Chapter Summaries

Robet and the Avengers discovered that the Official Agencies’ Doomsday forces had turned on one another after infiltrators betrayed their handlers, while Kryptonian Mechanical Warriors defended the agencies’ headquarters. The Avengers continued fighting the remaining Doomsdays as Victor Stone uncovered the infighting, and the besieged agencies threatened to use nuclear weapons.

• Robet learned that most Doomsdays were heading for Vought International and noticed groups of them suddenly fighting each other.
• The Official Agencies realized infiltrators had seized control of some Doomsdays, but they could not coordinate to identify the traitors without exposing their own forces.
• Robet asked Jarvis to investigate the agencies’ conflict, and Clark freed Victor Stone to trace the fighting through the online world.
• Victor Stone shared what he learned with the Avengers, while Clark and Sentry held back from killing the Doomsdays so the others could continue training.
• Black Adam kept fighting beside the Avengers as the Official Agencies used Kryptonian Mechanical Warriors and old weapons to defend themselves.
• Some besieged Official Agencies threatened to use nuclear weapons if the attacks did not stop.

Official Agencies under attack launched nuclear strikes as rival factions took cover and relied on the Avengers to intervene. Vought International fell, The Seven were captured and secured, and the chapter ended as the nuclear strikes began.

• Official Agencies debated whether to risk facing nuclear strikes or hide in their bases and trust the Avengers to respond.
• After the attackers received no reply, multiple Official Agencies launched nuclear strikes against their enemies.
• Vought International was breached by the Doomsday Legion, and its leadership forced The Seven to attack the invaders.
• The Doomsday Legion defeated The Seven without killing them, and the attacking Official Agencies imprisoned them under guard.
• The Official Agencies finished transferring The Seven to a safe house just as the nuclear strikes began.

After Official Agencies launched a global nuclear strike, Clark, Sentry, and Robet rushed to intercept the bombs while the Avengers debated their role in governing humanity. The chapter left Tony proposing that the Avengers dismantle nuclear facilities after identifying which ones remained in use.

• Clark told the Avengers to handle the nukes while he, Sentry, and Robet departed to stop the strikes.
• Tony asked Jarvis to locate the nuclear strikes and argued that ordinary people could not keep living amid supernatural threats and nuclear weapons.
• Black Adam challenged the Avengers’ reluctance to rule humanity, and Steve explained that strength alone could not govern people without rebellion and casualties.
• Victor explained that nuclear bombs could devastate Earth’s environment and drive civilization toward extinction, even though they could not seriously harm Doomsdays.
• Clark, Sentry, and Robet destroyed nuclear bombs in midair, while Robet suggested eliminating nuclear launch bases.
• Tony proposed destroying nuclear power plants that were no longer in use, and Steve agreed to identify active facilities and notify the agencies responsible.

The Avengers neutralized the nuclear strikes and debated how to handle the Official Agencies that had betrayed them, while also deciding how to deal with Black Adam. Black Adam agreed to remain at the Avengers' base under observation and began learning about the modern world, focusing on the Heliopolis pantheon.

• Martian Manhunter proposed using telepathy to make the Official Agencies incapable of betraying the Avengers, while Steve struggled with the violation of freedom this would entail.
• Robet and Clark dealt with the nuclear bases, and the surviving Official Agencies sent Mecha to approach the Avengers and offer information about the Doomsdays and Kryptonian Mechanical Warriors.
• The Avengers questioned Black Adam about his powers and learned that his son had transferred them to him before dying; this explanation eased some of their suspicion.
• Steve told Black Adam he could stay at the Avengers' base under observation and receive some information, and Black Adam agreed.
• Black Adam learned about the modern era and the Celestials, but focused his attention on Heliopolis, the pantheon from which his powers came.

Black Adam persuaded Frank and Pietro to consider meeting the Egyptian gods who granted their power, hoping to learn whether he could grow stronger. After realizing Black Adam’s words had influenced them, Frank and Pietro left him and decided to contact Moon Knight about visiting Heliopolis.

• Black Adam asked Pietro whether he could contact the gods of Heliopolis, and Frank recalled that Moon Knight served Khonshu.
• Jarvis revealed that Moon Knight was at Khonshu’s ruins in Egypt, and Black Adam asked Frank and Pietro to take him to Heliopolis.
• Black Adam’s questions made Frank and Pietro curious about the gods behind their powers, but Pietro warned Black Adam that he remained under evaluation and led Frank away.
• Pietro cautioned Frank that Black Adam was unruly and suggested they investigate the gods themselves instead of relying on him.
• Frank agreed with Pietro’s plan to contact Moon Knight and visit Heliopolis to learn about the gods’ power.

Frank and the other Shazam Power holders searched for the ancient Gods, but learned that Khonshu and Bast had vanished after Galactus appeared. Robet then brought the group to Asgard to ask about the other Major Gods, where Heimdall confronted them at the gateway.

• Frank and the others investigated Khonshu's ruins with Moon Knight but found no clues, so Harry Osborn suggested they visit Wakanda and seek Bast.
• The group arrived in Wakanda's royal palace, where Erik told them Bast had fled with the Wakanda Spirit Realm after witnessing the silver god appear among the stars.
• Moon Knight realized Heliopolis might also have fled from Galactus, and the group returned to report that both divine realms had left the Earth Dimension.
• Robet proposed visiting Asgard to ask about the other Major Gods, and Diana dismissed the idea of seeking out her father.
• Robet used Instant Transmission to bring the Avengers to Asgard, where Heimdall raised the Bifrost Sword and demanded they identify themselves.

Robet and the others asked Heimdall about the gods of the Age of Gods, and he revealed that many had gathered in the Realm of Gods at Omnipotence City. Thor learned that Odin had rejected the pantheon and decided to seek the Realm of Gods, using Gungnir to open a rainbow path toward it.

• Robet asked Heimdall where the gods of the Age of Gods had gone, and Thor arrived as Heimdall recognized Frank and the others as Shazams.
• Heimdall explained that Shazam’s power came from contracts with gods and said surviving gods might be in the Realm of Gods.
• Heimdall revealed that the Realm of Gods was in Omnipotence City on Indigell, where Earth’s pantheons had gathered after leaving Earth.
• Heimdall explained that Odin had refused to share authority with the pantheons and had instead conquered the Nine Realms.
• Thor decided to visit the Realm of Gods, summoned Gungnir, and used its coordinates and the Bifrost’s power to create a rainbow path.

Thor and Robet’s group traveled to Indigell, a hidden city of gods, where they encountered familiar deities and discovered a gathering in its central hall. Robet approached a golden dragon, which he judged to be less genuine than the dragons he knew, as the gathered gods watched in alarm.

• Thor led Robet and the others along the Bifrost to Indigell, where a coachman mistook Gungnir for their vehicle and asked them to leave it behind.
• Diana recognized Zeus’s divine power, prompting Thor to consider founding a new Asgardian divine lineage through descendants.
• Robet and the others discussed which divine realms had joined Indigell, then headed toward a gathering after sensing familiar gods there.
• The group arrived at the central hall, where Bast, Khonshu, Ra, and other gods reacted uneasily to Robet’s presence.
• Robet suddenly appeared beside a golden dragon and said it lacked the essence of a true dragon.

Robet confronted the gods, effortlessly stopped the Jade Emperor’s attack, and forced him to accept the name Samurai God. Zeus then appeared and greeted Diana, while their strained reunion revealed that Robet and his companions had not come to find him.

• Robet dismissed the golden Shenron and challenged the Jade Emperor’s claim to his title, calling him a bootleg.
• The Jade Emperor attacked Robet with a katana, but Robet stopped the blade with one finger and threw him into a distant seat.
• Robet ordered the Jade Emperor to call himself the Samurai God, and the defeated god agreed.
• Zeus appeared before the gathered gods and addressed Diana as his daughter, while the crowd wondered about Robet’s identity.
• Diana told Zeus they had not come to find him and rejected his attempt to speak about her mother.
• Thor questioned Zeus’s strength and wondered whether he had overestimated the Olympian god.

Zeus belittled Thor and Mjolnir while asserting his dominance in Indigell, turning their exchange into a confrontation. Thor challenged Zeus to lift Mjolnir, and Zeus agreed on the condition that Thor offer something in return.

• Thor considered why Zeus’s role as Indigell’s leader differed from Thor’s goal of strengthening Asgard to increase his own power.
• Frank, Pietro, Harry Osborn, Susan Storm, and Clary reported sensing Zeus or the Wind Gods, while Zeus questioned how so many people carried the Shazam Power.
• Thor introduced himself as Asgard’s All-Father, but Zeus mocked his thunder god status and claimed thunder made him Zeus’s subordinate.
• Zeus summoned his Lightning Sword, and Robet told Diana he wanted to see what Zeus was attempting rather than interrupting the confrontation.
• Zeus mocked Mjolnir’s cracked state and praised his own weapon, prompting Thor to challenge him to lift Mjolnir.
• Zeus said he would try lifting Mjolnir if Thor agreed to give him something in return.

Thor fought Zeus in Indigell and appeared to defeat him after Zeus's own Lightning Sword pierced his chest. Zeus then declared Thor the victor and named him the new ruler of Indigell before disappearing, leaving Thor unsure whether Zeus had truly died.

• Zeus mocked Thor's hesitation and challenged him, while the Gods in the hall rejected Thor's claim that Odin had defeated Zeus.
• Zeus attacked Thor with his Lightning Sword, and Thor blocked it with Mjolnir before dodging its renewed pincer attack and countering Zeus.
• Thor's Mjolnir fragments stiffened Zeus, causing the Lightning Sword to pierce Zeus's chest twice.
• Zeus acknowledged Thor's victory, offered him Indigell, and asked Diana to stay and watch over the Gods.
• Zeus shouted farewell and vanished into golden light as the Gods mourned, leaving Thor confused about what had happened.

After Zeus apparently died, the Gods of Indigell pressed Thor to take his place, but Thor refused and challenged Ra’s threats. Robet revealed that Zeus had faked his death and was hiding nearby, while Ra prepared to confront Thor with the Staff of Ra.

• The Gods of Indigell accepted Thor as their new leader and cheered for him, but Thor ordered them to stop.
• Thor refused to lead Indigell, and Ra threatened to make him its enemy if he rejected Zeus’s supposed final wish.
• Diana questioned whether Zeus had really died, and Robet confirmed that Zeus had faked his death and was hiding elsewhere in Indigell.
• Robet sensed that Zeus was hiding with several powerful Gods, while Diana speculated that Zeus might be fleeing a threat.
• Ra threatened Thor and summoned the Staff of Ra, leaving Thor under pressure as Mjolnir seemed outmatched by the All-Father weapon.

Thor fought Ra as Ra tried to force him to take Indigell’s leadership, but an unexpected arrival interrupted them. Gorr entered Indigell with a captive god and began killing gods with his black sword, while Robet and the others recognized the weapon as a threat to divine beings.

• Ra attacked Thor with the Staff of Ra, and Thor used Mjolnir to blunt the beam before the hammer shattered from the impact.
• Ra checked whether Robet would intervene, then prepared to attack Thor again because he wanted Thor to test the dangers of leading Indigell.
• Robet noticed a breach in the sky, and Gorr entered Indigell carrying the God of Flowers and Grass as a hostage.
• Gorr killed a god who challenged him with a black sword that vaporized the victim and consumed his divine power.
• Diana and Moon Knight reported feeling uncomfortable around Gorr’s sword, and Robet deduced that its power specifically threatened gods.
• Gorr declared that all gods deserved to die, and Itzamna argued that Indigell’s gods no longer depended on believers or had any connection to Gorr’s grievances.

Gorr attacked Itzamna with the All-Black the Necrosword and badly injured him, frightening the gods gathered in Indigell. Sun God Ra fled with Moon God Khonshu and the other Gods of Heliopolis, and other gods began escaping as Gorr realized he could not kill them all at once.

• Gorr rejected Itzamna's explanation and declared that all Gods deserved to die before attacking him with the All-Black the Necrosword.
• Itzamna's divine power was overwhelmed, and he was badly injured by Gorr's first strike.
• Robet explained to the Avengers that the sword restrained Gods and that it, rather than Gorr, wielded the full force of each attack.
• Itzamna called on Thor and Sun God Ra for help, but neither intervened as Gorr prepared another strike.
• Sun God Ra transformed into sunlight and escaped with Moon God Khonshu and the other Gods of Heliopolis while Gorr was focused on Itzamna.
• Other gods fled in different directions, leaving Gorr unable to kill them all and causing his plan to fail.

Robet intervened when Gorr attacked the gods of Indigell, effortlessly shattered his sword ki, and took All-Black the Necrosword from him. With Gorr stripped of his power and badly injured, an emerald-spear-wielding god charged him as Gorr refused to give up.

• Gorr rampaged through Indigell’s hall, killing gods with All-Black the Necrosword while Itzamna played dead to survive.
• Robet shattered Gorr’s sword ki and told him that condemning every god for one god’s actions was wrong, but Gorr rejected his reasoning and attacked.
• Robet blocked All-Black the Necrosword with one finger, disarmed Gorr, and explained that Gorr could not control power drawn from the sword.
• Gorr fell hard, then demanded his sword back and charged Robet despite his injuries as the gods considered taking revenge.
• A greenish god rushed at Gorr with the Emerald Spear, and Gorr swung his bare fist at the attacker while insisting he could not die before killing all the gods.

Robet learned how Gorr’s loss of faith in Rapu led him to wield All-Black the Necrosword and hunt gods, but Gorr remained convinced that gods who neglected their believers deserved to die. When Gorr’s power revealed a connection to the sword’s true creator, Robet took him away to investigate.

• Gorr dodged the god’s Emerald Spear after All-Black the Necrosword granted him enough power to survive, then demanded that Robet return the sword.
• Kara asked why Gorr hated gods, and Robet used his ability to draw out Gorr’s memories of his daughter’s death, Rapu’s cruelty, and his first use of All-Black the Necrosword.
• Gorr explained that he had killed Rapu and later hunted gods across the universe, eventually coming to Indigell after learning about its gods from the God of Flowers and Grass.
• Robet argued that Gorr’s daughter’s death and his tribe’s suffering could not be blamed on Rapu, but Gorr insisted that gods who ignored their believers deserved to die.
• Gorr’s power changed the hall to black and white, and Robet recognized that it came from the source behind All-Black the Necrosword before taking Gorr away from Indigell.
• Robet arrived with Gorr on a hollow, desolate planet, where Gorr sensed that his power had grown stronger.

Robet confronted Knull, the creator of the Symbiotes and the power behind Gorr’s All-Black the Necrosword. Knull explained his war against the Celestials, while Robet’s eagerness to fight left Knull underestimating the danger.

• Robet let All-Black the Necrosword fly to Knull, who revealed himself as the God of Symbiotes.
• Knull told Robet and Gorr that he created the Symbiotes and had used All-Black’s wielders, including Gorr, to kill gods and grow stronger.
• Knull explained that he had fought the Celestials after they tried to recruit him, and that he forged All-Black to gain strength and create a race capable of opposing them.
• Robet questioned Knull’s motives and strength, then challenged him by asking whether he was fully awake; Knull dismissed Robet’s fighting spirit with a mocking smile.

Robet overwhelmed Knull and explained that Celestial Seeds could produce new Celestials after civilizations were destroyed. Gorr suspected his ruined homeworld might contain a Seed, while Knull learned that the Celestials had fled to another universe.

• Robet struck Knull twice, using his Super Saiyan transformation and Instant Transmission to bypass Knull's River of Blood and wound him more severely.
• Knull attacked Robet with the revived souls of gods trapped in All-Black the Necrosword, but Robet repeatedly burned them away and crossed the River of Blood to reach Knull.
• Robet told Knull that Celestials had improved and that new Celestial members had been born, contradicting Knull's belief that the race was dwindling.
• Robet explained that Celestial Seeds absorbed a planet's essence and civilization before a new Celestial emerged, usually after the civilization's destruction.
• Gorr realized his homeworld's civilization had been destroyed, and Robet wondered whether it had contained a Seed that could help him locate the Celestials.
• Knull was shocked when Robet said the Celestials had fled the current universe for another one.

Robet took Gorr to his ruined homeworld to investigate reports of a newly born Celestial. He found the Celestial beneath the planet and began awakening it, while Gorr and Knull watched as the world started to break apart.

• Robet took Gorr to his homeworld, and Knull secretly followed them there through a spatial rift.
• Robet sensed a faint Celestial aura beneath the planet, and Gorr said he would accept the planet's destruction if it meant killing the Celestial and avenging his daughter.
• Robet let Gorr take All-Black the Necrosword so he could survive in outer space and observe from a distance.
• Robet fired a precise Ki Blast into the planet, awakening the Celestial buried beneath its surface.
• The planet trembled and began to break apart as the Celestial emerged, and Knull and Gorr recognized it as one of the Celestials.

Robet confronted a newly revived Celestial after Knull attacked it, then revealed that he intended to hunt down the remaining Celestials. The Celestial offered to contact the main force, and Robet urged it to go to them, setting up a chance to pursue them directly.

• Gorr and Knull condemned the Celestials for sacrificing countless lives to revive one of their kind, and Knull struck the newborn Celestial, shattering the planet around it.
• The Celestial recognized Knull and warned him that the Celestials controlled the Cosmic Void, making Knull consider fleeing.
• Robet appeared and told the Celestial he planned to find and eliminate the remaining Celestials, convincing it that he had discovered its hiding place.
• The Celestial tried to justify the Celestials' actions and offered to arrange a conversation with their main force, but Robet dismissed its excuses.
• Robet invited the Celestial to contact the main force or travel to them, hoping it would lead him to the Celestials who had left the universe.