Recaps

Lu Qi completed a more stable, durable version of the Interworld Teleportation Magic and used it to reach the Trading Station from his hotel. After contacting Tony, he planned to establish a Trading Station in the Tiga World within the next few days, using the R'lyeh Ruins as its site.

• Lu Qi redesigned the Interworld Teleportation Magic using the framework he had learned from Hell Gate and completed a working double-door portal.
• Lu Qi passed through the portal to the Trading Station, checked that it was operating normally, and connected his phone to the Marvel World network.
• Lu Qi called Tony, who arranged to visit and asked Saturday to tell Megatron to bring the AllSpark.
• Galacta recognized that Lu Qi had finished his magic, and Lu Qi said he would soon have to return to work.
• Lu Qi told Galacta to notify the Tiga World's higher-ups that he would establish a Trading Station there within the next few days, likely in the R'lyeh Ruins.

Tony visited Lu Qi and Galacta in another world, where Lu Qi explained his plan to build a cross-world Trading Station and asked Tony for advice. Tony supported the idea and agreed to explore the world with Lu Qi before the station opened.

• Tony arrived at Lu Qi's portal and watched Lu Qi add a handle so he could open it.
• Lu Qi brought Tony through the portal, and Tony realized the hotel was in a different world with no internet.
• Lu Qi explained that he had modified The Ancient One's portal spell to establish a cross-world Trading Station for peaceful trade.
• Tony advised Lu Qi to set rules for participating worlds and use his strength to enforce them and prevent wars.
• Tony offered to help by exploring the world and buying technology when the Trading Station opened.

Lu Qi and Tony discussed Tiga World's peaceful society before Tony revealed that Wakanda had joined the Trading Station and was being nominated as a major council nation. He explained that Wakanda's emergence was connected to the missing AllSpark.

• Lu Qi described Tiga World's unified government and low crime rate, then offered to show Tony and Pepper around.
• Tony and Lu Qi discussed Tony's future wedding to Pepper and invited each other to attend.
• Tony told Lu Qi that a major event had shifted the global balance of power, though Galactus had not intervened because it was an internal Earth matter.
• Tony revealed that Wakanda was being nominated to become a major council nation and had joined the Trading Station.
• Tony said Wakanda's connection with them involved the missing AllSpark.

Zola investigated rumors that Wakanda possessed Vibranium and discovered that many Wakandans abroad appeared to be agents. He brought Erik Killmonger to New York to question him, leaving Erik freed from his restraints but face-to-face with his mysterious employer.

• Tony told Lu Qi that Zola had used the AllSpark to investigate Vibranium and trace its history to Wakanda.
• Zola noticed that Wakanda's supposed poverty did not match its royal family's wealth and found numerous Wakandans stationed abroad.
• Zola identified Erik Killmonger as an unusual Wakandan working as a mercenary and arranged for him to be brought to New York.
• Erik realized his new employer was interested in Wakanda, but mercenaries subdued him and took him to a quiet room.
• Zola introduced himself to Erik, cut his bonds, and confirmed that he had hired him.

Zola interrogated Erik about Wakanda and used what he knew about Erik’s past to offer him a path home. The chapter ended with Zola proposing to help Erik claim Wakanda’s throne in exchange for Vibranium.

• Erik denied knowing why Wakanda had deployed agents around the world, and warned Zola to stop investigating.
• Zola revealed that he knew Wakanda possessed Vibranium, and Erik’s reaction confirmed it.
• Zola showed records proving Erik had left Wakanda as a child and had never seen his homeland, then taunted him as a homeless stray dog.
• Erik attacked Zola, who pinned him down and showed him footage of T'Challa’s privileged life.
• Zola offered to help Erik return to Wakanda and claim the throne in exchange for Vibranium.

Zola persuaded Erik to work with Hydra by offering to help him challenge for Wakanda's throne, using a peace summit as their opportunity to reach King T'Chaka. After showing Erik evidence of his Hydra ties, Zola revealed footage of a mysterious figure who had helped bring Hydra down and warned that Erik would face him if he became king.

• Erik agreed to work with Zola after learning that his necklace could give him the right to challenge Wakanda's king and claim the throne.
• Zola proposed using an upcoming peace summit in China to get Erik in front of T'Chaka, and promised to arrange a fake identity for him.
• Zola revealed that he was Hydra and showed Erik footage of his drones fighting Falcon as proof.
• Erik mocked Zola for losing to Falcon, and Zola explained that signal interference and drone lag had hampered him.
• Zola showed footage of a mysterious figure blocking the Helicarriers' gunfire and carrying several of them away, then said Erik would learn about him after becoming Wakanda's king.

Erik Killmonger used a royal necklace to publicly invoke his right to challenge T'Chaka for Wakanda’s throne. T'Chaka accepted and took Erik to Wakanda, while Zola promised to spread the news and join him there.

• Captain America assigned Erik to guard the venue entrance, while Zola warned him not to challenge T'Chaka until he was alone.
• After the meeting, Zola arranged for a reporter to approach T'Chaka, giving Erik an opportunity to confront him.
• Erik showed T'Chaka the necklace and declared his challenge as a royal heir, prompting the reporter to press T'Chaka for an answer.
• T'Chaka stopped the guards from seizing Erik, acknowledged his right to challenge, and said the contest would take place in Wakanda.
• Erik agreed to go to Wakanda, and Zola said he would publicize the challenge and meet him there.

T'Chaka confronted Erik about his challenge for Wakanda's throne, admitted that he had killed Erik's father, N'Jobu, and accepted that Erik might kill him. He told T'Challa to reclaim the throne after his defeat and revealed that Zuri knew the truth about N'Jobu's death.

• T'Chaka refused to cancel Erik's challenge and questioned whether Erik was fit to rule Wakanda.
• Erik accused T'Chaka of stabbing N'Jobu to death, and T'Chaka admitted that he had killed his brother.
• T'Chaka brought Erik back to Wakanda, while Zola tracked their spacecraft from New York.
• T'Chaka told T'Challa to challenge Erik after T'Chaka's defeat and gave him a royal necklace.
• T'Chaka confessed to T'Challa that N'Jobu was not killed by Ulysses and asked T'Challa not to seek revenge.
• T'Chaka said Zuri could explain the past if T'Chaka died before telling Erik and T'Challa himself.

T'Challa and Shuri secretly arranged to protect T'Chaka during the King's Challenge, but Erik defeated him and brutally killed a second challenger. With the other warriors intimidated, T'Challa stepped forward to challenge Erik himself.

• T'Challa told Shuri their father had made up his mind about the challenge, and Shuri agreed to prepare a device that could save his life.
• At the challenge, Zuri removed T'Chaka's Black Panther power, and Erik began fighting him after being named the first challenger.
• When Erik knocked T'Chaka down, Shuri used her bracelet to knock him unconscious, and Zuri declared Erik the winner; Erik realized T'Challa and Shuri had interfered but kept quiet.
• Erik killed the Mining Tribe's muscular challenger with his short spears, frightening the crowd and discouraging anyone else from stepping forward.
• Despite Shuri's offer to use her bracelet if needed, T'Challa announced that he wished to challenge N'Jadaka.

Erik defeated T'Challa in the challenge to become king of Wakanda, but T'Challa's final words about Erik's father left him questioning what had really happened. Erik was named the new Black Panther and decided to complete his coronation before seeking the truth.

• T'Challa accepted Erik's challenge, and Erik taunted him while controlling the fight.
• Erik intensified his attacks, and T'Challa eventually gained a brief opening before Erik pinned him and forced him into a deadly struggle.
• When Shuri raised her arm to intervene, Erik released the spear and used a chokehold to shield himself with T'Challa.
• T'Challa told Erik that T'Chaka had killed Erik's father because he wanted to harm Wakandans, then passed out.
• Zuri declared Erik the winner and new Black Panther, and Erik chose to proceed with the coronation while wondering about T'Challa's claim.

After becoming king, Erik learned that Wakanda’s political structure required him to handle missions personally, while T'Chaka’s family planned how to prevent him from leading the country into war. The chapter ended with T'Chaka agreeing to confront Erik as T'Challa, Shuri, and Ramonda set out to seek the Ape Tribe’s help.

• The Border Tribe elder explained Wakanda’s military constraints and assigned Erik missions against threats near the country, so Erik chose to go alone in an aircraft.
• Okoye and W'Kabi discussed their distrust of Erik and said T'Chaka’s family was sheltered in Shuri’s laboratory.
• W'Kabi warned T'Chaka’s family that Erik might come after them, and T'Chaka explained his past conflict with N'Jobu and Erik’s likely plans for war.
• T'Challa proposed explaining the world’s current strength to Erik and seeking help from the Ape Tribe, while Shuri reported that Lu Qi had not responded.
• T'Chaka decided to stay behind to speak with Erik and sent T'Challa, Shuri, and Ramonda to find the Ape Tribe, telling T'Challa to keep his mother and sister safe there.

Erik massacred a convoy, arranged to trade Vibranium with Zola for Hydra agents, and went to Shuri's laboratory to confront T'Chaka. T'Chaka explained that N'Jobu had tried to shoot Zuri, leaving Erik shaken and determined to hear Zuri's account for himself.

• Erik ambushed and wiped out the convoy, then contacted Zola and agreed to trade one hundred kilograms of Vibranium for Hydra agents who would obey his orders.
• Erik went to Shuri's laboratory, where guards told him T'Chaka and the others were still inside and revealed that Lu Qi was Earth's master and Galacta's partner.
• Erik confronted T'Chaka about N'Jobu's death, but Shuri and the guards stopped him from attacking T'Chaka.
• T'Chaka said he had meant to bring N'Jobu and Erik back to Wakanda for trial, but killed N'Jobu after he tried to shoot Zuri.
• Erik recalled hearing a gunshot as a child and, shaken by T'Chaka's account, ran to find Zuri in the Heart-Shaped Herb cultivation garden.

Erik learned from Zuri and N'Jobu that his father had tried to kill Zuri and that T'Chaka had killed N'Jobu to protect Wakanda; after confronting the truth, Erik abandoned his plan to start a world war. He gave Zola thirty kilograms of Vibranium and ended their deal, but Zola secretly unleashed his prepared agents and used the metal to build himself a Vibranium shell.

• Erik questioned Zuri about N'Jobu's death, then entered the Ancestral Plane to ask his father what had happened.
• N'Jobu admitted that he had acted in anger and apologized to Erik, who returned from the Ancestral Plane in tears.
• Erik told Zuri that T'Chaka and the others no longer needed to be imprisoned, then decided against plunging Wakanda into war and resolved to cancel his deal with Zola.
• Erik met Zola and gave him thirty kilograms of Vibranium, refusing to provide the promised hundred kilograms or use Zola's operatives.
• After Erik left, Zola activated his agents and replaced his outer shell with the Vibranium from the case.

Erik was captured by Zola, who used his technology and stolen identity to impersonate the Wakandan king and enter Wakanda. After Zola headed to the council chamber, Okoye noticed something wrong inside the spacecraft.

• Zola's mechanical agents ambushed Erik, disabled his communications, and captured him before he could escape.
• Zola took Erik's wristband, transformed the spacecraft, and copied Erik's appearance and biometric identity.
• Zola imprisoned Erik inside the spacecraft and used the wristband to access Wakanda's database.
• Zola impersonated Erik during a call with Okoye and agreed to report to the Elder Council about taking thirty kilograms of Vibranium.
• Zola landed at Wakanda's palace, convinced Okoye that he was Erik, and left for the council chamber.
• Okoye noticed the spacecraft's interior looked wrong and slowly entered it.

Zola infiltrated Wakanda, seized control of its elders and transformed its ships into an attacking mechanical army. Okoye and Erik headed for Shuri's laboratory while T'Challa and M'Baku rallied the Ape Tribe and sought weapons to defend the city.

• Zola disguised himself as Erik, killed the guards in the council hall, and forced the elders to wear bracelets that kept them under his control.
• Okoye escaped Zola's attack, destroyed the giant robot holding Erik, and learned that Zola had entered Wakanda with the help of the living ship.
• Zola transformed arriving fighter craft into mechanical lifeforms, and their bombardment devastated Wakanda as he flew toward the hangar with the elders.
• Okoye blamed Erik for bringing Zola to Wakanda, then recruited him to reach Shuri's laboratory and stop the mechanical lifeforms.
• Zola used the elders' and king's authority to open the hangar and transformed Wakanda's ships into a mechanical army that attacked the city.
• T'Challa returned with M'Baku and the Ape Tribe, then led them toward the Border Tribe to obtain weapons before joining the battle.

Wakanda’s leaders and warriors fought back against Zola’s Machine Legion as Erik and T’Challa helped turn the tide on the city’s battlefields. Just as the robots withdrew, Shuri warned that they had regrouped and were flying toward T’Challa’s forces.

• Shuri activated Wakanda’s Vibranium safe houses while Erik urged the leaders to seek outside help and went to fight the robots.
• T’Chaka prepared to take the Heart-Shaped Herb, but Zuri arrived with herbs rescued from the plantation; meanwhile, T’Challa rallied the Ape and Border Tribe warriors and led them toward the city.
• Erik drew fire from the Machine Legion and became trapped beneath a collapsed building as Wakandan warriors tried to hold back the robots.
• T’Challa’s Rhino Cavalry and Ape Tribe reinforcements destroyed dozens of robots, rescued Erik, and drove the remaining machines into the sky.
• Shuri reported that the robots had withdrawn from the battlefields, then warned T’Challa that they had regrouped and were flying toward his forces.

Shuri escaped Zola’s attempt to capture her and went through a portal to seek help from the Defenders, while Zola’s forces devastated Wakanda City. The reinforcements arrived and engaged the attacking fighters as Tony prepared to hunt down Zola at the Vibranium warehouse.

• Zola took control of Shuri’s laboratory and tried to persuade her to become a mechanical life-form, but Shuri recognized that he had stolen the treasure that restored his ability to perceive the world from Lu Qi.
• Shuri used the portal beneath the Vibranium mine to seek help from the Defenders, while Zola sent fighters after her and attacked Wakanda City.
• T’Challa, Erik, M’Baku, and W’Kabi survived Zola’s bombardment by sheltering under Vibranium armor, but the attack killed many Wakandan warriors.
• Ultron’s Legion arrived and fought Zola’s fighters in the sky above Wakanda City, giving the survivors hope of rescue.
• Tony learned from Shuri that Zola was likely at the Vibranium storage warehouse, then set out with Captain America, Hawkeye, Natasha, Scarlet Witch, Hulk, Quicksilver, Bucky, and the armor squad.

Zola stole vibranium from Wakanda and escaped Tony's pursuit by combining his spacecraft into a giant robot, but Megatron and his mechanical giants stopped him in space and reclaimed the AllSpark. After hearing the story, Lu Qi decided to return to Marvel and check for urgent matters.

• Zola took Wakanda's vibranium, but Tony, Quicksilver, Hulk, Banner, Scarlet Witch, and the Armor Squad attacked; Shuri trapped Zola's fleet behind the barrier.
• Zola combined his spacecraft into a giant robot, disrupted Ultron's experiment, broke through the barrier, and fled toward space as Tony pursued him.
• Ultron contacted Megatron, who arrived through a portal with mechanical giants; they surrounded Zola and destroyed him after he tried to use the AllSpark on their ships.
• Megatron recovered the AllSpark and established a camp on the moon, while Tony chose not to challenge him for it.
• Lu Qi heard Tony's account, decided to return to Marvel, and Galacta offered to check them out of their room.

Lu Qi, Tony, and Megatron discovered the Inhumans’ hidden city on the moon and met its rulers after Starship Giants frightened them by poking their shield. The Inhumans asked Lu Qi to protect their home, and he ordered the giants to stop touching it.

• Megatron returned the AllSpark to Lu Qi after rescuing it from Zola, and Tony said he no longer needed it for his research.
• Megatron reported that he had destroyed the slaver fleets invading Alfheim and converted their starships into Starship Giants stationed on the moon.
• Megatron showed Lu Qi and Tony a concealed lunar city inhabited by Inhumans, and Lu Qi explained their origins and powers.
• Black Bolt, Medusa, and other Inhumans teleported to Lu Qi and asked him to spare their city as its shield neared its limit.
• Megatron confirmed that the Starship Giants had only been patting the shield, and Lu Qi ordered them to stop.

Lu Qi arranged a formal meeting with the Inhumans and explained their history and abilities to Tony, who began planning armor to counter Black Bolt. After expanding the Trading Station’s plans for cross-world trade, the chapter left Black Bolt’s court preparing to meet Lu Qi while Maximus refused to help the Inhumans abandon their ordinary people.

• Lu Qi agreed to meet the Inhumans the next day, then explained their Kree origins, social hierarchy, and Black Bolt’s destructive powers to Tony.
• Tony considered using Vibranium to counter Black Bolt and learned that Black Bolt’s powerless younger brother, Maximus, had become a scientist despite the Inhumans’ prejudice against technology.
• Tony left to handle the Defenders’ growing responsibilities, and Lu Qi told the Trading Station’s representatives about trade with Tiga World and an upcoming expansion.
• Black Bolt agreed to meet Lu Qi, while an Inhuman proposed secretly relocating the superpowered upper class.
• Maximus angrily rejected abandoning ordinary Inhumans and refused to provide technology for another relocation, so Medusa reaffirmed that they would meet Lu Qi the next day.

Lu Qi visited Kamar-Taj and was drawn into a debate between The Ancient One and Stephen over whether to reveal Kamar-Taj to the world, while its mages struggled to handle a growing number of dimensional threats. Meanwhile, a hidden pawn planted by Zola secretly copied spellbook knowledge and awaited further instructions.

• Lu Qi collected weapons from Mordo’s factory and learned that machines built by Tony had greatly increased production.
• The Ancient One and Stephen argued over whether Kamar-Taj should openly inform other countries of its existence, and Lu Qi advised them to wait for a better solution.
• The Ancient One explained that dimensional demon gods had flooded toward Earth after Dormammu’s defeat, forcing Kamar-Taj to recruit more mages.
• Lu Qi joked that The Ancient One should help Wong in the library, but she refused.
• A man borrowing spellbooks repeatedly returned to his room, translated their contents into code, and emailed them to Lord Zola while worrying that his money would run out.
• The man studied a spellbook after Wong’s scrutiny made frequent borrowing risky, unaware that Lu Qi and The Ancient One had no idea he was Zola’s hidden pawn.

Lu Qi expanded the Trading Station and met with Black Bolt and the Inhumans to settle their presence on the moon. Black Bolt proposed that the Inhumans submit to Lu Qi and let New Attilan serve as his fleet’s base, leaving Lu Qi to consider the offer.

• Lu Qi infused the Trading Station with Dark Energy, expanding it and adding ten buildings for future members.
• Black Bolt and the Inhumans arrived at the Trading Station through Lockjaw’s teleportation and met with Lu Qi.
• Black Bolt had Medusa explain that the Inhumans considered humans their fellow race and had moved to the moon after humans persecuted them.
• Lu Qi explained that he needed the moon as a base for his growing fleet and asked the Inhumans for a solution.
• Black Bolt proposed that Lu Qi use New Attilan as his fleet’s base and suggested that the Inhumans submit to him so they could remain on the moon.

Black Bolt and Medusa persuaded Lu Qi to protect the Inhumans by offering their technology and help building a lunar transfer station. Lu Qi agreed, then proposed turning the Moon so New Attilan would face Earth, while Maximus was tasked with organizing the Inhumans’ construction technology for him.

• Black Bolt offered the Inhumans’ submission to Lu Qi, and Medusa proposed helping humanity establish and manage a lunar transfer station in exchange for his protection.
• Lu Qi accepted the arrangement and said he would turn the Moon so New Attilan faced Earth, allowing the Inhumans to use it as the transfer station.
• Black Bolt told Lu Qi that the Inhumans would relocate and prepare for the Moon’s rotation within the next few days, before leaving with Medusa and the others.
• Black Bolt gathered the Inhuman leaders and explained the agreement; they accepted it and began preparing for the Moon’s rotation.
• Black Bolt kept Maximus behind and asked him to organize the Inhumans’ construction technology for Lu Qi, and Maximus agreed.

Lu Qi opened a portal between the Marvel World and the Tiga World, raised the R'lyeh Ruins above the sea, and welcomed Director Sawai and his delegation to begin trade. Sawai then asked Lu Qi for help preparing humanity to face threats that Tiga could not handle alone, including intelligent monsters detected beyond the Solar System.

• Lu Qi opened a portal at the R'lyeh Ruins, raised the island above the sea with Dark Energy, and summoned Director Sawai's group.
• Sawai and the Victory Team arrived, chose a site for the portal, and sent Sawai's delegation through to the Marvel World with technology for trade.
• Daigo sensed something stirring in the R'lyeh Ruins while Megumi Iruma and the other Victory Team members remained behind to investigate.
• Lu Qi showed Sawai's delegation around the Marvel World, where its technology and products impressed them.
• Sawai told Lu Qi that two monsters had appeared in separate locations, exhausting Tiga when he teleported between them.
• Sawai showed Lu Qi photographs of intelligent monsters in space and asked for help strengthening humanity against possible invasions.

Lu Qi explained to Sawai how Tiga World could grow stronger through technology and trade, then revealed that the Kree had created the Inhumans, who now lived on the moon. He announced a moon-landing competition, offering the Inhumans’ space base construction technology to the first five factions or countries to reach their city.

• Lu Qi told Sawai that Tiga World should focus on technology and seek useful civilian technologies and possible deals with the Dwarves and Asgard.
• Sawai led Tiga World’s representatives in trading and gathering information at the Trading Station, earning their faction greater standing.
• Lu Qi told the gathered representatives that the Kree had visited Earth millions of years ago and altered some humans, creating the Inhumans.
• Lu Qi revealed that the Inhumans lived in a city on the moon and had submitted to him in exchange for protection.
• Lu Qi announced a moon-landing competition, promising the Inhumans’ space base construction technology to the first five factions or countries to reach their city.