Chapter Summaries

Li Congxin tested the Wakandan cape and Kimoyo Beads, then learned from Sharon Carter that S.H.I.E.L.D. was investigating a man poisoned by gamma radiation. He warned her that Hydra might still have infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D., prompting her to report the warning to Nick Fury, who then received a call from Barton.

• Li Congxin admired the cape T'Challa had given him and tested its functions and the Kimoyo Beads.
• Sharon Carter visited Li Congxin and told him that Agent Coulson had asked her to get his opinion on a gamma-radiation poisoning report.
• Li Congxin said the incident involved a military-created monster and warned Sharon that Hydra might still have agents inside S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Li Congxin jokingly named several S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel as possible Hydra members, then clarified that none of them were.
• Sharon Carter called Nick Fury and relayed Li Congxin's warning, and Fury decided to investigate S.H.I.E.L.D. in secret.
• Nick Fury answered his office phone and greeted the caller as Barton.

Li Congxin abandoned his flawed high-gravity device design after Old Pi explained that he needed Howard Stark's research data to build it safely. Their discussion was interrupted when Yi Long showed them news of Hulk and Abomination fighting near the laboratory.

• Li Congxin used his Random BGM Draw Card, then spent several days working in the laboratory while Xiao Bai managed the company.
• Li Congxin explained his power-level system to Old Pi and said he needed a gravitational device to keep improving his strength.
• Old Pi rejected Li Congxin's blueprint and offered to help if they could obtain Howard Stark's research data from S.H.I.E.L.D. or Tony Stark.
• Yi Long rushed in with news that Hulk and Abomination were fighting nearby, and Old Pi warned that they were moving toward the laboratory.

Li Congxin rushed out as Black Mask to keep Hulk and Abomination from reaching his family villa. He redirected Abomination into Hulk’s path, then watched Hulk resume the fight without being noticed.

• Li Congxin changed into Black Mask and broke through the laboratory wall to reach the approaching fight, while Old Pi prepared to follow with Yi Long.
• Hulk’s battle with Abomination devastated New York streets as the combatants neared Li Congxin’s villa.
• Li Congxin intercepted the flying Abomination with a whip kick, then used his cape to steer him away from the villa and toward Hulk.
• Li Congxin glided past Hulk and stood aside as Hulk stomped Abomination’s head into the road.

Li Congxin lured Abomination and the Hulk away from his home, then helped the Hulk defeat Abomination. As the fight ended, the Hulk turned on Li Congxin despite his claim that they were on the same side.

• Abomination threw the Hulk aside and charged Li Congxin, who dodged his punch and fled while taunting him with a song.
• Abomination chased Li Congxin through New York, with the Hulk pursuing them and reporters broadcasting the chase.
• After leading them away from his home, Li Congxin tripped and disoriented Abomination with his cape, then used it to restrain him as the Hulk attacked.
• The Hulk caught up and joined Li Congxin in beating Abomination until he passed out.
• The Hulk suddenly punched at Li Congxin, who shouted that it was a misunderstanding and that he was on the Hulk's side.

Li Congxin was rescued from Hulk by The Ancient One, who brought him to the New York Sanctum and offered to teach him magic. He settled in for the night after reassuring Old Pi that he was safe, though he remained puzzled by how easily The Ancient One had accepted him.

• Hulk struck Li Congxin and chased him until The Ancient One opened a portal and brought Li Congxin into the Sanctum.
• Li Congxin guessed The Ancient One's identity, and she invited him to stay at the New York Sanctum and learn two spells.
• The Ancient One showed Li Congxin his room, gave him the Wi-Fi password, and said she would begin teaching him the next day.
• Li Congxin wondered why The Ancient One had accepted him so casually, then called Old Pi to report that he was safe.
• Old Pi told Li Congxin that Hulk had escaped and the military had taken Abomination.
• Li Congxin snapped his fingers and fell asleep.

Li Congxin met with The Ancient One at the New York Sanctum and learned that she had brought him there to save him and teach him two spells. He chose portals and Astral Projection, and The Ancient One began explaining magic.

• Daniel introduced himself to Li Congxin, took him to breakfast, and brought him to meet The Ancient One.
• The Ancient One spoke with Li Congxin in Mandarin and told him she had saved him because his future was dangerous.
• The Ancient One offered to teach Li Congxin two spells without asking for anything in return, urging him to live well and become stronger.
• Li Congxin chose portals and Astral Projection as the two spells he wanted to learn.
• The Ancient One accepted his choices and began explaining that magic was a language and the foundation of the world.

Li Congxin struggled to learn the basic portal spell, so the Ancient One left him in Siberia to practice, expecting the cold to force a breakthrough. He made himself comfortable in a portable mansion until a giant green figure destroyed it, leaving Li Congxin face-to-face with Hulk.

• The Ancient One gave Li Congxin private magic lessons, but after several days he had mastered Astral Projection and made little progress with the portal spell.
• The Ancient One left Li Congxin in Siberia with a Suspended Ring and told him to learn teleportation magic or freeze to death, while Daniel worried about the harsh test.
• Li Congxin practiced the portal spell for five days, producing only intermittent sparks, then unfolded a portable mansion and settled in for dinner.
• The Ancient One and Daniel watched Li Congxin relax in his mansion, and the Ancient One predicted that trouble would soon threaten it.
• Li Congxin studied books in his soul state, but an earthquake jolted him awake as the mansion began collapsing.
• Li Congxin escaped the falling mansion with his vibranium cloak and saw a three-meter-tall green fatty glaring and roaring at him.

Li Congxin fought Hulk in the frozen wilderness, using his martial arts and Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns to test his strength against the increasingly powerful opponent. He intensified the battle with qi and prepared for a serious fight, with neither combatant yet defeated.

• Hulk charged at Li Congxin, who dodged the pounce and used Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns to slam him into the ruins.
• Li Congxin struck Hulk with an elbow and a series of attacks, but Hulk's anger made him stronger and faster.
• Hulk seized Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns, but couldn't tear the vibranium cloth apart, and Li Congxin used the opening to unleash a rapid barrage that blasted him into ice.
• Hulk burst from the shattered ice at increased speed, and Li Congxin retreated before deciding to use the fight to test his limits.
• Li Congxin played Chinese Kung Fu, wrapped Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns in qi, and charged Hulk with the cloth turned into a staff.

Li Congxin fought Hulk for three hours, using the battle to refine his martial techniques while Hulk's strength continued to grow. After Hulk's punch badly injured him, Li Congxin changed tactics and tried to calm Hulk so he could capture Bruce Banner alive.

• Li Congxin tested and improved his martial arts against Hulk as their battle battered the surrounding ice.
• After three hours, Li Congxin's strength and qi were nearly spent, while Hulk's anger kept making him stronger.
• Hulk caught Li Congxin off guard and smashed through his energy barrier and qi shield, driving him into an ice wall and seriously injuring him.
• Li Congxin released the force stored in his vibranium cloak, shattering the weakened ice wall and forcing Hulk to retreat.
• Li Congxin changed the music to Qing Xin Zhou and tried to calm Hulk, planning to capture him alive.

Li Congxin drove Hulk away and uncovered part of a buried airplane beneath the ice. Meanwhile, Old Pi gave Yi Long an arsenal of new equipment and prepared for the disasters Clark had predicted, just as Miss Nalan Bai came looking for him.

• Li Congxin calmed Hulk briefly with the Vedic Chant, but Hulk declared the fight boring and leaped away into the snowy night.
• Li Congxin spotted part of an airplane exposed beneath the shattered ice and began breaking apart the surrounding ice to uncover it.
• Yi Long found Old Pi working on a theoretical Quantum Tunnel and urged him to rest after seventeen hours of work.
• Old Pi gave Yi Long a portable arsenal, including firearms, a rocket launcher, titanium-alloy weapons, and ammunition.
• Old Pi told Yi Long that Clark had predicted a series of disasters for Earth, and Yi Long reported that Miss Nalan Bai had come looking for him.

Nalan Bai sought Old Pi’s advice about rushing Nirvana Pictures’ first live-action film, and he warned her to wait for Clark rather than use someone else’s script. Li Congxin called from Siberia after discovering Captain America frozen in a Hydra aircraft, then found seven sinister figures waiting to ambush him.

• Nalan Bai showed Old Pi a Marvel’s Battle Through the Heavens script and explained her concern about missing the summer release window.
• Old Pi warned Nalan Bai that Yena Pictures had pressured her into rushing and advised her to wait for Clark before choosing Nirvana Pictures’ first live-action film.
• Li Congxin called Old Pi from Siberia and revealed that he had found a relic from the past.
• Li Congxin recovered the frozen Captain America and the Hydra fighter jet, then called out the figures hiding nearby.
• Seven evil-looking figures emerged and surrounded Li Congxin.

Li Congxin discovered that Dormammu’s followers had set a trap for him and fought seven Dark Apostles in Russia. The chapter ended with the wrestlers pinning him to the ice after he held back from dodging into a portal.

• Li Congxin recognized Dormammu’s mark on the seven strangers and learned that their leader intended to capture him for Dormammu.
• Li Congxin mocked Dormammu, and the sorcerer ordered the Dark Apostles to attack him.
• A dual-gun officer fired Dark Energy-enhanced bullets, but Li Congxin blocked them with his cape before countering another officer with Mountain Back Lean.
• Li Congxin struck several of the bear-like wrestlers, but they surrounded him and opened a portal in the direction he was about to dodge.
• A wrestler seized Li Congxin and suplexed him onto the ice, where the others tackled and pinned him down.

Li Congxin escaped the Dark Apostles who had pinned him down and deduced that a hidden signal could draw them to him whenever he showed weakness. He summoned Hulk by using provocative music, then proposed that they compete to see who could kill more of the seven Dark Apostles, leaving the fight underway with Hulk already claiming the first kill.

• Li Congxin burst free from the four black bears and questioned the Dark Apostles about how they tracked him.
• The mage revealed that Li Congxin would not escape their faction's pursuit, and Li Congxin inferred that stronger Dark Apostles might be able to challenge him at full strength.
• Li Congxin's music trigger lured Hulk back to the battlefield, and he challenged Hulk to compete against the Dark Apostles.
• Hulk killed one of the black bears before agreeing to the contest, then leaped into the battlefield and blocked the remaining three black bears from Li Congxin.

Li Congxin and Hulk defeated the Seven Apostles, but Hulk killed the sorceress Li Congxin had captured before he could question her. Hulk then returned to his Bruce Banner form, and Li Congxin left to find him clothes in the Siberian cold.

• Hulk’s arrival shifted the battle, and Li Congxin’s strength, stamina, and qi began recovering whenever an enemy died.
• Hulk killed the remaining black bears while Li Congxin defeated the gunman and the Russian Martial Arts expert.
• The female sorceress tried to escape through a portal, but Li Congxin pulled her back and crippled her to capture her alive.
• Hulk stomped the sorceress to death, stealing Li Congxin’s chance to question her and earning 100 Impression Points from Nicostr.
• Hulk declared victory, then shrank back into Bruce Banner as the Qing Xin Zhou music played.
• Li Congxin used his qi to keep Banner warm and went to search the ruins for clothes.

After returning to New York, Li Congxin rejected the company’s live-action script and decided to trade its existing properties for DC Comics and its works. He left Nalan Bai in charge of negotiations and said he would depart after lunch for a mission concerning life and death.

• Banner refused Li Congxin’s invitation and financial help, asking to be dropped off in Brazil before the plane returned to New York the next day.
• Xiao Bai briefed Li Congxin on the company and gave him a live-action script, which he discarded and decided to replace with one he would write himself.
• Li Congxin told Nalan Bai to sell Yena the rights to Doupo Cangqiong and the company’s animated films in exchange for DC Comics and its works, with up to ten billion available.
• Li Congxin explained that he wanted to build his own DC Cinematic Universe and rejected making Marvel films because their stories could create problems with real people and events.
• Li Congxin told Nalan Bai he would leave after lunch for no more than a month, then said his reason concerned life and death.

Li Congxin went to Kamar-Taj to ask The Ancient One why Dormammu was targeting him and what danger had surfaced inside him. The Ancient One revealed that Dormammu’s mark had been left on him during his first trip into the Quantum Realm, and Li Congxin suspected the God-Tier BGM System was the reason Dormammu wanted him.

• Li Congxin traveled through a portal to Kamar-Taj and met The Ancient One with Mordo’s help.
• Li Congxin deduced that The Ancient One had arranged his encounter with Hulk and the Dark Apostles in Siberia to expose the danger within him.
• The Ancient One said Dormammu’s mark had been hidden since Li Congxin first entered the Quantum Realm, when he was still too weak for it to reveal itself.
• The Ancient One explained that unleashing his full power weakened the seal, attracting nearby Dark Apostles, and that Dormammu had already sent two Apostles to the New York area years earlier.
• The Ancient One said Dormammu’s determination to obtain Li Congxin exceeded his desire to conquer Earth, and Li Congxin suspected the God-Tier BGM System was the reason.

The Ancient One taught Li Congxin how magic worked and warned that the Dark Energy he absorbed could open a passage for Dormammu to reach him. Li Congxin stayed at Kamar-Taj to study magical theory, while Nalan Bai prepared to begin a business battle with Yena.

• The Ancient One had Li Congxin use the Suspended Ring to open a portal to the New York Sanctum, then taught him to unify his bodily and mental energy when casting magic.
• The Ancient One explained that accumulated Dark Energy in Li Congxin's mark could break its seal and let Dormammu attack him through a spatial passage.
• The Ancient One described magic's backlash and the dangers of Dark Energy, which could transform users into servants of the Dark Dimension; Li Congxin's seal protected him from assimilation but not from Dormammu's arrival.
• Li Congxin agreed to remain at Kamar-Taj and study magical theory after the Ancient One reminded him that knowledge was power.
• Nalan Bai completed the valuation of Doupo Cangqiong and its animated film rights, then called Yena's president as their companies' clash began.

Alexandra and Sberbiscuaro planned to let Li Congxin acquire DC so they could sabotage Nirvana Pictures’ first superhero film and destroy his reputation. At Kamar-Taj, Li Congxin tried to challenge Mordo’s rigid thinking before learning the Ancient One had arranged for him to choose a magical item in the New York Sanctum.

• Alexandra told Sberbiscuaro to negotiate DC’s sale to Li Congxin, hoping his superhero film venture would fail and ruin Nirvana Pictures.
• Alexandra revealed that she wanted revenge because Li Congxin had destroyed The Hand’s foundation in New York and replaced it with Daredevil.
• Li Congxin used Vishanti Magic to make a chess knight destroy Mordo’s king after Mordo put him in check, prompting Mordo to accuse him of cheating.
• Li Congxin explained that he wanted Mordo to question his rigid adherence to old ways, then said goodbye before leaving Kamar-Taj.
• Mordo told Li Congxin that the Ancient One was away and had instructed him to take Li Congxin to the New York Sanctum to choose a magical item for self-defense.

Li Congxin searched the New York Sanctum treasury for a magical item that would resonate with him, but the Cloak of Levitation and the other artifacts ignored him. The Boots of the Traveler chose him, and he discovered their powers of flight and creating magic arrays beneath his feet.

• Li Congxin tried to bond with several famous magical items, but none responded to him.
• After hearing unexplained footsteps, Li Congxin turned and found the Boots of the Traveler dancing in midair.
• Daniel and Mordo explained that the ancient boots were mysterious and had never recognized anyone, including The Ancient One.
• Li Congxin played music, and the boots followed along with several dances before he asked them to come with him.
• The Boots of the Traveler stomped happily, then slipped onto Li Congxin's feet and revealed their abilities.
• Li Congxin rose into the air and walked on magic arrays beneath his feet, impressing Daniel and Mordo.

Li Congxin returned to his Manhattan villa on Lunar New Year's Eve, where his family celebrated both the holiday and Nirvana Group's acquisition of DC. He presented Nalan Bai with a Superman: Man of Steel script and revealed that his chosen cast was his real trump card.

• Li Congxin left the New York Sanctum through a portal, and Mordo gave Daniel the expensive boots Clark had left behind.
• Li Congxin returned to his villa, reunited with Hope, Mindy, Old Pi, and Yi Long, and learned Xiao Bai had prepared a Chinese meal for him.
• At dinner, Yi Long identified the day as Lunar New Year's Eve, and Nalan Bai announced that Nirvana Group had acquired DC for $7.3 billion and rights to Doupo Cangqiong and the animated films.
• Li Congxin told Nalan Bai the sellers had wanted to put DC's rights in Nirvana Group's hands, then gave her his Superman: Man of Steel script.
• After Nalan Bai questioned whether the script could guarantee success, Li Congxin said his real trump card was the cast.