Chapter Summaries

Azu refused to surrender the Infinity Gauntlet and prepared to fight the Avengers after Tchalla ordered them to leave Wakanda. Captain Marvel arrived unexpectedly, mistook Azu for Thanos, and declared him her enemy.

• Spider-Man brought Iron Man’s body through Doctor Strange’s portal, and Peter told Steve that Azu had killed him.
• Azu and the Avengers faced off in Wakanda as Steve and Doctor Strange demanded the Infinity Gauntlet, while Tchalla ordered the Avengers to leave.
• Thor demanded the gauntlet and revealed that Azu had led the Dark Elves in an attack on Asgard.
• Azu unleashed the pressure of 200% of his power and warned that none of the Avengers would leave.
• Captain Marvel crashed through Wakanda’s defensive barrier, introduced herself as Carol, and told Azu he was her enemy.

Azu summoned Cursed Warriors and a powerful clone as the Avengers and Wakanda's forces charged into battle against him. The fighting began with Carol and Thor confronting Azu, while Steve, Black Widow, and Banner engaged Wakanda's fighters and a Cursed Warrior.

• Carol refused to buy Azu's Infinity Gauntlet, and Steve urged the assembled heroes to work together against the Conqueror.
• Azu released three Curse Stones, creating two Cursed Samurai and one Cursed General, then summoned a clone with eighty percent of his power.
• Steve ordered the Avengers to charge, and Carol, Thor, Wanda, Vision, Doctor Strange, and the others attacked as Wakanda's forces joined the battle.
• Azu struck Carol and sent her flying, while his clone caught Thor's Stormbreaker and fought him with Laser Eyes.
• Steve fought Tchalla, and Shuri knocked Black Widow down and blasted her back with shockwaves.
• Banner faced a Cursed Warrior, transformed into the Hulk, and sent the Cursed Warrior flying.

Hulk battled the Cursed General while the Guardians, Spider-Man, Bucky, and Drax fought the Dark Iron Stream robots and Cursed Warriors. Wanda joined Vision and Doctor Strange against Azu, who was forced to take the fight more seriously.

• Hulk fought the Cursed General, whose cursed strikes weakened him only slightly, while Wakandan soldiers kept their distance.
• Groot hurled Rocket into the robot ranks, and Star-Lord caught him before he fell; Quill told Rocket that Gamora had died and admitted he felt lost after Thanos's death.
• Drax, Spider-Man, and Bucky fought the robots and a Cursed Warrior, with Spider-Man using his suit's One-Hit Kill mode and Bucky borrowing a Wakandan rifle.
• Wanda flew toward Azu, who was fighting Vision and Doctor Strange; Azu had easily handled Vision and Wanda but faced a greater challenge from Doctor Strange.

Azu resisted Doctor Strange’s and Wanda’s attacks with his Absolute Domain, then used the Mind Stone to overpower Wanda inside his Mind World. After Wanda woke, she seized control of Doctor Strange and flew away with Vision chasing her, leaving Azu pleased that three powerful opponents had been drawn out of the fight.

• Doctor Strange attacked Azu with the Sword of Vishanti, but Azu’s Absolute Domain stopped the blow and his finger flick sent Strange flying.
• Vision suspected that Azu’s Absolute Domain depended on his mental state, and Wanda tried to invade Azu’s mind with Chaos Magic.
• Azu restrained Wanda inside his Mind World with the Mind Stone and threatened to make her forget Vision and fall in love with him.
• Wanda begged Azu to stop, and he let her wake in the real world after she promised him something.
• Wanda controlled Doctor Strange with Chaos Magic and flew away, while Vision pursued them and Azu remained behind.

Azu fought Captain Marvel on Titan, then returned to Wakanda and used the Infinity Stones to scatter the Avengers across Earth, ending the battle in Wakanda. He left for Thanos's spaceship, where Proxima Midnight, Cull Obsidian, and Corvus Glaive confronted him.

• Steve, Bucky, and Black Widow fought Tchalla and Shuri while Azu battled Captain Marvel, who had arrived in Binary State.
• Azu transported himself and Captain Marvel to Titan, where he trapped her soul and exiled it to another dimension.
• Returning to Wakanda, Azu used five Infinity Stones to incapacitate and scatter the Avengers across Earth, sending Spider-Man, Hulk, and Stark's corpse to New York, the Guardians to the polar region, and Steve, Bucky, and Black Widow to a train in Ireland.
• Azu declared the battle over, praised Tchalla and Shuri, and warned Tchalla to pay attention to his heart.
• Azu left Wakanda and appeared aboard Thanos's spaceship, where Proxima Midnight, Cull Obsidian, and Corvus Glaive turned to face him as enemies.

Thor reunited with Jane Foster before returning to the fight, while Azu took control of Thanos’s forces and used the Infinity Mu Jins to wish to become a Multiverse Administrator. The wish triggered contact with an Administrator, who said Azu might be offered an Ultimate Mission, leaving his ambition dependent on a decision by the Administrators.

• Thor arrived in New Mexico, reunited with Jane Foster, and told her that Tony Stark had died and that he would return after handling the crisis.
• In Wakanda, Shuri confirmed that Tchalla had a hidden heart lesion, while Loki stayed disguised as a Royal Guard and considered changing Wakanda’s king.
• Azu defeated Cull Obsidian, secured the loyalty of Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive, and took over Thanos’s forces aboard Sanctuary II.
• Azu used the Infinity Mu Jins to wish to become a Multiverse Administrator, but an Administrator speaking through Proxima Midnight said the wish exceeded their authority.
• The Administrator explained that Azu’s wish could trigger a paradox and said a meeting would decide whether to unlock an Ultimate Mission that could make him an Administrator.

Azu left the Marvel universe after ordering Thanos’s forces to pursue profit and build a stronger army, while Thor, Carol, and Nick learned that the Conqueror had departed with the Infinity Gauntlet. Back in The Boys Universe, Azu received his event rewards, learned Shapeshifting, and inspected his new items.

• Azu ordered Proxima Midnight, Cull Obsidian, Corvus Glaive, and Thanos’s forces to avoid Earth and strengthen their army through profitable wars, then left the Marvel universe.
• Thor and Carol arrived in Wakanda seeking Azu, but Tchalla told them he had left Earth; Thor departed for Jane, and Carol flew toward New York.
• Loki impersonated Shuri, drugged Tchalla, and hid him in a cabinet before copying his voice to deceive the real Shuri.
• Carol told Nick that Azu had defeated her and left Earth with all six Infinity Stones, and Nick worried about what the Conqueror might do.
• Azu returned to The Boys Universe, received rewards for changing events and killing Thanos, and used the Spellbook: Book of Shapeshifting to master the spell.
• Azu tested Shapeshifting on himself and the Infinity Gauntlet, then examined his Talent Crystal and other rewards.

Mallory recruited Frenchie and Mammal to investigate Soldier Boy and a possible weapon that could kill Homelander, while Azu reviewed his awakened powers. The chapter ended with the Federal Aviation Administration detecting a Nevada-sized meteorite approaching Earth, expected to arrive in 72 hours.

• Mallory told Frenchie and Mammal that the Federation's nuclear attack on Homelander had failed and that she believed Soldier Boy might be connected to a weapon capable of killing him.
• Mammal resisted investigating Soldier Boy, but Mallory persuaded him by arguing that Homelander's survival would keep him from reuniting with his daughter.
• Mallory sent Frenchie and Mammal to investigate Countess Crimson and Gunpowder while she planned to investigate Soldier Boy's reported capture by the Soviet Union; she gave them Temporary Compound 5.
• Azu examined his upgraded Thermonuclear Beam and Absolute Domain, then saw a warning that a Disaster Event would occur in 72 hours.
• Federal Aviation Administration staff detected a meteorite the size of Nevada heading toward Earth and alerted the Department of Defense after estimating it would strike the Moon.
• The White House secretary informed the president about the approaching meteorite and the uncertainty surrounding its impact on the Moon.

The Space Administration warned that the Destroyer could devastate Earth, while fragments were set to threaten cities that night. As Ashley and the others searched for Homelander, Azu ignored calls from the president and enjoyed a vacation in Hawaii, intending to teach them a lesson.

• Steve Burton learned that the Destroyer could either shatter the moon or strike the Pacific, and that humanity had no reliable way to stop it.
• Steve Burton reported that hundreds of meteor fragments would enter the atmosphere around midnight, with a stadium-sized fragment threatening major cities.
• The president ordered Steve Burton to contact Homelander, but Ashley could not reach him through Seven Tower's emergency network.
• Ashley told Maeve, Livewire, Element Man, and Princess Frost about the meteor shower and urged them to find Homelander or leave New York.
• In Hawaii, Azu ignored Ashley's calls while relaxing with Angelina and said the president's delays over his promotion had made it time to teach them a lesson.

President Rick Archibald ordered New York residents to shelter as Bad Boy and a meteor shower struck the Federation, while Azu watched his protected base withstand the impact. After the attack, officials suspected the meteorites had deliberately changed course, and an unidentified slug-like creature hid in a crater.

• Rick Archibald announced the incoming meteorites, ordered evacuations and a nuclear strike on Bad Boy, and sent the Federation’s data and spacecraft plan to international organizations.
• Cindy tried to get Ryan to shelter, but Angelina’s agents took Cindy, Himiko, Lin Aida, and the others toward an airport to leave New York.
• Pilot Kelson Tang launched a nuclear missile at Bad Boy, but its fragments fell across New York and other cities, causing widespread destruction.
• Azu watched meteorites shatter against protective ripples above Angelina’s experimental base while the surrounding Federation was hit.
• The Secretary of Defense showed Archibald evidence that meteorites had changed trajectory, prompting him to order the military to its highest alert.
• A slug-like creature burrowed into the shadows of a meteorite crater as an ambulance passed.

After refusing to destroy Destroyer unless the Federation met his terms, Azu drove President Archibald and his delegation from Eden. Archibald launched a desperate nuclear mission instead, sending the spacecraft Independence toward the approaching meteor as survivors in New York heard the announcement.

• Archibald watched footage of Azu's barrier protecting Eden from meteors and flew there to ask him to destroy Destroyer.
• Azu rejected Archibald's order, killed the armed guards and soldiers, and demanded autonomous control of New Jersey and its revenue as the first condition for helping.
• Archibald refused Azu's demand and left Eden, then ordered the backup plan after learning the Aeronautics Bureau had no other solution.
• At the Space and Aeronautics Bureau, Steve Burton explained that Independence would carry nuclear warheads to Destroyer, where astronauts would place bombs in its cracks.
• Archibald ordered Independence launched, and a survivor in downtown New York heard a radio announcement proclaiming the spacecraft's mission.

Independence’s attempt to land on Destroyer ended when a tentacle covered in human arms attacked and destroyed the spacecraft, confirming President Rick Archibald’s suspicions that the meteor was an alien threat. At Eden Base, Azu enhanced Angelina with a She-Hulk capsule as Archibald announced the failed mission and the invasion threat to the world.

• Independence refueled and approached Destroyer, but abnormal energy readings and an explosion sent debris striking the spacecraft during its landing attempt.
• The Independence crew spotted a fast-moving object, then lost contact with Ground Control Center; the final transmission revealed a huge tentacle covered in human arms attacking the spacecraft.
• Rick Archibald recognized the attack as confirmation that Destroyer was an alien lifeform and declared that Earth faced an invasion.
• Azu welcomed Angelina and the supplies to Eden Base, then gave her a She-Hulk Gene Enhancement Capsule, which began transforming her.
• Rick Archibald announced Independence’s destruction and the likely alien invasion during a worldwide White House broadcast, prompting panic online and around the world.

Azu rejected the Federation’s failed attempt to negotiate and prepared for the Destroyer’s arrival, while Angelina gained She-Hulk powers. After Levin delivered Azu’s warning that humanity had only one chance, the Destroyer entered low Earth orbit.

• Azu watched a living creature appear on the Destroyer and wondered whether it was related to Zero.
• President Rick Archibald announced the Federation’s failure to stop the Destroyer and planned to negotiate with Homelander, even at great personal cost.
• Azu revealed that Angelina had received She-Hulk genes, giving her immense strength while preserving her sanity and shadow-control abilities.
• Levin transformed into a Harpy to intercept Archibald’s helicopters, delivered Azu’s message for the president to return to his family, and warned that humanity had only one chance.
• Thirty hours later, Space Administration staff observed the enormous Destroyer enter low Earth orbit.

As the Destroyer entered Earth’s atmosphere, Maeve reunited with Yelena and Starlight spent the apparent final moments with her mother. Azu let the meteor strike proceed while shielding Eden Base, but the Destroyer slowed, broke apart, and finally halted in midair inside multicolored force fields.

• Maeve rescued Yelena from men who tried to assault her, then joined her on a rooftop to say goodbye and discuss Homelander’s disappearance.
• Starlight told Donna she had been frightened by the deaths of her teammates and was unsure she could continue as a superhero, and Donna reassured her.
• Azu refused to intervene in the disaster, planning to protect Eden Base and build a new civilization after the Destroyer devastated the world.
• The Space and Aeronautics Bureau detected that the Destroyer was slowing, but it began breaking apart in the atmosphere and showering Earth with destructive fragments.
• Azu expanded Absolute Domain over Eden Base and the surrounding region, blocking the meteor fragments, while a strange mass in a crater infected a wolf that ran toward New York.
• Azu refused the Disaster Event prompt, and the shrinking Destroyer stopped descending as overlapping multicolored force fields appeared around it.

As the Federation tried to contact the hovering Destroyer, Black Skeleton parasitized the Secretary of Defense and used him to announce the Mother Nest’s demand for living hosts. Archibald learned that humans were to provide food and cooperate, then saw that Black Skeleton’s kind had already gathered outside the White House.

• The Destroyer hovered over Earth, prompting the Federation to send helicopters to investigate while parasitic creatures began taking over human and animal hosts and moving toward New York.
• Black Skeleton crawled onto the sleeping Secretary of Defense, pierced his skin, and took control of his body.
• Archibald and other officials watched a helicopter approach the Destroyer, where a force field crushed one aircraft and repeated attempts to communicate received no response.
• The Secretary of Defense entered the presidential office, and Black Skeleton emerged from his clothes to identify itself as the Mother Nest’s spokesperson.
• Black Skeleton demanded that humans provide hosts for the Mother Nest to feed on, promising to restrain its kind and preserve humanity if people cooperated.
• Archibald asked how many creatures had arrived, and the Secretary of Defense directed him to the window, where figures and animals had gathered outside.

Black Skeleton announced a global Hero Hunt to capture humanity’s hope by targeting Homelander and The Seven. When the parasites attacked Maeve in New York, Azu decided to go there and show them who the real prey was.

• Black Skeleton took over the Secretary of Defense and announced that the parasites would hunt superheroes in a global livestream beginning at noon.
• Archibald hoped the parasites and Homelander would destroy each other, while Azu watched the Destroyer meteorite and considered his plans.
• Black Skeleton announced the Hero Hunt on a news broadcast, named Homelander and The Seven as its first targets, and urged them to run.
• Maeve saw the livestream identify her apartment as the first target and told Yelena to flee as parasites broke in.
• Maeve charged Slaughter’s host and fought the parasites while shielding Yelena, but an attacker grabbed her arm and exploded.
• Azu rejected Angelina’s suggestion to relocate and ordered Levin, Cindy, and Ryan to accompany him to New York.

Maeve’s fight against the Xenomorphs ended with Yelena’s death, but a young boy and Angelina’s team rescued her and announced that they would hunt the aliens. As Black Skeleton led an army of parasites toward them, Starlight and several other heroes arrived to join the battle.

• After Maeve fought off several parasites, Slaughter killed Yelena, driving Maeve into a furious counterattack.
• A flying boy with Homelander-like powers cut Slaughter apart, and a gum-chewing woman killed the force-field parasite.
• Angelina used her shadow powers to kill the fire parasite and declared that her group would hunt every Xenomorph.
• Starlight put on her battle suit and left home to fight, telling her mother that she was afraid but still had to help.
• Angelina gave Maeve a longsword as Black Skeleton arrived with thousands of parasites, and Maeve vowed to avenge Yelena.
• Starlight, Princess Frost, Livewire, and Element Man joined Angelina and Maeve as the battle began.

Angelina, the other Supers, Levin, and a hundred thousand Chimera fought Black Skeleton’s parasites in New York while Homelander was absent. As the battle continued, Homelander arrived and shattered Destroyer’s protective force fields, leaving the Super Meteorite exposed.

• Black Skeleton mocked the small group of heroes and offered them special-citizen status, but Angelina refused.
• Levin arrived and led countless Chimera from the containment camp into New York, turning the tide of numbers against the parasites.
• Angelina, Maeve, Princess Frost, Starlight, Ryan, Cindy, Livewire, Element Man, and Levin joined the Chimera in battle against the parasites.
• Angelina crushed the Secretary of Defense’s head, but Black Skeleton survived and looked toward Destroyer as the parasites continued fighting.
• The Federation sent fighter jets to attack Destroyer, but their missiles failed to penetrate its force fields.
• Homelander struck Destroyer’s force fields and shattered them, prompting cheers at Ground Control Center.

Azu confronted the Mother Nest after breaking through its force field, rejecting its offer to transform him and fighting the colossal creature. After he destroyed its meteorite shell, the Mother Nest revealed its true form and tried to suck him into its maw, where Azu left the battle by firing a full-power Thermonuclear Beam.

• At a New York television station, the director learned Homelander had appeared near the Mother Nest and sent crews to film him.
• Azu refused the Mother Nest's offer of immortality and attacked its tentacles with Thermonuclear Beams.
• The Mother Nest charged at Azu, but he used his Absolute Domain and then punched through the Super Meteorite with amplified strength.
• The Super Meteorite shattered, destroying two helicopters, while the Mother Nest emerged in its enormous jellyfish-like true form.
• The Mother Nest opened its abyssal maw and sucked Azu, seawater, trees, rocks, and animals toward it.
• Azu unleashed a full-power Thermonuclear Beam into the Mother Nest's maw.

Azu blasted the Mother Nest apart with a nuclear explosion, but it regenerated around a core and dragged him into an interdimensional space before escaping. The Mother Nest reappeared over Chicago, where it began devouring people and debris to repair its wounds.

• Azu caused a nuclear explosion inside the Mother Nest, destroying its body, but discovered that it could regenerate by recalling its fragments around a core.
• The Mother Nest attacked Azu, and he used Mind Storm, a Thermonuclear Beam, and a powerful punch to damage it while Absolute Domain blocked its assaults.
• The Mother Nest pulled Azu into an interdimensional space through a rift, then escaped and left him trapped there.
• The Mother Nest appeared over Chicago while Azu was missing, alarming residents and firefighters.
• The Mother Nest inhaled people, cars, and debris into its maw, burning them for material and rapidly healing its wound.