Chapter Summaries

Peter Parker told Ke Chen that a strange spider bite had given him powers, and Ke Chen promised to find someone to train him. The next day, Ke Chen visited Gwen at Empire State University and told her Peter wanted to meet her.

• Peter showed Ke Chen that he could stick to walls and described being bitten by a strange spider and developing new abilities.
• Ke Chen told Peter to focus on school and promised to find someone to teach him how to become Spider-Man.
• Ke Chen helped May with dinner, then went to Empire State University the next day to see Gwen.
• Ke Chen sat beside Gwen, chatted with her, and told her that Peter wanted to meet her.

Ke Chen arranged for Gwen to meet Peter Parker, who had recently gained spider abilities and wanted her to teach him to become Spider-Man. After buying Peter a classic Spider-Man costume, Ke Chen brought him to meet Gwen, who was stunned to discover how young he was.

• Gwen asked Ke Chen why Peter Parker wanted to meet her, and Ke Chen explained that Peter had just gained Spider-Man's abilities and wanted her help.
• Ke Chen picked Peter up after school and took him to a superhero merchandise shop, where Peter chose a classic red-and-blue Spider-Man suit.
• The old shopkeeper told Peter the suit suited him, and Ke Chen bought it before taking Peter to a rooftop to change.
• Gwen swung to the rooftop and sensed Peter's spider abilities, but she initially failed to notice him beside Ke Chen.
• Ke Chen pointed out Peter in his cartoonish costume, and Gwen greeted him awkwardly after he excitedly asked her for an autograph.

Gwen began Peter Parker’s Spider-Man lessons by assigning him math and physics, while Ke Chen backed her up. Later, Ke Chen learned that Peter had jumped out of a window and broken his leg, leaving him dealing with May’s anger and planning to introduce Peter to Tony.

• Peter asked Gwen to teach him to become a better Spider-Man, and she gave him geometry and linear algebra textbooks to study.
• Gwen told Peter that he would also need to master physics before she would teach him practical skills, and Ke Chen encouraged him to study.
• Ke Chen took Peter home, where May scolded Peter for buying a Spider-Man costume and sent him to his room.
• While Ke Chen was out with Tony, May called to tell him that Peter had jumped out of a window and broken his leg.
• Ke Chen protested that he had told Peter to study, then told Tony about the accident and suggested bringing Peter over to meet him as his godfather.

Kaecilius attacked Kamar-Taj and fled to London, but the Ancient One stopped Jean from pursuing him and hinted at changes to the future. Meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D. was exposed and dismantled, and Captain Carter arrived to ask Ke Chen for help with a promise he had made to Peggy Carter.

• Kaecilius attacked Kamar-Taj’s library, killed the librarian, and stole forbidden pages on dark magic.
• Jean asked the Ancient One to let her hunt Kaecilius, but the Ancient One told her to wait and warned that those who toyed with time would be toyed with by time.
• Natasha Romanoff released S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra files, leading to S.H.I.E.L.D.’s disbandment and Hydra’s exposure in the United States.
• Nick Fury lost S.H.I.E.L.D.’s assets, including the ships built for the Insight Project, and was left with only a Helicarrier.
• Captain Carter returned to Ke Chen with Sharon Carter and asked him to help fulfill a promise he had made to the elderly Peggy Carter.

Ke Chen agreed to take in Sharon Carter after S.H.I.E.L.D. fell, then picked up Peter Parker to bring him to Stark Tower for New Year's Eve. The chapter ended with Bumblebee arriving at the newly built tower.

• Captain Carter asked Ke Chen to let Sharon Carter join his organization, and Sharon pledged her loyalty.
• Ke Chen accepted Sharon and said he would take her where she needed to go after the New Year.
• Ke Chen left Captain Carter and Sharon at his house and drove to May's home to pick up Peter Parker.
• May chose to spend New Year's Eve at home, while Ke Chen promised to have Peter brought back safely.
• Peter told Ke Chen he had finished studying Gwen's lessons and joined him in Bumblebee.
• Bumblebee drove into the grounds of Stark Tower, where Ke Chen and Peter were headed for the New Year's Eve party.

Ke Chen brought Peter Parker to Stark Industries, where Peter met Pepper Potts and Tony Stark. After Ke Chen revealed that Peter was Spider-Man, Tony learned that the hero was a child, though Peter was still too young to fight crime.

• Ke Chen and Peter arrived at Stark Industries, and Pepper greeted them before Peter called her Aunt Pepper.
• Peter teased Ke Chen about his relationship with Pepper, and Ke Chen told him there was nothing going on between them.
• Ke Chen introduced Peter to Tony and urged him to call Tony Godfather, but Peter called him Uncle Tony instead.
• Tony offered to give Peter anything he wanted, and Peter asked for his autograph.
• Ke Chen revealed that Peter was Spider-Man, and Tony was surprised that Spider-Man was a child and clarified that Ghost-Spider was someone else.

Ke Chen introduced Peter Parker’s powers to Tony Stark, who offered to make Peter a suit when he grew up and showed off his Iron Man Armors. Tony then argued that robots and artificial intelligence could protect the world, while Ke Chen declined to join his plans and warned that giving robots life was safer than relying on AI.

• Peter Parker proved his powers to Tony by crawling across the ceiling, and Tony asked to study him before Ke Chen stopped him.
• Tony offered to give Peter a suit when he grew up, and Peter eagerly accepted the promise.
• Tony showed Ke Chen and Peter more than a dozen Iron Man Armors and said steel could protect the world.
• Tony proposed creating a stronger system to manage an Iron Legion, but Ke Chen refused to get involved and mentioned his own organization and ability to give robots life.
• Tony rejected Ke Chen’s idea, insisting that robots with thoughts of their own could not be trusted and that pure artificial intelligence was preferable.

Ke Chen took Peter Parker home from the Stark Industries party, then drove Maria Hill home and tried to persuade her that she would have made a better S.H.I.E.L.D. director than Nick Fury. He left her at her apartment after she declined his invitation upstairs.

• Ke Chen sent Peter Parker home in Bumblebee and returned to the party with Pepper Potts.
• After the New Year celebration, Ke Chen met Maria Hill outside and learned she was looking for work after S.H.I.E.L.D. fell.
• Maria Hill got into Bumblebee, explaining that her car had been taken away, and Ke Chen drove her home.
• Ke Chen praised Maria Hill as more capable than Nick Fury and suggested she could have prevented S.H.I.E.L.D.'s losses, planting doubts in her mind.
• Maria Hill asked about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s remaining assets, and Ke Chen denied knowing who had taken them.
• Ke Chen invited Maria Hill upstairs for a drink, but she declined, so he said good night and left.

Maria Hill grew displeased with Nick Fury and hung up on him, while Ke Chen took Sharon Carter to the Black Widows and made her one of them. The chapter ended with Sharon aboard the Helicarrier, impressed by the organization’s atmosphere but unaware of its full strength.

• Maria Hill rebuffed Nick Fury’s questions about Ke Chen and ended their call, leaving him stunned.
• Ke Chen returned home, spent the night with Lorna, and greeted Sharon Carter the next morning.
• Ke Chen took Sharon and Captain Carter aboard a cloaked Quinjet and told Sharon she must leave S.H.I.E.L.D. behind to become a Black Widow.
• Sharon Carter agreed to join the Black Widows and accepted a Black Widow outfit from Yelena.
• Yelena welcomed Sharon aboard the Helicarrier and explained that the Black Widows operated underground.

Skye touched the 084 obelisk and began awakening her Inhuman powers, unleashing violent shockwaves aboard the aircraft. Ke Chen arrived and carried her away while the Black Widows returned to base with the obelisk.

• Skye found the 084 obelisk in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s supplies and touched it, triggering her Inhuman evolution.
• Skye's newly awakened power shook the Vibranium aircraft and blasted away the Black Widows who tried to help her.
• Melina alerted Ke Chen, who teleported to the aircraft after explaining to Captain Carter that Skye was his sister.
• Ke Chen warned the Black Widows not to touch the obelisk, then carried Skye away as her shockwaves left him unharmed.
• The aircraft stabilized after Ke Chen left, and the Black Widows flew back to the Helicarrier with the obelisk.

After gaining shockwave abilities from the Obelisk, Skye went with Ke Chen to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters to learn to control her powers. Professor X agreed to train her despite sensing she was not a Mutant.

• Skye adapted to her new shockwave powers, and she and Ke Chen tested them over the sea, where she caused a tsunami.
• Ke Chen proposed that Skye train at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, and she agreed to ask Melina for leave.
• Ke Chen explained the Obelisk's danger to Melina and received her approval to take Skye to the school.
• Ke Chen brought Skye to Professor X, who sensed her powerful, uncontrolled abilities and agreed to teach her.

After Skye enrolled at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, Ke Chen learned more about her powerful abilities and left her in Clarice's company. Maria Hill later warned him that the Extremis group was behind the attack on Tony Stark, but Ke Chen told her to trust Tony to handle it.

• Skye enrolled at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, where Storm and the others tested her abilities and Professor X discovered she had a Psychic Shield.
• Professor X called Skye special, and Ke Chen left the school, confident that Clarice would keep her company.
• Tony Stark survived an attack at home because of his Iron Man Armor, while Stark Industries fell into chaos.
• Maria Hill visited Ke Chen and told him that impostors posing as the Ten Rings had attacked Tony on behalf of people researching the Extremis Virus.
• Ke Chen told Maria Hill that Tony could handle the threat himself, and she left with her concerns unresolved.

Before Ke Chen’s birthday, Tony Stark underwent surgery to remove the shrapnel in his chest and survived, while Ke Chen celebrated at the Hellfire Club. Ancient One appeared at the party and hinted that Jean Grey needed stimulation to fully control the Phoenix Force.

• Tony Stark decided to risk surgery to remove the shrapnel, and Ke Chen promised he could save him if anything went wrong.
• Doctor Strange successfully operated on Tony, who recovered and joked that he had a tough life, though he could not attend Ke Chen’s birthday.
• Ke Chen celebrated his birthday at the Hellfire Club, where Maria Hill saw his influence and status firsthand.
• Ancient One arrived to congratulate Ke Chen and said Jean Grey was close to controlling the Phoenix Force but needed a little stimulation.
• Ke Chen asked what kind of stimulation Jean Grey needed, but Ancient One declined to explain and pointed first at Ke Chen, then at herself.

Ke Chen received Silver Age Superman’s abilities after his birthday celebration with Maria Hill. Ancient One pursued her plan to make Jean Grey the White Phoenix and told Kaecilius that Jean Grey could fulfill his wish, leaving him furious that she had not said so earlier.

• Ancient One wished Ke Chen a happy birthday and left through a portal, then Ke Chen carried Maria Hill inside after she approached him.
• Ke Chen checked in and received all of Silver Age Superman’s abilities from a super gift pack.
• Ancient One reflected that only one path could make Jean Grey the White Phoenix and traveled to London to find Kaecilius.
• Ancient One told Kaecilius that only Jean Grey could fulfill his wish and that Dormammu was using him.
• Kaecilius demanded to know why Ancient One had waited until now to tell him.

Kaecilius stabbed the Ancient One, who used the attack to arrange her own death. Ke Chen reversed her wound’s recovery while Jean tried to save her, leaving the Ancient One’s fate unresolved.

• Kaecilius attacked the Ancient One and stabbed her in the back as she fled through a portal.
• Jean Grey saw the Ancient One collapse at Kamar-Taj and tried to heal her, but dark energy blocked the Phoenix Force.
• The Ancient One told Jean she could not be saved, and Jean left to find Ke Chen.
• Kaecilius decided to destroy the Three Sanctums so Dormammu could enter the mortal world.
• Jean brought Ke Chen to the wounded Ancient One, and he used Time Reversal to restore her to the moment when her wound was at its worst.

Ancient One passed the mantle of Kamar-Taj to Jean Grey before her soul departed, warning Ke Chen that an enemy was plotting to seize Eternity’s power. Ke Chen began to suspect the threat was a time traveler, while Jean inherited the burden of protecting Earth.

• Ancient One told Jean Grey that her mission was complete and named her the next Ancient One, explaining that Jean no longer needed the Vishanti Trinity’s recognition.
• Ancient One urged Jean to learn to control the Phoenix Force, and Jean promised to settle everything before Ancient One peacefully left her body.
• Ancient One’s soul warned Ke Chen that the true danger was neither Thanos nor the Infinity Stones, but someone seeking Eternity’s power who existed throughout time.
• Ancient One said only Jean and the Phoenix could deal with the enemy, then vanished after telling Jean to protect Earth.
• Ke Chen kept Ancient One’s warning secret from Jean and suspected the enemy was a time traveler when her description brought a name to mind.

After Ancient One left her body and entered Eternity, Jean Grey took up the mantle of Ancient One and went with Ke Chen to confront Kaecilius. They found him performing a ritual after destroying the New York Sanctum, and Jean Grey threatened to destroy his soul.

• Ancient One's soul entered Eternity while Dormammu welcomed her death as the start of his rule over the Dark World.
• Jean Grey calmed the sorcerers of Kamar-Taj, announced that Ancient One had gone to Eternity, and accepted her appointment as the new Ancient One.
• Jean Grey told Wong to arrange Ancient One's funeral and said she would deal with Kaecilius.
• Jean Grey and Ke Chen traveled to New York, where they found Kaecilius performing a ritual after destroying the New York Sanctum and defeating Mystique, Storm, Cyclops, and the others.
• Jean Grey confronted Kaecilius and threatened to destroy his soul so he could never see his wife again.

Kaecilius opened a passage for Dormammu’s Dark Dimension to consume New York, but Jean Grey defeated Kaecilius and restored the city. Jean and Ke Chen then flew to confront Dormammu, while the X-Men and Professor X watched her grow more distant from them.

• Kaecilius announced that Dormammu would descend as the Dark Dimension began consuming the New York Sanctum and surrounding buildings.
• Dormammu tried to pull Kaecilius into the Dark Dimension, but Jean Grey restrained him with the Phoenix Force.
• Jean tore Kaecilius apart, destroyed his head, and let a Phoenix consume his escaping soul.
• Jean used her power over time to restore the New York Sanctum and the surrounding area, undoing Dormammu’s destruction.
• Jean and Ke Chen flew toward Dormammu, while the X-Men feared for her and Professor X sensed her drifting farther from the Mutants.

Ke Chen and Jean Grey entered the Dark Dimension to confront Dormammu, and Ke Chen challenged the ruler to test his strength. Ke Chen withstood Dormammu’s attacks and remained unharmed as their battle continued.

• Ke Chen and Jean Grey arrived in the Dark Dimension, where Dormammu appeared and asked who they were.
• Ke Chen told Dormammu they had come to negotiate, then said he intended to borrow Dormammu’s life.
• Dormammu attacked Ke Chen, who grew to Dormammu’s size, hurled a dead star at him, and struck him with a powerful blow.
• Dormammu teleported away and bombarded Ke Chen with Black Magic, but Ke Chen’s body shattered the attacks without injury.
• Jean Grey watched tensely while other spectators observed the fight from afar.

Ke Chen sacrificed himself to provoke Jean Grey, who mastered the Phoenix Force and became the White Phoenix. She attacked Dormammu in the Dark Dimension, where the two unleashed seemingly limitless power against each other.

• Clea watched Ke Chen battle Dormammu and silently placed her hopes in him.
• Ke Chen pretended to weaken, then charged into Dormammu’s flames and appeared to vanish, making Jean Grey believe he had died.
• Jean Grey rejected the Phoenix Force’s control and resolved to master it so she could bring Ke Chen back.
• Jean Grey became the White Phoenix and used her power to crush Dormammu’s attack.
• Jean Grey unleashed the Phoenix Force across the Dark Dimension as Dormammu drew on its endless dark energy, and their battle continued.