Recaps

Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry completed Harry’s Nova Armor upgrade and tested its improved armor plating, lining, and energy efficiency. The tests succeeded, leaving Harry with a much stronger suit that used far less power in combat.

• Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry finished the armor design and spent the following days working together in Harry’s private laboratory.
• Peter gained ideas for improving his Web Fluid, while Gwen and Lin Hai grew more comfortable showing affection as Peter and Harry teased them.
• Harry completed the upgraded Nova Armor, which now included dark-gray extradimensional metal alongside its original blue and silver colors.
• Lin Hai tested the chestplate with Glock and Desert Eagle rounds, and the armor resisted the shots with only a shallow dent; the group stopped him from testing it with a wooden spike.
• Gwen slashed the armor’s inner suit without tearing it, and Harry and Peter’s half-hour sparring test showed that the armor used at least twenty-five percent less energy than expected.

After completing plans to upgrade Peter's Spider-Suit, Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, Harry, and Mary Jane took a day off together. Lin Hai and Gwen then brought their design for Gwen's multi-function staff to Kamar-Taj, where Master Hamil sent them to ask The Ancient One for guidance.

• Harry, Lin Hai, Gwen, and Peter designed reinforced bracers, a protective inner layer, and mask upgrades for Peter's Spider-Suit.
• Peter invited Mary Jane to join the group for a day out in New York, and the five friends relaxed together in Central Park and at a barbecue restaurant.
• Lin Hai and Gwen brought their staff design, materials, and data to Master Hamil at Kamar-Taj and explained the challenges of crafting it.
• Master Hamil praised the staff concept and told Lin Hai and Gwen that The Ancient One was at Kamar-Taj and could offer guidance.
• Lin Hai and Gwen headed to The Ancient One's courtyard with their materials case.

Lin Hai and Gwen presented their magical staff design to the Ancient One, who approved its practical potential and agreed to craft Gwen’s staff herself. They then checked on the imprisoned Demon God Pioneer before returning to New York.

• Lin Hai and Gwen explained their staff design and its crafting challenges to the Ancient One, who judged it useful for novice and Intermediate Mages.
• The Ancient One offered to make Gwen’s staff and later have other Advanced Mages produce standard-issue versions for Kamar-Taj.
• Lin Hai remembered the captured Demon God Pioneer, so he and Gwen inspected him in the Containment Chamber and found him weak but not in danger of dying.
• Lin Hai and Gwen told Hamil about the Ancient One’s decision, then opened a Portal and returned to New York.

Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry visited Hell’s Kitchen and found Matt’s newly renovated Nelson & Murdock Law Firm. Matt thanked them for the income from Starsea Studio, while Lin Hai said the partnership had benefited them all.

• Peter and Gwen reviewed Starsea Studio’s merchandise reports and celebrated the strong sales and profits.
• Lin Hai suggested visiting Matt’s law firm, and the four friends traveled to Hell’s Kitchen after lunch.
• Lin Hai and Gwen explained the neighborhood’s name as the group explored its rough streets, while Peter pointed out places from his Spider-Man patrols.
• The friends arrived at the newly renovated Nelson & Murdock Law Firm, where Matt welcomed them and showed them around.
• Matt thanked Lin Hai and the others for helping him and Foggy improve the firm, and Lin Hai called their partnership mutually beneficial.

Matt introduced Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry to his law partner Foggy Nelson, then revealed that The Hand was hunting him because of his friend Elektra. Lin Hai recognized The Hand’s supernatural connections and began piecing together its links to K’un-Lun and Dragon Bone.

• Matt brought Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry to meet Foggy Nelson at the law firm.
• Foggy welcomed the four and praised their success with Starsea Studio despite their youth.
• Lin Hai and the others offered to help Matt and Foggy with their legal work and Daredevil’s problems.
• Matt admitted that Elektra had left The Hand and that its members were hunting her and had made him a target.
• Lin Hai recalled The Hand’s resurrection methods, its connection to the Beast, and the Five Fingers’ pursuit of Dragon Bone from K’un-Lun.

Lin Hai assessed The Hand’s threat and concluded that he and his friends could help Matt without exposing themselves to unacceptable danger. The group agreed to stand with Matt against The Hand, leaving him grateful for their support.

• Lin Hai dismissed the possibility of relying on Iron Fist and told Matt and Foggy that he could handle The Hand’s five supreme elders.
• Lin Hai considered how The Hand might threaten his friends and family, then judged that the group’s risks were manageable.
• Lin Hai told Matt that they would help him confront The Hand.
• Peter, Gwen, and Harry pledged to join the fight, and Foggy celebrated that Matt would no longer face The Hand alone.
• Matt thanked his friends and said he felt lucky to have met them.

Lin Hai and the others planned an assault on The Hand’s Shadowland base after Matt revealed its location and strength. Before the group agreed to meet the next evening, Lin Hai healed Matt’s accumulated injuries, though he could not restore Matt’s eyesight.

• Matt told Lin Hai that The Hand had operated from a Hell’s Kitchen base called Shadowland, with roughly two to three hundred members and no known superhuman fighters.
• Lin Hai outlined a plan to scout Shadowland’s boundaries, prepare for explosives, and gather defensively if The Hand released Black Sky, which he would confront himself.
• The group agreed to meet at the law office the following evening and head to Shadowland together.
• Lin Hai offered to treat Matt’s injuries, and Peter reassured Matt that the healing felt wonderful.
• Lin Hai used Life Force to repair Matt’s old and new injuries but found he could not heal Matt’s damaged eyes.
• Matt recovered from the treatment, felt healthier than ever, and thanked Lin Hai.

Lin Hai, Peter, Gwen, and Harry prepared for their trip to The Hand's Shadowland base by making Matt a protective undersuit and gathering at his law office. They arrived through a Portal, leaving Foggy astonished and Matt cautious but reassured.

• Lin Hai, Harry, Gwen, and Peter made Matt a flexible, protective undersuit from Osborn Group alloys.
• Harry donned his upgraded Nova Armor, Peter adjusted his new vambraces, and Gwen put on her Kamar-Taj robe; Lin Hai complimented her appearance, making her blush.
• Lin Hai opened a Portal to Nelson & Murdock's office, and the group stepped through.
• Matt took a defensive stance when the Portal appeared, then relaxed after Lin Hai identified himself.
• Foggy asked whether the Portal was magic, and Lin Hai warned him and Matt against recklessly pursuing it; both promised to heed his advice.

Lin Hai, Peter, Gwen, Harry, and Matt prepared to attack The Hand’s Shadowland stronghold, with Peter and Harry outfitting Matt with protective gear. They found the ninjas in an abandoned building and began a violent assault, leaving Matt troubled by Lin Hai and Harry’s lethal methods as he continued to fight nonlethally.

• Peter gave Matt a high-performance alloy lining from the Osborn Group, and Harry suggested similar protective gear could become an employee benefit for Starsea Studio.
• The five heroes reviewed their plan, left Foggy waiting at the law office, and crossed Hell’s Kitchen toward Shadowland after nightfall.
• Lin Hai used Life Force to gather information from surviving plants and confirmed that The Hand’s ninjas were concentrated in the tallest old building.
• The team reached the building, broke through its iron entrance, and attacked the ninjas inside.
• Lin Hai and Harry struck their opponents lethally, Gwen supported the team with magic, and Peter restrained or knocked out ninjas while avoiding lethal blows.
• Matt felt conflicted as he witnessed the killings, but he continued subduing enemies nonlethally and tacitly accepted Lin Hai and Harry’s methods.

Lin Hai's group stormed The Hand's stronghold and defeated the guards on the first floor before preparing to face the fighters upstairs. After dodging a barrage of concealed weapons, Lin Hai grew a giant wooden shield and handed it to Peter, whose complaints briefly lightened the mood.

• Lin Hai and his group of five charged into the stronghold, killing or knocking out the first-floor ninjas while one black-clad ninja escaped upstairs to alert the others.
• Gwen cast Shield Charm on Peter, Matt, and herself as the group prepared to advance to the second floor.
• Lin Hai dodged a dense barrage of shuriken and kunai launched from upstairs when he reached the stairwell.
• Lin Hai used Life Energy to grow an Ironwall Fruit seed into a giant wooden shield and gave it to Peter to carry at the front.
• Peter protested Lin Hai's use of “with great power comes great responsibility,” making Gwen, Harry, and Matt laugh.

Peter used Lin Hai’s Ironwall Fruit shield to protect Gwen as Lin Hai and Harry cleared the Hand ninjas on the second floor. The Hand’s elite red-clad ninjas arrived, and Lin Hai charged them after warning his teammates to stay together.

• Peter eagerly took the tower shield and slowly led the group up the stairs, blocking the Hand ninjas’ shuriken without a scratch.
• Lin Hai and Harry attacked the stunned ninjas while Peter guarded Gwen and Matt handled attackers trying to flank them.
• Lin Hai and Harry defeated most of the more than one hundred ordinary Hand ninjas on the second floor.
• Several dozen elite red-clad ninjas descended from the higher floors, prompting the group to regroup and prepare for their coordinated attacks.
• Lin Hai warned his teammates to stay together, then charged the red-clad ninjas.

Lin Hai overwhelmed the red-clad Hand ninjas, but the last survivors activated special grenades and charged him. He knocked them away and shielded his companions as the grenades exploded.

• Lin Hai used Life Force blasts to defeat most of the red-clad elite ninjas while Matt realized how powerful he was.
• The remaining ninjas discarded their katanas and activated special grenades, intending to take Lin Hai down with them.
• Lin Hai struck the charging ninjas and sent them flying away from his companions.
• Lin Hai took Peter's shield, enlarged it with Life Force, and led Gwen, Peter, Harry, and Matt behind it for cover.
• The grenades detonated in a series of explosions that engulfed the area where the ninjas had landed.

Lin Hai and his allies survived the battle against The Hand’s ninjas and returned to Nelson & Murdock Law Office unharmed. Lin Hai laid out plans to warn The Hand’s leaders, monitor Hell’s Kitchen, and eventually wipe out the organization, before the group headed home for the night.

• Lin Hai, Harry, Gwen, Peter, and Matt emerged safely from the blast, and Matt detected only a few ordinary ninjas and no significant remaining threat.
• Lin Hai reclaimed the Life Force from the greatshield, which crumbled into wood chips as Peter lamented losing it.
• The five returned to Nelson & Murdock Law Office, where Foggy welcomed them and celebrated their injury-free operation.
• Lin Hai proposed letting the surviving ninjas report the battle to The Hand’s five leaders and asked Matt to alert the group if new red-clad ninjas appeared.
• Lin Hai said they should eventually destroy The Hand and investigate whether the Dragon Bone had other valuable uses.
• Lin Hai ended the gathering and left with Harry, Gwen, and Peter before their families could worry about their late return.

Lin Hai asked Kingpin to monitor The Hand in New York as he and his friends prepared to destroy the organization. After returning to Los Angeles, Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry cleaned their house and began their sophomore year at the California Institute of Technology.

• Lin Hai told Kingpin that the group had destroyed The Hand's Hell's Kitchen stronghold and planned to wipe out the organization.
• Kingpin offered men, money, and weapons, but Lin Hai asked him to use his underworld intelligence network to track The Hand and report reliable information.
• Kingpin agreed to alert Lin Hai as soon as he learned anything about The Hand.
• Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry returned through a Portal to their Los Angeles house and cleaned it together.
• The next morning, Lin Hai made breakfast, and the four friends walked to campus to begin sophomore year.

After a tightly scheduled sophomore semester, Lin Hai and his friends learned that The Ancient One had finished crafting Gwen’s staff and traveled to Kamar-Taj to see it. The chapter ended as they examined its unusual, rune-covered design and Lin Hai considered how it might work in combat.

• Lin Hai received Master Hamil’s call informing him that The Ancient One had completed Gwen’s staff.
• Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry hurriedly cleaned up and traveled through a Portal to Kamar-Taj.
• The Ancient One welcomed the four and presented the staff she had made specifically for Gwen.
• Lin Hai and his friends inspected the staff’s metallic surface, intricate runes, and tapered shape.
• Lin Hai compared the staff’s design to a spinning pen and imagined its usefulness in casting and close combat.

The Ancient One explained the black staff’s stored magical power, instant-cast spells, and size-changing function to Gwen and the others. In the courtyard, Gwen tested its defensive shield and invisibility spells, while the group learned that channeling her own power could extend their effects.

• The Ancient One described how the staff stored magical power and used three engraved patterns for a shield, invisibility, and changing the staff’s size.
• The Ancient One took Gwen and the others to the courtyard to test the staff.
• Gwen activated the Rings of Raggadorr, creating a red shield that lasted about five seconds using the staff’s stored power.
• Gwen triggered the Disillusionment Charm and vanished from sight before reappearing roughly ten seconds later.
• Hamil explained that Gwen could maintain both spells longer by continuously channeling her own magical power into the staff.

Gwen tested the staff’s melee form, demonstrating how it expanded into a full-length weapon while retaining its defensive and stealth spells. The Ancient One explained its potential use for Kamar-Taj’s junior mages and said she would finish reforging Pluto’s Dark Spear before the group returned to Los Angeles.

• Gwen activated the staff’s transformation enchantment, extending it into a five-and-a-half-foot pole.
• Gwen practiced staff techniques, and Lin Hai saw how its shield, stealth, and melee capabilities improved her ability to protect herself.
• The Ancient One told Lin Hai that the staff could safeguard beginner and intermediate Kamar-Taj mages and credited his idea with inspiring new artifact research.
• Gwen shrank the staff back to its portable size, then asked The Ancient One and Master Hamil for advice on using it.
• The Ancient One told Lin Hai she had an initial plan for reforging Pluto’s Dark Spear and would return it when it was finished.
• Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry thanked The Ancient One and Master Hamil, then returned to Los Angeles through a Portal.

After Gwen’s classmates admired her magical staff, Lin Hai proposed turning its design and tricks into an ordinary toy for Starsea Studio. The group agreed to test several designs and materials as their next project.

• Gwen’s classmates asked where she had gotten her staff, and she told them Lin Hai had given it to her.
• Lin Hai suggested to Gwen that Starsea Studio could develop a toy inspired by the staff and its spinning trick.
• At dinner, Lin Hai presented the idea to Gwen, Harry, and Peter, and Harry recommended testing a small batch to gauge consumer interest.
• Lin Hai assigned each of the four a design style, with Peter free to choose any style he liked.
• The group agreed to make the first batch in metal, wood, and resin and gather customer feedback after launch.

Lin Hai received an urgent call from Kingpin after Vanessa was badly injured in an attack, while Richard remained safe. Lin Hai opened a Portal to Fisk Tower and arrived with Gwen, Peter, and Harry, then followed Kingpin toward Vanessa.

• Lin Hai and his friends discussed their designs for Starsea Studio's new project when Kingpin called to say Vanessa was gravely hurt.
• Lin Hai reassured Kingpin that he could help Vanessa and learned that Richard was safe and asleep.
• Lin Hai told Kingpin to clear the room, then opened a golden Portal from his living room to Fisk Tower.
• Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry crossed the Portal, shocking Kingpin.
• Kingpin led Lin Hai and his friends toward his private bedroom to check on Vanessa.

Lin Hai examined Vanessa after an attack left her wounded and unconscious, then discovered Dark Energy lodged in her brain. He used the Dragon God's Power to expel it, and Vanessa woke as the chapter ended.

• Kingpin told Lin Hai that attackers had ambushed Vanessa and Richard, killing their driver and bodyguard while Vanessa was wounded protecting Richard.
• Lin Hai healed Vanessa's injuries with Life Energy but found that she remained unconscious.
• Lin Hai detected Dark Energy suppressing Vanessa's consciousness and corroding her brain.
• Lin Hai channeled his full Life Force through Vanessa's temples, and she opened her eyes.
• Lin Hai cleansed the Dark Energy that emerged from Vanessa's eyes.

Lin Hai healed Vanessa by removing the Dark Energy from her brain, and Gwen recognized it as power linked to the Hand and the Beast. After learning the Hand had poisoned his wife, Kingpin vowed to destroy them.

• Lin Hai used Life Force to purge Vanessa's brain of Dark Energy and repair the damage, and Vanessa woke up.
• Kingpin reunited with Vanessa while Lin Hai and Gwen, Peter, and Harry left them alone.
• Lin Hai and the others connected Vanessa's Dark Energy to the red-clad Hand ninjas and the Primordial Demon called the Beast.
• Kingpin thanked Lin Hai and promised that the Fisk Family would honor him as a valued friend and guest.
• Lin Hai told Kingpin that the Hand was likely responsible for the Dark Energy, and Kingpin smashed a desk in fury and vowed to kill them all.

Kingpin and the others investigated The Hand’s attack on Vanessa and Richard, and Lin Hai explained that Vanessa’s dark energy could corrupt her mind if left untreated. Kingpin realized the attack was designed to shackle him and destabilize his empire, while Harry raised the possibility that the group’s destruction of The Hand’s Hell’s Kitchen base had provoked the assault.

• Kingpin dismissed his guards after his roar alarmed them, then discussed The Hand’s attack with Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry.
• Kingpin explained that he and The Hand had maintained a balance and limited cooperation for years, leaving him unsure why they had attacked Vanessa.
• Lin Hai warned that Vanessa might awaken with her mind and personality twisted by the dark energy in her brain.
• Kingpin concluded that The Hand had intended to burden him with a corrupted Vanessa and weaken his control of New York’s underworld.
• Peter asked why The Hand had changed its strategy, and Harry asked whether the group’s destruction of The Hand’s Hell’s Kitchen base had triggered the attack.

Lin Hai and Harry traced the attack on Vanessa to The Hand’s mistaken belief that Kingpin was targeting them, after Lin Hai’s earlier request for surveillance. Kingpin joined Lin Hai’s plan to destroy The Hand, and they agreed to meet the next day to prepare a thorough strike.

• Harry reminded Lin Hai and Kingpin that Lin Hai had asked Kingpin to monitor The Hand after their stronghold in Hell’s Kitchen was destroyed.
• Lin Hai reasoned that The Hand had connected the destruction and Kingpin’s surveillance efforts, then attacked Vanessa as retaliation against Kingpin.
• Kingpin refused to blame Lin Hai and said the attack had exposed The Hand before they could do worse harm to his family.
• Kingpin agreed to join Lin Hai in wiping out The Hand and humorously misinterpreted the Huaxia saying about learning the way in the morning and dying at dusk.
• Lin Hai proposed delaying their planning until the next day so Kingpin could stay with Vanessa, and Kingpin agreed to meet him and Matt.

After saving Vanessa, Lin Hai confirmed that she was recovering and returned with Peter, Harry, and Gwen to Los Angeles through a Portal. As his friends discussed Kingpin’s different sides, Lin Hai considered asking Matt to contact Elektra for help against The Hand.

• Lin Hai checked Vanessa and confirmed that the Dark Energy was gone and that she needed only rest and nourishing food to recover.
• Lin Hai opened a Portal to the Los Angeles home, and he and his companions said goodbye to Kingpin before stepping through.
• Peter, Harry, and Gwen discussed how people showed different sides of themselves, including Kingpin, Norman, and Gwen’s father.
• Lin Hai thought about Elektra’s past with The Hand and considered asking Matt to contact her about joining their plans against the organization.

Lin Hai invited Matt and Elektra to join a meeting with Kingpin about destroying the Hand, then tried to hide his thoughts about Matt's relationship from Gwen. The group planned to meet Matt at his law office the next morning before going to Kingpin.

• Lin Hai called Matt and invited him, Peter, Gwen, and Harry to visit Kingpin the next morning to discuss destroying the Hand.
• Lin Hai asked Matt to invite Elektra, and Matt agreed to pass along the invitation but said she would decide for herself.
• Lin Hai privately joked that Matt seemed henpecked and worried Gwen might learn husband-taming habits from his mother.
• After the call, Peter and Harry teased Lin Hai while Gwen questioned why he had glanced at her.
• Lin Hai explained that he had been thinking about Matt and Elektra's contrasting lives, and Gwen accepted his explanation for the moment.