Chapter Summaries

Richard began an interstellar voyage with Kaguya and brought the Fantasia to Knowhere, where they encountered a group of alien robbers. Kaguya moved to fight them as the chapter ended.

• Richard discussed Hashirama Cell research with Banner, who agreed to begin experiments with mice rather than test directly on humans.
• After more than half a month, Richard decided to leave Silver City and brought Kaguya aboard the Fantasia for an interstellar voyage.
• Richard ordered Tifa 2 to take the Fantasia to Knowhere, and Kaguya marveled at the Celestial’s enormous head.
• Richard and Kaguya disembarked and headed toward Knowhere’s downtown area, where several aliens blocked their path.
• The lead alien aimed a Beam Gun at them, and Kaguya vanished toward the robbers after volunteering to fight.

Richard and Kaguya dealt with Knowhere’s lawless inhabitants, bought language translators, and visited a bar. After learning that the wine they enjoyed was called Burning Night and had powerful aphrodisiac effects, they were left with an awkward surprise.

• Kaguya blasted alien punks who harassed them, then killed several with precise Chakra shockwaves.
• Richard and Kaguya reached the port-side downtown, bought Kree-made Language Translators using Xandar currency, and Richard gave Kaguya money.
• Richard took Kaguya to a bar and explained that Knowhere had few rules, so she could punish anyone who leered at her.
• Kaguya released Byakugan pressure across the bar, knocking most patrons unconscious while Richard ordered drinks from the bartender.
• Richard and Kaguya tried the bar’s best wine with ice and Bubble Grass, then learned it was Burning Night, a potent aphrodisiac that could increase the chance of conception.

Richard and Kaguya explored Knowhere, then went to a hotel casino where Richard used his abilities to win more than one hundred million Kree Credits. When the casino supervisor accused him of cheating and tried to take him to a VIP lounge, Kaguya unleashed her pressure across the casino and demanded that the casino repay its customers.

• Kaguya suppressed the effects of Burning Night, and she and Richard left the bar to explore Knowhere and sample its food.
• Richard booked the best suite at Heaven's Edge Hotel, claimed the master bedroom, and later invited Kaguya to join him at the casino.
• Richard and Kaguya exchanged their money for chips and joined a card game; Kaguya lost while Richard used Super Vision and Super Intellect to cheat and win.
• Richard wagered all his chips on a final hand, won more than one hundred million Kree Credits, and asked the dealer to exchange them for cash.
• A casino supervisor accused Richard of cheating and tried to move him to the VIP lounge, but Kaguya unleashed her pressure, knocked out many people, and demanded that the casino return their money.

After leaving Knowhere, Richard and Kaguya traveled to Xandar, where Richard used a Spatial Gate to bypass the Nova Corps’ entry inspection. He went to the Nova Corps Headquarters to learn the location of Worldmind, but the Centurions’ memories revealed almost nothing about it.

• The casino supervisor returned Kaguya’s losses and cashed out Richard’s winnings, then the casino and hotel owners later apologized and gave them fifty million Nova Credits.
• Richard and Kaguya left Knowhere aboard the Fantasy and headed for Xandar after deciding they were tired of Knowhere’s limited entertainment and food.
• Richard used the Tesseract to open a Spatial Gate to Xandar City, then used Telepathy to arrange their hotel stay without identification documents.
• Richard gave Kaguya several million Nova Credits and went alone to investigate the Nova Corps Headquarters.
• Richard searched the memories of several Centurions but found no useful information about Worldmind, leaving him suspicious of how completely the Nova Corps had concealed it.

Richard tracked down Worldmind and entered the Nova Force Domain to study its workings, offering the Space Gem for Worldmind to research. After spending a day learning from it, he created his own energy domain, the Divinity Domain, and returned to Kaguya after six days.

• Richard teleported to Queen Adora's office, overcame her psychic protections, and demanded that she contact Worldmind.
• Worldmind recognized Richard as the God of Mutants and agreed to reveal its location after he showed it the Tesseract.
• Richard met Worldmind beneath Nova Corps Headquarters and let it examine the Space Gem in exchange for access to the Nova Force Domain.
• Richard connected to the Nova Force Domain and received its information from Worldmind.
• Richard returned to Kaguya on Xandar and explained that he had spent six days creating his own energy domain, the Divinity Domain.

Richard created the Divinity Domain, an energy source that produced Divine Energy and could convert other energies. Kaguya discovered that it offered her a new path to evolve and asked Richard for help acquiring energy and genetic information.

• Richard opened the Divinity Domain, and Kaguya saw it devour her Chakra and transform it into Divine Energy.
• Richard gave Kaguya authority to draw Divine Energy, then rested after the exhausting work of creating the domain.
• After drawing Divine Energy, Kaguya became unusually attentive to Richard and realized it could help her evolve.
• Kaguya asked Richard to help her continue evolving, and he mistakenly thought she wanted to plant a God Tree on Xandar.
• Kaguya explained that her new method required large amounts of energy and genetic information, and Richard realized he could help her obtain both.

Richard refined his Divinity Domain in hopes of creating a higher-grade energy that could merge all his powers into a system-free Richard Template. After securing Kaguya’s genetic research and gaining exceptional authority on Xandar in exchange for protecting it from the Kree Empire, Richard and Kaguya went out to explore Xandar City.

• Richard asked Kaguya to decide what compensation she would offer for his help, then returned to refining his Divinity Domain.
• Richard and the Tifa clone developed a new domain model, and Richard tested it at Xandar’s South Pole, producing Divine Energy with a higher grade and about seventy-five percent similarity to his magic power.
• Kaguya confronted Richard after his modification temporarily severed her connection to the Divinity Domain, and Richard told her she could repay him later.
• Richard brought Kaguya to the Super Life Computer Worldmind, which agreed to provide her with Xandar’s genetic information in exchange for Richard protecting Xandar and the Nova Corps from the Kree Empire.
• The Super Life Computer Worldmind granted Richard authority above Queen Adora’s and Kaguya authority equal to a Nova Corps Centurion, and they left the hotel to explore Xandar City.

Richard and Kaguya explored Xandar City, where Richard spotted Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Star-Lord carrying the Power Stone, then watched events unfold until Nova Corps arrested them. At Nova Corps Headquarters, Centurion Prime Blanco asked Richard or Kaguya to spar, and Richard agreed.

• Richard and Kaguya visited the Commercial District, where Richard recognized Rocket Raccoon and Groot and spotted Star-Lord carrying the Orb with the Power Stone.
• Richard and Kaguya spent the morning shopping and eating before Richard drove them to Nova Corps Headquarters.
• Richard observed Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot fighting outside the Broker's shop, after which Nova Corps arrested all four.
• Nancy Eva escorted Richard and Kaguya into Nova Corps Headquarters to meet Centurion Prime Blanco and the other Centurions.
• Blanco asked Richard or Kaguya to spar with Nova Corps' Centurions, and Richard accepted.

Richard defeated the Nova Corps Centurions, arranged for Star-Lord and his companions to be sent to Kyln Maximum Security Prison, and went there to retrieve Peter Quill’s belongings. He opened the Orb and uncovered the Power Stone, leaving it before him in the prison storage room.

• Richard challenged the Nova Corps Centurions to attack him together and defeated them in under twenty seconds.
• Richard learned that Star-Lord and three others had been arrested, then ordered Blanco to send them to Kyln Maximum Security Prison.
• Richard returned to the hotel with Kaguya, decided to secure the Power Stone, and later traveled to Kyln with his new assistant Nancy.
• Richard had a prison soldier bring him Peter Quill’s belongings and inspected Star-Lord’s Element Gun.
• Richard used magic to unlock the Orb and reveal the Power Stone inside.

Richard examined the Power Stone, then used telepathy to learn about Gamora, Star-Lord, and Drax while visiting the prisoners at Kyln. Three days later, after the Guardians escaped, Richard arranged clearance for his ship and went with Kaguya to collect the first batch of consumable genetic information from Worldmind.

• Richard stored the Power Stone, visited Kyln's observation deck, and searched Drax, Gamora, and Star-Lord's memories with telepathy.
• Richard returned to Xandar City with Nancy and assigned her to serve as his assistant while they remained on Xandar.
• Nancy reported that Peter Quill, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot had escaped Kyln, and Richard asked her to arrange entry clearance for the Fantasy.
• Richard and Kaguya traveled to a Nova Corps biological laboratory to collect the first installment of genetic information prepared by Worldmind.
• A silver-haired scientist handed Richard a bottle of green liquid and said drinking it would provide the genetic information it contained.

Richard confirmed that Kaguya’s genetic evolution plan worked, then successfully began integrating a Space Gem into his Divinity Domain. He traveled to Asgard to ask Odin for the Reality Gem, explaining that he needed all six Infinity Gems to advance his power.

• Kaguya drank the genetic solution and confirmed that it had further evolved her physique without harming her.
• Over the next month, Richard refined his Divinity Domain while Kaguya continued taking genetic solutions from Worldmind.
• Richard launched the Infinity Divinity Plan and had his Divinity Domain absorb the Zombie Universe’s Space Gem, which began yielding its energy and spatial rules.
• After Kaguya finished her final genetic solution, Richard took Nancy and Kaguya from Xandar to Asgard, where Thor escorted him to Odin.
• Richard asked Odin for the Reality Gem and explained that he already possessed the Space, Time, Mind, and Power Gems, including stones acquired from a parallel universe.

Richard offered Odin three promises in exchange for the Reality Gem, then spent his days in Asgard reading and sparring while Odin considered the bargain. Five days later, Odin agreed to give him the Gem if Richard would accompany him to the Underworld, clarifying that he did not want Richard to kill Hela.

• Richard offered Odin three promises in exchange for the Reality Gem, and Odin said he needed time to consider the deal.
• Richard settled into the Golden Palace, reunited with Kaguya and Nancy, and attended Thor's welcome banquet, where he outdrank Thor and the others.
• Kaguya read an Asgardian romance novel, prompting Richard to visit the Royal Library and rapidly study its books on Magic Foundation.
• Richard spent the next five days reading in the library and sparring with Thor and the others.
• Odin summoned Richard and offered him the Reality Gem in exchange for one task: accompanying Odin to the Underworld.
• Richard asked whether Odin wanted him to kill Hela, and Odin denied it, saying Hela was still his daughter.

Richard agreed to travel to Hel and challenge Hela at Odin’s request, hoping to defeat her and prepare for the day Odin was gone. After Hela’s opening attacks failed, Richard gained the upper hand with Sephiroth’s techniques, leaving their fight ongoing.

• Odin asked Richard to defeat Hela in Hel so she would know she could not match him, and Richard agreed to go immediately.
• Odin used Gungnir to open a space channel, and Richard entered Hel after confirming that time passed there at the same rate as in Asgard.
• Hela confronted Richard and demanded that he kneel, but he refused, drew Masamune Yamato, and told her he was there to beat her.
• Hela attacked with black swords, and Richard cut them down while the two clashed at close range.
• Richard used Earth Shake, breaking Hela’s reinforced swords and forcing her to retreat, then used Super Speed to pursue her.
• Richard unleashed Octaslash, and Hela failed to block the attack even with Death Divine Power reinforcing her swords.

Richard used his optimized Tsukuyomi to trap Hela in an illusion where he could control her surroundings and make her experience real pain, forcing her to concede. After she endured two rounds before begging for mercy, he began a third round with a new method of torture.

• Richard wounded Hela with Masamune Yamato, then offered to leave if she could make him concede within half an hour.
• Richard cast his optimized Tsukuyomi and trapped Hela in a version of the Golden Palace, where he controlled the world and repeatedly stabbed her heart while she experienced real pain.
• After Richard ended the first Tsukuyomi, Hela saw that only a minute had passed outside, and Richard began a second round with a longer time dilation.
• Hela begged Richard to stop during the second round, but he continued until he ended the illusion and she collapsed in exhaustion.
• Richard started a third Tsukuyomi and appeared with a fake Gungnir, preparing to torture Hela by another method.

Richard brought Hela back to Asgard after torturing her into submission, then retrieved the Reality Gem and decided to wait until Thanos obtained the Soul Gem. Thor and Loki later confronted Richard about Hela, but he sent Thor to ask Frigga about their family history.

• Richard ended his Tsukuyomi torture of Hela, restored her weakening life force, and took her through a Spatial Gate to Asgard.
• Hela greeted Odin, and Odin gave Richard the coordinates to the Reality Gem before taking Hela to see Frigga.
• Richard retrieved the Reality Gem from its sealing pillars and stored it in a magic cube without letting it enter his body.
• Richard decided to wait for Thanos to obtain the Soul Gem before taking it, then went to the Royal Library to study Asgardian magic.
• Thor and Loki asked Richard about Hela, and Richard told Thor that Frigga might explain why Odin had hidden her existence.

Richard entered a Marvel Cinematic Universe challenge to collect the six Infinity Gems within ten years, with all his templates reaching full fusion as the reward. He rescued Tony Stark and Yinsen from the Ten Rings and brought them to Tony’s mansion, where he began discussing the price of the rescue.

• After Odin publicly revealed Hela’s past to Asgard, Richard returned to Earth and assigned Tifa to refine the Divinity Domain model using the Infinity Gems.
• Three months later, Richard used his refreshed World Dungeon attempt and entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe, receiving a challenge to collect all six Infinity Gems within ten years.
• Richard spotted Tony Stark and Yinsen imprisoned by the Ten Rings in Afghanistan and killed the captors using telepathy and matter manipulation.
• Richard introduced himself as their rescuer, and Tony burned the Iron Man armor blueprints before he and Yinsen followed Richard out of the cave.
• Richard opened a spatial gate to Tony’s cliffside mansion and brought Tony and Yinsen there, then told Tony they needed to discuss the cost of the rescue.

Richard rescued Tony and Yinsen, negotiated for two Iron Man Armors, then met Ancient One and explained that he had come from another universe to handle personal matters. He traveled to Sokovia and confronted Wanda and Pietro, leaving them frightened but unharmed as he claimed he wanted to help them.

• Richard demanded two Iron Man Armors with Miniature Arc Reactors as payment for saving Tony and Yinsen, and Tony agreed to deliver them.
• Richard used the Tesseract to travel to the New York Sanctum Sanctorum, where he told Ancient One he came from another universe and had no intention of destroying Earth.
• Richard planned to collect several Infinity Gems during future events and decided to wait for Thanos to bring him the Power Stone and Soul Gem.
• Richard traveled to Sokovia, searched for Wanda and Pietro, and appeared in their apartment while they discussed Tony's presumed death.
• Richard used Telepathy to make Wanda and Pietro sit down, then told them he had come to help them.

Richard offered Pietro and Wanda a gold brick, revealed that he liked Wanda and claimed they would awaken superpowers in the future. When Pietro tried to exchange the gold through an illegal channel, Richard killed the shopkeeper and disintegrated the armed men, then took the twins to a legitimate gold shop.

• Richard gave Pietro and Wanda a gold brick and told them he was interested in Wanda and knew they would awaken superpowers.
• Pietro and Wanda agreed to join Richard for a meal, and Pietro led them to an underground shop to exchange the gold.
• Wanda asked Richard how he had seen her before, and Richard claimed he had seen her in future scenes.
• The shopkeeper offered Pietro far too little for the gold and refused to return it, so Richard killed him with Heat Vision and disintegrated the other armed men.
• Richard led Pietro and Wanda downtown to exchange the gold at a legitimate shop and warned Pietro against relying on illegal channels.

Richard returned to Los Angeles, decided to take control of Hydra, and confronted Alexander Pierce at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters. After Pierce agreed to serve him, Richard left for the secret base where the still-frozen Captain America was being kept.

• Richard left Pietro and Wanda in a luxurious Sokovian apartment, then returned to Los Angeles and secured a Presidential Suite.
• Richard decided to unify Hydra and used the Tesseract to travel to the skies above S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Triskelion Headquarters.
• Richard read Alexander Pierce's memories and confronted him about Hydra and Project Insight, demanding that he become Richard's subordinate.
• Pierce agreed, and Richard pierced his shoulder with Heat Vision as a warning before teleporting away.
• Nick Fury and Agent Hill investigated Pierce's injury and sealed off information about the attack.
• Richard read Nick Fury and Agent Hill's memories, then traveled to a S.H.I.E.L.D. base near Times Square to observe the frozen Captain America.

Richard secretly implanted commands in Captain America Rogers’s subconscious, then returned to Los Angeles and traveled to Sokovia to visit Wanda and Pietro. After healing their psychological trauma without erasing their memories, he invited them to come to America and left them to decide.

• Richard entered the laboratory where Captain America Rogers was kept and implanted several hidden mental commands before teleporting away.
• Richard watched news of Tony Stark’s return and his announcement that Stark Industries would permanently close its weapons division, then traveled through a Spatial Gate to Sokovia.
• Richard visited Wanda and Pietro, showed Pietro his Masamune Yamato, and asked whether they wanted to go to America with him.
• Richard explained that he knew how Wanda and Pietro’s parents had died and offered to heal their trauma while preserving their memories.
• Pietro asked Richard to erase their psychological trauma, and Richard used Telepathy to heal both siblings.
• Richard invited Wanda and Pietro to reconsider moving to America, promising to respect their decision.