Chapter Summaries

After sending Yelena away from Kyiv, Chen Mo contacted Emma Frost to check on her takeover of the Hellfire Club. He learned of a German testing site holding enhancement technology and the Blood of Woden, and decided to go there.

• Yelena boarded an evacuation truck after Chen Mo reminded her that she still owed him, and she waved goodbye as it drove away.
• Chen Mo watched the remaining evacuation units leave Kyiv, then contacted Emma Frost through their mental connection.
• Emma Frost reported that she had largely taken over the Hellfire Club but had not located Sebastian Shaw.
• Emma Frost told Chen Mo about a German military testing site beneath an abandoned mining area in Hamburg, where a stone tablet, the Blood of Woden, and a Glory Class enhanced human were kept.
• Chen Mo asked Emma Frost for the site's address and decided to head to Hamburg.

Chen Mo used Emma Frost’s intelligence to locate a secret German laboratory near Hamburg, where he discovered mass human experimentation and found that the Blood of Woden was missing. He entered the archives to inspect a freshly written shipment record as soldiers rushed to stop him.

• Emma Frost gave Chen Mo the laboratory’s location near Hamburg and said the latest shipment had arrived the previous night.
• Chen Mo traveled to the abandoned mining area and used telekinesis to discover a vast underground facility guarded by soldiers and enhanced humans.
• Chen Mo found prisoners being subjected to lethal experiments and learned from the records that more than two hundred thousand people had died there.
• Chen Mo discovered a heavily guarded chamber containing an ancient stele but found no trace of the Blood of Woden.
• Chen Mo appeared in the archives room, killed two officers, and opened the latest shipment records as soldiers raised the alarm.
• Chen Mo killed the soldiers rushing through the corridor before they could fire.

Chen Mo uncovered the Blood of Woden’s alien origins and research records while the base’s forces struggled to stop him. Sieg Hart overcame his fear and entered the elevator to confront Chen Mo, prepared to die or have the base destroyed.

• Chen Mo learned that the Blood of Woden had been transferred to Berlin, the Hellfire Club, and an unknown project, and he found Sebastian Shaw’s receipt for a dose.
• Chen Mo killed two squads of enhanced soldiers who approached the archive, while the commander ordered defenses mobilized and called on Sieg Hart to attack.
• Prisoners in the detention area planned to escape as guards left their posts after a blast shook the corridor.
• Chen Mo discovered that the Blood of Woden was an alien-derived catalytic serum and absorbed research that could help him improve its success rate.
• Chen Mo learned that the black stele might point to other steles, including one on the moon, and decided to keep Emma Frost and the Hellfire Club available for future use.
• Sieg Hart admitted he feared Chen Mo, but entered the elevator and ordered Berlin notified and the base evacuated, with its destruction set as a contingency.

Sieg Hart confronted Chen Mo in the archives and activated Overload Mode to defend the Empire’s research. Chen Mo seized the stone stele and documents, and Sieg Hart began a final attack by grabbing his own heart.

• Sieg Hart descended to basement level seven and entered the blood-soaked corridor despite his fear.
• Chen Mo told Sieg Hart he intended to take the stone stele, the modification research documents, and Sieg Hart’s life.
• Sieg Hart activated Overload Mode and smashed the archives’ cabinets and wall to destroy the research, but Chen Mo stopped the debris with telekinesis.
• Sieg Hart attacked Chen Mo, but Chen Mo caught his fist and remained unmoved.
• Chen Mo teleported the stone stele and important research items to a safe location outside the mining area.
• Sieg Hart broke free, plunged his left hand into his chest, seized his heart, and released all his stored energy for the Empire.

Chen Mo killed Sieg Hart, absorbed his modification energy and memories, and learned that Sebastian Shaw was the subject of a secret project to create a being beyond Glory Class. As Chen Mo stripped the German base for its equipment and supplies, his tentacles transported the escaped prisoners to a forest outside the mining area.

• Chen Mo contained Sieg Hart's self-destruction, absorbed his remaining body and energy, and learned from his memories that Germany's Supreme Class Creation Project was modifying Sebastian Shaw with the Blood of Woden and Mutant abilities.
• Chen Mo discovered that Shaw had received two portions of the Blood of Woden, then sent his Blacklight Virus tentacles throughout the base to seize its equipment, materials, researchers, and soldiers.
• Prisoners on the fourth basement level escaped their cells with keys retrieved from the duty room, but found Chen Mo's tentacles consuming the soldiers in the corridor.
• Chen Mo's tentacles surrounded the prisoners and transported them in a mist to a forest outside the mining area, where the survivors confirmed they were alive.

Chen Mo telekinetically lifted the Hamburg Mining Area, including its underground base and the mountain above it, and transported it to the Hellfire Club estate. The chapter ended with the mountain descending onto the estate’s training ground as Chen Mo told Emma to accept the club’s new workplace.

• Chen Mo asked Emma to clear the Hellfire Club’s abandoned training ground and assemble people to maintain order.
• Emma halted her meeting and ordered club members to clear the training ground and keep away from it.
• Chen Mo lifted the Hamburg Mining Area intact and carried it through the sky toward the Hellfire Club estate.
• Escaped test subjects witnessed the mining area rise and believed tentacled beings had been sent by God to save them.
• Emma realized Chen Mo could destroy the estate effortlessly and ordered everyone to retreat as the mountain descended.
• The mountain struck the estate’s wall, and Chen Mo pointed out the mining area and told Emma to sign for her new workplace.

Chen Mo moved a mountain-sized mining complex into the Hellfire Club’s manor, took control of its researchers and operations, and crushed resistance to Emma’s new authority. The chapter ended with Emma reporting German advances across Europe and admitting that the club still had no trace of Sebastian Shaw.

• Chen Mo used telekinesis to install the mining complex beside the manor, destroying much of the training ground and walls.
• Chen Mo gave Emma the researchers, equipment, and data, ordered her to resume the black-stone research, and told her to search for Sebastian Shaw.
• Emma led Chen Mo into the meeting hall and knelt beside him as he reviewed the club’s records; the members followed her example.
• Azazel killed two club members who remained standing, and Chen Mo warned that disloyal members could be replaced with duplicates.
• Emma presented the latest battle report, describing German advances across Europe and the club’s failure to locate Sebastian Shaw.

Chen Mo traced the Supreme Class Project to Berlin and went there to find Shaw, leaving Emma Frost to restart the estate’s experiments. In a hidden bunker beneath the Chancellery, he discovered a surgically altered Führer surrounded by suspicious guards and quietly entered the meeting room.

• Chen Mo dismissed Emma Frost’s concerns about the war and focused on reports that researchers had been moved to Berlin while Hitler had disappeared from public view.
• Chen Mo ordered Emma Frost to resume the experiments and research, then declared that he would take Germany and left for Berlin.
• Chen Mo surveyed Berlin from above and used his telekinesis to locate a fortified bunker beneath the Chancellery.
• Chen Mo discovered that the apparent Führer had undergone surgery and that two of his Mutant guards were secretly aiming their guns at him.
• Chen Mo concealed himself, followed an officer into the bunker’s conference room, listened to the officers argue, and closed the door behind him.

Chen Mo uncovered that Sebastian Shaw had killed Hitler, taken control of Germany, and hidden his Supreme Class Project beneath an Arctic iceberg. Chen Mo reached Shaw’s research base just as Shaw prepared to become a god, and threatened to devour him.

• Chen Mo entered the underground bunker, exposed the false Führer, and learned from his memories that Shaw had killed the real Hitler and secretly controlled Germany.
• Chen Mo devoured officers and Shaw’s Mutant guards, discovering records that led him to the Arctic research site.
• Chen Mo used convoy records and route clues to identify Shaw’s hidden base and declared that he had come to take over Germany.
• At the Arctic base, Shaw prepared to use a heart suspended in red liquid to become a god, but an alarm reported that Berlin had gone silent.
• Chen Mo emerged from dark red smoke in Shaw’s laboratory and asked whether a god would taste better than an ordinary enhanced human.

Chen Mo fought Shaw in the laboratory, allowing him to absorb energy while protecting the incubation chamber with telekinetic force. As Shaw unleashed his accumulated power, Chen Mo transported them above a vast icy sea, where their battle continued.

• Shaw attacked Chen Mo, who caught his punch and discovered that Shaw absorbed energy from their collisions.
• Shaw repeatedly forced close-quarters clashes, absorbing some of Chen Mo’s power while the fight damaged the laboratory.
• Chen Mo shielded the incubation chamber with telekinetic force and invited Shaw to keep absorbing energy.
• Shaw drained his accumulated energy into a powerful punch, plunging the laboratory into darkness as the base shook and the chamber’s reserves began leaking.
• Chen Mo raised his hand and transported himself and Shaw above an icy sea just before Shaw’s punch landed.

Chen Mo fought Sebastian Shaw over the Arctic Ocean, overwhelming him despite Shaw absorbing and returning the energy of his attacks. Chen Mo drove Shaw into the sky and struck him with enough force to overload his absorption, leaving the outcome of the final blow unresolved.

• Chen Mo caught Shaw's punch and revealed that he had acquired Azazel's teleportation ability, prompting Shaw to wonder what had happened to Azazel and the Hellfire Club.
• Chen Mo punched Shaw, and Shaw absorbed the kinetic energy before blasting it back at him.
• Chen Mo seized Shaw and slammed him into the seabed, where they exchanged powerful blows as Shaw absorbed more energy and healed from his injuries.
• Shaw claimed that Chen Mo's attacks would become the power that killed him, but Chen Mo kept escalating the fight and carried him high above the Arctic Ocean.
• Chen Mo armored his arms and struck Shaw as the energy in Shaw's body became unstable and overwhelmed his ability to absorb it.

Chen Mo overwhelmed Shaw in a brutal battle across the Arctic ice and sea, pushing Shaw’s absorption and healing abilities past their limits. After tearing off Shaw’s shoulder and half his arm, Chen Mo faced Shaw’s desperate decision to unleash all his stored energy.

• Chen Mo’s punch broke through Shaw’s golden defense and sent him crashing through the ice into the seabed.
• Shaw released stored energy in a golden blast, but Chen Mo split it and struck him back into the seabed.
• Chen Mo battered Shaw across the sea and sky, while Shaw’s healing slowed and the golden lines beneath his skin began to fail.
• Chen Mo concluded that Shaw’s energy absorption had a limit and drove him into the deep sea.
• Chen Mo tore off Shaw’s shoulder and half his arm, and Shaw erupted with all the energy he had stored.

Shaw used his stored energy to heal himself and fought Chen Mo beneath the Arctic Ocean. Chen Mo acquired Shaw’s energy-absorption ability and drained his attacks, leaving Shaw terrified and powerless.

• Shaw unleashed his stored energy, regenerated his body, and charged at Chen Mo.
• Shaw battered Chen Mo while Chen Mo’s tendrils absorbed Shaw’s severed arm and the Blacklight Virus acquired Energy Absorption.
• Chen Mo absorbed the force of Shaw’s punches and taunted him to attack harder.
• Shaw fired a golden energy blast at Chen Mo, but Chen Mo absorbed it without taking damage.
• Shaw realized Chen Mo had drained his attack, while Chen Mo asked him to keep fighting.

Chen Mo copied Shaw’s energy-absorption ability and overwhelmed Shaw after he tried to survive by defending instead of attacking. The chapter ends with Chen Mo tearing out Shaw’s heart and preparing to consume it as Shaw begins to regenerate.

• Chen Mo revealed that he had copied Shaw’s ability by analyzing the arm he had torn off, leaving Shaw convinced he could neither defeat nor escape him.
• Shaw stopped attacking and absorbed Chen Mo’s blows into a layered golden defense, hoping to stall until Chen Mo made an opening.
• Chen Mo compressed his stored energy into a powerful punch that shattered Shaw’s defenses and broke his arms and chest.
• Chen Mo reached into Shaw’s chest and ripped out his heart, but Shaw’s body began growing a new one.
• Chen Mo pierced the removed heart with black-and-red tendrils and said he would take more bites.

Chen Mo absorbed Shaw and learned the truth about the Supreme Class Project before rescuing the Arctic base and sending clones to test Shaw’s energy absorption system near the sun. He asked Emma Frost to prepare a large, sturdy new site for the base.

• Shaw triggered a massive explosion, but Chen Mo absorbed its energy through his tendrils and devoured Shaw’s remains.
• Chen Mo discovered that the gold-patterned heart was the core of the Supreme Class Project and stored it with the cultivation equipment.
• Chen Mo used telekinesis to haul the sinking Arctic base above the sea and decided to preserve its equipment and data.
• Chen Mo created two Blacklight Clones and sent them toward the sun to test their energy absorption limits.
• Chen Mo contacted Emma Frost and asked her to prepare a large, sturdy site for the base.

Chen Mo returned to the Marvel Universe after delivering Shaw’s Arctic base to Hellfire Manor and assigning Emma Frost to manage its research facilities. At Stark Tower, Tony Stark showed Chen Mo his newly upgraded armor, which assembled instantly around him.

• Chen Mo dropped Shaw’s Arctic base onto Hellfire Manor, gave Emma Frost the research data and researchers, and instructed her to recreate the cultivation environment and recruit more staff.
• Emma Frost agreed to manage the base, while Chen Mo told his clones to absorb solar energy and watch over the area before opening a dimensional rift.
• Chen Mo returned to Stark Tower, where Tony Stark complained about his disappearance and explained that he had spent forty-eight hours working on a technological upgrade.
• Tony demonstrated his new armor, which assembled from tiny metal particles and featured automatic damage repair, energy weapons, and propulsion systems.

Chen Mo returned from a trip through a place where time flowed differently and reunited with Tony, who agreed to build him custom armor. Tony told him about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s ongoing fight against Hydra, while Pepper ordered the exhausted Tony to sleep; JARVIS then revealed that Chen Mo had already registered the hotel's top floor in his own name.

• Chen Mo admired Tony's armor and persuaded him to make a sturdy black-and-red suit, joking that enemies would be frightened when they broke through it and found Chen Mo underneath.
• Tony asked where Chen Mo had been, and Chen Mo said he had gone to a time-distorted buffet and brought back a new god and a restaurant as a package deal.
• Tony told Chen Mo that S.H.I.E.L.D. had uncovered Hydra bases across several continents and that Nick Fury had sought his help dealing with modified prisoners.
• Pepper Potts found Tony awake after forty-eight hours and insisted that he go to sleep, while Tony arranged a hotel room for Chen Mo and promised to discuss the armor the next day.
• JARVIS told Chen Mo that he had registered the hotel's top floor in his own name three months earlier.

Chen Mo arrived at Tony Stark’s hotel suite and chose to shower and sleep despite not needing either, explaining that the habits reminded him he was still a person. Tony invited him to Stark Industries’ technology expo that evening, and the chapter ended with Coulson arriving to say that Director Fury had been waiting for Chen Mo.

• Chen Mo explored the luxurious penthouse suite, then showered and went to sleep without using his powers to guard himself.
• After waking, Chen Mo ate breakfast with Tony, who asked about his ordinary habits and accepted that they helped him feel human.
• Tony invited Chen Mo to Stark Industries’ technology expo to watch his new armor demonstration and act as backup if anything went wrong.
• Coulson entered the suite and told Chen Mo that Director Fury had been waiting for him.

Chen Mo refused Nick Fury’s request to join forces against Hydra, warning that he would destroy any Hydra members who approached him. He then went with Tony Stark and Coulson to Stark Industries’ technology expo, where Ivan Vanko prepared to act.

• Coulson visited Chen Mo and Tony, and Chen Mo crushed the hidden communicator in Coulson’s tie clip, bringing Fury into the conversation by hologram.
• Fury revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. had uncovered Hydra members throughout its ranks, including former director Alexander Pierce, and asked whether Chen Mo would work with Hydra.
• Chen Mo refused to join Hydra but warned Fury he could not promise to leave its members intact if they came after him; Fury asked him to give notice and avoid populated areas.
• Fury assigned Coulson to accompany Chen Mo and Tony to the technology expo, and the three traveled there with Happy driving.
• As the expo began, Ivan Vanko entered through a maintenance corridor with metal whips hidden in his toolbox and watched Tony on the giant screen.

Tony Stark unveiled Stark Industries’ new energy technology at an expo, but Ivan attacked him with electric whips over a debt owed by Tony’s father. Chen Mo evacuated the crowd with telekinesis as Tony armored up and fought Ivan, leaving their battle underway.

• Tony arrived at the Stark Industries expo and told reporters the company would redefine energy, medicine, and technology.
• Ivan broke into the venue, revealed a crude chest reactor, and attacked Tony with electric whips.
• Chen Mo used telekinesis to guide the crowd safely out of the venue and stopped debris from hitting staff.
• Tony activated his Iron Man armor after confirming that no civilians remained inside.
• Tony and Ivan exchanged attacks, and Tony dodged Ivan’s whips before targeting him with miniature missiles.