Vol. 4The Awakened and the Olympians

Heisenberg reshaped mutantkind’s future by building the Hellfire Club, containing the Phoenix, and declaring war between humanity and the Awakened inevitable. He then entered the Greek gods’ world to help Diana prepare for her duel with Ares, as Poseidon and Ares’s conflict devastated the mortal world.

  • Frigga diverted Thanos’s attack, Loki secured the Frost Giants as Heisenberg’s warriors, and Heisenberg defeated Malekith and Thanos’s forces before leaving Hela in charge.
  • Heisenberg protected Logan, Professor X, Laura, and the young mutants, then erased modern civilization’s technology and resources as Professor X resolved to rebuild a mutant nation.
  • Heisenberg recruited powerful mutants into the Hellfire Club and organized them around the Awakened identity.
  • He led the club to rescue Stryker’s captives, recruited Wolverine, and transformed the destroyed laboratory into a forest.
  • Heisenberg and the Hellfire Club confronted Apocalypse, then Heisenberg and Gannata contained the Phoenix Force and removed it from Jean.
  • Heisenberg recruited Apocalypse, ordered Magneto to destroy Tokyo, and declared war between humanity and the Awakened inevitable.
  • Heisenberg aided Diana as she prepared to fight Ares, strengthening her and helping Kratos’s family while Poseidon and Ares’s feud escalated.
  • Ares killed Butes, and Poseidon attacked him, sending their battle across Olympus and into the mortal world.
Chapters 302–401 Read from ch. 302

Arc 13A World Remade

Heisenberg helped Asgard defeat Malekith and Thanos’s forces, then traveled to a world where Logan, Professor X, and Laura faced the last days of mutantkind. He left that world with civilization erased and Professor X resolved to rebuild a nation for mutants.

  • Frigga used the Reality Stone to divert Thanos’s attack from Asgard to Alfheim, and Heisenberg defeated Malekith before turning to the battle on Jotunheim.
  • Loki defeated Laufey in an honorable fight, persuaded the Frost Giants to surrender, and asked Heisenberg to accept them as his warriors.
  • Heisenberg defeated Thanos’s forces, sent Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight to prison, and left Hela to oversee the war while he traveled to another universe.
  • In 2029, Heisenberg overwhelmed the authorities pursuing Logan and Professor X, then restored Charles’s mind and agreed to protect the young mutants.
  • Laura arrived at Heisenberg’s compound and killed the people who had experimented on her, while Logan and Professor X disputed Heisenberg’s decision to give her that choice.
  • Heisenberg killed and resurrected thousands of soldiers to challenge Laura, then brought her escaped friends to the compound for a feast.
  • Professor X resolved to rebuild a mutant nation, and Heisenberg erased modern civilization’s technology, infrastructure, and supplies to make humanity start over.
Chapters 302–326 Summaries Read

Arc 14The Awakened Reborn

Heisenberg built the Hellfire Club into a force for the Awakened, recruiting powerful mutants and uniting them around a new cause. After rescuing the captives from Stryker’s laboratory, he left the group with new roles and transformed the ruined base into a forest.

  • Logan led the mutant children into a frost-covered forest, where they built a warm shelter and began a hopeful new life as Heisenberg urged Logan to lead them.
  • Heisenberg revived the dead supervisor as Bone Woman, then joined Gannata in investigating the Phoenix fragments and secured a teaching post at Xavier’s Institute.
  • Heisenberg recruited Emma Frost as the White Queen, rebuilt the Hellfire Club, and ordered its members to promote the Awakened identity while concealing his presence from Charles.
  • Heisenberg recruited Caliban, Psylocke, Gambit, Magneto, and Quicksilver, assigning them ranks in the expanding Hellfire Club.
  • Heisenberg led the group to Stryker’s Rocky Mountain laboratory, where they freed imprisoned mutants and killed Stryker after discovering his mutant-suppressing research.
  • Magneto recovered Wolverine’s memories, and Heisenberg recruited him as the Black Knight while the group continued rescuing the captives.
  • Heisenberg assigned leadership, finance, and support roles to the recruits, then destroyed Stryker’s base and restored the land to forest.
Chapters 327–351 Summaries Read

Arc 15The Phoenix and Apocalypse

Heisenberg and the Hellfire Club confronted Apocalypse as he seized Cairo and escalated the conflict between mutants and humanity. After Heisenberg and Gannata contained the Phoenix Force, Heisenberg returned to Berlin, recruited Apocalypse, and declared war between humanity and the Awakened inevitable.

  • Heisenberg refused Charles’s request to oppose Erik, while Erik invited Charles to join the Hellfire Club and Charles admitted his methods had failed many mutants.
  • Apocalypse awakened in Cairo, empowered Ororo and Magneto, and confronted Heisenberg, who defeated him and ordered him to leave Europe alone.
  • Apocalypse captured Charles and brought him to Cairo, where Magneto’s group confronted him and the Hellfire Club entered an uneasy truce with the ancient mutant.
  • Apocalypse transported the White House to Cairo and destroyed a nuclear missile, then revealed that Reagan had ordered the strike and threatened Tokyo in retaliation.
  • Apocalypse enhanced Jean, awakening the Phoenix Force, and Heisenberg and Gannata sealed Cairo inside a barrier that cut off the Phoenix’s energy supply.
  • Heisenberg and Gannata subdued the Phoenix, removed its fragment from Jean, and sent it through a portal, which brought them to Manhattan and then to Wu Fengji in the ancient past.
  • Heisenberg created a Phoenix-infused cord from Wu Fengji’s hair, returned to Cairo with Gannata, and absorbed her Devouring Authority.
  • Heisenberg returned to Berlin, confirmed Jean was safe, recruited Apocalypse into the Hellfire Club, and assigned Magneto to destroy Tokyo before declaring war between humanity and the Awakened inevitable.
Chapters 352–376 Summaries Read

Arc 16The Olympian Duel

Heisenberg entered the Greek gods’ world to find Diana and became entangled in Hera’s struggles with Zeus and the Olympians. As Diana prepared to face Ares, Heisenberg strengthened her and aided Kratos’s family, while Poseidon and Ares’s feud erupted into a destructive battle before the duel.

  • Magneto destroyed Tokyo and rebuilt it from metal, while the Hellfire Club later took control of the world and Heisenberg set out to find Diana after her signal disappeared.
  • Heisenberg met Hera, learned that Diana had to fight Ares, and formed a close bond with Hera as she confided her resentment of Zeus and her refusal to betray her marriage.
  • Hera and Heisenberg captured several Olympian goddesses and Hermes, forced them to swear secrecy, and then sent Heisenberg to find Diana in Sparta.
  • Heisenberg reached Sparta, met Diana, Leonidas, and Kratos, and learned that Ares had cursed Kratos’s unborn daughter, and Hera lifted the curse, and Heisenberg told Kratos to train before challenging Ares.
  • Heisenberg upgraded Diana’s bloodline, lent her his armor and Gungnir, and watched her defeat Kratos in a fierce training match as Ares abandoned his plot against Kratos’s family.
  • Athena asked Heisenberg to protect Medusa from Poseidon, while crowds poured into Athens for Diana and Ares’s coming duel and Heracles offered Diana help preparing for the fight.
  • Ares killed Butes after finding him with Harmonia, prompting Poseidon to attack Ares, and the two gods battled across Olympus and into the mortal world, splitting the sea and enraging Zeus.
Chapters 377–401 Summaries Read
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