Chapter Summaries

Galactus surrounded Earth, terrifying humanity, the gods, and the Avengers as they considered their chances against him. Robet suspected that fighting Galactus might help him reach a new realm, but he held back, and Earth's army was swallowed before it could attack.

• Sentry fled from Galactus but stayed nearby to watch, while people across Earth saw the enormous being and panicked.
• Earth's leaders realized Galactus had surrounded the planet, and Bast the Panther God and the surviving Egyptian Gods tried to escape.
• The Avengers asked Robet if he could defeat Galactus, and Robet admitted he lacked confidence but wondered if fighting him could unlock a new realm.
• Robet urged the Avengers to wait and see whether Earth itself would respond, while human forces sent their Doomsdays and Kryptonian Mechanical Warriors into space.
• Galactus gently inhaled and swallowed the entire army of Doomsdays and Kryptonian Mechanical Warriors.

Galactus overwhelmed Earth's defenses, forcing the Earth Dimension Consciousness to intervene and bargain with him. When it proved unable to stop Galactus alone, it sought help from Robet, who demanded Ancient One and the Time Stone before agreeing to fight.

• Doomsday and the Kryptonian Mechanical Warriors attacked Galactus but were swallowed, leaving Earth’s leaders without contact and humanity in chaos.
• Tony Stark urged Robet to act, but Robet waited for the Earth Dimension Consciousness to defend Earth.
• The Earth Dimension Consciousness blocked Galactus’s first grasp and counterattacked, but Galactus broke through its barriers with little difficulty.
• The Earth Dimension Consciousness asked the Avengers to intervene, and Robet refused unless it released Ancient One to help him confront Galactus.
• The Earth Dimension Consciousness relented, and Ancient One appeared inside Avengers Base with the Eye of Agamotto and the Time Stone.

The Ancient One returned to Avengers Base with her memories of recent events erased, then joined Robet in confronting Galactus. She used three Infinity Stones to trap him temporarily, and Robet began fighting him while she tried to shrink and weaken him.

• The Ancient One appeared at Avengers Base, realized she had lost some memories, and left to face Galactus as he broke through Earth's defenses.
• Robet followed the Ancient One and told the Avengers to stay back while Constantine prepared to send the Infinity Stones.
• The Ancient One used the Time, Space, and Reality Stones to draw Galactus into a special space and temporarily shield Earth from him.
• Galactus dismissed the Infinity Stones as a threat, and the Ancient One's attempt to negotiate failed.
• Robet transformed, struck Galactus's head, and the Ancient One used magic to compress Galactus and weaken his defenses.

Robet and Ancient One fought Galactus inside a spacetime trap powered by three Infinity Stones, but Galactus proved overwhelmingly strong. Ancient One revived herself and Robet through spacetime reversal, while Robet escaped to strike Galactus; as the battle continued, Ancient One lent Robet her evil power to strengthen him.

• Robet battered Galactus while Ancient One tried to affect the cosmic god, but Galactus suddenly killed her and wounded Robet.
• Ancient One reversed the entire spacetime, restoring herself and Robet and revealing that her anchor would reset events as long as Galactus remained trapped.
• Robet used Instant Transmission to escape the spacetime, charged a Kamehameha Wave, and struck Galactus, leaving a small gap in his body.
• Galactus focused his attacks on Robet and shrank to match his size, making it harder for Robet to dodge and attack from multiple angles.
• Ancient One gave up trying to weaken Galactus and infused Robet with her power, which he blended into his own as the fight continued.

Robet used the Power Stone and Ancient One’s help to wound Galactus, but Galactus unleashed his true power and destroyed the Bizarre Spacetime Anchor. Robet survived inside the sun and began developing a divine technique while Ancient One tried to hold Galactus off.

• Robet swallowed the Power Stone and combined its power with his own and Ancient One’s borrowed power to attack Galactus.
• Robet and Galactus repeatedly clashed, with Ancient One dying and the Bizarre Spacetime resetting each time.
• Ancient One struck Galactus and briefly left him vulnerable, allowing Robet to pierce his body with a Ki Blast.
• Enraged by his injury, Galactus released his true power, destroyed the Spacetime Anchor, and left Robet missing while Ancient One protected the three Infinity Stones.
• Robet reappeared beside Clark inside the sun, resolved to study Galactus’s cosmic aura and the Power Stone’s rules to develop a divine technique.
• Galactus confronted Ancient One alone and warned her to protect the Infinity Stones before shattering her unguarded body.

Ancient One’s spacetime loop failed when the Reality Stone dissipated, letting Galactus return to cosmic space and threaten Earth. As Wanda joined the fight and Galactus captured Galacta, a terrifying aura awakened inside the sun.

• Ancient One repeatedly reversed spacetime to hold Galactus back, but the Reality Stone began to dissipate and the Bizarre Spacetime shattered.
• Silver Surfer, Sentry, and people on Earth saw Galactus return, while the Avengers feared Robet had died and discussed evacuating humanity to New Earth.
• Galacta appeared and asked her father, Galactus, to spare Earth, but he captured her and said he intended to devour the planet.
• Galactus struck Ancient One, and Wanda appeared to shield her and prepare to intervene.
• Wanda, Ancient One, Galactus, Galacta, and Silver Surfer sensed a powerful aura rise from the sun and undergo a leap in life level.

Robet emerged from the sun with a new purple form combining Super Saiyan God and Ultra Ego, then took Galactus to Inter-dimensional Space to keep their fight from harming Earth. He began overwhelming Galactus with attacks, and the chapter ended as Galactus finally blocked one of Robet’s kicks and braced for the continuing assault.

• Robet awakened inside the sun in a powerful purple form and returned to confront Galactus.
• The Ancient One asked Galactus to spare Earth, but Robet moved Galactus to Inter-dimensional Space as a safer battlefield.
• Robet struck Galactus hard enough to break through his defenses, while Galacta and Silver Surfer arrived with the Ancient One.
• Galactus dismissed Robet as a false god, but Robet attacked with purple energy that resembled the Power Stone’s rules without being the same power.
• Galactus countered Robet’s Ki Blast with his own purple energy, then blocked Robet’s kick as their close-range battle continued.

Robet and Galactus escalated their battle as both unleashed greater power, but Galactus eventually tried to absorb Robet’s attacks and threatened Earth. Robet revealed a newly mastered power of destruction that erased Galactus’s arm, then charged after him as Galactus refused to keep fighting on Robet’s terms.

• Galactus awakened more of his power, but Robet kept growing stronger and continued to overwhelm him in their close-quarters battle.
• Galactus realized Robet could not be knocked back and traded blows with him, while their entangled powers prevented either from healing quickly.
• Galactus withdrew and used a rule-based ability to absorb Robet’s attacks, then threatened to use it against Earth.
• Robet dodged the absorption effect and used his newly grasped power of destruction to erase Galactus’s arm.
• Galactus recognized Robet’s rule-based power and refused his offer to resume their fight without destruction, so Robet charged at him again.

Robet drove Galactus away from Earth, then questioned him about the universe’s gods and learned how to access the Cosmic Void. He returned to Avengers Base to report that Earth was safe and found Ancient One, Galacta, and Silver Surfer there.

• Galactus fled from Robet, who pursued him until Galactus agreed to leave Earth alone and seek food elsewhere.
• Robet asked Galactus about the cosmic gods, and Galactus named Death, Eternity, Infinity, Oblivion, and himself.
• Galactus explained that the Celestials were created by Eternity and that they lived in Oblivion’s Cosmic Void, then gave Robet the Void’s aura as a way in.
• Robet gave Galactus coordinates for planets he wanted spared, including Earth, New Earth, Oa, and the Nova Empire.
• Galactus left to send Stardust to explore a planet while Robet returned to Avengers Base, where he found Ancient One, Galacta, and Silver Surfer.

Robet questioned Silver Surfer about Earth Dimension Consciousness and learned that Earth might contain a Celestial Seed. He traveled to the Cosmic Void to find the Celestials, but they had escaped to another universe to begin their Variant Rivalry Project.

• Galacta explained that Silver Surfer had only followed Galactus's orders, and Silver Surfer described Earth's unusual independent dimension and its active consciousness.
• Robet asked whether Earth Dimension Consciousness could be a planet-like life-form or a Celestial, and Silver Surfer explained how Celestials hatch from seeds planted inside planets.
• Ancient One warned that Earth likely had a Celestial Seed, prompting the Avengers to consider how the Celestials' intervention in Earth's history might have enabled it to develop.
• Robet told the Avengers he knew where the Celestials were and traveled to the Cosmic Void to investigate, while saying he would deal with Apokolips and Darkseid later.
• Robet found an Exitar-like aura but no Celestials, who had fled to another universe; Exitar and Arishem the Judge discussed starting the Variant Rivalry Project to gain more of Eternity's power.

Robet discovered that the Celestials had fled after Earth Dimension Consciousness warned them, and the Avengers discussed how difficult it would be to confront a being bound to Earth. They decided to investigate Darkseid, but after leaving Savage Island, they sensed powerful new lifeforms appearing across Earth.

• Robet and Silver Surfer traveled to the Cosmic Void and found that the Celestials had disappeared.
• Robet concluded that Earth Dimension Consciousness had alerted the Celestials, and Silver Surfer agreed that it might itself be a mutated Celestial.
• Robet explained the Celestials' actions to the Avengers, who debated their threat and acknowledged that Earth Dimension Consciousness was difficult to attack without endangering humanity.
• Robet suggested using Darkseid to challenge Earth Dimension Consciousness, then proposed that the Avengers first visit Darkseid and the Parademons to test them.
• After the Avengers left Savage Island, Kara sensed powerful monsters, humans with special powers, and aliens appearing across Earth.

Earth Dimension Consciousness awakened the Deviants and Eternals to divert attention from Robet, while manipulating the Eternals into believing they were humanity’s hidden guardians. The Avengers and other heroes defeated the Deviants, as the Eternals prepared to publicly claim the role of Earth’s protectors.

• Earth Dimension Consciousness awakened the Deviants and Eternals, empowered the Deviants, and implanted false memories in the Eternals.
• The Avengers mobilized against the Deviants, and Robet observed the newly arrived Eternals while holding back from eliminating every enemy immediately.
• Tony Stark identified Sentry in the battle footage, and Robet explained that Sentry had returned to Earth and was fighting the Deviants.
• Ikaris bristled when the Eternals praised Sentry, but Ajak ordered them to destroy the Deviants publicly and become humanity’s known guardians.
• The Avengers, Eternals, Kamar-Taj, The Seven, Sentry, Silver Surfer, and others defeated the Deviants across Earth.

Sentry challenged the Eternals over their sudden appearance and claimed history of protecting Earth, while Ajak asked about the Starry Giant that had threatened the planet. The Avengers and Kamar-Taj confronted the Eternals, and a fight began when the Eternals recognized Ancient One’s Time Stone.

• Sentry questioned the Eternals’ origins and rejected Ikaris’s claim that they had secretly protected Earth.
• Ikaris said the Eternals had fallen into slumber while fighting the Deviants, but Ajak stopped him when she heard Sentry mention the Starry Giant.
• Ajak asked whether the Starry Giant had been a godlike armored being larger than Earth, and Ikaris identified it as a Celestial.
• The Avengers and Kamar-Taj arrived and sealed the surrounding space; Tony Stark questioned Ajak, while Robet suspected the Eternals were Celestials monitoring Earth.
• Ancient One revealed the Time Stone, prompting Makkari to rush at her and Pietro to intercept; Ajak ordered the Eternals to attack and seize the Stone.

The Avengers fought the Eternals while the Ancient One and Robet prepared to uncover the Earth Dimension Consciousness. The Ancient One used the Time Stone to reveal the Eternals’ past, hoping to find traces of the hidden entity.

• Susan Storm and the other hammer-wielders blocked Phastos, while Sentry overwhelmed Ikaris and demanded to know the Eternals’ true origin.
• Bruce Banner challenged Gilgamesh, was knocked away, then used the Green Lantern Ring to continue their fight.
• The Avengers held off the other Eternals, with Steve and Thena trading weapons and Lorna and Sersi’s powers canceling each other out.
• The Ancient One fought Ajak while giving Robet time to locate the Earth Dimension Consciousness.
• The Ancient One cast time magic over the Eternals and began revealing their past to search for signs of the Earth Dimension Consciousness.

Robet and Ancient One revealed that the Eternals’ memories were fabricated and their lives on Earth had been a long sleep. Ajak contacted Arishem the Judge, who appeared as a projection and admitted that the Celestials had left the current universe because Robet’s strength was beyond their ability to handle.

• Ancient One showed the Eternals images of their sleep pods and their origins, shattering their belief that they had lived and protected Earth for millennia.
• Robet asked Ajak to contact the Celestials, and he promised to spare the Eternals because they had not knowingly become his enemies.
• Ajak led the group to the Eternals’ base and used her divine power to summon Arishem the Judge.
• Arishem appeared through the stone wall’s dark void and was startled to see Robet beside Ajak.
• Robet recognized that Arishem had sent only a strand of power and asked whether he had fled; Arishem admitted that the Celestials had left because they could not deal with Robet’s strength.

Robet confronted Arishem the Judge, who revealed that the Celestials had fled to another universe and would eventually return to restore the universe’s predetermined course. After the Eternals departed, Sentry joined Robet and the retired Avengers, and Robet invited him to help deal with Darkseid.

• Arishem the Judge told Robet that the Celestials would return, then vanished without revealing which universe they had fled to.
• Robet let Ajak and the Eternals go, exchanged contact information with Ajak, and decided to wait for the Earth Dimension Consciousness to reveal a weakness.
• Ajak and the Eternals left, while Sentry asked to join Robet and the Avengers.
• Robet, Steve, and Tony Stark told Sentry the Avengers had retired but could still offer support, and Sentry eagerly accepted.
• Robet invited Sentry to help the group deal with Darkseid.

The Avengers learned that Darkseid commanded an enormous Parademon force in the Cosmic Void, while Tomar-Re revealed that Howard and Maria Stark might still be alive. Robet rescued Tony Stark’s parents from a strange time-shifted space, and the Avengers then marched into the Cosmic Void to confront Darkseid’s forces.

• Robet told the Avengers that vast numbers of Parademons were fighting in the Cosmic Void, and Hal summoned the Green Lantern Corps to help.
• Tomar-Re told Tony Stark that Howard and Maria’s spaceship had entered a strange space where time moved more slowly, and Robet offered to retrieve them.
• Robet and Tony traveled with the Green Lantern Corps to Oa, then used Instant Transmission to enter the strange space and locate Howard and Maria aboard their ship.
• Tony reunited with Howard and Maria, and Robet brought them back to Avengers Base, where Tony explained that they had been missing for twenty-six years.
• The Avengers boarded their battleship and Robet took them to the Cosmic Void, where they saw a huge swarm of Parademons advancing on a planet.

The Avengers, Green Lantern Corps, and Kamar-Taj attacked Darkseid’s forces on a planet in the Cosmic Void, drawing Darkseid’s attention. Darkseid ordered his warriors and Parademons to assemble and prepared to fight, while Ancient One left Darkseid to Robet.

• Robet identified powerful warriors among Darkseid’s forces, and Tony Stark asked whether the heroes should split their forces.
• Robet sent the Avengers, Green Lantern Corps, and Kamar-Taj through a Portal to attack the Parademons away from Apokolips.
• The heroes tore through the Parademon army, giving the besieged planet’s inhabitants hope and prompting Desaad to investigate the sudden casualties.
• Desaad showed Darkseid images of the attackers, and Darkseid ordered the Parademons and high-ranking warriors to assemble before announcing that he would fight personally.
• Robet sensed Darkseid’s forces gathering, and Ancient One declined to fight Darkseid, leaving him to Robet.

Darkseid sent Granny Goodness and the Female Furies to test the Avengers, and their arrival sparked a fierce battle led by Diana and Kara. As the Female Furies began to lose ground, Darkseid ordered more Parademon warriors into the fight while continuing to search for the source of his unease.

• Darkseid ordered Granny Goodness to take the Female Furies and elite Parademons to the front line.
• The Female Furies emerged through a portal, and seven female Avengers flew out to meet them.
• Diana wounded Lashina with the God Killer Sword and forced her onto the defensive.
• Kara gained the upper hand against Big Barda, while the other female Avengers fought the remaining Female Furies and the elite Parademons.
• Desaad asked Darkseid whether he should support the Female Furies, and Darkseid ordered Parademon warriors to test the Avengers before Desaad joined the battle.

Darkseid sent a force of powerful modified Parademon warriors into battle, including controlled Martian and Kryptonian fighters, while the Avengers struggled to contain them. The Avengers eventually wiped out the warriors, but Darkseid still held back, leaving his purpose and the strength of Apokolips's remaining forces unknown.

• Darkseid sent a new group of Parademon warriors through a Portal, and Kara and Martian Manhunter recognized members of their own races among them.
• Martian Manhunter and the Martian Parademon clashed psychically, creating a field that knocked nearby Parademons unconscious until Desaad ordered the army to stop attacking him.
• Kara killed Big Barda, then charged the Kryptonian Parademon as Steve and the other Avengers joined the fight against the incoming warriors.
• Ancient One and Robet discussed Apokolips's modification technology and wondered whether Darkseid was seeking the Celestial Seed on Earth.
• Sentry unleashed his power against the Parademon warriors, and the Avengers worked with him to defeat them all.