Recaps

Chen Changsheng easily defeated the Na'vi cavalry who attacked him, then pinned down Sutey and prepared to crush him. Neytiri warned Chen Changsheng that Sutey was the future chief and that killing him would make the Na'vi fight to the death.

• Eight Na'vi warriors on Heavy Armor Horses charged Chen Changsheng, who flipped the lead rider and mount and caused several others to fall.
• The Na'vi recovered and attacked Chen Changsheng with bone and stone knives, but he knocked each of them down.
• Neytiri shot an arrow at Chen Changsheng, and he caught it before turning his attention toward her.
• Chen Changsheng pressed his foot onto the head of the unconscious Sutey, who woke screaming and could not escape.
• Neytiri spoke to Chen Changsheng in English and told him Sutey was the future chief of the Na'vi.

Chen Changsheng spared Sutey after learning he was the Na'vi prince, then tried to discuss humanity's future claim to Pandora with him. He warned the Na'vi that a stronger race could take their home, leaving them silent and reconsidering their place in the universe.

• Chen Changsheng realized Sutey was the Na'vi prince and decided to absorb someone else instead.
• Chen Changsheng helped Sutey up, apologized for the misunderstanding, and asked Neytiri to translate.
• Sutey said he understood the language of the Sky People, while Chen Changsheng continued holding his hand and proposed discussing the humans and Na'vi.
• Chen Changsheng told Sutey that all of Pandora would belong to humanity and asked how much he knew about the Sky People.
• Chen Changsheng warned the Na'vi that a stronger race could claim their planet, and the warriors lowered their knives and fell silent.

Chen Changsheng spoke with Sutey about Earth and the different groups among the Sky People, while Neytiri questioned Jack Sully about his background. Sutey was impressed by Chen Changsheng and invited him to visit his tribe.

• Sutey set aside his instinct to solve problems with force and asked Chen Changsheng what he meant by saying the Sky People belonged to different factions.
• Chen Changsheng introduced himself as Jack and explained that Earth had many people and races, while Jack Sully reacted awkwardly to sharing the name.
• Neytiri questioned Jack Sully about his Marine Corps service, and he answered her readily.
• Sutey listened to the conversations and found Chen Changsheng's knowledge more impressive than Jack Sully's casual answers.
• Sutey treated Chen Changsheng as an honored guest and invited him to visit his tribe.

Chen Changsheng agreed to visit the Na'vi settlement and impressed them by arriving on his tamed Hammerhead Thunder Beasts. On the ride there, Neytiri chose to ride with Jake Sully, leaving her fiancé Sutey behind as Chen Changsheng rode ahead to catch up with him.

• Chen Changsheng summoned his Poison Wolves, which drove two Hammerhead Thunder Beasts to him, and Jake Sully reassured the Na'vi that the wolves were Chen Changsheng's pets.
• Chen Changsheng mounted Bulldozer and invited Jake Sully to ride Mjolnir, while the Na'vi marveled at the tamed beasts and their custom chairs.
• Neytiri chose to ride with Jake Sully on Mjolnir rather than with Sutey, who rode ahead toward the tribe.
• As Mjolnir ran, Jake Sully and Neytiri were jolted together, and Chen Changsheng recognized Jake's embarrassed predicament before riding ahead on Bulldozer.
• Chen Changsheng caught up with Sutey and the others waiting near the Na'vi settlement.

Chen Changsheng entered the Na'vi settlement with Sutey and met Chieftain Eytukan and Spiritual Leader Hi'Tuk. He described humanity's vast population and technological power, leaving the Na'vi leaders to confront how small the Sky People on Pandora were compared with humanity as a whole.

• Jake Sully and Neytiri arrived on foot, and Sutey left ahead of them to report to the chieftain.
• Chen Changsheng followed Sutey into the Hometree while Na'vi villagers watched him with curiosity and hostility.
• Sutey brought Chen Changsheng before Eytukan and Hi'Tuk, the Na'vi tribe's chieftain and Spiritual Leader.
• Chen Changsheng described Earth's immense cities, population, and technology to the Na'vi leaders.
• Eytukan and the others learned that the Sky People on Pandora represented only a tiny mining department within a small company, and they fell silent.

Chen Changsheng described Earth's divisions to Eytukan, who saw a chance for the Na'vi to survive between competing human powers. After a crowd threatened Jake Sully, Neytiri explained the Soul Tree Seed's revelation to her parents, and the Spiritual Leader accepted Jake and Chen Changsheng as special guests in the tribe.

• Chen Changsheng explained that Earth's nations and cultures were divided, and Eytukan recognized that the Na'vi might exploit their rivalries.
• Eytukan and the others found Na'vi surrounding Neytiri and Jake Sully, whom several people restrained and threatened with a bone knife.
• Neytiri protected Jake Sully from the angry crowd, and Sutey's arrival helped prevent the Na'vi from escalating the confrontation.
• Neytiri told Eytukan and the Spiritual Leader about Jake Sully's connection to the Soul Tree Seed, and the Spiritual Leader examined him.
• The Spiritual Leader decided that the tribe would temporarily keep Jake Sully and Chen Changsheng as special guests.

Chen Changsheng learned common Na’vi phrases quickly while Sutey distracted himself watching Jake Sully and Neytiri flirt. At dinner beneath Hometree, the crowd fell silent and watched as Chen Changsheng and Sutey entered, followed by Jake Sully and Neytiri.

• Sutey resented Chen Changsheng but avoided provoking him because Chen Changsheng was too strong and had gained Eytukan’s favor.
• Chen Changsheng reminded Sutey to teach him and astonished him by speaking Na’vi fluently after only brief instruction.
• Chen Changsheng told Sutey that learning Na’vi came easily to him, while Sutey privately questioned his motives.
• Sutey urged Chen Changsheng to join the tribe for dinner at the base of Hometree.
• Chen Changsheng and Sutey entered the dining hall, drawing the attention of the gathered Na’vi.
• Jake Sully and Neytiri entered moments later, and the crowd’s silence made Jake uncomfortable.

At the Na’vi meal, Chen Changsheng answered Eytukan’s questions about Earth while the chief quietly planned how to protect his people and contact Earth. After Eytukan sent Neytiri and Sutey to gather information, Chen Changsheng confronted Jake Sully about his identity and left him wondering whether Chen was human at all.

• Jake Sully followed Neytiri to Eytukan’s place at the front of the meal, drawing the Na’vi’s hostile attention because of his Avatar body.
• Eytukan questioned Chen Changsheng about Earth, and Chen explained its major factions and the importance of Pandora’s superconductive ore.
• Eytukan sent Neytiri to learn more from Jake Sully and seek communications equipment, then instructed Sutey to keep watch on Chen Changsheng.
• After Neytiri and Sutey left, Chen Changsheng asked Jake Sully what he knew about Chen’s identity.
• Jake Sully recalled that Chen could breathe Pandora’s air, wield great strength, and command native creatures, and began to suspect he was not human.

Chen Changsheng revealed his position as the new head of the Resource Administration and persuaded Jake Sully to keep his arrival secret in exchange for treatment for his legs. While Chen secretly transformed Hometree, Jake fell asleep and awoke in a human-designed room.

• Chen Changsheng showed Jake Sully his appointment credentials and asked him to help while keeping his arrival on Planet Pandora secret.
• Chen Changsheng offered to pay for Jake Sully's leg treatment after they returned to Earth, and Jake agreed to cooperate.
• Eytukan formally ended the meeting, and Neytiri led Chen Changsheng and Jake Sully to their sleeping places in Hometree.
• Chen Changsheng used the Blacklight Virus to transform Hometree's internal tissues while the Na'vi slept.
• Jake Sully fell asleep in his hammock, then awoke in a human-style room when a voice called his name.

Jake Sully woke in Hell's Gate and impressed Grace with his survival and contact with the Na'vi. Colonel Miles Quaritch recruited Jake to report what he knew in exchange for help curing his legs, leaving Jake to weigh the offer against Chen Changsheng's promise as another staff member approached him.

• Jake Sully recounted his night in Pandora's wilderness and meeting the Na'vi, prompting Grace to intensify his training.
• Colonel Miles Quaritch learned Jake had infiltrated the Na'vi and ordered Trudy to bring him over.
• Quaritch offered Jake medical assistance for his legs in exchange for information, and Jake agreed to pledge allegiance.
• Jake remembered Chen Changsheng's promise to treat his legs as he left the mech hangar, where another staff member came to meet him.

Jake Sully met Parker, who asked him to mediate with the Na’vi before Chen Changsheng’s inspection and offered to pay for treatment for his legs. Jake accepted and returned to the research institute, eager to tell Chen Changsheng, then transferred his consciousness back into his Avatar.

• Parker questioned Jake Sully about his relationship with the Na’vi and asked him to arrange negotiations before the company envoy arrived.
• Parker explained that he wanted to avoid trouble during the inspection and offered to pay for treatment to heal Jake’s legs.
• Jake Sully accepted Parker’s terms but privately decided Chen Changsheng was the strongest person to back.
• Jake Sully returned to the research institute, where Grace continued training him and he entered the consciousness-transfer equipment.
• Chen Changsheng sensed a faint fluctuation as Jake’s consciousness left his human body, but took it for a sudden loss of consciousness.

Chen Changsheng watched Jake Sully return from Hell's Gate and considered how to use his growing importance, while a new lifeform based on Willow Tree took control of the Na'vi Hometree. After observing the Na'vi's bonds with their Heavy Armor Horses, Chen Changsheng studied the mind-link between Neytiri and her mount.

• Jake Sully awoke beside Chen Changsheng and reported his experiences at Hell's Gate to him as nearby Na'vi listened.
• Chen Changsheng reflected that Jake Sully's status was growing and that he could use those developments to his advantage.
• Chen Changsheng had transformed the inside of Hometree to resemble Willow Tree, and a new Willow Tree-centered lifeform began controlling the tree.
• While Jake Sully trained with the Na'vi, Chen Changsheng found no suitable person to absorb and watched the tribe's Heavy Armor Horses.
• Neytiri called a Heavy Armor Horse over, explained the importance of building trust with it, and linked her braid to the animal as Chen Changsheng watched its joyful response.

Neytiri gave Jake Sully the chance to choose a Heavy Armor Horse, and he bonded with one after several failed attempts. Chen Changsheng took a different approach with the herd’s largest horse, using force and Blacklight tendrils to train it, and began learning to ride it.

• Neytiri rode her Heavy Armor Horse back to Jake Sully and asked if he wanted one of his own.
• Jake Sully tried several Heavy Armor Horses before one accepted him through a mental link, then rode off with Neytiri.
• Chen Changsheng approached the herd’s largest Heavy Armor Horse and mounted it despite its attempts to throw him off.
• Chen Changsheng used Blacklight tendrils and pain to teach the horse to respond to his commands.
• Chen Changsheng gained control of the horse, while the nearby Na’vi watched and wondered why the prized mount had remained unchosen.

Chen Changsheng tamed the Na’vi’s untamable Heavy Armor Horse leader and rode out to explore Pandora, spotting a human mining site before collecting plants in the glowing forest. He returned to find Eytukan scolding Neytiri for leaving with Jake Sully, while Eytukan feared Chen Changsheng had gone missing.

• Chen Changsheng tamed the Heavy Armor Horse leader and outran the Na’vi who chased him.
• Eytukan sent people to search for Chen Changsheng and Jake Sully after learning both had left the tribe.
• Chen Changsheng tested the horse king’s speed, found a human mining site, and chose not to approach it.
• Chen Changsheng explored the forest and collected unfamiliar plants with his whip of light.
• Chen Changsheng returned to Hometree and saw Eytukan reprimanding Neytiri for taking Jake out without permission.

Chen Changsheng returned safely after disappearing, then joined Sutey and Jake Sully on the journey to Jake’s final test for joining the Na’vi. They reached a gathering place for Mountain Banshees on a sheer cliff, where Jake would face a dangerous challenge to bond with one.

• Sutey spotted Chen Changsheng returning, and Eytukan ended his reprimand of Neytiri and Sutey.
• The Na’vi adjusted to Chen Changsheng’s frequent absences while he gathered genetic information and Jake Sully learned their ways alongside Neytiri.
• Sutey led Chen Changsheng and Jake to Jake’s final test, and Chen noted the floating mountains’ unusual magnetic fields and their importance to the Na’vi.
• Chen, Jake, and Sutey reached the Mountain Banshees’ cliffside gathering place, where Jake would attempt the dangerous bond required for the test.

Jake Sully tried to tame a Mountain Banshee during the Na’vi’s final trial, but he and the creature fell from a cliff as their minds connected. While Sutey, Neytiri, and the other hunters rushed to find Jake, Chen Changsheng slipped into the Banshees’ gathering place.

• Jake Sully chose a fierce Mountain Banshee and struggled to hold it as it fought against his hunting rope.
• Neytiri urged Jake Sully to connect his braid to the Banshee, and it broke free and leaped off the cliff with him.
• Sutey ordered a Na’vi to guard Chen Changsheng, then led Neytiri and the other hunters after Jake Sully.
• Chen Changsheng left the cave behind the waterfall and entered the Mountain Banshees’ territory before his guard could react.

Chen Changsheng captured the largest Mountain Banshee and used his magnetic abilities to exhaust and subdue it. He claimed it as his flying mount and continued exploring Pandora Sacred Land for a place to settle.

• Chen Changsheng approached the largest Mountain Banshee, leaped onto its back, and grabbed its linking organs to ride it.
• The Mountain Banshee dove off a cliff, but Chen Changsheng increased his weight and forced it into a panicked fall before lifting them both back into the sky.
• Chen Changsheng landed on a floating island with the exhausted Mountain Banshee and admired the scenery of Pandora Sacred Land.
• After the Mountain Banshee recovered, Chen Changsheng mounted it again and used the Blacklight Virus's tendrils to mark and tame it.
• The Mountain Banshee repeatedly tried to escape while Chen Changsheng searched for a suitable floating island, but pain and his ability to catch up made it give in.

Chen Changsheng returned to the Na'vi tribe with a newly tamed Mountain Banshee after spending the day with his pets. Meanwhile, Jake Sully reported Hometree’s layout to Colonel Quaritch as Manager Parker grew more willing to use force against the Na'vi.

• Chen Changsheng healed and tamed a Mountain Banshee with Life Essence, then flew it to the forest where his strengthened pets lived.
• The Mountain Banshee watched Chen Changsheng distribute Life Essence to his pets before diving down and driving the herd away from him.
• Chen Changsheng rode the Banshee back to Hometree, interrupting Eytukan as he reprimanded people and leaving him unable to continue his tirade.
• Eytukan tried to create distrust between Chen Changsheng and Jake Sully, while Jake and Neytiri continued acting like a couple and Sutey dismissed their behavior as an act.
• Jake Sully reported Hometree’s interior layout to Colonel Quaritch and continued working on Manager Parker’s diplomatic mission.
• Manager Parker became more inclined to resolve the conflict through violence as Colonel Quaritch gained key military intelligence and Earth’s inspectors could arrive at any time.

Grace sensed that conflict was imminent and prepared to leave Hell's Gate with Jake Sully and a few researchers, while Parker pressed Jake for progress on his mission to the Na'vi. Jake defended the Na'vi and revealed that he had grown close to them, leaving his relationship with the humans at the base increasingly strained.

• Colonel Quaritch believed force would be the quickest way to defeat the Na'vi and waited for Jake Sully to provide information about Hometree.
• Grace sensed the mercenaries' growing excitement and arranged an expedition to the magnetic disturbance zone, bringing Jake Sully and trusted researchers while hiding equipment there.
• Grace's group chose the edge of Pandora's holy land, which was also where Chen Changsheng had established his base.
• Parker became anxious about the depleted mining site and the approaching investigator, so he summoned Jake Sully to ask about his mission.
• Jake told Parker that he had integrated with the Na'vi, had a good relationship with them, and believed they deserved respect.

Jake Sully tried to stop Parker and Colonel Quaritch from using force against the Na'vi, but Parker gave him only three days to negotiate before sending a mining vehicle to Hometree. Jake returned to the research department worried, unaware that Grace was making plans without him.

• Parker vented his anger over the Na'vi destroying a mining rig as Jake Sully tried to defend them.
• Colonel Quaritch presented a forceful plan to destroy Hometree, drive out the Na'vi, and mine the area, crediting Jake Sully's intelligence for its details.
• Jake Sully urged Parker to negotiate peacefully and claimed he could persuade the Na'vi through his closeness to the chief's daughter.
• Parker gave Jake Sully three days to settle matters before sending a mining vehicle to Hometree.
• Colonel Quaritch decided to follow Parker's order so the coming conflict would unfold as he wanted.
• Jake Sully returned to the research department, where Grace kept her plans from him, and entered the consciousness-transfer pod to operate his Avatar.

Jack Sully woke in his Avatar body beside Neytiri and hesitated to tell her he was a human spy, while Chen Changsheng prepared to fly toward the floating mountains. Chen Changsheng left on Sky Dragon as the Mountain Banshees’ commotion drew the Na’vi away.

• Jack Sully awoke beside Neytiri, smiled at her, and decided not to reveal that he was a human spy.
• Jack Sully noticed Chen Changsheng watching him and considered asking for help, but stayed silent.
• Chen Changsheng climbed to Hometree’s canopy and summoned Sky Dragon with Life Essence.
• Sky Dragon caught the Life Essence, showed off to the other Mountain Banshees, and stirred up their jealousy.
• Chen Changsheng mounted Sky Dragon and flew toward the floating mountains as the Na’vi hurried to investigate the uproar.

Chen Changsheng found the Tree of Souls and cautiously investigated it while Jack Sully and Neytiri arrived to connect with it. He discovered that the tree contained unfamiliar elements and transmitted electrical signals with astonishing efficiency, leaving its nature still unexplained.

• Jack Sully and Neytiri fled the tribe together on their Mountain Banshees and headed for the Tree of Souls.
• Chen Changsheng searched the holy land and spotted the Tree of Souls as Jack Sully and Neytiri approached it.
• Chen Changsheng’s Sky Dragon refused to approach the tree, so he landed nearby and went on alone.
• Chen Changsheng watched Jack Sully and Neytiri connect their braids, then concluded that the tree posed no threat unless a Na’vi actively connected to it.
• Chen Changsheng flew among the tree’s branches and analyzed it, discovering unfamiliar elements and electrical signals that traveled without loss.

Chen Changsheng spent three days studying the Tree of Souls, then rescued his starving Sky Dragon and flew toward Hometree. He arrived as human vehicles began demolishing a path through Na’vi land, where Neytiri rushed forward and Jake Sully tried to stop the bulldozer.

• Chen Changsheng transformed his tentacles to study the Tree of Souls, but could not locate its consciousness before three days passed.
• Chen Changsheng found his Sky Dragon nearly dead from hunger and revived it with Life Essence, strengthening their bond.
• Chen Changsheng rode the Sky Dragon toward the Na’vi tribe and saw human vehicles bulldozing a path near Hometree.
• Neytiri charged toward the bulldozer as the Na’vi watched, and Jake Sully stepped in front of her to signal the vehicle to stop.

Jake Sully tried to stop the human mining team from advancing, but Colonel Quaritch ordered the troops to prepare for combat as the Na'vi gathered to defend their home. The chapter left both sides facing each other, with Eytukan at the front and the Na'vi refusing to retreat.

• The humans restarted the engineering vehicle, so Jake Sully climbed aboard and smashed its camera to stop it.
• Parker and Colonel Quaritch identified Jake Sully, and Quaritch ordered the combat personnel to open fire if the Na'vi resisted while Parker urged him to drive them away without killing anyone.
• Mercenaries, mechs, and low-flying fighter jets assembled as Na'vi warriors gathered near the mining team and began to surround it.
• Colonel Quaritch held his forces back rather than start a direct battle despite being outnumbered.
• Eytukan stepped forward to face the humans, and Jake Sully tried to persuade him to move back.
• Sutey shoved Jake Sully aside and declared that the Na'vi had nowhere to retreat, prompting the warriors to raise their bows and shout in support.

Chen Changsheng arrived at the standoff between the humans and the Na’vi and used his authority as an investigator to order the human forces back to base. Manager Parker complied, while Colonel Quaritch considered how Chen Changsheng’s arrival might affect their positions, and Eytukan welcomed Chen Changsheng.

• Chen Changsheng landed on the front line aboard a Mountain Banshee, and the human mercenaries aimed their guns at him.
• Chen Changsheng identified himself over the communications network as an investigator from the Resource Development Administration and ordered everyone to return to base.
• Manager Parker confirmed Chen Changsheng’s identity through the system and ordered his people to withdraw to Hell’s Gate.
• Colonel Quaritch judged that Parker would face trouble but believed his own position would remain secure because the humans still needed his military strength on Pandora.
• Jake Sully regretted growing distant from Chen Changsheng, then reconsidered as he thought about his relationship with Neytiri.
• Eytukan greeted Chen Changsheng, while the Mountain Banshee flew toward the canopy of Hometree.