Chapter Summaries

Yinsen returned to the Rogue Encampment and learned that the Rogues still guarded the region against lingering Dark Creatures. He continued to the monastery and reunited with Kashya, who recognized him after he explained how he had arrived years earlier.

• Yinsen found the Rogue Encampment expanded and fortified, then asked a guard about Akara, Kashya, and Charsi.
• The Rogue guard told Yinsen that Akara was secluded at the monastery, Kashya was stationed there, and Myriam commanded the camp while Charsi had left.
• Yinsen declined the guard's offer to stay overnight and flew toward the monastery after realizing he did not know its exact location for teleportation.
• Yinsen returned to the road and encountered Kashya inspecting the monastery's posts.
• Yinsen introduced himself and reminded Kashya of his teleportation accident, and she recognized him as the young Sorcerer's Apprentice before teasing him about his grown physique.

Yinsen visited Kashya and Akara at the monastery, where they welcomed his return but could not host him overnight. He left for Zul and Isendra using a teleportation array, only to arrive in danger as someone nearly stabbed him.

• Yinsen met Akara, who sensed his immense magical power and suspected he was a Nephalem.
• Yinsen and Akara discussed the Sisterhood's recovery, and Akara asked him to help people he encountered on his travels.
• Kashya escorted Yinsen out of the women-only monastery and offered to arrange lodging in a nearby village.
• Yinsen declined and said he planned to visit Zul and Isendra, then revealed his long-distance teleportation array and gave Kashya talismans for herself and Akara.
• Yinsen used the equipment Zul and Isendra had given him to locate them, but nearly got stabbed in the kidney as he arrived.

Yinsen unexpectedly encountered Zul at his secluded training ground, where the two fought briefly before recognizing each other. After catching up, Yinsen left Zul a communication talisman and continued on, carrying Zul’s greetings for Isendra.

• Yinsen dodged Zul’s ambush and countered his Bone Spear and Bone Spirit with conjured weapons and a massive fist of magic.
• Zul stopped attacking after Yinsen greeted him, then recognized him when Yinsen showed the ring Zul had given him.
• Yinsen and Zul dismissed their spells and discussed Yinsen’s growth and Zul’s life teaching young Rathma Cult priests in seclusion.
• Yinsen gave Zul a communication talisman and said he might visit again, asking Zul not to greet him with another attack.
• Zul asked Yinsen to give Isendra his regards, and Yinsen agreed.

Yinsen tracked down Isendra and proved his identity after she challenged him. He told her how teachers from different worlds had shaped his magical growth, and Isendra expressed her honor at having been one of his mentors.

• Yinsen left Zul and traveled toward Isendra, taking care to avoid teleporting directly into Escheri Sanctuary.
• Yinsen found Isendra in a lively town and followed her outside before she teleported away from the city.
• Isendra confronted Yinsen with her staff, and he identified himself by showing her the Bracers and recalling their past.
• Yinsen explained that years of experience and guidance from teachers across different worlds had made him far stronger.
• Isendra questioned Yinsen about his growth and learned that his teachers had come from other worlds.

Yinsen spent time with Isendra, explaining his extraordinary cultivation and abilities before taking her to visit Charsi. After Charsi accepted a protective talisman, Yinsen revealed that the talismans offered their holders a choice when their lives ended.

• Yinsen told Isendra about his adventures, immense strength, and long lifespan, and learned that Forsek had recently taken Li-Ming away.
• Isendra asked about Yinsen’s cultivation path and realized he had already reached a Higher Realm, though he no longer seemed fully human.
• Yinsen invited Isendra to visit Charsi, and Isendra joined him to experience his Teleportation Spell.
• Charsi welcomed Yinsen and Isendra but said nothing to suggest she wanted a different life, so Yinsen left her a protective talisman.
• Isendra asked whether the talisman did more than allow communication, and Yinsen admitted it offered a choice when its holder’s life ended.

Yinsen warned Isendra that the Vizjerei would target her for helping people with magic and gave her a charm to preserve her life. After sharing magical knowledge with her, he decided to find Deckard Cain and save the world himself.

• Yinsen told Isendra that the Sanctuary and Vizjerei might target her for using magic to help people, and he offered ways to avoid the threat.
• Isendra refused to leave or destroy the Vizjerei, so Yinsen gave her a protective charm as a safeguard.
• Yinsen shared magical knowledge with Isendra, helping her improve her abilities and consider teaching the knowledge to Li-Ming.
• Yinsen asked Isendra where Deckard Cain was and said he had realized he could be a hero who saved the world too.

Yinsen explained Diablo’s resurrection plan to Isendra and helped her refine her magic while they traveled to New Tristram. After Isendra reunited with Deckard Cain, Yinsen sensed a presence watching them and identified it as Courage.

• Yinsen told Isendra how Aidan became Diablo’s host and how Leah was intended to enable Diablo’s resurrection.
• Yinsen and Isendra exchanged magical knowledge as they traveled toward New Tristram, and Isendra used spells to help drought-stricken villages while Yinsen replenished the water.
• Isendra learned to store mana in advance so she could remain prepared if Vizjerei assassins targeted her.
• At New Tristram, Deckard Cain noticed Isendra’s rapid improvement, and she credited guidance from a powerful mage.
• Yinsen sensed someone spying on him, recognized the presence as Courage, and remarked that Yinsen deserved the title more.

Yinsen brought Cain, Leah, and Isendra to Heaven after Imperius challenged him, hoping to address the threat tied to Leah’s Diablo bloodline. When Imperius refused Tyrael’s attempt to stop the fight, Yinsen armed himself in the Sagittarius Gold Cloth to face him.

• Tyrael appeared before Yinsen and warned that Imperius had mobilized the Angel Army to guard against an attack on Heaven.
• Yinsen said he had come to save the world and pointed to Leah, prompting Tyrael to suspect a threat and prepare to fight.
• Imperius sensed Yinsen looking toward Heaven and challenged him, so Yinsen teleported himself, Isendra, Cain, and Leah to the Adamantine Gate.
• Imperius recognized Diablo’s bloodline in Leah and summoned Solarion, while Tyrael tried unsuccessfully to prevent a battle.
• Yinsen summoned a black-and-red greatsword and donned the Sagittarius Gold Cloth as Imperius prepared to fight.

Yinsen fought Imperius in Heaven, using the Sagittarius Gold Cloth to match the archangel’s power and unleash Sacred Star Shining Pulse. After blasting Imperius into a wall, Yinsen drew his Golden Bow and prepared to continue the attack.

• Yinsen donned the Sagittarius Gold Cloth and charged Imperius with his greatsword, meeting the Spear of Valor head-on.
• Yinsen and Imperius exchanged attacks as Tyrael tried to intervene, but Imperius refused to stop fighting the outsider.
• Yinsen used his wings to block Imperius’s spear thrust, then neutralized the energy beam Imperius fired at him.
• Yinsen struck Imperius with Sacred Star Shining Pulse, blasting him into a distant wall and scorching his armor.
• Yinsen drew his Golden Bow and set his greatsword against its bowstring.

Yinsen ended his fight with Imperius after Tyrael intervened, then refused to abandon his plan to establish a passage to the world. He proposed taking Leah away to disrupt Diablo’s resurrection, leaving both archangels stunned by his confidence that he could keep her bloodline under control.

• Yinsen prepared to shoot Imperius, but Tyrael stepped between them and appealed to the justice embodied by Yinsen’s Sagittarius Gold Cloth.
• Imperius recovered, rejected Tyrael’s help, and stood between him and Yinsen before both sides let the fight end.
• Yinsen asked to establish a passage to the world, but Imperius and Tyrael refused, so Yinsen dropped the negotiation.
• Tyrael asked how Yinsen planned to save the world, and Yinsen proposed taking Leah away from Diablo’s resurrection plan.
• Imperius warned that Leah’s bloodline could awaken, but Yinsen insisted she would never become Leahblo and claimed he could even turn her into an archangel.

Yinsen took Leah away from Sanctuary after the angels and Cain accepted that she could not safely remain there. He brought her to his mansion, where he expected the refitted Prometheus to be ready.

• Imperius and Tyrael agreed to convene the Archangels to investigate Yinsen's arrival and the forces behind the latest events.
• Cain considered recruiting young adventurers and asking Isendra to mentor them, while Leah prepared to leave with Yinsen.
• Yinsen reassured Cain that Leah would have companions, gave him a protective amulet, and confirmed that Isendra would stay behind.
• Yinsen took Leah away because Cain could not protect her and Sanctuary's mages might try to kill her after learning of her bloodline.
• Yinsen teleported Leah to his luxurious mansion and noted that the Prometheus should have completed its refit.

Yinsen brought Leah from another world and began helping her adapt by teaching her English, while keeping Diablo’s hidden influence in her bloodline undisturbed. After taking her to Tony’s home for a meal, he introduced her to Tony and Pepper as a potential disciple.

• Yinsen learned that the Prometheus had nearly finished its refit and told J.A.R.V.I.S. he would inspect it later.
• Yinsen taught Leah English and resolved not to awaken Diablo’s hidden imprint until he was prepared to handle the danger.
• Yinsen considered the younger generation’s studies and decided Galahad could serve as Mordred’s teacher.
• Yinsen took Leah through a portal to Tony’s home, where Tony had prepared a meal and waited for him.
• Pepper arrived, said she wanted to visit another world next time, and asked about Leah.
• Yinsen introduced Leah as a talented child he planned to take as his disciple.

Yinsen and Tony discussed Leah becoming Yinsen’s disciple before Tony explained the Prometheus’s extensive upgrades. Yinsen decided to leave for the ship, and Tony teleported them to the Secret Factory at Avengers Base.

• Tony and Pepper welcomed Leah as Yinsen’s disciple and helped her feel more settled in the unfamiliar world.
• Yinsen used magic to reheat the food, and Tony and Pepper arranged for Leah to get clothes and other necessities.
• Yinsen told Tony that the Prometheus had been modified for long voyages, with upgraded life-support systems, defenses, and a nano-armored hull.
• Tony warned Yinsen that Scott might steal the completed ship, so Yinsen decided to go take it.
• Yinsen changed clothes, and Tony teleported them to the Secret Factory north of New York, also known as Avengers Base.

Yinsen visited the Avengers Alliance base to retrieve the Prometheus after Tony finished modifying it, and warned Steve Rogers that his rapid Holy Light growth could transform him into an energy being. As Yinsen inspected the ship, Steve reflected on the dangers facing Earth, and Tony said the Prometheus was too weak for cosmic warfare, leaving Earth reliant on the Avengers.

• Steve welcomed Yinsen to the Avengers Alliance base and offered to show him around as Yinsen came to collect the modified Prometheus.
• Steve described his growing Holy Light abilities, and Yinsen warned that his affinity could turn him into a Pure Energy life-form if he continued unchecked.
• Steve said he would rather remain human, and Yinsen explained that he could preserve his identity while choosing how his life-form changed.
• Tony led Yinsen and Steve through the underground factory to inspect the completed Prometheus, whose appearance Yinsen had asked him to preserve.
• Tony said the Prometheus was only decent by Milky Way standards and could not withstand cosmic warfare, so Earth would continue needing the Avengers.

Yinsen completed the Prometheus’s conversion into the Moon Goddess, naming its Intelligent System Luna, and prepared to take the ship back to his own universe. He left the Avengers Base without a test flight, while Bruce Banner hoped to join him on a future journey.

• Sam Wilson met Yinsen at the Avengers Base and toured the Prometheus with him and Tony.
• Tony explained the ship’s controls and Intelligent System, and Yinsen named the system Luna and the ship the Moon Goddess.
• Steve and Tony advised Yinsen not to test-fly the ship because the Avengers were under scrutiny, so Yinsen put Luna on standby.
• Yinsen told Hank Pym and Scott Lang that the ship was ready and offered them a chance to travel with him, but both declined because of their responsibilities.
• Yinsen left the base with Steve and the others, and Bruce Banner expressed interest in visiting another universe with him.

Yinsen brought Leah back to his mansion after visiting the Avengers and helped her settle in, while Tony considered taking on a student. After retrieving Laura and Little Ou from the Avatar world, Yinsen left to gather the others from the Starship Troopers world.

• Yinsen encouraged Bruce Banner to relax and suggested he learn to communicate with Hulk, then agreed to meet Banner again in a few days.
• Steve showed Yinsen and Tony around Avengers Base, where Yinsen saw Sharon Carter spending time with Steve.
• Yinsen returned to Malibu with Leah, who had grown close to Pepper and learned to use everyday appliances, and stored her shopping before taking her home.
• Tony and Pepper discussed whether Tony should find a suitable student while having a child remained difficult.
• Yinsen settled Leah into his mansion, then brought Laura and Little Ou back from the Avatar world, where Laura had trained and gained the Blue-Skinned Aliens' reverence.
• Yinsen gave Little Ou Magic Stones and left for the Starship Troopers world to retrieve the remaining members, while Laura offered to teach Leah.

Yinsen arrived in the Starship Troopers world, located his companions, and learned from Ada how they had established themselves there. As energy gathered around him, he realized Imhotep’s preaching may have made him the target of a new following.

• Yinsen surveyed the world and used his tracking charms to find his companions, learning that several were on Earth while others were moving through space.
• Yinsen broadcast his arrival, and Ada contacted him to report how she had been gathering intelligence and coordinating the group.
• Ada told Yinsen that Logan had become second-in-command of the Roughnecks under Rasczak, while O'Connell and Jonathan had joined other ground forces.
• Annette and Evelyn had founded Cherry Military Industries and developed a rifle that could penetrate bug shells, while Selene protected them from threats.
• Ada explained that Galahad and Mordred tested weapons for Annette, and Mordred had earned the nickname Mad Mordred for fighting bugs with a machete.
• Yinsen learned that Imhotep and Anck-Su-Namun had been preaching in his name, then sensed a mass of energy gathering around him and trying to enter his body.

Yinsen absorbed and redirected Imhotep’s faith power, then visited Annette and Selene at Cherry Military Industries. Convinced by Annette’s plan to build the company into a long-term base in the Starship Troopers world, he asked what weapons the Federation needed beyond the Gauss Rifle.

• Yinsen used some of the faith power to create a satellite of light in his Mental Power Universe and gave Imhotep access to a portion of the power he had offered.
• Yinsen teleported to Cherry Military Industries, where Annette was handling paperwork and Selene was guarding the company.
• Annette explained that the Starship Troopers world offered abundant resources, a developed civilization, and opportunities to produce weapons and equipment using the Federation’s resources.
• Annette proposed developing Cherry Military Industries into a technology conglomerate and establishing a permanent or rotating team presence in the world.
• Yinsen agreed that the world could provide a manufacturing base, advanced technology, and a path toward building large space warships.
• Yinsen asked Annette what weapons the Federation needed besides the Gauss Rifle.

Yinsen and Annette planned Cherry Military Industries’ next steps in the Federation’s war, balancing rifle production with future armor and mecha development. The group discussed keeping the world as a long-term base, and Nebula arrived disguised as a human so she could continue testing weapons.

• Yinsen explained that the Federation would likely buy Exoskeleton Armor only for a small elite force, so Cherry Military Industries should focus on rifles while developing armor and mechas on the side.
• Yinsen proposed the Iron Monger as a battlefield mecha that could support infantry, and Annette considered producing it alongside other military equipment.
• Mordred and Galahad returned, and Mordred said she wanted to keep the world so she could kill bugs whenever she was in a bad mood.
• Yinsen considered creating a dedicated passage to the Starship Troopers world, since his growing strength let him locate worlds without relying on the Space-Time Pointer.
• Nebula entered in a human-looking projection, and Yinsen realized she had been serving as a weapons tester because her unusual body limited what she could do in this world.

Yinsen gave Nebula an experimental potion that restored much of her biological body while turning her into a shape-shifting nanotech weapon. After her transformation, the group traveled to Cherry Military Industries’ suburban weapons laboratory to test her abilities and inspect a rifle.

• Yinsen warned Nebula that her enhancement could not be continued in the short term, then explained the potion’s effects and injected it with an Injection Gun.
• Nebula’s body expelled much of its old Mechanical Structure and replaced it with nano tissue that could become mechanical equipment, while her computational abilities were strengthened.
• Nebula tested her new transformations, recovered from the painful procedure, and used her ability to take on an Earthling appearance.
• Yinsen redirected the conversation toward weapons testing, and the group traveled from Cherry Military Industries’ downtown office to its suburban laboratory.
• Annette introduced Edward Miller and Fernando Donato to Yinsen, who was identified as the company’s hidden investor, Mr. Arendelle.