Recaps

Lin Xiao arrived late for his first training session with Natasha, then effortlessly passed her physical and firearms drills. Natasha made concealment training the decisive test and wagered a month of hand-washing her clothes against Lin Xiao’s demand for her other armband.

• Lin Xiao arrived forty minutes late at the Triskelion, and Natasha fined him two hundred dollars after noticing black lace showing beneath his cuff.
• Natasha put Lin Xiao through prolonged running, weighted sit-ups, and pull-ups, but he completed every exercise without difficulty.
• Lin Xiao fired ten rounds through the same bull’s-eye hole with a Glock 17, despite claiming it was his first time using a real gun.
• Natasha made concealment worth eighty points and challenged Lin Xiao to hide in the S.H.I.E.L.D. Building while she searched for him.
• Lin Xiao wagered that if he won, he would get Natasha’s other armband; Natasha countered that if he lost, he would explain how he stole it and wash her clothes by hand for a month.
• Lin Xiao asked whether washing her close-fitting clothes was a reward, and Natasha’s face darkened.

Natasha searched the Triskelion for Lin Xiao during a concealment exercise, but he hid on an exterior gargoyle and won the bet. After surviving a twenty-seven-floor jump, Lin Xiao invited Natasha to dinner as she walked away.

• Natasha searched surveillance footage and the Triskelion’s rooms for Lin Xiao, but could not find him.
• Natasha checked the eighth-floor men’s restroom, startling Coulson, then searched the building and briefly barged into Nick Fury’s office.
• When the timer ran out, Lin Xiao called Natasha and told her to look outside the building.
• Natasha spotted Lin Xiao on a gargoyle on the twenty-seventh floor, and he jumped into the plaza, landing in a crater without injury.
• Lin Xiao explained that the roof and exterior wall counted as part of the building and teased Natasha about searching the restroom.
• Natasha walked away, and Lin Xiao caught up to her, teased her, and invited her to dinner.

After a night out with Natasha, Lin Xiao responded to a mission involving Heartfire, a frightened Mutant whose powers were out of control. Just as Lin Xiao approached him, Doupao warned that the high-threat Tao Yuhan was nearby and urged Lin Xiao to retreat.

• Lin Xiao finished a huge barbecue meal with Natasha and entertained her with stories about Dragon Country food as they walked through New York.
• Doupao assigned Lin Xiao a four-star mission to find Heartfire, a Mutant on the verge of losing control, and Lin Xiao sent Natasha home by taxi.
• Lin Xiao found the soot-covered teenager Heartfire in an alley and offered to help him learn to control his powers.
• Heartfire fired a fireball at Lin Xiao, but Lin Xiao blocked it and quickly recovered from the burn.
• Doupao detected Tao Yuhan approaching with a high threat level, activated its combat assessment system, and warned Lin Xiao that his B- rating was vastly inferior.

Lin Xiao fought Tao Yuhan, a S.P.E.A.R. agent sent to capture Heartfire, then let him take the mutant back for rehabilitation after learning Dragon Country offered him a chance to control his powers. After Tao Yuhan warned Lin Xiao about his low spirit, Lin Xiao checked their combat data and spent all 10 of his free attribute points on spirit.

• Tao Yuhan arrived in the alley and identified himself as a S.P.E.A.R. agent pursuing Heartfire, while Lin Xiao stood between them.
• Lin Xiao and Tao Yuhan exchanged attacks, and Tao Yuhan found Lin Xiao unusually strong and durable but could not freeze him with ice.
• Lin Xiao challenged Tao Yuhan's plan to take Heartfire, then agreed after Tao Yuhan explained that Dragon Country would provide supervision and rehabilitation training.
• Tao Yuhan handcuffed Heartfire and led him away, warning Lin Xiao that his low spirit left him vulnerable to mind-control abilities.
• Lin Xiao reviewed Tao Yuhan's combat data and the system's assessment, then invested all 10 free attribute points in spirit.

Lin Xiao forced Doupao to renegotiate their terms, gaining expanded mission detection, guaranteed rewards for harder missions, a compensatory gift pack, and limits on the system’s interference. He returned home in high spirits and shared a passionate kiss with May, but she stopped him because she was menstruating and reacted angrily to his suggestion.

• Lin Xiao threatened to quit taking missions until Doupao agreed to renegotiate their relationship and system rules.
• Doupao expanded mission detection, guaranteed item rewards for missions above two stars, and issued Lin Xiao a compensatory gift pack containing twenty freely allocable points and a Candy Clown Mask.
• Lin Xiao negotiated for freely allocable points on three-star missions and the right to make his own decisions when they did not conflict with the system’s underlying rules.
• Lin Xiao returned to his apartment and found May cleaning and bringing him groceries.
• Lin Xiao kissed May, but she stopped him because she was on her period and threw a cleaning cloth at him after he made an embarrassing suggestion.

Obadiah Stane stole Tony Stark’s Mark I and began turning it into the Iron Monger, while Lin Xiao discovered the threat but decided to let Tony handle the coming fight. Lin Xiao accepted the upgraded mission and left S.H.I.E.L.D. training with Natasha for dinner.

• Obadiah Stane had workers bring the Mark I to his villa and planned to use Stark Industries’ resources to build a stronger armor after Tony announced he would shut down the weapons division.
• Tony told Lin Xiao that the Mark I had been stolen, and Lin Xiao used Doupao’s reconnaissance to locate it in Obadiah’s basement.
• Doupao reported that Stane was preparing the Iron Monger Armor, and Lin Xiao initially decided to let Tony gain experience by facing the threat himself.
• After Stane completed weapon modifications that raised the threat assessment and mission rewards, Lin Xiao reconsidered and accepted the mission.
• Lin Xiao invited Natasha to dinner, and she left the training room with him for a Chinese restaurant.

Lin Xiao went to the science expo to record Peter Parker’s spider bite, but his camera flash startled the spider into biting Gwen Stacy instead. Peter remained unbitten, and Lin Xiao left determined to train his newfound nephew into a superhero.

• Lin Xiao remembered that Natasha Romanoff had taken him home after he passed out drunk, and found her note demanding three hundred dollars.
• Lin Xiao teased Peter and May before realizing Peter was headed to the science expo, then took leave from Natasha and rushed there with a rented camera.
• Lin Xiao filmed Peter as the spider descended, but the flash startled it into biting Gwen Stacy instead.
• Doupao told Lin Xiao that Gwen had been bitten and Peter would not become Spider-Man in this universe; Peter watched Gwen receive help while Lin Xiao worried about his interference.
• Lin Xiao imagined turning Peter into a magical superhero, ordered ten tubs of mass gainer for him, and left the expo after Doupao warned him not to create more tragedies.

After a genetically modified spider bit Gwen Stacy, she discovered she had gained spider-like powers and received an apology from the mysterious Lin Xiao. She climbed out of her window to test her abilities, while Lin Xiao pursued her and ignored a mission warning that George Stacy was in danger.

• Gwen Stacy was bitten by a spider at a science expo after a loud photographer startled it, then collapsed and was taken home.
• Gwen Stacy woke that night and discovered she could stick to surfaces and move with extraordinary speed.
• Gwen Stacy received a text from an unknown number whose sender admitted causing the spider bite but refused to identify himself.
• Lin Xiao watched Gwen Stacy's window and vowed to protect her after learning about her fate in another world.
• Gwen Stacy climbed down the wall in a dark disguise, and Lin Xiao followed while dismissing a mission to save George Stacy.

Lin Xiao followed Gwen Stacy and discovered her Spider-Sense as she tried to protect her father, George Stacy, from Scar-Eye’s gang. Lin Xiao intervened after Scar-Eye cornered Gwen, then casually asked him for a favor.

• Lin Xiao watched Gwen Stacy leap across rooftops and suspected she had Spider-Sense when she repeatedly sensed him following her.
• Lin Xiao spotted George Stacy chasing Scar-Eye’s Hummers and saw Gwen Stacy descend from a fire escape toward the ensuing confrontation.
• Scar-Eye’s men abducted Dr. Connors and lured George and the police into an unfinished building, where an RPG attack knocked officers down.
• Gwen Stacy shoved George out of the RPG’s path, then fought Scar-Eye but was overpowered while trying to hold him off.
• Lin Xiao appeared behind Scar-Eye, caught his gun barrel, and asked him, “Could you do me a solid?”

Lin Xiao defeated Bullseye and his armed men, rescued Dr. Curtis Connors, and left after asking the police to pay the bounty. Bullseye escaped and reported his failure to Kingpin, who ordered him to return.

• Bullseye's attacks failed to hurt Lin Xiao, who punched him into the scaffolding and withstood gunfire from his men.
• Lin Xiao incapacitated Bullseye's remaining men, while Bullseye escaped under cover of a flashbang.
• George recognized Gwen Stacy as the masked girl who had protected him, while Lin Xiao scolded Gwen and spanked her for recklessly confronting the kidnappers.
• George thanked Lin Xiao for rescuing Dr. Curtis Connors, and Lin Xiao gave him a S.H.I.E.L.D. business card while demanding the bounty for himself and Gwen.
• Bullseye called Kingpin to report the failed mission, and Kingpin told him to come back.

Lin Xiao discovered he had missed a timed quest to save George Stacy, then argued Doupao into restoring its rewards and changing the system’s alerts. After telling Tony Stark that Obadiah had stolen the Mark I, Lin Xiao learned Gwen Stacy was plotting to investigate him through Peter Parker.

• Lin Xiao noticed that the expired quest to save Commissioner George Stacy had offered five free attribute points, and Doupao said he had dismissed its notification while chasing Gwen.
• Lin Xiao berated Doupao until the system compensated him with five free points and $100,000 and enabled automatic acceptance, voice announcements, and more prominent alerts for valuable quests.
• Tony Stark confronted Lin Xiao over his delay in investigating the stolen Mark I, and Lin Xiao revealed that Obadiah Stane had taken it and was building armor from Tony’s designs.
• Tony admitted he had suspected Obadiah’s betrayal and decided to develop the Mark II, while Lin Xiao asked for Obadiah’s address and checked the armor projects’ expected completion times.
• Gwen Stacy brooded over Lin Xiao’s punishment and decided to ask Peter Parker about him at school the next day so she could find a way to get revenge.

Lin Xiao received a S.H.I.E.L.D. assignment to protect Tony Stark, who feared Obadiah would target him or Pepper Potts while Tony finished the Mark II. Lin Xiao agreed to stay, affirmed Tony’s decision to build armor for protection, and then suggested absurdly destructive weapons for it.

• Lin Xiao arrived early at S.H.I.E.L.D. and claimed he had become its most punctual agent.
• At the morning meeting, Nick Fury announced that Tony Stark had requested Lin Xiao’s protection and awarded Lin Xiao bonuses for rescuing a hostage and helping police.
• Lin Xiao distributed White Rabbit milk candies to his colleagues and asked Maria Hill whether she was single.
• At Tony’s villa, Lin Xiao ate Tony’s Iberian ham, drank his prized champagne, and smoked his cigars before listening to Tony describe his conflict with Obadiah.
• Tony told Lin Xiao that Obadiah might threaten him or Pepper Potts while he completed the Mark II, and Lin Xiao agreed to guard them.
• Lin Xiao reminded Tony of his promise to stop making weapons that killed people, then proposed adding increasingly powerful weapons to the Mark II, prompting Tony to tell him to get lost.

Lin Xiao stayed with Tony as Tony completed the Mark II, but the armor’s first flight nearly ended in disaster when its thrusters iced over because JARVIS had substituted cheaper parts. Lin Xiao rescued Tony, and three days later Tony successfully flew the upgraded Mark III, while Lin Xiao celebrated by drinking Tony’s wine.

• Lin Xiao discovered Tony’s Anti-Lin Xiao Armor concept and persuaded Tony to make him a matching suit.
• Tony completed the Mark II and launched it, but the thrusters iced over at high altitude and the armor began falling.
• JARVIS admitted it had selected a cheaper turbine assembly to meet Tony’s budget rules, and Tony gave JARVIS permission to act without hiding information or saving money.
• Lin Xiao used the Blink Dagger to catch Tony as the Mark II fell, and Tony told JARVIS not to cut costs or conceal the truth again.
• Three days later, Tony successfully flew the red-and-gold Mark III, and Lin Xiao drank Tony’s hidden Grand Cru as Tony shouted at him from the sky.

Lin Xiao drove away from Tony Stark with Tony’s Maserati and returned to the apartment building, where he resumed teasing Peter Parker and spending time with May. The chapter ended with Peter heading to school after agreeing to drink the mass gainer and hearing Lin Xiao promise to teach him some moves once he grew stronger.

• Lin Xiao drove off in Tony Stark’s Maserati, and Tony texted that the car was his and offered him more wine when he ran out.
• Tony told JARVIS he would let Lin Xiao take the car and returned to Stark Industries to deal with Pepper and Obadiah.
• May made Peter drink the mass gainer Lin Xiao had left for him, while Peter recalled Gwen Stacy repeatedly asking about Lin Xiao and following him around school.
• Lin Xiao returned with expensive food from Tony’s car and shared dinner with May and Peter.
• Lin Xiao sent Peter to bed so he could be alone with May, leaving Peter unable to sleep through the night.
• The next morning, Lin Xiao asked Peter to keep drinking the mass gainer and promised to teach him moves once he grew stronger; Peter called him Uncle Xiao and left for school.

Tony returned to Stark Industries, exposed Obadiah Stane’s dealings with the Ten Rings, and secured Pepper Potts’s appointment as CEO. After the shareholders’ meeting, Obadiah prepared a powerful suit of armor and vowed to kill Tony.

• Tony arrived at the shareholders’ meeting and announced that he had increased his stake to fifty-two percent, giving him control of Stark Industries.
• Tony presented evidence that Obadiah had sold weapons to the Ten Rings and given them Tony’s Afghanistan itinerary, forcing Obadiah to leave the meeting.
• Tony proposed Pepper as CEO and said Obadiah’s fifteen-percent stake would be distributed according to shareholders’ contributions to the company’s transformation.
• Pepper led the shareholders through restructuring proposals while Tony discovered that Lin Xiao’s business book had cost only 3.88 yuan.
• Obadiah stood beside a large armor suit in his villa’s basement and vowed to kill Tony.

Lin Xiao broke into Obadiah Stane’s mansion while Tony fought Iron Monger, then rescued Tony from Obadiah’s self-destructing armor. The two escaped the explosion, with Lin Xiao carrying away a bag of stolen items as police sirens approached.

• Lin Xiao disguised himself as “Super Earthling,” planted his justice flag outside Obadiah’s mansion, and entered to find the private vault.
• Tony fought Obadiah’s upgraded Iron Monger in the sky, exploiting damage to its armor while warning Obadiah that his vault was being robbed.
• After Obadiah received alarms about the vault, Tony taunted him, but Obadiah chose to keep fighting and activated a nuclear self-destruct device.
• Lin Xiao used the Blink Dagger and his “Electric Light Lone Dragon Drill” to pierce Iron Monger, then carried Tony away from the falling armor.
• Tony and Lin Xiao escaped the explosion and landed at the docks as police sirens approached, while Lin Xiao admitted he had taken unwanted items from Obadiah’s mansion.

After the Iron Monger crisis, Lin Xiao collected his system rewards and valuables, then used the Stand Arrow on Peter, awakening a sand-based Stand called The Fool. Peter fainted in fright, leaving Lin Xiao pleased with his new power.

• George Stacy arrived at the docks, heard Tony Stark’s account of Obadiah Stane’s attack, and took Tony to the station for a statement while Lin Xiao claimed his backpack held recyclable bottles.
• Lin Xiao found Gwen Stacy hiding nearby, vanished with the Blink Dagger, and left her shouting after him at the empty docks.
• Lin Xiao received five free attribute points, the Stand Arrow, the Lightning Summoning Spell, the Flight Technique, a Mark II Armor Blueprint, and additional attribute boosts for completing the Iron Monger storyline.
• Lin Xiao appraised the loot from Obadiah Stane’s vault, finding valuables worth about twenty million dollars and property deeds estimated to be worth at least five hundred million dollars after legalization.
• Lin Xiao tricked Peter into visiting him and pierced Peter’s arm with the Stand Arrow, awakening The Fool, a sand-based Stand that appeared behind him.
• Peter panicked at the sight of The Fool and fainted, while Lin Xiao caught him and admired the Stand.

Peter recorded how Lin Xiao’s golden arrow awakened his Stand, The Fool, and how he began learning to use it while joining Lin Xiao on nighttime crime-fighting jobs. After Lin Xiao gave him a transformation wand, Peter discovered it turned him into a pink, magical-girl-like fighter, and caught Lin Xiao secretly photographing him.

• Lin Xiao stabbed Peter with a golden arrow, awakening The Fool, which Peter first used to terrify Flash Thompson after Flash bullied Ned.
• Peter and Ned tested The Fool’s abilities, discovering it could form a shield, grow large enough to carry Peter, and turn into quicksand that let him travel underground.
• Peter chose the alias Super Fool and began accompanying Lin Xiao on nighttime missions, helping recover money and guard criminals while Lin Xiao handled the fighting.
• Peter reflected that The Fool had made him more confident and eager to protect people, and he looked forward to Lin Xiao’s promised big job.
• Peter secretly tested Lin Xiao’s transformation wand and turned into a pink, bow-covered magical fighter who could produce flames.
• Lin Xiao watched from the fire escape and took pictures, leaving Peter furious and wondering whether the wand’s transformation was the self-defense Lin Xiao had promised.

Lin Xiao learned that Peter had awakened the Stand The Fool and reviewed his B-rank combat assessment before Peter called for help at school. Lin Xiao flew toward the Lizard’s rampage, suspecting Kingpin was involved and wondering whether Gwen had already joined the fight.

• Peter woke beside The Fool, and Lin Xiao explained that the Stand had awakened after he used a Stand Arrow on him.
• Peter objected to Lin Xiao stabbing him and became embarrassed when he realized Aunt May had slept at Lin Xiao’s apartment.
• Lin Xiao checked his attributes and learned that his combat power was B-rank, while Hulk’s base form was A-rank and could reach S-rank when angry.
• Peter called Lin Xiao from school and said Dr. Connors had turned into a giant lizard; The Fool could only restrain him and would not follow Peter’s commands.
• Lin Xiao told Peter to hide, asked whether Gwen was at school, and flew toward the rampage while suspecting Kingpin’s involvement.

Lin Xiao flew over Queens in his masked, flag-bearing persona, alarming residents and infuriating Nick Fury, who ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to manage the fallout. At Midtown High School, a white-suited girl fought Lizard as Lin Xiao arrived, while Scar-Eye watched and tried to report what he had seen.

• Lin Xiao flew above the Van Wyck Expressway dressed as a masked Arab and waved at a girl, prompting frightened residents to report a flying terrorist.
• Nick Fury recognized Lin Xiao on satellite footage, failed to reach him, ordered his bonus docked, and directed Hill to suppress the reports and coordinate a cover story.
• Fury sent Natasha to investigate Lin Xiao's flight and flag, then learned Hawkeye had given Lin Xiao an unusually glowing evaluation and was unavailable on vacation.
• Scar-Eye hid near Midtown High School after Dr. Curt Connors transformed into Lizard and rampaged through the school.
• Scar-Eye photographed a skinny boy whose powers moved sand toward Lizard, then watched a white-suited girl attack the monster.
• Lin Xiao descended onto the school field as Scar-Eye tried to call his boss.

Lin Xiao confronted Bullseye, called Kingpin to provoke him, then stepped into the fight between Gwen Stacy and the Lizard. After rescuing Gwen and correcting Peter’s battlefield mistake, he resumed fighting the Lizard—only for Gwen to recognize him and attack him alongside the Lizard.

• Lin Xiao found Bullseye hiding, broke his knife with his skin, knocked him unconscious, and took his phone.
• Lin Xiao called Kingpin, introduced himself as Super Earthling, and tried to demand ransom for Bullseye before Kingpin hung up.
• Peter warned Gwen Stacy not to hit the Lizard’s head because he was Dr. Connors, and Gwen hesitated long enough for the Lizard to throw her aside.
• Lin Xiao blocked the Lizard’s tail from striking Gwen, then told Peter that his warning had distracted his teammate and could have endangered her.
• Lin Xiao encouraged Peter to learn from his mistake, then slammed the Lizard into a deep pit when the fight resumed.
• Gwen Stacy recognized Lin Xiao and attacked him, teaming up with the recovered Lizard while Lin Xiao fought them both and warned Peter to stay alert around teammates.

Lin Xiao defeated Lizard at school, apologized to Gwen, and took Dr. Connors to an abandoned warehouse. After learning that Connors had developed his serum from a system-made syringe needle now held by General Ross's military, Lin Xiao worried it could threaten Hulk and the future Battle of New York, then offered Connors a place to go.

• Lin Xiao subdued Lizard, tried to make amends with Gwen, and watched her swing away while Peter agreed to stall the police in exchange for dinner.
• Lin Xiao carried the unconscious Dr. Connors from the school to an abandoned warehouse, where Connors woke and learned no students had been injured.
• Connors revealed that the military had given him diluted liquid recovered from a syringe found after a masked man's intervention, allowing him to create the Lizard Serum.
• Lin Xiao realized the syringe's system-made needle could penetrate powerful targets and asked Doupao about the danger it posed to Hulk and the Battle of New York.
• Doupao said Bruce Banner was working with Betty Ross at Culver University, and Lin Xiao asked for Betty's photo before offering Connors a spacious place to stay.

Lin Xiao brought Dr. Connors to S.H.I.E.L.D. and convinced Fury to consider sending him to investigate the military’s research on the syringe needle. He left Fury’s office after requesting a bonus and travel funds, then invited Coulson to hot pot.

• Lin Xiao introduced Dr. Connors to Fury and explained the Lizard Serum research and Kingpin’s pursuit of the doctor.
• Fury arranged temporary residence and protection for Dr. Connors at S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Lin Xiao urged Fury to send a liaison to General Ross’s department to investigate the needle the military had retained.
• Lin Xiao asked Fury for permission, a bonus, and travel funds, then left after Fury angrily dismissed him.
• Lin Xiao invited Coulson to hot pot and described the meal as a Dragon Country specialty.

Lin Xiao settled the Lizard Crisis and discovered that Enma’s immense power drained all his stamina with a single slash. Kingpin learned about Super Earthling and ordered Typhoid Mary to investigate Peter, leaving Lin Xiao unaware that his household was being targeted.

• Tony and Coulson left Lin Xiao’s dinner feeling ill, while Lin Xiao and May teased Peter about his crush on MJ.
• Lin Xiao received Enma as a reward for completing the Lizard Crisis, then collapsed when the sword drained his stamina.
• Lin Xiao learned that the Evil Conspiracy mission was only half complete because Bullseye had acted without Kingpin’s authorization and caused Dr. Connors to transform.
• Kingpin watched footage of Super Earthling, punished Bullseye, and told Typhoid Mary to investigate Peter.

Mary revealed herself as Typhoid Mary and attacked Lin Xiao after tracking Peter to question him about Super Earthling. Lin Xiao resisted her mind control and helped Peter use The Fool to restrain her, leaving Peter to finish the fight.

• Mary followed Peter into an alley and confronted him with a dagger, demanding to know where Super Earthling lived.
• Lin Xiao appeared and revealed himself as Super Earthling, but Mary tried to stab him instead of kissing him and identified herself as Typhoid Mary.
• Mary used mind control on Lin Xiao, but he recovered and told Peter to fight her.
• The Fool blocked Mary's dagger, and Peter used Sand Release to bury himself and unleash sand spiders that swarmed her.
• Lin Xiao shocked Mary's freed hand with a small electric arc, giving The Fool time to cover her arm again.
• Peter summoned The Fool and raised sand spikes around Mary as Lin Xiao watched from the streetlight.