Chapter Summaries

Ebony Maw revealed Thanos’s plans and offered to guide Chen Mu’s group to Titan, where Thanos had gathered four Infinity Stones. Dark Doctor Strange opened a portal there, and Chen Mu prepared to confront Thanos and claim the Stones.

• Surrounded by the Qilin Warriors, Ebony Maw confessed that Thanos was waiting on Titan and that Thanos planned to come to Earth for the Mind Stone.
• Ebony Maw revealed that Thanos had collected four Stones and gave the group Titan’s coordinates through his ship.
• Chen Mu asked the two Doctor Stranges whether they could open a portal to Titan, and Dark Doctor Strange said he could because he had been there.
• Dark Doctor Strange opened a portal showing Titan’s ruined landscape, and Chen Mu led the group toward Thanos and the Stones.

Chen Mu confronted the remaining Illuminati members, defended himself against Jean Grey’s anger over Professor X’s death, and told her that the X-Men’s home world had fallen into war between humans and mutants. When Jean’s Phoenix Force flared, Chen Mu’s system completed its analysis of the power.

• Tony Stark and the remaining Illuminati members appeared as Chen Mu prepared to leave, while Jean Grey glared at him over Professor X’s death.
• Chen Mu said Professor X had attacked first and that the Illuminati members could confirm he had not made a move.
• Chen Mu asked Jean about the X-Men and told her that humans and mutants had gone to war in her original world, where the mutants lost.
• Jean became distraught, grabbed Chen Mu, and unleashed the Phoenix Force as she demanded to know what had happened to the X-Men left behind.
• Chen Mu’s system finished analyzing the Phoenix Force when Jean’s power surged near him.

Jean Grey decided that the X-Men would return to their own world after the Thanos crisis, and Chen Mu agreed to send them back. The Illuminati left the scene while Tony Stark stayed behind, disillusioned with his teammates.

• Jean Grey calmed down after Chen Mu explained that the conflict between humans and mutants had not yet happened in this world, then asked him to help the X-Men return home.
• Chen Mu agreed to send the X-Men back once the matter with Thanos was resolved, and Doctor Strange stopped objecting after remembering China’s strength and their plan to attack Thanos.
• Captain Carter, Black Bolt, and Mister Fantastic expressed confidence that they could handle Thanos without the X-Men, while Tony Stark worried about the Illuminati’s judgment.
• Chen Mu ordered the uninvited Illuminati members to leave, and the soldiers’ killing intent persuaded them to teleport away.
• Tony Stark remained, showing Chen Mu his passport.

Chen Mu and his companions went to Titan ahead of Thanos, while Tony Stark joined them and showed off his Nano Armor. Chen Mu analyzed the armor’s technology and convinced Tony to help launch a clothing company, leaving them waiting for Thanos to arrive.

• Chen Mu explained that he planned to go to Titan and confront Thanos directly, while Tony Stark offered to help and Jean Grey teleported away to inform the X-Men.
• Chen Mu went through the portal to Titan, and Tony followed in his Nano Armor.
• Chen Mu analyzed Tony’s Nano Armor and praised its nanotechnology.
• Chen Mu proposed using Tony’s technology to start a clothing company called South Sea Home, and Tony agreed.
• Chen Mu came up with the slogan “South Sea Home, the wardrobe of the Chinese.”

Chen Mu’s group arrived on Titan and encountered Star-Lord and Drax, who mistook them for Thanos’s allies. Chen Mu easily defeated Star-Lord and analyzed his Celestial genes, intending to pursue the Celestials’ abilities and target the Celestials on Earth.

• Star-Lord charged out demanding to know where Gamora was, then tried to leave when he saw Chen Mu’s large group.
• Drax rushed at the group, and Doctor Strange’s cloak restrained him until they realized they all opposed Thanos.
• Star-Lord called China backward and challenged Chen Mu to a one-on-one duel.
• Chen Mu sent Star-Lord flying with a single slap and successfully analyzed his Celestial genes.
• Chen Mu planned to obtain the Celestials’ abilities and make a move against the Celestials on Earth.

Chen Mu confronted Star-Lord and his companions before Thanos arrived through a portal with four Infinity Stones. As Thanos threatened them, Chen Mu began analyzing the three stones he did not yet possess.

• Chen Mu slapped Star-Lord and considered how his Celestial-descendant body might be powered up and used.
• Mantis emerged from hiding and warned that Chen Mu was stronger than Ego.
• Dark Doctor Strange announced Thanos’s arrival, and Thanos questioned the captured Ebony Maw about betrayal.
• Chen Mu claimed Ebony Maw had led them to Thanos, and Thanos decided Ebony Maw could not be allowed to live.
• Thanos raised his Infinity Gauntlet, and Chen Mu’s system began analyzing the Power Stone, Reality Stone, and Soul Stone.

Thanos confronted Tony Stark and Chen Mu on Titan, dismissing their forces while explaining his plan to erase half of all life. Chen Mu revealed his transformed warriors and ordered them to attack, sealing Titan's space to keep Thanos from escaping.

• Thanos praised Tony Stark's courage but dismissed the warriors and declared his plan to eliminate half of the universe's life.
• Tony told Thanos that the Iron Soldiers were not his and rejected Thanos's plan.
• Chen Mu challenged Thanos after being ignored, while Thanos claimed he had no equal with four Infinity Stones.
• Chen Mu's two hundred warriors entered combat mode, with some transforming into towering Red Tanks, and Thanos realized he had been lured to Titan without his fleet.
• Chen Mu ordered the warriors to attack Thanos and used the Space Stone to seal Titan's space.

The Kirin Warriors and Red Tank soldiers overwhelmed Thanos after trapping him on Earth. Thanos was left pinned beneath a crowd of fighters as Ebony Maw watched in terror.

• The Kirin Warriors bombarded Thanos with weapons and magical attacks until a warrior sent an Eternal Flame bomb through his shield, leaving him badly battered.
• Thanos realized someone had interfered with his attempt to escape and suspected Ebony Maw had set him up.
• A Red Tank warrior named Xu Sanduo punched Thanos and challenged him to fight hand-to-hand.
• Xu Sanduo gained the upper hand with Military Boxing until Thanos used the Power Stone to knock him away.
• The other Red Tank warriors rushed Thanos, pinned him to the ground, and beat him mercilessly as Ebony Maw trembled.

Thanos was overwhelmed by the Red Tank soldiers, who kept beating him despite his use of the Infinity Stones. He tried to take Chen Mu hostage as a way to escape, but Chen Mu kicked him into the air.

• Xu Sanduo struck Thanos with Raven Sitting Airplane and Tiger Falls on Eagle's Back, driving him into a crater and leaving him badly injured.
• Thanos guessed the Red Tanks' transformation would wear off, but the soldiers revealed that their power had no time limit.
• Xu Sanduo attacked Thanos again, kicking him in the head and sending him flying toward Chen Mu.
• Thanos tried to seize Chen Mu as a hostage, but Chen Mu kicked him in the groin and launched him into the air.

Chen Mu defeated Thanos and took his Infinity Gauntlet after dismissing his offer of command and challenging his plan to eliminate half of all intelligent life. Thanos was captured by the Red Tank soldiers, leaving Chen Mu with the gauntlet and its Infinity Stones.

• Thanos recovered from Chen Mu’s devastating kick with the Reality Stone and asked who Chen Mu was and what he wanted.
• Chen Mu said he had no interest in Thanos’s army and claimed he had come to discuss how to use the Infinity Stones.
• Thanos concluded that Chen Mu wanted the Infinity Stones and defended his plan to eliminate half of all intelligent life.
• Chen Mu argued that space development could provide resources without destroying planets, but Thanos refused to abandon his conviction.
• Chen Mu ordered Red Tank soldiers to surround Thanos, and Xu Sanduo removed the Infinity Gauntlet and handed it to Chen Mu.

After collecting and analyzing all six Infinity Stones, Chen Mu arranged to take them out of the universe and asked Tony for the Mind Stone. Thanos revealed that Gamora was dead, while Star-Lord and Drax tried to attack him before Xu Sanduo stopped them.

• Chen Mu finished analyzing the Soul Stone, Power Stone, and Reality Stone, then asked Tony to give him the Mind Stone so the Stones could be taken to other worlds.
• Tony agreed to hand over the Mind Stone once they returned to Earth, provided Chen Mu did not let it return to their universe.
• Star-Lord demanded that Thanos return Gamora, and Chen Mu explained that Thanos had sacrificed her to obtain the Soul Stone.
• Thanos confirmed that Gamora was dead, and Star-Lord punched him before Xu Sanduo pulled him away.
• Drax charged at Thanos, but Xu Sanduo kicked him back and insisted that they take Thanos to China to decide his fate.

Chen Mu left the world after Thanos’s defeat, leaving China to decide the prisoner’s fate while Doctor Strange and Tony chose to quit the Illuminati. Dark Doctor Strange then revealed that he had seen an Infinity Gauntlet held by Zombie Thanos, giving Chen Mu a possible new source of stones for Multivariate China.

• Chen Mu decided that China could use the captured Thanos and his army, then returned through Dark Doctor Strange’s portal.
• Chen Mu dismissed the Illuminati as irrelevant unless it threatened China’s interests, and Tony and Doctor Strange decided to leave the organization.
• Dark Doctor Strange told Chen Mu that another universe he had seen contained Infinity Stones, and Chen Mu asked where they were.
• Dark Doctor Strange explained that five stones were set in a gauntlet held by the undead Zombie Thanos, and Chen Mu considered going after them.

Chen Mu arranged for Thanos and Ebony Maw to be imprisoned in China, while Doctor Strange restrained Ebony Maw with Nishandi Sand. Chen Mu analyzed the sand and saw how it could help China suppress magical crime, as Ebony Maw pleaded to be kept apart from Thanos.

• Dark Doctor Strange told Chen Mu that a Zombie Virus had infected Earth in another universe and turned even Thanos into a zombie.
• Chen Mu warned Thanos that he would not recover the Infinity Stones and ordered Xu Sanduo to send Thanos and Ebony Maw to China under heavy guard.
• Doctor Strange used Nishandi Sand to suppress Ebony Maw's magic, and Chen Mu examined the hourglass holding the seemingly inexhaustible sand.
• Chen Mu analyzed Nishandi Sand and considered using its anti-magic field to restrain people who committed crimes with magic.
• Ebony Maw pleaded for solitary confinement after Thanos looked at him.

Xu Sanduo imprisoned Thanos and Ebony Maw, while Chen Mu discovered that Wanda’s rapidly grown children embodied the Mind Stone and could not be taken away. As Chen Mu and Tony visited Wanda, Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight arrived on Earth to seize the stone, unaware that Thanos had already been defeated.

• Xu Sanduo pushed Ebony Maw and Thanos into a secure detention cell after Thanos accused Ebony Maw of setting him up.
• Doctor Strange left to tell Christine the good news, while Star-Lord found his ship on Titan and set out with Mantis and Drax to find Rocket Raccoon and Groot.
• Chen Mu and Tony visited Wanda, who introduced Tommy and Billy as Chen Mu’s children; Chen Mu realized they had grown quickly because of magic and that they embodied this world’s Mind Stone.
• Wanda asked Chen Mu about taking the children to China, and Tony marveled at her plans for their future.
• Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight arrived and demanded the Mind Stone, unaware that Thanos had already been subdued.

Wanda killed Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight when they came to seize the Mind Stone, then asked Chen Mu to help her and her children move to China. Chen Mu agreed and returned to his own world, while Wanda began packing and Tony was left to deal with the bodies and envy their move.

• Corvus Glaive demanded the Mind Stone for Thanos, but Tony told him Thanos had already been captured, which Corvus refused to believe.
• Wanda used Chaos Magic to stop Proxima Midnight's spear, redirect it through Proxima's heart, and kill her.
• Corvus Glaive begged Wanda for mercy, but Wanda pierced his heart and destroyed the weapon binding his soul, killing him for good.
• Wanda asked Chen Mu to help her take her children to China, and Chen Mu agreed before opening a portal and returning to his world.
• Wanda picked up the children and began packing for China, while Tony realized he wanted to move there too and went to handle the alien bodies.

Chen Mu analyzed Corvus Glaive’s Blade of Eternity and learned its soul-anchoring magic could let warriors revive if their souls were safeguarded. He added the magic to China’s education system and prepared to visit a zombie world to gather Infinity Stones and establish the first Reincarnation Squad.

• Chen Mu examined the Blade of Eternity and discovered that Corvus Glaive could revive as long as the blade survived.
• Chen Mu planned to build a soul fortress in the Heavenly Court and use it to protect Reincarnators and China’s warriors.
• Chen Mu added the soul-anchoring magic to China’s magical education system, intending to create an Undying Army.
• Chen Mu decided to retrieve five Infinity Stones from Zombie Thanos while leaving the Mind Stones with Yang Jian and Wanda’s children.
• Chen Mu planned to test the Undying Legion and lay the groundwork for the first Reincarnation Squad.

Chen Mu assembled Mou Gang, Chu Xuan, Wang Xia, and Zhang Jie to form a squad that would investigate the Zombie Virus outbreak in another world. Before their mission, he offered to anchor their souls in the Soul Stone, which he had turned into the Deification List, and they agreed; Dark Doctor Strange also tried to join.

• Chen Mu told Mou Gang and the assembled soldiers that he planned to send them to investigate a world destroyed by the Zombie Virus.
• Chen Mu explained that he could preserve their souls in the Soul Stone, allowing them to be reborn if they died, but warned that he would control their lives while their souls were anchored there.
• Chu Xuan, Wang Xia, Zhang Jie, and Mou Gang accepted Chen Mu's offer and backed the plan to protect the souls in the future Celestial Court.
• Dark Doctor Strange asked Chen Mu to include him in the Deification List, then asked how he could become Chinese when Chen Mu questioned his eligibility.

Chen Mu discussed Dark Doctor Strange’s plans to join China and heard Ancient One’s warning about the Zombie Universe. Ancient One explained how to guard against infection, while Curl Fu was told that his weaker physique left him especially vulnerable.

• Dark Doctor Strange said he wanted to join China, learn the resurrection spell, and take the Chinese name Curl Fu.
• Chen Mu suspected Curl Fu was pursuing Christine in a collapsing America, where political factions and armed groups were tearing the country apart.
• Ancient One appeared and explained that the Zombie Virus came from the Quantum Realm and spread through blood infection.
• Ancient One warned that zombie Ant-Man could infect people by shrinking down and entering their bodies, and advised keeping a quantum force field active.
• Ancient One said Curl Fu remained in danger because his physique was weaker, and Doctor Strange asked Chen Mu to safeguard his soul.

Chen Mu placed portions of Mou Gang and the others’ souls in the Soul Stone, then accepted Strange’s pledge to join China and secured a portion of his soul there as well. Strange opened a portal to the Zombie Universe, and Chen Mu’s group departed after Ancient One warned them about the First Generation Ant-Man and the Zombie Virus.

• Chen Mu extracted portions of Mou Gang and the others’ souls and stored them in the Soul Stone, which held them without difficulty.
• Strange declared that he wanted to join China, and Chen Mu agreed to give him a temporary identity pending an assessment.
• Strange handed Chen Mu a portion of his darkened soul as a pledge of allegiance, and Chen Mu entrusted it to the Soul Stone.
• Strange opened a portal to the Zombie Universe using coordinates he had seen before.
• Ancient One warned Chen Mu’s group to watch out for the First Generation Ant-Man, and Chen Mu stepped through the portal.

Chen Mu and his team entered the devastated world, equipped themselves against infection, and traveled to Wakanda to find Thanos and his Infinity Stones. They arrived at the surviving nation, where Zombie Thanos appeared outside its shield.

• Chen Mu and his group inspected the desolate world, and Chu Xuan warned that the virus could still infect them through their bloodstreams.
• Chu Xuan and the other soldiers activated their Kirin Armor’s quantum force fields, while Wang Xia carried an arsenal that included nuclear bombs.
• Strange located Thanos near Wakanda, and Chen Mu led the group there through a portal.
• The group saw that Wakanda’s energy shield had protected its people from the zombie horde, and Chu Xuan proposed taking the nation’s vibranium resources.
• Zombie Thanos appeared outside the shield wearing a glove set with Infinity Stones.