Chapter Summaries

Yinsen crossed into an early X-Men timeline with Logan and Ada, where they encountered young Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr. After joining them in their car, Yinsen promised to explain their connection once they reached the CIA base, while Charles and Erik remained wary of the strangers.

• Yinsen sailed toward the Southern Sea Route, gathered Space-Time Energy, and took Logan and Ada through the pointer to an X-Men world.
• Ada identified the setting as America in the 1950s or 1960s, while Logan recognized two men as people he had recently met.
• Yinsen, Logan, and Ada climbed into Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr's car and greeted the astonished pair.
• Charles tried to probe the newcomers' thoughts, but Yinsen blocked him and warned him against invading people's privacy.
• Charles drove them toward the CIA base, and Yinsen said he would explain their connection there as Erik remarked that the car had become unusually heavy.

Yinsen delivered an inheritance from an elderly Charles Xavier in another universe to the young Charles, revealing a future in which mutants were nearly wiped out. After Wolverine let Charles read his memories, Charles accepted that the inheritance could help him and Erik prepare to change that future.

• Yinsen explained that he had come to deliver something to Charles Xavier, then described the bleak future he had witnessed in another universe.
• Charles asked for proof, and Wolverine offered his memories so Charles could verify Yinsen's account.
• Charles read Wolverine's memories and thanked him for caring for the older version of himself.
• Yinsen presented Charles with the other Charles's Mental Power Essence, knowledge, and memories as an inheritance.
• Charles explained the situation to Erik, and Yinsen urged them to use their time and the inheritance to prepare for future dangers.

Charles accepted his older self’s Mental Power and knowledge, learning why Yinsen had arranged the legacy and how old Charles had guarded it. The chapter left young Charles, Magneto, and Yinsen on friendly terms as Charles confronted the many future hardships ahead.

• Charles decided to accept his older self’s legacy after learning from Logan’s memories how severe the future threats were.
• Yinsen opened the magically protected box, and old Charles briefly manifested to assess him and reassure young Charles that the legacy was safe to accept.
• Old Charles’s Mental Body dissolved into pure Mental Energy, which young Charles absorbed along with decades of memories and knowledge.
• Young Charles gave Yinsen a reserve of Mental Power and part of old Charles’s research knowledge as a gift, and Yinsen accepted it.
• Charles thanked Yinsen, while Magneto relaxed and asked about the future troubles Charles had learned of.

Charles explained Erik’s future and the potential threats ahead, then urged him to study so he could master his powers. As they turned to stopping Sebastian Shaw’s planned nuclear war, Charles proposed waiting for Shaw to come to them.

• Charles told Erik that they would later become opponents but would never truly try to kill each other, and Yinsen reflected on their unusual friendship.
• Charles described how Erik could develop his magnetic powers through extensive study and persuaded him to learn, while Erik insisted on killing Sebastian Shaw himself.
• Yinsen supported Erik’s right to take revenge and challenged Charles to imagine losing his own parents, though Charles still believed killing was wrong.
• Charles and Erik agreed to focus on present dangers, including Shaw’s plan to provoke nuclear war and create a world dominated by mutants.
• Charles considered how to find Shaw, whose submarine made him hard to track, and suggested waiting for him to come to them.

Charles and Yinsen planned to keep the young mutants safe while Sebastian Shaw attacked the base, and Yinsen prepared to confront him. Yinsen, Ada, Logan, and a crowd of curious young mutants headed toward the intruders, leaving the soldiers behind them in a heap through Yinsen’s magic.

• Charles decided to stay at the base with Yinsen and wait for Sebastian while Erik and Moira followed the original plan to capture Emma Frost in the Soviet Union.
• Charles introduced Yinsen and his companions to Moira but kept their identities and abilities vague, then the group settled in to wait for Sebastian’s attack.
• Yinsen and Logan talked about the young mutants’ carefree days, and Yinsen told Logan that Sebastian’s arrival was imminent.
• Yinsen invited Ada to watch the confrontation, and Raven persuaded the other young mutants to come along.
• A special operations team blocked the group and ordered them back to their rooms, but Yinsen used Teleportation Magic to dump the soldiers elsewhere, impressing the young mutants.

Yinsen confronted Sebastian Shaw and revealed his plan to provoke a nuclear war before summoning Erik and the others to face him. The chapter ended with Erik objecting to Yinsen’s loud summoning incantation.

• Yinsen used teleportation magic to protect a soldier and send Sebastian high into the air, drawing Azazel out to catch him.
• Sebastian argued that mutants had to rule ordinary humans or risk being enslaved, while Yinsen acknowledged his point but rejected his methods.
• Yinsen exposed Sebastian’s plan to inflame conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union and trigger a nuclear war, turning the soldiers against him.
• As Sebastian prepared to attack, Yinsen summoned Charles, Erik, Moira, and Emma Frost, and Erik complained about Yinsen shouting the spell.

Yinsen brought Erik and Charles to confront Sebastian, and Erik launched a spectacular metal assault while Charles tried to support him. The chapter ended as Erik’s hidden metal wires tightened around Sebastian’s helmet, while Yinsen stopped Emma Frost from warning him.

• Yinsen explained how the talisman let Erik, Charles, and Moira teleport to his location after Emma Frost was captured in the Soviet Union.
• Yinsen and the special operations commander moved the young mutants and other bystanders away from the battlefield as Erik and Charles faced Sebastian and Azazel.
• Charles failed to control Sebastian through his helmet, and Sebastian hurled a sphere of mixed energy at Erik.
• Azazel teleported Erik out of danger, then joined him and Charles against Sebastian.
• Erik ripped metal reinforcement bars from the building and attacked Sebastian with them while Sebastian stood his ground.
• Yinsen stopped Emma Frost from using her Mental Link, and Erik’s nearly invisible metal wires wrapped around Sebastian’s helmet.

Erik killed Sebastian with the coin that had been tied to his mother's death, while Yinsen stopped Charles from interfering by placing him and Azazel in the Mirror Dimension. Erik then chose to help Charles, and the group prepared to leave the ruined base and build a new future for mutants.

• Erik moved the coin toward Sebastian as Charles tried to persuade him not to take revenge.
• Yinsen trapped Charles and Azazel in the Mirror Dimension, preventing them from stopping Erik or teleporting Sebastian away.
• Erik put on Sebastian's helmet and killed him with the coin, while Yinsen severed Charles's painful mental link to Sebastian.
• After Yinsen released the Mirror Dimension, Erik removed his helmet and promised to help Charles; Charles and Erik reconciled.
• Charles recovered enough to stand, and the group decided they could not remain at the destroyed base and would move toward establishing a school for young mutants.
• Yinsen joked about Charles's hair, and Charles firmly warned that nobody was touching it.

After Sebastian Shaw’s defeat, the CIA debated how to deal with Charles and the other mutants while Yinsen urged Charles to cooperate with the government and make the X-Men an officially recognized force. As Charles considered preparations for future mutants, Yinsen found little to do in the years before the next events in the timeline.

• The CIA sent reinforcements to take Emma Frost away and required Moira to report what had happened, while officials argued over how to treat Charles’s group.
• Yinsen advised Charles to work with the government, build political alliances, and establish the X-Men as an officially recognized special police force.
• Charles worried that mutants would become tools for politicians, but Yinsen urged him to show strength and pointed out that Magneto’s mutants faced fewer captures because their enemies feared retaliation.
• Charles considered tracking future mutants such as Jean Grey, Cyclops, and Storm before they were born or their powers awakened.
• Yinsen reviewed the timeline of future X-Men events and concluded that he could neither wait out the decades nor gain much by releasing Apocalypse early.

Yinsen adjusted to his growing magic power and helped Alex and Erik with energy control as the School for Gifted Youngsters prepared to open. Senator David Brickman arrived to discuss mutant affairs and treated Yinsen as a mutant despite his insistence that he was a Mage from another universe.

• Yinsen decided to slow his rapid growth in magic power after noticing he was becoming eager to seek trouble.
• Charles asked Yinsen to guide Alex, and Yinsen advised Alex and Erik on controlling their abilities.
• Yinsen suggested Alex use a limiter and practice releasing energy through his hands, while Hank would handle designing the device.
• Moira brought Senator David Brickman to meet Charles, Erik, and Yinsen.
• Yinsen told Brickman he was not a mutant and offered to discuss Parallel Universes, but Brickman continued to regard him as a mutant.

Yinsen demonstrated his magic and explained that he came from another universe, persuading Senator Brickman to consider him a Mage rather than a mutant. The meeting ended with Brickman and Charles agreeing to work together, while Yinsen made clear that he would soon leave.

• Yinsen pressed Brickman to say what would prove he was a Mage, then used magic energy to show him a vision of countless universes.
• Yinsen explained that ordinary people could become Mages with sufficient talent and demonstrated spells that convinced Brickman he was not a mutant.
• Brickman learned that threats could cross between universes and saw the X-Men as a valuable force for protecting the world and advancing his political ambitions.
• Yinsen redirected Brickman's attention toward Charles and Erik, noting that he would leave but might help them if they faced trouble.
• Charles and Brickman reached a preliminary understanding to cooperate, including promoting the X-Men's public image.

Yinsen decided to leave Charles’s world with Logan and Ada after helping Charles establish a future for mutants. He departed in a dramatic display that strengthened Brickman’s belief in parallel universes, and planned to travel next to the Mummy World.

• Charles trained young mutants as Xavier’s School gained official recognition and a path toward civil-service careers for its graduates.
• Logan and Ada told Yinsen they wanted to leave, and Yinsen agreed to take them away after saying goodbye to Charles and Erik.
• Yinsen advised Charles not to miss his chance with Moira before the mutants gathered to see him off.
• Brickman watched Yinsen use the Teleportation Array, then questioned scientists about the evidence it left behind.
• Yinsen returned to the Goddess of Dawn and prepared to rest before traveling to the Mummy World.

Yinsen planned his trip to the Mummy World and traveled to 1923 Egypt with Ada and Logan. He arrived at the Cairo Museum just as Evelyn and Jonathan watched the map to Hamunaptra burn, then told the curator he was going there.

• Yinsen reviewed his plans for the Mummy World and realized he might need Evelyn to read the Ancient Egyptian scriptures.
• Logan decided to accompany Yinsen and Ada, while Loki, Selene, and Annette stayed aboard the Goddess of Dawn.
• Yinsen, Ada, and Logan arrived in Egypt in 1923, and Logan claimed he had accidentally stood in the Magic Array.
• Yinsen found Evelyn and Jonathan at the Cairo Museum as they tried to save their burning map.
• Curator Terence Bey asked why Yinsen had come, and Yinsen replied that he was going to Hamunaptra.

Yinsen joined Evelyn and Jonathan on their search for Hamunaptra, then used magic to force Cairo’s Warden to release Rick O'Connell. The siblings were stunned when Yinsen dismissed the fireball he had conjured as a simple spell.

• Evelyn insisted Hamunaptra was real and showed the group her damaged map, while Jonathan suggested finding the man who had given it to him.
• Yinsen introduced himself, Logan, and Ada, and Evelyn invited them to join her and Jonathan on their journey despite barely knowing them.
• Yinsen told Jonathan and Evelyn that he wanted to find the two legendary Scriptures, and Evelyn urged everyone to seek Rick O'Connell, who was imprisoned in Cairo.
• Yinsen demanded that the Warden release O'Connell and conjured a fireball to make his threat convincing.
• The Warden agreed to release O'Connell, and Evelyn and Jonathan stared in shock as Yinsen extinguished the fireball.

Yinsen’s group freed Rick O'Connell from Cairo Prison and hired him to lead their expedition to Hamunaptra. O'Connell prepared to guide them across the desert, while underestimating how well they would handle the journey.

• Yinsen had the Warden bring Rick O'Connell to the group, then left Cairo Prison with his companions and told Jonathan to keep an eye on him.
• Yinsen arranged lodging and food, and Logan accompanied O'Connell to get cleaned up.
• Yinsen asked O'Connell to lead them to Hamunaptra, and O'Connell punched Jonathan after recognizing him as the man who had stolen an item from him.
• O'Connell agreed to guide the expedition in exchange for funding, with Yinsen assigning him responsibility for supplies and command until they reached Hamunaptra.
• O'Connell anticipated that the group would struggle in the desert, while Yinsen doubted the American expedition would get the Book of the Dead ahead of them.

Yinsen weighed whether to revive Imhotep and decided he could make a deal while keeping the priest under control. When the Medjai attacked the ship, Yinsen and Ada cleared the deck, and Yinsen revealed his magic to O'Connell and a Men in Black agent.

• Ada asked Yinsen whether they should interfere with the American team, and he explained that he was unsure about reviving Imhotep because it could unleash disasters on civilians.
• Ada advised Yinsen to speak with Imhotep and defeat him if negotiations failed, and Yinsen decided to secure the Book of Amun-Ra first.
• Yinsen and Ada shot the Medjai who had boarded the ship, then Yinsen remembered that fires during the attack could destroy it.
• Evelyn stumbled out of her room, and O'Connell warned Yinsen and Ada to flee as enemies and flames threatened the cabin.
• Yinsen entered Evelyn's burning bedroom and drew the flames into a ball in his hand, stunning O'Connell and a Men in Black agent.

After Yinsen drove off the Medjai and displayed his elemental magic, he explained to his companions why he was heading to Hamunaptra. The group learned that the City of the Dead held Imhotep’s prison and that Yinsen intended to revive him.

• Yinsen sent a message to Ardeth Bay, threw the Medjai guards into the river, and extinguished the ship’s fire before detonating a fireball in the river.
• O’Connell, Evelyn, Jonathan, Ada, Logan, and the American archaeologists reacted with awe and fear as Yinsen demonstrated his magic and cleaned everyone with a spell.
• Yinsen told O’Connell that the Americans needed to accompany them, while Jonathan worried about his gold and Evelyn questioned Yinsen about his powers.
• O’Connell began to fear the dangers at Hamunaptra, but Yinsen assured him that he would be safe if he followed instructions.
• Yinsen explained that Hamunaptra was the prison of the High Priest Imhotep and revealed that he planned to obtain the two Scriptures and revive him.

Yinsen’s group reached Hamunaptra, where Evelyn helped him find Imhotep’s sarcophagus, the Book of the Dead, and jars containing Anck-Su-Namun’s organs. Yinsen acquired the Scripture, disrupting Imhotep’s planned resurrection ritual, and sensed that its spells drew power from a higher being.

• Yinsen explained that he wanted to resurrect Imhotep to learn the proper resurrection spell and warned the group about Hamunaptra’s scarabs.
• Yinsen’s party crossed the desert while the American archaeologists followed behind instead of going ahead.
• O’Connell led the group to Hamunaptra, and Yinsen sensed divine power in the pyramid’s concealment.
• Yinsen noticed the Medjai led by Ardeth Bay hiding beyond a dune, then told the group to enter and find the two Scriptures.
• Evelyn used her expertise to help Yinsen locate Imhotep’s sarcophagus, the Book of the Dead, and jars that appeared to hold Anck-Su-Namun’s organs.
• Yinsen took the Book of the Dead and sensed that its spells drew their energy from a higher existence.

Yinsen studied the Book of Amun-Ra and the Book of the Dead, then found Imhotep’s sarcophagus and revived the High Priest. The chapter ended with Yinsen opening the Book of Amun-Ra and offering to negotiate with Imhotep.

• Yinsen dismissed the warnings in the pyramid and decided to prepare for the dangers of reviving Imhotep.
• With Evelyn’s help, Yinsen memorized the Book of Amun-Ra’s counter-spells and learned the functions of the Book of the Dead’s incantations.
• Evelyn located a chamber above them that Yinsen believed contained Imhotep’s sarcophagus.
• Yinsen opened the sarcophagus, and O’Connell found scratch marks and a sentence Imhotep had carved into its lid.
• Yinsen recited an incantation from the Book of the Dead, reviving Imhotep as an undead creature.
• Yinsen opened the Book of Amun-Ra and told Imhotep he wanted to negotiate.

Yinsen repeatedly resurrected and neutralized Imhotep with the Book of Amun-Ra, then negotiated to learn Soul Summoning magic. He supplied Imhotep with Life Force-rich water, and Imhotep regained his human form.

• Imhotep attacked Yinsen, who used the Book of Amun-Ra to reduce him to an ordinary mummy.
• Yinsen repeatedly resurrected Imhotep with the Book of the Dead and killed him again with the Book of Amun-Ra, while Evelyn and O'Connell watched in disbelief.
• Ada and Logan noticed the Medjai attacking the American archaeologists, prompting Yinsen to end the repeated struggle.
• Yinsen kept Imhotep at a distance and asked him to teach Soul Summoning magic in exchange for helping him resurrect completely.
• Yinsen poured out a Water Orb rich in Life Force, and Imhotep absorbed it and regained his human form.