Chapter Summaries

Odin and Luna discovered that the Dark Elves had breached Asgard’s defenses to reach Jane Foster and the Aether, and Odin’s fury erupted when Frigga was mortally wounded. After sparing Malekith to save Frigga, Odin ordered Asgard to prepare for war while Luna offered to treat the queen’s blood curse.

• The Dark Elves’ flagship fired on Asgard’s shield, which shattered after an infiltrator sabotaged the royal city’s control center.
• Lu Yifang realized the Dark Elves were targeting the Aether, and Odin rushed toward the rear of the city to protect Frigga.
• Odin arrived too late to stop a Berserker from piercing Frigga’s heart, then unleashed his divine power and destroyed the Dark Elf forces and ships across Asgard.
• Odin identified the real Malekith and prepared to strike him with Gungnir, but Frigga stopped him, and he let the Dark Elves’ flagship escape.
• Luna offered to treat Frigga’s blood curse, and Odin ordered Heimdall to rally Asgard’s army for battle.

Thor sought Luna’s help after Frigga was mortally wounded, then challenged Odin’s plan to wait for Malekith and proposed carrying the Aether away to lure him out. Lu Yifang agreed to help Thor, who planned to take Jane to Svartalfheim through an alternate route.

• Thor asked Luna to heal Frigga, but Luna explained that Frigga’s body was beyond saving and revealed that her soul remained, though it was fading.
• Odin sealed the Bifrost and ordered Asgard’s forces to prepare for Malekith’s return, while Thor argued that they should pursue the Dark Elves and draw them out with the Aether.
• Odin rejected Thor’s plan and declared that he did not care how many Asgardians died, shocking Thor with his bloodlust.
• Thor asked Lu Yifang to help him carry out the plan, and Lu Yifang agreed despite Luna’s concerns about Asgard’s future.
• Thor said Sif would sneak Jane out so they could take her to Svartalfheim, and hinted that they would need help from someone who knew another way to travel.

Thor visited Loki in prison and recruited him to help escape Asgard, making clear he no longer trusted his brother. After they escaped, Thor handcuffed Loki as a precaution before reuniting with Jane Foster, who slapped Loki for his attack on New York.

• Thor saw through Loki's illusion and found him disheveled and remorseful.
• Thor offered Loki a chance to help him escape, warning that he would kill Loki if he betrayed him.
• Thor freed Loki, and they passed the guards and escaped the prison.
• Loki used illusions to transform them both, irritating Thor with a string of disguises.
• Thor handcuffed Loki when they met Jane Foster, then Jane slapped Loki for what he had done in New York.
• Thor stepped in front of Jane to protect her, leaving Loki stunned.

Thor, Lu Yifang, Luna, and Loki escaped Asgard aboard a stolen Dark Elf ship while drawing the pursuers away, then Loki guided them through a hidden spatial passage. Elsewhere, an icy-eyed figure sensed that the Aether had left Asgard and returned to its homeland.

• Sif and Volstagg threatened Loki, but Loki insisted that he regretted his past and would do better.
• Lu Yifang and Luna met Thor in the hall with the Casket of Ancient Winters, and Thor identified a crashed Dark Elf blade ship as their escape route.
• Thor accidentally activated the blade ship by striking its control panel with his hammer, and Lu Yifang took over and flew them out while Asgardian ships pursued.
• Thor tossed Loki from the ship, and Loki landed on a magic ship before steering it toward a cliff and revealing a hidden passage through Asgard's spatial barrier.
• Luna recognized the passage as a gap in Odin's spatial barrier, while an icy-eyed figure sensed that the Aether had returned to its homeland.

Thor and Loki put aside their argument to work together against Malekith, while Jane remained weakened by the Aether. Loki pretended to betray Thor and delivered Jane to Malekith, but Thor revealed the deception and struck at the Aether as Lu Yifang attacked from the flank.

• Thor and Loki argued over Frigga, Jane, and their troubled relationship before Thor said he wished he could believe in Loki.
• Lu Yifang and Luna went to prepare an ambush after the Dark Elves’ warship arrived in the ruined city.
• Thor freed Loki from his handcuffs, and Loki pretended to stab and betray him before presenting Jane to Malekith.
• Malekith began drawing the Aether out of Jane, and Thor dispelled Loki’s illusion and called down lightning against it.
• Malekith declared that the Aether could not be destroyed, just as Lu Yifang’s electromagnetic attack struck him from the flank.

Lu Yifang and Thor destroyed Malekith, but the Aether rebuilt him at the cost of much of his life force. Malekith’s reality-warping powers clashed with Lu Yifang’s attacks, and the chapter ended as Lu Yifang sent a colossal steel dragon plunging toward him.

• Agam transformed into a Berserker to protect Malekith, but Loki’s dagger made him falter and Lu Yifang’s Super Electromagnetic Cannons tore Malekith apart.
• Thor’s lightning shattered the Aether, but the Aether gathered Malekith’s remains and restored him by consuming nearly half his life force.
• Malekith tried to drain Lu Yifang’s life force and used the Aether to suppress his movement, but his amplified punch exploded his own arm and sent him crashing through a skyscraper.
• Malekith altered reality to destroy Lu Yifang’s metal weapons and plasma attack, while Lu Yifang warned that large-scale reality warping cost Malekith life force.
• Lu Yifang raised millions of tons of steel and shaped it into a giant dragon that dived toward Malekith.

Thor and Loki fought the Berserker while Lu Yifang battled Malekith, whose control of the Aether kept growing. After Loki appeared to die, Thor unleashed the full power of Thor's Hammer; meanwhile, Luna warned Lu Yifang to escape and revealed she had found a weakness in Malekith.

• Thor and Loki fought back to back against the Dark Elf warriors until the Berserker returned and overwhelmed Thor.
• Loki attacked the Berserker to protect Thor, but the Berserker stabbed Loki through the chest.
• Thor awakened the hammer's power and killed the Berserker, then held Loki as Loki's life force vanished.
• Lu Yifang's steel dragon crushed Malekith's transformed hiding place, but Malekith escaped and continued probing Lu Yifang while recovering with the Aether.
• Luna warned Lu Yifang that Malekith was synchronizing with the Aether and offered to stun his thoughts so they could wound him and escape.
• Lu Yifang worried Malekith would target Earth, but Luna said she had found his weakness and needed one key piece to complete her plan to kill him.

Lu Yifang’s attack on Malekith’s flagship triggered Thor’s Hammer to unleash its full power, pulling them into a spatial rift. After an unknown figure pushed him through the wormhole, Lu Yifang woke in a frozen world and recognized an Ice Wyrm.

• Lu Yifang seized control of the Dark Elf flagship and drove it down onto Malekith while Luna’s soul attack briefly distracted him.
• Malekith survived and sent tentacles after Lu Yifang as Thor, carrying Loki, threw Thor’s Hammer to help him.
• Thor’s Hammer lifted its seals and unleashed its power, creating a spatial rift that pulled in the flagship, Lu Yifang, Thor, Loki, and the city.
• Luna leaped into the rift after Lu Yifang, who drifted through a wormhole until a bald figure in a yellow robe pushed him onward.
• Lu Yifang woke in a snowy world and recognized a nearby scaled beast as an Ice Wyrm.

Lu Yifang searched Jotunheim for Luna and found her living among a Frost Giant tribe. Luna said they would stay to deal with Malekith and target the current king of the Frost Giants.

• Lu Yifang defeated an Ice Wyrm, healed its tail, and roasted some of its meat before riding it across the ice plains.
• Lu Yifang used Luna’s scent on her handheld game console to guide the Ice Wyrm toward her.
• Frost Giants surrounded Lu Yifang, but their leader recognized him as the pet Luna had been searching for and led him to their tribe.
• Lu Yifang reunited with Luna, who pinned him down and declared she had promoted him from servant to pet.
• Luna told Lu Yifang that they needed to deal with Malekith and that a key condition she sought was in Jotunheim, so they would make trouble for the Frost Giants’ king.

Lu Yifang and Luna reached Jotunheim to confront Laufey and use Ymir’s Heart against Malekith. Laufey tried to seize the artifact, but Luna revealed her demigod aura and forced him to agree to talk.

• Luna explained that Malekith would wait for the Nine Realms to align before using the Aether, and that Ymir’s Heart could stop his attempt to change their laws.
• Lu Yifang and Luna crossed the ruins of Ymir’s fallen Tree of Life and arrived at the Frost Giants’ settlement.
• Laufey recognized Luna as Selene of Midgard and demanded Ymir’s Heart, ordering his Frost Giants to attack.
• Lu Yifang shattered the icy hall’s floor and defeated the charging Frost Giants with flying ice shards.
• Luna revealed her demigod aura and threatened Laufey’s throne, prompting him to agree to hear them out.

Luna offered Laufey a prototype Tree of Life in exchange for the method of controlling Ymir's Heart, prompting Laufey to reveal her true form and the history behind her feud with Odin. Lu Yifang realized that Loki was Laufey and Odin's son, and that Odin's guilt explained how he had been raised in Asgard.

• Luna asked Laufey for the method of controlling Ymir's Heart and revealed a prototype Tree of Life branch as a potential trade.
• Laufey recognized the branch as bearing Ymir's aura, stopped the ice field's awakening, and led Luna and Lu Yifang to Ymir's skull-shaped mountain.
• Laufey changed from Farbauti's rough male appearance into her true female form and explained that she had maintained her husband's appearance so the Frost Giants would respect her strength.
• Laufey said Odin had killed her father Ymir and husband Farbauti, then revealed that Odin had taken away the child she had with him after her attack on Asgard.
• Lu Yifang realized the child was Loki and concluded that Odin's Asgardian blood had concealed Loki's Frost Giant heritage until he touched Ymir's Heart.

Laufey led Lu Yifang and Luna to the Well of Wisdom, where Lu Yifang saw visions of the Celestials destroying a civilization and sacrificing themselves to create a golden sphere. After he returned to consciousness, Laufey revealed that The Ancient One had also visited and left him a clue: Titan Star.

• Laufey showed Lu Yifang and Luna the Well of Wisdom and allowed each of them to drink from it.
• Lu Yifang saw a Celestial annihilate a lizardmen civilization after declaring it unqualified.
• Lu Yifang witnessed Celestials sacrifice themselves to create a golden sphere that raced toward the reality dimension.
• Laufey explained that the Well of Wisdom acted as a catalyst and that Lu Yifang's visions were connected to the karma around him.
• Laufey told Lu Yifang that The Ancient One had visited before and left the clue Titan Star.

Lu Yifang, Luna, and Laufey revived a new Tree of Life from Ymir’s remains, transforming Jotunheim and restoring the Frost Giants to their water-spirit forms. After Laufey gave Luna the key to Ymir’s Heart, the pair prepared to return to Earth, where they discovered Lu Yifang’s phone had a strong signal.

• Laufey placed the nascent Tree of Life branch against Ymir’s neural center, causing his remains and the cave to come alive.
• The Tree of Life consumed Ymir’s remains and spread across the ice field, melting the glaciers and restoring plants and frozen creatures.
• The Frost Giants emerged into sunlight and transformed into gentle water spirits as Laufey thanked Lu Yifang and Luna for saving Jotunheim.
• Laufey gave Luna an ice key that could control Ymir’s Heart, and Luna said they would wait for the Nine Realms to align before returning to Earth through London.
• Lu Yifang urged Luna to warn Fury and Doctor Strange about the coming invasion, then found that his phone had full signal and a 4G connection.

Lu Yifang warned Fury that the Dark Elves would invade London, where S.H.I.E.L.D. was already struggling with protests against people with abilities. As Coulson and Melinda tried to evacuate the protesters, a Dark Elf warship appeared through a spatial rift above Greenwich.

• Lu Yifang told Fury the Dark Elves were expected to invade London, and Fury explained that leaked information about Hydra and the Extremis Virus had fueled protests against people with abilities.
• Laufey asked Lu Yifang to tell Loki that she wanted a proper conversation with him, and Lu Yifang revealed that Odin was near death.
• A psychic politician rallied a crowd in Greenwich against S.H.I.E.L.D. and people with abilities, promoting Trask Industries' Sentinel technology.
• Melinda and Coulson identified Trask Industries and its supporters as key backers of the purist movement and decided to get the crowd out of the danger zone by any means necessary.
• Melinda warned Coulson that they might be too late as a massive Dark Elf warship emerged through the spatial rift above London.

Malekith attacked London to drain the city’s life force, and Thor and Lu Yifang fought back while Coulson and the others tried to protect civilians. Luna adapted Jane’s gravity-field experiment and summoned two old men from the Mutant Academy to help.

• Malekith formed a blood-red sealing circle over a London plaza and sent Aether serpents throughout the city to drain people’s life force.
• Thor arrived and charged Malekith, while Coulson received a call from Lu Yifang and summoned him by shouting for help.
• Lu Yifang emerged through a spatial node with Luna, shattered the Aether around Coulson, and joined the battle against Malekith.
• Dark Elf aircraft and ground troops attacked London, prompting Coulson and Melinda to charge into the fight.
• Jane explained her plan to use gravity detectors to create spatial teleportation effects, and Luna modified the field generators with spatial runes.
• Luna planted the modified generators and contacted a bald old man and a white-haired old man at the Mutant Academy, ordering them to help with a field exercise.

Luna teleported Ross and Hulk onto the battlefield to fight the Dark Elves, while Ross tried to discipline Hulk and call him a soldier. Hulk unleashed his strength when Agam attacked him, killing the commander with one blow.

• Agam ordered the Dark Elves to kill Luna, but her gravity generator teleported them away to a harder battlefield.
• Agam empowered himself and his elite warriors with a cursed blade after hearing his troops were struggling against Earth's superhumans.
• Luna teleported Ross and Hulk to her location, and Ross scolded Hulk for wanting to attack the aircraft without permission.
• Ross promised Hulk they would fight the invaders and hit the planes afterward, calming Hulk down.
• Agam charged at Hulk, who erupted in anger, punched Agam through several buildings, then crushed his head underfoot.

Lu Yifang and Thor pursued Malekith through spatial rifts, briefly sending Thor’s hammer through Mephisto’s realm before Laufey helped them wound Malekith. They ended up at a subway evacuation station, where Lu Yifang recognized a furious man in a red Cloak.

• Lu Yifang and Thor were pulled with Malekith into Svartalfheim, where Thor threw his hammer to Lu Yifang, but the Aether made it vanish into another spatial rift.
• Thor’s hammer flew through Mephisto’s realm, frightening Mephisto, then returned toward Svartalfheim while Thor and Lu Yifang followed Malekith through the rift.
• Lu Yifang called Laufey from the Tree of Life, and Laufey froze Malekith and slowed the Aether so Lu Yifang could slash and burn part of Malekith’s body.
• Malekith tore open another spatial rift and dragged Lu Yifang and Thor into a subway station where civilians were evacuating.
• Lu Yifang asked a police officer how to reach Greenwich and recognized a furious man in a bright red Cloak demanding transport there.

Lu Yifang brought Doctor Strange to Greenwich, where Strange used the Lord of Holy Light’s power and the London Sanctum to disrupt Malekith’s ritual. Luna and Lu Yifang’s attack failed to kill Malekith, but Odin’s Gungnir pierced the Mirror Dimension and struck at him.

• Lu Yifang found Doctor Strange delayed by strikes, protests, and the subway shutdown, then carried him by wind to Greenwich.
• Strange used Lu Yifang’s Primal Bible to contact the Lord of Holy Light and struck a deal for power.
• Strange combined Holy Light, spatial magic, and the London Sanctum’s wards to trap Greenwich in a Mirror Dimension and disrupt Malekith’s ritual.
• Luna froze the Aether and space with Ymir’s Heart while Thor threw his hammer to Lu Yifang.
• Malekith spent his life force to suppress Thor’s hammer and survive Lu Yifang’s attack.
• Odin’s Gungnir tore through the Mirror Dimension and targeted Malekith, who roared Odin’s name.

Lu Yifang killed Malekith with Gungnir, inherited the spear from Odin, and was pulled through a collapsing rift with Luna and Thor. Back in Asgard, Thor declined the throne, and Odin finally admitted he was proud of his son.

• Doctor Strange suffered backlash when Odin's strike destroyed the Mirror Dimension, while Malekith survived as a weakened soul and tried to escape through a rift.
• Gungnir chose Lu Yifang, who wielded it to destroy Malekith; the collapsing rift then sucked in Lu Yifang, Luna, Thor, and the Aether.
• Odin gave Gungnir to Lu Yifang and, before dying, took Frigga to visit someone he felt he had wronged.
• Lu Yifang woke in Asgard's royal city, where Luna hurried him to the Hall of Heroes to see Thor speak with the fake Odin.
• Thor told Odin he did not want to be king and believed Loki was better suited to rule, then Odin admitted he was proud of Thor and sent him on his way.

Lu Yifang confronted Loki after Loki impersonated Odin and let Thor leave without learning the truth. Loki agreed to share Asgardian knowledge and technology with Earth, while Lu Yifang offered Asgard the Aether, leaving Loki responsible for dealing with it.

• Lu Yifang threatened the false Odin with the Spear of Destiny, prompting Loki to reveal himself.
• Loki explained that he had faked his death and planned to remain Odin so Thor would remember him, despite Lu Yifang warning he might regret it.
• Lu Yifang asked Loki how to use the Mind Stone, and Loki agreed to explain.
• Lu Yifang requested Asgardian technology and magical knowledge for an Earth expedition, and Loki agreed to receive the team.
• Lu Yifang proposed giving Asgard the Aether as a diplomatic gift, and Loki accepted responsibility for handling the dangerous artifact.