Chapter Summaries

Wanda and Li Qian cleared up their misunderstanding after Wanda sensed Li Qian’s feelings for Leo. Their conversation left Li Qian feeling she had little chance with him, while Wanda revealed that she and her brother had gained their abilities through an experiment.

• Wanda told Li Qian she could sense emotions and memories, and challenged her about her hostility.
• Li Qian apologized, admitted she liked Leo, and put her throwing knife on the table.
• Wanda explained she was grateful to Leo but had only known him briefly, while Li Qian worried that Wanda was closer to him and more powerful.
• Wanda told Li Qian that Leo had helped her and her brother find a path forward and had asked them to join the Avengers.
• Li Qian asked about Wanda and her brother’s unusual talents, and Wanda said they had seen children at a Hydra base who failed to awaken abilities.

Leo returned to the Black Prison Tower, captured Madam Gao, and ended The Hand’s invasion of the Black Prison Group. After hearing Zost’s account, he left Madam Gao restrained and helpless in the Command Center.

• Madam Gao decided to withdraw from the Black Prison Tower, but Leo appeared in her path and revealed that he had returned after sensing Barton was injured.
• Leo stopped Madam Gao from taking poison, escaping, or using her hidden weapons and Stimulant Potion, then restrained her and destroyed her time bombs.
• Leo brought Madam Gao outside as J.A.R.V.I.S. and Stark withdrew the miniature robots and left the Black Prison Group’s surveillance system.
• Leo took Madam Gao to the Command Center, where Zost apologized and explained the invasion in detail.
• Leo told Zost that he did not blame him, while Barton noticed Leo’s unusual coldness and Madam Gao remained suspended and unable to move.

Scott infiltrated Avengers headquarters in his Ant-Man Suit to steal a device, but Falcon Sam detected him and tried to arrest him. Scott revealed himself as Ant-Man, fought Sam, and escaped temporarily while Leo, Wanda, and Pietro watched from above.

• Scott and the Anton Ants approached Warehouse 7, while Hank Pym and Hope urged him to abort after realizing it was Avengers headquarters.
• Scott landed on the roof, but Sam arrived and located him through his tactical visor.
• Scott returned to normal size, introduced himself to Sam as Ant-Man, and said he needed to borrow a device to save the world.
• Sam moved to arrest Scott, who shrank and punched him upward before Sam's wings blew Scott away.
• Wanda and Pietro asked Leo whether they should help Sam, but Leo told them to wait because Scott would not get away.

Leo took Li Qian and the twins to breakfast and sightseeing in Shanghai, where Pietro and Wanda marveled at the food and Leo sensed that Zost and the others had been injured again. The chapter left Li Qian and the twins stunned when Leo calmly offered to bring her a diamond meteor as a gift.

• Pietro and Wanda sampled more than twenty breakfast dishes at the Peninsula Hotel and praised the abundance of Chinese food.
• Leo told the twins that China had too many delicacies to try in two weeks, and an elderly foreign professor welcomed them to enjoy their travels.
• After breakfast, Leo, Li Qian, Pietro, and Wanda headed to Nanjing Road, where Leo sensed that Zost and the others had been injured again.
• Li Qian teased Leo that she wanted a special gift after he had stood her up for so long, and Leo promised he could satisfy her request.
• When Li Qian joked that she wanted the stars, Leo offered to catch her a diamond meteor, leaving her and the twins unsure whether he was serious.

Leo, Wanda, Pietro, and Li Qian encountered two men who mocked them and tried to flirt with the women. Leo caused the men’s convertible to catch fire, and the chapter ended as Pietro restrained one of them while a fire engine and police car approached.

• Two men mocked Leo and tried to persuade Wanda and Li Qian to ride with them in their convertible.
• Wanda mocked the men, and Li Qian insulted their car and their behavior.
• Leo stopped Pietro and Li Qian from attacking the men, then flicked a finger and caused the convertible to catch fire.
• A shopkeeper extinguished the fire, and the yellow-haired man accused Leo and his companions of sabotaging the car.
• As Wanda and Pietro prepared to leave, the leather-clad man approached Wanda, and Pietro grabbed his arm as sirens drew near.

Madam Gao infiltrated Black Prison Tower while the Avengers’ Quinjet drew attention elsewhere, aiming to reach the sixteenth floor and the Desperate Potion materials. After killing two guards, she discovered their enhanced bodies were reacting far more powerfully than expected.

• Madam Gao spotted the stealth Quinjet leaving Black Prison Tower and concluded that the Avengers had been called away, leaving the building vulnerable.
• Madam Gao used her stealth suit to enter Black Prison Tower, while Rando sensed something was wrong and reported his concern to Zost.
• Barton felt danger, warned Zost that an intruder might have entered, and ordered Maya to return from the laboratory.
• Madam Gao reached the twelfth floor and found Dick and another guard blocking the stairwell, so she attacked them with poisoned blades.
• Madam Gao pierced both guards’ hearts, but they quickly retaliated as lava-like cracks spread across their bodies.

Leo learned that Quill had severely depleted the Light of Life sustaining his body when he unleashed a powerful lightning attack during the mission to obtain Flowers of Revival. The Milan headed back to Quill's Planet to restore his vitality, while Groot stirred and the group noticed Madam Gao.

• Quill, Rocket, Jason, and the others returned to the Milan with Flowers of Revival after a battle with the Kromm Civilization.
• Leo questioned the group about the destruction on the planet, and Quill admitted that he had unleashed three Destructive Lightnings.
• Leo warned Quill that the attack had drained the Light of Life sustaining his body and that he needed to return to Quill's Planet within three months.
• Jason reset the Milan's destination to Quill's Planet, and the group prepared for the ten-hour journey.
• Groot stirred at the scent of the Flowers of Revival, startling Madam Gao and prompting the others to ask who she was.

Wanda and Pietro joined Leo to stop Scott after he escaped Avengers Base. Wanda trapped Scott in a sphere of Scarlet Energy, leaving him in their custody.

• Pietro took Wanda to find Leo, while Sam reported that Leo had followed Scott and Rogers ordered Sam back to the base.
• The Red Whale told Sam it was going to find its master, then vanished, leaving Sam stunned.
• Scott fled on Anton Ant toward a planned escape route, but Leo appeared in front of him and stopped him.
• Pietro and Wanda arrived, and Scott shrank to escape after Pietro identified Leo as an original Avenger.
• Wanda caught the falling Scott in a sphere of Scarlet Energy and announced that she had him.

Groot used the Flower of Revival in an unprecedented way to help restore his core, while Madam Gao agreed to Leo’s request after seeing the wider universe. Leo then activated Leo II, which reported that most of its functions were restricted.

• Madam Gao agreed to Leo’s request, though she warned him not to deceive her.
• Groot attached the Flower of Revival to an opening in his heart-source, causing the flower to fuse with him and become encased in silver light.
• Gamora and Howard the Duck discussed Groot’s unusual connection to life substances and the War Treant race’s disappearance.
• Groot returned to his tank and slept as Rocket celebrated his recovery and asked Quill to find more flowers.
• Leo put Leo II over his eyes, and J.A.R.V.I.S. reported that it could not connect to the central brain or satellites and that sixty-eight percent of its functions were restricted.

Dragon Fang investigated Leo’s departure while Leo returned to the Milan after resolving the trouble on Kromm Civilization. He left the ship during its journey to Quill’s Planet and reappeared above Shanghai to deal with the Hand.

• Zhang Huan ordered Dragon Fang to investigate Leo’s disappearance, confirmed George and Jenny were safe, and directed Li Qian to seek more information from Wanda.
• Leo withstood Quill’s Destructive Lightning, checked the battlefield ruins, and returned to the Milan in space.
• Leo explained that Quill had exhausted his Source Power, then ordered the Milan to head for Quill’s Planet so Quill could recover.
• Jason prepared the Milan for a Space Jump while Leo left the ship, intending to return to Earth after the others reached their destination.
• Leo reappeared above Shanghai and blamed the Hand for the trouble, deciding to wipe them out once he found their location.

Leo explained that he had seen one possible future in which Hank Pym’s team completed their mission, but warned that the original plan put them in grave danger. He revealed that rescuing Janet required Scott to enter the Quantum Realm, then left the decision up to Scott.

• Hank Pym agreed to give Leo Pym Particles, but only to him, while hesitating over his plan to send Scott on the dangerous infiltration mission.
• Leo said Scott was essential to saving Hank’s wife and explained that he had come after seeing a possible future where the team completed the mission amid dangerous complications.
• Leo told Wanda that Janet was alive in the Quantum Realm and that Scott had to enter it so Janet could connect with him and reveal her location.
• Leo warned Scott that he could lose consciousness and become trapped in the Time Vortex, but said Scott’s devotion to Cassie could help him stay conscious.
• Scott asked whether Leo meant Cassie was his conviction, and Leo confirmed it before leaving Scott to decide whether he would enter the Quantum Realm.

Leo arrived on the Kromm Civilization’s planet to destroy the Destructive Lightning Quill had left behind. He obliterated the orb containing it and discovered that he might be able to imitate its destructive energy.

• Leo followed the Light of Life energy trace to the battlefield where the Kromm Civilization had found an orb containing Destructive Lightning.
• Leo appeared beside the orb, drove back the Kromm people, and destroyed two fighter jets to make them retreat.
• Leo teleported five thousand meters above the battlefield with the orb and blasted through its energy shell, detonating the Destructive Lightning.
• Leo sensed a remaining trace of Destructive Lightning and realized he might be able to imitate its energy.
• Leo’s disappearance shocked people across China.

Leo examined the Flowers of Revival and discovered he could capture most of their evaporating life energy, then used some to heal Madam Gao. He concluded that the flower’s life aura was almost perfectly compatible with Groot and could fully heal his injuries.

• Leo authorized Madam Gao to use Unit Two to record her information for later review.
• Gamora and Nebula explained that they knew little about the mysterious Semi-Dimensional Spaces where Flowers of Revival grew.
• Leo drew nectar from a Flower of Revival and captured about ninety percent of the life energy that evaporated from it.
• Leo sent a wisp of the collected life energy into Madam Gao, rapidly healing her wounds and restoring some of her vitality.
• Leo found that the Flower of Revival’s life aura was nearly perfectly compatible with Groot and said it could completely heal his injuries.

Leo and the crew approached Quill’s home planet while discussing Earth’s technology and the mysterious Dark Age. As Groot’s condition improved and Quill recovered, the group prepared to reach their destination.

• Leo arrived aboard the Milan, and Jason told him they would reach their destination in half an hour.
• Gamora gave Leo the glasses containing recorded information, and Leo explained that Earth had strengths despite being a young civilization.
• Lorelei said the universe had suffered a great upheaval tens of thousands of years earlier, an event known as the Dark Age.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. reported that the glasses’ data was being integrated, but its analysis capacity was limited without the mainframe.
• Gamora told Leo that Quill was resting and stable, and Quill later joined the crew with his strength recovering.
• Groot emerged from the tank with his Heart Core mostly repaired, and Leo said he would nearly fully recover after absorbing the remaining Galaxy Pure Water and Flower of Revival.

Quill explained how merging with the Light of Life let him create two small prehistoric animals, and Leo examined the creatures and considered the ability’s potential. The group discussed Mantis’s unknown origins and Quill’s connection to the Celestial Group, leaving Leo wary and asking Quill to report any developments.

• Leo caught Quill’s saber-toothed tiger and mammoth and asked how Quill had created them.
• Quill explained that he shaped their bodies with radiance and infused them with the Light of Life, though they could not grow without further modification.
• Leo scanned the animals, found no physiological defects, and suggested Quill try creating creatures described in Earth’s Classic of Mountains and Seas.
• Mantis said she did not know her species or birthplace and recalled that Ego had killed her childhood companions.
• Howard the Duck suggested asking Difan about Mantis’s origins, while Rocket mocked Howard for freeloading at Difan’s place.
• Leo asked whether Quill had sensed a summons from the Celestial Group, then told him to stay alert and report anything that happened.

Leo stormed through the third and fourth underground levels of The Hand’s facility, killing the guards and surgeons and freeing the captives from the immediate threat. In a cell, he confronted a frightened researcher who offered him an Enhancement Potion and mistook him for someone from Dragon Fang.

• Leo entered the third underground level and used his powers to kill the armed security personnel while their weapons floated in the air.
• Leo stopped surgeons from operating on a boy and a girl, then killed the medical staff with their own scalpels; both children were unharmed.
• Leo opened the fourth level’s reinforced door and continued through the corridor toward someone he believed deserved to die.
• Leo opened a cell holding three tortured prisoners and found a man in a white lab coat hiding in the corner.
• The researcher pleaded with Leo to spare him and offered an Enhancement Potion, then asked whether Leo was with Dragon Fang.

Madam Gao struggled to get outside the Milan and Groot freed her from the floor-anchored shackles while keeping her upper body restrained. She reached the planet’s surface, where the unfamiliar gravity knocked her down, but she was finally standing on an alien world.

• Madam Gao begged Groot to release her so she could leave the Milan and explore the alien planet.
• Groot healed Madam Gao’s wounded hands, then tore the four metal rods anchoring her restraints out of the floor.
• Groot wrapped vines around Madam Gao’s upper body to limit her movements while allowing her to walk.
• Madam Gao ran out of the Milan and stepped into the planet’s gravity field.
• The change in gravity made Madam Gao fall, but she smiled as she realized she had reached an alien planet.

Leo interrogated a Korean torturer, then realized the three prisoners in the room were Dragon Fang agents rather than evidence of a spy. He freed and healed them, and they urged him to leave before The Hand returned.

• Leo forced the Korean man to explain why he thought Leo was with Dragon Fang, then learned he had mistaken the three prisoners for Chinese agents being rescued.
• The Korean man offered to help Dragon Fang produce Enhancement Potions, but Leo killed him with metal darts.
• Leo recognized the three tortured prisoners as Dragon Fang members, freed them, and used golden light and Galaxy Pure Water to heal them.
• Xiao Peng thanked Leo and asked whether Dragon Fang had sent him, while the other recovering prisoner realized Leo had come for a different purpose.
• The second prisoner warned Leo that The Hand could return at any time and urged everyone to leave.

Leo discussed defeating the Hydra remnants and urged Hank Pym to resume research into the Quantum Realm and plan a Quantum Tunnel. After inspecting Scott’s old Ant-Man Suit and its Pym Particle discs, Leo asked permission to use one and made the red disc spin above his hand.

• Hope asked Leo whether he already had evidence about Darren, and Leo said they would know within days and that Hydra’s defeat was already decided.
• Leo asked Hank Pym to help research the Quantum Realm and begin planning a Quantum Tunnel, while leaving Scott’s experiment for a suitable opportunity.
• Leo asked to inspect Hank Pym’s technology, and Hank brought out the Ant-Man Suit Scott had just removed.
• Hank explained that the suit was over thirty years old and described its limited functions, including its shrinking and enlarging discs.
• Leo identified the blue disc as the key to escaping the Quantum Realm and explained how Scott’s method could release its particles for one final restoration.
• Leo made the red disc spin above his palm and asked whether he could use it.

After discovering the victims of The Hand’s torture in Thailand had all chosen death, Leo buried the building and returned to breakfast with Stark. Leo wanted to wipe out the world’s dark organizations, while Stark urged him to stop and make a plan.

• Leo remembered that the tortured victims had wanted to die, buried the building with everyone inside, and left carrying the information he had found.
• Leo joined Stark for breakfast, and Stark admitted that he had watched what happened in Thailand.
• Leo said he wanted to cleanse the world’s darkness and argued that doing so could save innocent people.
• Stark warned Leo that acting rashly could cause more innocent deaths and urged him to make a plan.