Recaps

After helping Banner and Hulk learn to communicate, Li Ang began a gamma ray enhancement high above Tony Stark's island and became encased in a green shell. Tony brought him back, but could not break the shell before Nick Fury called about a dangerous figure in Harlem, prompting Tony to respond alone.

• Banner told Li Ang that he and Hulk had made progress and that Hulk had once been lonely, completing Li Ang's mission.
• Li Ang flew above the clouds and activated his gamma ray enhancement, where green light enveloped him and hardened into a shell.
• Tony detected gamma radiation above the island, found Li Ang encased in green material, and carried him back to the workshop.
• Tony failed to break or cut the shell, and a laser blast bounced off it and scorched his armor.
• Nick Fury told Tony that a big figure had appeared in Harlem and that people were in danger, so Tony set off in his armor while Li Ang remained unavailable.

Tony, Banner, and Nick Fury confronted Abomination as he attacked Harlem, and Banner transformed into Hulk to fight him. After Abomination overpowered Hulk and leapt toward the Quinjet, Li Ang arrived and knocked him back to the ground.

• Nick Fury told Banner that Abomination was hunting Thaddeus Ross and ordered Banner to stay on the Quinjet, but Banner insisted he had made up his mind.
• Li Ang broke free of the green statue as Abomination terrorized Harlem and threatened to tear the city apart until he found Thaddeus Ross.
• Tony attacked Abomination with repulsors and missiles, but Abomination shrugged off the blasts, grabbed Tony, and slammed him into a pickup truck.
• Banner jumped from the Quinjet, transformed into Hulk, and fought Abomination, who pinned Hulk to a wall with his bone spurs.
• Abomination leapt toward the Quinjet, but Li Ang struck him in midair and sent him crashing into a bus.

After gamma rays increased Li Ang’s abilities and gave him Freeze Breath, he overwhelmed Abomination in Harlem while Nick Fury and Tony watched. Li Ang trapped Abomination with his gravity net, and a new mission ordered him to kill five villains.

• Li Ang discovered that the gamma rays had boosted his stats and given him Freeze Breath, then charged at Abomination.
• Li Ang fought Abomination through the street and nearby shops, while Nick Fury ordered the police to retreat and the footage to be archived at higher clearance.
• Li Ang froze Abomination’s bone spikes and repeatedly struck him, leaving Abomination badly injured and afraid.
• Abomination tried to flee, but Li Ang used Gravity Capture Net to pin him to the ground.
• The system assigned Li Ang a mission to kill five villains and offered a High-Energy Radiation Shockwave as a reward.

Li Ang killed Abomination, won public acclaim, and let Nick Fury allow the battle footage to spread online. After using the Rooster Talisman to remove Abomination’s remains from Earth, Li Ang spent Presence on a ten-pull and watched the final reels reveal two diamonds and a flash of purple light.

• Li Ang snapped Abomination’s neck, and survivors across the street cheered as they recognized him.
• Tony told JARVIS to record the fight, while Nick Fury decided not to arrest Li Ang and allowed the videos to circulate.
• Li Ang froze Abomination’s corpse, shattered it, and used the Rooster Talisman to send the remains off Earth.
• After the fight’s videos spread, Li Ang’s Presence rose to 100,000, and he later spent 30,000 on a ten-pull.
• Li Ang won a bootleg Ultraman transformation device and a vial of deadly Temporary V5 Compound, then saw the final pull land on two diamonds and flash purple.

After drawing a Magic Divine Tree Seed, Li Ang began absorbing magical energy and met Ancient One, who offered to teach him magic in exchange for taking on a sorcerer’s responsibilities. He accepted her offer and entered the library to study, where he was startled to see Hannibal.

• Li Ang drew a Magic Divine Tree Seed, planted it in the system space, and began absorbing magical energy to strengthen himself.
• Li Ang considered seeking out Ancient One, but she arrived through a portal and told him that his presence had caused many possible futures to branch off.
• Ancient One offered to teach Li Ang magic if he would fulfill a sorcerer’s responsibilities, and Li Ang agreed after receiving a mission to learn basic sorcery.
• Ancient One took Li Ang through a portal to a training hall and then led him to the library, where he met Wong and received a book of basic spells.
• As Li Ang prepared to study, he turned at the sound of footsteps and recognized Hannibal.

Li Ang learned basic magic at Kamar-Taj after using the system to translate an ancient spellbook, impressing Ancient One, Mordo, and Kaecilius. The system then assigned him a mission to kill Deacon, a vampire, and offered a Heat Vision attribute attachment as a bonus reward.

• Ancient One introduced Kaecilius to Li Ang and directed Li Ang to ask Wong for help with questions.
• Li Ang used 5,000 Presence to acquire a universal text pack, then spent half a month studying the translated magic book.
• Li Ang successfully cast the Rings of Raggadorr, startling Mordo and Kaecilius and earning praise from Ancient One.
• Ancient One gave Li Ang an advanced magic book containing the Dimensional Doorway spell.
• The system assigned Li Ang a mission to kill Deacon and promised attribute points, a ten-pull, and a random Heat Vision attribute attachment.

After leaving Kamar-Taj, Li Ang returned to his manor and later encountered Blade confronting the vampire Bella McCoy in Hell’s Kitchen. Li Ang subdued Bella and proposed working with Blade to find Deacon Frost, leaving Blade asking what he wanted with Deacon.

• Li Ang thanked Ancient One, returned to his manor through a portal, and ordered an extravagant late-night meal for the chefs to prepare.
• Blade caught Bella McCoy luring a young man into an alley and aimed his shotgun at her.
• Li Ang revealed himself, overpowered Bella, and identified himself to Blade.
• Li Ang used the Gravity Capture Net to pin Bella to the ground after she insulted Blade.
• Li Ang asked Blade to help him find Deacon Frost, and Blade asked what he wanted with Deacon.

Li Ang forced Bella to lead him and Blade to Deacon’s vampire bar, where they discovered a monthly feast was underway. After seeing humans caged in the basement, Li Ang entered the bar and found its vampires staring hungrily at him.

• Li Ang made Bella agree to take him to Deacon, and she explained that vampires used blood to verify identities at their gatherings.
• Bella led Li Ang and Blade toward Deacon’s bar, while Blade and Bella traded taunts on the way.
• Li Ang took a car sent by Kingpin to the bar on the outskirts of the city.
• Li Ang used X-Ray Vision to see naked men and women locked in basement cages, then held back his anger so he could wait for Deacon.
• Bella cut her arm to gain them entry, and the guard let Li Ang into the bar.
• The vampires turned toward Li Ang and swallowed in unison when he entered.

Li Ang confronted Deacon Frost at a vampire bar and fought off the vampires who attacked him. He left Deacon beaten and pinned beneath his foot, while Deacon pleaded for his life by invoking the Frost Family and the Vampire Council.

• Bella identified Deacon Frost after he questioned Li Ang about Deacon.
• Deacon insulted Li Ang, and Li Ang transformed as blood began raining inside the bar.
• Li Ang killed the attacking vampires with the Rooster Talisman's power and stone projectiles, while Blade revealed that silver could kill them.
• Li Ang beat Deacon and used Heat Vision to destroy more vampires as Blade fought the wounded socialite.
• Li Ang crushed Deacon's shoulder and pinned him down while Deacon claimed ties to the Frost Family and Vampire Council.

Li Ang killed Deacon despite the noblewoman’s attempt to use Blade as leverage, then Bella defeated and drained the noblewoman. After completing his mission, Li Ang received rewards and learned he was closer to unlocking his chest cannon.

• Li Ang tore out one of Deacon’s fangs and prepared to kill him, but the noblewoman threatened Blade to stop him.
• Li Ang used the Gravity Capture Net to pin the noblewoman and Blade, then twisted Deacon’s neck and killed him as Deacon’s body exploded.
• Li Ang freed Blade, and Bella chased down the weakened noblewoman and drained her until she became a dried corpse.
• Bella felt her power grow and developed a conflicted longing for Li Ang, while Li Ang checked that Blade was all right.
• Li Ang completed mission eight, received ten attribute points, a ten-pull, and a Heat Vision random attribute imbuement, and drew Lightning.

After killing Deacon, Li Ang took Bella back to his manor and strengthened his abilities before drawing the Tiger Talisman. Tony called while drunk to tell him he had made portable armor and was leaving for Europe, and Li Ang realized a leaf from the divine tree might cure Tony’s palladium poisoning.

• Li Ang gave Blade his contact information, then agreed to employ Bella and warned her not to prey on the manor’s staff.
• Li Ang returned to his manor with Bella and left her to learn its affairs from the butler.
• Li Ang spent stat points on his physical strength, Heat Vision, and Super Senses, raising them to levels 32, 13, and 13.
• Li Ang used the slot machine and obtained the Tiger Talisman, which he considered using to split villains into opposing sides.
• Tony called Li Ang while drunk, described his new portable suit, and said he was leaving for Europe the day after tomorrow.
• Li Ang remembered Tony’s palladium poisoning and concluded that a leaf from the divine tree could save him.

Li Ang visited Tony Stark after learning that palladium poisoning and despair had left him in poor condition. He gave Tony a Magic Divine Tree leaf that nearly cleared the palladium from his body, but told him to find a lasting solution himself.

• Li Ang arrived on the island and Banner led him to Tony's research institute.
• Li Ang found Tony hungover in his laboratory, and Tony revealed the blue armor he had made as a gift for him.
• Li Ang saw that palladium poisoning had badly damaged Tony's blood and offered him one Magic Divine Tree leaf to slow the poisoning.
• Tony ate the leaf, and the palladium concentration in his blood fell almost to zero.
• Tony asked Li Ang for more leaves, but Li Ang refused and insisted that Tony find a solution himself.

Li Ang tested Tony Stark’s new armor before flying to Madison Avenue to help Pepper and Happy, who were under attack from Ivan Vanko. Captain America confronted Vanko, and the chapter ended as Iron Man arrived on the scene.

• Li Ang saw that S.H.I.E.L.D. had found Captain America and advised Tony to examine Howard’s belongings and back up JARVIS before trying on the armor.
• Li Ang accidentally punched through the ceiling while learning to fly in the armor, then got it under control as Tony fell asleep.
• JARVIS alerted Li Ang that Pepper had been attacked, so Li Ang flew to New York while Tony kept sleeping.
• Ivan Vanko tore apart a van and cornered Pepper and Happy before Steve Rogers arrived and fought him with his shield.
• Steve charged Vanko, but Vanko’s powered exoskeleton absorbed much of the impact.
• Iron Man landed on the street, and Ivan Vanko recognized Tony Stark.

Li Ang subdued Ivan Vanko, learned that his chest reactor could self-destruct, and carried him into the sky before the reactor exploded. Whiplash died in the blast, while Li Ang survived and left Steve protecting Pepper and Happy below.

• Ivan Vanko attacked Li Ang with his energized whip, but Li Ang caught it, stepped out of the damaged armor, and pulled Vanko to the ground.
• Li Ang ripped off Vanko's exoskeleton and considered the mission reward for killing him, including three doses of Compound V5.
• Vanko revealed that he had built the exoskeleton and claimed Tony Stark had stolen his father's reactor invention.
• Li Ang learned Vanko called himself Whiplash, then grabbed him and flew into the sky as the reactor began to overheat.
• Steve shielded Pepper and Happy as Whiplash's reactor exploded, killing Whiplash while Li Ang survived.

Li Ang staged his apparent injuries after carrying a bomb away from a crowd, earning public attention while secretly manipulating his medical tests. As he prepared to confront Jameson, Nick Fury asked him to investigate an immovable hammer in New Mexico, which made Li Ang think of Thor.

• Li Ang let Steve catch him after the blast, then used the system to alter his medical readings and make doctors believe he was seriously injured.
• Videos and news reports praised Li Ang's rescue, while Jameson criticized the damage and its cost to taxpayers.
• Li Ang decided to leave the hospital and confront Jameson, but Tony arrived and insisted on transferring him to a better hospital.
• Nick Fury visited Li Ang and asked him to investigate a hammer that had fallen in New Mexico and could not be moved.
• Li Ang heard about the hammer and immediately thought of Thor.

Li Ang traveled with Nick Fury to New Mexico, where Thor had been exiled and Mjolnir was under S.H.I.E.L.D. guard. After spotting Thor breaking into the facility, Li Ang planned to use his powers to force Thor toward becoming worthy, and cornered him in the dark.

• Li Ang left the hospital with Nick Fury, declined Tony's offer to continue examining him, and flew to New Mexico.
• Coulson welcomed Li Ang to the facility guarding Mjolnir and reported that intruders had been trying to get inside.
• Li Ang spotted Thor crawling through a hole in the fence and received a mission to help him become a true god, with the Power of Thor as an extra reward.
• Li Ang decided to try separating Thor with the Tiger Talisman, then told Coulson to hold Barton back and approached Thor himself.
• Thor fought a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in the rain, escaped Li Ang's heat vision, and ran into the facility to avoid fighting him.
• Li Ang ordered Coulson to cut the power; Thor hurried through the dark toward Mjolnir, then stopped when he saw two red lights and a shadowed figure ahead.

Li Ang split Thor into Good Thor and Evil Thor, and Good Thor lifted Mjolnir and regained the Power of Thor. Evil Thor vanished in a cloud of black mist after a mysterious voice spoke to Li Ang, who suspected Mephisto was behind it.

• Li Ang encouraged Thor to break a stone, which split him into Good Thor and Evil Thor.
• Evil Thor tried and failed to lift Mjolnir, then attacked Li Ang before Good Thor intervened.
• Mjolnir trembled when Good Thor defended Li Ang, and Li Ang restrained Evil Thor with a Gravity Capture Net.
• Good Thor lifted Mjolnir, and divine lightning struck both Thors.
• A black mist enveloped Evil Thor and made him disappear after a mysterious voice addressed Li Ang, who recognized the mark left behind as Mephisto's.

Mephisto abducted evil Thor and offered to help him suppress his good side, disrupting Li Ang’s plan. Good Thor learned that Loki had claimed Odin was dead, then reunited with his friends, who told him Odin was only asleep, as a rainbow beam descended from the sky.

• Mephisto took evil Thor to a fiery realm and offered him a deal to absorb and suppress his good side.
• Li Ang told good Thor that the Tiger Talisman had split him into good and evil versions, and that Mephisto had taken the evil one.
• Good Thor left to find Jane, while Li Ang retrieved a notebook from S.H.I.E.L.D. and followed him to town.
• Thor broke down over Loki’s claim that Odin had died, and Li Ang challenged him for believing Loki without question.
• Jane and Darcy recognized Li Ang, and Sif, Volstagg, Hogun, and Fandral arrived to comfort Thor.
• Sif, Volstagg, Hogun, and Fandral told Thor that Odin had only fallen into a deep sleep, as a rainbow beam descended from the sky.

Li Ang defeated Loki’s Destroyer after it attacked Thor and the town. A magic circle then released Evil Thor, who attacked Sif and the Warriors Three before clashing with Good Thor, and Li Ang pursued them while carrying the Destroyer.

• The Destroyer arrived in the town and attacked Thor, overpowering him and the Warriors Four.
• Li Ang rescued Jane and Darcy, then drove the Destroyer into the wasteland and battered it until its head caved in.
• Li Ang lifted the Destroyer away from a magic circle releasing black mist, severing Loki’s control of the armor.
• Evil Thor emerged from the circle, attacked Sif and the Warriors Three, and Good Thor intercepted his lightning.
• Good Thor and Evil Thor clashed and flew away, while Li Ang sensed dark magic between them and followed with the Destroyer.

Li Ang reunited Thor’s divided halves, then accompanied Thor to Asgard after learning Loki had seized control of the Bifrost. On arrival, Thor rushed to save his father while Li Ang confronted Heimdall with a strange greeting.

• Li Ang defeated evil Thor, then used the Tiger Talisman to reunite him with good Thor.
• Thor recovered his memories, thanked Li Ang, and decided to return to Asgard, but Heimdall did not answer his summons because Loki had frozen him.
• Jane arrived and said goodbye to Thor as the Bifrost formed, and Li Ang received a message from Nick Fury confirming the energy fluctuations.
• Thor and Li Ang traveled through the Bifrost to Asgard, where Heimdall warned Thor that the king was in danger.
• Thor flew toward the palace while Li Ang greeted Heimdall as “Solomon Reed” and “Bloodsport,” leaving Heimdall bewildered.

Li Ang fought Laufey after the Frost Giant absorbed the Casket of Ancient Winters and became stronger. As their battle wrecked the palace square, Thor subdued Loki and moved to destroy the Bifrost, leaving Li Ang worried he would be stranded in Asgard.

• Sif sent Li Ang to help Thor, and Li Ang flew to the palace, where he found Thor fighting the supposedly dead Laufey.
• Li Ang burned Laufey with Heat Vision and helped Thor escape to catch his brother, but Thor warned him that Laufey had absorbed the Casket of Ancient Winters’ power.
• Li Ang shattered Laufey’s ice sword, resisted its freezing magic, and used a Gravity Capture Net to get close and pummel him.
• Laufey blasted Li Ang away with cold energy and shattered his combat suit, which Li Ang repaired using 10 Presence.
• Li Ang and Laufey continued fighting until their battle nearly demolished the palace square, while Thor subdued Loki and prepared to smash the Bifrost.

After Odin killed Laufey, Li Ang learned the kill counted toward his villain mission and accepted Odin’s offer to choose an item from Asgard’s vault. Preparing for the coming Battle of New York, he claimed his Thor mission rewards, increased his strength, and ended the chapter with a golden legendary draw.

• Odin’s Gungnir pierced Laufey’s heart, killing him, and Li Ang discovered the death advanced his villain-killing mission.
• Odin thanked Li Ang, offered him an item from Asgard’s vault once the Bifrost was repaired, and asked him to stay in Asgard.
• Sif showed Li Ang to the quarters Odin had arranged, where he bathed and checked his system panel.
• Li Ang claimed the Thor mission’s rewards, received the Illusion Spell and Power of Thor, and spent attribute points to strengthen himself.
• Li Ang began drawing from the slot machine and pulled a golden legendary reward.

Li Ang gained the Eye of Miskatonic, learned to open a portal to Earth, and returned from Asgard with Uru metal. He found his manor occupied by a mysterious man in a purple suit, who ordered him to kneel.

• Li Ang received the Eye of Miskatonic, which granted him true vision, conceptual anchoring, and the ability to impose fear on targets.
• Li Ang spent months in Asgard improving his magic and learned to open a portal to Earth, while Heimdall remained lost in spatial turbulence.
• Li Ang chose a large piece of Uru metal from Asgard’s treasury and said goodbye to Thor, Sif, and the Warriors Four.
• Li Ang returned to his manor and used the Eye of Miskatonic to detect strange purple gas and locate an intruder in the villa.
• A man in a purple suit greeted Li Ang and commanded him to kneel.

Li Ang defeated Purple Man after the Eye of Miskatonic drove him insane, then gave Bella Compound V5 after confirming her loyalty. Bella injected the serum and exploded, leaving Li Ang shocked in the garden.

• Purple Man tried to control Li Ang and sent his pheromone-controlled maids to attack, but Li Ang trapped them with a Gravity Capture Net.
• Bella returned to the manor, and Li Ang used the Eye of Miskatonic to drive Purple Man mad until his head exploded.
• Li Ang gave the maids time to clean the hall, then questioned Bella's loyalty before handing her a vial of Compound V5.
• Bella injected the serum and began trembling before her body exploded, shocking Li Ang.

Bella survived Compound V5 and gained the ability to control blood, while Li Ang brought Uru to Tony at Stark Tower. As Tony began studying the metal, Coulson requested a meeting, and Li Ang realized the Avengers were about to assemble.

• Bella reformed from her blood after taking Compound V5 and demonstrated her ability to control blood, including draining a bird from a distance.
• Li Ang appointed Bella the manor's head of security, then called Tony after replying to Nick Fury's question about the Ten Rings.
• Li Ang opened a portal to Stark Tower and delivered a chunk of Uru to Tony, who was astonished by the portal and the metal's properties.
• Tony studied the Uru while Li Ang ordered food, and JARVIS informed him that Coulson wanted to meet.
• Li Ang realized that the Avengers were about to begin.