Chapter Summaries

Li Congxin agreed to let Ava sleep beside him, then helped heal and enhance Tony Stark with the Perfect Serum. When Loki arrived in Stuttgart, Li Congxin ordered the Avengers to assemble, while Loki forced civilians to kneel in the city square.

• Ava told Li Congxin she felt safe and comfortable near him, and he agreed to let her sleep in his bed while keeping fully clothed.
• Li Congxin and Mindy healed Tony Stark’s chest, and Li Congxin used the Perfect Serum to make Tony a Super-Soldier.
• Li Congxin detected Loki’s arrival in Stuttgart and ordered the Avengers to return to base and prepare for battle.
• Loki created three clones, gathered civilians in the square, and commanded them to kneel as the song “Learn to Meow” played.

Loki tried to establish his dominance on Earth, but Captain America and the Avengers overwhelmed him and took him prisoner. Li Congxin arrived after the fight and ordered Natasha to interrogate Loki.

• Loki threatened an elderly man and fired at him, but Captain America blocked the blast with his shield and sent it back at Loki.
• Captain America fought Loki while Natasha piloted a cloaked S.H.I.E.L.D. Quinjet and opened fire.
• Kick-Ass, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Ant-Man, Wasp, Clinton, and Mindy joined Captain America to surround Loki.
• The Avengers ignored Loki’s demand for a one-on-one fight, beat him repeatedly, and subdued him.
• Li Congxin arrived as Loki cowered, praised the Avengers, and ordered them to take Loki away for Natasha to interrogate.

Li Congxin deduced that Loki’s arrival was a feint aimed at the Inhumans and discovered that Afterlife had already been attacked. He took Thor and Tony through a portal to Afterlife to respond.

• Natasha recognized Loki’s smug reaction and correctly guessed that his enemies were targeting the Inhumans.
• Li Congxin ordered the team to warn S.H.I.E.L.D. and Afterlife, detain Loki, and have Matthew guard him.
• Li Congxin learned that Daisy had gone to Afterlife and used Qingfeng to locate her phone, which revealed the settlement in ruins.
• Li Congxin concluded that Loki’s attack at the Stuttgart Opera House had been a diversion and asked Tony to accompany him.
• Li Congxin opened a portal to Afterlife and flew through with Thor, followed by Tony.

Li Congxin arrived at the devastated Afterlife base and joined Daisy, Lincoln, and Zayn against Hyperion and Supergiant. After the group overwhelmed Hyperion together, Hyperion pierced Zayn’s chest, and Zayn revealed a power that trapped Hyperion inside an orange cube.

• Li Congxin found Daisy and the wounded Lincoln defending the ruined Afterlife base alongside the powerful purple Inhuman Zayn.
• Li Congxin redirected Hyperion’s heat vision through Any Doors and wounded him, then attacked him with his sword.
• Hyperion changed tactics, struck Li Congxin, and prepared another heat-vision attack before Zayn and Thor intervened.
• Li Congxin, Thor, and Zayn fought Hyperion together while Supergiant watched without joining the battle.
• Hyperion pierced Zayn’s chest with heat vision, but Zayn summoned an orange cube that immobilized Hyperion inside it.

Li Congxin rescued the surviving Inhumans after the battle, brought them to the Avengers Base, and kept Hyperion sealed away. The next morning, Hill called him, and he hurried to answer while hiding Ava in his room.

• Supergiant escaped with Gordon, while Li Congxin caught the wounded Zayn and Daisy broke down over the Inhumans killed in the attack.
• Daisy discovered that Lincoln had died after defending the Inhumans' base, and she gathered the seven other survivors besides herself and Zayn.
• Li Congxin took the survivors through a portal to the Avengers Base and brought Mindy from S.H.I.E.L.D. to treat the injured.
• Li Congxin decided to keep Hyperion sealed in an orange cube, since removing his mind control would not change his evil nature.
• The next morning, Li Congxin rushed to answer Hill's call after leaving Ava asleep in his room, then gave Hill an excuse for his delayed response.

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.