Chapter Summaries

Lu Qi encouraged Tony to keep pursuing a cure for the shrapnel in his chest, and JARVIS confirmed that the New Element could safely replace Palladium. After Tony installed it, Lu Qi returned home, then rushed back the next day when Tony called about Hammer Industries and ended up helping him plan how to define his relationship with Pepper.

• Lu Qi asked Tony what he would do if the New Element failed, and Tony admitted he was unwilling to risk surgery to remove the shrapnel from his chest.
• Lu Qi encouraged Tony to stay alive until medical technology improved, and JARVIS announced that the New Element could replace Palladium without radioactivity.
• Tony installed the New Element in his reactor and celebrated as his symptoms improved, while Lu Qi took pictures before returning home.
• Lu Qi planned to prepare for Hammer Industries' expo presentation and slept, then went to Tony's house after Tony called him the next morning.
• Lu Qi showed Tony a video in which Tony had agreed to let Hammer Industries display at the Stark Expo, and Tony recognized the reporter who had published the story.
• Tony's urgent concern shifted to defining his relationship with Pepper, and Lu Qi helped him plan a romantic confession.

Tony and Lu Qi rushed to the Stark Expo after Ivan threatened Tony and put Hammer Industries’ Mechanical Soldiers under his control. They defeated the attacking machines and rescued the crowd, but Ivan remained at large and challenged Tony to fight.

• Tony answered Ivan’s call and learned that Ivan planned to attack him at the expo, so he warned Pepper and Natasha to leave.
• Natasha forced Hammer to reveal that Ivan was at Hammer Industries, while Tony and Lu Qi arrived at the expo and headed to stop the Mechanical Soldiers.
• Ivan took control of Rhodey’s War Machine armor and activated the Mechanical Soldiers, which opened fire on Tony and the crowd.
• Lu Qi sent Shadow Ninjas to evacuate civilians and fight the machines, while Troll Soldiers restrained Rhodey and Tony destroyed the airborne Mechanical Soldiers.
• Pepper joined Tony after the battle, and Ivan called out from outside, demanding that Tony face him.

Lu Qi, Tony, and Rhodey fought Ivan and his Mechanical Soldiers, eventually defeating him at the cost of Ivan’s life. After Lu Qi saved Tony from Ivan’s final explosion, Tony confessed his love to Pepper, who returned it.

• Lu Qi and Tony confronted Ivan as his Mechanical Soldiers attacked, while Ivan targeted Tony and Lu Qi struggled to bring down the airborne suits.
• Rhodey joined the fight, and Tony and Rhodey evaded Ivan’s Ex-Wife missiles while Lu Qi cleared the remaining Mechanical Soldiers.
• The surviving suits flew at Lu Qi and detonated, but Lu Qi escaped into the Shadow World and moved Pepper to safety.
• Lu Qi, Tony, Rhodey, and the Shadow Legion overwhelmed Ivan, but Ivan released his reactor energy and then detonated his mechanical legs, killing himself and engulfing Tony.
• Lu Qi pulled Tony into the Shadow World to save him from the blast, then returned him to Pepper, who agreed to stay by his side.
• Tony told Pepper he loved her, and Pepper said she loved him too.

Lu Qi and Tony met with Fury to discuss the Avengers, but Lu Qi declined to join while agreeing to continue as a security consultant. After posting photos and reports about Iron Man 2, Lu Qi headed for Mexico after finding a neglected meteorite report, while Loki challenged Heimdall’s loyalty in Asgard.

• Tony told Lu Qi that Fury had summoned them, and the two traveled to a S.H.I.E.L.D. warehouse to meet him.
• Fury showed them the Avengers plan and said Lu Qi was invited, but Lu Qi declined because he disliked being controlled and monitored.
• Lu Qi agreed to remain a security consultant, and Tony offered to become one as well, hoping to fight supernatural threats.
• At a medal ceremony, Lu Qi posted photos and reports about Iron Man 1 and Iron Man 2, then found a low-profile report about a meteorite in Mexico and booked a flight there.
• Loki questioned Heimdall about Thor and asserted his authority as acting king, but Heimdall refused to fear or betray Odin and continued watching Thor.

Lu Qi tried to lift Mjolnir and was drawn into a golden space, where The Ancient One arranged for him to supply Dark Energy to Odin. After returning to Earth, Lu Qi left for burgers, while Odin and The Ancient One discussed his role in stopping Ragnarok and his need for Dark Dimension coordinates.

• Coulson found Lu Qi relaxing beside the crater where Mjolnir lay, and they watched a mysterious old man appear in and vanish from Lu Qi's photographs.
• Coulson called Fury after the photographs showed nothing behind Lu Qi, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents secured the crater and established a base around Mjolnir.
• Lu Qi suppressed Mjolnir's power with Dark Energy and briefly lifted it before the hammer's energy overwhelmed him and drew him into a golden space with Odin.
• The Ancient One arrived and arranged for Lu Qi to provide Odin with nearly a thousand points of Dark Energy per second, and Lu Qi signed the agreement.
• Lu Qi returned to the crater and went to a Stark burger restaurant, while Odin and The Ancient One discussed how his energy could help stop Ragnarok and agreed Odin would provide Dark Dimension coordinates.

Lu Qi joined the Aesir after Odin offered to make him an Outer Prince, then agreed to help Thor overcome his arrogance during his exile on Earth. At S.H.I.E.L.D.'s base, Thor failed to lift Mjolnir, and Lu Qi introduced himself as Thor's uncle.

• Lu Qi followed Jane, Darcy, and Erik to the hospital, where Thor woke and fought off the doctors examining him.
• Darcy recognized Lu Qi as the Shadow Lord, and he took photographs of Thor before The Ancient One and Odin pulled him into the Mirror Dimension.
• Odin thanked Lu Qi for extending his life, named him his brother, promised to make him an Outer Prince, and asked him to help Thor change.
• Lu Qi returned to Earth, waited with Coulson and Hawkeye near Mjolnir, and watched Thor breach the base as the hammer's magnetic field disabled the firearms.
• Thor reached Mjolnir but could not lift it, and Lu Qi landed beside him and said he was Odin's brother and Thor could call him uncle.

Lu Qi confronted Thor about his reliance on Mjolnir and pushed him into a fall that awakened his divine power. Thor accepted Lu Qi as his uncle, while Coulson began assessing what Asgard’s existence meant for Earth.

• Thor rejected Lu Qi’s claim of kinship until he sensed Odin’s power in the token and Lu Qi challenged him to be the God of Thunder without his hammer.
• Lu Qi took Thor high into the sky, dropped him, and provoked him to face the fall and discover who he was.
• Thor awakened his divine power, and Lu Qi rescued him from the Shadow Dimension before returning him to the S.H.I.E.L.D. base.
• Thor accepted Lu Qi as his uncle and recovered his hammer while Coulson questioned them about Asgard and its power.
• Lu Qi described Asgard and Odin to Coulson, who prepared to report the situation while an agent secretly sent information elsewhere.

Pierce ordered Lu Qi’s information run through the Zola Algorithm, while Fury secretly grew suspicious of Pierce. Lu Qi received Asgard’s old Dark Dimension coordinates, led raids that earned him nearly three million energy, and then tried to distract Thor from Jane with a combat game.

• Pierce ordered Sitwell to use the Zola Algorithm to assess whether Lu Qi threatened Hydra’s plan, and Fury warned Pierce to stop investigating him.
• Fury secretly decided to investigate Pierce, while Pierce concluded that Fury could not be kept around for long.
• Odin gave Lu Qi Asgard’s collected Dark Dimension coordinates, and Lu Qi organized the Mage Corps and Shadow Legion to raid the usable dimensions.
• Lu Qi’s forces conquered one Lesser Dimension, drove the other Dimension Lord away, and gained nearly three million extractable energy by devouring the dimensions.
• Lu Qi found Thor shopping with Jane and introduced him to a 5v5 combat game, hoping to cool Thor’s feelings for her.

Lu Qi tried to impress Thor and his friends with his gaming skills, then spent the next day building up energy and went to check on Thor. When Volstagg, Fandral, and Hogun destroyed Thor’s phone, Lu Qi revealed Odin’s token to stop them from attacking him, just as a commotion erupted outside.

• Lu Qi’s teammates discovered that he was feeding in their game, so he secretly summoned a Ninja Soldier to take over and later went to the restroom six times to avoid being watched.
• Lu Qi spent 1.22 million energy raising his capacity, cleared Shadow Dimensions until he had enough energy for an upgrade, and sent the Shadow Legion’s loot to Kamar-Taj.
• Lu Qi followed Volstagg, Fandral, Hogun, and Sif to Thor, who was gaming with Jane, and watched them smash Thor’s phone during his match.
• Thor shocked Volstagg for interrupting his game, then told Sif he would not return to Asgard even after learning Loki had become acting king.
• Thor asked Lu Qi for a replacement phone and introduced him as Odin’s newly recognized brother, prompting Lu Qi to reveal Odin’s token and summon Ninja Soldiers to restrain the suspicious Asgardians.
• Lu Qi showed Sif the token, released the Asgardians, and turned toward the window when a commotion broke out outside.

Lu Qi helped Thor and the townspeople defeat the Frost Giants on Earth, then accompanied Thor back to Asgard after warning that something was wrong. Heimdall revealed that Loki had taken Frost Giants to assassinate Odin, and Lu Qi hurried toward the palace as Thor rushed ahead.

• Thor found Frost Giants attacking the town, and Lu Qi summoned his Shadow Legion to evacuate civilians and defeat them.
• Loki told Laufey to kill Odin so he could claim the throne, and Laufey agreed to help enter Asgard.
• Lu Qi’s forces cleared the Frost Giants from the town, and he advised Thor to return to Asgard because Heimdall had not stopped the invasion.
• Thor and Lu Qi traveled through the Bifrost after Thor secured Jane’s belongings from Coulson.
• Heimdall, weakened and covered in frost, told Thor that Loki had taken Frost Giants to assassinate Odin, and Thor flew toward the palace.
• Lu Qi could not pass through the Bifrost in stealth and flew toward the enormous palace, where he saw the Bifrost activate again.

Thor confronted Loki as the Bifrost threatened Jotunheim, but the brothers’ reconciliation was interrupted when Loki attacked Lu Qi under the influence of Thanos’s Mind Stone. Odin and Thor fought off Thanos’s fleet, while Loki escaped, leaving Lu Qi convinced Thanos had orchestrated the attack.

• Thor told Lu Qi that Loki had killed King Laufey and planned to destroy Jotunheim, then reassured Loki that he was still his brother.
• Loki turned on Lu Qi, attacking with Gungnir and the Casket of Ancient Winters until Lu Qi connected to the Shadow Dimension and resisted the freezing blast.
• A hidden fleet attacked Asgard, and Odin suppressed the Bifrost’s energy surge before using Gungnir to destroy one of the ships.
• Lu Qi recognized that the Asgardian guards were mind-controlled and sent Ninja Soldiers to restrain them while Odin and Thor fought the fleet and its flying craft.
• Loki used illusions to trick Lu Qi’s forces, escaped aboard a flying craft, and vanished with the remaining ship as Lu Qi identified Thanos as the mastermind.

After Odin repelled the attack on Asgard, Thanos planned to send Loki and his followers to Earth for the Space Stone while Odin prepared to retaliate. Lu Qi returned to New York, strengthened his Ninja Legion, and discovered he could move his Shadow Ninjas World—but then lost track of the Marvel world.

• Odin destroyed the attacking warships, while Thanos concealed the Mind Stone and ordered Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive to pursue the Space Stone on Earth with Loki.
• Lu Qi told Odin that Thanos possessed the Mind Stone, and Odin decided to gather information before striking back.
• Lu Qi returned to New York, upgraded his physique, and sent his Ninja Legion to conquer several low-level dimensions.
• After buying seven thousand Ninja Soldiers and farming more energy, Lu Qi experimented with moving the coordinates of the Shadow Ninjas World.
• Lu Qi realized he could no longer find the Marvel world and was unable to return to it.

Stranded outside the Marvel World, Lu Qi discovered an unclaimed dimension and followed its energy rift to Earth, where he encountered the Transformers. He recognized the world after Jazz transformed into a sports car.

• Lu Qi failed to find a way back to the Marvel World and sent Dark Energy to The Ancient One in an attempt to ask for help.
• The Ancient One released Lu Qi’s energy, causing a tremendous surge of Dark Energy to erupt at Kamar-Taj.
• Lu Qi found an unclaimed Lesser Dimension, stopped its Dark Energy from leaking through a rift, and emerged from a pyramid on Earth.
• Lu Qi followed the incoming meteors and created black spheres to track the ones that split away.
• Lu Qi met Jazz, who explained that the robots had come to Earth searching for something they had lost.
• Jazz transformed into a sports car, and Lu Qi realized he had arrived in the Transformers world.

Lu Qi traveled with Jazz to meet Optimus Prime and the Autobots, then learned that Sam’s great-grandfather’s glasses held the location of the AllSpark. After Sam agreed to help, the group set off for his home to retrieve them.

• Lu Qi asked Jazz to send a Morse-code message to The Ancient One, who expelled the Dark Energy signals while trying to sleep.
• Jazz brought Lu Qi to the Autobots, where he introduced himself to Sam and Mikaela as an otherworlder with unusual abilities.
• Optimus Prime explained the Autobots’ origins and the danger Megatron posed if he obtained the AllSpark.
• Optimus Prime revealed that Sam’s great-grandfather had recorded the AllSpark’s location on his glasses, which Sam had left in his backpack at home.
• Lu Qi joined Sam and Mikaela in helping the Autobots, and they transformed and headed for Sam’s home.

Lu Qi and the Autobots reached Sam's house, where the urgent search for Sam's backpack descended into chaos. The power went out just as Sam's parents demanded that he open his locked bedroom door, leaving Lu Qi and Mikaela hiding in the wrecked room.

• Lu Qi asked why the Autobots could not fly, then bragged that he planned to capture Megatron and make him his mount.
• At Sam's house, Lu Qi charged his phone using a cable Optimus Prime made and imagined shrinking the Autobots with Pym Particles.
• Lu Qi and Mikaela climbed into Sam's room with Bumblebee's help while Sam stayed outside to calm his father and rescue his Chihuahua from Ironhide.
• Sam finally entered his room, but he and Lu Qi still could not find the backpack the Autobots needed.
• Optimus Prime ordered the Autobots to retreat, and Ironhide snagged his head on power lines, shaking the house and startling Sam's parents.
• The lights went out, so Lu Qi and Mikaela hid as Sam's parents called him to open his locked bedroom door.

Lu Qi and the Autobots tried to keep Sam and the glasses out of human hands, but government agents captured them and the fleeing group. When Bumblebee was taken, Lu Qi challenged Optimus Prime’s decision to prioritize the AllSpark and then moved to rescue his friends.

• Sam’s parents walked in on Sam, Mikaela, and Lu Qi, misunderstood the situation, and left them to retrieve Sam’s backpack.
• Black-suited agents took Sam, Mikaela, and others away to investigate the stolen-car report, so Lu Qi freed them and used Troll Soldiers to stop their convoy.
• Helicopters arrived, forcing the Autobots to flee; Bumblebee saved Sam and Mikaela but was captured by the humans.
• Lu Qi confronted Optimus Prime over leaving Bumblebee behind, and Optimus Prime said he would save him if he returned alive after dealing with the AllSpark.
• Lu Qi jumped down toward Simmons and the other agents as Shadow Ninjas emerged to help him act.

Lu Qi defeated Simmons’s agents, freed Bumblebee, and joined the Autobots and Sector Seven at Hoover Dam to retrieve the AllSpark. When Decepticons attacked the dam, Lu Qi left Bumblebee to secure the cube and went to confront them.

• Lu Qi used his Shadow Ninjas and Dark Energy to disarm Simmons’s agents, destroy the helicopters, and free Bumblebee.
• Optimus Prime said he wanted a happy ending but lacked the power to shape events, and Lu Qi let him lead the plan to retrieve the AllSpark.
• A small Decepticon spy signaled for the Decepticons to assemble while Lu Qi rested with the Autobots overnight.
• Lu Qi and the Autobots brought Simmons and Sam’s group to Hoover Dam, where Simmons led them past the guards and showed them Megatron and the AllSpark.
• Ratchet explained that appliances made with reverse-engineered Decepticon technology could become Decepticons, and Optimus Prime ordered Bumblebee to retrieve the AllSpark as the others responded to an attack.
• After alarms and reports of casualties confirmed the Decepticons had attacked, Lu Qi left Bumblebee at the AllSpark and went outside to fight them.

Lu Qi unleashed his Shadow Realm against the Decepticon force at Hoover Dam, destroying or subduing its leaders and turning the battle decisively in the Autobots’ favor. After Megatron was captured, Thin-faced Mantis emerged with the AllSpark and was pinned down by Lu Qi’s Ninja Soldiers.

• Starscream led the Decepticons in bombarding Hoover Dam while Devastator and other Decepticons dug toward the Autobots’ position.
• Lu Qi opened a portal to the Shadow Dimension and swept outside, where he trapped the Decepticons in his Shadow Realm and destroyed many of them.
• Lu Qi killed Brawl after Brawl attacked, destroyed Starscream when he tried to flee, and spared two remaining Decepticon leaders as prospective subordinates.
• Lu Qi returned to Optimus Prime’s group and learned that Devastator had been pinned down after attacking inside the dam.
• Megatron broke free from the ice and tried to escape, but Troll Soldiers pinned him down, while Thin-faced Mantis arrived with the AllSpark and was captured by Ninja Soldiers.

Lu Qi freed Optimus Prime and the Autobots from their confinement, then persuaded them to seek refuge and cooperation in his homeland. After securing the senior leaders’ agreement, he brought the Autobots to meet them and ended the chapter with an official group photograph.

• Lu Qi repeatedly battered Megatron, repaired him with the AllSpark, and imprisoned him in a Dark Energy cage when Optimus Prime asked about escaping the United States’ facility.
• Lu Qi opened a portal and brought the Transformers to Sam’s home, where Optimus Prime said he wanted to gather the Autobots and counterattack the Decepticons.
• Lu Qi recommended his homeland as a refuge, arguing that cooperation would benefit both the country and the Autobots, and Optimus Prime agreed to go there.
• Lu Qi left Optimus Prime and the others at a pyramid, then crossed the border and met with senior leaders in the capital to propose cooperation with the Autobots.
• Lu Qi brought Optimus Prime and the Autobots through a portal to meet the leaders, and everyone agreed to pose for an official group photograph.

Lu Qi discovered that the AllSpark absorbed Dark Energy and transformed it into stable, powerful Energy Crystals, then learned from Megatron that the crystals could strengthen Cybertronians. He left the AllSpark in his Shadow Dimension and continued his work, while The Ancient One searched for him and planned to make him learn interdimensional communication spells.

• Optimus Prime entrusted the AllSpark to Lu Qi so the Decepticons could not seize it, and Lu Qi took it to his Shadow Dimension.
• The AllSpark absorbed more than thirty million units of Dark Energy and released black arcs that formed Energy Crystals.
• Lu Qi copied a crystal’s energy-containing structure and considered carrying crystals to use his Shadow Dimension’s power in the Marvel World.
• Lu Qi showed a crystal to Megatron, who explained that Energy Crystals could make Cybertronians stronger but warned that this one might explode if used.
• Lu Qi left Megatron in captivity, retrieved the AllSpark, and messaged The Ancient One before returning to his surveillance-orb project.
• The Ancient One used the Time Stone to search for Lu Qi and resolved to teach him spells for communicating across dimensions.