Chapter Summaries

Ancient One died after telling Strange that he was not important and warning him that he would need Gaius's help against Dormammu. As the Sanctums fell, Aaron and his allies began building a new planetary defense while Aaron used Geer to hold back Hell's invasion.

• Strange followed Ancient One's departing soul and spoke with her about his future, Mordo, Gaius, and the coming fight against Dormammu before she vanished and died.
• Aaron organized his allies at the New York Sanctum, the Holy Court, Saint Vangansa, and Mount Everest, then traveled with Ramon to Hong Kong carrying the Book of Kaecilius.
• Kaecilius defeated Wong and destroyed the Hong Kong Sanctum, removing the final line of Kamar-Taj's defense and opening a passage between Earth and Hell.
• Ake, Naga, Ramon, Carter Slade, and Rogue released the five Dark Spirit Stones, whose energies began forming a new defensive array around Earth.
• Aaron possessed Geer and cast defensive spells that sealed the expanding breach as Hell's demons attacked, while Beelzebub, Mammon, and Witchcraft Demon arrived at the passage.

The demons assaulted Geer’s barrier while Strange and Mordo used the Eye of Agamotto to reverse time in Hong Kong and fight Kaecilius’s followers. They reached the restored sanctum with Wong, but Kaecilius broke free and prepared another attack.

• Witchcraft Demon, Beelzebub, and Mammon attacked Geer’s barrier, but his Horse Talisman, Patronus Charm, and Holy Light repelled their forces.
• Strange persuaded Mordo to join him at the Hong Kong sanctum as the Dark Dimension began consuming the city.
• Strange reversed time with the Eye of Agamotto and shielded Mordo, but Kaecilius and his followers escaped the spell’s effects.
• Strange and Mordo fought Kaecilius and his followers amid the backward-flowing city, trapping their enemies as buildings and the sanctum were restored.
• Strange freed the revived Wong from the time reversal, and the three ran toward the sanctum as Kaecilius broke through a wall and drew on the Dark Dimension.

Strange trapped Dormammu in an endless time loop in the Dark Dimension, protecting Earth from being devoured. Meanwhile, Lucifer found Aaron and offered him Hell’s origin power, but Aaron demanded that Lucifer sign a contract guaranteeing it came at no price.

• Strange entered the Dark Dimension and began reliving the moment he arrived whenever Dormammu killed him.
• Strange revealed that his time magic trapped him and Dormammu in an endless loop, forcing Dormammu to choose between killing Strange forever and letting Earth live.
• Lucifer tracked down Aaron and discussed his connections to Geer, Kamar-Taj, and the defenses around Earth.
• Aaron showed Lucifer that he had temporarily resurrected Ancient One, who was holding Mephisto at bay.
• Lucifer offered Aaron a portion of Hell’s origin power and the status of a Hell Lord, but Aaron drafted a contract requiring Lucifer to provide it without any price.

Aaron refused Lucifer’s offer to become a Lord of Hell, revealing that he was a Heavenly Father and a Dimension Lord who controlled the Shadow Dimension and his own Mind Dimension. After Lucifer abandoned his attempt to take Aaron to Hell, Aaron refused to let him leave because Lucifer now knew too much about him.

• Aaron revised Lucifer’s proposed contract with clauses that heavily favored Aaron, and Lucifer discovered Aaron could terminate it whenever he wished.
• Aaron refused to serve Lucifer, explaining that he wanted to return home and live peacefully rather than become a Lord of Hell.
• Lucifer opened a Gate of Hell to force Aaron to visit, but Aaron slowed it with his Shadow Dimension and then dispersed the shadows by opening his Mind Dimension.
• Aaron revealed that he had mastered the Shadow Dimension, merged it into his Mind World, and was a twenty-four-year-old Heavenly Father with a dimension entirely under his control.
• Lucifer dropped his plan to coerce Aaron and asked to leave, but Aaron said he could not let Lucifer go because the Lord of Hell knowing his identity put him at risk.

Aaron tried to keep Lucifer from revealing his identity by trapping him in the Mind Dimension and demanding he sign confidentiality and non-aggression agreements. After Lucifer damaged the dimension, Aaron moved their fight into space and stalled him until his Thoughtform returned, then prepared to unleash Heaven Level magic as Lucifer revealed his full power.

• Aaron presented Lucifer with a contract and refused to release him unless he signed, so Lucifer attacked the Mind Dimension with meteors and attempted to overwhelm its defenses.
• Aaron blocked Lucifer's attacks with portals, layered defensive arrays, sky authority, and soul power, but Lucifer polluted the lake and transformed it into a demonic god.
• Aaron froze and burned the demonic god, defended against Lucifer's chains and telekinesis, then struck him with a Dragon-Slaying Secret Art attack that sent him through a spatial rift into the universe.
• Aaron trapped Lucifer in a lightning domain and unleashed elemental magic while waiting for his Thoughtform to return, but Lucifer resisted and mocked the attacks.
• Aaron's Thoughtform returned and warned that demons were attacking the spatial fissure and Geer was struggling to hold them back; Aaron announced he would use Heaven Level magic as Lucifer manifested six black wings and a black sun.

Aaron and the Thoughtform defeated Lucifer in the Mind Dimension and forced him to sign a contract after threatening to seal him with Mafuba. Lucifer returned to Earth, learned that God was absent from Heaven, and left to pursue his ambitions while Aaron turned his attention to saving Cassius.

• Aaron accepted a mission to defeat Lucifer, then joined the Thoughtform in using Star Chart History to shatter Lucifer’s black Sun and severely wound him.
• Lucifer refused to sign the contract and threatened to outlast Aaron, so Aaron claimed he could sacrifice half his magic power to seal Lucifer in Wei Zheng’s Jar with Mafuba.
• Lucifer backed down from the sealing threat and signed the contract in exchange for Aaron answering one question.
• Aaron returned with Lucifer to Earth, where the completed Defensive Array had contained the demons and the Hell Dimension’s exit had closed.
• Lucifer asked whether God was still in Heaven, and Aaron told him God was absent but might have left a contingency plan; Lucifer then vanished.
• Aaron confirmed that he could not interfere with Strange’s confrontation with Dormammu and resolved to save Cassius.

Strange forced Dormammu to abandon his invasion of Earth, while Aaron saved Kaecilius and offered him a path to godhood in his Divine Kingdom. Kaecilius pledged his loyalty to Aaron, drank the first potion, and was told to remain in the Divine Kingdom to digest it.

• Strange endured repeated deaths in a time loop until Dormammu agreed to withdraw his zealots from Earth and never return.
• Aaron sealed Kaecilius's dark mark, explained that the Ancient One had allowed events to unfold, and offered Kaecilius the choice of becoming his follower or dying.
• Mordo left after warning Strange that breaking the laws of nature would eventually bring consequences, and Strange restored the Sanctums with the Eye of Agamotto.
• Aaron brought Kaecilius to the Mind Dimension and explained the Hanged Man pathway, its potions, and the contract requiring Kaecilius to surrender his life, Soul, and Kamar-Taj magic.
• Kaecilius signed Aaron's contract, drank the Sequence Nine Secret Supplicant potion, and agreed to stay in the Divine Kingdom to digest it.

Aaron claimed rewards for defeating Lucifer and preventing Dormammu's invasion, bought Water and Lightning Demonic Qi and Mafuba, and dismissed the deceased Ancient One after learning Earth faced another future crisis. He dissolved his contract with Earth, while Scott woke in Hope's shrunken car after dreaming about Janet and being freed from house arrest.

• Aaron claimed 6,000 Magic Points, purchased Water's Demonic Qi, Lightning Demonic Qi, and Mafuba, and tested his new elemental powers.
• Aaron spoke with Ancient One, who said Mephisto would stay away and warned that Aaron would become involved in another coming crisis; Aaron then dissolved his contract with Earth.
• Scott called Hank to describe a strange dream in which he had seen Hank's wife in the Quantum Realm, then passed out after being bitten by an unseen insect.
• Scott woke in Hope's car, discovered it had been shrunk, and learned that Hope had removed his monitoring anklet and left an ant wearing a substitute at his home.

Scott reunited with Hank and Hope, who believed Janet had left a message in his mind and set out to obtain a component for their Quantum Realm tunnel. Meanwhile, Aaron received a prophecy about Ghost, accepted a mission to subdue her, and followed his compass to a restaurant, where he unexpectedly found Hope.

• Hope brought Scott to Hank’s laboratory, where Hank explained that they had built a tunnel to the Quantum Realm to search for Janet.
• Scott described a dream of a girl hiding in a red cabinet, and Hank and Hope recognized it as a memory of Hope, concluding that Janet was alive.
• Hank and Hope left to retrieve a component from Burch while taking Scott, whose mind they hoped to search through the tunnel.
• The Book of Prophecy announced that Ghost had appeared, and Aaron received a mission to subdue her for 500 Magic Points.
• Aaron told Wanda and the others that Ghost would be his final follower before he returned home, then rode out to find her.
• Aaron followed his compass to a restaurant and found Hope there, while Hank and Scott watched him arrive from their car.

Hope completed her deal with Sonny Burch by fighting through his guards and reclaiming the quantum technology part, while Aaron tried to recruit Ava as his retainer. The chapter ended with Ava approaching Hope, leaving Sonny and Hope startled.

• Hope met Sonny Burch to buy the parts for Hank Pym's quantum tunnel, but Sonny revealed he knew her identity and demanded a partnership.
• Hank called Aaron for help, but Aaron was occupied speaking with Ava and offered her a contract to become his retainer.
• Hope rejected Sonny's business terms, then returned in her suit and defeated his guards to recover the part and her money.
• Ava refused Aaron's offer and walked away as Hope left with the part.
• A flickering Ava approached Hope near the restaurant exit, shocking both Hope and Sonny.

Hope and Scott tried to stop Ava from stealing Hank’s quantum laboratory, but she escaped with it, forcing them to seek help from Aaron. Aaron used Gaius’s Compass to track the lab, and the group set off after it while Aaron explained that Ava had stolen it to reach the Quantum Realm and save herself.

• Ava fought Hope for the quantum component, then took Hank’s shrunken laboratory after Scott joined the fight and she incapacitated Hank.
• Hope, Scott, and Hank regrouped at X-Con Security Consultants and decided to ask Aaron for help finding the stolen lab.
• Aaron arrived and used Gaius’s Compass to point toward the laboratory, then joined the group as they drove after it.
• Scott explained that Hank’s lab and quantum tunnel were meant to help retrieve Janet from the Quantum Realm, and Aaron said Ava likely wanted its energy to heal her failing body.

Aaron subdued Ava and brought Hank, Scott, Hope, Bill, and Ava together to discuss their conflicting plans. Hope explained the urgent mission to use the quantum tunnel to find Janet, while Bill and Ava’s motives remained part of the negotiation.

• Scott and Hope found Ava’s laboratory, but Ava knocked them out and tied them to chairs before Aaron arrived.
• Aaron stopped Ava from attacking him, restrained her with localized anesthesia, and offered to cure her condition if she became his servant.
• Bill entered with Hank at gunpoint, and Aaron disarmed Bill, freed Scott and Hope, and released Ava so everyone could talk.
• Hope explained that she, Hank, and Scott planned to use the quantum tunnel and Scott’s memories to locate Janet before the information vanished.

Aaron revealed that he was a true god and offered to cure Ava in exchange for making her his follower, while Hank and Bill disputed whether Janet’s quantum energy was the only way to save her. He left the others with a prophecy that Ava would be his final follower before he returned to his home plane, and said he had come to this universe to clean up the mess left by his ancestors.

• Ava and Bill explained how Elihas Starr’s quantum experiment caused Ava’s molecular disequilibrium and how S.H.I.E.L.D. used her as a weapon instead of curing her.
• Bill proposed extracting quantum energy from Janet to heal Ava, but Hank refused to risk Janet’s life and claimed Elihas had stolen his Quantum Tunnel blueprints.
• Aaron offered to cure Ava in exchange for her body and soul, promising to heal her, preserve her freedom, and give her a path to godhood.
• Aaron revealed that he was the God of Contracts worshipped by the Shadow Holy Court, and the Book of Prophecy confirmed that Ghost would be his final follower before he left the universe.
• Aaron told the group that he came from a plane outside the parallel universes and had entered this universe to deal with the mess left by his two ancestors.

Aaron cured Ava’s Molecular Disruption and offered her a place as his retainer in his Divine Kingdom. Ava accepted the contract and began the Prisoner pathway, while unfamiliar vehicles arrived outside as the chapter ended.

• Aaron used the Horse Talisman to heal Ava, warning that the cure would remove her Ghost abilities.
• Aaron explained that Scott had traveled back in time to ask him to help Ava, and offered Ava a contract to become his retainer.
• Aaron promised Bill a place in his Divine Kingdom, and Ava signed the contract and chose the Prisoner-The Bound pathway.
• Ava drank the Sequence Nine Prisoner potion and gained enhanced strength, senses, and criminal knowledge.
• Ava heard several vehicles arrive outside, and Scott wondered who had come.

Sonny Burch tracked Hank Pym and the others to demand Hank’s laboratory and Aaron’s compass, but Aaron’s Shadow Ninjas disarmed his men and forced Sonny to surrender to the FBI. Aaron opened portals to send the group away, while Bill stayed behind to face the authorities and Ava went with the others to await Janet.

• Sonny Burch arrived with armed bodyguards and revealed that he had tracked the group through Luis, Kurt, and Dave, then demanded Hank’s laboratory and Aaron’s compass.
• Sonny threatened Hank and the others with hostages while warning them that Agent Wu and the FBI were on their way.
• Aaron summoned Shadow Ninjas, who held Sonny and his bodyguards at weapon point, and opened a portal to New Mexico so Scott, Hank, Hope, and the others could escape.
• Aaron threatened to send Sonny and his men to the Sahara or Mount Everest, then let them choose prison and warned them to keep quiet.
• Ava chose to leave with the group after Janet returned from the Quantum Realm, while Bill stayed behind to deal with the FBI.
• Aaron sent Luis, Kurt, and Dave back to X-Con Security Consultants through a portal.

Janet briefly possessed Scott to help Hank and Hope locate her in the Quantum Realm, and Aaron joined Hank and Ava on the rescue mission. They reached the Quantum Realm, where Aaron protected the group and helped Hank recover from its effects, but Janet had not yet been found.

• Janet took over Scott's body, repaired the quantum tunnel's algorithm, and helped Hank and Hope lock onto her signal in the Wasteland.
• After Scott returned to himself, Aaron explained that he could enter the Quantum Dimension and offered to accompany Hank and Ava to find Janet.
• Hank, Aaron, and Ava entered the Quantum Dimension in the cockpit, and Aaron bound a group of approaching tardigrades with magical whips.
• The group reached Janet's location and set out on foot, but Hank became disoriented and collapsed under the Quantum Realm's effects.
• Aaron used the Horse Talisman's healing power to help Hank recover, then warned that time flowed differently in the Quantum Realm and Janet might no longer be a normal person.

Aaron reunited Hank and Janet, welcomed Ava into his Divine Kingdom, and gathered the final demon authority by acquiring Earth Demon Magic. After upgrading his system, he received the ability to create wish-granting Dragon Balls and began making a set.

• Hank used Aaron's compass to find Janet, and the two reunited before Aaron brought them back to Hank's laboratory.
• Aaron took Ava to his Divine Kingdom, introduced her to Cassius and Sauron, and assigned them to show her around.
• Aaron claimed his completed missions, then spent 4,500 Magic Points to acquire Arc of Time and Earth Demon Magic, summoning Di Kui and completing the set of eight demon authorities.
• Aaron found the Panku Treasure Box listed in the shop and learned that it could help him control Demon Hell once he obtained it.
• After his system upgrade, Aaron received the ability to create Dragon Balls and learned they could grant wishes within his own power.
• Aaron began crafting a set of seven Dragon Balls, and a model of an enlarged Holy Dragon appeared before him.

Aaron opened Demon Hell with the Panku Treasure Box and absorbed the realm into his Divine Kingdom, strengthening its origin. At the final meeting of the year, he announced plans to leave the universe next year and assigned his followers to prepare believers, assets, and selected Mutants for the journey home.

• Aaron used the Panku Treasure Box and the Eight Great Demons’ energies to open Demon Hell, then absorbed its spatial vortex into the Mind Dimension.
• Aaron introduced Ava to his followers, heard their advancement reports, and gave Rogue a Dragon Ball to begin a search with Daisy.
• Aaron announced he expected to leave the universe next year and ordered Geer and Slytherin’s Thoughtform to find suitable believers willing to enter his Divine Kingdom.
• Aaron ordered his followers to prepare Bohart Star and spend or donate their remaining Cosmic Credits before departure.
• Aaron asked Rogue to work with Jean and Professor X to select Mutants for the Divine Kingdom, warning that only those with clean records or fleeing persecution would be accepted.

Aaron arranged the Divine Kingdom’s plans before seeking Strange’s help to erase memories of Gaius after he returned home. A prophecy revealed that Odin was nearing death, leaving Hela poised to claim Asgard’s vacant throne and rule the Nine Realms.

• Aaron required Mutants entering his Divine Kingdom to sign contracts extending to their descendants, appointed Rogue and Jean to lead them, and sent Jane to seek vampires who had suffered through circumstance.
• Aaron told Strange he wanted everyone below the Heavenly Father level to forget Gaius, and Strange agreed to try using Kamar-Taj’s magic.
• Wanda asked Aaron about having a baby, but he said he wanted to wait until after returning home and considered the feelings of Hermione, Kriya, and Fleur.
• The Book of Prophecy revealed that Odin was about to return to Valhalla, and Aaron predicted turmoil across the Nine Realms.
• Hela declared that she intended to take Asgard’s throne, while Aaron said Thrór would not be able to defeat her.

Hela planned to return to Asgard to confront Odin and claim the throne, while Aaron refused to join her because he feared being drawn into Ragnarok. She revealed to Wanda that the Water of Visions could use their contract to give her Aaron’s child, then arranged Wanda’s help and secretly had Aaron drink the potion.

• Hela said she would return to Asgard the next day and kill Odin to reclaim her throne, but Aaron refused to accompany her.
• Aaron warned Wanda that Odin could be dangerous near death and that Asgard was facing a catastrophic disaster after Odin died.
• Hela explained that the Water of Visions could amplify her Gaius contract and give her a child with Aaron without telling him.
• Hela told Wanda about her plan and whispered a request for help, leaving Wanda blushing and uneasy.
• Aaron prepared a lavish dinner, and Hela toasted Odin’s approaching death before Aaron drank his wine and staggered to bed with Wanda’s help.