Chapter Summaries

Tony Stark 616 and the other Iron Men restored the Superflow Domain, allowing Eternity to begin becoming a Multiverse again, while the First Firmament fought to keep him trapped. The past Multiverses attacked the First Firmament, but it escaped into Infinity’s uncontrolled space and began tearing Eternity apart; the chapter ended with the Superflow Domain’s recovery halted and Mister Fantastic 1610 brought to Galactus’s ship.

• Tony Stark 616 and the other Iron Men used the device aboard Tower 2 to reverse the process that had erased the Superflow Domain.
• As Eternity began transforming back into a Multiverse, the First Firmament pierced itself and Eternity together to stop him from escaping.
• The Second, Third, Fifth, and Sixth Multiverses, along with Infinity, attacked and restrained the First Firmament, but it turned Infinity’s space into an uncontrolled Azure Blue Space and vanished inside it.
• The First Firmament tried to tear Eternity apart, while Queen Never warned Eternity that the other Multiverses could not reach him and he would have to hold out alone.
• Tony Stark 616 discovered that a mysterious force had stopped the Superflow Domain from recovering, and Galactus suspected Mister Fantastic 1610.
• Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, Thing, and Doctor Doom brought Mister Fantastic 1610 to Tower 2, where Galactus demanded to know what he was plotting.

Mister Fantastic 1610 tried to weaken First Firmament’s corruption of Eternity by sacrificing fallen universes, but the operation worsened Eternity’s injuries. Russell then left for Beyond Everything, entered First Firmament’s universe, and began devouring its energy while First Firmament summoned the Dark Celestials to stop him.

• Mister Fantastic 1610 used his machine to strip dark-blue streams from Eternity by shedding corrupted universes, but the losses widened Eternity’s wound and Galactus learned that Eternity was failing.
• The Creator asked Russell to hurry to Beyond Everything, and Russell sent Doctor Strange Supreme to protect Earth-404 before setting out.
• Russell crossed into Neutral Space, released more of his power, and told First Firmament he would enter the universe inside its body.
• Russell entered First Firmament’s universe and used Energy Absorption to devour planets, stars, galaxies, Dark Matter, and Dark Energy.
• First Firmament summoned the Dark Celestials and moved to attack Russell as Russell converted the energy he stole into Attribute Points and concealed his rising strength.

Russell evaded the Dark Celestials and attacked First Firmament from within its universe, while Tower 2 watched uncertainly. After mistaking his disappearance in a probe recording for his death, the group realized he was still active and began considering a coordinated assault on First Firmament.

• First Firmament and the Dark Celestials trapped Russell in a formation, but he changed his Energy Signature, passed through their barriers, and continued devouring the universe's energy.
• Russell destroyed a Dark Celestial with a beam that passed through its Energy Barrier, while First Firmament angrily blamed the Aspirants and struggled to stop him.
• In Tower 2, Galactus admitted he could not see what was happening inside First Firmament's Universe, and several Iron Men asked to return to their families.
• Mister Fantastic 1610 revealed that a probe sent to Beyond Everything had recorded Russell weakening First Firmament, though the silver streak then vanished from the footage.
• Mister Fantastic 1610 noticed that the region around Russell's disappearance was still changing, and the group concluded Russell was not dead.
• Galactus rejected sending others into First Firmament's Universe while it was awake, but Tony Stark 616 proposed a mass attack with specialized Law Weapons, and Galactus agreed to gather allies at Vishanti's Abode of Light.

Eternity unleashed high-tech weapons against First Firmament, but First Firmament's fear and rage drove him to tear both himself and Eternity apart. Creator used the World Tree to reinforce Eternity, yet First Firmament broke free and dragged Eternity out of his body, threatening to kill him even after he returned to Multiverse form.

• Eternity mass-produced weapons in a time-frozen world and sent them into First Firmament, where dimensionality reduction foils, nanobots, and other devices spread through his universe.
• First Firmament sealed off the matter and energy arriving from Eternity but could not quickly eliminate the weapons already unleashed.
• As First Firmament feared the weapons might kill him, he went mad and tore at both himself and Eternity, leaving them critically damaged.
• Queen Never warned the other Multiverse embodiments, and Creator took control of the World Tree to draw in energy and stitch Eternity's cracks closed.
• First Firmament broke the Fifth Multiverse's shackles, pulled Eternity from his body, and challenged him to die together.
• Eternity began transforming back into Multiverse form, but First Firmament claimed he could still kill him with ease.

Russell was expelled from the First Firmament Universe as First Firmament tore apart parts of himself while battling Eternity. First Firmament swallowed Russell into his internal universe, but Russell kept absorbing the matter and energy there, leaving First Firmament searching for a way to stop him.

• First Firmament tore Eternity apart, and the First Firmament Universe began collapsing as Russell absorbed the material spilling through its fissures.
• Russell escaped the Cosmic Fragment and realized First Firmament had not known he was inside the universe.
• First Firmament attacked Russell, breaking apart the starry sky, while Russell absorbed the debris and fragments shed by First Firmament and Eternity.
• First Firmament swallowed Russell and the surrounding nebula into his internal universe, but Russell continued converting the gathered energy into Attribute Points.
• First Firmament realized his attempt to contain Russell had failed and looked toward his claw to make up for his mistake.

Russell recounted the devastating losses from the War of the End and said the Multiverse had begun its countdown to death. He reassured Gwen and Wanda that tens of millions of years remained and asked them to spend that time with him.

• Nearly half a month after the war, Russell had consumed most of the First Firmament Universe’s mass and energy.
• The First Firmament Universe was destroyed, while Eternity’s Universe was reduced to only a few dozen Cosmic Clusters.
• Russell said the Embodiments of Past Multiverses had returned to the other shore and Eternity had fallen asleep again.
• Gwen and Wanda wondered whether the end of the world was inevitable, and Russell reassured them that the Multiverse had tens of millions of years left.
• Russell invited Gwen and Wanda to spend that time with him.