Chapter Summaries

God tasked Li Feng and Evan with building Noah's Ark, forbidding Li Feng from using magic and requiring him to do everything himself. After settling into his rough camp and preparing a meal, Li Feng was approached by Evan, who wanted to ask God to delay construction because of an important work opportunity.

• God ordered Li Feng to build the ark without magic and barred Kreacher from helping, while assigning Evan responsibility for the construction.
• God gave Li Feng a tent, cookware, an ark model, and a guidebook, and told him to find food in the surrounding grass.
• Li Feng studied the model, gathered wild vegetables, and caught a fish that fell from the sky into his pot.
• Evan arrived with documents and asked Li Feng to contact God about delaying the ark because he had been invited to join a major proposal by Mr. Chuck Langs.

Li Feng struggled to grow and protect his magically enhanced wheat while Evan tried to understand God’s command to build an ark. After God humiliated Evan at work, Evan invited Li Feng and Kreacher to dinner so his family could see evidence of his divine selection.

• Li Feng told Evan that Noah built the ark with his family and described the story as one about trust, then Evan returned home unconvinced.
• Birds ate Li Feng’s wheat, forcing him to harvest it by hand, and Evan arrived covered in droppings after suffering an embarrassing incident on his way to work.
• Li Feng and Kreacher spent the following days cleaning and grinding wheat, making food from it as Li Feng’s belly shrank and his magic grew purer.
• Evan, now dressed in a tattered robe, invited Li Feng and Kreacher to dinner, and Li Feng guessed Evan wanted Kreacher to help prove that magic and God were real to his family.
• Li Feng and Kreacher arrived at Evan’s home, where Joan opened the door and Li Feng presented her with several amulets.

Li Feng explained to Evan and Joan why God had given Evan the opportunity to build an ark, then left them to consider the meaning of trust and cooperation. The next morning, Evan’s family and Li Feng began building the ark.

• Li Feng showed Joan his magical artifacts, and Kreacher demonstrated his invisibility by eating a steak unseen.
• Li Feng let Evan’s three children take turns flying on Dark Cloud under Kreacher’s supervision.
• Li Feng explained that God had given Evan an opportunity to gain wealth and compared building Noah’s Ark to a story of trust and cooperation.
• Joan took Evan’s hand as she understood Li Feng’s explanation, and Li Feng left with beer and peanuts.
• The next morning, Evan arrived with Joan, the children, and tools, and the family began preparing lumber to build the ark with Li Feng.

Li Feng endured building the Ark without magic while God tested his restraint, greed, and patience. When the Ark was finished, Li Feng believed the work had strengthened his will enough to read the Darkhold safely on his own.

• Li Feng struggled through the first days of building the Ark, but memories of his family moved him to keep working alone.
• God disrupted Evan's council meeting, got him suspended, and sent him home to help build the Ark with Li Feng and his family.
• Li Feng stopped himself from stealing more wheat from the birds and focused on finishing the Ark.
• After reporters disturbed the family, they used two wild lions as guards and continued building until the Ark was complete.
• Li Feng sat atop the finished Ark with the Darkhold and concluded that the self-discipline he had gained would let him read it without being tempted.

Li Feng warned Evan that the dam was about to collapse, forced the onlookers to board the Ark, and held back the flood long enough for them to escape. When the Ark hurtled toward Arlington Memorial Bridge, Li Feng used his remaining Mana to turn it toward Capitol Hill, and God left him stranded in the river after discussing the limits of good and evil.

• Li Feng sensed the dam was about to fail, warned Evan, and used magic to frighten the crowd into boarding the Ark.
• The dam broke, and Li Feng split the floodwaters to weaken their force until the Ark was ready to meet them.
• The flood swept the Ark through Evan's home and toward Arlington Memorial Bridge, so Li Feng conjured anchors, propellers, and a Portal to turn it toward Capitol Hill.
• After Li Feng exhausted his Mana and fell into the river, God praised his method and spoke about how good and evil existed in all things.
• God vanished without helping Li Feng reach shore, leaving him clinging helplessly to a bridge pier.

After the flood, Evan reunited with his family and spoke privately with God, while Li Feng prepared to leave for magical training. God warned Li Feng about Dark Energy’s corruption and improved his mind-cleansing feather; Li Feng then began two years of study and cautiously opened the Darkhold to pursue a powerful combination of flames.

• Evan’s fame brought Congress to restore his position, while a bank and an insurance company offered him favorable compensation for his ruined home.
• Li Feng repaired Evan’s house with Reparo, gave each child a huge safe-like box, and joined Evan’s family on a hike.
• Evan spoke with God beneath a tree, then Li Feng asked God whether his warning about wolves meant he needed to maintain a moral bottom line.
• God explained that Dark Energy could silently change Li Feng’s personality and temper, and transformed his Pseudo-Angel Feather into a Pseudo-Seraph Feather that could resist its corrosion.
• God left Li Feng’s Magic Book filled with detailed explanations of light spells, including a Healing Spell that could regenerate severed limbs, before Li Feng began training in a nearby mountain forest.
• After studying light magic and the Mind Stone for over half a year, Li Feng cautiously opened the Darkhold and sought a way to combine Hellfire and Fiendfyre.

After advancing to the Refining Spirit to Return to Emptiness realm, Li Feng asked Fury for materials to build a wooden sailing warship and Coulson arrived with the timber. Coulson revealed that his new team was investigating an organization that had hacked S.H.I.E.L.D., and Li Feng asked to join.

• Li Feng advanced to the Refining Spirit to Return to Emptiness realm after returning from the Bruce Almighty world, then gave Kreacher God's wheat seeds to plant and preserve.
• Li Feng visited Fury's office to provoke him into calling back, then asked him to buy timber and muzzle-loading cannons for a wooden Galleon battleship; Fury agreed to send Coulson with the materials.
• Coulson arrived the next day with the timber and explained that Fury wanted him to stay at Li Feng's home while recovering from his resurrection.
• Li Feng invited Coulson to help build the sailing warship, but Coulson declined the role of first mate because he was forming a team.
• Coulson told Li Feng that his team was investigating an organization that had hacked S.H.I.E.L.D. and stolen and sold classified files, then agreed to let Li Feng join so he could monitor him.

Coulson brought Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons to Li Feng’s home to help build his sailboat, where they encountered Kreacher and learned more about Li Feng’s magic. When Coulson later arrived with Melinda May and Grant Ward, Li Feng warned Fitz that a demon had taken an interest in Ward, leaving Fitz to ask Ward about it.

• Li Feng reflected on the groups monitoring him and judged that only Kamar-Taj and Mephisto posed serious concerns.
• Coulson introduced Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons to Li Feng as new team members who could help build his sailboat.
• Li Feng summoned Kreacher and gave the agents amulets, while Coulson explained that Li Feng was a mage and Kreacher belonged to the Genie race.
• Jemma Simmons asked Li Feng how the Chitauri had been killed, and he said the Dementors were responsible.
• Coulson returned with Melinda May and Grant Ward, and Li Feng warned Fitz to stay away from Ward because Mephisto had taken an interest in him.
• Fitz asked Coulson about the warning, then approached Ward by the campfire and asked why a demon had his eye on him.

Ward recalled how Mephisto’s interest in him had ruined his relationships, while Coulson questioned Li Feng about PTSD and discovered he may have experienced other wars. Fury then told Coulson that Alexander Pierce had been killed by an apparently magical attack, and that the Mandarin had claimed responsibility.

• Ward angrily told Fitz to ask Li Feng why a demon had targeted him, and Melinda May sent the team to rest before their search for the hacker group.
• Coulson told Li Feng that S.H.I.E.L.D. suspected Stark had PTSD because he was building suits obsessively and not sleeping; Li Feng denied needing help and avoided explaining his past wars.
• Coulson reported his suspicions about Li Feng to Fury, who told him to notify Li Feng that Alexander Pierce would be brought to him the next morning.
• Fury revealed that Alexander Pierce had been attacked and killed, his body blown apart without evidence of explosives, and that a man calling himself the Mandarin had claimed responsibility.
• Coulson realized Fury wanted Li Feng to identify Alexander Pierce’s remains and determine whether magic had caused the attack.

Melinda brought a charred corpse to Li Feng, who discovered it was Alexander Pierce’s biological double rather than the real man. Li Feng used Kreacher’s wish to summon the real Alexander, then killed him and took his memories and soul.

• Coulson sent Melinda to retrieve the corpse, and she angrily woke Li Feng by firing shots outside his soundproof motorhome.
• Li Feng questioned the charred corpse and learned it was Alexander Pierce’s biological double, while Coulson admitted he wanted to ask it questions.
• Li Feng told Coulson he wanted the person who had ordered the nuclear strike, then asked Kreacher to wish for the real Alexander Pierce to appear.
• Jafar brought the real Alexander to Li Feng after Kreacher specified that he must be the former S.H.I.E.L.D. director, a Hydra agent, and not a double.
• Li Feng petrified Alexander, extracted his memories, and trapped his soul in the black Gourd.

Li Feng learned that Stark had apparently developed a technological Healing Spell device after Happy recovered from near-fatal injuries. Coulson asked Li Feng to obtain one for S.H.I.E.L.D., but Li Feng refused to help Fury and instead called Stark, only to learn that Stark’s anxiety was supposedly because of him.

• Li Feng joined Coulson’s team on missions, then returned to his lakeside cabin, where Coulson relocated the team’s base to keep him close and use his Portal.
• As Christmas approached, Li Feng sent Coulson’s team to their newly modified airborne command center and toured it with Coulson.
• Coulson told Li Feng that Happy had been critically injured in a bombing claimed by the Mandarin, but had recovered completely after Stark took him to Stark Tower.
• Coulson suspected Stark had recreated the Healing Spell with technology and asked Li Feng to buy a device for S.H.I.E.L.D. in exchange for favors or help finding magical items such as the Darkhold.
• Li Feng warned Coulson that Stark might sell or lend a device for Coulson’s own use but would refuse Fury, then left and called Stark through Jarvis.
• Jarvis told Li Feng that Stark’s anxiety was because of him, leaving Li Feng confused.

Li Feng visited Stark at his Malibu Port home, where Stark asked him to keep Potts safe while he pursued the Mandarin on his own. When an attack struck Stark’s house, Li Feng shielded everyone and took Potts and Maya Hansen to his lakeside home, leaving Stark to face the fight.

• Li Feng assured Stark that he would not have detonated the Nuclear Weapon in New York, and Stark insisted that his revenge against the Mandarin was personal.
• Stark asked Li Feng to protect Potts, and Li Feng agreed to host her at his guarded cabin.
• Maya Hansen arrived seeking Stark’s help, while Potts came downstairs with her luggage.
• A missile crashed through Stark’s window, but Li Feng’s shield deflected it back toward the attacking helicopter.
• Stark told Li Feng not to interfere, so Li Feng left a tracking spell on Stark and took Potts and Maya Hansen through a Portal to his lakeside home.

Li Feng erased Maya Hansen’s memories after she visited, then helped Potts realize that Killian was behind the attack on Tony. When Potts learned Happy had disappeared, Li Feng refused to help find him, citing Tony’s request that he stay out of the revenge plot.

• Li Feng sent Maya Hansen through a Portal and erased her memories of meeting him.
• Potts deduced that Maya was connected to Tony’s attack, and Li Feng admitted he knew about her link to Killian.
• Potts learned from Jarvis that Tony’s home had been bombed and Tony was unconscious; Li Feng used the Mind Stone to show her an image of him and promised to watch over him.
• Li Feng explained that Killian had hired the Mandarin as an actor and that Maya had come to warn Tony about Killian’s revenge.
• Potts reported that Happy had disappeared and feared Killian had kidnapped him, but Li Feng refused to help locate Happy because Tony had asked him not to interfere.

Stark learned that Killian was behind the Mandarin and had taken Happy, while Li Feng explained the danger posed by the Extremis Virus. Days later, armed helicopters bombarded Li Feng’s lakeside home, and Li Feng collected the attackers’ souls and bodies, determined to pursue them beyond death.

• Stark called Li Feng for warm clothes and food, and the two bickered while Potts urged Stark to come inside and warm up.
• Potts told Stark that Happy had gone missing and Killian was behind the Mandarin, hoping to capture Stark and make him perfect the Extremis Virus.
• Li Feng warned that the virus could make its subjects explode, and Stark resolved to gather evidence and settle the score with Killian.
• Kreacher gave Stark a huge burger, and Li Feng closed the Portal, leaving Stark stranded with powerless armor.
• A few days later, five armed helicopters bombarded the lakeside, and Li Feng shielded Potts before collecting the attackers’ souls and dragging their bodies back to the rv.

Li Feng turned the helicopter attackers into mummies and learned that Killian had sent them to capture Potts, destroying Li Feng’s lakeside home and sailboat in the process. After Stark promised to return, Li Feng offered to take Potts to confront Killian and make him rebuild the boat.

• Li Feng wrapped ten dead attackers in strips of their clothes and brought the mummies out to reassure Potts.
• Potts worried about Stark, so Li Feng showed her an image of him remotely controlling his armor from a speedboat and gave her a phone to call him.
• Potts urged Stark to let Li Feng help rescue Happy and heal his injuries, but Stark said he would return after dealing with Killian.
• Li Feng questioned the mummies, and their captain explained that Killian had traced Potts to Li Feng’s home by examining Maya Hansen’s shoes and had sent helicopters to capture her.
• Li Feng told Potts that Killian’s attack had destroyed his sailboat, and she apologized and promised Tony would help rebuild the home.
• Li Feng offered to take Potts to find Killian and said he would make Killian rebuild the sailboat.

Li Feng gave Potts Loki’s Mask and watched her battle Killian’s men at the dock while Stark and Rhodes searched for the president. Potts reunited with Stark, donned a modified suit of armor, and charged toward the Extremis-injected enemies.

• Li Feng opened a Portal so Potts could attack Killian’s dock, then had Wangcai and the Dementors seal off the area.
• Potts used a Vulcan Cannon to destroy the dock’s lights and attack hidden enemies while Li Feng filmed her fight.
• Li Feng brought Happy to the dock after he had been injected with the Extremis Virus, and Happy drank Li Feng’s magical beer.
• Potts reached Stark and Rhodes, revealed her identity, and reunited with Stark after he fled from her green-headed appearance and gunfire.
• Stark agreed to have Jarvis provide Potts with armor, which transformed to fit her and unfolded enormous metal wings.
• Potts broke the sound barrier and charged at the Extremis-injected enemies while Stark flew toward his own opponents.

Stark and Potts fought Killian, with Potts overpowering him and Li Feng intervening to keep him alive. After Li Feng took Killian away, Stark destroyed his armor to reassure Potts that she mattered more to him than it did.

• Stark attacked Killian, but Killian damaged his armor and forced him to escape and summon a replacement.
• Potts saw Stark injured and furiously battered Killian, eventually kicking him high into the sky and accelerating his fall with a baseball bat.
• Li Feng appeared as Killian was near death, healed him, sealed his powers, and took him through a Portal despite Stark's protest.
• Li Feng gave Potts a drop of Eternal Spring and explained the mask's effects to Stark, while Stark learned that Happy, Rhodes, and the President were safe with Austin.
• Stark ordered Jarvis to destroy his armors as fireworks, showing Potts that he valued her more than the armor.

Stark visited Li Feng to deliver lumber and revealed that Fury had asked him to mediate for Killian’s custody in exchange for alien materials that might be made into magical garments. After seeing Stark’s budding magical talent, Li Feng lent him a Magic Book and warned him to practice carefully, while Killian began building the sailboat.

• Stark delivered lumber to Li Feng’s home, where Killian obediently trimmed the lawn under the Mummies’ watch before heading to build the sailboat.
• Li Feng explained that a Dementor had taught Killian a lesson, but refused to tell Stark the details of how Killian’s regenerative powers prolonged the torment.
• Stark demonstrated his early ability to draw a flame toward his hand, and Li Feng erased the sunglasses’ recording of his surprised reaction by impersonating Stark.
• Li Feng warned Stark that magical beer and other high-grade ingredients could affect his limited Mana, then gave him a Magic Book to read at the house.
• Stark revealed that Fury offered him alien clothing materials for magical armor in exchange for mediating and handing Killian over after the sailboat was finished.

Li Feng finished his sailboat and went looking for an opportunity to stage a pirate robbery, but Fury redirected him to help Coulson investigate Dr. Hall’s kidnapping by an invisible enemy. Li Feng found Coulson’s team and jokingly staged an accident with Melinda May’s aircraft, then encountered a new team member who recognized him as Uncle Austin.

• After Stark pretended to be drunk to keep his lamb leg, Li Feng left him to rest and returned to the lakeside.
• Months later, Li Feng completed a sailboat with help from Killian, ten Mummies, and Fitz, then took it out to sea hoping to find a ship to rob.
• Li Feng called Fury to ask where the Helicarrier was, and Fury sent him to help Coulson investigate the kidnapping of Dr. Hall by an invisible enemy.
• Li Feng sailed back to the lake, opened a Portal near Coulson’s team, and rode Dark Cloud through the sky until he found their aircraft.
• Li Feng startled Melinda May by appearing on the cockpit windshield, then joked with Coulson about privately settling the staged accident he claimed May had caused.
• As Coulson was about to introduce the team’s new member to Li Feng, the newcomer recognized him as Uncle Austin.

Skye joined Coulson’s team and unexpectedly recognized Li Feng as the Uncle Austin who had known her as a child. After they cleared up the mistaken assumptions, Li Feng reunited with Skye, showed her his magic, and offered her enchanted items for protection.

• Skye called Li Feng "Uncle," prompting Coulson and Melinda May to speculate that they were related.
• Skye explained that Li Feng resembled an elder she had known, and Coulson mentioned that she owned a motorhome of the same model as Li Feng’s.
• Skye brought out a dancing grass-skirt ornament and asked about Uncle Austin, and Li Feng remembered spending time with her in Portland when she was little.
• Skye realized Li Feng was the shut-in Uncle Austin from her childhood, while Fitz teased Li Feng about his drinking, sleeping, and supposed hard work.
• Li Feng demonstrated that he was a Mage and warned Skye not to investigate magic publicly.
• Li Feng offered Skye enchanted trinkets and showed her a magic longsword, while Coulson suggested she take all the items.