Chapter Summaries

Shen Fei used Dr. Zola’s exposed Hydra intelligence to hunt Baron Strucker, who fled and injected himself with a modified Centipede Serum. The chapter ended with Shen Fei confronting the newly enhanced Strucker after stopping his car.

• Shen Fei and three artificial intelligences overwhelmed Dr. Zola and extracted the locations of Hydra hideouts.
• Shen Fei identified Strucker as a target while Zola retreated from Osborn Company.
• Strucker ordered Malick to hasten Hive’s return and fled as Shen Fei destroyed the decoy vehicles.
• Strucker injected himself with the Centipede Serum, which combined with his Death Spores to grant him powerful regeneration.
• Shen Fei stopped Strucker’s car, and Strucker crawled from the wreckage to face him.

Shen Fei defeated Strucker despite his Centipede Serum and Death Spores, while his Autonomous Evolution adapted to the spores. He froze Strucker and had Connors secure him for research before flying off to pursue another target.

• Strucker marveled at how much Shen Fei had grown and revealed that he had both Centipede Serum and Death Spores.
• Shen Fei wounded Strucker with psionic power, but Strucker healed and warned that his death could release a virus capable of destroying the world.
• Shen Fei seized Strucker and endured the Death Spores, whose genes his Autonomous Evolution analyzed and integrated.
• Shen Fei declared that Strucker still had research value and blasted him with cold wind until he became an ice sculpture.
• Connors received the frozen Strucker through a golden portal, and Shen Fei flew toward another location.

Shen Fei captured Baron Strucker and then seized Zemo and the Moonlight Stone, while S.H.I.E.L.D. learned that the Malick Family was capturing Inhumans. The government suppressed online posts about Shen Fei’s street encounter, and his campaign against Hydra continued.

• Coulson reviewed Shen Fei’s record and learned that the Malick Family had begun capturing Inhumans, so he ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to mobilize.
• Skye hurried to Coulson with news of the Inhuman captures, while Coulson watched Shen Fei’s surveillance feed and considered his effort to eradicate Hydra.
• Zemo watched Strucker’s signal disappear and tried to flee New York with the Moonlight Stone, but Shen Fei stopped his Jeep with his body.
• Shen Fei caught Zemo’s punch, severed the hand holding the Moonlight Stone, and took both Zemo and the artifact through a portal.
• People posted videos of Shen Fei’s encounter online, but the United States government banned their accounts.

Shen Fei chose to pursue Viper to investigate the two multiversal powers sustaining her, and Viper realized his arrival was imminent. She revealed that Chthon’s contract and Set’s Serpent Crown power counterbalanced each other, helping her survive for centuries.

• Shen Fei examined the Moonlight Stone, then decided to hunt Viper rather than Zola because he wanted to study the powers within her.
• Viper sensed that Shen Fei had chosen her and devised a plan to surrender before he burst into her hidden residence.
• Shen Fei saw through Viper’s attempt to submit and asked what power besides Set’s protected her from the Serpent Crown’s corruption.
• Viper revealed that Chthon had granted her power and agelessness through a contract after she nearly died as a mercenary.
• Shen Fei deduced that Chthon’s contract and Set’s power in the Serpent Crown offset each other, allowing Viper to survive.

Shen Fei spared Viper after she offered him control of Hydra and the Serpent God Crown, then ordered her to consolidate the remaining forces. Back at the laboratory, he began examining Zemo’s memories and assigned Connors and Stern to study him.

• Viper offered Shen Fei the Serpent God Crown and promised him control of her Hydra forces, Strucker’s Hydra, Zemo’s Hydra, and their research.
• Shen Fei examined the crown but refused to have Viper wear it, wary of drawing the attention of more multiversal entities.
• Al reported that Zola had vanished from surveillance, and Viper promised to absorb Hydra’s remaining forces and use the clues to track him down.
• Shen Fei recruited Viper, warned her not to betray him, and returned to the laboratory through a golden portal.
• Shen Fei told Osborn Company to focus its attack on the Malick Family’s secret faction, then searched Zemo’s memories for Hydra personnel locations and learned about the Moonlight Stone.
• Shen Fei summoned Connors and Stern to study Zemo while he took responsibility for examining him himself.

Shen Fei studied the Death Spores in Strucker and discovered how the man’s immune system kept them contained, then created a solution to suppress them. After examining Zemo’s energy-altered cells, Shen ordered him destroyed and left Strucker frozen as a potential biological weapon.

• Shen Fei examined the Death Spores and realized Strucker’s survival meant his body had a way to control them.
• Shen Fei found that Strucker’s immune system used a special protease to restrain the spores and created a solution based on the mechanism.
• Shen Fei froze Strucker, keeping him alive because his body contained the Death Spores.
• Connors gave Shen Fei the results of Zemo’s biological tests, which showed Moonlight Stone energy and strange patterns in his muscles and bones.
• Shen Fei ordered Zemo destroyed, and Connors incinerated him.

Shen Fei learned that many high-energy targets had appeared and planned to use Hive’s return to select Inhumans with useful abilities. Kaecilius brought Hive back to Gene, where Hive learned that Superman had been destroying Hydra and its forces.

• Shen Fei told Al to begin tracking the high-energy targets Daredevil had detected and hoped Kaecilius would bring back Hive.
• Gene waited anxiously for Kaecilius and asked Sphinx about Hydra’s efforts to capture Inhumans, learning that S.H.I.E.L.D. had intervened.
• Kaecilius returned through the portal with Ward and identified him as Hive, who transformed and revealed his true form.
• Hive attacked Kaecilius with parasites, but Kaecilius destroyed them with black energy.
• Gene showed Hive news reports and explained the state of the world, and Hive learned that Superman had been destroying his forces.

Hive returned to Earth and prepared to control the Inhumans, while S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers attacked the Malick Residence. The battle began when Hive’s forces confronted them, and Superman arrived as the fighting erupted.

• Hive demanded Gene gather the Inhumans and Hydra so he could take control and become Earth’s god.
• Skye led S.H.I.E.L.D. agents into the Malick Residence, where she and Lincoln fought Hydra soldiers and Hand ninjas.
• Rogers and the Captain America Alliance joined the battle as Hive’s Inhumans emerged and attacked.
• Tony insulted Hive, prompting Hive to order the Inhumans to attack the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Superman crashed down at the Malick Residence as the battle raged.

Shen Fei arrived to confront Hive and Kaecilius, with Wanda joining the battle and helping defeat Kaecilius's forces. Shen Fei killed Hive by freezing him and his parasites, leaving the remaining Inhumans at his mercy.

• Shen Fei appeared unscathed after the Inhumans' attacks, while Kaecilius trapped Tony and the others in the Mirror Dimension.
• Shen Fei expanded the Mirror Dimension, and Wanda attacked Kaecilius with Seratok's Whip.
• Wanda identified herself as the Scarlet Witch and revealed that she had killed Kaecilius's subordinates.
• Hive ordered the Inhumans to attack Shen Fei again, but Shen Fei struck Hive and scattered his body into parasites.
• Hive's parasites devoured an Inhuman and re-formed, but Shen Fei froze Hive and the parasites with Super Breathing.

Shen Fei and Wanda defeated Kaecilius after Shen Fei froze the Inhumans and overpowered the sorcerer. Dormammu took Kaecilius’s soul, but Shen Fei believed his magical cultivation had been destroyed.

• Shen Fei froze the Inhumans with Super Breathing while Kaecilius fought Wanda and prepared to escape through a Black Hole.
• Shen Fei used Space Imprisonment to shatter Kaecilius’s escape portal, then broke his shield and freed the Avengers from the Mirror Dimension.
• Shen Fei used Soul Magic to expose the real Kaecilius among his duplicates, and Wanda interrupted Kaecilius’s spell so Shen Fei could strike him down.
• Kaecilius’s body erupted into blood, but Dormammu took his soul before Shen Fei could catch it.
• Shen Fei told Wanda that Kaecilius was not dead, but that his magical cultivation had been ruined and he would likely return as a Dark Magic User.

Shen Fei defeated Hive and captured the Inhumans, then rejected the Avengers' demand to release them but agreed to consider a deal after his research. He killed Gideon Malick after extracting his intelligence, declaring Hydra's Secret Society finished.

• Shen Fei froze the Inhumans and killed Hive's sorcerer with a single punch, ending the Avengers' fight.
• Shen Fei sent the captured Inhumans through a ring of light to Osborn Company's laboratories despite Skye's protests.
• Rogers and Tony offered to trade for the Inhumans, and Shen Fei agreed to notify them after completing his research.
• Shen Fei entered Malick Manor, where Max brought him Gideon Malick as a prisoner.
• Shen Fei extracted Gideon's intelligence and killed him, declaring Hydra's Secret Society done for.

Shen Fei forced Sphinx to surrender control of the Malick Family, then subdued Rogers when he challenged that decision. Mordo arrived to report a Dimensional Creature invasion in Limbo, and Shen Fei left with Wanda to respond.

• Shen Fei threatened to erase the Malick Family unless Sphinx became his subordinate, and she agreed to protect her relatives.
• Rogers objected to Shen Fei sparing the Malick Family, so Shen Fei seized him by the throat and demanded to know if anyone else disagreed.
• Tony urged calm, and Rogers obeyed Nick Fury’s warning not to provoke Shen Fei further.
• Mordo told Shen Fei that a Dimensional Creature had invaded Limbo, and Shen Fei agreed to go there.
• Shen Fei left Max in charge and invited Wanda to accompany him; Mordo accepted after learning the Ancient One had permitted it.

Shen Fei and Wanda entered Limbo to stop its invasion of Earth and confronted its ruler, Magik. After defeating her hellish forces, Shen Fei recognized her as Colossus's sister and explained why Kamar-Taj would not let her return to Earth as she was.

• Shen Fei, Wanda, and Mordo arrived in Limbo, where Kamar-Taj sorcerers fought hell creatures invading Earth.
• Shen Fei recognized the Border Queen as Magik after she accused him of preventing her return to Earth and attacked him.
• Shen Fei sent Wanda and Mordo to help the other sorcerers, then fought Magik's subordinates.
• Shen Fei destroyed the Flame Demon and its soul, then quickly defeated the rest of Magik's forces.
• Shen Fei told Magik he knew her as Colossus's younger sister and said Kamar-Taj could not allow her to return while she carried Black Magic and the aura of the Hell Dimension.

Magik opened a gate from Limbo to Earth, but Mordo tried to stop her because he considered her Black Magic and connection to Hell a threat. Shen Fei prevented a fight and offered to bring Magik’s brother Colossus to see her, leaving her return to Earth unresolved.

• Magik used magic to locate Earth and opened a gate, but Mordo and the others confronted her and attacked the Hell Creatures with her.
• Mordo called Magik a Black Magic User who had become partly a Hell Creature, while Magik explained that she needed magic to return home.
• Shen Fei distinguished Wanda’s Chaos Magic from Black Magic and told Mordo that Magik could be taught White Magic later.
• Magik threatened to treat Mordo as an enemy if he kept her from seeing her brother, and Mordo prepared to fight.
• Shen Fei reminded Mordo that he was the guardian of the Sanctum, then offered to bring Colossus to see Magik.

Magik agreed to stop the attack and give Shen Fei a drop of blood in exchange for meeting her brother, Colossus. Shen Fei left to find Colossus at X-Men Academy, while Tony arranged to discuss the Illuminati with him later.

• Magik judged that Shen Fei and his allies had the advantage, then ordered her infernal creatures to retreat and agreed to give him blood after he brought her brother to meet her.
• Shen Fei returned to Malick Manor, learned that Iron Man had left, and flew to Stark Industries to ask Tony where X-Men Academy was.
• Tony questioned why Shen Fei wanted the address, and Shen Fei explained that Magik could not come to Earth because she was a Dark Magic User.
• Charles sent Shen Fei X-Men Academy's coordinates through a psychic connection.
• Shen Fei agreed to meet Tony in a few days to discuss the Illuminati, then departed for X-Men Academy.

Shen Fei came to X-Men Academy to tell Colossus that his sister Illyana was in Limbo and let the siblings see each other through a portal. He closed it before Colossus could reach her, leaving Colossus enraged as a calm voice urged everyone to settle down.

• Charles told Colossus and Ororo that Shen Fei was coming to the academy to find Colossus.
• Ororo sent the new students inside and warned them, especially Rogue, not to trust what they heard.
• Shen Fei arrived and told the assembled Mutants that Colossus's sister had asked him to bring Colossus to her.
• Shen Fei opened a portal to Limbo, where Magik recognized Colossus as Piotr and Colossus recognized Illyana as his sister.
• Shen Fei closed the portal before the siblings could reunite, and Colossus charged at him until an unseen barrier stopped him.
• A calm voice told the gathered Mutants to calm down.

Shen Fei brought Colossus to reunite with Magik but insisted that Kamar-Taj's rules barred her from returning to Earth because she was a Dark Magic User. After collecting a sample of Magik's blood, he asked whether Colossus would stay with her or return to the X-Men Academy, then challenged the others to fight if they rejected his decision.

• Shen Fei explained to Charles, Logan, and Ororo that Magik could not return to Earth under Kamar-Taj's rules.
• Shen Fei opened a portal, and Colossus reunited with Magik while Mordo reconsidered his judgment of her use of dark magic.
• Shen Fei collected a drop of Magik's blood as payment for bringing Colossus to her.
• Shen Fei asked whether Colossus would leave with him or stay with Magik, while Colossus weighed his reunion against his duty to the X-Men Academy.
• Ororo and Charles questioned Shen Fei's decision, and Shen Fei warned that a fight would leave them at his mercy; Charles said they would not fight.

Shen Fei forced Magik out of the circle and sent Colossus back to X-Men Academy, but Colossus attacked him and the X-Men joined the fight. Shen Fei overwhelmed the attackers, leaving Logan and Bobby knocked aside as the battle continued.

• Shen Fei gave Colossus three seconds to leave, and Magik pushed her brother out of the circle before it vanished.
• Colossus charged at Shen Fei, but Blink opened a portal behind him and sent him crashing into Shen Fei instead.
• Shen Fei seized Colossus and smashed him into the ground, prompting Logan, Bobby, Erik, White Queen, Juggernaut, and another mutant to attack.
• Shen Fei told Wanda and Mordo to stay back, then used Colossus to strike Logan and Juggernaut, breaking Juggernaut's momentum and injuring him.
• Shen Fei swung Colossus and Juggernaut at Logan and Bobby, sending Logan flying and shattering Bobby's ice shield before knocking him away.

Shen Fei defeated the X-Men and restrained the White Queen and Blink, leaving Charles facing him with more Mutants arriving. Deadpool’s unexpected knowledge of Shen Fei’s cousin made Shen Fei pause to answer him.

• Shen Fei brushed off Ororo’s storm and Erik’s metal attacks, then used a golden ring to cancel Blink’s portal and forced her to his side.
• Shen Fei bound the White Queen with a golden rope and told Charles he wanted to study her two Mutant abilities.
• Charles challenged Shen Fei, while Sunspot, Domino, Warhead, Deadpool, and other Mutants arrived and the students recognized Shen Fei as Superman from Osborn Company.
• Deadpool tried to distract Shen Fei with jokes and questions about Spider-Man and Superman, then froze when Shen Fei identified his cousin as Deathstroke.

Shen Fei negotiated with Tony and Charles after defeating the X-Men, demanding a steep exchange for Emma and Blink. Charles agreed to give up the requested samples and Brainwave Amplifier blueprints, leaving the Mutants warned to control their tempers.

• Charles refused to fight Shen Fei again but asked what it would take to free Emma and Blink.
• Tony arrived and offered his Nanotechnology in exchange for Emma and Blink, but Shen Fei rejected the offer as insufficient.
• Shen Fei demanded the women's blood, Rogue's and Beast's blood, the Brainwave Amplifier blueprints, and Tony's Nanotechnology.
• Charles accepted the terms, and Hank handed Shen Fei the Brainwave Amplifier materials while Tony sent the Nanotechnology to Osborn's engineering department.
• Shen Fei took blood from Emma and Blink and warned the Mutants to control their tempers.