Chapter Summaries

Hela called on Knull to seek help from the Four Ancient Gods, while Chthon explained that he was supporting Hela to make her lower her guard and ensure she would admit the Ancient Gods into the Main Universe after losing to the Blood God. In Hell, Adam attacked Chthon and Set, revealing that his apparent self was a projection while he ambushed and suppressed Set, then continued his battle with Chthon.

• Hela told Knull to contact the Four Ancient Gods, and Knull asked Chthon for power after Jessica, Tony, and Ivan mocked him.
• Chthon restored some of Knull's Ancient God abilities, then told Set that he supported Hela to exploit her defeat and prevent Death from seeking help from the Celestial Group.
• Adam sealed Hell and attacked Chthon, but Chthon trapped him in the Hand of Chthon and weakened him with Black Magic.
• Adam unleashed Hell Power, and his attack on Set gave the real Adam an opening to suppress Set with Chaos Space.
• Adam revealed that the Adam fighting Chthon was a projection carrying the Chaos and Evil Concepts, then the projection held Chthon off while the real Adam ambushed Set.
• Chthon sent Adam's projection to another Hell and attacked the real Adam with black mist chains, but Adam caught the Lucifer Greatsword and struck back.

Adam battled Chthon while Carol, Doctor Doom, Strange, and vampire squads helped defend planets from demon gods and the insect army. Wang Bert coordinated the response, and the chapter ended with the Vampire Virus turning insects into Ghoul Slaves as the Vampires fought to save an indigenous city.

• Adam used the Lucifer Greatsword and Chaos Concept to resist Chthon’s spells and attack his nine clones.
• Wang Bert taught Carol to merge with space, allowing her to travel between planets and destroy demon gods.
• Doctor Doom followed Wang Bert’s coordinates to aid other planets, while Strange studied how to break Chthon’s confinement spell.
• The Vishanti agreed to empower Kamar-Taj’s disciples and follow Wang Bert’s command in exchange for help obtaining the Black Magic Concept.
• A hundred Vampires wearing Symbiote armor attacked the insect army with Vampire Virus grenades, creating Ghoul Slaves to fight alongside them.

Knull’s attack was disrupted when Ivan’s Antimatter Black Hole swallowed him, but Knull then controlled Tony and tried to kill the others from within Tony’s mind. As Jessica and Ivan joined Tony to fight him, Hela sealed Little Hela’s group inside a barrier built from a million souls and attacked Jessica’s allies.

• After Jessica and Tony slowed Knull’s assault, Ivan activated an Antimatter Black Hole that pulled Knull inside, while Jessica rescued Ivan and Tony from its gravity.
• Knull took control of Tony and stabbed Ivan with a Vibranium dagger, but Jarvis restrained Tony and activated his anti-control system.
• Tony fought Knull inside his own mind until Ivan and Jessica arrived as dragons and tore Knull away from him; Dracula then transferred Ivan’s fatal injuries to himself.
• The Blood Clan defeated the insect generals and flew toward the Domain of Death, while Hela escaped outside it and sealed Little Hela’s group behind a barrier formed from one million souls.
• Little Hela refused to destroy the soul-bound barrier, and Jessica returned to her body to face Hela as Tony and Ivan charged Knull.

Hela’s attack nearly killed Jessica, but Dracula revived and healed her before Carol and the arriving heroes forced Hela to accept a ceasefire. The sides withdrew from battle, and Hela demanded that Tony release Knull, while Tony and Ivan kept him pinned beneath a mountain.

• Hela nearly killed Jessica with her Death Slash, but Dracula took the fatal blow and later transferred Jessica’s chest injury onto himself, leaving her alive but unable to fight.
• Hela disrupted Quake King’s fight with Annihilus, but Carol arrived and used her control over space to battle Hela.
• Carol gained the upper hand until Hela gradually evened the fight, then Strange arrived with Hulk, Thor, and Ghost Rider Damon after breaking Chthon’s spatial confinement.
• Hela threatened to move the battle to the Frontlines, prompting the fighters to stop and Hela to withdraw her Domain of Death.
• Hela demanded that Tony release Knull, but Tony refused to free him fully and said he would use Knull’s head to forge a divine artifact.

Knull escaped Tony after surrendering half his head, while Hela threatened the Insect Extermination Alliance with attacks and offered planets safety if they withdrew. Just as planetary representatives were about to surrender, Wang Bert banned portals throughout the universe for a year, disrupting Hela’s strategy and leaving both sides stunned.

• Tony forced Knull to surrender half his head before letting him leave, and Hela learned that Carol and Doom had eliminated the Demon God Projections.
• Hela threatened the planets with further attacks and offered to spare those that left the Insect Extermination Alliance, prompting representatives to consider surrendering.
• Tony and the others discussed using dangerous weapons and genetic methods against the insect race, but Steve placed the decision under Wang Bert’s command.
• Wang Bert addressed every lifeform in the universe to announce his birthday and prohibit the use of portals for one year.
• Strange confirmed that portals no longer worked, while Teleportation and Space Magic remained usable without allowing armies to travel together.

Wang Bert stopped Hela’s victory by banning armies from teleporting, forcing the alliance and insect race back into a conventional war as Galactus approached the Milky Way. After the alliance was driven from the Heavenfall Star System, Hela and the Ancient Gods planned to attack the Super Heroes while Wang Bert fought Galactus.

• Wang Bert banned army teleportation, Hela withdrew with Annihilus and Knull, and he warned the alliance to prepare for the final battle as Galactus neared the Milky Way.
• Adam fought Chthon to a draw in Hell, released Set, and later reviewed the battle with Wang Bert as they discussed who would face their enemies’ projections.
• The insect race routed the alliance from the Heavenfall Star System, and Skye led the survivors in building a new defensive line with help from Centurion Lindy and Pym Particle technology.
• Hela recognized that the Super Heroes were growing rapidly stronger and delayed another attack while she assessed the threat.
• Hela told the Ancient Gods that Wang Bert would fight Galactus in half a month and planned to use that battle to destroy the Super Heroes, asking Chthon, Eye Demon Shuma-Gorath, Set, and Astros for help.

Hela arranged a final assault on Earth with the Four Ancient Gods, Annihilus, Knull, Deadpool, and a transforming Fenrir, while Chthon and the Cloaked Man prepared their own plans. Wang Bert learned of the coming attack and began preparing Astros to fight Set by revealing that he had turned Seth into a puppet.

• Hela promised the Four Ancient Gods millions of souls to lead an assault on Earth's Defense Net and draw the Sorcerer Supreme and Doctor Doom away from the Frontlines.
• Hela ordered Annihilus to prepare to kill Quake King, assigned Knull to lead the Demon Gods, and recruited Deadpool to help fight the Blood God.
• Hela visited Fenrir, who was transforming in a pool filled with souls, and urged him to finish so he could fight beside her.
• Knull accepted Chthon's offer of power despite the risk to his sanity and merged with a sealed body sent into the Main Universe.
• The Cloaked Man helped Great Serpent gather fear and promised him that Hela's assault in half a month would leave Earth vulnerable, allowing him to break free and summon the seven Fear Hammers.
• Astros told Wang Bert about Hela and Chthon's plans, and Wang Bert revealed the puppet Seth as part of Astros's training against Set.

Wang Bert prepared to defend Earth against the Four Ancient Gods while his Dragon Soul Clone defeated a weakened Galactus in a parallel universe. The discovery that Galacta was Lina’s counterpart raised new questions about the Galactus in Wang Bert’s universe, and the chapter ended with Galacta distracted by a dragon ham.

• Wang Bert explained that the Three Great Generals would help him fight Galactus, then trained Astros to attack Seth effectively.
• Wang Bert told Strange and Doctor Doom that the Four Ancient Gods were about to attack Earth, and they agreed to return and defend the Defense Net with support from Hell and the Dragon World.
• Wang Bert’s Dragon Soul Clone overcame Galactus by exploiting the weakening effects of the Concept of Decay and blasted a hole through his chest.
• Galacta arrived with Galactus’s Four Heralds and demanded that Wang Bert spare her father, but Wang Bert froze the others and questioned Galactus about her resemblance to Lina.
• Galactus confirmed that Lina was Galacta, explained that another version of himself had left her on Earth, and suspected that his counterpart had an arrangement there.
• Wang Bert wondered whether killing Galactus would affect Lina, while Galacta eagerly devoured the dragon ham he offered her.

Wang Bert learned that Galactus was the lock restraining God Rune, a being who would destroy the universe, then returned to Earth and joined Wanda as she pursued the power to become the Creator God of magic. Wanda and Wang Bert used the Infinity Stones to bring Chthon and the three members of Vishanti into the same mysterious space, leaving the rival powers confronting one another.

• Galactus told Wang Bert that God Rune would appear and destroy the universe if Galactus died, and explained the Cosmic Tapeworm cycle connecting himself and Galacta.
• Wang Bert returned to Earth and contacted Wanda after defeating Galactus, while Wanda gathered the final Infinity Stone.
• The Scarlet Witch urged Wanda to manipulate Wang Bert and seize magical godhood, but Wanda refused to betray him and told him she wanted to devour Chthon and Vishanti.
• Wang Bert agreed to help Wanda pursue godhood and discussed their plans before turning to deal with Chthon and Vishanti.
• Wanda gave Wang Bert the Infinity Stones, and he used the Infinity Gauntlet to bring Chthon and Vishanti's three members together in a mysterious space.

Wang Bert trapped Chthon and Vishanti in a battle, then revealed himself and fought them for their magical concepts. Vishanti surrendered the White Magic Concept and escaped, while Chthon agreed to hand over the Black Magic Concept after Wang Bert promised not to pursue him.

• Chthon and Vishanti mistook their imprisonment for a trap and fought for a year while Wang Bert and Wanda watched.
• Wang Bert revealed that he had brought them there and needed the White Magic Concept; Chthon sacrificed his followers and world, while Vishanti summoned their Holy Sword.
• Wang Bert used spatial chains and Vishanti's ambush to overwhelm Chthon, then revealed that the Infinity Stones had been controlling Vishanti.
• Chthon sealed himself into a black ball, while Vishanti surrendered the White Magic Concept and left through a Space Vortex.
• Wang Bert threatened to erase Chthon unless he surrendered the Black Magic Concept, and Chthon signed a Reality Stone contract promising to hand it over.

Wanda acquired the Black Magic Concept, but Scarlet Witch took her to Mutant Planet to fuse with her as the planet became hidden behind fate mist. Back in the Main Universe, Wang Bert confronted Galactus over his plan to transform Earth into a food factory for Galacta, and their battle began at the galaxy’s edge.

• Wang Bert sent Chthon through a portal to Vishanti’s Prime Plane, where Vishanti suppressed him and copied his memories; Wang Bert then traded Vishanti a strand of White Magic Concept for Chthon’s soul.
• Scarlet Witch caused Wanda to absorb the Black Magic and White Magic Concepts, then took Wanda to Mutant Planet so they could complete their fusion.
• Wang Bert returned to the Main Universe and learned from Galactus that he planned to transform Earth into a food-producing factory where humanity would serve Galacta; Galactus refused to abandon the plan.
• Seven days later, Wang Bert and Galactus faced each other at the edge of the Milky Way, and their opening attacks began as the Four Heralds watched.

Wang Bert and the heroes began their final battle against Galactus, Hela, Annihilus, Knull, and more than a hundred demon gods. The heroes faced powerful enemies on several fronts, and Knull’s transformation into an immortal God Abomination made his fight with Jessica, Tony, and Ivan especially dangerous.

• Wang Bert drew blood power from life-forms across the universe and used his vast sea of blood to attack Galactus.
• Hela arrived with Annihilus, Knull, and more than a hundred demon gods, and both sides declared the final battle had begun.
• Hela cursed Tony and Ivan with puppets, but Little Hela severed the curse as the demon gods attacked and Skye merged with Black Bolt to become Quake King.
• Annihilus sacrificed ten million insectoids to reach the strength of an ancient god and fought Quake King, while Thor, Little Hela, and Carol attacked Hela.
• Knull revealed that he had fused with a God Abomination, revived stronger after repeated attacks, and adapted to some of the weapons used against him.
• Hulk, Damon, Mindy, Venom, Electro, Dracula, and the Blood Clan fought more than a hundred demon gods as Hulk asked the universe’s life-forms to send him their anger.

Hulk and the other heroes fought the Demon Gods while Peter Parker underwent a dangerous experiment aboard a spaceship. As Chthon’s forces attacked Earth’s Defense Net, Wang Bert and his allies engaged the Ancient Gods, leaving the wider war in full swing.

• Hulk, Damon, Mindy, Electro, Blade, Gorr, and the Blood Clan attacked the Demon Gods, and Lilith defeated a Silver Demon God that had wounded her.
• Dr. Octopus warned Peter Parker that her experiment had only a thirty percent chance of success, while Peter feared for his life.
• Chthon led three Ancient Gods and ten Demon Gods to Earth, where Wang Bert, Adam, the mages, Angels, dragons, and Hell’s army defended Earth’s Defense Net.
• Chthon sent his army through a spatial gate, and the defenders joined battle as the Ancient Gods faced Strange, Doctor Doom, Adam, and Wang Bert.
• Strange trapped Set in a Time Loop, Wang Bert used the Mind Stone against Astros, Adam pursued Chthon, and Doctor Doom fought the Eye Demon in the void.

Wang Bert watched Strange and Doctor Doom battle Ancient God projections while explaining his confidence in them to Astros. Strange trapped Seth in a five-minute time loop, and Doom used a soul-controlled clone and an Artificial Sun to ensnare the Eye Demon.

• Mordo worried about Doom facing an Ancient God's projection, while Wang Bert and Astros watched the battles from Mind Space.
• Strange used the Time Stone and Vishanti-backed magic to fight Seth, then revealed a five-minute time loop that repeatedly restored him after each round.
• Strange taunted Seth and continued fighting through repeated loops, intending to improve until he could defeat the Serpent God.
• Doom bombarded the Eye Demon with nuclear attacks and used a Nano Space Bomb to disrupt its chaotic void magic.
• The Eye Demon destroyed Doom's clone, but Doom's soul had returned to his main body, which activated an Artificial Sun and trapped the Eye Demon.

Doctor Doom fought Eye Demon Shuma-Gorath with nuclear weapons, while Adam battled Chthon and learned how to turn Chthon’s powerful clones against him. At the Sealed Temple, Great Serpent broke free and confronted Odin.

• Doom survived Shuma-Gorath’s attack and used nuclear satellites and nuclear-powered cockroaches to continue fighting the Ancient God projection.
• Chthon attacked Adam with nine powerful clones and repeated Finger of Death spells, then trapped him in a miniature world filled with sacrificial resentful energy.
• Zombie Universe Chthon taught Adam to use the Evil Concept to give Chthon’s clones independent wills, and Adam’s evil self began secretly turning them against Chthon.
• Odin told Great Serpent he would not release him until he let go of his hatred, but Great Serpent burst out of the Sealed Temple and confronted his brother.

The Great Serpent escaped his seal and attacked Asgard while seven Fear Hammers empowered Worthy across Earth. As the Worthy devastated cities, Elektra defeated Power Man, but the hammer flew toward her and awakened her fear of pain.

• The Great Serpent returned to Asgard, wounded Heimdall, and forced Odin to trap them both in a small space while Heimdall evacuated the citizens.
• The Great Serpent sent seven Fear Hammers to Earth, and the Cloaked Man expected the resulting panic to weaken Earth and leave the Blood God with no choice.
• Power Man, Luke Cage, took up a hammer, became Worthy, destroyed the Osborn Corporation's Drone Armor, and killed more than a hundred citizens in New York.
• Coulson learned from Heimdall that Earth had to confront the seven Worthy, while attacks spread across cities and a Hammer Kangaroo rampaged in Australia.
• Elektra knocked Power Man unconscious and contacted Susan to send his hammer to the Space Station, but it flew toward Elektra and filled her with fear of pain.

Elektra resisted the Fear Hammer and fought Worthy across Earth while Susan struggled to defend the Space Station from Inhumans attacking from the Moon. As countries sent their strongest forces against the remaining Worthy, Wang Bert’s Blood-colored Armor waited beneath Manhattan for the hidden manipulator to appear, and Kingpin entered the battle against the giant sumo wrestler.

• Elektra threw off the Fear Hammer’s control, and the hammer was returned to the Space Station’s reinforced isolation area.
• Elektra fought five Worthy in Australia and learned Susan could not teleport their hammers because Inhumans from the Moon were attacking the Space Station.
• Coulson asked the countries to send their strongest experts against the final Worthy, while the Blood-colored Armor waited beneath Manhattan for the hidden manipulator to arrive.
• The giant sumo wrestler Worthy destroyed a city, and an America Inhuman’s Paralyzing Eye held him for only a second before the Worthy killed him.
• Experts and armored forces from several countries joined the fight but struggled against the Worthy, until Kingpin arrived in Heavy Armor and swung his giant hammer at him.

Worthy’s fight with War Lizard was interrupted when Red Skull appeared and turned Earth’s wandering souls into an army of Ghosts, only to be confronted by Blood-colored Armor. On the Frontlines, Tony and Ivan weighed Lizard Doctor’s Gene Potion against Dr. Richards’s dangerous banishment formula, while Jessica prepared to weaken Knull enough to send him to the Crimson Cosmos.

• War Lizard used quantization to evade Worthy’s hammer and sever his hands, but Fear Hammer returned them and restored them before Black Hole Inhuman could teleport the weapon away.
• Red Skull enveloped Earth in orange light, solidifying and commanding its wandering souls, but Blood-colored Armor appeared and cut off his head.
• Hulk and his allies continued clearing demons while Knull repeatedly revived stronger and overpowered Tony, Jessica, and Ivan.
• Dr. Richards offered an incomplete formula to banish Knull, while Lizard Doctor proposed a Gene Potion that could either destroy Knull’s genes or make him an ancient-god-level threat.
• Crimson God told Jessica that she could send Knull to the Crimson Cosmos if he could not resist, and Jessica asked Tony and Ivan to find a way to weaken him.
• Tony and Ivan requested Lizard Doctor’s single dose of Gene Potion, but Knull broke free of Ivan’s gravitational field.

Jessica used the Gene Potion and ruby to send Knull to the Crimson God’s dimension, while the battle against Annihilus’s forces continued. Dracula protected Carol from Hela with his new scapegoat abilities, but Hela destroyed his Death Line and left his fate uncertain.

• Jessica injected Knull with the Gene Potion, and after he died and resurrected as rotten flesh, she used the ruby to send him to the Crimson God’s dimension.
• Tony, Ivan, and Jessica went to help against the Demon Gods while Dracula took Annihilus’s attacks in Quake King’s place as Quake King began sensing the universe’s vibrations.
• Hela defeated Carol and Little Hela, pierced Carol with the Night Sky Sword, and threatened to kill her before Dracula could resurrect.
• Dracula used his substitution technique to take Carol’s place, allowing her to escape to the spatial barrier and recover.
• Hela used ten Death Slashes to shatter Dracula’s Death Line, but Dracula reappeared and greeted her with another “Surprise!”

Hela summoned Deadpool as her trump card while Quake King killed Annihilus with Cosmic Vibration. Deadpool revealed overwhelming powers, trapped Tony and Ivan in a Little Universe, and incapacitated the heroes, leaving them at his mercy.

• Quake King used Cosmic Vibration to erase Annihilation Waves, destroy the Negative Space Projection, and kill Annihilus before splitting back into Black Bolt and Skye.
• Hela summoned Deadpool, who revived after Skye and Black Bolt repeatedly turned him into minced meat and then revealed a domain that disintegrated attacks.
• Deadpool manifested a Dark Phoenix phantom, drove back the heroes and demon gods, and disintegrated Hulk's hand when Hulk attacked him.
• Deadpool used magnetic control to draw Tony and Ivan close, then imprisoned them inside a Little Universe he said he had created with Franklin's ability.
• Deadpool revealed that Professor X's Mind Power had separated the heroes' consciousnesses from their bodies, leaving Jessica, Hulk, Skye, Black Bolt, and the others unable to move.