Chapter Summaries

Yota restored Magneto’s youth and enhanced his vitality by implanting Hashirama Cells, while retaining some of his flesh and blood. Magneto’s powers flourished, and he tried to recruit Yota into the Brotherhood as his successor.

• Yota explained that he had avoided taking Magneto’s X-Gene to avoid antagonizing Professor X and the mutants.
• Magneto accepted Yota’s offer to restore his youth in exchange for the procedure.
• Yota implanted Magneto with Hashirama Cells in the Dark Space and kept some of Magneto’s flesh and blood.
• Magneto emerged with renewed vitality and a stronger physique, and discovered that his magnetic powers could now reach their full potential.
• Magneto invited Yota to join the Brotherhood as his second-in-command and eventual successor.

Yota refused Magneto’s offer to join the Brotherhood, dismissing its cause and avoiding the conflict between mutant factions. When Yota sensed a powerful visitor teleporting to the academy, he and Magneto went to investigate, and Magneto rushed toward the sounds of fighting.

• Yota rejected Magneto’s invitation to join the Brotherhood and said he wanted no part in mutant affairs.
• Magneto accepted Yota’s refusal and said he would leave X-Academy to look around.
• Yota sensed spatial fluctuations and a visitor with powerful life force, leading him to suspect Apocalypse had arrived.
• Magneto worried about Apocalypse meeting Professor X and hurried outside with Yota.
• Yota and Magneto heard booming sounds, and Magneto flew ahead by manipulating the metal on his body.

Yota arrived at X-Academy as Apocalypse and his followers attacked, with Apocalypse provoking Jean Grey to break the seal on the Phoenix Force. Professor X struggled to contain her, while Yota realized Black Phoenix’s emergence could destroy everyone at the academy.

• Yota found Apocalypse fighting Phoenix and Magneto while the White Queen controlled Cyclops and Mister Sinister overpowered Storm and Wolverine.
• Apocalypse accused Professor X of wasting Jean Grey’s power and argued that Mutants should not fear ordinary humans.
• Yota realized Apocalypse was using telepathy to stir Jean Grey’s dark personality and undo Professor X’s seal on Black Phoenix.
• Professor X struggled to suppress the surging Phoenix Force, which threatened to overwhelm Jean Grey and erupt across X-Academy.
• Yota recognized Mister Sinister and understood that Apocalypse had chosen him and the White Queen to withstand Professor X and Black Phoenix.

Yota arrived at X-Academy as Apocalypse and his followers attacked, with Apocalypse using telepathy to provoke Jean Grey’s Phoenix Force and break Professor X’s seal. Professor X struggled to contain the awakening Black Phoenix while the battle raged around them.

• Yota reached the battlefield and saw the White Queen fighting Cyclops while Apocalypse’s other subordinate overwhelmed Storm and Wolverine.
• Apocalypse suppressed Phoenix and Magneto as he argued with Professor X about Jean Grey’s power and potential.
• Yota realized Apocalypse was tempting Jean Grey’s dark personality and forcing Black Phoenix to break through her seal.
• Professor X struggled to hold back the rampaging Phoenix Force, fearing it would overwhelm Jean Grey and destroy everyone at X-Academy.
• Yota identified Apocalypse’s other subordinate as Mister Sinister, whose abilities and defenses made him suited to oppose Professor X and survive Black Phoenix.

Yota drove off Apocalypse and sealed some of the Phoenix energy threatening to overwhelm Jean Grey, but Apocalypse escaped with Professor X and Mister Sinister took White Queen. Magneto and the X-Men were left to recover from the attack and question why Apocalypse wanted Charles.

• Yota struck Apocalypse, but Apocalypse teleported away with Professor X before Yota could stop him.
• Mister Sinister teleported away with White Queen, leaving the X-Men in disarray.
• With Professor X gone, the Phoenix Force continued to surge inside Jean Grey, and Yota used a Bagua Seal to contain some of its energy.
• Cyclops questioned Yota about Jean's power, and Magneto explained that Jean had long possessed astonishing potential.
• Magneto asked why Apocalypse and his allies had come for Charles.

Yota revealed that Apocalypse intended to possess Professor X’s body and soul, prompting Magneto and the X-Men to prepare a rescue mission in Cairo. They gathered Blink Clarice and planned to bring the X-Academy students along, despite concerns about putting them in danger.

• Yota explained that Apocalypse possessed Mutants by destroying their souls and taking over their bodies, and Magneto realized Professor X was in immediate danger.
• Magneto urged the X-Men to find Apocalypse, and Phoenix Jean Grey said Blink Clarice could teleport them to Egypt, though her long-range aim was imprecise.
• Yota told the group that Apocalypse needed a pyramid for each soul transfer and that the pyramid was in Cairo.
• Magneto ordered the X-Men and X-Academy reserve members to gather for the rescue, arguing that they would be in danger if Apocalypse gained Professor X’s psychic powers.

Magneto and the others prepared to fight Apocalypse, but they refused to bring Jean Grey because the Phoenix Force inside her was dangerously unstable. Yota offered to weaken the Phoenix Force so Jean could control it and join the battle, leaving Jean to decide whether to try his method.

• Magneto summoned subordinates to join forces with the X-Men against Apocalypse, then hesitated to bring Jean Grey because she might lose control of the Phoenix Force.
• Yota told Jean Grey that she could not join the battle in her current condition, and Jean calmed herself when her distress weakened the Phoenix Force’s seal.
• Yota explained that Professor X had sealed the Phoenix Force when Jean was young and had delayed confronting the danger as both Jean and the Phoenix Force grew stronger.
• Yota offered to weaken half of the Phoenix Force so Jean could control it, arguing that her power might be essential to defeating Apocalypse.
• Magneto warned Yota about the Phoenix Force’s danger, while Yota acknowledged that Apocalypse’s molecular control and broad abilities made him a difficult opponent.

Yota used the Twin Springs of Drowning to split Jean Grey into two hosts, hoping to divide the pressure of the Phoenix Force. Rogue drained the force from both Jeans long enough to blunt its surge, but after they broke Professor X’s seal, the Phoenix Force began flooding back into them.

• Yota asked Blink to take Jean Grey, Rogue, and the others to a remote deserted island so they could prepare for the Phoenix Force.
• Yota explained that he planned to split Jean Grey into two people and told Rogue to hold both of their hands if anything went wrong.
• Yota splashed Jean Grey with his water gun, splitting her into two, and Rogue immediately grabbed both of their hands.
• Rogue absorbed the Phoenix Force from both Jeans, keeping them helpless while the force began flowing back from the multiverse.
• Both Jean Greys broke Professor X’s seal, and the Phoenix Force surged into them at a reduced rate.

Jean Grey learned to control a small portion of the Phoenix Force after Yota split her into two, and the X-Men and Magneto’s Brotherhood set out for Egypt to confront Apocalypse. The group arrived in a desert several dozen kilometers from Cairo.

• Jean Grey used the Phoenix Force to disintegrate a rock as Yota watched her gain limited control over its power.
• Yota returned with two Jean Greys and explained to Cyclops and Magneto that he had split Jean to help her withstand the Phoenix Force.
• Magneto complained to Professor X that Charles owed him a favor for forcing him to oppose Apocalypse.
• Blink transported the X-Men and Magneto’s Brotherhood to a desert near Cairo, with both teams preparing to face Apocalypse.

Yota and Storm joined their powers to blanket Cairo in a storm and strike Apocalypse’s forces, while Yota targeted powerful Mutants around the pyramid. A barrier then appeared around the pyramid and blocked his attacks.

• Yota carried the group toward the pyramid using his Float-Float Fruit ability.
• Yota and Storm combined their powers, darkening the sky and unleashing a violent storm over Cairo.
• Lightning incapacitated many of Apocalypse’s Mutants, while Yota focused his attacks on the pyramid’s defenders.
• Yota used Observation Haki to identify powerful Mutants and struck them with bolts from a giant sphere of lightning.
• A transparent barrier enveloped the pyramid and blocked Yota’s attacks.

Yota and the others faced Apocalypse’s barrier over Cairo, but the two Jean Greys destroyed it with the Phoenix Force and drove Apocalypse and his allies back. Apocalypse fled into the pyramid while Jean pursued him to find Professor X, and Magneto tried to recruit the remaining Horsemen.

• Storm stopped Yota from dropping his enormous lightning sphere on Cairo, and he struck Apocalypse’s barrier with lightning instead.
• The two Jean Greys combined their Phoenix Force to melt the barrier and vaporize the pyramid’s peak, forcing Apocalypse to teleport away from the attack.
• The Jean Greys overwhelmed Apocalypse and drove him and the other Four Horsemen into retreat.
• Apocalypse fled into the pyramid, and Jean Grey followed him to search for Professor X.
• Cyclops sent the X-Men’s reserve members to clear the outer battlefield while Magneto urged Emma to abandon Apocalypse and join him.

Magneto sought to recruit Mister Sinister, but Apocalypse’s hidden backup plan emerged when the pyramid split open and Scarlet Witch fought the two Phoenixes with Quicksilver’s help. Yota recognized the pair and wondered how Apocalypse had captured and controlled them as the battle continued.

• Magneto tried to recruit Mister Sinister, who refused and warned that Apocalypse still had a trump card.
• The pyramid split apart as two powerful energies clashed, and Yota lifted its wreckage to reveal the battlefield.
• Yota saw Apocalypse, Professor X, another man in a wheelchair, the two Phoenixes, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver inside the pyramid.
• Scarlet Witch used red energy to resist the Phoenixes while Quicksilver carried her out of danger at tremendous speed.
• Yota recognized Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver and wondered how Apocalypse had captured them and provoked Scarlet Witch into using Chaos Magic.
• Magneto asked Emma whether Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver were Apocalypse’s backup plan and where he had found them.

White Queen Emma revealed that Mastermind was controlling Professor X and the Scarlet Witch, then defected from Apocalypse as Magneto attacked. Yota struck Apocalypse and his remaining Horsemen with lightning, but Apocalypse’s barrier stopped it.

• Emma told Magneto and Yota that Mastermind’s drug-enhanced illusions controlled Professor X and the Scarlet Witch.
• Magneto attacked Apocalypse with a mass of metal, which Apocalypse turned to ash.
• Emma rejected Apocalypse, while Havok and Psylocke joined him and Mister Sinister bargained for access to captives for his research.
• Yota unleashed lightning on Apocalypse and the remaining Horsemen, but Apocalypse blocked it with a protective barrier.

Yota’s attempt to control a lightning sphere during the battle against Apocalypse went catastrophically wrong, and the Phoenix women’s attack left him badly injured. He survived the explosion but asked Wolverine to lend him his healing factor.

• Cyclops fought Havok while Storm battled Psylocke, and Yota sent Mister Sinister into Dark Space with Kamui.
• Apocalypse struck the giant lightning sphere, and Yota tried to push it into the sky before it exploded over Cairo.
• The fighters fled or shielded themselves as the Phoenix women blocked most of the blast, while Cyclops and Havok were struck and Wolverine was badly burned.
• The Phoenix women annihilated the remaining lightning, but the Phoenix energy severely injured Yota and left him coughing blood.
• Wolverine supported Yota, who asked to take some of his flesh and blood to use his healing factor.

Yota sacrificed himself to badly injure Apocalypse, then revived after being blasted to ashes as Apocalypse fled. The X-Men and Magneto’s Brotherhood rescued survivors, restored their injured allies, and began dealing with the aftermath as the Brotherhood grew stronger.

• Apocalypse ambushed Yota, who used his remaining strength to explode with the Phoenix Force and leave Apocalypse severely injured.
• The two Phoenixes attacked Apocalypse, forcing him to teleport away, while Quicksilver fled with Scarlet Witch.
• Yota revived from his ashes, and the survivors assessed the wreckage and found that Apocalypse’s Four Horsemen had scattered or been defeated.
• Jean Grey healed Cyclops, and Yota used Medical Ninjutsu to restore Professor X’s consciousness.
• Jean Grey rescued surviving people in Cairo, while Magneto’s Brotherhood accepted many displaced Mutants, including Havok and White Queen.
• Magneto’s Brotherhood expanded after Apocalypse’s defeat, and Magneto began considering the creation of a Mutant nation.

After the battle with Apocalypse, Yota decided to pursue X-Gene research through Mister Sinister and headed for Kamar-Taj with Wolverine, who hoped to recover his memories. In New York, they encountered a blond man Wolverine recognized as Captain America.

• Yota reflected on the limits of his abilities and decided he would wait for Mister Sinister to make progress before pursuing X-Genes.
• Yota scanned and partly erased Mister Sinister's memories, implanted a Biological Chip, and sent him to research Mutants and the Sentinel Program.
• Yota left X-Academy for Kamar-Taj on a motorcycle Cyclops had given him, with Wolverine tagging along to seek help recovering his memories.
• Yota and Wolverine stopped in New York for food, where a blond young man rushed over and greeted Logan as a familiar friend.
• Wolverine recognized the man as Captain America from the newspapers.

Wolverine and Captain America reunited, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Coulson explained that Steve had awakened after seventy years in the ice. Steve recalled fragments of Wolverine’s past, including his brother Sabretooth and his deceased wife Silver Fox, but Wolverine’s lost memories remained mostly unrecovered.

• Wolverine mistook the arriving S.H.I.E.L.D. agents for a threat and beat them before learning from Coulson that they meant to help Captain America.
• Coulson brought Wolverine and Steve to a nearby café, where he told Steve that seventy years had passed and the world was now in the twenty-first century.
• Steve asked Wolverine about the Howling Commandos, and Wolverine revealed that he had lost nearly all his memories.
• Steve recalled that Wolverine had been a Canadian soldier, had a brother nicknamed Sabretooth, and had a deceased wife nicknamed Silver Fox.
• Wolverine recognized the names vaguely and learned that he and Sabretooth had a poor relationship.

Captain America asked Wolverine about his life after waking and learned that Mutants faced growing hostility. After Yota pointed out that Steve could claim decades of military pay and licensing fees for his image, Steve decided to buy a house rather than rely on S.H.I.E.L.D.

• Steve noticed Logan's unease and asked how he had been treated in recent years.
• Logan said Mutants were even less welcome now, and Steve offered to help if he ran into trouble.
• Coulson offered Steve an apartment arranged by S.H.I.E.L.D., but Yota suggested Steve could afford a home with his back pay and image-rights fees.
• Coulson estimated Steve's seventy years of retirement pay at nearly ten million dollars.
• Steve decided to buy a house and asked Coulson to clarify how much retirement pay he was owed.

Yota took Wolverine to the New York Sanctum so he could seek help recovering his lost memories. They met the Ancient One, who explained why the Sanctums were located in major cities and noted that the magical community also used modern technology.

• Wolverine spent his days following Captain America, sparring with him and growing closer to him.
• Yota asked Wolverine whether he still wanted to recover his memories, and Wolverine confirmed that he did.
• Yota brought Wolverine to the New York Sanctum, which Wolverine had never expected to find in the middle of New York.
• The Ancient One welcomed them and explained how the Sanctums' locations related to the earth's magical network and the growth of nearby cities.
• The Ancient One said that the Sanctums and Kamar-Taj had internet access.

Wolverine went to Kamar-Taj hoping to recover his lost memories, but Gu Yi revealed that his physique could make him suited to dangerous sacrificial magic. Gu Yi then led Wolverine and Yota through a portal, where they found the Scarlet Witch practicing magic.

• Wolverine admitted he had been ignorant and confirmed to Gu Yi that he wanted his memories back.
• Gu Yi said Wolverine had talent for magic and joked that his regenerative body could make him an unusually powerful sacrifice to demon gods.
• Wolverine rejected the idea of learning magic, and Gu Yi agreed to use the Eye of Agamotto to restore his memories.
• Gu Yi led Wolverine and Yota into the New York Sanctum and through a portal into Kamar-Taj.
• Wolverine and Yota saw the Scarlet Witch practicing magic, and Yota questioned whether Gu Yi meant to recruit her as Sorcerer Supreme.