Chapter Summaries

Chen Mu refused Captain Marvel Carol’s appeal to help drive the aliens from Earth and condemned her for the destruction and casualties caused by her battle with Thor. After Carol threatened to smear China, He Chenguang volunteered to confront her in his Kirin Armor, and Chen Mu said He could easily defeat her.

• Chen Mu rejected Carol’s request to put their dispute aside and argued that her fight with Thor had caused more harm than the aliens’ party.
• Carol invoked humanity’s safety, but Chen Mu challenged her to take responsibility for the destruction and casualties she had caused.
• Carol threatened to expose Chen Mu and smear Chinese people, angering him; he told her that her mutation was an illness he could cure.
• He Chenguang stepped forward to defend his country, and Chen Mu agreed to let him handle Carol.
• He Chenguang equipped his Kirin Armor and flew up to face Carol, who mistook him for Iron Man.

He Chenguang fought Captain Marvel Carol in the Kirin Armor, using magic and ranged weapons to keep her at a distance. As he grew more comfortable with the armor, Carol remained unable to land a hit.

• Carol accused He Chenguang of stealing Iron Man's technology, and He Chenguang struck her in the face with a magical ball of lightning.
• The blast sent Carol crashing through buildings, injuring her and scorching much of her hair.
• Carol charged He Chenguang in fury, but he fired repeated blasts and climbed higher to protect nearby bystanders.
• He Chenguang kited Carol through the sky, using the Kirin Armor's weapons and portals whenever she got close.
• Spider-Man watched as He Chenguang continued using the fight to learn the armor's capabilities while Carol failed to catch him.

He Chenguang fought Carol with the Kirin Armor, first overwhelming her with ranged weapons and then knocking her from the sky with an armored martial arts strike. As the battle was broadcast, Hill questioned Nick Fury’s claims about Carol’s invincibility.

• Chen Mu explained to Spider-Man that He Chenguang fought Carol because she had insulted China, and reassured him that He Chenguang had ample ammunition, energy cores, and backup armor.
• Carol grew frustrated when He Chenguang’s firepower did not let up and demanded that he fight her head-on.
• He Chenguang switched the Kirin Armor to close-combat mode and used the Hongmeng System to perform Military Boxing techniques.
• Carol charged, but He Chenguang struck her neck with a precise palm chop and sent her crashing to the ground.
• Hill watched the broadcast from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier and dismissed Nick Fury’s claims about Carol’s invincibility.

He Chenguang fought Carol with the Kirin Armor, using Hongmeng-assisted martial arts to withstand her overwhelming strength. After Carol destroyed his armor, he immediately donned a spare suit, leaving her stunned and demanding that he fight her without armor.

• Carol charged at He Chenguang again, this time treating him as an equal, and they traded blows as the Kirin Armor’s martial arts techniques kept pace with her brute force.
• Chen Mu explained to Spider-Man that armor-assisted martial arts lacked the internal energy of true martial arts, while Spider-Man reconsidered learning kung fu.
• Carol grew stronger and eventually smashed apart more than half of the Kirin Armor, exposing He Chenguang.
• He Chenguang produced an undamaged spare Kirin Armor and switched into it, freezing Carol’s triumphant laughter.
• Carol accused He Chenguang of hiding behind armor and demanded that he fight her face-to-face, and He Chenguang agreed.

He Chenguang removed the Kirin Armor and revealed that his lightning power made him stronger than Carol, then prepared to fight her with Thor’s Blade. In Paris, Mjolnir sensed He Chenguang’s power and flew away with a naked Thor hanging from it.

• He Chenguang removed the Kirin Armor and confronted the exhausted Carol with his awakened lightning power.
• Carol realized the armor had been limiting He Chenguang and considered retreating.
• He Chenguang drew Thor’s Blade and faced Carol as she sensed his strength.
• Thor and Jane Foster returned to Paris, where Mjolnir began glowing after sensing He Chenguang’s lightning.
• Mjolnir burst through a wall and flew away with naked Thor attached to it, leaving Jane stunned.

He Chenguang defeated Captain Marvel and held her at knifepoint, waiting for Chen Mu to decide her fate. Thor arrived naked after Mjolnir whisked him away from Jane Foster, then learned that a crowd had watched his embarrassing entrance and began insulting Carol without recognizing her.

• He Chenguang beat Carol with his specialized knife and stopped it at her throat, leaving her judgment to Chen Mu.
• Thor flew in naked on Mjolnir, became dizzy, and collapsed in midair.
• Thor regained consciousness, covered himself with armor, and realized that Chen Mu and a crowd had seen him arrive naked.
• Thor failed to recognize the bald, battered Carol and asked what had happened.
• Thor called Carol a buzzkill tomboy and threatened her while talking about returning to Alaska to continue the party.

Chen Mu confronted Captain Marvel after He Chenguang defeated her and argued that her desire to maintain peace across the universe was a burden caused by her power. He revealed that he had removed the other Carol's powers and said he would do the same to this Carol.

• A portal brought Chen Mu and Spider-Man to Thor, He Chenguang, and the captured Carol, while Thor asked whether Chen Mu had altered Mjolnir.
• Chen Mu dismissed Thor's accusation and asked Carol what she thought of China's soldiers after He Chenguang defeated her.
• Chen Mu explained that Carol's arrogance and belief in maintaining universal peace came from the power she possessed.
• Thor mocked Carol's ideal of universal peace, and Chen Mu said he prioritized helping the people of Multivariate China over strangers.
• Chen Mu said he had cured the other Carol by removing her powers and declared that he would do the same to this Carol.

Chen Mu removed Carol's powers and returned her to S.H.I.E.L.D. with a warning to withdraw its agents from China. He kept her abilities sealed in a gemstone, leaving Carol with hope that she might regain them.

• Chen Mu explained that Carol's powers came from mutations and offered to cure her, terrifying her.
• He Chenguang threatened Carol with his blade, and Chen Mu used the Tablet of Life to remove the Space Stone energy and turn her into an ordinary person.
• Chen Mu offered to cure Spider-Man, but Peter Parker refused, suspecting Chen Mu had an ulterior motive.
• He Chenguang asked what would happen to Carol, and Chen Mu said they would return her to S.H.I.E.L.D. and could give her powers to someone else later.
• Chen Mu told Carol to warn S.H.I.E.L.D. to withdraw all its agents from China, then sent her through a portal to its Helicarrier.

Carol returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. after Chen Mu stripped away her powers and asked Nick Fury to help her reclaim them. Fury agreed, but his eagerness to learn whether Chen Mu could transfer her abilities left Hill suspicious of his motives.

• Nick Fury revealed through his thoughts that he had been pretending to remain unconscious and had watched Carol lose to Thor and Chen Mu.
• Fury offered to support Carol as an ordinary person, but Carol demanded S.H.I.E.L.D. help her recover her powers before Chen Mu gave them to someone else.
• Fury learned that Chen Mu could transfer Carol's powers and eagerly agreed to help her get them back.
• Fury ordered Hill to go to China, but Hill explained that China had cut off contact with both S.H.I.E.L.D. and America.
• Fury insisted Hill should beg or kneel if necessary, and Hill reluctantly accepted the assignment while wondering whether he was a spy.

Nick Fury asked Chen Mu to make the aliens leave Earth and to return Carol's power, and Chen Mu agreed in exchange for the return of Chinese artifacts held in America. Nick Fury then revealed he wanted Carol's power for himself, and Chen Mu offered to give it to him.

• Nick Fury asked Chen Mu to have the aliens leave Earth, and Chen Mu agreed that it was time for them to go.
• Nick Fury asked Chen Mu to return Carol's power, and Chen Mu demanded that America return its Chinese artifacts in exchange.
• Nick Fury agreed to help recover official Chinese artifacts, while Chen Mu said China would retrieve privately held ones itself.
• Nick Fury asked whether Carol's power could be given to someone else, and Chen Mu offered him the power directly.
• Nick Fury eagerly accepted the offer, reasoning that he could use the power to fulfill Chen Mu's conditions.

Chen Mu gave Nick Fury Carol's depleted power in exchange for a promise to return America's publicly held Chinese cultural relics, expecting Fury to break his word and give China an excuse to take them. He then sent Spider-Man to Kamar-Taj and prepared to drive aliens from Earth and secure its resources, beginning with Wakanda's vibranium.

• Nick Fury flew away with Carol's depleted power after promising to return China's cultural relics, and Chen Mu explained that Fury would soon run out of energy.
• Chen Mu told Spider-Man that Doctor Strange was at Kamar-Taj discussing a Chinese Magic School and opened a portal so Spider-Man could join him.
• Chen Mu declared that China would drive aliens from Earth and told He Chenguang to secure resources, especially Wakanda's vibranium.
• Chen Mu opened a portal to a hall where Thor and Loki from Universe Zero were waiting, and He Chenguang wondered whether the two Thors would fight.

Chen Mu brought Thor and Loki from the Chinese military to meet another Thor in Las Vegas. Socialist Thor eagerly planned to share his political ideas, and the chapter ended with Party Thor seeing his counterparts and demanding to know who they were.

• Chen Mu welcomed Thor and Loki and invited them to meet another Thor in this world.
• Thor excitedly planned to spread socialism to the other Thor, while Loki considered helping reform Jotunheim.
• Thor mistook He Chenguang for Leng Feng, and He Chenguang explained that Leng Feng was the name of his sword.
• Chen Mu opened a portal to Las Vegas, where Party Thor was dancing at a party.
• Party Thor reacted with confusion when Thor and Loki appeared, and Thor introduced himself with his hammer raised.

Buzzcut Thor appeared at a Las Vegas party, and Mjolnir chose him over Party Thor, triggering a fight between the two Thors. Buzzcut Thor explained the Socialist Core Values, then announced that he planned to reform Asgard into the Asgard Republic.

• Buzzcut Thor appeared onstage with his own Thor's Hammer, and Party Thor angrily demanded to know who he was.
• Buzzcut Thor summoned Party Thor's Mjolnir, so Party Thor attacked him and the two Thors fought beneath storm clouds over Las Vegas.
• Buzzcut Thor returned Party Thor's hammer, but Mjolnir flew back to Buzzcut Thor, leaving Party Thor devastated.
• Buzzcut Thor said Mjolnir chose him because he upheld the Socialist Core Values and explained the twelve values to Party Thor.
• Party Thor realized the values might explain why Chen Mu and He Chenguang could lift Mjolnir.
• Buzzcut Thor announced that he would promote socialist thought in Asgard and rename it the Asgard Republic, leaving Party Thor, He Chenguang, and Chen Mu stunned.

Buzzcut Thor declared that he would establish a socialist Asgard Republic while Odin slept, leaving Party Thor stunned and powerless to reclaim his Mjolnir. Buzzcut Thor kept the hammer and urged his brother to awaken to his ideals.

• Buzzcut Thor announced plans to create the Asgard Communist Party and transform Asgard into an equal society.
• Party Thor questioned whether Odin would approve, and Buzzcut Thor said he would carry out the reforms while Odin was in Odin Sleep.
• Buzzcut Thor urged Party Thor to join him and promised that embracing equality would help him regain Mjolnir's recognition.
• Party Thor realized he could no longer sense his Mjolnir and could not lift it even if it were returned.
• Buzzcut Thor tucked Party Thor's Mjolnir into his belt and said he would keep it safe for now.

Commissar Loki persuaded Frost Giant Loki to embrace socialism and begin reforming Jotunheim. Inspired by the prospect of Asgard falling behind, the two Thors decided to take their reform campaign to Asgard while Odin was asleep.

• Buzzcut Thor asked where Loki had gone and said he wanted Loki to help promote socialist ideals in Asgard.
• Commissar Loki introduced Frost Giant Loki to socialism, and Frost Giant Loki welcomed the idea as a way to improve life in Jotunheim.
• Frost Giant Loki invited Commissar Loki to Jotunheim and decided to reform the realm.
• Buzzcut Thor urged Party Thor to reform Asgard before Jotunheim could surpass it, and Party Thor agreed despite worrying about Odin's reaction.
• After learning Odin was asleep, Buzzcut Thor called for them to go to Asgard and begin reforms immediately.

Chen Mu ended the aliens’ party and ordered them to leave Earth, then returned to China with He Chenguang. When Thanos’s Sanctuary Ship arrived above Las Vegas, Chen Mu decided to let it stay for now so China could seize the Infinity Stones Thanos carried.

• Chen Mu declared the party over and ordered the aliens to leave Earth, citing China’s authority over the Solar System.
• The aliens departed Earth, while Buzzcut Thor and Commissar Loki set off for Asgard and Jotunheim to test their reforms.
• Chen Mu returned to China with He Chenguang after saying his work in this world was complete.
• He Chenguang reported that Thanos’s Sanctuary Ship had arrived above Las Vegas.
• Chen Mu told He Chenguang not to attack the ship yet and said China would confiscate the Infinity Stones Thanos possessed.

After learning that six Infinity Stones had appeared on Earth, Thanos arrived in Las Vegas to seize them, dismissing Huaxia’s warning that the Solar System was closed to unauthorized visitors. Nick Fury confronted Thanos and attacked him before he could respond.

• Thanos learned from Nebula that Chen Mu had six Infinity Stones and traveled to Earth with his fleet.
• Nebula told Thanos that Chen Mu had declared the Solar System Huaxia territory and warned other civilizations not to enter.
• Thanos ignored the warning and ordered his spacecraft to land in Las Vegas.
• Nick Fury, empowered by Carol’s abilities, confronted Thanos and demanded that he leave Earth.
• Thanos mocked Nick Fury, who struck him in the face and sent him flying.

Nick Fury attacked Thanos, but Thanos overpowered him and discovered that Fury’s energy seemed to come from the Space Stone. Fury fled, only to run out of power and fall from the sky as Ebony Maw prepared to pursue him.

• Nick Fury caught Thanos off guard with a punch, and Thanos charged back at him using the Power Stone.
• Thanos caught Nick Fury’s counterattack and beat him repeatedly until Fury broke free and rose into the air.
• Thanos recognized Fury’s energy as resembling the Space Stone’s power and suspected Chen Mu had Infinity Stones.
• Nick Fury turned and fled, prompting Thanos to order Ebony Maw to capture him and question him about Chen Mu.
• Nick Fury’s power ran out, and he plummeted from the sky while the onlookers watched.

Nick Fury’s borrowed power ran out while he fought Thanos, leaving him to be captured and forced to reveal Chen Mu’s location. Chen Mu arrived with He Chenguang, revealed his own six Infinity Stones, and challenged Thanos’s plan in light of the multiverse.

• Thanos questioned Ebony Maw after Nick Fury fell from the sky, and Nick Fury realized Chen Mu’s borrowed power had been depleted.
• Ebony Maw caught Nick Fury and brought him before Thanos, who demanded to know where Chen Mu was.
• Nick Fury offered to lead Thanos to Chen Mu in China, but Chen Mu appeared through a portal with He Chenguang.
• Thanos crushed Nick Fury’s head and asked Chen Mu about his complete set of Infinity Stones.
• Chen Mu summoned six Infinity Stones and explained that he came from a parallel universe where duplicate Stones existed.
• Chen Mu challenged Thanos to eliminate half of all life across the multiverse, pointing out how impossible his ambition was.

Thanos demanded Chen Mu hand over the Infinity Stones and multiverse-travel technology, but China destroyed his ship before its cannon could fire. As Thanos and the Black Order faced Chen Mu, Nebula withdrew and Chen Mu summoned reinforcements through portals.

• Thanos abandoned his plan to balance one universe and declared that he would destroy half of all universes, starting by taking Chen Mu's multiverse-travel technology.
• Thanos threatened Chen Mu and Earth, then realized Chen Mu possessed all six Infinity Stones while he had only three.
• China destroyed Thanos's Sanctuary Ship with a space-crossing cannon shot before its Star Destroyer Cannon could finish charging.
• Thanos took his greatsword and advanced with the Black Order, while Nebula retreated to separate herself from him.
• Chen Mu answered Thanos's claim that he was not alone as He Chenguang called for reinforcements, and soldiers in Kirin Armor, Hulks, and Red Tanks marched through portals.