Recaps

Three years after Asgard’s destruction, Xia Yu’s team used a cosmic detector and Heimdall’s sight to seed destiny-changing events across the universe. Tony theorized that the Time Variance Authority was altering other universes to prevent Xia Yu from obtaining the Soul Stone’s complete Source, leaving Xia Yu wondering where he could find another Soul Stone.

• Xia Yu established a hall over the Endless Sea, where a detector tracked newly appearing Rivers of Destiny and Kamar-Taj sorcerers placed locators beside them.
• Heimdall and three sorcerers sought out primitive worlds and changed their destinies by posing as gods, while the Avengers’ work spread across the universe.
• The Time Variance Authority stopped harassing Xia Yu after Wakanda, and his searches of the Quantum Realm found no other TVA base.
• The Avengers traveled through multiple points in time after the 2018 Snap but could not find Thanos, whose disappearance suggested that other universes’ destinies had changed too.
• Tony argued that the TVA was using altered destinies as a safeguard against Xia Yu gaining the Soul Stone’s complete Source, and Xia Yu wondered where he could find another Soul Stone.

Xia Yu prepared for a party celebrating Peter and Harry’s college graduation as friends and family gathered at the Avengers Compound. Tony ended the chapter by asking Ned to secretly put an aphrodisiac in Peter and Michelle’s drinks, promising him Godhood if he obeyed.

• Xia Yu learned from Rocket that the Guardians of the Galaxy would arrive in time for the party.
• Xia Yu reflected on Tate’s growth as Tate arrived and hugged him and Yondu.
• Thor teased Ned about his weight, and Xia Yu promised him Godhood if he lost weight and gained abs.
• Ned told Xia Yu that Harry was visiting his mother and Peter and Michelle were shopping.
• Tony gave Ned a bottle of aphrodisiac and told him to put it in Peter and Michelle’s drinks if he wanted Godhood.

Xia Yu reunited with the Avengers at a party, where Tony scolded Peter for not taking initiative in his relationship with Michelle. Sif arrived and revealed that she had found a fragment of the Soul Stone, leaving Xia Yu shocked.

• Peter arrived at the party holding Michelle Jones's hand, and Xia Yu welcomed him and promised Godhoods for Peter, Michelle, and Aunt May.
• Tony pulled Peter aside and criticized him for graduating college while still being a virgin, prompting Rhodey to tease Tony about his own college dating life.
• The Avengers and their allies gathered for the party, including Doctor Strange, Wong, Ancient One, and Captain Marvel.
• Sif arrived with Valkyrie, reassured Xia Yu that she was not seeking to compete with Natasha, and explained that she had returned after finding something on a planet.
• Sif revealed a small orange gemstone fragment, and Xia Yu recognized it as the Soul Stone.

A fragment of the Soul Stone awakened Hulk, whose struggle with Banner threatened to erase one of them. Xia Yu separated Hulk’s soul, gave him a new body and an Asgardian Godhood, and Hulk’s return ended with the shockwave from their clash destroying Wong’s Sky Temple.

• Xia Yu realized Sif had found a missing fragment of the Soul Stone, and its presence awakened Hulk when Banner approached it.
• Banner and Hulk fought for control, so Xia Yu asked Ancient One to separate Hulk’s soul from Banner’s body.
• Ancient One struck Hulk’s soul out of Banner, and Xia Yu used soul energy to strengthen it.
• Xia Yu formed a new body from gathered energy, placed Hulk’s soul inside it, and gave him an Asgardian Godhood.
• Hulk awoke and punched Xia Yu, while Tony shielded the compound from the shockwave and Wong watched the Sky Temple collapse.

Inside the Soul Stone, Xia Yu met a mysterious man who called the place the Soul Temple and began recounting his own transmigration into the Marvel Universe. The man described how an encounter with the Tesseract and Loki’s Scepter transformed him, but had not yet explained who he was.

• Hulk collapsed after trading a punch with Xia Yu, and the group ended their party after settling him in.
• The next day, Xia Yu entered the Soul Stone’s space while holding its remaining fragment.
• A mysterious Huaxia man appeared, identified the place as the Soul Temple, and invited Xia Yu to hear his story.
• The man said he had transmigrated into the Marvel Universe, lost his girlfriend during the Battle of New York, and helped close the portal with Loki’s Scepter and the Tesseract.
• The man said the energy from the two Infinity Stones caused him to mutate, making the Avengers seem weak by comparison.

Yuwen Feishuang told Xia Yu a fabricated story about their shared past to distract him, then tried to take over his soul and return to life. The Ancient One’s defense awakened Xia Yu, who rejected Yuwen Feishuang and began destroying him.

• Yuwen Feishuang claimed he had absorbed the Infinity Stones’ Source, helped cause the universe’s destruction, and created the system and Xia Yu as his continuation.
• Yuwen Feishuang revealed that Xia Yu’s memories were real but that his original name had been Yuwen Feishuang, then used the Mind Stone’s power to weaken Xia Yu’s awareness.
• Yuwen Feishuang entered Xia Yu’s soul and revealed his true plan to seize Xia Yu’s body, but the Ancient One’s defense appeared at the soul’s core.
• The Ancient One’s energy awakened Xia Yu, who recognized Yuwen Feishuang’s betrayal and began crushing his true spirit.

Xia Yu crushed Yuwen Feishuang, but Yuwen Feishuang self-destructed and badly damaged Xia Yu’s soul, leaving his body unconscious and drifting through space. The Guardians found and rescued him, but he still had not awakened.

• Xia Yu refused Yuwen Feishuang’s offer to surrender the Soul Stone’s Source and kept compressing the space around him.
• Yuwen Feishuang self-destructed, damaging Xia Yu’s soul and cracking the Soul Stone fragment; Xia Yu’s body spat blood and drifted away on a meteor.
• Rocket detected the energy fluctuation, and the Guardians searched the area, initially finding nothing.
• Drax spotted a frozen body on a passing meteor, and Mantis recognized it as Xia Yu.
• The Guardians retrieved Xia Yu and warmed him on a makeshift bed, but he remained unconscious with vital signs; Drax suggested roasting him over a bonfire.

Xia Yu remained unconscious despite being physically healthy, and Ancient One discovered that damage to his soul was causing it to dissipate. She, Doctor Strange, and Wong sealed the wound, waking Xia Yu, who immediately shouted about the old thief Yuwen.

• Tony brought Xia Yu back, but examinations and Hulk’s roar failed to wake him, leaving Natasha worried at his bedside.
• Dr. Pym suggested checking Xia Yu’s soul, and Natasha called Ancient One for help.
• Ancient One found that Xia Yu’s soul was badly damaged and dissipating after he absorbed the Soul Stone Fragment.
• Doctor Strange and Wong joined Ancient One in weaving a magical patch over the wound and sealing Xia Yu’s soul.
• Ancient One returned Xia Yu’s soul to his body, and he woke up shouting, “You old thief Yuwen!!!”

After the Soul Stone damaged Xia Yu’s soul, Ancient One warned him that his power was limited and that he needed another Soul Stone. Stan Lee revealed that he had recovered memories of the universe’s previous reincarnation, and Xia Yu ended the night resolved to establish the River of Destiny.

• Ancient One told Xia Yu that his soul had a hole and that his Source energy was leaking, so he needed to avoid using power.
• Xia Yu tested his abilities and found that he could still open portals but could only output about as much energy as Thor before his soul began to tear.
• Stan Lee appeared and told Xia Yu that the universe had undergone a previous reincarnation and that he had recovered memories of it.
• Stan Lee said Xia Yu needed another Soul Stone, but Xia Yu explained that the Avengers would not sacrifice someone’s loved one to obtain one.
• After drinking with Stan Lee, Xia Yu decided to rely on the River of Destiny and hurry to establish it.

Xia Yu forced Heimdall to scan the universe for planets where they could spread the River of Destiny, then went to Tony's lab to help with a new detector. When Xia Yu placed the River of Destiny on the ground, energy seemed to converge on it and Tony's alarm began blaring.

• Xia Yu made Heimdall scan galaxies around the clock while a robot armed with Gungnir watched him whenever Xia Yu was away.
• Xia Yu left to see Natasha, who told him Tony needed to examine the River of Destiny for a new detector.
• Xia Yu brought the River of Destiny to Tony's laboratory and placed it on the ground.
• Energy seemed to converge on the River of Destiny, and an alarm on Tony's desk sounded frantically.

After the River of Destiny drew energy from across the universe, Tony Stark began studying it and planned to create a Causality Weapon that could counter destiny. Xia Yu prepared evacuation options and sought help from Kamar-Taj as they braced for an approaching war.

• The alarm sounded as Tony activated an energy shield and metal barriers, cutting off the energy flowing toward the River of Destiny.
• Tony had F.R.I.D.A.Y. scan the River of Destiny and explained that he wanted to learn how to use its energy and block destiny’s influence.
• Tony said he would develop a Causality Weapon and prepare a way for their allies’ families to live free of destiny if the war went badly.
• Xia Yu proposed finding a nearby habitable planet and evacuating people from Earth if necessary, while asking Captain Marvel and Kamar-Taj for help.
• Xia Yu asked whether they would win, and Tony replied that they had already won because he and Natasha were still alive.

Peggy Carter proposed relocating humanity to a new planet, and Xia Yu forced the United Nations to begin preparing the evacuation. As Xia Yu and Tony fused Rivers of Destiny, Loki detonated a bomb at the Avengers Compound.

• Peggy Carter presented a habitable planet to the United Nations and proposed using it as a temporary refuge for humanity.
• Xia Yu arrived at the meeting, ordered governments to prepare the evacuation, and threatened leaders who neglected their people.
• Kamar-Taj, governments, and Tony's robots helped build infrastructure, and Earth began evacuating within three months.
• Tony opened a portal to Earth's River of Destiny, and Xia Yu fused it and more than a hundred other Rivers of Destiny into the cosmic-scale river.
• Loki stood outside the Avengers Compound and triggered a detonator, causing a massive explosion.

Captain America reached the ruined Avengers Compound and found Thanos waiting after an explosion devastated the area. He used Mjolnir and lightning to turn the fight around, leaving Thanos dazed on the ground.

• Captain America rushed through the portal to the Avengers Compound and searched the cratered ruins for Bucky, Xia, Tony, and other survivors.
• Thanos revealed that he had come from another universe and offered to delay his army's attack for as long as Captain America could hold him off.
• Thanos repeatedly battered Captain America with the Heavenly Blade of the Dead and knocked him into a concrete slab.
• Captain America summoned Mjolnir, struck Thanos in the chin, and followed up with several lightning attacks that slammed Thanos into the ground.
• Captain America stood over the dazed Thanos with his shield and hammer and asked how he liked the attacks he had secretly practiced.

Captain America, Tony, and Thor joined forces against Thanos, who used the Power and Space Stones to turn the fight in his favor. As Thanos brought Stormbreaker down on Thor, Xia Yu appeared and stopped the axe with one hand.

• Captain America used Mjolnir and his shield to overwhelm Thanos until Thanos summoned Ebony Maw and put on an Infinity Gauntlet containing five stones.
• Thanos activated the Power Stone and defeated Captain America, who insisted he could keep fighting and said he was not alone.
• Tony and Thor emerged from the rubble, and they joined Captain America in attacking Thanos.
• Thanos used the Space Stone to defend against Tony while fighting Captain America and Thor, then seized Tony, kicked Thor away, and pressed Stormbreaker toward him.
• Xia Yu appeared and caught Stormbreaker, then told Thor that hatred and anger could have given him a chance to defeat Thanos alone.

Xia Yu effortlessly overpowered Thanos in close combat while scolding Thor, then ignored Thanos’s Infinity Stone attacks as they failed to affect him. After Thanos tried every stone, Xia Yu finished his cigarette and charged to attack again.

• Thanos asked Xia Yu to identify himself, but Xia Yu ignored him and lectured Thor about his fighting.
• Thanos punched at Xia Yu, who caught the blow and counterattacked, sending Thanos into a huge crater.
• Xia Yu explained to Tony that he was relying on his body because he could not use much energy, while Thanos climbed out of the crater and prepared to use all his power.
• Thanos used the Reality Stone and other Infinity Stones against Xia Yu, but none of the attacks had any effect.
• Xia Yu smoked a cigarette beside the crater, flicked the butt at Thanos, and charged at him.

Xia Yu overwhelmed Thanos in combat, but Thanos summoned his army and threatened Earth with the Sanctuary III. Captain Marvel and other allies joined the fight before three alternate Thanoses appeared, prompting Xia Yu to call for reinforcements as the scene around them changed.

• Xia Yu battered Thanos with his bare strength and Military Boxing, forcing Thanos to summon his army and threaten Earth with the Sanctuary III.
• Captain Marvel destroyed the Sanctuary III, and the Ancient One arrived with Doctor Strange and Wong.
• Thanos opened a portal and brought three alternate versions of himself, each with five Infinity Stones, to the battlefield.
• Xia Yu called for everyone to come out, and the Avengers Compound and Sky Temple appeared intact amid a sky full of drones.

The Avengers gathered for a battle against four Thanos armies, using Tony's Second Construction technology to turn the TVA's plan into a trap. After Captain America rallied the heroes, Xia Yu attacked Thanos, took the Power Stone, and gave it to Hulk, who proved able to withstand its energy.

• Xia Yu and the Avengers revealed that they had used Tony's technology to fool the TVA and Thanos, while Loki explained why he had joined them.
• Captain America raised Mjolnir and ordered the Avengers to assemble as the Thanoses sent their armies into battle.
• Hulk and Thor charged first, and Xia Yu and Captain led the Avengers into the ensuing fight.
• Xia Yu fought the first Thanos, removed the Power Stone from his gauntlet, and struck him hard enough to send him flying.
• Xia Yu threw the Power Stone to Hulk, who absorbed its energy and shattered nearby Chitauri soldiers with his roar.
• Xia Yu urged Hulk to hit the enemy hard, then charged back toward Thanos.

Xia Yu defeated and killed the Thanos he had been pursuing, took the Reality Stone, and then flew toward another Thanos on the battlefield.

• Thanos called for help, and Thor struck the Black Order with Stormbreaker to clear Xia Yu's path.
• Xia Yu overcame Thanos's energy shield, broke his body, and took the Infinity Gauntlet from him.
• Xia Yu claimed the Reality Stone, which transformed into the Aether and formed armor around him.
• Xia Yu cut off Thanos's head after dismissing his claims about the universe needing balance.
• Thanos's troops mourned and charged Xia Yu, who cleared space around himself and flew toward another Thanos.

Xia Yu helped defeat several of Thanos’s forces and distributed Infinity Stones to protect and empower his allies. After giving Captain the Space Stone for his shield, he joked that he would call him MT.

• Xia Yu cleared the enemies around Natasha, gave her a Space Stone for her Armor, and then went to aid Scarlet Witch.
• Xia Yu stopped Cull Obsidian and Ebony Maw from helping Thanos, killed them, and beheaded the Thanos they had been fighting.
• Xia Yu gave the Infinity Gauntlets to Ancient One and handed the Mind Stone to Scarlet Witch, telling her to use it or retreat to practice.
• Xia Yu joined Vision, Captain, and Tony in their fight against Thanos and beheaded another Thanos.
• Xia Yu set a Space Stone into Captain’s shield and joked that he would call him MT.

Tony took the Reality Stone and used it to create weapons from his imagination, then flew to destroy the Sanctuary IIIs. Xia Yu helped Captain and Captain Marvel kill the last Thanos, and Tony’s transformed ships left the ground army facing an army of Avengers-logo robots.

• Tony took the Reality Stone and attached it to his forehead, turning it into a pattern like a miniature Arc Reactor.
• Tony used the Reality Stone to create a miniature nuclear warhead, an unmanned tank, and a palm-sized Helicarrier, then flew toward the Sanctuary IIIs.
• Captain used the Space Stone to protect himself and Captain Marvel as they fought Thanos together.
• Captain struck Thanos with lightning, and Xia Yu beheaded him while he was down.
• Xia Yu gave Captain Marvel a Space Stone to try, while the Sanctuary IIIs broke apart into tens of thousands of Avengers-logo robots.

Tony turned the Sanctuary IIIs into a powerful robot army that destroyed Thanos's forces, while Wanda used an Infinity Stone to wipe out the remaining enemies. The Avengers regrouped and prepared for more attacks as the Black-Clad Man ordered twenty more Thanoses sent to the battlefield.

• Tony used the Reality Stone to turn the Sanctuary IIIs into Vibranium robots, which coordinated under F.R.I.D.A.Y. and tore through Thanos's army.
• The Captain warned the Avengers that more enemies could arrive and urged those with Infinity Stones to learn their powers.
• Wanda unleashed red energy across the battlefield, making Thanos's soldiers attack one another until they all fell, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• The Captain began redistributing the Stones and revising the Avengers' battle plans while the group rested.
• At the TVA, the Black-Clad Man said the Main Universe could not be restored and ordered his subordinate to send twenty Thanoses to fight the Avengers.

Xia Yu waited while Tony studied the River of Destiny and tried to create a Causality Weapon, as Earth’s evacuation continued amid a massive battle above AC City. Anxious about the fighting, Spider-Man and his friends decided to join it, leaving Ned behind.

• Xia Yu asked Tony how long his research would take, and Tony said he was still deciphering destiny energy and trying to build a Causality Weapon.
• The Avengers and Kamar-Taj sorcerers continued evacuating Earth’s population through portals, while Peggy Carter and the young heroes managed the relocation and kept order.
• Ned reported looters in Queens, and Harry flew to Steinway Street to stop them while Spider-Man watched the alien ships above AC City.
• Spider-Man worried about the ongoing battle and proposed going to AC City, but Ned mistakenly thought Spider-Man meant him and protested when the others said he was not ready.
• Spider-Man, Harry, and Tate agreed to join the fight, warned Ned to stay behind, and set off as the Young Avengers.

After seven waves of Thanos’s army devastated AC City, Xia Yu and the Avengers braced for a much larger invasion as Sanctuary III ships filled the sky. The Time Variance Authority’s director appeared before Xia Yu, who attacked him despite being told he could not be killed.

• Seven waves of Thanos’s army reduced most of AC City to ruins, while Tony used the Reality Stone to turn the city into a fortified defense.
• Xia Yu and Natasha discussed the Time Variance Authority’s motives and the uncertainty around when the River of Destiny would finish merging.
• Sanctuary III ships surrounded AC City, and Xia Yu sent Natasha to join the Avengers before flying up to face them.
• The Black-Clad Man appeared and told Xia Yu he had come in person, explaining that killing him would not stop the Time Variance Authority.
• Xia Yu flashed in front of the Black-Clad Man and attacked.

Xia Yu rejected Kang the Conqueror’s offer to erase the changes to history in exchange for sacrificing his powers and pretending to comply. The chapter ended with Xia Yu exposing Kang’s identity and revealing that he had been acting all along.

• Xia Yu’s attacks passed through the man in black, who then proposed negotiations under a barrier that kept their conversation private.
• The man in black said he could summon countless versions of Thanos and demanded that Xia Yu use the Infinity Stones to restore fate, erase the changes, and destroy his own soul.
• Xia Yu asked that Natasha and Tony be spared, and the man in black agreed on the condition that none of them affected the future.
• Xia Yu pretended to begin destroying his soul, then mocked the man in black for believing him.
• Xia Yu called the man in black Kang the Conqueror.

Xia Yu and the Avengers fought Kang the Conqueror’s army of Thanos variants while Tony tried to accelerate the absorption of the River of Destiny. Tony’s defenses collapsed under the attackers, and Xia Yu rushed to save him as Tony Stark’s life hung by a thread.

• Xia Yu identified the Black-Clad Man as Kang the Conqueror and taunted him, prompting Kang to summon an army of Thanos variants equipped with five Infinity Stones each.
• Xia Yu and the Avengers defended themselves against the advancing army, while Xia Yu cut through the Thanos variants with his Sky Piercer.
• Tony used Destiny Energy to accelerate the absorption of the River of Destiny, but the energy became uncontrollable and Kang sent Thanos variants to attack the secret chamber.
• Tony failed to move the River of Destiny and tried to defend it with a Space Stone barrier as the Thanos variants broke into the chamber and attacked him.
• The attackers shattered Tony’s barrier, and Xia Yu used his Source power to freeze nearby enemies before rushing toward Tony, whose life was in danger.