Chapter Summaries

Hela battled Skye, Little Hela, and Thor on the Inhuman home planet, where her Death Slash and Underworld domain gave her the advantage. As the representatives learned that the Blood God had become a Creator God, Hela summoned Asgardian undead warriors, who chose to fight for her rather than Thor.

• Little Hela and Skye joined Thor against Hela, and Little Hela revealed her complete Heart of God and Light Power.
• Hela used Death Slash to cut through space, while Skye and Little Hela fought her with spatial shockwaves and white swords.
• The representatives watched the battle and learned from the Sovereign High Priest that the Blood God had ascended as a Creator God.
• Hela expanded her Underworld domain, boosting herself and Fenrir while suppressing Thor, Skye, and Little Hela.
• Skye opened the small world within her body, but Hela summoned Asgardian undead warriors, who rejected Thor's appeal and swore to fight for the Goddess of Death.

Hela’s battle in the Domain of Death escalated as Little Hela revealed her countering Domain of Light and summoned the Valkyrie Army. The chapter then returned to Hulk and Carol’s fight with Annihilus, who used his annihilation power against them as Hulk called on the universe for anger.

• Hela sent the undead army against Skye and Little Hela, while Skye’s attacks repeatedly destroyed warriors who soon resurrected.
• Hela’s Death Slash targeted Skye, but Little Hela blocked it with Light Slash and explained that she had learned Hela’s techniques.
• Little Hela unleashed her Domain of Light, weakened the undead and restored Thor and Skye’s strength, then summoned the Valkyrie Army to fight Hela’s forces.
• Hela led the undead against the Valkyries as Little Hela and Skye fought her; meanwhile, Fenrir and Thor wrestled, and Odin bargained with Wang Bert to keep the spectacle off the broadcast.
• Annihilus invoked the Negative Space projection, became an ancient god, and used his annihilation power to leave wounds Hulk and Carol could not heal.
• Carol drew in Cosmic Power while Hulk asked living beings across the universe for anger, receiving a vast surge that transformed him into a giant.

Hulk and Carol fought Annihilus until Wang Bert stopped time, slapped Knull, and drove him away. The insectoids retreated from the Inhumans Main Star, and Skye arranged to lead the allied forces to the Frontlines as the battle paused.

• Hulk and Carol severed Annihilus's Negative Space channel and nearly destroyed him, but Annihilus summoned it again and called Knull for help.
• Wang Bert stopped time across the Main Star, slapped Knull eighteen times, and sent him flying away.
• Hela and Annihilus ordered their forces to retreat, while the heroes pursued; Tony used the Godslayer Armor to destroy an insect general before its energy ran out.
• The insectoids fled the Inhumans Main Star, leaving much of the Royal City destroyed but causing few casualties after Strange and the others evacuated most residents.
• Skye urged the representatives to form an alliance and reinforce the Frontlines, and Duke Brie assigned her and Centurion Lindy to lead the forces there.

Skye launched the Universe Zerg Extermination Alliance while Hela and Annihilus prepared a full-scale counterattack, and Knull learned that Wang Bert would soon leave Earth to intercept Galactus. The chapter ended with Wang Bert departing for the confrontation and warning Wong to guard Earth in his absence.

• Skye helped establish the alliance, appointed Nick Fury as a senior logistics official, and led its fleets out to fight the Zerg.
• Little Hela healed Carol and explained Concept Abilities, prompting Carol and Hulk to vow to develop their own.
• Skye left Raina in charge of rebuilding the Inhumans Main Star and ordered the alliance to depart for war.
• Hela, Annihilus, and Knull regrouped and planned a direct assault, while Knull left to retrieve his weapon.
• A Cloaked Man told Knull that Wang Bert would leave Earth to stop Galactus, and Knull considered exploiting Earth's vulnerability.
• Wang Bert left his date, went to Kamar-Taj, and told Wong to defend Earth while he intercepted Galactus.

Wang Bert learned that Galactus was determined to reach Earth and prepared to seek the power to stop him, while Wanda set out to find the remaining Infinity Stones. Venom also received orders from Knull, and the chapter ended with Wang Bert and the Super Heroes discussing how to deal with Knull.

• Wang Bert met Galactus and learned that he would not be persuaded to avoid Earth, then contacted his Dragon Soul Clone for help.
• Wang Bert told Wanda that Galactus would arrive in a little over a month, and Wanda headed into space to search for the remaining Infinity Stones.
• Knull contacted Venom and ordered him to enter space to collect an item, promising to make him a god if he succeeded.
• Venom told Eddie Brock that he would not betray the Blood God, and Eddie reported Knull's contact to S.W.O.R.D.
• At the Heavenfall Star System, Wang Bert informed the Super Heroes about Knull and Galactus, and Steve began discussing how to deal with Knull.

Wang Bert warned the heroes that Knull would be difficult to kill and left them to plan their own response, while he turned to researching a universe-wide communications network. Knull seized the Necrosword from Gorr, but the sword resisted killing its longtime companion just as Venom reported he was ready to receive Knull’s delivery.

• Strange explained that the Time Stone could stop Knull from affecting nearby time but could not freeze him, and the heroes planned to track Knull through a portal to Venom.
• Wang Bert warned that Knull could survive black holes and revive from a single cell, then suggested the heroes seek help from Hell Lord Satan; he also gave Tony a gemstone to power the Godslayer Armor.
• Wang Bert told the heroes that Gorr possessed the Necrosword, then left to work with Shuri on the Quantum Deep-Space Network as they continued planning against Knull.
• Gorr recalled how the Necrosword had helped him kill the demon god who took his wife, and he declared his intention to kill the Eye Demon.
• Knull confronted Gorr, claimed the Necrosword as his own, and seized both Gorr and the weapon after Gorr refused to surrender it.
• The Necrosword begged Knull to spare Gorr, and Knull prepared to kill him just as Venom reported he was ready to receive Knull’s delivery.

Venom lured Knull into opening a Space Vortex so the Super Heroes could ambush him and attack the Doomsday Gate. Knull possessed Gorr and fought back, but Ivan and Tony trapped the Necrosword in a growing black hole as the battle continued.

• Venom persuaded Knull to send a box of modified Symbiotes through a Space Vortex, and the hidden Super Heroes burst out to ambush him.
• Thor freed Gorr, Strange branded Knull with Time Magic, and the Super Heroes combined their attacks against Knull's Doomsday Gate.
• Gorr took up the Necrosword, but Knull seized control of him and attacked Strange before Captain Marvel and Jessica drove him back.
• Knull used the Necrosword's devouring power to defeat Jessica's charge, then faced Tony and Ivan as they coordinated their attacks.
• Ivan's whip trapped the Necrosword in a black hole, and his lightning whip collapsed into a second black hole that caught the sword again.

The Super Heroes trapped Knull’s consciousness in Hydra and tried to destroy him, but his Doomsday Gate exploded and he unleashed a second attack through Hydra. Knull accelerated time and sent swarms of black threads after the heroes, leaving them in grave danger.

• Ivan trapped the Necrosword in a black hole while Tony restrained Knull, allowing Jessica to split Gorr’s body apart before the Necrosword restored him.
• Knull transferred his consciousness into Hydra, where Steve and Strange trapped it, and Steve demanded that Knull swear to stay out of the insect disaster and seal himself away for ten years.
• Gorr chose to stay and help fight Knull, though he refused Steve’s offer to join the Avengers and insisted that all gods deserved to die.
• Knull overcharged the Doomsday Gate and made it explode, but Strange, Carol, and the others escaped through a Space Channel.
• Hydra released Doomsday Energy and Knull’s black threads at the heroes; after the Time Magic Array was destroyed, Knull accelerated time and threatened to turn them into his puppets.

The heroes nearly defeated Knull and sent him toward Hell, but Eye Demon and Chthon intervened to help him escape. Adam fought to drag Knull back as more demon gods appeared, leaving the heroes facing a much larger threat.

• Mindy summoned Surtur, who burned Knull’s black threads and fought off his attacks until Hydra merged with him.
• Damon used the Penance Stare on Surtur and Knull; Surtur helped Hellfire destroy Knull’s weakened soul, and Knull fled.
• Doom and Adam trapped Knull in a Space Vortex toward Hell, but Eye Demon empowered Knull and helped him resist the heroes.
• Adam seized Knull with a demonic hand and Hell’s chains, but a black giant sword severed them and let Knull escape again.
• Strange and Doctor Doom identified the attacker as Chthon, who appeared alongside numerous demon gods as Adam confronted them.

Adam fought off Chthon and the other Demon Gods as they helped Knull escape, but seized most of Knull’s soul and weakened him from an Ancient God to the peak of godhood. Wang Bert and the heroes agreed to use the soul’s concepts to forge a shield for Steve, while Adam returned to Hell and promised its forces would join the fight against the bug clan.

• Chthon and the Demon God Alliance revealed their plan to harvest souls from the Main Universe and threatened Adam, who entered the universe through the Space Vortex to seize Knull.
• Adam overpowered the Ancient Gods’ attacks and suppressed most of Knull’s soul, but Chthon helped Knull escape with his head, reducing him to the peak of godhood.
• Adam reassured the heroes that Hell would stand with the Main Universe and offered to divide Knull’s concept-bearing soul with them.
• Wang Bert proposed using the Fusion and Devouring Concepts to forge Steve a shield and make him Cosmic Captain, and the heroes supported Steve’s leadership.
• Adam gave his share of Knull’s soul to Wang Bert, promised to lead Hell into battle when called, and departed for Hell.

After Knull’s defeat, the heroes returned to the Frontlines while Wang Bert prepared additional forces and resolved to stop Galactus from reaching Earth. Death approved an alliance with the Demon Gods as insurance against Wang Bert, while Chthon gave Knull an Ancient God’s corpse to strengthen him for revenge.

• Steve invited Gorr to fight alongside the heroes, but Gorr agreed only to go to the battlefield and refused to fight beside them or spare gods.
• Wang Bert ordered Annie to ready the Angel Army and dragon army and told Mercury to prepare the Blood Clan army, while Galactus insisted he would go to Earth.
• Knull urged Hela and Annihilus to ally with the Demon Gods; Hela opposed the plan until Death allowed the alliance under strict limits on souls and descents.
• Death killed Annihilus and revived him to warn him against breaking their agreement, then explained to Hela that the Demon Gods were her insurance against Wang Bert.
• Chthon accepted Death’s conditions and sent Knull the remnant of an Ancient God, which Knull planned to fuse with before taking revenge on the Super Heroes.

Chthon accepted Death’s terms for the Demon God Alliance while plotting to meet the Blood God, and Wang Bert prepared to confront Astros over her membership. Wang Bert’s clone trapped Astros in a concept-powered arena, and their fight was about to begin.

• The Cloaked Man urged Chthon to destroy Earth, and Chthon contacted the other Demon Gods, persuading them to accept Death’s terms.
• Wang Bert welcomed Eddie and Venom into the Avengers and began raising Venom to god level in exchange for fighting on the Frontlines.
• Wang Bert’s clone took Knull’s soul to his main body for forging the Cosmic Captain Shield, then traveled to the Extraterritorial Void.
• Wang Bert found Astros at a banquet, ordered her to leave the Demon God Alliance, and threatened to defeat her if she refused.
• Astros attacked Wang Bert, who revealed his Time Concept and formed a vast combat arena that pulled them both onto its central platform.

Wang Bert trapped Astros in Fair Space, where he suppressed her strength and battled her with his Concepts and equipment. Astros repeatedly resurrected and unleashed the Stone of Decay, but Wang Bert raised his Godly Shield and threatened to kill her and take the stone.

• Wang Bert explained that Fair Space equalized opponents, then lowered Astros from an Ancient God to an ordinary god-level being.
• Astros attacked Wang Bert with black-hole powers, but he used his Space Concept to overpower her and survive her Black Hole Concept.
• Astros revealed her Blood Concept by exploding and resurrecting, while Wang Bert used his Time Concept to return after death.
• Wang Bert exploited Astros's incomplete Blood Concept, seized some of her blood, and began fusing it with himself.
• Astros unleashed the Stone of Decay, which destroyed Wang Bert's phantoms, but Wang Bert used his Godly Shield and vowed to take the stone.

Wang Bert defeated Astros in Fair Space and forced her to give him the Stone of Decay and serve as his undercover agent for three thousand years. In a parallel universe, he continued training against Galactus and began seeking more Stones of Decay to develop a way to defeat the Galactus in his own universe.

• Wang Bert made Astros surrender the Stone of Decay, sign a Reality Stone contract, and serve him for three thousand years as an undercover agent in the Demon God Alliance.
• Wang Bert returned to the banquet hall, learned that Death had imposed harsh terms on the Demon God Alliance, and told Astros to report intelligence while keeping his strength secret from Chthon and the other ancient gods.
• Wang Bert left to collect fruit and erased the demon gods' memories of his meeting with Astros, after which Astros killed everyone in the royal palace who had seen him.
• Wang Bert battled Purple Giant Galactus in a parallel universe, learned that Galactus called himself a lock, and considered using the Stone of Decay or mastering its Concept to defeat the Galactus in his own universe.
• Wanda told Wang Bert she had found five Infinity Stones, and he asked her to use them to find and retrieve as many Stones of Decay as possible.

Wang Bert completed two fusion shields that could combine their wielders into powerful new individuals, then tested them on several pairs of heroes. The fused Hulk and Thor challenged the Crimson God and briefly matched it with a headbutt, leaving the fight at a draw.

• Wang Bert finished two shields that could absorb an enemy’s power and fuse their wielders, then sent them to Steve and Carter.
• Steve and Carter fused into the New Captain America, whose combined strength let her knock Tony across the room; Wang Bert explained that compatible partners could gain a fusion boost.
• Tony and Dr. Richards fused into an overly ambitious scientist, so Wang Bert separated them and forbade scientists from fusing with each other.
• Wang Bert fused Thor and Hulk into the Blond Hulk, who challenged Wang Bert and was sent to Galactus’s spaceship to fight the Crimson God.
• The Crimson God overwhelmed the Blond Hulk until his rage awakened Hulk’s (Thor’s) Wrath, making both fighters lose their reason and collide head-on in a draw.

Blond Hulk gained a Concept Ability after facing the Crimson God, while the alliance’s forces discovered that the Arthrosians had bypassed the frontlines and launched attacks across multiple worlds. Xandar came under siege, and when Centurion Lindy’s reinforcements arrived, an Arthrosian Fortress Bug destroyed their first ships.

• The Crimson God struck Blond Hulk with a planet-destroying punch, and Blond Hulk survived, gained a Concept Ability, and vowed to surpass the Crimson God.
• Wang Bert separated Blond Hulk into Thor and Hulk, who argued and knocked each other unconscious before the group resumed fusion experiments.
• Skye and the alliance leaders learned that Arthrosian forces had appeared at Xandar and on several other planets, prompting Strange to prepare interstellar portals with Carol as their energy source.
• The Arthrosians attacked Xandar with warships, Armored Beetles, and ground forces, while Nova Prime ordered the city’s defenders and residents to fight back.
• The Guardians of the Galaxy joined Xandar’s defense, but the city continued to retreat until Centurion Lindy’s reinforcements arrived through a portal.
• An Arthrosian Fortress Bug appeared above Xandar and destroyed the first five warships that emerged.

Fortress Bugs ambushed reinforcements at portals, but Nova Prime, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and the Clone Corps helped break the blockade. After the Clone Corps destroyed a Fortress Bug, Skye ordered troops to reinforce threatened planets while keeping the Super Heroes at the frontlines.

• Centurion Lindy discovered a Fortress Bug blocking the portal to Xandar, and Skye warned the alliance that other planets might face the same ambush.
• Skye rejected Thor's proposal to charge the Fortress Bug and ordered Frank to deploy the upgraded Clone Corps.
• Nova Prime sent the Nova to help Xandar, but the Guardians of the Galaxy arrived first and destroyed the Fortress Bug with the Milano's lasers.
• The Clone Corps teleported beside another Fortress Bug and self-destructed, killing it and reassuring the planetary representatives.
• Skye ordered reinforcements sent to major planets and assured the Shi'ar Empire's staff officer that the Super Heroes would remain at the frontlines.

Hela used the insect war as cover to devastate indigenous planets and summon demon god projections across the Main Universe. Skye split the alliance’s forces between defending the frontlines and rescuing attacked planets, leaving both groups facing dangerous battles.

• Hela revealed that the insect race’s covert forces were devouring indigenous planets while its main army kept the alliance occupied, and she ordered Annihilus to breed more troops.
• Skye and Tony realized the insect race was targeting indigenous planets, and Crystal confirmed that one planet had already been completely slaughtered.
• Hela sent Demon God Statues to attacked planets, where demon god projections destroyed cities on Xandar and other worlds while absorbing souls.
• When Hela’s forces approached the frontlines, Skye divided the heroes, sending Carol, Hulk, Strange, Thor, Doctor Doom, and Damon to rescue the attacked planets while she led the others against Hela.
• Hela and Knull confronted Skye’s smaller force, and Tony asked Knull who he was.

Hela revealed that she had blocked reinforcements from Hell and Dragon World and sealed space, leaving Skye’s forces trapped and the Alliance under threat. Skye then summoned the Blood Clan as Master’s hidden direct line, and both sides began fighting.

• Tony taunted Knull while Hela warned Skye to surrender, then revealed that Chthon and Set had blocked Hell’s forces and Shuma and Astros had blocked Dragon World’s reinforcements.
• Thor destroyed the Demon Gods attacking Xandar, but a space-sealing spell trapped him and the other heroes on the planet and prevented them from returning to the frontlines.
• Hela explained that her traps were meant to isolate Skye’s forces and destroy the Alliance, while Skye revealed that Master had a third source of reinforcements.
• Blade, Xue Ren, Lilith, Mercury, Nissa, and Dracula emerged as the Blood Clan, shocking Hela, Knull, and Annihilus with their power.
• Skye assigned her allies to fight Hela, Knull, Annihilus, and the Insectoid generals, and she and Black Bolt activated the Fusion Shield as the battle began.

Quake King, Jessica, Tony, Ivan, and the Blood Clan battled Annihilus, Knull, Hela, and the insect forces, revealing the immense power of their fused abilities and God Blood-enhanced strength. The Blood Clan defeated the insect generals while the larger battles continued across the battlefield.

• Quake King challenged Annihilus and forced it to summon Negative Space so he could test his Sonic Wave against its annihilation energy.
• Jessica, Tony, and Ivan repeatedly overwhelmed Knull, while Little Hela and Hela clashed over whether Asgard should join the Earth Federation.
• Blade killed an insect general despite being riddled with spikes, then regenerated his body as Tony and Ivan reacted to his apparent immortality.
• Mercury killed a Multi-Armed Insect General with blood weapons, and Xue Ren, Lilith, and the other Blood Clan members defeated their insect opponents.
• Dracula envied the Blood Clan's strength, and Wang Bert explained that God Blood helped them grow powerful quickly.