Chapter Summaries

Arthur and the Sanctum sorcerers fought Hulk, but his strength and durability overwhelmed their magic. Just as Hulk was about to kill Arthur, Xu Fan arrived and caught his punch.

• Arthur destroyed the block’s cameras and tried to subdue Hulk with the Sleeping Spell, but Hulk’s growing strength broke through the sorcerers’ restraints.
• Hulk hurled two sorcerers into the air and battered them, while Arthur and the others failed to hold him down.
• Arthur and the remaining sorcerers combined their magic to strike Hulk with a lightning dragon, but Hulk emerged from the crater unharmed.
• Hulk’s shockwave knocked Arthur and the sorcerers down, and he approached them as Arthur realized he had to call Xu Fan.
• Hulk leaped to crush Arthur, but Xu Fan appeared through a ring of fire and caught Hulk’s punch.

Xu Fan fought Hulk and revealed his Six Paths Mode, overwhelming him in a direct clash. As Xu Fan prepared to push Hulk into becoming Green Scar, his Byakugan showed Doctor Banner unconscious in the ruins instead.

• Hulk attacked Xu Fan, who caught his punch and used a red magic circle to reflect Hulk's force and hurl him into a crater.
• Hulk rose and charged again, prompting Xu Fan to cloak himself in Ten-Tails' Chakra and transform into Six Paths Xu Fan.
• Xu Fan and Hulk traded punches, and Xu Fan's strike shattered Hulk's bones and sent him flying a hundred meters.
• Xu Fan sought to draw out Green Scar and activated his Byakugan, but saw Doctor Banner lying unconscious instead of Hulk.

Xu Fan defeated Hulk with a single punch, then had Arthur's group take the unconscious Doctor Banner to the Sanctum before returning to New York. Stark and Nick Fury later watched footage of the fight, and Fury considered recruiting Xu Fan's mysterious new form for the Avengers and using him to counter Xu.

• Xu Fan found Doctor Banner unconscious after his Six Paths Mode punch defeated Hulk, then ordered Arthur and the others to bring Banner to the Sanctum.
• Xu Fan returned to the New York Sanctum through a portal while Arthur's group carried Banner away and marveled at Xu Fan's power.
• Stark watched J.A.R.V.I.S.'s footage of Hulk's rampage and Xu Fan's intervention, but the recording had lost the moments when Xu Fan first appeared.
• Nick Fury watched satellite footage of Xu Fan defeating Hulk and considered recruiting him into the Avengers Initiative and using him to keep Xu Fan in check.

Banner woke at the Sanctum Sanctorum after Arthur had defeated Hulk and brought him there. Arthur told him they could neither cure Hulk nor shelter him, sent him to meet Doctor Blue, and Xu Fan appeared after Banner left, suggesting he could solve Banner’s problem.

• Banner woke in the Sanctum Sanctorum and learned from Anna that Arthur had defeated Hulk and brought him there.
• Arthur told Banner that the sorcerers could not remove Hulk and wanted him to leave the Sanctum.
• Banner asked to meet Xu Fan, but Arthur said Xu Fan would not help and offered to send him elsewhere.
• Banner chose to go to the university where Doctor Blue was waiting, and Arthur opened a portal for him.
• After Banner left, Xu Fan appeared, and Arthur asked whether Xu Fan could solve Banner’s problem.

Unable to find Xu Fan, Doctor Banner turned to Doctor Blue for help removing Hulk. Meanwhile, General Ross tracked Banner’s whereabouts and visited the recovering Blonsky, leaving the hunt for Hulk poised to continue.

• Arthur believed Xu Fan might be able to solve Banner’s problem, but Xu Fan declined to answer whether he would help.
• Banner left the Sanctum Sanctorum and sought out Doctor Blue, Samuel Sterns, in New York.
• Sterns brought Banner to his laboratory and praised the Hulk serum, but Banner insisted that he wanted Hulk eliminated.
• General Ross used S.H.I.E.L.D.’s intelligence network to locate Banner and visited Blonsky in the hospital.

Xu Fan headed to Broadway to investigate a looming disaster, stopping at Stark’s garage to borrow a sports car and drawing Stark into the trip. Meanwhile, Ross captured Banner after Sterns helped neutralize the Hulk serum, and Fury condemned Banner’s decision.

• Xu Fan opened a portal to Stark’s garage and brought a blue sports car to life with The Allspark so he could drive to Broadway.
• Stark questioned Xu Fan about the danger on Broadway, then decided to put on his Iron Suit and follow him.
• Xu Fan drove through a portal and animated nearby vehicles to clear the road for his ride to Broadway.
• Ross captured Banner with Blonsky’s help after Banner’s Hulk serum disappeared, leaving him helpless.
• Ross threatened Banner, while Fury emerged from the shadows and mocked his decision to rid himself of Hulk.

General Ross, Fury, and Banner learned that a second Hulk was rampaging through Broadway, where the creature attacked soldiers and civilians alike. As Iron Man arrived over the destruction, the monster was identified as Abomination.

• Corporal Lynch told General Ross that another Hulk had appeared on Broadway and that the troops could not contact Blonsky.
• General Ross ordered the helicopter back to Broadway, while Banner suspected Doctor Sterns had injected himself with Hulk serum.
• Fury saw the new Hulk as a chance to create super soldiers capable of stopping Xu Fan.
• Ross, Fury, and Banner watched the dark-green Abomination throw cars and wreak havoc across Broadway.
• Iron Man arrived above Broadway, and Stark recognized the disaster as the trouble Xu had mentioned.

Stark confronted Abomination on Broadway but was badly hurt when the monster struck him through his Iron Suit. As Abomination threatened more destruction, Banner asked to be released so Hulk could stop him, and Ross agreed.

• Stark attacked Abomination, but Abomination used a thrown car as a diversion and landed a powerful punch that sent Stark crashing down Broadway.
• Fury, Ross, and Banner watched from an armed helicopter as they realized Stark was in danger and Abomination was beyond their control.
• Banner volunteered to face Abomination, arguing that only Hulk could stop him and blaming Ross for creating another monster.
• Ross hesitated to release Banner, but Banner's accusation and Fury's support convinced him to order a soldier to remove Banner's handcuffs.

Banner jumped from General Ross's helicopter to awaken Hulk and stop Abomination, while Stark struggled to survive their fight. Hulk appeared just in time to tackle Abomination, and Xu Fan arrived at Broadway as the sign-in began.

• General Ross agreed to remove Banner's handcuffs, but Banner refused to land and jumped from the helicopter toward Broadway.
• Banner fell without sensing Hulk until he struck the ground and Hulk's green eyes lit up.
• Stark blasted Abomination with his chest reactor, but Abomination healed and prepared to attack again.
• Abomination threatened to slaughter the block unless Ross sent Hulk, while Stark's damaged flight system left him stranded.
• Hulk tackled Abomination and drove them both into the ground as Xu Fan arrived at Broadway.
• The Sign-in Assistant announced that Xu Fan's sign-in had officially begun.

Xu Fan arrived on Broadway as Abomination overwhelmed Hulk and declared himself the strongest being in the world. When Abomination attacked Xu Fan, the supercar transformed and caught the car he had thrown.

• Abomination used his combat skill to beat Hulk and send him crashing through a building.
• Abomination declared that Hulk was unworthy of his power and vowed to rule the world.
• Xu Fan drove into Broadway, where awakened vehicles moved aside to let him pass.
• General Ross and Fury watched Xu Fan arrive, with Ross enraged and Fury curious about whether Abomination could stop him.
• Abomination threw a car at Xu Fan, but Xu Fan's supercar transformed and caught it.

Xu Fan faced Abomination on Broadway as Stark and the military watched, but the Autobot he deployed was quickly destroyed. After receiving gamma energy from his check-in reward, Xu Fan confronted Abomination directly and effortlessly caught his punch, leaving everyone stunned.

• General Ross and Fury watched Xu Fan confront Abomination, while Ross hoped Abomination would kill Xu Fan.
• Abomination threw a car at Xu Fan, and Stark’s sports car transformed into an Autobot that caught it.
• Stark warned Xu Fan that the Autobot could not stop Abomination, but Xu Fan said it was never meant to.
• Xu Fan completed his check-in and received gamma energy, then considered how much stronger Hulk could become than Transformers.
• Abomination tore the Autobot apart and charged Xu Fan, ignoring Stark’s plea to escape through a portal.
• Xu Fan kept his gamma energy below the transformation threshold and caught Abomination’s punch with ease.

Xu Fan blocked Abomination's powerful attacks and held him in place, while Hulk returned to Broadway but shrank back into Banner after seeing Xu Fan. Xu Fan then tossed Abomination across the street and challenged his claim of limitless power.

• Xu Fan stopped Abomination's punch with one hand and withstood his next, stronger blow.
• Hulk broke free from the building and returned to Broadway, but froze when he recognized Xu Fan.
• Xu Fan kept Abomination from pulling away by gripping his fist.
• Hulk shrank back into Banner, who tried and failed to bring him out again.
• Abomination realized Hulk had feared Xu Fan before disappearing.
• Xu Fan lifted Abomination, flung him across the street, and told him his power was not limitless.

Xu Fan revealed his Gamma-powered Hulk form and combined it with the Seventh Gate to overpower Abomination. He killed Abomination with Daytime Tiger, while Ross considered using a weapon that could destroy the oxygen over several kilometers.

• Xu Fan leaped into the air, transformed into a green giant, and discovered that his consciousness remained clear while using Gamma energy.
• Xu Fan opened the Seventh Gate, and Banner realized Xu Fan might be able to help him solve his problem.
• Abomination recovered from Xu Fan's earlier attack, recognized Xu Fan's Hulk-like form, and froze in terror.
• Ross decided the military had to eliminate Abomination and described a weapon that could destroy oxygen across several kilometers.
• Xu Fan slammed Abomination into the ground, then killed him with Daytime Tiger.

Xu Fan effortlessly killed Abomination, leaving General Ross convinced that Xu Fan had to be eliminated before he became an uncontrollable threat. Ross launched a biological weapon at Broadway, and Stark noticed the incoming missile as the chapter ended.

• Xu Fan killed Abomination, whose body reverted to Blonsky's human form as he died.
• General Ross concluded that even mass-produced super soldiers could not defeat Xu Fan and feared he could create more Hulks.
• Ross ordered the launch of Freedom One despite Fury's objections, while Fury resolved to recruit Xu Fan into the Avengers Initiative.
• A military missile carrying a weapon that could rapidly destroy oxygen across a two-kilometer radius sped toward Broadway as Ross ordered the helicopter to climb.
• Stark saw the approaching missile and cursed, prompting Banner to ask what had happened.

Xu Fan used his powers to rescue civilians from Ross’s missile and shielded Stark and Banner from its blast. As the smoke cleared, Ross and Fury saw Xu Fan’s enormous winged warrior take flight.

• Banner realized Ross had fired a missile to kill Xu Fan and warned him and Stark to escape.
• Xu Fan created thousands of Shadow Clones and sent Broadway’s remaining civilians to safety.
• Xu Fan used Susanoo to protect himself, Stark, and Banner from the missile’s blast.
• Banner became convinced Xu Fan could help him solve his problem with Hulk, while Stark silently watched Xu Fan.
• Ross and Fury saw a giant warrior standing over Broadway after the blast, then watched it flap its wings and rise into the air.

Xu Fan used Susanoo and a Tailed Beast Bomb Rasenshuriken to erase Broadway and everything within two kilometers after Ross’s weapon threatened the area. Stark and Banner watched in horror as the devastation matched the missile’s blast radius.

• Xu Fan’s Shadow Clones evacuated the remaining civilians from Broadway, leaving Stark and Banner with him inside Susanoo.
• Xu Fan called out Ross and told him to watch, then formed a Tailed Beast Bomb Rasenshuriken.
• Xu Fan pierced the bomb with Susanoo’s Chakra Katana and launched it at the heart of Broadway.
• The explosion destroyed Broadway and everything within a two-kilometer radius, leaving bare earth and a massive crater.
• Stark and Banner questioned what Xu Fan had done and realized the ruined area matched the military missile’s blast radius.

After Xu Fan’s attack devastated Broadway and disabled technology within two kilometers, Fury, Ross, and the Security Council recognized that ordinary forces could not stop him. Fury considered recruiting him, the Council revived the Avengers Initiative, and Madame Hydra decided to approach Xu Fan herself.

• Xu Fan’s Susanoo vanished with him, Stark, and Banner after destroying Broadway and nearby technology, leaving Ross and Fury shaken.
• Fury and Ross discussed Xu Fan’s power, and Fury began to favor recruiting him over making him an enemy.
• The Security Council discussed reviving the Avengers Initiative and assembling Inhumans, mutants, and serum-enhanced soldiers to oppose Xu Fan.
• Madame Hydra decided to seek out Xu Fan personally and recruit him into her ranks.

After the Broadway incident, Xu Fan brought Stark and Banner to the New York Sanctum, where Banner decided he wanted to control Hulk rather than get rid of him. Xu Fan revealed that he was a sorcerer and knocked both men’s souls out of their bodies, triggering Banner’s transformation into Hulk as he watched it happen for the first time.

• Xu Fan returned to the New York Sanctum with Stark and Banner and explained that he had stopped Hulk during an earlier rampage.
• Banner reconsidered his wish to destroy Hulk and asked Xu Fan to help him control Hulk’s power.
• Xu Fan explained that he could merge Banner and Hulk or separate them, but recommended neither option.
• Xu Fan told Banner he had watched his efforts to control Hulk and said he had been trying in the wrong direction.
• Xu Fan introduced himself as the New York Sanctum’s guardian and a sorcerer, then knocked Stark and Banner’s souls out of their bodies.
• Banner’s body transformed into Hulk while Banner watched the change for the first time.

Xu Fan separated Banner’s soul from Hulk and told Banner to stop fearing the destructive alter ego. He summoned Kaguya to train Hulk, leaving them to fight as a sign-in prompt directed him to Mu Gate Bar.

• Xu Fan protected Stark and explained that Hulk’s violent behavior could be changed through experience and growth.
• Xu Fan urged Banner to see Hulk as part of himself, while Banner recalled how Hulk had repeatedly prevented his suicide attempts.
• Hulk tried to escape through a wall, but Xu Fan summoned Kaguya to stop him and serve as his sparring partner.
• Kaguya caught Hulk’s punch with ease and judged that he relied on strength alone.
• The Sign-in Assistant told Xu Fan to proceed to Mu Gate Bar to sign in.

Xu Fan watched Kaguya defeat Hulk, who grew stronger with anger but lacked the skill to land a blow. After Kaguya knocked Hulk unconscious, Xu Fan remained at the sign-in location while the fight concluded.

• Xu Fan learned that Mu Gate Bar was his next sign-in location but chose to stay and watch Hulk fight Kaguya.
• Hulk remembered Xu Fan's past beating, then attacked Kaguya with a metal vase and charged at her.
• Kaguya used Chakra-enhanced strength and Gentle Fist to dodge Hulk's attacks and injure him severely.
• Hulk's strength surged as his anger grew, but Kaguya continued to predict his movements and counterattack.
• Kaguya lifted Hulk by the throat and slammed him into the ground, leaving him unconscious.