Chapter Summaries

Old Wang toured the New York Sanctum with Ancient One to choose one recognized magical artifact, but none responded to him. After Titan Miss activated the Heart of Azeroth’s first ability, Eternal Blessing of Azeroth, Old Wang gained a comprehensive enhancement to his body and soul and Titan empowerment for his equipment.

• Wang the Fatty warned Old Wang that Ancient One had been watching him and that Kamar-Taj’s books were open to readers.
• Ancient One took Old Wang to the New York Sanctum and offered him one artifact if it recognized him.
• Old Wang examined the Sanctum’s collection, declined the Cloak of Levitation, and learned that Apollo’s Bow and Arrow had killed more than a thousand people in Guizhou.
• No artifact recognized Old Wang, so Ancient One suggested that he try the London or Hong Kong Sanctum instead.
• Titan Miss told Old Wang he had enough Azeroth Blood to activate an ability, and he chose Eternal Blessing of Azeroth.

Old Wang awakened the power of the Essence of Azeroth, causing the Sanctum’s artifacts to compete to accompany him. He chose the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak and left the Sanctum after admitting he did not know how to use a Sling Ring.

• Ancient One sensed the power surrounding Old Wang and realized she had to treat him as an equal.
• Apollo's Bow, Angarumas's Axe, the Cloak of Levitation, the Eye of the Demon, the Cosmic Cauldron, and the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak crowded around Old Wang.
• Ancient One allowed Old Wang to choose only one artifact, and he selected Apollo's Bow and Apollo's Arrow for their long-range attacks.
• The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak stopped Apollo's Arrow and revealed that they contained a sealed spell rather than being made by Cyttorak, so Old Wang chose them instead.
• Ancient One sent Old Wang away and decided to bar him from the Sanctum unless he joined Kamar-Taj, but Old Wang asked how to use a Sling Ring.

Old Wang returned to San Juan with Sling Rings and learned that Simmons could use Immortal Dragon bones to revive the Hand’s Five Fingers. He asked her to develop a Dragon Bone serum and then investigate improving the Super Soldier Program, leaving the project poised to begin as Egghead called.

• Old Wang opened a portal back to San Juan, where Skye checked that he was unharmed and Daredevil confirmed Kaecilius had not appeared.
• Fitz reported that Whitehall’s brain mapping was progressing quickly and that Simmons believed she could revive the Hand’s Five Fingers.
• Simmons told Old Wang that Immortal Dragon bones could preserve corpses and revive the dead, and she planned to create a serum that would use less Dragon Bone than the Hand’s method.
• Old Wang asked Simmons to study the Winter Soldier and recreate the Super Soldier Serum after she finished the Dragon Bone serum.
• Simmons proposed incorporating Dragon Bone into the Super Soldier Program, and Old Wang promised to find her expert help.
• Old Wang considered how an improved serum could create powerful, revivable soldiers as Egghead called him.

Egghead located Skye’s father, Carl, and asked Old Wang to persuade him to sell S.H.I.E.L.D. his physical-enhancement formula. Old Wang brought Skye to meet Carl at Feuerstein Base, arriving before Egghead expected.

• Egghead learned that Skye’s father, Carl, had been found and ordered Black Widow to bring him in safely.
• Black Widow delivered Carl to Feuerstein Base, and Egghead asked Old Wang to persuade him to sell his enhancement formula to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Old Wang agreed to try, then told Skye that her father had been found.
• Old Wang opened a portal for Skye and arrived at Feuerstein Base, asking Egghead where he was.

Old Wang and Skye arrived at Felsstone Farm, where he scanned the base and found Skye’s father, Carl, in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody. After Skye met with him, Carl emerged and thanked Old Wang for helping his daughter, while Egghead asked to take Whitehall into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody.

• Old Wang and Skye stepped through a portal into Felsstone Farm, where Old Wang knocked down the agents guarding it and identified himself.
• Old Wang used his mental power to scan the base and found Carl, Skye’s father, agitated in a secure room guarded by Black Widow.
• Egghead examined reports of Old Wang’s portal and researched Kamar-Taj and K’un-Lun, suspecting a connection between them.
• Skye and Old Wang went to meet Carl, and Skye destroyed the room’s surveillance equipment before speaking with her father.
• Egghead arrived and asked Old Wang to hand over Whitehall, but Carl rushed out and threatened him before turning to thank Old Wang for caring for Skye.

Old Wang persuaded Carl Johnson to work with S.H.I.E.L.D. on his dangerous enhancement drug so he could stay healthy and spend time with Skye, while redirecting the unstable formula to S.H.I.E.L.D. The dispute over Whitehall ended when Fitz reported that Whitehall's memories had been uploaded, leaving Fury to consider compensation for Old Wang.

• Carl told Old Wang that he had abandoned the names Zabo and Hyde and wanted Skye to use her birth name, Daisy Johnson, but Skye chose to remain Skye.
• Old Wang proposed that Carl work with his life-sciences team to improve the enhancement drug, and Carl agreed after Skye urged him to do so.
• Old Wang told Carl that S.H.I.E.L.D. could take responsibility for the unstable drug, and Carl wrote down its formula after receiving a large payment from Egghead.
• Egghead asked Old Wang and Carl to hand over Whitehall, but Carl refused and Skye prepared to attack Egghead and Black Widow.
• Fitz called Old Wang to report that Whitehall's brain mapping and memory upload were complete, so Old Wang told Director Fury to consider compensating him.

Old Wang negotiated with Egghead over the price of Whitehall’s intelligence, then returned to the laboratory with Skye and Carl. Fitz revealed that Pierce was Hydra’s highest-ranking spy and explained how Old Wang could experience Whitehall’s memories.

• Old Wang agreed to give Egghead Whitehall’s intelligence in exchange for three Quinjets, equipment, Adamantium, and a future favor from Old Wang.
• Old Wang brought Skye and Carl back to the laboratory, where Fitz reported that Hydra spies had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. and Pierce was the highest-ranking one.
• Carl reacted angrily to learning Pierce and Whitehall may have been involved in Skye’s abduction, while Skye stopped him from attacking Whitehall.
• Fitz gave Old Wang a helmet that would let him experience Whitehall’s memories by becoming Whitehall.

Old Wang reviewed Whitehall’s memories, arranged for Fitz to help free the Winter Soldier from Hydra’s conditioning, and tasked him with improving the soldier’s mechanical arm. He then began arranging a reunion between Skye and Jia Ying, while preparing to put his long-planned schemes into motion.

• Old Wang used Fitz’s equipment to review Whitehall’s memories and ordered him to copy everything about S.H.I.E.L.D.’s undercover agents.
• Old Wang refused to inspect the Winter Soldier’s memories and told Fitz to restore his mental freedom and make him trust Old Wang.
• Old Wang told Fitz to improve the Winter Soldier’s mechanical arm with Secondary Adamantium and gave him a large materials supply and budget.
• Old Wang asked Carl to contact Jia Ying, but Carl said he could only wait for her to reach out and warned that she might hurt Skye.
• Old Wang named Afterlife, told Carl to say he had found Skye, and asked Fitz to implant Skye with a Subdermal Communicator.
• Old Wang told Carl to visit Simmons’s laboratory and then began reviewing and adjusting his prepared plans.

Egghead discovered the depth of Hydra’s infiltration and sought allies to prepare a careful counterattack. Old Wang called Tony Stark to help upgrade three retired Quinjets, but Tony returned home to find an unknown man waiting with a warning that he was not the only Super Hero.

• Egghead reviewed Whitehall’s memories and learned that Zola and Pierce were Hydra infiltrators, then decided he needed outside help to fight Hydra.
• Egghead brought three retired Quinjets to Azeroth Laboratory, where Fitz said he could not upgrade their systems alone.
• Old Wang called Tony Stark and warned him that S.H.I.E.L.D. and the U.S. military had noticed his activities, then offered him Quinjets to inspect.
• Tony flew home to prepare for the trip to San Juan, where a man in a black trench coat confronted him and said there were many people like him.

Tony met Old Wang, who recruited him to modify three Quinjets and help study the Framework in exchange for a stake in a virtual technology company. The chapter ended with Tony eager to begin cracking the Framework after agreeing to invest two billion and take 19% of the company.

• Tony told Old Wang that he had refused to work for S.H.I.E.L.D., and Old Wang explained that he had refused the director too.
• Old Wang showed Tony the Quinjets and asked him to modify three aircraft, including adding visual stealth, in exchange for Arc Reactors and other components.
• Tony examined the Framework research at Skye's laboratory and realized its knowledge was far beyond current technology.
• Old Wang offered Tony 10% of the future company, and Tony negotiated for 20%.
• Old Wang agreed to give Tony 19% if he invested two billion and covered the Quinjet modification costs, and Tony accepted before leaving to study the Framework.

Old Wang arranged equipment and companies for his plans while Fitz freed and reprogrammed the Winter Soldier, who awoke as Bucky Barnes. After learning Steve Rogers was still alive and frozen in Greenland, Bucky agreed to wait a few days for Old Wang to prepare a plane, detection equipment, and a new mechanical arm.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. delivered equipment worth 100 million, and Tony built a server room for the Framework and the Azeroth Social Network Company.
• Skye registered companies under the Azeroth Group, while Old Wang planned to build influence and cultivate super heroes.
• Fitz removed Hydra's brainwashing from the Winter Soldier and altered his memories to make him trust Old Wang.
• Bucky awoke, learned that Old Wang had freed him, and remembered his past as Hydra's Winter Soldier, including killing Howard Stark.
• Old Wang told Bucky that Steve Rogers was alive and frozen in Greenland, and Bucky agreed to wait while Old Wang prepared equipment for the search.

Fitz and Tony prepared equipment for the search in Greenland while the Winter Soldier became a research subject and the Resurrection Serum revived The Hand’s Five Fingers. Madame Gao and the others tried to bargain with Old Wang, who revealed he had revived them to extract value from them, leaving them to face his brain-mapping equipment.

• Fitz designed a mechanical arm for the Winter Soldier, while Tony completed plans to modify the Quinjet for a secret search in Greenland.
• The Winter Soldier moved into the Biochemistry Laboratory, where Simmons and Carl studied him, and Old Wang’s Resurrection Serum revived the Five Fingers of The Hand.
• Madame Gao concluded that Old Wang had used Dragon Bone to revive them and tried to negotiate a partnership that would help them return to K'un-Lun.
• Murakami, Sowande, and Bokuto offered Old Wang their resources, but he said he did not need their service and felt wronged by their assumptions.
• Madame Gao learned that Old Wang had revived them because living people could keep creating value, and he gestured toward the brain-mapping equipment.

Old Wang equipped Winter Soldier with a powerful new mechanical arm and sent him to Greenland to find Captain America, while Winter Soldier confronted the memory of killing Howard Stark. Skye vanished from the Virtual Laboratory, and after Carl revealed that Gordon had taken her to Afterlife, Old Wang prepared to track her down.

• Fitz completed a Secondary Adamantium mechanical arm, and Winter Soldier tested its upgraded defenses, weapons, and strength amplification.
• Winter Soldier learned that Tony Stark was Howard Stark's son and recalled killing Howard and his wife while brainwashed.
• Old Wang sent Winter Soldier by Quinjet to Greenland to search for Captain America.
• A spatial disturbance erupted in the Virtual Laboratory, and Skye disappeared before Old Wang could stop it.
• Carl rushed in and told Old Wang that Jia Ying had sent Gordon to take Skye to Afterlife.
• Fitz began seeking satellite help to track Skye, while Old Wang resolved to pursue the Inhumans and Afterlife.

Old Wang tracked Skye’s communicator and reassured Carl that Afterlife could not harm her, then took him through a portal to find her and Jia Ying. Skye woke in Afterlife, concealed how much she knew, and decided to wait for Old Wang while cautiously learning about the settlement.

• Tony asked Old Wang whether he should learn kung fu, and Old Wang offered to sell him Essence Wine before hanging up.
• Old Wang questioned Carl about the lingering effects of his drug and told him to prepare his medical tools to meet Skye and Jia Ying.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. sent Old Wang the coordinates of Skye’s communicator, and Old Wang took Carl and the captive Whitehall through a door to Afterlife.
• Skye woke under electrical stimulation, sensed her surroundings, and recognized that Gordon had brought her to Afterlife.
• Skye decided to restart her communicator only if she could avoid Lincoln, and planned to wait for Old Wang before making further decisions.
• Skye opened her eyes and pretended to be confused while remaining cautious.

Skye awoke in Afterlife, where Jia Ying revealed herself as Skye’s mother, while Skye’s unexpected strength and affection for Carl complicated Jia Ying’s plans. Carl then arrived at Afterlife with Little Wang and a captive Whitehall, leaving Jia Ying face-to-face with her enemy.

• Gordon and Lincoln explained that Skye was in Afterlife, but Skye broke free of Lincoln’s needles and threatened them.
• Jia Ying introduced herself as Skye’s mother, and Skye named Carl and Wang as family.
• Jia Ying realized Skye cared about Carl and wondered whether Skye had already become involved with Wang.
• A crimson ribbon chased Gordon through the house, and Carl rushed in to reunite with Skye.
• Lincoln challenged Carl, while Jia Ying worried that Carl had discovered Afterlife’s location.
• Little Wang arrived carrying Whitehall and presented him to Jia Ying as Carl’s gift.

Jia Ying recognized Whitehall as the man who had tortured and dismembered her, and Old Wang brought him to Afterlife so she and Carl could take revenge. Old Wang stayed with Skye while Jia Ying prepared to torture Whitehall, and Lincoln realized he had little chance with Skye.

• Jia Ying recognized Whitehall and recalled how he had stolen her organs and used them to regain his youth.
• Old Wang recalled the Crimson Magic Belt, and Jia Ying learned that he was connected to Kamar-Taj and practiced kung fu.
• Gordon returned, recognized Old Wang as the legendary Immortal Iron Fist, and followed Jia Ying's order to bring Whitehall away.
• Carl offered to repay Whitehall's cruelty tenfold, and Jia Ying agreed to have him tortured rather than killed outright.
• Skye worried that torturing Whitehall might make matters worse, but Old Wang reassured her and said they had one last resort.
• Lincoln saw Old Wang comforting Skye and realized he had little chance of winning her affection.

After Whitehall’s death, Old Wang, Skye, and Carl decided to help Carl and Jia Ying escape their painful memories by altering them. Old Wang brought them to The Laboratory, where Fitz prepared to begin the procedure, while Gordon remained trapped outside.

• Carl and Jia Ying emerged after Whitehall died, still unable to heal from the pain he had caused them.
• Old Wang asked Carl to agree to forgetting their painful memories, and Carl accepted for Skye’s sake.
• Jia Ying resisted, but Old Wang bound her with crimson magic and brought her, Carl, and Skye through a portal to The Laboratory.
• Lincoln attacked Old Wang and Gordon tried to follow, but Old Wang defeated Lincoln, struck Gordon back, and sealed the room against teleportation.
• Gordon demanded Jia Ying’s return, and Old Wang sent the Crimson Magic Belt to keep him occupied.
• Old Wang ordered Fitz to remove Carl and Jia Ying’s painful memories and leave them with only beautiful ones.

Old Wang oversaw brain mapping for the Hand's Five Fingers and Jia Ying, then gave Fitz ambitious new research projects and a vast collection of unfamiliar materials. Fitz accepted the workload as Old Wang left for the Biochemistry Laboratory.

• Fitz began mapping the memories of the Hand's Five Fingers and Jia Ying, whose estimated memory capacities astonished him.
• Old Wang explained why Jia Ying's memories exceeded the Five Fingers' and told Skye to study virtual technology while Fitz focused on new research.
• Fitz described the difficulty of researching a Quantum Brain, and Old Wang promised to find an expert to help.
• Old Wang gave Fitz more than a hundred materials from World of Warcraft, including Mithril, Adamantite, Saronite, and Kryptonite, and warned him to keep the most dangerous ones secret.
• Old Wang told Fitz to request whatever equipment he needed, and Fitz embraced the overwhelming research workload as Old Wang headed to the Biochemistry Laboratory.

Old Wang supplied Simmons with rare Azeroth plants, bird specimens, and a dragon whelp to support her research into an improved Super Soldier Serum. After Carl's brain mapping and memory work began, Carl opened her eyes inside the virtual helmet the next afternoon.

• Simmons told Old Wang that Mr. Johnson's serum might help recreate Dr. Erskine's formula, and Old Wang rewarded her with rare plants and bird specimens.
• Old Wang urged Simmons to prioritize solving Carl's physical problem and offered to bring her thousands more species if needed.
• Old Wang gave Simmons a Red Dragon Whelp corpse and suggested combining its tissues with the Immortal Dragon's bone to develop different Super Soldier Serum versions.
• Old Wang returned to the Physical Engineering Laboratory and watched over Carl while Fitz worked on her memory modification.
• The next afternoon, Carl opened her eyes inside the virtual helmet.

Carl recovered from her illness and went to reunite with Skye, while Jia Ying remained in treatment. After healing Jia Ying's body, Old Wang considered taking her as a Monk disciple and told Fitz to make her memories more favorable toward him and kung fu.

• Carl woke after Fitz's treatment, learned Jia Ying would need two more weeks, and hurried to find Skye in the Virtual Laboratory.
• Fitz warned Old Wang that fragments of Carl and Jia Ying's altered memories might remain or return.
• Old Wang used True Qi to heal Jia Ying's wounds and strengthen her body and Inhuman ability.
• Old Wang realized Jia Ying's life-force ability could make her exceptionally powerful if she learned to cultivate True Qi as a Monk.
• Old Wang decided to take Jia Ying as his disciple and instructed Fitz to increase her favorable impression of him and her love of kung fu.