Recaps

Egghead visited Li Congxin to recruit him into a superhero group and offer him a role as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Tactical Advisor. Li Congxin agreed to consider the group and negotiated for S.H.I.E.L.D.'s gravitational research materials, leaving Egghead to accept after confirming they would not be used commercially.

• Egghead reminded Li Congxin that he had once shared information about The Hand, but Li Congxin dismissed his attempt to gain the upper hand.
• Egghead proposed forming an independent superhero group to unite against threats to Earth, and Li Congxin agreed to hear more.
• Egghead invited Li Congxin to become S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Tactical Advisor, and Li Congxin saw the position as a way to gain influence and access to technology.
• Li Congxin demanded S.H.I.E.L.D.'s research materials on Gravitational Mechanics, including Howard Stark's original work and later research.
• Egghead asked whether Li Congxin would avoid commercial use of the materials, and Li Congxin assured him he would.

After negotiating with Egghead, Li Congxin left on a S.H.I.E.L.D. mission to help Agent Hill retrieve a scientist, unaware that Hydra planned to assassinate him. Pierce arranged for Killian’s forces and the Winter Soldier to target him, while Killian revealed that the scientist was merely bait.

• Li Congxin agreed that a S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist specializing in Gravitational Mechanics could assist his research, and accepted a mission to help Agent Hill retrieve a threatened scientist in the Middle East.
• Egghead let Sharon remain at Nirvana Group after Li Congxin demanded the contract’s breach-of-contract fee.
• Pierce ordered Agent Sitwell to tell Killian to begin the operation and described a plan to drug Clark Li and Hill before an attack.
• Pierce revealed that he considered Li Congxin a threat to Hydra and Project Insight, and decided to send the Winter Soldier after him.
• Killian told Maya Hansen that their plan was nearing success, then informed his subordinates that the Gravitational Mechanics expert was bait and Clark Li was their real target.

Li Congxin joined Hill to escort a Gravitational Mechanics expert through a decoy route to the airport, where terrorists attacked them twice. After boarding the plane, Li Congxin struggled with the deaths and injuries he had been forbidden to prevent, while Hill watched the aircraft climb away from the base.

• Li Congxin met Hill at a secret Middle Eastern base, where she explained the plan to escort the Gravitational Mechanics expert to the airport.
• Li Congxin proposed disguising himself as the expert to draw the terrorists’ attention, and Hill agreed to accompany him as part of the decoy.
• Li Congxin and Hill’s convoy was attacked on the way to the airport, and five soldiers were killed.
• At the airport, two gunmen and two human bombs attacked despite Li Congxin’s warning; two agents died and three soldiers were injured.
• After boarding the plane, Li Congxin told Hill he was frustrated that he could not use his power to prevent the casualties, while Hill watched the plane rise through the clouds.

Li Congxin and Hill survived an assassin’s attack aboard an airplane when the attacker transformed with the Extremis Virus and exploded, blasting a hole in the cabin. Li Congxin rescued Hill from the fall and brought her safely to a stone mountain, where he noticed she seemed feverish.

• Hill asked Li Congxin which women he liked, and he explained how he felt about the women in his villa before admitting Hill’s appearance suited his preferences best.
• A crew member attacked Hill and Li Congxin, but Li Congxin caught the assassin’s three bullets and Hill kicked him into a wall.
• The assassin transformed under the effects of the Extremis Virus and exploded, tearing a hole in the airplane and creating a powerful suction force.
• Hill was swept out of the airplane, and Li Congxin followed her, used the Suspended Ring and an Any Door to reach her, then caught her in midair.
• Li Congxin used the Boots of the Traveler to slow their fall and infused Hill with qi as they descended safely onto a stone mountain.
• Li Congxin noticed Hill’s flushed face and rapid heartbeat and asked if she had a fever.

Li Congxin helped Hill resist an aphrodisiac that had been accelerated by his qi, then turned his attention toward the person he suspected had arranged the trap. After White Stone Mountain collapsed, a powerful old man emerged from the ruins and confronted them.

• Li Congxin realized someone had drugged Hill to target him and used Qing Xin Zhou and his qi to help her endure the drug's effects.
• Li Congxin and Hill resisted the drug while the vibrating force damaged the mountain beneath them until it collapsed.
• Li Congxin gazed toward America with murderous intent, and Hill asked what was wrong.
• A terrifying aura rose from beneath the ruins, and Li Congxin stepped in front of Hill as an old Middle Eastern man wearing ten dangerous rings emerged.

Li Congxin fought The Mandarin after the ancient supervillain attacked him and Hill for disturbing his meditation. Though Li Congxin landed a surprisingly strong blow, he realized The Mandarin was still far more powerful, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• The Mandarin attacked Li Congxin with a vibrating blast, which Li Congxin deflected with Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns, and Li Congxin sent Hill through an Any Door to safety.
• Li Congxin dodged The Mandarin’s next attack, closed the passage behind Hill, and rose into the air to confront him.
• The Mandarin explained that Li Congxin and Hill had disturbed his meditation and nearly caused him to suffer cultivation deviation, then threatened to kill them.
• Li Congxin mocked The Mandarin and charged, dodging a laser and resisting a mental attack before striking at him with his sword.
• The Mandarin evaded Li Congxin’s sword and met his powerful kick with one of his own, and both fighters were thrown backward.
• Li Congxin saw that his all-out attack had gained only a slight advantage and realized The Mandarin’s strength and seemingly limitless ring powers could overwhelm him.

Li Congxin escaped The Mandarin’s assault but was wounded and took one of his Magic Rings, which allowed The Mandarin to track him. Before The Mandarin could pursue him, a powerful Black woman appeared and struck him into a crater, declaring that only she could bully Li Congxin.

• Li Congxin dodged The Mandarin’s attacks and escaped through a hidden Any Door beneath a redwood tree.
• The Mandarin reached through the portal and wounded Li Congxin, but the closing portal severed his ring finger and took its ring.
• Li Congxin picked up the ring and The Mandarin’s finger, then used an Any Door to reach Hill.
• The Mandarin sensed the stolen ring and tracked Li Congxin’s changing position.
• A Black woman confronted The Mandarin, claimed Li Congxin as her family, and kicked him into the ground.

Li Congxin passed out after warning Hill that Alexander Pierce led Hydra agents inside S.H.I.E.L.D., but Monica Rambeau arrived and healed him with a blood transfusion. He learned that Monica had defeated The Mandarin and left him to grow stronger, then Hill told him Natasha was in danger nearby and reinforcements would arrive within an hour.

• Li Congxin warned Hill that nearly half of the people hiding in S.H.I.E.L.D. were Hydra agents led by Alexander Pierce, then lost consciousness from his injuries.
• Monica Rambeau appeared, identified herself as Li Song's aunt, and offered blood after Hill discovered their blood types were incompatible.
• Monica's transfusion rapidly healed Li Congxin, who woke after twenty-seven minutes stronger than before.
• Hill told Li Congxin that Monica had severely injured The Mandarin and intended him to serve as a trial for Li Congxin's growth and eventual revenge.
• Hill told Li Congxin that Natasha had encountered danger nearby, Egghead wanted them to regroup with her, and reinforcements would arrive within an hour.

Black Widow hid from the Winter Soldier while injured, until Hill and Li Congxin found her. After Li Congxin dismissed the threat, Clark began explaining the Winter Soldier’s history, starting before his birth.

• Black Widow concealed herself in a tree near a leopard while waiting for S.H.I.E.L.D. reinforcements.
• Hill and Li Congxin approached, and Li Congxin scared the leopard away with a look.
• Natasha left her hiding place and told Hill that the Winter Soldier was hunting her.
• Li Congxin dismissed the Winter Soldier as a minor threat, easing Hill’s concern.
• Hill asked Clark what he knew about the Winter Soldier, and he said he would begin his explanation before the man was born.

Li Congxin captured the Winter Soldier in seconds and revealed that he was Bucky Barnes, whom Hydra still controlled. He took Bucky to Kamar-Taj, where the Ancient One was waiting for him.

• Li Congxin stopped his story when the Winter Soldier appeared and charged at him.
• Li Congxin blocked the Winter Soldier’s gunfire with Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns, disarmed him, and knocked him unconscious.
• Hill removed the Winter Soldier’s mask, revealing Bucky Barnes, and Li Congxin said Hydra still controlled him and he would try to restore him.
• Li Congxin offered to heal Natasha’s wound without leaving a scar and asked her to arrange a meeting to discuss the fee.
• Li Congxin carried Bucky through the London Sanctum and its portal to Kamar-Taj, where the Ancient One was waiting.

The Ancient One warned Li Congxin that future troubles would fall on him alone, then lent him the Eye of Agamotto and taught him its activation incantation. After learning that Li Congxin had captured Bucky, Pi Llama ordered Russia to send him a copy of a video from December 16, 1991.

• The Ancient One asked Li Congxin not to bring people unrelated to the Sanctums into Kamar-Taj or the other Sanctums.
• The Ancient One warned Li Congxin about the difficult troubles ahead and lent him the Eye of Agamotto, teaching him how to activate it.
• News of Bucky's capture reached Egghead and Pi Llama, who became furious over losing his last obedient Winter Soldier.
• Pi Llama ordered a bald subordinate to contact Russia and obtain a copy of the video from December 16, 1991.

Li Congxin returned to Pym Laboratories, showed Old Pi how his qi had changed, and asked him to examine the Mandarin’s ring and finger. He then confronted Nick Fury in his office, where Fury’s investigation into the attack had led him to suspect Pierce.

• Li Congxin told Old Pi that his aunt’s blood transfusion had changed his qi, and he demonstrated the glowing energy sphere.
• Old Pi began examining the Mandarin’s ring and finger after Li Congxin identified Alexander Pierce as his suspect, though Li admitted his suspicion came from images he had seen in the Quantum Realm.
• Nick Fury struggled to investigate the attack after Wind Zero exploded and the psychology expert died; Hill’s report pointed to Pierce as the possible mastermind.
• Li Congxin appeared in Nick Fury’s office, challenged Fury’s earlier justification for breaking into his office, and asked whether Fury could beat him.

Li Congxin confronted S.H.I.E.L.D. director Egghead over the assassination attempt and used the meeting to warn him about Hydra's infiltration and Project Insight. After Bucky woke from his cleansing at Pym Laboratories, Captain America went to visit him.

• Li Congxin entered Egghead's office through an Any Door and demanded compensation for the assassination attempt aboard his plane.
• Li Congxin asked for the Obelisk, the first 084 recovered by Agent Carter's team, but Egghead said he would need to check the records and promised other S.H.I.E.L.D. property on camera.
• Li Congxin told Egghead that Dr. Zola had secretly built Hydra within S.H.I.E.L.D. and created an algorithm that could identify threats to Hydra, potentially turning Project Insight into a weapon against humanity.
• Egghead grew alarmed and decided the possibility of Li Congxin's warning required a thorough investigation, while Li Congxin left him wondering about the warning to eat whatever he wanted.
• After several days of cleansing with the Qing Xin Zhou, Winter Soldier Bucky woke up, and Captain America visited him with Li Congxin's permission.

After Bucky regained his memories, he reunited with Steve, while Li Congxin began training in Old Pi’s newly completed Gravity Chamber. Impressed by the chamber’s potential, Li Congxin planned to modify it so Steve, Bucky, and Yi Long could train safely.

• After three days of cleansing with the Qing Xin Zhou, Bucky recovered his consciousness and memories and considered becoming a monk to atone for his actions under Hydra’s control.
• Steve entered Bucky’s room, and the two reunited after seventy years; Steve saw Bucky’s mechanical arm and asked what had happened to it.
• Old Pi told Li Congxin that the Gravity Chamber was finished and described its transparent design, adjustable gravity, and emergency cutoff.
• Li Congxin raised the chamber to thirteen times normal gravity, then trained for two hours as Old Pi and a S.H.I.E.L.D. expert watched in amazement.
• Li Congxin decided to modify the chamber for Steve, Bucky, and Yi Long, limiting their access to twice normal gravity unless he unlocked higher levels.

Li Congxin trained in the Gravity Chamber and sought a better way to replenish the energy his body consumed. At Tony Stark’s villa, Tony completed his new reactor, and Li Congxin introduced Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes before an unexpected delivery interrupted them.

• Li Congxin’s combat power rose to nearly 15 gua in the Gravity Chamber, while he recruited scientists to address the inefficiency of replenishing energy with food.
• Li Congxin brought Captain America and Bucky to Tony Stark’s villa to discuss the Iron Man script and build a relationship with Tony before revealing the truth about Howard Stark’s death.
• Tony told Li Congxin that he had developed a new element, then completed a reactor he accidentally called the Moon Prism Reactor, easing his poisoning symptoms.
• Tony revealed that Eris had detected Captain America and Bucky beneath their Bionic Masks, and Li Congxin introduced them as Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes.
• Eris announced that a delivery had arrived at Tony’s door before Li Congxin could explain Bucky’s circumstances.

Li Congxin tried to stop Tony Stark from killing Bucky after Tony saw footage of Bucky murdering his parents. Tony attacked Li Congxin after he helped Captain America and Bucky escape, leaving the two of them poised to fight.

• Tony went to collect a package while Li Congxin upgraded his driving BGM and received a warning when Eris transformed.
• Tony returned in his Iron Man suit and attacked Bucky, but Li Congxin deflected his repulsor blast with Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns.
• Eris played surveillance footage showing Bucky killing Howard and Maria Stark in 1991, and Li Congxin admitted he had known about the murder.
• Li Congxin explained that Hydra had brainwashed Bucky, but he had no proof, and Tony launched missiles at Bucky.
• Li Congxin opened an Any Door so Captain America and Bucky could escape, then knocked Tony away when he tried to pursue them.
• Tony carried Li Congxin through a window and out over the sea, but Li Congxin escaped and prepared to fight him.

After battling Tony over Bucky, Li Congxin returned to his villa and found Captain America, Winter Soldier, and Agent Maria Hill waiting for him. Hill revealed that her physical abilities had improved, and the next morning Li Congxin was called to his company after Ivan Vanko arrived demanding to see him.

• Li Congxin fought Tony until Tony’s suit ran low on ammunition and energy, but Tony remained determined to avenge his parents and flew away.
• Li Congxin returned to his villa, where Captain America, Winter Soldier, and Agent Maria Hill were waiting, and Hill showed him videos exposing his identity as Black Mask.
• Hill told Li Congxin that her strength, speed, and reflexes had greatly improved, and he discovered that his qi had begun transforming her after he protected her in the mountains.
• The next morning, Nalan Bai called Li Congxin to report that Ivan Vanko had arrived at the company demanding to see him, and Li Congxin decided to go there himself.

Ivan Vanko sought Li Congxin’s help against Tony, but Li drove him toward Hammer Industries so he could keep Tony occupied. Over lunch, Li and Egghead settled casting plans for the Superman film, and Egghead warned that Tony was negotiating with the military over the Iron Man suit.

• Ivan Vanko learned that Li Congxin was a billionaire and asked him to join forces against Tony, but Li intimidated him and sent him away.
• Li Congxin deliberately mentioned Justin Hammer, prompting Ivan Vanko to seek cooperation with Hammer Industries.
• Nick Fury called Li Congxin to discuss the Obelisk and then arranged lunch with Li and Sharon to talk about casting Natasha as Wonder Woman.
• Sharon said she preferred playing Reporter Lois, and Li agreed to cast Natasha as Wonder Woman while S.H.I.E.L.D. covered the reshoots.
• Nick Fury told Li Congxin that Tony had offered the Iron Man suit to the military as a bargaining chip.

After Tony Stark declared that he and Li Congxin would be mortal enemies, Li Congxin decided to help Tony grow through adversity and prepared for their conflict. He brought Tony’s Artificial Intelligence research to Nirvana Group and used his skills to direct a spectacular airborne fight scene for the Superman film.

• Tony sent Li Congxin the Artificial Intelligence information and declared that they would be mortal enemies the next time they met.
• Li Congxin thanked Egghead for the information, warned him to enjoy life, and drove back to Nirvana Group Headquarters.
• Li Congxin copied the Artificial Intelligence files from his office computer onto a flash drive and went to the studio to urge his comrades to keep training.
• Li Congxin showed Zack Snyder and David Diey how to use specialized equipment to stage Captain America and Yi Long’s airborne fight, controlling the machinery to match their moves.
• Li Congxin told the crew to prioritize the box office and ordered them to film an epic battle before the machinery broke down.

After Captain America disappeared, Li Congxin organized a worldwide search and pieced together clues suggesting Steve had gone to Tony’s villa to sacrifice himself in hopes of easing Tony’s anger. Li Congxin flew there to stop him, while S.H.I.E.L.D. pursued the suspicious monk who had inspired Steve.

• Li Congxin reviewed Tony’s artificial-intelligence research, modified the designs, and prepared to work on his own AI before Bucky called to report that Captain America was missing.
• Li Congxin persuaded Egghead to send Hill and S.H.I.E.L.D. resources to search for Steve, then gathered his household to assist the operation.
• Li Congxin and S.H.I.E.L.D. searched for hours without finding Steve, until Bucky recalled a monk telling a story about Buddha sacrificing himself to save animals.
• Li Congxin told Hill to identify and arrest the monk, but his attempt to open a portal failed before Sharon arrived with photographs showing that Captain America’s museum uniform had been stolen.
• Li Congxin concluded Steve had gone to Tony’s villa intending to sacrifice himself, and he flew there to stop him.

Captain America failed to persuade Tony to spare Bucky and left Tony’s villa carrying the burden of their feud. As a mysterious armed man confronted him and Tony refused to hand him over to Li Congxin, Li Congxin faced Tony and ten Iron Man suits outside the villa.

• Captain America endured Tony’s beating and spent hours explaining Bucky’s past, but Tony refused to change his mind.
• Captain America offered his own life to ease Tony’s pain, but Tony kicked him away, reclaimed his father’s shield, and warned him to prepare to fight for Bucky.
• Captain America left the villa in despair and was confronted by a burly man who said he would not let him go and that it was not personal.
• Li Congxin flew to Tony’s villa, called out to Tony, and saw Captain America’s bloodstained shield in Tony’s hand.
• Tony refused Li Congxin’s demand to hand over Captain America, threw the shield back toward the villa, and surrounded Li Congxin with ten Iron Man suits while ordering him to leave or die.

Li Congxin fought Tony Stark and his Queen Knight mecha, then learned that Steve Rogers had been ambushed after leaving Tony’s villa. Li Congxin returned home convinced Steve was alive but unsure where the enemy had taken him.

• Li Congxin saw Eris’s Queen Knight mecha and learned she had designed them using Tony’s data and Li Congxin’s Bionic Mask research.
• Tony attacked Li Congxin, who destroyed the other suits and disabled Tony’s armor while asking Eris when Steve had left.
• Eris said Steve had left about twenty minutes earlier after Tony beat him and blasted him away; Li Congxin told Tony they had both been used and hurried off to search.
• Li Congxin failed to find Steve and returned home, where he told Hill, Sharon, and Bucky that Steve had been ambushed near Tony’s villa.
• Li Congxin reassured Bucky that Steve was alive, but said they still had to discover where the enemy had hidden him.

Li Congxin investigated Hydra’s role in Captain America’s disappearance and brought him back safely, though he suspected the rescue had gone suspiciously smoothly. He then offered Black Widow two ways to treat her bullet wounds, leaving her to consider the options and payment.

• Li Congxin suspected Hydra had orchestrated the conflict between Tony and Captain America, and Bucky identified a Los Angeles base where he had once been brainwashed.
• Li Congxin and his allies raided the abandoned base, then gave Hill a list of Hydra sites for S.H.I.E.L.D. to investigate.
• After a week of searches, Black Widow reported that a fake monk named Johnson Turner had led Captain America to Tony; Turner poisoned himself, but clues from his home led S.H.I.E.L.D. to Captain America in a dental clinic basement.
• Li Congxin confirmed Captain America was genuine, sent Bucky to check his memories and bond with him, and remained suspicious that the rescue had unfolded too smoothly.
• Li Congxin offered Black Widow two scar-free treatments for her bullet wounds, and she asked about their effects and the payment.

Li Congxin offered Black Widow two ways to heal her wound, and she chose Mindy’s secret treatment, which restored her skin without a scar. After Black Widow discussed the treatment and the coming conflict with Tony with Hill, Li Congxin examined the ring recovered from The Mandarin, which Old Pi had finished analyzing.

• Li Congxin offered Black Widow a nanotechnology treatment and a secret method that would restore her body, but required her to keep the process from everyone, especially Nick Fury.
• Black Widow deduced that Mindy was the one who would treat her and agreed to keep the secret, while teasing Li Congxin before leaving.
• Mindy’s treatment healed Black Widow’s wound completely, and Black Widow refused to tell Hill how it had been done.
• Black Widow told Hill she would remain neutral in Li Congxin’s conflict with Tony and warned her that Sharon had stronger feelings for Clark than before.
• Li Congxin examined the ring that had fallen from The Mandarin after their Middle East battle, as Old Pi had completed its initial analysis.

Li Congxin received the partially unlocked Blood Sky ring from Old Pi and headed out to test it. Meanwhile, Pi Llama persuaded Tony to accept Hydra’s help against Li Congxin by revealing the Cosmic Cube, leaving Tony eager to use it to build a powerful suit.

• Old Pi gave Li Congxin the Blood Sky ring, which had 60 percent of its functions unlocked, and Li Congxin imprinted it with his qi.
• Li Congxin opened an Any Door to the outskirts of New York and flew toward the Atlantic to test the ring, while reflecting that Tony had apparently blocked teleportation near his villa.
• Pi Llama visited Tony, offered covert resources, and explained why Li Congxin would not yield to government or public pressure.
• Pi Llama told Tony that defeating Li Congxin would require Tony’s own strength and opened a briefcase containing the Cosmic Cube.
• Tony recognized the Cosmic Cube and resolved to use it to build a suit powerful enough to defeat Li Congxin.