Chapter Summaries

Heisenberg mastered the Bifrost spells and returned to Earth, leaving Heimdall to oversee Asgard and monitor Hela. As he rested, alien technology spread across Earth as intended, and three days later he learned that Hela had awakened.

• Heisenberg learned the Vanir spells from Heimdall and discovered that Bifrost travel could connect to power throughout the universe.
• Heisenberg left Heimdall in charge of Asgard, told him to notify Frigga that her duties and rights would remain unchanged, and ordered him to report when Hela woke.
• Heisenberg ordered Sigmund to bring everyone to New York after dealing with the Chitauri remnants, then returned to his courtyard to rest.
• Governments, militaries, secret organizations, smugglers, and civilians competed to collect and distribute Chitauri technology across Earth.
• Heisenberg watched the chaos and welcomed the spread of alien technology, which he intended to help humanity venture beyond the Solar System.
• After three days, Heisenberg learned that Hela had awakened and opened a rainbow gate to Asgard.

After the Asgardians celebrated their victory over the Chitauri in Denver City, Sigmund welcomed a group of Earth allies bringing gifts on Heisenberg’s behalf. Thor spotted Jane Foster with Captain Rogers and reacted furiously, leaving the banquet on the verge of conflict.

• The Asgardians held a banquet in Sherlock Park, where Thor mistook an iPhone for chocolate and Sif drank in frustration over Thor’s Midgardian girlfriend.
• Sigmund spotted approaching aircraft, and he and the Legion Commanders went to the lake to meet the arriving Iron Man suits.
• Bullseye and Hill explained that Heisenberg had sent them to deliver supplies, and Sigmund invited the fleet to join the banquet.
• Tony arrived with Pepper, presented Heisenberg’s recorded message thanking the Asgardians, and had the gifts unloaded.
• Sif asked whether Jane Foster had arrived, and Thor saw Jane standing beside Captain Rogers, who held Mjolnir, and angrily slammed the table.

Jane Foster was humiliated when Thor rushed past her to confront Captain America about Mjolnir. In Asgard, Hela woke, accepted that Heisenberg had defeated her, and agreed to serve him as his vanguard commander.

• Sif greeted Jane Foster and led her toward Thor, but Thor ran past Jane and demanded to know whether Captain America had taken Mjolnir.
• Captain America denied taking the hammer, leaving Thor to wonder who had summoned it; Sif mistakenly took the moment as evidence of a romance between the two men.
• Hela woke in Asgard, remembered her defeat by Heisenberg, and hurled Mjolnir through the palace wall into the city.
• Heisenberg visited Hela and explained that Odin had been a harder opponent because he had entered the Rune King state.
• Hela asked Heisenberg to kill her, but he urged her to live and promised to make her his vanguard commander.
• Heisenberg promised Hela that Asgard could challenge the great empires, the Celestials led by Ego, and the Five Gods led by Galactus, and Hela agreed to fight for him.

Hela asked to revive her Spirit Legion and challenged Heisenberg’s claim that the Infinity Gauntlet on display was genuine. Heisenberg revealed that Odin had obtained the Soul Stone by sacrificing the person he loved most, leading Hela to realize Odin had sacrificed his ambitions and ultimately his life for her.

• Hela asked Heisenberg for permission to revive her Spirit Legion, and he approved her request.
• Hela called the Infinity Gauntlet a fake and recounted how Odin had claimed it could not bear the Infinity Stones’ power.
• Heisenberg explained that the Soul Stone required the life of the person Odin loved most and suggested Odin had sacrificed that person without telling Hela.
• Hela remembered how Odin’s injury changed him, how he tried to show her affection, and how she later rebelled against him and was sent to Helheim.
• Hela recalled Odin’s apology after their battle and realized he had left Asgard to her, fearing she would blame herself for his choices.

Hela revived Fenrir and the Spirit warriors with the Eternal Fire, then put them to work repairing the Bifrost. Heisenberg returned to Earth, where the Asgardians’ sudden military discipline impressed their human allies as the Bifrost brought someone to Denver.

• Hela used the Eternal Fire to revive Fenrir and more than a hundred thousand Spirit warriors, demonstrating its restorative power to Heisenberg.
• Hela sent the Spirit warriors to repair the Bifrost and left Heisenberg to oversee Asgard’s remaining preparations.
• Heisenberg returned to Earth and found the humans and Asgardians drinking and socializing by Sherlock Lake.
• The Bifrost appeared in Denver, and the Asgardians immediately rose, armed themselves, and formed ranks.
• Sigmund warned everyone to stay alert, while the humans realized they had mistaken the drinking Asgardians for undisciplined warriors.

Heisenberg arrived at Sherlock Lake and was welcomed by the Asgardians, while Sitwell openly revealed Hydra’s presence and sparked a mass celebration among Hydra agents. Rogers learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. had joined Heisenberg’s side, then resolved to leave the organization and watch its actions from Brooklyn.

• Heisenberg arrived at Sherlock Lake, where Asgardian warriors cheered for him and Bullseye toasted his rule.
• Sitwell shouted that Hydra had come out of hiding, prompting more than a hundred Hydra members to reveal themselves and celebrate.
• Hill recognized that Hydra had infiltrated her S.H.I.E.L.D. delegation, while Natasha and Barton accepted that humanity had little choice but to align with Heisenberg.
• Barton stopped Rogers from confronting the Hydra members and explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. had joined Heisenberg’s Justice League to protect humanity’s influence.
• Rogers said he would leave S.H.I.E.L.D. and return to Brooklyn to watch Heisenberg and his allies, warning that he might one day have to stand against them.

Heisenberg celebrated the victory over the Chitauri with Asgardians and Earth’s forces before hosting the Asgardians in New York. On Xandar, Carol returned Deathbird for exile, while Rocket and Peter Quill began their lives among the mercenaries.

• Rogers told Barton he accepted the possibility that his doubts about Heisenberg were wrong, then stayed behind to drink alone.
• Heisenberg praised the Asgardians and Earthlings as comrades and heroes, then led a night of feasting, drinking, and contests.
• Hill woke beside Heisenberg the next morning, remembered the task of hosting the Asgardians, and hurried off to work.
• Carol brought Deathbird to Xandar and secured her exile before heading to her usual bar.
• Rocket boasted that he could defeat Carol, then was welcomed by the mercenaries and quickly got drunk with Groot.
• Peter Quill drank alone, reflecting on his struggles on Xandar and his ambition to complete a legendary mission like Carol’s capture of Deathbird.

Carol learned that the Chitauri had fought the Asgardians near Earth and set off to return home, while Quill joined a mercenary expedition to the Solar System. On Earth, Heisenberg continued hosting a lavish banquet for the Asgardian warriors, hoping to win their loyalty with strength and drink.

• Saif told Carol that the Chitauri had gone to Midgard, another name for Earth, and clashed with the Asgardians.
• Carol learned the fighting had begun six days earlier, then left Xandar to return to Earth and see her old friends.
• Quill realized the Chitauri were fighting near his homeworld and joined a mercenary mission to the Solar System, demanding that the crew leave Earth unharmed.
• Heisenberg hosted the Asgardian warriors at Liberty State Park, with the banquet drawing global media and lucrative broadcast deals.
• Heisenberg planned to earn the Asgardians' loyalty by proving his strength and drinking them under the table.

Heisenberg attended the ongoing celebration in Liberty State Park, where Daniel Rand approached him to criticize his harsh punishments. Heisenberg stripped Daniel of the Iron Fist’s Dragon Power and sent him back to Kunlun, where the Jade Emperor and Shou Lao received him as The Ancient One arrived.

• Heisenberg left his tent and walked through the crowded Asgardian celebration, then joined Loki on a tour of the park.
• Heisenberg watched the Earthlings and Asgardians play basketball and learned that Luke Cage’s friend Daniel Rand was the one hundred and thirty-fourth Iron Fist.
• Daniel Rand asked Heisenberg to reconsider the death sentences imposed for less serious crimes.
• Heisenberg used the system to return Daniel’s Dragon Power to Shou Lao and ordered Daniel to tell Kunlun to choose another Iron Fist.
• Heisenberg hurled Daniel through a portal to Kunlun, where Daniel crashed into the Jade Emperor and stopped near Shou Lao.
• The Ancient One greeted Shou Lao and agreed that Kunlun should choose a different Iron Fist.

Heisenberg ordered Bullseye to send Luke Cage out of the country, met basketball legends, and welcomed Peter at the banquet. He offered Uncle Ben a supermarket manager job and instructed him to donate food and clothes, before Hill told him that the Skrulls wanted to see him.

• Heisenberg told Bullseye to fabricate an inheritance and arrange for Luke Cage to leave the United States.
• Heisenberg greeted basketball stars, advised Kobe Bryant never to board an aircraft, and continued through the banquet.
• Heisenberg reunited with Peter, encouraged him to value his education, and offered Uncle Ben a supermarket manager position.
• Heisenberg asked another man to help Uncle Ben and told them to donate suitable food and clothes to people in need.
• Hill approached Heisenberg and said that the Skrulls wanted to see him.

Heisenberg learned that Captain Marvel was heading to Earth, but told the Skrulls that Earth no longer needed her help. When Carol arrived and learned Nick Fury had died and Heisenberg had already defeated the threats to Earth, she left feeling that there was nothing left for her to do.

• Heisenberg visited S.H.I.E.L.D.'s underground base and heard from a Skrull that Carol was on her way to Earth after learning of the Chitauri invasion.
• Heisenberg dismissed the need for Carol's help and returned to the banquet.
• Two days later, Carol met Talos near the moon, where he told her that Nick Fury had died three months earlier during a Hydra rebellion.
• Talos showed Carol footage of Nick's death and explained that Hydra had been defeated and S.H.I.E.L.D. had passed to Nick's trusted secretary.
• Carol learned that Heisenberg had driven off the Chitauri, defeated Odin, and resolved the Hydra threat, then left Talos's base in a daze.

Heisenberg visited the restored Asgard, where Hela complained about the warriors and confronted Loki before advising him on armor made with the Eternal Fire and Surtur’s Twilight Blade. He set out to find Surtur, leaving Hela’s proposal to replace Frigga as Queen of Gods unresolved.

• Heisenberg arrived in Asgard and heard Hela complain that its warriors had become undisciplined, so she ordered them to stop drinking until they met her training standards.
• Loki arrived, and Hela accused him of destroying the Bifrost and bringing the Chitauri to the Nine Realms; Heisenberg stopped her from attacking him.
• Heisenberg asked for armor advice, and Hela recommended using the Eternal Fire and Surtur’s Twilight Blade, forged by the Dwarves of Nidavellir.
• Heisenberg agreed to pursue the armor and set out to ask Heimdall where to find Surtur.
• Hela urged Heisenberg to replace Frigga as Queen of Gods with Sif, but he told her to let Frigga keep the position or take it herself.

Heisenberg traveled to Muspelheim to confront Surtur and found the Fire Giant imprisoned with the dragon Regin. After freeing Regin and demonstrating his overwhelming strength, Heisenberg left Surtur terrified and eager to claim that he had always hated Odin.

• Heimdall marked Surtur's underground lair in Muspelheim, and Heisenberg used the Bifrost to travel there.
• Surtur attacked Heisenberg with the Twilight Blade, but Heisenberg stood unharmed and revealed that he had killed Odin.
• Surtur tried to placate Heisenberg by offering him a seat and presenting Regin as a dragon he could ride.
• Regin broke free of Surtur and charged Heisenberg, who stopped him by grabbing his chain and then burned away his restraints with Heat Vision.
• Heisenberg took a photo with the freed Regin, while Surtur declared that he and Odin had been irreconcilable enemies.

Heisenberg forced Surtur to surrender the Twilight Sword, broke his chains, and declared that his freedom was a gift. He then claimed Regin as his mount, empowered him with Sun God power, and renamed him Drogon.

• Heisenberg offered Surtur freedom in exchange for the Twilight Sword, but Surtur refused and attacked him, demanding to know why he always had to give something up.
• Heisenberg knocked Surtur away, took the Twilight Sword, burned through his chains, and told him to enjoy his freedom.
• Heisenberg woke Regin, reassured him in Dragon language, and climbed onto his back.
• Heisenberg infused Regin with Sun God power, then used his force field to propel them out of Muspelheim’s underground at tremendous speed.
• Heisenberg commanded Regin to unleash Dragon Flame across Muspelheim and renamed him Drogon.

Heisenberg returned to Asgard with Drogon and entrusted the frightened dragon to Hela, then traveled to Nidavellir to have Eitri forge armor from Surtur’s Twilight Sword and Eternal Fire. He revealed that he wielded Gungnir and told Eitri that he had killed Odin.

• Heisenberg brought Drogon to Asgard, where the Berserkers crowded around the dragon and Hela agreed to train him.
• Hela suggested pairing Drogon with Fenrir, and Heisenberg warned her not to force the dragon into anything.
• Heisenberg drew power from the Eternal Fire and used the Bifrost to travel to Nidavellir, where Eitri greeted him.
• Heisenberg gave Eitri Surtur’s Twilight Sword and chose armor rather than a weapon.
• Heisenberg summoned Gungnir, then told Eitri that Odin was dead and had died by his hand.

Heisenberg visited Nidavellir, where Eitri learned that Odin was dead and reforged Gungnir to suit Heisenberg’s solar power. Eitri then forged armor from Surtur’s Twilight Blade and the Eternal Fire, but when Heisenberg donned it, its brilliant-sun design became an abyssal form.

• Heisenberg told Eitri that he had killed Odin, shocking Eitri and the Dwarves.
• Eitri inspected Gungnir and adjusted it to better match Heisenberg’s solar divine power.
• Heisenberg gave Eitri Surtur’s Twilight Blade and the Eternal Fire so he could forge armor.
• Eitri and the Dwarves forged to a war song for more than two hours, combining the blade and Eternal Fire into armor.
• Heisenberg donned the blazing armor, which enhanced his movements and transformed into an abyssal form that astonished Eitri.

Star-Lord's ship arrived near Earth with a band of interstellar pirates, while Heimdall discovered that Ego's son was among them. Hela sent Loki and Heimdall to meet the Celestial's child, but took two thousand new Berserkers to attack the Frost Giants instead; Loki remained uncertain about the mission.

• Quill arrived near Earth with thirteen pirate ships, then cloaked the Dawn and headed toward the planet as the others began salvaging Chitauri wreckage.
• Heimdall told Hela about the pirates, and she prepared two thousand Berserker candidates before learning there were only thirteen ships and seventy lifeforms.
• Heimdall revealed that one pirate was Ego's son, so Hela sent him and Loki to meet the Celestial's child while she took the Berserkers to Jotunheim.
• Hela learned that Loki had killed Laufey, then led the newly armed Berserkers in an attack on the Frost Giants.
• Heimdall found Loki rehearsing a play about Thor and Jane, explained the mission, and reassured him that Ego's son was not worth fearing.

Loki and Heimdall captured Peter Quill on Earth and brought him to Asgard, where Heisenberg met the panicked mercenary. Quill tried to talk his way out of trouble, while Heisenberg recognized him as a notorious Father-Worrying Hero.

• Heimdall and Loki froze the space pirates, and Quill fled to Earth after seeing the attack through hacked surveillance footage.
• Quill returned to Colorado, was arrested for indecent assault, and was found by Heimdall and Loki in a police interrogation room.
• Heimdall identified Quill as an alien and took him to Asgard, while Quill insisted he was an Earthling rather than a space pirate.
• At the palace, Quill panicked at the sight of a giant dragon and clung to Loki for relief from Heisenberg's heat.
• Heisenberg arrived, and Quill mistakenly addressed him as Odin before kneeling and pleading for his release.

Heisenberg imprisoned Peter Quill after Quill and space pirates invaded Asgard, ordering him to contact his father and arrange his release. Quill instead called Yondu, who realized the danger of challenging Asgard and struggled to decide whether to contact an old friend for help.

• Heisenberg learned that Quill had invaded Asgard and ordered Heimdall to imprison him until his father came to retrieve him.
• Heimdall took Quill to prison, where Quill celebrated surviving and enjoyed the food before realizing he did not know where to find his father.
• Quill contacted Yondu and offered valuable news in exchange for a rescue.
• Yondu learned Quill was imprisoned in Asgard, warned him to behave, and ended the call to consider how to help.
• Yondu weighed contacting his old friend Colonel Starhawk for assistance.

Heisenberg rewarded Loki with the promise of a divine throne and ordered him to secure Asgard’s exclusive control over the Dwarves’ craftsmanship. He then told Frigga he planned to distribute the World Tree’s divine thrones through wars against Muspelheim and Jotunheim, prompting her to ask whether he was preparing to leave.

• Heisenberg ordered Loki to compensate the Dwarves and lead a campaign to find those holding their divine artifacts, kill them, and claim the artifacts for Asgard.
• Heisenberg promised Loki a choice between a Sea God or Fire God divine throne, and Loki pledged himself to the mission while choosing the sea.
• Heisenberg rode Drogon beyond Asgard’s atmosphere, explored the universe for several hours, and returned to his great hall.
• Frigga thanked Heisenberg for recognizing Loki and granting him the chance to earn a divine throne.
• Heisenberg told Frigga he planned to award divine thrones to proven warriors and use wars against Muspelheim and Jotunheim to turn Asgard into an invading force.
• Frigga massaged Heisenberg’s shoulders and asked whether his plans meant he intended to travel somewhere she could not know about.