Chapter Summaries

Sharon Carter survived Rumlow’s attack and killed him after her wounds healed, while the clone soldiers fought Hydra and clashed with the Winter Soldier. No. 126 joined the fight against Bucky and quickly realized Bucky’s combat skills surpassed his own.

• Rumlow slashed Sharon Carter’s wrist, but Sharon kicked him away and fought back as S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra exchanged fire.
• Rumlow shot Sharon in the heart, but her body healed and expelled the bullet, allowing her to shoot and kill him.
• The player-controlled clone soldiers attacked Hydra, and No. 103 used his Extremis abilities to kill an assault team member.
• The Winter Soldier struck No. 64, prompting the clone soldiers to request support over their channel.
• No. 126 arrived, took over the fight with Bucky, and discovered that Bucky’s fighting techniques were superior.

No. 126 used a Reality Stone-powered enhancement to overpower Bucky, while Steve tried to stop him from killing the controlled Winter Soldier. Ye Li worked on S.H.I.E.L.D. with Hill, and Pierce kept control of the senators as two secretly enhanced officials weighed whether to intervene.

• No. 126 inserted a red sphere containing Reality Stone energy into his chest, transforming into a stronger Cursed Warrior-model clone.
• No. 126 punched Bucky through a wall and lifted him by the head, but Steve rushed over and begged him to spare Bucky because he was being controlled.
• Hill woke and asked Ye Li about S.H.I.E.L.D.; Ye Li showed her he was handling it, and she helped him while he worked.
• At S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, senators confronted Pierce after hearing Captain America's broadcast expose the truth about Project Insight.
• Pierce's assault team aimed its guns at the senator who ordered Pierce arrested, while two secretly enhanced senators considered whether to fight back.

Maki Matsumoto, controlled by Ye Li, attacked Pierce’s office to expose Hydra, but she could not break the final security barrier. After Hill told Ye Li that Nick Fury was on his way, she asked him to help her get dressed so she could go to the office.

• Pierce pressured the congressmen to support him while his assault team threatened them.
• Maki Matsumoto stormed into Pierce’s office, killed the assault team, and introduced herself as Bullseye.
• Maki took control of the room and tried to publish Pierce’s secrets, but the database’s final password barrier resisted her hacking.
• Ye Li asked Hill to summon Nick Fury, and Hill confirmed that he was coming by helicopter.
• Hill asked to visit the office, and Ye Li helped her get dressed as the Dog Talisman restored some of her strength.

Ye Li helped S.H.I.E.L.D. unlock its encrypted database, bringing the Project Insight incident to an end and completing Maria Hill’s relationship task. The chapter left him with the Maria Hill Template added to his base physique.

• Maria Hill left Ye Li’s room after asking about the surprise he had promised S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Ye Li returned to his cleaned room, checked on his recovering girlfriends, and left to prepare the surprise.
• At S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Pierce waited with “Maki Matsumoto” for Nick Fury to arrive and authorize access.
• “Maki Matsumoto” forced Pierce and Nick Fury to complete the iris scans, unlocking the confidential database.
• Ye Li received notifications that Project Insight had ended and Maria Hill’s relationship task had been completed.

Ye Li secured Kate Mara a powerful oversight post within S.H.I.E.L.D. and promised her a dose of Super Soldier Serum. Nick Fury and Maria Hill learned that Kate would have the authority to review intelligence and veto missions, while Ye Li privately hinted that Hill should report to him at night.

• Ye Li and Kate Mara discussed her new government position, and he agreed to give her a dose of Super Soldier Serum.
• A Department of Security official questioned Nick Fury and Maria Hill about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s failure to uncover Hydra.
• The official appointed Kate Mara as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s inspector, granting her access to all information and the power to veto orders and missions.
• Nick Fury recognized that Kate's connection to Ye Li and the Ghost-Spider Club made her appointment difficult to resist.
• Ye Li left after telling Maria Hill to report to him at night, and Hill reacted with surprise.

Ye Li spent a company vacation on his private Hawaiian island, where he passed the Dog Talisman's power to his companions and watched them enjoy the beach. After Sylvie teased him by the shore, a Relationship Task appeared requiring him to find her a beautiful silver seashell, and Ye Li called a subordinate to help.

• Ye Li passed the Dog Talisman's power to Hill and asked how she had settled into S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Alita and Matilda played beach volleyball while Dilumon cheered them on.
• Sylvie admired the island and searched for a silver seashell as Wild Pack mercenaries enjoyed the beach.
• Sylvie deliberately teased Ye Li by removing her swimsuit top and then refusing to let him see her bare chest.
• Ye Li received a Relationship Task to give Sylvie a beautiful silver seashell, then called a subordinate for help.

Ye Li ordered a silver seashell necklace and read news about the Inhumans coup and a future Gravitonium plot, then spent time with the women at the villa and beach. Sylvie gave him a seashell, and the chapter ended with Ye Li offering to reapply her sunscreen.

• Ye Li ordered a custom silver seashell necklace and read Chaoyang News, learning that Maximus had taken the Inhumans throne and that Korala and Quinn would kidnap Dr. Hall to build a Gravity Protons device.
• Ye Li decided to send an investigation team to obtain Gravitonium, then flirted with Rachel and teased Hill.
• Gwen Stacy challenged Ye Li to another contest with the other women, and he accepted before heading to the beach.
• Sylvie gave Ye Li a red-and-white seashell and asked whether she was included in his claim that everything on the island belonged to him.
• Ye Li dismissed Sylvie's subordinate and offered to reapply Sylvie's sunscreen.

Ye Li and Sylvie spent time together at the beach, where he gave her a massage and played volleyball with her. He surprised her with a silver seashell necklace, completing her relationship task and adding the Silver Sable—Sylvie Sablinova Template to his base physique.

• Ye Li rubbed sunscreen onto Sylvie's back, and she protested when his massage strayed toward the front.
• Sylvie offered to massage Ye Li and playfully applied sunscreen to his back.
• Sylvie invited Ye Li to play beach volleyball with Matilda, and the two traded volleys until Ye Li received a call through his earpiece.
• Ye Li fastened a silver seashell necklace around Sylvie's neck as a return gift, and she was delighted by his thoughtfulness.
• The system announced that Sylvie's relationship task was complete and added the Silver Sable—Sylvie Sablinova Template to Ye Li's base physique.

Crystal defied Maximus’s claim to the Inhuman throne and escaped Attilan with Lockjaw, arriving in a forest on Earth. Lockjaw collapsed from the effort, leaving Crystal unsure whether he could keep going.

• Crystal refused to read Maximus’s declaration that he was king and froze the guards who tried to stop her.
• Crystal ran to Lockjaw’s cell while Maximus let her flee because he believed he had no powers.
• Crystal froze Lockjaw’s antenna to wake him, then asked him to take her to where he had sent the others.
• Lockjaw teleported Crystal to a forest on Earth, then slumped down, still weakened by the drug.

Crystal searched for help on Earth and found a couple on a beach, while Kaecilius began summoning Dormammu and Wanda headed to investigate Strange using the Time Stone. The chapter left Crystal watching as the black-haired man carried the silver-haired woman into the seawater.

• Crystal left the weakened Lockjaw in the woods and searched for someone nearby.
• Crystal found a silver-haired woman and a man in an intimate embrace on the beach, but hesitated to interrupt them.
• Kaecilius and the Dark Disciples performed a ritual that revealed the outline of Dormammu.
• Wanda wondered whether Ye Li was angry with her, then heard that Strange had used the Eye of Agamotto and went to the library.
• Crystal watched as the black-haired man carried the silver-haired woman toward the seawater.

Ye Li and Sylvie washed off the sand and continued their intimacy in the sea before Crystal approached them, while Ye Li recognized her and considered making her a connection. At Kamar-Taj, Wong explained the sanctums to Strange and Wanda before an alarm signaled an attack at the London Sanctum, where a fleeing sorcerer was struck by a magical blade.

• Ye Li took Sylvie into the ocean to wash off the sand, and they began another round in the water while Crystal watched.
• Crystal called out to ask where she was, and Ye Li and Sylvie dressed and approached her.
• Ye Li recognized Crystal as an Inhuman princess and considered using his fast-bonding power on her.
• Wong explained to Strange and Wanda how the three sanctums protected Earth from threats in other dimensions.
• An alarm sounded at Kamar-Taj, and a sorcerer fled through the London Sanctum's portal before a magical blade struck him.

Crystal met Ye Li and his companions after arriving on Earth, and Ye Li agreed to let her stay at his villa. Meanwhile, Kaecilius destroyed the door to the London Sanctum, prompting Strange and Mordo to consider contacting the Sorcerer Supreme.

• Scarlet Witch dispelled Kaecilius’s spell blades, but Kaecilius blasted apart the door to the London Sanctum.
• Mordo urged Strange to reach the London Sanctum, and Strange suggested informing the Sorcerer Supreme first.
• Ye Li explained the Inhumans to Sylvie and told Crystal that two Inhumans were staying at his residence.
• Ye Li introduced Rachel to Crystal, identifying Crystal as an Inhuman princess from Attilan and Rachel as his personal maid.
• Crystal asked Ye Li if she could stay at his villa, and he agreed without setting any conditions.

Ye Li met Princess Crystal, who asked him to bring her teleporting dog Lockjaw to the villa and help her find her family. He refused to move the dog but offered to help later, then teleported away, leaving Crystal to wait on the island.

• Matilda asked Crystal about her teleporting dog while Ye Li and Rachel shared a secretive moment over grapes.
• Crystal asked Ye Li to bring Lockjaw to the villa, but he refused and told her the dog could remain in the woods.
• Crystal asked Ye Li to help her find her family, and he demonstrated his teleportation ability with a room key.
• Ye Li said he had something to take care of and teleported away, telling Crystal to wait on the island.
• Crystal asked Rachel to show her the room while Matilda kept eating the grapes, unaware of what made them unusual.

Ye Li arrived at the New York Sanctum as Dormammu’s followers overwhelmed Strange and Mordo in the Mirror Dimension. After Ancient One fell outside the Sanctum, she stopped Ye Li from reviving her and confirmed she was ready to leave her role as Sorcerer Supreme to Strange.

• Ye Li sensed Dormammu’s arrival at the New York Sanctum and left his vacation to investigate.
• Strange’s Mirror Dimension trap backfired, and Kaecilius cornered him while Mordo was also pursued by the followers.
• Ancient One intervened to save Strange, but then fell outside the Sanctum just as Ye Li arrived.
• Ye Li began using the Horse Talisman to revive Ancient One, but her soul stopped him and asked him to let her die.
• Ancient One said Strange would inherit the Sorcerer Supreme’s responsibility, and Ye Li asked whether she planned to seek Eternity.

Ancient One said goodbye to Ye Li and left him with a warning about the moment he entered the Dark Dimension. Strange and Mordo found her body, and a hospital resuscitation attempt ended in failure.

• Ancient One asked Ye Li to look after Strange and the world, then explained that her view of his future stopped when he entered the Dark Dimension.
• Ancient One kissed Ye Li goodbye and vanished, leaving him saddened by their parting.
• Strange and Mordo arrived and found Ancient One’s body; Strange said Wanda had stayed at Kamar-Taj and lamented that Ancient One had fallen to her death.
• Strange took Ancient One to Presbyterian Hospital and asked Christine Palmer to save her.
• Christine Palmer’s resuscitation failed, while Ye Li waited outside, knowing Ancient One’s soul had already left her body.

Ye Li froze Ancient One’s body and vanished with her, leaving Christine Palmer to misunderstand his farewell. In Hong Kong, as Dormammu’s Dark Dimension invaded, Ye Li used the Space Stone to halt its advance.

• Ye Li covered Ancient One’s body in blue ice, said he would find her when he could see Eternity, and disappeared with her body.
• Christine Palmer mistook Ye Li’s words for a lover’s grief and urged him not to harm himself.
• Ye Li met Stephen Strange and Mordo near the Hong Kong Sanctum as the Dark Dimension began spreading through the city.
• Stephen planned to use the Eye of Agamotto against Dormammu, while Ye Li offered to fight first.
• Ye Li faced the Dark Dimension and used the Space Stone to stop its energy surge, saving the civilians nearby.

Ye Li used the Dragon Talisman to destroy Kaecilius and his fanatics, then swallowed the last of the Dark Dimension with his Fire Dragon. Dormammu appeared as a new Enemy of Fate, while Nick Fury and Tony Stark reacted to the alarming satellite footage.

• Ye Li used the Reality Stone to compress the Dark Dimension and burned away its energy with the Dragon Talisman.
• Kaecilius and his fanatics charged Ye Li, but his Fire Dragon burned them to ashes as Hong Kong residents hailed him as a divine dragon.
• Ye Li chose Mirror Dimension—Absolute Control as his reward and had the Fire Dragon swallow the Dark Dimension’s remaining energy.
• Ye Li detected Dormammu as a new Enemy of Fate, and the public panicked at the sight of the being in the sky.
• Nick Fury saw the satellite footage and searched for Captain Marvel’s pager.
• Ultron showed Tony Stark footage of the event, and Tony reacted in shock.

Ye Li rode the Fire Dragon into space to confront Dormammu, blocking the Dark Lord’s crystal-blade attack with a vast force-field shield. He then countered Dormammu’s descending hand with the dragon’s flames, leaving the battle unresolved as Dormammu’s palm burned away.

• Tony Stark watched footage and worried that Earth’s situation had become dangerous.
• Black Bolt, imprisoned on Hawaii Island, wondered about Earth and hoped Medusa and the others were safe.
• Ye Li rode the Fire Dragon from the Hong Kong Sanctum into space to challenge Dormammu.
• Dormammu attacked Ye Li with dark-energy crystal blades, but Ye Li blocked them with a huge golden force-field shield.
• Dormammu sent down a gigantic hand, and Ye Li drove the Fire Dragon into it, burning the hand away.

Ye Li entered the Dark Dimension and killed Dormammu with Absolute Zero, then chose to turn him into a loyal servant and absorb much of the dimension’s energy. The resulting change made the Web of Destiny glow like a galaxy, and Gwen Stacy and Jessica Jones discovered that their clothes and bodies were shining.

• Ye Li teleported into the Dark Dimension, where Dormammu tried to kill and devour him.
• Ye Li unleashed Absolute Zero, freezing Dormammu and the Dark Dimension and killing Dormammu.
• Ye Li rejected the money and Gate of Cyttorak rewards and chose to make Dormammu his loyal subordinate.
• Ye Li used Dormammu’s cooperation to absorb much of the Dark Dimension’s energy into the Web of Destiny, turning its strands starry purple.
• Gwen Stacy woke to find her Web of Destiny clothes glowing like a galaxy, and Jessica Jones came in to show her that she was glowing too.

Ye Li fused the Dark Dimension with Weaverworld to create his divine kingdom and transformed his powers and artifacts into a unified divine system. After becoming a divine being, he received a reward for defeating Dormammu, while Wanda set out from Kamar-Taj to find him.

• Gwen and Jessica Jones discovered that their Web of Destiny outfits gave them a stream of power.
• Wanda sensed Ye Li beyond Earth and flew into space to check on him.
• Ye Li realized he had reached the threshold of raising a divine kingdom and fused the Dark Dimension with Weaverworld.
• Ye Li merged with his divine kingdom, ascended beyond an ordinary physical body, and reorganized his abilities as the World Weaver's authorities.
• Ye Li refined his enhanced Twelve Talismans, three Infinity Stones, and Destroyer Armor into divine artifacts, discovering he could borrow the Stones' power across universes.
• Ye Li received a system reward for defeating Dormammu.