Chapter Summaries

After defeating Odin, Bai Cangshu opened Odin's Drop Card and gained valuable items, including a fragment that upgraded his Grant and Take authority. His damaged body remained a serious limitation, so he searched for another way to heal it before a strange bird-beast appeared.

• Bai Cangshu drank Valhalla's Fine Wine, gaining two Strength points and a temporary boost to all attributes.
• Bai Cangshu merged the Tier 6 Blessing fragment into Grant and Take, upgrading the authority to Tier 3 and adding a blessing that granted a random gift.
• Bai Cangshu used Gungnir (Replica) to vaporize the rocks burying him, then wondered how he had reversed Odin's fated spear strike with his Mystic Eyes.
• Bai Cangshu considered using Origin Substance: Crimson Hymn to heal his abnormal condition but decided to search the Marvel World for another solution.
• A translucent bird-beast landed in front of Bai Cangshu, who recognized it as an outstanding reincarnator.

Tony brought Wanda and the wounded Vision to safety, then joined the Avengers as they gathered to face the attackers threatening New York. Bai Cangshu and his companions arrived with information and offered to help, while secretly viewing the city as a furnace.

• Tony flew Wanda and the badly wounded Vision back to the United States overnight.
• The next morning, Tony told the assembled Avengers about Jin, a mage whose power grew stronger toward noon and who had attacked New York.
• Bai Cangshu, Tree Herder, and Artoria entered the Avengers' sealed meeting room after Tony let them in.
• Bai Cangshu claimed that his group had betrayed Hydra and identified the attackers' plan to target Wanda and Vision for the Mind Stone.
• Tree Herder located the attackers' district, and Bai Cangshu assigned Artoria to help the Avengers kill them.
• Bai Cangshu looked over New York from Stark Tower and thought of the city as an excellent furnace.

Jin, Jifeng, and Yun Wujiu fled through New York’s sewers as Tree Herder and the Avengers closed in, while Jin clashed underground with Artoria. Solomon used the chaos to prepare his plan and watched for the arrival of three members of Thanos’s Black Order.

• Yun Wujiu nearly lost control after learning that Fu Qinghuan and Xinfeng had died, but Jifeng stopped Jin from killing him.
• Jifeng and Jin discovered that Tree Herder had found their hiding place by controlling a homeless man, and Jin escaped through the sewers with Jifeng and Yun Wujiu.
• Jifeng sensed groups of controlled homeless people and Avengers closing in, while Jin realized Tree Herder and Mercenary Tao were working with the Avengers.
• An explosion filled Manhattan’s sewers with fire, and Tree Herder led Captain America underground to pursue Jin as Artoria’s attacks threatened to collapse the passage.
• Bai Cangshu refused Iron Man’s request to deal with Jin, saying their agreement reserved Jin’s life for someone else.
• Solomon secretly inscribed runes around New York, considered using the Black Order’s arrival against Mercenary Tao, and drew a dagger while wondering whether contracts could be broken.

As the damaged building began to collapse, Iron Man and Bai Cangshu rescued people in very different ways, and Bai Cangshu became intrigued by the fearless boy Parker. The building was magically held up after another attack, while the blond fighter emerged from underground.

• An explosion damaged a building, and Iron Man flew to rescue trapped pedestrians while bracing one of its supports.
• Bai Cangshu entered the crowd, threw people clear of falling debris, and knocked a neon sign aside to save Parker.
• Parker followed Bai Cangshu, excitedly asking whether he was a superhero and declaring that they would win.
• Bai Cangshu lifted Parker by the back of his neck and carried him through the falling debris, amused by the boy’s lack of fear.
• A blond boy burst out from underground as a scarlet sword strike hit the building, and powerful magic held it up.

As Wanda and the Avengers tried to contain the destruction in New York, Solomon used his domains to defeat Jin and began casting Angel Power. The Black Order attacked Vision at Stark Tower, where Iron Man’s armor intercepted their first assault as Bai Cangshu watched nearby.

• Wanda stabilized the collapsing tower while Tree Herder restrained it with roots and vines, and Bai Cangshu returned Parker to his mother.
• Jin unleashed a massive fireball toward the crowd, but Wanda, Iron Man, and Artoria worked to stop it as Jin’s power grew.
• Solomon trapped Jin in King’s Reality, severed his connection to the sun with Saint George Domain, and pierced him with golden spears.
• Solomon used the Angel Feather to activate Angel Power and spread an immense holy domain over New York.
• Ebony Maw and the Black Order attacked Vision at Stark Tower, but Iron Man’s armor met them with a barrage of fire as Bai Cangshu watched from below.

Bai Cangshu resisted Ebony Maw’s telekinesis and tried to reach Vision, but Ebony Maw took advantage of the chaos to kill Vision. Tony Stark returned to find Vision dead and Mercenary Tao apparently at the center of the destruction, while Ebony Maw revealed that the battle had served his own purpose.

• Ebony Maw crushed Tony Stark’s abandoned armor and attacked Bai Cangshu with telekinetically launched debris.
• Bai Cangshu resisted Ebony Maw’s grip, then asked him to kill Vision faster as he forced his way toward Vision’s fight with Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive.
• Bai Cangshu knocked Cull Obsidian out of Stark Tower and snatched Vision away from Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive.
• Tony Stark returned, blasted Cull Obsidian, and flew toward a psychic shockwave that erupted from Stark Tower.
• Iron Man found Vision dead with his head split open, while Mercenary Tao appeared to be held by Ebony Maw amid the collapsing tower.
• Ebony Maw watched Bai Cangshu attack Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive and revealed that this had been his purpose.

Solomon unleashed devastating magic over New York while Bai Cangshu staged Vision’s death to provoke Wanda. As Wanda’s grief erupted into a surge of Chaos Magic, Bai Cangshu watched her power grow beyond the Avengers and Ebony Maw.

• Solomon transformed into a radiant ruler and obliterated a section of Manhattan with Dragonfall Spear.
• Iron Man ordered the others to draw the attackers away from civilians, then noticed Bai Cangshu carrying Vision’s corpse toward Wanda.
• Bai Cangshu secretly hoped Solomon would kill him in front of Tony, but Solomon honored their contract and kept attacking the Black Order.
• Wanda fell from the sky, and Bai Cangshu caught her before telling her that Vision had been killed and the Mind Stone taken.
• Wanda embraced Vision’s corpse and broke down in grief as Bai Cangshu used Logic and Life Return to observe her changing power.
• Scarlet mist enveloped Bai Cangshu as Wanda’s dangerous aura surpassed Hulk and Ebony Maw.

Bai Cangshu was trapped in Wanda’s Chaos Magic illusion, where his understanding of Aizen Sōsuke manifested as a terrifying Spiritual Pressure that began waking the others. As Solomon prepared to seize his chance, Jifeng revealed she had faked her injury, and Yun Wujiu and Tree Herder realized Xinfeng was also still alive.

• Wanda’s Chaos Magic engulfed Bai Cangshu and the others, suppressing many of his abilities while creating scenes shaped by their memories and emotions.
• Bai Cangshu saw a vision of his infancy in which an old man found him in a wooden basin and Aizen Sōsuke watched from the sky.
• Bai Cangshu’s understanding of Aizen projected into the illusion, unleashing Spiritual Pressure that awakened Captain America Steve, Black Widow, and others.
• Bai Cangshu reached Wanda beneath a parasol and saw that Vision remained dead as Wanda accused him of seeking the Mind Stone because he was an artificial being.
• Solomon concluded that Wanda and Mercenary Tao had neutralized each other and prepared to resume his plan.
• Jifeng rose into the air after pretending to be wounded, while Yun Wujiu and Tree Herder realized Xinfeng was still alive.

Snow Witch Fu Qinghuan froze Tree Herder after confronting him in the underground world, while he realized Solomon and Mercenary Tao might have joined forces. Artoria then cut through the ice, and Tree Herder took her arrival as proof that Mercenary Tao had not sided with Solomon.

• Snow Witch Fu Qinghuan appeared in Tree Herder's underground world and sealed its entrance with ice.
• Tree Herder transformed into a divine servant and attacked Fu Qinghuan with Odin's blood, but she re-formed after he shattered her body and froze him in place.
• Fu Qinghuan told Tree Herder that Solomon knew about his plan and that Mercenary Tao had joined forces with Solomon.
• As Tree Herder's divine power faded, he wondered whether Mercenary Tao would act on instinct rather than reason.
• Artoria's scarlet and black sword light cleaved through the ice, and Tree Herder believed Mercenary Tao had not joined Solomon.

Artoria interrupted the Snow Witch’s attack on the Tree Herder, while Thor and Loki arrived and Thor fought Artoria over Odin’s death. The Snow Witch tried to reach the cursed Yun Wujiu, but Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Madara appeared, and Madara trapped her with his Sharingan as a barrier sealed the underground battlefield.

• Artoria shattered the Snow Witch’s ice barrier and freed the exhausted Tree Herder, forcing the Snow Witch to flee through the entrance.
• Thor and Loki arrived; Thor accused the Tree Herder and Artoria of killing Odin, then clashed with Artoria while the Snow Witch escaped.
• The Snow Witch found Yun Wujiu still under the Cursed Meme’s influence and tried to restore his sanity.
• Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Madara appeared beside Yun Wujiu, and Madara struck the Snow Witch with his Sharingan.
• Grudge Spirits and cursed spirits emerged across the city as a black barrier sealed the underground battlefield.

Solomon used the Eye of Chronos to study Mercenary Tao’s battle with Odin and concluded that Tao’s transformed power made him too dangerous to fight directly. He then activated his incomplete Gabriel state, sending radiant threads through New York as Parker tried to reassure his frightened mother.

• Solomon took the Darkhold fragment from Xinfeng and let Ebony Maw and the others scatter into positions for the coming battle.
• Solomon used the Eye of Chronos to review Odin and Mercenary Tao’s final fight and realized Tao’s transformation could overwhelm nearly every Reincarnator.
• Solomon decided not to risk fighting Mercenary Tao, whose ki and power could potentially overcome special abilities.
• Solomon’s body inverted into an angelic form and sent countless rays through the people of New York.
• Parker comforted his frightened mother as a silver-white angel’s wings turned black and a foul stench spread.

Solomon used Gabriel’s feather and the Darkhold fragment to climb the newly formed Stairway of Light and Darkness while slaughtering civilians in New York. Wanda destroyed Bai Cangshu after he provoked her with the deaths of Vision and Quicksilver, then attacked Solomon, as Gabriel’s feather began gathering the city’s blood and radiance.

• Solomon combined Gabriel’s feather and a Darkhold fragment to form the ten-step Stairway of Light and Darkness and continued ascending as military forces attacked him.
• The fallen angel’s silver lances massacred civilians across New York, while Ebony Maw encountered White Face and agreed to hear her offer of cooperation.
• Wanda seized Bai Cangshu, who taunted her about Vision and Quicksilver, and she destroyed him before breaking the illusion surrounding Captain America and Black Widow.
• Wanda flew at Solomon, blocked his black Holy Lance with Chaos Magic, and tore it apart as the buildings around her collapsed.
• After Wanda left, Gabriel’s feather gathered the blood and light over New York, beginning the Ten Phoenix Nirvana Art.

Tony Stark entered the blood mist and found a glowing Phoenix Feather as flames began to form around it. Underground, Satoru Gojo and Millennium Worm confronted Captain America and Black Widow, while Wanda and Solomon faced Captain Marvel before a black-haired man emerged from the mist.

• Tony Stark sent Captain America to find Thor and entered the blood mist with War Machine, while Falcon discovered that it cut his skin and turned his blood into mist.
• Iron Man found a glowing Phoenix Feather absorbing the blood energy, and a hand reached out from the flames around it.
• Captain America and Black Widow found Satoru Gojo and Millennium Worm underground, with Thor and Loki unconscious nearby.
• Captain America attacked Millennium Worm while Black Widow fired at Satoru Gojo, but Gojo was then slammed through the earth by a powerful figure.
• Wanda descended to face the injured Solomon, and Captain Marvel returned to the battlefield.
• A black-haired man emerged from the red mist and addressed Solomon.

Mercenary Tao, revealed as Bai Cangshu, returned to his peak condition while remaining bound by his contract with Solomon. As Wanda attacked, a mysterious Black Face appeared and clashed with her Chaos Magic, leaving Bai Cangshu to entrust the scene to Solomon.

• Bai Cangshu appeared before Solomon and confirmed that Solomon had kept their contract despite having a way to break it.
• Captain Marvel arrived in devastated New York, and Tony Stark asked Bai Cangshu whether he truly stood with humanity.
• Wanda blasted Iron Man aside and prepared to attack Bai Cangshu as he explained that a force was guiding events.
• Black Face materialized amid the clash, raised a barrier against Wanda's Chaos Magic, and drew its katana.
• Bai Cangshu turned away and told Solomon to handle the battle and survive with his Heterochromatic Eyes.

Bai Cangshu revealed his true form as a summoner commanding countless spirits, while his allies emerged to shield him from the heroes’ attacks. He offered Solomon New York and proposed that they complete their goals before their contract ended and they became enemies.

• Black Face used God's Slash, but Wanda restrained it with Chaos Magic before its spiritual terror overwhelmed her.
• Captain Marvel attacked Bai Cangshu, and Satoru Gojo and Uchiha Madara emerged from the smoke to protect him.
• Bai Cangshu revealed the spirits gathered in his Consciousness Sea, alarming Solomon and the heroes.
• Bai Cangshu offered Solomon New York and said they would fulfill their contract before becoming enemies.
• Uchiha Madara handed the unconscious Snow Witch to Solomon, and the Tree Herder begged Bai Cangshu to spare him, offering Odin's blood.

Bai Cangshu recovered, gathered White Face, and set his sights on drawing powerful forces into the conflict. He arrived at Lake Vostok and used Gungnir to break the seal holding the Symbiote Dragon Grendel.

• Bai Cangshu recovered his flawless body and new True Phoenix Blood trait, then left with Artoria while Tree Herder secretly approached the helpless Yun Wujiu to make him a divine envoy.
• Mercenary Tao unleashed an army of Yin spirits as Ebony Maw considered summoning Thanos, and White Face attacked a group of survivors before Shōnen Parker protected them with Armament Haki.
• Bai Cangshu carried White Face away and declared that they would take the world, while Ebony Maw withdrew and considered her proposal.
• Uchiha Madara entered Osborn Tower by using the Sharingan to control its security, Doctor Strange kept the New York Sanctum closed, and Millennium Worm put Peter Parker to sleep with Cursed Speech.
• Bai Cangshu reached Lake Vostok, found the sealed Symbiote Dragon Grendel beneath the ice, and plunged Gungnir into the seal.

White Face persuaded Satoru Gojo to help her search for the Golden Sentinel Serum, while Bai Cangshu descended into the Antarctic sea and was attacked by a Symbiote Dragon. The chapter ended with the symbiote overcoming Bai Cangshu’s immunity check and beginning to invade his body and mind.

• Satoru Gojo taunted White Face about other teams nearing their objectives, and White Face revealed she was searching for the Golden Sentinel Project’s serum.
• White Face explained that she had ruled out the Extremis Virus because the Golden Sentinel Serum could offer a greater reward to Mercenary Tao.
• Satoru Gojo used Hollow Purple to erase the mountain base and its fortifications, then ordered White Face to find the serum.
• Bai Cangshu sank into the Antarctic sea and heard the roar and malice of the Symbiote Dragon sealed on the seafloor.
• A tentacle pierced Bai Cangshu’s Three Parts Return to Origin Force, and the symbiote parasitism succeeded after his immunity check failed.

Bai Cangshu let Symbiote Dragon Grendel parasitize him beneath Lake Vostok, enduring its assault and the Living Abyss while seeking to restore his Life Ladder. As Grendel tried to devour him, Bai Cangshu reclaimed his will and unleashed a full-power attack above Antarctica.

• Bai Cangshu allowed Grendel's cold life force to erode his body, waiting for the complete symbiote to enter him and help complete his shattered Life Ladder.
• Grendel dragged Bai Cangshu's consciousness into the Living Abyss, where he endured the absolute void without losing his sense of self.
• Agents at a hidden outpost detected a powerful life response beneath Lake Vostok as Grendel burst through the ice and rose into the sky.
• Grendel parasitized Bai Cangshu and tried to devour him, but Bai Cangshu's scales, Radiant Flame, and returning will resisted the symbiote.
• Bai Cangshu called the Living Abyss his Paradise and unleashed World-Shaking Thunder Roar—Full Power, triggering a tremendous explosion above Antarctica.

Bai Cangshu pushed his Kaio-ken to sixfold while absorbing Grendel’s symbiote flesh, surviving the strain through self-healing and gaining a stronger black right arm. He then chose to use Crimson Hymn to repair his damaged Life Ladder, accepting that the choice would mark him to the Primordial Dragon Court and the Life Court.

• Bai Cangshu drew on Antarctica’s magnetic field to unleash a vast thunderstorm that weakened Grendel and nearly tore the symbiote flesh from his body.
• Bai Cangshu activated Sixfold Kaio-ken, pushing his body and power beyond their limits as his flesh ruptured under the strain.
• Bai Cangshu bit into Grendel’s dragon head and swallowed its symbiote flesh, regenerating his exploded right arm with stronger black tissue.
• Bai Cangshu released the full force of Sixfold Kaio-ken and felt the violence of his newly amplified power.
• Bai Cangshu accepted the warning that using Crimson Hymn would irreversibly mark him and chose to use it to repair his damaged Life Ladder.

Bai Cangshu attempted to fuse the Life Ladder with the Anti-Life Ladder while sinking into the Antarctic sea, and the resulting life signal grew stronger. Elsewhere, White Face obtained the Golden Sentinel Serum, but Millennium Worm exposed her plan to claim the resurrection reward and proposed that he and Satoru Gojo kill Mercenary Tao in New York.

• Bai Cangshu used the Crimson Hymn as Origin Substance and began merging the conflicting Life Ladder and Anti-Life Ladder while Grendel struggled to escape.
• Bai Cangshu sank into the Antarctic sea as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents detected a furnace-like life signal growing stronger beneath the ice.
• White Face killed the special forces at the ruined research base and found the Golden Sentinel Serum, then left with Satoru Gojo.
• Millennium Worm told Satoru Gojo that White Face had kept the others occupied so she could secure the resurrection reward for herself.
• Millennium Worm proposed that he and Satoru Gojo kill Mercenary Tao in New York, and Satoru Gojo smiled at the idea.