Chapter Summaries

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.

The repaired River of Destiny gave Tony and Xia Yu the Gift of Destiny, restoring Xia Yu’s soul and greatly strengthening Tony. As Tony shielded the Avengers and Xia Yu resumed fighting, Kang the Conqueror summoned another fleet and vanished.

• The River of Destiny repaired itself, drove away the Thanos variants, and sent golden energy into Tony and Xia Yu, strengthening Tony and restoring Xia Yu’s soul.
• Kang the Conqueror ordered the Thanos variants to attack, but a golden barrier kept them from interrupting the Gift of Destiny.
• Spider-Man, Harry, and Tate arrived and rescued the falling Tony; Xia Yu brought them back to Captain and the others, where Tony warned them not to disobey again.
• Tony used his enhanced power to protect Captain and the others, while Xia Yu returned to battle and killed more than a hundred Thanos variants with one strike.
• Kang the Conqueror summoned another fleet of Sanctuary III warships packed with Thanos variants, then vanished after looking toward Xia Yu, Tony, and the River of Destiny.

After the River of Destiny exploded, Xia Yu and the others realized their enemies might be controlled by a higher power and regrouped to search for a way to stop them. Deep beneath AC City, golden energy reached Ego’s former brain, which formed High Priestess Ayesha’s face and spoke Xia Yu’s name.

• Tony, Xia Yu, and the others debated why the Thanoses kept arriving, considering a hidden army or a master controller able to replace the River of Destiny.
• The River of Destiny exploded, shaking AC City and destroying most of the Thanoses on the ground, while more enemies continued descending from ships.
• Xia Yu saw the crater where the River of Destiny had stood, and Tony proposed finding and destroying the master controller despite not knowing the consequences.
• Ancient One calmed the heroes, and Captain assigned Xia Yu to fight, Tony to investigate the flow of destiny energy, Captain Marvel to destroy the ships, and the others to maintain the barrier.
• Golden energy seeped into AC City’s core and awakened Ego’s shrunken brain, which formed High Priestess Ayesha’s face and cried out Xia Yu’s name.

Ayesha seized control of AC City’s core and detonated it, devastating the Avengers’ defenses against Thanos’s armies. As the injured heroes refused to retreat and charged into battle, Natasha sent Xia Yu through a portal to keep him from joining them.

• Ayesha took control of AC City’s core, opened a gap in the spatial barrier, and let seven Thanoses carrying five Infinity Stones break through.
• Xia Yu returned, saved Natasha, and fought the intruders, but Ayesha detonated the core and blasted the defenders into the air.
• Xia Yu rescued Natasha, Spider-Man, and Banner, while Harry saved Tate and Yondu; most of the Guardians and many others died or were gravely injured.
• Xia Yu urged the surviving heroes to retreat through a portal, but Captain, Hawkeye, Thor, Banner, Natasha, and the others chose to fight on.
• Captain summoned Mjolnir and led the injured heroes in a charge against the approaching Thanos army as Captain Marvel struggled to hold it back.
• Natasha used the Space Stone to send Xia Yu through a portal, then charged after Captain.

Spider-Man joined the battle in AC City while Tony Stark discovered that a strange stone inside his head had saved him and killed his attackers. Stan Lee appeared and began warning Tony that the River of Destiny was being copied and that his words could affect the final outcome.

• Ancient One and Captain sent Harry and Tate through a portal, but Spider-Man dodged it and charged into battle beside Hulk.
• Tony found Pepper Potts unconscious beside four dead Thanoses and a dead man in black, then woke her and learned that Kang the Conqueror's subordinates had captured her to force Tony to surrender.
• Four Infinity Stone beams blasted through Tony's head but struck a hidden stone, which released a burst of light that killed his attackers and left Tony alive.
• Tony sent Pepper through a portal to safety and wondered whether the stone in his head was a diamond tumor.
• Stan Lee appeared and told Tony that the object was a real Infinity Stone, then began explaining that the River of Destiny was being copied.

Tony returned to the battlefield and found the Avengers decimated, while Xia Yu fought alone and blamed himself for their losses. Captain Marvel sacrificed herself in a massive explosion, and when Natasha and Hawkeye entered the Quantum Tunnel, Xia Yu realized Natasha was making a sacrifice of her own.

• Tony arrived and learned that Spider-Man had died while the remaining Avengers sheltered behind a spatial barrier.
• Captain Marvel teleported into Thanos's army, activated Binary Mode, and detonated herself with the Space Stone's energy.
• Xia Yu fought his way toward Tony and the surviving Avengers, grieving for the dead and vowing to lose no one else.
• Xia Yu recognized the Quantum Tunnel as Natasha and Hawkeye stood beside it and vanished in quantum suits.
• Hawkeye reappeared from the Quantum Tunnel, and Xia Yu roared Natasha's name.