Recaps

Xiang Qian captured Hulk, helped Tony expose Ivan Vanko’s weapons at Hammer Industries, and met Thor during his exile on Earth. He defeated the Destroyer and warned Nick Fury that Kamar-Taj distrusted S.H.I.E.L.D., then returned to Hong Kong to meet Ms. Jiaying.

• Xiang Qian captured Hulk in Harlem, took samples for Zheng Xian, and asked the Spear Bureau to help search for a Kamar-Taj traitor while his tests on Gordon revealed a mutation like an X-gene.
• Xiang Qian and Tony uncovered Ivan Vanko’s plan to replace wearable armor with armed robots, prepared to expose Hammer Industries, and learned that the Ancient One wanted Xiang Qian to meet Thor in New Mexico.
• After Odin stripped Thor of Mjolnir and exiled him to Earth, Xiang Qian confronted Loki, exposed his lie about Odin’s death, and lifted Mjolnir himself.
• Xiang Qian helped stop Vanko’s robots at Hammer Industries’ launch, where his security forces disabled Vanko’s armor and Tony destroyed Vanko’s technical data.
• When the Destroyer attacked the New Mexico base, Xiang Qian blocked its attacks, redirected its energy, and shattered it with Mjolnir.
• Xiang Qian returned Mjolnir to Thor, who lifted it and regained his powers before the Bifrost carried the Asgardians away.
• Xiang Qian told Nick Fury and Coulson that Kamar-Taj considered S.H.I.E.L.D. a threat because of its role in past crises, including opening a passage to the Hell Dimension, then warned Fury away from the Tesseract.
• Fury left for Los Angeles to meet Tony Stark, while Xiang Qian returned to Hong Kong and greeted Ms. Jiaying.

Xiang Qian captured Silver Surfer and learned that Galactus was coming to consume Earth. As Earth’s defenders prepared a weapon and evacuation plans, Jean reunited with Xiang Qian and took up Mjolnir before Galactus arrived.

• Xiang Qian confronted Jiaying, healed her scars, and brought her to Skye, who learned that Jiaying was her mother.
• Xiang Qian traced Doom Group’s space research to secretive investors and monitored its cosmic-ray experiment, which exposed Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm to radiation.
• After the Silver Surfer arrived on Earth, Xiang Qian trapped him in the Mirror Dimension and separated him from his board, learning that he served Galan, or Galactus.
• Professor Xavier read Silver Surfer’s memories, revealing that Galactus would likely reach Earth within a week to ten days, and Xiang Qian began seeking help and preparing defenses.
• Xiang Qian brought Tony Stark and Reed Richards to his hidden laboratory, where they planned to turn Silver Surfer’s energy-converting board into a bomb capable of stopping Galactus.
• Xiang Qian refused to tell Tony Stark what crisis the Fire Seed Plan had originally been designed for, but offered to explain it if they survived Galactus.
• Jean reunited with Xiang Qian and revealed that Magik could open Limbo as a refuge for Earth’s people, so Xiang Qian sent Tony Stark to prepare for evacuation.
• On the ninth day after Silver Surfer’s arrival, Jean caught Mjolnir when Thor threw it at Xiang Qian and wielded it herself, while Odin warned Xiang Qian about the danger of her Phoenix Force.

Xiang Qian confronted Galactus, uncovered the truth about his own Soul Universe, and returned to Earth to deal with new threats involving Wanda, Hydra, and the Tesseract. The arc ended with Loki and a blue-skinned woman escaping with the Tesseract after Xiang Qian failed to save Agent Coulson from his wounds.

• Odin, Xiang Qian, Jean Grey, Ancient One, and the Asgardians fought Galactus, while Jean’s Phoenix Force helped Xiang Qian subdue him and learn that his Soul Realm reflected a universe from a previous cosmic cycle.
• Xiang Qian secured Galactus’s promise not to attack Earth while he and Jean protected it, then released Silver Surfer and returned to settle matters with those he had left behind.
• Xiang Qian learned from Min Niang’s account and the Spear Bureau’s reports that the Tesseract had caused the explosion that changed his fate, then recognized Chthon’s mark in Magik and helped her suppress it.
• Xiang Qian and Mordo found Wanda and Pietro Maximoff under Hydra’s control at Baron Strucker’s research base, and Xiang Qian brought them into the Mirror Dimension to help Wanda control her magic.
• Xiang Qian offered Jiaying help building transportation routes for her people and worked with Peggy Carter to investigate Whitehall and Hydra’s renewed activity.
• After a gamma-radiation signal led Xiang Qian to a Tennessee crater, Thor arrived at Kamar-Taj and explained that Loki had taken the Tesseract, then Xiang Qian helped Tony Stark and S.H.I.E.L.D. capture Loki.
• When the Tesseract was located in New York, Xiang Qian teleported to the Helicarrier, fought Loki and a blue-skinned woman wielding the Infinity Stones, and watched them escape after their powers collided.
• Xiang Qian shielded the badly wounded Agent Coulson from the blast, then gave him a dark red stone as Coulson urged him to protect the world.

Xiang Qian helped repel a Hell invasion, then handled the Battle of New York’s aftermath and confronted questions about fate, Hela, and the Mind Stone. Back on Earth, he became involved with Marcos and John Proudstar just as Sentinels threatened their mutant companions.

• Xiang Qian learned that Supergiant planned to use the Tesseract and a Hell Dimension invasion to distract Earth’s defenders, then joined Magik and Coulson in Limbo to stop the demons and seal the rifts.
• Magik gave Coulson authority over Limbo’s souls, and after the invasion was defeated Xiang Qian sent Coulson back to life as an observer inside S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Xiang Qian helped the Avengers divert the nuclear missile through the wormhole, returned the Tesseract to Thor, and placed the Mind Stone in Kamar-Taj’s restricted chamber.
• Xiang Qian learned that Grant was Steve Rogers living in the past, then asked the Ancient One why Howard Stark had to die and heard that Iron Man was necessary to the timeline.
• Xiang Qian contained Wanda and Pietro’s dangerous abilities, investigated the Mind Stone’s influence, and arranged for Mystique Raven to impersonate him while he left Earth.
• Xiang Qian brought Thor and Loki to Asgard, challenged Nick Fury’s claim over Earth, and discussed the Space Stone and approaching Ragnarok with Odin.
• Odin sent Xiang Qian to question Hela in Niflheim, where Xiang Qian fought her before Odin restored her seal, and Xiang Qian later returned to Earth by Bifrost.
• Xiang Qian met Marcos and John Proudstar while pursuing cartel money, then called Professor Xavier for help after John learned that Sentinels had found the mutants’ sanctuary.