Chapter Summaries

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.

Li Ge explained his plans for the Third Heaven and persuaded Peter that the Path to Godhood would not destabilize society. He named Peter Spider-Man and offered to pay him for collecting superhuman powers, leaving Peter ready to help investigate Oscorp Industries.

• Li Ge told Peter he would use miniature redstone as the Third Heaven’s energy cores and offer coveted rewards for completing challenges.
• Peter worried that Li Ge’s plans would cause social chaos, but Li Ge explained that participation was voluntary and later levels would be difficult to reach.
• Li Ge introduced the superhuman codename custom, chose Immortal for himself, and named Peter Spider-Man after explaining how the super-spider had given Peter his powers.
• Li Ge told Peter to investigate the researchers at Oscorp Industries and offered at least one million for each type of superhuman power Peter collected.
• Peter initially refused the money, but accepted after Li Ge reminded him that it could support his aunt and uncle and his future with Gwen Stacy.

Li Ge gave Peter a power to change outfits and designed red-and-blue and black Spider-Man costumes for him before inviting him to try Minecraft food. A month later, after studying and classifying mutant abilities, Li Ge began planning a trip to parallel universes to collect missing powers and materials for the First and Second Heavens.

• Li Ge gave Peter the ability to change outfits and showed him the red-and-blue and black Spider-Man costumes.
• Peter tried on both costumes, chose to wear the red-and-blue one most of the time, and thanked Li Ge.
• Li Ge invited Peter to eat Minecraft food, and Peter accepted eagerly.
• Over the following month, Li Ge studied mutant abilities and classified them as enhancement, control, or special.
• Li Ge realized he still needed abilities tied to earth, wood, darkness, and lightning to complete his plans for the Second Heaven.
• Li Ge decided to seriously consider traveling to parallel universes to gather abilities and Captain America serum, and thought about taking others with him.

Li Ge enjoyed his leisurely days while Krakoa's mutants built a settlement and raised a statue in his honor. At a café, he encountered Bruce Banner and revealed that he could sense the being inside him, provoking a sudden, alarming reaction.

• Li Ge visited Krakoa, saw its developing settlement and statue, and learned that the mutants revered him for creating their home.
• Li Ge called Peter and learned that Peter was focused on spending time with Gwen Stacy rather than becoming a superhero.
• Li Ge noticed a down-and-out man enter the café and sensed a volatile energy within him that resisted his scan.
• Li Ge recognized the man as Bruce Banner and concluded that Hulk was connected to a demon god.
• Bruce Banner approached Li Ge, and Li Ge told him he was looking at the being inside his body.
• Bruce Banner reacted in shock, then tried to suppress his rising anger as his eyes began to glow green.

Li Ge told Bruce Banner that Hulk was a separate consciousness, like an uneducated, lonely child, rather than merely a disease. Bruce realized Hulk had faced danger for him and felt guilty, while Li Ge asked whether he still intended to eliminate Hulk.

• Li Ge introduced himself to Bruce as a mutant called Immortal and revealed that another angry, lonely consciousness lived inside him.
• Bruce recounted the events that had caused his transformations, and Li Ge pointed out that Hulk must have some consciousness if he repeatedly found safe places after Bruce lost control.
• Li Ge explained that Hulk was like a child because he was newly formed, uneducated, and isolated.
• Bruce recognized that Hulk had endured danger on his behalf and blamed himself for treating him as a disease and trying to eliminate him.
• Li Ge asked Bruce whether he still planned to eliminate Hulk.

Bruce asked Li Ge to take him to Professor X so he could meet Hulk, but Abomination’s rampage interrupted them. Li Ge brought Bruce to watch from safety and summoned Coulson to deal with the threat.

• Bruce asked Li Ge whether a mutant could enter someone’s consciousness, and Li Ge offered to take him to Professor X at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters.
• Abomination attacked the street, and Bruce recognized Mr. Blue as the person who had used his blood for human experiments.
• Li Ge used a separate dimension and telekinesis to bring Bruce to a rooftop overlooking Abomination’s destruction.
• Bruce hesitated to summon Hulk, so Li Ge opened a portal and brought Coulson to the scene.
• Nick Fury saw Coulson disappear from his office and ordered Maria Hill to locate the rampage by satellite.