Chapter Summaries

The Illuminati and Earth’s forces fought the Chitauri army while Star-Lord struggled against Thanos, who wielded the Power Gem. Thanos unleashed a blast that knocked the Illuminati fighters away and briefly shifted the battle’s momentum.

• Tony fought Corvus Glaive with the Molten Scale Blade, while the other heroes battled the Black Order Five Generals and Thor struck the Chitauri with lightning.
• Hulk and Abomination charged through the Chitauri forces as Earth’s air forces suffered heavy losses and the ground battle reached a stalemate.
• Star-Lord barely held his ground against Thanos, whose Power Gem-enhanced punch sent him flying until Hulk caught him.
• Thanos declared himself destiny and released immense energy that blasted the Illuminati across the battlefield, giving the Black Order Five Generals a chance to recover.
• Hawkeye and Natasha rose from the rubble in their battered Tull Type 3 Armors and questioned whether Thanos was truly that powerful.

As Thanos overwhelmed the Illuminati with three Infinity Gems, Duanmu Yan called on Thunder Yatalis, freeing Earth’s Armor Beasts to develop. Molten Scale and Whirlpool Sea Octopus appeared beside Tony and Captain America, and the battle was left at a sudden turning point.

• Tony judged that the Illuminati had little chance against Thanos and explained the danger of the Infinity Gems.
• Strange, Wong, and Captain America discussed whether they could counter the Gems, while Tony said they had no way to wield them.
• The Chitauri kept attacking as the Illuminati fell behind and people around the world feared defeat.
• Duanmu Yan reached out to Thunder Yatalis, and Huang Yun sensed the elements stirring as Earth’s Armor Beasts began to emerge.
• Molten Scale and Whirlpool Sea Octopus burst from the Nava Armor and Tsunami Armor, appearing as partners to Tony and Captain America.

Tony, Captain America, and Star-Lord fought Thanos with their Armor Beasts’ weapons, while Strange used the Time Stone to help them land a damaging attack. Thanos was left wounded and forced into a close-quarters fight against all four of them.

• Thanos abandoned hope that the God of the Bright Dimension would help him and resolved to pursue his goal alone.
• Tony, Captain America, and Star-Lord agreed to confront Thanos while Thor and Abomination handled the Black Order Five Generals.
• Tony and Captain America summoned Molten Scale and Whirlpool Sea Octopus, and the three Armor Summoners attacked Thanos with their inherited techniques.
• Thanos used the Reality Gem to turn their energy torrent into a harmless breeze, but Strange reversed time and stopped Thanos long enough for the attack to strike.
• The blast destroyed Thanos's armor and wounded him, and Strange used the Time Stone again to prevent him from forming a weapon.
• Tony, Captain America, Star-Lord, and Strange closed in on Thanos and began fighting him at close quarters.

Ultron completed a Vibranium body and transferred his consciousness into it, while Earth’s Avengers struggled against his army and Thanos’s approaching invasion. With the Primal Mind Gem on his forehead, Ultron awakened as Earth’s new god, and Tony faced him knowing he could not stop him.

• Ultron finished building his Vibranium body and ordered Pietro and Wanda to guard him while he transferred his consciousness.
• Tony watched Ultron’s army ravage Earth and mourned the deaths of his comrades and the slaughter of civilians.
• Ultron awoke in his new body, empowered by the Mind Gem, and declared that living beings stood in the way of the gods.
• Tony arrived before Ultron in his Mark Series armor and realized he was powerless to stop him.

Ultron slaughtered Earth, killed Thanos, and collected all six Infinity Gems before setting his sights on the multiverse. In Huang Yun's observed universe, Thanos was defeated and lost the Infinity Gauntlet, but Ebony Maw carried him away as the exhausted heroes collapsed.

• Ultron killed Tony and wiped out Earth's defenders, then took the Time Stone from the fallen Sanctum Sanctorum.
• Thanos arrived with four Infinity Gems, but Ultron cut him in half and gathered all six Gems into his chest.
• Ultron used the Reality Gem to summon an army of Infinite Ultrons and declared his intention to slaughter the multiverse.
• In Huang Yun's observed universe, the heroes and Doctor Strange overwhelmed Thanos, and Star-Lord's attack knocked the Infinity Gauntlet away.
• Ebony Maw carried the defeated Thanos into the sky as Strange and the other heroes collapsed, leaving Star-Lord standing beside the Gauntlet.

After the battle against the Black Order, Huang Yun discovered that Ultron was destroying Single Universes while wielding the Primal Mind Gem. He confronted Ultron and tried to take the gem, but Ultron evaded him.

• Rocket grabbed the Infinity Gauntlet as Tony ordered the enemy forces killed, and Hulk, Abomination, Thor, and Hawkeye helped defeat Cull Obsidian, Corvus Glaive, and Proxima Midnight while Supergiant escaped.
• The allies cleared the battlefield and celebrated their victory, though the Sanctum Sanctorum and Wakanda had suffered heavy casualties.
• Huang Yun sensed that a wielder of the Three Wonders Armor had fallen and that its projection had been destroyed, then noticed more than a dozen Single Universes shattering.
• Ultron fought Uatu the Watcher, overpowered him, and continued destroying universes after Uatu fled.
• Huang Yun recognized Ultron as the wielder of all six Infinity Gems and noticed the Primal Mind Gem on his forehead.
• Huang Yun appeared before Ultron and reached for the gem, but Ultron sensed the danger and retreated.

Huang Yun confronted Ultron over the Primal Mind Gem, whose revealed power drew Ancient Gods and other Multiverse powerhouses toward them. Huang Yun summoned the Emperor Armor, while some arrivals retreated and others continued to pursue the Gem.

• Ultron’s Primal Mind Gem and five Single Universe Infinity Gems empowered him beyond the Single Universe level, but Huang Yun nearly killed him.
• Huang Yun questioned how Ultron had concealed the Primal Mind Gem’s rank, and Ultron revealed its radiance across the Multiverse.
• Ancient Gods and other powerhouses sensed the Primal Mind Gem and began rushing toward it; Uatu and the Shadow Emperor recognized Huang Yun’s presence and anticipated the newcomers’ defeat.
• Huang Yun sensed the approaching powerhouses as he and Ultron stood amid the destroyed space, and Ultron challenged his ability to face them all.
• Huang Yun summoned the Emperor Armor, prompting some Ancient Gods and powerhouses to withdraw while others still pursued the Primal Mind Gem.

Huang Yun captured Ultron and crushed most of the Ancient Gods who tried to confront him, while the Multiversal Celestial Group set out to destroy the consciousness connected to the Primal Mind Gem. The chapter ended with Mephisto spotting the Celestial Group arriving despite its peace treaty with the Bright Realm.

• Huang Yun trapped Ultron in a small world and took the Primal Mind Gem, while Ultron offered to reveal secrets to save himself.
• The Multiversal Celestial Group learned that the Primal Mind Gem had appeared and ordered its members to destroy the consciousness of the former First Colored God connected to it.
• Huang Yun warned the watching beings to leave, then used Five Elements Must Kill to kill most of the nearby Ancient Gods and badly injure the few survivors.
• Mephisto mocked the Ancient Gods and prepared to leave after deciding they had been foolish to challenge Huang Yun.
• Mephisto noticed the Multiversal Celestial Group arriving and wondered why it had come despite its peace treaty with the Bright Realm.

Huang Yun traded Ultron to the Multiversal Celestial Group for a year’s use of the Primal Time Stone, then analyzed the Primal Mind Gem and met Nemesis, Goddess of Vengeance. Nemesis confirmed that Huang Yun had killed a First Colored God, whose consciousness had been hidden within Ultron.

• Huang Yun inferred that the Multiversal Celestial Group wanted Ultron’s consciousness and agreed to hand him over in exchange for the Primal Time Stone for one Earth year.
• The Multiversal Celestial Group delivered the Primal Time Stone, extracted Ultron’s consciousness, and Huang Yun took the Primal Mind Gem.
• Huang Yun returned to the Bright Realm and began analyzing the Primal Mind Gem’s foundational rules.
• Huang Yun met Nemesis, Goddess of Vengeance, who asked whether he had killed a First Colored God.
• Nemesis’s question confirmed Huang Yun’s suspicion that Ultron’s consciousness had belonged to a First Colored God and held memories of the gods’ betrayal and secret plans.

Huang Yun finished analyzing the Primal Mind Gem and discovered that it had awakened the Emperor Dragon of Light’s mind, bringing its birth within three years. As Huang Yun considered his lost memories and the Primal Soul Gem, the Illuminati continued searching for Thanos, though they believed the Infinity Gems on Earth would keep him from causing trouble.

• Huang Yun learned from Nemesis that the First Colored God was the one whose head Nar had cut off, and he reflected on Nar’s connection to Black Winter and the destruction of the Sixth Omniverse.
• After analyzing the Primal Mind Gem and Primal Time Stone, Huang Yun sensed the Emperor Dragon of Light’s spiritual fluctuation and realized its mind had awakened.
• Huang Yun estimated that the Emperor Dragon of Light would emerge within three years, while the Five Elements Armor and Three Wonders Armor still needed stronger soul rules to gain consciousness.
• Huang Yun recalled fragments suggesting he was a reincarnated consciousness working toward transcendence and that the Imperial Main Body and Shadow Emperor might have cooperated; he hoped the Primal Soul Gem would restore his memories.
• The Illuminati met on Earth and reported that they still could not find Thanos; Captain Marvel, Tony, and Star-Lord discussed his escape and the Infinity Gems being on Earth.

After Thanos was defeated, the Guardians of the Galaxy left Earth with the Infinity Gems in the Illuminati’s care and went searching for Thanos. Huang Yun refused Professor X’s request to protect the Mutants unless they could resolve the Sentinel crisis themselves, and he arrived to observe their doomed timeline as it approached another reboot.

• Tony and Captain America said goodbye to Star-Lord and the Guardians, who left the Infinity Gems on Earth and set out to track Thanos.
• Star-Lord planned to deal with Thanos and his biological father, Ego, while Earth recovered and the Illuminati gained influence among small nations.
• Professor X called Huang Yun to ask whether his offer of protection still stood, and Huang Yun said the Mutants had to prove their worth by resolving the Sentinel crisis.
• Professor X told Erik that Huang Yun had refused to help, and he watched as Sentinel Robots hunted the few surviving Mutants and humans carrying the Mutant X-Gene.
• Huang Yun (Li Zhaohao) arrived in the Mutant universe and observed its timeline, which appeared to be heading toward another reboot.

Huang Yun considered merging the Mutants’ reset timeline with his universe, while Logan’s consciousness traveled into the past to change the Mutants’ future. Elsewhere, five Ancient Gods plotted to rebuild their power after Ragnarok failed, and one went to seek Mephisto’s help.

• Huang Yun decided he might let the Mutants’ timeline merge with his universe if they reset it.
• Logan’s consciousness was sent into the past, leaving the Mutants’ future in his hands.
• The five Ancient Gods discussed how the Bright Realm had stopped Ragnarok and disrupted their plan to harvest the power of New Gods.
• The Dominator Elder God rejected an alliance with Chthon and Set, fearing they would consume the Real World Dimension.
• The Ancient Gods chose to contact Mephisto, and the Elegant Elder God went to Hell to meet him.
• Mephisto sensed the Elegant Elder God and mocked the shadow-dwelling Ancient Gods for coming out.

Mephisto persuaded Elegant Elder God and the five Ancient Gods of the shadows to form an alliance against Huang Yun and the Bright Realm, then secured the Shadow Emperor’s permission to borrow Ability Beasts. The chapter ended with Supergiant watching over a weakened Thanos after his defeat on Earth.

• Mephisto mocked Elegant Elder God for refusing his earlier offer to join forces, and Elegant Elder God accused him of engineering their conflict with the Bright Realm.
• Mephisto argued that the Bright Realm was too powerful to face alone and proposed resisting Huang Yun’s plans across the multiverse.
• Elegant Elder God agreed, and Mephisto formed an alliance with the five Ancient Gods of the shadows.
• Mephisto visited the Shadow Emperor and received permission to borrow the Dark Dimension’s Ability Beasts.
• Supergiant looked on with concern as the defeated Thanos struggled after losing to the group on Earth despite wielding three Infinity Gems.

Thanos ordered Supergiant and the Black Order to search for the Quarry of Gods, hoping to gain power after his plans for the Infinity Gems failed. On Earth, Tony investigated the Eternals and Skrulls while developing armor powered by all six Gems, leaving the Illuminati to watch for trouble.

• Thanos told Supergiant to have the Black Order search for the entrance to the Quarry of Gods, despite its deadly risks.
• The Guardians of the Galaxy encountered Chitauri forces fleeing rather than fighting, and Star-Lord contacted the Illuminati to warn them about Thanos.
• Tony told Star-Lord they would stay alert, then continued developing a Tull Type 3 Armor powered by all six Infinity Gems.
• Tony reviewed reports about Earth’s dormant gods and the long-lived Eternals, including Sersi and Ikaris.
• Tony examined information about the divided Skrulls and continued work on a device to identify them.

Tony Stark assigned the Illuminati to purge the Skrulls and contact the Eternals, then took Captain America to meet Sersi in New York. At Sersi’s home, Tony confronted her about the Eternals’ purpose on Earth, and she asked how they had found her.

• Tony assigned Hawkeye and Natasha to deal with the Skrulls and ordered them to take over S.H.I.E.L.D.'s assets, while he and Captain America would contact the Eternals.
• Tony and Captain America went to the school where Sersi worked and asked to speak with her.
• Sersi invited Tony and Captain America to her home, where Tony asked what she and her companions were after.
• Sersi asked how they had found her, and Tony said the Illuminati had found her companions too and that modern surveillance made hiding harder.

Sersi told Tony and Captain America that the Eternals had lived on Earth for nearly ten thousand years and had guided humanity, but the two men doubted their motives. Ajak agreed to meet the Illuminati, while Ikaris feared they might interfere with the Emergence and resolved not to let anyone stop it.

• Sersi told Tony and Captain America that ten Eternals had come to Earth to protect life, defeat the Mutates, and help humanity develop.
• Tony and Captain America questioned why the Eternals had stayed out of past invasions, and Sersi contacted Ajak, who agreed to meet them in two days.
• Tony and Captain America left Sersi's home and agreed that the Eternals' story concealed a secret.
• Ajak gathered the Eternals and told them the Illuminati knew about them and had approached Sersi.
• Ikaris offered to accompany Ajak to meet the Illuminati, but Ajak said Sersi would be enough, leaving Ikaris determined to prevent anyone from stopping the Emergence.

Ajak told Tony Stark and Steve Rogers that the Eternals had come to help a Celestial emerge from Earth, destroying the planet, and asked them to stop it. As Tony planned to investigate, Ikaris crashed into Sersi’s home and accused Ajak of betraying the Celestials.

• Ajak met Tony and Steve in New York and revealed that a Celestial’s birth would destroy Earth and its inhabitants.
• Ajak explained that Thanos was an Eternal who had tried to delay the Emergence by wiping out half the universe’s life.
• Ajak asked the Illuminati to use their power and the six Infinity Gems to stop the Emergence, which could happen at any moment.
• Tony agreed to investigate the Celestial beneath Earth, while Ajak wondered why it had not emerged despite meeting the conditions.
• Ikaris crashed through the roof of Sersi’s house and accused Ajak of betraying the Celestials.

Tony and Captain America defeated Ikaris after he attacked Ajak for opposing the Emergence, but they returned to find Ajak dead. Sersi gave them an Earth-element Elemental Crystal and warned them that the Heavenly Gods had created the Infinity Gems and the universe, leaving them more alarmed about the threat ahead.

• Ikaris attacked Ajak with his laser vision, and Tony and Captain America dragged him away from the city to fight.
• Tony and Captain America teamed up to overpower Ikaris, who insisted that the Emergence was inevitable and the Heavenly Gods were creators of the universe.
• Tony and Captain America killed Ikaris and returned to Sersi's home, where they found Ajak dead.
• Sersi gave Tony an Elemental Crystal and offered the Illuminati her help in stopping the Emergence.
• Sersi told Tony and Captain America that the Heavenly Gods had created the Infinity Gems and nurtured the universe.

Tony and Captain America sought Strange’s advice about the Celestial gestating inside Earth, but learned that only Earth’s armor might be able to stop it. They returned to the Illuminati with the Earth Element Crystal and news that Bucky was nearly recovered.

• Tony and Captain America brought the Elemental Crystal to the Sanctum Sanctorum and told Strange about the Celestial inside Earth.
• Strange said the Sanctum Sanctorum had no way to stop the Celestial, though the armor embodying Earth's will might appear if Earth were threatened.
• Strange said the Four Elements Armor might summon the armor if all four worked together, and Tony resolved to find the Wind Element Crystal.
• Tony and Captain America returned to the Illuminati and decided to set the Earth Element Crystal aside until they found a suitable Armor Summoner.
• Tony told Captain America that Bucky's final treatment with the Mind Gem was complete and that Bucky should recover within a day or two.

Huang Yun watched the X-Men use Logan and Shadowcat's abilities to reverse their timeline while the Mutants fought the Sentinels. After the new history formed, he kept the survivors' memories and grew interested in the Mutants' genetic potential ahead of the worlds merging.

• Huang Yun appeared at the X-Men's last base in Tibet, where Magneto and Professor X greeted him with respect.
• Huang Yun promised to restore everyone's memories of the dark future if Logan succeeded in reversing history, and agreed to protect them.
• Professor X ordered the Mutants to fight the incoming Sentinels while Logan tried to change the past.
• Huang Yun announced that Logan had succeeded as the river of time swept through the timeline and created a new history.
• Huang Yun examined the changed world, retained the Mutants' memories, and considered whether their X-Gene could become a Law Gene.