Recaps

Chen Changsheng established a tentative alliance between humans and Titans, then left the Godzilla world to investigate the Pioneer race’s ruins and escape an unknown virus. After finding a route to the Pacific Rim world, he backed up its technology and continued on, newly interested in its miniature armor designs.

• Chen Changsheng ordered the Titans to coexist peacefully with humanity and appointed King Kong as their ambassador.
• Red Queen told Chen Changsheng that Dr. Serizawa had revived Godzilla with a nuclear bomb before dying in the collapsing base.
• Chen Changsheng placed Godzilla and Mothra under house arrest, fought Godzilla, and recorded its peak state and Mothra’s genetic information.
• Chen Changsheng discovered that an untraceable virus had wiped out the Pioneer race and hurried the remaining Pioneers to open a wormhole.
• The Pioneers opened a wormhole to the Pacific Rim world, and Chen Changsheng left with them and Willow Tree.
• Chen Changsheng backed up the Pacific Rim world’s technology and became interested in its miniature armor designs.

Chen Changsheng returned to the Marvel universe after a year had passed there and began rebuilding his hive and resuming his plans. When a broadcast showed Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane captured by the Rhino and Green Goblin, he headed to the unfinished skyscraper where they were being held.

• Chen Changsheng returned to Marvel with a half-mature insect god and transformed the hive with powerful new cells.
• Chen Changsheng synchronized his memories, learned only a year had passed, and left the insect god hidden on the seafloor as a backup.
• Chen Changsheng reached Umbrella Corporation's New York headquarters and created a biological supercomputer to copy Red Queen, Mechanical Emperor, and Skynet.
• Chen Changsheng saw news that the Rhino and Green Goblin had kidnapped Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane, then recognized the location and glided there.
• Harry Osborn questioned Mary Jane about whether she knew Peter was Spider-Man while Gwen and Mary Jane were held on a skyscraper rooftop.

Harry Osborn and a group of Umbrella Corporation insiders gathered on a rooftop to lure Spider-Man into a trap and seize the company. As Spider-Man approached, Sandman went to delay the NYPD, while Rhino blocked their path.

• Harry blamed Peter Parker for his ruined family and threw Mary Jane from the rooftop, where black strands caught her and left her hanging.
• Venom, Ivan Vanko, Dr. Connors, and Dr. Otto joined Harry and discussed taking control of Umbrella Corporation; Gwen recognized the conspirators as her colleagues.
• Sandman arrived, seeking the money Harry had promised to help treat his daughter, and Max warned the group that the police and Spider-Man were coming.
• Spider-Man swung toward the rooftop as Rhino blocked the NYPD, and Dr. Connors ordered someone to stop the police.
• Sandman leaped from the building and turned into a cloud of yellow sand to confront the approaching police.

Venom, Green Goblin, and their allies cornered Spider-Man while the Tyrant forces overwhelmed the police and destroyed Rhino’s armor. Peter ended up on the rooftop with Gwen, surrounded by his enemies, as Harry held Mary Jane at knifepoint.

• Venom threatened to kill Gwen, but the Umbrella Corporation employees stopped him because they needed her help taking over the company.
• Venom and Harry left the group and attacked Spider-Man, while Venom used his webbing to make Mary Jane fall and Harry flew toward Peter.
• Rhino attacked the police in his modified armor, but the arriving Tyrant forces blasted the armor apart, forcing Sandman to retreat.
• Sandman emerged from the ground, seized Spider-Man, and carried him to the rooftop, where he demanded the money he was owed.
• Spider-Man found Gwen and recognized the assembled villains, while Venom climbed onto the rooftop and approached him.
• Harry brought Mary Jane to the rooftop and held a dagger to her neck, stopping Peter from trying to rescue her.

Harry threw Mary Jane from the rooftop to force Peter Parker into a fight with Venom, but Chen Changsheng arrived and rescued her. After overpowering the gathered villains, Chen learned that Harry had targeted Spider-Man and Osborn Industries in a revenge plot.

• Harry unmasked himself and threw Mary Jane toward Venom, forcing Peter to fight while Venom dragged them toward a black web.
• Chen Changsheng spotted Mary Jane falling, rescued her, and reached the rooftop where Gwen and several villains were gathered.
• Gwen told Chen that the villains had kidnapped her and planned to seize his company, so Chen struck them down with Myriad Tendrils.
• Chen deliberately healed the villains after intimidating them, while Gwen watched his display of power with terror.
• Max explained that Harry had pursued revenge for his father's death, recruited supposed allies, and also targeted Chen and Osborn Industries.

Chen Changsheng uncovered Ivan Vanko’s revenge plot and stopped his unmanned suits by taking control of them through Red Queen. He captured Venom and rescued Peter Parker, while Ivan Vanko and Harry were left to face punishment.

• Harry confessed that he and Edison had plotted the kidnapping.
• Ivan Vanko revealed that he had manipulated Harry and planned to use the trap to bring down Umbrella Corporation and target Tony Stark.
• Ivan Vanko summoned unmanned suits and had them lock their weapons onto the building.
• Chen Changsheng called on Red Queen, who disabled the unmanned suits and Tony Stark’s armor, forcing Tony to eject himself.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Ivan Vanko and Harry to be dealt with later, then captured Venom and rescued Peter Parker.

After consolidating Umbrella Corporation’s power and expanding its fusion-energy network, Chen Changsheng encountered Loki, who came to seize iridium for his invasion plan. Chen Changsheng beat Loki until he fled, while the Avengers story had already begun.

• Chen Changsheng dealt with the aftermath of the attack, eliminated Ivan Vanko, and turned Harry over to the NYPD.
• Umbrella Corporation gained the Red Queen, accelerated its expansion, and helped spread nuclear fusion energy around the world.
• S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Cosmic Cube experiment went out of control, and Loki appeared in the New York facility.
• Loki visited Chen Changsheng to demand Umbrella Corporation’s iridium for opening a portal for the Chitauri.
• Chen Changsheng fought Loki, avoided risking exposure to the Mind Scepter, and forced Loki to escape.

Chen Changsheng prepared the Umbrella Corporation for the coming Battle of New York while considering how to use the invasion and its technology for profit and exploration. After Loki was captured, Chen Changsheng mobilized his scientists and enhanced forces, anticipating the arrival of Loki’s brother.

• Chen Changsheng monitored Loki and prepared the Umbrella Corporation’s weapons, Tyrants, and Enhancement Potion for the coming invasion.
• Chen Changsheng summoned Strange, a surgeon at an Umbrella Corporation hospital, and considered how restoring Strange’s hands might lead him toward magic.
• Red Queen reported that S.H.I.E.L.D. had captured Loki in Germany and would take him to its helicarrier.
• Chen Changsheng summoned Electro, Dr. Lizard, Doctor Octopus, and Sandman and told them to prepare for Loki’s brother’s arrival.
• Ivan Vanko designed armaments for Doctor Octopus and the others, and Doctor Octopus and Dr. Lizard further optimized them.

Chen Changsheng equipped Umbrella Corporation’s new security team, arranged military support through General Ross, and watched as Thor intercepted Loki aboard a Quinjet. The Umbrella team arrived while Thor, Iron Man, and Captain America fought, leaving Loki alarmed at the sight of their shuttle and its familiar emblem.

• Chen Changsheng supplied Electro with an Energy Coin, assigned Sandman a support role, and sent the Umbrella team off in a Spark-powered Cybertron shuttle.
• Chen Changsheng asked General Ross to help Umbrella’s mercenaries operate under the military’s name, and Ross agreed.
• Thor tore into the Quinjet, seized Loki, and left Iron Man and Captain America to pursue him.
• Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor fought while the Umbrella team arrived and landed beside Loki.
• Loki recognized Umbrella’s emblem and feared that his situation had worsened.

Umbrella Corporation’s squad extracted a genetic sample from Loki and escaped after battling Thor and Iron Man. Loki then helped Barton sabotage the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier, while Nick Fury rallied the Avengers by claiming Coulson was dying, though Umbrella Corporation had secretly saved him.

• Electro incapacitated Loki, and Doctor Octopus, Dr. Lizard, and Sandman extracted his genetic sample while Thor and Iron Man tried to stop them.
• Electro absorbed Thor’s lightning and held him off as Doctor Octopus subdued Iron Man, allowing Dr. Lizard to announce the mission’s success and retreat with the sample.
• Electro escaped aboard the Cybertron shuttle, leaving Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man to face the wreckage and Loki’s condition.
• Loki recovered aboard the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier, and Barton infiltrated it before an explosion heavily damaged the aircraft.
• Chen Changsheng celebrated the squad’s successful mission, while Nick Fury claimed Loki had gravely wounded Coulson to unite the Avengers, unaware that Umbrella Corporation had already sent Coulson to its hospital for treatment.

Loki opened a wormhole above Stark Tower, bringing the Chitauri invasion to New York, where the Avengers and Umbrella forces fought back. As the battle escalated, Chen Changsheng’s allies and transformations turned the city into a stronger defense, but a S.H.I.E.L.D. fighter carrying a nuclear bomb took off.

• Loki activated the wormhole at Stark Tower, and the Chitauri vanguard descended into New York.
• Umbrella forces and S.H.I.E.L.D. contained the invaders, while Electro’s electric barrier stopped Chitauri from escaping the city.
• Thor attacked the arriving Chitauri mother ships with lightning, then giant Electro and Sandman joined the fight and struck back.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Dr. Lizard to release the Lizard Gene Fusion Serum, transforming civilians into Lizard People who attacked the Chitauri in organized groups.
• Red Queen told Chen Changsheng that a S.H.I.E.L.D. fighter carrying a low-yield nuclear bomb had taken off.

Chen Changsheng seized the Mind Scepter and shut down the portal above Stark Tower, stopping the Chitauri invasion of Earth. He sent a clone carrying a nuclear bomb through the portal, then invaded the crippled Chitauri homeworld with the Blacklight Virus, leaving the Chitauri on the verge of extinction.

• Chen Changsheng snatched the Mind Scepter from Loki and examined the Tesseract on Stark Tower.
• Chen Changsheng's black armor beat Tony Stark to the incoming nuclear missile and carried it through the portal, followed by another armor suit carrying his clone.
• Chen Changsheng shut down the portal, disabling the Chitauri forces on Earth and severing his connection with his clone.
• Chen Changsheng's clone detonated the nuclear bomb in the Chitauri homeworld's atmosphere, crippling the planet and its forces.
• Chen Changsheng entered the Chitauri homeworld and unleashed the Blacklight Virus, while the Chitauri patriarch panicked over the attack.

After the Battle of New York, Chen Changsheng stayed in contact with S.H.I.E.L.D. and sought access to Pym Particles after time travelers failed to appear. Hank Pym refused to share his research, so Chen turned to Darren, who wanted Umbrella’s investment but resisted giving up his shrinking technology.

• The US government established agencies to control alien equipment and coordinate New York’s reconstruction, while Umbrella joined the companies set to handle the cleanup.
• Chen Changsheng told Tony Stark that the armored figure who carried the nuclear bomb had been an AI-controlled Iron Man suit, then saw Natasha arrive with S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to recover the Mind Scepter and Tesseract.
• Chen Changsheng waited for travelers from the future, hoping to obtain Pym Particles, but none appeared.
• Chen Changsheng met Hank Pym, who refused to share his technology, and learned that Darren now led Pym Technologies’ daily operations.
• Chen Changsheng discussed investing in Darren’s research in exchange for access to its knowledge, but Darren tried to sell him on future returns instead.

Chen Changsheng expanded Umbrella’s research efforts and investigated the Extremis Virus while terrorist attacks by the Ten Rings drew Tony Stark into a deadly confrontation. As Tony disappeared after his mansion was destroyed, Chen Changsheng discovered that the cells in Kull’s corpse had become active.

• Chen Changsheng persuaded Darren to accept Umbrella funding in exchange for sharing research results.
• Chen Changsheng infiltrated AIM’s offline research and obtained Extremis Virus data and samples, then studied the virus and found it unsuitable for his purposes.
• Helen Zhao repeatedly contacted Chen Changsheng under the pretext of discussing Regeneration Cradle technology.
• The Mandarin’s attacks provoked Tony Stark, who investigated the Ten Rings and declared war after Happy was caught in an explosion and Rhodey was kidnapped with his Iron Man Armor.
• Tony Stark’s mansion was destroyed in an attack, and he disappeared with his fate unknown.
• Chen Changsheng noticed that the cells in Kull’s corpse had become more active.

Chen Changsheng used the Great Serpent Kull’s body to investigate the approaching convergence of the Nine Realms and was transported into the Elven realm. After traveling through it to Asgard, he arrived at the Divine Realm, where Heimdall recognized him and alerted Odin.

• Chen Changsheng sensed Kull’s weakened condition and realized that Jane Foster’s research pointed to the coming convergence of the Nine Realms.
• Chen Changsheng entered the unstable convergence site, but Jane Foster was teleported to another world while he was sent elsewhere.
• Chen Changsheng identified the lush new world as the Elven realm and absorbed several elves to learn about its people and culture.
• Chen Changsheng used the elves’ magical transportation channel to travel to the Asgardian Divine Realm.
• Heimdall recognized Chen Changsheng as the Great Serpent Kull and informed Odin.

Chen Changsheng convinced Odin to welcome him back to Asgard by claiming the seal had drained his strength, though Frigga regarded him with suspicion. He found Asgard comfortable but dull and began traveling through the Nine Realms, gathering books on magic.

• Chen Changsheng identified himself as Kull, explained that escaping the seal had left him powerless, and persuaded Odin to let him return to Asgard.
• Odin accepted Chen Changsheng as the God of Fear, while Thor was away pacifying the Nine Realms and Loki remained imprisoned.
• Chen Changsheng met Frigga at a banquet and sensed hostility beneath her calm, smiling expression.
• Odin spent his days treating Chen Changsheng like an affectionate brother, while Chen Changsheng explored Asgard and received enchanted armor and a weapon.
• Chen Changsheng grew bored with Asgardian life and increasingly traveled through the Dwarf and Elf realms, collecting books on magical knowledge.

Chen Changsheng pursued divine-artifact forging in Asgard and attended a family banquet where he met Thor, while Thor received news that Jane Foster had gone missing. On Earth, Chen Changsheng learned Hydra had stolen the Mind Scepter and knew where to find it.

• Chen Changsheng studied forging across the Nine Realms, especially among the dwarves, hoping to create artifacts that let people without magical talent wield magic.
• Frigga introduced Chen Changsheng to Thor as his great-uncle at a family banquet, and Thor quickly accepted him.
• Thor spoke about his campaigns and wished Loki were there before Heimdall informed him that Jane Foster had gone missing on Earth.
• Thor hurried away, while Chen Changsheng returned to his forging work and continued pursuing the Reality Stone inside Jane Foster.
• Chen Changsheng realized Hydra had stolen the Mind Scepter after its representative sought to use Umbrella Corporation's research equipment, and he learned where Hydra had hidden it.

Chen Changsheng forged his first enchanted longblade before Odin summoned him to hear Thor’s case for bringing Jane Foster to Asgard. The argument shifted when Odin discovered that Jane had absorbed the Aether and its energy repelled his probe.

• Chen Changsheng finished forging an enchanted Uru longblade with sharpness, indestructibility, and a charged strike.
• After Odin summoned him, Chen Changsheng returned to the Divine Realm and found Odin angry at Thor for bringing Jane Foster there.
• Thor asked Chen Changsheng to help persuade Odin to let Jane stay, and Chen Changsheng and Frigga urged Odin to calm down.
• Odin learned that Jane Foster had absorbed the Aether and was forced back when he tried to probe its energy.

Odin’s probing of Jane Foster’s Aether alerted the Dark Elves and gave them Asgard’s location, prompting an invasion of the Divine Realm. Chen Changsheng fought the invaders and hid in Frigga’s bedchamber, where the Dark Elves cornered the queen.

• Odin failed to remove the Aether from Jane Foster and arranged for her to stay in his bedchamber under heavy guard.
• Chen Changsheng gave Frigga several bottles of Life Essence and recognized that Odin’s use of force had sent the Dark Elves an exact signal.
• The Dark Elves set course for Asgard, and Chen Changsheng waited near the Bifrost as Heimdall exposed their cloaked ships.
• The Dark Elves destroyed the Bifrost control hall and its protective shield, while Chen Changsheng attacked their mothership but found no information about using the Aether.
• Chen Changsheng withdrew from the fighting and hid in Frigga’s bedchamber as the Dark Elves overwhelmed its guards and reached the queen.

Chen Changsheng killed Malekith and the attacking Dark Elves, then tried to save the gravely wounded Frigga. With Odin keeping Asgard’s shield active, Thor asked Chen Changsheng to help him find another way out of the Divine Realm.

• Chen Changsheng ambushed Malekith, absorbed him, and defeated the remaining Dark Elves despite their Collapse Grenades and a powerful Curse Warrior.
• Chen Changsheng spared Frigga and used an elven restorative potion to keep her alive, then told Thor she needed treatment from the elves.
• Chen Changsheng used Malekith’s communicator to order the Dark Elf mothership to retreat and learned from the Dark Elves’ memories how to extract the Aether.
• Odin kept the Divine Realm shield active, preventing Frigga and Jane Foster from leaving for treatment despite Thor’s protests.
• Chen Changsheng hinted to Thor that another path out might exist, and Thor asked him to help find it.

Chen Changsheng helped Thor and Loki escape Asgard with Frigga and Jane Foster, then joined the battle against the Dark Elves. After the Aether was extracted from Jane, he stole it and drew the enemies away, revealing the power of his Blacklight Carapace and Serpent Kul divine body.

• Thor and Loki rescued Frigga from the divine palace, and the group fled Asgard aboard an aircraft with the pursuing army behind them.
• Loki revealed that he had stolen the Tesseract, and the group decided to use it to send Frigga and Jane Foster to safety in turns.
• The Dark Elves attacked after detecting the Aether in Jane, and they captured her while Thor fought to reach her.
• Loki returned using the Tesseract, while Chen Changsheng seized the Aether extractor after the Dark Elves removed the Aether from Jane.
• Chen Changsheng drew the Dark Elves away from the others, and Loki left him behind as Thor took Jane to the Elven realm.
• Chen Changsheng stopped pretending to struggle and used his Blacklight Carapace and Serpent Kul divine body to wipe out many Dark Elves.

Chen Changsheng absorbed the Aether, endured its life-draining cost, and used it to take control of the Dark Elves before setting his sights on the stars. Back on Earth, Hydra prepared to reveal itself, while the Red Queen interrupted Chen Changsheng’s plans with new information.

• Chen Changsheng absorbed the Aether and discovered that using it rapidly consumed his vitality, though his Biomass helped him withstand the cost.
• The Dark Elves mobilized to reclaim the Aether, but Chen Changsheng returned to their planet, defeated their army, and became their leader.
• Chen Changsheng led the remaining Dark Elves away from their plans to destroy the Nine Realms and toward finding a new home among the stars.
• Hydra advanced its plans through Dr. Zola and Alexander Pierce, who persuaded Nick Fury to support the aerial carriers and Project Insight.
• As Chen Changsheng prepared to focus on space, the Red Queen sent him another piece of interesting news.

Chen Changsheng captured Dr. Zola, disrupting Hydra’s Project Insight and contributing to its public defeat. After watching the battle’s aftermath on Earth, Chen Changsheng’s first clone to explore the universe arrived at Xandar.

• Chen Changsheng discovered that Dr. Zola had preserved himself as an artificial intelligence hidden in a Hydra base.
• Chen Changsheng and Red Queen sealed Dr. Zola’s routes through the internet and captured him as a collectible.
• With Dr. Zola unable to cover Hydra’s tracks, Project Insight began prematurely and Hydra’s actions were exposed.
• Iron Man, War Machine, and other superheroes helped defeat Project Insight, and S.H.I.E.L.D.’s three helicarriers crashed.
• Hydra’s organization collapsed, its members regrouped under new leaders, and Chen Changsheng took in exiled agents including Crossbones—Brock Rumlow.
• Chen Changsheng’s first clone to explore the universe arrived at Xandar, home of the Nova Corps.

Chen Changsheng built an underground business on Xandar and rushed into a fight over the Cosmic Orb, defeating Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Gamora before taking it. The Nova Corps arrived and restrained everyone, while Chen Changsheng waited calmly with the Orb in his possession.

• Chen Changsheng made money on Xandar by selling enchanted weapons and customized body and genetic enhancements through the underground black market.
• After completing a customer's enhancement, Chen Changsheng saw a warning that alien mercenaries were fighting in Xandar and recognized Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Star-Lord, and Gamora in the footage.
• Chen Changsheng hurried to the fighting and defeated Rocket Raccoon, Star-Lord, and Gamora before taking the Cosmic Orb from Groot.
• The Nova Corps arrived and used tractor beams to restrain everyone at the scene.
• Chen Changsheng chose not to resist, while the Nova Corps treated Star-Lord as the greatest threat and prepared several ships to fire on him.

Chen Changsheng was arrested alongside Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot after the Nova Corps uncovered his criminal records on Xandar. As they were sent to Klyn Prison, Chen Changsheng concealed the Cosmic Orb and began trying to win over Rocket and Groot.

• The Nova Corps found the Guardians’ criminal records and ordered them sent to Klyn Prison.
• Xandar’s guards uncovered Chen Changsheng’s many offenses, sentenced him to two years of detention, and he surrendered while hiding the Cosmic Orb inside his body.
• Star-Lord flirted with Gamora, then offered to sell the Cosmic Orb and split the money with Chen Changsheng.
• Rocket mocked Star-Lord, and Chen Changsheng decided Rocket and Groot were more valuable potential allies.
• Chen Changsheng gave Rocket a drop of Life Essence, which relieved his pain and made Rocket less wary of him.