Chapter Summaries

After learning that the Warp and Nurgle were real, Tony believed he had escaped corruption and credited Kind Father with his newfound abilities. He decided that spreading worship of Kind Father was the only way to save the world.

• JARVIS told Tony that the realm he had contacted was the Warp and that Kind Father was Nurgle, shocking Tony with the news that Warhammer's gods were real.
• Tony examined himself, found no visible signs of corruption, and concluded that Nurgle's blessing had helped him understand and improve the Sacred Blessing Serum.
• Tony reassured Pepper that he was unharmed and offered to make her a custom dose of the serum.
• Tony decided that being a superhero and running a company could not save the world, and told Pepper he would establish a religion so everyone would worship Kind Father.

Pepper realized Tony had been corrupted by Nurgle and planned to escape so she could find a way to save him. Across the realms, Odin remained unconscious, Loki’s plans stalled, and Thor learned that supernatural powers were appearing on Earth and resolved to regain his strength and return to Asgard.

• Pepper heard Tony praise the Kind Father and recognized that his mind had been twisted, though he insisted he was fine.
• Pepper hid her fear from Tony and decided to survive until she could find a way to save him.
• In Asgard, Odin remained unconscious and weakened after warning everyone not to approach or study the Warp, while a dangerous force stirred within the realm.
• Loki lamented that Odin’s injury, Asgard’s lockdown, and the disappearance of the Destroyer armor had ruined his plans against Thor.
• On Earth, Thor watched videos of Midgardians using fictional powers and worried that their arrival could threaten Asgard.
• Thor decided to recover his strength and return to Asgard to warn Odin about what was happening on Midgard.

Thor failed to regain his strength and turned to imagined powers such as cultivation, spinning-top spirits, card magic, and Magnetic Rotation. He remained convinced that his past actions against the Frost Giants were right and ended by vowing to prove Odin wrong.

• Thor tried to lift his hammer and call back his power, but nothing happened.
• Thor blamed Odin and continued to believe he had done nothing wrong, while fantasy stories made him crave powers beyond Asgardian strength.
• Thor attempted to cultivate spiritual energy but sensed nothing, then speculated that Midgard’s upheaval might let him gain extraordinary abilities.
• Thor battled S.H.I.E.L.D. agents with a spinning top and played cards, hoping either would awaken supernatural power.
• Thor began another cultivation session in S.H.I.E.L.D.’s electric chair and declared that he would gain Magnetic Rotation and grind the Frost Giants’ bones to dust.

Thor gained chakra through a custom Sacred Blessing Serum and briefly used his divine power to imitate an Electric Current Drive, while Asgard’s unrest prompted Sif and the other warriors to travel to Midgard and bring him home.

• Thor struggled to control the electric current and draw out his sealed divine power, but managed only half a strand.
• Thor injected custom-made Sacred Blessing Serum, gained chakra, and created a Shadow Clone before using Chidori.
• Thor used a strand of divine power to imitate an Electric Current Drive, but the effect ended when his power ran out.
• As Odin remained asleep and Asgard grew unsettled, Sif and the other warriors asked Heimdall to send them to Midgard to retrieve Thor.

Heimdall misunderstood Thor’s obsession with Earth’s entertainment and workouts as a sign that he had given up on himself. Thor continued the punishing Saitama training regimen, which had proved impossible for nearly everyone else on Earth.

• Heimdall wondered why Thor had abandoned his former ways and concluded that Thor had lost hope after failing to lift Mjolnir.
• Heimdall remained unaware that the strange dimension had appeared on Earth because he did not dare spy on Midgard.
• Thor completed his daily workout of push-ups, sit-ups, squats, and a ten-kilometer run without using air conditioning.
• People on Earth tried to copy the Saitama training method, but many suffered muscle breakdown or kidney failure and went to the hospital.
• Netizens concluded that almost no one could meet the regimen’s strict requirements, while Thor sighed after finishing his workout.

Thor trained without gaining anything, then played idle games whose powerful settings had led Earth’s governments to tightly regulate access. After learning an agent had spent his entire paycheck on game purchases, Thor envied him and considered finding a way to make money.

• Thor finished training, dismissed the routine as ineffective for an Asgardian, and agreed to play cards and compete in a beyblade tournament with an agent.
• Thor checked his idle games and celebrated reaching the Great Dao Golden Core Realm.
• Thor and the agent discussed Earth’s powerful games, which were regulated because players might someday inherit their accounts after transmigrating.
• Thor learned the agent had spent his full paycheck to advance to the Supreme Heavenly Dao Realm and asked how he would afford food.
• The agent said he survived on soup kitchens and discarded food with John, while Thor envied his purchases and thought about earning money.

Thor continued playing cards and games on Earth while imagining how to gain greater powers, and Loki, Sif, and the others arrived through the Bifrost. Thor learned they were there and welcomed the chance to ask them to bring Asgardian goods he could sell for money.

• Thor played cards with agents and considered how games might grant him supernatural powers, while reflecting that his new magnetic abilities had made him stronger.
• Thor decided to play Stellaris and planned to build an Aetherophasic Engine, while imagining the power he might gain from Earth games.
• Loki and the others arrived on Earth through the Bifrost and were discovered by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
• Loki grew frustrated that Thor seemed to be enjoying life on Earth, while Sif imagined Thor was leading the Midgardians to glory.
• Thor received word that Sif and the others had arrived and planned to have them bring Asgardian specialties to sell on Earth.
• Thor considered breaking Odin's divine-power seal and reflected on the strength of chakra before Loki and the others arrived.

Thor stayed on Earth, absorbed in games and spinning tops, until Loki told him that Odin had fallen into a coma and Asgard had been attacked. As Thor investigated the news while playing Stellaris, he concluded that Odin had entered the Warp and been defeated by something within it.

• Loki abandoned his plan to kill Thor, deciding Asgard could not withstand more upheaval while Odin was in danger.
• Thor lost the spinning-top championship to Hawkeye and mourned the defeat of his top, Roaring Thunder.
• Thor told Loki and the others he would remain on Earth and asked Loki to bring Asgardian goods for him to sell to fund in-game purchases.
• Loki told Thor that an unknown enemy had attacked Odin and that Asgard had also been struck.
• Thor opened Stellaris and managed his game while Loki explained what had happened.
• Thor decided Odin had connected to the Warp and been beaten by something inside it.

Thor explained the Warp and Earth’s new powers to Loki and the others, then returned to Asgard with them. Meanwhile, Thanos became a fervent worshipper of the Kind Father and ordered his forces to spread the faith and find the Infinity Stones so he could resurrect those he had killed.

• Thor explained the Warp and Earth’s current state to Loki and the others, then demonstrated his Shadow Clone technique.
• Loki secretly welcomed Thor’s apparent madness, but cursed when he learned Thor had gained even greater power.
• Thor returned to Asgard with Loki and the others.
• Thanos embraced the Kind Father as Brahman and ordered his army to stop slaughtering worlds and preach their faith instead.
• Thanos regretted killing so many lives and resolved to resurrect them, then ordered his subordinates to find the Infinity Stones.

Thanos redirected his army to spread worship of the Kind Father, while the Warp brought Ego’s planet to life and consumed Ego’s brain. Galactus connected to the Warp for limitless energy and declared that he would no longer devour planets.

• Thanos ordered his subordinates to preach across the universe, forcing planets to accept faith in the Kind Father.
• Ego lost control of his planetary body after investigating the mysterious dimension known as the Warp.
• Ego’s planet awakened, engulfed his brain, and became a living planet devoted to the Kind Father.
• The living planet invoked the power of Great Brahman and used a Warp portal to transport itself away.
• Galactus connected to the Warp and gained a continuous supply of energy.
• Galactus announced that he would stop devouring planets.

The Devourer of Worlds evolved into the Herald of Kindness and began creating life, while Death discovered that the Warp was spreading across the multiverse and threatening her authority. Death tried to destroy the universe containing it, and the universe vanished, leaving her convinced the Warp had been an illusion.

• The Devourer of Worlds became the Herald of Kindness and created living beings on a lifeless planet, whose inhabitants praised him.
• Death entered the universe and found that the Warp absorbed souls and functioned as an expanding, seemingly indestructible rule of existence.
• Death considered taking control of the Warp to become the Lord of the Multiverse, since it threatened her authority and those of Eternity and the others.
• Death swung her scythe at the universe, freezing the Devourer of Worlds and the Warp before the entire universe vanished.
• Death concluded that the universe and Warp had been an illusion and said she had acted to protect her authority.

Death failed to destroy a universe enveloped by the Warp and confronted Galactus after he became an Emissary of Gratitude. In Asgard, Hela escaped Odin’s seal and fought Thor, who mistook her for Loki’s daughter and attacked her with a transformed Mjolnir.

• Death entered the Warp-covered universe again, where Galactus confronted her as an Emissary of Gratitude.
• Hela broke Odin’s seal, returned to Asgard, and began slaughtering people.
• Thor caught Hela’s attack, crushed Mjolnir, then reshaped it into a spinning top with Magnetic Rotation.
• Thor mistook Hela for Loki’s daughter, and Loki and Hela reacted with confusion and anger.
• Hela attacked Thor, and Thor used his spinning Mjolnir and Magnetic Rotation to fight her.
• Hela was surprised by Thor’s strength and offered to make him her subordinate as their battle erupted.

Thor used chakra and divine power to battle Hela as the Destroyer Armor gained life and returned to Asgard. On Earth, a hidden takeover established the Holy Redeemer Empire, leaving Nick Fury scrambling to respond.

• Thor broke the seal on his divine power, fused it with chakra, and used Magnetic Rotation to fight Hela.
• Thor told Loki to evacuate Asgard after realizing Hela drew her power from the realm.
• The living Destroyer Armor subdued Sakaar's Grandmaster, spread its teachings, and departed for Asgard to reclaim the throne.
• Earth's governments dissolved and were replaced by the Holy Redeemer Empire as the Kabbalah Tree of Life and Nano Ganges transformed the planet.
• Nick Fury suspected Bruce Banner had used the Hydra investigation as a distraction, ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. into hiding, and tried to contact Captain Marvel.

Bruce Banner dissolved Earth's governments and established the Empire, while Tony Stark turned Stark Industries into a church praising the Kind Father. Imperial forces then occupied Wakanda and forced its people to leave.

• Tony Stark held a worship ceremony at Stark Industries, and frightened attendees realized he had become a follower of an evil god.
• Bruce Banner appeared as the planet's governor and praised the Kind Father, triggering worldwide panic that Imperial forces quickly suppressed.
• Bruce Banner announced the Empire's rule, abolished the old currency system, and promised citizens free healthcare, housing, and transportation.
• The barrier around Wakanda disappeared, and Imperial soldiers surrounded the kingdom.
• Imperial infiltrators used chakra-based electromagnetic control to make Wakandan officials order their people to leave, while Imperial troops disbanded Wakanda's armed forces and drove its people out.

The Empire expelled the Wakandans, confiscated their vibranium, and gave them genetic castration shots, leaving Wakanda without the foundation of its civilization. After the Wakandans killed the royal family, the story shifted to Asgard, where Loki watched Thor and another figure devastate the city and struggled to accept Thor’s immense power.

• The Empire’s soldiers shot Wakandans who resisted, while the Black Panther knelt and urged his people to surrender.
• The Empire expelled the Wakandans, confiscated their vibranium, and injected them with genetic castration shots.
• The Wakandans realized they had no weapons or technological alternatives after losing vibranium, and they tore the royal family to pieces.
• In Asgard, Loki helped evacuate the people while watching two figures rampage through the city.
• Loki raged inwardly that Thor had gained power far greater than he had expected.

Thor threatened Hela with Asgard’s destruction and unleashed a devastating storm, forcing her to defend the realm. Before their fight could continue, the Destroyer Armor returned and declared itself Asgard’s new All-Father.

• Loki envied Thor’s newfound power as Thor’s lightning blasted a fragment of Asgard into space.
• Thor taunted Hela and demanded her loyalty, then launched a storm that threatened to destroy Asgard.
• Hela tried to stop Thor’s storm and protect Asgard, while Odin awoke and wondered what Thor was doing.
• The Destroyer Armor appeared, claimed the title of Asgard’s new All-Father, and demanded that everyone submit.
• Thor realized the Destroyer Armor knew about his Big Bro joke and suspected there was an unusual explanation.

The awakened Destroyer Armor, empowered by the Warp, defeated Thor and Hela and seized Odin before he could give Thor his remaining strength. It connected to the World Tree and began corrupting it, aiming to claim its power and conquer the multiverse for Brahman.

• Thor recognized that the Destroyer Armor had been blessed by the Kind Father and joined Hela in confronting it.
• The Destroyer Armor called on its power, struck Thor and Hela down, and overwhelmed their abilities.
• Odin awakened and tried to transfer his remaining power to Thor, but the Destroyer Armor intercepted it.
• The Destroyer Armor captured Odin inside its body and sensed its connection to the World Tree and the Shadow Gods.
• The Destroyer Armor began using itself as a bridge for the Warp to corrupt the World Tree.

Uchiha Brahman created a Singularity Infinite Energy Generator and sent a fragment of his consciousness into the Great Void using a wish pot. On Vormir, Thanos praised Brahman and received the Soul Stone without sacrificing anyone, leaving the Red Skull bewildered.

• Uchiha Brahman created the Singularity Infinite Energy Generator and used it to restructure his body with an immense supply of energy.
• Uchiha Brahman examined how OAA was bound to the Marvel universe while he could travel freely between universes.
• Uchiha Brahman activated the wish pot and sent a fragment of his consciousness into the Great Void to search for universes.
• The Red Skull told Thanos that obtaining the Soul Stone required sacrificing someone he loved.
• Thanos praised Brahman, and the Soul Stone appeared in his hand without a sacrifice.
• Thanos left Vormir with the Soul Stone while the Red Skull remained confused.

Thanos obtained the Time Stone from the Ancient One, who had embraced the Warp and praised Brahman. Meanwhile, the Empire transformed Earth and crushed resistance, while the Destroyer Armor usurped the World Tree and Death confronted the Emissary of Grace.

• The Ancient One gave Thanos the Time Stone and praised Brahman, convinced she had awakened to True Dharma through the Warp.
• The Ancient One connected Kamar-Taj’s sorcerers to the Warp and used its power to defeat Dormammu and stop him from collecting her debt.
• The Empire remade Earth, replacing nations and old cities with its rule and human-production devices.
• Women and human-rights groups protested the new system, but the Empire arrested and beheaded some troublemakers and crushed the resistance.
• People on Earth reacted online with shock and despair as the Empire ruled them, while they remained unaware that other worlds called theirs the Marvel Universe.
• On Asgard, the Destroyer Armor conquered the realm and began usurping the World Tree’s authority as Death faced the Emissary of Grace in space.

Galactus and Death confronted a Warp-corrupted version of Galactus, whom Galactus erased with the Ultimate Nullifier before learning that the universe kept returning after Death destroyed it. The Emissary of Gratitude resurrected and resisted the Nullifier, while ancient shadow gods sensed that their connection to the World Tree had changed.

• The Emissary of Gratitude demanded that Death convert and threatened her with the Ultimate Nullifier.
• Galactus arrived from another universe, erased the corrupted Emissary with the Ultimate Nullifier, and warned Death that the Warp threatened the multiverse.
• Death revealed that she had destroyed the universe several times, but it had always reappeared unchanged.
• Galactus prepared to erase the universe and alerted the other cosmic beings, but the Emissary resurrected and drew more power from the Warp.
• Galactus and Death fought the Emissary as the Ultimate Nullifier failed to kill him a second time.
• An ancient shadow god told another that his command over the World Tree felt hollow and that the tree seemed unfamiliar.