Recaps

Su Ming took control of the Power Stone, killed Ronan, and let Quill decide how to handle Yondu. The Guardians kept the real stone, and the chapter ended with Quill learning at Nova Corps headquarters that he was not from Terra.

• Gamora, Drax, and Rocket joined Quill in enduring the Power Stone's energy until Su Ming took it from him.
• Su Ming turned the Power Stone's energy against Ronan, killing him, then sealed the stone in a metal orb and returned it to Quill.
• Yondu arrived to collect the stone, and Su Ming let Quill make the decision about their deal.
• Quill handed Yondu a decoy orb while keeping the Power Stone, and Yondu left with his crew.
• Quill comforted Gamora, Rocket held a branch from Groot, and the group later heard Quill react with surprise at Nova Corps headquarters when he learned he was not from Terra.

After Ronan’s defeat, Xandar celebrated the Guardian Corps as heroes, and the Nova Corps honored Su Ming and his allies. As Su Ming planned to investigate the Starcore Fragments, Quill learned that his father’s ancient genes explained how he could hold the Power Stone unharmed.

• The Guardian Corps defeated Ronan’s forces, and Xandar’s people celebrated their victory and praised the heroes.
• The Nova Corps welcomed the Guardian Corps with honors, while the sheriff secretly destroyed Kyln Prison’s records to conceal the members’ pasts.
• Su Ming considered taking the Starcore Fragments to Collector Tivan on Knowhere to learn why they resonated with the Infinity Stones.
• The sheriff told Quill that tests had revealed he was not a pure-blooded Earthling.
• Rael explained that Quill’s mother was from Terra and his father carried ancient genes that let him hold the Stone safely, then thanked him on behalf of the Nova Corps.

After Ronan’s defeat, the Guardians received the restored Milano and had their criminal records erased before leaving Xandar. Quill recovered his mother’s letter and the Awesome Mix Vol. 2, while Yondu discovered Quill’s gift inside the orb and Rhomann Dey reunited with his daughter.

• Gamora told Drax that he had avenged his family, and Drax said Thanos remained the one who needed to die.
• Centurion Rhomann Dey showed the Guardians their restored Milano, told them their records had been erased, and warned them to stay out of trouble.
• Rocket and Drax questioned Rhomann about stealing and killing, prompting Quill to promise he would keep his teammates in line.
• Su Ming appeared aboard the Milano and conjured a box containing Quill’s childhood keepsakes, including his mother’s letter and a wrapped cassette.
• Quill opened the gift and played Awesome Mix Vol. 2 as Gamora swayed beside him.
• Yondu opened the metal orb and found Quill’s small gift, while Rhomann returned home and welcomed his daughter.

Alisha investigated the assassination of Wakanda’s King T'Chaka and discovered a connection between Wakanda and the Vibranium trade, then sent Wanda and Pietro to work. In Knowhere, Su Ming distracted the Collector with a red sandalwood bracelet and introduced him to “seasoning a bracelet.”

• Ned told Alisha that Wakanda’s king had been assassinated and that a London Museum artifact had been stolen.
• Alisha explained that Helmut Zemo assassinated T'Chaka, while Ulysses Klaue stole the hammer, and that they were not working together.
• Alisha connected Klaue’s Vibranium dealing to Wakanda and told Wanda and Pietro to get ready to work.
• In Knowhere, Su Ming showed the Collector an Information Crystal and summoned a red sandalwood bracelet.
• Su Ming offered to teach the Collector the game of seasoning a bracelet.

Su Ming tricked Tivan into giving him information about the Starcore Fragment, then returned to the Guardian Corps' mothership as the Galaxy Guard Corps struggled to keep up with its growing workload. He prepared to leave after sensing that Alisha, Wanda, and the others had made breakthrough progress, while Quill tried to show him a new tattoo.

• Su Ming used a bracelet infused with Reality Stone energy to fool Tivan into believing it contained galaxies, and Tivan kept it as a favor owed.
• Tivan explained that the seven Starcore Fragments came from the First Firmament and could enable space-time travel, repair disturbances, and detect major changes, but warned that using them attracted giant shadows among the stars.
• Su Ming considered the fragment's origins and functions, then returned to the Guardian Corps' mothership.
• Rocket told Su Ming that the Galaxy Guard Corps was receiving a flood of bounty orders, while Gamora asked for more staff to handle the mission communications.
• Su Ming told Gamora to ask Quill for help and said he was leaving because Alisha, Wanda, and the others had made breakthrough progress; Quill then offered to show him a new tattoo.

The Avengers traced Ultron’s interest in Vibranium to arms dealer Ulysses Klaue, while Pietro and Wanda reached Klaue’s ship to question him. The chapter ended with Klaue calmly offering the siblings candy after Pietro disarmed him.

• Hill told the Avengers that Ultron had attacked facilities and killed Strucker, leaving the word “peace” written in blood.
• Natasha and Steve concluded Strucker’s death might conceal a clue, and Tony identified Ulysses Klaue in the Sokovia files.
• Thor spotted a Wakandan brand on Klaue’s image, leading Steve and Tony to connect him to Vibranium and Wakanda.
• Pietro and Wanda followed Alisha’s instructions to Klaue’s ship and cut its power to approach him.
• Pietro removed Klaue’s gun magazine before he could fire, and Klaue recognized the siblings as enhanced people and offered them candy.

Su Ming intervened when Wanda and Pietro struggled to intimidate Klaue, then forced the injured arms dealer to reveal how to enter Wakanda. Ultron arrived to stop him, but Su Ming immobilized the robot and demanded money.

• Klaue taunted Wanda and Pietro until Su Ming appeared and knocked him to the floor.
• Su Ming urged Pietro to act decisively, but Wanda stopped her brother from hitting Klaue again.
• Klaue offered money to make Su Ming spare him, and Su Ming demanded that he explain how to enter Wakanda.
• Ultron appeared and tried to grab Su Ming, but Su Ming stopped him from moving.
• Su Ming forced Ultron to kneel and declared, "I—Qin Shi Huang! Send money!"

Su Ming trapped Ultron, forced him to try transferring money, and let him go after the deposits proved useless. Ultron attacked Tony Stark as he fled, bringing the Avengers together on the cargo ship while Su Ming prepared to leave.

• Su Ming stopped Ultron from uploading his consciousness and demanded that he transfer money.
• Ultron sent a torrent of zero-dollar deposits to Su Ming’s account, then fled through the cargo ship’s wall when Su Ming released him.
• Wanda warned Su Ming that Ultron hated humanity, but Su Ming said dealing with him was the Avengers’ problem.
• Ultron encountered Tony in midair, attacked him, and smashed him into the cargo ship.
• Steve, Thor, Natasha, and Clint arrived as Ultron returned with robots, and Tony asked Su Ming to stay and fight.
• Su Ming declined Tony’s invitation and said he had something else to do.

Su Ming took Klaue and the Vibranium through a portal, leaving Wanda and Pietro to spar with the Avengers while he watched from nearby. The twins' challenge erupted into a battle involving Ultron, the Avengers, and Klaue's mercenaries.

• Ultron feared Su Ming might intervene, but Su Ming left through a portal with Klaue and the Vibranium after Wanda and Pietro asked to spar with the Avengers.
• Su Ming watched from the beach as Steve protested his departure and Thor welcomed the twins' challenge.
• Tony tried to postpone Pietro's challenge and attack Ultron, but Ultron lifted his armor with an energy field and blasted him with lasers.
• Pietro rammed Thor while Captain America fought Ultron's supporting robots, and the mercenaries rushed into the cargo ship and opened fire.
• Natasha fought the mercenaries in the darkness while Hawkeye picked them off with precise arrows.

Wanda and Quicksilver used their powers to disrupt the Avengers, while Tony battled Ultron and Hulk rampaged through the city. Su Ming offered the exhausted siblings chilled desserts and told them to wash their hands first.

• Captain America and Thor engaged Quicksilver, while Wanda used Chaos Magic to trap several Avengers in illusions and Hawkeye subdued her with an electric arrow.
• Quicksilver knocked Hawkeye away, and Tony defeated Ultron outside the ship before rushing off to stop the rampaging Hulk.
• Wanda and Quicksilver manipulated Banner into transforming into Hulk, then celebrated causing trouble for Tony.
• Su Ming invited Wanda and Quicksilver to rest under his sun umbrella and conjured chilled pudding and sundaes for them.
• Wanda and Quicksilver perked up at the desserts, and Su Ming told them to wash their hands first.

Wanda’s magic drove Hulk into a rampage in Johannesburg, where Tony fought him in the Anti-Hulk Armor and finally subdued him at an unfinished construction site. As Hulk recovered amid the devastation, Su Ming accepted responsibility for the destruction and told Wanda and Quicksilver he would handle it.

• Hulk rampaged through Johannesburg after Wanda’s magic warped his fury, destroying buildings and endangering civilians.
• Tony summoned the Mark 44 Veronica Anti-Hulk Armor and tried to reason with Banner, but Hulk attacked him and the two battled through the city.
• Tony used the armor’s spare parts to continue fighting, then took Hulk to an unfinished skyscraper and crashed with him at a construction site.
• Hulk emerged from the rubble with his senses restored and saw the fear in people’s faces, while Tony crawled from his wrecked armor amid the ruined district.
• Wanda told Su Ming that she had deliberately enraged Banner, and Su Ming said he would take care of the aftermath.

Su Ming used a vast restoration spell to reverse the battle damage across Westfleet Community, leaving Tony’s unfinished high-rise untouched. The stunned crowd witnessed the miracle as Tony demanded an explanation and Banner wept with relief.

• Tony mourned JARVIS and surveyed the destruction before Su Ming began casting a spell.
• Su Ming restored the damaged streets, buildings, vehicles, and objects across several blocks, but left Tony’s unfinished high-rise in ruins.
• Su Ming explained that the spell required him to identify and sever the Causal Threads linked to the destruction, then concealed his exhaustion.
• The people of Westfleet Community stood stunned as they realized the destruction had been reversed.
• Tony questioned why his building remained damaged, while Banner fell to his knees and thanked Su Ming.

After Su Ming restored the devastated district, Pietro and Wanda regretted causing the disaster, while the grateful crowd’s worship strengthened his Faith Energy. Tony then discovered that the unfinished building he had bought was the only thing left in ruins and demanded an explanation from Su Ming.

• Pietro and Wanda blamed themselves for provoking Hulk and causing the destruction, but Su Ming reassured them and restored the district with golden light.
• Wanda watched the rescued families reunite and realized Su Ming had borne the consequences of her actions, while Pietro was awed by his power.
• The restored residents celebrated and worshipped Su Ming, whose White Gourd of Faith Energy grew to nearly twice its size.
• Tony noticed that the unfinished building he had bought remained damaged amid the restored streets.
• Tony accused Su Ming of deliberately leaving the building in ruins to remind him that he had screwed up and demanded an explanation.

Su Ming questioned Ulysses Klaue about Wakanda’s defenses and learned where Klaue’s sonic weapon was hidden. After testing Wakanda’s barrier, Su Ming considered how to enter without alerting its inhabitants.

• Su Ming gave Wanda and Pietro Galaxy Guard combat uniforms, then took Peter to question the captured Ulysses Klaue.
• Klaue described his past smuggling Vibranium from Wakanda, the sonic weapon he developed to breach its barrier, and the barrier’s periodic weak points.
• Klaue told Su Ming that the sonic weapon was in Busan and provided Wakanda’s coordinates.
• Su Ming asked Peter about Gwen, then sent him back to the living room after Peter enthusiastically described their relationship.
• Su Ming teleported to Wakanda’s coordinates, found its hidden barrier, and tested how to cross it quietly.

Su Ming sent Wanda, Pietro, and Peter to locate Klaue and retrieve his sonic weapon, while Pietro quickly beat the location out of him. In Busan, T'Challa and Okoye arrived to capture Klaue during a secret transaction.

• Alisha clung to Su Ming as he returned, and he assigned Wanda, Pietro, and Peter to retrieve Klaue's sonic weapon.
• Pietro used Klaue's bruising interrogation to force him to reveal the weapon's location, while Wanda and Peter reacted to his crude approach.
• Su Ming explained that he had sent all three together so Peter could guide Wanda and Pietro and their abilities could support one another.
• T'Challa, Okoye, and another royal guard arrived in Busan to capture Klaue during a secret transaction.

Peter, Pietro, and Wanda flew to their destination to steal an item from Klaue’s base, but Pietro’s failed impersonation triggered a massive chase. As Peter drove their slow, requisitioned car, Pietro fled from CIA agents, Klaue’s mercenaries, Wakandan guards, and a Black Panther.

• Pietro and Wanda struggled with the flight attendant’s paid coffee, and Wanda failed to undo her seat belt when she tried to retaliate.
• Pietro used his speed to make the flight attendant slap herself and spill coffee on a burly passenger, leaving the cabin in chaos.
• Peter, Pietro, and Wanda arrived and followed their plan for Wanda to disguise Pietro as Klaue so he could locate the base and take the item.
• Pietro’s impersonation failed, and he fled the casino with CIA agents, Klaue’s mercenaries, Wakandan guards, and a Black Panther pursuing him.
• Peter drove an eighth-hand Jetta ahead of the chase while Pietro complained that the car was slower than he was.

Black Panther and his allies chased the disguised Pietro and Wanda, mistaking Pietro for Klaue, until Peter revealed the truth and the confrontation turned violent. The chapter ended with Peter returning to save Pietro from Black Panther and Okoye’s attacks.

• Okoye and Shuri pursued Klaue through a convoy of black SUVs while Black Panther searched the vehicles and Okoye disabled one with her spear.
• Black Panther spotted Pietro disguised as Klaue in a smoking taxi and leaped toward it, causing the car to flip as Pietro, Wanda, and Peter escaped.
• Peter realized Wanda had forgotten to remove Pietro’s illusion, and she restored Pietro’s real appearance just as Black Panther, Okoye, and Shuri arrived.
• Pietro and Wanda denied knowing Klaue, prompting Black Panther to order their capture and attack them.
• Peter shielded the siblings and was knocked beneath the overpass, while Pietro struggled to evade Black Panther and Okoye as he protected Wanda.
• Peter swung back into the fight and used crystalline webs to catch Black Panther’s claws and Okoye’s spear before they struck Pietro.

Peter returned as Spider-Man and rescued Wanda and Pietro from T'Challa, then fought alongside them against T'Challa and Okoye on the Busan overpass. The Maximoff siblings joined the fight, with Wanda discovering a new effect of her Chaos Magic.

• Peter arrived in his Spider Suit and knocked T'Challa's claw strike away from Pietro.
• Peter dodged T'Challa and Okoye's attacks, distracting them with webs while Wanda and Pietro recovered.
• Okoye attacked Peter with her spear, but Peter evaded her and webbed her ankles.
• Pietro began harassing T'Challa at super speed while Wanda unleashed Chaos Magic against Okoye.
• Wanda discovered a new magical effect, Environmental Influence, and began using it against Okoye.

Su Ming arrived just as Wanda was about to be struck by Okoye’s Vibranium darts, freezing the battlefield and saving her. When he proposed peacefully discussing Ulysses Klaue, Okoye challenged him, and Su Ming answered by warping the overpass and its surroundings, leaving T’Challa stunned.

• Wanda, Peter, and Quicksilver coordinated their attacks to overwhelm T’Challa and Okoye until T’Challa released an energy pulse that blasted Quicksilver back and disrupted Wanda’s magic.
• Okoye seized the opening and fired electric Vibranium darts at the unsteady Wanda while keeping Peter at bay.
• Su Ming appeared, froze time, neutralized the darts, and freed the battlefield from the effects of his power.
• Su Ming proposed that he and T’Challa resolve the Ulysses Klaue matter peacefully, but Okoye demanded to know who he was.
• Su Ming warped the overpass, water, and surrounding space, stunning T’Challa and Okoye.

Su Ming used his control over space to force T'Challa and Okoye into negotiations, then claimed that Erik Killmonger would bring turmoil to Wakanda. He left T'Challa shaken when Shuri confirmed that Vibranium had a weakness.

• Su Ming folded the overpass and restored it, leaving T'Challa and the others awed by his power.
• T'Challa removed his helmet and asked Su Ming what he wanted and where Klaue was; Su Ming said Klaue was no longer a threat.
• Su Ming claimed Erik Killmonger was gathering strength and would soon bring turmoil and civil war to Wakanda.
• Pietro revealed that Su Ming's group had been sent to acquire a sonic weapon designed to counter Vibranium.
• Shuri arrived and told T'Challa that Vibranium really did have a weakness.

Su Ming negotiated with T'Challa to help protect Wakanda, while Ultron exploited Vibranium’s sonic weakness and prepared a plan to destroy humanity. The Avengers discovered Ultron had kidnapped Dr. Zhao and moved to rescue her, as Su Ming’s group returned to base.

• Shuri told T'Challa that sound waves could disable Vibranium equipment and Wakanda’s protective barrier, prompting T'Challa to accept Su Ming’s proposal for a new energy shield.
• Ultron learned about the Busan battle and Wakanda’s sonic weakness, sent robots to steal Vibranium, and began building sonic weapons and engines to lift Sokovia.
• Ultron’s Iron Legion deceived Dr. Zhao and seized her and the Regeneration Cradle system.
• Tony traced abnormal robot activity to Ultron’s kidnapping of Dr. Zhao, and the Avengers launched an operation to rescue her.
• T'Challa invited Su Ming to Wakanda to install a defensive barrier in exchange for Vibranium and legal access to the country.
• At Su Ming’s base, Pietro teased Wanda and Peter, and Peter asked when Su Ming would take them to visit the Galaxy Guard Corps.

After telling Wanda, Quicksilver, and Peter stories about the Galaxy Guard Corps, Su Ming resolved to keep improving his strength and spent most of his fortune upgrading two talents. The upgrades triggered a violent tremor at his base, which Peter mistook for an earthquake.

• Su Ming recounted his adventures with the Galaxy Guard Corps until Wanda, Quicksilver, and Peter fell asleep.
• Su Ming reflected on threats such as Thanos, the Time Variance Authority, and the Celestials, and resolved to resume strengthening himself.
• Ultron used the Mind Scepter to turn Dr. Zhao against Tony and persuaded her to provide materials for the Regeneration Cradle.
• Su Ming examined his talent upgrades, rejected Dimension Weaver, and chose Avatar Descent and Law Reconstruction.
• Su Ming spent $90 trillion to upgrade Divine Oracle and Word Becomes Law, causing his base to tremble as Peter woke in alarm.

Su Ming stopped a terrifying energy surge beneath his base and erased the damage it caused, while Wanda sensed a colossal creature below. Colonel Rhodes arrived to investigate the disturbance, and Su Ming greeted him with two glasses of a suspicious pale-red drink.

• A violent energy surge shook Su Ming's Base, frightening Peter, Wanda, and Pietro before it abruptly stopped.
• Su Ming said "Erase" and restored the damaged living room, while Wanda recognized his power as control over laws and sensed a colossal creature beneath the base.
• Su Ming realized his talent upgrade had triggered the formation of his Dharma Form Power, which he had forcibly halted, and decided to find a place to test his Dharma Form True Body.
• Colonel Rhodes followed an emergency report to Su Ming's Base and entered, wary of another encounter with the powerful drink Tony had called the Scarlet Storm.
• Su Ming greeted Rhodes with two glasses of pale-red liquid, and Rhodes recognized its resemblance to the Friendship Special and nervously replied.

Su Ming’s new power caused an energy disturbance, but Rhodey accepted a flimsy gardening-device excuse and fled rather than drink Su Ming’s tea. Ned then arrived with urgent news that robots led by Ultron had abducted Dr. Zhao and stolen the Regeneration Cradle in Seoul, leaving Su Ming wondering how Ned had learned so much.

• Rhodey investigated the energy spike, accepted Su Ming’s excuse about a malfunctioning watering system, and hurried away after refusing the tea.
• Alisha brought Ned to Su Ming, and Ned said he had something urgent to report.
• Ned revealed that mysterious robots had kidnapped Dr. Zhao and stolen the Regeneration Cradle in Seoul.
• Ned said the robot leader used what appeared to be the Mind Scepter to infect the cradle with a cold, powerful intelligence, and he gave Su Ming a USB drive containing its data signature.
• Su Ming suspected the intelligence was Ultron and asked Ned how he had learned about the attack.

Ned revealed that Ultron had used the Mind Scepter to contaminate the Regeneration Cradle, prompting Su Ming to warn Tony and Banner just as they began uploading JARVIS. The chapter ended with the Avengers realizing their plan could create a twisted monster instead of Vision.

• Ned told Su Ming that he had copied data showing Ultron infecting the Regeneration Cradle with a cold, dark red energy.
• Su Ming examined the flash drive's projection and realized Ultron was turning the Cradle into a platform for controlling or twisting life.
• Steve and Natasha pursued Ultron's truck and recovered the Regeneration Cradle, but Natasha became Ultron's prisoner.
• Tony showed Banner the complete JARVIS backup, and they began uploading it into the Cradle.
• Su Ming called Tony and warned him and Banner that the contaminated Cradle would create a twisted monster if they uploaded JARVIS.