Chapter Summaries

Old Wang and Captain Marvel visited a peaceful Skrull planet and discussed Earth’s alliance with the Skrull Empire. They prepared to use a Skrull informant to locate Hala and attack the Supreme Intelligence, but Old Wang set the departure for one month later.

• Old Wang arrived at a prosperous Skrull planet and discussed with Captain Marvel whether the Skrulls might become a threat like the Kree Empire.
• Captain Marvel said Queen Veranke wanted an alliance with Earth and that Nick Fury had agreed; Old Wang accepted that Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. could represent Earth.
• Captain Marvel explained that a Skrull informant on Hala could reveal the Kree capital’s location for no more than a minute before the Supreme Intelligence detected the signal and moved it.
• Old Wang confirmed he could get them into Hala within a minute, and Captain Marvel explained that the Nova Corps, Shengun Bureau, and Skrulls would attack the Kree Empire after the Supreme Intelligence fell.
• Old Wang said they would leave in one month.

Old Wang declined to merge the Space Stone into the Heart of Azeroth but considered copying its abilities, then joined Captain Marvel to locate Hala. He broke through the gravitational barriers hiding the Kree capital and entered the artificial dimension with her.

• Old Wang refused to integrate the Space Stone into the Heart of Azeroth, though he considered copying its laws if he obtained enough Azeroth Blood.
• Old Wang and Captain Marvel waited in a vast starfield for a signal revealing Hala’s location.
• A map pinpointed Hala’s hyperspace anchor, and Old Wang used the Space Stone to move them to it.
• Captain Marvel explained that she could not break through Hala’s gravitational barriers, so Old Wang punched open a passage through them.
• Old Wang entered the artificial dimension and told Captain Marvel to follow.

Old Wang and Captain Marvel arrived on Hala and were caught in the Kree’s advanced weapons, but Old Wang used the Space Stone to dismantle the attack and strike the Supreme Intelligence’s core. The Supreme Intelligence’s location was destroyed, leaving the outcome of the attack unresolved.

• Hala’s defenses trapped Old Wang and Captain Marvel with gravitational fields, spatial severance, dimensional strikes, and an antimatter cannon.
• Old Wang twisted space, collapsed the gravitational fields, and destroyed the dimensional attacks.
• Old Wang formed a sphere from fragments of space and sent it toward the Supreme Intelligence’s location.
• The sphere triggered a spatial collapse and explosion that erased the Supreme Intelligence’s buildings and left a massive hollow.
• Old Wang lowered his fist and said that everything should be over.

After the Supreme Intelligence was destroyed, the leaderless Kree Empire descended into chaos and was invaded by the Skrull Empire, the Nova Corps, and other civilizations. Old Wang moved Hala to the Solar System and sealed it, then warned Captain Marvel that Earth could defend itself after he left the universe.

• The Supreme Intelligence's death spread across the universe, throwing the Kree Empire into chaos because it had no plans for its disappearance.
• The Skrull Empire and the Nova Corps mobilized against the Kree, while thousands of other civilizations joined the attacks to seize Kree territory and resources.
• Invading forces discovered that Old Wang had moved Hala from its location, and the planet could no longer be found.
• Old Wang and Captain Marvel appeared outside Hala after it materialized near Earth, where Old Wang imprisoned it with asteroids and layered gravitational fields.
• Old Wang told Captain Marvel that Earth was stronger with the Nine Realms united and warned that he would eventually leave the universe, leaving Earth in need of her protection.

Old Wang recovered the Power Stone and used the energy of multiple stars to deconstruct an Infinity Stone within the Heart of Azeroth. Meanwhile, Gamora and the Guardians of the Galaxy were captured by Hela, and Old Wang realized Hela might force Gamora to reveal the Soul Stone’s location.

• Old Wang said he could leave the universe but planned to break through its limits by his own strength, then retrieved the Power Stone from Nova Prime on Xandar.
• Gamora worried that Old Wang or another ambitious person might find the Soul Stone, while Star-Lord tried to cheer her up and she knocked him to the floor.
• Rocket told Gamora that the Guardians were out of money, and the Milano was caught in a tractor beam from Sanctuary II.
• Old Wang used the energy of five sun-sized stars to deconstruct an Infinity Stone in the Heart of Azeroth, then sensed that Gamora had been captured by Hela.
• Old Wang decided to hurry to save the Guardians before Hela could get the Soul Stone’s location from Gamora.

Hela brought the Guardians of the Galaxy to Vormir and learned that the Soul Stone could only be obtained by sacrificing the soul of someone she loved. Unable to take it by force, she made the Guardians choose who would try to claim the Stone in exchange for survival.

• Hela forced Gamora to lead her and the Guardians of the Galaxy to the Soul Stone’s location on Vormir.
• The group reached the cliff, where the Red Skull identified them and explained that he was cursed to guard the Soul Stone.
• The Red Skull told Hela that claiming the Soul Stone required killing the person she loved most with her own hands.
• Hela tried to seize the Soul Stone with her powers but discovered that the universe’s rules prevented her from taking it without making the sacrifice.
• Hela turned to the Guardians and declared that whoever obtained the Soul Stone would be allowed to live.

Hela forced the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Black Order to choose who would die to obtain the Soul Stone, but Immortal Iron Fist intervened after Proxima Midnight killed Corvus Glaive. Old Wang took the Stone, erased Hela and her forces, and joined all six Stones on the Heart of Azeroth as he prepared to use the Soul Stone to strengthen his primordial spirit.

• Hela demanded that the Guardians sacrifice someone they loved, but Gamora, Star-Lord, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot refused to turn on one another.
• Hela gave Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight a choice between both of them dying and one surviving, and Proxima killed Corvus and destroyed his Glaive.
• Proxima presented the Soul Stone to Hela, but Immortal Iron Fist appeared and took it.
• Old Wang used the Soul Stone to erase Hela, Proxima Midnight, Ebony Maw, Cull Obsidian, the Chitauri, and everyone aboard Sanctuary II.
• Old Wang placed the Soul Stone on the Heart of Azeroth, uniting all six Stones, and planned to use it to transform his primordial spirit.

After reaching the Half-Step Celestial realm, Old Wang decided to destroy the Infinity Stones by integrating their powers into Earth and the Nine Realms. Once the transformation made them a supreme holy land, his primordial spirit reached the Celestial level, and he turned to the task of completing his physical body.

• Old Wang's soul spread across the Solar System, and the Sun's heat purged the last traces of yin from his primordial spirit, making him a Half-Step Celestial.
• Old Wang told Ancient One he planned to integrate the six Infinity Stones into the Nine Palaces Bagua Formation and make Earth the universe's Cosmic Holy Land; Ancient One agreed.
• Old Wang extracted the Stones' powers over time and distributed them across Earth and the Nine Realms, strengthening their reality, energy, souls, and minds.
• The six Infinity Stones vanished, leaving Earth and the Nine Realms as a supreme holy land that even a Celestial would struggle to shake.
• Old Wang extended his Celestial-level primordial spirit into the other worlds of the Nine Realms to begin what he needed to do for his physical body.

The Ember Spirit fused the Primal Fire and Eternal Fire, while the Water Elemental Spirit absorbed the power of frost, death, and souls to transform Jotunheim and Hel. After completing the transformations, the Water Elemental Spirit turned to his third companion.

• The Ember Spirit finished fusing the Primal Fire and Eternal Fire, becoming a pure energy body at the peak single-universe level.
• The Water Elemental Spirit absorbed Frostmourne’s released soul and death energy, reaching the limit of the universe.
• The Water Elemental Spirit melted Jotunheim’s glaciers and transformed the planet into the Kan Water Realm.
• The Water Elemental Spirit destroyed Hel’s Undead and converted the world into the Zhen Thunder Realm, which gained the foundation for life but still lacked thunder.
• The Water Elemental Spirit looked toward his third companion and said it was his turn.

The Storm Spirit brought lightning and the promise of life to Hel, while the Earth Spirit reshaped the Nine Realms and gained the Marsh Realm’s recognition. Their return gave Old Wang the elemental forces he needed, and, after merging with nature, he transformed into a Celestial Immortal.

• The Storm Spirit filled Hel with lightning, awakening the Thunder Realm’s origin and laying the foundation for life.
• The Earth Spirit channeled Alfheim’s floods into waterways, then traveled across the Nine Realms to manage floods and droughts until he became a pure earth elemental.
• The Earth Spirit and three other elemental forces returned to Old Wang as he meditated at the center of the Nine Palaces Bagua Formation.
• Old Wang realized that natural life energy was the missing element, and drew energy from the World Trees across Earth and his Mental World.
• Old Wang’s essence, energy, and spirit reached their limits, transforming his Immortal body into a Celestial Immortal body.

After becoming a Celestial Immortal, Old Wang traveled beyond the known universe, encountering extraordinary civilizations and beings before deciding it was time to leave. He returned to Asgard to say farewell and asked whether realms beyond the universe truly existed.

• Old Wang left K'un-Lun and Earth to explore the universe before departing it for good.
• He obtained maps from the Kree Empire and the Nova Corps, then traveled through known space and into the universe's depths.
• Over the years, Old Wang encountered strange civilizations, powerful individuals, and a mature planetary life-form.
• Growing weary of the universe, Old Wang decided to return to familiar people and say farewell.
• Old Wang visited Asgard, where Thor and Sif asked about leaving the universe and the realms beyond it.
• Ancient One appeared and confirmed that the multiverse was real, though she did not know whether megaverses and omniverses existed.

Old Wang said farewell to the people whose lives he had touched before preparing to leave the universe. He invited Skye to come with him, but she chose to stay and asked him to leave her a child before he departed.

• Ancient One showed Old Wang Doctor Strange’s progress and said he might one day transcend the universe, while Old Wang told Thor that he could have the potential to follow him beyond it.
• Ancient One left in her Holy Spirit form to make arrangements, and Old Wang went to S.H.I.E.L.D., where he found Captain Marvel with Rhodey and told them he was leaving the universe.
• Old Wang visited the Azeroth Laboratory, greeted Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Hank Pym, Princess Shuri, Fitz, Simmons, and Spider-Man, and then asked Skye whether she would go with him.
• Skye refused to leave her family, friends, and familiar world, and Old Wang said he would return if he could and that they might meet again.
• Skye asked Old Wang to leave her a child before he departed.

Old Wang left the universe after spending time with Skye and their newborn twins, while Wanda and Quicksilver followed him beyond its boundaries. Before departing for an unknown destination, Old Wang destroyed the Dark Dimension and Dormammu.

• Old Wang stayed with Skye until their twins were born and a month old, then left them his recorded knowledge of cultivation and departed the universe.
• Wanda sensed Old Wang’s departure and decided to follow him, while Quicksilver joined her and Doctor Strange became the new Sorcerer Supreme.
• Old Wang crossed beyond the multiverse, saw the Dark Dimension threatening nearby universes, and destroyed it along with Dormammu.
• Wanda and Quicksilver caught up with Old Wang beyond the universe, and he smiled at Wanda before continuing on.