Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue helped Banbu, Lange, and One-Arm escape the Mission Space while Rommel fought Nathaniel, then revealed that his Wood Clone had its own Escape Scroll. Nathaniel attacked Xu Yue, but Xu Yue’s golden-red force field blocked him.

• Xu Yue proposed that Rommel sell Escape Scrolls to help Banbu, Lange, and One-Arm escape and expose the Rothschild Family.
• Rommel covered their escape with his Nine-Tails while golden flying insects killed Wildcat and other Legion members and destroyed a tail aimed at Xu Yue.
• Nathaniel mocked Xu Yue for apparently receiving no Escape Scroll, but Xu Yue revealed a scroll of his own and said he had been clearing the field rather than fighting.
• Muto struck Nathaniel from behind and split his body, but Nathaniel released more golden insects and lunged at Xu Yue’s Wood Clone.
• Xu Yue’s golden-red force field stopped Nathaniel’s attack, stunning him with its strength.

Nathaniel's golden insects and corrosive attacks failed to defeat Xu Yue's Wood Clone, while Muto returned after effortlessly defeating the Intruders. Nathaniel's escape attempt was foiled by Xu Yue, who overpowered his grenades and sealed him for experimentation.

• Nathaniel's golden insects tore into Rommel's Tailed Beast Cloak, while his corrosive attack pushed Xu Yue's Wood Clone but failed to break through its force field.
• Muto approached carrying two incapacitated Intruders after defeating Nathaniel's insects and escaping the attack that had trapped him.
• Nathaniel withdrew his insects and admitted defeat, then tried to use an Escape Scroll to flee.
• Xu Yue revealed that Nathaniel had been hypnotized into mistaking a rock for his scroll and snapped off his leg to retrieve the real one.
• Nathaniel activated three Black Hole Grenades and sent his insects after Xu Yue, but Xu Yue dispersed the swarm and flattened the collapsing space.
• Xu Yue covered Nathaniel with sealing patterns and decided to keep him for an experiment.

Xu Yue arrived during the battle against Malekith and used the aligned Nine Realms and his Space Stone to turn the battlefield against him. After defeating Malekith and absorbing the Reality Stone, Xu Yue planned to resolve the chaotic space before facing Thor.

• Xu Yue arrived, sent Thor to protect Jane and fight the other Dark Elves, and hurled Hulk toward the spider monster.
• Malekith spread darkness through the aligned Nine Realms, but Xu Yue used his Six Paths power and Space Stone to attack him from everywhere.
• Xu Yue overwhelmed Malekith with a barrage of strikes and pounded him into a bloody pulp.
• Xu Yue recovered the Reality Stone, solidified it with his Truth-Seeking Orbs, and absorbed it.
• Xu Yue decided to resolve the chaotic space first and then deal with Thor, while Thor killed the spider monster.

After the Dark Elves were defeated, Xu Yue revealed that he had caused the Battle of New York and demanded the Reality Stone, then provoked Thor and the others into fighting him. He trapped Jane, Pepper Potts, and Natasha in a spatial prison and began overpowering Thor, forcing the assembled heroes to confront him.

• Thor congratulated Xu Yue on the victory and suggested returning the Aether to Asgard, but Xu Yue said he wanted the Reality Stone too.
• Xu Yue explained that he had caused the Battle of New York and used Loki, then challenged Thor to fight him.
• Thor threw Mjolnir at Xu Yue, but Xu Yue caught it in his bare hand and threatened to destroy Earth and Asgard if no one could defeat him.
• Xu Yue shifted the battlefield into the Astral Dimension and trapped Jane, Pepper Potts, and Natasha in a spatial prison to force the others to fight seriously.
• Thor attacked Xu Yue to protect Jane, but Xu Yue grabbed Thor's wrist and blasted Mjolnir away.

Xu Yue defeated Thor and the other defenders, then revealed that their ability to injure him had fulfilled his condition and spared Earth. After returning from the Astral Dimension, he set course for Chitauri Prime to pursue new targets, including Ronan and Star-Lord's father.

• Nick Fury launched all three nuclear missiles at Xu Yue, but Xu Yue and his spatial cage remained unharmed.
• Xu Yue defeated the empowered Thor, restored his own injuries, and declared the battle over.
• Xu Yue told the defeated heroes they had won because they had managed to injure him, then left as the Astral Dimension shattered.
• Thor vowed to capture Xu Yue, while Tony and the other heroes recovered and tried to understand what had happened.
• Xu Yue asked Aili to confirm the star charts and chose Chitauri Prime as their destination.
• Xu Yue considered confronting Ronan and Star-Lord's father before the latter fully absorbed his power.

Xu Yue arrived at Chitauri Prime and learned that Star-Lord had been captured after finding the Power Stone, while Ronan remained at large. After Ronan seized the Stone, Star-Lord and his companions persuaded Yondu to take them to Chitauri Prime to stop him.

• Xu Yue reached Chitauri Prime, where Aili reported that the Kree armistice had been signed but Ronan was still causing destruction.
• Xu Yue used his Asgardian identity to gain a high-standard reception and learned that Star-Lord had been imprisoned in Kyln after finding the Power Stone.
• Ronan attacked Star-Lord and his companions, Nebula captured the Power Stone, and Ronan left for Chitauri Prime.
• Star-Lord and his companions persuaded Yondu to take the Ravagers' ship to Chitauri Prime so they could stop Ronan.

Ronan used the Power Stone to attack Chitauri Prime, but Xu Yue halted the Dark Aster's fall and hurled it into space. Xu Yue then faced Ronan and challenged him to unleash more of the Stone's power if he wanted to survive.

• Ronan attached the Power Stone to his hammer and led his fleet toward Chitauri Prime, intending to destroy the planet.
• Star-Lord Quill warned the Nova Corps that Ronan's Orb could destroy a planet, and Xu Yue confirmed its power before offering to help.
• The Nova Corps shielded the Dark Aster while Quill, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Groot prepared to confront Ronan.
• Ronan struck the Nova Corps energy net with the Power Stone, tearing through the defense and sending the Dark Aster crashing toward Chitauri Prime.
• Xu Yue stopped the falling Dark Aster with Shinra Tensei and blasted it into space, while Groot protected the Guardians as they landed.
• Xu Yue introduced himself to Ronan as Asgard's chief warrior and warned him to draw out more of the Power Stone's power or die.

After Ronan attacked Chitauri Prime with the Power Stone, Xu Yue endured repeated blows to break through his Limiter and became strong enough to stop Ronan’s warhammer. The battle was still underway, but Xu Yue had halted Ronan’s next strike.

• After Groot’s sacrifice, Star-Lord and the others realized Ronan had reached Chitauri Prime and saw Xu Yue prepare to face him.
• Ronan fired the Power Stone at Xu Yue, whose defenses were shattered and who was swallowed by the blast.
• Star-Lord played music and danced to distract Ronan, but Xu Yue emerged from the dust and challenged him again.
• Ronan repeatedly blasted Xu Yue, who endured the attacks until his Limiter broke and his abilities increased by fifty percent.
• Xu Yue grabbed Ronan’s warhammer and stopped him from striking again, though his body was badly injured.

Xu Yue defeated Ronan, secured the Power Stone, and joined the Guardians of the Galaxy. After learning that Star-Lord's father might be an ancient creature, the group set course for Ego Planet.

• Xu Yue snapped Ronan's axe, causing Ronan to disintegrate, while Star-Lord caught the falling Power Stone and endured its energy.
• Xu Yue took the Power Stone from Star-Lord and sealed it in the containment sphere for the Nova Corps.
• Aili intercepted Yondu as he tried to leave, and Xu Yue invited himself to join the Guardians of the Galaxy.
• Xu Yue told Star-Lord that his ability to withstand the Power Stone came from his father's bloodline, then pointed to Yondu as someone who knew about his father.
• Xu Yue helped Baby Groot grow, took a small piece of Gru's remains, and traveled with the group toward Ego Planet.

Reincarnators aligned with Hydra ambushed Nick Fury and attacked Captain America, while rival groups of Reincarnators faced off nearby. Xu Yue arrived in an unfamiliar Iron Man-like suit as Steve stood surrounded by enemies.

• Hydra-aligned Reincarnators tried to shoot Nick Fury, but his car’s image-displacement protection fooled the sniper.
• Bucky ambushed Nick Fury and severely wounded him, but Fury escaped and gave a USB drive to Steve Rogers.
• Steve confronted Bucky and two powerful Reincarnators while his shield was still being repaired.
• Two groups of German Reincarnators argued over their mission and weighed each other’s strength under S.H.I.E.L.D.’s surveillance.
• Xu Yue, wearing an unfamiliar flame-propelled iron suit, landed beside Steve and prepared to deal with the danger.

Xu Yue of the Asura Path rescued Captain America from Bucky and two Hydra Reincarnators, then declined an offer to join a rival squad for only fifteen percent of the rewards. A veteran Reincarnator confronted him, believing Xu Yue’s weapons were still cooling down and that he had caught him at a disadvantage.

• Xu Yue of the Asura Path killed the two Hydra Reincarnators with a barrage but let Bucky retreat.
• Xu Yue thanked Steve for his trust, gave him an address, and asked him to investigate a strange online algorithm; Steve left with Nick Fury.
• Three Reincarnators who had survived the battle in London approached Xu Yue and offered him fifteen percent of their squad’s benefits to join them against Hydra.
• Xu Yue rejected the offer, saying he might cooperate if rewards were based on contribution.
• The veteran with fifty-seven mission experiences claimed Xu Yue was in a cooldown period and pressured him, convinced he could exploit the weakness.

Asura Path Xu Yue used his remote cannons to kill the Reincarnators who might interfere with his plans, then dealt with three more who tried to intimidate him. He later agreed to help Captain America, Natasha, and Falcon Sam stop Project Insight by destroying the Helicarriers during takeoff.

• Asura Path Xu Yue unleashed a barrage from his remote cannons, killing four Elite Reincarnators who had been hiding nearby.
• Fifty-Seven and the other two Elite Reincarnators tried to appease Asura Path Xu Yue, but he killed them after their threat of supernatural retaliation proved false.
• Asura Path Xu Yue arranged for survivors to report that the Rothschild Family and the France Zone Legion had fought the German Legion, leaving both sides with heavy losses.
• Asura Path Xu Yue spoke with Falcon Sam, then Captain America and Natasha asked him for help against Hydra's Project Insight.
• Asura Path Xu Yue decided to destroy the three Helicarriers when they took off, rather than have Captain America and the others replace their chips.

Xu Yue arrived at Ego Planet with the Guardians of the Galaxy and sensed that Ego possessed power rivaling his Titan Power. Ego welcomed Star-Lord as the son he needed for his plan to ascend, while Xu Yue assessed Ego and Mantis as potential threats.

• Xu Yue sensed a vast, opposing power within Ego Planet as the Guardians’ ship approached.
• Xu Yue recalled that Ego had killed his other children and believed Star-Lord alone had inherited his power.
• Ego’s avatar and Mantis greeted the ship after it landed, and Yondu grew uneasy about having brought Star-Lord back.
• Ego recognized Star-Lord as the child he needed to complete his ascension and dismissed the danger he had briefly sensed.
• Xu Yue avoided studying Ego’s replaceable avatar and focused on Mantis’s touch-based hypnotic ability, wary of giving her a chance to use it.

Yondu and Xu Yue investigated Ego's planet while Ego taught Star-Lord to use his Celestial power. Xu Yue secretly influenced Mantis and helped reveal the fate of Ego's other children, then confronted Ego with one of his avatar seeds.

• Yondu hid his suspicions while following Mantis, and Xu Yue warned him to control his emotions.
• Mantis read the Guardians' feelings, then Xu Yue used her attempt to read him to exert a powerful influence over her mind.
• Xu Yue and Yondu gradually steered the group toward the truth about Ego's planet and his missing children.
• Ego showed Star-Lord his plan to consume planets with the power of two Celestials.
• Xu Yue appeared on Ego's platform holding one of Ego's avatar seeds.

Xu Yue confronted Ego on his living planet, learned how Ego's seeds drained planets to fuel his plan for immortality, and realized Ego had mistaken him for a harmless companion of Peter Quill. Ego attacked Xu Yue, but Xu Yue used spatial power to make the tendrils miss.

• Ego recognized Xu Yue as someone unusual and asked Star-Lord why he had touched his father's things.
• Xu Yue asked Ego to explain how his avatars and planetary seeds worked, and Ego described how he drained life-bearing worlds to feed his true body.
• Xu Yue pieced together Ego's plan and returned the seed to his divine kingdom, alerting Ego to the dangerous aura he had sensed.
• Ego launched energy tendrils at Xu Yue, who distorted space so the attacks passed through without hitting him.

Xu Yue fought Ego across Ego Planet, countering his avatars and tentacles with spatial manipulation, a frost-world projection, and meteors while Star-Lord supplied Ego with power. After more than ten days of stalemate, Xu Yue opened a portal for the starving Mantis, leaving her hand touching one of Ego’s tentacles.

• Xu Yue shattered Ego’s avatars and froze one that entered his isolated space, while Ego instructed Star-Lord to channel his Celestial power into the platform.
• Star-Lord transferred his power to Ego, who created more avatars, but Xu Yue slowed them and Ego with a frost-world projection and decree.
• Ego reshaped the planet into enormous tentacles that sealed space and tried to crush Xu Yue, who bombarded them with meteors and expanded the space around himself.
• Xu Yue and Ego remained locked in a stalemate for more than ten days as meteors battered Ego Planet.
• Xu Yue opened a spatial passage from his independent space, allowing the starving Mantis to reach out and touch one of Ego’s tentacles.

Xu Yue killed Ego by exploiting Mantis's hypnosis, then explained Ego's crimes to Star-Lord and returned from the mission with the Reality Stone and a few A-Rank Plot Points. Back in the Reincarnation Space, he learned James Rothschild had been forced to use his Rebirth Authority and prepared to sell valuable goods and information to the Rothschild Family.

• Mantis hypnotized Ego, allowing Xu Yue to slash through the planet and destroy it.
• Xu Yue rescued the survivors, explained Ego's plans and crimes to Star-Lord, and parted ways with the Guardians of the Galaxy.
• Xu Yue returned from the mission with the Reality Stone, but paid for Eitri's Truth-Seeking Orb by selling the Extremis Virus production line.
• Xu Yue decided to seek money from powerful military corps and wealthy buyers instead of entering the Meditation Room to develop the Reality Stone.
• Xu Yue learned that James Rothschild had been beaten into using his Rebirth Authority and planned to sell the Rothschild Family goods and valuable information.

Rumors that James had died spread through Germany Zone as the Rothschild Family faced devastating losses and outrage over its betrayal of allied Legions and local Reincarnators. Xu Yue sold the Rothschild Family combat-enhancing scrolls and Hulk serum while agreeing to help manage public opinion, then received orders for the students in France to return home that month.

• News of James's apparent death spread across Germany Zone despite the Rothschild Family's claims that he was healthy.
• Survivors revealed that the Swastika Society had struck back against Rothschild, while Rothschild had betrayed its allies, and leaked videos showed the Coalition Forces of Rothschild and the French Legion killing local German Reincarnators.
• Facing public outrage and losses, the Rothschild Family asked the Penguin Merchant Guild to control public opinion and suppress certain pop-up notifications.
• Xu Yue sold the Rothschild Family Super Sealing Scrolls and Hulk serum at a thirty-percent premium and agreed to help manage public opinion.
• Xu Yue received a telegram saying the Beiyang Legion had ordered students studying in France to return home that month.

After receiving orders to return to China, Xu Yue integrated the Reality Stone into his abilities and traveled from Germany to Marseille. He met President Tang and the Beiyang overseas students who had gathered to depart for home.

• Xu Yue accepted the Beiyang Army's summons and replied that he was ready to return to China.
• Xu Yue spent his remaining points to initially integrate the Reality Stone into his abilities, then practiced with it in the Meditation Room and training space.
• Xu Yue boarded a train to Marseille and arrived at the port carrying a suitcase.
• The Beiyang overseas students waited for Xu Yue while Sun Lu tried to disparage him and then hid when Xu Yue approached.
• Xu Yue greeted the students and apologized to President Tang Baochao for arriving late, and Tang Baochao told him he was just in time.

Xu Yue and the other international students boarded a concealed Beiyang warship bound for home, and Xu Yue was granted a private room because Tang Baochao vouched for his strength. As the ship entered a fierce storm, Captain Chen Shaokuan worried that enemies might still target the students aboard.

• Xu Yue learned that Sun Lin had been taken away by Sun Chuanfang.
• A Beiyang officer called the international students aboard the ship and allowed Xu Yue to join Tang Baochao in the private rooms after Tang praised his strength.
• The warship activated its Mirage System after leaving the harbor, while Xu Yue read old newspapers to assess the political situation back home.
• A storm prevented the Mirage System from operating as the warship crossed the ocean, and Chen Shaokuan worried that enemies might attack despite the weather.