Chapter Summaries

Yang Bo and Jerry finished a night of fighting in Hell’s Kitchen, then met Natasha Romanoff, who was assigned as his S.H.I.E.L.D. liaison. Yang Bo asked her to locate Anton Vanko and Ivan Vanko while continuing to evade Fury’s attempts to reclaim the Tesseract.

• Yang Bo and Bor subdued two armed robbers in Hell’s Kitchen, while Jerry searched them for weapons and valuables.
• Yang Bo received Natasha Romanoff’s call, finished dealing with the robbers, and left for home with Jerry and Bor.
• Yang Bo met Natasha near Central Park and asked S.H.I.E.L.D. to locate Anton Vanko and Ivan Vanko without contacting Anton.
• Natasha relayed Fury’s call to Yang Bo, who pretended the communicator was not working and handed it back.
• Fury ordered Natasha to build a good relationship with Yang Bo and report anything that happened.

Yang Bo brought Black Widow to his home and gave her information to help find Ivan Vanko and his father. He left her to interrogate the captured Agent Allen while he went to plant wheat with Jerry.

• Yang Bo told Black Widow that Ivan Vanko’s father was seriously ill and suggested ways S.H.I.E.L.D. could trace them, though he had no exact address.
• Black Widow offered to help interrogate Agent Allen, whom Yang Bo had imprisoned in a reinforced obsidian room.
• Yang Bo checked that Allen was conscious, fed him a bottle of blood that healed his wounds, and handed Black Widow another bottle.
• Yang Bo left Black Widow with Allen and Bor, then went with Jerry to the farmland and declared that he was putting it in Jerry’s care.

Yang Bo found Ivan Vanko in Siberia and offered to hire him, promising to cure his father. After Ivan refused and threatened him, Yang Bo demonstrated his power and forced him to take a Healing Potion to test on Anton Vanko.

• Yang Bo and Black Widow arrived in Siberia, where she confirmed Ivan Vanko was staying with his sick father.
• Yang Bo left Black Widow on the aircraft and walked through the snow to the Vanko home, collecting snow along the way.
• Ivan Vanko answered the door with a Double-Barreled Shotgun and refused Yang Bo's offer of work.
• Yang Bo promised to cure Anton Vanko, then fired his Sniper Rifle through the house to intimidate Ivan.
• Yang Bo took Ivan's shotgun, poured a Healing Potion into his mouth, and told him to test it on his father.

Yang Bo healed Anton Vanko and persuaded him and Ivan to work for him instead of pursuing revenge against Tony Stark. The Vankos agreed to leave for New York with Yang Bo and develop the Arc Reactor.

• Yang Bo entered the Vankos’ cluttered home and offered Ivan a Healing Potion in exchange for working for him.
• Ivan agreed to Yang Bo’s terms if he could cure Anton, and Yang Bo used milk and a Healing Potion to restore Anton’s health.
• Yang Bo urged Anton and Ivan to abandon their revenge against Tony and offered them money and a chance to reclaim the Vanko family’s honor.
• Anton told Ivan to accept Yang Bo as his boss, and the father and son agreed to go to the United States with him.
• Yang Bo packed the Vankos’ important books and blueprints into his backpack and led them aboard the Quinjet, where Black Widow asked if everything was finished.

Yang Bo brought Ivan Vanko and Anton Vanko to his underground home in Central Park, where they were to build a miniature reactor despite lacking a proper workshop or electricity. The Vankos met Yang Bo’s unusual employees, and he promised to explain his plans for Unit-01 after they completed the reactor.

• Ivan Vanko questioned Yang Bo’s resources, and Yang Bo said S.H.I.E.L.D. was helping him acquire a workshop while instructing Ivan and Anton Vanko to build a miniature reactor.
• Yang Bo noticed a Hydra member driving past and remembered that Hydra’s Cybertek might have equipment he could take.
• Yang Bo led Ivan Vanko and Anton Vanko into his underground home beneath Central Park and sealed the entrance behind them.
• Bor greeted Yang Bo and treated the Vankos as potential prey, while the Vankos showed interest in studying the talking vampire.
• Yang Bo introduced Bor, Jerry, Anton Vanko, and Ivan Vanko as coworkers, then offered to make space for their equipment and told them they would have to solve the lack of electricity themselves.

Yang Bo reached level five, crafted a Metal Double Crossbow, and went with the Vankos and Jerry to inspect the workshop Black Widow had purchased. He discovered Blade lived nearby, decided to buy more of the industrial complex, and left Blade with a security job as his new neighbor.

• Yang Bo handed the Vampire Hunter vampire blood, reached level five, learned Double Up and Weapon Enhancement, and crafted a Metal Double Crossbow.
• Black Widow told Yang Bo she had bought a workshop in the industrial district, and Yang Bo brought the Vankos and Jerry to see it.
• Yang Bo realized the workshop was close to Blade's home and asked Black Widow if Blade's rented workshop could be bought too.
• Black Widow said the industrial complex's owner was willing to sell, and Yang Bo told her to buy as much of it as she could.
• Yang Bo assigned Anton and Ivan to plan the new workshop's layout, then Blade arrived and Yang Bo asked him to handle security.

Yang Bo dug an underground chamber beneath the factory and built a Nether Portal to test a fast-travel network. He emerged in the Nether near the platform he had built before and wondered whether real-world travel used a one-to-one-hundred ratio instead of the game's one-to-eight ratio.

• Blade told Yang Bo that New York's vampires had fled and left to scout other cities for the Hunters' Guild.
• Yang Bo agreed to find Ivan Vanko equipment and rare materials, then decided to test a Nether transit network.
• Yang Bo dug a large chamber beneath the factory and lined its walls with Nether Bricks while Black Widow, Ivan Vanko, and Anton Vanko watched.
• Yang Bo asked Black Widow to look up Cybertek and buy equipment for Ivan Vanko, then sealed the chamber and built a Nether Portal in an adjoining room.
• Yang Bo entered the Portal and arrived in a familiar part of the Nether, where he questioned whether the real-world travel ratio was one to one hundred.

Yang Bo mined ancient debris in the Nether, built a shortcut transport route, and upgraded his equipment to netherite. Back at the factory, he asked Ivan and Anton Vanko to build reactor-powered combat armor and planned a nighttime supply run with Ivan.

• Yang Bo killed a Ghast, then dug an underground Nether route toward home while mining ancient debris and repairing his Pickaxe with quartz.
• Yang Bo returned home with seventeen blocks of ancient debris and upgraded all his diamond equipment to netherite.
• Yang Bo set up employee quarters and offices at the factory, then told Ivan and Anton Vanko to build him flying, underwater-capable combat armor powered by a reactor.
• Ivan agreed to build the armor, and Yang Bo told him he would also be responsible for powering Yang Bo's household appliances.
• Yang Bo studied a file on Cybertek and invited Ivan to shop for equipment and materials that night.

Yang Bo and Ivan infiltrated a Cybertek branch to inspect its equipment, but an alarm forced them to retreat before they could explore the fourth floor. Yang Bo gave Ivan an Invisibility Potion and equipment funds, then set off with Jerry to hunt vampires.

• Yang Bo and Ivan drank Invisibility Potions and approached Cybertek’s New York branch at night.
• Yang Bo broke through a wall with his Diamond Pickaxe and entered the building with Ivan, using the Minimap to navigate.
• Yang Bo dismantled a security door on the fourth floor, triggering an alarm that brought security guards upstairs.
• Yang Bo and Ivan escaped the building, and Yang Bo regretted bringing Ivan because it had limited his ability to steal equipment.
• Yang Bo gave Ivan a bottle of Invisibility Potion and promised funds for research equipment.
• Yang Bo told Jerry to drive them to find vampires hiding in the shadows.

Yang Bo built a Twilight Portal and entered the Twilight Forest, where he encountered a Goblin carrying notes about the magic protecting the Lich Tower. The notes revealed that he would need scales from a giant serpent to break the tower’s spell.

• Yang Bo learned that the Twilight Forest mod had loaded and told Jerry to guard the factory.
• Yang Bo praised Allen’s farm work, gave him food, and went to build a Twilight Portal.
• Yang Bo activated the Portal with a diamond and entered the Twilight Forest.
• Yang Bo spotted the Lich Tower and killed a Goblin that appeared with an Explorer’s Notebook.
• Yang Bo read that fresh scales from a giant serpent could help break the magic protecting the tower.

Yang Bo gathered crow feathers, torchberries, and glowstone dust to craft a Magic Map, then used it to locate the Naga Courtyard. He defeated the Naga and ran toward the Loot Chest that appeared in its place.

• Yang Bo killed two crows and collected their feathers, then mined lapis lazuli from an obsidian pillar.
• Yang Bo gathered torchberries from a cave and crafted a Magic Map using the materials he had collected.
• Yang Bo used the Magic Map to find the Naga Courtyard and traveled west to reach it.
• Yang Bo entered the courtyard, fought the Naga with his shield and enchanted sword, and defeated it.
• A Loot Chest appeared where the monster spawner had been, and Yang Bo ran toward it.

Yang Bo cleared a monster-filled Hollow Hill and collected its treasures, including a powerful Peacock Feather Fan. Back at his factory, he summoned Anton Vanko and Ivan Vanko to discuss his next project.

• Yang Bo found a medium Hollow Hill and dug inside, where monsters attacked him with arrows and slimeballs.
• Yang Bo fought through the hill’s monsters, spotted a Zombie Villager, and used a Creeper’s explosion to wipe out many enemies.
• Yang Bo claimed the Hollow Hill’s treasure and tested the Peacock Feather Fan, discovering its powerful gust could launch enemies away.
• Yang Bo returned home with materials including Naga scales, steel leaf, and ironwood ingots, then traveled to his suburban factory.
• Yang Bo called for Anton Vanko and Ivan Vanko, telling his assistant that he needed to see them.

Yang Bo gave Ivan special armor materials and tasked him with upgrading his armor to challenge Tony Stark. He also revealed that Howard had left behind a blueprint for a powerful new element, changing Anton Vanko’s understanding of his rivalry with Howard.

• Yang Bo explained that the dark green steel leaf could give armor level two Fire Protection, and Ivan agreed to test the material.
• Ivan told Yang Bo that his electric whips and Chainsaw were finished but his armor still could not fly, and Yang Bo ordered him to add ranged attacks and electrical energy conversion.
• Ivan told Anton that Yang Bo had agreed to let him challenge Tony Stark, and Anton urged his son not to let hatred consume him.
• Yang Bo showed Ivan and Anton the 1974 Stark Expo blueprint and explained how it encoded Howard’s more powerful New Element Reactor.
• Anton realized Howard had developed the reactor rather than stolen his research, while Ivan became absorbed in studying the blueprint.

Yang Bo arrived in Los Angeles, hunted vampires through the night, and collected enough blood to raise his Hunter class by two levels. After learning that Coulson was meeting with Potts at Stark Industries, Yang Bo planned to take Obadiah’s armor research and prepare to meet the Stark people.

• Yang Bo arrived in Los Angeles with Anna and Ivan, then left the hotel alone to hunt vampires.
• Yang Bo killed vampires in an apartment building, gathered a large supply of vampire blood, and obtained a bottle of Pure Blood 1/6.
• Coulson told Yang Bo he was at Stark Industries to meet with Potts, and Yang Bo recognized the timing of events from the Iron Man story.
• Yang Bo decided to take Obadiah’s armor research, researchers, and equipment after Obadiah died.
• Anna came to Yang Bo’s room, and he told her to notify Ivan that they were leaving.

Yang Bo followed Obadiah to Tony Stark’s villa, where he watched Obadiah steal Tony’s chest reactor and leave him near death. Yang Bo sent Ivan to retrieve Tony’s spare reactor and began bargaining for Tony’s life, leaving Tony barely able to agree.

• Yang Bo recognized Obadiah leaving Stark Industries and told Ivan that Obadiah had orchestrated Tony’s kidnapping and planned to steal his reactor.
• Yang Bo ordered Ivan to kill Obadiah after he put on the Iron Monger armor and defeated Tony, then followed Obadiah to Tony’s villa.
• Yang Bo and Ivan used Invisibility Potions to enter the villa and found Obadiah removing Tony’s reactor while Tony lay paralyzed.
• After Obadiah left with the reactor, Yang Bo gave Ivan milk to cancel his invisibility and sent him to retrieve the reactor from the basement lab.
• Yang Bo offered to save Tony in exchange for payment, and Tony weakly agreed before Yang Bo nearly mistook his response for a refusal.

Yang Bo rushed to help Coulson and Potts when Obadiah attacked in the Iron Monger armor, bringing Ivan and a powerful suit of armor named Cable. The chapter ended with Ivan charging Iron Monger and the two armored fighters beginning their battle.

• Tony gave Yang Bo permission to take anything from his villa, and Yang Bo stripped the home and flew off with his haul.
• Coulson called Yang Bo for help as Obadiah pursued him and Potts in Iron Monger armor, but then reported that Tony had arrived to fight Obadiah.
• Yang Bo and Ivan teleported onto the road, and Yang Bo gave Ivan a Healing Potion to ease the teleportation damage.
• Yang Bo brought out Ivan's gray Cable Armor, which announced itself as “Cable” and enclosed Ivan inside.
• Ivan charged Iron Monger in the taller Cable Armor, launching missiles and pushing into Obadiah's attack.

Ivan used the Cable armor to defeat Obadiah and Iron Monger, then confronted Tony and revealed his name. Yang Bo helped Tony recover a Reactor, but Ivan knocked Tony unconscious, saying it was for his father.

• Ivan severed Iron Monger's shoulder drive rod, then used electric cables to disable and dismantle Obadiah's armor.
• Ivan bound Tony, introduced himself as Ivan Vanko, and stripped Tony from the Iron Man Armor.
• Yang Bo knocked Obadiah unconscious, removed the Reactor from Iron Monger, and gave it to Tony in exchange for Tony's offer of cars and weapons.
• Ivan stepped out of Cable, and Tony asked him why he had attacked; Ivan punched Tony unconscious and said it was for his father.

After Tony apologized to Ivan, Yang Bo left the Stark exhibition with Ivan and took weapons for his company before flying back to New York. Nick Fury recruited Yang Bo to help Coulson form a team, and Yang Bo agreed to screen recruits for Hydra and supply older armor in exchange for payment.

• Tony apologized to Ivan for what happened to Anton Vanko, but Ivan rejected the apology and inspected the damaged Cable armor.
• Yang Bo collected the severed parts of Cable and Iron Monger, then left with Ivan while Tony and Pepper Potts escaped with Coulson.
• Tony returned to his villa and found it destroyed, then realized Yang Bo had taken more than ten minutes and rushed back.
• Yang Bo, Ivan, and Anna flew to New York, where Nick Fury intercepted Yang Bo and asked him to help Coulson assemble a separate team of agents.
• Yang Bo agreed to identify Hydra members among Coulson's recruits and provide the team with older armor if Fury paid for the materials.

Yang Bo returned from Los Angeles, relaxed by fishing, then went to the Twilight Forest to defeat the Lich and claim its scepter. He left the castle planning to search the Twilight Oaks for rare saplings.

• Yang Bo returned to his factory with equipment from Tony's villa, then fished in Central Park and found three Protection IV books.
• Bor left to search for vampires while Yang Bo entered the Twilight Forest and broke into the sealed Lich Castle.
• Yang Bo cleared the Necromancy Books and reached the top floor, where he broke the Lich's shields with instant-health potions and trapped it in a boat.
• Yang Bo killed the Lich and took the Twilight Scepter, then tested its projectile and melee feel.
• Yang Bo used the Peacock Feather Fan to descend from the castle and decided to search tree hollows for rare saplings.

Yang Bo returned from the Twilight Forest with Transformation Tree and Time Tree saplings, but Hydra attacked his factory and killed members of his security team. He protected the surviving staff, then began fighting back as Hydra’s assault continued.

• Yang Bo burned a Twilight Oak in the Twilight Forest and collected loot from the chests and monster spawners inside.
• Yang Bo decided to plant the Transformation Tree and Time Tree saplings at home, then heard Bor report that he had found only three vampires.
• Jerry called Yang Bo to report that Hydra operatives were attacking the factory, and Yang Bo headed there through the Nether Portal.
• Yang Bo found the factory under heavy attack, learned that eight guards had died and four were seriously wounded, and gave Jerry Healing Potions for the injured.
• Yang Bo ordered Ivan to take the staff underground, then used obsidian to block gunfire and drank an Invisibility Potion.
• Yang Bo dug a tunnel to escape the barrage and shot an enemy, whose body burst into bloody mist.