Chapter Summaries

Su Zhou revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. had secretly developed prototype energy weapons and brought Nick Fury and Thor in to explain why. Their argument over the weapons began, while Su Zhou suspected the Helicarrier might also be harboring Skrulls.

• Natasha let Banner try to lift Mjolnir, but Su Zhou pulled him away before he transformed into Hulk.
• Steve lifted Mjolnir, though it did not summon Thor’s armor.
• Su Zhou revealed a prototype energy weapon and said its existence signaled Earth was preparing for interstellar war.
• Su Zhou considered whether Skrulls were aboard the Helicarrier and suggested bringing in witnesses.
• Nick Fury and Thor arrived, then argued over S.H.I.E.L.D.’s weapons research.

Su Zhou and the others realized Loki planned to use Stark Tower’s energy to open a portal for the Chitauri, just as Hawkeye attacked the Helicarrier. Su Zhou reached the bridge and warned Coulson that an infiltrator was inside the command center.

• Thor argued that S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Tesseract research had drawn Loki to Earth, while Natasha noted Loki had killed eighty people.
• Dr. Banner and Tony studied the Tesseract research, and Su Zhou reminded Tony that Stark Tower’s Arc Reactor could supply the energy Loki needed.
• Tony found a gamma-ray anomaly in New York and identified Stark Tower as the target, then an explosion disabled one of the Helicarrier’s turbines.
• Su Zhou assigned the others to protect the Helicarrier and went to confront the intruders while Tony worked to restore power.
• A grenade struck the bridge, and Su Zhou entered after clearing the attackers outside, warning Coulson that there was a mole in the command center.

Su Zhou exposed Skrull infiltrators aboard the Helicarrier and killed them after convincing most agents to lower their weapons. As he thanked Sitwell, an arrow flew past him, revealing that Agent Barton was on the second floor.

• Coulson entered the command room as Su Zhou announced over the public channel that aliens had infiltrated the Helicarrier.
• Su Zhou shot two disguised Skrulls, demonstrating that they revealed green blood and their true forms when injured.
• Sitwell lowered his weapon and urged the agents to trust Su Zhou, leading most of them to disarm.
• Four agents refused to lower their weapons and opened fire, but Su Zhou killed all four Skrulls and earned ten Justice Points.
• An arrow flew past Sitwell and struck a computer, and Su Zhou identified Agent Barton on the second floor.

With the Helicarrier losing engines and falling, Su Zhou helped Tony restart a turbine while sending Natasha after Clint. After the engine recovered, Su Zhou headed through a portal to assist Natasha, joking that she might have gained weight.

• Sitwell revealed that Hawkeye was on the second floor just before another engine failure sent the Helicarrier lurching downward.
• Su Zhou ordered an operator to steer the Helicarrier toward the sea, then asked Natasha to stop Clint from reaching Loki's cell while he went to help Tony.
• Su Zhou joined Tony at the turbine and learned to pull the red lever to reverse the magnetic poles.
• Tony pushed the fan blades into motion, and Su Zhou pulled the lever as Tony became trapped against the spinning blades.
• Su Zhou opened a portal and went to help Natasha, speculating that Clint might have overpowered her because she had gained weight.

Su Zhou photographed Natasha’s bruised face, then confronted Hawkeye as he tried to free Loki. Hoping to let Loki escape and eventually draw the Chitauri through the portal, Su Zhou stopped Hawkeye’s attack and slammed him into the cell-release button.

• Su Zhou took a photo of Natasha’s injuries and sent her through a portal to Steve’s side.
• Su Zhou considered using the Chitauri invasion to earn Justice Points and planned to let the government’s nuclear strike become public.
• Hawkeye tried to open Loki’s cell while Su Zhou devised a way to make Loki’s escape look plausible.
• Su Zhou sneaked up behind Hawkeye, who attacked by dislodging the pistol’s magazine and reaching for Su Zhou’s crotch.
• Su Zhou used Bullet Time to catch Hawkeye’s wrists and drove his forehead into the cell’s large red button.

Su Zhou revived Hawkeye after the agent accidentally released Loki’s cell, sending Loki plunging toward the Atlantic. The Avengers regrouped, and Tony revealed a new threat at Stark’s rooftop: a woman in green robes and a deer helmet beside the Tesseract machine.

• Hawkeye struck the cell’s release button, causing Loki and his cage to fall from the Helicarrier into the ocean.
• Su Zhou used divine energy from his Stigmata to revive Hawkeye and told the team that Loki had escaped.
• Su Zhou brought Hawkeye to the conference room, where Natasha had awakened and described how the scepter had affected Clint.
• Su Zhou explained that the scepter had enhanced Clint’s mental strength rather than his physical strength.
• Tony showed the Avengers an image of the Tesseract machine on Stark’s rooftop, where Dr. Erik stood beside a woman in green robes and a deer helmet.

Su Zhou returned Mjolnir to Thor and urged him to recover the Tesseract, then challenged the others to consider who was responsible for stopping the coming alien invasion. He left the group questioning whether they should risk their lives without government authority or pay as Lady Loki prepared to open a portal above Stark Tower.

• Su Zhou pointed out Female Loki on Tony's phone and joked that she was Thor's younger sister and a claimant to Asgard's throne.
• Su Zhou returned Mjolnir to Thor and told him to retrieve the Tesseract before Loki caused more trouble.
• Su Zhou gave Thor fines for Odin's littering and the town's reconstruction costs, prompting Thor to protest that Mjolnir was not trash.
• With Lady Loki preparing to open a portal above Stark Tower, Su Zhou made Tony, Steve, Thor, and Nick Fury sit down to hear his questions.
• Su Zhou blamed S.H.I.E.L.D. and the United States government for bringing Loki and the alien army to Earth, arguing that the military should handle the invasion rather than unpaid heroes.
• When Tony asked whether Su Zhou was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Su Zhou insisted there was no reason to risk their lives for a few thousand a month.

Su Zhou stalled while demanding authorization and protection from liability before agreeing to retrieve the Tesseract. After the World Security Council rejected Nick Fury’s request and the Chitauri invaded New York, Su Zhou led the team through a portal to fight.

• Su Zhou refused to retrieve the Tesseract unless he could keep it, then argued that the team needed formal authorization to avoid liability for damages.
• Nick Fury contacted the World Security Council, which rejected his request and officially ended the Avengers Initiative.
• The Tesseract activated and opened a wormhole above New York, allowing the Chitauri army to pour through and attack.
• Steve prepared to fight, while Su Zhou asked Tony if his preparations were ready and then opened a portal for the team.
• Tony explained that Su Zhou had intended to act regardless of the Council’s decision, and Natasha went to wake Clint while the others followed Su Zhou.

Su Zhou confronted Sylvie, who explained that she was hiding from the Time Variance Authority, while the Avengers fought the Chitauri invasion. He left Sylvie with the Ancient One and prepared to join the battle, but Tony urgently reported a flying whale.

• Su Zhou disarmed Sylvie and broke her blade, and she identified herself as a Loki variant hiding from the Time Variance Authority.
• Steve rushed through Su Zhou's portal to fight the Chitauri, and Su Zhou knocked down a group of them with a taxi.
• Tony flew out in upgraded Iron Man Armor and attacked Chitauri craft while Thor joined the battle.
• Su Zhou brought Sylvie to the Ancient One, who took her in and closed Su Zhou's portal without a Sling Ring.
• Tony radioed Su Zhou that a flying whale had appeared outside.

Su Zhou used his giant form to destroy a Chitauri war behemoth and then helped Tony clear the remaining invaders from the streets. After discovering a spatial fluctuation, he encountered an older Tony, Captain America, Doc Green, and Ant-Man, and accused them of time smuggling.

• Su Zhou grew to a hundred meters tall, crushed a Chitauri war behemoth, and hurled its remains into the wormhole.
• Tony filmed Su Zhou's transformation and asked him how science could make someone grow bigger.
• Su Zhou told Tony to investigate Project Goliath and warned him that Dr. Pym would not sell him the technology.
• Su Zhou and Tony killed the Chitauri remaining on the street, while the soldiers stopped emerging from the portal.
• Su Zhou sensed a spatial fluctuation in an alley and confronted an older Tony, Captain America, Doc Green, and Ant-Man with his FBI credentials.

Su Zhou trapped the future Avengers in the Mirror Dimension and fought off Tony, Steve, and Scott when they attacked him. He knocked the attackers down and kept Steve’s shield, while Doc Green remained standing.

• Future Tony confronted Su Zhou, who trapped the four time travelers in the Mirror Dimension while preparing to deal with the Chitauri portal.
• Doc Green asked Su Zhou to let them out and explained that their world needed saving, but Su Zhou refused until he had handled the threat outside.
• Future Steve threw his shield at Su Zhou, who caught it and used it to knock Tony away before kicking Steve down.
• Scott charged Su Zhou, shrank, then grew to punch him, but Su Zhou struck him with the shield and knocked him unconscious.
• Su Zhou took Steve’s shield and challenged Doc Green to trade blows.

Su Zhou trapped the future Avengers in the Mirror Dimension, where Steve suspected they had arrived in another world and that Su Zhou could see the future. After JARVIS located Loki, Su Zhou headed to catch him and told Tony that closing the portal required pulling the switch.

• Su Zhou used the Vibranium Shield to distract the future Avengers and left them trapped in the Mirror Dimension.
• Banner argued that Su Zhou might be an unexpected ally, while Steve suspected they were in another world and that Su Zhou knew the future.
• Su Zhou left the Avengers behind and reasoned that Spider-Man had escaped the Mirror Dimension by exploiting its repetitive design.
• Tony contacted Su Zhou and reported that JARVIS had found Loki heading toward the city center, with Thor pursuing him.
• Su Zhou decided to catch Loki for Justice Points, and when Tony asked how to close the portal, Su Zhou told him to pull the switch.

Su Zhou used Loki’s voice to draw the Chitauri army through the portal while Natasha, Hulk, and Steve joined the defense of New York. After shooting Loki from his aircraft and treating Thor’s wound, Su Zhou learned that Odin had ordered Thor to bring anyone bearing Stigmata to Asgard, leaving him suspicious of the invitation.

• Su Zhou used the Mind Scepter and his Loki-like voice to summon the Chitauri army through the portal.
• Natasha brought Hawkeye and Hulk to the battlefield, and Steve organized the defenders and civilian evacuation.
• Su Zhou arrived beside Thor and Loki, shot Loki off his aircraft, and used his divine energy to stabilize Thor’s wound.
• Thor recognized Su Zhou’s Stigmata and said Odin had asked him to bring its bearer to Asgard as a friend.
• Su Zhou recalled his unpleasant encounter with Odin and suspected the invitation was either a bribe or an attempt to kill him.

Su Zhou captured Loki after arriving at the battle with glowing wings, while the Ancient One took charge of the larger crises. When Tony reported that a nuclear missile was headed toward the wormhole, Su Zhou prepared to intervene and save him.

• Su Zhou healed Thor, then flew toward the building where Loki had crashed, leaving Thor to fight the Chitauri.
• Hulk smashed Loki into the floor and fled when Su Zhou arrived with wings of light.
• Su Zhou pulled Loki from the crater, tossed him beside the Ancient One, and closed the portal.
• Tony warned Su Zhou that a nuclear missile would detonate in two and a half minutes and said he would send it through the wormhole.
• Su Zhou told Tony to turn on his suit camera and declared that he was about to deliver justice.

Su Zhou redirected the nuclear missile through the portal, then absorbed New York’s flames and spit them back through it, defeating the Chitauri threat. After collecting the Tesseract and Mind Scepter, he told Coulson to send S.H.I.E.L.D. to clean up.

• Tony confirmed the approaching missile was a strategic nuclear weapon and filmed Su Zhou preparing to stop it.
• Su Zhou used Shields of the Seraphim to redirect the missile into the portal, destroying the Chitauri forces when the explosion cut their power.
• Su Zhou used a Character Experience Card to restore his mental power, absorbed the flames across New York, and spat them through the portal.
• Su Zhou earned 300 Justice Points and stored the Tesseract and Mind Scepter in his spatial ring.
• Su Zhou told Coulson to bring S.H.I.E.L.D. in to clean up.

After closing the portal and saving New York from the nuclear blast, Su Zhou collapsed from exhaustion while Tony revealed that the whole world had seen his angelic appearance. Su Zhou asked Tony to let the story spread, promising to show him what the power of faith could do.

• Su Zhou watched the portal vanish, then collapsed on the Stark Building rooftop after spending nearly all his mental energy redirecting the nuclear missile and shielding New York from its blast.
• Su Zhou reflected that he had absorbed the explosion’s flames and believed the remaining radiation might even awaken superpowers in some people.
• Tony arrived and told Su Zhou that he had broadcast the rescue worldwide, making Su Zhou’s face and wings famous and drawing intense attention to Stark Industries.
• Su Zhou checked the news and saw people demanding that the Church explain which scripture described an angel from the East.
• Su Zhou told Tony not to let the government control public opinion and promised to demonstrate the power of faith later.

Su Zhou recovered at the New York Sanctum and confronted four Avengers from the future about taking the Infinity Stones. He warned that their universes were separate and that using the stones could destroy his, leaving them to decide whether to risk his revenge.

• Su Zhou showed Tony his wings, and Tony posted a photo of them together on social media.
• The Ancient One summoned Su Zhou to the New York Sanctum and dealt with the four people he had trapped in the Mirror Dimension.
• Su Zhou placed the Tesseract and Mind Scepter before the Avengers’ souls and offered the stones in exchange for answers.
• Su Zhou asked whether the Avengers would take the stones if saving their universe might destroy his.
• Su Zhou explained that their universes were separate parallel worlds and warned the Avengers to face the consequences if they destroyed his universe.

Su Zhou tested the future Avengers’ resolve and agreed to help them obtain the Infinity Stones, planning to join their mission to defeat Thanos. After they left to find Pym Particles, the Ancient One summoned Sylvie, and Su Zhou declared he would kill her.

• Su Zhou threatened to destroy the future Avengers’ universe unless they abandoned their demand for his Infinity Stones.
• Future Tony insisted he would take the stones to save the child in his world, but future Steve refused to sacrifice another universe, and Tony relented.
• The Ancient One gave Su Zhou the Eye of Agamotto, and Su Zhou explained that the Avengers’ answers had convinced him to help them.
• Su Zhou agreed to travel with the future Avengers, told them to find Hank Pym for Pym Particles, and gave Tony his phone number.
• The Ancient One sent the future Avengers through a portal to San Francisco, then summoned Sylvie, whom Su Zhou threatened to kill.

Su Zhou confronted Sylvie about the Tesseract portal device, then decided to take her to Asgard rather than leave her on Earth. After agreeing to go, he asked the Ancient One to portal him home to rest before handling the Battle of Endgame.

• Su Zhou shot Sylvie, then demanded to know how the Tesseract portal device reached the Stark Building and why she had been beside the Tesseract.
• Sylvie explained that the Space Stone had brought her to the Stark Building and denied knowing how the device got there, so Su Zhou let the matter go.
• Su Zhou proposed that Sylvie work at Golden Arches, but she instead asked the Ancient One to make her a Kamar-Taj disciple.
• Su Zhou decided to take Sylvie to Asgard in a few days, and Sylvie agreed to go.
• Su Zhou asked the Ancient One to open a portal so he could return home, bathe, and sleep.

After returning home, Su Zhou spent his Justice Points on skills and tested his new Telepathy abilities, then passed out from mental exhaustion. Meanwhile, his role in the Battle of New York sparked worldwide religious unrest and deepened public anger at the government.

• Su Zhou declined Ancient One’s offer to keep Sylvie and returned to his apartment to bathe and rest.
• Su Zhou spent all 300 Justice Points on skill draws, gaining Mental Interference, Mind Control, and Gate of Hell, while the first two integrated with Telepathy.
• Su Zhou used Telepathy to control a mouse for ten minutes until he exhausted his mental power and passed out without checking Gate of Hell.
• News and Tony Stark’s video of Su Zhou saving New York spread worldwide, drawing the Holy See’s attention and prompting believers to surround churches and demand answers.
• Rumors that a secret government organization had opened the alien portal and planned to cover up the disaster with a nuclear missile further undermined public trust.