Chapter Summaries

Tony explained to Thor and Loki why Void Cult members were deeply devoted to Kassadin and warned Loki not to provoke them. Loki admitted his mistake, thanked Tony, and left Void Island, while Tony later joined the Void Cult members in the cafeteria.

• Tony explained to Thor and Loki how joining the Void had given him power, time, and a new outlook, and warned them to avoid insulting Kassadin or provoking Void Cult members.
• Loki thanked Tony for saving him, surprising both Tony and Thor, then left Void Island by turning into fragments.
• Thor explained that Loki had expected to gain power from Kassadin but had nearly gotten himself killed, and Tony reminded Thor that he still owed him a drink.
• After ending his communication with Thor, Tony went to the cafeteria, where the Void Cult members accepted him because Renoli and the others had explained his role in resolving Loki's trouble.

Sonia explained why she had spared Loki and carefully managed the Void Cult’s relations with Asgard. Harvey praised her, then left for a few days, and Sonia discovered he had gone to the Celebrity Hotel to select women.

• Sonia told Harvey that sparing Loki avoided damaging ties with Thor and provoking Odin and Asgard, while still giving Loki a lesson.
• Harvey praised Sonia for managing the Void Cult and said he would be away for a few days.
• After Harvey left, Sonia received a notification that his account had spent 300,000 at the Celebrity Hotel.
• Sonia received repeated 3,000 charges and realized Harvey was selecting women and paying replacement fees when dissatisfied.

Sonia wondered why Harvey had gone to the Celebrity Hotel to find women, while Harvey found none there who met his standards and went to Earth instead. After spending three days there, he returned to Xandar, and Sonia accepted his explanation that he had gone out for a change of pace.

• Sonia received messages showing Harvey had spent over six hundred thousand at the Celebrity Hotel, but she wondered why he had not asked her to attend to him.
• Harvey changed his appearance and visited the Celebrity Hotel, but after trying more than a hundred women, he found none who met his criteria and left.
• Sonia waited for more messages from Harvey, but none arrived, and she eventually went to sleep without learning where he had gone.
• Harvey spent three days on Earth with women who met his standards, then returned to Xandar in the afternoon.
• Sonia noticed the perfume on Harvey but did not ask who he had visited, and Harvey said he had gone out for a change of pace.

As Void Island prepared for its third New Year Pilgrimage, members of the Void Cult returned to Xandar in large numbers. Sarah and Lalatina headed to the airfield to greet them, where Kyle said Sarah should meet the returning members as the cult’s recorder.

• After Loki’s visit, Tony held a banquet and began researching wormhole jump technology while life on Void Island remained peaceful.
• Four months passed, and on December 19, 2012, Void Cult members began returning to Void Island for the New Year Pilgrimage.
• Lalatina woke to the sound of incoming fighters, and Sarah explained the pilgrimage tradition and shared her records of the cult’s membership.
• Sarah spotted an unfamiliar battleship insignia, and she and Lalatina drove to the airfield to investigate.
• Kyle greeted Sarah and Lalatina at the airfield and encouraged Sarah to meet the returning members.

Kyle, Sarah, and Lalatina discussed the Void Cult members returning for the New Year Pilgrimage and why Sonia had told four members serving in the Nova Corps to visit Void Island less often. At the airfield, Dam and the others arrived and met Lex the Yama, who questioned their decision to join the Corps.

• Kyle told Sarah that many Void Cult members would return for the pilgrimage and pointed out Mogri's Cosmic Battleship, then said Lex would seek her out when he learned she was a Recorder.
• Sarah and Lalatina saw four Nova Corps fighters arrive, and Kyle explained that Dam and three other Void Cult members had been told by Sonia to avoid returning to the island often.
• Lalatina reasoned that Sonia wanted to keep Dam and the others from being caught between the Void Cult and the Nova Corps, while Kyle said they could retire if the Corps became a problem.
• Dam, Barnett, Primo, and Philip landed in Nova Armor, then greeted Lex as he stepped down from Mogri's battleship.
• Lex said his devotion to Kassadin had strengthened him and asked Dam why the four had joined the Nova Corps.

Lex arrived on Void Island and questioned the delay in recording arrivals, expecting the responsible recorder to be neglecting her duties. He learned that Sarah was the recorder, despite mistaking her for an ordinary person, and Kyle confirmed her identity.

• Dam and the others explained to Lex that their work in the Nova Corps supported the Void Cult, and Lex accepted their plan after learning Sonia approved it.
• Lex said that only fifty-seven people on Mogri had received Kassadin’s blessing and vowed to keep spreading the Void Cult’s teachings.
• Kyle reassured Sarah that Lex was manageable, while Lalatina said Sarah’s role would earn her respect on Void Island.
• Lex learned that Sarah was responsible for recording arrivals and departures, and flew off to find her after hearing she was still asleep.
• Lex confronted Kyle and accused the recorder of neglecting her duties, but Kyle pointed out that Sarah was standing beside him.
• Sarah timidly introduced herself as the recorder, and Kyle confirmed her identity as Lex stared in disbelief.

Lex returned to Void Island and questioned Sarah about her role as recorder, then learned about the island’s recent changes from Kyle. The group arrived at the Records Temple, where Lex offered Sarah his support, leaving him more informed about her position and the temple’s purpose.

• Lex intimidated Sarah with questions about the Void Cult until Kyle explained that Sonia had brought her back and that she served as recorder at the Records Temple.
• Kyle told Lex that Lalatina was Tony Stark’s secretary, prompting Lex to ask whether Tony Stark was on the island.
• Kyle invited Lex, Sarah, and Lalatina to breakfast, and Sarah reluctantly agreed to come along.
• As they traveled, Kyle explained that Sarah recorded arrivals and departures, while Sarah clarified that visitors only needed to notify her, not report to her.
• Lex followed Sarah and Lalatina to the Records Temple, praised the importance of her position, and offered to help her if she encountered difficulties.

Lex registered his travels with Sarah and explained that hunting monsters on an undeveloped planet had accelerated his evolution to 339 times. After breakfast, he planned to meet Tony Stark to discuss technology.

• Lex told Sarah he had spent most of the year on Mogri and sent her the coordinates of the monster planet where he hunted.
• Lex said he had evolved 339 times and explained that eating the planet’s foul-tasting monsters had accelerated his evolution by 67 times in half a year.
• Kyle became interested in visiting the planet after learning how quickly its monsters helped Lex evolve, while Sarah asked them to stop discussing the food before breakfast.
• Lex agreed to eat first and then meet Tony Stark, explaining that he wanted to discuss Mogri’s technology and Tony’s gravity device.

Lex met Tony Stark on Void Island, where the two discussed their contributions to the Void Cult and Tony’s encounter with the Chitauri. Tony explained that Earth’s connection to Asgard and the Nine Realms had drawn alien civilizations to it.

• Lalatina agreed that Lex could introduce Tony to technical personnel, and Kyle briefed Lex on Void Island’s recent development.
• Jarvis woke Tony and showed him footage of Lex arriving with Lalatina.
• Lalatina introduced Lex and Tony, who praised each other’s contributions to the Void Cult and agreed to talk over wine.
• Tony led Lex to the spacious top-floor hall, which he had designed to accommodate people with large physiques.
• Lex asked why the Chitauri had attacked Earth, and Tony explained that Earth was one of Asgard’s Nine Realms.

Lex and Tony discussed the gods of Asgard and Mogri, then Tony told Lex he was struggling to develop wormhole jump technology. Lex offered to send Mogri scientists or research data to help, depending on how long Tony stayed on Xandar.

• Lex said the gods of Asgard had neglected their responsibilities, recalling how Mogri had suffered disasters without help from its gods.
• Tony defended Thor, describing him as a good friend who had fought to protect the Nine Realms, while condemning Loki for causing trouble.
• Lex questioned whether Thor’s good character was genuine, and Tony said meeting Thor would make Lex like him.
• Lalatina brought wine, and Tony and Lex became more familiar as they talked.
• Tony explained that he was stuck on wormhole jump technology, and Lex offered Mogri scientists or research data to help.

Tony and Lex agreed to share spatial wormhole research, while Tony considered the danger Lex’s fanaticism might pose. Harvey explained to Sonia that evolution had many possible paths, leaving her to consider whether she wanted to develop Void Power or her body.

• Lex offered Tony Mogri’s spatial wormhole research data in exchange for Mogri and Blue Star not becoming enemies, and Tony promised to share any more advanced technology he developed.
• After Lex left, Tony learned how Lalatina had met him, warned that Lex could be dangerous to his enemies, and gave Lalatina time off to attend the New Year Pilgrimage with Sarah.
• At Summit Villa, Harvey observed that Lex had grown larger through evolution, and he told Sonia that body size could be changed through evolution.
• Harvey explained that Void magic could grant many abilities and that Sky Skimming was a kind of Void magic.
• Harvey told Sonia there was no absolutely correct path of evolution and that she should choose the power she truly wanted.

Harvey considered how different Hero Templates and Void abilities offered possible paths of evolution, then helped Sonia understand her own options. Sonia realized that Void magic could enable space travel, giving her a clearer direction for future evolutions.

• Harvey reflected on his own growing strength and how Void Cult members needed to choose evolutionary paths that suited their abilities.
• Harvey assessed the clear paths followed by Kyle, Precognitor, Renoli, and Tony, while wondering what Sonia intended to pursue.
• Harvey recognized Sonia's exceptional strength, combat instincts, and 351 evolutions, and decided to offer her guidance.
• Sonia explained that she had evolved her physical abilities, reaction nerves, thinking speed, and control to master her strength quickly.
• Sonia asked whether Harvey's ability to travel between planets was Void magic, and Harvey confirmed that it was a profound application requiring extensive knowledge.
• Sonia thanked Harvey and said she now had a clearer direction for her future evolutions.

Sonia resolved to learn spatial traversal so she could find Harvey whenever she wanted, while Void Island celebrated the New Year. At the Void Temple, Tony and Lex each offered one billion, leaving the gathered members astonished.

• Sonia decided to learn short-range spatial traversal as the first step toward mastering long-distance travel.
• Harvey declined to manifest for the island’s third annual worship day, saying he would appear only on a more special occasion, such as once every ten years.
• At midnight, Sonia and Harvey exchanged New Year greetings, and Harvey agreed to keep relying on her care.
• Sarah and Lalatina celebrated their first New Year on Void Island and planned to visit the Void Temple with the crowd.
• Tony offered one billion at the temple, and Lex arrived in a Cosmic Battleship with another one billion, praising Tony for sharing his approach.

Sarah and Lalatina earned Kassadin’s recognition and joined the Void Cult after offering their tributes on Void Island. Kyle welcomed them and offered to explain the evolutionary paths available to them, while Sonia updated the cult’s membership list.

• Sarah and Lalatina each offered five thousand to Kassadin’s statue and expressed their wish to stay on Void Island.
• Purple energy descended and transformed both women, marking their recognition by Kassadin and their entry into the Void.
• Tony reflected that Lalatina’s membership meant he would need to raise her pay if he wanted her to keep working for him.
• Kyle welcomed Sarah, and Lex formally acknowledged her as the recorder; Kyle then invited her and Lalatina to a feast and guidance about evolutionary paths.
• After the worship ended, Void Island’s members went to the cafeteria, while Sonia added Sarah and Lalatina to the cult list, bringing its membership to five hundred and sixteen.

Harvey approved Sarah as a permanent recorder and accepted Lalatina into the Void Cult, and the two women celebrated their new standing on Void Island. After the New Year Pilgrimage, Sarah recorded the departures of hundreds of members before Sonia arrived to congratulate her and raise her salary.

• Harvey approved Sarah to continue as recorder and accepted Lalatina's application to join the Void Cult.
• Sarah and Lalatina attended a feast where members welcomed them and described the paths of evolution, but both decided to keep working in their current roles.
• After the New Year holiday, Sarah returned to the Records Temple and recorded Lex's departure for Mogri, where he planned to arrange scientists to assist Tony's research.
• Sarah recorded 346 members registering to leave Void Island after the pilgrimage.
• Sonia congratulated Sarah on receiving Kassadin's approval and told her that she could stay on the island permanently, then raised her salary.

Sarah received a raise to twelve million a year and a monthly meal subsidy, while Sonia planned how to use the Void Cult’s growing funds. As 2013 began, Tony started researching wormhole technology, and Harvey considered the coming Reality Stone while leaving island development to Sonia.

• Sonia told Sarah her annual salary would rise to twelve million and gave her a monthly meal subsidy of five hundred thousand.
• Sarah happily received her salary and headed to the cafeteria.
• On January 1, 2013, Tony began researching spatial wormhole jump technology using scientists and equipment sent by Lex.
• Harvey considered the Reality Stone and the threats of Malekith and Dr. Killian, but decided not to rush after the Stone or pursue all six Infinity Stones.
• Sonia counted 4.86212 billion in tribute and said the island’s available liquid funds had reached twenty billion.
• Harvey approved Sonia’s plans to develop Void Island’s facilities.

Tony completed the first prototype of his own spatial wormhole jump technology after months of research and decided to take a short break. He planned to tell Sonia about the breakthrough and bring Kyle and the others to the Celebrity Hotel.

• After Mr. Kassadin approved Sonia's plan, construction workers returned to Void Island and powerful residents gathered to watch the machinery reshape the land.
• Over four months, Tony and thirteen scientists developed the first prototype of spatial wormhole jump technology, though its capabilities still lagged behind commercial systems.
• Tony rewarded the scientists with a meal and thirty million each, then decided to take a few days off.
• Tony asked Lalatina to inform Sonia of the breakthrough and said he would keep improving the technology toward comparable market performance.
• Tony planned to take Kyle and the others to the Celebrity Hotel, contacted them through the group community, and went to find them.

Harvey and Sonia discussed Tony’s breakthrough in space-jump technology and the pressure driving him to prepare for future threats to Blue Star. Harvey left open the possibility of helping Tony later, but believed Tony should face challenges himself for now.

• Lalatina told Sonia that Tony had achieved a practical breakthrough in space-jump technology after eight months of work.
• Harvey and Sonia discussed Tony’s exhaustion and the burden he carried, which Harvey said was not related to money.
• Sonia guessed that Tony was worried about future extraterrestrial attacks on Blue Star.
• Harvey said he might help Tony depending on the circumstances, but that pressure motivated Tony and he should not be overprotected.
• Harvey explained that Tony’s talent and strength might let him overcome future difficulties without his help, and Sonia understood his reasoning.

Tony Stark completed and tested spatial wormhole jump technology, enabling his Cosmic Battleship to travel hundreds of thousands of light-years and return to Xandar. His achievement established Void Island’s ability to build Cosmic Battleships and greatly elevated his standing in the Void Cult.

• Tony spent months improving the Cosmic Battleship’s shielding and spatial jump systems, then began testing them with an independent intelligent AI.
• After hundreds of thousands of attempts, Tony reduced the wormhole calculation error to less than ten thousand li and confirmed repeated jumps placed little strain on the ship or its passengers.
• On July 20, 2013, Tony piloted the Cosmic Battleship through successive wormholes and returned to Void Island on Xandar from 260,000 light-years away in half a day.
• Tony announced that the tests had succeeded, and members of the Void Cult celebrated the prospect of building Cosmic Battleships without buying their major core systems.
• The Void Cult recognized Tony as its Void Pioneer, raising his status to just below Lord Kassadin and Miss Sonia.

Tony completed and tested spatial wormhole jump technology with help from Lex’s researchers, bringing the Void Cult closer to producing Cosmic Battleships. He prepared to organize production and planned to return to Blue Planet to see Pepper.

• Tony told Kyle, Renoli, and the others that the spatial wormhole jump research was complete and ready for production.
• Lex received the news, praised the results, and stayed on the monster-infested planet to grow stronger for the Void Cult.
• Tony reported the research’s success to Sonia, who agreed to hire staff while he prepared production procedures and supervisors.
• Tony told Harvey that he planned to return to Blue Planet after spending more than a year on Xandar and to visit Pepper.