Chapter Summaries

Huang Yun discovered that Shadow Emperor was secretly working with Knowl to regain her bestowed body and slaughter abstract entities, while he secretly nurtured the Dark Emperor Armor from a fragment he had taken. He concluded that neither of them could wait for their long-term plans to unfold naturally and began calling for the Goddess of Death.

• Huang Yun and Shadow Emperor staged a fight in the Dark Dimension, whose energy waves destroyed countless Single Universes before Huang Yun flew away.
• Shadow Emperor told Knowl she wanted his help slaughtering abstract entities, and Knowl agreed while warning her not to give Huang Yun the Primal Light.
• Huang Yun realized Shadow Emperor had plans of her own and recalled sensing another powerful being watching him in the Dark Dimension.
• Huang Yun visited the deepest darkness of the Bright Realm and inspected the Dark Emperor Armor he had secretly begun nurturing from a fragment of Shadow Emperor's bestowed body.
• Huang Yun decided to pursue his own methods and called for the Goddess of Death, who answered him.

Huang Yun arranged for Death and Eternity to secretly support the Shadow Emperor until his true form was restored. At the Dark Alliance headquarters, Carnage approached Dracula, Apocalypse, and Agatha, offering help as the extraterrestrial life-form the Illuminati were seeking.

• Huang Yun told Death to have Eternity feign support while the Shadow Emperor hunted abstract entities, then reclaim their powers.
• Huang Yun warned Death to keep the alliance secret and said it would end once the Shadow Emperor's Heavenly Gift true form was restored.
• Carnage entered the Dark Alliance headquarters in a vampire host, hoping to find a powerful being to join with.
• Dracula, Apocalypse, and Agatha discussed their failed search for the Chaos Force and the eight Sky Hammers, while fearing an imminent Illuminati attack.
• Carnage revealed himself to the three and introduced himself as a symbiote, confirming he was the extraterrestrial life-form the Illuminati had been searching for.

Riot demonstrated that Symbiotes could boost their hosts’ strength without side effects, impressing Dracula, Apocalypse, and Agatha. Apocalypse called for Riot’s four siblings to join them before they decided how to use the Demon Spirit Stone, while the Illuminati continued developing a way to increase their combat power.

• Riot explained the Symbiotes’ ability to bond with living beings and enhance their strength, then proved it by fighting Dracula while possessing a Blood Clan member.
• Riot bonded with Dracula, increasing his strength by at least thirty percent, and explained that Symbiotes also gained some of their hosts’ abilities.
• Apocalypse asked whether Riot was the only Symbiote who had escaped, and Riot offered to contact his four siblings.
• Apocalypse ordered Riot to bring his siblings, while he and Dracula agreed to wait and gather their forces before using the Demon Spirit Stone.
• Black Panther entered the laboratory and asked Tony how his research on using the Infinity Stones to amplify the Illuminati’s combat power was progressing.

The Illuminati prepared for a final assault on the Dark Alliance, while the Great Serpent ordered Original Sin to ally with them and eliminate the Illuminati so he could regain his strength. Original Sin’s discovery of Red Skull’s old records explained how she found the Sky Hammer.

• Shuri said the six-gem Tull Armor was ready, and Banner explained that its users could combine the Infinity Gems’ power, though snapping remained a deadly last resort.
• Captain America reported that Logan was progressing quickly in earth magic and might soon awaken his bloodline and wear the Earth Tiger Armor.
• Tony said the Illuminati would attack the Dark Alliance after Logan and Wakanda’s guards were ready, as both factions had remained quiet amid an uneasy peace.
• Original Sin warned the Great Serpent that the Illuminati’s protection of Earth might explain why people felt little fear, and he ordered her to contact the Dark Alliance and help destroy them.
• The Great Serpent revealed that he needed fear to restore his power before challenging Asgard, while Original Sin recalled finding Red Skull’s records about the Sky Hammer and Cosmic Cube.

Hela entered Valhalla alive to confront Odin about the God of Fear breaking free and a powerful creature sealed beneath Nornheim. She asked Odin what the creature was and why it was absorbing the Nine Realms’ resentment and hatred.

• The Great Serpent commanded Original Sin, now brainwashed as his servant, and the remaining Hydra forces while his own power continued to decline.
• Loki told Hela that the God of Fear had escaped his seal and that a second sealed being beneath Nornheim was close to breaking free.
• Hela decided to go to Valhalla to ask Odin for help and answers.
• Hela entered Valhalla alive, astonishing the honored dead and Odin, and explained that Death had granted her special permission.
• Hela told Odin about the God of Fear and asked what was sealed beneath Nornheim and why it absorbed the Nine Realms’ resentment and hatred.

Hela learned from Odin that the God of Fear had escaped his seal and Mangog, a monster more powerful than Surtur, threatened to break free beneath Nornheim. She warned Thor, Frigga, and Loki about the dangers, but the chapter ended with them asking whether Mangog’s seal could be reinforced.

• Odin told Hela that Mangog embodied the hatred of the beings he had destroyed, had grown stronger by absorbing hatred, and was more powerful than Surtur.
• Odin explained that the weakened God of Fear had escaped his seal and urged Hela to find and deal with him before Asgard faced attacks from both threats.
• Hela returned to Asgard, considered seeking help from the Bright Dimension or increasing her power by devouring Lucifer's Hell and Hades' Underworld, and summoned Thor and Frigga.
• Hela told Thor, Frigga, and Loki that only Thor could kill the escaped God of Fear and that Mangog might escape the Shadow World beneath Nornheim and destroy Asgard.
• Thor, Frigga, and Loki reacted with alarm, and one of them asked whether Mangog's seal could be reinforced.

Hela and Thor went to Earth to ask the Illuminati for Infinity Gems to fight Mangog, who threatened Asgard and the Nine Realms. Tony agreed to lend Hela the Power and Space Gems after the Illuminati stored enough energy, while Hela sensed a sinister multiversal presence on Earth.

• Hela said Mangog had grown far stronger since Odin sealed him, and Thor suggested borrowing Infinity Gems from the Illuminati.
• Hela and Thor traveled to Earth, where Thor introduced Hela to Banner and Tony as Asgard’s ruler and Goddess of Death.
• Hela explained that Mangog and the God of Fear threatened Asgard, and described Surtur’s power as above the God King level.
• Tony agreed to lend Hela the Power and Space Gems once the Illuminati had stored enough energy.
• Hela sensed several Quasi God Kings on Earth and detected an evil aura belonging to a multiversal being.

Hela warned Tony that three Quasi God Kings were in the country, including someone with the Darkhold, and gave him Asgard’s communicator. As the Dark Alliance prepared to choose a host for the Demon Spirit Stone, Original Sin attacked their castle and was badly wounded by Dracula.

• Hela sensed three Quasi God King auras in the country and warned Tony that one of them possessed an evil artifact, which she recognized as the Darkhold.
• Hela gave Tony Asgard’s communicator and told Thor to stay on Earth and kill any Sky Hammer Worthies he found.
• Apocalypse and Agatha praised the symbiote’s enhancements, and Apocalypse said the Dark Alliance needed to choose a host for the Demon Spirit Stone.
• Original Sin smashed open the Dark Alliance’s castle gates and challenged Apocalypse, Agatha, and Dracula.
• Dracula struck Original Sin with a furious punch, sending her through the castle and leaving her gravely injured before her wounds began to heal.

Original Sin secured the Dark Alliance’s support for Cul Borson, the God of Fear, in exchange for their help resisting Asgard. Apocalypse launched a worldwide assault that plunged Earth into chaos, and the Illuminati mobilized to stop it.

• Original Sin told Dracula and Agatha that Cul Borson wanted an alliance with the Dark Alliance to restore fear and strengthen his power.
• Apocalypse accepted the alliance after Original Sin said Cul could hold off a God King-level powerhouse.
• Apocalypse ordered the Dark Alliance to declare war, and its allies unleashed supernatural creatures and criminals across the world.
• Tony and the Illuminati realized the attacks were deliberately escalating, and Thor suspected the Great Serpent was involved.
• The Illuminati contacted the Sanctum Sanctorum and Wakanda and prepared to fight back with mages, armor legions, and artificial intelligence.

The Dark Alliance armed its dark creatures with Demon Spirit Stones and spread chaos across Earth, while the Great Serpent grew stronger from humanity’s fear. The Illuminati struggled to contain the war, and Thor proposed using the Reality Stone as the fighting intensified.

• Apocalypse gave Demon Spirit Stones to the dark creatures, which transformed and were ordered to spread darkness across the planet.
• Dracula wondered about the Shadow Emperor’s strength, and Agatha warned him that she could make him her slave.
• Strange visited Logan at Kamar-Taj, where Logan still could not summon his armor as the world fell into war.
• The Great Serpent’s power recovered to the early God King level as he fed on Earth’s fear and vowed to return to Asgard.
• Tony and the others fought dark creatures while gangs and assassins kept ordinary people terrified and distrustful.
• Thor returned from battle and urged Tony to use the Reality Stone as Illuminati teams faced increasingly fierce fights.

Thor used the Infinity Gems to create a duplicate Earth as a battlefield, pulling the Dark Alliance, the Illuminati, and other superpowered beings into its dimension. The new Earth appeared, but the effort drained Thor, who learned from Strange that Earth’s divine strengthening had made it costly to replicate.

• Thor proposed using the Reality Stone to create a new Earth and move the fighters there so their battle would not destroy the original planet.
• Thor explained how the Infinity Gems worked, and Tony supplied the Infinity Gauntlet for him to use.
• Thor snapped his fingers, and the Infinity Gems began pulling members of the Dark Alliance, the Illuminati, the Eternals, and other superpowered beings away from Earth.
• Strange arrived at the Illuminati’s headquarters and explained that Earth’s strengthening by the God of the Bright Dimension and its own will made it difficult to replicate.
• Thor completed the new Earth but found himself exhausted, and Strange noted that only Thor’s power as the God of Thunder at the Sub-Father-class had made the feat possible.

The Illuminati and Dark Alliance began a massive battle on New Earth while displaced ability users searched for shelter. Duanmu Yan, the reincarnated will of Earth, left his home to observe the fighting, as the Illuminati’s overwhelming power left the Dark Alliance facing defeat.

• Displaced ability users cursed the Illuminati and searched for places to hide on New Earth.
• Duanmu Yan realized he had been brought to New Earth during his nap, then left his crib to look around.
• Tony declared war on the Dark Alliance, and the Tull Armor unit equipped itself and formed teams.
• Magneto shook the country and raised metal across the battlefield, while Apocalypse shielded the Dark Alliance and Professor X struck its forces with a psychic storm.
• Abomination, Hulk, The Thing, and Juggernaut charged through the Dark Alliance, and Dracula grew furious at the imbalance in strength.

Dracula, Apocalypse, Agatha, and the Demon Spirit Stone’s creatures engaged their opponents while the Great Serpent watched from hiding. At the Sanctum Sanctorum, Strange and Long Tian unleashed devastating Five Elements magic that obliterated New York, leaving Long Tian standing in the molten landscape.

• Dracula charged toward the battlefield, but Captain America, Bucky, Tony, and Peter blocked him as Apocalypse fought the Mutants and Agatha confronted the Sanctum Sanctorum.
• Agatha used the Darkhold to summon evil creatures, and Wong worried that the Book of the Heavenly Dao and the Book of Vishanti were still on the original Earth.
• Strange said projections of the books should exist and unleashed a massive tsunami against Agatha’s creatures.
• Long Tian cast Merciless Sun, creating a gigantic fireball as Strange’s tsunami swept across the battlefield.
• Long Tian’s fireball struck the ground, evaporating the tsunami and turning New York City into molten lava, with only his Flame Dragon Armor standing amid the destruction.

Strange used Five Elements Water magic to counter Agatha’s Magic Ban and cast Heavenly Rain, healing allies and devastating dark creatures across the battlefield. Agatha corrupted Strange’s magic array with the Darkhold, forcing him to stop powering the spell.

• Ordinary people and world leaders watched the battle and feared the destruction the fighters’ attacks could have caused on Earth.
• Agatha summoned evil creatures from the Darkhold and fought Strange and the Sanctum Sanctorum sorcerers, then used a magic array to ban their spells.
• Strange answered with a vast azure array and cast Heavenly Rain, while Wong returned carrying the projection of the Book of the Heavenly Dao.
• Golden rain healed allies and weakened dark creatures, including Agatha, as fighters across the battlefield cheered.
• Agatha sent black magic into Strange’s array and began corrupting it, so Strange stopped supplying it with magic.

Strange used the Book of the Heavenly Dao to confront Agatha, whose Darkhold magic threatened to consume the battlefield. The two were left alone inside Strange’s Light Sealing Sword as Agatha empowered herself with darkness and revealed the Eye of the Demon God.

• Wong gave Strange the Book of the Heavenly Dao, and Agatha recognized its power as they prepared to fight.
• Agatha unleashed the Darkhold’s black mist, which drained life from the land and forced the others to flee.
• Strange cast the Light Sealing Sword, enclosing Agatha and himself in a sealed battlefield while Wong and the sorcerers went to aid the other fights.
• Agatha drew the black mist into herself to increase her power, accepting further corruption so she could win.
• Agatha’s third eye appeared and darkness poured from her as Strange answered with Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees.

Strange’s Bloodline Power awakened during his battle with Agatha, restoring his magic and greatly increasing his strength. He summoned the Five Elements Water crystal and began assembling the Black Rhino Armor as the Sanctum Sanctorum celebrated his breakthrough.

• Strange used the Book of the Heavenly Dao’s Wood Element magic and Water Dragon God to attack Agatha, while both struggled with the battle’s high cost in magic.
• Strange’s Bloodline Power formed, healing his injuries and replenishing his magic while increasing his maximum capacity more than fivefold.
• Agatha absorbed more black mist and grew stronger, but Strange declared the fight was over for her.
• Strange summoned the Five Elements Water crystal from the Sanctum Sanctorum and called for the Black Rhino Armor to assemble.
• Blue light reached the battlefield, and columns of water surged from magical arrays above and below Strange.

Strange used the Black Rhino Armor to attack Agatha and exposed Extreme Pain as an alien symbiote, prompting warnings across the battlefield. Meanwhile, Tony confronted Dracula, who recalled the Four Elements Armor’s bloody history with the Blood Clan.

• Strange summoned the Black Rhino Armor and Meteor Spear, then charged Agatha in close combat.
• Extreme Pain covered Agatha to shield her from Strange’s spear strike, and both it and Agatha were badly injured.
• Strange warned the battlefield that alien life-forms were parasitizing members of the Dark Alliance, while Dracula and Apocalypse lamented that the symbiotes had been exposed.
• Tony told Dracula to surrender, and Dracula recognized the Four Elements Armor from a thousand years earlier.
• Dracula recalled how an armored hunter nearly wiped out the Blood Clan after they slaughtered a village, and said he had fought the man.

Dracula fought the Four Elements Armor users in a separate city, where their battle ended in a draw with heavy losses. After Tony struck Dracula with a giant phantom axe, the chapter left the result uncertain.

• Dracula challenged Nava, Tsinami, Dhanush, and Koolerfu, and the four Elemental Armor users surrounded him.
• Dracula and Riot transformed into a two-headed, four-armed fighter and overwhelmed the four opponents in close combat.
• Tony covered his fists in lava, while Bucky used Armor-Breaking Scorpion Shields to block Dracula’s punches.
• Dracula kicked Bucky through buildings and buried him deep in the ground, alarming Captain America.
• Tony summoned the Elemental Spirits and struck Dracula with the Kirin Scorching Demon Slash, leaving the fighters unsure whether it had worked.

The Four Elements Armor struggled to defeat Dracula, whose rapid healing let him withstand their attacks. With help from Duanmu Yan, they discovered Elemental Spirit Armament and broke through to the early Sub-Father-class, but Dracula still doubted they could overcome his regeneration.

• Dracula recovered from severe wounds while Captain America, Tony, Peter, and Bucky grew exhausted and struggled to find a way to stop him.
• Bucky emerged from the ground unharmed and rejoined the others as Dracula taunted them to find a way to win.
• Duanmu Yan secretly used his power to place a strange memory in the Four Elements Armor’s minds.
• Tony, Captain America, Peter, and Bucky summoned the Elemental Spirits and combined them through Elemental Spirit Armament.
• The four fighters’ auras rose to the early Sub-Father-class, and Dracula suspected that a mysterious power had helped them but remained confident his healing would prevail.

Apocalypse restrained Professor X and Magneto while Dracula faced the Four Elements Armor, and Huang Yun prepared to speak with Duanmu Yan. The chapter left Huang Yun approaching the young fellow as the battle continued across Earth.

• Apocalypse relied on the High-Rank Demon Spirit Stone and the Great Serpent as the Dark Alliance's battles went poorly.
• Professor X and Magneto challenged Apocalypse's motives and held him in a deadlock with their powers.
• Tony and the Four Elements Armor faced Dracula, whose recovery remained unrestricted and who still possessed the Demon Spirit Stone.
• Huang Yun surveyed the battle, spotted Duanmu Yan above the clouds, and asked how he was adapting to his human body.