Recaps

Su Ming took control of the Time Throne as the Story God, stabilizing the Multiverse’s collapsing timelines. After Mobius returned to his own timeline and Sylvie chose to stay with the Galaxy Guard Corps, Su Ming led the others through a Time Door to go home.

• Su Ming manifested a Dharma Giant and seated it on the Time Throne, restoring order to the timelines.
• Sylvie slapped and kneed Deadpool after he made crude remarks, knocking him onto Rocket.
• Mobius sensed his timeline calling him back, said goodbye, and returned to the ordinary life he had wanted.
• Sylvie chose to remain with Su Ming and join the Galaxy Guard Corps instead of returning to her timeline.
• Rocket welcomed Sylvie to the team but protested when Deadpool tried to join.
• Su Ming opened a stable Time Door, and the group stepped through to go home.

Su Ming returned to Earth, where Shenron reunited with Earth's Will and the Heirloom Seal of the Realm awakened old memories. Earth's Will revealed that the seal had once been Primordial Dragon-Vein Essence from her eastern continental plate, then bristled at Su Ming's awkward question about where it came from.

• When Su Ming returned to Earth, purple qi flowed into the Heirloom Seal of the Realm and restored its radiance.
• Earth's Will summoned Su Ming to her domain, recognized Shenron as Little Green, and watched it regain its full size before tearfully reuniting with her.
• Su Ming explained that Deadpool had summoned Shenron with the seven Dragon Balls in the TVA warehouse, then gave Earth's Will the Earth Essence he had brought as a gift.
• Earth's Will sensed the Heirloom Seal of the Realm and asked Su Ming to hand it over, then called it her child as she remembered its past.
• Earth's Will revealed that the seal had once been Primordial Dragon-Vein Essence born from her eastern continental plate, and she snapped at Su Ming after he asked if it had grown on her.

The Earth girl explained that Shenron and the Heirloom Seal of the Realm were both parts of her lost earthly essence, which Su Ming had returned to her. Meanwhile, Tony Stark solved the time-travel problem and reconciled with Steve Rogers, leaving them ready to pursue the Infinity Stones together.

• The Earth girl told Su Ming how Shenron and the Heirloom Seal of the Realm had both become connected to her earthly energy and were lost in the Time Variance Authority warehouse.
• The Earth girl welcomed Shenron and the Jade Seal back, recognizing them as pieces of herself that Su Ming had brought home.
• After tucking Morgan Stark into bed, Tony Stark studied Scott's proposal and realized that time travel through the Quantum Realm could work.
• Tony arrived at Avengers Headquarters with a time-travel navigation device and explained the danger in Scott's experiments to Steve Rogers.
• Tony and Steve made peace and agreed to find the Stones while protecting the life they had now; Tony then opened his car's trunk.

Tony returned Steve’s shield, while Su Ming received the Heirloom Seal of the Realm’s power and broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage. A mysterious key and coordinates led him toward a hidden chamber in the Kunlun Mountains, as Earth’s Will revealed that opening its door would determine his fate.

• Tony gave Steve the restored shield made by his father, and Steve promised that their people would all come back.
• Earth’s Will infused the Heirloom Seal of the Realm with ancient power, which Su Ming absorbed to shatter his Golden Core and form a Nascent Soul.
• Su Ming’s breakthrough created a vision of the Eastern Heavenly Realm, which flowed into him and strengthened his cultivation.
• A mysterious voice prompted Su Ming’s Nascent Soul to form an ancient key and imprint coordinates for a secluded place in the Kunlun Mountains.
• Su Ming told Rocket, Deadpool, and Sylvie to watch the base, then tore open a spatial rift and left for Kunlun.
• Earth’s Will watched Su Ming depart and said the key had been delivered, the door would soon open, and the rest depended on his fate.

The Avengers prepared a Time Heist to restore those erased by Thanos, while Su Ming discovered he could not simply rewrite the timeline without risking reality. At Kunlun, he found that the events ahead and even his own fate had become obscured.

• Natasha reunited with Hawkeye in Tokyo and persuaded him to join the effort to bring everyone back.
• Banner explained that changing the past would create new timelines, so the Avengers needed to collect the Infinity Stones and return them after using them.
• Scott accidentally used the shrinking switch, leaving the team with only one round trip's worth of Pym Particles.
• Su Ming arrived at the Kunlun Mountains and used the Dharma Giant's perspective to observe the Avengers preparing their time machine.
• Su Ming tried to restore Quill, Alisha, and the others by altering the timeline, but its laws resisted the change and he realized he needed a method such as the Time Heist or Infinity Gauntlet.
• Su Ming searched the timeline for what awaited him in the Kunlun Secret Chamber but found the events blank and his own fate blurred.

Su Ming uncovered the hidden underground palace in Kunlun and found an immense army of ceramic warriors. Meanwhile, Galactus awakened and headed for the TVA, while the Avengers began their time-travel mission to retrieve the Infinity Stones.

• Su Ming found no trace of the underground palace until he used the earth authority in his Earth Guardian Medal to reveal its entrance.
• Galactus sensed the disturbance in time, identified Su Ming as the one who had used the Time Throne, and set out for the TVA.
• Hawkeye successfully tested the Avengers’ time machine by traveling to the past and returning safely.
• The Avengers divided into teams and traveled to New York, Asgard, and Morag to collect the Infinity Stones.
• Su Ming descended into the underground palace and discovered a vast kingdom filled with ceramic warriors from unfamiliar civilizations.

Su Ming explored an underground palace, where its commander mistook him for the reincarnated king. Su Ming found the real king sleeping in a coffin, hauled him out and slapped him into submission, leaving Zhen Chou to realize his long wait had been unnecessary.

• Su Ming ignored the palace’s traps, lit its eternal lamps and admired the terracotta army, while Purple Jewel sensed no valuable treasure.
• The terracotta soldiers charged Su Ming, but Zhen Chou’s roar stopped them and their momentum trampled many into fragments.
• Zhen Chou mistook Su Ming for his returned king and led him to the throne, where he asked when they would raise an army to rule the world.
• Su Ming sensed the real king’s soul in the imperial coffin, pulled him out and slapped him when he demanded to know who had disturbed him.
• The king admitted he had been sleeping in the back and had built the palace to trick people into guarding his tomb, while Zhen Chou began thinking about leaving his post.

Su Ming questioned the emperor’s soul and Commander Zhen Chou about a huge tree and a distant palace, then left to continue searching for the real Kunlun Mystic Realm. Meanwhile, the Avengers traveled back to New York in 2012 to collect the Infinity Stones, where they encountered their past selves and a rampaging Hulk.

• The emperor’s soul told Su Ming that a huge tree and a grand palace lay above the underground palace, but he could not explain how to reach them.
• Commander Zhen Chou described a huge tree, and the emperor’s soul recalled visiting a fairyland-like place three to five thousand years earlier.
• Su Ming left through a spatial rift, while the emperor’s soul and Zhen Chou waved goodbye with their terracotta soldiers.
• The Avengers confirmed that Clint’s time trip had worked and held a planning meeting that assigned preparations and responsibilities for the Time Heist.
• Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Scott Lang, and Green Banner traveled through the time tunnel to New York in 2012.
• Steve urged the team to split up and avoid attention, then watched a Hulk from the original timeline smash Chitauri soldiers with a car.

Green Banner confronted the Ancient One to obtain the Time Stone, but she forced him out of his Hulk body and demanded an explanation. Meanwhile, Su Ming entered the hidden Jade Pool Realm and found it reduced to a desolate ruin, leaving him to wonder what catastrophe had destroyed it.

• Green Banner damaged a taxi and tossed a motorcycle aside before reaching the Ancient One at the Sanctum Sanctorum.
• Green Banner told the Ancient One he needed the Stone, and she expelled his soul from his body with a palm strike.
• Su Ming returned to the Kunlun Mountains, found the enormous tree Commander Zhen Chou had described, and entered through its trunk.
• Su Ming discovered that the Jade Pool Realm was a ruined wasteland and recognized the carved characters for Jade Pool.
• Purple Jewel suddenly warned Su Ming to watch out.

Su Ming received a warning from a dying consciousness in the Jade Pool ruins about beings stealing the Dao Fruits of all worlds, then found a crystal that flooded his mind with information. The crystal showed scenes from the Avengers’ time heist, ending with Thanos discovering that Nebula’s memories revealed a future version of her.

• A fading consciousness in the Jade Pool ruins warned Su Ming to find a key and stop “Them,” then vanished after declaring that dark night was approaching.
• Su Ming picked up a crystal left behind by the consciousness, and it sent a massive amount of information into his sea of consciousness.
• In Asgard in 2013, Thor remembered that Frigga would die that day and fled in anguish, dropping Stark’s Aether extractor.
• On Morag in 2014, Rhodey and Nebula discussed their plan to wait for Quill, while Nebula explained that Thanos, Gamora, and she also sought the Infinity Stones.
• A projection from Nebula’s mechanical eye showed Thanos a conversation between Rhodey and future Nebula, and Thanos ordered her taken to the ship.

Su Ming received Jade Pool’s memories, learning that its Dao Fruit was a Starcore Fragment and that the Heirloom Seal of the Realm held the final clues to an Ancient God Godhood. Taibai Jinxing appeared, revealed that he and others had created Su Ming’s Gold-Spending System, and warned him that he needed a true godhood to survive powerful Cosmic Demons.

• Su Ming took the crystal left by Jade Pool’s consciousness and saw memories of Cosmic Demons invading the Peach Banquet to seize the Dharma Realm Dao Fruit.
• Su Ming discovered that the Dao Fruit was a Starcore Fragment that had nourished Jade Pool, and realized the primordial demon sought to collect all such fragments.
• Su Ming learned that Ancient God Godhoods required clues hidden in keys, and that the Heirloom Seal of the Realm was the last such key.
• Taibai Jinxing appeared and scolded Su Ming for neglecting the Gold-Spending System, which he said he and other elders had designed for him.
• Taibai Jinxing warned Su Ming that his Nascent Soul cultivation could not withstand veteran Cosmic Demons and that his timeline-clone would not protect him.

Future Tony and Steve tried to recover the Mind Scepter during the 2012 New York battle, while Steve unexpectedly used Hydra’s own secret phrase to disarm the agents. In the Yaochi Mystic Realm, Su Ming learned that his transmigration and system might be part of a larger struggle over cosmic authority, then left to confront Earth's Will for answers.

• Future Tony sent Scott toward Crossbones's subordinate and tracked the Mind Scepter as Hulk took the stairs.
• Future Steve entered the elevator with Sitwell and the Hydra agents, claiming the Mind Scepter had been placed under his responsibility.
• When Crossbones resisted, Steve whispered “Hail Hydra,” leaving the Hydra agents stunned.
• The old man vanished after warning Su Ming that rules established after the Primordial War limited the help he could provide.
• Su Ming found that his Dharma Giant could not observe events and knowledge tied to the old man's revelations, and Purple Jewel refused to explain the Supreme Laws or Ancient God Godhood.
• Su Ming resolved to strengthen himself and returned to confront Earth's Will about her role in guiding him toward Kunlun.

Steve obtained the Mind Scepter by posing as a Hydra ally, while the Avengers’ attempt to retrieve the Tesseract went badly wrong and Loki escaped with it. Su Ming confronted Earth’s Will and demanded to know what she had kept from him.

• Steve said “Hail Hydra” to Sitwell and received the Mind Scepter from the Hydra agents.
• Scott entered Tony’s chest and pulled a wire, causing Tony to collapse while the briefcase containing the Tesseract was taken.
• Hulk burst through the stairwell door, knocking SWAT Tony aside and sending the briefcase and Tesseract across the lobby.
• Loki grabbed the Tesseract and vanished through a spatial vortex while Thor revived Tony with Mjolnir.
• Su Ming entered Earth’s Will’s dimension, found her playing with Little Green, and demanded to know what she had not told him.

Earth's Will revealed that Earth's origin, the Ancient Godhood, and the demons' invasion all stemmed from Xiao Gu's creation of Earth and the universe's unstable beginnings. Su Ming realized that the Death Law, which had once attacked Xiao Gu and now stood behind the demons, was the true enemy.

• Su Ming questioned Earth's Will about the key, Ancient Godhood, Jade Pool's immortals, and the Cosmic Demons' fixation on Earth.
• Earth's Will explained that she and her twin Xiao Gu awakened in the First Universe, and Xiao Gu split chaos with a battle axe to create the embryonic Earth.
• Earth's Will said Xiao Gu's intervention destabilized the universe, prompting the Death Law and ancient demons to attack him.
• Xiao Gu self-destructed to repel his attackers and used his origin power to stabilize and nurture Earth.
• Earth's Will explained that Ancient Godhoods were vacant authorities left by immature Supreme Laws, and the Heirloom Seal of the Realm was the last known key to a powerful godhood.
• Su Ming learned that Earth's earliest sentient beings became Ancient Gods and that demons sought Earth's keys, then identified the Death Law as the true enemy behind their attacks.

Earth's Will revealed that Su Ming's transmigration, system, and role as Earth Guardian had been arranged to prepare him to oppose Death Law. Su Ming accepted the responsibility of protecting Earth and asked what part the Infinity Stones played in the coming war.

• Su Ming learned that the goddess he had seen in the Soul Stone Dimension was Death Law, one of the universe's earliest and strongest Supreme Laws.
• Earth's Will explained that Purple Jewel and Gold Jewel were incarnations of Infinity and Eternity, sisters born from the same origin as Death.
• Su Ming connected the clues and confronted Earth's Will about whether his transmigration, system, Heirloom Seal of the Realm, and Earth Guardian role had all been planned.
• Earth's Will admitted that she and Su Ming had been chosen to break the deadlock, with the system meant to accelerate his growth and the Heirloom Seal prepared as his weapon.
• Su Ming resolved to protect Earth despite having been manipulated, then asked Earth's Will what role the Infinity Stones played in the war.

Su Ming understood how to use the Infinity Stones, Starcore Fragments, and Heirloom Seal of the Realm to condense his Starry Vault Godhood, then traveled to the Avengers’ Time Heist. Galactus followed him through time disguised as Steve Rogers, aiming to seize the Stones and Starcore Fragments for himself.

• Earth's Will explained that the Infinity Stones were incomplete Pseudo-Godhoods whose rule energy could help Su Ming condense his Starry Vault Godhood.
• Su Ming resolved to decide how to use his power, asked Earth's Will to prepare Earth's Origin, and traveled to the Time Heist timeline.
• Galactus watched Earth and planned to capture Su Ming and take his Starcore Fragments and the Infinity Stones.
• Galactus sensed Su Ming's departure, compressed his power, and transformed into a man resembling Steve Rogers.
• Galactus opened a Time Door and followed Su Ming into the past to begin his hunt.

Future Steve Rogers and his 2012 self fought over the Mind Scepter until Demon Captain appeared, took it, and vanished. Elsewhere, Ancient One explained to Banner that removing the Time Stone would endanger her timeline, but Banner insisted the Avengers would return the Stones.

• Future Steve encountered his 2012 self, and the two Captain Americas fought while Demon Captain watched nearby.
• The fighting knocked the briefcase open, exposing the Mind Scepter and drawing Demon Captain's attention to its Infinity Stone.
• After falling from the skybridge, the two Steves saw Demon Captain take the Mind Scepter and vanish, then resumed fighting over the pendant bearing Agent Carter's photo.
• Banner asked Ancient One for the Time Stone, and she demonstrated how removing an Infinity Stone created a dangerous divergent timeline.
• Banner argued that the Avengers would return the Stones after using them, and promised they would survive long enough to do so.

Su Ming revealed that Strange had willingly given the Time Stone to Thanos, persuading Ancient One to reconsider her refusal to help Banner. Ancient One chose to entrust the stone to Su Ming instead, judging him more reliable.

• Su Ming arrived and challenged Ancient One by asking why Strange had handed over the Time Stone.
• Su Ming warmly praised Banner, who became emotional and floated off to cry in a corner.
• Su Ming told Ancient One that Strange had given the Time Stone to Thanos willingly.
• Ancient One accepted that Strange must have had a reason and restored Banner to his Green Hulk form.
• Ancient One removed the Time Stone from the Eye of Agamotto and offered it to Su Ming, saying he seemed more reliable.

Su Ming absorbed the Time Stone, gaining greater command over time and earning Ancient One's hope for the future. Elsewhere, Thanos discovered that future Nebula's memories revealed the Avengers' Time Heist plans, while Thor awkwardly encountered Frigga on Asgard.

• Ancient One offered Su Ming the Time Stone, and it merged into his body, strengthening his mastery of time and advancing his system stage.
• Ancient One saw the Time Stone's mark in Su Ming's eyes, concluded he might change history, and asked him not to let her down.
• On the Dark Aster, Ebony Maw scanned Nebula and found memories shared with a version of her from nine years in the future.
• Thanos watched the Avengers' Time Heist meeting in Nebula's memories and ordered his forces to Morag to keep searching them.
• On Asgard, Thor tried to spy on Frigga, but she caught him and questioned his shabby clothes.

Thor reunited with Frigga in the past, and her intuition led him to reveal that he came from the future and weep in her arms. In New York in 2012, a demon god posing as Steve Rogers met Tony Stark and Scott after they lost the Tesseract, then asked if they had another way to get it.

• Frigga noticed Thor’s restored eye and recognized that he was not the Thor she knew.
• Frigga deduced that Thor had come from the future, and he admitted it while crying and embracing her.
• In New York in 2012, the demon god disguised as Captain America met Tony Stark and Scott in a wrecked car.
• Tony and Scott argued over losing the Tesseract after Hulk disrupted their plan and Loki escaped with it.
• The demon god suppressed his irritation and asked Tony and Scott whether they had another way to get the Tesseract.

Tony and the Demon Captain traveled to 1970 New Jersey to retrieve the Tesseract and replenish their Pym Particles, while Su Ming sensed their time jump and left with The Ancient One’s protective spells. Tony and the Demon Captain identified an inconspicuous bunker at the military base as the likely hiding place of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s secret operation.

• Tony proposed traveling to 1970 New Jersey to get the Tesseract and replenish their Pym Particles, and the Demon Captain agreed to improvise with him.
• Tony and the Demon Captain traveled through time together, leaving Scott behind without the Mind Scepter.
• Su Ming sensed the time jump, received protective spells from The Ancient One, and vanished through a Time Door.
• Hulk Banner followed The Ancient One after realizing Su Ming had taken the Time Stone and his mission had gone awry.
• In 1970 New Jersey, Tony and the Demon Captain reasoned that S.H.I.E.L.D.’s hidden operation was likely concealed in plain sight and focused on an inconspicuous bunker.

Steve convinced the 2012 Captain America that he was his future self, then asked for help with an urgent problem. Meanwhile, Su Ming encountered Tony and the Demon Captain in 1970 and grew suspicious when he sensed that the Mind Scepter was hidden with them.

• Steve escaped the 2012 Captain America's hold and proved his identity by revealing that Kate was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent sent by Nick Fury to protect him.
• Steve told the 2012 Captain America that Carter had lived a happy life and that he should not disrupt her final years.
• After accepting Steve's identity, the 2012 Captain America asked what had happened and why Steve had returned.
• Su Ming arrived at the 1970 New Jersey base and disguised himself as a high-ranking military officer before meeting Tony and the Demon Captain at the elevator.
• Tony assumed the Demon Captain had hidden the Mind Scepter, while Su Ming realized he could not sense it and suspected something was wrong.

Su Ming exposed the Cosmic Demon hiding inside Steve Rogers, defeated him, and took the Mind Scepter. After the demon escaped to 2012, Su Ming followed him through a Time Door, setting up their next confrontation in New York.

• Su Ming recognized the Cosmic Demon in Steve Rogers and revealed that it was hiding the Mind Scepter.
• Su Ming broke the demon’s wrist, knocked it down with Steve’s Vibranium shield, and forced it to surrender the Mind Scepter before it escaped through a time wormhole.
• Tony returned with the Tesseract and Pym Particles, then left while Su Ming stayed behind to pursue the demon.
• Su Ming tracked the demon to 2012 New York and stepped through a Time Door into the damaged city.

Tony encountered his father Howard Stark in the past and shared advice about fatherhood before they parted, while Thanos used Nebula’s memories to capture her and Past Nebula delivered a vial of red liquid to him. On Vormir, Hawkeye and Black Widow learned they would have to sacrifice someone they loved for the Soul Stone, leaving them facing a choice between their lives.

• Tony met Howard Stark in an elevator, learned Howard was expecting a child, and spoke with him about being a father.
• Tony embraced Howard and thanked him for everything he had done before leaving; Howard wondered whether they had met before.
• Past Nebula beat and threatened Future Nebula after Nebula tried to warn Gamora about Thanos and the future.
• Past Nebula gave Thanos a test tube filled with bright red liquid and asked how she had done.
• Red Skull guided Hawkeye and Black Widow to the cliff on Vormir and explained that obtaining the Soul Stone required a loved one’s sacrifice.
• Hawkeye and Black Widow faced the choice, with Hawkeye unable to die and Natasha needing to live.

Su Ming let the demon god escape in 1970 so he could follow it and uncover the Death Law’s deeper plans. Meanwhile, the Avengers’ time heist suffered a devastating setback when Natasha died, Red Skull took the Soul Stone, and the team realized Silver Duke was collecting Infinity Stones too.

• Su Ming deliberately allowed the demon god to escape after marking it, hoping to follow it to the source of the Death Law’s secrets.
• On Vormir, Natasha sacrificed herself for Clint, but Red Skull seized the Soul Stone and fought Clint when he tried to reclaim it.
• In Asgard, Thor extracted the Aether from Jane, received Frigga’s farewell, summoned Mjolnir, and returned with the Reality Stone.
• On Morag, Rhodey knocked out Peter Quill and took the Orb.
• At Avengers Base, the team learned Natasha was dead and the Soul Stone was missing, while Rhodey brought back the Orb.
• The Avengers realized Silver Duke had the Time Stone and might have the Mind Scepter, while Steve reported fighting two strange versions of himself in 2012.