Chapter Summaries

Old Wang traded four battery cases for a tiny drop of Azeroth Blood, then chose to spend it on Invisibility as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents closed in on the Laboratory. The chapter ended just as he prepared to evade the agents with Robbie and Skye.

• Old Wang sent four battery cases through Azeroth Miss’s Time-Space Channel and received ten micrograms of Azeroth Blood.
• Azeroth Miss revealed the blood’s limited uses, and Old Wang chose a one-time Invisibility skill instead of confronting S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Skye warned Old Wang that S.H.I.E.L.D. agents had entered the building and that she could no longer see them through the cameras.
• Old Wang listened for the approaching agents and headed outside with the battery case as Robbie struggled to restrain the Spirit of Vengeance.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. agents rushed toward the Laboratory’s occupants, and Old Wang asked Azeroth Miss to open a Level 1 Time-Space Channel for three Invisibility skills.

Old Wang used True Qi to conceal himself and Skye, Robbie, and Lucy from S.H.I.E.L.D. agents while escaping with the Quantum Generator batteries. After bringing his group to a countryside house where he sensed a dark force like the Darkhold Chronicles, he prepared to investigate, while Coulson and Natasha watched Eli in prison, expecting a breakout.

• Ronin failed to cast Invisibility in Dalaran’s Forbidden Library and was caught by the Iron Knights, who planned to send him to solitary confinement.
• Grant Ward found the Quantum Generator batteries missing and reported the theft to Coulson, who ordered a lockdown and headed toward Los Angeles Prison with Natasha.
• Coulson told Natasha that S.H.I.E.L.D. was protecting Joseph and that Agent Brock Rumlow’s unit was nearby, while they suspected the theft might be connected to the lab accident or Eli.
• Old Wang used True Qi to hide himself, Skye, Robbie, and Lucy from the S.H.I.E.L.D. team, then decided not to return for the laptops to avoid tracking.
• Old Wang drove Lucy and the others to a dilapidated countryside house, sensed a dark force like the Darkhold Chronicles, and announced that he would seek the Darkhold.
• Coulson and Natasha watched Eli on the prison surveillance monitors, with Coulson expecting someone to break him out.

Old Wang recovered the Darkhold from the house where Joseph had hidden it and sent it into the Heart of Azeroth for the young lady. Meanwhile, Daniel Whitehall planned to reclaim Box 084 before the Clairvoyant called to offer him a deal involving the Darkhold.

• Old Wang and the others found the Darkhold hidden in a basement decorated with a Ghost Rider poster and a Captain America shield, and Lucy realized Joseph had brought it there.
• Old Wang retrieved the powerful, corrupting spellbook and discovered its pages displayed their contents in each reader’s native language.
• Old Wang found the Darkhold’s writing too difficult to understand and sent the book into the Heart of Azeroth for the young lady.
• Daniel Whitehall ordered Hydra to get Box 084 back, then took a private call from the Clairvoyant.
• The Clairvoyant told Whitehall that the Darkhold had appeared and proposed a deal.

Azeroth Miss read the Darkhold in Chinese and prepared to exchange it, but Old Wang stopped her and proposed keeping the book while trading the knowledge she had gained for Azeroth’s blood. He left the Darkhold’s fate unresolved while arguing that its knowledge was more valuable than the book itself.

• Azeroth Miss chose Chinese as the Darkhold’s reading language after Old Wang suggested it.
• Azeroth Miss read the Darkhold in minutes and prepared to exchange it for at least 100 grams of blood.
• Old Wang stopped the exchange, remembering how valuable the Darkhold could be and how little money he had.
• Old Wang refused to give up the book and offered to exchange only its knowledge for ninety grams of Azeroth’s blood.

Old Wang exchanged the Darkhold’s knowledge for Azeroth Blood and decided to improve his body with Well of Eternity essence. In Kamar-Taj, Ancient One sensed the connection to an unknown universe and ordered Mordo to investigate.

• Azeroth Miss convinced Old Wang that the Darkhold’s knowledge was worth little, and Old Wang exchanged it through a Time-Space Channel for Azeroth Blood.
• Old Wang considered the blood’s power and potential value, then resolved to improve his physical condition rather than sell it immediately.
• Old Wang ordered the first bottle of Well of Eternity essence, valued at 0.11 grams, exchanged for him.
• Ancient One detected a powerful connection to an unfamiliar universe and told Mordo to have the New York Sanctum monitor time-space changes in North America.

Baron Mordo learned that the Ancient One could not pinpoint a mysterious being in North America, while Old Wang discovered that the Heart of Azeroth had traded for an empty Well of Eternity Bottle. He realized that opening time-space channels too often could expose his location to the Ancient One.

• The Ancient One told Baron Mordo that time-space fluctuations from the being’s channel openings could gradually reveal his location, and ordered the New York Sanctum to observe him if they found him.
• Baron Mordo asked for a more precise search area, and the Ancient One said the being was somewhere in North America.
• Old Wang received an Illidan-made Well of Eternity Bottle containing only a trace of its former essence, in exchange for 0.11 grams of Azeroth Blood.
• Old Wang asked the young lady whether channel openings could be detected, and she explained that interference concealed them but repeated or prolonged openings made them easier to locate.
• Old Wang decided to limit his channel openings and left the Heart of Azeroth.

Old Wang recognized the Darkhold as a source of dangerous magic and split the group’s mission between Roxxon Power Plant and rescuing Eli. At Los Angeles Prison, Natasha and Coulson continued waiting for whoever had taken the batteries to come for Eli.

• Old Wang reasoned that his magic came from Azeroth Miss and cost him money, unlike the dangerous bargains made by Kamar-Taj’s mages.
• The ghosts, Skye, and Robbie reacted to Old Wang making the Darkhold vanish, while Lucy suspected he knew secrets about the Laboratory.
• Old Wang told Lucy he knew about Roxxon Power Plant and divided the group, sending Skye and Robbie there while he took Lucy and the others to find Eli.
• At Los Angeles Prison, Natasha brought Coulson dinner, and Coulson said he expected the person who took the batteries to come for Eli.

Old Wang and Lucy infiltrated Los Angeles Prison during a planned power and communications blackout to rescue Eli, while Lucy’s ghostly energy infected people throughout the facility. Old Wang reached Eli’s cell, where S.H.I.E.L.D.’s field team was guarding it.

• Old Wang coordinated with Skye, and Lucy sent four new ghosts to cut the prison’s power and disrupt its systems.
• Coulson and Natasha saw a Hydra message on the surveillance screens, lost communications, and went to find Eli as the prison went dark.
• Natasha and Coulson encountered guards transformed by Ghost Infection, then realized they had been affected too.
• Lucy reflected on her boss’s knowledge and identified the effect on the prison as Ghost Infection.
• Old Wang slipped into the prison, fought past guards, and reached Eli’s cell, where S.H.I.E.L.D.’s field team stood guard.

Eli’s grand plans are interrupted when Lucy appears to rescue him, while another assailant breaks into the prison and defeats S.H.I.E.L.D.’s field team. Coulson suspects the attacker may have been enhanced and warns Director Fury that Hydra’s symbol has appeared again.

• Eli convinces himself that he will find the Book of God and use its knowledge to become humanity’s hero, then hides beneath his bed as gunfire erupts outside.
• Lucy appears at Eli’s cell and grins at him as the prison break reaches his door.
• The Fifth Street Gang Boss refuses rescue, but an attacker claiming to act for the Great Dragon Hero knocks him out.
• Coulson and Natasha find Eli rescued and the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents defeated, while Ward reports that a single fast, powerful fighter subdued them in less than five seconds.
• Coulson considers possible enhancements and worries that Hydra has developed the Super Soldier Serum, then orders Ward to help restore order and arranges medical care and interrogations.
• Coulson calls Director Fury and reports that Hydra’s symbol has appeared again.

Old Wang brought Eli to the Roxxon Power Plant, while Fury and Hydra moved to secure the Darkhold and Joseph. As S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra closed in, Old Wang urged Robbie to unleash his vengeance.

• Old Wang took the unconscious Eli and the Fifth Street Gang boss to Roxxon Power Plant, while Egghead connected the Ghost Rider case, the Darkhold, and Hydra and sent Coulson there.
• Whitehall learned that Fury had sent Coulson and Black Widow to Roxxon and arranged for the Winter Soldier to assist with recovering the Darkhold.
• Robbie resisted the Spirit of Vengeance's demands to kill Eli, whom he had not intended to harm him.
• Skye showed Old Wang footage of Hydra forces abducting Joseph after attacking the S.H.I.E.L.D. team protecting him, with Brock Rumlow surviving the ambush.
• Old Wang warned Robbie that S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra were coming and urged him to release his rage.

Robbie and Lucy forced Eli to agree to build a Quantum Generator, while Old Wang gathered the necessary materials at Roxxon Power Plant. When S.H.I.E.L.D. agents arrived, the Winter Soldier attacked them, and Old Wang rushed out to face him.

• Robbie returned after beating Eli, who agreed to help build the Quantum Generator in exchange for his life.
• Old Wang hypnotized the power plant's guards and found the materials needed for the generator.
• After the power plant restarted, Skye spotted S.H.I.E.L.D. agents on the surveillance footage.
• The Winter Soldier ambushed and wiped out a S.H.I.E.L.D. special operations team, shrugging off their bullets with his metal arm.
• Old Wang told Robbie to protect the others and ran toward the Winter Soldier, eager to fight him.

Coulson and Natasha identified the masked Hydra attacker as the Winter Soldier, and Natasha went to confront him while Coulson's team faced a much larger assault. As the Winter Soldier fought Natasha, Old Wang stopped nearby to watch without being noticed.

• Coulson recognized the attacker as an exceptionally powerful Hydra operative, and Natasha identified him as the Winter Soldier, a suspected assassin active for decades.
• Natasha recalled that the Winter Soldier had shot her and killed the scientist she was escorting, then told Coulson she would keep him occupied while the others handled Hydra's forces.
• Coulson learned that at least fifty Hydra fighters had attacked and wondered whether the Winter Soldier had previously rescued Eli.
• The Winter Soldier pursued the Darkhold and S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel, then was struck by Natasha's electric device, explosives, and tear gas before fighting back with his mechanical arm.
• Old Wang sensed the fight between the Winter Soldier and Black Widow and quietly moved closer to watch.

Natasha was overwhelmed by the Winter Soldier until Old Wang arrived, defeated the Hydra agents, and recognized the soldier as Sergeant Barnes. At S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Egghead pulled up Barnes’s file and found records of his capture, rescue, and presumed death.

• The Winter Soldier overpowered Natasha, wounded her with gunfire, and moved to capture her.
• Old Wang rolled into the fight, struck the Winter Soldier through a wall, and defeated the Hydra agents in nine seconds.
• Old Wang asked the Winter Soldier whether he remembered Steve Rogers and identified him as Sergeant Barnes.
• Coulson heard Old Wang’s identification over his earpiece and realized Barnes had survived his fall from a cliff.
• Egghead accessed James Buchanan Barnes’s file, which recorded his Hydra capture, rescue, enhanced abilities, and presumed death in 1944.

Old Wang fought the Winter Soldier, briefly stirred memories with a Captain America comic page, and defeated him by tearing off his mechanical arm. He rescued Natasha from the collapsing corridor and vanished after telling her, “Kunlun Iron Fist sends you his regards!”

• The Winter Soldier recognized himself and Captain America in Old Wang’s comic page, glimpsed fragments of his past, then crushed the page and attacked Old Wang.
• Old Wang blocked the Winter Soldier’s attacks with Drunken Master techniques and battered him with a series of powerful strikes.
• Old Wang disarmed the Winter Soldier by wrenching off his mechanical arm, but the Winter Soldier fled when grenades were thrown into the corridor.
• Old Wang carried Natasha out as the grenades exploded and the corridor began to collapse.
• Old Wang set Natasha down, told her she owed him a favor, and disappeared after introducing himself as the Kunlun Iron Fist.

Old Wang returned to the power plant, where Skye reported Hydra’s retreat and Robbie’s hunt for the remaining agents. He then helped Lucy and the other three ghosts use the Quantum Generator to become human again.

• Skye checked Old Wang for injuries, noticed a strand of blonde hair on him, and told him Hydra had retreated while S.H.I.E.L.D. cleaned up the battlefield.
• Old Wang learned that Robbie had gone after Hydra agents who had tunneled into the power plant, then considered how Hydra’s infiltration had put S.H.I.E.L.D. at risk.
• Robbie returned after taking care of the agents, and Old Wang noticed that the Spirit of Vengeance had grown stronger.
• Eli connected the Quantum Generator’s final wire, and Lucy confirmed that it was ready to turn the four ghosts back into humans.
• Old Wang watched as the Quantum Generator used the power plant’s electricity to transform Lucy and the other three into humans, complete with their clothes.

Eli celebrated creating four humans before Lucy and the others turned hostile, while Old Wang learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. had defeated Hydra but the Winter Soldier escaped. Old Wang offered the group a new home in Puerto Rico, then warned them about the danger of staying behind as S.H.I.E.L.D. approached.

• Eli reveled in having created four humans, but Lucy and the others glared at him, so he dropped his grand pose and tried to justify himself.
• Skye told Old Wang that Coulson's team had been ambushed, S.H.I.E.L.D. reinforcements had wiped out Hydra, and the Winter Soldier had escaped.
• Old Wang watched footage of Melinda May fighting Hydra soldiers and explained her reputation and past trauma.
• Old Wang urged everyone to leave before S.H.I.E.L.D. arrived and asked Lucy and her companions what they planned to do.
• When they hesitated, Old Wang offered to take responsibility for them and suggested Puerto Rico, then warned they could leave or risk being captured and sold for parts.

Old Wang exchanged for Jaina's Mass Teleportation to take his group from the power plant to Puerto Rico, while Coulson's team rescued Natasha and discovered the others and their equipment had vanished. The chapter left Coulson baffled by the empty power plant and the unexplained drag marks.

• Skye questioned how the group could travel to Puerto Rico, and Old Wang exchanged 0.11 grams of the young woman's blood for Jaina's Mass Teleportation.
• Melinda bandaged Coulson aboard the invisible Quinjet, and Coulson led S.H.I.E.L.D. agents into the power plant to rescue Natasha and secure the site.
• Coulson found Natasha badly wounded but recovering, and Natasha credited the masked martial arts master who had treated her with qi.
• Coulson left an agent with Natasha and led Melinda and others deeper into the power plant, calling out to its occupants and ordering his team not to attack.
• Coulson found the deepest area empty, with the people and equipment gone and drag marks ending inside, leaving him unable to explain what had happened.

Jaina's failed mass Teleportation left the Alliance stranded on Mount Hyjal, and the Burning Legion eventually destroyed the Alliance, Horde, and Night Elves before Archimonde drained the World Tree. In Hydra's base, Whitehall tortured Joseph with pain-amplifying equipment until Joseph agreed to reveal what he knew about the Darkhold.

• Jaina's mass Teleportation spell vanished without moving the Alliance, and her attempts to cast smaller spells also failed.
• Jaina led the exhausted Alliance on foot, but the Alliance, Horde, and Night Elves were wiped out, and Archimonde drained the World Tree and second Well of Eternity.
• Daniel Drumm detected the unknown mage somewhere in western or southern North America while monitoring the continent for the Ancient One.
• Whitehall questioned Joseph about the Darkhold after Hydra's equipment amplified his sensations, then cut his face when he refused to answer.
• Joseph became terrified of Whitehall's threats to carve him into pieces and agreed to tell him everything.

Old Wang brought Skye, Robbie, and the others, along with their salvaged equipment, to San Juan, where Robbie rented a warehouse and began setting up their experiments. Old Wang gave Lucy money to support the group and returned to Los Angeles with Skye, leaving behind the promise to heal Robbie’s brother’s legs.

• Old Wang teleported the group and their equipment to the countryside near San Juan, where they landed among a flock of sheep.
• Old Wang explained that they needed to move the equipment into the city and noted that San Juan held something Skye needed, though he had a more urgent task first.
• Old Wang offered to heal Robbie’s brother’s broken legs in exchange for Robbie’s help, and Robbie rented a truck and a warehouse.
• Robbie and the others moved the equipment into the warehouse and began reassembling it, while Old Wang gave Lucy his bank card and password for their living expenses.
• Old Wang used two Teleportation spells to return to Los Angeles with Skye.

Old Wang healed Gabe’s legs with his abilities and gave him a drink containing Well of Eternity Water essence. Just as Gabe began walking again and thanked him, someone knocked at the door before Old Wang could eat.

• Robbie took Old Wang and Skye to Fifth Street Hospital, where they met his brother Gabe, who doubted Old Wang could heal him.
• Robbie told Gabe they were taking him home, and Gabe argued with him through the night about leaving the hospital and trusting Old Wang.
• At home, Old Wang examined Gabe’s legs and used Mist of Revival and Mist of Soothing to treat him.
• Old Wang gave Robbie two drops of Well of Eternity Water essence to mix with water for Gabe, who soon regained sensation and learned to walk.
• Gabe drank the water, and Old Wang said he was healthy enough to compete in the Olympics.
• Old Wang opened his noodles, but someone knocked on the door before he could eat.