Chapter Summaries

Su Quan suppressed Evangeline’s dragon form and outlined a plan to recruit mutants for Void Island, while the underground organization accelerated its rescue efforts. Sophie and Phoebe reunited with Esme and the three decided they would kill Reva if she refused to listen, for Celeste and Maddy’s sake.

• Su Quan rode Evangeline in dragon form, then suppressed her mutant powers and carried her safely back to the ground.
• Su Quan told Evangeline to recruit mutants for Void Island and advised her to convert her assets into gold before leaving the world.
• Lorna, Esme, Clarice, and Rebecca rescued Sophie, Phoebe, and a dozen other mutants, who were sent to Void Island as rescue operations continued.
• Esme brought Sophie and Phoebe to Su Quan, who correctly identified both sisters and welcomed them.
• The three sisters asked to return to the club and said they would kill Reva if she would not listen, in order to act for Celeste and Maddy.

Su Quan accompanied the Three-in-One to confront the Hellfire Club’s Inner Circle over Reva’s situation. After William tried to assert his authority, Su Quan killed several members who attacked him and challenged the survivors to accept William’s claim that the deaths were a misunderstanding.

• Su Quan and the Three-in-One appeared at an Inner Circle meeting, where William and Reva were present.
• Reva followed the Three-in-One outside to talk, while Su Quan took her seat and William asked whether he had come to join the Inner Circle.
• Su Quan insulted William, who ordered his supporters to attack him.
• Su Quan absorbed one member’s energy blast and killed him and several other attackers with piercing shots.
• William asked whether Su Quan intended to join the Inner Circle, and Su Quan called out the survivors for letting William dismiss the killings as a misunderstanding.

Su Quan took control of the inner circle meeting, recruited Reva, the Multiple Man, and four other members, and left William in charge of the weakened organization. Back at the base, Esme, Sophie, and Phoebe asked him to resurrect Celeste and Maddy, and he pointed out that they would return as thirteen-year-olds.

• William surrendered after Su Quan's show of force, and the inner circle members grew wary of him.
• Reva and the Multiple Man joined Su Quan, who announced their withdrawal from the inner circle; William and the others agreed.
• Su Quan invited the remaining members to join him, and four accepted while William stayed behind with two confidants.
• Su Quan told his new recruits to liquidate their assets and return with the proceeds converted into gold.
• Esme, Sophie, and Phoebe asked Su Quan to resurrect Celeste and Maddy, and he noted that they would be thirteen when revived.

Su Quan used the Phoenix Force to resurrect Celeste and Maddy, who had been dead for eight years, before a crowd at the underground organization’s base. Their sisters reunited with them, and the witnesses realized Su Quan could bring back even long-dead people.

• Su Quan reassured the Multiple Man sisters that Celeste and Maddy could grow up without aging naturally after joining him.
• The next morning, Su Quan gathered the sisters, Reva, Lorna, John, Xian Zhe, Sonia, Clarice, Rebecca, Evangeline, the defectors, and Jess Turner and Paula to witness the resurrection.
• Su Quan located Celeste and Maddy on the past timeline and sent the Phoenix Force into their bodies.
• Celeste and Maddy awakened and appeared on the rooftop, where Esme, Sophie, and Phoebe rushed to greet them.
• The hive mind let Celeste and Maddy learn what had happened during the eight years they were dead, while the gathered witnesses recognized Su Quan’s power to resurrect them.

Jess Turner gave up the Phoenix Force so Su Quan would revive his daughter, Grace, immediately, and he and Paula reunited with her. Celeste and Maddy went to another world to grow up, while the families and new Inner Circle members settled on Void Island as the Sentinel Special Services Bureau and Trask Industries weakened.

• Jess Turner and Paula knelt before Su Quan, and Jess asked him to revive Grace rather than make him wait five years to do it himself with the Phoenix Force.
• Su Quan used the Phoenix Force to revive Grace, and Jess and Paula embraced their daughter before thanking him.
• Celeste and Maddy chose to grow up in another world, so Su Quan sent them to the world of The Boys.
• Jess decided Paula and Grace would stay on Void Island while he explained their absence by claiming he and Paula were divorcing.
• Over the next half month, Reva and four other Inner Circle members moved their assets to Void Island, while Reva joined the White Queen's Hellfire Club in the new timeline.
• Paula and Grace moved to Void Island, gold prices rose after the Inner Circle's purchases, and the Sentinel Special Services Bureau and Trask Industries continued hunting mutants with reduced strength.

Su Quan answered Lauren’s call for help after Trask Industries and the Sentinel Special Services Bureau cornered her and Andy in Mexico, where an explosion had killed their parents. He drove off the agents and left Lauren and Andy to face their loss, ending with Lauren asking him to help bury their mother.

• Reed’s mutant powers erupted under pressure, causing an explosion that killed Caitlin and left Lauren and Andy injured and unconscious.
• After Lauren’s air wall failed and an agent fired at her, Su Quan appeared and stopped the bullet.
• The agents recognized Su Quan, abandoned their mission, and fled without fighting.
• Lauren and Andy reunited with Su Quan, learned their parents were dead, and grieved before collecting Caitlin’s body.
• Lauren asked Su Quan to help bury her mother.

After helping Lauren and Andy bury their parents, Su Quan brought the siblings back to the United States, where they chose to follow him. While searching the multiverse for Professor and the others, he trapped America Chavez in a blank white space and identified her as Miss America.

• Su Quan helped Lauren and Andy bury their mother and arranged a coffin and gravestone for their deceased father.
• Andy told Su Quan he wanted to follow him, and Lauren agreed to go with them.
• Su Quan took the siblings to a hotel in the United States, provided them with food and clothes, and let them rest.
• Su Quan explored the multiverse with his perception while searching for Professor and the others, and considered taking control of the Time Variance Authority.
• Su Quan trapped a young woman in a featureless white space, where her teleportation ability failed, and recognized her as America Chavez, Miss America.

Su Quan questioned America Chavez in his pocket space about the missing Professor X and Magneto, then pressed her for the Goblin Force’s location. After she refused to reveal it without knowing his intentions, Su Quan used psychic powers to control her and search her memories, apparently finding what he wanted.

• Lauren entered the room while Su Quan was preparing to visit America Chavez, so he quietly left for the pocket space.
• Su Quan gave America Chavez a can of soda, introduced himself, and asked whether she had seen Professor X or Magneto in other universes.
• America Chavez said she knew where the Goblin Force was and warned Su Quan that it had devoured worlds and could not be destroyed.
• America Chavez refused to reveal the location until Su Quan explained why he wanted the Goblin Force.
• Su Quan used psychic powers to control America Chavez and read her memories, then announced that he had found it.
• America Chavez stepped back and asked Su Quan whether he had psychic abilities.

Su Quan prepared to obtain the Goblin Force and chose Madelyne Pryor to wield it, while America Chavez tried to stop him. He claimed Madelyne would safely control the power and become the Red Queen, leaving America questioning whether she could change the future.

• America Chavez confronted Su Quan over his plan to unleash the Goblin Force, but he sent her flying and gained her teleportation ability as a combat drop.
• America Chavez repeatedly attacked Su Quan's defense field, failed to damage it, and realized she could not overpower him or call for help.
• Su Quan sensed the sealed Goblin Force reaching toward him, cut off its influence, and summoned Madelyne Pryor.
• America Chavez warned Madelyne that the Goblin Force would corrupt her, but Madelyne trusted Su Quan and accepted his decision.
• Su Quan told America that Madelyne would control the Goblin Force and become the Red Queen, then challenged her assumptions about Madelyne's future and whether fate could change.

Su Quan took Madelyne Pryor to universe 1298, where she contacted and gained control over a portion of the Goblin Force. After copying the force from her, Su Quan discovered it could combine with the Phoenix Force to let him cycle between life and death.

• America Chavez insisted that she was stopping Su Quan and Madelyne Pryor to prevent the Goblin Force from ruining the multiverse, and Su Quan offered to save her once if she was hunted down.
• Su Quan wiped America Chavez’s memories of the Goblin Force, sent her away, and teleported with Madelyne Pryor to universe 1298.
• Su Quan warned Madelyne Pryor that the Goblin Force would try to erode her will, and she released her psychic perception to find it.
• Madelyne Pryor felt the Goblin Force’s hunger and manifested its power, but explained that she could use it while keeping a psychic warning system in place.
• Su Quan copied the Goblin Force from Madelyne Pryor and realized that combining it with the Phoenix Force allowed him to convert energies of life and death into a cycle.

Su Quan devoured most of the Goblin Force possessing Madelyne Pryor, then repaired the multiversal cracks caused by its desperate explosion. After sending Madelyne to Void Island, he returned to Lauren and prepared to revisit the new timeline, where he still planned to recruit people.

• Su Quan devoured the Goblin Force inside Madelyne Pryor as it drew power from its sealed true body, leaving her in pain during their struggle.
• The Goblin Force detonated its remaining strength and shattered the Celestial seal, opening cracks between parallel universes.
• Su Quan and Madelyne absorbed the leftover energy, and he used his power to heal every spatial crack.
• Madelyne sensed the Watcher’s energy and wanted to devour him, but Su Quan warned her not to act without permission and sent her to Void Island.
• Su Quan returned to the hotel room in The Gifted world, left Lauren asleep, and decided to return to the new timeline to recruit people.

After twenty years, Void Island had become a thriving mutant community with squads devoted to training and protection. Su Quan sent Lauren and Raven to bring young Ororo Munroe to him, and they rescued her from a market confrontation in Cairo.

• Void Island grew to house over ten thousand mutants, and X-Factor, X-Force, and the Void Guard were established.
• Su Quan and Jean Grey spotted young Ororo Munroe in a Cairo market, where she used her wind powers to steal money.
• Su Quan ordered Lauren and Raven to bring Ororo to him.
• Lauren and Raven confronted the stall owner and a man with a club when they trapped Ororo in an alley.
• Lauren blocked the club with an invisible barrier, and Raven knocked out the stall owner.
• Raven told Ororo to return the stolen money, then led her with Lauren to meet Su Quan.

Su Quan invited the street thief Ororo Munroe to join his group of mutants, and she accepted after considering the homeless children she cared for. He gave her a gold plate as a welcome gift and prepared to take her somewhere, leaving Big Blink behind to wait for her.

• Ororo Munroe met Su Quan and the other mutants, who told her she was one of them and invited her to join.
• Su Quan teased Jean Grey about meeting another version of herself, while Ororo struggled to decide whether she could refuse the invitation.
• Ororo agreed to join Su Quan, and he transformed a plate into gold for her to keep or give to the children she supported.
• Su Quan introduced Clarice Ferguson, codename Blink, and told Ororo she would wait there rather than accompany him.
• Su Quan asked Ororo whether she believed in the light, declared himself the light in her life, and snapped his fingers.

Ororo Munroe left Egypt with Big Blink and arrived in America, where she prepared to join Su Quan’s group. At Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, Jean Grey met her younger counterpart and revealed that they shared the same name, psychic powers, and Phoenix Force, leaving the young Jean Grey overwhelmed.

• Ororo Munroe sold the golden plate, gave money and farewells to the street children, and left Egypt with Big Blink.
• Big Blink brought Ororo Munroe to America, where she introduced her to the Void Guard and arranged for her to stay in a hotel.
• The next day, Big Blink took Ororo Munroe to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, where Su Quan’s group arrived through a portal.
• Young Jean Grey contacted Professor Charles, and Jean Grey blocked his psychic power as he came to investigate with Beast Hank and Cyclops.
• Jean Grey introduced herself to young Jean Grey and revealed their shared identity and Phoenix Force, prompting young Jean Grey to recoil in disbelief.

Young Jean Grey became an unstable Dark Phoenix and fought Jean Grey before Su Quan’s Goblin Force clashed with her Phoenix Force. Professor Charles arrived with the X-Men, but Cyclops attacked Su Quan and X-23 pinned him to the ground.

• Young Jean Grey’s sealed Phoenix Force awakened, and she transformed into an unstable Dark Phoenix who attacked Jean Grey.
• Su Quan gained young Jean Grey’s Phoenix Force as a battle reward, then sent his Goblin Force to devour Dark Phoenix’s power.
• Dark Phoenix recognized Su Quan as a heretic and fought his Goblin Force, while both forces struggled to absorb and overpower the other.
• Professor Charles and the X-Men arrived, and Cyclops fired a laser at the force field despite Charles trying to stop him.
• Jean Grey blocked and absorbed Cyclops’s laser, while X-23 teleported in and pinned him to the ground with her claws; Beast was trapped by an air barrier.

Twisted killed Professor Charles during a clash with Su Quan’s group, while Su Quan devoured the Phoenix Force and defeated Jean Grey. Su Quan then told Beast that Professor Charles could still be revived, leaving Beast stunned.

• Twisted killed Professor Charles before he could finish explaining the misunderstanding, shocking both the Void Guard and the X-Men.
• Jean Grey drew on the Phoenix Force to avenge Professor Charles, but Su Quan devoured its power and left her collapsed.
• Su Quan reassured Twisted, then approached Beast and explained that the confrontation began when Cyclops’s side attacked his group.
• X-23 stabbed Cyclops again when he threatened Su Quan, while Su Quan challenged Beast to welcome him despite Professor Charles’s death.
• Su Quan told Beast that his people could bring Professor Charles back to life, and Beast asked if he meant it.

Su Quan negotiated with Beast to resurrect Professor Charles in exchange for letting students choose whether to join Void Island. Jean Grey used the Phoenix Force to revive Charles and heal his paralysis, and Su Quan began looking over the students for recruits.

• Young Jean Grey told Beast that the parallel-universe Jean Grey still possessed the Phoenix Force and could resurrect the professor.
• Jean Grey refused to act without Su Quan's approval, and Beast agreed to let interested students choose whether to leave for Void Island if Su Quan resurrected the professor and healed Cyclops.
• Jean Grey used the Phoenix Force to revive Professor Charles and restore his ability to walk.
• Professor Charles learned what had happened, then joined Su Quan and the Void Guard in the main building, where the students stared at him walking unaided.
• Little Mystique asked whether any students were worth noticing, and Su Quan said there were.

Su Quan visited Professor Charles’s academy to recruit young Jean Grey and Jubilee, then brought Polaris to meet the imprisoned Erik from this world. Polaris revealed that Magneto was her father in her own world, and she saw Erik through the glass as the chapter ended.

• Little Mystique introduced herself to Jubilee, and Professor Charles welcomed her and Su Quan’s group into his office.
• Su Quan named young Jean Grey and Jubilee among his recruitment targets, and Professor Charles allowed students to leave for Void Island voluntarily.
• Su Quan asked Polaris to stay behind and offered to take her to meet Magneto; Polaris revealed that Erik was her father in her world.
• Polaris introduced herself as Lorna Dane and demonstrated her magnetic powers to Professor Charles and Beast.
• Su Quan transported the group to the prison beneath the Pentagon, where Polaris saw Erik and Professor Charles greeted his old friend.

Polaris challenged Erik for the metal piece that could help him escape, and defeated him by unleashing her magneto-kinesis. Erik learned that Charles had recovered his ability to walk, while Polaris kept the piece and faced her father’s doppelganger with calmer emotions.

• Su Quan, Polaris, and Professor Charles entered Erik’s cell, where Erik questioned why Polaris had come to see him.
• Polaris offered Erik her dark purple metal piece as a chance to regain his freedom, and the two fought over it with their magneto-kinesis.
• Erik briefly gained ground by drawing on sadness and anger, but Polaris became furious and overwhelmed him with a burst of power.
• Polaris sent Erik crashing into the wall and caught the metal piece as Professor Charles predicted her victory.
• Professor Charles told Erik that he had traded his life to heal his injuries, and Erik noticed that Charles could walk again.

Polaris revealed that she was the daughter of a Magneto from a parallel universe, and Su Quan recruited Erik by telling him he had a biological son. Su Quan transported Erik to meet Quicksilver, who recognized Professor Charles and then approached Su Quan.

• Polaris told Erik that her father was Magneto, but clarified that he was another Magneto from a parallel universe.
• Su Quan explained the parallel universes and told Erik that he had a biological son named Quicksilver.
• Su Quan invited Erik to join him, and Erik accepted so he could leave prison and meet his son.
• Su Quan transported Erik, Charles, and Polaris to an apartment, where Quicksilver appeared and examined their belongings at super speed.
• Quicksilver identified Charles through a business card, then approached Su Quan, who watched him with a knowing smile.