Chapter Summaries

Ye Li used his supposed investigation to get close to Jane Foster and Louise, while Matilda’s resemblance to Jane revealed that they were likely cousins. The group headed to the county hospital to confirm the family connection and check on Thor.

• Ye Li introduced himself to Louise and tried to learn more about Jane, but Selvig initially mistook him for a playboy and tried to send him away.
• Ye Li had Matilda demonstrate her strength, alarming Selvig, Jane, and Louise, while Barbara drew her pistol to stop Selvig from aiming a stun gun at Ye Li.
• Jane recognized Matilda’s resemblance to her childhood self and asked whether she had once been named Foster; Matilda said her surname was now Ye.
• Jane called home and learned that her father had a younger brother who had cut ties with the family, making Matilda very likely Jane’s cousin.
• The group traveled to the county hospital for a confirming test, and Selvig said they also needed to examine Thor; Ye Li asked to see the observation chart.

Ye Li helped Jane Foster learn that Matilda was her cousin and warned her that S.H.I.E.L.D. would take her research materials. After Thor was struck by Jane’s jeep and caused trouble at a pastry shop, Ye Li gave Jane a note and promised to help her that night; a message from S.H.I.E.L.D. confirmed that it had fulfilled its conditions.

• Jane learned from the test results that Matilda was her cousin, and Ye Li said he was Matilda’s adoptive brother.
• Louise told Jane that Thor had escaped the hospital, and Jane hit him with her jeep while reversing.
• Thor smashed cups and demanded more drinks at a pastry shop, where Barbara and Jane watched him before he was thrown out.
• Ye Li warned Selvig that S.H.I.E.L.D. would take the research materials and gave Jane a note directing her to meet him that night.
• A message from S.H.I.E.L.D. said Ye Li had found crucial intelligence and that the agency had fulfilled its conditions.

Ye Li gathered information about Jane from Louise while preparing to use S.H.I.E.L.D.’s impending seizure of Selvig’s research to secure benefits. Thor rode a Duroc pig to S.H.I.E.L.D.’s facility and fought through its agents to reach Mjolnir as a storm broke out.

• Ye Li learned Jane’s habits and interests from Louise, then rewarded her with an intimate encounter.
• Thor visited a pet shop, learned about a runaway Duroc pig, and tried to ride it toward Mjolnir.
• Thor brought the pig near S.H.I.E.L.D.’s fence, left her coat with it, and sneaked toward the hammer.
• Matilda recorded Thor’s chaotic ride on the pig and sent the video to Ye Li, who saved it.
• Thor knocked down several S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and approached Mjolnir as lightning, heavy rain, and an alarm marked the breach.

Ye Li completed Jane Foster’s mission by eliminating her potential cancer risk, which loaded the Thor template and granted him a lightning-powered weapon he had not yet shaped. As Thor’s forces searched the rain-soaked area, Matilda and Barbara prepared to see whether Matilda could lift the hammer.

• Coulson ordered a team to higher ground with a gun after communications failed, and Hawkeye chose his bow and arrows before heading out in the rain.
• Ye Li put Louise to sleep, then invited Jane to talk and triggered a mission to eliminate her potential cancer risk.
• Ye Li used the Horse Talisman’s power to cure Jane and restore her clarity, then left her to check on Louise.
• Ye Li completed Jane’s mission, received the Thor template and an unshaped lightning weapon, and tested his strength by destroying a meteorite with one punch.
• Ye Li called Matilda to warn her about the rain, and Barbara suggested that Matilda try lifting the hammer.

After a rain-soaked night, Louise woke with no memory of what happened after she entered her bedroom, while Ye Li and the women resumed their morning together. At the S.H.I.E.L.D. facility, Loki failed to lift Mjolnir, then watched as Matilda prepared to try.

• Louise woke the next morning and learned from Jane that she had been drunk and that Ye Li had left early.
• Jane thanked Ye Li, and Louise asked him to make up for the night; he promised her occasional rewards if she behaved.
• Loki told Thor that he had come to say goodbye, then tried and failed to lift Mjolnir.
• Coulson brought Barbara and Matilda to the hammer, and Barbara failed to move it.
• Matilda gripped Mjolnir and said she thought she could lift it.

Matilda lifted the real Mjolnir and accidentally sent Loki flying, while Ye Li also proved able to pick up the hammer. After learning about Thor’s exile and seeing Matilda fly around with Mjolnir, Coulson ordered Thor and the pig brought in.

• Matilda lifted Mjolnir from its mound and asked Barbara for a cigarette to celebrate.
• Loki appeared and demanded to know how Matilda had lifted the hammer, but she struck him with it and sent him flying through a safety rail.
• Ye Li took the real Mjolnir from Matilda, while Coulson tried to lift it and dropped it painfully to the ground.
• Dr. Selvig confirmed Thor’s identity from Coulson’s photo and told him Thor had said Odin exiled him.
• Coulson watched Matilda fly around with Mjolnir and ordered his people to bring Thor and the pig to him.

Ye Li watched Matilda wield Thor’s hammer as Thor and the Asgardians regrouped in Old Bridge City. When the Destroyer arrived, Ye Li transformed into Black Spider and went to confront it.

• Ye Li said he missed his girlfriends while Louise and Barbara stayed with him on the balcony.
• Thor arrived in handcuffs, watched Matilda fly with his hammer, and failed to lift it when she let him try.
• Matilda told Thor she would use the hammer to protect innocent people, and the hammer trembled as Thor recalled Odin’s words.
• Sif and the Warriors Three found Thor, while S.H.I.E.L.D. agents confronted them after Hogun freed Thor from his handcuffs.
• The Bifrost brought the Destroyer to Old Bridge City, and Ye Li transformed into Black Spider and headed downstairs.

Matilda tried to stop the Destroyer but was overwhelmed, while Thor regained Mjolnir when he rushed to save a pig from its attack. Black Spider arrived as Thor transformed into the God of Thunder, leaving the confrontation with the Destroyer about to escalate.

• Sif and the Warriors Three attacked the Destroyer, but it quickly knocked them into nearby storefronts.
• Matilda flew in to protect Sif and struck the Destroyer with Mjolnir, but its counterattack sent her and the hammer flying.
• Barbara helped Matilda up after she confirmed she was not seriously hurt, while Thor saw that the residents had been evacuated.
• Thor spotted a pig provoking the Destroyer and rushed to save it as the Destroyer aimed its beam at the animal.
• Mjolnir flew back to Thor, and its power transformed him into the God of Thunder.
• Black Spider landed in front of the Destroyer, prompting Jane, Dr. Selvig, Louise, and Barbara to recognize him.

As Black Spider, Ye Li defeated the Destroyer, froze it, and used the Rat Talisman to make it his servant. After Thor returned to Asgard, Ye Li came home with Matilda and gave her a floating metal sphere to make up for losing Mjolnir.

• Ye Li used Piggy as a medium for the Pig Talisman's power and knocked the Destroyer down, stunning Loki.
• Ye Li teleported the Destroyer to an uninhabited Arctic island, froze it, and used the Rat Talisman to make it kneel to him.
• Thor thanked the mysterious man, promised to take Duroc Piggy to Asgard, and offered Matilda a custom weapon from Eitri.
• Ye Li returned to his balcony and then drove home with Matilda in Veronica.
• Ye Li gave Matilda a floating metal sphere, and she thanked him and told him she loved him.

Ye Li asked Ancient One when Morlun would arrive, and she gave him June 1st before leaving. As Gwen prepared to move in after graduating, Ye Li arranged a return to Sunnyville Manor, where Tony arrived to help with the move and heard about a possible alien god in New Mexico.

• Jessica Jones greeted Ye Li when he returned, and Felicia reminded him that their graduation ceremony was coming up.
• Ancient One appeared to Ye Li and told him Morlun would descend into the universe on June 1st.
• Gwen told Ye Li she had her father’s permission to move in after graduation, so Ye Li decided to return to Sunnyville Manor, where George Stacy had chosen a nearby house.
• A few days later, Tony arrived at Sunnyville Manor in his Iron Man Armor while workers unloaded Ye Li’s belongings.
• Ye Li told Tony that he and Coulson had encountered a Norse god, or possibly an alien, just as helicopter rotors sounded overhead.

Ye Li welcomed Silver Sablinova and the Wild Pack as the estate’s security team, then revealed the Destroyer as their backup guard. After Tony took Ye Li’s painting of the Battle of New York to show Nick Fury, Ye Li and the Stacys prepared to visit the Parker family, and George considered renting out his old house to keep Ben and Aunt May company.

• Silver Sablinova introduced herself and the Wild Pack, and Ye Li assigned them to guard his estate and keep out anyone he had not authorized.
• Tony teased Silver Sable, and Ye Li told her that even Tony would be barred from entering without permission.
• Ye Li summoned the Destroyer as backup, startling the movers and impressing Silver Sable and Tony before he demonstrated that it was under control.
• Tony found Ye Li’s painting of the Battle of New York and agreed to show it to Nick Fury, while Ye Li told him to make Fury pay if he wanted another look.
• After George Stacy finished moving, he discussed renting out his Lower East Side house so Ben and Aunt May would not be alone, and Gwen agreed with the idea.

Ye Li met Martin Li at the Parker home and recognized him as Mister Negative, while Steve Rogers woke in a New York recovery room decades after the baseball game he heard on the radio. The chapter left Martin Li's intentions unresolved and Steve confused about where and when he was.

• Ben Parker and Aunt May welcomed Ye Li, George, Gwen, Jessica, and Matilda to a feast and introduced Martin Li, a F.E.A.S.T. volunteer.
• Martin Li focused on George and Jessica, and George suggested his vacant rooms could house homeless people.
• Ye Li warned Gwen that Martin Li was dangerous, then refused Martin Li's offered handshake and corrected him about his surname.
• Martin Li left the Parker home after the uncomfortable meal, and Ye Li watched his car depart with a knowing smile.
• Steve Rogers woke in a New York postoperative recovery room, heard a baseball game on the radio, and asked a nurse where he was.

Steve realized he was inside a S.H.I.E.L.D. base and escaped, triggering an emergency alert. Ye Li confronted Martin Li as Black Spider, and the fight began with both men summoning giant figures.

• Steve smashed through the staged lounge, recognized the S.H.I.E.L.D. base, and ran for the exit as a disguised agent issued an emergency alert.
• Ye Li followed Martin Li from the rooftops, while Martin sensed the threatening presence and called his Demons underlings for protection.
• Ye Li landed on Martin Li's sedan, forcing him to flee and transform into Mister Negative.
• Ye Li cleared space by kicking the sedan away, then used the Rat Talisman to animate a rune-marked stone giant.
• Mister Negative summoned a Japanese-style demon of Negative Energy and struck the stone giant, but his attack dissipated and left Ye Li unimpressed.

Ye Li defeated Mister Negative, whose attempt to take hostages ended when a blond man intervened. Elsewhere, Loki received the Mind Stone scepter and heard that the Chitauri would invade Earth behind their ally.

• Mister Negative wore down Ye Li’s stone giant with Negative Energy attacks and knocked it apart with a demonic ultimate.
• Mister Negative’s beam failed to affect Ye Li, and Ye Li broke several of his ribs with a blow.
• Mister Negative seized a couple from the crowd as hostages, and Ye Li kept walking toward him after dismissing the stone giant.
• Mister Negative killed the man, but a blond man hurled a trash-can lid that knocked him down.
• On a dim asteroid, Loki received the Mind Stone scepter as the Chitauri discussed following their ally to Earth.

After escaping S.H.I.E.L.D., Steve Rogers encountered Mister Negative and was controlled by his emotion-amplifying power. S.H.I.E.L.D. agents tried to contain them, but Ye Li vanished, leaving Nick Fury to handle the chaos as Martin Li’s control over Steve weakened.

• Steve Rogers intervened when Mister Negative murdered someone, but Martin Li’s Negative Energy amplified Steve’s emotions and took control of him.
• Nick Fury arrived with S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and ordered them to check on Steve, prompting Martin to send the controlled Captain America against them.
• Steve knocked down the approaching agents, and Fury realized Mister Negative had taken control of him.
• Fury blamed Ye Li for the situation and ordered him to fix it, but Ye Li waved goodbye and vanished.
• Fury ordered agents to suppress Steve and capture Martin; Steve dodged the gunfire, and Martin was hit twice in the arm while trying to escape.

Ye Li chose the Bio-Field reward while S.H.I.E.L.D. and Mister Negative’s gang fought over Captain Rogers. Tony Stark arrived and confronted Steve Rogers, learning from Nick Fury that the man was Captain America.

• Mister Negative’s gang arrived and fought S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, using Negative Energy weapons to hold them off.
• Ye Li chose the Bio-Field reward and tested it alongside the Golden Light Charm.
• Mister Negative used the last of the Negative Energy in Steve to send him after Nick Fury, then escaped in a car.
• Iron Man blocked Steve’s punch, but Steve threw Tony over his back before Tony blasted him away.
• Nick Fury told Tony that his opponent was Steve Rogers, Captain America, and Tony stopped preparing to fire again.

After the battle, Nick Fury spoke with Steve Rogers and Tony Stark about recruiting heroes, while Ye Li considered Fury’s proposal to discuss a S.H.I.E.L.D. plan. At the Ghost-Spider Club, Gwen helped Cindy practice the Golden Light Charm as Cindy worried about Morlun, and Skye worked on something at her computer.

• Steve Rogers recovered after the fight, and Nick Fury told him that the changing world needed him.
• Tony showed Fury a scan of Ye Li’s New York Battle painting, then left with the original still at Stark Tower.
• Nick Fury offered to send Ye Li S.H.I.E.L.D. files and have Natasha discuss a possible collaboration, and Ye Li agreed to review them first.
• At the Ghost-Spider Club, Gwen demonstrated how she shaped the Golden Light Charm into golden spider silk while teaching Cindy to recite it.
• Cindy told Gwen she feared Morlun and vowed to protect her and Ye Li as well.
• Skye anxiously worked at her computer and said she was almost finished.

Ye Li reviewed hacked information about several connected worlds and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Avengers Initiative while Skye told him Barbara was downstairs. In Hell's Kitchen, Jessica Jones took Matilda to raid a drug factory, where Meow-Meow Ball overwhelmed the gang members and the freed workers fled.

• Ye Li examined reports about Xavier's School, Vought International, Umbrella Academy, Hawkins, and Project Monarch, then saved the information for later.
• Ye Li received Nick Fury's Avengers Initiative files and noticed that information about Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Captain America was missing or limited.
• Jessica Jones asked Matilda whether she wanted to be a superhero, and Matilda agreed.
• Jessica Jones took Matilda to a factory where armed gang members forced blind workers to sort and package white powder.
• Matilda sent Meow-Meow Ball into the factory, and it used lightning to defeat the gang members while avoiding the workers.
• Jessica Jones told the workers to leave, and she kicked a pistol into a surviving gangster's gun as he tried to shoot her.

Jessica and Matilda defeated Madame Gao, and Matilda’s lightning strike triggered a reward for Ye Li. Ye Li chose a Yu-Gi-Oh! gift pack and installed its Holographic Simulation Device in the club’s training ground.

• Jessica fought Madame Gao and drove off the Hand ninjas, but Madame Gao blasted Jessica back with a palm strike.
• Matilda struck Madame Gao with lightning from Meow-Meow Ball, scorching her and defeating her.
• Jessica and Matilda flew up to investigate a spreading sinkhole, which stopped growing before they could alert Ye Li and Gwen Stacy.
• Ye Li sensed the lightning rune activate and received a reward for Madame Gao’s defeat, which he attributed to Matilda using his rune.
• Ye Li chose the Yu-Gi-Oh! Complete Gift Pack and installed its Holographic Simulation Device in the club’s large training ground.

Loki escaped with the Tesseract after disabling Fury’s helicopter, and Fury declared the war had begun. The next day, Natasha visited Ye Li’s card club to find him still playing, while Barbara revealed that his girlfriends were in the chairman’s lounge dueling.

• Fury ordered the helicopter pilot to fire on Loki, then shot at Hawkeye’s vehicle himself, but its bulletproof glass stopped the bullets.
• Loki struck Fury’s helicopter with the Mind Stone scepter and escaped with the Tesseract, while Fury ordered Coulson to issue a Level Seven alert and declared war.
• Ye Li and Tony played a duel when Coulson and Natasha called to report an urgent situation, but Ye Li told Natasha he was busy playing cards.
• Peter and Ned argued over the rules of their duel at the club before Natasha arrived and asked for Barbara.
• Barbara led Natasha toward the inner hall and said Ye Li’s girlfriends were playing cards in the chairman’s private lounge.