Chapter Summaries

Li Congxin confronted S.H.I.E.L.D. agents seeking the Ant-Man Suit, then rushed to the hospital after Hope reported that the FBI was pressuring her to surrender it. He found Old Pi under FBI protection and challenged Agent Ross as he defended Pym Uncle’s service to the country.

• Pi Llama, Egghead, and Coulson visited Li Congxin and demanded that he hand over the Ant-Man Suit, but he denied knowing about it.
• After the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents left, Mindy asked if they were in trouble, and Li Congxin told her to practice with her new blade.
• Hope called Li Congxin to say FBI agents at the hospital were demanding that she surrender the Ant-Man Suit, so he hurried there with Mindy.
• Li Congxin found Old Pi under FBI protection and met Agent Ross in a temporary office.
• Li Congxin gripped Agent Ross's hand painfully and declared that Pym Uncle had served S.H.I.E.L.D., saved millions of lives, and bled for the country.

Li Congxin rejected Agent Ross's demand to hand over the Ant-Man Suit after the FBI summoned him and Hope to a congressional hearing in three days. He told Hope he had a theoretical way to wake Pym Uncle, but they would still have to handle the hearing and deal with The Hand first.

• Agent Ross demanded that Li Congxin surrender the Ant-Man Suit and gave him an invitation for a congressional hearing.
• Li Congxin played "FBI WARNING" as Ross left, flustering him, then took Hope home to discuss the hearing.
• Li Congxin told Hope he had devised a way to wake Pym Uncle, though building the necessary instrument would take time.
• Li Congxin said they would give the government the Ant-Man Suit and whispered his plan to Hope.

Li Congxin prepared for the hearing over Hank Pym’s Ant-Man Suit while he and Hope avoided acting under surveillance. At City Hall, he handed officials a suit from Pym’s wardrobe but claimed he could not confirm it was the real one, leaving its authenticity unsettled as Hope visited her father.

• Li Congxin flicked a coin at a guard dog to frighten an affectionate couple, then told Hope that the Heroes Alliance would handle preparations while they stayed cautious.
• Li Congxin and Hope remained home for three days as their watchers waited for the hearing.
• Li Congxin carried a gray briefcase to New York City Hall, where Senator Stern asked him to hand over the Ant-Man Suit for safekeeping.
• Li Congxin presented a gray uniform from Hank Pym’s wardrobe and insisted he did not know whether it was the Ant-Man Suit.
• Senator Stern privately messaged that the suit’s authenticity was unconfirmed and warned against moving against Hank Pym.
• Hope returned to the hospital to visit her father.

Hope and Hawkeye rescued Old Pi from FBI surveillance while Li Congxin distracted the factions at a hearing by offering them a fake Ant-Man Suit. After leaving city hall, Li Congxin sent a signal to the Heroes Alliance and prepared to shake off his pursuers and deal with The Hand.

• Hope visited Old Pi in the hospital and waited for Hawkeye to arrive disguised as a nurse.
• Hawkeye and Hope subdued the FBI agent, replaced him with a disguised dummy, and smuggled Old Pi out in a shrunken metal box.
• Li Congxin presented a fake Ant-Man Suit at the hearing, drawing the factions’ attention while the rescue proceeded.
• Li Congxin offered the suit to the government and left the hearing as senators argued over which agency should secure it.
• Li Congxin messaged the Heroes Alliance and decided to confront The Hand without waiting for Yi Long to return.

After escaping the agents pursuing him, Li Congxin returned to Martha's Fitness Club and organized a Black Mask photo contest that sent nearly a hundred disguised participants running into the city. The agents were left baffled by the crowd, while Coulson asked Pierce if he had heard of the Cloning Technique.

• Li Congxin noticed agents tailing him from City Hall and outran them on his way back to Martha's Fitness Club.
• The agents used surveillance footage and satellite reconnaissance to locate Li Congxin at the club.
• Li Congxin announced a Black Mask photo contest, and ninety-six customers dressed in matching outfits and ran out to take photos.
• Stephen Strange accepted the Brocade Flag Li Congxin had received for him from Old Mr. Nalan, then gave it back to Li Congxin.
• The arriving agents saw the Black Masks scatter in different directions, and Coulson asked Pierce whether he had heard of the Cloning Technique.

Li Congxin and his allies launched an assault on The Hand’s Manhattan base, where Madame Gao had obtained Dragon Bone to treat her injuries. Li Congxin evaded an ambush, while a mysterious trench-coat visitor and the Dragon Bone remained inside the factory.

• Li Congxin, Punisher, Hawkeye, and Daredevil prepared to attack the Must-Lose Guest Food Processing Plant, and Frank confirmed that Madame Gao and a sword expert were there.
• A white man in a black trench coat arrived with a briefcase, prompting Li Congxin to notice Hawkeye’s unease.
• Li Congxin entered the plant, while Madame Gao, Bakuto, and the trench-coat man focused on the Dragon Bone in the briefcase.
• The trench-coat man said the Dragon Bone could treat Madame Gao’s injuries, and Bakuto ordered the others to bring guns against Li Congxin.
• Li Congxin sensed an ambush on the third floor and smashed through a wall into an empty office as a dozen armed men turned their machine guns toward him.

Li Congxin stormed The Hand’s stronghold, using his cloth club to break through rooms and overwhelm its armed forces. He confronted Bakuto and Barney Fransis Sibaton as the Punisher attacked below, while Daredevil occupied Madame Gao and Hawkeye stopped Barney and asked if he was Barney.

• Li Congxin smashed through the stronghold’s rooms, scattering gunmen, swordsmen, and ninjas with flying glass and bricks.
• Bakuto and Barney Fransis Sibaton ambushed Li Congxin as he approached the tenth room, but he avoided their attacks and faced them.
• Barney revealed that he knew Li Congxin was Clark Li and claimed responsibility for his parents’ deaths, while Li Congxin feigned anger to mislead him.
• The Punisher opened fire on The Hand’s forces, and Li Congxin attacked Bakuto and Barney as they were distracted.
• Daredevil confronted Madame Gao outside the monitoring room, while Bakuto sent Barney to help her.
• Hawkeye stopped Barney with an arrow and asked whether he was Barney.

Barney revealed himself as Hawkeye’s long-lost brother, but attacked him and offered him immortality, while the battle continued across four fronts. Li Congxin defeated Bakuto by enlarging Ruyi Bang while Bakuto used it to pick his ear.

• Hawkeye recognized Barney as his biological elder brother, but Barney attacked him and urged him to join The Hand.
• Hawkeye fought Barney, while Daredevil battled Madame Gao and the Punisher cut through their enemies.
• Li Congxin disarmed Bakuto and continued fighting him hand to hand, discovering that Bakuto was also a powerful karate master.
• Bakuto stole Ruyi Bang and tested its ability to change size, while Li Congxin realized the curse had left Bakuto’s intelligence impaired.
• Li Congxin enlarged Ruyi Bang while Bakuto held it to his ear, killing him.

Li Congxin helped the Heroes Alliance finish off Madame Gao and discovered Dragon Bones and a strange manual among the spoils. The battle ended with Barney dead, while Li Congxin was left trying to identify the manual titled “Gas Source Influenza.”

• Madame Gao unleashed her suppressed injuries, struck Daredevil down, and charged to kill him, but Li Congxin intercepted her with his expanding metal case.
• Li Congxin used the Brocade Flag as a staff and killed the weakened Madame Gao.
• The Punisher shot Barney dead while Hawkeye and Barney were fighting, and Hawkeye mourned his brother.
• Li Congxin found two Dragon Bones in Barney’s leather case and used a failed shrinking-device experiment to erase Madame Gao’s corpse.
• Li Congxin searched Bakuto’s belongings and found a possible secret manual titled “Gas Source Influenza.”

Li Congxin and the Heroes Alliance found and freed the children imprisoned by the Hand Black Society, learning they had planned to use the children’s blood and Dragon Bone to heal Madame Gao. As S.H.I.E.L.D. was called to take the children, Li Congxin gave a brave boy his Brocade Flag as a cape, and the boy vowed to become a hero.

• Hawkeye asked to take Barney’s body for a proper burial, while Punisher defended killing him.
• Daredevil sensed children behind a hidden door, and Li Congxin tore open the entrance to free more than twenty captives.
• A brave little black boy told the heroes that the Hand Black Society planned to use the children’s blood and Dragon Bone to heal Madame Gao.
• Punisher said he had contacted Nick Fury, and the heroes decided to leave the children for S.H.I.E.L.D. to rescue.
• Li Congxin draped the Brocade Flag over the boy like a cape, and the boy thanked him and vowed to become a great hero.

Li Congxin’s warning through the Hand’s destruction made most factions hesitate to pursue the Ant-Man Suit, while Hawkeye left New York to grieve Barney. In a hidden base, Li Congxin finished calibrating equipment for a planned attempt to rescue Pym Uncle in seven days, though he remained uncertain whether it would work.

• Pi Llama canceled the mission to track Li Congxin and ordered surveillance of the Hand’s bases after Black Masks appeared across the city.
• Egghead and Nick Fury interpreted the Brocade Flag left at the destroyed Hand base as Li Congxin’s warning, and Pi Llama decided not to provoke him.
• Li Congxin’s warning made many factions hold back from pursuing the Ant-Man Suit, while Hawkeye buried Barney and left New York to clear his head.
• Li Congxin finished calibrating the equipment and told Hope and Mindy that the best time to rescue Pym Uncle would be seven days later.
• When Mindy asked how they could help, Li Congxin told them to pray, then silently opened the system interface.

Li Congxin prepared for a risky experiment and asked Nalan Bai to run Nirvana Pictures while he dealt with trouble from a group of congressmen. The chapter ended with Nalan Bai being formally appointed acting CEO.

• Li Congxin upgraded the “Praying for You” BGM to Level 5, giving it the power to shift probability by 10%.
• Li Congxin shared the translated Source of Qi manual with the Heroes Alliance and prepared a notebook for Hope in case his experiment went wrong.
• Nalan Bai returned to her empty family home and mistook Li Congxin, waiting in the shadows, for a threat before recognizing him.
• Li Congxin told Nalan Bai that congressmen were causing him trouble and that he had founded Nirvana Pictures but needed to lie low.
• Li Congxin formally hired Nalan Bai as acting CEO of Nirvana Pictures until he returned.

Li Congxin entrusted Nalan Bai with running his film company while he was away, then attempted to use quantum energy to wake Old Pi. The treatment appeared to work, but the energy turned unstable and pulled Li Congxin into the Quantum Realm, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Li Congxin persuaded Nalan Bai to take charge of his film company, and she agreed after considering it for half an hour.
• Li Congxin gave Hope the Dragon Bone and his research notes as a backup in case his experiment failed to wake Old Pi.
• Li Congxin explained that he would draw energy from the Quantum Realm and channel it into Old Pi, accepting that the process could leave him unconscious for up to three years.
• Li Congxin activated the instrument, endured the quantum energy, and saw Old Pi's right index finger twitch.
• The quantum energy suddenly grew violent and dragged Li Congxin into the Quantum Realm as Mindy grabbed his thigh.

Li Congxin and Mindy woke in an abandoned basement after their trip through the Quantum Realm, where Mindy discovered a healing superpower and Li Congxin found himself vastly stronger. They decided to leave the basement and find food while figuring out where they were.

• Li Congxin and Mindy woke after crashing into each other in the sealed basement.
• Li Congxin recognized the basement where he had been before entering the Quantum Realm, though it was dusty and his quantum device was gone.
• Mindy explained that she had rushed into the experiment because she feared losing Clark, and a burst of white light revealed her new healing ability.
• Mindy used her holy light to cure Li Congxin's discomfort, and he realized his strength and qi had increased dramatically.
• Li Congxin tested his qi by firing an invisible blast through the basement floor, then decided he and Mindy should go outside and find food.

After emerging from the Quantum Realm, Li Congxin learned that nine years had passed and that Matthew had become the leader of New York’s Hand and its largest underground empire. Li Congxin asked Matthew how his friends and Nirvana Pictures had fared while he was gone.

• Li Congxin and Mindy left the secret room, found food, and saw Tony Stark on a billboard, confirming they were still in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
• Matthew Murdock found Li Congxin in Hell’s Kitchen and asked where he had been; Li Congxin learned they were still in the same universe and asked what had happened during his absence.
• Matthew explained that nine years had passed and that it was April 16, 2008.
• Matthew said he had taken over the remnants of The Hand, with the Punisher’s help, and become the king of New York’s largest underground empire.
• Li Congxin asked Matthew how Pym Uncle, Hope, Hawkeye, Nalan Bai, and Nirvana Pictures had been doing.

After waking nine years later, Li Congxin learned how his friends and businesses had fared and went with Matthew to visit Old Pi. At The Hand’s headquarters, Li Congxin saw an extraterrestrial meteorite just as Matthew suddenly screamed.

• Matthew told Li Congxin that Hawkeye had been missing for nine years, while Old Pi and Nalan Bai had built up their research and business ventures.
• Li Congxin decided to visit Old Pi first and admitted he felt guilty about staying away from Nalan Bai for nine years.
• Matthew described The Hand’s financial troubles and the growing influence of Kingpin, then said he had brought an extraterrestrial meteorite for Old Pi to examine.
• At The Hand’s headquarters, Li Congxin saw a purple crystal and a strange black mass inside the meteorite, and Matthew suddenly screamed.

Matthew's driver betrayed him and joined Kingpin, but Mindy healed Matthew while Li Congxin fought off Kingpin and Bullseye's attack. Kingpin tried to retreat, and Li Congxin kept him occupied as Matthew battled Bullseye.

• Matthew's driver stabbed him in the back and revealed he had defected to Kingpin's side.
• Mindy removed the dagger and used holy light to heal Matthew while Li Congxin confronted Kingpin and Bullseye.
• Bullseye attacked Li Congxin, Mindy, and Matthew with hidden weapons, but Li Congxin caught most of them and Mindy's barrier deflected the last one.
• Li Congxin hurled the hidden weapons back, killing Matthew's driver and forcing Kingpin and Bullseye to recognize the danger they faced.
• Mindy finished healing Matthew, and Kingpin ordered Bullseye to retreat.
• Li Congxin stopped Kingpin from leaving and taunted him with his speed while Matthew fought Bullseye.

Li Congxin and Mindy taunted Kingpin and his allies while fighting, and Li Congxin revealed strength far beyond Kingpin’s. After Kingpin threw the Alien Meteorite out the window, Li Congxin broke his arm and sent him flying, then leapt after him from the high-rise office.

• Mindy hid behind her Holy Light Shield, fired Holy Light Bullets at Bullseye, and mocked his forehead scar.
• Li Congxin caught Kingpin’s cane and kicked him through Matthew’s desk, crushing the Alien Meteorite’s container.
• Kingpin recovered, grabbed the meteorite, and threw it through the office window to distract Li Congxin.
• Li Congxin ignored the meteorite, smashed Kingpin’s blocking forearm with the cane, and struck him hard enough to send him flying through the window.
• Li Congxin avoided Kingpin’s blood, then jumped out of the window and chased after him from the 150-meter-high office.

Li Congxin killed Kingpin and returned to Matthew’s office with the meteorite while Hit-Girl killed Bullseye despite Daredevil’s attempt to spare him. He urged Matthew to address The Hand’s financial problems by joining his plan to make money, leaving Matthew to consider raising capital.

• Li Congxin kicked Kingpin out of the building, caught the meteorite, and returned to Matthew’s office.
• Daredevil and Hit-Girl overwhelmed Bullseye, and Hit-Girl shot and killed him before Daredevil could hand him over to the authorities.
• Li Congxin asked Matthew why Kingpin had expanded so quickly and caused The Hand’s trusted aides to betray him.
• Li Congxin offered Matthew a chance to join his business venture and told him to prepare as much liquid capital as possible within three days.

After returning to New York, Li Congxin reunited with Old Pi at his laboratory, where Old Pi had prepared traps because he doubted their identities. Li Congxin proved who he was, and Old Pi revealed the laboratory’s Pym Particle defenses before offering to test Li Congxin’s abilities.

• After the battle, Daredevil arranged the cleanup, and Matthew brought Li Congxin and Mindy to Old Pi’s laboratory.
• Old Pi’s security guard sent Matthew to wait at the villa while Li Congxin and Mindy went to meet Old Pi alone.
• Li Congxin exposed the traps in the chairs and control center, then revealed that Yi Long was hiding in a crate.
• Old Pi demanded proof of Li Congxin’s identity, and Li Congxin used their private secret and the Qing Xin Zhou to convince him.
• Old Pi explained that the laboratory was protected by a Pym Particle Ray Net that could send intruders into the Quantum Realm.
• Old Pi led Li Congxin toward the real laboratory and offered to test his abilities.