Chapter Summaries

Xi Nian and Skye escaped S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters in a fighter jet after learning that Pierce had betrayed Nick Fury and Project Insight. They traveled to a hidden World War II-era base in New Jersey, where a computer identified Skye and revealed Xi Nian as “God's Adopted Son.”

• Pierce ordered agents to find Captain America, Skye, and Xi Nian after Captain America escaped S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters.
• Xi Nian told Skye that Pierce had secretly contacted an outside force before Nick Fury was attacked and killed, then the pair escaped in a fighter jet.
• Pierce saw the jet leave and was attacked by a swarm of colorful jellyfish-like creatures Xi Nian had left behind.
• Xi Nian told Skye they were heading to New Jersey to uncover S.H.I.E.L.D.'s ultimate secret while continuing to search for Pietro.
• Xi Nian and Skye entered a hidden basement at an abandoned World War II recruit training base, where a computer identified Skye as Daisy Johnson and Xi Nian as “God's Adopted Son.”

Xi Nian and Skye confronted Arnim Zola, who revealed that Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. and explained Project Insight. As a missile approached the base, Xi Nian revealed that Alice was hacking Zola’s system to steal Hydra’s intelligence.

• Dr. Zola revealed that he was a former scientist for Red Skull who had uploaded his consciousness into the base’s computer systems.
• Xi Nian and Skye learned that Hydra had survived World War II by infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D., and Zola confirmed that Hydra had taken Pietro.
• Dr. Zola explained that Project Insight would use the Sola Algorithm and three helicarriers to identify and kill people deemed threats to Hydra.
• Dr. Zola revealed that he had been stalling because a missile was approaching and said Xi Nian and Skye would not leave the base alive.
• Xi Nian revealed that he had also been stalling, then ordered Alice to hack Zola’s system and copy Hydra’s encrypted intelligence as the missile neared.

Xi Nian survived Dr. Zola’s missile strike while shielding Skye, then agreed to help resolve S.H.I.E.L.D.’s crisis. He asked Skye to become the agency’s next director.

• Dr. Zola activated the base’s self-destruct system, and Alice warned Xi Nian and Skye that a missile was about to hit.
• Skye opened an underground refuge, but Xi Nian pulled her inside and shielded her from the blast with his body.
• Xi Nian emerged from the destroyed base unharmed, and Skye used her shockwaves to protect herself from the weakened blast.
• Xi Nian asked Skye to keep his identity secret, and she offered to protect him in exchange for his help with S.H.I.E.L.D.’s crisis.
• Xi Nian agreed to help and made Skye’s becoming the next director of S.H.I.E.L.D. his condition.

Xi Nian used Skye’s shockwave ability to identify and incapacitate Hydra operatives inside S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, then unleashed a stronger blast against the three Helicarriers as Project Insight began. The Helicarriers rose into the night before Xi Nian’s attack sent them crashing back down, while Nick Fury, Captain America, Black Widow, and Peter witnessed the upheaval from afar.

• Skye agreed to pursue the next S.H.I.E.L.D. director position, then kissed Xi Nian after he demanded it as his price for helping her.
• Agent Sitwell confirmed Alexander Pierce’s death and ordered Hydra to activate Project Insight, while Rogers and Natasha found the abandoned New Jersey base reduced to a scorched wasteland.
• Xi Nian demonstrated a massive shockwave that shook S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters and used Alice’s stolen Hydra list to precisely cripple marked operatives, including Sitwell and his agents.
• Crossbones activated the Helicarriers before the shockwave could stop him, and Alice warned that she could not breach their onboard defenses in time.
• Xi Nian struck the bridge with another shockwave as the three Helicarriers launched, sending them crashing back down in bursts of light.
• Nick Fury woke at his hideout as the quake reached him, while Captain America, Black Widow, and Peter saw the Helicarriers fall across the city.

Xi Nian destroyed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s three Helicarriers and left Skye to claim responsibility for exposing Hydra and stopping Project Insight. After Skye’s shockwave collapsed the bridge and sent her into the lake, Xi Nian returned to school, where Kara teased Gwen about him.

• Xi Nian watched the three burning Helicarriers fall into the lake and told Skye she would have to handle the remaining Hydra remnants.
• Skye decided to take credit for exposing Hydra and stopping Project Insight while Xi Nian left her a list of Hydra personnel and departed with Little Orange Cat.
• Skye asked whether Xi Nian would help her again, and he called them accomplices before walking away.
• Skye unleashed a powerful shockwave that shattered the bridge, then fell into the lake after coughing up blood.
• The next morning, Xi Nian saw a news report about an earthquake near Brooklyn and walked into school with Kara and Gwen.
• Kara teased Gwen about Xi Nian, and Gwen blushed as Xi Nian wondered what the two girls had agreed on.

Xi Nian learned that Alice had acquired Drake Industries and secured cooperation with Stark Industries and Wayne Industries, turning it into Future Chronicle. The chapter ended with Diana sneezing at her law firm in Washington and suddenly wanting to teach Xi Nian a lesson.

• Xi Nian heard a news report that Future Chronicle had acquired Drake Industries and attracted interest from Stark Industries and Wayne Industries.
• Xi Nian asked Alice how she had arranged the acquisition and partnerships, and Alice explained that Drake Industries had collapsed after its owner died in a spacecraft accident.
• Alice told Xi Nian that Stark Industries wanted to manufacture nanometal with Future Chronicle, while Wayne Industries wanted to research a universal translator.
• Xi Nian approved Alice's decisions and learned that Future Chronicle held just over one billion dollars in liquid capital and about fifty billion dollars in fixed assets.
• Diana sneezed at her law firm in Washington and said she had caught a chill, then found herself wanting to teach Xi Nian a lesson.

Xi Nian told Ancient One about the Tesseract and Mind Scepter, and she revealed that they contained the Space Stone and Mind Stone. Ancient One made Xi Nian a Gem Guardian and sealed the Space Stone in a pendant around his neck, leaving the Mind Stone still in his possession.

• Felicia politely warned Xi Nian to dress warmly after he glanced at her, leaving him wary of her unusually gentle behavior.
• Gwen told Xi Nian she was training with the Avengers, and Kara arrived to say she was training in Gotham before she and Gwen playfully fought over him.
• Xi Nian returned home and found Ancient One waiting; he asked her to appraise the Tesseract and the sphere containing the Mind Scepter's gem.
• Ancient One took Xi Nian to the New York Sanctum and removed the coverings from both objects, revealing the Space Stone and Mind Stone.
• Ancient One explained the Infinity Stones' powers and dangers, then declared Xi Nian a Gem Guardian and sealed the Space Stone in a pendant around his neck.

Xi Nian learned that Ancient One had sealed the Space Stone inside a necklace that granted him limited teleportation, then chose to borrow the Cauldron of All Things to search for Pietro. Ancient One revealed that Wanda had made the same request two weeks earlier, and the Cauldron showed a scene of the twins from three months ago.

• Ancient One explained that Xi Nian's necklace concealed the Space Stone and let him teleport to recorded locations up to three times a day.
• Ancient One said she would turn the Mind Stone into an artifact and asked to borrow it, offering Xi Nian another artifact from the New York Sanctum in exchange.
• Xi Nian learned that the Cauldron of All Things could reveal events from the world's past and asked Ancient One to find Pietro's whereabouts during the Battle of New York.
• Ancient One said Wanda had asked her two weeks earlier to find her brother, then used the Cauldron to project a scene of Wanda and Pietro returning home three months ago.

Xi Nian used the Cauldron of All Things to observe Wanda and Pietro’s past, spotting a familiar Green-haired Girl watching over them before the vision became impossible to follow. Ancient One then showed him the New York Sanctum’s artifacts, and Xi Nian spotted something that caught his attention.

• Xi Nian and Ancient One watched scenes of Wanda and Pietro’s family life in the Cauldron of All Things.
• Xi Nian stopped the vision when he spotted the Green-haired Girl keeping watch near Wanda’s home, then learned she had left New York after disbanding her gang.
• Ancient One explained that the Cauldron could no longer show the twins’ past after the night before the Battle of New York.
• Ancient One took Xi Nian through the New York Sanctum’s artifact collection and explained the Cosmic Divine Cauldron, Dragon Tooth Sword, a spatial belt, the Eye of Agamotto, and Watoom’s Wand.
• Xi Nian noticed another artifact and turned his attention toward it.

Xi Nian tried to claim the Cloak of Levitation at the New York Sanctum, and the sentient artifact chose him despite his lack of magical ability. He brought it home, then embraced someone who had just entered, recognizing them through his Spider-Sense.

• Xi Nian asked Ancient One about the Cloak of Levitation and learned that it could fly, defend its wearer, and choose its own user.
• Ancient One warned Xi Nian that the cloak required recognition and usually chose people with strong magical ability, but Xi Nian decided to try anyway.
• The cloak dodged Xi Nian's attempts to touch it, and he hugged it; after escaping, it stopped him from approaching another artifact and then wrapped itself around him.
• Ancient One realized that the Cloak of Levitation had recognized Xi Nian, and he brought the cloak through a portal to his home.
• When someone entered through the front door, Xi Nian recognized them with his Spider-Sense and immediately hugged them.

Xi Nian sought comfort from Diana and Wanda, prompting Diana to propose a family trip. The group traveled to Paris, where Xi Nian realized how large their household had grown.

• Xi Nian hugged Diana and Wanda, declared that they would keep living together as family, and was interrupted by Little Orange Cat and the Cloak of Levitation causing a commotion.
• After Xi Nian went to sleep, Wanda told Diana that his affection made it impossible for her to leave, and Diana invited her on a family trip.
• Diana, Wanda, and Xi Nian traveled to Paris on Saturday and settled on a picnic blanket near the Eiffel Tower.
• Xi Nian woke from a nap, learned that Alice had chosen Paris for its pleasant weather, and noticed Can Luo, Little Orange Cat, Venom, and the Cloak of Levitation among the household members.

During a peaceful weekend in Paris, Xi Nian spent time with Wanda and the others before his Space Necklace resonated with another Infinity Stone. Wanda vanished beside him, leaving Xi Nian alarmed and alone with the floating Cloak of Levitation.

• Xi Nian rested with Wanda and the household during their weekend outing in France.
• Diana and Can Luo went to visit Diana’s former colleague, while Xi Nian, Wanda, Little Huang, Venom, and Alice explored Paris.
• Xi Nian took Wanda shopping and bought clothes for her and Diana before they headed back toward the park.
• Xi Nian’s Space Necklace activated and pointed toward a nearby source of another Infinity Stone.
• Xi Nian stopped mid-sentence and discovered that Wanda had vanished, leaving only the Cloak of Levitation beside him.

Xi Nian followed the Space Necklace’s signal to an abandoned factory outside Paris, where he found a spatial anomaly connected to Wanda’s disappearance. After witnessing objects vanish and reappear, he jumped over the stair railing to investigate.

• Xi Nian realized Wanda’s disappearance had escaped his Spider-Sense because his perception had been interfered with, and he asked Alice to alert his aunt.
• Xi Nian used the Cloak of Levitation and the Space Necklace to fly toward the source of the signal.
• Xi Nian reached an abandoned factory and found four teenagers, then Jane Foster and Daisy Lois, investigating strange activity there.
• A Black teenage boy showed Jane and Daisy that he could lift a truck, while objects thrown from the tenth floor vanished, reappeared, or disappeared for good.
• Xi Nian recognized the spatial anomaly as similar to the sensation he had felt when Wanda vanished, then leaped over the stair railing.

Xi Nian found Wanda unconscious in a mysterious cosmic graveyard and teleported her to a Washington hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, Thor and an elegant black-haired woman arrived at the Paris factory as the weather split sharply between their sides.

• Xi Nian vanished from the Paris factory into a dark region beyond Earth and used the Space Necklace’s light to locate Wanda, who lay weak and cold beside a massive stone pillar.
• Xi Nian teleported Wanda and Little Huang to Washington’s First Hospital, where a doctor offered to help treat her.
• In Paris, Jane and Lois were questioned by police after the factory manager called them in, but a sudden storm drove everyone else inside while the rain avoided Jane.
• Thor appeared in the factory grounds, then turned toward a black-haired woman carrying a jar with a colorful starfish as the rain divided the grounds and a crescent moon emerged over her side.

Diana arrived at the factory looking for Xi Nian, but Thor challenged her to a fight over an old command from his father. Meanwhile, Xi Nian brought the unconscious Wanda to a Washington hospital, where Stephen Strange found her condition beyond his medical understanding.

• Diana asked Can Luo whether Xi Nian was inside the factory, and Can Luo confirmed he was not there as the strange energy vanished and the rain stopped.
• Thor demanded that Diana fight him, explaining that his father had ordered him to challenge descendants of the other pantheon; Diana admitted defeat and turned to leave.
• Thor mistook Diana's surrender for an insult, shoved Jane aside, and attacked Diana with Mjolnir.
• Xi Nian laid the unconscious Wanda on an examination table at First Central Hospital, where Stephen Strange found her heartbeat and breathing nearly undetectable despite her body appearing unharmed.

Xi Nian discovered that a mysterious gem-like substance had awakened inside Wanda, then teleported her and Little Huang away to seek an expert. In Paris, Wonder Woman revealed her true form and stood against Thor as their clash began.

• Scarlet Energy erupted from Wanda during her X-ray examination, wrecking the operating room, while Xi Nian shielded Doctor Strange and found Wanda unharmed.
• Strange told Xi Nian that an unknown substance flowed through Wanda’s body, and Xi Nian recognized it as a gem’s influence.
• Xi Nian took Wanda and Little Huang and used the Space Necklace to teleport away, leaving Strange unable to explain what had happened to the arriving medical staff.
• In an abandoned Paris factory, Thor attacked a woman leaving through a doorway, but her Dark Gold Round Shield blocked Mjolnir.
• Diana transformed into Wonder Woman, wielded the Sword of Hephaestus, and challenged Thor to fight.

Xi Nian brought the unconscious Wanda to the New York Sanctum, but found its Guardian absent and her condition worsening. He used a mysterious red cloth artifact to suppress the Scarlet Energy and teleported away with her, leaving the Guardian to discover the break-in.

• Xi Nian arrived at the New York Sanctum with Wanda, but found no mages there and realized the Guardian was absent.
• Wanda's Scarlet Energy intensified, and Xi Nian considered parasitizing her with Little Huang before searching the Sanctum's artifacts for another solution.
• The Cloak of Levitation led Xi Nian to a mysterious red cloth, which Little Huang freed from its case and placed in Wanda's hair, calming the Scarlet Energy.
• Xi Nian used the Space Necklace for a third time to leave with Wanda and meet Auntie.
• Master Daniel returned to the Sanctum, found the broken display case and cat paw prints, and realized an artifact had been stolen.

Wonder Woman and Thor fought fiercely at an abandoned factory, trading blows with their divine weapons until a rainbow beam transported them away before the outcome was clear. A red figure rushed into the beam after them, while a starfish in a glass jar tried to get taken along.

• Jane grabbed Louise and led the children away as Thor and Wonder Woman's battle wrecked the factory yard.
• Thor battered Wonder Woman's Amazonian Shield, but she used an opening to slash his armor with the Sword of Hephaestus.
• Thor hurled Mjolnir through Wonder Woman's shield and drove her into the factory, but she bound the returning hammer with her Golden Lasso and counterattacked.
• Wonder Woman and Thor launched a final sword-and-hammer clash, but a rainbow beam carried them away before the victor was decided.
• A red figure plunged into the rainbow beam, while the starfish in the glass jar called out for a ride; the beam vanished into space.

Wanda's soul became stranded in the graveyard of civilizations after Xi Nian teleported away with her body, while an ancient alien fleet awakened and set its sights on Asgard. Xi Nian arrived in the divine realm with Wanda just as Thor and Wonder Woman landed on the Bifrost, and Diana learned that Wanda was in serious condition.

• Wanda's soul realized Xi Nian had left with her body and began searching for a way to reunite with him.
• An alien fleet hidden among the graveyard's meteorites revealed itself, and its ancient leader ordered an attack on Asgard to obtain the Aether.
• Thor and Wonder Woman crashed onto the Bifrost after traveling through the universe toward the divine realm.
• Xi Nian arrived on the bridge with the Little Orange Cat and Wanda after catching the final moment of the Bifrost's journey.
• Diana checked on Wanda, and Xi Nian told her that an unknown energy had invaded Wanda's body.

Xi Nian and Wonder Woman arrived in Asgard, where Thor challenged Diana to continue their interrupted fight. As their rematch began, Xi Nian used the Essence Devourer symbiote to merge with Diana and empower her.

• Heimdall called Wonder Woman and Xi Nian invaders after they arrived in Asgard.
• Thor challenged Wonder Woman to resume their fight while thousands of Asgardian warriors gathered to watch.
• Diana agreed to fight Thor and shielded Xi Nian and Wanda, while Xi Nian noticed her lightning-burned injury.
• Xi Nian used Little Huang to activate his Essence Devourer symbiote and sent it beneath his cloak toward Diana.
• The symbiote fused with Diana, creating an unconventional Tri-Symbiotic Form that combined Venom, Essence Devourer, and her demigod abilities.