Chapter Summaries

Thor and the Avengers learned that Balder, whom Thor had believed dead, was known to the four boys as the White-Clothed Hero, a Super Omega Mutant and Creation God. The boys began explaining the cosmic beings called Creation Gods, leaving the adults stunned by how much they did not know.

• Rocket Raccoon recalled Thor saying that Balder might be able to challenge Thanos even with three Infinity Stones, and Thor confirmed he had once told the story.
• Thor explained that he had believed Balder was only a legend and had died young because Balder never appeared before Asgard was destroyed.
• Walter and the other three boys insisted that Balder was alive and could easily deal with three Infinity Stones.
• Walter said that Balder was a Super Omega Mutant and that his most important identity was that of a Creation God.
• The four boys explained that the five Creation Gods included Eternity, Death, Infinity, Oblivion, and Planet Devourer, leaving Tony Stark and the others trying to grasp what they represented.

The Avengers learned that they had arrived in a parallel world where Thor’s brother Balder was known as the White-Clothed Hero, a Creation God who held all six Infinity Stones. After confirming the world’s history differed sharply from their own, they decided to find Balder.

• Walter and Ao Weijiu told the Avengers that Balder was the universe’s Creation God and that the Infinity Stones would be no threat to him.
• Thor admitted that he knew little about Balder and questioned why his brother had not appeared during Asgard’s Ragnarok.
• Scott realized the team had come to a parallel world, and Walter revealed that Balder held the Infinity Stones.
• Natasha persuaded Walter and the other children to keep the Avengers’ explanation secret while the team investigated their surroundings.
• Tony Stark’s research confirmed the world’s history differed from theirs and showed that Balder had gathered all six Infinity Stones.
• The Avengers made finding the White-Clothed Hero Balder their primary objective.

Su Yao sensed the Avengers 4 team searching for him and waited above Stark Tower for them to approach. The team decided to meet him to seek the Infinity Stones, while New York citizens and officials reacted to his appearance, and Agent Coulson recognized a newcomer arriving in a convoy.

• Su Yao detected the Avengers 4 team, decided to meet them, and teleported above Stark Tower to wait.
• Tony Stark and New York residents noticed Su Yao hovering over the tower, prompting many people to flee while others approached him.
• The Avengers 4 team saw Su Yao on Tony's projection, and Thor wondered whether the figure was his legendary brother, Balder.
• Tony concluded that Su Yao might have noticed their arrival and persuaded the team to meet him despite their earlier plan to avoid drawing attention.
• Five black sedans arrived near Stark Tower, and Agent Coulson recognized the bald, muscular man in a white suit who stepped out.

Kingpin came to Stark Tower to ask the White-Clothed Hero to resurrect his wife and son, and Su Yao considered the powers that could bring them back. Thor and others believed resurrection was impossible, but Su Yao left Kingpin’s request unanswered as he looked at him again.

• Spider-Man and Coulson confronted Kingpin and his armed men, but Kingpin said he had come to see the White-Clothed Hero.
• Su Yao guessed that Kingpin wanted his wife and son resurrected, and Kingpin was shocked that he knew.
• Su Yao considered using Creation, Chaos Magic, or the Time Stone to restore the dead, while worrying that reversing death might attract the Goddess of Death.
• Peter Parker objected that the dead could not return, and Thor told Nebula and the others that resurrection was impossible and using the Time Stone could cause a dangerous paradox.
• Su Yao finished pondering and looked at Kingpin again, preparing to answer his request.

Su Yao agreed to revive Kingpin’s wife and son and used Chaos Magic to retrieve their souls before creating new bodies for them. He also altered reality so that they appeared never to have died, hoping to conceal the resurrection from Death.

• Kingpin and the witnesses were stunned when Su Yao said he could revive the dead.
• Kingpin offered everything he owned in exchange for a chance to bring back his wife and son.
• Su Yao noticed Kingpin’s faith and decided to use the attempt to test his resurrection abilities and fulfill his promise to Kaecilius.
• Su Yao used Chaos Magic to locate and summon Kingpin’s wife and son’s souls from other dimensions.
• Su Yao used Creation to give the souls physical bodies, then altered reality so they appeared to have been in suspended animation rather than dead.

Su Yao used Creation and Chaos Magic to resurrect Kingpin’s family, convincing Peter Parker, Thor, and others that the dead could return. He also revived Kaecilius’s wife and son, leaving Ancient One wondering whether the Dimensional Demon God was connected to the White-Clothed Hero.

• Su Yao resurrected Vanessa and Kingpin’s son, and Peter Parker, Coulson, Thor, and others watched in shock.
• Thor and the people with him thought about the loved ones they might want resurrected, while Ancient One reflected on how difficult resurrection was.
• Kaecilius doubted whether the Great Lord could bring back his family, so Su Yao sensed his wish and resurrected Kaecilius’s wife and son.
• Kaecilius embraced his family and thanked the Great Lord, while Ancient One arrived and wondered whether the unknown Dimensional Demon God was connected to the White-Clothed Hero.

After reviving Kingpin’s wife and son, Su Yao refused the crowd’s pleas for more resurrections and reflected on Heaven and the God he was mimicking. The Avengers appeared in special combat suits, including a second Tony Stark, leaving Coulson and the real Tony shocked.

• Kaecilius’s faith surged after he embraced his wife and son, and Su Yao sensed that he could take control of Kaecilius through their faith connection.
• Kingpin thanked Su Yao for reviving Vanessa and his son, then left with his family as the crowd pleaded for Su Yao to revive their loved ones.
• Su Yao refused to grant the crowd’s wishes and considered Heaven, Marvel’s God, and the true omniscient and omnipotent God he was mimicking.
• Captain America, Black Widow Natasha, Tony Stark, and the other Avengers emerged in special combat suits, surprising Coulson and the crowd.
• The real Tony Stark saw another version of himself among the Avengers on Stark Tower’s cameras, and Jarvis expressed disbelief.

Tony Stark flew from Stark Tower and discovered a second Tony Stark among the Avengers, while Coulson learned that Captain America and Natasha were also elsewhere. Ant-Man Scott explained that his team came from a parallel universe where Thanos had erased half of all life, and Thor revealed that the White-Clothed Hero and Messiah had never existed there.

• Tony Stark flew out of Stark Tower in his armor, revealed his face, and demanded to know why another Tony Stark was with the Avengers.
• Coulson received a call from Nick Fury, learned that Natasha and the others were at S.H.I.E.L.D., and aimed his gun at the apparent impostors.
• Ant-Man Scott explained that his team came from a parallel universe to find the Infinity Stones and described Thanos erasing half of all life.
• Coulson and Tony doubted Scott's account because the White-Clothed Hero and Messiah could have stopped Thanos in their universe.
• Thor from the Avengers 4 group said the White-Clothed Hero and Messiah did not exist in his universe and told them his family, including Loki, had died.
• Loki, hearing of his alternate self's death in New York, insisted that no one could kill him because he was the Creation God's brother.

Thor and the Avengers 4 team asked Su Yao to lend them the six Infinity Stones so they could save half the life in their universe. Ancient One arrived and warned that lending the Stones would leave her reality vulnerable to darkness.

• Thor and the Asgardians learned that the other Thor’s family and people had died, and Thor thanked Balder for preventing Ragnarok in his own world.
• Coulson told Captain America Steve Rogers and the Avengers that the Infinity Stones belonged to the White-Clothed Hero and warned them not to try taking them by force.
• Steve, Hulk Banner, Black Widow Natasha, and the others pleaded with Su Yao to lend them the Stones and promised to return them.
• Su Yao questioned whether they understood the danger of removing the Stones from his universe and doubted they could guarantee their return.
• Ancient One arrived through a yellow portal and warned Su Yao that giving away the Stones would leave her reality without its main defense against the forces of darkness.

Su Yao used his Creation ability to make six new Infinity Stones for Captain America and the others, leaving them ready to return to their universe. As they prepared to leave, he wondered whether he should go with them and see what was happening there.

• Ancient One doubted that Banner and the others could safely return all six Infinity Stones, while Thor pleaded with Su Yao for help.
• Su Yao created a new Time Stone using his Creation ability, astonishing Ancient One, Captain America, and the others.
• Su Yao created the remaining Infinity Stones, leaving six new stones orbiting around him as observers across multiple realms watched in disbelief.
• Su Yao handed the six stones to Captain America and the others as replacements for the destroyed stones from their universe.
• Captain America and the others thanked Su Yao and prepared to leave, while Su Yao considered traveling with them to investigate their universe.

Su Yao followed Captain America and the others into the universe that had diverged from the 616 Main Universe, revealing that he could travel through time and space without Pym Particles. After arriving, he warned the Avengers that his presence had changed their original trajectories and that someone would otherwise have been left behind on their return journey.

• Su Yao told Natasha and the Avengers he would go with them, then said he did not need Pym Particles to travel.
• Scott and Banner recalled the Red Light in the Quantum Tunnel, and Su Yao confirmed that he had caused their unexpected journey to the wrong time and place.
• Natasha and the Avengers activated their Ant-Man Suits and vanished into the Quantum Tunnel as Su Yao sensed their destination.
• Su Yao followed them and appeared above the Avengers in the Divergence Universe split from the 616 Main Universe.
• Su Yao told the Avengers that his existence had changed their original trajectories and that one of them would normally have remained behind.

Su Yao reflected on the threat posed by Multiverse Level beings and considered expanding his power by covering more universes. He created a mechanical Infinity Gauntlet for the Avengers, leaving them to decide who would use it.

• Nebula told Hawkeye and Black Widow that her sister and Thanos had gone to Vormir and never returned, alarming Tony Stark and the others.
• Su Yao sensed the 616 Main Universe's Creation Gods and worried that he was weaker than their Multiverse Level true bodies, resolving to increase his power.
• Su Yao realized he could become a Creation God in the Divergence Universe and gain its power, but postponed covering it until after dealing with Captain America and the others.
• Su Yao asked who would snap the Infinity Stones, then created a mechanical Infinity Gauntlet and placed the six stones inside it.
• Tony Stark examined the gauntlet and noticed its design resembled his armor, a similarity Rocket Raccoon also pointed out.

Su Yao created a Mechanical Infinity Gauntlet modeled on Tony Stark’s future design, and the Avengers chose Hulk Banner to use it to bring back everyone Thanos had erased. Banner began the snap but was badly burned by the Stones, leaving the Avengers unsure whether he could endure their power.

• Su Yao told Tony Stark and the others that he had created the gauntlet based on the one Tony would make in the future.
• Thor volunteered to snap his fingers, but the others objected because he was still in poor condition.
• Hulk Banner offered to use the gauntlet, explaining that his Gamma Ray resistance might help him withstand the Stones.
• Tony Stark reminded Banner to bring back everyone Thanos had erased without changing anything from the past five years, while Friday sealed the room for protection.
• Banner put on the Mechanical Infinity Gauntlet and began the snap, but the Stones’ energy burned his right arm as Thor, Captain America, and Tony Stark anxiously urged him to respond.

Su Yao subdued the Infinity Stones’ energy so Banner could use them safely, and the vanished population returned across the world. Doctor Strange reflected that Tony’s sacrifice had made their victory possible, but kept the truth from Peter Parker and the others as he led them through a portal.

• Su Yao explained that the Infinity Stones had self-awareness and ordered them to restrain their energy, easing Banner’s pain.
• Banner snapped his fingers, and the Stones restored the people who had vanished five years earlier.
• Hawkeye Barton received a call from his wife Lao La and realized the plan had succeeded.
• People reappeared around the world, and the event became known as the Blinking Extinction Event.
• Doctor Strange remembered that Tony Stark would die to secure their victory, but told Peter Parker and the others nothing was wrong.
• Doctor Strange opened a portal and led Star-Lord, Peter Parker, Drax, and Mantis away.

Doctor Strange arrived at the intact Avengers Headquarters expecting Thanos to attack, but learned that the future he had foreseen had changed and spotted the mysterious Su Yao outside. As Wakanda’s Black Panther and others arrived through a portal, more portals began appearing.

• Doctor Strange found the Avengers Headquarters intact and waited for Thanos, then used a portal to reach the Avengers when no attack came.
• Doctor Strange asked about Thanos, and Rhodes and the others explained that their Thanos had died long ago; Strange clarified that he meant Thanos from the past Timeline.
• Doctor Strange spotted Su Yao floating above the headquarters, and Star-Lord and Drax reacted to his mysterious presence.
• Black Panther and two Wakandans emerged from a Yellow Portal, and additional portals appeared outside the headquarters.

Doctor Strange explained that Thanos was absent because the expected events had changed, while Captain America’s team revealed that a mysterious force disrupted their Quantum Realm journey. The Avengers prepared to explain what they had encountered as the gathered heroes waited in disbelief.

• The warriors and heroes emerged through portals expecting to fight Thanos, but found the area peaceful and empty.
• Doctor Strange explained his visions of over fourteen million possibilities and described the plan to retrieve the Infinity Stones, leading everyone to suspect Nebula had let past Thanos follow them.
• Nebula, Captain America, Natasha, and others insisted she had never been separated from the team, prompting Captain America to clarify that their original plan had changed.
• Captain America said a mysterious force inside the Quantum Tunnel disrupted the team’s time and location, causing them all to arrive together.
• Wasp questioned whether anything could affect the Quantum Realm, and Scott warned that what happened next would be beyond their imagination.

Captain America told Black Panther and the others that a sixth Creation God had caused the Avengers to arrive in the wrong time and place, then recounted the god’s powers and their encounter with him. Banner revealed the six Infinity Stones the god had created, the same stones he had just used to bring everyone back.

• Captain America explained that the Avengers had reached a parallel universe shaped by a sixth Creation God, whose power had disrupted their passage through the Quantum Tunnel.
• Captain America said the team had found the Creation God on Earth and witnessed him revive Kingpin’s wife and son.
• Captain America recounted that the Creation God had created six Infinity Stones and lent them to the team.
• Banner showed the six Stones on his mechanical gauntlet and said he had used them to snap his fingers and bring the others back.

After learning that a Creation God had created the six Infinity Stones and helped revive the dead, the Avengers revealed that he had come to their universe with them. The crowd went to the headquarters to find him, and Su Yao floated out to meet them.

• Doctor Strange wondered whether the Creation God had changed the future the Time Stone predicted, and Valkyrie asked how the Infinity Stones had been used to revive everyone.
• Ant-Man Scott said they had one more important thing to reveal, just as Captain Marvel Carol arrived and briefly faced off with Thor.
• Captain America said the Creation God had come to their universe with them, shocking Doctor Strange, Carol, and the others.
• Banner explained the situation to Carol, who asked where the Creation God was.
• Tony and the others pointed toward the headquarters, and the crowd traveled there to see the Creation God.
• Su Yao saw the crowd through the headquarters windows and calmly floated outside to meet them.

The Avengers and their allies doubted that the White-Clothed Man was a Creation God until Su Yao’s divine pressure overwhelmed them. Captain Marvel Carol challenged him and was swiftly pinned to the ground by Light Spears.

• Black Panther, Star-Lord, and the others questioned the White-Clothed Man’s identity, and Captain America confirmed that he was the Creation God.
• Captain Marvel Carol doubted Su Yao’s status and challenged whether he could compare to Eternity and the other Creation Gods.
• Su Yao released his divine pressure, forcing most of the group to the ground and terrifying Doctor Strange and Peter Parker.
• Carol resisted the pressure and rose into the air, but Su Yao pierced her with five Light Spears, pinning her to the ground.

Su Yao effortlessly overpowered Captain Marvel Carol and invited Thor, Valkyrie, and the surviving Asgardians to return with him to Asgard. When Thor said Asgard had been destroyed, Su Yao declared that they could make another one and opened a portal to the ruins.

• Carol failed to absorb Su Yao’s Light Spears or control the Electromagnetic Spectrum, and he pinned her down without acknowledging her.
• Su Yao invited Thor, Valkyrie, and the surviving Asgardians to come back to Asgard, delighting Thor with the hope of having family again.
• Thor told Su Yao that Asgard was gone and asked him to come to their new settlement, shocking the others by calling him his brother.
• Su Yao said they could make another Asgard, opened a Space Channel to the destroyed realm, and went through first.