Arc 7Stones, Portals, and Hunters

Yang Bo fought the Chitauri, returned to his world, and gathered Infinity Stones while crossing between parallel universes. He reunited Skye with Jia Ying, then joined Blade in organizing a citywide hunt for mutant vampires.

  • Yang Bo used Wither bosses to fight the Chitauri, then closed the wormhole and resurrected the fallen Avengers with the Scepter.
  • Yang Bo returned home through the Nether, reunited with Skye, and brought Kaecilius back from the parallel universe.
  • Yang Bo built a new base with Ivan and obtained the Soul Stone on Vormir by using a Nether Portal to bypass its sacrifice requirement.
  • Yang Bo killed the Ender Dragon, explored the End, and met Daredevil after arriving in Hell’s Kitchen.
  • Yang Bo took Fury, Tony, and Skye to the parallel universe, negotiated with Thor for Mjolnir and the Space Stone, and kept Loki for a year of training.
  • Yang Bo used the Obelisk to identify Daisy as an Inhuman and brought her to Afterlife, where Jia Ying revealed she was Daisy’s mother.
  • After training the Inhumans, Yang Bo left with Skye and later joined Blade to hunt mutant vampires, assembling nearly a hundred Vampire Hunters.
Chapters 151–175 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 151The Ancient One pays a visit

Thor and the Avengers returned to the Helicarrier without Mjolnir or Captain America’s shield, then argued with Fury about the Tesseract and prepared for the threat of an alien invasion. Meanwhile, Yang Bo and Kaecilius hosted the Ancient One, who recognized Kaecilius’s changed fate and praised his strength.

  • Thor returned to the Quinjet after the portal vanished, grieving over the loss of Mjolnir as the Avengers brought Loki back to the Helicarrier.
  • Fury questioned Rogers about Yang Bo and Kaecilius, while Thor warned that they were after the Tesseract and that an alien army awaited the portal.
  • Tony and Rogers confronted Fury over his secret Tesseract weapons research, and Fury defended it as preparation for powerful threats.
  • Fury ordered Tony to help Banner locate the Tesseract, sent Thor to examine Loki, and told the others to prepare for battle; Rogers asked Fury for a spare shield.
  • Yang Bo and Kaecilius entertained the Ancient One, who told Kaecilius that his fate had changed and praised him as more outstanding than Strange.

Ch. 152Loki Awakens

The Ancient One refused to send Yang Bo back to his universe and left him to handle future trouble himself. On the Helicarrier, Loki awakened, learned Yang Bo had taken his scepter, and was confronted by the assembled heroes as he tried to leave.

  • The Ancient One explained that Odin had asked her to find Yang Bo, refused to send him home, and departed through a Portal.
  • Yang Bo asked Kaecilius to return the borrowed table and cups, then watched Loki's condition on the Helicarrier.
  • Thor and Black Widow waited beside the unresponsive Loki while medical staff monitored him.
  • Loki woke, demanded to know where Yang Bo was, and learned that Yang Bo had taken his scepter and was targeting the Tesseract.
  • Loki jumped out of bed and tried to leave, but Tony, Captain America, the others, and Thor confronted him.

Ch. 153The plot went a little off track

Yang Bo and Kaecilius took the Tesseract and kidnapped Dr. Erik before Tony could stop them, leaving Loki without the tools to carry out his mission. Thor agreed to take Loki home, but the Avengers focused on finding the group that had taken Dr. Erik.

  • As Hawkeye attacked the Helicarrier, Yang Bo and Kaecilius left the Mirror Dimension and freed Dr. Erik from the Mind Stone’s influence.
  • Yang Bo took the Tesseract and the Wormhole Generator, then told Dr. Erik he had been kidnapped.
  • Tony arrived too late to stop Yang Bo and Kaecilius from escaping with Dr. Erik and the Tesseract.
  • Loki arrived at Stark Tower, learned the Tesseract was gone, and let Thor take him into custody while asking to return to Asgard.
  • Black Widow told Thor that Loki had killed over eighty people, and Captain America asked Banner to help scan for abnormal gamma energy and locate Dr. Erik.

Ch. 154Have I Become the Big Bad?

Yang Bo showed Dr. Erik a magical projection of how he and Kaecilius had arrived in this universe, persuading Erik to help build a Portal home. Two days later, S.H.I.E.L.D. detected the Tesseract in Siberia and Nick Fury prepared to recover it.

  • Yang Bo joked that he wanted to conquer the universe before admitting he needed Dr. Erik to open a Portal home.
  • Kaecilius showed Dr. Erik a projection of Yang Bo's arrival through an unstable Portal, and Erik agreed to try to build one.
  • Yang Bo assigned the Portal project to Erik and said they needed to move to a safer location in case of an alien attack.
  • Two days later, Dr. Banner found the Tesseract's location in Siberia aboard a helicarrier.
  • Nick Fury ordered the team to recover the Tesseract, calling it his last chance to reach Yang Bo while he was using it.

Ch. 155Hope Shattered

Yang Bo summoned Wither bosses to fight the Chitauri Army after the Tesseract opened a Portal in Siberia. As the battle turned against the Chitauri, Thor, Iron Man, Tony, and Loki arrived and drew the Withers' attention.

  • Yang Bo warned Kaecilius that they might not be able to return to their universe, then prepared for a fight when the Tesseract began opening a Portal.
  • Yang Bo summoned Wither bosses through the Portal, and they attacked the Chitauri Army with blue skulls.
  • The Withers' armor resisted the Chitauri's energy weapons, while their counterattacks drove the Chitauri back through the Portal.
  • Kaecilius joined Yang Bo after getting Dr. Erik to safety, and Yang Bo expected the Withers to defeat the Chitauri without their help.
  • Thor, Iron Man, Tony, and Loki jumped from a Quinjet, and two Wither bosses turned to attack them.

Ch. 156Drifting in the depths of the universe

Thor and the Avengers battled the Wither Boss while Yang Bo and Kaecilius watched from the sidelines. Hawkeye and Black Widow were apparently killed, and Yang Bo used Mind Trickery to bring a debilitated Loki into the scene.

  • Thor charged the airborne Wither Boss without his hammer, while Yang Bo and Kaecilius mocked his inability to fly.
  • The Wither attacked the Avengers, and Rogers warned them to dodge while Iron Man and the Quinjet returned fire.
  • The Wither entered its second phase, and Tony destroyed one Wither after JARVIS analyzed the battle.
  • A Wither killed Hawkeye and destroyed Black Widow's Quinjet, and Yang Bo noted that Natasha's Minimap marker had disappeared.
  • Yang Bo cast Mind Trickery with a Scepter, causing Loki to appear behind him and collapse while retching.

Ch. 157Closing the Wormhole

Yang Bo defeated Loki and closed the wormhole by removing the Tesseract, while the Avengers suffered heavy losses and the withers attacked the Chitauri in space. Thor awakened his power and charged Yang Bo, but Kaecilius redirected him through a Portal into Loki.

  • Yang Bo caught Loki’s attempted sneak attack, beat him unconscious, and ordered Kaecilius to help close the wormhole.
  • The withers killed the remaining Chitauri nearby, while Hawkeye, Black Widow, and Captain America died and the other Avengers were left battered and grieving.
  • Yang Bo removed the Tesseract from its housing, causing the wormhole to close, then returned Loki to Thor.
  • Thor’s rage awakened his lightning powers, but Yang Bo’s Banish spell failed to stop him.
  • Kaecilius opened a Portal that sent Thor crashing into Loki, who briefly woke before passing out again.

Ch. 158That actually worked?

Yang Bo resurrected the fallen Avengers before leaving the battlefield with Kaecilius, then considered using Pym Particles to return to their universe. After Kaecilius asked him to revive his family, Yang Bo entered the Nether and discovered that he had returned to a familiar place.

  • Tony confronted Yang Bo and learned that Kaecilius's magical Armor came from a parallel universe where Tony, Ivan Vanko, and Kaecilius had built it.
  • Yang Bo kept the Tesseract, used the Scepter to resurrect the dead, and told Tony that Black Widow had been restored.
  • Tony and Thor watched Captain America, Hawkeye, and the others rise, and Tony told Rogers that the mission had failed.
  • Yang Bo told Kaecilius that his resurrection magic could only revive people dead for less than a day, then wondered whether the Time Stone could overcome that limit.
  • Yang Bo opened a Portal to the Nether and realized he had returned to his familiar Warped Forest.

Ch. 159Homecoming

Yang Bo returned to the Marvel Universe, reunited with Skye, and remembered that he had left Kaecilius behind in another universe. He brought Kaecilius back to World No. 1 and found the African base transformed, with Dr. Erik still there.

  • Yang Bo returned home, failed to reach Ivan, and called Skye, who said she had been hunting vampires with Blade.
  • Skye arrived through Portal No. 1, reunited with Yang Bo, and spent the night with him.
  • Yang Bo put signs on the Portals and realized he had forgotten to bring Kaecilius back.
  • Yang Bo used Portal No. 2 to return to Universe No. 2 and found Kaecilius meditating.
  • Yang Bo explained that the Nether connected both universes, then returned with Kaecilius to World No. 1.
  • Yang Bo and Kaecilius reached the African base and found it altered, with Dr. Erik working at a computer.

Ch. 160Don't scare me!

Yang Bo returned to Erik and revived him after the shock of seeing Yang Bo caused him to collapse. He then checked on Ivan’s progress transforming the planet, and more than twenty days later Yondu arrived with news that his crew had found Vormir.

  • Yang Bo greeted Erik, who collapsed from exhaustion, and revived him with healing spells.
  • Yang Bo told Erik about his recent journey, then learned Ivan had been arguing with Tony and went to check on him.
  • Yang Bo found Ivan overseeing a robot-led transformation of the planet and praised his work while asking him not to expand the city too far.
  • Yang Bo spent more than twenty days on the planet as Ivan’s crew built a spaceship research center and prepared its defenses.
  • A large spaceship entered orbit and sent smaller ships toward the planet, and Yondu told Yang Bo that his crew had found Vormir.

Ch. 161The Soul Stone

Yang Bo traveled to Vormir to obtain the Soul Stone, but Red Skull insisted that he sacrifice the person he loved most. After Yang Bo’s attempt to sacrifice himself failed, activating a Nether Portal caused the Soul Stone to appear in his hand.

  • Yang Bo landed on Vormir with Yondu and met Red Skull, who warned that obtaining the Soul Stone required a sacrifice.
  • Red Skull explained that Yang Bo had to sacrifice the person he loved most, and Yang Bo decided to offer himself.
  • Yang Bo set a Respawn Point, drained his health with lava, and jumped from the cliff, but Red Skull said his death did not count because his soul had never arrived.
  • Yang Bo built and activated a Nether Portal, and the glowing Soul Stone appeared in his hand.
  • Yang Bo celebrated obtaining the Soul Stone and thought about collecting the Power Stone and Reality Stone next.

Ch. 162Hunting the Ender Dragon

Yang Bo secured the Soul Stone on Vormir, parted ways with Yondu, and returned home before traveling to the End to hunt the Ender Dragon. He destroyed several End Crystals and was left atop an obsidian pillar, preparing to continue the fight.

  • Yang Bo put away the Soul Stone, thanked Yondu for helping him find Vormir, and parted ways with the Ravager captain.
  • Yang Bo returned home, crafted Ender Chests to store his Infinity Stones, and prepared his Unbreakable Boomerang for the End.
  • Yang Bo used an Ender Cake to travel to the End and teleported from the obsidian platform to the End Main Island as the Ender Dragon attacked.
  • Yang Bo found that Ivan's Flying Platform did not work in the End, then was struck by the dragon's wing and hurled through the air.
  • Yang Bo destroyed the nearest End Crystal with his Boomerang, grabbed an obsidian pillar to avoid falling, and shattered several more crystals from its platform.

Ch. 163Liberating the End

Yang Bo defeated the Ender Dragon, explored the End’s outer islands, and returned to Hell’s Kitchen wearing an Elytra. There, a red figure interrupted a mugging just as Yang Bo was about to deal with the robber himself.

  • Yang Bo killed the Ender Dragon, collected its experience, and left the Dragon Egg beside the bedrock Portal.
  • Yang Bo entered the End Gateway and explored an outer island, finding Chorus Fruit and later an End Ship with an Elytra.
  • Yang Bo flew through the Gateway, returned to the End’s main island, and jumped into the exit Portal.
  • Yang Bo arrived in a Hell’s Kitchen alley and encountered a young white man trying to rob him at gunpoint.
  • A red figure dropped in and kicked the young white robber, while his accomplice escaped on a motorcycle.

Ch. 164Daredevil and Afterlife

Yang Bo discussed awakening Skye’s powers and arranged to seek help from her mother, Jia Ying, while making a deal with Fury to study the Tesseract. He also asked Fury to find Hydra leader Daniel Whitehall, leaving Fury to confront the growing chaos on Earth.

  • Daredevil subdued a would-be robber in Hell’s Kitchen, called the police, and warned Yang Bo not to wander there alone at night.
  • Yang Bo tested the Soul Stone and compared the Tesseract’s power in his universe with its power in the Nether.
  • Skye told Yang Bo that her father wanted her to undergo an awakening ritual, and Yang Bo decided they should find Jia Ying to awaken her safely.
  • Yang Bo called Coulson and then Fury to request information about the Inhumans’ Afterlife, and Fury asked to study the Tesseract.
  • Yang Bo agreed to share the Tesseract research data with Fury and asked him to find Daniel Whitehall for Jia Ying.
  • Fury agreed to search for Whitehall and reflected that Earth was becoming increasingly chaotic.

Ch. 165I'm Very Disappointed in S.H.I.E.L.D.

After S.H.I.E.L.D. failed to locate Afterlife or capture Daniel Whitehall, Yang Bo criticized Fury and agreed to take him to a parallel world. Yang Bo, Skye, Kaecilius, Tony Stark, and Nick Fury gathered at Yang Bo's home and prepared to leave through the Nether Portal.

  • After three days without word from Fury or Coulson, Yang Bo brought Skye and Kaecilius to Fury's office.
  • Yang Bo gave Fury the Tesseract from a parallel universe and showed him Captain America's shield and Mjolnir as spoils from his visit there.
  • Fury admitted S.H.I.E.L.D. had not found Afterlife and that Daniel Whitehall had escaped, prompting Yang Bo to criticize the agency and leave.
  • Fury asked to visit the parallel world with Yang Bo, and Yang Bo agreed to take him there.
  • Half an hour later, Yang Bo, Skye, Kaecilius, Tony Stark, and Nick Fury gathered at Yang Bo's home and stood ready to enter the Nether Portal.

Ch. 166I came here to do research

Yang Bo brought the group to Universe No. 2, where Tony planned to study Stark Tower and Fury hoped to replace his counterpart to access the universe’s records. They arrived at Stark Tower, where Tony began examining JARVIS and the group encountered Pepper Potts.

  • Yang Bo warned the group that S.H.I.E.L.D. might come looking for them because of the incidents he had caused on his previous visit.
  • Yang Bo suggested Fury replace his counterpart, and Fury considered using the position to learn what had happened over the past two years.
  • Kaecilius opened a Portal to Stark Tower, where Tony examined the building and called for JARVIS.
  • Pepper Potts emerged from the bedroom, and Yang Bo teased Tony about her while Tony insisted he would stay faithful to his own Pepper.
  • Tony shut down the top-floor cameras and began modifying JARVIS’s code as Pepper returned in office clothes.

Ch. 167Discovery

Pepper discovered that the Tony with Yang Bo was from a parallel universe, and the visitors met Stark, Thor, and Loki at Stark Tower. Yang Bo offered to return Mjolnir in exchange for an Infinity Gauntlet and a year with Loki for training.

  • Pepper recognized that Tony was not her Tony, and Yang Bo confirmed they came from a parallel universe.
  • Yang Bo told Tony that Stark had once urinated in his Armor, and JARVIS showed a recording that revealed Stark's despair.
  • Stark arrived at the tower with Thor and Loki, and Tony criticized Stark's Armor design.
  • Thor asked Yang Bo to return Mjolnir, but Yang Bo demanded an Infinity Gauntlet forged by the Dwarves and offered the Tesseract to help repair the Bifrost.
  • Loki warned Yang Bo about Thanos, and Yang Bo added that Loki had to train with him for a year.

Ch. 168He Who Hesitates Loses

Yang Bo sent Thor back to Asgard with the Space Stone and Mjolnir, keeping Loki behind for a year and putting Skye in charge of his rehabilitation. He then asked S.H.I.E.L.D. to find the Inhuman settlement Afterlife and warned Stark that Fury could explain Hydra’s connection to S.H.I.E.L.D.

  • Thor agreed to leave Loki with Yang Bo for a year in exchange for the Space Stone and Mjolnir, then returned to Asgard through Kaecilius's Portal.
  • Yang Bo freed Loki from the ice and ordered Kaecilius to restrain him after Loki tried to escape.
  • Yang Bo handed Skye the Imperial Gold Rod and told her to strike Loki, who had provoked her by questioning her relationship with Yang Bo.
  • Yang Bo asked Stark to have S.H.I.E.L.D. find Afterlife, explaining that Hydra had crippled S.H.I.E.L.D. in his world.
  • Yang Bo told Stark to ask Director Fury about Serpent S.H.I.E.L.D., leaving Fury visibly upset.

Ch. 169Fury met Nick face-to-face

Yang Bo and the others discussed Tony’s countermeasure armors and the next steps before Director Nick arrived at Stark Tower. Fury met his counterpart privately and secured Nick’s help in finding the Inhuman settlement of Afterlife.

  • Tony revealed his collection of specialized countermeasure armors, and Yang Bo pointed out that Tony had never won while wearing one.
  • Yang Bo gave Stark Chitauri spoils to study with Tony and stopped Skye from continuing to beat the dazed Loki.
  • Director Nick arrived at Stark Tower, and Fury warned him that he had no chance of defeating Yang Bo and should leave him alone.
  • Fury and Nick spoke privately in Stark’s Reading Room and emerged having settled their differences.
  • Nick agreed to help Yang Bo find Afterlife, and Yang Bo asked Tony to stay while he waited for a chance to speak with this universe’s Skye.

Ch. 170I Answered the Call

Yang Bo and Skye followed Daisy to a café, where he recruited Mike and captured Daisy. They brought her to her mobile office, where Skye began searching her files and Yang Bo revealed he had hacked her phone.

  • Yang Bo and Skye followed Daisy as she tailed Mike to a café.
  • Daisy told Mike she knew he was the Hooded Hero, but Mike denied it.
  • Yang Bo offered Mike a job and an advance, then Skye restrained Daisy.
  • Yang Bo and Skye took Daisy to her mobile office, where Skye searched her files.
  • Yang Bo called Daisy’s phone and answered on his own, revealing Tony had hacked it.

Ch. 171Lady Loki

Yang Bo proposed transforming Loki into a female version of himself so he could take control of Asgard, then received the Obelisk from S.H.I.E.L.D. to awaken Skye’s powers. Daisy took the Obelisk and began changing as its patterns lit up.

  • Yang Bo whipped the restrained Loki and suggested that he could gain control of Asgard by becoming a female Loki.
  • Yang Bo showed Loki a photograph of Lady Loki and left him to consider the plan.
  • At his New York villa, Yang Bo learned that Skye had found no useful information about unusual incidents in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s files.
  • Black Widow delivered two briefcases from Director Fury, and Yang Bo found the Obelisk inside one of them.
  • Yang Bo brought Daisy to test the Obelisk, and its patterns lit up as her body began changing when she picked it up.

Ch. 172The Teleporting Man

Yang Bo revealed Daisy was an Inhuman and showed her the Obelisk, while Coulson and Ward arrived to recruit her and find Mike. When a teleporting man appeared and tried to take Daisy, Yang Bo trapped and knocked him out, leaving Coulson to warn that the man was dead.

  • Yang Bo explained that the Obelisk identified Inhumans and told Daisy she could become a superpowered person through a ritual, but Daisy denied having abilities.
  • Coulson and Ward arrived at Yang Bo’s villa to find Skye and Mike, and Yang Bo let them inside.
  • Coulson showed Daisy videos she had posted online, and Yang Bo told her S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted to recruit her for its team.
  • A mysterious eyeless man appeared and tried to teleport away with Daisy, but Yang Bo trapped him with the Containment Barrier.
  • Yang Bo struck the trapped man unconscious, and Coulson checked him and told Yang Bo he was dead.

Ch. 173Jia Ying of Afterlife

Yang Bo confronted Jia Ying in Afterlife over Gordon’s attempted abduction and demanded terrigen crystals, while revealing that Skye was Jia Ying’s daughter. Jia Ying offered some crystals, and Yang Bo then asked to recruit several Inhumans.

  • Yang Bo summoned Kaecilius, who identified the dead teleporter as Gordon and traced his origin to Afterlife.
  • Yang Bo arrived in Afterlife with Skye and Daisy, and Jia Ying recognized Daisy before bringing them into a private room.
  • Yang Bo told Jia Ying that Gordon had tried to abduct one of his people and demanded terrigen crystals, but Jia Ying initially refused.
  • Yang Bo challenged Jia Ying’s plans and explained that humans and Inhumans could share Inhuman ancestry.
  • Yang Bo revealed that Jia Ying was Skye’s biological mother, prompting an emotional reaction from both of them.
  • Jia Ying offered Yang Bo some terrigen crystals, and he asked to recruit a few Inhumans.

Ch. 174Rest

Yang Bo left Afterlife with Skye and later returned to visit her while she trained, before setting out to help Blade investigate a new monster that preyed on vampires. After Kaecilius opened a Portal, Yang Bo arrived and greeted Bor.

  • Yang Bo trained the Inhumans at Afterlife and invited anyone who wanted to leave with him to speak to him privately.
  • Daisy chose to stay with Jia Ying, while Skye revealed her identity to Daisy before leaving Afterlife with Yang Bo.
  • Three months later, Yang Bo told Skye he was going to help Blade investigate a monster that fed on vampires and turned them into monsters.
  • Yang Bo took the Darkhold from Kaecilius and warned him to remain vigilant against its influence.
  • Kaecilius opened a Portal, and Yang Bo traveled through it to see Bor.

Ch. 175Mutant Vampires

Yang Bo learned that Chad Norma had created mutant vampires and agreed to join Blade and the vampire faction in fighting them. He mobilized the Hunter Guild for a citywide hunt and set out with Blade and Bor.

  • Bor told Yang Bo that Karen was pregnant and Blade had stopped hunting with him.
  • Blade showed Yang Bo an infected mutant vampire and explained that a vampire faction wanted the Hunters' help eliminating them.
  • Yang Bo revealed that Chad Norma controlled the mutant vampires and was the son of the faction's leader, who had modified him.
  • Yang Bo ordered Blade to summon every Hunter and declared that they would kill every vampire they could find in the city.
  • Nearly a hundred Vampire Hunters gathered, then departed in groups to begin the hunt.
  • Yang Bo and Blade prepared to join the operation, while Bor and another vampire boarded Yang Bo's Flying Platform.
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