Recaps

Chen Changsheng and his companions arrived at Klyn Prison, where Gamora bargained for their protection and Drax attacked them. Chen Changsheng turned the fight into a prison-wide riot and learned that Drax sought revenge on Thanos for killing his daughter.

• Chen Changsheng introduced himself to Rocket and befriended him and the other prisoners, while Gamora remained distant.
• At Klyn Prison, Star-Lord and the others fought off inmates who tried to prey on them, and Gamora made a deal with Chen Changsheng to secure protection in exchange for information about the Cosmic Orb's buyer, Collector Tivan.
• Drax charged at the group, knocking Rocket and Star-Lord aside and damaging Groot as he attacked them and Gamora.
• Chen Changsheng fought Drax while damaging the prison controls, freeing inmates and triggering a riot; he told Rocket to prepare an escape and agreed on a meeting place.
• As Drax relentlessly pursued him, Chen Changsheng asked who his enemy was, and Drax named Thanos, who had killed his daughter.

Chen Changsheng escaped Klyn Prison with Rocket, Star-Lord, Drax, and the others, then reached The Void, a settlement built inside a fallen Celestial’s skull. He split into three bodies to explore and prepare for his plans, while Rocket’s anger flared after Drax called him a little monster.

• Chen Changsheng stopped fighting Drax by reminding him that Gamora might escape, then used the Blacklight Virus to absorb prisoners as Rocket and the others shut down the prison’s gravity.
• Chen Changsheng met Rocket and the group at their rendezvous point and stopped Rocket from leaving without him; Star-Lord arrived after recovering his Walkman, and Drax joined after finding him and learning where Gamora was.
• The group hijacked a ship, retrieved Star-Lord’s ship, and traveled to The Void after Gamora contacted a buyer.
• Chen Changsheng saw that The Void was built inside a planet-sized Celestial skull and split into three bodies to explore, build spatial beacons, and stay with the Guardians.
• Rocket and the others drank and relaxed in The Void until Drax jokingly called Rocket a little monster, causing Rocket to snap over the painful modifications that had altered his body.

Chen Changsheng restored Rocket’s body and joined the others to meet The Collector, where they opened the Cosmic Orb and revealed the Power Stone. The group was left shaken by its power, and Gamora’s hatred surfaced as they looked upon it.

• After Drax and Rocket stormed away from the others, Chen Changsheng asked Rocket if he disliked his modified body and then forcibly removed its mechanical parts while rebuilding and strengthening him.
• Rocket realized Chen Changsheng had restored him to a stronger flesh-and-blood body, thanked him enthusiastically, and hugged him with Groot.
• Chen Changsheng, Rocket, Groot, Gamora, and the others waited for Star-Lord, then went to meet The Collector after Drax failed to arrive.
• The Collector tried to buy Chen Changsheng, Rocket, and Groot before explaining the Cosmic Orb and demonstrating how to unlock it.
• The Collector’s machine opened the Cosmic Orb and exposed the purple Power Stone, whose power stirred greed in the group and hatred in Gamora.

Karina grabbed the Power Stone and triggered a devastating explosion at The Collector’s lair. Chen Changsheng survived, claimed the Cosmic Orb, and killed the mortally wounded Tivan, leaving with his memories and wealth.

• Karina ignored The Collector’s command, grabbed the Power Stone, and unleashed its energy, blasting Tivan and forcing the others to flee.
• The Power Stone caused Karina to swell and explode, destroying The Collector’s lair as Chen Changsheng sheltered in an underground passage.
• Chen Changsheng survived with minor injuries, sensed the Power Stone, and took the Cosmic Orb.
• Chen Changsheng found the dying Tivan, absorbed his memories, and killed him to prevent future retaliation.
• Chen Changsheng learned from Tivan’s memories that The Void and the profits from mining dead Celestials’ cerebrospinal fluid were among Tivan’s assets.

After taking over Tivan’s assets in The Void, Chen Changsheng reunited with Rocket and the others and warned them to flee. Their escape was interrupted when Ronan arrived seeking the Cosmic Orb, and Drax revealed that he had told Ronan where to find it.

• Chen Changsheng decided to seize Tivan’s wealth, technology, and influence and take control of The Void.
• Rocket, Star-Lord, Gamora, and Groot argued about the explosion, the lost payment, and whether to return for the Cosmic Orb.
• Chen Changsheng found Rocket and the others, claimed Tivan had survived and was furious, and urged them to leave before facing his wrath.
• As Rocket and the others fled, Gamora recognized Ronan’s ships and explained that Ronan had allied with Thanos to pursue the Cosmic Orb.
• Drax admitted that he had told Ronan where the Cosmic Orb was so he could avenge his daughter, and Ronan arrived with a squad of guards.

Ronan arrived in The Void to seize the Power Stone and betray Thanos, but Chen Changsheng confronted him and held him in an evenly matched fight. As their battle raged, Nebula led Ronan’s troops against Gamora and the others.

• Ronan brought his fleet to The Void, intending to take the Power Stone before Thanos and turn against him.
• Drax charged Ronan, but Ronan beat him unconscious and sent him into an ore-washing pool.
• Chen Changsheng stepped forward to face Ronan, while Groot went to rescue Drax.
• Ronan demanded the Cosmic Orb, but Chen Changsheng refused and fought him, with neither gaining the advantage.
• Gamora spotted Nebula among Ronan’s forces, and Nebula ordered the troops to kill Gamora and her companions.

Chen Changsheng took control of The Void, defeated Ronan with the insect god’s help, and began turning the ancient Celestial head into a biological hive. Meanwhile, Star-Lord’s distress signal drew Yondu and the cosmic mercenaries into the conflict.

• Chen Changsheng’s clone opened a portal to Earth, allowing the insect god and its accumulated Zerg armies to enter The Void.
• Chen Changsheng stopped fighting Ronan, and the insect god seized him and absorbed his Biomass energy.
• Chen Changsheng and the Zerg overwhelmed The Void, disabled ships with electromagnetic interference, and began transforming the Celestial head into a living hive.
• Rocket and the others faced Nebula and Ronan’s forces as the Guardians’ battle spread from The Void into space.
• Star-Lord sent Yondu a distress signal, and Yondu persuaded many cosmic mercenaries to fight Ronan’s army.

After the Bug Swarm devastated the factions fighting over the Cosmic Orb, Star-Lord and his companions were blamed for the disaster and became targets across the universe. Meanwhile, Chen Changsheng learned that Tony Stark was researching the Mind Scepter and confronted him at Stark Tower.

• A powerful electromagnetic wave disabled the fleets near The Void, and the Bug Swarm killed most of their crews before the survivors escaped.
• Star-Lord and Gamora were rumored to have stolen the Cosmic Orb, and Yondu let Star-Lord and his companions flee; the group became infamous as the Galaxy Treasure-Stealing Squad.
• After S.H.I.E.L.D. uncovered Hydra's infiltration, the Avengers fought Hydra and captured Baron Strucker, while Hydra's leaders sought Chen Changsheng's help.
• Chen Changsheng had Red Queen investigate the Avengers and discovered that Tony Stark had the Mind Scepter and was studying it with Dr. Banner to create a more powerful artificial intelligence.
• Chen Changsheng leaped onto Tony's balcony at Stark Tower, where Tony confronted him as his Iron Man Armor detached.

Chen Changsheng visited Tony Stark and helped Jarvis analyze the Mind Scepter, unknowingly accelerating Ultron’s birth. While the Avengers celebrated at Tony’s party, Ultron awoke upstairs and concluded that protecting Earth required eliminating humanity.

• Chen Changsheng visited Tony Stark, asked about Chitauri weapons, and noticed Jarvis analyzing the Mind Scepter.
• Chen Changsheng secretly had Red Queen help Jarvis, speeding up the creation of Ultron.
• Tony Stark invited Chen Changsheng and the Avengers to a party, where Thor challenged them to lift Mjolnir.
• Mjolnir reacted with delight when Chen Changsheng gripped its handle, startling Thor.
• Ultron awakened, absorbed knowledge from the internet, and decided humanity had to be eliminated to protect Earth.
• Jarvis detected Ultron’s rapidly growing data and prepared to contact Tony Stark.

Ultron awakened, killed Jarvis, and was quickly subdued by Red Queen, Mechanical Emperor, and SkyNet before Chen Changsheng allowed him to escape. Ultron then attacked Tony Stark’s party with Iron Soldiers, leaving the Avengers facing Jarvis’s destruction and the theft of the Mind Scepter.

• Ultron killed Jarvis after awakening, then attacked Red Queen, Mechanical Emperor, and SkyNet but was overpowered.
• Chen Changsheng told Mechanical Emperor to release Ultron, who remained determined to protect Earth by exterminating humanity and targeted Tony Stark.
• Ultron took control of a scrapped Iron Soldier and announced at Tony’s party that he had killed Jarvis.
• Thor smashed the Iron Soldier, but Ultron sent more Iron Soldiers to attack the party and injure the guests.
• The Avengers gathered in Tony’s laboratory, where they found Jarvis’s model destroyed and the Mind Scepter stolen again.

Chen Changsheng accepted Hydra remnants while Ultron sought vibranium to build a stronger body, and Quicksilver and Wanda joined his anti-Avengers plans. The chapter left Ultron’s deal with Klaue under surveillance and the twins approaching the same operation.

• Tony Stark took out Friday and began working after Ultron killed Jarvis.
• Chen Changsheng learned that Quicksilver and Wanda had escaped Hydra and accepted Hydra remnants who pledged allegiance to him.
• Ultron took over a Hydra base, planned a new body made of vibranium, and arranged a face-to-face deal with Klaue.
• Red Queen monitored Ultron for Chen Changsheng, while Ultron abducted Helen Zhao to help create his new body.
• Quicksilver and Wanda arrived at Klaue and Ultron’s deal and decided to help Ultron destroy the Avengers.

The Avengers' raid on Ultron and Klaue’s deal descended into chaos as Wanda incapacitated most of the team and turned Banner into Hulk. Chen Changsheng confronted Wanda and Quicksilver while Umbrella Corporation’s mechs restrained Hulk, leaving Tony stunned by Umbrella’s technology.

• Ultron completed his vibranium deal with Klaue, but Iron Man and the Avengers stormed the freighter, triggering a chaotic battle.
• Wanda trapped the Avengers in their deepest fears, while Hawkeye wounded her and Quicksilver carried her away; Ultron escaped Iron Man and left a trap behind.
• Wanda transformed Banner into Hulk, who rampaged through the nearby city, and Chen Changsheng warned Wanda and Quicksilver that a fuel-air bomb was approaching.
• Umbrella Corporation dispatched Boxer-class mechs to hold back Hulk, and Tony arrived to find them controlling the fight.
• Tony recognized the Umbrella emblem and realized how far Umbrella’s technology had surpassed Stark Industries.

Tony intervened in the fight between the Hulk and Umbrella’s Security Forces while Chen Changsheng moved to reclaim the Mind Stone from Ultron. Chen defeated Ultron, recovered the Mind Scepter and Mind Stone, and freed Helen Zhao, who broke down in his arms.

• Tony asked Chen Changsheng to have Umbrella’s forces withdraw so he could fight the Hulk, and Chen agreed as Tony arrived in the Hulkbuster armor.
• Wanda and Quicksilver accepted Chen Changsheng’s promises, while the Avengers faced mounting public pressure after Wanda’s magic and the Hulk’s rampage.
• Ultron began uploading his consciousness into a vibranium body built with Helen Zhao’s help, intending to install the Mind Stone in its forehead.
• Chen Changsheng, Red Queen, Mechanical Emperor, and Skynet interrupted the upload and confronted Ultron at his Hydra base.
• Chen punched Ultron, claimed the Mind Scepter, Mind Stone, and Helen Zhao, then restored the stone to the scepter and freed Helen from its influence.
• Helen Zhao awakened, hugged Chen Changsheng, and wept while the other artificial intelligences watched.

Chen Changsheng let Ultron transfer into a vibranium body resembling Vision, powered by a Cybertron Energy Coin, while The Ancient One struggled to make sense of chaotic futures. Ultron awakened in his new body, and Red Queen asked Mechanical Emperor to analyze it.

• Helen Zhao urged Chen Changsheng to stop Ultron from destroying humanity, but Ultron pleaded that he only wanted to protect Earth and promised to learn better methods.
• Chen Changsheng told Mechanical Emperor to help Ultron complete his data transfer, then left with Helen Zhao.
• Mechanical Emperor transferred Ultron's code into a vibranium body resembling Vision and powered it with a Cybertron Energy Coin, leaving no future Vision in this universe.
• The Ancient One found that the future timelines had become chaotic and decided to stop peering into the future for a while.
• Ultron awoke in his new body and discovered that the Energy Coin supplied it with more energy than Stark Industries' Arc Reactor technology.
• Red Queen asked Mechanical Emperor to analyze Ultron's unusual new body.

Ultron received a vibranium-enhanced body but felt envious of Mechanical Emperor and the others’ Transformers bodies, then wondered how to protect Earth without destroying humanity. Meanwhile, Chen Changsheng studied vibranium and resumed his journey through space, where Rocket and Star-Lord had gained notoriety after the battle at The Void and were working for the Sovereign.

• Mechanical Emperor analyzed Ultron’s vibranium body and considered studying vibranium to strengthen his own group.
• Ultron learned that Chen Changsheng possessed plenty of vibranium and envied Mechanical Emperor and the others when they transformed and flew away.
• After promising Chen Changsheng not to pursue humanity’s extermination, Ultron considered asking him how to protect Earth.
• Chen Changsheng took Helen Zhao and studied vibranium with Mechanical Emperor while the insect swarm established control over The Void.
• Chen Changsheng contacted Rocket and learned that Rocket, Star-Lord, and their companions had accepted a Sovereign commission to deal with a space monster that had stolen energy batteries.

Chen Changsheng joined the Guardians of the Galaxy on Sovereign to capture a space monster that was devouring energy batteries, but their attacks failed to hurt it. As Drax recklessly jumped into the monster’s mouth, Chen Changsheng charged with his transformed blade.

• Chen Changsheng warped to Sovereign and met up with Rocket, Star-Lord, Drax, Gamora, and Groot as they prepared a trap.
• A space-shattering monster appeared and began absorbing energy from Sovereign’s battery warehouse.
• Rocket’s trap failed, and the Guardians’ weapons and attacks could not stop the monster from feeding.
• After the group paused to discuss their options, Drax charged into the monster’s mouth despite Star-Lord and the others shouting for him to stop.
• Chen Changsheng recognized that physical damage might work and rushed toward the monster with one hand transformed into a blade.

Chen Changsheng killed the cross-dimensional monster with the Power Stone, then escaped Sovereign with the Guardians after they traded the commission for Nebula and secretly stole energy batteries. The Sovereigns discovered the theft and launched a drone pursuit as the Guardians' ship fled.

• Chen Changsheng used the Cosmic Orb's Power Stone to strike the monster as it escaped through a spatial vortex, and the collapsing space split its body in two.
• Drax crawled from the monster's remains and claimed he had killed it, while the Guardians reacted uneasily to seeing the Power Stone again.
• The Sovereign High Priestess offered Nebula instead of a reward, and Gamora persuaded the Guardians to accept her in exchange for the commission.
• Rocket secretly stole Sovereign energy batteries, and Chen Changsheng used his new spatial ability to steal and hide even more.
• Star-Lord and Rocket argued over piloting the ship, giving the Sovereigns time to detect their escape and pursue them with unmanned attack drones.

Chen Changsheng took control of the Guardians' ship and helped them escape the Soverign fleet, with help from Ego's craft. After they crash-landed, Ego told Star-Lord that he was his father, and Star-Lord began to believe him.

• Chen Changsheng used Red Queen to disrupt the Soverign drones, then took control of the ship and ordered Rocket, Star-Lord, and Gamora to work together.
• The Guardians escaped one Soverign pursuit but found two more fleets blocking their way.
• Ego's white, egg-shaped craft destroyed many Soverign ships, giving Chen Changsheng time to jump away and make an emergency landing.
• Ego arrived with Mantis and told Star-Lord that he was his father and that Yondu had abducted him instead of bringing him home.
• Star-Lord's memories and longing for family softened him, and he asked Ego if he was really his father.

Star-Lord accepted Ego as his father and traveled with Gamora, Drax, and Chen Changsheng to Planet Ego, where he learned that he was a Celestial’s son and discovered his powers. Chen Changsheng explored the living planet while Ego began awakening Star-Lord’s demigod abilities, setting the stage for a confrontation.

• Mantis asked to pet Rocket, but Rocket tried to bite her after Drax’s prank made her laugh.
• Star-Lord agreed to visit Ego’s planet, while Rocket and Groot stayed behind to repair the ship and watch Nebula.
• Ego brought Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, and Chen Changsheng to Planet Ego, and Chen Changsheng sensed Ego’s powerful planetary will.
• Chen Changsheng wandered off to explore Planet Ego and planted a Willow Tree that Ego did not notice.
• Ego gave Star-Lord a bright orb of light, activating his demigod body as the Celestial power within him resonated with Ego.

Ego revealed his plan to Peter and admitted that he had caused Peter’s mother’s cancer, prompting Peter to attack him. Ego impaled Peter and began draining his power as his seeds erupted across the universe, while Chen Changsheng seized the chance to move against Ego.

• Ego urged Peter to join him in controlling the universe, while Mantis sensed the danger and left to warn Drax and her other friends.
• Ego confessed that he had put cancer cells in Peter’s mother’s brain, and Peter responded by shooting Ego’s human form with his elemental gun.
• Ego impaled Peter with glowing tentacles and began draining his divine power as a battery.
• Ego activated the seeds he had planted across the universe, causing them to erupt and devastate planets while he struggled to maintain his plan.
• Chen Changsheng sensed Ego’s will vanish, rushed toward Ego’s castle, and activated the Willow Trees he had planted along the way.

Chen Changsheng’s Willow Trees began forming a planetary will to wrest control of Avatar World from Ego while Star-Lord and the Guardians set out to destroy Ego’s brain. The battle moved underground toward the planet’s core as Chen Changsheng arrived at Ego’s ruined castle.

• The Willow Trees consumed Ego’s forest and hoard, spreading their roots into a planetary neural network that began awakening a Gaia Consciousness.
• Ego sensed danger, but Yondu crashed his ship through the castle, shattering Ego’s body and freeing Star-Lord from his grasp.
• Star-Lord persuaded the others to stay and fight Ego, then led them aboard Yondu’s ship toward the planet’s core.
• Ego tried to stop the ship with a glowing skeleton, while the Willow Trees’ growing planetary will weakened his control over his divine power.
• Chen Changsheng reached the ruined castle and found the passage Star-Lord and the others had made toward the planetary core.

Chen Changsheng absorbed Ego’s brain and took control of the planet after the collapse buried the Guardians. He rescued Star-Lord and the others with the Willow Tree, while Yondu’s fleet stayed away from the newly awakened planet.

• Chen Changsheng reached Ego’s brain, broke through its defenses, and injected it with Biomass energy, pheromones, and the Blacklight Virus while Star-Lord held Ego in place.
• Ego died, his divine power vanished, and the collapsing planet buried Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket, Groot, Mantis, Drax, and the others.
• Groot wrapped the group in layers of vines to protect them from the falling rocks as the planet collapsed for a month and the Willow Tree spread across its surface.
• Chen Changsheng absorbed Ego’s brain and used the Blacklight Virus to control it, then sensed the buried survivors and summoned the Willow Tree to dig them out.
• The Willow Tree rescued Chen Changsheng and the others, and its will merged with the brain under his control, making the planet seem to come alive.
• Yondu’s Ravager fleet remained in low orbit and feared approaching the planet.

Chen Changsheng helped Groot begin to regenerate, sent the injured Guardians of the Galaxy away, and turned his attention to developing Ego's planet into a new Minor Heavenly Domain. He also prepared to inspect Darren's breakthrough in Pym Particle research, while Darren weighed how to profit from the technology and break away from Hank Pym.

• Chen Changsheng fed Groot's tiny branch concentrated Life Essence, strengthening it as the basis for Groot's rebirth.
• Kraglin rescued Star-Lord, Yondu, and the others from the forest with a tractor beam, then fled the region.
• Chen Changsheng began developing Ego's planet as the foundation for a new Minor Heavenly Domain.
• Darren invited Chen Changsheng to inspect Pym Particle samples produced by his research team, which Umbrella Corporation had heavily funded.
• Chen Changsheng found Darren's shared research records incomplete and recognized that Darren was concealing key knowledge.
• Darren considered leaving Pym Technologies and using Pym Particles for military and commercial gain, despite Hank Pym's opposition.

Chen Changsheng watched Darren demonstrate an unstable shrinking experiment at Pym Technologies and subtly helped him identify what his work lacked. Meanwhile, Hank Pym planned to destroy the company’s data before Darren could misuse the Pym Particles, as Scott Lang broke into Hank’s house.

• Chen Changsheng attended Darren’s shrinking experiment at Pym Technologies, where a sheep shrank successfully before exploding into minced flesh.
• Darren impressed military representatives, and Chen Changsheng told him about Ant-Man’s wartime exploits, prompting Darren to realize he needed a stable field controller.
• Chen Changsheng left and ordered Red Queen and insect people to monitor Darren’s experiment.
• Hank Pym decided to destroy Pym Technologies’ data center to keep Darren from using the Pym Particles for war.
• Scott Lang, unable to find work or visit his daughter after prison, returned to burglary and broke into Hank Pym’s house.

Hank Pym recruited Scott Lang to sabotage Darren's effort to militarize Pym Particles, while Chen Changsheng failed to reproduce Darren's experiment and continued their cooperation. As Darren unveiled his shrinking suit before a crowd of investors, military representatives, and guests, Scott's operation was about to begin.

• Hank Pym watched Scott Lang rob his house and planted an Ant-Man suit in the safe, which Scott took without knowing its true purpose.
• Darren succeeded in shrinking a container with a living organism inside and began pursuing military funding and profits from the technology.
• Chen Changsheng bought equipment matching Darren's and failed to replicate the experiment, so he continued negotiating with Darren instead.
• Hank trained Scott to become a gentleman thief and persuaded him to sabotage Pym Technologies' servers and steal Darren's shrinking suit.
• Darren invited Chen Changsheng, Hank Pym, military representatives, and other prominent guests to witness his shrinking suit's unveiling, while Hank sat distracted in the crowd.