Chapter Summaries

Chu Hang agreed to rescue Tony Stark in exchange for Howard Stark’s research notes, then found him imprisoned in Afghanistan and helped complete his armor. Tony escaped the Ten Rings and was rescued by the American military, while Chu Hang vanished before they could identify him.

• Chu Hang accepted Fury’s offer to find Tony Stark in exchange for a complete copy of Howard Stark’s research notes, including his Cosmic Cube research.
• Chu Hang located Tony and Yinsen in a cave in Afghanistan, killed two Ten Rings sentries, and demonstrated his spatial cutting ability.
• Chu Hang used his powers to rapidly shape armor parts while Tony directed the work, then stayed behind when the Ten Rings attacked and Yinsen went out to buy time.
• Tony donned the Mark I armor, defeated the attackers, destroyed the Stark Industries weapons, and escaped into the desert before the armor broke apart.
• Chu Hang gave Tony water and disappeared as James Rhodes arrived by helicopter to rescue him.

Tony Stark returned from Afghanistan, shut down Stark Industries’ weapons division, and met his new major shareholder, Chu Hang, who urged him to develop the Arc Reactor. After shaking Tony’s hand, Chu Hang gained Tony’s engineering mastery and left with a new understanding of the reactor.

• Tony Stark announced that Stark Industries would permanently shut down its weapons manufacturing division, shocking the press and Obadiah Stane.
• Chu Hang used ghost accounts to buy more than fifteen percent of Stark Industries’ publicly traded shares as the stock plunged.
• Pepper Potts told Tony that Anthony Chen had become a major shareholder and requested an emergency board meeting and private meeting.
• Chu Hang met Tony, revealed he had been the mercenary who helped him in Afghanistan, and urged him to use the Arc Reactor as a new source of growth.
• Chu Hang suggested that Howard Stark might have left clues to a replacement for palladium, prompting Tony to reconsider his father’s belongings.
• After Tony shook his hand, Chu Hang gained [Conceptualization and Engineering Mastery] and left the Stark Industries building.

Tony Stark discovered the new element hidden in his father's 1974 Stark Expo model and overcame his palladium poisoning, while Chu Hang launched the Ark Project at Stark Industries. The chapter ended with Chu Hang receiving an urgent call about a green threat in Harlem and warning Tony that his new armor might face an opponent beyond his level.

• Tony searched Howard Stark's belongings for a cure, and Chu Hang's cryptic hint led him to recognize a new element encoded in the shape of the Expo model.
• Chu Hang attended the Stark Industries board meeting, asserted his rights as a major shareholder, and introduced the Ark Project, which the board approved with him as its chief director.
• Tony built a particle accelerator and a new triangular reactor, curing his palladium poisoning and beginning work on the Mark 4 armor.
• Chu Hang celebrated Tony's recovery with him, then received Nick Fury's urgent report of a green problem near Culver University in Harlem.
• Chu Hang told Tony that his new armor might soon face an opponent beyond his level.

Chu Hang intervened in the battle between Hulk and Abomination in Harlem, copied Hulk’s Infinite Rage ability, and defeated Abomination with one punch. After S.H.I.E.L.D. took custody of Bruce Banner, Chu Hang warned General Ross to leave him alone and called Tony.

• Tony ordered JARVIS to contact Colonel Rhodes and prioritize assembling the Mark 4 after Chu Hang told him that Hulk and Abomination were fighting in New York.
• Chu Hang stopped a military helicopter from crashing, entered the battlefield, and deflected Abomination’s attack with a Spatial Curvature Barrier.
• Chu Hang copied Hulk’s Infinite Rage ability and sent Abomination flying with a single punch.
• As Hulk changed back into Bruce Banner, Chu Hang stood between him and General Ross’s soldiers and warned Ross not to capture Banner.
• Phil Coulson arrived with S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, took custody of Banner, and Chu Hang asked him to tell Fury that Banner needed a safe place.
• Chu Hang called Tony and asked when his new armor would be ready to fly.

After helping defeat the Hulk and Abomination, Chu Hang negotiated a special consultant arrangement with Nick Fury and tested the dangerous power of his Infinite Rage. He then began investigating Ivan Vanko to keep future threats from obstructing Tony Stark.

• Tony Stark saw footage of Harlem's destruction and ordered JARVIS to get the Mark 4 flying within twenty-four hours.
• Chu Hang met Nick Fury, secured protection for his identities and businesses, and agreed to receive selected S.H.I.E.L.D. intelligence as its special consultant.
• Fury classified Chu Hang as Skyfather-level, and the two shook hands on their partnership.
• Chu Hang tested Infinite Rage in an abandoned Nevada mine, unleashing a punch that carved a huge crater while realizing the ability threatened his self-control.
• Chu Hang reviewed Ivan Vanko's file and ordered an investigation into his activities and contacts in Moscow.

After the Harlem incident, Tony Stark threw himself into building the Mark 4 and announced a lavish Stark Expo to unveil clean energy, while Chu Hang uncovered Ivan Vanko’s plans and warned Tony of the danger. At the Expo’s opening, Chu Hang watched undercover from the crowd as Tony made his dramatic entrance and Chu’s Superpower Copier stood ready.

• Tony completed the Mark 4, whose upgraded reactor and speed still did not satisfy him after Chu Hang’s punch exposed his lack of raw physical power.
• Tony announced that Stark Industries would restart the Expo, and Chu Hang agreed to cover half its budget.
• Chu Hang reviewed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s file on Ivan Vanko, inferred that Vanko was preparing a plasma-whip attack, and warned Tony that his father’s old enemies might target him.
• A month later, Tony opened the Stark Expo with a dramatic Iron Man entrance before a packed crowd.
• Chu Hang, disguised among the attendees, monitored the venue as his Superpower Copier showed that it was ready.

At the Stark Expo, Tony Stark unveiled his clean-energy vision, defeated a hacker’s attack, and publicly humiliated Justin Hammer. Chu Hang identified Ivan Vanko as the hacker and watched Hammer seek revenge, anticipating their coming collision at the Monaco Circuit.

• Tony Stark announced that new-element Arc Reactors would provide clean energy and end the world’s reliance on oil.
• Ivan Vanko hacked the Expo’s energy system, but Tony and JARVIS restored control with the SkyNet Firewall.
• Justin Hammer approached Tony to promote Hammer Industries’ security technology, and Tony mocked him before having guards escort him away.
• Humiliated, Hammer called someone from a shadowy corner while Chu Hang observed and anticipated the coming events at the Monaco Circuit.

At the Monaco Grand Prix, Chu Hang copied Ivan Vanko’s plasma-shaping ability as Vanko attacked the race and Tony Stark. Tony defeated Vanko in his Mark 5 armor, while Chu Hang anticipated that Justin Hammer would soon free him.

• Tony Stark decided to drive in the Grand Prix despite Pepper Potts’s objections, and Chu Hang watched from the VIP box.
• Ivan Vanko entered the track, revealed his crude exoskeleton, and used plasma whips to destroy a race car and immobilize Tony.
• Chu Hang copied Ivan’s B-rank Plasma Energy Confinement and Shaping ability.
• Pepper and Happy Hogan drove onto the track, and Happy threw Tony the suitcase containing his Mark 5 armor.
• Tony put on the armor, tore out Ivan’s reactor connections, and left him powerless for the police to arrest.
• Chu Hang watched Ivan being taken away and expected Justin Hammer to arrange his release.

Chu Hang helped Tony defeat the government’s demand for Iron Man technology at a congressional hearing, then pointed out Justin Hammer’s suspicious links to Ivan Vanko’s death. Back at his villa, Chu Hang used cosmic and spatial energy to create a weapon he named the Dimension Whip.

• Chu Hang prompted Tony to challenge the government’s demand as an unlawful seizure of Stark Industries’ intellectual property, and Tony exposed Hammer Industries’ drone failure during the hearing.
• The hearing ended with the government’s demand shelved, and Tony thanked Chu Hang for helping him win.
• Chu Hang suggested that Justin Hammer may have benefited from Ivan Vanko’s attack and death, and Tony realized Hammer could be involved.
• At his villa, Chu Hang refined Whiplash’s plasma technique by confining cosmic energy in a spatial channel.
• Chu Hang tested the nearly invisible whip on a titanium alloy table and named the weapon the Dimension Whip.

Ivan Vanko agreed to help Justin Hammer perfect the Drone software while building his own weapons to destroy Tony Stark. At Stark Industries Tower, Chu Hang recognized undercover agent Natasha Romanoff and made her his assistant, then gave her a demanding intelligence-gathering assignment that left her wary of him.

• Justin Hammer showed Ivan Vanko his Drone army, and Ivan criticized its design and demanded his own workshop and materials.
• Ivan agreed to provide working software for Hammer’s Drones while building his own soldiers to tear Tony Stark’s creations apart.
• Pepper Potts introduced Natalie Rushman to Tony Stark as a new notary, and Tony tried to appoint her as Chu Hang’s assistant.
• Chu Hang recognized Natalie as Black Widow, Natasha Romanoff, and accepted her as his personal executive assistant.
• Chu Hang assigned Natasha a report on Hammer Industries’ finances and contracts by the next morning, gave her access to a hidden eighty-eighth floor, and left her questioning how dangerous his mission would be.

Tony Stark's reckless partying led Rhodey to seize the Mark 2 armor and fight him, until Chu Hang disabled both suits and transferred the prototype to the military. Rhodey flew away with Mark 2, leaving Tony trapped in his armor and furious.

• Tony Stark indulged in a lavish party and dismissed Rhodey's warnings about his irresponsible behavior.
• Rhodey entered the workshop, put on the Mark 2 with JARVIS's help, and confronted Tony over his misuse of the armor.
• Tony and Rhodey brawled through the workshop, villa, yard, and pool before fighting in the air above the house.
• Chu Hang arrived and used Energy Absorption to drain both armors, then copied Rhodey's military command and tactical expertise.
• Chu Hang approved transferring Mark 2 to the military under Rhodey's care, and Rhodey flew away with the armor.
• Chu Hang left Tony immobilized in his armor as Tony shouted angrily from the crater.

After waking from the destruction of his home and the loss of the Mark 2, Tony Stark resolved to build a stronger armor and prove himself to Chu Hang. At Stark Industries Tower, Chu Hang reviewed Natasha Romanoff’s intelligence on Hammer Industries and Ivan Vanko, then drove Tony away by threatening to tell Pepper about his behavior.

• Tony Stark woke trapped in the powerless Mark 4, surveyed the wreckage, and smashed his liquor cabinet before canceling his appointments.
• Tony entered his workshop, rejected the Mark 4 design, and decided to build a new suit capable of resisting unknown attacks.
• Natasha Romanoff delivered Chu Hang a detailed report exposing Hammer Industries’ secret dealings and Ivan Vanko’s plans and purchases.
• Chu Hang praised Natasha’s work and questioned her information sources, while Natasha maintained her composure.
• Tony interrupted Chu Hang and Natasha, mocked their apparent closeness, and left after Chu Hang threatened to tell Pepper about his recent parties and destroyed car.

Chu Hang disguised himself as Justin Hammer to visit Ivan Vanko and copied Ivan’s mechanical engineering and weapons-design ability. He also persuaded Ivan to add an “Ex-Wife” shutdown backdoor to the Drones and War Machine, leaving Chu Hang prepared to control the coming Stark Expo attack.

• Chu Hang shapeshifted into Justin Hammer and went to Ivan Vanko’s hidden laboratory in Queens.
• Chu Hang examined Ivan’s work on the Drones and Rhodey’s dismantled Mark 2 armor, then copied Ivan’s S-rank engineering and weapons-design ability by touching him.
• Chu Hang convinced Ivan to add a highest-level shutdown backdoor to the machines and chose “Ex-Wife” as its trigger password.
• Ivan installed the backdoor without realizing Chu Hang could use it to interfere with his revenge plan.
• Chu Hang left the laboratory, pleased that he had acquired Ivan’s technical knowledge and prepared a way to control the Expo attack.

Chu Hang redesigned Mark 5’s energy circuits and sent Tony Stark the plans, allowing Tony to overcome the armor’s power bottleneck and debut Mark 6. The chapter ended with Pepper confronting Tony after overhearing his invitation to go out without her.

• Chu Hang used Ivan Vanko’s plasma energy technique to create a more stable energy circuit design for Mark 5.
• Tony’s Mark 5 failed a high-power simulation, leaving him frustrated by the armor’s energy limitations.
• Tony opened Chu Hang’s encrypted blueprint attachment and successfully simulated Mark 5 at one hundred and fifty percent power.
• Tony modified the armor using Chu Hang’s design and named the upgraded suit Mark 6.
• Tony called Chu Hang, then Pepper overheard his invitation and challenged him to take her along to his supposed business negotiations.

After the Stark Expo incident, Chu Hang went to New Mexico to investigate Thor and Mjolnir, acquiring Asgardian Physiology and proving he could lift the hammer. He left Coulson to place Thor with Jane Foster’s team and disappeared.

• After Ivan Vanko’s defeat, Chu Hang received a call from Nick Fury about a hammer that had fallen in New Mexico and agreed to consult.
• Chu Hang arrived at S.H.I.E.L.D.’s desert site and met Thor, who was restrained in a medical tent.
• Chu Hang touched Thor and acquired Asgardian Physiology, then examined the inscription on Mjolnir.
• Chu Hang lifted Mjolnir with ease, stunning Coulson, the gathered onlookers, and Thor, then set it back down.
• Chu Hang suggested that Coulson hand Thor over to Jane Foster’s team for observation, then vanished.

Chu Hang’s Asgardian Physiology transformed into God Physique after he absorbed a bolt of lightning, and he tested his new powers. He discovered that Loki had arrived in Puente Antiguo and prepared to face the coming danger.

• Chu Hang tested his transformed strength by punching through Tony’s alloy training bag and felt his aging slow dramatically.
• Chu Hang called down a bolt of lightning, absorbed it, and advanced from Asgardian Physiology to God Physique.
• Chu Hang tested his lightning control by making a distant skyscraper’s lightning rod vanish with a focused bolt.
• Chu Hang read Coulson’s reports about Thor’s misadventures on Earth in S.H.I.E.L.D.’s database.
• Chu Hang found an urgent report identifying Loki in Puente Antiguo and anticipated the arrival of the Destroyer.

Chu Hang saved Thor and the townspeople from Loki’s Destroyer, then challenged Thor to understand the purpose of his lost power. Thor regained Mjolnir and his divine strength, and prepared to return to Asgard to confront Loki.

• Chu Hang warned Coulson to keep S.H.I.E.L.D. agents away from danger as the Destroyer attacked Puente Antiguo.
• Thor faced the Destroyer alone to protect the townspeople, and Loki ordered it to kill him.
• Chu Hang appeared, stopped the Destroyer’s beam, absorbed its Adaptive Armor ability, and destroyed it.
• Chu Hang rebuked Thor for treating power as a tool of pride, and Thor realized he had been unworthy of his divine power.
• Mjolnir flew to Thor, restoring his armor and power, and Thor resolved to return to Asgard to settle matters with Loki.

Chu Hang gained Adaptive Armor and returned to New York, while Loki’s attempt to seize power in Asgard unraveled after Thor returned and stopped the destruction of Jotunheim. The Bifrost shattered, and Loki fell into the cosmic abyss after Odin rejected him.

• Chu Hang discovered that his Adaptive Armor could learn from attacks and fuse with other powers, then returned to New York.
• Loki watched Chu Hang destroy the Destroyer and learned from Heimdall that the man was invisible to his sight.
• Thor said goodbye to Jane Foster and returned to Asgard, where he rescued Heimdall and confronted Loki at the Bifrost.
• Thor fought Loki and shattered the Bifrost to stop its runaway energy from destroying Jotunheim.
• Odin caught Thor as he fell, but Loki released Gungnir and dropped into the abyss after Odin told him he could not have succeeded.

Chu Hang arranged for S.H.I.E.L.D. to recover Steve Rogers from the Arctic and insisted on being there when he woke. Steve awoke in a medical facility, recognized Chu Hang, and learned he had slept for nearly seventy years.

• Natasha told Chu Hang that the Polaris Project had found the Valkyrie and detected a stable life signal inside.
• Chu Hang ordered Natasha to notify Nick Fury and told him he would be the first person Steve saw when he woke.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. recovered Steve and brought him to a secret medical facility near New York.
• Chu Hang entered Steve’s room, dismissed the fake 1940s setup, and waited beside his bed.
• Steve woke, recognized Chu Hang, and asked about the mission and Peggy.
• Chu Hang revealed that Steve had slept for nearly seventy years and welcomed him to the 21st century.

Loki accepted an offer from Wong's forces, then arrived on Earth and stole the Cosmic Cube while controlling Hawkeye and Doctor Erik Selvig. Steve Rogers joined the Avengers Initiative after Chu Hang persuaded him that his fight was not over, and Nick Fury was left preparing for a war that had begun.

• Loki accepted a scepter and an army of Chitauri in exchange for bringing the Cosmic Cube to Wong's forces.
• Nick Fury asked Steve Rogers to join the Avengers Initiative, and Chu Hang convinced Steve to defend Earth.
• The Cosmic Cube opened a portal in the New Mexico facility, allowing Loki to arrive and seize it.
• Loki controlled Hawkeye and Doctor Erik Selvig, then escaped with them as the base collapsed.
• Nick Fury arrived at the ruins and learned that the Cosmic Cube, Hawkeye, and Doctor Selvig were gone.