Chapter Summaries

Taylor met Jackie Chan and Jade at Uncle's Antique Shop, where he sent the Dark Hand trio falling through a black hole for an hour and then frightened them away. After Uncle mistook Taylor for a threat, Taylor explained that he had come from another world to exchange magical knowledge, leaving Uncle overwhelmed and Jackie Chan stunned.

• Taylor sensed the Dark Hand trio entering the shop and watched them try to take Jackie Chan's shield.
• Finn insulted Taylor, who briefly revealed his intimidating presence and sent Finn, Ratso, and Chow falling through a black hole before returning them to the shop.
• The terrified trio recognized Taylor and fled the antique shop.
• Uncle emerged, heard Jade's account, and confronted Taylor with his squid tentacle, but Taylor's golden current extinguished its Chi Magic and made Uncle drop it.
• Taylor told Uncle and Jackie Chan that he had come to exchange magical knowledge, then explained his otherworldly origins over dinner.
• Uncle asked for time to think, Jackie Chan remained stunned, and Jade reacted with excitement.

Taylor introduced himself as a powerful wizard from another world and offered to trade knowledge with Jackie Chan for access to Uncle’s Chi Magic in exchange for a place to stay. After Uncle and Jackie Chan left to prepare a room, Taylor confronted the Dark Chi and white Chi that had appeared before him.

• Taylor told Jade that wizards traveled between worlds to collect knowledge and pursue truth, and said he was powerful enough to destroy the world.
• Taylor offered Jackie Chan knowledge in exchange for learning Uncle’s Chi Magic and a place to stay.
• Uncle agreed to prepare a guest room, while Jackie Chan took Jade away from Taylor.
• Taylor summoned a Three-Headed Golden Dragon and warned the Dark Chi and white Chi not to provoke him again.

Taylor trapped the Dark Chi and Righteous Chi in the Mirror Dimension and destroyed a portion of the Dark Chi, weakening its influence across the world. He warned both forces against interfering further, then set off to meet Shendu and investigate Hell and the Shadow Realm.

• Taylor separated the Dark Chi from the Righteous Chi in the Mirror Dimension and used Gravity Beams to annihilate the Dark Chi.
• The Dark Chi's destruction caused a brief storm and weakened its power, affecting Shendu, Daolon Wong, Tara, the demons in Hell, Basha, and Tohru.
• After Taylor released the Righteous Chi, it subtly increased goodwill toward him among Jackie, Uncle, the Dragon Team, and its representatives.
• Taylor recognized that the Dark Chi and Righteous Chi influenced the world's living beings and warned them not to meddle with him.
• Taylor vanished to meet Shendu and study Hell and the Shadow Realm.

Valmont and Shendu discussed the Dark Hand’s failed attempt to take the shield and ordered the search for the Talismans to continue. The young powerhouse who had frightened Ratso, Chow, and Finn appeared before Shendu and offered to trade with him.

• Valmont berated Ratso, Chow, and Finn after they returned without the shield, but Ratso explained that a young man had trapped them in a black hole.
• Shendu listened to Ratso’s account, believed the three men’s fear, and warned them to avoid the young man while continuing to collect the Talismans.
• Valmont ordered Ratso, Chow, and Finn to keep searching, then left after Shendu demanded that he recruit more men to find the Talismans.
• A young man suddenly appeared in the hall, and Shendu summoned the Shadowkhan around him.
• The young man said he was a wizard and wanted to trade something with Shendu.

Taylor recovered Shendu’s twelve Talismans by teleporting them from around the world, then returned them to Shendu to test his power and promises. Shendu revived and broke his promise to Taylor, who rose to confront him and mocked his claim to be a noble dragon.

• Taylor collected the twelve Talismans from their hiding places across the world while Shendu watched.
• Uncle discovered that the gray stone in Jackie’s shield had disappeared and feared that Shendu or Taylor had taken it.
• Shendu promised Taylor power, knowledge, wealth, and travel through different dimensions in exchange for the Talismans.
• Taylor placed the Talismans in Shendu’s body, restoring Shendu and unleashing a surge of Dark Chi.
• Shendu refused to keep his promise, and Taylor rose to Shendu’s eye level and insulted his dragon heritage.

Shendu returned in his restored form and demolished the Dark Hand Building, then destroyed the fighter jets sent against him. Taylor prepared to confront him, but first sealed the city and reflected on his power as Uncle and Jackie Chan arrived with the aid of Righteous Chi.

• Shendu expanded to enormous size, destroyed the Dark Hand Building, and threatened Taylor while Valmont watched his lair collapse.
• Jackie Chan and Uncle rode toward the building as Shendu used the Pig Talisman’s power to blast the attacking fighter jets from the sky.
• Shendu boasted that Taylor’s powers were useless against him and planned to torment him before casting him into Hell.
• Taylor recognized that Righteous Chi had guided Uncle and Jackie Chan to the scene, and considered capturing both Chi forces for his larger plans.
• Taylor created an invisible barrier around the city and decided to show its people the might of a god.

Jade followed Jackie and Uncle to the Dark Hand Building, while Taylor confronted Shendu and revealed overwhelming power. The chapter ended with Uncle and Jackie watching Taylor’s clash with Shendu from below.

• Jade surprised Jackie and Uncle at the Dark Hand Building, but Jackie put her in a taxi and told her to stay there.
• Uncle demanded his garlic and chili peppers, and Jackie hurried off to bring them.
• Captain Black led Section 13’s forces in an attack on Shendu, but Taylor’s Spatial Barrier stopped their weapons in midair.
• Taylor provoked Shendu, who attacked him with Dragon Talisman flames.
• Taylor answered with a golden-scaled claw and Ghidorah’s Gravity Beams, and their collision created a massive blast that Taylor slowed and dissipated.
• Uncle and Jackie recognized Taylor as the man from their antique shop and realized his power was beyond their expectations.

Taylor overwhelmed Shendu with powerful spells and warped the space around him, leaving the demon terrified and asking who Taylor was. Taylor said he was a wandering wizard passing by who wanted to make a little trade.

• Shendu attacked Taylor with lasers and Explosive Flame, but Taylor blocked the combined blast with a shield of seven-pointed stars.
• Taylor bombarded Shendu with spatial and gravity spells while Shendu struggled to endure the assault.
• Taylor cast Distortion: Infinity, taking control of the surrounding space and twisting it into a terrifying maze.
• Jackie Chan, Uncle, and Jade watched the sky distort from behind the barrier as Shendu froze in fear.
• Shendu asked Taylor who he was, and Taylor called himself a wandering wizard seeking a little trade.

A week after Taylor defeated Shendu, the supernatural world searched for power while sorcerers and criminals went into hiding. At Uncle's Antique Shop, Taylor asked Shendu how to communicate with Hell.

• Powerful figures pursued supernatural powers, while famous sorcerers concealed themselves and Dark Chi sorcerers fled into hiding.
• Daolon Wong discovered an ancient book revealing the Holy Grail's whereabouts and left his ruined castle for a primeval jungle with his Dark Chi Warriors.
• Valmont hid in a garbage heap as authorities and others hunted him for his enormous bounty.
• Captain Black fielded calls at Section 13 and worried that Jackie Chan's actions had created trouble he could not understand.
• A Quetzalcoatl emerged from an ancient Maya ruin and searched for the Maya princess.
• Taylor sat in Uncle's Antique Shop, communicated with Shendu, and demanded to know how to contact Hell.

Taylor forced Shendu to reveal how to contact Hell, intending to study its power to erode wisdom and transform beings. Shendu opened a magical communication mirror, where the seven imprisoned demons appeared and glared at him with fury and resentment.

• Shendu explained that Hell was sealed by the eight immortal gods and warned Taylor that those who entered could not escape.
• Taylor threatened to crush Shendu until Shendu agreed to lead him to Hell, then reassured Jackie Chan and Uncle that he would not destroy the world.
• Taylor left Jackie Chan, Uncle, and Jade behind and carried Shendu to a quiet place above the ocean, where he ordered Shendu to contact Hell.
• Taylor leveled several islands with Gravity Beams, and Shendu obeyed by chanting a spell that revealed a mirror-like portal over the water.
• Po Kong, Dai Gui, Tso Lan, Bai Tza, Xiao Fung, Hsi Wu, and Zhong Zu appeared in the mirror and glared at Shendu.

The Seven Demons confronted Shendu over his betrayal, while Taylor presented himself as a powerful ally who could help free them from Hell. Tso Lan agreed to Taylor’s plan to enter Hell and rescue the demons, though he warned Taylor of the consequences if it failed.

• Zhong Zu accused Shendu of betraying their contract and failing to release the demons after they freed him.
• Hsi Wu questioned Shendu, and Xiao Fung noticed Shendu’s reaction to Taylor’s scoff.
• Shendu introduced Taylor as the wizard who rescued him and claimed Taylor was his partner and someone the demons could trust.
• Zhong Zu, Bai Tza, Dai Gui, and Tso Lan promised Taylor their help, while the demons privately believed they could manipulate him.
• Taylor explained that his spatial magic could take him into Hell and said he would try to rescue the demons without the Pan Ku Box.
• Po Kong questioned whether Taylor could pass the seal, but Tso Lan approved the plan and warned Taylor of the consequences if it failed.

Taylor studied Hell’s spatial and soul-based erosion while the demons he had bound assumed he would eventually die there. The chapter left Taylor standing over Shendu and the others, challenging their belief that he could not escape.

• Taylor investigated Hell’s spatial structure with sorcerous tools and the Space Stone, discovering how its Spatial Factors and Soul Factors eroded intelligence and souls.
• Taylor kept Dai Gui, Zhong Zu, Hsi Wu, Tso Lan, Bai Tza, Xiao Fung, Po Kong, and Shendu bound in golden electric chains as they questioned Shendu for bringing him to Hell.
• Shendu told the demons that Hell would eventually strip Taylor of his intelligence, and they agreed to wait him out.
• Tso Lan, Po Kong, Dai Gui, and Xiao Fung argued over who would claim the Space Stone after Taylor died.
• Taylor appeared atop Shendu’s stone ball, stepped on his face, and asked whether the demons truly thought he could not escape Hell.

Taylor captured the Eight Demons and brought them to a magically reinforced laboratory in Uncle's Antique Shop, where they found themselves powerless in a hamster cage. Meanwhile, Kano faced a Dwarf representative demanding a campaign over the destruction of a Dwarf branch civilization.

• Taylor kicked Shendu in the mouth after overhearing his scheme, and the other demons fell silent.
• Taylor compressed the Eight Demons, put them in a hamster cage, and carried them from Hell to Uncle's Antique Shop.
• Taylor expanded the guest room into a laboratory and hung the demons' cage from the ceiling, where their powers failed.
• Kano met with a Dwarf representative who accused him of exterminating a Dwarf branch civilization and threatened war.
• The representative cited an alliance treaty that allowed the Dwarves to launch a campaign using forces restricted to the same strength levels.

Taylor experimented on a fragment of Hell and welcomed Jade into his transformed guest-room laboratory, where he showed her his wizarding equipment and introduced her to the shrunken Eight Demons. The demons watched as Jade handled them and argued over how to endure Taylor’s control.

• Taylor compared the spatial and soul factors of a fragment of Hell while the Eight Demons sulked in a cage.
• Jade came to ask Taylor about wizardry and complained that she did not want to learn Uncle’s Chi Magic.
• Taylor let Jade into his expanded laboratory, then gave her the hamster cage so she could examine the Eight Demons.
• Jade pinched Po Kong while Taylor explained wizardry, humiliating the demons.
• Dai Gui pounded the cage, while Bai Tza cleaned herself in case Taylor handled her and Zhong Zu claimed he could use electric therapy.

Taylor investigated the magical forces and artifacts of the world, then entered the Shadow Realm to study the Shadowkhan’s immortality. Meanwhile, Kano prepared the Proto-500 Worlds for war against the Dwarf Civilization, and a military meeting exposed rivalry between Sargeras and Hawkes.

• Taylor scanned the planet for magical artifacts, considered disrupting the balance between Dark Chi and Righteous Chi, and left Jade in the old man’s care to continue learning Chi Magic.
• Taylor released the Eight Demons, bound them with electric chains and magical runes, and left them to watch the house with the Mirror Gods.
• Taylor entered the Shadow Realm carrying the ten Shadowkhan masks to investigate its negative energy and the Shadowkhan’s potential as an immortal army.
• Kano consolidated the Proto-500 Worlds’ military forces and prepared for the war against the Dwarf Civilization, while Bobby organized supplies.
• At Aokelius Tower, Sargeras taunted Hawkes during a military meeting, boasting that the Burning Legion had conquered forty-seven worlds to Hawkes’s forty-six.

Taylor explored the Shadow Realm, used a flesh-and-blood puppet to resurrect General Samo, and captured elite Giant Shadowkhan for research. Samo attacked Taylor after discovering his soldiers were being dissected, but Taylor dismissed the attack and insulted him.

• Taylor followed a beam from the Shadow Ghost Mask to the Giant Squad and studied a green Shadow Ghost Mask.
• Taylor pressed the mask onto a soulless flesh-and-blood puppet, allowing General Samo to resurrect through it.
• General Samo awakened the Giant Shadowkhan Legion, whose elite soldiers regained their consciousness and pupils.
• Taylor captured the elite Giant Shadowkhan in compressed space and began examining them.
• General Samo attacked Taylor with shadow energy, but Taylor dispersed it and called Samo an insect.

Taylor took control of the Shadow Realm, then returned to the 500 Worlds a year later after Kano and Bobby summoned him because their faction faced a major war. His return left him irritated and carrying a cage of strange creatures, an empty Dark Side Space, and an emotion-absorbing bracelet.

• Taylor erased Samo and claimed the Shadow Realm's authority, causing the Giant Shadowkhan Legion to kneel before him.
• Taylor considered giving the Shadow Realm's authority to Kano and its innermost portion to Jade.
• Quetzalcoatl arrived at Uncle's Antique Shop to protect Jade, mistook Jackie Chan for her uncle, and claimed him as a brother before Jade appeared.
• Taylor returned to his laboratory and found Quetzalcoatl fussing over Jade while Jackie Chan and Uncle argued with him.
• One year later, Sargeras, Hawkes, Kano, and Bobby gathered at Aokelius Tower to welcome Taylor, who arrived after Kano and Bobby summoned him over a looming war.

Taylor learned that Kano had provoked the Dwarf Civilization into declaring war after wiping out most of a Dwarf group during a plane war. With both sides bound by an agreement limiting the conflict, Taylor ordered preparations for battle and asked where the fighting would take place.

• Taylor questioned Kano and Bobby about why the Dwarf Civilization had declared war.
• Kano admitted that he had sent the Demon Spirit Envoys Warband against Dwarves who had clashed with the Nova Warriors Warband, leaving only a few survivors.
• Bobby complained that Kano’s actions had overburdened the Forge Plane’s factories and war-supply production.
• Kano told Taylor that the Dwarves could send three Level Three Dwarf Gods under the agreement between the Wizard Civilization and the Multi-Species Alliance.
• Taylor recalled the origins of the agreement and concluded that his forces should prepare to fight.
• Kano said both sides would jointly designate a plane as the battlefield.

Taylor learned that the White Tower Alliance would protect him from Dwarf retaliation in the coming plane war, then returned to the Wizard Plane to sell his research and acquire a Floating City. He hired twenty-nine Wizards almost immediately and prepared to gather them three hours later.

• A White Tower Alliance envoy told Taylor about the plane battlefield and assured him that powerful Wizards had warned the Dwarves against seeking revenge.
• Taylor hosted the envoy and gave him magical resources, after which the envoy praised Taylor’s actions and hinted that the Alliance wanted his help with laborers.
• Taylor decided to sell his researched Eight Demons, buy a Floating City, and recruit Wizards to crew it.
• Taylor instructed Kano and Bobby to prepare for the plane war, then returned to the Wizard Plane.
• Taylor sold the Eight Demons to the Knowledge Repository, bought a Floating City, and posted a hiring contract that twenty-nine Wizards accepted almost immediately.

Newly formed Achilles Warriors prepared to enter the battlefield while Hawkes celebrated their loyalty to Taylor and mocked the Burning Legion. Sargeras blamed a sudden sneeze on Achilles, turning his speech into another meeting disparaging Hawkes, and Archimonde’s attempt to restore friendly relations left him feeling powerless.

• The newly formed Forest Wolf Warband and other Achilles warbands gathered to board their warships and enter the plane battlefield.
• Hawkes watched the warriors assemble, pledged loyalty to Taylor, and privately ridiculed Sargeras and the Burning Legion.
• Sargeras sneezed during a morale-boosting speech and blamed Achilles for plotting against the Burning Legion.
• Burning Legion officers seized on Sargeras’s accusation and began discussing how to criticize Hawkes and the Achilles Warriors.
• Archimonde suggested returning to friendlier relations with Hawkes, but the officers treated his words as betrayal and dismissed his proposal.