Chapter Summaries

Doctor Strange tried to stop Thanos from taking the Time Stone, but Thanos absorbed it and prepared to make himself the universe’s instrument for controlling population. Basil intervened to defeat Thanos, and the chapter ended with the Infinity Stones gone and Basil teasingly explaining his actions to Carol.

• Doctor Strange merged with Eternity’s power to reclaim the Time Stone, but Thanos summoned the Stone into his chest and cut Strange off.
• While Thanos digested the Time Stone, Doctor Strange tried to change his mind by proposing fairer resource distribution, rule by AI, and making everyone a wizard.
• Thanos revealed that he planned to become the physical vessel of the Infinity Stones and make the universe’s laws erase life whenever the population grew too large.
• Dumbledore found Jupiter too late, and Basil intervened, turning Thanos into a pitch-black scepter as the Infinity Stones vanished.
• Dumbledore brought Harry, Captain America, Thor, Rocket Raccoon, and the others to Jupiter, where Doctor Strange learned that Basil’s intervention had not broken the Dimensional Demon God agreements.
• In the headmaster’s office, Basil told Carol that Thanos’s body and soul had been refined into the scepter, while Hermione and Ron reacted to Basil’s romantic entanglements.

Basil reflected on the growth of his power and the multiverse-spanning Dream Sea while the heroes prepared to recruit Harry Potter to help save a parallel universe from Thanos. Harry agreed to go, and Ginny reassured him that the Quantum Tunnel would let him return immediately.

• Basil learned that his six-in-one Infinity Stone scepter let him glimpse Eternity’s power and greatly expand his Lesser Universe.
• Basil’s Love Magic Energy became central to the heroes’ multiversal defense, and Movie Lily’s livestream drew people seeking advice about love magic.
• Parallel Tony and the others discussed backup plans in S.H.I.E.L.D.’s space-based conference room in case the Space Manipulator failed.
• Parallel Captain America proposed Harry Potter, explaining that Harry could travel safely and summon the Infinity Stones.
• Harry agreed to join the mission despite Ron’s reluctance, and Ginny reassured him that the Quantum Tunnel would let him return the moment he left.

Tony and the others traveled back to 2018, subdued Thanos, and retrieved the Infinity Stones without killing him. After returning to 2023, Tony used the Stones to undo the Snap, and Doctor Strange and Peter arrived to find the team alive.

• Tony led the team through the quantum realm to the day Thanos destroyed the Stones, while Fat Thor prepared to fight him.
• Fat Thor cut off Thanos's arm, and Harry's Reparo unexpectedly restored Thanos and the damaged farmland as Banner erased Thanos's memory.
• Tony returned the Stones to Thanos, took the six Gems, and brought the team back to 2023.
• Tony snapped his fingers to restore the lives lost in the Snap, then reunited with Peter when Doctor Strange opened a portal.
• Captain America said he needed to return the Stones and go back to Peggy, and Tony reacted with a stiffened voice.

Ron and Ralph learned that the Behind-the-Scenes God had chosen them as reserve Champions, with a chance to win a wish, and were summoned to preliminaries alongside five people from across the Marvel Multiverse. The seven contestants began identifying one another in a white hall, where Ron revealed their purpose just as Magneto’s identity became a point of suspicion.

• Ron discovered that Ralph also bore the silver mark and learned that the preliminaries would start in ten minutes, while Ralph revealed that he wanted to see his mother again.
• Ron read the message confirming his eligibility after he helped prevent Shang-Chi from being chosen to snap his fingers, and Ralph said they could both become Champions.
• Basil’s experiment brought Ron, Ralph, Peter, Magneto, Susan, Loki, and Shadowcat together in a white hall, with several of them grieving recent losses.
• Magneto lowered his hostility after learning that Susan had developed powers, while Katy explained mutation to her and Ron and Peter said they were wizards contracted to the Spider Totem.
• Ralph recognized Loki as an Asgardian and mentioned Thor, and Magneto identified himself as Erik Lehnsherr before Katy became wary.
• Ron announced that they were reserve Champions chosen by the Behind-the-Scenes God, and suggested that the unfamiliar contestants might not know why they had been gathered.

Loki, Magneto, Ron, Ralph, Shadowcat, Susan, and Peter entered a mission world and found themselves as students at Supersonic High School, where they began meeting young superhumans. The chapter left Ron uncertain about the mission as the students compared their abilities and supervillain counterparts.

• Shadowcat explained how Bolivar Trask's Sentinel program had grown from mutant experiments into a threat to mutants and humans, while Magneto recognized Raven's role in Trask's death.
• Loki learned that Odin had died in another universe and erupted in grief before Ralph revealed the crest on their hands and prompted the group to enter the mission world.
• The seven arrived on a yellow school bus, discovered they had become younger, and learned that their mission involved stopping a human god from falling into darkness.
• Mary Morrow introduced her blood-controlling power and connected Peter's spider abilities to the supervillain Web-Slinger.
• Ron described his own spider-like powers to ease Peter's discomfort, while Emma Meyer introduced herself and explained her shrinking and enlarging abilities.

Ron and the others learned how superpowers and hero society worked in this world, while Loki and Ralph began planning how to keep Homelander from turning evil. A group of imprisoned villains plotted to return to their original world, and the chapter ended as Ron’s group boarded a flying bus bound for Super High School.

• Emma explained that Compound V granted powers and physical resilience, and told Ron that a dose cost one million dollars, or ten thousand for military personnel.
• Emma described the superhero education system and The Seven, while Magneto, Loki, and Ralph formed plans around the mission to prevent Homelander from turning evil.
• Starlight, Stormfront, Becca Butcher, and Tyke Knight discussed their plan to return to their original world, with Becca tasked with seducing Homelander.
• Frenchie interrupted Ron and Emma, introduced himself as the group’s bus driver, and took the students aboard a flying bus to Super High School.

Ron and the others learned about Homelander's frightening abilities and discussed using Shadowcat's time travel if their mission failed, while Basil remained unaware that they had entered his dream-controlled universe. The group arrived at Supersonic High School, where William Billy Butcher began sorting them into Hero Academy or Sidekick Academy.

• Ron told the group that Li Lin could copy abilities after seeing them once and improve them beyond their original form.
• Shadowcat explained that her time travel damaged the brain and required Bipshaw to send a consciousness into the past, prompting Loki to volunteer.
• Basil discussed his plan with Madison and Zoe, explaining how The Seven's anchors affected his identity and the dream's hold on reality.
• Becca held Ryan and resolved to keep him in her imagined utopia, while Basil sensed that something was disrupting his plans.
• The flying bus landed on Supersonic High School, and Ron said he hoped to join the support class and become Homelander's support hero.
• William Billy Butcher introduced himself as the classification coach and described how Frenchie had killed The Invisible Man by shoving plastic explosive up his ass.

Butcher tested the students’ abilities and assigned hero ranks, revealing the exceptional power of Erik Lehnsherr and several of Ron’s companions. The chapter ended as Ron was called forward for his own ability test.

• Butcher explained how superpowered people could be captured and announced that the academy tournament’s top ten would receive Compound V.
• Mary Morrow demonstrated blood manipulation by bursting a reinforced white mouse, earning a B-rank Hero Class placement.
• Lee Jordan used his two forms to catch black balls and strike white ones, earning an A-rank Hero Class placement, while Sam Rewodan endured 135 times normal gravity and was rated A-rank.
• Luke Rewodan sustained a 4,134°C thermonuclear reaction for one minute and 53 seconds, and Erik Lehnsherr lifted and shaped one hundred tons of metal, earning S-rank Hero Class placements.
• Peter Parker, Loki Odinsson, Tom Ralph Riddle, Susan Stone, and Kitty Pryde completed their tests, receiving S-, S-, B-, C-, and S-rank placements respectively.
• Butcher called Ron Weasley to take his ability test.

Ron completed the hero sorting after his lethal venom earned him an A-rank qualification, then learned to use his campus assistant and discovered that Peter came from a world with familiar versions of his friends and family. Meanwhile, Butcher’s group debated whether their improved lives were real dreams, and Mother’s Milk insisted he could not forget Soldier Boy’s role in his grandfather’s death.

• Ron demonstrated that his venom could kill nearly any superhuman, qualified as an A-rank hero, and learned the school’s rules for phones, uniforms, and Credit Points.
• Ron activated his intelligent assistant, customized its appearance, and heard Magneto and Loki explain that it could not secretly read his mind.
• Peter told Ron he had customized his assistant too, and Ron revealed that Peter’s counterpart shared his roommate Peter Parker, Harry, and Mary Jane.
• Ron told Peter that Uncle Ben had died and that May Parker had married the principal; Peter was stunned when Ron showed him a beautiful, young-looking May from his world.
• Butcher, Mother’s Milk, Frenchie, and A-Train discussed their altered lives and whether their world was only a dream, while Butcher urged Mother’s Milk to let go of his grudge against Soldier Boy.
• Mother’s Milk recounted how Soldier Boy had thrown a Mercedes into his family’s home, killing his grandfather, and insisted that his grandfather was still alive in this world.

Hughie and Butcher tried to convince their companions that their memories of another reality were an illusion, then Hughie recruited students into the disciplinary committee. After Ron was poisoned in the cafeteria, Hughie began investigating the culprit, and Loki realized the case was meant to reveal a larger concern about mind control.

• Butcher had Hughie take Mother's Milk for treatment after Mother's Milk insisted their memories of the dream might be real.
• Butcher explained that he and Frenchie had repeatedly received treatment to reject the dream, while Frenchie credited his love for Colin.
• Ron ate cafeteria fried chicken with Ralph and became poisoned, losing ten Credit Points.
• Hughie recruited Ron, Magneto, Shadowcat, Ralph, and others to the disciplinary committee and explained how its members handled school crimes.
• Hughie found the surveillance room marked as damaged and used school records to narrow the suspects, while Ron suspected shapeshifters.
• Hughie noted that a telepath could have controlled someone to poison the food, and Loki realized the investigation was a setup to discuss mind control.

Hughie warned the group that a hidden mastermind could use mental suggestions to manipulate people, and they began planning ways to protect Homelander. Ron obtained a promise of seven doses of Compound V, but his hopes of getting closer to Emma were dashed when she offered only a physical relationship.

• Hughie explained that a hidden presence could plant powerful suggestions and that Starlight and Stormfront had been victims; Katy suspected a Brainwave Amplifier could have affected Homelander.
• Katy and Loki discussed using the Brainwave Amplifier, while Magneto said he could replicate the Anti-Brainwave Helmet in about a month; Loki also considered using his divine power to protect Homelander.
• Ron learned that his venom could be exchanged for seven doses of Compound V, and The Deep Marvin promised to deliver the oral doses to his dorm that night.
• In Weapons class, The Deep Marvin demonstrated the Metal Eater MX rifle and explained how superhumans could use it against vulnerable targets.
• Stormfront confronted Tyke Knight in the cave, and he taunted her before she shocked him with lightning.
• Emma explained why students had physical tests before anti-hypnosis class, then offered Ron a physical relationship until she found a boyfriend, leaving Ron heartbroken.

Ron learned that the school’s sexual risk rating measured the danger his abilities posed to others, while Starlight’s group discussed using his venom against Soldier Boy. In Professor Dunlap’s anti-hypnosis class, Ralph saw through the illusion of Ron and realized the boy beside him was not real, though he mistook the difference for an illusion.

• Emma explained the sexual risk ratings to Ron and warned him that Ralph looked at him strangely.
• Loki received a C rating, while scientists identified him as a long-lived Metahuman; Starlight’s group discussed Ron’s venom as a way to provoke Soldier Boy into awakening.
• Ron and Ralph debated how the heroes compared to the Justice League before Professor Dunlap began an anti-hypnosis lesson in a realistic illusion.
• Professor Dunlap told the students to find inconsistencies in an illusion built from their subconscious minds, which showed each person someone important to them.
• Ralph stared at the illusion of Ron and said it was different from the real Ron beside him, leaving Ron panicked that Ralph had recognized him as an impostor.

Ralph exposed Ron as a Skrull impostor, but Ron revealed that he was actually Ron from another world, and Ralph learned that resurrection was possible through the Behind-the-Scenes God. The group then considered their Champion teams and prepared to take [Compound V], with Ron swallowing the first dose.

• Kate defended Ron's identity during Ralph's argument, while a student suggested that the scene was an illusion.
• Becca Butcher failed to seduce Homelander, and Starlight and Stormfront discussed using Becca to provoke Billy Butcher and finding other candidates to approach Homelander.
• Ralph accused Ron of being a Skrull who had killed and impersonated his friend, and Ron was surprised to learn he might be a Super Skrull.
• Ron explained his otherworldly origins, leaving Ralph regretful, conflicted, and relieved that the Behind-the-Scenes God could grant genuine wishes and resurrect the dead.
• The group considered their Champion teammates, and Loki decided to take [Compound V] to become a true Asgardian.
• Ron received the medicine delivery and swallowed [Compound V] as the others prepared to begin.

Ron’s [Compound V] awakening gave him retractable spider legs and enhanced spellcasting, while Loki’s revived Frost Giant form created a dangerous heat-absorbing cycle. The others took their pills and awakened new abilities, and Peter ended his awakening with a cryptic sense that he had escaped a predetermined fate.

• Ron awakened eight green-crystal spider legs, gained enhanced senses, and used them to cast a stronger protective spell.
• Loki took [Compound V], transformed into a towering blue Frost Giant, and discovered that absorbing heat strengthened a self-reinforcing winter cycle.
• Loki released heat to return to normal, and Invisible Woman confirmed that [Compound V] could awaken abilities opposite to a person’s original powers.
• After learning Golden Boy, The Deep, and Two-Face had not received [Compound V], Ralph, Magneto, Shadowcat, Invisible Woman, and Peter took their pills.
• Ralph gained control over things he perceived as snakes, Magneto’s body became metal, Shadowcat learned to phase through space, and Invisible Woman gained the ability to create invisible points of support.
• Peter awoke last and briefly said he would no longer suffer a predetermined fate, then questioned what he had said.

Peter discovered that his Spider-Totem power had become wholly his own, while The Sage examined the students’ abilities and unnerved them with how much she knew. Meanwhile, Li Lin investigated surveillance footage, and Starlight manipulated Billy Butcher into believing Ryan had betrayed him, hoping to provoke him into killing the boy.

• Peter learned that the Web of Life and Destiny would no longer impose misfortune on his loved ones, and Magneto explained that Peter’s power had undergone a profound transformation.
• The Sage tested the students, describing their abilities and revealing that Ron’s developing spider legs could digest waste and project a defensive force field.
• Loki, Ralph, and Ron left the testing room, suspecting The Sage knew them through surveillance and her ability to read people.
• Anika told Li Lin that newly installed cameras had recorded him, and Li Lin suspected the footage and Becca’s encounter with him were part of a deliberate setup.
• Starlight showed Billy Butcher footage of Ryan with Becca and convinced him that Ryan had inherited Homelander’s vile nature.
• Starlight told Stormfront that she wanted Billy to kill Ryan, making the boy’s death the fuse that would ignite everything.

Basil watched The Boys Universe join the Marvel Cosmic Cluster while choosing to let the rebels challenge him as Li Lin. At the academy, the students prepared for their tournament as Starlight’s group planned to exploit Homelander’s relationships, and Shadowcat agreed to retrieve something from Black Noir’s office.

• Basil realized The Boys Universe had connected to the Marvel Cosmic Cluster and decided to face the rebels without using his dream to guarantee victory.
• Ron complained about rescue training and considered becoming an environmental hero, while Ralph, Susan, Shadowcat, Peter, Magneto, and Loki discussed the upcoming tournament and their plans to stop Homelander.
• Starlight, Tyke Knight, and Stormfront planned to use Kate Dunlap and Homelander’s family to distract him during the tournament while Black Noir acted against Soldier Boy.
• Loki misunderstood Shadowcat’s feelings for Homelander and assumed she had been rejected because of her petite physique.
• Shadowcat agreed to visit Black Noir’s office and bring back an item for her ninja friend.

Butcher prepared to poison Ryan while Shadowcat visited The Seven's Tower, where Starlight's scheme triggered an intimate encounter with Li Lin. The next day, Shadowcat brought Deena to Ron's group, who confronted her about being a possible undercover agent.

• Butcher injected Kiss of Death into a baby bottle intended for Ryan, while Mother's Milk questioned his plan.
• Shadowcat arrived at The Seven's Tower and toured it with Li Lin, who teased her about her attraction to him.
• Starlight revealed that she had targeted Shadowcat with a scheme involving Black Noir's room, and Shadowcat and Li Lin slept together.
• Shadowcat returned to Super High School and denied her friends' teasing about spending time with Homelander, while she and Li Lin suspected outside interference.
• An unseen figure used Mind Control's backend access to enter the computer room and leave the school unnoticed.
• Shadowcat gave a ninja star to Deena and brought her to Ron's room, where the group questioned whether she was an undercover agent.

Ron and the others reported Deena Finn’s infiltration to Principal Edgar Stand, who explained the danger posed by people awakening memories from another universe and asked the group to watch for suspicious behavior. Meanwhile, Tyke Knight and Stormfront debated why Kate Dunlap had not reacted to evidence of Homelander’s affairs.

• Ron and the others questioned Deena Finn, learned her motives matched Susan’s prediction, and informed Supersonic High School.
• Edgar Stand sent Hughie to take Deena for psychological treatment and told the students that Vought was fundamentally a pharmaceutical company.
• Edgar explained that people with memories of another universe could evade intelligent-assistant monitoring and asked the students to watch anyone who approached them or Homelander.
• Loki requested greater authority over the surveillance room, and Edgar assigned the group to watch for suspicious activity during the academy tournament.
• Edgar warned that emotional distress could trigger the dream and reveal dangerous memories, then advised Invisible Woman and Shadowcat to hide their relationship with Homelander from Kate Dunlap.
• Starlight, Tyke Knight, and Stormfront discussed Kate’s lack of reaction to the affair video, and Tyke suggested Edgar had taken precautions against Mind Control.

Starlight’s allies and Butcher’s schemes converged on Ryan, while Homelander Ryan awakened with memories of another life but backed down when he faced Li Lin. As the academy competition began, Ron’s team remained largely clueless about the planned attack, and the students started a televised obstacle race.

• Stormfront and Tyke Knight learned that Soldier Boy and Black Noir would attend the academy competition, while Starlight explained that the plan depended on Homelander leaving on the second day.
• Butcher poisoned Ryan’s milk, but Ryan survived and said nothing; three days later, Butcher mistook Ryan’s silence for kindness and regretted his actions.
• Homelander Ryan awakened with memories of another life and considered replacing Li Lin, but he fled when Li Lin entered the office and then convinced himself he had chosen not to hurt his brother.
• Loki, Invisible Woman, Shadowcat, and Ron reported their scant clues to Magneto, who learned that Black Noir had secretly visited Soldier Boy but dismissed the information as common knowledge.
• The academy grounds transformed into a metal obstacle course, and Madelyn Stillwell announced a televised rescue-race competition with rules against damaging obstacles.
• At the starting signal, Magneto and Golden Boy launched forward, while Lee Jordan carried Ron in her female form.

Black Noir recognized Ryan’s mannerisms as those of the Homelander from his dreams while the superhero competition unfolded. Ryan watched the contestants and underestimated Loki until Loki blanketed the mountain course in a blizzard, revealing the power of an S-rank superhuman.

• Black Noir noticed Ryan’s resemblance to the boy from his dreams and considered whether kidnapping Ryan would still work as a way to lure Homelander.
• Soldier Boy praised Ryan’s taste in women, while Ryan watched Lee Jordan, Ron, and Emma advance through the competition.
• Shadowcat, Magneto, and Golden Boy reached the finish line first, while Peter, Loki, Invisible Woman, and the other contestants navigated the course’s obstacles.
• The Deep hurled a concrete pillar toward the finish line, rode it forward, and jumped into fourth place as Vought-Baum explained the [Biokinetic Field].
• Stormfront planned to use optical camouflage to abduct Ryan, while Jordan, Ron, and Emma continued across the course.
• Loki unleashed a blizzard that froze the mountain range, the concrete pillar, and several contestants, and Soldier Boy told Ryan that this was the power of an S-rank superhuman.