Chapter Summaries

Li Chuan learned that Yondu sometimes visited Kontraxia and redirected the Ravager ship there to find him and clues to Mantis. After five days of travel, the group arrived at the frozen planet, a gathering place for Ravagers and bounty hunters.

• Li Chuan asked Kakarra about Yondu, and Kakarra explained that Yondu had been expelled from the Ravagers and sometimes visited Kontraxia.
• Kakarra suggested Kontraxia as a place to find Yondu, while Gamora warned Li Chuan that the Ravagers' stronghold could be dangerous.
• Li Chuan ordered the ship to Kontraxia and used the Mind Stone Scepter to control the Ravagers long enough to operate it.
• Nebula estimated the journey would take five days, and Li Chuan showed Wanda around the ship during the trip.
• After traveling through two spatial wormholes, Li Chuan and his companions arrived at Kontraxia, and Gamora explained that its native population had left as its sun aged.

Li Chuan and Wanda searched a Ravager town for Yondu, learning about the black-market companion robots before a drunken Ravager harassed the women. Li Chuan blasted him into a wall, and they waited outside for Kakarra to return with information.

• Li Chuan and Wanda changed into Ravager-style outfits and followed Kakarra into town with Gamora and Nebula.
• Gamora explained that the yellow-skinned women in a nearby establishment were banned intelligent robots sold on the black market.
• Kakarra said Yondu often visited the establishment and went inside to ask whether he was on the planet.
• A drunken scar-faced Ravager propositioned the women and boasted about Yondu's crew despite Gamora's warning.
• Li Chuan used Shinra Tensei to hurl the Ravager into the establishment's wall and said Gamora had meant him, not Kakarra.

Li Chuan immobilized Yondu’s Ravagers and caught the Yaka Arrow barehanded, then introduced his group as the Guardians of the Galaxy. Yondu held back from attacking and asked Kraglin to explain what had happened.

• Li Chuan used genjutsu to freeze the Ravagers who approached him and his companions.
• Kakarra told Li Chuan that Yondu was resting upstairs, and Yondu soon came down furious at Kakarra.
• Li Chuan released the trapped Ravagers and caught Yondu’s Yaka Arrow before returning it to Yondu’s waist device.
• Yondu asked who Li Chuan was, and Li Chuan introduced himself, Wanda, Gamora, and Nebula as the Guardians of the Galaxy.
• Yondu called Kraglin over and asked him to explain what had happened.

Li Chuan made peace with Yondu and hired the Ravagers to locate three people, paying with a deposit of Uru metal. After Yondu accepted the job, Li Chuan offered another ten million to ask him a question.

• Yondu learned his subordinate had started the trouble and agreed to put the conflict behind them.
• Li Chuan offered Yondu ten million universal credits for each of three people he located, and Yondu promised to find them within a month.
• Li Chuan gave Yondu a piece of Uru metal from Nidavellir as a deposit, and Yondu had it scanned and verified.
• Li Chuan said he was friends with Thor, then offered Yondu another ten million to answer one more question honestly.

Li Chuan paid Yondu for the coordinates of Ego’s planet and arranged for him to find Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Drax the Destroyer. After exploring Kontraxia and secretly tracking down Star-Lord, Li Chuan approached him at a bar and offered him a drink.

• Li Chuan gave Yondu Uru metal in exchange for Ego’s planetary coordinates, and Nebula confirmed the location.
• Li Chuan hired Yondu to find Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Drax the Destroyer, then secretly had a Shadow Clone follow him to locate Star-Lord.
• Li Chuan had Kakarra take him to a black-market exchange, where he and Wanda later turned rare valuables into money.
• That night, Star-Lord flirted with Pavla, who recognized him as the man who had been on her ship and slapped him for his past behavior.
• Li Chuan introduced himself to Star-Lord at a bar, praised his fame, and offered to buy him a drink.

Li Chuan tried to recruit Star-Lord, but Peter Quill initially refused and left. After seeing Gamora, Peter changed his mind and joined the Guardians of the Galaxy as an ordinary member, as Li Chuan prepared to leave Kontraxia for Xandar.

• Li Chuan offered Star-Lord a deputy captain position and a top-tier spaceship, but Star-Lord refused because he doubted Li Chuan's promises and wanted to build his own resources first.
• The next day, Li Chuan visited Yondu's ship with Wanda, Gamora, and Nebula to say goodbye and announce their departure for Xandar.
• Star-Lord saw Gamora and fell in love with her at first sight, prompting Li Chuan to expect him to join the Guardians.
• Star-Lord arrived at Kakarra's ship and declared that he had decided to leave the Ravagers and join the Guardians of the Galaxy.
• Li Chuan told Peter Quill that the deputy captain position was no longer available, and Peter accepted an ordinary membership before boarding for their departure.

Li Chuan and his companions arrived on Xandar and decided to make the planet their base, with Li Chuan ordering Star-Lord to help find a large house in a busy district. The chapter ended with Wanda questioning whether Li Chuan understood how much such a property would cost.

• Five days after leaving Kontraxia, Li Chuan found Star-Lord nursing an injury after Gamora rejected his advances, and he healed him.
• Li Chuan freed Kakarra and his crew from his control, then took Wanda and the others aboard his octopus-shaped ship toward Xandar.
• The group reached Xandar, where Gamora explained that small ships could land without registration or inspection.
• Li Chuan appointed Star-Lord their guide and told him to find a large house in Xandar's busiest district to serve as a base for the Guardians of the Galaxy.
• Wanda warned Li Chuan that a large house in a prosperous Xandar district could cost as much as a large spaceship.

Li Chuan and Star-Lord traveled to Xandar to look for property, while news of the Nova Empire’s victory over the Kree Empire suggested Ronan would soon rebel. Li Chuan planned to seize Ronan’s capital ship, the Dark Aster, and arrived in Xandar with Star-Lord and Wanda.

• Li Chuan dismissed Star-Lord’s concern about money and boarded a free public flyer with him toward Xandar’s capital.
• The flyer’s news report said the Kree Empire might seek peace with the Nova Empire after suffering a major defeat.
• Li Chuan recalled that Ronan would reject the peace treaty and go rogue, and he planned to kill Ronan and take the Dark Aster.
• Li Chuan, Star-Lord, and Wanda arrived in Xandar and saw its futuristic city and the Nova Corps headquarters.

Li Chuan and Wanda bought a mansion on Xandar and settled in. Twenty-five days later, Gamora brought news that Yondu had located Rocket, Groot, and Drax, and Li Chuan prepared to meet Nova Prime before setting out.

• Li Chuan and Wanda selected and bought a mansion near Nova Corps headquarters for one hundred million.
• Li Chuan showed the mansion to Star-Lord, Gamora, and the others and assigned everyone rooms.
• Twenty-five days after settling in, Gamora told Li Chuan that Yondu had found Rocket, Groot, and Drax.
• Li Chuan reviewed their locations and told Gamora to gather everyone so he could meet Nova Prime.

Li Chuan took his companions to infiltrate Nova Corps headquarters so he could meet Nova Prime and secure a ship. They arrived during a discussion about Ronan’s attacks, and Li Chuan appeared in the office just as Star-Lord criticized the leadership’s response.

• Li Chuan announced that he planned to meet Nova Prime and obtain a ship from the Nova Empire.
• Li Chuan used Cloud Riding, Invisibility Magic, and Apparition to bring Wanda, Gamora, Nebula, and Star-Lord into Nova Corps headquarters.
• Nova Prime learned that Ronan had destroyed a third subordinate planet, while Rhomann advised against moving border fleets because the Kree threat remained.
• Star-Lord criticized the leaders’ choices, and Li Chuan dispelled the group’s Illusion Charms and appeared in Nova Prime’s office.

Li Chuan and the Guardians of the Galaxy infiltrated Nova Corps headquarters to offer help against Ronan in exchange for three conditions. After Li Chuan demonstrated his strength against the Nova Corps soldiers, Nova Prime agreed to hear him out.

• Rhomann recognized Star-Lord and became alarmed when he saw Gamora and Nebula, but Li Chuan explained that they had turned against Sauron.
• Wanda, Star-Lord, Nebula, and Gamora performed a coordinated pose and slogan, with Li Chuan finishing by announcing the Guardians of the Galaxy.
• Li Chuan offered to help Nova Prime defeat Ronan in exchange for three conditions, but she dismissed the offer and ordered Rhomann to detain them.
• Li Chuan incapacitated the soldiers, disarmed Rhomann, and swept the reinforcements away with the Great Waterfall Jutsu.
• After seeing Li Chuan's abilities, Nova Prime approached him and asked to discuss his conditions and whether he could defeat Ronan.

Li Chuan negotiated with Nova Prime for help in killing Ronan, securing Rocket and Groot’s release and a customized Nova Corps ship. He and the Guardians set course for Malag aboard the ship, while Nova Prime considered whether the Earthlings could defeat Ronan.

• Li Chuan asked Nova Prime to release Rocket and Groot, provide a fast spacecraft, and modify Ronan’s Dark Aster if he captured it; Nova Prime agreed to the terms and promised a free modification if he succeeded.
• Nova Prime warned Li Chuan that the Nova Empire would wanted and imprison his group if he deceived her, and Li Chuan asked her to send Ronan’s location when it became known.
• Rhomann presented Li Chuan with a new Nova Corps spacecraft modified to resemble a Ravager ship, and Li Chuan thanked Nova Prime before leading the group toward Malag.
• Li Chuan gave the ship to Star-Lord, who named it the Milano and piloted it away from Xandar with the group aboard.
• Rhomann asked Nova Prime whether Li Chuan could kill Ronan, and she recalled how Captain Marvel had weakened the Kree Empire and helped bring about its peace treaty with the Nova Empire.

Li Chuan found Rocket and Groot amid a prison riot, subdued the inmates, and brought the pair aboard the Milano to recruit them for the Guardians of the Galaxy. He offered Rocket a chance to kill the High Evolutionary and avenge his friends, leaving Rocket stunned that Li Chuan knew his past.

• Li Chuan arrived at Malag Prison with his group just as Rocket and Groot triggered a riot and blasted open their cell door.
• Rocket threatened Li Chuan's group, but Li Chuan used magic to disarm him and lightning to knock out the rioting prisoners and guards.
• Li Chuan brought Rocket and Groot aboard the Milano and introduced himself as captain of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
• Li Chuan invited Rocket to join the team and offered to help him kill the High Evolutionary in revenge for his three friends.
• Rocket stopped laughing and asked how Li Chuan knew about his past.

Li Chuan recruited Rocket and Groot by promising them a monthly salary and accepted a quest to kill the High Evolutionary. At Planet TS-214, he found Ronan’s Dark Aster attacking the planet and set out alone to fight Ronan and his forces.

• Li Chuan offered Rocket and Groot forty thousand a month to join his crew, and Rocket accepted.
• Li Chuan received a side quest to kill the High Evolutionary and help Rocket avenge himself, with a year of Minor World time as the reward.
• Five days later, Li Chuan’s crew arrived at Planet TS-214 and found Ronan’s Dark Aster attacking the planet.
• Li Chuan received a side quest to kill Ronan and his subordinates and resolve the planet’s extinction crisis, while Nova Corps forces prepared to provide support.
• Li Chuan reassured Wanda, left the ship alone, and summoned Susanoo to confront Ronan.

Li Chuan attacked the Dark Aster in his Susanoo, destroying Necrocraft as he advanced to make a show of strength before the galaxy’s major powers. When Ronan ordered the Dark Aster’s main cannon to fire, Li Chuan transformed into his Three Heads Six Arms Dharma form and prepared to face the blast.

• Li Chuan used his Susanoo to charge toward the Dark Aster while Star-Lord, Rocket, Gamora, Nebula, and Wanda watched.
• Li Chuan blocked the Necrocraft’s energy fire with the Yata Mirror and Susanoo, then cut apart more than a dozen ships with the Totsuka Blade.
• Ronan saw Li Chuan approaching and ordered the Dark Aster’s cooled main cannon to destroy him.
• Li Chuan stopped trying to evade the cannon, transformed into his Three Heads Six Arms Dharma form, and summoned a sword wheel to defend himself.
• The Dark Aster’s main cannon fired a massive torrent of energy at Li Chuan.

Li Chuan survived the Dark Aster’s main cannon, then counterattacked and breached the ship with a golden arrow. He fought his way to the main control room, where Ronan confronted him and demanded to know who he was.

• Li Chuan used his Three Heads Six Arms avatar, the Golden Rinnegan, and flying swords to withstand the Dark Aster’s main cannon, leaving Ronan and his crew stunned.
• Ronan ordered the Dark Aster’s secondary cannons to target Li Chuan and recalled the Necrocraft from the Nova garrison.
• Li Chuan fired a golden arrow that shattered the Dark Aster’s shield and blasted a huge hole through the ship, while he drove off the intercepting Necrocraft.
• Li Chuan entered the Dark Aster, killed a squad of Kree soldiers with Killing Curses, and extracted one soldier’s soul to learn Ronan’s location.
• Li Chuan reached the central main control room, where Ronan and his remaining subordinates stood ready and Ronan demanded to know who he was.

Li Chuan overwhelmed Ronan and trapped him in Sage Art: Tsukuyomi, where he tortured him for the slaughter of innocent lives. Ronan resisted the illusion and tried to defend himself, but Li Chuan resumed the attack and left him surrounded by flying swords and stabbing doubles.

• Li Chuan used Shinra Tensei to repel Ronan’s energy beams and soldiers, while Ronan blocked the force with his Kree war hammer.
• Ronan charged Li Chuan, who caught the hammer and noted Ronan’s strength and advanced weapons.
• Li Chuan trapped Ronan in Sage Art: Tsukuyomi and repeatedly stabbed him in the crimson-moon world.
• Ronan broke free of the restraints with his mental strength and fired his war hammer at the Li Chuans surrounding him.
• Li Chuan summoned ten thousand flying swords, then had five doubles stab Ronan as he tried to raise his hammer’s energy shield.

Li Chuan killed Ronan and cleared the Dark Aster of Kree soldiers, then handed the ship over to the Nova Empire. He asked the rescue general to help him find Drax on TS-214, and the planet’s commander sent people to bring Drax to the base.

• Li Chuan killed Ronan with his flying swords and used them to eliminate the Kree soldiers aboard the Dark Aster.
• Wanda, Star-Lord, and the others entered the ship, and Gamora explained that Wanda had nearly torn apart their ship after seeing Li Chuan struck by the Dark Aster’s cannon.
• A Nova Corps general contacted Li Chuan, who showed him Ronan’s corpse and arranged for the Nova Empire to take over the Dark Aster.
• The rescue general led Li Chuan and his companions to TS-214 after Li Chuan said he was looking for Drax.
• The planet’s commander sent people to find Drax, its greatest Champion, and bring him to the base.

Li Chuan recruited Drax into the Guardians of the Galaxy with help from the Nova Corps and Drax's chieftain, then set the Milano on autopilot toward Ego's planet. He gathered the crew for a meeting and asked why he had gone to such lengths to recruit them.

• The Nova Corps commander explained that Drax's chieftain had agreed to let him join Li Chuan's group.
• Li Chuan welcomed Drax aboard, and Drax promised to obey him because he had saved Drax's planet and people.
• Drax's frank account of saying goodbye to his wife sparked an argument with Star-Lord and Rocket about discussing private matters.
• Li Chuan ended the argument and led the group back to the Milano, then learned from Nebula that the journey to Ego's planet would take about ten days.
• Li Chuan summoned the crew for a meeting and asked why he had recruited each of them.

Li Chuan told the Guardians that prophecy had led him to gather them because they would save the galaxy, then revealed that their destination was Ego, a living planet planning to consume worlds. He explained that Ego had fathered children across the universe in search of one who shared his power, and Star-Lord realized the child taken from Earth might have been him.

• Li Chuan claimed that Prophecy Magic had shown him the Guardians saving the galaxy and explained why he had brought them together.
• Star-Lord embraced the idea of becoming a galaxy-saving hero, while the others remained doubtful.
• Li Chuan put Drax to sleep with a Stupefy so he could explain the danger privately.
• Li Chuan described Ego as a sentient living planet who planned to turn worlds into avatars and consume their life.
• Li Chuan revealed that Ego had fathered children across the universe, that Yondu had taken his Earth-born child twenty-three years earlier, and that Ego had killed his other children.
• Star-Lord realized that he might be Ego's son.