Chapter Summaries

Deadpool and Ultimate Spider-Man battled over the Little Universe while Hela’s forces tried to secure victory. Ultimate Spider-Man returned the Little Universe to Little Hela, and the trapped Super Heroes escaped, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Deadpool revealed that he could borrow the powers of mutants on Mutant Planet and prepared to capture Little Hela and Carol.
• Dr. Octopus unveiled Ultimate Spider-Man, a fusion of Spider-Men with Ancient God-level strength and the ability to travel through the Timeline.
• Ultimate Spider-Man and Deadpool fought with their abilities and summoned Spider-Men and Deadpools, while Hela ordered the demon gods to attack Dracula.
• Ultimate Spider-Man gave the Little Universe to Little Hela, who and Carol fought Hela as the Super Heroes attacked from inside and outside the prison.
• Little Hela and the Super Heroes cracked the Little Universe, freeing Tony and the others.

The Super Heroes gained the upper hand against Hela as Wang Bert contained Galactus and Strange, Doctor Doom, and their allies fought the Ancient Gods. Strange defeated Set in the Time Loop, and Doom destroyed Eye Demon’s projection with the Explosion Concept, while the battle between Satan and Chthon’s clone remained unresolved.

• Little Hela strengthened the barrier with God's Blood, trapping Hela as Hulk and the other Super Heroes attacked her and the Demon Gods.
• Wang Bert kept Galactus trapped in the blood sea, repaired the chaos Galactus created with a powerful punch, and forced him to continue fighting inside it.
• Strange summoned more than a hundred surviving versions of himself, and together they killed Set with a giant Seven-Colored Holy Sword of Vishanti.
• Doctor Doom used the Explosion Concept to channel energy into Eye Demon, while Strange stopped time long enough for Doom to escape before Eye Demon exploded.
• Doom and Strange discussed Eye Demon’s return and chose not to assist Satan against Chthon’s clone.

Adam defeated Chthon by exploiting the rebellion of Chthon’s nine avatars and evading a sleep spell through a last-minute body swap. After Adam returned his projection to Hell, Astros prepared to follow the plan against Serpent God Set.

• Chthon trapped Adam in a collapsing small world and sacrificed it to the Source of Destruction, but Adam’s Great Prophecy revealed that Chthon’s nine avatars had developed self-awareness and turned against him.
• Chthon destroyed his rebellious avatars with sacrificial lightning, while Adam broke free and forced Chthon’s body to vanish, leaving only his heart.
• Chthon sacrificed his remaining heart to cast Sacrificial Sleep on Adam, but Adam revealed that he had used the Chaos Concept to swap places with his projection and avoid the spell.
• Adam mocked and dispersed Chthon’s remaining consciousness, then sent his projection back to Hell, ending the battle.
• Strange and Doctor Doom recognized Adam’s victory, while Astros told Wang Bert she would follow the plan and confront Serpent God Set when the gods’ true bodies arrived.

After the Demon God Projections were defeated, Wang Bert’s hidden guardian armor stopped Red Skull’s invasion and captured the Soul Stone, learning that it had planned to revive Nemesis. Adam then joined Odin against the Great Serpent, whose death Adam declared in the name of the Blood God.

• Wang Bert sent Doctor Doom to destroy the Demon God army, Strange to defend Earth, and Adam to help Odin fight the Great Serpent.
• Chthon and the Ancient God phantoms prepared for a final battle after their projections were defeated.
• The Blood-colored Armor killed Red Skull, captured the fleeing Soul Stone, and learned that it intended to destroy Earth and revive Nemesis by making Wang Bert gather the Infinity Stones.
• The Blood-colored Armor and Panther God Bast stopped the ten billion Ghosts, while Strange and Elektra dealt with the Worthy and Strange subdued Queen Medusa.
• The Great Serpent overpowered Odin and boasted that fear made him immortal, but Adam arrived and declared that he would be put to death for killing more than five thousand people.

Adam and Odin defeated the Great Serpent, who was banished to Hell and trapped beneath the Lucifer Greatsword, while Odin decided to hand Asgard to Thor and retire. The story then returned to the Domain of Death, where Hela remained on the defensive against Little Hela and the Super Heroes as the battle continued.

• Adam corrupted the Great Serpent’s Fear Hammer and disrupted his control of fear, allowing Odin’s Destruction Lightning to devastate him.
• Adam and Odin stopped the Great Serpent’s attacks on Asgard’s civilians, and Adam severed his attempted connection to the source of universal fear before banishing him to Hell beneath the Lucifer Greatsword.
• Odin said he would retire and crown Thor, but reconsidered after seeing Thor distractedly fight Fenrir in the Domain of Death.
• Chthon realized Adam had anticipated his intervention, while Zombie Universe Chthon explained that the Blood God’s avatar would face Chthon in the final battle.
• In the Domain of Death, Little Hela, Carol, Hulk, Iron Man, and other Super Heroes continued to overwhelm Hela, while Thor remained occupied with Fenrir.

Hela allowed the Ancient Gods and their Demon God allies to enter the Main Universe, believing her contract would limit them, while Wang Bert and the heroes prepared to fight. The Ancient Gods arrived in their true forms, but Wang Bert took Chthon away, Astros betrayed Seth, and the others joined the battle as Eye Demon eagerly faced the heroes.

• Hela agreed to let the Ancient Gods enter the Main Universe after securing promises that they would spare half its life, avoid the Nine Realms, and spare the Blood God's disciples.
• Little Hela and the heroes failed to stop Hela from completing the Soul Altar, while Wang Bert gave eight Fear Hammers to Steve and the other heroes who needed god-level power.
• Hela sent tens of millions of souls into the Altar, opening four space gates through which Chthon, Shuma-Gorath, Seth, Astros, and over a hundred Demon Gods emerged.
• Wang Bert confronted Chthon and vanished with him, while Astros stabbed Seth with the Spear of God and trapped him in a black hole.
• Doctor Doom and Ivan went to help Astros against Seth, while Tony and the other heroes flew to intercept the Demon Gods.
• Eye Demon welcomed the fight with the heroes, while Little Hela, Carol, Thor, and Hulk prepared to face Hela and Skye continued playing with the doggie.

Adam and Strange attacked Eye Demon Shuma, but Shuma disrupted their time trap and bound Adam while trying to turn him into a true Satan. Elsewhere, the heroes fought the empowered Demon Gods, and Dr. Richards fused with Human Torch, Thing, and Susan before destroying Ice Block Demon God.

• Adam and Strange confronted Eye Demon Shuma, and Strange used the Vishanti’s power to stop Shuma in time while Adam opened a gate to Hell and tried to drag it through.
• Shuma disrupted the Time Magic Array with the Chaos Concept, bound Adam, and began filling him with chaotic power to transform him into Satan.
• More than a hundred Demon Gods attacked the heroes, who fought back as Gorr explained that the Demon Gods’ true bodies were stronger and harder to kill than their projections.
• Dr. Richards persuaded Human Torch, Thing, and Susan to merge using Knull’s soul fragments, creating a flame-wreathed Reed empowered by their combined abilities.
• Dr. Richards burned through a Demon God’s shield and destroyed Ice Block Demon God with a massive fire attack, then boasted that he was the strongest.

Adam trapped Eye Demon in Hell and fused with the Demon Kings to become the true Hell Lord. He used Hell’s power to fight Eye Demon, though the battle remained unresolved.

• Dr. Richards, Steve, Carter, Bucky, Jessica, and Trish fought the demon gods while Little Hela, Hulk, Carol, and Skye pressured Hela.
• Adam revealed that he had used the Mind Stone to sever Eye Demon’s consciousness from his body, then pushed Eye Demon through the Hell Gate and followed him with Strange.
• Adam sealed Hell and revealed that most of the Demon Kings were his puppets, then fused with them to become the true Hell Lord.
• Eye Demon explained that Adam could now wield most of Hell’s power, and Adam attacked him with a giant sword.
• Adam used Chaos Concept and Hell’s authority to redirect Eye Demon’s blows, then wounded one of his tentacles.

Adam and Strange battled the Eye Demon while Strange tried to master the fluctuations of time. In Fair Space, Wang Bert fought Chthon and his summoned Cyttorak, matching the Crimson God’s strength and beginning to overpower him.

• Adam secretly instructed Strange to freeze the Eye Demon’s tentacles when Chaos Time-Space activated and to sense the fluctuations of time.
• Strange froze the Eye Demon’s tentacles, helping Adam fight it to a standstill as their battle shattered the surrounding space.
• Wang Bert used the Space Concept to counter Chthon’s attacks, then outmaneuvered his curse and destroyed the Space Stone Tablet.
• Chthon sacrificed an Ancient God’s heart to prevent everyone in Fair Space from using Space Magic, then summoned Cyttorak to fight Wang Bert.
• Wang Bert matched Cyttorak’s punch and then drove him onto the defensive by exploiting the Crimson God’s reliance on brute strength.

Wang Bert’s clone used the Mind Concept to defeat Cyttorak and battle Chthon in Fair Space. After Chthon’s Damage Transfer magic seemed to turn every attack back on Wang Bert, the clone revealed his apparent suffering was a feint, broke the spell, and stopped Chthon from reviving.

• Wang Bert matched the Crimson God’s growing strength and shattered Chthon’s curses with his fists.
• Chthon numbed Wang Bert’s left hand and trapped him with Death Hand, but Wang Bert used the Mind Concept to destroy the hands and defeat Cyttorak.
• Wang Bert revealed that his Mind Concept let him affect reality through belief, then fought Chthon using Mind Power to counter his attacks.
• Chthon used black mist and Damage Transfer to make Wang Bert suffer the damage he dealt, then attacked himself to harm the clone.
• Wang Bert feigned being overwhelmed, struck Chthon with a time-surpassing punch, and broke apart Chthon’s body.
• Wang Bert scattered the black mist around Chthon’s soul to prevent his revival and taunted him as he continued attacking.

Wang Bert fought Chthon in Fair Space, resisting Chthon’s attempts to seal his Mind Concept and destroy him. Chthon’s allies and attacks failed to secure an advantage, and Wang Bert ended the chapter turning Chthon’s destructive palms against his defenses.

• Chthon used a Time Bead to reverse Wang Bert’s clone’s time, but Wang Bert destroyed the effect with Mind Power and struck Chthon’s soul.
• Chthon split his soul into streams of Black Qi and branded Wang Bert with nine runes, claiming he had sealed Wang Bert’s Mind Concept.
• Chthon summoned Seth and learned that Astros, Doctor Doom, and Ivan were attacking him, then tried to summon Shuma-Gorath, who refused to descend while dealing with Adam.
• Chthon attacked Wang Bert with monsters and Vengeful Souls, but Wang Bert broke free and continued fighting; Wang Bert revealed that a prepared Magic Array had resisted the rune seal.
• Chthon sacrificed a small world to summon destructive giant hands, but Wang Bert destroyed them within Fair Space’s power limits.
• Chthon linked Wang Bert’s shadow to him with the God of Shadows’ power and used Black Magic to make attacks on either harm both; Wang Bert and the shadow worked together to drive the destructive palms into Chthon’s magic shields, shattering them.

Wang Bert outmaneuvered Chthon, turning the Montes Formula against him while using the Reality Stone to transform the erased Blood Clan into a new form. Chthon was left near death, still demanding to know how Wang Bert had anticipated everything.

• Wang Bert and his shadow destroyed Chthon’s Altar, battered him, and trapped him in mutual-destruction Black Magic.
• Wang Bert revealed that he had secretly marked Chthon’s soul, causing Chthon’s attacks to rebound and intensify the flames consuming him.
• Chthon summoned the Book of Chthon and recited the Montes Formula, erasing the Blood Clan and weakening Wang Bert’s apparent form.
• Wang Bert used the Reality Stone to restore and evolve the Blood Clan, while Dracula, Blade, Lilith, Mercury, and the others revived with changed bodies.
• The Montes Formula’s backlash struck the already wounded Chthon, leaving his soul nearly transparent as he begged Wang Bert to explain what had happened.

Wang Bert defeated Chthon and arranged for Zombie Universe Chthon to take over the Black Magic Concept and guard the demon gods. Meanwhile, Wang Bert overpowered Galactus, but Death intervened and blessed Galactus so he could continue fighting without dying.

• Wang Bert used Mind Power to kill Chthon’s remaining avatar, then gave the Black Magic Concept to Zombie Universe Chthon and ordered him to secure Chthon’s Prime Plane.
• Galactus trapped Wang Bert’s hiding place in a Little Universe and destroyed it, but Wang Bert ambushed him with a blood-red spear and attacked him with Elder God allies and demon god puppets.
• Wang Bert used the Decay Poison and multiple Concepts to weaken Galactus, who transformed into a black hole and tried to keep fighting.
• Wang Bert warned Galactus that killing him could bring out the God Rune and endanger Lina, and Galactus considered surrendering.
• Death appeared and blessed Galactus so he could not die, while promising to prevent the God Rune from emerging and keep Galactus at his peak.

Wang Bert merged with Galactus while his avatar dealt with Galactus's Heralds, and the Blood Clan became the powerful New Blood Clan on the battlefield. The heroes gained the advantage over the demon gods, and Chthon's defeat forced the demon gods to withdraw.

• Wang Bert merged with Galactus, while Death entered Galactus's body and the Living Tribunal watched.
• Bald Wang Bert defeated Galactus's three resisting Heralds, and Silver Surfer chose to help him before following the injured Heralds.
• The Blood Clan transformed into the immortal New Blood Clan, with Blade, Lilith, and Dracula describing its new powers and lack of weaknesses.
• The New Blood Clan and the Super Heroes overwhelmed the demon gods, while Doom and Ivan continued blasting Seth with nuclear weapons.
• Zombie Universe Chthon ordered the demon gods to withdraw from the Main Universe and admitted that he had lost.

After the Blood God’s avatar defeated Chthon, the Demon God Alliance collapsed and its members faced capture or death. The heroes entered Hell to help fight the Eye Demon, while Astros prepared to take Seth’s Prime Plane and Little Hela argued that Earth’s scientists could rival the gods.

• Chthon said the campaign had failed, and the Demon Gods fled through the Four Teleportation Gates while Gorr pursued them.
• The Demon Gods who entered Chthon’s and the Vishanti’s gates were trapped and attacked, while those who entered Seth’s gate saw the Crimson God; none took Astros’s gate to the Extraterritorial Void.
• Adam sent the heroes into Hell to hold off the Eye Demon, then left to help the Blood God; Tony and the others attacked the Eye Demon, and Spider-Man and Deadpool joined them.
• Astros rejected Seth’s offer to serve her and said she would take his Prime Plane, while Doctor Doom and Ivan prepared a dangerous antimatter experiment.
• Little Hela told Hela that Earth’s scientists were powerful enough to threaten even gods and that Asgard would benefit from joining the Earth Federation.

Hela and Odin discussed Hela’s defeat, Wang Bert’s victory over Galactus, and the Great Serpent’s fate. Inside a sphere built around Galactus’s memories, Wang Bert used stories of fathers losing their daughters to make Galactus hate himself, leaving Death to choose whether to enter and intervene.

• Hela accepted that she had lost, while Little Hela reassured her that Wang Bert would protect her from severe punishment.
• Odin revealed that Wang Bert had defeated Galactus and Chthon, then asked Little Hela to plead with Wang Bert to spare the Great Serpent.
• Death found Wang Bert beside a sphere containing Hell’s Will and Adam, and learned that Adam had agreed to relinquish Hell to secure Hell’s Will’s help.
• Wang Bert showed Death repeated stories of fathers losing their daughters to Galactus and explained that the accumulated resentment would make Galactus turn against himself.
• Death considered entering the sphere to save Galactus, but Wang Bert challenged her to take the risk, while she remained wary of his plans.

Wang Bert gathered Death and the other cosmic powers to simulate the consequences of her plan to kill half the universe. The simulations repeatedly ended in catastrophe, and the final one showed Hela’s victory giving way to revenge that destroyed Asgard.

• Death admitted defeat but refused to abandon her duty, and Wang Bert prevented her from leaving Mind Space until they resolved the conflict.
• Wang Bert showed Death Avengers: Endgame and argued that mass slaughter would destroy rather than balance the universe.
• The Living Tribunal, Eternity, Infinity, and Oblivion joined Wang Bert and Death to create a Little Universe and simulate events after Hela’s offensive.
• The simulations ended in universal destruction through an alien-virus outbreak, zombies, God Abominations, and Green Scar; Death rejected each result and demanded another attempt.
• With Earth removed from the simulation, Hela killed half the universe’s population, but the Skrull and Shi'ar Empires built a World Shaper that killed Hela and destroyed Asgard.

Wang Bert defeated and merged with Galactus after agreeing to maintain Universe Balance for five hundred years, then learned that Galactus had hidden Lina’s true identity and planned to transform Earth to feed her. Wang Bert resolved to handle Lina’s hunger himself and returned to his body, now carrying Galactus’s power and appetite.

• Wang Bert persuaded Death to abandon mass slaughter and agreed to restore Universe Balance within five hundred years, with the Creator Gods witnessing their deal.
• Wang Bert and Death entered the great ball of light, where Galactus’s millionth cycle ended and his consciousness was overwhelmed by resentment.
• Wang Bert merged with Galactus after Galactus’s consciousness collapsed, then ordered Hell’s Will to extract the resentment and learned he was starving.
• Galactus explained that Lina was a clone of Galacta, whose main body lay beneath Earth, and that he planned to turn Earth into a device powered by the sacrifice of its people.
• Wang Bert rejected Galactus’s plan and said he would handle Lina’s situation himself, then returned to his body and shrank from Galactus’s form.

Wang Bert defeated Galactus, captured Eye Demon and Great Serpent, and arranged for Galactus to live as a human while Galacta was cared for. He introduced Galactus to Lina as her father, leaving her stunned by the sudden revelation.

• Wang Bert freed Silver Surfer, dismissed Galactus's heralds, and captured Eye Demon and Great Serpent in his Little Universe.
• Wang Bert used an alternate-universe Space Stone to feed Galacta for the next hundred years without harming Earth's Defense Net.
• Wang Bert transferred Galactus's consciousness into an enhanced human clone and agreed to return his former body if it neared losing Creator God status.
• Wang Bert took Galactus to meet Lina while she livestreamed herself eating burgers.
• Wang Bert introduced Galactus as Lina's father and told her he had come to mooch meals, leaving Lina dumbfounded.

Wang Bert celebrated resolving the threat from Death while preparing to address the remaining danger on Mutant Planet, which had vanished into an unexplained fog. Meanwhile, Tony, Steve, and Loki sought a way to confront the Time Variance Authority, and a second Thanos devoured the original to pursue his destiny.

• Lina welcomed Galactus as her father, shared a huge meal with him, and watched him suffer stomach pains as he began learning to live in a human body.
• At the Frontlines, Wang Bert found Astros holding Doctor Doom and Ivan inside a black hole after they tested an Antimatter Hydrogen Bomb; he told Astros to finish Set and leave the Main Universe, then declared Death defeated and brought the heroes back to celebrate.
• Wang Bert assigned Skye to turn the Insect Extermination Alliance into the Cosmic Population Control Association, while Silver Surfer took Susan to Earth after Dr. Richards proposed marriage so they could have their son.
• Wang Bert planned to visit Mutant Planet with Deadpool, but Deadpool vanished; the Projection reported that fog concealed the planet, which had stopped approaching Earth.
• In the Future Universe, Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, and Loki Odinson escaped the Time Variance Authority and discussed finding Lady Loki, while Tony used a stolen Controller to seek her.
• On Sanctuary, Cloaked Thanos revealed himself as another Thanos, absorbed the original's memories, devoured him, and vowed to return to Death and fulfill his destiny.