Recaps

Li Congxin learned that Loki had warned of a powerful enemy descending on New York and killing Zayn, then Death appeared in his villa and demanded he kill the mortals he had been intimate with. The chapter ended with Li Congxin snapping his fingers and playing a song about doomed love for Death.

• Hill told Li Congxin that Natasha had learned from Loki that a powerful enemy would descend on New York, conquer humanity, and kill Zayn.
• A black-robed beauty appeared in Li Congxin's villa, and he realized she was Death, one of the five Cosmic Creator Gods.
• Death said the Well of Infinity had identified Li Congxin as the multiverse's most handsome man and that she wanted him as her mate.
• Death demanded that Li Congxin kill the mortals he had been intimate with so their blood could wash away their stench.
• Li Congxin asked to play Death a song, snapped his fingers, and filled the villa with music about lovers destined to part.

Li Congxin defied Death after she demanded that he kill the people he loved, and a mysterious power fused with him repelled her attack. He used the God-Tier BGM System to force Death to dance, earning a fortune in Impression Points before she fled and vowed never to see him again.

• Li Congxin mocked Death by playing a song about rejecting a mistress, making her furious.
• Death attacked Li Congxin, but seven-colored light from his body destroyed her claw and forearm before they regenerated.
• Death warned that Li Congxin could not stop the Chitauri Army or Thanos, and he used the BGM System to make her dance.
• Qingfeng detected Death and recorded her dance as Li Congxin ordered a full-spectrum projection.
• Li Congxin earned more than five hundred million Impression Points from Death's two forced performances, and she fled after vowing never to see him again.

Li Congxin returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. after encountering Death and helped plan an evacuation of New York ahead of the alien invasion. After learning that Thanos had ordered Supergiant to kill Zayn, Li Congxin recognized a clue in her message and asked where Zayn was.

• Li Congxin told Hill and Egghead that a powerful entity threatened them but was unlikely to act directly while the alien invasion remained unresolved.
• Li Congxin identified evacuating New York civilians as the first priority and volunteered to propose the plan as a senator while Egghead agreed to contact the other senators.
• Li Congxin warned Egghead that handing over Zayn would not resolve the threat and then left to learn more about the situation.
• Daisy told Li Congxin that Supergiant had said Thanos ordered Zayn's death and had relayed a message about Zayn's blood washing away a stench.
• Li Congxin recognized the significance of Supergiant's message and asked Daisy where Zayn was.

Li Congxin persuaded Zayn to cooperate with him against Thanos, while deciding to postpone any offer of Avengers membership until he could judge Zayn’s character. After leaving the bar, Zayn encountered a mysterious, beautiful woman whose appearance seemed to give him a new direction.

• Li Congxin found Zayn drinking at a bar and argued that alcohol could not help him escape his troubles.
• Li Congxin asked Zayn to stand with him against Thanos, and Zayn agreed to cooperate when Thanos’s forces attacked.
• Li Congxin noticed the old bartender was the Cosmic Source Will, but avoided approaching him after their previous encounter.
• Li Congxin considered Zayn’s power and possible ambitions, deciding that their cooperation would not yet make him an Avenger.
• Li Congxin left the bar, and Zayn departed for Avengers Base after failing to get drunk.
• A beautiful woman in a black hooded cloak stopped Zayn, and her appearance seemed to show him the direction he should take.

Li Congxin secured congressional approval for a New York evacuation, but most civilians refused to leave, and he accepted that they might suffer the consequences. The Chitauri Army then descended directly into New York, forcing the Avengers into battle as Li Congxin faced a powerful red-haired warrior.

• Li Congxin debated Congress and won majority approval for his proposal to evacuate New York, but most residents refused to comply and protested.
• Li Congxin explained to Nalan Bai that he had done what he could and that refusing civilians would bear responsibility for their choices.
• The Chitauri Army descended on New York using the Bifrost, destroying skyscrapers and catching Li Congxin off guard.
• Li Congxin sent Nalan Bai through an Any Door to Pym Laboratories, then joined the Avengers as they charged the invading army.
• Li Congxin stayed behind and faced a powerful red-haired man emerging from the ruins.

Li Congxin battled Champion, an Elder of the Universe who had come to Earth after Loki hired him to seize the Cosmic Cube. After Champion revealed his motives, Li Congxin used an Any Door to stab him from behind, but Champion’s immense Cosmic Energy had already shown it could heal serious wounds.

• The Avengers, military, and S.H.I.E.L.D. fought the Chitauri while Li Congxin confronted the red-haired Champion.
• Champion knocked Li Congxin into a Chitauri craft, but Li Congxin froze the craft with Azure Ice Snow and then blasted it apart with vibration force.
• Champion’s Cosmic Energy rapidly healed his wounded hand, and Li Congxin realized his strength surpassed Hyperion’s in most respects.
• Champion said he wanted the Cosmic Cube to take revenge on Thanos and revealed that Loki had hired him to retrieve it.
• Li Congxin mocked Champion for serving Thanos, learned that Champion was an Elder of the Universe, and attacked through an Any Door, stabbing him between the ribs from behind.

Li Congxin moved his battle with Champion away from New York, but Champion returned to the city and the Avengers’ fight against the Chitauri worsened. Li Congxin unleashed the power of “Overture of the Little Knife Society,” overpowering Champion and destroying a Chitauri mothership, though the technique’s severe backlash remained a danger.

• Li Congxin took Champion through an Any Door to the open Atlantic, where he gained a slight advantage before Champion fled back toward New York.
• Champion resumed wrecking the city as the Avengers and Earth’s forces struggled against the seemingly endless Chitauri, and Tony told Li Congxin that Zayn had not appeared.
• Li Congxin activated “Overture of the Little Knife Society,” transforming his sword into a staff and unleashing a terrifying surge of power.
• Li Congxin struck Champion into the sky, battered him into a blood mist, and then sent him crashing into a Chitauri mothership, which exploded and caused nearby Chitauri forces and aircraft to fall.

Li Congxin nearly defeated Champion after destroying the Chitauri motherships, but Hyperion interrupted him and Zayn rescued Champion. As Li Congxin fought Hyperion and tried to recover, an unexpected change began with the song “Wind and Clouds.”

• Li Congxin used Champion as a weapon to destroy more than ten Chitauri motherships, crippling the Chitauri army and leaving Champion unable to resist.
• When Li Congxin’s music ended and his strength faded, he approached Champion to kill him, but Hyperion appeared and attacked him with punches and heat vision.
• Li Congxin discovered that injuries to his hand healed almost instantly without costing him energy, then saw Zayn carry Champion toward a Chitauri mothership.
• Li Congxin fought Hyperion while slowly recovering from sunlight, unaware that Zayn had been chosen by Death and was pursuing his own ambitions.
• Before Li Congxin had recovered much strength, an unexpected change began as “Wind and Clouds” played.

Li Congxin defeated Hyperion, absorbed his genes and Cosmic Energy, and advanced to the Sub-Celestial level before helping the Avengers finish off the Chitauri invasion. After the victory, he urged the team to feast and quietly told Thor to contact Heimdall before they discussed what had happened in Asgard.

• Li Congxin activated the One-Tenth Power Divine Skill and gravely wounded Hyperion with his sword energy.
• Li Congxin refined the unconscious Hyperion into an eyeball, gaining his genes and Cosmic Energy and breaking through to the Sub-Celestial level.
• Li Congxin used Hyperion's Eye and his sword to destroy Chitauri troops and motherships, then joined the Avengers in defeating the remaining invaders.
• Li Congxin secretly preserved some Chitauri corpses for research while the Avengers regrouped after the battle.
• Li Congxin stopped Thor from mentioning the Bifrost and told him to contact Heimdall after they had eaten.

Li Congxin settled S.H.I.E.L.D.’s concerns about Asgard and arranged Earth’s affairs before using the Tesseract to travel to Asgard with Thor and Ava. There, they freed Heimdall and the warriors from Supergiant’s mind control, but Li Congxin stopped Thor before he could lead them to the palace.

• Li Congxin deduced that Supergiant had controlled S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and helped Egghead recover them, trading a Chitauri mothership for S.H.I.E.L.D.’s silence about Asgard’s role in the invasion.
• Li Congxin distributed the four Magic Rings, assigned responsibilities among his allies, and gave the captured Chitauri technology to Old Pi for study.
• Thor told Li Congxin that he could not contact Heimdall, and Li Congxin learned that Odin had taken Frigga to Alfheim; Ava then asked to accompany them to Asgard.
• Thor used the Tesseract to bring Li Congxin and Ava to Asgard, where Heimdall and tens of thousands of controlled warriors attacked them.
• Li Congxin played Qing Xin Zhou and freed the Asgardians from Supergiant’s control; Heimdall revealed that Supergiant and Loki were in the palace.
• Thor rallied the warriors to capture Loki, but Li Congxin pressed him down and asked whether he had forgotten something important.

Li Congxin killed Supergiant after Thor’s forces captured Loki, prompting Odin to recognize that the conflict had become more serious. The next morning, Li Congxin examined the Mind Stone necklace before Thor summoned him to meet Odin in the royal gardens.

• Li Congxin helped Thor’s army reach the palace, where he exposed Loki’s disguise and Thor had Loki arrested.
• Supergiant demanded to be released, but Li Congxin killed her with Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns.
• Odin learned of Supergiant’s death while watching the sunset with Frigga, who urged him not to worry.
• Li Congxin and Ava stayed in Asgard overnight, and the next morning he explained that the Mind Stone necklace did not weaken him.
• Thor told Li Congxin that Odin had returned to Asgard and wanted to meet him in the royal gardens.

Li Congxin confronted Odin over Asgard’s deliberate failure to help Earth during the Chitauri invasion, and Odin explained that he had been testing whether Li was worthy of protecting Thor and Asgard. Odin offered five divine artifacts as compensation, and Li accepted the deal.

• Li Congxin joked with Odin and Frigga before Odin sent Frigga and Ava away and ordered Thor to prepare a banquet.
• Li Congxin accused Odin of dishonor for withholding Asgard’s help during the Chitauri invasion and suspected Odin had deliberately made the battle harder.
• Odin explained that Heimdall had discovered Li’s Dark Energy and that his divinations showed Li might change Asgard’s fate, so he had intended to entrust Thor to Li.
• Odin admitted he had used the invasion to test Li and offered divine artifacts to compensate Earth for its losses.
• Li condemned Odin’s offer as inadequate, but after Odin raised it to five artifacts, Li softened and accepted.

Li Congxin negotiated a separate reward with Odin for helping Thor face Hela and prevent Ragnarok, then was named Asgard’s one and only Prince of Asgard. After celebrating at the royal banquet, he accompanied Ava to admire the stars from the Bifrost, leaving Heimdall to suffer through their visit.

• Odin promised Li Congxin five more artifacts for protecting Asgard’s people, ten for saving Asgard’s land, and his entire treasury if Li Congxin completely stopped Ragnarok.
• Li Congxin and Odin discussed their cooperation, and Li Congxin questioned Odin about his different treatment of Thor and Loki.
• Odin named Li Congxin the Prince of Asgard, granting him status and authority second only to the king.
• Li Congxin joined the Asgardians’ banquet and drank with the gathered gods until most of them were carried away.
• Ava persuaded Li Congxin to accompany her to the Bifrost, where they admired the stars while Heimdall left in frustration.

Li Congxin explored Asgard’s resources and advised Thor on kingship before visiting Odin to claim divine artifacts. He selected four artifacts and materials to forge a weapon of his own, then prepared to travel to Jotunheim.

• Li Congxin lent Asgard the Cosmic Cube to repair the cracked Bifrost while he searched Asgard’s library for ways to improve his strength.
• Thor told Li Congxin that the Bifrost had been repaired and asked him about kingship; Li Congxin urged Thor to study Earth’s rulers and histories with Jane Foster.
• Thor returned to Earth, while Li Congxin met Odin and demanded Gungnir as one of his five promised divine artifacts.
• Li Congxin chose the Orb of Agamotto, the Stele of Life and Time, the Eye of the Sorcerer, and the Ring of Draupnir from Odin’s treasury.
• Li Congxin traded his final artifact selection for a Star Core and Uru Metal so he could forge a weapon to replace his damaged Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns.

Li Congxin traveled to Mimir’s Well in Jotunheim and traded Hyperion’s Eye for knowledge. After selecting information about Ragnarok, he emerged with a clearer understanding of the ancient gods, the Threads of Fate, and the Infinity Stones.

• Li Congxin reviewed four artifacts, deciding to give the Orb of Agamotto to The Ancient One and keep the Eye of the Sorcerer, while considering how to use the Life Card and Ring of Draupnir.
• Li Congxin used the Ring of Draupnir with Ava, then traveled through the Bifrost to Jotunheim.
• Li Congxin found Mimir’s Well and learned from Mimir that knowledge required sacrificing an eye, as Odin had done.
• Li Congxin tossed Hyperion’s Eye into the dried well, restoring its water, and drank from it.
• Li Congxin focused on knowledge about Ragnarok and awoke with new understanding of the ancient gods, the Threads of Fate, and the Power Stone, Space Stone, and Reality Stone.

Li Congxin learned that he needed the Power, Space, and Reality Stones to sever Hela’s bond with Asgard and stop Ragnarok without destroying the realm. After traveling to Daming Lake to fetch Thor as a witness for his plans, he waited at a teahouse and received an unexpected visit from a powerful woman and an apparently ordinary man.

• Li Congxin learned from Mimir’s Well that Ragnarok stemmed from the Elder Gods’ conspiracy and that he could save Asgard by using the three Infinity Stones to sever Hela’s life bond to it.
• Li Congxin returned to Asgard, left sleeping Ava undisturbed, and decided to find Thor to accompany him to other realms as a witness to his identity.
• Li Congxin found Thor and Jane Foster at Daming Lake, where they were dressed as historical figures and taking pictures with fans.
• Thor ignored Li Congxin’s call, but Jane answered; Li Congxin scolded Thor and ordered him to meet at Room 233 of the Huanzhu Tea House.
• A powerful woman and an apparently ordinary man knocked at Li Congxin’s door, and he invited them inside for tea.

Zheng Xian and Feng Hou invited Li Congxin, Thor, and Jane Foster to the Divine Spear Bureau, seeking his help acquiring alien technology and remains. After touring the Bureau’s hidden aerial fortress, Feng Hou challenged Li Congxin to a spar, but Thor stepped forward to fight her instead.

• Zheng Xian introduced himself and Feng Hou as leaders of the Divine Spear Bureau and Dynasty, then asked Li Congxin to help them obtain extraterrestrial technology and alien corpses.
• Li Congxin asked to verify their identities and accepted Zheng Xian’s invitation to visit the Divine Spear Bureau.
• Zheng Xian and Feng Hou took Li Congxin, Thor, and Jane Foster aboard a stealth Quinjet to the Bureau’s concealed aerial fortress in the mountains.
• After touring the fortress, Li Congxin asked to speak somewhere more spacious, and Feng Hou flew away from the rooftop and challenged him to a spar.
• Thor transformed into Thor and offered to fight Feng Hou in Li Congxin’s place.

Li Congxin faced Feng Hou in a lightning-powered spar and easily redirected her strongest attack. He then donated Chitauri warships, equipment, and corpses to Zheng Xian before leaving with Thor for Nidavellir.

• Li Congxin stopped Thor from accepting Feng Hou's challenge and stepped in to fight her himself.
• Feng Hou summoned storms and escalated her lightning attacks, but Li Congxin's defenses absorbed them.
• Li Congxin used Any Doors to swallow Feng Hou's condensed lightning and redirect it through the clouds, ending the storm.
• Feng Hou admitted she could not beat Li Congxin and left the spar.
• Li Congxin gave Zheng Xian ten Chitauri warships, equipment, and one hundred Chitauri corpses as a contribution to the Divine Spear Bureau.
• Li Congxin returned Jane Foster to Pym Laboratories, then took Thor through Asgard on the way to Nidavellir.

Li Congxin visited Nidavellir with Thor and worked with Eitri to repair and upgrade Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns so it could bear six Infinity Stones. A month later, Li Congxin and Ava arrived on Xandar to search for the person who had obtained the Orb of Power.

• Thor brought Li Congxin to meet Eitri, King of Nidavellir, and introduced him as Asgard’s prince and his imperial uncle.
• Li Congxin showed Eitri the damaged Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns and asked him to restore it, upgrade it with Uru Metal and a Star Core, and make it capable of bearing six Infinity Stones.
• Li Congxin offered to help Eitri with the weapon’s mechanical design, and Thor left to continue studying the ways of kings on Earth.
• Li Congxin and Eitri spent a month forging the weapon, avoiding the addition of magic so it would not conflict with the Infinity Stones.
• Li Congxin and Ava arrived on Xandar, where Li Congxin planned to sell some items, expand his Star Chart, and find the person who had obtained the Orb of Power.

Li Congxin reached Xandar seeking information about the Orb of Power, acquired a BGM that could double a female teammate’s combat power, and took Ava to a bar to question underworld figures. After three thugs targeted him instead, he killed one and forced the others to answer his questions.

• Li Congxin used a Random BGM Draw Card to obtain “Is she with you?” and spent over a hundred million Impression Points to raise its combat-power boost to 100%.
• Li Congxin and Ava entered a Xandar bar, where he explained that they should seek information from major underworld forces.
• Three alien thugs approached Li Congxin and Ava, but they ignored Ava and surrounded Li Congxin instead.
• Li Congxin electrocuted the thugs, then sent one through an Any Door into space when the man threatened him with the Nova Corps.
• Li Congxin demanded answers from the two surviving thugs while the bar’s patrons acted as if nothing had happened.

Li Congxin and Ava visited a Xandar broker to buy Star Charts and learn about Star-Lord Peter Quill. After defeating Yondu and Kraglin, Li Congxin learned that Quill and his companions had escaped prison and asked where to find The Collector.

• Li Congxin and Ava found the broker's shop and compared Xandar's official Star Chart with a more detailed smuggled chart from the Shi'ar Empire.
• Yondu Udonta and Kraglin entered the shop, and Yondu attacked Li Congxin with his arrow after Li Congxin refused to leave.
• Li Congxin stopped Yondu's arrow and blasted Yondu and Kraglin into the wall, then bought both Star Charts.
• The broker told Li Congxin that Peter Quill had been captured after trying to sell the Orb of Power, then escaped Klyntar Prison with Gamora, two spacefaring hunters, and Drax the Destroyer.
• Li Congxin asked where The Collector lived, and the broker said The Void's location was marked on the Shi'ar Empire's Star Chart.

Li Congxin and Ava encountered Nebula on Xandar, where Ava fought her for the stolen Star Chart with Li Congxin’s help. After the Nova Corps intervened, Li Congxin rescued Ava and Nebula and escaped aboard the Imperial Uncle, while a Nova Corps officer ordered the pursuit to stop.

• Li Congxin and Ava left the broker’s shop, and Yondu deduced that they were heading to The Void, so he and Kraglin set off after them.
• Nebula stole Ava’s Star Chart and attacked her, but Li Congxin opened an Any Door that let Ava block Nebula’s escape.
• Li Congxin played “Is She with You?”, empowering Ava to overpower Nebula and force her to stop resisting.
• The Nova Corps trapped Ava and Nebula in beams, but Li Congxin freed them and used spatial power to take them to the Imperial Uncle.
• Jian Zhuang ordered the Nova Corps patrol to pursue the Imperial Uncle, but a middle-aged woman appeared on their displays and told them to let it go.

Li Congxin kept Nebula after refusing Nova Prime’s request to hand her over, then revealed he had saved a copy of the Star Chart and explained why Nebula could help them find the Power Stone. On The Void, he left Ava behind after a destructive burst of purple energy erupted from a nearby building.

• Nova Prime contacted Li Congxin and offered the Nova Corps’ cooperation after he said he planned to oppose Ronan, but he refused to surrender Nebula.
• Nebula revealed that the Star Chart was broken and claimed she had copied its contents, but Li Congxin disclosed that he had hidden the real Star Chart and used a cheap replacement.
• Ava teased Li Congxin about Nebula, while he explained that Nebula could help them locate whoever possessed the Power Stone.
• Li Congxin brought the spaceship to The Void and planned to find a bar to learn about Star-Lord’s group before they reached The Collector.
• A purple blast destroyed a domed building, and Li Congxin told Ava to stay put before vanishing.

Li Congxin arrived at the Collector’s reading room and took the Power Stone from the Guardians of the Galaxy, arguing that it would be safer with him than with the Nova Corps. When Ronan arrived to claim it, Li Congxin met his attack head-on, leaving the Guardians to wonder whether he could protect the stone from Ronan and Thanos.

• Li Congxin appeared after the Power Stone’s energy burst, stole the Orb of Power from Gamora, and said the Infinity Stone was destined for him.
• Li Congxin warned the Guardians that Thanos and the Black Order threatened Xandar, and revealed that he had killed Supergiant.
• Ronan arrived with the Kree fleet, and Drax charged him but was quickly beaten and thrown into a pool.
• Star-Lord pointed Ronan toward Li Congxin, who refused to hand over the Orb of Power.
• Ronan struck Li Congxin with a shock wave, but Li Congxin casually countered it, impressing the Guardians with his strength.

Li Congxin effortlessly defeated and killed Ronan in The Void, shocking the assembled onlookers. Nebula warned him about Thanos and the Black Order, while Gamora explained that Thanos’s followers were divided by conflicting ambitions.

• Li Congxin dismissed Ronan’s threat and explained that the Kree Empire would not avenge him.
• Ronan attacked with his warhammer, but Li Congxin blocked the blow with Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns and sent Ronan flying with a decisive strike.
• Li Congxin pursued Ronan, shattered his chest with an elbow, then killed him with a saber as he tried to rise.
• Nebula warned Li Congxin that Thanos would come after him and described the strength of Thanos and the Black Order.
• Gamora challenged Nebula’s account, explaining that most members of the Black Order had their own agendas and could turn on one another if Thanos fell.