Chapter Summaries

Bai Jing brought Fu Zheng to Jotunheim, created an orbiting Golden Crow to warm the frozen planet, and showed him its mineral deposits and potential for settlement. The chapter left Fu Zheng returning through a portal with plans to choose a relocation site and support Bai Jing’s proposal, though he did not know what the proposal was.

• Bai Jing showed Fu Zheng Jotunheim and explained that the planet had no intelligent lifeforms, despite the traces of an earlier civilization.
• Bai Jing created a Three-Legged Golden Crow from his own flesh and sent it into orbit to draw sunlight from the distant star and warm Jotunheim.
• Bai Jing marked major mineral deposits on a projection and proposed relocating millions of people from Agricultural Province to develop the planet.
• Bai Jing told Fu Zheng about nearby habitable planets and humanity’s history in the galaxy, prompting Fu Zheng to embrace the prospect of struggle.
• Bai Jing asked Fu Zheng to choose a portal site within a month and support a proposal the next day, then sent him back before Fu Zheng could learn what the proposal was.

Bai Jing tried once more to recruit Loki, then mobilized the Order Society to claim responsibility for defending Earth as Loki began his invasion of New York. Loki confronted Tony atop Stark Tower and prepared to use the Mind Scepter on him.

• Bai Jing found Loki on the Helicarrier, warned him that Thanos had deceived him, and offered him a second chance to join.
• Bai Jing visited Song Shujun’s meeting in Japan, rejected Kobayashi Kenzo because he only recruited people from China, and took Song Shujun to prepare for the alien invasion.
• Kobayashi Kenzo and Kamiya Meiji planned to turn Japan into a province of China so they might gain access to supernatural powers.
• Bai Jing ordered the National Guard to defend New York, instructed Song Shujun to seek United Nations recognition for the Order Society, and declared S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers Alliance illegal.
• Loki landed atop Stark Tower and confronted Tony, who challenged Loki’s motives before Loki pressed the Mind Scepter against his chest.

At the United Nations General Assembly, Song Shujun applied for the Order Society to become independent and gain special status as an organization responsible for protecting Earth. He presented a live broadcast from Stark Tower, leaving the delegates watching as an aircraft landed on its roof.

• Delegates gathered for the General Assembly, where Song Shujun’s appearance signaled an unusual discussion of the Order Society’s independence.
• Song Shujun presented polling results showing that 98% of the Order Society’s people supported its establishment and asked the Assembly to approve independence.
• The American delegate objected, but Song Shujun argued that the Order Society had bought all the land within its territory and that its citizens could choose their nationality.
• Song Shujun also asked for the Order Society to receive status equal to national governments and responsibility for protecting Earth.
• Song Shujun offered a USB flash drive linked to the Sky Eye Live Broadcast, and the delegates watched an aircraft land atop Stark Tower as people brought equipment onto the roof.

Song Shujun explained the Tesseract device to the United Nations representatives while the Order Society sought approval to guard Earth. As the American representative prepared to veto the proposal, the device activated and opened a huge hole in the sky.

• Song Shujun described the Tesseract as a fusion reactor whose activation device could open a wormhole, and said an armed alien army waited beyond it.
• The American representative accused Song Shujun of knowing too much about the device, but Song Shujun insisted the Order Society respected American law and could not destroy private property.
• Bai Jing secretly controlled the Space Stone’s activation and stretched time around S.H.I.E.L.D.’s approaching aircraft while Tony and Loki fought over the device.
• Saye announced the vote, and the representatives overwhelmingly supported the Order Society before four permanent members voted in favor.
• The American representative prepared to veto the resolution, but a beam shot from Stark Tower’s device and a huge hole opened in the sky.

Bai Jing judged the Chitauri force too weak to conquer Earth and revealed the sophon-powered Water Drops he had prepared as a real army. As the Helicarrier, Avengers, and National Guard gathered to fight, the Chitauri began streaming through the portal.

• Bai Jing saw that the Chitauri fleet held only thirty thousand poorly equipped soldiers, and Loki realized their force could not defeat Earth's defenders.
• Tony struck Loki with a laser before learning that their apparent battle had been an act and that the conflict was over.
• Bai Jing opened a portal to the Shanhai Realm and summoned fifty million sophons encased in dense, mirror-like Water Drops.
• Bai Jing ordered the Water Drops to move out as Thor, Banner, the Helicarrier, fighter jets, and the National Guard converged on the city.
• The Chitauri army began entering the portal.

A physicist’s despair over contradictory experiments ended in suicide as the Order Society watched an alien invasion unfold above Earth. When the Water Drops destroyed a tank, the America representative realized his country had no choice but to turn to the Order Society.

• Yorkson concluded that physics and the universe made no sense, then shot himself in the Geneva Atomic Laboratory researchers’ residential area.
• Hetu reported Yorkson’s death to Bai Jing, who remained focused on becoming the enemy of the Order Society’s hero.
• At the United Nations conference, the America representative dismissed Song Shujun and Qiao Lü’s Order Society and claimed America could repel the aliens with its National Guard and Avengers Alliance.
• Perfectly reflective Water Drops appeared through the spatial gate, and a Water Drop pierced a soldier’s head before disabling his tank.
• The America representative tried to flee, but Order Society security stopped him until he cast his vote; he then called the President for advice.

Bai Jing seized control of the Chitauri mothership and forced The Other to send the army into battle, then equipped the Chitauri with powerful enhancements. The chapter left The Other preparing to face Captain Marvel while Bai Jing directed the attack from the ship.

• Natasha told a congressman that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s strongest combatant was on her way to deal with the crisis.
• The Other realized that a powerful force had created the water droplets and considered retreating from Earth.
• Bai Jing appeared aboard the Chitauri mothership, overpowered The Other, and forced him to order an attack on Earth.
• Bai Jing gathered the water droplets into armor and gave it to The Other to help him fight Captain Marvel.
• Bai Jing implanted the remaining droplets into thirty thousand Chitauri soldiers to enhance their combat abilities.

Captain Marvel was intercepted by the Chitauri Marshal, Chosen One, while the remaining Avengers struggled against Chitauri soldiers using Earth’s network data to counter their fighting styles. The Chitauri overwhelmed several heroes, and Hawkeye faced a soldier who challenged him to a duel.

• Captain Marvel encountered Chosen One near the Solar System, and he demanded that she defeat him before he claimed Earth.
• Natasha told the team that Captain Marvel could not come and that the Chitauri Marshal had recalled the Water Drops, so Banner transformed into Hulk to fight the soldiers.
• The Chitauri used coordinated tactics to keep Hulk at bay and used the Sophon to predict Iron Man’s movements, damaging his armor and waking him from the Mind Scepter’s influence.
• Three Chitauri soldiers defeated Captain America, took his shield, and shot a child he had urged to run.
• A Chitauri sniper confronted Hawkeye after nearly killing him, leaving Hawkeye questioning whether Earth could win against the soldiers.

Natasha escaped the Chitauri and sought help while the Avengers and military struggled against the invaders. As American fighter jets approached, Bai Jing used an invisible filament to slice them apart, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Human Torch returned to help Natasha, but Chitauri soldiers doused and pinned him while their forces overwhelmed her.
• Thor summoned lightning from the Empire State Building, but a descending Chitauri warship drew it away, and Natasha escaped into the sewers to contact the military.
• Natasha decided to find Bai Jing, while American fighter jets flew toward the Chitauri landing craft.
• Bai Jing created a nearly invisible, three-kilometer strand of super-solid material and sliced the approaching fighter jets apart.

Natasha failed to convince the Pentagon to seek the Order Society’s help as the military took command of the remaining forces. In space, Captain Marvel fought The Other, whose body and actions were being controlled by someone else, and killed him after his strange Sharingan technique appeared to do nothing.

• The Pentagon ordered the Army and special forces into New York while the white-haired general rejected Natasha’s offer to seek the Order Society’s help and took command of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s remaining assets.
• Natasha continued through Hell’s Kitchen, convinced the American military would be useless against the enemy.
• Captain Marvel overpowered The Other, who silently pleaded for help while someone else controlled his body and made it regenerate.
• The Other formed hand seals and invoked Mangekyo Sharingan—Tsukuyomi Space, but neither he nor Captain Marvel could detect an obvious change.
• Captain Marvel charged The Other, whose armor failed to carry him away, and shattered his head before blasting the surrounding area.
• Captain Marvel found no second The Other and wondered whether his technique had affected the space around them despite his apparent death.

Bai Jing arranged the Chitauri and American forces across Manhattan while removing powerful individuals who could disrupt the coming battle. The chapter left Thor and Loki stranded in a barren, airless world as the armies prepared to fight.

• Bai Jing used his mental scan to position Chitauri troops, establish defenses, and map the American forces converging on Manhattan.
• American sailors drove civilians away from New York's waterways, while crowds blocked the bridges and roads into Manhattan.
• Bai Jing sent Banner through a portal into another world, where the ocean current carried him away.
• Thor confronted Loki, who insisted that the war had become a conflict between armies and refused to shut down the generator.
• Bai Jing opened a portal that swept Thor and Loki into a barren, airless world, where Loki said he regretted trusting Thor and Odin.

The American military assessed the Chitauri’s weapons and combat strength while planning how to retake Manhattan and protect the civilians still trapped there. Negotiations failed, and the two sides moved closer to open war.

• The Pentagon formed the Alien Strategy Staff Headquarters and appointed Arnold Swart as its temporary commander.
• A staff officer briefed the generals on the Chitauri’s advanced weapons and soldiers, then recommended surrounding Manhattan and sending special operations forces into the city.
• Arnold accepted that the military might be unable to save the nearly 700,000 civilians held by the Chitauri.
• An American negotiator approached the Chitauri at the Manhattan Bridge to ask about their demands and request food deliveries for the civilians.
• A Chitauri soldier rejected negotiations and fired a shot that made the negotiator flee.

Bai Jing refused Natasha’s plea to fight the Chitauri until she heard what he wanted: the Order Society replacing S.H.I.E.L.D. as Earth’s protector. As Chitauri ambushed human teams across Manhattan, Bai Jing promised that he would eventually act and that Earth would not perish.

• Natasha found Bai Jing playing Go at the Order Society, and he told her to shower before speaking with him.
• Chitauri ambushed frogmen scouting near 70th Street and a human team moving through a dark tunnel.
• At the stadium, Kavlan and Kade assessed the Chitauri guards while Bieber joined them, but soldiers approached before they could act.
• Bai Jing checked the city map and continued his game until Natasha returned wearing his clothes and urged him to defend Earth.
• Bai Jing told Natasha he wanted the Order Society to replace S.H.I.E.L.D. as Earth’s protector, then assured her that he would act before Earth perished.

Bai Jing’s Chitauri forces repelled American advances until Colonel John Schneider’s Raid Battalion landed on Manhattan and used a live broadcast to expose the military’s failure to compensate fallen Marines. The broadcast was cut off, and Bai Jing’s soldiers surrounded the battalion as the battle continued.

• Natasha questioned Bai Jing about choosing war, and he told her S.H.I.E.L.D. would fall and suggested she find factory work afterward.
• Arnold resigned command after American advance units disappeared, and Boris ordered the First Raid Battalion to attack the Chitauri.
• Colonel John Schneider led the Raid Battalion ashore, where his long-range shots killed Chitauri soldiers and opened a path onto Manhattan.
• During a live interview, Schneider revealed that families of eighty-seven Marines killed under his command had received no compensation, medals, or military funerals.
• Boris ordered the broadcast cut, but Sky Eye Live Broadcast showed hundreds of Chitauri soldiers surrounding the Raid Battalion.
• Bai Jing dismissed Schneider’s grievance and ordered his soldiers to kill.

After Chitauri forces killed Colonel John Schneider and the remaining Raid Battalion soldiers, public outrage spread across America as the military prepared another assault on Manhattan. When an attack using Electromagnetic Pulse Bombs failed, a paid speaker rallied protesters against the government and introduced the Order Society as a possible savior.

• Chitauri soldiers killed Colonel John Schneider and the remaining seventy Raid Battalion soldiers, prompting protests against the government across America.
• General Boris delayed an assault until troops had deployed, while Bai Jing kept his Chitauri forces in place and urged the hungry soldiers to endure.
• Boris told reporter Dulina that Electromagnetic Pulse Bombs would disable the Chitauri weapons, then ordered rockets launched at Manhattan.
• The pulses failed to affect the Chitauri, and their guns destroyed landing craft approaching the island, intensifying public outrage.
• A speaker secretly offered money by Sophia denounced the military's attacks and introduced the Order Society as a possible way to rescue the civilians in Manhattan.

Protests against the American military and government surged as Zhizi fueled public anger and Novaden exposed decades of global surveillance, leaving President Lu Xian’s forces under pressure to call on the Order Society. With 700,000 people trapped in Manhattan and time running out, Boris decided to use an unspecified weapon or measure.

• Zhizi helped turn demonstrations across America toward demanding that the Order Society protect the people, while Novaden found no evidence that it had orchestrated the speeches.
• Novaden fled to Bear Country and leaked documents showing that America and other nations had monitored internet users and spied on foreign intelligence for decades.
• The revelations sparked further marches, and soldiers on the front lines began questioning whom they were fighting for.
• An adjutant told Boris that Lu Xian had ordered the Order Society to intervene if troops failed to enter Manhattan by ten that night.
• Boris checked the time, saw that he had only an hour and a half, and told Arnold he wanted to use that.

Boris ordered a nuclear strike against the aliens, but Bai Jing’s protective barrier rendered it harmless. With Boris incapacitated, Arnold offered the Order Society control of Hell’s Kitchen and responsibility for protecting Earth in exchange for its help.

• Boris ordered the launch of a thirty-million-ton hydrogen bomb despite Arnold’s objections.
• Bai Jing watched the missile approach as a pale blue barrier shielded the area from the nuclear blast.
• Boris found that the explosion caused no damage or radiation near the command center and fainted in fury.
• Arnold took command and ordered the government to negotiate with the Order Society immediately.
• Arnold offered the Order Society an autonomous zone in Hell’s Kitchen and the official role of protecting Earth.

After the Battle of New York devastated the city and shattered America’s standing, the Order Society publicly introduced its Judges and Chief Advisor Bai Kunlun. The Judges defeated the weakened Chitauri soldiers, leaving the world to reckon with the Society’s overwhelming power.

• The Battle of New York left thousands dead or missing, caused massive military and financial losses, and damaged America’s reputation as the world’s leading power.
• Yu Chaosheng, Angela Ziegler, Song Shujun, Skye, and Lumira appeared before the cameras and identified themselves as Order Society Judges.
• Bai Jing appeared as Chief Advisor Bai Kunlun and declared that the Order Society would protect Earth.
• A Chitauri soldier challenged the Order Society, and Yu Chaosheng, Angela Ziegler, Skye, and Lumira swiftly defeated the weakened invaders.
• People watching the battle debated whether the Order Society’s rise meant safety or the loss of human control over powerful beings.

After discovering that Tsukuyomi had cost her a day, Captain Marvel learned that the Order Society had defeated the Chitauri and taken the Tesseract, then set out to investigate its leader, Bai Kunlun. Meanwhile, Bai Jing used the Mind Stone to create a vast thirty-three-layer world and began filling it with the accumulated mental energy of life on Earth.

• Captain Marvel arrived in New York on September 18, learned that the Order Society had defeated the alien invasion, and read its new Superhero Management Regulations.
• At Stark Tower, J.A.R.V.I.S. told Captain Marvel that the Order Society had taken the Tesseract, and Tony said Loki had been detained as the Chitauri's leader.
• Captain Marvel rejected Tony's offer to stay out of the matter and flew off to investigate the Order Society herself.
• Tony resolved to upgrade his armor and added an anti-Bai Kunlun suit to his plans.
• In the Order Society's office, Bai Jing absorbed the Mind Stone's power and created a sunlit world with thirty-three layers.
• Bai Jing drew mental energy from Earth's Mind Ocean into his world, filling its first layer with ancient creatures and the next sixteen with dinosaurs before human consciousness began to appear.

Bai Jing absorbed the Mind Ocean’s history of humanity and realized the Mind Stone could create worlds from living beings’ thoughts, potentially solving the Order Society’s manpower shortage. He then explored the Space Stone’s powers, discovered he could locate flaws in the universe’s crystal wall and travel between universes, and recognized himself as a Multiversal Observer.

• Bai Jing watched humanity’s ancient history, learning how alien experiments shaped early peoples before Zhuanxu led humanity’s rebellion against the gods.
• Bai Jing honored Zhuanxu and reflected that memories and shared imaginings could be used to bring historical figures or fictional worlds into existence.
• Bai Jing reasoned that the Mind Stone could create countless imagined worlds where new Order Society members could be trained.
• After removing the Space Stone’s cube, Bai Jing gained a clearer perception of spatial veins, nodes, and precise control over Spatial Distortion.
• Bai Jing discovered the universe’s crystal wall system existed everywhere and realized he could find or open its flaws to travel between universes.
• Bai Jing concluded that the Space Stone made him a Multiversal Observer and a Multiversal powerhouse, though he had yet to prove himself across the multiverse.