Recaps

Old Wang secured Loki’s imprisonment, studied the Infinity Stones, and expanded the Shengun’s research and energy plans. He forged an alliance with Wakanda in exchange for the Cosmic Cube and set out to cultivate Earth by greening its deserts.

• Old Wang arranged for Loki to be imprisoned at Kamar-Taj under Ancient One’s supervision, with Odin’s agreement, and lent the Cosmic Cube to Odin to repair the Bifrost.
• After Odin restored the Bifrost, Old Wang studied the Infinity Stones, helped Wanda recover memories from Loki and Supergiant, and established a secret laboratory led by Tony Stark and Bruce Banner.
• Old Wang salvaged Chitauri wreckage, awakened the Staff of Mists, and used its power to spread restorative mist across Earth before beginning research on the Mind Stone Scepter.
• Old Wang visited Wakanda with Tony, Banner, and Fitz, delivered Ulysses Klaue to King T’Chaka, and negotiated a technological exchange and a trade of Vibranium for Cosmic Energy.
• Old Wang helped Princess Shuri meet Bast, who marked her as suited to become the Black Panther, and planted a Mother Tree G'Hanir seed in Wakanda and Bast’s Mental World.
• Wakanda exchanged one thousand tons of Vibranium for the Cosmic Cube, and Old Wang revealed the Space Stone to his researchers while warning them not to touch it.
• Old Wang decided to stay on Earth and improve its environment, choosing China’s deserts as his first project and exchanging for five Mother Tree G'Hanir seeds.

Old Wang cultivated Jianmu and defended Earth from Kaecilius and Dormammu, then recovered and prepared for Thanos as Carol Danvers warned him of the coming threat. The arc ended with Earth’s clean-energy and weapons programs advancing and Tony Stark volunteering for a human experiment.

• Old Wang planted Jianmu near the Mogao Caves, transformed the surrounding desert into an oasis, and created Ancient Protectors to guard the growing tree.
• Old Wang approved Fitz and Simmons’s clean-energy batteries, attended their wedding, and gained powers from analyzing the Mind Stone Scepter.
• Old Wang intervened in Wakanda’s crisis, helped Bast contain the Beast inside Elektra, and set out to confront Earth’s disguised threats.
• Kaecilius gathered Dark World leaders to attack the Shengun Bureau, but Old Wang trapped their souls in Bast’s Mental World and defeated most of them with nature’s power.
• Dormammu invaded through the Mirror Dimension, and Old Wang, the Ancient One, Wanda, and the mages defended Earth before Dormammu wounded Old Wang with spatial rifts.
• Old Wang recovered in the Amazon Rainforest, reached the late Grandmaster stage, and awakened more than a thousand Ancient Protectors.
• Captain Marvel warned Old Wang that Thanos was targeting Earth, and they agreed that Old Wang would defend the planet while she stood ready to help.
• Old Wang reviewed Earth’s expanding clean-energy and weapons industries, then learned that Tony Stark had volunteered for the first human experiment.

Old Wang and his allies prepared for the Nine Realms’ convergence as Malekith sought to unleash the Aether and Thanos joined the invasion. The arc ended with Old Wang and Thor attacking Malekith together as the realms began to converge.

• Tony became the first human to receive the Extremis serum, while Old Wang advanced plans for serum-enhanced forces and an Interstellar Fleet.
• Old Wang learned that the Nine Realms were aligning, mobilized forces to address the anomalies, and discovered that Jane Foster had absorbed the Aether.
• Malekith’s Dark Elves invaded Asgard, where Malekith killed Frigga before Old Wang reversed her death in exchange for the Eternal Fire.
• Old Wang and Thor confronted Malekith on Svartalfheim, where Thor scattered the Aether into fragments and Old Wang collected them while Loki and Thor fought the Dark Elves.
• Malekith allied with Thanos, who sent Chitauri forces to help attack Earth as Frost Giants, Fire Giants, and Undead poured through anomalies around the world.
• Old Wang defeated Thanos at Nidavellir with storm powers, then returned to the wider battle as Thor and the heroes fought Dark Elves and Cursed Warriors across Earth.
• As the Nine Realms began converging, Old Wang arrived beside Thor, transformed into the Storm Guardian, and hurled a Lightning-Forged Spear at Malekith.

Old Wang secured the realms, built up his elemental forces, and became a true immortal before defeating Ronan and Thanos and claiming the Power Stone. He left Earth and the Nova Corps preparing an alliance and a Galactic Council, while Earth began cooperation without him.

• Old Wang killed Malekith, banished the Cursed Warriors, and ordered the remaining invaders on Earth hunted down.
• Old Wang sent Thor and Ghost Rider to Muspelheim, empowered elemental spirits with divine weapons, and confronted Hela in Hel before driving off her avatar.
• Loki drained Odin’s power and exiled him to Earth, but Old Wang and Thor found Odin and agreed that Frigga should manage Asgard while Thor learned to rule.
• Old Wang prepared Earth’s fleet and went after the Infinity Stones, trading with the Collector before using the Well of Eternity Water Essence to complete his cultivation and become a true immortal.
• When Ronan and Thanos attacked Xandar, Thanos killed Ronan and broke the Nova Corps’ defense, but Old Wang stopped the Dark Aster and defeated Thanos in combat.
• Old Wang took the Power Stone, offered the Nova Corps an alliance, and proposed helping destroy the Supreme Intelligence and the Kree Empire’s strongest fleet.
• Nova Prime began organizing a Galactic Council and sent officials and scientists to Earth, where the two sides held a cooperation conference without Old Wang.