Chapter Summaries

Andrew confronted the Blackheart Demon King, who pretended to surrender before helping Andrew lure the other Demon Kings into Blackheart Hell. Andrew and Blackheart destroyed their projections, and Andrew left Blackheart to serve as his battery for ten years before ruling Hell again.

• Andrew offered Blackheart the choice of death or five hundred years as a battery, but Lucifer and other Demon King Projections arrived to protect him.
• Lucifer and the projections prepared to fight Andrew, but Blackheart stabbed Lucifer with his Flame Greatsword and revealed he had been loyal to Andrew all along.
• Andrew summoned the Destroyer Mech and attacked Nightmare while he and Blackheart used Blackheart Hell's power to fight the projections.
• Andrew and Blackheart defeated every Demon King Projection with the help of demons and Andrew's nuclear bombs.
• Andrew told Blackheart to spend ten years as a battery, after which he would release him to rule Blackheart Hell again.

Andrew secured Blackheart Hell, reunited Illyana with Colossus, and connected the Panther God's Divine Kingdom to Rebirth Hell while counting the spoils of the crisis. Meanwhile, Susan revealed Erik's role in the disaster, and America and Wakanda traded blame as demands for compensation and accountability mounted.

• Andrew subdued Blackheart Demon King with the Space Stone and made him serve as a battery for ten years, while Alice was set to take control of Blackheart Hell.
• Illyana transferred half her authority over the Hell Frontier to Andrew, who cautioned her against relying too much on hell's chaotic power and promised to guide her.
• Andrew took Illyana to the moon, where she reunited with Colossus, then opened a portal connecting the Panther God's Divine Kingdom to Rebirth Hell.
• Andrew told the Panther God to inform Shuri that Wakanda belonged to him and that he intended to send her to Hell University to study alien knowledge.
• Andrew counted more than a hundred million souls and several new territories among his gains, then declared a seven-day celebration in Mechanical Hell.
• Susan explained Erik's role in the disaster on the Daily Bugle, after which President Ellis blamed General Ross and condemned Wakanda while Wakanda blamed America.

Shuri and Tony continued their research in Wakanda as Kaecilius betrayed Kamar-Taj under a plan coordinated with Andrew, setting a six-month course toward a confrontation with Dormammu. In 2012, spatial vortices appeared in New York and pulled Spider-Man into a parallel universe, while Andrew rescued Spider-Gwen and discovered a Green Goblin attacking another Spider-Man.

• Shuri told Doctor Banner that General Ross needed a year or two to recover, and Banner went to ask Tchalla to let Ross stay in Wakanda.
• Dormammu tried to recruit Kaecilius, who secretly contacted Andrew and agreed to begin their plan.
• Kaecilius gathered sorcerers, stole the Book of Cagliostro, and escaped as the Ancient One pretended to stop him.
• Andrew and Tchalla met with Tony to discuss installing a Defensive Shield in New York, but Andrew sensed trouble and vanished.
• A spatial vortex swallowed Peter Parker, while Andrew pulled Spider-Gwen out and saw a Green Goblin attacking a Spider-Man in a parallel universe.

Andrew sent a copy of himself and Gwen into the Parallel Universe while remaining behind to monitor the growing connection between the worlds. After Spider-Man died and Andrew claimed his soul, he and Gwen found themselves in a parallel New York, where the danger of another major crisis remained unclear.

• Andrew sensed the two universes forming a connection, let a copy of himself take Gwen through the vortex, and stayed in the Main Universe to observe the unstable link.
• Tony recognized the image in the sky as another New York, ordered the city evacuated, and gathered the superheroes for a meeting as the residents prepared to flee again.
• Odin suggested leaving Earth, but Frigga and Little Hela refused to abandon New York.
• After the Particle Collider exploded, Spider-Man gave Miles Morales a USB drive and told him to stop Kingpin before dying; Andrew collected Spider-Man's soul.
• Andrew and Gwen arrived in the Parallel Universe's Times Square, where Gwen realized they might face another world-ending crisis and apologized for bringing Andrew along.

Andrew and Gwen investigated the parallel universe while Andrew began livestreaming its New York, where they learned that its Spider-Man had died. They found the Main Universe Spider-Man there and discovered that his trip between universes had also carried him through time.

• Andrew searched online and found that the parallel universe had fewer superheroes and no living Spider-Man for Gwen to locate.
• Carlton Drake prepared a Life Foundation rocket launch, while Carter and Tony discussed the growing connection between the universes and sought a way to enter the parallel one.
• Andrew livestreamed Times Square through the Daily Bugle, and a news broadcast announced Spider-Man's death.
• J. Jonah Jameson mourned Spider-Man on air, revealing his affection for the hero and embarrassing his Main Universe counterpart.
• Gwen and Andrew found the Main Universe Spider-Man on a rooftop, and Andrew explained that travel between universes could also shift a traveler through time.

Spider-Men from several universes gathered in Brooklyn and learned that Kingpin had brought them there with his Super Collider. As the visitors began suffering from the universe rejecting them, Kingpin and his villains ambushed the group, including Miles and Andrew.

• Andrew, Gwen, and Spider-Man headed to a Brooklyn stadium after sensing another Spider-Man, while Eddie Brock bonded with black slime and was driven to attack a rocket base.
• Andrew and Gwen met Middle-aged Spider-Man, Shadow Spider-Man, Penny Parker, Spider-Ham, and Miles at the stadium.
• Miles explained that Kingpin had killed Spider-Man and built the Super Collider, which drew the other Spider-Men into the Parallel Universe.
• The Spider-Men realized they needed Kingpin to rebuild the Super Collider to return home, but the visitors began glitching as the universe rejected them.
• Kingpin emerged from beneath the stadium with Old Green Goblin, Female Doctor Octopus, Scorpion, Prowler, and armed lackeys, and Prowler recognized his nephew Miles.

The Spider-Men confronted Kingpin, who planned to use the Super Collider to retrieve his dead family, and battled his forces as Spider-Woman overwhelmed several attackers. Kingpin sent Sandman after Spider-Woman and targeted Andrew and Miles as leverage, while Andrew secretly collected the dead thugs’ souls.

• Kingpin revealed that he built the Super Collider to bring back his wife and son, dismissed warnings about the danger to New York, and ordered his forces to attack the Spider-Men.
• Main Universe Spider-Man joined the fight with missiles and his Flying Skateboard, while Spider-Woman routed the armed thugs and defeated Green Goblin and Prowler.
• Kingpin summoned Sandman, whose enormous sand body fought Spider-Woman, while Kingpin led the other villains against the remaining Spider-Men.
• Kingpin ordered his men to capture Andrew and Miles as leverage, and Andrew collected the souls of fallen thugs to test whether anyone would stop him.

Andrew tested the Parallel Universe’s lack of supernatural interference by fighting Kingpin’s forces and searching for the hidden Mastermind. The Spider-Men planned to find the blackened Spider-Man while deciding whether to return home before Kingpin activated the Super Collider.

• Andrew revealed his extraordinary marksmanship by killing the goons attacking him and Miles, then joked that Quantum Mechanics explained his shots.
• Kingpin’s forces failed to defeat the Spider-Men, and Kingpin ordered a retreat when the police arrived.
• Andrew wounded Female Doctor Octopus with curving Energy Bullets, hoping to draw out the Mastermind, but Kingpin carried her away without the Mastermind appearing.
• Andrew realized the attack had given him a clue about the Mastermind and the chaos in space-time, while Tony and the others analyzed conversations about the Super Collider.
• Gwen proposed searching for the blackened Spider-Man, as the group debated whether the other Spider-Men should return home before the Collider was completed.

Andrew used time magic to give Miles memories of a future in which Uncle Allen died, helping Miles become Spider-Man without Allen having to die. He also uncovered the Mastermind’s time-travel preparations and learned that two Space Shuttles carrying the Mastermind’s kind were returning to Earth, while the Spider-Men prepared to confront Kingpin.

• Miles and the Spider-Men evacuated Miles’s family after Allen warned that Kingpin was investigating Miles’s identity and could target them.
• Allen revealed that he was the Prowler and offered to help defeat Kingpin, but Miles feared that his uncle would die like the Spider-Men’s loved ones.
• Andrew used the Time Stone to show Miles memories of a possible future, then examined the past and discovered that the Mastermind had arrived a month early and prepared the Super Collider.
• Miles woke with the resolve to become Spider-Man, and he and Allen reunited safely as the group prepared for the final battle.
• Kingpin reinforced the rebuilding Super Collider, while the Mastermind waited for the Life Foundation’s Space Shuttle and another shuttle from the Main Universe to return to Earth.

The Spider-Men prepared to attack Kingpin’s Super Collider while Tony warned that its activation could destroy both universes. Before they could learn the outcome, Alien Monsters attacked evacuation camps in New Jersey, forcing Scarlet and the others to fight them as the threat spread.

• Penny Parker broke through the wall near Fisk Tower, and Miles scouted the laboratory before leading the Spider-Men inside to wait for their planned assault on Kingpin.
• Tony warned that running the Super Collider for more than five minutes could destroy both New Yorks, while Steve and the others hoped Spider-Woman and Gun God would stop Kingpin.
• Carter sent Scarlet, Jessica, Hellboy, and other heroes to a New Jersey evacuation camp, where they found monsters attacking soldiers and civilians.
• Scarlet discovered the monsters regenerated but feared fire, and Hellboy learned that they were slime creatures possessing human bodies.
• Carter explained that the creatures might be Alien Monsters brought to Earth by a scout, and Jessica blasted one away with her Nanovibranium Gauntlets.
• Carter ordered flamethrowers deployed, then learned that Alien Monsters had appeared in other camps and in New Jersey itself.

Symbiotes emerged in both universes, overwhelming cities and joining Kingpin’s fight against the Spider-Men. As the Spider-Men faced a growing swarm in the Parallel Universe, Andrew called out the hidden mastermind, and a black-suited Spider-Man appeared dancing.

• Roxanne explained that symbiotes were alien organisms that needed compatible hosts, while Carter diverted more forces to rescue civilians and residents barricaded themselves indoors.
• In the Parallel Universe, Andrew fought through Kingpin’s gunmen while Spider-Woman tried to recruit Sandman by offering to cure his daughter, but Kingpin’s threat forced Sandman to attack her.
• Kingpin activated the Super Collider, whose search system shifted to a symbiote; symbiotes invaded the laboratory, and Doctor Drake revealed he had brought over a hundred thousand of them to Earth.
• A symbiote bonded with Female Doctor Octopus, healing her injuries and enhancing her tentacles, while Drake described his plan to turn Earth into a world of symbiotes.
• Symbiotes possessed Kingpin’s henchmen and attacked the Spider-Men; Middle-aged Spider-Man warned that fire and high-frequency sound could hurt them, and the Main Universe sent Skye to help.
• Andrew called out the mastermind as symbiote monsters surrounded the group, and a black-suited Spider-Man dropped from the ceiling and danced to saxophone music.

Bully Spider-Man revealed that he had unleashed symbiotes across America and planned to spread them through parallel universes, while the Spider-Men and villains tried to stop him. His summoned symbiote forces overwhelmed them as the Super Collider’s quantum storm began disrupting New York in both universes.

• Bully Spider-Man admitted that he had brought symbiotes to Earth and unleashed them, while Drake showed the Spider-Men a hologram of the devastation in New York.
• The Spider-Men fought the symbiote monsters, and Miles freed Kingpin so he and the other villains could join the battle.
• Bully Spider-Man suppressed Gwen’s Spider-Sense, revealed that he had sent a symbiote into her world, and explained how tragedy and Venom had led him to abandon responsibility.
• More heroes and villains arrived through the Super Collider with symbiotes, and Bully Spider-Man announced his plan to conquer Earth across parallel dimensions.
• The symbiote forces overwhelmed the Spider-Men as the collider’s quantum storm distorted New York in both universes, while symbiotes attacked the Main Universe’s Gathering Place.

Miles summoned Spider-Men from across the multiverse to battle the symbiotes, while Andrew identified Scarlet Witch as the real mastermind behind the crisis. Andrew confronted Scarlet Witch in the unstable space channel, where she challenged his relationship with Wanda and learned he had existed for only a little over five years.

• As the Parallel Universe battlefield worsened, Miles leaped into the particle wave and summoned countless Spider-Men to help fight the symbiotes.
• Bully Spider-Man ordered Drake and Female Doctor Octopus to record universe coordinates and summon more symbiotes, while Andrew told Alice to collect their findings.
• Middle-aged Spider-Man pulled Miles from the particle wave, and Miles joined him in helping Spider-Woman fight Bully Spider-Man.
• Andrew left the chaotic laboratory and realized Scarlet Witch was crossing the unstable channel to the Main Universe, so he appeared in front of her.
• Scarlet Witch showed Andrew a scene of him teaching Wanda magic and accused him of seducing her; Andrew insisted their feelings were mutual and revealed he had existed for only a little over five years.

Andrew confronted Scarlet Witch over her plan to enter the Main Universe and her use of Bully Spider-Man, then fought them as Scarlet Witch empowered Bully Spider-Man with Symbiotes and Chaos Magic. The battle continued with Andrew countering their attacks, but Scarlet Witch’s attempt to reach the Main Universe remained unresolved.

• Andrew accused Scarlet Witch of repeating Chthon’s cruelty by manipulating Bully Spider-Man, while Scarlet Witch explained that she had arranged his encounters to gain access to the Main Universe.
• Scarlet Witch offered Andrew a way to become a Multiverse being in exchange for entry, but Andrew refused and demanded to see her plan.
• Scarlet Witch summoned Bully Spider-Man through a Space Rift and merged him with countless Symbiotes, while she drew power from Eye Demon Shuma to attack Andrew.
• Andrew used the White-haired Man, redirected the Eye Demon’s rays, and attacked Bully Spider-Man with high-frequency speakers, but Scarlet Witch used Chaos Magic to shield the Symbiotes from sound.
• Bully Spider-Man launched a sneak attack with a clone and massive Symbiote fists, but Andrew destroyed the clone, severed the fists, and froze the Symbiotes that transformed into Yaka Arrows.

Andrew fought Bully Spider-Man and Scarlet Witch, then escaped Knull’s Dark Space after learning about the symbiote god and the Celestials. Scarlet Witch’s attack opened rifts that unleashed symbiotes across two Earths, and the Peace Knights began containing the outbreak as the monsters counterattacked.

• Andrew destroyed Bully Spider-Man’s symbiote reinforcements with Space Magic, an Artificial Sun, and Hellfire, but Bully Spider-Man banished him into Dark Space with his ultimate ability.
• Andrew met Knull in Dark Space, learned that Knull created the symbiotes and had fought the Celestials, then wagered that he could escape without accepting Knull’s offer to free him.
• Andrew used Time Reversal to return to the space channel, while Scarlet Witch advanced toward the Main Universe and tore open more than a hundred spatial rifts.
• Symbiotes poured through the rifts and attacked civilians on both Earths as Scarlet Witch continued toward the Main Universe.
• Andrew’s forces began rescuing civilians and fighting the symbiotes, while Howard’s Sonic Device separated symbiotes from their hosts at the New Jersey Settlement.
• Symbiote monsters launched dozens of enormous spears at Howard’s Electronic Palace.

The Peace Knights rapidly cleared symbiotes from settlements while Andrew trapped and destroyed Scarlet Witch’s escape attempt. Bully Spider-Man resolved to make amends by returning the symbiotes to their universes, as Andrew and his main body sealed the space channel.

• The Electronic Palace used energy beams and its Gravity Device to defeat and capture symbiotes, then teleported between settlements to clear them out.
• Tony saw the Black Widow Legion’s Nano Iron Suits and vowed to develop Battle Suits, unmanned armor, and a robot army.
• Bully Spider-Man stopped Scarlet Witch from reaching a space rift, and Andrew revealed that he had redirected the rifts into his Palm Space.
• Andrew crushed Scarlet Witch in the collapsing Palm Space, freed Bully Spider-Man from her pain spell, and agreed to deal with the remaining symbiotes.
• Andrew and his main body sealed the space channel inside the Space Stone, while Bully Spider-Man returned to the laboratory and called the symbiotes back to his side.
• Bully Spider-Man told the assembled Spider-Men that he would send all the symbiotes back to their universes, including those from his own.

The Spider-Men and Bully Spider-Man ended the Symbiote invasion, while Andrew secured the Super Collider and recruited Female Doctor Octopus. After the crisis left New York in ruins, Andrew killed Kingpin and the other villains in the Parallel Universe, leaving only Bully Spider-Man and Drake standing.

• Bully Spider-Man ordered the Symbiotes to retreat, sent the visiting Spider-Men back to their universes, and arranged for Space Shuttles to carry the remaining Symbiotes away.
• Andrew recruited Female Doctor Octopus to work for him and took her to his main body as the spatial rifts disappeared and the Main Universe crisis ended.
• The Spider-Men and others surveyed the destruction of New York, while Tony grew more determined to arm Earth with robots and Unmanned Armor.
• Liv shut down the Super Collider after most of the Spider-Men and Symbiotes had returned to their universes.
• Miles tried to arrest Kingpin, but Andrew shot Kingpin and the other villains, while Prowler helped attack them; only Bully Spider-Man and Drake remained.

After the Symbiote invasion devastated New York, Andrew gathered souls and Symbiotes while negotiating with Bully Spider-Man to bring his army into Mechanical Hell. He then asked Knull to help deal with another version of himself, offering to take the Symbiotes away in exchange.

• Miles, Spider-Woman, and Prowler searched the ruined city for survivors, and Miles learned his family was safe while his father was rescuing people.
• Bully Spider-Man and Drake launched a shuttle carrying Symbiotes into space, while Andrew followed it to locate the Symbiote nest.
• Andrew reviewed his gains, including millions of souls, Symbiotes, universe coordinates, the Super Collider, and Female Doctor Octopus.
• Bully Spider-Man explained that his Symbiotes could not be separated from their hosts, and Andrew offered to take the army into Mechanical Hell and resolve his condition.
• Bully Spider-Man agreed to visit Andrew's Hell before deciding whether to join, and Andrew asked him to use Dark Space so he could speak with Knull.
• Andrew asked Knull to help defeat another-universe version of himself and offered to take the Symbiotes away in return.

Andrew learned from Knull how to weaken a young Celestial and agreed to free Knull in five hundred years in exchange for half the symbiotes. After returning to the Main Universe and beginning to build a Lesser Hell on Earth, Andrew's story paused as Dormammu asked Kaecilius whether he had captured the symbiotes.

• Andrew and Knull signed a contract: Knull would teach him a method in exchange for freedom after five hundred years and half the symbiotes.
• Knull gave Andrew a Dark Magic Array that could drain a young Celestial's cosmic energy and leave him dormant, and warned him about the Eternals.
• Andrew left the Dark Space, brought Bully Spider-Man and Spider-Gwen to the Main Universe, and took the laboratory back to Hell for Female Doctor Octopus to study.
• Andrew used the souls of the dead to begin constructing a Lesser Hell on Earth as a hub for collecting souls.
• Kaecilius and the Kamar-Taj traitors absorbed Dark Magic in an abandoned church until Dormammu's will appeared and asked whether Kaecilius had captured the symbiotes.

Dormammu sent Kaecilius to find Knull and enlist him against the Mechanical Demon King, but Andrew reached the Symbiote Planet first and tricked Knull into escaping his seal. Andrew captured Knull’s soul and planned to forge it into a divine weapon.

• Dormammu told Kaecilius to locate Knull and offer him freedom and Dark Energy in exchange for helping defeat the Mechanical Demon King.
• Kaecilius secretly used a phone to send the mission details to Alice, and Andrew learned about the plan.
• Andrew traveled to the Symbiote Planet and prepared a trap while Knull waited inside his seal.
• Andrew attacked the Symbiotes and staged cracks in Knull’s seal, prompting Knull to escape with his Main Consciousness.
• Andrew trapped Knull in a small space, revealed the deception, and declared that he would turn Knull’s soul into a divine weapon.