Chapter Summaries

Kingpin secured half of the Dragon Bone and planned to use it to resurrect his wife and son, while Wes returned to his shop with the other half. Wes questioned the five leaders of The Hand and learned that their Dragon Bone medicine could extend life but gradually eroded the minds of those who took it.

• Iron Fist collapsed after Kingpin drained all the Qi from his body, and Kingpin eagerly reached for the Dragon Bone.
• Wes shrank the Dragon Bone and split it in two, keeping one half and giving the other to Kingpin under their agreement.
• Kingpin ordered his men to throw out the superheroes after Wes told him he had made terms with the Divine Dragon.
• Kingpin secured his half of the Dragon Bone in a safe at Fisk Tower, while Wes sealed his shop and entered his expanded suitcase.
• Wes restored and controlled the five leaders of The Hand, who revealed that their Dragon Bone medicine could extend life but gradually consumed its users' minds.

Wes purified the Dragon Bone’s power and used it to strengthen his body, then began intense Body Technique training with Madam Gao and the others. In less than a month, he had learned to defend against Madam Gao’s attacks and was absorbing the power of the Philosopher’s Stone more quickly.

• Wes used the Mind Stone to remove the Dragon Bone’s residual Mental Power and purified its energy with an Alchemy Array.
• Wes absorbed the Dragon Bone’s energy, improving his physical fitness and deciding to train Body Technique with Madam Gao, Botu, Naito Soma, Murakami, and Sowanda.
• Madam Gao and the others assessed Wes’s physique, taught him basic movements, and began sparring with him without holding back.
• Wes trained almost continuously, relying on the Dragon Bone’s recovery, potions, and the Mind Stone to improve rapidly.
• In less than a month, Wes learned to defend against Madam Gao’s attacks as his body grew stronger and absorbed the Philosopher’s Stone’s power.

After a month of training, Wes absorbed the Philosopher's Stone's energy and grew stronger, then expanded the space inside his suitcase and filled it with plants. He began planning how to turn the space into a real world, but left to clear his head before tackling the challenge.

• Wes improved his Body Technique and absorbed the Philosopher's Stone's energy, increasing his strength and Wizard level.
• Wes used the Undetectable Extension Charm to expand the suitcase's interior space tenfold.
• Wes used Herbivicus to grow plants throughout the expanded space.
• Wes noticed the space lacked a sky, water, and other life, and imagined transforming it into a real world with the Mind Stone's help.
• Wes decided to go outside and rest before beginning work on the new world.

Wes researched how to create a world and concluded that finding a lasting energy source for its sun would be difficult. He made a contract with Kingpin to obtain supplies, including animals and plants, while Kingpin sought knowledge of how to use the Dragon Bone to resurrect his family.

• Wes studied scientific accounts of the universe and life’s origins as he planned how to build a world of his own.
• Wes considered using a Philosopher’s Stone to power his artificial sun but rejected the idea because mass-producing them would turn everyone against him.
• Wes decided to prepare by seeking resources from Kingpin, who complained that research on the Dragon Bone was progressing poorly.
• Wes released Madam Gao and four others, explained that he controlled them, and proposed a contract to Kingpin.
• Kingpin agreed to gather supplies, including as many kinds of animals and plants as possible, and signed the contract with Wes.

Wes learned about the Vampires’ history and their influence in the United States after Kingpin explained why he knew so much about them. Wes left with a potential new source of resources for creating a world and learned that the Vampires now targeted government officials and Wall Street capitalists.

• Kingpin explained that Wes’s requested items would take time to gather, and Wes told him there was no need to rush.
• When Kingpin asked why Wes wanted the items, Wes revealed that he intended to create a world.
• Kingpin mentioned Vampires in New York, prompting Wes to ask him about them and consider making a move against them.
• Kingpin described how Vampires had once held influence in the United States before Abraham Lincoln’s war and advancing weapons drove them into hiding.
• Kingpin revealed that he had killed a high-ranking Vampire who tried to turn him, and explained that Vampires now sought influence by corrupting government officials and Wall Street capitalists.

Wes rejected Kingpin’s offer of help and went alone to a Vampire stronghold at a New York bar called Hell. He entered the bar as its patrons began a disturbing carnival, where red liquid rained from the ceiling and intensified their desires.

• Kingpin warned Wes that corrupted officials and wealthy supporters of the Vampires would obstruct him, but Wes dismissed the danger and declined Kingpin’s help.
• Kingpin gave Wes the locations he knew, and Wes left Fisk Tower to investigate a Vampire stronghold.
• Wes arrived at Hell, where guards selected eight young people to enter and turned others away.
• Wes hypnotized the guards into letting him inside and walked through a dark corridor to the dance floor.
• The DJ announced that the real carnival had begun, and red liquid poured from ceiling pipes, magnifying the patrons’ desires.

Wes freed the bar’s human guests, restrained and refined the vampires into a Philosopher’s Stone, then encountered Blade. Blade confirmed that a Blood Feast had taken place and remained wary of Wes.

• Wes immobilized the vampires and used a spell to wake the eight young people, who fled after realizing they were surrounded by vampires.
• Wes confirmed that only vampires remained in the bar and refined them into a red Philosopher’s Stone.
• Wes considered how to eliminate New York’s vampires without alerting them as a dart flew toward him.
• Wes caught the dart and met Blade, who asked whether the Blood Feast was over.
• Wes told Blade the vampires had been dealt with, and Blade inspected the dance floor and identified the red liquid as Hallucinogen.

Wes and Blade agreed to work together to eliminate New York’s Vampires, with Blade planning the hunt and Wes upgrading his weapons. Blade’s first assault destroyed five Vampire nests in one night, leaving the city’s Vampire leadership alerted and fearful.

• Wes approached Blade after dozens of Vampires were killed and asked whether he wanted to wipe them all out.
• Wes and Blade discussed their shared goal on a rooftop, and Wes revealed he needed Vampires as materials for a Magic Item.
• Blade agreed to work with Wes and planned to hide Wes’s involvement while driving the Vampires from their hiding places.
• Wes spent a day upgrading Blade’s katana with Runes and modifying his other weapons into Mithril weapons.
• Blade attacked known Vampire strongholds across New York, destroyed five nests in one night, and let the survivors report the assault to their superiors.

Deacon Frost ordered the vampires to make Blade a wanted criminal and send an elite squad to kill him, while Nick Fury failed to stop Blade from attacking them. Blade defeated the Vampire Hunter Squad with his upgraded weapon, but poison from their weapons spread through his body and left him gravely weakened.

• Deacon Frost ordered the vampires to pressure S.H.I.E.L.D., the FBI, and the NYPD into declaring Blade a wanted criminal and to hunt him down.
• Nick Fury called Blade over his attacks on vampire strongholds, but Blade called him weak and crushed the phone.
• Nick Fury ordered his subordinates to find Blade and restrain him while warning the vampires to behave.
• The Vampire Hunter Squad ambushed Blade at his next location, and Blade fought them with his upgraded sword.
• Blade killed the squad, but their poisoned weapons had infected him, and the poison spread toward his heart as he grew weaker.

Wes saved Blade from the poison, and Blade resumed his campaign against the Vampires, driving New York’s survivors into the Blood Nest. Wes entered the crowded stronghold alone and ordered the Vampires who attacked him to kneel.

• Wes gave Blade an antidote that neutralized the poison and healed his wounds, and Blade thanked him before leaving to continue hunting Vampires.
• Blade destroyed the hunting squad and several Vampire strongholds, forcing New York’s Vampires to flee to the Blood Nest.
• The Vampire higher-ups argued over whether to expel weaker Vampires, contact S.H.I.E.L.D., or awaken the elders, unaware of the danger approaching.
• Wes arrived outside the Blood Nest and told Blade to stay behind while he entered alone.
• Wes blew open the Blood Nest’s wall, and when Vampires lunged at him, he commanded them to kneel.

Wes sealed the Blood Nest and used its vampires as materials to create a Philosopher's Stone. After Deacon Frost was destroyed, the New York vampire elder arrived and confronted Wes, dismissing him as a rogue Wizard.

• Wes used Script Magic to create a barrier that trapped the vampires inside the Blood Nest.
• Deacon Frost offered to meet Wes's demands, but Wes activated an Alchemy Array and broke down the vampires, including Deacon Frost, to make a Philosopher's Stone.
• Wes sensed a powerful presence approaching and realized it belonged to a Vampire Elder.
• The New York vampire elder entered and asked whether Wes was a Wizard from Kamar-Taj.
• Wes denied having ties to Ancient One, and the elder called him a rogue Wizard.

Wes fought the Vampire Elder, using curses and spells to overcome the elder’s speed and regeneration. After burning the elder with a Flame Pillar, Wes enchanted his sword and struck at his neck, only for the blow to clang against its unexpected hardness.

• The Vampire Elder attacked Wes at high speed, but Wes blocked his claws and cut off all five of his fingers, which quickly regenerated.
• The Vampire Elder drew a magical rapier and overwhelmed Wes with a rapid barrage until Wes used the Gravity Curse to slow him and knock the rapier away.
• Wes attacked with fireballs and Ice Chains, but the Vampire Elder dodged the flames, transformed into a bat, and escaped the ice with bloody flames.
• Wes trapped the Vampire Elder in a Flame Pillar, burning his clothes and body before the elder’s regenerative ability restored his skin.
• Wes enchanted his sword with Sharpness and Cutting spells and slashed at the Vampire Elder’s neck, but the neck blocked the strike.

Wes killed Vampire Elder Nirhor, extracted his memories, and learned how the Thirteen Clans began and that twelve other vampire elders remained in hiding. After refining Nirhor into a Philosopher's Stone, Wes teleported away and told Blade the vampires had been dealt with.

• Wes decapitated the Vampire Elder and extracted memories from his soul while the elder cursed him.
• Wes learned that Dracula had turned Nirhor and twelve others into vampires, forming the Thirteen Clans, and that the Ancient One had sealed Dracula after thwarting their blood sacrifice to Lilith.
• Wes discovered the other elders hid separately and communicated through a consciousness space, then refined Nirhor into a Philosopher's Stone.
• Wes reasoned that the Ancient One knew where the other vampire clans were hiding.
• Wes left Kingpin to handle the Blood Nest and its spoils, then teleported to Blade and confirmed he had taken care of the vampires.

After parting from Blade, Wes confronted Nick Fury in his S.H.I.E.L.D. office and used his knowledge of the Skrulls to make Fury hear him out. Wes asked Fury for intelligence on other vampires, and Fury found himself unable to refuse.

• Wes suggested that Blade visit the Maldives, then vanished, leaving Blade considering the idea.
• Nick Fury found Wes in his office and triggered the building’s highest alert, but ordered the agents to stand down when Wes mentioned the Skrulls.
• Wes warned Nick Fury that his subordinates might turn against him if they learned he was sheltering shape-shifting aliens, then promised to keep the secret.
• Wes asked Nick Fury for S.H.I.E.L.D. intelligence on vampires, and Fury reluctantly recognized that he had little choice but to help.

Wes followed a red mist to a London manor and discovered a vast underground Vampire stronghold where Vampires worshipped Lilith. Finding them gathered for Lilith’s birthday, he unleashed a gravity spell on the manor and its surroundings.

• Wes released a red mist to guide him to its Vampire companions in London.
• The mist led Wes to a wealthy manor filled with guests and luxury cars.
• Wes used a spell to discover the Vampires’ underground palace and their worship of a statue of Lilith.
• Wes realized the Vampires were celebrating Lilith’s birthday and cast Gravity Crush, increasing gravity within a hundred-meter radius.

Wes attacked the Vampires during their ritual, using transfiguration and ice magic to overwhelm them and seal the area. He bound the remaining Vampires, leaving two potential subjects for research.

• Gravity collapsed the manor and opened a hole above the underground ritual site as Wes leaped down and transformed falling stones into beasts.
• The beasts charged the Vampires, and Wes froze many of them with Ice Seal.
• Wes landed and froze four Vampires who rushed him, then created a barrier that trapped everyone inside.
• The remaining Vampires transformed into towering, clawed forms, and Wes considered keeping two of them for research.
• Wes cast Word Magic Bind, conjuring ropes that bound the Vampires who failed to evade them.

Wes captured the vampires in the underground palace and turned them into Philosopher's Stones before sensing the Reality Stone in London. He found Jane suffering from its power in a dangerous rift-filled space, just as Sol arrived and Mjolnir flew toward him.

• Wes used Mind Storm to subdue every vampire in the underground palace, though he could not find the Vampire Elder.
• Wes refined the vampires into Philosopher's Stones, inspected Lilith's statue, and took the Black Gold statue with him.
• As Wes prepared to leave London for Europe, the Mind Stone reacted to a powerful energy fluctuation that he recognized as the Reality Stone.
• Wes traced the energy to an abandoned factory and crossed unstable spaces filled with spatial-temporal rifts.
• Wes found Jane floating in agony, with the Reality Stone inside her and overwhelming her fragile body.
• Sol shouted Jane's name and sent Mjolnir flying toward Wes.

Wes and Sol rescued Jane from an unstable space after the Reality Stone chose her, but the stone began violently altering her body again once they returned to Earth. Wes tried to soothe it with the Mind Stone, though this time the attempt was not going smoothly.

• Wes avoided Sol's lightning strike by using earth magic, then explained that the Reality Stone had chosen Jane.
• Sol's attempt to touch Jane provoked the Reality Stone, worsening her pain and destabilizing the surrounding space.
• Wes used the Mind Stone to calm the Reality Stone, allowing Jane to recover enough to wake and reunite with Sol.
• Wes warned that the space was collapsing, and he and Sol carried Jane out as it was annihilated.
• The Reality Stone stirred again on Earth, and Wes guessed it was brutally modifying Jane's body to withstand its power.
• Wes tried to soothe the Reality Stone again with the Mind Stone, but the effort proved less successful.

Wes helped stabilize the Reality Stone inside Jane, but warned Thor that her body could survive only two more surges. Thor took Jane to Asgard in search of Odin's help, while Wes stayed behind to explore the kingdom.

• Wes stabilized the Reality Stone and warned Thor that Jane could withstand only two more impacts before her body was destroyed.
• Thor decided to take Jane to Asgard and asked Wes to come with them.
• Thor summoned Heimdall, and the Bifrost transported Thor, Jane, and Wes to Asgard.
• Thor carried Jane away to seek help, while Heimdall welcomed Wes and allowed him to look around.
• Wes explored Asgard and observed its golden buildings, flying spacecraft, winged-horse riders, and magical runes.

Wes explored Asgard’s marketplace, buying out an herb shop and ordering one copy of every kind of book before continuing his shopping spree. As his gold dwindled, Sif led a squad of Valkyrie Warriors into the marketplace.

• Wes visited an herb shop and bought all its premium herbs, receiving Compendium of Herbs and Introduction to Potions from the owner.
• A helpful Asgardian guided Wes to a bookstore, where Wes ordered one copy of every kind of book.
• Wes continued buying unfamiliar goods throughout the marketplace as his supply of gold bars dwindled.
• Sif arrived at the marketplace leading a well-equipped squad of Valkyrie Warriors.