Chapter Summaries

Su Yao learned that his divine connection let him observe believers and potentially use his powers through their prayers. He discovered that Audrey, a blind mutant who prayed to Balder for her sight, had been attacked for her ability, and he began considering whether his control over light could help her.

• Su Yao sensed a connection to his praying believers and realized he could observe them and might use divine power through the link.
• Su Yao examined Audrey and learned that she had been a nurse whose mutant vision helped diagnose a patient, but the hospital fired her after discovering her ability.
• Neighbors revealed that extremists had cut out Audrey's eyes while she slept, and the attacker was later released on bail.
• Su Yao learned that Audrey prayed to Balder after hearing about Thor and believing the Norse gods existed.
• Su Yao reasoned that control over light might restore vision or disrupt sight, then began experimenting as Audrey prayed again.

Audrey’s sight returned after Su Yao used Light Energy to heal her, and her faith in the God of Light Balder surged. She told the gathered neighbors that Balder had healed her, but Gisli, the man who had blinded her, approached with apparent ill intent.

• Su Yao stopped transmitting Light Energy after it slowly healed Audrey’s eyes, and Audrey opened them to see again.
• Audrey believed a god had answered her prayers, prayed devoutly to the God of Light Balder, and gave Su Yao enough Faith Power to increase his divinity by one point.
• Audrey went outside and announced that her eyes had healed, drawing a crowd of shocked neighbors and passersby.
• Audrey told the crowd that she had prayed to Balder, explaining that he was Thor’s younger brother and a Son of Odin.
• Gisli approached Audrey and stared at her healed eyes with ill intent, and she recognized him as the man who had blinded her.

Audrey’s restored eyesight and Gisli’s sudden death convinced the neighbors that the God of Light Balder was real and had intervened. The chapter ended with Audrey suggesting her faith and prayers might have earned her the god’s blessing, prompting others to reconsider their own beliefs.

• Gisli accused Audrey of using her Mutant Ability to heal herself and tried to stab her in the eyes with a dagger.
• Su Yao focused sunlight on Gisli, burning him until he collapsed and died.
• The neighbors and passersby realized that the God of Light Balder might truly exist and had punished Gisli.
• Audrey told Lawrence and the others that Balder had healed her eyes and that Gisli’s death was likely divine punishment.
• Karen asked why Balder had blessed Audrey, and Audrey guessed that her faith and constant prayers might have been the reason.

After Balder killed Gisli with divine punishment, witnesses speculated that he had caused the earlier light that covered the Earth, and many began hoping to gain his blessings. S.H.I.E.L.D. learned of the speculation, leaving Nick Fury shaken by the possibility that Balder’s power was far greater than they had realized.

• Lawrence asked what to do with Gisli’s corpse, and witnesses confirmed he was dead before calling 911.
• Police took Audrey in for questioning but treated her cautiously because they feared Balder might retaliate.
• Richard suggested that Balder might have caused the worldwide radiance, and Vernon reported the theory to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Witnesses began praying to Balder, producing small amounts of Faith Power as their devotion grew.
• Agent Hill told Nick Fury about Balder’s appearance and Richard’s speculation, leaving Fury shocked by the possible scale of Balder’s power.

Nick Fury questioned Thor about the God of Light Balder after S.H.I.E.L.D. confirmed Audrey’s story, but Thor said he did not know Balder. Thor then revealed that light had enveloped Asgard and the Nine Realms, leaving both men concerned that Balder might be responsible.

• Nick Fury learned that S.H.I.E.L.D.’s tests supported Audrey’s account and went to find Thor.
• Nick Fury asked Thor about Balder, but Thor said he had never heard of the god and dismissed the human myths as different from reality.
• Nick Fury told Thor about Audrey’s healed eyes, Gisli’s attack, and the heavenly light that punished him.
• Nick Fury suggested Balder might be connected to the light phenomenon, and Thor revealed that it had also covered Asgard and the Nine Realms.
• Nick Fury and Thor recognized the possible scale of Balder’s power and the seriousness of the situation.

Thor and Nick Fury suspected that the White-Clothed Hero was Balder, the God of Light, and therefore Thor’s brother. Fury alerted S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers, while Su Yao continued gathering Faith Power.

• Thor realized that the White-Clothed Hero might be his brother and identified him as Balder, the God of Light.
• Nick Fury accepted that the White-Clothed Hero could be Balder and urged Thor to ask Odin and Frigga about him.
• Fury left to investigate Balder, while Thor wished he could return to Asgard and tell his parents.
• Fury ordered Hill to gather information and notified Captain America, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Banner, and Tony Stark, who reacted with disbelief.
• Su Yao turned his attention back to himself as Faith Power gathered and his Divinity Experience increased.

Su Yao raised Divinity to Level 3, boosting his abilities and flight speed, then decided to seek out Jane and guide her toward discovering the Reality Stone. He reflected on how his influence had changed Jane and Thor’s relationship and on the Aether’s history before setting his plan in motion.

• Su Yao absorbed Faith Power overnight while improving Divine Word, Light Divine Power, and God Race Body, then raised Divinity to Level 3.
• Su Yao tested his flight speed and found it had increased to Mach 5.4, while resolving to keep strengthening his movement abilities and visit a military base someday.
• Su Yao noted that his influence had left Thor and Jane with little more than an ambiguous connection and had prevented Thor from asking Thunder God's Hammer to protect Jane.
• Su Yao decided to find Jane and guide her toward discovering the Reality Stone, also known as the Aether.
• Su Yao recalled that Malekith had tried to use the Aether to plunge the universe into darkness, but Asgard’s army had defeated him and taken the Stone.

Su Yao followed Jane to an abandoned shipping company, where a spatial anomaly led her into the hidden space containing the Aether. When he could not enter the rift normally, he used the Cosmic Cube to force it open and arrived just as a red energy shield protected Jane from the Aether.

• Su Yao used Daisy to guide Jane to the abandoned shipping company and secretly followed them.
• Jane and Daisy discovered that gravity behaved strangely in the grounds, while Su Yao found that stones thrown through the spatial rift reappeared overhead.
• Jane followed the instrument’s readings to the rift and was pushed through by a strange gust of wind.
• Su Yao could not pass through the rift, so he used the Cosmic Cube to force it open and entered the hidden space.
• Jane approached a tall boulder containing the Aether, but a red energy shield stopped the liquid from entering her body.
• Jane turned toward the footsteps and saw a mysterious black-clad figure approaching.

Su Yao arrived while Jane was threatened by the Aether, compressed the liquid Reality Stone into a gemstone, and tested its reality-altering power. The grasslands he created quickly vanished, leaving him to conclude that the Reality Stone needed energy to sustain changes and could become permanent with the other Infinity Stones.

• Jane recognized Su Yao as the White-Clothed Hero when he appeared in the dark place.
• Su Yao used Chaos Magic to contain and compress the Aether until it solidified into the Reality Stone.
• Su Yao connected with the Reality Stone and discovered that using it caused corrosive backlash and consumed some of his Light Divine Power.
• Su Yao used the Reality Stone to transform the gloomy surroundings into grasslands, astonishing Jane.
• The grasslands reverted within seconds, and Su Yao realized the altered reality required energy to persist.

Su Yao used the Reality Stone to escape the strange space, while Jane followed him back to the abandoned factory. His taking of the Aether awakened Malekith and the Dark Elves, and Heimdall spotted their return and went to warn Odin.

• Su Yao opened a spatial rift with the Cosmic Cube and flew out of the abandoned factory, with Jane following him.
• Daisy and the intern found Jane, who told them about the strange space and Su Yao changing it into a grassy field.
• Malekith awakened with the Dark Elves and began preparing to seize the Aether and invade Asgard.
• Heimdall saw Malekith and the Dark Elves awaken, then went to inform Odin.

Heimdall informed God King Odin that Malekith had awakened and that the Aether and Cosmic Cube were both inside the White-Clothed Hero on Earth. Odin used his own Bifrost power to retrieve Thor from New York, while Su Yao sensed the beam and realized Odin had teleported him.

• Heimdall told God King Odin that the Aether had appeared and that Malekith was likely pursuing his plan to return everything to endless night.
• Heimdall revealed that the Aether and Cosmic Cube were inside the White-Clothed Hero, shocking Odin because the Cosmic Cube contained the Space Stone.
• Odin asked whether Thor had returned, then used his own Bifrost power to send a beam to Earth.
• The beam seized Thor from Stark's villa before he could finish celebrating, leaving Tony Stark to wonder what had happened in Asgard.
• Su Yao sensed the Bifrost-like energy and concluded that Odin had used his own teleportation power.

Thor returned to Asgard and told Odin, Heimdall, and Frigga about the White-Clothed Hero, who wielded Thor’s hammer and defeated him with overwhelming power. Odin confirmed that Thor could become Rune King Thor by mastering the runes and awakening his divine power, leaving Thor stunned by his younger brother’s knowledge.

• Thor returned to Asgard and excitedly greeted Odin and Heimdall before Odin demanded to know what had happened on Earth.
• Thor told Odin and Heimdall that the White-Clothed Hero had divine power, summoned the Thunder God's Hammer, and might be his younger brother.
• Frigga arrived after sensing Odin's use of the Bifrost, and Thor repeated his account while insisting he had recognized genuine Asgardian Aesir divine power.
• Thor explained that the White-Clothed Hero had defeated him and his human friends in one exchange and had used the hammer better than he could.
• Thor told Odin and Frigga that the White-Clothed Hero had described Rune King Thor, and Odin confirmed Thor could attain that power by mastering the runes and awakening his divine power.

Thor told Odin, Frigga, and Heimdall about the White-Clothed Hero’s extraordinary power and role in the New York War. Odin concluded that the hero’s reality-altering power belonged to him rather than the Reality Stone, and learned that he had acquired three Infinity Stones.

• Thor described how the White-Clothed Hero had a body stronger than his and could lift Thunder God's Hammer, prompting Odin to wonder if the hero was related to their royal family.
• Thor recounted how the White-Clothed Hero destroyed more than a hundred Sentinel Robots by turning them into sand and then living butterflies.
• Thor explained that the hero could permanently transform matter and create things, leading Odin to suspect the power exceeded that of the Reality Stone.
• Thor revealed that the hero had discussed the six Infinity Stones and taken both the Cosmic Cube and the scepter containing the Mind Stone.
• Odin realized that the hero possessed the Cosmic Cube, the Mind Stone, and the Aether, and grew grave at the thought that three Infinity Stones had gathered upon one person.

Thor told Odin, Frigga, and Heimdall that the White-Clothed Hero was Balder, Odin and Frigga’s younger son and the God of Light whose power caused the phenomenon across the Nine Realms. Frigga was certain Balder was her child, while Odin remained doubtful; elsewhere, Malekith learned the Aether was in Midgard and prepared to seize it.

• Thor revealed that the White-Clothed Hero was called Balder by his believers and was supposedly Odin and Frigga’s younger son.
• Odin, Frigga, and Heimdall were stunned to learn Balder’s power had caused the light phenomenon across the Nine Realms.
• Frigga connected the phenomenon to her own feelings and insisted that Balder was her child, while Odin said they would need to see him to confirm it.
• Frigga eagerly asked Thor to tell her more about what had happened.
• Malekith’s Dark Elf lieutenant confirmed that the Aether was in Midgard, and Malekith vowed to take it and make Odin and the Asgardian Aesir Gods pay.

Malekith led the Dark Elves through a weak point in space to Earth, intending to seize the Aether in New York. As the Dark Elves began searching after their ship crashed through the city, Tony Stark arrived to confront them.

• Malekith and the Dark Elves forced their ship through the weak point in space and traveled from London to New York.
• New Yorkers spotted the Dark Elf ship and fled as it emerged from stealth, while Su Yao recognized Malekith and understood that they had come for the Aether.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. detected the alien ship, and Nick Fury alerted Captain America and the others while ordering the Chitauri Commander brought to him.
• Tony Stark and the other heroes prepared to respond, and Tony flew toward the ship as Pepper Potts asked Jarvis to show her satellite footage.
• Malekith ordered the Dark Elves to find the Aether after their ship tore through buildings and landed, and Tony Stark arrived to warn them to stop.

Malekith led the Dark Elves to Earth in search of the Aether, fighting Tony Stark and Hulk while more Avengers gathered. As Dark Elf ships emerged overhead, the Bifrost descended, interrupting the standoff.

• Malekith’s Dark Elves attacked Tony Stark with energy guns, and Nick Fury learned from the Chitauri Commander that they were searching for the Aether.
• Hulk joined Tony Stark in the fight, and Malekith told them he would withdraw if they handed over the Aether.
• Malekith showed Tony Stark and Captain America an image of the Aether and warned that his forces would take it regardless.
• Hawkeye, Black Widow, and other heroes gathered as Dark Elf fighter craft emerged from invisibility overhead.
• The Bifrost descended, delighting Captain America and the others and alarming Malekith.

Thor confronted Malekith and revealed that the Aether was with his other brother, Su Yao, the White-Clothed Hero. Su Yao appeared before the Dark Elf army, and Malekith ordered his forces to attack him.

• Thor arrived and demanded that Malekith and the Dark Elves leave Earth, but refused to surrender the Aether.
• Thor revealed that the Aether was with his brother, whom Captain America identified as the White-Clothed Hero.
• Malekith learned the Aether's location and called for its bearer to appear.
• Su Yao walked out from a dark corner as heroes, S.H.I.E.L.D., and Asgard watched.
• Malekith demanded the Aether, then ordered his forces to fire at Su Yao.

The White-Clothed Hero turned the Dark Elves’ energy blasts into bubbles and their weapons into toys, leaving Malekith convinced he had used the Aether. Thor explained that the hero could alter reality long before the Reality Stone appeared, and Malekith refused to believe the hero’s power was innate.

• Malekith and the Dark Elves fired a barrage at the White-Clothed Hero, but the attacks became colorful bubbles and their Energy Guns turned into toy guns.
• Captain America identified the change as the White-Clothed Hero’s Omega Mutant Ability, while Nick Fury and the Chitauri Commander reacted with alarm.
• Malekith accused the White-Clothed Hero of using the Aether, and Thor explained that the Aether was the Reality Stone.
• Thor said the White-Clothed Hero had altered reality before the Reality Stone appeared and explained that the stone’s changes required enormous energy and were not permanent.
• Malekith rejected Thor’s explanation and remained afraid that the White-Clothed Hero’s innate power might rival or surpass the Aether.

Su Yao condensed sunlight into a devastating attack and wiped out Malekith’s Dark Elf army, revealing the scale of his power to Tony Stark and the others. Afterward, he destroyed the remaining fighter jets, leaving the witnesses stunned by the so-called God of Light.

• Su Yao distorted the sunlight across the sky, condensed it into a blazing sphere, and stopped the beam before gathering it in his hand.
• Malekith and the others felt overwhelmed by Su Yao’s power as fighter jets attacked him, but their weapons vanished before reaching him.
• Su Yao poured Light Divine Power into the sun and released it, engulfing Malekith’s fleeing group and burning the Dark Elves and nearby aircraft.
• Malekith was vaporized while most of the other Dark Elves were left charred, and the surviving witnesses saw the battlefield become a scorched wasteland.
• Su Yao controlled the sunlight to pierce the remaining fighter jets, while Tony Stark and the others watched in shock.

After witnessing the White-Clothed Hero control sunlight, S.H.I.E.L.D., the Dark Elves, and Asgard reconsidered his power and significance. Nick Fury prepared mistletoe weapons as a possible counter, while Odin hoped Thor would bring the hero to Asgard so he could confirm the source of his divine power.

• Tony Stark and the others watched the White-Clothed Hero control sunlight and suspected he might have caused the worldwide light phenomenon.
• Nick Fury's agents calculated that the sunlight anomaly covered nearly two miles, and Fury grew wary of Balder's abilities.
• Nick Fury ordered Agent Hill to finish preparing mistletoe weapons after reviewing the myth of Balder's weakness.
• The surviving Dark Elves watched footage of Malekith's death and declared Earth a forbidden zone until they could find another chance to strike.
• Frigga and Odin sensed divine power in the White-Clothed Hero, and Odin hoped Thor would bring him to Asgard.