Recaps

Xiang Qian negotiated with General Ross over Worthington Industries’ security and warned him that two infantry companies could not stop Magneto. He planned to meet with the X-Men in San Francisco and secure Ross’s promise to let them help fight Magneto.

• Xiang Qian asked General Ross to explain how the military would protect Worthington Industries, and Ross described the troops stationed on Alcatraz Island.
• Xiang Qian warned Ross that Magneto was too powerful for the military’s deployment and invoked William Stryker’s death at Alkali Lake.
• Xiang Qian told Ross he intended to enlist the X-Men and asked him to accept their help until Magneto was defeated.
• General Ross agreed not to reject useful assistance, and Xiang Qian said he would travel to the United States to meet X-Men representatives in San Francisco.
• After the call, Xiang Qian considered the X-Men an ally to rely on, the armed forces a force to use, and Magneto a target to defeat.

Xiang Qian sought the Spear Bureau’s support for his plan to secure the mutant gene serum, but learned he had been banned from leaving the country because of his elevated security status. Zheng Xian weighed the plan and agreed to report it to his superiors, leaving Xiang Qian’s trip dependent on their approval.

• Xiang Qian went to the Spear Bureau to seek government support for his plan concerning the mutant gene serum.
• Zheng Xian told Xiang Qian he could not leave the country without approval and scolded him for drawing attention to himself in Tajikistan and risking important national projects.
• Xiang Qian argued that the mutant gene serum affected tens of millions of people and said he needed to go himself to win Professor Xavier’s trust and carry out the crucial step.
• Zheng Xian judged Xiang Qian’s preliminary plan comprehensive but worried that Xiang Qian was irreplaceable and could not be allowed to get into trouble.
• Zheng Xian explained that Xiang Qian’s security level had been raised and said he would report the plan and seek his superiors’ approval.

Xiang Qian exposed Mystique disguised as his chief flight attendant aboard his plane, and they discussed Charles, Magneto, and the Worthington Industries crisis. Mystique agreed to help discover Magneto’s plans while worrying that Xiang Qian’s own plan might endanger the mutants’ fragile peace.

• Zheng Xian arranged for Xiang Qian to fly east aboard a private jet.
• Xiang Qian recognized Mystique posing as his chief flight attendant with his mental-energy sense and Mutant Gene Detector.
• Mystique revealed that the real chief flight attendant was asleep and asked whether Charles had approached Xiang Qian about Worthington Industries.
• Xiang Qian said Magneto was preparing a major move and that Charles wanted to prevent bloodshed, but he planned to help neither side outright.
• Mystique offered to investigate Erik’s plans and warned Xiang Qian that his actions could lead to something worse.
• Mystique changed her appearance several times before returning to her familiar blonde face and growing intimate with Xiang Qian.

Xiang Qian arrived in San Francisco as tensions escalated around Alcatraz Island, where radical Mutants were gathering and the National Guard had deployed. After reconnecting with Tony Stark and receiving an offer of emergency help, Xiang Qian answered Nick Fury’s persistent call and demanded to know what S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted from him.

• Mystique left Xiang Qian after they arrived in San Francisco to investigate Magneto’s whereabouts.
• Xiang Qian ignored a persistent call from Blackheart and asked his driver to pass the consulate.
• Tony Stark contacted Xiang Qian, warned him that Alcatraz Island could become a battlefield, and offered an armed helicopter for emergencies.
• Xiang Qian confirmed he was going to Alcatraz Island despite Tony’s warning and promised to return to shore afterward.
• Xiang Qian finally answered Nick Fury’s call and asked what Fury wanted in exchange for S.H.I.E.L.D.’s sincerity.

Xiang Qian arrived in San Francisco as factions gathered around Worthington Industries’ Mutant Serum and the mutant Jimmy, whose secretions made the serum possible. He rejected Nick Fury’s attempt to secure S.H.I.E.L.D.’s cooperation and continued toward the docks, with Alcatraz Island visible across the bay.

• Xiang Qian’s late-announced arrival in the United States caught officials off guard, and his convoy reached the Golden Gate Bridge before authorities could respond.
• Nick Fury confronted Xiang Qian about Jimmy, but Xiang replied that the boy’s treatment by Worthington Industries had been legally approved by his parents.
• Fury described the growing crisis around San Francisco Bay, where mutants, the military, intelligence agencies, and foreign factions were converging over the serum.
• Fury proposed joint research with S.H.I.E.L.D., but Xiang said they could cooperate only if he retained control of the sole Jimmy.
• Xiang challenged Fury’s claim that S.H.I.E.L.D. represented the United States, argued for international cooperation, and ended the call.
• Xiang’s convoy traveled through protesters, police, and soldiers toward the docks, with Alcatraz Island across the bay.

Xiang Qian arrived at Alcatraz Island to assess Worthington Industries’ security and negotiate over scaling up production of the Mutant Serum. As the serum gained government approval and demand surged, he chose to visit Jimmy before meeting General Ross.

• Xiang Qian read that the FDA was about to approve the Mutant Serum for emergency release and suspected rival forces were trying to disrupt the government’s arrangement with Worthington Industries.
• Worthington II greeted Xiang Qian on Alcatraz Island and explained that military forces had fortified the island against a possible Mutant attack.
• Worthington II boasted that more than 120,000 people had reserved the serum and that the White House was considering medical loans to help Mutants afford it.
• Worthington II asked Xiang Qian to provide Extraction Catalysis Technology so Worthington Industries could produce the serum at scale, and Xiang Qian said he would first assess the investment’s security.
• Xiang Qian asked to visit Jimmy before meeting General Ross, and Worthington II agreed, believing Xiang Qian meant to slight the general.

Xiang Qian met Jimmy, the child whose mutation enabled Worthington Industries to make the Mutant gene serum, and challenged him to confront the consequences of his power. The chapter left Jimmy distressed and questioning whether his gift was a curse, while Warren Jr. had escaped by flying away.

• Xiang Qian and his companions left General Ross's command center and went with Worthington II to Jimmy's room in the core testing area.
• Worthington II received a call about Warren Jr., and Xiang Qian and the others saw Warren Jr. fly away into the sunset.
• Xiang Qian entered Jimmy's room and asked whether he envied Warren Jr.'s freedom; Jimmy asked if he could be like him, and Xiang Qian said no.
• Xiang Qian told Jimmy that Mutants could see him as either a savior or a threat, then demanded that he choose between those roles.
• Jimmy refused to choose and grew agitated, saying he wanted to be rid of his power and wondering if it was a curse.

Xiang Qian encouraged Jimmy to believe he could face his problems and promised to help him choose his own future. As Xiang Qian and Worthington II left, they discussed his story and Worthington II confidently predicted that his company would survive the crisis.

• Xiang Qian told Jimmy a story about overcoming a serious illness and urged him to tackle his problems rather than accept them as fate.
• Jimmy asked whether he could cure himself and whether the lab's danger put him at risk, and Xiang Qian promised to help him choose his future.
• Worthington II praised Xiang Qian for winning Jimmy's trust, and Xiang Qian said his childhood illness story was true.
• Xiang Qian insulted Worthington II by suggesting he had been born privileged, and Worthington II declared that he and Worthington Industries could withstand any storm.
• Xiang Qian said he hoped Worthington II and his company would endure the crisis.

Xiang Qian met with General Ross, left Alcatraz Island, and returned to San Francisco as radical Mutants filled the streets. Professor Xavier arrived for their appointment accompanied by Logan, Scott, and Beast, while Xiang Qian learned Beast had recently visited the island and asked about Raven.

• Xiang Qian and General Ross exchanged formal assurances, and Xiang Qian arranged for a negotiating team to meet him at the Hilton after San Francisco Bay calmed down.
• Xiang Qian joked with Worthington II about receiving VIP treatment from both Miss Hiltons, while a spider-bot crawled into a crack on the pier.
• On the drive to the Hilton, Xiang Qian explained that radical Mutants' tattoos represented identity and group belonging.
• The hotel manager gave Xiang Qian separate private-call messages and phone numbers from both Miss Hiltons.
• Professor Xavier arrived for his appointment with Logan, Scott, and Beast, prompting Xiang Qian to suspect Xavier had brought his love rivals on purpose.
• Beast told Xiang Qian he had visited the child on the island and asked whether he had seen Raven, and Xiang Qian said she seemed to be living as a lone wolf.

Xiang Qian argued with Professor Xavier and the X-Men about Worthington Industries’ Mutant Gene Serum, which he believed could help Mutants integrate into human society despite the risks. The meeting ended in anger after Xiang Qian exposed Cyclops Scott’s affair with Emma.

• Xiang Qian met with Professor Xavier and the X-Men, who warned that Worthington Industries’ serum could intensify conflict between Mutants and ordinary people.
• Xiang Qian said Magneto was likely targeting the pharmaceutical lab on Alcatraz Island and Jimmy, while Scott warned that Worthington II’s remarks had angered many Mutants.
• Beast admitted he saw value in the serum because he struggled with his mutation, and Professor Xavier cautioned that it was not the right time to distribute it widely.
• Xiang Qian argued that Mutants could not rely on existing laws to protect them because their abilities created loopholes ordinary people did not face.
• Xiang Qian reminded Scott that he had used Emma’s mental powers to cheat on Jean, prompting Scott to reach for his visor switch before Professor Xavier stopped him.

Xiang Qian argued that Mutant Serum could become a deterrent, but Professor Xavier refused to sacrifice Jimmy’s freedom and planned to protect him at the school. Xiang Qian then revealed that his Cerebral Wave Disruptor could defeat the telepathy hiding the X-Mansion, and a one-eyed man arrived offering Xavier a new plan.

• Xiang Qian argued that Mutant Serum could give the government a deterrent against Mutants, but Professor Xavier rejected the proposal because it would cost Jimmy his freedom.
• Professor Xavier said the X-Men would stop Erik from killing Jimmy and take the child away, and Xiang Qian agreed to help protect Alcatraz Island if Magneto attacked.
• Xiang Qian demonstrated that his Cerebral Wave Disruptor blocked Professor Xavier from sensing Beast McCoy’s thoughts, then explained that the device could expose the X-Mansion’s location.
• Xiang Qian revealed that the American government, military, and intelligence agencies had bought the devices, including a model covering all of Alcatraz Island, making Xavier’s plan to hide Jimmy unsafe.
• A tall, dark-skinned, one-eyed man entered the suite and offered to explain a new plan to Professor Xavier.

Nick Fury tried to persuade the Professor to hand Jimmy over to S.H.I.E.L.D., but Xiang Qian exposed Fury’s hidden device and argued against trusting secret agencies. The X-Men rejected Fury’s offer and chose to keep Jimmy outside S.H.I.E.L.D.’s protection program.

• Nick Fury offered the Professor a confidential S.H.I.E.L.D. protection program for Jimmy, but the Professor questioned whether the agency could be trusted.
• Xiang Qian pointed out that Fury had a Cerebral Wave Disruptor in his pocket, revealing how the Professor’s location had been discovered.
• Xiang Qian argued that X-Mansion could no longer protect Jimmy and urged the Professor to speak with Magneto about his plan.
• Logan rejected Fury’s appeal and said he trusted Xiang Qian more, while the Professor and Beast agreed that S.H.I.E.L.D. was too secretive to take charge of Jimmy.
• Xiang Qian applauded Logan for expressing the universal distrust of Nick Fury.

Xiang Qian explained his plan to integrate Mutants into ordinary society while arguing with Nick Fury. Magneto and Juggernaut attacked the professor and his party on a city street, and another fast-moving figure lunged toward the professor.

• Xiang Qian told Nick Fury that he intended to promote Mutant integration and warned that an independent Mutant society would develop rigid power-based classes.
• Magneto arrived in the street and sent cars crashing around the professor and his party.
• Juggernaut charged at the professor, but Cyclops and Beast diverted his attack into a roadside shop.
• The professor used his telepathy to bring the panicked crowd under control while the X-Men held off Juggernaut and watched Magneto.
• A second ally of Magneto raced into the street from beyond the professor's mental control and lunged at him.

The professor and the X-Men faced Magneto and Juggernaut in San Francisco until S.H.I.E.L.D. forces unexpectedly attacked Magneto. Xiang Qian revealed he had jammed communications and manipulated events, leaving Nick Fury to order a retreat after the X-Men escaped.

• The professor stopped a Latina attacker with his psychic powers, while Magneto trapped her in a wall of metal.
• Juggernaut charged at the professor, but Colossus Piotr intercepted him and wrestled him back with Scott's laser beams supporting him.
• The professor pleaded with Magneto to leave San Francisco and avoid harming innocents, while Magneto insisted he had others to protect.
• Xiang Qian taunted Nick Fury in a penthouse and secretly activated his Electronic Bracelet as a sniper fired at Magneto.
• Magneto returned the sniper's bullet, and S.H.I.E.L.D. forces opened fire; Nick Fury discovered that his communications had been jammed and that his agents believed he had ordered the attack.
• After the X-Men escaped and Magneto and Juggernaut attacked the Special Task Force, Xiang Qian switched off the jammer and sarcastically thanked Nick Fury on the professor's behalf.

Xiang Qian revealed that he had forged Nick Fury’s order to attack Magneto to protect Charles and test S.H.I.E.L.D.’s communications security. After Charles was shot and returned to the school, Xiang Qian warned Jean that Magneto would strike Worthington Industries the next day, a prediction supported by intelligence from Mystique.

• Xiang Qian watched Magneto leave with the captured Juggernaut while Nick Fury withdrew with the battered S.H.I.E.L.D. task force.
• Xiang Qian explained that he had breached S.H.I.E.L.D.’s communications channel and used an imitation of Nick Fury’s voice to order the attack on Magneto.
• Jean told Xiang Qian that Charles had been shot by a ricochet and Hank had been grazed while protecting him.
• Xiang Qian reassured Jean, urged the school to send representatives to Alcatraz Island, and predicted that Magneto would attack Worthington Industries the next day.
• Xiang Qian received an encrypted signal and revealed that Mystique had provided him with intelligence from within a radical Mutant group.

Xiang Qian watched Magneto raise a steel bridge to Alcatraz Island, then secured his hotel command post and prepared a magically enhanced pistol. As Mutants stormed the island and General Ross mobilized the troops, Xiang Qian sent Hank and the Beast to help while he monitored the battle from the hotel.

• Xiang Qian ordered his subordinates to seal the hotel suite, cut off unauthorized communications, and guard the door while Magneto's steel bridge crashed down toward Alcatraz Island.
• Xiang Qian sent drones to record the Mutants crossing the bridge and used a Spider-Bot to listen in on General Ross's orders to the troops.
• Hank contacted Xiang Qian, who shared the drone feed and urged him and the Beast to help stop more Mutants from reaching the island.
• Xiang Qian assembled a P226 whose magical engravings allowed ordinary metal bullets to hurt Magneto, then tested it with a laser aiming monocle.
• Xiang Qian watched the fighting on Alcatraz Island continue from the hotel.

Magneto’s Mutants fought through the US military’s defenses and the X-Men’s attempts to stop them from reaching Alcatraz Island. While the battle raged, Xiang Qian’s Spider-Bot broke into Jimmy’s monitored room and made the boy disappear.

• Magneto destroyed two armed helicopters, while a whirlwind cleared tear gas from the crowded bridge.
• Storm summoned a storm against the Mutants, but Magneto’s redirected metal fragments struck her; Colossus carried her off the building, and Nightcrawler disarmed Cyclops beneath the bridge.
• Juggernaut smashed through the ice wall and charged through the military line, allowing the Mutants to pour onto Alcatraz Island.
• Xiang Qian sent a Spider-Bot to Jimmy’s room, where it melted a hole through the reinforced glass and disabled the surveillance cameras.
• The floor vanished beneath Jimmy, and he disappeared from the room.

Xiang Qian showed Jimmy the battle on Alcatraz Island and persuaded him to disappear into hiding so the fighting over him could stop. Jimmy accepted the plan, and Xiang Qian sent him away through a portal.

• Xiang Qian brought Jimmy to his San Francisco hotel and showed him footage of the Mutants attacking the U.S. military on Alcatraz Island.
• Xiang Qian told Jimmy that radical Mutants wanted to kill him and that fighting would continue as long as they could find him.
• Xiang Qian offered to hide Jimmy under a new identity, promising to help him return home when people no longer needed to extract medicine from him.
• Jimmy agreed to leave his old life behind, and Xiang Qian opened a portal to send him to someone who would care for him.
• Xiang Qian sent Jimmy falling through the floor and remarked that Jimmy should speak faster next time.

Magneto’s Mutants broke into the Alcatraz building, but Iceman froze it until the Juggernaut smashed through. Xiang Qian arrived to retrieve Worthington Industries’ genetic-drug research and left the Juggernaut incapacitated as he entered the laboratory.

• Magneto used his powers to shake the building apart, but Iceman covered it in ice and sealed its entrances.
• Magneto urged the Juggernaut to clear a path, and the Juggernaut smashed through the frozen building and entered.
• Xiang Qian arrived outside Jimmy’s room through a portal, intending to reach the nearby pharmaceutical laboratory and retrieve its research data.
• The Juggernaut charged Xiang Qian, and Shadowcat phased through the floor and grabbed him to protect him.
• Xiang Qian moved Shadowcat aside and shot the Juggernaut repeatedly, breaking his limbs and leaving him unable to fight despite his rapid regeneration.
• Xiang Qian told Shadowcat that Jimmy’s room was empty, then entered the laboratory.

Xiang Qian copied Worthington Industries' experimental data while the Mutants overran the building and the X-Men searched for Jimmy. Magneto recognized that Xiang Qian might be the man who had shot Juggernaut and sent Nightcrawler to seize him.

• Kitty returned to the basement without Jimmy and reported that a masked man had badly wounded Juggernaut with a handgun.
• Logan and Hank realized the masked shooter was James Zion, and Hank warned Kitty that James had been flirting with her.
• Xiang Qian found the lab's computer records intact and began copying the experimental data while the fighting continued.
• Magneto arrived with Pyro John and Nightcrawler, and Juggernaut told them that the man who had hurt him was nearby.
• Nightcrawler burst through the lab door and charged at Xiang Qian, whom Magneto had identified as a threat.

Xiang Qian used a spatial maze to defeat Nightcrawler, then confronted Magneto while copying the Worthington Industries experimental data. Magneto left without learning where Jimmy was, and Xiang Qian continued to insist that Mutants were wasting the potential of their powers.

• Xiang Qian trapped Nightcrawler in a spatial maze and choked her unconscious when she stopped near him.
• Magneto arrived and recognized Xiang Qian, who kept him at gunpoint while asking about Jimmy.
• Xiang Qian claimed he did not know where Jimmy was and said he was protecting his assets and profits.
• Magneto realized Xiang Qian was copying experimental data and reached for the console, but Xiang Qian fired a warning shot and threatened to kill him if he interfered.
• Magneto withdrew from the console and questioned why Xiang Qian wanted the data, while Xiang Qian mocked the Mutants' understanding of genetics and their use of their powers.

Xiang Qian confronted Magneto on Alcatraz Island, arguing that his cause and treatment of ordinary people were hypocritical, then shot Pyro John when he attacked. Mystique arrived with news that the Marines were approaching, and Magneto left without the child, reluctantly agreeing to consider speaking with the Professor.

• Xiang Qian urged Magneto to leave Alcatraz Island and talk with the Professor, then mocked Magneto’s belief that Mutants represented humanity’s future.
• Pyro John attacked Xiang Qian with a fire dragon, but Xiang Qian shot and wounded him after shattering the lighter hidden in his sleeve.
• Xiang Qian ridiculed Pyro John for wasting his potential, while Magneto warned that Mutants would eventually prevail.
• Mystique arrived and reported that the Marines had gathered in the city and would soon land on the island.
• Raven urged Magneto to stop killing because the child was gone, and Magneto left with Pyro John after reluctantly agreeing to consider talking to the Professor.

After Magneto and Mystique left the lab, Xiang Qian finished copying the data and escaped back to his hotel as the military stormed Alcatraz Island. There, he refused to let FBI agents enter his room without a warrant and drove them away by threatening legal action.

• Xiang Qian watched Magneto leave, and Mystique refused his offer to stay with him before departing the lab.
• Xiang Qian monitored government forces surrounding Alcatraz Island and heard soldiers storming the building as the riot intensified.
• After the data finished copying, Xiang Qian took the USB drive through a portal back to his hotel room.
• Xiang Qian confronted the hotel manager and agents outside his door, rejecting their claim that emergency powers allowed them to enter.
• Xiang Qian warned the agents that his licensed bodyguards and lawyers would protect him, then shut the door in their faces.

After the Alcatraz Island uprising, Xiang Qian blamed Worthington II for the loss of Jimmy and sued him, while arranging a scandal with the Hilton Sisters to distract the agents watching him. The resulting tabloid frenzy frustrated Nick Fury, whose team had uncovered little beyond Xiang Qian’s possible trip to Los Angeles.

• Xiang Qian told the White House that he would cooperate, demanded Magneto’s capture and Jimmy’s recovery, and ordered his lawyers to sue Worthington II.
• Xiang Qian decided to date both Hilton Sisters to draw attention away from the agents surveilling him, and Red Star called him a jerk.
• Tabloids published photos showing both Hilton Sisters visiting Xiang Qian’s presidential suite, turning the story into a major scandal.
• Nick Fury berated his surveillance team for submitting tabloid reports and demanded useful intelligence about Xiang Qian.
• The team told Nick Fury that Xiang Qian might travel to Los Angeles within the next two days.

Xiang Qian agreed to travel from San Francisco to Los Angeles for Tony Stark’s extravagant party after the Alcatraz Island riot and Mutant gene serum incident. As Xiang Qian’s convoy left the city, a secret director ordered him placed under constant surveillance.

• Tony Stark invited Xiang Qian to Los Angeles for a huge party, while Pepper Potts explained the guest list and scolded both men over the phone.
• Xiang Qian joked with Tony Stark about the party and told the socialite in his bed that he was leaving for a family gathering.
• Xiang Qian departed San Francisco by convoy, allowing paparazzi to follow him and keep him in the public eye.
• A charcoal-faced director watched Xiang Qian’s convoy and ordered a dedicated team to monitor him whenever he entered the United States or left China.