Chapter Summaries

Lu An challenged Su Yao for the title of the world's strongest mutant, claiming power granted by a Great Existence and unleashing a vast swarm of Green Birds. As the birds surged toward Su Yao, he calmly used Fifth-Level God Finger to shatter the space before him.

• Lu An told Su Yao that he was a mutant and declared he would take the title of the world's strongest mutant.
• Lu An admitted that he had destroyed the Sanctum and said a Great Existence was about to descend after granting him power.
• Lu An drew on the Great Existence's power, filling the sky with Green Birds as people around the world watched in fear.
• Lu An merged the Green Birds into giant creatures and sent them hurtling toward Su Yao.
• Su Yao raised his hand and used Fifth-Level God Finger, shattering the space ahead of him.

Su Yao shattered space with a finger and seemingly killed Lu An, shocking witnesses around the world. The Dimensional Demon God revived Lu An, who attacked again, and the chapter ended as green energy birds engulfed Su Yao.

• Su Yao shattered space and sent fragments through Lu An, slicing him apart and destroying the green energy birds in their path.
• Tony Stark, Professor X Charles, Storm Ao Luo Luo, Doctor Strange, and others reacted in shock to Su Yao's power.
• The Dimensional Demon God restored Lu An, who thanked him and accused Su Yao of only succeeding through an ambush.
• The Dimensional Demon God recalled that Su Yao had created the Space Rift that first drew his attention to Earth.
• Lu An sent countless green energy birds at Su Yao, who stood still as they submerged him.

Su Yao absorbed Lu An’s Green Giant Birds with his Reflection Shield and returned the stored energy as a blue attack. After Lu An destroyed it with power borrowed from the Dimensional Demon God, Su Yao revealed a vastly stronger Spiritual Light Beam and slashed through the landscape.

• Su Yao remained unharmed as his Reflection Shield absorbed Lu An’s Green Giant Birds, while Lu An and onlookers believed he had been overwhelmed.
• Su Yao released the absorbed energy as a blue sun that smashed into Lu An’s Space Barrier.
• Lu An escaped the blue sun with Shape-Shifting Magic, then used more power from the Dimensional Demon God to destroy it.
• Su Yao formed a Spiritual Light Beam over two hundred miles long and slashed through the clouds and earth, leaving Lu An in disbelief.

Su Yao overwhelmed Lu An with attacks that tore open space, leaving Lu An and witnesses around the world stunned by Messiah’s power. Lu An lost his left hand and remained under attack as Su Yao continued firing Black Waves.

• Lu An dodged Su Yao’s swings as they carved enormous rifts through the sky and ground, shocking witnesses worldwide.
• Tony Stark had Jarvis analyze Messiah’s beam, learning it was about 270 kilometers long, while American officials watched footage of mountains being cleaved apart.
• Lu An accused Su Yao of weakening and launched a surprise attack, but Su Yao shattered a kilometer-wide stretch of space with Level 5 God Finger.
• Lu An fled the spatial destruction and admitted in terror that a human should not be capable of such power, while Doctor Strange’s arrogance disappeared.
• Su Yao fired a Level 5 Black Particle that grazed Lu An’s left hand and erased it, then sent more Black Waves after him.

Su Yao overwhelmed Lu An while observers across America and the world feared Messiah had been hiding his true strength. Su Yao then used Soul Extraction to knock Lu An’s soul out of his body, leaving him stunned as he watched himself fall.

• Lu An accused Messiah of concealing his strength, and people watching the fight grew alarmed at the possibility.
• Tony Stark, Professor X Charles, Nick Fury, and America's upper echelons reacted with fear to Messiah's apparent power and the threat he could pose.
• Lu An asked the Dimensional Demon God for help, and the god admitted he was shocked before promising Lu An would be saved when his true body arrived.
• Su Yao continued battering Lu An with Black Waves and Blue Light Beams as Lu An insisted his power had surpassed Messiah's.
• Su Yao used Soul Extraction to strike Lu An, knocking his soul out of his body and leaving it staring in disbelief as his body fell.

Messiah effortlessly knocked Lu An’s soul and the consciousness of a Dimensional Demon God out of Lu An’s body, alarming observers around the world. The demon god then sensed his true body approaching and threatened to devour Earth and Messiah.

• Messiah struck Lu An from afar and knocked both his soul and the possessing demon god’s consciousness out of his body.
• Ancient One explained that Messiah’s ability was not magic and might be capable of destroying spiritual bodies.
• Lu An called on the demon god to save him, but the demon god was shocked that Messiah had knocked out his consciousness too.
• The demon god blamed Lu An’s defeat on the gap between their powers and warned Messiah that his true body would soon descend.
• The demon god promised to devour Messiah and Earth, then give Messiah’s power to Lu An, horrifying people around the world.

As a mysterious being began devouring vast stretches of Earth, Tony Stark, S.H.I.E.L.D., the X-Men, Magneto’s Brotherhood, and governments around the world mobilized to respond. In Asgard, Thor tried to reach Balder on Earth, while Odin prepared to go himself; Lu An laughed as he watched the destruction and declared Messiah doomed.

• The sky and ground around Messiah were rapidly devoured, and satellite footage showed the affected area expanding across several cities.
• Tony Stark flew toward Messiah after asking Jarvis for his location and live footage, while S.H.I.E.L.D. contacted Captain America, Black Widow, and others.
• Professor X sent the X-Men toward the incident, Magneto’s Brotherhood mobilized, and governments prepared nuclear weapons, missiles, and aircraft.
• Thor asked Heimdall to bring Balder back from Earth, but Heimdall could not locate him; Odin then announced he would go to Earth.
• Lu An laughed at the destruction and proclaimed that Messiah was doomed before the great being’s power.

Lu An and the Dimensional Demon God believed Messiah could not withstand the demon god’s arrival and attack, but Su Yao survived and revealed he had not been using his full strength. The chapter left the watching world stunned as boundless radiance appeared around him.

• The Dimensional Demon God’s enormous body emerged through the green screen, terrifying people around the world and making Tony Stark, Captain America Steve Rogers, Professor X’s group, and world leaders fear Earth would be devoured.
• The Dimensional Demon God struck Su Yao with a gigantic clawed palm, but Su Yao emerged from the crater unharmed behind his Reflection Shield.
• The Dimensional Demon God flooded the land with green energy and watched Su Yao struggle inside it, while Lu An celebrated.
• Su Yao expanded his Reflection Shield to a thousand meters, pushed the green energy aside, and challenged the Dimensional Demon God’s confidence.
• Su Yao said he had not been using his full strength, and boundless radiance appeared.

Su Yao unleashed his Omega-Level Ability, Sunshine Pervades, covering an immense area in platinum light. As the light began erasing the Dimensional Demon God's energy, Lu An and the demon realized they could not resist it.

• Su Yao enveloped the world around him in platinum radiance, astonishing observers with the ability's enormous range.
• Thor, Odin, Heimdall, and people on Earth saw through magic and satellites that the light stretched thousands of kilometers toward space.
• The Dimensional Demon God sensed the light's power and was thrown into turmoil, while Lu An realized Messiah had not previously used his full strength.
• Su Yao said they would end this and unleashed Sunshine Pervades at full power.
• The radiance erased the Dimensional Demon God's green dimensional energy, leaving Lu An terrified as the light threatened his Soul Stone.

Su Yao erased Lu An and destroyed the Dimensional Demon God's body with Sunshine Pervades, but the demon re-formed inside its dimension. As the demon attacked again, Su Yao drew on the Space Stone to unleash another blast of radiance.

• Sunshine Pervades disintegrated Lu An's soul, ending his life in despair.
• The Dimensional Demon God resisted Su Yao's radiance, but Sunshine Pervades erased his colossal body along with energy and matter in the green dimension.
• The Dimensional Demon God re-formed by gathering green energy and revealed that he had moved his consciousness before the light reached him.
• The Dimensional Demon God praised Su Yao's strength, then taunted him for being weakened and sent a flood of green energy arrows to devour him.
• Su Yao used the Space Stone to absorb spatial energy and unleash Sunshine Pervades again.

Su Yao repeatedly unleashed Sunshine Pervades, erasing the Dimensional Demon God's body and permanently draining energy from his dimension. As the battle continued, witnesses realized the scale of Messiah's power and Tony Stark reconsidered why America had never dared retaliate against him.

• Su Yao unleashed Sunshine Pervades again, destroying the Dimensional Demon God's body and forcing him to withdraw his consciousness before reforming.
• The Dimensional Demon God claimed his dimensional energy would let him outlast Su Yao, but Su Yao immediately released Sunshine Pervades for a third time.
• Su Yao chose to keep repeating the attack, reasoning that the Space Stone could sustain him while each blast permanently depleted the Dimensional Demon God's energy.
• Su Yao unleashed Sunshine Pervades again and again, eventually reaching the thirteenth blast as the Dimensional Demon God repeatedly reformed.
• People watching worldwide calculated that Messiah's attack covered around 2,600 kilometers and feared the destruction he could cause.
• Tony Stark confirmed the attack's range with Jarvis and realized America could not withstand repeated strikes, while Jarvis suggested Messiah's power had grown along with him.

As Su Yao repeatedly unleashed Sunshine Pervades against the Dimensional Demon God, observers across Earth and Asgard realized Messiah might truly possess the immense power attributed to him. The battle continued, and its energy drew Dormammu’s attention in the Dark Dimension.

• Tony Stark feared that Messiah’s rapid growth was real and might eventually let him destroy Earth.
• Charles and the X-Men watched Messiah fight and reconsidered his power, including Wolverine’s claims about him defeating the Sentinel Robots.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and Nick Fury accepted that future Wolverine’s description of Messiah had likely been accurate, while America’s leaders began to panic.
• Thor and Heimdall doubted what they saw, but Odin confirmed it was real and warned that Messiah’s deeds could attract powerful beings such as Mephisto.
• Su Yao continued releasing Sunshine Pervades while holding the Space Stone, and the Dimensional Demon God grew increasingly disbelieving as his energy vanished.
• Dormammu awoke in the Dark Dimension after sensing the powerful fluctuations on Earth.

Dormammu, Mephisto, and other powerful beings watched in disbelief as Su Yao repeatedly unleashed overwhelming light against a Dimensional Demon God. The demon god withdrew after admitting defeat, while Su Yao let him go because he was unsure he could win inside the demon god’s dimension.

• Dormammu sensed Messiah’s greatly increased power and watched him repeatedly erase the Dimensional Demon God with bursts of light.
• Mephisto, Lucifer, and other beings, including the awakening Celestial Group, noticed the battle and reacted with surprise.
• The Dimensional Demon God grew furious at losing energy and matter, realized Su Yao seemed to have infinite energy, and decided to retreat.
• The Dimensional Demon God withdrew his green dimension and declared that he would return.
• Su Yao did not pursue him because he was uncertain what would happen if he entered the demon god’s dimension, where the demon god was strongest.

After driving back the Dimensional Demon God, Su Yao destroyed the American military bases whose locations he knew. As he considered what to do next, Mephisto appeared and introduced himself as the Lord of Hell.

• Su Yao's victory over the Dimensional Demon God stunned Tony Stark, Nick Fury, America's leaders, Ancient One, and the others, who feared his immense power.
• Su Yao teleported between American military bases and destroyed them with vast blue beams of spiritual light.
• S.H.I.E.L.D., S.M.A.R.T., and satellite observers tracked the attacks as America struggled to respond and other countries celebrated its losses.
• After destroying the last military base he knew of, Su Yao encountered an elderly man in a black suit who introduced himself as Mephisto, Lord of Hell.

Mephisto appeared before Su Yao and tried to tempt him into a deal, but Su Yao rejected him and revealed his knowledge of Mephisto’s past. Mephisto and the other hidden beings grew wary of Su Yao’s mysterious knowledge, and Mephisto challenged him to explain the origins of the Spirit of Vengeance and Ghost Riders.

• Mephisto appeared before Su Yao, and people watching through satellites wondered who the new supernatural figure was.
• Mephisto offered to fulfill Su Yao’s wish in exchange for a future favor, while secretly intending to claim his body and soul.
• Su Yao rejected the offer and reminded Mephisto how he had deceived Johnny by curing his father before causing his death.
• Mephisto was shocked that Su Yao knew about Johnny and the Ghost Rider, while Dormammu and other hidden beings questioned how Su Yao knew so much.
• Mephisto challenged Su Yao to explain the origins of the Spirit of Vengeance and Ghost Riders.

Su Yao revealed that he knew Mephisto’s ancient secrets, leaving the demon lord and other dimension lords wary of him. Ghost Rider Johnny arrived and used his Penance Stare on Su Yao, expecting to kill him.

• Su Yao identified the Spirit of Vengeance and recounted how Mephisto created the first Ghost Rider in prehistoric times.
• Mephisto abandoned his attempt to tempt Su Yao and proposed that they might work together in the future.
• Johnny arrived on his blue-flamed motorcycle and accused Su Yao of killing innocent people.
• Johnny ordered Su Yao to look into his eyes and unleashed the Penance Stare.

Su Yao endured Ghost Rider Johnny's Penance Stare without being affected and erased Johnny's Hellfire chain with his light. The display frightened Johnny and stirred greed in Mephisto and the hidden beings, while Su Yao left Johnny devastated by calling him too weak to fight.

• Su Yao let Johnny's Penance Stare pull him into an illusion of the people he had killed, but his powerful consciousness remained untouched.
• Johnny urged Su Yao to repent, then reeled when Su Yao calmly asked, "So what?"
• Johnny attacked Su Yao with his Flame Chain, but Su Yao erased the chain and its Hellfire with a glance.
• Mephisto, Dormammu, and other hidden beings realized Su Yao's light could erase Ghost Rider's source of immortality and coveted his power.
• The Spirit of Vengeance fell quiet, and Johnny lost the will to attack Su Yao.
• Su Yao called Johnny too weak to be worth attacking, leaving him devastated.

Bastion and his Sentinel Robots crossed from a Branch Universe into the Main Universe, where he announced plans to take over humanity and eliminate its mutants. As Bastion began attacking humans and spreading his threat worldwide, Messiah and others watched the invasion unfold.

• As Messiah prepared to attack Ghost Rider Johnny, he and Mephisto sensed major fluctuations in time and space.
• A void opened in the area where Messiah had fought the Dimensional Demon God, and Bastion emerged with a group of Sentinel Robots.
• Bastion explained that he had eliminated all mutants in his Branch Universe and had come to the Main Universe to continue doing so.
• Bastion sent Sentinel Robots to explore while maintaining the gateway, and approaching fighter jets tried to communicate with them.
• The Sentinel Robots destroyed the fighter jets, and Bastion took control of electronic devices around the world to announce his plan to rule humanity and eliminate mutants.

Bastion’s Sentinel Robots began assessing mutants in the Main Universe and judged them weaker than those in his world. As Prime Sentinels started attacking, Ke Li Mu discovered that his mutant ability would not work against one of them.

• Bastion’s Sentinel Robots arrived in cities and scanned mutants, assigning them threat levels and identifying their abilities.
• Bastion concluded that most mutants in the Main Universe were weaker than those in his Branch Universe, while people worldwide feared the Sentinels’ power.
• Nick Fury called Captain Marvel, Carol, and considered having her preserve humanity’s remaining hope if the Sentinels took over.
• A Prime Sentinel chased Ke Li Mu through the street and told him its mission was to eliminate mutants.
• Ke Li Mu turned to attack the Prime Sentinel with his Mutant Ability, but he could not activate it.

The Prime Sentinel Robots suppressed mutants’ abilities and slaughtered them across the world as Bastion dismissed their pleas for help. Su Yao appeared above the Hollow site, drawing Bastion’s attention as the Sentinel Robots began analyzing him.

• The Prime Sentinel Robot identified Ke Li Mu’s gas-controlling ability, disabled it, and shot him with eye beams.
• Sentinel Robots attacked mutants in cities, and one killed a woman and targeted her young daughter; Lawrence shot at the robot, but it killed him instead.
• People watched the massacres on television as bullets and rocket launchers failed to damage the Sentinel Robots, leaving mutants and humans despairing.
• Su Yao assessed the situation, vanished, and appeared above the Hollow site while Mephisto and Dormammu watched.
• Bastion welcomed the apparent mutant challenger as Nimrod Class Sentinel Robots began scanning and analyzing Su Yao.