Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo repaired his Iron Man suit, concealed himself in sub-orbital space above Svartalfheim, and waited for Malekith to arrive. Meanwhile, Thor and Loki continued toward their destination with Jane Foster, who fell asleep during the journey.

• Chen Mo told Thor, Jane Foster, and Loki to follow the plan while he shadowed them, then flew up into the sky.
• Chen Mo replaced the damaged Arc Reactor and reached sub-orbital space, where he concealed himself to await Malekith.
• Jane Foster fell asleep, and Thor laid her down and covered her with a blanket.
• Loki envied the power inside Jane, but Thor warned that it would consume him and insisted she would survive today.
• Loki reminded Thor that a hundred years meant little to them and provoked him about saying goodbye to Jane.

Thor told Loki that Chen Mo could solve Jane Foster’s lifespan problem, leaving Loki worried about his future sister-in-law and ready to abandon his plans to rule Earth. Meanwhile, Malekith ordered the Dark Elves to return to Svartalfheim, where Chen Mo watched their warship arrive and followed it down through the clouds.

• Thor resisted Loki’s taunt about Jane aging and said Chen Mo could make her a god like the Avengers.
• Loki believed Chen Mo could create gods and decided Asgard was safer than trying to rule Earth, then piloted the airship in silence.
• Malekith awakened aboard the Dark Elf warship and rejected Algrim’s call to attack Asgard, ordering the ship back to Svartalfheim instead.
• Chen Mo waited cloaked in Svartalfheim’s suborbital space as the Dark Elf warship arrived and descended through the clouds.
• Chen Mo followed the warship down toward Svartalfheim.

Thor, Loki, and Jane Foster confronted Malekith and the Dark Elves, and Loki appeared to betray Thor by attacking him and offering Jane to Malekith. The chapter ended with Loki demanding to watch Asgard burn in exchange for his help.

• Thor, Loki, and Jane Foster spotted Malekith’s intact warship and hid on a nearby mountaintop as Malekith and Algrim approached.
• Thor freed Loki from his handcuffs, but Loki stabbed Thor and sent him tumbling down the slope.
• Loki kicked Thor while he was down and severed his right hand when Thor tried to summon Mjolnir.
• Loki pulled Jane away from Thor, shoved her toward Malekith, and offered her as a gift in exchange for a seat from which to watch Asgard burn.

Thor and Loki used an illusion to trick Malekith into extracting the Aether from Jane Foster, then Thor struck it with lightning. As Malekith tried to reclaim the Aether, Chen Mo appeared behind him and cut his neck, leaving Algrim too late to intervene.

• Malekith believed Loki had betrayed Asgard and began drawing the Aether out of Jane Foster.
• Thor revealed that his injuries and severed hand had been illusions, then attacked the Aether with Mjolnir while Loki shielded Jane.
• Thor's lightning severed Malekith's control of the Aether and caused it to explode, but Malekith sensed it was still intact.
• As Malekith tried to summon the Aether again, Chen Mo appeared behind him and slashed his neck with his longsword.
• Algrim recognized Chen Mo and his sword strike, but his punch arrived too late to stop him.

Chen Mo killed Malekith while Thor’s attempt to destroy the Aether failed, and Algrim prepared to avenge the Dark Elves with a suicide attack. Thor took on Algrim while Chen Mo headed for the warship to stop the remaining Dark Elves.

• Chen Mo emerged from hiding and beheaded Malekith just as Algrim’s punch was about to hit him.
• Thor, Loki, and Jane Foster saw Malekith fall, while Loki feared Chen Mo’s sword and felt grateful for Thor’s protection.
• The Aether reassembled from its fragments, and Algrim realized Malekith’s death had doomed the Dark Elves’ plans.
• Algrim ordered the Dark Elves aboard the warship to launch a suicide attack and charged at Chen Mo’s group.
• Thor insisted on fighting Algrim himself, and Chen Mo agreed before noticing the warship’s gangway retracting.
• Chen Mo told Thor and Loki to handle the battle while he went to deal with the Dark Elves inside the warship.

Chen Mo boarded the Dark Elf warship and killed the soldiers who planned to use it for a suicide attack. He left J.A.R.V.I.S. to hack the vessel’s controls and take command.

• Chen Mo teleported onto the Dark Elf warship as its crew began retracting the boarding ramp.
• Chen Mo killed the Dark Elf soldiers in the control room, stopping them from using their Spatial Grenades.
• Chen Mo hunted down the remaining Dark Elves elsewhere aboard the ship and took control of the warship.
• Chen Mo summoned J.A.R.V.I.S. in his miniature robot form and ordered him to take over the ship’s control system.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. plugged into the console and began hacking the warship directly.

Chen Mo watched J.A.R.V.I.S. infiltrate a Dark Elf warship while Thor and Loki faced Algrim’s Spatial Grenade. After Thor rescued Loki from the black hole, the brothers reconciled and Thor charged Algrim, whose armor had already proved capable of deflecting Mjolnir.

• Chen Mo considered how the Aesir and Dark Elves undervalued technology and recalled stealing a Dark Elf Blade Aircraft for his collection.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. infiltrated the Dark Elf warship as Chen Mo watched Thor, Loki, Jane Foster, and Algrim from its bridge.
• Algrim threw a Spatial Grenade at Loki and Jane Foster, and Loki shoved Jane clear before the black hole pulled him into the air.
• Thor rescued Loki from the black hole, and the brothers shared a moment of reconciliation.
• Thor flew at Algrim with Mjolnir, though Algrim’s armor had previously deflected the hammer without injury.

Algrim overwhelmed Thor in their fight, while Loki protected Jane Foster and defeated the Dark Elf soldiers surrounding them. Thor survived Algrim’s attacks and summoned Mjolnir as Algrim approached through the rubble.

• Algrim struck Thor out of the air and battered him before sending him flying across the ground.
• Loki concealed Jane Foster with an illusion and fought off the Dark Elf soldiers with Thor’s Divine Dagger and his own illusions.
• Algrim caught Thor by the neck, kicked him into a mountain wall, and trapped him in the rock.
• Algrim hurled a massive boulder at Thor, smashing him back into the collapsing cliff.
• Thor struggled out of the rubble and summoned Mjolnir as Algrim strode toward him.

Thor fought Algrim without Mjolnir, briefly using the Power of Thunder to even the battle before Algrim overpowered him again. As Algrim pounded Thor into the ground, Thor awakened a much greater power and blasted him away, leaving Loki astonished.

• Algrim knocked Mjolnir aside and dominated Thor, who could not keep up with his strength.
• Thor unleashed lightning from his hands, paralyzed Algrim briefly, and fought him on more equal terms.
• Algrim adapted to Thor’s lightning, knocked him down, and savagely pounded him into the ground.
• Thor’s rage and clenched fists drew lightning across his body, and his eyes filled with the Power of Thunder.
• Thor fired two powerful bolts that blasted Algrim through the air, while Loki stopped to watch in astonishment.
• Thor rose with electricity wrapped around him and recalled Chen Mo’s words from years earlier.

Thor unleashed the Power of Thunder without Mjolnir and struck Algrim with his strongest blow, knocking off one of his tusks. Algrim recovered and deflected Thor’s next attack, leaving them still fighting.

• Thor charged Algrim with lightning crackling around him and punched him in midair with all his strength and Power of Thunder.
• Thor’s blow sent Algrim flying, broke one of his tusks, and scorched his jaw, but Algrim quickly stood again.
• Algrim charged Thor, who gathered lightning around his fist and attacked once more.
• Algrim knocked Thor’s lightning-infused punch off course, causing its bolt to miss him.
• Algrim punched down at Thor’s head before Thor could launch another attack.

Thor was overwhelmed by Algrim’s relentless assault until Loki ambushed Algrim by stabbing through a gap in his bone armor. Algrim survived the wound and grabbed Loki, leaving both Thor and Loki in danger.

• Algrim battered Thor faster than Thor could gather the Power of Thunder, knocking him down and leaving him close to unconsciousness.
• Loki picked up a long blade and crept behind Algrim while Algrim focused on attacking Thor.
• Loki found a gap in Algrim’s back armor and drove the blade through it into Algrim’s chest.
• Algrim stopped attacking Thor and turned to face Loki, but the chest wound did not bring him down.
• Algrim grabbed Loki and pulled him toward his chest.

Loki sacrificed himself to destroy Algrim and save Thor, leaving Thor and Jane Foster to mourn him. Chen Mo suggested Loki’s death might have been the ending he wanted, then warned that the ongoing Celestial Convergence threatened Earth and prepared to return there.

• Loki activated a Spatial Grenade that pulled Algrim into a black hole, destroying him.
• Thor found Loki dying from the wound Algrim had inflicted, and Loki apologized before dying in Thor’s arms.
• Jane Foster saw Loki’s body and let go of her hatred after witnessing his sacrifices to save her and Thor.
• Chen Mo told Thor that dying as a hero might have been a better fate for Loki than a lifetime in prison.
• Chen Mo warned that Spatial Channels would soon endanger Earth, and Jane Foster offered to go back with him.

Chen Mo contained the Aether and prepared to take Thor and Jane Foster back to Earth, while Loki secretly remained alive and realized Chen Mo might have seen through his act. The Nine Realms were safe, but the coming Celestial Convergence still threatened Earth.

• Thor volunteered to return to Earth with Jane Foster and Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo stepped on Loki's hands while Loki played dead, making Loki suspect that Chen Mo had discovered his deception.
• Chen Mo used telekinesis to compress the Aether and sealed it inside a chamber from the Life Foundation.
• Chen Mo handed the chamber containing the Aether to Thor, who recalled Mjolnir and confirmed the Nine Realms were safe.
• Thor planned to help Earth face the coming Celestial Convergence.

Chen Mo teleported Thor and Jane Foster to a cave in Svartalfheim instead of returning through Asgard, where Odin could take the Aether. They discovered that the cave was connected to the Spatial Channel in London, giving them a route back to Earth.

• Thor planned to return to Asgard with Chen Mo and the sealed chamber, but Chen Mo teleported him and Jane Foster directly to a cave roughly thirty kilometers away.
• Thor felt dizzy from Chen Mo’s rapid teleports and resolved to grow stronger, while Jane Foster remained unaffected.
• Chen Mo reminded them of the drone footage of Malekith, and Jane realized the wormhole that brought the drone to Svartalfheim might lead back to Earth.
• Jane found Earth objects they had thrown into the Spatial Channel, and Chen Mo confirmed that the channel in London connected to the cave.

Chen Mo brought Thor and Jane Foster back to Greenwich, where agents were coordinating an evacuation as Spatial Channels multiplied across the area. Dr. Selvig reported that the channels had increased to 117, and Chen Mo turned to Agent Phil Coulson to continue overseeing the operation.

• Thor remembered that Loki's corpse was still in the cave, but he and Jane Foster decided to return for it later and followed Chen Mo through the Spatial Channel.
• Jane Foster and Thor arrived at the construction site in London, where agents reported that detection devices were being deployed and civilians had been evacuated.
• Chen Mo teleported Jane Foster and Thor to the tower at Greenwich University, where Dr. Selvig and Daisy were coordinating the response.
• Daisy embraced Jane Foster and warned her that anomalies were appearing everywhere, while Thor told Dr. Selvig that Loki was dead.
• Dr. Selvig reported that the number of unstable Spatial Channels in Greenwich had risen from 103 to 117 as the Celestial Convergence approached its peak.
• Chen Mo turned to Agent Phil Coulson, who had been assigned to command the London operation.

Chen Mo organized the Avengers to monitor Greenwich as the Celestial Convergence approached, while Loki revealed that he had faked his death in Svartalfheim. Loki planned to return to Asgard and continue his scheme before Thor and Chen Mo could discover his escape.

• Phil Coulson told Chen Mo that no creatures had emerged from the wormholes, and Chen Mo ordered continued monitoring.
• The Avengers arrived at the tower, where Tony Stark learned that Thor believed Loki was dead and offered him awkward condolences.
• Chen Mo assigned the Avengers patrol sectors around Greenwich and left the Aether in Phil Coulson's temporary care.
• A sandstorm advanced across Svartalfheim toward the bodies of Loki, Malekith, and the Dark Elf soldiers.
• Loki rose, healed his chest wound, and revealed that he had staged his death so he could escape and return to Asgard.

Loki failed to take the Dark Elf warship and returned to Asgard, where he used his disguise and illusions to seize control of Odin. He left for the Bifrost disguised as Odin while Odin appeared to be an ordinary soldier.

• Loki watched the Dark Elf warship fly away under J.A.R.V.I.S.'s control and returned to the summit to board the Asgardian airship.
• Loki disguised himself as an Asgardian soldier and entered the Golden Palace, where he told Odin that a body had been found.
• Odin suspected the soldier was Loki and was stunned when Loki confirmed it.
• Loki exploited Odin's shock to seal his consciousness and mental power with an illusion.
• Loki swapped their appearances, then led Odin, disguised as a soldier, toward the Bifrost.

Loki disguised himself and Odin, brought Odin to Earth, and arranged for a controlled driver to take them to a retirement home. Meanwhile, the Celestial Convergence peaked over Greenwich, where the Avengers fought creatures emerging through more than a thousand wormholes as eight massive portals opened in the sky.

• Loki impersonated Odin to order Heimdall to open the Bifrost to Earth, then warned him to keep watch for the Dark Elves.
• After arriving on Earth, Loki disguised himself and Odin in ordinary clothes and led Odin toward a road.
• Loki used his power to control a truck driver and ordered him to take them to a good retirement home.
• As the Celestial Convergence intensified in Greenwich, Tony Stark and the others battled creatures emerging from the wormholes, while Steve and Carter killed a giant wolf-like beast.
• At the Convergence's peak, eight enormous Spatial Channels opened above Greenwich and the number of ground wormholes surpassed one thousand.
• Chen Mo monitored the battle and directed the Avengers, who continued fighting as dangerous creatures appeared across Greenwich.

With the Avengers battling monsters in Greenwich, television drones brought the fight to the public and revealed Chen Mo standing atop a university tower. Seeing the Commander reassured people around the world as the battle continued.

• Governments around the world reacted to the eight Spatial Channels in the sky, while Britain kept order after evacuating Greenwich residents.
• Residents and online viewers learned that monsters had appeared in Greenwich and watched the Avengers fight them through videos shared online.
• Television stations sent drones into the sealed area, and clear footage of the Avengers defeating monsters calmed the public.
• One drone flew to Greenwich University and found Chen Mo standing atop its tallest tower.
• The station showed Chen Mo on television, and people in London and elsewhere felt reassured by his appearance.

As the Celestial Convergence weakened, Chen Mo remained wary of powerful beings from the Nine Realms, but the only new threats seemed to be a fire-breathing bird and a giant dragon. Tony Stark killed the bird, then faced the dragon as it emerged from a shrinking Spatial Channel.

• Chen Mo let a television drone film him while Dr. Selvig reported that the wormholes were decreasing, though Chen Mo feared an invasion by powerful beings from the Nine Realms.
• As the Spatial Channels shrank, Tony Stark intercepted a fire-breathing giant bird and survived its flames thanks to his upgraded armor.
• Tony Stark grabbed the bird, stopped its fire breath, and destroyed its head with his Arc Pulse Cannon.
• A giant dragon emerged from a Spatial Channel, and Tony Stark's shot only scorched its head.
• The dragon lunged at Tony Stark, who dodged and realized the fast-moving beast could also control fire.