Chapter Summaries

Peter Parker met Gwen Stacy in a parallel universe, where they planned to investigate Kingpin’s role in their arrival. Li Congxin’s divine power protected Peter from the universe’s rejection, and Peter chose to share it with Gwen as Li Congxin’s main body reached God’s Quarry.

• Gwen Stacy identified Peter Parker as another Spider-Man and explained that they had arrived in a parallel universe, where this world’s Peter had died.
• Gwen said she suspected Kingpin had caused the spatial distortion, and she and Peter prepared to investigate him.
• Gwen revealed that the parallel universe was making her ill, while Li Congxin’s divine power protected Peter from the same effects.
• Li Congxin told Peter he could transfer some divine power to Gwen, and Peter agreed despite the resulting loss of strength.
• Li Congxin’s main body arrived at God’s Quarry, where Thanos and Zayn’s conflict was poised to unfold.

Li Congxin explained how sensing the energy around God's Quarry could help Daisy improve, while Thanos and Star Fox entered the quarry and encountered the Three Fates of the Infinity. After the witches aged Star Fox and restored him, they showed Thanos a pit filled with petrified Celestials and told him to climb down to regain his divine power.

• Li Congxin advised Daisy to study the divine power fluctuations around the black hole, while Champion questioned his focus on strength.
• Thanos entered God's Quarry, and Star Fox followed him to investigate.
• Star Fox tried to charm the Three Fates of the Infinity, but they trapped him in a lightning triangle and rapidly aged him.
• The Three Fates of the Infinity reversed their power and restored Star Fox to his original age.
• Thanos asked how to restore his divine power, and the witches led him to a quarry full of petrified Celestials and told him to climb down.

Thanos rejected a dream of a happy life with Lady Death and Gamora, breaking the trial of God's Quarry as Zayn headed there to confront him. In a parallel universe, Peter Parker joined the Spider Avengers as they battled Kingpin.

• Thanos saw the fate of those who failed God's Quarry's trial, then was petrified and trapped in a dream of a peaceful universe and family life with Lady Death and Gamora.
• Thanos rejected the dream and shattered it, insisting he wanted to achieve his goals in reality.
• Zayn arrived at the Congxin One, asked Li Congxin where Thanos was, and flew toward the black hole leading to God's Quarry.
• Li Congxin watched Zayn go, expecting a battle between father and son and believing either outcome would benefit him.
• Peter Parker met Spider-people from different universes, including Gwen, Shadow Spider, Spider-Ham Pork, and Peni Parker, as well as the native Miles Morales.
• The seven Spider-Men formed the Spider Avengers and fought Kingpin.

The Spider-Men struggled against Kingpin and his powerful villains while Universe rejection left most of them badly injured. Peter transferred his remaining divine power to Gwen, who used it to overpower Kingpin and send him crashing into a metal wall.

• The Spider-Avengers defeated Green Goblin, Scorpion King, and Lady Ock but lost Penny’s battle robot and suffered heavy injuries.
• Kingpin approached the Spider-Men carrying a bus, threatening the injured members behind Peter, Gwen, and the Little Black Spider.
• Peter remembered Clark Li’s divine power and transferred the remaining power in his body to Gwen.
• Gwen stopped Kingpin’s thrown bus in midair and tore it apart with her power.
• Kingpin attacked Gwen with a powerful punch, but she blocked it effortlessly and sent him flying into a metal wall with a single tap.

Spider-Gwen defeated Kingpin and returned to her universe, where she discovered that Li Congxin’s divine power had remained inside her because Little Spider forgot to take it back. Li Congxin restored her strength and explained the risks of using his power, then asked Gwen to help him return to his main body.

• Spider-Gwen struck Kingpin into the spatial currents, then watched the other Spider-Men return to their universes as Little Spider shut down the collider and handed the villains to the police.
• Little Spider returned to his own universe, remembered that Aunt May might worry about his absence, and hurried home without realizing he had forgotten Li Congxin.
• Spider-Gwen returned to her world exhausted, and Li Congxin revealed that he was inside her as the self-aware sliver of divine power Little Spider had left behind.
• Li Congxin absorbed nearby Cosmic Energy to restore Gwen’s stamina and explained that using his power could eventually assimilate her into its true master.
• Li Congxin told Gwen that his consciousness needed to return safely to his main body and asked her to help him.

Zayn lost the Phoenix Force in God's Quarry, and Thanos defeated him, leaving him petrified in the quarry. As the phoenix emerged from the black hole, Li Congxin waited to kill Thanos, while the system confirmed that the Bonfire Assignment was complete.

• Zayn and Thanos fought in God's Quarry until Thanos's divine-power connection ended and he reached the perfected Sub-Celestial Level.
• The Three Fates of the Infinity stripped the Phoenix Force from Zayn, and Thanos knocked him into the quarry, where he turned to stone.
• Thanos rejected Lady Death's offer to become her emissary, and the Three Fates of the Infinity teleported Lady Death away from God's Quarry.
• Li Congxin learned that the Bonfire Assignment was complete, but could not contact Little Spider through his divine power.
• Li Congxin told Daisy he would wait for Thanos to leave God's Quarry and then kill him, just as a phoenix flew out of the black hole.

Li Congxin fought the hostless Phoenix Force after it escaped from Zayn, destroying some of its fragments while the rest fled across the universe. He returned home, where Ava embraced him and he discovered that she carried the Phoenix Force.

• The Phoenix Force left the black hole and attacked the Congxin One, but Li Congxin scattered it before it could reach Daisy.
• The Phoenix Force tried to possess Li Congxin, then repeatedly redirected its attacks toward Daisy; Li Congxin protected the spacecraft and pursued its fragments.
• Li Congxin destroyed two portions of the Phoenix Force, but three fragments escaped by splitting up and fleeing beyond his perception.
• Li Congxin gave up waiting for Thanos to emerge from the black hole and ordered Nebula to take the spacecraft home, warning that the escaped Phoenix fragments would become a threat.
• After returning from a journey of more than half a year, Li Congxin reunited with Ava and sensed the Phoenix Force within her.

Li Congxin discovered that the Phoenix had chosen Ava as its host, leaving him unable to remove the force without risking her safety. He postponed dealing with it, then helped finish upgraded weapons for the Avengers before they returned to Earth.

• Li Congxin realized the Phoenix had deliberately chosen Ava, one of the women closest to him, as its host.
• Li Congxin examined Ava and found the Phoenix Force's effects restrained, then gave her a player containing Qing Xin Zhou and decided not to act rashly.
• Li Congxin learned that only Daisy and Natasha could wield the newly forged Star Core artifacts among the Avengers who had accompanied him.
• Daisy received Star Core bracers, while Li Congxin helped design a spear called Stormy Pear Blossom for Natasha.
• Eitri and Li Congxin's upgrades improved the Avengers' other equipment, and the group left Nidavellir for Earth.

Li Congxin learned that Little Spider had sent his divine power to Gwen in another universe, so he postponed his plans to reclaim it and went to Kamar-Taj to meet The Ancient One. After she warned him that saving her would defy natural laws and carry a cost, he insisted he could afford the price.

• Li Congxin returned to Avengers Tower and discovered Little Spider had come back without the divine power he had entrusted to him.
• Little Spider explained that he had transferred all the divine power to Gwen in a Parallel Universe, and Li Congxin reluctantly forgave him after Tony pleaded on his behalf.
• Unable to retrieve the divine power or its attached consciousness, Li Congxin set aside his plans to upgrade himself and went to Kamar-Taj to see The Ancient One.
• The Ancient One discussed Earth's safety and her successor, prompting Li Congxin to offer to remove the Dark Energy from her body and extend her life.
• The Ancient One warned that defying natural laws would carry a price, and Li Congxin declared that he could afford it.

Li Congxin failed to persuade The Ancient One to let him help extend her life, then fused with the Reality Stone and reached the Multiversal Level. He discovered that his new status unlocked AFK cultivation, though his lack of powerful counterparts across Parallel Universes made clone cultivation impractical.

• Li Congxin offered to bear some of the cost of prolonging The Ancient One's life, but she refused because Earth needed his full strength for the future.
• Li Congxin met Stephen Strange and advised him to visit Doctor Banner for a complete medical treatment of his hands.
• Li Congxin returned to his Los Angeles villa and spent nearly five days fusing with the Reality Stone.
• Li Congxin reached the Multiversal Level, but the Singular Universe's limits prevented the major increase in strength he had expected.
• Li Congxin learned that he could now grow through multitasking AFK cultivation, but his weak counterparts across Parallel Universes made clone cultivation unsuitable.

Li Congxin considered how to find suitable hosts to channel his Vengeance Divine Power, while Spider-Gwen dealt with the aftermath of a fight in Earth-65. After Captain America confronted Gwen and she escaped, Li Congxin hinted that her victim had been a vampire.

• Li Congxin reflected on using hosts across parallel universes to power-level and decided he needed to choose his next host carefully.
• Spider-Gwen struggled with the belief that she had killed a man, but Li Congxin told her the victim had not been human and warned her that someone was approaching.
• Samantha Wilson, Earth-65's Captain America, arrived and demanded that Gwen explain the apparent killing, but she noticed the corpse's fangs and signs of decay.
• Gwen returned Samantha's shield and swung away, then Li Congxin joked with her and gained Impression Points from both Samantha and Gwen.
• Gwen asked what the victim had been, and Li Congxin asked whether she had ever heard of vampires.

Li Congxin realized that gathering Impression Points through Spider-Gwen mattered more than cultivating divine power, then discovered that the New York Sanctum had been destroyed and The Ancient One was dying. After she passed away, he went to the Hong Kong Sanctum to confront Dormammu.

• Li Congxin told Gwen that the vampire had only been the beginning of the threats connected to her, then urged her to cause a stir as Spider-Woman to earn Impression Points.
• Li Congxin surveyed Earth with his expanded consciousness and discovered that the New York Sanctum had been destroyed and The Ancient One was critically injured.
• Li Congxin met The Ancient One and Strange as souls outside their bodies, and promised he would eventually destroy Dormammu.
• The Ancient One said the Dark Dimension could not be erased, then her soul vanished, returning to the embrace of the Vishanti.
• Li Congxin left Strange and appeared outside the destroyed Hong Kong Sanctum, declaring that he had come to beat Dormammu to death.

Li Congxin entered the Dark Dimension to confront Dormammu after Dormammu’s invasion threatened Earth. He overwhelmed Dormammu in battle and left him furious and injured.

• Li Congxin froze time in New York as Dormammu’s invasion destroyed buildings and endangered the city.
• Li Congxin killed two Dark Apostles and forced Dormammu to rescue Kaecilius from his attack.
• Li Congxin entered the Dark Dimension’s spatial passage and challenged Dormammu directly.
• Li Congxin blocked Dormammu’s giant palm with his own divine power, then angered him with insults.
• Li Congxin redirected Dormammu’s energy beam through an Any Door, blasting a hole in Dormammu’s head.
• Li Congxin enlarged himself and grappled with Dormammu, beating the veteran powerhouse down.

Li Congxin drove Dormammu out of the unstable passage, restored the damage by reversing time, and argued with Mordo about the laws of nature. He then left, suspecting Dormammu had helped Kaecilius escape and that the fugitive could become a major threat.

• Li Congxin overwhelmed Dormammu in the cramped passage until the battle threatened to collapse it, and the two agreed to stop fighting.
• Li Congxin ordered Dormammu to leave, and Dormammu withdrew with the passage after warning that he would return to claim Earth and the universe.
• Li Congxin reassured Strange, Mordo, and Fatty Wang that Dormammu had agreed to stay away for now, then used the Time Stone to restore the Sanctum and undo the surrounding destruction.
• Mordo challenged Li Congxin over his violation of nature, and Li Congxin argued that he had the right not to die after offending the celestial being who governed death.
• Fatty Wang told Li Congxin that Kaecilius had escaped and was too powerful for them to stop, and Li Congxin suspected Dormammu had helped him flee.

Li Congxin took Nalan Bai to the moon for an unusual Mid-Autumn Festival, showing her how easily he could alter their surroundings. He then brought her to meet a bald man and an old man in a spacesuit on the lunar surface.

• Li Congxin wondered where Kaecilius had gone, then met Nalan Bai on his villa's rooftop as she brought him a mooncake.
• Li Congxin told Nalan Bai that his growing strength was eroding the traits that made him human, then offered to spend Mid-Autumn Festival with her.
• Li Congxin transported Nalan Bai to the moon and altered the conditions around them so they could breathe and move comfortably.
• Nalan Bai marveled at Li Congxin's power, and he transported them to meet a huge bald man and an old white-haired man in a spacesuit.

Li Congxin questioned Observer Uatu about Kaecilius and learned of a hidden Celestial seed on Earth that could devour the world. After celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival with Uatu and the old man, Li Congxin traveled to Hyperdimensional Space to seek a powerful figure, activating his “Find Friends” BGM.

• Li Congxin met Observer Uatu on the moon and tried to learn where Kaecilius had gone, but Uatu said the matter was outside his jurisdiction.
• Uatu warned Li Congxin that a Celestial had planted a world-devouring seed on Earth more than thirty years earlier, though neither could locate it.
• Li Congxin celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival on the moon with Nalan Bai, Uatu, and the old man, then sent Nalan Bai home.
• Li Congxin traveled beyond the Singular Universe into Hyperdimensional Space, where cosmic currents were dangerous and powerful beings could threaten him.
• Li Congxin recalled the Living Tribunal and activated the “Find Friends” BGM in Hyperdimensional Space.

Li Congxin failed to persuade the Living Tribunal to help with the threats facing Earth and spent nearly a year searching the universe without finding his enemies or a way to activate the next Bonfire Assignment. Tony then called him to Avengers Base, where Li Congxin recognized the corpse the scientists were examining.

• Li Congxin visited the Living Tribunal with mooncakes and asked for help dealing with Dormammu and Kaecilius, but the Living Tribunal refused and sent him home.
• Li Congxin accepted that he would have to handle Earth's dangers himself, then slept before setting out to search for enemies and a way to advance his power.
• For nearly a year, Li Congxin wandered the universe, challenged powerful fighters while disguised as a novice, and failed to find the Phoenix Force, Kaecilius, Ego, or the Bonfire Assignment's trigger.
• While watching a battle between the Kree Empire and the Shi'ar Empire on K'tharr, Li Congxin answered Tony's call about vampires.
• Li Congxin teleported to Avengers Base and found Tony, Old Pi, Banner, and other scientists examining a corpse; he recognized the man as someone who had appeared before.

Li Congxin identified the vampire corpse as a clone and warned Tony that Peter might be targeted again. He also uncovered and corrected an error in Tony’s new armor research, leaving Tony stunned when Friday confirmed the calculations were sound.

• Li Congxin explained that the vampire corpse was a clone and that its attacker was distinct from a counterpart he had seen in another Parallel Universe.
• Tony said his suit’s alarm had alerted him when Peter was in mortal danger, and Li Congxin concluded that Peter could be attacked again by an organized group.
• Li Congxin told Tony to protect Peter while he monitored the Phoenix Force and Dormammu, and Tony agreed.
• Li Congxin recognized that Tony was developing armor combining the Extremis Virus with nanotechnology and identified an error in his calculations.
• Li Congxin gave Friday temporary command authority, corrected the formula, and watched Friday confirm that Tony’s data was ready for testing.

Li Congxin learned that Ego’s planet had been located and decided to go there with Daisy, since Gamora and Star-Lord had already traveled with Ego to investigate him. He and Daisy left for the Milano at Borat star, while the Guardians and Nebula remained caught up in the search for the truth about Ego.

• Li Congxin reassured Tony that his creativity had made the Extremis Virus and nanotechnology combination possible, then admitted he could alter reality and earned Tony’s resentment.
• Xing Hua told Li Congxin that Nebula had found Gamora and showed him footage of Ego meeting Star-Lord.
• Xing Hua explained that Gamora, Star-Lord, and Drax had gone with Ego to his planet, while Rocket Raccoon and Groot stayed behind with the Milano and captive Nebula.
• Li Congxin told Xing Hua that Ego was powerful enough to crush Thanos, and Daisy asked to join the mission to protect Earth.
• Li Congxin agreed to take Daisy and teleported with her to the Milano at Borat star.

Li Congxin freed Nebula and explained that Ego was Peter Quill’s father, but planned to consume planets to gain power and immortality. When Yondu and his men arrived, Li Congxin used the confrontation to teach Daisy to act decisively, ending with an order to kill the men who deserved it.

• Li Congxin dissolved Nebula’s handcuffs and returned the Sword of the Night Sky to her, then told Rocket Raccoon and the others that Ego was Quill’s father and a threat to planets including Earth.
• Li Congxin explained Ego’s plan to gain power and immortality by devouring planets and using his offspring, but left the ship when he sensed trouble.
• Yondu arrived with more than a hundred men, recognized Li Congxin, and tried to warn his crew.
• Li Congxin restrained Yondu and Kraglin, then used the Soul Stone to make Yondu’s men reveal their intentions toward Daisy and Nebula.
• Li Congxin asked Daisy if she had memorized the men who threatened them, and ordered her to kill everyone who deserved to die.