Chapter Summaries

Thor and the Warriors Three struggled against Algrim, the Cursed Warrior, until Ye Li began using the Reality Stone to draw power from him. Meanwhile, Gwen Stacy asked Dr. Selvig about the Nine Realms’ convergence, and he began showing her its locations on a map.

• Thor fought Algrim but was overwhelmed by the Cursed Warrior’s strength.
• Hogun recognized Algrim as a possible Dark Elf Cursed Warrior, while Sif and the Warriors Three joined the fight and rescued Volstagg.
• Ye Li activated the Reality Stone on his wristband and began pulling the power from Algrim’s body.
• Gwen Stacy asked Dr. Selvig what it meant for the Nine Realms to converge into a single line.
• Dr. Selvig explained that ancient civilizations had used the convergence’s effects on gravity and marked locations such as Stonehenge, Stenness, and Great Orme on a map.

Ye Li absorbed the Reality Stone’s power from Algrim and told Thor and the others that the creature was a Dark Elf Cursed Warrior. After Gwen reported that the Nine-Star Alignment would converge in Greenwich, Ye Li planned to meet her there and face Malekith’s army.

• Thor struck Algrim with his hammer, but the Cursed Warrior collapsed as the Reality Stone’s power flowed into the gem on Ye Li’s ring.
• Ye Li identified Algrim as a Dark Elf Cursed Warrior, though Thor, Sif, Fandral, and Volstagg doubted that the Dark Elves still existed.
• Gwen told Ye Li that Selvig had located the Nine-Star Alignment’s convergence point in Greenwich, and Ye Li arranged to meet her there.
• Ye Li explained that Malekith’s army was coming for the Reality Stone and that the convergence would amplify its power and the Space Stone’s power.
• Ye Li bet Thor and the others that the Dark Elves existed, asking for one item from Odin’s Vault if he proved it, and persuaded them that the wager was worthwhile.

Ye Li reviewed the Clone Soldiers’ combat data after Tony fought Killian’s Extremis soldiers, then headed to Greenwich with plans to test the latest batch against the Dark Elves. The chapter ended as Ye Li entered the Research Institute’s detention room to inspect the near-dead Algrim.

• Matilda played with the Meow-Meow Ball until Ye Li joined her, and she asked to be like Jessica Jones before falling asleep.
• Killian confronted Maya Hansen as Iron Man’s team fought its way closer, then ordered his men to take Maya to the colonel.
• Ye Li reviewed footage of Tony and the Clone Soldiers battling Extremis soldiers and judged their performance satisfactory.
• Ye Li told the supervisor to transfer the latest batch of Clone Soldiers to Greenwich, then decided to go there himself.
• Ye Li visited the Research Institute’s detention room, where Algrim was being examined for research into cloning Cursed Warriors.

Ye Li rejected Maki Matsumoto’s attempt to trick him and left her imprisoned as a test subject. Elsewhere, Killian forced Rhodey out of the Iron Patriot armor, and Tony learned that Pepper had been captured.

• Maki Matsumoto begged Ye Li to release her and offered to work for him, but he decided she was useless as a subordinate.
• Maki Matsumoto tried to bite Ye Li’s finger to obtain his blood for a ritual, but her teeth could not pierce his skin because Ye Li had read her thoughts.
• Ye Li left Maki Matsumoto imprisoned as a test subject.
• Killian heated Rhodey’s Iron Patriot armor until it ejected Rhodey, then left the room with his technicians.
• Tony and his allies found Rhodey, who told Tony that Killian had taken the armor and Pepper had been captured.
• Tony rushed outside to pursue Killian and rescue Pepper.

Tony confronted Killian at the factory, where S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and the Avengers joined the fight. Killian escaped their encirclement as Extremis soldiers overwhelmed the agents, while Tony and Killian battled in their armors.

• Tony tried to activate Mark 42's flight function but failed as Killian prepared to escape in Iron Patriot.
• Hawkeye struck Iron Patriot's thruster with an arrow, and Black Widow and Rumlow arrived with a S.H.I.E.L.D. squad to surround Killian.
• Killian revealed Pepper was in the sky, and his armed helicopter opened fire as he broke through the agents' encirclement.
• Hawkeye detonated a missile early and forced the helicopter to land, but more than a dozen Extremis soldiers emerged and attacked the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. squad.
• Rumlow watched his agents fall and considered the Extremis soldiers' healing abilities, while Tony fought Killian and struggled against Iron Patriot.

Tony Stark and the S.H.I.E.L.D. team fought Killian and his Extremis soldiers with help from Ye Li’s Clone Soldiers. Killian exploded as Tony escaped with Pepper and Maya, but Pepper spotted another woman nearby.

• Tony called for help, and Ye Li’s Clone Soldiers arrived and joined the battle against the Extremis soldiers.
• The Clone Soldiers and S.H.I.E.L.D. forces overwhelmed the enemy, leaving Killian alone in the damaged Iron Patriot armor.
• Tony freed Pepper and Maya from the helicopter and carried them away after Natasha warned that Killian was about to explode.
• Killian staggered toward Tony, and Hawkeye shot an arrow into his neck as crimson cracks spread across his body.
• Tony ran with Pepper and Maya as Killian’s explosion ignited nearby Extremis corpses, and Pepper pointed out another woman.

After Maya Hansen died in the aftermath of the Extremis incident, Tony Stark left Natasha and Barton to answer Nick Fury’s summons about a suspected alien invasion in Greenwich. He called Stephen Strange about removing the shrapnel in his chest, while Strange continued struggling to master portals in the Himalayas.

• Maya Hansen died in Tony Stark’s arms after admitting she had been wrong and calling her death atonement.
• Rumlow tried to claim the Extremis soldiers’ bodies, but Stark said they belonged to Silver Sable Security; Natasha contacted Ye Li, who allowed them to take two.
• Nick Fury summoned the Avengers to Greenwich over a suspected alien invasion, and Natasha and Barton set out while Tony stayed behind with Pepper and Maya’s body.
• Tony called Stephen Strange to ask him to perform surgery to remove the shrapnel in his chest, proposing that they combine magic with advice from other doctors.
• Strange practiced opening a portal in the Himalayas, but the ring of sparks he formed quickly scattered.

Ye Li reunited with Gwen in Greenwich, received the Mind Scepter, and learned that Dr. Selvig had developed a new problem after she used it on him. The chapter ended with Jane and Louise discussing Selvig’s condition and the Battle of New York with Ian.

• Ye Li kissed Gwen after she surprised him at the observatory and accepted the Mind Scepter she brought him.
• Gwen explained that using the scepter to treat Dr. Selvig had caused him another problem, and Ye Li agreed to examine him later.
• Gwen and Ye Li left through the shadows together, and Gwen reminded him that their intimacy now meant they would skip it that night.
• Ian read news about Selvig streaking and asked Jane whether Selvig’s claims about celestial convergence were true.
• Jane explained that a god had once entered Selvig’s mind, and Louise told Ian about being injured and healed during the Battle of New York.

Ian met Dr. Selvig at the observatory as the Nine Realms convergence began, but Selvig suddenly attacked him and mistook Duroc Piggy for Loki. Ye Li returned and used the Mind Scepter to restore Selvig, while Thor confirmed that the observatory was the junction point of the Nine Realms.

• Jane and Darcy met Dr. Selvig, who explained that the Nine Realms convergence was beginning that day at the observatory.
• Selvig suddenly bit Ian and chased him, until Duroc Piggy knocked Selvig down and wrestled with him.
• Ye Li arrived at the observatory and made the crowd clear a path with his cane, which had been the Mind Scepter.
• Louise prepared to use her stun gun on Selvig, but Ye Li stopped her and said he would help.
• Thor pulled Selvig away from Duroc Piggy, and Ye Li touched the Mind Scepter to Selvig's forehead to bring him back to his senses.
• Thor told Ye Li that the observatory was indeed the junction point where the Nine Realms overlapped.

Ye Li led Thor to Greenwich as the Dark Elves’ mothership emerged from the Thames and attacked. Ye Li moved the Aether away to draw the Dark Elves toward a trap, where their ships destroyed S.H.I.E.L.D. transports but pursued the Daredevils Clone Soldiers who had parachuted out.

• Ye Li used the Mind Stone to calm the panicking crowd and sent Jane, Darcy, and Selvig to set up the equipment while he took Thor elsewhere.
• Ye Li and Thor reached the Millennium Dome, where the Dark Elves’ mothership emerged from the Thames and struck the shore.
• Ye Li teleported away with the Aether, telling Thor that he had won their bet and reminding him of the stakes.
• Malekith ordered the Dark Elves to pursue the Aether, and their small warships launched from the mothership.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. combat transports attacked the Dark Elf ships with missiles, but the agile ships dodged and rammed them into flames.
• Daredevils Clone Soldiers parachuted from the transports, and the Dark Elves turned to attack them.

The Daredevils and Clone Soldiers attacked the Dark Elves while Ye Li used the Reality Stone to destroy their weapons. Malekith charged Ye Li, but Zero struck him and sent him toward the edge of the building.

• The Daredevils destroyed several Dark Elf warships with bombs, and Thor joined the fight before a spatial disturbance transported him to Svartalfheim.
• Malekith ordered his ship to pursue Ye Li, whose Reality Stone caused the Dark Elves’ weapons to explode.
• Clone Lizard Men attacked the Dark Elves, creating a stalemate as Malekith charged toward Ye Li.
• Ye Li moved to another rooftop, and Zero struck Malekith, who caught the building’s edge as Zero approached.

Malekith pursued Ye Li to a restaurant and tried to kill him with an ambush, but Ye Li turned the Dark Elves’ wormhole grenades against them. Malekith escaped the blasts only by cutting off his own arm.

• Malekith ordered his soldiers to attack Number Zero with wormhole grenades, but Number Zero evaded them by smashing through the ceiling.
• Dark Elf warships arrived, and Malekith decided to hold off the defenders while pursuing Ye Li.
• Ye Li and Gwen Stacy shared a meal until a Dark Elf ship crashed into the restaurant, prompting Gwen to leave and change into her combat suit.
• Malekith surrounded Ye Li and secretly ordered his soldiers to fire, but Ye Li blocked the energy blasts with a golden force-field shield.
• Ye Li used telekinesis to send the Dark Elves’ wormhole grenades back at them, and Malekith cut off his arm to avoid being swallowed.

Gwen and Ye Li fought Malekith’s Dark Elves aboard their ship, with Gwen joined by Jessica Jones, Cindy Moon, Felicia, and Dilumon. The group defeated Malekith, and Ye Li received a Vibranium Universe Mothership as his mission reward.

• Gwen attacked the Dark Elves while Ye Li watched and told her to finish them off.
• Malekith ordered his soldiers to flood the dining hall with red light to stop Gwen from traveling through shadows, then tried to retreat.
• Gwen opened four portals and brought in Jessica Jones and Cindy Moon, who helped capture the remaining Dark Elves.
• Malekith tried to escape but was driven back by Dilumon, and the Mind Scepter pierced and killed him.
• Ye Li received a Vibranium Universe Mothership, pulled the Mind Scepter from Malekith’s corpse, and teased Jessica.

Ye Li kept the captured Dark Elves alive for research while his group rested after the fight. Elsewhere, Natasha and Barton joined the battle between the Dark Elves and Silver Sable Security’s Clone Soldiers, where both sides were running low on forces and wormhole grenades.

• Ye Li stopped Jessica Jones from killing the captured Dark Elves because he wanted to study their Cursed Warrior technology.
• Felicia, Dilumon, Gwen Stacy, Jessica Jones, and Cindy sampled the English food and decided to return for Chinese cooking.
• Natasha and Barton arrived in a Quinjet and recognized the Clone Soldiers’ Silver Sable Security emblem as they surveyed the battlefield.
• Dark Elf soldiers fired on the Quinjet, forcing Natasha to crash-land and jump onto a rooftop with Barton.
• Barton detonated a Dark Elf’s wormhole grenade with an arrow, and Natasha and Barton took cover as the Clone Soldiers and Dark Elves dwindled in number.

Ye Li arrived during the Dark Elves’ attack, erased the remaining enemies and wreckage, and explained that the Nine-Star Alignment was underway. Natasha asked to become stronger, so Ye Li took her away to teach her magic, while Barton sought a ride home.

• Natasha accidentally sent a Dark Elf flying with an unusually powerful punch, then noticed the Nine Realms converging above the observatory.
• Ye Li appeared beside Natasha and Barton, explained that the Nine-Star Alignment was occurring, and cleared the battlefield with the Infinity Stones on his bracelet.
• Natasha asked whether magic was real and wondered if she could learn it; Ye Li took her away after she agreed she wanted to become stronger.
• Barton asked Zero for a ride because his plane had been wrecked.
• More than ten minutes earlier, Dr. Selvig finished setting up the devices at the planetarium and told Jane how to activate them.

Sif and the Warriors Three fought a Frost Beast that emerged through a spatial wormhole at the planetarium, while Thor remained missing. After the beast vanished, Louise suspected Ye Li had teleported the Dark Elves away, and Thor was revealed to be stranded in Svartalfheim calling for his companions.

• A Frost Beast burst through a spatial wormhole at the planetarium and lunged at Ian, but Sif arrived and speared its eye.
• Sif and the Warriors Three battled the Frost Beast as it wrecked the planetarium, until it suddenly vanished.
• Sif asked Jane and Louise whether Thor had returned, and they learned he had disappeared while dealing with the Dark Elves.
• Louise showed Sif a video of the Dark Elves vanishing, and she guessed Ye Li had teleported them, but the Warriors Three dismissed the idea.
• Sif and the Warriors Three left to search for Thor, while Thor was shown in Svartalfheim calling out for them and Duroc.

Ye Li transformed Natasha into a Spider-Totem using Weaving Magic, and she gained enhanced agility and venomous claws instead of web-shooting or wall-crawling. The chapter ended with Natasha teasing Ye Li and offering to bite him.

• Ye Li offered Natasha a Monkey Talisman, Super Soldier Serum enhancement, or Spider-Totem transformation, and Natasha chose the Spider-Totem.
• Ye Li used Weaving Magic to create a tiny black widow spider, which bit Natasha before vanishing with its cocoon.
• Natasha tested her new abilities by chasing Ye Li around the office with greatly increased speed and agility.
• Ye Li and Natasha found that she lacked web-shooting and wall-crawling abilities, but her nails had become sharp and corrosive with deadly venom.
• Natasha teased Ye Li and offered to bite him.

After Ye Li’s Clone Soldiers brought Silver Sable Security fame for its role in repelling an alien invasion, Sylvie realized he had helped her company and began feeling more warmly toward him. Ye Li, meanwhile, reflected on his encounter with Natasha, who rested in his arms and wondered at his strength.

• A Wild Pack mercenary showed Sylvie news praising Silver Sable Security and celebrating Sylvie as its beautiful, heroic president.
• Sylvie guessed Ye Li had arranged the company’s sudden reputation through his Clone Soldiers and felt gratitude, admiration, and growing fondness for him.
• Ye Li reflected that he had failed to resist making a move on Natasha and considered their encounter a friends-with-benefits arrangement.
• Natasha lay in Ye Li’s arms and asked whether mages were really so physically powerful.

After moving the Ghost-Spider Club headquarters to a hidden mothership in orbit, Ye Li visited Skye and Barbara to take them aboard and discuss travel between Earth and the new base. He considered giving Skye access to the Web of Destiny’s time-space gates so she could open them with his permission.

• Ye Li moved the club’s core headquarters to the Ghost-Spider, which he concealed in orbit near the Inhumans’ moon base.
• Skye directed the club’s business operations while Barbara brought her ice cream and kept watch.
• Ye Li suddenly appeared before Skye and Barbara, then used the Web of Destiny to weave himself clothes.
• Skye and Barbara reacted with excitement and curiosity when Ye Li told them the headquarters was aboard a spaceship in outer space.
• Ye Li considered several ways to travel between Earth and the Ghost-Spider and decided the Web of Destiny’s time-space gates were the best option.

Ye Li failed to use the Web of Destiny to make Skye and Barbara new suits, then gave Skye the Snake Talisman and invited Barbara to stay in Sunnyville. The chapter left off as Skye activated the talisman, spreading its invisibility power outward from the Ghost-Spider Club.

• Ye Li discovered that the Web of Destiny had no surplus Silk, so he used the scattered threads to make clothes for Skye and Barbara instead.
• Ye Li gave Skye the Snake Talisman because he no longer needed its ability, and told Barbara she could rest and visit Sunnyville.
• Barbara eagerly accepted Ye Li's invitation and left to pack, celebrating that she had beaten Natasha.
• Skye played with the Snake Talisman, and its snake pattern lit up and made the area around the Ghost-Spider Club invisible.
• An unseen voice called, "Come on, Peter."