Recaps

Thanos learned that Nebula was in the Void near the Space Stone and ordered his fleet to jump to Earth, where several Infinity Stones were gathering. Meanwhile, Chen Changsheng’s control of the Celestial Head supported the thriving Void, and the Guardians of the Galaxy argued over a damaged ship as Chen Changsheng contemplated the Power Stone’s strength.

• Thanos ordered Ebony Maw to locate Nebula, learned she was in the Void near the Space Stone, and prepared his fleet to travel to Earth.
• Chen Changsheng used insects and Willow Tree roots to occupy and transform the Celestial Head in the Void.
• The Guardians of the Galaxy complained about a mission that had left the Milano badly damaged, while Nebula blamed the team for ignoring her plan.
• Chen Changsheng watched the stars and reflected on his insignificance and the power of the Power Stone.

Chen Changsheng decided to investigate mysterious signals from an artificial brain as tremors shook the universe. Thanos’s fleet attacked the surviving Asgardians, and Loki surrendered the Space Stone to save Thor, but Thanos stayed behind awaiting something.

• Chen Changsheng resolved to study the incomprehensible information received by the artificial brain, triggering a fluctuation across the Marvel Universe.
• Red Queen alerted Chen Changsheng that simultaneous tremors had occurred around the globe, while Thanos sensed the same fluctuation.
• Thanos’s fleet intercepted Thor and Loki’s battered ship and launched an assault on the surviving Asgardians.
• Thor fought Thanos aboard the Asgardian ship but was beaten nearly to death.
• Loki surrendered the Space Stone to Thanos to spare Thor, but Thanos remained with the Asgardians as Ebony Maw preached his theory of cosmic balance.

Loki tried to trade the Space Stone for a chance to save the others, but Hulk’s attack failed and Thanos claimed the Stone. Chen Changsheng and Grandmaster confronted Thanos, whose Space Stone could not affect Chen Changsheng’s Reality Stone, and the two prepared to fight with physical blows.

• Loki revealed the Space Stone and threw it toward Thanos, prompting Hulk to charge and attack him.
• Thanos defeated Hulk and accepted the Space Stone from Ebony Maw, then absorbed it into the Infinity Gauntlet.
• Chen Changsheng and Grandmaster arrived, confronted Thanos, and argued over who would use him as the star of a gladiatorial contest.
• Thanos teleported Grandmaster away with the Space Stone, but Chen Changsheng blocked its power with the Reality Stone.
• Chen Changsheng transformed the Black Order and its warships into cards, while Thanos and Chen Changsheng proved unable to affect each other with their Stones and charged into close combat.

Chen Changsheng and Thanos fought to a standstill before Thanos explained that Celestials fed on the thoughts of intelligent life and destroyed planets after incubating. Chen Changsheng realized Earth was carrying a Celestial, and the Willow Tree began growing roots deep beneath the planet.

• Chen Changsheng blocked Thanos's punch with his chitinous shield, and the two exchanged powerful blows across the void.
• Thanos offered Chen Changsheng authority second only to his own, but Chen Changsheng refused to join him.
• Thanos explained that Celestials used intelligent life as nourishment and destroyed planets once they had finished incubating.
• Chen Changsheng connected Thanos's warning to the Celestials and realized Earth was an embryo carrying one beneath its surface.
• Chen Changsheng looked over Earth from Umbrella Tower as the Willow Tree began sending roots deeper underground.

Chen Changsheng and Thanos set aside their fight to discuss a way to address the threat of a Celestial embryo, and Thanos agreed to let Chen demonstrate his solution before handing over the Infinity Stones. After Thanos teleported the surviving Asgardians to Earth, the Avengers’ satellites detected them while Chen continued searching underground.

• Chen Changsheng searched Earth’s deep crust for the newborn Celestial but found that its location might be near the planet’s magma-filled core.
• Chen Changsheng offered to show Thanos another way to solve the universe’s population problem and said he would give him the Infinity Stones afterward.
• Thanos recovered the cards scattered in their fight, examined Ebony Maw’s card, and brought Grandmaster back with the Space Stone.
• Chen Changsheng stopped Grandmaster from attacking Thanos and explained that they were cooperating.
• Thanos took Chen Changsheng and Grandmaster to the damaged Asgardian refugee ship, then teleported the surviving Asgardians to a wasteland in Northern Europe.
• The Avengers’ satellites detected the arriving Asgardians, and Chen Changsheng learned of the event while searching underground.

Chen Changsheng, Thanos, and Grandmaster arrived on Earth, where the Avengers and Umbrella Corporation prepared for contact with the alien visitors. As the Guardians of the Galaxy headed toward Earth, Chen Changsheng saw an opportunity to have Rocket build him an Infinity Gauntlet.

• Nick Fury decided to summon an old friend after hearing Thor's warning about Thanos and seeing how badly the Asgardians had been defeated.
• Thanos sensed Earth's newly awakened Gaia Consciousness and felt an urge to destroy the planet, while Chen Changsheng recognized the threat and resolved to deter him.
• Umbrella Corporation established an extraterrestrial life research laboratory at Umbrella Tower and gathered scientists and experts to meet the visitors.
• Rocket persuaded Star-Lord to take the Guardians of the Galaxy back to Earth, while Gamora and Nebula saw through his scheme and agreed to go along.
• Chen Changsheng's clone realized Rocket's return could let him obtain a second Infinity Gauntlet in case he could not reclaim his own from Thanos.

Nick Fury learned that Thanos had arrived on Earth and called an old ally for help as the planet faced an uncertain invasion. Meanwhile, Star-Lord and the Guardians returned to Earth with Chen Changsheng carrying the Cosmic Orb, and Star-Lord grew emotional as he approached his homeworld.

• Nick Fury received news of Thanos's arrival, feared an imminent attack, and activated an old pager to summon his former friends.
• Chen Changsheng secretly took cerebrospinal fluid from The Void and continued searching Earth for the Celestial Embryo while Thanos spoke with Earth's scientists and Grandmaster enjoyed the planet's entertainment.
• Star-Lord arrived at Earth with Rocket Raccoon, Drax, Gamora, Nebula, and Chen Changsheng, who carried the Cosmic Orb containing the Power Stone.
• Star-Lord recognized Earth as his homeworld and felt nervous and emotional as the spacecraft drew closer.

Captain Marvel arrived on Earth as the Guardians of the Galaxy joined Thanos and Earth's experts to search for the Celestial Embryo. Their research suggested that the Celestial had to be driven mad, so they agreed to accelerate Earth's population growth to learn more about it.

• Star-Lord and the Guardians spotted Captain Marvel flying toward Earth, while Chen Changsheng recognized her as Carol.
• Several days later, Tony Stark welcomed Thanos as the team assembled to search for the Celestial Embryo, with Rocket serving as a valuable technical expert.
• Nebula felt sidelined on Earth, while Star-Lord took the other Guardians sightseeing and prepared to help locate the hidden embryo.
• The scientists and Thanos developed a new detection device and uncovered clues about the Celestial, though Chen Changsheng struggled to understand its true nature.
• The experts decided they had to drive the Celestial mad and agreed to accelerate Earth's population growth to gather more information.

Nick Fury considered using the Skrull refugees under his command to counter the Umbrella Corporation, but Carol's warning about Thanos and the other aliens made him cautious. He ultimately focused his suspicions on Chen Changsheng, whom he believed might be an alien or an alien's agent.

• Gentek Corporation continued its plan to expand access to fusion energy, while Chen Changsheng waited for Earth's population to grow enough to awaken the Celestials.
• Nick Fury concluded that S.H.I.E.L.D. could not oppose the Umbrella Corporation under the existing rules and considered creating a new organization with Captain Marvel's support.
• Nick Fury summoned Agent Hill to discuss using the Skrull, whose ability to imitate others was powerful but could cause identity crises.
• Nick Fury recalled Carol's warning that Thanos and the two identical figures were dangerous, and decided not to provoke the aliens directly.
• Nick Fury suspected Chen Changsheng was an alien or an alien's front man, linking him to Umbrella Corporation and Gentek Corporation's rapid rise and rivalry with S.H.I.E.L.D.

Chen Changsheng investigated Scott after Scott reported memories from another life, which Mechanical Emperor suspected could be a virtual-world program descending into reality. As Chen headed to the Quantum Laboratory, Hank Pym and Hope reacted gravely to Scott’s revelation.

• Chen Changsheng worried that Earth’s slow population growth would keep Thanos waiting and admitted he lacked the strength to order him around.
• Scott contacted Chen Changsheng and described memories of two different lives appearing in his mind.
• Mechanical Emperor compared Scott’s condition to a virtual-world program descending into reality, and Chen ordered Red Queen to investigate.
• Chen Changsheng discovered that Hank Pym appeared to be researching a way to open a quantum tunnel and went to the Quantum Laboratory.
• Scott told Hope about his strange memories, and Hank Pym and Hope grew serious before returning to their computers.

Hope explained that Scott had become quantumly entangled with Janet, giving Hank Pym and Hope a possible way to find her in the Quantum Realm. Scott left to obtain a quantum stabilizer, then arrived at the agreed meeting place, where Red Queen's projection vanished.

• Hope told Scott that Janet had used their quantum entanglement to send information and locate the real world.
• Scott worried Janet might uncover his secret work for Umbrella Corporation while helping Hank and Hope with their research.
• Hank and Hope staged a failed experiment to persuade Scott to get them a new quantum stabilizer, and Scott promised to borrow one from Harvard University.
• Scott left the lab, and Hank reminded Hope that finding Janet would reunite their family.
• Scott reached the building rooftop on time, and Red Queen's projection faded when she heard his knock.

Chen Changsheng directed Scott to Umbrella Corporation for quantum research materials while Hank Pym and Thanos pursued theories about the Quantum Realm and time anchoring. As Hank Pym, Scott, and Hope tested their completed Quantum Tunnel, it suddenly collapsed and plunged the laboratory into darkness.

• Chen Changsheng told Scott to go to the Umbrella Corporation for what he needed and reflected on the Quantum Realm and the loneliness of immortality.
• Thanos studied Chen Changsheng's Quantum Realm research data and became fascinated by the possibility of anchoring points in time.
• Chen Changsheng and Rocket Raccoon secretly used Hank Pym and Thanos's research to advance their own work.
• Hank Pym, Scott, and Hope began an experiment with the completed Quantum Tunnel and their modified quantum spacecraft.
• The Quantum Tunnel suddenly collapsed during the experiment, and the laboratory went dark.

Janet possessed Scott and corrected Hank Pym’s formula, enabling the family to bring her back from the Quantum Realm. As Chen Changsheng prepared to explore the realm, Star-Lord sensed a powerful presence beneath Earth.

• Janet possessed Scott, revised Hank Pym’s formula, and revealed that Hank could find her by remembering her appearance before she entered the Quantum Realm.
• Hank Pym and Hope embraced Janet after the experiment successfully brought her back, while Scott discovered he could understand the quantum research.
• Red Queen informed Chen Changsheng of the breakthrough, and he ordered more experimental equipment and began gathering scholars to investigate the Quantum Realm.
• At Yellowstone Park, Star-Lord sensed something beneath Earth and began glowing with white light as Gamora panicked.

Chen Changsheng investigated worldwide monster attacks and learned that Star-Lord had collapsed in Yellowstone as an unknown being drained his power. Mantis revealed that the entity was awakening beneath them and that the entire Earth was its body.

• Red Queen showed Chen Changsheng footage of monster attacks around the world and identified Jinger Deva, Sersi, Spite, and Dane Whitman as humans who had fought the monsters.
• Gamora told Chen Changsheng that Star-Lord had lost his powers and fallen unconscious in Yellowstone, after saying that what Chen was looking for lay beneath their feet.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Umbrella Corporation to prepare emergency forces and capture a monster, then traveled to Yellowstone and arranged to explore the Quantum Realm with Tony and Thanos.
• Mantis sensed that an unknown creature was draining energy from Star-Lord and every living being on Earth, then recoiled in terror.
• Mantis told Chen Changsheng that Star-Lord had sensed the entity beneath them and that the entire Earth was its body.

Chen Changsheng learned from Phastos that the Eternals had secretly aided humanity and were created to protect it from the Deviants. After a Deviant attack in London revealed Sersi and Sprite, Chen asked Phastos to find his fellow Eternals so he could speak with them on humanity’s behalf.

• Chen Changsheng decided to keep the Celestial Embryo’s danger secret from Thanos and sent Thanos to explore the Quantum Realm with Tony Stark, Rocket Raccoon, and the Black Order.
• Chen Changsheng met Phastos, who explained that the Eternals had occasionally helped humanity advance its technology.
• Phastos said he had spoken with Otto’s teacher but had not expected Otto to build a Nuclear Fusion reactor so soon.
• Phastos recalled meeting Howard Stark during the Second World War and pointing humanity toward nuclear energy.
• Chen Changsheng showed Phastos footage of a monster attack in London, and Phastos identified the creatures as Deviants and the women as his former companions Sersi and Sprite.
• Phastos explained that the Eternals were eight beings created by the Celestials to protect humanity, and Chen Changsheng asked him to find the others for a meeting.

Chen Changsheng met with Phastos, who agreed to join his company’s research efforts, while most of the Eternals refused to meet him. As Deviant attacks spread into cities, a massacre began near Kingo’s film set in Mumbai.

• Phastos contacted the other Eternals, but most rejected his invitation to meet Chen Changsheng.
• Chen Changsheng invited Phastos to work with the scientists at his company, and Phastos agreed to cooperate.
• Deviant attacks grew more frequent and began reaching cities.
• In Mumbai, Kingo’s assistant looked outside and saw a Deviant killing people amid a panicked crowd.
• Kingo noticed that the cheering outside had stopped and that his assistant had fallen silent.

Kro fought a Deviant in his mansion, but Umbrella Corporation intervened and captured the creature after a missile blast knocked Kro unconscious. Chen Changsheng learned that Kro's body was made of an unusual human-like metal, then invited Phastos to meet at Umbrella Corporation headquarters the next day.

• Kro recognized a Deviant in his mansion and fought it with energy blasts and the sword Phastos had forged for him.
• Chen Changsheng received footage of the battle through Red Queen and sent Umbrella Corporation's Indian branch and insect-man squads to intervene.
• The Deviant regained strength by absorbing police officers, and an Umbrella missile struck it while Kro was caught in the blast and lost consciousness.
• Chen Changsheng used an insect-man avatar to subdue the regenerating Deviant, and Umbrella personnel captured it and recovered Kro's body.
• Umbrella's scanner revealed that Kro's body consisted of an unknown metal resembling human cells, and Chen Changsheng wondered why he had not heard from the Mechanical Emperor.
• Chen Changsheng ended his conversation with Phastos after inviting him to meet at Umbrella Corporation headquarters the next day.

Chen Changsheng brought captured mutants to Umbrella’s underground laboratory in Raccoon City and tested whether they could grow stronger by devouring one another. He decided they needed more nourishment and prepared to create humanlike individuals for them to consume, leaving the consequences of that experiment yet to unfold.

• Special convoys carrying captured mutants arrived in Raccoon City, where Umbrella employees and security systems prepared for their arrival.
• Chen Changsheng descended to the underground laboratory and observed the mutants’ instinctive desire to devour one another.
• Chen Changsheng paired the mutants and set them to fight and evolve by consuming each other.
• After seeing that the mutants needed more energy to keep growing, Chen Changsheng rejected feeding them real people.
• Chen Changsheng decided to have the Virus Will Aggregate synthesize humanlike individuals containing trace amounts of Blacklight Virus as food for the mutants.

Chen Changsheng watched the last three mutants grow more intelligent and powerful, then tested one in combat and absorbed its genetic memories. Those memories revealed that the Deviants and Eternals shared an origin and that the Deviants had once guarded human civilization before developing desires of their own.

• Chen Changsheng observed the mutants devour humans and noticed that the mutant which had eaten Kro's flesh and blood was developing intelligence.
• The three mutants stopped feeding and reached a peak state, growing to twice their former size and watching their surroundings calmly.
• Chen Changsheng entered a mutant's cage and tested its strength, evading its attacks before killing it with his bone blade.
• Chen Changsheng absorbed the mutant's genetic information and discovered fragments of the Deviants' ancient memories.
• The memories showed that the Deviants had been created as guardians of human civilization, but had gradually developed self-awareness and desire.

Chen Changsheng sensed the Celestial Embryo beneath Earth growing stronger and went to hear Star-Lord’s warning about it. Star-Lord revealed where he had felt the immense force, leaving Chen Changsheng bracing to face the emerging Celestial.

• Chen Changsheng considered the Deviants and sensed that a powerful consciousness beneath Earth was growing harder to conceal.
• Gamora told Chen Changsheng that Star-Lord had awoken and had something important to tell him, so he traveled to the Umbrella Corporation’s Manhattan recuperation facility.
• Chen Changsheng found Star-Lord weak in bed while Drax and Mantis laughed beside him.
• Star-Lord warned Chen Changsheng that a force deep within Earth was far stronger than Ego and had overwhelmed him.
• Star-Lord gave the location where he had sensed the force, matching the place Chen Changsheng had detected through the Gaia network.

Earth’s worsening instability and the Celestial Embryo’s accelerating hatching stirred fear among humans, Deviants, and Eternals. As Chen Changsheng studied the changes and Thanos urged him to let half of humanity die, the Eternals gathered to face the imminent awakening.

• Earth’s population surged as Blacklight-created humans appeared, while earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions grew more frequent and the Celestial Embryo’s influence intensified.
• Tony Stark accelerated his plan to send armored suits into space, and Thanos contacted Chen Changsheng, asking to kill half of humanity to save Earth.
• Chen Changsheng rejected the idea of wasting lives and watched three Deviants devour Blacklight-created humans as a new organic metal virus began to emerge.
• Chen Changsheng wondered about Elizabeth, the Blacklight Virus, and the truth of his own origins.
• Ajak gathered the Eternals and announced that the Celestial was about to awaken; Sersi expressed doubt, Sprite held her hand, and Phastos remained silent.

Druig learned that Kro had died, while Chen Changsheng watched a fully evolved Deviant escape Umbrella’s laboratory and head toward the Eternals. As Thanos prepared to act on his own to stop the Celestials’ revival, Chen Changsheng said his plan was only beginning and invited him to witness a Celestial’s fall.

• Druig asked why Kro was absent, and Ajak told him that Deviants had attacked and killed Kro.
• A complete-form Deviant emerged from its fusion, tore through Umbrella’s guards and enhanced insectoid warriors, then flew toward the Eternals’ gathering place in the Pacific Ocean.
• The Red Queen reported abnormal deaths around the world and the activation of Umbrella Emergency Plan YC645.
• Thanos doubted Chen Changsheng’s plan and prepared to leave to save Earth by killing half its humans, but Chen Changsheng told him the plan was just beginning and invited him along.
• Chen Changsheng and Thanos prepared to travel in a science-fiction fighter that Rocket Raccoon had modified using Earth materials and technology.

A fully evolved Deviant attacked the volcanic island and killed Druig, then transformed Makkari after she charged it in rage. Gilgamesh and Thena arrived to confront the creature.

• Chen Changsheng and Thanos parted ways as Rocket Raccoon flew the spacecraft toward the volcanic island.
• A fully evolved Deviant killed Druig and devoured his remains.
• Makkari attacked the Deviant in fury, but it ensnared her in flesh and blood and transformed her into a Deviant-like figure.
• Gilgamesh and Thena arrived at the battle and prepared to face the fully evolved Deviant.

Thena and Gilgamesh fought the fully evolved Deviant, but its absorbed abilities let it overpower and kill Gilgamesh after Thena collapsed. Ikaris arrived in time to stop it from absorbing Thena, and the Deviant tried to reach her while he attacked.

• Thena and Gilgamesh wounded the Deviant, but it healed after absorbing Druig and Makkari and attacked with Makkari's speed.
• Thena's shield broke under the Deviant's repeated attacks, leaving her collapsed and unable to defend herself.
• Gilgamesh charged the Deviant to protect Thena, but it killed him and absorbed his strength.
• The Deviant prepared to absorb Thena, but Ikaris arrived and struck it with a punch and cosmic beams.
• The Deviant dodged Ikaris's beams and reached the fallen Thena, intending to absorb her before fighting him.