Recaps

Lin Ze and his allies helped Nick Fury expose Hydra and stop Project Insight, then returned to their journeys after the Helicarriers were grounded. As Lin Ze resumed life between worlds, Zhongli met the Ancient One and Stephen sought Barbara’s help for his injured hands.

• Rosaria killed Blaze, and Coulson’s team recovered the box data and discovered references to Project Insight while Fury asked Steve whether he could trust him.
• Fury showed Steve the Helicarriers, then escaped a Hydra attack with Tartaglia’s help as Lin Ze realized the apple charm Fury had given Steve signaled danger.
• Pierce branded Fury and Steve traitors, but Lin Ze’s group brought the injured Fury to Wanmin Restaurant, where he revealed his virus plan to disable the Helicarriers.
• Lin Ze assembled his allies alongside Steve, Natasha, Sam, and Tony, and the team infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. as Steve warned the organization about Hydra.
• The teams fought Hydra aboard the Helicarriers while Natasha exposed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s secrets, Tony learned Bucky had killed his parents, and Fury surrendered Pierce after the Helicarriers descended.
• Hydra was arrested and S.H.I.E.L.D. faced investigation, while Ceros gave Lin Ze a Serenitea Pot and explained that the repaired gate let him return to the bureau.
• Lin Ze and Paimon reunited with Tony, while Zhongli brought Qiqi to Stark Tower and met the Ancient One before joining Lin Ze at Wanmin Restaurant.
• Barbara treated Stephen’s injured hands, but Zhongli identified hardware causing his pain, then joined Stephen and Tartaglia on an outing to address the harassment of Wanmin Restaurant.

Lin Ze and Paimon joined Zhongli and Stephen at Kamar-Taj, where Stephen’s training led into a battle against Kaecilius and Dormammu. After returning home, Lin Ze became involved in a new investigation when Hu Tao and Chongyun agreed to help Yvette find out what had happened to her missing husband.

• Lin Ze discovered Zhongli and Tartaglia had spent heavily to lure spinal-stone traffickers, then traveled with Paimon to Kamar-Taj to find Zhongli.
• The Ancient One began teaching Lin Ze, Paimon, and Stephen, while Stephen trained in magic and martial arts alongside Lin Ze.
• Stephen used the Eye of Agamotto to restore stolen pages from the Time Book and accidentally created an unstable space-time disturbance while restoring cake.
• Kaecilius attacked the sanctums, and Lin Ze and Zhongli defended the group before Zhongli pursued Kaecilius into the Mirror Dimension.
• Stephen used a time loop to bargain with Dormammu, ending the invasion, while Kaecilius and his followers were taken into the Dark Dimension.
• Back home, Lin Ze completed his mission and met Paul, who sought help paying Sasha’s medical bills and was directed toward Northland Bank.
• Hu Tao and Chongyun began investigating Yvette’s claim that she had heard the voice of her husband Simon, who had vanished five years earlier.
• Lin Ze, Paimon, Hu Tao, and Chongyun accompanied Yvette to her remote home, where a ghost startled Paimon and Lin Ze’s feigned fear made Yvette faint.

Lin Ze and Hu Tao helped Wade face Vanessa’s death, but Wade’s attempt to become a hero drew him into the conflict over Russell and the Icebox. As Wade planned a rescue, Lin Ze uncovered that the Chongyun beside him at the manor was an evil spirit.

• Lin Ze, Hu Tao, and Paimon brought Wade to the Ordinary Place, where Vanessa urged him to stop chasing death and live properly before reincarnating.
• Wade decided to do good deeds, then grew frustrated with his minor errands and encountered trouble involving Russell and the Aethas Estate.
• Wade confronted Russell at the estate, killed the director after learning Russell had been abused, and was collared and taken to the Icebox while Hu Tao tried to stop the personnel.
• Lin Ze and Paimon joined Chongyun to investigate an abandoned manor, and Lin Ze stayed behind with the suspicious figure posing as Chongyun after Hu Tao reported Wade’s capture.
• Hu Tao and Bennett reached the Icebox as explosions let Wade and Russell escape, but Wade stopped breathing before Hu Tao and Bennett revived him in a snow coffin.
• Wade told Weasel he would save Russell from transfer to Supermax Prison and asked Hu Tao and Bennett to help recruit a team.
• Lin Ze noticed that the Chongyun in the manor did not match his reflection, exposed the figure as an evil spirit, and heard it blame a light-blue-haired man.

Lin Ze helped Deadpool’s group rescue Russell and celebrate Lantern Rite with friends from Liyue and the Marvel Universe. When Hydra remnants threatened the world, Lin Ze gathered a team that attacked their snowy base, where the Wanderer led the assault.

• Lin Ze exposed the Mirror Spirit’s mistaken belief about its origins, freed Chongyun and the trapped family, and sent the mirror away with Fischl.
• Deadpool’s team intercepted Cable’s convoy to rescue Russell, while Klee, Hu Tao, Domino, Bennett, and their allies fought through the pursuit.
• After Russell escaped with Juggernaut, Cable explained that he wanted to prevent Russell from killing his family in the future, and Deadpool persuaded him to give the boy a chance.
• At the burning orphanage, Deadpool sacrificed himself to change Russell’s path, and Russell restored Deadpool’s healing, and Lin Ze then joined the group for a New Year celebration at Wanmin Restaurant.
• Lin Ze and his guests celebrated Lantern Rite with a Yun Jin performance, exchanged red envelopes, and released sky lanterns, while Chongyun mistook Xingqiu for a fiend.
• Coulson told Lin Ze that Hydra remnants were experimenting with the Scepter, so Lin Ze recruited Nahida, the Wanderer, Peter, Xingqiu, Yun Jin, and others for the operation.
• Black Widow drove the team through the snowy woods as they fought Hydra robots, and Steve led Lin Ze’s group toward the base after the Wanderer attacked the convoy.
• The Wanderer tore through Hydra’s forces and flew toward the fortress, while Lin Ze calmed tensions between him and Steve and Xiao affirmed that he trusted Lin Ze.