Chapter Summaries

Wanda used Chaos Magic to restore Vision, and Robet returned to his universe with the Mind Stone. He snapped the Infinity Gauntlet in space, eliminating the Earth Dimension Consciousness before it could destroy Earth.

• Robet encouraged Wanda to use Chaos Magic on Vision, and she fused the Mind Stone back into his body.
• Vision awoke and agreed to have the Mind Stone removed so Robet could take it back to his universe.
• Princess Shuri removed the Mind Stone and upgraded Vision's Vibranium body with Wakandan technology.
• Robet returned to his universe and snapped the Infinity Gauntlet in space.
• The Earth Dimension Consciousness realized the Infinity Stones were destroying it, but dissipated before it could harm Earth.

Robet destroyed the Earth Dimension Consciousness with the Infinity Stones, then left to return them after sensing a powerful presence behind their influence. Their removal weakened the barrier between universes, and America Chavez arrived in Wakanda, where a Strange from another universe warned that his Wanda planned to seize this universe’s Wanda.

• The Earth Dimension Consciousness dissipated, freeing the Earth Dimension, and Ancient One recovered her memories of how it had stolen the dimension she had acquired.
• Ancient One and Wanda discussed Robet’s use of the Infinity Stones and the danger that their power could attract Dimensional Demon Gods.
• Robet recalled seeing a vast goddess-like figure and sensing an influence behind the Infinity Stones, then left the universe to return them.
• A strange light appeared in Wakanda, and America Chavez arrived before Wanda, Bruce Banner, Princess Shuri, and Vision.
• America warned the group to stay away from Wanda, and a Strange from another universe arrived and explained that his Wanda planned to take over their Wanda’s body.

Strange from another universe arrived in Wakanda with America and warned that his Wanda was hunting them, but Robet freed this universe’s Strange from the outsider’s control. The restored Strange began explaining how Wanda in the other universe created Westview after losing Vision.

• Vision and Bruce Banner questioned the other-universe Strange and America, who said Wanda had pursued them through an unstable portal.
• Robet returned to the laboratory, sensed the dense Dark Power around Strange, and learned that the visitors claimed another Wanda was hunting them.
• Robet knocked Strange’s soul out of the body, ending the outsider’s Astral Projection and allowing this universe’s Strange to regain control.
• This universe’s Strange admitted the outsider had suppressed him and chose to tell the others what had happened in the other universe.
• Strange recounted that the other universe’s Wanda built Westview and lived there with a created Vision and their children until S.W.O.R.D. and Agatha Harkness discovered it.

Strange explained how the Scarlet Witch from another universe slaughtered the Illuminati while pursuing America Chavez, then her consciousness possessed this universe’s Wanda and threatened to take America. Robet expelled the Scarlet Witch and took America to another universe, leaving Vision with the Infinity Gauntlet and Wanda safe.

• Strange recounted how the Scarlet Witch possessed Universe 838’s Wanda and killed the Illuminati while hunting him and America Chavez.
• Bruce Banner, Vision, Princess Shuri, and Robet discussed the threat and whether America could leave their universe.
• The Scarlet Witch possessed Wanda and declared that she would take America Chavez, killing anyone who tried to stop her.
• Robet struck Wanda’s soul free of the Scarlet Witch’s possession, and Wanda woke unharmed.
• Robet gave the Infinity Gauntlet to Vision and left the laboratory with America Chavez, promising to help her escape the Scarlet Witch.
• America told Robet that she had not returned to her home universe or seen her family since her ability first awakened.

Robet brought America Chavez to Kamar-Taj and asked Wanda to help against the Scarlet Witch pursuing her. Wanda revealed that she came from another universe and explained the threats posed by Dimensional Demon Gods, while the other Wanda’s arrival remained uncertain.

• Robet comforted America Chavez and brought her to Kamar-Taj, where he asked Wanda to help stop the Scarlet Witch from another universe.
• Robet deduced that Wanda was not native to this universe and had long possessed the ability to alter reality; Wanda confirmed this and explained that she had prevented another Wanda from being born there.
• Wanda explained that she had come to the strongest universe in the multiverse and described mutants, the X-Gene, and the different versions of Pietro and Lorna across universes.
• Wanda revealed that the Ancient One used the Darkhold to steal power from a true Dimensional Demon God, and warned that disturbances to universal rules could attract such beings.
• Robet asked whether the other Wanda could break through the universe’s barriers, and Wanda said it was unlikely unless she gained greater authority by gathering Darkholds from multiple universes.

Robet, Wanda, Ancient One, and America Chavez discussed the danger of powerful beings gaining strength by killing their counterparts across universes. When the Scarlet Witch pursuing America arrived, Wanda pulled her into the universe and fought her, leaving Scarlet Witch at a disadvantage.

• Wanda confirmed that beings who understood rules could gain power by killing their counterparts in other universes, though few would take the risk.
• Robet brought America Chavez to Avengers Base to rest and discussed a weaker Mephisto and a possible trip to another universe's Hell Dimension with Ancient One.
• Wanda sensed the pursuing Scarlet Witch and stopped her from entering Wanda's body, then challenged her over her plan to take another Wanda's children.
• Wanda forcibly pulled Scarlet Witch into the universe and attacked her with Chaos Magic.
• Scarlet Witch fought back, but she quickly fell behind Wanda as Robet, Ancient One, and America watched.

Wanda defeated Scarlet Witch, helped America Chavez return to her home universe, and took Scarlet Witch through a rift to another universe. After Robet and Ancient One left to investigate Mephisto, Hela planned to build an undead army from her former followers and expand her power in the Hell Dimension.

• Wanda subdued Scarlet Witch and used America Chavez’s ability to locate both the universe she had visited and the one she came from.
• America Chavez thanked Robet and the others, then returned home through a universal rift opened by Wanda.
• Wanda carried Scarlet Witch into another universe and closed the rift before Robet and Ancient One could observe what happened.
• Robet and Ancient One left to investigate Mephisto, while Clark wondered why Robet kept traveling between universes.
• Dimensional powerhouses watched Earth but held back because Clark remained there, while Knull stayed on Earth with Gorr.
• Hela planned to return to Asgard, distract Thor, Loki, and Heimdall, and secretly take her former followers’ remains to raise an undead army for her Hell Dimension conquests.

After returning to Asgard, Thor entered seclusion while Loki took charge of strengthening the army and scouting for talented civilians. Hela infiltrated Asgard in crow form and entered Odin Vault, alerting Heimdall, Thor, and Loki as she began her move.

• Thor returned to Asgard and entered seclusion, determined to grow stronger after encountering Gorr and Knull.
• Loki consulted the Warriors Four about the army, learned that recruitment was limited by Asgard’s small population, and planned to seek talented civilians and elevate more Asgardians into gods.
• Loki and the Warriors Four left the palace to inspect the civilian district, while Heimdall watched for promising candidates.
• Hela entered Asgard through a hidden spatial weak point and flew toward the palace disguised as a crow.
• Hela opened Odin Vault, and Heimdall spotted a raven entering it and alerted Thor and Loki.
• Thor broke from seclusion after hearing that someone had entered Odin Vault and wondered what its contents could attract.

Hela broke into the Odin Vault to take the Eternal Flame and resurrect her forces, then used Surtur’s skull to begin bringing the Fire Giant back to life. Thor and Loki tried to stop Surtur’s birth while Heimdall evacuated Asgard, leaving Hela’s avatar to fight Thor.

• Heimdall warned Thor that Hela had entered the Odin Vault, where she seized the Eternal Flame and resurrected Fenrir and an Undead Legion.
• Hela sent Fenrir and the Undead Legion through a Hell Gate to the Hell Dimension, then returned to the vault and threw Surtur’s skull into the Eternal Flame.
• Thor struck the vessel holding the Eternal Flame, but Surtur’s skull remained with the fire as Surtur began to take form.
• Loki recognized that Hela was an avatar and urged Thor to evacuate Asgard’s people, then used his frost power to delay Surtur’s birth.
• Hela attacked Loki with Swords of Death, forcing Thor to stay and fight while Heimdall and the others left to evacuate Asgard.

Thor fought Hela while Loki struggled to suppress Surtur, whose power grew as he absorbed the Eternal Flame. Loki and Heimdall evacuated the Asgardians and Dwarves to Nidavellir, leaving Thor alone to face Surtur as the giant overwhelmed him and threatened Asgard.

• Sif, Fandral, and the others organized the evacuation while Thor fought Hela and Loki strained to hold Surtur back with frost.
• Heimdall told Thor that everyone had crossed the Bifrost, and Thor sent Loki away with Mjolnir as Loki's frost suppression failed.
• Thor struck Surtur with Gungnir, but the attack only intensified the giant's flames and helped him grow to more than three hundred meters tall.
• Hela tried to stop the evacuation, but Loki froze her with a decoy and Heimdall transported the Asgardians and Dwarves to Nidavellir.
• Hela withdrew her avatar through a Hell Gate, while Thor's weapons proved ineffective against Surtur and Mjolnir shattered again.
• Thor crashed into the palace's burning ruins and continued fighting, seeking a way to remove the Eternal Flame from Surtur.

Thor abandoned his attempt to save Asgard’s Divine Realm and went to Nidavellir to protect his people from Hela. Surtur destroyed the Divine Realm, but Thor joined the fight against Hela as the surviving Asgardians faced the task of rebuilding their home.

• On Nidavellir, Eitri prepared to ignite the neutron star and forge an All-Father weapon for Thor, but Hela arrived through a Hell Gate.
• Hela attacked the Asgardians, and Loki protected the civilians with white mist and Ice Wall Fortresses before calling Thor for help.
• Thor left Asgard through the Bifrost, but Surtur thrust his Giant Flame Sword into the ground and destroyed the Divine Realm.
• Hela smashed Loki’s defenses and prepared to kill him, but Thor emerged from the Bifrost and struck at her with Mjolnir’s Thunder Domain and Gungnir.
• Hela asked whether Asgard had been destroyed, and Thor declared that Asgard still existed as long as its people survived.

Thor sent the Asgardian civilians and dwarves to Earth for refuge while Hela attacked them and Surtur pursued Thor. Thor lured Surtur into fighting Hela, then escaped, leaving Surtur to continue toward Earth.

• Hela attacked the Asgardian civilians, but Thor shielded them while Loki and Heimdall arranged their evacuation to Earth.
• Heimdall discovered that Surtur was flying toward Nidavellir and warned Thor, while Reed Richards agreed to shelter the refugees at Avengers Base.
• Thor used Gungnir to send the Asgardians and dwarves through the Bifrost to Earth, and Hela hesitated to follow because Earth was dangerous.
• Thor flew out to meet Surtur, then concealed Surtur inside a thunderstorm and escaped with the Bifrost, leaving Hela alone with him.
• Surtur trapped Hela and struck her with his Giant Flame Sword, but she fled through a Hell Gate as Surtur continued toward Earth.

Thor brought the Asgardians to Avengers Base after Surtur destroyed the Asgardian Spirit Realm, and the heroes prepared to intercept the Fire Giant outside the Solar System. During the battle, Johnny Storm discovered the Eternal Flame within Surtur’s fire and tried to absorb it.

• Thor explained that Surtur was at least peak Skyfather level and nearly indestructible because of the Eternal Flame, while Johnny Storm eagerly questioned him about the fire.
• Steve led Johnny Storm, Sentry, and Thor to confront Surtur in space, while Tony Stark stayed behind to help the Asgardians settle on an island in Northern Europe.
• Thor used the Bifrost to strike Surtur as the team arrived, and Johnny Storm attacked him with Explosive Flames.
• Johnny Storm endured Surtur’s fiery domain and detected the Eternal Flame’s vitality-rich component mixed into Surtur’s ordinary fire.
• Surtur unleashed pure Eternal Flame in anger at Johnny Storm’s taunts, and Johnny charged toward it to try absorbing its power.

Johnny Storm destabilized after absorbing part of Surtur’s Eternal Flame, while the Sentry fought Surtur and discovered that the Fire Giant could repeatedly rebuild himself. In another universe, Robet and the Ancient One killed Mephisto and claimed his Hell Dimension fragment before returning, where Robet assessed Johnny and the ongoing battle.

• Johnny Storm swallowed part of the Eternal Flame, lost control of his elementalized body, and was rescued from Surtur’s flame domain by the Sentry.
• Steve protected Johnny while Thor concluded that Johnny might endure the small amount of Eternal Flame; the Sentry then attacked Surtur and repeatedly blew apart his body, but Surtur kept reconstructing himself.
• Robet and the Ancient One severed Mephisto from his Hell Dimension fragment and killed him, after which the Ancient One became lord of the fragment and learned she could sense events in that universe.
• Robet and the Ancient One returned to their universe, where Robet found the Sentry fighting Surtur and checked Johnny’s condition.
• Robet told Steve that Johnny was not in serious danger because his Explosive Flames still outweighed the Eternal Flame, then observed that the Sentry’s limited methods made defeating Surtur difficult.

Robet extracted the Eternal Flame from Surtur, who was then destroyed by the Sentry, and brought it to Earth to help Johnny Storm recover. Thor decided to forge a new All-Father weapon with Eitri, while the Dwarf Race returned to Nidavellir.

• Robet pulled the entire Eternal Flame from Surtur, and the Sentry struck Surtur apart, leaving him unable to revive.
• Robet brought the Eternal Flame to Earth and placed it beside Johnny Storm, whose own wisp of flame stabilized as Susan Storm asked when he would wake.
• Thor reflected on Asgard's destruction, and Robet suggested that he use Stormbreaker as a model for a new All-Father weapon.
• Thor went to Eitri to begin forging his weapon, and Eitri asked to take the Dwarf Race back to Nidavellir.
• Thor agreed, and the Nidavellir forge lit as Eitri and the dwarves began making a weapon that belonged solely to Thor.

Wanda brought the defeated Scarlet Witch to a universe where the Crimson Witch lived with Billy and Tommy, forcing her to confront the harm she had caused and accept that her own sons could not be recovered. The Crimson Witch offered the Scarlet Witch a place in her family, and Wanda prepared to leave the two witches to their new arrangement.

• The Crimson Witch recognized the Scarlet Witch and shielded Billy and Tommy, who hid from the frightening-looking woman.
• Wanda explained that the Crimson Witch and Scarlet Witch had pursued their desires at the expense of others, while Billy and Tommy's rejection helped the Scarlet Witch confront her loss.
• The Scarlet Witch awoke from Wanda's Chaos Magic and realized she had no way to return to her universe.
• The Crimson Witch invited the Scarlet Witch to stay, and Wanda warned her about the Scarlet Witch's past actions.
• The Scarlet Witch agreed to return in a different appearance and promised to act as the children's aunt and help protect them.

Wanda explored the differences in cosmic rules in another universe, but the time disparity left Ancient One transformed into a Hell Dimension Lord. Ancient One freed the Eight Demon Sorcerers and claimed them as her subordinates, only to face an angry entity accusing her of giving its energy to another dimension.

• Wanda left the two Scarlet Witches and studied the different rules of the cosmos, unaware that much more time was passing in her original universe.
• Ancient One became a Hell Dimension Lord, and the Hell Dimension expanded as it formed Pangu Hell from Earth Dimension and Hell Dimension rules.
• Hell Dimension Lords concluded that the Hell Dimension Consciousness had abandoned its plan to invade Earth, and the Eight Demon Sorcerers escaped Pangu Hell.
• Ancient One appeared before the Eight Demon Sorcerers and declared them her subordinates, while the other Hell Dimension Lords warned her to keep Robet away.
• An eye appeared at the highest point of Inter-dimensional Space and accused Ancient One of giving its energy to another dimension.

Snake God Set descended into Inter-dimensional Space and threatened to shatter the Hell Dimension, prompting its lords to unite against him. Set overwhelmed their assault, while the Eight Demon Sorcerers wondered whether they could escape to Earth.

• The Ancient One realized that giving Snake God Set’s power to the Hell Dimension had made her a Hell Dimension Lord and cleared her debt, but it had also attracted Set’s attention.
• Snake God Set declared that the Hell Dimension should not exist in its unified, powerful state, and the Hell Dimension Lords rallied to defend it.
• The Ancient One decided she had to protect the Hell Dimension because its destruction would ruin her investment and leave her vulnerable to Set.
• Snake God Set released his pressure across Inter-dimensional Space, and the Hell Dimension Lords charged him after recognizing the Hell Dimension’s support.
• Set attacked all the Hell Dimension Lords at once and blew apart many of them, but they revived in the Hell Dimension and continued fighting.
• The Eight Demon Sorcerers feared being caught in the battle, and Tso Lan suggested that they return to Earth.

The Eight Demon Sorcerers abandoned the Hell Dimension’s conflict and returned to Earth to reclaim their former authority. Constantine, Doom, Kamar-Taj, and the Avengers confronted them, and Robet’s arrival left Demon Sorcerer afraid to attack.

• Tso Lan and the other Demon Sorcerers decided to leave the Hell Dimension and return to Earth, despite Demon Sorcerer’s concerns about Robet.
• The Eight Demon Sorcerers entered Earth through a gap, prompting Constantine and Doom to respond from Kamar-Taj.
• Tso Lan attacked Constantine and Doom, but they defended themselves as Hsi Wu and Xiao Feng joined the assault.
• Kamar-Taj Students, the Avengers, the Warriors Four of Asgard, and Loki arrived through Portals to reinforce Constantine and Doom.
• Robet appeared and asked the Eight Demon Sorcerers about the battle in the Inter-dimensional Space, while Demon Sorcerer recognized his strength and held back from attacking.

Robet learned that Ancient One had become a Hell Dimension Lord while Snake God Set fought the Hell Dimension Lords, then let the Avengers and their allies battle the Eight Demon Sorcerers. As the demons were defeated, Satan revealed himself as the Hell Dimension’s true ruler, drawing the attention of Robet, Snake God Set, and the gathered powers.

• Tso Su told Robet that Ancient One had offered Snake God Set’s power to the Hell Dimension and that Set had then attacked it.
• Robet saw Ancient One fighting alongside the Hell Dimension Lords and explained that the Eight Demon Sorcerers were opponents for the Avengers to practice against.
• Johnny Storm fought the Fire Demon, surviving its laser attack and chasing it with his Eternal Flame powers, while the other heroes defeated and sealed Hsi Wu and overwhelmed the remaining demons.
• Robet sensed a new presence in the Hell Dimension whose power surpassed Snake God Set and recognized it as Satan, the true ruler of the Hell Dimension.
• Mephisto wondered whether Satan had been hidden all along, while Snake God Set suggested that Satan had joined the fragments of the Hell Dimension together.