Chapter Summaries

Yongye interviewed Selina Kyle for the Eye Society’s second Secretary position after Sharon selected her from a pool of applicants. The interview continued in Yongye’s office, where he sent Sharon out and left himself alone with Selina.

• Yongye edited the Secretary job posting to seek applicants with special skills, and Sharon agreed to arrange another round of interviews.
• Sharon reviewed the applicants’ résumés and called in Selina Kyle, whose experience included combat, stealth, and independent work.
• Selina told Sharon she wanted to meet the Eye Society’s President, and Yongye approved her to come upstairs.
• Selina entered Yongye’s office for her interview, and Yongye told Sharon to leave them alone.

Selina tried to ambush Yongye while posing as a flirtatious candidate for Second Secretary, but his Genjutsu repeatedly made her postpone her attacks. The chapter ended with Selina poised to strike again as she leaned over him on the sofa.

• Selina flirted with Yongye during her interview and prepared to attack him with a miniature Grappling Hook.
• Yongye activated Genjutsu, making Selina decide to wait until he was more vulnerable.
• Selina dimmed the office and moved with Yongye to the sofa, where she repeatedly reconsidered her attacks.
• Selina leaned almost over Yongye and poised the Grappling Hook near his elbow for another strike.

Selina tried to ambush Yongye during her interview, but he disarmed her and made her fall asleep. She woke alone in his office to learn she had passed the interview and would start work the next day.

• Selina repeatedly delayed attacking Yongye with her Grappling Hook, but froze when he calmly asked if she was ready.
• Yongye pressed a point beside Selina's spine, relaxing her body and easing old injuries as he helped her warm up.
• Selina succumbed to the warmth and fell asleep on the sofa, with her Grappling Hook slipping out of reach.
• Selina woke in the morning to find Yongye gone and the office window open.
• Sharon Carter told Selina that Yongye had gone to a United Nations meeting, that she had passed the interview, and that she would start work the next day.

Selina regretted hesitating when she had the chance to act, while Bruce misread the marks on her neck and her exhausted demeanor as evidence that she had been with someone else. Bruce challenged Selina’s claim that she had been cautious, leaving her wondering why she had held back so unlike herself.

• Selina left Sharon’s office, saying she would build her stamina and arrive at work on time, while Sharon retrieved the Grappling Hook Selina had left behind.
• At her apartment, Selina brooded over the chances she had passed up and vowed to act immediately next time.
• Bruce entered Selina’s apartment and, seeing the marks on her neck and her subdued state, believed she had been with another man.
• Bruce told Selina she had paid for ignoring his warning, and Selina insisted she had been too cautious and would make her move sooner next time.
• Bruce listed Selina’s past daring exploits and questioned when she had ever been cautious, leaving her unable to argue as she sensed something was wrong.

Bruce told Selina that Yongye had manipulated her judgment and made her miss her chance to ambush him, leaving her furious and ashamed. In Manhattan, Yongye gained Matatabi’s Chakra core and Batman’s fully unlocked intelligence network, then vowed to bring the world under his control.

• Bruce explained that Yongye had made Selina hesitate until she delivered herself to him, and Selina vowed to kill Yongye.
• Bruce told Selina to clean up, avoid Yongye for a few days, and wait for his word.
• Yongye opened an Advanced Blind Box and received Matatabi, the Two-Tails’ Tailed Beast Chakra core.
• Yongye received a Super Blind Box after Bruce’s defenses collapsed and gained Batman’s fully unlocked intelligence network.
• Yongye celebrated his new abilities and vowed to bring the world under his heel.

Yongye officially formed The Boys at a press conference, introducing its five members and announcing that the team would protect people when heroes abandoned their principles or humanity faced a crisis. He left two places open for capable superheroes and warned corrupt heroes that The Boys might target them.

• Yongye appeared at Eye Society headquarters and called Daisy Johnson, Mera, Wanda Maximoff, and Natasha Romanoff onto the stage.
• Natasha set the Square Hammer on the podium, and Yongye announced that The Boys had officially formed.
• Yongye described The Boys as independent of governments and organizations, with the purpose of protecting everyone on the planet who deserved protection.
• Yongye introduced the five members and said he envisioned a seven-person team, inviting capable superheroes to fill the two open places.
• Yongye warned heroes who fought among themselves, covered for their own, and caused trouble for humanity that he might set his sights on them.

After Yongye founded The Boys, the team’s public popularity soared while governments and other heroes reacted to its independence and growing influence. Thor envied Natasha’s place on the team and lamented that he could not form his own squad of beautiful heroines.

• People around the world praised The Boys’ mission and argued over who would fill the team’s final two seats.
• Supreme Leader Laxington learned that the Eye Society’s superhero team was beyond government jurisdiction and cursed the situation.
• Batman wondered how many hidden advantages Yongye had, while Superman hoped Diana would not join The Seven.
• Clark Kent wrote an article about The Boys and noted that he would follow the race for the last two seats.
• Thor complained that Natasha had joined The Boys instead of him, and Hawkeye told him that Yongye wanted beautiful heroines.

Diana Prince decided to join The Boys so she could investigate Yongye from close range, while Yongye obtained a fragment of the Anti-Life Equation. Diana went to Eye Society headquarters and told Yongye she was applying to join his team.

• Diana chose to join The Boys instead of confronting Yongye, then sent Eye Society an encrypted application for a meeting.
• Yongye received a Supreme Blind Box for the press conference’s worldwide viewership and obtained a fragment of the Anti-Life Equation.
• Yongye noted that The Boys had five members and that two openings remained, saying he would recruit them one at a time.
• Diana entered Yongye’s office and told him she was applying to join The Boys.

Yongye recruited Diana for The Boys by sending her with four other heroes to stop Kaecilius from building a bridgehead for Dormammu’s invasion. The team arrived in London as the London Sanctum came under attack from a rift into the Dark Dimension.

• Diana asked to join The Boys, and Yongye invited her to prove herself on a mission.
• Yongye told Diana that the Ancient One was unavailable and assigned her, Quake, Sea Queen, Scarlet Witch, and Female Thor to destroy Kaecilius’s bridgehead in London.
• Diana accepted the mission, and Yongye summoned The Boys for a nighttime deployment.
• In London, a dark-purple rift opened inside the London Sanctum and began consuming the building.

The Ancient One continued her staged battle with Kaecilius, revealing her control of the Mirror Dimension and driving him back while suppressing the Dark Dimension rift. Kaecilius retreated to the rift’s edge, still determined to bring Earth under Dormammu’s power.

• The Ancient One fought Kaecilius in the London Sanctum while the rift weakened her magic circle.
• Kaecilius wounded the Ancient One and raised his Space Blade to kill her, declaring that he would drag Earth’s Sanctums into the Dark Dimension.
• The Ancient One trapped Kaecilius in the Mirror Dimension and struck him with folded space.
• Kaecilius broke through the Mirror Dimension and accused the Ancient One of hiding her strength.
• The Ancient One renewed her magic circle to suppress the rift as Kaecilius retreated to its edge.

Stephen Strange was cornered by Dormammu's followers in London until the Ancient One rescued him and opened a Portal to New York. Kaecilius then stabbed the Ancient One, but Natasha Romanoff arrived as Female Thor and shattered his Space Blade with Mjolnir.

• Dormammu's followers spread through London as rifts opened across the city.
• Stephen Strange was trapped by Kaecilius's followers until the Ancient One shielded him and ordered him to reach the New York Sanctum.
• Kaecilius attacked the Ancient One from behind and stabbed her below the right ribs as Stephen crossed the Portal.
• Natasha Romanoff struck Kaecilius's Space Blade with Mjolnir, shattering it and stopping his attack on the Ancient One.
• Kaecilius recognized Natasha as Female Thor and watched as she stood between him and the wounded Ancient One.

Natasha, Wanda, Mera, Diana, and Daisy arrived to defeat Kaecilius and his followers, saving Stephen Strange from being overwhelmed. As the spatial rifts closed and Stephen learned that The Boys had sent the team, he looked from his rescued self to the wounded Ancient One and wondered how events had changed.

• Natasha and Wanda attacked Kaecilius together, with Wanda's Chaos Magic overpowering his Space Blade and hurling him into a ruined shop.
• Mera struck Kaecilius with a column of water, and Diana bound him with the Lasso of Truth as he tried to flee.
• Daisy used shockwaves to defeat the followers attacking civilians around the London Sanctum.
• With the followers defeated, the spatial rifts began to close, and Stephen learned that The Boys had sent the women to help and capture Kaecilius.
• Stephen felt relieved and ashamed as he looked at the wounded Ancient One, while the Ancient One wondered who had changed the script.

Yongye discovered that the Ancient One was pretending to be more seriously injured than she was and exposed her in front of the others. He left the Ancient One furious and challenged to explain her apparent deception.

• The Ancient One realized that The Boys had rescued her too quickly and that Stephen was captivated by the women, disrupting her plan to pass the Sorcerer Supreme mantle to him.
• Yongye arrived, examined the Ancient One, and noticed that her wound and meridians were healing despite her claim that she was badly hurt.
• Yongye knocked the Ancient One on her bald head, prompting her to attack him with a golden magic circle.
• Yongye crushed the magic circle and told the approaching women that the Ancient One had been faking the severity of her injury.

Yongye exposed the Ancient One's hidden use of Dormammu's power, then gained the Spirit Bomb from his system and flew above London to gather Earth's energy against Dormammu. He asked everyone watching the livestream to raise their hands and lend him their energy as Dormammu's presence gathered near the rift.

• Yongye accused the Ancient One of faking her injury, drawing on Dormammu's power, and turning evil, leaving Stephen shocked and the heroines suspicious.
• The Ancient One's reputation collapsed before Stephen, and Yongye received an Ultimate Blind Box that gave him the Spirit Bomb.
• The Ancient One warned Yongye that Dormammu's invasion was not over and that the Dark Dimension could swallow Earth if any Sanctum fell.
• Yongye flew above London, invoked the Spirit Bomb, and sensed the life force of living beings across Earth.
• Yongye asked everyone on Earth to raise their hands and lend energy to stop Dormammu, and viewers reacted to his request on Twitter.

Yongye gathered energy from people around the world and used a Spirit Bomb to damage Dormammu and close the rift above London. After exposing the Ancient One's secrets before a worldwide audience, he received the Time Stone and vanished, leaving her to question his motives.

• People across the world raised their hands and sent their energy to Yongye, forming a giant Spirit Bomb above London.
• Yongye hurled the Spirit Bomb through the rift, tearing through Dormammu's dimension and forcing Dormammu to retreat as the rift collapsed.
• Yongye descended and received a Super Blind Box reward: a new Eye of Agamotto containing the Time Stone.
• Yongye told the Ancient One that the times had changed and challenged her to write a new script.
• The Ancient One asked Yongye what he was trying to accomplish, and he refused to tell her before vanishing.

Yongye’s Spirit Bomb drove Dormammu from Earth, and the worldwide broadcast turned the victory into a global sensation. As the White House Situation Room watched the fallout, the Sorcerer Supreme had yet to answer Yongye’s public accusations.

• Yongye hovered over the ruined London Sanctum as news outlets reported Dormammu’s defeat and Earth’s survival.
• People around the world celebrated the Spirit Bomb and The Boys’ victory, while social media surged with reactions to Yongye’s actions and his remarks about the Sorcerer Supreme.
• BBC aired a special report on the battle, noting Yongye’s accusations against Ancient One and that she had not responded.
• BBC viewership soared after the report, while the mood in the White House Situation Room contrasted with the online celebration.

After Yongye defeated Dormammu, world leaders and Batman reassessed the threat he posed, while Yongye received a new reward for his unprecedented reputation. He planned to use the reward to track Darkseid if the villain came to Earth.

• The Chief of Staff told Supreme Leader Laxington that Yongye’s Spirit Bomb could destroy a city, and General Lane urged Laxington to reconsider treating the Eye Society as a threat.
• Laxington postponed a decision until he saw how the Sorcerer Supreme responded.
• Batman analyzed the Spirit Bomb and The Boys’ combat footage, then asked Superman whether he could survive a direct hit; Superman said he probably could not.
• Yongye watched global coverage in his office as the members of The Boys departed for their separate duties.
• Yongye opened a Supreme Blind Box and received Darkseid’s Information Tracking Module, which he intended to use to locate Darkseid if he came to Earth.

Batman tried to turn Minato Namikaze against Yongye by showing him footage of Yongye and Talia, but Minato concealed his amusement and refused to work with Batman. Batman warned Superman to wait for instructions, while Diana received a message that Minato wanted to meet her.

• Yongye sent a Wood Clone disguised as Minato Namikaze to meet Batman in Wayne Tower.
• Batman showed Minato footage of Yongye with Talia and claimed Talia had become Yongye’s obedient companion.
• Minato pretended to be furious at Yongye, then rejected Batman’s offer and said Wonder Woman should meet him instead.
• Batman warned Superman that Minato and Yongye might clash and told him to wait for instructions.
• Diana read Batman’s encrypted message about Minato and resolved to be cautious around him.

Minato Namikaze attacked the apartment building where his senior brother lived, blasting it into a vast sinkhole with a Neo Tri-Beam before vanishing. The Golden Armor God of War’s fate remained unknown as the attack set off a frenzy across social media.

• A news helicopter spotted Minato Namikaze racing over Manhattan and followed him toward a Midtown apartment building.
• Minato hovered above the building, charged a Neo Tri-Beam, and fired it through the building into the subway tunnel and bedrock below.
• The blast destroyed the apartment building and its foundations, leaving a vast sinkhole in Midtown Manhattan.
• Minato told the camera, “Farewell, senior brother,” then vanished in a flash of golden light.
• Twitter crashed as people spread news of the attack and questioned whether the Golden Armor God of War had survived.

After Minato Namikaze attacked Yongye’s residence in Midtown Manhattan, Yongye vanished and was presumed dead, leaving Eye Society in crisis. Sharon Carter announced that Minato had claimed responsibility and blamed Batman for masterminding the plan.

• Witnesses and news reports questioned whether Yongye had survived Minato Namikaze’s attack and reported the destruction and casualties in Midtown Manhattan.
• Sharon Carter and Natasha Romanoff found Yongye missing from Eye Society headquarters, and Natasha left to search for him and confront Minato.
• Sharon held a press conference, identifying Minato as the attacker and confirming that Yongye had been unreachable since the explosion.
• Sharon showed reporters a video in which Minato admitted attacking Yongye and claimed Batman had masterminded the plan.