Chapter Summaries

Kino fought a regenerated attacker who claimed to be [Kino], while Pamela confronted Shuma-Gorath in New York. After defeating the impostor in the Dark Dimension, Kino saw him remember his true identity just before he died.

• The attacker regenerated, identified himself as [Kino], and struck at Kino, who blasted him into the Dark Dimension.
• Pamela protected New York with living trees and confronted Shuma-Gorath, declaring Kino its ruler and preventing the demon from escaping.
• Shuma-Gorath attacked Pamela, but she restrained it and ordered the Flower God Colossus Tribe to beat it.
• Kino fought [Kino] across the Dark Dimension, smashing him through planets before attacking him with Omega Rays.
• As the Omega Effect turned him to ash, [Kino] realized he was not Kino and began to remember his true identity.

Kino fought Robert Reynolds, the Sentry, after discovering he had survived, and the battle escalated when the Sentry unleashed the Void. Kino endured the resulting energy blast with magic, but the fight remained unresolved.

• Robert Reynolds revealed himself as the Sentry, and Kino offered him a place at his side if he joined the Demon King's rule.
• The Sentry refused unless Kino liberated humanity, so Kino attacked him with a million high-speed punches.
• The Sentry retaliated by destroying a metal planet and striking Kino, while Kino split into copies and overwhelmed him with Heat Vision.
• As the Sentry's energy and flesh were consumed, he agreed to let the Void take control.
• The Sentry released a devastating wave of energy, and Kino used Hogwarts Ancient Master and Hogwarts Armor to withstand it.

The Void attacked Kino in the cosmic darkness while Dormammu launched an invasion of Reality Earth. Pierce armed New Hydra with Lantern Rings and led them through the Hell Portal to repel the demons, leaving his greed embodied as a growing phantom behind him.

• The Void struck Kino even as Kino activated Speed Force, sending him crashing through several planets.
• Dormammu opened his hidden passage and sent a tide of demons to invade Earth.
• Dr. Otto delivered Lantern Rings to Pierce, who used the Orange Ring and explained that following the leader gave his greed greater rewards.
• Otto gave Pierce a button that could make the Orange Ring explode, and Pierce accepted it without asking why Otto had prepared it.
• Pierce rallied New Hydra at the permanent Hell Portal and distributed Lantern Rings among the gathered mutants and Hydra members.
• Pierce ordered New Hydra to attack the demons as an enormous octopus-like phantom formed behind him.

Pierce defeated the greedy Orange Lanterns in Demon Tower's basement and gained the Orange Lantern Furnace's recognition, becoming a true member of the Orange Lantern Corps. Across Earth, the Demon Group, Kamar-Taj mages, and the military pushed back Dormammu's invasion, prompting Dormammu to enter the battle himself.

• Pierce refused to surrender his ring and used his Kraken form to kill the Orange Lantern Ring users who attacked him.
• Pierce absorbed the energy of the other rings, gained the Orange Lantern Furnace's recognition, and received a true Orange Lantern Ring and battle suit.
• Crossbones saved Sam and his pregnant wife from a demon in Mexico, then identified himself as a Yellow Lantern of the Demon Group.
• A Red Lantern fought demons in Chicago, while Cage reached Australia and encountered Kamar-Taj guardian Karu and the mages.
• With the Lanterns, Kamar-Taj mages, and military working together, Earth's defenders controlled the invasion and began a counterattack.
• Dormammu, surprised by Earth's remaining strength, stepped through the passage to fight personally.

Dormammu was driven back by Odin and the Sorcerer Supreme while the Avengers Leader broadcast Kino’s apparent defeat across the world. The people rallied behind the Demon King, and the chapter ended with the world watching to see whether he would win.

• Dormammu arrived at the Sorcerer Supreme’s palace, where Odin struck him with Gungnir and sent him flying into the Dark Dimension.
• Spider-Woman transformed into a worldwide light screen that showed Kino losing his battle against the Avengers Leader.
• Su Rui worried that the Demon Group would fall if their Leader lost, but Otto assured her that the Leader could not die while he remained in the universe.
• Pierce recognized the voice broadcast over the light screens as Nick Fury’s and wondered how he could still be alive.
• Workers, students, and people across the world rejected the Avengers Leader’s claim to rule and urged the Demon King to keep fighting.
• The Avengers Leader challenged the world to watch Kino die, and people waited anxiously for the Demon King to win.

The Demon Group’s forces defeated enemies across several battlefields, but a skyborne alert about Kino drew their attention toward New York. Banner survived his battle but reached his physical limit, while the chapter left Yū alarmed by the alert.

• Tony and Dr. Zola wiped out the remaining Mr. Sinister clones in Australia with gravity and an Absolute Zero Cannon.
• Erik and Lorna restrained Black King, then used laser cannons to kill him in Poland.
• Man of Ten Thousand defeated his opponent in the East and flew toward New York after seeing the light screen.
• Harley revealed she had kept a Tsar Bomb in her room, and Galacta carried Gwen, Harley, and four Spider-Men away from the Manhattan blast.
• Banner defeated the green dragon in Antarctica, handed his three rings to Heimdall, and vanished after assuring him he was not dying.
• Hulk destroyed the giant beast in North America, then Banner took control and warned Abomination against using multiple rings as he and Yū reacted to the light screen.

The Horde stopped fighting after learning that Jean was Charles’s student, and he begged Phoenix to separate the thousands of personalities in his body. Phoenix said Kino could do it, while a light screen revealed Kino being beaten; the others gathered around Pamela’s fruit to watch, believing he was safe or an impostor.

• The Horde explained that Mr. Sinister had started the fight and that his many personalities disagreed about harming Jean and Dark Phoenix.
• The Horde revealed that Charles was his father, and Jean invited him to join the Demon Group by offering to solve his condition.
• Phoenix demonstrated that she and Jean shared one body despite having multiple personalities, then told the Horde that Kino could separate his personalities.
• The light screen showed Hela leading mutants toward New York and Loki fighting Thor in Mexico; Loki was distracted by the screen and Thor struck him with Mjolnir.
• Gwen, Galacta, Harley, the Spider-Men, and others gathered around Pamela, who served Life Fruits while they watched Kino being beaten on the screen.
• Tony recognized that Kino’s battle suit was Venom in disguise, filmed the screen, and joined the others as they settled in to watch.

Kino revealed that Gravik was a Skrull impostor and issued an order to hunt down every Skrull across the universe, launching Earth into a campaign of expansion and slaughter. He killed Gravik, while the Skrulls’ extinction was later completed in forty-six years.

• Kino appeared before Gravik, defeated him, and exposed him as a Skrull posing as the Demon King.
• Gravik claimed revenge, but Kino accused him of coveting power rather than truly hating him and issued the Extinction Order, rewarding people for killing Skrulls.
• Kino announced plans to bring Earth into the interstellar age and begin the League of Heroes and Demon Artifact Troops programs, prompting Earth’s people and governments to prepare for war.
• Earth’s people hunted Skrulls across the universe, while Tony, Banner, and the other scientists agreed to make Skrull-searching devices for a share of the Contribution Points.
• Kino killed Gravik with an Omega Ray after Gravik tried to resist, and the Skrulls were eventually wiped out in forty-six years.

Kino’s time remnant vanished after a battle with the Void, prompting Legion to fight the Sentry in the Dark Dimension. Kino appeared to stop the fight and revealed that the Sentry and Void were weaker than him, while the Sentry lamented that his power could not save humanity.

• Kino suspected Gravik had been sent as a test and explained that he had avoided reading Gravik’s mind because the energy covering it could have made him explode.
• The Void realized Kino’s opponent was only a time remnant, and Legion appeared as the remnant vanished, believing Kino was dead.
• Legion and the Void fought fiercely, while people on Mirror Earth watched and discussed which of them could match the two combatants.
• Legion’s pain ability incapacitated the Void, but Kino appeared behind the Sentry and struck him between the legs.
• Kino froze the Void and explained that neither the Sentry nor the Void surpassed him in strength, speed, mind, or energy; the Sentry despaired over being unable to save humanity.

Kino helped Legion separate his personalities, freeing David Charles Haller, but their reunion was interrupted when the Sentry began transforming into an explosive miniature sun. Lucifer saved them and gave Kino the Dark Dimension’s source, and David then met his father, Charles, alongside more than a thousand personalities.

• Kino separated Legion’s personalities after Legion signed the Demon Contract, and David Charles Haller emerged as Legion’s dominant original personality.
• The Sentry began turning into a miniature sun, sealing the Dark Dimension and preventing Kino and Legion from escaping or stopping the explosion.
• Kino called for Lucifer, who crushed the miniature sun and collected the Dark Dimension’s source for him, warning that the price of her help could be something precious.
• As the Dark Dimension collapsed, Lucifer brought Kino and Legion to Mirror Earth, where Charles introduced himself to David and apologized for not being there.
• David introduced himself to Charles, then brought out more than a thousand personalities, including Jessie, Legion, and Mephisto.

Kino confronted the Avengers’ conspirators aboard their spaceship and searched the Brain’s memories for the source of his knowledge. He destroyed a mysterious shadow that appeared inside his consciousness, but its identity remained unknown.

• Loki, Great Serpent, and Mr. Sinister confronted the Brain over his failed plan, and the Brain suppressed their powers and threatened them with Gene Editing Poison.
• Kino appeared aboard the spaceship with the Infinity Gauntlet, and Loki revealed that he had acted as a spy.
• Kino searched the Brain’s memories and encountered a gigantic black shadow that recognized him and tried to seize him.
• Venom intervened inside Kino’s consciousness, and Kino returned to the real world after the Brain’s death caused the small Gamma Monsters to collapse.
• Kino erased a black wisp from his body and consciousness, then concluded that the shadow was at least a multiversal existence.

Kino disposed of Mr. Sinister and imprisoned the Great Serpent in Hell, while Loki gained control of Asgard and returned to Earth with the spaceship. Later, Kino took Wanda to see Hell, now a thriving tourist destination, and suggested it might become the center of the universe.

• Kino turned Mr. Sinister to ash and sent the Great Serpent through a portal into Hell.
• Kino gave Loki four Energy Orbs and ordered him to fly the spaceship back to Earth before returning to Asgard.
• Kino and Wanda went on a date and visited Hell, where residents and visitors enjoyed its mix of medieval architecture and advanced technology.
• Kino and Wanda watched a demon and a human sell modified Chitauri laser guns to tourists for Contribution Points.
• Kino told Wanda that he hoped Hell would become the center of the universe, and Wanda promised to help him.

Kino suspected Wanda was the Scarlet Witch and examined her soul, but confirmed she was Wanda. Their Chaos Magic unexpectedly connected after he touched her, and they agreed he would take responsibility as he carried her back to the castle.

• Kino asked Wanda whether she was the Scarlet Witch or Wanda, then pulled her soul out to examine it.
• Kino found no difference in Wanda’s soul and returned it to her, confirming she was Wanda.
• When Kino touched Wanda to help her up, their Chaos Magic erupted and their senses and emotions merged.
• Kino apologized and promised to take responsibility, and Wanda used Chaos Magic to clean their clothes.
• Kino caught Wanda when her legs weakened and carried her toward the castle to discuss matters with her.

After losing control and injuring the women around him, Kino woke to their forgiveness and learned that his overpowering desire might be connected to Hell. He went to Lucifer to ask about it, leaving the answer unresolved.

• Kino helped Wanda bathe, while Yū waited outside with clean clothes.
• After Kino lost control and attacked Wanda, Yū, Pamela, and the others, Venom and Pamela restrained him and summoned help.
• Kino woke the next morning, apologized to the women, and they reassured him that they did not blame him.
• Kino told Wanda that his loss of control was tied to his overwhelming desire and said he needed to ask Lucifer about its connection to Hell.
• Kino went with Venom to Lucifer's residence, where Mephisto served him wine and Lucifer teased him about expecting her to have stopped him.

Kino learned that the Hell Bracelet was turning him into a demon king of lust and had 404 days to reach the multiversal level before Hell became a true world. He began cultivating to protect himself and Hell, then Pamela showed him a month-old mission to find Wade Wilson.

• Lucifer explained that Kino's bracelet had become a genuine Hell after he absorbed Mephisto's Hell and Dormammu's Dark Dimension, and that Kino was becoming a demon king whose desire was lust.
• Kino panicked at the prospect of becoming far more depraved than Zeus, but hesitated to stop the transformation because doing so would undo Hell's construction and weaken its demons.
• Venom asked Lucifer how Kino could avoid being affected by Hell, and Lucifer said Kino had to reach the multiversal level within 404 days and turn the demon king into an avatar.
• Kino told his household what was happening and promised to reach the multiversal level in six months, then devoted himself to cultivation while his desires erupted about every three days.
• Pamela brought Kino a mission from Vanessa to find Wade Wilson, offering 100,000 Contribution Points.

Kino tracked Wade to the TVA’s garbage dump at the end of time, where a crowd of Deadpools had stripped him of his gear. Kino arrived and told Wade that Vanessa had offered one hundred thousand Contribution Points to find him, leaving Wade devastated by the reward he had lost.

• Kino told Pamela and the others he would be away for about a month, then said goodbye to his family and left.
• Wade recounted how a broken device had stranded him in the Void Land, where other Deadpools stole his equipment and dismantled the device he needed to escape.
• Female Deadpool told Wade that no one could leave the TVA’s garbage dump, and the Deadpools laughed at him.
• Kino arrived carrying a small person, set him down, and told Wade that Vanessa had offered one hundred thousand Contribution Points to find him.
• Wade praised Vanessa, then shrieked and cried when he realized the reward had been spent.

Kino met Loki, the God of Stories, who showed him how Kino’s actions had damaged Loki’s Timeline and asked Kino to free him someday. Loki explained that reaching the multiversal level meant understanding and defining the essence of one’s power, leaving Kino to consider what his own power truly was.

• Kino examined the Timeline he occupied and saw how his actions had created gaps that Loki had repeatedly been forced to repair.
• Loki showed Kino God King Loki struggling to govern Asgard, then explained that Kino’s source had strengthened him and left him less time to kill.
• Loki asked Kino to fish him out of his temporal prison if Kino eventually surpassed time, and Kino agreed in exchange for Loki’s account of reaching the multiversal level.
• Loki explained that his power’s essence was lies, encompassing both stories and illusions, and Kino watched his visions of countless Timelines dissolve when he tried to touch them.

Kino received guidance from Loki, who also placed a Timeline inside his body and asked him to return a displaced girl to her original timeline. After Kino emerged with a child-sized body, the girl revealed powerful magic and attacked him, leaving her identity uncertain.

• Loki gave Kino advice about ascension and entrusted him with a sleeping girl who had been clipped out of her timeline.
• Loki secretly absorbed a Timeline and spoke with a woman in a white dress, then placed a Timeline inside Kino to repair if it was damaged.
• Kino discovered that he had become short and skinny, while Venom teased and cuddled him before the girl woke up.
• The girl tried to walk away and said she wanted to die, but Kino and Venom stopped her.
• The girl used Magic Blast to send Kino flying, and Venom spun her until she collapsed.
• Kino and Venom wondered whether the girl was the Sorcerer Supreme or her counterpart.

Kino stopped Yao from taking her own life and showed her the extent of his power, inspiring her to become his disciple. He carried Yao toward Deadpool, while Venom remained angry with him after being pinned beneath Mount Everest.

• Kino used the Lasso of Truth to learn that Yao blamed herself for destroying her village while trying to stop Karu.
• Kino challenged Yao's belief that her power was the cause of the tragedy, and a falling Mount Everest interrupted them.
• Kino destroyed the mountain with a Magic Blast, restored it, and caught it as Yao realized she wanted to live and become powerful.
• Venom complained that Kino had nearly crushed her, then merged into his body and stayed silent despite his apologies.
• Kino offered to teach Yao as his disciple and carried her toward Deadpool, while explaining that they were going to find a foul-mouthed friend.
• Yao told Kino her name, and he teased her by mishearing it as “Social Shake.”

Kino forced the Deadpools to join his organization and assigned Wade to lead them on missions in exchange for Contribution Points and a space battleship. After Kino left, Wade tried to take charge, but Female Deadpool and the others immediately challenged his authority.

• Kino used Heat Vision to cut down the Deadpools after they demanded he defeat Female Deadpool, then made them surrender by threatening to burn them to ash.
• The Deadpools revived, bickered, and fought among themselves until Kino ordered them to reassemble their bodies.
• Kino freed Wade and offered him a mission, reviving Wade's spirits by promising him a fortune in Contribution Points.
• Kino told Wade to form a legion from the Deadpools, promised mission pay and a space battleship, and handed him Demon Contracts to have them sign.
• Kino flew away with Yao, leaving Wade to explain the deal to the Deadpools.
• Female Deadpool challenged Wade over command of the space battleship, and the Deadpools prepared to fight over the captain's position.