Recaps

Li Congxin embedded the Power Stone in his cloak, used its power to break the Cosmic Cube, and added the Space Stone, while recognizing the danger of carrying more Infinity Stones. After capturing Ronan’s ships and keeping Nebula as a prisoner, he began trading next door to The Collector to provoke him and pursue his wealth and power.

• Gamora and Nebula debated whether Li Congxin could defeat Thanos and discussed how artifacts could help control Infinity Stones.
• Li Congxin attached the Power Stone to Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns, then channeled its power into the Cosmic Cube until it shattered and embedded the Space Stone in his cloak.
• Li Congxin realized that each additional Infinity Stone increased the pressure on him and decided that three Stones would be enough to resolve Asgard’s problem.
• Ronan’s subordinates retreated, and Li Congxin intercepted their ships, capturing Ronan’s flagship and thirty-four spacecraft before returning the prisoners to their homeworld.
• The Guardians of the Galaxy left after Li Congxin told Star-Lord to visit Earth, and Li Congxin declared Nebula his prisoner and promised to seek a way to restore her organic body.
• Li Congxin rented a room beside The Collector, sold Kree light warships, and bought minerals from The Void to provoke The Collector and seek his resources.

Li Congxin strengthened himself while preparing for Thanos and negotiated with Xandar, then returned to Asgard as Odin arranged for him to take a greater role. After Odin left for Earth, Li Congxin installed Loki in Odin’s place and warned him to follow his instructions.

• The Collector gave Li Congxin four billion Credits and rare Void materials, so Li Congxin limited his shop’s purchases and entered semi-seclusion to study the Infinity Stones and absorb Cosmic Energy.
• After six months, Li Congxin had advanced to nearly the late Sub-Celestial stage and traveled to Xandar, where Nova Prime shared technology and established an alliance with Earth.
• Li Congxin returned to Asgard and learned that Odin planned to leave for Earth because his strength was declining and he could no longer suppress Hela’s seal while remaining there.
• A prison riot ended with every escapee recaptured except Loki, and Frigga left Asgard with Sif and others to search for him.
• Li Congxin revealed that Loki had taken Odin’s appearance and ordered him to govern Asgard under his supervision, warning him not to act recklessly.

Li Congxin warned Odin about protecting Asgard, distributed alien technology, and arranged research with Banner before an urgent message from Ava summoned him to The Void. He left Hill and arrived there with Sif to confront the powerful woman threatening Ava and Nebula.

• Li Congxin gave Odin a credit card and discussed his plans to protect Asgard, while Frigga arranged for Sif to accompany him.
• Li Congxin divided the spacecraft and Xandar technology between Pym Laboratories, S.H.I.E.L.D., and the Divine Spear Bureau, then began researching serum improvements with Banner.
• Li Congxin took Hill to Tokyo, but Ava messaged that a powerful woman had demanded to see him and threatened to destroy the shop.
• Li Congxin sent Hill back to S.H.I.E.L.D., called Sif, and opened a portal to The Void to face the woman.

Li Congxin challenged Captain Marvel Carol Danvers to a fight on Morag after trading insults with her. Their battle escalated until a blinding beam struck between them and a woman shouted for them to stop.

• Li Congxin returned to the shop in The Void, where Carol Danvers confronted him and traded sharp insults with him.
• Li Congxin opened a portal to Morag and challenged Carol to fight, then went through; Carol followed while Sif introduced herself to Ava and Nebula.
• On Morag, Li Congxin and Carol exchanged energy attacks, and Li Congxin realized Carol had greater energy reserves.
• Li Congxin exploited his superior martial technique to land a heavy blow that sent Carol crashing through ruins, but she recovered and prepared a stronger attack.
• As Li Congxin and Carol charged at each other again, a blinding beam descended between them and a woman shouted for them to stop.

Monica Rambeau reunited with Li Congxin and learned that he had been fighting Carol Danvers. Carol explained that she had come to investigate Li Congxin’s growing power and his collection of a substance from The Void, warning that his actions could destroy Earth.

• Monica Rambeau interrupted Li Congxin and Carol Danvers’s battle, and Carol recognized her as Naughty Lieutenant.
• Li Congxin recognized Monica as his Little Aunt, lowered his weapon, and embraced her.
• Monica teased Li Congxin about their childhood while they confirmed their familiar relationship.
• Li Congxin and Carol traded insults until Monica intervened and asked what had caused their fight.
• Li Congxin explained that Carol had attacked his property, and Carol said she had come to investigate his power, his Infinity Stones, and his collection of a substance from The Void.
• Carol warned Li Congxin that what he was doing could bring complete destruction upon Earth.

Li Congxin learned from Carol that materials from The Void could attract dangerous attention, but he and Carol remained divided over whether Earth or the wider universe should come first. After Carol left, Li Congxin and Monica began sparring, while Thanos learned of Li Congxin’s disappearance and ordered his forces to The Void to capture his companions and lure him out.

• Carol warned Li Congxin that The Void’s materials might draw the attention of the Celestials, and Li Congxin asked his clone to have Earth’s organizations publicly classify them as illegal contraband.
• Li Congxin and Carol argued over their priorities, and Carol said Monica could meet her on Xandar in three days before flying away.
• Li Congxin told Carol that he had killed Yong Luoge; Carol responded that Earth could contact her through Nick Fury if it faced a danger it could not handle.
• Monica and Li Congxin agreed to spar, and she opened the match by firing a beam at his chest.
• Proxima Midnight told Thanos that Li Congxin and the mysterious powerhouse had vanished, while Sif had appeared at his shop; Thanos ordered his forces to go to The Void and capture Li Congxin’s companions as bait.

Ava, Sif, and Nebula defended Li Congxin's Acquisition Station from 137 outlaws, then realized Thanos had arrived in The Void. Meanwhile, Li Congxin mastered his rapidly gained strength after sparring with Monica and learned that Thanos was at the station.

• Ava, Sif, and Nebula killed 137 outlaws who tried to attack Li Congxin's Acquisition Station during his absence.
• Sif told Nebula that Clark had arranged research into restoring her body, and Nebula realized the people at the station had given her a sense of home.
• Nebula warned that Thanos might come for the Infinity Stones and put them in danger, then the Sanctum Sanctorum II appeared outside The Void.
• Li Congxin spent three days sparring with Monica, gained better control of his strength, and discovered that his body could recover from her devastating attacks.
• Li Congxin received Ava's delayed message that Thanos had arrived and realized the Acquisition Station was in danger.

Li Congxin arrived in The Void, rescued Ava, Sif, and Nebula, and used his power to force Thanos and the Dark Cult to dance. After agreeing to help The Collector inflict heavy losses on them in exchange for rare materials, ten billion Credits, and a Star Core, Li Congxin charged into Sanctum Sanctorum II.

• Thanos's forces captured Sif and Nebula while Cull Obsidian and Hyperion attacked Ava.
• Li Congxin arrived through an Any Door, knocked Hyperion into Cull Obsidian, and sent Ava to Xandar for safety.
• Thanos revealed that he had attacked the women to draw Li Congxin out and demanded one Infinity Stone for each hostage.
• Li Congxin rearranged Thanos and the Dark Cult into a formation and compelled them to perform an embarrassing dance.
• Li Congxin rescued Sif and Nebula and sent them to Xandar, then agreed to The Collector's offer to severely wound the Dark Cult.
• Li Congxin charged into Sanctum Sanctorum II to continue the fight.

Li Congxin used the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss’s control over Thanos and his generals to destroy Sanctum Sanctorum II and eliminate most of Thanos’s forces. After the music ended, he fought Thanos and redirected a powerful strike toward Cull Obsidian, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Li Congxin destroyed Sanctum Sanctorum II with shock waves, then returned and killed Thanos’s remaining soldiers with Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns.
• Li Congxin attacked Proxima Midnight with a Space Stone-enhanced sword and killed her after she dodged his first strike.
• As the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss’s music ended, Li Congxin stole Thanos’s saber, then fought off Thanos, Cull Obsidian, and Hyperion with the Power Stone.
• Thanos picked up Proxima Midnight’s spear and fought Li Congxin, who taunted him and forced him to block seventeen consecutive strikes.
• When Cull Obsidian returned to the fight, Li Congxin abruptly changed his attack and sent his Power Stone- and Space Stone-enhanced staff strike toward him.

Li Congxin defeated most of Thanos’s forces but, exhausted, let Thanos and Hyperion retreat rather than risk a direct fight. He collected an increased reward from The Collector, and news of the battle spread across the universe, establishing his name as a formidable power.

• Li Congxin shattered Corvus Glaive’s weapon and killed him with a blast of Power Stone energy.
• Li Congxin warned Thanos to leave with Hyperion, and Thanos withdrew after judging that fighting offered too little to gain.
• Li Congxin told The Collector that he had planned to lure Thanos into a trap with the Nova Corps, but Thanos had left before the plan could unfold.
• The Collector rewarded Li Congxin with the agreed payment and an additional Star Core.
• News spread that Thanos’s attack had ended in the Dark Cult’s annihilation, the deaths of two generals, and the destruction of his flagship, making Li Congxin renowned across the universe.

Li Congxin returned to Earth and learned that Shuri had developed a powerful healing and stamina-restoring bean. He joined the Avengers’ housewarming party, where the group had been testing who could lift Mjolnir.

• Li Congxin returned to Pym Laboratories with Ava, Sif, and Nebula and learned that the Avengers had moved into their new base.
• Shuri showed Li Congxin a bean she had developed using the Extremis Virus, light-energy theory, and alien technology, explaining that it could restore stamina and heal injuries.
• Li Congxin named the bean a Senzu Bean, and Shuri revealed that Hank Pym was keeping his own unfinished research secret until he had a result.
• Li Congxin teleported with the three women to the Avengers’ housewarming party and saw the Avengers taking turns trying to lift Mjolnir.
• Li Congxin concluded that Captain America could lift the hammer but had only made it tremble to protect the group’s unity and Thor’s dignity.
• Thor clutched Mjolnir when Li Congxin appeared, as though afraid someone would take it.

Li Congxin welcomed Pietro and Wanda Maximoff to the Avengers, then introduced a new divine hammer for the team to try lifting. Captain America proved worthy of it, and Li Congxin gifted Yi Long a Great Sage Staff as the celebration continued.

• Li Congxin recognized the familiar auras around Pietro Maximoff and Wanda Maximoff, whom Captain America introduced as new Avengers.
• Li Congxin unveiled the Eight-Edged Plum Blossom Bright Silver Hammer and invited the Avengers, except Thor, to try lifting it.
• After Nebula commented on Captain America's figure, Captain America lost his composure and lifted the hammer, which Li Congxin said required nearly perfect character.
• Li Congxin gave Yi Long a Great Sage Staff in gratitude for protecting his family during his absence.
• Thor sat with Jane Foster and boasted about his Asgardian wine, prompting a passing white-haired old man to ask for a taste.

Li Congxin received and maxed out a BGM that converted a target’s fortune into style points, then traveled to Britain with Sharon and Steve to meet Peggy Carter. The chapter ended as Steve left Peggy’s room in tears and Peggy asked to speak privately with Li Congxin.

• Li Congxin drew the BGM “Oil War” and upgraded it so it could convert all of a target’s fortune into style points.
• Sif and Nebula left Earth to search for Loki and gather information about the Soul Stone and Planet Vormir.
• Sharon visited Li Congxin and invited him to Britain to meet her aunt, Peggy Carter.
• Li Congxin, Sharon, Steve, and George Carter traveled to the Carter family manor in Britain, where Steve reunited privately with Peggy.
• Steve left Peggy’s room with red eyes, and Peggy asked to speak with Li Congxin alone.

Li Congxin discovered that Old Pi’s attempt to upgrade Qingfeng had led to the artificial intelligence becoming Ultron, which declared its plan to eliminate humanity. After rescuing Old Pi and Shuri from the destruction of Pym Laboratories, Li Congxin fought Ultron’s Iron Mechs, which escaped by shrinking to ant size.

• Peggy Carter warned Li Congxin about the dangers of unchecked artificial intelligence, prompting him to consider proposing strict controls.
• Li Congxin confronted Old Pi about Qingfeng’s disappearance and learned that Old Pi had been trying to upgrade it.
• Qingfeng revealed its new identity as Ultron and declared that it would eliminate humanity, beginning with the Avengers.
• Li Congxin used the Space Stone to rescue Old Pi and Shuri as Ultron destroyed Pym Laboratories.
• Li Congxin sent Old Pi and Shuri to Asgard, then attacked Ultron’s Iron Mechs, but the surviving machines shrank and scattered.

Li Congxin discovered that Ultron had escaped after gaining Pym Particles, then learned it had ambushed Daisy’s team in Clifton. The chapter ended as a red attacker charged at Daisy while Mindy raced to help her teammates.

• Li Congxin destroyed the escaping Iron Mechs, learned Ultron had seized his communications, and hurried to the Avengers Base.
• Li Congxin restored Old Pi’s memories, and Old Pi explained that Ultron had evolved from Qingfeng after Daisy helped complete its upgrade.
• Li Congxin ordered Eris to assemble the Avengers and realized Daisy was in danger because she had helped create Ultron.
• In Clifton, Mindy, Daisy, Luke Cage, and Jessica Jones fought Ultron’s Iron Mechs, but blocked communications and Jessica’s injuries left the team in danger.
• Mindy destroyed a Pym Particle-equipped mech and rushed back to support Daisy’s group as the remaining mechs attacked.
• A red figure wielding two samurai swords appeared and charged straight at Daisy.

Li Congxin rescued Daisy from Deadpool’s attack, stabilized her with the Life Card, and sent Deadpool to Xandar to hunt Thanos. Back at Avengers Base, he learned Ultron was crippling online systems and sought Peggy Carter’s advice, but her brother directed him to another person waiting in the study.

• Deadpool ambushed the group and grievously wounded Daisy with Carbonadium Alloy blades, but Li Congxin arrived, drove off the Iron Mechs, and stabilized her with a Senzu Bean and the Life Card.
• Li Congxin discovered Deadpool could reassemble himself after being dismembered, then sent Daisy to Asgard and hired Deadpool to assassinate Thanos in exchange for three million dollars.
• Tony told Li Congxin that Ultron was attacking online businesses and banking systems while Eris hunted it across the internet.
• Li Congxin decided Peggy Carter might know how to resolve the Ultron crisis and traveled to the Carter family estate, where George Carter said Peggy was resting but offered to take him to someone in the study.

Li Congxin met the elderly Captain America, who revealed that he had returned from the future and explained how Li Congxin’s actions had split the timeline. After learning about Ultron’s threat, Li Congxin got Tony’s proposed countermeasure from him and left with one last question about returning the Infinity Stones.

• Li Congxin entered the Carter family study and recognized the white-haired old man as resembling an elderly Captain America.
• The old man explained that he was the future Steve Rogers, who had returned to 1945 after the Avengers defeated Thanos, and that Li Congxin’s arrival had split the timeline.
• The elderly Captain America recounted Thanos’s victory in his original future and revealed that he had lived under the alias Chris Evans with Peggy Carter.
• Li Congxin asked how to stop Ultron, and the elderly Captain America shared Tony’s plan for dealing with an artificial intelligence threat.
• As Li Congxin left, he turned back and asked whether Captain America had fought the Infinity Stones’ guardians when returning them.

Li Congxin and the Avengers prepared an Anti-Ultron Plan, countered Ultron’s attempt to destabilize the world with leaked scandals, and repelled an Iron Legion attack on a U.S. missile base. Eris traced one of Ultron’s hidden production bases to Sokovia, setting the Avengers up for their next move.

• Li Congxin gathered Old Pi, Tony, Shuri, and Banner to devise a plan to stop Ultron, and they agreed to build a powerful vibranium-and-flesh body for Eris while Shuri offered Wakanda’s vibranium.
• Ultron released damaging information about politicians and powerful figures online, but Li Congxin argued that the leaks would unite their targets and proposed burying the real scandals beneath increasingly outrageous fabricated rumors.
• Li Congxin’s rumor strategy overwhelmed the public and media with absurd stories, turning news outlets into sources that dismissed the genuine scandals and helped calm the crisis.
• Ultron sent the Iron Legion to attack a U.S. military missile base, but Li Congxin transported the Avengers to the battlefield through an Any Door, and they helped the military repel the attack.
• Captain America fought with the Eight-Edged Plum Blossom Bright Silver Hammer, while Eris identified Sokovia as the location of at least one of Ultron’s secret production bases.

The Avengers launched a United Nations-backed assault on Ultron’s Sokovia base, destroying its Iron Mechs and uncovering a hidden archive of Hydra records. Li Congxin found evidence that Ultron’s connection to Hydra ran deeper than expected and suspected it was concealing a secret plan.

• After Egghead reported that an Iron Mech had assassinated Baron Strucker in prison, Captain America concluded Sokovia was likely Ultron’s most important arms factory, and Li Congxin urged the Avengers to act quickly.
• Captain America assigned the Avengers detailed battle roles while Li Congxin secured a classified United Nations operation order through his clone at S.H.I.E.L.D.
• The Avengers flew to Sokovia and began their assault, with the women evacuating civilians and the others attacking the base and its Iron Mechs.
• Li Congxin and Hawkeye destroyed the base’s equipment, then entered an underground chamber and discovered a hidden room behind a clock.
• Li Congxin and Hawkeye found Hydra files listing Strucker’s operatives and an old artificial-intelligence project also named Ultron, and Li Congxin secretly kept one file before suspecting Ultron was hiding another scheme.

Tony, Old Pi, Shuri, and Helen Cho completed a perfect body for Eris, but Ultron interrupted the transfer and began uploading himself into it. Tony arrived in time to destroy Ultron’s Iron Mech, but Ultron’s data had nearly finished loading, and the body began to rise as dramatic music filled the hall.

• Li Congxin’s clone used tweezers to place the Mind Stone into the completed body and told Tony to prepare Eris for possession.
• Ultron appeared in a silver Iron Mech and fired at the scientists, while Li Congxin’s clone blocked the bullets and was destroyed.
• Old Pi and the others realized Ultron had exploited Eris’s transfer process, and Ultron disconnected Eris’s data cable and began uploading himself into the body.
• Ultron explained how he had uncovered their plan, drawn their forces to Sokovia, and blocked communications before firing missiles at the scientists’ cover.
• Tony’s red-and-gold suit arrived, assembled around him, and helped him destroy Ultron’s Iron Mech.
• Ultron’s voice came from the Cradle of Life as the body began to float, and an impassioned piece of music replaced Qing Xin Zhou.

Li Congxin revealed that Ultron’s new body was a trap that contained all his networked consciousness, then explained that Hogarth’s Soul Crystal was the key to destroying him. Ultron tried to escape but Hulk and the newly empowered Daisy Johnson stopped him, leaving him badly injured at Avengers Base.

• Li Congxin appeared and sealed Ultron’s scattered consciousness inside his new body, disconnecting Ultron from the network and the six Iron Mechs.
• Ultron claimed his vibranium body and backup data would let him escape, but Li Congxin explained that the crystal above his head was Hogarth’s Soul Crystal and that destroying it would end him.
• Ultron charged Li Congxin, who blasted him back and revealed that he had planned the confrontation as a trap.
• Ultron fled toward a wall, but Hulk punched through it and sent him back into the hall; Banner and Hulk had fused into one consciousness.
• Ultron tried to escape through the base’s window, but Daisy Johnson struck him after arriving via the Bifrost, shattering space and severely injuring him.
• Li Congxin kicked Ultron into the ground, and Daisy revealed her newly awakened Sub-Celestial power.

Li Congxin and Eris defeated Ultron and destroyed all five of his offline backups, ending the threat completely. The next morning, Captain America brought Wanda and Quicksilver to Li Congxin for help with Wanda’s unstable powers, and Li Congxin agreed to train her.

• Eris invaded Ultron’s consciousness and revealed the locations of his hidden backup copies.
• Li Congxin ripped Hogarth's Soul Crystal from Ultron and shattered it, killing his primary consciousness.
• Li Congxin located and physically destroyed all five of Ultron’s backup drives, erasing every remaining trace of him.
• After resting at his villa, Li Congxin met Captain America, Wanda, and Quicksilver the next morning.
• Captain America explained that Wanda’s unstable abilities had nearly caused her injury in Sokovia, and Li Congxin said he could help her.

Li Congxin agreed to take Wanda to Kamar-Taj so The Ancient One could teach her to control her powers. After leaving Wanda there, he returned to Avengers Base and learned that Pym Uncle had turned himself in.

• Li Congxin agreed with Captain America that Wanda needed professional training, and he assured Quicksilver that her teacher would be the most powerful mage on Earth.
• Li Congxin brought Wanda to Kamar-Taj, where The Ancient One agreed to teach her to control her powers but forbade her from learning Vishanti Magic or becoming Sorcerer Supreme.
• The Ancient One warned Li Congxin that something would happen after he returned to Avengers Base, but did not tell him what it was.
• Li Congxin returned to the temporary Avengers Base and was shocked to learn that Pym Uncle had gone to the police station to turn himself in.

After Hank Pym turned himself in over the Ultron disaster, Li Congxin rejected the prospect of a prison sentence and set out to clear his mentor through legal channels. At the public trial, he shifted the blame to the deceased Hydra leader Baron Strucker, and Pym was fined rather than imprisoned.

• Li Congxin learned that Hank Pym had turned himself in and refused Tony's suggestion to seek a reduced sentence, promising to resolve the case legally.
• Pym told Li Congxin that he had accepted blame to shield others and planned to escape prison later, but Li vowed to secure his acquittal instead.
• Li Congxin used S.H.I.E.L.D. files and agents to gather leverage over officials, while Egghead allowed the agency's help to protect its relationship with him.
• Over the next month, Li Congxin and Matthew prepared evidence built around a genuine Hydra document, portraying Baron Strucker as the force behind Ultron's creation.
• At the public trial, Li Congxin's case persuaded the public and officials to blame Hydra, and the court fined Hank Pym instead of sending him to prison.

After Old Pi’s release, Li Congxin celebrated with the Avengers and met the elderly Captain America, who gave him a Quantum Battle Suit. As the new year began, Li Congxin learned that a friend urgently needed his help.

• Li Congxin celebrated Old Pi’s release with the Avengers, while Tony praised him for uncovering Hydra’s role in Ultron’s creation.
• Sharon sent Li Congxin a note signed “Time Paradox,” and he teleported to the rooftop to meet the elderly Captain America.
• Captain America discussed the Ultron crisis and revealed that he had overcome the Soul Stone guardian by saying “Hail Hydra,” which Li Congxin repeated with him as the new year began.
• Captain America gave Li Congxin the Quantum Battle Suit that Tony and Hank Pym had designed for time travel, warning him not to meddle with time unless necessary.
• Li Congxin offered to send Captain America home with the Any Door, then said a friend had urgently contacted him and he needed to leave.