Chapter Summaries

Lu Yifang and Fury tried to stabilize the Tesseract as Loki arrived on Earth, but Loki used the Tesseract to send Lu Yifang to a New York subway station. Lu Yifang called Fury to get directions back to the research base.

• Lu Yifang tried to redirect the unstable energy sphere above the Tesseract while Dr. Selvig detected that it was opening a wormhole.
• Loki accepted the Chitauri leader’s offer of Midgard and used a device to open a Portal, but Lu Yifang redirected the energy and blasted him as he emerged.
• Loki attacked Fury and the agents with his Mind Stone Staff, but Lu Yifang blocked the blast and charged at him.
• Loki struck the Tesseract with his staff, and its blue light transported Lu Yifang to a subway station in New York.
• Lu Yifang called Fury to ask where the S.H.I.E.L.D. research base was located.

Loki took control of Hawkeye and the researchers while Fury secretly escaped with the Tesseract, but the unstable base collapsed before Fury could get clear. Coulson rescued Fury, who ordered a search for survivors and declared that the superhero plan would begin because they were at war.

• Loki subdued Hawkeye with a physical attack and used the Mind Stone Staff to control him and the researchers.
• Fury stole the Tesseract and tried to slip out using his Racial Talent, but his phone rang and Loki caught him.
• Fury spoke with Lu Yifang, who said he was on the way but asked how to reach the base from a subway station.
• Hawkeye warned Loki that the base was about to explode, then shot Fury in the chest and left with Loki and Dr. Selvig.
• The base collapsed in a surge of energy, and Coulson grabbed Fury before he fell into the spreading cracks.
• Fury ordered a rescue search, called for Lu Yifang and his girlfriend, and told Coulson that the superhero plan was ready to begin.

Fury prepared to face Loki’s invasion by gathering the Avengers and Mutants, despite the World Security Council’s objections. As Steve Rogers traveled with Coulson and Lu Yifang, the chapter ended with them wagering on whether Steve could handle how much the world had changed.

• Fury told the World Security Council that Loki was a threat and defended recruiting the Avengers and Mutants to protect Earth.
• Fury learned from Coulson that Tony had been notified, Agent Romanov was seeking Doctor Banner, and Lu Yifang and Steve Rogers were on their way.
• Lu Yifang said Professor X could not locate Loki because Loki’s Scepter blocked psychic scans.
• Steve discussed Mutants and equality with Lu Yifang, then said he had bet Fury ten dollars that he could handle the changed world.
• Coulson and Lu Yifang raised their bets, and Steve declared that the bets were final.

Lu Yifang and Steve boarded S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Sky Carrier, where Bruce Banner gave Lu a guide to fighting the Hulk. After the carrier rose into the sky and turned invisible, the team located Loki in Stuttgart and prepared to confront him.

• Coulson was called away before he could ask Steve for an autograph, and Black Widow welcomed Lu Yifang and Steve aboard.
• Banner reunited with Lu Yifang, gave him a notebook titled Thirty-Six Tips for Beating Up the Hulk, and planned to ask Tony for Hulk-fighting armor.
• The Sky Carrier rose from the water and disappeared, surprising Steve, who paid the money he had wagered on it.
• Lu Yifang treated Steve to lunch after taking his bet money, and Hill reported that Loki was in Stuttgart, Germany.
• Fury ordered Lu Yifang and Steve to join him in confronting Loki.

Loki confronted a crowd in Stuttgart, but Steve Rogers and Lu Yifang fought back while Tony Stark made a dramatic entrance and collided with Steve’s shield. As Tony fell toward the ground, Thor caught him, leaving Loki facing the heroes and an unexpected Asgardian intervention.

• Loki forced a crowd to kneel and threatened an old man who defied him before Steve arrived in a Quinjet.
• Steve blocked Loki’s attack with his shield, and Lu Yifang joined the fight and damaged Loki’s force field with Wind Blades.
• Steve smashed Loki’s force field and struck him repeatedly with his shield, but Loki used magic to seize it and launch it skyward.
• Tony flew into Steve’s shield, which Loki had sent upward, and plummeted toward the ground as Steve ran to catch him.
• Lu Yifang shattered Loki’s force field with a Rasengan shuriken, and Thor caught the falling Tony.

Thor boarded the plane, knocked Tony aside, and took Loki to a cliff to demand the Tesseract. Their reunion exposed Loki’s resentment over Odin’s deception and his determination to make Thor suffer by taking away what he valued on Earth.

• Steve questioned whether Loki’s surrender seemed suspicious, while Tony mocked Steve and remained sore about his choice of the shield.
• Thor arrived amid lightning, forced his way onto the plane, knocked Tony flying, and carried Loki away; Lu Yifang stayed behind, while Tony, Lu Yifang, and Steve pursued.
• Thor tossed Loki onto the ground at a cliff and asked where the Tesseract was.
• Thor told Loki that he and Odin had mourned him and that he had always considered Loki his brother.
• Loki recalled feeling overshadowed by Thor and learning that Odin had never intended him to be crowned.
• Loki vowed to take away everything Thor had on Earth, including the people and things he loved.

Thor confronted Loki about the Tesseract and tried to persuade him to return to Asgard, but Tony, Lu Yifang, and Captain America repeatedly attacked Loki while Thor and Tony fought. Captain America knocked Loki unconscious, leaving the heroes to deal with Thor and the situation.

• Thor demanded to know who had revealed the Tesseract's power to Loki and urged him to abandon his plans and come home, but Loki said he had already transferred the Tesseract.
• Tony rushed in, knocked Loki down, and beat him with fists and a high-voltage baton before Thor struck Tony with his hammer.
• Tony and Thor fought, and Thor called down lightning that charged Tony's armor until Tony released an energy blast and sent Thor flying.
• Lu Yifang kicked Loki in the face, then told Thor to put away his hammer and talk things through; Thor agreed not to attack and asked if he could simply put the hammer away.
• Loki got back to his feet, but Captain America's shield struck him in the face and knocked him unconscious as Captain America arrived.

After Loki was captured, the Avengers argued over his invasion plans while Lu Yifang secretly exposed Coulson to a strange golden mist. The group headed toward the lab to investigate the Tesseract, and Coulson dismissed the mist as one of Lu Yifang’s pranks.

• Fury taunted Loki in his cell, and Loki mocked Banner and the team watching him.
• Tony arrived aboard the Sky Carrier, traded barbs with Thor and Banner, and Steve redirected the group to discuss Loki’s plans.
• Thor revealed that Loki intended to invade Earth with a Chitauri army, while Banner reasoned that Loki needed a large Portal and had taken control of Selvig and Hawkeye.
• Black Widow reminded Thor that Loki had killed eighty people, but Thor defended his adopted brother.
• Tony asked Coulson to take him and Banner to the lab, but Lu Yifang pulled Coulson aside and gave him a golden crystal that released a strange mist.
• Coulson felt stronger and less tired after inhaling the mist, but he dismissed Lu Yifang’s warning about becoming unlucky as a joke.

Black Widow learned that Loki planned to make Banner transform aboard the Sky Carrier, while the Avengers argued over Fury’s secret weapons program under the influence of Loki’s Scepter. After an explosion disrupted the carrier, Banner began transforming as Lu Yifang stayed behind with him.

• Black Widow questioned Loki about Barton, and Loki revealed his murderous plans while accusing her of using her past as an excuse.
• Black Widow realized Loki was trying to provoke Banner into transforming aboard the Sky Carrier and alerted Fury, Lu Yifang, and Thor.
• Fury, Tony, Banner, Steve, Thor, and Lu Yifang argued about the Tesseract weapons program as Loki’s Scepter subtly affected their minds.
• Lu Yifang sensed the Scepter’s influence but held back from touching it because he wanted to wait for the Mutants.
• An explosion shook the Sky Carrier and broke the group’s argument, sending the others toward different parts of the ship.
• Banner began transforming near Lu Yifang, who prepared to use the copy of 36 Tips for Beating Hulk.

Lu Yifang subdued Hulk and halted the falling Sky Carrier after Hawkeye sabotaged its systems. Meanwhile, Loki escaped his cell by trapping Thor and then took Coulson’s prototype energy weapon and used the Mind Scepter on him.

• Lu Yifang used Banner’s notebook to test Hulk’s weaknesses, then brutally incapacitated him without killing him.
• Lu Yifang learned Hawkeye had sabotaged the Sky Carrier and stopped the ship from crashing while Tony and the Captain prepared to repair its turbine.
• Thor found Loki outside his cell, but Loki’s illusion trick left Thor trapped inside while Loki escaped with the infiltrator’s help.
• Coulson confronted Loki with a prototype energy weapon, but Loki seized it and pressed the Mind Scepter against Coulson’s chest.

Loki shot Coulson and escaped, but Lu Yifang revived him with Apocalypse’s blood, awakening a Mutant ability that could nullify supernatural forces through his right hand. The chapter ended with Coulson discovering the power’s strict limitation and lamenting his luck.

• Loki used the scepter on Coulson, who then fired his energy gun at Loki before Loki struck him with a projectile and escaped.
• Lu Yifang revealed that he had deliberately let Loki escape so Loki could open the door to Earth’s interstellar age.
• Lu Yifang gave Coulson Apocalypse’s blood, healing his chest wound and confirming that he had become a Mutant.
• Lu Yifang discovered that Coulson’s right hand nullified his ability, and he guessed that Coulson could annihilate supernatural forces it touched.
• Coulson learned that his nullification power only worked through his right hand and sat down in disappointment.

Lu Yifang saved Coulson from his fatal wound, and Coulson discovered that he had become a Mutant whose power negated abilities. Fury promised him a promotion, then joined Lu Yifang in pretending Coulson had died so the team would unite against Loki.

• Lu Yifang told Coulson to keep his new Mutant status secret until he could inform Fury, and Coulson agreed.
• Fury rushed to Coulson’s side, believed he was dying, and promised him a promotion; Coulson then revealed he was fine and showed Fury his healed wound.
• Lu Yifang explained that a Mutant concoction had saved Coulson, and Fury thanked him for his help.
• When Tony asked what had happened, Lu Yifang falsely announced that Coulson had died at Loki’s hands, prompting Captain America to say they were coming over.
• Lu Yifang persuaded Fury to use the fake death to motivate the team, and Coulson went along with the act in hopes of getting a signed Captain America card.

Fury used Coulson’s apparent death to unite Steve and Tony, but Steve accidentally destroyed Coulson’s prized Captain America cards after signing them. As Tony grieved and began piecing together Loki’s motives, he realized Loki wanted a spectacular public victory and monument.

• Fury told Steve and Tony that Coulson had died and described the Avengers Initiative while Coulson secretly watched from beneath a sheet.
• Steve signed Coulson’s cards, then burned them to fulfill what he thought had been Coulson’s final wish.
• Tony and Steve mistook Coulson’s movements and tears for postmortem reactions, while Fury found Coulson devastated over his ruined cards.
• Steve went after Tony, who mourned Coulson and then deduced that Loki wanted an audience for a grand, public victory.
• Tony concluded that Loki’s plan involved a dramatic spectacle and a monument bearing his name.

Steve’s team left the Sky Carrier to confront Loki at Stark Tower, while Lu Yifang headed for New York and Fury feared the coming battle’s toll. Tony confronted Loki, but Loki mind-controlled him and sent him to intercept Lu Yifang.

• Steve gathered Black Widow, Hawkeye, Banner, and Tony to depart, and Agent 0233 fled when Tony mentioned Lu Yifang.
• Fury learned the team had taken off and asked Lu Yifang whether the Mutants could evacuate New York; Lu Yifang promised they would fight to save people and flew toward the city.
• Tony reached Stark Tower, where Dr. Selvig said the Portal device could no longer be shut down and Tony’s attack bounced off its energy shield.
• Tony confronted Loki, but Loki’s scepter failed to control him until Loki pressed it against Tony’s head.
• Loki controlled Tony and ordered him to intercept the Avengers, especially Lu Yifang, as Tony summoned a previously unseen suit of armor.

Lu Yifang fought Tony, who had built armor to counter his abilities, and repeatedly slammed him around until Tony began recovering from Loki’s control. As the Chitauri invasion began, Lu Yifang prepared to use mass-produced X Crystals to give people a chance to fight back and advance the future of Mutants.

• Tony attacked Lu Yifang with incendiary and fuel-air bombs, but Lu Yifang used wind to escape the flames unharmed.
• Tony explained that his anti-Yifang armor could disrupt Lu Yifang’s defensive ability, but Lu Yifang redirected Tony’s punch and revealed he could control his power directly.
• Lu Yifang defeated Tony’s Iron God Fist moves and kept slamming him into the ground, helping him recover from Loki’s mental control.
• The Chitauri poured through the portal above Stark Tower and attacked the city.
• Lu Yifang checked with White Queen about the mass-produced X Crystals and prepared to give people a chance to fight the Chitauri while bringing Mutants into the open.

Thor fought Loki in New York, but Loki stabbed him and escaped, destroying Thor’s trust in him. As the Chitauri invasion continued, Lu Yifang activated an X Crystal over the city to awaken potential Mutants and then joined the battle.

• Thor returned and challenged Loki, who fought him evenly and brought down Hawkeye’s Quinjet with a blast from his staff.
• Thor hesitated to strike Loki, but Loki stabbed him and escaped on a Chitauri flyer after Thor beat him.
• Thor let Loki go, realizing that his brother had changed and that he could no longer trust him.
• Lu Yifang, Storm, the White Queen, Magneto, Professor X, and Stane prepared a concentrated X Crystal while Tony questioned their plans.
• Lu Yifang cast the crystal into the clouds, where lightning shattered it and golden rain began activating the X gene in New York’s potential Mutants.
• Lu Yifang destroyed an approaching Chitauri flyer and leapt into the battle.

Golden rain awakened powers in New York’s residents, including Black Widow and Hawkeye, as Lu Yifang and the X-Men helped the newly changed defend themselves from the Chitauri. After Professor X calmed the awakened through a citywide mental connection, Lu Yifang urged Black Widow to call herself a New Human rather than a Mutant.

• Black Widow awakened deep-blue energy powers and escaped a Chitauri blast, while Hawkeye discovered he could see across thousands of meters.
• Hawkeye saw golden rain transform New Yorkers, granting them abilities and changing their bodies as they fought the Chitauri.
• Black Widow confronted Lu Yifang and accused him of causing the rain, then experienced Professor X’s message to millions of newly awakened people.
• Lu Yifang explained that the X-Men were trying to save people, and Black Widow acknowledged their efforts before he corrected her terminology to “New Human.”

Lu Yifang and the X-Men fought the Chitauri invasion in New York while Magneto tested a powerful new attack against a mothership. The battle escalated as more Chitauri ships emerged, and the chapter ended with Magneto naming his move the Super Electromagnetic Cannon.

• Hulk transformed, then climbed a skyscraper to fight Chitauri aircraft while Lu Yifang let Captain America choose between pursuing Loki and rescuing civilians.
• Fireman John and Bobby battled Chitauri soldiers as Lu Yifang saved John from an attack; Storm, Jean, Cyclops, Katie, and Wolverine also fought or helped survivors.
• Magneto controlled hundreds of Chitauri aircraft, but the wormhole expanded and released enormous motherships that overwhelmed the city with more soldiers.
• Magneto tried to crush a mothership, but its shield blocked his magnetic control and its cannons fired at him.
• Lu Yifang reflected the mothership’s energy beams while Magneto accelerated a Chitauri aircraft into it with his new Super Electromagnetic Cannon.

Lu Yifang and Magneto destroyed several Chitauri flagships, while Professor X helped locate their crews and warn them of danger. As the battle devastated New York, Lu Yifang arranged to broadcast edited footage so people would see the alien threat and seek new power.

• Magneto broke through a Chitauri flagship’s shields, and Lu Yifang entered it with Professor X guiding him to the bridge.
• Lu Yifang killed the Chitauri on the bridge, and Magneto eliminated the remaining crew and took control of the flagship.
• Lu Yifang destroyed another flagship’s shields, allowing Magneto to ram it and use a damaged flagship as a shield against its main cannon.
• After Lu Yifang warned that a flagship’s reactor was about to explode, Magneto sent the wreck into the enemy ship, causing a blast that leveled buildings within a kilometer.
• Lu Yifang contacted the White Queen, who reported that she had captured footage for a broadcast from the New York TV Station building.
• Lu Yifang told the White Queen to edit the footage before airing it so ordinary people would understand the alien threat and look for new power.

As the world watched the New York invasion unfold, Magneto began to tire and Hulk was trapped under concentrated Chitauri fire. A red Hulk rescued him, called himself Ross, and left Hulk bewildered after he rejected Hulk’s attempt to call him Dad.

• The White Queen’s live broadcast revealed the Chitauri invasion to viewers around the world, and Magneto’s attack on three motherships briefly gave them hope.
• Magneto weakened after destroying the motherships, while Hulk kept fighting until hundreds of Chitauri aircraft pinned him down.
• A red figure rescued Hulk by smashing the aircraft with a mothership fragment and a giant sign.
• The red figure introduced himself to Hulk as his daddy, then slapped Hulk and denied being his dad when Hulk obediently called him Dad.
• Lu Yifang arrived and asked who the red figure was, and the figure identified himself as Ross.