Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xie learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. had sent Black Widow to investigate Stark Industries and positioned the Flame Emperor Group to acquire Obadiah's shares after his downfall. After becoming Stark Industries' second-largest shareholder, Xiao Xie met Tony Stark and secretly took his fate, while Black Widow watched him closely.

• Nick stopped S.H.I.E.L.D.'s investigation into the Flame Emperor Group after higher-ups forbade it.
• Sophia used the Flame Emperor Group to take over Osborn Industries after the Green Goblin's death.
• Bai Suzhen told Xiao Xie that Natasha Romanoff, posing as Nitanli Norseman, had joined Stark Industries as an assistant.
• Five days later, Obadiah stole Tony's Arc Reactor, fought Tony in a giant suit of armor, and died; Sophia then acquired his shares, making Xiao Xie Stark Industries' second-largest shareholder.
• Xiao Xie attended a shareholders' meeting with Bai Suzhen, met Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, and Black Widow, and secretly used the Luck Controller to devour Tony's fate.

Xiao Xie devoured Tony Stark’s fate without arousing his suspicion, then strengthened his body with Azure Dragon Essence Blood and considered seeking the other Divine Beasts’ essence blood. The chapter left him planning to ask Leng Ru Bing to obtain it from Beirut after he returned to Hell.

• Xiao Xie reassured Tony Stark about the Flame Emperor Group’s purchase of Obadiah’s shares, then left Stark Industries with Bai Suzhen after secretly devouring Tony’s fate.
• Bruce Banner’s experiment failed at a bottling factory in Porto Port, so he mailed a blood sample to Mr. Blue; General Ross arrived with soldiers to capture him.
• Xiao Xie recycled one thousand High-Rank Godheads and upgraded Ikaros and Arno into High-Rank God robots to help them develop stronger Battle Maids.
• Xiao Xie used nine billion Godhead Points to create eighteen additional drops of Azure Dragon Essence Blood, swallowed them, and strengthened his body to the peak of High-Rank God armor.
• Xiao Xie concluded that reaching Chief God-level defense would require far more essence blood and considered obtaining blood from all Four Divine Beasts through Leng Ru Bing and Beirut.

Xiao Xie decided against attacking the Four Divine Beasts Families and turned his attention to Abomination’s appearance in New York. Blonsky received Mr. Blue’s Hulk extract, while Xiao Xie prepared to intervene as Bruce and General Ross watched Abomination wreak havoc.

• Xiao Xie judged that he lacked the strength to defeat the Four Divine Beasts Families and chose not to risk angering Beirut by attacking them.
• Blonsky threatened Mr. Blue and demanded the power to become like the Hulk, so Mr. Blue injected him with Hulk extract.
• Bai Suzhen told Xiao Xie that Abomination had appeared in New York and was destroying the streets, prompting Xiao Xie to plan Uchiha Madara’s appearance.
• Bruce, Betty, and General Ross watched from a helicopter as Abomination slaughtered soldiers and withstood their weapons.

Bruce transformed into Hulk and fought Abomination, but Xiao Xie arrived and crushed Abomination with a giant stone hand. Xiao Xie restrained Hulk, devoured his fate, and took half the blood from his heart, leaving Hulk captured and injured.

• Bruce jumped from the plane and transformed into Hulk, then charged Abomination to stop his rampage.
• Hulk was initially overpowered, but used halves of a police car as gloves to pin Abomination down and pummel him.
• Xiao Xie arrived on his Golden Dragon and crushed Abomination with a massive stone hand.
• Xiao Xie caught Hulk in another stone hand, appeared before him, and devoured his fate.
• Xiao Xie used the Op-Op Fruit's ability to open Hulk's chest and store half the blood from his heart in the Kamui Space.

After suppressing Hulk, Xiao Xie absorbed Hulk Essence Blood and gained Hulk’s rage-fueled enhancement ability, while Ikaros developed powerful elf-form Battle Maids. As Captain America was discovered and Thor’s Hammer arrived on Earth, Xiao Xie anticipated Thor and Loki’s arrival.

• Xiao Xie returned to his manor after extracting Hulk’s heart blood and leaving Hulk weakened.
• Ikaros cultivated Hulk Essence Blood, and Xiao Xie absorbed it, gaining Infinite Rage and limitless enhancement with the risk of losing control if his fury overwhelmed his Soul Power.
• Ikaros created elf-form Battle Maids whose rage increased their strength from peak Middle God to ordinary Upper God while preserving their sanity.
• Ikaros continued researching the Distant Vision Beast bloodline and considered combining its weakening light with the Battle Maids’ Hulk power.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. discovered Captain America asleep in an iceberg with the Cosmic Cube, while Odin banished Thor to Earth and sent Thor’s Hammer after him.
• Bai Suzhen sensed Thor’s Hammer arriving on Earth, and Xiao Xie concluded that Thor and Loki would soon appear.

Xiao Xie planned to wait for Loki to use the Cosmic Cube before taking the Infinity Stones, but he intervened when Loki tricked Thor into believing Odin had died. After revealing Odin was only asleep, Xiao Xie tested Thor’s Hammer and confirmed it would not grant its power to anyone but Thor.

• Xiao Xie planned to seize the Cosmic Cube and Mind Stone when Loki unleashed the Chitauri on Earth.
• Loki told Thor that Odin had died, and Thor believed him and blamed himself.
• Xiao Xie appeared before Thor as Uchiha Madara and revealed that Odin was merely asleep.
• Xiao Xie teleported to Thor’s Hammer, lifted it, and gained none of Thor’s power.
• Xiao Xie returned the hammer and admitted he had approached Thor mainly to devour his destiny.

S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Cosmic Cube experiment summoned Loki, who seized the Cube and escaped after taking control of Hawkeye. Xiao Xie and his companions watched remotely as the facility’s self-destruct buried S.H.I.E.L.D.’s agents without harming Loki’s group.

• Loki fell through the Space Wormhole, obtained the Mind Stone scepter from the Chitauri, and was summoned to Earth by S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Cosmic Cube experiment.
• Nick Fury ordered Loki to put down his scepter, but Loki attacked the agents and used the Mind Stone to control Hawkeye.
• Xiao Xie and Bai Suzhen watched the battle with the Water Mirror Technique, and Xiao Xie said he was waiting for a chance to earn Worship Points.
• Nick Fury activated the facility’s self-destruct sequence, but Hawkeye revealed the plan to Loki and shot Nick Fury.
• Loki and his group escaped with the Cosmic Cube as the explosion buried the S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel underground, prompting Xiao Xie and Bai Suzhen to mock Nick Fury’s leadership.

Loki negotiated with the Chitauri while pursuing his plan to obtain the Cosmic Cube, and S.H.I.E.L.D. discovered his location. Xiao Xie chose to wait before intervening, confident that his Battle Maids could defeat the Chitauri.

• Loki used the scepter to contact the Chitauri, whose commander threatened him if he failed to deliver the Cosmic Cube.
• Loki recognized that he and the Chitauri were exploiting each other and decided to accelerate his plan.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. found Loki near the Opera House plaza, and Nick Fury sent Black Widow and Captain America to capture him.
• Bai Suzhen asked Xiao Xie when they would join the fight, but Xiao Xie told her to wait.
• Xiao Xie reflected that his two hundred thousand Battle Maids could overwhelm the Chitauri and that he feared only powerful cosmic beings.

Loki was taken aboard S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Sky Carrier, where he provoked distrust among the Avengers while secretly influencing their emotions. As the team discovered S.H.I.E.L.D.’s weapons program and argued, Banner found Loki’s Scepter in his hand, and Hawkeye attacked the Sky Carrier with an explosive arrow.

• Captain America, Iron Man, and the others captured Loki, but Thor intercepted their aircraft before ultimately joining them in escorting Loki to the Sky Carrier.
• Loki spotted Bruce Banner and planned to provoke him into transforming into the Hulk, then mocked S.H.I.E.L.D. for keeping such a dangerous figure aboard.
• Steve questioned why Loki had surrendered so easily, while Thor and Natasha argued over Loki’s crimes and his relationship to Thor.
• Banner and Stark discovered that S.H.I.E.L.D. planned to use the Cosmic Cube to develop weapons, and Steve found further evidence in a secret warehouse.
• As Loki’s Scepter subtly heightened tensions, Banner became agitated and realized he was holding it when Nick Fury and Natasha drew their pistols.
• Hawkeye arrived outside the Sky Carrier and fired an explosive arrow toward Banner and the others.

Loki opened a spatial gate above Stark Tower, and Xiao Xie secretly enlarged it until the Chitauri mothership and hundreds of thousands of soldiers poured onto Earth. The superheroes and world leaders faced overwhelming odds as Xiao Xie's plan escalated the invasion.

• Banner lost control after an explosion struck the Sky Carrier, allowing Hawkeye and the others to rescue Loki.
• Xiao Xie told Bai Suzhen to prepare a worldwide broadcast announcing Earth's true savior.
• Loki opened a spatial gate above Stark Tower, and Chitauri forces invaded as Captain America and other heroes arrived to fight.
• Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four joined the battle, prompting Xiao Xie to enlarge the Cosmic Cube's amplifier and expand the gate.
• The Chitauri mothership and hundreds of thousands of soldiers emerged, leaving the superheroes in a desperate fight while U.S. leaders argued over using nuclear weapons.

As the Chitauri army poured through the portal, the X-Men joined the fight, and Xiao Xie prepared for the Dragon Emperor’s entrance. The Dragon Emperor appeared, giving humanity renewed hope against the invading aliens.

• Professor X encouraged people to resist despair as hundreds of thousands of Chitauri soldiers appeared over Earth.
• Xiao Xie recognized the X-Men and secretly threw a ball of black light toward the portal.
• Storm, Cyclops, Jean, and Professor X emerged from an invisible aircraft and attacked the Chitauri.
• Xiao Xie criticized Charles for refusing to use his power decisively to protect mutants.
• Xiao Xie called for Uchiha Madara, and a gigantic golden Dragon Emperor burst from the void.
• People recognized the Dragon Emperor and regained hope that he could defeat the Chitauri army.

Uchiha Madara destroyed the Chitauri army, claimed Loki’s Scepter and the Cosmic Cube, and ended the invasion. As the portal closed, Xiao Xie’s planted demon Lucifer emerged, leaving a new threat on Earth.

• The Dragon Emperor blocked the Chitauri’s attack and knocked out their soldiers with a wave of psychic pressure.
• Uchiha Madara blasted the Chitauri mothership into ashes and claimed Loki’s Scepter and the Cosmic Cube despite the Thunder God’s protest.
• The Cosmic Cube’s removal caused the portal to shrink, but a mass of dark energy burst out as it closed.
• Lucifer appeared from the darkness and declared that he had escaped his seal.
• Xiao Xie revealed that he had sent the demon through the Space Wormhole, while Lucifer welcomed the modern world and its aura of sin.

Lucifer emerged from his seal and fought Uchiha Madara, healing his injuries and restoring his strength by absorbing the souls of the dead. As Lucifer began to suppress the Dragon Emperor, the senators called for an immediate nuclear strike.

• Uchiha Madara struck Lucifer with a stone arm, but Lucifer remained unharmed, and he sent Hulk flying with a single slap.
• Lucifer attacked Uchiha Madara with a giant dark claw, and Uchiha Madara deflected it skyward with Almighty Push.
• Uchiha Madara blasted apart half of Lucifer's body with Super Push, while Charles blocked residual shockwaves from reaching New York.
• Lucifer absorbed the souls of dead people and Chitauri soldiers, healed himself, restored his strength, and punched toward Uchiha Madara.
• The senators watched Lucifer suppress the Dragon Emperor and supported launching a nuclear strike.

Bai Suzhen and Uchiha Madara battled Lucifer over the Pacific Ocean, defeating him while protecting Earth from the fight. Lucifer’s released Dark Energy then scattered around the world, setting the stage for new supervillains, as Xiao Xie intended.

• Ellis hesitated over a nuclear attack until Bai Suzhen said it would not harm Lucifer and offered to fight him herself.
• Bai Suzhen restrained Lucifer with a Water Python while Uchiha Madara used the Cosmic Cube to move their battle to the Pacific Ocean.
• Uchiha Madara severed Lucifer’s right arm, and Bai Suzhen bound him with water whips so Madara could destroy his body with the Tiger Soul Saber.
• Lucifer’s divine spark revealed that he could revive while evil thoughts remained and fired hundreds of beams of Dark Energy across the world.
• Bai Suzhen and Uchiha Madara departed, while Xiao Xie controlled the scattered Dark Energy to create more supervillains and earn Worship Points.

After saving the world as Uchiha Madara, Xiao Xie decomposed the Mind Stone and Cosmic Cube into Rule Seeds and refined them, gaining the Rinne Sharingan and powerful space abilities. He created five subsidiary spaces with deadly elemental environments and an Illusion Space, then ended the chapter with requests for subscriptions, rewards, collections, and tickets.

• Xiao Xie returned to the island manor, entered the Worship Space, and decomposed the Mind Stone and Cosmic Cube into the Seed of Mind Rule and the Seed of Space Rule.
• Xiao Xie swallowed both Rule Seeds and spent nearly two months refining them.
• Xiao Xie's Rinnegan evolved into the Rinne Sharingan, granting him Infinite Tsukuyomi and Amenotejikara.
• Xiao Xie created five subsidiary spaces centered around the Kamui Space: fire, wind, earth, water, and illusion spaces.
• Xiao Xie set up Infinite Tsukuyomi in the Illusion Space and used the other spaces to create dangerous environments for enemies.

After emerging from seclusion, Xiao Xie learned that Spider-Man had stopped the Lizardmen and Magneto and that Bai Suzhen had recruited Connors into Osborn Industries. At the White House, Blue Devil attacked a guard and charged toward President Ellis, who was rushed toward the safe room.

• Xiao Xie reviewed his stronger control over space and mental powers, then left the Worship Space to find Bai Suzhen.
• Bai Suzhen told Xiao Xie about the Lizardmen’s rampage in New York and Magneto’s failed attempt to turn people into mutants.
• Bai Suzhen reported that she had invited Connors to join Osborn Industries, and Xiao Xie approved.
• President Ellis reflected on the repeated destruction caused by supervillain attacks as he enjoyed a rare quiet day at the White House.
• Blue Devil attacked a White House guard and rushed toward the president, prompting security personnel to order Jackie to take Ellis to the safe room.

Blue Devil attempted to assassinate President Ellis, but Ellis defeated him with strength gained from Bai Suzhen’s enhanced potion. The attack inflamed anti-mutant sentiment, while Charles blamed Magneto and missed Stryker’s role; Xiao Xie became interested in mutant abilities.

• Blue Devil teleported past the White House guards and attacked Ellis, but Ellis punched him into a wall and forced him to flee.
• Ellis’s enhanced strength came from a Human Enhancement Potion Bai Suzhen gave him, developed by the Flame Emperor Group from Norman Osborn’s research.
• News of the attempted assassination intensified public hostility toward mutants and alarmed Charles and the X-Men.
• Charles and the others suspected the imprisoned Magneto, unaware that Stryker had planned the attack to turn the president against mutants.
• Xiao Xie heard about the attack and took an interest in the unusual abilities of mutants.

Xiao Xie visited Charles at Xavier’s School to discuss the attempted assassination of the president and warned that Stryker had orchestrated it to turn the government against mutants. Wolverine learned that Stryker had given him his Adamantium skeleton and caused his memory loss, leaving him shaken but not yet ready to seek revenge.

• Charles sensed Xiao Xie and Bai Suzhen arrive and welcomed them to the school with Jean and several X-Men.
• Xiao Xie restrained Wolverine with a display of lightning and explained that he was a Superpowered Person, not a mutant.
• Xiao Xie told Charles that Stryker had arranged the assassination attempt to gain presidential approval for exterminating mutants.
• Wolverine asked who Stryker was, and Xiao Xie revealed that Stryker had given him his Adamantium skeleton and shot him with an Adamantium bullet, causing his memory loss.

Xiao Xie told Charles that he intended to establish a nation for mutants to ease tensions between them and ordinary people. He left Charles to gather mutants, promising to secure territory within a week, while Charles wondered about Xiao Xie's motives.

• Charles thanked Xiao Xie for identifying Stryker as the mastermind behind the assassination attempt and asked how he viewed mutants.
• Xiao Xie said mutants were still human and proposed creating a nation where they could live apart from ordinary people.
• Charles and the others were stunned, but Xiao Xie told them he would resolve the territory issue within a week.
• Xiao Xie asked Charles to work with Magneto to contact the mutants, then left with Bai Suzhen.
• Jean asked Charles whether the plan could work, and Charles wondered whether Xiao Xie's goal was truly peace.

Xiao Xie explained that he planned to gather mutants in a new nation so the Flame Emperor Group could obtain their blood for research more easily. After securing a vast stretch of ocean and announcing that the Dragon Emperor would build an island there in six days, he set the creation of a mutant homeland in motion.

• Xiao Xie told Bai Suzhen that a mutant nation would bring mutants together and make it easier to collect blood for studying the X Gene.
• Xiao Xie gave Ellis evidence that Stryker had arranged an assassination attempt, and Ellis had Stryker imprisoned for life.
• Xiao Xie traded fifty Human Enhancement Potions and three Longevity Pills for a hundred-thousand-square-kilometer area of ocean controlled by the United States.
• The Flame Emperor Group announced that the Dragon Emperor would build an island near New York in six days, where a nation for mutants would be established.
• Charles and Magneto supported the plan, and Charles used Cerebro to summon mutants from around the world to their new homeland.