Chapter Summaries

Noah told Erik that Hydra had captured and experimented on Erik’s children, whose abilities the Mind Stone had awakened. Noah, Erik, and the others prepared to join Tony’s operation against Hydra, with Tony’s forces taking the lead, and Noah ordered them to depart immediately.

• Noah reunited with Ark’s upper ranks and reminded Erik of his prediction that Erik would find his children.
• Noah used the Time Stone to reveal that Hydra had Erik’s children captive and was experimenting on them.
• Noah explained that the Mind Stone had awakened the children’s Mutant abilities, prompting Erik to plan a grand retaliation against Hydra.
• Tony and Erik argued about the operation, while Noah clarified that Tony’s forces would lead and the mages would support them.
• Noah told Tony and Erik to gather their people and leave immediately.

Tony hurried the Avengers toward Sokovia because Noah and the mages had already gone ahead to retrieve Loki’s Scepter. Noah, Erik, and Charles reached the Mind Stone first, leaving the Avengers to continue their attack on the factory.

• Steve asked Tony why he was rushing, and Tony explained that someone else had already left for Sokovia.
• Tony told the Avengers that Noah and his group were targeting Loki’s Scepter and that Earth was the mages’ home.
• Noah, Erik, and Charles arrived in Sokovia after spending a day there, then watched the Avengers attack the factory.
• Noah opened a portal into the factory and led Erik and Charles through the Mirror space to the room holding Loki’s Scepter.
• Charles mentally subdued everyone in the room, and Noah removed the Mind Stone from the scepter and asked Erik and Charles to feel it.

Noah offered Charles the Mind Stone, but Charles declined while he considered Jean and his responsibilities to the Mutants. Erik used Bloodline Magic to verify whether two young people were his children, while Noah explained the spell’s strange origins.

• Charles said the Mind Stone felt compatible with his powers, but returned it to Noah because he and Jean needed more time to decide.
• Noah told Charles that joining him would change his role, while Charles wanted to fight as himself rather than as the Mutants’ leader.
• Erik spotted the two young people and hurried over to collect blood samples from them.
• Erik activated Bloodline Magic, which Noah recognized from the Anecdotal Grimoire.
• Noah explained that Aiden Abino had invented the spell to identify children from his many relationships, then confessed his exploits before he died.
• The spell continued glowing red as it merged with Erik’s blood.

Noah Phileas and Erik confirmed that the twins were Erik’s children, but Quicksilver ran into Noah before Erik could reunite with them. Noah restrained Quicksilver with magic and threatened to find Wanda and give the twins a father.

• Erik learned that Wanda and Quicksilver were his children and worried about how to approach them.
• Quicksilver disrupted Barton’s attack on a Hydra fortress, then headed toward the fortress where Tony Stark had gone.
• Noah Phileas and two companions intercepted Quicksilver, and Noah’s magic caught him despite his speed.
• Noah asked Quicksilver where Wanda was and threatened to find her and give the twins a father.

Tony entered Hydra's castle, resisted Wanda's illusion, and fought her before Noah arrived with Charles, Erik, and Pietro. Noah identified Wanda and Pietro as Erik's children, and Tony recognized Erik as Magneto.

• Tony flew into the castle, discovered its inner area was empty, and sensed someone using a mind-affecting power on him.
• Tony used his reactor's stored magic power to break Wanda's illusion and confronted her, but Wanda attacked him after he turned around.
• Tony dodged Wanda and sent her flying with a spell, then prepared to fight her again despite Steve's warning.
• Noah arrived through a magical portal with Charles, Erik, and a restrained Pietro, and identified the girl as Wanda and the boy as Pietro.
• Noah said Wanda and Pietro were Erik's children, and Tony recognized Erik as Magneto, prompting Erik to grow angry.

Noah revealed to Wanda and Pietro that Erik was their biological father and explained how their Mutant genes had enabled their powers. Erik told them he had come to take them with him, but they resisted and he warned that they were too inexperienced to challenge him.

• Noah told Wanda and Pietro that Erik was their biological father and that the Mind Stone had activated their existing Mutant powers.
• Noah explained to Tony that Erik's wife had left him after Erik killed the people responsible for their eldest daughter's death.
• Erik told Wanda and Pietro he had only recently located them because Noah could now use more advanced magic to find them.
• Pietro rejected Erik, saying their father had died when Stark's missile struck, while Wanda questioned why Erik had come for them.
• Erik declared that Wanda and Pietro would come with him whether they agreed or not, and warned them they were too green to face him.

Noah focused on advancing his domain and preparing for the coming year, while Erik brought Wanda to the Sanctum and asked Noah to teach her. Noah was reluctant to take Wanda on and thought Strange would be a more promising student.

• Erik easily subdued Wanda and Pietro, then took them away while Noah and Tony talked outside the castle.
• Noah returned to London and continued developing his domain, sharing some of his insights with The Ancient One.
• After six months, Noah's domain fusion had reached about forty-five percent and The Ancient One's about forty-three percent, though the system warned that further progress would be harder.
• Noah returned to the Sanctum and found Lily waiting, who told him Erik had arrived with a woman he believed was his daughter and wanted Noah to teach her.
• Noah went to meet Erik and Wanda, doubting Wanda's intelligence and wishing instead that Strange would become his student.

Noah considered whether to teach Wanda and met with Erik and Wanda to discuss her future. After Wanda explained that Noah was the only person who made her feel calm, he agreed to let her stay, but said she would not become his apprentice unless he judged her capable of learning.

• Noah decided he would meet Wanda before choosing whether to teach her.
• Erik told Noah that he had struggled to repair his relationship with Wanda and Pietro and had been unable to teach them effectively.
• Erik explained that Wanda refused to study with Charles and wanted Noah as her teacher because she felt peaceful around him.
• Noah told Wanda that her sense of peace came from his mind-protecting magic, but Wanda insisted he was still the first person to make her feel calm.
• Noah allowed Wanda to stay under his rules, but said she would not be his apprentice until he judged her capable of learning.

Noah explained Wanda’s situation to Ms. Heifen and then tested Wanda’s abilities in the training hall. After her attacks failed against his defenses, Wanda sent her power into his mind, and Noah allowed it to enter.

• Ms. Heifen asked whether Wanda was Noah’s new apprentice, and Noah explained that he was only helping look after Erik’s troubled daughter.
• Ms. Heifen said the Ancient One had gone into seclusion, and Noah revealed that he and the Ancient One were developing Domain Magic.
• After dinner, Noah took Wanda to the training hall and said he would send her back if she did not meet his standards.
• Wanda attacked Noah with red magic, but his runes erased her power while he continued reading.
• Wanda tried throwing training-hall equipment at Noah, and he warned her that Erik would have to pay for any damage.
• Wanda directed her power toward Noah’s mind, and Noah allowed it to enter so she could see what was inside him.

Lily showed Wanda her room at the Sanctum and explained Tony Stark’s history with magic and Noah. Wanda asked about Noah’s past and nature, and Lily left her contemplating the terrifying darkness Wanda had witnessed inside his mind.

• Lily brought Wanda to her room and gave her the Wi-Fi password, which was also the unlocking spell Alohomora.
• Wanda asked why Tony Stark had studied magic, and Lily explained that Noah had taught him to combine magic with technology because of his intelligence.
• Wanda recalled how Tony had shut down Stark Industries’ weapons division after Noah made him confront his role in making weapons.
• Lily explained that she was Noah’s junior, then told Wanda that the events in Noah’s autobiographical movies were mostly true but covered only the beginning of his legendary life.
• Lily told Wanda that Noah stood between light and darkness and showed no mercy to his enemies.
• Wanda remembered seeing Noah’s bright and dark sides in his mind, especially a dark, flame-covered dragon whose blood-red eyes had made her feel near death.

Noah tested Wanda’s knowledge and reminded her to stay true to herself as she pursued power. Tony then called to report that a tiny thief had robbed his base, and Noah deduced that Hank Pym was responsible.

• Noah questioned Wanda about sorcerers and how she would fight a Kentlingard, then told her to study until she met his requirements for better meditation training.
• Noah replied to Hermione’s messages and was about to enter his System Space when Tony called to say his base had been robbed by a tiny intruder.
• Tony explained that the thief had beaten Sam and stolen antiques bearing Tony’s magic while Tony and Nebula were away.
• Noah inferred that Tony had tracked the thief and called because the culprit might know Noah.
• Noah deduced that the thief was Hank Pym, noting that Hank had been the first Ant-Man.

Noah and Tony visited Hank Pym, where Noah transformed into his youthful Hogwarts-era appearance to surprise his old friend. Hank was shocked to see Noah still looking young, while Scott struggled to understand how Noah could have known Hank twenty years earlier.

• Tony asked Noah how he had known Hank was behind the thefts, and Noah explained that he had learned about Hank through S.H.I.E.L.D. files uncovered with BD-1’s help.
• Noah considered how Tony might react if he found information about Bucky’s role in his parents’ deaths, but chose not to interfere.
• Noah transformed himself into his twelve- or thirteen-year-old Hogwarts appearance and used his wand to take Tony into Hank’s house.
• Noah and Tony appeared before Hank, Hope, Scott, and three thieves as they were planning their scheme.
• Hank recognized Noah and trembled with shock, while Scott was astonished that Noah had known Hank twenty years earlier despite looking like a child.

Noah and Tony confronted Hank Pym, Scott Lang, Hope, and Scott’s friends over a theft, and Noah revealed that he was a sorcerer. Hank explained that he had sent Scott to stop Darren Klaus from selling a shrinking suit to Hydra remnants, prompting Tony to propose assembling the Avengers against Hydra.

• Noah claimed he was a sorcerer, then used magic to inflate Scott’s friends and move Scott, Hope, and Hank around the house.
• Noah and Tony told Scott and Hank they wanted to discuss the theft, and Hank recognized Noah from their meeting twenty years earlier.
• Hank explained that he had recruited Scott to retrieve something from a warehouse he believed belonged to Howard Scott, but the warehouse had become an Avengers base.
• Hank revealed that he had wanted to stop Darren Klaus from selling a shrinking suit powered by Pym Particles to Hydra remnants.
• Tony argued with Hank, then told Scott that the Avengers would assemble to deal with Hydra, exciting Scott.

The Avengers defeated Darren Klaus and captured him with Scott's help, while Hank Pym accepted the arrangement that brought Scott into the team. Later, Hank met with Noah and brought his family, and Scott recognized Noah as the young mage from before and asked whether he had fought in the Battle of New York.

• Tony gathered the Avengers to defeat Hydra remnants, and he used magic to beat Darren Klaus while Steve shielded civilians from Klaus's attacks.
• Scott helped Tony disarm and capture Klaus, and Hank accepted Scott joining the Avengers despite his concerns about Stark.
• Tony told Noah that Hank Pym wanted to meet him, and Noah found Hank had brought his family along.
• Hank commented on Noah's changed appearance, and Scott asked whether Noah was the young mage he had seen before.
• Noah confirmed he was a mage, and Scott asked whether he had taken part in the Battle of New York.

Noah revealed that he had been the black dragon who destroyed the alien forces during the Battle of New York, then explained that he could not reach Hank Pym’s wife in the Quantum Realm by magic. He told Hank that technology and Scott could provide a path to her, and that she was still alive and had evolved.

• Noah used his scarlet eye and a dragon apparition to show Scott, Hank Pym, and Hope that he had taken part in the Battle of New York as the black dragon.
• Noah explained that he had two real forms, a human form and a dragon form, then asked Hank why he had come to see him.
• Hank asked Noah to help find his wife, but Noah initially refused because she was in the Quantum Realm.
• Noah explained that magic could not get him into the Quantum Realm and described it as a parallel, microscopic universe.
• Noah pointed out that Scott could enter the Quantum Realm through technology, then told Hank that his wife had evolved there and was still alive.

Hank Pym realized Noah believed his wife was alive and concluded Scott Lang could help him find her. Noah and Tony discussed the Quantum Realm, their magical-products business, and a planned trip to a future parallel universe, where Noah said some events had already been decided.

• Noah pointed out that he and Hank Pym both believed Hank's wife was alive, and Hank left convinced Scott Lang was the key to finding her.
• Tony asked about using the Quantum Realm to reach parallel timelines, but Noah warned him not to obtain Pym Particles improperly.
• Tony told Noah that the Ark factory had secured orders and was earning nearly twenty thousand Galleons a month.
• Noah let Tony handle releasing the magical-world movie in the Muggle world while keeping Diagon Alley's location secret.
• Noah told Tony he planned to visit a future parallel universe with Thor and Loki, where someone had used the Infinity Stones to erase half the population.
• Noah explained that the people of that universe had collected Infinity Stones from parallel universes to restore their world, and said Bruce Banner had reached the wrong universe.

Noah spent several months traveling and guiding Lily and Wanda while Dennis took on more responsibility at the New York Sanctum. In 2016, The Ancient One summoned Noah, assigned Stephen Strange’s training to him, and asked how his preparations for the upcoming trip were going.

• Tony left after Noah refused to take him along, resolving to research Pym Particles and the Quantum Realm on his own.
• Noah traveled with Ms. Heifen, dated Hermione, and trained Lily and Wanda as they grew stronger.
• Dennis proved himself as guardian of the London Sanctum, passed the mage examination, and began preparing for the Archmage examination.
• By 2016, Stephen Strange had wrecked his hands, and The Ancient One summoned Noah to discuss the promising prospect.
• The Ancient One left Strange’s training to Noah and warned him about Strange’s arrogance and temper.
• The Ancient One asked Noah how his preparations for the trip were going.

Noah discovered that The Ancient One had completed Divine Conversion and learned that she had achieved it by fusing time and space within her domain. The chapter ended with her domain reaching a profound new state, though its power caused the Mirror space to ripple.

• Noah denied finding another parallel-universe entrance and discussed his plans to pursue the power of light with The Ancient One.
• The Ancient One told Noah that Odin had congratulated her and complained that Noah had encouraged Thor and Loki to travel to the future.
• Noah used his True Eye and discovered that The Ancient One had reached level eleven and completed Divine Conversion.
• The Ancient One unfolded her domain and explained how she had focused on fusing its elements, using time and space to enclose the four other elements.
• The Ancient One sensed a breakthrough while joining time and space into a ring, then refined her domain until it became deep and godlike, sending waves through the Mirror space.

Noah asked The Ancient One about Divine Conversion, but she explained that each mage faced a different trial and advised him to focus on improving himself. She then confirmed Noah was ready to travel to the universe where Thanos had destroyed half of all life, and revealed that Noah had a chance to defeat its Tier 10 Thanos.

• Noah asked The Ancient One what Divine Conversion involved, but she said his trial would be unique and could not be explained in advance.
• The Ancient One advised Noah to improve himself, merge his domain, and face Divine Conversion calmly when the time came.
• Noah confirmed he was prepared to travel to the parallel universe where Thanos had wiped out half of all life.
• The Ancient One told Noah he would not travel alone because Thor would join him after Odin agreed to the trip.
• The Ancient One said the universe's Thanos was Tier 10 but that Noah had a chance to defeat him, leaving Noah stunned.

Noah learned that his trip to another universe with Thor and Loki would take about half a year, though time would effectively stop while they were there. Meanwhile, Banner returned from the Quantum Realm without the Time Stone and found the Avengers mourning Natasha, just as a strange halo appeared in the space converter.

• The Ancient One told Noah that crossing universes would take time, but he would experience only an instant, and she gave him a way to return.
• The Ancient One said Thor and Loki would join Noah on the mission, which Noah understood as a trial that could put their lives at risk.
• Banner traveled back through the Quantum Realm and returned to Tony, Steve, and Scott without the Time Stone.
• Banner and the others saw Barton kneeling in grief and realized Natasha was missing.
• A strange halo appeared in the center of the space converter.