Recaps

Tony Stark accepted that Obadiah had betrayed him but asked S.H.I.E.L.D. to give him time to make Obadiah leave the company. After Qin Xiao spoke with Black Widow and she teased him about waiting in Los Angeles, a golden portal briefly appeared in his apartment, and an unseen hand pulled a TVA-uniformed woman back through it.

• Tony understood that Obadiah had arranged his capture to seize control of Stark Industries, but asked Qin Xiao to give him time to make Obadiah leave peacefully.
• Qin Xiao agreed to tell S.H.I.E.L.D. not to act against Obadiah unless he made another move.
• Qin Xiao called Black Widow, relayed Tony's wishes, and learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. would keep Obadiah under surveillance.
• Black Widow told Qin Xiao her mission was safe, teased him about waiting for her in Los Angeles, and privately wondered if she was falling in love with him.
• A golden portal appeared behind Qin Xiao, and an unseen hand pulled a woman in a TVA combat uniform back through it before the portal vanished.
• Qin Xiao turned around, saw nobody, and wondered if he had imagined the portal.

C18 was ordered by the Time Variance Authority to leave Qin Xiao alone, while Qin Xiao asked Tony to help automate a Los Angeles apartment. A report of a Ten Rings massacre in Yinsen’s hometown revealed that Yinsen and his family had been killed, leaving Tony staring at the terrorists responsible.

• C18 protested the order to stop her from arresting Qin Xiao, but the blonde woman said the Time-Keepers had decided he must not be arrested.
• Qin Xiao visited Tony and asked him to set up an AI system for an apartment he planned to buy and renovate.
• Tony agreed to provide a private server and intelligent program, and the two joked about Qin Xiao’s finances and furniture.
• A news report showed the Ten Rings massacring the town of Gulmira, and Qin Xiao and Tony recognized the bald leader as a man they thought had died.
• Tony realized Gulmira was Yinsen’s hometown and asked JARVIS to contact Rhodey while Qin Xiao called Black Widow for information.
• Qin Xiao told Tony that Yinsen and his family had been captured and burned alive in their house.

Qin Xiao watched Tony Stark complete and test his Iron Man armor, experiencing the flight and crash firsthand. After Tony finished a red-and-gold suit and prepared to confront the terrorists in Gulmira, Qin Xiao’s strength convinced him not to go alone.

• Qin Xiao watched Tony Stark’s armor assemble, then saw Tony fly out of the garage and crash through the ceiling onto a sports car.
• Tony ordered Dum-E to spray the fallen armor with fire-extinguishing foam after the crash.
• Tony completed a red-and-gold armor suit in three days and asked Qin Xiao how it looked.
• Tony decided to attack the terrorists in Gulmira before confronting Obadiah, but abandoned his plan to go alone after Qin Xiao crushed leftover armor materials with his bare hands.
• Qin Xiao claimed that he was simply that powerful when Tony questioned his super-soldier strength.

Qin Xiao and Tony stole a Quinjet from S.H.I.E.L.D. and flew toward the Middle East to fight the Ten Rings. During the flight, Tony resolved to use his armor to fight terrorists and pursue peace on his own terms, and Qin Xiao connected that goal to the Avengers Initiative.

• Qin Xiao and Tony broke into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Los Angeles branch after Qin Xiao's trainee ID failed, and JARVIS hacked the building's security system.
• Tony and Qin Xiao took the branch's Quinjet, flew to Malibu to change into their armor, and then headed across the Pacific toward the Middle East.
• Tony told Qin Xiao that the Stark missile in Afghanistan had made him understand the despair caused by his weapons.
• Tony said he would use his armor to fight terrorists and create peace without serving nations or politics.
• Qin Xiao explained that Nick Fury had recruited him for the Avengers Initiative, and Tony agreed that he would help people without becoming anyone else's weapon.

Qin Xiao and Tony visited Yinsen’s grave before heading to Ukoda, where Ten Rings terrorists were massacring civilians. They charged into town to stop the slaughter, and Qin Xiao killed a terrorist who was looting jewelry.

• A young survivor led Qin Xiao and Tony to Yinsen’s grave and told them why he had stayed in Gulmira.
• Tony left a cheeseburger on Yinsen’s grave and promised the innocent survivors would be safe.
• Qin Xiao and Tony flew to Ukoda after the survivor told them it had been attacked by the Ten Rings.
• Qin Xiao closed the eyes of a little girl who had died from her wounds on the road to Ukoda.
• Tony destroyed a terrorist about to shoot a fleeing father, while Qin Xiao killed another terrorist who had been looting jewelry.

Qin Xiao slaughtered the terrorists in Ukoda with overwhelming brutality while Tony cleared the town center. After the two set out to find a nearby base, surviving terrorists attacked them with a tank, and Qin Xiao tore off its turret and began smashing the tank with its barrel.

• Qin Xiao killed terrorists across Ukoda, rescuing the bar owner's wife from an attacker as she fired back at the men who had killed her husband.
• Qin Xiao finished clearing the town and approached Tony, bloodied and covered in dust and scraps of flesh, then urged him to search for the terrorists' nearby base.
• Tony led the way out of town, but a surviving terrorist crew fired a tank shell that knocked him from the air.
• Qin Xiao leaped onto the tank, tore off its turret, and swung the turret and barrel into the tank's hull as Tony watched in shock.

Qin Xiao and Tony Stark destroyed another Ten Rings base, while a video of their fight reached Nick Fury and exposed Tony’s armored identity. Nick Fury ordered Qin Xiao to Washington, but Qin Xiao dodged the call and left Fury furious.

• Qin Xiao transformed his clothes and teased Tony after demolishing a tank, then he and Tony wiped out another Ten Rings base.
• The bald Ten Rings leader blamed Obadiah for his losses and sent him footage of Tony’s armor along with a demand for more weapons.
• Nick Fury saw the video while S.H.I.E.L.D. was surveilling Obadiah and recognized Tony’s Arc Reactor and Qin Xiao.
• Nick Fury called Qin Xiao and demanded a report on the Middle East and Tony’s armor, but Qin Xiao denied knowing anything and mocked his trainee-agent status.
• Tony reminded Qin Xiao that their plane was stolen, and Qin Xiao made up a story about being kissed before pretending the signal had failed.
• Nick Fury ordered Qin Xiao to come to Washington immediately, then smashed his phone when Qin Xiao hung up.

Coulson confronted Tony Stark and Qin Xiao with footage of their actions in the Middle East, then warned Tony to settle his company’s affairs within a week. The next morning, Tony met Obadiah at the company and challenged him about the video of Tony’s capture.

• Coulson showed Tony Stark and Qin Xiao footage from the Middle East, but both dismissed it and refused to admit who they were.
• Coulson told Tony that the video had been sent to Obadiah and gave him one week before S.H.I.E.L.D. acted.
• When Coulson asked about a missing Quinjet, Qin Xiao performed a fake divination and said it was near a beach, then asked for a bonus if it was found.
• Tony and Qin Xiao agreed to slowly establish an independent organization with official backing, while Tony focused on dealing with Obadiah.
• Tony went to his company the next morning and waited for Obadiah, who pressed him to develop the Arc Reactor as a new product.
• Tony told Obadiah he had seen the video of himself being held captive and said they needed to talk.

Tony Stark confronted Obadiah Stane over his betrayal and gave him five days to surrender his company authority, while Obadiah secretly built armor and plotted to take Tony’s power source. When Obadiah visited Tony to say goodbye, he used an ultrasonic emitter to paralyze him and revealed his ambition to become one of the most powerful men in the world.

• Tony Stark showed Obadiah Stane the video exposing his actions and demanded that he give up his board seat and management authority within five days.
• Obadiah pretended to cooperate with the company handover while secretly continuing work on a suit of armor in Area 16.
• Tony arranged for Pepper Potts to attend the board meeting where Obadiah was expected to resign and sign over his shares.
• Obadiah visited Tony at his mansion, claiming he wanted to apologize and say goodbye before moving to an island.
• Obadiah used an ultrasonic emitter to paralyze Tony, then declared that he was about to become one of the most powerful men in the world.

Obadiah stole Tony’s Arc Reactor and attacked Pepper with the Iron Monger, but Tony recovered using the first-generation reactor and rushed to save her. Tony and Obadiah’s battle spilled into the street, where Tony stopped Iron Monger from crushing a driver with a car.

• Obadiah used a magnetic extractor to remove Tony’s Arc Reactor, revealed his Iron Monger armor, and threatened Pepper.
• Tony struggled to reach the replacement reactor until his metal-armed robot knocked it off the workbench, allowing him to restore it to his chest.
• Tony warned Pepper to leave Stark Industries and flew there after she answered, but Obadiah emerged in Iron Monger and confronted her.
• Tony struck Iron Monger before Obadiah could shoot Pepper, and the two armored figures crashed through a wall and into a busy street.
• Obadiah lifted a station wagon as a weapon, but Tony blasted Iron Monger and caught the falling car with the Mark 2.

Tony fought Obadiah’s Iron Monger, using the armor’s icing problem to bring it down before Obadiah attacked him again on the Stark Industries rooftop. Just as Obadiah was about to finish Tony, Qin Xiao arrived and caught his punch.

• Obadiah hurled a motorcycle at Tony and battered the Mark 2 before both men flew into the sky.
• Tony drew Iron Monger to high altitude, where its reactor froze and Obadiah fell as the suit lost power.
• Tony made a rough landing on the Stark Industries rooftop, but Iron Monger recovered and attacked him again.
• Tony ran out of power and failed to damage Iron Monger enough to stop Obadiah from preparing a finishing blow.
• Qin Xiao appeared and caught Iron Monger’s punch, then joked with Tony about helping furnish his new house.

Qin Xiao defeated Obadiah by cutting apart the Iron Monger armor, then killed him despite Tony’s hesitation. After removing Tony’s armor, they decided to destroy the Iron Monger and the giant Arc Reactor prototype before anyone else discovered them.

• Obadiah attacked Qin Xiao with Iron Monger, but Qin Xiao dodged and severed the armor’s right arm with his Tang saber.
• Obadiah tried to escape by flying away, but Qin Xiao cut off Iron Monger’s legs and left arm, bringing the armor down as a limbless stump.
• Tony called out to Qin Xiao, who reminded him of the graves beside Yinsen before stabbing Obadiah through the armor.
• Qin Xiao and Tony removed Tony’s armor, then agreed to destroy Iron Monger and the giant Arc Reactor prototype.
• Tony suggested finding Pepper so they could watch the destruction together.

After Tony destroyed Iron Monger, the Mark 2, and a Stark Industries building in an extravagant explosion, Qin Xiao weighed the cost and considered whether to return to his own world. The next morning, Coulson woke him to help S.H.I.E.L.D. manage the fallout.

• Tony blew up Iron Monger's armor, Obadiah's corpse, the Mark 2, and a Stark Industries building, while Qin Xiao mourned the wasted money.
• Qin Xiao received 1,000 points for completing the Iron Monger elimination mission, bringing his total to 4,000.
• The system told Qin Xiao that he could return to his own world, but he felt increasingly attached to the Marvel world and considered how he might use his strength and Tony's AI to build security back home.
• Qin Xiao called Coulson to have S.H.I.E.L.D. contain the public fallout from the explosion and the street fight.
• Coulson called Qin Xiao at dawn to help at the scene, and Qin Xiao complained about the early hour before getting out of bed.

Tony Stark attended a press conference to present a cover story for the Iron Man incident, but a reporter exposed Qin Xiao's role in the rooftop battle. Tony abandoned the prepared statement and publicly declared that he was Iron Man.

• Coulson gave Tony Stark the official account and alibi, while Pepper Potts thanked him for helping manage the press.
• Tony teased Qin Xiao and sent him outside to deal with reporters, while Coulson explained that Nick Fury had pressured Qin Xiao to cooperate.
• Rhodey introduced Tony, who began reading the prepared statement before a female reporter challenged his cover story.
• Tony pointed to Qin Xiao and claimed he had been the armored bodyguard, drawing the reporters' attention to him.
• The female reporter showed night-vision footage of Qin Xiao cutting Iron Monger's legs with a Tang saber, undermining Tony's explanation.
• Tony corrected the reporter about the Tang saber, dropped the script, and declared, "I am Iron Man!"

After the press spread rumors that Tony Stark and Qin Xiao were a couple, Qin Xiao complained while Tony worked and Coulson arranged a meeting with Nick Fury. Tony invited Qin Xiao to a rooftop party, where he offered a sports car to any woman who could charm him.

• Newspapers and television shows portrayed Tony Stark and Qin Xiao as romantically involved, and Qin Xiao angrily demanded to sue the media.
• Tony focused on Stark Industries and ignored Qin Xiao's complaints, while Coulson reminded Qin Xiao that the video of Obadiah's death showed excessive force.
• Coulson arranged a meeting with Nick Fury for Tony and Qin Xiao two days later to discuss their abilities and the Avengers Initiative.
• Tony invited Qin Xiao to a rooftop party, and Qin Xiao eagerly accepted after learning his house would take another week to finish.
• At the party, Tony pushed Qin Xiao into the crowd and promised a new sports car to whichever woman could tame him.

Qin Xiao left a party with two women, but Natasha called and persuaded him to come home with her. He found Nick Fury waiting in his apartment, realizing Natasha had brought him there to meet the director.

• Qin Xiao went to a hotel room with two women from the party, but Natasha called just as they were about to get intimate.
• Natasha invited Qin Xiao home for a drink, and he left the two women behind to meet her outside the hotel.
• Qin Xiao and Natasha drove to his apartment, where Natasha linked arms with him and let him believe they were going home together.
• Qin Xiao found Nick Fury sitting on his couch and realized Natasha had arranged for them to meet.
• Qin Xiao complained about Nick Fury entering his home without permission, then poured himself a full glass of liquor and drank it.

Nick Fury confronted Qin Xiao about his secrecy and questioned the source of his strength, but Qin Xiao dodged the questions with shameless excuses and a failed attempt to catch a bullet. Fury then recruited him to help establish the Avengers, leaving Qin Xiao to approach Tony Stark before their meeting the next day.

• Nick Fury reprimanded Qin Xiao for failing to report the Iron Monger incident, his Middle East trip, and Tony Stark's Iron Man armor, while Qin Xiao blamed Fury for not giving him proper duties or access.
• Nick Fury asked Qin Xiao to explain his superhuman strength, and Qin Xiao claimed it came from Chinese martial arts.
• Qin Xiao asked Natasha for a handgun and tried to catch a bullet, but it struck his temple and knocked him to the floor without injuring him.
• Qin Xiao called his failed demonstration proof of the Golden Bell Shield and Iron Cloth Shirt, while Natasha laughed and Nick Fury responded dryly.
• Nick Fury officially invited Qin Xiao to join the Avengers Initiative and assigned him to persuade Tony Stark and the Hulk to join, with Natasha assisting.
• Nick Fury promised the Avengers a base, funding, equipment, weapons, transportation, and opponents for training, and told Qin Xiao to warn Stark before their meeting the next day.

Nick Fury used Howard Stark’s legacy to win Tony Stark’s trust, while Qin Xiao prepared his new home and discovered the AI housekeeper Nicole. The chapter ended with Qin Xiao opening the reinforced safe room where Nicole’s server was installed, intending to copy her program.

• Nick Fury told Tony that Howard Stark had co-founded S.H.I.E.L.D. and believed Tony would fulfill his vision for the Arc Reactor.
• Tony examined his father’s belongings and went straight to his laboratory, while Qin Xiao learned that Hulk was undergoing training to control his transformations.
• Qin Xiao moved into his finished apartment and met Nicole, the AI housekeeper Tony had made for him.
• Qin Xiao opened the hidden, heavily reinforced room behind his bedroom, where Nicole’s server was housed.

After returning from the Marvel Universe, Qin Xiao learned he had to wait fifteen days before crossing over again and began making plans for his life in his original world. An invitation from the couple who had betrayed his predecessor stirred up lingering hatred, and Qin Xiao headed to Magic City to build his future and face the past.

• Qin Xiao returned to his garage rental after confirming that time stopped in both worlds while he was away, and the system told him he had to remain in his world for fifteen days before crossing again.
• Qin Xiao received a wedding invitation from his predecessor’s former girlfriend and best friend, briefly lost control to a surge of hatred, then promised his predecessor he would avenge him.
• Qin Xiao exchanged 500 points for 500 million in currency, gave up the rental and its belongings, and kept the invitation along with his phone and identification.
• Qin Xiao traveled to Magic City, where the invitation’s wedding would take place in ten days, and resolved to use resources from the Marvel Universe to establish himself and grow stronger.
• Qin Xiao lingered by the station sign to announce his arrival in Magic City, then hurried away after a worker yelled at him for standing inside the yellow line.

Qin Xiao commissioned a large pure-gold coffin from Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness and then went to a bathhouse in Magic City to find people for a job. The chapter ended with him telling an attendant he wanted to trash the place and asking whether the attendant could summon the boss.

• Qin Xiao visited Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness's flagship store and asked the manager to make a coffin from pure gold.
• Qin Xiao offered a million in fabrication fees, and the manager agreed to deliver the coffin in five days.
• Qin Xiao asked his driver, Uncle Wang, to take him to a large nightlife district and assured him he was only looking for people to help with something.
• Qin Xiao entered a bathhouse and asked to speak with someone who could make decisions.
• Qin Xiao grabbed an ashtray and said he wanted to trash the place, asking whether the attendant could call the boss.

Qin Xiao used two million yuan to secure a meeting with the boss of an entertainment complex, while Guo Xinliang woke on his wedding day and argued with his bride, Qu Fang, about their business and affairs. The chapter left Qin Xiao waiting upstairs for the boss and Guo Xinliang furious after Qu Fang hung up on him.

• Qin Xiao smashed an ashtray, then offered two million yuan to meet the complex's boss about business.
• The security chief accepted Qin Xiao's request and arranged for him to wait upstairs while he checked the bank card.
• On the morning of his wedding, Guo Xinliang woke beside a model and called Qu Fang, whom he had saved as "Wife."
• Guo Xinliang and Qu Fang argued over their wedding, their company shares, and their extramarital partners.
• Qu Fang threatened to transfer her shares and hung up, leaving Guo Xinliang cursing her.

Qin Xiao, betrayed by Qu Fang and Guo Xinliang and driven to suicide in his past life, returned to confront them on their wedding day. He stopped their wedding procession outside the hotel and sent in a grim gift, leaving the ceremony in chaos.

• Qin Xiao recalled how Qu Fang and Guo Xinliang had tricked him into signing away his company, leaving him penniless and in debt.
• Guo Xinliang and Qu Fang prepared for their wedding while privately resenting and plotting against each other over control of the company.
• Guo Xinliang's wedding procession reached the hotel, where a Rolls-Royce and dozens of red Ferraris blocked the entrance.
• Qin Xiao stepped out of the Rolls-Royce and told the hotel staff that he had come to attend the wedding as an old friend of the couple.
• More than a dozen pickup trucks arrived carrying funeral wreaths with the bride and groom's photographs, and men in black suits carried the wreaths toward the hotel.

Qin Xiao disrupted Guo Xinliang and Qu Fang’s wedding with a lavish procession of funeral wreaths and funeral money. As the newlyweds faced the bizarre spectacle, Qin Xiao hinted that he had an even bigger gift prepared for them.

• Qin Xiao blocked the wedding entrance with men in black suits and funeral wreaths, keeping guests and relatives from interfering.
• Qin Xiao confronted Guo Xinliang and Qu Fang, who were shocked by his changed appearance and the scale of his display.
• Qin Xiao let the wedding motorcade enter, then had the newlyweds walk down the red carpet between the wreaths.
• Qin Xiao ordered the men to fire confetti cannons filled with funeral money over Guo Xinliang and Qu Fang.
• Qin Xiao’s dagger-wielding men intimidated the angry guests, and he told the newlyweds he had prepared them a valuable custom-made gift.

Qin Xiao disrupted Guo Xinliang and Qu Fang’s wedding, struck them both, and exposed their scheme to steal his company through videos shown at the hotel. Guo Xinliang later woke in the hospital to learn the gold coffin had been taken away, and he spat out a tooth in rage.

• Qin Xiao had a solid gold coffin delivered to the wedding and confronted Guo Xinliang about stealing his company and driving him to attempt suicide.
• Qin Xiao slapped Guo Xinliang, knocking him unconscious, then slapped the terrified Qu Fang and left after asking the security guard to deliver his final gift.
• After Qin Xiao departed, videos played on the hotel’s LED screen showing Qu Fang and Guo Xinliang cheating and arguing about how they had deceived Qin Xiao into signing away his company.
• Police arrived and the wedding disturbance ended; the men Qin Xiao brought were taken in briefly, while the two slaps and the incriminating video could lead to consequences if the victims pursued them.
• Guo Xinliang woke in the hospital, watched the videos, and learned that Qin Xiao’s men had carried away the gold coffin; he spat out blood and a tooth in fury.

Qin Xiao settled his affairs with Shi Aiguo, profited from selling his former company shares, and began planning a high-tech company in Magic City. After learning that he still had to advance a major Marvel Universe plot before returning, he activated transmigration again.

• Qin Xiao gave Shi Aiguo the gold coffin as payment and asked him to help establish local business connections.
• Shi Aiguo arranged for Guo Xinliang and Qu Fang to return Qin Xiao’s company shares and pay compensation, leaving them disgraced and broke.
• Qin Xiao sold his returned shares to a venture capital firm for over eighty million yuan.
• Qin Xiao asked Shi Aiguo to find a city-center location and help set up a high-tech company using Tony’s artificial intelligence.
• Qin Xiao questioned the system about traveling between worlds, then activated transmigration again.