Chapter Summaries

China captured Malekith and the Dark Elves in London, taking the Reality Stone and their spacecraft. After returning from Asgard, Chen Mu began sorting through his recent gains.

• Chinese soldiers captured Malekith and the Dark Elves in under ten minutes and took their spacecraft from London.
• British fighter jets arrived after the Chinese forces had departed, while local witnesses discussed the failed invasion.
• The chapter stated that China possessed the Space, Mind, Power, Time, and now Reality Stones, with only the Soul Stone remaining beyond its reach.
• Chen Mu and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials left Asgard, which had become a Chinese vassal state, and returned to Universe Zero.
• Chen Mu returned to his laboratory and began sorting through his recent gains.

After returning from Asgard, Chen Mu studied Adam Warlock’s cocoon and realized its cosmic-energy technology could help ordinary people become immortal. He planned to modify Adam’s appearance and give him a Chinese name, while China’s miners rapidly stripped Knowhere of its minerals.

• Chen Mu added alien racial abilities collected from Tivan to the Sovereign Space database and examined Adam Warlock’s cocoon, which he had obtained through a deal with Tivan.
• China’s military miners arrived at Knowhere with over a hundred million Heavenly Soldier Robots, leaving Tivan despairing as they began mining the station’s resources.
• Chen Mu recognized that Adam Warlock could draw upon cosmic energy and believed he could upgrade that technology to help others become immortal without relying on the system.
• Chen Mu decided to accelerate Adam Warlock’s hatching, give him an Eastern face, and choose a new name, suggesting Lei Zhenzi.

Chen Mu transformed Adam Warlock’s cocoon into Lei Zhenzi, beginning Hua Xia’s plan to create Celestial Race members through artificial human technology. After the Reincarnation Plan’s first tests succeeded, Chen Mu joined a team for its second phase and discovered the Transformers 1 world.

• Chen Mu modified Adam Warlock’s cocoon with Hua Xia features, Thor’s lightning abilities, and an Eternals-level constitution, then named him Lei Zhenzi.
• Chen Mu planned weapons for Lei Zhenzi, including the Soul Stone, a Wind-Thunder Golden Staff, and a modified Mjolnir, and stored the cocoon away.
• Zheng Xian showed Chen Mu the Reincarnation Plan’s proposal to expand its world-exploration program from armies to veterans and civilians.
• Zheng Xian explained that the second testing phase would send teams of retired veterans to explore parallel worlds discovered during the first phase.
• Chen Mu chose a team to lead and used the system to discover the Transformers 1 world.

Chen Mu explained the AllSpark’s value to Chen Xuan as a Decepticon attacked a US military base in Qatar while searching for information about Megatron and the AllSpark. Blackout destroyed the base but failed to obtain its computer files, leaving Chen Mu and his squad watching events unfold nearby.

• Chen Mu explained that the AllSpark could turn electronic products into Transformers, and Chen Xuan agreed it was worth taking.
• Chen Mu and Chen Xuan spotted a Black Hawk Helicopter approaching the US Military Base and noted that it seemed to have no human aboard.
• Blackout landed at the base, jammed its signals, transformed into a robot, and attacked the soldiers.
• Blackout fought its way into the base and destroyed electronic equipment while searching for information about Megatron and the AllSpark.
• The US military destroyed its computer files before the base fell, leaving Blackout without the information it wanted.

Chen Mu and Chen Xuan watched Blackout attack a US military base while discussing how the AllSpark could give life to China's machines. When Chen Xuan asked about their mission, Chen Mu had the Sovereign reveal that the AllSpark was at Hoover Dam.

• Chen Mu and the Reincarnators watched Blackout slaughter soldiers at a US military base and decided not to intervene.
• Chen Mu and Chen Xuan discussed using the AllSpark to turn vehicles, mecha, and other war machines into living Transformers loyal to China.
• Chen Xuan asked whether the group should search for the AllSpark, and Chen Mu explained that the Sovereign could reveal its location by viewing the world's timeline.
• The Sovereign identified the AllSpark's location as Hoover Dam, surprising Chen Xuan and the other Reincarnators.

Chen Mu told the Reincarnators where the AllSpark was, but chose to delay taking it and watch the events of Transformers unfold. He sent the team to contact China in this world for Contribution Points, then went to America to observe the story.

• Chen Mu told Chen Xuan and the other Reincarnators that the AllSpark was beneath Hoover Dam and said they could retrieve it whenever they wished.
• Chen Mu ordered the squad to relax and watch America save the world instead of rushing to take the AllSpark.
• Blackout fled as more US military forces approached, leaving a small Decepticon Robot behind.
• Chen Mu told the Reincarnators to contact China in this world and invite it to join Multiverse China for rewards.
• Chen Xuan and the other Reincarnators opened a portal and split up to pursue the invitation mission.
• Chen Mu hacked into the world's network, teleported to America, and watched as the Autobots and Decepticons searched for Sam and his grandfather's glasses.

Sam Witwicky went with his father to buy his first car, while Chen Mu followed them to a used car lot in a new Porsche. Chen Mu sold the Porsche for $500,000 just to find out how much it had depreciated, leaving Sam stunned.

• Sam persuaded his father to buy him a car, but his father set a $5,000 budget and took him to a used car lot.
• Sam complained about the battered cars, while the lot owner, Bobby, welcomed him and his father.
• Bumblebee, disguised as a battered yellow Chevrolet, drove into the lot without a driver.
• Chen Mu arrived in a brand-new Porsche and asked Bobby to buy it, explaining that he wanted to check its depreciation.
• Bobby offered $500,000 for the Porsche, and Chen Mu accepted without bargaining.
• Sam gaped as he realized Chen Mu had spent $500,000 just to learn how much the car had lost in value.

Chen Mu bought a new sports car for half its value, while Sam and his father bought Bumblebee, disguised as an old Chevrolet, for two thousand dollars. Chen Mu got into Bumblebee and asked Sam for a ride, leaving Bumblebee startled by his behavior.

• Chen Mu paid Bobby five hundred thousand dollars for a sports car that had been worth one million.
• Bobby offered Sam and his father a car from the lot, and Sam chose an old Chevrolet sports car.
• Bumblebee shattered the windows of every car in the lot with ultrasonic waves, and Bobby’s newly purchased sports car crashed into a pickup truck.
• Bobby dropped the Chevrolet’s price to two thousand dollars, and Sam’s father agreed to buy it.
• Sam and his father completed the purchase, and Chen Mu asked Sam to give him a ride.
• Chen Mu climbed into Bumblebee, put his feet on the dashboard, and startled Bumblebee.

Chen Mu paid Sam to drive him around in Bumblebee, whose attempts to humiliate or eject Chen Mu failed. Bumblebee realized Chen Mu was unusually strong and resumed hiding his identity as Sam drove them away.

• Chen Mu mocked Bumblebee's condition and paid Sam ten thousand dollars to give him a tour, promising another ten thousand if Sam did a good job.
• Bumblebee suddenly accelerated and stopped, causing Sam to hit the steering wheel, while Chen Mu remained unmoved.
• After Chen Mu continued calling the car junk, Bumblebee opened the passenger door and activated Passenger Ejection Mode, but could not dislodge him.
• Bumblebee recognized that Chen Mu was not ordinary and concealed his unusual behavior, while Sam assumed the car's radio was malfunctioning.
• Sam said goodbye to his father and drove Chen Mu away, asking whether it was his first time in America.

Chen Mu told Sam that aliens had secretly shaped Earth’s technology and sent him to search his great-great-grandfather’s belongings for clues to the frozen Megatron and the AllSpark. Sam rushed home for the promised million-dollar reward, while Bumblebee decided to get to the clues first and dismissed Chen Mu as a threat.

• Chen Mu told Sam that silicon-based aliens could disguise themselves as machines and that America had reverse-engineered them for decades.
• Chen Mu said Sam’s great-great-grandfather had discovered an alien in the Arctic and might have left clues among his belongings.
• Chen Mu gave Sam a phone and the remaining cash, promised him one million dollars to find the items, and left for a hotel.
• Sam hurried home to search through his ancestor’s belongings and earn the money.
• Bumblebee listened in and resolved to reach the clues first, while deciding that Chen Mu could not threaten the Transformers.

Chen Mu used Sam to speed up the search for the AllSpark while remotely preparing a nanobot phone that could control a suit of armor. After Bumblebee summoned the Autobots, Sam discovered his car was an alien and called Chen Mu in alarm.

• Chen Mu revealed that he had given Sam a nanobot phone that could become armor, which Chen Mu could control remotely.
• Sam gathered his great-great-grandfather’s relics, including the glasses, and called Chen Mu to arrange to bring them over.
• Bumblebee overheard Sam’s call, drove away to summon the Autobots, and woke Sam with the sound of his engine.
• Sam hid the relics, chased Bumblebee on his bicycle, and followed him to a construction site.
• Bumblebee transformed into robot form and fired a signal into the sky, while Sam watched and called Chen Mu in shock.

Sam fled with his great-great-grandfather’s relics, believing he could collect Chen Mu’s promised one million dollars, but Barricade confronted him and demanded the glasses connected to the AllSpark. Bumblebee rescued Sam from Barricade and drove him away, leaving the Decepticons’ search for the glasses unresolved.

• Chen Mu told Sam to return home and guard the relics, and Sam hurried back to collect them.
• The next day, Sam fled with the relics when Bumblebee returned, and Bumblebee followed him toward a construction site.
• Sam ran to a police car for help, but it transformed into Barricade and asked whether Sam was WhiteHorsePrince217.
• Barricade demanded the glasses, and Sam lied that he knew where they were rather than hand them over.
• Bumblebee rammed Barricade, and Sam climbed into Bumblebee, who drove away to avoid confronting the Decepticon alone.

Sam was caught between Bumblebee and Barricade as they fought over the glasses, while Frenzy chased him for them. Chen Mu gave Sam armor through his phone, but Sam was immediately knocked down when Frenzy opened fire.

• Bumblebee asked Sam if he had the glasses, then threw him from the car and fought Barricade in robot form.
• Barricade released Frenzy, who chased Sam and demanded the glasses while Sam ran and pleaded with Chen Mu for help.
• Chen Mu transformed Sam’s phone into a suit of armor and told him it would protect him.
• Frenzy fired his machine gun and a miniature missile at Sam, knocking him to the ground.

Sam used Chen Mu’s Nano Armor to defeat Frenzy, prompting Barricade to retreat. Bumblebee took Sam to meet the arriving Autobots, and Sam agreed to go after Bumblebee transformed into a brand-new sports car.

• Sam formed a palm cannon from the Nano Armor and blasted Frenzy, then kicked Frenzy’s head away.
• Barricade ordered the Decepticons to retreat and drove off, while Chen Mu told Sam to bring his belongings before the armor reverted to a phone.
• Bumblebee approached Sam, introduced himself, and drove him toward the outskirts to meet the Autobots arriving on Earth.
• Bumblebee flung Sam out of the car after Sam criticized his battered appearance, then returned as a brand-new yellow Chevrolet sports car.
• Sam climbed into Bumblebee’s car despite having just decided to run away.

Optimus Prime and the Autobots met Sam Witwicky and explained their search for the AllSpark, which was connected to his great-grandfather’s glasses. After finding the AllSpark’s location at Hoover Dam, Optimus crushed the lenses, destroying Sam’s chance to sell them for a million dollars.

• Optimus Prime arrived on Earth with Ratchet, Jazz, and Ironhide, and introduced the Autobots to Sam.
• Ratchet scanned Bumblebee and found that his vocal system had been damaged.
• Optimus explained the war between the Autobots and Decepticons and revealed that Sam’s glasses held the AllSpark’s coordinates.
• Sam reluctantly gave Optimus the glasses, and Optimus located the AllSpark at Hoover Dam.
• Optimus returned the glasses’ frame after crushing the lenses, leaving Sam distraught over losing their million-dollar value.

Optimus Prime destroyed the glasses Sam hoped to trade to Chen Mu for a million dollars, then broadcast that he had them so the Decepticons would target him instead of Sam. After learning why Sam was upset, Optimus Prime promised to meet Chen Mu and explain the situation, leaving Sam to arrange the meeting.

• Optimus Prime explained that he had destroyed the glasses to protect Sam and broadcast that the Decepticons should come to him for the AllSpark's whereabouts.
• Sam mourned the lost million dollars, and Bumblebee told Optimus Prime that Sam had wanted to sell the glasses to a Chinese person.
• Optimus Prime searched for information about China, found he could not access its internet, and called the country backward.
• Optimus Prime said he would explain matters to Chen Mu and make sure Sam received the money he deserved.
• Optimus Prime and the Autobots transformed into vehicles, and Optimus Prime told Sam to arrange a meeting with Chen Mu.

Chen Mu met Sam and the Autobots to collect the glasses, only to find Optimus Prime had destroyed them. Optimus Prime explained that he had acted to protect Chen Mu and urged him to pay Sam the agreed one million anyway.

• Bumblebee warned Optimus Prime that Chen Mu seemed unusual, but Optimus Prime dismissed the concern and arranged a meeting through Sam.
• Chen Mu met Sam in the suburbs and found the glasses reduced to a broken frame in Sam’s backpack.
• Optimus Prime and the other Autobots transformed into robot forms when Chen Mu said the damaged glasses meant the deal was canceled.
• Optimus Prime admitted that he had destroyed the glasses, explained the danger posed by the Decepticons, and said he had done it to protect Chen Mu.
• Optimus Prime asked Chen Mu to honor the one-million payment to Sam, arguing that the destruction was his responsibility and the sum was small for Chen Mu.

Optimus Prime promised to compensate Chen Mu for the damaged glasses, and Chen Mu used that promise to lay the groundwork for claiming the AllSpark and Cybertron. The Autobots left for Hoover Dam to find the AllSpark, while Sam was sent home and Chen Mu agreed to discuss relations with Earth’s people.

• Optimus Prime insisted that Chen Mu honor his promise to give Sam money and accepted responsibility for damaging the glasses.
• Chen Mu transferred one million to Sam and warned Optimus Prime that he would seek compensation from him later.
• Optimus Prime promised the Autobots would keep their word, unaware that Chen Mu intended to claim the AllSpark and Cybertron.
• Optimus Prime told Sam to go home because the Autobots no longer needed his help finding the AllSpark.
• Optimus Prime asked Chen Mu to help establish good relations with his country, and Chen Mu agreed to leave the matter to the Chinese people.
• Optimus Prime and the other Autobots transformed and headed for Hoover Dam to find the AllSpark.

After leaving Sam behind, Chen Mu returned to China, where Chen Xuan and the Reincarnators had captured the Dinobots for study. The Dinobots remained at a Chinese military base as China underwent rapid changes through its cooperation with Multiverse China.

• Chen Mu told Sam to keep the phone and left through Ego's portal, leaving Sam alone in the wilderness.
• Chen Mu arrived at a Chinese military base and met Chen Xuan, who reported that the Reincarnators had captured several Dinobots.
• Chen Xuan explained that the Dinobots had been found through the Main God's guidance and captured alive as part of a Side Mission.
• The Dinobots tried to resist and escape, but Chen Xuan repeatedly knocked them down, and they were kept at the base for research.

Chen Xuan planned to take Grimlock home as a pet, and Chen Mu agreed they could enhance the Dinobots before joining the coming battle for the AllSpark. The story then shifted to Jiang Li entering the Asura King’s trial, where bronze-armored puppet guardians charged at him.

• Chen Xuan asked Chen Mu if he could take a Dinobot home, and Chen Mu said the Sovereign would allow it and suggested enhancing the creatures first.
• Chen Mu revealed that the Autobots and Decepticons were heading to Hoover Dam, where the Decepticons also planned to rescue Megatron, and said the squad would wait before joining the action.
• Chen Xuan introduced Grimlock, Sludge, Snarl, and Swoop to Chen Mu and chose Grimlock as the Dinobot he wanted to take home.
• Jiang Li entered the Asura King’s Trial and received the objective to defeat puppet guardians in the Bloodstained Corridor before time ran out.
• Bronze-armored puppets charged toward Jiang Li, who drew his sword and stepped forward to fight them.