Chapter Summaries

Dana sent Wanda and Pietro to begin their training and received a collection of Warp Drives from Ebony Maw as the cosmic squad prepared to travel to Knowhere. After learning of the Cloud-Lightning Federation’s destruction of most of his forces on Earth, Thanos studied the surviving footage and sent Gamora to Asgard while ordering Sanctuary to Sakaar.

• Dana sent Wanda to Sea City to study magic under Orochimaru and gave Pietro a Spiritual Peach and a jonin to teach him Chakra.
• Ebony Maw sent the Federation a Galactic Star Map and a Sealing Scroll containing twenty different Warp Drives before the squad set out for Knowhere.
• Thanos learned that the Chitauri had lost nearly eighty percent of their forces on Earth, including Aizel, and that Ebony Maw was missing.
• Thanos watched footage of the Cloud-Lightning Federation’s floating mountains, destructive cannon, teleportation, and gravity field, and recognized it as an unknown powerful civilization.
• After hearing that Asgard had relinquished its claim to Earth, Thanos sent Gamora there as an envoy and ordered Sanctuary to travel to Sakaar.

Mine Taro’s team tested a miniature Floating Airship Island and Chakra Cannon in deep space, while Otsutsuki Danshiki traced unusual Chakra readings to a planet. As she arrived in orbit, an enormous figure emerged from a portal and seized her by the throat.

• Mine Taro launched a miniature Floating Airship Island crewed by Shadow Clones on a one-light-year spaceflight to collect data on Warp Drives, space conditions, and ninjutsu.
• The Shadow Clones tested the island’s systems, found that Communication Snails could not reach the command center, and fired a Chakra Cannon that traveled far through empty space.
• Otsutsuki Danshiki detected Chakra in the void, investigated a suspicious planet, and decided to search for a possible God Tree and Chakra Fruit.
• Otsutsuki Danshiki arrived near the planet and sensed an immense mass of Chakra readings across its surface.
• A golden-red portal opened behind Otsutsuki Danshiki, and a muscular figure rushed out and grabbed her by the throat.

Dana captured Otsutsuki Danshiki after she arrived near the Shinobi World, easily resisting her attacks and preventing her escape. He brought her to a remote mountain, where Kushina sealed away her Chakra and immobilized her, leaving Danshiki able only to speak.

• Dana seized Otsutsuki Danshiki in orbit and learned she had left the Mother Star over a century earlier without planting a God Tree.
• Danshiki attacked Dana and tried to escape with Yomotsu Hirasaka, but he stopped her attempts and subdued her effortlessly.
• Dana ordered the Federation to end its emergency alert and carried Danshiki to a remote mountain.
• Dana summoned Kushina through Orochimaru's portal and asked her to seal Danshiki's abilities.
• After three hours, Kushina had sealed Danshiki's Chakra and movement, leaving her able only to speak.

Dana interrogated Otsutsuki Danshiki and learned about the Otsutsuki Clan’s hierarchy, God Tree cultivation, and methods of travel. Convinced Danshiki was valuable, Dana ordered her to hand over her God Tree seeds.

• Dodai recorded Danshiki’s basic information while Dana examined her physiology and tested her answers for lies.
• Danshiki admitted she had come seeking a Chakra Fruit after detecting signs that the Shinobi World’s planet had borne fruit before.
• Danshiki explained that the Three Jewels governed the Otsutsuki Clan, controlled its population, and divided its members into the protected and protectors.
• Danshiki described how Otsutsuki traveled between planets and explained that pills made from Chakra Fruits determined their strength and status.
• Dana used Danshiki’s account to infer why Kaguya had eaten the fruit and questioned whether Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had survived in this world.
• Dana told Danshiki to take out her God Tree seeds.

Dana confiscated Otsutsuki Danshiki and the God Tree Seeds, then changed the Federation’s plans after learning of the Otsutsuki threat. He recruited Loki as a space guide and prepared to travel to Nidavellir for a pair of gloves.

• Otsutsuki Danshiki revealed that her Origin Ball Space held three God Tree Seeds, which Dana confiscated along with Danshiki herself.
• Dana bound Danshiki with a Truth-Seeking Orb and realized she did not recognize the technique.
• Dana asked Mei Terumi about analyzing the Galactic Star Map and ordered her to contact Stark for help.
• Dana questioned Loki about Nidavellir, and Loki admitted it was where Thor’s hammer had been forged and had ties to Asgard.
• Dana told Loki to prepare for a trip to Nidavellir in three days, saying he wanted a pair of gloves forged.

Dana and the Bandit Group raided Nige Star’s criminal underworld to gather resources and secure a spaceship. When Yondu and his Space Pirates tried to rob them, Dana crushed Yondu’s flying arrow and forced him to surrender.

• Dana led the masked Bandit Group to Nige Star and began robbing criminal organizations for intelligence, money, supplies, and technology.
• Dana arranged to buy a medium-sized spaceship through the Mudhead Gang’s leader and waited with the group outside the city for its arrival.
• A battle-scarred spaceship landed, and Yondu and his Space Pirates emerged and demanded the buyers’ money.
• Dana announced that the group had never planned to pay and turned the robbery threat back on Yondu.
• Yondu attacked with his flying arrow, but Dana caught and crushed it, prompting Yondu to raise his hands and claim he had no money.

Dana captured Yondu’s pirate crew after they damaged his spaceship and had Quill repair it. Quill joined the Bandit Group as an intern, and the group left Nige Star with Loki piloting, heading first for Vormir Star.

• Yondu surrendered to Dana, who demanded that the pirates repair his damaged spacecraft instead of paying ransom.
• Yondu named Quill as the crew’s mechanic, and Dana imprisoned the other pirates while Quill repaired the ship under guard.
• Quill asked to join the Bandit Group, and Dana accepted him as an intern responsible for making the spacecraft safer.
• After two days, Quill finished repairing the ship, and Dana released Yondu and the other pirates before departing Nige Star with Loki piloting.
• Quill received a chicken mask and suggested the name “Star-Chicken King” as the group set course for Vormir Star.

Dana and the Bandit Group reached Vormir Star, where he tried to steal the Soul Stone from Red Skull but failed to trigger its sacrifice magic. Meanwhile, Thanos warned Grandmaster that the mysterious Cloud-Lightning Federation might come from another universe, and Gamora arrived with news from Asgard and a sighting of Loki.

• After raiding across six planets, Dana led the Bandit Group to Vormir Star and found Red Skull at the summit altar.
• Dana sent a clone of himself over the cliff as his supposed loved one, but the Soul Stone did not appear.
• Dana shot Red Skull and demanded the Soul Stone and his cloak, while Red Skull explained that he could not be killed and would simply return.
• On Saar Star, Thanos told Grandmaster that the Cloud-Lightning Federation might come from a parallel universe and could seek the Infinity Stones.
• Thanos asked Grandmaster to investigate the Federation, while he planned to find an Infinity Stone himself.
• Gamora arrived with news from Asgard and reported that someone had spotted Loki.

Dana and the Bandit Group traveled to Nidavellir, where Eitri agreed to forge an Infinity Gauntlet capable of holding all the Infinity Stones. After a week, Dana received the finished gauntlet and asked Eitri to help extract the stones from the Aether and the Eye of Agamotto.

• Dana and the Bandit Group arrived at Nidavellir and used Loki’s connection to gain an audience with dwarf king Eitri.
• Dana showed Eitri the purple eye on his hand and asked him to make an Infinity Gauntlet; Eitri agreed to finish it in one week.
• Dana learned that Asgard had commissioned the original gauntlet design, and that Nidavellir still had its mold and forging knowledge.
• While Eitri arranged the forging, Dana collected Nidavellir’s technology and studied its blueprints, including designs for Bifrost facilities.
• Eitri presented Dana with a fitted Infinity Gauntlet modified to change size and withstand Chakra.
• Dana asked Eitri to help extract the Reality Stone from the Aether and the Time Stone from the Eye of Agamotto.

Thanos obtained the Orb and followed Loki’s trail to Vormir, where he found Red Skull serving as its guide. Meanwhile, Dana crossed into the Marvel Universe, planted a God Tree on Sothai Star, and joined his clone in orbit to receive a gauntlet holding two Infinity Stones.

• Thanos learned that Loki traveled with the Bandit Group, followed their trail to Vormir, and met a cursing Red Skull.
• Dana traveled through the Dimensional Gate to the Marvel Universe, where the Federation had expanded its foothold and delivered Warp Drives.
• Dana took Otsutsuki Danshiki to Sothai Star and had her catalyze and plant a God Tree Seed.
• Danshiki revealed that the God Tree would take centuries to mature without a sacrifice, but Dana said he could not wait that long.
• Dana met his Truth-Seeking Orb Clone above Sothai Star and received a gauntlet fitted with the green and red gems.

Dana used the Infinity Gauntlet’s Time and Reality Stones to accelerate Sothai Star’s time until its God Tree produced a Chakra Fruit. After picking the fruit, he took a bite while the transformed God Tree hovered nearby as a giant humanoid statue.

• Dana used the Time Stone to accelerate time across Sothai Star, causing its God Tree and ecosystem to evolve over centuries in minutes.
• The God Tree grew, withered, and bloomed into a gigantic Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan before its flower produced a Chakra Fruit.
• Dana stopped the time manipulation, removed the damaged gauntlet, and flew with Danshiki to the fruit atop the God Tree.
• Dana plucked the Chakra Fruit, transforming the God Tree into a giant humanoid form resembling the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Dana examined the fruit and took a bite.

Dana ate a Chakra Fruit, gained new Otsutsuki abilities, and discovered that his body could absorb its power without leakage. He planned to use his remaining seeds to plant more God Trees across the Marvel World, while Dan Shi begged for a taste of the fruit.

• Dana absorbed the Chakra Fruit, awakened a nine-tomoe Rinnegan, and gained new abilities without losing any Chakra.
• Dana opened an Other Dimension with Yomotsu Hirasaka and formed a connection with the God Tree beneath him.
• Dana realized Kaguya's Chakra leakage had helped shape the Shinobi World's Chakra ecology and explained the events of a thousand years earlier.
• Dan Shi envied Dana and pleaded to taste the fruit, but Dana said he could eat two more.
• Dana planned to plant his remaining seeds on other planets, harvest three Chakra Fruits, and obtain three Ten-Tails.

Dana harvested a second Chakra Fruit, then used two Divine Tree Shells on Helles to channel the planet’s Natural Energy into his body and try to advance his Golden Spine. As Dana focused on cultivation, his Truth-Seeking Orb Clone left the planet aboard the spacecraft.

• Dana traveled through the Other Dimension to a nearby planet, then took Dan Shi and the others to another world and harvested a second Chakra Fruit.
• Dan Shi refused to help with a third planting, so Dana put off planting another tree and went to Helles instead.
• Dana placed two Divine Tree Shells on Helles and used their roots to draw Natural Energy into his body through wooden conduits.
• Dana absorbed the planet’s Natural Energy in an attempt to advance his Golden Spine, while Dan Shi sulked nearby.
• Dana’s Truth-Seeking Orb Clone confirmed that his main body needed more time, then boarded the spacecraft.

Thanos obtained the Soul Stone by sacrificing Gamora, then joined Grandmaster, Ego, Odin, and the Collector to discuss the Cloud-Lightning Federation’s threat. They learned the Federation may already possess four Infinity Stones and began preparing for a war that could involve powerful individuals as well as fleets.

• Thanos spent three days considering the Soul Stone’s price, then sacrificed Gamora and obtained the Stone on Vormir.
• After returning to Sanctuary, Thanos accepted Grandmaster’s invitation to a meeting on Sakaar.
• Grandmaster, Ego, the Collector, and Odin concluded that the Cloud-Lightning Federation likely came from a parallel universe and was gathering Infinity Stones.
• Thanos revealed that he had obtained two Stones, while Odin warned that the Federation might already have the Time and Reality Stones as well.
• Odin cautioned that the Federation’s fighters could overpower even Thor’s hammer, prompting the group to consider finding more allies.

Odin and the other cosmic leaders considered how to confront the Cloud-Lightning Federation, while Dana spent a month absorbing Natural Energy on Helles Star. As Dan Shi explored the forest, a mysterious woman approached and asked her to lead the way to the Federation’s leader.

• Odin rejected a direct ground assault because Asgard could not afford the expected losses, and asked Tivan whether he could foresee the Infinity Stones’ locations.
• Tivan said he could not prophesy about the Infinity Stones but agreed to try targeting their leader.
• Dana absorbed vast quantities of Natural Energy through the Divine Tree Shells, changing his spine and deepening his understanding of Natural Energy.
• Dan Shi wandered across Helles Star, caught a strange bird for its feathers, and reflected on her captivity and her changed personality.
• A woman in black leather emerged from the forest and asked Dan Shi to show her the way to the Cloud-Lightning Federation’s leader.

Otsutsuki Danshiki fought Hela, Surtur, and the other powerful figures who had arrived on the planet, but their attacks overwhelmed her. As Hela stabbed her through the chest, Danshiki was left wounded and captured by her enemies.

• Danshiki attacked Hela with her abilities, but Hela endured the blows and used her close-range skill to gain the advantage.
• Danshiki drove Hela back with a surge of Chakra and unleashed Rabbit-Hair Needles, but Surtur struck her with his flaming sword and pinned her in the earth.
• Thanos, Grandmaster, Ego, Taneleer Tivan the Collector, and Odin arrived, and Danshiki burst from the ground to attack Surtur.
• Danshiki blasted a hole through Surtur's chest and fought his flames, while the Collector used Tactigon to fire beams that pierced and weakened her.
• Danshiki tried to flee, but Odin froze her feet with his stone casket and Hela appeared behind her and stabbed her through the chest.

Hela and the others hunted Dan Shi for information about the Cloud-Lightning Federation and the Infinity Stones, but Dan Shi escaped to Dana, who had been meditating in the forest. Dana subdued Hela and, with his Divine Tree Shells, overwhelmed Surtur as the attackers’ assault collapsed.

• Hela stabbed Dan Shi, who cut off her own lower legs to escape the ice and fled while the others pursued her.
• Dan Shi reached Dana in the forest and told him that the attackers had come for him, while Hela discovered Dana meditating between two giant wooden statues.
• Hela attacked Dana, but he caught her sword and seized her by the throat after recognizing her.
• Surtur brought down the Twilight Sword on Dana, who caught its blade with one hand.
• Dana commanded a Divine Tree Shell to punch Surtur, and both shells rose to overpower and batter the fire giant.

Dana fought Thanos, Odin, and their allies on Helles Star, defeating their assault while the Bifrost continued to pursue him. After capturing Odin and asking about the Soul Stone, Dana learned that tens of thousands of warships had arrived to attack the planet.

• Thanos struck Dana with the Power Stone, and the Bifrost drove him underground while seven Destroyers joined the attack.
• Dana escaped the Bifrost's beam, blasted Thanos away, destroyed the Destroyers, killed the Collector, and defeated Odin in a staff duel.
• The Divine Tree Shell killed Surtur with a point-blank Ten-Tails Tailed Beast Bomb, and Dana used Odin as a shield against the blast.
• Dana's attempt to use genjutsu on Odin failed, and Odin warned that Dana had made a mistake by coming alone.
• The Grandmaster appeared aboard a flagship with tens of thousands of warships and ordered them to destroy Helles Star.

Dana defeated Odin and the fleets attacking Helles Star, then gathered all six Infinity Stones and used the Infinity Gauntlet to make every intelligent lifeform and consciousness in the universe loyal to him. The chapter ended immediately after his wish took effect.

• Dana trapped Odin in a sphere of rock with Six Paths: Planetary Devastation after stopping the Bifrost and overpowering him.
• Dana and his clone transformed the Divine Tree Shells into Outer Path Susanoo Golems and attacked the fleets surrounding Helles Star.
• Dana destroyed more than a thousand warships, drove the remaining fleets to flee, and restored Dan Shi's lower leg.
• Dana's clones reunited with him, bringing the Infinity Gauntlet and the six Infinity Stones, including the Soul Stone taken from Asgard and the Power Stone recovered with Thanos.
• Dana put on the Infinity Gauntlet and snapped his fingers, wishing for every intelligent lifeform and consciousness in the universe to be loyal to him.

Dana’s snap made intelligent life across the universe pledge loyalty to him, though his clones warned that ruling them would bring enormous work. Meanwhile, Momoshiki and Pūshiki were ordered to investigate an abnormal planet alongside Lord Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, whose departure shocked them.

• Dana waited for the snap’s effect, then watched fleets from the Kree, Shi'ar, Skrulls, Sovereign, and other civilizations arrive and pledge loyalty.
• Captain Marvel, Orochimaru, Earth’s organizations and heroes, Thor, Odin, Hela, and Thanos also offered Dana their allegiance.
• Dana celebrated his universal influence until Truth-Seeking Orb Clone A and Truth-Seeking Orb Clone B warned that his workload would multiply enormously.
• Momoshiki deposited a harvested Chakra Fruit in the Otsutsuki medicine compartment and received twenty-three pills in exchange.
• Pūshiki arrived and told Momoshiki that his Guardian would take several hundred years to recover from a problem with his Karma.
• Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Pūshiki received orders to investigate an abnormal planet with Lord Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, and Momoshiki was stunned that the Three Jewels figure would leave the home planet.