Chapter Summaries

Mordo searched for Kaecilius and encountered Elektra leading Xenomorphs against Black Magic Users. Meanwhile, Duva made Magneto help build a skyscraper and revealed that he had secretly parasitized him with a Xenomorph Larva, leaving Magneto furious but still under Duva’s control.

• Mordo questioned Ancient One’s inaction over Reynolds, then left Kamar-Taj to hunt Kaecilius while refusing to take the Dum Dum Dugans with him.
• Mordo found Xenomorphs slaughtering Black Magic Users and met Elektra, who said Kaecilius had recently escaped after fighting Loki.
• Elektra returned to find Reynolds, Magneto, and Xenomorphs building Duva’s new skyscraper, and Duva praised Magneto’s construction work.
• Magneto confronted Duva over secretly implanting a Xenomorph Larva in him, but his body resisted his attempts to attack Duva or remove it.
• Magneto flew away in anger, while Duva told Reynolds he could still control Magneto and explained that the Larva’s second brain might help him resist psychic illusions.

Magneto recovered from Stryker’s mental attack and agreed to join the X-Men, while S.H.I.E.L.D. prepared plans to counter Duva and the Xenomorphs. Duva captured Stryker’s Mutants and killed him, as Coulson approached a young man in South America who controlled aliens.

• Magneto returned to Professor X’s group, said Stryker had caused his madness, and proposed uniting the Brotherhood and the X-Men to kill him.
• Fury and Coulson discussed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s plans for Duva, including the Master Mold Project and recruiting a psychic ally who could control Xenomorphs.
• Duva dismissed the crowds seeking power outside his skyscraper and sent forces to attack Stryker’s base at Alkali Lake.
• Duva’s forces defeated Stryker’s defenses, captured the Mutants, and killed Stryker; Professor X sensed the rescued children as Magneto’s group arrived at the flooded base.
• Coulson led S.H.I.E.L.D. agents into the South American rainforest and offered help to a young man who had mentally controlled the aliens there.

Coulson recruited Druig to take control of Duva’s Xenomorphs, while Duva clashed with Professor X and Magneto over the captured Mutants. Druig and the other Eternals confronted Duva at Weyland Tower, where thousands of Xenomorphs surrounded them and Coulson prepared to see Duva’s power stripped away.

• Coulson found Druig in the South American rainforest and persuaded him to confront Duva, after Druig learned about the Eternals’ losses and resolved to take control of the Xenomorphs.
• Duva returned from Alkali Lake with Stryker’s captured Mutants, rejected Professor X’s request to release them, and ordered Sentry to divert the floodwaters.
• Professor X revealed his intention to unite Mutants for an independent nation, while Magneto and Jean Grey argued over Duva’s treatment of the captured Mutants.
• Duva used a Facehugger to control Death Woman while preserving her beta Adamantium skeleton, then learned that Druig and nearly all the Eternals had arrived.
• Duva faced the Eternals as thousands of Xenomorphs surrounded Weyland Tower, while Coulson watched from nearby and anticipated Druig taking Duva’s control away.

Druig entered Duva's mind and found the Xenomorphs united around him, then learned that Ajak had concealed the Eternals' mission to destroy humanity. He joined Duva, helping the Xenomorphs defeat the Eternals; afterward, Duva went to confront Coulson.

• Druig tried to control Duva and the Xenomorphs, but discovered that their collective consciousness protected Duva's mind.
• Duva revealed that the Eternals' purpose was to destroy humanity and nurture a Celestial, and Druig realized Ajak had hidden the truth.
• Druig defected to Duva and turned the Xenomorphs against the Eternals, while Druig's mental attacks and the Xenomorphs overwhelmed their former allies.
• Duva and his forces killed or captured the Eternals, then infected them with Xenomorphs; Druig welcomed his own transformation and Reynolds affirmed their cause.
• Duva left the aftermath to his followers and entered Coulson's secret room, where he said he had come to kill him personally.

Duva defeated Coulson’s operation, absorbed the Eternals’ power, and strengthened his psychic defenses with Druig’s allegiance. As the surviving Ikaris encountered Arishem, Duva expanded Weyland Company with a lifespan-extending drug and planned to make the world dependent on his Xenomorphs.

• Duva refused Fury’s offer and had a Xenomorph kill Coulson, then told Fury that S.H.I.E.L.D. could not stop his growing power.
• Fury withdrew to regroup, while Professor X, Magneto, and Mystique discussed the Eternals’ defeat and the danger Duva posed.
• Ikaris remained in hiding as the last unaligned Eternal, then found himself confronted by Arishem in space.
• Druig pledged to find Ikaris and recruit him, while Duva ordered him to preserve the Eternals’ spaceship and dismissed the crowds seeking to join Weyland.
• Weyland Company released ALIEN-1, a drug made from Xenomorph secretions that extended human lifespan, gaining worldwide attention.
• Duva planned to use Xenomorph deterrence and longevity drugs to make the world depend on Weyland and build a vast force of Xenomorph superhumans.

Daredevil investigated a black-market trade in ALIEN-1 drugs, then learned that Stick had become a vampire and agreed to help Duva reach the Sorcerer Supreme through him. At Weyland Tower, Duva discovered that Peter Parker had died before becoming Spider-Man and considered how to contact Ancient One while planning to collect on his support for Asgard.

• Daredevil raided a Kingpin drug deal and fought Bullseye, who fled after Daredevil shattered the bottle of ALIEN-1 pills.
• Elektra arrived with Xenomorphs, who captured Bullseye and brought him to Weyland Tower to be parasitized and sent to an alien battlefield.
• Elektra told Daredevil that Stick had become a vampire, the Chaste had disbanded, and Stick was searching for mages in New York.
• Daredevil accompanied Elektra to Weyland Tower, where Harry Osborn retrieved Norman Osborn's recovered drugs and discussed cooperation with Duva.
• Duva learned from Harry that Peter Parker had disappeared during a school biology exhibition and was reported dead, leaving this universe without a Spider-Man.
• Duva asked Daredevil to search for Stick so Elektra could use him as an intermediary to approach Kamar-Taj and Ancient One.

Druig's hunt for New York vampires led him into a battle with Kaecilius, who sought to sacrifice him and a Xenomorph to Dormammu. Reynolds and Ancient One joined Druig, and together they killed Kaecilius, but Ancient One warned that Dormammu would soon attack Earth.

• Druig found Kaecilius's Black Magic User hideout and fought him after refusing his offer to serve Dormammu.
• Kaecilius overwhelmed Druig and the Xenomorphs until Reynolds arrived and disrupted his magic.
• Kaecilius tried to escape, but Ancient One appeared and sealed off his retreat.
• Ancient One, Reynolds, and Druig attacked Kaecilius together and killed him.
• Duva spoke with Ancient One, agreed to keep her use of Black Magic secret, and sent Druig with her while keeping Reynolds away from Kamar-Taj.

Duva negotiated with the Ancient One for access to Kamar-Taj’s magical knowledge in exchange for helping repel Dormammu, while proposing to create a magical path that granted Xenomorphs to anyone who chanted his true name. The Ancient One agreed to cooperate, and Duva discovered that she had been keeping her magical debts circulating through a risky chain of borrowed powers.

• Druig visited the Sanctum Sanctorum and argued with Mordo before the Ancient One explained that Dormammu remained a greater threat than Kaecilius.
• Duva spoke through Druig, revealed that he had moved Reynolds to safety, and discussed using Sentry as a weapon against Dormammu.
• Duva asked to study magic and proposed developing a system that would send a Xenomorph to anyone who chanted his true name; the Ancient One agreed to research magic with him in return for his help against Dormammu.
• Duva and the Ancient One reached an agreement to share research and prepare to deal with Dormammu, while the Ancient One explained why she hoped to save Stick.
• Duva learned that the Ancient One had been managing magical debts by borrowing from numerous powers and repairing herself with other sources, leaving him wary of her methods.

Duva and Ancient One prepared to confront Dormammu as he tore open a rift toward Earth, after his forces swallowed the Master Mold Platform. With Earth threatened and Kamar-Taj exposed, Duva became a key target and called on Reynolds to fight as a Xenomorph.

• Ancient One discussed her debts with Duva, who summoned Xenomorphs and sent them through portals from Weyland Tower to Kamar-Taj.
• Fury learned that Kamar-Taj had allied with Duva and that its mages were mobilizing, while Dum Dum Dugan discovered Xenomorphs studying magic.
• The Master Mold Platform vanished after an unknown force displaced it, and Dormammu revealed that he intended to capture the source of the Xenomorphs.
• Dormammu crushed Kaecilius's soul and opened a vast rift toward Earth, alarming humanity and prompting Black Bolt and Odin to prepare for the invasion.
• Ancient One gave Duva and Reynolds magical cloaks and told them to charge with her, while warning that Dormammu might be targeting Duva rather than Earth.
• Duva prepared his contingency measures and urged Reynolds to draw out his potential as a Xenomorph.

Duva used the Xenomorph Larva in Reynolds to merge their consciousnesses with Reynolds’s, creating a powerful form that drew on the Pocket Universe’s Stellar Power. As Dormammu attacked Earth, Duva joined Ancient One in battle while the Avengers and Mutants prepared to support them.

• Duva decided to create a third persona in Reynolds and began merging his consciousness with Reynolds’s and the Xenomorph Larva’s.
• Duva took control of Reynolds’s body, greatly increased the Sentry’s power, and demonstrated a method resembling Astral Projection through Xenomorphs.
• Dormammu arrived, and Ancient One attacked it with powerful magic while Duva warned that he would eventually kill it.
• Fury assembled the Avengers to help create an opening for nuclear missiles, while the Mutants waited to see whether Duva and Ancient One would need their aid.
• Duva flew to Ancient One’s side and confronted Dormammu, which recognized him as the source of the Xenomorphs and resolved to seize them.

Duva and Ancient One fought Dormammu in space, with Duva using the Destroyer Armor and the Time Stone to force the demon god back toward the Dark Dimension. Duva revealed that his goal was to spread xenomorphs throughout the universe, and the chapter ended with him warning that Dormammu might be more vulnerable to brainwashing than he was.

• Duva resisted Dormammu's attacks while Ancient One used the Time Stone and her magical artifacts to keep the demon god at bay.
• Duva inverted and stacked his Million Suns Power, striking Dormammu and declaring that he understood what being the Xenomorph Master meant.
• Thor persuaded Loki to send the Destroyer Armor to Midgard, and Duva donned it to increase his power against Dormammu.
• Duva and Ancient One drove Dormammu back toward the Dark Dimension as he tried to tempt Duva with power and eternal life.
• Duva told Dormammu that he intended to spread xenomorphs across the universe and build a vast gene bank, then launched a final attack that forced Dormammu to retreat.
• Ancient One warned that Dormammu might analyze Duva and try to brainwash him, but Duva revealed that Dormammu had already withdrawn from invading his mind.

After recovering from the battle with Dormammu, Duva watched Earth and the wider universe react to his power while preparing to expand his forces and help Asgard end its war with the Frost Giants. At Weyland Tower, a newly born Xenomorph turned out to be Moira, a Mutant reborn for the third time, and Duva began searching her memories.

• Ancient One sent the unconscious Reynolds back to Weyland Tower and warned Duva to leave Earth room to breathe if he achieved his ambitions.
• During Duva's two-day sleep, Skyfathers and Earth’s civilians learned about the battle with Dormammu, while crowds gathered at Weyland Tower hoping to join Duva and become superhumans.
• Reynolds woke with little memory of the battle, and Duva told him that they had driven back a Demon God; Reynolds then flew above Weyland Tower as the crowd cheered.
• Thor told the Asgardians that Duva would send a new army to help finish the war, while Loki questioned whether Duva could defeat Laufey.
• Duva prepared to expand his forces and advance on Asgard, then noticed an unusual Xenomorph that had just burst from a vampire.
• The Xenomorph realized she was Moira, a Mutant reborn for the third time, and Duva invaded her mind to examine the memories of her previous lives.

After Moira reincarnated as a Xenomorph, Duva expanded his forces by capturing vampires and animals while preparing for war in Asgard. Mordo warned him about the multiversal Inheritor Family, and at Tony Stark’s party Duva confronted a mysterious blood-drinking man he identified as Dracula.

• Duva examined Moira’s memories, asserted control over her, and explained that his intervention had changed the world she knew.
• Moira accepted her new Xenomorph body and learned that Professor X and Magneto had united while the world’s history had changed dramatically.
• Duva sent Xenomorph teams to capture vampires and animals, growing his army and preparing to join the war in Asgard.
• Mordo told Duva that vampires from another universe had killed Peter Parker, and Duva ordered Xenomorphs to search for Peter’s remains.
• Duva transported thousands of Xenomorphs to Asgard through the Bifrost and accepted Tony Stark’s invitation to a party.
• At the party, a cloaked man praised the taste of powerful creatures’ blood, and Duva offered him a bowl of Xenomorph blood while calling him Dracula.

Duva defeated Dracula and discovered that his immortality made him an ideal host for continuously producing powerful Xenomorphs. After building a fifteen-thousand-strong army, Duva led his forces to Asgard to end the war with the Frost Giants.

• Dracula attacked Duva at Tony Stark's party, but Tony, Rhodes, Death Woman, and the Xenomorphs fought him while Duva learned that Dracula possessed an immortal body.
• Duva captured Dracula and repeatedly used him to incubate Xenomorphs, producing a reliable supply of powerful troops despite Dracula's attempts to resist.
• Duva and Mister Blue assessed Dracula's output, finding that he could produce twelve to fifteen Xenomorphs per day.
• Duva assembled an army of fifteen thousand Xenomorphs and set out for Asgard with formidable combat units.
• The Asgardians prepared to welcome Duva, then fell silent as his vast army arrived and he declared that he would end the war as the Thunder God.

Duva brought his Xenomorph army to Asgard, turned more than six hundred Frost Giant prisoners into Frost Giant Xenomorphs, and led the Asgardians into an invasion of Jotunheim. The battle exposed Loki’s Frost Giant heritage and left Duva facing Laufey as Reynolds struggled against the Frost Giant king.

• Thor welcomed Duva to Asgard, while Loki and the assembled Asgardians were stunned by the number and strength of his Xenomorphs.
• Duva proposed attacking Jotunheim, then parasitized more than six hundred Frost Giant prisoners and discovered that their Xenomorph offspring could wield some divine power.
• Duva led the army through the Bifrost to Jotunheim, where Laufey revealed that Loki was his son and demanded that Loki fulfill their agreement.
• Duva defended Loki by reminding the Asgardians that Odin had accepted him, but their comparisons with Thor enraged Loki, who revealed his Frost Giant form as the battle began.
• Reynolds and the other Xenomorphs attacked Laufey, but Laufey killed the Gilgamesh Xenomorph and battered Reynolds, who looked to Duva for help.
• Duva told Loki to take over as they had discussed and warned that he would take Loki down if he showed any weakness.

Duva used Loki’s betrayal of Laufey to injure the Frost Giant king, then transferred into Reynolds and combined the Sentry’s power, the Destroyer Armor, and Thor’s Mjolnir to fight him. As the battle drew the attention of the World Tree, Loki accepted that he had no future in Asgard and resolved to seek a loyal race of followers beyond it.

• Duva persuaded Loki to unleash the Casket of Ancient Winters across Jotunheim, freezing the gathered Frost Giants, Asgardians, and Xenomorphs.
• Laufey summoned Jotunheim’s giant armies, but Loki deceived him with an illusion and stabbed him with Gungnir before fleeing.
• Duva broke free of the ice and used Reynolds, the Destroyer Armor, and a Thor-gene Xenomorph Larva to wield Mjolnir and attack the wounded Laufey.
• Duva and Laufey fought across Jotunheim while observers throughout the World Tree watched the battle and took interest in Duva and his Xenomorphs.
• Thor thawed out and urged Loki to help Duva, while Loki admitted he planned to leave Asgard and the World Tree after the battle.
• Loki envied Duva’s loyal followers and resolved to find or cultivate a powerful race of his own in the wider universe.

Loki chose to leave Asgard’s throne behind and go to Midgard as Odin returned and Duva defeated Laufey. With Laufey captured and Jotunheim devastated, Duva claimed Thunder God's Hammer and planned to give it to a new owner as the Fourth Generation Thunder God.

• Loki told Thor he planned to abandon his claim to Asgard and explore the wider universe, while Thor urged him to remain king.
• Odin appeared on Jotunheim, and Thor realized Loki had concealed his father’s survival; Loki returned Gungnir and chose to leave for Midgard.
• Duva overpowered Laufey and crippled him, intending to keep the Frost Giant king alive as a host for a Xenomorph.
• Odin confirmed that Loki had also been sent to Earth, while Thor accepted that Loki had chosen his own path and asked Duva to help him if needed.
• After returning to Asgard, Duva claimed Thunder God's Hammer and said he would choose a new owner to become the Fourth Generation Thunder God.

After conquering Jotunheim, Duva negotiated for Giant hosts and left with Laufey, while Odin prepared Thor to inherit his power and warned him about Duva. In Asgard, Skurge was spared from parasitism through his mother’s intervention and decided to join the Xenomorphs.

• Thor reacted with dismay when Duva spoke of a Fourth Generation Thunder God, but Odin promised to take Thor to Nidavellir for a weapon of his own and train him to inherit the Odin Force.
• Odin reclaimed the Destroyer Armor from Duva and granted him access to the Bifrost, while Duva demanded fifty thousand Giant hosts and permission to count willing Xenomorph hosts separately.
• Duva left Asgard with Laufey as the defeated Giants were captured and parasitized, alarming observers across the World Tree with the Xenomorphs’ power and Duva’s methods.
• Odin brought Thor to Nidavellir, where the Dwarf King discussed the possibility that Xenomorphs carrying Giant bloodlines could become a new godly race.
• Frigga and Skornheim secured Skurge’s release from the Xenomorph captives, and Skornheim explained that Xenomorphs had conquered Deviants and vampires as well as Jotunheim’s Giants.
• After seeing the Xenomorphs and their allies, Skurge decided to join Duva’s faction and become a Xenomorph.

Duva used thousands of divine-race Xenomorphs to reach the World Tree, where the Shadow Ancient Gods revealed themselves and treated Ragnarok as a tool for harvesting power. After Ancient One contacted him, Loki began searching Earth for the Black Dragon and discovered that S.H.I.E.L.D. had hidden it beneath an iceberg.

• Skurge joined Duva's Xenomorphs, but Druig restrained him from attacking a prisoner and took responsibility for training him.
• Druig brought Skurge to honor the dead, where he explained his beliefs about the fallen Xenomorphs and their souls.
• Duva implanted Laufey with a Xenomorph and used the unified minds of more than two thousand divine-race Xenomorphs to find the World Tree.
• The Shadow Ancient Gods noticed Duva, briefly poured divine power into him, and discussed making the Xenomorphs a new weapon for Ragnarok.
• Ancient One contacted Duva after sensing the World Tree disturbance and asked him to explain his discovery at Kamar-Taj.
• Loki searched for the Black Dragon on Earth and learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. had hidden it beneath an iceberg.

Fury prepared to counter Duva’s growing power by accelerating the Master Mold Project and unsealing the Symbiotes, while Duva expanded his plans on Earth and recruited new allies. Jane Foster joined Weyland Company, was parasitized by a Xenomorph, and was brought before Thor’s hammer to see if she could lift it.

• Fury ordered Hill to accelerate the Master Mold Project and decided to awaken the Symbiotes sealed since the 1970s.
• Duva rejected a war against Krakoa’s Mutants and sent Skurge with thirty Xenomorphs to hunt The Hand’s Five Fingers.
• Duva encouraged Moira to explore her possible time-loop ability and instructed Gloria Grant to recruit Jane Foster.
• Foster accepted Xenomorph parasitization after joining Weyland Company, hoping it would help her explore the World Tree and the cosmos.
• Gloria presented Thor’s hammer to Foster and told her that lifting it would make it her weapon, though even Sentry had failed to lift it.