Recaps

Qin Xiao gathered the Power and Soul Stones, took control of the Tivan Group, and settled the conflicts around Star-Lord, Yondu, and Ronan. After he drove Thanos from Knowhere, Qin Xiao returned to Earth and began looking for the Hydra agents who had Loki’s scepter.

• Kang the Conqueror explained the TVA and the time loop, and Qin Xiao agreed to grow stronger and kill him in exchange for Kang eventually ending the loop.
• Qin Xiao formed the Light with Tony Stark, then used its first voyage to drive Ronan’s fleet away and negotiated with Nova Prime for technology, planets, and intelligence.
• Qin Xiao recruited Rocket and Groot, captured Star-Lord and Gamora, and absorbed the Power Stone after finding the Orb.
• Qin Xiao seized the Collector’s organization on Knowhere and helped Gamora obtain the Soul Stone on Vormir, then confronted Yondu and helped Star-Lord reconcile with him.
• Qin Xiao, Yondu, and Star-Lord destroyed Ronan’s ship and killed Ronan, while Thanos’s forces arrived at Knowhere and attacked Gamora and the Avengers.
• Qin Xiao fought Thanos and his forces, protected his friends, and secured their escape after Thanos admitted he was injured and agreed to leave Knowhere.
• Gamora stayed to oversee the Tivan Group, and Qin Xiao returned to Earth after checking the lunar base and learning that Hydra agents might possess Loki’s scepter.