Chapter Summaries

After Thor lost a fierce sparring match with Noah, the three Asgardians traveled to Nidavellir to obtain new weapons. Eitri agreed to forge Thor's weapon and asked Noah what he needed after reading Odin's letter, leaving its contents unknown.

• Thor recalled how Noah's silver-white magic had burned away his hair and armor before Odin stopped their battle.
• Noah, Thor, and Loki set off for Nidavellir, leaving Jane behind on Earth.
• Loki piloted the ship through a space jump, and Noah admired the artificial structures of the Dwarven kingdom.
• The trio found King Eitri at his forging workshop, where he welcomed them and asked why they had come.
• Thor requested a new weapon, and Eitri agreed to forge it personally.
• Eitri read Odin's letter, which turned to ashes, then asked Noah what he needed.

The Dwarves completed Stormbreaker, and Thor claimed the weapon and felt its power resonate with him. They also finished the unfinished, shape-changing weapon for Noah, revealing it still needed two Infinity Stones before it could be complete.

• Eitri chose Mithril as the primary material for Noah's shape-changing weapon while the Dwarves prepared Stormbreaker from its ready-made materials.
• The Dwarves forged Stormbreaker with a prepared handle, and Eitri explained that it could activate the Bifrost.
• Thor poured his thunder power into Stormbreaker, which recognized him and filled him with power.
• Thor repeatedly tried to persuade Noah to spar while Noah spent a month practicing with the Space Stone.
• Eitri presented Noah's silvery, shapeless weapon and explained that it was designed to change form freely.
• Eitri told Thor and Loki that Noah's weapon still needed two Infinity Stones set into it.

Noah activated the Dwarves’ silver material with the Space Stone and Time Stone, turning it into a ring that bonded with him and improved his magic control and physical condition. Thor then questioned why Noah wore it on his ring finger if he was unmarried.

• Noah inspected the silver material and found two rune-carved grooves designed to hold Stones.
• Noah brought out the Space Stone and Time Stone and placed them into the grooves as Eitri warned him to prove he could wield the weapon.
• Noah synchronized with the silver material, which transformed into a ring on his finger and amplified his magic while gradually improving his body.
• Noah showed Thor and Loki the finished ring, and Loki congratulated him on its power.
• Thor asked whether Noah was married, then explained that Jane had said married people wore rings on their ring fingers.

Noah named his newly forged Mithril ring Phileas's Star of Time and Space and became curious about the distant worlds and light screens connected to the Space Stone. After celebrating with the Dwarves, he discussed the wider universe with Loki and still planned to investigate one of the light screens.

• Noah named his ring Phileas's Star of Time and Space after its Time Stone and Power Stone core.
• Eitri told Noah that his grandfather had found the Mithril on a planet of terrifying dragons and endless wars, prompting Noah to wonder if it was Middle-earth.
• Noah decided to visit a light screen he remembered from inside the Space Stone, then attended Eitri's celebratory banquet with Thor and Loki.
• Thor drank himself unconscious, and Noah and Loki got him back to bed.
• Noah asked Loki about the universe beyond the Milky Way and learned that Thanos came from Titan and the Kree came from Hala.

Noah brought Thor and Loki to a mysterious mirror-like portal on a barren star, guided there by clues from the Space Stone. After Noah activated it, the portal pulled all three of them inside, leaving their destination unknown.

• Thor piloted the spaceship while Loki scolded him, and Noah directed them toward a location within Asgard's territory.
• Thor took the ship to the barren star, where Noah adapted to the oxygen-free environment and opened a portal to a nearby valley.
• Noah, Thor, and Loki found ancient signs of civilization in the valley and reached a smooth, mirror-like surface.
• Noah explained that the Space Stone had shown him light curtains scattered throughout the universe, then activated the mirror with azure light.
• A vortex formed in the mirror, and an invisible force dragged Noah, Thor, and Loki into it.

Noah, Thor, and Loki crossed into the Star Wars universe and landed on Borgaano, where Jedi Knight Sere Junda and apprentice Karl Castis found them. After Thor and Loki’s remarks about being princes of an empire triggered suspicion, Noah used unexpectedly powerful magic to disarm and restrain Sere, Karl, and Griz Dritus.

• Sere Junda and Karl Castis arrived on Borgaano and watched three people fall from the sky into a crater.
• Noah, Thor, and Loki survived the falls, and Noah explained that they had crossed into a parallel universe.
• Noah learned that opening the gate had exposed interstellar routes in his universe, potentially bringing aliens to Earth.
• Sere questioned whether the newcomers served the Empire, and Thor and Loki joked that they were princes of an empire.
• Karl activated his lightsaber and Sere aimed her blaster at the three strangers.
• Noah restrained Sere, Karl, and Griz Dritus with a powerful spell, and Sere mistook his power for the Force.

Noah, Thor, and Loki learned that they had arrived in a Star Wars-like parallel universe more than twenty-five thousand years after their departure. They planned to study the world and its technology while waiting for a way back, though Loki’s suggestion to stay was rejected.

• Noah released Cere, Carl, and Griz and asked them to explain the current situation.
• Noah claimed he and his companions had left when the Galactic Constitution was being signed, shocking Cere, Carl, and Griz with the enormous time gap.
• Noah described the Light and Dark Sects and argued that power should be mastered rather than obeyed, leaving Cere and Carl stunned by his views on the Force.
• Noah told Thor and Loki that they were in a parallel universe and would need to wait several days before they could return.
• Loki proposed staying in the universe to avoid Thanos, but Thor objected and Noah treated the idea only as a backup plan.
• Noah told Thor and Loki to hide that they came from twenty-five thousand years ago and suggested they learn about the universe’s powers and technology.

Noah learned that he had arrived five years after Order 66 and asked Cere and Carl to gather technological information in exchange for his help. He demonstrated spatial teleportation to reach the temple, then discovered a gigantic creature with a powerful life force nearby.

• Noah explained that traveling between parallel universes required a cooldown and that he might not return to this world.
• Noah met Cere and Carl outside the ship and learned that BD-1 was their companion and that the Galactic Empire ruled the galaxy.
• Cere and Carl told Noah that the Clone Wars had ended and that Order 66 had been issued about five years earlier.
• Noah asked Cere to collect technological information and suggested she take him to the Galactic Empire, offering to help them in return.
• Noah opened a portal to the temple and stepped through it, leaving Cere and Carl astonished by his spatial magic.
• Noah spotted a creature more than a hundred meters long beyond a ravine and sensed its extraordinary life force.

Noah killed a gigantic Binog with Wrath of the Storm and siphoned its life force into a gemstone, unleashing a storm that stunned Cere and Carl. After Thor and Loki lamented that the creature had been their lunch, Noah wondered whether leaving something behind in this world could prevent Luke Skywalker from having a place in the future.

• Noah learned from Carl and BD-1 that the enormous creature was a Binog and decided he wanted it as research material.
• Noah took Carl's lightsaber, channeled his magic through it, and cut the Binog in half with Wrath of the Storm.
• Noah siphoned the Binog's life force into a gemstone, while the spell's remaining power tore across the surrounding plains in a devastating storm.
• Cere and Carl watched in shock as Noah apologized for losing control of his strength.
• Thor and Loki arrived and revealed that they had planned to eat the Binog for lunch, then complained that Noah had destroyed it.
• Noah wondered whether leaving something behind in this world could keep Luke Skywalker from having a place in the future.

Noah studied how magic might interact with the Force and joined Carl's group on Dathomir after sensing the planet's strange power. The group traveled deeper among its monsters while an unseen presence followed them, and Carl remained unable to sense it.

• Noah decided to investigate how magic and the Force could affect each other, while Thor and Loki followed Carl on her mission.
• Noah's group arrived on Dathomir, where Noah sensed an ominous power that seemed capable of awakening the dead.
• Thor explained that Carl had recovered abilities she had forgotten and had improved quickly in combat.
• The group encountered monsters as they traveled deeper into Dathomir, while Noah and the others sensed an unseen visitor following them.
• Carl failed to detect the visitor, and Thor and Loki mocked her for being unable to sense its energy.

Merlin confronted Noah and his companions on Dathomir, convinced that Jedi Knights had destroyed her people. Noah immobilized Merlin and the Nightbrother Clan warriors, then tried to explain that they had not come to kill her.

• Merlin secretly followed Noah and the others, angry that one of them was a Jedi Knight and suspicious of the others.
• Noah and his companions reached a palace, where Merlin revealed herself and ordered them to leave Dathomir.
• Merlin empowered several Nightbrother Clan warriors with green Force energy and sent them to attack.
• Noah froze the charging warriors and Merlin with his magic, leaving them unable to move.
• Merlin accused the Jedi of destroying her home, and Noah insisted that only one of their group was a Jedi Knight and that they had not come to kill her.

Noah restrained Merlin, a Sister of the Night, changed her appearance, and offered to teach her magic in exchange for learning about her abilities. After Merlin revealed that a fallen Jedi had deceived her and sought Sodomir's dark power, Noah and his companions followed her to the planet's central Sanctum to confront him.

• Noah sent Merlin's attackers flying, restrained her, and learned her name was Merlin.
• Noah transformed Merlin into a human and offered to teach her magic; Merlin accepted and said she could awaken creatures that had died.
• Carl asked Merlin why she hated Jedi Knights, and she revealed that a fallen Jedi had deceived her and sought Sodomir's dark power.
• Noah followed Merlin to the Sanctum at the planet's heart, where Thor identified the rune-covered man carrying two lightsabers as a fifth-rank opponent.

Carl defeated Taron Malicos and recovered the navigation device on Sodamere, then the group returned to Borgaano. During the trip, Noah invented a history of the Balance Order to explain their powers and beliefs to Carl and Cere, leaving Merlin's training and Noah's next schemes ahead.

• Carl, aided by Merlin, defeated Taron Malicos, and Merlin buried him on Sodamere.
• Carl found the Zeffo navigation device, and Noah wondered whether the Jedi had destroyed it to protect Force-sensitive children.
• Noah and the others returned aboard the Mantis, while Griz stopped complaining about Merlin after learning he was Noah's disciple.
• Carl and Cere asked Noah about his ancient era and his attitude toward the Force, so Noah fabricated an account of the Balance Order.
• Loki joined Noah's stories while Thor listened uneasily, and the group reached Borgaano, where Noah considered how to teach Merlin and fool more people.

Noah planned to visit Dagobah and Master Yoda, taught Merlin basic magic, and considered sharing simple meditation methods with young students. When Imperial ships arrived, he sensed Cere’s apprentice nearby and entered the Bogan Temple, where Carl was fighting a woman in black.

• Noah decided he might take Carl and the others to Dagobah to find Master Yoda, and considered using the Space Stone if the journey proved difficult.
• Thor and Loki explored the plains while Noah taught Merlin about magic and meditation, then learned that the Nightsisters’ corpse-revival spell controlled resurrected Sisters who had no consciousness.
• Noah chose not to learn the Nightsisters’ magic and decided to introduce basic meditation methods at the academy and more advanced ones at Kamar-Taj.
• Noah sensed Imperial ships landing nearby and detected a powerful presence opposed to Carl’s Force, which he suspected belonged to Cere’s apprentice.
• Noah opened a spatial gate to the Bogan Temple and found Carl fighting a woman dressed in black.

Noah agreed to help Carl and Cere infiltrate the Galactic Empire’s Inquisitorium in exchange for technology, then went alone into space to confront its defenses. He unleashed a vast wave of power at two Imperial warships, leaving Carl and the others stunned as the attack began.

• Carl seized Trala’s weapon but became dazed by the painful past he sensed through its Force echo, allowing Trala to escape with the navigator.
• Noah returned to the Mantis, where Cere asked him to help stop the Empire from exploiting its device for finding Force-sensitive children; he agreed if they could obtain technological information.
• Carl returned, and the group decided to travel to Nur and infiltrate the Inquisitorium, where Cere and other Jedi Knights had been imprisoned and tortured.
• As the Mantis approached Nur, Noah asked Cere to obtain the blueprints for two enormous Imperial warships and promised to handle their defenses.
• Noah appeared in outer space, surrounded by golden radiance and black runes, and swung his azure weapon at the warships, unleashing the phantom of a colossal black dragon.

Noah’s domain unexpectedly combined with his dark and spatial powers, producing a devastating attack that astonished those across the universe. He and Carl and Cere then stormed the Inquisitorium, where Noah confronted Trala after they found the holocron.

• Noah’s domain triggered an eruption of dark and spatial power, forming a black hole and revealing that his abilities interacted more easily in the weaker world.
• Noah reassured Carl and Cere that his dark power was not evil, and they entered the Inquisitorium with Griz piloting the Mantis.
• Noah blasted through a sealed door and cut down Stormtroopers and Inquisitors as the group pushed toward the Inquisitorium’s core.
• Noah sensed a powerful being arrive while Carl and Cere found the holocron and encountered Trala.
• Trala questioned why Noah used his immense Dark Side Force to help Jedi, and Noah told her she was a slave to power with no right to waste words with him.

Noah defeated Darth Vader with overwhelming Force power, then restored his limbs and burned face. After showing Cere and Carl visions of the Star Wars films, he decided to keep Vader alive as a subject for practice.

• Noah immobilized Trala and handed her to Cere and Carl as Darth Vader approached.
• Noah confronted Darth Vader, identified him as Anakin Skywalker, and restrained him effortlessly.
• Noah removed Vader’s helmet and severed his limbs, leaving him unable to breathe or resist.
• Noah sent visions of the Star Wars films into Cere and Carl’s minds and used magic to restore Vader’s limbs and face.
• Noah decided to keep Vader alive and brought out a life-force-filled diamond to practice on him.

Noah restored Darth Vader’s limbs and appearance, then showed him memories of the Star Wars story, including his past and possible future. After accepting that the visions were real, Anakin Skywalker resolved to change what lay ahead and agreed to provide Noah with Galactic Empire technology.

• Noah used life force from a gemstone to restore Darth Vader’s limbs and heal his body, while Cere and Carl watched the Star Wars memories he had sent them.
• Noah brought the unconscious Darth Vader, Cere, and Carl back to the Mantis, where Darth Vader woke and roared in grief and fury.
• Noah restrained Darth Vader and warned that he could erase the memories if Darth Vader lost control again.
• Darth Vader examined his restored appearance in a mirror, then calmed himself and said he believed he could change the future.
• Noah asked for Galactic Empire technology and BD-1’s collected data, and Darth Vader agreed to provide them.
• When Noah asked what name he would use, he declared, “My name is Anakin Skywalker.”

Anakin traveled with Noah’s group to Dagobah, where Thor clashed with Master Yoda through the Force. After they both eased their power, Thor met Yoda and mistook the ancient Jedi for a young goblin.

• Anakin questioned Noah about their ancient era and learned how far its people had surpassed modern Force users.
• Noah persuaded Anakin to postpone his revenge against Sheev Palpatine and consider his children’s safety.
• Anakin used Galactic Empire resources to obtain a route to Dagobah and shared interesting information with Noah’s group.
• Yoda sensed the approaching group and summoned storms to defend Dagobah.
• Thor answered Yoda’s storm with powerful lightning, and both reduced their Force as Yoda struggled to endure the clash.
• Thor reached Yoda’s hut, called him a goblin, and teased him for looking younger than a thousand years old.

Thor defeated Yoda, whose frail body left him unconscious until nightfall. After waking, Yoda confronted Anakin and learned that Noah, a mysterious Balancer from 25,000 years ago, had defeated him and destroyed the Empire's mothership; Noah planned to return to his own universe soon.

• Thor found that Yoda had collapsed after their brief fight and carried him to Carl and Cere.
• Noah decided his work in the parallel universe was nearly done and planned to leave once Yoda woke up.
• Anakin taught Merlin about the Force while Carl, Cere, and Griz watched over Yoda through the evening.
• Yoda regained consciousness, recognized Anakin, and accused him of betraying the Jedi and destroying the Council.
• Anakin rejected Yoda's accusations and called both Jedi and Sith slaves to power.
• Carl explained that Thor and Loki were Noah's companions and told Yoda that Noah had defeated Anakin and destroyed the Empire's mothership.