Recaps

Lin Xiao used Doupao’s missions to build his strength, uncover a Ten Rings plot, and rescue Tony Stark from captivity. Back in New York, he secured a place in S.H.I.E.L.D., grew closer to May, and showed that he had learned to exploit the system for his own purposes.

• Lin Xiao joined S.H.I.E.L.D. as Coulson’s assistant, gained strength through system rewards, and moved into a new apartment after accidentally breaking into his neighbors’ home.
• Lin Xiao rescued May Parker from robbers, grew closer to her and Peter, and attracted the attention of Coulson, Nick Fury, and Natasha Romanoff.
• After the system sent Lin Xiao to Afghanistan with Tony Stark, he exposed Ella as a Ten Rings agent and stopped her plot before Tony’s weapons demonstration.
• When Tony went missing, Lin Xiao spent months searching for him while completing missions and gaining strength, agility, and new items.
• Lin Xiao found Tony and Yinsen in captivity, helped them escape, and defeated the Ten Rings militants with a magical transformation device.
• Back in New York, Lin Xiao became a level-six S.H.I.E.L.D. agent after negotiating for a desk job, a high salary, and limited assignments, and he received Tony’s money and a Manhattan apartment.
• Lin Xiao confronted Obadiah at Tony’s banquet, while Tony offered Yinsen a leadership role and company shares, and Lin Xiao received Life Restoration Potions and the Mark I Blueprint.
• Doupao’s dated notes showed Lin Xiao evolving from a strength-focused fighter into a calculating agent who questioned assignments, chose missions, and exploited the system’s rules.

Lin Xiao helped Tony defeat Obadiah, then awakened Peter’s Stand and drew him into the fight against the Lizard and Kingpin’s agents. The stretch ended with Peter and Lin Xiao battling Typhoid Mary after she targeted Peter for information about Super Earthling.

• Lin Xiao found Heartfire, clashed with Tao Yuhan, and accepted Heartfire’s transfer to Dragon Country before renegotiating Doupao’s mission rules.
• Lin Xiao learned Gwen had been bitten by the spider after his intervention, then rescued her and George Stacy from Bullseye’s kidnapping plot.
• Lin Xiao warned Tony that Obadiah had stolen the Mark I, guarded Tony as he developed the Mark III, and helped him survive Obadiah’s Iron Monger attack.
• Lin Xiao used the Stand Arrow to awaken The Fool in Peter, who began assisting him on missions and later discovered the powers of the transformation wand.
• Peter told Lin Xiao that Dr. Connors had become the Lizard, and Lin Xiao helped subdue him while Gwen and Peter fought alongside them.
• Lin Xiao arranged protection for Connors at S.H.I.E.L.D. and learned that Kingpin was pursuing him, while Kingpin sent Typhoid Mary to investigate Peter.
• Typhoid Mary confronted Peter and attacked Lin Xiao, but Peter used The Fool to trap her with sand as Lin Xiao helped restrain her.

Lin Xiao protected Betty Ross, confronted Hulk and Pyro, and used the resulting attention to build his heroic image and assemble a superhero team. After Sabretooth set out to confront him, Lin Xiao arranged for Storm and Wolverine to respond and went to watch the encounter.

• Lin Xiao defeated Kingpin and his allies, then moved to Manhattan with May and accepted a S.H.I.E.L.D. assignment protecting Betty Ross.
• Lin Xiao stole a sample from the military laboratory, grew closer to Betty, and helped draw Hulk away from the university before calming him with candy.
• Lin Xiao shaped the public account of the Hulk incident, gained military attention, and received rewards from Doupao while Peter and Gwen continued their patrols.
• Lin Xiao helped form a superhero squad with Tony, Peter, Gwen, and Ned, then rushed to confront Pyro after learning Coulson had been critically injured.
• Lin Xiao defeated Pyro despite Storm’s intervention, then allowed her to take him to the X-Men and later visited the recovered Coulson.
• Lin Xiao upgraded his lightning spell, celebrated the squad’s formation, and Ned secretly pocketed the damaged Sling Ring.
• Sabretooth headed for Manhattan to confront Lin Xiao, who contacted Storm and prompted her to send Wolverine before setting out to watch the confrontation.

Lin Xiao helped Carol evacuate Skrulls, defeated Wenwu, and returned to a crowded life that included S.H.I.E.L.D. work and visits to Xavier’s School. He stopped Ivan Vanko and Justin Hammer’s schemes, then left for the airport after disabling Hammer’s Locust suits.

• Lin Xiao defeated Wolverine and Sabretooth, accepted a liaison mission with Carol, and helped her locate and evacuate Skrulls from Brazil and Afghanistan.
• Lin Xiao and Carol confronted Wenwu, shattered one of the Ten Rings, and killed him, but Carol’s clone faded after sharing its memories with the original Carol.
• Lin Xiao saw the peace-faction Skrulls leave Earth, reached Level 7, and returned home, where he awakened Blue Silver Grass and learned that hidden Skrulls still sought to control Earth.
• After rescuing Mei Igarashi, Lin Xiao visited Xavier’s School, met Professor X and Jean Grey, and settled a confrontation with Iceman over Pyro.
• Lin Xiao raced against Ivan Vanko in Monaco, stopped Vanko’s attack, and helped Tony Stark plan to use altered armor blueprints to draw out Justin Hammer.
• Lin Xiao began training Kara Lynn Palamas, while Hammer prepared his unmanned armor and Tony, Lin Xiao, and Rhodey formed plans for their superhero team.
• Hammer trapped an audience at his product launch and unleashed Iron Soldiers, but Peter, Ghost-Spider, Rhodey, and Tony fought them as Lin Xiao disabled the Locust suits and subdued Hammer.