Recaps

Lin Hai fought the Green Goblin after Norman Osborn injected himself with an unsafe dose of the Enhancement Serum. With Peter's Healing Potion and his own Life Force, Lin subdued Norman and helped restore his consciousness.

• Harry's security footage showed Norman breaking into Osborn Tower's restricted laboratory and transforming after injecting the Enhancement Serum.
• Norman invited Harry and his friends to dinner, and Lin Hai realized he was hunting everyone who knew his secret.
• Lin Hai confronted the armored Green Goblin on the Osborn Tower rooftop and used seeds, vines, and Tai Chi to fight him.
• After Peter completed the Healing Potion, Lin Hai unleashed Deep Forest Emergence to trap the Green Goblin and injected the potion into Norman.
• Lin Hai used Life Force to counter the serum's effects, and Norman regained consciousness and apologized to Harry.

Lin Hai and his friends chose Missouri for their summer trip, partly so he could revisit the forest and Ego's Flower Bud. The five friends arrived in Missouri and set out in Harry's RV, with Lin Hai carrying seeds, medicine, and a map marking the flower bud's location.

• Norman Osborn thanked Lin Hai for curing his hereditary disease and migraines, and Lin Hai asked him to consider funding research into environmentally friendly materials.
• Lin Hai persuaded Harry, Gwen, and Peter to make Missouri their summer destination so he could return to the forest where Ego's Flower Bud grew.
• Peter asked to invite Mary Jane, and the friends welcomed her onto the trip.
• The five friends prepared for the journey, met at the airport, and flew to Missouri on Harry's private jet.
• Harry arranged a luxury RV at the Missouri airport, and Lin Hai checked his supplies and map before volunteering to drive.

The five friends visited St. Louis landmarks before Lin Hai discovered that an ancient grapevine remembered extraterrestrial energy and led the group to Ego’s flower bud in a forest. Lin Hai absorbed its Life Force while Mary Jane witnessed the supernatural for the first time, and the group left to continue their trip.

• At the Gateway Arch, Mary Jane lost her balance, and Peter and Lin Hai caught her while Harry secretly photographed the group.
• At the Anheuser-Busch Brewery, Lin Hai revived an ancient display grapevine and learned from its memories that extraterrestrial energy had irradiated it decades earlier.
• Lin Hai told Harry that a meteorite had fallen in Missouri and that the grapevine’s memories pointed to Ego’s flower bud.
• Lin Hai led Harry, Peter, Gwen, and Mary Jane into the forest, where they found the faintly glowing flower bud.
• Lin Hai touched the flower bud and absorbed its Life Force as Peter recorded the moment and Mary Jane reacted with shock.
• After Lin Hai felt replenished but noticed no major change in his abilities, the friends left the forest and continued their trip.

Lin Hai and his friends camped in Mark Twain National Forest, where fireflies and Lin Hai’s Life Force-created glowing fungi lit up the night. The group enjoyed a peaceful evening together, with Peter growing closer to Mary Jane and Gwen showing curiosity about Lin Hai’s abilities.

• Lin Hai drove Peter, Mary Jane, Gwen, and Harry to Firefly Valley in Mark Twain National Forest.
• The friends watched thousands of fireflies glow in sync, and Lin Hai secretly used Emerald Energy to awaken luminous fungi in the grass.
• The group set up camp despite Harry refusing to work and Peter getting tangled in his attempt to secure the canopy.
• Peter explained firefly bioluminescence to Mary Jane, who encouraged him, while Harry teased them and filmed the exchange.
• Harry reflected on how relaxed he felt after Norman recovered, and Lin Hai gave him calming tea.
• Gwen asked Lin Hai to make the fungi glow again, and the friends spent the night relaxing beneath the stars.

After returning from Missouri, Lin Hai spent the summer training Peter and conducting research with Harry and Gwen while the friends shared meals and time together. As summer vacation ended, the five friends looked forward to starting their second year at Midtown High School.

• Lin Hai resumed Tai Chi practice at Master Chen's clinic and focused on strengthening and balancing his Life Force.
• Peter trained with Lin Hai twice a week, while Harry and Lin Hai investigated a strange sequence in Harry's father's genetic data and Gwen studied how Lin Hai's Life Force affected fungi.
• Gwen asked Lin Hai who knew about his abilities, and he said that only she, the others, and Master Chen knew.
• Peter brought Mary Jane to dinner with Lin Hai, Gwen, and Harry at their usual Chinatown hot pot restaurant.
• As summer ended, Lin Hai, Peter, Gwen, Harry, and Mary Jane watched the sunset in Central Park and toasted the start of their second year at Midtown High School.

Gwen became Professor Curt Connors’s intern assistant at Osborn Group, and Lin Hai warned her that Connors’s risky cross-species research could have dangerous consequences. When Gwen brought Peter and Lin Hai to the lab, they saw the Lizard Serum’s early results, and Lin Hai raised a new concern about its effects on the brain.

• Gwen told Lin Hai she had been chosen as Connors’s intern assistant, and Lin Hai explained Connors’s past and cautioned her about cross-species gene fusion.
• Peter persuaded Gwen to take him to Osborn Group’s official biology lab, and she agreed on the condition that he obey the rules.
• Gwen brought Peter and Lin Hai to Osborn Tower, where Connors greeted Lin Hai and showed them his Cross-Species Gene Research.
• Connors showed them a mouse whose amputated leg had begun to regenerate, while Lin Hai sensed its cellular activity was dangerously vigorous.
• Lin Hai asked whether the serum could disrupt the user’s neurotransmitter system, and Connors said he would have the team investigate that possibility.

Peter asked Professor Connors about his father’s research, then was bitten by one of Richard Parker’s engineered spiders. The bite awakened Peter’s powers, and he fled home after causing chaos on the subway.

• Lin Hai encouraged Peter to ask Professor Connors about Richard Parker, and Connors explained their different research fields.
• Connors showed Peter the special spider Richard had cultivated, and Peter entered its laboratory after Connors left for a meeting.
• The spider bit Peter, while Lin Hai watched and warned him that some things could change his life.
• Peter woke on the subway with heightened senses, sticky fingers, and uncontrollable strength, then fled after knocking out a punk and clinging to the ceiling.
• Peter arrived home exhausted and ravenous, while Ben’s comment about Aunt May’s meatballs sparked an argument between them.

After the spider bite left Peter with overwhelming strength and other new abilities, he sought answers from Professor Connors and Lin Hai. Lin Hai helped Peter begin controlling his powers, while Peter and his friends grew concerned that Connors might misuse his father's formula.

• Peter accidentally smashed his alarm clock and broke several household items as he discovered his new strength.
• Peter showed Professor Connors his father's formula, and Connors realized Richard Parker had derived a way to fuse animal genes with humans.
• Peter told Lin Hai about his spider-like abilities, and Lin Hai explained that they seemed to come from genetic modification rather than Life Energy.
• Lin Hai guided Peter through Tai Chi practice to help him control his strength, and Peter began to dodge thrown stones as his Spider-Sense awakened.
• Peter warned Lin Hai that Connors might make a dangerous experiment with the formula, and Lin Hai offered to help keep an eye on him.
• Peter, Gwen, Harry, and Lin Hai met in Harry's laboratory, where Lin Hai revealed that Peter could easily lift a ton.

Lin Hai helped Peter develop his web-shooters while Harry grew ambitious and Professor Curt Connors prepared the Lizard Serum for human testing. Peter used his new equipment to stop an armed robber, leaving Uncle Ben aware of Peter’s secret and insisting that Aunt May never learn about it.

• Gwen worried that Peter’s recklessness could endanger him and Lin Hai, while Lin Hai promised to keep an eye on Peter.
• Harry wondered whether he could gain extraordinary powers using his father’s armor and enhancement serum.
• Peter demonstrated his completed web-shooters to Gwen, Harry, and Lin Hai, who suggested the name Spider-Man.
• Professor Curt Connors completed most of the Lizard Serum and decided to prepare it for human testing.
• Peter used his web-shooters and trained reflexes to disarm and capture a robber threatening an elderly woman and Uncle Ben.
• Uncle Ben saw Peter’s web-shooters and told him to keep the incident secret from Aunt May.

Peter told Uncle Ben about his spider-given powers and struggled to understand what responsibility they placed on him. Lin Hai helped him set limits on how he should use his abilities, while Gwen, Harry, and Professor Connors pursued their own projects that hinted at trouble ahead.

• Peter explained to Uncle Ben that a spider bite had given him superpowers, and Ben told him that great power brought great responsibility.
• Peter questioned whether he had to stop every bad thing, and Lin Hai explained that his responsibility should match his abilities, role, and resources.
• Lin Hai advised Peter to stop nearby danger when he could, avoid seeking out every problem, and ask Lin Hai, Gwen, or Harry for guidance.
• Peter felt reassured and learned new martial arts moves from Lin Hai before heading home in better spirits.
• Gwen studied Peter's webbing and biological enhancement files, Harry kept Norman Osborn's green armor plans nearby, and Professor Connors had a syringe prepared.

Professor Connors tested his Regeneration Drug on himself, transforming into the Lizard Doctor and fleeing with stolen equipment. Harry assembled Lin Hai, Peter, and Gwen to stop him, but their first attempt failed, leaving Connors loose in the sewers with more serum.

• Connors injected the Regeneration Drug, regrew his arm, and began mutating into a lizard creature as his humanity weakened.
• Harry persuaded Norman to give the group one week to handle Connors quietly, and Gwen, Lin Hai, Peter, and Harry planned to find him in the sewers.
• Lin Hai and Peter confronted Connors in his underground lab, but Connors declared the mutation was evolution and attacked them.
• Lin Hai warned Connors that his serum could transform civilians, briefly stirring his remaining reason, but Connors knocked away the sedative and escaped with at least twenty doses.
• Lin Hai and Peter returned to Harry's safehouse with one tube of Lizard Serum to investigate developing a Purification Agent.

Lin Hai, Peter, Gwen, and Harry stopped Professor Connors from turning New York into Lizard Men with artificial rain, instead changing the serum into a temporary healing rain and restoring Connors’s sanity while preserving his new arm. The chapter ended with Connors grateful and Lin Hai calling the outcome a gift for New York.

• Gwen discovered that Connors could use Osborn Tower’s Weather Control Tower to spread Lizard Serum through the clouds, so Norman cleared the building and the group prepared an ambush.
• Connors arrived at the tower during a storm and began sending serum into the cloud-seeding device, but Peter redirected the transmitter while Lin Hai inserted Purification Seeds into its launch pipe.
• The altered serum fell as rain that temporarily boosted people’s health instead of transforming them, while Connors fought Peter and Lin Hai on the rooftop.
• Lin Hai restrained Connors with plants, and Peter injected an improved Purification Agent that removed Connors’s aggression while preserving his regenerated arm.
• Connors regained his sanity and thanked Lin Hai, while Norman joked about using the tower to provide healing rain.

Lin Hai trained Peter, advised Connors and Kingpin, and helped Harry bring Gwen and Peter into his armor project. The group redesigned Harry’s Green Goblin armor, but they still needed to find a safer, stronger material than conventional metal.

• Lin Hai trained Peter in the clinic’s backyard and warned him not to underestimate Professor Connors or treat combat casually.
• Gwen monitored Connors’s recovery and cautioned him about the risks of developing controllable mutation technology.
• Lin Hai reassured Kingpin about Vanessa’s improving health and deflected his questions about Osborn Group research.
• Lin Hai found Harry testing a faulty glider, persuaded him to ask Gwen and Peter for help, and joined them in the lab the next day.
• Peter and Gwen helped Harry redesign the armor’s colors and mask, while the group rejected Harry’s idea of using Norman’s enhancement drugs.

Lin Hai, Harry, Peter, and Gwen designed and built a new armor using Diamond Fruit, ceramic plates, and spider-silk cushioning after shelving the glider’s power problem. Tests showed the armor resisted impacts and bullets but suffered joint damage under loads over two tons, and the team named it the Nova Armor.

• Lin Hai introduced the Diamond Fruit, and the group confirmed it was exceptionally strong and tough.
• Harry, Peter, Gwen, and Lin Hai redesigned the armor around ground mobility and protection instead of relying on the glider.
• The four completed Harry’s armor using Diamond Fruit material, ceramic plates, and Peter’s specialized spider silk.
• Peter and Lin Hai tested the armor’s impact and bullet resistance, while a load-bearing test damaged its left arm transmission system above two tons.
• Harry said the armor would help him support the team, and the group named it the Nova Armor.

Peter's friends helped him design and build his first proper Spider-Suit, then tested it against Harry's Nova Armor. After Peter won the duel and Harry agreed to train with Lin Hai, Peter took his new suit out for its first swing through Queens.

• Peter begged his friends to help him make a proper suit, and Lin Hai and Harry revealed they had recorded his embarrassing pajama-clad exploits.
• Gwen, Harry, Lin Hai, and Peter designed a red-and-blue Spider-Suit using Peter's Silk and Lin Hai's Diamond Fruit fibers, with reinforced guards and upgraded goggles.
• After half a month of work, Peter and Harry tested the completed suit against the Nova Armor in Harry's training ground.
• Peter used his Spider-Sense, Taiji Footwork, and Silk to defeat Harry, who asked Lin Hai to teach him martial arts.
• Lin Hai assigned Harry daily martial arts and combat training, and Peter took his new Spider-Suit out for a swing across Queens.

Lin Hai explained why he did not need a conventional suit and showed how his Ironwall Fruit armor protected him. Pepper Potts visited his clinic on Vanessa’s recommendation, bought two special plants, and gave Lin Hai an unexpected chance to connect with Tony Stark.

• Peter, Harry, and Gwen discussed making Lin Hai a suit, but Lin Hai demonstrated his Ironwall Fruit plant armor and said he preferred his own fighting style.
• Peter began patrolling as Spider-Man, while Harry trained with Lin Hai and struggled through the demanding sessions.
• Lin Hai returned from Vanessa Fisk’s checkup to find Pepper Potts waiting at his clinic with a bodyguard.
• Pepper explained that Vanessa had told her about Lin Hai’s special plants, and Lin Hai showed her plants suited to improving focus and calming an office.
• Pepper bought two plants for herself or Tony Stark, and Lin Hai realized Vanessa’s recommendation could help him build a connection with Tony.

As winter break began, Lin Hai returned to Huaxia to search for Ta Lo, a hidden village associated with ancient qi practices. Guided by his Life Force through the Golden-Thread Bamboo maze, he reached a strange secluded plain and sensed that he was nearing the maze’s core.

• Lin Hai told Gwen, Harry, and Peter that he planned to search for Ta Lo, and he prepared supplies for the journey.
• Chen Bing warned Lin Hai to put his safety first, and Lin Hai promised to follow his master's instructions.
• Lin Hai said goodbye to his friends, flew to Huaxia, and reunited with his parents.
• Lin Hai evaded his parents' questions about Gwen and persuaded them to let him explore the nearby mountains.
• Lin Hai followed the Golden-Thread Bamboo grove's earth vein energy, used his Life Force to open a path through the maze, and reached a secluded plain after nearly three hours.

Lin Hai reached Ta Lo Village, met village chief Old Chen, and learned more about the Azure Dragon guarding the village. After Lin Hai touched the dragon and shared his Life Force, it healed and soared into the sky, leaving the villagers astonished.

• Lin Hai entered Ta Lo Village and explained to the villagers how he had found it.
• Old Chen welcomed Lin Hai, discussed Ta Lo Village’s cooperation with Zheng Xian, and invited him to lunch.
• Old Chen brought Lin Hai to the lakeside altar, where the Azure Dragon emerged from the lake.
• Lin Hai touched the Azure Dragon and transferred Life Force, healing scars left by Dark Energy.
• The Azure Dragon broke away and soared above the lake as Old Chen asked Lin Hai what he had given it.

Old Chen told Lin Hai how Ta Lo Village and Azure Dragon came to be, then showed him the dragon-scale weapons made to guard the sealed Dark Dweller. The next morning, Azure Dragon invited Lin Hai onto its back and flew with him above the clouds.

• Old Chen explained that Qi cultivators founded Ta Lo Village, and Azure Dragon's mother sacrificed herself to seal the Dark Dweller behind the Sealing Gate.
• Old Chen showed Lin Hai the village's dragon-scale weapons and let him use a satellite phone and an old camera under the rule that the photos be inspected.
• Lin Hai asked to spend more time with Azure Dragon, and Old Chen agreed because Lin Hai's Life Force benefited the dragon.
• Before a crowd of villagers, Azure Dragon lowered its head and invited Lin Hai onto its neck.
• Lin Hai rode Azure Dragon into the sky, then laughed as it dove through the clouds.

Lin Hai and the Azure Dragon combined their powers to unleash Dragon Ascent, destroying a barren mountain and learning a potent new attack. The Azure Dragon returned safely to Ta Lo, where the villagers welcomed Lin Hai as one of their own.

• The Azure Dragon shared its memories and Divine Dragon Heart with Lin Hai, deepening their connection and his understanding of dragons.
• Lin Hai proposed trying Dragon Ascent, and he and the Azure Dragon combined their Life Force and dragon power as they flew skyward.
• The pair dove into a barren mountain in a blue-green blaze, obliterating its peak, though the Azure Dragon suffered minor injuries.
• Lin Hai healed the Azure Dragon, which realized it could use Dragon Ascent on its own and believed they could challenge the Dark Dweller together.
• The Azure Dragon carried Lin Hai back to the lakeshore, where it demonstrated the move's power and Old Chen welcomed Lin Hai as a member of Ta Lo Village.

After receiving the Divine Dragon Heart, Lin Hai discovered he could sense Azure Dragon and use Tai Chi to manipulate leaves with Dragon God's Power, but could not project energy directly. With Old Chen’s guidance and a Ta Lo cultivation method, he eventually combined its techniques with Tai Chi and fired an energy wave that left a palm print in a rock.

• Lin Hai tested the Divine Dragon Heart and used Tai Chi to gather and control fallen leaves, even forming a precise ring and yin-yang pattern.
• Lin Hai failed to project energy from his body, so he returned to Old Chen and asked for advice.
• After watching Lin Hai perform Tai Chi, Old Chen explained that the art lacked a method for Energy Projection and lent him a Ta Lo cultivation scroll to study.
• Lin Hai stayed in Ta Lo Village, studied the Ta Lo Method, and worked to combine its energy circulation with Tai Chi.
• Lin Hai released an emerald energy wave that struck a rock and left a palm print, confirming that he had succeeded.

After mastering Energy Projection through sparring with Ta Lo villagers, Lin Hai left the hidden village and returned home, keeping its supernatural secrets from his parents and friends. After spending a few days with his family, he departed for New York as the power of the Divine Dragon Heart continued to flow within him.

• Lin Hai sparred with Ta Lo villagers, healed their injuries with Life Force, and refined his Energy Projection by adapting his techniques to theirs.
• Old Chen and the villagers said farewell to Lin Hai, and a guide led him through the Bamboo Grove Maze back to the mountain market.
• Lin Hai returned home, showed his parents ordinary photos of Ta Lo Village, and told them a simplified story about his trip.
• Lin Hai messaged Gwen, Harry, and Peter, then told them he had found Ta Lo and learned kung fu while withholding Azure Dragon and the Divine Dragon Heart.
• Lin Hai spent several days with his parents before leaving for New York as school approached.

Lin Hai returned to New York from Ta Lo Village and reunited with Chen Bing, Gwen, Harry, and Peter over a feast at the clinic. He showed them his newly learned energy projection technique, then reflected that his journey was only beginning.

• Lin Hai brought Ta Lo Village specialties to Chen Bing at the clinic and invited Gwen, Harry, and Peter to dinner.
• Gwen, Harry, Peter, Lin Hai, and Chen Bing prepared a feast together and shared stories about their recent travels.
• Lin Hai described Ta Lo Village and showed Gwen the photos he had promised her, while keeping the village's mission and dangers private.
• Lin Hai demonstrated an emerald energy projection that struck a wooden post, impressing his friends.
• Gwen, Harry, and Peter left after dinner, and Chen Bing encouraged Lin Hai to absorb what he had learned on his trip.

Lin Hai advised Gwen to reject Osborn Group’s ten-year employment contract, and the friends continued school and combat training together. The Ancient One visited Lin Hai after discovering she could no longer see the future clearly, gave him an invitation to the New York Sanctum, and left him facing a new uncertainty.

• Gwen asked Lin Hai, Peter, and Harry for advice about Osborn Group’s generous contract, and Lin Hai urged her to keep her future options open rather than commit for ten years.
• Gwen declined the contract, and the friends celebrated the prospect of building something together; Gwen later ranked first in the semester exams.
• Lin Hai trained Peter and Harry at the Osborn family’s testing grounds, using energy blasts to challenge their close-combat skills.
• The Ancient One visited Lin Hai at the Chen-Style Chinese Medicine Clinic and told him that his presence had blurred the future she had repeatedly seen.
• The Ancient One left Lin Hai a rune-engraved card and invited him to meet her at the New York Sanctum on Saturday.

After meeting The Ancient One, Lin Hai considered her motives and the danger of becoming involved in Marvel’s coming crises, then kept the encounter to himself. On Saturday, he followed the golden card to the New York Sanctum Sanctorum and knocked on its door.

• Chen Bing asked Lin Hai whether The Ancient One’s visit meant trouble, and Lin Hai reassured him that she had come peacefully.
• At home, Lin Hai recalled The Ancient One’s history and powers, then guessed she had approached him because his presence made the future uncertain.
• Lin Hai decided not to tell Peter, Harry, or Gwen about The Ancient One and the responsibilities that might lie ahead.
• On Saturday, Lin Hai left the clinic after Chen Bing wished him caution and followed the golden card’s address to 177A Bleecker Street.
• Lin Hai reached the hidden New York Sanctum Sanctorum and knocked on its door.