Chapter Summaries

Wanda and Pietro escaped the underground base after Giant Serpent used Wanda’s Chaos Magic to make a meteor strike and destroy it. Nick Fury investigated the Sokovia disaster and considered Tony Stark’s bizarre behavior as he reviewed a report on Stark Industries’ batteries.

• Giant Serpent killed the fat supervisor by twisting off his head, horrifying Wanda and Pietro.
• Giant Serpent enclosed Wanda and Pietro in a shield and asked Wanda to unlock the Chaos Magic Component.
• Giant Serpent made the probability of a meteor strike rise, triggering a meteor impact and explosions that destroyed the base.
• Giant Serpent led Wanda and Pietro through a passage to the surface, where Wanda’s Omnisight Module detected no survivors within five kilometers.
• Wanda and Pietro left to find breakfast as a news report blamed the factory disaster on a meteor and reported more than two hundred employee deaths.
• Nick Fury ordered Serpent Shield agents to investigate the ruins, reviewed reports about Tony Stark’s conduct, and pulled out a report on Stark Industries’ batteries.

Nick Fury recognized that Tony Stark was suffering from palladium poisoning and hoped he would find a clue to Howard Stark’s new element. Meanwhile, Hela reported that Hydra had successfully produced controllable second-generation Armor Heroes, and Adam began considering who should become Duanmu Yan.

• Nick Fury concluded that Tony Stark’s frequent use of the Mark Armor had worsened his palladium poisoning and hoped Tony would find Howard Stark’s clue to a replacement element.
• Nick Fury summoned Coulson and decided to meet Tony Stark himself.
• Hela observed Hydra’s successful test of a controllable second-generation Armor Hero and told Toby that the first mission phase was complete.
• Toby relayed Hela’s message to Adam while Adam played a game.
• Adam realized the Endhust Virus experiment had advanced to its second phase and wondered who should become Duanmu Yan.

Toby arrived as Cartoon Man to stop a rampaging Armor Hero while George Stacy’s underfunded officers kept their distance and fired from behind cover. After Toby battered the infected attacker across the street, he approached to ask what had driven it to lose control.

• George Stacy ordered his officers to transform and fire on the charging Armor Hero, while the officers retreated behind police cars and shot from a distance.
• Toby arrived in his upgraded Action Gamer Lv. 2 form, and the cheering officers recognized him as Cartoon Man.
• Toby greeted the crowd, then spun out his Gashacon Breaker and smashed the leaping Armor Hero hundreds of meters away.
• Toby approached the fallen Armor Hero and asked whether its rage came from a bad turn in life or getting high on weed.
• The chapter explained that Hela’s immature Endhust Virus created out-of-control first-generation Armor Heroes, and Alexander Pierce had helped spread it through New York.

Toby killed an Armor Hero after finding he could not communicate, while S.H.I.E.L.D. failed to secure a live test subject or funding to counter the growing threat. Nick Fury spent his own money on a Transformation Belt, and Adam spotted Andrew Garfield with a young woman after looking into George Stacy’s past.

• The Armor Hero sprang at Toby, but Toby caught his wrist, killed him with a hammer, and watched him explode into ash.
• An agent reported the encounter to Nick Fury, who learned that no vigilantes were willing to capture an Armor Hero for S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Nick Fury asked the White House for money to create a Kamen Rider, but they refused and left him to fund it himself.
• Nick Fury used his Nine Realms Bank card to buy a Transformation Belt, unaware that its displayed message read, “Luck can't save the unlucky, spending can't change fate.”
• Adam looked into George Stacy’s past and recognized the young man with Gwen as Andrew Garfield, whose late father had worked at Oscorp.

Adam watched as Andrew, who had a Transformation Belt but had not become Spider-Man, transformed into a Kamen Rider to rescue an ice cream vendor from a Ram-Head Okser. Andrew drew the monster away while Adam wondered whether the police would be able to defeat it.

• Adam reflected on the different Spider-Man versions and recognized that Andrew had a Transformation Belt.
• A wanted criminal's Endhust Virus erupted, transforming him into a Ram-Head Okser on the street.
• Andrew escorted Gwen into a clothing store, then transformed and rescued the trapped ice cream vendor.
• The Okser attacked Andrew, who used ice cream and jokes to evade it before luring it away from the vendor.
• Adam praised Andrew's bravery and resourcefulness while questioning whether Chief George and the police could handle the Okser.

Adam considered giving General Duanmu's power to Andrew as the NYPD fought the Ram-Head Okser. After the Okser turned red-eyed and left Andrew behind, Adam appeared as Gandalf and offered him martial arts manuals, leaving Andrew to face an unexpected offer in the middle of danger.

• Adam watched Andrew battle the Ram-Head Okser and considered him as a possible heir to General Duanmu's power.
• George Stacy arrived with the NYPD and knocked the Okser away with a Rider Kick, but the creature did not die.
• The officers' gunfire triggered the Okser's red-eyed transformation, and they fled in their cars, leaving Andrew behind.
• The faster Okser lunged at Andrew, who tried to distract it with a trash can.
• Adam appeared to Andrew as Gandalf and offered to sell him secret martial arts manuals for ten dollars.

Andrew bought three old books from Adam in a vision before death, then awakened the Nava Armor and defeated Ram-Head Okser. Adam later joined Yao and Ancient One to claim a lifeless universe as his laboratory and reviewed the remaining plots he planned to stage before leaving.

• Andrew paid Adam thirty dollars for three books, then returned to the moment Ram-Head Okser was about to stomp him.
• Andrew's rage awakened the Nava Armor, and he punched Ram-Head Okser into fragments before collapsing unconscious.
• Gwen Stacy found Andrew alive, carried him away, and Adam watched them leave before returning to his shop.
• Yao and Ancient One told Adam they had found a lifeless universe, and Adam separated it from the Marvel Universe to make it his laboratory.
• Adam reviewed his remaining planned plots, including the Asgard conflict, Thanos's defeat, Loki's transformation, and Wanda and Pietro's story.

Adam decided to take Wanda and Pietro with him rather than train them to inherit the Crimson Dimension, which he planned to leave to Ancient One to challenge Cyttorak. Meanwhile, Wanda and Pietro struggled with ordinary life after leaving Hydra and tested their transformation powers, with Wanda easily defeating Pietro.

• Adam decided that Ancient One should receive the Crimson Dimension and compete against Cyttorak without its enhancement.
• Adam chose to bring Wanda and Pietro along as reliable companions on his travels.
• Wanda and Pietro realized they lacked basic life skills after growing up inside the Hydra base.
• Wanda’s demon Scarlet explained that she could not teach Wanda knowledge she did not already possess.
• Pietro assembled his own transformation gear and challenged Wanda, but her shield and Chaos Magic let her beat him while their demons watched.

Adam told Loki and Hela that he would soon leave and gave Loki the complete set as a farewell gift. Loki and Hela joined Surtur’s attack on Thanos, where Loki transformed in a flamboyant outfit and faced the Black Order.

• Adam told Loki he was leaving soon and gave him the complete set as a farewell gift.
• Hela volunteered to help Surtur fight Thanos, and Loki joined her to test his new power.
• Surtur assigned Loki the Black Order while he fought Thanos, and Hela attacked Thanos’s army with her death-like power.
• Corvus Glaive flew to stop Hela, but Loki intercepted him with a bolt of lightning.
• Loki transformed in a flashy red outfit, prompting Hela to deny knowing him.

Loki used Don Momotaro's power to expose Corvus Glaive's weakness and pummel his soul-bearing battle blade. Thanos let the Black Order join the fight, but Loki dodged their attacks and left Ebony Maw suspicious of his abilities.

• Loki transformed Corvus Glaive's reckless attack into an opening and struck his battle blade with the Sunglasses Sword.
• Loki explained that Corvus Glaive's soul resided in his battle blade, making its destruction fatal, then repeatedly attacked it as Corvus tried to retreat.
• Proxima Midnight and the other Black Order members asked Thanos for permission to help Corvus, and Thanos approved.
• The Black Order surrounded Loki with mental control, telekinesis, death rays, and physical attacks, but Loki dodged them and mocked Cull Obsidian.
• Ebony Maw noticed that Loki had evaded telekinesis and mental control merely by twisting his body and suspected something was wrong.

Loki struggled to control his enhanced power against the Black Order while Hela slaughtered Thanos’s army and Surtur fought Thanos. Surtur gained the upper hand, and Thanos realized his enemies were prepared to kill him as he assessed Surtur’s rapid healing and his own wounds.

• Adam watched Loki toy with the Black Order, recognizing that Loki’s exaggerated evasions came from struggling to control his power.
• Surtur attacked Thanos, and their weapons clashed as both recognized the other’s strength.
• Hela slaughtered Thanos’s army while Loki avoided the Black Order’s attacks and the larger battle remained at a standstill.
• Surtur feinted with the Twilight Sword and struck Thanos in the face with an elbow, leaving him badly injured.
• Surtur pressed his advantage, and the Black Order faltered, allowing Loki to counterattack and seize some initiative.
• Thanos took a blow to the shoulder to escape Surtur’s assault, then noticed Surtur’s rapid healing and examined his own arm wreathed in black flames.

After Thanos fell to Surtur, Hela, and Loki, Adam opened a portal to Odin’s sleeping chamber so Hela could confront her father. Odin awoke to their attack, and the chapter ended with him facing Hela and Surtur while Loki was overlooked.

• Surtur killed Thanos with his Twilight Sword and black flames after Hela and Loki distracted him.
• Adam agreed that Hela, Surtur, and Loki could attack Odin and opened a portal to Odin’s sleeping chamber.
• Hela entered first and tried to stab Odin, but Odin awoke and blocked her attack with lightning.
• Surtur followed and struck Odin’s sleeping chamber with a giant sword wreathed in black flames.
• Odin recognized that Surtur had regained and surpassed his former strength, while Loki arrived and went unnoticed.

Loki transformed into Don Momotaro and joined Hela and Surtur in attacking Odin, mocking him for losing his weapons and armor. Thor rushed in to help his father but accidentally handed Mjolnir to Hela, while Loki went to fight Thor.

• Loki transformed into Don Momotaro and attacked Odin with the Flame Blade Rider.
• Hela wounded Odin and taunted him about losing Gungnir, Sleipnir, and his armor, while Loki revealed how badly Adam had beaten him.
• Surtur attacked Odin from behind, and Hela and Loki continued their three-on-one assault.
• Thor heard the fight and rushed in, but Hela caught Mjolnir and struck Odin with it.
• Loki charged at Thor while Odin struggled to withstand the attacks in his weakened state.

Loki’s reunion with Thor turned into a frantic game of hide-and-seek while Hela and Surtur’s battle with Odin ended with Odin vanishing in a burst of redirected energy. Thor found the ruined bedchamber without his father and demanded to know where he was.

• Loki fought Thor briefly, but Thor recognized his voice and rushed to embrace him.
• Unable to lie while transformed, Loki fled from Thor and tried to keep himself quiet until he could change back.
• Hela and Surtur attacked the wounded Odin as he prepared to self-destruct, while Adam secretly redirected the resulting energy through the Door Card.
• Odin disappeared in the blast, leaving Hela and Surtur unsure who had killed him; Surtur’s urge to destroy Asgard brought him into a standoff with Hela.
• Thor arrived at the ruined bedchamber and demanded to know where Odin was, and Hela replied that he was everywhere.

Adam arranged the Marvel Universe’s aftermath, left Nidhogg in charge of the Dark Dimension, and used fate to tie the dragon to the universe’s eventual destruction before departing. He considered his next destinations and ruled out returning to the Harry Potter World, leaving the other two options undecided.

• Thor attacked Hela and Surtur after learning what had happened, but they overwhelmed him until Adam told them it was time to leave.
• Adam rescued Loki and gave him his Midgard inheritance and the Dream Dimension, while assigning other dimensions to Yao, Ancient One, and Nidhogg.
• Adam left Nidhogg as the new master of the Dark Dimension and used the Fate Card to bind the dragon to the Marvel Universe’s eventual destruction.
• Adam departed the Marvel Universe and considered visiting the Harry Potter World, the gathering place of magical worlds, or the Eastern-system world.
• Adam ruled out returning to the Harry Potter World because doing so could draw powerful beings’ attention to it.

Adam discovered that the magic-dominated world he observed was Black Clover, but the Gates of the Underworld prevented him from entering. He sent contract-bound avatars into several nearby worlds, then was suddenly pulled into a familiar world himself.

• Adam identified the world with the three-leaf-clover books as Black Clover and found that the Gates of the Underworld blocked his entry.
• Adam sent a contract containing an avatar through a crack in the gates, disposed of the demons drawn to the disturbance, and closed the gates.
• Adam created many powerless Heroic Spirit avatars as contracts and scattered them into nearby worlds to explore several at once.
• Adam approached a world that felt familiar and was suddenly sucked into it.

Adam met Sakura and Tomoyo, explaining that Clow Reed’s magic had drawn him into their world and that he hoped Sakura could help him discover why. After Adam left, Kero warned Sakura that Adam was a powerful wizard, but Sakura and Tomoyo decided he seemed trustworthy.

• Adam told Sakura and Tomoyo that he had come from another world and was searching for Clow Reed, who might have arranged his arrival.
• Adam gave Sakura his address and offered to help if she or Tomoyo ran into trouble, then left with Kero and Suppi.
• Kero told Sakura that Adam was nearly as powerful as Clow Reed and warned that his interest in Sakura could be dangerous.
• Tomoyo and Sakura argued that Adam seemed kind and had no reason to hide bad intentions, prompting Kero to reconsider his suspicions.

Sakura and her friends visited Adam’s dessert shop, where they enjoyed his magical pastries and learned that Yukito and Toya had joined the staff. Adam reflected on Lucy’s contract in Fairy Tail, where he was helping her protect her ailing mother, and considered creating magic based on the stars.

• Sakura, Tomoyo, and Kero ate Adam’s pastries, and Kero wondered whether the Sweet Card had helped make them.
• Yukito told Sakura he was working at the shop with Toya after Adam offered generous benefits and unlimited food.
• Sakura told Adam that the Clow Cards had been quiet and that she had found no clues about Clow Reed; Adam urged her not to worry.
• Adam reflected on Lucy’s contract in Fairy Tail and how he was helping her stabilize Layla’s failing life force while Layla taught him and Lucy Celestial Spirit Magic.
• Adam considered making Celestial Spirit Keys and noted that another avatar’s contractor was in a difficult situation.

Adam awakened the power of Leo in Felt, granting her protection from blades and spears and strengthened claws and fangs. He planned for her to build strength in the slums, then seek out Reinhardt and become a royal candidate, while Adam studied the world’s powers.

• Adam explained the power of the stars to Felt and chose Leo, tied to her August 8 birthday, as her first Celestial Spirit Key.
• Adam used the stars as a catalyst to awaken Leo’s power while Felt fell asleep on the roof.
• Felt caught a cold after sleeping outside, but Leo’s protection helped her defeat attackers and collect a haul in the slums.
• Felt complained that the conspicuous golden ring drew trouble, while Adam said she could hide it under a glove but could not hide her destiny.
• Adam planned for Felt to find Reinhardt and become a royal candidate, and considered Natsuki Subaru a possible route to the Witch of Envy.

Adam agreed to help Sakura investigate a ghost in the forest after asking Tomoyo to share her Sakura photos and videos. The Illusion Card showed Sakura an image of her mother and lured her toward a cliff, but Adam pulled her to safety, where Yukito called up to her from below.

• Sakura told Adam and Kero that she had seen a ghost in the forest, and Kero suspected a Clow Card was responsible.
• Adam agreed to protect Sakura on the condition that Tomoyo share her collection of Sakura photos and videos.
• Tomoyo showed Adam her Sakura collection, and Sakura hurried the group toward the forest to capture the Clow Card.
• Sakura saw the Illusion Card take the shape of her mother and walked toward the cliff, while Adam saw only a blur.
• Adam pulled Sakura back from the edge, and Yukito called to her from below the cliff.