Chapter Summaries

After Mount Fuji’s eruption and Tokyo’s destruction, Arakaki Chie accepted the Nine-Tailed Fox’s power and became a perfect Jinchuriki. She raced toward Ryukyu, destroying American fleets along the way, while Lin Hao and Zheng Xian discussed the opportunity to make the Americans honor an old promise.

• Arakaki Chie helped survivors in Saitama while Nü Yuan revealed that the Three Families planned to continue their sacrifice ritual in Ryukyu.
• Nü Yuan offered Arakaki Chie supernatural power in exchange for a contract, and Arakaki Chie accepted and received the Nine-Tailed Fox and ninja techniques.
• Lin Hao granted Arakaki Chie the full power of the Nine-Tailed Fox, making her a perfect Jinchuriki who could run across the sea at supersonic speed.
• Arakaki Chie used Water Release to annihilate an American fleet and continued south toward Ryukyu, attacking other fleets she encountered.
• Lin Hao told Zheng Xian that they should ask the Americans for military assistance once their forces could no longer hold out, so they would fulfill a promise made sixty years earlier.

After Washington D.C.'s destruction, America's Temporary Federal Government struggled to maintain its authority while tracking the crisis in Tokyo. When the Joint Chiefs discovered that the Pacific Fleet had lost contact and satellite footage showed a superhuman's massive waves striking it, they realized the attack was moving toward the Ryukyu Islands.

• The consortiums moved the Temporary Federal Government to an estate outside New York and shared power with political and military families to keep the government functioning.
• The Joint Chiefs ordered American forces stationed in Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands northward to project strength during the crisis in Tokyo.
• The Joint Chiefs learned that fleets from the Kyushu and Ryukyu naval bases had departed but had lost contact.
• Military satellite footage showed enormous waves striking American fleets south of Honshu Island, leading the generals to suspect a superhuman had attacked them.
• A staff officer plotted the wave strikes on a map, and the Joint Chiefs saw the attack's path turning toward the Ryukyu Islands.

Arakaki Chie secured Kume Village with a barrier while the three great zaibatsu brought vagrants to Ryukyu for a secret operation. The zaibatsu leaders prepared to pursue supernatural power, unaware that the Nine-Tailed Fox had no intention of granting their wishes.

• Arakaki Chie returned to Kume Village and inscribed a barrier around the island to protect its villagers.
• More than a dozen ships from the Sumitomo, Mitsui, and Mitsubishi Zaibatsu arrived at Naha New Port carrying vagrants under various false pretenses.
• The Iwasaki Family's shipping branch confirmed that the American fleet had left, and Iwasaki Nagashi, Sumitomo Masaka, and Mitsui Juichi welcomed the improved prospects for their operation.
• The three old men continued preparing for a ritual to gain supernatural power, believing the Nine-Tailed Fox would answer them.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox searched the island nation for useful pawns instead of returning to the zaibatsu leaders.

Arakaki Chie watched the three financial conglomerates begin a massacre of more than one hundred thousand vagrants, then attacked the Mold Ryukyu base with a Tailed Beast Bomb. The blast destroyed the base and marked the beginning of her counterattack.

• The three financial conglomerates brought more than one hundred thousand vagrants to a field outside Naha to use as sacrifices.
• When the vagrants discovered their conflicting reasons for coming to Ryukyu and tried to flee, mercenaries trapped them with exploding trucks and opened fire.
• Mold base officers investigated the gunfire with drones and kept their soldiers inside the base rather than sending them out.
• Arakaki Chie called on the Nine-Tailed Fox, formed a Tailed Beast Bomb, and fired it at the Mold Ryukyu base.
• The Tailed Beast Bomb struck the base, triggering a massive explosion that shook Naha and Ryukyu.

Arakaki Chie destroyed the Ryukyu mold base and killed the mercenaries and zaibatsu leaders who had prepared a ritual for supernatural power. As S.P.E.A.R. moved to support Ryukyu, Lin Hao planned for its next challenge: breaking the economic blockade expected from America and the island nation.

• The three zaibatsu heads learned that the mold base had exploded, saw Arakaki Chie approach, and ordered the ritual preparations accelerated.
• Arakaki Chie overcame the base's defenses with Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and ninjutsu, destroying aircraft and driving mold soldiers to flee.
• America's Joint Chiefs rejected the prospect of fighting S.P.E.A.R., while Tony Stark watched the supernatural battle and lost faith in his ability to protect the world.
• Lin Hao and Zheng Xian discussed supporting Ryukyu through Fujian merchants while avoiding a direct war with America.
• Arakaki Chie killed the mercenaries at the fields outside Naha and executed Iwasaki Nagashi and the other zaibatsu heads after revealing that the Nine-Tailed Fox had never intended to grant them supernatural power.

Arakaki Chie declared Ryukyu independent and exposed atrocities by Japanese conglomerates, while America backed away from war with her and S.P.E.A.R. The chapter ended with S.P.E.A.R. announcing its plans to explore space as the Neo-Shinobi Sect spread among resentful Japanese.

• Arakaki Chie declared Ryukyu's independence, released footage of American soldiers and homeless people being massacred, and let Japanese residents choose whether to become Ryukyu citizens or return to Japan.
• America issued repeated warnings but ultimately avoided a war, while S.P.E.A.R.'s Ring Fortress remained above Ryukyu as a deterrent.
• S.P.E.A.R. shifted its attention from Earthly conflict toward space after obtaining a spaceship, star charts, and information about habitable planets.
• S.P.E.A.R. announced that it had built a long-distance spaceship and discovered a habitable planet, drawing worldwide attention away from Japan.
• The Neo-Shinobi Sect quietly spread among Japanese people who resented being ignored, while Nü Yuan warned them not to provoke S.P.E.A.R. or China.

S.P.E.A.R. announced that it had built the Pangu, a spacecraft that would travel to a habitable planet in the Andromeda Galaxy, shocking the world and provoking fury in the United States. The chapter ended with China celebrating its new strength as S.P.E.A.R. prepared to begin humanity’s first long-distance space voyage.

• Zheng Xian gave Zhao Bin the script for S.P.E.A.R.'s press conference, and Zhao Bin was stunned by its contents.
• Zhao Bin announced that S.P.E.A.R. would launch the domestically developed Pangu in three days to survey a habitable planet in the Andromeda Galaxy.
• Zhao Bin revealed the Pangu through a holographic projection and said S.P.E.A.R.'s warriors would take it 2.5 million light-years beyond the Solar System.
• American officials reacted with anger and blamed Nick Fury for failing to obtain spacecraft technology through his long-standing contact with aliens.
• Zhao Bin said S.P.E.A.R. would test the Pangu's systems in space and promised not to use a spacecraft first against a nation without one.
• People across China celebrated S.P.E.A.R.'s announcement and declared that a new era had begun.

After S.P.E.A.R.'s spaceship announcement sparked riots and panic across America, Rhodey found Tony Stark drunk and despondent in his Malibu villa and brought him to a government meeting. Tony arrived at the provisional government's underground offices, where American scientists had gathered to discuss the crisis.

• S.P.E.A.R.'s announcement provoked furious Americans, who attacked Chinese immigrants as the provisional government struggled to contain the violence.
• S.P.E.A.R. warned America to protect Chinese tourists, prompting American elites to summon scientists and launch a domestic spaceship project.
• Rhodey arrived at Tony Stark's villa and found him drinking heavily because he believed he could never build armor strong enough to defeat superhumans.
• Rhodey and Jarvis cleaned Tony up, put him in armor, and flew with him to the provisional government's base outside New York.
• Rhodey and Tony passed security checks and entered an underground conference room filled with renowned American scientists.

President Tom Versack convened American officials and scientists to discuss building a spaceship in response to S.P.E.A.R., while Tony Stark criticized their plans and claimed he could reverse-engineer a real spacecraft. The meeting ended with S.P.E.A.R. demanding protection for Chinese tourists and threatening to advance its spaceship weapons test, leaving the American leaders fearful of a possible attack.

• Tom Versack welcomed Tony Stark to a meeting about building an American spaceship, but Rhodey asked everyone to let the exhausted Tony rest before joining the discussion.
• Boeing and the Houston Rockets presented plans as the officials debated how America could launch a spaceship and restore its standing.
• Tony Stark interrupted the meeting, condemned the plans, and said he could quickly rebuild a real spaceship if he could take one apart.
• The president's secretary reported that S.P.E.A.R. had demanded protection for Chinese tourists and threatened to move up its spaceship weapons test.
• American hawks angrily called S.P.E.A.R.'s announcement interference and a threat of war, while a military general urged Tom to move underground and prepare the launch case.

As America failed to stop violence against Asians, S.P.E.A.R. launched the Pangu and used its advanced systems to identify and strike offenders across the country. Tony Stark recognized the danger the spacecraft posed and left to search for it.

• Tony Stark ordered Jarvis to direct police officers toward attacks on Asians, but the response inflamed the unrest instead of stopping it.
• Violence continued across America, including an attack on an Asian woman in Los Angeles, until S.P.E.A.R. announced that it would punish crimes against Asian tourists.
• S.P.E.A.R. moved up the Pangu launch and livestreamed the spacecraft rising into the air using its antigravity system.
• After the Pangu reached low orbit, its systems identified offenders across America and used electric shock weapons to strike them according to the severity of their crimes.
• Tony Stark told Rhodey to find him once he located the actual spacecraft, then put on his armor and left.

Pangu launched on humanity’s first long-distance space voyage, visited the Thirty-Three Layered Celestial Palace on Mars, and raised China’s flag outside the South Heaven Gate before using a wormhole to reach Morag in the Andromeda Galaxy. There, Lin Hao accepted a communication request from a silver-white spacecraft whose occupant greeted him as “Boss.”

• Pangu launched from Earth and reached Mars, where its crew discovered the Thirty-Three Layered Celestial Palace during the worldwide broadcast.
• A news anchor claimed the celestial palace was part of China’s ancient heritage, provoking viewers and generating a massive amount of Essence of Grievance for Lin Hao.
• S.P.E.A.R. agents raised the Chinese flag outside the South Heaven Gate, and Pangu circled the palace before departing Mars.
• Pangu activated its spatial jump system and traveled through an artificial wormhole to Morag in the Andromeda Galaxy.
• A smaller silver-white spacecraft contacted Pangu, and Lin Hao accepted the call from a mustached figure who addressed him as “Boss.”

Lin Hao retrieved the Power Stone from Morag and brought S.P.E.A.R. colleagues to Xandar to seek information about Ronan and Thanos. In a chaotic district, they encountered Star-Lord Peter Quill trying to sell Goku an old piece of metal.

• Lin Hao rejected the idea of claiming Morag because its environment was too damaged and took the Power Stone from the temple.
• Lin Hao decided to search Xandar for news of Ronan and Thanos, then target Hala if he found none.
• The Pangu and Moby Dick arrived outside Xandar, where Lin Hao followed the Nova Corps' docking rules and led his team into the city.
• Whitebeard explained Xandar's population and settlement history as he guided the group to a hotel and then a mixed district to gather information.
• Peter Quill tried to convince Goku to buy an old piece of metal, but Goku suspected that Peter was trying to trick him again.

Whitebeard accepted Star-Lord as his eldest son, and Lin Hao hired him to spread a rumor that a human from Earth had obtained the Power Stone and was heading to Hala. The message began spreading through nearby star systems, drawing the powerful toward Lin Hao’s bait.

• Star-Lord asked Whitebeard if he needed another son, and Lin Hao answered for him before Whitebeard welcomed Star-Lord into the family.
• Whitebeard promised Star-Lord pocket money if he robbed wealthy criminals and warned him not to bully the weak.
• Lin Hao asked Star-Lord to spread word that an Earthling had the Power Stone and planned to go to Hala.
• Star-Lord checked his bank account, found five thousand Xandarian credits, and decided to carry out Lin Hao’s request for the wealthy client.
• The rumor spread from Xandar into neighboring star systems, where powerful figures who knew about the Infinity Stones could hear it.

After Lin Hao spread news of the Power Stone and the Kree homeworld across the cosmic internet, Carol set out for Hala while Thanos dispatched members of the Black Order to retrieve it. The chapter ended with Corvus Glaive and Ebony Maw being sent after the Earthling who had the stone.

• Carol learned that the Kree had restored the Supreme Intelligence and decided to return to Hala after receiving Lin Hao’s news.
• Carol encountered reports that an Earthling had obtained the Power Stone and was heading for the Kree homeworld.
• Thanos received the same report and heard Nebula and Gamora volunteer to retrieve the stone.
• Thanos sent Corvus Glaive and Ebony Maw to confront the Earthling and bring back the Power Stone.

Lin Hao arrived at Hala and found the Kree had assembled their legions, drawing powerful observers from across the universe. He revealed himself by standing on a white cloud in space, while Thanos and Carol tried to identify what enabled him to remain there.

• After the Supreme Intelligence put Hala on wartime status, Thanos realized the Kree feared Lin Hao and ordered Sanctuary II to head for Hala.
• Lin Hao traveled from Xandar to Hala, where Pangu emerged from a wormhole and found itself surrounded by Kree fleets.
• Thanos, Carol, Stakar Ogord, and representatives of several civilizations gathered near Hala to witness the confrontation.
• Star-Lord urged Lin Hao to leave, unaware that the Kree had mobilized because of him, and Lin Hao told him the crowd had come for him.
• Lin Hao activated Pangu's shields and appeared in space atop a white cloud, prompting Thanos and Carol to study how he stayed there.

Lin Hao used Cloud Soaring and Wind and Fire Reversal to turn the Kree fleet’s attack back on its ships, baffling Thanos and Carol. He reflected on the Taoist scriptures behind his techniques and continued exploring his own path to the Great Dao.

• The Supreme Intelligence ordered the Kree fleet to attack Lin Hao, and the ships surrounded him and fired their main cannons.
• Lin Hao waved his hand and sent the incoming energy beams back toward the Kree ships, whose shields struggled to withstand the reflected blast.
• Thanos watched from Sanctuary II and could not identify the source of Lin Hao’s power.
• Carol wondered whether Lin Hao was using immortal magic and recalled defeating the gods of Earth’s Celestial Court.
• The narration explained that Lin Hao had used Cloud Soaring and Wind and Fire Reversal from Mount Shu’s Thirty-Six Transformations, adapting the techniques to his understanding of the Marvel Universe.

Lin Hao effortlessly repelled the Kree fleet’s cannon barrage, then unleashed a solar-radiation storm that destroyed its fighter formations. Watching him fight convinced Carol that Earth had changed and that she should return, though she did not realize the entire universe had changed too.

• Lin Hao reflected on his cultivation and the distance between his power and the Great Dao while onlookers regarded him as godlike.
• After the Kree fleet’s cannon barrage failed to harm him, the Supreme Intelligence ordered fighters and the Marvel Squad to attack at close range.
• Lin Hao gathered a solar storm around his cloud and used the technique Flying Sand and Stone to destroy the Kree fighters with accelerated meteors.
• Carol watched Lin Hao’s display and concluded that something had changed on Earth, prompting her to consider returning there.

Lin Hao used Star Shift to alter the workings of Heaven, destroying the Kree military and leaving its fleet intact. Afterward, he explained the limits of his mastery and his understanding of the Thirty-Six Transformations.

• Thanos, Carol, and Odin retreated or moved their allies away as Lin Hao prepared his next attack.
• Lin Hao invoked Star Shift, making nearby worlds convulse and unleashing catastrophic upheaval across Hala.
• Lin Hao altered the rules within the spell’s range, driving Kree soldiers to kill themselves and shutting down the fleet’s weapons and systems.
• Lin Hao explained that Star Shift was one of the four supreme transformations and that his knowledge of the Marvel Universe and the Celestials’ records helped him control its laws.
• Lin Hao said he had only barely mastered Star Shift and still relied on editing Marvel drafts and film masters to achieve Universe Creation’s effects.

After destroying the Kree legion, Lin Hao entered Hala’s capital to confront the Supreme Intelligence. Little Devil contracted the intelligence hidden in a metal canister, leaving Lin Hao with a chance to study it.

• Distant factions reacted to Lin Hao’s victory, with space pirates warning their crews to avoid Earth and other civilizations considering an alliance.
• Odin brought the Pangu and the Moby Dick back to Hala after Lin Hao’s attack stopped.
• Lin Hao reached the Supreme Intelligence’s temple and knocked aside the guards who tried to block him.
• Lin Hao found the real Supreme Intelligence hiding in a metal canister and stopped it from erasing itself by altering the rules around it.
• Little Devil contracted the Supreme Intelligence and leaped into Lin Hao’s arms, pleased to have settled its grudge.

After taking control of the Kree Civilization, Lin Hao claimed its territory for S.P.E.A.R. and challenged Thanos to come to Hala for the four Infinity Stones in his possession. Thanos returned and met Lin Hao for tea, eager to learn about Earth civilization.

• Lin Hao ordered the Supreme Intelligence to restore order on Hala and announced that S.P.E.A.R. would take over Kree territory, threatening any force that interfered.
• Thanos watched Lin Hao’s message displaying the Space, Time, Reality, and Power Stones and inviting him to Hala.
• Thanos decided to return to Hala despite Ebony Maw’s warning, while Corvus Glaive secretly hoped Thanos and Lin Hao would fight.
• Thanos arrived at a pavilion outside Hala’s capital, removed his armor, and accepted Lin Hao’s invitation to sit and drink tea.
• Thanos asked whether the tea came from Earth civilization and showed curiosity about how Earth had produced someone with Lin Hao’s abilities.