Chapter Summaries

Xi Nian and Diana shared an intimate moment before Wanda came home, then received an unsigned message that appeared to be from Wanda’s family asking for help. Xi Nian decided to investigate the address in New York, with Diana agreeing to let him go after Little Huang and Can Luo joined him.

• Xi Nian and Diana kissed on the sofa until Wanda’s arrival sent Xi Nian rushing into the bathroom.
• Wanda found Xi Nian sprawled on the sofa and later joined him and Diana for dinner.
• Xi Nian teased Diana about their kiss and was struck twice on the forehead.
• Xi Nian received an unsigned message with a New York address and the word “stars,” which suggested the sender’s identity.
• Xi Nian told Diana about the message and decided to investigate, while Diana let him go with Little Huang and Can Luo.

Xi Nian flew to a car wash in Queens in his Demigod State after receiving a message from Lorna. He found her weak and alone in a room, leaving him to discover what had happened to her.

• Instructor Rott spotted Xi Nian flying through the Washington sky and recognized him as the Silver-Haired Goddess.
• Xi Nian used the awakened Lasso of Truth to fly to the location sent in a text message, with Little Huang and Can Luo accompanying him.
• Xi Nian arrived at a car wash in Queens and asked Can Luo to locate a young green-haired girl.
• Can Luo found Lorna in a room on the building’s third floor and sensed that something was wrong with her.
• Xi Nian entered through the window with Little Huang’s help, caught a fruit knife Lorna threw at him, and discovered that she was extremely weak.

Xi Nian found Lorna burning with a severe fever and learned that she refused to seek help because she feared her gang would see her weakness. He comforted her and had Can Luo absorb the excess energy, leaving Lorna safe but in need of rest.

• Xi Nian found Lorna sick in bed, and Can Luo identified her condition as a fever.
• Lorna refused to go to the hospital, and Xi Nian realized she feared exposing her weakness to her subordinates.
• A woman checked on Lorna, who ordered her not to disturb her while she slept.
• Lorna collapsed into Xi Nian's arms, admitted her fear, and fell asleep clutching his clothes.
• Xi Nian asked Can Luo to help, and Can Luo absorbed the excess energy, bringing Lorna's fever down immediately.

Demigod State Xi Nian stopped a fiery bald attacker who had broken into Lorna’s room and learned the man had been sent by Killian to kill her. The attacker exploded before Xi Nian could discover more, leaving Killian’s connection to Lorna unexplained.

• Can Luo warned Xi Nian that a stealthy, unstable man was approaching Lorna’s room.
• The bald man burned through the door and lunged at Lorna, but Xi Nian kicked him through the doorway and into a Jeep below.
• Xi Nian left Can Luo and Little Huang to guard Lorna, then jumped down to confront the attacker.
• The bald man charged Xi Nian again, but Xi Nian shattered his arm with a punch and bound him with the Lasso of Truth.
• The attacker revealed that Killian had ordered him to kill Lorna, then exploded and melted through the car wash roof.

Xi Nian used his Demigod State to disarm and intimidate Lorna’s followers, then questioned them about the attacker who had targeted her. He learned that the attacker was connected to Killian and recognized that the same group was terrorizing Los Angeles, leaving him furious that they had gone after Lorna.

• Xi Nian blocked Edek’s bullets with his bracelet, bent the rifle barrel, and forced Lorna’s followers to sit down and talk.
• Xi Nian told the followers he stood with Lorna and warned them that anyone who harmed her would meet the same fate as the intruder.
• Edek identified Killian as a biotech company representative who had approached Lorna three months earlier about experimental research.
• Edek showed Xi Nian a newspaper reporting terrorist attacks in Los Angeles, a bombing that critically injured Tony Stark’s driver Happy, and Tony Stark’s public challenge to the terrorists.
• Xi Nian recognized the Los Angeles attackers’ methods from the intruder’s explosion and realized that the same group had targeted Lorna.

Xi Nian exposed three insiders who had helped Killian target Lorna and learned that Killian wanted her for experiments because of her mutant gene. Lorna asked Xi Nian to stay with her for the night, and he agreed to accompany her to Los Angeles the next day.

• Xi Nian used the Lasso of Truth to identify a woman and two men as traitors who had pledged allegiance to Killian.
• One of the traitors revealed that Killian wanted Lorna's blood for human experimentation after she refused to cooperate, and Edek struck one of the men.
• Xi Nian returned to Lorna, who said she had recovered from her dizziness and fever but still felt weak.
• Lorna asked Xi Nian not to leave her that night and said she would go to Los Angeles the next day; Xi Nian agreed to go with her.
• At Xi Nian's home, Scarlet Maiden checked on the person in bed and left, revealing Diana awake and clutching Xi Nian's pillow.

Wanda met Ancient One and followed her through a portal to begin studying in Xi Nian’s place. Meanwhile, Xi Nian traveled with Lorna to Los Angeles, where she asked whether licking her would help him gain abilities.

• Wanda found Spider-Man and Superman-style suits hidden in Xi Nian’s wardrobe and realized he had kept parts of his life secret.
• Ancient One arrived through a portal, explained that Xi Nian had arranged for Wanda to study in his place, and took Wanda with her.
• Xi Nian and Lorna rode a bus toward downtown Los Angeles while Lorna held his hand and drew curious looks from passengers.
• Lorna asked Xi Nian whether licking her could help him gain abilities, but he refused.

Xi Nian and Lorna investigated a strange disturbance amid a heatwave and traffic jam on a Los Angeles bridge. Xi Nian collided with an invisible woman, grabbed her by accident, and vanished along with her.

• Xi Nian considered ways to gain enough power to handle a potential threat while protecting the recovering Lorna.
• A sudden heatwave and a traffic jam stopped the bus on a bridge, and Can Luo sensed unusual presences near a car accident.
• Xi Nian and Lorna left the bus to investigate despite Xi Nian's wish to avoid trouble.
• They saw wrecked vehicles and a muscular, stone-skinned man near the accident scene.
• An invisible woman moved through the crowd, and Xi Nian collided with her and accidentally grabbed her waist.
• Xi Nian fell with the invisible woman, and both disappeared from sight.

Xi Nian became invisible after touching Susan, and the two were left physically joined by her waist. Reed and Johnny arrived, but Susan could not separate them or explain why Xi Nian could see her while they were invisible.

• Xi Nian fell with the invisible Susan and became visible to her when she appeared beneath the sunlight.
• Lorna sensed Xi Nian nearby but could not see him, while he found that his hand was stuck to Susan's waist.
• Susan called for Reed and Johnny, who brought her clothes and found Xi Nian attached to her.
• Susan and Xi Nian became visible together after she dressed and canceled her invisibility, but she could not separate them.
• Xi Nian realized that Lord of Kin had given him Susan's physical ability, leaving them in a conjoined invisibility state.

Xi Nian and Lorna posed as adopted siblings while they encountered the Fantastic Four and saw Susan and The Thing use their powers to stop a disaster. At Kamar-Taj, Wanda followed a basic spell and produced a golden line of magic on her first try.

• Xi Nian introduced himself as Max Eisenhart, and Lorna claimed to be his adopted little sister.
• The Thing stopped a runaway construction truck, and Susan used an energy barrier to contain and extinguish a fire; Xi Nian sensed his energy had linked with hers.
• Reed invited Xi Nian and Lorna to return with the Fantastic Four, and they agreed to keep pretending to be ordinary siblings.
• Master Mordo taught the mages to cast a basic spell while Ancient One brought Wanda to observe.
• Wanda repeated the spell and created a golden line of magic with a sweep of her hand.

Xi Nian and Lorna accompanied Susan and the others to Reed's company, where Reed discovered that an unstable force field was binding Susan to Xi Nian. Meanwhile, Reed began examining the transformed team, and Wanda stunned the sorcerers at Kamar-Taj by rapidly grasping magic.

• Xi Nian and Lorna followed Susan, Reed, Johnny, and Ben to Reed's company, where Ben was left behind when he overloaded the elevator.
• Reed scanned Susan and Xi Nian and found that an unstable force field inside Susan was pulling her waist toward Xi Nian's hand.
• Reed warned that forcibly separating Susan and Xi Nian could hurt them, so they stayed together until the force field released.
• Ben asked Reed to examine him and find a way to restore his former appearance, while Reed's arm stretched like rubber and Johnny demonstrated his flames.
• At Kamar-Taj, Wanda drew magical lines after hearing an incantation once, leaving Master Mordo and the other observers stunned.

After Reed and the others developed powers from a cosmic storm, Susan took Xi Nian and Lorna back to her apartment. Xi Nian accidentally became stuck to Susan at a second point, leaving them unable to eat without help.

• Reed recalled Victor and hurried out to find him.
• Susan invited Xi Nian and Lorna to her apartment, and Johnny warned Xi Nian not to pursue his sister.
• Susan brought home burgers and tried to pat Lorna on the head, but Xi Nian stopped her.
• Xi Nian's right hand stuck to the back of Susan's left hand, leaving both his hands attached to her.
• Susan offered to remove Xi Nian's mask and feed him, but he asked Lorna to help instead.

Xi Nian and Lorna remained fused to Susan as they ate dinner and watched news about Tony Stark’s apparent disappearance. Meanwhile, Killian’s terrorists captured Colonel Rhodes and forced him out of his War Machine armor.

• Lorna removed Xi Nian’s mask, revealing his face to Susan for the first time, and Susan blushed as she studied him.
• Lorna fed Xi Nian a hamburger, and Susan accidentally took a bite from the hamburger in his mouth before Lorna tried to do the same.
• Xi Nian and Lorna watched reports about the Fantastic Four’s bridge rescue and Tony Stark’s destroyed villa, and they realized Killian’s group was behind the attack.
• Killian used his heat against War Machine’s armor and forced Colonel Rhodes to emerge from the cockpit.
• Rhodes tried to fight Killian but was knocked down with one kick.

Xi Nian, Susan, and Lorna tried to sleep while linked by a force field, but Susan’s feelings for Xi Nian grew complicated. A late-night call sent Susan rushing out, and Lorna suddenly kissed Xi Nian with fierce intensity.

• Xi Nian and Susan struggled to sleep while their bodies remained connected by the force field, with Lorna lying behind Xi Nian.
• Susan stayed awake, reconsidered her feelings toward Xi Nian, and heard him mumble “Little Aunt” in his sleep.
• A phone call from Johnny alarmed Susan, who hurried out after realizing the force field had dissipated while they slept.
• Xi Nian suspected the emergency involved another person exposed to the cosmic storm and suggested that he and Lorna investigate.
• Lorna suddenly used green energy to pull Xi Nian down and forcefully kissed him.

Xi Nian fused Susan's force-field abilities with Lorna's magnetism control, gaining powerful control over energy and physical objects. He and Lorna left their apartment and arrived amid a battle in Los Angeles, where Xi Nian's energy shield appeared to protect Susan from Victor Von Doom's lightning.

• Xi Nian gained Magnetism Control from Lorna and fused it with Susan's abilities, transforming his energy and allowing him to control objects and energy around him.
• Xi Nian carried Lorna out of the apartment, collected her backpack with Little Huang inside, and flew away with her.
• Johnny fled Victor's infrared-guided missile over Los Angeles and plunged into the sea after a burning cargo ship exploded.
• Victor Von Doom emerged from a transport truck and attacked The Thing with powerful lightning.
• Susan shielded The Thing from Victor's lightning, and her energy barrier rapidly expanded into a blue, three-tiered shield that withstood his attacks.

Victor, now empowered by the cosmic storm and concealed behind an iron mask, attacked Susan in downtown Los Angeles, but Xi Nian and Lorna intervened while remaining invisible. Xi Nian immobilized Victor with a greatly enhanced power, leaving him unable to move.

• Victor dreamed of Superman nearly crashing into his spacecraft before a silver-haired young man kicked Superman away toward the Moon.
• After returning to Earth, Victor learned that Reed and the others had gained extraordinary abilities and resolved to kill them and rule the city.
• Victor attacked Susan with lightning, but her layered energy shields blocked his plasma strikes.
• Xi Nian descended invisibly while carrying Lorna, and Susan realized that only she could see the siblings.
• Victor sensed someone nearby and fired lightning at them, but Xi Nian blocked it with an energy barrier.
• Xi Nian used his enhanced control to freeze Victor in place.

Xi Nian and Lorna defeated Victor by driving him deep underground, then left Susan and her companions behind. They flew to Killian’s company to find the man behind the attack on Lorna, where Xi Nian sensed a guard with the same unstable energy as their previous enemy and struck him.

• Xi Nian and Lorna used their combined Magnetism Control to force Victor deep underground, and Xi Nian sealed the hole.
• Xi Nian and Lorna departed, leaving Susan, Reed, Johnny, and the Thing to find the crater and wonder what had happened.
• Xi Nian and Lorna flew to Killian’s biotech company in Los Angeles to pursue the reason for their trip.
• Xi Nian sensed a security guard entering the office and Can Luo identified the same unstable scorching energy they had encountered before.
• Xi Nian attacked the guard, extinguishing the lights and hurling him into the wall.

Xi Nian used Lorna’s Emotion Control to terrify a death warrior into revealing Killian’s location, then left him to die when his Extremis Virus caused an explosion. Flying with Lorna toward the Laux Corporation port in Los Angeles, Xi Nian noticed dozens of lights rapidly approaching behind them.

• Xi Nian held the white man against the wall with supernatural force and used Emotion Control to make him reveal that Killian was at a private Laux Corporation dock in Los Angeles.
• Xi Nian released the white man and left the office as the Extremis Virus spiraled out of control and caused an explosion.
• Lorna laughed with Xi Nian as they flew above Los Angeles, and she promised him a generous reward for working hard.
• Xi Nian spotted the private Laux Corporation port ahead, then saw dozens of lights approaching from behind.

Xi Nian and Lorna arrived as Tony Stark attacked Killian’s harbor stronghold, and Xi Nian immobilized Killian with his superpowered domain. At Lorna’s direction, Xi Nian launched Killian into the sky, while Tony Stark became trapped in the same field.

• Xi Nian and Lorna flew toward the harbor as dozens of Iron Suits assembled above the city.
• Tony Stark arrived at the harbor, summoned the Iron Suits to fight Killian’s Extremis-enhanced terrorists, and confronted Killian.
• Xi Nian used his exclusive superpowered domain to immobilize Killian, then trapped Tony Stark when he approached.
• Lorna revealed herself to Killian, who recognized her and feared her revenge.
• Lorna pointed toward the sky, and Xi Nian sent Killian soaring through the clouds toward outer space.

Killian died after Xi Nian hurled him into space, while Xi Nian and Lorna shared a tender moment above Earth. Wanda quickly mastered portal magic at Kamar-Taj, and Susan rejected Reed's confession, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Xi Nian sent Killian into space, where Killian ran out of oxygen and died.
• Xi Nian and Lorna floated above Earth, and Lorna bit his neck while asking him to remember her.
• Wanda created a portal after less than a day of training, astonishing the mages at Kamar-Taj.
• Reed asked Susan to be his girlfriend, but Susan refused, saying she might have agreed if he had asked sooner.