Chapter Summaries

Xu Fan stayed in the Dark World to stop Malekith’s army from reaching Earth, then completed his sign-in and gained Elemental Control. He tested his new power by creating a miniature black hole to confront Malekith’s giant black bull.

• Xu Fan shielded Thor and Jane Foster from the Dark Elves while defending them with a half-complete Susanoo.
• Xu Fan spotted Malekith gathering power and preparing to attack, while Thor protected Foster.
• Malekith unleashed a giant black bull that crushed Dark Elves and charged toward Xu Fan.
• Xu Fan completed his sign-in and gained Elemental Control, allowing him to draw upon the Dark World’s dark elements.
• Xu Fan rose into the sky and created a miniature black hole to attack Malekith’s black bull, astonishing Thor and Foster.

Xu Fan destroyed Malekith and the Dark Elves with his Annihilation Black Hole, then returned to Earth with Thor and Foster. He warned Thor the danger was not over and hinted that Foster was connected to the remaining problem.

• Xu Fan's Annihilation Black Hole overwhelmed Malekith and destroyed half the Dark Elves as the Dark Continent began to break apart.
• Malekith collapsed and was swallowed by the black hole, while Thor and Foster watched in horror.
• Xu Fan opened a portal back to Earth, intending to destroy the Dark World along with its inhabitants.
• Xu Fan, Thor, and Foster returned to Earth, where Louise, Coulson, and S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel were waiting near the wormhole.
• Xu Fan explained that the Nine Realms' alignment caused spatial instability, then looked at Foster and suggested she was at the center of the remaining problem.

Xu Fan discovered that Jane Foster had unknowingly absorbed the Aether, which protected her but threatened to drain her life. Thor took Jane through the Rainbow Bridge to Asgard, and Xu Fan went with them so Odin could remove the Aether while Xu Fan pursued the Reality Stone and Space Stone.

• The Aether erupted from Jane Foster and knocked Thor, Coulson, and Louise back, while Xu Fan caught Coulson and Louise with magic.
• Xu Fan explained that Jane had absorbed the Aether in the Dark World and that it would consume her life force, though it would not turn her into a demon.
• Thor decided to take Jane to Asgard so Odin could find a way to remove the Aether, then summoned Heimdall and opened the Rainbow Bridge.
• Xu Fan changed his plan and entered the Rainbow Bridge with Thor and Jane, intending to leave the Aether problem to Odin and return to Earth with the Reality Stone and Space Stone.
• Xu Fan, Thor, and Jane arrived in Asgard as Coulson and Louise watched the Rainbow Bridge disappear.

Xu Fan helped Thor bring Foster, who had absorbed the Aether, to Asgard, where Odin extracted it and returned the Space Stone to Xu Fan. Xu Fan then demanded both Infinity Stones, despite Odin's objections.

• Thor brought Foster to Odin, and Xu Fan revealed that the Aether inside her absorbed a magical fireball.
• Thor explained how Foster had fallen into the Dark World, and Odin learned that Xu Fan had defeated Malekith and his army.
• Odin thanked Xu Fan and explained that the Nine Realms would soon align, creating the phenomenon that had sent Foster into the Dark World.
• After several days, Odin extracted the Aether from Foster and returned the Space Stone to Xu Fan.
• Xu Fan asked Odin for the Aether as well as the Space Stone, but Odin argued that keeping both was unwise.

Xu Fan refused to surrender the Aether to Odin, believing Infinity Stones were safest in his own hands, while Odin insisted Asgard should keep it. Their dispute escalated into a standoff, and Xu Fan challenged Odin to let the winner decide the Aether’s fate.

• Odin and Xu Fan each refused to yield the Aether, and Foster and Thor sided with Odin.
• Xu Fan seized the bottle containing the Aether and opened a portal to leave.
• Odin blocked Xu Fan’s escape with the Asgardian guards, transformed into his battle form, and demanded that Xu Fan hand over the Aether.
• Thor tried to stop them, but Odin ordered him to stand down.
• Xu Fan matched Odin’s pressure and challenged him to a fight to decide who would control the Aether.

Xu Fan and Odin disputed who should safeguard the Aether and traveled to the Dark World to settle the matter in battle. Odin opened the fight by hurling Gungnir at Xu Fan as observers across the Nine Realms watched.

• Odin summoned Heimdall and had him open a passage to the Dark World, while Xu Fan used a ring of fire to travel there separately.
• Thor and Foster saw the Nine Realms align through giant wormholes and rushed outside to watch Odin and Xu Fan.
• In the Dark World, Xu Fan explained that Odin had sealed the Aether there to keep the Dark Elves from rising again, and Odin confirmed his reasoning.
• Odin warned Xu Fan about the Aether and offered him one last chance to leave it behind, but Xu Fan refused, leaving battle as their only option.
• Odin raised Gungnir and hurled it at Xu Fan as Thor watched anxiously and people across the Nine Realms observed the fight.

Xu Fan fought Odin in the Dark World, revealing Chaos Magic and Susanoo against Odin’s attacks. Odin acknowledged Xu Fan’s strength, then mounted his Pegasus and prepared to continue the battle.

• Odin hurled Gungnir at Xu Fan, who blocked it with a shield of Chaos Magic.
• Odin summoned a Pegasus, and Xu Fan punched its horn before Odin charged him with Gungnir.
• Xu Fan manifested Susanoo, which seized the Pegasus and forced Odin downward with a Chakra Katana strike.
• Xu Fan used the Eye of Agamotto to locate Odin, who emerged from a crater unharmed by the attack.
• Odin praised Xu Fan’s strength, then used his divine power to free the Pegasus and mounted it for another assault.

Xu Fan defeated Odin in a duel and claimed the Aether, bringing his total to four Infinity Stones. Back at the Sanctum Sanctorum, he considered how to find the remaining stones and wondered whom he could sacrifice for the Soul Stone.

• Xu Fan used White Star Mode and a Ten-Tails Tailed Beast Bomb to overpower Odin, who was badly injured and fell unconscious.
• Thor caught Odin as he fell, while Xu Fan stopped Odin’s final throw of Gungnir and returned the spear to Thor.
• Xu Fan claimed the Aether under the terms of his duel with Odin and returned through a portal to the Sanctum Sanctorum in New York.
• Xu Fan counted the Reality, Time, Space, and Mind Stones among his possessions and considered finding Star-Lord to get the Power Stone.
• Xu Fan reflected on the Soul Stone’s sacrifice requirement and briefly thought of Kaguya before deciding to put the matter aside.

After signing in at the Void, Xu Fan found Star-Lord carrying the Power Stone and confronted him at The Collector’s residence. He claimed Star-Lord had taken something of his, while Star-Lord denied knowing him and Gamora watched warily.

• Xu Fan recalled that the Void was the place where Star-Lord and his companions would bring the Power Stone, and decided to travel there for the sign-in reward.
• Xu Fan opened a portal to the Void, arrived at the Celestial skull, and began the sign-in process.
• Xu Fan spotted Rocket and Drax gambling, then used his Byakugan to locate The Collector and saw Gamora and Star-Lord following the Collector’s maid.
• Xu Fan barged into The Collector’s residence, setting off its alarm and alarming The Collector, Star-Lord, and Gamora.
• Xu Fan told Star-Lord that he had taken something of his, and Star-Lord denied ever taking anything from him.

Xu Fan overwhelmed Star-Lord, Gamora, and The Collector, then opened the Cosmic Orb and took the Power Stone. Accuser Ronan arrived with his army to seize the orb and pursue Gamora, while Nebula prepared to act alone.

• Xu Fan confronted Star-Lord and Gamora at The Collector’s hideout, and they attacked him alongside The Collector.
• Xu Fan used Shinra Tensei to defeat all three and wreck much of The Collector’s collection.
• Xu Fan took the Cosmic Orb from Star-Lord and opened it despite The Collector’s warnings and Gamora’s attempt to stop him.
• Xu Fan found the Power Stone inside, rejected The Collector’s offer, took the gem, and tossed the empty Cosmic Orb back to Star-Lord.
• Accuser Ronan arrived with his army and ordered his men to seal off the hideout as he sought the Cosmic Orb and Gamora.
• Nebula said the show was starting and chose to act alone.

Xu Fan used his newly acquired Magnetism Control to defeat Nebula and keep the Cosmic Orb, while Star-Lord and the others tried to manipulate the conflict. Nebula transmitted evidence of Xu Fan’s possession to Ronan, who led a Kree assault on the Collector’s museum.

• Rocket demanded the Cosmic Orb from Xu Fan, and Xu Fan disarmed him with Magnetism Control after deflecting his attack.
• Star-Lord and Gamora pretended to surrender the Orb, hoping to turn Ronan against Xu Fan, but Nebula believed them and attacked Xu Fan.
• Xu Fan used Magnetism Control to hurl Nebula around until she passed out, then tossed her into a trash can.
• Before losing consciousness, Nebula sent Ronan footage showing that Xu Fan had the Cosmic Orb.
• Ronan regrouped his forces, brought the defeated Drax to the museum, and led the Kree in an attack as Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket, and Groot took cover.

Xu Fan slaughtered Ronan’s Kree forces, killed Ronan, claimed the Power Stone, and looted the ships in the Void before returning through a portal to Wakanda. Star-Lord and the others were left stranded, while Gamora noticed Ronan was still alive.

• Xu Fan used Magnetism Control to take the Kree’s weapons and kill the soldiers who attacked him.
• Xu Fan tore away the Collector’s ceiling and exposed Ronan’s arriving army, then used the Kree weapons to slaughter them.
• Xu Fan identified himself to Gamora as Earth’s Sorcerer Supreme and split Ronan apart with a single pull.
• Xu Fan opened a portal to Wakanda, took the Power Stone, and looted every ship in the Void before leaving.
• Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket, and the Collector recovered from Xu Fan’s departure, and Gamora spotted that Ronan was still alive.

Xu Fan collected alien spaceships with Orochimaru, then took him through a portal to Ego the Living Planet for a sign-in. As the sign-in began, Xu Fan revealed that the planet was alive.

• Xu Fan told Orochimaru to store and study the alien spaceships that had emerged from his portal.
• Orochimaru asked where the ships came from, and Xu Fan said they came from the Void and offered to take him there.
• Xu Fan received a sign-in prompt for Ego the Living Planet and invited Orochimaru to explore outer space with him.
• Xu Fan opened a portal to Ego the Living Planet, and Orochimaru followed him through.
• Xu Fan began the sign-in as he walked across the planet, then told Orochimaru that the planet was alive.

Xu Fan explained Ego the Living Planet’s consciousness to Orochimaru, who collected soil and hoped to study Ego’s neurons. Ego sensed the intruders and attacked them, forcing Xu Fan to defend Orochimaru with Susanoo as the planet manipulated its terrain and atmosphere.

• Xu Fan told Orochimaru how Ego had developed thoughts while absorbing matter and growing into a planet.
• Orochimaru gathered Ego’s soil and asked Xu Fan about the planet’s neurons.
• Ego sensed Xu Fan and Orochimaru’s arrival and attacked them with fists formed from the ground.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda, but Ego’s fist struck him and made him vanish in a cloud of smoke.
• Xu Fan pulled Orochimaru into Susanoo, shattered Ego’s fist, and prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Ego created a storm above them and thinned the air, prompting Orochimaru to urge Xu Fan to leave.

Xu Fan fought Ego the Living Planet while protecting Orochimaru and gathering natural energy, then unleashed his Susanoo and Wood Release on a massive scale. He prepared to bombard Ego with Ten-Tails-level Tailed Beast Bombs and asked Orochimaru to bear witness.

• Orochimaru urged Xu Fan to find a way out, but Xu Fan stayed to finish his check-in and see Ego's neurons.
• Xu Fan used Susanoo to preserve air for Orochimaru as Ego attacked with hundreds of arms and filled the surroundings with carbon monoxide.
• Xu Fan plundered Ego's natural energy, enlarged Susanoo to a thousand meters, and cut down Ego's arms with Chakra Katanas.
• Xu Fan summoned True Several Thousand Hands and covered it with Perfect Susanoo.
• Xu Fan prepared Ten-Tails-level Tailed Beast Bombs in the Buddha's palms and told Orochimaru to bear witness.

Xu Fan attacked Ego the Living Planet with the Senju Great Buddha and Tailed Beast Bombs, but Ego returned and shattered Susanoo’s Chakra Katana in their clash. As Ego fired a crimson beam at Xu Fan, Xu Fan entered Sage of Six Paths mode and prepared to fight back.

• Ego sensed that Xu Fan was attacking his true body and raced back to his planet with Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, Groot, and Mantis aboard his spaceship.
• Ego and the Guardians saw Xu Fan and Orochimaru atop the armored Senju Great Buddha as it resisted the planet’s counterattack.
• Xu Fan launched a barrage of Tailed Beast Bombs across Ego’s surface, blasting craters into the planet and enraging Ego.
• Ego told the others to stay aboard his spaceship, then dove at Xu Fan and shattered Susanoo’s Chakra Katana with a punch.
• Orochimaru worried that Xu Fan was being overwhelmed, but Xu Fan entered Sage of Six Paths mode as Ego transformed into a fiery form and fired a crimson energy beam.

Ego trapped Xu Fan and Orochimaru in a nearly airless area and attacked them with a scorching energy beam, convinced the Susanoo could not withstand his planetary power. Xu Fan entered Six Paths Mode, escaped Ego’s restraints, and counterattacked with Thor’s lightning as the chapter ended.

• Ego seized the Perfect Susanoo’s ankles, heated his body into fire, and fired an energy beam that pierced the Susanoo and began melting it.
• Ego raised the ground around Xu Fan and Orochimaru and drained the oxygen, while Orochimaru urged Xu Fan to escape through a portal.
• Xu Fan revealed Six Paths Mode, restored the Susanoo with Yin and Yang Power, and flew into the sky after disintegrating Ego’s restraints.
• Xu Fan equipped the Susanoo with a Great Thunder Sound Bow charged with Thor’s power and fired an arrow at Ego.

Xu Fan’s attacks overwhelmed Ego’s defenses, but he knew that damaging Ego’s humanoid form was futile while the planet’s neurons remained intact. He launched Gungnir in White Star Mode at the area containing Ego’s core, leaving the scale of the damage unclear.

• Xu Fan’s Lightning Arrow pierced Ego’s earth barrier and struck the planet, creating a vast mushroom cloud.
• Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket, and the others watched in shock, while Mantis told Star-Lord that Ego wanted him to stay out of the fight.
• Ego healed his humanoid form and attacked Xu Fan with a rising ocean and lightning, confident that Xu Fan would eventually exhaust himself.
• Xu Fan realized Ego’s neurons were the true target and concluded that his strongest Susanoo attack had not reached them.
• Xu Fan activated White Star Mode and hurled Gungnir through Ego’s body and into the planet, unleashing another massive explosion.

Xu Fan received the Planetary Will seed and entered White Star Mode, overwhelming Ego and deciding to destroy Ego the Living Planet. He hurled Gungnir toward the crater, and the spear exploded on impact as Ego failed to stop it.

• Xu Fan received the Planetary Will seed and decided Earth was the best planet to plant it on.
• Xu Fan entered White Star Mode, summoned Gungnir, and revealed power beyond Ego's planetary-level control.
• Orochimaru, Star-Lord, Gamora, and the others watched as Ego grew frightened and begged Xu Fan to leave.
• Xu Fan ignored humanoid Ego and hurled Gungnir toward the crater in Ego's planet.
• Ego transformed into energy and chased after Gungnir, but the spear struck the crater and exploded in a burst of white light.

Xu Fan shattered Ego's defenses with Gungnir, then used Chaos Magic to expose and seize Ego's neurons. As Ego pleaded and Star-Lord was restrained aboard the spacecraft, the others prepared to flee the planet before it exploded.

• Xu Fan's Gungnir blasted through Ego's surface and exposed his neurons.
• Xu Fan removed an Ego neuron and preserved it for Orochimaru to study.
• Xu Fan used Chaos Magic to pull Ego's neurons from beneath the ground as Ego tried and failed to stop him.
• Gamora urged the others to leave before Ego's destruction sent a shockwave toward their spacecraft.
• Star-Lord tried to ram Xu Fan, but Gamora and Groot restrained him, and Drax knocked him unconscious.
• Ego begged Xu Fan to stop as his defeat became inevitable.