Chapter Summaries

Wanda fought Thanos, who mistook her Mind Stone illusions for a direct confrontation and believed he killed her. Thanos took the stone and left, unaware that Wanda’s crimson eyes appeared again after his departure.

• Thanos charged Wanda, but her red power blocked his opening strike, leading him to suspect she carried an Infinity Stone.
• Wanda manipulated the rocks and ground to disrupt Thanos, then used the Mind Stone and Arcane magic to create illusions.
• Thanos struck down Wanda’s apparent forms and believed he had killed her after promising to spare half of Earth's life.
• Thanos took the Mind Stone from Wanda’s apparent corpse and left, while crimson eyes appeared in the haze behind him.

Wanda defeated her Thanos with a dangerous illusion powered by the Mind Stone, and Noah arrived, destroyed him, and claimed the Power Stone. Elsewhere, Loki struggled to evade another Thanos until someone suddenly killed him with a thunderous strike.

• Wanda exhausted herself using the Infinity Stones to trick Thanos into believing he had won, then defeated him with the Stones’ true power.
• Noah carried Wanda away, destroyed Thanos, and took the Power Stone; he told her that the other battles were mostly settled, though Loki and Tony had faced trouble.
• Loki used Frost power and illusions to fight Thanos, but Thanos adapted and demanded Loki’s Infinity Stone.
• Loki tried to talk Thanos out of killing him while dodging his increasingly violent attacks.
• As Thanos charged again, a clap of thunder sounded and his head was severed from his body.

Thor rescued Loki from Thanos, while the battle across Asgard turned in the Avengers’ favor. Carol Danvers arrived from a parallel universe and overwhelmed Thanos, leaving the newly arrived Avengers to watch.

• Thor killed the Thanos who had cornered Loki, and Loki complained that Thor had taken his chance to win.
• Thor told Loki that the remaining Kree and Thanos forces were being beaten by the mages and Tony’s warships.
• Iron Man Tony and the parallel-universe Avengers arrived and reunited with Natasha.
• Tony recognized that Carol Danvers’s power felt like his mentor Noah Finneal’s, and Carol recalled meeting Noah years earlier.
• Carol charged Thanos and quickly drove him back, while Steve explained that Lord Phileas had given him the Holy Light.

Noah trapped the four-Infinity-Stone Thanos in his domain and prepared to finish him with a silver sword of light. Thanos could not escape, and the chapter ended as Noah’s domain turned silver.

• Thanos attacked Noah with Tyrant’s Blade, but Noah saw through the Reality Stone illusion and burned him with dragon fire.
• Noah engulfed Thanos in his domain, explaining that the Ancient One had arranged the test to judge whether Earth’s successors could protect it.
• Thanos used the Power Stone to strike Noah, but Noah slowed him with the Time Stone and redirected the impact into a black hole above the planet.
• Thanos admitted he could not escape Noah’s domain with the Space Stone, while the armies resumed fighting below.
• Noah told Thanos goodbye and transformed his domain into silver space as a silver sword of light formed.

Noah defeated Thanos in his silver domain, where the Reality Stone could not counter the corrosive power of Noah’s attack, and destroyed him. Across the nameless planet, the armies launched an all-out assault, and Wong, Mordo, and Victor fought to clear the remaining enemies.

• Noah trapped Thanos in his domain and pierced him with a silver sword that the Reality Stone could not alter or stop.
• Thanos warned Noah that his power might eventually consume him, then died after Noah shattered his body into fragments.
• Noah returned to the others as the battle spread, and Asgard’s soldiers, Earth’s mages, and ordinary troops attacked Thanos’s forces.
• The mages and Tony’s ships overwhelmed the Black Order, Thanos’s soldiers, and the Kree army, while Wong and Mordo fought in dragon form.
• Wong, Mordo, and Victor compared their progress and vowed to defeat the remaining enemies and end the war.

After Thanos was defeated, Noah reunited with Carol, Thor, Tony, and Steve as the fight against the Kree continued. He confronted the Kree army with the Holy Light, leaving the battle’s outcome poised as a massive sword of light descended.

• Noah greeted Carol and directed her to find Fury while he and the others handled the remaining enemies.
• Carol charged into the Kree army, turning the battle in their favor.
• Noah spoke with Thor about the emptiness after revenge and encouraged him to begin a new life.
• Noah vanished from the group and reappeared among the Kree fleet as their forces attacked him.
• Noah transformed in silver armor and unleashed the Holy Light, summoning an enormous sword that plunged toward the center of the Kree army.

After the Battle of Starlight, Noah struggled through his Sorcerer Supreme paperwork and reviewed how the war had affected the magical and Muggle worlds. He saw signs that the two societies were beginning to coexist, though he expected their full integration to take a long time.

• Wong reminded Noah that handling postwar documents was his responsibility, and Noah reluctantly began reviewing the reports.
• Noah recalled how the allied forces had defeated Thanos's and the Kree's armies on Asgard, which was later named Starlight after his bright magic and the dawn of peace.
• Noah read Muggle news coverage of the war and noted that Western media overlooked Fury while Eastern papers reported on him.
• Noah found that Muggle newspapers praised mages and discussed how ordinary people and mages could live alongside one another.
• Noah concluded that blending technology and magic across Earth would take time, then put down his phone and began reading a magical-world newspaper.

After the war, Noah read about the wizarding world’s recovery and dismissed the paperwork awaiting him while considering proposing to Hermione. When Thor entrusted him with a pile of Infinity Stones, the system explained that Noah could use them to establish rules in his growing universe, and Noah decided to try.

• Noah read reports praising the exorcists and describing how the war had strengthened young wizards and brought Magic Organizations closer to Kamar-Taj.
• Noah reviewed postwar proposals, rejected several, and thought about asking Hermione to marry him.
• Thor gave Noah the Infinity Stones left behind by Thanos because Noah and his allies could travel between parallel worlds.
• The system told Noah the stones’ six powers could provide essential rules for his universe, which already contained life.
• Noah decided to use the Infinity Stones to add rules to his universe, though he worried the process would be troublesome.

Noah learned that power extracted from Loki could be replenished with the other Infinity Stones to create a Mind Stone of his own, and he began preparing to use the Stones to develop his domain. In Asgard, The Ancient One and All-Father Odin paused their research into soul-traversing ninjutsu and decided to visit the younger generation after the five-year war.

• Noah worried that lacking the Mind Stone would leave the beings in his domain without intelligence, but the System explained that he had retained part of its power from Loki.
• The System told Noah he could use the other Infinity Stones to replenish that power and condense an independent Mind Stone belonging to his universe.
• Noah decided to arrange the other Infinity Stones so their laws could manifest in his domain before creating his own Stones.
• The Ancient One and All-Father Odin struggled to adapt ninjutsu for traversing the material world and the World of the Dead because they could not properly lock onto souls.
• After learning the five-year war had ended, The Ancient One and All-Father Odin decided to leave their research and visit the victorious younger generation.

Noah reforged the Mind Stone and combined all six Infinity Stones to reshape the laws of his domain. The reconstruction finished with immense power gathering inside him, though the domain’s transformation produced a strange fluctuation.

• Noah learned that the System had spent years studying the Mind Stone and used the energy gathered from Thanos to reforge it.
• Noah placed the six Infinity Stones together and sensed that their combined laws could restart the universe, but he avoided invoking their full power.
• The System told Noah to guide the Stones’ intertwined laws into his domain and help transform it.
• Noah channeled the laws through his domain, which collapsed into chaos as his body weakened.
• Light and dark spheres formed, followed by spheres tied to time, space, and the four elements, as silver lines connected the spheres.
• After all nine spheres finished reconstructing, immense power gathered within Noah and a strange fluctuation rippled through his domain.

The Ancient One and All-Father Odin arrived in Earth's magical world after praising Thor, Loki, and Fat Thor, who was offered a chance to relocate the surviving Asgardians to this universe. Meanwhile, Noah merged the six Stones' rules into his Domain and began rebuilding it as a universe, ending as he added the powers of time and space.

• The Ancient One and All-Father Odin praised Thor, Loki, and Fat Thor in Asgard, and Odin offered Fat Thor a chance to bring the surviving Asgardians to this universe.
• The Ancient One and All-Father Odin arrived at Earth's magical world and learned from Wong that Noah was in his office handling documents.
• The Ancient One, All-Father Odin, Wong, and the Archmages sensed a powerful aura coming from Noah's room as he reconstructed his Domain.
• Noah used the Reality Stone's rules to conceal the universe's core forces and shape points of light into planets.
• Noah connected the Mind Stone and Soul Stone, restoring souls and independent thought to life in his universe and opening a passage to the World of the Dead.
• Noah connected more Stones to add magic, time, and space to his Domain, unleashing a powerful aura.

Noah explored how the six Infinity Stones had transformed his domain into a newborn universe and learned that he had only a shallow grasp of its rules. After using the Mind Stone to guide the universe’s inhabitants toward different powers, he saw the universe’s new form and sensed death beyond a dim passage above it.

• Noah sensed that the lives in his domain had returned with independent souls and distinct personalities, and he learned from the system that he barely understood the rules of time and space.
• The system suggested that Noah could learn the universe’s rules from its newborn inhabitants and use their feedback to strengthen his own understanding.
• Noah rejected forcibly limiting the inhabitants’ learning and instead proposed using the Mind Stone to encourage them to focus on particular powers.
• The system spread the Mind Stone’s influence as Noah established a hierarchy of elemental magic, light and darkness, and the six stones’ pure rules.
• Noah opened his eyes and saw that his domain had become a vast universe filled with stars and life, though its celestial bodies moved without stable orbits.
• Noah noticed a dim passage above the silver globe of elements and sensed the power of death beyond it.

Noah discovered that his domain had become a universe connected to the World of the Dead, offering a new way to modify Impure World Reincarnation. He agreed to study the magic and use his universe to locate souls, then revealed an orange gemstone without answering how he had made the connection.

• The Ancient One and All-Father Odin observed that Noah’s domain had become a universe containing life and souls, with a passage to the World of the Dead.
• Noah awakened with a heightened ability to perceive power and laws, then greeted The Ancient One and All-Father Odin as they emerged from the Mirror space.
• All-Father Odin explained that their research into Impure World Reincarnation had stalled because their power could not reach the souls they needed to find.
• Noah realized his domain’s connection to the World of the Dead could let him search for souls without spending their strength opening a path between worlds.
• All-Father Odin asked Noah to study their research and use his universe to locate souls, and Noah agreed.
• When The Ancient One asked how he had connected his domain to the World of the Dead, Noah silently produced an orange gemstone.

Noah studied the materials for a magic that could summon souls from the World of the Dead and decided to test it with Tony, who had been preparing for years. Tony agreed to attempt to resurrect his parents, leaving the other-universe Avengers surprised by the plan.

• Noah realized his independent universe and the Soul Stone had made reaching the World of the Dead easier than the earlier researchers expected.
• Noah decided to seek a willing volunteer for experiments and went to the Avengers Base after telling The Ancient One his plans.
• Noah found the other-universe Avengers still at the base, where Tony joked about them damaging his equipment and Noah explained that he had come to run experiments.
• Noah told Tony that he was moderately confident the resurrection magic would not harm a soul, and Tony agreed to proceed.
• Tony revealed to the other-universe Iron Man that the experiment was resurrection magic and that he wanted to bring his parents back.

Noah used a new spell and the Soul Stone to summon Howard and Maria from the World of the Dead, intending to resurrect Tony’s parents. They appeared before the gathered Avengers, and Howard shielded Maria as he demanded to know who they were.

• Tony insisted that resurrecting his parents was his own decision, and the other-universe Iron Man apologized for intervening.
• Noah took Tony and the Avengers into a Mirror space and activated his domain to perform the resurrection experiment.
• Noah used the Soul Stone and his modified spell to open a black gate he named the Hell Gate.
• Noah sent blood from Tony’s parents’ cloned bodies through the gate, and Howard and Maria’s souls emerged.
• Howard awakened, shielded Maria, and warily asked Noah who they were; Noah replied that he had awakened them.

Noah successfully revived Howard, Maria, and their companions, who retained their memories but mistook their surroundings for a conspiracy. After Noah revealed his overwhelming power, Tony explained that they were meeting counterparts from a parallel universe, leaving Howard to learn that his son was still alive and more than thirty years had passed.

• Howard regained his memories and recognized Maria, Steve, and Sergeant Barnes after Noah confirmed the revival had succeeded.
• Howard suspected S.H.I.E.L.D. or Hydra had cloned them, and Maria recognized both versions of Tony as her son.
• Noah unleashed his power to show Howard who he was, then left to study and record the revival magic.
• Tony explained to Howard and Maria that they were in a parallel universe and that Noah was his friend, a mage with godlike power.
• Howard learned that Tony was his son and that more than thirty years had passed since Howard and Maria died.

Tony reunited with Howard and his wife as souls and told them about his life as a mage while Noah refined the magic that had created the Hell Gate. The system proposed turning the gate into a cycle for souls that would strengthen Noah’s universe, leaving Noah wondering how he had become the kind of person he once feared.

• Tony recognized Howard and his wife as souls and promised they could talk more after they were resurrected.
• Tony recounted his experiences with mages to Howard, his wife, and the Avengers from both universes.
• Noah refined the magic and discussed with the system how far magical knowledge could lead.
• The system urged Noah to create a World of the Dead within his universe, where souls could begin again and grow stronger before eventually nourishing its laws and rules.
• Noah considered requiring powerful beings to fight in a central battlefield to control overpopulation and provide rewards to survivors.
• Noah realized that his plans for souls and his universe had made him resemble the kind of person he feared most.

Noah resurrected Howard and confirmed that Hell Gate could restore the dead, though the return to their bodies would require adjustment. With Asgard’s preparations complete, Noah prepared to resurrect Odin’s fallen companions and fulfill his promise.

• Noah joined Tony and Howard after their emotional conversation, then discussed Howard’s resurrection and his concerns about adjusting to a body after so long dead.
• Howard agreed to return to the world of the living, and Noah showed The Ancient One and All-Father Odin the successful resurrection through a projection.
• The Ancient One tried to cast Hell Gate but failed because the spell required conditions that only Noah’s domain could provide.
• All-Father Odin told Noah that Valkyrie had gathered the remains and genetic material needed to create bodies for her fallen companions.
• Noah agreed to begin the resurrection preparations and said he would fulfill his promise.

After spending nearly a year reviving the Valkyries, Noah returned to a magical world where exorcists had gained recognition and magical organizations were moving closer to Kamar-Taj. With those changes settled, Noah decided it was time to address problems of his own.

• Noah spent nearly a year reviving the Valkyries and gained new understanding of the World of the Dead.
• Hermione passed the Exorcist Equality Act, raising exorcists’ status in Britain and easing tensions between exorcists and wizards.
• Magical organizations moved closer to Kamar-Taj, and The Ancient One agreed to instruct leaders who passed the Archmage examination.
• Wong and Mordo followed Noah’s rules for selecting which organizations could learn more about Domain Magic.
• After returning and resting, Noah decided to settle his own problems.

Noah sought Tony's advice on proposing to Hermione, but Tony's unhelpful suggestion and Howard's idea of using their shared Hogwarts memories left him frustrated. Tony then pointed out that Noah could recreate the place and memories they had shared.

• Noah decided to propose to Hermione and went to Avengers Base to ask Tony for advice.
• Tony said he had married Pepper after she became pregnant, which Noah dismissed as useless advice.
• Howard suggested that Noah use his and Hermione's shared memories of Hogwarts to make the proposal romantic.
• Noah went to Hogwarts but found that it had changed since his school days and returned dejected.
• Tony called Noah an idiot and asked whether he remembered the Avengers he had rescued.