Chapter Summaries

Alexandra persuaded Murakami to help summon the Beast and strengthen it with the last dragon bones so it could fight the Immortal Iron Fist. Meanwhile, Old Wang kept teaching his students and staying with Skye until Black Widow called to say his equipment was ready and reprimand him for missing a week of S.H.I.E.L.D. work.

• Alexandra told Murakami that she and the other Hand leaders were running out of power and needed the Beast to defeat the Immortal Iron Fist.
• Alexandra showed Murakami news about a family murdered by a fourteen-year-old boy controlled by the Beast, then explained that Wilson Fisk was helping conceal its whereabouts.
• Alexandra revealed her plan to give the Beast the last dragon bones and perform a ritual to strengthen the boy, and Murakami agreed to hear the details.
• Old Wang spent his days and nights teaching Robbie, Gabe, Matt, Elektra, Stick, and Skye while continuing to hold onto his Stark Industries stock.
• Black Widow called Old Wang to say his equipment was ready and scolded him for missing a week of work at S.H.I.E.L.D.

Old Wang went to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Feuerstein Base to prepare for training its agents and receive high-tech equipment. Black Widow led him to Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons, the young scientists assigned to build it.

• Old Wang sent Skye to gather his group and traveled with them to the farm at the coordinates Black Widow provided.
• Black Widow brought Old Wang into the hidden Feuerstein Base and explained that its agents were vetted and trusted.
• Black Widow gave Old Wang Level 4 clearance and directed him to begin preparing the agents for training.
• Old Wang left Skye and the others with the agents while Black Widow escorted him through security doors to the base's lowest level.
• Black Widow introduced Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons as the scientists creating Old Wang's equipment, and Old Wang wondered whether Egghead was willing to part with them.

Black Widow introduced Fitz and Simmons, who delivered a costly Titanium Alloy Staff and Gauntlets for Old Wang and fitted him with a miniature control chip. Black Widow then left to investigate a serious fight between the instructors and trainees, while Old Wang continued talking with Simmons.

• Black Widow told Old Wang that Fitz and Simmons wanted to study his abilities, and he readily agreed to cooperate.
• Fitz and Simmons presented Old Wang with a decorated nine-section staff and a pair of clawed gauntlets, explaining how they had designed and built them.
• Simmons implanted a miniature receiver-controller in Old Wang's lower lip, and he tested the staff's transformations and controls.
• Black Widow received word that instructors and trainees had begun fighting seriously and left to check on the situation.
• Old Wang joked with Simmons about the equipment's price, and she said it was worth ten years of her salary.

Black Widow arrived at the training ground and found nearly all the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents defeated by the five instructors, learning that Elektra had fought them most fiercely. After discovering how recently several instructors had cultivated Qi, Black Widow revealed she was the 101st trainee and asked which instructor would teach her.

• Black Widow rushed to the training ground and found the agents beaten, with Gabe Reyes kicking those who tried to get back up.
• Eric Koenig explained that the agents had challenged all five instructors, but Skye and Gabe had stayed out of the fight while Elektra, Matt, and Stick defeated them.
• Eric said Elektra had fought with frightening ferocity, while Matt and Stick had restrained themselves to protect the agents.
• Black Widow asked when the instructors had cultivated Qi, learning that Elektra had begun the day before, Stick three days earlier, Matt four days earlier, and Skye a week earlier; Gabe had not cultivated Qi yet.
• Black Widow announced that she was the 101st trainee and asked the five instructors who would teach her.

Old Wang recruited Fitz and Simmons by revealing he had supplied S.H.I.E.L.D. with the Azeroth Essence sample and offering them access to his advanced laboratory. After hearing his research opportunities, Fitz and Simmons decided to change jobs.

• Old Wang asked Fitz and Simmons about S.H.I.E.L.D. salaries and learned that they valued scientific opportunities over pay.
• Simmons explained that she and Fitz had outgrown the answers available at S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy and wanted access to better research.
• Fitz accidentally revealed that the Technology Division was studying Azeroth Essence, and Old Wang showed them the Well of Eternity Bottle he had given S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Black Widow defeated Elektra, while Old Wang praised the fighters and said Fitz and Simmons would help train S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
• On their way home, Fitz and Simmons discussed Old Wang's laboratory and its research, then agreed to change jobs.

Old Wang negotiated with Egghead over Fitz and Simmons and S.H.I.E.L.D.’s research as The Hand began its assault on a sealed Dragon Bone Fossil. Black Widow and Skye coordinated the response, and Old Wang prepared to enter the underground area alone to face The Hand’s leaders and Black Sky.

• Egghead confronted Old Wang about Fitz and Simmons resigning, and Old Wang agreed to share his Darkhold research in exchange for the Cosmic Cube research or the Cube itself.
• A man-made earthquake revealed that Alexandra’s attempt to break the sealed door to the Dragon Bone Fossil had failed, so she prepared for the Immortal Iron Fist’s arrival.
• Black Widow coordinated S.H.I.E.L.D.’s evacuation and assault while Barton, Skye, and the special operations team took their positions.
• Skye assigned Black Widow to handle the explosives, Matt, Elektra, and Stick to fight The Hand, and Old Wang to confront the Four Fingers and Black Sky underground.
• Old Wang asked where to enter the building, and Skye directed him to the sewers.

Old Wang infiltrated the building’s underground levels, where the Hand had gathered elite forces and concealed the Dragon Bone Fossil. He disabled attackers without killing them and reached a door forty meters below ground.

• Old Wang crawled through the sewers into the underground parking garage while Skye guided him and the rest of the operation reported their progress.
• Old Wang killed two Hand members who approached, then recognized that the Hand was using the building and its occupants to lure out the Immortal Iron Fist and strengthen the Beast.
• Old Wang used his monk techniques and nonlethal S.H.I.E.L.D. equipment to incapacitate Hand attackers rather than kill them.
• Old Wang broke through the encirclement, descended forty meters underground, and arrived before a door.

Old Wang attacked the Hand and forced his way toward the Dragon Bone Fossil, while Black Widow realized he was Iron Fist. As the Hand’s attack buried him, Skye called Robbie for help, and the Spirit of Vengeance warned that the Beast might be too powerful to defeat.

• Old Wang used his Titanium Alloy Gauntlets to kill nearby Hand members, then broke through a thick fire door with a palm strike.
• The Hand attacked Old Wang with grenades, rockets, and gunfire, collapsing the building around him.
• Black Widow worried that Old Wang had been killed, but Skye told her the explosion was part of his plan and urged her to continue her mission.
• Black Widow recognized Old Wang as Iron Fist after recalling his earlier fights and feats.
• Skye contacted Robbie and demanded his help for Wang, while the Spirit of Vengeance warned that the Beast had absorbed too much power and might defeat him.

Black Widow reported that Master Wang was the Immortal Iron Fist, while Egghead prepared for a Security Council meeting and considered whom he could trust in S.H.I.E.L.D. Buried beneath the collapsed building, Old Wang used Monk techniques to attempt an out-of-body journey to the Peak of Serenity.

• Black Widow killed two ninjas and told Egghead that Master Wang was the Immortal Iron Fist, and Egghead ordered her to handle the operation’s interior while Hawkeye covered the outside.
• Egghead headed to a Security Council meeting with Hill and reflected on the Hydra purge, his uncertain trust in Hill, and his plan to protect Fitz and Simmons by sending them to Master Wang.
• Old Wang survived the collapse that buried him beneath the Hand’s base, using True Qi and Golden Bell to withstand the gunfire, explosives, rubble, and earth.
• Old Wang slowed his breathing and heartbeat so the Hand would believe he was dead, then combined Soul Split with Zen Pilgrimage to attempt an out-of-body experience.

Old Wang used his soul to scout the Hand’s underground chamber and discovered the Dragon Bone’s enormous sealed prison. Meanwhile, Robbie learned that Black Sky was upstairs and rushed to help Elektra and the Defenders despite the Spirit of Vengeance’s warnings.

• Old Wang projected his soul through the earth and saw the four Fingers of the Hand gathered around the sealed Dragon Bone.
• Old Wang sensed that the K'un-Lun runes and Dragon Bone formed a powerful seal that only the Iron Fist could open, and he failed to find the teenage Black Sky.
• Old Wang decided the four Fingers and their armed fighters posed little threat compared with Black Sky, then moved behind a Black man and blew out a breath.
• Robbie followed Skye’s directions toward a sewer entrance, but Skye told him to head upstairs because Black Sky was fighting the Defenders and Agent Romanoff.
• Skye warned Robbie that Beast intended to take Elektra as its vessel, and the Spirit of Vengeance urged him to flee until they were stronger.
• Robbie rejected the Spirit of Vengeance’s proposal to hide and hurried toward the building.

Sowande and the other Fingers believed they had killed the Immortal Iron Fist and began digging through the rubble, but an unseen force turned their meeting into a deadly gunfight. Old Wang revealed himself behind Alexandra after the shooting left all four Fingers alive but their forces badly depleted.

• Sowande claimed his explosives and weapons had killed the Immortal Iron Fist, while Murakami and Bokuto warned that Iron Fist could not die before opening the seal.
• Alexandra, Murakami, Bokuto, and Sowande each sent subordinates to dig through the rubble as they eyed one another over who would claim the Dragon Heart.
• Alexandra and Bokuto sensed a sudden chill, and an invisible force made a soldier fire at Alexandra’s people, killing three and wounding two.
• An invisible force caused more guns to fire, drawing all four groups into a three-minute shootout that left Alexandra with two survivors, Murakami with five, and Bokuto with fewer than ten.
• Old Wang used Soul Split · Transfer to switch places with his invisible soul and appear behind Alexandra.

Old Wang killed Alexandra and confronted the remaining Fingers, while Black Widow and her allies fought a seemingly invulnerable little boy. The chapter left both battles unresolved, with Old Wang facing the Fingers and the boy emerging unharmed from bullets and a grenade.

• Old Wang struck Alexandra with True Qi, shattered her spine and organs, and killed her as she realized he was not Iron Fist.
• Sowande, Murakami, and Bokuto attacked Old Wang with their surviving men after Sowande urged them to fight for their lives.
• Old Wang put on his Titanium Alloy Gauntlets, lifted his Titanium Alloy Staff, and challenged the Fingers, declaring that they knew nothing about power.
• Black Widow struggled to escape a little boy who had beaten her until Elektra and Matt Murdock arrived and opened fire.
• Stick used acupoint striking taught by Master Wang to ease Black Widow's injuries, then threw a grenade at the boy.
• The little boy walked out of the explosion unharmed, with his clothes destroyed.

Beast grew stronger through mass slaughter and overwhelmed Stick, Matt, and Elektra, then fought Robbie as it tried to transfer into Elektra. After arranging the dead Hand leaders together, Old Wang sensed Beast above and went to confront it.

• Stick warned Black Widow, Matt, and Elektra that Beast had grown too powerful and urged them to flee and find Immortal Iron Fist.
• The boy struck Stick unconscious and severely injured Matt, while Elektra collapsed under Beast's influence as it tried to take her over.
• Robbie attacked the boy with Hellfire and the Eye of Judgment, but Beast grabbed his chain and began spreading its power toward him.
• Old Wang found Alexandra, Murakami, Bokuto, and Sowande dead, arranged their bodies together, and said he would reunite them with Madame Gao.
• Old Wang sensed Beast's evil soul above him and set off to meet it.

As Beast’s darkness overwhelmed Robbie and the injured heroes could not help Ghost Rider, Old Wang arrived and healed Black Widow, Matt, and Stick. He sent the others to fight The Hand and prepared to confront Beast himself.

• Beast’s darkness spread against Robbie, while the Spirit of Vengeance raged at its host’s weakness and inability to use its powers effectively.
• Black Widow, Matt, Stick, and Elektra were too injured or incapacitated to assist as Ghost Rider struggled against the boy.
• Old Wang appeared beside Black Widow and reassured her that he was alive.
• Old Wang healed Black Widow, Matt, and Stick with his True Qi, then sent Stick and Black Widow to deal with The Hand.
• Old Wang told Matt that Elektra was still resisting Beast’s control and ordered him to leave the fight.
• Old Wang faced Black Sky and told it to let Robbie go, declaring that he would handle the fight.

Old Wang fought the partially descended Beast while it grew stronger by devouring the souls of people dying around them. As Old Wang began to tire, Azeroth Miss offered him a solution, and Daniel detected the disturbance in New York.

• Robbie released his chains and left to help Black Widow and the others after warning Old Wang that the Beast was strong.
• Old Wang replenished his True Qi with the Well of Eternity Bottle and fought the Beast, resisting its attempts to corrupt his mind and soul.
• The Beast grew stronger as it consumed more souls, while Old Wang began to run low on strength and supplies.
• Azeroth Miss offered Old Wang 2,234 possible solutions, and he chose the cheapest one for 0.19 grams of Azeroth Blood.
• Daniel sensed the spacetime anomaly from the New York Sanctum and located it in New York.

At Sunwell Plateau, Kil'jaeden's Darkness of a Thousand Souls briefly reached another world and destabilized the ancient evil god possessing the little boy. Old Wang drained the boy's remaining souls, sent Beast back to its world, and then headed underground to clean up the battlefield.

• Kil'jaeden unleashed Darkness of a Thousand Souls, devastating the Shattered Sun Offensive until Kalecgos called for Anveena to wake up.
• A fragment of the spell crossed a Time-Space Channel and struck the little boy, causing his unstable mass of souls to collapse.
• Beast threatened to possess another Black Sky body or Elektra, but Old Wang stood between it and the girl.
• Old Wang used Drain Soul to turn the boy's remaining souls into twenty-four Soul Shards.
• The boy collapsed, and Beast was forced back to its world; Old Wang then used Soul Split to reach the underground area.

After defeating Beast and The Hand, Old Wang used his mastery of True Qi to imitate Iron Fist’s power and break the stone prison. Matt confirmed that Old Wang had opened the seal, and Stick accepted him as the Immortal Iron Fist.

• Skye heard Elektra report that Master Wang had killed Beast and smiled with relief.
• Old Wang stored The Hand’s Four Fingers and tried to breach the stone prison sealing Iron Fist.
• Old Wang spent half an hour adapting his True Qi until he matched the prison’s key and caused it to crack apart.
• The stone prison collapsed, releasing its accumulated power and revealing a massive bone dragon.
• Black Widow felt the building shake and suspected Master Wang was responsible.
• Matt listened to the sounds below, confirmed the seal had opened, and Stick declared Old Wang the Immortal Iron Fist.

After the Beast's death unleashed a wave of amplified sin and desire across New York, Old Wang dismantled and stored the ancient Immortal Dragon skeleton beneath the building. He left the ensuing chaos to S.H.I.E.L.D., the police, and Matt's group, then headed home.

• Hawkeye destroyed a fleeing Hand SUV, then noticed agents and civilians losing control as crime spread through the streets.
• Stick explained that the Beast's released power was magnifying nearby people's sins and desires, while Black Widow asked what S.H.I.E.L.D. and the government should do.
• Old Wang decided the Immortal Dragon skeleton was too valuable to waste and tore it apart piece by piece, storing its bones in the Heart of Azeroth.
• Old Wang returned to the building's top floor, considered letting Matt's group use the chaos as training, and decided to go home and sleep.

After the Beast’s defeat, Old Wang raided Alexandra’s New York collection while vigilantes fought the crime unleashed across Hell’s Kitchen. Meanwhile, Egghead sent Black Widow and Barton to recover valuable items from The Hand’s bases and Alexandra’s villas, hoping to fund his secret operations.

• The Beast’s residual power amplified Hell’s Kitchen’s residents’ sinful desires, while Daredevil, Stick, Black Sky, Ghost Rider, and other vigilantes fought the resulting crimes.
• Old Wang had Skye use surveillance systems to locate Alexandra’s properties and visited her villa, where he found valuable antiques, art, wine, and other collectibles.
• Old Wang stored Alexandra’s collection in the Heart of Azeroth and planned to pursue her other assets after the Darkhold Laboratory made progress on brain-mapping and memory-uploading technology.
• At the Triskelion, Egghead learned from Black Widow that the Beast and the Four Fingers were dead, The Hand had collapsed, and S.H.I.E.L.D. had withdrawn with casualties.
• Egghead ordered Black Widow and Barton to retrieve items from The Hand’s secret bases and Alexandra’s villas, including the Resurrection Coffin, Dragon Bone, and her private collection.

Whitehall ordered Hydra to seize the Obelisk after learning that Fury’s operation had wiped out the Hand. Egghead arranged to study the Resurrection Coffin at Tahiti, while Old Wang returned to his shop with the Dragon Bone and learned that exchanging it could fuel the Heart of Azeroth.

• Whitehall learned that the Hand had been wiped out and ordered his people to obtain the Obelisk at any cost.
• Black Widow reported the operation to Egghead, who ordered agents to excavate the collapsed base and study the Resurrection Coffin.
• Hawkeye reported that Alexandra’s collectibles were missing, and Egghead told the agents to keep training and answer only to him.
• Egghead ordered the Resurrection Coffin sent to Tahiti Island for study with a Kree corpse under the name “Tahiti Project.”
• Old Wang returned to the shop, asked Skye to buy freezers and sell the seized goods, and directed some of the money toward Stark Industries stock, research funding, and salaries.
• Azeroth Miss told Old Wang that exchanging the Dragon Bone could provide enough Azeroth Blood to activate and sustain the Heart of Azeroth.