Chapter Summaries

Wu Chen used a Fusion Potion to help Madara fuse completely with the Ten-Tails, then discussed using the Infinity Stones to strengthen him and lure Thanos into a trap. Madara achieved Kekkei Mōra, while Wu Chen left for London to meet Thor and his girlfriend and prepare for the events of Thor 2.

• Wu Chen gave Madara a Fusion Potion to fuse him with the Ten-Tails, and Madara drank it before absorbing its power.
• Wu Chen told Orochimaru how the Mind Stone had strengthened his Six Paths Power and proposed having Madara seek the other Infinity Stones to strengthen himself and bait Thanos.
• Orochimaru agreed to pass Wu Chen's plan to Madara, and Wu Chen used a Mystic Portal to travel to London through Wu Chén.
• After more than ten minutes, Madara stood up, having fully fused with the Ten-Tails and gained the ability to leave Sage Mode at will.
• Madara created a Truth-Seeking Orb in his normal state, and Orochimaru recognized that he had achieved Kekkei Mōra.

Madara Uchiha left for London to prepare for the Reality Stone, while Minato Namikaze visited Tony Stark to take over Wu Chen’s agreement with him. Tony welcomed Minato and sent Pepper Potts to fetch fruit, leaving the two men to talk privately.

• Madara Uchiha described his evolution and agreed with Orochimaru that he would go to London to watch for the Reality Stone.
• Madara used a disguise and genjutsu to obtain travel documents, then flew to London.
• Orochimaru stayed behind at the base and watched dramas and anime.
• Minato Namikaze appeared at Tony Stark’s home and explained that Wu Chen had gone to help Thor, so Minato would fulfill Wu’s agreement with Tony.
• Tony’s irritation faded when he heard Thor was in trouble, and Pepper invited Minato inside.
• Tony asked Pepper to wash fruit, and Pepper understood he wanted to discuss something privately with Minato.

Tony learned that Orochimaru was a powerful researcher currently at a Hydra base, and prepared to pay him to help Tony meet his father. The chapter ended with Tony bringing out a billion dollars’ worth of gold bars.

• Minato Namikaze told Tony that Orochimaru studied Chakra, conducted human experiments on enemies such as Hydra members, and was at a captured Hydra base.
• Tony eagerly agreed to go see Orochimaru, hoping to meet his father again.
• Minato Namikaze reminded Tony to consider how he would pay Orochimaru, and Tony realized the seized Hydra base suggested Orochimaru might want money.
• Tony decided that paying Orochimaru was worthwhile and viewed the money as support for Konoha and a way to build a relationship with it.
• With Pepper Potts's help, Tony brought a billion dollars’ worth of gold bars out of his vault.

Tony Stark brought a billion dollars in gold to Orochimaru and asked him to bring his father back so he could make amends. Orochimaru agreed, explained the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu while concealing its true capabilities, and described how it worked.

• Tony Stark gathered a billion dollars in gold, put on his Iron Man armor, and traveled with Minato Namikaze to Orochimaru's underground base.
• Tony asked Orochimaru to bring his father back to life and offered him the gold.
• Orochimaru agreed but claimed the revived dead could only talk and would not remain in the real world for long.
• Tony accepted the jutsu's limitations because he wanted a chance to apologize to his father.
• Orochimaru explained that the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu used a living sacrifice to summon a dead person's soul into the present world.

Tony agreed to provide Howard Stark’s remains so Orochimaru could revive his father, and Minato took him to the Stark family cemetery to retrieve a finger bone. Orochimaru performed the technique using a White Zetsu Clone as the sacrifice, and Howard emerged from the coffin as Tony rushed to embrace him.

• Orochimaru told Tony that the revival technique required bodily tissue from his father and offered to provide a Hydra member as the sacrifice.
• Minato Namikaze took Tony to the Stark family cemetery, where Tony dug up Howard Stark’s grave and collected a finger bone.
• Orochimaru used Wu Chen’s Wood Clone to make White Zetsu create a clone for the sacrifice, since Wu Chen had killed all the Hydra members.
• Tony brought the finger bone to Orochimaru while wearing the Mark XLV Iron Man Armor, then agreed to begin the technique.
• Orochimaru performed the Hand Seals and activated the Cursed Seal array, causing Howard Stark to emerge from the coffin.
• Tony stepped out of his armor, called out to his father, and hugged the bewildered Howard.

Tony reunited with his father, Howard Stark, but remained wary and secretly had JARVIS search the Hydra base’s systems. As Orochimaru and Minato Namikaze prepared for Tony to uncover planted evidence about Madara Uchiha, Tony took Howard aside to speak privately.

• Orochimaru checked the cases of gold bars while Tony released Howard from their embrace.
• Tony tested Howard’s identity by asking which hand he had used the first time he hit him, and Howard recalled kicking Tony after he broke a vase and blamed the maid.
• Tony recognized Howard and felt grateful to Konoha and Orochimaru, while secretly directing JARVIS to search the base’s electronic systems.
• Tony decided he would apologize and compensate Orochimaru if the search found nothing, but ask Minato Namikaze to intervene if it revealed a problem.
• Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru exchanged looks and confirmed that preparations were ready for Tony to find evidence of Madara Uchiha.
• Orochimaru confirmed the gold bars were genuine and the amount was correct, while Tony led Howard to a corner for a private conversation.

Orochimaru ended Howard Stark’s brief return to the living, giving Tony a final chance to speak with his father. Tony told Howard about his fiancée, Hydra’s defeat, and Wu Chen, then watched Howard’s body crumble as his soul departed.

• Orochimaru resumed watching a movie while Tony, Howard, and Minato Namikaze spent time in the base.
• Orochimaru used a technique that caused Howard’s body to crumble and told Tony his father had only three minutes left, with another visit possible after a month.
• Tony told Howard he had a girlfriend, planned to marry her, and would bring her to meet him.
• Howard blessed Tony and urged him to think of his fiancée and future children whenever he was in danger.
• Tony told Howard that Hydra had caused his death and had been destroyed, and that his friend Wu Chen had helped him.
• Howard’s body crumbled completely and his soul departed; Orochimaru’s pythons swallowed the remains, startling Tony.

Tony discovered footage of Madara Uchiha meeting with Orochimaru and demanded an explanation. Orochimaru claimed Madara had coerced him, and Minato Namikaze offered to pardon him and bring him back to Konoha.

• Tony put on his Iron Man Armor and thanked Orochimaru for helping fulfill his dream.
• JARVIS showed Tony surveillance footage of Madara Uchiha speaking with Orochimaru, and Tony confronted Orochimaru about it.
• Orochimaru claimed Madara had forced him to research a way to break through his power bottleneck and threatened to kill him if he failed.
• Minato Namikaze warned Orochimaru that Madara could return and urged him to seek protection.
• Minato Namikaze offered to pardon Orochimaru's desertion and asked him to return to Konoha.

Minato told Tony that Orochimaru had rejoined Konoha, though Orochimaru chose to remain at his base as an agent. Orochimaru revealed that Madara Uchiha was likely in London, where Wu Chen was also staying, and Minato reassured Tony that Wu Chen had grown much stronger.

• Minato explained that Orochimaru had defected over a misunderstanding and invited him to rejoin Konoha.
• Orochimaru agreed to rejoin but chose to remain at his newly acquired base, and Minato gave him a Three-Pronged Kunai to summon help.
• Orochimaru told Minato and Tony that Madara Uchiha was probably in London, seeking a way to grow stronger.
• Minato revealed that Wu Chen and Thor were in London, prompting Tony to urge them to warn Wu Chen and go there.
• Minato stopped Tony and said Wu Chen's strength had made tremendous progress, so they only needed to notify him.

Tony apologized to Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru, then arranged for Minato to attend his wedding. Wu Chen stayed in London and planned to wait for the events of Thor 2 while enjoying a vacation.

• Minato Namikaze explained that Wu Chen could hold out against Madara Uchiha, and Tony apologized for doubting him.
• Tony asked Minato for a Three-Pronged Kunai so he could contact him about attending his wedding, and they exchanged phone numbers.
• Tony apologized to Orochimaru, who forgave him in exchange for research equipment.
• Minato Namikaze took Tony away from Orochimaru's underground research base, leaving Orochimaru to watch anime and movies.
• Wu Chen chose not to approach Thor yet and decided to wait in London for the events of Thor 2, considering inviting Hill to join him.

Jane Foster celebrated the first anniversary of her relationship with Thor, though she was annoyed when Daisy joined their date. Meanwhile, Dr. Erik Selvig’s post-Mind Stone condition had transformed him into a brilliant scientific madman who predicted that the Nine Realms would soon converge.

• Jane Foster reflected on her validated research and her growing happiness with Thor.
• Daisy joined Jane Foster and Thor at their anniversary dinner, and Jane Foster called her out for being a third wheel.
• Dr. Erik Selvig suffered lasting aftereffects from the Mind Stone and began behaving strangely in public.
• Dr. Erik Selvig’s new inspiration advanced his research and led him to uncover the secret connection among the Nine Realms.
• Dr. Erik Selvig predicted that the Nine Realms would soon converge, aligning their entrances and allowing travel between them.

As Thor prepared to return to Asgard while the Nine Realms’ entrances converged, Daisy interrupted his meal with Jane Foster to report a serious problem with their experiment. The interruption gave Wu Chen an opening to pursue the Reality Stone, which he intended to claim through Madara Uchiha.

• Asgard prepared for the convergence of the Nine Realms’ entrances, and Thor agreed to return after finishing his meal with Jane Foster.
• Wu Chen planned to use Thor’s departure to make it easier for Madara Uchiha to seize the Reality Stone.
• Daisy arrived at Jane and Thor’s meal, apologized for interrupting, and said the experiment had a big problem.
• Jane grew worried and asked Daisy what had happened while Thor remembered he would soon be leaving for Asgard.

Thor told Jane Foster he had to return to Asgard to guard it, then left as Jane and Daisy set out to investigate a failed experiment. Madara Uchiha secretly followed them, while Wu Chen strolled through London with Hill, leaving Madara an opportunity to pursue the Aether.

• Thor told Jane Foster he needed to return to Asgard for a few days to guard it, and they kissed before he departed in a pillar of seven-colored light.
• Jane Foster decided to investigate the experiment with Daisy, and the two drove away from the restaurant.
• Madara Uchiha resumed his true appearance, caught up with Jane Foster and Daisy's research vehicle, and followed them from a distance.
• Wu Chen strolled through London holding Hill's hand, deliberately giving Madara Uchiha a chance to obtain the Aether.

Wu Chen and Hill tried on wedding clothes in London and agreed to marry after Hill trained a successor. Meanwhile, Jane Foster and Daisy investigated a spatial anomaly in an abandoned building and witnessed strange gravity and teleportation effects.

• Wu Chen watched Madara Uchiha from a bridal shop window and realized the events he had been expecting had begun.
• Wu Chen told Hill he wanted to marry her, and Hill said she would train a successor within a few months so they could wed.
• Jane Foster and Daisy drove to an abandoned building to investigate an anomaly that Daisy suspected was connected to the Nine Realms.
• Children at the building showed Jane Foster and Daisy how objects floated without gravity and a falling bottle repeatedly vanished and reappeared.

Madara Uchiha followed Jane Foster into the building, intending to take the Aether and alter the events that would harm Thor's family. When a strange wind transported them away, Madara and Jane arrived together in a dark underground place.

• Daisy ignored Jane Foster's call to work and joined the children, while Jane began investigating the building alone.
• Madara Uchiha followed Jane in disguise, planning to become the Aether's host and eliminate the Dark Elves.
• Madara Uchiha revealed himself and grabbed Jane as a strange wind began to blow.
• Madara Uchiha and Jane were transported to a dark place deep underground, where the Aether had been sealed.

Madara Uchiha carried Jane Foster through the darkness beneath Svartalfheim, suspecting they were near the Aether, and told her to guide him. Jane appealed for her life and offered to help, while Madara reconsidered his impression of her.

• Madara Uchiha entered Six Paths Mode, picked up Jane Foster, and asked her to choose a direction.
• Jane Foster closed her eyes, sensed where to go, and pointed the way.
• Madara Uchiha flew with Jane Foster in the direction she chose.
• Jane Foster asked Madara to spare her and reminded him that Thor, the Avengers, and Konoha could be provoked by harming her.
• Madara Uchiha thought Jane was more capable than he had assumed.

Madara Uchiha found the place where the Aether was stored and promised Jane Foster he would return her to Earth if she guided him there. He kept his word and dropped her back in London, where Daisy found her.

• Jane Foster carefully tried to persuade Madara Uchiha to spare her, and he promised to let her go if she led him to what he wanted.
• Madara Uchiha and Jane flew through the darkness until they reached a platform holding a stone pillar with a red glow inside it.
• Madara Uchiha memorized the location, retraced their route, and returned Jane to Earth.
• Daisy realized Jane was missing and searched for her with the children and her boyfriend.
• Jane appeared out of nowhere and crashed into Daisy, who was relieved to find her.

Jane Foster escaped Madara Uchiha and warned Daisy and Nick Fury about him, prompting Nick Fury to seek help from Wu Chen, who was in London with Hill.

• Jane Foster told Daisy that Madara Uchiha had taken her to a strange space and held her hostage before letting her go.
• Jane Foster urged Daisy and her boyfriend to evacuate the children, then called Nick Fury to report Madara Uchiha.
• Nick Fury confirmed Jane Foster's account, praised her for evacuating the building, and worried that the situation was troublesome.
• Nick Fury called Wu Chen, who was in London after buying wedding attire for himself and Hill.

Wu Chen left his shopping trip with Hill after Nick Fury asked him to deal with Madara Uchiha. He sent Hill back to the hotel, then flew off to confront the threat, while both he and Fury viewed their alliance as useful.

• Wu Chen bought Hill a wedding dress, but Nick Fury called to ask whether he could handle Madara Uchiha.
• Wu Chen assured Fury he would take care of it, and Fury relaxed, unaware Madara was seeking the Reality Stone.
• Hill chose to wait safely at the hotel rather than accompany Wu Chen, and he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take her there.
• Wu Chen kissed Hill goodbye, returned to the shopping area, and flew into the sky to show off his increased abilities.
• Wu Chen planned to explain his flight through Six Paths Mode, while thinking of S.H.I.E.L.D. as a tool just as Fury treated Konoha.

Madara Uchiha absorbed the Reality Stone and used the Ten-Tails’ energy to evolve his Six Paths Power into the Power of Rules. The chapter ended with him reaching the Skyfather tier in Svartalfheim.

• Madara Uchiha returned to the Aether’s platform in Svartalfheim and reached into the gap.
• The Aether particles entered Madara Uchiha, and the Reality Stone embedded itself in his chest.
• Madara Uchiha used the Reality Stone and the Ten-Tails’ Chakra to transform his Six Paths Power.
• Madara Uchiha crossed into a new realm, turning his energies into the Power of Rules.
• Madara Uchiha released an immense pressure that pulverized his surroundings, then declared that he had reached the Skyfather tier.