Chapter Summaries

Richard killed Wenwu and the Ten Rings Gang, then traveled with Ying Li, Ying Nan, and Qiūqiú to Ta Lo, where he announced that he would conquer it and eliminate the Dark Dwellers and Soul Eaters. He challenged Ying Li to a bet as the villagers gathered by the lake, leaving his demonstration of power about to begin.

• Richard offered to spare Wenwu if he abandoned his revenge for Shang-Chi, but Wenwu refused and Richard disintegrated him and the Ten Rings Gang.
• Richard took Ying Li, Ying Nan, and Qiūqiú to his hotel suite, enchanted the Ten Rings with Hellfire, and stored them away.
• Richard used Teleportation to bring Ying Li, Ying Nan, and Qiūqiú through the Labyrinth Woods and into Ta Lo.
• Richard told Uncle Guang and Ming Yue that Ta Lo would become his territory and that he would deal with the Dark Dwellers and Soul Eaters himself.
• Richard demanded that the villagers gather by the lake and challenged Ying Li to a bet about defeating the Dark Dwellers and Soul Eaters within one minute.

Richard destroyed the Dark Portal, killed the Soul Eaters and the Dark Dweller, and gained the Soul Absorption ability. He then persuaded Ta Lo’s Great Protector to become his mount and help manage Ta Lo, while he took over the duty of protecting it.

• Richard used Matter Decomposition to destroy the Dark Portal, then wiped out the attacking Soul Eaters with Hellfire.
• Richard split the Dark Dweller with a Hellfire- and lightning-coated Masamune Yamato and acquired its Soul Absorption ability.
• Richard descended into the lake and used Telepathy to communicate with Ta Lo’s Great Protector.
• Richard and the Great Protector agreed that it would become his mount and help manage Ta Lo, while Richard would protect Ta Lo from invasion.
• Richard rode the Great Protector over the village, then leapt down to rejoin Ying Li, Ying Nan, Uncle Guang, Ming Yue, and the others.

After returning from Ta Lo, Richard visited Tony and gave him dragon scales for his Anti-Richard Armor, then learned Tony was considering joining a secret organization. Richard sent the Hellfire Club to locate Skye and Phastos, and after learning where Phastos was, he teleported to Detroit to deal with him.

• Richard returned to Silver Manor from Ta Lo, reunited with White Queen, and visited Tony at Stark Tower.
• Richard gave Tony dragon scales for the Anti-Richard Armor, and Tony told him a secret organization had invited him to join.
• Richard instructed Black King Bard to find Skye and Phastos, ordering him to notify Richard without taking further action.
• A week later, Richard learned that Skye was with Rising Tide and Phastos had settled in Detroit with his husband and adopted son.
• Richard told White Queen he would be gone for a few hours, then teleported to downtown Detroit to find Phastos.

After the system tasked Richard with killing all ten Eternals on Earth, he killed Phastos and began hunting the others. He tracked Ajak to a lonely house on the South Dakota plains, ready to attack.

• The system gave Richard a one-month mission to kill all ten Eternals in exchange for Superboy-Prime's Kryptonian Physique.
• Richard teleported to Detroit and killed Phastos with Octaslash, then erased his remains with Matter Decomposition.
• Richard left Jack alive and returned to Silver Manor, where he confirmed the mission progress had reached 1/10.
• Richard planned his route to hunt the remaining Eternals and instructed the White Queen before teleporting to South Dakota.
• Richard used Telepathy to locate Ajak, then teleported above her isolated house on the plains.

Richard killed six Eternals and traveled to London to hunt Sersi, learning that Earth was nurturing the Celestial Tiamut. He killed Sersi and gained an enhanced version of Matter Transmutation, leaving Sprite and Ikaris as the remaining targets.

• Richard reviewed his progress after killing Ajak, Druig, Gilgamesh, Thena, Kingo, and Makkari, bringing his task count to seven of ten.
• Richard read the Eternals' memories, absorbed their Cosmic Energy, and learned that Tiamut was being nurtured inside Earth but would not emerge for several years.
• Richard found Sersi at the London Natural History Museum, froze everyone else with Mental Manipulation, and revealed that he had killed her companions except Sprite and Ikaris.
• Sersi turned the floor into a swamp and tried to flee, but Richard used Makkari's Super Speed to catch her and pierced her heart with Masamune Yamato.
• Richard decomposed Sersi before she could use Matter Transmutation, then gained the ability and enhanced his Immortality and Cosmic Energy Manipulation.

Richard killed Sprite and plundered her abilities, leaving one Eternal— Ikaris—on his target list. After Skye hacked the New York Base, Richard bound her search for Ikaris to a promise of freedom and information about her parents.

• Richard left the museum after plundering Sersi's Matter Transmutation, and Dane Whitman discovered the transformed floor and Sersi's disappearance.
• Richard killed Sprite in her London apartment, plundered Illusion Casting, Immortality, and Cosmic Energy Manipulation, and erased her body with Matter Transmutation.
• Richard checked that his mission to kill Earth's Eternals stood at nine of ten and decided to search Alaska for Ikaris.
• Black King Bard told Richard that Skye had hacked the New York Base, and Richard teleported there to confront her.
• Richard dismissed Black King Bard, freed Skye from her restraints, and showed her an accurate sketch of Ikaris.
• Richard gave Skye three days to find Ikaris, and promised to release her and reveal information about her parents if she found him within one day.

Richard learned Skye's parents' identities after she found Ikaris in Paris, where he killed the Eternal and completed the task that awakened his Superboy-Prime template and unlocked the World Dungeon. He entered the Marvel Zombies Universe to begin a challenge to kill all zombie heroes and villains, then sensed something across the city and frowned.

• Richard told Skye that her parents were Calvin Zabo and Jiaying and that S.H.I.E.L.D. had brought her to the United States.
• Skye found Ikaris in Paris, and Richard killed him with Dimension Slash and plundered his abilities.
• Richard completed the Superman task, awakened the Superboy-Prime template, and unlocked the World Dungeon.
• After a week of deliberation, Richard activated the World Dungeon and was transported to the Marvel Zombies Universe with a challenge to kill all zombie heroes and villains.
• Richard confirmed that the Tesseract's Space Gem worked in the new universe, then used Telepathy across the city and frowned.

Richard traveled to New York and promised its surviving superheroes that he could eliminate every zombie in three minutes. He turned more than eight million zombies into cherry blossoms, leaving the heroes stunned and New York covered in falling petals.

• Richard read survivors' memories in Baltimore, learned that the outbreak had begun nearly three years earlier, and confirmed that mutants did not exist in this universe.
• Richard teleported to New York, sensed thousands of survivors, and flew to a S.H.I.E.L.D. shelter because surviving superheroes were there.
• Falcon, carrying Captain America Rogers' Vibranium Shield, met Richard and brought him to Spider-Man, Thing, Invisible Woman, Black Widow, and the others.
• Richard read the heroes' memories and claimed he could make every zombie in New York disappear within three minutes.
• Richard used Matter Manipulation and Matter Transmutation to lift the city's zombies into the air and transform more than eight million of them into cherry blossoms.
• The surviving heroes watched the cherry blossoms rain over New York and realized Richard's boast had been true.

Richard revealed that he came from another universe and offered to eliminate the zombies on Earth, then spent three days in the Underground Base winning over Black Widow and Sharon Carter. He had not yet begun searching for Zombie Thanos and the other infected heroes.

• Richard transformed New York's zombies into cherry blossoms, introduced himself to Spider-Man and the others, and explained that he came from a universe without zombies.
• Richard told Black Widow, Invisible Woman, and the others that he intended to kill the zombie superheroes and villains before returning home.
• Richard learned that Hydra scientists had created the Zombie Virus while studying Thanos's corpse, and that Zombie Thanos had infected many heroes and spread the plague across Earth.
• Invisible Woman questioned whether Richard could defeat Zombie Thanos, and Richard said he could if they located him and the other infected heroes.
• Over the next three days, Richard stayed at the Underground Base and won over Sharon Carter and Black Widow.

Richard tested Spider-Man and Ant-Man’s Infinity Gem detector, then took Black Widow and Sharon Carter to S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Triskelion Headquarters to search for the Tesseract and Mind Stone Scepter. The detector led them underground, where they found Zombie Captain America holding the Mind Stone Scepter and an Alloy Shield.

• Spider-Man and Ant-Man built a Gamma Ray Tracking Detector that could locate Infinity Gem signals within its range, and Richard tested it with his Tesseract.
• Richard decided to search the Triskelion Headquarters and brought Black Widow and Sharon Carter, using Teleportation to take them to the rooftop.
• Richard activated the detector, which found a moving gamma ray signal more than fifty meters underground.
• Richard teleported with Black Widow and Sharon Carter to the signal’s location, where they found Zombie Captain America holding the Mind Stone Scepter and an Alloy Shield.

Richard and his companions found Zombie Captain America at Triskelion Headquarters, carrying the Mind Stone Scepter and Alloy Shield, and discovered he displayed unusual reason and fighting skill. Richard rejected the suggestion to take him back for study and prepared to kill him with Masamune Yamato, leaving Zombie Captain America raising the scepter to face him.

• Richard, Black Widow Natasha, and Sharon Carter wondered how Zombie Captain America had traveled from New Orleans to Triskelion Headquarters and acquired the Mind Stone Scepter.
• Black Widow Natasha noticed that Zombie Captain America seemed different from ordinary zombies, and Richard confirmed he showed reason and backed away instead of attacking.
• Richard attacked Zombie Captain America with a Great Gust wind blade, but Zombie Captain America skillfully blocked it with the Alloy Shield.
• Black Widow Natasha suggested taking Zombie Captain America to the New York Base for examination, but Richard refused and drew Masamune Yamato.
• Richard demonstrated that Masamune Yamato could slice through a Reinforced Concrete wall, while Zombie Captain America raised the Mind Stone Scepter.

Richard defeated Zombie Captain America at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, retrieved and disinfected the Mind Stone Scepter, then left with Black Widow and Sharon Carter in two Quinjets. During the flight to New York, Black Widow questioned why Richard had seemed so intent on killing Rogers rather than studying him.

• Zombie Captain America fired blasts from the Mind Stone Scepter, but Richard destroyed them with Octaslash and killed him with Iai Slash.
• Richard used Matter Manipulation to retrieve the Mind Stone Scepter, washed and disinfected it, then stored it in the System Space.
• Richard teleported to Black Widow and Sharon Carter, and they decided to take two Quinjets back to the New York Base.
• Black Widow and Sharon Carter flew out of the hangar in separate Quinjets with Richard accompanying Black Widow.
• Black Widow asked Richard whether he had hated Rogers in his world, pointing out that he had seemed more interested in killing Zombie Captain America than studying him.

Richard searched for the Tesseract while gathering Infinity Gems and eliminating Super Zombies, then Zombie Thanos arrived in New York with a zombie army. Richard fought Thanos as Invisible Woman and the others prepared to face the invading forces.

• Richard obtained the Eye of Agamotto and stored Kamar-Taj's library, but failed to find the Tesseract while killing several Super Zombies across the United States.
• Richard discovered that New York's reconstruction had brought survivors together and continued pursuing Invisible Woman after arranging a funeral for Zombie Mister Fantastic and Zombie Human Torch.
• Richard examined the Mind Stone Scepter and the Eye of Agamotto before a tremor revealed Zombie Thanos approaching with zombified Chitauri Soldiers, Outriders, and Leviathans.
• Richard warned Black Widow, Invisible Woman, and the others, who agreed to fight the zombie army while Richard confronted Zombie Thanos.
• Zombie Thanos fired a Space Gem blast at Richard, who shattered it with Octaslash, then charged and clashed blades with him.

Richard fought Zombie Thanos in a prolonged sword duel while Invisible Woman, Spider-Man, and the others battled the zombie army. After their swordsmanship proved evenly matched, Richard used the Tesseract’s Space Gem to destroy Thanos’s protective shield, leaving him standing unharmed in a crater.

• Richard discovered that Zombie Thanos matched his strength and skill, so he fought him with sword techniques while the others attacked the Zombie Chitauri Army and Zombie Outrider Legion.
• After several minutes of combat, Richard acknowledged that he could not defeat Thanos with sword techniques alone, and he absorbed Thanos’s energy attack before striking with a decomposing shockwave.
• Thanos protected himself from Richard’s shockwave with a shield created by the Space Gem, so Richard brought out his own Tesseract and fired its energy at the shield.
• The resulting explosion devastated a wide area, injuring or scattering the fighters and zombie forces nearby, while Richard teleported away from the blast.
• Richard returned after the shockwave faded and saw Zombie Thanos unharmed in a crater, with his protective shield gone.

Richard killed Zombie Thanos, completed the World Challenge, and awakened Vergil’s Template at 80% fusion, but chose to remain in the Zombie Universe until he had won over Invisible Woman. After more than a hundred days, he returned to his original universe with Black Widow, Sharon Carter, and Invisible Woman, where White Queen and Clarice doubted his explanation that they came from a parallel universe.

• Richard decomposed Zombie Thanos’s forces and then destroyed Zombie Thanos, completing the World Challenge and awakening Vergil’s Template at 80% fusion.
• Richard declined the System’s offer to return immediately and stayed in the Zombie Universe, where he later won over Invisible Woman and spent time with her, Black Widow, and Sharon Carter.
• Richard offered to take the three women to his universe, and all of them chose to leave after deciding they had no loved ones left to stay for.
• Richard brought the women through a black sphere to his Silver Manor in the original universe, where only one day had passed despite his months away.
• White Queen and Clarice met the three women and doubted Richard’s claim that Black Widow and Invisible Woman came from a parallel universe.

Richard introduced White Queen and Clarice to the women he had brought from the Zombie Universe, then received a task to defeat Laufey and Surtur. He took Susan to a dinner hosted by Justin Hammer, where reporters saw him arrive with Invisible Woman and realized their relationship would become headline news.

• Richard confirmed to White Queen and Clarice that he had slept with Natasha, Susan, and Sharon Carter, and offered to let them call the women to verify their origins.
• Richard warned Black Widow, Invisible Woman, and Sharon Carter not to meet their counterparts alone and offered to help them learn about this universe and its mutants.
• After a week of training and staying at the manor, Richard received a system task to defeat Frost Giant King Laufey and Fire Giant Surtur within three months for a 10% increase in his Sephiroth Template Fusion Degree.
• Richard invited Invisible Woman Susan to a Manhattan dinner party so the public would learn she was in this universe.
• Richard and Susan arrived at Justin Hammer's dinner party, where reporters photographed Richard putting his arm around her waist and anticipated a scandal involving Mister Fantastic.

Richard brought the Invisible Woman from another Earth to Justin Hammer’s banquet, where Human Torch discovered she was an alternate version of his sister Susan Storm. After the banquet, Richard and the Invisible Woman went to the Baxter Building, where Human Torch brought Susan, Mister Fantastic, and Thing to meet them.

• Human Torch questioned Richard and the Invisible Woman at the banquet, then confirmed she was not his Susan after she demonstrated her invisibility powers.
• The alternate Susan told Human Torch that her brother was dead, and he invited Richard and her to the Baxter Building to meet his Susan.
• Justin Hammer greeted Richard at the banquet, but Richard said he and Susan had something to discuss privately.
• Richard and the alternate Susan discussed his interest in Susan Storm before leaving the banquet for the Baxter Building.
• Human Torch brought Richard and the alternate Susan to the reception room, then returned with Susan, Mister Fantastic, and Thing.

Richard gave Mister Fantastic the Space Gem to study as a basis for building a device to travel between Parallel Universes, then returned to Silver Manor with Invisible Woman. Later, Thor and Loki arrived by Bifrost to take Richard to meet Odin, and Richard challenged them to spar before going.

• Richard told Mister Fantastic and the others that he had brought Susan, Black Widow Natasha Romanoff, and S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 13 Sharon Carter back from a Parallel Universe.
• Richard asked Mister Fantastic to build a device for traveling between Parallel Universes and left him the Space Gem to study, warning him to handle it with gloves and keep it safe.
• Susan and Invisible Woman spoke privately about Reed, their relationships with him, and the zombie outbreak before Richard and Invisible Woman returned to Silver Manor.
• Richard spent the next day sunbathing and spoke with Tony, who complained that he had not yet designed a successful Anti-Richard Armor.
• Thor and Loki arrived at Silver Manor by Bifrost and asked Richard to come meet Odin, but Richard challenged them to spar first.
• Loki ordered Richard to kneel, so Richard drew Masamune Yamato and told Loki he was not qualified to make him kneel.

Richard sparred with Thor and Loki after insisting that they fight before he would go to Asgard to meet Odin. The clash escalated into a collision between Richard’s God Avoidance and Thor’s lightning, leaving a massive explosion over Richard’s estate.

• Richard told Thor he would only go to Asgard if they fought, and Loki attacked him with daggers.
• Richard knocked Loki away with the hilt of the Masamune Yamato, then Thor stepped in to fight him.
• Richard formed Lightning Armor while Thor summoned lightning, and Richard urged Thor and Loki to attack together.
• Richard and Thor traded blows with the Masamune Yamato and Mjolnir as White Queen, Clarice, and Invisible Woman arrived and stayed out of the fight.
• Thor flew into the sky to summon a massive lightning bolt while Loki created illusions, but Richard tracked Thor with Telepathic Sense and Energy Sense.
• Richard unleashed God Avoidance, colliding his Crescent-shaped Energy Slash with Thor’s lightning and using his powers to shield the estate from the resulting shockwave.

Richard accepted Odin’s request to help stop Hela and prevent Ragnarok in exchange for the Casket of Ancient Winters and the Eternal Flame. After absorbing both artifacts to maximize Great Blizzard and Great Fire, he went to the Atlantic Ocean to test his upgraded magic.

• Richard traveled with Thor and Loki to Asgard, where Odin privately asked whether the brothers could protect Asgard and the Nine Realms.
• Richard agreed to help stop Hela after Odin’s death and do his best to prevent Ragnarok in exchange for the Casket of Ancient Winters and the Eternal Flame.
• Odin gave Thor the two artifacts to deliver to Richard and ordered that their private conversation remain secret.
• Thor took Richard to the Treasure Vault, then Heimdall sent him back to Earth through the Bifrost.
• Richard absorbed the Casket of Ancient Winters and the Eternal Flame, raising Great Blizzard and Great Fire to their maximum levels and increasing his magic power to 45,000.
• Richard teleported above the Atlantic Ocean to test the full power of his upgraded magic.