Chapter Summaries

Andrew conquered more than a hundred settlements in the Wasteland World and prepared to close the space channel, while Queen Maeve helped build the Citadel and awaited her girlfriend. As the channel was due to appear the next morning, Andrew worried Homelander might interfere, and Homelander told Madelyn he had a lead on Maeve’s whereabouts.

• Andrew left Queen Maeve in charge of the Citadel and used his control over machines to defeat the guards and force a farm settlement to submit.
• Andrew secured the settlement’s people through contracts and threats, supplied them with food, and arranged for Citadel residents to take charge.
• Over ten days, Andrew conquered more than a hundred settlements, brought over a hundred thousand people under his rule, and rescued several New Yorkers.
• Queen Maeve told Andrew she had come to value her work in the Citadel, and Andrew revealed that her girlfriend would arrive after the space channel appeared the next morning.
• Andrew planned to hide the channel and worried Homelander might interfere, while Queen Maeve prepared a celebration for the new arrivals.
• Madelyn asked Homelander about Queen Maeve, and he said he had a lead and would find her tomorrow after Madelyn warned him to stop using brutal methods.

Homelander ordered The Seven to enter Sky World the next day and retrieve Queen Maeve, while Andrew learned of the plan and decided to stop him without alerting the Mastermind. Andrew then turned his attention to Hughie and Billy, whose investigation into Vought had uncovered a possible lead through Lamplighter.

• Homelander told The Seven that Queen Maeve had gone to another world and ordered them to accompany him through a Space Channel the next morning.
• Annie contacted Andrew, who learned about the Token and concluded that a Mastermind was testing for other Multiversal Entities; he told Annie to act as if she knew nothing.
• Andrew told Annie that Queen Maeve was happily helping build a city in the Wasteland World and working toward her goal of becoming a real superhero.
• Andrew sensed Hughie and Billy, then found them hiding with Frenchie and Marvin as they investigated Vought.
• Frenchie and Billy told Hughie that A-Train had been with Lamplighter before running over Hughie's girlfriend, and Billy suspected she knew a secret that could destroy Vought.

Andrew manipulated events around Lamplighter, A-Train, and Hughie’s group while preparing to control the Space Channel between the Wasteland World and New York. As the channel opened and Andrew began burning souls to seize it, Homelander delayed his departure after A-Train called him aside about an urgent problem.

• Hughie proposed infecting Lamplighter’s computer, and Andrew secretly altered the group’s plans so they would break in at ten in the morning.
• Andrew visited Lamplighter and A-Train, planted a memory in Lamplighter, marked A-Train to track a Multiversal Entity, modified Lamplighter’s computer, and took a small amount of Compound Five.
• Hughie and Marvin entered Lamplighter’s house and began installing the virus while Billy and Frenchie watched from their car.
• Andrew’s followers received food across the Wasteland World, and their prayers strengthened his World’s Favor as Queen Maeve waited beside him.
• At eleven oh one, the worlds connected through Spatial Vortices, and Andrew began burning souls to take control of the Space Channel.
• Homelander sent Black Noir, Translucent, Starlight Annie, and The Deep toward the channel, then confronted A-Train after he delayed their departure with an urgent call.

Andrew sealed the Space Channel after Queen Maeve punched Homelander back, then explained the truth about Compound Five and assigned Maeve to help rebuild the Wasteland World. Back in New York, A-Train attacked Hughie and Marvin, but Andrew offered them a chance to live in exchange for everything they had.

• A-Train showed Homelander footage of Hughie breaking into Lamplighter's home, and Homelander ordered him to deal with Hughie and protect Compound Five.
• Andrew took control of the Space Channel, injected Queen Maeve with Compound Five, and helped her knock Homelander out of the passage before it closed.
• Andrew told Queen Maeve that Vought created Compound Five and tasked her with rebuilding the Wasteland World, while he planned to gain control through souls and World's Favor.
• Homelander failed to reopen the Space Channel, destroyed the abandoned factory in anger, and flew toward A-Train after hearing his plea for help.
• A-Train burst into Lamplighter's home, knocked Marvin down, and left Hughie badly injured as both men despaired.
• Andrew offered Hughie and Marvin a chance to live in exchange for everything they had, and both accepted.

Andrew gave Billy and Hughie temporary Compound Five, allowing them to fight A-Train and escape while Homelander searched for them. Back in the basement, Marvin and Frenchie revealed that they had heard the same voice but gained no abilities.

• Billy and Frenchie accepted Andrew's terms, completing his collection of The Boys' souls, and Andrew activated temporary Compound Five in Billy and Hughie.
• Billy awakened laser vision and Hughie gained super speed, and they fought A-Train before Hughie chased him through the streets.
• Andrew warned Billy that Homelander was coming, so Billy escaped with Marvin and Frenchie while Hughie fled into the sewers.
• Hughie caused Lamplighter to crash, distracting A-Train, and Homelander failed to find the escaped group.
• Annie contacted Andrew during the search, and he told her everything had gone smoothly and that he would visit her that night.
• Billy and Hughie explained how they had gained abilities, and Marvin and Frenchie said they had heard Andrew's voice but received no powers.

Andrew named his organization S.W.O.R.D. and recruited Billy, Hughie, Frenchie, and Marvin to investigate Vought, offering Billy information about Becca and giving the team temporary Compound Five doses. Meanwhile, Homelander blamed A-Train for the failed operation, and Madelyn planned to conceal Maeve’s disappearance by falsely claiming she died saving the world.

• Andrew told Billy, Hughie, Frenchie, and Marvin that he directed S.W.O.R.D., offered Billy reliable information that Becca was alive and hidden by Vought, and recruited them to help bring Vought down.
• Andrew transferred two million dollars to Frenchie’s secret account and provided ten temporary Compound Five doses, warning the team to wait three days between injections.
• Billy agreed to work with S.W.O.R.D. and promised to investigate Compound Five and destroy Vought and Homelander; Andrew offered to move the men’s loved ones to the Wasteland World.
• Homelander beat A-Train for losing Hughie and the others, then ordered him to find them; A-Train blamed Hughie for Popclaw’s death as he left.
• Madelyn proposed falsely announcing that Queen Maeve had died heroically saving the world and taking credit for the monsters’ disappearance, while Annie recognized the deception.

Homelander ordered a search for A-Train’s three mysterious opponents while Annie grew more wary of Vought and Homelander. Andrew took Annie to the Wasteland World, where he showed her the new city, then revealed that Claire’s adoptive father belonged to an organization that captured ability users and that her biological mother was alive; after sending Peter and Claire back to New York, Andrew told Annie he had something important to share.

• Homelander ordered The Deep to investigate the sea and demanded that the three people A-Train had drawn be found and killed, then warned Annie not to ask questions.
• At Annie’s home, Andrew removed her tracker, assured her he could defeat Homelander, and took her to the Citadel in the Wasteland World.
• Andrew showed Annie the city’s construction and explained its solar power, long work shifts, and food-ration vouchers, then they went to visit Queen Maeve.
• Andrew learned from Peter and Claire that Queen Maeve was arguing with her girlfriend, left his phone outside the cave to record them, and told Peter and Claire to return to New York.
• Andrew revealed that Claire’s adoptive father was connected to an organization that secretly captured ability users and that her biological mother was alive; he asked Peter to investigate the organization and find its ability-user list.
• Peter and Claire returned to New York, where Peter offered to introduce Claire to Nathan, and Andrew told Annie he had something important to say.

Andrew took Annie to conquer exploitative Gathering Places, giving her a powered watch so she could fight alongside him. After sending her back to New York, he went to Miami to find Peter’s father and noticed Galacta, the Daughter of Eater of Worlds, appearing on a restaurant video.

• Andrew teleported with Annie to a Gathering Place and explained that he planned to bring the East Coast settlements under his command.
• At a hot spring hotel where slaves suffered under the ruling class, Andrew controlled the guards’ guns and vehicles, then gave Annie a watch full of electricity so she could attack the hotel.
• Andrew and Annie fought together, freed the Gathering Place from its rulers, and kissed that night.
• The next day, Andrew sent Annie to New York for Queen Maeve’s death announcement and went to Miami to seek Arthur’s Devouring Ability.
• Andrew asked the Lord of Hell to have God monitor World Fusion, then spotted Galacta eating chicken legs on a television broadcast in Miami.

Andrew stole Arthur’s devouring ability, continued expanding his settlements in the Wasteland World, and joined Peter and Claire in Texas, where he learned more about the two types of abilities. The chapter ended with Banner explaining that The Deep could suppress innate abilities but not acquired ones, and asking Andrew what he knew about the latter.

• Andrew used a Mechanical Spider to extract Arthur’s devouring ability, then took Knox’s ability and collected both men’s souls.
• Andrew showed Queen Maeve a recording of Vought announcing her death, and she discussed exposing Vought with him.
• Andrew gave Queen Maeve a large plane to help supply the settlements he had conquered in the Wasteland World.
• Andrew traveled with Annie and continued conquering settlements, growing stronger as he collected more souls.
• Peter contacted Andrew, who teleported to Claire’s home in Texas and met Peter, Claire, Mister Banner, and The Deep.
• Banner explained that The Deep suppressed innate abilities but not acquired abilities, then asked Andrew how acquired abilities arose.

Banner asked Andrew for help against the organization and showed him a prophecy that Peter would cause a nuclear explosion in New York. Andrew sent Banner, The Deep, and Peter to deal with the organization while Claire stayed in the Wasteland World, then focused on expanding his power as another world appeared.

• Banner explained that he had protected Claire from the organization and asked Andrew to help them oppose it; Andrew gave them Amulets that could send them to the Wasteland World.
• Banner showed Andrew and Peter Isaac’s painting of Peter causing a nuclear explosion in New York, and Andrew agreed to investigate the prophecy.
• Peter agreed to stay away from Claire, but Andrew sent Claire to the Wasteland World and assigned Peter to work with Banner against the organization.
• Andrew brought the group to The Citadel, where Claire showed Banner and The Deep around while Andrew placed restrictions on the visitors.
• Andrew told Peter to learn the nuclear explosion and self-healing abilities so he could absorb the Wasteland World’s radiation; Banner, The Deep, and Peter then left to confront the organization, while Claire stayed behind.
• Andrew continued conquering Gathering Places, while Homelander searched for Billy and the others, who uncovered clues about Compound Five; another world appeared outside the Black Robe Ability Universe.

Andrew entered the Van Helsing World as it began merging with New York, where Hyde attacked civilians and A-Train before Homelander stopped him. In the new world, Andrew met Van Helsing and learned that Heaven would protect the demon hunter from his attempt to claim his soul.

• Andrew entered the Van Helsing World as the worlds began merging over New York, while Hyde appeared and attacked civilians.
• A-Train fought Hyde but suffered a heart episode and was badly injured, so Homelander killed Hyde with his lasers.
• The Seven and other superhero teams began rescuing people across New York, while Annie hoped Andrew would save the world.
• Andrew met Van Helsing atop Notre Dame Cathedral and proposed a bet that would give him a chance to claim Van Helsing's soul.
• Heaven struck Andrew with lightning when he tried to involve Van Helsing in the bet, and Andrew dodged the attack.

Andrew arrived in the Weiloli family’s territory and forced Princess Anna and the townspeople to accept his help against Dracula, while Van Helsing received the same mission from the Holy See. The chapter ended with Andrew accompanying Anna to her family’s impoverished, abandoned castle.

• After failing to obtain Van Helsing’s soul, Andrew teleported away, and Van Helsing was blamed for damaging Notre Dame Cathedral.
• The Holy See ordered Van Helsing to travel to Dracula’s territory with inventor Carl and gave him Knight Weiloli’s scroll.
• Andrew entered Anna’s town, subdued its residents with magic, and announced that he had come to defeat Dracula.
• Andrew revealed that Anna’s brother Prince Wicken had become a Werewolf and identified the funeral director as Dracula’s spy.
• Anna agreed to welcome Andrew as an ally, and he followed her to the castle, where she explained that Dracula’s brides had driven away its servants and guards.

Andrew earned Anna’s loyalty and equipped her with weapons and enchanted boots as they prepared to fight Count Dracula. While Anna trained with him, Dracula gathered his servants at Dr. Frankenstein’s former castle.

• Andrew defeated Anna in a sparring match, and she agreed to follow his commands so they could defeat Dracula and rescue her brother.
• Anna explained that her family had fought Dracula for centuries, though they did not know where his castle was or why he had spared them.
• Andrew warned Anna that Dracula would likely send someone to test them that night and gave her a shotgun loaded with silver and Holy Water ammunition.
• Andrew taught Anna to use the shotgun and gave her enchanted metal boots that granted acceleration and brief levitation near him.
• Dracula gathered with his servants at Dr. Frankenstein’s former castle, where he had killed the doctor after Frankenstein refused to continue the Resurrection Experiment.

Count Dracula prepared to resurrect his stillborn descendants and accepted a deal with the Mysterious Entity to collect souls and confront the Eastern magician. Andrew learned of the plan through his Mechanical Parrot, while Marishka arrived to test him at Dracula’s castle.

• Count Dracula ordered Igor and the Dwarf Spirit Race to prepare for the full-moon ritual and planned to turn Wiken into a Werewolf servant.
• Marishka reported that a powerful Eastern magician had challenged Count Dracula, who sent her with two Werewolves to test him.
• The Mysterious Entity offered to resurrect Count Dracula’s descendants in exchange for souls and help against the magician, giving him a Viper Dagger for the ritual and battle.
• Count Dracula ordered the preparations moved into Dracula Castle and summoned the Vampires in Budapest.
• Andrew’s Mechanical Parrot witnessed the deal, and Andrew continued watching Count Dracula while Anna practiced with her Levitation Boots and shotgun.
• Marishka arrived at the castle and taunted Andrew as he warned Anna that both Werewolves and Vampires were coming.

Andrew and Anna fought Marishka and her Werewolves, then followed Marishka to a castle where they discovered Dracula’s Vampire Eggs. After Marishka escaped and their pursuit stalled, Andrew and Anna opened an egg and found a dead baby Vampire inside.

• Marishka ordered two Werewolves to attack Andrew and Anna, but Andrew and Anna killed them while Andrew secretly attached a tracking device to Marishka.
• Andrew and Anna followed Marishka to Dr. Frankenstein’s castle, where Anna explained that Frankenstein had already been burned to death.
• Inside the castle, Andrew and Anna found Dwarf Spirit Race members carrying Vampire Eggs, and Anna accidentally triggered an electric shock that revealed their presence.
• Marishka fled when she saw them, while Andrew subdued the Dwarf Spirit Race members; he and Anna then returned inside after losing the apparent tracking signal.
• Andrew and Anna cut open a Vampire Egg and found a dead baby Vampire inside.

Andrew uncovered Count Dracula’s plan to resurrect hundreds of vampire offspring and searched for Frankenstein’s monster while Anna evacuated the townspeople. On the full-moon night, Van Helsing and Carl arrived to help, while Andrew found Frankenstein’s monster hiding with an injured blonde woman.

• Andrew learned from contracted dwarf spirits that Count Dracula planned to resurrect vampire offspring with lightning on the full-moon night, and he and Anna burned the castle where the eggs were stored.
• Andrew told Anna that her brother Wiken had become a werewolf and promised to save him; she evacuated the townspeople as Andrew searched for Frankenstein’s monster.
• Count Dracula dismissed the threat from Andrew and Anna, prepared his laboratory and guards, and plotted to make Wiken fight his sister.
• Van Helsing and Carl arrived in town, met Anna, and learned about Dracula’s plan and Andrew’s search for Frankenstein’s monster.
• Andrew found Frankenstein’s monster caring for an injured blonde woman, who begged him to save her from the creature.

Andrew persuaded Frankenstein's monster to join the fight against Count Dracula and healed Tracy, who had been injured. The three headed back to Anna's castle to plan their next move, while Tracy chose to ride on Andrew's back.

• Andrew caught Frankenstein's monster's thrown boulder and defeated him in a fight, convincing him to help take down Count Dracula.
• Andrew healed Tracy's injured foot and explained that the worlds were fusing and that they had not found a way home.
• Andrew suggested Tracy could pursue power in the nineteenth-century world, and she offered to repay him if he helped her return to New York.
• Andrew warned Frankenstein's monster and Tracy that Count Dracula's plan threatened both worlds, and they agreed to help stop him.
• Tracy climbed onto Andrew's back, and Andrew led her and Frankenstein's monster toward Anna's castle.

Andrew and the others prepared to stop Count Dracula, using Frankenstein's monster as bait and discovering that a werewolf could kill Dracula. Frankenstein's monster drew Dracula's spies to himself, and Dracula sent Marishka and several Vampires to capture him.

• Andrew told Tracy that she had a powerful, unawakened ability and offered to awaken it if she became his subordinate; she kissed him before he left with the others.
• Andrew persuaded Frankenstein's monster to act as bait, while Carl found a painting that revealed a werewolf's poison could kill Dracula.
• The group prepared to attack before the moon fully rose, but Tracy stayed behind because she was not suited for battle.
• Frankenstein's monster deliberately attracted the attention of Dracula's Dwarf Spirit Race spies and escaped into an underground cavern.
• After receiving the spies' message, Count Dracula ordered Marishka to take several Vampires and bring Frankenstein's monster back.

Andrew and his companions pursued Count Dracula to his castle, where Andrew’s ultraviolet-powered glove wiped out most of the Vampires and helped Frankenstein’s monster escape. Andrew and Anna confronted Dracula on the balcony, and their battle began with Dracula crashing through a wall after Andrew struck him with an umbrella.

• Count Dracula ordered Marishka and three Vampires to capture Frankenstein’s monster as insurance for his resurrection plan, while Andrew’s group secretly followed them on a flying device.
• The group reached Dracula Castle, where Marishka sent three Vampires to intercept them and fled with Frankenstein’s monster.
• Andrew used his metal glove’s intense ultraviolet light to destroy the pursuing Vampires, while Frankenstein’s monster broke free and Marishka was reduced to ash.
• Count Dracula healed two Vampire Brides and sent them with a Werewolf and Dwarf Spirit Race to intercept Van Helsing, Carl, and Frankenstein’s monster.
• Andrew and Anna confronted Count Dracula on the balcony, where he declared his intention to make Anna his bride and transformed into six attacking figures.
• Anna fired at Dracula, and Andrew struck one of his figures with an umbrella, sending Dracula crashing through a wall into the castle.

Andrew fought Count Dracula while secretly maneuvering the battles below, and Serpent God Set empowered Dracula through the Viper Dagger. Van Helsing was bitten by a Werewolf and began transforming as he escaped toward Carl.

• Andrew overwhelmed Count Dracula with his umbrella until Dracula used the Viper Dagger to heal and gain greater speed.
• Serpent God Set sent the Viper Dagger's power into Count Dracula, who then attacked Andrew with rapid strikes that Andrew blocked.
• Anna recognized the Werewolf attacking her as her brother Wiken, whose briefly restored consciousness urged her to run.
• Van Helsing fought the Werewolves with a silver dagger and killed two, but he lost the dagger after throwing it to save Carl.
• Andrew used the Suggestion Technique to send a Werewolf after Carl, forcing Van Helsing to intervene and leaving him cornered by the remaining Werewolves.
• A Werewolf bit Van Helsing, triggering his transformation on the full-moon night; his strength surged, and he ran toward Carl to retrieve the silver dagger.