Chapter Summaries

Wes escaped Strange after their powers clashed, then decided to send the Infinity Stones back to their original universe. As Thanos’s fleet approached the Solar System, Wes drew Thanos into a Mind Space created by the Mind Stone.

• Wes used the Reality Stone to break free from Strange and opened a passage out of the sealed space.
• Strange feared that his actions might cause Wes to give the Infinity Stones to Thanos and regretted dismissing Ancient One’s warning about the future.
• Wes returned to the Mage Tower and considered how the Infinity Stones could hinder him and expose his world’s location.
• Wes decided to return the Infinity Stones to the stage where they belonged.
• As Thanos’s fleet neared the Solar System, he found himself seated across from Wes in a Mind Space created by the Mind Stone.

Wes offered Thanos the Mind Stone in exchange for rare treasures, and Thanos accepted after confirming the stone was genuine. Wes swallowed the vast hoard with his miniature black hole, leaving him and Thanos alone with the Power and Reality Stones on the moon.

• Wes offered Thanos the Mind, Power, and Reality Stones in exchange for treasures from Thanos’s collection.
• Wes gave Thanos the Mind Stone as a sign of sincerity and said he would wait on the moon.
• Thanos fitted the Mind Stone into his Infinity Gauntlet and traveled to the moon to accept the deal.
• Thanos used wormholes to pour treasures, rare materials, and living creatures onto the lunar surface.
• Wes inspected the hoard, transformed into a miniature black hole, and swallowed it all.

Wes transformed his world by refining treasures and rare materials into four elemental pillars, which strengthened the land and formed a protective Magic Circle. He then began building a grand manor in the newly expanded world.

• Wes appeared atop the Mage Tower and used magic to raise and sort the mountains of treasures, materials, and strange creatures.
• Wes purified the materials with magical fire and shaped them into four pillars representing fire, wind, water, and earth.
• The pillars expanded and enriched the world, while beams from the pillars and Mage Tower formed a Magic Circle around it.
• The pillars faded as their elemental power merged into the world, and Wes surveyed the transformed land.
• Wes raised a magnificent manor from the earth, complete with Rune-carved walls, gem-studded gates, and statues.

Statues of Wes ordered magical talent tests across the Pirate World, and selected children and their families were transported to Vegapunk’s Future City. After settling in, the children boarded trains to begin their magic studies.

• The statues of Wes announced that children who passed magical talent tests could move with their families to the world of the gods.
• Churches tested children for a month, with only a small fraction qualifying.
• Violet, Law, and others organized the selected families as a beam of light transported them to Future City.
• Vegapunk welcomed the newcomers and described the city’s technology and plentiful resources.
• Intelligent robots registered the new residents and gave them permits for free access to the city’s resources.
• The next morning, the children boarded trains to begin studying magic as their parents urged them to work hard.

Wes established a school where children would study magic, science, and Body Technique before traveling to New York to investigate whether Thanos had snapped his fingers. He confirmed that half of all life had vanished and learned that Washington State was causing the American Government its greatest concern.

• Children arrived by train at the Magic School, where Vegapunk, Law, Kyros, and others prepared to teach them science and Body Technique.
• Wes created dozens of artificial Wizards with implanted magical knowledge, though their strength could not improve beyond level 3.
• After leaving the school’s arrangements to Law, Vegapunk, and Kyros, Wes went to New York to investigate the fate of the Marvel universe.
• Wes sensed New York’s grief and dwindling population and concluded that Thanos had erased half of all life in the universe.
• Wes observed the worldwide disruption to society and learned that Washington State was the American Government’s greatest concern.

After Thanos's snap left the superpowered individuals untouched, conflict with ordinary citizens spiraled into riots, and the superpowered seized Seattle as their new home. Wes surveyed the chaos and planned to exploit it against the American Government.

• The superpowered individuals formed groups, grew resentful of ordinary citizens, and escalated a resource dispute into widespread violence across Washington State.
• With the government’s command system crippled by the snap, a charismatic superpowered individual rallied others to build a home of their own.
• The superpowered launched an assault on Seattle, defeated its defenders, and took control of the city.
• Wes floated above Seattle, assessed the unrest, and began searching for a way to steer the chaos toward his goals.

Wes entered Spencer Quentin’s dream, strengthened his flame power, and implanted knowledge of leadership and political maneuvering in his mind. Spencer then held a press conference accusing the American Government of abusing the Awakened and presented footage as evidence.

• Wes appeared to Spencer in a dream, and Spencer attacked him with a fireball that passed through the phantom.
• Wes seized Spencer and flooded his mind with information, causing him intense pain before he awoke.
• Spencer discovered that his flame power had grown stronger and that new knowledge had filled his mind.
• Spencer held a press conference and accused the American Government of monitoring, arresting, and experimenting on the Awakened.
• Spencer showed footage of Awakened being abused by soldiers, prompting an uproar among the reporters.

Spencer’s speech galvanized the Awakened and their families to build a thriving community in Seattle while the U.S. President struggled to respond. As Wes sensed the threads of causality, Mephisto appeared and remarked on Wes’s newfound boldness.

• Spencer denounced the American Government, and the President rejected cutting the livestream after his aide warned it would worsen public opinion.
• Awakened and their families traveled to Seattle, where Spencer established laws and organized their community.
• Wes touched the threads connecting people and realized they carried causality and possibly fate.
• Mephisto appeared behind Wes, greeted him, and wondered what had enabled him to become a demigod.

Wes rejected Mephisto’s offer to work together and decided to take revenge on Doctor Strange. As Wes opened a portal toward Kamar-Taj, Strange sensed danger and ordered its defenses prepared.

• Mephisto offered to work with Wes against the Sorcerer Supreme, but Wes refused, suspecting Mephisto wanted his soul and secrets.
• Wes’s growing demigod power intensified his desire for revenge, and he decided to make Strange pay for ambushing him.
• At Kamar-Taj, Strange sensed a dangerous presence approaching and urgently called for Wong.
• Wong relayed Strange’s warning, and Kamar-Taj’s sorcerers raised a magical barrier and prepared their magic cannons.
• Wes chanted and began tearing open space.

Wes sent his Pacifistas and Seraphim to attack Kamar-Taj, breaking through its barrier and overwhelming the mages. As the defenders faced collapse, Strange prepared a powerful spell to save them.

• Wes sent the Pacifistas toward Kamar-Taj, where their attacks were stopped at first by the magical barrier.
• A giant black hand tore open the barrier, and the Pacifistas surged into Kamar-Taj, killing several mages.
• An older high-ranking mage ordered the younger mages to retreat while experienced mages tried to hold back the Pacifistas.
• Wes sent the Seraphim into battle, and Seraphim Luffy and Seraphim Hawkeye devastated Kamar-Taj with their attacks.
• Strange watched the defenders fall and began gathering magic to cast a powerful spell.

Wes attacked Kamar-Taj, overpowering Strange and raining meteors down on the besieged sanctuary. With the Sling Rings sealed and enemy forces surrounding them, Strange faced the collapse of Kamar-Taj’s defenses.

• Wes struck Strange with lightning as he descended onto the battlefield, and Strange sent duplicates to aid the sorcerers fighting his forces.
• Strange attacked Wes with the Sacred Sword of Vishanti, but Wes dodged his blows and tore apart his hidden magical net with a whirlwind.
• Wes summoned a meteor shower that destroyed buildings and shook Kamar-Taj.
• Wong told the sorcerers to use their Sling Rings, but Wes’s seal prevented them from opening portals.
• Angels and Pacifistas surrounded Kamar-Taj, and Wong asked Strange what they should do as Strange tried to find a response without weakening the sorcerers’ morale.

Wes annihilated many of Kamar-Taj’s Magi, but Strange used the Vishanti’s power to open a rift and escape with the survivors. Wes searched Kamar-Taj’s library and armory for magical knowledge and weapons, then left the Himalayas with his conflict with Kamar-Taj now open.

• Wes unleashed Annihilation, burning Kamar-Taj and killing many Magi as Strange watched his companions perish.
• Strange drew on the Vishanti, distracted Wes, and tore open a rift to lead the surviving Magi away.
• Wes failed to trace Strange and ordered the Pacifistas to clean up the battlefield.
• Wes searched all three floors of Kamar-Taj’s library, broke the seals on the forbidden collection, and took its books.
• At Wes’s instructions, the Seraphim opened the armory, and Wes took Kamar-Taj’s magical weapons for the Magic School.
• Wes left the Himalayas, no longer holding back against Kamar-Taj.

Wes used his divine power to send children across New York into a shared dream of a mysterious school where they witnessed magic. The dream was meant to identify children with magical aptitude in the Marvel World.

• Wes looked over New York’s disorder after Thanos’s snap and called the city ugly.
• Wes released a golden divine force that spread across New York.
• Children throughout the city dreamed of a castle that was actually a mysterious school.
• The children found their friends in the dream, then explored the school and watched a teacher perform magic.
• The children became excited about learning magic, as Wes’s dream began selecting those with magical aptitude.

Doctor Strange decided to focus on defending the weakened Sanctum rather than confronting Wes, while Wes’s Magic School began recruiting children across the United States. Although many families declined the mysterious invitation, more than a thousand children ultimately enrolled.

• Doctor Strange sensed a surge of divine power connected to Wes and chose to protect the Sanctum from threats from hell and Heaven instead of challenging him.
• Children across New York began sharing dreams about a magical castle and received mysterious admission letters signed by Wes Erwin.
• Parents weighed Wes’s heroic deeds against the deaths caused during the Washington Incident, and only a little over a hundred children in New York accepted the offer.
• Wes traveled between major U.S. cities to find more magically talented children, and enrollment eventually exceeded a thousand.

Wes accelerated time inside his magic school so his apprentices could mature into a force for his planned world conquests, then traveled to the Harry Potter World to announce that he had found a way forward for wizards. The chapter ended with Snape confronting Wes in the Hogwarts Headmaster's Office, wary of his unexplained arrival and cryptic message.

• Wes used the Time Stone to make seven years pass inside his magic school while only seven days passed outside, rapidly training the children he had recruited as future soldiers.
• Parents were distressed by how much their children had aged, but Wes offered them magical items, wealth, and privileges as compensation.
• Wes chose the Harry Potter World for his experiment and began his arrival by triggering prophecies across magical institutions and schools.
• Wes appeared in Hogwarts's Headmaster's Office, where Snape, now headmaster, rose and reached for his wand.
• Wes ignored Snape's questions and asked him to tell the magical world that he had found the best way forward for wizards.

Wes told Snape that he had opened a world of his own and announced that he would prove it to all wizards in three days. When the appointed day arrived, Wes appeared before every wizard and pointed toward Iwo Jima, leaving the magical world fearing that he would attack the Japanese Ministry of Magic.

• Wes told Snape he had opened a world and would reveal it to wizards in three days, then vanished without a trace of magic.
• Snape summoned Hogwarts professors, and owls carried the news to Ministries of Magic and schools, sparking fierce debate across the magical world.
• Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Fred Weasley recognized Wes when his image appeared before wizards everywhere, while Dumbledore wondered at his power.
• Wes said he would prove his strength and pointed toward an island that wizards identified as Iwo Jima, home of the Japanese Ministry of Magic.
• Wizards feared Wes was about to attack the Japanese Ministry and trigger an unprecedented war.

Wes destroyed Iwo Jima to demonstrate his power and gave the magical world seven days to consider his demand. Lucius Malfoy pledged allegiance first and became the lord of Dawn City, which drew wizards from across the world to settle there.

• Wes blasted through the Japanese wizards’ defenses, vaporized their magical academy, and sank Iwo Jima beneath the sea.
• Wes warned the magical world that it had seven days to consider his demand, then disappeared.
• The Ministry of Magic sent elite wizards to investigate Iwo Jima, but they found only open water and realized Wes’s power far exceeded their expectations.
• Lucius Malfoy contacted Wes and was appointed city lord of Dawn City.
• Lucius described Dawn City’s scale, protections, free homes, and equal treatment of wizards to curious factions.
• Wizards used the Floo Network to reach Dawn City, and its population steadily grew.

Wes judged Dawn City's wizard population too small and built a city for dark creatures, then began a surprise invasion of Tokyo. The chapter ended with his forces overrunning the Imperial Palace guards and pushing into the palace.

• Lucius Malfoy reported that Dawn City had 35,696 wizards, and Wes decided the population was too low.
• Wes raised a city from the wasteland for werewolves, Vampires, giants, and other dark creatures, who knelt before him in awe.
• Wes went alone to Tokyo, where a rift opened and more than ten thousand Dark Wizards poured into the city.
• Wes divided the invading wizards into four groups and sent them toward their targets.
• The first group attacked the Imperial Palace, killed its guards, and broke through the palace walls.

Lucius Malfoy and the Dark Wizards attacked Tokyo, burning the Imperial Palace and pursuing the fleeing Emperor through an escape tunnel. The assault also destroyed Yasukuni Shrine, where the High Priest was killed, as the attacks on Japan’s religious sites continued.

• The Dark Wizards burned the Imperial Palace and extracted the souls of its occupants.
• The Emperor fled through a tunnel with his attendants and learned that foreign wizards had invaded and the High Priest was away at the shrine.
• Lucius Malfoy and several Dark Wizards opened the escape passage and pursued the Emperor, declaring that their lord had no need for an Emperor.
• Wizards attacked shrines and temples across Tokyo, while a leading wizard engulfed Yasukuni Shrine in Black Flames.
• The wizards killed the priests and extracted the High Priest’s soul as Yasukuni Shrine burned to ruins.

Wes’s attack on Tokyo exposed Wizards to the Muggle world and pushed the magical world toward war. The Pure-blood families decided to migrate to Wes’s World, and the wider magical community began preparing to leave.

• Tokyo descended into chaos as fires and blasts spread, while witnesses photographed Wizards using magic and riding brooms.
• The photographs circulated online, prompting worldwide disbelief and alarm among Muggles and government leaders.
• Wes broadcast the events in Tokyo to Wizards, and the American Minister of Magic condemned him for destroying the Statute of Secrecy and provoking a war.
• The Pure-blood families concluded that they could not survive a war against Muggles and chose to go to Wes’s World.
• Wizarding families, shops, and schools began packing and organizing the migration.