Chapter Summaries

Leo captured General Blade of Death and demanded information about the Blade of the Undead and Thanos. After discovering that the captive’s pain was tied to the blade, Leo threatened to break it, leaving General Blade of Death terrified and unable to move.

• The dwarves retreated as energy gathered around the Blade of the Undead, and General Blade of Death appeared beside it but failed to pull it free.
• Leo severed General Blade of Death’s wrist to make him release the blade, then offered to spare him if he revealed what he knew about the weapon and Thanos.
• General Blade of Death refused, insisting that Thanos would come to save him and threatening the dwarves.
• General Blade of Death seized the Blade of the Undead and hurled it toward the dwarves, but Leo stopped it in midair and summoned it back.
• Leo twisted the blade in his grip, causing General Blade of Death to collapse in agony, then asked whether he could still revive if the weapon were broken.

Leo returned to the Void Land with Red Whale after Thanos escaped, then told Difan that he would pursue Thanos to his lair. The Void Land’s visitors fled in fear, and Leo left promising that news of Thanos’s death would soon spread.

• Red Whale sensed Leo’s return, met him outside the Void Land, and told him that Thanos had escaped through a warp point after attacking.
• Leo said he knew where Thanos’s lair was and would go there to defeat him, then flew with Red Whale toward the Void Land.
• As Leo entered, visitors fled the Void Land while its guards recognized him and let him pass.
• Difan praised Red Whale and learned from Leo that Cull Obsidian was dead, Proxima Centauri was likely dead, and Thanos had escaped.
• Difan observed that the Void Land would remain deserted until news of Thanos’s death reached the universe, and Leo left promising that the news would not be far away.

Thor turned away from Sif as Asgard celebrated the end of unrest, while Jane investigated unusual readings tied to the Celestial Convergence in London. After Jane disappeared inside an abandoned factory, Leo and Heimdall were left unable to locate her.

• Thor declined Sif’s invitation to drink and thanked her before walking away.
• Darcy interrupted Jane’s blind date with a beeping instrument, and Jane later set out with Darcy and Darcy’s intern to investigate its readings.
• Leo learned that Dr. Erik had been arrested after running naked through Stonehenge and asked J.A.R.V.I.S. to contact Jane.
• Thor asked Heimdall about the Celestial Convergence and Jane, but Heimdall suddenly lost sight of her.
• Leo reached Darcy by phone, and Darcy told him that Jane had vanished from the abandoned factory.

Eitri prepared to forge a Divine Weapon for Leo at Nidavellir's Ring Forge, explaining that Leo's Power Bracelet would have to wait. The chapter ended as Eitri entrusted Leo with purifying and nurturing the metals for the forging.

• Eitri took the Blade of the Undead for ten days of research and secured the General of the Blade of Death in a small prison.
• Eitri told Leo that his blade was ready to be forged, but his Power Bracelet would have to wait.
• Leo followed Eitri to Nidavellir's Ring Forge, where the Dwarves assembled materials for the Divine Weapon.
• Eitri recalled the rare metals used to forge weapons such as Gungnir and Mjolnir, and explained that a Chosen One was needed to forge a high-level Divine Weapon.
• Eitri gave Leo the metals and ordered him to purify the Leili Titanium Gold and Eili Gold while nurturing the other materials.

Leo arrived in Asgard, met Heimdall, and flew to the palace, where Thor reunited with him and asked about the Tesseract. The chapter left Leo explaining that it had sent him into space, while Thor asked where it had gone.

• Thor took Jane to the medical room and told Leo to come to the palace.
• Leo met Heimdall, flew across Asgard, and observed its citizens, buildings, and patrols.
• Asgardian soldiers questioned Leo, who said Thor had brought him and then hurried to the palace.
• Leo found Thor in the medical room, and Thor embraced him and thanked him for bringing Loki and himself back to Asgard.
• Leo told Thor the Tesseract had sent him into space, and Thor asked where it had gone.

The Avengers prepared to attack the Hydra base in Sokovia, with Rogers taking command while Nick Fury was away. They departed by Quinjet, aiming to secure the Mind Scepter and Sitwell despite limited intelligence about the base.

• Rogers assumed supreme command authority, and Tony said Red Whale was so powerful that the team could not defeat him together.
• Natasha showed off her upgraded combat gear as the Avengers prepared to leave.
• Banner joined the mission, and the team boarded the Quinjet for Sokovia.
• Tony asked Leo for more Uru, and Leo promised to give him about two hundred cubic meters after they returned.
• Rogers told the team to prioritize the Mind Scepter and Sitwell and to report anything unusual at the poorly understood Hydra base.

Leo warned Odin that Jane carried the Aether, an ancient weapon tied to the Dark Elves. After Odin explained Asgard's history, Leo revealed that the Dark Elves had not been destroyed and warned that they would return for the Aether.

• Leo examined Jane and told Thor that an unknown substance was flowing through her body as Asgardian healers warned it was too powerful for her to endure.
• Odin arrived, dismissed Jane's condition, and ordered guards to send her back to Midgard, but Leo identified the substance as Aether particles.
• When the guards tried to seize Jane, the Aether erupted, and Leo swiftly rescued them from the blast.
• Odin examined Jane and recognized the Aether, then brought Leo, Thor, and Jane to the history room and explained its connection to Malekith and the Dark Elves.
• Leo challenged the history book's account, explained that Bor had concealed the Aether and Malekith's survival, and warned Odin to prepare for a Dark Elf invasion.

Leo revealed the Dragon Blade, whose Five-Clawed Golden Dragon carving had produced a soul-shaking roar that drew the nearby Avengers and soldiers. He demonstrated the blade again, sending two illusory Golden Dragons flying outward as its roar shook everyone present.

• Hill, Tony, Rogers, Hawkeye, Natasha, and the others rushed to Leo after the Dragon Blade's roar startled them.
• Hill ordered the arriving soldiers to return to their guard posts while the group questioned Leo about the sound and examined his saber.
• Banner identified the carving as an Eastern Divine Dragon, and Tony said historical records offered no proof that such a creature existed.
• Leo explained that the Cosmic Source might have shaped the fictional dragon into a real presence when Eitri forged the blade.
• Leo drew his finger along the Dragon Blade, making its Golden Dragon roar again as golden light spread and two enormous illusory dragons flew outward.

Leo destroyed Sokovia’s defensive positions with a flood of golden metal darts while Natasha, Barton, and Hulk fought on in the forest. Pilot witnessed the attack, then raced toward Natasha and Barton but hesitated over whether to confront the Avengers.

• Leo froze incoming shells, collapsed enemy vehicles, and turned them into golden metal darts that destroyed Hydra’s weapons and fortifications.
• Natasha and Barton fought off nearby enemies while Hulk grew more ferocious under Hydra’s attacks.
• Pilot raced through the forest and saw Leo’s metal darts pierce an armored vehicle, leaving him frightened by their power.
• Pilot reminded himself that he had come to find the other Avengers, then sped toward Natasha and Barton.
• Pilot arrived near the Avengers but hesitated because they had not been brainwashed by Sitwell.

Leo met Frigga, who thanked him for his influence on Thor and apologized for Loki’s destruction on Earth, then accompanied her to the dungeon. After Frigga went to visit Loki, Leo met Volstagg and Fandral and learned Hogun had stayed behind to help rebuild Vanaheim.

• Leo greeted Frigga, and she warmly told him she was happy Thor had made friends on Midgard.
• Frigga apologized for Loki’s actions on Earth and invited Leo to join her in visiting Loki, but Leo let her speak with him alone.
• As Frigga entered the dungeon, Leo privately wondered why she would have to die and settled on a choice.
• Volstagg and Fandral arrived escorting prisoners, greeted Leo, and explained they had captured bandits causing trouble in the Nine Realms.
• Fandral and Volstagg told Leo that Hogun remained in ruined Vanaheim after its people suffered invasions and massacres.

A Cursed Warrior freed hundreds of prisoners in Asgard, while Loki secretly directed him toward an escape route. As Thor and the Asgardians fought the riot, Leo sensed danger at the Bifrost and flew to investigate.

• The Cursed Warrior broke out of his cell, killed the guards, and released nearly a hundred prisoners while leaving Loki's private cell untouched.
• Loki told the Cursed Warrior to take the left staircase, hoping to avoid a clash with Asgard's main forces and improve his own chance of escape.
• Fandral and Volstagg rallied to fight the prisoners, while Leo ignored the alarm and flew toward the Bifrost entrance after sensing danger there.
• Thor flew to the prison, tried to make the escaping prisoners return to their cells, and joined the battle after a Vanir warrior attacked him.
• Odin led an army toward the prison, while Frigga hurried back to the palace with Jane.

Leo battered the Dark Elf mothership, then entered its control room and faced the captain, while the Cursed Warrior destroyed Asgard Palace’s protective-shield device. Leo left the captain’s fate uncertain after the captain’s Black Hole Grenade consumed the nearby Dark Elves.

• The Dark Elf captain ordered his drones deployed, but his subordinate reported they were destroyed, so he called for an immediate retreat.
• The Cursed Warrior killed the guards at Asgard Palace’s shield device and shattered its core, causing the Golden Light Shield to dissipate.
• Leo stopped attacking the damaged warship and absorbed metal from its hull, deciding the Red Whale should eat the vessel instead.
• Leo pierced the warship’s hull and entered the control room, where he severed the captain’s hands and bound the surrounding Dark Elves.
• The captain triggered a Black Hole Grenade, and Leo redirected it into the bound Dark Elves, who vanished when the black hole consumed them.

The Avengers returned to Avengers Tower after the battle, while Banner brooded over his relationship with Hulk and the damaged Iron Legion. Hill showed Rogers information on the escaped Sokovian twins Wanda and Pilot, and Rogers learned that they had been orphaned by war.

• Tony suggested holding a victory and farewell feast for Thor, and Rogers said he hoped the battle would end Hydra and the Chitauri.
• Banner reflected on how Hulk outmatched him and held the statue Leo had made to help ease his mental strain.
• The Quinjet reached Avengers Tower, bringing back the Avengers and Iron Legion robots that Sokovian civilians had damaged.
• Hill showed Rogers the recovered records identifying the escaped superhumans as twins named Wanda and Pilot.
• Rogers learned the twins had become orphans at ten when a bomb killed their parents, and he felt sympathy for them.

Leo destroyed the remaining crew aboard the Dark Elf flagship and used the Space Stone to make the enormous warship vanish. Meanwhile, Malekith’s forces stormed Asgard Palace, and Frigga needed Leo’s help as Malekith pressed onward toward the Aether.

• Leo used a Black Hole Grenade and his powers to kill the remaining people aboard the flagship.
• Malekith’s elite warship crashed into Asgard Palace, where Dark Elves overwhelmed the first group of guards and a larger battle began.
• Malekith ignored the fighting, headed toward the Aether, and lost communication with the flagship without realizing it had been captured.
• Leo absorbed the flagship into space, removing the shadow over Heimdall, who called out that Frigga needed help.

Quill returned to Yondu’s Marauders seeking information and offered two hundred thousand, while Yondu faced pressure from crew members who wanted Quill killed for betraying them. The offer eased some resentment, but Yondu still worried Quill might not be able to pay.

• A Marauder accused Quill of betrayal and demanded that Yondu let him be killed.
• Yondu threatened the man with his arrow and ordered him to lower his gun.
• Yondu told Quill that information would cost dearly, and Quill offered two hundred thousand to learn the truth.
• The crew reacted with envy and speculation about Quill’s wealth and new allies.
• Quill’s offer softened some of the crew’s resentment, but Yondu feared the consequences if Quill could not pay.

Quill and Yondu exchanged Ego’s location for two hundred thousand, then publicly ended their debt to each other. Yondu sent Quill away with their relationship unresolved, though Quill suggested they might work together again.

• Yondu agreed to give Quill Ego’s coordinates, on the condition that Quill bring Leo along, and Quill accepted.
• Yondu told Quill he would send the coordinates and reminded him to pay the bill.
• Quill said Yondu no longer seemed frightening to him, and Lorelei wondered whether the two men were friends or enemies.
• Chen Haoran escaped the Ravagers’ irritating arguments and asked Quill how the meeting went.
• Quill handed Yondu two hundred thousand, and Yondu announced that they owed each other nothing so the Ravagers would stop resenting Quill.
• Quill suggested he and Yondu might work together again and told him to explain things to Stakar, but Yondu shoved him away and left.

Leo appeared aboard the Milan II and revealed that he had nearly killed Thanos before leaving to defend Nidavellir, where he defeated members of the Black Order. After Quill explained their destination, Leo realized they were heading to Planet Ego and warned that Ego would be difficult to handle.

• Leo appeared aboard the Milan II and explained that he had captured Thanos but let him escape while defending Nidavellir from General Blade of Death.
• Leo said Cull Obsidian had been killed, General Blade of Death had been crippled and captured, and Ebony Maw and Proxima Centauri might still be alive.
• Gamora and Nebula told Leo that Proxima Centauri was the mysterious female commander of Sanctum One, whom they knew as Supergiant Star.
• Quill explained that the group was heading to Ego, and Leo said he knew of the Celestial and considered him a dangerous opponent.

Frigga recounted Hela’s rebellion and Odin’s sealing of her, after which Leo challenged Odin’s account of Loki’s origins. Leo proposed that Laufey had invaded Earth to secure a home for his unborn heir and that Odin had taken Loki from Jotunheim while the Ancient Sarcophagus was sustaining him.

• Frigga described how Hela broke Odin’s seal, slaughtered Asgard’s elite forces, and was eventually sealed away by Odin.
• Frigga explained that the Frost Giants had relied on the Ancient Sarcophagus for interstellar travel and could no longer leave Jotunheim without it.
• Leo concluded that Odin had lied about Loki and argued that Laufey had not abandoned his son.
• Leo deduced that Laufey had withdrawn from Earth to protect his pregnancy and had used the Ancient Sarcophagus to restore Loki’s weak Source Power.
• Leo suggested that Odin took Loki and the Ancient Sarcophagus after defeating Laufey in Jotunheim, and Frigga asked how Leo knew these things.

Quill’s Light of Life surged through his body and shattered the beam piercing his chest, while Leo kept Ego’s attention focused on him. As Quill awakened and shot through the rock toward the surface, Ego trapped Gamora, Jason, and Mantis’s ship underground.

• Quill’s body trembled as the Light of Life rose from his feet, and Ego’s energy grew stronger as the battery began working.
• Ego doubled the mountains pressing down on Leo, but Leo remained motionless beneath them.
• Gamora told Jason that Leo was pretending to struggle for Quill’s sake, and she suspected Quill had begun to awaken.
• Ego drove reinforced soil around Gamora, Jason, and Mantis’s ship, burying and crushing it as they fired back.
• The Light of Life climbed Quill’s body, collided with the beam in his chest, and erupted, shattering the beam.
• Quill shot through three hundred meters of rock and vanished beneath the ground.

Leo and Maya found Harry with the charging Mark 42, and Leo revealed himself as Golden Legend while searching for Tony. Maya offered to lead Leo to one of Killian’s bases in Miami, but Leo declared that Killian would die for his crimes.

• Leo and Maya flew to a garage where the Mark 42 was charging, and Harry cautiously confronted them with his Potato Gun.
• Leo told Harry he was an Avenger, and J.A.R.V.I.S. recognized him, confirming that he was Golden Legend.
• Harry told Leo that Tony was in Miami, could not use the Iron Man armor, and planned to make weapons to fight the bad guys.
• Leo tried to diagnose the Mark 42 but could not understand its complex design.
• Maya offered to guide Leo to Killian’s base and admitted she was ready to take responsibility for her past research.
• Leo refused to excuse Killian’s attacks and said Killian was as good as dead.