed her skin and take on different materials. After rescuing her, he asked her to demonstrate her power, leaving the St. Croix Sisters stunned by her dramatic transformation.

• Big Raven and Little Raven both decided to compete to become Su Quan’s preferred version of Raven.
• Su Quan found Paige Guthrie in an electric cage at Bolivar Trask’s base and explained how her skin-shedding ability could mimic many materials.
• Paige told Su Quan she had been captured that day and pleaded to be freed before the experiments began.
• Su Quan recruited Paige and told her to shed her skin, but she misunderstood his request at first.
• Paige began tearing off her outer skin, leaving the St. Croix Sisters mentally shaken.

Su Quan rescued Paige Guthrie from a laboratory and sent her to Void Island to acclimate, then honored his promise by greatly enhancing Little Raven’s abilities. The chapter ended the next morning as thunder and heavy rain woke Su Quan.

• Paige Guthrie shed her skin to reveal her metallic form, and Su Quan explained her ability before convincing her to leave with the group.
• Little Raven confirmed she had erased the experiment records and destroyed the equipment, while Big Raven reported that Bolivar Trask was dead.
• Su Quan brought the group back to their hotel, then contacted Red Devil on another timeline and sent Paige Guthrie to Void Island.
• Su Quan enhanced Little Raven, allowing her to stretch and alter her body, transform into forms such as a mermaid or angel, heal better, and copy some physical abilities.
• Big Raven and Little Raven began testing the enhancement, while the others hoped to earn similar improvements by serving Su Quan.
• The next morning, thunder and heavy rain woke Su Quan.

Su Quan returned to William Stryker’s island base, killed Agent Zero, and subdued Sabretooth before proposing that they resume working together. Stryker agreed, giving Su Quan access to mutants captured through the X-Weapon Project so he could search for lesser-known mutants.

• Su Quan appeared in William Stryker’s office, where Agent Zero shot at him and Su Quan killed Agent Zero with a suspended bullet.
• Su Quan told William Stryker he had returned to cooperate, while insisting Stryker needed him more than he needed Stryker.
• Sabretooth challenged Su Quan, who slammed him against the wall with an oppressive force.
• Su Quan offered to help continue the X-Weapon plan in exchange for choosing from the mutants Stryker captured.
• William Stryker reluctantly agreed to cooperate with Su Quan, who wanted to use the project to locate obscure mutants.

Su Quan threatened Sabretooth and struck a reluctant deal with William Stryker, then sent a woman to bring the mutant Chris Bradley to him. Chris discovered that his motor home had been infiltrated despite his electrical surveillance showing no intruders.

• Su Quan took Agent Zero’s corpse, ordered Sabretooth to fake his death, and received addresses for William Stryker’s squad members.
• Sabretooth warned William Stryker that Su Quan could betray him again, but William asked whether he could kill Su Quan and then considered adding new abilities to Wade’s modifications.
• Su Quan returned to the hotel and told his companions about his deal with William Stryker, while they worried about the prospect of facing a modified Wolverine.
• In Springfield, a woman demonstrated that Chris Bradley could not turn off a lightbulb and told him that her master wanted to meet him.
• Chris resisted the woman with his electrical powers, but she pointed a gun at him and revealed that his motor home had been breached even though his cameras showed it was empty.

Su Quan recruited Chris Bradley after revealing William Stryker’s plan, then sent him to Void Island and spent time at an amusement park with the others. Three days later, Stryker approached Wolverine at a logging camp and told him that Chris, Wade, Agent Zero, and Victor had been murdered.

• Su Quan showed Chris Bradley Agent Zero’s corpse and explained Stryker’s plan to use a fake defection to hunt the former Mutant Strike Team and force Wolverine into transformation.
• Chris learned that Su Quan came from another timeline and agreed to join him rather than face death.
• Su Quan sent Chris to Void Island, where his electricity powers could help rebuild the island.
• Su Quan and his companions visited a carnival amusement park, and the younger girls gradually relaxed and enjoyed the rides.
• Three days later, William Stryker found Wolverine at a logging camp and told him that Chris, Wade, Agent Zero, and Victor had been murdered.

Su Quan overwhelmed Wolverine in his mountain cabin, breaking his bone claws and crushing his body before sending him rolling down the road. After Wolverine healed, William Stryker urged him to accept an augmentation plan, and Wolverine paused to hear him out.

• William Stryker told Wolverine that Su Quan was hunting the mutant team and warned that Wolverine was a target too.
• Wolverine returned to his cabin and found Su Quan waiting with several women, then challenged him over Victor’s death.
• Su Quan immobilized Wolverine, broke all six of his bone claws, and crushed his bones into a ball before throwing him outside.
• William Stryker found Wolverine gravely injured, and Wolverine’s healing ability restored him completely.
• Wolverine grabbed Stryker and demanded to know where Su Quan was, but Stryker insisted he had come only to warn him.
• Stryker offered Wolverine tools to defeat Su Quan and help the others, and Wolverine stopped to listen.

Su Quan enjoyed his fame in Las Vegas while identifying Gambit and inviting him to join his group. After Gambit made a provocative remark to Big Raven, Su Quan refused to recruit him, and Gambit demanded an explanation as poker cards danced between his fingers.

• William Stryker persuaded Wolverine to join him for revenge and took him by helicopter to the island base.
• Su Quan gained fame in Las Vegas by spending lavishly, winning and scattering casino chips, and appearing with his beautiful companions.
• Su Quan spotted Remy Etienne LeBeau, known as Gambit, and explained his abilities to Big Raven.
• Su Quan sent Big Raven to invite Gambit to his table, where Gambit jokingly asked her whether she wanted to change masters.
• Su Quan said he no longer needed Gambit to join him, and Gambit demanded an explanation while displaying his poker cards.

Su Quan subdued Gambit after Gambit attacked him, then learned how Gambit had escaped from Stryker’s facility. Gambit identified the man with dog tags who captured him, leading Su Quan to suspect Sabretooth.

• Gambit attacked Su Quan with explosive playing cards, but Su Quan caught them and absorbed their blast.
• Big Raven, Little Raven, Kayla, and Little White Queen fought Gambit while Su Quan collected several of Gambit’s abilities.
• Su Quan paid the restaurant manager for the damages and used his hallucinatory power to influence him.
• Big Raven and Little Raven defeated Gambit, and Su Quan trapped him in the ground to teach him a lesson.
• Gambit apologized and said a man wearing dog tags had taken him to Stryker’s facility, but he escaped after pretending to join him.
• Su Quan told Gambit he had freed someone from Stryker’s facility and suspected the man with dog tags was Sabretooth.

Su Quan agreed to retrieve the escaped Wolverine for William Stryker, but refused to help with what happened afterward unless Stryker met further demands. He left Stryker to prepare for Wolverine’s return, warning that Wade might be needed to fight him.

• Su Quan left Gambit after deciding that burying him had been lesson enough, and considered what might happen if he rerolled Wolverine’s bone-spur ability after the Adamantium transformation.
• William Stryker called Su Quan to report that Wolverine had escaped, and Su Quan reminded him that their original agreement had been fulfilled.
• Stryker offered Su Quan new mutants and a portion of Adamantium in exchange for continued cooperation, and Su Quan agreed to come retrieve Wolverine.
• Su Quan decided not to contact Professor X and planned to take the remaining mutants at Stryker’s facility for his own purposes.
• At Stryker’s office, Su Quan agreed only to catch Wolverine, leaving Stryker responsible for subduing him afterward and suggesting that Wade could fight Wolverine instead.

Su Quan confronted Wolverine, Blob, and Gambit after they came seeking revenge, and revealed that William Stryker had manipulated Wolverine into accepting his Adamantium modification. The confrontation left Wolverine facing Stryker as his real enemy, while Su Quan took credit for defeating him and collected a new Adamantium reward.

• Wolverine, Blob, and Gambit entered Su Quan’s restaurant to confront him, while the manager cleared out the customers and staff.
• Blob accused Su Quan of killing Ghost, but Su Quan argued that he had no reason to leave Blob alive if he had intended to eliminate the mutant squad.
• Wolverine accused Su Quan of killing members of the squad, and Su Quan recounted Wolverine’s tragic origins before telling him that Sabretooth, Wade, and Wraith were still alive.
• Su Quan crushed Wolverine against a wall with gravity, causing Wolverine’s Adamantium claws to extend and giving Su Quan an updated Adamantium Bone Spikes reward.
• Su Quan told Wolverine that William Stryker had orchestrated the events to make him accept the modification, then said he would take Wolverine back to settle their grudge with Stryker.

Su Quan took Wolverine and his companions to William Stryker’s island base, where Wolverine fought through the guards and confronted Sabretooth. Wolverine spared Sabretooth, then went back inside to find Stryker while Su Quan’s allies secured Adamantium and recruited imprisoned mutants.

• Wolverine agreed to return to Stryker’s base with Su Quan, while Gambit and Blob refused to join them.
• Su Quan brought Wolverine to the island base, where Wolverine attacked the guards as Su Quan’s allies split up to secure Adamantium and recruit mutants.
• Wolverine fought Sabretooth, pinned him beneath the wreckage of a window, and resisted killing him.
• Wolverine knocked Sabretooth unconscious with a punch, then returned to the building to search for William Stryker.

Su Quan recruited Sabretooth by promising to strengthen his mutant abilities, then sent him to help Wolverine fight Deadpool. He warned William Stryker that Professor X and the wider mutant community could soon threaten his operation, leaving Stryker to consider the danger to his son and his captured mutants.

• Su Quan explained that Stryker had refused to give Sabretooth Adamantium because he feared losing control, and offered to enhance his abilities instead.
• Sabretooth agreed to follow Su Quan, who told him to help Wolverine against Wade; Sabretooth joined Wolverine atop the abandoned nuclear plant.
• Su Quan received a Healing Factor reward from Deadpool as the fight continued.
• William Stryker confronted Su Quan with a gun, but Su Quan claimed he had only let Wolverine go because he could not kill or imprison him.
• Su Quan warned Stryker to send his son away and said Professor X could rescue the young mutants Stryker had been experimenting on.
• Su Quan denied notifying Professor X and said he intended to take custody of the mutants for his own use.

Su Quan confirmed Professor X was on his way, put Jason Stryker to sleep, and brought a group of young mutants to the Void Island. After Deadpool lost to Wolverine and Sabretooth, Wolverine confronted William Stryker, who shot him down with a bullet that left him dazed.

• Su Quan used his psychic abilities to confirm that Professor X would arrive in about a dozen minutes, and William Stryker asked him to protect him.
• William Stryker brought out Jason Stryker, and Su Quan put the boy into a deep sleep and acquired his Psychic Illusion ability.
• William Stryker thanked Su Quan and agreed that he could take any mutants he wanted.
• Big Raven and Little White Queen brought the young mutants willing to follow Su Quan, including Cyclops, and Su Quan teleported them to the Void Island.
• Wolverine defeated Deadpool alongside Sabretooth, then approached William Stryker to kill him.
• William Stryker shot Wolverine in the forehead as he leaped at him, knocking him down and leaving him dazed.