Chapter Summaries

The superheroes tried to remove Vision’s Mind Stone, but Zombie Wanda burst into the hall and attacked them to protect him. Veronica’s hand finally pulled out the stone, killing Vision, while Andrew secretly began preparing to revive him as White Vision; Zombie Wanda regained her sanity and mourned over Vision’s body.

• Tony and the others restrained Vision while Strange used the Power Fist of the Mechanical Demon King to seize the Mind Stone.
• Zombie Wanda emerged from beneath the hall, rescued Vision, and revealed that she had eaten the base’s survivors and was still hungry.
• Zombie Wanda fought the superheroes, while Strange released nanites to attack the robots and Andrew secretly destroyed the nanites.
• Veronica’s mechanical hand pulled the Mind Stone from Vision’s forehead, killing him and stopping the robots; Andrew secretly began reviving him without memories or emotions.
• Zombie Wanda unleashed her power, but a mysterious force restored her sanity, and she mourned Vision’s death.

Scarlet Witch possessed Zombie Wanda and fought Andrew while trying to enter his universe, but Andrew banished her back to her own universe. Zombie Wanda remained behind, and the story left the reason for Scarlet Witch’s attempted entry unexplained.

• Scarlet Witch took the Mind Stone from Veronica, repaired Vision, and overwhelmed the heroes, injuring Rhodes, severing Hawkeye’s arm, and fusing Electro with The Thing.
• Andrew explained that Scarlet Witch had used the Darkhold to Dreamwalk into Zombie Wanda and was seeking entry to his universe, but she refused to reveal her purpose.
• Scarlet Witch threatened to conquer the Zombie Universe, so Andrew sent the others out and confronted her, using the robots and White Vision against her.
• Scarlet Witch summoned Gulgoth the Abysmal and attacked Andrew with magic, but he countered her spells and destroyed her summoned spirits with Hellfire.
• Scarlet Witch used Chaos Magic to try to banish Andrew, but his Substitute Curse redirected the spell onto her, banishing her and leaving Zombie Wanda behind.

Andrew ended the battle against Scarlet Witch and Zombie Wanda, then sent the superheroes back to their universe while staying behind to manage the Zombie Universe. After Earth celebrated the victory, Andrew began arranging to transfer the remaining Zombies to his Zombie Island so he could free their souls without provoking that universe’s gods and demons.

• Andrew froze Zombie Wanda, stored her away, and told the others that Scarlet Witch had been banished.
• Andrew sent the superheroes back through the Quantum Realm while he stayed to restore order and sever the connection between the universes.
• The black mist and Defensive Shield vanished, and Tony announced that the Zombie disaster was over.
• Carol left to protect civilians in the Kree-Skrull war, while President Ellis faced the work of rebuilding Manhattan.
• Andrew ordered White Vision to return the alien Zombies to their space station and preserve zombie Skye for later modification.
• Andrew instructed White Vision to gather the Zombies for transport to Zombie Island, explaining that moving them before taking their souls would avoid alerting their universe’s gods and demons.

Andrew harvested Wakanda’s Vibranium and resources, while New York began recovering from the Zombie disaster. Erik prepared to kill T’Chaka and seize Wakanda’s throne with Marduk’s help.

• Andrew and White Vision surveyed Wakanda, where robots mined Vibranium, and Andrew claimed the metal and the rest of Earth as his own.
• Andrew wondered whether a fleeing alien spacecraft had belonged to the Eternals, then failed to sense Panther God Bastet’s Divine Kingdom.
• In Rebirth Hell, Andrew counted the gains from the operation, including the Stones, new allies, Vibranium, and Earth, while Hell Will favored him for the expected souls.
• New Yorkers debated rebuilding Manhattan as an Iron Fortress, while Dr. Pym refused to sell Pym Particles and Scott Lang joked with viewers during his livestream.
• Odin, Frigga, and Hela decided to stay in New York, where Hela continued to antagonize her father.
• Erik watched Tchalla announce T’Chaka’s upcoming London trip, then told Marduk he would kill T’Chaka by ordinary means and challenge Tchalla for Wakanda’s crown.

Marduk and Mephisto prepared to consume the Panther God’s souls, while Belasco began sealing her Divine Kingdom and Liana sought help from the Mechanical Demon King. Andrew visited Wanda in a dream, showed her another universe’s tragic fate, and warned that her own destiny was bound to Chthon’s power.

• Erik learned that Marduk and Mephisto’s plan would restore their strength but would not let them defeat the Mechanical Demon King.
• Belasco accepted Mephisto’s Souls of Ultimate Evil and began preparing a spell to seal the Panther God’s Divine Kingdom.
• Liana split part of her soul into a Puppet and tried to teleport it to Mechanical Hell to seek Andrew’s help.
• Mephisto revealed that the box of souls was a key to his scheme against Belasco.
• Andrew examined Wanda’s fate, found Chthon’s power tied to her future, and gave her a dream of another universe’s suffering.
• Andrew told Wanda her fate would also be tragic, and Wanda reluctantly believed that the dream had been real.

Andrew warned Wanda that someone was manipulating her fate and began teaching her magic in dreams, while promising her brother would survive. In London, Erik prepared an attack on the World Security Conference, and a bomb struck the hotel room where the Old King and Tchalla were speaking.

• Andrew told Wanda she could resist her destined transformation by learning magic, revealed himself as the Black-Robed Mage, and agreed to teach her in dreams.
• Wanda woke holding the apple Andrew had given her and decided to make no immediate changes while she processed what he had told her.
• Andrew believed Wanda would grow attached to him through his care and vowed to deal with the Scarlet Witch and Chthon in time.
• Erik watched Tony and Tchalla arrive in London, then prepared a counterfeit Iron Suit powered by a Vibranium Battery.
• Tony failed to persuade the Old King to sell Wakanda's Defensive Shield, and he left to pursue other ways to protect New York.
• A bomb smashed through the hotel window and exploded as Tchalla tried to shield the Old King.

After King T'Chaka was killed and Prince Tchalla was critically wounded, Okoye accused Tony Stark of the attack and took him hostage. The Wakandans and Defense Bureau agents faced off as Okoye prepared to bring Tony back to Wakanda for investigation.

• Okoye rushed to the attack site, where doctors confirmed King T'Chaka was dead and Tchalla was still alive but gravely injured.
• Okoye searched the suspected firing room, found it empty, and received a hologram showing where the ambusher had been.
• Tony arrived to investigate, but Okoye and the Dora Milaje surrounded him and accused him of killing the king and attacking the prince.
• Steve, Director Carter, and Director Garrett arrived with Defense Bureau agents, escalating the standoff between them and the Wakandans.
• Okoye presented a reflection photograph showing an Iron Suit aiming a launcher and accused Tony of seeking the Defensive Shield; Tony denied the charge.
• Okoye rejected the Defense Bureau's offer to investigate and retreated into the Wakandan spaceship with Tony held at knifepoint.

After Tony Stark was taken to Wakanda for T'Chaka’s murder, American officials prepared a rescue while Wakandan politics shifted toward a contest for the throne. The chapter ended with General Ross considering Ulysses Klaue’s plan to infiltrate and seize Wakanda.

• Carter ordered agents to investigate T'Chaka’s bombing and told Steve to prepare a plan to rescue Tony, while Pepper promised Stark Industries’ support.
• President Ellis ordered a protest, legal assistance for Tony, and an aircraft carrier deployment near Africa, while forbidding an attack on Wakanda.
• Tony and Barton were imprisoned together, and Shuri told them T'Challa believed the case had suspicious points; Tony and Shuri then bonded over technology.
• Erik revealed that he was Prince N'Jobu’s son and claimed the right to challenge T'Challa for the throne; M'Baku also entered the contest, scheduled for seven days later.
• Ulysses Klaue proposed that General Ross help him infiltrate Wakanda and seize its leadership, promising that America could annex the country; Ross asked what Klaue wanted in return.

General Ross and Ulysses planned a risky operation while Tchalla prepared for Wakanda’s King Challenge against Erik, whom Tony suspected of killing Tchalla’s father. Meanwhile, Illyana arrived in Mechanical City and watched a chaotic Blitzball match between Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D.

• General Ross agreed to Ulysses’s battle plan and kept a powerful Hulk-derived serum in reserve, hoping he would not need to use it.
• Shuri explained Erik’s background and threats to Tony, and Tchalla decided to face him in the traditional King Challenge without the Heart-shaped herb’s enhancements.
• Tony suspected Erik had killed Tchalla’s father and framed him, but Tchalla said they had no evidence and arranged an evacuation plan in case he lost.
• Erik and Marduk prepared for the challenge, with Marduk warning that Erik would have to rely on himself during the match.
• Illyana successfully teleported to Mechanical City, where she found a crowded city of robots and discovered Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. teams fighting during a Blitzball match.

Illyana met Andrew, the Mechanical Demon King, and offered information about Mephisto in exchange for escaping Hell Frontier. Andrew accepted the deal, revealed that she was Piotr Rasputin’s sister, and rescued her, then asked whether she wanted to become the Border Queen.

• Illyana watched Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. members fight at a blitzball match while Andrew explained how the Mechanical Demon King profited from the brawl.
• Andrew revealed that he was the Mechanical Demon King and heard Illyana’s offer to trade information for help escaping Hell Frontier.
• Illyana told Andrew that Belasco was preparing a spell to seal a Divine Kingdom for Mephisto, who had offered him nearly a thousand souls of ultimate evil.
• Andrew accepted Illyana’s deal, admitted he had invented the Verbal Contract Magic, and warned her about the risks of sending a soul fragment to a Demon King.
• Andrew told Illyana that her brother Piotr had moved to the moon and rescued her by turning her puppet body into a robot and returning her soul fragment to her real body.
• Andrew told Illyana that the mutants were under his command and asked whether she wanted to become the Border Queen.

Andrew helped Illyana prepare to overthrow Belasco and secure Hell Frontier while several factions converged on Wakanda’s King Challenge. Tchalla defeated M’Baku and began fighting Erik as General Ross’s forces, a hidden nuclear bomb, and Andrew’s other preparations threatened to disrupt the contest.

• Illyana agreed to give Andrew half of Hell Frontier’s authority and ally with him in his bid for Lord of Hell, and Andrew helped her study Belasco’s magic array.
• Andrew and Alice repaired the array, identified it as a Plane Projection Magic Array, and gave Illyana Nishandi Sand and a blood-red skull for her secret preparations against Belasco.
• As the King Challenge began, General Ross prepared to seize Wakanda with nine Abominations while Ulysses waited underground with a nuclear bomb, and Steve’s team stood ready outside the Defensive Shield.
• Andrew watched events through nano cameras from Zombie Island as his modified Artificial Sun destroyed incoming Zombies and collected their souls.
• Tchalla defeated M’Baku and spared him, then faced Erik, who argued that Wakanda had to take responsibility for the suffering beyond its borders.
• Tchalla and Erik rejected further discussion and charged at each other in the pool.

Erik defeated Tchalla in the King Challenge, but Shuri rescued Tchalla as General Ross launched an attack on Wakanda. Erik’s hidden counterattack neutralized Ross’s forces and the nuclear threat, until Ross transformed into Red Hulk and began fighting Wakanda’s defenders.

• Erik wounded Tchalla and disarmed him, but Shuri sent a drone that forced Erik away and carried the injured Tchalla to safety while Tony and Barton escaped the dungeon.
• Erik killed Zuri during their struggle and ordered Wakanda sealed off to capture Tchalla, Shuri, and the former Queen.
• General Ross attacked with Abominations and threatened Wakanda with a hidden nuclear bomb, but Erik revealed that Wakandan soldiers were already attacking Ulysses’s group and that a Battery Cloak had disabled the bomb.
• Wakanda’s ships pinned down the Abominations and destroyed Ross’s aircraft, while Erik revealed that he had anticipated the invasion and captured the attackers.
• Ross injected himself with a serum and transformed into Red Hulk, then attacked Erik as Okoye and the Dora Milaje moved to defend their king.

Erik used General Ross’s attack to provoke a war between Wakanda and America, then seized control of Wakanda and began the Heart-shaped herb ritual. As Belasco sealed the Panther God’s Divine Kingdom, Illyana activated a hidden countermeasure and Mephisto prepared to reclaim what Belasco had taken.

• Erik ordered Wakandan forces to destroy America’s aircraft carrier fleet, and Shuri realized his aim was to provoke a war.
• Shuri, Tony, and their companions escaped Wakanda and joined Captain and the others while the Queen gave Tchalla the Heart-shaped herb.
• President Ellis put America on emergency status after the fleet sank, while Erik captured General Ross and declared war on America.
• Erik stripped Tchalla and Shuri of their Royal Family status, then began taking the Heart-shaped herb as Marduk and Mephisto prepared to become Demon Kings.
• Erik met N’Jobu in the Divine Kingdom, where Belasco sealed the realm with a projection of Hell Frontier.
• Illyana activated a hidden Magic Array to corrode Belasco’s formation, while Mephisto planned to reclaim what Belasco had taken.

Mephisto and Marduk attacked the Panther God and tried to devour her and the souls in her Divine Kingdom, while Andrew negotiated her submission in exchange for help. After she agreed to merge her Divine Kingdom into Mechanical Hell, Andrew revealed that the souls being consumed were decoys and that he intended to make Mephisto and Marduk powerful enough to kill permanently.

• Erik's Bone Ring and shadow trapped the Panther God, but Mephisto poisoned her with Godfall Poison while Marduk drained her divine power.
• Mephisto used the Chaos Crown to disrupt the Panther God's powers, and the two demon kings subdued her as Wakandan souls charged to her aid.
• Andrew contacted the Panther God and demanded that she merge her Divine Kingdom into Mechanical Hell; she agreed in return for only having to fight once every hundred years and remaining free of his command.
• Mephisto and Marduk devoured more than a thousand charging souls, but Andrew revealed that they were altered souls from a parallel universe, not the Panther God's people.
• Andrew explained that he had corrupted the decoy souls and wanted Mephisto and Marduk to become demon kings so he could destroy them permanently.

Erik prepared Wakanda for war against America while Mephisto and Marduk completed their plan to reach Hell after draining the Panther God's power and devouring hundreds of thousands of souls. Andrew secretly sabotaged their weapon and waited for their plan to unfold.

• Andrew told the Panther God to act as a victim while he handled Mephisto and Marduk, and Erik left the Divine Kingdom after arranging a trump card with Mephisto.
• Erik ordered Wakanda's forces to prepare to seize Washington, revoked Shuri and Tchalla's access to the country's systems, and arranged to broadcast an evil song worldwide.
• Andrew revealed that the player contained a Lost Souls and secretly filled it with magic Nanites, while America gathered troops and the heroes dug Tchalla out of the sand before he suffocated.
• Mephisto and Marduk finished devouring souls and draining the Panther God's Divine Power, then sealed off the other souls and asked Belasco to open a Space Channel to Hell.

Mephisto and Marduk tried to return to their Hells and reclaim their Demon King status, but Andrew trapped them in the Panther God's Divine Kingdom. As the Demon Kings gathered to stall Andrew elsewhere, Mephisto, Marduk, and Belasco confronted Andrew and attacked him together.

• Mephisto and Marduk stepped into their space channels but collided with invisible barriers after Andrew and the Panther God revealed themselves.
• Belasco tried to withdraw from the conflict, but Mephisto locked the Hell Projection Array in place and Erik and Rotten Man activated Mephisto's preparations.
• Rotten Man asked the other Demon Kings to hold off Andrew and the Sorcerer Supreme, and they agreed after negotiating a share of the River Styx.
• Andrew revealed that he had lured Belasco into the Divine Kingdom, and Belasco descended to join Mephisto and Marduk against him.
• Mephisto sent bone spikes surging at Andrew while Marduk unleashed a wave of living shadows.

Andrew overwhelmed Mephisto, Marduk, and Belasco while the villains unleashed the Evil Song, driving people across many cities into chaos. As heroes teleported into Wakanda to stop Erik and destroy the system spreading the song, Erik’s forces surrounded them and revealed a mind-controlled, armored General Ross.

• Andrew destroyed Belasco’s curses with a technological army, forced Mephisto and Marduk onto the defensive, and sent Tchalla back to Earth.
• Erik’s Evil Song spread through media, awakening people’s evil thoughts and causing widespread violence across cities in multiple regions.
• Fitz and Simmons identified the music as the cause, while Carter, Tony, Jarvis, and Alice worked to stop its spread and inform civilians.
• Andrew used the crisis to collect souls through contracts, while Mephisto realized Andrew had anticipated the plan and prepared to kill him permanently.
• Shuri helped the heroes bypass Wakanda’s defenses, and Scarlet teleported Tchalla, Steve, Tony, and their allies to the Technology Center.
• Erik turned Wakanda’s soldiers against Tchalla and the heroes, then sent an armored, mind-controlled General Ross to confront them.

The Avengers fought Erik’s forces as Wakandan tribes turned against him, while Andrew confronted Mephisto and the demon kings in the Divine Kingdom. As Andrew prepared to fire the Space Annihilation Cannon, Mephisto’s shadows opened a spatial passage and a hidden box released nine hundred and ninety-nine souls of ultimate evil.

• Red Hulk attacked Tony, and Doctor Banner joined the fight before being overwhelmed by Ross.
• Tchalla fought Okoye while Spider-Woman battled Erik, who used Marduk’s magic and shadows to evade her attacks.
• The Jabari and River tribes switched sides against Erik, but W’Kabi continued supporting him, bringing Wakanda’s civil war into the open.
• Mephisto revealed that the evil melody was meant to fill people with evil, then used the Chaos Crown’s destruction to plunge the Panther God into chaos.
• Marduk and Belasco summoned an elder evil god’s power as Andrew assembled the Space Annihilation Cannon.
• Mephisto’s shadows opened a passage through the Hell Projection Array, while nine hundred and ninety-nine souls of ultimate evil emerged from Belasco’s hidden box.

Mephisto betrayed Marduk and Belasco, seized Belasco’s body, and took control of the Hell Frontier, but Andrew revealed that he had prepared a trap to claim it himself. With Illyana’s help, Andrew turned the Hell Projection Array against Mephisto, while Illyana declared her intention to inherit the Hell Frontier after Belasco’s death.

• Mephisto used the skulls and the Hell Projection Array to take over Belasco’s body, then withdrew the Shadows of Evil and abandoned Marduk and Belasco in the Divine Kingdom.
• Andrew struck Marduk and Belasco with the Space Annihilation Cannon; Marduk shattered his soul and tried to possess Erik, but the blast killed both demon kings’ projections.
• Mephisto took control of the Hell Frontier and prepared to kill Belasco, while Andrew breached the Hell Projection Array and attacked Mephisto with Nishandi Sand and a cursed skull.
• Andrew revealed that he had set a trap for Belasco, and Mephisto realized he could no longer draw on the Hell Frontier’s power.
• Illyana appeared and admitted she had tampered with the array, then told Belasco she would inherit the Hell Frontier and become the Border Queen after his death.

Andrew defeated Mephisto and Belasco, claiming their powers and control, while Illyana began merging with the Hell Cornerstone. He then confronted Marduk in Wakanda, where Marduk destroyed his own soul; afterward, Tchalla became Wakanda’s king and the new Black Panther.

• Illyana wounded Belasco with her Soul Sword as Andrew faced Mephisto and summoned the Blackheart Demon King to intervene.
• Andrew crushed the Blackheart Demon King’s attack, purified Mephisto’s escaping Soul Seeds in the River Styx, and claimed Mephisto’s soul origin, authorities, and control over Blackheart Hell.
• Andrew immobilized Belasco with Time Magic, allowing Illyana to destroy his soul with her Soul Sword, then sent her to merge with the Hell Cornerstone.
• At the Technology Center, Mephisto’s defeat freed Rotten Man and the Demon Cultists from his influence, and Hellboy destroyed the undead soul that had been controlling the player.
• Andrew confronted Marduk in Wakanda, where Marduk destroyed his own soul and killed Erik; afterward, the Black Panther Goddess recognized Tchalla, and Wakanda’s leaders surrendered to him.