Recaps

Lin Hai visited Kamar-Taj after Master Hamil escorted him through a portal from the New York Sanctum Sanctorum. The Ancient One spoke with Lin Hai about how his arrival had altered possible futures, then let him keep his golden card so he could return.

• Lin Hai met Hamil at the New York Sanctum Sanctorum, and Hamil opened a portal to Kamar-Taj.
• Lin Hai saw Kamar-Taj's sorcerers training and followed Hamil through its halls to meet The Ancient One.
• The Ancient One explained that she could not see Lin Hai's future and that his arrival had changed some paths of fate.
• Lin Hai and The Ancient One talked for over an hour about his character, beliefs, martial arts, magic, and the universe.
• The Ancient One told Hamil to return Lin Hai to New York and let him keep his golden card for future visits.
• Hamil taught Lin Hai basic energy-sensing techniques on the way back, and Lin Hai headed toward his clinic.

Lin Hai told his friends about the Ancient One, Kamar-Taj, and the basics of magic, including its sources, costs, and connection to Peter’s Spider-Totem. He left them promising to take them to Kamar-Taj someday, while Gwen walked away deep in thought about the magical world.

• Lin Hai reassured Chen Bing that meeting the Ancient One and visiting Kamar-Taj had been a good thing, and Chen Bing promised to support him.
• Lin Hai gathered Peter, Gwen, and Harry at the clinic and explained Kamar-Taj’s mission and the main sources of magical power.
• Gwen worked out that most Kamar-Taj magic involved borrowing power, and Lin Hai warned that magical bargains carried costs.
• Lin Hai explained that Peter’s abilities were connected to the Spider-Totem, while Harry worried that he lacked the qualities needed to become a powerful mage.
• Peter said they could each protect Earth in their own way, and Lin Hai offered to take his friends to Kamar-Taj someday.
• As the friends parted at sunset, Gwen looked back at Lin Hai, intrigued by the magical world.

Lin Hai planned to study practical magic and train at Kamar-Taj, then secured permission for Gwen, Harry, and Peter to visit. He brought them to the New York Sanctum Sanctorum, where they entered its hidden magical world for the first time.

• Lin Hai made a study plan focused on learning the Portal Spell and, if possible, the Mirror Dimension.
• Lin Hai trained and studied at Kamar-Taj, learning from its library and sparring with sorcerers skilled in martial arts from around the world.
• Lin Hai asked The Ancient One to let Gwen, Harry, and Peter visit Kamar-Taj, and she agreed on the condition that they keep its location secret.
• Lin Hai told his friends the news and warned Peter that photographs were allowed only if they avoided sorcerers and magic.
• Lin Hai led Gwen, Harry, and Peter to 177 Bleecker Street, where Master Hamil welcomed them into the New York Sanctum Sanctorum.

Lin Hai brought Gwen, Peter, and Harry to Kamar-Taj, where Master Hamil showed them its library, training grounds, and mountain vistas before The Ancient One assessed their aptitude for magic. She told Peter and Harry that magic was not their path, then began to address Gwen.

• Master Hamil led Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry through a portal from the Sanctum Sanctorum to Kamar-Taj.
• Master Hamil and Lin Hai showed Gwen, Peter, and Harry the library, training grounds, and viewing platform at Kamar-Taj.
• Lin Hai asked Master Hamil to arrange a meeting with The Ancient One so she could assess his friends' suitability for magic.
• The Ancient One welcomed the group, served them tea, and told Peter that his Spider-Totem abilities were already a form of magic.
• The Ancient One told Harry that technology and business suited him better than magic, then turned to Gwen.

Gwen accepted the Ancient One’s offer to study magic at Kamar-Taj and began planning how to balance training with school and laboratory work. With Lin Hai’s guidance, she studied magical theory and observed sorcerers spar, leaving her eager to continue her new journey.

• The Ancient One told Gwen that she could learn magic but would eventually bear responsibility for protecting Earth, and Gwen agreed to begin training.
• After returning to New York, Gwen, Peter, Harry, and Lin Hai discussed the day’s events, and her friends offered to help her pursue magic.
• Lin Hai advised Gwen to study magical theory first and then observe sorcerers’ battles to learn combat methods before she could practice herself.
• Gwen arranged to stop working in Professor Connors’s lab on weekends, while keeping her magical studies private from her family.
• Gwen impressed the sorcerers with her focused study and independent insights, and Master Hamil praised her talent to Lin Hai.

As the school year drew to a close, Gwen balanced magical study at Kamar-Taj with work at Osborn Tower while Peter protected New York as Spider-Man. After exams, Lin Hai proposed a summer trip, and the four friends eagerly began planning one together.

• Gwen improved her work in Professor Connors's laboratory by applying the focus she had developed through studying magic.
• Peter continued his nightly Spider-Man patrols, stopping crimes and helping people around New York.
• Gwen and Lin Hai studied and trained at Kamar-Taj, where Gwen also began joining him in simple combat drills.
• Gwen, Lin Hai, Harry, and Peter gathered for meals and shared stories from their work, training, and daily lives.
• After exams, Lin Hai suggested that the four friends take a summer trip, and they enthusiastically agreed to plan one.

Lin Hai, Peter, Harry, and Gwen traveled to Los Angeles for a group vacation, but Lin Hai and Peter sensed strange figures and cold energies around the city. Lin Hai identified them as members of the Blood Clan and warned his companions to stay alert, leaving the group concerned about a possible ritual to let vampires walk in sunlight.

• Lin Hai suggested Los Angeles as a destination that suited Peter, Harry, and Gwen, and they agreed to travel there.
• The four arrived in Los Angeles, stayed at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, and visited the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Hard Rock Cafe.
• Lin Hai sensed swift figures in a dark alley, then noticed unusually dressed tourists at Universal Studios the next day.
• Peter told Lin Hai that his Spider-Sense had warned him about certain people, and Lin Hai confirmed sensing strange, chilly energies among them.
• Lin Hai explained the Blood Clan's origins, hierarchy, powers, and weaknesses, and said vampires might be pursuing a ritual or technology to walk in sunlight.
• Lin Hai warned Peter, Harry, and Gwen to avoid going out alone at night and to report anything unusual rather than act on their own.

Lin Hai, Gwen, Harry, and Peter encountered Blade while vampires attacked them at Griffith Observatory, and learned that the Blood Clan was plotting something major. They decided to extend their stay in Los Angeles and prepare to help Blade hunt vampires.

• Lin Hai and his friends toured Los Angeles before vampires surrounded them at Griffith Observatory.
• Blade appeared, killed the vampires, and warned the group that the Blood Clan was planning something major.
• Harry proposed extending their trip, and Gwen and Peter supported staying to help; Lin Hai agreed.
• Peter prepared to use his Spider-Man suit, Harry arranged for his Nova Armor and silver materials, and Gwen planned to study vampire weaknesses.
• Harry arranged secure apartments for the group, and Lin Hai accepted their new role as vampire hunters.

Lin Hai and Peter searched Los Angeles for Blade while Harry and Gwen supported them from a secure apartment. After Lin Hai demonstrated his power, Blade agreed to hear them out at his hidden base.

• Harry brought Lin Hai, Peter, and Gwen to a secure Osborn Group apartment and equipped its workshop with armor, silver, and manufacturing tools.
• Lin Hai proposed finding Blade to test Life Force against vampires, and the group chose five likely locations for his base.
• Lin Hai and Peter searched the locations while Harry and Gwen provided surveillance and route support.
• At the abandoned chemical plant, Blade confronted Lin Hai and Peter after Peter's Spider-Sense detected something unusual.
• Lin Hai demonstrated his power by destroying a wall, impressing Blade, who led him and Peter into his operations room to discuss cooperation.

Lin Hai and Peter met Blade and Whistler, demonstrated their abilities, and exchanged intelligence about Los Angeles’s vampire clans and the Blood God Ritual. Blade took them to a vampire-infested district for their first practical combat, leaving them poised to begin a hunt outside a nightclub.

• Whistler inspected Lin Hai and Peter’s powers after they introduced themselves to Blade as a team.
• Lin Hai and Peter demonstrated their abilities, and the group exchanged information about vampire clans, weapons, and the Blood God Ritual.
• Lin Hai asked to test his abilities in combat, and Blade agreed to take him and Peter to clear out a vampire nest.
• Blade armed Lin Hai and Peter, then drove them toward the South District after Whistler reported unusually high vampire activity.
• Peter’s Spider-Sense detected vampires nearby, and Blade stopped behind a run-down nightclub and prepared to hunt.

Lin Hai and Peter joined Blade in a vampire nightclub, where Lin tested his Life Force and discovered that the Dragon God's Power made it exceptionally deadly to vampires. They returned with a live specimen and rescued hematologist Karen Jenson, who proposed developing a vampire-killing drug.

• Blade, Lin Hai, and Peter raided a vampire nightclub, where Blade fought the vampires while Lin and Peter tested Lin’s abilities.
• Lin Hai used his full power to turn a vampire to ash, then found that pure Life Force caused less damage and that the Dragon God's Power gave it a potent effect against vampires.
• Lin Hai and Peter captured a final vampire and met Blade, who had rescued the bitten hematologist Karen Jenson.
• Whistler treated Karen with a specialized serum, and Lin Hai used Life Force to help her recover.
• Karen proposed adjusting the serum into a drug targeting vampires, and Whistler welcomed the idea and the live specimen for research.

Lin Hai and his allies rushed to stop Duncan Frost’s Blood God Ritual after Frost captured Blade and used his blood to awaken the Blood God. They defeated Frost and escaped the collapsing altar, but Blade warned that the fight against vampires was not over.

• Lin Hai and Peter bid farewell to Blade, while Frost kidnapped Dr. Whitham and learned that the Blood God Ritual required Blade’s special blood.
• Frost used Blade’s mother Vanessa to lure him into an ambush and captured him for the ritual.
• Karen developed a serum that coagulated vampire blood, and Gwen detected the ritual’s energy beneath Los Angeles.
• Lin Hai led the group to the underground altar, where they rescued Blade as Frost transformed through the Blood God Ritual.
• Blade lured Frost into the serum launcher array, and Lin Hai destroyed him with an emerald-green energy blast.
• Lin Hai and his allies escaped the collapsing altar at dawn and agreed to continue fighting vampires.

After the battle in Los Angeles, Lin Hai and his friends stopped in Missouri so Lin Hai could absorb more Life Energy from Ego’s flower bud, then returned to New York. They spent the rest of summer balancing training, work, heroics, and time together as senior year approached.

• Lin Hai, Peter, Gwen, and Harry bid farewell to Blade, Karen, and Whistler, then flew from Los Angeles toward New York with a stop in Missouri.
• Lin Hai absorbed Life Energy from the flower bud left by the Celestial Ego and assured his friends that the absorption had not disturbed Ego.
• The group returned to New York, where Lin Hai resumed tending medicinal plants and studying magic with Gwen at the New York Sanctum Sanctorum.
• Peter balanced schoolwork and experiments with nightly patrols as Spider-Man, while Uncle Ben supported him and helped keep his secret from Aunt May.
• Harry studied the Osborn Enterprises business under Norman, continued his scientific research, and sometimes helped Peter with problems as Nova.
• The four friends made Sundays their shared day of rest as they prepared to begin their senior year at Midtown School.

Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry discussed their college plans and agreed to place the California Institute of Technology at the top of their wish lists. Peter doubted his chances, but his friends reassured him, and the group left their final decision open as senior year approached.

• Harry, Lin Hai, Gwen, and Peter compared their strengths and discussed finding a university that suited all four of them.
• The group settled on the California Institute of Technology as their leading choice because it matched their academic interests and future plans.
• Peter worried that his résumé was too weak for Caltech, and Harry, Lin Hai, and Gwen reminded him of his technical achievements and potential.
• Harry pointed out that Peter had helped Professor Connors's Limb Regeneration Project make a key breakthrough.
• The four treated Caltech as an early intention rather than a final decision and agreed to keep their options open.

Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry pursued their semester goals through schoolwork and weekend training at Kamar-Taj. By autumn, Gwen could form a stable cluster of magical light, and Lin Hai had briefly opened a Portal, leaving all four encouraged to keep progressing.

• At lunch, Peter listed the group’s semester goals: he would strengthen his application, Harry would learn corporate management, Gwen would begin casting magic, and Lin Hai would try to learn Portal Magic before winter break.
• Lin Hai and Gwen adjusted their weekend schedules at Kamar-Taj to focus on spellcasting, where Gwen practiced forming a magical spark and Lin Hai trained with a Sling Ring.
• Gwen eventually formed a stable cluster of golden light in her palm, while Hamil reminded Lin Hai that Portal Magic required precise control and that his progress was already quick.
• Harry shared Osborn Group reports with Peter for a school paper, and the two worked together while Harry continued studying business regulations.
• At the clinic’s backyard, Gwen showed off her magical light, Harry described understanding a merger case, and Lin Hai revealed that he had opened a Portal for less than a second to the back of a bookshelf.

As autumn progressed, Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry worked toward their goals through sorcery training and scientific research. Lin Hai could open Portals but still struggled to target them accurately, while Peter completed a research paper on a new Web Shooter Silk formula.

• Gwen struggled to form a stable protective barrier, and Lin Hai encouraged her to focus on the desire to protect.
• Lin Hai opened a Portal intended for the New York Sanctum Sanctorum but found a mountain region instead, prompting Master Hamil to tell him to improve his targeting.
• Peter asked Harry for non-confidential Oscorp research data to help develop a more stable Web Shooter Silk formula.
• Harry offered Peter access to his basement laboratory, where Peter synthesized the new Silk formula and tested its performance.
• Peter wrote a detailed research paper on the formula and fell asleep at his computer after saving it.

Harry took on greater responsibility at Osborn Group as Gwen and Lin Hai advanced their magic training and Peter finished his research. By the end of senior year’s first semester, Lin Hai had precisely opened a Portal to the Herbal Plant Shop, Gwen had passed her shield test, Peter had won the science fair, and Harry had secured approval for a recruitment plan he would oversee.

• Harry defended his opposition to a biotech investment and Norman assigned him to prepare alternative proposals.
• Gwen formed her first stable magic shield, while Lin Hai’s Portal magic became more reliable and Peter completed a draft of his thesis.
• Lin Hai opened a Portal directly to the Herbal Plant Shop, and Gwen blocked Master Hamil’s energy spheres with a strong shield.
• Peter won the Midtown High School science fair’s grand prize for his biomimetic adhesive paper, with Harry’s support acknowledged.
• Harry persuaded the Osborn Group board to approve his young technology talent recruitment plan, and Norman made him responsible for following up on it.

Lin Hai invited Peter, Gwen, and Harry to join him on a winter-break trip to Huaxia, and they eagerly began planning the journey. They hoped to visit Ta Lo, meet Lin Hai’s family, and return to New York through a Portal before school resumed.

• Peter, Gwen, and Harry shared that they had little planned for winter break, so Lin Hai invited them to come to Huaxia with him.
• Peter eagerly accepted, while Gwen considered visa requirements and Harry checked his schedule before agreeing to go.
• Gwen and Harry planned to arrange the group’s passports and visas through the Osborn Group’s international business services team.
• Lin Hai proposed visiting his home first and then Ta Lo Village, explaining how their connections might persuade its guardians to admit them.
• Lin Hai planned for the group to return to his home for an early New Year’s Eve dinner, explore the Sichuan-Shu Region, and travel back to New York through a Portal.

Lin Hai took Peter, Gwen, and Harry through a Portal to visit his family in Huaxia. After introducing them to his delighted parents, the group explored a local market, shared a Sichuan feast, and settled in for the night at Lin Hai’s home.

• Lin Hai demonstrated his improved Portal control to Chen Bing, then led Peter, Gwen, and Harry through it to a Huaxia alley.
• Lin Hai surprised his mother at home by arriving with Peter, Harry, and Gwen, and she warmly welcomed them inside.
• Lin Hai’s mother took the group to a local market, where Peter, Gwen, and Harry explored unfamiliar produce, foods, and ingredients.
• Lin Hai’s parents returned home and prepared a large Sichuan dinner, which the visitors enjoyed despite the spicy dishes.
• Lin Hai, Peter, Harry, and Gwen cleaned up together, then arranged for Gwen to sleep in the guest room and Peter and Harry to share Lin Hai’s room.

Lin Hai took Peter, Gwen, and Harry to a bustling morning market, then brought them toward Ta Lo after telling his parents they planned to visit a mountain farm stay. His Portal could not pierce the Mystic Realm’s defenses, so he used the Divine Dragon Heart to summon Ta Lo’s guardians and waited with his friends at the bamboo grove.

• Father and Mother Lin took Lin Hai, Peter, Gwen, and Harry to a morning market, where the three visitors sampled local breakfast foods and explored the stalls.
• Lin Hai told his parents the group wanted to visit the mountain farm stay he had seen during winter break, and they agreed to let them go.
• Lin Hai led Peter, Gwen, and Harry from the mountain market into the forest and tried to open a Portal to the Ta Lo Mystic Realm, but its defenses made the Portal unstable.
• Lin Hai guided his friends to a bamboo grove and used the Divine Dragon Heart to send a signal to Ta Lo’s guardians.
• Lin Hai and his friends waited outside the grove for the guardians to arrive.

Lin Hai brought Peter, Gwen, and Harry to Ta Lo, where Old Chen welcomed them and arranged Qilin Horses for their journey. As the group rode toward the hidden village, Gwen shared Lin Hai’s mount, leaving him flustered while Peter and Harry teased him.

• Lin Hai introduced Peter, Gwen, and Harry to Old Chen, who welcomed them as guests of Ta Lo.
• Old Chen explained that they lacked enough Qilin Horses for everyone, so Peter and Harry shared mounts with villagers.
• Gwen asked Lin Hai to ride with her, and Peter and Harry snickered at the pair.
• Lin Hai calmed a Qilin Horse with his Life Energy, then helped Gwen climb on behind him.
• Lin Hai led the group through the hidden passage toward Ta Lo Village while Gwen held on to him and Peter and Harry laughed.

Gwen, Peter, and Harry entered Ta Lo with Lin Hai and Old Chen, marveling at the hidden realm’s springlike scenery, magical creatures, and welcoming village. Old Chen brought them to the village meeting hall and invited them inside to rest and arrange accommodations.

• Gwen, Peter, Harry, and Lin Hai passed through the gateway and were stunned by Ta Lo’s mountains, lake, bamboo groves, and fields.
• Lin Hai showed them Firebirds, Nine-Tailed Foxes, and Qilin Horses, while Old Chen pointed out the playful Little Chaos.
• A Suanni rose from the lake, greeted Old Chen, and settled back down as Peter and Harry nervously watched.
• Old Chen and Lin Hai rode with their guests along the village road as villagers greeted them warmly.
• Old Chen welcomed the four young people at the meeting hall and offered them Ta Lo tea and accommodations.
• Lin Hai helped Gwen down from her horse, and Gwen, Peter, and Harry praised Ta Lo’s extraordinary beauty and environment.

Lin Hai brought Gwen, Peter, and Harry to meet Ta Lo’s guardian Azure Dragon, and reunited with the dragon at the lakeside altar. After sharing a brief flight and introducing his friends, Lin Hai watched Azure Dragon return to the lake, leaving the villagers cheering.

• Gwen asked to see Azure Dragon, and Lin Hai and Old Chen agreed to take her, Peter, and Harry to the lakeside altar.
• Ta Lo’s villagers gathered at the lake as Lin Hai stepped onto the altar and Azure Dragon emerged from the water.
• Azure Dragon affectionately nuzzled Lin Hai, who greeted it and touched its scales.
• Lin Hai rode Azure Dragon on a gentle flight over the lake and shared his experiences from the past year through their connection.
• Lin Hai introduced Gwen, Peter, and Harry to Azure Dragon, which greeted them and returned to the lake.
• The villagers cheered while Gwen, Peter, and Harry remained awestruck by the encounter.

After reuniting with the Azure Dragon, Lin Hai showed Gwen, Peter, and Harry around Ta Lo and explained how the village balanced tradition with modern technology. He led them toward the training ground, planning to make Peter and Harry pay for teasing him earlier.

• Old Chen arranged rooms for Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry in the village chief's guest pavilion.
• Lin Hai and his companions shared lunch with the villagers, and Gwen, Peter, and Harry enthusiastically sampled the Ta Lo dishes.
• Lin Hai suggested a walk through the village followed by exercise at the training ground, and the others agreed.
• Lin Hai explained that S.P.E.A.R. director Zheng Xian brought Ta Lo supplies, technology, and news from the outside world.
• Lin Hai led the group toward the training ground while Peter and Harry sensed that he intended to give them a punishing workout.

Lin Hai took Peter and Harry to Ta Lo’s training ground and used a sparring match to get revenge for their earlier laughter. He left them exhausted and blaming each other while Gwen and the villagers laughed.

• Lin Hai, Peter, Harry, and Gwen arrived at the training ground, where Gwen sat out and watched the others warm up.
• Lin Hai challenged Peter and Harry to their usual two-against-one match, then launched a relentless attack that caught them off guard.
• Peter and Harry realized Lin Hai was taking revenge for their laughter that morning and argued over who had started it.
• Lin Hai stopped once he had vented his resentment, and Peter and Harry collapsed while Gwen brought them water and towels.
• The villagers laughed at the sparring match, which ended with Lin Hai victorious and Peter and Harry exhausted.