Chapter Summaries

Wanderer and Nahida revealed that Ultron’s battle was a dream test, and Tony shut down the Ultron system before creating Vision. After Aether and the others left for home, Tony and Pepper settled into family life, while Lin Ze began watching the next video in another world.

• Wanderer defeated Ultron’s remaining robots and taunted him before the dream dissolved, revealing Ultron as a golden stream of data.
• Lin Ze, Nahida, and Tony told Ultron that the dream had been a test he failed, and Nahida unraveled the final layer, destroying him.
• Lin Ze woke at Tony’s party and went to the lab, where Tony shut down Ultron’s data transmission channel and said they would bring a new friend into the world.
• A few days later, Vision settled into life at Stark Tower, while Tony worried about when Aether and the others would return.
• Pepper joked with Tony about missing Qiqi and arranged to give Bennett vibranium tableware, then headed to a shareholders’ meeting.
• Lin Ze returned from his mission, arranged leave, and started the next video on his tablet.

After learning that the Avengers’ movie futures were not inevitable, Lin Ze met Ceros, who explained the Transmigration Management Bureau’s origins and encouraged him to save those he cared about. Lin Ze returned to Tony’s world, discovered Scott Lang had been released, and set out to meet him with Paimon.

• Lin Ze asked Minister Wu whether the mission worlds would follow the movies, and Minister Wu told him Tony Stark would have died earlier without Lin Ze’s intervention.
• Minister Wu took Lin Ze to the Director’s Office, where Zhuang Ruo revealed that he was Ceros, founder of the Transmigration Management Bureau.
• Ceros explained the TVA’s mission, the branching multiverse, and that Lin Ze no longer had to follow the Sacred Timeline as long as he did not make his assigned worlds worse.
• Ceros gave Lin Ze a card and sent him through the Space-Time Gate, telling him that Minister Wu would handle future assignments electronically.
• Lin Ze called San Quentin State Prison to ask for Scott Lang, learned he had been released, hugged Tony, and left with Paimon to find Scott.

Freshly released from prison, Scott Lang resolved to stay out of trouble so he could care for his daughter, but his new job at Baskin-Robbins brought him an unexpected order from four little girls. He ended the chapter stunned when Paimon claimed that the thirteen ice creams and smoothies were all for her.

• Luis picked Scott up after his release and offered him a place to stay, but Scott insisted he wanted to go straight and care for his daughter.
• Scott relied on his master's degree in electrical engineering and his confidence that he could find work.
• A day later, Scott served four little girls at Baskin-Robbins, including Qiqi, who asked for cocogoat milk.
• Paimon ordered one Coconut Fruit Milk Ice Cream for Qiqi, then added twelve more desserts and drinks.
• When Scott asked whether the four girls could finish thirteen items, Paimon said the other twelve were all for her.

Lin Ze took the children for ice cream while checking on Scott Lang, whose apparent firing signaled that the events of "Ant-Man" were about to begin. He entered the Serenitea Pot to meet a newly arrived friend and wondered whether he could trust him with what was coming.

• Dale summoned Scott to his office, while Lin Ze arrived at the ice cream shop with Xiao and the children.
• Klee explained that Hu Tao had inspired her nickname for Xiao, and Lin Ze let the children order ice cream while promising to supervise them.
• Lin Ze shared Paimon's ice cream with Xiao, then quickly swapped Xiao's spoon when he realized the two had been using the same one.
• Scott left the shop after filling a bowl with ice cream, and Lin Ze suspected he had been fired and that the plot of "Ant-Man" was beginning.
• Lin Ze entered the Serenitea Pot and found his newly arrived friend laughing loudly and boasting about how intimidating he was.

After losing another job, Scott refused Luis’s proposal to rob a wealthy target and went to celebrate his daughter Little Potato’s birthday instead. Scott gave her a homemade rabbit plushie, while the young salesman disappeared from the party and left money beneath the cake box.

• Scott told Luis he had been fired again, and Luis introduced him to Kurt and Dave while recounting Scott’s past exploits.
• Luis tried to recruit Scott for a robbery targeting a millionaire with a large severance package, but Scott refused and left to attend his daughter’s birthday.
• At Little Potato’s party, a young salesman gave her a Guoba plushie and offered the other children unique toys.
• Scott arrived, hugged Little Potato, and gave her a homemade rabbit plushie for her birthday.
• The house owner escorted Scott out, and the young salesman vanished, leaving a thick stack of dollar bills beneath the cake box.

Lin Ze recruited Arataki Itto to help assemble allies for a team that would protect Earth from Thanos. Itto agreed enthusiastically, though he immediately got lost in the teapot and was already keeping Xiao waiting outside.

• Lin Ze confirmed that Scott had attended his daughter's birthday party and resolved to gather a team before Thanos arrived, while avoiding infighting.
• Arataki Itto imagined that Lin Ze and Paimon had been attacked, then rushed off to avenge them before Lin Ze explained that he wanted help recruiting allies.
• Itto got lost in the teapot, mistook the Avengers for a gang, and then enthusiastically agreed to help Lin Ze protect the world.
• Itto asked Lin Ze which way the exit was and reassured him that Xiao would not mind waiting, calling him the Three-Point-Five-Point Adeptus.

Lin Ze asked Vision to get Arataki Itto invited to a meeting where Klaus would pitch the Wasp Suit, hoping to save a shareholder and earn Dr. Pym’s trust. Vision created an elaborate underworld-boss identity for Itto, and Lin Ze prepared to take him shopping before the meeting.

• Lin Ze explained to Vision that Klaus would hold a Pym Group meeting to find buyers for the Wasp Suit and asked him to put Itto on the invitation list.
• Vision agreed and asked Itto what kind of false identity he wanted, so Itto requested that he be made a powerful gang boss.
• Vision created the Arataki Gang, a far-reaching organization with thousands of members, and made Itto its thirty-seventh head.
• Lin Ze had Vision replace Itto’s false name with his real name, and Vision confirmed the meeting for the next day at three in the afternoon.
• Vision recommended that Itto get clothes fitting his identity, but Lin Ze covered Itto’s mouth when he began proposing flashy changes to his horns.

Lin Ze sent Itto to the Pym Technologies Building for Klaus’s meeting, but Itto’s reckless driving ended in a destructive crash and a dramatic confrontation. Klaus recognized the wealthy stranger as the leader of the Arataki Gang, and Itto challenged him with a menacing question.

• Dr. Pym arrived at Pym Technologies, then a guard watched Itto smash through the entrance in a gold supercar.
• Lin Ze and Paimon watched anxiously as Itto ignored their advice, lost control, and drove the car through the building’s glass doors.
• Itto combed his hair and brushed off the armed guards’ orders to get out of the car.
• Klaus arrived, recognized Itto as the Arataki Gang’s leader, and greeted him.
• Itto climbed out of the wrecked car, approached Klaus, and asked if Klaus had been calling him.

Arataki Itto arrived at Klaus’s presentation for the Wasp Suit and tried to contact Lin Ze, who had gone silent. He mistook an empty display case for the suit and loudly announced he was buying it.

• Itto crashed his sports car through the building’s entrance, then let Klaus escort him to the meeting.
• Hope noticed Itto’s unusual manner, while Dr. Pym rebuffed an old S.H.I.E.L.D. rival and watched the presentation.
• Klaus unveiled the Wasp Suit, explaining that his research could shrink people and presenting it as a revolutionary combat weapon.
• Frank raised concerns that the technology could fall into enemy hands, and Klaus insisted they discuss it.
• Itto tried to reach Lin Ze through his communicator, but when the guests noticed him, he claimed he wanted to buy the tiny suit.
• Klaus told Itto that the display case he was pointing at was empty.

Arataki Itto posed as a wealthy buyer to secure a huge order of Wasp Suits from Klaus, while Lin Ze and Paimon waited outside after losing contact with him. Itto vanished from the meeting room, and a second figure slipped into the same locked room.

• Lin Ze lost contact with Itto inside the Pym Group building, and he explained to Paimon that Dr. Pym distrusted the Avengers and would not welcome their help.
• Itto laughed off the empty briefcase and claimed he was joking, then offered to buy Wasp Suits from Klaus.
• When Klaus balked at the price, Itto declared that he would buy five suits for every member of the Arataki Gang, convincing Klaus to accept the order.
• Carlson privately offered Klaus double the price for the first suit, and Klaus agreed.
• After the meeting ended, Klaus discovered Itto had disappeared, while Frank and another furtive figure slipped through a door that was then locked from the inside.

Arataki Itto tried to rescue Frank from Klaus at the Pym Group, but their confrontation drew in the FBI, who arrested them both. Lin Ze arranged for Itto to leave with the agents, while a trainee officer joked that Itto was a “locked-up heartthrob.”

• Itto found Frank in the restroom and warned him that Klaus planned to kill him, but Frank refused to believe him.
• Itto carried Frank out, and Klaus entered the restroom; when Frank tried to ask Klaus for help, Itto knocked the handgun from Klaus’s hand.
• Klaus’s security team surrounded Itto, but FBI agents arrived and arrested him after receiving a tip about the Arataki Gang.
• Frank claimed Itto had tried to do something indecent to him and went with the FBI, allowing them both to leave the Pym Group building.
• Lin Ze told Itto to cooperate with the officers, while a white-haired trainee officer drove the police car and called Itto a “locked-up heartthrob.”

Cyno helped arrange for Arataki Itto to be brought to the police station so he could meet a future teammate connected to a planned burglary. After explaining the plan, Cyno left Itto in the interrogation room, where Itto insisted he was innocent and demanded a lawyer.

• Cyno's pun made Arataki Itto laugh, while Lin Ze and Paimon listened over the communications link.
• Itto invited Cyno to join the Arataki Gang, irritating the lead officer, while Cyno secretly enjoyed Itto's reaction.
• At the police station, Cyno used a Signal Jammer to tell Itto that the Traveler had arranged his transfer and that a burglary suspect would soon be placed near him.
• Cyno explained that Itto would have to follow normal legal proceedings to clear his charges and meet the suspected gentleman thief.
• Half an hour later, Itto protested his innocence in the interrogation room and demanded a lawyer.

Yanfei defended Deadpool in court and secured his immediate release by disproving the charges with witness testimony and evidence. After Deadpool rushed off to find Aether, Cyno gave Yanfei a desperate note from Arataki Itto asking her to get him out of jail.

• Cyno entered the courtroom and watched Yanfei argue that Deadpool acted to protect the children at the Mutants Rehabilitation Center.
• The children testified that Deadpool saved them from abusive security guards, and Yanfei presented evidence linking Juggernaut to the fire.
• The judge dismissed the arson and assault charges against Deadpool and ordered his immediate release.
• Deadpool learned that Aether had commissioned Yanfei to defend him and hurried off to find Aether to repay him.
• Cyno handed Yanfei a note in which Arataki Itto begged her to rescue him from jail.

Yanfei outlined a defense that could get Arataki Itto released, while Lin Ze told her to leave Scott Lang in custody so he could become Ant-Man. Scott was arrested after returning the shrinking suit, and Cyno discovered Itto had broken into Scott’s cell and unleashed a bull, prompting him to call Yanfei about working overtime.

• Yanfei explained how she could challenge the FBI’s claims about Itto by arguing that his gang’s identity and online criminal records could not be verified.
• Lin Ze told Yanfei to leave Scott in custody until he and Itto finished their exchange, then arrange to meet Scott elsewhere.
• Yanfei warned Lin Ze not to fabricate online identities again, and he promised to stop before accidentally calling her Teacher Zhang.
• Police arrested Scott outside an apartment building after he tried to return the shrinking suit and admitted he had stolen it.
• Paxton mocked Scott, who punched the wall and disturbed Itto in the neighboring cell.
• Cyno entered the holding cells and found Itto watching a bull chase Scott through a hole in the partition, so he called Yanfei about overtime.

Arataki Itto befriended Scott Lang in their cell, heard why Scott had returned to stealing, and promised to get his friend to help him. Before the friend arrived, a swarm of ants threw the cell into chaos.

• Itto introduced himself and Ushi to Scott after Cyno left to call Yanfei.
• Scott told Itto he had gone back to stealing because he missed his daughter.
• Itto comforted Scott, urged him to stop stealing, and offered him a place in the Arataki Gang.
• Itto admitted he did not know why he had been arrested and promised his legal-expert friend would help Scott get out.
• A swarm of ants appeared and disrupted everything before Scott could meet Itto's friend.

Scott put on the motorcycle suit and flew away as Dr. Pym monitored the ants, while Aether and Paimon visited Pym and revealed their knowledge of his future research. Pym learned that his Quantum Tunnel would succeed and Janet would return, then agreed to hear Aether’s request for help.

• Scott caught Itto as he collapsed after being electrocuted by ants, then followed their countdown and put on the motorcycle suit before Ant 247 carried him away.
• Hope brought Frank, Aether, and Paimon to Dr. Pym after Frank explained that Klaus wanted to kill him.
• Aether revealed that he and Paimon came from another world and knew about the future, including Pym’s Quantum Tunnel research.
• Aether told Pym that the Quantum Tunnel would succeed and Janet would return, prompting Pym to faint from joy.
• After Aether and the others revived Pym, Aether asked for his help, and Pym invited him to explain what he needed.

Dr. Pym told Hope that her mother had worked with him as the Wasp during a 1987 mission in Kursk. Meanwhile, Lin Ze and the others dealt with Scott’s fainting and Itto’s painful ant stings, ending with Lin Ze pulling Itto forward by the arm.

• Dr. Pym revealed to Hope that her mother had been the Wasp and recalled the 1987 missile-silo crisis in Kursk.
• Paimon watched Scott sleep, and Lin Ze explained that Scott had passed out because he feared heights.
• Hope explained that the ants were their partners and apologized for the electric shocks and bites inflicted on Arataki Itto.
• Itto complained about his swollen, painful butt, then accepted Hope’s offer to fetch medicinal liquor.
• Lin Ze asked Itto to hold out his arm, then pulled him forward with a powerful force.

Lin Ze treated Itto’s ant bites while Cyno’s joke left Scott hiding his presence, and Dr. Pym then recruited Scott to steal something from the Pym Group. Lin Ze and Hope planned to put Scott through hell training to prepare him for the mission.

• Lin Ze carried Itto inside, where Hope gave him medicine for his ant bites before leaving with Yanfei and Paimon.
• Cyno posed a fire-ant riddle, then left after revealing its answer was a lyric pun, leaving Lin Ze to force Itto to let him apply the medicine.
• Scott, who had been pretending to sleep, got medicine spilled on his head while Lin Ze treated Itto.
• Dr. Pym told Scott that he wanted him to break into the Pym Group and steal something, promising to help him reunite with his daughter.
• Yanfei, Cyno, and Paimon went to the kitchen, while Lin Ze and Hope told Scott they would put him through hell training.

Scott trained with Hope and Dr. Pym to use his suit, repeatedly getting hurt and struggling to master its techniques. The chapter ended with Pym and Paimon happily sharing chicken legs while hungry Scott watched.

• Dr. Pym coached Scott on shrinking to pass through a keyhole, but Scott repeatedly crashed into the door and missed breakfast.
• Hope explained how shrinking concentrated Scott's strength, then dodged his punch and hit him in the face.
• Scott asked Lin Ze for a long list of dishes in exchange for enduring training, but Lin Ze stopped him before he requested more.
• Dr. Pym warned Scott not to touch the suit's Regulator because it could send him into the Quantum Realm.
• Paimon came down from hiding to watch Scott's lesson, and Dr. Pym wiped her mouth and accepted the chicken leg she offered him.
• Pym and Paimon ate their chicken legs together while Scott watched hungrily.

Cyno patiently tried to teach Scott Genius Invokation TCG while Dr. Pym brought Scott to Arataki Itto for special training in controlling ants. Itto demonstrated his skill, but his ant portrait of Paimon enraged her and sent him running.

• Cyno played cards with Scott and agreed to explain the rules again, while Lin Ze and Dr. Pym watched them get along.
• Dr. Pym said Scott would train with Arataki Itto, who had a talent for controlling ants.
• Arataki Itto made two ants climb onto his hand and stop on the stone table, then demonstrated how he could direct a swarm.
• Itto arranged ants into a portrait that he said depicted Paimon, prompting her to kick him as he fled.