Chapter Summaries

As Malekith unleashed the Convergence from the center of overlapping space, the Nine Realms descended into panic and chaos while the heroes struggled to reach him. Tony Stark told Nick Fury that He-El was charging toward Malekith, leaving him as the realms’ apparent hope.

• Malekith laughed as the Nine Realms appeared across their skies and declared that no one could reach him at the center of the Convergence.
• Surtur, Hela, and the people of the Nine Realms reacted to Malekith’s return, while panic and lawlessness spread across Midgard.
• Nick Fury struggled to coordinate Earth’s response and finally contacted Tony Stark through a communicator.
• Tony Stark told Nick Fury that he, Thor, and Stephen Strange could neither find Malekith nor stop the upheaval.
• Tony Stark pointed out He-El charging through the layered spaces toward Malekith.

As the Convergence threatened the Nine Realms, He-El crossed the stars to confront the disaster while Odin obtained the Space Stone and teleported directly to Malekith. Odin confronted Malekith at the Convergence, leaving the realms watching as the King of the Gods prepared to defend them.

• Nick Fury ordered a broadcast telling Earth that He-El was trying to stop the disaster, and the announcement calmed the frightened population.
• Odin told Thor to send him the Cosmic Cube, and Thor used Mjolnir to launch it toward his father.
• Odin caught the Cosmic Cube as its casing broke apart and absorbed the Space Stone's power.
• Odin used the Space Stone to cross space and appear before Malekith at the Convergence.
• Odin rebuked Malekith for attacking the Nine Realms as the Dwarf King and other beings watched his arrival.

Odin used the Space Stone to pursue Malekith through the Convergence and defeated his dark matter dragon on Vanaheim. As Malekith struggled to accept his loss, a voice reminded him that the Aether could reshape reality, and he realized he could use it to turn Odin into a goat.

• Malekith accelerated the Convergence and fled through overlapping space, but Odin used the Space Stone to reach him and pursue him.
• Odin followed Malekith to Vanaheim, where Malekith spent his life force to form a dark matter dragon and attack him.
• Odin destroyed the dragon with Gungnir and blasted off Malekith's left arm, leaving Malekith shocked by his defeat.
• A voice told Malekith to use the Aether to turn Odin into a goat, and Malekith realized he had misunderstood the Reality Stone.

He-El raced toward Malekith to secure the Reality Stone before Odin, while Malekith used his dying wish to try to turn Odin into a Dark Elf. He-El arrived as Malekith’s wish began taking effect and drove a metal hand through him.

• He-El learned Malekith had been defeated and ordered Vivian to prepare for a dangerous full-speed traversal to reach him before Odin claimed the Reality Stone.
• Vivian warned that the traversal would cripple most of the Quark Armor’s systems, but He-El activated it anyway.
• Malekith realized the Reality Stone’s true power and offered up his life, soul, and will to make one final wish.
• Malekith used the Reality Stone to try to turn Odin into a Dark Elf as the world seemed to stand still.
• He-El arrived behind Malekith and thrust a sharp metallic hand through his back and chest.

Odin and He-El struggled to act after Malekith used the Reality Stone to transform Odin into a Dark Elf, leaving both weakened and racing to seize the Stone. Vivian fused with the Reality Stone, but Odin restored himself and hurled Gungnir at her.

• Malekith used the Reality Stone to suppress Odin’s Asgardian bloodline and transform him into a Dark Elf as He-El remained immobilized after piercing Malekith.
• He-El reconnected with Vivian and ordered her to fuse with the Reality Stone.
• He-El withdrew his hand from Malekith, whose skeletal body was consumed by the Reality Stone.
• Vivian redirected the Reality Stone’s crimson energy and began fusing with it.
• Odin unleashed his King of Gods power to break Malekith’s transformation and restore his appearance.
• Odin crashed to the ground and threw Gungnir at Vivian.

He-El took Odin’s Gungnir strike in the Quark Armor while Vivian completed her fusion with the Reality Stone. Odin then attacked Vivian, but she reformed from metallic liquid and dark red gas and flew toward He-El, leaving Odin sensing imminent danger.

• Vivian continued fusing with the Reality Stone as He-El refused to let her stop and face Gungnir.
• He-El caught Gungnir with both hands, but the spear drove him three hundred kilometers away and pinned the powerless Quark Armor in a mountain crater.
• Odin recalled Gungnir and swept it through Vivian, apparently cutting her in half.
• Vivian’s body transformed into metallic liquid and dark red gas, then reformed as she looked coldly at Odin.
• Vivian flew toward He-El, and Odin raised his right hand to use the Space Stone to stop them reuniting.

Odin used the Space Stone to keep Vivian from reaching He-El, then pursued her to the Andromeda Galaxy near Xandar and tried to seal her again. Vivian resisted by using the Reality Stone to guide the sun’s gravity, and the chapter ended as she unleashed that power against Odin.

• Odin used the Space Stone to disrupt Vivian’s approach to He-El, then banished her a million light-years away.
• Odin saw He-El trapped in the disabled Quark Armor and pursued Vivian through a spatial rift.
• Odin found Vivian near Xandar and demanded that she surrender the Reality Stone in exchange for He-El’s life.
• Vivian refused Odin’s demand and retreated toward the sun while using the Reality Stone to understand its gravitational field.
• Vivian increased her control over the sun’s gravity and shouted “Collapse!”

Vivian used the Reality Stone to trigger a supernova in Xandar’s sun, forcing Odin to evacuate the planet before pursuing her back to Vanaheim. There, she escaped Odin’s Mobius Space Ring by transforming into a spatial string and merged into the Quark Armor, as a heartbeat-like pulse stopped the universe.

• Vivian used the Reality Stone to create a singularity and accelerate the star’s decay until it began going supernova.
• Odin used the Space Stone to teleport Xandar more than a hundred thousand light-years away, then pursued Vivian to Vanaheim.
• Odin trapped Vivian in a Mobius Space Ring as she tried to merge with the Quark Armor.
• He-El explained that space and reality were foundational rules, and Vivian became a spatial string to escape the ring.
• Vivian returned to mist and merged into the Quark Armor as a pulse seemed to stop the universe.

He-El used the Reality Stone and gathered vast pseudo-dark matter energy in Vanaheim, frightening beings across the Nine Realms as it formed enormous mechanical wings around him. His Quark Armor revived in black and gold, and he declared that Midgard would henceforth be called Earth.

• The Convergence’s ongoing overlap shook Vanaheim and alarmed beings in Alfheim, Helheim, and on Earth.
• Nick Fury, Bruce Banner, Tony Stark, and Thor watched the dark wings form as Tony speculated that they were made from pseudo-dark matter.
• Stephen Strange sensed that He-El had obtained the Reality Stone, and Tony trusted that He-El’s actions would keep Earth safe.
• Odin found the space around He-El difficult and costly to control as pseudo-dark matter energy poured into his Quark Armor.
• He-El’s armor shed its worn exterior, revived in black and gold, and lit up with crimson eyes.
• He-El declared that there would be no more Midgard or Middle Realm, only Earth.

He-El seized the Reality Stone and declared that Earth would break away from Asgard’s rule and become an independent realm, prompting the people of Earth to rally behind him. Odin confronted He-El in Asgard and called for his Warriors as tensions threatened to erupt into war.

• He-El emerged in his Quark Armor at the center of the Convergence and declared that Midgard would be known as Earth, no longer part of the Nine Realms under Odin’s rule.
• Beings across the Nine Realms reacted with shock, while Nick Fury wondered whether He-El’s motives were truly to help Earth.
• Bruce Banner, Natasha, Hawkeye, and people across Earth voiced their support for He-El as Tony Stark prepared to stand with him.
• Stephen Strange questioned whether Earth was going to war with Asgard, and Tony Stark affirmed that he would support He-El if war began.
• He-El stepped into Asgard’s skies, where Odin confronted him and summoned Asgard’s Warriors.

Odin summoned Asgard’s warriors and forces to face He-El, while Earth’s nations rallied behind He-El’s fight for humanity’s freedom. As Thor warned that war would destroy Earth, Tony Stark joined He-El, who called for Earth’s warriors.

• Volstagg, Fandral, and Hogun assembled Asgard’s divine warriors behind Odin as knights, ships, weapons, and even civilians gathered for battle.
• The Nine Realms watched Asgard’s forces assemble, while Earth’s people and leaders supported He-El against Odin’s rule.
• Thor flew to Odin’s side and pleaded with He-El not to provoke a war that would devastate Earth.
• Tony Stark flew beside He-El, dismissed Thor’s warning, and asked Stephen Strange whether he would join them.
• He-El declared that he was not alone and called for Earth’s warriors.

He-El assembled Earth’s forces above Asgard to challenge Odin, as soldiers, mercenaries, and reinforcements from nations around the world arrived. The chapter ended with Earth’s aircraft, S.H.I.E.L.D., and nuclear weapons joining the battle preparations.

• He-El called for Earth’s warriors as the Manta Ray Mothership appeared above Asgard and drones completed a Space Bridge.
• General Ross led five hundred Red Unit warriors through the Space Bridge, while Maria and He-El’s mercenary captains deployed crimson giants across Asgard.
• General Ross told He-El that nations around the world had volunteered to join the fight, and He-El expanded the Space Bridge.
• Fighter jets and spacecraft from numerous countries streamed through the Space Bridge, followed by a S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier carrying Hawkeye and Quinjets.
• Natasha arrived in a Manta Ray spacecraft, and Bruce Banner transformed into the Hulk and joined He-El on the Mothership.
• General Ross reported that nations had sent nuclear warheads and that every participating warrior was prepared to sacrifice for Earth.

Odin faced He-El’s Earth forces over Asgard while weighing the devastation a war would bring, and Thor tried to persuade He-El to stand down. Tony Stark challenged Thor’s claim that Asgard had harmed no one, leaving Thor confused about how Loki’s actions had been handled.

• Odin saw Earth’s nuclear-armed fighters pour through the Space Bridges and realized a war could devastate Asgard.
• Thor asked He-El whether he truly wanted to start a war, and He-El blamed Asgard’s oppression of the Nine Realms.
• Thor defended Asgard’s rule and urged He-El to avoid harming Earth’s civilians.
• Tony Stark reminded Thor that Loki had invaded Earth, controlled officials, and launched nuclear missiles.
• Thor denied that Asgard had wronged Earth, and Tony asked how Asgard had dealt with Loki.

He-El seized Loki from Asgard and challenged Odin over Asgard’s rule of Earth and its treatment of humans. After declaring that Earth’s people were born free, He-El faced Odin in battle at the center of the Convergence.

• He-El dragged Loki out of invisibility and pulled him toward himself as Odin and Thor tried to stop him.
• Tony Stark blocked Thor from rescuing Loki, while Odin hesitated to use the Space Stone against He-El.
• He-El held Loki before Odin and demanded to know whether Earth’s people counted for less than Loki, drawing the Nine Realms’ attention to Asgard’s disregard for Earth’s dead.
• Odin challenged He-El to defeat him if Earth wanted freedom from Asgard’s rule.
• He-El threw Loki toward Thor, declared that no one had the right to rule Earth, and charged Odin, beginning their battle.

Stephen Strange prevented the Asgardian and Earth forces from starting a war while Odin and He-El fought at the Convergence. The chapter ended as their duel erupted into a clash of golden and black streaks that shook the armies below.

• Stephen Strange appeared between the armies and urged them to wait for Odin and He-El to settle their dispute.
• Thor restrained the Asgardian army, and Stephen Strange realized humanity's faith in He-El had become a source of danger.
• Tony Stark denied having authority over Earth's forces, while General Ross said he would await He-El's orders.
• The assembled forces agreed to delay war and watch Odin and He-El's duel.
• A violent explosion rocked the Convergence as Odin and He-El began exchanging rapid, powerful blows.

Odin and He-El’s battle raged through Vanaheim, devastating its landscapes and killing its inhabitants. Njord watched Vanaheim fall silent and fainted from grief and terror.

• Njord and the Vanaheim gods watched in shock as He-El fought Odin at the center of the Convergence.
• Odin’s golden form tore through Vanaheim’s palace complex, and Njord urged the gods to flee the battle.
• Odin and He-El’s clashes shattered mountains, split the land, and sent parts of Vanaheim’s coast into the ocean.
• Odin froze Vanaheim’s ocean and its surroundings, killing people and gods caught in the extreme cold.
• Odin and He-El broke free and returned to the center of the Convergence, leaving Vanaheim’s ocean shattered and its mountains broken.
• Njord looked over the devastated, silent realm, wept, and fainted.

Odin and He-El’s battle devastated Vanaheim before Odin used its Star Ring and the Space Stone to attack He-El. He-El reflected the neutron-star beam, blasting Odin through Vanaheim, and the two vanished to a glacier-covered land as He-El pursued him.

• The beings of the Nine Realms saw Vanaheim in ruins and realized Odin and He-El’s battle had devastated it.
• The Dwarf King of Vanaheim begged Odin to take the fight into space, and Odin and He-El rose from Vanaheim into the sky.
• The Star Ring activated, and Odin used the Space Stone and Gungnir to channel a neutron-star beam at He-El.
• Odin impaled a false image of He-El, then discovered He-El had reflected the neutron-star beam back at him.
• The reflected beam blasted Odin through Vanaheim and tore a massive chunk from the planet as He-El attacked.
• Odin used the Space Stone to transport himself and He-El to a glacier-covered land, where frightened penguins scattered into the ocean.

He-El overwhelmed Odin above the South Pole, exploiting Odin’s worsening Space Stone backlash and the Omega Sanction. He-El revealed that he had only used the Reality Stone to observe cosmic phenomena, then lifted the defeated Odin before the watching Nine Realms.

• Odin chose Earth as the battlefield, hoping to restrain He-El, but He-El continued attacking at full speed.
• Odin’s Space Stone backlash and the Omega Sanction slowed his reactions, and He-El battered him until his armor broke and he vomited blood.
• Odin questioned why He-El showed no Reality Stone backlash, and He-El revealed that he used the Stone to observe cosmic particles rather than directly wield its power.
• He-El blasted Odin into the center of the Convergence, where the Nine Realms saw the King of the Gods in a ruined state.
• Thor watched in anguish as Loki and the Asgardian army feared Odin had lost.
• He-El appeared in his armor, shattered Odin’s remaining defense, and lifted him by the back of the neck before the Nine Realms.

He-El defeated Odin and held him by the neck at the center of the Convergence, shocking the Nine Realms and leaving Earth’s forces celebrating. The rulers of the realms worried about their new ruler as Thor stared at his defeated father.

• He-El defeated Odin, and the beings of the Nine Realms watched him hold the King of the Gods by the neck.
• The Dwarf King worried that Asgard could no longer protect Vanaheim, while Njord laughed bitterly at Odin’s defeat and Vanaheim’s destruction.
• A sealed being in Helheim stopped struggling briefly after learning that the King of the Gods had been replaced, then fought harder to break free.
• The rulers of the Nine Realms wondered what He-El would do as their new ruler.
• Tony Stark realized Earth had won its independence, and human soldiers across Asgard’s skies shouted He-El’s name.
• Thor stared at Odin in disbelief as the Asgardians stood silent.

He-El defeated Odin and secured Earth’s independence from Asgard, rejecting Odin’s claim that he could grant it. Odin admitted defeat, leaving Asgard’s army subdued as He-El waited for Thanos to come for the Space Stone.

• Thor and Loki stared in disbelief as He-El held the defeated Odin, and Thor begged him to spare his father.
• He-El threw Odin toward Thor, having chosen to keep him alive while conserving his strength and anticipating Thanos’s arrival.
• Odin declared that he permitted Midgard to break free from Asgard’s rule.
• He-El told Odin that Earth needed no permission and proclaimed that it would be called Earth, not Midgard.
• Odin admitted, “I was wrong. You won,” as Asgard’s army fell silent.