Chapter Summaries

Leo redirected the bombardment aimed at him into the Star Annihilator Cannon Base, destroying it while remaining unharmed. The general ordered all bases to cease fire and recalled the warships pursuing the Milan.

• Leo sealed his spatial barrier and altered it so incoming attacks emerged beneath his feet.
• The redirected barrage devastated the underground Star Annihilator Cannon Base and threatened to collapse it.
• The general's staff reported that the escort squad had lost seven warships while the enemy fleet had suffered losses of more than forty percent.
• The general ordered reinforcements recalled and told every base to cease fire.
• The remaining thirteen warships pursuing the Milan were summoned back, and the bombardment stopped.

Leo survived the Kro Civilization’s attack and flew toward Wusu Base to claim the Galaxy Pure Water owed to his team. The Kro general ordered the base not to fire and prepared to negotiate, while the chapter revealed that the Kro Civilization had deliberately staged battles to restore its prestige.

• Leo dismissed his spatial barrier and flew toward a nearby military base to collect the team’s remaining Galaxy Pure Water.
• The two Golden Dragons returned to Leo and merged into the Dragon Blade as the surviving Kro warships fled.
• The Kro command hall identified Leo’s destination as Wusu Base and estimated that he would arrive in seven minutes.
• The general ordered Wusu Base not to open fire and told its commander that negotiation was their only option.
• The narration explained that the Kro Civilization had arranged battles to restore its prestige, and that the Milan was the second team lured into its trap.

Leo approached Wusu Base after surviving the Kro Civilization’s artillery barrage, while the general ordered the base not to attack and secretly prepared weapons to kill him. As Leo hesitated before the unarmed defenders, the Milan returned to the planet and arrived beside him.

• The general ordered Wusu Base to avoid firing at Leo and to try to calm him, while secretly preparing Unit Zero, Unit Three, and Unit Six as weapons.
• Leo reached Wusu Base and found its fighters unmanned and its people unarmed, leaving him uncertain about attacking the base.
• The Milan returned to the Kro Main Planet after its crew agreed to find Leo.
• The Milan flew to Wusu Base, stopped near Leo, and opened its hatch.

Leo overwhelmed the Kro Civilization’s defenses, destroyed its ships, and seized the Star Annihilator Cannon. He then drove the cannon into the base, leaving a vast crater and almost no visible survivors.

• The Kro commander ordered the base to fire everything it could at Leo, but the Star Annihilator Cannon needed fifteen minutes to recharge.
• Leo used the Dragon Blade to destroy the small warships and split the medium warship in two.
• Leo crushed the Star Annihilator Cannon’s muzzle, then tore the cannon and its buried base out of the ground.
• Leo accelerated the cannon downward and smashed it through the underground levels of the base.
• The impact left a crater roughly a thousand meters across, with almost no human figures visible.

Leo prepared to leave Earth, assigning the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. responsibilities and warning them about threats and secrets tied to the wider universe. After he departed through a portal, the others discussed his revelations and went their separate ways.

• Leo asked Barton and Natasha to handle negotiations with the Twins if they made contact, and warned Stark to prioritize Pepper and watch Black Prison for The Hand.
• Leo told Hill that the Time Stone was in a secure place, urged S.H.I.E.L.D. to focus on Earth's stability, and mentioned the Kree, Xandar, Skrulls, and Danvers.
• Leo advised Stark to investigate Dr. Zhao's Life Cradle and space nanotechnology, then opened a spatial portal and left.
• Hill said she knew little about Leo's revelations and hurried to write a report, while Natasha and Barton asked Stark to contact them about the Twins.
• Stark gave Zost a communicator, and Zost offered Rogers a ride home before Stark returned to his laboratory to work.

Leo withstood the Kro Civilization’s bombardment after raising the Star Annihilator Cannon, and the Kro command team realized their weapons could not harm him. He remained at the center of the attack behind a blue shield that repelled incoming fire and absorbed the smoke, debris, and flames.

• Leo rose into the air with the Star Annihilator Cannon, triggering a massive defensive bombardment from the Kro Civilization.
• The Kro Civilization’s top scholars watched as even the Star Annihilator Cannon failed to injure Leo.
• The Kro command team continued firing, unable to see Leo through the explosions and hoping for a miracle.
• A blue semicircular shield appeared around Leo, detonating incoming barrages and turning physical shells aside.
• The shield absorbed the cannon smoke, debris, and flames, revealing Leo unharmed at its center.

Leo returned to the landing site and destroyed the surveillance satellites to force the Kro Civilization’s leadership to send someone to negotiate. He and Lorelei approached the six Kro envoys, preparing to use her abilities to trace the orders back to their source.

• Leo told Rocket, Quill, and the others that he would return to the landing site and target whoever had ordered the attacks rather than merely kill soldiers at the bases.
• Leo used his Piercing Eyes and Power of Space to seize surveillance satellites from near-Earth orbit and drag them down, destroying the monitoring aircraft around the site.
• Rocket and Gamora explained that Leo was trying to draw out an envoy and trace the chain of command, and Leo said Lorelei could help interrogate the men they sent.
• Leo shook the ground with repeated Spatial Shockwaves until three fighter jets arrived carrying six Kro representatives.
• Leo enclosed the others in a spatial barrier, then walked with Lorelei toward the six Kro representatives.

Leo confronted the Kro Civilization’s First Base and demanded that its First General appear, rejecting Secretary Luo’s attempts to negotiate. He grounded a departing warship and imposed a lockdown, leaving the Kro unable to flee while he demanded justice.

• Secretary Luo approached Leo and claimed the Kro had only wanted to talk with the spaceship’s crew, but Leo demanded that the First General come in person.
• Leo used the Power of Space to bring Beklo from the Milan and had him identify Secretary Luo as the First General’s secretary.
• Secretary Luo said the Kro had prepared their remaining seven hundred grams of Galaxy Pure Water and asked Leo to negotiate compensation and lift his restraints.
• Leo dragged a departing warship back to the ground and declared that no warship, armored vehicle, or equipment at the First Base could escape.
• Leo knocked Secretary Luo down twice as he continued to insist that the First General return and answer for the Kro’s actions.

Leo followed Beklo toward the Kro Civilization’s First General Command Base after learning the ships were releasing a powder that had merged into the Kro’s bodies. As the Milan tracked their warship, the First Base lost its surveillance systems and ordered its ships detonated.

• Leo sent Beklo’s companions flying, then boarded the Kro warship and told the Milan to follow.
• Lorelei asked about the strange powder, and Leo said it could not invade her body because she was an Asgardian.
• Beklo revealed that the warship was set to explode after twenty minutes and that the six Kro aboard had volunteered for a mission they expected to die on.
• Leo learned the Kro Civilization had violated interstellar law and resolved to avenge the adventurers who had died on the planet.
• The First Base lost nearly all its monitoring systems, then received a report that Beklo’s warship was approaching and ordered all ships detonated.

Secretary Luo tried to delay Leo while the Kro Civilization prepared Units Six, Three, and Zero, but the general could not reach the First Base in time. After five minutes, Secretary Luo offered Leo Galaxy Pure Water and compensation, and Leo took the sealed container and broke through its outer casing.

• Secretary Luo recovered from Leo's blow, changed armor, and ordered Unit Six prepared while discussing a plan involving Annihilation Dust.
• Leo destroyed more ships and aircraft at the First Base, and Secretary Luo learned the general was stranded in an underground passage and would take about fifty minutes to arrive.
• Secretary Luo ordered Unit Six to await his command and went to stall Leo until the other units were ready.
• Secretary Luo offered Leo seven hundred grams of Galaxy Pure Water and promised further compensation in exchange for lifting the suppression.
• Leo pulled the container from Secretary Luo's hand and smashed its outer defensive layer, exposing the seal around the Galaxy Pure Water.

The Kro Civilization charged its Star Annihilator Cannon with dark-red energy, making its shot powerful enough to threaten even Leo. Leo emerged from Folded Space directly in the cannon’s firing path, but the commander ordered the weapon to fire anyway.

• The Star Annihilator Cannon turned toward the Golden Dragons after Leo disappeared and began charging its immense energy sphere.
• Dark-red energy compressed the sphere and, as Leo sensed from Folded Space, increased its killing power more than threefold.
• Leo appeared less than a hundred meters from the muzzle, directly in the Star Annihilator Cannon’s firing path.
• The command room detected Leo, and an analyst warned that firing could destroy the cannon and its base if Leo blocked the shot.
• The commander weighed the risk and ordered the Star Annihilator Cannon to fire.

Leo opened the energy-sealed box and revealed Galaxy Pure Water, whose powerful Life Force excited Groot. The chapter ended as Groot dipped several vines into it, despite Rocket's concern that he had never encountered the substance before.

• Leo sliced through the energy seal, and the released energy dimmed as multicolored radiance flowed into his body.
• Chen Haoran burned his hand when he caught a fragment of the seal, while Quill absorbed its energy without being injured.
• Leo opened the box, releasing a powerful Life Force that filled the cockpit and excited Groot.
• Rocket urged Leo to give Groot the Galaxy Pure Water, and Leo handed him the opened box.
• Groot extended several vines into the Galaxy Pure Water, despite Rocket questioning whether he knew how to use it.

Leo headed toward the Kro Civilization’s mineral-resource Semi-Dimensional Space, and Secretary Luo realized he might be seeking the strange Golden Bead hidden there. Before Secretary Luo could act, Beklo suddenly melted into a puddle of multicolored liquid, leaving only his armor, clothes, and accessories.

• Leo showed interest in the mineral-resource Semi-Dimensional Space, prompting Secretary Luo to suspect that he knew about the Golden Bead inside it.
• Secretary Luo recalled how the Golden Bead had drawn the Kro Civilization’s exploration force toward it and created a field of strange metal before losing its power when removed.
• Secretary Luo made hidden movements with his right hand as he watched Leo.
• Beklo screamed, collapsed, and melted into multicolored liquid within seconds, leaving only his Iron Man Armor, clothes, and accessories.

Leo remained unaffected by the Annihilation Dust as Beklo and Secretary Luo dissolved, then continued through First Base in search of the Golden Bead. He located it five hundred meters underground and vanished toward it.

• Beklo melted after the Annihilation Dust took effect, while Secretary Luo expected Leo to be weakened and prepared to attack him.
• Secretary Luo was suddenly infected by the poison and dissolved into a puddle, leaving the surrounding soldiers and assistants stunned.
• An assistant asked Leo to wait while the Kro dealt with Secretary Luo’s death, but Leo continued onward and ordered the general to return at increased speed.
• The First General turned back after hearing of Beklo and Secretary Luo’s deaths and realized Leo was unaffected by Annihilation Dust.
• Leo sensed the Golden Bead five hundred meters beneath First Base and vanished toward it.

After Leo took the Golden Bead, the First General realized the Kro Civilization could not defeat him by force and ordered preparations to preserve its last hope. He chose to seek a way to persuade Leo, while Leo remained unaware of the changes and focused on finding the second Golden Core.

• The First General learned that Leo had appeared on the surface and that the Collection Room base had been destroyed.
• The First General concluded that the Golden Bead had been the Kro Civilization’s chance to turn the tables and regretted losing it.
• The First General ordered the Kro Civilization to erase information and coordinates for the Resource Semi-Dimension and seal its entrances.
• The First General abandoned plans for a full-scale assault and decided to try persuading Leo using the Golden Bead as leverage.
• Leo remained unaware of the First Base’s preparations and focused on finding the second Golden Core.

After fusing with the second Golden Core, Leo gained immense physical strength and greater control over metal, and his personal attributes rose sharply. The Second Secretary congratulated him as the Kro Civilization’s soldiers submitted, while the First General hurried back toward the ruins.

• Leo tested his new strength and transformed a boulder into Tricolor Void Gold before turning it back into ore.
• Leo kicked the boulder hundreds of meters into a ruined high-rise and checked his personal panel, discovering major increases to his attributes and abilities.
• Leo noted that his combat power had more than doubled several times over and was pleased with the second Golden Core’s enhancements.
• The Second Secretary congratulated Leo, and the Kro Civilization’s soldiers lowered their heads in submission.
• The First General returned to the ground and hurried toward the ruins.

Leo left the Milan crew to decide how to use the Life Pure Liquid and Galaxy Pure Water, then appeared on an uninhabited planet. The others agreed to make an Enhancement Potion before continuing toward the Kromm Civilization to obtain the Flower of Revival for Groot.

• Quill and Rocket explained the Life Pure Liquid’s properties and revealed that the Kro Civilization’s stockpile also included one hundred grams of Galaxy Pure Water.
• Leo let the others decide how to distribute the Life Pure Liquid because he preferred the risk-free Beck Stone for those he cared about.
• Rocket said the Milan was heading to the Kromm Civilization to buy the Flower of Revival, and the crew prepared for the seven-hour journey.
• Leo vanished from the cabin, and Red Whale woke, asked where its master had gone, and disappeared to find him.
• Quill suggested saving the strengthening items, but Rocket argued that the crew should use them to make an Enhancement Potion, and everyone agreed to discuss its distribution.
• Leo appeared on an uninhabited planet instead of returning to Earth.

Leo questioned Stark about whether a brainwashed human weapon deserved to die, leaving Stark hesitant, then asked him to find Dr. Hank Pym and track Scott Lang. Leo planned to meet Dr. Banner, while Stark returned to studying his Iron Man Armor and a possible Nano Fighter.

• Leo asked Stark to consider whether a brainwashed person used as a weapon deserved to die, and Stark struggled to answer.
• Stark told Leo that Dr. Hank Pym was a retired scientist who disliked Stark Industries, and suggested Dr. Banner might know him.
• Leo described Scott Lang, and J.A.R.V.I.S. identified him as a thirty-one-year-old ex-convict serving time at San Quentin Prison.
• Leo asked J.A.R.V.I.S. to monitor Scott Lang after his release and warned it not to let Dr. Pym notice the surveillance.
• Leo told Stark that Scott might become an Avenger through an opportunity connected to Dr. Pym, then went to find Dr. Banner.
• Stark checked Pym Technologies' experiments before returning to work on his Iron Man Armor and the Nano Fighter.

Leo broke through the Golden Core’s barrier and awakened outside the Folded Space, where his uncontrolled power had devastated the Kro base. He reunited with Red Whale and left the Second Secretary convinced that the Kro Civilization could not resist him.

• Leo glimpsed a figure inside the Rainbow Tunnel before awakening with Golden Light blazing from his eyes.
• Leo’s immense aura and the shockwave from his body wrecked the base and injured Kro residents, while Red Whale remained unharmed nearby.
• Red Whale rushed into Leo’s arms, and Leo promised not to abandon it before asking what had happened.
• Red Whale explained that Leo’s Golden Light had melted and destroyed the surrounding area while he was merging with the Golden Core.
• Leo realized he had been unconscious to the outside world during the merging and resolved to be more cautious.
• Leo apologized to the Second Secretary for the devastation, and the Second Secretary congratulated him and accepted that the Kro Civilization could not resist him.

Leo tested whether his body could withstand the Power Stone’s energy by holding it directly, while Red Whale watched from a safe distance. After enduring its destructive force for several minutes, Leo’s body remained intact, but the energy kept building as he raised his transformed 'Strength' Bracer.

• Leo appeared on a remote asteroid to test the Power Stone and make up for not using it before.
• Red Whale arrived, and Leo told him to retreat several thousand meters while he attempted to embed the stone.
• Leo grabbed the Power Stone, and its energy tore purple pathways through his body as his golden light repaired the damage.
• Leo endured the Power Stone’s erosion for more than three minutes, though he knew its continuous energy could eventually burst him apart.
• Leo opened his eyes with purple light in them, raised his right wrist, and began transforming the 'Strength' Bracer.