Recaps

Li Ge told Coulson that Kamar-Taj’s sorcerers had secretly protected the world from ancient threats, leaving Coulson to question how much S.H.I.E.L.D. could do against them. Li Ge declined to share more about Kamar-Taj, exchanged contact information with Coulson, and headed back to his room at the academy.

• Li Ge told Coulson that Kamar-Taj had protected the world for ages and that the world might not exist without its sorcerers.
• Coulson pressed Li Ge for details, but Li Ge dismissed S.H.I.E.L.D. as too weak to understand threats involving magic.
• Li Ge suggested that the evil beings in myths were the enemies Kamar-Taj fought, and Coulson realized S.H.I.E.L.D. might be unable to help.
• Coulson asked whether Li Ge was a sorcerer, and Li Ge said he was studying magic at Kamar-Taj before changing the subject to his robes.
• Li Ge thought about his family and friends, refused to reveal Kamar-Taj’s location, and exchanged contact information with Coulson.
• Li Ge left Coulson and headed toward his room at the academy.

Nick Fury failed to learn why the mutants were collecting living organisms, while Li Ge returned to Krakoa to inspect its growth and adjust its design. The chapter left Krakoa expanding into a mutant homeland as Li Ge accelerated the growth of its plants.

• Nick Fury accepted the Professor and the others' vague answers and decided S.H.I.E.L.D. could investigate the mutants' activities later.
• Li Ge returned to his room, then used the marker in Krakoa's redstone sun to travel to the newborn world.
• Li Ge scanned Krakoa and found it had grown to roughly ten kilometers across, with plants, animals, and a large warehouse of seeds.
• Li Ge limited Krakoa's future size to Earth's and arranged for excess redstone energy to strengthen the world or pass into his own world.
• Li Ge flew over Krakoa and scattered bone meal across the planted seeds, making patches of plants spring up from the ground.

Li Ge returned from Krakoa and Kamar-Taj to share his experiences with the Professor and the X-Men, then gave them a magical chest filled with food from his world. After telling them he planned to visit home, he found a solution to the problem of choosing abilities for his parents by thinking of his divinity.

• Li Ge finished spreading bone meal over the seeds on Krakoa, then rested at the school until dusk.
• Li Ge told the Professor and the others about Kamar-Taj and his conversation with Coulson, while the group reflected on the wider supernatural world.
• The Professor cautioned Li Ge not to reveal Kamar-Taj's location to government agencies.
• Li Ge gave the X-Men a storage chest filled with food from his world and explained how its fifty compartments worked.
• Li Ge told the group he wanted to visit home, then realized his divinity could help him decide what abilities to give his parents.

Li Ge returned home through a portal after spending the day gathering ability information at the academy. He reunited with Li Chuang and Alice by disguising himself as a demon to scare them, but Li Chuang quickly recognized him.

• Li Ge told the Professor he planned to go home that evening and spent the day recording the abilities of mutants at the academy.
• Li Ge planned to build an ability repository, spread powers for others to acquire, and use their experience to help strengthen those abilities.
• After saying goodbye to the Professor and the others, Li Ge opened a portal to his bedroom and returned home.
• Li Ge floated downstairs and startled Li Chuang and Alice by appearing as a demon with a scythe and claiming he had come to take them to hell.
• Li Chuang recognized Li Ge beneath the disguise, and Li Ge canceled his transformation as Alice realized who had scared them.

Li Ge brought Li Chuang and Alice into his dimensional world and explained his plan to share power with them. He gave each parent a Divinity linked to his ability library, with a World Seed they could shape once they understood the rules.

• Li Ge transported Li Chuang and Alice into his world, where its rules changed their appearances into tiny block-like people.
• Li Ge showed them his simple house and let them explore the food stored in a chest.
• Li Ge told his parents that he had created the world as an energy storage space and explained his plan to spread power.
• Li Ge presented Divinity as the most suitable gift for his parents, explaining that each would grant access to his abilities and contain a World Seed.
• Li Ge raised two transparent spheres containing glowing blue cubes and red blocks inside.

Li Ge gave Li Chuang and Alice blank-slate Divinities and explained how they could use abilities to shape them into true godhood. After transmitting the necessary knowledge, he guided them through merging the Divinities with their souls, beginning their God Transformation.

• Li Ge explained that the Divinities he designed for Li Chuang and Alice were blank slates they could shape by mastering abilities and extracting their rules.
• Li Ge transmitted information about his ability library, the Divinities, and how to shape them directly into their minds.
• Li Ge recommended that Li Chuang and Alice begin with Energy Absorption, Information Scanning and Recording, and Telekinesis.
• Li Chuang and Alice pressed their Divinities between their brows, and the spheres became ethereal as they merged into them.
• Li Chuang and Alice stood frozen as they began gaining control of their Divinities in the Divinity Space, a process Li Ge called God Transformation.

Li Ge helped Li Chuang and Alice integrate their divinities, then discussed his plan to create a path to godhood for mutants and others with supernatural abilities. He warned his parents that greater supernatural threats, including demon gods, would appear in the future.

• Li Ge put Li Chuang and Alice on beds so they could integrate their divinities, then fell asleep himself.
• After waking, Li Ge found Li Chuang and Alice outside testing their powers and asked how they felt.
• Li Chuang and Alice told Li Ge they had chosen the three abilities he recommended and offered to help with his plans.
• Li Ge explained that mutants had no proper path to evolution and described the mages of Kamar-Taj as borrowing power from demon gods at the cost of their souls.
• Li Ge told his parents that supernatural powers and demon gods would increasingly appear, while existing superhumans might not be able to protect everyone.

Li Ge explained his plan to create the Nine Heavens, a nine-realm path to godhood that would let others gain power while feeding him their wisdom and experience. He planned to begin by opening a research institute and making his current world the highest heaven, from which he could oversee the rest.

• Li Ge told Li Chuang and Alice he could foresee the rise of supernatural beings and demon gods, and explained that he had figured out how to create a path to godhood.
• Li Ge named his path Nine Heavens and revealed that he intended to build nine layers within his divine kingdom so he could control how power spread.
• Li Ge explained that those who followed his path would form unbreakable contracts and share their wisdom and experience with him in exchange for power.
• Li Chuang and Alice approved of Li Ge's plan, and Li Chuang compared him to the legendary Dao Ancestor.
• Li Ge said he would establish a research institute to gather and study what he needed, then open the Nine Heavens layer by layer with his current world as the ninth heaven.

Li Ge explained that he could manifest unlimited copies of anything he had scanned, provided he had enough energy, and offered to help his parents develop their Divinity worlds. He demonstrated the ability by creating enormous blocks of gold and diamond, leaving Alice eager to turn her world into one paved with jewels.

• Li Chuang asked Li Ge how he planned to fund the research institute, and Li Ge explained that his world was formed using Redstone and designed rules.
• Li Ge revealed that he could manifest scanned objects in unlimited quantities with enough energy and told Li Chuang and Alice they could scan the real world to develop their Divinity worlds.
• Alice realized Li Ge could copy money, but Li Ge said he would not create identical money for them to use.
• Li Ge manifested two enormous solid blocks, one of gold and one of diamond, and told his parents he could also create other precious materials.
• Alice asked Li Ge to turn her Divinity world into one made of jewels, and Li Ge agreed that it would suit her.

Li Ge and his parents stored their gold and diamonds, then returned to the real world and prepared to use their wealth to establish his research institute. Li Ge went to Midtown High School to find Peter, Harry, Gwen Stacy, and Mary Jane, intending to change his friends’ futures and recruit them to help with his plans.

• Li Ge divided the gold and diamonds into smaller cubes, packed them into four chests, and Li Chuang and Alice stored the chests in their Divinity Spaces.
• Li Chuang and Alice agreed to handle converting the treasure into usable money and setting up Li Ge’s research institute before quitting their jobs.
• Li Ge returned with his parents to their kitchen and said he wanted to visit Peter and Harry at school.
• Li Ge rode to Midtown High School, thinking about changing Peter’s and Harry’s fates and making them his assistants and test subjects.
• Li Ge found Peter and Gwen Stacy having lunch together, with Harry and Mary Jane sitting beside them.

Li Ge reunited with Peter and Harry at lunch, met Mary Jane, and learned that Peter and Gwen Stacy were dating. He agreed to join their school visit to Oscorp Industries the next day, then revealed to Peter and Harry that his new school was for mutants.

• Li Ge approached Peter, Harry, Gwen Stacy, and Mary Jane in the cafeteria and joined them for lunch.
• Harry introduced Mary Jane as his girlfriend, and Gwen Stacy told Li Ge that she and Peter were dating.
• Harry and Peter invited Li Ge on their school visit to Oscorp Industries the next day, and Harry offered to arrange his identity.
• After lunch, Li Ge took Peter and Harry aside and revealed that he attended a school for mutants.

Li Ge revealed to Peter and Harry that he was a mutant and used his golden eyes to transmit information about his powers, supernatural beings, and his plan to create a path to godhood. He invited them to join him, explaining that his parents had agreed to help establish a research institute as the first step.

• Li Ge told Peter and Harry that he had become a mutant after an earlier incident and transferred to a school for mutants.
• Peter eagerly asked to see Li Ge's powers, while Harry encouraged him to demonstrate them.
• Li Ge explained that his original power was design and manifestation, then used his golden eyes to transmit information directly to Peter and Harry.
• Peter and Harry learned about Li Ge's powers, supernatural beings, and his ambition to create a path to godhood, and they reacted with excitement.
• Li Ge invited Peter and Harry to help him, revealing that his parents had agreed to help establish a research institute.

Li Ge invited Harry and Peter to join his plan to spread power, but they questioned his claims and held back. The next day, they visited Oscorp Industries, where Li Ge planned to study and record anything useful for his research institute.

• Harry and Peter questioned whether Li Ge could carry out his plan, and Peter asked whether Li Ge would sell abilities and how widespread power might affect the world.
• Li Ge told Harry and Peter they could find him at the Ascension Laboratory if they changed their minds, then left to check on his parents.
• Li Ge learned that Li Chuang and Alice had quit their jobs and that Li Chuang had exchanged some gold to help find a location for the institute.
• Harry gave Li Ge an ID badge for a school visit to Oscorp Industries, while Peter and Harry remained unsure whether to join Li Ge's plan.
• Li Ge arrived at Oscorp Industries with Peter, Harry, Gwen Stacy, and Mary, and prepared to scan and record useful things inside.

Li Ge toured Oscorp Industries with Peter and Gwen Stacy, observing the genetically modified spiders and recording Peter’s transformation. After a spider bit Peter, Li Ge secretly saved it, leaving Peter’s new powers and the spider’s fate to unfold.

• Li Ge toured Oscorp Industries with Peter and Gwen Stacy, using Scan and Record to study its advanced technology.
• Gwen Stacy explained that Oscorp’s genetically modified spiders were experiments she considered failed, while Li Ge and Peter argued that they still had value.
• Peter asked Gwen Stacy to pose for photographs, and she pulled him aside so he could take them.
• Li Ge spotted a spider crawling toward Peter and watched as it bit his neck while he photographed Gwen Stacy.
• Li Ge secretly caught the spider with Telekinesis, restored its vitality, and concealed his actions with an illusion.

Li Ge collected a spider from Oscorp Industries, returned home, and decided to establish a research institute without involving his parents. He called Coulson for help finding one to buy, while Nick Fury listened and considered whether Li Ge might possess alchemical abilities.

• Li Ge put the spider he had collected into his Minecraft-based world, then left Peter and Gwen Stacy at Oscorp Industries.
• Li Ge returned home and found a note saying Li Chuang and Alice had set off to travel, along with money and a credit card they had left for him.
• Li Ge decided to keep his parents away from the research institute and chose to ask Coulson for help instead.
• Coulson recognized Li Ge's call and asked Nick Fury whether he should answer; Nick Fury told him to take the opportunity to strengthen their ties with Li Ge.
• Li Ge asked Coulson to help him find a research institute for sale and explained that mages had special abilities when Coulson questioned how he could afford it.

Li Ge asked Coulson to help establish a remote research facility where he could study ways to make ordinary people stronger, and Nick Fury agreed to provide a suitable S.H.I.E.L.D. site while keeping Li Ge under surveillance. Coulson quickly found a location, and Li Ge arrived through a portal, inspected the surroundings, and approved the facility.

• Li Ge asked Coulson to arrange a remote research facility and said he planned to research how to make ordinary people stronger.
• After Coulson saw Nick Fury's approval, he agreed to help, and Nick Fury ordered him to find a less important S.H.I.E.L.D. facility to keep Li Ge under watch.
• While waiting, Li Ge considered modifying a spider into a magical beast for trials on his planned path to godhood, but decided to make a copy instead.
• Coulson contacted Li Ge with a suitable location, and Li Ge promised to help him in return before asking for his location.
• Li Ge stepped through a portal behind Coulson, startling him, then flew up and used Telekinesis to destroy the site's concealed surveillance cameras.
• Li Ge approved the remote facility and asked Coulson how much it cost and whether anyone remained inside.

Li Ge showed Coulson the research facility and revealed that he could create and grant supernatural abilities, explaining that his research aimed to let people gain power of their own. After Coulson and Nick Fury agreed to support him, Li Ge began reshaping the facility’s surroundings, and Coulson saw his body turn into tiny cubes.

• Coulson showed Li Ge the facility’s four floors and explained that it had been cleared for renovation.
• Li Ge offered Coulson a job and help for his hairline, but Coulson declined while Nick Fury listened through a bug.
• Li Ge told Coulson that he could design and grant abilities, and explained that his research would let people control their own futures.
• Nick Fury urged Coulson to help Li Ge, and Coulson agreed to assist with the renovation.
• Li Ge spread his world’s rules over the area around the facility, transforming it and making Coulson’s body appear composed of tiny cubes.

Li Ge gave Coulson a temporary share of his power and explained his plans to build a trench and tree wall around the research institute. Coulson tried punching trees and became captivated by the game-like world, eager to see what else would drop.

• Li Ge told Coulson to punch down nearby trees and explained how he planned to use them as a natural wall around the research institute.
• Li Ge transferred information into Coulson's mind, and Coulson realized that Li Ge's power had also transformed the meat he had eaten earlier.
• Li Ge flew off to dig the trench while Coulson called Nick Fury for permission to help and promised to report back.
• Coulson punched a tree, saw it break into blocks without injuring him, and discovered a game panel showing his inventory and status.
• Coulson collected wood, sticks, saplings, and apples, then eagerly moved on to punch another tree.

Peter spent time with Gwen Stacy after Li Ge left, but began experiencing strange changes in his body. When a prank on the subway woke him, he discovered he could cling to the ceiling like a spider.

• Coulson cleared trees around the research institute while Li Ge began remodeling it as his new home.
• Peter dwelled on Li Ge's claim that he was destined to be extraordinary, then left Oscorp Industries hand in hand with Gwen Stacy.
• Peter and Gwen wandered the streets together until Peter felt heavy-headed but unusually strong, prompting him to say goodbye to her.
• Peter fell asleep on the subway, and a man prankingly placed a beer bottle on his forehead.
• Peter's body reacted automatically to the touch, launching him onto the subway ceiling, where he clung like a spider.

After awakening superhuman powers, Peter decided to seek answers from Li Ge and consider joining his plan. Meanwhile, Coulson asked Li Ge for the chests he had made, and Li Ge agreed to give him one and let him take his other creations.

• Peter fought off a group of men on the train, discovering that he had unusual strength, reflexes, and hands that could stick to objects.
• Peter returned home, wondered whether to confide in Harry or Gwen Stacy, and decided to visit Li Ge for answers about his powers.
• Peter told May Parker and Ben Parker he was too tired for dinner and went straight to bed.
• Coulson asked Li Ge whether his bottomless iron bucket had spatial storage and requested the chests he had made.
• Li Ge agreed to give Coulson one chest as payment for the research institute and let him take all the other items he had made.

Li Ge revealed that he planned to collect supernatural powers and create a path to godhood, then offered Coulson a power inspired by Captain America. The chapter ended with Li Ge handing Coulson a card and knife and telling him to drip his blood onto the card.

• Coulson accepted Li Ge's offer of spatial storage chests for S.H.I.E.L.D., and Li Ge asked him to bring supernatural items and people seeking power.
• Li Ge told Coulson that he planned to collect the world's supernatural powers and create a path to godhood, prompting Coulson to warn that S.H.I.E.L.D. and the government would oppose him.
• Li Ge asked whether Coulson yearned for power and promised he could grant him a weaker ability in exchange for something of equal value.
• Coulson admitted that Captain America was his greatest idol, and Li Ge offered him a power similar to Captain America's.
• Li Ge lifted Coulson with telekinesis, handed him a card and a small knife, and instructed him to drip his blood onto the card.

Coulson brought Li Ge’s power-granting card to Nick Fury, who saw it as a possible way for S.H.I.E.L.D. to create its own superhuman force. S.H.I.E.L.D. prepared a testing ground to find out whether the card’s promise was real.

• Coulson studied the card depicting Tyrant stage one, then accepted Li Ge’s assurance that he could control the transformation and took the card with him.
• Li Ge told Coulson that anyone could gain the card’s power by adding their own blood, then sent him through a portal to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Triskelion.
• Coulson reported the card and Li Ge’s claims to Nick Fury, who ordered him to test whether the power was genuine.
• Nick Fury considered helping Li Ge if his claims proved true and prepared a S.H.I.E.L.D. testing ground, where Coulson stood ready for evaluation.

Coulson activated the Tyrant power left by Li Ge and learned how powerful it could become, frightening him with the possibility of losing control. After Nick Fury confirmed his mind was unaffected, Coulson transformed into a towering, armored Tyrant as researchers monitored his energy.

• Coulson smeared his blood on the card, causing a glowing orb containing a tiny Tyrant figure to fly into the space between his eyebrows.
• Coulson regained awareness with detailed knowledge of the Tyrant, including its upgrade path, and told Nick Fury he feared becoming a monster and losing control.
• Nick Fury questioned Coulson about the effect on his mind, and Coulson realized his thoughts remained clear before agreeing to demonstrate his power.
• Coulson asked for oversized pants, changed into special-material trousers, and transformed into a muscular, gray-skinned Tyrant over two meters tall.
• Nick Fury watched Coulson's transformation as researchers reported energy readings above normal life-form levels and detected unknown but stable fluctuations.

Coulson tested the power Li Ge had given him, convincing Nick Fury that Li Ge could be a valuable ally and that S.H.I.E.L.D. might trade the Tesseract for greater abilities. Li Ge prepared his research institute for Peter’s visit, and Peter arrived at the gate.

• Coulson struck the strength-testing machine with increasing force, reaching 23.5 tons before Nick Fury stopped the test.
• Coulson returned to his normal appearance, said he felt well but was extremely hungry, and went to find food.
• Nick Fury concluded that Coulson’s new power was powerful, controllable, and apparently free of serious side effects, and considered seeking power from Li Ge.
• Li Ge grew the saplings around the institute into a complete tree wall and installed a wooden gate.
• Li Ge built a covered fishing walkway, planted fruit trees, and dug a lava pit while waiting for Peter.
• Peter arrived at the institute with his bicycle, and Li Ge opened the gate with Telekinesis.

Li Ge showed Peter his private world and explained his plan to create a path to godhood through the Nine Heavens, with each Heaven corresponding to a level of power. He outlined the first three levels and left Peter curious about how the system would develop.

• Li Ge brought Peter into his private world, where the power of Design Manifestation convinced Peter that Li Ge’s plan to create a path to godhood was plausible.
• Li Ge explained that he needed Peter to collect naturally occurring supernatural powers so he could study, organize, and design abilities that others could learn.
• Li Ge described the Nine Heavens system, with his private world as the Ninth Heaven and the other eight Heavens intended as a path to godhood for others.
• Li Ge named the first level Perfect Body and said it would bring ordinary people to the human physical limit, while Peter’s strength already exceeded that level.
• Li Ge said Peter’s abilities placed him at the second level, Transcendent, then described the third level, Divine Power, with energy cores, improved vitality, and lifespans capped at five hundred years.