Recaps

Chen Changsheng interrupted Darren’s presentation to demand a look at the shrinking suit, disrupting Hank Pym and Scott’s plan to steal it. Scott was captured in the laboratory, and Darren accused Hank of involvement as the police were called.

• Hank Pym remotely directed Scott to plant bombs and steal the Ant-Man suit while Chen Changsheng listened.
• Chen Changsheng urged Darren to show the investors his product sample, forcing Darren to lead them to the laboratory.
• Hank Pym’s communicator malfunctioned as he tried to warn Scott, and Hope prepared to deny responsibility for the theft.
• A gust of wind sent tiny Scott onto the display case, where Darren spotted him, took the suit, and locked Scott in a bulletproof cabinet.
• Darren called security and the police, then challenged Hank Pym to explain how Scott had an Ant-Man suit and Pym Particles.
• Hank Pym denied stealing Darren’s research and suggested that Scott could escape the cabinet by sabotaging it from within.

Scott escaped the box during the explosion at Pym Technologies, but Chen Changsheng stopped him and secretly took him captive. After the police questioned the people at the ruined exhibition, Chen returned to his company with Scott bound and helpless.

• Scott used an enlarging dart to smash his way out of the box when his bomb exploded at Pym Technologies.
• Scott fought through the guards and seized Darren's shrinking-suit case, but Chen Changsheng struck him before he could escape.
• Scott shrank as he fell unconscious, and Chen secretly captured him while picking up Darren's suit.
• Darren recovered his suit, but the explosion and battle destroyed the server and laboratory and left his exhibition in ruins.
• The NYPD arrived and questioned Chen, Hank Pym, and others before clearing Chen to leave.
• Chen returned to his company and revealed that he had Scott bound at his fingertip.

Chen Changsheng confronted Scott with the danger of being blamed for the stolen Ant-Man suit and offered to protect him in exchange for spying on Hank Pym. Scott accepted the prospect of a lucrative job, then learned that Chen wanted him to infiltrate Hank's operation and steal his research.

• Chen Changsheng enlarged Scott, who landed on his desk, and warned him that he could face prison.
• Chen Changsheng mocked Scott for being poor and played Hank Pym's recording, in which Hank blamed Scott for stealing the Ant-Man suit.
• Chen Changsheng warned Scott that Hank had made him a scapegoat and offered to settle his problems for an annual salary of ten million.
• Scott recognized Chen Changsheng as Jack Chen and asked why he had been chosen for the job.
• Chen Changsheng told Scott to infiltrate Hank Pym's side, monitor him, and steal his research results.

Scott accepted Chen Changsheng’s offer to spy on Hank Pym, and Chen began studying the Ant-Man suit. Darren followed Hank and Hope back to their secret base, where Scott’s return gave him a chance to overhear their plans.

• Scott agreed to become Chen Changsheng’s spy after receiving ten million US Dollars.
• Chen studied Scott’s Ant-Man suit while Scott left Umbrella Corporation’s headquarters and decided to finish his mission before accessing the money.
• Darren, furious over his lost research materials, followed Hank Pym and Hope to their secret base in his Wasp suit.
• Hank and Hope returned to the base with Darren secretly following them, while Scott waited inside.
• Scott told Hank that he had completed the mission and claimed he had hidden the Ant-Man suit, as Darren listened to their conversation.

Darren infiltrated Hank Pym’s base, escaped its defenses, and learned that Hank had intended to harm him, turning their relationship into a fight to the death. After Darren began targeting Scott, Hank decided Scott could help him take Darren down, while Scott asked Chen Changsheng for guidance.

• Hank Pym told Scott to watch Darren and report any threats, while Scott found an excuse to stay near Hank.
• Darren infiltrated Hank Pym’s base in the Wasp suit but was detected and escaped its lasers and ant army.
• Darren concluded Hank had wanted to harm him, vowed to fight him, and began investigating Scott as a potential target.
• Hank identified Darren as the intruder and decided Scott should wear the Ant-Man suit to help deal with him.
• Scott called Chen Changsheng for instructions, and Chen agreed to return Scott’s Ant-Man suit.

Chen Changsheng acquired Pym Particle technology while Scott rescued his daughter and Hank Pym manipulated him into confronting Darren. After Chen destroyed Pym Technologies, he used the particles to prepare portable stores of his vast Biomass energy, while Ultron continued attacking the Avengers.

• Darren captured Scott's daughter, but Hank Pym escaped with his secret base before Darren returned.
• Hank Pym showed Scott a picture of Darren's suit and convinced him that Darren had kidnapped his daughter.
• Scott charged into Pym Technologies, found his daughter, and returned from the Quantum Realm after shrinking to the subatomic level.
• Chen Changsheng threw a Dark Elf spatial grenade into Pym Technologies, destroying the company and leaving Hank Pym and Chen as the only producers of Pym Particles.
• Chen Changsheng began converting his excess Biomass energy into compact flesh stores, while Ultron continued attacking the Avengers in the name of world peace.

Public anger over civilian casualties led the United Nations Security Council to move toward restricting the Avengers, with General Ross overseeing the proposed legislation. At a Security Council gathering, an explosion killed Wakanda’s king, and the chapter ended with divisions emerging among the Avengers over the Superhero Activity Act.

• Civilian casualties and public protests pushed the United Nations Security Council to restrict the Avengers’ authority, with General Ross supervising the legislation.
• Chen Changsheng met with General Ross, and the two discussed their alliance and Wakanda’s efforts to seek international support.
• An explosion struck the United Nations building and killed Wakanda’s king as he addressed the assembly.
• T’Challa rushed to the scene and became Wakanda’s king while Chen Changsheng watched without approaching him.
• The Superhero Activity Act sharply limited the Avengers’ authority, and disagreements arose within the team.

The Avengers split over government registration, with Tony Stark leading the official faction and Steve Rogers leading the freedom faction. After Bucky was blamed for a bombing, Steve chose to defend him, and Chen Changsheng set out with his superpowered subordinates as the two factions prepared to fight.

• The Avengers divided into Tony Stark's registration faction and Steve Rogers's freedom faction, while their allies struggled to choose sides.
• Authorities named Bucky the prime suspect in the United Nations Security Council bombing, and Steve chose to clear his friend's name.
• General Ross received authority to contain the fallout and turned to Chen Changsheng for help.
• Tony recruited Spider-Man Peter Parker, while Steve's team recruited Ant-Man Scott, and both factions gathered reinforcements.
• Chen Changsheng took his subordinates aboard a Cybertron shuttle toward the confrontation as Tony and Steve argued over registration and trust in politicians.
• Iron Man and Captain America's factions began fighting after Tony shouted, "Pajama baby!"

The Avengers’ airport battle turned chaotic when Ant-Man grew gigantic, allowing Captain America and Winter Soldier to escape. A Cybertron shuttle then arrived, and Chen Changsheng led an Umbrella Corporation team onto the battlefield, leaving the Avengers facing a new force.

• Spider-Man, Iron Man, War Machine, and the other Avengers fought across the wrecked airport while Captain America held his side together.
• Ant-Man transformed into a giant, disrupted Iron Man’s team, and gave Captain America and Winter Soldier a chance to flee.
• Hawkeye joined Captain America’s side, while Iron Man, Spider-Man, and War Machine worked together until Ant-Man’s giant form ended.
• Black Panther pursued Bucky, but a bolt of lightning stopped him and brought the fighting to a halt.
• A Cybertron shuttle appeared, and Electro and Sandman landed before Chen Changsheng led Doctor Octopus, Dr. Lizard, Wanda, Quicksilver, and Umbrella Corporation personnel onto the scene.

Chen Changsheng arrived with Umbrella Corporation under United Nations Security Council authorization and ordered the Avengers to stop their fight. Red Queen hacked Tony Stark and Rhodey's armors, forcing Tony to land and sending Rhodey crashing to the ground.

• Tony Stark recognized Chen Changsheng and asked why he had come.
• Chen Changsheng showed his authorization and demanded that the Avengers cease their armed conflict.
• Black Widow, Falcon, and Hawkeye decided they would rather escape than surrender to the authorities, while Scott worried about his job.
• Rhodey criticized Umbrella Corporation, and Chen Changsheng ordered Red Queen to bring the armored men down.
• Red Queen infiltrated the armors; Tony landed safely, but Rhodey refused to descend until his rockets shut off and he crashed face-first.

Chen Changsheng’s intervention brought the Avengers’ civil war to an end, though T’Challa fought Doctor Octopus and Dr. Lizard before departing for Wakanda. Steve and Bucky escaped, while the remaining superheroes were restrained and posed for a group photo.

• T’Challa attacked Doctor Octopus while he was handing out Umbrella Corporation restraints, and Dr. Lizard rushed in to defend Otto.
• T’Challa and Dr. Lizard fought fiercely, but their armor and regeneration left them with no visible injuries.
• Chen Changsheng let Quicksilver demonstrate his speed, while Wanda tried to join the fight and Chen stopped her.
• T’Challa left aboard a Wakandan stealth fighter, and Chen Changsheng allowed Steve and Bucky to escape by plane.
• Chen Changsheng gathered Quicksilver and Wanda with the restrained superheroes for a group photo.

After the Civil War mission, Chen Changsheng gave Tony Stark footage proving that someone had impersonated Bucky in the United Nations bombing, while Tony and the Black Panther moved toward Captain America. Chen then accepted Helen Zhao’s invitation to visit Korea and turned his attention to expanding his enterprise and researching Pym Particles.

• General Ross celebrated the mission’s quick completion, while Tony Stark protected Peter from prosecution because he was underage.
• Chen Changsheng sent Tony Stark surveillance footage showing that someone else had carried out the United Nations bombing while impersonating Bucky.
• The Black Panther followed Tony Stark, and the Red Queen notified Chen Changsheng that Tony and the Black Panther were closing in on Captain America.
• Helen Zhao invited Chen Changsheng to Korea, and he agreed to go with her.
• Chen Changsheng took over research into Pym Particles and helped Scott return to Dr. Hank Pym’s team as an undercover operative.
• Chen Changsheng studied how Pym Particles altered matter and began working to reproduce and develop the technology.

Chen Changsheng agreed to help Tony Stark rescue Natasha from the Red Room and assigned Ultron to handle the assassin organization. On a trip to South Korea with Helen Zhao, he spotted Black Panther riding atop a speeding vehicle, leaving him curious about the unfolding scene.

• Tony Stark asked Chen Changsheng to bring Natasha back after the Red Room targeted her, and Chen agreed.
• Chen Changsheng discussed nanotechnology with Tony, who showed off his collection of transforming Iron Man Armor.
• Chen Changsheng had Red Queen investigate Natasha, discovered the Red Room’s recent attacks and technology, and assigned Ultron to deal with the organization.
• Chen Changsheng arranged for Umbrella Corporation security personnel to collect Natasha and then traveled to South Korea with Helen Zhao.
• Chen Changsheng spotted Black Panther crouched on the roof of one of several speeding off-road vehicles.

Chen Changsheng obtained authorization to intervene in Seoul and watched Black Panther’s Wakandan forces battle Klaue, whose modified hand cannon gave him the advantage. As Black Panther pursued Klaue, Chen Changsheng prepared to step in and ordered Skynet to investigate Wakanda.

• Chen Changsheng called General Ross and received United Nations and South Korean authorization to act in Seoul.
• Chen Changsheng left Helen Zhao and headed toward the battle between Black Panther’s Wakandans and Klaue.
• A Wakandan guard destroyed Klaue’s lead vehicle with a Vibranium spear, but Klaue blasted her vehicle apart with his modified hand cannon.
• Black Panther pursued Klaue in a remotely controlled car linked to Kimoyo Beads, and Chen Changsheng identified the data stream as coming from Wakanda’s technology.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Skynet to investigate Wakanda and prepared to intervene before Klaue could escape.

Umbrella Corporation captured T'Challa and Klaue escaped before Chen Changsheng tracked him to his hideout. Chen interrupted Erik as he tried to kill Klaue, leaving Erik stunned by Chen's bulletproof body.

• Umbrella mercenaries captured T'Challa and stunned him when he resisted, while Shuri left her laboratory to seek help without noticing its computers activating.
• Chen Changsheng returned to Helen Zhao, then learned that Klaue had been rescued from Umbrella's South Korean branch by his underlings, though the Red Queen still tracked him.
• Chen Changsheng went alone to Klaue's secret base to capture him and use him as leverage in negotiations with Wakanda.
• Chen Changsheng arrived as Erik betrayed Klaue and prepared to stab him, then told Erik to stop.
• Erik dodged and fired at Chen Changsheng, but the bullets bounced harmlessly off him, revealing to Erik that Chen was a superhero.

Chen Changsheng forced Erik to replace Klaue in a plan to take control of Wakanda and supply vibranium. Erik returned to Wakanda to claim the throne, where Shuri challenged his legitimacy while T'Challa remained in Umbrella custody.

• Erik surrendered to Chen Changsheng, revealed his Wakandan identification mark, and agreed to seize control of Wakanda in exchange for his life.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Erik to take control of Wakanda and provide vibranium, and Erik accepted despite resenting the coercion.
• Chen Changsheng and Erik arrived at Wakanda's border with Klaue's death serving as a way to direct Wakanda's anger.
• With T'Challa still held by Umbrella and the previous king dead, Erik appeared before the tribal chiefs as a possible royal successor.
• Shuri objected to Erik joining the succession struggle and questioned his identity, angering the assembled elders and chiefs.

Chen Changsheng transformed Erik into a physically enhanced, obedient follower, and Erik entered Wakanda’s throne challenge confident he could defeat T’Challa. The two faced each other at the Royal Waterfall, with T’Challa expecting an easy victory as Erik prepared to fight.

• Chen Changsheng used fine black tentacles to strengthen Erik’s body, leaving him far taller and stronger.
• Erik’s confidence in his new strength grew, but Chen Changsheng’s pheromone-based control suppressed his rebellious thoughts.
• At the Royal Waterfall, Erik refused to take the Heart-shaped herb antidote and challenged T’Challa at his strongest.
• T’Challa greeted the crowd and faced Erik, confident that the Heart-shaped herb made him the stronger fighter.
• T’Challa waited for Erik to attack, and Erik tore off his jacket as the challenge began.

Erik defeated T'Challa in the challenge for Wakanda's throne, while Chen Changsheng saved T'Challa from falling over the waterfall. T'Challa survived but woke devastated by losing the throne, Shuri studied Chen Changsheng's rescue, and Erik began forming alliances.

• Erik and T'Challa clashed in the throne challenge, and Erik crushed T'Challa's forearm before hurling him toward the waterfall.
• Chen Changsheng caught T'Challa by the ankle and brought him safely to slower-moving water.
• The elder declared Erik the winner and Wakanda's new king and Black Panther, while the Queen and Shuri rushed to T'Challa.
• Wakanda's medical team treated T'Challa, who later woke without lasting injuries but mourned losing his family's throne.
• Shuri repeatedly watched Chen Changsheng's rescue video, while Erik began forming alliances.

After consolidating his rule in Wakanda, Erik strengthened ties with Umbrella Corporation, while Chen Changsheng learned from Wakandan technology and left for New York to meet the injured surgeon Strange. Chen agreed to heal Strange’s hands in exchange for an important service, setting the future Doctor Strange on a new path.

• Erik integrated Wakanda’s military, partnered with Umbrella Corporation, and relaxed restrictions on the Heart-shaped herb while Chen Changsheng accepted a Vibranium Armor gift and advised him to keep its design understated.
• Princess Shuri grew close to Chen Changsheng as he absorbed Wakanda’s classified information and guided her toward new technological developments.
• Chen Changsheng left Wakanda after receiving a request to meet Strange, an Umbrella Corporation surgeon whose hands had been crippled.
• Strange asked Chen Changsheng about a drug that could repair his body, and Chen offered to heal his hands in exchange for an important task.

Chen Changsheng healed Strange’s hands and recruited him to learn magic from Earth’s hidden sorcerers. Strange accepted the mission and traveled to the Himalayas while Chen Changsheng focused on obtaining the remaining Infinity Stones.

• Chen Changsheng gave Strange a bottle infused with Life Essence, which healed his hands and transformed his body.
• After cleaning up, Strange found Chen Changsheng and waited to hear what work he owed him.
• Chen Changsheng told Strange to find the hidden sorcerers and learn magic, explaining that he wanted their knowledge shared with the world.
• Strange accepted the mission and set off for the Himalayas.
• Chen Changsheng decided to keep pursuing the Infinity Stones, judging the Time Stone and Soul Stone difficult to acquire directly.

Chen Changsheng considered pursuing the Space Stone and continued monitoring Strange as the Ancient One struggled with a future that no longer matched her visions. Strange remained unable to learn magic, so Chen sent him an intelligent terminal while weighing how to create capable allies.

• Chen Changsheng considered obtaining the Space Stone from Odin's vault and wondered whether the God of Fear could imitate Loki by returning from the dead.
• Chen Changsheng watched Strange infiltrate the Sanctum, while the Ancient One realized that the future she had seen was diverging from reality.
• The Ancient One watched Strange struggle to cast spells and worried that Dormammu's invasion was approaching.
• Strange grew discouraged after failing to learn even one spell despite his earnest efforts at Kamar-Taj.
• Chen Changsheng sent Strange an Umbrella Corporation intelligent terminal and reflected that his Cybertronian lifeforms were powerful tools but could not create or act as independent comrades.

Chen Changsheng waited for an opportunity as Strange studied magic late at night in the Kamar-Taj library. Strange witnessed black-robed intruders slaughter the library administrator and attack the mages, then fled as one of them targeted him.

• Chen Changsheng reflected on the limits of magic and waited for an opportunity to act.
• Strange studied a magic book in the Kamar-Taj library and learned about the history of the mages.
• A golden portal opened in the corridor, and several black-robed strangers entered the library.
• The intruders ransacked the shelves, and the leader killed the library administrator when he tried to stop them.
• The black-robed mages attacked everyone in the library, and Strange dodged a spell by diving beneath a table.
• Strange ran for the door, and a magical attack shot toward him from behind.

Strange survived Kaecilius’s magical attack when his nanoscopic armor protected him, then sought help from its artificial intelligence, Scalpel. Scalpel could not fight, leaving Strange concealed nearby as Kaecilius and his followers continued attacking the Sanctum mages.

• Kaecilius’s magical attack struck Strange, but his intelligent phone transformed into nanoscopic Vibranium Armor and shielded him from injury.
• The armor showed Strange information about Kaecilius, whom he recognized as the Ancient One’s former student and his own senior apprentice-brother.
• Strange hid from Kaecilius and his followers as they overpowered and killed the Sanctum mages.
• Strange called on the armor’s artificial intelligence, mistook it for Red Queen, and learned that it was named Scalpel.
• Scalpel explained that it lacked the combat permissions and abilities to handle the attackers, but advised Strange to keep his protection on.

The Ancient One arrived at the library and pulled Strange and the battle with Kaecilius into the Mirror Dimension, where she turned the tide against the Dark Apostles. Strange survived his first fight by combining his magic with Scalpel’s nanotech armor, while The Ancient One sensed a conspiracy tied to the Dark Dimension.

• The Ancient One opened a portal and created a Mirror Dimension around the library, drawing Strange into it.
• The Ancient One ordered the outmatched Kamar-Taj mages to withdraw so she could face Kaecilius and the Dark Apostles alone.
• A Dark Apostle targeted Strange, who used Scalpel to form a shield and sword, then killed one Dark Apostle and defeated his opponent.
• The Ancient One overwhelmed Kaecilius’s followers, and Kaecilius opened a portal to escape the Mirror Dimension.
• Strange considered combining magic with technology, while The Ancient One sensed a conspiracy and turned to urgent matters in the real world.

After outfitting Strange with upgraded technology, Chen Changsheng used a spatial stabilizer to resist The Ancient One’s Mirror Dimension attack on Umbrella Tower. The Ancient One found that her attempts to see Chen Changsheng’s past and future revealed nothing, while he remained confident that controlling the present would secure his future.

• Strange requested combat enhancements from Chen Changsheng and received continuous upgrades to the Scalpel while teaching himself magic.
• Chen Changsheng studied how technology could counter the Mirror Dimension and developed a way for the Scalpel to locate the real universe from within it.
• When mages ran across Umbrella Tower, Chen Changsheng activated a spatial stabilizer powered by miniature nuclear fusion reactors to pin his office between reality and the Mirror Dimension.
• The Ancient One noticed Chen Changsheng and tried to examine his past and future with the Eye of Agamotto, but saw no meaningful visions of him.
• Chen Changsheng recognized the Time Stone’s green light and remained confident that his Mind Stone and control of the present would keep him safe.