Chapter Summaries

Lucy teased Lin Ze aboard the Astral Express, but Paimon protected him and shared a heartfelt moment with him before Lucy tried to hug her. Meanwhile, on Sovereign Planet, a group prepared to confront something that could arrive at any moment.

• Lucy warned Lin Ze that she could only take him to his destination and could not provide combat support.
• Lucy teased Lin Ze and tried to touch his abs, but Paimon returned and kicked her away from him.
• Paimon checked that Lin Ze was safe, then told him she wanted to stay by his side; Lin Ze said he loved her most of all.
• Lucy grew jealous of their closeness and chased Paimon, who fled through the air.
• On Sovereign Planet, a golden-brown-haired man with a metallic coat and a green-skinned woman prepared for an imminent arrival.

The Guardians of the Galaxy protected the Sovereign’s energy batteries, but Rocket’s theft forced them to flee and crash-land on Counter-Earth, where Ego revealed he was Peter’s father. Wanderer woke Lin Ze as their train arrived at Sovereign.

• Gamora, Star-Lord, Drax, Rocket, and Groot fought an Interdimensional Monster while protecting the Sovereign’s batteries.
• The Sovereign paid the team by handing over Nebula, but Rocket secretly stole several batteries and triggered a pursuit.
• Star-Lord and Rocket fought over piloting during their escape, and the ship was damaged before it crash-landed on Bohet.
• A man named Ego greeted the group on Counter-Earth and told Star-Lord that he was his father.
• Pom-Pom announced their arrival at Sovereign, and Wanderer woke Lin Ze from his nap.

Lin Ze and his companions fled the Sovereign after mistaking the Astral Express for allies of the Guardians of the Galaxy, then Lucy redirected them toward Counter-Earth. The High Priestess recruited Yondu to help find Quill, while Lin Ze considered saving Yondu from his eventual sacrifice.

• Lin Ze detected gunpowder on the Sovereign planet and hurried his companions back onto the Astral Express before the Sovereign fighters pursued them.
• The High Priestess mistook the departing train for Quill's accomplices and ordered her ships to attack, but the train escaped.
• The High Priestess learned Quill had been raised by Yondu and decided to enlist him to recover the stolen batteries.
• Lucy revealed she had given the conductor coordinates for Counter-Earth, and Lin Ze agreed to continue toward Star-Lord's biological father.
• The High Priestess met Yondu and offered him a partnership.

Ego reunited with Star-Lord and invited him to learn about his origins, while the Guardians split up and Rocket stayed behind with Nebula and Groot. As Rocket sensed someone approaching, Yondu’s crew arrived nearby in pursuit of Quill, and Lin Ze’s party stepped off their train.

• Ego told Star-Lord that he had hired Yondu to bring him from Earth, and Star-Lord said he believed Yondu had kept him because he was useful for stealing.
• Ego invited Star-Lord and his friends to his home, while Mantis introduced herself and Drax played a prank that ended with Rocket biting her.
• Star-Lord chose to visit Ego’s place with Gamora and Drax, leaving Rocket, Nebula, and Groot behind to repair the ship.
• Rocket gave the hungry, cuffed Nebula bread from Quill’s stash, then heard someone approaching.
• Lin Ze and his companions got off the train, and Yondu ordered his men to take Quill alive so he could kill him himself.

Lin Ze’s group followed the crashed spaceship’s trail and watched Yondu’s men surround Rocket’s camp, waiting for the right moment to intervene. Rocket escaped into the trees as the confrontation continued, while Wanderer was left fuming after a pair of birds perched on his head.

• Itto complained that mosquitoes were biting him until Tighnari explained that his flower repelled insects and gave him another flower and anti-itch medicine.
• Wanderer reported that Yondu and his men had surrounded Rocket’s position, and Lin Ze decided to watch from above rather than rush in.
• Wanderer carried Lin Ze into a tall tree, where Paimon joined them and they saw Yondu’s men approach Rocket’s camp.
• Yondu’s men triggered Rocket’s traps, which fired tranquilizer darts and knocked several of them unconscious.
• Rocket darted through the branches as Yondu’s men pursued him, while Lin Ze told Paimon to wait before helping.
• Two lovebirds landed on Wanderer’s head, then flew off after he yelled at them.

Rocket was captured by Yondu and his crew after using traps to fight them, while Lin Ze and Wanderer watched from the trees. Yondu’s men turned against him over his loyalty to Quill, and Lin Ze prepared to strike as one of them aimed at Yondu.

• Rocket lured Yondu’s men into explosive traps, then knocked one attacker unconscious with his Laser Gun and a kick.
• Yondu confronted Rocket, revealed that he had tracked Rocket’s ship since the battle of Xandar, and explained that the High Priestess had hired him to capture the Guardians.
• Rocket offered to reveal where the Batteries were if Yondu spared Groot, but Yondu’s men grew angry when he planned to take the Batteries instead of collecting the full bounty.
• Kraglin accused Yondu of favoring Quill, and the crew began turning their weapons on Yondu and calling for a new leader.
• Lin Ze signaled Wanderer to prepare, then shouted for Scaramouche as an attacker fired at Yondu.

Lin Ze and his companions helped Yondu defeat the mutinous Ravagers, while Wanderer subdued Nebula. After introducing themselves to Rocket and Yondu, Lin Ze asked them for help finding Star-Lord.

• Lin Ze shielded Yondu from a bullet, and Yondu used his Yaka Arrow to take down the ringleaders while sparing Kraglin.
• Itto, Tighnari, and the others stopped the fleeing underlings with attacks and illusions.
• Wanderer caught Nebula and nearly attacked her, but Lin Ze calmed him by explaining that Thanos had made her the way she was.
• Paimon brought Groot to Rocket, and Lin Ze introduced himself and his companions to Rocket and Yondu.
• Lin Ze told Rocket and Yondu that his group was looking for Star-Lord and asked the Guardians of the Galaxy for help.

Ego brought Star-Lord, Gamora, and Drax to his planet and explained his origins, his search for life, and his relationship with Meredith. Meanwhile, Yondu, Rocket, and others boarded the Astral Express, where Rocket was startled by Pom-Pom and Klee comforted him with a handkerchief.

• Ego's spaceship arrived at Ego's Planet, where Mantis explained her ability to sense and influence emotions and revealed Star-Lord's crush on Gamora.
• Ego showed the group his Palace and described how he had become a celestial and built himself into a planet.
• Drax asked Ego whether he had made himself a penis, embarrassing Star-Lord and Gamora before Ego confirmed that he had one.
• Ego showed Star-Lord memories of meeting Meredith and said she had given him his first experience of love.
• Yondu, Rocket, and others boarded the Astral Express, where Rocket became unnerved by Pom-Pom and startled Klee.
• Klee gave Rocket a handkerchief to wipe his sweat and placed another over his head for Groot.

Lin Ze and his companions prepared to confront Ego after Mantis revealed that Ego had killed his other children. Star-Lord discovered his powers while Ego welcomed him, leaving the group ready to attack the planet.

• Yondu and Rocket bickered aboard the Astral Express while agreeing to help Lin Ze, and Pom-Pom rejected Rocket's bid to become conductor.
• Ego explained to Star-Lord why he had left his mother, then guided him to channel the planet's energy and awaken his powers.
• Mantis brought Gamora and Drax to a field of corpses and skeletons, revealing that they were Ego's children.
• Wanderer released Nebula from her restraints as Lin Ze gathered the others to disembark and take on Ego.
• Yondu rallied the group for a many-against-one fight, while Rocket joked with Groot about covering the wrong place.

Gamora learned that Ego had killed his children, while Ego drew Star-Lord into his plan. Gamora and Nebula reconciled, and Nebula revealed that a group of strangers could help them rescue Quill.

• Mantis told Gamora and Drax that the bones belonged to Ego's children and that Ego had killed them, prompting Gamora to demand everything she knew.
• Ego showed Star-Lord his plan involving blue lights across several planets, and Star-Lord was captivated by their beauty.
• Klee gave Lin Ze and Paimon bouquets while Tighnari noticed the flower-covered area had no animals or insects; Lin Ze explained that the planet was Ego's body.
• Mantis helped Gamora understand that Nebula wanted a sister, and Gamora apologized and embraced her.
• Gamora said they needed to rescue Quill, and Nebula suggested asking for help from the strange group that had arrived with her.

Ego revealed that his expansion plan depended on finding offspring with Celestial genes, and admitted he had killed Star-Lord’s mother to keep pursuing it. Star-Lord broke free of Ego’s influence and attacked him, but as Ego moved to kill him, an unidentified figure intervened.

• Ego explained that he planned to spread himself across planets and replace all life with himself.
• Ego confessed that he had deceived women across many worlds and used his children as tools, with Star-Lord the only offspring to inherit Celestial genes.
• Star-Lord asked whether Ego had truly loved his mother, and Ego admitted he had given her the tumor that killed her.
• Star-Lord rejected Ego, drew his guns, and fired at him, but Ego regenerated and prepared to strike back with a blue-energy tentacle.
• A green glow crashed into Ego’s tentacle as a young man leaped behind him amid lightning and declared, “Weigh your sins!!”

Lin Ze’s group prepared to destroy Ego’s core while the Guardians escaped aboard the Astral Express, then chose to turn back and help. The chapter left Star-Lord and the others racing back toward the planet’s core as the Sovereign attacked.

• Wanderer found Drax and Nebula hiding near the Palace, and Gamora asked Lin Ze’s group to help rescue Quill.
• Strange Boy shattered Ego’s head, while Itto repeatedly smashed Ego’s regenerating energy body as the Guardians escaped.
• Lin Ze placed five golden batteries into Klee’s Jumpy Dumpty setup around Ego’s core while Mantis struggled to keep Ego asleep.
• Shouki no Kami fought the Sovereign pursuers as the Astral Express carried the Guardians away from the planet.
• Star-Lord, Yondu, Gamora, Nebula, Drax, Rocket, and Groot insisted on returning to help, and the Train Crew dropped them off to run back toward the core.

Wanderer, Yondu, and the others fought off the Sovereign ships while Lin Ze and the group escaped Ego's collapsing planet. Star-Lord broke free of Ego's control and attacked him, but Star-Lord, Gamora, and Nebula were left down in the fissure as the others prepared to flee.

• Wanderer destroyed many Sovereign ships, while Star-Lord's group and Yondu wiped out the rest of the fleet outside the Crust Core.
• Shouki no Kami burst out of the ground with Lin Ze and the others aboard, just as Ego's tentacles attacked Star-Lord's group.
• Ego tried to persuade Star-Lord to join him while his tentacles trapped the group, and Nebula caught Gamora as she fell into a fissure.
• Yondu reminded Star-Lord that his heart controlled the Yaka Arrow, prompting Star-Lord to break free of Ego's influence and punch him.
• Lin Ze helped Yondu aboard Shouki no Kami and warned that the planet would explode in two minutes, while Rocket and Paimon realized Star-Lord, Gamora, and Nebula were still below.

Lin Ze and the others searched Ego for Star-Lord while Yondu stayed behind to find him, and the planet exploded before they could return. Yondu saved Star-Lord by giving him the only spacesuit, but both were rescued and reunited with the others, where Yondu woke to discover someone had given him mouth-to-mouth.

• Lin Ze took Yondu down into Ego to search for Star-Lord while Wanderer carried Gamora and Nebula back to the train.
• Gamora and Nebula reported that Yondu had stayed behind, and Ego exploded as Lin Ze continued searching for Yondu and Star-Lord.
• Yondu found Star-Lord and put their only spacesuit on him as they fled the collapsing planet, leaving himself exposed to space.
• Star-Lord grieved as Yondu appeared to die, but an enormous dark shape struck them and the group later revived them.
• Yondu woke, joked with Star-Lord, and asked which of the rescuers had given him mouth-to-mouth because his mouth tasted like Chive Pie.

Lin Ze told the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Teyvat group that they planned to stop Thanos from wiping out half the universe, and revealed they had already collected four Infinity Stones. The meeting ended with Gamora shocked that Lin Ze seemed to know the secret location of the Soul Stone.

• Star-Lord and Nebula argued over Gamora until Gamora ordered them both to sit down.
• Lin Ze explained that they wanted to prevent Thanos from wiping out half of all life, and Gamora described Thanos's goal and the destruction he had caused.
• Lin Ze said Thanos could use all six Infinity Stones to carry out his plan, then revealed that his group already had the Space, Mind, Time, and Reality Stones.
• Star-Lord offered to help them find the Power Stone, while Lin Ze suggested Gamora knew where the Soul Stone was.
• Gamora was shocked that Lin Ze knew her secret and asked how he had found out.

Lin Ze persuaded Star-Lord’s group to hear his plan, while Gamora questioned whether they should pursue the Power Stone before the Soul Stone. Remembering Lucy’s advice to consult Minister Wu, Lin Ze tried calling him, but the strange conversation ended before he could ask for help.

• Lin Ze attributed his knowledge of Gamora’s secret to Mona’s divination, and Rocket defended him while bickering with Yondu.
• Star-Lord agreed to help Lin Ze and asked him to explain the plan.
• Lin Ze proposed going to Knowhere first, but Gamora argued that the Power Stone was a safer target than the Soul Stone.
• Lin Ze recalled asking Lucy for advice and learned that she thought Minister Wu might help because of his past Marvel missions.
• Lucy called Minister Wu, whose confused role-playing voices led her to hang up before Lin Ze could ask his question.

Lin Ze learned that Minister Wu would not help him and realized he had to find the Soul Stone himself. At the round table, he convinced the Guardians of the Galaxy to avoid Xandar and set their next course for Planet Vormir.

• Lucy explained that Minister Wu's Honor of Kings system made him imitate the speech habits of whichever hero he used, and Minister Wu rejected Lin Ze's request for help.
• Minister Wu scolded Lin Ze and Lucy, telling Lin Ze to rely on himself, while Lucy laughed and was ordered to write a self-criticism.
• Lucy helped Lin Ze understand that Minister Wu had been hinting he must forge his own path, and Lin Ze decided to find the Soul Stone first.
• Lin Ze warned the Guardians of the Galaxy that Thanos might already know the Power Stone was on Xandar and could be waiting for them there.
• Gamora chose Planet Vormir as the Guardians' next destination after Star-Lord's attempt to rally support for Xandar failed.

At Stark Tower, Tony Stark and his exhausted team tested whether the Quantum Realm could support time travel, but their first experiment left a mouse there for millions of years. The chapter ended when Spider-Man appeared outside the tower windows and greeted the startled scientists.

• Potts stopped Tony's tablet from falling, then woke the exhausted researchers and examined Tony's bloodshot eyes.
• Yinsen, Banner, and Tony ate breakfast while Tony revealed that their lab mouse, Little Lamb, had been sent into the Quantum Realm.
• Tony reported that Little Lamb had been left there for four and a half million years instead of the intended ten minutes, and Banner examined the experiment's data.
• Tony refused to ask Dr. Pym for help, and Potts went to fetch Scott while urging the researchers to get some sleep.
• Spider-Man appeared outside Stark Tower's top-floor windows, greeted the group, and Tony shouted for him to come inside.

Scott led Cassie, Nahida, Qiqi, and sleepy Sayu through a cardboard-box maze to find its treasure, while struggling to drink Qiqi’s Coconut Milk Soybean Milk. After Cassie discovered the treasure was another carton of the drink and tasted it, Potts opened the maze and asked Scott for a few minutes.

• Scott and the children crawled through the maze, with Sayu falling asleep and Qiqi supplying Scott with Coconut Milk Soybean Milk that made him spit it out.
• At the maze’s locked door, Nahida solved the riddle by identifying a book as the answer, and Cassie opened the door.
• Cassie found a carton of Coconut Milk Soybean Milk, which Qiqi had hidden as the treasure because it was rare and precious.
• Scott tried to stop Cassie from drinking the carton, but she tasted it and retched, calling the milk poisoned.
• Potts lifted the cardboard maze’s roof and asked Scott for a few minutes of his time.

Scott, Banner, Yinsen, and Strange discussed the Quantum Tunnel and whether the present could alter a future foretold by Mona, while Lin Ze led his companions across Planet Vormir. Lin Ze secretly arranged something with Lucy and drew Paimon ahead in a curry race as a crimson-faced figure appeared on a cliff.

• Scott recounted his Quantum Realm experience, but Tony, Banner, and Yinsen found nothing useful in it.
• Scott asked what the others would do with time travel, prompting Banner to explain that the past could not be changed; Scott then wondered whether their actions were changing Mona's foretold future.
• Strange arrived after Banner called him for help, but he could not provide a definite answer, and Tony overheard Banner mention the Traveler.
• Lin Ze, Lucy, March 7th, Paimon, Gamora, and their companions set out across Planet Vormir while the rest of the Astral Express crew stayed aboard.
• Lin Ze privately instructed Lucy to remember what he had told her, then distracted Paimon with a curry race and let her fly ahead.
• A crimson-faced figure appeared atop a cliff and welcomed the approaching group.