Chapter Summaries

Leo visited Frigga and urged Thor to travel with him to Nidavellir, fearing Thanos might reach the Dwarves first. Frigga suspected Leo wanted to pursue the Infinity Gauntlet and sensed that his growing power was changing him.

• Leo left Loki and hurried to Frigga's palace, where Thor was speaking with her about Earth and Jane.
• Frigga welcomed Leo and told Thor that Leo had saved her, surprising him with their familiarity.
• Leo urged Thor to leave for Nidavellir soon, and Thor agreed after explaining that the Dwarves had forged Mjolnir.
• Leo examined Mjolnir and considered how Odin's enchantment and Thor's power related to the hammer's strength.
• Frigga recalled Odin's failed attempt to make a weapon that could wield every Infinity Stone and wondered if Leo intended to continue that work.
• Frigga sensed that Leo's power had become comparable to Odin's and worried that its influence was changing him.

Thanos learned that Ronan had died and the Power Stone had vanished from the Void Land, while evidence suggested someone had used the Space Stone there. As Thanos suspected that a rival was collecting Infinity Stones, Supergiant Star brought him a lead on Dwarf Star.

• Ebony Maw told Thanos that Ronan and his forces had been destroyed in the Void Land, the Power Stone was missing, and Difan was unlikely to have killed Ronan.
• Ebony Maw showed Thanos footage of space-vibration attacks that appeared to come from nowhere, and Thanos suspected they were caused by the Space Stone.
• Ebony Maw reported that Gamora and Nebula were alive and may have joined the group that took the Power Stone, but the spacecraft and its records had been destroyed.
• Thanos ordered Ebony Maw to investigate traces left by a devouring weapon and told him to let Difan live while the investigation continued.
• Thanos concluded that someone was gathering Infinity Stones and might also have the Reality Stone.
• Supergiant Star told Thanos that she had a lead on Dwarf Star.

Leo asked Eitri to forge a weapon that could wield the Space Stone, and Eitri agreed to seek Odin’s approval first. Eitri then took Leo to see the Infinity Gauntlet while the other Eitri studied Uru, but Eitri’s attempt to contact Odin received no reply.

• Leo warned Eitri that Nidavellir remained vulnerable despite its isolation and asked him to forge a weapon for the Space Stone.
• Eitri said he needed Odin’s approval and cautioned Leo that an Infinity Stone’s power could harm him.
• Eitri agreed to take Leo to the Collection Room to see the Infinity Gauntlet, while Leo left raw Uru ore for the other Eitri to examine.
• Eitri used a device to send a message through Gungnir, but Loki noticed its faint vibration and did not respond.
• Eitri received no reply, then returned to studying the Uru at his workbench.

Eitri experimented with Tricolor Void Gold and discovered that its pure-color forms reverted unless they were quickly fused with another metal. Leo demonstrated how to separate and combine the Uru, then asked Eitri to make both a Horizontal Blade and a bracer that could hold a Power Stone and transform into a glove.

• Eitri accelerated the separation of Tricolor Void Gold and explained what he had learned about Uru’s unusual properties.
• After the gold and silver pieces were removed, the remaining pure-black Uru reverted to Tricolor Void Gold, and the separated gold began changing as well.
• Leo separated the Uru again and forcibly fused its three colors with Vibranium to make three metal spheres.
• Eitri deduced that pure-color Uru reverted after about ten seconds unless it was fused with another metal within three seconds.
• Leo provided Eitri with more Void Gold Ore and requested a Power Stone-holding bracer that could transform into a glove, in addition to a Horizontal Blade.

Leo showed Eitri the Tricolor Void Gold and revealed that he possessed the Space Stone and the Power Stone. He asked Eitri to forge a weapon capable of bearing and using the Power Stone, alongside the blade he had already requested.

• Leo showed Eitri a large piece of Tricolor Void Gold and explained that he had obtained it from the Void Land.
• Eitri questioned Leo about the space he had mentioned, and Leo revealed the Space Stone and explained how he had taken the Tesseract from Earth.
• Leo told Eitri that the Aether had also reappeared and was being kept in Asgard.
• Leo revealed the Power Stone, shocking Eitri with his possession of two Infinity Stones.
• Leo asked Eitri to forge a weapon capable of bearing and using the Power Stone.

Leo told Thor and the Asgardians that he wanted to protect the Infinity Stones from Thanos, who sought all six to affect the universe. After studying the failed invasion of Earth and taking interest in Leo’s power, Thanos ordered an investigation of Nidavellir.

• Thor warned Leo that Asgard believed two Infinity Stones should never be brought together, while Leo said Thanos was seeking them to destroy life across the universe.
• Leo explained that Thanos’s forces were powerful enough to threaten the universe and urged the Asgardians to recognize the danger.
• Thanos reviewed the failed attack on Earth, noting Thor, Iron Man, and especially the masked man with Golden Wings who had destroyed much of the Chitauri Legion.
• Thanos considered recruiting the Golden Wings man and told Supergiant Star to send a vanguard to investigate Nidavellir.

Leo persuaded Eitri to forge him a Strength Bracer and warned him that Thanos might soon threaten Nidavellir. Eitri accepted Leo’s offer of protection, while the Power Stone remained with Leo until the weapon was ready.

• Eitri agreed to forge Leo a Horizontal Blade in about five days and a Strength Bracer in about ten, trusting Odin’s judgment and planning to embed the Power Stone later.
• Leo withheld the Power Stone, asking whether Nidavellir had records of its energy and properties, and Eitri told him to keep it until the end of the forging.
• Leo warned Eitri that Thanos was searching for Nidavellir and explained that Asgard might be unable to send help because the Nine Realms were in chaos.
• When Eitri questioned how Leo could protect the Dwarves, Leo said he could control the Infinity Stones and demonstrated his healing ability and connection to the Space Stone.
• Eitri accepted Leo’s offer of protection and explained that the Dwarves needed a powerful protector because their small population made war dangerous.

Leo reunited with Thor and the Warriors Three at an Asgardian bar, where he repaired bartender Sveinn’s prosthetic leg. Over drinks, Thor asked about Leo’s Infinity Stone weapon, and Leo explained that he had intercepted a Stone from Ronan to protect Earth and the Nine Realms.

• Leo entered the Asgardian bar and was warmly welcomed by the warriors who recognized him for helping save Asgard.
• Thor and his friends called Leo over, and Sveinn brought food and drinks while welcoming him.
• Leo noticed Sveinn’s misaligned prosthetic leg and adjusted it, allowing Sveinn to walk more comfortably.
• Thor asked whether Leo had commissioned an Infinity Stone weapon at Nidavellir, and Leo confirmed that he had obtained a Stone in the Void Land.
• Leo told Thor, Sif, Fandral, and Volstagg that he had intercepted the Stone from Ronan and intended to secure the Infinity Stones before other powerful beings could threaten Earth and the Nine Realms.

Leo returned to Avengers Tower and discussed The Hand and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s plans for Sokovia with Natasha and Rogers. He learned the assault would begin in three days, reassured Rogers that Bucky was being treated, and vanished to handle another matter.

• Leo returned to Avengers Tower, where Natasha and Rogers were waiting outside the studio while Tony and Banner argued inside.
• Leo told Natasha that The Hand had attacked his organization, and she described the assassin group and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s limited efforts against it.
• Natasha and Rogers explained that Hydra had taken over a former S.H.I.E.L.D. base in Sokovia and was using the Mind Scepter and Chitauri technology to develop energy weapons.
• Leo told Rogers that Bucky needed a long treatment and warned him not to ask where Bucky was if he wanted to keep him safe from Hydra.
• Natasha said the general assault on Sokovia would begin in three days, and Leo vanished after saying he had to take care of something.

Leo returned from Asgard and prepared to take George, Aunt May, and Chen Haoran to China before bringing Chen Haoran into space. Meanwhile, Thanos's forces advanced toward Nidavellir and the Void Land as he considered the Space Stone, Asgardians, and Odin.

• Leo reassured Aunt May and George that his trip to Asgard had gone well and said he planned to take them back to China.
• Aunt May told Leo that Peter had often come looking for him, and Leo said he would visit Peter when it was safe.
• Leo told Chen Haoran that he would take him to see the stars and that Lorelei and Quill were with the organization.
• Two Starry Sky Giant Ships left Sanctum One for Nidavellir, while Sanctum One headed toward the Void Land and Ebony Maw went ahead to gather information.
• Thanos prepared his Dual-bladed Greatsword and wondered how long the Space Stone, the Asgardians, and Odin could hold out.

George and Jenny longed to visit China after hearing how much Leo missed it, while Maya helped them continue training in the Black Prison. Leo returned, confirmed that George and Jenny had adapted to the Extremis Serum, and promised to take Chen Haoran out into space the next day.

• George and Jenny discussed their wish to explore China's food, landscapes, and culture, and Jenny explained that she wanted to understand Leo's attachment to China.
• Maya ended George and Jenny's physical training and directed them to continue practicing their ability control.
• Chen Haoran lamented that Leo did not consider him a superhero, and Maya caught a barbell he kicked toward her, showing how much Beck Stone had strengthened her.
• Leo returned to the Black Prison and offered to take Chen Haoran into space the next day.
• Maya told Leo that George and Jenny had fully adapted to the Extremis Serum and could control their abilities, and Leo said their enhanced bodies and recovery ability put him at ease.

Li Haiyang urged Leo to meet Li Qian, while Zhang Huan schemed to bring Leo closer to her. Leo joined George and Jenny as they planned their trip, and Ebony Maw arrived at Void Land to search for the Orb of Power and the Tesseract for Thanos.

• Li Haiyang told Leo that Li Qian had been asking about him and asked him to meet her, and Leo agreed to visit her the next afternoon.
• Zhang Huan suggested Leo and Li Qian could become more than friends, then decided to encourage a relationship between her and Golden Legend.
• Leo went to George and Jenny, who were discussing places to visit and food to try.
• Ebony Maw arrived at Void Land and ordered Xer and the exploration team to find information about the Orb of Power and the Tesseract for Thanos.

Leo destroyed all twenty-two of the Hand's New York outposts, while Nick Fury continued investigating Leo's origins and obtained a list of possible parents. At Black Prison, Leo prepared to take Mr. and Mrs. George and the others away, then began transferring power to nine people linked arm in arm.

• Leo used Nick Fury's intelligence to teleport between the Hand's outposts, kill their occupants, and destroy each building, but he did not find Madam Gao.
• Nick Fury learned that all twenty-two outposts had been destroyed and asked Smollett to keep searching for Leo's parents.
• Smollett gave Nick Fury a memory card listing twenty-four couples with a possibility of being Leo's parents exceeding one percent.
• Mr. and Mrs. George finished packing, and Zost told Leo that the others were waiting outside.
• Leo summoned Langdu, Reiz, and seven others, had them link arms, and sent golden light through them after placing his hand on Langdu.

Leo reunited with Li Haiyang at Dragon Fang’s base after helping test a powerful new blade. Li Haiyang told him that Li Qian was about to graduate and had been searching for news about him.

• Li Yuan tested the new blade by deflecting Leo’s bullets and slicing Zhang Huan’s thrown dagger into scraps.
• Li Yuan named the blade Dragon Fang, and Leo said it could damage Rogers’s shield and penetrate Tony’s armor.
• Zhang Huan accepted Dragon Fang, then led Leo to meet Li Haiyang.
• Leo greeted Li Haiyang, who hugged him and teased him for hiding that he was the Golden Legend.
• Li Haiyang told Leo that Li Qian was about to graduate, had been looking for him, and had once wanted to visit his home.

Leo left Jenny and George in China under Dragon Fang’s protection after enhancing them into powerful fighters. He replaced Old Li’s fading Spatial Energy blade with a superior weapon, which Old Li planned to hand over to the organization.

• Leo brought Jenny and George to China, explaining that the United States was too dangerous and asking Zhang Huan to look after them.
• Elder Zhang, Old Li, and Zhang Huan were astonished by Jenny and George’s youthful appearances and greatly increased strength.
• Leo cautioned Jenny and George to protect themselves, and Zhang Huan thanked him for the technological information he had provided to China.
• Old Li showed Leo that the Spatial Energy in his Tang dao had faded, and Leo explained that the effect had only lasted a few days outside his hands.
• Leo gave Old Li a more durable Horizontal Blade, and Old Li said it would become a Dragon Fang treasure for the organization.

Leo brought Chen Haoran to the Void Land, where he introduced him to Quill and the Guardians as a potential new member. The group prepared to choose a spaceship while Gamora reported that Thanos's people might have infiltrated their original ship.

• Leo and Chen Haoran arrived at the Void Land and headed to the workshop where Quill and the others were waiting.
• Leo introduced Chen Haoran as his partner and asked Quill to let him join the group.
• Chen Haoran greeted Lorelei, who rejected him, and claimed he had defeated her in a past fight, drawing the team's interest.
• Quill chose a spaceship that would be ready in two days, while Rocket secretly kept an energy bomb in his backpack.
• Gamora told Leo that the Kree Empire had gone quiet and that Thanos's people might have infiltrated the original Milan.

Leo strengthened the Black Prison Group’s trusted members and left New York with Jenny and George, returning to the Shanghai Dragon Fang base. There, he learned Dragon Fang still had no information about the man who could control Cosmic Consciousness, and he resolved to recognize him if they met again.

• Leo infused Zost’s trusted people with Golden Light that could accelerate their healing and let him locate them, then ordered them to follow Zost and develop Black Prison.
• Leo dismissed the group, and he, Jenny, and George vanished with their suitcases in a flash of blue light.
• Leo, Jenny, and George appeared at the Shanghai Dragon Fang Branch Base, where Zhang Huan, Old Li, and Elder Zhang welcomed them.
• Zhang Huan apologized that Dragon Fang had failed to find the man Leo was searching for, and Leo said he would recognize the man if they met again.
• Leo reflected on Cosmic Consciousness Fragments and the secrets surrounding the Infinity Stones, including the Power Stone.

Leo used Nick Fury’s intelligence to locate the Hand’s New York bases and went after Madam Gao. Madam Gao fled as the bases were destroyed one by one, realizing that a single powerful attacker was hunting the Hand.

• Leo reviewed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s detailed information on the Hand, including Madam Gao’s role as its New York manager.
• Madam Gao sensed danger at a remote base and ordered two Silver Medal Assassins to leave with her without alerting the others.
• Madam Gao headed toward downtown New York by car, but refused to go to Base Three.
• Madam Gao watched the points on her communications device vanish as the Hand’s bases were destroyed in rapid succession.
• Madam Gao saw a small figure streaking through the sky and feared that one person was wiping out the Hand’s bases.

Leo sent Jenny and George to travel through Huaguo with Dragon Fang protection while he prepared to take Chen Haoran into space. The chapter ended with Leo teleporting away with Chen Haoran and his luggage.

• Jenny and George departed from the Dragon Fang Branch Base with Old Li, Ye Wei, and a hidden twenty-man escort team.
• Leo reassured Jenny that he would visit her and George often, then disappeared.
• George chose to visit Dali in Yunnan, and Zhang Huan agreed to the trip while wondering whether it could help Dragon Fang locate the Afterlife.
• Leo arrived at the Black Prison Tower in New York and found Chen Haoran waiting with his packed belongings.
• Leo grabbed Chen Haoran, and they vanished in a flash of blue light.

Ebony Maw overwhelmed the Guardians and pinned Chen Haoran beneath a slab of stone, but Rocket and Groot activated Ship 134’s weapons and opened fire on him. As Ebony Maw forced the cannons down and sent a collapsing hangar wall toward Quill and the others, a flash of Golden Light appeared.

• Ebony Maw used his Psychic Power to turn wreckage into weapons and attack the group while Chen Haoran remained down.
• Chen Haoran launched himself at Ebony Maw, but metal darts slowed him and a huge slab of the hangar buried him against the ground.
• Ebony Maw prepared to attack the others as Jason stabbed his own thigh for an unexplained reason.
• Rocket and Groot started Ship 134 and activated its cannons, firing at Ebony Maw while Rocket called for the others to get aboard.
• Ebony Maw forced the ship’s guns downward and set a collapsing hangar wall moving toward Quill and the others, just as a flash of Golden Light streaked past.