Chapter Summaries

Andrew, Claire, Death, and Galacta entered Jumanji in the bodies of its game characters and learned they had to return the Jumanji Gem to lift the jungle’s curse. After receiving a blank map, they began their journey from Abyssal Swamp toward Roaring Valley, with a fifth character still missing.

• Andrew, Claire, Death, and Galacta discussed their new bodies and learned that each had three lives.
• A hippo attacked Death, and Andrew saved him before a herd of hippos drove the group to flee.
• Nigel Billings picked up the four in an off-road vehicle and explained that Van Pelt had stolen the Jumanji Gem, cursing the jungle.
• Andrew accepted the Gem and a map from Nigel Billings, who left the group to continue on its own.
• Claire read the map and identified Abyssal Swamp as their starting location and Roaring Valley as the next stage.

Andrew, Galacta, Death, and Claire defeated a gang of thugs and went to the market to find the next missing pieces. Andrew exploited Death’s in-game weakness to make him explode, then secretly used the remains to mark him before Death respawned.

• Andrew, Galacta, Death, and Claire lured the motorcycle-riding thugs close, then killed them and took their weapons.
• Claire directed the group to the market as the next stage, and they rode there on the stolen motorcycles.
• Andrew gave Galacta money to buy food, while secretly planning to exploit Death’s weakness to cake and tamper with him.
• Galacta returned with cake, and Death exploded after eating a piece; Andrew used the remains to place a hidden mark on him.
• Death fell from the sky and respawned in front of Andrew, Galacta, and Claire.

Andrew, Death, Galacta, Claire, and Sylar cleared the game’s stages with ease, despite Sylar’s belief that the enemies were formidable. After restoring the jungle with the green Gem, Sylar grew eager to learn about the group’s abilities and planned to meet them in Times Square.

• Death discovered that cake was his character’s weakness after he exploded, and the group learned how to open their character panels.
• Claire identified a canyon as the next stage, and Sylar joined the group, explaining that he could fly a plane guarded by strong enemies.
• Andrew and his companions defeated the plane’s guards, flew across the canyon, then beat Van Pelt and his mercenaries in the jungle.
• The group reached the Black Panther god’s statue, placed the green Gem in its left eye, and restored the jungle.
• Sylar agreed to meet the group in Times Square and became increasingly interested in their powers, while Death recognized that Sylar intended to target them.

After escaping the Chessboard Game, Andrew and the others returned to a New York overwhelmed by demons, while Sylar began hunting for abilities. Andrew and Galacta then set out to intercept six incoming meteors, leaving Claire and parrot-form Death to guard the game.

• Claire, Galacta, Sylar, Andrew, and Death left the Game World by shaking the driver's hand, though Death waited until the others had gone.
• Sylar returned to a murder scene and decided to hunt demons and superheroes for their abilities.
• Demons ravaged New York as the National Guard and superheroes struggled to contain them, and Homelander flew to confront a Demon Tree after Madelyn promised Vought a national defense contract.
• Andrew rolled an eight on the Chessboard Game, triggering a warning that the Outsiders were about to arrive.
• Andrew and Galacta flew after two of six meteors, while Andrew silenced parrot-form Death and told Claire to guard the game; Claire punched Death when they tried to gesture to her.
• Andrew assembled a seven-meter Fake Optimus Prime from car parts as a meteor crashed nearby.

Andrew, Galacta, Homelander, and Sylar fought the Beastmen who had arrived in meteors across New York. Andrew killed the Lion Tribe Beastman, while Homelander chased the fleeing Wing Tribe Beastman and Sylar pursued A-Train before turning his attention to Ant-Man.

• Andrew and Fake Optimus Prime used mirages and a Greatsword to fight the Lion Tribe Beastman, while Galacta overpowered the Bear Tribe Beastman with a punch.
• Homelander intercepted the Wing Tribe Beastman, survived his explosive attack, and pursued him after he fled as Black Light.
• A-Train fought the Leopard Tribe Beastman, was struck by an electric attack, and ran away; Sylar chased him with Mirror Traversal but lost his trail.
• Sylar spotted Ant-Man fighting killer bees and decided to target him for his shrinking ability.
• Andrew rushed the Lion Tribe Beastman, bound him with Fake Optimus Prime’s chains, and pierced his chest with a Crimson High-Temperature Nuclear Energy Blade, killing him.

Andrew and the others continued the Chessboard Game as a supernatural rain began transforming animals and people in New York into Beastmen. The rain strengthened the Demon Tree and worsened the citywide crisis, while President of America sought help as the military and superheroes struggled to contain it.

• Andrew killed three Beastmen with his abilities and collected their souls, while Galacta and Homelander killed the others.
• Death rolled an eleven and had Death's abilities unsealed, and Claire rolled a seven that triggered a rain capable of turning anyone drenched in it into a Beastman.
• Andrew cleared branches from the sky and examined the rain before the group returned to the Chessboard Game.
• Rainwater strengthened animals and made them more intelligent, increasing attacks on New York residents, while the Demon Tree grew stronger as it fought Homelander.
• President of America watched footage of Beastmen, Ratmen, and demons overwhelming the city and asked whether Vought could send more superheroes and when the military would arrive.

The President of America approved secretly moving a nuclear weapon into New York as a last resort against the spreading disasters and demons. Meanwhile, Galacta cleared a single-player Gourmet World stage, and Andrew entered a deadly moving-bridge challenge with five minutes to cross the canyon.

• A general proposed bombing New York with nuclear weapons, and the President ordered an armored vehicle carrying one to be sent there while keeping the plan secret.
• Galacta rolled the dice and entered a single-player instance after the game announced that those who loved eating could obtain a gift through their strength.
• Galacta returned excited after visiting a Gourmet World, where she ate a level-one-thousand food item.
• Andrew rolled the dice and entered a canyon challenge after the game warned that schemers had terrible luck.
• Andrew transformed into Dwayne Johnson's body and faced a five-minute deadline to cross randomly moving wooden bridges or die.

Andrew cleared his personal dungeon and earned a reusable Doctor Brave Stone Character Card, while the Chessboard Game’s worsening crises began converging on Galacta’s apartment. The chapter ended as Ratmen rushed toward the apartment and Galacta’s latest roll left her piece barely advanced.

• Andrew crossed the unstable bridges by using a baboon as a hostage, completed the dungeon, and received a reusable Doctor Brave Stone Character Card.
• Death rolled a five, making the hidden crises more dangerous, while Andrew seized control of a nuclear missile headed for New York.
• Sylar became an ant-man and flew toward Galacta’s apartment, while Homelander ate the Demon Tree’s Golden Fruit and then obeyed Death’s command to approach the apartment secretly.
• A second Demon Commander arrived at the Gate of Hell, and the two Commanders began fighting as they waited for a chance to enter the human world together.
• Claire’s roll accelerated the birth of a race, turning sewer rats into Ratmen that rushed toward Galacta’s apartment.
• Galacta rolled a seven, moving her game piece forward four spaces and back three.

Andrew, Galacta, Homelander, and A-Train fought the Beastmen who arrived in meteors, while Sylar sought opportunities to steal their abilities. The chapter ended with Andrew killing the Lion Tribe Beastman, as other battles continued across the city.

• Andrew and Fake Optimus Prime used mirages and attacks to fight the Lion Tribe Beastman, while Galacta overwhelmed the Bear Tribe Beastman with her strength.
• Homelander fought the Wing Tribe Beastman, survived its black-light attacks, and pursued it after it fled.
• A-Train fought the Leopard Tribe Beastman, was shocked and forced to flee, while Sylar followed him before losing track and turning his attention to Ant-Man.
• Five Beastmen gathered to fight Andrew and Galacta, and Andrew rushed to finish off the Lion Tribe Beastman.
• Fake Optimus Prime restrained the Lion Tribe Beastman with chains, and Andrew pierced its chest with a Crimson High-Temperature Nuclear Energy Blade, killing it.

Andrew killed the Tyrannosaurus Beastman, turned his soul into an evil spirit, and continued fighting Golden Homelander and Galacta while Death waited for the Chessboard Game’s killing moves. The First Commander and Minotaur Commander arrived and attacked Andrew, Claire, and Galacta, leaving the battle focused on Andrew as the chapter ended.

• Fake Optimus Prime killed the Tyrannosaurus Beastman with Andrew’s Nuclear Energy Blade, and Andrew refined the Beastman’s soul into a Tyrannosaurus Evil Spirit.
• The First Demon Commander and Minotaur Commander emerged from the Gate of Hell, then flew toward Galacta’s apartment after sensing something.
• The Demon Tree gathered New York’s leyline power for a killing move aimed at Galacta’s apartment while Andrew planned to recover the chessboard and target Galacta and Death.
• Andrew escaped the collapsing apartment with Claire as the First Commander and Minotaur Commander arrived; the Tyrannosaurus Evil Spirit joined the Minotaur Evil Spirit against Sylar beneath the rubble.
• The First Commander attacked Andrew and Claire while the Minotaur Commander pinned Galacta with gravity and shock waves; Death told Galacta to stay down, and Homelander used his lasers to dispel Andrew’s illusions.

Andrew and Claire used a Fusion Agent to merge with Ganahta, leaving her to face the Chessboard Game's attackers alone. Ganahta transformed into her Battle Form, fought back, and fled, but Homelander pursued her.

• Homelander's Death's Eye exposed Andrew and Claire, and the First Commander attacked them while Ratmen and other enemies closed in.
• Andrew and Claire used Fusion to enter Ganahta, and Andrew revealed that he had secretly fed her a Fusion Agent so she could not force him out.
• Death urged Ganahta to expel Andrew, but she could not separate from him and realized she had been outmaneuvered.
• The First Commander, the Minotaur Commander, and Homelander attacked Ganahta while the Ratmen were crushed by the Gravity Field.
• Ganahta activated her Battle Form, shattered the First Commander's Flame Greatsword, and fled, but Homelander struck her and chased after her.

Andrew turned Ganahta’s forced self-destruction into a chance to recruit her, while her explosion wiped out the Demon Commanders and destroyed Sylar’s mirror. As Andrew began resurrecting, Death descended to stop him, but Homelander chased the fleeing A-Train instead.

• Death sealed Ganahta and ordered her to self-destruct, but Andrew revealed he was only an avatar, took control of her body, and severed her connection to Death.
• Andrew persuaded Ganahta to become his partner in exchange for saving her and promised to send her to the Gourmet World; they signed a contract, and he hinted that he planned to lure someone out.
• Ganahta pretended to self-destruct, then unleashed a purple energy wave that destroyed the First Commander, the Minotaur Commander, the surrounding buildings, and Sylar’s mirror, leaving the Chessboard Game in the crater.
• America’s executives learned that the nuclear bomb had been activated and seized by an ability, while Death saw Andrew’s black threads forming as he resurrected and ordered Homelander to attack him.
• A-Train ambushed Homelander with a grenade and fled; Homelander pursued him despite Death’s calls, so Death descended in person to confront Andrew.

Andrew tricked Death into fleeing a nuclear blast, cleared the Chessboard Game, and took control of it. He reversed time but ensured everyone remembered New York’s destruction, then began addressing America as S.W.O.R.D.’s director.

• Andrew used the Demon Tree’s hidden attack and a nuclear bomb to trap Death, who destroyed her true body and revived through a black doll in America.
• The nuclear explosion devastated Manhattan, killing A-Train, The Deep, Ganahta, and many others while injuring Homelander.
• Andrew recovered the Chessboard Game, cleared it, claimed ownership, and learned that clearing it reversed time.
• Andrew changed the reversal so people would remember the disaster and blocked Death from reviving, but he could not pinpoint her location.
• Time reversed, restoring the dead and returning New York to its earlier state, and Andrew appeared on screens across America to introduce himself as S.W.O.R.D.’s director.

After announcing that S.W.O.R.D. had reversed time and saved the world, Andrew handled the fallout, collected Maya’s and Sylar’s abilities, and moved his allies to the Wasteland World. He left with a vast haul of souls and abilities, while the authorities and Vought began investigating S.W.O.R.D.

• Andrew announced that S.W.O.R.D. had reversed time and warned people against provoking another disaster, prompting public gratitude, skepticism, and anger at the authorities.
• The President and Madelyn ordered investigations into S.W.O.R.D., while Madelyn recalled The Seven and Annie resolved to train harder with Andrew.
• Andrew drained Maya’s Tears of Death ability, explained his public appearance to Ganahta and Claire, and teleported them to the Wasteland World.
• Peter told Andrew he had cleared radiation from the Gathering Place, and Andrew sent Claire and Ganahta to help at the base before returning to the Main World.
• Andrew tracked down Sylar, weakened and captured him, absorbed his ability, examined his memories to learn the abilities he had collected, and killed him.
• Andrew reflected that he had gained several useful abilities and control over the souls of hundreds of thousands of people who had died before time was reversed.

Andrew used the Chessboard Game to visit the Gourmet World and the Beastman World, seeking ways to gain their world's favor and strengthen his position. While Ganahta began forcing the Beastman kings to recognize her rule, protests over the New York nuclear explosion pushed America's leaders to give superheroes a larger public role.

• Andrew told Peter to copy abilities from the Mechanical Spider so he could help with future disasters.
• Andrew took Ganahta to the Gourmet World, where she eagerly sampled its food while he learned that chefs gained world's favor through their cooking.
• Andrew entered the Beastman World and assigned Ganahta to make its seven kings recognize her as their ruler and surrender their subjects' souls to him.
• Andrew continued studying the Chessboard Game while Ganahta traveled between the Beastman World and the Gourmet World, and he also worked to take over the Wasteland World and Van Helsing World.
• Protests over the New York nuclear explosion continued despite America's explanations, so America's High-Level Executives loosened restrictions on superheroes and sent them to reassure the public.

Andrew told Starlight Annie that Vought had created metahumans with Compound V, prompting her to rush off to confront her mother. He then led The Boys into a secret facility, where they discovered that Soldier Boy—not a weapon—was being held in an iron coffin, and Andrew decided to take charge of what happened next.

• Andrew warned Annie that Vought had made metahumans and that Stormfront had deep ties to the company, and Annie hurried away to seek answers from her mother.
• Billy told Andrew that The Boys had located the weapon believed to have killed Soldier Boy, and Andrew teleported with the Mechanical Parrot to their secret research facility.
• Andrew led The Boys through the facility’s guards and revealed that Soldier Boy was inside the iron coffin, using his X-ray Vision to identify him.
• Billy argued that Soldier Boy could help them kill Homelander, while Marvin urged them to kill Soldier Boy instead, and Andrew stopped their argument and took control of the decision.

Andrew killed Soldier Boy, took his abilities, and planned to infiltrate Vought using Soldier Boy’s identity while the others investigated Compound Five and searched for Becca. He later tested Soldier Boy’s nuclear blast in the Wasteland World, but Peter could not mimic it.

• Andrew used the Mechanical Spider to drain Soldier Boy’s abilities, then burned him to ashes and took his appearance.
• Andrew teleported the group back to New York and explained that he would impersonate Soldier Boy to investigate Vought; Billy agreed that finding Becca came first.
• Andrew brought a superpowered white lab rat back and gave it to Himiko with a control collar.
• Nathan called Andrew to ask for campaign funding, and Andrew agreed to transfer him ten million dollars.
• In the Wasteland World, Andrew demonstrated Soldier Boy’s nuclear blast for Peter, but Peter said he could not mimic the ability.

Andrew brought A-Train to the Wasteland World and had him demonstrate Super Speed so Peter could learn it; Andrew and Peter both mastered the ability, while Queen Maeve put A-Train to work at her construction site. Andrew then prepared for the Ripped Doomsday World to merge with New York, while Death considered using Ganahta as a spy.

• Andrew gave A-Train an Amulet that could teleport him to the Wasteland World and asked him to teach Peter Super Speed.
• A-Train ran for Andrew and Peter, and Andrew quickly learned Super Speed before Peter mastered it as well.
• Queen Maeve dragged A-Train to her construction site and made him move bricks and mix cement.
• Andrew told Peter to train with Queen Maeve and visit his brother Nathan, then left for the Van Helsing World to hunt Evil creatures.
• A new Ripped Doomsday World appeared and was set to merge with New York, prompting Andrew to prepare to harvest World's Favor and souls.
• Death considered turning Ganahta into a spy after God Andrew mocked her.

Death tried to recruit Ganahta as an undercover agent, but Ganahta refused to betray Andrew, and Galactus let her remain asleep. On Earth, a new Mirage appeared over New York as soldiers from the Doomsday World attacked, and Black Priest killed Blue Hawk before A-Train knocked him unconscious.

• Death asked Galactus to awaken Ganahta and help her sense her avatar, but Ganahta refused to betray Andrew and pretended to fall asleep.
• Galactus refused to force Ganahta, while Death accepted that Andrew might see through an undercover plot and left.
• A Mirage showing a nuclear-devastated world appeared over New York, prompting Madelyn to send Homelander, Stormfront, and the other superheroes to assist the public.
• Soldiers from the Doomsday World appeared in New York and opened fire on citizens, while superheroes fought back against their armed groups.
• Black Priest shot Blue Hawk dead after Blue Hawk attacked him, and A-Train struck Black Priest and knocked him unconscious.

Andrew entered the Ripped Apocalypse world and took control of a Gathering Place ruled by the Cult, freeing its people from emotion-suppressing drugs. After defeating the Cult’s forces, he gained the Resistance and the settlement’s support, leaving himself poised to rule.

• After defeating Black Priest in New York, Andrew postponed staging Soldier Boy’s dramatic return and entered the Ripped Apocalypse world to handle its main quest.
• Andrew located a human settlement ruled by the Cult, disabled its soldiers, and used his Mind Ability to free workers from their emotion-suppressing drugs.
• Mary O'Brien asked Andrew to join the Resistance, but he used Suggestion Technique to send her to bring its leader, Jürgen, to him.
• The Cult’s deputy leader sent soldiers and more than a hundred priests to attack Andrew, while Jürgen and Mary gathered the Resistance to help him.
• Andrew defeated the priests with an umbrella, and Jürgen and the freed workers hailed him as their savior.