Chapter Summaries

Su Zheng chose combat skills and accidentally used them to take Raven down before hurrying to help Tony. He arrived at Tony’s ruined villa as Ivan’s Iron Suits overwhelmed Tony, Fury, and their allies, leaving them close to defeat.

• Su Zheng chose the combat-skills reward and reflexively threw Raven to the ground, stopping his punch just before it hit her.
• Tony called Su Zheng for help as Ivan’s forces attacked, and Su Zheng joked that Tony should make him twenty more Iron Suits before agreeing to go.
• Su Zheng arrived at Tony’s villa and saw that the battle had reduced it to ruins and devastated Fury’s forces.
• Fury, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and Tony faced Ivan’s overwhelming Iron Suit forces, while Fury feared the losses and Hawkeye told Black Widow that dying beside her was not so bad.
• Tony shouted for Su Zheng as dozens of Iron Suits pursued him, and Su Zheng answered that he had arrived.

Su Zheng rescued Tony, Fury, Hawkeye, and Natasha from Ivan's missile attack, then killed Ivan and seized the remaining Iron Suits. Tony owed Su Zheng for saving his life again, while Fury promised a S.H.I.E.L.D. reward as cleanup began.

• Tony called Su Zheng, whose arrival reassured Tony, Fury, Hawkeye, and Natasha.
• Ivan ordered more than two hundred Iron Suits to fire their missiles, but Su Zheng froze the weapons and redirected the missiles into the sky.
• Su Zheng crushed Ivan inside his Iron Suit and gathered the remaining suits for Tony to improve.
• Tony thanked Su Zheng, who reminded him that he owed him for saving his life; Tony jokingly offered to marry him, and Su Zheng let the debt stand.
• Fury thanked Su Zheng, promised a S.H.I.E.L.D. reward, and offered to handle the cleanup.

Su Zheng faced down Director Fury with the Iron Suits and demonstrated his superior combat skills against Hawkeye and Natasha. The chapter ended with both agents exhausted after failing to land a blow on him.

• Su Zheng aimed the Iron Suits’ Gatling guns at Fury, forcing him to surrender, while Tony blamed Fury for Ivan’s resources and the danger at the villa.
• Natasha and Hawkeye urged Su Zheng not to kill Fury, and Hawkeye lunged at Su Zheng to restrain him.
• Su Zheng effortlessly dodged Hawkeye’s attacks and tripped him, then evaded his repeated close-combat moves without striking back.
• Su Zheng redirected the Iron Suits’ guns toward Natasha and told her and Hawkeye to attack him together.
• Natasha and Hawkeye attacked Su Zheng with a blade and a dagger, but after five minutes they had not touched him and were left exhausted.

Su Zheng defeated Natasha and Hawkeye in sparring, then fought Tony’s Iron Suit and overwhelmed JARVIS with his vast range of combat techniques. He continued beating Tony after Tony surrendered, while Fury reconsidered whether to retrieve Captain America from Antarctica.

• Natasha, Hawkeye, and Fury watched in shock as Su Zheng outclassed Natasha and Hawkeye in combat.
• Tony asked JARVIS to assess his chances against Su Zheng, then challenged him to spar in his Iron Suit.
• Su Zheng and Tony fought to a draw at first, but Su Zheng changed fighting styles, threw Tony’s Iron Suit down, and beat him while JARVIS struggled to analyze his techniques.
• Tony surrendered, but Su Zheng continued beating him, used magnetism to remove his helmet, and left him looking like a pig’s head.
• Fury hesitated over his plan to dig Captain America out of Antarctica after seeing how thoroughly Su Zheng had beaten Tony.

Su Zheng visited S.H.I.E.L.D. after hearing that Captain America had been recovered, hoping to trigger a system choice and earn the Red Queen AI. He entered Captain America’s room despite Fury’s warning, interrupting the frozen hero’s escape attempt.

• Su Zheng left Tony with more than two hundred Iron Suits and asked him to develop an AI-controlled, heavily armed version, while Fury’s request for suits was rejected.
• Su Zheng and an exhausted Tony went to S.H.I.E.L.D. to see Captain America, whom Fury had recovered after seventy years in a glacier.
• The system offered Su Zheng three choices, and he chose to tell Captain America the truth about his lost time to earn the Red Queen AI.
• Su Zheng opened Captain America’s locked door with his powers and walked inside, followed by Fury and Tony.
• Captain America abandoned his plan to escape through the window when Su Zheng and the others entered the room.

Su Zheng bluntly told Steve Rogers about the seventy years he had missed and shocked him with claims about Peggy Carter and Bucky. He then took Tony Stark to install his newly acquired Red Queen AI on Tony’s computer, where Tony doubted Su Zheng had developed it.

• Su Zheng introduced himself to Steve Rogers, then revealed that Steve had slept for more than seventy years and that Peggy Carter had married and had a granddaughter.
• Su Zheng told Steve that Bucky had joined Hydra, leaving Steve stunned, and then departed with Tony to check on Red Queen.
• Nick Fury tried to comfort Steve by claiming Bucky was dead and had never joined Hydra, but Steve was upset by the news.
• At Tony’s villa, Tony showed Su Zheng five Iron Suits and said he still owed him eighty-six more, then asked for Banner’s help with the work.
• Su Zheng asked Tony for a top-tier computer to host his artificial intelligence, and Tony scoffed at the idea that Su Zheng had developed one.

Su Zheng installed the Red Queen in Tony's computer, impressed Tony with her capabilities, then took the computer, projection equipment, and five Iron Suits. Weeks later, the Red Queen told Su Zheng and Jean Grey that a hammer and a person had fallen from the sky.

• Su Zheng loaded the Red Queen onto Tony's computer, and she gathered information about the world before appearing as a 3D projection.
• Tony marveled at the Red Queen and peppered Su Zheng with scientific questions, but Su Zheng dodged them and carried off Tony's computer, projection device, and five Iron Suits.
• Tony realized Su Zheng had deceived him and ordered JARVIS to add artificial intelligence research to his plans, then discovered JARVIS's main unit was gone.
• Weeks later, the Red Queen woke Su Zheng beside Jean Grey and reported that a hammer and a person had fallen from the sky.

Su Zheng chose to insult Odin in exchange for the Matter Conversion ability, then used it to gather metal and create a giant middle-finger image labeled with Odin’s name. Thor, Jane, Tony, Captain America, and S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel saw the display, and Thor was stunned.

• Su Zheng arrived at the New Mexico site where Mjolnir had fallen and encountered mortal Thor and Jane.
• The Divine Choice System offered Su Zheng three options, and he chose to insult Odin for the Matter Conversion ability.
• Su Zheng tested his new ability by turning yellow earth into gold and then iron, before gathering metal from the surrounding area.
• Tony, Captain America, Thor, and Jane watched as Su Zheng formed a giant metal middle finger and wrote Odin’s name beside it.
• Thor was stunned when he saw Su Zheng’s creation.

Su Zheng provoked Odin, who answered with a display of divine power over New Mexico while secretly watching Earth. As Loki claimed Asgard’s throne and Thor’s allies set out to find him, Su Zheng told Tony and the others that gods were real, leaving Tony to challenge him to produce one.

• Odin watched Su Zheng’s metal middle finger from his coffin in Asgard, grew angry, and used divine power to summon dark storm clouds over New Mexico.
• Su Zheng recognized Odin’s hand in the clouds, which soon dispersed without striking anyone, and returned to Tony and the others.
• Loki announced that he would become Asgard’s new king, but the four warriors who remained loyal to Thor rejected his claim and left to find Thor on Earth.
• Tony asked why Su Zheng had built the metal middle finger, and Su Zheng explained that Odin was real, shocking the group.
• Tony insisted that gods did not exist and challenged Su Zheng to find one, while Su Zheng spotted Thor and Jane nearby with a mischievous smile.

Su Zheng brought Thor to the S.H.I.E.L.D. camp, where the others doubted his claim to be a god and examined Mjolnir. After Tony failed to lift the hammer, Thor declared that only he could wield it, and Su Zheng prepared to watch what happened next.

• Su Zheng introduced Thor to Tony and the others as a god, but they assumed he was pretending.
• Director Fury led the group to Mjolnir, and Su Zheng touched Captain America's shield to analyze its Vibranium.
• The group examined Mjolnir, while Tony failed to lift it even with Iron Suit gauntlets on both arms.
• Thor pushed through the crowd, declared that only he could lift Mjolnir, and approached the hammer as Su Zheng quietly waited nearby.