Recaps

Lu Xi restored Peggy's youth and powers, then gave her Steve's location so she could find him alive beneath the Arctic ice. Back home, he considered Wanda's potential and the value of powerful souls, while Tony announced that Stark Industries would end weapons development and returned to building Mark II.

• Lu Xi gave Peggy the coordinates where Steve was frozen and told her to dig him out.
• Lu Xi returned home, where Wanda asked to trade souls for greater power, but he told her to be patient and sensed that her abilities had not fully awakened.
• That night, Lu Xi realized his Divine Power had grown by at least a tenth after obtaining two soul contracts and wondered how much Tony Stark's soul might strengthen him.
• Tony announced at a press conference that Stark Industries would shut down its weapons development division, provoking angry reactions from reporters and the public.
• Tony ignored the backlash and returned to working on the Mark II blueprints.

Alexander Pierce came to Lu Xi seeking to pledge Hydra’s loyalty in exchange for rewards, and Lu Xi accepted, healing Pierce and warning him against betrayal. The chapter ended with Lu Xi asking whether Hydra had been involved in Stark Industries weapons reaching Sokovia during the unrest there.

• Lu Xi identified Pierce as a Hydra leader and introduced him to Wanda and Pietro, who reacted with fear and anger toward Hydra.
• Pierce offered Hydra’s resources and intelligence network in exchange for rewards for its members, and Lu Xi accepted the deal.
• Pierce celebrated by shouting “Hail Lucifer,” and Lu Xi healed him, granting him a stronger body and at least twenty more healthy years.
• Lu Xi warned Pierce that betrayal would bring suffering, and Pierce promised Hydra’s loyalty.
• Lu Xi asked Pierce whether Hydra had a role in Stark Industries weapons appearing in Sokovia, leaving Wanda anxious for his answer.

Wanda learned that Strucker, not Tony Stark, had arranged the arms deals behind her parents’ deaths, and Lu Xi ordered Pierce to eliminate Strucker’s faction. Pierce then urged Hydra’s leaders to pledge allegiance to Lucifer by revealing Lu Xi’s power and the prospect of eternal life, winning several members’ immediate support.

• Pierce showed Wanda and Pietro records linking Strucker to arms deals with Obadiah, confirming Wanda’s childhood memories.
• Wanda regretted blaming Tony Stark and slapped herself, but Lu Xi healed her and ordered Pierce to purge Strucker’s faction.
• Pierce gathered Hydra’s leaders and announced that Captain America was alive and would soon be found.
• Pierce revealed a classified file about Lucifer and said Lu Xi had granted power to him and Peggy Carter.
• Pierce argued that Hydra’s leaders could gain eternal life and limitless power by serving Lucifer, and Crossbones, Garrett, and Sitwell agreed to follow him.

Pierce united Hydra under Lucifer and reported that Baron Strucker’s faction had been wiped out. At Lu Xi’s villa, General Ross demanded that Lu Xi submit to military studies and threatened to destroy the area, leaving Lu Xi facing a direct confrontation.

• Pierce secured Madame Viper, Malik, and Zemo’s support for Lucifer and planned the purge of Baron Strucker’s faction.
• Pierce told Lu Xi that Strucker’s faction had been completely wiped out, and Lu Xi approved.
• Lu Xi rejected a chubby boy’s offer to trade his soul for help winning a girl and reflected on the stream of people seeking trades he could not accept.
• General Ross arrived at Lu Xi’s villa seeking to capture him for military studies.
• Ross threatened Lu Xi with six infrasonic cannons and a ground combat group, claiming they could destroy the villa district.

Lu Xi took General Ross to the Arctic and demonstrated his power with a punch that created an explosion far stronger than a nuclear bomb. The blast alarmed defense agencies worldwide, and the U.S. President ordered the country onto combat readiness while demanding answers from Russia.

• Lu Xi dismissed General Ross's threats and claimed that even humanity's nuclear weapons could not match his power.
• Lu Xi seized Ross and flew with him to Novaya Zemlya, shielding him from the high-speed airflow with Divine Power.
• Lu Xi punched the Arctic, creating a vast explosion and mushroom cloud after holding back half his Divine Power.
• Lu Xi checked the surrounding area and found no people within a thousand kilometers.
• Russian detection officials measured the explosion at more than sixty megatons and wondered if it was a weapons test.
• The U.S. President ordered the country onto combat readiness after officials reported an explosion equivalent to five thousand Little Boy atomic bombs.

Lu Xi brought General Ross to the President and warned America to deal with him, then visited S.H.I.E.L.D. and offered Melinda May a contract-bearing business card. At headquarters, he met Nick Fury and discovered that most of the seven people present were Hydra agents.

• Lu Xi delivered General Ross to the President, revealed Ross had information about the Arctic Ocean explosion, and warned that he would intervene if America failed to handle the matter properly.
• Lu Xi noticed S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Triskelion and decided to visit in search of souls suitable for contracts.
• Melinda May drew her pistol when Lu Xi entered, while Rumlow arrived and reacted with suspicious enthusiasm; Maria Hill identified Lu Xi as a senior consultant, calming the standoff.
• Lu Xi gave Melinda a business card that explained she could seek his help in exchange for signing away ownership of her soul.
• Lu Xi rode the elevator with Maria Hill, met Nick Fury, and saw that five of the seven agents in the command center were Hydra operatives.

Lu Xi admitted that he caused the Arctic explosion after General Ross tried to arrange his dissection, leaving Nick Fury to manage the international uproar. When Fury asked about future crises, Lu Xi refused to reveal them without a valuable trade and hinted that Fury’s soul was his most valuable possession.

• Nick Fury told Lu Xi that S.H.I.E.L.D. was overwhelmed by supernatural incidents and asked about a mysterious object that had flown from Lu Xi’s home to the Arctic before a powerful explosion.
• Lu Xi admitted he caused the explosion to demonstrate his power after General Ross ordered him to cooperate with dissection research.
• Maria explained that Lu Xi’s actions, including transforming Peggy Carter, created extra work as S.H.I.E.L.D. tried to prevent public panic.
• Lu Xi said that the current events were only the opening act of the Universe and admitted he knew a little about the future.
• Lu Xi revealed that a cat had scratched out Nick Fury’s eye, then asked where Goose was because he wanted to keep a cat.
• Nick Fury asked Lu Xi to share future crises, but Lu Xi said he would only reveal them in exchange for something valuable, such as Fury’s soul.

Nick Fury agreed to a conditional deal with Lu Xi in exchange for information about three future crises, including one caused by Fury himself. Lu Xi revealed that the Skrulls Fury sheltered would eventually rebel, leaving Fury questioning how they could do so under his surveillance.

• Lu Xi warned Fury that one future catastrophe would be caused by Fury himself, prompting Fury to accept a deal for information.
• Fury required details about at least three crises and made the deal take effect only after two were verified; he and Lu Xi signed the contract.
• Lu Xi warned that a stranded Asgardian prince could lead to an interstellar conflict or Earth falling under another civilization, and that an alien army would later attack New York.
• Lu Xi revealed that Fury's sheltered Skrulls would replace human leaders and try to transform Earth, intending to exterminate humanity.
• Lu Xi explained the Skrulls' history and criticized Fury for sheltering them; Fury objected that Carol had driven back the Kree and asked how the Skrulls could rebel while under his surveillance.

Lu Xi revealed that Talos had summoned thousands of Skrulls to Earth and showed Fury evidence of a Skrull rebellion, convincing him to remove them before they drew the Kree Empire’s wrath. Maria Hill agreed to work for Lu Xi screening deal requests, while Fury learned that Lu Xi would personally bear the consequences of changing the Skrull crisis.

• Lu Xi told Fury that Talos had secretly called scattered Skrulls to Earth and showed him footage of Skrulls replacing officials, gathering in huge numbers, and impersonating Fury.
• Maria Hill questioned Fury after seeing footage of a Skrull disguised as him shooting her, and Lu Xi confirmed the figure was not the real Fury.
• Lu Xi warned Fury that the Skrull population on Earth could provoke the Kree Empire, and Fury resolved that the Skrulls could not be allowed to stay.
• Lu Xi offered Maria a job screening deal requests and claimed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s outstanding blank-check condition to secure her agreement.
• Fury asked Lu Xi for advice about other future disasters, and Lu Xi urged him to form the Avengers and prioritize reducing civilian casualties.
• Lu Xi explained that he could disclose the Skrull crisis because he would bear the consequences of changing it, then left with Maria.

Lu Xi left with Hill after Tony Stark publicly revealed that he was Iron Man, while Fury began preparing to deal with the Skrulls. Back home, Tony looked for praise online but found angry investors and crude jokes instead.

• Tony Stark announced to reporters that he was Iron Man, and Fury cursed at the spectacle while Lu Xi saw it as the start of more dramatic events.
• In the elevator, Hill asked why Lucifer had an Eastern appearance, and Lu Xi joked that outward appearance did not determine inner essence.
• Melinda May gave Fury the card Lucifer had given her, and Fury told her to keep it and make her own choice about her soul.
• Melinda warned Fury that Crossbones had seemed ready to shoot her, and Fury promised to watch him while asking her to help with something more urgent.
• Tony asked JARVIS to find online reactions to his Iron Man reveal, but the comments focused on stock losses, his armor, and bathroom problems.

Tony invited Lu Xi to a party to thank him for saving his life, while Lu Xi assigned Wanda and Pietro useful work and training. At the party, Tony introduced Lu Xi to Dr. Helen Cho, who eagerly asked to take a photo with him.

• JARVIS explained that the public had been less shocked by Iron Man because they had already seen Hulk, Abomination, and Lucifer demonstrate great power.
• Lu Xi arranged for Wanda to assist Agent Hill with transactions and offered Pietro safe training work at S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Tony called Lu Xi to invite him to a party, then removed cover girls from the guest list after Lu Xi asked whether it would be an orgy.
• Lu Xi arrived at Tony's party, where Tony greeted him in his Iron Man suit and introduced him to Dr. Helen Cho.
• Helen Cho recognized Lu Xi as the Angel from television and asked to take a photo with him.

Tony learned that Pepper had traded her soul to Lu Xi to bring him back, then offered all of his Stark Industries shares in exchange for her soul. Lu Xi refused, and Tony aimed his Iron Man armor at him.

• Helen Cho learned that Lu Xi called himself Lucifer and asked whether she could study his biology someday.
• Tony appointed Pepper CEO of Stark Industries, but grew suspicious when she reacted anxiously and looked toward Lu Xi.
• Tony put on his Iron Man armor and threatened to confront Lu Xi, so Pepper explained that she had traded her soul for Tony's return.
• Tony ordered the party guests to leave, then asked Lu Xi to return Pepper's soul and offered him increasing shares in Stark Industries.
• Lu Xi said the company and its wealth were useless to him and refused Tony's offer of all his shares.
• Tony aimed his repulsor at Lu Xi and demanded that he return Pepper's soul.

Lu Xi restrained Tony and dismantled his armor after Tony challenged him over Pepper’s soul, then offered to take Tony’s soul in exchange for hers. He explained the benefits of serving him, but Pepper stopped Tony from accepting, leaving Lu Xi to expect another chance later.

• Tony ignored JARVIS’s warnings and confronted Lu Xi, who immobilized him and tore apart his armor.
• Pepper intervened to protect Tony, and Lu Xi released him.
• Tony offered to trade his soul for Pepper’s, but Pepper refused and threatened to kill herself if he went through with it.
• Lu Xi explained that souls who served him would avoid Hell and could gain long lives and physical powers.
• Tony was tempted by Lu Xi’s offer, but after Pepper scolded him, he denied wanting the deal.

Lu Xi gave Tony a business card that could offer a second chance in a crisis, then learned that Obadiah had already been arrested after his plans were exposed. He flew Helen Cho to her laboratory, where she showed him her unfinished Regeneration Cradle.

• Lu Xi gave Tony a business card, and Tony pocketed it after Lu Xi warned that loved ones could be used as leverage.
• Tony told Lu Xi that Obadiah had been arrested for secretly selling weapons with a baron, and Lu Xi realized his actions had changed the events of Iron Man 1.
• Lu Xi left the wrecked villa with Helen Cho and carried her through the air to her laboratory.
• Helen Cho invited Lu Xi inside and showed him the prototype Regeneration Cradle, which used nanotechnology and biotechnology to repair nonfatal wounds.

Lu Xi healed a test mouse with magic, but refused Helen Cho’s request to study his biology until she proposed they become close enough to count as his own people. Meanwhile, Mephisto united the demon lords to plan an invasion of Earth and proposed forcing their universe’s Lucifer to lead the attack.

• Lu Xi restored a laboratory mouse’s severed limbs with a Healing Spell, astonishing Helen Cho.
• Helen Cho asked to study Lu Xi’s healing magic and proposed medical tests, but he refused to provide samples to someone outside his own circle.
• Helen Cho suggested that she and Lu Xi become “their own people,” then pulled him onto a sofa and kissed him.
• Mephisto told the demon lords that Lucifer’s true body had entered Earth, and Cyttorak identified the presence as a Lucifer from another Parallel Universe.
• Mephisto persuaded the demon lords to join forces to attack Earth, kill Ancient One, and divide its souls.
• When the demon lords asked who would lead the attack, Mephisto proposed forcing their universe’s Lucifer to serve as the vanguard or taking his territory.

Lu Xi agreed to let Helen Cho research one of his feathers under strict conditions, then followed a mysterious portal to meet the original Lucifer. Lucifer confirmed that he had brought Lu Xi to the Marvel Universe and began explaining his origins.

• Lu Xi allowed Helen Cho to study one feather at his villa, forbidding internet access and the removal of research materials, and warned that its energy could destroy Queens.
• Lu Xi entered a gray portal and found an elderly man whose aura matched his own and the force that had brought him to the Marvel Universe, along with a middle-aged man fishing nearby.
• After watching the men fish, Lu Xi revealed himself and asked the old man whether he was Lucifer, interrupting his chance to catch a fish.
• The old man identified himself as the original Lucifer and explained that God had created him as an opposing existence to make God's own existence real.
• Lucifer angrily told Lu Xi that the claim that he was God's son was a rumor God had spread to annoy him.

The little old man revealed that he was the DC Universe’s Lucifer and had brought Lu Xi to Marvel to make him his successor. He showed Lu Xi an attack on Earth by six demon gods and promised to intervene once before returning home, leaving Lu Xi to face future troubles alone.

• The little old man explained that he and God were opposing forces who could not kill each other without destroying the universe, and said he had come from the DC Universe.
• The little old man told Lu Xi that only another Lucifer could inherit his position, and that Lu Xi was the purest variant because his world had neither Heaven nor Hell.
• The little old man complained that he had worked for twenty billion years without a break, while Lu Xi’s lives had been unusually lucky.
• The little old man showed Lu Xi six demon gods forcing Black-Winged Lucifer to lead an attack on Earth, and said he would intervene once before returning to his own universe.
• The little old man sent Lu Xi through a portal, then cried out when the fish slipped off his hook, and Lu Xi fled before the old man could vent his anger.

Lu Xi prepared his villa as a laboratory for Helen Cho and spread his telekinetic awareness across the Earth while waiting for Mephisto. He discovered that U.S. officials were debating how to attack him, but their proposed nuclear strike faced obvious practical problems.

• Lu Xi welcomed Helen Cho and had workers move her research equipment into the villa’s side building.
• Lu Xi gave Helen Cho a glowing feather to study and asked her to report any findings.
• Wanda agreed to move into the main building with Lu Xi after Pietro had left for S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Lu Xi spread his telekinesis across the Earth and observed a secret meeting beneath the White House.
• A four-star general proposed eliminating Lu Xi, but a Cabinet official challenged how the military could hit him with a nuclear bomb.
• The general suggested luring Lu Xi elsewhere and detonating dozens of nuclear bombs at once.

The President adopted a conciliatory approach toward Lu Xi and brought General Ross to apologize for provoking him. After Lu Xi accepted the apology, he sensed a demonic godly aura and left to face an impending battle.

• The President ordered General Ross arrested after Ross accidentally revealed himself as Russian by cursing in Russian, then secured the cabinet and military's agreement to appease Lu Xi.
• The President arrived at Lu Xi's villa with Ross, who apologized and admitted he had acted without authorization.
• Lu Xi mocked Ross as a nobody, and the President had S.H.I.E.L.D. agents arrest him despite promising that the FBI would not.
• Lu Xi accepted the resolution but sensed a faint demonic godly aura and told the President he had urgent business to attend to.

Peggy Carter, Steve Rogers, and Daredevil confronted The Hand as its leaders used a demon statue to break a seal and summon power from Hell. The building collapsed as a rift opened in the sky, and Lu Xi appeared before the gathered fighters.

• Peggy Carter told Steve Rogers about her marriage, her late husband, and how a deal with a demon god had made her young again.
• The Hand attacked a building in Hell's Kitchen and carried a demon statue underground to a sealed chamber.
• Alexandra used the statue to activate a magic circle, intending to draw on the Dragon Bone's power and summon a demon god.
• Peggy and Steve fought their way underground, met Daredevil, and attacked The Hand's leaders and their magic circle.
• The circle fired a blood-red beam into the sky, opening a rift and causing the building to collapse as The Hand fled.
• Lu Xi appeared beside Peggy, Steve, Daredevil, and The Hand as sulfurous air poured from the rift.

Lu Xi destroyed The Hand, then entered the Hell Dimension to confront Mephisto and three powerful demon gods while demons emerged on Earth. Ancient One fought three other demon gods but warned that she could not hold them back for long, leaving Lu Xi facing Mephisto’s challenge.

• Lu Xi killed Murakami, the other leaders of The Hand, and their ninjas with telekinetic force, then dismissed Daredevil’s objections to vigilante justice.
• Peggy Carter kicked Daredevil away and asked Lu Xi about the rift, and he explained that the Hell Dimension was threatening to descend on Earth.
• Demons emerged from a magic circle on the ground, and Lu Xi left Peggy Carter and the others to defend Earth before flying into the rift.
• Lu Xi arrived in the Hell Dimension, where Mephisto introduced Black-Winged Lucifer, Chthon, and Cyttorak as his opponents.
• Lu Xi sensed Ancient One battling Baphomet, Beelzebub, and Satannish in a Mirror Dimension, and she warned him to finish quickly before she lost control.

Lu Xi gained Lucifer’s Demon God and Hell Lord authorities, then overwhelmed Mephisto in Hell while Chthon and Cyttorak watched. As Chthon prepared to attack, Lu Xi summoned Kamar-Taj’s assembled forces through portals, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Mephisto sent Black-Winged Lucifer to attack Lu Xi, but Lucifer disintegrated into energy and gave Lu Xi his powers and authorities.
• Mephisto charged Lu Xi in his true form, but Lu Xi knocked him into the air and beat him mercilessly.
• Chthon and Cyttorak recognized that Lu Xi had become a powerful Universal-level fighter on his home ground.
• Cyttorak sensed Lucifer’s true body, an old man with a fishing rod, outside his Crimson Universe and gathered the power of his counterparts to face him.
• Cyttorak abandoned Mephisto, briefly returned to rebuke him for cursing, then vanished again.
• As Chthon prepared to attack, Lu Xi opened portals and summoned Kamar-Taj’s mages, including Mordo, Kaecilius, Hamir, and Wong.

Lu Xi defeated Mephisto after Chthon fled, then forced Mephisto to sign over his soul and Hell territory. The transfer raised Lu Xi’s strength to Universal-level, and he flew off with Mephisto to claim the territory.

• Chthon judged the mages’ formation too strong to break and fled, leaving Mephisto to face Lu Xi.
• Lu Xi struck Mephisto down and taunted him into saying, “If you're a brother, come hack me,” before continuing the beating.
• Mage Mordo and the other mages left through portals to support the Sorcerer Supreme.
• Lu Xi demanded Mephisto’s soul and Hell territory, beat him when he hesitated, and rejected Mephisto’s deceptive contract.
• Lu Xi promised to leave Mephisto part of his territory, and Mephisto signed Lu Xi’s contract, surrendering control of his soul and territory.
• The transfer boosted Lu Xi to Universal-level, and he flew away with Mephisto toward the newly acquired territory.

Lu Xi seized Mephisto’s Hell Territory but left him only a hundred-square-meter fragment, then learned why Hell’s territories merged and why great demon gods rarely traveled across the Multiverse. He returned to Earth, where Ancient One reported that three demon gods had fled and the superheroes were containing the demons.

• Lu Xi took over Mephisto’s territory and reduced the portion left to him to a hundred square meters, causing Mephisto to faint from rage.
• Lu Xi woke Mephisto with a painful soul attack and learned that territories belonging to the same demon god merged because Hell had shattered into fragments.
• Mephisto explained that great demon gods generally avoided roaming the Multiverse because the Living Tribunal had ordered them not to, and Lu Xi left him in Hell.
• Lu Xi returned above Hell’s Kitchen and learned from Ancient One that Beelzebub and two other demon gods had fled.
• Peggy Carter, Steve, Tony Stark, Daredevil, and Spider-Man continued fighting the demons within the superheroes’ encirclement.

Lu Xi stopped a demon attack, then discovered that Wanda's Chaos Magic had awakened and that Chthon had made her a spatial coordinate. He reassured Wanda that he would protect her, leaving her determined to trust him.

• Lu Xi used telekinesis to force the demons back into their teleportation array, destroyed it, and gave Steve, Daredevil, and Spider-Man Divine Power business cards before leaving.
• Daisy told Lu Xi that Wanda could not control her powers, and he sensed that her Chaos Magic had fully awakened.
• Lu Xi realized Wanda's awakened soul could now be contracted and sensed Chthon's mark on her.
• Lu Xi summoned Mephisto, who explained that Wanda's growing Chaos Magic could let Chthon use her as a coordinate to bypass Earth's defenses and descend.
• Lu Xi assured Wanda that Chthon could not reach Earth while she stayed with him, sent Mephisto away, and Wanda said she trusted him.