Chapter Summaries

Li Chuan explained that dual cultivation could improve Wanda’s health and appearance, and the two practiced it together. Wanda woke afterward feeling rejuvenated and discovered that she looked sixteen again.

• Wanda asked Li Chuan what dual cultivation was, and he described its benefits for her body and appearance.
• Li Chuan explained how the Xuan Yin Sect’s yin-yang method could cleanse and temper Wanda’s body.
• Wanda eagerly agreed to begin dual cultivation, and Li Chuan suggested they go to the bedroom.
• Twelve hours later, Wanda’s scream startled residents, but Li San assured Little Ruck that the boss was safe and suggested taking him to a bar for experience.
• Li Chuan reassured Wanda that the practice had worked, and Wanda saw in a mirror that she looked sixteen again.

Wanda regained her youthful appearance after Li Chuan’s cultivation, and their peaceful routine continued until his guards caught someone photographing her. Li Chuan learned the photographer was Skye, a hacker and his fan, just as a side quest revealed the Inhumans might be preparing for war against humanity.

• Wanda checked that her body had changed back to its youthful appearance and tried to continue dual cultivation with Li Chuan, but he stopped her because it could harm her.
• For about two months, Li Chuan’s Shadow Clones refined weapons, practiced techniques, and completed side quests while he cultivated and spent time with Wanda.
• Li San reported that a van had been watching Wanda, and Li Chuan ordered his guards to capture the people inside and identify them.
• Li San told Li Chuan that the van’s owner was Skye, a hacker who had accessed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s system to find his address and wanted to meet him.
• Li Chuan recognized Skye as a possible Inhuman named Daisy Johnson and received a side quest to prevent the Inhumans from launching a war against humanity.
• Li Chuan considered the Inhumans’ history and learned that Skye’s mother, Jiaying, might be awakening Inhuman powers to eliminate humanity.

Li Chuan captured Skye after she hacked S.H.I.E.L.D. and surveilled his home, then offered her a job because of her hacking skills and his need to find the Inhumans. He let her leave, but revealed he had called Coulson about her.

• Li Chuan questioned Skye about hacking S.H.I.E.L.D. and learning his identity, then used magic to free her from the ropes.
• Li Chuan offered Skye a job, but she refused and hurried back to her van.
• Li Chuan told Skye not to photograph his wife again and let her drive away.
• Li San asked whether Li Chuan was really letting Skye go, and Li Chuan called Coulson with her name and license plate number.

Li Chuan had S.H.I.E.L.D. capture Skye so he could pressure her into working for him by offering to find her parents and secure her release. Skye accepted, and Li Chuan openly began escorting her out of the secret base.

• Li Chuan used his Flying Sword Wings to follow Skye's van after reporting her to Coulson.
• Coulson and several S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents captured Skye and took her to a secret base in New York.
• Li Chuan revealed himself in the interrogation room and offered to find Skye's parents if she worked for him, threatening that refusal would leave her facing prison.
• Skye agreed to work for Li Chuan, and he unlocked her handcuffs.
• Li Chuan opened the interrogation-room door and triggered the base alarm as he declared that no one could imprison his people without his permission.

Li Chuan took Skye from S.H.I.E.L.D. and asked Nick Fury to give him the Obelisk. He left Coulson with intelligence on Hydra and requested a meeting with Whitehall, leaving S.H.I.E.L.D. to consider his demands.

• Li Chuan used his Flying Sword Wings to disarm the agents guarding the interrogation room, and Coulson arrived to stop the confrontation.
• Li Chuan said Skye was his employee, and Coulson agreed to let him take her home.
• Li Chuan asked S.H.I.E.L.D. to deliver the Obelisk to him, but Coulson began to refuse.
• Li Chuan handed Coulson intelligence Wenwu had gathered about Hydra and asked to be notified when S.H.I.E.L.D. captured Whitehall.
• Li Chuan took Skye and Apparated away, and Coulson called Nick Fury to report the intelligence.

Li Chuan tested Skye’s faith in her boyfriend Miles by having Li San offer him money for information about the Dark Male Wizard. Skye watched Miles eagerly accept the deal and learned that he had sold intelligence to Hydra, leaving her stunned and furious.

• Li Chuan introduced Skye to her supervisor, Li San, and warned her that Miles sold intelligence for money.
• Skye angrily defended Miles and refused to believe Li Chuan’s accusation.
• Li Chuan revealed that Miles was on his way and arranged for Li San to question him while Skye listened behind one-way glass.
• Li San offered Miles four briefcases of cash in exchange for information about the Dark Male Wizard’s real identity.
• Miles accepted the offer and said his apprentice had obtained information about the Dark Male Wizard from S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Skye watched Miles take and sniff the cash, realizing that he had deceived her.

Skye discovered that Miles had betrayed her by trying to sell the Dark Male Wizard's intelligence, and Li Chuan helped her accept the truth about her parents and the Inhumans. Skye agreed to help prevent a war, and Coulson arrived the next morning with the Obelisk.

• Miles admitted he planned to sell the Dark Male Wizard's information to his enemies, and Skye burst in and beat him.
• Li Chuan told Skye he had erased Miles's memories of her and the location before handing him over to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Li Chuan explained the Kree's arrival, the origins of the Inhumans, Skye's parents' identities, and Jiaying's plan to start a war.
• Skye agreed to awaken her powers with the Obelisk and help Li Chuan stop the conflict between the Inhumans and humanity.
• Coulson arrived the next morning with the Obelisk and a message from Nick Fury expressing hope for more collaborations with Li Chuan.

Li Chuan used the Terrigen Crystal to awaken Skye’s Inhuman abilities while Jiaying prepared to launch her Human Extinction Plan. Gordon sensed Skye’s awakening and teleported to investigate, leaving Jiaying’s plan set to begin in one week.

• Li Chuan crushed the Kree obelisk, placed its Terrigen Crystal in warm water, and hid while Skye was exposed to the resulting mist.
• Skye petrified as her Inhuman genes activated, then the stone covering her body cracked and shattered after about half an hour.
• At Afterlife, Gordon sensed a new Inhuman awakening and reported it to Jiaying.
• Jiaying ordered Gordon to investigate cautiously, warning that Whitehall might be setting a trap.
• Jiaying revealed her Human Extinction Plan: spread Terrigen Mist across the world’s capitals, kill humans without Inhuman genes, and build an Inhuman army.
• Gordon reassured Jiaying that current technology could not affect him and teleported toward the location he had sensed.

Li Chuan tracked Gordon after he took Skye to Afterlife while S.H.I.E.L.D. prepared its campaign against Hydra. Nick Fury revealed that the Winter Soldier was Steve Rogers’s old friend Bucky, leaving Steve determined to help him and Fury worried that Tony Stark would never forgive Bucky for killing Howard.

• Li Chuan secretly instructed Skye after she emerged from her cocoon, then pursued Gordon when he teleported her from the farm to Afterlife.
• Li Chuan flew toward the Inhumans’ base and considered how his scientists might use technology to gather spiritual energy.
• Nick Fury briefed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s senior personnel on intelligence about Hydra and left Steve Rogers with the file identifying the Winter Soldier as Bucky.
• Steve recalled his history with Bucky and argued that Hydra’s brainwashing had made him a victim who could recover.
• Nick Fury agreed that Bucky might join S.H.I.E.L.D. but warned that Bucky’s killing of Howard Stark would make Tony’s reaction a serious problem.

Li Chuan reached Afterlife to meet Skye and help the Inhumans, while Jiaying revealed that she intended to pursue revenge and her Human Extinction Plan. The chapter ended with Jiaying sounding the town alarm after Gordon teleported away.

• Nick Fury told Hill not to monitor or follow Li Chuan after a satellite tracked him flying at extreme speed.
• Steve asked Nick Fury to help prevent Tony from misunderstanding Bucky, but Fury advised Steve to speak with Tony himself.
• Li Chuan found Afterlife and descended into the isolated Inhuman town, where residents mistook him for a newly awakened Inhuman.
• Skye told Jiaying that Li Chuan was her friend and could help the Inhumans, but Jiaying insisted that humans would never accept them.
• Jiaying signaled Gordon to teleport away, then sounded the town alarm as she prepared to carry out her Human Extinction Plan.

Li Chuan confronted Jiaying and the Inhumans, defeating their attacks with his teleportation and flying swords. He revealed himself as the Dark Male Wizard and persuaded Jiaying that her plan to eliminate humanity could not succeed, leaving them ready to talk.

• Li Chuan told Jiaying that her plan to wipe out humanity would fail, but she ordered Gordon to take him down.
• Li Chuan teleported behind Gordon and knocked him unconscious with Stupefy.
• The Inhumans attacked Li Chuan with their abilities, but his flying swords countered every attack and pinned them at swordpoint.
• Li Chuan identified himself as the Dark Male Wizard, and Jiaying tried to recruit him into her plan.
• Li Chuan warned Jiaying that stronger beings existed and that her plan could never succeed, then recalled his swords and landed beside her to talk.

Li Chuan confronted Jiaying about her plan to exterminate humanity and used Obliviate to erase the painful memories that had twisted her. Jiaying remembered the terrible things she had done and was left remorseful.

• Jiaying pretended to abandon her plan, but Li Chuan realized she was lying, and she admitted she still intended to exterminate humanity.
• Jiaying explained that she wanted revenge for Whitehall’s torture and believed Inhumans were superior to humans.
• Li Chuan offered to bring Whitehall to Jiaying, but she said his death would not stop humanity from threatening Inhumans.
• Skye shielded her mother when Li Chuan stood up, and he clarified that he meant to erase Jiaying’s painful memories rather than kill her.
• Li Chuan cast Obliviate on Jiaying, and she sat down in remorse as she remembered the harm she had caused.

After resolving Jiaying’s crisis and securing her agreement to bring the Inhumans under his protection, Li Chuan discovered that his panel was upgrading and spent the next two months pursuing other work. Just as he and Wanda prepared to go camping with Thor and Jane, Captain Rogers arrived with Whitehall on Fury’s behalf.

• Jiaying thanked Li Chuan, promised not to resume the Human Extinction Plan, and accepted his offer to protect and employ the Inhumans.
• Li Chuan left, and Jiaying and Skye reunited in an emotional embrace.
• Li Chuan found that his panel was upgrading, then spent the following weeks with Wanda and brought Hydra’s scientists to Sokovia to research spiritual energy gathering devices.
• After two months passed without the upgrade finishing, Li Chuan and Wanda packed for a camping trip with Thor and Jane.
• Captain Rogers arrived at Li Chuan’s home escorting Whitehall, whom Fury had sent to him.

Li Chuan agreed to mediate between Tony and Steve over Bucky and arranged a meeting, then invited Tony, Pepper Potts, Wanda, Thor, and Jane to a barbecue and camping trip. The preparations were complete when Thor and Jane arrived, and the group began gathering at the campsite.

• Li Chuan sent Whitehall to the Sokovia base for study and heard Steve's request to help reconcile Tony and Bucky.
• Li Chuan agreed to help Steve, gave him an address, and told him to bring Bucky there while he called Tony.
• Li Chuan invited Tony and Pepper Potts to barbecue and camp, and Tony accepted after Pepper looked at him reproachfully.
• Li Chuan and Wanda Apparated to the campsite and used magic to set up the tents, grill, and food.
• Thor arrived carrying Jane and complained that she had taken forty minutes to put on makeup.
• Wanda welcomed Jane and said the preparations had been easy for them.

Li Chuan speculated that the Time Variance Authority had collapsed after Kang the Conqueror's death, while Thor still had no news of Loki. Tony and Pepper joined Li Chuan, Thor, Jane, and Wanda for a barbecue, and Steve Rogers and Bucky arrived by helicopter.

• Thor told Li Chuan that he and Coulson had been unable to find Loki, and that he might ask Heimdall for help.
• Li Chuan wondered whether his universe was a branch timeline and resolved to become strong enough to protect it.
• Tony and Pepper arrived in Iron Man suits, and Li Chuan served them freshly grilled lamb skewers.
• Tony teased Thor about his resemblance to the male lead from Point Break and asked whether Loki had been found.
• Steve Rogers and Bucky jumped down from a helicopter and joined the group.

At a camping trip, Steve told Tony that Hydra had controlled Bucky when he assassinated Tony’s father, Howard Stark. Li Chuan restrained Steve and urged Tony to decide carefully whether to kill Bucky, leaving Tony facing Bucky’s plea for death.

• Tony, Steve, Bucky, and the others gathered for barbecue and camping while Steve delayed explaining why he had brought Bucky.
• Steve told Tony that Hydra had ordered Bucky to assassinate Howard Stark and disguise his death as a car accident.
• Tony became furious, put on his Iron Man suit, and aimed his repulsor cannon at Bucky as Steve stepped in to protect him.
• Li Chuan disarmed and levitated Steve, then told Tony he would not stop him from killing Bucky but urged him to consider the consequences.
• Bucky approached Tony and asked to be killed, and Tony gradually calmed as he weighed the choice.

Tony spared Bucky and the group left after Li Chuan helped prevent the confrontation from escalating. A week later, Li Chuan learned that the spaceship at his Sokovia base was nearly finished and went to inspect it.

• Tony beat Bucky but decided he should live and atone for his crimes, then left with Pepper Potts.
• Li Chuan released Steve, and Steve thanked him before leaving with Bucky; Thor and Jane also departed.
• A week later, Uncle Li told Li Chuan that the spaceship was almost complete.
• Li Chuan teleported to the Sokovia base and went to the scientific experiment hall.
• Nebula showed Li Chuan the completed octopus-like spaceship and asked whether he wanted it equipped with weapons.

Li Chuan prepared the Octopus spaceship for its first interstellar journey and invited Wanda to travel with him to Xandar. After arriving at the Sokovia base, he waited for the ship’s final adjustments and arranged matters with his subordinates and friends before leaving Earth.

• Li Chuan rejected adding weapons to the Octopus spaceship, saying he himself was the ship’s greatest weapon, and Nebula agreed to make further adjustments.
• Li Chuan asked Ivan about the spiritual energy gathering device, learned that his team had made no progress, and decided he needed more advanced technology from other planets.
• Li Chuan invited Wanda on an impromptu trip to Xandar, and she eagerly agreed after he explained the plan.
• Li Chuan used the teleportation book to take Wanda to the Sokovia base, where they waited for the Octopus spaceship’s final adjustments.
• Li Chuan called his subordinates and friends to give them instructions because he expected to be away from Earth for several months.

Li Chuan and Wanda traveled aboard the Octopus spaceship toward Xandar, where they were due to arrive in three days. During the journey, his panel finished upgrading and gave him new control over how much time he spent in Minor Worlds and whether time would remain anchored when he left a world.

• Li Chuan gave Uncle Li instructions, then boarded the Octopus spaceship with Wanda as Gamora and Nebula prepared for takeoff.
• The spaceship departed Earth, and Nebula estimated that the trip to Xandar would take about twenty-five days because the ship was slower than ordinary spacecraft.
• After twenty-two days of travel, Li Chuan and Wanda finished cultivating and Li Chuan received a notification that his panel had upgraded.
• Li Chuan discovered that he could choose how much accumulated Minor World time to spend on each visit, preserving the rest for future trips.
• Li Chuan learned that he could decide whether to anchor time in the main world or a Minor World while he was away.

Li Chuan examined the panel’s new time-control functions and realized they would let him save Minor World time while waiting for opportunities and long-term plans to develop. A new main quest sent him to Saint Seiya to recruit the Guardians of the Galaxy, and he considered the world’s dangers and the power he might gain there.

• Li Chuan learned that he could choose whether to anchor a world’s time point, allowing its time to pass in step with the time he experienced elsewhere.
• Li Chuan realized that leaving a world unanchored could save Minor World time while he waited for future opportunities or oversaw long-term plans.
• The panel announced a new main quest, and Li Chuan opened the interface to find that he had to form the Guardians of the Galaxy in Saint Seiya.
• Li Chuan reviewed the basic, intermediate, and advanced recruitment goals and their rewards, including identities connected to the Greek Sanctuary and Bronze Cloth.
• Li Chuan recalled Saint Seiya’s powerful Saints and gods, considered the danger of facing them, and saw Cosmo, Gold Cloth, and the Seventh Sense as potential gains.