Chapter Summaries

After Tara's mask was stolen from Section 13, Pops warned Jackie and the others that the Phoenix's emergence and the mask's disappearance reflected a growing balance between good and evil chi. In a Rift Dimension, He Xiangu defeated Wangchuan with power lent by the world's will, and they returned to the yellow-earth slope with their conflict unresolved.

• Captain Black told Jackie that sorcerers had stolen Tara's mask from Section 13, prompting Jackie to head there.
• Tohru said his premonition felt stronger than any before, while Pops explained that the Phoenix and Tara's mask had appeared as opposing forces and warned that the world was changing.
• Wangchuan attacked He Xiangu with seven moons and then an eighth, but her lotus barrier endured and the world lent her power to overwhelm his moons.
• Wangchuan stopped fighting and accused He Xiangu of borrowing the Heavenly Dao's power; she said it was the world's will, and both maintained polite appearances while cursing each other inwardly.
• The Rift Dimension collapsed, returning Wangchuan and He Xiangu to the yellow-earth slope, where Wangchuan angrily complained that the Heavenly Dao favored He Xiangu.

Wangchuan told He Xiangu he intended to unite the Kan and Dui trigrams, and she realized his success could create a new force of balance. She began steering him toward the plan by bringing up Daolon Wong and Tara, but Wangchuan dismissed them.

• He Xiangu explained that the vacant Kan and Dui trigram positions were destabilizing the world and said she had come to see why Wangchuan had returned.
• Wangchuan said he planned to unite the Kan and Dui trigrams and bring them into resonance through Law Reshaping.
• He Xiangu considered how Wangchuan’s neutral state and control of both trigrams could make him a new node of balance, while Daolon Wong and Tara wanted the trigram power for themselves.
• He Xiangu said she would not stop Wangchuan and hinted she had information he might not know.
• He Xiangu asked whether Wangchuan knew Daolon Wong had rescued Tara, and Wangchuan said he was not interested.

He Xiangu warned Wangchuan that Daolon Wong and Tara wanted to seize the Kan and Dui Trigrams, then offered him access to Penglai in exchange for opposing them. Wangchuan accepted the deal and revealed that he had sensed He Xiangu’s seven hidden companions waiting nearby.

• He Xiangu told Wangchuan that Daolon Wong and Tara sought the Kan and Dui Trigrams to regain bodies of their own.
• Wangchuan grew angry at the threat to his trigrams and said anyone who tried to take them would die.
• He Xiangu offered Wangchuan Penglai as a stable place to merge the trigrams, and he accepted her deal.
• Wangchuan told He Xiangu to bring out her seven companions, revealing that he had sensed their immortal auras hiding nearby.

Wangchuan left after the Eight Immortals confirmed that the Heavenly Dao had chosen him to unite with the Kan Trigram and become a balance node. In San Francisco, Jade unknowingly encountered Loki, who sensed an ancient deity’s aura within her and revealed that his son was about to wake.

• Wangchuan vanished after telling the Eight Immortals that they should stop standing on clouds the next time they met.
• He Xiangu explained that the Heavenly Dao had chosen Wangchuan to embody the Kan Trigram and balance opposing forces.
• Han Zhongli agreed that Wangchuan could oppose Daolon Wong and Tara, while He Xiangu said he would not turn against them because he cared only about his own power.
• Jade hurried home from school, collided with a woman, and continued on after the woman disappeared.
• The woman transformed into Loki, who sensed an ancient deity’s aura in Jade and watched her run away.
• Loki said his son was about to wake after shaking the Norse region from the seabed, alarming Odin and prompting Thor to search for him.

Jade worried as Jackie fought Tara and the shadow soldiers, but Pops stayed focused on running the antique shop. After Jackie called for a spell that no longer worked, Pops told him someone would come help, leaving Jade eager to learn who.

• Jade rushed into Uncle's Antique Shop and asked Pops whether Jackie’s fight with Tara meant the world was about to end.
• Pops sold Mrs. Lin a jade bangle and told Jade that everyday life had to continue despite the danger.
• Jackie called to ask Pops for the spell that had removed Tara’s mask, but Pops explained it no longer worked because Daolon Wong had undone the seal.
• Pops told Jackie to hold on because someone would come help, then refused to tell Jade who it was.
• Pops told Jade to wipe the counter while Tohru cooked dinner.

Jade and Pops met Wangchuan, the Moon Demon, who arrived at the shop looking very different from when Jade had last seen him. He agreed to help fight Daolon Wong and Tara because he wanted to see what the newly awakened beings in San Francisco would do, and he told Jade he had seen a Rainbow Bridge appear over the city.

• Jade rushed to greet the visitor, then hid behind Pops when she recognized the Moon Demon as Tso Lan.
• Wangchuan teased Jade by asking whether he or Hsi Wu looked better in human form, then followed Pops into the shop.
• Tohru brought Wangchuan fried chicken, fries, hamburgers, and Coca-Cola, and Wangchuan remarked that the fries were too salty.
• Jade asked Wangchuan why he had come to help them fight Daolon Wong and Tara.
• Wangchuan said he came because the situation seemed fun, then told Jade he had seen a Rainbow Bridge over San Francisco.

Valmont reunited with Finn, Lassoo, and Zhou, who proposed that they start a band together. As Valmont considered their idea, a mysterious, imposing stranger appeared and vanished into the crowd.

• Finn, Lassoo, and Zhou found Valmont at the San Francisco bus terminal and reminisced about their time in the Dark Hand.
• Finn suggested that the four of them form the Black Hand Band, with Valmont as lead singer, and Valmont became cautiously interested.
• A burly stranger dressed in rough, old-fashioned clothes emerged from an alley, muttered about Midgard and Jotunheim, and collided with Lassoo.
• The stranger studied Valmont and the others before disappearing into the crowd, leaving Valmont uneasy about whether he was human.
• Finn pitched a song about Jackie Chan, and Valmont threatened to stuff him under a bus wheel before sending the three home.

Loke ran a Mjolnir-themed shop in San Francisco's Chinatown, using tricks and magic to sell toy hammers and fixed-down replicas as Asgardian relics. Sol arrived carrying the real Mjolnir and confronted Loke about what he was doing.

• Loke attracted customers by claiming his hammers carried Asgardian power and demonstrating a toy hammer's lights and sound effects.
• Loke persuaded an elderly woman who could not lift a floor-fixed Mjolnir replica to buy a small lucky hammer.
• Loke sold numerous hammers, while customers mistook his fixed-down replicas for genuine Asgardian artifacts.
• Sol entered the shop with the real Mjolnir, cracked the counter by setting it down, and asked Loke what he was up to.

Loke sold Asgard-style hammer replicas in Midgard and told Sol that Jormungandr, Fenrir, and other old powers were waking. Loke refused to return to Asgard, vanished before revealing his prank, and left Sol to follow after him.

• Sol confronted Loke for selling hammer replicas under his name, but Loke insisted they were clearly labeled as replicas.
• Jackie Chan entered the shop, mistook Loke and Sol for cosplayers, and quickly left.
• Sol grabbed Loke and demanded to know what he was doing in Midgard; Loke said Odin had sent Sol to investigate Jormungandr’s disturbance.
• Loke said Jormungandr, Fenrir, and other old powers were waking after Ragnarok, and admitted he was curious about Midgard and his old friends.
• Sol asked Loke to return to Asgard, but Loke refused and hinted at an entertaining prank before vanishing.
• Sol left the shop in pursuit of Loke after declining a customer’s request for a photo.

Jackie Chan returned to Uncle's Antique Shop and learned from Wangchuan that the two men he had met were Norse gods, Loke and Sol. He then went to the San Francisco Natural History Museum with Jade and Wangchuan to investigate mysterious statues, where Wangchuan identified Kali and uncovered a silver statue of Quetzalcoatl.

• Jackie Chan returned to Uncle's Antique Shop, where Pops introduced Wangchuan as an ally, and Wangchuan recognized the auras of the Norse gods Loke and Sol.
• Wangchuan described Loke's history with Xiao Fung and characterized Sol as a good-hearted brute, while Jade listened and asked questions.
• David Thompson called Jackie Chan about unsettling statues found in the museum storeroom, so Jackie, Jade, and Wangchuan went to investigate.
• Wangchuan identified the black statue as Kali and explained the story behind her depiction with Shiva beneath her feet.
• Wangchuan found another statue beneath canvas, and Jade recognized the silver deity as Quetzalcoatl.

Jackie Chan and Wangchuan discovered seventeen divine statues in the museum basement, and Jackie arranged to move them to Section 13. Wangchuan left, and Jade disappeared after him as Jackie drove away with the statues.

• Wangchuan identified the statues as gods and figures from different mythologies, including Guanyin, and said Loke had let them loose.
• Jackie persuaded Mr. Thompson to let him take all seventeen statues from the museum.
• After loading the statues, Wangchuan warned Jackie not to take them to Pops' antique shop and suggested Section 13 instead.
• Wangchuan departed, and Jackie discovered Jade had vanished, apparently following him.
• Jackie drove the truck toward Section 13 with the statues still wrapped in its cargo compartment.

Loke persuaded Daolon Wong and Tara to prepare to seize the Kan and Dui positions when Jormungandr awakens, while secretly admitting he had deceived them for his own amusement. As the sea began to stir, Daolon Wong and Tara chose to proceed despite their doubts.

• Loke arrived late at the basement on Demon Island and claimed Sol had chased him after Odin sent him to investigate Jormungandr.
• Loke told Daolon Wong and Tara that Jormungandr's awakening would briefly disrupt Midgard's laws, giving them a chance to seize the Kan and Dui positions.
• After leaving, Loke revealed that Tso Lan had returned and that the opportunity would be too brief for Daolon Wong and Tara to succeed; he said he had set them up as part of a prank.
• Back in the basement, Daolon Wong told Tara that the opportunity mattered more than Loke's motives, and they saw the sea churning as Jormungandr neared awakening.
• Daolon Wong told Tara they had no way back and ordered him to get ready.

Sol fought Agni in a San Francisco square while Wangchuan watched from a rooftop with Loke, who revealed he had released Agni to stall Sol. Jade unexpectedly arrived on the rooftop and said she had taken the elevator.

• Sol battled Agni, whose anger over being stolen from his temple had made him blame the Asgardians.
• Wangchuan spotted Loke on a rooftop and mocked him for not bathing.
• Loke said he had released Agni to buy time while Sol kept pursuing him, and admitted Sol had always been his best tool.
• Wangchuan noticed activity on the bay as Jade emerged from the rooftop elevator lobby.
• Jade recognized Sol and Agni fighting below, then told Loke she had taken the elevator to get up to the roof.

Sol defeated Agni, who warned that Kali was awakening, while Loke watched from a rooftop with Jade and Wangchuan. Jormungandr then rose from the sea and encircled Midgard as Daolon Wong and Tara prepared to act.

• Jade recognized Loke as the woman she had bumped into in Chinatown after he transformed, and Loke explained that he could look like anything.
• Sol struck Agni with Mjolnir, defeated him, and heard his warning that Kali was awakening and would bring judgment to Midgard.
• Sol spotted Loke, Jade, and Wangchuan on a rooftop and headed toward them as Loke said the real show was about to begin.
• The world shook, San Francisco Bay receded, and Jormungandr rose from the seabed to encircle Midgard, plunging San Francisco into darkness.
• Daolon Wong and Tara sensed their chance in the Demon Island basement, and Daolon Wong activated the black gemstone.

Jormungandr awakened and encircled the sky above San Francisco as Loke celebrated Ragnarok. While Jade stayed with Wangchuan, Jackie learned that Kali and Naga had awakened at Section 13 and rushed there; Pops noticed the stars flashing and ordered Tohru to prepare magic.

• Jormungandr rose from San Francisco Bay and roared as Loke welcomed his awakening and proclaimed Ragnarok.
• Jade called Jackie and said she was with Wangchuan and Loke, and Jackie told her to stay with Wangchuan.
• Captain Black told Jackie that Kali had awakened and broken out of her cage at Section 13, where Naga was fighting her.
• Jackie drove to Section 13 while Pops and Tohru watched Jormungandr from outside the antique shop.
• Pops noticed the stars flashing above Jormungandr's ring and told Tohru to come inside and prepare the magic.

Jackie found Section 13 devastated after Kali killed Naga and escaped, then watched Quetzalcoatl awaken and fly off to protect Jade, whom he sensed was the Maya Goddess. As Jormungandr loomed over the world, Valmont and his friends saw the serpent but decided to leave the crisis to Jackie and go get food.

• Jackie arrived at Section 13 and learned from Captain Black that Kali had killed Naga and escaped through the ceiling.
• Jackie inspected the fifteen remaining statues with Black, and Quetzalcoatl awakened and recognized him.
• Quetzalcoatl sensed Jade, identified her as the Maya Goddess, and flew away to protect her despite Jackie's questions.
• Finn, Lassoo, Valmont, and Zhou saw Jormungandr filling the sky, but Valmont drove them to a fast-food restaurant instead of getting involved.
• Jormungandr's body encircled the world as San Francisco trembled, while a recording studio played the group's rough demo about Jackie Chan and Shendu.

As Jormungandr grew until he spanned the Pacific and began encircling Midgard, Sol confronted Loke over the threat of Ragnarok. Wangchuan said he would act at the end and declared that Jormungandr would make a good pet, prompting Jade to ask if she could ride on the serpent’s head.

• Jade asked Wangchuan how large Jormungandr was, and he explained that the serpent stretched from San Francisco to Tokyo and was still growing.
• Loke celebrated Jormungandr as his son while insisting that the serpent could not move because he was biting his own tail.
• Sol arrived on the rooftop and blamed Loke for Jormungandr’s awakening and the danger to Midgard’s laws.
• Sol recognized Wangchuan as Tso Lan, and Wangchuan said he had returned to watch the impending end of the world and would act at the end.
• Wangchuan called Jormungandr a promising pet, and Jade excitedly asked to ride on the serpent’s head.
• Sol asked Wangchuan how he planned to take Jormungandr in.

Loke watched Jormungandr move while Daolon Wong and Tara tried to exploit the turmoil, but their attacks failed because Loke had withheld crucial information. Kali appeared and destroyed Tara and his soldiers, drove Daolon Wong into the bay, then charged toward Loke and the others on the rooftop.

• Wangchuan proposed beating Jormungandr into accepting a master, and Sol agreed while Loke objected.
• Jormungandr's tail swayed across the sky as Daolon Wong and Tara tried to attack it, but their beams dissipated.
• Loke admitted he had not told Daolon Wong and Tara everything, prompting Daolon Wong to aim his staff at the rooftop.
• Kali appeared and cut through Daolon Wong and Tara's attacks, destroyed Ika and Tara, and shattered Tara's mask.
• Kali struck Daolon Wong with her disc and sent him into San Francisco Bay, then charged at Loke on the rooftop as Sol readied Mjolnir.

Kali attacked the rooftop group, but Wangchuan pinned her down with overwhelming gravity. Jade then gave off a mysterious divine pulse, and Quetzalcoatl arrived just as Kali broke free and charged again.

• Jade excitedly watched Kali approach while Wangchuan recognized her as a god of destruction and Shiva’s wife.
• Kali attacked, and Wangchuan used ten thousandfold gravity to slam her onto the rooftop.
• Kali broke free and charged again, but Wangchuan increased the gravity to hundreds of millions of times and pinned her down.
• Loke, Sol, and Wangchuan sensed an ancient divine pulse from Jade, though Jade did not know what had happened.
• Kali broke out of the shattered floor and charged Wangchuan, but Quetzalcoatl crashed into her and told her to stay away from Jade.

Quetzalcoatl answered Jade’s summons and fought Kali to protect her, but Kali eventually overwhelmed him. As Kali regained a trace of reason, she recognized Wangchuan as the Moon Demon.

• Quetzalcoatl appeared after sensing Jade’s summons and declared that he would protect her, whom he called the Maya goddess.
• Quetzalcoatl and Kali battled across the rooftop while Jormungandr noticed the fighting below and roared.
• Sol explained Kali’s overwhelming power as Kali forced Quetzalcoatl back and shattered his shield.
• Kali defeated Quetzalcoatl and descended onto the rooftop, where she regained a trace of reason and identified herself as Kali.
• Kali surveyed the others, fixed her gaze on Wangchuan, and called him the Moon Demon.