Chapter Summaries

Ye Li, Tony, and Strange traveled toward Nepal with Sokovia as their first stop, while Jessica began investigating Wu Zhiyuan’s son’s death. The group arrived in Sokovia, though Strange questioned why they had chosen it.

• Ye Li told Strange he wanted to visit several places on the way to Kathmandu, and Tony agreed to provide the plane.
• Tony brought Ye Li and Strange aboard his private jet, where Ye Li chose Sokovia as their first stop before Kamar-Taj.
• Wu Zhiyuan privately asked Jessica to investigate his son’s death and gave her the case file through Officer Chen.
• Jessica read the complicated case file and struggled to make sense of it.
• Ye Li, Tony, and Strange arrived in Sokovia, and Strange asked why they had picked the landlocked country.

Ye Li, Tony Stark, and Stephen Strange arrived in Sokovia after Ye Li uncovered Hydra files there. Baron Strucker learned of their arrival and ordered his forces to avoid alerting them while accelerating weapons development, as Ye Li set off with Veronica and the Mind Scepter.

• Ye Li retrieved Hydra files from a hidden Sokovia source, and Jarvis traced the signal to Sokovia Central Castle.
• Tony found his Iron Man armor aboard the plane and said he might deal with Hydra, while Ye Li explained he had come to find a girl.
• The trio landed at Sokovia Airport, where Baron Strucker identified them and suspected they had come after Hydra.
• Strucker ordered his researchers to speed up weapon development and told his subordinates not to alert the visitors.
• Ye Li took the Mind Scepter from Veronica and told her to follow as he set off on foot, while Tony stayed behind amid the gathering crowd.

Ye Li found Wanda Maximoff among Sokovian protesters while Tony Stark faced anger over his past weapons business. The chapter ended as Wanda’s brother Pietro confronted Tony, accusing him of dismissing their reason for seeking revenge.

• A Sokovian protester accused Tony of killing his family with weapons, but airport security subdued the crowd before Tony could summon his armor.
• Strange urged Ye Li to leave Sokovia, but Ye Li led the group around the city with Veronica following beside him.
• Using the Mind Stone, Ye Li found Wanda Maximoff in a protest march, and she blushed when she noticed him.
• Pietro noticed Wanda watching Ye Li, then approached Tony and challenged him over his presence in Sokovia.
• Tony told Pietro to blame the people who had used the weapons rather than him, and Pietro angrily questioned Tony’s dismissal of their grievance.

Tony was beaten by Sokovian protesters, while Wanda pulled Ye Li away from the crowd and ran with him to her home. Pietro followed them into the alley, and Tony and Strange were left behind with the protesters.

• Pietro and the crowd attacked Tony, who dodged Pietro and used him as a shield while trying to summon his armor.
• Strange drew the crowd’s attention, and Wanda stepped in to defend him and Ye Li before grabbing Ye Li and running into an alley.
• Ye Li handed Strange his scepter and promised to contact him later, while a blue barrier bounced the attackers away from Strange.
• Pietro learned that Wanda had run off with Ye Li and chased after them, while Tony asked Strange to open a door for him.
• Wanda led Ye Li through the streets to her home and said the crowd probably would not catch up.

Ye Li gave Wanda a magical cord-loop pendant and spent time in her home while she tried to hide him from pursuers. Meanwhile, Strucker ordered Hydra troops to capture Tony and his allies, who were trapped behind an energy barrier as the soldiers opened fire.

• Ye Li warned Wanda not to trust strangers and gave her a cord-loop pendant that could take her where she wished.
• Wanda offered Ye Li cola, and he chilled it with ice before accepting her offer to hide at her home for half an hour.
• Strucker ordered a Hydra combat squad to capture Tony and his group after learning they had arrived without Iron Man Armor.
• Tony and Strange took shelter behind an energy barrier as Hydra soldiers aimed their weapons at them.
• The Hydra squad fired on the barrier, and its captain prepared a special energy pistol when their bullets failed to break through.

Tony and Strange escaped Hydra in a sports car while trying to use the Mind Scepter, which finally fired when Strange prayed over it. Tony reached Mark 7 and attacked the pursuing Hydra squad in his armor.

• Tony grabbed the Mind Scepter and tried to use it against the Hydra soldiers, but it barely responded, so Strange fled and Tony followed.
• Strange and Tony escaped in a sports car while Hydra pursued them, and the two argued as Tony drove toward Mark 7's signal.
• Tony stopped the car and ran to meet Mark 7, leaving Strange to face the approaching Hydra soldiers with the Mind Scepter.
• The Mind Scepter fired a blue beam for Strange, destroying a Hydra armored vehicle and sparking his interest in magic.
• Tony put on Mark 7, flew over the Hydra squad, and opened fire with his armor's weapons.

Ye Li spent time with Wanda and Pietro before warning them that hostile forces had arrived. Hydra attacked their home, and a stray bullet flew toward Wanda, leaving her in immediate danger.

• The Hydra squad fell behind in its fight against Iron Man, losing more than a dozen soldiers and three vehicles.
• Wanda questioned Ye Li about his life and relationship with Stark, while Pietro burst in and mistakenly accused them of having a child.
• Ye Li teased Wanda by openly flirting with her, making her blush and leaving her upset when he announced he had to go.
• Ye Li answered Stark's call and learned that Hydra had attacked him; Stark warned Ye Li that he might be a target too.
• Hydra opened fire through the damaged doorway, and a stray bullet flew toward Wanda.

Ye Li protected Wanda and fought off the Hydra squad that attacked her home. Tony arrived and helped defeat the soldiers, while Ye Li caught the Mind Scepter and used it to knock one into the wall.

• Wanda's Chaos Magic weakened a stray bullet, and Ye Li pretended to save her, leaving her touched while his mission failed to trigger.
• Hydra soldiers surrounded the house, but Ye Li deflected their tear gas grenade and made their weapons jam.
• Ye Li dodged the Captain's knife attacks, used the Captain's discarded gun to kill him, and faced the remaining soldiers.
• Tony burst through Wanda's wall, blasted the Hydra soldiers, and tossed the Mind Scepter to Ye Li.
• Ye Li caught the Mind Scepter and fired a blue beam that slammed a Hydra soldier into the wall.

Ye Li and Tony defeated Strucker’s Hydra soldiers, and Ye Li persuaded Wanda and Pietro to leave Sokovia with him. As they headed for the airport, Strucker ordered fighter jets to intercept them.

• Ye Li and Tony killed the Hydra soldiers who attacked them, and Pietro discovered they served Baron Strucker.
• Stark identified the attackers as Hydra operatives and said Nick Fury could handle the matter.
• Ye Li took Wanda’s hand and persuaded her to leave Sokovia with him, while Pietro decided to go along to protect his sister.
• Tony flew toward the airport, and Ye Li drove Wanda there on Veronica while Strange and Pietro remained in Tony’s sports car.
• Pietro tried to drive without a license, frightening Strange, who demanded to get out of the car.
• Strucker realized the failed operation had let Tony and the others escape, then ordered fighter jets to intercept them.

Sandman emerged through a portal into Strucker's Sokovia base and destroyed it, while Ye Li took Wanda, Pietro, and Strange toward Kamar-Taj. On the flight, Ye Li explained that Wanda could learn magic, and Wanda became eager to train.

• Sandman emerged from a golden portal in Strucker's base, ignored the guards' gunfire, and tore through the castle as Strucker fled.
• Pietro drove the sports car onto Tony's private jet, while Strange complained of nausea and Tony teased him.
• Wanda objected to the flight attendants' revealing clothes, and Ye Li took her to sit elsewhere on the plane.
• Ye Li told Wanda they were going to Kamar-Taj and explained that people went there to learn magic.
• Wanda asked whether she could become a mage, and Ye Li encouraged her by saying she was talented.
• Pietro entered the cabin, found Wanda seated properly beside Ye Li, and pretended to ignore the flight attendants.

Ye Li returned to Sunnyville Manor, where Gwen, Felicia, Jessica, and Cindy teased him about meeting another woman. Meanwhile, news of Tony Stark’s destructive clash in Sokovia sparked protests, and Pepper encountered Killian at Stark Industries as Tony’s flight continued to Nepal.

• Tony and Strange watched as a mature beauty flirted with Pietro, while Ye Li stopped Wanda from interrupting them.
• Pietro became drunk and groped the beauty’s thigh, angering Wanda as Ye Li teased her.
• Ye Li teleported back to Sunnyville Manor the next day, where Felicia smelled another woman on him and Jessica tried to make him confess.
• News reports accused Tony Stark of causing destruction in Sokovia, while Happy enforced a new badge rule at Stark Industries and Pepper noted that complaints had surged.
• Pepper went to meet her four o’clock appointment and found Killian waiting in the reception room.
• On the flight to Nepal, Tony had the women dance again.

Tony watched a Ten Rings broadcast interrupt the television, then celebrated Rhodey’s new Iron Patriot armor while partying on the plane. After Happy warned him about Pepper’s meeting with Aldrich Killian, Ye Li ended the dancing and proposed a card duel, leaving the group to play for hours.

• A Ten Rings broadcast hacked the television and threatened President Ellis before the channel returned to normal.
• Tony saw the news report linking a monster’s destruction of Sokovia Central Castle to Iron Man and changed the channel.
• Tony learned that Rhodey had become the Iron Patriot and toasted his friend’s new armor.
• Happy told Tony that Pepper was meeting Aldrich Killian, then saw Killian kiss her cheek as she hurried away.
• Ye Li turned off the plane’s lights, teased Wanda, and challenged Tony to a card duel that lasted for hours.

Ye Li led Tony, Strange, Wanda, and Pietro through Kathmandu toward Kamar-Taj, displaying his Golden Light Charm and drawing a crowd of worshipful pilgrims. Mordo recognized Ye Li as the person Ancient One had mentioned and followed the group, while unseen figures prepared to make a move nearby.

• Tony won a card game against Strange before the group arrived in Kathmandu.
• Strange asked a passerby for directions to Kamar-Taj, but Ye Li led the group onward, saying he knew its head.
• Ye Li used his Bio-Field to form golden, rune-marked beads and butterflies, leaving one butterfly on Wanda's hand and prompting pilgrims to kneel.
• Mordo watched Ye Li's display, recognized him from Ancient One's instructions, and followed the group.
• Ye Li brought the group into a remote alley as hidden figures at the corner discussed whether to make their move.

Ye Li and his group encountered three robbers, but Mordo knocked them down before Ye Li or Pietro could act. Mordo then led the group into Kamar-Taj, where he revealed that he had come to receive Strange and introduced the sanctuary of the Ancient One.

• Three robbers ambushed Ye Li's group and tried to seize Wanda, but Mordo defeated them with fists and kicks.
• Ye Li greeted Mordo, who said he had come to receive Strange rather than Ye Li.
• Tony asked whether mages trained in hand-to-hand combat, while Pietro and Strange bickered about Strange's age and talent.
• Mordo led the group into Kamar-Taj and identified it as his master's sanctuary, belonging to the Ancient One.
• Tony asked whether the Ancient One was her real name and whether he could take pictures, but Mordo did not answer.

Ye Li and his companions met Ancient One at the Sanctum, where she offered to discuss magic with them individually and invited Ye Li into the inner hall first. She gave Ye Li a book on Weaving Magic, and he proposed that they trade and play with the Infinity Stones on their armor.

• Strange, Tony, and Pietro mistook Hamir for Ancient One and asked him to teach them magic before Ye Li greeted the real Ancient One.
• Ancient One teased Pietro about his lack of talent, praised Wanda and Tony, and joked with Ye Li about their previous meeting.
• Ancient One invited the group to speak with her one at a time and chose to talk with Ye Li first.
• Ancient One gave Ye Li a book about Weaving Magic and the Web of Destiny.
• Ye Li showed Ancient One the Mind Stone and Space Stone on his armor and proposed trading and playing with them.

Ye Li accepted Ancient One’s plan to teach Wanda introductory magic from an altered copy of the Darkhold. In New York, Jessica and Matilda searched for clues to a murder case at a theater, while Happy witnessed Eric Savin’s arms deal and caused the briefcase to spill near Jessica.

• Ancient One offered Wanda a few altered, lower-risk spells from a handwritten copy of the Darkhold, and Ye Li agreed to bring Wanda to her.
• Ye Li called Wanda into the inner hall to speak with Ancient One while Pietro worried that he might be unable to learn magic.
• Jessica and Matilda searched the theater for clues in the Chinatown murder case, but Jessica insisted the victim’s visit there had to mean something.
• Eric Savin tried to flirt with Jessica, then delivered a briefcase of metal objects to Jack Taggart as Happy watched from the shadows.
• Happy bumped into Taggart, spilling the briefcase’s contents, and Jessica crouched to help Happy gather them.

Jessica Jones and Happy encountered Eric after he demanded the metal object Happy was holding, while Wanda awakened her Chaos Magic at Kamar-Taj. Ancient One then urged Tony to learn magic to ease his anxiety, and Tony saw it as a chance to show off without his armor.

• Jessica Jones recognized Happy as one of Stark's bodyguards, and Eric approached after hearing Tony's name.
• Eric demanded the metal object from Happy, who punched him; Eric's face glowed fiery orange beneath his wound.
• Ancient One helped Wanda discover her Chaos Magic and warned her that she needed to learn to control it.
• Wanda left the inner hall and told Stark to go in, then looked toward her brother Pietro.
• Tony met Ancient One, who identified his anxiety about being powerless without his armor and recommended learning magic.
• Tony eagerly concluded that magic would let him show off without his armor.

Jessica stopped Eric Savin from attacking Happy and threw the exploding Taggart into the air, while Ye Li tested Weaving Magic at the Sanctum Sanctorum. Strange returned from the inner hall holding a strange creature, which the Ancient One sent back to Ta Lo Village.

• Eric Savin hurled Happy through a pane of glass, but Jessica intervened and knocked Savin away.
• Jessica noticed Taggart glowing as if he were about to explode, grabbed him, and threw him skyward before he detonated; Happy said he would tell Tony, and Jessica chose not to contact Ye Li.
• Ye Li used Weaving Magic to join Tony and Pietro's clothes, then bound Pietro in magical Silk until Wanda pleaded for him.
• Ye Li asked Wanda for a kiss in exchange for freeing Pietro, and Wanda bashfully kissed him.
• Strange returned from the inner hall holding a newborn Chaos creature, and the Ancient One sent it through a portal back to Ta Lo Village.

Ye Li helped Strange become interested in learning magic at Kamar-Taj, then returned to Sunnyville Manor and used Weaving Magic to make Silk Suits for Gwen Stacy and the others. The chapter ended with the girls realizing the suits could allow intimacy without taking their clothes off.

• Ancient One closed her portal, asked Strange if he liked magic, and left him eager to learn.
• Strange told Ye Li, Wanda, and Pietro that Ancient One had gone and instructed them to rest in the guest rooms.
• Ye Li freed Pietro and suggested that he might learn magic from him if Wanda behaved, while Wanda encouraged Pietro to believe he had potential.
• Ye Li returned from Kamar-Taj to Sunnyville Manor and used Weaving Magic to change the girls' clothes, then briefly left them naked while preparing improved outfits.
• Ye Li wove four Silk Suits for Gwen Stacy, Jessica Jones, Felicia, and Cindy, giving them defensive, self-repairing, and shape-changing features.
• Gwen Stacy and the other girls realized that the suits could part and mend automatically, and they looked at Ye Li with shy anticipation.

At Kamar-Taj, Ye Li talked with Wanda about magic, her brother Pietro, and her hopes for a family, then asked her to be his family. Wanda thought they were already boyfriend and girlfriend, while Ancient One began teaching the new mages about the mystic arts.

• Dilumon surprised Matilda by covering her eyes and introducing herself as Felicia’s cat.
• Ye Li woke in his Kamar-Taj guest room, used the Web of Destiny to form mage clothes, and welcomed Wanda with the porridge she brought him.
• Ye Li offered to weave Wanda an outfit and assessed her Chaos Magic practice as needing improvement.
• Wanda showed Ye Li the Darkhold booklet’s confusing passages and worried that Pietro was not progressing with magic.
• Wanda said she hoped she and Pietro could find a home and more family, and Ye Li asked her to be his family; Wanda replied that she thought she was already his girlfriend.
• Ancient One began explaining the language of mystic arts to the newly initiated mages.