Chapter Summaries

Su Yao headed for downtown New York in his white-clothed identity, ready to intervene if Kaecilius and the other mages failed to secure the Cosmic Cube and Mind Scepter. Loki prepared to open the way for the Chitauri, and the chapter ended with Su Yao and the mages watching Loki intimidate a crowd in a New York plaza.

• Tony Stark spoke with Agent Coulson after Jarvis alerted him that his program had been altered.
• Su Yao finished training, changed into white clothes, and flew toward Stark Tower while weighing whether he might need to intervene.
• Loki argued with the Chitauri Commander, who threatened him with Thanos’s punishment if he failed to deliver the Cosmic Cube.
• Loki appeared in a New York plaza and used his scepter and commands to make frightened passersby kneel.
• Kaecilius and the other mages watched Loki from afar as Su Yao observed from a distant high-rise.

Loki tried to force the people in the square to kneel, but Captain America and Iron Man defeated him and took him into custody. Su Yao followed their Fighter Jet, deciding to leave the Mind Scepter with them for now, while Captain America suspected Loki had surrendered too easily.

• Loki taunted the kneeling crowd and fired at an old man, but Captain America blocked the blast with his shield and sent it rebounding into Loki.
• Captain America and Black Widow Natasha confronted Loki, and Captain America fought him as the crowd fled.
• Loki overpowered Captain America until Iron Man Tony Stark blasted him, after which Loki surrendered.
• Su Yao considered lending Light Energy to Loki and taking the Mind Scepter, but chose to follow the Fighter Jet and leave the scepter with the Avengers.
• Captain America told Tony Stark that something seemed wrong, and Tony asked whether he thought Loki had surrendered too easily.

As storms gathered around Su Yao, Thor arrived at the fighter jet and took Loki with him, prompting Tony Stark and Captain America to pursue them. Su Yao followed Thor and Loki to the ground, where Thor demanded to know where the Cosmic Cube was.

• Lightning struck Su Yao, but his Reflection Shield absorbed it and stored it in its void space.
• Thor landed on the fighter jet, struck Tony Stark with his hammer, and jumped away with Loki.
• Tony Stark and Captain America left the jet to pursue Thor, while Natasha stayed behind and spotted Su Yao flying after them.
• Su Yao caught up to Thor and Loki as Thor threw Loki to the ground and demanded the Cosmic Cube's location.
• Loki taunted Thor about the cost of reaching Earth, and Thor grabbed him by the throat.

Thor confronted Loki about his plans to rule Earth and urged him to return to Asgard, but their conversation was interrupted when Iron Man attacked. After Captain America stopped Thor and Iron Man from fighting, Thor said he had come to stop Loki and search for any kin who might exist.

• Thor told Loki that everyone had mourned him, but Loki blamed Thor for living in his shadow and insisted he would rule humanity to end war.
• Thor asked who had shown Loki the Cosmic Cube's power, then urged him to come home; Loki said the Cube was gone and he did not know where it was.
• Iron Man knocked Thor away from Loki and demanded that Thor stop taking his things, while Thor insisted Loki would be judged by Asgard.
• Thor threw the Thunder God's Hammer at Iron Man, and the two fought until Captain America intervened.
• Captain America asked Thor why he had come, and Thor said he wanted to stop Loki's scheme and find any kin who might exist.

Thor tried to prove he could stop Loki, but his fight with Captain America and Iron Man left him beaten and questioning his strength. A mysterious Su Yao appeared and told Thor that his power came from within, not his hammer, then began to say something that stunned him.

• Captain America asked Thor to put down his hammer to prove he was sincere, but Thor mistook the request as a threat and struck Iron Man.
• Thor attacked Captain America, but the Vibranium shield reflected the hammer's lightning and force, knocking Thor down.
• Iron Man mocked Thor for failing to defeat two Midgardians, leaving Thor angry and dejected.
• Su Yao appeared on a nearby tree branch, concealed by shadow, and told Thor he did not seem like a god.
• Su Yao questioned whether Thor was the God of Thunder or the god of hammers, saying Thor's true power lay within him and that losing the hammer would teach him this.

Su Yao explained Rune Power and the cycle of Ragnarok to Thor, then demonstrated his strength by striking the group with lightning. The chapter left Thor, Tony, and Steve hit by his attack, while Loki looked on.

• Su Yao told Thor about Rune King Thor, Rune Power, and how the comics' Ragnarok cycle ended.
• Thor admitted he knew little about Runes, while Loki listened closely to Su Yao's explanation.
• Su Yao criticized Thor for being too weak to defeat people he considered mortals.
• Tony Stark mocked Su Yao and questioned whether he was pretending to be a god, while Steve Rogers watched him warily.
• Su Yao unleashed lightning that struck Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, and Thor, knocking Tony to the ground.

Su Yao used stored lightning against Thor, Loki, Tony Stark, and Steve Rogers, then took Mjolnir and gained greater strength and Light Divine Power. He shrugged off their attacks, leaving Thor and the others questioning whether he was a god.

• Su Yao's lightning struck Thor, Tony Stark, and Steve Rogers, but none of them suffered serious injuries.
• Su Yao took Mjolnir from Thor and was enveloped by lightning that formed Thunder God Armor around him.
• Su Yao felt his God Race Body grow stronger and his Light Divine Power increase without rejecting the lightning power.
• Tony Stark and Steve Rogers attacked Su Yao with lasers and a Vibranium shield, but his energy shield stopped them without injury.
• Su Yao blocked Tony Stark's lasers with his bare palm, and Thor sensed divine power around him.
• Tony Stark asked whether Su Yao was a god after Thor explained what he had sensed.

Su Yao overwhelmed Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Thor, and Loki with a devastating lightning attack, leaving Tony and Steve unable to fight. Thor recognized Su Yao as the mysterious white-clad ally from the battle against the Destroyer Armor, and Su Yao stopped teasing them.

• Thor sensed Asgardian divine power in Su Yao, while Tony Stark and Steve Rogers wondered whether he was an Asgardian god.
• Su Yao summoned a massive storm of lightning with Thunder God's Hammer and struck Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Thor, and the surrounding forest.
• The lightning overloaded Tony's Mark Armor and left Steve stunned, while Su Yao knocked Tony down with the hammer; both men were left unable to fight.
• Su Yao rose into the air using Chaos Magic, and Thor recognized the red glow as the power of the white-clad ally who had fought beside him against the Destroyer Armor.
• Thor asked Su Yao if he was that ally, and Su Yao understood that Thor had discovered his identity before lightly flinging Thunder God's Hammer.

Su Yao fled after Thor recognized the red light on his hands and suspected he was Thor’s younger brother. Loki was captured and taken to the S.H.I.E.L.D. aircraft carrier, where Nick Fury asked Thor, Banner, and the others to explain what had happened.

• Su Yao told Iron Man and the others they would meet again, then flew away.
• Thor said Su Yao’s red light made him think the man was his missing kinsman, possibly his younger brother.
• Tony Stark recognized that Su Yao’s red glow resembled the energy of the White-Clothed Hero, but dismissed the possibility as coincidence.
• Loki emerged from hiding and was captured by Thor, Tony Stark, and Steve Rogers.
• Natasha piloted a fighter jet carrying the group and Loki to the aircraft carrier, while Su Yao secretly followed.
• Nick Fury locked Loki in a high-altitude cage and asked Thor, Banner, and the others to recount the capture.

Nick Fury learned that Thor believed Earth was under Asgard’s protection and heard that a powerful mysterious man might be another Asgardian prince. As the group investigated Loki’s plan, they concluded he intended to use the Cosmic Cube, iridium, and a high-density power source to open a portal for the Chitauri.

• Tony Stark told Nick Fury that a mysterious man had appeared and defeated Thor and the others, leading Fury to wonder whether he was another son of Odin.
• Thor claimed Asgard had protected Earth from alien forces, then admitted he did not know whether the mysterious man was his brother.
• Thor revealed that Loki planned to attack Earth with an army of Chitauri, while Banner and Natasha connected Loki’s scheme to the Cosmic Cube, Dr. Selvig, and the mind-controlled agents.
• Captain America questioned why Loki had surrendered, and Thor defended Loki as his brother before correcting himself that they were cousins.
• Banner identified iridium as part of Loki’s plan, and Tony Stark explained that it would stabilize a portal powered by the Cosmic Cube and a high-density energy source.

Barton’s attack crippled the aircraft carrier, while Banner transformed into Hulk and rampaged through it. Su Yao secretly threw Hulk aside when he charged him, and as Thor fought Hulk, Su Yao wondered whether the Time Variance Authority would appear during the coming New York War.

• Barton and his team attacked the aircraft carrier, damaging its hull and sabotaging an engine.
• Banner lost control and transformed into Hulk, who chased Black Widow through the carrier.
• Thor confronted Hulk, but Hulk knocked him away and charged at Su Yao.
• Su Yao used his power to lift Hulk and hurl him aside, leaving Thor confused about who had intervened.
• Hulk resumed fighting Thor, while Su Yao wondered whether the Time Variance Authority would appear in the coming New York War.

Su Yao worried that the Time Variance Authority would target him because his actions had altered many people’s fates, and he wondered whether it could suppress his Mimicry. As the Avengers battled aboard the falling mothership, he followed Thor to Loki’s prison and watched Thor charge at Loki’s illusion.

• Su Yao recalled how Loki’s escape with the Cosmic Cube had brought the Time Variance Authority after him, while the Avengers’ time travel was considered legal.
• Su Yao realized his own influence on events might make him a greater target for the Time Variance Authority than Loki and wondered whether its technology could suppress his Mutant Ability.
• Su Yao considered whether he should stop the Avengers from taking the Infinity Stones, since failing to return them could leave this universe without them.
• As the mothership descended, Su Yao watched Thor head for Loki’s prison while Hulk tore apart a Fighter Jet and fell with it.
• Su Yao followed Thor to the prison, where Loki had opened the door, and Thor charged into an illusion.

Loki stabbed Agent Coulson, then dropped Thor and his glass cell from the Helicarrier before Coulson’s laser weapon struck Loki and sent him crashing through a wall. As Coulson lost consciousness, Su Yao left through the open hole, and Coulson’s final attempt to warn Nick Fury about him went unheard.

• Loki stabbed Agent Coulson with the Mind Scepter, then dropped Thor and the glass cell from the Helicarrier.
• Coulson told Loki he had already lost, then hit him with a Yellow High-Energy Laser beam that sent him through a wall.
• Loki got back up and left while Coulson lay dying, and Nick Fury arrived to find him.
• Coulson told Nick Fury that the heroes needed motivation to unite, then lost consciousness.
• Su Yao floated out through the open hole, and Coulson saw him and tried to warn Nick Fury before passing out.

After Coulson's death, Nick Fury explained his Avengers Initiative to Tony Stark and Captain America, while Su Yao watched Thor hesitate to resume fighting and Hulk recover. Natasha helped Barton recover from the Mind Scepter's control aboard the Helicarrier.

• The medical team confirmed that Agent Coulson had been killed, and Nick Fury showed Captain America the autograph cards found in Coulson's jacket.
• Nick Fury told Tony Stark and Captain America that the Tesseract was missing, Banner and Thor were missing, and Coulson had died, then described his Avengers Initiative and named Messiah and White-Clothed Hero as candidates he considered uncontrollable threats.
• Nick Fury said Coulson had believed in the existence of heroes, but Tony Stark left without supporting the Avengers proposal.
• Su Yao watched Thor hesitate to pick up his hammer and saw Hulk recover among the Helicarrier's ruins.
• Natasha told Barton she had freed him from the Mind Scepter's control by striking his head, then removed his restraints.

Barton and Natasha discussed Loki’s escape and Natasha’s guilt over her past, while Tony Stark and Captain America realized Loki planned to open a portal above Stark Tower. Nearby, Kaecilius and the Yellow Robed Mages watched Dr. Selvig prepare the Cosmic Cube, wondering whether their Master’s prophecy would come true.

• Barton told Natasha that Loki would put his plan into action that day, and she said she wanted to repay the blood debts from her past.
• Barton questioned Natasha’s decision to fight on the front lines, and she explained that she was wavering because she felt she owed atonement.
• Captain America asked Tony Stark about Coulson, and Tony said he would not let Fury manipulate him.
• Tony inferred that Loki wanted an audience and a landmark for his plan, and he and Captain America realized Loki was targeting Stark Tower.
• Dr. Selvig prepared the Cosmic Cube equipment on Stark Tower’s roof as Kaecilius and the Yellow Robed Mages watched from a nearby rooftop.

As Loki’s Cosmic Cube device activated atop Stark Tower, Tony Stark’s attempt to destroy it failed, and Su Yao waited nearby for a chance to seize the Cube and Mind Scepter. The device remained beyond ordinary control as Tony entered the tower and confronted Loki.

• Steve Rogers realized Loki’s plan, recruited Natasha and Barton, and led them to take a Fighter Jet from the Helicarrier.
• Nick Fury admitted he had used Coulson’s bloodied trading cards to motivate the Avengers and ordered the Helicarrier’s communications restored.
• Thor regained his confidence and summoned lightning as Tony Stark flew toward Stark Tower and Su Yao watched from nearby.
• Dr. Selvig activated the device with the Cosmic Cube, and its energy shield repelled Tony’s attack, knocking him away and knocking Selvig unconscious.
• Tony prepared to use the Mark VII armor after learning the device could not be penetrated, then entered the tower and met Loki.

Tony Stark failed to stop Loki from activating the Cosmic Cube, opening a portal for the Chitauri invasion of New York. As the battle began, Su Yao secretly revealed his power and stayed hidden while Thor confronted Loki.

• Loki's Mind Scepter failed to control Tony Stark, but Loki threw him out of Stark Tower before the Mark VII Armor caught him and let him attack Loki.
• The Cosmic Cube opened a portal, and the Chitauri army poured through into New York as Tony Stark flew up to fight them.
• Kaecilius, Peili, Yousisi, and the other mages recognized the invasion as the Demon God's prophecy coming true.
• Chitauri attackers struck New York, but Su Yao caught an energy bolt with his bare hand before a beam of sunlight destroyed the attacking aircraft.
• Thor confronted Loki at Stark Tower, and Su Yao moved deeper into hiding rather than reveal himself.

As the Avengers struggled against the Chitauri invasion, Su Yao destroyed a massive Whale Ship with a golden beam. The battle continued with everyone stunned and unable to identify who had intervened.

• Tony Stark and Captain America’s team fought off Chitauri attackers, but a giant Whale Ship emerged through the portal and began destroying the city.
• Thor tried to persuade Loki to stop the invasion, but Loki stabbed him, then escaped from Stark Tower on a Chitauri aircraft.
• Tony Stark searched for the Whale Ship’s weakness and attacked it, but his weapons barely affected it.
• Su Yao saw the Whale Ship approaching his location and cut it in half with a golden beam.
• Captain America, Tony Stark, the bystanders, and the Chitauri were left shocked and wondering who had destroyed the Whale Ship.

As the Chitauri renewed their attack on New York, their Commander arrived and dismissed humanity’s defenses. A hundred Sentinel Robots appeared to protect civilians, leaving the Chitauri, Loki, Thor, and the heroes wondering whether machines built to target Messiah and White-Clothed Hero could stop the invading army.

• Loki ordered the Chitauri to advance, and their Commander emerged through the portal to criticize Loki for failing to defeat the humans.
• A middle-aged woman named Melcher and two children were exposed to the Chitauri attack, prompting Captain America and the other heroes to rush to help them.
• A group of at least a hundred Sentinel Robots appeared, and Melcher recognized them and told the children they would be saved.
• Melcher explained that the Sentinel Robots had been developed to target the Omega Mutants Messiah and White-Clothed Hero, while the Chitauri Commander mocked the idea that they could threaten his army.
• Captain America explained the Sentinel Robots and the Omega Mutants to Thor, who questioned whether the machines could defeat the Chitauri.
• The Sentinel Robots made their move as the Chitauri Commander, Loki, Thor, Tony Stark, and the others watched.

Sentinel Robots turned the tide against the Chitauri, demonstrating weapons and copied mutant abilities that stunned Loki, Thor, and the Chitauri Commander. Melcher claimed the robots were no match for Messiah and the White-Clothed Hero, leaving the Chitauri Commander convinced she was deliberately trying to demoralize them.

• More than a hundred Sentinel Robots attacked the Chitauri, destroying aircraft and using copied abilities to damage and freeze enemy ships.
• The Chitauri Commander and Loki realized the robots had been made to fight Omega Mutants and wondered how powerful Messiah and the White-Clothed Hero must be.
• Thor and Natasha reacted with surprise as Natasha explained that the Sentinel Robots belonged to another department and had been rejected by the council.
• The Sentinel Robots eased the pressure on Captain America’s group, while the Chitauri Commander feared the losses his army would suffer.
• Melcher praised the robots while saying Messiah and the White-Clothed Hero could destroy them with ease, and the Chitauri Commander accused her of trying to crush his army’s confidence.