Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo explained why Adamantium equipment and a Super Soldier’s natural abilities could outperform Tony Stark’s Iron Man suit in close combat, and praised Sharon Rogers for choosing the Super Soldier path. Tony challenged Sharon to a fight, and Chen Mo sent him to prepare in the garage.

• Chen Mo compared the Adamantium armor, longswords, and shield used by himself, Steve, and Carter with Tony Stark’s Iron Man suit, highlighting their superior defenses and close-combat advantages.
• Chen Mo argued that a Super Soldier’s strength was more reliable than external technology, and Sharon Rogers chose the Super Soldier enhancement path over other powers.
• Chen Mo praised Sharon’s choice and teased Tony, who defended Iron Man suits as the future of combat technology.
• Chen Mo suggested Tony fight Sharon, and Peggy Carter went to fetch Sharon’s equipment.
• Tony accepted the challenge confidently, and Chen Mo told him to move his vintage cars before the fight damaged them.

Chen Mo enhanced Sharon with three serums and taught her to use telekinesis so she could take on Tony. After Tony moved his classic cars to safety, Sharon donned Carter’s armor and challenged him in the underground garage.

• Tony Stark moved his classic cars into a corner of the underground garage after Chen Mo warned him about the coming fight.
• Chen Mo injected Sharon with Super Soldier Serum, and she discovered her strength and speed had increased.
• Chen Mo gave Sharon Self-Healing Serum and explained that it could help protect her from injuries caused by the Adamantium Armor.
• Sharon agreed to a telekinesis enhancement so she could fly, and Chen Mo taught her to lift herself into the air.
• Sharon put on Carter’s Adamantium armor, took up her sword and shield, and challenged Tony in the garage.

Tony Stark fought Sharon Rogers in his Iron Man suit, but her enhanced strength and Knight Longsword quickly damaged his armor. He charged her again after she mocked his suit, and the chapter ended as her sword struck once more.

• Tony Stark summoned and donned his Iron Man suit, then opened the fight with a probing Arc Pulse Cannon attack that Sharon blocked with her shield.
• Tony realized Chen Mo had secretly enhanced Sharon and attacked her at full power, forcing her to retreat several steps.
• Sharon slashed Tony’s right forearm armor with her Knight Longsword, and Tony saw that the blade had cut through the Alpha Alloy plating.
• Sharon mocked Tony’s suit as a Hammer Industries product, and an enraged Tony charged her again.
• Sharon’s sword flashed out of Tony’s sight, and he heard the scrape of metal as he tried to retreat.

Tony Stark fought Sharon Rogers in his Mark III armor, but her sword, shield, and telekinetic flight overwhelmed him. Chen Mo stopped the battle after Sharon reduced the suit to scrap, leaving Tony accusing him of helping Sharon cheat.

• Tony Stark retreated from Sharon Rogers, saw more damage to his armor, and refused to charge her again.
• Tony Stark took to the air and fired his Arc Pulse Cannons while Sharon dodged and rushed toward him.
• Sharon Rogers used telekinetic flight to reach Tony, blocked his shots with her shield, and damaged his armor with her sword and shield.
• Tony Stark and Sharon Rogers fought through the garage for five minutes as Sharon repeatedly caught and attacked him.
• Chen Mo called off the fight, and Tony Stark saw Sharon had dismantled his Mark III before accusing Chen Mo of helping her set him up.

Chen Mo enhanced Tony Stark and the other trusted people at the villa to prepare them for the coming threats. After a lavish dinner, the strengthened group gathered around the table with enough power to capture the White House.

• Chen Mo offered Tony Stark the Improved Super Soldier Serum, and Tony agreed eagerly after seeing Sharon's strength and flight.
• Tony endured the painful enhancement and emerged stronger and taller, grateful that Chen Mo had warned him to leave his damaged suit first.
• Chen Mo enhanced the healing abilities and telekinesis of everyone in the villa, then gave the Improved Super Soldier Serum to Tony, Sharon, Pepper, Happy, and Dr. Ethan.
• Chen Mo explained that he wanted the group prepared for Loki, the Chitauri invasion, and Thanos, while limiting their abilities to avoid drawing unwanted attention.
• Carter, Natasha, and Pepper prepared a lavish dinner for the gathered veteran and young Super Heroes.

Tony Stark asked Chen Mo to take him to S.H.I.E.L.D. so he could see Howard, and Chen Mo brought him there by Iron Man suit and teleportation. Tony found Howard working in his old laboratory, but their reunion was interrupted when Howard turned around with a bowl of instant noodles.

• Tony Stark asked Chen Mo to take him to S.H.I.E.L.D. to see Howard and Maria.
• Chen Mo carried Tony to the secret base in his Iron Man suit, leaving Tony windblown and regretful about not waiting for his new suit.
• Chen Mo teleported Tony into the laboratory, where Tony recognized Howard and the familiar workspace.
• Tony realized Howard was still researching the New Element for him and struggled with his affection and resentment toward his father.
• Howard announced that he was done, then turned around holding instant noodles instead of a newly created element.

Tony Stark reunited with Howard in the lab, but their awkward meeting turned into a fight until Maria arrived and stopped them. Tony embraced his mother, ending the brawl while Howard watched jealously.

• Howard saw Tony Stark and Chen Mo in the lab and tried to flee without acknowledging Tony.
• Tony chased Howard, and their first clash splashed hot noodles across Tony's face, prompting them to trade punches and insults.
• Maria arrived and called for Howard to stop, causing Tony and Howard to break off their fight.
• Tony rushed to embrace Maria, who wept with joy at seeing her son again.
• Howard watched Tony reunite with Maria and felt jealous as Chen Mo reflected on the father and son’s inability to express their feelings.

After Tony Stark reunited with Howard and Maria, his relationship with his father eased despite their argument, and he returned home with Chen Mo. Tony, Chen Mo, and Dr. Ethan then built two upgraded Mark IV suits powered by the Fourth Generation Arc Reactor.

• Tony left S.H.I.E.L.D. with Chen Mo after Maria stayed behind, and his clash with Howard left him feeling relieved despite failing to bring his mother home.
• Tony returned to the villa, where family life resumed and Sharon began standing up to bullies at school while Carter and Natasha improved their cooking with telekinesis.
• Tony decided to replace his damaged Mark III and upgrade his Iron Man suit to accommodate his enhanced physique and the more powerful reactor.
• Tony, Chen Mo, and Dr. Ethan used telekinesis to assemble the Mark IV, which housed its reactor inside the armor and had a triangular chest design.
• The Mark IV gained a much stronger Arc Pulse Cannon and reached Mach 10, and Tony's team manufactured two suits.

Chen Mo prepared Iron Man and Adamantium equipment for his allies while planning to train Yinsen into a stronger warrior. Sharon chose her armor set over her new Mark V and posed for a family portrait, after which Chen Mo began upgrading his own suit.

• Chen Mo decided to focus on training Yinsen and supported Tony giving his friend an Iron Man suit.
• Tony and Yinsen took the completed suit to the Middle East and wiped out a group of terrorist militants.
• Chen Mo completed Sharon's black Mark V and gave her custom Adamantium armor, a longsword, and a shield.
• Sharon chose the Adamantium set, put it on, and persuaded Chen Mo, Carter, and Steve to pose with her for a family portrait.
• Steve felt out of place in his red, white, and blue armor beside the others in black, while Tony resolved to form his own Iron Man suit family.
• Chen Mo began upgrading his Adamantium Iron Man suit, which needed few changes to its existing design.

Nick Fury visited Chen Mo at Tony Stark’s villa to warn him that Loki had stolen the Cosmic Cube and planned to bring an alien army to Earth. He asked Chen Mo to mobilize his Super Heroes, and Tony examined the Avengers Initiative files as the chapter ended.

• Chen Mo upgraded his Adamantium Iron Man Suit, increasing its flight speed to Mach 10 and beyond Mach 11 with telekinesis.
• Natasha reported Chen Mo’s return to Nick Fury, but she selectively disclosed information under Chen Mo’s instructions.
• Nick Fury went to Tony Stark’s villa and told Chen Mo that Loki had stolen the Cosmic Cube, controlled Clint Barton and Erik Selvig, and planned an invasion of Earth.
• Nick Fury asked Chen Mo to assemble his Super Hero team and presented information about the threat and the Avengers Initiative.
• Tony projected the files and videos, which showed two people who appeared more powerful than Steve and the others.

Nick Fury tried to recruit Tony Stark and Chen Mo into the Avengers Initiative to stop Loki and the Chitauri invasion. Tony accepted the need to unite humanity’s forces, while Chen Mo demanded command of the operation.

• Chen Mo and Tony Stark watched footage of Thor fighting the Iron Giant and the Hulk rampaging, and Tony mocked them as a blacksmith and a green gorilla.
• Nick Fury explained that Earth faced an alien invasion and argued that its heroes had to unite, persuading Tony that humanity was in danger.
• Nick Fury worried about Chen Mo’s continued silence, knowing Thor was missing and the Hulk was uncontrollable, while Chen Mo’s team remained the Initiative’s core force.
• Chen Mo told Nick Fury that he wanted command of the operation.

Nick Fury agreed to let Chen Mo command combat operations against Loki and the expected alien invasion while retaining overall coordination. Chen Mo gathered his team and flew with Fury to the agency’s aircraft carrier command center, leaving Dr. Ethan to protect Sharon.

• Nick Fury weighed Chen Mo’s request and granted him authority over all combat-related matters while keeping overall coordination and deployment under his control.
• Nick Fury mobilized the Super Hero team and sent Phil Coulson to find Bruce Banner, while the agency continued searching for Loki and set Thor aside as likely absent from Earth.
• Chen Mo led Steve, Carter, Tony Stark, and Natasha Romanoff aboard a Quinjet bound for the agency’s aircraft carrier command center.
• Chen Mo left Sharon and Dr. Ethan behind, reminding Ethan to drive Sharon to and from school in Tony’s sports car, which carried an Iron Man suit in its trunk.

Chen Mo returned to the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division carrier with Tony Stark and the others, where the personnel greeted him with reverence. After reconnecting with Phil Coulson, Chen Mo approached Bruce Banner on the deck as the team prepared to track Loki.

• Chen Mo, Tony Stark, Dr. Ethan, and Steve arrived on the carrier with Nick Fury, and the personnel focused their attention on Chen Mo.
• Tony Stark complained that Chen Mo was more popular than he was, while the others recognized Chen Mo’s history as a founder of the organization.
• Phil Coulson greeted Chen Mo and recalled how Chen Mo’s disappearance had left him without a clear role in the Special Operations Team.
• Phil Coulson told Nick Fury that the team had begun locating and tracking Loki, and Nick Fury headed to the bridge.
• Chen Mo approached Bruce Banner on the deck, and Banner greeted him excitedly.

Chen Mo met the wary Dr. Bruce Banner aboard a mysterious aircraft carrier, where Banner revealed himself to be an enthusiastic fan and asked for an autograph. The carrier then rose out of the sea on enormous turbines, leaving the group to discover that it was no ordinary ship.

• Bruce Banner excitedly greeted Chen Mo as a fan and asked him to sign his Commander collectible cards.
• Chen Mo signed one of Banner's cards, delighting him.
• Tony Stark asked Phil Coulson what kind of aircraft carrier they were aboard, but Coulson urged everyone to get inside before they could no longer breathe outside.
• As the carrier's crew secured the deck and mechanical noises grew louder, Steve Rogers wondered if it was a submarine, while Banner suspected they meant to trap him underwater.
• The group saw enormous turbines emerge from the sea and lift the carrier completely out of the water.

The aircraft carrier transformed into a Sky Carrier and climbed into the sky, impressing Chen Mo with its military power and potential value. Chen Mo realized he already had the Sky Carrier’s blueprints, then followed Agent Phil Coulson and Dr. Bruce Banner into the command center, where One-eyed Nick Fury was overseeing operations.

• The Sky Carrier’s engines lifted it out of the sea, overturning Dr. Bruce Banner’s assumption that he was aboard a submarine.
• Chen Mo assessed the Sky Carrier as a powerful mobile air force base and considered copying its technology to take back to the real world.
• Chen Mo recalled that he had obtained the Sky Carrier’s complete blueprints and materials from Old Eddie at HYDRA’s Norway headquarters.
• As the Sky Carrier climbed, its deck crew put on oxygen masks, and Chen Mo and the others followed Agent Phil Coulson inside.
• Chen Mo and the others entered the Sky Carrier’s command center, where One-eyed Nick Fury and his staff monitored the vessel.

The Sky Carrier took off and activated its camouflage as Nick Fury welcomed Dr. Bruce Banner and asked him to help locate the Cosmic Cube. Banner began building a Gamma-ray tracking algorithm while Chen Mo and the others stayed aboard, waiting for Loki to reveal himself.

• The Sky Carrier reached its designated altitude, and the cold beauty ordered the background reflection panels activated, concealing the carrier in the sky.
• Nick Fury assured Dr. Bruce Banner that he would be free once they found the Cosmic Cube.
• Phil Coulson explained that SHIELD was searching connected devices for Loki, Clint Barton, and Dr. Erik Selvig, but Natasha Romanoff warned that the search was too slow.
• Bruce Banner requested rooftop spectrometers calibrated to Gamma rays and offered to build an algorithm to narrow down the search.
• Phil Coulson took Banner to a laboratory, while Chen Mo, Steve, and the others remained in the command center to wait for Loki.

Chen Mo and Natasha Romanoff headed to Germany after Loki was located at a Stuttgart banquet, where he was gathering what he needed to open a portal for an invasion. Loki obtained the iridium meteorite and surrounded the fleeing guests in the plaza, ordering everyone to kneel.

• An agent found Loki at a banquet on 28 Kuning Street in Stuttgart, and Chen Mo chose Natasha Romanoff to accompany him while Tony Stark stayed behind.
• Loki used the Mind Scepter to control Clint Barton and Dr. Erik Selvig, who helped him plan to open a large portal for the Chitauri.
• Loki attacked Dr. Heinrizi Cypher at the banquet and used his retinal data to help Hawkeye open a vault and take an iridium meteorite.
• Chen Mo and Natasha Romanoff flew toward Germany as Loki changed into golden armor and transformed his cane into a scepter.
• Loki surrounded the fleeing banquet guests with golden-armored duplicates and ordered them to kneel.

Loki terrorized the banquet hall crowd, blasted a police car, and ordered everyone to kneel. Chen Mo arrived just in time to save a defiant old man, and he and Loki prepared to fight.

• Loki blasted an approaching police car with his scepter and frightened the banquet guests into kneeling.
• Loki threatened an old man who defied him and declared that humanity would not submit to someone like him.
• Chen Mo descended in front of the old man and reflected Loki’s blue attack back at him with his shield.
• The old man and banquet guests recognized Chen Mo as the Commander and began cheering as the crowd rose.
• Chen Mo drew the King’s Sword and faced Loki, who dismissed him as a relic of the past.

Chen Mo recognized Loki’s plan to be captured and wreak havoc aboard the Sky Carrier, so he fought him in the plaza to test his strength. Loki was forced to reveal greater power and stood ready to face Chen Mo again.

• Chen Mo realized Loki intended to use his capture, the Mind Stone, and Clint Barton to destroy the Sky Carrier and the Avengers from within.
• Natasha Romanoff warned Loki to surrender from a hovering Quinjet and aimed its Gatling gun at him.
• Loki fired at the Quinjet, but Chen Mo blocked the energy bolt with his shield and reflected it into Loki, knocking him down.
• Chen Mo pressed Loki with repeated sword strikes, forcing Loki to defend himself with his scepter as the crowd cheered.
• Loki’s pride gave way, and he used greater strength to knock Chen Mo back and rise to his feet.
• Chen Mo estimated that Loki’s revealed strength was roughly eight times that of an ordinary person, then charged at him again.

Chen Mo defeated Loki in a direct sword fight, forcing the god to reveal his full strength. Tony Stark arrived after the battle, took the Mind Scepter, and learned Chen Mo planned to deal with him when they returned.

• Chen Mo’s swordsmanship overwhelmed Loki, and a cut to Loki’s cheek enraged him into using his full strength.
• Chen Mo matched Loki’s power and continued to outfight him until he knocked away Loki’s scepter and held the King’s Sword to his throat.
• Tony Stark landed behind Chen Mo, picked up the Mind Scepter, and claimed he had followed to help Natasha assist Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo warned Tony Stark that he would deal with him when they returned, while Loki realized his plan to pretend to lose had turned into a real defeat.