Recaps

Tony let Lumine join the Quantum Tunnel test so she could look for her brother, and the pair arrived at Stark Tower. JARVIS detected two targets and demanded that they identify themselves, leaving Tony and Lumine facing an uncertain reception.

• Tony pretended Thor had forgotten to tell Paimon about the test and claimed he was getting married the day after tomorrow.
• Lumine introduced herself to Tony and asked to join the Quantum Tunnel test to find her brother.
• Strange and Wong learned how Ned, Peter, and Paimon had summoned Lumine, while Wong punished the troublemakers with lengthy handwritten assignments.
• Tony agreed to let Lumine wear Natasha's adjustable Lab Suit and join the test, while Paimon was left behind.
• The Quantum Tunnel sent Tony and Lumine outside Stark Tower instead of inside it, and JARVIS demanded that they identify themselves.

Tony and Lumine evaded JARVIS’s surveillance and set off to find Aether, avoiding Venti along the way. In the stairwell, Lumine warned that they had been spotted, and Tony found Qiqi hiding below them.

• Tony used a secret command to make JARVIS delete its surveillance data about him and Lumine.
• Tony stopped Lumine from entering the elevator when Venti approached, then led her away.
• Venti arrived at the elevator, hid the smell of liquor, and failed to notice Tony and Lumine nearby.
• Tony and Lumine took the stairs, where Lumine said they had been spotted.
• Tony saw Qiqi hiding two floors below and called her out.

Tony and Lumine traveled through time, where they encountered Qiqi, an elevator-bound Bennett and Venti, and a mysterious Time Variance Authority agent before returning to their own time. The trip succeeded, and Tony confirmed that they had found the Traveler.

• Tony learned that Qiqi had taken the stairs because Bennett and Venti were trapped in the elevator, and the two friends emerged after maintenance robots repaired it.
• Tony and Lumine escorted Qiqi to the elevator, then found Aether asleep in a bedroom.
• When Tony's time-travel countdown ended, a mysterious woman named "Lumine" remained behind and was confronted by a Time Variance Authority agent who arrested her for trespassing on branched timeline number 767.
• The woman stopped time, vanished after telling the agent to go to the second reset point, and left him bewildered before Aether woke and mistook him for Tony.
• Tony and "Lumine" returned to Natasha and Paimon, and Tony said their time-travel trip had worked.

Years later, Lin Ze recalled his disastrous cliff jump and the rescue that followed, only to discover that Lumine had arrived and believed he was her brother, Aether. As Paimon called for the Traveler, the others hurried to keep her from meeting Lumine.

• Lin Ze fell from the cliff, died, and endured a graphic death replay while the system prepared to extract him.
• Steve knocked Red Skull unconscious after Red Skull tried to attack Lin Ze's corpse.
• Lumine and Tony fed eggs to Lin Ze's body, and the failed extraction suddenly revived him while he was choking.
• Tony performed the Heimlich maneuver, and Lin Ze recovered and recognized Lumine as his little sister.
• Lumine asked Lin Ze whether her burnt eggs had tasted good, while Paimon called for the Traveler nearby.
• Everyone except Lin Ze realized they had to leave before Paimon and Lumine met.

Lin Ze returned from the past with Tony and Steve, after a colleague disguised as Lumine helped him and then departed through a Stone Gate. Back with Paimon, he apologized for leaving her, but his offer of curry only made her cry harder before she ate eight pots of it.

• Tony scolded Lin Ze for risking his life to obtain the Soul Stone, while Steve outfitted him for the return trip through time.
• Lin Ze recognized that the person posing as Lumine was a colleague from the Transmigration Management Bureau after she recited an employee handbook regulation.
• The colleague left through a Stone Gate, and Lin Ze failed to reach her before she vanished.
• Lin Ze, Tony, and Steve activated the Quantum Tunnel and returned, where Lin Ze accidentally knocked Tony off the platform.
• Paimon reunited with Lin Ze in tears, and he apologized and promised not to leave her again.
• Lin Ze offered Paimon curry to comfort her, but she cried that she never wanted curry again before polishing off eight enormous pots.

Lin Ze and the Avengers agreed to travel to Xandar with the Guardians of the Galaxy to secure the Power Stone and stop Thanos. They arrived to find the planet devastated, confirming that Thanos had already come.

• Lin Ze decided to make collecting the Power Stone on Xandar his next priority and told his companions about the plan.
• Natasha, Steve, and the others insisted that the Avengers would accompany Lin Ze rather than let him face danger alone.
• Tony and Star-Lord argued about the Guardians' reliability, while Rocket and Star-Lord bickered over food during the meeting.
• Gamora explained that the Guardians knew Xandar and that Star-Lord had delivered the Power Stone to the Nova Corps, helping persuade the group to work together.
• Lin Ze and his companions agreed to go to Xandar as a united team, but found the planet ravaged when they arrived.
• Gamora closed the eyes of a dead Nova Corps member and realized that Thanos had already come.

After witnessing Thanos’s devastation of Xandar, Lin Ze and the others returned to Earth to prepare for his arrival. Nick Fury and Tony rallied international support, while Lin Ze and Paimon set off for Asgard.

• F.R.I.D.A.Y. reported no survivors nearby, and Gamora explained that Thanos had destroyed her home and killed half its population.
• Star-Lord tried to comfort Gamora, but she punched him before Nebula helped calm her.
• Lin Ze urged everyone to return to Earth and strengthen their forces before Thanos arrived, while Star-Lord asked to bury the fallen Nova Corps members.
• Zhongli offered the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor’s services, and Guoba activated the Bifrost to bring the group back to Earth.
• Nick Fury took Tony’s evidence to the United Nations, and countries began preparing for a global military exercise as public news showed unusual international cooperation.
• Lin Ze told everyone that he and Paimon would be right back, then ordered Guoba to activate the Bifrost for Asgard.

Lin Ze and Paimon arrived in Asgard to visit Thor and discuss Thanos, then found Fischl and followed her to the Immernachtreich. Lin Ze opened the Castle gates with a long, bizarre password, while Fischl's odd behavior and Oz's absence remained unexplained.

• Heimdall welcomed Lin Ze and Paimon, revealed that he had learned about Thanos by watching and listening across Earth, and told them Odin was recovering with Yaoyao's help.
• Lin Ze and Paimon tried to find the Immernachtreich, and Fischl startled them by suddenly appearing beside the road.
• Fischl said Oz was cleaning at home, and Lin Ze stopped Paimon from mentioning Thanos before suggesting they talk inside the Castle.
• At the Castle gates, Fischl struggled to say the password, so Lin Ze recited a lengthy, nonsensical phrase until the gates opened.

Lin Ze, Paimon, and Fischl entered the Immernachtreich, where they encountered a Night Raven and a magical impersonation of Fischl. Thor recognized the impostor and hurled a chicken bone at her, but it hit Paimon instead.

• Arnold Who Longs to Be Asked for Directions proudly showed Fischl how thoroughly the robot vacuums had cleaned the Immernachtreich, and Fischl demanded that they clean it a hundred and seven times.
• Fischl tried to leave, then returned with Oz and found another Fischl standing with Lin Ze and Paimon.
• Paimon feared that Evernight Fischl had returned, but Lin Ze recognized the double as a magical projection.
• Fischl summoned Thor, who greeted Lin Ze and Paimon while eating a chicken leg and drinking wine.
• Thor recognized the impostor's familiar smile and flung a chicken bone through her forehead, but it landed on Paimon's head and left her covered in spit.

Lin Ze arranged to take Yaoyao, Fischl, and Oz from Asgard to Earth, where he planned to discuss whether Loki could hide them from Thanos. Meanwhile, Thanos ordered his children to retrieve the other Infinity Stones from Earth.

• Loki appeared disguised as Fischl, teased Thor, and delivered Frigga’s message that Odin wanted to see him.
• Lin Ze told Odin that he wanted to take Yaoyao to Earth and relocate Fischl’s Immernachtreich there, and Odin agreed to support his plans.
• Thor accidentally revealed that Thanos was coming for the Infinity Stones, and Odin reassured Lin Ze that Asgard could defend itself.
• Lin Ze, Paimon, and Thor prepared to leave Asgard and asked Loki whether his magic could conceal them from Thanos.
• Thanos decided to gather the Infinity Stones and ordered his children to find the stones on Earth and bring them to Titan.

Steven woke with severe cramps, and his neighbor Cyno and his friend Tighnari broke down his locked door to help him. After they left, Steven realized they had called him Mark, not Steven, and headed to work late.

• Steven woke sore and discovered that his legs were cramping so badly he could not stand.
• Steven called for help, and his neighbor broke through the locked door with Tighnari.
• Tighnari massaged Steven's cramped muscles until they relaxed, and the two introduced themselves as Cyno and Tighnari.
• Cyno and Tighnari left in a police car after calling Steven Mark, and Steven hurried to catch the bus to work.
• On the crowded bus, Steven realized his neighbors had gotten his name wrong and wondered who Mark was.

At a museum, Paimon argued with a schoolgirl about whether a pyramid display contained the creatures and Domains she knew from Sumeru, while Lin Ze helped resolve the littering dispute. Steven explained Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife, prompting Paimon to notice more similarities to Sumeru before she and Lin Ze resumed searching for a wedding gift for Tony.

• Paimon scolded a schoolgirl for putting chewed gum in a pyramid display, and Lin Ze persuaded the girl to use a tissue and admit she had littered.
• Steven told the children that Egyptian pyramids could contain anything, then explained mummification and the afterlife destination known as Aaru, the Field of Reeds.
• Paimon objected that Aaru was a village in Sumeru, and Lin Ze explained that the shared name might be a coincidence.
• Donna interrupted Steven's conversation and sent him back to work, while the schoolgirl wandered away from the sarcophagus display.
• Paimon and Lin Ze discussed finding Tony a wedding gift, and they headed toward Steven to ask him for help.

Steven sold all the museum’s hippo plush toys to Lin Ze and Paimon as a wedding gift, earning Donna’s sudden approval. After going to sleep, he woke in an unfamiliar place with a dislocated jaw as a strange, horned man lifted him and warned him about nearby monsters.

• Donna scolded Steven for neglecting his sales duties, and Lin Ze and Paimon arrived at his table.
• Paimon ate a Bertie Bott’s Every-Flavour Bean by mistake and spat it out after tasting its unpleasant flavor.
• Steven recommended a Taweret hippo plush as a wedding gift, and Lin Ze bought every one in stock.
• Five trucks carried away the plush toys, and Donna praised Steven and let him leave work on time.
• Steven woke on an unfamiliar lawn with a dislocated jaw, and a tall, horned man picked him up and warned him about a pack of monsters.

Steven met Arataki Itto after Itto rescued him and accidentally reset his dislocated jaw. Itto invited Steven to Tony Stark and Pepper Potts’s wedding, while a voice in Steven’s head demanded that he give up control of his body.

• Arataki Itto mistook Steven’s dislocated jaw for choking and performed the Heimlich Maneuver, which popped Steven’s jaw back into place.
• Itto found a golden Sacred Scarab and returned it to Steven, then recounted how his scarabs had starved despite his attempts to feed them.
• Steven thanked Itto and offered him the scarab, prompting the voice in Steven’s head to angrily demand that he give the body to Mark.
• Itto told Steven that Tony Stark and Pepper Potts were getting married at an estate over the hill and invited him to come along.

At the wedding, Itto’s bouquet mishap sparked a playful game of Eagle Catches Chicks that drew in the guests. Meanwhile, Steven entered a strange town and found himself among a fervent crowd gathered around a mysterious man who asked who would go first.

• Paimon chased Itto for feeding Miss Pepper’s bouquet to Ushi, but Itto dodged her and accidentally picked up Albedo as a shield.
• Klee and the wedding guests joined a game of Eagle Catches Chicks, which ended with the chicks overwhelming Venom.
• Steven left the wedding venue and dismissed the voice in his head as he reflected on passing the Golden Scarab to Itto.
• Steven entered a town where the residents ignored his questions and gathered in the central square.
• A man with loose hair and a walking stick addressed the crowd, which treated him with fervent reverence, and asked who would be first.

Steven witnessed Harrow use a balance ritual to judge people, killing an elderly woman whose scales turned red. Harrow demanded the Sacred Scarab from Steven, who said he had given it to Tony Stark as a wedding present, while Tony examined a mysterious, wet gift from Wenwen.

• Harrow judged a black-haired man with the cane and scales, which settled in balance, and embraced him as a good man.
• Harrow judged an elderly woman whose scales turned blood red, then killed her when she tried to pull away.
• After learning that his followers had been ambushed and their target had escaped, Harrow ordered everyone to kneel and singled out Steven.
• Harrow demanded the Sacred Scarab, but Steven handed him only empty air and said he had given the scarab to Tony Stark as a wedding present.
• Tony asked about a wet, reddish wedding gift from Wenwen, and Wenwen offered to taste it before Tony stopped him.

At Tony’s wedding, the bloodstained Golden Scarab gift sparked suspicion before Wade’s prank filled the room with chaos. The celebration was interrupted when F.R.I.D.A.Y. showed townspeople approaching with a battered Mark Steven at their head.

• Tony opened the Golden Scarab and discovered that it hovered above his palm; Lin Ze pointed out the blood on it.
• The Avengers questioned whether the gift was a threat, while Itto explained that Steven had been targeted by assassins and Cyno described the scarab’s funerary significance.
• Tony decided the scarab might bring trouble and said he would return it to its owner.
• A foul smell spread through the room, and Lin Ze caught Wade, who denied causing it before unleashing a series of farts that sent people retching.
• F.R.I.D.A.Y. sounded an alarm and showed townspeople approaching with the bruised and swollen Mark Steven being pushed along at the front.

Cyno and Paimon compared how they knew Steven, while Tony revealed that Steven used multiple fake identities and was linked to a massacre in Egypt. Steven stumbled into the courtyard under Harrow’s assault, where the voice in his head told him to find the Sacred Scarab and escape.

• Cyno explained that he had met Mark, whom he believed to be an archaeologist, and had let him sleep at his accommodation after telling him jokes.
• Paimon described meeting Steven and guessed that he was a superhero, while Cyno guessed he was a wanted criminal.
• Tony showed passports bearing Steven’s face under different names and revealed that Marc Spector was linked to a mercenary group that massacred archaeologists at an Egyptian excavation site.
• Lin Ze suggested they could learn the truth from Steven as Harrow and his armed men reached the courtyard.
• Harrow struck Steven and shoved him through the gate, and the voice in Steven’s head told him to stay out of the fight and escape with the Sacred Scarab.

Harrow and his armed followers interrupted Tony and Pepper’s wedding to reclaim the Sacred Scarab, but Lin Ze returned it to Steven and prevented him from leaving. After Steven’s body inexplicably forced him to flee and fight off the crowd, Harrow pretended to apologize, grabbed Lin Ze, and invoked Ammit’s power of judgment.

• Harrow recognized Tony and Pepper’s wedding and led his men and local supporters into the venue, where Tony’s Mark Armor ordered them to leave.
• Harrow claimed Steven had mistakenly given Tony the Sacred Scarab, and Steven nervously apologized and asked for it back.
• Lin Ze returned the Sacred Scarab to Steven but held him back and invited him to have cake.
• Steven’s hand and legs moved against his will, and he raced through the crowd before suddenly fighting his way out.
• Harrow stayed behind, pretended to apologize to Lin Ze, then grabbed him and invoked Ammit’s judgment.

Steven survived a car crash after Tony Stark rescued him, then discovered that his reflection could speak to him. The reflection told him that Harrow had Ammit take someone from the Castle, and Lin Ze and Paimon entered as Steven reacted in alarm.

• Steven woke behind the wheel of a speeding car, nearly collided with a truck, and drove off a cliff while reaching for the Golden Scarab.
• Tony Stark and the Mark Armor stopped Steven's fall, rescued him from the wreck, and brought him back to the Castle.
• Barbara sang for Steven, after which his pain and wounds disappeared.
• Steven heard a voice in his head and realized his reflection in a mirror was speaking to him.
• The reflection told Steven that Harrow had Ammit take someone from the Castle, and Lin Ze and Paimon entered the room.

Lin Ze reunited with Steven and Paimon, exposed Eris’s mirror prank, and explained Harrow’s actions. Harrow’s judgment failed to claim Lin Ze, and Lin Ze prepared to attack him.

• Steven found Lin Ze and Paimon safe, then was startled when his reflection sprang out of the mirror.
• Lin Ze recognized the attacker as Eris, the reformed Mirror Spirit, and Eris admitted he had been pranking Steven.
• Lin Ze explained to Steven what had happened after he ran away, while Eris slipped back into the mirror.
• Harrow used the scales tattoo to judge Lin Ze and summon Ammit, but the scales shifted and Lin Ze’s soul remained free.
• Lin Ze refused Harrow’s judgment, grabbed his arm, and declared that he would attack him.

Lin Ze and the Avengers fought Harrow and his invisible jackal, but Harrow sacrificed Scott before he was captured. Steven said he had a risky way to bring Scott back, leaving the group with a slim chance of saving him.

• Lin Ze's attack failed to stop Harrow from summoning an invisible jackal, which Cyno eventually destroyed while Tony's Mark Armors subdued the townspeople.
• Ant-Man captured Harrow, but Harrow grabbed Scott and sacrificed him before anyone could intervene.
• Lin Ze told Steven that Harrow claimed the sacrifice was irreversible and asked whether Scott could be brought back.
• After Paimon pleaded for Scott, Steven revealed to Cyno that he had a method with very low odds of success.

Mark proposed summoning the gods to judge Harrow and Ammit, revealing that Khonshu had suggested the plan. Khonshu tried to recruit Cyno as his avatar before using his power to swallow the sun in darkness, leaving Thor stumbling around and calling for Tony and Loki.

• Mark told Cyno that Khonshu had proposed summoning the gods to judge Harrow and Ammit, and Paimon learned that Mark was another personality sharing Steven's body.
• Khonshu raged at Paimon's list of gods, then discovered that Cyno could see and touch him.
• Khonshu praised Cyno and tried to recruit him as an avatar, but Cyno ignored him and returned to asking about the Court of the Gods.
• Khonshu vanished into sand and used his power to make the sun disappear, plunging the world into darkness.
• Thor nearly choked on his liquor, then stumbled around in the dark and called for Loki and Tony to turn on the lights.

Coulson and the others failed to make Harrow reveal a way to save Scott, while Nahida confirmed that Harrow believed the sacrificed souls could not be recovered. A passage to the Court of the Gods appeared during a total solar eclipse, and Lin Ze took Neuvillette with him to oversee the proceedings.

• Natasha, Clint, and the others questioned Harrow, but he insisted that Ammit’s judgment was irreversible.
• Neuvillette declined Coulson’s invitation to question Harrow, and Nahida confirmed that Harrow genuinely believed sacrificed souls could not be retrieved.
• The lights flickered during a total solar eclipse, and Harrow demanded release, claiming only the Court of the Gods could judge him.
• Nahida spotted a passage that had appeared in the interrogation room wall, though Coulson could not see it.
• Lin Ze arrived, told Coulson to release Harrow, and took Neuvillette to the passage so he could watch over the court proceedings.

Lin Ze persuaded Khonshu to let him, Cyno, and Neuvillette accompany Mark into the Court of the Gods. They reached the Great Pyramid of Giza, where Hathor greeted them and provoked Khonshu with a mocking remark.

• Khonshu initially insisted that only Mark could enter, but Lin Ze teased him into admitting he could bring more people and argued that extra help would be needed against Harrow.
• Khonshu allowed Lin Ze and Neuvillette to join Mark because they could perceive gods, and Cyno entered with them.
• The passage closed behind the group, and Khonshu revealed that the gods had banished him before, so their accusations against Harrow had to be airtight.
• Mark, Lin Ze, Cyno, and Neuvillette emerged inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, where Steven marveled at the sight.
• Hathor came through a nearby passage, mistook the newcomers for Khonshu's three avatars, and made a teasing comment that enraged Khonshu.