Chapter Summaries

Andrew secured Perseus's loyalty and explained his transactional approach to Hermione before turning his attention to the Gods' meeting on Mount Olympus. Zeus authorized Hades to unleash Kraken on humanity, while Chthon, Set, and Death entered Hell and reached the River Styx.

• Perseus agreed to wait for the soldiers and hide that his family was alive, while Andrew and Hermione secretly followed him.
• Andrew told Hermione he treated his help as a fair trade and investment, then teased her about taking advantage of him.
• At the Gods' meeting, Athena warned that their fading worship left them too weak to invade another world, and Zeus ordered her to monitor the passage between worlds.
• Hades urged Zeus to release Kraken and terrorize humanity, and Zeus agreed despite his foreboding.
• Chthon, Set, and Death entered Hell and summoned the River Styx's Ferryman to carry them across.

Death, Set, and Chthon entered Hell with Medusa as Chthon’s unwilling follower, while Andrew and Hermione accompanied Perseus to Argos and watched its nobles celebrate their supposed victory over the gods. Hades attacked the royal banquet, revealing himself and throwing Princess Andromeda into Andrew’s arms.

• Death, Set, and Chthon learned from the Ferryman that Cronus was imprisoned in Hell, then decided to approach him cautiously while considering Hades as a potential ally.
• Chthon compelled Medusa to follow the group into Hell, and Andrew emerged afterward, noting that her absence had disrupted the story he expected.
• Andrew told Hermione that Perseus carried an extraordinary amount of World’s Favor and could serve as a scout or help summon a superhero if needed.
• Perseus arrived in Agra with the soldiers while Andrew and Hermione observed the poverty-stricken citizens and the nobles celebrating the destruction of the Divine Statue.
• Hades appeared at the royal banquet, sucked in the nearby soldiers, blasted the nobles with weapons and shields, and hurled Princess Andromeda into Andrew’s arms.

Andrew confronted Hades after Hades demanded Princess Andromeda be sacrificed to the Kraken, then had Hermione fight him. Hermione weakened Hades with her spells and mirror abilities, and the chapter ended as Hades abandoned the fight against her and charged at Andrew.

• Hades killed the Queen, ordered Perseus and the city to sacrifice Princess Andromeda to the Kraken in three days, and flew toward Hell.
• Andrew intercepted Hades and demanded that he submit, then ordered Hermione to fight him.
• Hermione used lightning, duplicates, and spells to immobilize Hades’s Demons and force Hades to reveal his Pitchfork.
• Hermione’s mirrors absorbed Hades’s attacks and reflected his black Qi back at him, while her Avada Kedavra spells drained his Divine Power.
• Hades sent out duplicates to attack the mirrors and turned his real body into black wind to charge at Andrew.

Andrew defeated Hades by trapping him in spinning space, then postponed Hades’s surrender to teach Hermione about a shortcut to mastering the Director of S.W.O.R.D. Transformation Technique. He summoned Tracy and taught her to summon his projection, leaving Hermione curious about the magical bond that made it possible.

• Andrew spun Hades around in a sealed space and warned that insults would make the rotation accelerate until Hades surrendered.
• Hermione asked Andrew for a shortcut to mastering the Director of S.W.O.R.D. Transformation Technique, and Andrew said he would explain a method with a problem for her to analyze.
• Hades shouted that he surrendered, but Andrew sealed him in the Little Black Room and told him to surrender later.
• Andrew summoned Tracy and taught her the Director of S.W.O.R.D. Summoning Technique, which let her call down his projection.
• Tracy successfully summoned Andrew and celebrated that she could use his help in her presidential campaign; Andrew cautioned her to act justly and notify him if Heaven descended.
• Andrew explained to Hermione that Tracy could summon his projection because she was his woman and his magic had transformed her body.

Andrew tricked Hades into signing a hundred-year service contract and warned him that Zeus might be plotting against him. In Agra, Perseus joined a mission to find the Enchantresses and learn how to defeat the Norse Sea Monster.

• Hermione realized how Andrew’s Transformation Technique could be learned, blushed at the implication, and changed the subject to releasing Hades.
• Andrew frightened Hades with a false claim that their spinning space was about to explode, then offered him a hundred-year contract and help against Zeus.
• Andrew persuaded Hades that Zeus might use Perseus and Divine level equipment against him, and Hades signed the contract in exchange for help taking revenge.
• Andrew told Hades to act as though they had never met, and Hades sent a Raven to Agra to investigate Perseus and the humans.
• The Old King’s people demanded that he sacrifice the princess, but The Scholar proposed asking the Enchantresses how to defeat the Norse Sea Monster.
• Perseus volunteered to join the expedition to find the Enchantresses, which formed around him, Captain Draco, elite soldiers, and two hunters.

Perseus learned that he was the son of a fisherman and set out to confront the threat alongside his party, while Andrew recruited Princess Andromeda to lead humanity against the gods. The chapter ended with Andrew asking Perseus to take Ling E somewhere private as he prepared a summoning.

• Ling E revealed that Zeus had fathered Perseus after deceiving his mother, and Perseus declared that he was human, not a demigod.
• Perseus's party departed to seek the Enchantress, while a priest urged the people to worship Hades and sacrifice Princess Andromeda.
• Andrew visited Andromeda and showed her memories of another world, persuading her to swear loyalty and prepare humanity for war.
• Andrew and Hermione completed a Magic Array, and Andrew told Perseus to take Ling E somewhere private.

Andrew summoned superheroes from other worlds to help Perseus, Ling E, and Princess Andromeda fight the gods threatening their world. Supergirl joined Andromeda and Thor and Jane Foster joined Ling E, while Andromeda prepared an army and the heroes kept their presence secret.

• Perseus brought Ling E to Andrew, who asked her to pledge loyalty and included her in the summoning.
• Andrew used the Magic Array to send Perseus, Ling E, and Princess Andromeda through Game Space to find superheroes to Resonance with.
• Supergirl Kara Zor-El Resonated with Princess Andromeda and agreed to help save the world and teach her.
• Thor Resonated with Perseus and complained about Jane, who appeared as Ling E's superhero partner and promised to help change her Fate.
• Thor and Jane agreed to join the fight against Zeus, and Andrew told Andromeda to prepare the army while Perseus and Ling E kept the superheroes in reserve.
• Princess Andromeda left the castle and quickly gathered citizens willing to fight beside her.

Hades empowered King Akrishios to kill Zeus’s son while the Celestials remained too weakened to intervene openly. In Hell, Hades faced Chthon’s group and the awakened Titans, but after losing to Death, he proposed a plan to gain power and eventually free Titans by defeating Zeus and Poseidon.

• Hades turned King Akrishios into a Half-Demon and ordered him to kill Zeus’s son when he came.
• Hades discovered Medusa and the Hell guards were missing, then found Chthon, Death, and another ally at the Abyss of Hell’s seal.
• Chthon offered Hades a choice between cooperating to release Titans or being beaten until he cooperated, and Andrew told Hades to stay in character and promised to handle Titans.
• Titans awakened and urged Hades to surrender, but Hades demanded a fight; Death defeated him with ease.
• Hades explained that releasing Titans required the blood and Divine Power of all three brothers, then described his plan to gain power through Agra and defeat Zeus and Poseidon.

Chthon and Hades arranged to provoke Zeus into fighting Andrew by sending Ares after Perseus, while Perseus’s journey toward the witches’ dwelling brought him a divine sword, a black winged horse, and an attack from King Akrishios. The chapter ended with Thor beginning to awaken Perseus’s demigod powers so he could protect his companions.

• Chthon persuaded the Titan and Hades to provoke a war between Zeus and Andrew by setting Ares against Perseus, and Andrew approved the plan.
• Hades agreed to use Ares, while Chthon insisted that Perseus would defeat him.
• As the party traveled on foot, Draco taught Perseus weapon skills, and Thor encouraged him to stay true to himself.
• Perseus found a divine sword but gave it to Draco, then befriended a black winged horse sent by Zeus.
• King Akrishios attacked Perseus, and Draco’s arrow drove him back before he could kill Perseus.
• Thor used lightning to begin activating Perseus’s demigod power, warning that the process would be painful.

Perseus awakened his Demigod Power and Thunderbolt Bloodline while fighting Unlucky King and the Giant Scorpions, with Thor guiding him to accept his power. Ares, enraged by Perseus’s new bloodline, left Mount Olympus to confront him and arrived before Perseus’s group.

• Thor used his Thunder Divine Power to activate Perseus’s Demigod Bloodline, and Perseus gradually matched Unlucky King in battle.
• Hades told Ares that Perseus might awaken the Thunderbolt Bloodline, then revealed he had sent Unlucky King to stop Perseus from finding the Enchantress.
• Perseus cut off Unlucky King’s arm, chased him into a desert, and awakened the Thunderbolt Bloodline while fighting Giant Scorpions.
• Thor told Perseus to treat the Thunderbolt as his own power, and Draco gave him a hilt that formed a blade of lightning.
• After the Giant Scorpions retreated, Andrew warned Hermione that the God War would arrive early and that she would fight a god one-on-one.
• Ares left Mount Olympus in a rage and landed before Perseus’s group.

Ares attacked Perseus, who used Thor’s Mjolnir and guidance to withstand the god’s assault. Perseus grew stronger during the fight, while Zeus watched with mixed pride and concern, and the battle continued with Perseus beginning to counterattack.

• Ares confronted Perseus and called him a bastard, while Perseus asked why Ares wanted to kill him.
• Thor lent Perseus Mjolnir, which gave him Battle Armor and lightning power, and Perseus used it to block Ares’s first hammer strike.
• Thor briefly controlled Perseus’s body, used lightning to speed him up, and struck Ares hard enough to send him crashing into a tree.
• Ares unleashed a blast of Red Light and resumed his attack, while Thor coached Perseus to use the Power of Thunderbolt to defend himself.
• Perseus endured Ares’s relentless assault, grew stronger under pressure, and began counterattacking, alarming Ares and astonishing Zeus.
• Ling E reassured Draco that Perseus remained human, while Andrew explained Mjolnir’s importance to Hermione and urged her to rely on her own strength.

Perseus defeated Ares and continued toward the Enchantress with the help of the Fallen Wizards, while the gods debated whether his power and hammer came from an Otherworldly God. Zeus agreed to investigate Perseus and his hammer, and Athena proposed bringing the exiled Fire God to identify it.

• Perseus defeated Ares with Thor's Hammer, spared him, and continued his mission after Zeus ordered Ares back to Mount Olympus.
• Draco and the others pledged to follow Perseus, and the Fallen Wizards offered their help in exchange for a future release from their Curse.
• Perseus accepted the Fallen Wizards' offer, and the group rode their Giant Scorpions toward the Enchantress.
• On Mount Olympus, Hades accused Perseus of threatening the gods and serving an Otherworldly God, while Ares and Hera supported his claims.
• Zeus agreed to investigate Perseus and inspect his hammer with the other gods, and Athena suggested bringing Hephaestus the Fire God to identify it.

Andrew gathered Homelander, Soldier Boy, Van Helsing, Samuel, and Old Sera to help him fight Zeus’s pantheon and keep the conflict out of the Main World. As they prepared to depart, Perseus and his companions reached the Enchantresses’ ominous valley.

• Hera gave Ares a snake-shaped dagger and ordered him to kill Perseus if he had the chance, then told him to seize Perseus’s hammer as well.
• Hades warned Andrew that Zeus was mobilizing half the pantheon, but Andrew said he had support and had no intention of allying with Zeus.
• Andrew recruited Soldier Boy, Van Helsing, Samuel, Homelander, and Old Sera, promising New Yorkers a livestream of their battle against the gods.
• Andrew took the five superheroes away as Death, Set, and Chthon allowed events to unfold without interfering.
• Perseus and his companions arrived at the Enchantresses’ valley, where the blind enchantresses shared a single eye held in their palms.

After Perseus learned that Medusa could petrify the Kraken, Zeus and eight other gods confronted him over his hammer and the threat of Otherworldly Gods. Andrew revealed that the hammer came from another world, then faced Zeus publicly as tensions escalated and Apollo challenged the newcomers to fight.

• Perseus forced the Enchantresses to reveal that Medusa could turn the Kraken to stone, then led his companions away from Witches' Valley despite their prophecy that he would die in Hell.
• Ling E persuaded the hesitant Falling wizards to join Perseus, and the group rode toward Hell until Zeus and eight other gods appeared and demanded Perseus's weapon.
• Andrew arrived with Hermione and five superheroes, confirmed that Perseus's hammer came from another world, and sent Draco and the others away from the coming conflict.
• Andrew broadcast his confrontation with Zeus to the Main World, where he accused Zeus of provoking them by striking Homelander with lightning; Zeus and Ares vowed that Mount Olympus would not yield.
• Apollo challenged the Otherworldly Gods, and Andrew sent Van Helsing to fight him.

Van Helsing battled Apollo while Homelander challenged Poseidon, as Andrew’s group fought the Zeus Pantheon over humanity’s freedom. Zeus considered retreating and offered a warning, but Andrew demanded that the gods free humans and stop harming them before he would agree to a truce.

• Van Helsing challenged Apollo for his Solar Chariot and fought him in the sky, using his Angel powers and combat skills to hold his own.
• Van Helsing summoned Angels to surround Apollo, while Ling E shielded Draco and the others from the falling blasts.
• Homelander challenged Zeus, but Poseidon stepped forward to fight him; Homelander traded blows with Poseidon and declared that humans were free individuals.
• Homelander grew furious after Wade showed him the audience’s comments, then intensified his attack and drove Poseidon back.
• Zeus worried that his pantheon lacked the strength to keep fighting and asked Andrew whether he intended to continue the battle.
• Andrew told Zeus he would agree to a truce if the gods gave humans freedom and stopped harming them.

Andrew and his allies fought Zeus and the other gods to force them to grant humanity freedom. As Hermione and Tracy fused their abilities and activated Andrew’s genes to face Athena, Hermione gained vast magical power and access to Andrew’s knowledge.

• Zeus refused to grant humanity freedom, and Andrew threatened to beat him until he agreed.
• Thor took control of Perseus’s body and attacked Zeus, while Soldier Boy knocked Ares aside.
• The superheroes and gods began fighting across the battlefield, with Andrew facing Hera and Hermione facing Athena.
• Andrew brought Tracy to Hermione, and the two women fused while sharing memories and abilities.
• Hermione activated Andrew’s genes through Bio-Gene Magic, greatly increasing her power and revealing Andrew’s knowledge.
• Hermione blushed after glimpsing memories of Andrew teaching Tracy, and Tracy warned her that their connection could expose her thoughts.

Hermione used Andrew’s power and technology to fight Athena, trapping her in a Spatial Maze to delay her. Meanwhile, Andrew continued to overpower Hera, who proposed that the leaders settle the war with a duel.

• Hermione drew on Tracy’s Demon King Power, Andrew’s otherworldly magic, and technological knowledge as she prepared to face Athena.
• Athena’s Mirage concealed a sneak attack, but Hermione used a Gravity Device and Tracy’s ice to escape and counterattack.
• Hermione trapped Athena in a Spatial Maze and bombarded her with shells and traps to keep her occupied.
• The wider battle remained at a stalemate, while Andrew repeatedly forced Hera onto the defensive and pierced her shoulder with his Black Hole Whip.
• Hera told Andrew that a duel between him and Zeus could end the war, with many Olympian gods surrendering if Andrew defeated Zeus.

Andrew defeated Hera’s forest magic and captured her while Thor kept Zeus occupied. As Hera’s plea for help and the audience’s gossip stirred tensions, Andrew denied wanting to marry her.

• Hera secretly prepared magic against Andrew, but he exposed her plan and destroyed her Endless Forest with concentrated heat.
• Andrew caught Hera through her escape attempts, overcame her defenses, and used a curse to force her back into his grasp.
• Hera begged Zeus to save her, but Thor attacked Zeus and prevented him from reaching her.
• Andrew offered to accept Hera’s surrender, prompting Zeus to accuse him of pursuing his wife and fight Thor more fiercely.
• The audience joked about Andrew and Zeus, while Hermione denied having feelings for Andrew and Tracy teased her.
• Andrew told Hera he had never asked her to remarry and complained that she was forcing herself into the story.

Andrew survived Zeus’s attack, took the Lightning Sword, and Thor trapped Zeus in the Lightning Realm while Perseus joined the fight against him. As Andrew secretly sealed off the area around Hades, Samuel beat the weakened god and marveled at his own strength.

• Hera explained that she remained loyal to Zeus, and Andrew said her devotion had changed how he regarded her.
• Zeus hurled the Lightning Sword at Andrew, but Andrew used a Black Hole to catch it unharmed and severed Zeus’s connection to it.
• Hermione refocused on the Spatial Maze after Tracy warned her that Athena was close to breaking through.
• Thor trapped Zeus in the Lightning Realm, then gave Perseus Thor’s Hammer so they could fight Zeus together.
• Andrew subdued the Lightning Sword and concealed himself and Hades with Illusion mist while Samuel overpowered Hades.

Andrew took Hades's Pitchfork and replaced it with a weaker copy, then killed Hera before traveling through time to her past. He disrupted Zeus's attempt to court young Hera by pulling Zeus into Hell.

• Andrew secretly copied Hades's Pitchfork, returned a weaker replica, and warned him not to reveal the theft.
• Andrew told Hera that Zeus might trade her for his own life, and Hera asked Andrew to kill her and Zeus together if that happened.
• Andrew stabbed Hera with the Sun God Spear, then seized her Fate Line and traveled into her past to obtain her Envy.
• Young Hera tried to rescue a bird that was actually Zeus in disguise, but Andrew grabbed the bird and sent Zeus to Hell.