Chapter Summaries

Thea completed her basic combat training and received an imitation Cloth from Yinsen, while Tony discussed Cosmo and the Force with him. Yinsen explained that Cosmo could let a god influence a Warrior’s mind, but confirmed that Thea’s modified technique lacked that danger.

• Thea celebrated her progress with the Meteor Fist, but Yinsen said she would graduate only after mastering a Pegasus-themed pendant he gave her.
• Oliver continued training, frustrated by his limitations and unwilling to follow Tony’s suggestions for powerful weapons.
• Tony asked Yinsen about energy and the Force, and Yinsen explained that the Force was one kind of energy that could be used through magic.
• Tony noticed that Cosmo had two backdoors, and Yinsen explained that a Cloth or a god could help channel its power.
• Yinsen told Tony that a god’s power could gradually influence a Warrior’s mind and make them loyal, but Thea’s modified technique had no such backdoor.

Yinsen and Tony discussed Yinsen’s plans for training Warriors before Malcolm Merlyn came to challenge Yinsen’s qualifications to train Thea. After Yinsen effortlessly defeated him, Malcolm learned that Yinsen knew he was Thea’s father, and Yinsen considered what to do with him.

• Tony was relieved that becoming a god had not changed Yinsen’s personality, and they discussed how Yinsen might use Cosmo to recruit Warriors.
• Malcolm Merlyn infiltrated Yinsen’s manor and challenged his right to train Thea.
• Yinsen stopped Malcolm’s special arrow with one finger and defeated his attacks without raising another finger.
• Tony healed Malcolm’s injuries, and Yinsen revealed that Malcolm was Thea’s biological father.
• Malcolm asked who Yinsen was and what he wanted with Thea, while Yinsen weighed whether to kill him.

Yinsen spared Malcolm Merlyn and let Oliver and Thea decide his fate, then continued preparing to use the Speed Force to accelerate his Growth Potion. After Barry Allen arrived in Star City and Deathstroke began targeting Oliver, Thea's powers changed the course of Deathstroke's revenge.

• Yinsen summoned Oliver and Thea to decide Malcolm Merlyn's fate, and they chose to keep him alive while they tried to reduce Moira's sentence.
• Yinsen explained to Tony that he planned to use the Speed Force to accelerate the Growth Potion's effect on his body.
• Barry Allen arrived in Star City as Oliver faced a Mirakuru-enhanced criminal, and Yinsen healed Oliver while Thea defeated and captured the attacker.
• Yinsen obtained a sample of the Mirakuru Enhancement Potion and decided Barry's involvement in Oliver's affairs would matter less than Barry becoming the Flash.
• Deathstroke's plans to divide Oliver's family faltered because Thea already knew Oliver's identity, and she brutally beat Deathstroke when he tried to kidnap her and Moira.

Thea defeated Deathstroke after the Pegasus Cloth awakened and boosted her Cosmo, then joined Oliver and Moira in capturing him. On the way to Yinsen’s, Moira asked who he was, and Thea called him a god.

• The Pegasus Cloth activated during Thea’s fight with Deathstroke, letting her unleash the Pegasus Meteor Fist and knock him unconscious.
• Moira watched Thea’s armor vanish into a pendant and learned it was a gift from Yinsen.
• Oliver arrived as Green Arrow, revealed his identity to Moira, and suggested taking the captive Slade Wilson to Yinsen’s.
• Thea and Oliver bound Slade, and Thea used spells to keep him unconscious before they left the scene.
• Moira asked Thea who Yinsen was, and Thea answered that he was a god.

Moira questioned Yinsen’s influence over Thea, but Thea chose to join his trip to Central City and visit STAR Labs. There, Caitlin Snow received Yinsen’s group of investors, unaware that the laboratory’s future would soon be shaped by the Metahumans created in the Particle Accelerator explosion.

• Moira asked about Yinsen’s plans, and Oliver and Thea explained that he was going to Central City because of his investments in STAR Labs.
• Oliver told Moira that Slade was being held in an ARGUS prison, while Thea insisted on accompanying Yinsen to Central City.
• Yinsen arrived in Central City with Thea, Ada, and the others, where Caitlin Snow waited at the airport to receive them on STAR Labs’ behalf.
• Caitlin explained that STAR Labs remained closed after the Particle Accelerator explosion, and the group traveled to the laboratory to meet Dr. Wells.

Yinsen and his companions visited STAR Labs, where Harrison Wells acted as a weary director while concealing his true nature. Yinsen explained that he had come to Central City to obtain the Speed Force from Barry Allen to accelerate his growth, and Thea wondered whether mastering it would let her use the real Pegasus Meteor Fist.

• Yinsen, Tony Stark, Ada Wong, and Thea Queen met Harrison Wells at STAR Labs, and Wells recognized Thea as Robert Queen's daughter.
• Wells led the visitors around the laboratory's outer areas, while Yinsen resisted exposing Wells's secrets and Tony stopped him from wandering off alone.
• Wells treated the group to dinner and learned that Yinsen planned to stay in Central City and visit STAR Labs often.
• Yinsen explained to Thea that he needed the Speed Force to accelerate his growth and that draining an entire energy plane could cause catastrophic damage.
• Thea asked whether mastering the Speed Force would let her use the real Pegasus Meteor Fist.

Yinsen considered how Barry Allen’s Speed Force might work and brought Thea to STAR Labs, where his surprise visit led him to Barry’s bedside. Barry woke from his nine-month coma, and Harrison Wells arrived to welcome him back.

• Yinsen told Thea he was unsure whether she could use energy control while drawing on the Speed Force, and suggested she try condensing it into attacks.
• Yinsen returned to STAR Labs with Thea and met Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon.
• Yinsen went to the Medical Bay and asked about the unconscious Barry Allen, while Caitlin explained his condition.
• Barry’s eyelids twitched, and Caitlin began examining him as he woke up.
• Barry learned he had been unconscious for nine months, and Harrison Wells arrived to greet him.

After Barry discovered his new speed and returned to STAR Labs for help, Yinsen watched him run and heal from a broken arm while waiting to see the Speed Force’s lightning. Dr. Wells then led Yinsen and Thea toward a hidden area of STAR Labs, apparently preparing to deal with Yinsen as an unwanted outsider.

• Barry left STAR Labs to see Iris, while Yinsen decided to remain in Central City and tour the lab.
• Cisco showed Yinsen and Thea the Particle Accelerator, where Yinsen collected a trace of residual energy.
• Barry returned to STAR Labs, and the team tested his speed; he ran about 370 kilometers per hour, crashed, and broke his arm.
• Barry’s fracture healed quickly, and Wells took Yinsen and Thea away while Caitlin examined Barry.
• Wells revealed a concealed door in the corridor and invited Yinsen inside.

Yinsen confronted Reverse-Flash, revealed that he knew the speedster’s identity and trapped him with magic. He left Reverse-Flash alive so he would continue helping Barry master the Speed Force, and warned Thea not to act alone around him.

• Yinsen entered the lab with Thea and seized Harrison Wells, whose body flickered with red lightning, before identifying him as Eobard Swann.
• Yinsen explained that he wanted the Speed Force and knew Reverse-Flash needed Barry Allen to master it, leaving Reverse-Flash unable to refuse without abandoning his plan.
• Yinsen hinted at a connection to Zeus and told Reverse-Flash to continue his plan, then left with Thea.
• Thea learned that Harrison Wells was a man from the future and asked whether Yinsen would work with him.
• Yinsen told Thea not to act alone because she could not handle a Speedster, while she wondered how he had reacted so quickly without the Speed Force.

Yinsen demonstrated his magic to the STAR Labs team, shocking them and revealing that he was not an ordinary person. He admitted he had come to STAR Labs because he needed Barry to do him a favor, but left the favor unexplained.

• Yinsen explained to Thea that she could learn to anticipate attacks through the Force as her strength grew.
• Barry began operating as the Flash, defeated two Metahuman Criminals, and developed yellow lightning as Joe West joined the team.
• Dr. Wells told Joe that Yinsen and Thea were not ordinary people, prompting Yinsen to reveal his abilities to the group.
• Yinsen demonstrated levitation, elemental magic, and transformation magic, leaving the team stunned.
• Joe asked why Yinsen had come to STAR Labs, and Yinsen said he needed Barry to do him a small favor.

Yinsen explained that Barry’s speed came from the Speed Force and waited for him to grow faster so he could extract some of it. After Barry sought help against a faster opponent, Yinsen pointed out that Barry needed to improve his speed rather than adopt combat methods that clashed with his principles, and Barry’s resolve helped him get faster.

• Yinsen explained the Speed Force to Barry and said he wanted to extract some of it, assuring Joe West that Barry would not be harmed.
• Yinsen studied a small amount of Speed Force he had taken from the Reverse-Flash and concluded that extracting a little from Barry would meet his needs.
• After Barry was badly outmatched by the person suspected of killing his mother, he asked Yinsen how to defeat him.
• Yinsen told Barry that becoming faster was his best option because Barry would not use the harmful combat techniques Yinsen could teach him.
• Barry thanked Yinsen, resolved to improve his speed, and got faster; Yinsen then announced he was ready to extract the Speed Force as the others gathered at STAR Labs.

Yinsen used Barry Allen’s Speed Force, a body-enhancing potion, and energy from the Energy Plane to accelerate the growth of his divine body. He emerged looking like a mature adult, leaving STAR Labs’ onlookers stunned and curious.

• Barry Allen ran on Cisco’s modified treadmill until Yinsen extracted and stored his Speed Force in a vial.
• Yinsen led everyone to a training room and used his Arcane Spring wand to connect to the Energy Plane.
• Tony explained that Yinsen was using a potion to stimulate his body’s growth, then revealed details about Yinsen’s divine nature and his connection to Zeus’s daughter.
• Yinsen broke the potion bottle and released the Speed Force into the energy surrounding him, accelerating its effects as his body changed.
• Yinsen emerged looking over twenty, then used magic to dress himself after realizing everyone had been watching.

After capturing Reverse-Flash and leaving the Arrowverse, Yinsen sent Ada, Tony, and Pepper to the Macross Frontier era, then resolved to abandon his Transformers-world plans. He left with Dylan for the Starship Troopers world and discovered that the medicine that made him grow up had also changed his Mental Power Universe.

• Yinsen exposed Harrison Wells as Reverse-Flash, subdued him, and left the Arrowverse, leaving Thea behind with a Personal Terminal.
• After resting aboard the Moon Goddess, Yinsen sent Ada, Tony, and Pepper to the Macross Frontier era to acquire technology while he handled other matters.
• Yinsen returned to the Transformers world, delivered Senator Smith a water-bearing meteorite, and scanned and teleported the Cybertron ship from the Moon.
• Yinsen offered Dylan, Mikaela, and Sam the chance to leave Earth; Dylan accepted, while Mikaela and Sam chose to stay, and Yinsen gave them medicine and settled their pay.
• Yinsen took Dylan to the Starship Troopers world to help manage Cherry Military Industries, then examined his grown-up body and found that his Mental Power Universe had changed too.

Yinsen transformed his island space into a living world and discovered it could become his divine kingdom. After creating a unicorn within it, he recognized the new realm’s potential as a growing source of resources and a secure home for his companions.

• Yinsen observed his Mental Power core nearing a Big Bang and found that his body had grown stronger and faster after adapting to his potion.
• Yinsen transformed the sea into an orange Sea of Life, which formed a connection with his Mental Power core.
• Yinsen infused the island’s plains, mountains, and forests with his power, then destroyed the Holy Light Cross and sent its light into the sun, bringing the Small World to life.
• Yinsen noticed that creating the living world had purged nearly half the impurities from his body and restored his preferred youthful appearance.
• Yinsen combined unicorn blood with energy from the island and the Sea of Life to grow a young unicorn in the newly living world.
• Yinsen concluded that the island was a prototype divine kingdom that could grow with him and serve as a stable home for his companions.

Yinsen returned after the Proto-Divine Realm finished transforming, handled his accumulated affairs, and shared the news with the crew aboard the Moon Goddess as it surveyed a target planet. He reassured Betty that he would still help her find her family and then went to find Diana.

• Yinsen learned that Ada was still working to obtain VF and warship data while Tony and Pepper enjoyed their stay with the emigration fleet.
• Yinsen checked Soujun's progress in the YuYu Hakusho world, rewarded him with a Storage Ring, absorbed the powers and samples he had collected, and gave him leave with Medea.
• Yinsen explained that the island Small World had become a divine realm that could eventually exist independently, and the crew discussed it as a future home.
• Yinsen promised Betty he would keep helping her search for her family, regardless of whether the crew moved into the divine realm.
• Yinsen left the bridge and decided to find Diana after spending more than two years occupied in the Arrowverse.

Yinsen and his companions discovered an inhabited planet with a primitive civilization and realized they might be far from the Empire’s territory. The chapter left them preparing to land and search for signs that an advanced civilization had once been there, while Betty regained hope.

• After returning from the DC Universe, Yinsen rested, visited Selene, and considered whether to explore the Biohazard World or find a change of pace.
• Maria Hill, Nebula, and the others determined that the planet had breathable air, abundant life, and a civilization at the cold-weapons stage.
• Yinsen decided the group would land before deciding whether to contact the inhabitants, and Betty said she could not identify the planet.
• Betty explained that the Empire’s forces had wiped out most Low-Level Civilizations, so the primitive planet was probably outside Imperial territory.
• Yinsen and Nebula suggested the planet might once have belonged to the Empire before its civilization was destroyed, cheering Betty up.
• Yinsen prepared to land and search for traces of an Advanced Civilization that might clarify where they had ended up.

Yinsen and his crew left an undeveloped planet without finding the prehistoric civilization Betty hoped might lead her home. Ada brought back stolen aircraft technology, while Tony reported that the maternity ward had activated for the Ancient One; Yinsen reassured Betty that faster ships or advanced powers could eventually take them anywhere.

• The Moon Goddess crew failed to find traces of a prehistoric civilization and departed the planet, leaving Betty discouraged about finding her relatives.
• Yinsen considered replacing the Moon Goddess, while Logan remained in Atlantis and discussed the possibility of bringing its people into Yinsen's future divine kingdom.
• Ada reported obtaining data and samples of VF-25 and VF-27 fighters, VF-171 models, External Backpacks, and three GHOST drones.
• Tony returned after J.A.R.V.I.S. alerted him that the maternity ward had activated, and he and Ada left to retrieve the aircraft before checking on the Ancient One.
• Yinsen reassured Betty that better ships, long-distance transportation, or a Speed Force Engine could make travel across the universe possible, restoring her spirits.
• Maria Hill prepared to return to her world with Yinsen and Tony.

Maria Hill prepared to return to the Marvel Universe, while Yinsen and Tony entered Doctor Strange’s Time Loop and arrived in the middle of the crisis involving the Dark Dimension. Wong looked to Yinsen for help, leaving Kaecilius confused by the unfamiliar mage.

• Maria Hill told Yinsen she was leaving the ship to return to the Marvel Universe and resume her work, and Yinsen wished her well.
• Tony, Ada, and Pepper returned with the transferred fighter jets, and Tony described how Ada had evaded investigators to complete the operation.
• Yinsen took Ada with him to the Marvel Universe, where she went shopping with Pepper while Yinsen and Tony checked the Regeneration Device.
• Yinsen sensed Doctor Strange’s Time Loop, connected to the Time Stone’s power, and pulled Tony into the loop with him.
• Yinsen and Tony found Wong beneath the Space Rift, and Wong asked Yinsen to save Earth while Kaecilius wondered who he was.

Yinsen and Tony watched Strange endure Dormammu’s Time Loop before returning to their laboratory, where the Ancient One’s resurrection was underway. Strange later met Tony at Kamar-Taj’s invitation and showed how much he had matured, though he still could not heal his hands.

• Strange trapped Dormammu in a Time Loop and repeatedly faced death while trying to negotiate with him; Yinsen and Tony watched from outside the loop.
• Tony admired Strange’s resolve and growth, while Yinsen explained that Strange’s struggle was an opportunity to prepare him to become Sorcerer Supreme.
• Yinsen and Tony returned to their laboratory after time resumed, where the Ancient One’s soul continued growing within an embryo in the Regeneration Device.
• Yinsen confirmed that the Ancient One’s post-resurrection plans were arranged and that Strange would become the New York Sanctum’s guardian and eventually lead the sorcerers.
• Wong brought Strange to meet Tony, and Strange introduced himself before explaining that his strength was not yet sufficient to heal his hands.

Stephen Strange met Yinsen, a powerful sorcerer whom Wong hoped would guide The Ancient One’s successor as Kamar-Taj faced new dangers. Yinsen praised Strange’s potential and prepared a gift after noticing his injured hands.

• Strange reflected on how becoming a sorcerer had changed his priorities, and he greeted Tony and Wong.
• Wong brought Strange to meet Yinsen, whom he considered a powerful ally and mentor to Kamar-Taj.
• Strange was surprised by Yinsen’s youthful appearance and affluent home, but Yinsen’s effortless use of Space Magic showed him Yinsen’s strength.
• Yinsen explained that The Ancient One’s departure had left Kamar-Taj vulnerable and that Strange would face many trials.
• Yinsen praised Strange’s talent, said the future belonged to him, and decided to give him a gift after noticing his hands.