Recaps

Yang Hao secretly stole Shisui Uchiha’s body, soul, and eyes, then forged a powerful Kotoamatsukami eye Soul Bone and fused it into his Heavenly Eye. As the Uchiha clan moved toward rebellion and Itachi Uchiha chose to approach the Hokage, Yang Hao kept watch, intent on seizing the clan’s fortune.

• Danzo Shimura killed Shisui Uchiha and believed he had taken Shisui’s eyes, but a genjutsu concealed their disappearance and Shisui’s body vanished from its burial site.
• Yang Hao revealed that he had used a White Zetsu spore to disrupt Shisui’s chakra, then repaired Shisui’s body, awakened its Mangekyo Sharingan, and fashioned the eyes into a stronger Kotoamatsukami eye Soul Bone.
• Yang Hao fused the eye Soul Bone into his Heavenly Eye, gaining a Four Tomoe Rinne Sharingan, while Black Zetsu celebrated the progress toward the Infinite Kotoamatsukami Plan.
• Yang Hao stayed near Konoha to watch the Uchiha clan and plan to seize its fortune before the clan’s extermination.
• Itachi Uchiha learned from Shisui’s coded message that Danzo Shimura had killed his friend, awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, and began considering the clan’s destruction as a path forward.
• Uchiha clansmen called for resistance and a coup, but Fugaku Uchiha judged the timing too dangerous; after the gathering, Itachi secretly went to the Hokage Building as Yang Hao watched him.

Yang Hao inflamed the Uchiha clan’s anger and planned to harvest their Sharingan, while rumors that Itachi had betrayed them sparked an assault on the Hokage Building. The chapter ended with Fugaku and Itachi clashing in battle, as Itachi declared that the clan had to be destroyed and rebuilt.

• Yang Hao told Mikoto that the Heavenly Ninja Country would accept only some Uchiha, then used White Zetsu spores and emotional manipulation to strengthen the clan’s Sharingan.
• Uchiha gathered at Fugaku’s residence after hearing that Itachi had defected to the Hokage faction and possibly killed Shisui, then charged toward the Hokage Building.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen led ANBU to intercept the Uchiha, while the Hyuga, Inuzuka, and Aburame clans stayed out of the conflict.
• Fugaku unleashed Amaterasu against the ANBU, and Itachi responded with his own Amaterasu, setting the Uchiha fighters ablaze.
• Fugaku and Itachi’s Tsukuyomi techniques canceled each other out, and Itachi told his father that the Uchiha had to be destroyed and rebuilt.

Fugaku Uchiha fought Sarutobi Hiruzen during the Uchiha rebellion, while Itachi Uchiha and Uzumaki Naruko intervened. The First's Wood Release helped bring Fugaku down, but dozens of Uchiha awakened Mangekyo and unleashed Amaterasu and Susanoo, leaving the battle escalating across Konoha.

• Fugaku Uchiha expanded his Susanoo and attacked Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Itachi Uchiha used the Totsuka Blade against his father and Fugaku escaped sealing with Izanagi.
• Uzumaki Naruko used the Nine-Tails' chakra and a Rasengan to stop Fugaku's axe, but Sarutobi Hiruzen sealed her chakra and knocked her unconscious after Fugaku revealed her parents' identities.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned the First and used Wood Release to restrain Fugaku, while Itachi's Tsukuyomi prevented Fugaku from using Izanagi and the wooden dragon crushed him.
• The First used Deep Forest Emergence against the Uchiha, but more than thirty Uchiha awakened Mangekyo, unleashed Amaterasu, and formed Susanoo to fight back.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen controlled the First to use Deep Forest Emergence again as the Uchiha spread their attacks across Konoha.

Sarutobi Hiruzen used the reanimated First to crush the Uchiha rebellion, but the Uchiha corpses vanished afterward. In the City of Heaven, Yang Hao prepared Mikoto Uchiha to pursue an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and explained how he planned to manage the captured Uchiha, while Tobirama Senju took responsibility for their women and children.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen unleashed the First’s Wood Release against the Uchiha rebels, then sealed him away and discovered that the Uchiha corpses had disappeared.
• Yang Hao returned Mikoto Uchiha’s original eyes and told her to fuse them with her newly awakened Mangekyo Sharingan to create an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Yang Hao threatened to place life-controlling Cursed Seals on the captured Uchiha women and children, then asked Tobirama Senju to arrange their care.
• Yang Hao revealed that he had orchestrated Shisui Uchiha’s death and explained that Itachi Uchiha had killed his father after reading Shisui’s coded message.
• Yang Hao said he could separate the Sharingan’s evil attribute to reduce its influence, and Tobirama Senju went to guide the captured Uchiha children.
• Yang Hao warned Mikoto Uchiha that evolving her eyes toward the Rinnegan could be fatal, and she left angrily as Uzumaki Kushina followed to comfort her.

Yang Hao explained Sasuke Uchiha’s family history and his own role in the Nine-Tails incident, then left him to recover in the City of Heaven. In Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen and his allies learned Shisui Uchiha was alive and decided to relocate to Rainbow Country, but still needed to persuade the other clans.

• Yang Hao promised Sasuke Uchiha he would reveal the full truth after Sasuke graduated and awakened the Mangekyo, and explained that he had collected Minato’s soul and arranged Sasuke’s apprenticeship and engagement to Naruko.
• Yang Hao told Sasuke Uchiha that Konoha had previously suppressed the Senju, Uzumaki, and Hyuga clans, then spent a day showing him around the City of Heaven.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted Danzo Shimura over Shisui Uchiha’s death, and Danzo admitted that Shisui had escaped using Izanagi.
• Utatane Koharu urged the leaders to imprison Itachi Uchiha and move Konoha to Rainbow Country, while Danzo Shimura said the Hidden Mist Village was weakened by internal strife.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to move to Rainbow Country but asked how they would persuade the Hyuga, Inuzuka, and Aburame Clans.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo Shimura planned to replace Uzumaki Naruko as the Nine-Tails jinchuriki and take control of Summoning Island, while Itachi Uchiha escaped with Uchiha Obito. At Summoning Island, Sarutobi Hiruzen found Uzumaki Kushina, Uzumaki Naruko, Yang Hao, and Orochimaru already there, and abandoned his attempt to seize the Nine-Tails.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to approach Hyuga Hiashi and replace Uzumaki Naruko, while Danzo Shimura revealed that Summoning Island might have found an Uzumaki clansman.
• Uchiha Obito told Itachi Uchiha that Danzo Shimura wanted his eyes, then killed three Root ninja and helped Itachi escape.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and his companions persuaded Hyuga Hiashi, then traveled with Uzumaki Naruko to Summoning Island.
• Uzumaki Kushina carried the unconscious Uzumaki Naruko off the ship, while Sarutobi Hiruzen recognized Yang Hao and learned he had taken control of Summoning Island.
• Yang Hao relayed Sasuke Uchiha's threat to Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Orochimaru reproached his former teacher before Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the ship to turn back.

Yang Hao and his allies planned to expand the Heavenly Ninja Country and revive Senju Hashirama to help transform barren lands. After Hashirama awakened in a prepared clone, he learned that Tsunade had married Yang Hao just as she arrived and confronted him.

• Yang Hao explained that he had provoked the old man to keep him resisting until his clan could be dealt with, while Uzumaki Kushina took the unconscious Uzumaki Naruko for examination.
• Yang Hao and Orochimaru discussed expanding into the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth, reviving Senju Hashirama for his Wood Release, and developing a summoning beast that could help absorb natural energy.
• Yang Hao said Garaga would take control of Ryuchi Cave, and Orochimaru planned to target the White Snake Sage and her sage technique inheritance.
• At the City of Heaven, Tobirama Senju removed Sarutobi Hiruzen's control seal, awakening Senju Hashirama so they could revive him in a clone body.
• Senju Hashirama met Yang Hao, learned he was Tsunade's husband, and celebrated her marriage before Tsunade entered and glared at him.

Yang Hao revived Senju Hashirama so he could use Wood Release to transform harsh lands, and explained that the Heavenly Ninja Country aimed to unify the world and end war. After seeing the new Konoha and learning how the old village had fallen, Hashirama confronted his regret over Madara and the Uchiha tablet, while Yang Hao revealed he also planned to carry out Madara’s genjutsu-world plan.

• Senju Piaoxue introduced herself to Senju Hashirama, and Yang Hao revived him in a clone body after persuading him to use Wood Release for environmental transformation rather than combat.
• Yang Hao showed Hashirama the City of Heaven and explained the history of Konoha’s collapse, leaving Hashirama grieving over the village’s failures and the destruction of the Senju and Uzumaki clans.
• Yang Hao led Hashirama around the city, where Hashirama learned about improved cultivation methods and the possibility of greatly extended lifespans.
• At the Valley of the End, Hashirama regretted ignoring Madara’s warnings, and Yang Hao revealed that Madara was not completely dead and had awakened the Rinnegan.
• Yang Hao showed Hashirama the Uchiha stone tablet and explained Madara’s plan to trap everyone in a genjutsu world, then said he also intended to make that plan happen.

Yang Hao pursued his plans to unify the ninja world peacefully while investigating the lunar Ōtsutsuki and recruiting Kisame Hoshigaki. The chapter ended with Yang Hao urging Kisame to join him instead of following Uchiha Obito.

• Yang Hao explained how Senju Hashirama could use Wood Release to green the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind and bring the nations together without bloodshed.
• Yang Hao told Senju Hashirama that Sarutobi Hiruzen had controlled his Reanimation Jutsu body and used Wood Release to kill the Uchiha, then took him to the Land of Rain to review the greening plan.
• Lunar Ōtsutsuki puppets attacked Konoha's fleet, massacred the Hyuga guards, and abducted Hyuga Hiashi; Yang Hao rescued the Hyuga children and secretly planted White Zetsu spores on the attackers.
• On the moon, the Ōtsutsuki man transplanted Hiashi's Byakugan into his son Toneri, whose eyes began developing the Tenseigan, while Yang Hao's spores infiltrated the moon to investigate its secrets.
• Yang Hao went to the Hidden Mist Village, had Miru summon Kisame Hoshigaki, and asked Kisame to join him, arguing that he had even saved Kisame's girlfriend.

Yang Hao recruited Kisame Hoshigaki to spy on Akatsuki and help guide Uchiha Obito, while also pressuring Miru to reconcile with Kisame. He left to pursue more recruits, then returned and forced Miru to stab Kisame so Yang Hao could declare them even and tell them to start over.

• Yang Hao pressured Miru to pretend to be Kisame's girlfriend by implying her younger sister might be in danger in the Hidden Mist Village, and Miru reluctantly agreed.
• Yang Hao explained Uchiha Obito's Eye of the Moon Plan, Uchiha Madara's role, and Akatsuki's connection to Kisame, who agreed to cooperate with him.
• Yang Hao took Kisame and Miru out of the Hidden Mist Village, then left to recruit Zabuza Momochi, Mangetsu Hozuki, and Kimimaro.
• Kisame and Miru stood awkwardly together until nightfall, when Yang Hao returned with two children.
• Yang Hao used chakra threads to make Miru stab Kisame, healed him, and declared that they were even and could start building a bond again.

Yang Hao pushed the Hidden Mist Village’s clan faction into a coup and equipped Zabuza with the killing-intent blade Demon Cutter, which he used to wound Yagura Karatachi. The fighting continued as the sword’s power strengthened Zabuza while corroding his arm.

• Kisame Hoshigaki apologized to Miru, and Yang Hao sent her back to the Heavenly Ninja Country with Kimimaro and Suigetsu Hozuki.
• Yang Hao ambushed Zabuza Momochi, offered him Demon Cutter, and ordered him to join the person who recruited him during the coming war and act as Yang Hao’s eyes.
• The Hidden Mist Village’s clan faction launched a coup against the Fourth Mizukage, but an ambush prepared with Uchiha Obito’s knowledge inflicted heavy casualties.
• Zabuza covered the battlefield in mist and slaughtered ninjas from both factions to strengthen Demon Cutter, while Mangetsu Hozuki and Kisame Hoshigaki fought Yagura Karatachi.
• Zabuza’s blade cut through Yagura Karatachi’s tailed-beast cloak and severed a chakra tail, but its power began corroding Zabuza’s arm until the sword’s ring-shaped guard suppressed it.

Zabuza and Mangetsu Hozuki’s coup against Yagura failed after a Tailed Beast Ball devastated the Hidden Mist Village, and Yang Hao recruited Mangetsu as an informant while giving him a powerful trident. In the Land of Earth, Konan secured a paid mission with Iwagakure before Naruto called out to her, leaving her wary of being targeted by Yang Hao.

• Zabuza, Mangetsu Hozuki, and Kisame Hoshigaki fought Yagura Karatachi in his Isobu form until Uchiha Obito used the Six-Tails jinchuriki to launch a Tailed Beast Ball at the Hidden Mist Village.
• Zabuza split the incoming Tailed Beast Ball with Ghost Slash, but the blast wrecked buildings, and the surviving rebels fled as their coup failed.
• Mangetsu carried the weakened Zabuza out of the village, then parted from him after Zabuza recovered enough to travel alone.
• Yang Hao approached Mangetsu, revealed that he had taken Suigetsu as his disciple, and gave Mangetsu a weight-adjustable trident in exchange for becoming his informant in the organization that would recruit him.
• Konan met Kitsuchi in the Land of Earth, agreed to cooperate with Iwagakure, and returned with an advance payment.
• Naruto called out to Konan as she flew overhead, and she recognized him from his photograph and grew wary.

Yang Hao pressured Konan into helping protect Nagato’s Rinnegan from Uchiha Madara, then traveled to Iwagakure to recruit Deidara and Kurotsuchi as disciples. He explained that he sought to unify the world to end war, leaving the two young ninja to consider his justification.

• Yang Hao told Konan he knew Akatsuki’s tailed-beast plan and threatened her until she agreed to use his spatial-disrupting sphere if Uchiha Madara tried to take Nagato’s eyes.
• Yang Hao investigated Iwagakure and found Deidara, offering to take him as a disciple.
• Kurotsuchi entered Deidara’s room and recognized Yang Hao as the feared Yellow Fiend, but Yang Hao invited her to become his disciple too.
• Yang Hao asked Deidara and Kurotsuchi what they thought of him and the Heavenly Ninja Country, and they called him bloodthirsty and ambitious.
• Yang Hao defended his actions by describing the suffering caused by the Ninja World Wars and said he wanted to unify the world to eradicate war.

Yang Hao secured Deidara and Kurotsuchi as disciples while preparing for war and pursuing further bloodline evolution. As the Akatsuki drew the Five Great Ninja Villages toward the Nine-Tails, Yang Hao focused on fusing Yin-Yang Release with Five Elements Release and considered Kaguya Otsutsuki as a source of the Divine Tree Fruit’s power.

• Yang Hao persuaded Kurotsuchi and Deidara to become his disciples by promising to teach them while threatening Iwagakure and Kitsuchi if they resisted.
• Yang Hao returned to the City of Heaven, then studied secrets of the Tenseigan and integrated Otsutsuki Toneri’s genes into his body to advance his Otsutsuki bloodline and evolve his Byakugan.
• The Heavenly Ninja Country expanded while Iwagakure and Sunagakure retreated, and the Akatsuki captured eight tailed beasts, leaving the Nine-Tails in the Heavenly Ninja Country’s Konoha Power Plant.
• Uchiha Obito, Konan, and Nagato planned to draw the Five Great Ninja Villages into an attack on the Konoha Power Plant, and the villages sent elite forces there.
• Yang Hao failed to fuse Yin-Yang Release with Five Elements Release and turned his thoughts to Kaguya Otsutsuki, who had consumed a Divine Tree Fruit.

Yang Hao gathered his students and allies to face the Fourth Ninja World War, while Akatsuki captured the Nine-Tails and transformed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path into the Ten-Tails. The Five Great Ninja Villages’ army was devastated by the monster, until Jiraiya arrived and explained that Akatsuki had created it.

• Yang Hao gathered his disciples and allies, announced that the Fourth Ninja World War had begun, and led them toward Konoha’s power plant on Garaga.
• Nagato Uzumaki absorbed the Nine-Tails into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, triggering its transformation into the Ten-Tails.
• The Five Great Ninja Villages’ elites arrived, but the Ten-Tails escaped Kitsuchi’s earth trap and destroyed most of their army with a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Jiraiya protected the surviving fighters from a second Tailed Beast Ball and told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Akatsuki, not the Heavenly Ninja Country, had created the Ten-Tails.

Nagato Uzumaki sealed the Ten-Tails within himself and transformed into its jinchuriki, disrupting Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Madara’s plans. Meanwhile, Sasuke Uchiha defeated Itachi Uchiha and absorbed his eyes, body, and soul, intending to give him a new life.

• Jiraiya identified Akatsuki as the group behind the Ten-Tails, while Sarutobi Hiruzen suspected the Heavenly Ninja Country had let them reach the battlefield on purpose.
• Konan used Yang Hao’s ninja tool to stop Uchiha Obito’s Kamui as Nagato Uzumaki sealed the Ten-Tails within himself and transformed into its jinchuriki.
• Nagato Uzumaki summoned the Ten-Tails again and guided its transformation into the Divine Tree, while Uchiha Obito summoned Uchiha Madara as a final trump card.
• Hashirama arrived with Sasuke Uchiha and others, and Sasuke confronted his brother Itachi Uchiha.
• Sasuke Uchiha overpowered Itachi Uchiha’s techniques and Susanoo, then extracted and sealed his soul and absorbed his eyes and body so he could give him a new life.

Sasuke Uchiha pursued Sarutobi Hiruzen as Nagato Uzumaki attacked New Konoha and battled Otsutsuki Toneri over the Ten-Tails. As the tailed beasts escaped and Madara was resurrected through Nagato, Hashirama gave Madara one of his eyes and suggested they watch the battle unfold.

• Sasuke Uchiha killed Fukasaku while holding Jiraiya back, then pursued Sarutobi Hiruzen after he escaped with Reverse Summoning Technique.
• Nagato Uzumaki fired a Tailed Beast Ball at New Konoha, explaining to Jiraiya that he was avenging Yahiko and Akatsuki by destroying Konoha.
• Otsutsuki Toneri attacked Nagato for the Ten-Tails and repeatedly overwhelmed him with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, while Hashirama pinned down Madara elsewhere.
• The Divine Tree bloomed, and the nine tailed beasts broke free from Nagato, leaving him weakened and no longer the Ten-Tails jinchuriki.
• Madara activated the contingency in Nagato and used the Rinne Rebirth Technique to become truly alive.
• Hashirama celebrated Madara's return, transplanted one of his own eyes into Madara, and told him to watch what happened next.

Yang Hao defeated Otsutsuki Toneri, claimed Nagato Uzumaki’s Rinnegan, and captured the Tailed Beasts to evolve his Divine Tree Martial Soul. After thwarting Black Zetsu’s plan to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki, he formed his own Bloodline Snare, freed the people trapped by the Divine Tree, and intercepted a group of time travelers from the future.

• Yang Hao killed Otsutsuki Toneri and took Nagato Uzumaki’s Rinnegan after Nagato admitted defeat and separated the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from himself before dying.
• Yang Hao defeated the nine Tailed Beasts, sealed them into his body, and used their power to advance the Divine Tree Martial Soul’s evolution.
• Yang Hao cast Infinite Tsukuyomi and Infinite Kotoamatsukami, then used Divine Tree World Arrival to bind people across the planet and absorb the Divine Tree.
• Black Zetsu revived Kaguya Otsutsuki through Yang Hao, but Yang Hao stopped the transformation and drained Kaguya’s power to complete his evolution.
• Yang Hao formed his own Bloodline Snare, freed everyone from the Divine Tree’s roots, and dispelled Infinite Tsukuyomi while leaving Infinite Kotoamatsukami’s effects in place.
• Yang Hao intercepted a group traveling from the future, crushed their turtle-shaped time-traveling ninja tool, and confronted the newcomers who blamed him for destroying their timeline.

Boruto Uzumaki and the time travelers discovered that this past differed sharply from their own, where Naruto was a man and Hinata was his mother. Future Sasuke’s group attacked Yang Hao to restore their ruined timeline, but after Heavenly Ninja Country overwhelmed them, they used Rinne Rebirth to revive their fallen allies and renew the assault.

• Boruto Uzumaki reunited with Hinata Hyuga and learned that Neji Hyuga had died protecting his parents in the Fourth Ninja World War.
• Uzumaki Naruko revealed that she was born a girl, was engaged to Sasuke Uchiha, and had a different family history from Boruto Uzumaki’s timeline.
• Future Sasuke declared that the time travelers had to kill Yang Hao to restore their future, then Sasuke Uchiha swiftly pierced him with a lightning-charged blade.
• Uzumaki Naruko and the fighters of Heavenly Ninja Country defeated the attackers’ forces, while Mangetsu Hozuki complained that there were too few enemies.
• Future Sasuke used Izanagi to return beside Naruto, and the two performed Rinne Rebirth, sacrificing themselves to resurrect their allies.
• The revived fighters charged Yang Hao, who watched calmly because he was waiting for his true opponent.

Yang Hao defeated the returning Sage of Six Paths and Otsutsuki Hamura inside a small world he had created, absorbing Hamura’s power through a ruse. After cutting the Sage of Six Paths in half, he was caught in the Sage’s desperate Planetary Devastation technique.

• Zabuza Momochi, Mangetsu Hozuki, and the Heavenly Ninja Country’s fighters overwhelmed the revived ninja army while Senju Hashirama and Tobirama Senju watched.
• Black Zetsu possessed Kawaki, and Kaguya Otsutsuki turned him into a fruit and ate it to recover some strength.
• The Sage of Six Paths and Otsutsuki Hamura appeared as Ten-Tails jinchuriki, and Yang Hao trapped them inside his small world.
• Yang Hao wounded Otsutsuki Hamura, who transformed himself into a fruit for his brother, but Yang Hao used genjutsu to intercept and absorb it.
• Yang Hao froze the surrounding space and time, then cleaved the Sage of Six Paths in half.
• The Sage of Six Paths unleashed Planetary Devastation and pulled Yang Hao toward him with overwhelming gravitational force.

Yang Hao defeated the Sage of Six Paths and his allies, ended the future invaders’ timeline, and sensed danger threatening the Douluo Plane. He then awakened in a new life amid a battle at Stark Industries and realized he had arrived in the Marvel world.

• Yang Hao endured the sun’s energy, devoured the Sage of Six Paths, and repaired the damaged small world after the Divine Tree Martial Soul was burned.
• Might Guy defeated his future self and his father, while Hatake Kakashi and his allies overwhelmed Uchiha Obito, whom Mikoto Uchiha killed.
• Sasuke Uchiha captured Konoha’s former leaders and summoned the Uchiha clansmen he had revived to avenge the clan; Uzumaki Naruko killed Sarutobi Hiruzen after Sasuke showed Naruto evidence of his crimes.
• Future Sasuke and Naruto died as their timeline vanished, and Yang Hao celebrated victory before sensing that the Douluo Plane faced danger from the God Realm.
• Yang Hao’s consciousness awakened in a man at Stark Industries after an electrical current restarted his heart, and his memories identified the new world as Marvel.

Yang Hao stole Tony Stark’s Arc Reactor and used his spinal injury to persuade Hydra to send him into the Winter Soldier Project. After surviving the Super Soldier Serum, he began recovering from his injuries and would be able to stand again.

• Yang Hao took the Arc Reactor from Obadiah Stane’s Iron Man suit and hid it inside his abdominal wound before Hydra agents led by Crossbones Brock Rumlow retrieved him.
• Yang Hao handed the reactor to Crossbones and asked him to seek treatment for his paralyzed legs, while a doctor confirmed his spinal cord was severely damaged.
• Crossbones brought the reactor to Alexander Pierce, who approved sending Yang Hao to the Winter Soldier Project in exchange for the valuable technology.
• Crossbones took Yang Hao to a secret base, where staff injected him with the Super Soldier Serum.
• Yang Hao endured the serum’s effects and survived the transformation, beginning to heal as Crossbones congratulated him.

Yang Hao used his serum-enhanced abilities to win access to Hydra’s research and impress Alexander Pierce, who began planning to deploy him as an independent operative. After Hao noticed the Arc Reactor’s output was far below its intended capacity, he deduced that Howard Stark had designed it to create a new element.

• Yang Hao joined the serum research, obtained its data, and demonstrated exceptional learning and marksmanship.
• Crossbones reported Yang Hao’s abilities to Alexander Pierce, who authorized an independent identity and broader access to research materials.
• Yang Hao studied advanced technology and helped repair and reproduce the Arc Reactor at Hydra’s base.
• Alexander Pierce observed the reactor test and questioned Yang Hao about his dissatisfaction with its output.
• Yang Hao explained that the reactor should produce far more power and deduced that Howard Stark had designed it around a new, artificially created element.

Yang Hao helped Hydra create a powerful new element reactor and then used Tesseract-energy scanners to locate Captain America's plane in the Arctic. He found Captain America alive and frozen, and Pierce ordered a cell sample taken before arranging his recovery.

• Yang Hao used Howard Stark's recordings and model to identify the new element, then developed it with a particle accelerator and powered an Arc Reactor that exceeded its previous output.
• Pierce ordered Hydra to gather materials for an Iron Legion and gave Yang Hao full access to Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. technical files.
• After studying weapons powered by Tesseract energy, Yang Hao led a team to northern Russia to search for Captain America's plane and its remaining bombs.
• Yang Hao deployed ten thousand miniature drones, and after half a month they detected the plane beneath the ice.
• Yang Hao found Captain America frozen inside the plane and confirmed he was alive, then told Crossbones and Pierce.
• Pierce ordered Yang Hao to take a cell sample from Captain America while he arranged to have him brought back.

Yang Hao used Hydra’s resources to investigate Bruce Banner and develop a serum combining Hulk’s power with the Super Soldier Serum. After undergoing Tesseract-energy irradiation, he transformed into a proportionate blue giant, though the chapter left the experiment’s success unconfirmed.

• Yang Hao learned that Bruce Banner had reappeared in Brazil and asked Crossbones to obtain Banner’s blood and search Betty Ross’s home for his experimental records.
• Hydra secured Banner’s blood and the records, while Yang Hao explained that Hulk’s abilities might be compatible with a perfected Super Soldier Serum.
• Yang Hao reported that his diluted serum could raise recipients to Captain America’s level with reduced risk, earning Alexander Pierce’s support.
• Yang Hao studied the Hulk research and combined Banner’s blood with the Super Soldier Serum, then used Tesseract energy to transform himself.
• Yang Hao emerged from the apparatus as a proportionate, blue, two-and-a-half-meter giant, and Pierce watched from outside the laboratory.