Chapter Summaries

Su Zheng used magnetic forces and metal restraints to make Hulk and Abomination cling to each other while they fought in New York. As the two giants struggled to break free, Su Zheng decided their forced embrace was complete and prepared to make them kiss.

• Hulk and Abomination exchanged punches while Abomination demanded to know where Su Zheng was.
• Su Zheng deflected Abomination's fist with a metal bead, making the two giants crash into each other.
• Su Zheng used iron blocks, gloves, shoes, and magnetism to force Abomination to cling to Hulk.
• Hulk and Abomination fell to the ground locked in an embrace as a little girl asked her mother what they were doing.
• Abomination recognized Su Zheng's trick, threatened him, and struggled with Hulk to escape.
• Su Zheng watched the giants strain against each other and prepared to make them kiss.

Su Zheng used high-speed metal marbles to cripple Abomination while Tony analyzed the attack as a handheld Electromagnetic Cannon. He then restrained Hulk in steel and forced him toward Abomination, leaving the two giants poised for a confrontation under Su Zheng’s control.

• Hulk punched Abomination away, and Su Zheng pierced both of Abomination’s knees with metal marbles fired at extreme speed.
• Abomination caught and crushed a military rocket, but Su Zheng’s marbles pierced his body while Tony and JARVIS identified their speed as Mach 13.
• Hulk attacked Abomination, and Su Zheng fired more marbles into Abomination’s arms and knees, disabling all four limbs.
• Su Zheng encased Hulk’s body in thick steel, made him kneel before Abomination, and pushed Hulk’s head toward Abomination with a giant metal hand.

Hulk and Abomination kissed after Su Zheng and Tony recorded the moment, then Hulk rampaged through the streets and attacked Tony. Su Zheng fought back with an electromagnetic cannon, incapacitated Hulk, and stopped when Betty and Tony pleaded with him.

• Su Zheng and Tony recorded Hulk and Abomination kissing before Hulk suddenly beat Abomination unconscious.
• Hulk attacked the crowd and caused widespread destruction, then punched Tony when he tried to calm him down.
• Su Zheng flew toward Hulk and blasted him with a heated metal pellet, piercing his chest and proving he could break through Hulk's defenses.
• Su Zheng fired a barrage of metal pellets, leaving Hulk with multiple wounds and knocking him unconscious.
• Betty and Tony begged Su Zheng to stop, and he halted the attack before Betty ran to Hulk's side.

After defeating the Hulk and Abomination, Su Zheng helped Banner regain control and ensured the military canceled his wanted order. As Su Zheng planned to grow stronger for the coming battle with Thanos, Professor X contacted him.

• Su Zheng told Betty to call Banner out of the unconscious Hulk, and Banner's body shrank back to normal.
• General Ross abandoned any plans to oppose Su Zheng, while Tony asked how Su Zheng had gained his magnetic-field powers.
• The military imprisoned Abomination and canceled Banner's wanted order, allowing Banner to date Betty openly.
• Tony tried and failed to make a nonmetal Iron Suit, but discovered adamantium and vibranium.
• Su Zheng reflected on his powers, the Illuminati, and his need to build strength before Thanos arrived.
• Professor X contacted Su Zheng in his mind.

Su Zheng visited Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters and encountered the amnesiac Wolverine, whom he restrained with his magnetic-field ability before bringing him to Professor X. A system choice then offered Su Zheng a way to gain protection against mental intrusion by wiping Professor X’s bald head, and he chose that option.

• Professor X invited Su Zheng to visit his school, and Su Zheng accepted after confirming the system could not be detected by Professor X.
• Su Zheng arrived at Xavier’s School and encountered the wary Wolverine, who had lost his memories and had just awakened after being rescued with Rogue.
• Wolverine extended his Adamantium claws, so Su Zheng used his magnetic-field ability to pin him to a wall and then released him.
• Su Zheng told Wolverine he was a fan, asked whether he had lost his memories, and led him to Professor X, who confirmed Rogue was resting nearby.
• The system offered Su Zheng three choices, and he rejected killing Professor X or claiming leadership of the mutants before choosing to wipe Professor X’s bald head for mental-defense magic.

Su Zheng visited Professor X’s school, gained protection against telepathy, and revealed Wolverine’s past to him. The next morning, Su Zheng encountered Wolverine and learned through a system prompt that he was actually Mystique in disguise.

• Su Zheng wiped Professor X’s clothes and bald head, completed a mission, and gained passive defense against telepathy.
• Professor X asked whether Su Zheng was Magneto’s child, then showed him around the school, where Su Zheng spoke with Storm.
• Professor X could not enter Su Zheng’s mind and sent Jean Grey to fetch him for dinner.
• After dinner, Su Zheng told Wolverine about his centuries-long life, his real name, and his family, leaving Wolverine shocked.
• Su Zheng stayed at the school, and the next morning a system prompt revealed that the Wolverine before him was Mystique and offered three choices.

Su Zheng exposed Mystique, recognized her plan to abduct Rogue for Magneto’s Magnetic Device, and tried to recruit her. After overpowering her and threatening to reveal the plan to world leaders, he got Mystique to agree to work for him temporarily.

• Su Zheng chose a reward that gave him Captain America’s shield and decided to recruit Mystique rather than pursue or help her.
• Su Zheng recognized Mystique disguised as Wolverine, revealed that he knew her real name, and invited her to join him.
• Mystique transformed back into her blue-skinned form and attacked Su Zheng, but he bound her with steel rebars using magnetic powers.
• Su Zheng revealed that he knew Mystique’s plan involving Rogue and Magneto’s Magnetic Device, then threatened to expose it to world leaders.
• Mystique agreed to work for Su Zheng temporarily to protect the mutants from the consequences of the plan becoming public.

Su Zheng made Mystique his subordinate and claimed he would become powerful enough to end mutant oppression. Two days later, Magneto arrived at the school demanding Mystique and Rogue, and Mystique appeared beside Su Zheng as a confrontation was about to begin.

• Su Zheng persuaded Mystique to stay with him by promising to become stronger than Magneto and Professor X combined, and she agreed while still wondering if he was Magneto's son.
• Su Zheng introduced Mystique to Professor X and the others at lunch, and he announced that she was now his subordinate.
• Two days later, Magneto came to the school to rescue Mystique and take Rogue before a worldwide leaders' summit.
• Magneto demanded that Professor X hand over Mystique and Rogue, but Professor X refused and falsely claimed Mystique was not there.
• As Magneto prepared to attack, Mystique arrived and instinctively stood behind Su Zheng.

Su Zheng prevented Mystique from rejoining Magneto and revealed that he could control magnetic fields. When Magneto confronted him, Su Zheng chose the system’s offer to take over the Brotherhood in exchange for doubling his constitution.

• Magneto called Mystique over, but she chose to stay beside Su Zheng.
• Magneto realized Mystique’s choice was tied to Su Zheng and reacted with disbelief.
• Sabretooth and Toad emerged as Magneto’s only accompanying subordinates, and Wolverine charged Magneto in anger.
• Magneto flung Wolverine toward Su Zheng, who stopped him in midair with magnetic-field control.
• The system offered Su Zheng three choices, and he chose to take over the Brotherhood for a doubled constitution.

Su Zheng rejected Magneto’s demand to join him and demonstrated his newly enhanced physical strength by defeating Sabretooth and Toad. Magneto gathered metal to capture him, but Tony and Banner arrived to support Su Zheng as the confrontation escalated.

• Su Zheng told Magneto he was not his child and demanded that Magneto hand over the Brotherhood, then secretly texted Iron Man for help.
• Magneto sent Sabretooth to attack Su Zheng, but Su Zheng dodged his claws and punched him through a house.
• Su Zheng caught Toad’s tongue and flung him into the sky after Toad tried to sneak up on him.
• Magneto decided to capture Su Zheng as well as Rogue and ordered him to come along.
• Tony told Su Zheng that he and Banner had arrived, but Magneto raised a vast mass of metal and declared Su Zheng had no choice.

The Hulk arrived to help Su Zheng fight Magneto, and together they forced Magneto to retreat. Su Zheng killed Toad, while Sabretooth surrendered; Jean Grey then invited Su Zheng to her room.

• The Hulk crashed into the battlefield and broke free after Magneto bound him with steel.
• Su Zheng disrupted Magneto's magnetic field, letting the Hulk leap up and punch through Magneto's metal defenses.
• Magneto fled, and Su Zheng stopped the steel carrying Toad and killed him with a punch.
• Mystique stayed put, Sabretooth surrendered, and Wolverine reacted to his biological older brother's surrender.
• Jean Grey praised Su Zheng and invited him to see the cat in her room that could do backflips.

After Magneto’s attack on Professor X’s school, Su Zheng stayed with Jean Grey for a few days before Fury called with news that Magneto planned to turn summit leaders into mutants. Su Zheng agreed to stop him after Fury offered to make the Illuminati an officially recognized organization under Su Zheng’s leadership.

• Hulk defeated the remaining enemies, then left the school after Su Zheng influenced him to go.
• The students and staff thanked Su Zheng, while Rogue came out of the safe room and felt grateful that he had protected her; Wolverine kept Sabretooth imprisoned.
• Su Zheng made things official with Jean Grey and later returned to his villa, while Wolverine stayed at the school to join the X-Men.
• Fury told Su Zheng that Magneto intended to operate his machine himself and transform the leaders at a summit, even at the cost of his life.
• Fury offered to recognize the Illuminati as a government organization led by Su Zheng, and Su Zheng agreed to stop Magneto.

Su Zheng and the others confronted Magneto atop the Statue of Liberty as his Magnetic Device began activating. Magneto offered Su Zheng leadership of the Brotherhood, and the system presented Su Zheng with three choices while the battle remained unresolved.

• Su Zheng led Tony, Banner, Cyclops, Storm, Jean Grey, and Beast into the Statue of Liberty to stop Magneto.
• Magneto sent the untransformed Banner plummeting from the statue and began delaying the group as the Magnetic Device activated.
• Tony charged the machine but Magneto hurled him into debris, while Magneto's subordinate removed Cyclops's glasses and Magneto sent Cyclops falling.
• Su Zheng saved Cyclops from the fall, but Magneto restrained Storm and Beast and pinned Su Zheng with his control of the magnetic field.
• Magneto asked Su Zheng to take over the Brotherhood and protect mutants, and the system offered Su Zheng three choices with different rewards.

Su Zheng rejected Magneto’s offer and used his newly gained ability to erase mutant powers, defeating Magneto and stopping the machine. He brought Magneto back to the mutant school, where Mystique saw him in X-Men custody.

• Su Zheng chose the option that gave him the ability to erase mutant powers and invited Magneto to join the Illuminati instead of joining the Brotherhood.
• Su Zheng’s offer confused Magneto and embarrassed Jean Grey when Su Zheng joked about finding Magneto a sister-in-law.
• As the Hulk climbed back up the Statue of Liberty, Magneto tried to restrain Su Zheng, but Su Zheng erased Magneto’s and his subordinate’s abilities.
• Su Zheng bound Magneto, stopped the machine, freed Storm and Beast, and repaired Iron Man’s suit.
• Su Zheng and the X-Men escorted Magneto back to the mutant school, where they encountered Mystique.

Mystique learned that Su Zheng had captured Magneto and asked him to erase her mutant ability so she could discover her original appearance. Su Zheng used his power on her, leaving her transformation—and the fact that she was unclothed—about to end.

• Storm told Mystique how Su Zheng had defeated and captured Magneto, astonishing her.
• Professor X examined Storm's memories, and Su Zheng suppressed Professor X's mutant powers for invading her mind.
• Su Zheng handed Magneto to Professor X and warned that Magneto's powers would return once Su Zheng left.
• Su Zheng tested his ability on Jean Grey and found that it could not erase the Phoenix Force.
• Mystique came to Su Zheng's room, asked him to erase her mutant ability, and promised to become his loyal subordinate.
• Su Zheng used his ability on Mystique, who had forgotten that she was naked.

Su Zheng restored Raven’s original appearance, and she stayed close to him as his self-declared maid rather than risk losing the effect. When Tony invited Su Zheng to watch his race, Su Zheng recognized that Ivan was about to attack and went to protect him.

• Su Zheng used his ability to reveal Raven’s original body, and Raven ran into another room after realizing she was naked.
• Days later, Raven followed Su Zheng and Jean Grey while carrying their shopping, then claimed she was Su Zheng’s maid when Jean asked her to leave.
• Tony met Su Zheng while wearing the Iron Suit, offered him a suit, and invited him to watch a race.
• Su Zheng accepted Tony’s invitation and recognized Ivan at the racetrack as the events of Iron Man 2 began.
• Ivan attacked the race by splitting the leading car with an electric whip, while Tony raced in second place.

At the race, Su Zheng used his magnetic powers to save Tony from Ivan’s attack after the plot changed and Tony was in second place. Su Zheng chose the reward that increased his magnetic power, leaving Tony alive and deeply indebted to him as the crowd watched in chaos.

• Tony pushed to catch the leader, but Ivan sliced the leading car in half with his electric whips and targeted Tony’s car.
• Su Zheng’s system offered three choices, and he chose to save Tony in exchange for a ten percent increase in magnetic power and one hundred Iron Suits.
• Su Zheng unleashed his magnetic powers, freezing Ivan, Tony’s car, and metal objects around the racetrack in midair.
• Tony realized Su Zheng had saved him again and worried that he might end up working for Su Zheng for the rest of his life.
• The crowd reacted in panic and excitement as Su Zheng walked onto the racetrack and Ivan struggled to move his armor.

Su Zheng stopped Ivan from killing Tony at the racetrack and made Tony and Ivan compete to build Iron Suits in exchange for his help. After S.H.I.E.L.D. took Ivan away, Su Zheng said he would save Tony and make him build suits for the rest of his life.

• Su Zheng carried the suspended phones and metal objects across the racetrack, disarmed Ivan, and stopped him from attacking Tony.
• Tony offered to repay Su Zheng, and Su Zheng asked him to build one hundred Iron Suits.
• Ivan offered to build even more suits if Su Zheng stayed out of his fight with Tony, prompting Tony and Ivan to outbid each other.
• Su Zheng sealed Ivan's mouth with an iron sheet and planned to have S.H.I.E.L.D. imprison him.
• After S.H.I.E.L.D. took Ivan away, Su Zheng returned the phones and told Tony he would save him and make him build Iron Suits.

Su Zheng revealed that Tony was dying from palladium poisoning and helped him use his father’s relics to create a new element that saved his life. Tony then tried to bargain down Su Zheng’s demand for one hundred personally built Iron Suits, but Su Zheng refused.

• Su Zheng exposed the purple lines around Tony’s Arc Reactor, revealing that he knew about Tony’s palladium poisoning.
• At Tony’s seaside villa, Su Zheng told him to create a new element, and Director Fury arrived with Tony’s father’s relics.
• Su Zheng explained that the relics contained clues to a new element, and Tony found its structure in a model inside the box.
• Su Zheng used his magnetic powers and an Electromagnetic Cannon to clear space for Tony to forge the new element.
• Tony tested the new element, saw his palladium poisoning recede, and thanked Su Zheng for saving his life.
• Su Zheng reminded Tony that he owed him one hundred Iron Suits, and rejected Tony’s offer to make only fifty.

Su Zheng took Tony's eight Iron Suits and brought Jean Grey to live with him, then learned that hundreds of Steel Warriors were attacking Tony. The chapter ended as Su Zheng faced a system choice about how to respond.

• Tony agreed to build Su Zheng a hundred Iron Suits, while Su Zheng took every suit in Tony's room despite Tony's protests.
• Su Zheng returned to his villa with Jean Grey and Raven, and Jean later asked him for an Iron Suit.
• Tony called Su Zheng for help after hundreds of Steel Warriors attacked his home.
• Su Zheng suspected that Fury had freed Ivan to build suits for S.H.I.E.L.D., only for Ivan to seize control of them.
• The system offered Su Zheng three choices for responding to the attack, including sending Jean, killing Fury, or going himself.