Chapter Summaries

Gamora, Nebula, Star-Lord, and Drax agreed to work for Mr. Hawking, who named their team the Guardians of the Galaxy and explained that they needed to stop Ego. Star-Lord learned that Yondu had protected and raised him, and that Ego had caused his mother’s death; he vowed to kill Ego.

• Gamora agreed to work for Mr. Hawking, and Nebula joined her after seeing Drax return from the fight with Ronan dead.
• Mr. Hawking named the team the Guardians of the Galaxy and said they would save the Milky Way Galaxy.
• Mr. Hawking explained that Star-Lord’s father, Ego, was a living planet, and Star-Lord realized Yondu had kept him safe rather than merely using him for theft.
• Mr. Hawking explained that Yondu had raised Star-Lord after discovering Ego was killing the children he had delivered to him.
• Star-Lord learned that Ego had caused his mother’s cancer and vowed to kill him.

Hawking explained Thanos's plan to use the Infinity Stones to erase half of all life, then revealed that the Power Stone lay beneath Morag's ocean. He evaporated the sea, summoned the Orb of the Universe, and sealed the Power Stone inside the Universal Weapon.

• Hawking explained that Thanos wanted the Infinity Stones to eliminate half of the universe's life, and the others reacted with alarm.
• Hawking told Star-Lord, Gamora, and Rocket that an Infinity Stone lay beneath Morag's sea and promised he could find it.
• Hawking used Fire Dragon's Roar to evaporate the ocean and expose the submerged continent.
• Hawking summoned the Orb of the Universe from the ruins, broke its shell, and revealed the Power Stone.
• Hawking sealed the Power Stone's energy by placing it in the hammerhead of the Universal Weapon.

Star-Lord contacted Yondu and learned he was on Contraxia, while Hawking set the ship on course and continued training. The others discussed Hawking’s power and motives, and Drax suggested Gamora thank him by having his children, leaving everyone exasperated.

• Star-Lord cut off Yondu’s teasing and learned the Ravagers were resting on Contraxia for three days.
• Hawking directed Wang Wang to fly the ship toward Contraxia, then left to train for the two-day journey.
• Gamora, Nebula, Star-Lord, Rocket, and Drax discussed whether Hawking was trustworthy and heard Rocket confirm he had destroyed an asteroid belt.
• Gamora said she hoped Hawking could kill Thanos, and Rocket asked how she would thank him.
• Drax suggested Gamora give Hawking children, prompting Star-Lord to protest and Gamora to complain about the idiots around her.

The Guardians learned that Hawking had a fiancée and watched a projection of him training under four hundred times gravity. Two days later, Hawking and the others arrived at Contraxia, where Ravagers eyed their valuable ship and Hawking dismissed the threat of anyone following them.

• WangWang told Gamora that Hawking planned to marry his fiancée when he returned to Earth and that WangWang's appearance was modeled after her.
• The group questioned WangWang about Hawking's daily training, and she revealed that he trained in a Gravity Chamber under four hundred times normal gravity.
• WangWang projected footage of Hawking moving rapidly in the chamber, astonishing the group and warning them to honor their work for him.
• Two days later, Hawking and the others arrived at Contraxia, a frozen Ravager black market, and landed in its only brightly lit city.
• Ravagers eyed the WangWang ID greedily, and Star-Lord warned that some might follow them, but Hawking said they could do so at their own risk.

Hawking used his psychic powers to learn the coordinates of Ego’s Planet after Yondu refused to reveal them, then demonstrated his strength by stopping Yondu’s Yaka Arrow. Star-Lord left with Hawking, promising Yondu he would return safely and support him in his old age.

• Hawking and the others arrived at Yellow Home, where Star-Lord went inside to speak with Yondu while they waited outside.
• Yondu refused Hawking’s offer of one hundred million for Ego’s Planet’s coordinates and said he would not let Star-Lord go there.
• Yondu’s Ravager subordinates urged him to hand over the coordinates, but he silenced them by summoning his Yaka Arrow.
• Hawking read Yondu’s memories, learned the coordinates, and left with Star-Lord; Yondu ordered his men to seize them, but Hawking immobilized the Ravagers.
• Yondu shot his Yaka Arrow at Hawking, who stopped it with an invisible force, and Star-Lord told Yondu he would return safely and support him in his old age.

Hawking destroyed the Ravager ships pursuing the group, then led them toward Ego’s Planet with a plan to pose as Ravagers. He altered Drax’s memories so he would not expose their plan as they approached Ego.

• Wang Wang detected Ravager ships following the group, and Hawking destroyed them with a punch each.
• Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Gamora, Nebula, and Drax reacted to Hawking’s ruthlessness and discussed their fear and hatred of Thanos.
• Hawking sensed Ego’s Planet’s vast life energy and considered how a Divine Tree Fruit made from it could help him evolve.
• Hawking changed everyone’s clothes into Ravager uniforms and told them to pretend Star-Lord was leading a team to find his father.
• Hawking sealed Drax’s memories about Ego and implanted a fabricated story after Drax misunderstood the plan.

Ego welcomed Peter Quill as his long-lost son after sensing his Celestial Power, while Hawking and the others visited Ego's Planet and secretly assessed Ego's strength. Mantis nearly warned them that Ego intended to kill them, but Hawking interrupted her, leaving the group at the temple dining hall.

• Ego sensed Celestial Power approaching in a spaceship and went to greet Peter Quill, whom he recognized as his surviving son.
• Peter and Ego pretended to be overjoyed at their reunion, then went with Hawking and the others to Ego's temple.
• Ego described his origins and asked Mantis to show the visitors around while he spoke with Peter alone.
• Hawking investigated Ego's Planet with his spiritual power as Drax and Rocket joked with Mantis during the tour.
• Mantis began trying to warn the group about Ego, but Hawking interrupted her and asked her to take them to eat.
• Mantis led everyone to the dining hall and served them exotic fruits, explaining that Ego allowed no other living creatures on his planet.

Hawking and Star-Lord prepared to stop Ego from assimilating the galaxy after Star-Lord learned that Ego had killed his mother. When Ego began activating the seeds, Hawking’s allies moved toward the planet’s core while Star-Lord stalled his father.

• Star-Lord returned with awakened Celestial Power and told Hawking he had convinced Ego he would help activate the seeds.
• Gamora comforted Star-Lord as he grieved the loss of his remaining hope in his father.
• Three days later, Wang Wang alerted Hawking that the seeds were about to sprout, and Hawking began the operation.
• Hawking sent a Shadow Clone with Gamora and the others, then secretly entered Ego’s temple.
• Star-Lord poured Celestial Power into Ego while Ego activated the seeds across the galaxy.
• Ego noticed Star-Lord’s friends approaching his core, and Star-Lord stalled him by claiming they were curious about the underground.

Hawking and his allies sealed Ego’s consciousness in the God Sealing Array and absorbed Ego’s Planet into the Ancestor Space. With Ego’s plan stopped, Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot chose to join Hawking’s coming fight against Thanos without taking payment.

• Ego sensed Gamora and the others approaching his core, but Hawking and Star-Lord tore apart his avatar and stopped him from concentrating his consciousness.
• Mantis used her ability to suppress Ego while Star-Lord disrupted his Celestial Power, allowing Hawking and his Shadow Clone to seal Ego’s core brain with the God Sealing Array and the Power Stone.
• Hawking absorbed Ego’s Planet into the Ancestor Space to prepare for planting the Divine Tree.
• Star-Lord refused payment and offered to help Hawking fight Thanos, while Rocket Raccoon and Groot also declined their shares and agreed to wait until after that fight.

Hawking recruited Mantis into the Guardians of the Galaxy after learning she was Ego’s daughter, then used Ego’s Planet to grow and eat an enormous Divine Tree Fruit. The fruit awakened his complete Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan, expanded Ancestor Space, and raised his Combat Power to 1.5 million.

• Hawking asked Gamora and Nebula to locate Thanos and invited Mantis to join the Guardians of the Galaxy.
• Mantis confirmed she was one of Ego’s children, and Star-Lord embraced her as his little sister.
• Hawking entered Ancestor Space, summoned the Ten-Tails, and used Ego’s Planet to grow a Divine Tree Fruit.
• Hawking ate the enormous fruit, awakened his complete Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan, and watched Ancestor Space expand with new connected spaces.
• Hawking’s Combat Power nearly doubled to 1.5 million, and he hung Ego’s Planet above Ancestor Space as its moon.

After stopping Ego, Hawking gained and loaded Seiya’s template, receiving Seiya’s memories and Gold Saint-level Cosmo. He saw a way to use Cosmo as a framework for unifying his powers, then Dream Walked into Seiya’s body at the orphanage to meet him.

• Hawking’s progress bar filled after he stopped Ego from assimilating planets, allowing him to draw a new Protagonist Template.
• Hawking drew and loaded the template of fourteen-year-old Seiya, gaining memories through the Poseidon Arc.
• Hawking recognized that Seiya’s Cosmo could help him combine his different power systems into a unified force.
• Hawking used Dream Walking to take over Seiya’s body at the orphanage where Seiya had returned after the Poseidon Arc.
• Hawking entered Seiya’s mental space and greeted him, intending to earn his trust.

Hawking promised Seiya that he could help find Seika and used an owl from the Harry Potter world to prepare to locate her. After traveling to meet Thanos in the Andromeda Galaxy, Hawking entered the Saint Seiya world and faced Seiya and Shun, who remained cautious but sensed no hostility from him.

• Hawking told Seiya he could help find Seika, then ended their Dream Walking conversation.
• Gamora and Nebula told Hawking that Thanos was heading to a planet in the Andromeda Galaxy, and Hawking ordered the ship to set off.
• Hawking entered the Harry Potter world, bought an owl, and planned to use it to locate Seika.
• The next day, Hawking brought the owl into the Saint Seiya world and appeared before Seiya and Shun at the Kido Family villa.
• Shun's Andromeda chains sensed no hostility from Hawking, though he and Seiya remained guarded.

Mr. Hawking took Seiya and Shun toward the Sanctuary so an owl could search for Seiya’s missing sister, Seika. There, he sensed Athena’s immense Cosmo and dark forces gathering in the Sanctuary, signaling that the Holy War was about to begin.

• Seiya doubted that Mr. Hawking’s owl could find his sister, but Shun persuaded him to write a letter for it to carry.
• Mr. Hawking considered the powerful soul of Hades inside Shun but chose not to awaken it before learning more about its strength.
• Mr. Hawking explained that Seika might have reached the Sanctuary but been unable to enter, and Seiya realized she could have gone there to find him.
• Mr. Hawking wrapped Seiya and Shun in qi and flew with them to the mountains near the Sanctuary.
• Mr. Hawking sensed Athena’s powerful Cosmo and dark Cosmos gathering within the Sanctuary, then released the owl to search for Seika.

Hawking helped Seiya find his sister Seika and restore her lost memories, but powerful Cosmos erupted at Sanctuary before they could celebrate for long. Seiya, Shun, and Hawking reached Aries Palace, where Hawking stopped Deathmask and Aphrodite from attacking them.

• Seiya found Seika outside a village, and Hawking restored her memories of her younger brother with magic.
• Seiya and Shun sensed powerful Cosmos from Sanctuary and hurried there with Hawking.
• At Aries Palace, Seiya knocked Deathmask away while Mu explained that Deathmask and Aphrodite had returned as Hades's Specters.
• Seiya and Shun insisted on fighting to protect Athena, and Deathmask and Aphrodite attacked them from behind.
• Hawking blocked both Specters' punches, surprising them and disrupting their plan.

Hawking protected Mu, Seiya, and Shun from Saga’s attack with his Absolute Defense, then used Amenominaka to take six resurrected Gold Saints into the Ancestor Space. Mu, Seiya, and Shun remained in Aries Palace, where Mu warned them that more enemies were nearby.

• Shion, Saga, Camus, Shura, Aphrodite, and Deathmask revealed themselves as Specters and attacked the group.
• Mu blocked Saga’s Illusion Demon Emperor Fist with Crystal Wall, but Hawking’s Absolute Defense stopped the attack after the wall shattered.
• Shion sealed Mu’s movement and ordered the others to continue toward Athena before their resurrection time ran out.
• Hawking stopped Seiya and Shun from attacking, opened his Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan, and transported himself and the six Specters to the Ancestor Space.
• Mu recovered and warned Seiya and Shun that more than a dozen dark Cosmos were hidden nearby.

Tong Hu and the Bronze Saints arrived to defend Sanctuary as the Fire Clock was lit, while Hawking offered the resurrected Gold Saints a deal in Ancestor Space. The Saints doubted his claim that he could free and resurrect them, leaving the bargain unresolved.

• Specters emerged at Sanctuary and threatened to take Athena's head, but Tong Hu arrived after lighting the Fire Clock.
• Hyoga, Shiryu, and Ikki joined Seiya, who explained that his Cloth would not return for another twenty minutes.
• Shion and five other Gold Saints found themselves in Ancestor Space and tried to return to Sanctuary.
• Hawking told the Gold Saints he knew they had not betrayed Athena and that they intended to reveal how to unlock the Cloths.
• Hawking offered to resurrect them and free them from Hades's control in exchange for learning each of their ultimate Moves.
• Shion and the others questioned whether Hawking could truly resurrect them, since they believed only Hades had that power.

Hawking revived Shion and five other Gold Saints, freeing them from Hades’ control and earning their promise to teach him their techniques. When they returned to the Sanctuary, Hades awakened early in Shun’s body and confronted them.

• Shion and the other five agreed to teach Hawking their moves if he revived them, and Hawking used Rinne Rebirth to restore all six Gold Saints to life.
• Hawking brought the revived Saints back to the Aries Palace, where Dohko, Mu, and the Bronze Five learned what had happened.
• Hades awakened in Shun’s body, sent Ikki, Seiya, and the other Bronze Saints flying, and threatened the Saints who had defied him.
• Dohko and Shion recognized Hades, while Hawking warned everyone that Shun was no longer in control and prepared to face the god.

Hades awakened inside Shun and overwhelmed the Saints as they fought to stop him. Hawking used Saga’s brief mind-control to apply a sealing array, but Hades began breaking free.

• The Gold Saints summoned their Cloths and attacked Hades, but he reflected their strikes and sent several of them flying.
• Dohko regained his eighteen-year-old form and donned the Libra Gold Cloth, while Mu sent his Aries Cloth to Shion and Athena headed toward the Twelve Gold Palaces with Kanon.
• Hades unleashed Death Space, but Shion and Dohko combined their attacks to break through it.
• Saga struck Hades with Galaxian Explosion, briefly controlling him, but Hades quickly recovered and prepared to attack Saga.
• Hawking clashed with Hades using a Super Kamehameha and asked Saga to strike again, giving him time to cast the God Sealing Array on Shun.
• Hades broke free of Saga’s control and began destabilizing the God Sealing Array.

As Athena’s Sanctuary Barrier weakened Hades’ hold over Shun, she used her divine blood to drive Hades’ soul from his body. Hades then tried to seize Athena, but Hawking trapped his soul with the Evil Containment Wave and pulled it toward his talisman-covered Vibranium Rice Cooker.

• Athena raised her scepter and spread the Sanctuary Barrier across the Sanctuary, weakening Hades’ struggle inside Shun.
• Hawking explained that Hades had to be forced out of Shun’s body to save him, while Ikki, Seiya, and the others gathered around Shun.
• Athena cut her palm with the Victory Goddess Staff and pressed her divine blood to Shun’s forehead, reigniting his Cosmo and turning his hair green.
• Hades’ soul broke free of Hawking’s God Extinguishing Formation and flew from Shun’s body, then swept toward Athena to take her to Elysium.
• Hawking opened a talisman-covered Vibranium Rice Cooker and used the Evil Containment Wave to drag Hades’ soul toward it.

Hawking nearly sealed Hades’s soul, but Hypnos and Thanatos descended in their true bodies and interrupted him. After the Gold Saints stopped Thanatos’s attack on the Sanctuary, the three gods withdrew to Elysium, with Hades promising to return and end the Holy War.

• Hawking transformed into a Great Ape and used Infinite Tsukuyomi to overpower Hades’s resistance as the Evil Containment Wave pulled him toward the Rice Cooker.
• Hypnos and Thanatos appeared above the Sanctuary and struck Hawking with mental attacks, forcing him to stop sealing Hades.
• Thanatos launched Black Hole at the Sanctuary, but Shaka’s Tenma Kofuku and the combined attacks of Aiolia, Aldebaran, Milo, and Kanon neutralized it.
• Hypnos persuaded Thanatos to retreat, and Hades ordered the twin gods to return to Elysium before the Saints could pursue them.
• Hades vowed to descend again in his true body and bring the Holy War to an end, while Dohko stopped Seiya and the others from attacking the retreating gods.