Recaps

Tony used Mark I to attack the militants and escape the cave, finally reaching the open desert after a dangerous flight and crash. He survived the wreckage and realized he was free.

• Tony unleashed Mark I’s flamethrowers, burning through the militants and their Stark Industries weapons.
• Militants fired an autocannon at Mark I and damaged its left knee joint, making Tony fall and halting his advance.
• Tony fired at the militants on his flank, setting off a series of explosions that engulfed Mark I and gave him cover.
• Tony activated the jets beneath Mark I’s feet and launched himself out of the valley while Lin Hai watched from an observation point.
• Mark I ran out of fuel and crashed into the desert sand, breaking apart and leaving Tony alive amid the wreckage.

After Tony escaped the desert and was spotted by United States military helicopters, Lin Hai told Pepper he would soon be home. Lin Hai brought the unconscious Yinsen to Kamar-Taj and asked Hamil to contact The Ancient One about letting him stay there temporarily.

• Tony recovered enough to leave the Mark I wreckage and walked away from the mountains as Lin Hai watched over him.
• Two United States military helicopters found Tony, and Lin Hai messaged Pepper that he would soon return.
• Pepper thanked Lin Hai for finding Tony and protecting him, then felt relieved when she learned he was safe.
• Lin Hai decided to hide Yinsen at Kamar-Taj until Tony had seen the footage of his ordeal.
• Lin Hai found The Ancient One absent and asked Hamil to contact her about Yinsen staying at Kamar-Taj.

Lin Hai asked the Ancient One to let Yinsen stay at Kamar-Taj, and she agreed while making Lin Hai responsible for the consequences of bringing him there. After Lin Hai treated Yinsen’s injuries, Yinsen woke in his new room and asked where he was and who Lin Hai was.

• Hamil used a rune-covered platform to summon the Ancient One for Lin Hai.
• Lin Hai explained that he wanted Kamar-Taj to shelter Yinsen, not teach him magic.
• The Ancient One agreed, saying Lin Hai’s intervention made him responsible for Yinsen’s possible future.
• Hamil led Lin Hai and Yinsen to a modest room for Yinsen to stay in.
• Lin Hai healed Yinsen’s deeper injuries and restored his vitality.
• Yinsen woke and asked Lin Hai where he was and who he was.

Lin Hai rescued Yinsen from the cave, healed his mortal wounds, and brought him to a hidden place of cultivation in the Himalayas. After learning Tony Stark had escaped, Yinsen questioned why Lin Hai had saved him and why he could not safely go outside, but Lin Hai left the danger unexplained.

• Lin Hai opened a Portal to fetch warm water and gave it to the recovering Yinsen.
• Lin Hai told Yinsen he had rescued him from the cave and brought him to a safe place in the Himalayas.
• Yinsen remembered being shot and discovered that Lin Hai had healed his wounds without leaving scars.
• Lin Hai told Yinsen that Tony Stark had escaped the cave, crashed in the desert, and was on his way back to the United States.
• Lin Hai said he had saved Yinsen for his character, abilities, and significance to Tony, and warned that Yinsen might need to stay hidden for months or longer.
• Yinsen asked whether the Ten Rings Gang would keep pursuing him, and Lin Hai did not yet explain the danger.

Lin Hai explained why Yinsen had to remain officially dead and told him that Earth faced upheavals beyond ordinary understanding. He left Yinsen to settle into the practitioners’ community, where Yinsen began to process his changed life.

• Lin Hai told Yinsen that his apparent death had been crucial to Tony Stark’s transformation and that revealing he was alive too soon could hinder it.
• Lin Hai said he had saved Yinsen because his skills could be useful when future upheavals came to Earth.
• Lin Hai explained that Yinsen should keep a low profile among the practitioners and could seek help from Hamil if needed.
• Yinsen asked about the coming events and the practitioners, and Lin Hai described his predictions as prophecy or divination and distinguished his own abilities from the community’s practices.
• Lin Hai left Yinsen alone in the room, and Yinsen reflected on his unfamiliar surroundings before closing his eyes.

Lin Hai explained his suspicions about an approaching era of upheaval to Gwen, Peter, and Harry, revealing that he had been tracking Tony Stark’s capture and escape. He left them knowing Tony’s ordeal was the landmark event behind Master Hamil’s divination.

• Lin Hai asked Master Hamil to keep an eye on Yinsen and ensure he had supplies.
• Peter, Gwen, and Harry confronted Lin Hai with a news report announcing that Tony Stark had been found in Afghanistan.
• Peter connected Lin Hai’s hidden-camera arrangements and trip to Afghanistan to Tony’s return, and Lin Hai agreed to explain.
• Lin Hai described how Master Hamil’s Divination Spell had shown that their daily lives would remain steady while Earth approached a landmark event.
• Lin Hai confirmed that Tony Stark’s attack, captivity, escape, and future impact were the landmark event he had been tracking.

Lin Hai explained how he had used Hamil’s divination and concealed cameras to observe and record Tony Stark’s ordeal in Afghanistan. He planned to preserve the footage and wait for Tony to return to New York, while he and his friends prepared for graduation and the extraordinary events ahead.

• Lin Hai told Peter, Harry, and Gwen that Hamil’s divination had vaguely warned of danger to Tony, and that he had inferred the likely outcome after learning Tony was going to Afghanistan.
• Lin Hai explained that he had acted as an observer and recorder, using the cameras Peter and Harry built while preventing Tony from dying prematurely.
• Peter realized the cameras had captured Tony’s ordeal and called the footage valuable firsthand material.
• Lin Hai said he would preserve the recordings and that Tony might learn about them through Pepper after settling back in New York.
• Harry asked about Lin Hai’s plans, and Lin Hai said the group should finish school and prepare for the changes that Tony’s return might bring.

After Tony Stark announced that Stark Industries would immediately shut down its weapons division, the company’s stock plunged. Lin Hai gathered his partners and Matt’s law firm to plan a personal investment aimed at securing voting shares while keeping the acquisition legal and discreet.

• Tony Stark announced at a press conference that he was shutting down Stark Industries’ weapons manufacturing division, triggering turmoil across the United States and a steep drop in the company’s stock.
• Lin Hai saw the falling share price as a chance to become a Stark Industries shareholder with voting rights, and contacted his partners and Matt.
• At a meeting in Matt’s law office, Harry offered to use Osborn Group funds, but Lin Hai insisted they invest in their personal capacities to avoid attracting attention.
• Gwen and Peter agreed to buy some shares for profit, while Matt, Elektra, and Foggy said they lacked the funds to invest themselves.
• Lin Hai asked Matt’s firm to handle the legal work and Elektra to monitor Stark Industries’ stock price, and the first executive meeting of Starsea Studio ended.

Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry completed their thesis defenses and graduated from the California Institute of Technology. After celebrating with their families, they flew back to New York together, ready to face the future side by side.

• Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry finished their thesis defenses and discussed which family members would attend graduation.
• Peter said Ben and May would come, while Lin Hai expected his parents to stay away and Harry said Norman would likely miss the ceremony.
• Three days later, the four graduated from the California Institute of Technology, with Ben, May, and Helen celebrating and taking photos with them.
• The group packed a few important belongings at their Los Angeles cottage and boarded a flight to New York.
• Lin Hai reflected that his student days had ended and looked toward the future with Gwen, Peter, and Harry beside him.

After returning to New York, Lin Hai arranged to apply for a green card and searched for a private home in a relatively safe neighborhood. He chose a Brooklyn Heights townhouse and asked the agent to alert him if either neighboring house came up for sale.

• Lin Hai called Matt, who agreed to organize and submit the materials for Lin Hai's employment-based green card application.
• Lin Hai discussed housing options with Gwen, Peter, Harry, Matt, and Foggy, and they settled on Brooklyn Heights as a suitable neighborhood.
• Lin Hai ruled out apartments, detached houses, and penthouses before choosing to look for a townhouse.
• Lin Hai toured a four-story brownstone townhouse with Gwen, Peter, and Harry, and they all approved of its features and location.
• Lin Hai reviewed the property's reports and title documents, decided to buy the townhouse, and asked the agent to contact him if either neighboring house went up for sale.

Lin Hai moved into his Brooklyn Heights townhouse with Gwen, Peter, and Harry, then invited Chen Bing to celebrate with a housewarming meal. By dusk, the friends had chosen their rooms and settled their belongings into the new home.

• Lin Hai used Portals to move his belongings from the clinic and Los Angeles Cottage into his Brooklyn Heights townhouse, with Gwen, Peter, and Harry helping.
• Lin Hai invited Chen Bing to the new house, and the five shared a housewarming meal after Chen Bing praised the place.
• Lin Hai offered rooms to Chen Bing and his friends, but Chen Bing declined; Peter and Harry chose the third-floor rooms, while Gwen took the other second-floor bedroom.
• Lin Hai recalled how he and Gwen had agreed to postpone having a child and let their relationship develop at its own pace.
• Lin Hai took Chen Bing back to the clinic, then opened a Portal so Gwen, Peter, and Harry could move their belongings into the townhouse.
• Lin Hai and his friends finished setting up their bedrooms by dusk, and Lin Hai watched the lights come on across Brooklyn Heights from his new home.

Gwen, Harry, and Peter settled how they would use Lin Hai’s Brooklyn Heights house, and the group began planning renovations for their shared home and workspaces. Lin Hai agreed to ask Master Hamil whether he could protect the villa with a magic array.

• Gwen told George and Helen she would stay most of the time at Lin Hai’s house, and Helen privately reminded her to take precautions and plan carefully for marriage and children.
• Harry moved into his bedroom at the house after Norman readily approved, while Peter chose to keep living mainly with Uncle Ben and Aunt May but use the house as another base.
• Lin Hai planned to turn the spacious fourth floor into a cultivation area for special plants and medicinal plants for Chen Bing.
• Harry and Peter arranged for an Osborn Group crew to renovate the basement into a private laboratory with reinforced walls and specialized systems.
• Gwen organized books and documents in the third-floor study and suggested asking Master Hamil to protect the villa with a magic array; Lin Hai agreed to ask him.

Lin Hai sold Pepper a replacement Sandalwood Bracelet for Tony and began watching for signs of Iron Man’s public debut. At Stark Tower, Pepper replaced Tony’s Arc Reactor and gave him the bracelet, while wondering whether Lin Hai could heal his chest injury.

• Pepper called Lin Hai to buy Tony another Sandalwood Bracelet, and Lin Hai agreed to deliver it to Stark Tower.
• Lin Hai recalled that Obadiah Stane’s rise as Iron Monger and Iron Man’s public debut were approaching, so he decided to watch the news for military accidents.
• Pepper entered Tony’s laboratory and, after hesitating, removed a wire from his chest and installed a new Arc Reactor.
• Tony told Pepper that besides her, he had no one else, and Pepper realized how much he trusted her.
• Pepper gave Tony the new Sandalwood Bracelet, which he put on immediately, and she silently considered asking Lin Hai whether he could heal Tony’s chest.

Tony secured the Mark II project on his private server, built a sleek new armor, and took it on its first flight. After nearly freezing and falling from the sky, he survived the test flight but crashed through his villa’s roof and landed in a sports car.

• Pepper took Tony’s first-generation reactor from the lab after Tony told her to destroy it.
• Tony told JARVIS to keep all Mark II research and data on his private server, then spent several days designing and building the armor.
• Tony flew the Mark II over the Malibu coast despite JARVIS’s warning that its flight calculations were incomplete.
• Tony climbed to about eighty thousand feet, where ice disabled the armor and sent him plummeting toward Earth.
• Tony deployed the armor’s auxiliary wings, restored its systems, and returned to his villa.
• Tony’s Mark II smashed through the villa’s roof after he cut its power and crashed into the hood of a sports car.

Tony found Pepper’s display case for his first Arc Reactor and began developing the Mark III, while Lin Hai watched Tony’s appearance at a charity gala with Gwen. At the gala, Tony confronted Obadiah and received an evasive response that deepened his suspicions.

• Tony discovered Pepper’s display case containing the first-generation Arc Reactor and smiled at her message engraved on it.
• Tony worked to improve the Mark II’s armor and chose a gold-and-red color scheme for the Mark III.
• Lin Hai watched the charity gala broadcast with Gwen, waiting to see Stan Lee’s brief appearance as Hef.
• Tony arrived at the gala, greeted Obadiah, and asked why he needed an invitation to his own party.
• Obadiah evaded Tony’s question, and Tony entered the venue with his suspicions reinforced.

At the gala, Tony discovered Stark Industries weapons in photographs of a massacre in Gulmira and confronted Obadiah, who admitted he had proposed an injunction against him. As Tony reeled from the betrayal, Lin Hai and Gwen watched the confrontation and discussed the growing conflict.

• Tony met Agent Coulson at the bar but focused on Pepper in her evening gown and invited her to dance.
• Tony and Pepper moved to the terrace, nearly kissed, then pulled apart because of their complicated circumstances and feelings.
• Reporter Christine showed Tony photographs of Stark Industries weapons, including a Jericho missile, being used by militants in Gulmira, Yinsen's hometown.
• Tony confronted Obadiah about the photographs, but Obadiah avoided explaining them and admitted he had proposed the injunction against Tony, claiming he was protecting him.
• Lin Hai told Gwen that Tony and Obadiah were at odds and that their conflict was likely to erupt, while Gwen decided they could wait and watch.

Tony used the Mark III to attack the militants in Gulmira, then returned to the United States and survived an encounter with F-22 fighters. Obadiah learned that Tony was behind the events, slaughtered the Ten Rings witnesses, and tried to copy the Mark I, while Lin Hai prepared to get closer to Pepper as Iron Monger’s emergence approached.

• Tony flew the Mark III to Gulmira, stopped the militants, and destroyed most of Stark Industries’ weapons there.
• Tony was detected by U.S. Air Force radar on his way home, and an encounter with two F-22s ended with one fighter destroyed and its pilot rescued.
• Rhodey told reporters that the fighter’s destruction had occurred during a drill and denied U.S. involvement in Gulmira.
• Obadiah connected the events to Tony, traveled to Afghanistan, and killed the Ten Rings leader and the other militants who knew about his deal.
• Obadiah took the Mark I wreckage and blueprints to Stark Industries, but his engineers could not solve the replica’s energy problem.
• Lin Hai cultivated ties with Kingpin, Vanessa, and Pepper, hoping Pepper would call on him when Iron Monger appeared.

Lin Hai answered Pepper’s urgent call and found Tony Stark collapsing in his Malibu villa after Obadiah removed the reactor from his chest. Lin Hai reached Tony in the underground laboratory and offered him the First-Generation Miniature Arc Reactor.

• Pepper asked Lin Hai to check on Tony after Tony answered her call without speaking, and promised him compensation.
• Lin Hai told Gwen, Peter, and Harry to prepare while he went to Tony’s villa through a Portal.
• Lin Hai sensed Tony crawling toward the old reactor and discovered that JARVIS was silent.
• Lin Hai photographed Tony struggling behind the laboratory’s glass door, then opened a Portal into the room.
• Lin Hai picked up the First-Generation Miniature Arc Reactor and offered it to Tony as Tony collapsed.

Lin Hai rescued Tony Stark by helping him restore his first-generation reactor and using his special ability to cure the effects of Obadiah's sonic weapon. Tony recovered his strength and learned that Lin Hai had special abilities and also knew magic.

• Tony smashed the glass case and reinstalled the First-Generation Miniature Arc Reactor in his chest, saving his life.
• Lin Hai introduced himself to Tony and called Pepper to reassure her and warn her to stay alert.
• Lin Hai helped Tony stand, and his touch quickly restored Tony's strength and removed his pain.
• Tony asked whether Lin Hai's healing came from magic, and Lin Hai said it was a special ability.
• Lin Hai added that he also knew a little magic, prompting Tony to cough and glare at him.

Tony suited up in his Mark III armor to confront Obadiah, while Lin Hai gathered Harry, Peter, and Gwen to protect Pepper at Stark Industries. Obadiah’s Iron Monger emerged from underground and was about to attack Harry when Tony arrived and smashed into it.

• Tony put on his Mark III armor and blasted through the laboratory ceiling to go after Obadiah.
• Lin Hai opened a Portal to Brooklyn Heights, where Harry, Peter, and Gwen prepared to join him.
• The group Portaled to Stark Industries, where Pepper came out and met them; Harry revealed his Nova Armor.
• Iron Monger burst through the ground near the facility and mistook Harry for Tony, preparing to fire at him.
• Tony streaked in from the sky and crashed into Iron Monger, driving it into the ground.

Peter joined Tony’s fight against Obadiah, saving a driver and revealing superhuman strength that stunned Tony. After Obadiah badly damaged Tony’s armor, he activated Iron Monger’s thrusters and rose to meet him in the air.

• Peter arrived at the roadside battle and used Silk to blind Iron Monger, interrupting Tony’s charged attack as Obadiah threw a sedan.
• Peter caught the sedan and set it down safely, prompting Tony and JARVIS to discover that Peter had no strength-enhancing armor and far exceeded human limits.
• Obadiah tore away the Silk and hurled a motorcycle at Tony and Peter; Peter dodged, but the exploding motorcycle knocked Tony into the road.
• Obadiah grabbed Tony and slammed him into the ground and nearby cars until Tony escaped with his foot thrusters and hovered above the road.
• Obadiah revealed Iron Monger’s leg thrusters and rose into the air toward Tony.

Tony lured Obadiah into the extreme cold at high altitude, freezing Iron Monger, but both suits ran out of power and the fight continued on the Stark Industries rooftop. Peter arrived to help Tony, and Lin Hai, Gwen, and Pepper joined them as Obadiah prepared to attack again.

• Tony flew upward with Obadiah, hoping the extreme cold would freeze Iron Monger.
• Obadiah caught Tony at high altitude, but ice spread across Iron Monger and shut it down, releasing Tony as both suits began to fall.
• Tony landed on the Stark Industries rooftop, but Obadiah survived and struck him after Tony forgot he had removed his left gauntlet.
• Peter landed between Tony and Iron Monger and distracted Obadiah with a rambling introduction until Lin Hai warned him to stop talking.
• Lin Hai, Gwen, and Pepper arrived behind the Nova Armor, and Pepper sighed with relief when she saw Tony was alive.

Obadiah's attack on Tony and his allies escalated into a rooftop battle, ending when he plunged Iron Monger into Stark Industries' Large Arc Reactor. Lin Hai protected the others with vines, and Tony stood over the wreckage as emergency crews approached.

• Gwen shielded Pepper from Iron Monger's gunfire, while Harry and Peter attacked and hindered Obadiah.
• Obadiah lost control of the fight and charged Iron Monger through the rooftop skylight toward the Large Arc Reactor.
• Lin Hai grew vines around the skylight to shield everyone from the reactor's explosion.
• The explosion destroyed Iron Monger and killed Obadiah, and Tony looked down at the wreckage with Peter's support.
• Sirens and fire engines approached the Stark Industries Base Building as the battle ended.

At a press conference, Coulson gave Tony an alibi to conceal the truth about the fight at Stark Industries. Tony recalled Lin Hai and the others saving him and leaving through a Portal, and resolved to study ways to counter Lin Hai’s abilities.

• Rhodes told reporters that a malfunctioning robot prototype caused the previous night’s destruction and that Tony had nothing to do with it.
• Tony examined a newspaper headlined “Who Is Iron Man?” while Pepper treated the injury on his nose.
• Coulson gave Tony a detailed alibi placing him on his yacht in Avalon and asked who else had been at the scene.
• Tony remembered Lin Hai’s vines catching him after Obadiah’s explosion and Lin Hai making the vines disintegrate with a wave of his hand.
• Tony recalled Lin Hai opening a Portal for Peter, Harry, and Gwen, then learned from Pepper that she had asked Lin Hai to find and help him.
• Tony became frustrated that Lin Hai had not rescued him directly and resolved to find ways to counter Lin Hai’s abilities.

Tony Stark ignored S.H.I.E.L.D.'s prepared explanation and publicly revealed that he was Iron Man, while Lin Hai and his friends watched the press conference. Peter admired Tony's openness but chose to keep his own Spider-Man identity secret to protect his loved ones.

• Coulson told Tony and Pepper that S.H.I.E.L.D. had monitored Lin Hai's group after observing their discreet actions in New York and Los Angeles.
• Tony questioned why Lin Hai's group had avoided the news while his own public actions had drawn headlines, and Coulson explained that Tony's display had been impossible to conceal.
• Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry watched the press conference as Tony set aside his prepared statement.
• Tony declared, "I am Iron Man," shocking the reporters and Lin Hai's friends.
• Peter envied Tony's public recognition but decided that he would keep his Spider-Man identity hidden to protect Uncle Ben, Aunt May, and Mary Jane.