Recaps

Chen Changsheng watched Tony Stark and Rhodey fight while Natasha tried to manipulate him and then slipped away to report on the situation. The battle wrecked Tony’s villa, and Chen Changsheng found Tony exhausted while Rhodey remained in better shape.

• Natasha tried to charm Chen Changsheng, but he pulled her out of the way of a barbell plate and then pushed her away when she pretended to fall into his arms.
• Tony Stark ordered everyone out of his villa, and the bystanders fled while Chen Changsheng and Natasha stayed in the yard.
• Tony and Rhodey fought more fiercely after the onlookers left, and Rhodey adapted to the Iron Man Armor despite taking a beating at first.
• Tony and Rhodey’s repulsor blasts collided and shattered the villa’s windows, while Natasha slipped away to report on the situation.
• Chen Changsheng entered the wrecked villa and found Tony collapsed from exhaustion while Rhodey was in better shape.

Chen Changsheng watched Rhodey take Iron Man Armor and leave Tony, then helped the weakened Tony and received a black Iron Man Armor of his own. After Chen Changsheng tested its flight and revealed his extraordinary physical strength, Tony questioned how he had modified himself.

• Rhodey told Tony he did not deserve to be Iron Man and flew away in his armor.
• Chen Changsheng supported the gravely weakened Tony and secretly injected him with Life Essence.
• Tony ordered Jarvis to bring out a black Iron Man Armor for Chen Changsheng.
• Chen Changsheng put on the armor and used Jarvis's assisted flight, but needed greatly increased thrust to lift off.
• Tony checked the flight data and discovered Chen Changsheng's armor used far more energy than his own.
• Chen Changsheng said he had strengthened his body, and Tony asked whether he had used a gene enhancement serum.

Chen Changsheng nudged Tony Stark toward discovering the new element his father had left behind, and Tony used the Stark Industries site plans to find its design. As Tony began building it, Nick Fury arrived to confront him about giving Rhodey the Iron Man Armor.

• Tony Stark asked Chen Changsheng to inherit the responsibility of becoming the next Iron Man, but Chen refused and reminded Tony about the new element his father had hidden.
• Chen Changsheng suggested Tony examine the Stark Industries site plans, and Tony used Jarvis to model the complex until he uncovered his father's design for the new element.
• Tony ordered a particle accelerator and had it delivered and installed overnight so he could create the new element.
• Nick Fury arrived with Natasha and confronted Tony for giving his Iron Man Armor to Rhodey and acting recklessly.

Chen Changsheng dismantled the Iron Man Armor with Dr. Otto and learned that Otto’s revised nuclear fusion experiment was ready. The chapter ended as Otto activated the reactor and it began to shake and hum.

• Chen Changsheng flew away in the Iron Man Armor while Nick Fury confronted Tony Stark about private ownership of powerful weapons.
• Chen Changsheng and Dr. Otto removed the Armor’s Arc Reactor and dismantled the suit, with Otto studying the device and suggesting possible improvements.
• Dr. Otto told Chen Changsheng that he had redesigned the Nuclear Fusion Reactor to use a simple artificial intelligence and expected the experiment to be ready the next day.
• Chen Changsheng paused his work copying the Asgardian genetic blueprint and joined Dr. Otto to observe the experiment.
• Dr. Otto started the Nuclear Fusion Reactor, which began shaking violently and humming as it powered up.

Dr. Otto and Chen Changsheng celebrated the successful operation of the Nuclear Fusion Reactor and discussed putting the technology under Gentek Corporation. Chen Changsheng planned to showcase nuclear fusion at the Stark Industries Expo, while recognizing the experiment's enormous global significance and the need to improve its energy storage.

• The Nuclear Fusion Reactor stabilized, and Dr. Otto and Chen Changsheng celebrated the successful experiment.
• Dr. Otto unfolded the reactor's armor, and the Artificial Sun powered an energy-absorbing device and Dr. Otto's energy storage pool before he shut it down.
• Chen Changsheng noticed the energy storage circuitry was inefficient and the storage device had limited capacity, and he thought of someone suited to improve them.
• Chen Changsheng planned to contact Tony Stark about exhibiting the technology at the Stark Industries Expo and proposed placing it under Gentek Corporation's name; Dr. Otto agreed.
• Dr. Otto called his wife to share the news, while Chen Changsheng considered the immense profits and worldwide consequences of nuclear fusion.

Chen Changsheng announced plans to develop Nuclear Fusion with governments and influential investors, then called Max to ask him to design an energy-storage grid. Max eagerly prepared to meet him, but his supervisor ordered him to investigate a power failure in District 11, leaving him to abandon his plans and head to work.

• Chen Changsheng decided to publicize his successful Nuclear Fusion research and invited governments, energy tycoons, technology leaders, and wealthy elites to a symposium.
• Chen Changsheng planned to ask his old friend Max to design an energy-storage grid for the Nuclear Fusion project.
• Max learned that Umbrella Corporation belonged to Chen Changsheng and eagerly waited for his shift to end so he could meet him.
• Max's supervisor ordered him to investigate a power failure in District 11 after work, and Max protested that he had plans.
• Max's supervisor pressured him by warning that thousands of New Yorkers could lose power, so Max set down his briefcase and prepared to investigate the malfunction.

Chen Changsheng secured energy magnates’ interest in Umbrella Corporation’s Nuclear Fusion project while continuing his Asgardian genetic research. The next day, he turned his attention to Justin Hammer’s exhibition and Ivan Vanko’s decision, while Max’s death at Osborn Industries remained undiscovered.

• Chen Changsheng arranged meetings with a Rockefeller representative and a powerful Middle Eastern prince, drawing energy tycoons toward his Nuclear Fusion project.
• Max missed his meeting with Chen Changsheng after falling into an electric-eel pool at Osborn Industries, where he died; workers found his body the next day and the company hid the news.
• Chen Changsheng worked through the night on the Asgardian genetic map and considered whether he could find and absorb a Skrull.
• Chen Changsheng checked his schedule the next day and prepared to attend Justin Hammer’s Hammer Industries exhibition.
• Chen Changsheng decided that Ivan Vanko would have to choose between joining him willingly or being forced to join.

Chen Changsheng attended the Hammer Industries expo to observe Tony Stark’s response to Wakandan technology, but Ivan Vanko’s Iron Soldiers attacked the event. Chen protected Pepper from falling glass and destroyed an Iron Soldier, leaving her shocked by his spear skills.

• Chen Changsheng entered the expo with his Vibranium gear after Justin Hammer arranged for him to bring his spear inside.
• Justin Hammer presented the Iron Soldiers, and Rhodey appeared in the Iron Patriot as the crowd cheered.
• Tony Stark arrived and asked Hammer about Ivan Vanko, but Rhodey’s armor malfunctioned and the Iron Soldiers turned their weapons on Tony.
• Tony Stark flew away as the Iron Soldiers attacked the expo, shattering the glass ceiling and endangering the crowd.
• Chen Changsheng used his spear to shield Pepper from the falling glass and smashed an Iron Soldier that passed him.
• Pepper stared at Chen Changsheng’s spear skills and exclaimed, “Gennice Kung Fu?!!!”

Chen Changsheng helped clear Iron Soldiers and reached Tony Stark and Rhodey after their battle, where Ivan Vanko arrived in Whiplash Armor. Tony and Rhodey faced Ivan exhausted and nearly out of weapons as Ivan prepared to attack.

• Chen Changsheng told Pepper he was an unparalleled master, and Pepper believed him after seeing him fight.
• Natasha told Pepper that Justin Hammer had masterminded the Iron Soldier incident, so Pepper set out with Happy and Natasha to confront Hammer.
• Chen Changsheng followed the Iron Soldiers to Tony and Rhodey's battlefield, destroying all but one along the way.
• Tony and Rhodey defeated the Iron Soldiers but were exhausted and nearly out of ammunition when Ivan Vanko arrived in Whiplash Armor.
• Rhodey's missile, nicknamed his ex-wife, bounced harmlessly off Ivan's armor, and Tony mocked Hammer Industries.
• Ivan extended Whiplash's electrified whips and asked Tony and Rhodey if they were ready.

Chen Changsheng intervened when Ivan Vanko overwhelmed Tony Stark and Rhodey, then defeated and absorbed Ivan as he tried to self-destruct. He escaped the explosion with Ivan’s brain alive beneath the Vibranium cloak, while Tony and Rhodey survived and Tony lamented his damaged armor.

• Ivan Vanko battered Tony Stark’s armor with his electric whips and subdued Rhodey as Chen Changsheng approached.
• Chen Changsheng threw his Vibranium cloak to distract Ivan, then pierced and destroyed one of Ivan’s arms with a Vibranium spear.
• Chen Changsheng sent Tony flying out of the fight, cut off Ivan’s remaining arm, and planned to persuade him to surrender.
• Ivan activated his armor’s self-destruct, so Chen Changsheng pierced the armor, absorbed Ivan’s body, and kept his brain alive.
• Chen Changsheng escaped the blast with Ivan’s brain covered by the Vibranium cloak, while Tony and Rhodey survived and Tony worried about his ruined armor.

Chen Changsheng gave Tony Stark Wakandan Kimoyo Beads and a vibranium spear to examine after defeating Ivan Vanko, while keeping a cloaked object for himself. Unseen by them, Wakandan operatives watched from a stealth aircraft as they searched for the equipment lost in the battle with The Hulk.

• Chen Changsheng handed Tony Stark the Kimoyo Beads and asked him to study their technology.
• Rhodey returned Chen Changsheng's vibranium spear, and Chen demonstrated its strength by smashing the ground with it.
• Tony Stark learned the spear was made of vibranium and decided to study it and the Kimoyo Beads.
• Chen Changsheng explained that Wakanda possessed a large vibranium mine and advanced technology, but kept the cloaked object for later use.
• Wakandan operatives watched from a stealth aircraft and recalled that they had come to recover equipment lost in the battle with The Hulk.

Chen Changsheng revived Ivan Vanko in a Bugman body and offered him a chance to work for him. Ivan remembered that Chen Changsheng had killed him and became enraged.

• Wakandan recovery personnel tracked Chen Changsheng, watched him fight, and saw him hand a Vibranium spear and Kimoyo Beads to Tony Stark.
• Chen Changsheng took Ivan Vanko’s brain to his company, built him a Bugman body, and used Life Essence to restore him.
• Ivan awoke in Chen Changsheng’s office and realized that he was alive again.
• Chen Changsheng offered Ivan one chance to work for him and said he could leave if he managed to hit him.
• Ivan’s anger returned as he remembered that Chen Changsheng had killed him.

Chen Changsheng used his power to control Ivan Vanko, then threatened him when Ivan demanded help killing Tony Stark. After Chen incapacitated Ivan and prepared to preserve his body, a citywide blackout drew him toward the city center.

• Ivan Vanko attacked Chen Changsheng, but Chen froze him in place and forced his body to obey military commands.
• Chen asked Ivan to decide whether to become his subordinate, and Ivan demanded help killing Tony Stark.
• Chen refused to kill Tony and offered to remain neutral, but Ivan insisted that Chen provide other assistance.
• Chen extended a tentacle toward Ivan and pierced his face, leaving Ivan incapacitated while preserving his body.
• A power outage darkened the neighborhood, and Chen saw electrical flashes in the city center before gliding there to investigate.

Chen Changsheng watched Spider-Man battle Electro in Times Square as George led the NYPD Rapid Response Unit into the fight. After Electro destroyed the Tyrants, Spider-Man used water to weaken him, leaving George’s squad ready to claim the arrest.

• Chen Changsheng spotted Spider-Man fighting Max, who had transformed into Electro and was attacking with powerful electricity.
• George arrived with the NYPD Rapid Response Unit and led the Tyrants in a Gatling-gun assault on Electro.
• Electro drew power from the cables to heal his wounds, then blasted the Tyrants and destroyed the squad.
• Spider-Man broke a fire hydrant and drenched Electro, cutting off his electricity and weakening him.
• George ordered his men to move in and seize the weakened Electro, hoping to claim the credit.

Chen Changsheng arranged for the NYPD to deliver Max to the Umbrella Corporation, then comforted his transformed friend and recruited him to lead the company’s Energy Department. After Max agreed to provide a genetic sample, Chen Changsheng’s tentacle frightened him, and Max leaped away.

• Chen Changsheng called Charlotte and arranged for the NYPD to hand Max over to the Umbrella Corporation.
• George escorted the restrained Max to the Umbrella Corporation and was stunned to see Chen Changsheng there.
• Chen Changsheng freed Max, heard how an eel accident had transformed him, and reassured him about his new appearance and abilities.
• Chen Changsheng appointed Max to lead the Energy Department and promised to bring him to the next day’s Nuclear Fusion experiment.
• Chen Changsheng asked Max for a genetic sample, but Max panicked when a tentacle split from Chen Changsheng’s fingertip and reached toward him.

Chen Changsheng discovered that Max’s electrically charged body could not be studied safely, then planned to breed genetically modified electric eels to power his deep-sea Mother Nest. After completing Thor’s Asgardian genetic map, he considered how to grow stronger despite lacking the resources to create an Asgardian body.

• Chen Changsheng tried to examine Max’s blood with his tentacles, but its electrical charge burned them, so he arranged to draw the blood with a syringe instead.
• Chen Changsheng concluded that Max was a biological anomaly whose genes he could not yet extract, and he planned to ask Harry Osborn for genetically modified electric eels to breed in the deep-sea Mother Nest.
• Chen Changsheng finished assembling Thor’s Asgardian genetic map and realized that creating an Asgardian body would require far more Biomass and life energy than he possessed.
• Chen Changsheng considered using a city-sized Mother Nest to absorb energy but rejected the idea as too dangerous, deciding instead to increase the density of his energy storage.

Chen Changsheng considered expanding his Blacklight Virus forces and delegating company management, then announced Umbrella Corporation’s successful Nuclear Fusion experiment at the Stark Industries Expo. The announcement launched Umbrella into the energy industry and sent traditional energy companies’ prospects into further decline.

• Chen Changsheng considered using Asgardian bodies to strengthen his virus creations and debated forming a brain-insect army with a system of shared power.
• Chen Changsheng called Peter Parker and asked him to attend Umbrella Corporation’s Nuclear Fusion announcement at the Stark Industries Expo.
• Chen Changsheng decided to send Gwen back to school and postponed choosing new company managers.
• Chen Changsheng introduced Dr. Otto and Max at the press conference and announced Umbrella Corporation’s plan to provide affordable energy worldwide.
• Umbrella Corporation’s announcement boosted its prospects while worsening the outlook for Stark Industries and traditional energy companies.

Peter Parker photographed Umbrella Corporation’s press conference while worrying that former supervillains were being rewarded and ignored. After Chen Changsheng proved the nuclear fusion breakthrough was real, governments and wealthy interests rushed to negotiate with Umbrella, and Chen planned to let them compete while keeping control of the core technology.

• Peter Parker photographed Electro at the ceremony and wondered why reporters ignored the former criminal’s presence at Umbrella Corporation.
• After people questioned the nuclear fusion announcement, Chen Changsheng posted a video showing Umbrella’s reactor operating for a minute.
• A country criticized Umbrella’s short demonstration while also seeking cooperation and access to its expertise.
• An island nation sent negotiators to Umbrella and secretly dispatched a unit prepared to seize the fusion materials by force.
• Middle Eastern rulers and American energy and technology magnates arrived in New York to pursue deals with Chen Changsheng.
• Chen Changsheng recalled his invitation for governments to help develop nuclear fusion and decided to let them compete while Umbrella kept the core technology.

Tony Stark studied Chen Changsheng’s advanced gifts and backed his plan to share nuclear fusion through Gentek Corporation, while Chen used his growing fortune to pursue space exploration. The chapter ended with Chen discovering that the rocket-engine expert he had funded had instead started a communications network project called Starlink.

• Tony Stark studied the Kimoyo Beads, Vibranium spear, and Vibranium cloak, and agreed to support Chen Changsheng’s nuclear fusion conference.
• Chen Changsheng planned to establish and take public a joint-stock Gentek Corporation, keeping a majority stake and dividing the remaining shares among capable partners.
• News of Chen Changsheng’s nuclear fusion offer stirred global powers, including a hidden force within a shield agency and the leader of the Ten Rings.
• Chen Changsheng completed negotiations that multiplied his available money and decided to invest it in his dream of exploring space.
• Chen Changsheng funded a fat rocket-engine researcher to develop space colonization and a Mars project, but the researcher instead launched a communications network project called Starlink.

Chen Changsheng expanded his plans for Umbrella Corporation and Gen-Tech, targeting entertainment entrepreneur Quentin Beck and recruiting managers for the new company. He secured construction approval for a New York fusion reactor, tested Osborn Industries' genetically modified electric eels, and prepared to make Gen-Tech a public battleground while Umbrella remained hidden.

• Chen Changsheng decided to fund Quentin Beck's holographic projection technology and put him in charge of Umbrella Corporation's entertainment industries.
• With the New York mayor's support, Chen Changsheng secured city council approval to build a fusion reactor outside New York City.
• Chen Changsheng visited Harry Osborn and took several genetically modified electric eels from Osborn Industries.
• Chen Changsheng absorbed the eels in a secluded laboratory, found that they fought until one survived, and failed to recreate Electro with an insect-man.
• Chen Changsheng sent invitations to recruit managers and experts for Gen-Tech, including the former chief engineer of Stark Industries' energy department.

Chen Changsheng traveled to the Arctic to help Umbrella Corporation recover Captain America from the ice. After examining him, Chen assured Nick Fury that Captain America could be revived by thawing him and replenishing his energy.

• Chen Changsheng received General Ross's request for Umbrella Corporation to assist with a man found frozen in the Arctic and chose the mission over visiting Mjolnir.
• Chen Changsheng flew to the Arctic with a military medical team and saw the aircraft Captain America had crashed decades earlier.
• Chen Changsheng met Nick Fury at the recovery site and confirmed that Captain America was still alive inside the ice.
• Chen Changsheng prepared to have Umbrella's medical staff begin the rescue, but Nick Fury stopped him and demanded to know how he would revive the captain.
• Chen Changsheng explained that Captain America had weak life signs from prolonged freezing but could recover quickly after thawing and receiving energy.

Chen Changsheng followed a mysterious summons beneath the Arctic ice and discovered that it came from Kull, the God of Fear, sealed there by Odin. Kull tried to invade Chen Changsheng’s mind but was overwhelmed by the Virus Will Aggregate’s memories, leaving Chen Changsheng stronger and Kull’s fate uncertain.

• Nick Fury took Captain America’s frozen body back to S.H.I.E.L.D. in New York, leaving the Hydra aircraft behind as the military prepared to collect it.
• Chen Changsheng secretly dug through the ice beneath the aircraft to investigate the summons he had sensed.
• Chen Changsheng entered a vast, freezing underground darkness, where Kull’s consciousness invaded his mind to read his memories.
• The four billion years of memories belonging to the Virus Will Aggregate scattered Kull’s consciousness, and Chen Changsheng absorbed fragments of it.
• Chen Changsheng learned that Odin had sealed Kull beneath the Arctic and that Kull had awakened after Captain America’s fighter loosened the seal.

Chen Changsheng found Kull’s enormous serpentine body beneath the seal and began consuming it to build a Mother Nest and a stronger swarm. He planned to take over Kull’s true body after dealing with the soldiers above, then climbed back toward the ice to resume his mission.

• Chen Changsheng sent tentacles through gaps in Odin’s seal and infected the giant serpent’s body with his viruses.
• Chen Changsheng created a Mother Nest from his severed arm so it could grow an Asgardian swarm and devour the serpent faster.
• Chen Changsheng decided to claim Kull’s true body and used Kull’s Soul Possession Technique to mark it and make “refinement” into a clone.
• Chen Changsheng returned his consciousness to his insectoid Asgardian body and felt dissatisfied with its weakness after experiencing Kull’s power.
• Chen Changsheng headed toward the surface to return to New York with the remaining soldiers and rescue Captain America.

Chen Changsheng revived Captain America with Life Essence, then left S.H.I.E.L.D. amid the chaos and headed for the town where Mjolnir had landed. There, he encountered Thor and had four insectoids beat him again while his divine power remained sealed.

• Chen Changsheng injected Captain America with Life Essence, and Captain America awoke alert and charged out of the ward, ruining Nick Fury's planned welcome.
• Chen Changsheng photographed Nick Fury's stunned reaction, then left S.H.I.E.L.D. and decided to seek Mjolnir after learning about it from Cull's memories.
• Chen Changsheng disguised himself and his insectoid bodyguards as tattooed men and traveled to the town where Mjolnir had landed.
• Thor saw Chen Changsheng and his group while with Jane Foster, shook off Jane's attempt to stop him, and charged at them.
• Chen Changsheng sent four insectoids to fight Thor, who was beaten black and blue but was not knocked unconscious.

Chen Changsheng used Thor’s search for Mjolnir to create a distraction at S.H.I.E.L.D.’s research base, then slipped inside to claim the hammer. Hawkeye Barton intercepted him with an arrow just as he reached Mjolnir.

• Jane Foster tried to protect Thor, but Chen Changsheng told him where Mjolnir was and taunted him into going after it.
• Thor ran toward S.H.I.E.L.D.’s base while Jane Foster went to seek help from her mentor.
• Chen Changsheng and his group borrowed a car and drove to Mjolnir’s location, where they found Thor being thrown out of the base.
• Chen Changsheng sent the insect-men to distract the guards and sneaked into the crater where Mjolnir lay.
• Hawkeye Barton shot an arrow at Chen Changsheng as he reached for Mjolnir, but Chen Changsheng knocked it aside.