Recaps

Hawking used Six Paths Mode to stop W'Kabi's forces from attacking him, demonstrating the Ten-Tails' power while sparing the Wakandan army. Shuri watched in shock as Hawking left every soldier bound and alive.

• W'Kabi rejected Shuri's order to stop fighting and led Wakanda's army in a charge against Hawking.
• Shuri stepped in front of Hawking and urged the soldiers to obey her, but W'Kabi rallied them to continue the attack.
• Hawking moved Shuri aside and entered Six Paths Mode using the Ten-Tails sealed inside him.
• Hawking used Wind Release: Great Breakthrough to disable the airborne fighters and lower them safely to the ground.
• Hawking used God: Nativity of a World of Trees to bind W'Kabi, the soldiers, and the silver-armored rhinos without killing them.
• Shuri stared in shock at Hawking's display of power.

Hawking rescued Queen Ramonda and negotiated a Hero Alliance presence in Wakanda, along with scientific cooperation and two Black Panther-style suits for his siblings. He returned home to ask Wanda what design she wanted and left her wondering if he was making a night raid.

• Hawking returned Queen Ramonda to the palace and warned her that Wakanda could not wage war against the outside world.
• Queen Ramonda promised to punish the elders who had supported the war and assured Hawking that Wakanda would not repeat the mistake.
• Hawking proposed a Hero Alliance branch and scientific cooperation, then demonstrated that he could create Vibranium himself.
• Hawking asked Shuri to make Black Panther-style suits for Wanda and Quicksilver, and Ramonda agreed.
• Hawking Apparated home to ask Wanda about the suit design, and Wanda wondered if he was making a night raid.

Wanda mistook Hawking’s late-night visit to discuss battle suits for a romantic advance, but after realizing the misunderstanding, she kissed him and asked him to marry her. Hawking refused because she was underage, promising to agree once she reached the legal age.

• Wanda dressed in a revealing white nightgown and let Hawking into her room, while Hawking tried to cover her with a coat.
• Hawking said he wanted them to do something together, and Wanda misunderstood him as proposing intimacy.
• Wanda lay face down as Hawking prepared to show her a battle suit design for her and Pietro.
• Hawking explained that he wanted Wanda’s preferences for her battle suit, and Wanda realized what he had actually meant.
• Wanda kissed Hawking and asked him to marry her, but he said he would agree once she was legally old enough.

Hawking reflected on how he and Wanda became a couple, then arranged suit designs and installed a Portkey in Wakanda. After a sleepless night modifying Oleg’s car with magic, Hawking joined his family for their annual pre-Christmas shopping.

• Hawking gave Shuri Wanda’s suit design and asked her to make a second version in silver with a different helmet.
• Hawking installed a Portkey in Wakanda leading to the League of Heroes Headquarters and left coordination to Susan.
• Hawking entered the Cardcaptor World to seek magical instruction from Eriol Hiiragizawa.
• Hawking magically modified Oleg’s car to give it intelligence, expanded interior and trunk space, and several new functions.
• Oleg accepted Hawking’s explanation for the car’s changes, and Wanda teased Hawking about staying up late before the family set out shopping.

Hawking and Wanda traveled with the Maximoff family after confirming their relationship, but reports of worldwide disasters raised Hawking’s fear that the Celestial Embryo was awakening early. Susan summoned him to headquarters, and he left to investigate while reassuring Wanda and her family.

• Quicksilver teased Wanda about acting close to Hawking, and her reply nearly revealed that they were dating.
• Elena welcomed the idea of Wanda and Hawking becoming a couple, while Quicksilver joked about whether he would call Hawking his brother or brother-in-law.
• News reports described a blackout in Washington, snow in Egypt, frozen seas near Japan, and a plane crash in New York.
• Hawking suspected the disasters signaled the Celestial Embryo’s premature birth and worried that he could not face Arishem the Judge.
• Susan called Hawking to headquarters, and he left the family’s shopping trip despite Wanda’s concern.

Hawking learned that the Silver Surfer had arrived on Earth and warned that it would be destroyed in eight days. Though Hawking believed he could defeat the Surfer, he feared the Planet Devourer behind him, leaving Nick Fury and Susan facing the threat of Earth being consumed.

• Susan and Nick Fury told Hawking that the Silver Surfer had appeared, caused disasters around the world, and declared that Earth would be destroyed in eight days.
• Nick Fury explained that the Silver Surfer had defeated Captain Maria and drained her energy after S.H.I.E.L.D. sent her to confront him.
• Susan showed Hawking footage of the Silver Surfer overpowering the Hero Alliance, injuring Kaguya Otsutsuki and the other heroes before leaving.
• Hawking identified the silver figure as the Silver Surfer and explained that his power came from his surfboard, but that Planet Devourer was the greater danger.
• Hawking told Nick Fury and Susan that the Planet Devourer planned to eat Earth, and they were horrified by the revelation.

Hawking planned to pit Arishem the Judge against Planet Devourer while seeking other ways to protect Earth. Ancient One arrived with a plan to use the Sanctuaries and the Tesseract to send Planet Devourer far away, and Hawking was needed to lead Earth’s heroes in the attack.

• Hawking considered luring Arishem the Judge to Earth to confront Planet Devourer and prepared a fallback plan to evacuate his loved ones.
• Ancient One entered Hawking’s office, and he realized she could help him deal with the coming crisis.
• Hawking introduced Ancient One to Nick Fury, who agreed to let her borrow the Tesseract.
• Ancient One explained that she could not foresee futures involving Planet Devourer and that Earth could not defeat him directly.
• Ancient One proposed that Kamar-Taj’s mages use the Three Sanctuaries to hold off Planet Devourer while Hawking led Earth’s heroes to distract him, allowing her to use the Time Stone and Space Stone to send him far away.

Hawking and Ancient One refined a plan to repel the Planet Devourer by first recruiting his Silver Surfer subordinate and using Arishem the Judge as a possible first line of defense. The chapter ended with Ancient One leading Hawking to find the Silver Surfer while Susan and Nick Fury began preparing Earth’s heroes and governments.

• Hawking asked Ancient One how long the Space Stone would take to send the Planet Devourer away and how they would stop him from returning.
• Ancient One explained that sending him away could take time and proposed restoring the Silver Surfer’s erased memories so he could help delay the Planet Devourer and hide Earth’s coordinates.
• Hawking proposed using Arishem the Judge to fight the Planet Devourer first, and Ancient One agreed that it would improve their chances while also addressing the Celestial Embryo threat.
• Susan and Nick Fury were shocked to learn about the Planet Devourer, the Celestial Embryo, and the Celestials.
• Ancient One opened a portal to find the Silver Surfer, while Hawking ordered Susan to gather B-ranked and higher Super Heroes and contact Professor X, and told Nick Fury to reassure world leaders and send the Tesseract.

Hawking and Ancient One confronted Silver Surfer in Antarctica, hoping to restore his memories before Planet Devourer consumed Earth. After negotiations failed, Ancient One moved the fight into the Mirror Dimension, and Hawking unleashed his Saiyan battle lust against Silver Surfer.

• Hawking planned to recruit powerful heroes such as Professor X, Magneto, and Jean Grey to help defend Earth from Planet Devourer.
• Ancient One brought Hawking to Antarctica, where Silver Surfer had hidden beneath the glaciers.
• Silver Surfer refused Hawking's offer to help restore his memories and attacked him with Cosmic Energy.
• Ancient One opened the Mirror Dimension to contain the battle, and Hawking struck Silver Surfer with a rapid barrage of punches.
• Silver Surfer blasted Hawking away unharmed, so Hawking formed two Destructo Discs and sent them slicing toward him.

Hawking used sealing techniques and a surprise attack to injure Silver Surfer, but Silver Surfer healed and overwhelmed him in close combat. As their energy clash threatened to shatter the Mirror Dimension, Hawking used a Shadow Clone as a distraction and grabbed Silver Surfer and his board from behind.

• Hawking used a Flying Thunder God Mark and Adamantine Sealing Chains to bind Silver Surfer, letting his Destructo Discs cut two wounds into him.
• Silver Surfer broke the chains, healed within seconds, and told Hawking he wanted to experience more emotions by fighting him at full strength.
• Silver Surfer outmatched Hawking in close combat, but Hawking blasted him away with Almighty Push and transformed into a Great Ape.
• Hawking and Silver Surfer clashed with powerful energy attacks, causing the Mirror Dimension to tremble and prompting Ancient One to prepare to intervene.
• Hawking revealed that a Shadow Clone had distracted Silver Surfer and grabbed him and his surfboard from behind.

Hawking and Ancient One captured Silver Surfer, then used the Time Stone to restore his sealed memories and recruit him to help stop Planet Devourer. With Silver Surfer taken to Kamar-Taj to prepare the Three Sanctuaries, Hawking gathered the League of Heroes to plan their attack.

• As a Great Ape, Hawking used Soul Extraction while his Shadow Clone cut Silver Surfer free from his board with a Destructo Disc.
• Hawking returned to normal and asked Silver Surfer to help defeat Planet Devourer, but Silver Surfer refused to betray his master.
• Ancient One used the Time Stone to restore Silver Surfer's memories, and he revealed his name as Norrin Radd and agreed to help protect Earth.
• Ancient One took Norrin Radd to Kamar-Taj to prepare the Three Sanctuaries while Hawking returned to League of Heroes headquarters.
• Susan told Hawking that the Super Heroes had gathered, and Hawking went to begin the meeting.

After securing the Hero Alliance’s commitment to fight Planet Devourer, Hawking asked Ancient One for the Eternals’ locations and planned to use them to alert Arishem the Judge. He set out to contact the Eternals while seeking ways to strengthen himself before Planet Devourer arrived in eight days.

• Hawking secured the Super Heroes’ participation by offering large bonuses and promising to protect their families and friends if Earth fell.
• Ancient One told Hawking that Kamar-Taj had tracked the Eternals and gave him their locations.
• Hawking decided to tell the Eternals that Planet Devourer would reach Earth in eight days, expecting some to help and others to warn Arishem the Judge.
• Hawking Apparated away to find the Eternals quickly and planned to improve his strength before the coming battle.

Hawking found Sersi in Athens and asked the Eternals to help protect Earth from the Planet Devourer. Sersi agreed and brought him to meet Water Elf Sprite, Ajak, and Ikaris, leaving the group poised to gather the other Eternals.

• Hawking interrupted Sersi's class and persuaded the school to dismiss its students so he could speak with her privately.
• Hawking told Sersi that a Planet Devourer threatened Earth and invited her and the Eternals to help.
• Sersi agreed to help because she cared deeply about Earth and its people.
• Sersi suggested finding Water Elf Sprite and asking Ajak to gather the Eternals.
• Hawking took Sersi to collect Water Elf Sprite, then brought them to Ajak's ranch, where they also met Ikaris.

Mr. Hawking secured Ajak and the Eternals’ help against the Planet Devourer and arranged to move heroes’ families to safety. With eight days left, he began an intense ki-training plan to raise his combat power enough to fight.

• Sersi found Ikaris at Ajak’s home and slapped him after misunderstanding why he had returned.
• Ajak agreed that the Eternals would help against the Planet Devourer and planned to gather them in New York in a week.
• Mr. Hawking invited Ajak to join the Hero Alliance and returned home to prepare for the crisis.
• Mr. Hawking told his family the company was arranging a free Christmas trip, secretly planning to send heroes’ families to the Naruto World for safety.
• Mr. Hawking left a Shadow Clone at home and began training in his Edman Suitcase, aiming to raise his ki through extreme gravity and repeated recovery.

Hawking dream-walked into Goku’s body to prepare for the coming Saiyan threat, told Goku about his origins and the future invasion, and offered him a way to train faster. Goku resolved to become strong enough to protect Earth, while Hawking prepared to begin his special training.

• Hawking loaded Goku Mode, arrived at Goku and Chi-Chi’s newly expanded Mount Paozu home, and quickly tidied their furniture.
• Hawking explained to Chi-Chi that he was not Goku, then stunned her and carried her to the sofa before flying toward West City.
• Hawking released Goku’s consciousness and told him that he came from another world and had helped restore the Ox-King’s castle.
• Hawking revealed that Goku was a Saiyan named Kakarot and described Frieza, Raditz, and the future attack on Earth.
• Goku eagerly welcomed the prospect of fighting powerful opponents and vowed to train, while Hawking warned that Goku’s current methods would not be enough and offered him special training.

Hawking sought a gravity training device from Dr. Brief to help Goku grow stronger before an impending threat, then headed to Kame House to learn the Evil Containment Wave. The chapter ended with Turtle Hermit relaxing outside while Krillin trained in the water.

• Goku asked Hawking to teach him, and Hawking agreed to help him train with gravity.
• Hawking took Goku to Bulma and asked Dr. Brief to build an upgraded Gravity Chamber using the blueprints he conjured.
• Dr. Brief agreed to upgrade the device, while Hawking told Bulma that Earth faced a danger greater than King Piccolo's.
• Hawking flew to Kame House to ask Turtle Hermit to teach him the Evil Containment Wave.
• Hawking arrived to find Turtle Hermit reading an adult magazine and Krillin training in the seawater.

Hawking learned the Evil Containment Wave from Turtle Hermit and began extreme gravity training to prepare for the crisis approaching his world. After raising his Combat Power from six thousand to roughly ten thousand in less than a day, he Dreamwalked into Goku’s world again to seek improved Gravity Technology.

• Hawking controlled Goku’s body, traded Turtle Hermit adult magazines for instruction, and learned the Evil Containment Wave in under twenty minutes.
• Hawking returned to Mount Paozu, explained his need to use Goku’s body daily, and arranged a set time for their Dreamwalking sessions.
• Hawking entered his Gravity Chamber, trained under fifty times gravity while using Creation Rebirth to heal, and gradually increased the multiplier.
• Hawking adapted to sixty times gravity and raised his ki-based Combat Power from six thousand to roughly ten thousand in less than twenty-four hours.
• After eating and resting, Hawking Dreamwalked into the Dragon Ball world again to obtain higher-level Gravity Technology.

Hawking revealed his immense strength to Goku’s companions and directed them to prepare for the coming Saiyan and Frieza threats. After gathering Dr. Brief’s Gravity Chamber research, he returned to his own world and pushed his training to 300,000 Combat Power by the seventh day.

• Hawking convinced Goku’s companions of his identity and the danger ahead by releasing his 10,000 Combat Power and explaining that Kami and Piccolo were aliens.
• Hawking told the group to recover the Saiyan and Namekian spaceships, then used the Flying Thunder God to visit Dr. Brief in West City.
• Dr. Brief gave Hawking improved Gravity Chamber research that could withstand one hundred times gravity, and Hawking urged him to continue upgrading it.
• Hawking returned to his world and sent a shadow clone to deliver the research to scientists while he resumed training in the Gravity Chamber.
• Hawking raised his training intensity to 200 times gravity and his Combat Power to 300,000 by the seventh day.

With Planet Devourer due to arrive the next day, Hawking arranged to move the families and friends of the League of Heroes' Super Heroes to Konoha Village. He brought the group to the village, where Fifth Hokage Tsunade and its jonin were waiting.

• Hawking collected battle-suit wristbands from Shuri and learned that she would stay with Wakanda even if it faced destruction.
• Hawking returned home and used Apparition to take Wanda, Pietro, Oleg, and Elena to the League of Heroes Headquarters.
• Susan announced the supposed vacation itinerary, and Kaguya transported the gathered families and friends into the Ancestor Space.
• Hawking had Kaguya move the group to Mount Myōboku, then used Shunpo to reach Konoha Village with Wanda and the others.
• Fifth Hokage Tsunade waited at Konoha's gates with the village's jonin.

Hawking arranged for Tsunade and Konoha’s ninja to protect the tour group while he prepared the heroes and allies for a battle against Planet Devourer. Ajak revealed that a Celestial would arrive on Earth the next day and might persuade Planet Devourer to leave before the battle began.

• Hawking asked Tsunade to keep the tour group safe in Konoha, and she suspended missions and recalled the village’s ninja.
• Kaguya released the tour group from Ancestor Space, and Susan organized their stay in cabins Hawking had built outside Konoha.
• Hawking left Wanda and the others in Konoha and went to the New York Sanctum to explain the battle plan against Planet Devourer.
• Hawking’s allies planned to use the Three Sanctuaries, the Time Stone, the Mirror Dimension, and coordinated attacks to contain Planet Devourer until Ancient One could send him away.
• Ajak told the gathered allies that she had contacted the Celestial on their planet and that he would arrive on Earth the next day to try to persuade Planet Devourer to leave.

Hawking prepared for the Planet Devourer’s arrival while Ancient One warned that his sudden growth might hasten the Celestial Embryo’s hatching. When Arishem the Judge arrived with many other Celestials, Hawking and Nick Fury put their backup plan into action.

• Hawking praised the Celestials as benevolent gods, leaving Ajak and Ikaris embarrassed because they knew the truth.
• Hawking and the others agreed to join forces with the Celestials against the Planet Devourer if necessary.
• Ancient One warned Hawking that his increased strength and life force might cause the Celestial Embryo to hatch soon after the battle, and Hawking vowed to resist the Celestials if they threatened Earth.
• Arishem the Judge appeared above Earth with many other Celestials, and Hawking realized they would need to use their second plan.
• Nick Fury told Hawking that governments had announced the Celestials’ arrival as a virtual projection by the Hero Alliance, preventing public panic.

Arishem ordered Ajak to prepare for the God Manifestation, and Ajak revealed to the Eternals that it would destroy Earth. After the Planet Devourer arrived and began fighting the Celestials, Mr. Hawking left a Shadow Clone behind and Apparated to the Celestial Embryo at Earth's core.

• Arishem confirmed Ajak's memories and ordered her to prepare for the God Manifestation, explaining that it could begin once the Planet Devourer was dealt with.
• Ajak told the Eternals that their mission was to bring about a new Celestial, that Olympia and their memories were fabricated, and that Earth's destruction was imminent.
• Tony Stark and Mr. Hawking urged the group to fight, and Mr. Hawking reflected Ikaris's attack and knocked him unconscious.
• Silver Surfer sensed the Planet Devourer, who appeared above Earth and began fighting the Celestials in space.
• Ancient One had the mages activate the Three Sanctuaries' defenses, while Mr. Hawking left a Shadow Clone behind and Apparated to the Celestial Embryo.

Hawking planted the Divine Tree on the Celestial Embryo and waited for Planet Devourer and the Celestials to weaken each other. After Planet Devourer fell, Hawking began draining the embryo as Arishem attacked Earth and Ancient One’s barrier.

• Hawking transformed the Ten-Tails into a Divine Tree and planted it atop the Celestial Embryo, planning to harvest its life force after the battle outside Earth.
• The Celestials merged into the Supreme Celestial Group, which overwhelmed Planet Devourer while Hawking and the Sanctuary rooftop group watched.
• Hawking reassured Ajak and the others that Earth still had hope, while Ancient One quietly made a decision as she saw them look to him.
• The Supreme Celestial Group defeated Planet Devourer, but broke apart afterward, leaving Arishem and most of the Celestials badly injured.
• Hawking received his Shadow Clone’s signal and used Divine Tree Descent to drain the Celestial Embryo as a flower bud began to form.
• Arishem sensed the embryo’s life force fading and tried to seize Earth, but Ancient One’s Three Sanctuaries barrier blocked his hand before it nearly buckled under his strike.

Ancient One and the Kamar-Taj sorcerers trapped Arishem in a Space Stone-reinforced Mirror Dimension while Hawking used the converted Time Card to freeze him briefly. After the Divine Tree's fruit began to grow and Arishem broke free, Hawking attacked him with Great Ape Form, Susanoo, and a Zanpakuto.

• Ancient One shattered the Three Sanctuaries' defenses, pulled Arishem and the wounded Celestials into the Mirror Dimension, and reinforced it with the Space Stone.
• Ancient One froze Arishem with the Time Stone, then Hawking converted the Time Card and used it to restrain Arishem again.
• Hawking stopped the heroes from attacking and said they should wait while the Divine Tree's fruit grew.
• Arishem broke free after ten seconds, and Hawking's Shadow Clone staggered him with a three-million-Combat-Power blast.
• Hawking transformed into Great Ape Form, covered himself in a ten-thousand-meter Susanoo, and slashed at Arishem's neck with a colossal Zanpakuto.

Hawking’s Shadow Clone failed to defeat the Judge, but its attacks revealed that a human could wound the Celestial. Meanwhile, Hawking consumed a Divine Tree Fruit grown from the Celestial Embryo and began elevating his life essence, though his Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan only partially awakened.

• Hawking’s Zanpakuto failed to pierce the Judge’s neck, and the Judge sealed space before smashing apart his Susanoo.
• Hawking’s Destructo Disc cracked the Judge’s hand, prompting it to consider Ajak’s plea but decide that humanity should still be used for God Manifestation.
• The Judge destroyed Hawking’s Shadow Clone after Hawking attacked with several techniques, and the Clone’s memories reached the real Hawking.
• Hawking harvested and swallowed the Divine Tree Fruit grown from the drained Celestial Embryo, sensing his life essence rise.
• Hawking found that the fruit had opened a crack in his forehead, revealing the Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan only partially activated.