Chapter Summaries

Elektra revealed The Beast’s plan, but Wang Bert trapped and tortured her while Doom’s attack broke the New York Sanctum’s Defense Net and let The Beast enter Manhattan. Ancient One drove The Beast into the Mirror Dimension, where Wang Bert went to deal with it, as the heroes continued fighting its servants.

• Elektra told Wang Bert that The Beast would descend and destroy New York, so Wang Bert injected her with several dangerous serums and bound her as her body repeatedly revived.
• Wong brought the Super Heroes back from the portal, while Doom activated the Space Station’s weapon and blasted a hole through the New York Sanctum’s Defense Net.
• The Beast entered Manhattan and unleashed its servants and corrupting influence, but Wang Bert appeared as a fiery Divine Dragon and helped protect the city.
• Doom redirected the weapon’s beam into Mephisto’s Hell and threatened the Demon Gods until they went to demand that Mephisto return his mother’s soul.
• Ancient One repaired the Defense Net, defeated The Beast with Vishanti’s Holy Sword, and sealed it inside the Mirror Dimension.
• Ancient One sent Wang Bert into the Mirror Dimension to finish dealing with The Beast, while Frank and the other heroes continued fighting its servants.

Wang Bert killed The Beast with a nuclear bomb and Dragon Fire, then helped save Doom and received Elektra’s soul crystal from Ancient One. Elektra revealed that she had become a powerful Humanoid Lizard Dragon, but Wang Bert used the crystal to force her to submit as his servant; the monster attack ended, leaving governments facing public demands for answers.

• Wang Bert destroyed most of The Beast with a nuclear bomb and burned its remaining body until Ancient One sealed its soul.
• Mephisto tricked Doom by controlling Cynthia’s soul, causing her to stab Doom, but Wang Bert saved him with a Heart-Shaped Herb.
• Ancient One gave Wang Bert the Beast’s purified blood and Elektra’s soul crystal, which could keep Elektra resurrecting.
• Elektra revealed her transformed Humanoid Lizard Dragon form and attacked Wang Bert, who used her soul crystal to make her kneel and serve him.
• Wang Bert sent the others to rescue people as the monster attacks ended, while the public demanded explanations from governments around the world.

Wang Bert secured the Darkhold and learned that Doom had become Ancient One’s disciple while Stephen Strange had suffered an early car accident. Meanwhile, Pierce raised money and advanced Project Insight with Lizard Doctor’s experiments, and Spider-Man encountered the newly transformed Thing in Brooklyn.

• The government blamed the alien invasion and New York’s chaos on a bioengineered beast, while Wang Bert dismissed the explanation and ordered Osborn Corporation to support a Dragon God Cult.
• Elektra delivered the Darkhold to Wang Bert, who resisted its temptation and had Lilith seal it in Vibranium before Wong took it to Ancient One.
• Wong told Wang Bert that Doom had become Ancient One’s disciple, and James reported that Stephen Strange had badly injured both hands in a car accident.
• Pierce secured approval for one Helicarrier, secretly raised funds for more, and told Baron Strucker he would provide the Mind Scepter after Project Insight began.
• Pierce visited Lizard Doctor, who claimed to have prepared two Trump Cards against Wang Bert and expected to finish his latest experiment within a month.
• Spider-Man responded to a police call in Brooklyn and found the stone-skinned Thing, who claimed to be Ben and tried to reach his frightened fiancée before Spider-Man webbed him.

Spider-Man, Damon, and other heroes stopped the Fantastic Four after a destructive fight and took them to the police station, where Wang Bert promised to bail them out. At the experiment base, Wang Bert ended a brutal training match between Elektra and Hulk, then learned that Tony Stark had come to bail out the Fantastic Four.

• Spider-Man fought Thing and Human Torch, while Absorbing Man, Reed, Wind Demon, Power Man, Jessica, and Susan joined the chaotic battle.
• Sin Buster intervened, and Wang Bert arranged for the Fantastic Four to surrender and compensate for the damage; Damon knocked out Human Torch and took all four to the police station.
• Spider-Man, Jessica, and the arriving Firefighter Hero extinguished the fires, while Damon and Power Man separated Reed and Absorbing Man.
• At the experiment base, Wang Bert and Betty observed Elektra and Hulk fight until Wang Bert ordered them to change back and end the test.
• Elektra reported no discomfort, and Banner left with Betty; Wang Bert then received Damon's call that Tony Stark had arrived to bail out the four.

Wang Bert recruited Thing and offered Reed an interest-free loan while Susan tried to reconnect with Doom, who had become permanently half-metallic after the Cosmic Storm. As 2010 began, Wang Bert was teaching Little Hela when a rainbow-colored beam landed outside his house.

• Tony Stark bailed Human Torch out of jail and left with him, while Reed and Susan stayed with Wang Bert.
• Thing's fiancée could not accept his transformed appearance, and Thing joined Wang Bert's Watchmen Company in hopes of winning her back.
• Wang Bert lent Reed money interest-free and encouraged him to focus on scientific research.
• Doom learned his mother had been reincarnated, pledged to protect the world on his own terms, and continued studying magic under Ancient One.
• Ancient One assigned Wong to take over the New York Sanctum and refused Kaecilius permission to read the Darkhold.
• In 2010, a rainbow-colored beam descended onto Wang Bert's lawn while he taught Little Hela.

Thor returned the Tesseract to Wang Bert, but a visit to Blood God Manor revealed that Lina and Little Hela could lift Mjolnir, exposing Hela’s aura to Asgard. After Odin invited Wang Bert to Asgard, Wang Bert declined to go himself and organized an Earth delegation instead, drawing interest from heroes, officials, and S.H.I.E.L.D.

• Thor returned the Tesseract to Wang Bert and demonstrated that Mindy could not lift Mjolnir, but Lina lifted it to use for cracking walnuts.
• Little Hela lifted Mjolnir, declared herself Queen of Asgard, and summoned dark clouds over New York; she then used the hammer to call it back to her hand before giving it to Thor.
• Odin sent Huginn to inspect New York, learned Hela was still sealed there, and ordered Thor to invite Wang Bert to Asgard.
• Wang Bert declined Thor’s invitation and sent Ivan and others in his place, then announced an Asgard tour group on Twitter.
• Tony, Trish, President Ellis, and Hill expressed interest in joining the delegation, and Wang Bert proposed creating a long-term group to study the universe.
• Pierce saw the planned delegation and realized that sending superheroes off-world could reduce resistance to Project Insight.

Thor took Jane and a group of Earth representatives and heroes to Asgard, while Wang Bert began researching the Tesseract and its potential to power the Bifrost and enhance humans. Odin learned that Hai might be his daughter Hela and ordered Huginn to watch her on Earth, while Tony collected Human Torch and was confronted by a bomber claiming to serve Mandarin.

• Thor transported Jane, Ivan, Hulk, and the other travelers to Asgard, while Wang Bert stayed behind and warned Tony that Pierce might target him.
• Wang Bert gave Tony a Wakandan energy cloak, then went to the Tesseract Research Lab and set research goals that included extracting the Cube's energy and studying the Bifrost.
• Wang Bert gave Reed a secret file about Captain Marvel and Project Pegasus and asked him to investigate using the Tesseract to enhance humans.
• Odin questioned Stephanie about Hai, realized she might be Hela, and sent Huginn to Earth to watch her for signs of recovered memories.
• Tony collected Human Torch from the police station after his arrest, but a man wearing grenades confronted them and announced that Mandarin sent his regards.

Tony Stark faced a terrorist attack attributed to the Mandarin, while Wang Bert suspected Dr. Killian’s involvement and ordered Elektra to investigate A.I.M. At Malibu Villa, Tony and his allies were ambushed by flying Extremis-enhanced terrorists, and Sai Wen confronted Iron Man as the battle began.

• A suicide bomber detonated among reporters after Tony’s Arc Pulse Cannon struck him, killing dozens and seriously injuring Happy; Human Torch took Happy to the hospital while Tony vowed to kill the Mandarin.
• Tony called Wang Bert, who recognized the Mandarin’s connection to the Ten Rings and advised Tony to send Pepper to his manor; Wang Bert then ordered Elektra to monitor Dr. Killian at A.I.M.
• The Mandarin hijacked America’s television signals and claimed responsibility for the attack, prompting President Ellis to send War Machine to support Iron Man and order the Air Force to watch Malibu Villa.
• Pepper left for Wang Bert’s manor, while Steve, Hawkeye Barton, Human Torch, Electro, Wind Demon, and War Machine Rhodey gathered at Malibu Villa to support Tony.
• Pierce ordered Sitwell Agent to send the Winter Soldier and a Lizardmen squad to kill Tony and his allies, intending to exploit the Mandarin attack as cover.
• Missiles and an EMP disabled Malibu Villa’s defenses before a submarine struck its foundation; as Tony and his allies escaped and fought back, more than forty flying Terrorists surrounded them, and Sai Wen announced that his boss sent Tony regards.

Tony and the heroes fought Sai Wen’s regenerating High-Temperature People while Hydra’s Lizardmen attacked, until Air Force reinforcements helped force the enemies to retreat. Mandarin then revealed that he had captured President Ellis and announced a public execution at New York Harbor the next day, leaving the heroes and city facing a new crisis.

• Tony and the heroes struggled against Sai Wen and the High-Temperature People, but Electro used his Ultra Electromagnetic Railgun to take down many of them.
• Hydra’s Winter Soldier led Lizardmen into the battle, and Steve fought him while Human Torch burned the Lizardmen.
• The Air Force arrived to support the heroes, but a general reported that Air Force One had disappeared and the president was suspected to be captured.
• Mandarin hijacked the broadcast and showed President Ellis, Senator Stern, and others in captivity, announcing their execution at New York Harbor the next day.
• Mayor George ordered New York residents to evacuate the harbor district as the public and officials reacted to the capture.

The Vice President rejected asking Blood God for help and ordered General Ross, the military, and S.H.I.E.L.D. to attack Mandarin, while Mandarin prepared for a confrontation at New York Harbor. Blood God rescued President Ellis, revealed the Vice President’s and Hydra’s plots, and set the president and Peggy Carter to mobilize against them; the chapter ended with Elektra reporting two powerful beings aboard Mandarin’s ship, one connected to her bloodline.

• The Vice President ordered Iron Man to gather intelligence and assigned General Ross to lead the military’s planned assault on Mandarin, while Pierce secured command of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Helicarrier.
• Mandarin told Dr. Killian that he planned to seize power, explaining that oil interests supported his gamble against clean energy, while a mysterious voice agreed to confront the Dragon Soul.
• Blood God used a magical portal and a double to free President Ellis from captivity and bring him to Blood God Manor.
• Wang Bert told President Ellis that the Vice President was involved in his kidnapping and that Pierce, Senator Stern, and others were Hydra; Peggy Carter explained Hydra’s plans and Project Insight.
• President Ellis agreed to oppose the Vice President and Hydra and support S.W.O.R.D. as a replacement for S.H.I.E.L.D., with America taking the lead.
• Elektra told Wang Bert that Killian and two powerful beings were aboard Mandarin’s ship, and that one of them resonated with her bloodline.

Wang Bert and his allies watched Mandarin bring down a Helicarrier with a lightning storm, while the crash exposed Hydra agents who transformed into Lizardmen to survive. Pierce then launched Hydra’s coup, ordering agents to seize S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, raise the remaining Helicarriers, and kill Maria Hill.

• Wang Bert ordered Elektra to stay undercover and told Mercury to hand General Ross War Abomination and some Drone Armor while keeping him out of the Experiment Base.
• General Ross took command of the port operation and planned a direct assault that put the president and roughly two thousand hostages at risk, while Electro refused to follow orders he considered unreasonable.
• Tony, Steve, Rhodey, and Human Torch boarded the Helicarrier’s deck, then left to guard the area after Tony noticed the strange thunderclouds near the port.
• Wang Bert, President Ellis, Carter, and Lilith watched Mandarin use his green ring to summon lightning, which struck the Helicarrier and sent it crashing before it could fire.
• Rumlow ordered Hydra agents aboard the falling Helicarrier to transform into Lizardmen and rescue their colleagues, revealing Hydra’s presence to the government and S.H.I.E.L.D. Council.
• Pierce launched Hydra’s operation, ordering agents to seize S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, send the remaining Helicarriers into the air, kill Maria Hill, and bring Lizard Doctor’s creations to headquarters.

Hydra launched coordinated attacks on S.H.I.E.L.D. while the Mandarin used a missile barrage and High-Temperature Dragonwing People to attack the military and Super Heroes at the port. Natasha, Sharon Carter, and Hill fought to stop Hydra, but the battle at the port remained dangerous as the Mandarin brought in a force of prisoners.

• Natasha rescued Hill from Hydra agents at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, and Sharon Carter helped them fight the Lizardmen and escape toward the broadcasting room.
• The Winter Soldier overwhelmed Natasha with icy powers, while Pierce learned that Natasha and S.W.O.R.D. had discovered Hydra's operation and expected the Helicarriers to launch.
• Garrett ordered Grant Ward to capture S.H.I.E.L.D.'s carrier and its stone, while the Mandarin bombarded General Ross's forces with stolen Stark Industries missiles.
• The Mandarin revealed a captive double of President Ellis and sent High-Temperature Dragonwing People against the Super Heroes after Tony and the others advanced.
• Pierce ordered Rumlow to attack the Super Heroes, but Tony used antidote grenades and took control of Rumlow's Peacemaker armor, leaving the Mandarin frustrated as trucks delivered prisoners to the port.

Mandarin’s forces overwhelmed the defenders at the harbor until Wang Bert arrived with reinforcements and began turning the battle around. The Vice President and General Ross were arrested for treason, and Wang Bert gathered the heroes to head for S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, where the situation had become urgent.

• General Ross deployed the Sinister Strike Force, but Mandarin released Green Flying Dragons and Dr. Killian to attack the harbor.
• The Vice President went to Blood God Manor, where Wang Bert and President Ellis exposed his treason and had him arrested.
• Wang Bert brought Carter through a portal to the harbor, and Osborn Corporation’s Drone Armors helped the defenders regain ground.
• Secret Service agents arrested General Ross, and a white-haired general took command and agreed to prepare a rescue operation.
• Hulk, Iron Fist, Black Panther, Punisher, the Hell Sisters, War Lizard, and Ivan in the Conqueror Armor arrived and attacked Mandarin’s forces.
• Wang Bert called the S.H.I.E.L.D. team and other heroes together to go to headquarters, while Tony and the others prepared to leave the harbor.

Hydra’s Project Insight nearly launched as S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Blood Clan Police Department fought to stop the Helicarriers. Wang Bert’s allies arrived to join the battle, where Tony confronted Winter Soldier over his parents’ murder, while Black Widow’s team began studying Lizardman blood and preparing to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D.

• Wang Bert sent Tony and the other heroes through a portal to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, then ordered Mercury to seize Lizard Doctor’s base and kill anyone who resisted except Lizard Doctor.
• Maria Hill and Sharon coordinated S.H.I.E.L.D.’s defense as Melinda and the Blood Clan Police Department joined the fight; Sharon’s sabotage disabled the Helicarriers temporarily.
• Pierce’s reinforcements attacked Blade, Black Widow, and Hill’s group, while Blade and Black Widow struggled against Winter Soldier and elite Lizardmen.
• Tony, Captain America, Carter, and the others arrived through a portal, and Pierce admitted that Winter Soldier had killed Tony’s parents on his orders.
• The heroes fought Winter Soldier and the Lizardmen as Black Widow withdrew to give Coulson Winter Soldier’s blood for analysis and had Fitz repair her damaged armor.
• Coulson told Skye that they had to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. because Hydra had taken it over, while Jemma began studying the Lizardman blood with Dr. Connors.

Black Spider, a masked Peter Parker with Spider-Man’s abilities and additional powers, attacked Spider-Man while the heroes used Jemma and Dr. Connors’s drug to disable the elite Lizardmen. Steve and Carter recognized the Winter Soldier as Bucky, but Tony kept fighting him over his parents’ deaths as Pierce tried to stall for time.

• Pierce learned that President Ellis had appeared on television and worried that the Blood God might soon arrive, while the Cloaked Man went after Spider-Man.
• Black Spider revealed his Peter Parker face and fought Spider-Man, whose high-tech suit protected him from fire, poison, and electricity; Black Spider eventually kicked him into a building and pursued him.
• Jemma and Dr. Connors prepared a drug that weakened the elite Lizardmen, and Natasha delivered doses to the heroes using her stealth function.
• Steve and the others injected several Lizardmen and brought them down, but the Winter Soldier froze Natasha’s syringe and knocked her away.
• Pierce ordered the Winter Soldier to remove his mask, and Steve and Carter recognized him as Bucky Barnes, their friend presumed dead.
• Tony continued attacking Bucky, insisting that he had to avenge his parents, while Pierce secretly tried to buy another minute.

Tony and the heroes fought Pierce’s forces as the Helicarriers prepared to rise, while Wang Bert defeated Mandarin’s Extraordinary Dragon at New York Harbor. Wang Bert then appeared in Washington and destroyed one Helicarrier, leaving the other battle unresolved.

• Tony accepted that Pierce was the true culprit behind his parents’ deaths and flew to confront him, while Steve and Carter fought Bucky.
• Black Spider, a powerful clone of Spider-Man, battled Tony and the Drone Armors as Natasha, Blade, and Human Torch attacked the Helicarriers.
• The Helicarriers’ weapons and engines came back online, but Wang Bert arrived as the Dragon God and destroyed one of them.
• At New York Harbor, Water Demon revealed himself as the disguised President Ellis and escaped with the actor playing Mandarin.
• Mandarin unleashed Extraordinary Dragon, but Wang Bert sliced it apart with portals, and Elektra removed its head while the Blood Clan froze its body for research.
• Wang Bert entered the Washington battle through a portal, and Tony recognized him as the Dragon God.

Doom challenged Kamar-Taj’s stagnation while Wang Bert defeated Mandarin and Dr. Killian at New York Harbor. Wang Bert then went to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, where Black Spider confronted his divine dragon and Lizard Doctor prepared to escape as the base’s defenses fell.

• Ancient One explained that Wang Bert’s spell cut space rather than creating portals, while Doom insulted Kamar-Taj’s senior mages and left with Strange.
• Kaecilius suspected Doom had uncovered Ancient One’s method of prolonging her life and worried that he could not become the next Sorcerer Supreme.
• Wang Bert used the divine dragon, Penance Stare, and the Space Stone to defeat Mandarin and seal the Ten Rings; the dragon then burned Mandarin’s remains and soul.
• Ivan killed Dr. Killian, and Wang Bert ordered Ivan to hunt the fleeing High-Temperature People while Max rescued hostages.
• Wang Bert sent the divine dragon to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, where it split a Helicarrier in half and Pierce ordered Black Spider to attack it.
• Lizard Doctor learned that the defensive line had fallen, confirmed his equipment was packed, and ordered the base’s self-destruct system activated as he prepared to escape.

The Dragon God defeated Black Spider and destroyed the Helicarrier threat while Tony avenged his parents by killing Pierce. With Hydra’s forces subdued and Lizard Doctor captured, Wang Bert turned to the wider political aftermath and considered Earth’s future unity.

• Black Spider attacked the Dragon God, but the Dragon God used a Penance Stare to kill it before it could lure him into Pierce’s freezing trap.
• Tony killed Pierce after Pierce threatened to freeze the S.H.I.E.L.D. building, then shut down the Freezing Machine as the Dragon God split the Helicarrier apart.
• Mercury captured Lizard Doctor and killed the guards, then reported the capture to Wang Bert.
• Elektra gave Wang Bert Extraordinary Dragon’s head and revealed that devouring its soul was making her stronger but more bloodthirsty, so Wang Bert ordered her to stay at his side.
• Wang Bert confirmed that governments were attacking S.H.I.E.L.D. and urged President Ellis to hold a press conference, while considering peaceful unity as Earth entered the interstellar era.

After the battles, Wang Bert secured the Ten Rings and other spoils, then used the Purple Man Virus to force Lizard Doctor to reveal his technology. He recruited Nick Fury and Hill for a mission to explore the universe and gather intelligence about Thanos and the wider galaxy.

• President Ellis told Trish Talk that the Vice President had conspired with the Mandarin and that Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D., while Steve Rogers led the new S.W.O.R.D.
• Wang Bert bound the Ten Rings to his soul and reviewed his gains, including Extraordinary Dragon's remains, the Perfected Extremis Virus, the Teleportation Stone, and S.W.O.R.D.
• Wang Bert infected Lizard Doctor with the Purple Man Virus and compelled him to explain his technologies, intending to dispose of him once they were verified.
• Wang Bert met Nick Fury after his release from a S.W.O.R.D. prison and offered him a mission to explore the universe and gather intelligence about Thanos.
• Fury agreed to recruit a team, with Hill joining him to manage the accounts, and Wang Bert offered supplies and returned Fury's modified pager.

Wang Bert ordered Fury to prepare for S.H.I.E.L.D.’s destruction, approved plans involving Bucky and Natasha, and began preparing for Earth’s growing dangers. He also sent Blade and Mercury to bring Europe’s Vampires under his rules, while planning a trip around the world with his disciples.

• Wang Bert gave Fury one month to prepare for S.H.I.E.L.D.’s destruction and told him to investigate Thanos.
• Wang Bert approved Steve’s request to take Bucky to Wakanda and agreed to give Natasha the Perfected Extremis Virus in exchange for her help testing whether High-Temperature People could reproduce.
• Wang Bert asked Reed to begin brainless-clone enhancement experiments and decided the Lizard Doctor was too dangerous to keep.
• Wang Bert played a holographic game with Mindy, Lina, and Hela, while Odin watched Hela through Huginn and regretted how he had treated her.
• Wang Bert invited Mindy, Lina, and Hela on a trip around the world and planned to use the journey to learn locations for future spatial portals.
• Wang Bert sent Mercury and Blade to Europe to acquire hospitals, control the blood supply, and establish a Blood Clan Police Department that would force Vampires to follow his rules.