Chapter Summaries

Xi Nian confronted The Beyonder in the Mirror Dimension, learned that The Beyonder wanted him to join the Battle World tournament, and asked whether its prize could help him find someone. Outside, Galactus attacked The Beyonder and was blasted toward Battle World as the tournament began.

• Xi Nian stopped preparing to unleash his full power after The Beyonder said it had sensed him before but had chosen not to attack him.
• The Beyonder appeared as a chubby six-year-old child and asked Xi Nian to join the Battle World tournament, offering to drive away the beings waiting beyond the multiverse.
• Xi Nian asked whether the tournament's prize could help him find a specific person within the multiverse.
• Galactus attacked The Beyonder, but a pillar of white light blasted him toward Battle World.
• The Beyonder announced that the Battle World tournament had officially begun.

Xi Nian landed alone on Battle World, where Enchantress tried to enchant him and instead ended up clinging to his leg. The Avengers arrived and found her apparently enchanted, leaving them stunned.

• Xi Nian jumped from the spacecraft and landed alone as the other competitors began fighting.
• Enchantress approached Xi Nian, revealed her identity, and tried to make him her slave.
• Xi Nian seized Enchantress by the neck and identified himself as Xi Nian.
• Thor led the Avengers to subdue Enchantress, but they found her clinging eagerly to Xi Nian's leg.

Scarlet Mode Xi Nian confronted an Avengers team from another universe and defeated Thor after their coordinated attack failed to stop him. He then faced the remaining Avengers, determined to eliminate opponents and claim victory in Battle World.

• The Avengers arrived and found Enchantress enchanted by Xi Nian, whose Chaos Magic had turned her spell back on her.
• Xi Nian reflected on his original world and his desire to return home, then rejected Black Widow's offer to withdraw from Battle World.
• Iron Man, Spider-Man, Hawkeye, and Black Widow attacked Xi Nian together, but he blocked their weapons with a golden shield.
• Thor shattered Xi Nian's shield with Mjolnir and struck at him, but Xi Nian's windbreaker caught Thor's wrist and Xi Nian blasted his spirit from his body, knocking him unconscious.
• Xi Nian advanced on the remaining Avengers, who charged him together after Iron Man ordered them to attack.

Xi Nian defeated the Avengers, then arrived at the wreckage of the mutant team's spacecraft and confronted King Doom, who had nearly killed Professor X Charles. As King Doom powered himself up with energy from the ships, Xi Nian revealed his tenth permanent ability: Kryptonian Superman's power.

• Xi Nian defeated the Avengers on Battle World, while Thor's spirit admitted their loss.
• Professor X Charles found the X-Men and other mutants nearly wiped out, and King Doom lifted him by the neck.
• Xi Nian arrived through a Mars portal and challenged King Doom, revealing that he had noticed Doom spying on him.
• King Doom drew energy from both white spacecraft, greatly increasing his strength and psychic power.
• Xi Nian unleashed the sealed Kryptonian Superman ability as his tenth permanent ability.

Xi Nian used his new Ability Fluctuation power to unleash Magic Superman Mode and confront Doom aboard a white spacecraft. He struck Doom with a single punch that pierced Battle World, leaving Doom gone and a vast hole through the planet.

• Xi Nian gained Ability Fluctuation, which let him seal Lord of Kin's temporary abilities within himself for up to three days.
• Xi Nian combined Wanda's Scarlet Magic with Kara's Superman power and transformed into Magic Superman Mode aboard Doom's spacecraft.
• Professor X Charles recognized Xi Nian as the savior who had defeated Apocalypse and rescued the mutant timelines.
• Doom unleashed a massive energy attack, but Xi Nian punched through it and struck Doom, shattering his armor.
• Xi Nian's punch pierced the spacecraft and Battle World from one side to the other, and Doom disappeared.

Magic Superman Xi Nian sent the surviving mutants away from Battle World before Galactus devoured the planet and challenged him. As their duel escalated, Xi Nian combined Scarlet, Superman, and Vision Power and struck Galactus hard enough to break his armor and arm.

• Magic Superman Xi Nian teleported Professor X Charles and the injured mutants aboard a white spacecraft, then sent them safely away from Battle World.
• Galactus devoured Battle World, regained his peak strength, and demanded that The Beyonder grant his wish to devour planets in ten million universes.
• The Beyonder pointed out that Xi Nian remained, and Galactus attacked him in the universe beyond Battle World.
• Xi Nian and Galactus fought fiercely as the survivors watched from the spacecraft, with Professor X Charles urging Xi Nian to win.
• Galactus unleashed a multicolored strike, but Xi Nian called on Alice for Vision Power and combined it with Scarlet and Superman, sending Galactus flying with a broken arm and shattered armor.

Xi Nian defeated Galactus, but Doctor Doom seized the Beyonder’s power and transformed into the multiversal-level Lord Doom. Doom killed Human Torch and The Thing, then confronted Xi Nian, whose attack briefly pierced Doom’s radiance.

• Xi Nian used Vision Super Red Mode to knock Galactus unconscious and send him drifting away from Battle World.
• The Beyonder’s beam descended upon the apparently defeated Doctor Doom, who seized it and absorbed its energy.
• Doom transformed into an armored being with multiversal power and appeared aboard the white spacecraft.
• Doom killed Human Torch and The Thing with a burst of white light, spared Mister Fantastic, and declared himself Lord Doom.
• Lord Doom attacked Xi Nian, whose scarlet eye beams tore a small opening in Doom’s radiance before Xi Nian charged at him.

Vision Super Red Xi Nian fought Lord Doom but was overwhelmed by Doom’s multiversal power and sent to Sakaar. There, Xi Nian decided to use the stabilizing trait of his Tenth Permanent Ability to add Wonder Woman’s Deity Power to his existing three-in-one mode.

• Vision Super Red Xi Nian repeatedly attacked Lord Doom, but Doom blocked his blows and knocked him back despite Xi Nian’s relentless charges.
• Lord Doom immobilized the region of space with white radiance and sent Xi Nian away using transcendent laws.
• Xi Nian landed in the arena on Sakaar, where the watching aliens and dueling warriors fell silent.
• Xi Nian considered how Ability Fluctuation could stabilize a fusion of temporary abilities and chose to risk stacking another ability.
• Xi Nian prepared to add Wonder Woman’s Deity Power to his Scarlet Magic, Kryptonian Superman, and vibranium Vision abilities.

On Sakaar, Xi Nian combined five abilities to stabilize his power and break through to the Multiversal Level. He opened his eyes with command over the universe and sensed that he was the only version of himself across the multiverse.

• Xi Nian’s Deity Power pushed his aura beyond Odin’s peak, terrifying the arena’s gladiators, spectators, and the Grandmaster.
• Xi Nian struggled to control the four fused abilities as they began to collapse, while Ability Fluctuation alone could not stabilize them.
• Xi Nian called on Gwen and activated Spider Physique, whose stabilizing power drew the five abilities together.
• Xi Nian fused Scarlet Magic, Kryptonian Superman, Vibranium Vision, Deity Power, and Spider Physique into Five-in-One Mode, containing its energy with a spatial barrier.
• Xi Nian reached the Multiversal Level, and the Grandmaster realized he had entered a realm beyond recorded legends.
• Xi Nian perceived the universe’s laws from above and sensed that no parallel version of himself existed anywhere in the multiverse.

Xi Nian realized he had reached the Multiversal Level and confronted Lord Doom, who had taken control of the survivors from Battle World. Xi Nian defeated Doom in their clash, leaving him weakened and captured.

• Xi Nian understood the scale of Multiversal Level power and discovered that his Five-in-One Mode let him tear open space.
• Lord Doom demanded the survivors of Battle World pledge loyalty, then killed Mister Fantastic when he refused.
• Xi Nian appeared behind Doom, revealed that he had also reached the Multiversal Level, and challenged him.
• Xi Nian and Doom fought in the empty universe left by the Milky Way, and their clash sent the white spacecraft flying.
• Xi Nian overwhelmed Doom with a five-colored punch and held half of his body as Doom asked why Xi Nian was stronger at the same level.

After defeating Lord Doom and winning the Beyonder’s battle royale, Xi Nian reached the multiversal level and went after his enemies. The Beyonder restored the Marvel Universe and sent the Avengers, the X-Men, and the others home, while Xi Nian vanished to pursue further scores.

• Xi Nian hurled Lord Doom into the white light, which stripped away Doom’s power and left him a disfigured cripple aboard the white spaceship.
• The Beyonder congratulated Xi Nian for winning Battle World and offered to grant his wish, but Xi Nian said he first had scores to settle.
• Xi Nian entered the gap between multiverses, where Doommamu attacked him and threatened to enslave him.
• Xi Nian transformed into Five-in-One Mode and struck Doommamu’s true body, blasting through the Dark Dimension and forcing Doommamu to retreat.
• Xi Nian searched for the enemy who had attacked him with Omega, then vanished from the multiversal gap.
• The Beyonder restored the destroyed Milky Way and revived the dead before sending the Avengers, the X-Men, and the white spaceship back home.

Xi Nian spoke with The Beyonder about the meaning of existence and asked him to fulfill his earlier request. In 1700, the young Ancient One met a little girl searching for Prince Xi Nian and was introduced to her mother, Polaris Lorna.

• The Beyonder told Xi Nian that seeing him had helped explain why someone valued him, then offered to grant him a wish.
• Xi Nian declined a new wish and asked The Beyonder to fulfill what he had requested before.
• On Mount Everest in 1700, the young Ancient One met a little girl wearing an artifact that appeared to seal an Infinity Stone.
• The little girl used her spatial abilities to take the Ancient One from the summit to a town in Nepal.
• The girl called for her mother, and Polaris Lorna recognized the young Ancient One and introduced herself.

Lorna and her daughter told the young Ancient One they were determined to find their original world, despite the near-impossibility of navigating the multiverse. When Dormammu began invading Earth through a rift, the Ancient One went to confront him.

• Lorna declined the Ancient One’s offer of a safe refuge and explained that she and her daughter planned to return to their original world and time.
• The little girl woke and insisted that she wanted to go back and find the person who had gotten lost.
• The Ancient One and Lorna sensed an ominous energy as a rift opened above the Nepalese town and dark tentacles reached through it.
• The Ancient One urged Lorna to protect her daughter and leave, then vanished to confront Dormammu.
• The Ancient One severed Dormammu’s tentacles and tried to close the rift, but Dormammu forced it wider and declared that he would absorb the universe into the Dark Dimension.

The young Ancient One, Lorna, and a mysterious girl struggled to stop Doomammu from invading their universe until a multicolored beam forced him to retreat. Xi Nian appeared in town, and he and Lorna reunited after years apart.

• The young Ancient One tried to seal Doomammu’s widening spatial rift while Lorna and the little girl helped hold it back.
• Doomammu pushed through the rift, and the young Ancient One told Lorna and the girl to flee as she prepared to sacrifice herself.
• The little girl’s necklace glowed, and a multicolored beam struck the rift, terrifying Doomammu and forcing him to retreat.
• Lorna turned toward the beam and saw Xi Nian, who greeted her as Boss Polaris.
• Lorna threw herself into Xi Nian’s arms, and they embraced after their long separation.

Xi Nian reunited with Lorna and their daughter, Little Moon, then gave the young Ancient One multiversal energy to protect Earth. Back at Destiny Alliance headquarters, Little Moon met the Alliance members as Xi Nian called a full meeting.

• Little Moon rushed to defend Lorna from Xi Nian, then recognized him and accepted his promise to keep their family together.
• Xi Nian thanked the young Ancient One and gave her a sphere of multiversal energy to draw upon if she needed power to protect Earth.
• Xi Nian took Lorna and Little Moon back to Destiny Alliance headquarters.
• Gwen, Kara, and the other Alliance members welcomed Little Moon, who wondered if they were all her mothers.
• Xi Nian entered the hall and called a full meeting of the Destiny Alliance.

Lorna returned to Destiny Alliance headquarters and reunited with Wanda and the other members. Xi Nian ended the multiversal journey and promised to take everyone home, while The Beyonder left him a multiversal coordinate that might lead to home.

• Diana welcomed Lorna back, and Lorna embraced Wanda and apologized for worrying her.
• All thirteen Destiny Alliance members gathered for their meeting, with Lorna occupying the chair that had been empty.
• Xi Nian declared the multiversal journey over and vowed to take everyone home.
• Xi Nian spoke with The Beyonder about life’s uncertainty and his hope that Death might someday love someone.
• After The Beyonder departed, Xi Nian found a multiversal coordinate glowing on his shoulder and realized it pointed to home.

Two years after Gwen and Xi Nian left, Peter and May joined George and Mary for a Christmas dinner overshadowed by their absence. An urgent report of tentacled creatures attacking people interrupted the meal as the Justice League discovered a gigantic living embryo incubating in Earth's inner core.

• Peter and May surprised George and Mary with an early Christmas visit.
• At dinner, the four remembered Gwen and Xi Nian and wondered how they were doing two years after leaving.
• George received an urgent call reporting that unknown tentacled creatures were attacking people nearby, and Peter overheard the report.
• At Justice League headquarters, Cyborg showed the team a scan of Earth's interior and revealed a colossal embryo in the inner core.
• Cyborg warned that the embryo was absorbing energy from Earth's living beings and might grow larger than a planet when it matured.

The heroes learned that a Celestial Group embryo inside Earth would hatch the next day and destroy the planet. Doctor Strange explained the threat to Spider-Man and considered using Xi Nian’s Cauldron of All Things as their only backup plan.

• Batman, Superman, and the others learned that a huge creature buried in Earth’s core would hatch the next day, and Batman ordered everyone to prepare.
• Spider-Man investigated a monster attack in Washington before Doctor Strange brought him to the New York Sanctum.
• Doctor Strange showed Spider-Man how the Celestial Group created worlds and revealed that an embryo inside Earth would soon hatch.
• Doctor Strange explained that humanity, the Mutants, and the Eternals were created by the Celestial Group, and Spider-Man asked whether they could win.
• Doctor Strange said they had no chance without Xi Nian and turned toward the Cauldron of All Things he had left behind.

The Celestial Tiamut began emerging beneath Earth, threatening to destroy the planet, while the Justice League arrived to intervene. Superman stopped Icarus from attacking Sersi and told her to continue freezing Tiamut as he confronted the Eternal.

• A helicopter news crew filmed superpowered figures fighting on Dia Island before witnessing a gigantic golden hand and head rise from the Atlantic.
• Atlantis's new queen and her soldiers saw Tiamut's body emerging beneath the seabed and understood that its completed emergence would destroy Earth.
• The Justice League arrived above the island as Tiamut continued to emerge.
• Sersi tried to freeze Tiamut's hand, but Icarus confronted her and fired lasers to stop her.
• Superman intercepted Icarus's attack, told Sersi to continue, and hurled Icarus several kilometers away.

As chaos spread across Earth, Superman and the others stopped Tiamut’s emergence, but three Celestials arrived to judge the planet. The Justice League, the Avengers, and their allies attacked the Celestials, beginning a battle that would decide Earth’s fate.

• Two Mutant monsters approached a villa in Washington, but a young girl unleashed ravens that killed them and warned intruders to stay away until he returned.
• Superman stopped Icarus long enough for Sersi to freeze Tiamut’s emerging body and halt its emergence.
• Doctor Strange told Spider-Man that stopping the hatching was only the beginning as three Celestials appeared above the Atlantic.
• Superman struck the largest Celestial’s hand, while the Batplane, Martian Manhunter, and Cyborg attacked the others.
• Doctor Strange used a spell to transport himself, Spider-Man, and the second-largest Celestial away.