Recaps

Chen Changsheng subdued Hawkeye Barton and experimented with Mjolnir, discovering that it seemed to check his genes when he grasped its handle. When Coulson led security forces to intervene, Chen ordered his insect-men to knock them unconscious so he could continue testing the hammer.

• Barton fired an explosive arrow at Chen Changsheng, but Chen rushed him, grabbed him by the neck, and knocked him unconscious.
• Chen Changsheng answered Coulson over Barton's earpiece, then tossed Barton into a corner and returned to Mjolnir.
• Chen Changsheng felt a faint electrical current sweep through a specific section of his genes when he grasped Mjolnir, and he suspected the hammer was checking his genetics.
• Coulson sent security forces to rescue Barton, so Chen Changsheng ordered his insect-men to stop them without killing them.
• Chen Changsheng's insect-men overwhelmed Coulson and his security forces, knocking them unconscious.

Chen Changsheng awakened lightning abilities through Mjolnir and discovered that its spirit recognized him as Thor after he altered his body to match Thor’s genes. Learning about the hammer’s origins and the wider universe, he began to consider leaving Earth to accelerate his evolution.

• Chen Changsheng awakened abilities related to lightning while probing his genes.
• Chen Changsheng picked up Mjolnir again and transformed himself to match Thor after the hammer spirit rejected his initial claim to be its master.
• Mjolnir recognized Chen Changsheng as its master and explained that dwarves had made it from Uru metal, given it life through a branch of the World Tree, and received Odin’s blessing.
• Chen Changsheng questioned Mjolnir about its origins and intelligence, learning more about Asgard and the Nine Realms.
• Chen Changsheng concluded that Earth was slowing his evolution and considered changing his plan to travel into space, though Earth’s technology made leaving difficult.

Chen Changsheng left with Mjolnir after Thor failed to lift it, while Thor followed him and pleaded for its return. Coulson and Barton regained consciousness and realized that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s guarded object had been stolen.

• Chen Changsheng encountered Thor outside and threw Mjolnir away to avoid Thor's frantic attempt to grab it.
• Thor tried to lift Mjolnir but failed, while Chen Changsheng summoned it back to himself.
• Heimdall watched from Asgard and suspected Mjolnir's choice might be part of Odin's plan, unaware Chen Changsheng had cracked Odin's genetic code.
• Thor followed Chen Changsheng toward town, talking about his memories with Mjolnir and begging him to give it back.
• Coulson woke in pain, and Barton regained consciousness and found him; they realized the object they had guarded was gone.

Chen Changsheng met Jane Foster and Erik Selvig as the Warriors Three arrived from Asgard to join Thor. When Fandral confronted Chen over Mjolnir, Chen tested the Asgardian warrior’s strength with four Insectoids, which Fandral swiftly cut apart.

• Nick Fury learned that Coulson and Barton’s operation had failed and prepared to investigate S.H.I.E.L.D.’s losses.
• Chen Changsheng and Thor met Jane Foster and Erik Selvig near town before the Warriors Three arrived through the Bifrost.
• Thor reunited with the Warriors Three, while Chen considered using them as a way to travel through the universe as an Einherjar.
• Fandral demanded that Chen hand over Mjolnir, and Chen tossed it at his feet before retreating.
• Chen sent four Biomass-armored Insectoids to attack Fandral, who cut through their blades with his longsword.

Chen Changsheng used Mjolnir and his insectoids to overpower Fandral, then moved to take Fandral’s armor. Hogun and Volstagg charged Chen Changsheng, who transformed and sent his insectoids into the fight.

• Chen Changsheng had four insectoids attack Fandral together, and they suppressed him despite his armor and weapon.
• Chen Changsheng recalled Mjolnir, summoned lightning, and struck Fandral, whose armor protected him from serious harm.
• Chen Changsheng admired Fandral’s armor and prepared to strip it from him while the other Einherjar watched in alarm.
• Hogun and Volstagg charged Chen Changsheng, while Sif guarded Thor and Jane Foster ducked behind him.
• Chen Changsheng transformed in pitch-black chitinous armor and sent his insectoids to fight Hogun and Volstagg.

Hogun and Volstagg struggled against the insect-men and Chen Changsheng until a massive Bifrost beam brought the Destroyer Armor to Earth. Thor mistook its arrival for Odin’s forgiveness and ran toward it, while Chen Changsheng questioned whether Odin had come.

• Hogun defended himself against four insect-men, while Volstagg struggled to approach Chen Changsheng through his lightning attacks.
• Volstagg closed in and fought Chen Changsheng in melee, but Chen Changsheng fused combat memories and used Mjolnir to overwhelm him with powerful blows and electricity.
• A huge Bifrost beam appeared, making the Warriors Three stop fighting and retreat from the insect-men.
• The Destroyer Armor emerged from the beam, and the Warriors Three feared Odin had come to punish them.
• Thor ran toward the Destroyer Armor, believing Odin had forgiven him, while Chen Changsheng suspected the armor’s aura was weaker because Odin might not be present.

Chen Changsheng and Thor fought the Destroyer Armor, but their attacks could not damage it and the battle drained Chen Changsheng’s energy. Chen Changsheng realized it was targeting him because he resembled Thor, then changed his genes and threw Mjolnir toward Thor, leaving Thor alarmed.

• The Destroyer Armor fired its destructive beam at Thor, who narrowly dodged it, and Chen Changsheng struck the armor with lightning to give Thor a chance to escape.
• The Destroyer Armor turned on Chen Changsheng, whose repeated lightning attacks failed to harm it while the Warriors Three gathered around the unharmed Thor.
• Fandral asked Thor whether he could summon lightning as continuously as Chen Changsheng, and Thor and the other Asgardians watched Chen Changsheng’s display in silence.
• Chen Changsheng realized the Destroyer Armor was targeting him because he resembled Thor, threw Mjolnir toward Thor, and changed his genes to look like an ordinary Asgardian.
• The Destroyer Armor stopped attacking Chen Changsheng, and Thor mistook the thrown Mjolnir for an attack on his group and reacted with alarm.

Thor struggled to lift Mjolnir as the Destroyer Armor overwhelmed the Warriors Three, but he sacrificed himself and regained the hammer’s acknowledgment. Reborn in Asgardian Armor, Thor fought back against the Destroyer, though it soon slapped him away and knocked Mjolnir from his hand.

• Thor told Sif to take Jane Foster to safety, and Sif carried Jane away while Professor Erik fled on his own.
• Fandral, Hogun, and Volstagg attacked the Destroyer Armor, but it quickly hurled them aside or blasted them with its destruction beam.
• Thor tried in vain to lift Mjolnir as the Destroyer Armor advanced, then vanished beneath its powerful red beam.
• Lightning surged where Thor had fallen, and Thor reappeared in Asgardian Armor after regaining Mjolnir’s acknowledgment.
• Thor struck the Destroyer Armor repeatedly with Mjolnir, but it swatted him away and sent the hammer flying.

Chen Changsheng discovered how Thor’s power of thunder worked and summoned lightning without Mjolnir, devastating the Destroyer Armor at the cost of half his body. He restored himself by absorbing Volstagg, replaced him with a viral copy, and left to investigate the source of the thunder.

• Chen Changsheng realized Thor’s power of thunder came from a gene activated by Mjolnir and began drawing lightning through his own body.
• Chen Changsheng used Bio-energy to summon thunder without Mjolnir, and a massive lightning bolt knocked the Destroyer Armor down while destroying half his body.
• Chen Changsheng absorbed Volstagg to restore his strength and created a weakened viral copy carrying Volstagg’s memories.
• Chen Changsheng left the area and sensed that the thunder he had summoned did not come from ordinary electrical friction.

Chen Changsheng’s connection to the Thunder Universe made Odin believe Thor had mastered the power of thunder, while Thor struggled against the recovering Destroyer Armor. The chapter left Thor trapped in the Destroyer’s beam as Heimdall urged Odin to look at what was happening in Midgard.

• Chen Changsheng watched Thor fight the Destroyer Armor with Mjolnir after his Nine Heavens Divine Thunder had damaged it.
• Odin awakened after Chen Changsheng connected to the Thunder Universe and assumed Thor had triggered the connection.
• The Destroyer Armor began healing, so Thor drew down a powerful lightning bolt that worsened its wounds but left him weakened.
• The Destroyer Armor steadied itself and engulfed Thor in a powerful red beam while Chen Changsheng could not intervene.
• Heimdall told Odin that something had happened in Midgard and urged him to look at the situation.

Odin arrived on Earth to save Thor from the Destroyer Armor, but his discovery that Chen Changsheng wielded traces of thunder power made him turn hostile. The Ancient One stopped Odin’s attack and questioned him about it.

• Odin rescued Thor from the Destroyer Armor’s beam, impaled the armor with Gungnir, and healed Thor with a drop of potent liquid.
• The Ancient One appeared and confronted Odin, who explained that he had come only to retrieve Thor.
• Odin blocked the Ancient One from examining Thor, and the two powerful figures waited as Thor recovered.
• Odin sensed a familiar bloodline in Chen Changsheng and discovered traces of thunder power within him.
• Odin tried to attack Chen Changsheng, but the Ancient One intervened, examined Chen Changsheng with the Eye of Agamotto, and demanded to know why Odin had attacked.

Chen Changsheng sacrificed his Asgardian body to unleash a massive thunderstorm at Odin, but Odin killed him with Gungnir and survived the attack. Chen Changsheng was reborn beneath the Arctic ice in the body of Khur, though he awoke with pain and the sense that some of his memories were missing.

• Odin attacked Chen Changsheng after the Ancient One said she had not seen him in the future, and Chen Changsheng fought back by drawing on the Thunder power gene.
• Chen Changsheng spent all the biomass energy in his body to summon a powerful thunderstorm, but Gungnir pierced his chest and killed him.
• The Ancient One recognized Chen Changsheng's rare Thunder power and confronted Odin for breaking Earth's rules; Odin admitted fault and promised her a favor.
• Chen Changsheng's body was reduced to ashes by the lightning and Thunder Universe backlash, but he was reborn inside the Great Serpent Khur beneath the Arctic ice cap.
• After a long, painful awakening, Chen Changsheng realized he seemed to have lost some memories, though he could not identify what was missing.

After Odin killed Chen Changsheng, he resurrected in Khul's body and discovered he could transfer his will into his Inhuman bodies without strength restrictions. He resolved to exploit his gateway to explore and plunder other universes, then returned to New York to prepare for his next departure.

• Chen Changsheng realized Odin had killed him and that he had been reborn in the body of the Serpent, Khul.
• Chen Changsheng transferred his will into an Inhuman body created by the Pacific Bug Nest and discovered his descent method had few restrictions.
• Chen Changsheng concluded that exploring other universes through the ocean gateway was safer than competing with powerful beings for resources in the Marvel Universe.
• Chen Changsheng considered ways to charge the gateway, including using Tony Stark's Arc Reactor technology, and planned to establish contingencies in New York.
• Chen Changsheng rebuilt a powerful Asgardian Inhuman body beneath the Arctic ice, then descended into a weaker body formed by four of Gwen's Inhuman bodyguards in New York.

Chen Changsheng broke Ivan Vanko’s resistance with Lockdown, renamed him Edison, and assigned him to serve as a loyal subordinate. He then organized his plans for Nuclear Fusion profits and Umbrella Corporation’s products, leaving Otto to research spacecraft capable of reaching outer space.

• Chen Changsheng released Ivan Vanko from Lockdown, and Ivan, shaken by the isolation, begged to serve him rather than be locked away again.
• Chen Changsheng transformed Ivan Vanko’s appearance, named him Edison, and accepted him as his first human vassal.
• Chen Changsheng arranged for Gen-Tech to regulate Nuclear Fusion ventures while securing a 50% share for himself and pushing the other parties to finalize their contracts.
• Chen Changsheng reviewed Umbrella Corporation’s growth, its medicine sales, and the limits on selling its Tyrant and Lizard Gene Enhancement Serum.
• Dr. Otto returned from traveling with his wife and began researching large vessels capable of flying into outer space.

Chen Changsheng assigned Dr. Otto, Edison, and Max major projects for space travel, affordable modular exoskeleton armor, and a global power grid. Hoping to gain the ability to absorb electricity by studying Max’s genes, Chen Changsheng found him and asked for genetic samples.

• Chen Changsheng and Dr. Otto began planning humanity’s first true spaceship after completing the Nuclear Fusion experiment.
• Chen Changsheng tasked Edison with designing an affordable exoskeleton-assisted armor, and Edison created a modular suit with optional upgrades and auxiliary modules.
• Max completed a power-grid plan for New York City and began working on plans for other major cities.
• Chen Changsheng considered adapting Max’s energy-absorbing cells so he could strengthen himself by absorbing electricity and become the Thunder King.
• Chen Changsheng avoided using thunder for fear Odin and The Ancient One would notice, then asked Max for genetic samples to study.

Chen Changsheng gathered Max’s cells to develop resistance to electricity, then pursued deals to acquire Osborn Industries’ energy division and Hammer Industries. He left Harry Osborn awaiting negotiations and planned to bid for Hammer Industries, with Justin Hammer potentially staying on as chairman.

• Chen Changsheng absorbed Max’s cells, then discussed Max’s global power-grid plans with him and offered suggestions.
• Chen Changsheng learned that the portal still needed more energy after six months of charging and decided to seek the patents for Osborn Industries’ bioelectric eels.
• Harry Osborn complained about his troubles at Osborn Industries, and Chen Changsheng proposed buying its energy division and involving Harry in nuclear-fusion research.
• Chen Changsheng and Harry made no final decisions, and Harry waited for Chen Changsheng’s negotiation team.
• Chen Changsheng planned to bid for the confiscated Hammer Industries and considered keeping Justin Hammer as its chairman.

Chen Changsheng expanded Umbrella Corporation’s influence while dealing with attempted kidnappings and preparing to leave. An FBI representative named Sitwell arrived to propose cooperation, and Chen Changsheng recognized him as a Hydra agent infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D.

• Chen Changsheng arranged plans for Umbrella Corporation’s civilian divisions, including an entertainment empire built around Quentin Beck’s holographic technology.
• Chen Changsheng absorbed Bullseye after Kingpin sent him to abduct him, then sent an insectoid replacement to infiltrate Kingpin’s organization.
• Chen Changsheng absorbed a Japanese gang team that tried to abduct him and considered dealing with their gang later.
• Sitwell arrived claiming to represent the FBI and offered Chen Changsheng cooperation on behalf of an organization.
• Chen Changsheng recognized Sitwell as a Hydra agent, signed a confidentiality agreement, and began examining the S.H.I.E.L.D.-marked folder.

Chen Changsheng agreed to fund S.H.I.E.L.D.'s aerospace carrier project while secretly deciding to infiltrate Hydra. After he absorbed four agents, Sitwell's terror awakened Chen Changsheng's power to feed on fear.

• Chen Changsheng learned that Sitwell had come to secure funding for Hydra's aerospace carrier project and agreed to provide it.
• Chen Changsheng whispered “Hail Hydra” while shaking Sitwell's hand, startling Sitwell into realizing Hydra's secret might be exposed.
• Sitwell's agents drew their guns, and Chen Changsheng absorbed all four with tentacles from his hand.
• Chen Changsheng discovered from the agents' memories that Sitwell was a high-ranking Hydra member trusted by Pierce.
• As Chen Changsheng prepared to absorb Sitwell, Sitwell screamed in fear, and Chen Changsheng felt that fear pass into his body.

Chen Changsheng discovered that Sitwell’s fear and worship could make him stronger, then used him as an informant and representative within Hydra. After learning about Hydra’s reach and Dr. Zola, Chen Changsheng sent Sitwell away to advance within the organization while he continued seeking safety from Odin and The Ancient One.

• Chen Changsheng sensed fear and faith from Sitwell and considered how both powers could strengthen him, though he preferred the Asgardian path of gaining strength directly.
• Sitwell told Chen Changsheng that Dr. Zola had become an artificial intelligence protecting Hydra online and that Hydra had infiltrated governments around the world.
• Chen Changsheng released four absorbed agents as insect people and implanted a monitoring organism in Sitwell, assigning the insect people to protect him.
• Chen Changsheng sent Sitwell to rise within Hydra with a signed contract for funding its helicarrier program, making Sitwell his representative.

Chen Changsheng and Dr. Otto designed and built a small Nuclear Fusion Reactor for a cruise ship, then Chen Changsheng set sail for the Pacific Bug Nest. During the trip, he prepared Arc Reactors and an upgraded Iron Man Armor, and decided that obtaining Godzilla’s biological furnace mattered more than researching artificial intelligence.

• Chen Changsheng and Dr. Otto designed an ocean-ready Nuclear Fusion Reactor and supervised its construction at the factory.
• Chen Changsheng paid the factory workers higher wages, completed the reactor in a month, and considered the need for artificial intelligence to automate future production.
• Chen Changsheng chose to pursue Godzilla and its biological furnace rather than focus on artificial intelligence research.
• Chen Changsheng installed the Nuclear Fusion Reactor on his luxury cruise ship and sailed toward the Bug Nest, carrying an arriving Asgardian race insect body.
• Chen Changsheng prepared Arc Reactors and an upgraded Iron Man Armor during the voyage, relying on his own combat instincts rather than its rudimentary artificial intelligence.

Chen Changsheng equipped himself with Iron Man technology and struggled to increase the Gate’s size quickly enough to prepare for crossing. After discovering that energy losses slowed the charging process, he modified the Gate with Max’s energy-absorbing cells to channel power into it more efficiently.

• Chen Changsheng built an auxiliary flight module to carry practical equipment for his Iron Man Armor.
• As his forces and nuclear-fusion agreements expanded, Chen Changsheng worried that Earth and his power were insignificant compared with the wider universe.
• Chen Changsheng powered the Gate with a Nuclear Fusion Reactor, bioelectric eels, and Arc Reactors, but after a month it had only grown to the size of a person.
• Chen Changsheng discovered that energy losses around the Gate caused its slow charging and decided to use cells copied from Max.
• Chen Changsheng had the nest grow energy-absorbing cells into tentacles around the Gate, linking it to the reactor and mixing in electricity-resistant cells to repair damage.

Chen Changsheng returned from the Marvel world to his original world, bringing Willow Tree’s main body, an Iron Man Armor, and abundant Biomass. After flying across Japan and reaching home, he found his computer still showing the Prototype game and a movie from a pirated website.

• Chen Changsheng charged the doorway, created lightning-releasing sea creatures, and prepared Biomass, Willow Tree, and his Iron Man Armor for the crossing.
• Chen Changsheng crossed into his original world and built a Thunder Bug Swarm beneath the ocean, where it lured in and devoured deep-sea creatures.
• Chen Changsheng used Jarvis to connect to the internet, downloaded a map, and flew across Japan toward home, alarming the US Military and his own country’s military.
• Chen Changsheng landed on his rooftop, entered his apartment in the Iron Man Armor, and saw the Prototype game and pirated movie still running on his computer screens.

Chen Changsheng returned to his original world, resumed his former appearance, and began planning how to expand his hives while protecting his family and the ocean doorway. He left Jarvis to obtain computing power and data, hoping the AI could develop independently.

• Chen Changsheng absorbed his original corpse, copied its genes, and restored his former appearance.
• He backed up his computer and found that every movie on the website was unavailable because his account had no balance.
• Chen Changsheng returned to his familiar home, explored the city, and ate at street stalls to ease his homesickness.
• He planned to establish ocean hives and develop remote wilderness areas while keeping the doorway in the deep sea secure.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Jarvis to hack supercomputers and company databases to acquire processing power and data for upgrades.

Chen Changsheng arrived in the Resident Evil world through a soul transfer, inhabiting an Umbrella Corporation warehouse keeper instead of bringing his equipment with him. As screams and impacts spread through the cargo train, he left the restroom to investigate the danger.

• Chen Changsheng entered the Resident Evil world and discovered he had transferred into another person's body without his armor or equipment.
• He recalled that his new identity was an Umbrella Corporation warehouse keeper in Raccoon City, transporting specially armored life-support pods.
• Chen Changsheng considered using supplies at his warehouse to build an Arc Reactor, Iron Man armors, or enhancement serums.
• A scream and repeated impacts came from the train cars ahead, so Chen Changsheng left the restroom to assess the situation.
• Chen Changsheng asked Pete what was happening, but Pete knew nothing, and the cargo escorts waited as the screams continued.

Chen Changsheng took shelter from the slimes in an Incubation Pod as they overwhelmed the train and the power failed. After he fell asleep, a blond young woman opened his pod, leaving him to find only three other people nearby.

• Passengers fleeing the slimes rushed Chen Changsheng's carriage, and an employee opened its doors to let them in.
• Chen Changsheng climbed into an Incubation Pod, and a middle-aged man followed his example as the slimes flooded the carriage.
• The slimes failed to break into Chen Changsheng's pod, but the train stopped and lost power while he and the middle-aged man remained trapped in darkness.
• Chen Changsheng fell asleep inside the pod until a blond young woman opened it.
• Chen Changsheng stepped out and saw the blond young woman, the middle-aged man, and a tattooed young man nearby.