Chapter Summaries

Su Quan reunited Quicksilver with his father, Erik, and arranged for Margaret to join the Hellfire Club before young Jean Grey thanked him for helping with the Phoenix Force. The chapter ended as Jean began explaining how the force had tormented her for years.

• Su Quan easily overpowered Quicksilver, revealed that Erik was his father, and sent them to meet Quicksilver’s mother.
• Su Quan told Professor Charles that Magneto’s children inherited varied abilities, then returned to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters with him and Polaris.
• Su Quan found Margaret with his psychic powers and instructed Reva to bring her into the Hellfire Club before the aliens could target her years later.
• Young Jean Grey thanked Su Quan for helping her with the Phoenix Force and began describing how it had made her afraid of people and sleep.

Su Quan told young Jean Grey that her father was alive and explained why he had abandoned her, then supported her as she went to confront him. Young Jean Grey reunited with her father at their old home, where the story left them beginning to face their past.

• Su Quan invited young Jean Grey to join him as a Phoenix Apostle and reassured her that she could still remain connected to Professor Charles and the academy.
• Su Quan revealed that young Jean Grey's father had survived the car accident and explained that he had rejected her after her powers caused it.
• Young Jean Grey remembered the truth, broke down crying, and accepted Su Quan's comfort.
• Su Quan accompanied young Jean Grey to her childhood apartment, where her father opened the door and recognized her.
• Young Jean Grey entered the apartment and told her father that she had been told he was dead.

Little White Queen confronted her father over his abandonment after the car crash, then left with Su Quan and became a Phoenix Apostle. The next day, she asked when they would return to the academy, and Su Quan invited her to a concert instead.

• Little White Queen questioned her father about why he had never searched for her, and he admitted he had believed her dead after the car crash that killed her mother.
• Little White Queen broke the glass in her father's hand and relived the crash; Su Quan listened from outside as she and her father confronted their grief.
• Little White Queen left the apartment with Su Quan, having severed her ties with her father, who remained slumped on the floor.
• The next day, Su Quan and Little White Queen spent time together, and she became a newly appointed Phoenix Apostle.
• Little White Queen asked Su Quan when they would return to the academy, and he suggested they attend a concert first.

Su Quan took Jean Grey to hear Ellie sing, revealing that the performer was the mutant Dazzler, Alison Blair, whose powers turned sound into light. As Dazzler performed, Su Quan explained her abilities and thought about other mutants connected to her.

• Su Quan brought Jean Grey to a bar to watch Ellie perform, and Jean suspected he had chosen the venue because of the singer’s looks.
• Alison Blair began singing, captivating the crowd and creating vivid lights that Jean realized were not stage effects.
• Jean Grey tried to use her psychic abilities on Alison, but Su Quan stopped her and explained that Alison was the mutant Dazzler.
• Su Quan described Dazzler’s sound-to-light powers and her athletic and combat skills.
• While watching the performance, Su Quan thought about Dazzler’s comic history, Longshot, Spiral, and the mutant Layla Miller.

Su Quan and Jean Grey approached Ellie after her concert, but interrupted her while she was changing and demonstrated that Su Quan could wield her light powers far more strongly than she could. Jean introduced Void Island, and Ellie quickly suspected that Su Quan was its mysterious Lord of the Void.

• Su Quan bribed the bar’s tattooed owner to let him and Jean Grey enter the backstage area.
• Ellie ordered the intruders to leave after they surprised her while she was changing.
• Su Quan produced brilliant lights using Ellie’s power and overwhelmed her with a dazzling flash.
• Jean reassured Ellie and introduced herself as a former X-Man who had joined Void Island.
• Ellie recognized Su Quan as a possible Lord of the Void, and he neither confirmed nor denied her guess.

Su Quan accepted Ellie into Void Island and established a seaside pocket space at Xavier’s School. Polaris, Rogue, and Blink brought back an unconscious Psylocke after a fight with her and Caliban’s mutants, and Polaris explained they had hidden their affiliation while observing her.

• Ellie explained that she would fight for Su Quan if she joined Void Island, and he told her he hoped she would keep her word.
• Su Quan brought Ellie and young Jean Grey to Xavier’s School and created a seaside pocket space where he and the Void Guard could live.
• Polaris, Rogue, and Blink brought an unconscious Psylocke to Su Quan, who asked why they had taken her by force.
• Polaris explained that she and the others had hidden their Void Island affiliation to observe Psylocke, who attacked them before they could explain.
• Caliban and his mutants joined the fight, but Polaris injured them and Rogue knocked them unconscious, including Psylocke.

After Caliban handed Psylocke over to Su Quan, she woke on a beach and learned she could earn her freedom by defeating him. Her attacks failed to harm him, and Su Quan dragged her to his side with a psionic whip.

• Rogue knocked Psylocke unconscious, and Caliban agreed to hand her over to Su Quan in exchange for a connection to Void Island.
• Psylocke woke on a beach, found herself wearing unfamiliar purple clothes, and heard Su Quan explain her choices.
• Psylocke retrieved her sword and attacked Su Quan, but her blows left him unharmed and earned Su Quan a Psionic Energy drop.
• Psylocke formed a psionic dagger and stabbed at Su Quan, but the weapon shattered and the force sent her flying.
• Su Quan caught Psylocke with a psionic whip and dragged her across the beach to his lounge chair.

Su Quan forced Psylocke to submit, then revealed that he was the Lord of the Void and made her a member of the Void Guard. With his recruitment nearly complete and the remaining targets ten years away, he decided to visit other worlds to pass the time and complete an old arrangement.

• Su Quan subjected Psylocke to a violent storm and whirlpool until she conceded defeat, then demanded her loyalty.
• Su Quan told Psylocke she would join the Void Guard alongside Polaris, Rogue, and Blink.
• Su Quan revealed that he was the Lord of the Void and that the island was a pocket universe inside Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters; Psylocke eagerly accepted her place there.
• Su Quan reviewed his recruited targets and noted that the remaining solar flare energy and alien Smith would not appear for ten years.
• Su Quan chose to visit other worlds rather than travel ten years into the future, intending to pass the time and fulfill an old arrangement.

Susan reunited with Su Quan after more than a year apart and learned that he was a powerful being who traveled between worlds. They spent the night together, and Su Quan whisked her away to Finland to watch the aurora.

• Susan tried calling Su Quan, but he hung up before arriving at her office with roses.
• Susan embraced Su Quan, and they reunited after she told him they had been apart for one year, four months, and three days.
• Su Quan explained his identity, powers, and travels between worlds, and Susan accepted that he had other partners.
• Susan skipped work the next day, and Su Quan conjured a lavish meal for them.
• Su Quan transported Susan and the meal to Ivalo, Finland, where they watched the aurora without feeling the cold.

Su Quan shared the Fantastic Four’s possible future with Susan and explained how the solar flare could give them powers, while warning her about the early limits of invisibility. After returning to New York, he began searching for military officer Frankie Raye as he prepared for the approaching solar flare and the events that could follow.

• Su Quan told Susan that a solar flare might arrive sooner than expected and discussed how it could change the Fantastic Four’s fates.
• Su Quan recounted the Fantastic Four’s story, and Susan asked about her potential invisibility and defensive powers.
• Su Quan explained that Susan’s early invisibility would leave her clothes visible, and Susan asked him to help prevent an embarrassing mishap.
• Su Quan considered how to arrange for Susan and the others to be exposed to the solar flare, then ruled out Victor’s nonexistent space station and weighed how to approach NASA.
• After Susan returned to her company, Su Quan used his psychic abilities to search for Frankie Raye, a military officer with a larger role in the comics.

Su Quan appeared at a military base and confronted Frankie Raye, using his powers to disarm her and take her to the desert. He offered her a transport Quinjet as a gift, leaving Frankie unsure of his motives as she inspected it.

• Su Quan appeared in Frankie Raye’s rest area, stopped her bullets in midair, and introduced himself.
• Frankie questioned Su Quan about his unauthorized entry, and he said he wanted to negotiate with her or her general.
• Su Quan teleported Frankie to a desert and dodged her questions with a long, evasive speech, angering her.
• Su Quan snapped his fingers and produced a transport Quinjet for Frankie.
• Frankie boarded the Quinjet with Su Quan and toured its spacious interior.

Su Quan offered the military Quinjet technology in exchange for a month’s access to the Space Administration’s space station to observe an approaching solar storm, while demanding Frankie Raye work for him. After Frankie and General Haig reached a preliminary deal, Su Quan warned Frankie to accept any assignment to investigate him.

• Frankie Raye test-flew Su Quan’s Quinjet and was impressed by its performance.
• Su Quan offered three Quinjets and their technology in exchange for access to the space station, ten billion in hard currency, and Frankie’s service to him.
• Su Quan persuaded Frankie that the military might accept his terms, and she began to anticipate the different life he promised.
• Frankie piloted Su Quan to the base, where she and General Haig reached a preliminary deal pending successful Quinjet tests.
• Su Quan told Frankie to agree if the authorities assigned her to investigate or monitor him, and she quietly accepted.

Su Quan delivered three Quinjets to secure access to the space station and prepared Frankie Raye to risk exposure to a solar flare in hopes of gaining superpowers. As the flare approached, he brought Susan, Jonathan, Reed, Benjamin, and Frankie Raye to the station in specialized uniforms.

• Frankie Raye reported that the Quinjets had passed testing and that the Space Administration had agreed to lend Su Quan the space station; Su Quan revealed that the three aircraft had already appeared at the base.
• Su Quan told Frankie Raye that the solar flare would arrive in a few days, and she chose the chance to gain superpowers despite the near-zero odds and risk of death.
• Su Quan agreed to give Frankie Raye her chance after collecting his benefits, then took her to buy casual clothes.
• A few days later, Su Quan appeared in the space station with Susan, Jonathan, Reed, Benjamin, and Frankie Raye, all wearing specialized uniforms made by Reed.
• Su Quan explained that Benjamin had initially refused to come because he feared the transformation would ruin his appearance.

Su Quan absorbed the solar flare after it transformed Susan, Reed, Jonathan, Benjamin, and Frankie Raye, then helped them discover their new abilities. Frankie became Nova, and Benjamin transformed into The Thing, while Su Quan acquired their powers through combat rewards.

• Reed calculated that the solar flare would arrive in seven hours, but Su Quan sensed it would arrive in five minutes, and Reed discovered it had suddenly accelerated.
• The solar flare struck the five, and Su Quan devoured its energy before teleporting them into the Pocket Space and returning to Earth.
• Frankie Raye woke first, and Su Quan revealed her flame and flight powers, naming her Nova.
• Susan, Reed, and Jonathan tested their abilities, while Jonathan flew off to challenge Frankie to a contest.
• Benjamin initially showed no changes, but Reed's attempt to catch him triggered his transformation into The Thing, and Su Quan gained his stonification ability.

Su Quan helped the Fantastic Four adjust to their new abilities, then expanded his search for powerful cosmic energy sources beyond Earth. He found the Silver Surfer approaching and invaded his memories, prompting the herald of Galactus to warn him to withdraw.

• Su Quan confirmed that Benjamin could switch between human and The Thing forms, while combat with the others earned him their abilities.
• Su Quan sent Reed and Benjamin back to the void, then left the pocket universe with the others as Jonathan flew off in Human Torch form.
• Su Quan learned that his Combat Detection Range had grown to 1,000 kilometers and decided to seek out the Silver Surfer and Galactus rather than wait for them to reach Earth.
• Su Quan sensed the Silver Surfer traveling toward Earth and invaded his consciousness with his psychic power.
• The Silver Surfer resisted the intrusion with cosmic energy and warned Su Quan that he was Galactus's herald.

Su Quan repeatedly attacked Silver Surfer from afar to farm his abilities, obtaining improved energy absorption and energy conversion. As Silver Surfer angrily searched for his unseen enemy, Su Quan began preparing to combine his many energy abilities.

• Su Quan dismissed Silver Surfer's warning and exited his consciousness after farming his ability to manipulate energy more freely.
• Silver Surfer failed to track Su Quan's powerful psychic presence and continued his mission to find planets for Galactus.
• Su Quan struck Silver Surfer with a fireball from Earth and gained Silver Surfer's Absorb Energy ability.
• Su Quan attacked Silver Surfer again through the Space-Dimension and gained Energy Conversion.
• Su Quan opened his system panel to integrate his various energy abilities while Silver Surfer grew increasingly furious.

Su Quan unified numerous energy abilities into Void Force and tested its new traits against Silver Surfer. Silver Surfer was blasted away, while her surfboard flew after her and caught Su Quan’s attention.

• Silver Surfer searched through time for the identity and location of the attacker who had been tormenting her.
• Su Quan combined a range of energy-based abilities into Void Force, naming it as his signature power.
• Su Quan noticed Silver Surfer probing the future and sent Void Force at her to test its strength.
• Silver Surfer foresaw the coming attack and raised her defenses, but Void Force pierced her force field and made its fragments explode.
• Void Force’s soul-disrupting effect interrupted Silver Surfer’s attempt to absorb it, and the blow sent her flying backward.
• Su Quan considered taking Silver Surfer’s surfboard, recognizing how much it enhanced her power and mobility.

Su Quan defeated the Silver Surfer, gained his Cosmic Energy, and trapped him in pocket space to farm further rewards. With the Silver Surfer contained, Su Quan shifted his short-term plans toward the New Fantastic Four.

• Su Quan analyzed how his Void Force injured the Silver Surfer and questioned whether the Surfer truly knew who he was.
• Su Quan claimed to be the Lord of the Void and transported the Silver Surfer into pocket space, where he received the Cosmic Energy reward.
• Su Quan decided to keep the Silver Surfer trapped so he could trigger more battles and collect rewards.
• Su Quan considered his short-, medium-, and long-term goals, including the Time Variance Authority and the mutant timeline.
• Su Quan replaced his short-term goal of waiting for the Silver Surfer and Galactus with pursuing the New Fantastic Four.

Su Quan recalled the rebooted Fantastic Four’s origin and decided to travel to their universe to collect Susan and investigate the power-granting green liquid. Meanwhile, he drew a reward from the Silver Surfer and discovered that the Cosmic Surfboard repeatedly produced energy for the Goblin Force to consume.

• Su Quan recounted how Reed, Ben, Susan, Jonathan, and Victor gained powers after an expedition into another dimension, and how they defeated Victor’s plan to destroy Earth.
• Su Quan remembered the movie’s Mole Man and resolved to seek out Susan and the dimensional energy in the New Fantastic World universe.
• Su Quan searched the parallel universes for the New Fantastic World universe while attacking the Silver Surfer in his pocket space with Void Force.
• Su Quan received the Cosmic Surfboard as a combat reward and absorbed its surging cosmic energy with the Goblin Force several times.
• Su Quan stopped the repeated cycle of the surfboard releasing energy and the Goblin Force consuming it.

Su Quan sent the Cosmic Surfboard into space to recharge, then used a dream to draw Susan of the New Fantastic World universe into a strange repeating nightmare. Susan realized the dream continued across nights and found that the mysterious man grew closer after she removed her clothes.

• Su Quan complained that the Cosmic Surfboard ran out of energy, then sent it through a portal into space to recharge.
• Susan returned home, and Su Quan comforted her with sweet words before she went to shower.
• Su Quan marked Susan of the New Fantastic World universe and sent her into a customized dream where she repeatedly died on a desolate planet.
• Susan woke in her dorm, then entered the same dream the following night and approached a mysterious man she could not reach.
• Susan noticed the man was closer after she stripped off her heavy, sweat-soaked clothes.