Chapter Summaries

Su Ming bought two ten-slot bags and a silk robe in Stormwind City after rejecting Waterdeep’s costly Bag of Holding. In another world, Geralt tried to trade a potion for a woman captured by a troll called Stonefoot.

• Su Ming left Waterdeep’s magic shop after its owner refused to lower the price of a Bag of Holding.
• Su Ming traveled to Stormwind City, bought two Silk Pouches and a robe, and tested the bags.
• A troll named Stonefoot carried a captured woman through the forest, insisting he wanted her to be his wife rather than eat her.
• Geralt confronted Stonefoot while his white-haired companion stayed behind in the bushes.
• Geralt offered Stonefoot a potion called Swallow in exchange for the captured woman.

Geralt and Ciri rescued Jen from a troll and camped with her while traveling toward Novigrad to hunt a Bloody Baroness. When a werewolf attacked their camp, a mysterious stranger intervened and killed it.

• Geralt traded a potion to the troll for Jen’s release, and Ciri helped Jen escape the fishing net.
• Geralt, Ciri, and Jen made camp, where Jen explained she was fleeing to Novigrad and the Witchers invited her to travel with them.
• Geralt told Ciri about his past encounter with a Bloody Baroness and warned that the Wild Hunt still existed.
• A werewolf stole Geralt’s swords and seized Jen, but Ciri and Geralt prepared to fight it.
• A stranger pinned the werewolf with a greatsword, and Geralt set it ablaze with Igni before the stranger crushed its head.

Su Ming, a heavily armored traveler from New York, met Geralt and Ciri after crushing a werewolf and joined them around their campfire. After bonding with Geralt over Gwent and liquor, he arranged to travel with them toward Novigrad while pursuing his own plans involving Ciri and the Wild Hunt.

• Su Ming introduced himself to Ciri and Geralt after striking the werewolf, and Geralt confirmed he was human.
• Su Ming considered his goals in this world, including learning about travel between worlds and finding the Wild Hunt's Star Gate.
• Su Ming sat with Geralt and Ciri, offered Geralt liquor, and challenged him to Gwent.
• Su Ming deliberately lost the close Gwent match, and Geralt shared that he had been living in Toussaint since the events there ended.
• Su Ming proposed traveling with Geralt to Novigrad, and Geralt agreed.

Su Ming offered to extend Ciri’s lifespan and let her study at his school in another world, while Geralt weighed the proposal against the Wild Hunt’s threat. Geralt agreed to discuss it with Ciri and the others at Kaer Morhen, but had not accepted.

• Geralt and Ciri traveled through Velen, where they fought monsters and collected rewards as Su Ming helped them.
• Su Ming told Geralt about Leech Serum, which could extend Ciri’s lifespan, and offered it in exchange for her attending his school.
• Geralt questioned Su Ming’s motives, and Su Ming admitted he intended to draw out the Wild Hunt while keeping Ciri safe.
• Geralt said he had to accompany Ciri if she went to Su Ming’s world, and Su Ming explained that reaching it would require Ciri’s abilities or a portal made by Enchantresses.
• Geralt reserved his decision until he could ask Ciri and discuss the offer with his family at Kaer Morhen.

Su Ming tried to persuade Ciri to attend his school in Another World, arguing that she needed greater strength to face the Wild Hunt again. He demonstrated guns and tempted her with the promise of new skills and unusual foods, leaving Ciri curious but not yet agreeing to go.

• Su Ming asked Ciri to attend his school, but she refused because she wanted to stay with Geralt.
• Su Ming reminded Ciri of the losses caused by the Wild Hunt, making her reconsider the danger of another attack.
• Su Ming shot several Spike Fiends with his pistol and let Ciri handle the gun, then showed her God Metal Gauss.
• Su Ming teased Ciri about her lack of knowledge of technology and biology, while Geralt listened and asked whether Griffins could be eaten.
• Su Ming described the Principal's cooking, including soup made from Slime Monsters, leaving Geralt uncomfortable.

Su Ming tried to persuade Ciri to study in his world while Geralt brought the suspected killer of Countess Taga Lerin’s daughter to justice. After exposing the Doppler in Yantra Village, the group continued toward Novigrad and stopped at a bathhouse.

• Su Ming encouraged Ciri to learn cooking and use his world’s weapons, and Geralt told her to wait until Yennefer and the others confirmed Slade was safe.
• Geralt, Ciri, and Su Ming traveled toward Novigrad, with Su Ming demonstrating firearms and armor while Ciri grew eager to visit his world.
• At Countess Taga Lerin’s house in Yantra Village, Geralt exposed Jen as a Doppler and used his Silver Sword to prevent it from transforming.
• Geralt delivered the powerless Doppler to the villagers for punishment, collected a thousand Oren, and left with Ciri and Su Ming.
• The three stopped at a bathhouse outside Novigrad, where Geralt went with Melissa while Ciri and Su Ming headed for their respective baths.

Su Ming and Geralt hunted the Bloody Baroness beneath an abandoned church in Novigrad, where Su Ming killed her with his greatsword. After collecting the reward, they returned to Dandelion’s inn, where Geralt recognized Yennefer’s scent.

• While Ciri bathed, a crow watched her, and she suspected Yennefer was laughing at her.
• Geralt gave Su Ming Cursed Oil before they entered the abandoned church crypt to hunt the Bloody Baroness.
• The Bloody Baroness attacked Geralt, but Su Ming struck her into a wall and then chopped her apart with repeated greatsword blows.
• Su Ming handed Geralt the Banshee’s head, and Geralt criticized his sword technique while Ciri watched.
• Geralt, Su Ming, and Ciri collected the reward and returned to Dandelion’s Chameleon Inn, where Geralt smelled Yennefer’s lilac and gooseberries.

Geralt reunited with Yennefer and the Sorceresses at Dandelion’s inn, where they met Su Ming and discussed the White Frost’s threat to their world. Su Ming rejected relying on prophecy alone and proposed fighting the cosmic disaster with science as well as magic, leaving the Sorceresses puzzled and waiting for his plan.

• Geralt arrived at Dandelion’s inn, joined a brawl, and let Yennefer lead Ciri and the others upstairs.
• Yennefer introduced Su Ming to the gathered Sorceresses, who explained that they had come because of his appearance and the White Frost.
• Su Ming identified the White Frost with the Cult of the Serpent’s Ouroboros, and the Sorceresses described it as a force that destroyed worlds.
• Yennefer cited Ithlinne’s Prophecy and insisted Ciri must remain with them as the world’s final hope.
• Su Ming pointed out that the prophecy also said only elves would survive, then urged the Sorceresses to resist rather than accept it.
• Philippa asked Su Ming for his plan, and he said they should use science when magic could not solve a problem.

Su Ming took the Sorceresses to the Dragon Mountains, where the Cloak of Levitation brought him a Dragon that he killed with God Metal Gauss and cooked for the group. The Sorceresses agreed to follow Ciri to his world in three days, while Su Ming asked them to help sell the Dragon's valuable parts so he could raise twenty thousand gold coins for a bag.

• Triss opened a Teleportation Portal to a cave near the Dragon Mountains, and Su Ming told the Sorceresses they had come to hunt Dragons.
• Su Ming sent the Cloak of Levitation into the mountains, then shot dead the Dragon it dragged back and began preparing its meat.
• Yennefer tested the Dragon's blood and questioned Su Ming about technology, while Su Ming explained that Ciri could learn ways to help people survive the White Frost.
• Yennefer said the Sorceresses could follow Ciri to Su Ming's world by marking her and creating a wormhole, and the group agreed to leave in three days.
• Su Ming drew Ciri a picture of the school gate and asked the Sorceresses to help sell Dragon meat so he could get twenty thousand gold coins to buy a bag.

Su Ming and Ciri returned to Faerûn, where Elminster had arranged for Su Ming to appear in his seaside home. Elminster asked to trade spells or Magic Items for stories about their worlds, and Su Ming began with a tale about a Grave Robber.

• After dinner, Su Ming told Ciri to wait at the Chameleon Inn while he went to buy saddlebags.
• Su Ming returned to Faerûn but appeared in Elminster's cluttered seaside home instead of his intended destination.
• Ciri teleported after Su Ming, broke through the floorboards, and joined him in Elminster's room.
• Elminster explained that he had connected a spatial passage to Su Ming's arrival point so they could talk.
• Elminster offered spells or Magic Items in exchange for stories from Su Ming's worlds, and Su Ming began telling him about a Grave Robber.

Su Ming and Ciri told Elminster about their worlds, prompting him to recall a Magic Ship and discuss ways to travel between Crystal Spheres. Su Ming returned home with magical items from Faerûn, while the prospect of building a Magic Ship remained open.

• Elminster listened as Su Ming recounted an adventure with undead, then examined Su Ming's pistol and learned how its safety worked.
• Ciri described the Wild Hunt's invasion and her flight through worlds, leading Elminster to remember a Magic Ship he had seen near Waterdeep.
• Elminster explained his research into Magic Ships and named drow academies, Shade Enclave, and Netheril liches as possible sources of knowledge.
• Su Ming joked that the view outside a Crystal Sphere looked like a dragon's eyeball, then returned to his own world with Elminster's Bag of Holding and magical items.
• Su Ming gave the magic scrolls and wands to Ancient One, while Ciri tested the Bag of Holding across worlds and found that only Elminster's bag worked in both Marvel and DC.

Ciri settled into a comfortable life in Su Ming’s world while Yennefer and the other Sorceresses began training with the Ancient One to prepare for the White Frost. Geralt eventually followed them through a portal, but it sent him to an unfamiliar ship surrounded by armed strangers.

• Ciri spent her days watching television until Yennefer and Triss returned from visiting Kamar-Taj and pulled her away from the screen.
• The Ancient One offered to teach the Sorceresses magic and explained that they could protect The Witcher World from the White Frost with a magical barrier and a created sun.
• Su Ming planned language lessons and future schooling for Ciri, while the Sorceresses agreed to train at Kamar-Taj.
• Geralt searched for the missing Ciri and Sorceresses, learned from Francesca that Adda might know where they had gone, and persuaded Adda to open a portal.
• Geralt jumped through the portal and arrived on a ship in another world, where armed strangers watched him and a furry creature meowed at him.

As the school settled into normal operation, Su Ming kept the girls busy with lessons and training while Lorraine took on a packed teaching and caregiving role. Meanwhile, Hamill went to China to study medicinal cuisine, and Su Ming amused himself with newspaper edits that hid Namor’s face before sending Vodka to pursue buying the Daily Bugle.

• Su Ming hired teachers for electives and let Dotty and the older girls observe his combat training, while Lorraine taught numerous classes and cared for the girls at night.
• Lorraine suspected Hamill was hosting charming women in his office and decided she wanted to become principal, unaware that he was opening portals for Sorceresses.
• Su Ming sent Hamill to China to study medicinal cuisine after repeatedly finding Alternate Dimension ingredients difficult to eat.
• Ciri joined the girls’ games, learned to drive, and replaced her swords with pistols for fighting people and monsters.
• The Daily Bugle’s reports made Captain America’s team famous as the Invaders while repeatedly obscuring Namor in photographs.
• Su Ming laughed at a photograph that hid Namor behind a patch of holy light and sent Vodka to discuss acquiring the Daily Bugle.

As the war intensified in the Arden Region, Steve struggled with the deaths and suffering around him while the Avenging Angel helped treat the wounded. Su Ming arrived at the SSR camp with supplies and joined Steve on his way to meet Howard Stark.

• Su Ming expanded his factories and school while the Adjutant continued her research into Leech Serum.
• Steve watched a Howling Commando die in the field hospital, and Holloway rushed to help treat the wounded.
• Steve found Monark unconscious after his costly battle with German Sorcerers, while Namor left to fight at the front.
• Peggy comforted Steve over Thompson's death and brought him to Colonel Phillips's tent to meet a visitor.
• Su Ming arrived at the camp with supplies, joked with Steve about sponsored long johns, and was led toward the underground bunker to see Howard Stark.

Su Ming flew Steve and Peggy behind German lines, where Steve rescued Bucky and other prisoners before forming the Howling Commandos. Months later, after hearing that Steve had gone after Doctor Zola, Su Ming left Howard’s laboratory to save Bucky.

• After learning Bucky had been captured, Steve persuaded Peggy to help him disobey orders, and Su Ming flew them behind German lines.
• Su Ming evaded German anti-aircraft fire and brought Steve and Peggy to the front, where Steve jumped from the plane with Peggy’s vomit on his chest.
• Steve returned with Bucky and a group of prisoners, and he formed the Howling Commandos with Dum Dum Dugan and the other rescued men.
• Over the following months, Steve led the Howling Commandos against Red Skull and Doctor Zola while Su Ming watched Howard study Hydra weapons.
• When Su Ming heard that Steve had gone after Doctor Zola, he left Howard a suitcase of mysterious square pieces and went to save Bucky.

Steve and Bucky attacked Doctor Zola’s moving laboratory, but Hydra’s trap nearly killed them before Su Ming arrived and defeated the armored giants. Su Ming left Zola in Steve’s custody, took some research reports, and flew away after putting Zola’s glasses on Bucky.

• Steve and the Howling Commandos attempted to board Hydra’s train, but only Steve, Bucky, and two others reached the roof, while Dum Dum Dugan fell onto the tracks.
• Steve and Bucky fought through Hydra soldiers in the train’s carriages and continued searching for Doctor Zola after their companions were killed.
• Doctor Zola trapped Steve and Bucky in a carriage with four towering armored enemies, and their attack blasted Bucky through a hole in the train.
• Su Ming caught Bucky in midair, returned him to Steve, and killed the armored enemies with his scimitar.
• Su Ming dragged Doctor Zola out, left him with Steve, took some research reports, and put Zola’s glasses on Bucky before flying away.

After Steve and Bucky returned from capturing Doctor Zola, they found Colonel Phillips, Peggy, Howard, and Su Ming absorbed in a marathon mahjong game. As the war neared its end and Howard left for the Manhattan Project, Su Ming stayed behind to obtain the Cosmic Cube and prevent Steve from being lost beneath the Arctic ice.

• Steve and Bucky stopped the train, captured Doctor Zola, and watched Deathstroke slowly fly away while hidden Leviathan agents stayed still beneath a railway bridge.
• Steve delivered Zola to the military police and searched for Peggy, while Bucky went drinking with the Howling Commandos and teased Steve about her.
• Steve found Colonel Phillips, Peggy, Howard, and Su Ming playing mahjong; Howard won the Colonel’s money, and Su Ming ended the game so Steve could report in.
• The Allies drove the German Army back, and Howard left for the Manhattan Project after telling Su Ming he had bought the Stark Mahjong House in New York.
• Su Ming remained behind, intending to obtain the Cosmic Cube for the Ancient One and save Steve from being trapped beneath Arctic ice.

Steve steered Red Skull’s damaged plane away from New York and seemed to crash into an Arctic ice field, leaving Peggy and Bucky believing he had died. Su Ming then arrived carrying the plane, revealed that Steve was unconscious but alive, and confronted the Hydra soldiers about littering in the Arctic.

• Steve told Peggy that Red Skull was dead but the plane was damaged and headed for New York, so he planned to crash-land it somewhere safer.
• Steve and Peggy said goodbye over the radio and made plans to dance next Wednesday before their communication cut off over the ice field.
• Peggy collapsed, Bucky caught her, and Colonel Phillips led the others in mourning Steve’s apparent sacrifice.
• A radar contact appeared above the base, and the stunned soldiers saw Deathstroke descend while carrying the giant plane.
• Su Ming explained that he had retrieved the Cosmic Cube underwater and caught the plane before Steve crashed, though Steve had been knocked unconscious.
• Deathstroke set the plane down and asked the soldiers whether they had been throwing trash around the Arctic.

Su Ming rescued Steve and Bucky, recovered the super warplane, and took half of Schmidt’s gold before Steve reunited with Peggy. As the war neared its end, Su Ming urged Holloway to leave the battlefield and offered him a place at his school.

• Su Ming rescued Steve and Bucky, brought the disabled plane back to the base, and lectured Colonel Phillips about Arctic pollution while demanding compensation.
• Su Ming took half of Schmidt’s gold using his Silk Pouch and left the rest for SSR.
• Holloway treated Steve, who woke and embraced Peggy and Bucky in the infirmary.
• Su Ming warned Holloway that SSR would turn against internal enemies after the war and offered him a job at his school.
• Steve and Peggy reunited romantically, while Bucky realized he had become the odd one out.

Su Ming learned that the blue cube was an incomplete Cosmic Cube rather than an Infinity Stone, while the war ended and his companions made plans for peacetime. Ancient One appeared unexpectedly the next morning, interrupting Su Ming’s routine.

• Ancient One examined the blue cube and told Su Ming it was an incomplete Cosmic Cube with little energy and no self-awareness, then sought answers from Vishanti about its origin.
• Howard struggled to control his Atomic Bomb’s power, created a new element with scientists including the Xaviers, and eventually joined Su Ming, Steve, and Bucky for mahjong after Japan surrendered and World War II ended.
• Peggy faced being sidelined at SSR as returning soldiers and wealthy recruits filled its ranks, while Bucky retired to travel and improve his abilities.
• Su Ming arranged for Bucky to enter K'un-Lun and train to become Iron Fist, then joined friends in a farewell gathering.
• Ciri continued traveling between worlds to hunt monsters, while Su Ming wondered whether she had left again before Ancient One suddenly appeared the next morning.