Chapter Summaries

Leo and Li Qian walked along a jogging path, where their conversation about running turned into a playful comparison of their skin. Behind them, Brom and his companions followed, planning to rob them despite the Black Prison Group’s prohibition on robbery.

• Li Qian pointed out familiar runners and told Leo about Gunter Ritter, a professional runner she used to run with.
• Li Qian explained that her father had made her run regularly and showed Leo how running had improved her skin.
• Leo compared his arm with Li Qian’s and teased her that his skin was fairer, making her blush and then walk ahead angrily.
• Brom and his companions followed Leo and Li Qian, judging them wealthy and easy targets.
• Kasey warned Brom that robbery was forbidden in Black Prison Group territory and suggested leaving the district after Lennon’s group had been beaten by the gang.

Leo and Li Qian were approached by a gang while jogging, but Big Yellow Tooth was badly injured when a manhole cover trapped him and his dagger stabbed him. As the gang turned their attention toward Leo and Li Qian, Little Fatty arrived and warned them to leave.

• Li Qian told Leo about the Black Prison Group’s rules and recalled surviving two robberies, then asked what had happened to Mike and his men.
• Big Yellow Tooth approached Li Qian with a dagger, but stepped onto a manhole cover that flipped open and caused him to stab himself and trap his leg.
• Big Yellow Tooth’s teammates pulled him free and found that his kidney might be pierced and his thigh bone shattered.
• Li Qian told Leo not to join the crowd, while Big Yellow Tooth’s teammates looked toward Leo and Li Qian for help paying for the hospital.
• Little Fatty pushed through the crowd and quietly warned Leo and Li Qian that the injured man’s gang had been after them.

Zost rushed twenty Black Prison Group members toward Leo after hearing the alarm in his voice, while Leo and Li Qian discussed the group’s impact on Queens. The five men who had been approaching them drew near as Li Qian praised Black Prison for reducing crime.

• Zost gathered twenty men and ordered them to move out after Leo’s call left him panicked.
• Five Hummers sped recklessly through Queens toward Leo’s location, while the squad members armed themselves and speculated about the emergency.
• Li Qian asked Leo about his phone call, and he clarified that he had not been talking about roadside trash.
• Li Qian told Leo that Black Prison Group had driven many small-time punks out of Queens and that robberies had become less common.
• Five men approached to within fifty meters of Leo and Li Qian as they continued talking.

Leo and Li Qian were threatened by four men, but Leo fought back before Zost and Black Prison arrived. Zost took the attackers away, leaving Li Qian impressed by Black Prison and unaware of how powerful Leo had been.

• Leo kicked two of the burly men away when they attacked him and Li Qian.
• Zost spotted Leo, turned his convoy around, and arrived with armed Black Prison personnel.
• Under Leo's influence, Zost kicked the remaining man and helped restrain the attackers.
• Black Prison members reported that Brom and Big Yellow Tooth had dagger wounds, and that Big Yellow Tooth also had a shattered femur.
• Zost ordered the men taken away and Big Yellow Tooth brought to the hospital, then led the convoy off with the captured criminals.
• Li Qian excitedly praised Black Prison's swift response and did not notice Leo's strength.

Leo brought the three rescued Dragon Fang soldiers back to China, where they reported to Elder Zhang and learned their missions were judged complete. The soldiers were taken for treatment, Xiao Peng handed over a hard drive, and Leo noticed Elder Zhang seemed to want something from him.

• Leo transported the rescue team and the three survivors to Elder Zhang's secret location in China.
• Liu Li, Zhao Wen, and Peng Wei saluted Elder Zhang and reported their failed mission and Sun Xiao's presumed death.
• Elder Zhang saluted the three soldiers and declared their missions complete, awarding each a Dragon Fang Level 2 Badge and permission to return to the team.
• Leo described the soldiers' severe injuries and projected footage of their condition before he treated them.
• The medical team took the three soldiers away for examination, and Xiao Peng handed the organization a hard drive.
• Leo asked Elder Zhang what he wanted to know from him.

Zost fought Brom, whose Extremis-enhanced body rapidly healed from severe injuries. After Brom survived a throat-slashing, Zost charged him again with his dagger.

• Zost kicked Brom in the groin, but Brom recovered within seconds and attacked him again.
• Brom used his enhanced strength and healing to withstand Zost's blows, and Leo urged Zost not to hold back.
• Zost struck Brom in the abdomen and face, then cut his throat with a small dagger.
• Brom collapsed bleeding but quickly healed and stood up, claiming he could wear Zost down.
• Zost charged Brom again with the dagger.

Zost brought the gravely injured Brom to the high-level laboratory, where Stacey and Rona decided to use him for the first human test of Number Sixteen Potion. Rona went to retrieve the reagent as Chen Haoran’s flames surged in the inner chamber.

• Zost brought Brom to the laboratory, where Stacey rushed to treat him and learned that Maya and Chen Haoran were in the inner chamber.
• Stacey told Zost that an unfamiliar person had entered, and Zost hurried toward the inner chamber.
• Brom fainted as Stacey stopped treatment, explaining that the laboratory lacked the blood needed for surgery.
• Stacey proposed injecting Number Sixteen Potion, and Rona agreed to conduct the first human experiment on Brom while Paz recorded it.
• Rona went to retrieve the reagent, and Chen Haoran’s flames surged around him as he cultivated.

Leo destroyed a stealth missile that attacked the passenger plane, while Dragon Fang investigated the incident and the missile’s origin. The plane continued its flight, and Leo identified the missile’s unusual Space Stone-derived technology from the scraps.

• The captains reported that a Mini Missile had nearly struck the plane before it abruptly vanished, leaving everyone aboard unharmed.
• Dragon Fang headquarters investigated the attack, and Commander Zhang Huan ordered the team to focus on finding the missile’s origin rather than contacting Leo.
• Li Qian worried that the attack would make Leo distrust Dragon Fang, but Leo reassured her that he did not blame them.
• Leo examined the missile scraps and deduced that the weapon used three Spatial Energy Blocks and modules for spatial resonance, stealth, and interception resistance.

Brom survived the experimental Extremis Serum, which healed his injuries and restored his body while Leo observed the transformation. Maya and the researchers saw hope in the serum’s healing potential, while Zost considered whether it could help his brother and himself; Brom remained wary of Zost and Leo.

• Brom’s body transformed under the serum’s effects as Leo examined the high-temperature tissue repairing his injuries.
• The serum healed Brom’s abdominal wound, expelled the dagger’s metal from his body, and returned his altered tissues to normal.
• Brom woke up, realized he had recovered, and shouted with excitement.
• Maya recognized the results as a promising step toward her goal of developing the Extremis Serum as a healing treatment.
• Zost hoped the serum might restore his brother Rando’s severed leg and treat his own old injury, while the researchers gathered around Brom to study him.
• Brom looked at Zost and Leo, recognized the boy he had robbed, and clenched his fists in anger.

Leo, Pietro, and Wanda stopped an armed robber, but Wanda accidentally broke both of his lower legs with her Scarlet Energy. After leaving the scene, the three continued down the street, their kindness toward innocent people reaffirmed as they enjoyed a peaceful life together.

• Pietro and Leo stopped the robber from reaching a young couple and their baby, while Wanda's Scarlet Energy severely injured him.
• A Dragon Fang Team sub-captain apologized to Leo, explained the robber's likely sentence, and arranged for the police to take custody of him.
• Leo, Pietro, and Wanda left the scene without giving statements, and the police deleted records that could identify them.
• As they walked along the street, Leo told Wanda that the old man the robber had kicked was not seriously injured.
• The incident showed that Wanda and Pietro remained kind and hopeful, and that Sokovia had not been destroyed and Pietro was still alive.

The Milan arrived at Quill’s Planet, where Quill showed Leo and the others the world he had reshaped and the life he could create with its Light of Life. The group landed in Quill’s new Pac-Man castle as Quill demonstrated his growing creator abilities.

• Rocket gave Groot the third Flower of Revival so Groot could recover from his injuries.
• Rocket and Jason piloted the Milan through the final Warp Point and landed in Quill’s Planet.
• Quill explained that he had created animals and showed the group the enormous Pac-Man castle he had built in a crimson forest.
• Quill stepped onto the planet, absorbed a surge of energy from the Pac-Man building, and then floated into the air.
• Two tiny Ancient Saber-tooth Tiger and Super Mammoth emerged from the castle, and Quill explained that they were juvenile life forms with room to grow.

Leo captured Brom and ordered Maya and Zost to investigate the substance powering his rapid healing. Zost tested Brom with gunfire, and Brom began using his newly awakened heat-control ability to try to escape his restraints.

• Leo learned from Maya that Brom's healing had slowed because his body and hidden energy reserves were depleted, then bound him in reinforced metal shackles.
• Leo ordered Zost to take Brom downstairs, feed him energy bars, and test the unknown substance in his body.
• Zost left Brom chained in an interrogation room and shot him to test how well his enhanced body could withstand bullets.
• Brom's wounds healed rapidly, and Zost left the room excited by the drug's potential.
• Brom raised the temperature of his shackles with his newly awakened ability, but the metal only glowed faintly red, so he struggled to break free.

Leo confronted Coulson about the serum and Quinn after ensuring Coulson and Skye were safe. Meanwhile, Garrett learned that Golden Legend had appeared and secretly ordered Ward to watch him; Coulson began explaining what had happened to Leo.

• May wiped blood from Skye’s hand, while Simmons and Fitz preserved the remaining serum and Ward watched over Skye.
• Garrett asked about Skye, then learned from Fitz that Coulson was speaking with someone else and realized an unexpected person was aboard the Airbus.
• Ward met Garrett in a surveillance blind spot and told him Golden Legend had appeared to save Coulson and Skye.
• Garrett confirmed Golden Legend’s connection to Coulson and ordered Ward to keep watching him.
• Leo locked the office door and asked Coulson about the serum and Quinn, and Coulson agreed to explain and ask Leo some questions.

Zost and Maya found that Brom had shattered into dry fragments after apparently trying to escape, and Maya took samples for testing. Leo responded to simultaneous Golden Light disturbances and appeared aboard the Airbus, where he healed the wounded Skye and questioned her unusual recovery.

• Zost entered Brom’s room and found him shattered into bloodless fragments scattered across the floor.
• Zost and Maya examined the remains and concluded Brom had tried to escape; Maya took samples and asked Zost to find another test subject without telling the boss.
• Leo sensed two nearby Golden Light disturbances, then teleported onto the Airbus as Coulson’s team gathered around the injured Skye.
• Leo healed Skye with Golden Light while Ward objected, and Fitz stopped him from intervening.
• Leo questioned Simmons about the substance she had injected into Skye and noted that Skye seemed to possess an extraordinary healing ability, while Coulson watched tensely.

Coulson told Leo that GH325 came from the body of a blue-skinned alien, which Leo suspected was a Kree, and explained the dangerous effects of the resurrection experiment. He reassured Coulson that Skye would be safe, then Coulson asked whether Leo knew of anyone with an ability like the Clairvoyant’s.

• Coulson described the Tahití Plan’s resurrection experiments and the hypergraphia, aphasia, and mental instability suffered by those revived.
• Coulson revealed that GH325 was drawn from a mutilated alien corpse, and that he had taken two vials from the base before it exploded.
• Leo identified the corpse as likely Kree and noted that Kree tissue could account for its regenerative properties.
• Leo reassured Coulson that Skye was adapting to the serum and would not be harmed while he was there.
• Coulson asked Leo whether he knew of an ability like the Clairvoyant’s, who seemed to know S.H.I.E.L.D.’s most secret operations.

Leo and his group rode a bus up Changbai Mountain’s West Slope, where the tourists admired the scenery and discussed their hopes of seeing Heaven Lake. As the bus continued toward the main peak, Li turned to Leo and asked whether he was the tour guide for the four foreigners.

• The tourists admired the clear weather and beautiful forests as the bus wound toward Changbai Mountain’s main peak.
• Li told the passengers that Heaven Lake was visible only on some days and shared a local tip for judging whether they would see it.
• Li and Ren Jiao put away their cigarettes after noticing the boy’s disapproval and remembering they were on the bus.
• Li reassured the passengers that the good weather made a view of Heaven Lake likely, while Leo and his companions remained unconcerned.
• Li asked Leo if he was the tour guide for Wanda, Pietro, Jenny, and her husband.

Leo and Coulson discussed the Clairvoyant’s ability to track S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, while Leo privately considered the rot Hydra had spread through S.H.I.E.L.D. Garrett arrived to take Quinn to the Cryo-chamber, and Coulson welcomed him without realizing Garrett was involved in the threat.

• Coulson told Leo that the Clairvoyant had exposed S.H.I.E.L.D. secrets and destroyed rescued Centipede member Mike.
• Leo wondered whether J.A.R.V.I.S. or Dr. Zola could be behind the Clairvoyant, but could not identify them.
• Leo concealed his belief that Hydra had deeply infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. and planned to eliminate its leaders aboard three Helicarriers.
• Garrett knocked and said he had come to take Quinn to the Cryo-chamber; Coulson told Leo that Garrett was a trusted longtime partner.
• Leo vanished from the office, and Garrett entered, telling Coulson he intended to make Quinn suffer before saying he needed to ask Phil something.

Leo took the group to Leixi’s hidden aircraft and spaceship, demonstrating his overwhelming power along the way. After destroying Leixi’s weapon, Leo invited everyone aboard the spaceship as if it were a tourist attraction.

• Leo annihilated the giant beast’s corpse with a spatial attack, leaving Leixi stunned by his power.
• Leo brought the group to a snow-covered mountain range and pulled Leixi’s single-person aircraft out of the mountain.
• Leo led everyone to a hidden valley and exposed Leixi’s spaceship by drawing it out of the mountainside.
• Leixi entered the spaceship and saw his weapon, but Leo instantly twisted it into scrap metal.
• Leo asked the group whether they wanted to go aboard and look around.

Leo and his companions reached the summit of Changbai Mountain and admired a clear, breathtaking view of Heaven Lake. After Old Li joined them, Pietro asked Leo whether the lake was outside China despite Changbai Mountain being within the country.

• Leo and his companions reached the West Slope viewing point ahead of the other climbers and saw Heaven Lake in clear weather.
• Wanda, Pietro, Jenny, George, and Old Li admired the lake, while Jenny and George took photographs.
• Old Li arrived exhausted after racing up the mountain, and Leo gave him water and secretly helped him recover.
• Old Li explained that Ren and Old Xu had stopped to rest and would arrive later, then became captivated by Heaven Lake.
• Pietro asked Leo whether Heaven Lake was outside China after reading an information sign.

Leo used the Mind Stone to erase the Japanese geologists’ memories of the past two days, and Old Li arranged to move the team off the mountain. Leo and the others blended into the tourists, where Old Li and Old Ren asked him what had happened in the restricted area.

• Old Li learned that the four Japanese geologists intended to report Changbai Mountain’s anomalies and ordered them kept from leaving freely.
• Leo entered the tent, knocked the geologists unconscious, and used the Mind Stone to erase their memories of the previous two days.
• Leo confirmed to Old Li that the yellow energy came from the Mind Stone, and Old Li ordered the team to withdraw from the area.
• The team packed up and sent the geologists down the mountain by helicopter, planning to leave them at their hotel under surveillance.
• Leo and the others blended into the tourists, where Old Li and Old Ren approached Leo and asked what had happened in the restricted area.