Chapter Summaries

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.