Recaps

Lu Qi questioned Sylvie about the Time Variance Authority and its claim to protect a single Sacred Timeline, then waited for its agents to appear. When they arrived to arrest Sylvie, Lu Qi refused to hand her over and summoned an army of Shadow Ninjas, leaving a fight about to begin.

• Sylvie told Lu Qi that the Time Variance Authority maintained the Sacred Timeline and pruned branches, but Lu Qi and The Ancient One questioned her account.
• Lu Qi had Loki knocked unconscious, and Loki’s hand revealed a mechanical arm beneath its illusion.
• Thor took Loki back through a portal and brought the Tesseract with him.
• Time Variance Authority agents arrived and tried to collar Sylvie, but Lu Qi’s Night Bats pulled her away.
• Lu Qi summoned over ten thousand Shadow Ninjas and prepared to fight the Time Variance Authority agents.

Lu Qi and the Shadow Army defeated a Time Variance Authority team and learned that the agency used time technology to prune timelines. When more TVA agents arrived, Lu Qi captured them and questioned Mobius and a Parallel World Loki about the organization, its Time-Keepers, and its power.

• Lu Qi sent the Shadow Army against B-15 and her companions, and The Ancient One explained that their devices manipulated their own timestamps.
• The Shadow Army captured B-15, and The Ancient One discovered that the TVA used Time Bombs to sever branches from the main timeline.
• Lu Qi questioned B-15 about the TVA, then captured a new group of agents who arrived through portals, including a Parallel World Loki.
• Lu Qi knocked Loki unconscious, woke him with cola, and sent him to eat barbecue after he agreed to show respect.
• Lu Qi questioned Mobius about the Time-Keepers, and Loki offered information about the TVA and its treatment of him.
• Loki said the TVA treated Infinity Stones like ordinary stones, and The Ancient One explained that the stones needed the Material World to retain their power.

Lu Qi and The Ancient One led Sylvie, Loki, and Tony into the Time Variance Authority after resetting the timeline so the Avengers would forget about it. As the Shadow Legion overwhelmed the Authority, Lu Qi learned more about its origins and invited Sylvie to stay in his world and meet Odin.

• Sylvie revealed that she was also Loki and asked to join Lu Qi and The Ancient One against the Time Variance Authority.
• The Ancient One warned that the Avengers would turn against Lu Qi in a bad future, so Lu Qi had B-15 reset the timeline while Tony accompanied him through the portal.
• Lu Qi arrived at the Time Variance Authority with Tony and the others, then summoned the Shadow Legion to incapacitate its employees.
• Sylvie explained that the Time-Keepers had abducted and brainwashed the Authority's workers, and she said she wanted to recover her lost memories of home.
• Lu Qi invited Sylvie to stay in his world and offered to take her to Asgard to meet Odin.

Lu Qi and his companions fought their way into the Time-Keepers’ chambers, where they discovered that the supposed Time-Keepers were robots. After learning that the real figures could be reached through the Time Graveyard, Lu Qi prepared to use a Pruning Shears device and devised a way to check his future through Tony and The Ancient One.

• Lu Qi summoned Shadow Ninjas to attack Ravonna and the TVA guards, then had the ninjas pin Ravonna with their blades.
• Mobius used Ravonna’s time technology to heal her, and Lu Qi’s group rode the elevator to the upper chamber.
• Ravonna revealed that the figures above were the Time-Keepers, and Lu Qi discovered they were mechanical stand-ins.
• A robot told Lu Qi to use the Pruning Shears to reach the Time Graveyard and defeat its guardian to reach the end of time.
• The Ancient One said she had seen Tony return from the journey but could no longer observe Lu Qi’s future, so Lu Qi planned to use Tony’s notes as a way to check his condition.

Lu Qi tested the Pruning Shears and entered the Time Graveyard, where he found Tony and Sylvie and tried to locate the others. Loki encountered several other Lokis, but a sudden energy wave summoned away the Shadow Ninjas he hoped would lead him to Lu Qi, leaving the group fleeing Alioth.

• Lu Qi pruned Mobius, Ravonna, the Ninja Soldiers, and himself, then arrived in the Time Graveyard with The Ancient One.
• Lu Qi found Tony and Sylvie, searched for the missing Ninja Soldiers, and unleashed a Darkness Wave.
• Loki met several other Lokis, learned that the child Loki had killed Thor, and watched the older Loki conjure an Asgardian castle to lure Alioth.
• Loki tried to bring the Shadow Ninjas to the Lokis, but an energy wave made them vanish before they could guide him to Lu Qi.
• Alioth destroyed the castle illusion, and Loki ran after the other Lokis as they fled.

Lu Qi and the others defeated Alioth, entered the castle, and confronted He Who Remains. Lu Qi challenged He Who Remains’s belief in a single Sacred Timeline, leaving him shocked and questioning what he knew.

• Lu Qi appeared as Alioth chased the five Lokis, restrained the creature with Dark Energy, and compressed it into a crystal sphere.
• The Ancient One revealed a gateway hidden in a rune, and the group followed it to an island beside a lone timeline.
• The Ancient One dismantled the castle with magic and found He Who Remains, who said he could foresee what everyone except Lu Qi and The Ancient One would say.
• He Who Remains explained that he had founded the Time Variance Authority after winning the Timeline War and captured Sylvie and the others to prevent the Sacred Timeline from branching.
• Sylvie attacked He Who Remains, but Lu Qi stopped her long enough to ask why he had summoned them.
• Lu Qi explained that each universe had its own timeline and that timelines could influence one another, leaving He Who Remains shocked and doubtful.

Lu Qi and the Ancient One destroyed the TVA after He Who Remains reappeared, then sent the Lokis and Sylvie through portals to their respective destinations. Back in the present, Tony declined to join the Avengers, leaving Lu Qi wondering whether the team could function with only three members as Sylvie began studying magic at Kamar-Taj.

• Lu Qi persuaded Sylvie to leave with him, and the group returned to the TVA, where He Who Remains had taken over again.
• Lu Qi bound and destroyed He Who Remains while the Lokis took time tablets back to their worlds and Tony collected TVA equipment.
• The Ancient One sent Tony and Sylvie through a portal, then left with Lu Qi as the accumulated energy consumed the TVA.
• Lu Qi reunited with Tony at a barbecue gathering and decided the future Avengers should return and wait for news.
• Tony told Lu Qi he would not join the Avengers, and Lu Qi considered bringing Tony's parents to the present to prevent future conflict.
• The Ancient One sent Banner to reunite with the future group while Sylvie explored Kamar-Taj's library and the Ancient One searched for future Stephen.

Lu Qi helped Banner find a place to stay at Stark Tower and reassured Tony about the risks of giving the newly awakened armors independent minds. He then visited the Ancient One, who warned him against tampering with time, before he went to find Sylvie in the library.

• Lu Qi returned Thor and his brother to Asgard, then let Banner take over from Hulk; Tony invited Banner to stay at Stark Tower despite Banner's concerns about Ross.
• Tony worried that the AllSpark could awaken dangerous machine lifeforms, and Lu Qi encouraged him to study the cube and find a way to control it.
• Tony resumed researching the AllSpark while Lu Qi left Stark Tower and went to Kamar-Taj.
• Lu Qi discussed time equipment with the Ancient One, who warned him that time would resist any tampering; he explained he wanted to help a couple witness their child's wedding decades later.
• The Ancient One said Sylvie was in the library, and Lu Qi headed there after receiving a message that she hoped he would not drag Earth into the Dark Dimension.

Lu Qi helped Sylvie meet Odin and Frigga after she was taken from her timeline by the Time Variance Authority. Frigga welcomed Sylvie as her daughter and prepared to tell Thor he had a little sister.

• Lu Qi found Sylvie struggling to study ancient Chinese spellbooks and learned that The Ancient One had made her a personal disciple.
• Sylvie asked to meet her mother, so Lu Qi contacted Odin and arranged a private meeting with him and Frigga.
• Odin told Lu Qi he had destroyed Thanos's flagship and recovered Loki's hand, and Lu Qi confirmed that Sylvie was waiting to meet them.
• Lu Qi brought Sylvie to Odin and Frigga, where she introduced herself as Sylvie and also said they could call her Loki.
• After Lu Qi explained the Time Variance Authority, Frigga took Sylvie's hand, invited her to live with them, and called Thor to ask if he wanted a little sister.

Thor and Loki met Sylvie, Loki from a parallel world, and gradually welcomed her into the family. Lu Qi then encouraged Odin to set aside his stern image and talk more openly with his family, leaving Odin preparing to change and practice smiling.

• Thor and Loki rushed to Frigga after she announced that their new little sister had arrived, and they met Sylvie.
• Frigga revealed that Sylvie was Loki from a parallel world, and Thor eagerly began talking with her.
• Loki mistook Sylvie for a replacement and grew suspicious, then learned who she was and apologized to Lu Qi to protect his embarrassing photos.
• Sylvie noticed Loki sulking and brought him into the conversation, while Odin felt out of place among the four.
• Lu Qi urged Odin to dress casually, smile, and communicate openly with his family, then offered to help him get ready.

Lu Qi helped Odin change into sleepwear and practice smiling before reuniting him with Thor, Loki, Frigga, and Sylvie. The family planned a banquet to welcome Sylvie and celebrate their recent victories, while Frigga revealed that Lu Qi had changed Asgard’s future and showed him her formidable power.

• Lu Qi dressed Odin in sleepwear, encouraged him to smile, and took a photograph of him.
• Odin joined Thor, Loki, Frigga, Sylvie, and Lu Qi, then discussed preparing Asgard’s defenses against threats like the Time Variance Authority.
• Frigga announced that Sylvie would be welcomed as a princess, and Odin planned a grand banquet celebrating Thor, Loki, and Sylvie.
• Lu Qi offered the Shadow Legion to help prepare the banquet and planned to bring Tony to assist with Asgard’s defenses and receive medical care.
• Frigga told Lu Qi that she could no longer see the future after his arrival, then revealed a vast power that made Lu Qi question whether she could defeat the Dark Elves’ Cursed Warrior.

After a sleepless night handling matters with Frigga, Lu Qi spent the day luxuriating in bed before visiting S.H.I.E.L.D. to restore Bus. He learned that Tony had made a breakthrough studying the AllSpark and invited him to an Aesir banquet where Lu Qi would be formally named prince consort.

• Lu Qi slept in, ordered Ninja Soldiers to buy computers and write novels, and had JARVIS purchase his apartment building for future work and gaming spaces.
• Lu Qi traveled to S.H.I.E.L.D. in a reclining chair carried by Ninja Soldiers and met Coulson and Tony in a secret hangar beside the damaged Bus.
• Tony told Lu Qi that S.H.I.E.L.D. had hired him to upgrade Bus’s weapons in exchange for shares in Stark’s company, and Lu Qi offered him work improving the Aesir’s defenses in return for having his shrapnel removed.
• Tony explained that the AllSpark repaired machinery and granted it transformation abilities before bringing it to life, making it possible to create lifeless transforming machines by interrupting its energy output.
• Lu Qi invited Tony and Pepper to the Aesir banquet the next day, where Odin would formally make Lu Qi the Aesir’s prince consort.
• Lu Qi told Coulson to clear the hangar, then watched Bus transform into a miniature, heavily armed spaceship as he prepared to restore him.

Lu Qi enlarged Bus and told Fury about Thanos and the Tesseract as S.H.I.E.L.D. faced pressure from the World Security Council. Tony left shaken by the magic, while Fury went to brief the Council and Pierce considered recruiting Lu Qi.

• Lu Qi used Dark Energy to enlarge Bus, and Tony became unsettled by watching it grow before leaving for Stark Tower after Saturday detected severe stress and an elevated heart rate.
• Fury told Lu Qi that the World Security Council demanded explanations for the Tesseract, alien equipment, Loki, and the agents killed in the attack.
• Lu Qi explained Thanos's plan to kill half the universe's population and warned Fury that the Tesseract was an Infinity Stone whose possession could draw fleets to Earth.
• Lu Qi refused to face the Security Council himself and left Fury to use the information in negotiations.
• Fury joined the Council's video conference, while Pierce watched from outside and considered recruiting Lu Qi.

After a failed gacha pull, Lu Qi tricked Doctor Zola into believing Hydra had been infiltrated by a powerful rival, then watched Zola call an emergency meeting to root out the supposed spies. As Hydra’s serpent heads split into factions, Lu Qi received a message from Thor asking about the repaired Bifrost.

• Lu Qi failed to get a good result from the gacha and answered a call from Doctor Zola.
• Lu Qi used Dark Energy to fool Zola with claims about spies and advanced infiltration methods, then made it seem as if invisible agents were watching him.
• Lu Qi persuaded Zola to hunt for spies planted by Lu Qi’s supposed rival, while secretly placing a magic circle in Zola’s core to monitor him.
• Zola summoned Hydra’s serpent heads and presented Lu Qi’s conversation and old records as evidence of a traitor, dividing the meeting into factions.
• Lu Qi watched the Hydra meeting with Barricade and received a message from Thor asking whether the Bifrost had been repaired.

Loki and Thor prepared Earth’s invited representatives for a journey to Asgard, while Lu Qi hosted the Asgardians at Kamar-Taj before joining the diplomatic gathering. The delegations assembled on an island in international waters, where Lu Qi met two representatives from S.P.E.A.R.

• Lu Qi brought Loki from the hospital to Kamar-Taj, where they reunited with Sylvie and The Ancient One and discussed Asgard’s invitation.
• Earth’s governments and factions prepared delegations; Zheng Xian reviewed the invitation and ordered S.P.E.A.R. to follow its existing plans.
• The next morning, Lu Qi gathered Loki, Sylvie, The Ancient One, Thor, Jane, and Erik and opened a portal to the island where diplomats had assembled.
• Lu Qi let Loki handle most of the diplomatic greetings, then introduced himself to Clairvoyant and Clairaudient of S.P.E.A.R.

Captain Zhao and the other delegations made contact with Asgard’s representatives while Tony, Pepper, and S.H.I.E.L.D. joined the gathering. As Loki summoned Heimdall, the group prepared to travel to Asgard, with Lu Qi keeping his suspicions about Pierce to himself.

• Captain Zhao reached Loki with Captain Yang’s help, while a Russian delegation pushed through the crowd to share vodka with Thor.
• Clairvoyant and Clairaudient invited Lu Qi to visit China, and Lu Qi said he might return to see its cuisine and people.
• Tony arrived with Pepper, whose armor had shielded her during her first flight, and Lu Qi introduced The Ancient One and her disciple to the S.P.E.A.R. agents.
• Lu Qi confirmed that Tony had brought the AllSpark and teased him for filling his schedule without leaving time to rest.
• Fury arrived with Coulson, Black Widow, Hawkeye, the captain, and Pierce; Lu Qi recognized Pierce but chose not to expose his suspicions about Hydra.
• Loki gathered the delegations and called for Heimdall, bringing down a pillar of light to take them to Asgard.

Lu Qi and the other visitors arrived in Asgard, where the delegations began surveying their surroundings and Tony went to have his implanted device removed. Odin gave Lu Qi the Space Stone and nominal control of Earth, and Lu Qi offered to help bring Odin’s daughter Hela back.

• Lu Qi and the delegations arrived in Asgard, and Heimdall welcomed them before guards escorted the groups to their lodgings.
• Captain Yang, Clairaudient, Clairvoyant, and Fury’s team examined Asgard’s guards and the Bifrost while Steve watched the scenery with Pierce.
• Loki took Tony and Potts to the palace infirmary, while Thor left with Jane and Lu Qi and The Ancient One went to meet Odin and Frigga.
• Odin told Lu Qi that Sylvie had been a thoughtful, gentle daughter and gave him the Space Stone, saying Earth now belonged to him.
• Lu Qi asked whether Odin wanted him to persuade Hela to return, and The Ancient One considered bringing Stephen to Asgard before retiring.

Tony recovered in Asgard and began repairing its defenses while Lu Qi learned Odin had made him ruler of Earth, though he planned to leave its people to govern themselves. Lu Qi then led the Shadow Legion and Kamar-Taj mages into battle against a powerful Dark Dimension, where organized enemy formations made him realize his forces needed legion-level leaders.

• An Asgardian physician removed the shrapnel from Tony and repaired his chest, and Tony joined Loki to inspect and begin repairing a damaged turret.
• Lu Qi told Tony that Odin had made him Earth’s ruler in exchange for the Reality Stone, but he intended to let Earth govern itself.
• Lu Qi explored Dark Dimensions through the system, found one with 1.78 million combat power, and summoned Kamar-Taj mages to help attack it.
• Mordo showed Lu Qi the mages’ mass-producible weapons, and Lu Qi decided the mages could manufacture enchanted weapons for the Shadow Legion.
• Lu Qi opened a dimensional rift, and the Shadow Legion fought off waves of experimental creatures before nearly one hundred thousand evolved dark creatures formed battle lines.
• Lu Qi watched the enemy formations and concluded that the Shadow Legion needed leaders capable of commanding legions.

Lu Qi led the Shadow Legion against a vast enemy force while Mordo’s Mage Corps unleashed devastating spells, sometimes hitting their own allies. When a towering armored dragon turned the battle toward the dimensional rift, Lu Qi transformed and led his assembled forces through it to confront the enemy’s leader.

• Lu Qi ordered the Shadow Ninjas to charge and return to the battlefield while Mordo’s Mage Corps defended the dimensional rift with powerful spells.
• The Night Bats fought the enemy’s flying formations, but Mordo’s Meteoric Fire Rain also struck the allied bats and sent many back.
• Enemy troops overwhelmed the frontline, and a black-armored dragon appeared, blasting Shadow Legion forces and directing an assault on the rift.
• Lu Qi silenced the dragon’s breath, recalled his Ninja Soldiers, and ordered the Mage Corps to retreat as their defenses began to falter.
• Lu Qi transformed into his Dimensional Demon God Form and led the assembled Shadow Legion through the rift toward the dragon.

Lu Qi defeated a Black Dragon, brought its corpse to Asgard, and received the Reality Stone from Odin. He secured permission for Mordo and the other mages to visit Asgard, while The Ancient One anticipated Stephen's arrival at Kamar-Taj.

• Lu Qi overcame the Black Dragon's magic and defenses, then killed it by driving Energy Crystals into its wound and attacking its insides.
• Lu Qi carried the Black Dragon's corpse back to Asgard, where the chefs prepared to cook it, and Odin gave him the Reality Stone.
• Tony asked Lu Qi to save a part of the Black Dragon for him, but Lu Qi embarrassed him by loudly telling the chefs about it.
• Lu Qi asked The Ancient One and Odin for permission to bring Mordo and the other mages to Asgard, and they agreed.
• The Ancient One reflected that Stephen would soon be coming to Kamar-Taj.

Lu Qi brought Kamar-Taj’s contracted High-Level Mages to Asgard while Kaecilius led a group of mages toward the library to summon Dormammu. The Ancient One foresaw that Kaecilius needed to report Lu Qi to Dormammu for a future in which Dormammu could be defeated, and the chapter ended when Jane told Lu Qi that Thor’s hammer had suddenly flown away.

• Lu Qi arranged for roughly three hundred Kamar-Taj mages and their friends to travel to Asgard, while the mages at Kamar-Taj celebrated their company-funded trip.
• Kaecilius persuaded a group of mages to raid the library, summon Dormammu, and seek immortality, and they followed him despite one mage’s doubts.
• The Ancient One foresaw a future in which Dormammu invaded Earth and found a timeline where he was defeated, so she let Kaecilius proceed because he needed to tell Dormammu about Lu Qi.
• Lu Qi opened a portal to Asgard, where Odin welcomed the mages and considered having Sylvie sign a contract with Lu Qi.
• Lu Qi found Tony and Pepper watching the sunset together, then Jane told him that Thor had run after his suddenly flying hammer.

Frigga discovered that a grief-stricken Fat Thor had arrived from another universe and comforted him as he mourned his family and Asgard. Rocket’s attempt to seize the Reality Stone failed, and Frigga explained that it was with Thor’s uncle in this world before contacting Lu Qi.

• Frigga found Fat Thor hiding and learned from his memories that Thanos had killed Loki, Heimdall, and many Asgardians in his world.
• Frigga comforted Thor and took him to a lounge, while Rocket went to the wrong lounge seeking the Reality Stone.
• Sylvie caught Rocket when he tried to attack her and The Ancient One, then had guards bring him to Frigga and Thor.
• Frigga told Rocket and Thor that the Reality Stone was with Thor’s uncle in this world, and Thor agreed to contact him.
• Frigga used a communication array to contact Lu Qi while Thor and Rocket waited.

Thor and Jane’s reunion was interrupted when Mjolnir flew to Fat Thor, a Thor from a parallel world, and the two versions fought over it. Lu Qi restrained them, explained the Infinity Stones situation, and offered Fat Thor a new hammer and help restoring the disappeared if he defeated one of Lu Qi’s subordinates.

• Thor left Jane at the Bifrost to chase Mjolnir after Fat Thor summoned it to himself.
• Fat Thor and Thor fought until Lu Qi restrained them and returned Mjolnir to Thor.
• Lu Qi told Fat Thor and Rocket that he had the Space and Mind Stones and that the Time Stone remained with The Ancient One.
• Lu Qi promised to help Fat Thor restore the disappeared and arrange a new hammer if Fat Thor defeated one of his subordinates.
• Odin and Loki arrived, and Odin agreed to watch Fat Thor prove his strength.

Lu Qi tested Fat Thor’s strength in the Mirror Dimension by unleashing his Shadow Legion, then left Thor to endure an increasingly brutal workout. Before leaving, Frigga asked Lu Qi to restore the people from Thor’s world after he collected all six Stones, and he promised to do so.

• Lu Qi moved Odin, Frigga, Loki, Rocket, and Thor into the Mirror Dimension, where Thor faced more than ten thousand Shadow Ninjas and fought them with lightning.
• Odin praised Thor’s strength, gave Gungnir to Loki, and left with Rocket to hear about Asgard’s future.
• Frigga asked Lu Qi to bring back the people from Thor’s world once he collected all six Stones, and Lu Qi promised to help.
• After Frigga left, Lu Qi sent Blade Soldiers, Night Bats, and Troll Soldiers to batter and toss the exhausted Thor around as his supposed vibration fat-reduction workout.

Lu Qi joined Loki as the rulers of the Nine Realms arrived in Asgard, where Loki prepared to host them as king. After greeting the delegations, Lu Qi met Eitri and considered asking him to forge a hammer for Thor.

• An Asgardian guard told Lu Qi that the other rulers of the Nine Realms were arriving, and Lu Qi flew to the Bifrost to join Loki.
• Loki ordered Heimdall to aim the Bifrost at Jotunheim, then stopped the attack because he did not want to ruin Odin's supply of icegrass.
• Lu Qi reassured the nervous Loki that Asgard's power would command respect, and Loki welcomed Vanaheim's leader when the delegation arrived.
• The rulers of the attending Nine Realms delegations arrived in Asgard, and Loki led them to a meeting after they set down their gifts and luggage.
• Lu Qi recognized Eitri among the rulers and spoke with him about possibly having a hammer forged for Thor.