Recaps

Gu Qing trained Steve, Matt, and Andrew as their powers grew, but Andrew’s family crises and belief in unchecked power drove him into a violent break with his friends. Matt confronted Andrew amid Seattle’s destruction, and their stalemate ended with someone appearing.

• Gu Qing became Erik Lehnsherr at Auschwitz, endured Klaus Schmidt’s experiments until his powers awakened, then traversed to Seattle and met Andrew, Steve, and Matt.
• Gu Qing trained his magnetic and telekinetic abilities, entered Magnetic Field Rotation, and taught Steve, Andrew, and Matt Current Propulsion as their powers developed.
• Andrew’s powers surged after his father Richard abused him and Karen’s illness worsened, and he attacked Richard before Steve stopped him from killing him.
• Andrew embraced his power, killed punks and cash-truck couriers, and fought Matt and Steve after they urged him to return the stolen money.
• Matt’s power awakened during his battle with Andrew, but Andrew escaped while a mysterious figure seized Matt and Steve, and Gu Qing later trained Matt to awaken Magnetic Field Rotation.
• Andrew learned that Karen had died and launched a destructive attack on Seattle, where Steve tried to stop him and Matt joined the fight.
• Matt reached 300,000 volts and battled Andrew across the burning city, while the Federation authorized lethal force against the superpowered individuals.
• After more than an hour of fighting, Matt and Andrew remained locked in a stalemate until someone appeared.

Gu Qing fought Andrew and Matt, survived a nuclear blast, and returned to the X-Men world, where he rebuilt the Lehnsherr Family and sought Sebastian Shaw. After Gu Qing nearly defeated Shaw in Miami, a red-skinned man teleported Shaw away, while Trask vowed hatred toward mutants.

• Steve’s death awakened Matt’s Magnetic Field Rotation, but a nuclear blast engulfed Seattle before Matt could finish off Andrew.
• Gu Qing watched Andrew declare himself the One True God, then funded a martial arts tournament and trained across Asia while Matt prepared to confront Andrew.
• Matt and Andrew battled in Manama until Gu Qing intervened, challenged them both, and fought them as Matt’s power rose to 70,000 Horsepower.
• A U.S. nuclear missile detonated during the battle, and Gu Qing endured the blast before returning to the Chronicle World in 1945.
• Gu Qing recovered, searched for Schmidt, and took control of a Palermo Mafia family with Vanessa’s help, naming it the Lehnsherr Family.
• Gu Qing recovered Erik’s memories with Charles’s help and learned that Schmidt, now Sebastian Shaw, was in Argentina.
• Gu Qing, Charles, and Raven pursued Shaw to Miami, where Gu Qing attacked him and overwhelmed his energy-absorbing power with Rapid Bullet Fist.
• A red-skinned man teleported the injured Shaw away, while Shaw’s crash killed Talia and Trask vowed hatred toward mutants.

Gu Qing entered the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, spread the Evil Warding Sword Manual through his newspaper, and forged the Evil Slaying Path. The manual threw the jianghu into chaos as Yue Buqun seized power, while Ren Yingying sought Gu Qing’s help finding her imprisoned father.

• Gu Qing killed Black King Shaw, spared Red Devil at Charles’s request, and left Charles and Raven with him.
• After months of travel and training, Gu Qing returned to Vanessa, entered The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, and met Linghu Chong in Hanzhong.
• Gu Qing established the Jianghu Monthly Report and exposed the Qingcheng Sect’s destruction of the Fuwei Escort Agency, prompting Lin Pingzhi to seek the truth about his family’s swordplay.
• At Liu Zhengfeng’s ceremony, Gu Qing intervened against the Songshan Sect and revealed his Evil Slaying Path after Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang performed together.
• Gu Qing used a duel with Feng Qingyang to study the Nine Solitary Swords, while the newspaper spread the Evil Warding Sword Manual and Lin Pingzhi pursued revenge against Yu Canghai.
• Lin Pingzhi mutilated himself to learn the Evil Warding Sword Manual, later fought Yu Canghai and slaughtered the Qingcheng Sect, while Gu Qing completed the Evil Slaying Path and released Ultimate Immeasurable Qi Gong.
• Yue Buqun defeated Zuo Lengchan’s followers, took control of the struggle to lead the Five Great Sword Sects, and left Zuo Lengchan alive after Master Fangzheng intervened.
• Ren Yingying and Xiang Wentian visited Gu Qing, and Xiang Wentian revealed that Dongfang Bubai had secretly imprisoned the former cult leader twelve years earlier.

Gu Qing reshaped the jianghu through publicized martial arts, fought its leading masters, and then returned to Chronicle World, where he confronted Matt and uncovered Erik Lehnsherr’s life with Magda. After breaking free of the World Consciousness and destroying Tusayan Town, Gu Qing entered the Wonder Woman world and settled on Themyscira as Diana learned of World War I.

• Ren Yingying freed Ren Woxing from the West Lake Dungeon, and Ren Woxing returned to Blackwood Cliff to reclaim leadership of the Sun Moon Holy Cult.
• Yue Buqun and Zuo Lengchan fought over leadership of the Five Mountains Alliance, while Gu Qing watched their mastery of Ultimate Immeasurable Qi Gong.
• Feng Qingyang and the Orthodox Alliance confronted Gu Qing, who defeated their fighters at Hanzhong and killed Daoist Chongxu, Master Fangzheng, and Daoist Tianmen before leaving the Smiling, Proud Wanderer world.
• Gu Qing returned to Chronicle World, killed General William and Matt, and destroyed the Pentagon, the White House, and much of Osaka during his battles.
• Gu Qing rescued Vanessa from Mad Wolf, killed Mad Wolf, and freed his prisoners, including Erik and Magda, who fell in love and settled in Tusayan.
• After five years with Magda, Gu Qing resisted the World Consciousness, destroyed Tusayan Town with Evil Slaying Path, and broke his Destiny Star to enter the Star Breaking Realm.
• Gu Qing entered the Wonder Woman world, crossed Themyscira’s barrier, and persuaded Hippolyta to let him stay temporarily after Antiope failed to move him.
• Diana visited Gu Qing, learned about World War I and the German soldiers nearby, and told Hippolyta that the Amazonians had a duty to stop Ares, but Hippolyta forbade her from acting.