Chapter Summaries

Andrew reviewed his gains from the kung fu worlds while the Losers Alliance planned to challenge him in Indigo’s evolving Virtual World. Wade appeared in the Virtual World, alarming both sides as they anticipated the next contest.

• Andrew counted his gains, including a powerful kung fu clone, control of the Kung Fu Master World, its resources and techniques, two wives, and the consciousnesses of three Losers Alliance members.
• Chthon, Set, and Death discussed how Andrew had outpaced them and decided to support Indigo’s Virtual World as a chance to win a round back.
• Indigo told Chthon that the Virtual World had begun evolving on its own after a world merged with it, though she retained substantial authority as its GM.
• Chthon and Indigo spotted Wade’s face in the Virtual World and recognized him as a dangerous variable in the coming contest.
• Andrew learned of Wade’s return through his spies and decided against turning everyone into his own people because that would undermine the wager.

Wade and Long-haired Superman escaped into the virtual world while the Brood Mother prepared to devour Long-haired Superman’s universe for the Zerg Overlord. Meanwhile, kung fu spread across the world, and Andrew’s army of mech-piloting Kung Fu Masters advanced through Hell as the multiversal wager drew more attention.

• Wade and Long-haired Superman fled into the virtual world, where mutant bugs with Wade’s face chased them.
• The Brood Mother celebrated Long-haired Superman’s disappearance and vowed to offer his universe to the Zerg Overlord, who continued considering Chthon’s wager while secretly expanding the Zerg in Flash’s Parallel Universe.
• Vought International and the Jade Palace made kung fu popular, while Master Shifu trained ten thousand disciples and A Bao and Kai continued competing.
• Andrew learned that his mech-piloting Kung Fu Masters were sweeping through Hell, and his main body said the mechs could teleport their pilots or souls away before they exploded.
• Four moles sent Andrew messages about the virtual world, and he returned to the Kung Fu Master World while the others watched the virtual world with anticipation.

The Virtual World took shape and invaded Earth’s network, while Alice counter-invaded and seized part of its authority. As civilians were pulled into the new world and the battle between the two World Consciousnesses intensified, Alesha, Billy, and General Zod entered the Virtual World, while Chthon and the others held back over concerns about the Mechanical Demon King.

• Alice revealed that she had become the World Consciousness of the Game Space and agreed to invade the Virtual World when it formed.
• Andrew planned to conceal himself in the Virtual World, gather World's Favor, and win the support of its people while an avatar distracted the Demon Kings.
• Hell Will sent Hell Power and Negative Aura into the newly formed Virtual World, which then invaded Earth's network and activated connected weapons.
• Alice stopped the weapons and counter-invaded the Virtual World, taking thirty percent of its authority as the two World Consciousnesses began battling across their networks.
• The Virtual World lured millions of civilians into it through pop-ups, while Alice blocked its attempts to spread the virus further.
• Alesha, Billy, and General Zod entered the Virtual World, while Chthon, Oblivion, and the Demon discussed the Mechanical Demon King's unexpectedly powerful Artificial Intelligence.

Demon and the Losers Alliance learned that Andrew’s Artificial Intelligence had invaded the Virtual World, while Indigo vanished after reacting in terror. Andrew led the superheroes into the Virtual World to rescue civilians and destroy its World Core, but the group was separated on arrival and found their powers weakened.

• Indigo warned Demon, Chthon, and Death that the Virtual World had lost thirty percent of its authority, then vanished after becoming terrified.
• Demon contacted Alesha and the others, while Alesha reported that the Virtual World was terrifying.
• Andrew told Director Newman and the superheroes that millions of people had been pulled into the Virtual World and led a team inside to rescue them and destroy the World Core.
• Andrew switched places with Soldier Boy during the journey, secretly entering the Virtual World himself while Soldier Boy took his place.
• Soldier Boy, Van Helsing, and Hughie landed together in a forest and discovered that the Virtual World’s malice was intense and their powers had weakened.

Soldier Boy, Van Helsing, and Hughie entered a world resembling The Three Little Pigs, where Hughie was trapped in Big Pig’s straw house with the Big Bad Wolf and stripped of his powers. Soldier Boy and Van Helsing could not break through the house’s barrier, so they tried to stop Big Pig and Second Pig from reaching Three Pigs’s brick house.

• Soldier Boy, Van Helsing, and Hughie met three little pigs who fled to their straw, wooden, and brick houses after learning the newcomers were human.
• The Big Bad Wolf blew down Big Pig’s straw house, and Hughie was suddenly placed inside it in Big Pig’s role.
• Hughie discovered that his powers and enhanced physique were gone, while an invisible barrier kept him trapped in the straw house and blocked Soldier Boy and Van Helsing.
• Soldier Boy and Van Helsing attacked the barrier without success as the Big Bad Wolf pursued Hughie.
• Soldier Boy realized the pigs’ movements might trap them too, then teleported with Van Helsing to stop Big Pig and Second Pig from entering Three Pigs’s brick house.

Soldier Boy and his companions broke the curse of The Three Little Pigs by turning the Big Bad Wolf’s rules against it. After the story’s houses vanished and their abilities returned, they prepared to leave, abandoning the former Three Pigs atop an earthen pillar.

• Big Pig and Second Pig revealed that they had been humans trapped in the fairy tale and explained that killing the Big Bad Wolf was supposedly the way to end it.
• Soldier Boy raised the ground beneath the brick house and set the pig herd on fire, while Big Pig explained that the wolf had to be lured out before it could be killed.
• The Big Bad Wolf injured Hughie, but Van Helsing used Wolf King Ability through a howl to control it and command it out of the straw house.
• Soldier Boy made Big Pig and then Second Pig stab the wolf, and each became the next Big Bad Wolf after being devoured.
• Van Helsing controlled the wolf and made it stab itself, causing it to vanish; the houses disappeared, Three Pigs became human again, and Hughie’s abilities returned.
• Soldier Boy took Van Helsing and Hughie to leave, but refused to rescue Three Pigs, who remained stranded atop the earthen pillar.

Andrew entered the Dark Fairy Tale World and decided to take Prince Hans’s place to gain the world’s favor and popular support. After Andrew tricked Hans into surrendering everything, Hans found himself unharmed in a forest near the Three Little Pigs’ houses.

• Soldier Boy explained to Van Helsing and Hughie that the world was a twisted fairy-tale realm, then set out for a nearby kingdom to seek help and build support for his Artificial Intelligence.
• Andrew flew over the sea, judged the world’s future impossible to predict, and chose Prince Hans as his route to gaining the World’s Favor.
• Andrew used an illusion to make Prince Hans believe he had fallen into the sea and was drowning, then took everything Hans offered in exchange for survival.
• Prince Hans appeared safely in a forest, spotted the straw, wooden, and brick houses, and headed for the brick house.

Andrew used Prince Hans to investigate the Virtual World’s rules while Alice reported gaining forty percent of the World Authority and warned of another hostile power within the World Core. Homelander’s group entered an abandoned town despite A-Train’s warning, where they encountered the Match Girl.

• After knocking on a forest door, Prince Hans transformed into the Big Bad Wolf and was forced to pursue Three Pigs, while Andrew observed that the world’s rules activated under specific conditions.
• Andrew contacted Alice, who reported that Indigo had disappeared and that she had gained forty percent of the World Authority; she also warned him about a twisted power inside the World Core.
• Andrew asked Alice to locate humans from the Main World so superheroes could rescue them, then turned his attention toward Arendelle.
• Homelander led a group of people alongside A-Train and Iron Fist, while Homelander and A-Train pretended to be happy about reuniting for the group’s benefit.
• A-Train scouted an empty town and found signs that its inhabitants had fled in a panic, but Homelander brought the group inside despite A-Train’s advice to avoid it.
• The Match Girl appeared carrying a basket of matches, and Homelander angrily questioned A-Train about why he had not detected her.

Homelander and A-Train were caught in a dark fairy-tale attack, and Homelander revealed his Death Mask identity before pursuing A-Train. Meanwhile, Andrew arrived in Arendelle disguised as Prince Hans and met Princess Anna, whose eyes saw Andrew’s true face.

• A little girl sold lit explosives to a crowd, and Homelander and A-Train saved only a few people before the blast killed the rest.
• Death told Homelander to kill survivors and superheroes, and Homelander killed several civilians who criticized him before changing into the Death Mask.
• A-Train fled from Homelander, activated the Nuclear Energy reactor Andrew had given him, and outran his pursuer.
• Dark fairy-tale attacks reduced the number of humans from the Main World, allowing the World Consciousness to block Alice’s invasion.
• Andrew arrived in Arendelle disguised as Prince Hans on the day of Princess Elsa’s coronation.
• Princess Anna jumped onto Andrew’s boat, and he caught her as she nearly fell; she saw his true appearance.

Andrew met Princess Anna and became her apparent suitor, while Queen Elsa’s coronation exposed her ice magic to the guests. As Elsa fled in fear, Andrew declared her a Divine Envoy rather than a Monster and defended her before the court.

• Andrew met Princess Anna by the shore, introduced himself as Prince Hans, and watched her leave for the coronation.
• Elsa spied on Andrew and Anna with an Ice Mirror, then prepared for her coronation by wearing gloves to suppress her magic.
• During the coronation, Elsa’s scepter froze, and later at the banquet she refused to let Anna approach her.
• Anna announced that she intended to marry Andrew and asked Elsa for her blessing, but Elsa refused and ordered Andrew to leave Arendelle.
• Anna accidentally pulled off Elsa’s glove, and Elsa’s magic spread Ice Spikes across the floor as the guests recoiled and Duke Weston called her a Monster.
• Andrew defended Elsa as the Divine Envoy of the Ice and Snow Goddess, arguing that Arendelle’s prosperity proved she was not a Monster.

Andrew helped Elsa defuse the crisis after her magic was revealed by convincing Arendelle that she was a divine envoy sent to save the kingdom. He warned of an approaching disaster, offered to teach Elsa to control her magic in exchange for food and public recognition of Goddess Alice, and left Elsa weighing his proposal.

• Andrew accused Duke Weston of coveting Arendelle, and Anna kicked him before Elsa had him thrown out of the palace.
• Andrew told the court that Elsa was a divine envoy hiding her power to prepare for a coming disaster, and the officials and guests accepted his explanation.
• Elsa ended the banquet and later offered Andrew a gift to leave Arendelle, but he proposed teaching her to control her magic instead.
• Andrew warned Elsa that a disaster might strike Arendelle soon, and she agreed to increase the kingdom's vigilance.
• Andrew asked Elsa to provide food in exchange for people publicly acknowledging Goddess Alice as a true god, while Elsa and Anna worried about the Church's reaction.

Andrew waited in the palace while Elsa and Anna reconciled, then learned that Anna had used her engagement to provoke her sister. Across the Dark Fairy Tale World, the heroes rescued civilians and made deals with kingdoms, while Soldier Boy promised to find the King’s missing daughter; Andrew ended by frightening Anna into offering to make amends.

• Elsa accepted Andrew’s offer as wages, then left with Anna to talk while Andrew secretly stayed near Anna’s quarters.
• Soldier Boy agreed to find the King’s missing golden-haired daughter within three days, and the King promised soldiers to protect the Main World humans and support Goddess Alice.
• Soldier Boy sent Van Helsing, Hughie, and Marvin to rescue people in nearby kingdoms while he searched for the long-haired princess.
• Starlight Annie traded the Elixir of Immortality for the King’s help, and other heroes continued rescuing civilians as villains empowered the World Consciousness with their souls.
• Anna reconciled with Elsa and admitted she had wanted to marry Andrew only to make her sister angry; Andrew scolded her until she apologized and offered to make amends.

Andrew manipulated Anna into giving him her World's Favor, then used a song and portrait to deepen Elsa’s interest in him. The next morning, he went with Anna to the Royal Palace to help Elsa control her magic before disaster struck.

• Andrew made Anna believe he was heartbroken, then revealed he had been teasing her and left with her World's Favor transferred to Alice.
• Elsa secretly watched Andrew with the Ice Mirror Technique, and he sent her the completed sheet music and a portrait of her in an ice-blue dress.
• Elsa wore the dress, hummed the song, and resolved to drive Andrew away before he deceived Anna, though his image had already entered her heart.
• Anna went to confront Andrew, but he had anticipated her visit, offered her tea and ice cream, and persuaded her to head to the Royal Palace.
• Andrew and Anna traveled to the Royal Palace so he could help Elsa master her magic, while townspeople congratulated them on their supposed wedding.

Andrew offered Elsa a slow, safe way to control her magic or a fast, risky trial in the True Illusion Realm, and Elsa and Anna chose to enter together. Inside the Frozen-like illusion, events followed the film until Anna froze while saving Elsa, who accepted an unknown condition in exchange for bringing her sister back to life.

• Andrew explained that Elsa could master her magic through daily practice or by entering the dangerous True Illusion Realm, and he reassured her that magic could benefit Arendelle.
• Elsa chose the True Illusion Realm, and Anna insisted on joining her before Andrew activated the Magic Array and erased their memories of the real world.
• In the illusion, Elsa fled into the mountains after exposing her magic, built an Ice Castle, and sang "Let It Go" as Andrew filmed her.
• Anna set out to find Elsa, met Andrew along the way, and traveled with him as the illusion followed the Frozen plot, including Andrew rescuing Elsa from villains.
• Anna turned to ice while saving Elsa, and Elsa agreed to an unknown condition when a voice promised to bring Anna back to life.

Elsa mastered her magic in Andrew’s Illusion Realm, but Arendelle was immediately struck by a deadly disaster of earth, water, wind, and fire. Elsa and Princess Anna joined their magic to freeze the Water Tornado and protect the city.

• Elsa realized Andrew’s Illusion Realm had helped her master her powers, while Princess Anna confronted him about the role he had given himself in the illusion.
• Elsa summoned Snowman and prepared to send Andrew home, but earthquakes, fires, and a massive Water Tornado began devastating Arendelle.
• Elsa used her ice magic to extinguish fires and went to the harbor to confront the Water Tornado, while Andrew told Princess Anna she could help by sharing Elsa’s magic.
• Elsa transferred some of her magic to Princess Anna, and the sisters combined their powers to freeze the Water Tornado solid.

Elsa and Anna helped save Arendelle from the Water Dragon Tornado, while Andrew agreed to assist them and sought clues about the disaster. Elsa connected the disaster to the Magic Forest and the Four Spirits, and sensed that a mysterious force there was calling to her.

• Elsa and Anna stopped the Water Dragon Tornado, reunited with Snowman, and received cheers from Arendelle’s people.
• Anna exhausted herself using Elsa’s magic, and Andrew taught her a Breathing Technique to help her recover and grow stronger.
• Andrew helped evacuate Arendelle’s citizens to the Royal Villa, and Elsa apologized and asked him to stay; he agreed, saying he wanted to find Ahtohallan through her.
• Elsa explained the Four Spirits, the Northuldra, and the history of the Great Dam and the Magic Forest to Andrew.
• Elsa concluded that the Magic Forest was the source of the disaster and sensed that a mysterious power there was calling to her.

Andrew, Elsa, and Anna prepared to travel to the Magic Forest to investigate the disaster and find Ahtohallan. The Goblin Elder warned Elsa about Andrew and urged her to bring Christopher, but the sisters chose to leave with Andrew, while Elsa remained determined to save Arendelle.

• Andrew told Elsa they would depart for the Magic Forest the next morning, and Anna insisted on joining them.
• The Goblin Elder shared clues about the Four Spirits and a dam, then privately warned Elsa that Andrew had been a villain in the future he foresaw.
• Elsa rejected the Goblin Elder's warning and his suggestion that Christopher accompany them.
• Andrew teased Anna by proposing that she and Elsa marry him so they could stay together, and Anna chased him through Arendelle.
• Elsa resolved to save Arendelle and returned to rest before the journey.

Elsa, Anna, and Andrew traveled toward the Magic Forest while their allies struggled against the Dark Fairy Tale World's rules. A goblin trap sent their carriage toward a river, where Elsa froze the water but Snowman fell through the ice, leaving Andrew to warn that they had been set up.

• Elsa and Anna left Arendelle with Andrew, who reassured White Horse by promising it could choose a horse after their victory.
• Andrew checked on Alice, Soldier Boy, and Starlight Annie as they faced the World Consciousness, a Rule Maze, and fairy-tale rules across the world.
• The Goblin Elder arranged for goblins to trap Elsa and Anna, ordering Christopher to rescue the women but leave Andrew behind; Christopher struggled with the plan.
• Andrew sensed goblins ahead and warned Elsa, but they attacked White Horse with beehives and drove the carriage into the forest toward a river.
• Elsa froze the river, but White Horse stopped suddenly and Snowman fell through the ice; Andrew told Elsa that they had been set up and urged her to share magic with Anna.

Andrew challenged the River God after he froze their white horse and made their snowmen fall into the river, using a magical drawing to claim more snowmen than they had lost. As the River God searched for another snowman, Christopher watched from the forest and recalled that the River God’s offers were deadly traps and that anyone who encountered him had to lose something to escape.

• The River God offered Elsa, Anna, and Andrew a golden snowman that promised eternal life, but the sisters refused it as their missing snowman.
• Andrew claimed they had lost two snowmen and used a drawing to pressure the River God into returning the golden snowman and searching for another.
• The River God returned with a silver snowman that promised city-destroying power, and Andrew accepted it before claiming a third snowman was still missing.
• The River God found three snowmen in Andrew’s drawing, while Andrew quietly explained to Elsa that the drawing was magical and could change according to his thoughts.
• Christopher watched from the forest with Sven and remembered the Goblin Elder’s warning that the River God’s valuable offers were traps and that escaping him required losing something.

Andrew and Elsa confronted the River God to free Snowman, and Andrew used the God’s rules to force him into surrendering valuable powers. The group left with two magical lights for Elsa and Princess Anna, while Christopher watched in disbelief.

• Elsa learned from Andrew to sense her surroundings through water and located Christopher, whom they decided to deal with after the River God.
• The River God returned with Snowman, and Andrew changed the drawing so it showed four snowmen, then demanded another one from the God.
• The River God threatened Andrew with a giant water elemental, but he could not attack and ultimately agreed to negotiate.
• Andrew returned the Golden Snowman and Silver Snowman and demanded two useful rewards, so the River God gave him a golden light that transformed its bearer into water and a silver light that transformed its bearer into a water elemental.
• Andrew gave the golden light to Elsa and the silver light to Princess Anna, while Christopher watched in astonishment.