Chapter Summaries

After nearly ten years of waiting, Chen Xu's system finished loading and sent him to Jagannath Temple in Kathmandu to check in. He reached the temple despite being chased by robbers, received Telekinesis, and was surrounded by them inside.

• Chen Xu's system completed loading and ordered him to check in at Jagannath Temple within twelve hours for an unknown reward.
• Chen Xu traveled from Washington, D.C., to Kathmandu and took a taxi toward the temple.
• The taxi driver ambushed Chen Xu with several armed men, but Chen Xu threw cash to distract them and ran away.
• Chen Xu sprinted toward the temple, broke through two men blocking its entrance, and checked in successfully.
• The system awarded Chen Xu immensely powerful Telekinesis as the taxi driver and his men caught up and surrounded him.

Chen Xu discovered that his new mental power could freeze people and destroy souls, drawing the attention of Ancient One and the sorcerers. He returned to the temple intending to reach Kamar-Taj, while Ancient One decided to watch him.

• Chen Xu unleashed mental power that crushed the taxi driver's soul, froze the surrounding people, and let him escape when he withdrew it.
• Ancient One sensed the surge and investigated the taxi driver's death with three sorcerers, discovering that time had stopped and could no longer be controlled normally.
• Chen Xu considered visiting Kamar-Taj and becoming a sorcerer, then received a system mission to check in there.
• Chen Xu returned to the temple, where Ancient One and the sorcerers noticed traces of time on him and suspected he had caused the taxi driver's death.
• Ancient One told the sorcerers to return to their Sanctums and protect Earth while he kept an eye on Chen Xu.

Chen Xu reached the Sorcerer Supreme’s residence, where Ancient One sensed his immense, untrained spiritual power and decided to watch him. After learning that Kamar-Taj was accepting applicants, Chen Xu went to register and began the spiritual power test.

• Chen Xu hid by the door to Ancient One’s residence and worried about being discovered, while Ancient One overheard him mention Kamar-Taj and examined his strange spiritual power.
• Ancient One noticed that Chen Xu emitted a faint green glow like the Time Stone and chose to observe what he would do.
• Chen Xu learned from a flyer that Kamar-Taj registration closed that day, then hurried off and collided with a man whose attack was stopped by Ancient One’s mental force.
• Chen Xu followed the registration address to the White Tower in Kathmandu, joined the applicant queue, and learned that yellow or higher on the crystal-ball test qualified applicants to proceed.
• When his turn came, Chen Xu carefully fed spiritual power into the crystal ball, having realized that even a tiny fraction of his power could exceed its limit.

Chen Xu shattered the talent-testing crystal ball, revealing legendary spiritual talent and power beyond a Temple Mage, and received a token granting direct entry to Kamar-Taj. After signing in at the entrance, he gained Elemental Magic and a portion of Chaos Magic, leaving him with newfound power to protect himself.

• Chen Xu unleashed his spiritual power, causing the crystal ball to shift to purple, flash rainbow colors, and shatter.
• Ancient One recognized Chen Xu's talent and ordered the mage to give him a token for direct entry to Kamar-Taj without taking the written test.
• Chen Xu received Kamar-Taj clothes and supplies, then went to the entrance and triggered his sign-in reward.
• Chen Xu gained Elemental Magic and a portion of Chaos Magic, experiencing an ancient dark-red energy entering his body.
• Chen Xu awoke with new insight into the world and felt excited that his power could help him survive the dangers of the Marvel Universe.

Chen Xu entered Kamar-Taj, explored his Chaos Magic, and received a magical artifact as his training began. The Ancient One decided to train him as a successor, while Chen Xu chose to rely on his own power rather than seek a stronger artifact.

• Chen Xu received a system mission to obtain a magical artifact and used Chaos Magic to annihilate and recreate a teacup.
• A mage reported Chen Xu's seven-colored spiritual talent and immense spiritual force to the Ancient One, who planned to train him as his successor.
• The Ancient One assigned Mordo to instruct Chen Xu before he would teach him personally, while Kaecilius asked to teach Chen Xu first.
• The forty new students attended their first magic class and chose magical artifacts as rumors about Chen Xu's shattered crystal ball spread through Kamar-Taj.
• Chen Xu joined the highest-talent class, named his chosen ring Many-Change, and told his teacher that true strength came from oneself.

Chen Xu received God's Hand, an evolvable artifact that let him alter space and amplify his magic. After demonstrating overwhelming talent in a Fireball lesson, he impressed his instructors so much that they granted him permission to study independently in the library.

• Mordo demonstrated how to open a portal, and the system rewarded Chen Xu with God's Hand for completing his mission.
• Chen Xu used God's Hand to create and close a spatial rift, then conjured a powerful fireball and an Ice Shield.
• A one-handed mage taught the apprentices the basic Fireball spell, and Chen Xu produced a blue fireball that shattered the teacher's magical shield when he threw it.
• Chen Xu's instructors found that he mastered their lessons almost immediately and called him a monster.
• The instructors unanimously granted Chen Xu special permission to study on his own in the library.

Chen Xu learned that the system’s next check-in mission required him to enter the Dark Dimension, then found a group of trainees preparing for an assessment there and pressured them into letting him join. After Dina welcomed him and he began discussing the assessment with her, an angry voice confronted her for choosing Chen Xu instead of asking its speaker for help.

• The system assigned Chen Xu a special check-in mission in the Dark Dimension, which he initially refused to attempt.
• Ancient One sensed a disturbance from the Dark Dimension and went to investigate, while Chen Xu headed to the library.
• Chen Xu overheard Dina and the other trainees discussing their assessment to hunt fifty Dark Hounds in the Dark Dimension and offered to help.
• Chen Xu used his powerful mental force to make the muscular young man back down, then introduced himself to Dina and joined the group.
• After the others left, Chen Xu and Dina walked through Kamar-Taj discussing the assessment until an angry voice accused Dina of choosing a rookie over its speaker.

Chen Xu subdued Dina’s suitor Wilson, then joined Dina’s group for their mage assessment in the Dark Dimension. After the system warned that Dormammu might be nearby, Chen Xu helped the group fight off a pack of Dark Hounds while remaining wary of the hidden threat.

• Chen Xu used his mental power to stop Wilson from attacking, and Dina rebuked Wilson before leaving.
• Dina came to Chen Xu on assessment day, and he joined her group of seven at the teleportation array.
• The instructors sent the group into the Dark Dimension to hunt fifty Dark Hounds.
• The system rewarded Chen Xu with enhanced magic power and Chaos Magic, then warned that Dormammu might be hiding nearby.
• Chen Xu released his mental power and killed three charging Dark Hounds with a blue fireball as the others joined the fight.

Chen Xu fought off a Blackflame Demon Wolf during the Dark Dimension assessment while hiding his Chaos Magic. He killed the wolf with compressed fire magic and reached the teleportation array, where Dina and the others learned he had survived.

• Chen Xu joined Dina and the other apprentices in battle, then sensed a powerful Blackflame Demon Wolf approaching.
• The apprentices retreated toward the teleportation array, and Chen Xu stayed behind to hold off the wolf while Dina and the others escaped.
• Chen Xu blocked the wolf's attacks with ice magic and struck it with lightning, keeping his Chaos Magic hidden.
• Chen Xu compressed a blue fireball until it turned purple, then killed the wolf with its explosive flames.
• Dina and the others asked the assessment mage to save Chen Xu, but Chen Xu arrived at the array and told them he had killed the wolf.

Chen Xu returned to Kamar-Taj after defeating the Blackflame Demon Wolf, while the mages drove Dormammu’s invasion out of New York. Ancient One could no longer see Chen Xu’s future and resolved to deal with the traitor plotting against him.

• Chen Xu boasted about defeating the Blackflame Demon Wolf, then sensed Dormammu’s dark power and felt relieved that he had left the area in time.
• Mordo led the New York Sanctum mages in driving Dormammu back, and Aram checked that Chen Xu was unharmed.
• Dina and the other mages were shaken by Chen Xu’s strength, and Chen Xu asked Aram to open a portal so he could return to Kamar-Taj.
• Dormammu ordered Erbi Mengbilia to try again to eliminate Chen Xu, and Erbi Mengbilia planned to use people connected to him as targets.
• Ancient One used the Time Stone but could not see Chen Xu’s future or discover his origins, and he decided to deal with the traitor within Kamar-Taj.

Erbi Mengbilia used Wade’s anger to turn him into a weapon against Chen Xu, while Chen Xu remained unaware of the danger and returned to Kamar-Taj. Wade headed toward Chen Xu as Chen Xu studied in the library with Wong.

• Erbi Mengbilia approached the drunken Wade and offered him power in exchange for revenge against Chen Xu and Dina.
• Erbi Mengbilia infused Wade with dark energy and compelled him to seek revenge at any cost, including self-destruction.
• Chen Xu ate at an upscale New York restaurant, unaware that Erbi Mengbilia had prepared a trap for him.
• Chen Xu returned to Kamar-Taj and went straight to the library, bypassing the magical contingencies Erbi Mengbilia had left in his dormitory.
• After learning Chen Xu had returned, Wade left class despite his instructor’s orders and headed toward Kamar-Taj.
• Chen Xu told Wong that he had read and understood all the library’s books, then asked whether there were more magic books.

Chen Xu asked Wong for stronger magic books, then sought Mage Mordo’s help in qualifying as a Temple Mage so he could gain power. As Mordo went to ask Ancient One for approval, he encountered Erbi Mengbilia, whose unexpected presence and private unease raised questions about the Sanctum he guarded.

• Chen Xu demonstrated to Wong that he had read and understood all the magic books in the library, then asked for more advanced ones.
• Wong explained that Chen Xu needed to become a mage and receive Ancient One’s approval, and that apprentices normally studied for three years before taking the assessment.
• Chen Xu went to Mage Mordo and asked for help becoming a Temple Mage, explaining that he wanted to grow strong enough to face possible threats.
• Mage Mordo agreed to speak with Ancient One, while privately worrying about the danger Chen Xu could pose if he ever turned evil.
• On his way to Ancient One’s Sanctum, Mage Mordo encountered Erbi Mengbilia, who claimed he had visited the library to check the Sanctum Seal and declined Mordo’s offer of help.

Erbi Mengbilia concealed his allegiance to Dormammu while Mordo reported Chen Xu’s request to Ancient One, who approved his Temple Mage assessment and warned of Dormammu’s growing threat. At Kamar-Taj, the bewitched Wade attacked Chen Xu, who prepared to counter him with Chaos Magic as Dormammu’s Dark Power surged.

• Erbi Mengbilia hid his fear from Mordo and returned to his Sanctum, relieved that Ancient One had not discovered his allegiance to Dormammu.
• Mordo told Ancient One that Chen Xu wanted to take the Temple Mage assessment, and Ancient One approved, saying Chen Xu was capable and seemed to have mastered Chaos Magic.
• Ancient One warned Mordo that Dormammu was stirring and could sense Chen Xu, prompting Mordo to watch over him.
• Wade attacked Chen Xu with Dark Magic, ignoring Chen Xu’s fire spell because he had been bewitched and was fixated on killing him.
• Ancient One showed Mordo a magical projection of the fight and stopped him from rushing to Kamar-Taj, insisting Chen Xu could handle Wade.
• Chen Xu let Wade attack so he could learn who was behind him, then prepared to use Chaos Magic as Wade’s Dark Power erupted with enough force to obliterate everything within one meter.

After surviving Wade’s self-destruction, Chen Xu learned that Dormammu had infiltrated Kamar-Taj and began an unusually dangerous assessment for early promotion to Temple Mage. He destroyed waves of Dark Hounds and Blackflame Demon Wolves with powerful magic, then waited for more enemies to appear.

• Ancient One and Mordo arrived too late to stop Wade’s self-destruction, but Chen Xu’s red Chaos Magic compressed the blast and left him unharmed while Wade was obliterated.
• Mordo suspected Dormammu had gained a follower inside Kamar-Taj, while Erbi Mengbilia reported Wade’s failure to Dormammu and urged him to act against Chen Xu.
• The next day, Mordo explained that Chen Xu’s assessment required him to kill more Dark Hounds than the other candidates and three Blackflame Demon Wolves, and Chen Xu accepted.
• Chen Xu entered the Dark Dimension and annihilated an approaching mass of Dark Hounds with a compressed fireball, stunning the mages observing from the real world.
• Chen Xu used Flame Meteor twice to devastate the next wave of Dark Hounds and Blackflame Demon Wolves, then killed the remaining wolves with his Thunderous Might spell.
• With no more Blackflame Demon Wolves appearing, Chen Xu made a stone chair and sat down to wait, leaving the assessment mages wondering whether the beasts had been frightened away.

Chen Xu faced Dormammu’s invasion alone inside the Dark Dimension and survived Dormammu’s attack before countering with a devastating fireball. The blast drove Dormammu away and exposed Erbi Mombilia as his traitorous follower.

• Dormammu invaded the real world, isolating Chen Xu inside the Dark Dimension while Mordo learned that Ancient One was busy resisting the invasion.
• Dormammu and his black-cloaked follower confronted Chen Xu, who mocked them before blocking Dormammu’s dark-energy beam with magic.
• Chen Xu emerged unharmed and hurled a powerful black-red fireball at Dormammu and his follower.
• Dormammu’s shield shattered and he disappeared, while the blast destroyed the follower’s robe and revealed him to be Erbi Mombilia.
• The mages recognized Erbi Mombilia’s mark and realized he had betrayed Ancient One and Earth to serve Dormammu.

Chen Xu shattered Dormammu's mirror-image avatar, freed Erbi Monbilia from the darkness, and returned to the real world with the mages. The Ancient One waived Chen Xu's final assessment and named him a Temple Mage, after which Chen Xu made a request.

• Chen Xu shattered Dormammu's mirror-image avatar, stunning Erbi Monbilia and the mages watching from the real world.
• Erbi Monbilia begged Chen Xu to kill him, and Chen Xu burned him to ashes, freeing him as Dormammu's isolating power disappeared.
• Mordo and the other mages joined Chen Xu, returned to the real world, and told him to meet the Ancient One for his final assessment.
• News of Chen Xu's victory and Erbi Monbilia's death spread through the magical world as Chen Xu traveled to the Ancient One's Sanctum.
• The Ancient One waived Chen Xu's third test and declared him a Temple Mage.
• Chen Xu thanked the Ancient One and asked to make a request.

Chen Xu joined the New York Sanctum and followed the system’s sign-in task to Stark Tower, where he received one percent of Superman’s Steel Body. He claimed the reward and began undergoing a painful transformation.

• Chen Xu asked the Ancient One to let him stay at the New York Sanctum, and the Ancient One agreed.
• Chen Xu packed his belongings, said goodbye to Mordo, Dina, and the others, and reported to the New York Sanctum.
• The system instructed Chen Xu to go to Stark Tower, and he learned that the events of Iron Man 2 had already occurred.
• Chen Xu took a taxi to Stark Tower and completed the sign-in task, earning one percent of Superman’s Steel Body.
• Chen Xu claimed the reward, felt his body and genes changing, and complained to the system about the intense pain.

After transforming with one percent of Superman’s Steel Body, Chen Xu returned to the New York Sanctum and spent several months reinforcing its seals and studying magic. A fight between two green monsters eventually interrupted his routine, and Chen Xu went through a portal to confront the destruction in Washington, D.C.

• Chen Xu collapsed during his painful transformation beneath Stark Tower, and Pepper Potts called emergency services to take him to the hospital.
• After waking in the hospital, Chen Xu learned Pepper had asked the police to handle him, then discharged himself and returned to the New York Sanctum.
• Chen Xu endured Mage Mordo’s scolding, helped reinforce the Sanctum’s seals, and found that the work left him far less exhausted than the other Temple Mages.
• Several months later, Chen Xu heard fighting outside the Sanctum and saw two green monsters battling through a magical mirror.
• Chen Xu informed Mage Andri and opened a portal to the monsters, who were nearly destroying Washington, D.C., while a bald, eyepatched man watched from a luxurious office.

Chen Xu intervened in the battle between Hulk and Abomination, destroyed Abomination, and left before S.H.I.E.L.D. could identify him. His appearance alarmed Nick Fury and governments around the world, who began investigating the unknown figure.

• Nick Fury watched Hulk and Abomination devastate Washington, D.C., and ordered Phil Coulson to send him footage of their fight.
• Chen Xu observed the battle from another dimension, then appeared before Hulk and Abomination and demanded they stop disturbing him.
• When Abomination insulted him, Chen Xu struck him with a powerful lightning whip and froze Hulk with Ice-Freezing Magic.
• Chen Xu annihilated Abomination with a red energy sphere, then returned to the New York Sanctum through a portal.
• Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. watched Chen Xu disappear and ordered an investigation as governments worldwide grew alarmed by his unknown identity and power.

Chen Xu investigated the arrival of Mjolnir after Asgard tore through Earth’s outer barrier, while his system urged him to enter Odin’s Vault. At the crash site, he met Jane and encountered Agent Phil Coulson, giving Coulson a false name before the agent was called away.

• Chen Xu sensed the barrier breach at the New York Sanctum, learned from Ancient One that the force came from Asgard, and received a system mission to check in at Odin’s Vault.
• Chen Xu volunteered to investigate the meteor’s landing site, opened a portal, and arrived in the town where Mjolnir had fallen.
• Chen Xu tried lifting Mjolnir, then waited at a nearby restaurant and spotted Jane talking with another woman.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. agents cleared the area and set up a tent around Mjolnir while their agent Phil Coulson entered the restaurant.
• Phil Coulson recognized Chen Xu and struck up a conversation, but Chen Xu introduced himself as Chen Dong; Coulson then left after his radio sounded.