Chapter Summaries

Tony Stark struggled to teach magic to S.H.I.E.L.D. trainees while Allen let Hydra’s infiltration go undetected to provoke competition. Allen then traveled to Svartalfheim to claim the Aether, where Malekith’s forces attacked him.

• Tony Stark led S.H.I.E.L.D.’s first magic training class, while Allen secretly identified Hydra agents among the trainees and chose not to warn anyone.
• Allen told Artoria he wanted rival magical factions to push Earth’s magic users to grow stronger, and Tony complained that none of his trainees had sensed magical energy after four days.
• Allen departed for Svartalfheim after sensing the Aether’s location, leaving Artoria to handle matters on Earth.
• Allen found the Aether on Svartalfheim and could not extract the Reality Stone from it, so he sealed it for storage with the Space Stone.
• Malekith arrived with his army, demanded the Aether, and ordered his last Curse Warrior to attack Allen.

Allen defeated Malekith's Dark Elves, claimed the Reality Stone, and demonstrated its power, prompting Odin to consider pursuing the Power Stone. Meanwhile, Queen Sakura's assault on the Kree fleet abruptly ended when her ships withdrew, leaving the Kree stunned.

• Allen broke the Curse Warrior's arm, then killed him with spatial collapse and restored the Aether to the Reality Stone.
• Allen embedded the Reality Stone in his shoulder, demonstrated its power by recreating the ancient war, and erased the remaining Dark Elves.
• Odin learned from Heimdall that Allen had obtained and mastered a second Infinity Stone, then decided to send Thor after the Power Stone.
• Queen Sakura's legion devastated the Kree fleet across a three-light-year region, destroying a fleet of more than a thousand ships with one blast.
• The attacking ships suddenly made Space Leaps and vanished, leaving the surviving Kree bewildered among the wreckage.

Sakura crippled the Kree Empire’s heavy-ship production and began building an industrial base while tracking the Orb and Thor. On Earth, the Convergence unleashed monsters in London as Allen and Artoria watched the destruction, leaving S.H.I.E.L.D. and the city’s civilians struggling to survive.

• Sakura learned that the Kree had lost their last heavy-warship factory, approved a plan to build a new industrial base, and divided her fleet between construction and surveillance.
• Sakura ordered her intelligence chief to monitor Thor and alert her as soon as the Orb appeared, putting the Power Stone ahead of destroying the Kree Empire.
• The Convergence brought gravitational anomalies, spatial distortions, and monsters to London, where Coulson asked Nick Fury for Avengers or GX51 support.
• Grant Ward wounded a fire-breathing dragon with a magical axe, but Melinda and Skye helped him escape as its molten blood and rampage devastated the area.
• Allen and Artoria watched London from Big Ben, and Allen used the Reality Stone to create a banquet while explaining his plans to gather all six Infinity Stones.

Tony Stark and the Avengers fought monsters pouring into London through shifting rifts during the Nine Realms Convergence, while Allen explained the phenomenon to Nick Fury. Magic proved effective against the dragon-like creature, and Hawk Eyes's enchanted weapon helped injure it as the Avengers joined the battle.

• Tony Stark used miniature nuclear missiles to eliminate about two-thirds of the monsters in London, while some survived through magical abilities or teleportation.
• Nick Fury called Allen, who explained that the Convergence opened temporary rifts between the Nine Realms and warned that alien viruses and bacteria could pose a serious danger.
• Nick Fury ordered experts placed on standby and told Coulson's team to collect samples from the monsters.
• Natasha and Hawk Eyes arrived in a Quinjet, and Hawk Eyes struck the dragon-like creature's eye with an enchanted arrow, wounding it with a powerful Arcane explosion.
• Tony Stark and Hawk Eyes prepared to compete to kill the dragon, while Allen told Artoria that Hawk Eyes could use only a fraction of the Divine Artifact's power.

After the Avengers stopped the magical creature attack in London, Allen created a new source of magic for Earth using the Space Stone and Reality Stone. He left the source operating beneath Kamar-Taj, promising that humanity would control Earth’s fate, while its full potential still depended on obtaining the Soul Stone.

• Tony Stark and the Avengers defeated the dragon-like creature, and its superheated blood left a vast lava pit in central London.
• Coulson told Tony Stark about seeing Pluto Hisoka compress a world and described Allen driving the dimensional Demon God away.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. quarantined hundreds of thousands of people in London, while Hydra collected samples from the creature for research.
• Allen told Ancient One he intended to make dimensional Demon Gods pay for interfering with Earth, and Ancient One gave him the Time Stone.
• Using the Space Stone and Reality Stone, Allen formed a source of primordial magic beneath Kamar-Taj and infused it with water from the Well of Eternity.
• Ancient One asked Allen to keep the new source secret, and Allen said it was only half complete without the Soul Stone.

Allen sealed the source of Earth’s new magical power and urged Tony Stark to investigate Project Insight, while John Garrett tried to exploit Steve Rogers’s disillusionment to recruit him for Hydra. Nick Fury intervened before Garrett could secure Steve’s answer.

• Ancient One collected water from the magical source, and Allen dismissed the divisions between White Magic and Dark Magic before leaving to study the Time Stone.
• Allen returned to Sky City and told Tony Stark about Kamar-Taj’s modern mages, then discussed Steve Rogers’s protests and the pressure against him.
• Allen hinted that Tony should investigate Project Insight, and J.A.R.V.I.S. uncovered plans for powerful weapons, space warships, and combat robots.
• John Garrett posed as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and questioned a drunken Steve Rogers about regretting his choice to fight Hydra.
• Nick Fury arrived at the bar and had Natasha and Hawk Eyes take Steve away before Garrett could learn whether he would join Hydra.

Nick Fury assessed Steve Rogers as psychologically vulnerable and suspected Hydra was manipulating his investigation into the government, so he activated the Trap Plan and sought Tony Stark's help. Meanwhile, Allen warned Tony that his dangerous magic class could become entangled with Project Insight and human factional conflict before leaving through a portal.

• Natasha told Nick Fury that Steve Rogers had not adapted to modern society and was deeply shaken by the government's history.
• Nick Fury and Natasha discussed the likelihood that Hydra was manipulating Steve, and Nick ordered the Trap Plan activated and Tony Stark recruited.
• At Azerath Sky City, several trainees were injured when their attempts to control magical energy went wrong, and Tony ended the lesson.
• Allen told Tony that magic training was perilous and advised him not to teach so many apprentices at once.
• Allen hinted that divisions among the trainees could connect to Project Insight, then left through a Space Stone portal.

Alexander Pierce and John Garrett advanced Project Centipede, producing unstable super-soldiers, while Hydra prepared to turn Steve Rogers against the government. Allen assured Pierce he would not interfere with Project Insight and traded two vials of serum for Gravitonium, leaving Hydra’s preparations underway.

• Alexander Pierce questioned John Garrett about Lena, then heard that Steve Rogers had been alienated from the government and that Nick Fury had interrupted Garrett’s attempt to approach him.
• Researchers injected a glowing liquid into the soldiers; several died, while the survivors gained great strength but required cold storage to prevent brain damage.
• Pierce ordered Garrett to keep Project Centipede secret, and Garrett said he had placed a spy in Coulson’s team and was interested in Project TAHITI.
• Allen arrived and told Pierce he would not interfere with Hydra’s plan, even if S.H.I.E.L.D. or the International Security Council asked for help.
• Pierce gave Allen Gravitonium in exchange for two vials of the serum that had created Brock Rumlow.

Alexander Pierce tested Brock Rumlow’s telekinetic power and revealed his plans to consolidate Hydra after Project Insight, while Allen secretly set Hydra searching for the Soul Stone. Back at his store, Allen challenged Artoria to reconsider her past with Mordred, then Natasha brought a troubled Steve Rogers to stay with him for protection.

• Alexander Pierce drank one of the bottles and discovered that Brock Rumlow’s power was telekinesis, then explained their uneasy relationship and his plans to unite Hydra under his rule.
• Allen gave Pierce information about the Soul Stone, intending to use it to manipulate Hydra’s executives after Project Insight failed.
• Allen and Artoria argued about her relationship with Mordred, and Allen offered her a Pregnancy Stone that could give her a daughter; Artoria hesitated, so Allen put it away.
• Natasha arrived at Allen’s store with Steve Rogers and asked Allen to shelter him because Nick Fury wanted to protect him from Hydra.
• Steve rejected Natasha’s concern and defended his protests against the government, saying he drank to suppress his anger at the media’s treatment of activists.

Allen brought Steve Rogers to Aelionteu to help him adjust to a world that felt alien, while Natasha learned the Pregnancy Stone might let her become a mother. After Allen revealed that Howard Stark may have been murdered, Tony left to investigate, consumed by anger and a desire for revenge.

• Natasha asked Allen about the Pregnancy Stone and, after learning what it could do, asked to borrow it later so she could have a child.
• Allen explained Natasha’s history to Steve and reminded him to keep her desire for a child private.
• Allen took Steve through a portal to Aelionteu, where Steve was awed by Sky City, the Great Maelstrom, and the Blue Dragons.
• Tony arrived, teased Steve, and brought him to the Central Tower restaurant, where Steve enjoyed the food and wine.
• Tony told Allen that Nick Fury had asked him to join Project Insight, and Allen warned him that the plan was dangerous and might involve the person who killed his parents.
• Allen suggested Howard’s car crash had been no accident, prompting Tony to crush his glass and leave to seek answers.

Allen warned Steve Rogers about the coming conflict over Bucky Barnes and the Avengers, then joined Coulson’s team to deal with the Asgardian fugitive Lorelei. As Nick Fury reported that Lorelei and Loki had taken control of the White House, the Pentagon, and U.S. military forces, Allen’s group faced an escalating crisis.

• Allen described a hypothetical conflict involving a brainwashed friend who had murdered another friend’s parents, prompting Steve Rogers to struggle with how he would respond.
• Allen told Steve that hatred could only be ended through destruction or the passage of time, then left as tensions between the Avengers’ members continued to grow.
• Coulson recruited Allen to help capture Lorelei, who had escaped from Asgard and controlled Loki after the Convergence disrupted Asgard’s prison.
• Sif objected to Allen joining the mission, warning that Lorelei could charm any man, but Allen agreed to help and admitted that he had destroyed Jotunheim with one punch.
• Nick Fury contacted Coulson and reported that Loki and Lorelei had seized the White House, the Pentagon, and command of the U.S. military.

Allen and the S.H.I.E.L.D. team confronted Loki after Lorelei charmed U.S. leaders and set the military to invade Canada and Mexico. Allen subdued Loki and the White House staff, then went inside to find Lorelei while the others waited outside.

• Coulson reported that Lorelei and Loki had taken over Washington and ordered invasions of Canada and Mexico, so the team prepared a surprise attack using Sif as bait.
• Loki arrived at the airport and threatened Coulson, but Allen incapacitated Loki’s men and frightened Loki into leading the team to the White House.
• Skye showed Sif a video of Allen’s past humiliation of Loki, prompting Sif to pity him and Loki to threaten the team.
• Allen released his Conqueror’s Haki, Reiatsu, and killing intent, knocking out everyone at the White House.
• Allen entered the White House to find Lorelei while the women followed him and the men stayed outside; Loki told Coulson that Lorelei’s charm could ensnare any normal male.

Allen stopped Lorelei from charming him, then had Vilnalasath consume her and transfer her Charm Magic to him. Sif reported the events to Odin, while Allen left to learn how to control his dangerous new ability.

• Sif confronted Lorelei in the White House, but Lorelei tried to charm Allen and he severed her arm before she could touch him.
• Allen summoned Vilnalasath, who ate Lorelei and transferred her innate Charm Magic to Allen.
• Allen's new power affected the women nearby, so he teleported away with Vilnalasath to avoid causing more trouble.
• Sif returned to Asgard and told Odin that Lorelei was dead and Allen had acquired her Charm Magic.

While Allen hid with Vilnalasath to study Lorelei’s Charm ability, Odin arranged to trade the Power Stone for Hela’s life and relied on Allen to keep her under control. Odin returned to Asgard, leaving Heimdall to watch over the universe as Thor remained unaware of the danger approaching.

• Allen learned that Lorelei’s genes were difficult to separate and told Artoria to have Sakura guard the Power Stone lead carefully.
• Ancient One told Odin she had given Allen the Eye of Agamotto and trusted him with the Infinity Stones.
• Odin revealed that he was dying and asked Ancient One to convey his offer of the Power Stone in exchange for Hela’s life.
• Odin returned to Asgard and told Heimdall he had arranged for Allen to acquire Lorelei’s Charm ability to help prevent conflict between Hela and Thor.
• Odin admitted that he had arranged the monster invasion and prison riot to deliver Lorelei to Allen.

As America descended into turmoil, Allen returned and learned that Project Insight was nearing launch, prompting Steve Rogers to condemn its secret surveillance algorithm. Nick Fury summoned Tony Stark’s magical apprentices for a surprise inspection, where they overwhelmed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s security agents and displayed their power.

• Steve Rogers and Tony Stark drank together and discussed America’s upheaval before Allen returned from the sealed space.
• Allen admitted that he had mastered Lorelei’s Charm ability and asked Tony about his apprentices and Project Insight.
• Tony explained that Project Insight’s three orbital ships would use a hidden algorithm to assess and monitor people, enraging Steve, while Allen refused to take a position.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. relayed Nick Fury’s order for Tony to bring the apprentices to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters for a surprise inspection.
• Tony brought more than thirty apprentices through a portal, and they swiftly controlled, hypnotized, or knocked down the armed agents who surrounded them.

Tony Stark’s apprentices defeated S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in a drill, but the International Security Council ordered them back to S.H.I.E.L.D. and pushed ahead with Project Insight despite Nick Fury’s objections. After Alexander Pierce secretly ordered Hydra to kill Fury, Fury was ambushed in Washington and had to defend himself when Allen refused to intervene.

• Tony Stark’s apprentices overwhelmed S.H.I.E.L.D. agents during a training drill, then located Nick Fury and the council representatives.
• Tony Stark rejected the council’s plan to assign the apprentices dangerous work, while Nick Fury learned that Project Insight would be completed in two weeks under Alexander Pierce’s leadership.
• Nick Fury asked Alexander Pierce to delay Project Insight, unaware that Pierce was Hydra’s leader, and Pierce agreed before ordering his agents to kill Fury.
• Hydra agents led by Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes ambushed Nick Fury’s car, and Fury discovered that Coulson could not be reached and Tony Stark had blacklisted him.
• Allen refused to rescue Fury, explaining that he could not interfere in human conflicts, so Fury used a magical bomb to blast apart the attackers surrounding his car.

Nick Fury fought off the Winter Soldier until Tony Stark and Steve Rogers arrived, while Allen watched and explained that Hydra’s attack would pressure humanity to develop space travel. The battle continued in Washington, D.C., with Bucky Barnes attacking Steve and a Hydra super soldier using Nen to disable Tony’s suit.

• Nick Fury escaped his overturned car, fought the Winter Soldier with advanced weapons and magic equipment, and stalled until reinforcements arrived.
• Allen told Artoria that he intended to let Hydra’s attack spur humanity into space and planned to use the remaining Heads of the Serpent to retrieve the Soul Stone.
• Tony Stark and Steve Rogers joined Nick Fury against Bucky Barnes and a Hydra super soldier, while Tony recognized Bucky as his parents’ murderer.
• The Hydra super soldier interfered with Tony’s flight controls and attacks, while Bucky forced Steve back with his tactical knife and wounded him.

Allen watched Hydra move toward activating Project Insight while Nick Fury’s death triggered a battle in Washington, D.C. Fury died when a downed Quinjet’s wreckage pierced his heart, and Crossbones destroyed and scattered his remains to prevent magical resurrection.

• Alexander Pierce ordered Sitwell to have Brock Rumlow kill Nick Fury and push the International Security Council to activate Project Insight early.
• Allen and Pierce discussed Hydra’s plans, S.H.I.E.L.D.’s failures, the Avengers, and Pierce’s hope that Captain America might join Hydra.
• Allen teleported to Washington, where Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, Tony Stark, and Crossbones were fighting amid widespread destruction.
• Crossbones used psychic force to bring down a Quinjet sent to evacuate Fury, and wreckage pierced Fury’s heart, killing him.
• Natasha tried to revive Fury with a healing potion, but Crossbones stole it and crushed Fury’s body before scattering the remains into the sewers.

Hydra killed Nick Fury, framed the Avengers, and forced Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, and Natasha to flee with Maria Hill as Project Insight moved closer to proceeding. Ancient One then told Allen that Odin offered the Power Stone in exchange for Hela’s life, and Allen considered accepting the deal while preparing to watch the coming battle in Earth’s orbit.

• Brock Rumlow killed Nick Fury, threatened the Avengers through their loved ones, and revealed that the Winter Soldier was Bucky Barnes, who had killed Howard and his wife.
• Maria Hill arrived in a Quinjet and rescued Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, and Natasha from the Hydra attack.
• Hydra withdrew, put the Avengers and Maria Hill on the wanted list, and used controlled media and politicians to blame them for the Washington battle.
• Ancient One told Allen that Odin would trade the Power Stone for Hela’s life, and Allen said he might accept if Odin obtained the stone first.
• Ancient One returned to Kamar-Taj to study the Source of Magic Power, while Allen decided to watch the coming space battle between S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra.

Maria Hill, Tony Stark, and the Avengers prepared a Kree light cruiser to stop Hydra’s Project Insight after Allen refused to intervene. As the three Hydra warships launched, the hidden cruiser reached orbit first and waited to strike.

• Maria Hill told the Avengers that Hydra had nearly taken over S.H.I.E.L.D., captured Hawk Eyes, and planned to use Project Insight to control the world.
• Maria Hill revealed a shrunken Kree light cruiser, and Tony Stark agreed to cloak it while Coulson gathered loyal agents and Natasha and Steve Rogers investigated Nick Fury’s USB drive.
• Alexander Pierce secured the International Security Council’s approval to activate Project Insight and ordered Brock to hunt Captain America and Nick Fury’s remaining allies.
• The Avengers restored the cruiser, trained agents and pilots, and prepared to attack while Alexander Pierce’s warships underwent final inspections.
• Allen refused to help, so Tony Stark led the cruiser into orbit, where it arrived ahead of the three Hydra warships and waited for a chance to launch a surprise attack.