Recaps

Su Zhou reluctantly joined the mission to rescue Professor X, then worried about facing Apocalypse and sought time to improve his powers. He taught Jean Grey to channel the Phoenix Force through a defensive spell, leaving her better able to control her power as he feared the coming trip would end badly.

• Deadpool rejected Su Zhou's offer of money because he wanted a regular role in X-Men, so Su Zhou reluctantly helped rescue Professor X.
• Su Zhou brought the mutants to the ruins of the School for Gifted Youngsters and considered doing lottery draws to prepare for Apocalypse.
• Su Zhou moved away from the crowd and met Jean Grey beneath a tree while Cyclops watched them jealously.
• Su Zhou showed Jean the Shield of the Seraphim and explained how magic could help her control the Phoenix Force.
• Jean learned to summon the shield, and Su Zhou urged her to use her power to protect the people she loved.

Su Zhou used his Justice Points to enhance his Stigmata, greatly increasing its divine-energy capacity, then joined the Mutants in their new X-Men uniforms. The group prepared to move on, with Deadpool joking that he, Su Zhou, and Cyclops made a handsome bastard trio.

• Jean defended Su Zhou to Cyclops after leaving their conversation with him.
• Su Zhou spent his Justice Points to enhance his Stigmata, which gained a second intersecting line and more than doubled its energy capacity.
• Su Zhou calculated that his Stigmata would take about two hours to fill and planned to conserve its energy except in emergencies.
• Mystique led the Mutants in changing into new black X-Men uniforms, and Su Zhou put one on as well.
• Deadpool wedged himself between Su Zhou and Cyclops and called them a handsome bastard trio, then claimed the title of bastard for himself.

Su Zhou and Deadpool’s antics aboard the plane left the young mutants unconscious before the team reached Cairo to confront Apocalypse. The group split up to reach Magneto and rescue Professor X, while Su Zhou and Deadpool faced Apocalypse’s Horsemen.

• Deadpool frightened the young mutants with battle stories, so Su Zhou shot him and splattered the cabin with blood, causing the rookies to pass out.
• Su Zhou warned Mystique and Beast that rescuing Professor X would not be enough unless they could also defeat Apocalypse, but the group had no clear plan.
• After landing in Cairo, Mystique took Quicksilver to persuade Magneto to stop, while Beast led the others to rescue Professor X.
• Quicksilver told Magneto that he was his son, and Magneto turned his anger toward Apocalypse.
• Su Zhou’s team encountered Angel, Storm, and Psylocke, and Su Zhou claimed Psylocke as his opponent while drawing his katana.

Su Zhou fought Apocalypse’s Horsemen while Storm’s lightning and a clash between Havok and Cyclops sent the combatants crashing into the ruins. He pinned the wounded Angel beneath a steel wing and demanded that he surrender or die, and Angel declared that he had to kill Apocalypse.

• Storm struck the rescue team with lightning, leaving Deadpool burned while Angel, Psylocke, and Storm confronted Su Zhou.
• Su Zhou fought Angel in the sky with his light wings as Storm redirected her lightning toward Psylocke and a blue opponent.
• Havok and Cyclops fired beams that collided with Storm’s lightning, causing an explosion that knocked Su Zhou, Angel, and Storm out of the sky.
• Su Zhou cut off Angel’s wing, found him skewered by rebar in the rubble, and pinned his remaining wing beneath his foot.
• Su Zhou demanded that Angel surrender or die, and Angel said he had to kill Apocalypse.

Su Zhou killed Angel and watched the X-Men retreat with Professor X, but Apocalypse dragged their plane back to the ground. Apocalypse emerged and demanded that Charles let him take over his body.

• Su Zhou used his holy energy sword to kill Angel after Angel broke free of his mental manipulation.
• Su Zhou observed Deadpool and Beast fighting Psylocke while Cyclops and Havok battled Storm.
• Nightcrawler returned to the plane with Professor X, and Jean telepathically ordered the team to retreat.
• Beast, Cyclops, and Havok boarded the plane, while Su Zhou stayed behind and collected Deadpool's two Adamantium Blades.
• Apocalypse used yellow sand to pull the plane down, appeared before the survivors, and demanded that Charles let him enter his body.

Apocalypse attacked the X-Men’s hiding place, but Quicksilver, Psylocke, Mystique, and Magneto intervened while Professor X fought him in the mental world. After Professor X called for help, Su Zhou decided he could no longer sit out the battle.

• Apocalypse turned the crashed plane and nearby surroundings to sand, unaware that Nightcrawler had teleported its passengers to a nearby house.
• Quicksilver attacked Apocalypse, but Apocalypse broke his leg and grabbed him before Psylocke struck Apocalypse and freed him.
• Magneto arrived and attacked Apocalypse with torrents of metal, while Psylocke revealed herself as Mystique and shielded Quicksilver from the blast.
• Professor X entered Apocalypse’s mental world as Beast, Havok, and Cyclops tried to help, but Apocalypse’s energy barrier blocked their attacks.
• Professor X called Su Zhou for help, and Su Zhou decided to join the fight before Phoenix could act.

Su Zhou joined Magneto and the X-Men in battling Apocalypse, using a Vishanti spell to wear down his defenses until Jean Grey unleashed the Phoenix Force. Apocalypse tried to flee, but Storm moved to attack, and Su Zhou struck her before she could release her lightning.

• Su Zhou appeared before Apocalypse and attacked him with the Shining Light of the Vishanti, forcing him to expend his mental power defending himself.
• Magneto, Cyclops, and Havok kept attacking Apocalypse as Su Zhou's spell weakened his shield, but Cyclops and Havok eventually exhausted their attacks.
• Apocalypse sent a giant hand of yellow sand after Su Zhou, who called on Jean Grey for help.
• Jean Grey used the Shield of the Seraphim to destroy the sand hand, then unleashed the Phoenix Force and tore through Apocalypse's armor and body.
• Apocalypse activated his spatial transportation ability to escape, but Storm flew up to unleash lightning and Su Zhou punched her in the abdomen.

Su Zhou tried to finish Apocalypse after Jean exhausted herself suppressing the Phoenix Force, so he summoned the Gate of Hell. A man emerged from the gate as time stopped, delivering Lucifer Morningstar’s regards.

• Su Zhou knocked Storm unconscious with Deadpool to keep her from interfering while Magneto pinned Apocalypse in place.
• Su Zhou prepared to strike Apocalypse, but Jean fainted after using her mental power to suppress the Phoenix Force.
• Apocalypse taunted Su Zhou, believing himself safe from harm without the Phoenix Force.
• Su Zhou summoned the Gate of Hell and immobilized Apocalypse with its magic circle.
• A barefoot man in a white suit emerged from the gate as time stopped, and told Su Zhou that Lucifer Morningstar sent his regards.

Su Zhou tried to survive Lucifer’s arrival by proposing a deal, while Lucifer invited him to Hell and produced an enormous contract. Su Zhou intended to use the bargain to draw help from the Divine Dimension, but Lucifer saw through his plan.

• Lucifer tossed the immobilized Apocalypse through the Gate of Hell and invited Su Zhou to tour Hell.
• Su Zhou showed Lucifer his Stigmata, but Lucifer said it was not strong enough to threaten him.
• Su Zhou proposed a trade using the Stigmata as his bargaining chip, and Lucifer presented a contract over sixty thousand pages long.
• Su Zhou read the contract while planning to obtain a mark from Hell and rely on the Divine Dimension to send Lucifer away.
• Lucifer told Su Zhou he knew he was trying to attract the Divine Dimension’s attention and advised him to abandon the plan.

Su Zhou learned that Lucifer could not intervene directly in human affairs because of a wager with God, and used that knowledge to gain leverage over him. Lucifer refused to answer, paid the contract’s penalty, and left Su Zhou bound to provide the promised information about Mammon and Gabriel.

• Su Zhou asked Lucifer about Mephisto and told him the story of Mephisto imprisoning his son Blackheart.
• Su Zhou offered Lucifer information about a plot by Mammon and Gabriel in exchange for Lucifer answering a yes-or-no question.
• Lucifer agreed to the contract and let Su Zhou ask whether he was unable to intervene directly in human affairs.
• Lucifer refused to answer after Su Zhou’s question touched on his wager with God, and the contract marked Su Zhou with a locator connected to Hell as payment.
• Su Zhou inferred that Lucifer could not directly interfere in human affairs and prepared to reveal more information, knowing he still had to honor his side of the deal.

Su Zhou fulfilled his deal with Lucifer by revealing the events of Hell Detective, then returned to the X-Men after Lucifer left. With Apocalypse gone and the mutants evacuated, Su Zhou confronted Deadpool about what he had witnessed.

• Su Zhou told Lucifer how Mammon and Gabriel led Constantine to sacrifice himself and ascend to Heaven, and Lucifer cured Constantine's lung cancer to prevent his death.
• Lucifer warned Su Zhou that he would eventually claim his soul, but Su Zhou showed him the divine stigmata on his hand, and Lucifer returned through the Gate of Hell.
• Time resumed, and Su Zhou opened a portal to return Professor X and the X-Men to their ruined school after telling them Apocalypse was gone.
• The X-Men retreated through the portal, with Beast carrying Mystique and Phoenix, Magneto levitating Quicksilver, and Cyclops and his brother struggling with their injuries.
• Su Zhou stopped Deadpool from leaving and demanded to know whether he had seen Lucifer, while Deadpool joked about Marvel and DC crossovers.
• Su Zhou threatened to send Deadpool to Lucifer if he could not reach the Time Variance Authority in the next world.

Su Zhou and Idiot watched Wolverine and another Deadpool arrive in Knowhere, where the two Deadpools fought. When Wolverine confronted Su Zhou, Su Zhou claimed he was a victim and dragged out the wounded Idiot.

• Su Zhou joked with Idiot about the impending fight between Deadpool and Wolverine, and the two argued over their past travels.
• Wolverine and a Deadpool fell from the sky, and Wolverine attacked him before the pair began fighting.
• Wolverine dismissed Deadpool’s warning about Paradox and the people who might disappear, then resumed their bloody fight.
• Wolverine sensed Su Zhou nearby and confronted him, while Su Zhou claimed he was a victim and produced Idiot with a hole in his head.

Su Zhou and Wolverine bonded while two Deadpools fought, before the Human Torch’s entrance and attack on Pyro ended in a painful fall. A convoy of mutant villains surrounded the group, and Sabretooth confronted Wolverine, whom Su Zhou identified as his brother.

• Su Zhou shot Deadpool to make him get up, then privately warned Wolverine not to trust the two Deadpools.
• The two Deadpools argued over who was the real Deadpool and fought with their katanas.
• The Human Torch arrived, but Pyro drained his flames and he fell onto an iron frame before hitting the ground.
• The mutant villains surrounded the group in a convoy, and Wolverine and Su Zhou denied knowing the Deadpools and the Human Torch.
• Sabretooth confronted Wolverine, and Su Zhou told Logan that Sabretooth was his brother and called Logan his favorite Wolverine.

Su Zhou killed Sabretooth and helped the X-Men team capture Wolverine and the two Deadpools with a gigantic electromagnet. The chapter ended with Pyro asking why Su Zhou wasn’t affected, and Su Zhou showing off his metal-free combat suit.

• Su Zhou tripped Wolverine, then decapitated Sabretooth with a holy-energy longsword and earned 50 justice points.
• The two Deadpools fought over Sabretooth’s head and traded insults while Pyro signaled Toad to activate the convoy’s gigantic electromagnet.
• The electromagnet pulled Wolverine and both Deadpools onto it because of their Adamantium, and a Sentinel’s thigh crashed into them, silencing them.
• Pyro asked why Su Zhou wasn’t being pulled in, and Su Zhou showed that his combat suit contained no metal.

Su Zhou defeated Pyro and brought him, Toad, and the other captured mutants to the resistance base, where Elektra and her allies welcomed him. Pyro woke up tied to a chair amid the group’s bizarre antics, while Su Zhou explained how he had taken down the others.

• Pyro attacked Su Zhou with a pillar of fire, but Su Zhou blocked it with the Shield of the Seraphim.
• Su Zhou used telepathy to control Toad, who ambushed Pyro and dragged him off the vehicle, leaving him unconscious.
• Su Zhou converted the other captured mutants into justice points and used telepathy on Johnny to learn the route to the resistance base.
• Su Zhou drove the captives to the base, where Elektra and the others welcomed him.
• Pyro woke up tied to a chair and saw Su Zhou, Wolverine, the two Deadpools, and the others behaving strangely.
• Su Zhou told Elektra that Pyro was not muddled and recounted how he had taken down the group.

Su Zhou learned that Paradox planned to use the Time Ripper to erase the universes of everyone in the Void, including Su Zhou’s, and hurried to confront him. Just as he prepared to leave, Elektra and Wolverine sensed more than a hundred Deadpools approaching the resistance base.

• Su Zhou overwhelmed Elektra, then convinced her he meant no harm and brought her to meet the captured Johnny the Human Torch and Pyro.
• Pyro admitted he wanted to kill Cassandra and revealed that Paradox planned to activate the Time Ripper in about ten hours.
• Su Zhou learned his own universe would be erased, freed Pyro, and woke the two Deadpools so he could head after Paradox.
• Deadpool realized Su Zhou could have used the Time Variance Authority tablet to leave the Void all along.
• Elektra sensed the ground shaking, and Wolverine smelled more than a hundred Deadpools outside the base.

Su Zhou lured Cassandra and her Deadpool and mutant followers into the Time Variance Authority, hoping they would disrupt its forces while he escaped. Cassandra followed him into a restroom and cornered him, curious about the stranger she had never seen before.

• Lady Deadpool led a crowd of Deadpools to confront Su Zhou and his companions, and Cassandra arrived through a portal.
• An unseen attacker shot Cassandra in the head, but her copied regeneration healed her wound.
• Su Zhou told Cassandra about Mr. Paradox's plan to erase their timelines and proposed working together, then escaped through a TemPad portal when she refused.
• Su Zhou watched from a restroom as Deadpool, Wolverine, Cassandra, and her followers entered the Time Variance Authority and fought its guards.
• Cassandra found Su Zhou in the men's restroom and cornered him, saying she wanted to add him to her collection.

Su Zhou fought Cassandra in the TVA restroom and repeatedly dismembered her, but her regeneration kept her alive. Exhausted and covered in blood, he emerged to find another bald woman standing before him and called her “Teacher.”

• Su Zhou used his Adamantium Blade to stab Cassandra and pin her to a restroom wall.
• Su Zhou emptied an automatic rifle into Cassandra, shredding her hands and badly damaging her body.
• Su Zhou pulled out the blade, cut open Cassandra’s skull, and destroyed her brain, but she continued regenerating without triggering a system notification.
• Su Zhou spent five minutes chopping Cassandra’s body into pieces, yet still failed to kill her.
• Su Zhou left the restroom covered in blood and found a bald woman, whom he addressed as “Teacher.”

The Ancient One rescued Su Zhou from the Time Variance Authority and explained how her magic and energy exchange with Dormammu worked. She led him to the Office of the God of Time and revealed that Loki was the only God of Time after becoming the World Tree.

• The Ancient One washed the blood off Su Zhou and explained that magic could work in the TVA if its energy crossed the river of time.
• The Ancient One sent Cassandra's regenerating remains into Dormammu's Dark Dimension, and the system announced Cassandra's death while awarding Su Zhou 150 Justice Points.
• The Ancient One told Su Zhou that Kamar-Taj traded its garbage to Dormammu for dark energy.
• The Ancient One led Su Zhou through the deserted TVA and asked who managed the timelines created by Deadpool and Su Zhou.
• At the Office of the God of Time, the Ancient One told Su Zhou that Loki became the sole God of Time when he became the World Tree.

The Ancient One brought Su Zhou to meet Loki, the God of Time, and learned that Loki could grant him a request for saving Frigga. Su Zhou wished to become invincible, so the Ancient One promised to train him into the strongest sorcerer in the universe.

• The Ancient One showed Su Zhou the World Tree of timelines and explained her connection to Loki and the Time Variance Authority.
• Su Zhou realized the Ancient One had dealt with the Mutants who invaded the Time Variance Authority by returning them to their original timelines.
• Loki thanked Su Zhou for saving Frigga and offered to grant him a request.
• Su Zhou wished to become the strongest being in the multiverse, and Loki said the Ancient One could help him.
• The Ancient One promised to make Su Zhou the strongest sorcerer in the universe, leaving him dreading his training.

After helping restore the timelines, Su Zhou stayed behind to collect Justice Points in Knowhere rather than return to Earth. He reunited with Cosmo and Carina, who complained that he had been gone for 199 cosmic days and reminded him that he did not get paid.

• Su Zhou and the Ancient One left the Time Variance Authority after the disrupted timelines were restored and their culprits punished.
• Su Zhou warned Loki and the Ancient One about a possible future in which Hydra Captain and Doctor Doom ruled the multiverse, and showed them Doctor Doom defeating Thanos.
• Loki extended the Ancient One’s life, while the Ancient One gave Su Zhou a spellbook about using the Book of the Vishanti.
• Su Zhou chose to remain away from Earth and returned through a portal to Knowhere to collect Justice Points.
• Cosmo greeted Su Zhou enthusiastically, and Carina told him he had been gone for 199 cosmic days before he protested that he did not get paid.

Su Zhou returned and learned how Carina, Yondu, and Malekith had spent the past six months while he was away. After hearing about their successful operations, he ordered Carina to contact Yondu and Malekith so he could meet them and collect his Justice Points.

• Su Zhou questioned Carina about her unpaid work and asked what Danvers and the others had been doing during his absence.
• Carina explained that Captain Marvel had given her a pager and custom clothes with hidden pockets, then became flustered when Su Zhou asked to see them.
• Cosmo told Su Zhou that Yondu’s Ravagers had built a profitable bounty-delivery business, while Malekith’s Dark Elves had made money through espionage and galactic stock trading.
• Cosmo reported that Yondu and Malekith had also toppled several tyrannical planetary governments and turned the liberated worlds into bases for the Dark Elves.
• Su Zhou told Carina to contact Yondu and Malekith and arrange a meal.

Su Zhou explained the TVA’s new policy to Captain Marvel and asked her to keep leading his organization while he returned to Earth to face Dormammu. When Yondu and Malekith arrived, Su Zhou stopped them from fighting and learned their feud began with the Galactic Awkward Dance Troupe’s jailbreak.

• Su Zhou told Captain Marvel that Loki would separate mutated timelines instead of erasing them, then asked her to remain the organization’s leader.
• Su Zhou explained that he planned to take the Infinity Stones to Earth to fight Dormammu and establish his own Light Dimension, and Captain Marvel agreed to stay in charge.
• Carina brought Yondu and Malekith in, where Su Zhou found Yondu aiming his Yaka Arrow at Malekith and Malekith holding an antimatter bomb against Yondu.
• Su Zhou used the Infinity Stones to make Yondu and Malekith put away their weapons, then asked them to explain their feud and report on their work.
• Yondu and Malekith revealed that Malekith blamed Yondu for allowing the Galactic Awkward Dance Troupe to escape, while Yondu insisted he had followed Su Zhou’s orders.

Su Zhou freed Yondu and Malekith from mind control and granted their requests, then learned Danvers had defeated Thanos. After accusing his system of withholding justice points, Su Zhou drew an SSS-rank skill and received the modified Phoenix Force.

• Su Zhou released Yondu and Malekith from mind control and gave them time to decide what they wanted.
• Malekith asked to name their organization, while Yondu asked Su Zhou to save Peter's life if he ever faced danger; Su Zhou agreed to both requests.
• Danvers told Su Zhou she had broken Thanos's limbs and beaten his generals, leaving them recovering in hospital rooms.
• Su Zhou demanded the system explain its justice-point tally, then ordered an SSS-rank skill draw.
• The system awarded Su Zhou the SSS-rank skill Phoenix Force · Modified.

After absorbing his Telepathy into the Phoenix Force, Su Zhou gained two-fifths of its power and appointed Carina as his representative before returning to Knowhere. He practiced his new abilities, and Carina seized the chance to kiss him and begin their first intimate encounter.

• Su Zhou's Telepathy merged with the Phoenix Force, increasing his usable power to two-fifths and giving him control over physical objects.
• Yondu and Malekith gave Su Zhou communication watches and reports on their organization, and he named Carina its CEO and representative.
• Su Zhou opened a portal and left for Knowhere, forgetting to take Cosmo with him.
• Su Zhou practiced the Phoenix Force in his room, floating and crushing furniture until he learned to control it.
• Carina returned with Cosmo, saw the wrecked room, then embraced and kissed Su Zhou, and they acknowledged that it was the first time for both of them.