Chapter Summaries

Yinsen gathered Blackbeard’s spellbook and materials, then prepared to leave the Caribbean world after dealing with Davy Jones. He said goodbye to Jack, who refused Yinsen’s invitation to join him in another world, and promised to protect Jack and his companions.

• Yinsen searched Queen Anne's Revenge, found Blackbeard’s spellbook, and collected the spellcasting supplies and bottled ships before escaping the burning vessel.
• Yinsen spent his remaining time aboard the Black Pearl with Jack and Elizabeth, and Jack recognized that Yinsen was preparing to leave for good.
• Yinsen invited Jack to live in a new world, but Jack refused because he valued his freedom and would rather choose death than give it up.
• Yinsen gave Jack protective pendants for him and his companions, explaining how to recharge them through prayer to the belief Jack valued most.
• Yinsen told Jack he would deal with Davy Jones without killing him, ensure he could no longer threaten Jack, and then departed.

Back aboard the Goddess of Dawn, Yinsen reviewed the magic booklet he had taken from Blackbeard and prepared to return to the Marvel Universe. Loki pressed him to leave soon, and Yinsen considered his plans for Asgard, Tony, and the Marvel world before setting off.

• Yinsen returned to the Goddess of Dawn with Blackbeard's booklet, whose magic let him shrink and store objects such as Prinz Eugen.
• Evelyn, O'Connell, and Jonathan examined the booklet, and Yinsen explained that its markings were Magic Symbols and its Parchment Fragments held incomplete, unneeded spells.
• Loki asked Yinsen to go to the Marvel Universe, eager to return to Asgard after strengthening his Frost Power and stabilizing his Aesir appearance.
• Yinsen agreed to leave after a few days of rest, having completed his plans to resolve Davy Jones's problem and find a way to bring back Prinz Eugen.
• Yinsen planned to discuss a spaceship with Tony, visit Master Ancient One, and see what the Marvel Universe was like after his changes to its events.

Yinsen watched the new arrivals adapt to life aboard the Goddess of Dawn while encouraging everyone to train and learn. After a late-night conversation with Ada, he felt reassured that she was happy with the life he had offered, though he knew keeping every crew member satisfied would grow harder as the team expanded.

• Evelyn learned Ancient Egyptian Martial Arts from Anck-Su-Namun, while O'Connell studied weapons and history with Logan, and Imhotep and the others learned modern knowledge from Selene.
• Jonathan quickly absorbed modern knowledge by playing games with Laura and Sherry, though he also picked up plenty of useless trivia.
• Yinsen made sure the crew trained regularly, while Imhotep and Ada proved especially diligent.
• Yinsen invited Ada to the deck for a late-night sea breeze, and she teased him about his intentions before joining him.
• Ada told Yinsen she enjoyed shipboard life because it offered safety, adventure, and the chance to grow stronger.
• Yinsen was relieved by Ada's sincere answer and reflected that keeping everyone happy was one of his small dreams, increasingly difficult as the crew grew.

Yinsen reflected on the difficulty of keeping his team united, then returned with his companions to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after spending years traveling between worlds. Tony welcomed them and offered Yinsen a mansion next door to his home.

• Yinsen told Ada about his hopes for keeping the team united, and Ada called his idea naive but said she liked his naivety.
• Yinsen spoke with Logan, who described how his hearing and vision had improved as he resumed studying Druidic spells, then urged Yinsen not to give up on his dreams.
• Yinsen returned to his room in a good mood, spent a few days recovering, and then led his companions back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
• Yinsen and his group appeared while Tony and Pepper were having a private moment, and Tony noticed Yinsen and Laura had changed significantly.
• Tony and Yinsen talked about Yinsen's years away and his need for a place to house the group, and Tony revealed that he had prepared a mansion next door to his own.

Yinsen brought Loki back to Asgard after years of training, where Odin and Thor welcomed them. Odin noticed how much Loki had changed and discovered that the magic hiding Loki’s Frost Giant appearance had vanished without revealing his true form.

• Tony showed Yinsen the European-style mansion he had built for him, and they discussed hiring a butler to manage it.
• Yinsen considered Maria Hill as a possible butler but set the idea aside, then told Tony he would take him somewhere after he arranged his affairs.
• Yinsen opened a portal and brought Loki to Asgard, where Odin’s guards escorted them to the Great Hall.
• Odin and Thor warmly welcomed Yinsen and Loki, while Loki struggled to tolerate Thor’s embrace.
• Odin recognized that Loki had matured during his training and realized the spell concealing Loki’s Frost Giant appearance had disappeared without changing his appearance.

Yinsen returned to Asgard with Loki, whose new mastery of Frost Power impressed Odin and earned Yinsen permission to come and go freely. After Loki offered to handle Thor’s rebellions so Thor could visit Jane, Yinsen returned to Earth and found Tony hosting a barbecue for Logan, Laura, O'Connell, Jonathan, and the others.

• Odin recognized Loki’s transformation into a true Aesir, praised his growth, and welcomed Yinsen as an equal guest who could freely enter and leave Asgard.
• Thor invited Yinsen to stay, but Yinsen said he needed to return to Earth; Thor explained that he wanted to see Jane but was occupied with rebellions across Asgard’s realms.
• Loki offered to suppress the rebellions in Thor’s place, and Thor accepted the offer while insisting Loki deserved the merit and prestige.
• Yinsen teased Loki about his Tsundere Syndrome, declined Thor’s dinner invitation, and used the Tesseract to return to Earth.
• Yinsen found Tony hosting a backyard barbecue with Logan, Laura, O'Connell, Jonathan, and the others, where Tony mostly bragged while they listened in amazement.

Yinsen told Tony Stark he was increasingly confident he could try to resurrect Tony’s parents, though success and side effects remained uncertain. As they discussed finding a safe place for the ritual, the Ancient One appeared beside them.

• Yinsen returned from meeting Thor and said Thor could not visit Earth because he was suppressing rebellions in Asgard.
• Tony learned more about Yinsen’s companions and asked why Yinsen had recruited Ada, prompting Yinsen to say he chose companions he enjoyed looking at.
• Yinsen told Tony he had confidence in attempting to resurrect Howard Stark and Maria Stark but could not guarantee the outcome.
• Yinsen explained that they first needed to locate the Stark parents’ souls and planned to ask the Ancient One about a suitable Subordinate Space for the ritual.
• The Ancient One stepped through a golden circle of light and appeared beside Yinsen and Tony.

Ancient One told Yinsen that she was nearing the end of her ability to resist the Dark Dimension’s corruption and asked him to help her survive by severing her connection to it. If she died, she wanted Yinsen to temporarily become Sorcerer Supreme until a suitable successor emerged, and she hinted that Tony Stark might be one.

• Ancient One arrived while Yinsen and Tony discussed finding a training space, and she offered to take them to one.
• After Tony left, Ancient One told Yinsen that his arrival had made the futures she saw with the Eye of Agamotto uncertain and given her hope of surviving.
• Yinsen considered Ancient One’s options and judged that severing her connection to the Dark Dimension was the likeliest way to stop her corruption, though it carried great danger.
• Ancient One said she would accept the risk and asked Yinsen to protect the world as Sorcerer Supreme if she died.
• Ancient One said Kamar-Taj would soon have a new Sorcerer Supreme and glanced toward Tony Stark, who was joking with Logan.

Yinsen offered to preserve The Ancient One’s soul and help her obtain a new body, allowing her to delay confronting the Dark Dimension. After Tony Stark agreed to cultivate bodies for The Ancient One and his parents, Yinsen summoned Howard Stark and Maria Stark’s souls and escaped a collapsing space with Tony.

• Yinsen refused The Ancient One’s suggestion that he become Sorcerer Supreme and told her he could help solve her problem.
• Yinsen explained that he could preserve The Ancient One’s soul and later return it to her original body or place it in a rapidly grown Artificial Embryo.
• The Ancient One agreed to wait for the right chance to relinquish her position, and she and Yinsen decided that Tony Stark would cultivate new bodies for her and the Stark Couple.
• Tony Stark agreed to help, and The Ancient One took Yinsen and Tony to a Small Space where Yinsen summoned Howard Stark and Maria Stark’s souls.
• Yinsen stored the Stark Couple’s souls in the cross, then escaped through The Ancient One’s portal with Tony just before the space collapsed.

Yinsen successfully summoned Tony Stark’s parents’ souls and, wary of attracting attention from this world’s supernatural powers, agreed to move before revealing them. Tony showed Yinsen the extensive underground laboratory he had prepared for cultivating new bodies, leaving Yinsen impressed by Tony’s dedication and ready to repay his trust.

• Yinsen confirmed that the soul-summoning ritual had succeeded but decided to relocate and make preparations before releasing the Stark Couple’s souls.
• Tony revealed that the laboratory was hidden beneath Yinsen’s mansion, with a secret entrance behind a bookshelf in the master suite.
• Yinsen and Tony took an elevator to the underground laboratory, which Tony had connected to his own home and equipped for biological and magical research.
• Tony showed Yinsen the biological laboratory and explained that two glass cylinders were ready to grow new bodies for the Stark Couple.
• Yinsen recognized how much Tony had invested in the resurrection plan and decided to do something in return for Tony’s trust and to reassure The Ancient One.

Yinsen used the Gate of Heaven to bring Howard and Maria Stark back from the dead in soul form so they could reunite with Tony. After seeing that his own future was protected, The Ancient One considered training Tony as another safeguard for Kamar-Taj.

• Yinsen sealed off a room and opened the Gate of Heaven with the cross, bringing Howard and Maria Stark through in physical forms.
• Tony recognized his parents, learned that they had been murdered rather than killed in a traffic accident, and explained that about twenty years had passed.
• Yinsen explained the Stark couple's situation and told Tony their souls could not leave the sealed space, while Tony continued catching up with his parents.
• The Ancient One realized the cross could protect her soul from threats such as Dormammu and again urged Yinsen to inherit the Sorcerer Supreme position.
• Yinsen refused and suggested training Tony instead, leading The Ancient One to consider making him an ally and another safeguard for Kamar-Taj.

Yinsen discussed his plans to build a Mental Power Universe with The Ancient One, who considered how to regain strength after severing her connection to the Dark Dimension. After she left to arrange her succession and train Tony, Howard reunited with Yinsen to thank him and begin a conversation.

• Yinsen explained that he planned to grow his magic power into a planet and eventually a galaxy, while The Ancient One praised the path and discussed its risks.
• Yinsen told The Ancient One that he could introduce her to other sources of magic power after her rebirth, and she accepted while considering cultivating her own strength.
• The Ancient One left to arrange matters concerning her successor and consider how to train Tony Stark as a mage.
• Tony emerged from his reunion with his parents with red eyes and told Yinsen that Howard wanted to speak with him.
• Howard warmly embraced Yinsen and thanked him for everything he had done for Tony, and Yinsen replied that Tony had helped him too.

Yinsen helped Tony begin resurrecting Howard and Maria in newly created embryos, explaining that their bodies needed a year to fuse safely with their souls. With the resurrection underway, Tony turned to strengthening himself because he had learned his parents were assassinated and no longer trusted S.H.I.E.L.D.

• Yinsen explained that Howard and Maria's souls would fuse best with bodies that grew around them, and estimated the process would take about a year.
• Yinsen and Tony prepared the cultivation devices and a protective Magic Array, then Yinsen placed Howard and Maria's souls into the completed embryos.
• Tony and Yinsen learned the embryos had accepted the souls, leaving the Stark Couple to grow while Yinsen monitored their fusion.
• Tony told Yinsen that Howard and Maria had been assassinated and that he wanted to improve his strength quickly.
• Tony said he planned to refine a flawed serum used by people who had attacked him, rather than seek research materials from S.H.I.E.L.D. or blood from Steve Rogers.

Tony considered using the Extremis Virus to enhance himself, and Yinsen offered him a G-Virus-based potion as a first step. After Tony drank it, Yinsen urged him to learn magic, saying his knowledge and talent could make him a top-tier mage.

• Yinsen and Tony discussed the Extremis Virus, and Yinsen explained how his Enhancement Potions could improve a person's physique.
• Tony resolved to strengthen his body so he could better survive assassination attempts, and Yinsen offered him a G-Virus potion or the option to wait for a more advanced one.
• Yinsen reassured Tony that taking the potion first would not limit the effects of future enhancements, so Tony accepted and drank it.
• Yinsen told Tony that he was suited to learning magic and could become a top-tier mage after studying its foundations.

Thor asked Yinsen for help after Jane Foster disappeared from Earth, and they traveled to the last place she had been seen to investigate. They found a strange abandoned factory filled with spatial disturbances and encountered Darcy, who might help explain what happened.

• Tony trained with Yinsen and learned that Ada would be a better sparring partner, then asked Yinsen whether he should study magic.
• Thor arrived by Bifrost and told Yinsen that Jane had disappeared and Heimdall could no longer find her.
• Yinsen decided to investigate Jane’s last known location in England, while Tony prepared to join them using a protective talisman.
• Yinsen and Thor arrived at an abandoned factory where chaotic energy had left containers, trucks, and cars floating or overturned.
• Thor recognized Jane’s assistant Darcy, who appeared to have been watching a spatial anomaly when Jane disappeared.

Yinsen used Darcy’s hair to track down Jane Foster after she vanished through a Space Overlap, and found that the Aether Particles had entered her body. He revealed the dangerous energy inside Jane, leaving Thor alarmed and Jane facing an urgent threat.

• Darcy found a strand of Jane’s hair in her car, and Yinsen’s Tracking Spell first followed Darcy before leading them onward.
• The tracking bird led Yinsen, Thor, and Darcy to an abandoned warehouse, where Jane appeared after a Space Overlap vanished.
• Jane learned she had been missing for more than four hours, while Yinsen reflected on the strange appearance of the Infinity Gems.
• Yinsen warned that powerful energy inside Jane could threaten her life if it was not removed soon.
• Yinsen exposed dark red energy beneath Jane’s skin, and Thor recognized its danger while Darcy reacted with excitement.

Yinsen explained that London’s strange phenomena came from the Nine Realms overlapping and sent Jane Foster to Asgard to remove the Aether from her body. After identifying the Aether as the Reality Gem, Yinsen warned Tony that Thor would almost certainly face trouble and invited him to Asgard.

• Yinsen explained the Nine Realms’ spatial overlap and warned Jane that the Aether could kill her if it remained in her body.
• Thor decided to take Jane to Asgard, and Yinsen opened a portal that let them leave without using the Bifrost.
• Yinsen warned Darcy Lois to leave London, then returned to his Los Angeles mansion while Darcy and Ian prepared to depart.
• Yinsen told Tony Stark about London’s strange phenomena, and Tony said he planned to study magic.
• Yinsen identified Jane’s energy as the Aether, one of the Infinity Gems and the Reality Gem, then invited Tony to go to Asgard with him.

Yinsen contacted Loki and agreed to travel to Asgard to help remove the Aether from Jane. After arriving with Tony, Logan, Selene, and Laura, Yinsen warned Odin that the Dark Elves had returned.

• Yinsen contacted Loki, learned that Thor needed help with the thing inside Jane, and said he would come to Asgard.
• Yinsen chose to bring Logan and Selene, agreed to let Laura join them, and traveled through a portal with Tony and the others.
• Loki welcomed the group in Asgard and discussed the danger that someone might covet the Aether inside Jane.
• Yinsen reassured Thor that he knew how to remove the Aether safely, then spoke with Odin about the Reality Gem.
• After Odin explained the Aether, Yinsen said he did not want the gem and warned Odin that the Dark Elves had returned.

Yinsen warned Odin that the Dark Elves planned to infiltrate and attack Asgard, and Odin prepared an ambush for their inside man, Kurse. The Dark Elves struck in the middle of the night, and Thor rushed to respond as Kurse began moving.

• Yinsen told Odin the Dark Elves were targeting Asgard and explained how their infiltrator would become Kurse.
• Odin decided to let the infiltrator enter and set an ambush while Asgard prepared for the Dark Elves’ attack.
• Tony, Yinsen, and Thor discussed Asgard’s defenses and the possibility of obtaining advanced technology through off-world merchants.
• Yinsen relaxed after learning the prisoner cell holding the inside man was isolated and guarded by disguised elite Warriors and Thor’s friends.
• A faint tremor woke Yinsen, and Thor reported that Kurse had begun moving before rushing out in full armor.

Loki recruited Yinsen and his companions to help repel the Dark Elves, offering payment in Asgardian technology. As the battle began, Yinsen shielded the group from the Dark Elves’ attack and redirected their fire onto them.

• Thor set off to confront Kurse while Yinsen reassured him that Odin had prepared Asgard for the attack.
• Yinsen identified Loki’s magic as the force concealing Asgard’s Skyships, and Loki appeared to ask him for help overseeing the battle.
• Loki hired Yinsen, Tony, Logan, Laura, Selene, and Little Ou, agreeing to pay them for their aid.
• Malekith landed the mothership near the Bifrost, led the Dark Elf Warriors ashore, and ordered them to attack the Asgardians.
• Loki used an illusion to direct the Dark Elves’ Energy Bullets toward Yinsen, who caught them with a barrier and dropped them onto the attackers.