Chapter Summaries

Li Ang spent Presence on ten slot-machine pulls, winning six attribute points and a Rooster Talisman, then invested his points to strengthen his abilities. After the upgrade, he discovered his increased strength had cracked the floor and crushed the sofa when he tried to sit up.

• Li Ang used thirty thousand Presence for ten pulls, getting mostly useless items before winning six attribute points and a Rooster Talisman.
• Li Ang used the Rooster Talisman to make a glass of lemonade float to him, confirming it could levitate objects.
• Li Ang allocated sixteen points to Man of Steel and five each to Heat Vision and Super Senses, raising his abilities to levels 22, 8, and 8.
• Li Ang experienced intense pleasure during the physical enhancement, and JARVIS suggested his body was blocking the pain caused by the upgrade.
• Li Ang tried to sit up using his usual strength, crushed the sofa, and saw cracks spreading through the floor.

After gaining enhanced speed and strength, Li Ang accepted a mission to find Hulk at Culver University and help Banner control him. He arrived as General Ross’s forces pursued Banner, while Blonsky raced into the campus and a mysterious figure watched Li Ang from the sky.

• Tony returned to find his living room damaged, and Li Ang demonstrated the Rooster Talisman's telekinetic power before Tony offered him an island for weapons testing.
• Li Ang flew over the ocean at an estimated Mach 15 and reveled in his enhanced speed.
• The system assigned Li Ang a mission to defeat Hulk, calm him, and help Banner and Hulk get along, with Culver University as the location.
• Li Ang recalled Banner’s history and flew to Culver University after dusk.
• Li Ang spotted Banner meeting Betty, then saw General Ross’s armored vehicles arrive and Banner flee into the university.
• Blonsky raced after Banner as Li Ang held back, while a mysterious figure in the clouds watched Li Ang and regarded him as potential prey.

Li Ang intervened in the Hulk’s rampage after Hulk fought Blonsky and destroyed Ross’s forces. He traded blows with Hulk and left him furious and ready to attack again.

• Hulk fought Blonsky, scattered the soldiers, and smashed the armored vehicles while Ross ordered more firepower.
• Sonic weapons brought Hulk down, but he overcame them and destroyed the specialized vehicles before charging Ross’s command vehicle.
• Betty stood between Hulk and Ross, and Li Ang descended to challenge Hulk with a punch that held his ground.
• Li Ang hurled Hulk through a school building, then fought him again after Hulk emerged from the trench.
• Li Ang kicked and elbowed Hulk, earning his shock, before Hulk grew larger and lunged at him faster.

Li Ang defeated Hulk, restrained him, and persuaded him to return to Banner before taking Banner away from Thaddeus Ross. He left for New York with Banner, intending to introduce him to Tony.

• Li Ang used Hulk’s momentum to throw him around, then lifted him with the Rooster Talisman and tried to reach Banner inside him.
• Li Ang told Hulk that Banner was scared and guilty, and Hulk eventually changed back into an unconscious Banner.
• Li Ang took Banner from the battlefield, and Betty asked him to keep Banner safe and promised they would meet again.
• Thaddeus Ross ordered Li Ang to hand Banner over, but Li Ang used the Gravity Capture Net to pin Ross and the soldiers to the ground.
• Li Ang flew toward New York with Banner, then heard something shoot through the clouds and saw nothing with X-Ray Vision.

Li Ang identified Ikaris as the powerful observer who had earned his Presence and brought Banner toward Tony's mansion. After talking with Banner about accepting and communicating with Hulk, Li Ang took him somewhere to continue the lesson.

• Li Ang checked his Presence log and discovered that Ikaris's curiosity had earned him 4,000 Presence.
• Banner woke while Li Ang was flying him through Philadelphia and asked to be taken back to the ground.
• Li Ang landed with Banner, bought food, and let a group of students take pictures with him at a fast-food restaurant.
• Li Ang asked Banner whether he communicated with Hulk and urged him to respect Hulk as a thinking life rather than treat him as a disease.
• Banner said he understood Li Ang's advice, and Li Ang took his hand and flew off with him.

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.