Recaps

Su Ming rescued Eric Selvig from the police station as Reality Stone disturbances began opening portals across Earth, then took him and Daisy to Jane’s laboratory. In Asgard, Thor remained determined to avenge Frigga despite Odin’s refusal to let him use the Aether as bait, and he visited Loki in prison.

• Su Ming used his upgraded Sling Ring Portal to reach Daisy at the police station, where Eric was being released after being detained and drugged.
• Eric recognized Su Ming, and the group left the station with Eric’s equipment as it began detecting abnormal spatial fluctuations.
• Flocks of birds vanished and reappeared through a portal, confirming to Eric that the strange events around him were real.
• Su Ming opened a portal to Jane’s laboratory and brought Daisy, Eric, and the intern through, astonishing the police officers.
• Thor rejected Odin’s refusal to use the Aether to lure Malekith and remained set on avenging Frigga.
• After Frigga’s memorial, Thor visited Loki in prison, where the brothers’ shared grief over their mother left Loki with a glimmer of hope.

Thor and Loki carried out their plan to lure Malekith into absorbing the Aether, but the battle left Loki apparently dead and Thor badly wounded. Thor and Jane escaped to Earth, where Su Ming met them and comforted Thor, who remained unaware that Loki had survived.

• Thor and Loki tricked Malekith into absorbing the Aether, but the Infinity Stone reassembled inside him and Malekith left to bring about the Dark World.
• The Cursed Warrior overpowered Thor, and Loki stabbed him before activating a Void Grenade that destroyed the enemy; Thor believed Loki had died.
• Thor took Jane through a cave that led to Earth, where Daisy reached them by phone and Su Ming opened a portal.
• Su Ming welcomed Thor and Jane, and Thor drew comfort from his friend's support while grieving Loki and Frigga.
• Eric hugged Jane at the laboratory and asked why he was wearing only briefs.

Jane, Erik, Thor, and Su Ming uncovered Malekith’s plan to use the Convergence at Greenwich, while Su Ming tried and failed to charge himself with household electricity. Malekith arrived with the Dark Elves to face Thor, as Su Ming slipped behind their spaceship to appraise it.

• Jane demanded all of Erik’s research, and Erik learned that Loki was dead while Asgardian warriors recovered Loki’s body in the Dark World.
• Jane and Erik explained that Malekith planned to unleash the Aether where the Nine Realms connected, and Erik used ancient landmarks to identify Greenwich as the convergence point.
• Su Ming’s attempt to charge himself from a wall outlet tripped the lab’s power, while Selvig struggled to find his pants in the darkness.
• Daisy and the intern prepared Erik’s devices near the convergence point as Jane and Erik searched for another coordinate.
• Malekith’s spaceship emerged near Greenwich and brought the Dark Elves to Earth, where Thor confronted him.
• Su Ming sneaked behind the spaceship and used Appraise on it.

Su Ming and Thor fought Malekith and the Dark Elves as the Aether-powered king attacked them. After Thor took over the fight and Su Ming drove off the Dark Elf grunts, Su Ming turned his attention to the Dark Elves’ spacecraft, which he planned to exchange.

• Malekith attacked Su Ming with Aether spears, but Su Ming blocked them with Heat Vision and summoned metal into a huge blade with his Magnetic Field.
• Su Ming’s blade split through Malekith’s Aether defenses and drove him into the ground, though the Aether kept him from being cut in half.
• Malekith taunted Su Ming after freeing himself, but Thor struck him with Mjolnir and sent him crashing through a pillar into a car.
• Thor charged Malekith again to avenge his mother, while Su Ming left the fight to him and confronted the Dark Elf grunts.
• Su Ming blasted one grunt apart and ordered the rest to leave, so they fled alongside the civilians.
• Su Ming checked that he had used less than two percent of his energy, then approached the Dark Elves’ spacecraft and chose Exchange.

Jane and Eric used the device to send Dark Elf soldiers away while Su Ming exchanged the vanished spaceship for $1.2 trillion. Malekith charged Su Ming in rage, and Su Ming’s energy-wrapped punch blasted him through a portal to Jotunheim, sending a Frost Beast to Earth.

• Jane used Eric’s device to transport attacking Dark Elf soldiers to another dimension, but accidentally sent Daisy and the intern across the street.
• Su Ming received $1.2 trillion from the spaceship exchange, and the ship disappeared above the plaza.
• Thor realized Su Ming had removed the Dark Elf spaceship and attacked Malekith with renewed energy.
• Malekith saw his spaceship was gone, drove Thor away with the Aether, and charged at Su Ming.
• Su Ming struck Malekith with a powerful energy-wrapped punch, blasting him through a portal to Jotunheim and knocking a Frost Beast through to Earth.
• The Frost Beast swallowed a Dark Elf soldier after arriving on Earth.

As Malekith unleashed the Aether during the peak of the spatial convergence, Thor and Su Ming prepared to enter the storm and stop him. Su Ming also hoped to absorb the Reality Stone’s energy, and the chapter ended with both brothers heading into the crimson maelstrom.

• Malekith rose from the rubble and gathered the Aether as portals and spatial convergence spread across Greenwich.
• Daisy’s intern saved her from Dark Warriors by lifting a car, and Jane’s device teleported the pair into an unexpected reunion with Jane and Eric.
• Thor returned to Su Ming as Malekith’s Aether storm filled the sky, and Eric and Jane explained that the devices had to be brought close to Malekith.
• Su Ming checked that his system had not counted the Aether as collected and resolved to enter the storm to absorb its energy.
• Thor took the spatial devices and walked into the Aether storm, and Su Ming followed him despite Thor’s concern.

Thor and Su Ming entered Malekith’s storm, where Thor struggled against the Reality Energy while Su Ming absorbed it and charged himself. Thor used Jane’s spatial device to remove Malekith’s arms and then charged at him, summoning Mjolnir as the chapter ended.

• Daisy asked the intern who was stronger, Thor or the Silver Duke, while Jane watched the storm anxiously.
• Thor fought his way toward the storm’s center as Su Ming moved through the energy without being harmed.
• Su Ming realized the Reality Stone’s energy was rapidly charging him and began absorbing it, easing the pressure on Thor.
• Malekith noticed the Aether’s energy shifting toward Su Ming, but dismissed Thor’s challenge as he continued his plan to plunge the Nine Realms into darkness.
• Thor threw spatial devices at Malekith, and Jane activated the controller to teleport away both of Malekith’s arms.
• Thor charged at Malekith with the final devices and summoned Mjolnir.

Thor tried to teleport Malekith away, but the device broke and Malekith nearly killed him. Su Ming secretly began competing with Malekith for control of the Aether and, after seeing Thor in danger, prepared to intervene.

• Mjolnir returned to Thor, who struck Malekith with the final teleportation device, but the lightning shattered its circuitry.
• Malekith choked Thor with an Aether-made hand while Jane tried and failed to activate the broken device.
• Malekith began recovering his arms, but the Aether’s red Storm jolted as Su Ming’s growing control interfered with Malekith’s power.
• Thor summoned Mjolnir and shouted for Su Ming to run, intending to make a final stand.
• Su Ming saw Thor’s predicament, blamed his own intervention for the changed events, and called out that he would handle Malekith.

Su Ming took control of most of the Aether particles as Thor collapsed from his fight with Malekith. After Malekith launched a compressed energy attack, Su Ming struck it with a backhand, and sunlight appeared as the sphere and storm vanished.

• Malekith struggled to retain control of the Aether particles while Thor, near death, called for Mjolnir.
• Su Ming told Thor to calm down, and Thor relaxed and passed out after hearing his brother was safe.
• Su Ming absorbed control of more than half the Aether particles, stopped them from spreading, and sent Thor away from the Storm.
• Malekith restored his severed arm and formed a basketball-sized sphere of compressed Aether particles to attack Su Ming.
• Su Ming struck the sphere with a backhand, and Malekith saw sunlight as the Aether particle storm and sphere disappeared.

Su Ming dispersed Malekith’s massive energy Storm with a single release of power and took control of the Aether particles. Thor awoke after being carried to safety, while Malekith crumbled into ash.

• Jane repeatedly tried to activate the malfunctioning controller as Thor remained trapped in the Storm.
• The Aether particles carried an unconscious Thor out of the Storm, and Jane ran to comfort him.
• The Storm vanished after a powerful gust swept through the street, while Su Ming’s energy barrier protected Jane, Eric, and the others.
• Su Ming realized his strike had consumed over 200% of his energy and left the Aether particles under his control.
• Malekith failed to summon the Aether particles and disintegrated into ash.
• Thor opened his eyes, and Daisy and the intern embraced and kissed.

Thor returned the Aether to Asgard, where Loki secretly took Odin’s place and continued ruling. Su Ming stayed away from Asgard, returned to his base, and found Ned Leeds helping Alisha with technical support.

• Thor refused Odin’s offer of the throne, and Loki revealed himself as the one disguised as Odin after Thor left.
• Two days earlier, Su Ming declined Thor’s invitation to visit Asgard, then used a portal to get Jane and Thor home after Thor got drunk.
• Daisy took the intern to a motel, while Erik streaked through the streets again after drinking.
• Su Ming returned to the base and surprised Alisha with a box, then discovered Ned Leeds had been providing her with technical support.
• Alisha explained that Ned had helped track Jane’s phone signal and monitor events, but she disliked the mess in the computer area.

Alisha discovered Ned had trashed her technical support area, but Su Ming distracted her by revealing a massive gold brick as a local specialty. The next morning, Ned asked Su Ming how a superhero could become rich, and Su Ming replied that superheroes would never be rich.

• Alisha found Ned's snack-strewn mess and complained to Su Ming while Ned failed to understand what he had done wrong.
• Su Ming redirected Alisha's attention to a mysterious box, which she opened to reveal a huge gold brick.
• Alisha could not lift the gold, and Su Ming caught it as it fell; Ned was astonished that Su Ming called it a local specialty.
• Ned stayed awake wondering how Su Ming had become so wealthy, then joined Su Ming for breakfast the next morning while Alisha slept.
• Ned asked Su Ming how superheroes could become rich, and Su Ming said superheroes were miserable bastards who would never be rich.

Su Ming explained to Ned why superheroes deserved compensation, then received a commission from Pepper to help Tony, whose PTSD symptoms were worsening. Pepper offered nine billion, but Su Ming remained unsure why she had chosen him.

• Su Ming told Ned that superheroes could accept payment for their work, and Ned decided to discuss compensation whenever he helped others.
• Alisha told Su Ming that Pepper was looking for him, so he returned her call.
• Pepper said she suspected Tony had PTSD and asked Su Ming to help him, offering eight billion.
• When Su Ming questioned the offer and suggested finding a doctor, Pepper raised it to nine billion.
• Su Ming asked Pepper why she had chosen him.

Pepper hired Su Ming for ten billion dollars to help Tony with the trauma and anxiety that followed the Battle of New York, though Su Ming refused to guarantee results or offer refunds. After receiving the payment, Su Ming realized his upgraded portal might let him travel anywhere with basic information and began planning what to do next.

• Pepper called Su Ming and offered eight billion dollars to help Tony, whose anxiety and fear left him feeling safe only when wearing armor.
• Su Ming demanded ten billion dollars, and Pepper agreed despite his refusal to guarantee results or issue refunds.
• Su Ming received the ten-billion-dollar payment and celebrated his new job and record account balance.
• After breakfast, Su Ming opened a portal to Ned's room, and Ned's comment made Su Ming realize the upgraded portal could take him almost anywhere.
• Su Ming returned to his room and prepared to explore the system store.

Su Ming spent 50 billion dollars to acquire Word Becomes Law, then used its power to turn every leader’s promise to “keep it brief” into a two-minute limit and a two-thousand-dollar raise for everyone. Meanwhile, Killian pitched his Extremis Virus project to Pepper at Stark Industries and left after she rejected him.

• Su Ming questioned the scope of Heat Vision Lv4 and decided to buy a new ability instead, studying Word Becomes Law in the System Shop.
• Killian visited Pepper at Stark Tower to propose a partnership for his Extremis Virus research, which he claimed could regenerate limbs and enhance the human brain.
• Happy recognized Killian and contacted Tony, who recalled meeting him thirteen years earlier and leaving him waiting on a rooftop after forgetting his investment pitch.
• Pepper rejected Killian’s proposal despite his compliments, and Happy photographed Killian’s Range Rover as he left.
• Su Ming exchanged 50 billion dollars for Word Becomes Law and declared that leaders who promised to keep their remarks brief would have two minutes to speak and give everyone a two-thousand-dollar raise.

Su Ming tested and upgraded Word Becomes Law, discovering that it could control local weather and restore damaged objects at a substantial energy cost. He considered using the talent to make Tony dance the next time he met him.

• Su Ming found that his declaration about workers had no effect, but his command made a glass float toward him before it struck him and shattered.
• Su Ming reviewed the Level 2 and Level 3 upgrade options, then spent 1.2 trillion USD to raise Word Becomes Law to Level 3.
• A storm formed over the area around Su Ming's base, and he dispersed the clouds with a command, using 6% of his energy.
• Su Ming commanded the broken glass and spilled water to return to normal, then wondered whether to make Tony dance next time they met.

Happy investigated Killian's suspicious associates, was badly injured in an explosion, and Su Ming went to the hospital to help him. Su Ming secretly healed Happy, who woke and teased Tony.

• Happy followed Killian's group, stole a metal vial, and fought a man whose wounds healed rapidly.
• The man who sniffed too much of the substance exploded, injuring Happy, while Savin escaped with his wounds healed.
• Pepper called Su Ming and asked him to protect Tony, so Su Ming opened a portal to Happy's hospital room.
• Tony questioned why Su Ming had come empty-handed, and Su Ming restored Happy's internal injuries with his ability.
• Happy woke and joked that Tony looked like a corpse after spending three days in the intensive care unit.

Su Ming used Word Becomes Law to heal Happy and make Tony dance, then reminded Tony to be angry about Happy’s attack. Tony left to confront the waiting media, while Su Ming restored Happy’s IV and followed him out.

• Tony was stunned to find Happy awake and apparently recovering, and Happy asked for peanut butter sandwiches.
• Su Ming prompted Tony to celebrate Happy’s recovery, and Tony danced wildly around the hospital room, pulling out Happy’s IV.
• Tony stopped dancing when Happy called out and tried to explain himself before announcing that he would avenge Happy.
• Su Ming reminded Tony that he should be angry and that the media were waiting downstairs, so Tony stormed out to confront them.
• Su Ming restored Happy’s IV and the blood on his arm, then followed Tony from the room as Happy wondered if Su Ming was God.

Tony publicly challenged the Mandarin after the attack, while Su Ming used his power to control the reporters and backed Tony’s threat. Su Ming later visited Tony and revealed that the suspicious explosion site was in Tennessee.

• Tony left the hospital furious and challenged the Mandarin on camera, giving him the address of Tony’s home.
• Su Ming calmed the reporters and answered questions, then warned the Mandarin that he could not help him against Tony.
• Tony returned home and investigated the explosion with JARVIS, finding temperatures above 3,000 degrees Celsius but no shrapnel.
• Su Ming appeared through a portal and told Tony that the suspicious location was in Tennessee.
• Tony confirmed Tennessee was a likely lead and asked why Su Ming had come; Su Ming said he was visiting a patient.

Su Ming revealed that Pepper had hired him to treat Tony’s suspected PTSD, then demonstrated his power by forcing Tony to dance. Tony accepted that Su Ming could help, but their conversation was interrupted by helicopters approaching his mansion.

• Su Ming told Tony that Pepper had hired him for ten billion dollars to help with his suspected PTSD, and Tony objected to the expense.
• Su Ming asked Tony about his reaction to Happy’s injury, then used his power to make Tony dance against his will.
• Tony realized his behavior around Happy and the Mandarin had been abnormal and acknowledged that Su Ming could help him.
• Tony stopped dancing, and JARVIS explained that reporters knew the mansion’s address after Tony had given it to them.
• Several helicopters appeared over Tony’s Malibu mansion and adjusted their positions as if preparing to attack.

Su Ming admired Tony Stark’s armor while Tony argued with Pepper and Maya, until a missile struck the seaside villa. As the villa collapsed under a helicopter attack, time froze around Tony, leaving him wondering whether the Internet had been cut off.

• Su Ming explored Tony’s armor collection as JARVIS introduced the suits to him.
• Maya arrived seeking Tony’s support for her Extremis research, and Pepper confronted Tony about his former girlfriend.
• Maya spotted a missile approaching the villa, and it exploded, throwing Tony, Pepper, and Maya through the air.
• Su Ming survived the blast by flying through the collapsing laboratory and shielding himself with defensive energy.
• Pepper’s armor protected her and Tony as three helicopters attacked the villa, which began collapsing toward the sea.
• Tony slid beside a falling pillar, then found everything frozen in place and wondered if the Internet had been cut off.

Tony Stark survived the attack on his home after Su Ming froze the collapsing building and missiles, then reclaimed his armor from Pepper and insisted on fighting alone. His prototype armor malfunctioned during the battle, and Tony ended up trapped underwater beneath a rock.

• Tony panicked as missiles struck his home, but Su Ming froze the missiles and halted the collapse to save him.
• JARVIS confirmed Pepper had evacuated safely, and Tony summoned the Mark 42 armor from her to cover his body.
• Tony refused Su Ming’s offer of help, so Su Ming released the frozen moment and let the building continue collapsing.
• Tony’s prototype armor lacked working flight and missile systems, but he destroyed two aircraft with a piano, a repulsor blast, and a thrown missile.
• The collapsing building dragged Tony into the sea, where a cable pulled him underwater and a rock pinned him as his armor began flooding.

Su Ming rescued Tony and Pepper from the wreckage of Tony’s home and destroyed the last attacking helicopter. Tony’s unconscious armor then flew toward Tennessee under JARVIS’s control, leaving him to wake mid-flight as its energy ran low.

• Su Ming used Magnetic Control to pull the unconscious Tony out of the sea and back to Pepper.
• Su Ming stopped the helicopter’s bullets and missiles, crushed the aircraft, and let its returning weapons destroy it.
• Pepper thanked Su Ming and realized Tony had likely kept him from intervening earlier.
• Mark 42 activated and flew away, with JARVIS following Tony’s commands to head for Tennessee.
• Tony woke as JARVIS warned that the armor’s energy was below five percent, and he screamed while the suit lost altitude.

After the bay villa was destroyed, Su Ming agreed to follow Tony and ensure his safety, while Pepper pressed him to finish the commission by helping Tony recover. Su Ming caught up with Tony in Tennessee and used Word Becomes Law to relieve his exposure to the cold, then decided he needed to cure Tony of his reckless need to show off.

• Pepper asked Su Ming to find Tony and make sure he was safe, and Su Ming concluded that his commission would not be complete until Tony recovered from his trauma.
• Su Ming sensed Tony traveling at high speed, said goodbye to Pepper, and flew after him.
• Tony's damaged Mark 42 ran out of power and dropped him in the snow near Rose Hill, Tennessee, where he struggled to find shelter and keep warm.
• Su Ming followed Tony's tracks to a house and used Word Becomes Law to make Tony no longer feel cold.
• Tony left Pepper an apologetic message from a phone booth, while Su Ming appraised the damaged Mark 42 at four billion dollars.
• Su Ming remembered that Tony would eventually destroy his armors to show off and resolved to treat Tony's habit of showing off.

Su Ming devised a plan to help Tony recover while protecting his suits, but Tony’s fears resurfaced when young Harry Keener questioned him about an explosion’s victims. Meanwhile, Pepper followed Maya to meet about Killian, who was secretly behind the Mandarin’s attacks.

• Su Ming decided to separate Tony from his suits and make him rebuild his confidence, while also preventing him from destroying the suits.
• Tony refused to pay Su Ming enough to move Mark 42, so he dragged it himself and took shelter in a nearby garage.
• Harry Keener discovered that Tony was Iron Man and showed him a newspaper reporting that he was presumed dead.
• Maya told Pepper she suspected Killian worked for the Mandarin and said she would explain more somewhere safer; Pepper went with her.
• Tony, Su Ming, and Harry visited the site of an explosion, where Harry’s questions about the victims’ shadows triggered Tony’s fear that his actions had sent the Avengers to their deaths.
• Killian arranged another filming session with the actor playing the Mandarin, revealing that he controlled the attacks from behind the scenes.