Chapter Summaries

Tony called Zhan Liu to ask about the Power Stone and persuaded him to lend it for research. After Tony retrieved it using Alternate Tony’s Infinity Gauntlet, Peter returned to his room still unable to resolve his doubts, while Zhan Liu created a gauntlet of his own.

• Tony spoke with Zhan Liu about the Space Stone, the Power Stone, and the dangers of life evolution, then asked to borrow the Power Stone.
• Alternate Tony gave Tony an Infinity Gauntlet so he could safely carry the Power Stone, and Tony flew to Zhan Liu’s courtyard.
• Zhan Liu tossed the Power Stone to Tony as a prank, causing a surge of energy that Tony contained by placing it in the gauntlet.
• Peter warned Tony and Zhan Liu not to fight on the ground, then admitted he was still lost and unsure what to do.
• Tony left for his laboratory with the Power Stone, Peter returned to his room, and Zhan Liu created an identical Infinity Gauntlet using Matter Reconstruction.

The Avengers located the Space Stone and Reality Stone on Earth, but Steve and Natasha left to search for the Reality Stone while Tony and Alternate Tony discussed their time machine. Tony revealed that he planned to travel back to when Master Zhan Liu first arrived on Earth and kill him.

• Tony returned with the Power Stone and gave it to Steve, and Alternate Tony combined the gauntlets to prepare a scan for the remaining Infinity Mu Jins.
• Steve tried to activate the scan but was injured, so Tony used his strength and Cellular Reconstruction to scan Earth and the Solar System.
• Tony detected the Space Stone moving between locations and the Reality Stone in a small country in eastern Europe, then marked the Reality Stone's approximate coordinates for Steve and Natasha.
• Tony brought Alternate Tony to the laboratory, where Doctor Banner refused to accept Hulk and the two Tonys discussed modifications to the time machine.
• Tony told Alternate Tony that he intended to travel back to Master Zhan Liu's arrival on Earth and kill him.

Tony concluded that Magnetic Field Rotation had diverted his universe onto a path toward destruction, so he planned to travel back in time and kill Zhan Liu before the power spread. Alternate Tony examined Tony and Doctor Banner’s time machine and proposed using the Soul Stone to send a spirit projection back first, both to scout the timeline and retrieve Pym Particles.

• Tony realized that Magnetic Field Rotation was the key difference between his dangerous universe and the alternate universe, and he began seeking a way to stop its spread.
• After Daisy destroyed Earth, Tony concluded that new powers and technologies would keep emerging and that the universe’s destruction could only be prevented by killing Zhan Liu in the past.
• Alternate Tony warned Tony and Doctor Banner about the dangers of time paradoxes, and Tony explained that Ancient One had told him the timeline could be changed through magic or technology.
• Alternate Tony examined their Magnetic Field-based time machine and noted that it used two independent power systems.
• Alternate Tony proposed using Spiritology and the Soul Stone to send a spirit projection back in time to scout the timeline and retrieve Pym Particles.

Tony, Doctor Banner, and Alternate Tony designed and prepared a spirit-projection time-travel experiment to retrieve Pym Particles while avoiding damage to the timeline and protecting the Soul Stone. After modifying the time machine, they were ready to test it, but discovered that Steve and the others had disappeared when they went to borrow the Soul Stone.

• Tony explained that creating parallel worlds generally required enormous energy, and the group agreed to avoid touching the Space Stone during the experiment.
• The three set Chinatown as the travel location to avoid Tony's past self and planned to use a hidden safe house and token to verify whether the spirit projection reached the correct timeline.
• They devised ways to record experimental data and preserve the Soul Stone even if the spirit projection or time machine failed to return.
• Tony and Doctor Banner studied Spiritology with Alternate Tony's guidance, then modified the machine to use an externally mounted Soul Stone and added a passage for spirit projections.
• After confirming the modified time machine was ready for an experiment, the three contacted Steve and the others to borrow the Soul Stone and learned that they had disappeared.

The Avengers searched Sokovia for the Reality Stone, questioning locals and checking the city’s gemstone dealer before accepting Mayor Hannas’s invitation to a reception. Steve showed the mayor and local elites a drawing of the stone, but none recognized it.

• The Avengers landed in Sokovia and learned from locals that the city’s only gemstone dealer might be a lead.
• Scott deployed Nano Monitors to surveil officials and wealthy merchants, while Steve reluctantly agreed to the surveillance.
• The gemstone dealer had never encountered a valuable stone like the Reality Stone, leaving the Avengers without a lead.
• A representative invited Steve and the Avengers to a welcome party at Mayor Hannas’s residence, and Natasha urged Steve to attend so they could investigate the city’s leaders.
• Steve showed Mayor Hannas and the assembled officials a drawing of the Reality Stone, but they all said they had never seen it.

The Avengers searched Sokovia for the Reality Stone, but neither surveillance, Nebula’s mind-reading, nor a citywide treasure hunt found it. The Ancient One confirmed the stone had not been shattered and was still somewhere in the city, leaving the Avengers to expand their search with paid citizens and improved technology.

• Friday reported that Sokovia’s political and business figures had no knowledge of the Mu Jin, so Steve asked Nebula to read their minds; she confirmed none of them knew anything.
• Steve obtained Mayor Hannas’s permission to offer gold as a reward, and the Avengers advertised a treasure hunt that drew citizens across Sokovia into searching.
• Natasha suggested the Reality Stone might have been shattered and scattered, but Clint reported that Wanda and her brother were ordinary people with no clues about it.
• The Ancient One used the Eye of Agamotto and magic arrays, then told the Avengers that the Reality Stone had not been shattered and remained somewhere in the city.
• After the first search waned, the Avengers offered fixed wages to recruit more citizens and had Professor Hulk develop a more precise Mu Jin radar while they searched inaccessible areas; they still found no trace.

Scott and Natasha detected a violent pursuit in Sokovia, where Nebula rescued Nina and captured a vampire. Nina revealed that vampires ruled the Czech Republic and Europe had fallen into chaos, leading the Avengers to suspect the Reality Stone had rewritten Sokovia and that Wanda was involved.

• Scott and Natasha monitored energy fluctuations until Scott spotted a speeding SUV pursued by a shadow that extinguished the streetlights.
• Nebula captured the vampire pursuer, but the crash killed a child and the first man she had pulled from the SUV was already dead.
• Nina explained that she and Hankes had fled vampire-controlled Czech Republic, where dark creatures ruled after Europe’s superheroes and Magnetic Field Warriors were removed.
• The Avengers realized Sokovia’s unnatural calm contrasted with the rest of Europe and suspected the Reality Stone had rewritten the city.
• The Avengers connected the Reality Stone’s magic to Wanda.

The Avengers investigated Wanda and Pietro for the Reality Stone, then killed Kaecilius after mistaking him for a threat. They discovered that a dead child and a damaged house had been restored and forgotten by everyone, leaving Nina afraid that a dark creature controlled the city.

• Wanda urged Pietro to find stable work, and Pietro promised to take a job with Mr. Kaecilius if he found nothing within a week.
• The Avengers found no sign that Wanda or Pietro possessed the Reality Stone, but Clint identified Kaecilius as the former killer of the Ancient One, and Wong revealed that this universe’s Kaecilius had sacrificed Greenwich to Dormammu.
• The Avengers ambushed Kaecilius in the outskirts, but their opening barrage killed him before he showed any sign of magic or resistance.
• Rhodey told Steve that the child killed in the previous night’s crash had returned to life, the damaged house had been restored, and nobody remembered the incident.
• The Avengers examined the house and child, found no evidence of damage or resurrection, and heard Nina ask whether a dark creature ruled the city and could perform a Fixed-Point Refresh.

Steve and the Avengers visited Wanda to investigate whether she possessed the Reality Stone, and Wong invited her to study magic at the Sanctum. They confirmed that an unknown force had used the stone to change Wanda’s mind, leaving them to wonder who was controlling events and whether Kaecilius was truly dead.

• Steve and the Avengers decided Wanda was their most likely lead and went to her home with Professor Hulk’s detection equipment.
• Steve explained parallel worlds to Wanda, and Wong demonstrated magic; the group initially believed Wanda was an ordinary girl.
• Pietro returned, and Wong said Wanda’s awakened Chaos Magic might make her a candidate for the next Sorcerer Supreme; he invited both siblings to the Sanctum.
• Wanda changed her mind just as she was about to accept, and Professor Hulk’s equipment detected a Reality Stone fluctuation while Wong sensed magic and Nebula noticed her thoughts had been disrupted.
• The Avengers confirmed that an unknown force had used magic to alter Wanda’s decision and questioned whether Kaecilius was really dead.

The Avengers investigated Kaecilius’s death and concluded that the Reality Stone’s rules affected people inside Sokovia, so they evacuated the town and destroyed it to search for a magic array. As the destruction restored Wanda’s erased memories, the Avengers discovered that the Reality Stone was inside her.

• Friday reported that Kaecilius had not revived, and Steve, Wong, Rhodey, and the others debated whether Kaecilius or the Reality Stone had caused Sokovia’s anomaly.
• Professor Hulk proposed evacuating Sokovia’s residents to test the town’s rewriting rules, and the Avengers assigned roles for the mass relocation.
• Wong and the Sanctum mages opened portals to move the residents, including Wanda, Pietro, and the city hall staff, onto the Super Battleship.
• After the Avengers confirmed Sokovia was empty, Steve ordered Nebula to destroy the town while Professor Hulk monitored for Reality Stone fluctuations.
• Wanda watched Nebula reduce Sokovia to rubble, recovered her erased memories, and lost control of her magic as Pietro tried to help her.
• Professor Hulk scanned Wanda after her scream, and the detection equipment confirmed that the Reality Stone was inside her.

Wanda’s Reality Stone and Chaos Magic spiraled out of control aboard the Super Battleship, leaving Pietro gravely injured and the Avengers trapped in the magical storm. Thor arrived on Earth and met Peter, who revealed his conflict with Steve and decided the Infinity Stones could let him have both his beloved and his New World.

• Wanda rejected the Avengers’ efforts to help her, blamed them for failing Sokovia, and lost control of her magic.
• Pietro approached Wanda, but her magic erased his lower body; Rocket fired at her, triggering an even greater magical surge.
• Thor reached the deserted Super Battleship, found no one aboard, and flew to Earth in search of the Avengers.
• Thor met Peter in the Imperial Palace and learned that Peter had killed Steve after they fought over Peter’s plan for a New World Empire.
• After Thor dismissed their ideological dispute as a poor reason to end a friendship, Peter decided he could use the Infinity Stones to have both his beloved and his New World.

As Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter's wedding unfolded in Sokovia, Nebula and the two Tonys searched the damaged Super Battleship for clues to the Reality Stone and a way to free the Alternate Avengers from the town's illusion. Peter confronted Tony over his plan to undo Magnetic Field Rotation, revealed his intention to gather all six Infinity Stones and remake the universe, and Tony reaffirmed that Magnetic Field Rotation corrupted its users.

• Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter married in Sokovia while Nebula and the two Tonys watched the apparently content Alternate Avengers and their families from the Super Battleship.
• Nebula explained how Wanda's Chaos Magic had activated the Reality Stone and trapped the Avengers in Sokovia, where their memories and lives had been rewritten.
• The two Tonys repaired damaged equipment and searched for clues to the Reality Stone as Thor and Peter arrived aboard the ship.
• Peter demanded the Power Stone and condemned Tony's plan to kill their master and erase Magnetic Field Rotation, defending the power and the opportunities it had given him.
• Peter created an Infinity Gauntlet and declared that he would collect all six Infinity Stones and connect the entire universe through the New World.
• Tony told Alternate Tony that Peter's madness showed how Magnetic Field Rotation corrupted people's minds, and he resolved to forget the power.

Tony argued that Magnetic Field Rotation Force had brought catastrophic harm and planned to erase it, while Peter defended its role in revolution and clashed with him over the deaths it caused. Their argument turned into a fight, where Tony revealed the Wings of Suppression and used them to collapse Peter’s Magnetic Field Rotation Realm, reversing the battle’s momentum.

• Tony said he would return to the past and erase Ultimate Limit Qigong, while Peter accused him of protecting the old ruling order.
• Peter and Tony argued over the deaths in The Americas, inequality, and Killmonger’s rule in Africa, with both defending the consequences of revolution and Magnetic Field Rotation Force.
• Peter and Tony left the Super Battleship to fight, and Peter mocked Tony while Tony stalled by assembling mechanical components.
• Tony used the completed Wings of Suppression to pass a force field through Peter’s Astral Energy and make his Magnetic Field Rotation Realm collapse.
• Tony smashed Peter’s arms, but Peter escaped the field by sacrificing a leg, healed himself, and retreated as Tony pursued him.

Tony and Peter fought over whether Magnetic Field Warriors were a new godlike race or still human, while Tony’s Fallen God Wings gave him the advantage. The battle ended with Tony preparing new equipment and revealing that Pepper was safely hidden beyond Peter’s Magnetic Field search.

• Tony and Peter argued over humanity’s evolution, with Tony defending human identity and Peter declaring Magnetic Field Warriors a new God Race.
• Peter’s resolve strengthened after he recalled killing Gwen, briefly raising his power enough to defend against Tony’s Fallen God Wings.
• After a million exchanges, Tony advanced his Magnetic Field Rotation Realm and regained the advantage, though his wings were already turning white and nearing failure.
• Tony stopped pursuing Peter and used Matter Reconstruction to build more mechanical components, while Peter failed to interrupt him without risking a direct fight.
• Peter tried to threaten Tony with Pepper, but Tony revealed that Jarvis had taken her to a safe house protected by a Demagnetizing Field.

Peter used Zhan Liu’s Yin-Yang Two Forms Divine Lightning to destabilize Tony’s Fallen God Wings, then raced him to Sokovia to stop him from claiming the Infinity Stones. After Peter’s arrival devastated the city, its reality-rewriting power restored the damage, and a woman approached him.

• Peter fired Yin-Yang Two Forms Divine Lightning at Tony, whose energy cannon triggered a controlled matter-antimatter annihilation that destroyed his weapon and struck him.
• Peter bombarded Tony until the antimatter in his Fallen God Wings began to destabilize, forcing Tony to abandon unfinished machinery and pursue him directly.
• Tony turned toward Earth, and Peter followed after realizing he might be heading to Sokovia to obtain the Infinity Stones.
• Peter overtook Tony and crashed into Sokovia, destroying buildings and killing people as he searched for Steve and the others holding the stones.
• Sokovia restored its destroyed buildings and resurrected its dead, while its rewriting energy failed to alter Peter; a graceful woman approached and greeted him.

Peter rejected the Reality Stone’s idyllic vision, attacked Steve and Peggy to seize the Power Stone, and forced Tony to choose between fighting him and protecting the people around them. Wanda arrived and revealed that the people in Sokovia were real, leaving Peter and Tony facing her intervention.

• Peter recognized Gwen as a Reality Stone creation, refused to stay with her, and went to the Rogers home.
• Peter destroyed the house, fought Steve and Peggy, and tried to take the Power Stone, whose blast leveled the surrounding area before the Reality Stone restored it.
• Tony arrived, but Peter challenged him to fight for the Infinity Stones while putting the Alternate Avengers at risk.
• Peter urged Tony to choose between sacrificing his companions and letting Peter claim the stones, then restrained and tortured the Rogers Couple to pressure him.
• Wanda appeared and told Peter and Tony that the people and everything else in Sokovia were real, though they could restore themselves.

Wanda confronted Peter and Tony over the Infinity Stones, arguing that Sokovia’s peaceful lives and Peter’s deepest desires revealed what they truly valued. Alternate Tony proposed testing whether Steve would give up his happiness with Peggy to save the universe, and Steve chose his responsibility after his memories were restored.

• Wanda offered to release the Avengers and their loved ones if they left Sokovia, but Peter demanded the Infinity Stones and rejected the girl who resembled Gwen Stacy as fake.
• Wanda claimed the Reality Stone showed that Peter cared most about Gwen, Ben Parker, and his wife, leaving him shaken, while Tony refused to abandon the Stones needed to save half the universe.
• Alternate Tony challenged Wanda to restore Steve Rogers’s memories and let him choose between staying with Peggy Carter and returning to his duty; Wanda accepted the wager.
• Wanda restored Steve and Peggy’s memories, and the couple recognized one another and reunited in tears.
• Peggy urged Steve to do what he needed to do, and Steve turned to Wanda and declared that she had seen his choice.

Wanda agreed to lend the Reality Stone to the Avengers, who restored their memories and established the Illuminati to save Europe. As the new organization sought recruits, Raven refused Tony’s request to involve the X-Men, explaining that Mutants were content with the world as it was.

• Steve refused to turn back toward Peggy, convincing Wanda that the Avengers could be trusted, but she rejected Alternate Tony’s request to hand over the Reality Stone.
• Alternate Tony warned Wanda that Thanos would come for the Reality Stone, and she agreed to lend it to the Avengers temporarily.
• Wanda returned the Avengers’ memories, and they founded the Illuminati before planning how to fund it and recruit members.
• Steve assigned Natasha to contact former S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, while Tony went to recruit superhumans and Peter remained distressed about his choices.
• Steve and the others worried that Magnetic Field Rotation could affect Nebula’s mind, but she said she would try to use the power less.
• Raven refused Tony’s request for the X-Men to join the Illuminati, explaining that Mutants’ rights and living conditions had improved and they did not want to save the human world.

Tony accelerated his plan to erase Magnetic Field Rotation, while Peter chose a family life and lost his top magnetic-field realm. Zhan Liu confronted Peter over his weakened strength, then turned on Wanda after discovering she carried the Reality Stone, and she fought back.

• Tony secured Raven's permission to recruit outside Mutants for the Illuminati, then left to begin an experiment with the three Infinity Mu Jins.
• Peter told Steve he would retire, confessed that he had used the New World as an escape from his failures, and chose to care for Gwen and his family.
• Peter's Magnetic Field Rotation Realm collapsed, prompting Zhan Liu to appear in Sokovia and reprimand him for allowing his strength to fall.
• Zhan Liu threatened Peter's family to demonstrate his vulnerability, but Wanda intervened and demanded that he leave Sokovia to fight elsewhere.
• Zhan Liu recognized the Reality Stone inside Wanda and demanded it; Wanda refused and attacked him with a blast of Chaos Magic.

Zhan Liu defeated Wanda and seized the Reality Stone after she exhausted herself defending against his attacks. He then searched Earth and the Super Battleship for Peter, but Peter had escaped with his family, so Zhan Liu left to study the stone.

• Wanda used the Reality Stone to create Autobots, upgrading them with Vibranium bodies and antimatter cannons, but Zhan Liu defeated them with Matter Reconstruction.
• Zhan Liu grabbed Wanda and snapped her neck, but she revived and fled behind a series of Vibranium doors.
• Zhan Liu hurled a Vibranium door at Wanda, devastating Sokovia and leaving her barely able to maintain a shield.
• Zhan Liu compressed Wanda in a force field until her body burned away, then collected the Aether as the Reality Stone.
• Zhan Liu searched the ruins and then Earth and the Super Battleship for Peter, but found no trace of him and concluded that he had escaped with his family.
• Zhan Liu gave up searching for Peter and left with the Reality Stone to study it.