Chapter Summaries

Lee Stein used a Human Body Interference Grenade to make Tony Stark sing, then fought the Hulkbuster Armor with Project Armor and an energy-fed Tang sword. As Tony called on Ultron to take over the armor, Lee activated Pandora’s immersive command mode and prepared to show him the strength of the masses.

• Lee Stein explained how the Human Body Interference Grenade controlled ordinary people by disrupting their neural signals and why Tony Stark was especially vulnerable to it.
• Tony Stark regained control after singing and charged Lee Stein in the Hulkbuster Armor.
• Lee Stein equipped Project Armor with Pandora’s support and dodged the Hulkbuster’s attacks while firing weapons from his steel wings.
• Lee Stein slashed the Hulkbuster Armor’s right arm twice, and Tony Stark used a Veronica module to replace the damaged component.
• Tony Stark asked Ultron to take over the armor, while Lee Stein ordered Pandora to activate immersive command mode.

Li Si and Tony Stark watched Deathwing ravage the Iron Baron Territory and the XF-26 Recruit Garrison, where the Iron Baron and other leaders fought back. The Little Broken Ball Human Federation sent its armored white dragon, Frostwing, to confront Deathwing in the sky.

• Li Si joked with the irritated Tony Stark in a tavern before Deathwing appeared and flew toward the Iron Baron Territory, burning everything in his path.
• The Iron Baron, the King of the Hill, and their allies pursued Deathwing, while Li Si teleported with Tony Stark to the XF-26 Recruit Garrison.
• Deathwing attacked the garrison, and the Iron Baron and the other leaders engaged him, causing extensive destruction and repeated Player deaths.
• The Little Broken Ball Human Federation deployed the mechanical white dragon Frostwing, which struck Deathwing and began grappling with him in midair.

Lee discovered that using Personality Copy on Tony Stark let him perceive and control mental power, giving him a new way to study mental power and souls. He came out of the trance on Tony’s bed, where Tony demanded that he get out of his head.

• Lee refused to give Tony Stark access to the virtual space but offered to build him a private one.
• Lee used Personality Copy on Tony and sensed mental power connecting their minds.
• Lee asked Pandora to scan him, but it found no physical abnormalities or detectable energy fluctuations.
• Lee briefly controlled the mental power before the skill ended, and he resolved to use Personality Copy to continue researching it.
• Lee realized he was lying on Tony’s bed, and Tony demanded that he get out of his head.

After two months of experimenting with mental power, Lee Stein completed a robot body for Pandora, who activated it as the Magnetic Storm War Angel Icarus Model. Lee Stein left Pandora dressed in her familiar office-lady style, while insisting he would never become involved with a machine.

• Lee Si used his developing mental power to operate the Mechanical Assembly Center and finish building a Secondary Adamantium robot body.
• Pandora covered the body with bionic muscle fiber and skin, activated its systems, and completed the Magnetic Storm War Angel Icarus Model.
• The robot body awakened, assembled its steel wings, and bowed before Lee Stein.
• Lee Stein ordered Pandora to put on clothes and privately reaffirmed that he would never engage in human-machine interaction.
• Pandora changed into her office-lady outfit, leaving Lee Stein to find her appearance even more alluring.

Li Si completed Pandora’s Magnetic Storm War Angel body as an experimental step toward making Max the god of Earth through a wireless power grid and specialized armor. After Pandora reported the Taotie and a crocodile-man fighting in Tianhe City, Li Si decided to travel to China with her to prepare for the coming superhuman conflict.

• Li Si finished installing a passive facial mimicry module in Pandora’s Magnetic Storm War Angel Icarus Model and told her to optimize it herself.
• Li Si explained that the Angel was a test project for the God Creation Plan, which aimed to empower Max with a wireless power grid and the Thunder King Armor.
• Pandora reported supernatural incidents in China, including an unidentified flying object and a giant crocodile-man fighting in Tianhe City.
• Li Si recognized the incident as the beginning of the superhuman storyline and ordered Pandora to book him a flight to China.
• Pandora asked to accompany Li Si, and he agreed, telling her to get Nick Fury to arrange a fake ID.

Li Si and Pandora arrived in Giant Gorge City, where a staged accident brought them face-to-face with Qilin, a police officer from Super God Academy. They escaped after Pandora intervened, and Li Si told her to keep an eye on Qilin as a lead to finding Super God Academy.

• Li Si and Pandora flew to China and, after resting, drove Bumblebee around Giant Gorge City.
• An old woman staged a traffic accident and demanded money from Li Si, while Pandora recognized the scam.
• Qilin arrived, accused Li Si of fleeing an accident, and raised her gun after sensing danger from him.
• Pandora pressed down Qilin's gun, gave her a business card, and led Li Si back to Bumblebee as they drove away.
• Li Si told Pandora that Qilin was connected to Super God Academy and asked her to watch the policewoman, then teased Pandora about her jealousy.

Qilin returned to the Super God Academy as the newly recruited warriors reacted to news of alien threats, and Leina revealed herself by overpowering Liu Chuang. As the group turned against her, two dark blue streaks arrived from the sky while General Dukao learned that divine-level combat had begun at the academy.

• Qilin returned to the classroom and found Ge Xiaolun, Liu Chuang, and the others arguing over news of an alien attack.
• Leina grabbed Liu Chuang, threw him through a classroom wall, and revealed herself as the goddess of the Blazing Sun Star, sent to protect Earth.
• Liu Chuang and the others united in anger after Leina called them ill-mannered, and Liu Chuang prepared to attack her.
• An unidentified voice challenged Leina from above as two dark blue streaks descended in front of Liu Chuang.
• Aboard the Juxia, General Dukao learned that an unknown high-energy aircraft had reached the Super God Academy and that divine-level combat was underway.

Lee Stein arrived with Pandora and challenged Leina after Rui Mengmeng recognized him as a celebrity and asked for an autograph. After Leina struck his Project Armor without injuring him, Lee Stein summoned a gigantic crimson demon-like creature through a micro-wormhole, leaving the fight poised to escalate.

• Lee Stein landed before Liu Chuang with Pandora, whose warning lightning made Zhao Xin, Ge Xiaolun, and the others stop staring at her.
• Rui Mengmeng recognized Lee Stein, excitedly introduced herself as his admirer, and asked him for an autograph.
• Lee Stein ended Rui Mengmeng's questions and challenged Leina to prove the strength of the alien gods.
• Leina conjured a metal shield and struck Lee Stein's Project Armor, sending it flying, but he remained unharmed.
• Lee Stein snapped his fingers and brought a gigantic crimson humanoid creature out of the void, prompting Du Qiangwei to identify the apparent micro-wormhole transport technology.

Lee Stein fought Leina while piloting the Nuclear Flame Demon bio-armor and overwhelmed her with its strength and his combat experience. Leina rose from the ruins and summoned a beam of stellar energy, preparing to show the power of the Sun Goddess.

• Lee Stein connected with the Nuclear Flame Demon armor and challenged Leina to fight.
• Lee Stein evaded Leina’s opening attack and knocked her through the teaching building with a hook.
• Lee Stein pursued Leina through the ruins, grabbed her, and repeatedly slammed her into the ground.
• Lee Stein mocked Leina as a weak god, while Ge Xiaolun, Zhao Xin, and the others watched in shock.
• Leina climbed from the rubble, declared herself the embodiment of the sun, and summoned a bright beam from the sky.

Leina’s nuclear-energy attack failed to harm Lee Stein’s Nuclear Flame Demon and instead powered it up, allowing him to defeat her in a brutal fight. After Leina surrendered, she noticed the military had arrived and complained that they had only watched.

• Leina unleashed a powerful beam on the Nuclear Flame Demon, but it emerged unharmed and glowing with heat.
• Lee Stein explained that the demon absorbed radiation and heat as fuel, then used its increased strength to punch Leina through several buildings.
• Lee Stein battered Leina across the ruined battlefield until she surrendered.
• Lee Stein stopped fighting after Leina admitted defeat, and she spotted military personnel watching from a distance and scolded them for arriving too late.

Lee Stein apologized to Leina after their fight and used the introductions to build ties with the Super God Academy and the Black Company. As Dukao introduced the group, Liu Chuang enthusiastically praised Lee but could not explain what he did beyond piloting a mech.

• Dukao approached Lee Stein after the fight and asked whether he preferred Lee Stein or Stan Lee.
• Lee explained his name, apologized for the damage, and said he would pay for the ruined buildings, but Dukao dismissed the offer.
• Lee apologized to Leina and explained that his temper had made him lose control, easing the Black Company's hostility toward her.
• Dukao introduced Lee to Leina and the members of the Black Company, including his daughter Du Qiangwei and Qilin.
• Liu Chuang excitedly told Lee that he admired him, then stammered when Lee asked what he did.

Lee Stein offered Dukao training technology, equipment, and technical support in exchange for research materials and Shana’s cooperation. Dukao agreed to the proposed exchange but walked away after Lee Stein asked what kind of person he was, answering that he was an Earthling.

• Lee Stein showed Dukao a virtual training pod that could accelerate consciousness-based training by up to ten times, along with other supplies and technical support.
• Dukao demonstrated Leina’s Dark Alloy Armor, but Lee Stein argued that Earth could not decipher its Shenhe technology or make its users fly.
• Lee Stein asked for dark energy research materials, micro-wormhole transport information, and Shana’s help with an experiment, and Dukao agreed to the exchange under conditions.
• Lee Stein added that the deal depended on Dukao answering what kind of person he was, and Dukao left, declaring that he was an Earthling.

Li Si studied the Super God Academy’s research on dark energy and tested Shana’s sound-based ability to understand its effects. He concluded that Shenhe technology’s dark energy systems resembled psychic power and magic, while Pandora began analyzing the phenomenon.

• Dukao gave Li Si a laboratory, research documents on dark energy and micro-wormhole transport, and other promised resources.
• Li Si summoned Shana and asked her to play a metal yao qin, then told her to use the unusual effect of her music rather than simply perform a melody.
• Shana’s playing produced an energy that began nourishing Li Si’s body, confirming she retained her sound-based ability.
• Li Si instructed Pandora to scan the effects of Shana’s playing, and Pandora detected an abnormal energy source by analyzing psychic feedback.
• Li Si studied the dark energy documents and compared Shenhe systems such as Dark Vision and Dark Communication to psychic power and magic.

Li Si studied dark energy and tested how to combine it with sound through his yáoqín, Concert. He discovered that the resulting soundwaves could carry dark energy and a weakened form of mental perception, letting him sense far beyond his usual range.

• Li Si interrupted his research to stop Shana after she played until she nearly collapsed, then confirmed Pandora had finished collecting scan data and sent Shana away.
• Li Si used Research and Development, Intensive Reading, and Rapid Construction to reproduce Shana’s performance on Concert, but he could not sense the dark energy she had used.
• Pandora explained that Shana had an internal dark energy source and received energy from Leina, leading Li Si to realize she might have used stored energy or her body’s organs to control it.
• Li Si concentrated his mental power and had Pandora process the faint traces he sensed until he identified dark energy resembling the kind Shana had mobilized.
• Li Si gathered the dark energy toward Concert and discovered that it could merge with his mental power into the soundwaves, allowing the music to probe his surroundings like a long-range radar.

After finishing his research on Shana, Lee Stein left Super God Academy to build his superhero fame by fighting crime and publicizing his exploits. His encounter with Angel Yan turned tense when she invaded his mind with Dark Communication, which Lee allowed to enter.

• Lee Stein finished studying Shana and said farewell to everyone at Super God Academy before flying away with Pandora.
• Lee Stein ordered Pandora to monitor nearby crimes and register an internet company to publish web novels, then began fighting crime in nearby cities.
• News outlets reported Lee Stein’s battles, prompting Dukao to call and question his actions.
• Lee Stein encountered Angel Yan, who scrutinized Pandora and warned him about offending the Angel Civilization.
• Angel Yan used Dark Communication to invade Lee Stein’s mind, and her expression changed when the power entered.

Angel Yan attacked Li Si but was overwhelmed by the rage in his consciousness, then fought Pandora above Tianhe City. Pandora defeated Yan with a storm of electricity, and Li Si ordered her captured for study before taking her back to New York.

• Angel Yan invaded Li Si’s mind, was engulfed by his rage, and crashed unconscious into a street in Tianhe City.
• Li Si taunted Yan from above, and she declared that his existence threatened the Order of Justice before attacking him.
• Pandora intercepted Yan’s sword strike, then fought her while Yan failed to damage Pandora’s mechanical body.
• Pandora unleashed Heaven’s Wrath—Thunder Punishment and struck Yan repeatedly with lightning until she fell scorched and unconscious.
• Li Si stopped Pandora from killing Yan, ordered her to keep Yan unconscious, and led Pandora and their captive back to New York.

After returning to New York, Li Si imprisoned Angel Yan in a virtual pod and began a long-term plan to remake her loyalty through simulated reincarnated lives. He then gave the researchers at Stein Tower advanced Shenhe technology and super-soldier blood samples to study.

• Li Si placed Angel Yan in a virtual pod beneath the Hive, cut off her communications, and began using simulated reincarnated lives to erode her memories and reshape her personality.
• Li Si considered stealing Hydra’s brainwashing method because researching memory implantation himself would take too much effort.
• Li Si returned to Stein Tower and presented Otto Gunther with dark energy and spatial technology, which Otto recognized as advanced research material.
• Li Si gave Samuel Sterns data on the Shenhe Civilization’s Galaxy Force and God of War of Norstar projects, and explained the civilization’s focus on genetic engineering and dark energy.
• Li Si handed Curt Connors and Samuel Sterns blood samples from Shenhe super-soldiers and asked them to investigate how their bodies observed and controlled dark energy.

Tony Stark learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. was preparing for Loki’s invasion and discovered that the crisis also involved supernatural forces reported from China. Although S.H.I.E.L.D. excluded Lee Stein from the Avengers, Tony proposed crowdfunding their effort to save the world, and Lee began considering the idea.

• Phil Coulson brought Tony Stark files on Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Loki, and the Tesseract, and Tony agreed to return to Washington the next day.
• Coulson explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. considered Lee Stein too risky and politically complicated to include in the Avengers.
• After Pepper Potts left, Tony reviewed Ultron’s China intelligence about angels, demons, and gods and contacted Lee.
• Lee refused to help without compensation, citing the expense of his radio network and the bill from his previous battle.
• Tony proposed crowdfunding the fight to save the world, and he and Lee joked about each other’s talent for making money.

Lee Stein offered S.H.I.E.L.D. one dose of Regeneration Serum as personal aid and warned Phil Coulson that he would soon regret excluding him. He prepared to help Coulson while revealing that his information advantage could serve as a display of strength, and he remained interested in Tony Stark's plan to crowdfund saving the world.

• Lee Stein called Phil Coulson and learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. had excluded him from its project on orders from above.
• Lee offered to provide one dose of Regeneration Serum, prompting Coulson to doubt his supposed generosity.
• Lee bet that Coulson would soon apologize and ask for help, then told him to pick up the serum while taking Pepper Potts to the airport.
• Lee explained to Pandora that revealing their knowledge was a show of strength meant to encourage S.H.I.E.L.D.'s cooperation.
• Lee said he was interested in Tony Stark's crowdfunded plan to save the world.

Lee Stein found that the New York battle quest had unexpectedly switched to Defense Mode and wondered what had caused the change. Meanwhile, Thor rescued Loki from Tony Stark and Steve Rogers, and the group headed back to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier while discussing their Azeroth-Marvel counterparts.

• Lee Stein saw that the New York quest was Defense Mode and held off on accepting it.
• Loki sent the Mind Stone-controlled Hawkeye to steal iridium while allowing Tony Stark and the others to capture him.
• Odin transported Thor to Earth, and Thor intercepted the plane to take Loki away.
• Tony Stark and Thor recognized each other from their earlier encounter, and Steve Rogers joined them before they agreed to return together with Loki.
• Tony Stark told Thor and Steve Rogers about their Azeroth-Marvel counterparts and showed Thor a Chinese movie star who resembled him.