Arc 6A Tangled Timeline

Yang Bo collected his debt from Asgard, expanded his spacefaring plans, and became involved in the Ancient One’s magical work. A Tesseract experiment sent him and Kaecilius to 2012, where Yang Bo attacked Loki, took the Mind Scepter and Captain Rogers’s shield, and trapped Thor in the Mirror Dimension before taking Mjolnir.

  • Yang Bo reached Asgard, collected two promised spaceships and the wrecked ships in its shipyard, and promised to help Thor in return.
  • Yang Bo returned to Earth, worked with Natasha to identify Hydra agents, and brought Skye to meet her father, Calvin.
  • The Ancient One enlisted Yang Bo to build Portals at the Sanctum Sanctorums, while Kaecilius joined him and began training with his help.
  • Yang Bo acquired a shipyard from Odin, traveled to Endstar with Tony One, and partnered with Zera and Yondu to find planets and investigate vibranium.
  • Yang Bo brought Dr. Erik to the spaceship base to study the Tesseract, but the wormhole experiment left him and Kaecilius in an unfamiliar 2012 universe.
  • Yang Bo and Kaecilius went to Stuttgart, where Yang Bo seized Loki’s Mind Scepter and later took Captain Rogers’s Vibranium Shield.
  • Yang Bo trapped Thor in the Mirror Dimension, and Kaecilius fought him until Yang Bo challenged him to lift Mjolnir.
  • Yang Bo mined Mjolnir with his Pickaxe, stored it in his inventory, and sent Thor through a Portal.
Chapters 126–150 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 126New York Sanctum

Yang Bo visited the New York Sanctum to ask the Ancient One for help reaching Asgard and collecting Thor’s promised payment. After she explained that his growing influence had disrupted her ability to see the future, he asked her to lend him two students, including Wong or Kaecilius.

  • Yang Bo arrived at the New York Sanctum and told its guardian, Daniel Drumm, that he was the Ancient One’s student and wanted to reach Kamar-Taj.
  • Daniel questioned Yang Bo’s claim and contacted the Ancient One, who opened a Portal and invited him through.
  • The Ancient One told Yang Bo that his growing ties to the world had stopped her from seeing the future with the Eye of Agamotto.
  • Yang Bo explained that he wanted to collect the payment Thor had promised after the Bifrost was destroyed.
  • Yang Bo asked the Ancient One to lend him Wong and Kaecilius because he could not learn the Portal spell, leaving her visibly startled.

Ch. 127Kaecilius

Yang Bo discussed Kaecilius's fall and the Ancient One's planned death, then offered to let her test magic through his Minecraft connection. He opened a purple Portal at Kamar-Taj, and the Ancient One sensed that it had changed the space around it.

  • The Ancient One explained that Kaecilius had sought Dormammu's power to resurrect his family, only to become Dormammu's puppet and be absorbed.
  • Yang Bo questioned the Ancient One's choice to leave Strange as Sorcerer Supreme, and she said she was ready for death and a change of scenery.
  • Yang Bo described Peter Parker's friend opening interdimensional Portals, and the Ancient One suggested someone else might be paying the magical price for him.
  • The Ancient One agreed to test magic through Yang Bo's Minecraft power and led him to a spacious room at Kamar-Taj.
  • Yang Bo built and ignited an obsidian Portal, and the Ancient One sensed major changes around it despite detecting no magical energy.

Ch. 128The Ancient One, the villager

Yang Bo traveled from the Nether to Asgard and met Heimdall and Thor on the shattered Bifrost. Thor agreed to gather the payment he owed Yang Bo, while Heimdall revealed his interest in the Tesseract.

  • The Ancient One sent Yang Bo through a portal to Asgard, then left to speak with Kaecilius.
  • Yang Bo laughed over the Ancient One’s Minecraft villager grunts as he waited on the shattered Bifrost.
  • Heimdall questioned Yang Bo, then agreed to notify Thor after Yang Bo explained he had come to collect a debt.
  • Thor arrived and said he would gather the promised payment, though it would take some time.
  • Yang Bo asked for the broken Bifrost, and Heimdall objected until he saw Yang Bo holding the Tesseract.
  • Heimdall suggested Yang Bo take other materials instead, and Yang Bo put the Tesseract away after realizing Heimdall wanted it.

Ch. 129The Bifrost, a planet-destroying weapon

Yang Bo agreed to lend Thor the Space Stone so Asgard could repair the Bifrost in exchange for two miniature spaceships, then traveled with Thor to Asgard. He declined Thor’s invitation to join Asgard and ended the chapter ready to drink without limit at a tavern.

  • Thor asked Yang Bo to lend him the Space Stone to repair the Bifrost, and Yang Bo requested payment in the form of two miniature spaceships.
  • Heimdall explained that the Bifrost depended on the Odinforce and Asgard’s unique abilities, so Yang Bo offered the Space Stone instead of asking for help building one.
  • Thor agreed to provide two miniature spaceships and invited Yang Bo to explore Asgard.
  • Yang Bo admired Asgard but declined Thor’s offer to join, saying he preferred his freedom and would find another planet to make his home.
  • Thor took Yang Bo to a lively tavern, where Yang Bo declared they would keep drinking.

Ch. 130Can't help it-just talent

Yang Bo went with Thor to inspect Asgard’s spaceships and discovered a graveyard of captured pirate vessels. Thor let him take whatever wrecks he wanted and promised to arrange two more ships, leaving Yang Bo grateful and offering Thor a favor in return.

  • Thor woke up after losing a drinking contest to Yang Bo and took the Tesseract to the craftsmen repairing the Bifrost.
  • Yang Bo fished with Heimdall, caught an Enchanted Book with Fortune III, and asked about traveling to Morag.
  • Thor asked Yang Bo how he had won the drinking contest, and Yang Bo explained that he could not get drunk.
  • Thor took Yang Bo to Asgard’s ship harbor, where Yang Bo rejected the warships’ ancient-ship designs and pointed out the larger battleship style he preferred.
  • Thor brought Yang Bo to a shipyard filled with damaged vessels captured from space pirates and offered him the wrecks, along with two promised spaceships.
  • Yang Bo accepted Thor’s offer and promised to help him if he ever needed it.

Ch. 131A quick trip home

Yang Bo returned to Earth by drowning himself, leaving Thor baffled and Heimdall unable to see him across the Nine Realms. Back at his company, Yang Bo considered where to build a battleship and learned that Natasha wanted his help finding Hydra agents in S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters.

  • Yang Bo asked Thor to kill him with Mjolnir so he could return to Earth, but when Thor refused, he drowned himself and vanished upon dying.
  • Thor asked Heimdall whether Yang Bo was on Earth, and Heimdall explained that he could not see Yang Bo anywhere in the Nine Realms.
  • Yang Bo emerged in his underground space beneath Central Park and decided the moon might be a suitable place to build a battleship and find workers.
  • Yang Bo returned to his company, where Anna told him that Skye and Natasha had been waiting for him because they could not reach him.
  • Skye asked Yang Bo to help Blade's group level up, and Yang Bo said he would visit them the next day.
  • Natasha told Yang Bo that Director Fury wanted him to identify Hydra agents still hiding in S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters, and Yang Bo demanded that she bring him such opportunities sooner.

Ch. 132Studying the spacecraft

Yang Bo agreed to help Natasha investigate Hydra and drew Tony Stark into a project to study alien spacecraft. He revealed that he could travel to other planets, leaving Tony eager to work with him.

  • Yang Bo asked Natasha to hand Hydra members over as workers, and she told him to discuss it with Director Fury.
  • Yang Bo explained that his Minimap marked people by hostile intent and faction, then promised to accompany Natasha to S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters after giving his staff instructions.
  • Tony arrived to test his new Armor, and Yang Bo encouraged him and Ivan to exchange technical ideas.
  • Yang Bo told Ivan that he had acquired spacecraft and Space Battleships and asked him to prepare personnel to study them.
  • Tony asked to join the project, and Yang Bo invited him to help upgrade a habitable planet.
  • After learning Yang Bo could travel to other planets, Tony offered to become his company's technical consultant.

Ch. 133Skye's father, Darwin

Yang Bo helped Fury identify Hydra agents at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, then told Skye that the man claiming to be her father was Darwin and explained her family history and the Inhumans. The next day, Yang Bo and Skye traveled through the Nether toward Washington with the Vampire Hunter instructor, arriving in an underground space.

  • Yang Bo identified sixteen Hydra agents among the roughly two hundred people at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, and Fury said he would return them to their original postings.
  • Skye told Yang Bo that a man claiming to be her father was being held by her teacher, and Yang Bo recognized him as Darwin.
  • Yang Bo took Skye home and told her about her parents and the Inhumans, leaving her overwhelmed by what she learned.
  • The next morning, Yang Bo carried the unconscious Vampire Hunter instructor into the Nether and put him in a minecart for the trip to Washington.
  • Yang Bo and Skye rode another minecart, and after a collision, Yang Bo retrieved the instructor and led Skye through the Portal to an underground space in Washington.

Ch. 134It'll Cook, You Know!

Yang Bo subdued Calvin when he became violent, then used healing and all-purpose milk to restore him to health and sanity. Skye reconciled with her father while Yang Bo left to discuss the Hunter Guild’s progress against Washington’s vampires with Blade.

  • Yang Bo kicked Calvin away when he lunged toward Skye, then tried to calm him and introduce himself as Daisy’s boyfriend.
  • Calvin flew into a rage and charged Yang Bo, who struck him with lightning until he collapsed.
  • Yang Bo summoned a Healing Totem, and Calvin recovered enough to wake and see Skye.
  • Yang Bo threatened Calvin with his staff and gave him milk, which cured his mental problems; Calvin apologized to Skye for her suffering.
  • Yang Bo left Skye and Calvin to talk, then asked Blade about the vampire hunt in Washington.
  • Blade reported that Albert and her companions had joined the Hunter Guild and that Karen had developed a potion effective against nearby vampires; Yang Bo urged Karen to develop one that could cover the city.

Ch. 135Zombie Pigman

Yang Bo left Skye to study artificial intelligence and traveled to Kamar-Taj to speak with the Ancient One. There, he recognized the creatures emerging from a special Portal as Zombie Pigmen and hinted at how dangerous the Portal could become.

  • Skye decided she wanted to meet her mother, and Yang Bo agreed to help her become strong enough to face Jia Ying first.
  • Yang Bo visited the Sanctum Sanctorum, where Daniel showed him windows that opened onto real locations through spatial magic.
  • Daniel sent Yang Bo through a Portal to Kamar-Taj, where Mordo agreed to take him to the Ancient One.
  • Yang Bo heard that strange, identical creatures were emerging from a special Portal and recognized their grunts as Zombie Pigmen.
  • Yang Bo told Mordo that the Zombie Pigmen were dangerous and mentioned that an Acceleration Torch could unleash a horde through the Portal.

Ch. 136He offered far too much

The Ancient One assigned Kaecilius to Yang Bo and asked him to build Portals at the three Sanctum Sanctorums, explaining that Portals blocked magical observation. In New York, Yang Bo prepared to leave with Ivan and Tony to study a spaceship and offered Kaecilius a custom suit of Uru armor.

  • The Ancient One introduced Kaecilius and his disciples to Yang Bo, then ordered Kaecilius to stay with Yang Bo and continue his training.
  • The Ancient One explained that Yang Bo's Portal altered nearby rules so magical beings could no longer probe the surrounding space, and asked him to build Portals at the three Sanctum Sanctorums.
  • Yang Bo took Kaecilius through a Portal to New York, where Mordo learned that the Ancient One might send him to Yang Bo as well.
  • Yang Bo found Ivan ready to leave and told him to contact Tony so they could set off to study a spaceship.
  • Yang Bo offered to have a custom suit of Uru armor made for Kaecilius, who accepted and called him boss.

Ch. 137Busy

Yang Bo met the awakened Odin, who welcomed him to Asgard and granted him the ship graveyard as a reward. After Yang Bo left, Odin revealed to Frigga that he hoped Yang Bo could prevent Ragnarok and that he would soon enter the Odinsleep again.

  • Yang Bo returned from mining and smelted his ores while Asgard's workers and suits of Armor dismantled the abandoned ships.
  • Thor brought Yang Bo to Odin after telling him that his father had awakened and wanted to meet him.
  • Odin thanked Yang Bo for providing the Tesseract, acknowledged the Ancient One's request to look after him, and gave him use of the ship graveyard.
  • Odin told Frigga that the Ancient One believed Yang Bo could prevent Ragnarok and that he planned to enter the Odinsleep so Thor could grow stronger.

Ch. 138Loading mods

Yang Bo tested Minecraft alloys and traveled through a Nether Portal, where newly loaded mods spawned a powerful elite Wither Skeleton. He managed to disable it with his imperial gold frying pan, but the fight’s outcome remained unclear.

  • Yang Bo asked Thor to find the planet Vormir as a place to settle, then returned to his spaceship and smelted ores.
  • Yang Bo crafted an imperial gold frying pan to test its ability to disable an enemy’s AI.
  • Yang Bo entered the Nether through a new portal and found himself inside a Nether Fortress.
  • The Mutant Creatures Reborn and Rare Elite Mobs mods loaded after Yang Bo complained that vanilla monsters were too weak.
  • An elite Wither Skeleton blinded, pulled, and trapped Yang Bo, who fought back with his Combat Sign and imperial gold frying pan.
  • Yang Bo’s repeated pan strikes finally made the Wither Skeleton stop attacking as reflected damage nearly killed it.

Ch. 139The spaceship takes off

Yang Bo returned from another world with an immobilized Wither Skeleton and learned that Ivan and Tony had repaired a spaceship. He inspected their research and arrived at the Underground Space to test the newly repaired Tony One.

  • Yang Bo carried the motionless Wither Skeleton through the Portal to Asgard, then enclosed it in glass and displayed a warning sign.
  • Ivan told Yang Bo that a spaceship had been repaired and was ready for use.
  • Kaecilius reported that Ivan’s No. 3 Metal Plate could be combined with uru for armor, while Valyrian steel was suited to weapons against evil beings from hyperspace.
  • Yang Bo and Ivan traveled through Kaecilius’s Portal to the Underground Space beneath Africa.
  • Tony showed Yang Bo the gold-and-red spaceship he had named Tony One after winning a bet with Ivan.
  • Yang Bo decided to take Tony One out for a test.

Ch. 140Ravagers

Yang Bo took Tony and Ivan back to Asgard, then piloted his spaceship toward Xandar to test space jumps. Along the way, the Ravagers stopped him to plunder his ship, but found nothing aboard and grew wary when he mentioned Star-Lord.

  • Yang Bo refused Tony's request to test a space jump and dropped Tony and Ivan off on Asgard before setting course for Xandar.
  • Yang Bo traveled through jump points for three days while studying an Imperial Gold frying pan, then received a warning about approaching ships.
  • Three Ravager ships surrounded Yang Bo's craft, and he cooperated when their crew ordered him to stop.
  • The Ravagers searched Yang Bo's spaceship but found no supplies, while their leader learned that Yang Bo was from Terra and asked about Star-Lord.
  • The Ravager leader offered to leave Yang Bo supplies because of Star-Lord, then nervously suggested they share a drink when the crew reported the ship was empty.

Ch. 141Information on a New Planet

Yang Bo enlisted Zera and his Ravager crew to find a habitable planet and locate Morag and Vormir, hoping to reach the Infinity Stones before the events of the plot. After learning that gold was worth little but vibranium could earn him money, Yang Bo partnered with Zera, who began updating his century-old star chart.

  • Yang Bo froze a group of Ravagers when they tried to leave, then hired them to find a habitable planet, Morag, and Vormir.
  • The Ravager leader agreed to help and explained that gold was cheap while vibranium was valuable.
  • Yang Bo and Zera introduced themselves and formed a partnership, with Zera staying aboard Yang Bo's ship with two crew members.
  • Zera criticized Yang Bo's 120-year-old ship and offered to update its star chart for free.

Ch. 142You call this a little small?

Yang Bo claimed a tiny habitable world as Endstar and used a Twilight Portal to gather ores before returning to the Ravagers. As he drank with Zera, he asked about the Chitauri and learned they had allied themselves with the Mad Titan.

  • Yang Bo questioned Zera about the planet's small size, then named it Endstar and said he would wait there for a few days.
  • Yang Bo built a house and Twilight Portal on Endstar, then entered the portal to mine vibranium in the Twilight Forest.
  • Zera told his crew to contact Yondu, who planned to meet Yang Bo the next day.
  • Yang Bo returned with a haul of ores and joined Zera and the Ravagers around their campfire.
  • Yang Bo asked Zera about the Chitauri, and Zera said they were a weak but relentless army allied with the Mad Titan.

Ch. 143Yondu the Ravager

Yang Bo finished paving the asteroid and waited for Yondu to arrive so he could ask the Ravagers for help. Yondu agreed to assist and took a vibranium ingot to find a buyer, leaving Yang Bo to await word through the ship’s communications.

  • Yang Bo used his remaining nether rock to pave the asteroid into plots and decided he would later bring a mage to open a portal there.
  • Yondu’s ships arrived, and Zera told Yondu that Yang Bo needed the Ravagers’ help.
  • Yang Bo introduced himself to Yondu and asked him to help find Rocket, though he wondered if Rocket had been born yet.
  • Yang Bo gave Yondu a vibranium ingot and asked him to find out its value and sell it.
  • Yondu agreed to ask around for a buyer, and Yang Bo told him to contact him through the ship’s communications.

Ch. 144Studying the Space Stone

Yang Bo returned from the distant habitable planet and began assembling a team to develop it. He brought Dr. Erik to the African spaceship base to study the Tesseract with Tony, hoping to use it to create a portal between Earth and the planet.

  • Yang Bo copied the Star Map, then died in lava to return home instantly.
  • Yang Bo called Ivan and asked him to prepare everyone and the robots for a trip to the habitable planet.
  • Yang Bo contacted Dr. Erik, told him about the planet, and asked him to help study the Tesseract's power.
  • A young mage opened a Portal, and Yang Bo took Dr. Erik to the spaceship base in Africa.
  • Yang Bo gave Ivan the updated Star Map and asked Tony to work with Dr. Erik on the Tesseract.
  • Tony asked what the Tesseract was, so Yang Bo took the blue-glowing object out of his inventory.

Ch. 145I shouldn't have stacked buffs

Yang Bo entered the Tesseract-powered wormhole, but the gateway collapsed after Kaecilius followed him through. The others reopened it and saw Yang Bo’s destination planet, while Yang Bo and Kaecilius arrived in a vast room full of advanced technology.

  • Erik and the scientists prepared the Tesseract device, and Yang Bo ordered everyone into Armor before opening the wormhole.
  • Yang Bo entered the unstable gateway, and Kaecilius jumped in after him as the Tesseract went dark and the wormhole vanished.
  • Ivan confronted Tony and Erik in alarm, but they checked the equipment and reopened a wormhole to the planet Yang Bo had described.
  • Ivan decided to finish the task Yang Bo had left behind, while Yang Bo was struck from behind after stepping into the advanced room.
  • Yang Bo turned and saw Kaecilius in his Armor, then asked why he had followed him.

Ch. 146I have a bad feeling

After escaping a collapsing S.H.I.E.L.D. facility, Yang Bo and Kaecilius discovered they had landed in a parallel universe and began investigating their surroundings. Yang Bo realized it was May 1, 2012, and proposed stealing something, while the Ancient One sensed that the timeline had become tangled.

  • Yang Bo and Kaecilius escaped through a Portal as the S.H.I.E.L.D. facility collapsed behind them.
  • Yang Bo recognized the woods as Central Park but found that their underground home was missing, confirming they were in an unfamiliar universe.
  • Yang Bo and Kaecilius dug out a temporary underground shelter, then went into Manhattan to gather information.
  • Yang Bo spotted Stark Tower, learned the date was May 1, 2012, and remembered that the destroyed facility had been studying the Tesseract.
  • Yang Bo proposed stealing something, and Kaecilius identified the plan as robbery.
  • The Ancient One opened her eyes at Kamar-Taj and wondered why the timeline had become tangled.

Ch. 147The Same Old Routine

Yang Bo and Kaecilius waited for Loki to appear at a gala in Stuttgart, then Yang Bo confronted him using his magical abilities. The chapter ended with Yang Bo slowing time, taking Loki’s scepter, and kicking him in the stomach.

  • Yang Bo told Kaecilius about the Chitauri invasion as they walked to Stark Tower, where they saw Tony Stark arrive and Coulson hurry inside.
  • Yang Bo and Kaecilius traveled to Germany and waited near Dr. Seff’s gala in Stuttgart for Loki to appear.
  • Loki emerged from the gala, surrounded the crowd with illusions, and commanded everyone to kneel.
  • Yang Bo ignored Loki’s illusion, used Sixth Sense to locate him, and cast Time Dilation as Loki rushed at him.
  • Yang Bo seized Loki’s scepter and kicked him in the stomach while time was slowed.

Ch. 148Loki lost his mind

Yang Bo defeated Loki, stole the Mind Scepter and Captain Rogers’s shield, and left through a Portal with Kaecilius. The Avengers found Loki mentally incapacitated, and Thor arrived aboard the Quinjet.

  • Yang Bo used a spell to slow Loki, then had Kaecilius bind him and beat him with the Imperial Gold Rod until Loki became unresponsive.
  • Yang Bo took the Mind Scepter and left for the Tesseract, but Captain Rogers tried to stop him and lost his Vibranium Shield when Yang Bo caught and took it.
  • Black Widow, Rogers, and Tony examined Loki and watched footage of Yang Bo’s attack, while Tony concluded Loki was beyond saving.
  • Thor arrived on the Quinjet with his hammer raised and shoved Tony aside.

Ch. 149I heard you were looking for me?

Thor returned to the Quinjet with Loki, then crossed a portal into the Mirror Dimension to confront Yang Bo and Kaecilius. Kaecilius’s uru-and-adamantium Magic Armor withstood Thor’s lightning-charged hammer, and the fight remained underway.

  • Thor dragged Loki away from the Quinjet and realized his brother had lost his mind, so he brought him back to demand an explanation.
  • Yang Bo put the Mind Scepter away after Kaecilius said his spells could not remove its stone and that it affected his emotions.
  • After Black Widow showed Thor footage of Yang Bo beating Loki, Yang Bo invited Kaecilius to confront Thor, and Kaecilius donned his First-Generation Magic Armor.
  • Kaecilius opened a portal into the Quinjet, and Yang Bo taunted Thor into crossing it before closing the portal and trapping him in the Mirror Dimension.
  • Thor broke free of Kaecilius’s Golden Whip with lightning and hurled Mjolnir at him, but the Magic Armor blocked the hammer without a scratch.

Ch. 150The Hammer Was His Again

Kaecilius defeated Thor in the Mirror Dimension, while Yang Bo watched and then challenged Thor over Mjolnir. Yang Bo mined the hammer with his Pickaxe and sent Thor through a Portal, leaving Kaecilius to question why he had taken it.

  • Kaecilius absorbed Thor's lightning with his armor and overpowered him with energy beams, magical whips, and shards of warped space.
  • Yang Bo approached the bound Thor and challenged him to let him leave if he could lift Mjolnir, while promising to restore Loki only if he failed.
  • Yang Bo mined Mjolnir with his Pickaxe, stored it in his inventory, and tossed it in his hand as Thor stared in disbelief.
  • Yang Bo kicked Thor into a Portal, which closed after Thor's defiant shout came through.
  • Kaecilius asked why Yang Bo had taken Mjolnir, and Yang Bo said teasing Thor was fun.
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