Recaps

Josh defeated Smaug and Azog, settled affairs in Middle-earth, and returned to his other worlds to resurrect Alexios’s companions and meet Tony Stark in Afghanistan. He brought Tony into the Secret Ones Alliance, where Tony learned about Howard’s hidden life and began confronting Stark Industries’ problems.

• Josh froze Smaug in Lake-town, where Akathosh devoured the dragon and his growth destroyed the town, prompting Josh to arrange compensation for its residents.
• Josh and Thranduil led the Elves against Azog’s army, and Josh killed Azog as the Elves routed the Orcs.
• Josh secured the White Gem and Thorin’s gold, arranged for Garen to bring elf students to his territory, and recruited Jonas and Avila to help teach them.
• Josh oversaw the resurrection of Kassandra, her family, and Alexios’s former companions from cloned bodies, then brought them to Alexios.
• Josh returned to the Marvel Universe and went with Howard to Afghanistan, where they watched Tony’s convoy fall into an ambush before rescuing Tony and Yinsen from captivity.
• Josh and Howard revealed Howard’s identity and the magical world to Tony, then brought him to the Secret Ones Alliance, where Tony reunited with Howard and Maria.
• Howard explained the alliance’s ties to Stark Industries, and Tony decided to investigate its mole, combine magic with technology, and look into his parents’ deaths.
• Josh offered to revive Yinsen’s family in exchange for his service after learning that Yinsen’s wife and children had died.

Josh recruited soldiers from another world, then absorbed Akathosh’s gemstone power and nearly died as it clashed with his Void energy. He recovered with a reforged body and immense power, but his loss of control exposed his towering Seraph to the public.

• Josh revealed his ability to return the dead to cloned bodies, treated Tony’s shrapnel wound, and promised Yinsen he would help restore his family.
• Tony completed his Iron Man armor while Fury investigated Josh, who introduced S.H.I.E.L.D. to the Secret Ones Alliance and warned them about the cosmic threat to Earth.
• Josh took Tony and Coulson into the Call of Duty world, where Tony rescued Coulson from a nuclear blast and Josh recruited Gaz, Griggs, Ghost, Roach, Soap, Price, Sandman, and others after their deaths.
• Josh brought the soldiers back to his world, where Tony arranged housing and Coulson secured their identities while Fury learned that Josh had controlled time and revived the dead.
• Akathosh gave Josh a gemstone containing his power, and Josh absorbed it, causing it to clash with the Void energy inside him and destroy his magic sea and organs.
• Josh used a blueprint of the world’s laws to restrain the energies, passed out, and recovered as they fused into a golden-silver vortex that repaired his body.
• Akathosh explained that Josh’s reforged body could wield only Eighth Tier strength because his heart and brain could not withstand Ninth Tier power, while his Seraph had reached peak Ninth Tier strength.
• Josh summoned his evolved Seraph, lost control, and shattered Dimensional Space, exposing the giant figure to people on the street.

Josh recruited Aiden and Charles, rescued Laura and the mutant children, and destroyed the research center targeting mutants. After exploring the Void with Akathosh, Josh returned to the Muya Continent, strengthened his Rivendell territory, and learned Garen had beaten up Thor and Loki.

• Josh went to Chicago with his companions, where Price’s team dismantled a trafficking center and captured Aiden Pearce, whom Josh recruited by promising to restore the bodies of people he had lost.
• Josh traveled to the X-Men world, healed Charles’s dementia, recruited him and Logan, and gave Logan’s blood to Akathosh to create Healing Factor serums for Price and the other bodyguards.
• Josh and Logan found Laura and Gabriella, then Price’s team fought Pierce’s forces while Josh protected Caliban and ordered the attackers killed except for Pierce.
• After Logan killed Pierce, Josh destroyed the research center in Mexico, then found the mutant children and brought them and Laura to his Marvel Universe office.
• Josh arranged for the mutant children to study at Hogwarts, where Charles also enrolled, while Natasha began teaching Laura and Garen agreed to train Logan.
• During deep meditation, Josh and Akathosh encountered Akathosh’s former dragon self in the Void, whose awakening stirred powerful dormant creatures before the inheritance summoned Josh back.
• Josh returned to Rivendell, ordered Frank to recruit mages and plan a student competition, and spent two months cultivating until his strength stabilized at the Eighth Tier.
• Natasha told Josh that Master Gu Yi was monitoring unauthorized arrivals on Earth after Thor arrived from Asgard, and revealed that Garen had gone with S.H.I.E.L.D. and beaten up Thor and Loki.

Josh united the Secret Ones Alliance with S.H.I.E.L.D. to stop Loki and the Chitauri, then destroyed the invading army after the World Security Council ordered a nuclear strike on New York. With the invasion over, Josh took Avila to find Dom Cobb in France.

• Josh confirmed to Rogers that Howard was alive and a mage, then learned Loki had stolen the Space Stone and agreed to help S.H.I.E.L.D. recover it.
• Josh brought Garen, Natasha, and Avila to the Helicarrier, where he revealed the Space Stone’s power and freed the Mind Stone from Loki’s Scepter.
• Josh restrained Loki, met Thor, and learned the Chitauri planned to invade through a portal above New York.
• Josh helped Banner understand that Hulk had emerged to protect him, and Banner agreed to join the Secret Ones Alliance.
• Loki’s controlled agents attacked the Helicarrier, while Josh prepared the mages to let the Chitauri enter and destroy them.
• The Secret Ones Alliance defended New York and defeated the Chitauri, but the Security Council ordered nuclear missiles launched at the city.
• Josh destroyed the aircraft carrying the missiles, exposed the Council’s plan, and annihilated the Chitauri as Master Gu Yi shielded New York.
• Josh accepted Fury’s proposal with the condition that Fury leave the mages alone, then traveled with Avila to France to find Dom Cobb, who refused his job offer.