Recaps

After the Ancient One banished Mordo to another dimension, Xia Zuo focused on analyzing her spatial magic and asked to read her private collection. The Ancient One agreed after Xia Zuo returned the Book of Cagliostro, leaving him with access to the books he wanted most.

• The Ancient One condemned Mordo for his transgressions and banished him to another dimension.
• Xia Zuo studied the Ancient One's advanced spatial magic with his Copy Eyes but struggled to analyze it.
• The Ancient One offered Xia Zuo a reward for helping resolve the incident, and Xia Zuo asked to read her private collection.
• Xia Zuo returned the Book of Cagliostro, and the Ancient One agreed to let him read her private books.

After several years studying the Ancient One’s private collection, Xia Zuo met with her and said he had mastered the magic he needed. He told her he planned to leave Kamar-Taj soon.

• A monk told Xia Zuo that the Ancient One had returned and wanted to see him.
• The Ancient One asked Xia Zuo about his magical training and whether he had been tempted by forbidden magic, and he assured her he would not dabble in darkness.
• Xia Zuo told the Ancient One that he had mastered everything he needed to learn.
• Xia Zuo said he had spent many years at Kamar-Taj and should leave soon, leaving the Ancient One surprised by how quickly the years had passed.

The Ancient One offered Xia Zuo the title of Sorcerer Supreme, but he declined, promising to help Kamar-Taj if it faced trouble. He asked her about the single future she had once seen for him, and she offered to examine his future again with the Eye of Agamotto.

• The Ancient One asked Xia Zuo if he wanted to become the Sorcerer Supreme, hoping he would inherit her legacy.
• Xia Zuo declined the title, explaining that he wanted to travel and would help Kamar-Taj if it needed him.
• Xia Zuo asked the Ancient One what she had meant by saying she saw only one future for him.
• The Ancient One said the future she had seen was hazy and offered to use the Eye of Agamotto to examine it again.

Xia Zuo agreed to let the Ancient One use the Time Stone to glimpse his future, provided she promised not to reveal or interfere with what she saw. The vision ended when a future version of Xia Zuo sensed her gaze and severed her connection to the River of Time, leaving the Ancient One injured and wary of his potential.

• Xia Zuo agreed to the Ancient One's request after she swore to Eternity not to reveal or act on anything she saw.
• The Ancient One opened the Eye of Agamotto and used the Time Stone to look into Xia Zuo's future.
• The Ancient One saw a magnificent figure from behind, then a terrifying gaze that severed her connection to the River of Time and made her spit blood.
• Xia Zuo caught the injured Ancient One, who told him that the gaze had prevented her from seeing what came next.
• The Ancient One realized the figure and the gaze belonged to Xia Zuo's future self and concluded that Kamar-Taj might not be able to contain his power.

After the Ancient One’s vision left him wondering about his future and his body’s reaction to the Time Stone, Xia Zuo chose not to take the Stone and departed Kamar-Taj. He returned to New York as a powerful sorcerer and set out to visit the Orphanage.

• Xia Zuo considered whether the Ancient One had seen his future self severing time and decided to investigate the mysteries surrounding his body later.
• Xia Zuo chose to leave the Time Stone in Kamar-Taj until he understood his body’s sudden craving for it.
• Xia Zuo packed his belongings, opened a portal with his magic, and left Kamar-Taj after six years of training.
• Xia Zuo arrived in New York and decided to visit the Orphanage, where people awaited his return.
• Xia Zuo walked out without disguising himself, confident that his magic and strength meant he no longer needed the Geass Eye to protect himself.

After six years away, Xia Zuo returned to New York and reunited with Skye and Matron Mary at the Orphanage. S.H.I.E.L.D. learned of his return, and Nick Fury went to meet the man known as Heterochromia.

• Xia Zuo arrived at the Orphanage and Skye recognized him by his Purple-Gold Heterochromatic Eyes, then hugged him.
• Xia Zuo realized Skye had grown up during his six-year absence, and she brought him inside to see Matron Mary.
• Matron Mary welcomed Xia Zuo warmly and asked how he had been.
• An observer near the Orphanage recognized Xia Zuo, verified his identity with a photograph, and hurried away.
• Hill told Nick Fury that Heterochromia had returned to New York, and Nick Fury set out to meet Xia Zuo.

Xia Zuo reunited with Matron Mary and Skye at the Orphanage, where he learned that wealthy donors had been supporting it because of his arrangements. When Nick Fury arrived with armed agents and wearing a helmet to guard against Xia Zuo's mind control, Xia Zuo recognized the helmet as Whitehall's.

• Matron Mary told Xia Zuo that wealthy donors had funded the Orphanage and enabled Skye and the other children to attend school.
• Xia Zuo reassured Matron Mary and revealed that he had arranged for donations to continue, while deciding to protect her and Skye with magic.
• Xia Zuo sensed visitors approaching and told Matron Mary and Skye to stay inside before going out to meet them.
• Xia Zuo found Nick Fury's agents surrounding the Orphanage and greeted Nick, who said he had come prepared because of Xia Zuo's reputation as Heterochromia.
• Nick Fury explained that his helmet would protect him from Xia Zuo's mind control, and Xia Zuo recognized it as Whitehall's imitation of Magneto's helmet.

Xia Zuo admitted to Nick Fury that he had destroyed a Hydra base and demanded that S.H.I.E.L.D. stop watching the Orphanage. After Fury withdrew his agents, a Hydra leader learned that Xia Zuo had returned to New York and vowed to make Hydra’s power known.

• Xia Zuo told Nick Fury that he had destroyed Hydra Base because Whitehall had tried to kill him.
• When Fury asked why he had returned, Xia Zuo joked that he might settle down in New York, alarming Fury.
• Xia Zuo ordered Fury to remove S.H.I.E.L.D.’s surveillance from the Orphanage and promised not to cause trouble unless provoked.
• Fury agreed and withdrew his agents, and Xia Zuo went back inside the Orphanage.
• A man with a Hydra badge learned that Xia Zuo, known as Heterochromia, had returned and declared that Hydra needed to demonstrate its power.

Hydra deployed the Winter Soldier to assassinate Xia Zuo, while Xia Zuo strengthened the Orphanage and his loved ones with protective magic. He planned to visit the X-Mansion to learn more about his powers, unaware that Bucky was on his way.

• Hydra's leader sent a coded order to awaken the Winter Soldier and assigned him to kill Xia Zuo.
• The Winter Soldier received Xia Zuo's file and mechanically accepted the assassination mission.
• Xia Zuo placed a defensive spell on the Orphanage and physical and mental protections on Matron Mary and Skye.
• Xia Zuo strengthened his own mental defenses against Professor X and decided to visit the X-Mansion to develop his innate power.
• Xia Zuo remained unaware that the Winter Soldier was coming for him.

After Hydra kidnaps Skye to lure Xia Zuo into an abandoned factory, he arrives through a golden portal, rescues her, and attacks the captors. Xia Zuo kills their captain and prepares to punish the remaining men.

• Xia Zuo senses the defensive magic on Skye activate and uses a golden portal to reach her.
• Hydra brings Skye to an abandoned factory, where its captain reveals they intend to use her to lure Xia Zuo and have the Winter Soldier ready.
• Xia Zuo arrives, pulls Skye into his arms with a Magic Whip, and protects her inside a barrier.
• Xia Zuo threatens the kidnappers and kills their fleeing captain with an exploding Magic Sword.

Xia Zuo discovered that the attackers were Hydra soldiers and decided to destroy Hydra after they targeted Skye. He survived the Winter Soldier's bomb attack and recognized Bucky, concluding that Pierce had sent him.

• Xia Zuo used Geass to make the surviving attackers reveal that they were Hydra soldiers, then killed them.
• Xia Zuo vowed to wipe out Hydra and set out to track down its remaining members.
• Bucky detonated the bombs hidden in the abandoned factory, intending to kill Xia Zuo along with the expendable soldiers.
• Xia Zuo protected himself and Skye inside a Magic Barrier and survived the explosion.
• Xia Zuo recognized Bucky as the Winter Soldier and identified Pierce as the one directing him.

Xia Zuo confronted the Winter Soldier after learning that Pierce had targeted his people, protecting Skye while fighting Bucky with magic. He trapped the Winter Soldier in a Portal that sent him falling endlessly, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Xia Zuo recalled Pierce's role as Hydra's leader within S.H.I.E.L.D. and vowed to make him pay for attacking his people.
• The Winter Soldier fired a rocket at Xia Zuo, who protected Skye with a Magic Barrier and blocked the explosion with his own barrier.
• The Winter Soldier charged Xia Zuo, and a Magic Sword blast damaged his mechanical arm before he recovered and pressed forward.
• Xia Zuo bombarded the Winter Soldier with spells while Bucky dodged and searched for a chance to get close.
• Xia Zuo deliberately left an opening, then opened a Portal that the Winter Soldier charged into, trapping him in an endless fall.