Recaps

Qin Xiao returned to his world, accepted half the money Shi Aiguo earned from selling the gold coffin, and traveled to Hong Kong to search for evidence that his world was part of Marvel’s timeline. After failing to find the Hong Kong Sanctum, he spotted an old photograph showing a building with the same distinctive round window.

• Shi Aiguo told Qin Xiao that a Middle Eastern tycoon had bought the gold coffin for five times its gold value and insisted Qin Xiao take half the extra money.
• Qin Xiao accepted half the money and decided to investigate Hong Kong for signs that his world connected to Marvel.
• Qin Xiao searched Hong Kong for three days but could not find the Hong Kong Sanctum.
• Qin Xiao went to a cha chaan teng and noticed an old photograph of a group standing in front of a building with a round window like the sanctums.

Qin Xiao investigated an abandoned building once owned by Ikaris and discovered that a woman inside could transform objects with golden energy. Recognizing her as one of the Eternals, he fought through her attacks and charged at her with a blast of fire.

• Qin Xiao learned from an old neighborhood resident that Ikaris's family had owned the building and left it vacant after Hong Kong's return.
• Qin Xiao broke the lock and entered the building, finding it unexpectedly clean despite being unoccupied.
• Qin Xiao was attacked by a staircase that transformed its handrail into a greatsword and its steps into a hammer.
• A black-haired woman appeared and transformed chairs into hammers and summoned swords to attack Qin Xiao.
• Qin Xiao deflected the swords with his Tang saber, charged the woman, and breathed fire at her, surprising her.

Qin Xiao fought an Eternal woman and was overwhelmed by her Skyfather-level strength, forcing him to use the system’s emergency transmigration plan. Back in New York, he resolved to grow stronger before returning to settle the score and uncover the secrets of the two timelines.

• The woman turned the staircase into streams of water that extinguished Qin Xiao’s fire, then caught his first punch without effort.
• Qin Xiao attacked with all his strength, but the woman overpowered him, slammed him into a transformed metal plate, and bound him with energy.
• The system warned Qin Xiao that the woman had Skyfather-level strength and offered emergency transmigration in exchange for 200 points.
• Qin Xiao accepted the system’s offer and vanished before the woman could reach him.
• Back in New York, Qin Xiao reflected on what he knew about the Eternals and resolved to grow stronger before facing her again.

Tony and Banner developed a flight system for Qin Xiao and helped him test it, with several crashes along the way. Tony finished Qin Xiao's lightweight armor, and Qin Xiao tested its flight before landing back at the Sky Base.

• At the Sky Base, Tony had Qin Xiao use flame-collecting socks and gloves to test how his fire powers could generate thrust.
• Tony adjusted the system as Qin Xiao flew into a laboratory door, a refrigerator, and a toilet tank during successive tests.
• After Qin Xiao got stuck above the laboratory ceiling, Tony finished a lightweight black-and-gold suit with retractable wings and automatic tracking and suit-up functions.
• Qin Xiao flew the finished armor around the sky before landing at the base, and Tony told him it could go faster as his flames improved.

The World Security Council pressured Nick Fury to accelerate Tesseract weapons development, while he argued Earth needed defenses against both political threats and powerful alien forces. At S.H.I.E.L.D.’s secret base, the Tesseract’s energy surged unexpectedly before Dr. Erik Selvig had begun the next stage of testing.

• The World Security Council met in person to condemn the Avengers’ actions, especially Qin Xiao’s killing in Paris, and gave Nick Fury one month to produce Tesseract weapons for their countries.
• Nick Fury defended the Avengers’ intentions but kept the Tesseract weapons technology from the Council members.
• At S.H.I.E.L.D.’s California base, Nick Fury told Dr. Erik Selvig to begin the third stage of Tesseract development, warning that officials might otherwise pursue dangerous weapons themselves.
• Selvig agreed to proceed gradually, with greater risks kept within controllable limits.
• The Tesseract’s energy readings suddenly climbed to nearly twenty times their previous level, though Selvig insisted he had not started the test.

Nick Fury’s team lost the Tesseract to Loki, who took control of Hawkeye, Dr. Selvig, and another agent. At Tony Stark’s party, the illuminated STARK sign brought Captain America’s memories of the past and his grief over waking in a world where everyone he knew was gone.

• Dr. Selvig told Nick Fury that someone had opened the Tesseract from the other end to create a long-distance wormhole, and Fury put the base on alert.
• After the Tesseract’s energy returned to normal, Fury refused to lower the alert and declined to call Natasha and the others back.
• Loki took control of Hawkeye, Dr. Selvig, and another S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, then escaped with the Tesseract as the base prepared to explode.
• Tony held a party at his new Stark tower and showed off his illuminated name to Qin Xiao, Natasha, Captain America, and the others.
• Captain America told Qin Xiao and the others about meeting Howard Stark and Dr. Erskine at the World of Tomorrow exposition, and recalled waking decades later to find Bucky, his teammates, and everyone else gone.

Natasha warned the Avengers that the Tesseract was involved in a crisis, while Loki prepared to use the Chitauri to invade Earth. S.H.I.E.L.D. tracked Loki to a reception in Stuttgart, where Hawkeye planned to obtain the iridium needed to open a stable wormhole.

• Natasha received word of a S.H.I.E.L.D. crisis involving the Tesseract, and Coulson came to brief Qin Xiao and the others.
• Loki projected his mind to the Chitauri and argued with their elder over his plan to conquer Earth and obtain the Tesseract.
• Dr. Selvig told Hawkeye that iridium was needed to activate the Tesseract, and Hawkeye said he needed to draw S.H.I.E.L.D.'s attention and obtain an eyeball.
• Tony and Banner failed to track the Tesseract because its gamma radiation was shielded, while S.H.I.E.L.D. located Loki through facial comparisons.
• Hawkeye targeted a Stuttgart reception where a laboratory owner had the iridium Dr. Selvig needed.

Loki staged a dramatic display in Germany to distract the crowd while Hawkeye and Dr. Selvig worked, but Qin Xiao and the others swiftly defeated him. Thor arrived aboard their aircraft and was shocked to see Loki badly beaten.

• Loki summoned duplicates and ordered the people at the party and on the street to kneel, but a gray-haired old man refused.
• Captain America blocked Loki's attack, and Iron Man and Qin Xiao joined the fight against him.
• Qin Xiao repeatedly kicked Loki, broke the horns off his helmet, and knocked him unconscious with Captain America's Vibranium Shield.
• Captain America questioned whether Qin Xiao had hit Loki too hard, but Qin Xiao said Asgardians recovered quickly.
• Thor flew into the aircraft intending to take Loki away, then recognized his battered brother and demanded to know who had done it.

Qin Xiao brutally pressured Loki to reveal where the Tesseract was while Thor tried to persuade his brother to return to Asgard. Loki refused and insisted his army would conquer Earth, so Qin Xiao resumed beating him.

• Thor and Loki crouched on the Helicarrier's deck, and Thor urged Loki to reveal the Tesseract's location before Qin Xiao beat him to death.
• Thor remembered Odin giving Qin Xiao permission to punish either of his sons if they caused trouble on Earth.
• Loki insulted Earth and Asgard, so Qin Xiao appeared and slammed his head into the deck before ordering him to speak properly.
• Thor urged Loki to abandon his plans and return to Asgard, but Loki declared he would conquer Earth and lead his army against Asgard.
• Loki refused to reveal where the Tesseract was, and Qin Xiao grabbed him and repeatedly smashed him into the deck.

After beating Loki, Qin Xiao learned that Hawkeye had taken the Tesseract and was planning to activate it elsewhere, leaving the team waiting for its gamma-ray signal. The signal finally appeared in Africa, and Dr. Banner identified its location as Wakanda.

• Qin Xiao repeatedly slammed Loki until he agreed to talk, but Loki said he did not know where the Tesseract was.
• Loki explained that he had sent Hawkeye and Dr. Selvig away with the Tesseract so they could activate it at another location and later rescue him.
• Qin Xiao and the others discussed waiting for Dr. Banner's program to locate the Tesseract while debating Loki's fate.
• The team waited through the afternoon and night, and Loki was locked in the Helicarrier's circular cage.
• The Helicarrier's alarms sounded the next morning, and Dr. Banner traced the Tesseract's gamma-ray signal to Wakanda in Africa.

Hawkeye and Dr. Selvig activated the Tesseract in Wakanda, triggering the country’s security systems and opening a wormhole to the Chitauri Army. King T’Chaka ordered Wakanda’s forces mobilized and went with T’Challa to confront the invasion.

• Hawkeye drove Dr. Selvig and the shielded Tesseract into the Wakandan grasslands to summon the Chitauri Army.
• Wakanda’s detectors detected the Tesseract, and its security system raised an energy shield around the area.
• Okoye told T’Chaka and T’Challa that the outsiders had brought an unknown energy source and showed them footage of Hawkeye and Dr. Selvig.
• T’Challa proposed capturing the intruders, and T’Chaka praised his judgment while advising him to delegate responsibility.
• The Tesseract opened a wormhole above the grasslands, revealing Chitauri soldiers in space, and T’Chaka ordered the warriors mobilized before heading to the scene with T’Challa.

Wakanda's king and Black Panther defended the city as Chitauri forces attacked the energy shield, while Hawkeye exploited a weak point to escape with Dr. Selvig. Black Panther intercepted them outside the shield and charged Hawkeye after withstanding an explosive arrow.

• Wakanda's king refused to raise a second energy shield and ordered the existing shield reinforced to protect the city and its civilians.
• A Chitauri dragon-shaped aircraft weakened the shield when it struck, and the king ordered Okoye to deploy combat aircraft near impact points.
• Hawkeye noticed the shield's weakness and directed Chitauri aircraft to attack it while soldiers drained energy from one spot.
• After twenty-seven Chitauri soldiers died, Hawkeye and Dr. Selvig escaped through a gap in the shield.
• Black Panther knocked Dr. Selvig unconscious, and Hawkeye fired an explosive arrow at him.
• Black Panther took the explosion without being shaken and charged at Hawkeye.

Wakanda’s warriors held back the Chitauri while Hawkeye explained the invasion and the Tesseract to the king. After Shuri verified his account, Qin Xiao and Tony arrived, and Hawkeye revealed that the Avengers were coming.

• The old king ordered Okoye to organize the guards, who opened a narrow gap in the shield and used it to repel the Chitauri.
• Hawkeye woke bound on the grass and explained Loki’s plan, the Chitauri, and the Tesseract to the old king.
• Okoye objected to Hawkeye making a call, but Shuri checked S.H.I.E.L.D.’s files and confirmed that his story was largely true.
• Black Panther allowed Hawkeye to call for help and untied him, but Hawkeye spotted the approaching Avengers before making the call.
• Qin Xiao and Tony landed inside Wakanda’s shield, and the old king welcomed them as superheroes.

Qin Xiao and the Avengers negotiated with Wakanda over how to close the portal and stop the Chitauri invasion, agreeing to work together and target a likely enemy command ship. After the team prepared to enter the energy shield, Wakanda’s old king asked Qin Xiao to help turn the crisis into an opportunity for Wakanda to connect with the world.

• Tony and Qin Xiao examined Wakanda’s Vibranium camping shelter, and Qin Xiao promised to help Tony obtain Vibranium someday.
• Tony and Okoye argued over Wakanda’s secrecy and pride until Qin Xiao and Thor’s show of power helped stop the confrontation, and Natasha and the old king redirected the meeting toward the invasion.
• The old king showed the group Shuri’s image of a crab-shaped Chitauri ship and proposed launching a nuclear warhead at it before closing the portal.
• The Avengers and Wakanda agreed that the original six Avengers and a ten-person guard squad led by Okoye would enter the energy shield and work together.
• The old king apologized for Okoye’s behavior, then told Qin Xiao that Wakanda needed an opportunity to engage with the world and wanted the invasion effort to make humanity owe them a favor.

The Avengers entered the gap in Wakanda’s energy barrier and swiftly overwhelmed the Chitauri forces, stunning the Wakandans who had expected to face a flood of enemies. Black Panther, Okoye, and the other warriors arrived to find the area already cleared as Natasha assured Okoye she would get used to the Avengers.

• The old king rallied Wakanda’s warriors and announced that Black Panther would lead chosen fighters through the barrier to close the portal and attack the Chitauri command ship.
• Qin Xiao encouraged Banner to lead the charge, and Banner tripped before reaching the gap, drawing disdainful looks from Okoye and the female guards.
• As the Chitauri ship approached, Banner transformed into Hulk and stopped it with a punch, while Qin Xiao, Tony, Thor, and Hulk attacked the ship and nearby soldiers.
• The Avengers cleared the enemies around the gap within seconds, leaving the Wakandans stunned as the expected wave of Chitauri failed to appear.
• Black Panther, Okoye, and the others reached the gap and found a vast empty space; Natasha told Okoye she would get used to the Avengers before joining the fight.

The Avengers and Wakandan forces fought the Chitauri while the old king and Shuri made the battle visible to the world. As governments and S.H.I.E.L.D. reacted to the broadcast, Qin Xiao and the others continued using the battle to fight and train together.

• The old king watched the Avengers overpower the Chitauri and grew more confident in his alliance with Qin Xiao.
• The old king signaled Shuri, who used drones, battlefield cameras, and hacked satellites to broadcast the battle worldwide.
• Nick Fury rejected the council members’ request to suppress the footage and ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to help publicize the heroes and Wakanda’s exposure.
• Qin Xiao and the Avengers kept fighting as the danger outside eased, using the opportunity to practice teamwork.
• Thor, Captain America, and Tony combined their abilities against the Chitauri while Qin Xiao cut down enemies emerging from the wormhole.
• Black Panther fought on the battlefield as Okoye’s squad, Hawkeye, and Natasha attacked from cover.

Qin Xiao and the others shut down the Tesseract, closed the wormhole, and stopped the Chitauri invasion. As people around the world celebrated, a powerless dragon-shaped ship crashed into Qin Xiao, Thor, and Tony.

• Hulk complained that Qin Xiao had kept him from fighting and punched him after Qin Xiao tried to reassure him.
• Tony, Thor, and Shuri cleared a path through the wormhole, allowing Shuri to guide the nuclear warhead toward the Chitauri command ship.
• Qin Xiao threw Loki's Scepter at the Tesseract, disrupting its energy and causing the wormhole to shrink.
• The nuclear warhead destroyed the command ship just before the wormhole closed, disabling the Chitauri soldiers and ships on Earth.
• Qin Xiao, Thor, and Tony celebrated beside the Tesseract as a falling dragon-shaped ship crashed into them.

After the Chitauri war, Qin Xiao gained new fighting skills, strengthened his partnership prospects with Wakanda, and learned that Odin would leave the Tesseract in his care after Asgard borrowed it. Hydra secretly took the scepter to Baron Strucker while Alexander Pierce focused on completing Project Insight.

• Qin Xiao and Tony complained about an embarrassing battle photo while Thor admired his own prominent pose in the newspaper.
• Qin Xiao spent 5,000 system points on Intermediate Fighting Skills, bringing his total points to zero, and the system began a month-long upgrade toward the Level 3 Shop.
• Thor told Qin Xiao that Odin considered the Tesseract Qin Xiao's property and wanted Asgard to borrow it to repair the Bifrost and take Loki home.
• Alexander Pierce handed the scepter to Baron Strucker in Eastern Europe for Hydra's planned experiments.
• Alexander Pierce prioritized Project Insight as Dr. Zola's algorithm neared completion.

Odin, The Ancient One, and Heimdall restored the Bifrost, then The Ancient One taught Qin Xiao to use the Space Stone and handed him the Time Stone. Qin Xiao began trying to reverse The Ancient One’s time, but the Time Stone’s power started drawing him in.

• Thor regretted leaving Jane behind to bring Loki back, and Qin Xiao teased him about his feelings for Loki.
• Odin restored the Bifrost temple with Gungnir, The Ancient One reversed the bridge’s destruction with the Time Stone, and Heimdall restored its color and power with the Tesseract.
• The Ancient One explained that reversing time carried a backlash, while Odin described the danger of her dark power and her struggle against the Dark Dimension.
• The Ancient One gave Qin Xiao the Tesseract and guided him as he opened portals, including one into Phil Coulson’s bathroom, where he singed a yellow wig.
• The Ancient One handed Qin Xiao the Time Stone, and as he focused on her, he felt its power begin to pull him in.

Qin Xiao asked The Ancient One to borrow the Time Stone so he could give someone a birthday present, and she warned him not to use it recklessly. After Captain America reunited with the ailing Peggy Carter, Qin Xiao entered her hospital building once the captain had left.

• Odin stopped Qin Xiao from using the Time Stone on The Ancient One, and she explained that Qin Xiao could safely reverse time for ordinary people once he learned how to control it.
• The Ancient One demanded to know why Qin Xiao wanted the Time Stone, and he said he wanted to give someone a birthday present.
• Captain America visited Peggy Carter at Royal Brompton Hospital, and they shared memories and spoke about his return and her declining health.
• Peggy gave Captain America a photograph of him before the Super-Soldier Serum and urged him to enjoy his life.
• Captain America left after agreeing to visit Peggy again, and Qin Xiao entered the building once the captain was gone.

On his birthday, Steve Rogers met Sam Wilson at the Captain America museum and later received a mysterious invitation to the Stork Club, the place where he had once promised Peggy Carter a dance. He followed the invitation to the New York Sanctum and opened its door, unsure what awaited him.

• Steve Rogers spent his birthday alone at his museum, remembering Bucky and the life he had left behind.
• Sam Wilson recognized Steve, introduced himself, and toured the museum with him while the two talked about their lives and the changing world.
• After Sam left, Steve remembered his missed Saturday date with Peggy at the Stork Club.
• A young man asked Steve to deliver a message to his girlfriend at the Stork Club, then vanished after handing him a card bearing the phrase “find your way back to lost time.”
• Steve found that the address led to the New York Sanctum, went there, and opened the door.

The captain entered a World War II-themed club and believed he had found Peggy, but discovered the woman waiting for him was Vanessa. The lights then revealed the real Peggy Carter, who asked him to dance after waiting sixty-seven years.

• The captain entered a club staged to resemble the World War II era and heard the bartender congratulate him on defeating Johann Schmidt.
• The bartender pointed the captain toward Vanessa, who looked like Peggy, while Qin Xiao, Tony, Banner, and Rhodey prepared a surprise nearby.
• At Tony's suggestion, Rhodey arranged for two young men to bump into the captain and draw him closer to Vanessa.
• Vanessa introduced herself, and the captain realized she was not Peggy and prepared to leave.
• The club went dark, the band began playing a slow saxophone tune, and Peggy Carter appeared beneath a spotlight to ask the captain for a dance.

Qin Xiao and Tony arranged a birthday surprise that reunited Captain America with a young Peggy Carter, who had chosen to reverse her age and begin a new life with Steve. After the party, Tony worried about future cosmic threats, and the captain answered that they would face them together.

• Captain America danced with Peggy Carter, then reunited with Qin Xiao, Tony, Banner, and the others as the lights came on.
• Qin Xiao showed a video in which Peggy explained that she had chosen to become young again and reunite with Steve.
• Captain America asked Peggy whether crossing sixty-seven years had been worth it, and Peggy said it had been her choice before they kissed again.
• Tony opened the birthday celebration, which continued late into the night at Sky Base.
• Qin Xiao told Tony that Wakanda might provide Vibranium for his armor, and Tony asked how they would defend Earth from a stronger cosmic civilization.
• Captain America joined Qin Xiao and Tony and declared that they would stand together and fight together.

Qin Xiao and Tony persuaded Captain America to pause his search for Hydra and travel with Peggy Carter, while Wakanda prepared to open itself to the world and bring Black Panther into the Avengers. During the voyage, Captain America overheard Hydra agents discussing a planned hijacking of the Lemurian Star, a ship carrying S.H.I.E.L.D. insignia and used to launch Project Insight satellites.

• Qin Xiao and Tony urged Captain America to leave Hydra to them and travel the world with Peggy Carter, and he agreed after Peggy and Natasha found only hints of Hydra activity.
• Qin Xiao watched Captain America and Peggy Carter depart, relieved that Hydra remained untouched as he waited for Scarlet Witch to appear.
• The old king told Black Panther that Wakanda needed to build ties with world powers and that Qin Xiao was its most important ally, then asked him to join the Avengers and guard Wakanda’s Vibranium.
• While traveling aboard a cruise ship, Captain America overheard two men plotting to hijack a S.H.I.E.L.D. vessel called the Lemurian Star.
• Captain America recognized that the Lemurian Star was a mobile satellite launch ship used by Hydra for Project Insight.

Captain America followed terrorists from a cruise ship to the S.H.I.E.L.D. vessel Lemurian Star, where he rescued Agent Sitwell and other hostages. He overheard Sitwell’s companion reveal Hydra’s involvement in Project Insight, leaving Captain America alarmed as he attacked the bridge.

• Captain America hid aboard a rescue yacht after terrorists left the cruise ship, then followed gunfire to the Lemurian Star.
• Captain America used thermal-scanning glasses to locate the hostages and lured two guards out before taking down the remaining guards.
• Captain America freed Agent Sitwell and the other hostages, then organized an assault to clear terrorists from the ship.
• Sitwell said he and another agent would head to the satellite launch bay because nothing could go wrong with Project Insight.
• Sitwell’s companion said the hijackers had offended both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra, and Captain America turned pale when he overheard him.