Recaps

Professor X used Cerebro to search for Xia Zuo and reached him mentally while Xia Zuo rested in a villa. Xia Zuo rejected Professor X’s school and used Geass to expel him, leaving him determined to protect his mind and secrets.

• Professor X arrived at Xavier’s School with Cyclops and told Jean Grey to prepare Cerebro so he could find Xia Zuo.
• Professor X searched for Xia Zuo, hoping to guide him but prepared to control him if he proved dangerous.
• Xia Zuo rested in a villa after escaping Hydra, then sensed Professor X invading his mind.
• Professor X invited Xia Zuo to join Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters and offered to teach him to use his power.
• Xia Zuo refused and used Geass to command that no living being invade his mind, forcing Professor X’s presence out.

After realizing that his Hydra Base transformation had awakened a mutant power, Xia Zuo left his villa to avoid Professor X and the X-Men. He headed for the New York Sanctum, hoping to explore magic as his next path to power.

• Xia Zuo concluded that the change at the Hydra Base had awakened his X-Gene, but decided to leave before the X-Men could find him.
• Professor X told Cyclops that Xia Zuo was dangerous and ordered him to bring Xia Zuo to the X-School, using force if necessary.
• Xia Zuo left the villa and used his Geass to take control of a car and its driver.
• Xia Zuo directed the driver to 117A Bleecker Street, the New York Sanctum, after ruling out S.H.I.E.L.D. and the X-School in favor of studying magic.

Xia Zuo went to the New York Sanctum to meet the Ancient One, but its guardian dismissed him because he looked like a child. Xia Zuo used Geass to make the guardian report his arrival, and the Ancient One learned of his unusual ability and set out to meet him.

• Xia Zuo found the New York Sanctum and entered it to look for its guardian.
• A robed mage appeared and questioned Xia Zuo when he asked to see the Ancient One.
• Xia Zuo used Geass to control the mage and make him report to the Ancient One at Kamar-Taj.
• The Ancient One sensed the mage was controlled, freed him, and asked what had happened.
• After hearing the mage's account, the Ancient One decided to go meet Xia Zuo.

Xia Zuo met the Ancient One at the New York Sanctum and asked to study magic under her. After examining his future, the Ancient One revealed that every possible path led to the same world-shaping destiny.

• Xia Zuo waited in the New York Sanctum and considered controlling weaker sorcerers if the Ancient One refused to teach him.
• The Ancient One arrived through a golden portal with Mordo, whom Xia Zuo had controlled and sent to summon her.
• Xia Zuo introduced himself and asked the Ancient One to teach him magic.
• The Ancient One said she could not see through Xia Zuo's origins and found his future unusually significant.
• The Ancient One explained that Xia Zuo might become either the greatest good or the utmost evil, but every path led to the same future tied to the fate of the world.

Xia Zuo interpreted the Ancient One’s words as permission to study magic at Kamar-Taj, though she refused to teach him or become his teacher. After he left the New York Sanctum, Natasha briefed Nick Fury on the explosion and revealed that Whitehall had died in the blast.

• Xia Zuo asked the Ancient One to teach him magic, but she refused while saying no one could stop someone from studying at Kamar-Taj.
• The Ancient One left the New York Sanctum, and Mordo mocked Xia Zuo and ordered him to leave.
• Xia Zuo interpreted the Ancient One’s words as permission to enter Kamar-Taj and learn magic there, then departed to make preparations.
• Natasha told Nick Fury that Hydra had probably detonated its own base after someone took control of its members.
• Natasha revealed that Whitehall had been inside the base, and Nick Fury reacted with surprise that Xia Zuo had brought the old Hydra leader down.

Before leaving for Kamar-Taj, Xia Zuo arranged a large donation for the Mary Orphanage. After seeing the orphanage cared for, Nick Fury ended the pursuit of Asta, and Professor X recalled the X-Men team while Xia Zuo set out for Kamar-Taj.

• Xia Zuo arranged for several companies to donate large sums to the Mary Orphanage before leaving for Kamar-Taj.
• Matron Mary accepted the donations, which would support the orphanage and fund the children’s education for years.
• Nick Fury learned of the donations and ordered Natasha to take down the bounty on Asta and stop pursuing him.
• Professor X decided Xia Zuo’s generosity showed he still had kindness in him and told Jean to recall the X-Men team.
• Xia Zuo left for Kamar-Taj, unaware that Nick Fury and Professor X had called off their pursuit.

Xia Zuo arrived at the New York Sanctum to travel through its portal to Kamar-Taj, but Mordo refused to help him. Xia Zuo had another monk knock Mordo unconscious, then reached Kamar-Taj and spotted the Ancient One.

• Mordo trained at the New York Sanctum and learned that Xia Zuo had returned.
• Xia Zuo asked to use the Sanctum's portal to reach Kamar-Taj, but Mordo refused.
• Mordo prepared to defend himself against Xia Zuo's control, but a monk struck him unconscious after Xia Zuo controlled the monk instead.
• Xia Zuo ordered the monk to open the portal and stepped through to Kamar-Taj.
• Xia Zuo explored Kamar-Taj and saw the Ancient One reading in a hall.

Xia Zuo visited the Ancient One at Kamar-Taj, where she welcomed him and gave him a key and a room. Mordo arrived looking for Xia Zuo and lost his temper when the Ancient One stopped him from attacking.

• Xia Zuo met the Ancient One at Kamar-Taj and accepted her key granting access to most of the compound.
• The Ancient One hinted that she hoped Xia Zuo would gain something from his stay.
• Mordo returned to Kamar-Taj searching for Xia Zuo, whom he believed had tricked his way in.
• Mordo tried to attack Xia Zuo with a whip of light, but the Ancient One extinguished his magic.
• Mordo protested that the Ancient One was protecting Xia Zuo and accused her of favoritism.

Xia Zuo arrived at Kamar-Taj and began studying magic in its library. Reading introductory texts awakened a response from his Ultimate Eye, revealing that he had touched upon the condition for unlocking the Second Eye Ring.

• The Ancient One sent Mordo back to the New York Sanctum and told him to reconsider his actions.
• The Ancient One arranged for a monk to show Xia Zuo his room and introduce him to Kamar-Taj.
• Xia Zuo asked the monk for directions to the library and headed there to begin learning magic.
• The librarian recognized Xia Zuo's bracelet, gave him permission to read non-forbidden books, and recommended two introductory texts.
• As Xia Zuo read the books, his Ultimate Eye reacted, and he realized he had encountered the condition for unlocking the Second Eye Ring.

Xia Zuo learned that the second Eye Ring required him to gain magical knowledge, then unlocked the Copy Eyes after finishing his first magic book. He discovered the eyes could analyze and copy magic, giving him a powerful tool for studying sorcery.

• Xia Zuo learned that he needed enough magical knowledge to unlock the second Eye Ring and decided to study the books at Kamar-Taj.
• Xia Zuo spent the day reading in the library and borrowed introductory magic books to continue studying in his room.
• Xia Zuo finished his first book the next day, and the Ultimate Eye told him he had met the condition to unlock the second Eye Ring.
• Xia Zuo accepted the prompt, and the Ultimate Eye transformed his eyes into the vermilion, star-marked Copy Eyes.
• Xia Zuo learned that the Copy Eyes could analyze and copy magic, even while someone was casting it.

Xia Zuo spent nearly a year reading Kamar-Taj’s magic books and meditating, while using the Hong Kong Sanctum to get breakfast. After returning from her travels, the Ancient One heard from Wong that Xia Zuo had become an expert in magical theory without ever practicing magic.

• Xia Zuo traveled through Kamar-Taj’s portal hub to the Hong Kong Sanctum and ate his usual breakfast before returning to the library.
• Xia Zuo continued reading magic books and meditating, gathering magical knowledge to strengthen his second Eye Ring.
• The Ancient One returned to Kamar-Taj after a year spent inspecting other worlds and asked Wong for news.
• Wong reported that Xia Zuo had spent the entire year reading and had earned the title of expert in magical theory, despite never practicing magic.
• The Ancient One was astonished by Wong’s report about Xia Zuo.

The Ancient One learned that Xia Zuo had spent the past year reading magic books without practicing spells and asked him why. After Xia Zuo explained that his Copy Eyes let him learn spells by observing them, the Ancient One arranged a mage duel for the next day.

• Wong told the Ancient One that Xia Zuo had spent the year studying in the library without practicing magic.
• The Ancient One visited Xia Zuo and asked why he had not learned to cast spells.
• Xia Zuo explained that his Copy Eyes let him analyze and learn spells as soon as he saw them, so he focused on gaining magical knowledge.
• The Ancient One suggested that Xia Zuo fight one of Kamar-Taj's mages, and Xia Zuo accepted.
• The Ancient One set the duel for the next day at Kamar-Taj's training grounds, while Xia Zuo hoped she would choose a strong opponent.

Mordo learned that the Ancient One had arranged a match between Xia Zuo and Kamar-Taj mages, and he returned to Kamar-Taj with an idea forming in his mind. Xia Zuo faced Kaecilius in the training ground and activated his eye ability to copy magic as Kaecilius began casting a spell.

• A monk told Mordo that the Ancient One had gathered mages to fight Xia Zuo in an arranged match.
• Mordo dismissed the monk and prepared to return to Kamar-Taj, still angry about the past.
• The Ancient One brought ten selected mages to the training ground, where they looked down on Xia Zuo for his lack of practical experience.
• Xia Zuo arrived late, ignored the mages’ mockery, and chose Kaecilius as his opponent.
• Kaecilius entered the training ground and began forming a magical rune with his Sling Ring.
• Xia Zuo activated his second eye ring, revealing the structure and power of Kaecilius’s magic.

Xia Zuo defeated Kaecilius with a Magic Whip, revealing magical skill far beyond what the other mages expected. Though the Ancient One tried to end the fight, Xia Zuo asked to face all the other mages at once.

• Kaecilius attacked Xia Zuo with a Magic Whip, but Xia Zuo formed his own whip faster and matched the spell.
• Kaecilius tried to conjure another spell, but Xia Zuo disrupted his runes, wrapped him in the Magic Whip, and slammed him into a stone pillar.
• Xia Zuo declared Kaecilius defeated and challenged the other mages, who remained too stunned to respond.
• The Ancient One praised Xia Zuo's magical attainment and said the fight could end, but Xia Zuo asked to keep fighting and invited everyone to attack together.

Xia Zuo challenged ten mages to fight him at once, provoking them into accepting. As the battle began, he formed a magic shield and sword simultaneously and charged at them.

• Xia Zuo taunted the mages and challenged them all to attack him together.
• The Ancient One approved the fight, and ten selected mages entered the training ground to face Xia Zuo.
• The mages coordinated their magic, forming shields and weapons while preparing to attack.
• Xia Zuo used his Copy Eyes to analyze their spells and formed a magic shield in his left hand and a magic sword in his right.
• The Ancient One was surprised that Xia Zuo could cast two spells at once, and Xia Zuo charged at the mages.

Xia Zuo fought the Kamar-Taj sorcerers and used explosive magic swords to overwhelm them. He defeated the entire group, leaving the Ancient One watching as the clear victor.

• Xia Zuo assessed his advantages in magical skill and energy, along with his weakness in stamina, and chose to overwhelm the sorcerers from a distance.
• Xia Zuo altered his magic sword’s runes and hurled it at the bearded sorcerer, shattering his shield and blasting him out of the training grounds.
• The sorcerers doubted Xia Zuo could repeat the attack, but Xia Zuo used another explosive magic sword to eliminate a second shield-bearing sorcerer.
• Xia Zuo kept firing magic swords at the remaining sorcerers until he blasted the last one out of the combat area and won decisively.

Xia Zuo defeated the Kamar-Taj sorcerers in their arranged battle, impressing the Ancient One and prompting the others to train harder. While he reviewed the fight, an unknown black-robed figure offered the wounded Kaecilius power to kill Xia Zuo.

• The Ancient One ended the battle after Xia Zuo defeated all the sorcerers Kamar-Taj had sent to fight him.
• The Ancient One praised Xia Zuo's abundant magical power, and he returned to his room to rest and review the battle.
• The sorcerers of Kamar-Taj began to see Xia Zuo as a formidable fighter, and his victory inspired them to train harder.
• Wounded and resentful, Kaecilius wondered how Xia Zuo had gained such power and vowed to kill him if he could obtain it.
• A black-robed figure appeared in Kaecilius's room, offered to show him the way to power, and promised to grant his wish.

Mordo secretly manipulated Kaecilius into seeking forbidden knowledge in the Ancient One’s private collection. Meanwhile, Xia Zuo assessed his magical strength and discovered that the Ultimate Eye had transformed his body into an ultimate body adapted to Dōjutsu.

• A black-robed figure told Kaecilius that the Ancient One’s private collection contained ways to gain great power, prompting Kaecilius to resolve to search the library.
• The figure revealed himself as Mordo and hoped Kaecilius would cause Xia Zuo trouble.
• Xia Zuo judged that his magic surpassed most Kamar-Taj sorcerers but remained far below the Ancient One.
• Xia Zuo investigated his immense magical energy and learned that the Ultimate Eye had transformed his body into an ultimate body suited to Dōjutsu.

After discovering that his Ultimate Body protected him from the side effects of his Dōjutsu, Xia Zuo was summoned with Kamar-Taj’s sorcerers and learned that Kaecilius had killed the librarian and stolen an important scripture. Xia Zuo chose to join the pursuit despite the Ancient One telling him he did not need to get involved.

• Xia Zuo realized his Ultimate Body let him use Dōjutsu and magic without suffering their side effects, and paused his usual library studies to investigate its abilities.
• A bell summoned Kamar-Taj’s sorcerers to the central hall, where the Ancient One announced that the library had been robbed, the librarian killed, and an important scripture stolen.
• The Ancient One identified Kaecilius as the culprit and promised to make anyone who captured him her disciple, prompting the sorcerers to begin the pursuit.
• Xia Zuo, angered by the librarian’s death, told the Ancient One he would join the search for Kaecilius.
• The Ancient One accepted Xia Zuo’s decision and vanished from the hall.

Mordo feared Kaecilius would reveal that he had instigated the theft, so he began searching for him. Xia Zuo waited at the London Sanctum to intercept Kaecilius, and his alert spell triggered just after he left to visit Matron Mary and Skye.

• Mordo realized the Sorcerer Supreme could discover his role if Kamar-Taj found Kaecilius first, so he left the New York Sanctum to search for Kaecilius.
• Xia Zuo remembered that Kaecilius had stolen the Book of Cagliostro and planned to destroy the Three Sanctums to let Dormammu reach Earth.
• Xia Zuo waited outside the London Sanctum, expecting Kaecilius to target it first, and placed an alert spell around the building.
• Xia Zuo left through a golden portal to visit Matron Mary and Skye, then sensed that his alert spell had been triggered by Kaecilius.

Xia Zuo tracked Kaecilius to the London Sanctum and intercepted his attempt to destroy it. After defeating Kaecilius's followers, Xia Zuo copied his dark magic and received a prompt that the Second Eye Ring could be upgraded.

• Xia Zuo sensed Kaecilius nearby, abandoned his plan to visit the Orphanage, and used his Sling Ring to travel to London.
• Kaecilius told four followers to infiltrate the London Sanctum and destroy its protective runes so more of Lord Dormammu's power could reach the world.
• Kaecilius recognized Xia Zuo, ordered his followers to attack, and used them to buy time while forming a magical sword from darkness.
• Xia Zuo killed all four followers with a sword of light and used Copy Eyes to record the dark magic Kaecilius wielded.
• The Ultimate Eye responded that the Second Eye Ring was saturated and could be upgraded.

Xia Zuo upgraded the Second Eye Ring and unlocked the Annihilation Eye, which devoured magic and destroyed Kaecilius's magic sword. He attacked Kaecilius and left him smashed into a wall.

• Xia Zuo upgraded the saturated Second Eye Ring and gained the Annihilation Eye.
• Xia Zuo recalled that the Annihilation Eye could absorb magic and strengthen its wielder, though it prevented its user from casting magic while active.
• Kaecilius took advantage of Xia Zuo's distraction and attacked him with a magic sword.
• Xia Zuo activated the Annihilation Eye, which collapsed Kaecilius's magic sword and absorbed its magical power.
• Xia Zuo charged Kaecilius and punched him through a wall.

Xia Zuo used the Annihilation Eye to absorb Kaecilius's dark magic and overpower him, then used the Geass Eye to make him reveal who had driven him to commit the crimes at Kamar-Taj. Kaecilius identified a Black-Robed Man, and Xia Zuo suspected Mordo was behind the librarian's death.

• Xia Zuo explained that the Annihilation Eye had absorbed power from Kaecilius's Magic Sword and boosted his speed and strength.
• Kaecilius drew on the Dark World and attacked Xia Zuo, but Xia Zuo absorbed the spell and declared that magic no longer threatened him.
• Kaecilius realized Xia Zuo could devour magic and tried to flee, but Xia Zuo seized him by the throat.
• Xia Zuo used the Geass Eye to compel Kaecilius to recount the crimes he had committed at Kamar-Taj.
• Kaecilius said a Black-Robed Man had appeared after Xia Zuo defeated him, and Xia Zuo suspected Mordo was the true culprit behind the librarian's death.

After discovering that Mordo had directed Kaecilius to attack him, Xia Zuo killed Kaecilius and recovered the Book of Cagliostro. He then planted false news of Kaecilius’s whereabouts to lure Mordo out, and Mordo left the New York Sanctum to pursue it.

• Xia Zuo inferred from Kaecilius’s words that Mordo had arranged the attack and decided to kill him.
• Xia Zuo killed Kaecilius, reclaimed the Book of Cagliostro, and concealed what had happened.
• Xia Zuo studied the forbidden book for several days and planned to bait Mordo with news of Kaecilius.
• A monk told Mordo that Kaecilius had been seen recruiting followers in Washington, and Mordo went to capture him without alerting the Sorcerer Supreme.
• As Mordo departed, he failed to notice a faint Red Ring in the monk’s pupils.

Xia Zuo lured Mordo to a remote suburb and confronted him over his role in Kaecilius’s crimes. After Mordo admitted he planned to kill Xia Zuo, the Ancient One emerged from a shattered mirrorlike space, leaving Mordo exposed.

• Mordo searched the suburb for Kaecilius and found Xia Zuo there instead.
• Xia Zuo attacked Mordo with a Magic Sword, blasting him back and drawing blood despite Mordo’s Shield Magic.
• Mordo realized Xia Zuo had set a trap and asked whether he had captured Kaecilius.
• Xia Zuo revealed that he knew Mordo had ordered Kaecilius to attack the library and kill the Librarian, then dodged Mordo’s Light Whip.
• Mordo said he would kill Xia Zuo to end the matter, and Xia Zuo called on the Ancient One to witness the admission.
• The Ancient One stepped out as a mirrorlike expanse of space shattered, leaving Mordo pale.