Chapter Summaries

Allen considered the fate of the Dark Dimension’s Singularity and discussed the aftermath of Ross and Lena’s massacre, Hydra’s future, and his relationships with Sakura and Wanda. Wanda then told Allen she had dreamed of a figure in a crimson space calling her toward him, and that her Chaos Magic had grown stronger whenever he spoke her name.

• Allen saw sensational news reports about Ross and Lena’s massacre and told Sakura to relay his defense of the purge to Tony Stark.
• Allen instructed Sakura to arrange a position for Red Skull in her empire, treating Hydra’s rule as an experiment, while Sakura warned the empire could fracture without her strength.
• Sakura urged Allen to consider his attachments and desires before absorbing the Dark Dimension’s Singularity, and he agreed to leave it untouched for now.
• Wanda entered after Sakura left, and Allen showed her a photograph of Sakura as a frightened child, easing Wanda’s concern about Sakura’s feelings for him.
• Wanda told Allen she had dreamed of a blurry figure in a crimson space calling her name, and that her Chaos Magic had become stronger and harder to control as it called to her.

Allen learned that Chthon was reaching Wanda through dreams and warned her to stay in his universe and avoid responding. He then visited the dying Odin with Artoria, received Gungnir, and agreed to keep away when Thor and Loki came to say goodbye.

• Wanda told Allen that Chthon had appeared in her dreams and that her Chaos Magic had grown stronger; Allen advised her to remain in his universe and not speak during future dreams.
• Wanda playfully asked Allen to thank her for helping him twice, and he kissed her cheek.
• Allen invited Artoria to visit Odin, and she changed into a black suit before traveling with him to Northern Europe.
• Allen and Artoria found Odin near death; he said Stephen Strange had visited and discussed his views on death and the Five Creator Gods.
• Odin gave Allen Gungnir and asked him not to appear or interfere when Thor and Loki came to see him before his death.
• Allen and Artoria listened as Odin reflected on his life until the light of the Rainbow Bridge descended.

Thor and Loki arrived on Earth looking for Odin, but Loki was whisked away to Doctor Strange, who questioned Thor about their visit and offered to help them find their father. Thor agreed to return to Asgard once he learned Odin’s location, while Strange prepared to guide him.

• Allen and Artoria vanished before Thor and Loki arrived through the Rainbow Bridge, leaving the brothers at the demolished sanatorium where Loki had left Odin.
• Loki fell through a Kamar-Taj portal and disappeared, while Thor found a note directing him to 177A Brick Street.
• Thor met Doctor Strange, who used magic to move him between rooms and turn his tea into endlessly refilling beer.
• Doctor Strange told Thor that Loki was on his watchlist, and Thor agreed that his adopted brother belonged there.
• Thor explained that he and Loki had returned to Earth to find Odin, and promised to leave for Asgard as soon as Strange told him where Odin was.

Doctor Strange sent Thor and Loki to Odin, who revealed that his death would free Hela, the Goddess of Death, and warned Thor not to let her reach Asgard. After Odin died, Hela appeared, destroyed Mjolnir, and the brothers were caught in the Rainbow Bridge’s activation as Loki called for their escape.

• Doctor Strange transported Thor and Loki to Odin, who had been relaxing on a beach after secretly leaving the nursing home.
• Odin told Thor and Loki that Hela, his imprisoned eldest daughter, was the true cause of Ragnarok and would be freed when he died.
• Odin died and vanished in golden light, and a spatial rift opened moments later.
• Hela emerged, demanded that Thor and Loki kneel, and crushed Mjolnir with one hand.
• Loki shouted for the Rainbow Bridge Guards to take them back as the Bridge activated despite Thor’s protest.

Hela returned to Asgard and began attacking its guards, but Allen and Artoria arrived to stop her and Artoria challenged her to a duel. As they fought, Frigga learned that Odin had died and Thor and Loki had likely landed on Sakaar; Allen said he would prevent Hela from killing people but would leave the struggle over Asgard’s throne to Thor.

• Loki threw a dagger at Hela during the Rainbow Bridge transit, but she returned it and knocked him into a wormhole; Hela then threw Thor from the passage and reached Asgard alone.
• Hela regained her strength in Asgard and wounded the guards who demanded to know where Thor was.
• Allen and Artoria intervened, and Allen explained that Odin had asked them to stop Hela from slaughtering people; Artoria formally challenged Hela to a fight.
• Artoria and Hela fought fiercely with Uru weapons, while Allen treated the injured guards and watched.
• Frigga asked Allen about Odin, Thor, and Loki; he confirmed Odin was dead and said the brothers had likely fallen onto Sakaar.
• Allen told Frigga he would prevent threats to life but would not interfere in political maneuvering, and Frigga recognized that Hela could claim the throne while Thor was away.

Sakura had Stephen Strange restore Mjolnir with the Time Stone, gave him a spellbook, and left him to manage Kamar-Taj’s divisions and Mordo’s rapidly growing magical school. Meanwhile, Artoria gained the upper hand against Hela, who summoned her old Death Warriors and Fenrir from Asgard’s treasury as the battle continued.

• Sakura stopped Stephen Strange from investigating Mjolnir’s destruction and ordered him to use the Time Stone to restore the hammer for Allen’s collection.
• After Stephen Strange restored Mjolnir, Sakura gave him the Nameless Spellbook and told him he still had to prove himself worthy of becoming Sorcerer Supreme.
• Stephen Strange read the book, learned about Tier Magic and its dangerous necromancy, and struggled with whether to try its advanced spells while Kamar-Taj remained divided and Mordo recruited students across Earth.
• Artoria overwhelmed Hela with rapid sword strikes, but Hela’s regeneration let her recover from severe injuries by drawing on the power of the dead Asgardians.
• Hela entered Asgard’s treasury, used the Eternal Flame to revive tens of thousands of Death Warriors, and reunited with Fenrir.

Allen and Artoria defeated Hela’s forces, then allowed Hela to claim Asgard’s throne under Allen’s rules. Hela accepted the terms and returned to the palace, while Allen refused Artoria’s suggestion that Hela gain the World Tree’s power.

• Allen failed to tame Fenrir, summoned his Wolf Pack, and had Lupos pin the giant wolf while the pack overwhelmed Hela’s undead soldiers.
• Artoria struck Hela’s shield with a blast of Holy Light, devastating Odin’s Vault and leaving Hela badly weakened.
• Artoria held her sword to Hela’s neck, and Hela agreed to rule Asgard under Allen’s rules and not seek help for Loki or Thor to return.
• Allen’s charm affected Hela, Artoria, and nearby Asgardian women, while Frigga welcomed Hela home and affirmed her right to inherit the throne.
• Hela went to announce her return, and Allen told Artoria he would not risk the World Tree by giving Hela its power.

Allen refused to teach Hela how to draw power from the World Tree, while his Charm Magic gradually influenced her. Meanwhile, Thor was captured on Sakaar and prepared to fight the Grandmaster’s champion, where Allen suddenly appeared as a phantom.

• Allen explained that the World Tree gathered energy through the Nine Realms’ nodes and that Ragnarok released its excess energy, then refused Hela’s request to teach her how to use it.
• Hela asked Allen to switch sides, but he reminded her of his deal with Odin, warned her to behave, and left after tapping her forehead.
• Hela wondered why she tolerated Allen so much, unaware that his Charm Magic was influencing her through psychological manipulation.
• On Sakaar, Thor was electrocuted unconscious and had his hair cut after agreeing to fight the arena champion in a deathmatch.
• Thor armed himself and prayed for a way to escape before Allen appeared as a phantom; Thor tried to hug him but struck the wall instead.

Allen refused to help Thor escape, telling him to train his divine power and promising a surprise, then watched Thor face Hulk in the Grandmaster’s arena. Allen wagered his neutron-star-forged sword against the planet and its slaves, confident Hulk would lose.

• Allen told Thor that Frigga was organizing political opposition to Hela and would protect Asgard until Thor was ready to return as king.
• Allen refused Thor’s request for help, urged him to train his divine power, and vanished after promising a surprise that night.
• At the Grandmaster’s arena, Allen proposed a bet: his sword if Hulk won, or the planet and its slaves if Hulk lost.
• Thor entered the arena armed with mismatched gear, and Hulk charged out to face him as the crowd cheered.
• Allen reminded Loki of his past encounter with Hulk, prompting the Grandmaster to consider making Loki a gladiator and Loki to protest.

Thor fought Hulk in the Grandmaster’s arena, and the battle awakened Thor’s divine power without his hammer. Allen declared victory in the wager and ordered the Grandmaster to leave the planet, but the Grandmaster electrocuted Thor and let Hulk resume beating him.

• Thor tried to greet Hulk, but Hulk attacked him and battered him around the arena.
• Allen tormented Loki with a heat spell while the Grandmaster enjoyed his discomfort.
• Thor used Hulk’s thrown hammer against him, and Allen revealed that Thor was Odin’s son, prompting the Grandmaster to fear Odin’s retaliation.
• Thor tried to calm Hulk by imitating Natasha, but Hulk recognized the trick and smashed him around by the leg.
• Thor awakened his lightning power and struck Hulk, leading Allen to declare that he had won the wager and give the Grandmaster five hours to leave.
• After Allen departed, the Grandmaster electrocuted Thor unconscious and watched Hulk resume the beating.

After taking control of Sakaar, Allen arrived on Xandar as Thanos conquered the planet with the Power Stone. Allen and Thanos agreed to coordinate their hunt for the remaining Infinity Stones while limiting damage to Asgard and Earth, as fear of Thanos spread across the universe.

• The Grandmaster fled Sakaar with his personal guard and part of his wealth, leaving Allen in possession of the planet, which Allen handed over to Loki.
• Thanos used the Power Stone to devastate Xandar and kill half its population, then greeted Allen and congratulated him on defeating Dormammu.
• Allen and Thanos discussed rumors that someone was testing Allen and agreed to work together to obtain the Space, Mind, and Time Stones while minimizing damage to Asgard and Earth.
• Thanos ordered the Black Order to wait for Allen's signal and make the Space Stone their next target before collecting the remaining Infinity Stones as quickly as possible.
• News of Xandar's destruction spread, prompting vulnerable planets to seek protection from the major Empires, while Hydra and capitalist groups continued their struggle on Earth.

Thor awoke on Sakaar and learned that Allen had defeated the Grandmaster, restored Banner, and given Loki the planet to rule. After Allen refused to intervene in Asgard’s succession struggle, Thor prepared to return, while Allen revealed that Ragnarok could give him a way to defeat Hela and planned to use Loki’s hidden Tesseract to draw Thanos to Sakaar.

• Thor awoke in the Grandmaster’s room, where Allen explained that he had won Sakaar from the Grandmaster and restored Banner after Hulk had controlled him for two years.
• Loki announced that Allen had given him Sakaar, then refused Thor’s request for help returning to Asgard because he wanted to remain king.
• Thor asked Banner to help him fight Hela, but Banner refused, fearing that Hulk would take over his body again.
• Allen told Thor that he would not interfere in the contest for Asgard’s throne and warned him that returning in his current condition would lead to another defeat.
• Allen reminded Loki that Thor’s earlier actions had set the conditions for Ragnarok, which could offer Thor a way to stop Hela by destroying Asgard.
• Allen left through a spatial rift, intending to summon Thanos for Loki’s hidden Tesseract, while Loki ordered Sakaar to celebrate his rule and replace the Grandmaster’s statues with his own.

Allen tried to discourage Hela from launching a war by warning her that Thanos had acquired the Power Stone and the Infinity Gauntlet, while using his Charm ability to deepen her attraction to him. After leaving the palace, he explained his manipulation to Artoria, then fled when she became furious at his insult about her figure.

• Allen told Hela he had visited Thor and Loki, and warned her not to underestimate Thor.
• Hela announced that Asgard would attack a nearby star system in three days to win the soldiers’ support and weaken Frigga’s faction.
• Allen warned Hela that Thanos had conquered the Dwarves, acquired the Power Stone and Infinity Gauntlet, and was preparing to gather the remaining Infinity Stones.
• Allen used his Charm ability on Hela and left her wondering why she felt drawn to him.
• Artoria asked Allen about his influence over Hela, and he explained how he used Charm and Hela’s pride to manipulate her feelings.
• Allen insulted Artoria’s figure, prompting her to draw her sword, so he escaped through a spatial rift while she vowed to make him pay.

As Hydra under Red Skull devastated capital groups across Europe and America, Tony Stark and Natasha debated whether the Avengers should intervene while Steve Rogers’s team received asylum in Wakanda. Mordo and Doctor Strange then clashed over who should train Tony and Natasha’s magically gifted infant daughters, leaving the parents to decide.

• Hydra killed members of powerful capital families and used brainwashed heirs to claim their fortunes, while Tony worried about the damage to the global economy.
• Natasha told Tony to take his concerns to Allen or Red Skull, then Tony explained that Steve’s team had found Bucky’s control code and received political asylum in Wakanda.
• Mordo arrived at Avengers Headquarters and asked permission to train Tony and Natasha’s daughters when their magical abilities awakened.
• Natasha and Tony resisted Mordo’s request, but he argued that the girls’ talents needed proper instruction.
• Doctor Strange arrived and urged the parents to send Selene to Kamar-Taj instead, warning that Mordo’s teachings could mislead her.
• Tony mocked Doctor Strange, and Mordo confidently expected the parents to choose his new Magic Holy Land.

Stephen Strange failed to persuade Tony Stark to send his daughter to Kamar-Taj, while Mordo argued for spreading magical knowledge and offered Tony a book of magical theory. Tony became interested in Mordo’s proposal and revealed that Allen had given him a powerful Arcane energy core, which he planned to use to counter possible magical abuses.

• Tony Stark rejected Stephen Strange’s claim to authority and refused to send his daughter to Kamar-Taj.
• Mordo argued that Earth needed more mages and defended the risks of spreading magic as a cost of progress.
• Tony refused to commit his daughter to either faction before consulting Allen, while Mordo insisted he could train her sincerely.
• Mordo left Tony a thick book of magical knowledge, and Tony became engrossed in it and considered sending his daughter to study with him.
• Tony revealed an Arcane energy core from a dead Titan that Allen had given him, intending to use it to make a weapon or armor against magical threats.

Thor returned to Asgard with Valkyrie and Bruce Banner to challenge Hela, while Allen warned Frigga that her son’s timing was dangerous. Thor’s first attack failed to hurt Hela, and the chapter ended with Hulk fighting Fenrir as Valkyrie faced Hela.

• Allen told Frigga that Thanos might soon begin an Infinity War and warned that Thor had returned to Asgard.
• Thor, Valkyrie, and Bruce Banner crashed Loki’s spaceship into Hela’s army during her troop review.
• Hela confronted Thor, who refused to swear loyalty and argued that her rule would destroy Asgard.
• Valkyrie confirmed Hela’s claim that Odin had once led Asgard in conquest, unsettling Thor.
• Thor struck Hela with a powerful thunderous punch, but she rose unharmed and Valkyrie charged at her.
• Banner transformed into Hulk, who grappled with Hela’s giant wolf Fenrir.

As Thor fought Hela and Frigga prepared to evacuate Asgard ahead of Ragnarok, Allen’s clone led Thanos to Loki’s planet to reclaim the Space Stone. Loki’s attempt to escape failed, and he faced Thanos while secretly preparing to flee with the Tesseract.

• Thor and Hela fought for the throne while Hulk battled the giant wolf, and Frigga asked Allen whether Ragnarok was near.
• Allen gave Frigga a young World Tree branch to plant after Ragnarok, and she began evacuating Asgard’s civilians.
• Thanos’s fleet bombarded Loki’s planet, destroying the arena city and killing most of its inhabitants.
• Loki tried to escape with the remaining survivors, but they stunned him and left without him before Thanos’s forces destroyed their ship.
• Thanos confronted Loki about his failed invasion of Earth and demanded the Tesseract, while Loki used illusions and prepared to flee with it.

Thanos forced Loki to surrender the Space Stone and, with Allen’s help, planned to collect the remaining Infinity Stones. After the Black Order agreed to limit civilian casualties on Earth, Allen erased much of Loki’s memory and returned to Asgard to help Odin face Ragnarok.

• Thanos demanded the Tesseract from Loki, who tried to escape through a spatial rift, but Thanos shattered it with the Power Stone and took the Space Stone.
• Allen emerged from hiding and advised Thanos to collect the remaining Infinity Stones, while the Black Order volunteered to pursue the stones on Earth.
• When Cull Obsidian insulted Earth, Allen crushed him with an invisible force, then released him after warning the Black Order to avoid civilian casualties.
• Thanos left with the Black Order, and Allen erased much of Loki’s memory despite Loki’s protests.
• Allen returned to Asgard to fulfill his agreement with Odin and help the realm survive Ragnarok.

Allen let Thor and his allies trigger Ragnarok, then rescued Hela and sent her through a portal to another universe. After Surtur destroyed the World Tree and Asgard, Allen gathered its remaining power and materials and began restoring the realm, while Frigga revealed that a surviving World Tree branch offered the Asgardians hope.

• Allen told Frigga that Thor and his allies would trigger Ragnarok, and Frigga evacuated after confirming Thor would be protected.
• Thor and the Valkyrie were defeated by Hela, but Thor revealed that he had arranged for Sif and the rebels to release Surtur.
• Surtur fought Hela, struck the World Tree, and blasted Asgard and its city into space.
• Allen caught Hela, explained Odin's deal, and sent her through a portal to the Azerath Universe after she agreed to leave Asgard.
• Allen collected Surtur's Eternal Flame, crown, Odin's Infinity Gauntlet, and the Twilight Sword, then began restoring Asgard and transplanted surviving World Tree branches to Sky City.
• Frigga showed Thor a surviving World Tree branch and told him that Odin had arranged for Asgard to be reborn after Ragnarok.

Asgard rebuilt after Ragnarok while Thor learned that Thanos had slaughtered the Dwarves and set out with Bruce Banner to seek a weapon. Meanwhile, Allen watched Hela establish an ordered Death domain, prepared a multiverse-wide plan, and returned to face Sakura and Wanda's jealousy over his treatment of Hela.

• Frigga led Asgard's reconstruction and replanted the World Tree sapling as Thor reflected on his role in Ragnarok and his sister Hela.
• Thor learned that Thanos had conquered Nidavellir and killed more than three hundred Dwarves, then decided to visit the surviving Dwarf with Bruce Banner to obtain a weapon.
• Allen and Administrator Allen discussed Hela's effort to replace the universe's chaotic Death rules with an ordered cycle, and Allen ordered preparations to target the sources of Dark Magic and White Magic after recovering the Infinity Stones.
• Hela formed a Death domain between the material world and the Twisted Void, fell asleep from exhaustion, and Allen changed her armor into a nightgown before leaving.
• Sakura and Wanda confronted Allen over his affectionate treatment of Hela, and Allen agreed to their demands while Artoria watched and snacked.