Chapter Summaries

Leo explained Loki’s origins to Frigga, who accepted that Odin had taken Loki from Laufey and concealed the truth. As dawn approached, Leo sensed Malekith and the Cursed Warrior and realized Odin may have taken Loki to end Laufey’s war.

• Frigga listened as Leo reasoned that Loki had been raised as Odin’s son despite being Laufey’s child, and that Loki’s discovery of the truth had caused the rift with Odin.
• Frigga thanked Leo for clearing up her doubts and said she hoped Asgard would return to peace before falling asleep.
• Leo noted that Malekith and the Cursed Warrior had been tracked, while the Aether remained in Asgard and the Convergence was less than twelve hours away.
• Leo sensed Malekith and the Cursed Warrior and concluded Odin had taken Loki to stop Laufey from continuing his invasion.
• Leo reflected that Laufey had ultimately been killed by his own son and called Loki another kid who had screwed over his dad.

Ego discovered that Quill’s power was tied to the Source Power he had never controlled and tried to devour him. Leo broke free of Ego’s restraints while Rocket and Howard searched for the missing Chen Haoran, and Quill charged at his father.

• Ego realized Quill’s presence had caused his strength to rise and decided to devour him to gain control of the Source Power.
• Quill escaped Ego’s grasp, broke one of the energy tentacles binding Leo, and flew to free him.
• Leo shattered the mountains on his back and dropped his giant form, trusting Quill to handle Ego.
• Rocket escaped the tentacle blockade and asked Howard the Duck about Chen Haoran, who remained missing beneath the rubble.
• Howard teleported away to search for Chen Haoran while Quill faced Ego and charged at him with the Light of Life.

Odin recognized the blood beside Thor as Loki’s, while Leo went to the palace to stop Malekith from reaching the Aether. Leo captured Malekith and took his Black Hole Grenades, then left the Aether in Odin’s treasury.

• Odin examined the blood and recognized it as Loki’s Frost Giant blood, though its power was faint.
• Leo warned Odin that Malekith might be stealing the Aether and flew back toward the palace as Odin led troops after him.
• Malekith approached the underground treasury but hesitated when Leo arrived with a patrol team.
• Leo spotted Malekith hiding in the darkness, knocked him unconscious, and confiscated his three Black Hole Grenades.
• Leo chose to leave the Aether in Odin’s custody and carried Malekith out of the palace.

Quill used his Source Power to disrupt Ego’s control of the Light of Life, but Ego regained the advantage and began devouring him. Red Whale struck Ego’s body apart and rescued Quill, who started healing on Red Whale’s back.

• Quill realized his energy shared an origin with Ego’s and attacked Ego’s source through the Light of Life.
• The clash destabilized Ego’s giant body, freeing Quill, but Ego gathered his Source Energy and caught him again.
• Ego revealed that he had intended the energy for a second Celestial and said he would devour Quill to control all the Light of Life.
• Ego’s Light of Life began assimilating Quill while Quill could not spare energy to heal himself.
• Red Whale rammed Ego’s giant body apart, caught Quill on its back, and formed a Golden Energy Shield that healed his injuries.
• Ego floated amid the ruins and threatened that everyone would die.

The Red Whale awakened in the universe and began hunting for food as it advanced toward its final evolution. In Asgard, Odin learned that Malekith had escaped and Loki was missing, then reconsidered his plans for the throne and decided to give Loki a chance.

• The Red Whale sensed its master's consciousness, evolved to the Mature Stage, and set off to find food.
• A messenger told Odin that Malekith had escaped the dungeon after losing an arm and that Loki had disappeared.
• Odin dismissed the reports and went to Frigga, reflecting on his choices and the brothers' injuries.
• Odin recognized that his frequent Odin Sleep meant he could not protect Asgard forever.
• Odin decided Loki was better suited to rule than Thor and resolved to give him a chance.

Leo resisted Ego’s Light of Life attack while his Dragon Blade struck the Heart Core, forcing Ego to focus nearly all his power on killing him. The Dragon Blade repaired a crack caused by Ego’s beam, and Ego launched his strongest attack yet at Leo.

• Leo reinforced his Golden Shield with his Nirvana Golden Wings as his Dragon Blade and two golden dragons charged Ego’s Heart Core.
• Ego redirected his Light of Life beam toward the Dragon Blade, knocking it aside and leaving a crack in its blade.
• The Dragon Blade’s Regeneration Ability healed the crack as Leo readied it in his hand.
• Ego shifted nearly all his attention and power toward Leo, ignoring Quill’s attempts to stop him.
• Ego fired a powerful beam of Light of Life straight at Leo’s head.

Leo survived Ego's altered Source Energy and absorbed a large mass of it, strengthening his Origin Body and reducing Ego's power. Ego unleashed a devastating Killing Blow that appeared in front of Leo's chest after suppressing his ability to teleport.

• Ego changed the Source Energy leaking from his Heart Core into destructive energy that wounded Leo, but Leo escaped and recovered.
• Leo's Origin Body advanced from 79 to 80 while he was immersed in the Source Energy.
• Leo severed Ego's connection to the energy mass and pulled it away, permanently reducing Ego's available power.
• Ego condensed a tiny, immensely powerful Energy Orb as his Killing Blow and launched it at Leo.
• The orb appeared at Leo's chest after its energy suppressed space and prevented him from teleporting.

Odin planned to restore Asgard and prepare Thor to take the throne, but he distrusted Leo and refused to lend him the Aether. As Leo demonstrated his control of the Space Stone, his Nirvana Wings unleashed a new transformation that left Odin wary and thoughtful.

• Odin reflected on Asgard's weaknesses, his declining health, and his plan to pass the throne to Thor.
• Leo asked Odin to lend him the Aether, but Odin refused because Leo already possessed the Space Stone.
• Leo accidentally struck at Odin with a blade of spatial energy, then apologized and explained how he had fused with the Space Stone.
• Odin questioned Leo about controlling the Stone, and Leo described his fusion before rising into the air with his wings unfurled.
• Leo's Nirvana Wings released powerful energy, consumed metal from his Storage Space, and filled his mind with a technique for controlling metal.
• Odin sensed Leo's growing threat, watched the energy seep into his body, and relaxed his grip on Gungnir as he studied the transformation.

Leo endured Ego’s destructive energy while in his Indestructible Golden Body state, revealing power that terrified Ego and made him believe Leo belonged to a group that had promised not to interfere in the universe. Leo walked through Ego’s attacks unharmed and stood before the Heart Core, leaving Ego unable to stop him.

• Leo raised his hand inside the Destructive Lightning, opening a weakness in the energy loop and easing the pressure on Quill.
• Ego gathered the surrounding energy into a powerful shell around Leo, but it failed to harm him.
• Ego sensed Leo’s power, accused him of breaking a promise, and attacked him more fiercely.
• Leo questioned Ego about the group he had mentioned as his Indestructible Golden Body state began to near its end.
• After regaining his connection to space, Leo walked through Ego’s energy enclosure and stood before the Heart Core, while Ego realized he could not hurt him.

Leo monitored the Nine Realms Conjunction as massive Spatial Breaches opened above Greenwich, revealing several other realms and creating unpredictable Space Gates. With people at risk of vanishing through the portals, he prepared to act, ending the chapter as he powered up his wings and spatial energy.

• Leo ignored a student filming him and told the crowd to evacuate while he sensed the weakening Spatial Plane Barrier.
• Leo told Coulson that the Nine Realms Conjunction would create breaches in Greenwich for about ten minutes, allowing beings and people to travel between Earth and other dimensions.
• Several enormous Spatial Breaches opened above the school, and police and agents arrived to clear the area.
• Leo restrained the student who had thrown an aluminum can and urged the police to take the stubborn students away.
• Leo watched a passerby vanish into a spatial node and identified breaches showing Vanaheim, a frozen realm, a lava wasteland, and Asgard.
• Leo changed into a metal-wire suit, spread his wings, and released blue energy that created a powerful Spatial Fluctuation.

Leo tried to help Quill fight Ego inside the Heart Core, but the Mind Stone's energy could not reach Ego's Spirit Space. As Ego continued crushing Quill's territory, Leo attacked from outside and drilled deeper into the Heart Core, unaware that the entrance behind him was closing.

• Ego caught the Mind energy sphere in his Spirit Body, losing part of his Mental Power before his dissolved hand recovered.
• Ego tried to grab Quill through the shattered barrier, but his hand shrank as it crossed the gap, revealing the Light of Life's restrictions on both controllers.
• Ego recognized Leo's interference and pushed the Boundless Barrier toward Quill, reducing Quill's territory in the Heart Core to thirty-five percent.
• Quill urged Leo to keep attacking Ego, but Leo explained that Mind energy was depleted before it could reach the Spirit Space.
• Ego attacked Leo with saw-like blades of Light of Life, shattering Leo's outer layer of Power of Space.
• Leo wrapped himself in his wings and drilled toward the Heart Core's interior, while the entrance closed behind him and the surrounding Power of Space weakened.

Leo entered the Light Brain with the Mind Stone and joined Quill in resisting Ego's takeover of the Heart Core. He sent the Stone's power toward the central barrier, preparing to strengthen their position.

• Leo used the Mind Stone to enter the Light Brain and recognized the difference between the Spirit Body and the soul.
• Leo saw that Ego had reclaimed fifty-eight percent of the Heart Core while Quill still held forty-two percent.
• Quill welcomed Leo and asked how Ego had separated a fragment of the Light of Life.
• Leo explained that Ego had tried to use part of his soul to destroy the Light of Life, but had failed.
• Leo directed the Mind Stone's power toward the central barrier in the Light Brain.

Thor killed the Frost Saber-toothed Tiger and told Leo that Loki had appeared disguised as an Asgard soldier. As more Frost Giant Beasts and Lava Giants entered Greenwich through spatial rifts, Leo and Thor fought to stop them.

• Thor pursued the fleeing Frost Saber-toothed Tiger and killed it by driving Mjolnir through its head.
• Thor told Leo that he was sure Loki had disguised himself as an Asgard soldier during the battle with the Cursed Warrior.
• A Frost Giant Beast led six others through a spatial rift to Earth, and Leo began hunting them down with Vibranium darts.
• Two Lava Giants arrived in Greenwich, and Thor took responsibility for fighting them while Leo continued after the Frost Giant Beasts.
• Leo killed two more Frost Giant Beasts and carried their corpses through the sky, while one beast fled toward the spatial rift.
• Leo killed the remaining two beasts after seeing three people they had trampled to death.

Leo explained that the Mind Stone had a weak consciousness and said he would deal with it, while the Milan headed to the Luotian Starfield to buy Galaxy Pure Water. The group researched the substance and learned their 1.5-kilogram batch could be made into fifteen doses of Enhancement Potion, though it carried an eight percent mortality rate.

• Quill asked Leo whether his Spirit Body could strengthen his physical body, and Leo explained that it mainly enhanced perception while giving the body an ordinary boost.
• Leo revealed that he had sealed the Mind Stone in a dark golden sphere and destroyed the Mind Scepter, then said the Mind Stone had tried to devour him and Quill.
• The Milan began traveling toward a merchant in the Luotian Starfield, while Rocket monitored Groot as he absorbed Beck Stone.
• Rocket told the others that their job involved Galaxy Pure Water from a seller connected to the Kro Clan's royal family.
• The group searched StarNet and learned that processed Galaxy Pure Water could replenish vitality and promote evolution, and that their 1.5-kilogram batch could make fifteen Enhancement Potion doses with an eight percent mortality rate.

Leo promised Tony Stark he would attend the celebration party, then met Wanda and Pilot at Lake Koya. He offered to answer their questions and tell them the truth, leaving them seated together to talk.

• Tony Stark invited Leo to the celebration party, and Leo promised he would attend.
• Pilot searched the area around Lake Koya with Wanda and found no one else there.
• Pilot spotted Leo alone by the lake and brought Wanda to meet him.
• Wanda confronted Leo about Stark, while Pilot stayed ready to flee and Wanda kept her energy charged.
• Leo apologized for preventing Wanda from hurting Stark and offered to explain the truth.
• Leo conjured a table, chairs, and unfamiliar food, then invited Wanda and Pilot to sit and talk.

After Ego vanished from the Heart Core, Quill pushed the Boundless Barrier through the remaining Spirit Space and appeared to claim the entire Heart Core. On the Milan, Quill’s body and Planet Ego began glowing, and the others suspected the battle had ended with Quill victorious.

• Quill told Leo that he had avenged his mother and condemned Ego for killing her and threatening countless civilizations and universes.
• As Quill neared the final Space Barrier, he asked Leo to leave in case claiming the Heart Core caused something dangerous, and Leo vanished from the Spirit Space.
• Quill drove the Boundless Barrier into the final barrier, which dissolved and left the Spirit Space pure white as the light swallowed him.
• On the Milan, the crew saw Quill’s body radiating white light and used the ship’s scanners, which found no serious abnormality.
• Howard the Duck noticed Planet Ego glowing faintly, while Mantis sensed that Ego’s aura had vanished and Rocket concluded Quill had won.

Leo helped stop the Greenwich invasion, captured Malekith, and watched Thor return to Asgard with the prisoner. Videos of Leo’s battle spread online, prompting renewed debate over whether he or Thor was the Avengers’ strongest hero.

• Thor smashed the Lava Giants with Mjolnir while Leo watched over Greenwich and coordinated with Coulson to collect the fallen Frost Giant Beasts.
• As the Nine Realms separated, Leo stabilized the spatial distortions and felt his compatibility with the Space Stone improve.
• Leo sensed Malekith hiding nearby, immobilized him with golden light, and pulled him into the air.
• Thor chose to take Malekith back to Asgard for imprisonment and left the question of Loki to his family.
• Leo flew toward the approaching transport planes with the seven Frost Giant Beasts as Thor summoned Heimdall and returned to Asgard.
• Videos of Leo and Thor fighting spread across the internet, and a S.H.I.E.L.D. official ordered agents to uncover the Golden Legend’s identity.

Stark and Banner investigated why Ultron’s self-check system had accumulated a thousand error codes, and Leo explained that Wanda Maximoff had magnified the probability of errors. They concluded that Wanda may have altered probability specifically to prevent Ultron from being born.

• Stark explained to Banner how tiny probabilities in the self-check program could cause undetected errors to accumulate, then found that a thousand errors had appeared in an impossibly short time.
• Stark tested his imitation program and reviewed the logs, discovering that Ultron’s code had suddenly begun producing errors that evaded detection despite J.A.R.V.I.S. finding no flaw.
• Leo appeared in the laboratory and told Stark and Banner that the event was a magnified probability rather than a programming defect.
• Leo said Wanda Maximoff might have changed the probability surrounding Ultron to make his creation impossible, leaving Stark alarmed by her ability to alter a specific concept.

Leo told Wanda and Pietro how Stark created Ultron with the Mind Stone and how Ultron planned to destroy humanity by launching Sokovia into the sky. He recounted Wanda and Pietro’s roles in the crisis and left them listening as Sokovia began to rise, with Pietro still waiting to hear what he had done.

• Wanda asked whether Stark had created Ultron to destroy the Avengers, and Leo explained that Stark had intended to build an AI to protect humanity.
• Leo said Ultron destroyed J.A.R.V.I.S., built an Iron Legion in Sokovia, and planned to launch the city to devastate Earth’s ecosystem.
• Pietro questioned how Ultron could have been defeated if it controlled the network, and Leo explained that an auxiliary AI had restricted its access to critical systems.
• Leo recounted how Wanda freed Ultron’s captives and severed its link to a second body, while Pietro carried her away.
• Leo said Stark used the remaining J.A.R.V.I.S. copy to create Vision, and Wanda felt a strange stir when she heard the name.
• Leo said Ultron activated Sokovia’s central device and lifted the city with its civilians aboard; Pietro asked about his role, and Leo told him to wait.

Coulson warned Leo that S.H.I.E.L.D. was investigating the Golden Legend and might uncover his identity, but promised not to reveal it. Leo gave Coulson a way to contact him in an emergency, then showed his wings to the returning agents before departing.

• Coulson told Leo that S.H.I.E.L.D. had ordered a detailed investigation into the Golden Legend and had accessed his reports.
• Coulson revealed his suspicions about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s internal affairs and promised not to expose Leo's identity.
• Leo warned that he would retaliate if anyone targeted his parents, then gave Coulson Golden Light that could heal him and summon Leo in a crisis.
• The other agents returned, and Skye eagerly questioned Leo about his connection to Coulson and the Avengers.
• Leo unfurled his Nirvana Wings, leaving Skye, Simmons, Melinda, Ward, and Fitz captivated by their beauty and blades.