Chapter Summaries

The Avengers fought the Chitauri while Natasha used Loki’s scepter to disrupt the Cosmic Cube and close the portal. Just as the battle seemed over, Kaecilius and his mages opened a yellow portal on Stark Tower’s roof, intending to seize the Cube and scepter.

• Captain America split up the Avengers, sending Hawkeye to scout from a rooftop while Thor and Hulk attacked the Chitauri and Captain America went to rescue a family.
• Black Widow hijacked a Chitauri aircraft and flew to Stark Tower, where Dr. Selvig told her Loki’s scepter could penetrate the Cosmic Cube’s shield.
• Natasha retrieved the Mind Scepter and drove it into the Cube, disrupting its energy and causing the portal to close.
• Kaecilius agreed with Peili that the mages should take the Cosmic Cube and scepter as offerings to the Demon God.
• A yellow spark portal opened on Stark Tower’s roof, startling Loki, the Chitauri Commander, Captain America, and the others.

Kaecilius and his fellow mages arrived through a portal at Stark Tower and stole the Mind Scepter, intending to sacrifice it to their demon god. The heroes confronted them, while Loki recognized them as Midgard mages and suggested they served a lord.

• Kaecilius and more than a dozen mages opened a portal to Stark Tower and headed for the Cosmic Cube.
• Natasha warned the mages to stop, but two of them used yellow energy whips to snatch the Mind Scepter and her pistol.
• One mage discarded Natasha’s pistol through a portal, while Peili handed the Mind Scepter to Kaecilius, who praised it as an offering for the demon god.
• Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Hawkeye, Thor, Hulk, Loki, and the Chitauri Commander gathered on the tower roof and demanded that the mages surrender the scepter.
• Loki identified the newcomers as Midgard mages and questioned why they served a lord, while Barton confirmed that Loki had met them before.

Kaecilius attacked Captain America after Steve questioned his allegiance to the Lord, then revealed that the Lord had prophesied the New York battle. Thor recognized the Lord as a Dimensional Demon God, a being powerful enough to destroy Earth if left unchecked.

• Thor confirmed that mages existed on Midgard after Loki mentioned the Lord who controlled Kaecilius and his companions.
• Kaecilius blasted Captain America with Bosatsu's Lightning, leaving Steve badly burned and nearly sending him off Stark Tower before Tony pulled him up.
• Kaecilius warned Steve not to insult his Lord and claimed the Lord had predicted the New York battle before it began.
• Loki recalled Kaecilius's earlier remark that everything was about to begin as the Lord expected, and Hawkeye confirmed that the mages had said it.
• Kaecilius identified his Lord as a Dimensional Demon God, and Thor explained that such beings possessed eternal life and power that could destroy Earth.

Kaecilius claimed his Lord had prophesied Earth’s invasion and caused the fusion of two universes, but Tony Stark and the others doubted him. When Steve Rogers demanded that the mages surrender the Mind Scepter and Cosmic Cube, both sides fought, and Hulk broke their shield.

• Kaecilius said his Lord had predicted Earth’s invasion, calling it a Blinking Extinction Event, and claimed the Lord had caused two universes to merge.
• Tony Stark and the others questioned the prophecy and doubted that Kaecilius’s Lord existed or possessed such power.
• Steve Rogers demanded that Kaecilius put down the Mind Scepter and move away from the Cosmic Cube, but Kaecilius said he meant to offer both items to a demon god.
• Tony Stark fired a laser at Kaecilius, and Peili and the other mages blocked it with a Seraphim Shield.
• Thor, Hawkeye Barton, Natasha, Hulk, and the others attacked the shield, and Hulk shattered it with a punch.
• Peili and the mages summoned yellow Energy Whips to restrain Hulk, but Hulk tore them apart, and Kaecilius realized his side was in danger of losing.

Kaecilius borrowed Su Yao’s divine Light Energy and used it to trap Tony Stark and the others in the Mirror Dimension. As Sentinel Robots attacked him, an unexplained red barrier appeared and blocked their lasers.

• Kaecilius revealed a sun-shaped symbol and borrowed Light Energy from Su Yao, who secretly lent him some.
• Empowered by the divine energy, Kaecilius cast Mirror Dimension magic and twisted the city around Tony Stark and his allies.
• Kaecilius flipped part of Stark Tower, and Tony caught the falling people while the others fled from collapsing buildings.
• Sentinel Robots appeared on the rooftop and attacked Kaecilius and his followers with lasers and crystals.
• The Seraphim Shield shattered under the Sentinel Robots’ attack, but a red barrier appeared and blocked their lasers.
• Everyone stared in shock as unexplained footsteps rang out.

Su Yao arrived on the New York battlefield and was suspected of being both Thor’s younger brother and the White-Clothed Hero, an Omega Mutant. His red energy had protected Kaecilius and the other sorcerers, but Loki and the Chitauri Commander remained doubtful of his power.

• A mysterious man in black approached the battlefield after red light blocked the lasers aimed at the sorcerers.
• Tony Stark recognized the newcomer as the mysterious man he had met before and told Natasha and Hawkeye Barton that he might be an Asgardian god and Thor’s younger brother.
• Tony asked whether the newcomer had created the red shield, then identified him as the White-Clothed Hero and an Omega Mutant.
• Su Yao calmly told Tony that they would meet again, while Thor realized the man might be his younger brother and the Omega Mutant.
• Loki and the Chitauri Commander recognized the White-Clothed Hero’s name but doubted the claims about his power.

Su Yao blocked the Sentinel Robots’ attacks with Chaos Magic, then unintentionally transformed them into living butterflies. The onlookers, including Loki and the Chitauri Commander, were left stunned by the scale of his power.

• The Sentinel Robots turned their attacks on Su Yao, who blocked their lasers and isolated himself from the spreading crystals with Chaos Magic.
• Kaecilius and the other mages realized Su Yao had saved them, while Tony Stark and the others waited to see whether he could keep holding off the robots.
• As Su Yao considered using Light Divine Power against the Sentinel Robots, a fleeting feeling caused the robots to collapse into sand and transform into colorful butterflies.
• Natasha, Tony Stark, Thor, Dr. Selvig, Nick Fury, Loki, and the Chitauri Commander reacted with shock at Su Yao’s apparent ability to turn lifeless objects into living beings.

Su Yao’s Chaos Magic briefly transformed the Sentinel Robots into butterflies, astonishing Loki and the Chitauri Commander. As Kaecilius’s Mirror Dimension began to collapse, Su Yao took the Mind Scepter and turned his attention to the device containing the Cosmic Cube.

• Su Yao’s Reality Warping turned the Sentinel Robots into sand and then butterflies, leaving Loki, the Chitauri Commander, Captain America, and the others stunned.
• Loki and the Chitauri Commander recalled that the humans had mentioned another Omega Mutant called Messiah, and the Commander resolved to investigate him.
• Su Yao reflected on how Chaos Magic’s Reality Warping had become more likely to trigger at level 4 and hoped it would grow stronger at level 5.
• As Su Yao’s Light Divine Power supply ended, Kaecilius lost control of the Mirror Dimension, and the surrounding buildings began returning to place.
• Su Yao flew to Kaecilius, pulled the Mind Scepter from his hand, and then beckoned toward the equipment containing the Cosmic Cube, alarming Captain America and the others.

Su Yao effortlessly defeated the Avengers and took the Cosmic Cube, revealing that it contained one of six Infinity Stones. He left the others wondering how he knew the stones’ origins and anticipating the arrival of the Reality Stone.

• Captain America Steve Rogers threw his shield at Su Yao, who caught and returned it, knocking Steve down, while Su Yao also blocked Tony Stark’s laser and stopped Thor from attacking.
• Su Yao swatted away Natasha’s bullet and overwhelmed the Avengers, Loki, and the Chitauri Commander with his power.
• Tony Stark suggested that only Messiah might be able to challenge Su Yao, while Nick Fury worried about the appearance of another Omega Mutant and Su Yao’s connection to Asgard.
• Su Yao isolated the Cosmic Cube with Chaos Magic and took it from Stark Tower as Captain America Steve Rogers asked what he wanted.
• Su Yao explained that six Infinity Stones represented space, power, reality, mind, time, and soul, and Tony Stark recognized the Cosmic Cube as the Space Stone.
• Su Yao withheld how he knew the stones’ origins and privately anticipated the Reality Stone’s imminent appearance.

Su Yao took the Cosmic Cube and Mind Scepter and left as the battle in New York continued. The Chitauri Commander was captured, Loki escaped, and Su Yao wondered how his presence had changed the future.

• Su Yao ordered Kaecilius to dispel the Mirror Dimension, then flew away with the Cosmic Cube and Mind Scepter.
• Captain America warned that the battle was not over, and the heroes defeated the remaining Chitauri forces.
• Loki escaped by revealing that the figure Thor attacked was only an illusion.
• Captain America stopped Tony Stark from killing the captured Chitauri Commander, and Tony handed the prisoner over to him.
• Kaecilius opened a portal and left with Peili and the other mages while the heroes cleared the remaining Chitauri.
• Su Yao scanned New York for time-traveling Avengers and wondered whether his actions had changed the future.

Su Yao considered how to use the Infinity Stones safely and thought about obtaining the Infinity Gauntlet from Asgard. As the world reacted to the New York War and the White-Clothed Hero’s appearance, Nick Fury spoke with senators while the imprisoned Chitauri Commander studied information about Messiah and the White-Clothed Hero.

• Su Yao decided to keep the Cosmic Cube and Mind Scepter intact until he could get an Infinity Gauntlet, and considered raising his God Race Body and Light Divine Power levels.
• News outlets worldwide reported on the New York War, with the public divided over the Avengers and frightened by the White-Clothed Hero’s appearance.
• Nick Fury told American senators that the White-Clothed Hero had taken the Cosmic Cube, but the senators insisted it had to be recovered.
• The Chitauri Commander used a laptop provided by S.H.I.E.L.D. to look up information on Messiah and the White-Clothed Hero.

After the New York War, the Chitauri Commander learned about Earth’s Omega Mutants, Thor worried that he could not return to Asgard, and Nick Fury expected the Avengers to reunite when needed. Su Yao strengthened his Light Divine Power and tested his growing abilities, while the Chitauri Commander secretly contacted Thanos and began describing the forces that had defeated him.

• The Chitauri Commander read about Messiah and the White-Clothed Hero, feared their powers, and resolved to warn Thanos about them.
• Thor realized that Loki and the Cosmic Cube were both missing and that he was stranded on Earth without a way back to Asgard.
• Agent Hill asked Nick Fury how he would handle the Avengers dispersing, and Fury said they would return because the world needed them.
• Su Yao saw that his destructive power had reached Town-Destroying Level 11%, then raised Light Divine Power to level 4 and gained optical invisibility.
• Su Yao tested his flight speed, found it had increased to around Mach 4, and watched his destructive-power reading rise to 20%.
• The Chitauri Commander secretly contacted Thanos and reported that Earth’s defenders had stopped his army, beginning to explain that something among them had made the defeat unavoidable.

After the Chitauri Commander reported the invasion's failure, Thanos learned that an Omega Mutant called the White-Clothed Hero had erased enemies with a power resembling the Reality Stone. Evidence that the hero had turned sand into a living silicon dioxide butterfly convinced Thanos that the mutant could reshape reality through thought.

• The Chitauri Commander told Thanos that neither he nor the army could deal with the Omega Mutant Messiah, the White-Clothed Hero.
• Thanos examined files and footage showing the hero erasing Sentinel Robots and other enemies with a word, transforming them into sand and colorful butterflies.
• Thanos compared the hero's power to the Reality Stone and considered whether the mutant possessed it, then ruled out that explanation after watching the footage.
• Thanos learned that Black Widow Natasha had preserved a butterfly that remained alive and was made of silicon dioxide rather than flesh and blood.
• Thanos concluded that the Omega Mutant had reshaped matter into a living form through thought alone.

Thanos learned that Su Yao possessed the Cosmic Cube and Mind Scepter and planned to use the Dark Elves to weaken Asgard. Meanwhile, Su Yao established a connection with the Cosmic Cube, used it to travel to the moon, and wondered if it could take him to parallel worlds.

• Thanos studied the report on Su Yao’s reality-altering powers and suspected Asgardian heritage, then decided to exploit the Dark Elves’ plans against Asgard.
• Thanos told the Chitauri Commander that he would handle Su Yao and ordered him to continue his assigned task.
• Su Yao poured Light Energy into the Cosmic Cube, triggering a powerful blast that he blocked with Reflection Shield.
• Su Yao used his mental power to connect with the Cosmic Cube and teleported to the moon, then returned after feeling uncomfortable in space.
• Su Yao wondered whether the Cosmic Cube could transport someone to parallel worlds.

Su Yao weighed the risks of using the Cosmic Cube to reach parallel worlds and considered the Time Stone’s dangerous effects on temporal logic. He ended by regretting that his Chaos Magic’s Reality Warping remained passive and noting that emotional instability could make it stronger.

• Su Yao decided not to risk using the Cosmic Cube to travel to parallel worlds and considered trying a Kama Taj portal with a Sling Ring instead.
• Su Yao examined the Mind Scepter and reflected on how the Time Stone could disrupt timelines and cause universes to collapse.
• Su Yao recalled how an alternate Doctor Strange tried to use the Time Stone to save Christine, absorbed Mysterious Creatures for power, and ultimately watched his universe collapse.
• Su Yao contrasted Chaos Magic’s Reality Warping with the Time Stone, concluding that it could ignore temporal logic without causing collapse.
• Su Yao regretted that his Reality Warping remained passive and considered how despair and unstable emotions could cause Chaos Magic to grow stronger.

Su Yao considered the dangers and possible consciousness of the Infinity Stones, then tested the Mind Scepter and assessed his Energy Points. Before he could invest them to unlock Balder’s new ability, rumors about two powerful beings on Earth began spreading across the galaxy.

• Su Yao considered the Infinity Stones’ side effects and decided he would use Chaos Magic to cleanse them once it reached level five.
• Su Yao tested the Mind Scepter on a large wild boar and found that it could control the animal and amplify his Mind Power.
• Su Yao noted that he had accumulated more than twenty thousand Energy Points and wondered whether they could unlock a new ability for Balder.
• Rumors about two powerful beings appearing on Earth spread through an alien star system and reached the Kree, the Supreme Intelligence, and the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Star-Lord and aliens across the galaxy heard rumors that powerful beings had appeared on Earth, while Thanos hoped the news would draw enemies to Messiah and the White-Clothed Hero. On Earth, Su Yao unlocked Balder’s Divine Word ability and began testing it.

• Glenn told Star-Lord that rumors described two powerful beings on Terra, but Star-Lord dismissed them as impossible and the crew laughed.
• Glenn suggested they visit Earth, and Star-Lord said he might go back sometime.
• The Supreme Intelligence learned of the rumors about Planet C-53 and considered sending someone to investigate and study the supposed powerhouses.
• Aliens across the galaxy debated whether the rumors were true, while Thanos hoped they would provoke major powers into confronting Messiah and the White-Clothed Hero.
• Su Yao spent Energy Points to raise his Unlock Progress to 60%, unlocked Divine Word, and began testing the ability.

Su Yao discovered that Divine Word let him understand languages and animals, then rapidly leveled it up by speaking complete sentences. At level three, his blessing caused light to gather around Venom, revealing that Divine Word could affect reality.

• Su Yao realized Divine Word let him understand other languages and communicate with people, and sense simple thoughts from animals.
• Su Yao saw that Divine Word was level one and speculated higher levels might let his words carry divine curses or blessings.
• Su Yao ignored his remaining energy points and repeatedly recited the multiplication table to gain Divine Word experience.
• Su Yao raised Divine Word to level two and then level three, noticing his voice grow more profound and his words gain a special rhythm.
• Su Yao told Venom, “May light always accompany you,” and sunlight and photons began gathering around Venom.

Su Yao tested the newly awakened Divine Word by blessing Venom with sunlight and considered what other powers he might bestow. While investing Energy Points in Balder's Unlock Progress, he unlocked Divinity and sensed believers' prayers and the Faith Power gathering around him.

• Su Yao spoke a blessing that caused sunlight to gather around Venom, but the effect gradually faded.
• Venom asked Su Yao whether he had controlled the sunlight, and Su Yao considered the possible effects and costs of bestowing blessings.
• Su Yao spent Energy Points raising Balder's Unlock Progress to 70%, leaving just over three thousand points.
• Su Yao unlocked Divinity, which infused his body and spirit with a mysterious power and increased his strength.
• Su Yao heard prayers to the God of Light Balder and realized that Faith Power from surviving believers was gathering around him.

Su Yao discovered that Faith Power could improve his Divinity, but it risked harming his mind until he used the Mind Scepter to purify it. After raising Divinity to Level 2, he spent his remaining Energy Points on Unlock Progress and turned to strengthening his other abilities.

• Su Yao sensed that Faith Power could damage his mind and initially decided not to absorb it, then found that circulating his Light Divine Power did not improve Divinity.
• Su Yao absorbed a little Faith Power and confirmed that it increased Divinity, while also sensing a slight effect on his mind.
• Su Yao used the Mind Scepter to filter Faith Power and remove its harmful effects, then absorbed all the Faith Power around him.
• Su Yao's Divinity reached Level 2, improving several abilities and raising his speed from Mach 4 to Mach 4.5.
• Su Yao spent his remaining Energy Points to raise Unlock Progress to 71% and focused on improving his other abilities.