Chapter Summaries

Chen Mu and Xu Jia left Rocket and Groot to collect Star-Lord and Gamora after securing the Power Stone. When Gamora revealed that the orb was worth four billion, the bickering captors and captives agreed to work together to recover it.

• Chen Mu summoned Rocket and Groot, then let them take Star-Lord and Gamora to claim their bounties.
• Groot stuffed Star-Lord and Gamora into a sack, and Rocket hurried away with them.
• Star-Lord blasted open the sack and fought Rocket while Gamora recovered and confronted them.
• Gamora revealed that her employer had offered four billion for the orb, prompting Rocket, Star-Lord, and Gamora to agree to work together.

Gamora, Star-Lord, Rocket, and Groot discussed how to recover the Power Stone from Chen Mu, worrying that he and Xu Jia were Chinese and might call for reinforcements. They decided to spread word of the stone to draw other pursuers into the conflict, but realized Chen Mu could hide it in his vast storage bracelet.

• Gamora told the others that the orb was worth four billion and proposed splitting the reward, then agreed to include Groot after he objected.
• Star-Lord described Xu Jia's lightning, and Gamora proposed using insulated spacesuits to counter her attacks.
• Rocket warned that Chen Mu and Xu Jia appeared to be Chinese, whose reputation for power and calling reinforcements made confronting them dangerous.
• Star-Lord proposed spreading news of the Power Stone so Ronan, the Ravagers, Thanos, and Gamora's employer would pursue Chen Mu, letting them steal it amid the chaos.
• Gamora explained that the Power Stone was one of six Infinity Stones and could grant immense strength.
• Star-Lord realized Chen Mu could put the Power Stone in his storage bracelet, leaving the others worried they might never retrieve it.

Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket, and Groot discussed recruiting the Collector to help them recover the Power Stone and steal Chen Mu’s storage bracelet. Before they could act on their plan, the Nova Corps surrounded and arrested them.

• Gamora criticized Star-Lord for losing his chance to trade for Chen Mu’s storage bracelet, while Star-Lord admitted he wanted it more than the Power Stone’s promised price.
• Gamora proposed selling information about the Power Stone to her employer, Tivan the Collector, and the others agreed they could use the resulting chaos to steal the Stone and bracelet.
• The Nova Corps surrounded the four with ships and tractor beams before they could put their plan into action.
• A Nova Corps officer identified Gamora, Rocket, Groot, and Star-Lord and announced they would be taken to prison to await judgment.

Long Aotian led the expedition team toward Knowhere, hoping to trade for its valuable resources, while Chen Mu looked forward to visiting Collector Tivan’s collection. Meanwhile, Star-Lord and his companions escaped prison and also headed to Knowhere to sell information and pursue the Power Stone.

• Long Aotian gathered the team and chose Knowhere, a dead Celestial’s resource-rich head, as their next destination.
• Qin Lin suggested bringing the Celestial’s skullcap back to Earth, and Long Aotian agreed with a thumbs-up while privately dismissing the idea.
• Long Aotian set the Aotian-Go’s course for Knowhere, and Chen Mu anticipated visiting Collector Tivan and possibly copying items from his treasury.
• Rocket devised and carried out a prison escape with Star-Lord and the others, and Drax joined their group.
• Star-Lord and his companions headed to Knowhere to sell information to Collector Tivan and try to obtain the Power Stone.

After arriving at Knowhere, Chen Mu’s crew prepared to trade Chinese goods while Chen Mu considered studying the Celestials, especially Ego. Star-Lord and his companions were also heading toward Knowhere, unaware that they were on a collision course with Chen Mu.

• The Aotian arrived at Knowhere, where Chen Mu considered analyzing the Celestials and sought the chance to study Ego’s powers and planet-making technology.
• The chapter explained that Ego had searched across the universe for a descendant able to inherit his power, and that Star-Lord had not yet awakened his potential.
• The Aotian-Go’s crew entered Knowhere together rather than splitting up.
• Long Aotian chose to make money through trade, bringing Chinese specialties such as storage bracelets to sell at high prices.

Long Aotian and his companions were cheated by an exchange owner on Knowhere, so they fought back and recovered their wristband. They left with valuable goods and compensation, while Shen Zhao advised the younger members on claiming damages.

• An exchange owner secretly swapped Long Aotian’s wristband and accused him of causing trouble when he challenged the fraud.
• Qin Lin and the others confronted the owner, and Li Jing struck him with lightning before the group attacked the exchange’s security.
• Long Aotian and his companions defeated the aliens, overturned the exchange, and recovered the wristband while taking goods and money.
• Long Aotian demanded two hundred thousand yuan in mental damage fees, giving each person aboard the ship twenty thousand yuan.
• Shen Zhao advised Qin Lin and Li Jing on seeking compensation, while Wu Da urged them to fight back or call the police when bullied.

After Chen Mu and the fleet headed to Tivan’s exchange, Gamora’s group reached the Collector and learned about the Power Stone’s destructive power. Tivan refused to pay much for their information but gave Star-Lord and Rocket one hundred thousand, leaving them pleased with the unexpected money.

• Chen Mu and the others went to the largest exchange on Knowhere, which was run by Tivan.
• Gamora led Star-Lord and the others to Tivan and said Chen Mu’s group had taken the Power Stone from them.
• Tivan recognized Chen Mu as Chinese and explained that he considered Chinese people exceptionally powerful.
• Rocket asked about the Power Stone, and Tivan showed the group an image of a Celestial using it to destroy a planet.
• Gamora told Tivan they needed to recover the stone and asked for payment for their information.
• Tivan said the information was worth little and paid Star-Lord and Rocket one hundred thousand.

Collector Tivan offered Star-Lord and his crew four billion to retrieve the Power Stone from Chen Mu, but they encountered Chen Mu at Tivan’s marketplace. Tivan then ignored Long Aotian’s offer of goods and asked Chen Mu to sell him the Power Stone for ten billion.

• Tivan offered Star-Lord and his crew four billion to bring back the Power Stone, and they accepted the job.
• Tivan led the crew to his marketplace and tried to buy Groot, but Rocket refused even as the offer rose to two hundred million.
• Star-Lord and his crew went downstairs and found Chen Mu, the very person they had been hired to retrieve the Power Stone from.
• Star-Lord, Rocket, Groot, and Gamora made excuses to Tivan for why they could not act against Chen Mu.
• Long Aotian approached Tivan to discuss trading goods, but Tivan walked past him and offered Chen Mu ten billion for the Power Stone.

Collector Tivan offered Chen Mu ten billion for the Power Stone, but Chen Mu casually handled the supposedly dangerous Infinity Stone and accepted the offer. When Groot charged at him to steal it, Chen Mu used the Time Stone to shrink Groot into a palm-sized tree man.

• Collector Tivan offered Chen Mu ten billion for the Power Stone, while Star-Lord and his crew learned Tivan had offered them only four billion.
• Chen Mu revealed the Power Stone, removed it from its sphere, and held it harmlessly in his hand before giving the empty sphere to Tivan.
• Tivan agreed to pay Chen Mu ten billion after realizing Chen Mu was powerful enough to handle the Power Stone without harm.
• Star-Lord and Rocket whispered about stealing the gem, and Groot charged at Chen Mu to create a distraction.
• Chen Mu stopped Groot and used the Time Stone to make him rapidly regress into a palm-sized tree man.

Chen Mu used the Time Stone to shrink Groot and impressed Collector Tivan with his power, then arranged for Long Aotian to trade storage bracelets with the Collector. Long Aotian made a fortune from the deal while Star-Lord regretted losing Chen Mu’s earlier offer for the Power Stone.

• Chen Mu released the shrunken Groot, and Rocket picked him up after realizing how powerful Chen Mu was.
• Collector Tivan recognized Chen Mu’s use of the Time Stone and agreed to let him inspect his collection and discuss a trade with Long Aotian.
• Long Aotian offered the Collector storage bracelets and sold the one-hundred-cubic-meter versions for one million each and the thousand-cubic-meter versions for ten million each.
• Star-Lord remembered rejecting Chen Mu’s offer of a one-million-cubic-meter storage bracelet for the Power Stone, slapped himself, and cried.

Long Aotian and the others sold their storage bracelets to Collector Tivan for more than sixty million, while Star-Lord regretted the fortune he had missed by trading away Chen Mu’s bracelet. Rocket then offered to buy one of the small bracelets so he could keep young Groot safe.

• Long Aotian offered ten small storage bracelets and two large ones to Collector Tivan, and Long Tao Bing, Shen Zhao, and Wu Da also offered their bracelets for sale.
• Qin Lin and another student offered their one-cubic-meter bracelets, which they used as backpacks, and Collector Tivan agreed to buy every bracelet at ten thousand per cubic meter.
• Collector Tivan spent more than sixty million on the bracelets, and he tried to resell the students’ small bracelets to Star-Lord for one hundred thousand each.
• Rocket offered fifty thousand for one small bracelet so he could keep young Groot safe inside it.

Chen Mu dismissed Gamora’s warning about Thanos and revealed that he possessed all six Infinity Stones, plus a second Power Stone. He then headed to Collector Tivan’s treasure vault, unconcerned about Thanos coming for him.

• Collector Tivan gave Star-Lord and his companions two storage wristbands instead of paying them the promised hundred thousand.
• Chen Mu prepared to inspect Collector Tivan’s collection while Gamora warned him that Thanos would seek the two Infinity Stones he had seen.
• Collector Tivan mocked the idea that Thanos could defeat Chen Mu, and Chen Mu called Thanos a loser who met miserable ends in other worlds.
• Chen Mu explained that he had traveled across the multiverse and revealed six Infinity Stones along with a second Power Stone.
• Chen Mu put away the Stones and headed for Collector Tivan’s vault, telling the others to let Thanos come for them.

Chen Mu and Xu Jia visited Collector Tivan’s vault and found Cosmo, a telepathic dog from Earth. Chen Mu transformed Cosmo into a Chinese divine dog, renamed him Xiaotian, and planned for Yang Jian to strengthen him after they returned to China.

• Collector Tivan showed Chen Mu and Xu Jia the many unusual creatures in his vault.
• Xu Jia recognized Cosmo as a dog from Earth and asked to take him back with her.
• Collector Tivan agreed to let Xu Jia take Cosmo after seeing Chen Mu’s reaction.
• Chen Mu used the Reality Stone to change Cosmo’s appearance and renamed him Xiaotian.
• Chen Mu said Yang Jian would take Xiaotian to the main god for enhancements, and Xiaotian accepted his new fate.

Chen Mu discovered Adam Warlock’s cocoon in the Collector’s vault and bought it, while Long Aotian and his companions met Star-Lord and proudly told him they were from China. The group continued exploring the vault as Chen Mu’s system analyzed its alien exhibits.

• Howard the Duck called out to Chen Mu’s group from inside a display case, but Chen Mu moved on without stopping.
• Chen Mu examined a powerful artificial human in a cocoon, learned it was called Adam, and asked the Collector to sell it to him.
• Chen Mu and the Collector agreed on a price of five billion for Adam Warlock’s cocoon, and Chen Mu continued touring the vault while the system analyzed its exhibits.
• Long Aotian and his companions gathered with Star-Lord’s group, and Long Aotian said they were from China.

Star-Lord learned that China had become more powerful than Asgard and tried to find a way to join it. He bonded with Qin Lin and Li Jing over music, while Gamora and the two young men discussed Chen Mu and discovered he was known as General Chen Mu.

• Long Aotian told Star-Lord that China had surpassed Asgard, while America had split into autonomous states.
• Star-Lord asked to join China, but Long Aotian brushed him off and left with his team.
• Star-Lord struck up a conversation with Li Jing and Qin Lin about music and invited them to eat with him.
• Gamora asked about Chen Mu, and Qin Lin recognized him as General Chen Mu from a book he carried.

Chen Mu toured the Collector's vault, claimed Adam Warlock's cocoon, and negotiated with Collector Tivan for China's access to Knowhere's mineral resources. Tivan agreed to shared mining rights after Chen Mu implied that China could return with an army.

• Qin Lin and Li Jing told Gamora and the others about Chen Mu's contributions to Chinese magic and expressed their gratitude to him.
• Chen Mu analyzed the species, technology, and treasures in the Collector's vault and chose to take Adam Warlock's cocoon.
• Chen Mu flattered Collector Tivan by comparing his vault favorably with Asgard's.
• Chen Mu offered to exchange the five billion he owed Tivan for China's mining rights on Knowhere.
• Tivan resisted giving China exclusive control of the mines, then agreed to let them mine together after Chen Mu warned that he might return with an army.

Chen Mu secured ten years of mining rights at Knowhere for China, while Collector Tivan grew uneasy and began packing his collection before the mining teams arrived. Chen Mu and Xu Jia stayed to search for the Soul Stone, then encountered Drax confronting several spacecraft.

• Chen Mu persuaded Collector Tivan to let China and Tivan's teams mine Knowhere's resources together for ten years.
• Collector Tivan's smile faded when he sensed danger and could not foresee the future around Chen Mu, so he ordered Karina to pack his collection into storage bracelets.
• Xu Jia offered to inform the Heavenly Court about the mining rights, but Chen Mu told her to contact Zheng Xian and suggested they enjoy their break while searching for the Soul Stone.
• Chen Mu and Xu Jia heard Drax laughing at several spacecraft and recognized him as he confronted them.

Drax lured Ronan to Knowhere to avenge his family, but Ronan quickly defeated him. Star-Lord tried to save Drax by directing Ronan toward Chen Mu, who saw the betrayal.

• Drax spread a false message that the Power Stone was on Knowhere, unintentionally drawing Ronan there while the Power Stone was actually on Knowhere.
• Drax charged Ronan, but Ronan's subordinates shot him down, and Ronan questioned him about the Power Stone.
• Star-Lord, Rocket, and Gamora arrived and realized Drax had brought Ronan to Knowhere.
• Star-Lord tried to persuade Qin Lin and Li Jing to help, but they refused to get involved.
• When Ronan threatened Drax, Star-Lord claimed Chen Mu had the Power Stone and projected Chen Mu's image, which Chen Mu saw.

Star-Lord blamed Chen Mu for taking the Power Stone and described him as a terrible villain to Ronan, who decided to hunt him down. Ronan then spotted Chen Mu in person and demanded the stone, while Chen Mu left Star-Lord to face the consequences of his slander.

• Star-Lord told Ronan that Chen Mu had taken the Power Stone and spun a list of absurd accusations against him.
• Qin Lin and Li Jing rebuked Star-Lord for slandering Chen Mu and Chinese people.
• Ronan recognized Chen Mu in Star-Lord's projection and, seeing him nearby, decided he could reclaim the Power Stone.
• Star-Lord asked Ronan to spare Drax, but Ronan refused and threatened both Drax and Star-Lord.
• Chen Mu confronted Star-Lord about his insults, then turned to Ronan as Ronan demanded the Power Stone and threatened him.

Chen Mu let Qin Lin and Li Jing fight Ronan and punished Star-Lord for trying to use him. Ronan was overwhelmed, while Star-Lord was trapped in a Mirror Dimension designed to torment him for seventy-two hours.

• Ronan demanded the Power Stone and declared himself a god, prompting Chen Mu to send Qin Lin and Li Jing to deal with him.
• Qin Lin and Li Jing struck Ronan down with lightning and magic while Rocket and Gamora defeated his subordinates and helped Drax.
• Chen Mu confronted Star-Lord about trying to use him, then dragged him into the Mirror Dimension.
• Chen Mu altered the dimension with the Infinity Stones, tied Star-Lord to a stake, and had two Heavenly Soldier Robots whip him for seventy-two hours.