Chapter Summaries

After Earth’s destruction, Doctor Banner failed to die and transformed into Hulk when he attacked the rampaging Daisy. Raven and Ororo lost their people, discovered Hive wearing Magneto’s corpse, and were drawn into the chaos as Daisy and Hulk’s fight reached them.

• Doctor Banner charged Daisy, and their clash triggered his transformation into Hulk; the two began fighting savagely through space.
• Raven tried to rescue the Mutants on Paradise Island, but the planetary disaster killed them all except Ororo.
• Raven and Ororo saw a figure they recognized as Magneto and confronted him; he identified himself as Hive and admitted he had taken Erik’s body from beneath the palace.
• Raven and Ororo attacked Hive, but Hulk crashed into Raven, who then began fighting him.
• Daisy attacked Hive while Ororo remained nearby, as the raging combatants fought whoever was closest.

Raven used Professor X’s psychic abilities to control the Hulk and turn him against Hive, but the battle spiraled into chaos when Daisy and the Hulk attacked each other. Hive broke free and charged Raven, forcing her to return to Magneto mode and confront him alongside Ororo.

• Raven stopped trading blows with the Hulk and used Professor X’s psychic abilities to suppress his mind, then sent him to attack Hive.
• Hive fought Daisy and knocked her back, while Whitehall refused Carl’s pleas to help her.
• The Hulk interrupted Hive’s attack on Daisy, and their combined assault disrupted Hive’s control over Magneto’s body.
• Daisy and the Hulk accidentally struck each other and resumed fighting, while Raven’s attempt to control Daisy exposed her to a maddening whisper.
• Hive broke free, accused Raven of causing the chaos, and charged her; Raven switched back to Magneto mode and joined Ororo against him.

Hive killed Ororo during the battle, driving Raven into grief and fury. Raven absorbed Magneto's remaining power and rose to Ninety-Five Heavens, overwhelming Hive as he tried to escape toward Hulk and Daisy's battlefield.

• Hive battered Raven and Ororo, whose power could not break past Fifty Heavens.
• Ororo failed to block Hive's kick, and he killed her after pummeling her relentlessly.
• Raven's grief over Ororo's death caused her to absorb Magneto's remaining legacy and reach the Ninetieth Heaven.
• Raven fought Hive in a desperate assault, and her realm climbed to Ninety-Five Heavens as she overwhelmed him.
• Hive tried to retreat toward Hulk and Daisy, while Raven pressed her attacks and resolved to kill him.

Zhan Liu tested the regenerative defenses of Whitehall’s Twin-Headed Armor while watching the battle. When Erik Killmonger charged toward Pepper Potts, Zhan Liu abandoned the fight with Whitehall and raced to stop him.

• Zhan Liu chose Whitehall’s Twin-Headed Armor as his target after finding most combatants already occupied.
• Whitehall activated the Carl Shield, and Zhan Liu battered its Astral Energy defenses, injuring Carl while the armor repeatedly healed her.
• Whitehall used the armor’s combat assistance system to attack Zhan Liu, but Zhan Liu recognized the Ultimate Limit Sect moves and easily exploited their flaws.
• Zhan Liu saw Erik Killmonger charge toward Pepper Potts, realized he meant to use her against Tony, and sped toward Killmonger after kicking Whitehall away.

Zhan Liu rejected Killmonger and Whitehall’s offer to join Hydra and fought them instead. After overpowering the pair, he spotted Daisy beating Hulk and charged toward her.

• Killmonger and Whitehall tried to persuade Zhan Liu to join Hydra, citing their past respect for him and promising to help him seize the Time Stone.
• Zhan Liu refused to betray his two disciples, who opposed Hydra, and launched an attack on Killmonger.
• Killmonger fought back with his Vibranium Inner Armor, but Zhan Liu broke through his Astral Energy and taunted him until Whitehall intervened.
• Whitehall and Killmonger attacked Zhan Liu in turn, but neither could put him under serious pressure.
• Zhan Liu saw Daisy pinning Hulk down with her fused powers, shook off his opponents, and charged toward her.

Daisy recovered her sanity during her battle with Hulk, and the pressure of the fight helped her master a true Black Hole Fist that overwhelmed him. Zhan Liu intervened, but Daisy’s concern for her still-living father Carl left her vulnerable, and Hulk then attacked Zhan Liu over old grudges.

• Daisy’s Gravitonium whispers faded as her abilities fused further, but guilt over killing her father and destroying Earth drove her into a conscious frenzy.
• Daisy created a miniature black hole with her Black Hole Fist and quickly crippled Hulk, pushing him to the brink of death.
• Zhan Liu arrived, kicked Hulk away, and attacked Daisy, while Whitehall’s warning revealed that Carl was inside the Twin-Headed Armor.
• Daisy hesitated when she recognized Carl, and Zhan Liu struck her from behind, but her gravitational field swallowed his right palm.
• Hulk recovered and kicked Zhan Liu from behind, retaliating for the times Zhan Liu had beaten him.

Zhan Liu fought Hulk, Daisy, Killmonger, and Whitehall while testing his revised cultivation method, breaking through to the Fifty-First Heaven. He then used his new Ultimate Five Thunder Palm to shatter Whitehall’s organs through the Twin-Headed Armor, leaving Whitehall gravely wounded and Carl largely unharmed.

• Zhan Liu blinded Hulk and suppressed his regeneration, while Whitehall threatened Daisy with Carl’s life to stop her from attacking him.
• Hulk recovered his sight, and Killmonger and Daisy coordinated their attacks around him, forcing Zhan Liu into repeated head-on clashes.
• Zhan Liu’s Magnetic Field Rotation broke through its bottleneck and reached the Fifty-First Heaven, so he unveiled his Ultimate Five Thunder Palm.
• Zhan Liu tested the palm on Hulk and Killmonger, then chose Whitehall because the Twin-Headed Armor made him an ideal target.
• Zhan Liu struck Whitehall’s armor with the Ultimate Five Thunder Palm, shattering Whitehall’s internal organs while Carl suffered only slight pain.

Zhan Liu’s battle against Whitehall’s allies drove his martial arts forward, while Daisy wounded Hive and Hive eventually fled. Meanwhile, Dr. Zola broke the stalemate with Tony’s team by unveiling the Space War God and charging into battle.

• Killmonger revived Whitehall, who retreated after reaching the Nine Heavens realm and recorded a flaw in his armor.
• Zhan Liu’s fighting pushed him to the Sixty Heavens realm, and he joined Raven against Hive after learning Hive had taken Magneto’s body.
• Daisy struck Hive with the Great Black Hole, but she turned away to protect Carl when Raven attacked the armor holding him.
• Zhan Liu injured Hive and advanced toward the Seventy-Five Heavens realm, but Hive fled; Zhan Liu pursued until Pepper warned him that Tony was in danger.
• Tony, Steve, and Peter stalled against Dr. Zola’s Space Fortress until Zola developed Spatial Blade Beams, then installed the Space Stone in the Zola War God and attacked them in Space War God form.

Hive escaped Raven and the others, then faked his death after Raven defeated him, while Zhan Liu joined Tony and the others against Dr. Zola’s Space War God. Zhan Liu’s techniques began pushing him toward a breakthrough, and reinforcements arrived as Tony’s group struggled to help.

• Whitehall tricked Raven into chasing Hive, and Zhan Liu left to help Tony and Dr. Zola’s battle.
• Raven fought Hive and struck him down, but Hive survived inside Magneto Erik’s brain and pretended to be dead.
• Dr. Zola’s Space War God scattered Tony, Steve, and Peter, then cut off Zhan Liu’s right hand when he joined the fight.
• Zhan Liu regenerated his hand and used Ultimate Regretless Saber and Ultimate Five Thunder Palm against the Space War God, forcing Dr. Zola to focus on him.
• Tony, Steve, and Peter failed to interfere with Dr. Zola’s Spatial Exile, while Zhan Liu’s attacks continued improving and targeting the Space Stone.
• Reinforcements arrived as Tony began researching a way to lock down space.

After Zhan Liu destroyed Zola War God with the Space Stone, he vanished, and the survivors used the Time Stone to restore Earth and revive the dead. The chapter ended with Peter devastated that Aunt May had been left outside the reversal, while Raven promised to search for a mutant ability that could bring her back.

• Raven opened a portal to pull Zhan Liu out of battle, and he joined Tony, Raven, Pepper, and the others in Combination Synchronization Mode.
• The fused group breached the Space Fortress, but Zhan Liu's strike on the Space Stone destroyed Zola War God and left Zhan Liu, the Stone, Pierce, and Magneto's corpse missing.
• Killmonger, Whitehall, and Daisy surrendered, while Raven took control of the rampaging Hulk; Peter demanded that the prisoners be killed, but Steve insisted they face trial.
• The group used the Time Stone to restore Earth and revive those who had died, but the reversal did not reach the warship or bring back Aunt May.
• Peter tried to take the Time Stone and then collapsed in grief when he learned Aunt May had not been revived; Raven promised to search for a mutant power that could resurrect her.
• Raven returned to Paradise Island with Ororo, while Tony and the others escorted the surrendered leaders to New York; the Mechanical Kingdom refused to surrender.

Peter destroyed the Mechanical Kingdom’s control center and freed its human captives, then returned to New York and clashed with Steve over his plan to kill Hydra’s allies and remake the world by force. Their battle devastated New York and caused earthquakes across North America, and Peter still considered Tony an enemy if he tried to stop him.

• Peter destroyed Prism Base, freed hundreds of thousands of captives, and killed people who confronted him or demanded compensation.
• Peter killed reporters surrounding Steve and accused them and the media of serving powerful financial interests.
• Peter exposed Nick Fury’s secret dealings by reading his mind, while Steve maintained that people deserved freedom and a chance to choose.
• Peter attacked Steve, and their first exchange vaporized Nick Fury and destroyed the Martial Arts School district.
• Peter rejected Steve’s challenge to fight in space and began gathering survivors to seize control of the United States, forcing Steve to return and confront him.
• Peter and Steve’s renewed fight destroyed New York and caused devastating earthquakes across North America; Tony arrived with Pepper and an unconscious Doctor Banner as Peter declared that anyone opposing his plans was his enemy.

Peter fought Steve as his conviction to remake the world drove him toward the Ninety-Seven Heavens, while their battle shattered the American continent and killed millions. Gwen reached Peter and tried to stop him, but he killed her, then faced Steve wearing the Crown of Thorns Battle Pattern and declared that he had no weaknesses.

• Peter rejected Tony and Steve’s attempts to calm him, insisting he would rebuild the world so no one could threaten his loved ones again.
• Tony took the transformed Hulk into space, while Steve continued fighting Peter as both men grew stronger.
• Their battle split the American continent apart, unleashing earthquakes, tsunamis, eruptions, and other disasters that devastated the land and its people.
• Gwen arrived in Vibranium Magnetic Armor and pleaded with Peter to stop, but Peter accused S.H.I.E.L.D. of using her to control him.
• Peter confessed his love for Gwen, then killed her with Magnetic Field Force and preserved her body in a tomb.
• Peter’s Crown of Thorns Battle Pattern appeared, and he told Steve that he now had no weaknesses.

Peter defeated Steve, then established an autocratic New America and began rebuilding society under his rule. He ordered the creation of a mind-reading machine to prevent deception, leaving the new society poised for a radical transformation.

• Peter advanced beyond the Ninety-Seventh Heaven, defeated Steve, and watched him die in the rain.
• Peter threatened Pepper, prompting Tony to leave the United States with Pepper and the unconscious Doctor Banner.
• Peter took control of S.H.I.E.L.D., gathered Magnetic Field Warriors, and established New America as an autocratic state centered on himself.
• Peter crushed rebellions, executed captured Hydra remnants, and brought the remaining population together to rebuild several cities.
• Peter gathered the country's scientists and assigned them the Babel Tower Project, whose Mind-Reading Machine would reveal people's recent thoughts and intentions.

Zhan Liu arrived on Sakaar and demanded a spaceship and Earth’s coordinates from Grandmaster, but Grandmaster tried to force him into the Contest of Champions. Zhan Liu battered Grandmaster until he teleported away, leaving the fight unresolved.

• A spatial passage dropped Zhan Liu onto Sakaar, where Valkyrie claimed him as a prize before he abducted her and asked for directions.
• Valkyrie told Zhan Liu that Grandmaster ruled Sakaar and pointed him toward Grandmaster’s palace.
• Zhan Liu rejected Grandmaster’s Contest of Champions, kicked him and attacked the guards, then repeatedly smashed Grandmaster into the ground.
• Grandmaster announced that everyone on Sakaar could attack Zhan Liu, but Zhan Liu’s punches destroyed the palace and forced Grandmaster to concede.
• Grandmaster offered a spaceship, help with Zhan Liu’s spatially wounded body, and treasures, but Zhan Liu kept punching him and said he wanted to break through his defenses.
• Grandmaster teleported away to escape Zhan Liu, then vanished again when Zhan Liu charged at him.

Zhan Liu left Sakaar with Valkyrie, but after Sovereign fighters crippled their ship, he set out for Xandar and boarded Ronan’s mothership. He defeated Ronan and left him alive in agony while Valkyrie fought Nebula and the Kree soldiers.

• Zhan Liu declared the Grandmaster’s rule over Sakaar ended, freed the wanderers, and collected his ship from the dock beneath Passage 46.
• Valkyrie joined Zhan Liu as his pilot, and the two began their journey to Earth.
• Sovereign fighters damaged Zhan Liu’s ship, so he destroyed them and decided to pursue Sovereign, but he later flew with Valkyrie toward Xandar instead.
• Ronan ordered his forces to attack Zhan Liu, who broke through the mothership’s shield and fought his way inside with Valkyrie.
• Zhan Liu severed Ronan’s limbs and stripped his skin while Valkyrie fought the Kree soldiers and Nebula.

Zhan Liu seized Ronan’s warship and the Power Stone, then continued toward Xandar, where the Nova Corps and Ravagers reacted to his arrival. When Yondu’s fighters attacked, Zhan Liu ordered Nebula and the Kree to fight while he watched from Ronan’s throne.

• Queen Adora ordered Xandar’s defenses prepared and received confirmation that Ronan’s warship had appeared.
• Zhan Liu took the Power Stone from Nebula, survived its destructive energy through Cellular Reconstruction, and subdued Nebula and the Kree.
• Zhan Liu claimed Ronan’s warship and its crew, then headed for Xandar to resupply and seek advanced energy batteries.
• Nebula announced that the warship and everyone aboard belonged to Zhan Liu, leaving Xandar and the Ravagers stunned; Gamora feared Thanos was involved.
• Yondu dismissed Zhan Liu’s claimed status and ordered the Ravagers to attack the warship for the Orb.
• Zhan Liu ordered Nebula to direct the Kree’s return fire while Valkyrie declined to fight, and he watched the battle from Ronan’s throne.

Zhan Liu defeated Ronan and the Ravagers, then demanded energy cubes from Xandar in exchange for leaving. When Xandar proposed trading the supplies for the Power Stone, Zhan Liu refused and ordered an attack to seize the Nova Corps’ energy.

• Quill and the Guardians reached the warship’s command room, where Zhan Liu held the Power Stone and Ronan lay mutilated at his feet; Drax killed Ronan and declared Zhan Liu his friend.
• Zhan Liu stopped the Guardians from leaving until they agreed to surrender, then killed Yondu after catching and destroying his Yaka Arrow; Quill and his friends prepared to fight him, but eventually stood down.
• Nebula told Queen Adora that Zhan Liu had defeated Ronan and the Ravagers and demanded energy cubes for his warship; Xandar’s leaders debated whether to comply and proposed exchanging supplies for the Power Stone.
• Zhan Liu rejected Xandar’s proposed trade because he would not give up the Power Stone, then ordered his forces to attack Xandar and seize its Nova Energy.

Zhan Liu’s forces invaded Xandar, but Quill and Rocket’s plans to betray him failed as Zhan Liu instantly killed the Nova Corps centurions sent to stop him. The battle shifted when an overloaded Nova Corps woman struck Zhan Liu, knocking the Power Stone into the air.

• Nebula told Queen Adora that Zhan Liu planned to seize Xandar’s Nova Energy Field, while Quill and Rocket secretly plotted against him.
• Quill tried to recruit Nebula and Rhomann Dey to steal the Power Stone, but Nebula revealed Zhan Liu was holding it and refused to join them.
• Rocket detonated bombs he had planted aboard the warship, prompting Zhan Liu to leave the command center and enter the battlefield.
• Queen Adora ordered the Nova Corps centurions to attack Zhan Liu and create an opening to take the Power Stone, but he killed them instantly.
• Zhan Liu turned to return to his warship, but an overloaded woman in Nova Corps armor struck him and sent the Power Stone flying.

Zhan Liu defeated Nova Prime Adora, took control of Xandar’s Nova Force, and arranged for Worldmind’s servers to be moved to his warship while allowing Worldmind to recruit a new Nova Corps. As the Ravagers looted the ruined city and civilians remained in danger, Zhan Liu continued toward his ship, accepting the destruction as the fate of the defeated.

• Nova Prime Adora overloaded herself with Nova Energy and attacked Zhan Liu, but he defeated her while Quill briefly seized the Power Stone and nearly died before Zhan Liu took it back.
• With Adora dead and the Nova Corps defeated, the Ravagers began looting Xandar as Zhan Liu entered the central control center and met Worldmind.
• Worldmind offered Zhan Liu Nova Energy and its data, but he refused its proposals and ordered Valkyrie and the Kree to move its servers onto his warship.
• Valkyrie refused to become a vessel for the Nova Force, and Zhan Liu allowed Worldmind to recruit among his subordinates to rebuild the Nova Corps, provided his ships received energy blocks.
• Zhan Liu and Valkyrie crossed Xandar’s ruined streets, where Ravagers preyed on civilians, and Zhan Liu killed several who crossed his path.

As the warship headed for Sovereign, Worldmind recruited Nova warriors while Zhan Liu studied the Power Stone and pushed his genes toward merging with spatial power. Quill’s Celestial bloodline awakened through Nova Energy, making him extraordinarily powerful, and the chapter ended with Valkyrie attacking him as he struggled to learn how to fight.

• Zhan Liu set the warship on a spatial jump toward Sovereign, and Worldmind began recruiting Nova Corps candidates aboard it.
• Worldmind rejected Nebula for her temperament but accepted Gamora as a Centurion, while Gamora and Nebula argued about their rivalry and Thanos.
• Valkyrie mocked Zhan Liu for studying the Power Stone, but his talk about pursuing greater strength prompted her to leave and reconsider her priorities.
• Zhan Liu’s Spatial Sky Eye began merging spatial power into his genes as he continued evolving through exposure to the Power Stone.
• Worldmind recognized Quill’s activated Celestial bloodline, made him the Nova Force’s chosen host, and anchored all Nova Energy to him without his consent.
• Quill accidentally blasted a hole through the warship, discovered that conventional weapons could not harm him, and then faced Valkyrie’s attack.