Chapter Summaries

Helen Cho secretly altered Tony Stark’s regeneration settings, and Tony emerged from the Regeneration Pod with a female body. Yongye arrived to reveal his role in the transformation, while Tony armored up to confront him.

• Helen Cho secretly selected the “Female” setting in Tony Stark’s regeneration guidance and erased the operation log.
• Tony Stark emerged from the Regeneration Pod with a female body and demanded to know what Helen Cho had done.
• Yongye burst into the lab, photographed Tony, and claimed credit for the transformation.
• Happy fired at Yongye, but Yongye’s Nanoparticles formed a faceplate that deflected the bullet.
• Tony Stark rushed to the armor cabinet and donned his Mark Armor, which painfully pressed against his newly grown chest.

Yongye mocked Tony Stark’s altered body and overwhelmed him in a fight, tearing apart the upper half of his armor with Tessaiga. Yongye left the laboratory after taunting Tony and reassuring Helen Cho, while Tony covered himself with a lab coat and warned Pepper not to comment.

• Yongye deflected Tony Stark’s palm-cannon blast with his Nanotech Armor and drew Tessaiga from System Space.
• Yongye enlarged Tessaiga and damaged Tony’s armor, exposing his altered body as he mocked him.
• Tony fired again, but Yongye deflected the blasts and split open the rest of Tony’s chest armor.
• Yongye told Helen Cho he would protect her, then left as his Nanotech Armor retracted.
• Tony shouted after Yongye, pulled on Helen Cho’s lab coat, and told Pepper Potts not to say a word.

Yongye’s humiliation campaign against Tony Stark went viral, earning him an Intermediate Law of Time from the system. He then acquired control of the Daily Planet’s parent company and prepared to begin his next plan involving Superman.

• Helen Cho agreed to keep Tony Stark’s transformation a secret, while Tony ordered everyone present to stay quiet.
• Photos and a censored video of Tony’s transformed body spread across social media, prompting jokes, speculation, and an official denial from Stark Industries.
• Batman saw the viral image and resolved to accelerate work on his anti-mystery-man armor.
• Yongye received a Super Blind Box after Tony’s public humiliation and obtained the Intermediate Law of Time, which let him manipulate time in a limited area.
• Yongye went to the Franklin Group and acquired the Daily Planet’s parent company by using Tsukuyomi and Yin-Yang Release to pressure its chairman.

Yongye took control of the Daily Planet and ordered a feature on superheroes. He publicly accused Superman of letting his adoptive father die while later exposing himself to save a dog, and Clark realized Yongye had revealed the truth about his deepest regret.

• Yongye entered the Daily Planet newsroom, showed Perry White the share transfer agreement, and announced he was the paper's new owner.
• Perry received a call from Franklin and bowed to Yongye, who then took over the editor-in-chief's office.
• Yongye held a staff meeting and ordered reporters to write in-depth front-page stories about superheroes.
• Lois Lane volunteered to write about Superman and praised him as the most perfect superhero.
• Yongye mocked Superman for allegedly letting his adoptive father die in a tornado while later revealing his powers to save a dog.
• Clark Kent recognized the accusation as true and silently relived his guilt over obeying his father's request not to intervene.

Yongye gained intermediate mastery of spatial law before General Zod threatened Earth and demanded Kal-El. He agreed to meet with S.H.I.E.L.D., but when Nick Fury and Melinda May arrived, they found him singing a silly song in a KTV room.

• Yongye opened a Super Blind Box and gained Intermediate Spatial Law.
• General Zod broadcast a three-day ultimatum demanding that Earth surrender Kal-El or face the destruction of its cities.
• Yongye used his new spatial abilities to return to his apartment, where Natasha Romanoff was waiting to ask him to meet Nick Fury.
• Yongye agreed to meet Fury after Natasha did him a favor, then brought her to a KTV room and sang “Sunshine Rainbow Little White Horse.”
• Nick Fury and Melinda May entered the KTV room and found Yongye singing while Natasha tried to hide her laughter.

Yongye mocked Nick Fury’s attempts to recruit and threaten him into fighting General Zod, while Fury tried to secure his help against the Kryptonian ultimatum. As Yongye turned to check Fury’s claim that Batman had arrived, Fury launched a surprise attack.

• Yongye sang a mocking song to Fury, and Fury ordered Natasha to close the door before questioning him.
• Yongye refused to mediate between Superman and General Zod, calling it a Kryptonian family matter, while asking what S.H.I.E.L.D. planned to do.
• Fury told Yongye that Zod had given Earth three days to surrender Superman or face destruction, and demanded that Yongye fight.
• Fury threatened Yongye with assassination and offered him Tony’s vacant position and S.H.I.E.L.D. resources, but Yongye rejected the offer and mocked the organization.
• Fury pretended Batman had arrived behind Yongye, and Yongye turned to look as Fury launched a surprise attack.

Nick Fury and Melinda attacked Yongye, but his Nanotech Armor stopped their weapons and left him in control. Fury begged Yongye to spare him by promising to make him the boss of every Superhero, while Yongye gained a new technique from an Intermediate Blind Box.

• Nick Fury shot at Yongye and Melinda punched his nanoshield, but the Nanoparticles deflected the bullets and injured Melinda's hand.
• Natasha drew her gun, then put it away as Nick Fury kept firing and Yongye taunted her about Hydra's infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Melinda lunged with a dagger, but Yongye's laser cut both her blade and Nick Fury's gun in half.
• Yongye raised a web of laser beams, and Nick Fury begged for his life by offering to make Yongye the boss of every Superhero.
• Yongye opened an Intermediate Blind Box and learned how to turn Chakra into icy inner energy for creating the Life-and-Death Talisman.

Yongye heard Fury's offer to make him President of the Eye Society in exchange for fighting the Kryptonians, but he did not trust Fury to keep his word. He used the Life-and-Death Talisman to force Fury to deliver the position, leaving Fury in pain and at Yongye's mercy.

• Yongye sent Natasha and Melinda out of the private room so he could speak with Fury alone.
• Fury offered to use his political connections to make Yongye President of the Eye Society if Yongye earned enough prestige fighting the Kryptonian invasion.
• Yongye judged Fury's promise to be a bluff but decided to accept the offer on his own terms.
• Yongye secretly planted the Life-and-Death Talisman in Fury's Shanzhong Point, triggering a painful attack that left Fury on his knees.
• Yongye explained that Fury would suffer monthly flare-ups unless he secured the Eye Society presidency and received the antidote.

Yongye used a new Gu to tighten his control over Nick Fury, who agreed to pursue the Eye Society while secretly summoning Captain Marvel. Back at his apartment, Yongye found Batman waiting for him with an unknown device.

• Yongye opened an Advanced Blind Box and received the Heavenly Silkworm Gu, then planted it in Nick Fury and warned him that he would need monthly antidotes.
• Yongye told Fury to organize the Eye Society and prepare a proposal by the next day, promising to remove the Life-and-Death Talisman if he became President.
• After Yongye left, Fury contacted Captain Marvel and ordered Natasha and Melinda to return to headquarters and arrange a meeting with the Senate about the Eye Society.
• Yongye sensed someone waiting in his apartment, entered, and found Batman sitting on the sofa beside a small black device.

Yongye and Batman fought over the photos while the threat of General Zod’s invasion loomed. Batman trapped Yongye in a field that made metal unbearably heavy, but Yongye resisted with Tessaiga, and the fight continued as Batman activated a device on his belt.

• Batman demanded that Yongye return the photos, while Yongye mocked him and refused.
• Yongye activated his Nanotech Armor and drew Tessaiga as Batman triggered a Hundredfold Ferromagnetic Field that increased the weight of metal within five meters.
• Batman attacked, but Yongye blocked his punch with Tessaiga and countered with slashes that scraped Batman’s armor.
• Yongye claimed the field had not weakened him, and Batman attacked again before activating a launcher on his belt.

Yongye defeated Batman with Sharingan Genjutsu and an unseen golden-armored ally, then moved into another luxury apartment as the world waited for Superman to answer General Zod. The chapter ended when two people arrived at Yongye’s new apartment door.

• Batman used an electromagnetic pulse to disable Yongye’s Nanotech Armor and demanded the photos.
• Yongye caught Batman in a Sharingan Genjutsu, making him believe a golden-armored figure had appeared and kicked him down.
• Yongye photographed Batman and taunted him about the pictures before leaving with the apparent ally.
• Batman, injured and humiliated, considered finding a capable partner to watch his back.
• Yongye settled into another luxury apartment and reflected on the approaching crisis as nearly twenty hours of General Zod’s countdown had passed.
• Two people arrived at Yongye’s door, and he opened it slightly with his Chakra.

Nick Fury and General Lane asked Yongye to negotiate with General Zod, offering him the chairmanship of the Eye Society and authority over superheroes. Yongye saw through their attempt to use him but accepted the mission, intending to gain influence for himself.

• General Lane warned Yongye that Zod would destroy Earth's major cities unless Superman surrendered and asked him to serve as an envoy.
• Nick Fury and Lane offered Yongye the chairmanship of the Eye Society and influence over superheroes to persuade him to negotiate.
• Yongye called the envoy role a request for cannon fodder, then accepted and said he would meet the Kryptonians the next day.
• Yongye told Fury and Lane that protecting Earth was the Watchers' responsibility and reminded them to keep their promise.

Yongye represented Earth in a televised meeting with Faora, provoking her with insults instead of discussing Superman. Faora attacked him, and his silver-gray armor appeared just in time to block her punch.

• Yongye arrived at the UN platform, criticized the dusty table, and waited for the Kryptonian envoy.
• Faora landed in a shuttle and told Yongye that General Zod wanted Carl-El and that he could not speak for Superman.
• Yongye said he was speaking for Earth, then mocked Faora’s name as “Gotta go.”
• Faora demanded that Earth hand over Superman and threatened consequences, while Yongye taunted her.
• Faora lunged at Yongye, who summoned silver-gray armor and blocked her punch with his palm.

Yongye defeated Faora in front of a worldwide audience and laid out conditions for the Kryptonians to negotiate with Earth. Faora returned to the table to consider his demands, while Yongye left the platform.

• Faora launched a series of powerful punches at Yongye, but he deflected every strike with one hand.
• Yongye struck Faora in the abdomen and sent her crashing down the platform steps.
• Yongye told Faora he was ready to fight or negotiate with General Zod, but demanded the Kryptonians show sincerity.
• Yongye offered to help find Superman and set conditions: the Kryptonians must swear never to attack Earth, apologize publicly, and compensate humanity for their losses.
• Faora returned to the table and told Yongye to continue, then watched him leave as she weighed his demands.

After the U.S. government tried to replace Yongye as negotiator, he demanded leadership of the Eye Society and control over its jurisdiction in exchange for staying out of the negotiations. The government agreed to his demands with a legislative-oversight clause, and Yongye arrived at the United Nations for his worldwide inauguration.

• At the Pentagon, President O Niu and General Lane decided to replace Yongye after Fury reported that Superman might resist being handed over.
• Fury delivered the government's decision to Yongye, who demanded to be named head of the Eye Society, set its jurisdiction, and receive an official worldwide inauguration broadcast.
• After Fury carried Yongye's demands back to officials, President O Niu agreed to them but required legislative oversight of Yongye's actions and the Eye Society's decisions.
• Yongye received an Intermediate Blind Box and gained advanced Observation Haki.
• The next day, Yongye entered the United Nations assembly hall with Fury and General Lane for the Eye Society inauguration, where General Mark Lonsdale was also present.

Yongye introduced General Mark Lonsdale as the new chief negotiator with the Kryptonians, then gained Kyōka Suigetsu from the system after becoming a public figure. As Lonsdale began reading the negotiation terms, Natasha and Hill watched Yongye’s broadcast replay at S.H.I.E.L.D. and discussed the threat he posed.

• Yongye declared himself President of the Eye Society and warned Superheroes and other superpowered people to obey his rules.
• Yongye presented General Mark Lonsdale as the new chief negotiator and left him to address the press.
• Yongye received a Super Blind Box from the system and obtained Kyōka Suigetsu in its Shikai state.
• Yongye spotted Kryptonian reconnaissance craft and warned Zod to back down before entering an elevator.
• Natasha told Hill that Yongye had powerful backing and was extremely vindictive, while Hill looked toward Hawkeye.

Hawkeye and other heroes struggled to accept Yongye's new authority, while Tony Stark recovered from his forced transformation in the Regeneration Pod. After watching Yongye insult Batman as well as him, Tony decided he was not being singled out and vowed to become an even bigger asshole.

• Hawkeye complained that Yongye had no right to oversee the heroes, while Steve Rogers privately compared him to the Red Skull as their boss.
• Tony's Regeneration Pod reached seventy-eight percent, and he emerged furious that his body had not fully returned to normal.
• Pepper urged Tony to wait until the hormone reversal was further along, and Happy laughed when Tony struggled to dress.
• Tony watched Yongye's United Nations speech and realized Yongye had insulted Batman too.
• Tony concluded Yongye was not singling him out and vowed to become an even bigger asshole.

Tony accepted Pepper’s warning and worried about Zod’s reaction to Yongye, while Batman and Robin prepared for Joker’s likely attack on the new Eye Society president. At the Daily Planet, Clark remained distracted by an unseen dilemma but finally appeared to make a decision.

• Pepper told Tony he could curse Yongye at home as long as he did not endanger himself, and Tony joked about wearing women’s armor to intervene if Zod fought Yongye.
• Batman told Robin that Joker had bought three tons of explosives and was likely to target Yongye, so they set out to find him.
• Perry White asked Clark why his article was still blank, and Lois told Perry that Clark seemed torn and was waiting for something.
• Lois saw Clark’s uncertainty give way to determination as he sat at his desk.

Yongye and Natasha watched as General Mark Lonsdale handed Superman over to the Kryptonians, but Superman escaped when the shuttle exploded. Superman warned that the Kryptonians planned to take his mother hostage and turn Earth into a new Krypton, as General Zod attacked him.

• Natasha angrily condemned General Mark Lonsdale for handing Superman over, while Yongye assured her that Superman would be fine.
• General Mark Lonsdale announced that the transfer had secured peace with the Kryptonians as the shuttle carried Superman away.
• The shuttle exploded, and Superman emerged from the wreckage and warned that the Kryptonians intended to seize his mother and remake Earth as a new Krypton.
• General Zod and two other Kryptonians flew from the wreckage and pursued Superman, and Zod swung at the back of his head.

Yongye intercepted Faora and Jaeo before they could reach the Kent farm, where Superman's mother was staying, and fought both Kryptonians in his Nanotech Armor. As he matched their attacks, he realized they were deliberately probing for a weakness, possibly the armor's power core.

• Natasha urged Yongye to go save Superman's mother, and he praised her for acting like a true superhero.
• Faora and Jaeo raced toward the Kent farm, but Yongye landed in their path and challenged them.
• Faora and Jaeo attacked Yongye together, and he fought back with his Nanotech Armor and Tessaiga.
• Yongye noticed Faora was leaving deliberate openings and Jaeo was targeting the armor's joints and searching for a specific spot.
• Yongye suspected the pair were trying to drain his power, test the armor, or locate its power core.