Chapter Summaries

After Natasha’s sacrifice, Xia Yu completed the universe’s Source and destroyed Thanos’s forces, but Kang the Conqueror began destroying the universe and revealed Xia Yu still lacked the power to control it. Tony sacrificed himself to pass Xia Yu the Quantum Realm’s sole B-side stone, which merged with Xia Yu’s soul and left him unconscious.

• Xia Yu completed his Source with the Soul Stone, then destroyed the Sanctuary III warships and crushed the Thanos army without using the Snap.
• Xia Yu promised to revive the dead and take the survivors to Earth, but Kang appeared and declared that Xia Yu could not control the universe.
• Kang snapped his fingers and began destroying Earth and the rest of the universe, while Xia Yu gave up hope of stopping him.
• Tony told Xia Yu that the Quantum Realm held the universe’s B-side stone and urged him to care for Morgan.
• Tony turned to ash, leaving behind a diamond that entered Xia Yu and began merging with his soul, causing him to lose consciousness.

After the stone in Tony's body entered Xia Yu, Xia Yu's soul traveled beyond the universe before returning with power over the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. He confronted Kang the Conqueror at the Time Variance Authority and demanded to be taken to the Cosmic Will.

• Xia Yu's soul rose above countless worlds, then was pulled back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where he gained awareness of the universe and the Quantum Realm.
• Xia Yu teleported to the Time Variance Authority while Kang the Conqueror planned to kill him and preserve the universe's remaining Cosmic Origin power.
• Xia Yu immobilized Kang and his subordinates, then appeared before Kang, who feared Xia Yu's power.
• Xia Yu slapped the helpless Kang repeatedly and demanded that he take Xia Yu to meet the Cosmic Will.
• Xia Yu released Kang, who denied slamming the table and insisted it had been an accident.

Xia Yu forced Kang the Conqueror to lead him to the source of the orders targeting him, then tracked a portal to an isolated space and confronted the Cosmic Will. He found a mass of white light with the same Source aura as his own and demanded that it take human form.

• Xia Yu threatened Kang the Conqueror until Kang agreed to show him the route used by his boss to send orders.
• Kang led Xia Yu to a fireplace in his office, where Xia discovered that a wooden cover made of solidified Source power concealed a portal.
• Xia shattered the cover, sensed the portal’s destination, and received an order telling Kang to stop or eliminate him.
• Xia eliminated Kang the Conqueror, then stepped through the fireplace portal into an isolated space.
• Xia found a huge mass of white light and recognized that it shared his Source aura, then challenged it to take human form.

Xia Yu destroyed the Cosmic Will and took control of the Marvel Universe’s Source energy, then resurrected the Original Avengers. With the universe reduced to chaos, he asked Tony and Banner to help rebuild it and began by creating light.

• Xia Yu provoked the Cosmic Will into opening its protective shell, then detonated his body and soul to destroy the universe’s core and seize control of its Source energy.
• Xia Yu used the Soul Stone to retrieve Natasha and the Original Avengers, restoring their souls and creating new bodies for them in seven gourds.
• Xia Yu explained the destruction of the universe and asked Tony and Banner to help him rebuild a material universe.
• Tony urged Xia Yu to create something first, and Xia Yu snapped his fingers and declared, “Let there be light.”

After restoring the universe and Asgard, Xia Yu attended a party where Banner provoked Hulk and gave him a cruel gift, ending with Hulk hurling Banner through the building. The chapter concluded with an author’s note about a new story in the process of being signed.

• Xia Yu restored the universe, Asgard, and its people while keeping portals between Earth and Asgard open.
• At a party in AC City, Banner taunted Hulk about needing life skills, and the Avengers placed bets on how badly Hulk would hurt him.
• Hulk and Banner traded insults until Banner gave Hulk an inflatable Thanos doll as a gift.
• Hulk slammed Banner into the floor and threw him through the ceiling and out a window.
• Thor flew after Banner and returned to report that only his right leg remained unbroken, while Tony collected the betting money.

Xia Yu visited Grandpa Sun in Chinatown, restored his youthful strength, and asked him to arrange his wedding. Meanwhile, Xia Yu publicly proposed to Natasha in Times Square, and she accepted as he walked toward her through falling petals.

• Xia Yu replaced Grandpa Sun’s tea and restored his body to that of a strong young man, while giving him tea to make him gradually look younger.
• Xia Yu asked Grandpa Sun to arrange his wedding according to Chinese customs, and Grandpa Sun agreed while requesting a personal adjustment in return.
• Natasha went shopping with Betty to find a wedding dress and shared memories of her first date with Xia Yu.
• Xia Yu asked Natasha to marry him with a message across the sky and a citywide declaration, and Natasha accepted.
• Xia Yu appeared with a rose and microphone, walking toward Natasha along a red carpet as he sang.