Chapter Summaries

Old Wang reviewed Fitz and Simmons’s research needs and approved equipment while promising to recruit the scientists they lacked. He then began planning how to approach Hank Pym, considering whether to start with Pym’s daughter, Hope van Dyne.

• Fitz showed Old Wang a research equipment list that included a costly particle collider and extensive Vibranium needs.
• Old Wang approved most of the equipment, limited the Vibranium allocation to one kilogram, and arranged access to an existing collider.
• Fitz asked for experts and computing hardware to support quantum research and the virtual world, and Old Wang promised to recruit specialists.
• Simmons made the same request as Fitz, and Old Wang promised to bring in the needed talent within a month.
• Old Wang considered recruiting top quantum physicists and biochemists, then reviewed information about Pym-Hank and contemplated approaching Hope van Dyne.

Hope van Dyne discovered that Darren Cross was secretly developing Pym Particle weapons for Hydra, and Old Wang offered to help her reclaim Cross Technologies in exchange for a partnership and Hank Pym joining his laboratory. He told Hope that her mother was still alive, giving her a way to persuade Hank.

• Hope returned to her villa and confronted Old Wang, who subdued her effortlessly before asking her to talk.
• Old Wang gave Hope secret files revealing Darren Cross's illegal weapons project and his plans to sell Ant-Man Armor technology to Hydra.
• Hope recalled how she had put Darren in charge of her father's company, Pym Technologies, while pursuing answers about her mother's disappearance.
• Old Wang offered to help Hope remove Darren and restore Pym Technologies in exchange for a partnership and Hank Pym joining his laboratory.
• Hope warned that Hank distrusted the government and would refuse, but Old Wang said she could persuade him by telling him that his wife was still alive.

Old Wang revealed that Janet had vanished while stopping a missile by entering the Quantum Realm, then offered Hank Pym a reason to hope she could still be alive. He gave Pym advanced quantum research and recruited him to the Shengun Bureau, leaving Pym ready to join in the hope of finding Janet.

• Old Wang told Hank Pym and Hope how Janet sacrificed herself to stop a missile in 1987 by shrinking into the Quantum Realm.
• Hope learned that her mother’s disappearance had been Janet’s choice, while Pym explained why he had believed she could not return.
• Old Wang questioned how Pym could know there was no way back without entering the Quantum Realm and urged him not to give up.
• Old Wang offered to help Pym and gave him advanced quantum-related research, which Pym recognized as valuable but incomplete.
• Old Wang promised not to use Pym’s technology without permission, and Pym agreed to join the Shengun Bureau.

Hope reunited with her father, reclaimed Pym Technologies, and supported the Shengun Bureau as Dr. Pym joined the Azeroth Laboratory. Dr. Pym revealed his portable quantum laboratory and accepted Leo Fitz as his assistant.

• Dr. Pym asked Hope to move back home, and she cried as she remembered her mother and childhood.
• Old Wang arranged for Darren Cross to be arrested, and Hope regained control of Pym Technologies and pledged at least one hundred million dollars in annual support to the Shengun Bureau.
• Dr. Pym followed Old Wang to the Azeroth Laboratory and asked him to build a tower on the grounds.
• Dr. Pym set down his suitcase and used a remote control to reveal a thirty-story quantum laboratory.
• Old Wang introduced Leo Fitz as the quantum laboratory’s deputy director and assistant, and Dr. Pym approved of him.

Old Wang recruited Dr. Pym to work on quantum technology and proposed entering the Quantum Realm himself to rescue Janet. Dr. Pym chose to build a Quantum Tunnel first, while Old Wang turned to Simmons’s request and awaited General Ross’s move.

• Old Wang dismissed the others, gave Dr. Pym a billion dollars in research funding, and toured Pym’s laboratory with Skye and Fitz.
• Old Wang asked Dr. Pym to develop a Quantum Computer and Quantum Brain, then improve the Ant-Man Armor for a Quantum Realm rescue.
• Old Wang volunteered to enter the Quantum Realm, claiming he had experience crossing time and space, but Dr. Pym insisted on building a Quantum Tunnel first.
• Old Wang left the laboratory after agreeing to wait, then considered finding a biochemistry researcher to fulfill Simmons’s request.
• Old Wang noted that five Azeroth No. 3 Iron Soldiers had been delivered and warned that he might act himself if General Ross did not move soon.

Blonsky received the Super Soldier Serum and joined General Ross’s hunt for Hulk at Culver University. Banner was cornered by Ross’s troops, and tear gas triggered his transformation as Betty pleaded with her father to let him go.

• Blonsky accepted the incomplete Super Soldier Serum and endured its painful injections, emerging with enhanced abilities.
• General Ross ordered Blonsky to join the operation after learning Banner was at Culver University.
• Banner prepared to leave Betty, who worried about his plan to seek help from Mr. Blue.
• Banner spotted the pursuing troops and ran into the university library while Betty tried to stop Ross’s forces.
• Ross ordered his soldiers not to fire and had them launch tear gas at Banner on the skybridge.
• Banner struggled to control his anger as his eyes turned green and Hulk began to awaken.

Hulk fought off General Ross’s forces at Culver University, defeating Blonsky and destroying their weapons before escaping with Betty. As Ross despaired over losing them, Captain America descended from the sky and struck Hulk with his shield.

• Blonsky urged Hulk to rise, and Hulk emerged from the skybridge and jumped into the battlefield.
• General Ross ordered soldiers, armored vehicles, and Sonic Cannons to attack Hulk, but bullets and shells failed to harm him.
• Hulk destroyed two Sonic Cannons, then kicked Blonsky into a tree and brought down a helicopter with a thrown metal shield.
• Hulk carried the unconscious Betty away from the flames while General Ross’s forces backed down.
• Captain America descended from the sky, struck Hulk’s arm with his shield, and caught it as it returned.

Captain America, Hawkeye, and Black Widow restrained Hulk while General Ross's forces withdrew and Azeroth Industries' Iron Soldiers arrived. The Iron Soldiers surrounded Hulk and opened their attack.

• General Ross ordered his soldiers to fall back after Natasha Romanoff told him S.H.I.E.L.D. would handle Hulk.
• Captain America confronted Hulk while Hawkeye fired specialized arrows and Black Widow provided support from the Quinjet.
• Captain America used his Vibranium shield to withstand Hulk's punches as the team worked to hold him in place.
• General Ross watched Captain America fight and decided to give Blonsky another dose of Super Soldier Serum if he survived.
• After Natasha told them to withdraw, Captain America ran as five Azeroth Iron Soldiers surrounded Hulk.
• General Ross ordered Captain Rogers's team to pull back and commanded the Iron Soldiers to attack with their Ex-Wife missiles.

Captain America fled Hulk through a small forest while General Ross sent Iron Soldiers to attack. Hulk shrugged off their missiles and turned his attention to the aircraft, leaving the Iron Soldiers in danger at close range.

• Captain America withdrew under Black Widow and Hawkeye's cover, but Hulk pursued him and repeatedly cut him off with enormous leaps.
• Captain America drew Hulk into a small forest, where he used the trees and his agility to evade him as Hulk crashed through the woods.
• General Ross ordered five Azeroth No. 3 Iron Soldiers to provide fire support, and they launched five Ex-Wife missiles at Hulk.
• Three missiles misfired, while the other two left only pale green marks on Hulk's skin.
• Hulk stopped chasing Captain America and turned to attack the Iron Soldiers hovering five hundred meters above the forest.

Hulk destroyed the Iron Soldiers, then took Betty after mistaking her ex-boyfriend for someone who had wronged Banner. General Ross called for help, and a young man stepped through a portal onto the lawn.

• Hulk hurled boulders at the Iron Soldiers, destroying two and damaging the rest as General Ross ordered a retreat.
• Hulk chased the surviving Iron Soldiers toward General Ross and the soldiers gathered on Culver University’s lawn.
• Hulk saw Betty with her ex-boyfriend, slapped the man aside, and carried Betty away.
• General Ross called for Immortal Iron Fist, and a young man emerged from an orange-yellow portal.

Old Wang stopped Hulk’s rampage and took him through a portal, leaving General Ross’s forces and S.H.I.E.L.D. to abandon their attempts to capture him. Ross then arranged to secure Dr. Sterns’s research, while Betty ended up accompanying Old Wang through the portal.

• Hulk reached for Old Wang, but Old Wang struck him with a hand of True Qi and sent him flying.
• Old Wang ordered General Ross and Captain Rogers to withdraw, then silenced Black Widow when she tried to address him.
• General Ross ordered his men to check on Blonsky and retrieve Dr. Sterns, his research, and the Hulk blood samples from Gebang Academy.
• At S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Egghead decided not to challenge General Ross over Dr. Sterns and his research.
• Hulk charged at Old Wang, who opened a portal to the skies above the sea outside San Juan and sidestepped, sending Hulk through it.
• Old Wang beckoned Betty through the portal with him, leaving General Ross behind as Captain America, Hawkeye, and Black Widow departed in the Quinjet.

Old Wang transported Hulk, Betty, and Skye to an isolated island, where he fought Hulk until Hulk acknowledged him. After Hulk changed back into Bruce Banner, Old Wang introduced himself and invited Banner to his home, the Azeroth Laboratory.

• Old Wang kept Hulk falling through portals over the ocean until he agreed to fight on an isolated Atlantic island.
• Skye livestreamed as Hulk and Old Wang battled for an hour, with Old Wang eventually pinning Hulk and winning his acknowledgment.
• Old Wang calmed Hulk, who changed back into Bruce Banner, and gave Banner clothes.
• Banner introduced himself as a fugitive, while Old Wang described himself as the head of the Shengun Bureau and invited Banner to his home.
• Old Wang opened a portal to the Azeroth Laboratory, where Banner's eyes lit up.

Old Wang tried to recruit Dr. Bruce Banner to the Azeroth Laboratory by offering funding and a chance to continue his research while addressing his Gamma poisoning. He proposed helping Banner control Hulk and switch between them freely, leaving Banner to consider whether Hulk could become manageable.

• Banner arrived at the Azeroth Laboratory, where Simmons introduced herself as its biochemistry director and described its extensive research projects.
• Old Wang showed Banner the Gamma Ray Laboratory data and explained that Dr. Sterns's research could suppress, but not cure, Banner's Gamma poisoning.
• Banner worried that he lacked the funding to continue his research, so Old Wang offered him unlimited resources if he joined the laboratory.
• Old Wang listed the problems Hulk caused Banner, including his fugitive status, violent transformations, and inability to live normally.
• Old Wang proposed helping Banner and Hulk coexist peacefully and switch between their forms at will.

Director Wang tried to help Banner control Hulk by teaching him emotional techniques and urging him to treat Hulk like a child, even suggesting Banner have a child of his own. After Betty woke, Wang arranged a private suite for her and Banner and began planning Banner's research at Azeroth Laboratory, while wondering how General Ross's troubles were going.

• Banner explained that he had studied emotional control around the world but still feared losing control when he transformed.
• Director Wang calmed Banner with his aura and offered to teach him emotional control and ways to treat Hulk like a child.
• Wang proposed decorating Banner's room like a kindergarten and repeatedly urged him to have a child, while Skye and Simmons reacted with suspicion and excitement.
• Betty woke, and Wang arranged a soundproof suite for her and Banner to talk privately.
• Wang planned research facilities and collaboration for Banner at Azeroth Laboratory, then wondered how General Ross's mess was progressing.

General Ross pushed the Super Soldier Program forward to rescue his military career, ordering Blonsky to take a massive second dose of serum. Blonsky survived and grew stronger, but Ross redirected his demand to fight Hulk toward experiments with Dr. Sterns, who had studied Hulk’s blood.

• General Ross considered spending his connections to protect his position and contemplated leaving the military for politics.
• At the base hospital, Ross found Blonsky recovered from his catastrophic injuries and learned he still wanted to fight Hulk.
• Ross ordered the laboratory to inject Blonsky with the entire remaining dose of Super Soldier Serum despite the doctor's warnings.
• Blonsky endured the injection, gained more power, and became increasingly irritable, while the doctor noticed changes to his spine.
• When Blonsky demanded to fight Hulk, Ross told him to cooperate with Dr. Sterns, and Blonsky eagerly asked where Sterns was after hearing he had studied Hulk’s blood.

Blonsky forced Dr. Sterns to use Hulk’s blood, Gamma Rays, and Super Soldier Serum to transform him into a powerful giant. After Blonsky left to hunt down Ross and Banner, Hulk’s blood also transformed Dr. Sterns, greatly expanding his head and intelligence.

• Blonsky broke into the laboratory, knocked out the female doctor, and demanded Dr. Sterns give him Hulk’s strength.
• Dr. Sterns injected Blonsky with Gamma Rays and Hulk’s blood, warning that the experiment had only a 0.1% chance of success.
• Blonsky transformed into a nearly three-meter-tall giant with immense strength and durable skin, then set out to find Ross and Banner.
• Blonsky threw Dr. Sterns aside as he left, and a drop of Hulk’s blood from a broken vial entered Sterns’s head wound.
• Dr. Sterns woke with an enlarged head, powerful psychic abilities, and greatly increased intelligence, and decided to continue the experiment.

Blonsky transformed into a brown monster and rampaged through Harlem, drawing General Ross into the crisis. As Ross realized the disaster could end his military career, he called Director Wang, who revealed that he was already in Harlem.

• Blonsky smashed out of The Laboratory and charged into a busy part of Harlem, killing two soldiers and destroying cars and buildings.
• Exploding gasoline and chemicals at Gebang Academy created a massive blast that woke the city.
• General Ross celebrated Blonsky’s successful second injection and told Director Wang that the military had requisitioned Dr. Sterns.
• Vice Captain Kyle reported that a brown Hulk was rampaging in Harlem, and Ross saw the destruction on a live feed.
• Blonsky roared at Ross and Banner through the headset, and Ross realized that the rampaging monster was Blonsky.
• Ross decided Blonsky had to be stopped and called Director Wang for help, only to hear that Wang was already in Harlem.

Old Wang sent Abomination through a portal and went to Gebang Academy, where he confronted the mutated Dr. Sterns. Sterns died from his racing heartbeat, while General Ross learned that his scientist was gone.

• General Ross asked Fury for help, but Fury sent Agent Hill’s team only to assist and Ross decided to rely on Old Wang.
• Old Wang opened a portal into the ocean in Abomination’s path, sending him away from Harlem before heading to Gebang Academy.
• General Ross realized Dr. Sterns might still be at the laboratory and ordered his team to Gebang Academy.
• Dr. Sterns offered his services to Old Wang, who rejected him and left through a portal.
• Dr. Sterns’s heart raced until it stopped, and special forces soldiers confirmed his death to General Ross.

Old Wang brought Banner, Betty, and Skye to face the transformed Blonsky, whom he intended to use as Hulk’s sparring partner. After leaving Blonsky unconscious on a deserted island, Old Wang considered how to obtain materials for Hulk’s armor and weapons, then told Banner to eat more.

• General Ross learned that Dr. Sterns was dead and ordered his subordinates to secure the laboratory, data, and Hulk Serum.
• Old Wang returned to the Azeroth Laboratory, where Skye discussed General Ross’s losses with him.
• Banner and Betty arrived, and Old Wang took them and Skye to the open ocean to find Blonsky, now called Abomination.
• Old Wang sent Blonsky through a portal, and he fell from several thousand meters onto a deserted island and was knocked unconscious.
• Old Wang brought the group to the island and explained that Hulk could fight Blonsky to vent his emotions and gain combat experience.
• Old Wang considered finding powerful materials for Hulk’s equipment and told Banner that he was too thin and should eat more.

Old Wang decided to use Abomination to provoke Hulk into fighting so he could collect their blood, while Banner and Betty were caught off guard by his plan. The battle left Hulk badly outmatched at first, and Old Wang exchanged the collected blood for ten milligrams of Azeroth Blood.

• Old Wang inspected Abomination and concluded that his larger, heavily armored body could provide more blood than Hulk.
• Old Wang shoved Banner into Abomination's arms, and Abomination welcomed the chance to draw Hulk out.
• Banner transformed into Hulk, and the two monsters began fighting.
• Abomination initially pinned Hulk down and used his greater strength and combat skill to dominate him.
• Hulk's rising anger let him fight back, while Old Wang collected blood and bone fragments from the battlefield.
• Old Wang exchanged the collected blood through the Heart of Azeroth and received ten milligrams of Azeroth Blood.