Chapter Summaries

Gordon reported that Loki and Supergiant had taken control of hundreds of people and were preparing to open a portal at Stark Tower, prompting forces across the country to converge there. The portal was expected to open in ten minutes as the final battle began to take shape.

• Gordon returned injured from the collapsing Cosmic Cube Research Base and told Coulson and Egghead that Loki and Supergiant had controlled hundreds of people.
• Eve reported that Loki had assembled the Cosmic Cube device at Stark Tower, where the portal was expected to open in ten minutes.
• Egghead ordered Eve to monitor Loki and Supergiant while he feared the portal could lead to Earth's destruction.
• Lincoln and the Inhumans rescued the president and vice president from Extremis Warriors at the White House, then left for Stark Tower despite the vice president's order.
• Master Chen and the other masters defeated the Extremis Warriors at the Pentagon, and General Ross led them toward Stark Tower aboard a Flying Sky.

Thor learned that Loki had appeared on Midgard with Supergiant and was sent to retrieve them and the Cosmic Cube. In New York, Wanda trapped Supergiant and her guards in the Mirror Dimension, turned the guards against her, and began attacking Supergiant.

• Frigga and Heimdall told Thor that Loki and Supergiant had appeared on Midgard and were causing trouble over the Cosmic Cube.
• Odin sent Thor to Midgard using Cosmic Dark Energy and warned him to avoid conflict with its people, especially the Immortal Iron Fist.
• Supergiant walked toward Stark Tower, charming passersby and leading her Super Soldiers and Extremis Warriors through the streets.
• Wanda, Quicksilver, and Crystal confronted Supergiant inside the Mirror Dimension, where Supergiant ordered her guards to attack them.
• Wanda used the Disintegration Staff to charm the guards into attacking Supergiant, then formed a Chaos Magic whip and struck at her.

Loki sealed the Cosmic Cube behind an energy barrier and taunted Thor when he arrived at Stark Tower. Thor failed to break through the barrier, and Loki escaped, leaving Thor in pursuit.

• Loki celebrated after enclosing the Cosmic Cube in a barrier he believed no one on Earth could break.
• Thor arrived at Stark Tower, seized Loki, and demanded the Cosmic Cube, but Loki taunted him about their rivalry and his origins.
• Thor tried to reach the Cosmic Cube and was thrown back by its energy barrier, killing several researchers in the blast.
• Thor urged Loki to stop, but Loki mocked him and rejected their brotherhood, while Thor vowed to protect Earth, Asgard, and the Nine Realms.
• Loki fled using an illusion, and Thor chased after him.

Killian nearly killed Tony at Stark Tower, but Little Chili awakened powerful abilities and destroyed him. Tony embraced her and promised to investigate her altered condition before they flew to the rooftop, where a crowd had gathered.

• Killian overwhelmed Tony inside Stark Tower, destroying five Iron Man armors while holding Pepper hostage.
• Little Chili attacked Killian with unexpected combat skills and destroyed him by detonating an energy conduit in Mark 32.
• Little Chili worried that the Extremis Virus and Super Soldier Serum had made her dangerously unstable, and Tony promised to find a way to help her.
• Tony asked Eve for information on the Super Soldier Serum, but learned that he needed higher authority or Director Wang's approval to access it.
• Tony put on another Iron Man armor, carried Little Chili to the rooftop, and found several people gathered there.

Tony and the others faced the opening of a portal above New York and the arrival of a Chitauri invasion force. Old Wang appeared and crushed the incoming attackers, then stood in the portal and declared that no one would invade Earth.

• Tony tried to destroy the Cosmic Cube, but its energy barrier reflected his blasts and the portal opened before he could break through.
• Master Chen knocked out Dr. Wells, who had refused to stop the Cosmic Cube from reaching its peak.
• Chitauri aircraft and warriors poured through the portal, and Tony led the Iron Man suits into battle while the others could not fly.
• Tony destroyed dozens of Chitauri aircraft with miniature missiles, but more continued to emerge from the portal.
• Old Wang arrived on a golden dragon, used lightning to bring down the Chitauri forces, and compressed them into a steel ball with his Crimson Magic Belt.
• Old Wang sent the steel ball through the portal, declared that Earth would not be invaded, and pressed a tracking device.

Thor confronted Loki, but Loki tricked him and fled toward Stark Tower with the real Mind Stone Scepter. After Wanda defeated Supergiant and left her in the Ancient One’s custody, Wanda returned to Stark Tower and was immediately attacked.

• Thor tried to persuade Loki to abandon his plan and return to Asgard, but Loki pretended to accept before stabbing and burying him.
• Loki escaped by creating multiple illusions and headed for Stark Tower, while Thor broke free and pursued him.
• Wanda defeated Supergiant in the Mirror Dimension after she resisted the other fighters for half an hour.
• Wanda took Supergiant to Kamar-Taj, where the Ancient One agreed to hold and watch over her.
• The Ancient One warned Wanda that something had changed at Stark Tower, and Wanda returned to find a shield, three alloy arrows, and a black shadow flying toward her.

Wanda stopped the battlefield-wide brawl by binding everyone with Images of Ikonn and using the Disintegration Staff to free Loki's mind-controlled victims. She left the Mind Shield active and walked toward Loki, while Crystal wondered if she could ever match Wanda's power.

• Quicksilver intervened when Captain America, Black Widow, and Hawkeye attacked Wanda, then joined the fighting as the conflict spread across the battlefield.
• Wanda used Images of Ikonn to create hundreds of illusions and bind the combatants, but Crystal broke free after ten seconds and summoned four elemental giants.
• Wanda raised the Disintegration Staff and cast a Mind Shield over Stark Tower and the surrounding area, freeing everyone under Loki's control.
• The freed fighters reacted to their actions while Crystal doubted whether she could catch up to Wanda.
• Wanda left the staff maintaining the Mind Shield and walked toward Loki, telling the others to continue their battles.

Wanda captured Loki, took the Mind Stone Scepter, and closed the portal, ending the invasion on Earth. Meanwhile, the Shengun set off to join Wang in space as he faced the Chitauri Army, leaving Skye worried about whether he could hold out until they arrived.

• Loki tried to take the Cosmic Cube amid the fighting, but Wanda saw through his illusion, bound him with Chaos Magic, and seized the Mind Stone Scepter.
• Wanda picked up the Cosmic Cube, causing the portal to close.
• The Shengun crew learned that Wanda had captured Loki and Supergiant and ended the invasion, then received Wang's signal to depart for the battlefield.
• The Shengun headed toward Wang's position while Shou-Lao reassured Skye that Wang could handle the Chitauri.
• After five minutes, the Shengun passed through a jump point and arrived in another region of space.

Old Wang faced a massive Chitauri invasion in space and fortified the portal to keep their forces from reaching Earth. He then teleported aboard a Chitauri Mothership with a nuclear bomb.

• Old Wang saw more than a hundred Chitauri Motherships, thousands of Leviathans, and over a million troops gathered near the expanding portal.
• Kree aircraft fired energy beams at Old Wang, but he endured them and summoned four elemental clones: Earth Spirit, Fire Spirit, Storm Spirit, and Water Elemental Spirit.
• Earth Spirit and Fire Spirit built and repaired a fortified wall from elemental earth and melted Chitauri metal, while Water Elemental Spirit added a layer of hardened ice.
• Old Wang and Storm Spirit prepared to attack as the other Elemental Spirits guarded the portal.
• Old Wang teleported aboard the nearest Chitauri Mothership and pulled out a nuclear bomb.

Old Wang used nuclear bombs to destroy Chitauri ships while holding off their fleet, and Wanda closed the portal. With the invasion stalled, Old Wang prepared for the final battle and awaited Skye.

• The Other reported to Thanos that Old Wang had blocked the portal, and Thanos demanded an update after losing contact with Supergiant.
• The Chitauri commander ordered a ship's main cannon to fire at Old Wang, but the nearest ship exploded before he could finish boasting to Thanos.
• Old Wang survived the blast and explained that he and Storm Spirit had detonated nuclear bombs aboard two ships, destroying vessels and killing Chitauri bio-soldiers, Leviathans, and Storm Spirit.
• Old Wang sensed that Wanda had closed the portal and praised her success, contrasting her magical skill with Crystal's limited progress.
• Old Wang looked ahead to the approaching final battle and expected Skye to arrive soon.

After the Chitauri assault failed and the portal closed, Thanos ordered his forces to withdraw and warned Nebula not to go to Earth. He sent Gamora and Nebula to find the Universal Orb with Ronan while he planned to pursue the Infinity Stones and eventually confront Earth himself.

• The Chitauri leader begged Thanos for another chance, but Thanos ordered the army to retreat after the portal closed and the Immortal Iron Fists disappeared.
• At Sanctuary, Thanos told Nebula that Earth was too dangerous for her to visit and reflected on its hidden powers and cosmic significance.
• Thanos asked Nebula where Gamora was, and Gamora arrived before him.
• Thanos ordered Gamora and Nebula to find Ronan, search for the Universal Orb, watch him, and deal with him if he interfered.
• Thanos watched Earth from afar and vowed to remember the Immortal Iron Fist as he planned to claim the two Infinity Stones there later.

Old Wang tried to stop the retreating Chitauri from escaping with their ships and wreckage without following them to a possibly dangerous base. He sabotaged their jump point with nearly a thousand nuclear bombs, destroying many ships and Leviathans, and mourned the loss of the vessels he had wanted to claim.

• Old Wang learned the Chitauri fleet was retreating and decided not to pursue it to a possible encounter with Thanos and the Black Order.
• Old Wang teleported near the Chitauri jump point and planted nearly a thousand nuclear bombs around it.
• Old Wang detonated the bombs after more than thirty Chitauri ships and hundreds of Leviathans gathered near the jump point.
• The blasts destroyed the Leviathans, disrupted communications, and caused the jump point to malfunction, sending some ships off course or destroying them.
• Old Wang mourned the Chitauri ships he had hoped to capture and demanded that Thanos and The Other give them back.

Old Wang’s plan trapped much of the Chitauri fleet in the star system, and the arriving Shengun caught their leader off guard. The Chitauri retreated into a devastating attack and then mistook the approaching ship for a Kree invasion before Carol Danvers demanded their surrender.

• Old Wang learned that the jump point had shut down, leaving the remaining Chitauri ships and Leviathans unable to escape soon.
• The Shengun arrived as Old Wang asked Wukong how much longer it would take.
• The Chitauri leader ordered his fleet to retreat, but the jump point destabilized and explosions destroyed ships, Leviathans, and soldiers.
• The Chitauri leader saw a rod-shaped starship approaching and feared that it belonged to the Kree.
• Carol Danvers identified herself as commander of the Kree Empire Third Fleet and ordered the Chitauri to surrender.

Carol Danvers's Shengun pursued the fleeing Chitauri fleet and destroyed a Mothership, but the Chitauri leader realized she was alone and ordered his ships to turn around and attack. The Shengun fled, leaving the leader vowing to capture Carol Danvers if they met again.

• The Chitauri leader ordered his adjutant to contact Thanos for help as the Kree threat terrified them.
• Old Wang watched as Carol Danvers's Shengun destroyed a fleeing Chitauri Mothership with one blast.
• Carol warned the Chitauri to stop fleeing or face a galaxy-wide Kree pursuit, and the leader ordered his fleet to escape at full speed.
• The adjutant realized no other Kree ships were coming, and the Chitauri leader decided they could capture the lone Shengun and claim it for Thanos.
• The leader ordered every Chitauri ship to attack, but Carol's Shengun turned and fled, prompting him to vow to capture her another time.

Skye led the Shengun crew into battle against the pursuing Chitauri, deploying her allies around their formation. Robbie crashed a demonized Kree craft into a Chitauri ship and began rebuilding himself inside it, leaving the ship’s fate in doubt.

• Skye canceled the simulation, revealed her true appearance, and planned to use the Kree ship and equipment to make the Chitauri believe the Kree Empire was attacking them.
• Skye ordered Black Bolt, Shou-Lao, Robbie, and the others into positions for a space battle as the Chitauri ships pursued the Shengun.
• Lockjaw teleported Black Bolt, Skye, Shou-Lao, and Banner to different points around the Chitauri formation, while Banner transformed into Hulk.
• Robbie demonized a Kree combat craft with Hellfire and rammed it through a Chitauri ship’s shield and deck.
• Robbie survived the wreck, rebuilt his bones with Hellfire, and entered the Chitauri ship with his chain to begin a slaughter.

The Chitauri leader watched his fleet’s attack unravel as several powerful enemies tore through his ships and forces. Just as the surviving ships began to flee, Old Wang caught up and called on the Power of Dalaran.

• The Chitauri leader learned that a green armored monster had survived a ship’s self-destruction and ordered the fleet to keep its distance while attacking the Kree Starship.
• The Chitauri leader received reports of a muscular man, a woman, Hellfire, and a giant snake-like lifeform destroying ships, aircraft, transports, and soldiers.
• After the Kree Starship destroyed more ships, the Chitauri leader ordered the fleet to scatter and retreat.
• Old Wang caught up with the fleeing ships, saw that the others could not stop them, and asked Miss to exchange for the Power of Dalaran.

Old Wang used the Power of Dalaran to cripple more than thirty Chitauri ships, helping defeat the invasion before teleporting away to meet his allies. After the Chitauri leader blamed Carol Danvers for the fleet’s destruction, Thanos learned she had joined Earth’s side and ordered Nebula to find and kill her.

• Old Wang spent the remaining Azeroth Blood to destroy the engines of more than thirty Chitauri ships with pillars of light.
• Old Wang saw that fewer than twenty Chitauri ships remained and teleported away to meet his allies.
• The Chitauri leader told Thanos that Carol Danvers had commanded the force that destroyed the expeditionary fleet.
• Thanos questioned Ronan, who identified Carol Danvers as the Kree traitor Vers and warned that she possessed immense power.
• Thanos concluded that Carol Danvers was working with Earth and ordered Nebula to find her and kill her if she had the chance.

After the space battle, Old Wang rescued the injured survivors, salvaged intact Chitauri ships, and returned to Earth. At Stark Tower, Thor demanded that Wanda hand over the Cosmic Cube, but Tony challenged him and deployed an armor designed to fight Thor.

• Old Wang treated Shou-Lao with Well of Eternity Water and promised Black Bolt three Chitauri ships so the Inhumans could evacuate if needed.
• Old Wang ordered Wukong to crack intact Chitauri ships, load salvage aboard, and flew the Shengun back to Earth.
• Thor arrived at Stark Tower, seized Loki, and learned from him that Wanda had the Cosmic Cube.
• Thor demanded the Cosmic Cube from Wanda, claiming Asgard would protect Earth by taking responsibility for it.
• Tony confronted Thor over the Cosmic Cube, and ordered J.A.R.V.I.S. to deploy the Anti-Thor Armor.

Tony deployed the unfinished Anti-Thor Armor to stop Thor from taking Loki, but the armor fell apart as soon as it attacked. Thor and the others remained at odds over Loki’s fate, while Tony’s attempt to challenge Thor ended in failure.

• Thor refused to leave Loki and the Cosmic Cube behind, while Tony, Captain America, Black Widow, Daredevil Matt, Egghead, Coulson, and Ross demanded that Loki face judgment on Earth.
• Tony ordered J.A.R.V.I.S. to assemble the Anti-Thor Armor while both sides prepared for a fight.
• The Anti-Thor Armor emerged from Stark Tower, resembling Thor and wielding a technologically powered replica hammer.
• Tony sent the Anti-Thor Armor to attack Thor, but it sparked and broke apart into thousands of components.

Tony’s Anti-Thor Armor failed, and he scrambled to find a usable suit while the group awaited the Anti-Wang Armor. The Shengun carrier arrived after the Shengun Bureau destroyed the Chitauri fleet, and Old Wang confronted Tony while carrying an armor that resembled him.

• J.A.R.V.I.S. explained that Thor’s electricity had short-circuited 1,346 Anti-Thor Armor components and caused at least 300 million dollars in losses.
• Tony asked which counter-armors remained usable, and Fitz’s comment about Captain America offended Rogers, Winter Soldier, and others.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. reported that the Anti-Wang Armor was being repaired and would arrive in fifteen minutes.
• The group spotted a spacecraft above Earth, and Eve announced that the Shengun Bureau had decisively defeated the Chitauri expeditionary force.
• Tony flew toward the Shengun, but Old Wang appeared carrying an armor that resembled him and demanded an explanation from Tony.