Chapter Summaries

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.

Li Congxin learned that Thor had been captured and sold to the Grandmaster of Saka Planet after retrieving Surtur's Crown, so Odin asked him to rescue Thor and recover the Crown. Odin gave Li Congxin Gungnir and Sleipnir, and Li Congxin set off for Saka Planet.

• Li Congxin met Odin and Frigga in Norway, where Odin revealed that Ultron's attack had worsened his injuries and he could not leave Earth without risking Hela's seal.
• Odin told Li Congxin that Thor had retrieved Surtur's Crown but was ambushed after traveling to Xandar and sold as a slave to the Grandmaster of Saka Planet.
• Li Congxin agreed to rescue Thor and retrieve Surtur's Crown for Odin.
• Odin gave Li Congxin Gungnir and introduced him to Sleipnir, his eight-legged mount capable of traveling at the speed of light.
• Li Congxin mounted Sleipnir and rode away toward Saka Planet.

Li Congxin and Daisy traveled to Saka Planet, where scavengers attacked them shortly after they arrived. Li Congxin defeated the attackers and demanded to know where Grandmaster was.

• Li Congxin chose Daisy to accompany him to Saka Planet and explained that they traveled the long way to expand their Star Chart and keep the Space Stone secret.
• Li Congxin and Daisy crossed the asteroid belt and a spatial vortex on Sleipnir, arriving on a garbage-covered planet.
• Li Congxin explained that Saka Planet was a cosmic junkyard where scavengers hunted valuable debris and captured powerful warriors for Grandmaster.
• A group of scavengers approached Li Congxin and Daisy with hostile intent.
• Li Congxin cut down most of the scavengers, knocked their leader into a wreck, and held Gungnir to his throat while asking where Grandmaster was.

Li Congxin negotiated with Grandmaster to win Thor’s release through arena matches, then learned how Thor had been captured after traveling to Xandar to buy Jane Foster drinks. While showing Daisy the planet’s renowned hairstylist, Li Congxin heard the old man offer cryptic advice about resolving trouble by helping others.

• Li Congxin met Grandmaster, who proposed an arena wager, and negotiated for Daisy to compete first before Li Congxin faced Grandmaster’s strongest warrior on the fourth night.
• Li Congxin visited Thor and learned that pirates had captured him with a neural-speed electrical shock device after he went to Xandar to buy drinks for Jane Foster.
• Li Congxin told Thor to wait while he found a way to free him, then asked Daisy whether she wanted food or rest.
• Daisy asked to get her hair done, so Li Congxin accompanied her to meet Champion Building’s white-haired hairstylist.
• Daisy declined a haircut after seeing the old man trim a prisoner’s hair with a chainsaw-like clipper, and the hairstylist gave Li Congxin cryptic advice about helping others.

Li Congxin watched Daisy fight through Grandmaster’s tournament and recognized Beta Ray Bill as her likely final opponent. He and Grandmaster wagered one billion Credits on the final, where Daisy fell behind to Beta Ray Bill’s experience, and Li Congxin prepared to play music during the fight.

• Li Congxin used the Random BGM Draw Card, received God of Gamblers, and spent more than ten million Impression Points to maximize its effects.
• Daisy easily defeated her first opponent, a Kree, while Li Congxin declined to bet against Grandmaster on the early match.
• Li Congxin watched Beta Ray Bill defeat an opponent with his hammer and suspected he would face Daisy in the final.
• Over three days of matches, Daisy and Beta Ray Bill swiftly defeated their opponents, and Daisy complained that her fights offered little training.
• Li Congxin and Grandmaster agreed to wager one billion Credits on Daisy’s final battle against Beta Ray Bill.
• Beta Ray Bill’s experience put Daisy at a disadvantage, so Li Congxin asked Grandmaster to let him play music during the fight.

Li Congxin collected his winnings from Grandmaster and learned that The Collector had acquired Surtur’s crown before demanding to fight Grandmaster’s strongest opponent immediately. He faced Ares, God of War, and their duel began with Ares catching him off guard by changing weapons and fighting styles.

• Daisy defeated Beta Ray Bill after a shard of her broken bracer pierced his foot, and Grandmaster repeatedly shocked the unconscious warrior with a remote control.
• Li Congxin claimed the 1.1 billion Credits he had won and learned that the space pirate who sold Thor to Grandmaster had sold Surtur’s crown to The Collector.
• Li Congxin challenged Grandmaster’s strongest fighter that day, and Grandmaster agreed but warned that he would not count music-assisted combat as a loss.
• Ares emerged in golden armor with a war chariot loaded with weapons, introduced himself as one of the Twelve Olympian Gods, and sent the weapons flying at Li Congxin.
• Li Congxin repelled the weapons and crossed swords with Ares, matching his skill through several exchanges before Ares switched to a saber and shield and caught him off guard.