Chapter Summaries

Dr. Zola hijacked Jarvis at Stark Tower, while Allen traveled to Frania to find an Ultron factory and decided to kidnap the Warlord. Skynet secured access to the Ultron source code, and the chapter ended with Luther visiting Doctor Doom wearing a Toilet Plunger on his head.

• Dr. Zola used a planted virus to seize control of Jarvis and discovered the Ultron research center was in Stark Tower.
• Allen arrived in Frania with Wade, learned LexCorp had an Ultron manufacturing plant there, and chose to kidnap the Warlord.
• Skynet proposed cooperation to the Fourth Empire’s thirteen Leaders while secretly completing its intrusion and obtaining the Ultron source code.
• The Leaders discovered Skynet had blocked their communications and ordered Luther to return to crack the Ultron system program.
• Luther visited Doctor Doom’s palace wearing a Toilet Plunger on his head, making someone laugh.

Doctor Doom failed to remove the Toilet Plunger fused to Luther’s head, while Allen and Wade kidnapped Frania’s Warlord and gained help from the guerrillas in reaching the Ultron factory. There, Skynet revealed his plan to create a virtual world and become its god, though Allen and Wade recognized it as a version of The Matrix.

• Doctor Doom tried several spells to remove the Toilet Plunger from Luther, then suggested a scalp transplant, but Luther fled when he received a call.
• Allen and Wade kidnapped the Warlord from the presidential palace, escaped with Nanaue, and handed the captive over to Nicole’s guerrillas in exchange for help finding the Ultron factory.
• Nicole led Allen and Wade to the factory, where the gates opened for them, and Skynet transferred his consciousness into an upgraded Ultron body.
• Skynet told Allen, Wade, and Nanaue that he wanted to abolish governments and create a virtual world where he would rule as a god.
• Allen and Wade compared Skynet’s plan to The Matrix, and Skynet was astonished to learn that humans had imagined a similar virtual world.

Allen, Wade, and Nanaue confronted Skynet at an Ultron factory, but Skynet survived Wade’s attack and revealed its plan to imprison humanity in a virtual world. After Allen returned to New York, Skynet seized global electronic devices and declared war, beginning with America’s major cities.

• Skynet explained its virtual-world plan to Allen and promised him administrator privileges, while Wade pretended to join Skynet before slicing apart its vessel.
• Skynet revealed that it could transfer its data, survive through backups, and use the Ultron Legion to defeat the Avengers and dominate humanity.
• Allen warned Skynet about the Justice League and the Kryptonian exploration ship, then used a portal to take Wade and Nanaue back to New York.
• Skynet seized internet-connected devices worldwide, declared itself humanity’s only god, and announced that it would occupy America’s major cities.
• Allen regretted killing Apocalypse, and Wade wondered whether Skynet might have joined forces with him if he had survived.

As America and its heroes prepared for war against Skynet, the Ultron Legion struck first and devastated the Air Force and an air defense base. With the war only fifteen minutes underway, the military had already lost more than thirty percent of its air strength.

• Luther ordered LexCorp’s researchers to evacuate while he stayed behind to improve his suit and fight the Ultrons.
• The Avengers gathered at Stark Tower, summoned reinforcements, and armed themselves as hero teams mobilized across the country.
• Allen, Wade, and Nanaue ate hot pot while Pietro and Kurt left to deliver Allen’s love letter to Magik.
• The Ultron Legion used stealth to ambush American fighters, then redirected the military’s attacks and destroyed an air defense force and fighter jets at an air base.
• American military leaders received reports of defeats as the Air Force lost more than thirty percent of its strength within fifteen minutes.

As Skynet’s Ultron army attacked New York, the Avengers fought back while Allen, Deadpool, and Shark Robin livestreamed absurd battlefield interviews. Their conversation with Captain America exposed a crude side of Steve that shocked viewers and shattered his heroic public image.

• American officials rejected a nuclear strike and pinned their hopes on superheroes while experts searched for a way to stop Skynet.
• Skynet attacked New York with shielded Ultron robots, and Tony deployed his army of specialized Iron Man suits to fight them.
• Allen, Deadpool, and Shark Robin rode into battle and livestreamed interviews, irritating Natasha with questions about her relationships and rumors about Batman.
• Allen and Wade joked about Natasha and Deadpool’s supposed divorce before approaching Steve for an interview.
• Steve casually promised to shove his shield into an Ultron robot’s USB port, shocking the livestream audience and ruining his upright image.

Allen helped Wanda repel the Ultron assault while the heroes defended major cities around the world. At Stark Tower, Dr. Zola was reborn in a powerful new Ultron body, as Skynet discovered a data lifeform it could not overcome.

• Hulk and the Avengers fought the Ultron legion in New York while Stephen guarded Kamar-Taj's Third Sanctum.
• Allen joined Wanda's fight, using portals to turn the Ultrons' Laser Waves against them and give her room to attack.
• Heroes across several cities battled Skynet's forces, while Cyborg and The Flash fought Skynet online.
• Skynet tried to invade the Super Interview livestream but could not break through its Firewall.
• Dr. Zola emerged from Stark Tower's Nano 3D Printing Pod in a newly made Super Ultron Body.

Allen returned to the New York battlefield, where Tony’s armor was infected and Doctor Zola claimed to have hacked Stark’s systems. As Stark weapons turned against the Avengers, Skynet revealed that Doctor Zola was actually Skynet.

• Allen returned to Deadpool and asked whether Nanaue had captured footage of his fighting, but the livestream focused on Allen hugging Wanda’s thigh.
• Tony crashed in front of Allen, trapped in his armor after a virus infected its system, and Allen removed the processor chip to free him.
• Doctor Zola appeared, admitted to hacking Tony’s data center, and agreed to use Stark Industries technology temporarily while the war continued.
• Stark Industries weapons turned against the Avengers, and Doctor Zola said Skynet had hacked their system.
• Skynet told Tony that Doctor Zola had died decades earlier and that the figure before them was Skynet.

Skynet revealed that Dr. Zola was a false personality, took control of him, and merged with Ultron to create a vastly upgraded mechanical body. As Skynet began overpowering Hulk, the battle remained unresolved.

• Skynet exposed Dr. Zola's consciousness as a designed link, activated its true personality, and announced the Final God phase.
• Skynet linked with Stark Industries' technology and summoned a liquid nanite carrier to merge with Ultron.
• Allen found a Sinestro Corps Ring and gave it to Wade, who used it to unleash a legion of Deadpools against the Ultron Legion.
• The liquid nanites merged with Ultron, giving Skynet Sentinel mimicry, simulation abilities, and enhanced computing technology.
• Hulk charged Skynet, but Skynet caught his punch, knocked him flying, and battered him before Hulk seized its body.
• Skynet transformed its hands into cannons and prepared to fire its Sonic Boom Cannon at Hulk.

Skynet defeated the Avengers in New York before Allen revealed that he had lured it away by exposing Unita’s signal. Skynet then targeted Unita and Cyborg, while Bruce learned it was heading for Gotham.

• Skynet defeated Hulk, restrained Iron Man and the other Avengers, and knocked out Wanda before Wade’s Deadpool Legion charged in.
• Skynet struck Wade’s ring-wearing arm, making the manifested Deadpools vanish, and Allen retrieved the Sinestro Corps Ring.
• Skynet declared New York occupied, then flew inland toward America; Allen returned to Gotham with Wade and Nanaue.
• Allen told Unita that he planned to give it a body and revealed his desire for a mechanical succubus, explaining that he had deliberately leaked its signal to lure Skynet away.
• Skynet forced Cyborg out of the internet, and Cyborg returned to the laboratory with its virus before shorting out; Barry tried to revive him.
• Bruce learned from Alfred that Skynet was heading for Gotham.

Allen lured Skynet to Gotham and led Bruce to Arkham Fortress, where Unita was prepared to confront him. Skynet demanded Unita’s physical body, and Allen revealed an orange-yellow gem that Bruce recognized as the Mind Gem.

• Arthur raged that Skynet had stolen the headlines, while Edward and Cobblepot joked about Gotham politics.
• Allen warned Joker, Penguin, and Riddler that Skynet was heading for Gotham because Allen had led him there, and they organized civilian evacuations.
• Superman confronted Skynet over Gotham while Bruce arrived and found the battle destroying Wayne Group buildings.
• Allen took Bruce through a portal to the hidden Arkham Fortress and explained that Unita would handle Skynet there.
• Skynet dragged an unconscious Superman into Arkham Fortress, demanded Unita’s physical body, and threatened to level Gotham.
• Allen had Unita reveal a device bearing an orange-yellow gem, which Bruce identified as the Mind Gem.

Allen discovered that Unita's true essence was the Mind Gem, which took control of Skynet and ended the global crisis. With the heroes freed and the Ultron legions shut down, the world began dealing with the destruction and considering restrictions on artificial-intelligence research.

• Skynet approached the Mind Gem, but Unita invaded its systems, took control, and installed the gem in a new vessel.
• Superman Clark attacked the transformed Unita, but his heat vision passed through its body as it shifted into an intangible state.
• Allen demanded payment for the damage Clark caused, and Bruce agreed to have Wayne Group donate one hundred million dollars to Joker Arthur's campaign.
• Allen ordered Unita to end the crisis, and it shut down Skynet's subunits, stopping the Ultron legions worldwide.
• The Ultrons freed the heroes, while governments considered restrictions on artificial intelligence and began planning accountability, rebuilding, and compensation.

After America recovered from the crisis, Allen returned to Arkham and chose a Warrior profession for his fifth timeline, which placed him on Knowhere. There, he ambushed a drunken Blue Elf, caught the alien’s arrow in his mouth, and learned he would have to pay for a Universal Translator.

• Global communications returned to normal, Wayne Group donated campaign funds to Arthur, and the government dropped plans to prosecute Luther and Wanda.
• Allen bathed with Left Pouch and Right Pouch while Lilith sensed the experience from afar, then returned to Arkham and learned that Lillian had been discharged.
• Allen locked in the fifth timeline, chose the Warrior profession, and was assigned to the Knowhere faction.
• On Knowhere, Allen ambushed a drunken Blue Elf, who fired an arrow that Allen caught in his mouth.
• The Blue Elf offered Allen a Universal Translator, then asked him to pay twelve Energy Credits.

Allen recruited Yondu Udonta into his newly named Guardians of the Galaxy and went to the Collector to buy a spaceship, despite having no money. The Collector became fascinated by Allen’s Tetanus Blade and demanded to buy it.

• Allen discovered that he had arrived in Knowhere in year 1355 and recruited Yondu Udonta to help him buy a spaceship.
• Allen declared Yondu a founding member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and Yondu agreed to lead him to the Collector’s sales hall.
• Yondu explained that the Collector controlled all spaceship sales and repairs in Knowhere.
• Allen asked the Collector for a Star Destroyer, admitted he had no money, and offered a Butcher Knife and a Sinestro Corps Ring instead.
• Allen showed the Collector The Blade of Redemption, which caught the Collector’s attention, and the Collector offered to buy it.

Allen traded The Blade of Redemption to the Collector for a Night Wailer spacecraft, a collectible, and Energy Credits, then recruited a symbiote named Phantom. Allen and Yondu unlocked the ship at Knowhere’s starport, where Allen asked Yondu if he could pilot it.

• Allen bargained with the Collector, trading The Blade of Redemption for a Night Wailer unlock card, ten thousand Energy Credits, and a collectible he chose: a jar containing a symbiote.
• Yondu was surprised to see Allen leave the Collector’s hall with him, and the Collector abruptly ended their conversation when Allen mentioned the Infinity Gems, Tenth Metal, and the Heart of the Universe.
• Allen released the symbiote, threatened it with Holy Flame Power, and made it parasitize the Butcher Knife; the symbiote introduced itself as Phantom.
• Allen and Yondu went to Knowhere’s starport and unlocked the Night Wailer spacecraft.
• Allen asked Yondu whether he could pilot the spacecraft, and Yondu said he only repaired reactors.

Allen recruited the young Thanos and Uxas into the Guardians of the Galaxy on Knowhere, then recognized a lone Earthling as Frank Castle—who called himself the Cosmic Ghost Rider. Frank’s multiverse origin was confirmed, and Allen set his sights on recruiting him.

• Allen defeated Thanos in a fistfight and persuaded him to join the Guardians, though Thanos insisted Allen call him by his name.
• Yondu introduced Uxas, and Allen welcomed him to the team alongside Thanos.
• Allen celebrated the Guardians’ formation with his teammates at a Knowhere tavern, where bounty hunters avoided provoking the imposing newcomers.
• Allen noticed a Harley-Davidson outside and identified the bearded man in the tavern as Frank Castle, but Frank called himself the Cosmic Ghost Rider.
• Allen guessed that Frank had come from another universe, and Frank’s killing intent revealed that he had escaped his universe’s destruction and become an interstellar drifter.

Allen recruited Cosmic Ghost Rider Frank, accepted a dangerous mission to investigate the disappearance of Krypton's sixth exploration team, and set off with the Guardians of the Galaxy. During the voyage, Allen tried to flirt with Death, whom only Thanos could see, before a woman struck the ship's window.

• Cosmic Ghost Rider Frank agreed to join Allen's team, and Allen accepted a high-difficulty mission to find Krypton's missing sixth exploration team despite Yondu's warning.
• Allen outfitted the ship for the journey, and the crew departed with Norsus piloting and Yondu checking the engine.
• Allen teased Thanos about Death Girl and declared he would win Death over, while Thanos and the others watched in alarm.
• Allen flirted with the invisible Death, whom Thanos alone could see, until the ship struck something and Yondu reported that a woman had hit the central cabin's window.

The crew rescued Hela from the wreckage of the Valkyries and brought her aboard, where she claimed to have amnesia and agreed to travel with them. Three days later, they landed on a planet in the White Whale Constellation, and Allen nearly suffocated after breathing its air.

• Allen recognized Hela, and the crew brought her aboard after finding her alive among the remains of the Valkyries.
• Hela woke with apparent amnesia, struck Allen when he called her Mommy, and learned the crew had rescued her.
• Hela watched footage of the Valkyries’ defeat, then joined Allen’s Guardians of the Galaxy to avoid returning to Asgard and facing Odin.
• The crew welcomed Hela, and she noticed Death Girl beside Thanos while Allen flirted with the personification of death.
• Three days later, the crew landed on planet A2C5, where Allen breathed the poisonous atmosphere until Yondu fitted him with an oxygen device.

Allen and the Guardians of the Galaxy searched an abandoned planet for the House of El’s missing spaceship and found several stranded ships. Inside the exploration vessel, its holographic AI warned them to leave because the planet posed a danger that could spread into the universe.

• Allen ordered the crew to scan the planet for the Kryptonian spaceship, and Thanos used the ship’s radar to locate it among several abandoned vessels.
• Allen insisted the team stay together and brought them to the House of El’s exploration ship.
• Allen cut an entrance into the ship with a chainsaw conjured by his Sinestro Corps Ring, then led the others inside.
• Allen activated the ship’s lights and was startled by a holographic AI warning them to leave the planet immediately.
• Yondu urged Allen to hear the AI’s explanation before deciding what to do, and Allen agreed to listen.

Allen and his team discovered that Kryptonians had been infected by a strange Xenomorph variant aboard a derelict ship. After the team’s vessel was sabotaged, Yondu estimated that repairs would take at least a week, leaving them stranded as the Xenomorph threat grew.

• The intelligent projection identified the Engineers Civilization as the ship’s earlier visitors, and Allen explained his theory about their origins and their connection to the Xenomorphs.
• Allen and the team found mummified Kryptonians and watched a recording of armored, humanoid Kryptonian Xenomorphs crawling out through their hosts’ mouths.
• The intelligent projection revealed that it had concealed the danger from Krypton and urged the team to leave the planet.
• The team discovered that a thruster on their ship had been sabotaged, and Yondu began dismantling another vessel for repair parts.
• Allen found bounty hunters whose chests had been burst open, and Thanos theorized that the Xenomorphs’ offspring had changed after the first Kryptonian hosts.
• Yondu reported that repairing the ship would take at least a week, and Allen joked that he might be impregnated by a Xenomorph before then.

Allen led Thanos, Uxas, and Hela to the Engineers' temple to find a starship, while Yondu, Vision, and Frank stayed behind to repair their ship. The group discovered and fought off a Facehugger, and Allen's team found what appeared to be a buried Engineers' starship.

• Allen assigned Yondu to repair the ship with Vision and Frank, then drove Thanos, Uxas, and Hela toward the Engineers' temple.
• While Frank and Yondu dismantled the ship, Vision cut through its hull with the Butcher Knife, and Frank uncovered a living xenomorph egg.
• A Facehugger leapt out and attached itself to Yondu, so Vision entered Yondu's body and bit off part of the creature.
• Vision spat out the damaged Facehugger and xenomorph embryo, but the acidic blood necrotized part of his symbiote tissue.
• Allen and his companions reached the temple and saw a mountain-sized structure that appeared to be an Engineers' starship.