Chapter Summaries

Robet forced a newly revived Celestial to explain how the Celestials communicated and learned that they could create new Celestial descendants as well as revive the dead. When the Celestial tried to escape, Robet followed as he opened a passage beyond the universe.

• Robet ordered the revived Celestial to contact the Celestials who had left the universe, but the Celestial could not reach Arishem the Judge, Exitar, or the others.
• Robet confronted the Celestial for hiding the Celestials still in the universe and threatened him with a Ki Blast until he agreed to contact Earth Dimension Consciousness.
• The Celestial explained that Celestials communicated through a unique ability and revealed that Celestial Seeds could come from both dead Celestials and specially created descendants.
• Earth Dimension Consciousness confirmed that it also could not reach Arishem the Judge's group, warned the remaining Celestials to hide, and told the revived Celestial to escape Robet if he could.
• The Celestial vanished into the Cosmic Void, then opened a spatial passage toward the other universe; Robet and Knull pursued him, and Robet locked onto his aura with Instant Transmission.

After Robet pursued the Celestials beyond the universe, Knull returned to Indigell with Gorr and told Kara and the others what had happened. Knull asked to accompany them to Earth to hunt its hidden Celestial, while the frightened Gods fled Indigell again.

• Knull decided to seek out other Celestials and opened a spatial rift to bring Gorr to Indigell.
• Kara and the others learned from Knull that Robet had left the current universe to pursue the Celestials.
• Diana proposed returning to Earth, and Knull asked to travel with them to search for the Celestial there.
• Knull identified himself as the God of Symbiotes, admitted he created All-Black the Necrosword, and explained his hatred of the Celestials.
• Diana forbade All-Black the Necrosword from going to Earth, so Knull told Gorr to act on his own.
• The Gods of Indigell fled after Knull spoke of hunting them, while Knull waited to travel to Earth with Kara and the others.

Thor brought Knull and the others to Earth, where Clark defeated Knull and Sentry restrained All-Black the Necrosword. After Gorr explained Robet’s departure beyond the universe, Knull revealed that the Cosmic Entities were avatars of powerful beings, leaving the Avengers to confront the scale of the multiverse.

• Thor used Gungnir to open the Bifrost and took Knull, Gorr, and the others to Earth instead of returning to Asgard.
• Clark transformed into Super Kryptonian and struck Knull into space, while All-Black the Necrosword escaped Gorr before Sentry seized it.
• Gorr recounted how Robet had pursued the Celestials beyond the universe, and Clark returned with a battered Knull.
• Knull told the Avengers that the Five Cosmic Entities were not weaker than Robet and that Cosmic Entities were avatars of powerful beings across the multiverse.
• Clark asked Knull how he knew so much about the Cosmic Entities and the multiverse.

Knull explained the origins of the universe and his plans for the symbiotes, while Clark asked him to secretly search for the Earth Dimension Consciousness. Venom approached All-Black the Necrosword and was immobilized by a safeguard Knull had built into the symbiotes; meanwhile, Lorna told Kara and Diana about the trouble Atlantis faced during Black Adam’s arrival.

• Knull told Silver Surfer, Galacta, and Tony Stark what he knew about Creation Gods and neighboring universes, but admitted he had little information about what lay beyond the universe.
• Clark asked Knull to locate the Earth Dimension Consciousness without revealing his search, and Knull agreed to investigate in secret.
• Venom left Peter Parker and lunged toward All-Black the Necrosword, but the weapon turned him into a paralyzed puddle of sludge.
• Knull explained that he had built safeguards into the symbiotes to prevent them from rebelling and said he had intended them to evolve and wear Celestial armor.
• Lorna told Kara and Diana that an ocean storm had stirred up seabed monsters, forcing Mera to use the Trident of Neptune to calm Atlantis’s crisis.

Robet followed the Executor into a different universe and found him meeting Exitar, who revealed that Thanos had slaughtered most of the Celestials and demanded the coordinates of their home universe. Exitar began explaining how the Celestials resisted Thanos, leaving Robet poised to learn what happened to the survivors.

• Robet followed the Executor through a passage into a new universe, where he sensed Exitar's Ki and tracked the two Celestials to a planet.
• The Executor and Exitar were startled when Robet appeared, and Exitar warned that only the two of them remained among the Celestials in their universes, apart from those still gestating.
• Robet asked why the Celestials had come to this universe and what had happened to their companions, and Exitar described their plan to merge with weaker counterparts and grow stronger.
• After the Celestials replaced their counterparts and began searching for another universe, Thanos used the Space Stone to trap them and demanded their universe's coordinates.
• Thanos killed half the Celestials with his double-bladed sword and Infinity Stones, but the survivors chose to break out rather than reveal their home universe's coordinates.

Robet learned that this universe’s Thanos had nearly wiped out the Celestials and intended to carry his population-elimination plan into other universes. Thanos arrived with all six Infinity Stones, confirmed they could work across universes, and learned that Robet had killed a weaker version of him.

• Exitar told Robet that Thanos had killed nearly all the Celestials, leaving Exitar as the sole survivor, and had gathered all six Infinity Stones.
• Robet rejected Exitar’s plea to leave the Earth Dimension Consciousness alone, viewing it as a threat that had to be eliminated.
• Robet considered using the Infinity Stones to deal with the Earth Dimension Consciousness if the Stones could function across universes.
• Thanos appeared through a Portal wearing the Infinity Gauntlet and carrying a Double-bladed Sword, then deduced that Robet and the Executioner had come from another universe.
• Thanos explained that he planned to carry his population-elimination scheme into other universes, and Exitar confirmed that Infinity Stones could channel the rules of another universe.
• Robet revealed that his universe’s Thanos had never gathered more than two Infinity Stones, and Thanos called that version worthless.

Robet fought Thanos as Thanos used the Infinity Stones to attack and restrain him, but Robet repeatedly overcame his abilities. The chapter ended with Thanos combining attacks on Robet’s consciousness and soul, briefly freezing him.

• Thanos charged Robet with his Double-bladed Sword empowered by the Power Stone, but Robet blocked the strike with one finger.
• Robet kicked Thanos into the planet, and Exitar discovered that Thanos had sealed off the surrounding space.
• Thanos used the Space Stone to restrain Robet, but Robet broke free and punched him into the sky.
• Thanos used the Time Stone to reverse his injuries and then the Reality Stone to disguise himself, but Robet sensed his Ki and struck him.
• Thanos combined an attack on Robet’s consciousness with one on his soul, briefly leaving Robet rigid.

Robet overwhelmed Thanos, who used the six Infinity Stones to trap him and unleash a powerful attack. Thanos escaped by redirecting the attack toward Exitar and the Executor, and Robet let them die, wiping out the Celestials who had come to this universe.

• Robet transformed into a Super Saiyan and resisted Thanos's attacks on his soul and consciousness while continuing to overpower him.
• Thanos used the Infinity Stones to evade Robet and began considering an escape after realizing he could not win.
• Thanos trapped Robet and fired a charged attack powered by all six Infinity Stones, but Robet transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and pushed it back.
• Thanos escaped through a spatial Portal and redirected the six-colored energy and Robet's Ki Blast toward Exitar and the Executor.
• The redirected attack destroyed the planet and killed Exitar and the Executor, while Robet made no attempt to save them.

Robet pursued Thanos to his retreat planet and overcame the Infinity Stones’ attempt to erase him by resisting their rules with his Destruction Rule. He stopped Thanos from destroying the Stones, severed his arm, and took the Infinity Gauntlet and Stones.

• Thanos fled to his peaceful retreat planet, but Robet tracked him down and confronted him.
• Robet explained that the Celestials were his enemies and questioned Thanos about his determination to halve populations across universes.
• Thanos used the Infinity Stones to unleash a rule-based erasure attack, but Robet transformed into Super Saiyan God and fought it with his Destruction Rule.
• Robet gained the upper hand in the clash, leaving Thanos unable to activate the Infinity Stones while the rules collided.
• Thanos tried to snap again to destroy the Infinity Stones, but Robet broke and tore off his left arm before he could act.
• Robet took the Infinity Gauntlet and Infinity Stones and stored them in his personal space.

Robet killed Thanos, then traveled to Earth in another universe and met Bruce Banner. He learned that this universe’s Avengers had been devastated by Thanos and agreed to hear Banner’s story in exchange for the Infinity Gauntlet.

• Robet took the Infinity Gauntlet and Stones from Thanos, then killed him with a punch after allowing him one final attack.
• Robet sensed that this universe lacked many familiar rules and searched Earth for people with Ki.
• Robet appeared in Bruce Banner’s laboratory and discovered that Banner had become a large, green version of himself.
• Robet showed Banner the Infinity Gauntlet and learned that Banner wanted to use the Stones to bring people back.
• Bruce Banner told Robet that Thanos had erased half the universe’s population, then killed the Avengers who confronted him, including Carol and Thor.

Bruce Banner used Robet’s Infinity Gauntlet to reverse Thanos’s destruction, and Robet healed him after the painful snap. Tony Stark then appeared in a call, newly resurrected, while Vision remained the only one who had not returned.

• Bruce Banner explained how Thanos had defeated the Avengers and how he had merged his and Hulk’s consciousness to survive.
• Robet told Bruce Banner that Hulk had been separated from Banner in his universe and described the Green Lantern Ring.
• Bruce Banner put on Robet’s Infinity Gauntlet and endured severe pain as he snapped his fingers to restore the universe’s victims.
• Robet healed Bruce Banner, who said he had glimpsed a powerful goddess connected to the Infinity Stones.
• Tony Stark contacted Bruce Banner after being resurrected and noticed Robet in the laboratory; everyone had returned except Vision.

Bruce Banner explained to Tony Stark that Robet had defeated Thanos and restored the Avengers, while Robet sensed Mephisto investigating the Infinity Stones. Robet crushed Mephisto’s avatar and warned that he would visit Mephisto’s true body before leaving the universe, prompting Mephisto to decide to avoid him.

• Bruce Banner told Tony Stark that Robet came from a stronger universe, defeated Thanos, and used the Infinity Stones to bring everyone back.
• Robet sensed Mephisto on Earth and discussed the Celestials and the absence of an Earth Dimension Consciousness with Bruce Banner.
• Mephisto appeared before Robet and Bruce Banner, and Wong and Strange emerged from a Portal to confront him.
• Mephisto questioned Robet about their familiarity, and Robet said he had repeatedly destroyed Mephisto’s territory and thwarted his schemes in another universe.
• Robet seized Mephisto’s avatar with his Ki, then blasted it into dust and promised to visit Mephisto’s true body.
• Mephisto, back in the Hell Dimension, realized Robet had helped restore the Avengers and decided to keep his distance until Robet left.

Robet confronted Wong and Strange, then joined the Avengers and warned Carol that Skrulls had infiltrated Earth. He revealed that he was Carol’s brother-in-law in his universe and left the Avengers suspecting the Skrulls had returned to Earth long before Carol did.

• Mephisto concealed his Hell Dimension fragment after his clash with Robet’s avatar.
• Wong questioned Robet about his purpose, but Robet knocked him unconscious when he tried to attack.
• Robet explained that his universe’s Avengers and other groups cooperated with Kamar-Taj, then discussed how their universes differed with Strange, Tony, and Banner.
• Thor challenged Robet, who teleported to the Avengers and sent Thor flying with a punch.
• Robet warned Carol about Super Skrulls and revealed he was her brother-in-law in his universe.
• Robet told Carol that Skrulls had secretly invaded Earth, prompting her to suspect they had returned before she did.

Robet exposed Rhodey as a Skrull by having Strange knock his soul from his body, revealing the disguised infiltrator to the Avengers. The Skrull refused to say how many Skrulls had come to Earth, who they had impersonated, or what had happened to the real Rhodey.

• Robet warned the Avengers that Skrull disguises might work differently in their universe and pointed out Rhodey as the suspected infiltrator.
• Tony Stark defended Rhodey and clashed with Steve over whether Strange should test him, reopening their resentment about Bucky Barnes.
• Strange struck Rhodey and knocked his soul from his body, exposing him as a Skrull to those able to see the soul.
• Strange used magic to let the Avengers see the struggling Skrull, and Carol and Steve demanded answers about the invasion.
• Tony Stark asked where the real Rhodey was, but the Skrull refused to reveal his fate or identify the other infiltrators.

The Avengers questioned a captured Skrull and contacted Nick Fury while Robet compared the situation with his universe. The group then discovered Wanda rampaging in a ruined laboratory after agents took Vision apart, and she tearfully told them what had happened.

• Steve asked Carol what she knew about Skrull infiltration, and Robet explained that Nick Fury had died in his universe and that his Avengers had become an officially recognized organization through other connections.
• Tony Stark and Steve decided to contact Nick Fury, and Friday reached him before Strange brought him through a Portal.
• Nick Fury questioned the Skrull about Talos, Priscilla, and Fara, then left through a Portal to pursue a lead while Tony watched his video feed.
• Robet sensed Wanda’s power surging, and Strange opened a Portal to a wrecked laboratory where the Avengers found her in distress.
• Wanda told Steve and Hawkeye that the agents had taken Vision, and Tony saw Vision’s head and mechanical fragments laid out on the experiment tables.

The Avengers found Vision’s dismantled remains at S.W.O.R.D. and confronted acting director Tyler Hayward over the agency’s claim that Vision belonged to it under the Sokovia Accords. Wanda took Vision’s remains and the Avengers left through Strange’s portal, while S.W.O.R.D.’s research remained fruitless.

• Tony Stark and Steve confronted S.W.O.R.D. agents and Tyler Hayward about studying Vision’s remains, but Hayward argued that the Sokovia Accords gave S.W.O.R.D. legal authority over them.
• Steve objected that he had never signed the accords, and Tyler Hayward called him and several other Avengers wanted criminals while claiming Vision had signed the accords himself.
• Wanda’s Chaos Magic flared as she declared she would take Vision, and she gathered his remains while S.W.O.R.D.’s agents refused to intervene.
• Tony Stark declined to follow Hayward’s orders and suggested establishing a department to supervise S.W.O.R.D.; Strange opened a portal, and the Avengers left with Wanda.
• Tyler Hayward berated the agents after the Avengers departed, then learned that researchers had made no meaningful progress understanding Vision’s structure.

Wanda brought Vision’s remains to the Avengers, and Bruce Banner suggested they use Shuri’s saved consciousness data to revive him. As the Avengers prepared to confront the Skrulls and S.W.O.R.D., Strange warned that Robet taking the Infinity Stones could endanger their universe, prompting a debate over whether to stop him.

• Tyler Hayward berated the researchers for failing to replicate Vision and began contacting S.W.O.R.D.’s backers to regain the initiative.
• Wanda collapsed after bringing Vision’s remains to an Avengers base, and Steve comforted her while Bruce proposed recovering Vision through the consciousness data Shuri had saved.
• Tony sent Bruce and Wanda to Wakanda to work on Vision while Steve and the others dealt with the Skrulls and S.W.O.R.D.; they decided to keep the unconscious Skrull prisoner to learn where Rhodey and other captives were.
• After Strange opened a Portal to Wakanda, he realized Robet had disappeared and warned the Avengers that removing their universe’s Infinity Stones could invite disaster or destroy the universe.
• Thor and Carol acknowledged Robet’s tremendous power, while Strange argued that the Avengers should act now to prevent a future cosmic threat rather than wait helplessly.

Strange left to prepare for a possible conflict with Robet, while Thor and the Avengers refused to target him and arranged a home for the revived Asgardians. As the Avengers tried to prepare safeguards against Skrull replacements, Nick Fury reported an ambush, and Carol rushed to rescue him.

• Strange rejected the Avengers’ refusal to help him and returned to Kamar-Taj with the unconscious Wong to prepare to find Robet.
• Thor agreed with the Avengers about avoiding a conflict with Robet, then arranged with Tony Stark to settle the Asgardians on land in Northern Europe.
• Tony Stark and the others questioned whether Nick Fury could be a Skrull and decided to make special wristbands to detect possible replacements.
• Nick Fury called for help while under attack, and Carol flew out to rescue him after revealing that Skrull expose themselves when injured.
• Tony Stark had Friday project footage of Nick Fury driving through attackers as they surrounded his vehicle.

Carol rescued Nick Fury from a Hydra attack, and Fara revealed that a rogue Skrull faction was behind the Secret Invasion. The Avengers began interrogating the attackers while Robet watched Shuri repair Vision in Wakanda and learned that this universe’s Wanda had a brother named Pietro, not Lorna.

• Carol destroyed the attackers surrounding Nick Fury, then flew him and two captured assailants back to Avengers Base.
• Nick Fury introduced his wife Fara, who revealed her Skrull form and explained that Talos did not know about the Secret Invasion.
• Steve questioned how the Avengers could trust Fara, and Nick Fury explained that Skrulls could recognize one another’s disguises and that Fara could help identify suspects.
• The Avengers decided to interrogate the captured attackers and pursue their superiors despite lacking law enforcement authority.
• In Wakanda, Robet watched Princess Shuri repair Vision while Bruce Banner told him about Wanda and Pietro.
• Robet asked about Lorna, and Bruce Banner said Wanda had no family besides Pietro.

Robet gave Princess Shuri the Mind Stone to help revive Vision and warned Wanda and the others about the threat Celestials could pose to Earth. When Shuri’s revival method failed, Robet urged Wanda to use her Chaos Magic to alter reality and bring Vision back.

• Robet explained that Wanda’s Chaos Magic resembled the Reality Stone and gave Princess Shuri the Mind Stone to use in reviving Vision.
• Robet told Wanda, Bruce Banner, and Princess Shuri about the Celestials, including a mutated Celestial fused with Earth in his universe, and warned them that an awakening Celestial could destroy the planet.
• Robet told Wanda that her power might be strong enough to stop a Celestial, and Wanda began examining her Chaos Magic.
• Princess Shuri reported that Vision’s body and data had been restored, but neither her method nor the Mind Stone could awaken him.
• Robet suggested Wanda use her ability to alter reality and help bring Vision back.