Chapter Summaries

Xu Fan arrived as Hulk defeated General Ross and the heroes, then faced the enraged giant after recognizing that he was beginning to turn into Green Scar. The other heroes and the Chitauri fought around them while Xu Fan ordered everyone to stay away, and Hulk charged at him.

• Hulk hurled Red Hulk into the ground, leaving General Ross helpless as Thor's Mjolnir failed to stop him.
• Xu Fan arrived and caught the rock Hulk threw at Ross, while Fury's Helicarrier brought Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, and other heroes to the battlefield.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade summoned Gamabunta and Katsuyu, and the pair helped them attack the Chitauri and their Leviathans.
• Xu Fan recognized that Hulk was starting to become Green Scar and warned Ross to escape before the giant's power grew further.
• Xu Fan used magic to order everyone to stay away, and Hulk recognized him before charging forward.

As the Chitauri poured through the open wormhole, Stark supplied General Ross with energy so Red Hulk could try to destroy the portal device. Fury then revealed that the Security Council had launched a mushroom missile at New York, while Xu Fan continued fighting Hulk and slammed him into a crater as the missile approached.

• Stark shared Arc Reactor energy with General Ross, allowing him to transform into a larger Red Hulk.
• Stark sent Red Hulk toward Stark Tower to destroy the wormhole device, while Thor, War Machine, and the Sanctum sorcerers moved to protect him from the Chitauri.
• Fury informed the heroes that the Security Council had launched a mushroom missile toward New York and refused to call it off.
• Xu Fan ignored the missile warning and met Hulk’s full-force punch with his palm, injuring Hulk’s fingers.
• Xu Fan taunted Hulk, then struck him with cosmic energy and sent him crashing into a crater as the missile drew closer to New York.

Stark tried to divert the mushroom bomb into the Chitauri wormhole, but Hulk seized it and attacked Xu Fan. Xu Fan contained the resulting explosion, leaving Fury stunned by the scale of his magic.

• Unable to reach Xu Fan through the gamma-distorted communications, Stark decided to catch the mushroom bomb and throw it through the wormhole.
• Stark flew toward the bomb, but Hulk appeared first and grabbed it as it entered central New York.
• Stark fired at Hulk's wrist, but his weapons only angered Hulk, who struck Stark down and left his Iron Suit severely damaged.
• Hulk abandoned Stark and charged at Xu Fan with the mushroom bomb, while Xu Fan protected Stark inside a White Magic barrier.
• Hulk detonated the bomb against Xu Fan, and Xu Fan contained the blast within a limited area, leaving Fury staggered by what he had witnessed.

Xu Fan contained the nuclear blast and emerged unharmed, revealing an energy like Captain Marvel Carol’s that stunned everyone watching. As Hulk’s nuclear injuries healed, he began transforming into Green Scar.

• Xu Fan’s magical barrier protected Stark and confined the nuclear blast, leaving New York largely untouched.
• Fury, Hill, Thor, Red Hulk, and the Security Council reacted with shock to Xu Fan’s power.
• As the mushroom cloud cleared, Xu Fan was revealed surrounded by energy that Fury recognized as the same kind Carol possessed.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade could not identify Xu Fan’s power as ninjutsu, while Stark reconsidered how much he understood about the universe.
• Hulk, badly burned by the nuclear blast, healed rapidly and began evolving into Green Scar.

Hulk transformed into the immensely powerful Green Scar after a nuclear missile struck, then wiped out the attacking aliens and challenged Xu Fan. Xu Fan caught Green Scar’s punch in White Star Mode, but Green Scar claimed Xu had already lost because he had used new power against an ordinary punch.

• Hulk transformed into Green Scar, whose power and pressure alarmed Red Hulk, Thor, and Anna.
• Green Scar advanced on Xu Fan, who recognized the transformation and assessed him as his most powerful opponent yet.
• Leviathans and Chitauri attacked Green Scar, but his battle aura destroyed them all.
• Anna warned Xu Fan as Green Scar concentrated his power into a punch and brought it down on him.
• Xu Fan activated White Star Mode and caught Green Scar’s wrist, while Green Scar claimed Xu had lost because the blow had been an ordinary punch.

Xu Fan used White Star Mode to evade Green Scar as Green Scar's attacks devastated New York. After the superheroes' coordinated assault failed and Green Scar defeated them, Xu Fan prepared to fight at full strength by opening the First Gate.

• Green Scar smashed the ground, shaking New York and collapsing skyscrapers, while Stark stabilized Stark Tower.
• Fury ordered Green Scar stopped, and Rogers rallied the heroes before charging him with his Vibranium shield.
• Stark, Thor, Rogers, War Machine, and the Sanctum sorcerers attacked Green Scar together, but their combined assault only staggered him.
• Green Scar threw Red Hulk away, leaving General Ross unconscious, then used Hulk Slash to blast away the superheroes, Chitauri, and Leviathans.
• Xu Fan declared he would go all out and opened the First Gate while in White Star Mode.

Xu Fan opened the Seventh Gate and overwhelmed Green Scar with his speed, sending him flying out of New York and back again. After confirming Green Scar had barely been hurt, Xu Fan prepared a new technique as Green Scar readied his counterattack.

• Xu Fan opened the first seven of the Eight Gates, and Tsunade and Jiraiya recognized the technique.
• Xu Fan dodged Green Scar’s wind blades and struck him with an ordinary punch, sending him crashing to the ground.
• Xu Fan tracked Green Scar with his Byakugan, opened a portal, and punched him back into New York after he flew toward the Atlantic.
• Thor and the other witnesses were stunned as Green Scar recovered and claimed Xu Fan’s strength was nothing special.
• Xu Fan examined Green Scar and found no substantial injuries, then concentrated his Chakra toward his heart to use a newly discovered move.

Xu Fan opened the Eighth Gate to fight Green Scar, whose durability had withstood his Seventh Gate. He overwhelmed Green Scar with a series of attacks, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved after a devastating kick.

• Xu Fan opened the Gate of Death, surrounding himself with red steam as Tsunade, Jiraiya, Anna, and Thor believed he was sacrificing his life.
• Green Scar sensed Xu Fan’s power and stepped back, then denied being afraid and unleashed gamma energy from his hands.
• Xu Fan scattered Green Scar’s gamma beams with an ordinary punch and struck him before he could react.
• Xu Fan leaped into the air and kicked Green Scar in the chest, wrapping himself in red steam shaped like a dragon as the impact shook the battlefield.

Xu Fan defeated Green Scar, destroyed the Chitauri mothership, and shattered the portal device to stop the invasion. With New York saved, he considered using the Time Stone to repair the devastated city.

• Xu Fan overwhelmed Green Scar with a kick, and Green Scar reverted to Banner and passed out.
• Xu Fan flew to the wormhole and destroyed the Chitauri mothership with a Serious Punch, wiping out its fleet.
• Xu Fan slashed the portal device with Susanoo, closing the wormhole before the mothership’s shockwaves could reach Earth.
• The Chitauri and Leviathans fell from the sky after losing their connection to the mothership, and New York’s sky returned to normal.
• Xu Fan surveyed the ruined city, considered using the Time Stone to restore it, and landed among the gathered superheroes.

After ending the New York Battle, Xu Fan captured Loki and reassured the heroes that opening the Gate of Death would not kill him. He then used the Time Stone to restore New York, leaving the ruined city rebuilt.

• Xu Fan caught the Space Stone after destroying the Cosmic Cube and device, then ended the battle by killing the remaining Chitauri and Leviathan beasts.
• The heroes feared Xu Fan was dying from opening the Gate of Death, but he explained that his body could withstand its power.
• Xu Fan opened a portal beneath Loki, forcing him to surrender, and Thor took him into custody to face Father's judgment.
• Fury worried about rebuilding New York and questioned whether Hulk could distinguish friend from foe.
• Xu Fan used the Time Stone to reverse the destruction across New York, restoring buildings including Stark Tower.

After the New York Battle, Xu Fan left the city’s cleanup to S.H.I.E.L.D. and considered Thor’s request to take Loki to Asgard. He stripped Loki of his divine power and entrusted the Space Stone to Thor, while Fury watched with displeasure.

• Xu Fan left S.H.I.E.L.D. to handle the cleanup as the Sanctum sorcerers and other forces dispersed.
• Thor asked Xu Fan to let him take Loki to Asgard for judgment, while Stark argued that Loki should face Earth’s law.
• Xu Fan cast a spell that stripped Loki of his divine power and armor, and Thor thanked him for sparing Loki.
• Xu Fan tossed the Space Stone to Thor for safekeeping, and Director Fury looked displeased.

After the New York battle, Thor took Loki and the Space Stone back to Asgard, while Banner left to attempt to expel Hulk from his body. Xu Fan secured the Mind Scepter and began searching for Strange, concerned that Earth would lack a Sorcerer Supreme when he eventually left.

• Thor promised to return the Cosmic Cube to Midgard after Asgard repaired the Rainbow Bridge, then departed through a portal with Loki.
• Stark and Rogers realized Banner had disappeared, but Xu Fan said Banner should be left alone to recover and returned to the Sanctum Sanctorum with the Mind Scepter.
• Banner fled to the abandoned warehouse where Hulk had first fallen from the Helicarrier and began a ritual to drive Hulk's soul from his body.
• Xu Fan stored the Mind Scepter in the Sanctum library and assigned Wong to guard it so Stark could not use it to create Ultron.
• Xu Fan decided Earth would need a Sorcerer Supreme after he left and used his psychic power to search for Strange.

Banner used a painful magical ritual to expel Hulk from his body and cast him into the Hell Dimension. Banner collapsed from exhaustion while Hulk landed in a corpse-strewn wasteland and faced a horde of demons.

• Banner began the expulsion spell in an abandoned New York warehouse, enduring severe physical and mental pain as Hulk tried to stop him.
• Banner focused on his breathing, suppressed Hulk's attempt to transform him, and forced Hulk's soul completely out of his body.
• Banner opened a passage to the Hell Dimension and exiled Hulk, then collapsed as the magic circle vanished.
• Hulk landed among rotting corpses beneath a blood-red sky and realized he was surrounded by demons.
• The demons charged at Hulk, who roared in fury and prepared to fight.

Xu Fan manipulated events to injure Strange’s hands and lead him to believe magic could heal them. After Strange found the recovered Brandon, Brandon told him that magic had saved him and pointed to Xu Fan, the Sorcerer Supreme.

• Xu Fan read Strange’s memories, arranged for Brandon to pose as a miraculously recovered patient, and orchestrated a car accident that severely injured Strange’s hands.
• Strange lost his medical license and pursued every treatment he could find, but his hands remained beyond modern medicine’s help.
• Strange discovered a case report saying that Brandon had recovered from paralysis despite receiving no surgery or significant medication.
• Strange tracked Brandon down at a basketball court and asked how he had recovered and whether he could help Strange.
• Brandon told Strange that magic had healed him and said Xu Fan, the Sorcerer Supreme, had saved the world in New York.

After learning that Brandon had healed his hands with magic, Strange followed the address Brandon gave him to Kamar-Taj. Xu Fan arrived to meet him and planned to guide him into becoming a sorcerer.

• Strange asked Brandon how to find sorcerers, and Brandon gave him the address of Kamar-Taj.
• Strange decided to travel to Kamar-Taj, while Anna watched his actions and informed Xu Fan that he had found it.
• Xu Fan told Anna that Strange had exceptional magical talent and might one day take over his work, then opened a portal to Kamar-Taj.
• Arthur told Xu Fan that he had welcomed Strange and refused his requests for healing and magical training until the Sorcerer Supreme returned.
• Arthur told Strange that Xu Fan had just returned and wanted to see him.

Xu Fan demonstrated magic to Stephen Strange and showed him that his injured hands could move normally, then took him through several dimensions. After returning, Strange asked Xu Fan to teach him magic, while Xu Fan wondered whether Hulk's soul had been cast into the Hell Dimension.

• Arthur brought Strange to meet Xu Fan, the Sorcerer Supreme.
• Strange nervously asked Xu Fan to heal his hands, and Xu Fan reassured him that they were not beyond hope.
• Xu Fan used astral projection to separate Strange's soul from his body, revealing that Strange's hands appeared healthy and flexible.
• Xu Fan took Strange on a journey through dimensional worlds, overwhelming him with the experience and exhausting him.
• While passing through the Hell Dimension, Xu Fan thought he saw Hulk and wondered if Banner had sent Hulk's soul there.
• Strange returned to his body, knelt before Xu Fan, and asked to learn magic.

Xu Fan received a sign-in prompt for the Dark World and went looking for the place where Jane Foster had disappeared. He met Daisy Louise, who explained that Foster had fallen into a spatial rift, and prepared to ask him for help.

• Xu Fan saw Hulk fighting demons in the Hell Dimension and considered the danger his growing power might pose.
• The Sign-in Assistant told Xu Fan to go to the Dark World, and he recalled the Dark Elves' plan to seize the Aether and the threat it posed to Earth.
• Xu Fan failed to open a portal to the Dark World because he could not remember what it looked like, then opened one near the place where Foster had vanished.
• Daisy Louise recognized Xu Fan, approached him, and explained that Foster had fallen into a spatial rift while investigating a strange phenomenon.
• Louise asked Xu Fan to help Foster, while Xu Fan remained intent on going to the Dark World to sign in.

Xu Fan entered the Dark World to complete a check-in and found the unconscious Foster, awakening her while Dark Elves closed in. In Asgard, Heimdall told Thor he could no longer see Foster.

• Xu Fan used his Byakugan to navigate the pitch-black Dark World and began the check-in.
• Xu Fan found Foster and approaching Dark Elves, then woke Foster with magic while deciding to handle the Aether later.
• Foster recognized Xu Fan and followed him, while Xu Fan stayed to finish the check-in as the Dark Elves drew nearer.
• Thor asked Heimdall to find Foster, but Heimdall said he could no longer see her.

Thor learned that Jane Foster was in the Dark World, where the Dark Elves had gathered, and rushed there to rescue her. He found Foster with Xu Fan, attacked him by mistake, and reunited with Foster; as the Dark Elves closed in, Thor asked Xu Fan to open a portal.

• Heimdall searched the Nine Realms for Foster and discovered her in the Dark World as a large group of Dark Elves gathered nearby.
• Thor asked Heimdall to open the Rainbow Bridge and rushed to the Dark World to reach Foster.
• Thor mistook Xu Fan for an enemy and attacked him, but Foster revealed who Xu Fan was, and Xu Fan dispersed Thor's lightning with Chaos Magic.
• Thor confirmed Foster was safe, and she explained that Xu Fan had found her while investigating a strange phenomenon on Earth.
• Thor warned that the Dark Elves were approaching and asked Xu Fan to open a portal so they could escape.

Thor tried to escape the Dark Elves with Foster, but Malekith's forces divided them and targeted Foster for the Aether inside her. Xu Fan stayed behind to complete his sign-in, leaving Thor to seek Heimdall's guidance on finding the wormhole.

• Thor asked Xu Fan to open a portal, but Malekith raised the ground to separate Thor, Foster, and Xu Fan, then sent Dark Elves after all three.
• Malekith ordered his forces to capture Foster and kill the others because the Aether had been absorbed into her.
• Thor fought off the Dark Elves with lightning, rescued Foster, and asked Xu Fan to open a portal, but Xu Fan did not respond.
• Thor contacted Heimdall for guidance to the wormhole while Xu Fan continued battling Dark Elves with Chaos Magic.
• Thor charged toward Xu Fan and urged him to leave, but Xu Fan refused because his sign-in progress was still incomplete.