Chapter Summaries

Thanos persuaded Arishem to lend him Eternals and enhance his Cosmic Energy so he could stop Andrew from conquering Hell. As Andrew’s forces fought the united Hells, they unleashed Symbiote Bombs that transformed demons into powerful, frenzied Black Demons, throwing dozens of cities into chaos.

• Thanos asked Arishem for troops and help mastering Cosmic Energy, and Arishem agreed to lend him Eternals and send him into the World Forge.
• Andrew ordered The Leader to deploy Symbiote Bombs and told Trask to prepare the Sentinel Robots for their debut.
• Yelena returned to her warship and launched a Symbiote Bomb into the Demon Army in Dragon Hell.
• The bomb transformed thousands of demons into stronger Black Demons that attacked their former allies and spread the infection through the ranks.
• Yelena ordered the fleet to scour the battlefield with Energy Cannons as Demon Kings learned that similar outbreaks were occurring across dozens of cities in two Hells.

The Demon Kings withdrew their forces from the virus curse and sought Chthon’s help, leaving the Dragon King and Unicorn Demon King to hold their Hells. As the Dragon King’s power waned, he surrendered half his authority over Dragon Hell to Andrew, who welcomed him with the Dragon King’s captured projection.

• The Curse Eye Demon King identified the battlefield curse as a contagious virus that consumed demons’ life force, but admitted he could not dispel it.
• The Demon Kings withdrew their uninfected troops and left the Dragon King and Unicorn Demon King behind, then asked Chthon for help.
• Chthon advised using sound and fire against the virus, offered vampires and Dark Mages, and contacted dimensional demon gods for support.
• In Dragon Hell, the weakening Dragon King declared himself Andrew’s mount and offered Andrew half his authority over Dragon Hell in exchange for his life.
• Andrew gave the Dragon King a drop of black blood to absorb, accepted his surrender, and presented him with his captured projection.

Andrew's forces captured Unicorn Hell after the Dragon King helped them ensnare and kill the Unicorn Demon King. As Chthon sent reinforcements and Unicorn Hell's heirs raced to claim succession, Andrew's campaign against the other hells remained underway.

• The Dragon King warned his allies that the Unicorn Demon King planned to self-destruct, and Andrew ordered the attack on Unicorn Hell to continue.
• Andrew discussed the Sentinel Robots and plans to tamper with the Dark God Altar, while the Ancient One agreed to watch over Earth and the Vishanti promised Andrew help in exchange for a future favor.
• The Dragon King, Blackheart Demon King, Hellboy, and the Border Queen confronted the Unicorn Demon King, and the Dragon King pretended to be Andrew's mount to bait him into attacking.
• The Dragon King transformed into chains that bound the Unicorn Demon King and suppressed his Hell Power, allowing the others to help slay him.
• The Nightmare Demon King urged Chthon to send reinforcements, and Chthon dispatched Dark Mages and vampires to Hell.
• Hellboy announced that a qualified heir could become the new Demon King of Unicorn Hell, and the heirs and consorts raced toward the Royal Palace while fighting one another.

Andrew’s forces invaded Serpent Hell and Spider Hell while the Demon Kings assembled reinforcements, including Dracula and his vampires, to resist them. Andrew sent Blade, Whistler, and Nia to capture Dracula, then ordered the Suicide Legion deployed as Optimus Prime’s Transformers fought in Serpent Hell.

• A blue-skinned Cyclops accepted Andrew’s conditions and became the new One-Eyed Demon King, then joined the battle through a projection.
• Andrew’s Mechanical Army invaded Serpent Hell and Spider Hell, prompting the Myriad Snake Demon King and Spider Demon King to call for help.
• Dracula and other reinforcements arrived; the Demon Kings equipped the vampires and other forces to resist curses, but Andrew’s army attacked without using the Virus Curse.
• Andrew ordered The Leader to deploy the Suicide Legion and use his unfinished project against powerful demons, commanders, and Dark Mages.
• Andrew sent Blade, Whistler, and Nia to the battlefield with a device to seal Dracula, then ordered them to capture him.
• Optimus Prime and the Transformers fought demons in Serpent Hell as Ironhide relayed Andrew’s order to deploy the Suicide Legion and the special device.

The Mechanical Legion routed the Demon Army in Serpent Hell and Spider Hell with the Suicide Legion and a weapon that mimicked cosmic storm energy. As the Mechanical Legion captured cities, the Demon Kings agreed to sacrifice some of their strength to Chthon so they could form projections and fight back.

• Optimus Prime sent the Suicide Legion into battle, where beastmen and scorpions exploded among the demons and killed or wounded tens of thousands.
• Sentinel Prime unleashed a failed cosmic storm device that transformed and killed most of the Dark Mages and commanders, allowing Optimus Prime to crush the survivors.
• Andrew explained the weapon's origins and ordered Trask to prepare the Sentinel Robots, while telling Knull and Gorr to prepare for the Demon Kings' desperate counterattack.
• The Mechanical Legion routed the Demon Army in Serpent Hell and Spider Hell, then captured cities and began building altars.
• Chthon offered to help the Demon Kings form projections early in exchange for a permanent reduction in their strength, and the Demon Kings agreed to make sacrifices.

Andrew’s forces overwhelmed the Spider Demon King and Myriad Snake Demon King while Andrew and Knull blocked the arriving Demon King projections. The Spider Demon King surrendered and gave Andrew half his hell authority, and the chapter ended as Surtur struck the Myriad Snake Demon King.

• The Dragon King, Blackheart Demon King, Hellboy, and Illyana battled the weakened Myriad Snake Demon King in Serpent Hell while he held out for reinforcements.
• A thousand Sentinel Robots joined the fight, using copied abilities to injure and restrain the Myriad Snake Demon King as Illyana and the others continued their assault.
• In Spider Hell, the Sentinel Robots helped Surtur, the Succubus Queen, and the New Cyclops Demon King overwhelm the Spider Demon King, while Gorr arrived with All-Black the Necrosword.
• Andrew and Knull stopped the Demon King projections in the space channels, preventing them from reaching either hell.
• After Surtur prepared to strike, the Spider Demon King surrendered and transferred half his hell authority to Andrew, who gave him black blood to merge into his body.
• Andrew sent the robots and projections to Serpent Hell, where Surtur struck the Myriad Snake Demon King as he was about to surrender.

Andrew secured Serpent Hell and Spider Hell, crushed the demon kings’ forces, and began preparing for a decisive battle in Skeleton Hell. On Earth, Ajak reunited the Eternals and revealed that their mission had been to protect humanity until a Celestial could be born from the planet.

• The Myriad Snake Demon King surrendered half his authority to Andrew, and he and the Spider Demon King helped seal their hells against the retreating demon armies.
• Andrew and the demon kings trapped most of the invading forces, then wiped out the remaining troops and captured Dracula after Blade reversed his suicide with Andrew’s box.
• Andrew’s army advanced on Skeleton Hell as both sides prepared for a decisive battle, temporarily ending the first offensive in the conquest of Hell.
• Sersi left her bus after hearing Ajak’s summons and joined the other Eternals aboard the Domo.
• Ajak confessed that the Eternals had been sent to protect Earth until a Celestial could emerge and consume its life, prompting the Eternals to protest.

Ajak and Supergiant persuaded the Eternals to prepare to fight Ghost Rider and the Avengers, while Thanos acquired the Soul Stone by convincing it that Red Skull was the one he loved most. Sersi later dreamed of meeting a handsome Asian man in a teahouse.

• Ajak revealed that the Eternals served Tiamut and that Ghost Rider was the Mechanical Demon King, prompting the Eternals to agree to follow Thanos's orders.
• Supergiant reported that only four Earth Eternals were firmly willing to obey, and Thanos ordered her to control the wavering members and receive the other Eternals.
• Thanos went to Vormir and persuaded the Soul Stone to grant him its power, while Red Skull fell to his death after Thanos pushed him from the cliff.
• Sersi struggled to accept the day's revelations, then dreamed of meeting a handsome Asian man in a teahouse.

Andrew met Sersi in her dream realm, revealed his identities and his plans for the Eternals, and recruited her to help protect Earth from Thanos and the Celestials. He brought her to another universe to show how he was siphoning energy from Tiamut, then explained that the universe’s Earth had been destroyed by Bully Spider-Man and symbiotes.

• Andrew told Sersi he was Ghost Rider, Gun God, and the Black-Robed Mage, and admitted that he had secretly implanted magic nanites in the Eternals except Ikaris.
• Andrew explained that the Eternals were tools created by the Celestials, and Sersi realized that Tina’s Demon Possession came from memories of a previous life that had not been fully erased.
• Andrew asked Sersi to work undercover with him against Thanos and the Celestials, and she agreed on the condition that she would not harm the Celestials and could only change nonliving matter.
• Andrew took Sersi’s dream projection to another universe and showed her a Magic Array draining energy from the sleeping Tiamut beneath the Indian Ocean.
• Andrew told Sersi that Scarlet Witch had turned Spider-Man into Bully Spider-Man, whose symbiotes had devoured Earth’s intelligent life, and joked that the symbiotes might have eaten that universe’s Sersi.

Andrew persuaded Sersi to become his Subordinate God and began training her while keeping Tiamut alive. In the Main Universe, Agatha revealed that she had trapped Wanda as part of Xithome’s mission and exposed Andrew’s many identities, leaving Wanda shocked and afraid that he had deceived her.

• Andrew told Sersi he had siphoned energy from Tiamut and urged her to absorb the stored Cosmic Energy to become stronger.
• Sersi agreed to train and serve Andrew as a Subordinate God, provided he did not kill Tiamut, and Andrew gave her the Snake Jade Pendant.
• Andrew began Sersi’s training by surrounding her with snakes, then returned his consciousness to the Main Universe to watch over Wanda.
• Wanda attended a tea lesson with Agatha, who activated a Magic Array, bound Wanda with chains, and trapped her Transformers.
• Agatha admitted she had befriended Wanda for Xithome’s mission and told her that Andrew was also Ghost Rider, the Gun God, and the Mechanical Demon King.
• Wanda rejected Agatha’s claim that the four identities belonged to Andrew, but feared that it might be true.

Agatha manipulated Wanda toward becoming the Scarlet Witch by exploiting her jealousy and Chthon’s control of fate. Andrew revealed that he had protected Wanda with the Mechanical Scarlet Witch, broke Chthon’s scheme, and left Wanda to learn to control her powerful new avatar.

• Agatha showed Wanda evidence that Andrew was the Mechanical Demon King and provoked her jealousy by describing his other relationships.
• Agatha coaxed Wanda into touching the Darkhold and declaring herself the Scarlet Witch, while Chthon manipulated her fate.
• Wanda struck Agatha with the Darkhold, and Andrew revealed that the apparent Transformer was the Mechanical Scarlet Witch protecting her.
• Andrew explained that he had overlaid Wanda’s fate with the Scarlet Witch’s, thwarting Chthon, who withdrew after failing to claim Wanda.
• Andrew turned Agatha to stone and told Wanda to train with the Mechanical Scarlet Witch, while Wanda thanked him before resuming her angry complaints about his deception.

Wanda confronted Andrew about his other girlfriends, then joined Susan, Gwen, and Scarlet at the Avengers' base to discuss his deception. Meanwhile, Andrew trained Sersi as the battle in Skeleton Hell remained at a stalemate, leaving the women poised to confront him.

• Wanda demanded that Andrew give up his other women, but Andrew refused and revealed that Dark Phoenix was also his girlfriend before explaining his identity and past to Wanda.
• Wanda decided to tell the other women about Andrew and planned to use the truth to make them leave him.
• Andrew trained Sersi in ranged transmutation, explaining that a Time Magic Array gave them extra time while Eternals gathered on Earth.
• After more than half a month of fighting, the armies in Skeleton Hell remained deadlocked as the Demon Kings continued building the Dark God Altar.
• Wanda gathered Susan, Gwen, and Scarlet at the Avengers' base, where the women confirmed Andrew had deceived them and discussed leaving him and beating him up.

The Eternals arrived at Avengers Base and revealed that a Celestial would awaken inside Earth, destroying its intelligent life. After exposing Andrew Wang as the Mechanical Demon King and failing to turn the heroes against him, Ajak proposed evacuating some humans before the Celestial’s birth.

• Susan, Wanda, Scarlet, and Gwen argued over Andrew, then gathered with the other heroes when Jarvis reported an approaching alien spacecraft.
• Ajak arrived with the Eternals aboard the Domo and claimed Ghost Rider was Andrew Wang, the Mechanical Demon King, while Steve, Shuri, and Scarlet defended him.
• Shuri revealed that Wakanda belonged to Andrew and that Howard Stark worked for him in Mechanical Hell, prompting Tony to realize Howard had secretly been beating him as a Peace Knight.
• Garrett told Carter that the Defense Bureau served Andrew and that many agents had signed away their souls, while Carter asked to meet the Mechanical Demon King.
• Ajak explained that a Celestial was incubating inside Earth and would consume its intelligent life when it awakened.
• The superheroes rejected Ajak’s claim that Earth’s destruction was necessary, and she offered to evacuate some humans and the Gene Bank to another planet.

The Avengers fought the Eternals at Avengers Base after rejecting their demand that Earth submit. The battle remained at a stalemate as Wanda sensed something influencing the Eternals, while a purple figure used the Soul Stone to enter Valhalla.

• Tony and the superheroes refused the Eternals’ proposal, and Carter ordered reinforcements to Avengers Base.
• Ajak sent the Eternals to attack, and the Avengers fought back as Ikaris engaged Tony and Sersi petrified the Angry Mecha.
• Makkari and Quicksilver raced against each other while Mindy killed an Eternal, Jessica fought another, and the other superheroes battled the Eternals.
• Druig mind-controlled Tony, Rhodes, Falcon, Daredevil, and Ant-Man, but Jarvis’s electric shock freed Tony, and Wanda restored the others.
• Wanda fought Gilgamesh and Tina, sensed that the Eternals’ minds were influenced, and secretly sent red light into them.
• A purple figure used the Soul Stone to reach Valhalla, the Asgardian Hall of Heroes.

Thanos used the Soul Stone to control the Einherjar in Valhalla and led them to invade Asgard. Odin, Thor, and their allies faced the invading army after Thanos demanded the Reality Stone and the Infinity Gauntlet, and the battle began with the Soul Stone’s power revealed as the threat.

• Thanos controlled Bor and the warriors in Valhalla with the Soul Stone, then took command of all the souls there and set out for Asgard.
• Thor prepared to leave for Earth as reinforcements and warned Odin to watch Asgard, while Odin said the Mechanical Demon King was likely to prevail.
• Odin, Thor, and the others saw King Buri, King Bor, the Valkyries, and Thanos’s controlled army descend upon Asgard.
• Thanos demanded the Reality Stone and the Infinity Gauntlet and threatened to raze Asgard, while Odin and Thor rallied the Asgardians to resist.
• King Bor and King Buri said the Soul Stone prevented them from controlling themselves, and Thanos ordered his army to attack as Thor led the Asgard Army into battle.

The decisive battles began simultaneously in Hell, on Earth, and in Asgard, while Thanos tried to seize the Reality Stone from Jane. Doctor Doom reversed Jane’s possession at great cost, leaving her alive but gravely weakened as Thor confronted Doom over his choice.

• Odin, Little Hela, Thor, and the Asgard Army fought King Bor, King Buri, Thanos, and the growing ranks of the Einherjar, while Andrew said he could not send reinforcements because all his forces were occupied.
• Andrew sent Odin the Destroyer Armor, and Doctor Doom arrived in Asgard with Kamar-Taj sorcerers to evacuate civilians and Jane to other dimensions.
• The Eternals Banshee forced Jane’s soul out of her body, and Thanos used the Soul Stone to take control of her as the Aether helped restore her soul.
• Doctor Doom used a World Tree leaf charged with the Power of Time to reverse Jane’s possession, while Jane sacrificed her life and soul to resist the reversal and Thor struggled to choose between saving her and protecting Asgard.
• The leaf crumbled after the reversal, leaving Jane alive but old, unconscious, and severely weakened, and Thor blamed Doctor Doom for the risk he had taken.

Doctor Doom took control of the Aether and used it to unleash devastating magic-powered nuclear weapons against Thanos's forces, helping Asgard regain ground. Meanwhile, Thanos's hidden reinforcements arrived at Avengers Base, leaving the outnumbered heroes facing the Black Order and a vast alien army.

• Doctor Doom transferred Jane Foster to Kamar-Taj after she gave him control of the Aether.
• Doctor Doom destroyed the Valkyrie Einherjar with a magic-powered nuclear bomb and slaughtered swathes of Thanos's forces, while Frigga supplied him with magic.
• Doctor Doom's attacks helped turn the battle in Asgard's favor, but Thanos kept fighting Thor and held back his remaining trump cards.
• A tall Eternal opened a wormhole that brought the Temple Ship above Avengers Base, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Ebony Maw, Cull Obsidian, Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight, and Supergiant arrived with alien soldiers and Outriders, shocking the heroes and viewers watching Andrew's Kuaidou Live stream.

Ebony Maw and the alien armies attacked Earth as the heroes struggled against Thanos’s forces and the Eternals. Strange brought Kamar-Taj and humanity’s armies as reinforcements, beginning a global battle while the Ancient One waited at Kamar-Taj.

• Ebony Maw launched the attack, and Captain Marvel fought him while the Temple Ship drained energy from Fallen’s Mind Stone.
• An eavesdropping Eternal revealed that the Space Stone and Mind Stone held by the Defense Bureau were fakes created by the Mechanical Demon King.
• Strange arrived with sorcerers, who joined the fighting at bases around the world as the heroes faced Cull Obsidian, Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight, and the alien armies.
• Strange opened portals for Defense Bureau agents, elite troops, robots, vehicles, power armor, and Wakandan forces to reinforce the battlefield.
• The Defense Bureau directed Earth’s forces into battle against the aliens while Supergiant sent more Outriders to Earth.
• The Ancient One had Wong move her chair and table into Kamar-Taj’s courtyard and waited as Wong watched the battle on his phone.

The Ancient One defended Kamar-Taj from God's Grudge and overwhelmed it with powerful space magic, while Supergiant’s forces prepared a teleportation array to bring a greater threat to Earth. Wanda confronted Supergiant in the Mental World, where their fight began.

• The Ancient One explained that God's Grudge was formed from the sealed souls of gods she had killed, then attacked it with her Space Controller spell.
• God's Grudge escaped the Space Giant's assault using a death-substitution spell, and the Ancient One created nine Forms of Isaac to continue fighting it.
• Supergiant ordered Phastos to activate a device on the Domo while the Shuttling Eternals activated matching equipment in Hollow Earth, beginning a colossal teleportation array.
• Tony called for help against the array, and Wanda fused Tina and Gilgamesh together before teleporting onto the Domo to attack it.
• Supergiant trapped Wanda in a Mental World based on Wanda's childhood home, but Wanda avoided Supergiant's first attempt to grab her and vanished.

Wanda fought Supergiant in the Mental World while the Eternals opened a portal and unleashed Hollow Earth monsters on the Avengers Base. As the Human Alliance was overwhelmed and New York was threatened, Andrew offered Captain Marvel a way to turn the battle by becoming his Subordinate God.

• Wanda used Supergiant's wavering mind to trap her in a psychic battle, leaving the Eternals free to activate the spatial portal.
• The Eternals lured Hollow Earth monsters through the portal, and the first flying serpents attacked the Human Alliance at the Avengers Base.
• Captain Marvel struggled against Ebony Maw's Power Armor trap while Ant-Man, Wasp Woman, and the older Wasp Woman shrank the serpents with Pym particles before Druig disrupted their powers.
• More monsters poured onto the battlefield, and Ajak ordered Phastos to direct bat monsters toward the New York Settlement despite the risk to its fleeing residents.
• Andrew contacted Captain Marvel and offered her a Subordinate God Jade Pendant in exchange for becoming his servant.