Chapter Summaries

Leo and Tony uncovered Trevor Slattery as the actor posing as the Mandarin and found Rhodey imprisoned in the estate. As Killian prepared to use the President in a live broadcast, the rescued group armed themselves to escape.

• Tony confronted Trevor Slattery, who revealed that Killian had hired him to play the Mandarin.
• Leo found Rhodey unconscious in the basement, and Tony knocked Trevor out before joining Leo there.
• Leo woke Rhodey, who explained that Extremis soldiers had overwhelmed him and taken his Iron Patriot armor.
• Killian arrived at a private harbor to prepare a live broadcast featuring the President, while Seven flew in the Iron Patriot armor to escort the President aboard Air Force One.
• Harry watched the Iron Man armor pieces fly out of his garage toward Tony.
• Leo incapacitated approaching guards and tried to make Rhodey a working pistol, but Rhodey rejected it and took a guard's gun instead.

Thor reunited with Jane, but Leo discovered that a dangerous mass of high-energy matter was draining her life. Thor took Jane and Leo to Asgard for help, where Heimdall welcomed them.

• Jane reunited with Thor, slapped him twice to confirm he was real, and demanded to know why he had been gone.
• Leo told Darcy to find Dr. Erik and explained that Jane's condition might require a visit to Asgard.
• Jane released a powerful energy wave when Leo touched her, and Leo identified a deep-red substance inside her that was absorbing her life force.
• Thor called Heimdall, and the Bifrost carried Thor, Jane, and Leo from Earth to Asgard.
• Leo studied the Bifrost's Spatial Energy during the journey and arrived in Asgard, where a man with a Giant Sword welcomed him.

As the Nine Realms began converging, Leo returned from Asgard to Greenwich and worked to stabilize the collapsing boundaries between worlds. S.H.I.E.L.D. evacuated the area while Loki lost Malekith through a shifting portal and chose to retreat.

• Darcy, Dr. Erik, and his intern reached Greenwich, where Dr. Erik set up instruments to record the convergence.
• Darcy reached Leo by phone, and he crossed a temporary portal from Asgard back to Earth.
• Leo found multiple Spatial Breaches over Greenwich and used Spatial Energy to stabilize some of the trembling Space Walls.
• Leo called Coulson, who mobilized S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and local authorities to evacuate the university district.
• As Leo kept stabilizing the spatial pressure and growing more compatible with the Gemstone, Loki watched Malekith disappear through a shifting portal and then retreated.

Frigga warned Leo about the Infinity Stones’ dangers and explained their history, powers, and drawbacks. Leo learned that Bor believed the stones might seek to reunite, leaving Leo to consider the warning as he hoped to see the Aether.

• Leo told Frigga that his memories felt hollow and that the Tesseract’s power had begun to affect his sense of self.
• Frigga warned that the Infinity Stones brought chaos and destruction, and recounted how Bor gathered four before scattering them and ordering Odin to conceal them.
• Leo said he knew at least two people who would try to control the stones and that he would not let them do so.
• Frigga agreed to tell Leo what she knew about the Aether and described competing theories about the stones’ origins and the legend that all six could grant omnipotent power.
• Frigga revealed that Bor sensed the six Infinity Stones might want to gather together, and Leo said he would think about it.
• Frigga named the six stones, explained their abilities and drawbacks, and warned Leo that the Tesseract’s power could be disrupting him.

Leo examined the Space Stone and questioned what the Infinity Stones were, while Frigga spoke with him about Asgard’s troubles and his lost memories. He left after deciding to continue his own mission, with Frigga offering the Aether if he needed it later.

• Leo removed the Tesseract’s shell and examined the Space Stone’s true form as Frigga watched.
• The Aether in Odin’s treasury began to condense while Leo held the Space Stone, then settled again after he restored the Tesseract around it.
• Leo told Frigga he would consider the Infinity Stones, and Frigga thanked him for helping Asgard and saving her.
• Frigga comforted Leo over his damaged memories and urged him to live according to his conscience.
• Frigga offered Leo the Aether if he needed it, and Leo disappeared to pursue his mission.

Leo created a powerful counter-storm inside the superstorm, disrupting its eye and causing the larger storm to weaken. The superstorm began to dissipate, but it could form a new eye if Leo’s smaller storm disappeared.

• Fitz spotted a new, high-pressure storm point forming inside the superstorm, and Coulson, Skye, and the others watched from the Airbus.
• Leo expanded and accelerated three enormous blades, creating a powerful updraft that overwhelmed the storm’s central eye.
• Students sheltering in the boiler room analyzed the storm while Agent Wever told Ward that S.H.I.E.L.D. had no defensive measures or support ready.
• Leo’s counter-storm destroyed the superstorm’s eye and weakened the surrounding storm, while S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel and satellites monitored the reversal.
• Leo withdrew the three blades and used his Golden Wings to steady the chaotic air currents around him.

Leo visited S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Wall of Valor, warned Agent Ward not to threaten Skye, and teleported away before Coulson's team arrived. Back home, he made figurines and experimented with spatial energy, ending sealed inside a golden cocoon in a silent space as dawn came.

• Leo noticed Bucky Barnes's name on the Wall of Valor and warned Ward that he would return if Ward tried to harm Skye or others.
• Leo teleported away as Coulson, Agent Wever, and armed S.H.I.E.L.D. agents approached the administration building.
• Ward told Wever that Leo had used true teleportation, and Coulson suggested searching the surrounding area for him.
• Leo returned to his Queens home, made more than a dozen figurines, and reflected on his fading memories and the Time Stone.
• Leo wrapped himself in his golden wings and used spatial energy, causing the cocoon to become strangely unreal as he absorbed spatial metal through the night.

The Red Whale awoke still hungry and sped through space, where Ronan’s warship detected and captured it. Ronan ordered the juvenile beast taken to the Dark Star for taming or mechanical modification, while Nebula and Gamora watched.

• The Red Whale emerged from its slumber and charged through space in search of food.
• Ronan’s crew detected the approaching life-form, and Ronan ordered it destroyed before learning it might be a young Starry Sky Giant Beast.
• Ronan deployed three Auxiliary Ships, which trapped the Red Whale in an energy net after it slammed into their formation.
• The crew identified the captive as a juvenile Red Whale, and Ronan ordered it brought to the Dark Star for taming or mechanical modification.
• Nebula and Gamora watched the captured Red Whale, recalling its historical battle records.

Number Sixteen rapidly healed from severe wounds after receiving the Extremis Serum, and Leo examined the regeneration taking place inside its body. Maya said the serum still needed extensive testing and human trials, while Leo continued testing Number Sixteen’s recovery by impaling it with metal needles.

• Number Sixteen regenerated its severed limbs and fatal wounds in under half a minute, then ate the energy-rich feed.
• Leo examined the mouse and found that its regrowing tissues contained rapidly dividing cells and flickering thermal energy, though he could not explain the transformation.
• Maya reported that Number Sixteen’s appetite increased after using its abilities but that it showed no aggression or uncontrolled heat release.
• Maya said the serum required more experiments before human trials, and Leo replied that Zost would solve the issue.
• Leo impaled Number Sixteen with four metal needles; the mouse dodged one, broke free of another, and began healing while eating again.

Li Qian and Li Ye visited Leo at his home, where they met his adoptive parents, Jenny and George. When Li Ye questioned Leo about his biological parents, Leo’s unexpected pressure made him back down, leaving the siblings uneasy.

• Li Qian followed Leo’s directions to his home, with Li Ye chasing after her.
• Leo welcomed the siblings, and Jenny and George greeted them warmly.
• Leo introduced Jenny as his adoptive mother and his closest family, and Li Qian introduced herself as his schoolmate.
• Li Ye bluntly asked Leo about his biological parents, and Leo said he was an orphan.
• Li Qian stopped Li Ye from pressing further, but Leo asked to hear what he had been about to say.
• Feeling a chilling pressure from Leo, Li Ye withdrew his question and apologized.

Leo told Li Ye that he had created Black Prison Group, leaving Li Ye struggling to believe him. Meanwhile, Li Qian helped Jenny prepare a large steak dinner and noticed Jenny’s unusual strength and energy.

• Leo told Li Ye that he had created Black Prison Group, and Li Ye’s certainty began to falter.
• In the kitchen, Li Qian asked Jenny about preparing so much food, and Jenny explained that Leo had always eaten enormous amounts.
• Jenny said her energy and strength had improved since she quit her job, while Li Qian helped her finish cooking the feast.
• Li Ye continued staring at Leo, unable to believe his claim even as his conviction started to crumble.

Leo kept Li Ye silent with a threat while questioning Li Haiyang about his arrival in the United States and his connection to the Hulk and Abomination incidents. Li Haiyang gave strained explanations, and Li Ye remained terrified as the group continued walking.

• Leo threatened Li Ye with a visit from Black Prison Combat Squads if he revealed Leo's identity, then forced him to walk with the group.
• Leo asked Li Haiyang when he had come to the United States and discussed the Manhattan battle between Hulk and Abomination, probing for a connection.
• Leo warned Li Qian that people trying to reproduce Hulk's power could create a terrifying army, and said Abomination had been an experimental subject.
• Leo showed Li Qian a Mark IV Iron Man model and told Li Haiyang that he had met Tony Stark by selling him models.
• Li Haiyang said he had come to the United States to join a friend's restaurant business and later brought Xixi to study there, while Li Ye silently wished he could go home.

Li Haiyang revealed to Li Qian that he was a senior Chinese agent and explained how her mother died during a mission. He began describing his assignment in the United States, leaving his renewed work after the alien invasion unexplained.

• Li Qian questioned Li Haiyang about his unexplained absences and demanded to know the truth about his work.
• Li Haiyang checked the room for listening devices before deciding to tell Li Qian part of the truth.
• Li Haiyang revealed that he was a senior agent serving China directly.
• Li Haiyang explained that Li Qian's mother died when a captured superpowered murderer escaped and attacked their team, and that he killed the murderer afterward.
• Li Haiyang said he had been sent to the United States to investigate the Hulk incident and that the organization contacted him again after aliens invaded New York.

Leo contained a red energy phenomenon that had overwhelmed Chen Haoran and captured a tiny sphere of fiery energy from it. He brought the sphere to the Red Whale and fed it to the creature.

• Chen Haoran described red sparks within a five-meter area and nearly succumbed to their mesmerizing influence before Leo woke him.
• Leo opened spatial rifts in the testing room, where red light surged through and scorched the walls before retreating.
• Leo reached into a rift and seized a tiny sphere surrounded by crimson flames, then watched the spatial damage repair itself.
• Chen Haoran asked to try the sphere, but Leo left through a spatial rift while Maya prepared another test for him.
• Leo visited the Red Whale on the moon and tossed the tiny fireball into its open mouth.

News of Flame Man’s appearance spread across New York as S.H.I.E.L.D. tried to identify him and sent Captain Rogers and Natasha to investigate. Chen Haoran flew toward Brooklyn, enjoying his newfound freedom after intervening in a knife robbery.

• News reports described Flame Man’s flight through New York and the death of a robber he had stopped.
• Nick Fury learned that the dead man had stabbed a woman during a robbery and ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to investigate Flame Man and send Rogers and Natasha to Brooklyn.
• Natasha drove to Rogers, who had put on his combat suit and taken his shield, and the two pursued Flame Man.
• Rogers suggested staging knife robberies to draw Flame Man out, so S.H.I.E.L.D. agents arranged incidents across Brooklyn.
• Chen Haoran recalled how he had stopped the robbery in Manhattan, then continued flying toward Brooklyn under Leo’s instructions.

Chen Haoran recovered from his injuries and escaped after a midair clash with Tony Stark, while Rogers and Natasha were unable to stop him. Leo watched the battle from a nearby rooftop.

• Chen Haoran lay injured in a crater as his flames formed a huge fireball that kept Rogers and Natasha at a distance.
• Tony Stark and Rogers prepared to contain Chen Haoran while Natasha aimed a rocket launcher at the fireball.
• Chen Haoran's golden light healed his injuries as he focused on Tony and prepared two Scarlet Flame Fireballs.
• Chen Haoran blasted into the sky and threw the fireballs at Tony, whose Micro-missiles detonated them in midair.
• Chen Haoran escaped into the Distant Place as Rogers and Natasha watched, while Leo observed from a rooftop.

Nick Fury showed Rogers the Project Insight Helicarriers, whose surveillance and weapons systems horrified Rogers. After Rogers left, Fury investigated S.H.I.E.L.D.'s hidden corruption and tried to access the Lemuria satellite launch files, but the AI denied his authorization.

• Nick Fury took Rogers underground and showed him the three massive Project Insight Helicarriers.
• Fury explained that the carriers could identify potential threats through satellite-linked DNA analysis and eliminate them before they acted.
• Rogers questioned the morality of Project Insight, rejected Fury's justification, and walked away.
• Nick Fury suspected a hidden web inside S.H.I.E.L.D. and grew uneasy about the organization and Project Insight.
• Nick Fury sealed his office and tried to open the Lemuria satellite launch files, but the S.H.I.E.L.D. AI denied access and said all files had been sealed.

Pierce ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to identify Golden Legend from a blurry half-face photograph, while Leo introduced Red Whale to Jenny and George. Meanwhile, Rogers recruited Sam Wilson to help find the missing Rogers and Natasha, and Sam prepared to join the mission.

• Pierce received facial reconstructions from the photograph, and analysts reported a 65 percent chance Golden Legend was Chinese.
• Pierce ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to search for Chinese men in the United States who resembled the portraits and told Baron Sitwell to retrieve the Mind Scepter.
• Leo explained Red Whale's origins and the strange pull he felt, and Jenny and George welcomed the gentle whale into their home.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. staff continued comparing the photograph against records as they searched for Golden Legend's identity.
• Rogers persuaded Sam Wilson to join his side, and Sam volunteered for the mission to find Rogers and Natasha.

Maya’s stable Extremis Serum began restoring Rando’s missing leg as he volunteered for another test. Meanwhile, three Hydra agents loyal to Pierce infiltrated Black Prison Tower to find Liu Chong, and Zost stayed with Rando after receiving an intrusion warning.

• Maya explained that her new serum appeared stable and might let people live to three hundred, unlike the unstable Extremis Serum she had developed at Apex Technology Group.
• Rando insisted on receiving an injection, and Zost agreed after Maya said a healthy ordinary person would be a better test subject.
• Three Hydra agents loyal to Pierce disabled Black Prison’s surveillance cameras and infiltrated Black Prison Tower to search for information about Liu Chong and confront the group’s boss.
• The agents used a flashbang and Tree Cobra Tranquilizer Rounds to incapacitate the lobby guards, while two guards fired shots to alert others.
• Rando’s missing lower leg began regenerating in the laboratory, and Zost stayed beside him while asking over his walkie-talkie for the intruders’ location.

Chen Haoran fought through S.H.I.E.L.D. agents inside Black Prison Tower while Zost and the Black Prison members guarded the exits. After defeating the attackers, Chen Haoran left two disarmed agents trapped in the corridor and flew downstairs.

• After a gunshot rang out, Zost used his gold card to escort a police officer outside while Black Prison members guarded the exits.
• Reiz pulled a bullet from his forehead after killing three attackers, and Chen Haoran finished off another three-man squad with his flames.
• Chen Haoran confronted six S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, used the Hydra code phrase to identify four of them, and attacked the two outsiders.
• Chen Haoran burned through the agents’ weapons and bullets, killed several men, and made the remaining two surrender.
• Chen Haoran disarmed the two survivors, burned their clothes and belongings, and flew downstairs, ordering them to wait until the next day.