Recaps

Qiqi died in Tony's arms after the ceiling collapsed, and Obadiah attacked Tony while he was unable to reach his armor. Lin Ze arrived and killed Obadiah, then left with Paimon as an unidentified figure watched from above.

• Tony freed Qiqi from the rebar and held her as she apologized before dissolving into ice-blue light.
• Obadiah taunted Tony, bombarded him, and knocked him unconscious near the flames.
• Lin Ze appeared and used Wind Blades to drive Obadiah out of the building and tear through his armor.
• Lin Ze stabbed the fallen Obadiah with the Dull Blade, killing him as an unidentified figure watched from a broken window.
• Paimon asked Lin Ze if he was finished, and he left with her.

Lin Ze and Paimon left the park to find food, but discovered they had no money in this world. Steve Rogers approached them and asked them to buy him breakfast, offering a banknote.

• Lin Ze caught Paimon after she floated through the park, then reflected on Qiqi’s death and his nearly completed mission.
• Lin Ze washed the blood from his clothes and carried hungry Paimon toward the park exit.
• Steve Rogers watched Lin Ze and Paimon from a distance, then followed them when they left the park.
• Lin Ze and Paimon realized they had no Mora or usable money and found that Coconut Milk did not satisfy their hunger.
• Steve Rogers introduced himself and gave Lin Ze a banknote, asking him to buy breakfast.

Lin Ze and Paimon accepted Steve’s help, shared breakfast with him, and agreed to stay at his apartment. After Paimon spotted Steve’s shield, Lin Ze realized that Steve was Captain America.

• Steve paid Lin Ze and Paimon to buy him breakfast, and they chose burgers for all three of them.
• Over breakfast, Lin Ze claimed that he and Paimon were orphaned siblings with nowhere to stay, and Steve invited them to his apartment.
• Lin Ze accepted Steve’s offer and promised to cook in exchange for their stay.
• Steve brought Lin Ze and Paimon to his clean apartment, where Paimon explored and noticed his history books.
• Paimon tripped over Steve’s shield, and Lin Ze recognized its design and realized Steve was Captain America.

Steve gave Lin Ze and Paimon a place to rest, helped Lin Ze clean up and get dressed, and planned to take them shopping for clothes. As Steve and Lin Ze prepared lunch, a woman arrived at the apartment door carrying a basin of clothes.

• Steve showed Lin Ze and Paimon to a guest room, where Paimon went to sleep.
• Lin Ze asked Steve for clothes to wear after showering, and Steve lent him a hoodie and sweatpants before going out to buy food.
• Steve returned with groceries, then offered to take Lin Ze and Paimon shopping for clothes after lunch.
• Steve dried Lin Ze's hair and braided it, recalling his days performing for the army.
• A woman carrying a basin of clothes knocked at Steve's door and called to him.

Lin Ze and Paimon woke from a short nap at Steve’s apartment and began preparing lunch, while S.H.I.E.L.D. watched Lin Ze and monitored Tony Stark’s condition. The chapter ended with Lin Ze seeing a news report about Stark’s press conference the next day and deciding to fry eggs.

• Kate visited Steve to use his washing machine, met Lin Ze, and invited Steve to try her coffee.
• After returning to her apartment, Kate reported to her handler as Agent 13 that she had found Lin Ze at Captain Rogers’s home and was told to keep watching him.
• Nick Fury discussed Stark’s injuries and grief over Qiqi’s death with Coulson, then ordered him to watch Stark’s press conference the next morning.
• Lin Ze woke after two hours of sleep, checked that it was still noon, and got up with Paimon to make lunch.
• Lin Ze and Paimon found Steve and Kate gone, turned on the television, and heard that Tony Stark would hold a press conference the next day.
• Lin Ze remembered the eggs Steve had bought and told Paimon he would fry some for lunch.

Lin Ze, Steve, and Paimon shared a meal and went shopping before spending time at a park, where they met Sally searching for her missing daughter, Otilia. Paimon revealed that she had just met a girl named Lucy who gave her candy, leaving the group with a possible lead.

• Lin Ze cooked dinner for Paimon and Steve, who praised his food.
• Steve took Lin Ze and Paimon shopping, and Paimon picked out a white dress.
• Steve brought Lin Ze and Paimon to a park, where Paimon played while Lin Ze rested.
• Sally told Lin Ze and Steve that Otilia had disappeared from the park two weeks earlier after playing with a girl named Lucy.
• Paimon said she had just met Lucy at the carousel, and that Lucy had given her candy.

Lin Ze, Steve, and Paimon realized Lucy might be luring children to a fireworks show for a trafficking ring, possibly including Sally’s missing daughter, Otilia. They planned to use Paimon as bait that night and follow the traffickers to their hideout.

• Paimon told Sally that Lucy had invited her to the fireworks show, and Sally recognized Lucy as the girl connected to Otilia’s disappearance.
• Lin Ze and Steve suspected the fireworks crowd was part of a child-trafficking scheme, while Steve worried that involving the police might alert the criminals.
• Sally begged Lin Ze and Steve to help find Otilia, and Paimon reassured her that the Traveler would protect her.
• Lin Ze proposed bringing Paimon to the fireworks as bait, and Steve agreed after Lin Ze promised he could keep her safe.
• After they finalized the plan, Sally left to play her part, and Lin Ze told Steve and Paimon to go home and prepare.

Lin Ze and Paimon met Nicole and Lucy at the fireworks show, where Nicole lured Paimon with a cupcake and later staged a stomachache to leave Lucy with Lin Ze. When Lin Ze took the crying Lucy to find her mother, an unseen attacker struck him in the restroom and his vision went dark.

• Lin Ze and Paimon went to the park for the fireworks while Steve secretly tracked and watched them.
• Nicole introduced herself as Lucy’s mother and invited Lin Ze and Paimon to sit with them.
• Paimon ate one of Nicole’s cupcakes, but nothing unusual happened during the fireworks show.
• Near the end of the show, Nicole pretended to have stomach pain and left Lucy with Lin Ze.
• After Nicole failed to return, Lucy cried until Lin Ze took her and Paimon to look for her in the restroom.
• An unseen attacker pressed something cold against Lin Ze’s neck, and his vision darkened.

Lin Ze and Paimon were captured by a child-trafficking ring, but Lin Ze stayed conscious and Steve secretly followed the truck. The kidnappers brought their captives to a warehouse, where they prepared to unload them.

• An old man seized Paimon while Nicole checked Lin Ze, and Nicole sedated Paimon after the cake failed to make her sleepy.
• Frank arrived at the restroom, and the group loaded Lin Ze, Paimon, and other drugged children into a cargo truck.
• Steve followed the truck on his motorcycle while Lin Ze secretly listened to Nicole and the old man discuss selling children and organs.
• The truck stopped outside a warehouse, and Frank ordered everyone to unload the captives.

Lin Ze escaped captivity and helped Steve rescue the children and dismantle the trafficking ring. After a long night at the police station, Lin Ze realized Tony's press conference had already begun and turned to Steve for help.

• Lin Ze switched to Qiqi to slip free of his handcuffs, then used Elemental Sight to locate Steve and the room holding the children.
• Lin Ze broke out and defeated Nicole's thugs and the Black-Market Doctor, while Steve and the FBI arrived and subdued the criminals.
• Lin Ze freed the children, and Sally found her daughter Otilia among them.
• Lin Ze, Steve, and Paimon gave statements at the police station, and the police moved against the child-trafficking and organ-trading networks.
• After leaving the station, Lin Ze realized Tony's press conference had already started and asked Steve for a favor.

Tony struggled with Qiqi’s death but attended the press conference about Obadiah’s death, where he declared, “I am Iron Man.” Lin Ze returned to the Transmigration Management Bureau, took two days off, and then departed for a new mission.

• Tony tried to hide his grief over Qiqi from Potts, while Coulson prepared an alibi for him before the press conference.
• Tony read his prepared statement at the press conference, then remembered Qiqi and declared, “I am Iron Man.”
• Lin Ze and Paimon could not enter the press conference, so they said goodbye to Steve and returned through the Stone Gate; Steve ran after them, but they vanished.
• Lin Ze returned to the Transmigration Management Bureau, received an A-rated mission report, and took two days off to play Genshin Impact.
• Lin Ze tapped the tablet to select his next mission and entered the spacetime gate as “The Frost Comes” began.

Thor, Loki, and their companions fled the Frost Giants and entered a mysterious floating castle called the Immernachtreich. They found its doors sealed, but a raven named Oz arrived and opened them, inviting the group into Fischl’s realm.

• Thor’s attack on Laufey’s Frost Giants turned the Asgardians’ visit into a desperate battle, and Hogun was wounded.
• Thor and Loki escaped with Sif, Volstagg, and Hogun as the Frost Giants pursued them and Heimdall failed to open the Bifrost.
• A floating castle appeared above the abyss, and Thor’s group ran up its vanishing staircase while the pursuing Frost Giants fell into the depths.
• The five Asgardians reached the castle doors, but they could not open them, and Thor’s hammer had no effect.
• Oz, a giant raven, appeared and warned them not to damage the gates of the Immernachtreich, then opened the doors with a command.

Thor and Loki entered Fischl’s deserted castle, where she welcomed them in grandiose language and Oz explained that she had noticed their arrival during the storm and avalanche. Thor’s crude offer to find Oz a mate angered Fischl, but she forgave the visitors and left them struggling to understand her words.

• Thor and Loki entered Fischl’s castle and found her waiting on the throne with Oz.
• Fischl welcomed the visitors in elaborate language, and Oz clarified that she meant they were safe and welcome.
• Thor praised Oz and asked whether he could take the raven to Asgard to find him a mate, enraging Fischl.
• Loki apologized for Thor and asked how Fischl knew they were coming.
• Fischl answered in cryptic phrases, while Hogun, Volstagg, and Thor struggled to understand her.
• Oz explained that Fischl had seen the visitors after thunder, rain, a collapsing mountain, and an avalanche woke her from her lie-in.

Fischl summoned the moving Night Raven subjects of the Immernachtreich and ordered them to help Thor and his companions. A medical raven led them to a chamber, but after refusing to treat Hogun herself, she left Loki to handle the strange supplies.

• Fischl summoned the Night Raven statues, which moved and pledged obedience to her.
• Loki realized the statues were living beings, and a medical raven offered to take the injured Hogun for treatment.
• The medical raven led Thor, Loki, Sif, and Volstagg to a side chamber and told them to treat Hogun themselves.
• Sif argued with the medical raven, who stormed out after insisting her wings could not move.
• Loki examined the medical supplies and found an odd assortment of tools, including a hammer, mallet, nail clippers, chew stick, and ear picks.

Oz arrived after the Night Ravens mishandled Hogun’s injuries, and Fischl hosted Thor, Loki, and their companions for tea at Immernachtreich. Their meal was interrupted by Odin, who demanded his sons return home for dinner; after disciplining Thor, he was welcomed into the castle.

• Oz apologized for the Night Ravens’ inadequate medical supplies, and Sif apologized for mistaking their cleaning frustration for hostility.
• Fischl invited the group to afternoon tea, where everyone enjoyed her homemade food and Hogun and Volstagg argued over the leftovers.
• Thunder and a strange light outside the gates prompted Fischl to send Oz to investigate, then confront the visitor with her bow.
• The visitor identified himself as Odin and demanded that Thor and Loki come out, while Fischl vowed to protect her friends.
• Odin called Thor and Loki home for dinner, then disciplined Thor when he flew out to check on the commotion.
• Fischl put away her bow, opened the gates, and awkwardly welcomed Odin into Immernachtreich.

After Odin banished Thor, he thanked Fischl for saving his children and invited her to stay in Asgard, where she and Oz received Frigga’s care. Later, Odin fell into a deep sleep and Loki took power as the only prince present; as Frigga mourned, Sif and the others stopped Fischl to ask for help.

• Odin stripped Thor of his divine power, enchanted Mjolnir, and banished him, then thanked Fischl and invited her to remain in Asgard while Jotunheim was unsafe.
• Loki reflected on his role in the events and worried that his Frost Giant nature might explain why touching a Frost Giant had not injured him.
• Odin sent Fischl and Oz to Frigga, who welcomed them and arranged their accommodations and care.
• Fischl and Oz settled into Asgard, where Odin instructed them and Frigga treated them kindly.
• Odin unexpectedly fell into a deep sleep, Loki became Asgard’s ruler, and Frigga grieved at his bedside.
• Sif and the others stopped Fischl and asked her to help them.

Fischl agreed to help Sif and the Warriors Three find Thor and expose Loki, then used a distraction to steal Heimdall’s sword and activate the Bifrost. She and Oz arrived on Earth, where Coulson investigated the energy surge that brought them there.

• Sif and the Warriors Three told Fischl that Loki had taken the throne and planned to make war on Jotunheim, and Fischl agreed to help them find Thor.
• Hill explained that Heimdall knew Thor’s location, but the group could not persuade him to defy Loki’s orders.
• Fischl had Oz create a distraction during an argument outside Heimdall’s hall, then took Heimdall’s sword and activated the Bifrost.
• Coulson detected a powerful energy surge on Earth and went to investigate its location.
• Fischl and Oz arrived on Earth, where Fischl sneezed and Oz told her to get up off the ground.

Coulson’s team found a strange, electrically charged circle and a marked black feather at the site of abnormal energy fluctuations. After realizing the feather’s markings matched fluff on Fischl’s dress, Coulson discovered the agent assigned to escort her had stopped responding.

• Coulson spotted Fischl inside S.H.I.E.L.D.’s restricted zone and ordered agents to surround her.
• Fischl claimed she had come to find a lost friend, but Coulson dismissed her story and sent an agent to escort her away.
• When the agent tried to take Fischl by force, her familiar struck him with an electric attack, leaving him crumpled on the ground.
• Coulson examined a mysterious symbol-covered circle and discovered that touching it caused a burning electric sensation.
• Coulson found a black feather that destroyed a hair placed near it and noticed its markings matched the fluff he had picked from Fischl’s dress.
• Coulson radioed the missing agent without receiving a response, then ordered a search for Fischl.

Fischl and Oz joined Jane Foster as Thor tried to retrieve Mjolnir from S.H.I.E.L.D.’s base, where agents quickly caught and surrounded him. When Thor failed to lift the hammer and Hawkeye fired at him, Fischl intercepted the arrow with a lightning-charged shot and confronted Barton from the hillside.

• Fischl questioned Oz, learned Thor was trying to retrieve his weapon, and decided to join him.
• Jane watched Thor sneak into the base, but S.H.I.E.L.D. spotted him and agents pursued him through the facility.
• Oz startled Jane on the hillside, then explained that he and Fischl were friends of Thor.
• Coulson ordered Barton to take a high position as Thor reached Mjolnir, but Thor could not lift it.
• Barton fired an arrow at Thor, and Fischl shot it down with her purple lightning-wreathed bow.

Fischl and Oz fought S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to reach Thor, but when Fischl handled Mjolnir, its lightning erupted and Thor was hurled through the base. Thor landed near Jane, dazed and unable to recognize her.

• Barton and Fischl traded arrows while Coulson and the agents tried to stop her from reaching Thor.
• Fischl summoned Oz, who attacked the agents and helped her reach Thor.
• Coulson threatened to use the helicopter’s guns, and Fischl urged Thor to take Mjolnir and leave.
• Fischl grabbed Mjolnir, unleashing a massive lightning storm that disabled electronics and devastated the base.
• Fischl threw Mjolnir to Thor, and it carried him through the base before he crashed down beside Jane.
• Jane tried to wake Thor, who counted her fingers and asked which one of them was her.

Thor woke at Jane’s house after being transformed and asked where Fischl and Mjolnir were. As the group prepared to rest, a massive rainbow beam descended, and Fischl said she did not know who had arrived.

• Loki accused Sif of lying about Fischl, declared himself king, and ordered the Destroyer to act.
• Jane and Daisy brought the unconscious Thor inside and treated him after he returned with pitch-black skin.
• Thor woke, asked about Fischl, and saw her laughing at his appearance from atop the car.
• Oz introduced himself to Daisy, who delighted in his voice and stroked his feathers.
• Fischl and Oz encouraged Thor to believe he could lift Mjolnir, and he regained his resolve.
• A huge rainbow beam descended as Thor and the others prepared to go inside, and Fischl said she did not know who had come.

The Destroyer attacked Thor, and Fischl fought it with Oz before a powerful dive temporarily shattered its body. When the Destroyer reassembled, Thor offered his life to save the townspeople, but its loving pat awakened his dormant power.

• Thor told Jane to escape while he stayed to face the Destroyer, and Daisy led Jane away.
• Fischl and Oz attacked the Destroyer, but it absorbed their lightning and shrugged off their assaults.
• Fischl struck the Destroyer with a powerful aerial attack, sending it crashing through buildings and darkening its face.
• The Destroyer reassembled, and Thor walked toward it, offering his life to Loki in exchange for the townspeople's safety.
• The Destroyer patted Thor's face, and the blow awakened the God of Thunder.

Thor defeated the Destroyer after regaining Mjolnir, while Fischl chose not to return to Asgard with him. Lin Ze and Paimon set off to visit Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters but got lost after nightfall, then hurried toward lights in the distance after hearing a little girl scream.

• Thor regained Mjolnir’s recognition, reflected the Destroyer’s beam back at it, and destroyed it.
• Thor agreed to cooperate with Coulson and prepared to return to Asgard, but Fischl declined to go with him.
• After Thor left, Lin Ze dropped his Fischl persona and accepted Paimon’s suggestion to visit Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters.
• Lin Ze and Paimon walked until nightfall and realized they had become lost on the way to the school.
• Paimon spotted lights in the distance after a piercing scream came from the woods, and Lin Ze urged her to run toward them.

Lin Ze and Paimon entered Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters after failing to stop helicopters carrying children from escaping. Inside, they discovered evidence of a violent fight and Lin Ze was ambushed by a bizarre, skilled man, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Lin Ze attacked a helicopter to stop armed people transporting children, but he broke off when he feared the children might be hurt, and the helicopters escaped.
• Lin Ze and Paimon entered Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and found a bloodied intruder hanging dead from a chandelier.
• Lin Ze heard footsteps, ambushed the approaching man, and tried to question him, but the man escaped his hold with an unnatural twist.
• The man fought Lin Ze at close range, taunted him, and slammed him against a wall before reacting to Aether's braid and realizing Lin Ze was a girl.
• Lin Ze angrily punched the man and stabbed the top of his foot with his sword.

Lin Ze fought the grotesque, nearly unkillable Wade, who became infatuated with him despite being struck by a Wind Blade. Colossus arrived and mistook Wade’s infatuation with Aether for a crush on Paimon before blushing at Aether himself.

• Lin Ze stabbed Wade in the chest, but Wade pulled out the sword and survived, revealing his scarred face.
• Wade flirted with Lin Ze, while Paimon called him a Rotten Walnut after he insulted her as a flying diaper.
• Lin Ze used Wind Blade to send Wade crashing into the ceiling.
• Colossus arrived, checked on Wade, and followed his pointing finger toward Lin Ze and Paimon.
• Colossus realized Wade meant Aether and blushed when he saw him.