Chapter Summaries

Noah, Thor, and Loki traveled to another universe to lend the Avengers an Infinity Stone for their mission. After Noah restrained the armed Avengers, Banner explained that the visitors had agreed to bring them the Stone, and Thor confronted his future, heavier self.

• Odin and The Ancient One sent Noah, Thor, and Loki through time and space to another universe.
• Noah arrived among the Avengers, recognized Steve, Tony, Banner, Scott, Barton, Nebula, Rocket, War Machine, and Fat Thor, and restrained the armed group with a Binding Curse.
• Banner told the Avengers not to attack Noah and his companions because they had come to help.
• Thor recovered from the journey, recognized Fat Thor as his future self, and asked what had happened.
• Banner explained that he had visited a similar but different universe and that its people had agreed to lend them the Stone and bring it themselves.

Noah, Thor, and Loki met the Avengers in a parallel universe, where Noah explained how his world’s magical community had changed events. Their conversation revealed how different the universes were and left Thor and Fat Thor comparing their paths, including the fate of Hela.

• Noah told the Avengers he had come from 2016 and explained that his universe differed greatly from theirs, with a vast magical world and himself set to become Sorcerer Supreme.
• Noah revealed the Time Stone, and the Avengers recognized that they had gathered all six Infinity Stones.
• Noah explained that the Ministry of Magic organized and deployed wizards, and Banner’s account described Noah’s role in defeating the Chitauri without civilian deaths.
• Loki circled Fat Thor and took pictures of him, while Fat Thor was moved to see a living Loki again.
• Fat Thor warned Thor not to hold back if he got the chance to kill Thanos, then learned Thor already had Stormbreaker and that Hela remained sealed away.

Noah learned that Natasha had died to obtain the Soul Stone and used the Space Stone to investigate the stone’s energy. The system detected pure soul power and began searching for Natasha’s soul.

• The Avengers envied how Noah’s presence had changed his universe, preventing tragedies and helping its people.
• Noah asked how Natasha had died, and Barton explained that she sacrificed herself so he could obtain the Soul Stone.
• Noah used the Space Stone to breach the Soul Stone and asked the system to collect its energy.
• The system analyzed the Soul Stone’s energy and identified it as pure soul power.
• Noah asked the system to search inside the Soul Stone for Natasha’s soul, and it agreed to try.

Noah found Natasha’s dormant soul inside the Soul Stone and brought it out, but learned that her original body was unavailable. He placed her soul in a diamond and asked the Avengers about their plan to give her a new body.

• Tony asked Thor what Noah was doing, and Thor and Banner reasoned that Noah was searching for Natasha’s soul.
• Thor announced that Noah had found Natasha’s soul, and Barton reacted with renewed hope.
• Noah discovered Natasha’s soul was dormant and asked where her body was; Barton’s reaction revealed it was unavailable.
• Noah used his power to reveal Natasha’s soul, and Tony recognized that she needed a vessel.
• Noah said Natasha could be revived in a cloned body, then stored her soul in a diamond and asked the Avengers about their plan.
• Steve asked Noah to help Natasha because she was family, and Noah agreed.

Noah criticized the Avengers’ plan to collect the Infinity Stones across several time periods and suggested ambushing Thanos while he was weakened after the Snap. He left Avengers Tower warning Thor and Loki that Thanos would arrive soon because Nebula’s time traces pointed to 2014.

• Captain America explained the Avengers’ teams and their plan to retrieve the Infinity Stones from different points in time.
• Noah mocked the plan and pointed out that they could have targeted Thanos after he used the Infinity Stones and was badly weakened.
• The Avengers realized that ambushing the injured Thanos would have been far easier than seeking the stones at the locations they had chosen.
• Noah handed the Time Stone to the Avengers and left Avengers Tower with Thor and Loki.
• Noah told Thor and Loki to prepare for a fight because Nebula’s time traces came from 2014.

Noah assessed the Avengers’ strength and contacted the surviving magicians in this universe. He met Wong and revealed that he came from another universe, where Wong was his assistant and Mordo was his fellow disciple.

• Noah judged that the Avengers’ strength was lower than he expected and wondered what changes might let them defeat Thanos.
• Noah asked Loki about his mastery of the Reality Stone, and Loki and Thor joked about Thor’s fallen state.
• Noah used magical communication to contact magicians and received many replies, especially from Nepal.
• Wong and other Kamar-Taj magicians emerged through portals, and Noah recognized Wong.
• Noah introduced himself as a Hogwarts-trained guardian and The Ancient One’s successor, then confirmed he was from another universe.
• Wong asked whether they knew each other there, and Noah explained that Wong was his assistant while Mordo was his fellow disciple.

Noah met Wong and the Kamar-Taj mages, confirming that Strange and the Ancient One were alive in his universe and explaining that he had given the Time Stone to the Avengers. As the group waited for a new gauntlet, Fat Thor became eager to test himself against Noah, while Thor let the challenge unfold.

• Wong recognized Noah’s ties to Strange and Mordo, lowered the mages’ guard, and traded barbs with Fat Thor about his appearance.
• Noah told Wong that Strange had injured his hands, reassured him that the Ancient One was alive, and said he had been keeping an eye on Kaecilius.
• Noah confirmed that he had given the Time Stone to the Avengers, prompting Wong and the Kamar-Taj mages to bow to him.
• Thor defended Noah’s abilities when Fat Thor called him lucky, then admitted he had never beaten Noah in a fight.
• Fat Thor decided to challenge Noah while the Avengers waited for a new gauntlet, and two Stormbreakers flew toward him before Thor reclaimed his own weapon.
• Thor, curious to see how Fat Thor would fare against Noah, chose not to warn Noah about the coming challenge.

Noah agreed to spar with Fat Thor while the Avengers waited for the rebuilt gauntlet needed to restore everyone. He overwhelmed Thor with spatial magic, then began testing him with fire, leaving the fight poised to threaten Thor’s hair.

• Tony explained that the gauntlet was destroyed and had to be rebuilt before they could use the Stones to bring everyone back.
• Noah accepted Fat Thor’s challenge, and Thor unleashed his divine power as the Avengers and sorcerers watched.
• Noah distorted space so Thor charged in the wrong direction, then placed Stormbreaker in Mirror space, where Thor could see it but could not sense or use it.
• Wong explained that Noah could replace, alter, distort, and reinforce space, alarming the onlookers.
• Noah returned Stormbreaker to Thor and summoned a huge fire dragon; Thor warned that Noah’s flames had once burned away his hair.

Noah fought Fat Thor at the Avengers Base, demonstrating powerful elemental magic and space manipulation while the Avengers and Wong watched. The clash ended with Noah still spotless and Fat Thor’s hair burned off, leaving Thor relieved.

• Fat Thor unleashed divine lightning to defend himself as Noah sent a giant fire dragon charging at him.
• Noah and Fat Thor clashed, their attacks shaking the Avengers Base while Thor, Loki, and the Avengers shielded themselves from the spreading energy.
• Noah’s ice, fire, and wind attacks injured Fat Thor, while Fat Thor struck back with lightning and a devastating axe blow.
• Noah activated his domain and sent an ice-and-fire sword to collide with Stormbreaker, absorbing the battle’s destructive energy in a hazy spatial field.
• Wong learned from the Avengers about Noah’s universe and marveled at how its magical civilization differed from his own.
• The smoke cleared to reveal Noah unharmed and Fat Thor with his hair burned off, prompting Thor to laugh with relief.

After defeating Fat Thor, Noah considered how his magic and defensive tactics might help against Thanos, then used the Time Stone to show the Avengers what happened in the original timeline. The projection ended with the teams beginning their Infinity Stone missions, including Thor and Rocket Raccoon retrieving the Aether and Mjolnir from Asgard.

• Fat Thor woke up furious that his hair and beard had been scorched, and called Noah a sleazy wizard for avoiding direct combat.
• Noah told Thor and Loki that the Avengers in this universe seemed poor at defense and that his magic felt more powerful, then said they would learn more when Thanos arrived.
• Loki asked Noah to explain what would have happened if they had not entered this universe, so Noah summoned the Time Stone and projected the original timeline for the Avengers.
• The projection showed Hawkeye Clint Barton successfully testing time travel, followed by Banner borrowing the Time Stone and Captain America retrieving the Mind Stone during the Battle of New York mission.
• After Loki took the Space Stone, Tony and Steve traveled to an earlier era, obtained the Tesseract and Pym Particles, and returned successfully.
• Rocket Raccoon and Thor traveled to Asgard, retrieved the Aether, and Thor took Mjolnir; the two Thors reacted with contempt and envy.

The Avengers watched the rest of the alternate-universe story, learning how Natasha died and how Tony sacrificed himself to defeat Thanos. After the footage ended, they debated what to do with the restrained Nebula while Noah prepared for the coming confrontation with Thanos.

• Natasha sacrificed herself for the Soul Stone, and Noah told Barton he could restore her soul if they found her a body.
• Noah restrained Nebula and showed the Avengers how Thanos used her connection to learn about their plan, invade their timeline, and fight them.
• Hulk restored the vanished lives, but Tony later snapped away Thanos and his army, dying from the Infinity Stones' power.
• Steve returned the Stones, stayed in the past with Peggy Carter, and eventually passed the Captain America mantle to Sam Wilson.
• The Avengers debated whether to kill Nebula, but Steve argued that she was their teammate and that they could not abandon her.
• Noah left with Thor and Loki, predicting they would face their universe's Thanos and joking that Loki might have hidden from resurrection.

The Avengers let Thanos come to their universe, and Banner used the recreated Infinity Gauntlet to bring back those who had been erased. Thanos arrived in a surprise attack, and the heroes faced him outside Avengers Tower.

• Tony voted to let Thanos come, despite his concerns about his family and Nebula.
• Tony and the Avengers rebuilt the Infinity Gauntlet while he secretly prepared a second gauntlet and repaired Nebula's data terminal.
• Banner snapped his fingers, unleashing a power Noah could not understand and stirring space and time.
• Noah sensed Thanos's arrival, removed his Time Stone, and moved the Avengers from the laboratory into the Mirror space.
• Wong and the Kamar-Taj sorcerers entered the Mirror space as Thanos's ship fired missiles at the laboratory.
• Noah brought the Avengers outside Avengers Tower, where Thor armed himself and Thanos appeared on the ground.

Thanos arrived at the Avengers’ battlefield and vowed to destroy the universe and create a new one, then swiftly overwhelmed most of the heroes. Noah, Thor, and Loki revealed themselves and prepared to face Thanos’s army as Steve heard a familiar promise of reinforcements.

• Thanos told the Avengers he would reduce the universe to atoms and create a new one with the Infinity Stones.
• Thanos defeated most of the Avengers, leaving Captain America Steve standing while Noah, Thor, and Loki prepared to intervene.
• Noah, Thor, and Loki appeared beside Steve, and Thanos recognized Thor and Loki as travelers from a parallel universe.
• Thanos sent his army charging at the group as Noah, Thor, and Loki activated their powers.
• Steve heard a familiar voice say, “On your left.”

Strange gathered the revived warriors and brought them to the final battle, where he discovered Noah, Thor, and Loki already devastating Thanos’s army. Noah revealed to Thanos and the arriving fighters that he was a Sorcerer Supreme from a parallel universe, leaving Strange stunned by events he had never foreseen.

• Strange summoned the Kamar-Taj sorcerers and sent them to gather revived warriors from Wakanda and Asgard.
• Strange and the sorcerers opened portals to Avengers Base, where they found Noah, Thor, and Loki fighting Thanos’s army.
• Peter Parker ran to the unconscious Tony Stark while Noah continued attacking the alien forces with fire magic.
• Thanos ordered his forces to target Thor and Loki, then approached Noah and asked who he was.
• Noah identified himself as a future Sorcerer Supreme from a parallel universe and said he had brought the Time Stone and tasks from his teacher.
• Strange realized that Noah’s arrival and the unfolding events had gone beyond anything he had predicted.

Noah faced Tier 10 Thanos and unleashed his domain, revealing a universe-like field that astonished Strange and Wong. Thanos, now wary but eager to fight, accepted Noah's challenge to begin their second round.

• Noah struck Thanos with a sword of light, but Thanos shattered it and charged at him with a devastating slash.
• Noah evaded Thanos by hiding in dimensional space and explained that he would fight as a mage rather than clash head-on.
• Noah unfolded his domain, spreading a vast halo across the battlefield with four smaller halos surrounding him.
• Strange recognized the domain's power over space and time, while Wong learned that Strange could not create anything like it.
• Thanos recovered from his surprise, grew eager to test himself against Noah, and accepted the second round.

Noah and Thanos fought at full strength as Strange and the Kamar-Taj sorcerers protected Earth from the destruction of Noah’s domain. After unleashing several elemental powers, Noah gathered six kinds of energy into a sword of light and prepared to end the battle, while Thanos stayed alert for a chance to escape.

• Noah and Thanos clashed, forcing Strange and the Kamar-Taj sorcerers to shield the battlefield and its warriors.
• Noah’s domain flooded the battlefield with magma, then frost, wind, and earth, while Strange and the others watched from the Mirror space.
• Thor and Loki wiped out Thanos’s armies, and Noah sensed Captain Marvel approaching Earth.
• As his domain weakened, Noah gathered six types of energy into a pale golden sword and challenged Thanos to settle the fight.
• Noah’s sword vanished, and Thanos’s expression turned exceptionally ugly.

Carol rushed back to Earth after sensing someone with a bloodline like hers, only to arrive as Noah, Thor, and Loki fought a full-strength Thanos. Noah wounded Thanos and restored Thor and Loki with the Time Stone, and the chapter ended as the brothers attacked with Infinity Stones while Noah prepared another six-power sword.

• Carol sensed a presence with a bloodline like hers near Earth, then recognized Thanos and hurried toward the battle.
• Noah pierced Thanos with a light sword, but Thanos shifted aside so the blade missed his heart; Noah used the Time Stone to restore himself.
• Noah brought Thor and Loki into his domain and restored their strength, while the Avengers realized the brothers had Infinity Stones.
• Thor and Loki attacked Thanos with the Power and Reality Stones, and their combined assault left him pinned and battered.
• The blast devastated the battlefield, and the Avengers silently compared the brothers' power with Fat Thor and Strange before Noah gathered another six-power sword.

Noah joined Thor and Loki in defeating the wounded Thanos, then spoke with him as he lay dying. After explaining that Thanos had no chance of succeeding in Noah’s universe, Noah said goodbye and insulted his appearance.

• Noah helped Thor and Loki attack Thanos, whose existing chest wound widened under their combined assault.
• Noah pierced Thanos’s wound with his six-power lightsword, destroying his insides and leaving him beyond saving.
• Noah released Thor and Loki, then told the dying Thanos that the Ancient One and Odin were alive and had completed Divine Conversion in his universe.
• Thanos asked about his odds of success, and Noah said he had come from a universe where he could not succeed and that he also had no chance in this one.
• Noah said goodbye to Thanos, then told him he was ugly and asked whether all Titans looked that way.

Noah, Thor, and Loki confirmed that Thanos was dead after their battle, and Noah burned his body to prevent anyone from reviving him. Before Noah and the others left this universe, Strange invited them to Kamar-Taj, while Noah hinted that Strange’s future as Sorcerer Supreme was destined.

• Noah, Thor, and Loki argued over who was responsible for Thanos’s death, then Noah used Earth Elemental Magic to raise them and Thanos’s corpse from the crater.
• Tony Stark and the Avengers confirmed Thanos was dead, while Carol asked Noah about their shared bloodline and learned that he had taken some of her blood in 1995.
• Noah revealed that Goose had scratched out Fury’s eye in 1995 and told Carol that Goose now lived with him.
• Noah burned Thanos’s corpse to ashes and rejected Thanos’s plan to decide who lived and died.
• Strange thanked Noah, Thor, and Loki for their help and invited them to Kamar-Taj, while Noah said Strange was destined to become Sorcerer Supreme.

Noah prepared to return to his universe after discussing magic with Strange, but the Ancient One of this universe appeared before he could leave. She welcomed Strange as a qualified guardian and turned her attention to Noah, a guardian from another universe.

• Noah recalled that Thanos was dead and considered how the Avengers would move on, while deciding to avoid Wanda and return home.
• Strange found Noah in Kamar-Taj, and Noah said he was ready to leave rather than become this universe’s Sorcerer Supreme.
• Strange asked whether the Ancient One was alive, and Noah said she was, along with Odin, and that Mordo would remain at Kamar-Taj.
• Noah activated the power his own teacher had given him, but sensed this universe’s Ancient One approaching before he could depart.
• The Ancient One appeared, congratulated Strange on becoming a qualified guardian, and asked Noah whether he was a guardian from another universe.