Chapter Summaries

Xu Fan destroyed Ego the Living Planet by crushing his neurons, then returned to Earth with Orochimaru. Back in the Land of Fire, Xu Fan took out the Seed of Planetary Will and considered cultivating it there.

• Xu Fan ignored Ego’s pleas and used Chaos Magic to crush his neurons, causing Ego and his planet to collapse.
• Drax knocked Star-Lord unconscious, and Gamora led the Guardians of the Galaxy away from Ego aboard their ship.
• Xu Fan opened a portal and returned to Earth with Orochimaru as Ego’s planet exploded behind them.
• Xu Fan took out the Seed of Planetary Will and decided the Land of Fire was the best place to cultivate it.
• Orochimaru asked Xu Fan about the strange seed, and Xu Fan said he did not know what it was.

After Ego the Living Planet exploded, Gamora and the others argued over whether Xu Fan should keep the Power Stone, while Star-Lord learned his father was dead and lost his Celestial power. As they searched for Xu Fan, Thanos’s colossal warship appeared and trapped them before they could jump away.

• Gamora proposed stealing the Power Stone from Xu Fan, but Rocket argued they should stay away from him.
• Star-Lord awoke, learned that Xu Fan had destroyed Ego, and vowed to confront him.
• Star-Lord discovered he had lost his Celestial power and injured his hand punching the ship’s glass.
• Mantis tried to reveal that Ego had never truly treated Star-Lord as his son, but the others stopped her.
• Groot pointed out Thanos’s colossal warship, and Gamora tried to initiate a space jump too late.

Xu Fan planted the Planetary Will seed in the Land of Fire, where it rapidly grew into a towering tree that produced a girl-shaped fruit. The fruit fell and revealed a yellow-haired girl, whom Orochimaru suspected might be Earth’s consciousness.

• Xu Fan explained to Orochimaru that the seed might awaken planetary consciousness and chose the Land of Fire as the place to plant it.
• Xu Fan buried the seed and used his Byakugan to watch its roots spread underground and pierce through Vibranium.
• The seed’s roots wrapped around the Vibranium as they continued growing through the ground.
• The seed sprouted into a towering tree that quickly produced a girl-shaped fruit.
• The fruit fell to the ground, revealing a yellow-haired girl, and Orochimaru asked whether she was an existence like Ego.

Xu Fan named the newly awakened incarnation of Earth’s will Little Earth and entrusted her care to Orochimaru. After warning Orochimaru to keep her power in check and study the spaceships, Xu Fan planned to check on Strange’s magical training.

• Xu Fan examined the newborn girl and found that she had no organs or thoughts, and her interior resembled a nebula.
• Xu Fan named her Little Earth and decided Orochimaru would look after her.
• Xu Fan warned Orochimaru that Little Earth could control Earth and destroy a continent, and told him to study the spaceships too.
• Orochimaru agreed to care for Little Earth while privately wondering whether he could use Living Corpse Reincarnation to become Earth’s will.
• Xu Fan fetched clothes for Little Earth through a portal and said he would check on Strange’s magical training.

Odin told Thor and Loki that he was dying and revealed that Hela, his eldest daughter, would return once his weakening seal failed. He left his sons responsible for protecting Asgard from her.

• Thor left Jane Foster on Earth and returned to Asgard after Heimdall summoned him to meet Odin.
• Odin told Thor and Loki that his power had been draining away since Xu Fan defeated him, and that he was near death.
• Odin revealed that Hela had once fought him after seeking to conquer more realms, and that he sealed her in another realm after she defeated the Valkyrie Legion.
• Odin warned that Hela would return after his death and told Thor and Loki that they were the only ones who could protect Asgard.
• Loki mocked Thor about having a real older sister, and Thor angrily reacted to the news of Hela and Odin's approaching death.

After Odin died, Hela emerged from a wormhole and demanded that Thor and Loki submit to her rule of Asgard. Thor and Loki fled toward Earth to seek Xu Fan’s help, while Frigga stayed behind and Hela pursued them through the Rainbow Bridge.

• Odin passed away, and Hela emerged from a wormhole as Thor and Loki prepared to face her.
• Hela declared that she would rule Asgard and demanded that Thor and Loki kneel to her.
• Thor attacked Hela with Mjolnir, but she caught the hammer and crushed it in front of Frigga and the Asgardian guards.
• Loki called for Heimdall and urged Thor and Frigga to flee with him to Earth to seek Xu Fan’s help.
• Frigga stayed behind to delay Hela, who knocked her down and pursued Thor and Loki into the Rainbow Bridge.

Xu Fan opened a portal to Sakaar to complete his sign-in and arrived at the Grandmaster’s arena. He recognized Loki in the viewing area and realized Thor and Hela had likely arrived as well, just as Thor entered the arena to face an unknown opponent.

• The Sign-in Assistant directed Xu Fan to Sakaar, and he opened a portal there while teaching Strange at Kamar-Taj.
• Xu Fan used his psychic power to part the crowds and reach the Grandmaster’s arena, where he took a seat by mentally disturbing its occupant.
• Xu Fan spotted Loki beside the Grandmaster and inferred that Thor was also on Sakaar and that Hela had returned after Odin’s death.
• The arena gates rose, and Thor stepped out wearing a helmet, ready to face his next opponent.

Thor faced Hulk in the Sakaar arena, hoping to recruit him to escape and fight Hela, but Hulk attacked after Thor called him Banner. Hulk’s axe missed Thor, who remained down in the arena as Loki watched anxiously.

• Thor worried that Hela had taken Asgard and hoped Loki would find a way to escape Sakaar.
• Hulk entered the arena, and Xu Fan recognized him as a soul without Banner’s body, suspecting Banner had used separation magic.
• Thor greeted Hulk and called him Banner, prompting Hulk to charge and smash Thor into a steel gate.
• Hulk raised his axe to strike Thor, but Thor rolled aside and the axe struck the ground, with its shockwave knocking him down.

Thor fought Hulk in the Sakaar arena, using Hulk’s dropped axe and his Asgardian strength to land several powerful blows. Hulk ultimately overpowered Thor and began smashing him into the arena floor while Loki cheered.

• Hulk pulled an iron axe from the ground and advanced on Thor as the spectators cheered.
• Thor dodged Hulk’s axe, threw him to the ground, and struck his breastplate with the weapon.
• Hulk tore off his dented armor and charged Thor, who swung the blunt end of the axe as they clashed.
• Hulk won their contest of strength, grabbed Thor by the ankle, and repeatedly smashed him into the arena floor.
• Loki rose and shouted, “Yes, that's it!”

Thor awakened his divine lightning power during his gladiatorial fight with Hulk and sent Hulk crashing into the arena. Hulk recovered and charged again as Thor prepared to unleash more lightning, while the Grandmaster stayed ready to paralyze Thor with the remote.

• Hulk pinned Thor down and repeatedly punched him as the spectators cheered for Hulk.
• Xu Fan sensed Thor's power awakening and decided not to intervene as lightning began to accompany Hulk's punches.
• Thor unleashed a bolt of lightning that lifted Hulk into the air and sent him crashing into the arena.
• Thor realized the lightning was his own divine power and turned his attention back to Hulk, while the Grandmaster prepared to use the remote.
• Hulk rose, declared that he was very angry, and charged at Thor, who answered by unleashing lightning.

Thor gained enough power to overwhelm the Hulk, but the Grandmaster secretly paralyzed Thor with his remote, allowing the Hulk to defeat him. After the Hulk celebrated his victory, he spotted Xu Fan in the audience and froze in fear as Xu Fan headed backstage.

• Thor attacked the Hulk with newly awakened divine power, knocking him into a crater and shouting Banner's name.
• The Grandmaster briefly activated his remote, paralyzing Thor and stopping his assault on the Hulk.
• The Hulk kicked Thor across the arena, then leaped high and struck him with his signature elbow, knocking him unconscious.
• The Hulk celebrated his victory before the crowd, enjoying their admiration.
• Xu Fan stood to leave, and the Hulk spotted him, shivering in fear as Xu Fan headed backstage.

Xu Fan found Thor after the arena fight and learned that Hela had returned after Odin’s death. Thor planned to gather Loki and Hulk and return to Asgard to confront her, while Xu Fan agreed to help as he continued his sign-in.

• Xu Fan located Thor, knocked out Grandmaster’s guards, removed Thor’s control device, and used Medical Ninjutsu to wake him.
• Thor recognized Xu Fan and learned that he had lost his fight against Hulk after Grandmaster cheated.
• Thor told Xu Fan that Hela had returned after Odin’s death and explained that he and Loki had been trying to seek Xu Fan’s help.
• Xu Fan explained that Banner had used a spell to separate Hulk from himself, which prompted Thor to ask whether Xu Fan had watched the match.
• Thor proposed finding Loki and Hulk, then taking them to Asgard to fight Hela, and Xu Fan agreed.

Xu Fan and Thor waited in Hulk’s room on Sakaar, with Xu Fan summoning Loki and leaving the choice to Hulk. Thor reunited with the returning Hulk, who had come in without clothes, and awkwardly told him to put on some pants.

• Xu Fan sent Loki a message telling him where to meet, then sent the guards through portals to Sakaar’s garbage heaps.
• Xu Fan led Thor to Hulk’s room and told him to discuss leaving Sakaar with Hulk directly.
• Xu Fan considered the Grandmaster’s ancient origins and wondered why the Grandmaster had not reacted to his psychic search for Loki.
• Thor proposed recruiting Valkyrie to help them return to Asgard.
• Hulk returned to his room, saw Thor, and greeted him; Thor turned around and told Hulk to put on some pants.

Thor asked Hulk to return to Asgard and help against Hela, but Hulk refused because he believed no one on Earth liked him. Thor was left unsure how to answer as Loki made his way to Hulk’s room.

• Hulk entered the bath and awkwardly discovered Xu Fan was in the room with Thor.
• Thor explained Odin’s death, Hela’s arrival, and Asgard’s danger, then asked Hulk for help.
• Hulk pointed out that Xu Fan was strong enough to deal with Hela without him.
• Thor asked whether Hulk wanted to return to Earth, and Hulk said no because no one there liked him, including Banner.
• Hulk described being exiled to the Hell Dimension, losing a fight with a demon, and eventually ending up on Sakaar as a gladiator in soul form.
• Thor struggled to respond, while Loki escaped the Grandmaster and hurried toward Hulk’s room, hoping to leave Sakaar for Asgard.

Loki accepted Xu Fan’s invitation and joined Thor, Xu Fan, and Hulk to discuss leaving Sakaar. Thor invited Hulk to live in Asgard as a friend, while Xu Fan received Conqueror’s Haki as his check-in reward.

• Loki nervously entered Hulk’s room and found Xu Fan, Thor, and Hulk there.
• Xu Fan reassured Loki and mocked him for still lacking his divine power.
• Thor told Loki that they planned to leave Sakaar and return to Asgard.
• Thor invited Hulk to leave Sakaar with them, saying they were friends and that Hulk could live in Asgard.
• Xu Fan received Conqueror’s Haki as his check-in reward.

Thor urged Hulk to come to Asgard, but Xu Fan’s portals kept vanishing before they could leave Sakaar. Grandmaster revealed that he was preventing their escape and claimed Thor and Hulk, prompting Xu Fan to insist on taking them away.

• Thor told Hulk that Asgard would welcome him, whether he chose to leave Sakaar with Thor or stay.
• Xu Fan opened a portal to Asgard, but it vanished just as Thor saw the plaza strewn with Asgardian guards’ corpses; another portal vanished too.
• Hulk connected the interference to Mephisto, while the chapter revealed that Grandmaster was stopping Xu Fan’s portals.
• Grandmaster said Hulk and Thor belonged to him, then pinned both against a wall with a wave of his hand.
• Xu Fan challenged Grandmaster and declared that he would take Hulk and Thor away, even if he had to break Hulk’s legs.

Xu Fan fought the Grandmaster after refusing to back down, then used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out nearly everyone across half of Sakaar. The Grandmaster became fascinated by Xu Fan and invited him to become his pet.

• The Grandmaster attacked Xu Fan, but Xu Fan dodged the blast and freed Hulk and Thor from their restraints with Chaos Magic.
• The Grandmaster continued destroying the champions’ room, while Sakaar’s guards arrived and fired at Xu Fan’s group.
• Xu Fan used Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out the Grandmaster’s subordinates, Sakaar’s residents, bounty hunters, and arena gladiators across half of Sakaar.
• Unconscious pilots lost control of their spacecraft, which crashed and exploded, while Thor, Loki, Hulk, and the Grandmaster wondered what Xu Fan had done.
• The Grandmaster became intrigued by Xu Fan and offered to grant his wishes if he would become the Grandmaster’s pet.

Xu Fan tried to leave Sakaar with Thor, Loki, and Hulk, but the Grandmaster revealed his cosmic power and trapped them in a force field. The chapter ended with the Grandmaster towering over them in space and boasting that Xu Fan had no chance against him.

• Xu Fan wrapped Thor, Loki, and Hulk in Chaos Magic and flew out of the building, while the Grandmaster pursued him, believing Sakaar’s unconscious residents left him free to use his full power.
• The Grandmaster grew to an enormous size and sealed off their escape, prompting Thor and Hulk to volunteer to fight alongside Xu Fan.
• Loki asked Xu Fan to lift his curse so he could join the fight, and the Grandmaster mocked them before drawing energy from the universe.
• Xu Fan’s White Magic rippled across the Grandmaster’s force field but failed to break it as the surroundings transformed into outer space.
• The Grandmaster trapped Xu Fan and the others inside a force field held like a crystal ball and declared that his power over the greater universe made him unbeatable.

Grandmaster trapped Xu Fan, Thor, Hulk, and Loki in a force field, but Thor and Hulk could not break through it. Xu Fan revealed his cosmic energy and escaped the barrier, leaving Grandmaster stunned as the battle continued.

• Grandmaster trapped Xu Fan and his companions in a force field and blocked Xu Fan's teleportation magic.
• Thor awakened his thunder god power and attacked the barrier, but could not damage it; Hulk's punches also failed to break through.
• Thor, Hulk, and Loki looked to Xu Fan for help, and Xu Fan revealed his Dual Star Mode, radiating powerful cosmic energy.
• Grandmaster tried to crush the force field around Xu Fan, but Xu Fan stopped it and opened a wormhole through the barrier.
• Xu Fan emerged outside the barrier, kept it intact to protect his companions, and summoned five dazzling gemstones before challenging Grandmaster.

Xu Fan revealed five genuine Infinity Stones, terrifying the Grandmaster before defeating him with combined magic. He explained the stones to Thor, Loki, and Hulk, but the Sign-in Assistant interrupted his account of the sixth stone with a new destination.

• Xu Fan showed the Grandmaster five genuine Infinity Stones, and the Grandmaster panicked and lost his will to fight.
• Xu Fan attacked the fleeing Grandmaster with White Magic, Chaos Magic, and Black Magic, making him vanish in a burst of light.
• Thor, Loki, and Hulk watched in shock as Xu Fan explained that the stones embodied the universe’s laws.
• Xu Fan identified the Time, Space, Reality, Mind, and Power Stones, then began to explain the Soul Stone.
• The Sign-in Assistant told Xu Fan to proceed to Nidavellir to sign in for a reward.