Chapter Summaries

Alvin and his companions toured the Nautilus, then watched Richard lead the children in casting a fishing net for a school of cod. The net swept up the fish, and Nemo II invited Richard and his little crew to haul in their catch.

• Alvin and the others explored the Nautilus and admired its carefully arranged, artistic interior.
• Nemo II told Alvin that the submarine had found a school of cod and invited everyone to watch the fishing operation.
• Nemo II asked Richard to pull the lever that released the net, and Nick, Ginny, Mindy, and Little Harry joined Richard to haul it down.
• The Nautilus steered the net around a large school of cod and swept it over the front of the school.
• Nemo II pointed out that it was time to haul in the net and invited Richard and the children to help retrieve their catch.

Alvin and the children celebrated their enormous cod catch aboard the Nautilus, and Nemo II offered to turn the children’s fish into jerky. Alvin then took over the kitchen to prepare boiled fish, leaving the fish slicer to follow his directions.

• The children rushed into the isolation chamber to retrieve their cod, and Morgan joined Little Ginny in playfully beating a fish.
• Alvin chose a huge cod and promised Nemo II he would make traditional Chinese boiled fish, while Nemo II offered to make the children’s catches into jerky.
• Alvin and Nemo II led the children to the crewmen to learn how to prepare the jerky, then headed to the kitchen to cook.
• Alvin bullied the skeptical fish slicer into cutting the cod into fillets and chopping its backbone, then began making fish stock and frying kelp with spices.
• Alvin praised the fish slicer’s sashimi knife work but told him to serve some cod to the guests and marinate the rest for the boiled fish.

Alvin cooked fiery Sichuan boiled fish aboard the Nautilus, then Stark activated an ancient recording device that projected a city Nemo II identified as Atlantis. The projection showed the Sea Emperor’s Trident at the city’s heart, while Stark confirmed the device was over 20,000 years old and Nemo II explained that Atlantis had been destroyed in a great war.

• Alvin made the fish chef help prepare several pots of Sichuan boiled fish and left him to endure the chili fumes.
• The crew and children ate the intensely spicy fish, while Stark escaped the meal and the kids challenged each other to withstand the heat.
• Stark opened an antique box, and its projection revealed an ancient city that Alvin recognized as Atlantis.
• Stark powered the device with probes, making the projection clearer as Nemo II pointed out the Sea Emperor’s Trident at the city’s heart.
• Stark identified the box as a 3D recording device made over 20,000 years ago, and Nemo II explained that the ocean floor had changed and Atlantis’s ruins lay underwater after a great war.

Alvin and Stark helped Nemo II locate the likely fragments of the Sea Emperor's Trident and discussed his future spaceship. Julie's Anti-Gravity Coating was ready for mass production, but the chapter ended as the military truck carrying it came under attack.

• Nick's phone revealed that a lightning-wreathed sword had destroyed Atlantis and shattered the Sea Emperor's Trident.
• Stark used JARVIS to estimate where the trident fragments had scattered, and he invited Nemo II to Nidavellir to seek help finding them.
• Stark said Nemo II's new ship hull would be ready in fifteen days, and Nemo II agreed to travel to Nidavellir before pursuing his family mission.
• Julie finished preparing Anti-Gravity Coating for mass production and invited Professor Hall to join a laboratory-centered university.
• Julie left with Jessica after thanking Professor Hall, but the military truck transporting the coating came under attack.

Danny Rand let his fellow Kunlun disciples steal anti-gravity coating because he wanted to learn why they urgently needed a spaceship, while Matt warned that the military would punish them. Jessica and Julie confronted the robbers, and the chapter ended with their leader paying for damage to Jessica’s Bentley before escaping.

• Danny Rand told Matt that Kunlun’s disciples had taken control of his secret factory and planned to steal anti-gravity coating, and he asked Matt to stop Jessica while he investigated their motives.
• Jessica arrived with Julie and challenged the masked robbers as four of Alvin’s ninja guards appeared to protect them.
• Julie explained that the robbers needed the field-generating restraints to transport the coating safely, while Luther Rockefeller’s convoy arrived at the scene.
• After one robber damaged Jessica’s Bentley, Jessica broke his face, and the leader ordered his group to leave.
• The robber leader tossed a bank card to Jessica and said its password was six 6s.

Kunlun bandits escaped with barrels of Anti-Gravity Paint after one of them blasted a path through the SUVs, while Julie and Jessica dealt with Luther’s attention and the Ninja bodyguards. Julie agreed to show Luther the factory, and Matt ended the chapter by telling him that he and Julie were not right for each other.

• Jessica questioned whether the bank card had enough money, and the bandit leader ordered the Military Truck to break through the SUVs.
• A Kunlun expert used glowing fist-shadows to smash the blocking SUVs aside, allowing the truck to escape with the stolen paint.
• The bandit leader, Lin Shaoqing, discussed Shou-Lao’s orders and Kunlun’s restriction to one Iron Fist per generation with his accomplices.
• Luther rushed to check on Julie, and Musashi slashed his clothes before he and the other Ninja bodyguards vanished with Smoke Grenades.
• Julie told Luther that his pursuit made her and Zack uncomfortable, but agreed to take him to the factory and share Anti-Gravity Paint data.
• Matt joined Julie, Jessica, and Luther in the Bentley and told Luther that he and Julie were not right for each other.

Alvin and the kids spent a day aboard the Nautilus, where Little Ginny was promised future visits if she kept up with her studies. After hearing that Nemo II’s unfinished spaceship might be involved in a problem, Alvin offered to help him seek compensation and took him to Nidavellir with Stark.

• Alvin and the kids played aboard the Nautilus, robbed Bruto’s yacht, and explored underwater before returning to Hell’s Kitchen.
• Nemo II told Little Ginny she could visit the Nautilus again if she studied for her exams, and Alvin warned the kids that one failure would keep them all home for Spring Break.
• After speaking with Julie about Matt, Alvin asked Nemo II whether the unfinished spaceship contained critical Nautilus components, and Nemo II said its power core was not aboard.
• Nemo II explained that the spaceship was not especially valuable to him, while Alvin decided to investigate the situation and promised not to let his friend be shortchanged.
• Stark offered to build Nemo II a larger Nautilus, and Nemo II said Alvin could take the original submarine out whenever he wanted while it remained a Nemo family treasure.
• Alvin promised to have a lawyer pursue compensation for Nemo II and opened a Space Gate to take him to Nidavellir.

Alvin visited Nidavellir to check on Bazel, retrieve War God 4, and see how the Dwarves' Rune metal was progressing. After helping Ivan deal with a group of soldiers, Alvin agreed to move Bazel to Earth while leaving the other Dwarves to work with Ivan.

• Alvin left Stark and Nemo II to explore Nidavellir's camp and found Ivan overseeing factories and Dwarven metalwork.
• Ivan drove Alvin to the processing center in an Eight-Legged Robot vehicle, and the two traded insults with soldiers who blocked their way.
• Alvin pretended to be Zhang Qiang from the Gun Club to provoke the soldiers, then rode off with Ivan after they backed down.
• Ivan criticized Bazel's Rune metal and said he did not trust the Dwarf, while Alvin praised Bazel's early progress.
• Alvin agreed to send Bazel to Earth and let Ivan take the other Dwarves to work in Detroit.

Alvin tested the repaired War God 4 on Nidavellir and praised Bazel’s work, then gave the Dwarf an authentic Rune to study. He arranged for Bazel to move to Earth next month to work in a Laboratory under Ivan, while Alvin returned through a Space Gate.

• Alvin introduced Ivan Vanko as Bazel’s direct boss at Steel Digital and ordered Bazel to prepare War God 4 for a test.
• Bazel admitted that his people shunned him because he had sold weapons to Yondu, whose actions led to the destruction of the underground Salt Lake.
• Alvin put on the repaired War God 4 and tested its Enslaver spikes, Short Swords, and heavier Lesser Uru Metal armor by tearing apart scrapped Eight-Legged Robots.
• Alvin praised Bazel’s improved Mech Armor and gave him an authentic Rune of El to study, while promising to send him to Earth to work in a Laboratory.
• Alvin opened a Space Gate to the Restaurant and left Ivan in charge of Bazel’s tools, materials, and eventual transfer to Earth.

Alvin returned to the Peace Hotel and entertained a crowd of fans before Jessica brought him to negotiate with Matt over Danny taking the spaceship and Julie’s first Anti-Gravity Coating products. Alvin framed the loss as a profound personal and historical injury, leaving Matt bewildered by his opening demands.

• Alvin arrived at the Peace Hotel, posed for fans, and offered them drinks while refusing to sign a young woman’s chest.
• Fox and Pepper left together to go shopping, while Old Kent took the thrill-seeking visitors on a tour of Hell’s Kitchen.
• Jessica pulled Alvin over to Matt and asked what they should do about Julie being robbed.
• Luther introduced himself to Alvin and insisted he would not stand by if Julie was bullied.
• Alvin began negotiating with Matt, emphasizing the spaceship’s purpose and the sentimental value of Julie’s first finished Anti-Gravity Coating products.

Alvin pressed Matt to make Danny Rand and the U.S. military compensate Nemo II for the stolen spaceship, while Matt warned that Kunlun was hiding something dangerous. The arrival of Six Sixes, a leader of the robbers, suggested that Lin Shaoqing and the Gun Club were involved, leaving Alvin wary as he prepared to honor his promise to Zhang Qiang.

• Alvin rejected Matt's attempt to limit compensation to Julie's Anti-Gravity Coating and demanded enough money from Danny Rand and the U.S. military to replace Nemo II's spaceship.
• Matt explained that Danny had stolen the ship to investigate Kunlun, and said he feared Danny could be killed by his fellow disciples.
• Matt told Alvin that Lin Shaoqing led Kunlun's disciples despite seeming to hate the place, and that the disciples' families were suffering too.
• Six Sixes revealed himself in a nearby booth, and Jessica confronted him over the small amount of money on his card.
• Alvin recognized Six Sixes and told Shang-Chi to clear the next booth, suspecting Lin Shaoqing and the Gun Club were involved and recalling his promise to Zhang Qiang.

Lin Shaoqing explained that he had acted against Danny Rand under orders from Kunlun's elder, Shou-Lao, and revealed his hatred for Kunlun. He began to expose the truth behind Kunlun's thirty thousand disciples as Alvin and Matt listened.

• Alvin welcomed Lin Shaoqing into the restaurant, reassured Matt that he would spare Danny Rand the compensation, and let Matt stay to hear the explanation.
• Alvin told Matt that Lin Shaoqing might reveal Kunlun's secrets and warned him to think carefully before sharing them with Danny.
• Lin Shaoqing said he had not targeted Danny Rand personally but had been carrying out orders from Shou-Lao, a dragon.
• Lin Shaoqing called Kunlun's rulers beasts and described himself as an orphan whose family had been murdered and a demon seeking revenge.
• Lin Shaoqing asked where Kunlun had found thirty thousand disciples and whether the hundreds of thousands of spirits before the Ten Thousand Demons Cave had truly been orphans.

Lin Shaoqing revealed that Kunlun’s Old Dragons had created orphans, sent disciples to die in the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, and used the dead in attempts to possess human bodies. He explained that he planned to expose the Dragons and preserve Kunlun, then told Alvin that Earth’s growing dangers had made time short; Alvin asked why Lin needed his help after taking control of the Spaceship.

• Lin Shaoqing explained that the Old Dragons manufactured disasters to create orphans, including the landslide that killed his family, then recruited him into Kunlun.
• Lin Shaoqing said he had discovered the Old Dragons using disciples’ corpses in attempts to transfer their souls, and Shang-Chi angrily condemned them.
• Lin Shaoqing told Alvin that he wanted to reveal the Dragons’ crimes to Kunlun’s disciples and preserve Kunlun’s Inheritance rather than leave behind a powerful, resentful group of warriors.
• Lin Shaoqing explained that he had used the Dragon Bone to challenge Kunlun’s one-Iron-Fist tradition and that Danny Rand and the Gun Club’s president could help preserve its power.
• Lin Shaoqing said Earth’s rising vital energy was strengthening Monsters, four Old Dragons had transferred their souls into human bodies, and he planned to use the Spaceship and Danny Rand to expose them.
• Alvin pointed out that Lin Shaoqing already controlled the Spaceship and asked what help he needed.

Alvin confronted Lin Shaoqing after learning the stolen anti-gravity coating could not be applied without special equipment and additives. When Lin Shaoqing revealed that Danny Rand would be made to choose between exposing Kunlun’s dragons and dying, Alvin stepped in to ensure Danny learned the truth.

• Lin Shaoqing admitted that Rand Group’s engineers could not make the anti-gravity coating stick to a spaceship without a special additive.
• Jessica demanded one hundred thousand dollars to have Julie explain how to use the coating, while threatening to beat Lin Shaoqing over her damaged car.
• Matt asked what Lin Shaoqing planned to do to Danny, and Lin Shaoqing said Danny had to take a side or die so Kunlun’s people could see the truth about the dragons.
• Alvin told Matt that Danny deserved to know why he might die and refused to let him be sacrificed for Kunlun’s sake.
• Alvin put an arm around Matt, showed Lin Shaoqing his Mind Ring, and ordered someone to call Danny Rand.

Alvin planned to tell Danny Rand that Shou-Lao intended to take over his body, leaving Danny to decide whether to believe him or face the dragon in Kunlun. As Lin Shaoqing sought Alvin’s help with the spaceship, Alvin recognized the personal cost of Lin Shaoqing’s plan, and Julie arrived to criticize the group’s lack of flying knowledge.

• Matt called Danny Rand, then asked Alvin whether he could make Danny believe the truth about Shou-Lao.
• Alvin explained that Danny could cooperate with Lin Shaoqing and survive if he believed them, while the Gun Club would let Kunlun witness the consequences if he refused.
• Lin Shaoqing asked Alvin for instructions on applying Anti-Gravity Coating and offered to repay him the hundred thousand later.
• Alvin realized Lin Shaoqing had turned against Kunlun despite having been raised there, and warned him not to default on the debt.
• Julie came downstairs and chastised Lin Shaoqing and the others for wanting to fly a spaceship without knowing how.

Julie explained how to use the Anti-Gravity Coating and arranged technicians after Lin Shaoqing signed an IOU for the money. When Danny Rand arrived, Alvin tried to make him hear the truth about Kunlun’s elders, but Danny’s anger at their insult led Alvin to overpower him.

• Julie explained that the Anti-Gravity Coating required a sealed additive and specialized spray equipment, then demanded compensation for the soldiers harmed by its theft.
• Alvin lent Lin Shaoqing the money for Jessica and Julie’s claims in exchange for an IOU, and Julie arranged for painters to finish the job.
• Alvin sent Luther Rockefeller to talk with Matt, then Danny Rand arrived and Matt told him Alvin wanted to discuss Kunlun, Lin Shaoqing, and Kunlun’s old dragons.
• Alvin called Kunlun’s old dragons sons of bitches, provoking Danny, who demanded that Lin Shaoqing defend Kunlun’s honor.
• Lin Shaoqing said he had followed Shou-Lao’s orders and agreed with Alvin, so Danny’s Iron Fist power surged against him.
• Alvin weakened Danny, slammed his head against the bar, and scolded him for acting aggressively when everyone was trying to save his life.

Alvin confronted Danny Rand with Lin Shaoqing’s claims about Kunlun and Shou-Lao, while Lin fought Danny until Groot and Sapling smashed through the Peace Hotel wall. Alvin threatened to kill Kunlun’s disciples if Danny refused to cooperate, leaving Danny facing a choice.

• Alvin weakened Danny Rand and told him that Lin Shaoqing had shown sacrifice, while Danny had given him nothing to admire.
• Matt explained Lin Shaoqing’s claims to Danny and urged him to take responsibility, but Danny charged at Lin and accused him of betrayal.
• Lin Shaoqing and Danny fought with their Iron Fist powers, and Lin used his martial skill to gain the upper hand despite Danny’s stronger Iron Fist.
• Groot and Sapling broke through the Peace Hotel wall, knocked Danny away, and repaired the damage while Alvin charged Lin Shaoqing fifty thousand dollars for the wall.
• Lin Shaoqing accused Danny of being Shou-Lao’s chosen heir and said Kunlun’s Old Dragons wanted a spaceship and had selected Danny for his body.
• Alvin threatened to make it snow in Kunlun and kill its thirty thousand disciples unless Danny cooperated with Lin Shaoqing’s plan.

Alvin helped Lin Shaoqing prepare to take control of Kunlun and urged him to see the transition as a way to secure work for its people. After Lin Shaoqing left, Alvin contacted Zhang Qiang about Kunlun and tried to persuade him to send Wu Lie and Lin Hai to visit Hell’s Kitchen.

• Matt escorted Danny Rand out of the Peace Hotel, and Luther Rockefeller followed them.
• Alvin told Lin Shaoqing to inspect the spaceship and promised to contact Zhang Qiang about Kunlun’s aftermath and the Gun Club’s plan.
• Lin Shaoqing admitted that delivering Kunlun to the Gun Club brought him no pleasure, while Alvin argued that cooperation could give Kunlun’s people stability and opportunity.
• Lin Shaoqing thanked Alvin and left, and Shang-Chi questioned Alvin’s decision to help him.
• Alvin called Zhang Qiang about Wu Lie and asked him to send Wu Lie and Lin Hai to Hell’s Kitchen, offering to forgive Zhang Qiang if he supplied another ton of helium-3 each year.

Alvin told Shang-Chi about the Beast Army and how he had missed an opportunity to join, prompting Shang-Chi to ask to go to Kunlun and fight Monsters. Old Cheng then revealed that Shang-Chi’s father had sacrificed his chance at peace to protect his son, leaving Alvin questioning the Gun Club’s role in his death.

• Alvin explained that Wu Gang had died fighting Monsters as a member of the Beast Army, and Shang-Chi learned that his childhood neighbors had been protecting Earth.
• Shang-Chi remembered receiving a school invitation after graduation and realized it had been the Beast Army’s recruitment offer, which his father had burned.
• After Alvin described the Beast Army’s mission, Shang-Chi insisted that he wanted to go to Kunlun and fight Monsters.
• Old Cheng revealed that Shang-Chi’s father had moved the family to Cotton Alley and burned the invitation to keep Shang-Chi safe.
• Old Cheng said Shang-Chi’s father had made a deal with the Gun Club leader to explore Qin Shi Huang’s Tomb, and Alvin questioned whether the Gun Club had set him up.

Old Cheng explained Shang-Chi's father's past dealings with the Gun Club and described the martial prowess Shang-Chi would need to surpass him. The chapter ended with Alvin calling the Gun Club to ask about its centuries-long President, Wu Fengji.

• Old Cheng told Alvin that Shang-Chi's father had negotiated with the Gun Club over an irresistible condition, and that Huang Bingyi had helped Shang-Chi escape to the United States rather than persecuting him.
• Alvin promised to support Shang-Chi's trip to Kunlun but said he would investigate Qin Shi Huang's Tomb with the Gun Club before deciding what to do.
• Old Cheng said Shang-Chi would need to surpass his father, who had defeated three fully armed members of the Beast Army, and explained that Shang-Chi still lacked the pressure needed to reach the highest level.
• Old Cheng revealed that Shang-Chi's father had told him the Gun Club President was Wu Fengji, a woman who had supposedly held the position for several hundred years.
• Alvin called the Gun Club to learn more about Wu Fengji.