Chapter Summaries

Old Wang secured a military order for modified Air Force Three aircraft and assigned Shengun Bureau leadership roles while ordering a Sky Carrier and a new fighter named Skyward. Skye confirmed that the Council of Elders had approved Afterlife Base, where the people Old Wang sought had arrived ahead of the Day of Prophecy.

• Old Wang advised Talbot that Air Force One could not hurt Hulk and proposed modified Air Force Three aircraft; Talbot secured approval to order five, with delivery within three months.
• Old Wang offered Shengun Bureau assistance to General Ross in dealing with Hulk, and Talbot left intending to pass the offer along.
• Fitz warned Old Wang that the Ex-Wife missile was unreliable, but Old Wang told him to fulfill General Ross's requirements anyway.
• Old Wang appointed Skye Director of Operations and commander of Afterlife Base, Fitz Director of Technology and head of the Sky Carrier project, and Simmons Deputy Minister.
• Old Wang ordered Fitz to develop the Shengun Bureau's first-generation fighter, named Skyward, and said K'un-Lun Base and Afterlife Base were the priorities.
• Skye told Old Wang that the Council of Elders had approved Afterlife Base and that Gordon had brought the people Old Wang sought there for the Day of Prophecy the next day.

Old Wang brought Skye to Afterlife to meet the Inhumans and planned to offer them medicines that could improve their immunity. Their arrival left Lincoln so emotionally charged that he could no longer control the electricity building around him.

• Old Wang decided to visit Afterlife the next day and planned to bring medicines developed by Simmons and Carl as a gift.
• Old Wang opened a portal and brought Skye to Afterlife, where Gordon appeared and led them toward an isolated building.
• After a long walk, Old Wang and Skye found Gordon and Lincoln waiting at the building.
• Lincoln saw Old Wang and Skye together and gathered a dangerous amount of electricity despite Gordon's warning.
• Old Wang's measured footsteps calmed Lincoln's heartbeat and anger, but the lightning around him continued to build.

Old Wang contained Lincoln’s uncontrolled lightning and brought immune agents and Resurrection Serum to Afterlife. The elders rushed off with the serum, postponing the Day of Prophecy, while Old Wang prepared to discuss taking Afterlife to the moon.

• Lincoln lost control of his power, but Old Wang absorbed the lightning and formed it into a massive Ball Lightning before Lincoln collapsed from exhaustion.
• Gordon carried Lincoln away after Jia Ying emerged and told him to follow Old Wang’s advice.
• Old Wang gave Jia Ying and Carl immune agents developed by Dr. Simmons, which could protect Inhumans at ordinary human levels for a year per injection.
• Old Wang revealed that the case also contained Resurrection Serum, prompting the elders to seize it and run off.
• Jia Ying postponed the Day of Prophecy because the elders had left, and Old Wang planned to discuss Afterlife and the moon with her.

Old Wang gathered four candidates at Afterlife and warned them that the Terrigen Mist could awaken unpredictable abilities. James Slay, Andrew Garner, Elena Rodriguez, and Skirts Raina agreed to proceed, and Jia Ying ordered the transformation to begin.

• Old Wang met with the elders, who celebrated their renewed vitality after taking the Resurrection Serum.
• Old Wang introduced Andrew Garner, James Slay, Elena Rodriguez, and Skirts Raina as candidates he had selected for Terrigen exposure.
• Carl explained that he had found Raina and asked her to help search for his daughter.
• Old Wang warned the candidates that the Terrigen Mist could give them unpredictable abilities, and James, Andrew, Elena, and Raina chose to proceed.
• Jia Ying ordered the Terrigen transformation to begin.

Afterlife used four scarce Obelisks to transform four candidates, and James emerged with the ability to control Hellfire. After Old Wang contained the newly awakened James, Yo-Yo entered the transformation chamber next.

• Gordon brought Jia Ying a box containing five Obelisks, and she took out four for the candidates’ transformations.
• James entered the transformation chamber and emerged covered in black stone after using a third of his potential.
• James awakened Hellfire, which heated the observation room until Old Wang confined the flames with True Qi.
• James’s flames reignited after Old Wang doused him, so Old Wang bound him with the Crimson Magic Belt and called him Hellfire.
• Encouraged by James’s transformation, Yo-Yo entered the chamber for her turn.

Yo-Yo awakened a powerful superspeed ability that sent her back to her starting point after one heartbeat, and Old Wang named her Slingshot. Flower Skirt’s conversion consumed half an Obelisk, but she emerged from the Terrigen Mist transformed into a monster covered in black spikes.

• Yo-Yo initially believed she had failed to awaken an ability, then realized she could move at incredible speed before automatically returning to her starting point.
• Old Wang explained Yo-Yo’s ability and its weaknesses, promised her training and equipment, and gave her the codename Slingshot.
• Flower Skirt underwent conversion, and the Obelisk consumed half of its material, matching Jia Ying’s exceptional potential.
• After an hour, Flower Skirt emerged from the shattered black stone covered in black spikes.

Raina feared her Terrigen transformation had made her a monster until Old Wang claimed she was an angelic prophet who could foresee the future and gave her a Sin'dorei Jewel that let her take on a beautiful Blood Elf appearance. As Old Wang handed out jewels to the others, Andrew entered the transformation chamber for the next transformation.

• Raina despaired over the black spikes fused into her body, but Old Wang reassured her that Afterlife accepted her appearance as a normal Inhuman transformation.
• Old Wang told Raina that she was a prophet who could foresee the future and would guide the Inhumans, though her ability had limits.
• Old Wang gave Raina a Sin'dorei Jewel, and she used it to take on a tall, beautiful Blood Elf appearance.
• Old Wang exchanged Sin'dorei Jewels for the others, including Carl, while explaining that men would become male Blood Elves.
• Andrew entered the transformation chamber as the group prepared for the next transformation.

Andrew absorbed two-thirds of an Obelisk’s Terrigen Mist and transformed into the powerful, barely controlled Lash. Old Wang cleared the room and left Skye to face him, while the others watched through monitors.

• Jia Ying announced that Andrew had absorbed two-thirds of the Obelisk’s Terrigen Mist, surpassing the previous records held by Hive and Skye.
• After half an hour, Andrew emerged from his cocoon as Lash, a towering, immensely strong monster struggling to control his violent instincts.
• Old Wang ordered everyone except Skye to leave the observation room, then explained that Lash needed to release his pent-up emotions through battle.
• The others watched from another room as Hellfire struggled helplessly against the Crimson Magic Belt.
• Skye stepped forward to confront Lash, and he roared and lunged at her.

Skye defeated Lash after unleashing a synchronized shockwave, and Old Wang explained Lash’s dangerous abilities and worsening transformations. After discussing Afterlife’s future and Lash’s treatment, Old Wang took Lash through a portal to K'un-Lun.

• Lash resisted Skye’s shockwaves, charged forward, and demonstrated that he could manipulate energy from a distance.
• Jia Ying considered stepping down in favor of Skye, while Old Wang urged Skye to end the fight.
• Skye released her full power and blasted Lash through seventeen walls, leaving him unconscious a kilometer away.
• Old Wang explained Lash’s three abilities, his genetic defect, and the risk that he would eventually remain transformed; he planned to take him somewhere peaceful to learn emotional control.
• Old Wang confirmed that K'un-Lun was the next stop for Shengun Bureau and left Afterlife with Lash through a portal.

Old Wang returned to K'un-Lun with Lash and visited Shou-Lao before asking about the Jade Emperor and Matt, Stick, and Elektra. He asked Lei Gong to train Lash and proposed an alliance between K'un-Lun and the Shengun Bureau.

• Old Wang opened the Kunlun Gate and brought Lash into K'un-Lun.
• Old Wang visited Shou-Lao's dragon egg, where Shou-Lao telepathically objected to being called a tadpole.
• Lei Gong told Old Wang that the Jade Emperor remained in seclusion, though he had been secretly exploring life in disguise.
• Lei Gong reported that Matt, Stick, and Elektra were progressing quickly under Master Chen's instruction.
• Old Wang asked Lei Gong to train Lash in controlling his emotions and power, and proposed an alliance between K'un-Lun and the Shengun Bureau.

Old Wang visited K'un-Lun, proposed an alliance with the Shengun Bureau, and helped Daredevil, Stick, and Elektra advance their training. After secretly searching K'un-Lun for three days, he discovered an ancient alien spaceship hidden inside a building.

• Lei Gong agreed to bring Old Wang's Shengun Bureau alliance proposal before K'un-Lun's Council of Elders.
• Old Wang asked Master Chen to teach Lash the basics of cultivation, and she agreed.
• Old Wang tested Daredevil, Stick, and Elektra in combat, gave them a bottle of concentrated Azeroth Essence wine, and proposed binding Beast's power inside Elektra.
• Old Wang explored K'un-Lun in secret for three days and found an ancient alien spaceship concealed within a building.

Old Wang discovered that K'un-Lun's Ancestral Hall concealed an ancient alien spaceship and decided to confront the Jade Emperor. Meanwhile, Lei Gong supported forming an alliance with the Shengun Bureau, but his explanation to the elders was interrupted.

• Old Wang explored the Ancestral Hall and found an intact alien spaceship whose Warp Engine had created the connection between K'un-Lun and its mysterious dimension.
• Old Wang decided he could not remove the spaceship without making enemies of K'un-Lun, and considered persuading the Jade Emperor and Lei Gong to study it.
• Old Wang realized the Jade Emperor had secretly been spying on him, then challenged him and threw a punch above the Ancestral Hall.
• Lei Gong presented the proposed alliance with the Shengun Bureau to the Council of Elders, whose members argued over whether K'un-Lun should end its isolation.
• Lei Gong agreed that K'un-Lun should form the alliance, but froze and looked toward a certain direction before explaining why.

Master Wang forced the Jade Emperor to accept an alliance between K'un-Lun and the Shengun Bureau, then negotiated the alliance’s terms with Lei Gong. He ended by demanding K'un-Lun’s dormant spaceship, leaving Lei Gong alarmed.

• Master Wang sent a golden fist toward the Jade Emperor’s Courtyard, and the Jade Emperor’s azure fist failed to stop it.
• The Jade Emperor agreed to an alliance with the Shengun Bureau after Master Wang transformed his golden fist into a divine dragon.
• The Jade Emperor returned to secluded cultivation, while Master Wang met Lei Gong to discuss the alliance.
• Lei Gong set conditions for Kunlun Base, his command, and mutual training and supplies, and Master Wang accepted them.
• Master Wang demanded K'un-Lun’s spaceship from Lei Gong, whose expression changed dramatically.

Old Wang tried to secure permission to study the spaceship hidden in K'un-Lun's Ancestral Hall, but the Jade Emperor feared damaging the Warp Engine and cutting K'un-Lun off from the outside world. Old Wang proposed restoring Shou-Lao, the Immortal Dragon, so it could reopen the Kunlun Gate, and revealed a Well of Eternity Bottle to supply the energy it needed.

• Old Wang urged the Jade Emperor and Lei Gong to let the Shengun Bureau study the spaceship in the Ancestral Hall, offering to pay for renovations.
• The Jade Emperor explained that damaging the Warp Engine could isolate K'un-Lun and doom its people.
• Old Wang said he would give K'un-Lun an immortal, prompting the Jade Emperor to hope he would become one and Lei Gong to hope for a cultivation boost.
• Old Wang clarified that he meant restoring Shou-Lao's divine dragon cultivation, which would let it open the Kunlun Gate without the Warp Engine.
• Old Wang produced a Well of Eternity Bottle and said he could provide the energy Shou-Lao needed.

Old Wang used Well of Eternity Water Essence to bargain with the Jade Emperor for Shou-Lao’s restoration, agreeing to provide the energy in installments. Shou-Lao’s egg absorbed the water and hatched into a tiny dragon.

• The Jade Emperor and Lei Gong sensed the power in Old Wang’s Well of Eternity Bottle, while Shou-Lao’s egg rushed toward it.
• Old Wang explained the potency of the Well of Eternity Water Essence and helped Shou-Lao’s egg reach him on an auspicious cloud.
• Shou-Lao urged the Jade Emperor to accept Old Wang’s terms, and the Jade Emperor agreed to receive the water in installments.
• Old Wang tossed the bottle to Shou-Lao, whose spirit poured every drop over the egg.
• Golden light and runes surrounded the egg before its shell cracked and a tiny dragon crawled out.

Old Wang restored Shou-Lao’s strength and gave Lei Gong Well of Eternity Water essence before returning to Azeroth Industries. He brought Fitz to K'un-Lun to study a crashed alien spacecraft, while construction of new bases continued, and Skye reported that the virtual world’s core program was complete.

• Shou-Lao regained much of its cultivation, grew into a mighty divine dragon, and disappeared to show off.
• Old Wang gave Lei Gong ten drops of Well of Eternity Water essence, then left K'un-Lun.
• Old Wang sent Fitz and selected researchers to K'un-Lun to study the crashed spacecraft and its Warp Engine.
• Fitz committed himself to understanding the spacecraft as work on the Sky Carrier and new bases continued.
• Skye told Wang that the virtual world’s core program was complete and they could begin building it.

Skye and Fitz demonstrated a virtual-world system built from users’ memories and explained its technical limits. Old Wang decided to sell custom virtual worlds to several organizations and assigned the team to seek clients.

• Skye showed Old Wang how to enter a virtual laboratory, where he flew too high, fell, and encountered a game-over screen.
• Skye and Fitz explained that realistic virtual worlds required powerful imagination, mental strength, and detailed memories, while the core program handled settings and filled gaps.
• Old Wang realized his memories of World of Warcraft could support a highly realistic world, but its scale exceeded their storage capacity.
• Old Wang decided to start with simpler projects and offer custom virtual worlds to S.H.I.E.L.D., Afterlife, K'un-Lun, and Kamar-Taj.
• Old Wang sent Skye to Afterlife and Fitz to K'un-Lun, planned to visit S.H.I.E.L.D. and Kamar-Taj himself, and told Tony to help find clients.

Old Wang introduced S.H.I.E.L.D. to virtual training technology and negotiated lucrative sales deals with Egghead and the Security Council. As he prepared to visit Kamar-Taj, he sensed a familiar spatial fluctuation in New York and found a gleaming bald head.

• Old Wang asked Egghead about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s mission losses and offered to reduce them with virtual training for an annual fee of 100 million dollars.
• Egghead tested the Brain Mapping-based virtual training equipment and negotiated a 20% commission for arranging military sales; Old Wang agreed.
• Old Wang promised the four Security Council councilors a 20% commission and secured their help selling the technology around the world.
• Old Wang chose to develop Warcraft III as his first virtual game, then sensed a familiar spatial fluctuation in New York and opened a portal to investigate.
• Old Wang arrived in New York and saw a gleaming bald head.

Old Wang struck a deal with the Ancient One: Azeroth Social Network Company would provide virtual technology and training for Kamar-Taj, and she would teach someone he had yet to choose. He and Skye finished developing Warcraft, and virtual experience centers opened in major cities around the world.

• The Ancient One told Old Wang that Kaecilius had attacked Kamar-Taj, killed its librarian, and stolen a page from the Book of Cagliostro.
• Old Wang offered to help find Kaecilius, but the Ancient One explained that illusion spells would defeat ordinary surveillance; he then proposed virtual technology for Kamar-Taj in exchange for her teaching someone.
• The Ancient One accepted and urged Old Wang to send the student soon, explaining that her time was limited.
• Old Wang and Skye completed Warcraft, including its campaigns, online platform, and more than a hundred custom games, while their allies tested the games.
• Virtual experience centers opened simultaneously in major cities around the world.

Old Wang launched a global Warcraft III campaign and opened preorders for expensive VR equipment, drawing enormous demand and investment as virtual technology began spreading worldwide. As Skye and Jia Ying managed the expanding operations, Fitz and Simmons came to see Old Wang.

• Old Wang watched visitors experience Warcraft III at the Shanghai Virtual Experience Center and told Skye to begin the next step.
• Azeroth Social Network Company announced preorders for VR headsets, sensory equipment, and membership tiers, prompting complaints about prices and a rush of orders.
• The preorder channel closed in under an hour, and Old Wang planned a much larger second shipment while considering ways to accelerate 5G and 6G.
• Governments supported new factories and experience centers as money flowed into virtual technology projects and company expansions.
• Jia Ying managed Afterlife Base and Skye oversaw company operations while Azeroth Social Network Company funded infrastructure and acquisitions.
• Fitz and Simmons came to find Old Wang.