Chapter Summaries

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.

Captain America and Hawkeye uncovered signs that S.H.I.E.L.D. had been compromised, but Brock Rumlow and Sitwell captured them and covered up the ship's witnesses. Nick Fury discovered that someone had used his own authorization to seal the satellite launch files, leaving him certain that S.H.I.E.L.D. faced a serious internal threat.

• Captain America questioned Sitwell about the terrorists and then greeted Hawkeye and Brock Rumlow when the strike team arrived.
• Brock Rumlow found Captain America's Stark Industries listening device and realized the Captain had overheard Sitwell's conversation.
• Hawkeye copied data from the ship's server while Captain America began to tell him he had heard something about Hydra.
• Brock Rumlow paralyzed Hawkeye and Captain America, injected the Captain with a drug, and helped Sitwell kill two technicians and blame their deaths on the terrorists.
• Brock Rumlow destroyed the helicopter over the sea while Nick Fury received Hawkeye's data from the ship.
• Nick Fury tried to access the Lemurian Star files, but the computer rejected his authorization and revealed that Nicholas J. Fury had ordered them sealed.

Sam Wilson witnessed Captain America and Hawkeye being taken into the Smithsonian Museum and decided the situation was serious. Meanwhile, Qin Xiao unlocked the Level 3 Shop, absorbed the Tesseract’s outer casing for points, and spent his savings on upgrades.

• Sam Wilson saw SUVs carrying a shield like Captain America's and followed them to the Smithsonian Museum.
• Sam Wilson spotted men carrying Captain America and Hawkeye into the museum, photographed them, and left without alerting the police.
• Nick Fury told Coulson to find Qin Xiao and help locate Hawkeye and Captain America, then went to the World Security Council.
• Qin Xiao reviewed the Level 3 Shop and learned that earlier shop items could now be used by others.
• Qin Xiao absorbed the Tesseract's outer casing for 2,700 points, bringing his total to 7,500.
• Qin Xiao spent 7,500 points on an intermediate divine body and Advanced Fighting Skills.

Qin Xiao upgraded his bracelet with the Space Stone, gained a powerful shield and enhanced flame control, and learned to fly. As Coulson sought his help finding Captain and Hawkeye, Sam Wilson arrived at Stark Tower, and Qin Xiao brought him through a portal before demanding to know why he had come.

• Qin Xiao placed the Space Stone in his bracelet, expanding its storage and unlocking an energy shield.
• Qin Xiao used his enhanced flames to fly out of the base, where Coulson told him Captain and Hawkeye were missing.
• Qin Xiao suspected that Hydra had infiltrated much of S.H.I.E.L.D. and asked Coulson where Brock Rumlow was.
• JARVIS told Qin Xiao that Sam Wilson was waiting at Stark Tower, and Qin Xiao opened a portal to bring him to the base.
• Sam Wilson marveled at Qin Xiao's portal and the sky base, and Qin Xiao warned him to explain his business or be sent to the moon.

Qin Xiao, Coulson, and Falcon rescued Captain America and Hawkeye from a Hydra base beneath a museum. Back at the base, Captain America decided to confront Hydra, and Qin Xiao agreed to gather the others before they planned their next move.

• Falcon told Coulson and Qin Xiao that Captain America and Hawkeye were imprisoned in a hidden room and offered to help rescue them.
• Qin Xiao opened a portal to the museum, where he killed Hydra employees who tried to stop them and forced open a concealed door to the underground base.
• Qin Xiao found Captain America and Hawkeye in separate cells and cut through the bars to free them.
• Captain America said he had found evidence of Hydra, and Qin Xiao teased him for leaving a girl alone on the ship.
• Qin Xiao took everyone back to the base, where Captain America said he would deal with Hydra and Qin Xiao offered to gather the others before they made a plan.

After Nick Fury was rescued, he revealed that Project Insight could use Helicarriers to kill people identified as threats, and the group decided to stop Hydra and dismantle S.H.I.E.L.D. Alexander Pierce moved to launch the project anyway and ordered an attack on the Sky Base to buy time.

• Coulson told the group that Nick Fury had been attacked, and Qin Xiao opened a portal to bring him from his Washington safe house.
• Nick Fury gave the group the Lemurian Star files and explained that Project Insight would target people worldwide with three Helicarriers.
• Qin Xiao warned that the project could be abused, and Captain decided Hydra had to be eliminated and S.H.I.E.L.D. had no reason to exist.
• Natasha, Hawkeye, and Coulson sided with Captain, while Nick Fury accepted that he no longer controlled the decision.
• Alexander Pierce learned that Nick Fury had escaped and ordered the council summoned to authorize Project Insight, while Brock Rumlow was told to send Barnes and teams to attack the Sky Base.

After Agent Sitwell revealed Hydra’s extensive infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. and government, Alexander Pierce learned the Avengers had uncovered the plot and ordered Project Insight launched while declaring them enemies. Pierce and Brock Rumlow prepared to hold off the Avengers until the Helicarriers could take control, leaving Hydra’s fate to a desperate gamble.

• Agent Sitwell confessed the origin of the Zola Algorithm and named many Hydra operatives, including Alexander Pierce and Brock Rumlow.
• Qin Xiao took the group to Hydra’s old base, where Dr. Zola described how he had built Hydra inside S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Alexander Pierce learned that the Avengers had activated Dr. Zola’s server and ordered them wanted worldwide.
• Pierce told Brock Rumlow that Project Insight had to launch so Hydra could use the Helicarriers to hold the world hostage.
• Rumlow hoped Pierce’s plan would work, while Pierce reflected that the future might belong to superhumans.

Qin Xiao destroyed the missiles aimed at the Sky Base, while Hydra launched a fighter-jet assault and sent the Winter Soldier and his squad inside. Thor and Captain America defeated the intruders, and the Winter Soldier’s unmasked face revealed Bucky.

• Qin Xiao sent the seven missiles through a portal, destroying them over an uninhabited Atlantic island.
• More than a hundred fighter jets approached the Sky Base as Tony activated its Wakandan energy shield.
• The Winter Soldier and his squad dropped onto the base before the shield closed, and Captain America split the team to meet the threats.
• Thor and Captain America incapacitated the Winter Soldier’s squad in the corridor.
• Thor struck the Winter Soldier with lightning, and Captain America recognized him as Bucky when his mask fell off.

As Project Insight began, Qin Xiao used the Avengers' Sky Base and Thor to stop the three Helicarriers from ascending. The team confronted Alexander Pierce at S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters, where Nick Fury revealed that he could still provide the second iris scan needed to release the classified information.

• Alexander Pierce watched the Helicarriers take off as Nick Fury and the others discussed how to stop Project Insight.
• Qin Xiao opened a portal above the Helicarriers, positioning the Avengers' Sky Base to block their ascent.
• Qin Xiao sent Thor through a portal to destroy the middle Helicarrier's thrusters, sending it plunging downward.
• Nick Fury announced that Alexander Pierce was Hydra and called on everyone in the building to stay calm, while Qin Xiao threatened to lock troublemakers in a room with Hulk.
• Natasha tried to release the confidential files, but Alexander Pierce said the process required iris scans from two people with level-A clearance.
• Nick Fury removed his eyepatch and revealed his scarred left eye and cloudy gray eyeball.

Qin Xiao stopped Alexander Pierce from defending Project Insight, while Natasha exposed S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra’s files to the public. After the Avengers received widespread praise, Qin Xiao’s joke about a basketball star led to a viral challenge that Tony mocked him about.

• Qin Xiao slapped Pierce aside, condemned his schemes, and ordered him to submit to an iris scan and await trial.
• Pierce scanned his eye and lifted S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra’s confidentiality protocols while Natasha copied some files and released the rest online.
• News outlets condemned Project Insight, and the public praised the Avengers, especially Natasha, for exposing the files.
• Qin Xiao told a gossip reporter he would trick the basketball star who wanted Natasha’s foot-washing water into drinking his own.
• Dutelan posted a viral challenge to face Qin Xiao on a basketball court, and Tony teased Qin Xiao about the post.

Qin Xiao retaliated against Dutelan’s insults with a humiliating prank during a college basketball appearance. Dutelan finished his showy dunk to cheers, unaware that the crowd had filmed him with his shorts gone.

• Qin Xiao calmed down after the Avengers joked with him about Dutelan, then posted a toilet photo mocking him on the Avengers’ social media account.
• Dutelan answered the online ridicule by challenging Qin Xiao to play basketball, and later grew boastful as Qin Xiao remained silent.
• Dutelan took an endorsement deal and publicly insulted Qin Xiao, ignoring friends who warned him to stop provoking an Avenger.
• At a college friendly game, Dutelan attempted a 360-degree, double between-the-legs dunk.
• A tiny portal opened between Dutelan’s legs, and two fingers pulled down his shorts as he jumped.
• Dutelan completed the dunk and celebrated the crowd’s cheers, unaware that the students were filming him exposed.