Chapter Summaries

Ye Li discovered Barbara’s S.H.I.E.L.D. communicator and learned that she had ended her undercover mission and started dating him. Nick Fury ordered her reassigned, while Hill volunteered to monitor her and sent Coulson’s task force to investigate a newly discovered object of unknown origin.

• Ye Li found Barbara’s communicator, teased her about being a spy, and questioned her about what intelligence she had passed on.
• Hill told Nick Fury that Barbara’s undercover mission had ended and that she was officially dating Ye Li.
• Nick Fury reacted in disbelief, and Hill proposed keeping Barbara under strict surveillance so she could assess her loyalty and Ye Li.
• Hill told Coulson to investigate an unknown object Miru had discovered, codenamed 084.
• Ye Li took Barbara to bathe after questioning her, then accidentally diverted shower water into her face with his Bio-Field.

Barbara and Ye Li discussed her future after her undercover mission, and Ye Li used the Monkey Talisman to give her mockingbird powers. The chapter ended with Barbara playfully wrapping them both in her wings.

• Ye Li asked Barbara whether she planned to return to S.H.I.E.L.D. after her undercover mission, and he told her he would not interfere with her choice.
• Barbara said she wanted to become stronger so she could save people, and Ye Li used the Monkey Talisman to enhance her.
• Barbara gained ink-patterned wings, greater physical strength, and the ability to mimic other people's voices.
• Barbara imitated the voices of Natasha, Jessica Jones, Gwen Stacy, Cindy, and Felicia while teasing Ye Li.
• Barbara spread her wings around herself and Ye Li, playfully suggesting they continue their intimacy in a different position.

At an Incan excavation site, Qin Feng and his companions examined a strange mechanical object embedded in an ancient mural as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents arrived. Back at Barbara’s room, Skye discovered a strange, writhing object in the bathroom and feared something was about to hatch from it.

• Ward Grant, Jemma Simmons, and the other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents arrived at the Yakta Pat excavation site and approached the temple.
• Melinda sensed several people inside the ruins, and Ward Grant drew his gun.
• Qin Feng identified a mechanical component embedded in the temple mural, while Peter suggested it looked German-made.
• Tang Ren detected approaching footsteps, and Song Yi confronted the temple caretaker before Qin Feng said the newcomers were probably S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
• Skye arrived at Barbara’s room, found it empty, and followed a strange sound into the bathroom.
• Skye saw a feathered, oval object clinging to the wall as fluid seeped from its cracks, and she prepared to flee.

Inside the Inca Temple, Qin Feng’s investigation team and Coulson’s S.H.I.E.L.D. agents clashed over who had authority to investigate. Camilla arrived with Milu Government Army troops and sided openly with Coulson, leaving both groups facing an armed standoff.

• Ward confronted Tang Ren and Song Yi with a pistol, and Tang Ren revealed himself by taunting Ward over their previous encounter.
• Coulson questioned the temple caretaker, who explained that both groups had permits, while Pietro and Fitz traded taunts.
• Camilla arrived with her soldiers and aimed their guns at Qin Feng’s group while claiming she would mediate neutrally.
• Song Yi accused Camilla of favoring Coulson, and Qin Feng guessed that she had a personal connection to him.
• Camilla admitted she was playing favorites and threatened the group, while Tang Ren hesitated to act against the soldiers’ firearms.

Tang Ren’s Clone Soldier overwhelmed Camilla and Agent Melinda while Pietro fought the Milu Government Army, and Song Yi stopped Ward Grant from taking hostages. Peter secured Item No. 084 and prepared to leave with the others.

• Pietro attacked the Milu Government Army and knocked down its soldiers.
• Tang Ren used the Clone Soldier to overpower and humiliate Camilla, then restrained Agent Melinda when she tried to intervene.
• Ward Grant aimed his gun at Qin Feng and the others, but Song Yi melted it with a red beam.
• Peter removed Item No. 084 from the mural and prepared to seal it away.
• Ward Grant charged Peter, who struck him aside and prepared to tell Pietro and the others to leave.

Qin Feng exposed Camilla’s attempt to make the Club and S.H.I.E.L.D. fight over a lost weapon, and Camilla admitted her government wanted to use it against rebels. The group’s standoff continued as Ned filmed Camilla without permission.

• Tang Ren directed the Clone Soldier to approach Jemma Simmons, and it threw Leo Fitz aside when he tried to stop it.
• Qin Feng interrupted the confrontation and accused Camilla of provoking a clash so her government could claim the unknown item.
• Camilla admitted that her country had commissioned the weapon decades earlier and intended to use it to defeat the rebels and stabilize the country.
• Coulson challenged Camilla’s description of her plan, while Tang Ren and Ned reacted to her confession.
• Ned took out a camera and began filming Camilla, prompting her to protest.

Coulson tried to use his old connection with Ye Li to negotiate with Peter Parker’s group, while Skye accidentally discovered what was happening inside Barbara’s feather cocoon. The chapter ended with Coulson’s call unanswered and Skye left terrified in the bathroom.

• Camilla covered herself and insulted Ned, and Coulson tried to smooth things over with Peter Parker.
• Song Yi refused to give Coulson any special treatment, but Coulson said he and Ye Li were old acquaintances.
• Pietro demanded proof that Coulson knew Ye Li, so Coulson called him.
• Skye overheard voices from inside Barbara’s feather cocoon, including a voice imitating her own, and stumbled into the bathroom after Ye Li’s phone rang.
• Barbara accidentally spoke in Skye’s voice, leaving Skye convinced a monster would eat her.
• Ye Li did not answer Coulson’s call, and Pietro teased him about it.

Coulson ordered Ward to arrest Camilla, while Tang Ren tried to take charge of guarding her. Meanwhile, Skye stumbled into the bathroom where Ye Li and Barbara were together, and the chapter ended as another disturbance sounded outside.

• Coulson told Ward to arrest Camilla and hold her on the Bus while negotiations with the Milu government continued.
• Tang Ren objected to Ward guarding Camilla and demanded that he and his group guard her instead, but Coulson refused.
• Barbara spotted Skye in the bathroom, where Skye had been startled and left shaken by seeing Barbara’s wings.
• Ye Li learned that Skye had been frightened, teased her, and offered to make her new clothes from the Web of Destiny’s Silk.
• Skye began undressing to take a bath with Ye Li and Barbara, but an explosion and a bang interrupted them.

Pietro and the others faced an assault by resistance fighters while trying to escape with 084, and Pietro used Ward’s shockwave weapon to disable them. Afterward, Skye teased Barbara in her bedroom, and Barbara hinted at a plan by imitating Skye’s voice.

• Pietro reported that resistance fighters were gathering outside, while Qin Feng worried about the government soldiers they had knocked down.
• Coulson told Ward to use a shockwave weapon, but Pietro took it and asked Ward how it worked.
• Pietro planted the weapon at the entrance, and its blue shockwave knocked down the nearby resistance fighters.
• Skye came out of the bathroom, changed her towel into a nightgown, and sprawled across Barbara’s bed.
• Barbara tried to get Skye off the bed, then imitated Skye’s voice as she hinted at what she planned to do.

Ye Li negotiated with Coulson over a dangerous Item No. 084, refusing to give it to S.H.I.E.L.D. for free. After joking around with Barbara and Skye, he heard that the holographic game was ready for closed beta testing and was asked to name it and recruit staff.

• Coulson told Ye Li about Item No. 084 and proposed destroying it by launching it into the sun.
• Ye Li refused to hand over the Cosmic Cube Energy Battery for nothing and told Coulson to negotiate an adequate offer with his experts.
• Ye Li ended the call and considered sending the battery to his research institute instead of giving it to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Barbara imitated Skye's voice to tease her, and Skye pounced on Barbara before Ye Li told them it was time to eat.
• Skye told Ye Li that the holographic game was ready for closed beta testing and asked him to choose a name and recruit operations staff.

Ye Li named the holographic game Ready Player One and asked Skye if she wanted to meet the Inhumans. In Hawaii, Triton found a cat-eyed girl who had undergone Terrigenesis, but soldiers shot her while pursuing him, and two figures appeared beside her body.

• Ye Li named the game Ready Player One and said the closed-beta equipment would target wealthier players and gaming experts.
• Ye Li asked Skye whether she wanted to meet the Inhumans.
• In Hawaii, Triton found a cat-eyed girl fleeing armed pursuers and told her she was an Inhuman who could go to Attilan.
• The girl and Triton fled the soldiers, but they split up at a fork and the girl was shot.
• Triton abandoned the girl and escaped, and two figures appeared beside her body after the soldiers left.

Ye Li used the Horse Talisman to revive Rachel Rosalind Charlotte after finding her shot, and she thanked him with her first kiss. Rachel knew little about the Inhumans or Attilan and had nowhere to go, leaving Ye Li about to decide what to do with her.

• Ye Li pulled the bullet from Rachel’s wound and healed her with the Horse Talisman while Skye urged him to save her.
• Rachel awoke, learned that Ye Li had healed her, and told him she had only heard Triton mention the Inhumans and Attilan.
• Ye Li helped Rachel up and asked what she knew, but she admitted she had nowhere to go and did not know where Triton was.
• Rachel kissed Ye Li, then thanked him and said it had been her first kiss.
• Ye Li praised Rachel’s kiss, showed interest in her, and began telling her that since she had nowhere to go…

Ye Li brought Rachel to Sunnyville Manor, introduced her to Skye, and assigned her work and a room. Later, he met Quentin Beck, whom the system identified as Gwen Stacy’s Enemy of Fate, Mysterio.

• Rachel accepted Ye Li’s offer to work at his manor, and Skye interrupted their flirtation to introduce herself as Ye Li’s girlfriend and an Inhuman.
• Ye Li took Rachel to Sunnyville Manor, used magic to make her a maid outfit, and told her to clean his room and look after Matilda or speak with Skye.
• Ye Li went to interview Quentin Beck after Director Ma praised Beck’s holographic simulation technology.
• The system identified Quentin Beck as Gwen Stacy’s Enemy of Fate, Mysterio, as Beck greeted Ye Li and proposed they talk.

Ye Li confronted Quentin Beck about using hallucinogenic gas during his interview, then let him activate his holographic illusion technology. Beck’s attacks failed to frighten Ye Li, and he replaced the wilderness illusion with a recreation of Stark Tower.

• Ye Li privately met Quentin Beck and questioned him about using chemical gas, hypnotism, and neurotoxins during his interview.
• Quentin Beck denied the accusation and reached for the concealed activation button on his belt.
• Ye Li said he would recruit Beck but first needed to put some things into his head, prompting Beck to activate his equipment.
• Beck used his helmet and holographic drones to create a wilderness illusion and attack Ye Li with elemental giants and a drug needle.
• Ye Li dodged the needle without reacting to the illusion, so Beck replaced the wilderness with towering skyscrapers, including Stark Tower before its renovations.

Ye Li turned Quentin Beck’s illusions against him and trapped him in a seemingly real wilderness. He left Quentin facing four enormous Elemental Giants closing in on him.

• Ye Li blocked Quentin Beck’s hidden Chitauri weapon with a golden force field and saw through his attempt to escape.
• Quentin Beck used an illusion of seductive supermodels, but Ye Li revealed that he had already trapped Quentin in an illusion of his own.
• As Director Ma and the staff approached, Ye Li shut down Quentin’s holographic drones and transported him to the wilderness that had inspired his illusions.
• Ye Li darkened the sky and summoned four Elemental Giants, which closed in on the terrified Quentin Beck.

Ye Li defeated Mysterio and used the system to obtain Alita as a random reward. Alita arrived with amnesia, and Ye Li began figuring out her abilities and strange instinct to obey him.

• Ye Li found Quentin Beck terrified by the illusion and used the golden gemstone to control his mind.
• Ye Li reappeared in his office with Quentin Beck and ordered the staff to take him away so he would hand over the Holographic Simulation Technology.
• Ye Li chose the random reward after defeating Gwen Stacy's Enemy of Fate, and Alita appeared behind him.
• Alita touched Ye Li's finger and accidentally released blue plasma energy that slightly burned him.
• Ye Li restrained Alita, learned that she had lost her memory, and released her after she apologized for firing the plasma.

Ye Li took in the amnesiac cyborg girl and found that she understood him as her father, so he named her Alita and prepared to take her out. As Ye Li introduced her to Veronica, Sylvie caught them together and teased him about bringing two girls home in one day.

• Alita tested her newly recovered balance and strength, then accepted Ye Li as her father after he told her he was her dad.
• Ye Li dressed Alita, named her after she forgot her own name, and decided to take her to the Triassic Research Institute for a checkup.
• Ye Li introduced Alita to Veronica in the garage and prepared to take her for a ride.
• Sylvie saw Ye Li with Alita and joked that he had brought two girls home in a single day.

Ye Li took Alita away from Sylvie after Alita mistook the silver-haired woman for her mother. As they drove through the city, they spotted a crowd reacting to the announcement of a new holographic game.

• Sylvie kissed Ye Li and flirted with him while praising Alita, but Alita called her "Mom" and Ye Li hurriedly drove away with her.
• Alita asked who her mother was, and Ye Li claimed her mother was the System.
• Alita tried to kiss Ye Li because she wanted to experience what Sylvie’s kiss felt like, but he stopped her.
• Ye Li tried to distract Alita by pointing out clothing and mechanical-parts shops, but she rejected both suggestions.
• Alita noticed a crowd gathered around a giant screen announcing Ready Player One, a revolutionary holographic simulation game.

Ye Li watched the promotion for Ready Player One spread across New York and took Alita to a street-food cart, where she discovered handmade chocolate. The elderly vendor explained that she sold chocolate after her husband died and her children became too busy to visit, leaving Ye Li chatting with her.

• A lifelike Clone Soldier advertisement promoted Ready Player One and its $98,000 virtual-reality equipment to a crowd in New York.
• Ye Li offered to show Alita the game when its servers opened, then took her to a nearby snack cart.
• Alita tasted the elderly vendor's handmade chocolate and declared it her favorite food.
• The vendor gave Alita and Ye Li more chocolate, and Ye Li asked why she still ran a stall.
• The elderly woman said her husband had died and her children rarely had time to visit.

Ye Li and Alita met Sharon Carter’s mother at her chocolate stall, where Alita’s explanation of their relationship caused a misunderstanding. Bucky the Winter Soldier attacked with Captain America’s shield, and after Alita caught it, she raced after him as Steve Rogers pursued.

• Sharon Carter’s mother mistook Ye Li and Alita for an incestuous father and daughter after Alita called him both Father and Master.
• Bucky’s shield sliced Alita’s chocolate and flew toward Sharon Carter’s mother, but Alita caught it before it hit her.
• Sharon Carter’s mother suffered a sudden heart attack, and Ye Li said he could handle it.
• Steve Rogers recognized Ye Li and was astonished that Alita had caught his Vibranium Shield.
• Alita sprinted after the fleeing Bucky ahead of Steve Rogers.