Recaps

Li Qi brought Xu Wenwu and Xu Xialing together as his servants, then told Xu Wenwu to stop pursuing Shang-Chi and let him live as an ordinary person. At lunch, Li Qi considered placing Dr. Maya in charge of continuing Extremis research for the Ten Rings.

• Li Qi introduced Xu Wenwu to Xu Xialing and ordered them to work together in his service.
• At lunch, Shang-Chi confronted Xu Wenwu about sending people after him, and Li Qi told Xu Wenwu to let his son live an ordinary life.
• Xu Wenwu agreed to sever Shang-Chi's ties to the Ten Rings while asking to remain in touch as family.
• Katy enthusiastically introduced herself to Xu Wenwu, while Li Qi told Xu Xialing to sit and wait for the meal.
• Dr. Maya joined the group and discussed the attack helicopters with Li Qi, who decided she should lead the Ten Rings' Extremis research.

Li Qi controlled Maya and welcomed her into the Ten Rings’ research effort, then arranged for Shang-Chi and Katy to leave the villa while Xu Wenwu and Xu Xialing stayed. He restored Ying Li’s magical abilities and assigned her to work in company security with her daughter.

• Li Qi used his mind-control ability on Maya, read her memories, and decided to discuss Extremis Virus research with her.
• Li Qi told the guests to relax during dinner, and Shang-Chi said he and Katy planned to return to downtown Los Angeles the next day.
• Xu Wenwu agreed to provide Shang-Chi with money for living expenses and a house, while Shang-Chi kept quiet about his concerns for Xu Xialing.
• Li Qi arranged rooms for Xu Wenwu and Xu Xialing, then returned to the master bedroom and reunited with Ying Li.
• Li Qi used his system to restore Ying Li’s magical abilities and told her to work in company security with her daughter.

Li Qi prepared to attack Killian’s Extremis Virus gang after consulting Dr. Maya and upgrading his mechs. He led Xu Wenwu, Ying Li, Xu Xialing, and Maya toward the gang’s headquarters, leaving Happy to guard the villa as the battle force flew into position.

• Li Qi discussed kung fu with Ying Li, then consulted Dr. Maya about Extremis research and learned the location and defenses of Killian’s headquarters.
• Li Qi and JARVIS upgraded a second mech and ordered more mechs built, finishing the upgrades by dawn.
• Li Qi gathered his allies for the planned attack, gave the Ten Rings to Xu Wenwu, and left Happy behind to protect the villa.
• Li Qi’s group boarded three armed helicopters and flew toward the headquarters while six JARVIS-controlled mechs traveled above them as the main fighting force.

Li Qi’s assault on Killian’s base uncovered that Killian and the Extremis-enhanced fighters had already left to attack the United States air defense command. After Major Rhodes called for help from the command under attack, Li Qi agreed to lead his forces there.

• Li Qi led Xu Wenwu, Xu Xialing, the Ten Rings, and JARVIS-controlled armor in an assault on Killian’s base, where they quickly defeated the outnumbered guards.
• JARVIS located the base’s bearded public-facing leader hiding with Dijiang; Li Qi spared the man after learning he was only a puppet, and Ying Li took Dijiang back to the villa.
• The bearded man revealed that Killian and the base’s main force had left to kidnap the secretary of the Air Force and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and seize missiles.
• Major Rhodes called Li Qi with live footage of Killian’s Extremis-enhanced fighters attacking the United States air defense command, and Li Qi agreed to go help.

Li Qi and Xu Wenwu led eight mechs to rescue an air defense base from Killian’s assault, then Li Qi intimidated the Joint Chiefs of Staff into leaving him alone. After the battle, the group returned to their stronghold, and Li Qi flew back to the Los Angeles villa with Daisy Johnson.

• Li Qi ordered Xu Wenwu and several mechs to join him in rescuing the air defense base while the others finished securing the stronghold.
• Li Qi and Xu Wenwu attacked Killian’s forces, turning the battle in favor of the base’s military personnel.
• Li Qi used his mind-control ability to kill Killian, then destroyed his body with missiles to prevent regeneration.
• Li Qi entered the conference room and warned the Joint Chiefs of Staff that he would raze the base if they continued to trouble him.
• Li Qi and the mechs returned to the stronghold, where Xu Wenwu took the others back to the Los Angeles villa by helicopter.
• Li Qi flew to the villa with Daisy Johnson encased in a mech, and they landed in the basement.

Li Qi planned visits to Ta Lo Village and the Ten Rings base, while arranging for Daisy Johnson to train with S.H.I.E.L.D. After Black Widow Natasha arrived at the villa, Li Qi asked her about the tasks he had assigned.

• Li Qi discussed Ta Lo Village with Xu Wenwu and Ying Li, who explained that Dijiang could guide them there.
• Li Qi ordered Xu Wenwu to take Dr. Maya to the Ten Rings base, and Xu Wenwu assigned Razor Fist and a masked ninja to guard her.
• Li Qi spent the next morning improving his armor while Xu Wenwu talked with Happy on the villa balcony.
• Black Widow Natasha arrived at the villa, went to Li Qi's bedroom, and met with him privately.
• After they had washed, Li Qi asked Natasha about the progress of his previous assignments.

Li Qi took Ying Li, Xu Wenwu, Xu Xialing, and Dijiang to Ta Lo Village, leaving Black Widow to escort Daisy Johnson to her S.H.I.E.L.D. interview. After passing through the waterfall into the hidden village, they were met by armed villagers, and Ying Li reunited with her sister Ying Nan.

• Black Widow told Li Qi that S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted to interview Daisy Johnson, while Phil Coulson had gone to investigate the meteorite that Li Qi knew was Mjolnir.
• Li Qi sent Black Widow and Daisy Johnson to S.H.I.E.L.D. and spent the afternoon upgrading his iron armor before deciding to leave for Ta Lo Village the next day.
• Li Qi set out by helicopter with Xu Wenwu, Ying Li, Xu Xialing, and Dijiang, escorted by six upgraded suits of armor.
• Guided by Ying Li and Dijiang, Li Qi's group landed near a waterfall and walked through it into Ta Lo Village's hidden realm.
• Armed villagers moved to surround the group, but Ying Li identified herself, and her sister Ying Nan embraced her and welcomed her home.

Ying Li introduced her sister Ying Nan to Li Qi, who used his mind-control ability to subdue her before entering Ta Lo Village. After learning that an ancient seal protecting the village was close to collapse, Li Qi assessed the threats behind it and prepared to deal with them himself.

• Ying Li introduced Ying Nan to Li Qi, and he overcame her mental resistance and took control of her.
• Ying Nan welcomed Li Qi and led him and the others into Ta Lo Village, where she explained the village’s role in protecting the real world.
• Ying Nan reported that the ancient seal was cracking and could soon fail, allowing an evil dragon to invade.
• Li Qi settled at the sisters’ home while Xu Wenwu and Xu Xialing guarded the entrance.
• Li Qi probed beyond the seal and saw an evil dragon and numerous Soul Eaters attacking it, then decided he would need to go there himself.

Li Qi toured Ta Lo Village, learned about its declining population and defenses, and agreed to become its village chief. At the evening celebration, Ying Nan announced his appointment to the gathered villagers.

• Li Qi promised Ying Li and Ying Nan that he would help resolve the threat facing Ta Lo Village.
• Li Qi learned that the village had fewer than three thousand people and had suffered a steep population decline because it accepted no outsiders.
• Ying Li and Ying Nan discussed making Li Qi village chief, and he agreed to bring change to the village.
• Li Qi inspected the village’s yin-yang barrier and learned that the divine dragon’s energy and its shed scales helped protect the villagers.
• The villagers gathered in the square to celebrate Ying Li’s return, and Ying Nan announced that Li Qi would become village chief with the sisters as his deputies.

Li Qi became Ta Lo Village’s new chief and celebrated with the villagers before turning his attention to the weakening dragon-scale seal. The next morning, he prepared to inspect it with Xu Wenwu, while refusing Xu Xialing’s request to join the fight.

• Ying Nan announced Li Qi as Ta Lo Village’s new chief, and the villagers welcomed him with a night of dancing and a communal feast.
• Li Qi planned to have Stark Industries strengthen Ta Lo Village’s defenses and considered the seal’s weakening a danger that required action.
• After the celebration, Li Qi dismissed Xu Wenwu and Xu Xialing from guard duty and returned to the residence with Ying Li and Ying Nan.
• The next morning, Li Qi told Xu Wenwu they would examine the dragon-scale seal after breakfast.
• Xu Xialing asked to fight, but Li Qi refused because he feared she was not prepared to face the evil creatures.
• Li Qi, Xu Wenwu, and the others ate breakfast as Ta Lo Village’s inhabitants began their daily training.

Li Qi prepared to attack the evil creatures behind Ta Lo Village’s failing seal, planning to reinforce it with Xu Wenwu and seven suits of powered armor. The villagers refused to stay behind and followed him to the lake, where the guardian dragon had not yet appeared.

• Li Qi told Xu Wenwu that Ten Rings fighters should train the villagers after the evil creatures were dealt with, and Xu Wenwu agreed.
• Li Qi arranged an afternoon assault with Xu Wenwu and JARVIS, then set out with seven suits of powered armor.
• The villagers learned Li Qi was heading to the sealed mountain and gathered in force to follow him despite his order to return home.
• At the lake, Li Qi saw the seal darkened and weakened by black smoke, and ordered JARVIS to prioritize protecting the villagers.
• Li Qi and the villagers approached the lake, but the guardian dragon had not emerged from the water.

Li Qi woke the guardian dragon and rode it to Ta Lo’s dragon-scale seal, where he and Xu Wenwu fought the Soul Beast and its Soul Eaters. He used nuclear bombs to destroy the creatures and collapse the passage, and the villagers celebrated the mission’s success.

• Li Qi woke the white dragon with a missile, fought it in his armor, and subdued it by riding on its back.
• Li Qi and Xu Wenwu reached the dragon-scale seal, opened a passage, and battled the Soul Eaters and the black Soul Beast with the white dragon and their armor.
• Li Qi ordered the remaining suits into the dark space and told Xu Wenwu to evacuate before using nuclear bombs.
• Xu Wenwu led the villagers away while JARVIS detonated two nuclear bombs inside the dark space, collapsing the mountain peak and dragon-scale seal.
• Li Qi told the villagers the mission had succeeded, and they cheered and thanked him.

Li Qi learned that Ta Lo Village’s ancestral hall held a Transmission Stone that could contact other hidden places, including Paradise Island. After seeing the island appear on the stone, he set his sights on reaching Wonder Woman, Diana.

• Li Qi arranged for two Iron Man suits to keep watch over the collapsed dragon-scale seal, then joined Ta Lo Village’s celebration after the villagers returned.
• The next day, Li Qi asked Ying Nan and Ying Li whether Ta Lo Village should modernize, and Ying Nan told him about the Concealed Transmission Stone in the ancestral hall.
• Ying Nan and Ying Li took Li Qi to the ancestral hall, where he paid his respects to the memorial tablets and examined the Transmission Stone.
• The sisters activated the Transmission Stone and showed Li Qi an image of Paradise Island, which they said they contacted regularly.
• Li Qi wondered whether Diana had already left Paradise Island and decided to make Wonder Woman his next target.

Li Qi met Diana through the transmission stone and learned that she longed to see the human world beyond Paradise Island. After hearing her frustrations about her mother’s restrictions, he resolved to help her leave the island.

• Li Qi contacted Diana through the transmission stone while Ying Nan and Ying Li stood beside him.
• Diana greeted Ying Nan, noticed Li Qi, and excitedly spoke with him about men and the outside world.
• At Li Qi’s signal, Ying Nan explained basic customs to Diana, who changed into her warrior outfit before returning.
• Diana told Li Qi she had never left Paradise Island and complained that her mother restricted her training and independence.
• After nearly an hour of conversation, Li Qi decided to help Diana leave Paradise Island and explore the world.

Li Qi tried to find Paradise Island so he could take Diana to see the outside world, but she knew no clear way to locate it. After Diana sought comfort over accidentally injuring General Antiope, Li Qi encouraged her and left Ta Lo Village for Stark Headquarters, assigning Xu Wenwu to oversee the village’s defenses.

• Li Qi asked Diana where Paradise Island was, but she could not give him its location, so he had JARVIS search for clues.
• Li Qi returned to the village chief's residence, rested with the others, and ate dinner with Xu Xialing, Ying Li, and Ying Nan.
• At the ancestral hall, Li Qi tried to activate other Transmission Stones, but none responded until Diana appeared on the central stone.
• Diana told Li Qi she had accidentally unleashed her divine power and injured General Antiope, and Li Qi reassured her until she smiled.
• Diana again asked Li Qi to take her away, but she could offer no definite clues to Paradise Island's location, so Li Qi told JARVIS to accelerate the search.
• Li Qi left Xu Wenwu in charge of Ta Lo Village's security and departed for Stark Headquarters with the Stark Industries team, leaving Xu Xialing, Ying Li, and Ying Nan behind.

Li Qi returned to Stark Tower, reviewed the company’s progress, and ordered JARVIS to accelerate the search for Paradise Island. After spotting intern Gwen Stacy on the lobby surveillance feed, he called her to his office and waited for her arrival.

• Li Qi heard Tony Stark’s report on Stark Industries’ restructuring and kept Pepper Potts behind after dismissing Tony.
• Li Qi asked JARVIS about the search for Paradise Island and ordered a worldwide bounty for information on its location.
• Li Qi and Pepper Potts shared dinner and spent the night in the tower’s private quarters.
• The next day, Li Qi spotted Gwen Stacy on the lobby surveillance feed and had JARVIS look up her information.
• Li Qi learned that Gwen was an intern and instructed human resources to send her to his office.

Li Qi used mind control to make Stark Industries intern Gwen Stacy absolutely loyal to him, then learned about her admiration for Dr. Connors and considered recruiting the Oscorp scientist. He left the chapter planning how to acquire Oscorp and expand Stark Industries.

• Li Qi summoned Gwen Stacy to his office and discovered through her memories that she had known Peter Parker for less than a week and had excelled in her Stark Industries internship.
• Li Qi used his mind-control ability to make Gwen absolutely loyal to him.
• Li Qi discussed Gwen's work and career plans with her, and she spoke enthusiastically about the internship program run by Dr. Connors.
• Li Qi learned from JARVIS that Dr. Connors was Oscorp's chief scientist and considered recruiting him while preventing dangers to Gwen's father.
• Li Qi arranged to meet Gwen at noon, then examined Oscorp's information and planned to acquire the company.

Li Qi spent the night with Gwen Stacy before preparing for his search for Paradise Island and Diana. He ordered the company’s weapons design and manufacturing departments moved secretly to Ta Lo Village while JARVIS continued narrowing down Paradise Island’s location.

• Li Qi set aside plans to take control of Oscorp and spent the evening with Gwen Stacy while JARVIS searched for Paradise Island.
• Li Qi checked the Iron Man suit production and found six suits completed, then Gwen Stacy made him breakfast the next morning.
• Li Qi asked Tony Stark to assess whether Dr. Connors could be recruited and learned from JARVIS that the search for Paradise Island was close to identifying its location.
• Li Qi decided to travel to Paradise Island without security personnel and continue preparing to find Diana.
• Li Qi ordered Tony Stark to secretly relocate the company’s weapons design and manufacturing departments to the space containing Ta Lo Village.

Li Qi traveled from New York to the North Sea in search of Paradise Island, where he encountered an armed squad attacking the island. After defeating them, he learned the War God Security Company was reinforcing its assault and flew toward the battle.

• Li Qi used JARVIS’s satellite search to locate clues pointing to Paradise Island in the North Sea and traveled by private jet to Amsterdam.
• Li Qi boarded a Stark Industries yacht and sailed toward the southwestern North Sea, protected by eight suits of armor.
• After a day and a half, Li Qi’s yacht emerged from thick mist and encountered an armed squad approaching in speedboats.
• Li Qi and his armor defeated the squad, leaving its captain alive for interrogation.
• Li Qi learned the squad served the War God Security Company and was reinforcing an attack on Paradise Island, then threw the captain into the sea and flew toward the rendezvous point.

Li Qi reached Paradise Island and joined Diana and the Amazons in repelling an armed invasion with the help of his eight suits of armor. After the invaders were defeated, Antiope thanked him for saving the Amazons.

• Li Qi used JARVIS and the squad leader’s coordinates to find Paradise Island and flew there with eight suits of armor.
• Li Qi spotted Diana and an Amazon general fighting an invading force that was overwhelming the Amazons.
• JARVIS’s seven suits attacked the enemy vessels, and Li Qi landed beside Diana to protect her and strike the invaders.
• Hippolyta arrived with elite Amazon cavalry, and the Amazons and armor suits routed the remaining invaders.
• The Amazons tended to the wounded and recovered their fallen, while Diana went to see Hippolyta and Antiope thanked Li Qi for his aid.

Li Qi helped defend Paradise Island and revealed that he had come to find Diana, prompting Queen Hippolyta to order his arrest. Diana and Antiope tried to protect him, but Li Qi refused Antiope’s offer to escort him away and insisted he would leave only with Diana.

• Antiope praised Li Qi for helping defend Paradise Island, and he explained that he had come to see Princess Diana.
• Hippolyta arrived with her guards, suspected Li Qi’s motives, and ordered them to seize him.
• Diana pleaded with Hippolyta to welcome Li Qi as a guest, while Antiope also spoke in his defense.
• Hippolyta refused to trust Li Qi and ordered her guards to take him into the island, so Diana urged him to escape in his war machines.
• Antiope offered to take Li Qi away from Paradise Island, but he refused and declared that he would take Diana with him.

Li Qi refused to leave Paradise Island and was escorted inland while Diana pleaded for his safety. After the queen summoned the council to discuss the invasion, Diana arranged for Li Qi to stay at the Water Curtain Sanctuary until her mother calmed down.

• Li Qi insisted that he had come to take Diana away, angering Antiope, who ordered guards to escort him inland.
• Diana begged Li Qi to leave, but he reassured her and ordered JARVIS to patrol Paradise Island and summon additional armor from Los Angeles.
• Li Qi was escorted to the palace complex as Queen Hippolyta summoned the council to discuss the invasion.
• Antiope persuaded Diana not to defy her mother, and Diana arranged for Li Qi to stay at the Water Curtain Sanctuary instead of a dungeon.
• The guards escorted Li Qi to the sanctuary, while Diana and Antiope went to the council meeting.

Li Qi rested in Paradise Island’s hot springs while the Amazons confirmed Ares controlled the War God Security Company and prepared to defend the island. Diana urged Hippolyta to bring out the Godkiller Sword, unaware that Hippolyta believed Diana herself was Zeus’s true god-slaying weapon.

• Li Qi entered the hot spring sanctuary, considered his plans to conquer Paradise Island and face Ares, and fell asleep under the watch of two mechs.
• The council used the Lasso of Truth on surviving War God Security Company personnel and confirmed the company had been created and controlled by Ares.
• Queen Hippolyta ordered the Amazons to mobilize, conduct defensive drills, and prepare to trap Ares.
• Hippolyta recalled Ares’s slaughter of the Olympian gods and remained uneasy as Diana tried to reassure her with the Godkiller Sword.
• Diana repeatedly asked Hippolyta to let her use the sword, and Hippolyta finally agreed to take her to the treasury.

Diana received the War God Armor, Divine Shield, Godkiller, and Silver Bracelets of Protection from Hippolyta as she prepared to face Ares. She reunited with Li Qi at the hot spring palace and agreed to let him stay on Paradise Island, though she forbade him from joining the battle directly.

• Hippolyta gave Diana the War God Armor and Divine Shield, then allowed her to take the Godkiller from the vault.
• Hippolyta gave Diana the Silver Bracelets of Protection, and Diana accepted them after initially refusing.
• Diana remembered that she had forgotten Li Qi and went to find him at the hot spring palace.
• Diana urged Li Qi to leave Paradise Island, but Li Qi persuaded her that he could help defeat Ares.
• Diana agreed to let Li Qi stay on the island but forbade him from charging directly into battle, while Li Qi secretly intended to help.
• Li Qi told Diana about modern cities and human life, strengthening her resolve to visit the outside world after defeating Ares.

Li Qi and Diana discussed the outside world and Paradise Island’s defenses before Diana bathed in a hot spring while continuing their conversation. Antiope interrupted and rebuked Li Qi for witnessing Diana bathing, then helped her dress and prepared to take him to Hippolyta.

• Diana eagerly asked Li Qi to take her to see the world after the crisis, and he agreed while planning to win over Hippolyta before Diana.
• Li Qi asked Diana about Paradise Island’s defenses and explained that JARVIS was monitoring the surrounding waters and Ares’s forces.
• Diana removed her armor and bathed in the hot spring while Li Qi described modern cities and technology.
• Antiope arrived to summon Li Qi to meet Hippolyta and found him speaking with the bathing Diana.
• Antiope angrily scolded Li Qi for disregarding propriety, while Diana said they had only discussed intelligence.
• Antiope stood between Diana and Li Qi, helped Diana put her clothes and armor back on, and glared at Li Qi.