Chapter Summaries

Hoggoth and Chthon failed to find a flaw in Andrew’s Magic Array, while Chthon negotiated with the King of Negativity for authority over the Negative Legion. Andrew recognized that Chthon intended to use that authority to attack the King of Negativity’s true body, then began considering a plan to copy part of Chthon’s scheme without sacrificing the Universe.

• Chthon and Hoggoth inspected Andrew’s Magic Array, found no problem, and concluded Andrew’s scheme must lie elsewhere.
• Andrew told Hoggoth not to plant a false trail, and Chthon cut off the King of Negativity’s call while investigating other possibilities.
• The Tree of Time persuaded the King of Negativity to grant Chthon partial authority over the Negative Legion so their alliance could gather all Nine Compound V Great Trees.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki informed Andrew of the agreement, and Andrew explained that Chthon planned to use his true body and the granted authority to erode control of the Depths of Hell.
• Andrew told Kaguya Otsutsuki to seek authority over the Negative Legion and began planning how to adapt Chthon’s strategy without sacrificing the Universe.

The King of Negativity granted Chthon and the Compound V Big Trees small shares of authority over the Negative Legion, giving Kaguya Otsutsuki the standing to control her White Zetsu Puppets. Meanwhile, Homelander began transforming with the Doomsday gene, and Soldier Boy urged him to pretend his consciousness was collapsing.

• Chthon negotiated with the King of Negativity and received an initial share of authority, with ten percent promised once the Depths of Hell began merging.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki asked for a tiny share of authority, and the Tree of Time suggested granting small shares to all the Compound V Big Trees to balance Chthon and strengthen their loyalty.
• The King of Negativity granted one-tenth of one percent of authority each to Kaguya Otsutsuki and the Tree of Time, improving Kaguya Otsutsuki's control over the White Zetsu Puppets.
• Immortal Kang monitored Homelander's transformation and worried that the Doomsday gene's chaos and rage might overwhelm his consciousness.
• Homelander used the Heart of Life to detect Immortal Kang's hidden nanobots but left them intact, planning to deal with Immortal Kang after becoming Perfect Doomsday.
• Soldier Boy told Homelander to pretend his consciousness was collapsing, and Homelander followed his instructions.

Immortal Kang gave Homelander a Mind Watch to stabilize his consciousness and help him harness the Doomsday Gene, while Soldier Boy tried to steer him toward becoming a real hero. As Homelander began transforming, Immortal Kang prepared for the coming New World battle, and Andrew sent the King of Abilities to oversee the script.

• Immortal Kang attached the Mind Watch to Homelander, whose confidence purged the Doomsday Gene’s chaos from his consciousness.
• Soldier Boy warned Homelander that Immortal Kang was using him and offered to advise him, then asked whether he could become a real superhero; Homelander admitted he wanted worship and applause, not to help people.
• Soldier Boy told Homelander to call him “Daddy Soldier Boy” if he needed help, enraging Homelander before his consciousness disappeared.
• Homelander embraced the Doomsday Gene, and his body burst apart into a blood-red cocoon as Immortal Kang monitored his transformation and planned to make a near-perfect Doomsday body.
• The King of Abilities finished setting up the Magic Array in the Fantastic Four World, and Andrew told him to supervise Dr. Reed and the others’ script and bring it back for revisions.

Andrew used Chthon’s summoning plan and a film festival as part of an effort to create a New World through a movie. As the summoning began, the cast assembled at the End of Time to act in Fantastic Four 3, while Galacta and Tony objected to their roles.

• Dr. Reed and Doctor Doom finished their script, and Andrew revised it after King of Abilities delivered it to him.
• Chthon persuaded the gathered villains to activate the Magic Array despite being unable to find Mechanical Demon King’s hidden precautions.
• Chthon activated the summoning array as a Hollywood film festival activated a second Magic Array beneath it.
• Andrew attended the festival unseen and added a poster for Fantastic Four 3: Daughter of Eater of Worlds' Revenge, intending to use the film to create a world.
• The cast gathered at the End of Time, where Galacta complained that the script made her a villain and Tony protested that he had been given a supporting role.

Andrew’s plan redirected the world fusion into Deadpool’s Three Worlds and the Fantastic Four World, allowing Mechanical Demon King to spread his Virtual Rules. Chthon’s alliance realized Andrew had used them, but Chthon urged them to enter the fused world and fight under its Skyfather-level power limit.

• Human Torch objected to being paired with Cassandra, while Andrew told everyone to prepare for deployment.
• A world-fusion phantom appeared at the End of Time, and Andrew revealed that Mechanical Demon King had redirected the fusion toward Deadpool’s Three Worlds.
• The phantom merged with the Fantastic Four World, summoning the heroes and Skyfathers while Mechanical Demon King integrated his Virtual Rules into the new world.
• Andrew sent Pharaoh Kang and a group of Conqueror Kangs into the fused world as Chthon and the others discovered they had gained no home-field advantage.
• The Intermediary shared a script for Fantastic Four 3: Daughter of Eater of Worlds' Revenge, and Chthon proposed that the alliance exploit the world’s Skyfather-level strength limit to overwhelm King of Abilities.

Chthon and Immortal Kang escaped the Main Universe, while Chthon’s forces entered the New Fantastic Four World. The Mechanical Demon King’s schemes brought Pharaoh Kang and the Conqueror Kangs to Immortal Kang’s core Universe, where they attacked before he could restore his strength.

• Chthon explained that the New Fantastic Four World suppressed Skyfather-level power and sent several clones and allies into it while arranging for lower-level elites to follow.
• Chthon and Immortal Kang secretly left the Main Universe and traveled to Immortal Kang’s resource-rich Universe to set up an altar and sacrifice it.
• Immortal Kang received an alarm that Conqueror Kangs were attacking his castle, but Chthon warned that the communication signal could reveal their location.
• Pharaoh Kang arrived with the Conqueror Kangs and revealed that the Mechanical Demon King had used the Magic Array’s power to send them through the Void Storm.
• Chthon realized the Mechanical Demon King had used the Magic Array both to merge the New World with the Fantastic Four World and to transport the Conqueror Kangs into Immortal Kang’s Universe.
• Pharaoh Kang and the Conqueror Kangs attacked, while Immortal Kang said he was waiting for his factory to finish making Mind Armor and Chthon vowed to keep fighting.

Andrew, the King of Abilities, investigated the New Fantastic Four World after discovering that its characters had been given missions tied to a potential global disaster. With Doctor Doom, Cassandra, and Galacta missing, he warned the others that their scripted crisis might become real, leaving the Fantastic Four on alert.

• Andrew ordered the Kang Council to advance toward the Core Universe while Immortal Kang and Chthon fought Pharaoh Kang and the Conqueror Kangs.
• Andrew arrived in the New Fantastic Four World, found that a powerful being’s rules had disabled some of his powers, and contacted Tony.
• Tony told Andrew that he had inherited a complete Stark Industries and had been assigned a mission to help the Fantastic Four stop a disaster.
• Andrew checked in with the Fantastic Four, Spider-Woman, and Wade, then learned that Doctor Doom, Cassandra, and Galacta could not be reached.
• Alice reported that Doctor Doom had stolen Silver Surfer’s Surfboard and disappeared after being defeated, and Andrew ordered her to search for the missing villains and warn the others.
• The Fantastic Four received Andrew’s warning, and Susan told Human Torch that they had to stop the now-potentially real disaster to save their world.

The Fantastic Four prepared to stop Cassandra while Andrew and Tony waited for their cue, and the invading demons divided into groups to seek power and open the Gate of Hell. Andrew found Elliot, a lonely technical consultant who appeared to be the protagonist of The Mummy, with a Hell-associated woman targeting him at a bar.

• Susan reassured the Fantastic Four that Andrew would save the world, and Dr. Reed grew jealous of her admiration for him.
• Andrew told Tony to wait for the Fantastic Four to ask for help, then sensed Hell Qi and left; Tony planned to reclaim the spotlight.
• The Intermediary and the other invaders chose to split up, with The Intermediary taking Demon and others to Hell while the King of Negativity searched America with his allies.
• The King of Negativity sent Zeus and his siblings to Europe and warned his group not to risk a confrontation until they had gained strength.
• Andrew recognized Elliot as a likely movie protagonist at a bar and questioned a woman in red, who had chosen Elliot as her target.

Andrew distracted the Demon King in red from Elliot and pursued Allison, while Elliot discovered that his four-year crush did not even remember him. Andrew left Elliot dejected but befriended him, and the Demon King still planned to target a soul for a Contract.

• The woman in red discovered that Andrew possessed a rare Holy Spirit soul and marked him as a potential target for a Contract.
• Elliot's colleagues urged him to approach Allison, but Andrew reached her first and quickly won her interest.
• Andrew asked Elliot whether Allison knew him, and Allison admitted that she did not remember him before leaving Andrew her business card.
• Elliot confessed that he had liked Allison for four years, and Andrew tried to console him by claiming women only wanted his body.

Andrew helped Elliot move on from Allison by teaching him how to approach women, then followed the woman in red to investigate a cursed man as she tried to lure him into a Contract. Elsewhere, Kaguya Otsutsuki and the King of Negativity discovered Andrew’s involvement and arranged to approach the female Devil, while The Intermediary investigated the world’s nature.

• Andrew taught Elliot how to pick up women, and Elliot left the bar with a beautiful woman.
• The woman in red studied Andrew’s forged background and tried to tempt him with a story about a man cursed to make women find their true love after sleeping with him.
• Andrew followed the woman in red to see the cursed man while secretly sending her World's Favor to the Mechanical Demon King.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki found the male protagonist of Wish God and, on the King of Negativity’s orders, sent a White Zetsu to watch him and planned to approach the female Devil.
• The Intermediary asked Kaguya Otsutsuki to investigate Elliot’s behavior, and Kaguya learned that Andrew had taken Allison and told the others.

The King of Negativity ordered Kaguya Otsutsuki to continue their plans while The Intermediary struggled with doubts about whether his world was real. As Chuck, the Fantastic Four, and Cassandra moved toward the next events in the plot, Doctor Doom prepared Cassandra to confront the superheroes without revealing their hiding place on the moon.

• The King of Negativity told Kaguya Otsutsuki to keep searching for movie protagonists and avoid the King of Abilities, while Death tried to reassure The Intermediary that their universe was real.
• The Intermediary briefly spoke and acted like Wade, then came to his senses and blamed Wade for making him lose his composure.
• Andrew watched Chuck prepare to hit on a very fat woman and flirted with the woman in red while Alice monitored the Fantastic Four's plot.
• The Fantastic Four waited for Cassandra to appear in Manhattan, while Spider-Gwen searched the city for danger and complained about having to attend school.
• Cassandra, Doctor Doom, and Galacta hid on the moon; Doctor Doom told Cassandra to go to Earth, act like a real villain, and keep their plans secret.

Doctor Doom recruited Galacta and Cassandra for a staged plan to destroy Earth, promising to protect its people while using the mission to challenge the Mechanical Demon King. Cassandra began her villainous performance in Manhattan, where the Fantastic Four intervened and trapped her attacks in Susan’s force field.

• Doctor Doom convinced Galacta to help him by promising a year of lavish meals, and persuaded Cassandra by assuring her Earth's people would remain safe.
• Cassandra opened a portal to Manhattan and attacked pedestrians and buildings with Telekinetic Fish as part of the Script.
• Spider-Gwen pulled people out of danger with webbing, while the Fantastic Four rushed to stop Cassandra.
• Susan enclosed Cassandra and her explosive attacks in a force field, and the Fantastic Four surrounded her as civilians cheered.
• Tony grew irritated that the Fantastic Four were more popular than he was, while Spider-Gwen stood aside because it was not her turn in the storyline.

Cassandra launched a genuine attack on humanity in central Manhattan, forcing the Fantastic Four and Spider-Gwen to fight her and rescue civilians. After Cassandra escaped, Susan gathered allies to prepare for a real battle against her and Doctor Doom.

• Cassandra told Susan that she, Doctor Doom, and Galacta were preparing for a real fight in which Earth could be destroyed.
• Cassandra attacked Human Torch and sent civilians falling from the sky, while the Fantastic Four and Spider-Gwen fought her and saved people.
• Andrew watched the battle and chose not to interfere, while the Villain Alliance debated whether the fight was a trap and decided to stay cautious.
• Cassandra was defeated but escaped through a portal, warning that humanity's end would come next time.
• Susan recruited Spider-Gwen and planned to bring Tony and Wade into the fight, while Tony resolved to prove himself against Doctor Doom.

Doctor Doom recruited Wade with promises of greater prominence and Las Vegas casinos, then prepared to work with Cassandra on a plan to destroy Earth and challenge Andrew. Andrew pursued his own schemes while dating Allison, and the chapter ended with him approaching Chuck to ask about his curse.

• Tony told the Fantastic Four that Wade had disappeared and suspected Doctor Doom had recruited him, while warning that Wade's immortality made him a dangerous weapon.
• Doctor Doom persuaded Wade to join him by promising casinos and a bigger role, then brought him to the moon, where Wade offered Galacta a chocolate bar and asked her to influence Galactus.
• Doctor Doom told Cassandra to meet him at his Earth laboratory to plan Earth's destruction, and privately resolved to defeat Andrew after overcoming Tony and Dr. Reed.
• Andrew dated Allison while the woman in red returned to her lair determined to win his soul, unaware that he had deliberately drawn her in to investigate her secret.
• The next day, Chuck despaired after learning that the overweight woman had found true love, and Andrew approached him to ask how he had acquired his curse.

Andrew helped Chuck find the Gypsy Enchantress, who removed Chuck’s curse after accepting his apology. Andrew then asked her to curse him in exchange for money, believing the curse would bring him beautiful women and fortune.

• Andrew paid Chuck to explain his curse and guided him to remember the Gypsy Girl who had cursed him when they were children.
• Andrew offered Stark Industries’ help, and Chuck used its resources to find the Gypsy Enchantress.
• The Gypsy Enchantress forgave Chuck, secretly removed the curse, and watched him leave believing her claim that curses were not real.
• Andrew entered her home and offered to pay to receive the same curse, arguing that it would bring him beautiful women without lasting attachments.
• The Gypsy Enchantress called Andrew a damned rich person as he insisted money could solve anything.

Andrew acquired the Stone of Curses and World's Favor by arranging for the Gypsy Enchantress to curse him, then learned that Calder, an immortal witch hunter, was a protagonist in another world. The Intermediary ordered Poseidon to resurrect the Witch Queen and contact the force behind her, while the King of Negativity and the Tree of Time questioned Poseidon’s loyalties.

• Andrew paid the Gypsy Enchantress to curse him, and the backlash knocked her unconscious while transferring World's Favor and the Stone of Curses to Andrew.
• Andrew asked the woman in red to publicize his curse, then considered how to keep her unsuspecting while he tampered with the Contract.
• Poseidon reported that Calder, an eight-hundred-year-old witch hunter cursed with immortality, was the protagonist of The Last Witch Hunter.
• The Intermediary ordered Poseidon to resurrect the Witch Queen, contact the power behind her, and arrange Calder’s sacrifice without attracting notice.
• The King of Negativity questioned why Poseidon had not reported the discovery to the King of Abilities, and the Tree of Time cautioned him to remain vigilant.

The King of Negativity and the Tree of Time found a witch and the Son of Hell in a town and planned to awaken them so they could reach the Demon King. Andrew traveled to England to investigate Calder, an immortal Witch Hunter, while Tony pursued Doctor Doom and the Zombie Virus threat.

• The King of Negativity and the Tree of Time discovered a witch and the Son of Hell and decided to awaken and capture them before the King of Abilities could find them.
• Calder woke from a nightmare about killing the Witch Queen eight hundred years earlier, and his butler Dolan announced his retirement.
• Andrew watched Calder and Dolan through the electronic network, then booked a flight to England to take advantage of Calder's World's Favor.
• The woman in red accompanied Andrew to England after teasing him about his work and his plans with women.
• Tony told Andrew that Doctor Doom, Cassandra, and Wade were connected to a lab developing a Zombie Virus, and vowed to defeat them himself.

Andrew used a memory Ability to draw Chloe and another witch to him with a supposed love Curse, while Poseidon seized control of the Wizard Council and freed the imprisoned Black Witches as he began resurrecting the Witch Queen. The chapter left Calder investigating his murdered butler and the witches staying with Andrew, unaware he was controlling the Curse.

• Andrew located Chloe and planted memories among witches about a Curse that supposedly brought true love to women who slept with him.
• Chloe and the Green-haired Witch planned to meet Andrew, while Poseidon captured the Black Witches' leader and ordered him to find the Witch Queen's Heart.
• Poseidon obtained the Heart, conquered the Wizard Council, freed the Black Witches from prison, and began resurrecting the Witch Queen.
• After Poseidon killed Dolan, Calder began investigating and attacked Black Witch groups in England.
• Andrew met Chloe and the Green-haired Witch at a bar, persuaded them to visit his hotel, and secretly used the Curse to keep Chloe from leaving.
• The next day, the Green-haired Witch stayed with Andrew because she felt happy with him, while Chloe remained to study the Curse.

Andrew learned more about the limits and decline of the Enchantresses’ magic while asking how to strengthen his body. After Chloe agreed to stay and study his Curse, the woman in red decided to send him on a one-day trip eight hundred years into the past.

• Andrew asked Chloe and the Green-haired Witch about potions and magic that could strengthen his body, but they explained that such magic had serious limits and side effects.
• Chloe and the Green-haired Witch revealed that they were Enchantresses and described how their kind had declined since the Witch Queen’s era eight hundred years earlier.
• Chloe told Andrew that Witch Hunter Calder had been cursed with immortality, prompting Andrew to lament that he had been born too late; the woman in red secretly resolved to send him back in time for a day.
• Andrew spent the day with Chloe and the Green-haired Witch, and after the Green-haired Witch left, Chloe offered to stay and study his Curse.
• Andrew offered to pay Chloe to teach him magic, but she warned him about its slow, costly training and the restrictions Enchantresses faced.

Andrew pretended to weigh a Demon King's offer of seven wishes while secretly planning to sign her contract and exploit it to steal the Witch Queen's Curse from Calder in the past. After asking Tony for a damaged Iron Man glove, Andrew told Chloe about the offer and asked her to help him decide.

• Andrew met the woman in red in his living room, and she revealed that she was Lucifer, a Demon King who offered him seven wishes in exchange for his soul.
• Andrew refused to sign the Soul Pact outright and challenged the woman in red's offer of immortality, but she tempted him with a chance to travel eight hundred years into the past and obtain a Curse.
• After the woman in red sent him home, Andrew privately revealed that he intended to sign the contract, steal Calder's Curse, and test the Demon King's strength.
• Andrew called Tony and requested a battered but usable Iron Man glove, then told him he planned to alter history while Tony dealt with Doctor Doom and Galacta.
• The next day, Andrew told Chloe about the Demon King's offer and asked her to help him decide whether to accept.