Recaps

Itachi fought Jogo and Hanami while Yuji defeated the Smallpox Deity, but Kenjaku used eleven of Sukuna’s fingers to bring Ryomen Sukuna back. Hawking suddenly returned, reclaimed control of the battle, and confronted Kenjaku after quickly defeating Dagon.

• Itachi sent a shadow clone to get Iguchi and Sasaki to safety, then used Susanoo and the Yata Mirror to block Jogo’s domain.
• Itachi lured Jogo within reach of the Totsuka Blade, but Hanami trapped Susanoo with trees and enclosed Itachi in a domain as Jogo joined the fight.
• Yuji defeated the Smallpox Deity, but Dagon trapped him in a domain while Kenjaku used gravity to pin him down and fed him Sukuna’s eleven fingers.
• Ryomen Sukuna took over Yuji’s body, then panicked when Hawking appeared and immediately lost control to Yuji.
• Hawking attacked Kenjaku and Dagon, broke Dagon’s domain, and defeated Dagon in seconds while Kenjaku tried to absorb Mahito and escape.
• Hawking appeared before Kenjaku and asked where he was going.

Hawking defeated Kenjaku’s cursed spirits and absorbed the Great Catfish, strengthening his Cursed Energy. After his attacks failed, Kenjaku activated the Prison Realm to try to seal Hawking.

• Kenjaku unleashed the Great Catfish, but Hawking shook the ground, shattered it, and absorbed its Cursed Energy.
• Kenjaku released Kuroi Mushi and its domain, hoping to disgust Hawking and prevent him from devouring the curse.
• Hawking burned Kuroi Mushi and its domain away with Fiendfyre.
• Kenjaku used Maximum: Uzumaki, but the attack could not break through Hawking’s defenses.
• Kenjaku activated the Prison Realm, which he had prepared to seal Hawking.

Hawking defeated Kenjaku, rescued Itachi, and agreed to trade with Satoru Gojo by clearing every Cursed Spirit in the world in exchange for all known cursed techniques. Gojo doubted Hawking could find and eliminate the more than hundred million scattered Cursed Spirits.

• Kenjaku activated the Prison Realm against Hawking, but Hawking broke it apart, restrained Kenjaku, and learned his history and plans from his memories.
• Hawking decided to leave Kenjaku for Satoru Gojo and turned to help Yuji Itadori rescue Itachi from Hanami's domain.
• Hawking split the domain, killed Hanami and Jogo, and absorbed them along with Mahito and Dagon into his Cosmo.
• Satoru Gojo arrived, and Hawking explained Kenjaku's identity and intentions by sharing the memories he had read.
• Gojo confirmed he had gathered copies of nearly every known cursed technique, and Hawking offered to eliminate every Cursed Spirit in exchange for them.
• Gojo was astonished and questioned how Hawking could locate and clear more than a hundred million Cursed Spirits scattered across the world.

Hawking used one hundred million Shadow Clones to wipe out every threatening Cursed Spirit on Earth, then left the Jujutsu Kaisen world with Itachi and jujutsu books. In the Saint Seiya world, he found Seiya frozen and injured in the Underworld and began examining his memories to learn what had happened.

• Hawking asked Satoru Gojo whether he was willing to let him eliminate the world's Cursed Spirits, and Satoru Gojo agreed.
• Hawking created one hundred million Shadow Clones, sent them across the planet to defeat the Cursed Spirits, and absorbed their corpses into the Ancestor Space.
• Satoru Gojo praised Hawking as a godlike figure after witnessing the worldwide purge.
• Hawking left the Jujutsu Kaisen world with jujutsu books, placed Itachi in the Ancestor Space, and entered the Saint Seiya world.
• Hawking arrived in the Ice Hell of the Underworld, freed Seiya from the ice, and healed his injuries.
• Seiya told Hawking that Athena could be saved, and Hawking began reading Seiya's memories.

Hawking revived one hundred million Gold Saints from the souls frozen in the Eighth Hell and led them with Seiya into the Underworld to rescue Athena and confront Hades and the allied gods. Their arrival turned the battle in the Seventh Hell as Eris and the Three Judges faced the overwhelming force.

• Hawking learned from Seiya's memories that Hades had allied with Abel, Lucifer, and Eris, abducted Athena, and taken her to Elysium.
• Hawking decided to enlist help and used Rinne Rebirth to revive one hundred million Gold Saints from the frozen souls in the Eighth Hell.
• Hawking explained the threat to the resurrected Saints, who joined him and Seiya in a charge through the Underworld.
• In the Seventh Hell, Eris and the Three Judges had overwhelmed the Saints fighting there.
• Hawking and the one hundred million Gold Saints arrived, their Cosmos unaffected by the Underworld's suppression, startling Eris and the defeated Saints.

Hawking led a hundred million revived Gold Saints against Eris and the Underworld forces, then sealed Eris and pushed deeper into the Underworld. At the Wheel of Reincarnation, he considered how to use its laws to expand his Ancestor Space into a world of his own.

• The Three Judges of the Underworld recognized Hawking as the missing Ophiuchus, and Eris ordered them to flee to Elysium.
• Hawking used ki blasts to keep Eris from escaping while the Gold Saints overwhelmed her, healing and reviving them as they fought.
• After ten minutes of battle, Eris attacked Hawking, who sealed her inside an Adamantium Alloy Rice Cooker with the Evil Containment Wave and God Sealing Array.
• Hawking healed the badly injured Shaka and the other Saints, then led the army through the Underworld's remaining troops.
• At the Wheel of Reincarnation, Hawking considered studying its laws and creating a world within his Ancestor Space.

Hawking led the resurrected Saints through the Wailing Wall and teleported them to Elysium, where they confronted Hades and the other gods. After sealing Hypnos and rescuing Athena, Hawking sent her to help the Saints contain the gods while he prepared to face them.

• Hawking and the Saints destroyed the Wailing Wall, and Hawking teleported them directly to Elysium.
• Hades, the Twin Gods, Alberich, and Lucifer realized that the Saints had escaped and gathered to fight them while Hypnos kept suppressing Athena.
• The four gods clashed with the Saints, whose attacks could barely withstand the gods’ power and whose dead Hawking could not revive.
• Hawking slipped into the temple, struck Hypnos with a Galaxian Explosion, sealed him in a Rice Cooker, and freed Athena.
• Athena led the Saints in sealing off Elysium as Hades and the other gods charged toward her.

Hawking defeated and sealed Abel, Hades, Thanatos, and Lucifer, ending the Holy War. He returned Athena and the Gold Saints to the Sanctuary, then took the sealed gods to the Marvel World to prevent future wars.

• Hawking transformed into a Super Saiyan, overwhelmed Abel, and sealed him in a Rice Cooker.
• Athena and the Gold Saints raised a barrier across Elysium, and Hawking confronted Hades over his judgment of humanity.
• Hawking caught Hades's Pluto Sword, sealed Hades, and then defeated and sealed Thanatos.
• Lucifer surrendered, but Hawking sealed him as well, bringing the Holy War to an end.
• Hawking returned Athena and the Gold Saints to the Sanctuary, then took the six sealed gods to the Marvel World.

After returning from the Saint Seiya world, Hawking drew a Demon Slayer protagonist template but postponed loading it while he absorbed the Cosmos of six gods and reached Super Saiyan 2. He returned to Earth to face the Celestials, who refused to pardon him for killing and imprisoning their kind.

• Hawking received a new protagonist template featuring fifteen-year-old Tanjiro Kamado but chose not to load it yet.
• Hawking devoured the Cosmos of Reaper, Hypnos, the Goddess of Strife, the former Sun God, Lucifer, and Hades, raising his base Combat Power to two billion.
• Hawking transformed into Super Saiyan 2, increasing his Combat Power to two hundred billion.
• Hawking returned to Earth, where nine powerful Celestials and many others had gathered to confront him.
• The Celestials demanded that Hawking be erased from the universe, and the Inspector refused his offer to release the Judges in exchange for dropping the charges.

Hawking confronted the Extirpator and trapped the Celestials inside his newly created Endless Microcosm domain. The Celestials recognized how much he had grown and decided to join forces to kill him before he became an even greater threat.

• The Extirpator approached Hawking with the Staff of Life and refused to negotiate.
• Hawking transformed into Super Saiyan 2, released Doctor Gero’s Androids, and expanded his Endless Microcosm domain around the Celestials.
• Hawking explained that his domain altered space, strengthened his powers, and made his attacks impossible to dodge, though it was still incomplete.
• The Celestials realized Hawking’s power had surpassed theirs and recognized his domain as a mobile, early form of a dimensional space.
• The Celestials united their minds and decided to attack Hawking to prevent him from becoming a threat to the universe.

After defeating the Celestials in a three-day battle, Hawking agreed to Eternity’s demand to release Arishem and promised not to destabilize the universe. Eternity’s mediation ended the conflict, and Hawking healed the Celestials as they accepted his assurances.

• Hawking’s Supreme Power grew during battle, letting him overpower the nine Celestial leaders and the reinforcements who joined them.
• After three days and three nights, Hawking asked the wounded Celestials to submit, but they refused to abandon their duty to protect the universe.
• Eternity appeared and told Hawking to release Arishem, promising the Celestials would leave him alone if he preserved the universe’s stability.
• Hawking released the wounded Judge from the Rice Cooker and assured Eternity he would protect the universe’s peace.
• After Eternity vanished, Hawking healed the Celestials and offered to help them in the future, and they accepted his assurances.

After defeating the Celestials, Hawking returned to Earth and agreed to marry Wanda that day. While they prepared for the wedding, Hawking sensed Thor had arrived in New Mexico and went to find him.

• Hawking greeted the injured Celestials, then used Shunpo to board Star-Lord's spaceship and reunite with Wanda.
• Wanda asked Hawking to marry her that day, and he agreed after learning that Oleg and Elena had approved.
• Hawking returned to Earth and began preparing the wedding with help from Susan and the Hero Alliance.
• Hawking sensed the Bifrost near New Mexico and left to find Thor, while Wanda used Chaos Magic to alter her figure.
• Thor woke beside his fallen hammer, and Hawking asked him whether he had lost Thor's Hammer.

Hawking reunited with Thor, removed the seals that had taken away Thor's power and Mjolnir, and invited him to the wedding, where Thor found Jane. Hawking returned to Wanda, noticed her changed body, and postponed the ceremony for three hours.

• Thor was surprised to see Hawking holding Mjolnir, then found himself unable to lift it when Hawking handed it over.
• Thor told Hawking how his rebellion-suppression campaign and attack on Jotunheim had led Odin to strip his power and banish him to Earth.
• Hawking removed the seals on Thor and Mjolnir, restoring Thor's divine power and control of the hammer.
• Hawking invited Thor to the wedding and asked about visiting Asgard with Wanda, and Thor agreed to welcome them.
• Thor rushed to Jane at the wedding hall, where Jane slapped him for breaking his promise to return.
• Hawking returned to Wanda, noticed her changed body, and postponed the ceremony by three hours.

After spending the morning with Wanda, Hawking loaded Tanjiro Kamado’s template and explored his memories of the Demon Slayer world. He became especially interested in Breathing Techniques as a way to refine bodily control and prepare for learning Ultra Instinct.

• Hawking woke beside the exhausted Wanda and reflected that he was now a husband and might soon become a father.
• Hawking loaded the Tanjiro Kamado template and received Tanjiro’s memories of his family’s slaughter, Nezuko’s transformation, and his training to join the Demon Slayer Corps.
• Tanjiro’s memories ended with him and his companions heading aboard the Mugen Train to support Kyojuro Rengoku after defeating Enmu and encountering Akaza.
• Hawking judged the demons and their Blood Demon Arts less useful to study than the demon slayers’ Breathing Techniques.
• Hawking connected Breathing Techniques’ precise bodily control to the control needed to master Ultra Instinct.

Hawking traveled to the Demon Slayer World to study how Pillars used Breathing Techniques and arrived during Akaza’s fight with Kyojuro. He healed Tanjiro, who joined the battle with Inosuke, and Akaza fled toward the forest as sunrise approached.

• Hawking used Dream Walking to reach the Demon Slayer World and found Kyojuro battling Akaza after the Mugen Train crash.
• Tanjiro urged Hawking to hide, but Hawking healed Tanjiro so he could help Kyojuro.
• Tanjiro and Inosuke joined the fight, forcing Akaza to fight more cautiously and spoiling Kyojuro’s plan to trap him.
• As dawn broke, Akaza abandoned his mission and tried to escape into the forest.

Hawking saved Akaza from the sunlight with summoned clouds so he could observe Kyojuro's Flame Breathing, then healed Kyojuro and let the battle continue. Kyojuro, Tanjiro, and Inosuke gained the upper hand, but Akaza remained confident that their stamina would run out.

• Kyojuro, Tanjiro, and Inosuke attacked Akaza's waist while Kyojuro held him in place, but Akaza tore off his arm and escaped just as the sun rose.
• Hawking summoned dark clouds that shielded Akaza from the sunlight, and Akaza prepared to kill the Demon Slayers.
• Tanjiro asked Hawking to save Kyojuro, and Hawking instantly healed Kyojuro's severe injuries.
• Hawking returned to his seat and said he would not fight, while Kyojuro, Tanjiro, and Inosuke resumed their battle with Akaza.
• Kyojuro and the others suppressed Akaza, but Akaza relied on his regeneration and watched Hawking as he waited for their stamina to fade.

Hawking killed Akaza by clearing the clouds and exposing him to sunlight, then healed Tanjiro, Kyojuro, and Inosuke. He examined Nezuko to see whether he could restore her memories and reason while suppressing her demon instincts.

• Akaza broke from the fight and charged at Hawking, but Hawking dispersed the clouds and sunlight burned Akaza to ash.
• Hawking healed the injured Tanjiro, Kyojuro, and Inosuke, and Kyojuro thanked him for saving their lives.
• Zenitsu Agatsuma arrived with Nezuko, and Tanjiro asked Hawking whether he could turn a demon back into a human.
• Tanjiro led the group into the forest shade and took Nezuko from her box.
• Hawking scanned Nezuko and considered restoring her memories and rationality while suppressing her demon instincts.

Hawking restored Nezuko’s memories, made her immune to sunlight, and gave Tanjiro’s group Senzu Beans before leaving. He then went to Tanjiro’s family graves and began reviving them.

• Hawking converted the energy in Nezuko’s body, freed her buried memories, and removed her vulnerability to sunlight.
• Nezuko woke, spoke to Tanjiro, and told him she remembered everything.
• Hawking gave Tanjiro a sack of Senzu Beans, and Zenitsu Agatsuma demonstrated that one healed injuries and hunger instantly.
• Kyojuro urged Tanjiro and the others to keep Hawking and Nezuko’s condition secret from the Demon Slayer Corps until he reported to the master.
• Hawking traveled to Tanjiro’s family graves and used Rinne Rebirth to revive them.

Hawking found Muzan Kibutsuji, froze time, and read his memories to learn the origins of demons and the history of Yoriichi Tsugikuni. He left intrigued by Yoriichi’s Sun Breathing and marks.

• Hawking concluded that Tanjiro's Father had already reincarnated, stored Tanjiro's Mother and siblings in the Ancestor Space, and left.
• Hawking found Muzan Kibutsuji in a villa and decided to take a sample of his demonic energy and inspect his memories.
• Muzan learned from Akaza's memories that Akaza and Enmu had failed to kill the boy, and decided to capture the human doctor who had healed Kyojuro.
• Hawking froze time in the villa and read Muzan's memories, learning that Muzan had become a demon after taking medicine made with the Blue Spider Lily.
• Hawking learned that Yoriichi Tsugikuni created Sun Breathing and nearly killed Muzan, then escaped only by splitting into eighteen hundred pieces.

Hawking ended his Dreamwalking visit with Muzan Kibutsuji and reflected on ways to grow stronger, including fusing his domain with Ancestor Space and pursuing Super Saiyan 4 and Ultra Instinct. He decided to go to Asgard the next day, then stayed with Wanda when she woke.

• Hawking extracted some of Muzan Kibutsuji's power and ended the Dreamwalking session, returning to the Marvel World.
• Hawking calculated that Super Saiyan 3 gave him 1.6 trillion Combat Power, or 2 trillion with his domain.
• Hawking planned to strengthen Ancestor Space with Divine Tree Fruits and eventually fuse it with Endless Domain.
• Hawking considered asking the Old Kai to unlock his potential so he could reach the base Combat Power needed for Super Saiyan 4, then seek an Angel to learn Ultra Instinct.
• Hawking decided to leave for Asgard the next day to study its divine realm and arrive as Odin approached his sleep.
• Wanda woke and playfully kept Hawking in bed with her.

Loki took control of Asgard while Odin slept and, after discovering Thor had regained his power with Hawking’s help, freed Hela to recruit her against Thor. He left Hela facing a choice between killing Thor and being sealed away again.

• Loki declared himself acting king and ordered the guards to protect Odin while he secretly traveled to Midgard.
• Loki found Thor’s hammer missing in New Mexico and suspected Hawking had helped Thor break Odin’s seal.
• At Hawking’s wedding, Loki saw Thor with his hammer and decided Hela might be powerful enough to oppose Hawking.
• Sif and the Warriors Three asked Loki to end Thor’s exile, but he refused and sent them away.
• Loki used the Eternal Flame to free Hela from her seal in Norway and threatened to imprison her again unless she helped him kill Thor Odinson.

Loki released Hela to kill Thor and stopped Sif and the Warriors Three from reaching Midgard, while Hawking and Wanda discovered that Hawking’s life essence had strengthened her. After Hela attacked Thor, Hawking invited Wanda to visit Asgard for their honeymoon, and she agreed to go wherever he went.

• Loki sent Hela after Thor and froze Heimdall with the Ancient Winter Coffin to prevent Thor’s allies from reaching Midgard.
• Wanda noticed her strength had increased after she accidentally swallowed some of Hawking’s life essence, and Hawking realized it had enhanced her body.
• Hela’s battle with Thor caused a thunderous boom outside, and Hawking recognized that Loki had set the attack in motion.
• Hawking proposed that he and Wanda go to Asgard for their honeymoon, and Wanda eagerly agreed to go with him.

Hela, Odin’s eldest daughter and Goddess of Death, attacked Thor on Earth, but Hawking and his allies subdued her and learned Loki had sent her to kill Thor. Thor chose to remain on Earth and let Loki keep the throne for now, though he promised to return if Loki’s war with Jotunheim went wrong.

• Hela defeated Thor, crushed Thor's Hammer, and revealed she was his sister before attacking him and Jane.
• Hawking brought Hela into Kaguya Otsutsuki's Ancestor Space, where Kaguya, Magneto, Phoenix, and Professor X subdued her.
• Hawking healed Thor, and Thor said he would stay in Midgard and let Loki rule unless the war with Jotunheim required his help.
• Sif and the Warriors Three told Thor that Odin had entered Odin Sleep and Loki was preparing to fight Jotunheim.
• Professor X read Hela's memories and revealed that Loki had released her and sent her to kill Thor.

Hawking brought Thor and his companions to Asgard, where they interrupted Laufey’s attempt to kill Odin and Loki’s plot to stop him. Loki called the Destroyer to the palace and planned to use the ensuing battle to destroy Jotunheim and secure the throne.

• Thor rejected Sif’s claim that Loki wanted him dead, but Hawking persuaded him to return to Asgard and stop Loki’s reckless schemes.
• When Heimdall did not answer Thor’s call, Hawking used space teleportation to take Thor’s group from Earth to Asgard.
• Laufey’s Frost Giants killed the guards outside Odin’s chamber, and Laufey entered to kill the sleeping Odin.
• Loki prepared to kill Laufey with Gungnir so he could appear to be Odin’s rescuer and claim the throne.
• Hawking’s group arrived in Odin’s chamber, Thor attacked Laufey, and Sif and the others fought the Frost Giants.
• Loki secretly commanded the Destroyer to come to the palace and planned to use the battle as cover to destroy Jotunheim.

Laufey found the Ancient Winter Coffin and used its power to attack Odin, but Hawking froze him and took the coffin’s power for himself. As Loki activated the Bifrost, Hawking left Wanda to enjoy Asgard and went to help Thor.

• Laufey found the Ancient Winter Coffin, swallowed it, and sent Thor crashing into the Golden House wall before charging at Odin.
• Hawking froze Laufey with Ice Coffin, retrieved the Ancient Winter Coffin, and absorbed its power.
• Loki tried to escape, but Hawking dispelled his invisibility; Loki then fled toward the Bifrost while the Destroyer blocked the Golden House exit.
• Hawking kicked the Destroyer aside, and Thor pursued Loki while Hawking froze the Destroyer in another ice coffin.
• Hawking continued touring Asgard with Wanda, then sensed Loki activating the Bifrost and vanished to help Thor.