Chapter Summaries

Ye Li chose the Casket of Ancient Winters, the Eternal Flame, and a parchment from Odin's Vault, then joined Thor's banquet with Jane, Sue, Alita, and Matilda. As Thor's hammer-lifting game began, Alita stepped forward to try lifting Mjolnir, and Ye Li watched with interest.

• Ye Li took the Casket of Ancient Winters, the Eternal Flame, and a parchment from Odin's Vault.
• Thor invited Ye Li to the banquet, where Jane and Sue discussed cosmology while Alita and Matilda enjoyed themselves.
• Thor announced a contest to see who could lift Mjolnir, and Ye Li stopped Matilda from joining in.
• The Asgardian men failed to lift Mjolnir, then Alita went up to try as Matilda asked Ye Li for help seeing.

Ye Li watched Alita fail to lift Thor's hammer while Matilda sat on his shoulders and teased him. Meanwhile, Thanos ordered Ebony Maw to arrange Hela's release so she and Odin could be weakened in a fight before he destroyed Asgard; the chapter ended as Matilda used the Web of Destiny to transform her stockings into ankle cords.

• Matilda climbed onto Ye Li's shoulders to watch Alita try to lift Thor's hammer, but Alita could not move it.
• Matilda teased Ye Li from his shoulders, and he kissed her legs while they watched the festivities in Asgard.
• Thanos used the Wizard's Eye to assess the situation and ordered Ebony Maw to find a way to release Hela.
• Thanos planned to let Hela and Odin weaken each other before eliminating them and destroying Asgard.
• Matilda asked Ye Li to turn away and remove her boots, then unraveled her stockings into ankle cords with the Web of Destiny.

At the Asgardian banquet, Matilda teased Ye Li while he tried to conceal their behavior from the guests. Sif asked Ye Li for advice about her feelings for Thor, and he encouraged her to focus on her ambition to become Asgard’s strongest warrior, leaving her seeing him as a friend.

• Matilda secretly teased Ye Li during the banquet and claimed she could taste his flavor from his candy.
• An Asgardian beauty mistook Matilda on Ye Li’s shoulders for a sign of their closeness, and Ye Li explained that she was his mischievous little sister.
• Sif sat beside Ye Li and asked why he had not pursued the beauty who had just left.
• Sif admitted she was confused about her feelings for Thor and what kind of man she might want in the future.
• Ye Li suggested Sif stay single and pursue her ideals, and she resolved to focus on becoming Asgard’s strongest warrior.

Ye Li strengthened Alita with a portion of the Eternal Flame, and she tested her new power against Thor before the banquet ended. Ye Li then took Matilda and Jane to a lake, where Matilda splashed in the water as he fished and considered visiting Vought Corporation after returning to Earth.

• After chatting with Ye Li, Sif left in a good mood, and Alita challenged Thor to a sparring match after failing to lift his hammer.
• Alita lost to Thor but fought fiercely enough to earn cheers, so Ye Li enchanted her mechanical body with part of the Eternal Flame.
• Alita discovered she could control green flames fused with her plasma, then returned later claiming she had fought Thor to a draw.
• Sue got drunk after talking with Jane, so Ye Li had Alita take her back to the Ghost-Spider while he took Matilda and Jane boating.
• At the lakeside, Matilda splashed her feet in the water while Ye Li fished, and he thought about visiting Vought Corporation after returning to Earth.

Ye Li spent time with Matilda and Jane in Asgard, then gave Sue alien blood samples and a sapphire necklace. Meanwhile, Galacta struggled with hunger in a barren starfield and consumed a dead planet, but remained worried.

• Jane discovered sticky residue on her hand, and Matilda hurried to cover it before Ye Li redirected the conversation to Sue's research.
• Matilda used the Web of Destiny to fetch snacks and a game console from her room, then teased Ye Li about his behavior as she sat in his lap.
• Ye Li took everyone away from Asgard after they finished sightseeing, while Thor and Loki inexplicably felt a prickling sensation in their backs.
• Ye Li gave Sue samples of Asgardian and Frost Giant blood, then produced a sapphire necklace for her.
• Galacta, starving in a barren starfield, ate her hair before finding and consuming a dead planet, but she still looked worried.

Galacta sensed several immense energy sources and rushed toward them, while Sue and Jane secretly visited Ye Li for a nighttime date. Their encounter was interrupted when Galacta crashed into the porthole of Cabin No. 1.

• Galacta sensed several powerful energy signatures and excitedly flew toward them.
• Sue persuaded Jane to join her for a secret date with Ye Li, and the two went invisible together.
• Ye Li waited for his visitor, fell asleep, and woke to a mysterious warm touch beneath his blanket.
• Sue kissed Ye Li while invisible and encouraged Jane to try, but Jane hesitated and watched instead.
• Ye Li opened his divine sense, discovered Sue and Jane, and realized Sue had brought Jane along.
• Galacta flew into the porthole of Cabin No. 1 and struck it with a dull thud.

Ye Li met Galacta aboard his spaceship and discovered that she was drawn to his Homeostatic Source-Essence. He refused to give it to her immediately but persuaded her to stay with him in exchange for daily divine power, while Jane watched their encounter.

• Galacta appeared outside the porthole, and Ye Li recognized her as the Devourer Girl.
• Ye Li showed Galacta his Infinity Stones, divine power, Chaos Magic, and other possessions, but she sensed something even more special.
• Galacta recognized Ye Li's Homeostatic Source-Essence and begged him to give it to her, nearly cracking the porthole as she grew desperate.
• Ye Li offered Galacta daily divine power if she stayed with him, and she agreed eagerly.
• Ye Li fed Galacta a star-ring lollipop made from divine power, while Jane watched and recalled Matilda's yogurt.

Sue introduced Galacta to the household while Ye Li and Jane were left alone after Sue departed. Elsewhere, Star-Lord arrived on Morag and danced through an abandoned temple, unaware that Alita and Ye Li were watching him.

• Sue dressed and approached Galacta, who proudly explained that she was a sub-universal entity and a true god.
• Ye Li told Sue to show Galacta around and find her a room, and Sue teased Galacta about Ye Li’s interest in her.
• Sue left Jane with Ye Li, and Jane blushed, blamed Sue for persuading her to join the surprise, and fled.
• Star-Lord used a scanning device to locate his destination on Morag, then entered an abandoned temple wearing headphones and dancing.
• Star-Lord kicked three alien lizards aside as Alita watched in bafflement and Ye Li praised his dancing.

Ye Li and Alita took the Power Stone from the Orb and left Star-Lord behind as Ronan's men arrived. Days later on Xandar, Rocket spotted Alita and started considering her silver body for his collection.

• Alita took the Orb from the unconscious Star-Lord and handed it to Ye Li, who removed the Power Stone and returned the empty Orb to him.
• Ye Li and Alita vanished before Ronan's men emerged, leaving Star-Lord to escape the Kree soldiers with the Orb.
• Several days later on Xandar, Rocket scanned the crowd while insulting passersby.
• Rocket's detector spotted Alita, and he mused about taking apart her silver body as she bent down to examine him.

Alita fought Rocket and Groot after Rocket insulted her, then Ye Li left with her to explore Xandar. Meanwhile, Star-Lord delivered the Orb to a broker, who panicked after hearing that Ronan’s people had tried to take it and warned that Ronan was a dangerous Kree fanatic.

• Alita cut Rocket’s gun in half after he aimed it at her, then dodged Groot’s vines and scared him with green flames.
• Rocket’s scanner detected Star-Lord’s forty-thousand bounty, and Rocket prepared to pursue him while Ye Li and Alita left to explore.
• Star-Lord delivered the Orb to the broker and asked about the mechanical-headed woman who had tried to steal it.
• The broker heard that Ronan was involved, refused to handle the deal, and shoved Star-Lord out while warning him about Ronan’s threat to the Nova civilization.

On Xandar, Gamora stole the Orb from Star-Lord, and the Nova Corps arrested them along with Rocket and Groot. When the Nova Corps also targeted Ye Li and Alita, Ye Li resisted and freed the others from the tractor beams.

• The Broker shut the door on Star-Lord, who met Gamora outside and introduced himself before she stole the Orb and kicked him down.
• Ye Li and Alita toured Xandar as Gamora fled past them, pursued by Star-Lord and then intercepted by Rocket and Groot.
• The Nova Corps captured Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket, and Groot, then targeted Ye Li and Alita as undocumented suspects.
• Ye Li demanded to see Xandar's Prime Minister, and the centurion accused him of being a spy for Ronan and ordered his forces to attack.
• Rocket advised Ye Li to surrender and offered to help him escape from prison, so Ye Li freed Rocket and the others from the tractor beams.

Ye Li used his divine kingdom and a fleet of vibranium ships to overpower the Nova Corps, then met Nova Prime and proposed a partnership between the Nova Empire and Earth. After she agreed to coordinate the arrangement, Ye Li left, while Star-Lord reacted with surprise to his meeting with her.

• Ye Li revealed his divine kingdom, immobilizing the Nova Corps as Star-Lord and Gamora prepared to fight.
• A large Nova Corps fleet arrived, but Ye Li summoned nearly twenty vibranium subships and forced the commander to admit the incident had been a misunderstanding.
• Ye Li asked the commander to take him to Nova Prime so he could discuss a deal.
• Ye Li proposed that the Nova Empire promote his divine name while he provided assistance, and that the Triassic Research Institute and the Nova Empire exchange technology through spatial gates.
• Nova Prime agreed to coordinate the partnership, and Ye Li declined her invitation to stay for a meal and left.
• Star-Lord expressed disbelief that Ye Li had met with Nova Prime.

Ye Li returned from Xandar and relaxed in the Ghost-Spider’s hot spring while planning to have Barbara manage cooperation with the Nova Empire. Galacta interrupted the bath, looking for something tasty, and stayed to watch the others.

• Ye Li said farewell to Rocket Raccoon and the others after helping them move freely on Xandar, then vanished before Gamora could speak with him.
• Gamora realized Ye Li’s power might make him a useful ally against her adoptive father, Thanos, while Star-Lord mistakenly teased her about having a crush on him.
• Ye Li returned to the Ghost-Spider and joined Rachel and Airedia in the hot spring as they bathed him.
• Ye Li decided Xandar could be a testing ground before he expanded cooperation to the Kree, Skrull, and Shi'ar, and told Rachel to notify Barbara about handling the Nova Empire liaison for the Ghost-Spider Club.
• Galacta surfaced in the hot spring, said Sue had told her there was tasty food nearby, accepted Ye Li’s Godly Lollipop, and watched the others.

Ye Li spent time with Sue and the others in the hot spring while Galacta fetched Barbara. On Earth, Peter’s investigation team searched an estate for Gravitonium, but the ground began shaking as Peter explained the element.

• Galacta agreed to fetch Barbara from Cabin 10 in exchange for another Godly Lollipop, and Devourer Girl teleported away.
• Sue appeared behind Ye Li in the hot spring and joined him, while Airedia and Rachel left to wait for him.
• Johnny Stone, Pietro, Ned, and Peter investigated an estate where S.H.I.E.L.D. said Gravitonium was stored in an underground facility.
• Peter explained that Gravitonium could alter gravitational fields, and the ground suddenly shook.

Peter, Johnny, Ned, and Pietro broke into Ian Quinn’s estate to reach the Gravitonium, while Ye Li and Sue explored their powers together aboard the Ghost-Spider. The team found the machine already activated, and Ian Quinn’s old associate warned them it could not be stopped.

• Peter warned Pietro that altered gravity could make his speed dangerous, and the group decided to sneak into Ian Quinn’s estate.
• Pietro and Johnny fought the estate’s guards while Peter and Ned headed for the underground laboratory.
• Ye Li used water to create elaborate shapes as he spent time with Sue in the Ghost-Spider’s hot spring.
• Peter and the others found the Gravitonium spinning inside a machine in the laboratory.
• Pietro knocked a pistol from the skinny old man’s hand as the man said he planned to sink the estate and the Gravitonium beneath the sea.
• Peter demanded that the man hand the Gravitonium over to the Ghost-Spider Club, but the man warned that the activated machine could not be stopped.

Peter summoned Ye Li when a Gravitonium machine threatened to activate and kill everyone in the laboratory. Ye Li purified and absorbed the Gravitonium, stopped the machine, and then left to return to Sue.

• Pietro failed to move the heavy machine, and Peter activated an emergency beacon to call Ye Li.
• Ye Li sensed the beacon while with Sue and told her he had to deal with trouble on Earth.
• Ye Li arrived at the laboratory and recognized the machine's Gravitonium.
• Ye Li cleansed the Gravitonium of the trapped consciousnesses, stopped the machine, and absorbed the substance into his body.
• Ye Li tested Gravitonium's power by changing the direction of gravity in the laboratory, then left after speaking with Peter and the others.

Ye Li delegated cooperation with the Nova Empire to Barbara, then spent time sparring with Barbara and Sue before joining the others for dinner. At the banquet, he teased Galacta about owing him for her meals, but she missed his suggestive hints and kept eating.

• Ye Li gave Barbara the Rooster Talisman and asked her to handle cooperation matters with the Nova Empire, then sparred with her and Sue.
• Veronica told Ye Li that Jessica Jones had made white mapo tofu, and Ye Li went to comfort Rachel before heading to the dining hall.
• Ye Li found Galacta eating ahead of the others and teased her about being a glutton, while Alita and Matilda asked him for lollipops.
• Ye Li asked Wanda to reheat the dishes, and she used her magic to make the food steam again.
• Galacta demanded the lollipop Ye Li had promised and said he should support her because he had asked her to stay, while Ye Li hinted she could repay him with something naughty.

Ye Li shared a meal with the women and recruited them to spread his divine name by acting as superheroes across the universe. He also assigned Skye and Barbara to send player-controlled Clone Soldiers on interstellar missions, confident Veronica could protect them from alien hacking.

• Galacta praised the Dragon Kingdom dish Glazed Fish Bone, while Jessica Jones explained how she made white mapo tofu taste like the traditional version.
• Ye Li proposed spreading his divine name through the universe, and the women agreed to help by continuing their superhero work and promoting the Ghost-Spider Club.
• Ye Li told Skye to develop an interstellar version of Ready Player One and asked Barbara to coordinate missions for player-controlled Clone Soldiers with the Nova Empire.
• Skye worried that alien technology could hijack the soldiers' brain chips, but Ye Li dismissed the concern and Veronica claimed she had already hacked Xandar's systems.

Ye Li sought a way to obtain the Soul Stone without risking himself, deciding to find someone else to retrieve it. At a prison on Xandar, he began searching for a prisoner who deeply loved someone, but the chapter left him considering Drax, whose family had been killed.

• Ye Li weighed the Soul Stone’s sacrifice rules and chose to have a pawn retrieve it rather than jump from the cliff himself.
• Ye Li went to Xandar’s Klin prison and asked the warden for two criminals, at least one of whom deeply loved the other.
• Ye Li clarified that the bond could be familial or friendship, and that gender did not matter.
• The warden pointed out Drax, a feared prisoner whose wife and daughter had been killed by Ronan.

Ye Li recruited Drax by promising to help him kill Ronan, then sent him with Solus after Solus defeated him in an arena. Ye Li transported two alien con artists, Jack and Rose, to Vormir, where Red Skull discovered he could not read Ye Li’s information with the Soul Stone.

• Ye Li offered Drax a place among his subordinates and promised to help him take revenge on Ronan.
• The warden praised Ye Li and released Drax, who agreed to work for Ye Li if Ronan was killed.
• Solus defeated Drax in the arena, and Ye Li told Drax to follow Solus to deal with Ronan.
• Ye Li found the jellyfish-like criminals Jack and Rose and ordered the warden to send them to Vormir.
• Ye Li arrived on Vormir with Jack and Rose in spherical tanks, and Red Skull found that the Soul Stone could not read all of Ye Li’s information.