Chapter Summaries

Andrew asserted his claim to lead the Time Variance Authority, promised to reform it, and collected six Infinity Stones before heading to inspect its core technology. Outside, Immortal Kang prepared to attack the Authority and vowed to eliminate Andrew and the Mechanical Demon King afterward.

• Andrew used the Power of Time to prove to Lavona that the Forgotten One had entrusted him with the Time Variance Authority, and said he would earn the employees’ support by defeating the Kang Council.
• Andrew told Lavona he would replace the Authority’s old methods, reveal the truth to its employees, and use Alice to monitor the organization; Lavona agreed to help manage it.
• Lavona led Andrew toward the Authority’s Core Area, and Andrew asked the receptionist for six Infinity Stones, which he stored away despite Lavona’s warning that they were weaker than Sacred Timeline stones.
• Immortal Kang questioned Armored Kang about their attack preparations, dismissed the Forgotten One as foolish, and ordered the Kang Council to destroy the Time Variance Authority.
• Immortal Kang said he would stop the Forgotten One if he intervened and planned to find and eliminate Andrew and the Mechanical Demon King after the Authority fell.

The Kang Council attacked the Time Variance Authority with a device designed to bypass its defenses, leaving the Authority helpless. Andrew arrived just before the beam struck and reversed its path, stopping the attack.

• Armored Kang ordered the Kang Council to assemble a device made of doors to attack the Time Variance Authority.
• The Council fired a massive black beam, and its doors defeated the Authority’s suppression, transfer, and Light Screen defenses.
• Pharaoh Kang informed Andrew of the attack, while the Authority’s employees and allies feared the beam would reach them.
• Andrew appeared before the Authority, swallowed Immortus’s black Qi attack with a Black Hole, and used Green Threads to wrap around the beam.
• Andrew reversed spacetime and made the black beam disappear.

Andrew rallied his allies for a direct assault on the Kang Council after defeating its attack on the Time Variance Authority. He lured Immortal Kang and most of the Conqueror Kangs away, while secretly arranging for Pharaoh Kang, Batman, and Indigo to seize or disable the Council.

• Andrew erased the black pillar of light and the Light Gate, saving the Time Variance Authority, and Lavona told its employees that he had rescued them.
• Andrew ordered Tony, Susan, Gwen, Thor, Pharaoh Kang, and the others to leave the Time Variance Authority and prepare for a head-on war against the Kang Council.
• Pharaoh Kang revealed that he and dozens of Conqueror Kangs had surrendered to Andrew, prompting Immortal Kang to launch an attack that Andrew weakened with the Time Variance Authority's suppression power.
• Andrew proposed that he and Immortal Kang fight away from the Kang Council without using their respective forces, and Immortal Kang took most of the Conqueror Kangs into the sky.
• Andrew secretly ordered Batman and Indigo to seize or disable the Kang Council, then sent Pharaoh Kang and the other Conqueror Kangs to guard it while instructing Pharaoh Kang to cooperate with them.

Andrew revealed his trump card against Immortal Kang: the Deadpool Legion, empowered into an army of Skyfathers. The Deadpools charged the Kang Council after Andrew promised them an extra month of pay, leaving Immortal Kang and his forces stunned.

• Andrew told Batman that Pharaoh Kang would cooperate with him, and Batman resolved to guard against the King of Abilities’ methods.
• Andrew faced Immortal Kang and summoned the Deadpool Legion from Pharaoh Kang’s Pyramid.
• Andrew connected the Deadpools to their birth Universes, empowering every one of them to Skyfather level.
• The Deadpools peppered Andrew with questions until he promised them an extra month of pay for defeating the Kang Council.
• The Deadpools charged the Kang Council, and Wade mocked a Conqueror Kang who offered them three months of pay to switch sides.

The battle between the Deadpool Legion, Andrew’s allies, and the Conqueror Kangs began in the Void, while Pharaoh Kang and Batman infiltrated the Kang Council to prepare against it. Andrew also kept the Spider-Men and Fantastic Four in reserve, assigning Susan control of a planned fusion.

• Immortus ordered the Conqueror Kangs to attack, and the Deadpool Legion charged into battle, resurrecting whenever they were killed.
• Andrew told his allies to use Deadpools as shields, brought the Spider-Men into the Pyramid for a future plan, and watched Tony, Thor, Doctor Doom, and Galacta rush to fight Armored Kang.
• Hundreds of Skyfathers joined the melee, collapsing space into a Space Storm as Time Variance Authority employees watched from safety.
• Pharaoh Kang secretly entered the Kang Council and contacted Batman, who asked him to help plant an attack method in its energy chamber without damaging its power source.
• Andrew kept the Fantastic Four and weaker allies in reserve, then planned to raise the Fantastic Four to temporary Skyfather level so Susan could control their fusion; Human Torch objected and Susan elbowed him.

Andrew strengthened his forces with a fused Doomsday and sent Super Susan and Elios into the battle as the fighting against the Conqueror Kangs intensified. Tony faced Armored Kang in his new Rainbow Armor, while Immortal Kang observed the unexpectedly even conflict with Andrew.

• Andrew fused Susan with the other Fantastic Four members, and Super Susan flew into battle to confront Armored Kang.
• Andrew combined Toad, Pyro, and other captives with Doomsday Gene potion, creating a powerful Doomsday with the abilities of the Mutants and a modified Doomsday Network.
• Andrew sent Doomsday and Elios to fight the Conqueror Kangs, while A-Train persuaded the Deadpools to keep acting as sacrificial pawns by promising them Hollywood beauties.
• Super Susan, Doomsday, and Elios helped Andrew's outnumbered forces improve their position as the battle spread across the battlefield.
• Tony revealed that his Rainbow Armor incorporated Armored Kang's Lightning Armor and Wood Armor, then fought back against Armored Kang's Oblivion Power.
• Immortal Kang praised Andrew's preparations as the two leaders remained apart while their forces fought.

Andrew and Immortal Kang fought using the True Thousand Hands and a phantom empowered by stolen Chthon magic. Immortal Kang gained the advantage by corrupting Andrew’s construct, but his soul attack failed, and he concluded that he could defeat Andrew by breaking through his soul protection.

• Immortal Kang revealed that he had stored stolen Chthon power in the Darkhold and summoned a Sithorn-powered phantom to battle Andrew.
• Andrew and Immortal Kang exchanged attacks, as Andrew’s living Space Wave struck the phantom and Immortal Kang countered with sacrifice magic and spatial vortices.
• Immortal Kang used Chthon’s poisonous Battle Armor and Chaos Magic to intensify its corruption of the True Thousand Hands.
• Immortal Kang attacked Andrew’s soul, but the protection repelled the assault and made black tears stream from the phantom’s eyes.
• Immortal Kang decided to shatter the True Thousand Hands first, then use a Spiritual Secret Art to break Andrew’s soul protection.

Andrew used Kyoka Suigetsu to overwhelm Immortal Kang’s Sithorn Phantom, but Immortal Kang then unleashed his Technology Power and turned the fight around with a powerful white Battle Armor. The other battles shifted in Andrew’s allies’ favor while the Conqueror Kangs watched Immortal Kang’s fight, and the chapter ended with Chthon overpowering the True Thousand Hands.

• Andrew revealed that Immortal Kang had been trapped by Kyoka Suigetsu and relentlessly attacked the Sithorn Phantom, forcing Immortal Kang to ignite his soul.
• The Conqueror Kangs became distracted by Immortal Kang’s disadvantage, allowing Andrew’s Skyfather-level allies to counterattack and turn the tide.
• Lavona discussed making Andrew the Time Variance Authority’s director after seeing him suppress Immortal Kang.
• Immortal Kang deployed a white technological Battle Armor that immobilized the True Thousand Hands and fired beams that multiplied rapidly.
• Andrew contained and absorbed the beams’ power, but Immortal Kang’s armor greatly enhanced Chthon’s physical strength, and Chthon battered the True Thousand Hands.

Andrew identified Immortal Kang’s belief-powered technology and countered it with his own Time Technology, summoning multiple versions of himself to challenge Chthon’s Phantom Image. The battle remained unresolved, but Andrew revealed he had surpassed The Forgotten One’s temporal research.

• Armored Kang mocked Tony, but Tony disrupted his Battle Armor, prompting Armored Kang and the other Conqueror Kangs to attack in earnest.
• Wolverine hurled Wade into the Conqueror Kangs, and Wade detonated himself with nuclear bombs and Hellfire, killing some enemies and injuring others before reviving.
• Doctor Doom offered Wade stronger explosives, while the heroes’ wider battle continued to depend on Andrew’s fight with Immortal Kang.
• Andrew explained that Immortal Kang’s so-called Belief Technology used Chaos Magic to make imagined effects real, and Immortal Kang insisted that his belief made him invincible.
• Andrew activated his Time Bracelet, summoned eight alternate versions of himself, and had them unleash True Thousand Hands around Chthon’s Phantom Image.
• Andrew told Immortal Kang that he had developed his own Time Device and combined Time Technology, abilities, and magic to create an Ekarn’s Form that The Forgotten One had never mastered.

Andrew used his mastery of Time Technology to overwhelm Immortal Kang and leave him badly injured, shaking the Conqueror Kangs’ confidence and strengthening Andrew’s allies. As Immortal Kang considered calling in the Kang Council, Chthon’s consciousness descended and offered him full support against Andrew.

• Andrew slowed Immortal Kang’s three Sithorn Phantoms, then used Life Power to give them spirituality so they resisted Immortal Kang.
• Andrew froze time and had the nine True Thousand Hands destroy the Sithorn Phantoms, forcing Immortal Kang to flee and leaving him seriously injured.
• The Conqueror Kangs lost confidence in Immortal Kang while Andrew’s allies celebrated and killed several Conqueror Kangs.
• Armored Kang asked Immortal Kang whether the Kang Council should help, but Immortal Kang decided it would not be enough to turn the battle around.
• Chthon’s consciousness descended through the Darkhold, and Immortal Kang allowed it to enter as Chthon offered to help him defeat Andrew.

Immortal Kang and Chthon joined forces against the King of Abilities, while the Lord of Order’s investigation into his world’s fictional nature drove him mad. Andrew prepared to act in the Space Channel as powerful beings gathered to confront him, and the Lord of Order began activating their preparations.

• Immortal Kang agreed to cooperate with Chthon, then used the Darkhold to bring Chthon’s conscious phantom into Deadpool’s Three Worlds.
• Chthon and the others kept the Mechanical Demon King from joining the battle while the Lord of Order questioned Ghost Rider Johnny about inconsistencies in his life and suggested he was a movie character.
• The Lord of Order’s consciousness and main body both went mad, and Andrew revealed that his scheme had succeeded.
• Andrew stood to act, prompting Chthon and the other powerful beings to descend into the Space Channel and watch him warily.
• The Lord of Chaos asked the Lord of Order to activate their earlier arrangements, and the smiling Lord of Order agreed.

Andrew used his Curse to drive the Lord of Order mad and turn him against the Lord of Chaos during the Space Channel battle. The Lord of Chaos escaped after absorbing the Lord of Order, leaving Andrew to regard their fusion as a gift.

• Andrew and the Lord of Order ambushed the Lord of Chaos, while the Lord of Order's true body sealed the Lord of Chaos outside the Black Robe Ability Universe.
• Chthon and the others attacked Andrew, who defended himself with Black Hole Whips as the Lord of Chaos fought off the Lord of Order and struggled against the spreading Data Stream.
• The Lord of Order declared that he wanted to free the Lord of Chaos from their false world, and Andrew revealed that the Lord of Order had gone mad under his Curse.
• Chthon realized Andrew had used Deadpool's Three Worlds to drive the Lord of Order mad, while the other Multiversal Entities reacted with alarm.
• The Lord of Order attacked the injured Lord of Chaos, who then absorbed him, tore open the Space Channel, and fled; Andrew welcomed the fusion as a gift.

The Lord of Chaos fused with the Lord of Order, creating The Intermediary, but Andrew’s Curse soon affected his true body. As Chthon and the others tried to contain Andrew and support Immortal Kang, they began preparing for the possibility of defeat.

• The Lord of Chaos and the Lord of Order fused into a new being, The Intermediary, who confronted God Andrew.
• The Intermediary went to Death and asked Chthon and the others to suppress the Curse on his avatar, but Wade briefly took control of him as the Curse reached his true body.
• Chthon urged the others to keep God Andrew occupied while Immortal Kang fought the King of Abilities, and Demon admitted he had considered surrendering.
• God Andrew stopped attacking and said he would not help the King of Abilities because he did not need assistance.
• The King of Negativity and Death urged the group to trust Immortal Kang, while Death called for preparations to evacuate the Skyfathers if they lost.

The Intermediary arranged an escape plan while Batman and Indigo secretly disabled the Kang Council. Immortal Kang and Chthon then struck back against Andrew, destroying one of his True Thousand Hands, but the battle continued with Andrew still facing them.

• Chthon contacted The Intermediary, who promised to make God go berserk during the retreat and hand over the Space Channel and control of God afterward.
• Death urged the others to prepare an escape route and preserve their forces, and Chthon agreed to discuss it with Immortal Kang.
• Batman installed a crude device in the Kang Council’s energy chamber that could destroy the fortress, while Indigo and Pharaoh Kang quietly made the Council lose control.
• Immortal Kang used Chthon’s Curse, Belief Technology, and time magic to destroy the shield of one of Andrew’s True Thousand Hands and infect it with the Curse.
• Andrew failed to dismiss the infected True Thousand Hands, so it attacked him and vanished with him, leaving eight of the nine summons as Immortal Kang celebrated.
• Wade offered to pay Andrew to help fight, and Andrew asked how much Wade would pay and whether it would be before or after tax.

Andrew summoned the Spider-Men to draw on the Weaver’s power, allowing Spider-Gwen to merge with them and badly injure Immortal Kang. Chthon returned and fused with Immortal Kang, leaving Andrew and Gwen facing a stronger opponent.

• Andrew released the Spider-Men and used his Time Device to hold Chthon and Immortal Kang back while they tried to stop the summoning.
• The Spider-Men Resonated with the Weaver, and Andrew merged them into Spider-Gwen, whose punch severely wounded Immortal Kang.
• Andrew explained that Gwen could train to use Super Spider-Man Mode and draw on the Weaver’s power to understand the rules and power of the Multiverse.
• Chthon returned from the past, absorbed Immortal Kang, and challenged Andrew and Gwen after their enemies had merged.
• Andrew told Chthon that his strength depended on how much power he could summon and reminded him that Andrew was still there.

Spider-Gwen used her new Chronos Web ability to overwhelm Chthon and Immortal Kang, forcing them to plan an escape. Chthon devised a strategy involving the Kang Council, while Immortal Kang agreed to flee only if their situation became hopeless.

• Andrew merged into the Time Bracelet, and Spider-Gwen gained the Power of Time and became Time Gwen.
• Spider-Gwen used the Fist of the Future and Chronos Web to strike Chthon from different points in time, while his summoned body shrank and weakened.
• Andrew explained Susan's advantages with Cosmic Energy and Franklin while Spider-Gwen continued attacking Chthon and Immortal Kang.
• Chthon warned Immortal Kang that they needed an escape route and persuaded him that retreat could allow them to seek revenge later.
• Chthon proposed using the Kang Council to help them flee, or destroying it to force their enemies to protect other worlds, and Immortal Kang agreed to the plan.

Chthon and Immortal Kang were forced to abandon their assault after Spider-Gwen and Andrew sealed Chthon off from his true body and sacrifice power. They prepared to flee with the Kang Council, while captured Conqueror Kangs quietly considered surrendering to Andrew.

• Chthon proposed that Immortal Kang sacrifice his life force and part of his Universes to empower Chthon, and Immortal Kang agreed.
• Spider-Gwen’s Chronos Web cut Chthon off from his true body, preventing him from performing sacrifices across Universes, and she resumed attacking him.
• Chthon decided to escape by self-destructing his body to injure Spider-Gwen and open a passage, while Immortal Kang ordered the Conqueror Kangs to prepare the Kang Council for retreat.
• The captured High-Temperature Conqueror Kang and Ray Conqueror Kang discussed seeking their own way out and agreed to watch for an opportunity to surrender to Andrew.
• Immortal Kang told the Kang Council to bring Pharaoh Kang’s avatar along but keep the escape plan’s details from him.

Andrew arranged for Pharaoh Kang to seize the Kang Council when Immortal Kang tried to escape through Chthon’s space channel. Pharaoh Kang disabled the Council and rallied the captive Conqueror Kangs, while Immortal Kang’s escape plan collapsed and the battle for control began.

• Pharaoh Kang relayed Immortal Kang’s escape plan to Andrew, who ordered him to sabotage the Kang Council and take control of it with the prisoners.
• Chthon bound Spider-Gwen with black chains, then detonated himself and created a space channel for Immortal Kang and the Conqueror Kangs to escape through.
• Immortal Kang ordered the Conqueror Kangs to return to the Kang Council, while Pharaoh Kang led the captive Kangs toward it under Andrew’s orders.
• Pharaoh Kang entered the Council and disabled its systems, trapping the arriving Conqueror Kangs outside and preventing Immortal Kang from controlling or detonating it.
• Pharaoh Kang led the captive Kangs toward the control room to defeat or persuade the eighteen stationed Conqueror Kangs to surrender, with Batman joining him.

Pharaoh Kang persuaded the eighteen Conqueror Kangs in the Kang Council to surrender to Andrew, while Andrew moved to bring the remaining Kangs under his control and close their escape route. Spider-Gwen glimpsed a future in which Immortal Kang killed the other Conqueror Kangs, and Andrew prepared to obtain Immortal Kang’s Mind Technology as Immortal Kang secretly activated a hidden escape method.

• Pharaoh Kang convinced the eighteen Conqueror Kangs in the Core Room to surrender, though they refused to serve Andrew until Immortal Kang was defeated and dead.
• Andrew announced the eighteen Kangs’ surrender, closed Chthon’s Space Channel, and demanded that Immortal Kang and the other Conqueror Kangs surrender.
• Chthon alerted his Main Universe clone to prepare an escape route for Immortal Kang, but Andrew inferred that Immortal Kang had a hidden way out.
• Andrew helped Spider-Gwen glimpse the future, where she saw Conqueror Kangs’ corpses, and concluded that Immortal Kang would kill them as he escaped.
• Andrew stalled the Conqueror Kangs while seeking Immortal Kang’s Mind Technology, then offered seeds that would bind them to him; Pharaoh Kang arrived to encourage their surrender.

Andrew pressured the Conqueror Kangs to fuse with Fusion Seeds, but Immortal Kang activated hidden Darkhold traps and tried to use their lives to escape. Andrew secretly used the seeds to protect the trapped Kangs and target Immortal Kang, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Pharaoh Kang persuaded the Conqueror Kangs to fuse with Fusion Seeds as Tony and the others pressured them, and most agreed.
• Armored Kang and a small group refused to submit, while Immortal Kang secretly prepared to use them to escape.
• Andrew ordered an attack on the holdouts, and Immortal Kang activated Darkhold pages hidden within the Conqueror Kangs, draining their bodies and armor.
• Pharaoh Kang and several allies resisted the pages inside the pyramid, while Immortal Kang admitted he intended to sacrifice everyone to escape.
• Andrew used the fused seeds to absorb energy and urge the trapped Conqueror Kangs to merge their souls with them, while secretly directing black Qi into the Darkhold pages to target Immortal Kang.