Recaps

After gaining Universal-level strength and demon-god status, Lu Xi discovered that he could contract supervillains and then began a relationship with Wanda. Mordo brought him to Kamar-Taj, where Ancient One revealed that she had faked her apparent illness to explain a complaint against her to the Vishanti, though Lu Xi saw through the act and reminded her that she was favored by Eternity.

• Lu Xi assessed his new Universal-level strength, expanded Hell Territory, and ability to contract supervillains, considering Hydra as a source of targets.
• Wanda confessed her feelings to Lu Xi, and he took her into Hell Territory; the next day, she returned to her room to sleep after spending the night with him.
• Mordo arrived through a portal and told Lu Xi that Ancient One wanted to see him about trouble at Kamar-Taj.
• At Kamar-Taj, Lu Xi found Ancient One pretending to be gravely injured and asking to speak with him alone.
• Ancient One admitted that three demon gods had complained to the Vishanti that she used dark magic, and Lu Xi pointed out that her ties to Eternity made her removal from office unlikely.

Ancient One persuaded Lu Xi to become the new Sorcerer Supreme by offering him the Time Stone and access to willing mages’ souls. After handing over the role, Ancient One faked his death and escaped to a prepared beachfront retreat.

• Ancient One argued that Kamar-Taj needed a successor and urged Lu Xi to take the vacant Sorcerer Supreme position.
• Ancient One offered Lu Xi the Eye of Agamotto and permission to contract willing mages’ souls, and Lu Xi accepted.
• Ancient One gave the Eye of Agamotto to Lu Xi, then pretended to die before the gathered mages and named Lu Xi his successor.
• Lu Xi let Ancient One sneak out while Mordo welcomed him as Sorcerer Supreme and offered to show him around Kamar-Taj.
• Ancient One opened a portal to his beachfront retreat and celebrated his early retirement.

At Kamar-Taj, Lu Xi learned how sorcerers borrowed magic power and tested whether Mordo could use power from Hell. After discovering it worked, Lu Xi offered Mordo a deal to use Hell’s magic power in exchange for his soul after death, and Mordo signed without hesitation.

• Mordo explained that Kamar-Taj sorcerers borrowed magic power from the Vishanti, repaid it through missions, and trained in combat to conserve power.
• Lu Xi teleported Mordo to his Hell Territory and flooded him with magic power, prompting Mordo to create black Ring of Raggadorr shields.
• Mordo confirmed that Hell’s magic power worked, and Lu Xi proposed lending it to Kamar-Taj sorcerers at better rates than the Vishanti.
• Lu Xi offered Mordo unlimited Hell magic power with no repayment in exchange for his soul after death, and Mordo eagerly signed the contract.

Lu Xi announced mana loans and a limited Soul Contract benefit called Infinite Firepower Mode, prompting the sorcerers of Kamar-Taj to compete for access. After Kaecilius signed a contract and Mordo demonstrated his amplified magic, Wong watched Mordo’s overwhelming display and headed to the library, ready to sign up.

• Lu Xi announced that his Hell Dimension would offer mana loans and unlimited, no-repayment spellcasting to sorcerers who signed Soul Contracts.
• Mordo demonstrated the power of Infinite Firepower Mode by rapidly casting high-level spells, and Lu Xi announced limited contracts plus two rotating monthly trial slots.
• Kaecilius signed a Soul Contract, while Wong remained hesitant and the sorcerers worked hard to qualify for the benefit.
• Mordo showed Wong a swarm of duplicates casting more than a hundred Bolts of Balthakk at once, clearing the clouds above the training grounds.
• Wong headed toward the library, determined to get Infinite Firepower Mode.

Lu Xi studied the Time Stone and discovered he could control time directly by understanding its laws. He then arrived at a Hydra gathering inside a S.H.I.E.L.D. base and tested Pierce’s boast about the agents’ obedience with a shocking command.

• Lu Xi touched the Time Stone, experienced visions of past and possible futures, and realized his unusual affinity let him sense its power without using time magic.
• After studying the stone, Lu Xi froze time throughout Kamar-Taj, then returned the Time Stone to the Eye of Agamotto and left through a portal.
• Lu Xi arrived at a S.H.I.E.L.D. base where Pierce had assembled Hydra members, including Baron Zemo, Crossbones Rumlow, Garrett, Grant Ward, and Bucky Barnes, for soul transactions.
• Pierce claimed Hydra’s brainwashing made its soldiers obey any command, so Lu Xi ordered everyone to crush their own balls.
• The low-ranking agents began to obey, and the mid-level personnel painfully followed suit.

Lu Xi disciplined Hydra, contracted several members’ souls, and ordered Bucky Barnes to cause Doctor Stephen Strange’s car accident so Strange could take on the Sorcerer Supreme role. Back at the villa, Lu Xi watched Tony Stark defeat Whiplash and learned Daisy had left to work with Dr. Foster, signaling Thor’s imminent arrival.

• Lu Xi forced Hydra’s members, including its higher-ups, to harm themselves, then reversed their injuries with time magic and punished those who had hesitated.
• Lu Xi contracted the souls of several Hydra members, but his contract failed on the brainwashed Bucky Barnes.
• Lu Xi ordered Pierce to arrange for Bucky to hit Doctor Stephen Strange with a car and ensure the incident appeared on the news.
• Lu Xi returned to the villa, where Helen Cho asked if he would help Tony Stark fight Whiplash, but Lu Xi said Tony had chosen to handle the problem himself.
• Tony Stark and Iron Patriot defeated Whiplash, and Wanda told Lu Xi that Daisy had gone away with Dr. Foster to conduct astrophysics research.

After S.H.I.E.L.D. confiscated Jane Foster’s research equipment, Lu Xi brought Jane, Erik, Daisy, and Thor to its temporary base to retrieve it and Thor’s hammer. Lu Xi confronted Heimdall across the distance and revealed to Coulson that Thor was the divine prince he had prophesied about.

• Jane Foster and Professor Erik told Daisy that S.H.I.E.L.D. had confiscated their research equipment and data, and Daisy promised to get it back with Lu Xi’s help.
• Lu Xi arrived in New Mexico, met Jane and Erik, and sensed Heimdall watching Thor; Lu Xi’s mental challenge frightened Heimdall into believing Lu Xi surpassed Odin.
• Thor appeared and announced that he had found out where Mjolnir was, and Lu Xi recognized him as Thor of Asgard.
• Lu Xi flew everyone to S.H.I.E.L.D.’s temporary base, where Coulson stopped the guards from confronting them.
• Lu Xi asked Coulson to return Jane’s equipment and Thor’s hammer, then identified Thor as the divine prince he had prophesied about.

Thor went to retrieve Mjolnir but found he could not lift it, while Lu Xi eventually seized it by force and overcame its resistance. Thor was struck by the hammer’s lightning and lost consciousness, leaving Lu Xi holding Mjolnir.

• Coulson led Thor, Lu Xi, Daisy, Jane, and Professor Erik to the crater where Mjolnir lay.
• Thor tried to lift Mjolnir but failed and collapsed in despair.
• Lu Xi tried the hammer, then used greater strength until he lifted it as a lightning storm erupted.
• Mjolnir resisted Lu Xi and unleashed lightning, prompting the others to flee the crater.
• Lu Xi released his Universal-level power against Mjolnir, and a stray bolt struck Thor, knocking him unconscious.
• The lightning vanished, and Mjolnir stopped resisting as Lu Xi tossed it in his hand.

Lu Xi became Mjolnir’s new master after Thor lost his worthiness, then arranged for Strange’s crash and instructed Pierce to set up a confrontation between the Winter Soldier and Captain America. He left Pierce to carry out the plan while preparing to use Steve’s search for Bucky to obtain his soul.

• Lu Xi rejected the armor offered with Mjolnir, healed Thor’s physical injuries, and told him he would return the hammer if he became worthy again.
• Nick Fury met Thor while Lu Xi left the infirmary with Daisy and returned to his villa.
• Lu Xi monitored Bucky as he rammed Strange’s Ferrari off a mountain, using telekinesis to keep Strange alive and preserve his path toward becoming Doctor Strange.
• When Pierce failed to answer his call, Lu Xi found him hiding in a wardrobe, struck him with lightning, and ordered him to reveal the Winter Soldier’s whereabouts so Captain America could find him, then hide him again.
• Pierce agreed to follow Lu Xi’s orders, and Lu Xi withdrew his consciousness.

Thor learned that Loki had sent the Destroyer to kill him, but Lu Xi’s interference and the loss of Thor’s power led to Thor’s death before Lu Xi revived him with time reversal. Lu Xi returned Thor’s power to Mjolnir, and Thor regained the hammer and his Asgardian form.

• Thor told Jane and Erik that Loki had said their father had died and exiled Thor from Asgard.
• The Warriors Three and Lady Sif reunited with Thor and revealed Loki’s conspiracy as the Destroyer arrived.
• Lu Xi appeared with Daisy and refused to fight the Destroyer, saying Thor needed to face his own trial.
• The Destroyer blasted Thor to death, and Lu Xi crushed it before using Time Reversal to restore Thor’s body.
• Lu Xi returned Thor’s power to Mjolnir, and Thor caught the hammer and transformed into his armored form.

Loki’s attempt to frame Laufey and claim the throne was interrupted when Thor and Lu Xi arrived in Asgard, but Laufey defeated both brothers. Lu Xi then captured Laufey for an experiment, alerting the awakening Odin to the arrival of a powerful stranger.

• Loki went to the Bifrost to let Laufey into Asgard and planned to stage a rescue of Odin.
• After Heimdall failed to answer Thor’s call, Lu Xi opened a portal to Asgard, and Thor and Lu Xi stepped through.
• Loki attacked Laufey and urged Thor to fight him, but Laufey repelled their attacks and froze both brothers.
• Laufey attacked Lu Xi with ice spikes, but Lu Xi shattered them, restrained Laufey, and dragged him into his Hell Territory.
• Odin sensed an unfamiliar powerhouse, summoned Gungnir, and prepared for battle.

Thor welcomed Lu Xi to Asgard after Odin awoke, then showed him the treasures in Odin's Vault and took the Destroyer to have it made into durable, changeable clothing. Odin, uneasy about Lu Xi's strength, ordered Heimdall to investigate him on Earth.

• Thor freed himself on the Bifrost, captured the frozen Loki, and brought Lu Xi to meet the newly awakened Odin.
• Odin assessed Lu Xi and learned from Thor how he had helped thwart Loki's conspiracy; Lu Xi sensed that Odin's immense Divine Power was damaging his body.
• Thor invited Lu Xi to stay in Asgard, and Lu Xi agreed to look around.
• Thor showed Lu Xi the vault's treasures, including the Eternal Flame, the Casket of Ancient Winters, and the Infinity Gauntlet, but Lu Xi declined to take anything.
• Thor took the flattened Destroyer to the Bifrost to have the Dwarf King make Lu Xi durable, changeable clothing.
• Odin told Heimdall to gather detailed information about Lu Xi's character and conduct on Earth.

After Loki and several prisoners escaped during a prison riot, Lu Xi explored Asgard and encountered Sif capturing the fugitive Lorelei. Intrigued by Lorelei’s Voice Enchantment, he persuaded Sif to let him keep her under his watch.

• Odin ordered Huginn to investigate Lu Xi and told Asgard’s citizens to treat him as an honored guest, then learned Loki had escaped amid a prison riot.
• Sif and the Warriors Three pursued the fugitives while Thor went to find the Dwarf King and Lu Xi explored Asgard.
• Lu Xi encountered Sleipnir in a forest and watched Sif capture Lorelei, one of the escaped prisoners.
• Lorelei tried to use Voice Enchantment to make Lu Xi free her and stop Sif, but the spell had no effect on him.
• Lorelei explained that her enchantment fulfilled people’s deepest desires, and Lu Xi asked Sif to let him keep her because the ability might be useful.

Lu Xi took Lorelei under his wing as Odin publicly stripped Loki of his princehood and expelled him from the Asgardian pantheon. During the announcement, Odin suddenly fell into a confused state, then attacked Lu Xi, leaving the cause of his abrupt hostility unclear.

• Lu Xi told Lorelei he was Lucifer, Lord of Hell and Sorcerer Supreme, and offered her a place at his side if her Voice Enchantment proved useful on Earth.
• Sif reported that Loki had escaped Asgard, and Odin concluded Loki must answer for his crimes despite his flight.
• Odin summoned Asgardians and civilians to the plaza, stripped Loki of his status as prince, expelled him from the pantheon, and offered a reward for his capture.
• Lu Xi and Lorelei watched the crowd condemn Loki, while Lu Xi laughed at the stories of Loki's childhood misdeeds.
• Odin became confused and his Divine Power surged chaotically; after Fandral roused him, Odin accused Lu Xi of invading Asgard and attacked him with Gungnir.
• Lu Xi deflected Odin's first blast and took to the air, where Odin pursued him and fired a barrage of energy blasts.

Lu Xi defeated Odin in a brutal fight and subdued him until his Divine Power returned to normal. Odin then explained Asgard’s dangers to Frigga and, with little time left, made a plan to protect the realm, beginning by ordering a banquet in the Golden Palace.

• Odin merged his power with Asgard and broke Lu Xi’s telekinetic hold, but Lu Xi seized Gungnir and beat him in a tug-of-war brawl before restraining him.
• Lu Xi used telekinesis to lock down Asgard, weakening Odin’s aura and restoring his senses; Odin apologized, and Thor helped him back to the palace.
• Odin refused to enter Odin’s Sleep, telling Frigga that Asgard faced threats from within, Laufey’s disappearance, and the Nine Realms’ unrest.
• Odin summoned Heimdall, heard his report about Lu Xi, and then discussed a plan with Frigga to address Asgard’s troubles.
• Odin ordered a banquet in the Golden Palace that night and instructed a guard to invite Lu Xi and Asgard’s high-ranking gods.

After apologizing for attacking Lu Xi, Odin appointed him Asgard’s Executive Deputy All-Father and asked him to save Asgard from Ragnarok. Lu Xi accepted the role and began considering whether Asgard’s power boost could stack with his Hell-lord enhancement.

• Thor invited Lu Xi and Lorelei to Odin’s banquet in the Golden Palace.
• Odin explained that his failing condition had caused his attack on Lu Xi and offered him the position of Executive Deputy All-Father.
• Odin warned that Ragnarok would repeatedly destroy Asgard unless someone powerful enough broke its converging force, and offered his soul in exchange for Lu Xi’s help.
• Odin declared Lu Xi the new All-Father, and the assembled gods, including Thor, knelt to greet him.
• Frigga gave Lu Xi the God-King Armor, which acknowledged him as its master.
• Lu Xi accepted the appointment and considered whether Asgard’s lord enhancement could combine with his Hell-lord buff.

Lu Xi became Asgard’s true God King after Odin transferred the highest authority to him and removed Hela’s reserve authority. Odin prepared to return to Odin’s Sleep, leaving Asgard and Thor in Lu Xi’s care.

• Odin led Lu Xi to Asgard’s underground Divine Power Core and explained that destroying it would shatter the continent.
• Odin began the authority-transfer ritual, and Lu Xi merged his aura with the core, gaining a connection to Asgard and its power.
• Lu Xi discovered his authority ranked above another, and Odin revealed that it had displaced Hela’s reserve God King authority.
• Odin explained that Lu Xi’s first-priority authority would grant him greater Divine Power, while Frigga would handle most routine affairs.
• Odin told Lu Xi he would return to Odin’s Sleep and asked him to care for Asgard and Thor, then imprinted Lu Xi’s Divine Power Contract with his aura.

Lu Xi accepted Odin’s contract and became Asgard’s God-King, then tested his new armor and reunited with Thor at the banquet. Thor accepted that Lu Xi would rule and said he was better suited to fighting as a general.

• Odin explained that the Soul Contract would send his soul to Lu Xi after his death and that Valhalla could not offer souls the growth of the Hell Dimension.
• Odin recommended assigning Sif as Lu Xi’s Throne Guard, and Lu Xi agreed after rejecting Heimdall as an alternative.
• Lu Xi tested the God-King Armor’s clothing and combat forms, then returned to the banquet hall.
• Thor asked about Odin, and Lu Xi told him that Odin had entered Odin’s Sleep.
• Lu Xi joked about Thor calling him Dad, reassured him that their friendship was unchanged, and asked how he felt about losing the throne.
• Thor said his exile had taught him that he was unsuited to rule and preferred serving as a fighting general.

Lu Xi defeated Thor and several Asgardian gods in a drinking contest, then tested his Divine Realm power and considered joining Hell Territory to it. On Earth, the desperate Stephen Strange searched for Kamar-Taj but was mistaken for someone seeking adult entertainment.

• Lu Xi enchanted Thor's cup with an infinite-refill spell, got Thor drunk, and then brought down most of Asgard's high-ranking gods with one cup.
• Lu Xi tested the Divine Realm's power boost and briefly tried to strip Thor of his power before canceling the attempt.
• Lu Xi wondered how to combine the Divine Realm and Hell Territory buffs, then summoned his Hell Dimension to descend.
• After learning about Kamar-Taj from a recovered patient, Stephen Strange spent his remaining money on a one-way ticket and searched for the place.
• A bearded man mistook Stephen Strange's question about Kamar-Taj for a request for adult entertainment, and Strange said he had no money.

Mordo rescued Strange from street thugs, prompting Strange to seek training at Kamar-Taj, while Lu Xi learned that the Hell Dimension could not be overlaid onto the real world. As Lu Xi prepared to leave Asgard for Earth, Sif presented him with a newly selected, all-female Throne Guard chosen by Odin.

• Strange tried to fight off thugs who demanded his watch, but Mordo drove them away with magical whips and returned the watch to him.
• Strange begged Mordo to teach him magic, but Mordo vanished through a portal and reported to Lu Xi that Strange had taken the bait.
• Lu Xi summoned Mordo and asked how to overlay the Hell Dimension onto the real world, and Mordo explained that doing so would cause it to devour the real dimension.
• Lu Xi told Mordo to arrange trials for Strange, then said goodbye to Frigga and prepared to return to Earth with Lorelei.
• Sif presented Lu Xi with the Throne Guard, an all-female unit selected by Odin, leaving Lu Xi to question what Odin thought of him.

Lu Xi returned to his New York villa as Asgard's All-Father and explained his new roles to his companions and Maria Hill. He gave Wanda the Darkhold, promised Helen Cho a Soul Forge to study, and asked S.H.I.E.L.D. to fund Kamar-Taj, leaving Hill worried about how to pay.

• Lu Xi arrived at his villa with Lorelei, Sif, and his all-female guard squad, then told Daisy, Wanda, Helen Cho, and Maria Hill that he was Asgard's All-Father.
• Lu Xi showed the group scenes of Asgard and explained that he had also become the Sorcerer Supreme, then gave Wanda the Darkhold and warned her not to summon Chthon casually.
• Wong sensed that the Darkhold had disappeared from Kamar-Taj's library and suspected that Lu Xi had taken it.
• Helen Cho asked to study Asgard's Soul Forge, and Lu Xi agreed to have one sent to her.
• Lu Xi told Hill that S.H.I.E.L.D. should fund renovations, salaries, and insurance for Kamar-Taj's sorcerers, but Hill said the agency's budget was already allocated and required World Security Council approval.

Lu Xi offered S.H.I.E.L.D. access to Kamar-Taj’s magic training in exchange for funding, secretly intending to draw recruits into his grind-or-pay scheme. After going with Lorelei to meet Doctor Zola and Bucky, he left Nick Fury planning to send money and agents to Kamar-Taj while seeking a way to counter the hidden Skrulls.

• Lu Xi offered Hill expanded enrollment at Kamar-Taj in exchange for S.H.I.E.L.D. funding, and Hill agreed to report the proposal.
• Lu Xi privately planned to recruit S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, expecting them either to grind through missions or pay for magical power.
• Lu Xi took Lorelei through a portal to Doctor Zola’s underground base and asked Zola to unlock Bucky so he could speak with him.
• Hill told Nick Fury about Kamar-Taj and its battles against powerful demons, prompting Fury to send an initial one hundred million and select agents for magic training.
• Fury asked Hill whether the mutual assistance agreement with Thor remained valid after Asgard’s king changed, then summoned Clint and Natasha to his office.

Lu Xi’s attempt to use Lorelei’s Voice Enchantment to force a soul contract failed, and he realized the contract required the other person’s voluntary consent. He turned his attention to Steve’s search for Bucky and let Lorelei stay with him, unaware that she hoped to become Asgard’s queen.

• Lu Xi concluded that Voice Enchantment could not override the rules of his soul contract and considered Bucky a possible route to contracting Steve’s soul.
• Steve searched S.H.I.E.L.D.’s data for Bucky, but Sitwell reported that surveillance had found no trace of him.
• Steve suspected Bucky had become a brainwashed Hydra weapon but kept his fears to himself, while Lu Xi watched and recognized that Hydra might be concealing Bucky.
• Lu Xi dismissed Lorelei’s contract attempt and offered to pardon her if she returned to Asgard without causing trouble.
• Lorelei flirted with Lu Xi and persuaded him to let her stay, secretly hoping to use the opportunity to become Asgard’s queen.

Lu Xi freed Bucky from Hydra’s brainwashing in exchange for a signed contract, then brought Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton to Kamar-Taj to begin their training. As they questioned the gym-like practices, Lu Xi ordered Mordo and Kaecilius to spar.

• Bucky revealed that he had regained his will and remembered his years under brainwashing, then chose freedom and signed Lu Xi’s contract.
• Hill delivered S.H.I.E.L.D.’s first $100 million payment and introduced Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton as its first candidates for Kamar-Taj.
• Lu Xi brought Natasha and Barton through a portal to Kamar-Taj, where they saw the mages practicing martial arts.
• Mordo told Natasha and Barton to join the training, but they questioned why aspiring sorcerers needed martial arts practice.
• Lu Xi ordered Mordo and Kaecilius to hold a sparring match, and the other mages cleared the training grounds to watch.

Mordo defeated Kaecilius in a protected magic sparring match, impressing Strange, Natasha, and Barton with the sorcerers’ power. Lu Xi announced that Kamar-Taj would cooperate with secular organizations to face coming crises and promised funding, salaries, and insurance for its sorcerers.

• Lu Xi stopped Mordo from opening the Mirror Dimension and protected the training grounds with a Psychic Barrier as Mordo and Kaecilius unleashed their magic.
• Strange, Natasha, and Barton watched the battle in shock, while Natasha recorded it for Nick Fury and Lu Xi’s recruitment plan.
• Mordo organized his duplicates into coordinated groups and defeated Kaecilius’s disorganized duplicates.
• Lu Xi advised Kaecilius to improve his spellcasting proficiency, especially his control over the Image of Ikonn duplicates.
• Lu Xi told the sorcerers that Kamar-Taj would cooperate with secular organizations and take a more active role in addressing coming crises.
• Lu Xi promised funding to renovate Kamar-Taj and proposed monthly salaries of one hundred thousand for official sorcerers, along with insurance.