Chapter Summaries

The Ancient One and the mages of Kamar-Taj and the Three Sanctums held back Dormammu’s invasion while Wanda, Tony Stark, and their team used the Space Stone and Mind Stone to isolate him from Earth. The defense created an opening for Director Wang, leaving the final confrontation to him.

• The Ancient One ordered Kamar-Taj and the Three Sanctums to channel their magic into Earth’s defenses as Dormammu invaded through the Mirror Dimension.
• Dormammu’s mental assault overwhelmed several mages, but the infiltration suddenly vanished, allowing the remaining casters to continue.
• The Ancient One told Wang and Baron Mordo to restrain Dormammu and create an opportunity for Director Wang rather than defeat him.
• Wanda opened a portal to the cemetery, where Tony Stark and the team activated equipment powered by the Space Stone.
• The Azeroth Iron Soldiers formed a spatial barrier that trapped part of Dormammu’s power, while Wanda used the Mind Stone to shield everyone and seal the rupture.
• Wanda said that their work had reached its limit and that Director Wang would have to handle what came next.

Old Wang exchanged his accumulated Azeroth Blood, treasures, and energy for the Power of Kalimdor to confront Dormammu. In ancient Kalimdor, Malfurion began drawing on the planet’s power to stop Archimonde, but the power suddenly vanished as Archimonde approached.

• Old Wang gathered the Dark creatures’ corpses and magical items, then assessed his reserves of Azeroth Blood and Cosmic Energy.
• Old Wang asked Miss to exchange his resources for the Power of Kalimdor.
• During the final stage of the War of the Ancients, Malfurion prayed for Kalimdor’s power while Illidan drew energy from the Well of Eternity into the Demon Soul.
• Kalimdor answered Malfurion’s prayer and began sending him power to defeat Archimonde, but the power suddenly disappeared.
• Archimonde strode toward Malfurion and thundered, “Tremble, mortals!”

Old Wang helped stop Dormammu’s invasion, but Dormammu’s parting attack pierced him with spatial rifts that began consuming his body. Ancient One could not heal him, so Old Wang prepared to handle the injuries himself using experience from his time in Warcraft.

• The hurricane summoned by Kalimdor swept away Dormammu’s attacks and forced his avatar back into the Dark Dimension.
• Ancient One and the mages sealed Earth behind a golden barrier, ending the invasion and trapping the remaining dark power in the Mirror Dimension.
• Dormammu struck Old Wang from behind with a powerful Void Spike that pierced his body and opened spatial rifts inside him.
• Wanda rushed to Old Wang, but Ancient One said she could not undo Dormammu’s spell with time magic.
• Old Wang reassured Wanda and Ancient One that he could deal with the spatial rifts, drawing on his experience in Dalaran, Karazhan, and Netherstorm.

Old Wang secured the captured Dark Dimension energy and Space Stone after Dormammu’s defeat, then planned to recover and deal with threats in the Mental World. At Kamar-Taj, Ancient One ordered Kaecilius imprisoned and Baron Mordo assigned to guard him while Earth’s defenders recovered.

• Old Wang and Ancient One agreed that the Shengun Bureau and Kamar-Taj’s mages would hunt down the remaining dark forces, and Ancient One entrusted Earth’s defense to Old Wang.
• Fitz asked Old Wang for Dark Dimension energy to study, but Old Wang refused and said the team should focus on researching the Space Stone.
• Old Wang absorbed the trapped energy into the Heart of Azeroth, kept Kaecilius alive for his own purposes, and decided to recover from his injuries and address the remnants in the Mental World.
• Ancient One returned to Kamar-Taj, where Baron Mordo, Wang the Fatty, and Master Hamir were exhausted from the battle.
• Ancient One ordered Kaecilius imprisoned and explained that Earth’s defenders needed time to recover, then Baron Mordo volunteered to guard him.

Old Wang spent two months in the Amazon Rainforest using nature’s aura to purge lingering thoughts and smooth away the Spatial Rifts in his body. After completing his cultivation and reaching the late Grandmaster stage, he assessed how his strength compared with Thanos and other powerful beings before leaving with Bast.

• Old Wang walked through the Amazon Rainforest for two months, drawing animals to him as he cultivated alongside Black Panther Goddess Bast.
• Old Wang meditated and used the forest’s natural power to destroy lingering thoughts and gradually smooth away Dormammu’s Spatial Rifts, while the rifts repeatedly injured Bast.
• Old Wang eliminated the remaining Spatial Rifts, healed his injuries, and advanced to the late Grandmaster stage.
• Old Wang compared his physique and overall strength with Abomination, Hulk, Thanos, and the Dragon Kings, concluding that Thanos was a formidable opponent.
• Old Wang wondered how Thanos’s spiritual power compared with Archimonde the Defiler and whether Thanos or Captain Marvel was stronger, then left with Bast.

Carol Danvers prepared to meet the Skrulls while waging war against the Kree Empire, but Thanos attacked her and demanded that she submit. After she turned his missile barrage into fireworks, the two rejected each other’s offers and prepared to fight.

• Carol Danvers reflected on her war against the Kree Empire and planned to seek the Skrulls’ help in destroying it.
• Sanctuary II appeared, and Thanos accused Carol of attacking his Chitauri Army before ordering his forces to fire.
• Carol destroyed every missile in Thanos’s barrage with her Cosmic Energy and mocked him for providing such impressive fireworks.
• Ebony Maw assessed Carol’s powers while Thanos called her a worthy opponent and sent his Floating Throne to confront her.
• Thanos offered to help Carol destroy the Kree Empire if she submitted, but Carol countered with the same offer and the two prepared to fight.

Carol fought Thanos to a standstill, then contacted Fury and learned how Earth had changed during her eighteen-year absence. After warning him that Thanos had set his sights on Earth, she asked for Director Wang’s contact information, saying she wanted to talk to him.

• Thanos and Carol traded energy attacks and brutal blows across space and a nearby satellite, with neither gaining a decisive advantage.
• Sanctuary II’s weapons interrupted the fight, allowing Thanos to retreat and order his forces to find the Power Stone and Soul Stone.
• Carol assessed Thanos as roughly her equal and wondered why he had attacked her, then used her suit to contact Fury.
• Egghead answered Carol’s call at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, and she asked him what had happened on Earth during her eighteen-year absence.
• After Fury briefed Carol on Earth and Director Wang, she warned that Thanos was targeting Earth and asked for Wang’s contact information because she wanted to talk to him.

Old Wang empowered the Amazon Rainforest and activated all seven remaining Heart of Azeroth functions. As he prepared to return to the outside world, he received an unexpected communication request from beyond the Milky Way Galaxy.

• Old Wang awakened over a thousand Ancient Protectors to defend the Amazon Rainforest and watch over it for him.
• Old Wang used 2,500 grams of Azeroth Blood to activate the functions named after Hodir, Torim, Loken, Azadas, Tyr, Odin, and Highkeeper Ra.
• Old Wang tested the new abilities and judged that they had greatly increased his combat power.
• Old Wang received an external communication request from beyond the Milky Way Galaxy and answered it with the Kree communicator.

Old Wang spoke with Captain Marvel about Thanos, Earth’s defenses, and the Skrulls, then asked Adam for an update on events on Earth. The chapter left Old Wang preparing to investigate the approaching threats to Earth and the Nine Realms.

• Captain Marvel contacted Old Wang, warned him about Thanos, and sent him footage and analysis of their fight.
• Old Wang studied the footage, judged Thanos’s full strength to include his forces and resources, and assured Captain Marvel he could stop him from attacking Earth.
• Captain Marvel and Old Wang agreed that he would defend Earth and contact her if Thanos arrived so she could come fight him.
• Old Wang asked about the Skrulls, and Captain Marvel described their surviving people, unified government, and queen.
• Old Wang warned that the Skrulls might become a threat, but Captain Marvel dismissed his concerns and ended the conversation.
• Old Wang observed the world and asked Adam to tell him what had happened on Earth.

Old Wang oversaw the global shift to clean energy and the development of energy weapons, which strengthened Earth’s defenses and steadily improved his cultivation. Adam reported that Tony Stark had volunteered for the first human experiment involving the newly advanced Super Soldier Serum and Extremis Virus research.

• Old Wang reviewed the worldwide changes caused by clean energy, as governments and companies moved away from fossil fuels with support from Azeroth Group and Stark Industries.
• Azeroth Group and Stark Industries mass-produced controlled nuclear fusion reactors and energy batteries, while Old Wang’s cultivation improved from the planet’s feedback.
• Governments began developing energy weapons, and Dunhuang created thirty-two models using research from the Kree, Chitauri, S.H.I.E.L.D., and Hydra.
• Old Wang inspected the weapons and concluded they could greatly strengthen the space fleet against the Chitauri or Thanos.
• Fitz and the others shifted to human experimentation after research on the Super Soldier Serum and Extremis Virus made a key breakthrough.
• Adam told Old Wang that Tony Stark had volunteered for the first human experiment.

Tony Stark underwent the first human trial of the Extremis Super Soldier Serum and emerged more powerful, while the successful experiment left Little Chili hopeful that her own condition could be resolved. After Tony's examination, Old Wang asked Simmons about the broader rollout of the serum.

• Tony insisted on being the first human trial subject, and Little Chili and Simmons tried to dissuade him.
• Simmons injected Tony with the Extremis serum; he survived the fiery trial and became a Super Hero.
• Tony proposed combining Extremis with Bleeding Edge Technology, then discovered the lab had recorded his nude post-trial walk and could not delete the footage without S-class authorization.
• After his examination, Simmons told Little Chili that the serum would not prevent her from having children, and Little Chili left to return to managing Stark Industries and keep other women away from Tony.
• Old Wang asked Simmons whether the team had been jointly researching the serum and Extremis and how the wider rollout was progressing.

Old Wang reviewed the global Super Soldier Serum rollout and then announced plans for an S.H.I.E.L.D. Interstellar Fleet and a special force called the Investiture of the Gods. The delegates left to report his decisions and negotiate for their countries, unable to openly oppose him.

• Simmons told Old Wang that research on safely popularizing the Super Soldier Serum was eighty percent complete and showed him proposed staged sales and eligibility rules.
• Old Wang learned that 18,356 people worldwide had received the serum and asked Dunhuang to contact every government for discussions.
• Old Wang convened a high-level meeting and declared that S.H.I.E.L.D. would establish an Interstellar Fleet under his command, with a globally recruited Interstellar Squad of serum-enhanced soldiers.
• Old Wang announced that the Investiture of the Gods would be a special force under his direct command, initially including Quake, Scarlet Witch, Hulk, Ghost Rider, Black Sky, Black Bolt, and Thor.
• The delegates remained silent under Old Wang's control, then discussed how to secure benefits for their countries after he left.

More than a year after the battle, Old Wang inspected the Shengun Bureau’s upgraded First Fleet and learned that Earth lacked the resources, energy, and technology to build its far more powerful Second Fleet. He promised to find solutions, but postponed a journey through the universe because a major disaster threatened Earth and the grand convergence of the Nine Realms was approaching.

• Old Wang visited the fleet stationed near the sun and saw that scientists and engineers had upgraded the Chitauri ships and combat craft into Earth’s strongest force, the First Fleet.
• Old Wang asked Wukong about the Second Fleet, and Wukong reported that its starships, interstellar craft, and related technologies were still under development.
• Wukong explained that the Second Fleet could not yet be built because Earth lacked sufficient resources and energy and still faced tens of thousands of technical challenges.
• Old Wang told Wukong to find solutions, pursue help with virtual computing resources, and share non-core technical work with outside researchers and institutions.
• Old Wang considered traveling through the universe but decided that Earth’s imminent disaster took priority, and he asked whether the grand convergence of the Nine Realms was near.

Temporal-spatial anomalies spread across Earth as the Nine Realms began converging, prompting Old Wang to mobilize the Shengun Bureau and seek the Ancient One’s help. Jane Foster disappeared into an anomaly in London, and Old Wang was called back to the Infinity Stones Laboratory to investigate a human experiment.

• Jane Foster followed children’s demonstrations of spatial anomalies in an abandoned London complex, then vanished when her detector readings surged.
• Old Wang ordered worldwide monitoring and deployments, placed the First Fleet on combat readiness, and began deconstructing the Infinity Gauntlet.
• At Kamar-Taj, the Ancient One showed Old Wang through the Everything Cauldron that the Nine Realms were aligning and creating passages throughout the World Tree.
• The Ancient One agreed to send three hundred mages to locate and seal anomaly points, while Old Wang planned to mobilize the Shengun Bureau and inform S.H.I.E.L.D. and world governments.
• Dunhuang told Old Wang that Tony Stark’s human experiment might delay the laboratory meeting, so Old Wang returned to investigate.

After a painful experiment with the Space Stone, Quicksilver gained a new ability that let him move beyond the limits of the stabilizing force field. He returned to the lab and revealed that he had phased through the wall rather than making a spatial jump.

• Quicksilver endured a series of tests while Fitz, Banner, and Tony prepared to expose him to the Space Stone.
• Tony ordered the experiment to continue as the Space Stone's output rose, but Quicksilver's cells began to deactivate at 40 percent power.
• When the lab team opened the chamber, Quicksilver had disappeared, and Banner suggested the Cosmic Energy might have changed his genes.
• Old Wang explained that Quicksilver could have reached the speed of light and begun making spatial jumps, provided he had enough energy.
• Quicksilver returned to the lab and said he had phased through the wall to leave and then phased back through it.

Tony and Banner explained that the Space Stone had enhanced Quicksilver’s abilities, including phasing through walls and potentially making space jumps. After Jane disappeared through a spacetime anomaly, Old Wang organized a plan to find and attack the Dark Elves before they could invade Earth.

• Tony explained that Quicksilver’s enhanced speed came from high-speed particle motion and that he could potentially pass through walls or jump through space by using enough energy.
• Old Wang suspended Quicksilver’s tests and called a meeting about spacetime anomalies and the missing Jane Foster.
• Tony described the Nine Realms as connected by the World Tree’s gravitational field, while Dr. Erik Selvig identified Greenwich as the convergence point of the realms.
• Old Wang said Jane would return after finding her through the anomaly, then ordered the First Fleet to launch a preemptive strike against the Dark Elves beyond Earth.
• Dr. Erik agreed to modify instruments to locate and exploit spacetime anomalies, and Quicksilver volunteered to take him to anomaly sites and protect him.

Jane Foster encountered Aether in a sealed realm and absorbed it, awakening the last Dark Elves in their hidden spacecraft. Old Wang found Jane and tried to investigate Aether, but Asgard’s sealing power reacted and forced him to escape with her.

• Jane Foster found the red Aether imprisoned between monoliths and absorbed it before losing consciousness.
• Aether awakened Malekith and the last Dark Elves aboard their concealed spacecraft, and they prepared for the coming convergence of the Nine Realms.
• Heimdall told Thor that the Nine Realms were about to converge again and recalled how the Dark Elves had once threatened the universe.
• Old Wang followed Jane’s presence through the spacetime anomaly and found her inside Asgard’s sealed Stonehenge.
• When Old Wang tried to examine Aether, Asgard’s Runes formed a barrier and its will threatened him, so the Heart of Azeroth transported him and Jane away.

Odin discovered that the Aether had escaped its seal during the convergence of the Nine Realms and postponed his slumber to maintain Hela’s prison. Malekith prepared a Cursed Warrior for an attack on Asgard, while Old Wang learned that removing the Aether from Jane required finding Malekith and decided to go to Asgard.

• Odin told Frigga that the Aether had awakened and might have gone anywhere, while the weakening of Hela’s seal forced him to delay his slumber and strengthen it.
• Malekith returned to Svartalfheim with the last Dark Elves and vowed to reclaim the Aether and restore their world.
• Malekith made Agam the final Cursed Warrior by stabbing him and placing a ruby-like object inside his body.
• Old Wang brought Jane to the Infinity Stones Laboratory, where Banner, Tony, Princess Shuri, and Dr. Pym found that the Aether was entangled with her soul and could not be safely removed with current technology.
• Old Wang concluded that Malekith could extract the Aether from Jane and decided to search for him in Asgard.

Agam absorbed an Aether fragment, broke out of Asgard's prison, and freed its prisoners while Loki tried to persuade him to release him. As Thor moved to contain the riot, Heimdall discovered a Dark Elf assault and realized Malekith was alive.

• Agam crushed the Aether fragment, gained immense power, and shattered his cell's barrier.
• Agam killed prison guards, freed the prisoners, and refused to release Loki despite Loki's claims that he was a Frost Giant.
• Odin sent Thor, Sif, the Warriors Three, and Asgard's guards to suppress the prison riot.
• Heimdall spotted a cloaked ship bypassing Asgard's defenses and damaged it with his sword, revealing it as a Dark Elf ship.
• Heimdall saw an even larger Dark Elf mothership appear and recognized Malekith as its living king.

Malekith’s forces breached Odin’s Temple as he searched for the Aether, while Odin realized Frigga was in danger and Old Wang arrived in the temple with Jane. The chapter left Malekith confronting Frigga and demanding to know where the Aether was.

• Heimdall raised Odin’s Temple’s golden barrier, but Agam destroyed its projection device and cleared the way for the Dark Elves.
• Malekith’s forces attacked Odin’s Temple, and Odin fought through the invaders before realizing Malekith had gone after Frigga.
• Odin wondered whether the Aether was still in Asgard and hurried toward Odin’s Bedroom.
• Old Wang brought Jane through a spacetime anomaly, found Asgard’s teleportation and psychic barriers blocking him, and headed toward the bedroom.
• Frigga armed herself as Sif and the guards defended the bedroom, but Malekith entered and demanded that Frigga reveal the Aether’s location.