Chapter Summaries

At a party, Russell sent Eileen home and asked her to tell Foggy Nelson what had happened to Matt. Back at Kamar-Taj, Russell learned that Matt’s Spiritual Body could not interact with physical objects and offered to help him study magic using Russell’s harmless energy, though he said its source determined who could use it.

• Loki delighted the Kamar-Taj mages at Tony’s party with magical illusions while Russell watched.
• Russell opened a Portal for Eileen and told her to explain Matt’s disappearance to Foggy Nelson, taking him to Kamar-Taj if necessary.
• Russell returned to Kamar-Taj and learned from Matt that his Spiritual Body could not touch physical objects.
• Russell offered to ask Mordo to teach Matt magic and suggested that Matt use Russell’s non-corruptive energy for cultivation.
• Mordo asked whether other mages could cultivate with Russell’s energy, and Russell replied that the source determined everything.

Russell explained to Mordo that his Attribute Point energy could let him control anyone who used it, then reassured Wanda and Pietro that the Spider-Men were acting against the Inheritors. On Earth-65, Morlun found five Spider-Men, while Gwen proposed using a public performance to draw the Inheritors out and keep them under watch.

• Russell told Mordo that his energy could affect and control those who used it, and Mordo apologized for asking him to share it.
• Russell left Matt with Mordo, then told Wanda and Pietro he would update them about the Inheritors and urged them to grow stronger.
• Morlun learned that five Spider-Men were active on Earth-65 and went to wait for them at the New York Metropolitan Theater.
• Gwen warned the Spider-Men that a friend of Mage Spider-Man had died before he could use his BB Pager.
• Gwen proposed that the five Spider-Men perform at a publicized place and time so they could watch for the Inheritors, and the group agreed.

White-Bearded Ancient One met Wanda and promised to retrieve her parents’ souls from hell, lifting the burden that had been weighing on her. Meanwhile, Morlun appeared on Earth-65, and the Spider-Men assembled as their conflict with the Inheritors began.

• White-Bearded Ancient One opened a Portal to find Russell, encountered Wanda, and learned that Russell had lent her the imitation Time Stone.
• Wanda asked whether she could become as powerful as another universe’s Scarlet Witch, and White-Bearded Ancient One cautioned Russell for pressuring her to reclaim her parents’ souls.
• White-Bearded Ancient One promised to retrieve Wanda’s parents’ souls from hell, and Wanda burst into tears as she hugged Russell.
• Russell contacted Tony and Pietro to bring them the news, and both siblings broke down crying after learning their parents’ souls could be recovered.
• Peni Parker’s detection program identified Morlun, and she summoned the other four Spider-Men to the Metropolitan Opera House while warning them to stay concealed.

Russell trapped Morlun in the Mirror Dimension, defeated him, and used mind control to make him believe that he had to return to Earth-001 and rally the Inheritors against Mage Spider-Man. Morlun remained under Russell’s control, setting Russell up to use him to reach the Inheritors’ headquarters.

• Gwen summoned Russell, Tony, Wanda, and Pietro after Spider-UK confirmed that Morlun was at the New York Metropolitan Theater.
• Russell opened a Portal, drew Morlun through it, and pulled everyone into the Mirror Dimension to protect civilians.
• Russell knocked Morlun down with a kick, then revealed the Spider Totem aura he carried and provoked Morlun with taunts about the prophecy.
• Wanda recognized that Russell was using mind control, while Russell prevented Morlun from dying and sending a warning to his family.
• Russell used Astral Projection to separate Morlun’s soul from his body and convinced him that the Inheritors would be destroyed unless they united against Mage Spider-Man.
• Russell healed and strengthened Morlun, then implanted the belief that Morlun had to return to Earth-001 and gather Solus and the Inheritors to kill him.

Russell learned from White-Bearded Ancient One that the Inheritors’ prophecy was actually a curse created by Chthon to make them destroy the Spider Totem. As Solus sought guidance from the God of Vampires, Russell found the Inheritors’ headquarters but delayed the assault, hinting that he had another plan.

• White-Bearded Ancient One told Russell that Chthon had cursed the Inheritors to eliminate Spider-Man because the Spider Totem and Web of Life and Destiny blocked Chthon’s return to the material world.
• Russell declared that he would claim the Inheritors and face Chthon if necessary, while White-Bearded Ancient One warned him that Chthon’s allies could include powerful figures influenced by the Darkhold.
• Morlun returned to Earth-001 and told Solus that a powerful Mage Spider-Man had defeated him after he hunted five Spider-Men on Earth-65.
• Morlun urged Solus to gather the family and kill Mage Spider-Man, but Solus refused and ordered Morlun to prepare a ritual to contact the God of Vampires.
• On Earth-65, Russell told Tony, Wanda, Pietro, and the five Spider-Men that he had located the Inheritors’ headquarters but wanted to wait before attacking.

Solus summoned the Blood God and agreed to move the Inheritors into the Blood Dimension while they prepared to fight Mage Spider-Man. Russell and his allies arrived to confront them, and the Blood God recognized Russell as an old enemy.

• Solus told the Blood God that Chthon had pressured the Inheritors to act against Mage Spider-Man, and the Blood God offered them temporary refuge in his dimension.
• Solus declined to abandon Earth-001 until the Blood God promised not to interfere with the Inheritors and signed a contract with him.
• Solus ordered the Inheritors across the multiverse to travel to the Blood Dimension, while Russell and the White-Bearded Ancient One decided to move against Solus before he left.
• Russell opened a Portal to Solus, Morlun, and the Blood God, then led Tony, Wanda, and Pietro through it.
• Morlun panicked at Russell's arrival, and the Blood God recognized Russell and revealed his deep resentment toward him.

Russell reunited with the Blood God, who ordered Solus to kill him, while Tony stepped in to fight Solus. Tony used magic and technology to restrain Solus and opened a Portal to send a meteor crashing into him.

• Russell greeted the Blood God and asked him to share his energy, but the Blood God ordered Solus to attack.
• Tony shielded Wanda and Pietro, then intercepted Solus with his Iron Man Armor.
• Pietro struck Solus with the Sacred Sword of the Vishanti, but Solus healed quickly, and Russell urged Pietro and Wanda to trust Tony.
• Tony used Crimson Bands of Cyttorak and Images of Ikonn to bind Solus and carry him into the sky.
• Tony opened a Portal in front of Solus, with a meteor hurtling through it toward him.

Tony destroyed Solus with a meteorite strike, and Russell took the group to the Inheritors' laboratory to obtain its cloning technology. Tony began copying the laboratory's data while Russell considered using Morlun to locate the Inheritors or the Blood God's dimension.

• Tony struck Solus with a meteorite, leaving only his unconscious soul, while the Blood God and Morlun fled.
• Tony explained how his probes had located a meteorite, and Russell revealed that the Blood God's appearance had only been a powerless fragment of consciousness.
• Russell located the Inheritors' laboratory on Earth-001 and brought Wanda, Pietro, and Tony there through a Portal.
• Tony accessed the laboratory's control system and began copying its data while Russell rested nearby.
• Russell considered using Morlun to gather the Inheritors or help him find the Blood God's Blood Dimension.

Morlun and the Blood God transformed the Inheritors into a powerful Blood Clan force and set out to kill Mage Spider-Man and recover Solus. Meanwhile, Miguel learned of the threat and rallied Spider-Society members to support Russell.

• Morlun failed to find Solus's soul and asked the Blood God for help; the Blood God revealed Mage Spider-Man had taken it and ordered Morlun to gather the Inheritors.
• Morlun traveled to the Blood Dimension, where the Blood God transformed the assembled Inheritors and greatly increased their power.
• The Blood God and the newly enhanced Inheritors left the Blood Dimension to attack Mage Spider-Man and rescue Solus.
• Miguel investigated the Inheritors' movements, learned Russell was drawing them together, and urged Gwen, Spider-UK, Spider-Man Noir, Peni Parker, and Spider-Ham to support him.

Russell waited on Earth-001 for the Blood God and the Inheritors, then challenged the Blood God after it arrived with the enhanced Inheritors family. He drew the Blood God into space, leaving Tony, Wanda, and Pietro to face the other Inheritors.

• Russell said he would wait for the Blood God and the Inheritors, while Tony repaired his armor and restocked ammunition at Stark Industries Tower on Earth-404.
• The Blood God arrived on Earth-001 with the enhanced Inheritors family and attacked Russell with a blast of Crimson Energy, which Russell absorbed.
• Russell told Tony, Wanda, and Pietro to fight the other Inheritors while he dealt with the Blood God, and promised he could revive them if they died.
• Russell formed a massive energy body and followed the Blood God out of Earth's atmosphere to fight in space.
• The Inheritors below began to stir after the Blood God's attack revealed Tony, Wanda, and Pietro's location.

Tony, Wanda, and Pietro ambushed the Inheritors with a barrage of meteors, then met the Spider-Men who arrived at the destroyed forest. In the Cosmic Void, Russell and the Blood God paused their fight after witnessing the Inheritors’ defeat, and the Blood God declared that Russell could no longer escape.

• Tony gave Wanda and Pietro communicators, opened a Portal to a forest, and sent Pietro to plant Micro-Probes along a route.
• Morlun warned the Inheritors to dodge Tony’s golden Portal rings, but Tony launched six or seven meteors that devastated the forest and apparently wiped them out.
• Wanda shielded the group from the blast, and Tony flew into the crater to check the situation.
• Gwen and the Spider-Men arrived by aircraft, and Wanda explained that Russell was fighting the Blood God in Outer Space while Tony had attacked the Inheritors with meteors.
• The Blood God looked at Russell’s dim energy body and declared that Russell had nowhere to escape.

Russell restored his Divine Power with sunlight, transformed into armored energy form, and drove the Blood God into the sun. In the Solar Core, Russell grew stronger while the Blood God weakened under the heat and fusion energy.

• Russell replenished his Divine Power with sunlight and formed the Emperor Armor of Light around his energy body.
• Tony showed the Spider-Men footage of Russell and the Blood God fighting at enormous scale, and explained how their energy bodies could overcome the Square-Cube Law.
• Russell pierced the Blood God with the Sacred Sword of the Vishanti, protected himself with the Shield of the Seraphim, and pushed the Blood God into the sun.
• Russell drove the Blood God through the sun’s layers and into the Solar Core, where he controlled the surrounding energy and grew stronger.
• Russell taunted the battered Blood God by asking whether its energy was running dry.

Russell defeated the Blood God inside the Sun by absorbing the energy he released, then emerged victorious as the Spider-Men celebrated. Miguel and Spider-UK acknowledged that Karn remained the last Inheritor and affirmed that Russell was still Spider-Man despite lacking the usual powers.

• The Blood God asked Russell his name, then tried to destroy them both by triggering a Solar Helium Flash inside the Sun.
• Russell used Energy Absorption to drain the Blood God’s power and cool the star core, recalling how he had once absorbed the Blood God’s energy before.
• The Blood God self-destructed, and Russell absorbed all the scattered energy, gaining 1557,2800 Attribute Points.
• Russell rode his Emperor Steed out of the Sun and returned to Earth through a Portal, where the Spider-Men cheered his victory.
• Miguel told Spider-UK that Karn was the one Inheritor who had escaped, and they agreed that the Spider-Men could deal with him.
• Miguel insisted Russell was Spider-Man, recalling that Russell had once argued Miguel was not Spider-Man.

Russell found Helen's soul in Mephisto's hell and brought George and Gwen to join him and White-Bearded Ancient One. They arrived at Earth-404's Kamar-Taj, where Bald Ancient One joined their plan to retrieve Helen's soul and Wanda and Pietro's parents.

• Russell told George that he had found a way to resurrect Helen, then used George and Helen's wedding rings to locate Helen's soul in Mephisto's hell.
• Russell opened a Portal to Earth-65's Kamar-Taj and brought George and Gwen with him.
• Russell met White-Bearded Ancient One, who was preparing to retrieve Wanda and Pietro's parents' souls, and learned that he was also going to Mephisto's hell.
• White-Bearded Ancient One opened a Portal to Earth-404's Kamar-Taj, where Bald Ancient One agreed to join them in demanding the souls from Mephisto.

Russell, White-Bearded Ancient One, and Bald Ancient One entered Mephisto’s Hell to retrieve Helen’s and Wanda’s parents’ souls from the River Styx. Mephisto let them leave after Russell demanded interest on their previous deal, while the demons believed the trio had been burned to ashes.

• Mephisto reminisced about his rise and fall, then wondered how Hope van Dyne’s search for Agatha was progressing.
• Russell carefully retrieved Helen’s and Wanda’s parents’ souls from the River Styx, but the disturbance alerted Mephisto.
• Mephisto appeared and surrounded the group with his Blaze Domain, hiding their conversation from his demons.
• Russell demanded payment for four days’ interest on their previous deal, and White-Bearded Ancient One warned that he could report Mephisto to Death.
• Mephisto lifted the Spacetime seal and let the group leave, while his demons celebrated what they thought was their destruction.

Russell reunited Wanda, Pietro, and George with their loved ones’ souls, but explained that the souls needed years of care before they could be restored to cloned bodies. Seeking a faster approach, he offered Tony Attribute Points Energy and proposed that Tony repay him by becoming a Sorcerer Supreme, while the Ancient Ones discussed what the title meant.

• Russell released the souls of Wanda and Pietro’s parents and Helen, then explained that Hell’s corruption had left them mentally unresponsive and they would need time to recover.
• Wanda and Pietro asked Tony about the cloning project, and Tony said adapting the Inheritors’ technology for ordinary people could take three to five years.
• Tony proposed using the Time Stone to shorten the embryo cultivation process, but Russell refused to spend years in the laboratory and offered Adaptive Evolution as an alternative.
• Russell gave Tony Attribute Points Energy to study, then offered him a much larger amount that could strengthen his body and extend his life in exchange for becoming Sorcerer Supreme.
• Bald Ancient One explained that Sorcerer Supreme was a title based on strength, while White-Bearded Ancient One distinguished it from the position granted through the Vishanti Trial.

Russell agreed to help Wanda and Pietro revive their parents, refusing Wanda’s offer of Chaos Energy and asking her to cultivate instead. He sent George and Gwen to his New York bookstore with Helen’s soul, rejuvenated George so Helen would recognize him, and gave Wanda Attribute Point energy to use on her parents’ souls.

• Tony left through a Portal to continue his experiments after discussing how magic could be supplemented by technology.
• Wanda asked Russell to help revive her parents, and Russell refused her Chaos Energy because it was bound to her life.
• Russell gave Helen’s soul to George and arranged for George and Gwen to stay at his bookstore while Helen recovered.
• Russell used Attribute Point energy to restore George’s youthful appearance, and Wanda cast an Illusion Spell to hide the change from others.
• Russell gave Wanda Attribute Point energy and instructed her to split it and place it on her parents’ souls.

Russell and Tony successfully reconstructed Matt Murdock’s body, then began the same procedure for Helen, Oleg, and Irina. Ten days later, the revived parents awoke and reunited with their families.

• Matt entered the Nutrient Pod, and Pale White Light began fusing his soul and body as Russell watched over the experiment.
• While Matt’s reconstruction continued, Tony explained his work on calibrating time between worlds, and Russell suggested asking the Spider-Society for help.
• After ten days, Matt awoke with his body restored, his sight returned, and his Super Perception strengthened.
• Wanda, Pietro, Gwen, and George hoped for a successful result, and Russell and Tony began reconstructing Helen, Oleg, and Irina.
• Ten days later, Helen, Oleg, and Irina awoke, reuniting Wanda and Pietro’s family and George, Helen, and Gwen’s family.

Helen hosted a family dinner on Earth-404 while Russell checked on Wanda and Pietro’s studies and received Asgard’s news about Thanos’s search for the Orb. Russell decided to go to Morag, and Loki volunteered to guide him.

• Helen served Russell lemon sea bass to welcome him into the family, while Wanda and Pietro continued their studies under tutors hired by Tony.
• Russell urged Irina to give Wanda and Pietro more time to rest, and she agreed to let them skip that day’s magical training.
• After the Bifrost appeared, Russell traveled to the Hilton Hotel rooftop, where Sif told him that Thanos had allied with Ronan and that the Orb was on Morag.
• Russell asked Asgard to arrange a guide to Morag, and Loki volunteered, demonstrating that he could disguise himself as people from other planets.
• Thor praised Loki and assigned him the mission, leaving Loki puzzled by his brother’s decision.

Russell sent Loki ahead to Morag to confirm the location, then used a Portal to join him and begin searching a ruined temple for the Orb. The chapter ended with Russell and Loki preparing to explore the temple.

• Russell asked Loki to travel to Morag in a spaceship, while Sif rejected using the Bifrost because it would leave traces.
• Loki traveled to Morag by Bifrost and spent several days flying there, but he could not create a Portal to return.
• Russell explained to Gwen, George, and Helen that Thanos was collecting the Infinity Stones and that he intended to confront him before he reached Earth.
• Loki contacted Heimdall, who relayed his arrival to Russell, and Russell Portaled to Morag.
• Loki landed the spacecraft near a ruined temple and told Russell that the Orb was believed to be inside.