Chapter Summaries

Noah transformed into a terrifying dragon during the battle, tricked Thanos into believing he was Earth’s guardian dragon, and recovered the Tesseract after Loki closed the wormhole. He returned to The Ancient One, where she revealed that their uneasy guest Banner was Thanos.

• Noah answered Thanos by calling himself Deathwing, Earth Guardian, Guardian Dragon Neltharion, then ordered Loki to close the wormhole.
• Loki closed the wormhole and handed Noah the Tesseract, which Noah had surrendered eighteen years earlier.
• Noah returned to the gathered mages, thanked them for their help, and discussed the potential of Dragonborn magic with Mordo, Kate, Luns, and Evan.
• The Ancient One criticized Noah for frightening Banner and misleading Thanos into thinking he was a dragon and Midgard’s guardian.
• The Ancient One identified Banner as Thanos, leaving Banner incredulous.

Banner agreed to The Ancient One’s plan to take Noah back to his parallel world, and Noah prepared to leave after receiving a secret book about controlling the Time Stone. Fury faced the World Security Council, who backed down after witnessing the mages’ power.

• The Ancient One confirmed to Banner that Thanos had orchestrated the Chitauri invasion, and Banner agreed to bring Noah to his world as a safeguard.
• Banner left for his own universe, while Noah planned to return to London and study the Space Stone and Domain Magic.
• The Ancient One gave Noah a book containing instructions for controlling the Time Stone and told him to destroy it after reading.
• Fury told the World Security Council that Noah was a mage, a dragon, and a potential world destroyer, and reminded them he had warned them about Asgard.
• After the Council received a call that changed their attitude, Fury refused their mission and warned them not to provoke the mages.

After the Battle of New York, Noah organized a banquet at the London Sanctum to celebrate the victory and honor the fallen. While mingling with the guests, he spotted the person he had been looking for standing alone by a window.

• Noah learned that The Ancient One had gone into seclusion and asked Mordo to bring the other nine wizards who fought in the battle to a banquet.
• Mordo told Noah that Kaecilius had argued with the Library librarian over access to forbidden books, prompting Noah to decide someone should watch him.
• Noah prepared the London Sanctum and hosted a gathering for wizards, Fury, Thor, Loki, and other guests.
• Noah opened the banquet by celebrating the victory and remembering the wizards who had died.
• Noah saw Lily looking unhappy because she had missed the battle, while Thor and Loki joined Tony and Steve.
• Noah found the woman he was seeking standing alone by a window.

At Noah’s dinner party, he and Hermione discussed his romantic prospects, and Noah unexpectedly suggested that they might try dating someday. Noah then asked Victor to watch Kaecilius and offered to teach him more advanced mechanical science.

• Noah found Hermione alone by a window and reassured her that he would not lecture her for fighting in New York.
• Hermione asked what kind of woman Noah liked, and Noah realized she matched his preferences.
• Noah told Hermione that they might try being together someday, then hurried away as she blushed.
• Noah thanked Victor for helping in New York and asked him to keep an eye on Kaecilius.
• Victor agreed, and Noah asked whether he wanted to learn more advanced mechanical science.

Noah arranged for Victor and Tony to cooperate on combining magic and technology, while Tony mistook the plan for a bid to secure the Sorcerer Supreme position. Thor then told Noah that he wanted Loki exiled on Earth instead of imprisoned in Asgard.

• Noah told Victor that his apprentice Tony was skilled in technology and asked Victor to teach him while learning from him in return.
• Noah introduced Victor to Tony, who agreed to cooperate, and later teased Tony for assuming the arrangement was political maneuvering.
• Noah reflected on the danger Reed Richards could pose and left the group to join Thor and Loki.
• Thor told Noah that Loki faced imprisonment or exile after returning to Asgard, and that Loki preferred exile.
• Thor revealed that he planned to have Loki exiled on Earth.

Noah studied the system’s attempts to fuse four elements into Domain Magic, hoping to learn it before The Ancient One left. The system produced a Domain prototype that could support Divinity Conversion, but Noah realized it had been available while the system continued working toward a complete Domain.

• Loki reluctantly carried Goose out of Noah’s laboratory and avoided Hathaway’s owl.
• Noah entered System Space and asked the system how its Domain Magic simulation was progressing.
• The system said it would take at least three years to fully simulate a Domain and explained that its Void Lord master existed beyond all worlds.
• The system produced a simple Domain prototype, and Noah sensed that it contained the faint beginnings of a universe.
• Noah asked whether a complete Domain could be used for Divinity Conversion, and the system confirmed that the prototype already held the necessary power.
• Noah accused the system of withholding the prototype, and it replied that he had asked for a complete Domain, calling him an idiot.

Noah learned that forming a domain required Tier 9-level control, so he could not create one unaided at his current level. The system offered to help him combine the elements while he studied the process, and Noah began his first attempt in the laboratory.

• Noah failed to condense the domain prototype and learned from the system that his Tier 7 level was insufficient to control it.
• Noah understood that Domain Magic fused the four basic elements and resonated with the external universe to form a domain.
• The system offered to operate the prototype while Noah comprehended its elemental changes so he could explain it to The Ancient One.
• Noah left the System Space, moved the sleeping Hathaway off his shoulder, and prepared to try forming a domain.
• Noah gathered the four elements in his body as his magic boiled, and their radiance began to fuse.

Loki grew bored with his chores at the London Sanctum but became engrossed in its Elemental Magic books. When Wong sent him to fetch Noah for lunch, Loki sensed a cosmic power around Noah and discovered that an energy mass was producing a strange rhythm that seemed to form a universe around him.

• Loki complained to Wong about being bored, and Wong invited him to help organize the Library, saying it was Noah's idea.
• Loki realized the task might help him learn, followed Wong to the Library, and read books on Elemental Magic while organizing with magic.
• When Wong threatened to bar him from the Library, Loki reluctantly agreed to fetch Noah for lunch.
• Outside Noah's laboratory, Loki sensed an aura that reminded him of Odin and wondered whether Noah had reached a legendary stage.
• Loki entered and saw Noah surrounded by a growing cosmic rhythm, with an energy mass forming what seemed like an independent universe around him.

Noah tested his newly formed Domain Magic and learned that it could unleash powerful attacks and withstand some damage, though it drained his mana. Loki witnessed the magic and compared its aura to Odin’s, while Noah dismissed his concerns and ended the conversation.

• Noah assessed his Domain Magic’s power, defenses, and limitations, then asked the system how long he could maintain it.
• The system said Noah could sustain the domain for about ten minutes in a normal battle and could help activate it while Noah supplied mana.
• Noah considered how to complete the domain with light and time magic before the system deactivated it.
• Noah opened his eyes and found Loki staring at him in shock; Loki said Noah’s magic had an aura similar to Odin’s.
• Noah brushed off Loki’s questions as Loki tried to understand the magic, then told him to shut up.

The Ancient One began her divine transformation and used the Time Stone to glimpse an unknown golden void, which she suspected was connected to Noah. Meanwhile, Odin watched Noah and Loki through a sphere of light and was astonished when Noah simulated the embryonic form of an independent universe.

• The Ancient One merged her magic with her soul in the Mirror space as she prepared to undergo divine transformation.
• The Ancient One used the Time Stone to look into the future and saw a pale golden void with an indistinct figure.
• The Ancient One suspected Noah was connected to the strange vision, but decided to trust him as the future Sorcerer Supreme.
• Odin watched Loki serve Noah and learned that a Flerken had become attached to Noah.
• Odin saw Noah simulate an embryonic universe in his laboratory and concluded that Noah was a surprisingly special fellow.

Tony Stark and Victor worked together on a new suit of armor made from magical materials and enhanced with runes. Tony revealed two magical lightsabers he had secretly built into it, while Victor sensed something unusual and J.A.R.V.I.S. sounded an alarm.

• Construction began on a major project beside a reservoir outside New York, with Tony Stark paying workers extra to finish early.
• Tony and Victor discussed how their contrasting strengths in engineering and magic made them effective collaborators.
• Victor and Tony completed an original armor suit using Longmoon Silver, with runes designed to boost Victor’s magic, speed, and destructive power.
• Tony demonstrated two lightsabers powered by magic and new-element reactors, which Victor realized could become extremely powerful.
• Victor sensed something unusual, and J.A.R.V.I.S. sounded an alarm.

Victor and Tony survived a helicopter attack, and Victor tested his new armor against the attackers. Noah finished testing his Domain Magic and considered visiting Kamar-Taj, but Tony and Victor appeared in his laboratory.

• Helicopters attacked Tony and Victor at a construction site, but Victor shielded them from the missiles.
• Victor donned his new armor and flew off to confront the attackers, while Tony compared his appearance to Darth Vader.
• Noah tested his Domain Magic on Loki, who confirmed that it resembled the embryonic form of an independent micro-universe.
• Noah finished testing the domain and found that his understanding of magic had greatly improved.
• Noah planned to visit Kamar-Taj and continue developing his powers to prepare for future threats.
• Tony and Victor appeared through a portal in Noah's laboratory, with Victor dressed in black armor.

Tony and Victor sought Noah’s help after Killian targeted Tony, and Noah gave them clues to investigate the Mandarin’s true role. After they left, Loki questioned Noah about the future and Kamar-Taj’s magical strength, and Noah urged him to study Earth’s history.

• Victor told Noah that Killian’s helicopters had attacked Tony, then Tony received a call claiming Pepper had been kidnapped and Happy injured.
• Noah recalled that Killian was the real mastermind and told Tony and Victor to investigate Tennessee and Miami, watch the news, and consult Fury.
• Tony thanked Noah and left with Victor through a portal to pursue the clues.
• Loki asked whether Noah could see the future, and Noah said the future was uncertain but what he saw might happen.
• Loki asked why Kamar-Taj’s mages were so powerful, and Noah told him to read History of Magic: Modern History.
• Noah prepared to leave his laboratory, but his phone rang.

Noah learned that Cross had tracked Desmond and his Assassin team to the Isu Great Temple, where Desmond had apparently gained immense power and obtained the Golden Apple. Noah decided to investigate Juno, the sealed Isu, and brought Loki along after learning that Odin had prepared for the approaching solar storm.

• Fury called Noah about the apparent Force and the Sith Warrior, and Noah told him Tony had created them.
• Fury reported that Cross had infiltrated Abstergo Industries and uncovered its experiments and hidden dealings.
• Fury said Cross had tracked a newly powerful man connected to the deaths of two Abstergo executives, and Noah identified him as Desmond.
• Noah decided to visit the Isu Great Temple and assess Juno's strength before choosing whether to fight her.
• Loki told Noah that Odin had heard about Earth's coming solar storm and had made preparations, then agreed to accompany him.

Noah and Loki entered the Isu temple, where Desmond and his allies guarded the Eye that could protect Earth from solar storms but release Juno. Loki took control of Desmond’s Golden Apple and revealed it was an Asgardian-made fake, leaving Noah wondering where the real one was.

• Noah and Loki arrived at the temple, and Noah told Cross to find Abstergo employee Layla Hassan before his cover was exposed.
• Cross warned that the Templars would soon find the temple, and Noah told him to watch himself.
• Noah and Loki sensed the awakened Isu presence and discussed the woman and her husband Aita as they approached the cave’s center.
• Noah saw the Eye and recognized that opening it could both save Earth from solar storms and free Juno.
• Desmond activated his Golden Apple against Noah and Loki, but it failed and flew into Loki’s hand.
• Loki said the Golden Apple was made in Asgard, and Noah wondered where the real one was.

Noah activated the Eye to release Juno, then confronted her to test the power of the Isu. The battle began as Noah grew excited to study the unfamiliar power system she wielded.

• Noah froze Desmond’s attempted sneak attack and identified Juno’s phantom as a weakened soul, while Minerva warned him against activating the Eye.
• Noah infused the Eye with magic instead of life force, releasing Juno from her imprisonment.
• Juno emerged and threatened Noah, but he attacked immediately and told Loki that her intimidating aura concealed her weakened strength.
• Juno attacked Noah with an unfamiliar force, and he blocked it with a golden shield as the shockwave threw Desmond and the others aside.

Noah battled Juno in the Isu temple valley, eager to learn from her nature-based power, until she burned her soul to regain strength. He activated his domain, destroyed her manifested body, and captured her soul core when she tried to flee.

• Noah and Juno clashed while Loki and Desmond's group retreated from the collapsing cave.
• Juno covered herself in golden runes and burned her soul to restore her strength as the temple collapsed.
• Noah activated his domain, cutting Juno off from the power of nature and gathering the wind into a serpent.
• The serpent tore apart Juno's manifested body and transformed the valley into an abyss.
• Juno fled as a ball of light, but Noah opened a portal and seized her soul core.

After defeating Juno, Noah recovered her soul core and returned to the London Sanctum with Loki, while Desmond’s group planned to seek refuge with the High Table. Noah refused Loki’s request to visit the Ancient One, reminding him that his current status made the trip unwise.

• Noah reflected on how his domain had overwhelmed Juno, then found Loki and Desmond’s injured but surviving squad.
• Noah asked Loki how to extract memories from Juno’s soul core, put it away, and left the area with Loki through a ring of light.
• Desmond spoke with William Miles, who proposed that they seek shelter with the High Table.
• At the London Sanctum, Loki asked to accompany Noah to meet the Ancient One, but Noah refused and told him to stop talking.

Noah visited The Ancient One to show her Juno’s soul core and explain his new domain spell. The Ancient One recognized that the spell could transform sorcery and agreed to help Noah perfect it and extract Juno’s memories.

• Noah arrived at Kamar-Taj, greeted the sorcerers, and went to see The Ancient One.
• Noah showed The Ancient One Juno’s soul core and asked to learn Isu magic to improve his new spell.
• Noah demonstrated his domain, which isolated its target while remaining connected to the outside universe.
• The Ancient One realized the domain could help sorcerers through divine transformation and might let her keep her body.
• Noah asked The Ancient One to help complete the spell and turn Juno’s soul core into a memory core, and she agreed.

After three months of studying Domain Magic with The Ancient One, Noah received the Eye of Agamotto and returned to the Sanctum. He planned to research the powers of time and space, where he ran into Victor and learned Tony had gone to make a movie.

• The Ancient One studied Noah's incomplete Domain Magic while helping strip Juno's soul core, and both gained knowledge from their work together.
• The Ancient One mastered a stable, incomplete domain and decided to combine it with the powers of space and time.
• The Ancient One gave Noah the Eye of Agamotto after he promised to protect it and study how to use it.
• Noah left Kamar-Taj after three months and planned to research and learn to wield the power of time.
• Noah met Victor at the Sanctum and asked him to handle the matter they had discussed; Victor agreed.
• Noah asked where Tony was, and Victor said Tony had gone to make a movie.