Chapter Summaries

Tony and Doctor Banner prepared their time-travel experiment while Doctor Banner separated Hulk from himself because he could not forgive Hulk for Betty’s death. Their first attempt to send Tony’s spiritual projection into the past failed, and the time machine did not return.

• Tony rejected the Mariana Trench as a hiding place and built a concealed safe base beneath an Arctic glacier, while deciding to eradicate the Magnetic Rotation Force.
• Doctor Banner used the Infinity Stones to draw Hulk’s soul out, then asked Tony to sever their connection because he could not reconcile with Hulk over Betty’s death.
• Tony used the Infinity Gauntlet and Soul Stone to separate Hulk from Doctor Banner, and Hulk left after acknowledging Tony.
• Tony and Doctor Banner recovered from the backlash, created Tony’s spiritual projection, and activated the time machine using the Power Stone.
• The time machine vanished without returning or sending a signal, and Tony and Doctor Banner found the safe base’s main hall empty.

Tony and Doctor Banner discovered that someone had stolen their Time Machine and deduced that Hydra was likely trying to obtain Pym Particles to use it. They debated whether to investigate Hydra by reading its members’ memories, then chose to search for the particles instead.

• Tony and Doctor Banner found traces showing that the Time Machine had been taken, while someone had altered the surveillance footage and avoided the base’s defenses.
• Doctor Banner proposed that a Hydra experiment with the Space Stone might have accidentally brought Master Zhan Liu from another universe and generated their parallel universe.
• Tony and Doctor Banner deduced that the thief needed Pym Particles to power the Time Machine and suspected Hydra was helping them acquire some.
• Tony refused to read Hydra members’ memories, arguing that mass intrusion would violate their moral code, and Doctor Banner accepted his decision.
• Tony suggested searching the sunken Americas for the lost Pym Particles, and Doctor Banner proposed developing a detection device using a sample from the alternate Avengers.

Tony traveled back to New York as a spirit projection to determine whether it shared his timeline, locate the Pym Particles, and eventually kill Zhan Liu before he founded the Ultimate Limit Hall. After confirming Zhan Liu’s arrival, Tony encountered his past self through a portal and was erased by the universe’s laws, while the resulting wisp merged into his sleeping body.

• Tony arrived in New York, hid in Chinatown, and used the hacker group Tide to gather clues about where Doctor Pym had hidden the Pym Particles.
• After a month, Tony watched Zhan Liu emerge from a cross-universe portal and confirmed that this world belonged to his timeline.
• Tony set off to find the Pym Particles, planning to return to the past and kill Zhan Liu before he established the Ultimate Limit Hall.
• The Ancient One opened a portal that showed Tony his past self sleeping with two supermodels, and the universe destroyed Tony’s spirit projection.
• The wisp left by Tony’s destruction merged into his sleeping past self, who woke from a nightmare he could not remember.

Tony and Doctor Banner found Sokovia destroyed and Peter devastated after Zhan Liu killed the Avengers’ families and took the Reality Stone. The Avengers vowed to kill Zhan Liu, while Tony persuaded Alternate Tony to lend him their last Pym Particles so he could search for the particles needed to carry out a time-travel plan.

• Tony and Doctor Banner arrived in Sokovia and found the city in ruins, with Peter kneeling in despair.
• Tony questioned Peter and concluded that Zhan Liu had taken the Reality Stone after clashing with Wanda, while Peter’s disappearance had left his family unprotected.
• The Avengers reviewed the Super Battleship’s recordings and saw Zhan Liu destroy Sokovia, kill Wanda, and take the Reality Stone.
• The Avengers swore to kill Zhan Liu, and Tony warned them that fighting him directly could destroy Earth.
• Tony persuaded Alternate Tony that changing the past to eliminate Zhan Liu could help both universes, and Alternate Tony lent him their last vial of Pym Particles.
• Tony promised to find Doctor Pym’s lost particles with a detection radar, then flew away with Doctor Banner.

Tony traveled back in time to obtain Pym Particles and kill Zhan Liu before the Ultimate Limit Hall opened. After confirming Zhan Liu was dead and no one had opened the Hall, Tony returned to the future.

• Tony used the Avengers’ Pym Particles to travel to New York half a month before Zhan Liu arrived, then hid his time machine in orbit.
• Tony discovered from Doctor Pym’s memories that no finished Pym Particles existed, learned how to make them, and created his own supply.
• Tony waited for Zhan Liu to arrive, then crushed him before he could react and burned the remains to ash.
• Tony monitored Chinatown for three days and confirmed that no one had opened the Ultimate Limit Hall or spread Magnetic Field Martial Dao.
• Tony retrieved his hidden time machine, inserted the Pym Particles he had made, and began traveling back to the future.

Red Skull traveled back in time to reclaim the Tesseract, build Hydra’s power, and become a Magnetic Field Warrior under Zhan Liu. After infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D. and taking the Space Stone, he realized the energy was overwhelming his body and connected him to a fate he had not expected.

• Red Skull decided to leave the Space Stone with a subordinate while he traveled through time to change history and seek training from Zhan Liu.
• After arriving in the past, Red Skull found that Ultimate Limit Hall had not yet opened and recruited Hydra members to establish a new faction inside S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Red Skull’s faction infiltrated the department managing the Tesseract, allowing him to reach the Space Stone in just over ten days.
• Red Skull grabbed the Space Stone and infused it with the residual energy in his body, causing its power to surge beyond his limits.
• Red Skull realized his true role as the Space Stone connected his body to something distant in the void, and he cried out that his destiny was not supposed to be this way.

Zhan Liu was restored as a native of the Marvel universe and received a system mission to establish a sect and spread Ultimate Limit Qigong. Tony Stark discovered that Zhan Liu had returned from the dead, failed repeatedly to travel back and kill him, and decided to gather the six Infinity Stones to erase Magnetic Field Rotation Force instead.

• Red Skull was destroyed after activating the Space Stone, and the energy released from him merged into Zhan Liu as he emerged from a spatial passage.
• Tony Stark killed Zhan Liu, but the Eye of Agamotto was used to reconstruct him as a native inhabitant of the Marvel universe, and Zhan Liu's system activated.
• Tony returned to the present and learned from Doctor Banner that Zhan Liu was still alive, then investigated possible explanations with Thor and Ancient One.
• Tony repeatedly attempted to travel back and kill Zhan Liu, but temporal turbulence sent him to random times and places, so he eventually stopped to avoid changing history.
• Tony decided to collect all six Infinity Stones and use them to erase Magnetic Field Rotation Force from the universe.

After Hydra’s leaders abandoned their base, Kira brought the Space Stone to Zhan Liu, hoping to gain protection from Emperor Peter. Zhan Liu accepted the gift, gave Kira new scriptures to study, and ordered Hydra to search for the other Infinity Mu Jins, leaving Kira delighted by his new patron and prospects.

• Hydra’s underlings chose Kira to temporarily safeguard the Space Stone after Red Skull was defeated, and Kira decided to offer it to Zhan Liu for protection.
• Kira traveled to the Imperial Palace, gave Natasha a gift, and presented the Space Stone to Zhan Liu.
• Zhan Liu welcomed the Space Stone as a means to further his bodily evolution and rewarded Kira with Daoist scriptures and the revised Ultimate Yuan Magnetic Limitless Lightning Method.
• Zhan Liu told Kira to help locate the other Infinity Mu Jins and said Hydra need not concern itself with Emperor Peter’s orders.
• Kira left the palace pleased, intending to study the scriptures and mobilize Hydra to search for the remaining Infinity Mu Jins.

Tony asked Zhan Liu for the Reality Stone and Space Stone to help the Avengers undo Magnetic Field Rotation, but learned Zhan Liu had absorbed the Reality Stone into his body. Their argument over the suffering caused by Magnetic Field Rotation turned into a fight, with Zhan Liu attacking Tony.

• Tony told the Avengers that their time-travel attempts had failed and agreed to collect all six Infinity Stones to address Magnetic Field Rotation.
• Tony visited Zhan Liu and found him studying the Space Stone, then asked to borrow it and the Reality Stone.
• Zhan Liu refused and revealed that he had transformed the Reality Stone into Aether and injected it into his bone marrow and blood.
• Tony threatened to take the stones, and he and Zhan Liu argued over the tragedies and deaths caused by Magnetic Field Rotation.
• Tony declared that he would end it all, and Zhan Liu leaped into the air and struck at him with a heavy palm.

Tony lured Zhan Liu into space to fight, intending to use his Fallen God Wings to suppress and kill his master. As Tony completed the wings despite being gravely injured, he activated their suppression force field and attacked Zhan Liu.

• Tony and Zhan Liu flew into space to avoid destroying Earth, while governments watched the battle and the Skrulls secretly prepared to exploit it.
• The Skrulls targeted Tony after learning he had hidden Pepper aboard a space battleship, and they replaced her with an infiltrator carrying a new core.
• Tony reached the battlefield first, donned external armor, and began assembling the Fallen God Wings as Zhan Liu attacked.
• Zhan Liu’s punch destroyed Tony’s armor, and his Yin-Yang Two Forms Divine Lightning threatened to kill Tony before the wings were ready.
• Tony took Zhan Liu’s attack to the leg rather than interrupt the assembly, then activated the completed Fallen God Wings and slashed at Zhan Liu’s neck.

Tony nearly killed Zhan Liu by severing his head, but the Aether reconnected it and let Zhan Liu counter the Fallen God Wings. As Zhan Liu pressed his advantage, Tony restored his ruined body by burning his life force and launched a final attack, vowing that the Avengers would carry on his cause.

• Tony traded his injuries for a strike that severed Zhan Liu’s head, then began healing himself.
• The Aether pulled Zhan Liu’s head back onto his body, reviving him before brain death.
• Zhan Liu used the Reality Stone to erase the Fallen God Wings’ effects and resumed attacking Tony.
• Zhan Liu taunted Tony, while Tony realized his own realm had surpassed Zhan Liu’s but his reliance on technology had cost him the advantage.
• Tony rejected Zhan Liu’s offer to repent and burned his life force to clear his wounds and unleash a powerful final attack.

Tony and Zhan Liu burned their life forces and fought at the ultimate realm, but Tony reached the limit of the Single-Universe Level and discovered the cosmic forces manipulating them. He let Zhan Liu’s attack land, then died in his human body and sent his Immortal Primordial Spirit toward Earth, determined to challenge Eternity and the universe’s hidden players.

• Tony burned his life force to attack Zhan Liu, forcing Zhan Liu to burn his own life force and fight back.
• Tony’s realm surged to the limit of the Single-Universe Level, revealing the universe’s laws and the role Zhan Liu had played in spreading Magnetic Field Rotation.
• Tony understood that Zhan Liu’s mission was complete and that the universe would replace him, so he no longer saw killing his former master as meaningful.
• Zhan Liu struck Tony with a punch infused with his knowledge and the powers of three Infinity Stones, but the attack could not harm Tony.
• Tony refused to create a perfect divine body and allowed his human body to crack apart and vanish, while his Immortal Primordial Spirit descended toward Earth.
• Tony resolved to overturn the cosmic chessboard and stand against Eternity without becoming a god.

After Tony and Zhan Liu began fighting in space, Alternate Tony proposed using a new Infinity Armor to help the Avengers join the battle. Its Child-Mother design was unfinished, so Steve agreed to test whether a Soul Stone helmet and the Power Stone could let them fight as empowered soul bodies.

• Nebula sensed that Tony and Zhan Liu had started fighting in space, while Steve admitted the Avengers were too weak to intervene directly.
• Alternate Tony unveiled an Infinity Armor designed to house the Infinity Mu Jins and explained how its Mother Armor could power Child Armors.
• Tony revealed that the Child Armors were not built, but the completed Mind Stone helmet could channel a stone's power onto its wearer.
• Tony proposed using the Soul Stone to create soul bodies and the Power Stone to give them offensive and defensive abilities.
• Steve agreed to test Tony's plan so the Avengers could distract Zhan Liu and help the other Tony land a decisive blow.

Zhan Liu survived Tony's apparent sacrifice and empowered his disciples to confront the invading Avengers, who mistook him for a wounded target. As the battles continued, Natasha discovered that Nebula's helmet seemed to be driving her relentless fighting and rising realm.

• Zhan Liu realized that Tony had vanished without killing him, then pondered Tony's strange, pitying final look.
• Zhan Liu infused Natasha, Kira, and other disciples with Magnetic Field energy, rapidly raising their realms so they could face the invaders.
• Natasha challenged Nebula and flew into space, while Steve and the Avengers tried to break through the disciples' defense and attack Zhan Liu.
• Kira and the other disciples struggled to protect Zhan Liu's courtyard as the Avengers used Power Stone energy attacks and their soul forms to evade close combat.
• Natasha found Nebula's savage fighting style, tireless output, and rising realm inexplicable, and suspected her helmet was responsible.
• Natasha changed her form and began targeting Nebula's helmet.

Natasha fought Nebula and targeted the Mind Stone Sub-Helmet, hoping to stop its steady enhancement of Nebula before her own recently reached realm became a disadvantage. Meanwhile, Thor turned the tide against Kira, but the Avengers’ Power Stone bombardment fused into a gigantic sphere that threatened to destroy Earth.

• Natasha attacked Nebula’s Mind Stone Sub-Helmet, while Nebula relied on the helmet to lock in every increase in her willpower and steadily advance.
• The Avengers’ souls struggled against Kira and the Magnetic Field Warriors as their exposed physical bodies remained hidden and under the care of Friday and Jarvis.
• Thor returned with Stormbreaker and routed Kira and the other Magnetic Field Warriors, giving the Avengers an opening to attack Zhan Liu’s courtyard.
• The Avengers unleashed a Power Stone bombardment, and their closely grouped attacks fused into a huge energy sphere that sank beneath the ground and devastated the area.
• The Avengers realized that the sphere’s eventual explosion could destroy Earth’s ecosystem, making them the ones who threatened humanity’s survival.

Zhan Liu stopped the Power Stone’s energy from destroying Earth, then pursued the Avengers’ Infinity Stones and fought Professor Hulk’s new Hulk Avatar. Their clash devastated Earth, and Professor Hulk, empowered by his anger and the three stones, grew stronger and attacked Zhan Liu again.

• Zhan Liu contained the Power Stone’s energy, calmed the disaster, and decided to seize the stones carried by the Avengers.
• Thor led the Avengers in an attack, but Zhan Liu sent them flying and followed the energy trail to Professor Hulk.
• Professor Hulk activated the Mind, Soul, and Power Stones to create the Hulk Avatar, then flew into space to fight Zhan Liu away from Earth.
• Zhan Liu and Professor Hulk collided, and their shock wave sent space debris crashing into Earth and caused widespread devastation.
• Zhan Liu’s punch cracked the Hulk Avatar and sent Professor Hulk flying, but Professor Hulk’s anger made him grow larger and launch another attack.

Professor Hulk and Zhan Liu continued their battle, but neither could yet overcome the other’s defenses. After Zhan Liu repelled the Avengers, Tony rallied his allies and sent them to recruit Loki, Peter, and Raven for the fight ahead.

• Professor Hulk used the Infinity Mu Jins to strengthen his Hulk Avatar, but Zhan Liu struck it back and concluded that the Soul Stone made it impossible to defeat through ordinary attacks.
• Zhan Liu tried to reach Professor Hulk with an Ultimate Five Thunder Palm, but the Hulk Avatar’s thick soul body absorbed the attack before it reached him.
• Professor Hulk repaired the Avengers’ soul bodies, and Thor escorted them back to their physical bodies before returning to join the battle.
• Tony stopped Thor from rushing back to fight Zhan Liu alone, and Thor promised to survive until they won and recovered the Infinity Mu Jins.
• Tony sent Thor to convince Loki to help, tasked Steve and Natasha with recruiting Peter, and set out with Clint to seek Raven’s support.

As meteors and tsunamis battered Paradise Island, Tony persuaded Raven to move the Mutants onto the Super Battleship by promising their safety and control of Earth after Zhan Liu was defeated. Once the Mutants had taken over the ship, Raven revealed she had chosen to target the weakest and killed Tony with a single blow.

• Meteors and firestorms triggered escalating tsunamis and superheated steam, forcing Raven and the X-Men to defend Paradise Island.
• Tony and Clint arrived seeking Raven’s help, and Tony argued that Zhan Liu’s continued presence would bring more disasters.
• Raven rejected Tony’s offer to rule Earth and betray Zhan Liu until he promised the Mutants a safe home aboard the Super Battleship.
• Raven and the X-Men relocated every Mutant and their relatives onto the Super Battleship, then took control of it.
• Raven told Tony she had learned to pick on the weakest and smashed his head with one slap.

Raven betrayed and killed Tony, Clint, and Rocket, then fled Earth for Xandar. At the ruined Sokovia site, Steve and Natasha tried to draw Peter out of despair, but Peter blamed himself and fate, and his words left Steve shaken.

• Raven killed Tony, Clint, and Rocket aboard the Super Battleship and ordered it to leave Earth for Xandar.
• The Avengers in another warship realized the Super Battleship had escaped, but could not pursue it.
• Steve and Natasha found Peter kneeling in the ruins of Sokovia, where Steve described his lost home and vowed revenge.
• Steve beat and berated Peter to provoke him, and Peter explained that he had been summoned to another universe before he could protect Gwen, Uncle Ben, Aunt May, and the others.
• Peter said that Peter Parkers across universes brought misfortune to their loved ones and concluded that he had given up struggling.
• Steve urged Peter to defy fate by gathering the Infinity Stones, but Peter mocked Steve’s love for Peggy and left him pale and speechless.

Peter withdrew into apathy after losing Gwen and refused to help the Avengers, even when Natasha and Steve tried to reach him. Steve left his own heart inside Peter to awaken him, while the battle against Zhan Liu continued.

• Natasha confronted Peter about fearing the pain of losing Gwen again, but he accepted the blame and showed no desire to live.
• Natasha and Steve tried to revive Peter's interest with a projection of Gwen, which briefly restored his reason before he realized she was not real.
• Peter told Natasha and Steve he had heard everything and refused to be used or help them, even after Steve sincerely pleaded with him.
• Steve begged Peter to wake up and help save the world, but Peter began withdrawing into himself again.
• Steve ignited his life force, tore out his own heart, and implanted it in Peter's chest, hoping to awaken him.