Recaps

Su Zhou and Danvers opened the Gate of Hell intending to challenge Dormammu, but discovered it led to Hel, where Hela was imprisoned. Danvers immediately overwhelmed Hela in a one-sided fight, while Su Zhou watched from nearby.

• Su Zhou left Carina sleeping and recruited Danvers to help him attack Dormammu in the Dark Dimension.
• Su Zhou opened the Gate of Hell on an abandoned mining asteroid, but he and Danvers sensed that its aura did not match Dormammu's dimension.
• Hela emerged from the gateway and declared that Su Zhou should kneel before her.
• Danvers punched Hela back through the gate, then followed her into Hel.
• Su Zhou entered Hel and watched Danvers beat Hela around with her speed and strength.

Su Zhou cleared the death energy from Hel and unknowingly became its master, discovering Odin had prepared the realm and the Valkyrie Corps for Hela. With Hela beaten by Danvers and the Valkyries restored as souls, Su Zhou asked who led them, and three sisters stepped forward.

• Su Zhou used the Phoenix Force to clear Hel’s death energy and discovered the souls of the Valkyrie Corps among the bones.
• Su Zhou realized Hel was a realm Odin had prepared for Hela, with the Valkyries intended as her army, but Hela had refused to bind herself to it.
• Su Zhou’s power bound Hel to him, transforming the realm and leaving him unable to give it back without dying.
• The restored Valkyrie souls cheered as Danvers beat Hela, while Su Zhou wondered what to do with them and how to explain Hel to Odin.
• Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld introduced themselves as leaders of the Valkyrie Corps after Su Zhou asked who was in charge.

Su Zhou revived the Valkyries, who rejected Asgard and swore loyalty to him, increasing his power over Hel. Odin arrived and attacked Danvers before battling Hela, but Danvers struck back as Su Zhou restrained Hela and held Gungnir to her neck.

• Su Zhou introduced himself to the Valkyries and offered them the choice to leave or stay in Hel.
• Urd rejected Valhalla on behalf of the Valkyries, and they swore eternal loyalty to Su Zhou.
• The Valkyries' pledge gave Su Zhou complete control of Hel and increased his power.
• Odin arrived and accidentally struck Danvers with Gungnir before Hela attacked him.
• Odin pinned Hela down, but Danvers knocked him off his horse and fought him.
• Su Zhou healed and restrained Hela, then held Gungnir to her neck and shouted for everyone to stop.

Su Zhou stopped Danvers from continuing to attack Odin, then accused Odin of endangering Kamar-Taj by preparing Hela to rule Hel. Odin countered by proposing that Su Zhou marry Hela, but Su Zhou refused and challenged Odin to prove Hel belonged to him.

• After Odin withdrew his spear, Danvers punched him again until Su Zhou restrained her with an energy rope.
• Su Zhou accused Odin of risking a dimensional invasion by preparing Hela to rule Hel and demanded an explanation on Kamar-Taj’s behalf.
• Odin proposed Hela as a bride for Su Zhou, arguing that Su Zhou had already taken control of Hel and the Valkyrie Corps.
• Hela tried to break free of Danvers’s restraints, but Su Zhou bound her with sacred energy ropes.
• Su Zhou rejected Odin’s marriage plan and asked him to call Hel back if it truly belonged to him.

Su Zhou sent Hela and Odin’s Gungnir back to Asgard, then erased Odin’s trail to Hel and explained to Danvers why he believed Odin and Hela had treated the Valkyries as political pawns. He revived Urd, renamed Hel as Heaven, and tasked her with restoring the other Valkyries while he prepared to visit Asgard.

• Su Zhou sent Hela and Gungnir through a portal to Asgard, then closed it and erased the coordinates Odin had left behind.
• Danvers questioned Su Zhou’s decision to return Hela, and Su Zhou explained that Odin and Hela had treated the Valkyries as political casualties rather than people.
• Su Zhou told Danvers that Asgard was in turmoil and that Hela’s return would give the realm plenty to contend with.
• Su Zhou used sacred energy to restore Urd’s body, gave her control of the dimension, and renamed Hel as Heaven.
• Su Zhou ordered Urd to revive the remaining Valkyries with wings and gave her access to sacred energy from the Divine Dimension.

Su Zhou brought Danvers to Asgard, where Frigga planned an engagement banquet and Su Zhou demonstrated his power while healing Odin and Frigga. Odin accepted Su Zhou’s proposal for friendship between Asgard and Kamar-Taj, then asked about the Valkyries, and Su Zhou deflected by inviting him to a meal.

• Urd began resurrecting the Valkyries in Heaven as their bodies were rebuilt from sacred energy around their skeletons.
• Su Zhou brought Danvers to Asgard and found Frigga restraining Hela while Sylvie comforted Odin and Thor stood awkwardly nearby.
• Frigga declared Su Zhou her son-in-law and planned an engagement banquet, so Su Zhou unleashed the Phoenix Force to suppress everyone except Danvers.
• Su Zhou’s Phoenix Force removed Odin’s chaotic divine energy and strengthened Odin and Frigga, then he proposed that Asgard and Kamar-Taj remain friends and that Heaven have no connection to Asgard.
• Odin accepted Su Zhou’s terms but asked about the Valkyries, and Su Zhou pretended not to know what he meant before inviting Odin to stay for a meal.

Su Zhou took Thor from Asgard and arranged for Yondu to put him on Star-Lord’s team, while leaving Mjolnir behind to study. After visiting Carina and Cosmo on Knowhere, Su Zhou returned to Earth and found Kaecilius waiting to help Dormammu descend.

• Su Zhou used Danvers as a shield during the meal in Asgard, while she tested Mjolnir and declared it inferior to Stormbreaker.
• Su Zhou telepathically convinced Odin to let him take Thor, then left Asgard with Thor and Mjolnir.
• Su Zhou handed the unconscious Thor to Yondu and ordered him to get Thor onto Star-Lord’s team, warning that Thor should be sent to the Grandmaster if he tried to return to Asgard.
• Su Zhou left Mjolnir in Heaven to study its power and visited Carina, giving her a stigmata linked to the Heaven Dimension.
• Cosmo chose to remain on Knowhere with Carina, and Su Zhou returned to Earth through a portal.
• Su Zhou sensed the Dark Dimension’s aura at the New York Sanctum and found Kaecilius threatening to kill him so Dormammu could descend on Earth.

Su Zhou found Kaecilius at the abandoned New York Sanctum and learned that the Ancient One was gone, then located Strange in a hospital. After reassuring Christine, he told her she could help Strange while the doctor’s soul fought a follower of Dormammu.

• Su Zhou asked Kaecilius where the Ancient One was and learned she had fallen into the abyss.
• Su Zhou trapped Kaecilius in a Holy Energy-reinforced Mirror Dimension and found the New York Sanctum abandoned.
• Su Zhou used the Mind Stone to locate Strange in a hospital, where Strange’s soul was fighting a follower of Dormammu.
• Su Zhou startled Christine while she was treating Strange, then reassured her by controlling a dropped needle.
• Su Zhou called himself Strange’s senior martial brother and told Christine she could help Strange herself.

Su Zhou helped Christine revive Strange by having her use a defibrillator to shock the astral fight out of him, then healed their injuries with a powerful spell. Strange and Christine finally recognized Su Zhou as Master Su Zhou, leaving them aware of his identity but still uncertain about him.

• Su Zhou persuaded Christine to use a defibrillator on Strange, and the shock blasted Dormammu's follower through several walls.
• Strange asked Christine to shock him again as he continued fighting the follower in astral form.
• Christine delivered another shock, and Strange's surge of mental power destroyed his opponent, though the current burned his chest.
• Su Zhou used Oshtur's Winds of Revival to heal Strange and Christine and erase their pain.
• Su Zhou revealed twelve radiant wings, and Strange tentatively recognized him as Master Su Zhou.

Su Zhou healed Strange’s hands and demanded that he become Kamar-Taj’s Sorcerer Supreme, but Strange refused because he wanted to return to surgery. Su Zhou used the Mind Stone to take control of Strange and carried him through a portal, leaving Christine behind.

• Strange realized his hands had stopped shaking, and Christine confirmed that his finger joints had healed.
• Strange thanked Su Zhou, who demanded that Strange become Kamar-Taj’s future Sorcerer Supreme.
• Strange refused and said he wanted to resume his career as a surgeon, while Su Zhou threatened to force him into the role.
• Su Zhou told Strange and Christine that they could be together in his universe, unlike in the other parallel universes he had seen.
• Strange still refused to accept his fate, so Su Zhou controlled his and Christine’s minds and carried Strange through a portal.

Su Zhou returned to the New York Sanctum and discussed the Sorcerer Supreme succession with the Ancient One, who urged him to deal with Dormammu and hide the Infinity Stones. While they watched Strange flee Kaecilius in the Mirror Dimension, Kaecilius unexpectedly escaped.

• Su Zhou returned to the New York Sanctum, knocked Strange and Mordo unconscious, and asked the Ancient One what to do next.
• Su Zhou revealed that he was now evenly matched with Dormammu, and the Ancient One proposed that he destroy the Dark Dimension and take over as Sorcerer Supreme.
• Su Zhou and the Ancient One watched Strange evade Kaecilius in the Mirror Dimension without stepping in to help.
• The Ancient One suggested that Su Zhou hide the Infinity Stones, but Su Zhou refused.
• Su Zhou and the Ancient One saw Kaecilius escape the Mirror Dimension.

Su Zhou manipulated Strange’s and Mordo’s memories to keep events on course, then realized the Phoenix Force was making him increasingly irritable. As the Dark Dimension began approaching Earth, he and the Ancient One arrived at the Hong Kong Sanctum, where Kaecilius’s zealots were defeating Wong’s sorcerers.

• Su Zhou knocked Strange unconscious, altered his memories, and planned for him to inherit the Eye of Agamotto and face Dormammu.
• Su Zhou threatened the Cloak of Levitation into staying silent, and it nodded in agreement.
• The Ancient One questioned Su Zhou’s strange behavior, and he concluded that the Phoenix Force was influencing his personality.
• Su Zhou decided to strengthen his mental power by studying after Strange’s situation was settled.
• Su Zhou and the Ancient One arrived at the Hong Kong Sanctum, where Wong’s sorcerers were losing to Kaecilius’s zealots.

Su Zhou urged the Ancient One to become Lord of the Dark Dimension, but she refused and suggested his dark mark could let him claim that role instead. As Strange used the Time Stone to restore Hong Kong, the Ancient One repaired temporal rifts, and Su Zhou prepared to leave.

• Su Zhou explained that dark energy could make the Ancient One a powerful ruler of the Dark Dimension, but she refused because her soul belonged to Eternity.
• The Ancient One examined Lucifer’s mark on Su Zhou’s hand and said it could be an opportunity for him to become Lord of the Dark Dimension.
• Su Zhou rejected the idea of ruling the Dark Dimension because of his system’s ties to the Divine Dimension.
• Strange and Mordo arrived at the ruined Hong Kong Sanctum, and Strange used the Time Stone to reverse the destruction and heal the injured.
• The Ancient One repaired temporal rifts as Strange negotiated with Dormammu, who took Kaecilius and the zealots while the Dark Dimension began to withdraw.
• Su Zhou bowed farewell to the Ancient One, and she asked whether he knew the Stanislavski System, Mei Lanfang, or Brecht.

Su Zhou entered the Dark Dimension and used the Infinity Stones and Phoenix Force to overpower Dormammu, severing his consciousness from the dimension and trapping him in a giant body. Dormammu remained defiant, and Su Zhou would have to kill him to end the imprisonment.

• The Ancient One told Strange he had become a mature Sorcerer Supreme, then vanished to meet Eternity.
• Su Zhou arrived in the Dark Dimension and introduced himself to Dormammu, who questioned why he had never heard of him.
• Su Zhou used the Reality Stone, Mind Stone, and Phoenix Force to form a blazing sun that burned Dormammu's giant hands and arms.
• Su Zhou unleashed psychic power that separated Dormammu's consciousness from the Dark Dimension and imprisoned him in a giant body.
• Dormammu realized Su Zhou's seal trapped him and declared that Su Zhou could not defeat him like this.

Su Zhou summoned the Valkyries and fought Dormammu to drain the Dark Dimension's energy. The battle remained at a stalemate until Dormammu compressed his body into a head and prepared to risk everything in one attack.

• Dormammu summoned his dark creatures to surround Su Zhou, who opened a portal and called in a thousand Valkyries led by Urd.
• Su Zhou told Urd to replace the Valkyries' Mjolnirs with other weapons, then cast the Light of the Vishanti's Judgment as the Valkyries charged the dark creatures.
• Su Zhou attacked Dormammu while dodging his physical blows and using the Shield of the Seraphim, trying to exhaust Dormammu's dark energy.
• Dormammu realized Su Zhou intended to outlast him, compressed his enormous body into a head, and shouted that the sorcerer would die.

Su Zhou used his two Divine Dimensions and the Phoenix Force to overwhelm Dormammu with a relentless barrage of Holy Energy swords. He revealed that the Phoenix Force had restored Dormammu’s body and emotions, leaving the former dimension lord mortal and terrified.

• Dormammu unleashed a torrent of energy, but Su Zhou joined his shields and cut through it, leaving both shields destroyed.
• Su Zhou opened countless portals around Dormammu and fired five-meter Holy Energy swords in a continuous barrage, creating a massive storm of explosions.
• Skuld reassured Urd that Su Zhou was a benevolent master, and Urd began telling the Valkyries to adjust their armor to impress him.
• Su Zhou’s attacks drained Dormammu’s dark energy and damaged his soul until he could no longer sense or connect to the Dark Dimension.
• Su Zhou revealed that the Phoenix Force had restored Dormammu’s body and emotions, and Dormammu appeared as a terrified human man.

Su Zhou defeated Dormammu but was marked as the Dark Dimension’s next lord, leaving him trapped as dark energy overwhelmed him. As his Holy Energy and dark power began tearing him apart, the system granted him the Eighth Sense.

• Su Zhou rejected Dormammu’s apparent surrender, but Dormammu branded him with a dark mark and made him the next lord of the Dark Dimension before vanishing.
• Su Zhou ordered the Valkyries to return to Heaven, then sent the Infinity Gauntlet and its three Infinity Stones through a portal before dark energy consumed him.
• The Ancient One retrieved the Gauntlet and hid the Infinity Stones in the abandoned London Sanctum.
• Su Zhou shielded himself with the Phoenix Force while Holy Energy and dark energy fought over his body.
• Su Zhou spent his Justice Points on a draw, and the system awarded him the Eighth Sense.

Su Zhou survived the Dark Dimension by awakening the Eighth Sense, gaining the ability to become Lord of the Dark Dimension while retaining his connection to Heaven. After explaining what happened to the Ancient One, he decided to pursue a new goal and took the Mind Stone from the Infinity Gauntlet.

• Su Zhou awakened the Eighth Sense, and the Phoenix Force transformed his body so it could withstand Holy Energy and dark energy.
• Su Zhou discovered he could use the powers of Heaven and the Dark Dimension separately, though not at the same time, and found dark energy made him stronger.
• Su Zhou opened a portal to the Ancient One, who nearly struck him with an energy fan before recognizing him as the Lord of the Dark Dimension.
• Su Zhou explained his experiences in the Dark Dimension to the Ancient One, who asked what he planned to do next.
• The Ancient One revealed the Infinity Gauntlet, and Su Zhou removed the Mind Stone, declaring that he wanted to fall in love.

Su Zhou flew to Sokovia to join Tony and the Avengers in their hunt for Hydra remnants. He met new recruits Scott Lang and Sam Wilson aboard their fighter, and the team prepared to begin its mission.

• Su Zhou flew across Europe toward Sokovia, where Tony and the Avengers were gathering to attack Hydra.
• Su Zhou sensed Tony aboard a fighter jet and opened a portal to join him and the team.
• Tony introduced Scott Lang as Ant-Man, and Su Zhou calmed the nervous recruit with holy energy.
• Tony introduced Sam Wilson as Falcon, and Su Zhou joked about Sam sharing a sense of justice with Steve.
• The Avengers approached Sokovia, and Steve rallied the team by declaring, “Avengers, assemble!”

Su Zhou and the Avengers attacked Hydra’s Sokovia stronghold while he searched for the twins and warned Tony about Killian and Pepper. The assault continued as Tony rushed to deal with the threat to his relationship, and Natasha asked Su Zhou about replacing missing organs.

• Su Zhou told the Avengers to spare the twins while Steve, Bucky, Falcon, and the others attacked Hydra’s base.
• Su Zhou teased Tony about his white-and-gold armor and revealed that Killian might be pursuing Pepper Potts.
• Tony checked the Stark Building’s surveillance and saw Killian with Pepper, then promised to change his armor colors in exchange for Su Zhou removing his chest shrapnel.
• Tony charged ahead to attack Hydra while Su Zhou continued fighting the forces below.
• Natasha privately asked Su Zhou about replacing missing organs, and Su Zhou promised he could make her a new one.
• Natasha said she would wear a bikini for Su Zhou.

Su Zhou rescued Wanda and Pietro Maximoff from Hydra and treated the effects of their experiments, leaving them asleep with new powers beginning to awaken. He captured Baron Strucker and brought him back to the observation room to wait for the twins to wake.

• Su Zhou asked Natasha to wear a white bikini, and she agreed.
• Su Zhou broke through Hydra’s base, found Wanda and Pietro in glass cells, and froze them when they attacked.
• Using Telepathy, Su Zhou learned Hydra had injected the twins with a serum made from Super Soldier Serum and Chitauri genes, leaving them physically enhanced but mentally confused.
• Su Zhou severed the twins’ connection to Chitauri signals, cleansed their bodies with Holy Energy, and used the Mind Stone to awaken new powers before they fell asleep.
• Su Zhou opened a portal to Scott’s location, subdued Baron Strucker and the Hydra scientists, and carried Strucker back to the twins’ room.

Wanda woke in a ruined hospital room, learned about her past and future through Su Zhou’s memories, and discovered her Chaos Magic. After Su Zhou revealed Baron Strucker’s betrayal, Wanda asked what he would do in her place.

• Wanda woke in the observation room and accepted tea from Su Zhou.
• Su Zhou shared his memories with Wanda, and she learned about her different versions and awakened her Chaos Magic.
• Pietro returned with clothes for Wanda and reunited with her and Su Zhou.
• Su Zhou explained that Baron Strucker had used the siblings as subjects for experiments and offered to kill him.
• Wanda hesitated over what to do with Strucker and asked Su Zhou what he would do in her place.

Su Zhou had Kaecilius drag Baron Strucker into the Dark Dimension after Strucker refused to repent, then explained his supposed angelic work arrangements to Wanda and Pietro. Wanda revealed Tony Stark had not been responsible for the missile that killed their parents, leaving Pietro to reconsider his revenge.

• Su Zhou summoned Kaecilius and had him seize Baron Strucker, then asked whether Strucker had anything to repent for.
• Baron Strucker insisted he had done nothing wrong and shouted, "Hail Hydra!" before Kaecilius threw him into the Dark Dimension.
• Su Zhou closed the portal, cleared away the dark energy, and told Wanda and Pietro that Strucker had been taken to hell.
• Wanda questioned how an angel could contact devils, and Su Zhou spun a story about Heaven and Hell sharing a boss and Lucifer becoming Satan.
• Su Zhou asked Pietro whether he wanted revenge on Tony Stark, but Wanda explained that Obadiah had secretly sold the missile that killed their parents.
• Wanda realized Su Zhou had shared his memories only with her and wondered if this was what being in love felt like.

Su Zhou took Wanda and Pietro to New York to witness a spectacle, using his wealth to give them a taste of luxury before leading them into Stark Tower. The chapter ended as Iron Man arrived in armor painted in Su Zhou’s colors.

• Wanda explained that Tony had disabled the missile that nearly killed him and Pietro, and that Su Zhou had already killed Obadiah.
• Su Zhou promised the disappointed Pietro a show and took Wanda and Pietro on a luxury shopping spree in New York.
• Su Zhou brought Wanda and Pietro to Stark Tower, where Happy welcomed him and let them settle in with coffee.
• Su Zhou told Pietro to start recording as Iron Man descended outside Stark Tower in armor painted in Su Zhou’s colors.

Tony returned to Stark Tower and found himself facing Pepper, Killian, and Maya while Su Zhou and the Maximoff siblings watched. As Killian’s unstable Extremis soldier prepared to explode, Su Zhou assigned Pietro to evacuate everyone and Wanda to contain the blast, leaving them to prove themselves.

• Tony arrived at Stark Tower and found Su Zhou, Wanda, and Pietro waiting to watch him.
• Pepper Potts and Killian emerged from the reception room, while Maya was behind Tony, creating a tense reunion.
• Su Zhou explained Killian’s connection to the Ten Rings and identified a bald Extremis soldier in the lobby as an imminent bomb.
• Su Zhou told Pietro to move everyone out of the blast radius and instructed Wanda to contain the explosion.
• Killian discreetly signaled the bald soldier, who rose and approached Tony as a red glow spread across his face and neck.