Chapter Summaries

Li Qi arrived in the Marvel-DC world, rescued Tony Stark from an ambush, and used his mind control ability to make Tony and Pepper his followers. He reached Tony's New York mansion and began considering how to build power with Stark's resources.

• Li Qi discovered his enhanced learning and mind-control abilities after arriving in a superhero-filled parallel world.
• A missile struck near Li Qi as Tony Stark's convoy came under attack, and Li Qi kicked Tony's Hummer out of danger before defeating the bandits.
• Li Qi used mind control to make Tony his first follower, then absorbed Tony's knowledge and skills as they traveled to Stark Industries' headquarters.
• At a military airfield near New York, Li Qi controlled Pepper Potts and sent away the medical personnel waiting for Tony.
• Tony brought Li Qi to his mansion and told the staff and security personnel to follow Li Qi's instructions, while Li Qi left them uncontrolled and considered how to build his own power.

Li Qi toured Tony’s villa, ordered a Malibu property remodeled as a base, and directed JARVIS to remove Obadiah Stane from Stark Industries and investigate him. Pepper Potts served Li Qi before joining him for a welcoming feast, while Tony headed to Malibu to carry out Li Qi’s orders.

• Tony told Li Qi that he had given nearly his entire fortune to the Dominator, and Pepper Potts showed no surprise as a new follower.
• Li Qi judged Tony’s New York villa unsuitable for an Iron Man Armor workshop, so Tony suggested his Malibu villa and Li Qi ordered it remodeled to his specifications.
• Li Qi instructed JARVIS to dismiss Obadiah Stane as vice president and general manager and begin a comprehensive investigation into him.
• JARVIS prepared a bath and luncheon for Li Qi, then disabled the bedroom’s audio and video functions to give him privacy.
• Pepper Potts served Li Qi, then joined him at the dining table for the Manchu-Han Imperial Feast as Tony and Happy drove toward Malibu.

Li Qi confronted Obadiah Stane at the villa and used his power to force him to surrender his Stark Industries shares and resign. He left Obadiah alive under his control, intending to use him in the company and for future contact with the Ten Rings.

• JARVIS told Li Qi that Obadiah Stane had arrived at the villa with three cars carrying more than a dozen men.
• Li Qi met Obadiah and declared that he was Stark Industries' chairman and president, making Obadiah his subordinate.
• Obadiah tried to discuss company business while preparing to kidnap Tony and take control of his shares.
• Li Qi showed Obadiah the men in his cars, used his power to stop them breathing, and warned Obadiah to surrender his shares and resign.
• Obadiah activated an ultrasonic generator, but it did not affect Li Qi, who immobilized him with his power.
• Li Qi had Obadiah sign over his 15% stake and resign from every position at Stark Industries, then decided to keep him alive for future use.

Li Qi took control of Stark Industries and planned to shift the company away from weapons manufacturing toward clean energy and sustainable development. At the company, he recognized Black Widow Natasha Romanoff, who had arrived undercover as Tony’s secretary, and offered her a more influential role.

• Li Qi forced the evil Ten Rings members and five cruel bodyguards to drown themselves, spared three security personnel, and took control of the bald man’s Stark Industries shares.
• Li Qi ordered the bald man to resign and arranged a board meeting, then upgraded JARVIS and planned to redirect Stark Industries toward clean energy and sustainable projects.
• Tony reported that renovations at the Malibu villa were proceeding as planned, and Li Qi instructed him to announce his resignation and the company’s new direction at the board meeting.
• The next morning, Li Qi, Pepper Potts, and Tony went to Stark Industries, where Tony told his secretary that Li Qi was taking over the company.
• Li Qi recognized the secretary as Black Widow Natasha Romanoff and offered her a role coordinating important company affairs, surprising her and prompting questions about his abilities.

Li Qi used mind control to make Natasha obedient and sent her with Tony to announce Stark Industries’ shift away from weapons and toward clean energy. The directors heard Tony endorse Li Qi’s plan and began reconsidering their opposition.

• Natasha denied being Black Widow, but Li Qi used mind control to make her accept him as her master.
• Li Qi signed urgent Stark Industries documents and ordered Natasha to attend the board meeting with Tony and present his plan to phase out weapons and focus on clean energy.
• Natasha entered the meeting and told the directors that Tony had transferred his shares to Li Qi, who now held the greatest say in the company.
• Tony confirmed that he had left the board and supported Li Qi’s new direction for Stark Industries.
• After hearing Natasha and Tony, the directors fell into discussion and began reassessing the plan, despite Obadiah Stane having previously won their support.

Li Qi took charge of Stark Industries, assigning Tony Stark to pursue a partnership with Hammer Industries and investigate the son of his father's former partner. He arranged to meet a military liaison at his villa and tasked Black Widow Natasha with investigating the Ten Rings.

• Black Widow Natasha and Tony Stark persuaded Stark Industries' directors to close its weapons departments and expand into hydrogen and new energy.
• Li Qi toured the secretarial floor and met Natasha and Tony after they reported that they had completed his instructions.
• Li Qi told Tony to negotiate with Hammer Industries and assess the character and abilities of his father's former partner's son.
• Pepper Potts told Li Qi that a military liaison wanted to meet him, and Li Qi arranged the meeting at his villa.
• Li Qi asked Black Widow Natasha to return to the villa and investigate the Ten Rings.

Li Qi noticed that Daisy Johnson, a young applicant at Stark Industries, had latent supernatural abilities and used mind control to make her his follower. He arranged a job for her as cover and took her with Black Widow, Natasha, back toward the villa.

• Li Qi asked a receptionist why applicants were waiting at Stark Industries and learned they had come for engineering and computing interviews.
• Li Qi ordered the interviews to begin immediately and requested a private interview with the mixed-heritage applicant.
• Li Qi used his mind-control ability on Daisy Johnson, who introduced herself as an eighteen-year-old computer science graduate with hacking skills.
• Li Qi told Daisy to join Black Widow, Natasha, and him at the villa, then instructed the recruitment manager to hire her for the engineering and computer department.
• Li Qi, Black Widow, Natasha, and Daisy left Stark Tower together.

Li Qi traveled from Stark Tower to his villa with Daisy Johnson and Natasha Romanoff, then had JARVIS provide them with clothes. The three bathed together, and Daisy and Natasha changed into outfits of their choosing.

• Li Qi invited Daisy Johnson and Natasha Romanoff into his car while Happy arranged security in a second vehicle.
• Happy drove them safely from Stark Tower to Li Qi's villa.
• Li Qi had JARVIS darken the master bedroom and deliver clothes suited to Daisy and Natasha.
• Li Qi, Daisy, and Natasha bathed together, after which Daisy helped dry Li Qi and Natasha helped him dress.
• Daisy chose a white shirt and skirt, while Natasha chose jeans and a black T-shirt; Li Qi approved of their outfits.

Li Qi met with military liaison Rhodey, who urged him to reconsider Stark Industries’ plan to stop producing weapons, but Li Qi held firm. After sending Natasha to investigate the Ten Rings, Li Qi turned to Daisy Johnson and prepared to awaken the powers sealed within her.

• JARVIS introduced Rhodey to Li Qi, and Rhodey asked him to maintain Stark Industries’ weapons cooperation with the military.
• Li Qi told Rhodey he would not produce weapons that could threaten civilians, and Rhodey left to report their conversation to his superiors.
• Li Qi ordered Natasha to return to S.H.I.E.L.D. and investigate the Ten Rings, which he intended to bring under his control.
• Li Qi found Daisy Johnson writing hacking software and told her that he would awaken the energy and powers sealed inside her.

Li Qi took Daisy Johnson and Happy from his villa to Malibu by private plane, enjoying the flight with the attendants. They arrived safely at his Malibu villa as the sun was setting.

• Li Qi recognized Howard Stark’s mural as the design for the New Element, then took it with him and arranged for JARVIS to be installed at the Malibu villa.
• Li Qi told Happy to arrange a private plane, and the convoy drove to the private airport.
• Li Qi boarded the plane with Daisy Johnson, Happy, and two bodyguards, then socialized with the flight attendants during the trip.
• Li Qi landed near Malibu and rode with Daisy Johnson and Happy to the villa atop the mountain.

Li Qi prepared a high-energy testing room and used it to force Daisy Johnson’s powers to awaken. Daisy survived the dangerous process and left with newly awakened abilities that she planned to practice.

• Li Qi learned from JARVIS that the villa’s basement testing room and security measures were ready for Daisy Johnson’s power awakening.
• Li Qi warned Daisy that the process would be painful, had her change into special Stark Industries clothing, and ordered her into the energy field.
• As JARVIS increased the electrical output, Daisy endured the energy until a surge erupted from her and damaged the room.
• JARVIS shut off the power and extinguished small fires, while Li Qi examined Daisy and found no serious backlash.
• Daisy told Li Qi that her powers had awakened but required practice, and Li Qi told her to rest before training again the next day.
• Li Qi asked JARVIS to arrange emergency repairs to the testing room.

Li Qi began developing a mech and synthesized a new element based on Howard Stark’s research, intending to use it in an Arc Reactor. After more than ten hours of dangerous experiments, he succeeded and returned upstairs to find Daisy Johnson recovering.

• Li Qi directed JARVIS to design the mech and chose to pursue a new element for its power source instead of using uranium or palladium.
• Li Qi had JARVIS scan the mural from his New York villa, revealing a diagram of the new element, and prepared medical supplies for Daisy Johnson.
• Li Qi used a ring accelerator to synthesize the element, working through the night amid dangerous experiments and equipment failures.
• Li Qi successfully synthesized the new element after more than ten hours and went upstairs, where he found Daisy Johnson bandaged and using a computer.
• Li Qi checked on Daisy Johnson, heard that she had recovered, and took her to lunch after JARVIS confirmed it was ready.

Li Qi trained Daisy Johnson to control her powers, then took her to the beach, where they encountered Shang-Chi and Katy fleeing a group of pursuers. He sent Daisy forward to test her ability to control her shock waves while helping the pair.

• Li Qi increased the training energy, and Daisy Johnson gradually learned to release and control her shock waves, earning his praise.
• Li Qi ended the session when Daisy grew tired and her special outfit was badly damaged.
• Li Qi took Daisy to the beach, where she suppressed her excitement at walking beside him.
• Li Qi recognized Shang-Chi and Katy as they ran from a group of pursuers.
• Li Qi told Daisy to test her control by confronting the pursuers, and she charged toward them.

Li Qi, Daisy Johnson, and Shang-Chi fought off a group of robbers pursuing Shang-Chi, including men modified by the Extremis Virus. After the attackers fled, Li Qi invited Shang-Chi and Katy to his home, and Shang-Chi accepted.

• Daisy Johnson used her shockwaves to blast a floral-shirted thug away, while Li Qi recognized the attackers’ Extremis Virus modifications.
• Li Qi hurled two modified men into the sea and helped Daisy Johnson and Shang-Chi overpower the remaining robbers.
• When a modified man charged him, Li Qi tore off the attacker’s arm, warned everyone to get clear, and shielded Daisy Johnson from the man’s self-detonation.
• The surviving robbers fled, and Li Qi secretly had JARVIS track them down.
• Katy thanked Li Qi and showed interest in visiting his home, and Shang-Chi accepted Li Qi’s invitation.

Li Qi brought Shang-Chi and Katy to his villa after rescuing them from the Ten Rings, where Shang-Chi revealed his past and why the organization was pursuing him. As he recounted escaping his father’s base, Shang-Chi realized his mother’s necklace was missing.

• Li Qi introduced himself and Daisy to Shang-Chi, then led the group away from the beach while Happy and the bodyguards followed.
• Katy drove Li Qi’s sports car to the villa, and Shang-Chi warned Li Qi that the people pursuing them belonged to a powerful underground gang.
• Shang-Chi admitted that he had escaped from the gang and wanted an ordinary life, surprising Katy, who demanded an explanation for his secrecy.
• JARVIS told Li Qi that Tony was coming to the villa with a mysterious gift.
• At the villa, Shang-Chi explained that he had fled his father Xu Wenwu’s Ten Rings base at fourteen and had lived under an assumed identity in Los Angeles.
• Shang-Chi discovered that the necklace his mother had given him was missing.

After Shang-Chi learned his family pendant had been stolen, Li Qi arranged a party to lift his spirits. Shang-Chi gradually joined in, and Li Qi had the twin sisters take him aside to rest.

• Shang-Chi realized his father had likely taken the pendant, and Katy comforted him.
• Li Qi welcomed Tony Stark and Major Rhodey to the villa, where Tony had arranged a party.
• The guests ate lunch and gathered in the karaoke hall as Tony introduced the party staff, including a pair of twin sisters.
• Katy drank and chatted with Daisy Johnson while Li Qi reassured the gloomy Shang-Chi that he would help recover the pendant.
• Li Qi got Shang-Chi singing and dancing with the twins and other staff until his mood improved.
• Li Qi signaled for the twin sisters to take Shang-Chi aside to rest.

Li Qi fended off Major Rhodey’s efforts to stop Stark Industries from ending its weapons business, then considered his plans for powered armor and contacting the Ten Rings. As he left the lounge, his golden finger announced a starter gift pack in the form of a woman.

• Li Qi had the twins take the drunken Shang-Chi to a bedroom while Tony Stark distracted Katy.
• Major Rhodey again urged Li Qi to reconsider closing Stark Industries’ weapons departments, but Li Qi refused and warned the military not to interfere.
• Li Qi encouraged the staff to keep Major Rhodey company and decided to continue evaluating him as a possible future War Machine.
• Daisy Johnson joined Li Qi, and he left the lounge thinking about powered armor and making contact with the Ten Rings.
• Li Qi’s golden finger announced that its starter gift pack was a woman.

Li Qi entered the system’s pocket realm and met Ying Li, who had been trapped there for months and wanted to return to her family. After using his mental communication ability to gain her trust, he promised to help her leave and find them, while asking for her help first.

• Li Qi followed the system into a secluded pocket realm and found Ying Li living alone in a farmhouse courtyard.
• Ying Li asked Li Qi to take her out so she could reunite with her husband and children, and he agreed to rest before leaving the next day.
• Li Qi shared tea and spoke with Ying Li, learning that she did not know how she had arrived in the realm or whether she was dead.
• Li Qi used his mental communication ability to establish a deep connection with Ying Li and gain her trust.
• Li Qi promised to help Ying Li find her family, asked for her help, and began preparing with her to leave the following day.

Li Qi spent three days building trust with Ying Li in the pocket universe, then brought her back and considered how to use her connection to contact the Ten Rings. While Li Qi began building armor and Daisy Johnson practiced controlling her powers, Shang-Chi sobered up and went to find Li Qi before leaving.

• Li Qi and Ying Li shared meals and conversations in the pocket universe, strengthening their trust over three days.
• Li Qi brought Ying Li back to his master bedroom, where she bathed, changed clothes, and settled in.
• Li Qi instructed the puppet Tony to continue Stark Industries' restructuring and pursue the acquisition of Hammer Industries.
• Li Qi began assembling armor in the underground laboratory while Daisy Johnson practiced controlling her powers.
• Daisy Johnson left Li Qi undisturbed and handled the event staff as Shang-Chi emerged and asked where he could find Li Qi.

Shang-Chi helped his drunken girlfriend Katy back to sleep, then wandered the corridor and was ambushed by Lingling. He recognized her but could only dodge her attacks, unwilling to hurt her.

• Daisy Johnson told Shang-Chi that Katy was sleeping in another room, and he hesitated to face her after his earlier encounter with the twins.
• Katy woke thirsty and called for water; Shang-Chi found her, helped her drink, and lied that he had gone to the restroom when she asked where he had been.
• Shang-Chi helped Katy return to sleep, then quietly left the room because he was hungry.
• A woman named Lingling tripped Shang-Chi with a rope and kicked him before he recognized her.
• Shang-Chi asked Lingling to stop and talk, but she attacked more fiercely, leaving him to dodge without striking back.