Chapter Summaries

Kaecilius used Dormammu’s power to overpower Doctor Strange and Mordo, but Hulk burst in and sent him flying. Hulk told the sorcerers that Xia was waiting for Kaecilius.

• Dormammu strengthened Kaecilius, who absorbed the black mist and declared that Earth would soon belong to the darkness.
• Kaecilius charged Doctor Strange and Mordo, smashed through their shield, and knocked them through a wall.
• Kaecilius pinned the injured sorcerers beneath a plank and taunted them while boasting about his power.
• Hulk broke through the wall, struck Kaecilius through several buildings, and told Doctor Strange and Mordo that Xia was waiting for him.

Xia Yu let Doctor Strange decide how to stop Dormammu and went to check on Hulk’s fight with Kaecilius. He destroyed Kaecilius’s corrupted soul and remains, while Dormammu continued drawing closer to Earth.

• Xia Yu gave Doctor Strange the Ancient One’s sanctum-repair artifacts, and Doctor Strange asked for time to consider how to face Dormammu.
• Mordo held on to the artifacts as a last resort, and Xia Yu sent him and Doctor Strange to the Sky Temple.
• Xia Yu found Hulk exhausted beside Kaecilius, who kept recovering from Hulk’s repeated attacks.
• Xia Yu discovered that Kaecilius’s bones and their black aura sustained his regeneration, then chopped his body apart until the aura dispersed.
• Kaecilius’s corrupted soul emerged and drifted toward Hulk, but Xia Yu destroyed it and shattered Kaecilius’s bones.
• Xia Yu sensed Dormammu drawing closer to Earth.

Dormammu traveled through the void toward Earth, intending to devour it, when Doctor Strange appeared and tried to stop him. Dormammu killed Doctor Strange, but the Time Stone rewound events and brought him back, leaving Doctor Strange to face another fatal attack.

• Dormammu accelerated through the void toward Earth after learning Kaecilius had been killed.
• Dormammu sensed Doctor Strange in the Dark Dimension and killed him with a dark-matter stalagmite before resuming his journey.
• The Time Stone rewound the previous ten minutes, restoring Doctor Strange and bringing Dormammu back to the encounter with his memories intact.
• Doctor Strange asked Dormammu to give up devouring Earth, but Dormammu laughed and tore him in two with a dark-matter whip.

Doctor Strange drove Dormammu from Earth by trapping him in a time loop, then slept in the New York Sanctum. Xia Yu decided to confront Dormammu while he was outside the Dark Dimension and appeared in his path to rob him.

• Doctor Strange forced Dormammu to abandon his designs on Earth with a repeating ten-minute time loop, then fell asleep after telling the absent Ancient One he had succeeded.
• Xia Yu met Ancient One on a Manhattan Ferris wheel and argued that Dormammu should be dealt with while he was vulnerable outside the Dark Dimension.
• Xia Yu vanished from the Ferris wheel after telling Ancient One that Dormammu was no longer in the Dark Dimension.
• Dormammu raced back toward his dimension, frustrated by his failed invasion and the energy he had spent crossing over.
• Xia Yu appeared in the void holding a multi-barreled gun and shouted at Dormammu to stop because he was robbing him.

Xia Yu tricked Dormammu into lowering his guard, then struck him with a huge fist of mental energy and unleashed a stream of golden dragons against his Dark Dimension. He continued pouring out energy with music playing beside him, leaving Dormammu's dark space under relentless attack.

• Dormammu laughed at Xia Yu's Gatling gun and invited him to perform in the Dark Dimension.
• Xia Yu pretended to accept the invitation and persuaded Dormammu to present his chin for another punch.
• Xia Yu's concealed mental-energy fist shattered Dormammu's conjured head and consumed some of his power.
• Xia Yu sent an energy dragon into Dormammu's dark space, disrupting Dormammu's attempt to reform his body.
• Xia Yu unleashed golden dragons continuously against Dormammu's dark space while playing Qiao Feng's theme music.

Xia Yu relentlessly attacked Dormammu in the Dark Dimension, interrupting his attempts to reform until Dormammu finally fought back with dark matter. Xia Yu withstood Dormammu’s attacks and damaged his manifested body, but the chapter ended as Dormammu swung a colossal sword at Xia Yu and Xia Yu leapt to meet it.

• Xia Yu repeatedly scattered Dormammu’s consciousness, preventing him from reforming for nearly twenty minutes.
• Dormammu retreated within the Dark Dimension, reformed his enormous body, and raised a shield to block Xia Yu’s attacks.
• Dormammu sent a vast swarm of dark matter spears at Xia Yu, who used the Aether to shield himself and countered with a massive spiritual fist.
• Xia Yu struck Dormammu’s chin and followed with tens of thousands of energy swords that riddled his body with holes.
• Dormammu repaired his wounds and summoned a mountain-sized sword, and Xia Yu jumped toward the incoming strike.

Xia Yu destroyed Dormammu’s giant body and deployed mechanical soldiers armed with nuclear weapons to consume the Dark Dimension’s energy. As explosions shrank the dimension, Dormammu hid his soul and feared for his survival, while Xia Yu searched for him and Dormammu began to move.

• Xia Yu dodged Dormammu’s enormous greatsword, climbed onto his chin, and blasted his head apart, leaving Dormammu’s soul to escape into the Dark Dimension’s energy.
• Xia Yu summoned tens of thousands of modified mechanical soldiers and ordered them to fire their weapons and self-destruct throughout the Dark Dimension.
• A mechanical soldier found Dormammu as he formed a smaller body, damaged him with missiles, and detonated a nuclear weapon, consuming a vast amount of dark energy.
• Nuclear blasts spread across the Dark Dimension, creating energy tornadoes and rapidly shrinking the realm as Dormammu hid and trembled.
• Xia Yu searched for Dormammu’s soul while continuing to expend energy, and Dormammu began to move as his power dwindled.

Xia Yu hunted Dormammu through the shrinking Dark Energy, repeatedly destroying his bodies and damaging his soul’s Source while Dormammu tried to hide and escape. After nearly two days of hiding under relentless pressure, Dormammu finally lost control when Xia Yu’s attack landed close to him.

• Dormammu compressed himself into a small humanoid body and tried to flee, but Xia Yu found him, destroyed his body, and grazed his soul with a palm strike.
• Dormammu repeatedly changed hiding places and tried to condense new bodies, while Xia Yu destroyed them and struck his soul several more times.
• A robot self-destructed near Dormammu, damaging roughly one-thousandth of his Source and forcing him to hide again.
• Xia Yu’s robots used up two-thirds of Dormammu’s energy, and Xia Yu set up surveillance around the space to catch him if he escaped.
• Dormammu hid without moving for nearly two days as Xia Yu flew around the space and attacked at random.
• When Xia Yu’s attack landed less than five meters from him, Dormammu completely lost control.

Xia Yu fought Dormammu with energy beams, then used a missile and robot explosions to shatter Dormammu’s manifested head and block his escape. Dormammu split his soul to flee, but more than ten fragments escaped toward the Dark Dimension and encountered a bald woman holding a blue-glowing square object.

• Dormammu and Xia Yu locked their energy beams in a stalemate, and Dormammu created a second mouth to attack Xia Yu.
• Xia Yu fired a miniature missile into Dormammu’s energy-filled mouth, triggering an explosion that shattered his head.
• Four robots self-destructed to block Dormammu’s escape, forcing him to split his soul into hundreds of fragments.
• Xia Yu ordered three remaining robots to self-destruct, destroying most of Dormammu’s fragments while more than ten escaped.
• A bald woman in yellow monk’s robes appeared before the fleeing fragments with a blue-glowing square object and greeted Dormammu.

After the Ancient One captured Dormammu in tiny soul fragments, Xia Yu showed one to the Avengers and bragged about his role in the victory. Old Master Li appeared disguised as a deliveryman, drew Xia Yu into a luxurious villa, and ended the chapter teasing him about his romantic life.

• The Ancient One confined Dormammu’s surviving soul fragments in sealed cylinders, and Xia Yu stored them away.
• Xia Yu explained Dormammu’s capture to the Avengers, while Natasha scolded him for acting without telling her and he apologized with a kiss.
• Hawkeye examined Dormammu’s tiny prison, Ant-Man joked about drowning him, and Tony Stark suggested studying Dark Energy before Captain America objected.
• Old Master Li arrived at the Avengers Compound disguised as a deliveryman and called Tony Stark by the wrong surname.
• Old Master Li transported Xia Yu to a villa pool, then bragged about his sexual prowess and mocked Xia Yu for staying faithful to Natasha.

Stan Lee warned Xia Yu that fate had begun interfering and urged him to grow stronger, while refusing to explain more until Xia Yu freed the world from its control. After absorbing the Time Stone’s power and waiting for Odin’s signal, Xia Yu met Odin at the old battlefield, where Loki, Ancient One, and Thor arrived through portals.

• Stan Lee told Xia Yu that fate had strayed from its original course and warned him to strengthen himself, but said he could not fight or explain further yet.
• Xia Yu absorbed the Time Stone’s Source power from Doctor Strange and learned to manipulate time in a limited area, then stopped experimenting after warnings from Doctor Strange and Ancient One.
• Xia Yu asked Odin about absorbing Asgard, but Odin told him to wait until he was summoned.
• As Thanos remained missing despite searches by Xia Yu and the Guardians of the Galaxy, Xia Yu grew uneasy.
• One year after their meeting, Odin summoned Xia Yu and took him to the cliff where he had defeated the Frost Giants.
• Two golden portals opened behind Xia Yu and Odin, bringing Loki through one and Ancient One with Thor through the other.

Xia Yu reunited Thor with Odin and revealed that Loki had faked his death and impersonated their father, prompting Thor to beat Loki. Odin reflected on Asgard’s future and warned his sons that Hela, the goddess of death, threatened Asgard’s survival.

• Loki feared Xia Yu, but Odin urged Xia Yu to beat Loki for deceiving them.
• Xia Yu told Thor that Loki had faked his death and impersonated Odin for years.
• Thor attacked Loki, while Odin, Xia Yu, and the Ancient One left them to settle things between themselves.
• After fighting and speaking privately, Thor and Loki joined Odin, Xia Yu, and the Ancient One at the cabin.
• Odin told Thor and Loki that neither was suited to be king and said Asgard’s future ruler should serve its people.
• Odin warned Thor and Loki that they had to deal with their sister, Hela, the goddess of death.

Odin revealed that Hela was his imprisoned first child and died after warning everyone to stop her. Hela emerged moments later and attacked Xia Yu, who drew the fight away from the others and met her first strike over the sea.

• Odin explained that Hela had led Asgard’s armies before turning to conquest and that he had sealed her in Hell to stop her rebellion.
• Odin warned Thor, Loki, and the others that Hela would seize the Nine Realms, then vanished in a burst of golden light.
• Hela appeared through a tear in space, recognized Xia Yu, and hurled a sword at him before charging.
• Xia Yu pushed Thor, Loki, and the Ancient One out of danger and let Hela’s attack send him toward the sea.
• Xia Yu struck Hela’s descending sword at its hilt, and their clash ended in a draw that sent enormous waves across the sea.

Xia Yu fought Hela on the Norwegian coast, where their battle endangered the people on shore. Thor chose to bring Hela and the others to Asgard, intending to let Asgard be reborn elsewhere, and the Bifrost transported them away.

• Xia Yu and Hela traded powerful blows at sea, each astonished by the other's strength.
• The fighters' shockwaves sent towering waves toward the shore, and Ancient One forced them back but was injured.
• Thor warned Xia Yu about the danger to nearby people, so Xia Yu drew Hela north toward the Arctic.
• Loki urged Thor to return to Asgard and prepare for Hela, but Ancient One reminded Thor of his father's words about Asgard and its people.
• Thor decided to bring Hela to Asgard and summon the Bifrost, while Ancient One sent Loki into it through a portal.
• The Bifrost transported Xia Yu, Hela, Thor, and Loki away.

Heimdall returned to the Bifrost hall as Xia Yu and Hela fought their way into Asgard, while Thor learned that Loki had survived falling from the Bifrost. Heimdall led Thor to the Golden Palace vault and revealed a hidden place beneath the Death Legion’s dungeon where Asgard’s Source lay.

• Heimdall reclaimed the Sword of the Guardian and warned Skurge that Odin was dead and Hela had returned, urging him to take the two girls to safety.
• Heimdall opened the Bifrost, and Thor emerged before Xia Yu and Hela burst into the hall fighting and smashed through its wall toward the Endless Sea.
• Heimdall told Thor that Asgard’s people were safe, then confirmed that Loki was alive far away after Thor asked him to locate his brother.
• Heimdall explained that Odin had once given Hela the power of the Source and command of Asgard’s strongest army, then led Thor to the Golden Palace vault.
• Heimdall identified a spot beneath the Eternal Flame and told Thor to smash the floor, revealing that Asgard’s Source lay beneath the dungeon where the Death Legion was sealed.

Heimdall explained Asgard’s connection to the World Tree and brought Thor to its hidden source, where they planned to have Xia Yu absorb its power and defeat Hela. The plan also required destroying Asgard and evacuating its people, while Heimdall intended to lure Hela into fighting Surtur in the Realm of Fire.

• Heimdall told Thor that Asgard and the Nine Realms were an incomplete universe connected by the World Tree, and explained Odin’s role in sealing the darkness and preparing for Ragnarok.
• Heimdall revealed a hidden passage behind a relief and opened its blood-locked gate using Thor’s blood.
• Heimdall showed Thor the World Tree’s source power and said Xia Yu would absorb it to destroy Hela.
• Thor objected that Asgard’s people could not be evacuated while Hela was attacking, and Heimdall explained that he planned to send Hela to the Realm of Fire to face Surtur.
• Heimdall said they could not begin the plan by transporting Hela because she might kill Thor during the attempt.

Xia Yu and Thor carried out their plan to trap Hela while Thor and Heimdall prepared Asgard’s evacuation. In Asgard’s underground origin space, Xia Yu encountered a crude, Beijing-accented World Tree phantom and hesitated to absorb its power.

• Thor threw Mjolnir at Hela, who caught it and cracked it in her grip.
• Heimdall summoned the Bifrost around Hela, allowing Thor to reclaim his damaged hammer.
• Xia Yu reassured Thor, then went to the underground origin space while Thor and Heimdall prepared to evacuate Asgard’s people to AC City.
• Heimdall told Xia Yu that Odin had followed the World Tree’s guidance in deciding to let him absorb its origin power.
• The World Tree phantom spoke to Xia Yu in fluent Huaxia with a Beijing accent, cursed at him, and urged him to absorb it.

The World Tree's phantom tricked Xia Yu into absorbing its origin energy, then fused with him and transformed his soul and dantian while he lost consciousness. As Asgard's power drained away, Hela fled Surtur through the Realm of Fire, desperate to find a route back to Asgard.

• Xia Yu questioned the World Tree's phantom and fired a beam of energy at it, which it absorbed as part of its trap.
• The phantom grew to fill the hall, disabled Xia Yu's powers and movement, and wrapped him in a cocoon as it entered his body.
• The World Tree's origin energy strengthened Xia Yu's soul and enlarged the black hole in his dantian.
• Hela felt Asgard's origin power draining away, abandoned her fight with Surtur, and tried to return to Asgard.
• The Ancient One and Heimdall's spatial seal blocked Hela, so she fled through the Realm of Fire searching for a passage to another realm.

Asgard collapsed after its people evacuated, and Xia Yu absorbed its source power, becoming its new All-Father with the authority to rebuild Asgard and grant divine positions. He erased Hela’s memories, restored her to ordinary health, and sent her away to live as an ordinary person before returning to the Avengers to confer godhood.

• Thor helped oversee Asgard’s evacuation through a portal to AC City, with Valkyrie and Heimdall keeping order.
• After the evacuation, the last remaining part of Asgard broke apart and vanished into the universe.
• Xia Yu absorbed Asgard’s source power and learned that he could rebuild Asgard and grant its divine positions.
• Xia Yu found Hela alive but near death, erased her memories, restored her body, and sent her to a planet to live as an ordinary person.
• Xia Yu returned to the Avengers, intending to confer godhood.

Xia Yu offered Wakanda divine positions in exchange for its Heart-Shaped Herb, but T'Challa and the tribal chiefs sought Bast's guidance before deciding. Bast answered that she wanted to meet Xia Yu, leaving the deal unresolved.

• Xia Yu realized that most of the Avengers could not yet withstand a Godhead's transformation and decided to pursue Wakanda's Heart-Shaped Herb.
• Xia Yu visited T'Challa and offered one chief god position and twelve subordinate positions in exchange for a large supply of Heart-Shaped Herb.
• T'Challa explained that Wakanda's faith in Bast prevented him from agreeing to the trade without consulting the tribal chiefs.
• The chiefs prayed to Bast, who gave them the oracle, "I want to meet Xia Yu!!!"