Chapter Summaries

Sonia explained that Void 001 Planet would support food production and future settlement as well as Cosmic Battleship manufacturing, while Tony and Banner showed the group the new battleship base. Tony left Banner confident that Earth would soon have battleships of its own.

• Steve watched the planet’s scenery through Banner’s broadcast and said he wanted to visit space, while Pepper admired its untouched beauty through Tony’s broadcast.
• Sonia told Odin that Void 001 Planet would help the Void Cult become self-sufficient through farming and livestock breeding, and said she had a detailed long-term plan and candidates in mind.
• Sonia described the qualities required for the planet’s public officials, then sent the others to explore while she considered the arrangements.
• Tony, Banner, Thor, and Loki followed Jarvis’s map to the battleship base, where an intelligent AI welcomed Tony as the battleship’s creator.
• Odin praised Tony’s AI-driven Cosmic Battleship and its reduced staffing needs, and Tony explained its safety measures and sales plans.
• Banner said he was excited to see Earth acquire battleships like it, and Tony assured him that day was not far off.

Tony and the Void Cult members toured a Cosmic Battleship and admired the natural beauty of Void 001 Planet, where Sonia recruited three people to oversee abundance. After three days, the group returned to Void Island for a feast, while Sonia went to report to Kassadin about the planet and its new responsibilities.

• Tony, Banner, Thor, Loki, and Odin toured the Cosmic Battleship, and Odin ordered five ships for Asgard at six hundred million Universe Coins each.
• Tony tried to persuade Odin to buy more ships and lend additional money, but Odin refused to increase the order.
• Tony and Loki discussed the beauty and dangers of planets while the group explored Void 001 Planet for three days.
• Sonia recruited three people to oversee the abundance of terrestrial trees, land animals, and the seas, and they agreed to learn their duties at the Void Cult.
• The Void Cult members returned to Void Island, where Tony announced a three-day feast, while Sonia went to Summit Villa to report to Kassadin.

After leaving Void Island, Tony and Banner returned to Blue Star so Tony could begin developing its technology and prepare to bring humanity into the interstellar age. Harvey explained that Ancient One intended to pass on the Sorcerer Supreme mantle and die, while Tony recruited genetic scientist Zhao Hailun by declaring that his word was absolute.

• Tony and Banner said farewell to their friends on Void Island and departed for Blue Star aboard the Cosmic Battleship.
• Harvey told Sonia that he planned to recruit Stephen Strange as a new Sorcerer Supreme and explained that Ancient One wanted to leave her responsibilities and enter the Soul Realm.
• Tony and Banner arrived on Blue Star, where Tony brought materials for manufacturing Universal Communicators.
• Tony contacted Zhao Hailun through her computer and demanded that she work for him, saying he had already sent someone to pick her up.

Tony Stark and Banner brought genetic scientist Zhao Hailun to Tony’s Private Island so they could recruit her to help humanity enter the interstellar age. After seeing the returning Cosmic Battleship and realizing her captors valued her expertise, Zhao Hailun asked whether the armored man was really Tony Stark.

• Tony Stark dismissed Zhao Hailun’s confidence in nanotechnology and insisted that Blue Star’s future belonged to the interstellar age.
• Banner knocked Zhao Hailun unconscious and took her to Tony’s Private Island while Tony erased their communication data.
• Steve, Pietro, and Wanda watched Tony and Banner return to the island aboard a Cosmic Battleship and a cosmic fighter.
• Banner revived Zhao Hailun, and Tony explained that he needed her genetic expertise to help humanity enter the interstellar age.
• Zhao Hailun recognized that she was in no position to refuse and asked Tony whether he was genuine; Tony confirmed his identity and asked her to cooperate.

Tony Stark showed Zhao Hailun his cosmic warship and explained the advanced technologies he had brought back from space, then invited her to work with him. As Tony and Banner began discussing their plans with her, Steve warned Pietro that humanity’s transition into the interstellar age would bring conflict and sent him back to training.

• Tony took Zhao Hailun aboard his warship, where Jarvis explained the four core technologies required to build a Cosmic Battleship.
• Tony told Zhao Hailun he had gone into space around 2009 and offered to share the knowledge behind his genetic modification serum and other research.
• Tony brought Zhao Hailun to the private island, where she met Banner and accepted the prospect of becoming Tony’s research partner.
• Steve stopped Pietro from joining Tony and Banner, insisting he train because resistance to Tony’s plans could make bloodshed unavoidable.
• Steve resolved to remove those who obstructed humanity’s progress, while Pietro returned to training and Wanda practiced magic over the sea.

Tony and Banner explained the cosmic powers and the Void Cult to Zhao Hailun, then recruited her to help adapt a genetic modification drug for humans. Zhao Hailun accepted the research task and received Xandar-made devices that connected to the universe’s internet.

• Tony explained that the Xandar and Kree Empires were technological superpowers, while cosmic beings such as Odin stood above them.
• Zhao Hailun asked about the Void Cult, and Tony said Odin had joined it through a partnership with Kassadin; Banner explained they were helping humanity enter the interstellar age rather than enrolling all humans.
• Tony and Banner said they would help humanity through only a limited number of future crises if it continued to destroy itself through infighting.
• Zhao Hailun agreed to lead research into adapting the genetic modification drug for humans, and Tony offered her help and resources.
• Tony gave Zhao Hailun a universal translator and Universal Communicator made by the Xandar Empire, warning her not to post carelessly because Earth was not ready to connect with other civilizations.

Tony recruited Zhao Hailun and confronted Nick Fury, ordering him to help with a plan to lead humanity into the interstellar age. Nick Fury questioned Tony’s authority and warned of political resistance, but Tony made clear that neither Fury nor Captain Marvel could stop him.

• Tony agreed to handle Zhao Hailun’s problems with her superiors and asked Peggy to find her a room on the island.
• Banner told Zhao Hailun that everyone on the island except Pietro and Wanda belonged to the Void Cult, and she left with Peggy.
• Tony used Jarvis to force a call through to Nick Fury and announced that he had returned.
• Tony ordered Nick Fury to help his plan to lead humanity into the interstellar age, while Nick Fury challenged his authority and raised the threat of the United Nations and Captain Marvel.
• Tony declared that Captain Marvel could not oppose him and said the politicians obstructing humanity’s progress would be left behind.

Tony Stark pursued Zhao Hailun’s recruitment and prepared to push Earth toward the interstellar era, while Nick Fury summoned Captain Marvel as a possible counterweight. Harvey approved Tony’s plan, said he would visit Earth soon, and pointed him toward Wakanda, whose hidden technology could help humanity’s development.

• Tony demanded that Nick Fury persuade the United Nations to hand over Zhao Hailun, and Fury summoned Captain Marvel for help.
• Carol Danvers received Fury’s distress signal on a distant planet and flew toward Earth.
• Tony discussed Captain Marvel with Harvey, who approved Tony’s plan and said he would visit Earth soon.
• Harvey advised Tony to visit Wakanda, and Jarvis revealed that the seemingly poor nation secretly possessed Earth’s most advanced technology.
• Tony ordered Jarvis to investigate Wakanda’s leadership and technology, while Zhao Hailun reacted with shock to its cancer-curing medical advances.

Tony Stark contacted Wakanda to recruit talent for his plan to bring humanity into the interstellar era. After explaining his capabilities and goals to T'Chaka, Tony asked for T'Chaka’s daughter, Suri.

• Tony asked Jarvis for intelligence on Wakanda, and Jarvis described its Black Panther abilities and technology.
• Tony told Jarvis to contact Wakanda’s leader and explain his plan to recruit talent for humanity’s future.
• Wakanda’s scientists discovered that an unknown AI had breached their database, and T'Chaka waited for the intruder to make contact.
• Tony appeared before T'Chaka by hologram and proposed that Wakanda provide talented people to help advance humanity’s technology.
• T'Chaka asked about Tony’s plan and his ability to prevent a human backlash, then agreed to discuss the request.
• Tony told T'Chaka that he wanted his daughter, Suri.

Tony secured Suri’s agreement to join his interstellar-age plan in two months, while warning Wakanda against opposing him. Back on his private island, he discussed the plan’s consequences and Zhao Hailun’s conditions with his allies.

• Tony told T'Chaka that he wanted Suri’s help and warned that Wakanda could become an enemy if it refused to cooperate; Suri agreed to go with him in two months.
• T'Chaka explained to T'Challa that Wakanda could not fight Tony, ordered him to stay in Wakanda, and asked Suri to report back if Tony mistreated her.
• Banner, Pietro, and Wanda criticized Tony’s forceful approach, while Tony said Wakanda would not release Suri otherwise.
• Zhao Hailun asked Tony for a laboratory, the ability to recruit talented people, and protection and work for her family; Tony agreed.
• Tony said he intended to remove those who obstructed humanity’s progress, while Steve, Banner, Odin, Thor, and Loki supported his plan to advance Blue Star into the interstellar age.

Pepper Potts announced that Stark Industries would sell the Void Translator and its energy worldwide, prompting alarm from governments and American officials. She resisted their demands to surrender the technology, leaving Stark Industries facing a confrontation with America’s leadership.

• Tony returned from Private Island to Stark Mansion, while Zhao Hailun stayed behind to study genetic pharmaceuticals and Banner returned to New York after teaching Steve Supple Strength.
• Pepper announced the Void Translator’s million-dollar price and said Stark Industries would sell its technology and energy to countries around the world.
• Zheng Xian and Weather Witch discussed Stark Industries’ announcement, with Zheng Xian expecting the company to have a trump card against American pressure.
• Pepper told reporters that Stark Industries was Tony Stark’s private company and ended the press conference without agreeing to limit its sales.
• General Ross and American politicians confronted Pepper by video conference, demanding a review of the technology and arguing that Stark Industries should put America first.

Pepper refused General Ross’s demands to halt Stark Industries’ plans to sell its technology worldwide, and Ross ordered the air force to take him to Stark Mansion. Nick Fury warned Tony that conflict with the military would destabilize the world, but Tony defended his plan to spread energy and technology and said America’s power-focused leaders had to be replaced by people suited to guide humanity toward the stars.

• Pepper rejected Ross’s demand for an immediate meeting with Tony and argued that Stark Industries had not committed treason or broken the law.
• Ross threatened to block overseas sales unless Tony negotiated, but Pepper ended the communication, prompting Ross to order the air force to accompany him to Stark Mansion.
• Nick Fury, alarmed by Ross’s likely move against Pepper, called Tony and urged him not to take matters so far.
• Tony said Stark Industries’ technology belonged to him and that sharing it would benefit all humanity, not America’s ruling interests.
• Tony dismissed Fury’s warning about instability and argued that humanity needed wise leaders to guide it toward a shared future and the interstellar age.

Tony rejected Nick Fury’s warning and prepared to face General Ross’s attempt to force him into submission, while Pepper chose to stand beside him. Ross’s forces surrounded Stark Mansion and declared Pepper under arrest, leaving Tony and Pepper facing an imminent confrontation.

• Tony threatened to kill anyone sent against him, ended his call with Nick Fury, and Fury found that every communication device around him had lost service.
• Tony learned that General Thaddeus E. Ross and an Air Force unit were heading to Stark Mansion, and he explained to Pepper that he would handle the confrontation.
• Pepper refused to leave Tony’s side, and the two discussed their hopes of seeing Kassadin again.
• Ross’s helicopters surrounded Stark Mansion, and Ross accused Pepper of treason and disrupting international order as he ordered her arrest.
• Pepper denied the charges and warned Ross’s forces not to get themselves killed, but Ross insisted she come with them until Tony appeared.

Tony Stark killed General Ross and his armed force after Ross tried to seize Stark Industries' technology. Tony and Pepper then prepared to counter the military's response and sell Stark Industries' technology worldwide.

• General Ross arrived at Stark Mansion with armed troops to pressure Tony into surrendering control of his technology.
• Tony and Pepper challenged Ross's claims about national security and power as Ross climbed toward them.
• Tony revealed his youthful appearance and used floating armored arms to kill Ross's troops and destroy the helicopters.
• Tony told Ross he would not negotiate and snapped his neck, then ordered Jarvis to dispose of the bodies.
• Pepper reassured Tony and asked how they would handle the military's response, and Tony explained that Steve, Banner, and others would counter it while she negotiated with other countries.

After Tony Stark killed General Ross and his forces, his allies prepared to act before Captain Marvel could interfere. Carol Danvers returned to Blue Star and met Nick Fury, who was about to explain why he had summoned her.

• Tony Stark killed General Ross and the armed forces accompanying him, and Zhao Hailun stayed with the group despite being shaken by the violence.
• Steve, Banner, and Pietro boarded a space fighter to prepare for operations across America, while Steve warned Pietro that his conduct would affect his evaluation.
• Odin learned from Heimdall that Carol Danvers was approaching Blue Star, then saw a Void Black Hole appear and decided Kassadin would handle the situation.
• Nick Fury received news of General Ross's death, and Carol Danvers arrived after a week of travel in response to his distress call.
• Carol Danvers greeted Nick Fury and asked why he had summoned her, and Fury prepared to explain the trouble on Blue Star.

Nick Fury persuaded Carol Danvers that Tony Stark threatened Blue Star, concealing Tony’s ideals so she would intervene. At Stark Mansion, Tony and Pepper discussed Fury’s deception as Carol prepared to confront Tony.

• Nick Fury told Carol Danvers that Tony Stark planned to provoke a war and endanger Blue Star, while withholding Tony’s ideals and his connection to Kassadin.
• Carol Danvers warned that Kassadin, the God of the Void, was a powerful cosmic threat, but offered to capture Tony and negotiate with him.
• Nick Fury gave Carol Danvers Tony’s location at Stark Mansion, and she agreed to bring him in.
• Pepper condemned Nick Fury for deceiving Carol, while Tony explained that Fury wanted to preserve America’s power and his own authority.

Harvey and Odin watched Captain Marvel's approach while discussing her arrogance and her plan to seize Tony as leverage. When Carol arrived at Stark Mansion, she called Tony humanity's traitor and ordered him off Blue Planet, leaving him to challenge her claims of righteousness.

• Harvey told Odin that Carol's power and arrogance made her a threat, while Odin questioned what price she might pay for provoking the Void Cult.
• Odin accepted that Harvey would not spare Carol and sampled soda with him as they watched events unfold.
• Tony had Jarvis monitor politicians, waited outside Stark Mansion, and entered Void Mode when Carol arrived.
• Carol ordered Tony to leave Blue Planet and called him a monster and humanity's traitor.
• Tony mocked Carol for judging him without understanding the truth and challenged her claim that her actions were righteous.

Tony Stark condemned Captain Marvel Carol Danvers for judging the Void Cult without understanding it, and she admitted their conflict came down to opposing positions. She attacked Tony at Stark Mansion, broke through his frost technique, and found him analyzing its flaws rather than retreating.

• Tony accused Carol Danvers of hypocrisy and challenged her to define what made them different.
• Carol fell silent when Tony argued that both of them were acting for their own positions and rejected her judgment of the Void Cult.
• At Harvey's villa, Odin praised Tony's argument, while Harvey explained that Tony could resolve Carol as an obstacle or persuade her to join him.
• Carol admitted she could not outtalk Tony but insisted that she would still stop his plan.
• Carol punched into Tony's frost storm, resisted its erosion, and shattered it with an energy-laden blow.
• Tony studied the weaknesses in his technique as Carol mocked him for analyzing it while facing death.

Kassadin captured Captain Marvel after she attacked the Void Cult, then crippled her and confronted her over her arrogance and disregard for the weak. He brought Nick Fury before the dying Carol Danvers and asked what he had to say to the friend whose danger he had concealed.

• Captain Marvel tried to seize Tony Stark, but Kassadin appeared and swiftly restrained her after she attempted to retreat.
• Odin identified himself as God King of the Nine Realms and warned Carol Danvers that attacking the Void Cult had brought consequences she could not escape.
• Kassadin pierced Captain Marvel with the Void Blade, suppressed her Binary Power, and battered her until she lay gravely wounded beneath his foot.
• Kassadin condemned Carol Danvers for judging the Void Cult without understanding its plans and reminded her of the helplessness she had experienced under Yon-Rogg.
• Kassadin summoned Nick Fury and demanded that he face Captain Marvel after concealing the truth and leading her into danger.

Harvey executed Captain Marvel and Nick Fury after they tried to oppose the Void Cult, condemning their hypocrisy and misplaced confidence. Odin affirmed the Void Cult’s authority in the Nine Realms, and the chapter ended with him asking why Harvey had not made Captain Marvel his servant.

• Nick Fury apologized to Harvey and begged him to spare himself and the wounded Captain Marvel, but Harvey declared that their earlier reprieve was their only chance.
• Nick Fury appealed to Odin for protection, but Odin sided with Harvey and said their attempt to capture Tony Stark deserved death.
• Nick Fury blamed Carol Danvers for withholding information, and she angrily accused him of deceiving her and leading her into a trap.
• Harvey called out both of their hypocrisy, then used Void Power to kill Captain Marvel and burn Nick Fury to ashes.
• Odin regretted that Harvey had not made Captain Marvel a servant, but Harvey said she had shown no value that justified sparing her.