Chapter Summaries

Shen Fei completed his transformation into a Skyfather, while a vast Symbiote invasion threatened Earth. The chapter left Earth protected by Shen Fei’s barrier as the meteors revealed their Symbiote payloads, and Shen Fei learned more about Ancient One’s immense power.

• Charles learned from Tony’s memories that the Symbiotes were numerous and powerful enough to destroy human civilization, while Tony regretted not joining Shen Fei’s Starry Sky Fleet.
• Tony ordered the Steel Troops deployed as meteors began falling, and Blink opened a portal to X-Men Academy so Charles could use the Brainwave Amplifier.
• Nick prepared to call Carol, but beams of light formed a barrier around Earth before the meteors could land.
• The meteors shattered against Shen Fei’s barrier, revealing the Symbiotes inside, and Drake panicked when he saw the size of Riot’s army.
• At Kamar-Taj, Shen Fei completed his Skyfather transformation, and Ancient One explained that his path had formed a closed loop.
• Shen Fei glimpsed Ancient One’s connection to countless dimensions and the Vishanti before she concealed her true power from him.

Knull emerged from his seal and threatened to destroy Earth unless its people submitted, but Shen Fei confronted him in space. Shen Fei overwhelmed Knull by turning the god’s law power into fuel for his own growth, leaving their battle underway.

• At Osborn Company, Dora tortured the captive Riot and told it that Shen Fei would deal with Knull.
• Knull appeared above Earth, sensed its abundant life, and gave the planet twenty-four hours to submit or be destroyed.
• Shen Fei rose from New York to confront Knull and declared that Earth belonged to its people.
• Knull summoned a Symbiote Dragon to attack Shen Fei, who erased the creature with a burst of red and white power.
• Shen Fei and Knull exchanged blows, and Shen Fei’s entropy ability weakened Knull while converting his law power into strength.
• Knull accused Shen Fei of stealing his authority as Shen Fei continued attacking, eager to learn how Knull had created the Symbiotes.

Shen Fei battled Knull across the universe, using Entropy Power and his connection to two dimensions to erode Knull’s body while enduring his attacks. As they entered a binary star system, Shen Fei shrank its two stars, beginning a plan whose outcome remained unclear.

• Shen Fei’s dimensional powers and Entropy Power damaged Knull, who repeatedly changed his size and fought back with dark attacks.
• Knull tried to invade Shen Fei’s dimensions, but discovered that Shen Fei had fused their power with his body.
• The battle continued beyond the Solar System, and Shen Fei considered ways to end the prolonged stalemate.
• In a binary star system, Shen Fei sent two beams toward the stars and shrank them with Pym Particles.
• Knull mistook Shen Fei’s move for a mistake, struck him with dark power, and sent him flying.

Shen Fei swallowed two shrunken stars and used their power to grow stronger while fighting Knull. He overwhelmed Knull with stellar gravity and a barrage of blows, drawing the attention of powerful beings across the universe.

• Shen Fei swallowed two shrunken stars, using Entropy Power to control the energy they released and strengthen himself as he fought Knull.
• Shen Fei and Knull's clashes produced an explosion that destroyed more than half of the star system and blasted them both away.
• Shen Fei absorbed the explosion's energy as his cells regenerated, while Knull's Black Silk was torn apart before his body reformed.
• Shen Fei drew an understanding of stellar gravity from the stars and used it to compress Knull and close in at near-teleportation speed.
• Shen Fei battered Knull into the system's largest planet, then pierced through the planet with his final punch as powerful beings across the universe turned their attention to the battle.

Shen Fei defeated Knull in battle, chased him through a portal, and used the Time Stone to restrain him before beginning to devour the Abyss Void within his soul. Knull panicked as his dimension was pulled into Shen Fei’s soul.

• Shen Fei overwhelmed Knull with star-infused attacks, forcing Knull to flee through a Black Hole.
• Shen Fei chased Knull across the universe and resumed attacking him, then bound him with the Time Stone.
• Ancient One told Shen Fei that Knull contained a projection of the Abyss Void and advised him to use his dimensions and Soul Magic to devour it.
• Shen Fei invaded Knull’s soul with his dimensional powers and began dragging the Abyss Void into himself.
• Knull panicked as the Abyss Void fell beneath Shen Fei’s intertwined red-and-white dimensional powers.

Shen Fei devoured Knull and the Abyss Void, then returned to Midgard and absorbed the Symbiotes that had darkened Earth’s sky. Thanos investigated the Power Stone while Shen Fei considered seeking greater powers beyond the MCU universe.

• Shen Fei absorbed Knull into the Abyss Void and gained a coordinate that let him channel its power through the Spirit Energy Dimension.
• Thanos sensed a battle between two All-Fathers, discussed Asgard’s weakening rulers, and ordered an investigation into the Power Stone’s location.
• Shen Fei returned to Midgard, sensed the World Tree protecting the Solar System, and found Symbiotes blocking sunlight from reaching Earth.
• Shen Fei drew all the Symbiotes into the Abyss Void and concluded that he needed to begin his Multiverse Project to find stronger powers.

After Shen Fei defeated Knull and erased the Symbiotes, the world witnessed his immense power and began reconsidering its defenses against threats from space. S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Illuminati decided they needed their own means to protect Earth, while Reed’s interest in joining Osborn Company grew.

• Shen Fei returned to his laboratory, ordered Osborn Company to restore the city, and rested after the battle with Knull.
• People across Earth saw satellite footage of Shen Fei defeating the Symbiotes and reacted with awe at his power.
• Nick ordered Coulson to gather S.H.I.E.L.D.’s resources and prepare defenses against extraterrestrial enemies, even in case Shen Fei turned against Earth.
• Reed, Tony, and Charles watched Shen Fei’s display and recognized how far his abilities surpassed their own.
• Tony revealed that Shen Fei had earlier urged him to consider building a space fleet, so Tony had Friday project his sealed starship blueprints.

Reed agreed to help Tony and Charles strengthen their forces against extraterrestrial threats in exchange for a copy of the Mutant Gene Pool. He decided to join Osborn Company, hoping to pursue research into time-space travel, and Tony asked to join Reed’s tour of the company.

• Reed agreed to train Wanda in the Meditation Method and asked Charles for a copy of any Mutant genes he did not already possess.
• Reed announced that he wanted to join Osborn Company, and Tony accepted that his research interests suited the company better than Stark’s.
• Reed offered to show Tony the company’s research and let him join a department that interested him.
• Reed invited Tony to tour Osborn Company, and Tony asked if he and the others could come along.

Shen Fei showed Reed, Tony, and Charles the breadth of Osborn Company's research and welcomed Reed and the other Fantastic Four members to join. At Kamar-Taj, Ancient One told Shen Fei they would fight Dormammu in the Dark Dimension, with Odin as their helper.

• Shen Fei explained Osborn Company's research departments and said many superhuman projects had been delegated to other researchers.
• Shen Fei described how an ability serum based on Beast's genetic sample gave Osborn Company a supply of second-tier researchers, impressing Tony and Charles.
• Reed chose to speak with Pym, and Shen Fei welcomed the Fantastic Four to Osborn Company and offered Ben an inhibitor for his transformations.
• Shen Fei traveled to Kamar-Taj, where Ancient One said she no longer needed to use the Dark Dimension's power to prolong her life.
• Ancient One told Shen Fei that they would make the Dark Dimension their battlefield and that Vishanti would shield them from the Multiversal Dormammu in exchange for a future favor.
• Ancient One revealed that Odin would help them fight Dormammu.

Ancient One told Shen Fei that Odin would help him defeat Dormammu if Shen Fei agreed to watch over Asgard. Shen Fei met Odin on Norway’s coast, where Odin asked him to protect Asgard as Ragnarok approached.

• Ancient One explained that Odin was at the height of his power and would join the fight against Dormammu in exchange for a personal meeting with Shen Fei.
• Ancient One said Odin wanted help guiding Asgard through the approaching Ragnarok because Thor and Loki were not ready to take his place.
• Shen Fei traveled through a portal to Norway, where Odin greeted him as the new Sorcerer Supreme.
• Odin offered to help Shen Fei battle Dormammu and asked him to watch over Asgard afterward.

Shen Fei negotiated with Odin for the Space Stone and prepared to confront Dormammu, then forced Knull to choose between destruction and signing a Soul Contract. The chapter ended with Knull facing enslavement as the price of survival.

• Odin doubted Thor could face Ragnarok, but agreed to help Shen Fei after Shen Fei promised that he, Ancient One, and Knull would join the fight against Dormammu.
• Shen Fei asked Odin for the Space Stone, and Odin handed it over while warning that the Infinity Stones were difficult to control.
• Shen Fei returned to his laboratory and planned to attack the Dark Dimension when the timing was right, believing Ancient One's approach was the best way to prevent future trouble.
• Shen Fei used Vishanti Power and his dimensions to drain the Abyss Void, while Entropy Power prevented Knull from controlling it.
• Shen Fei battered Knull and began extracting his power until Knull feared the Abyss Void would be destroyed and begged him to stop.
• Shen Fei presented Knull with a Soul Contract and demanded that he sign or die.

Shen Fei forced Knull to accept a soul contract, binding him while he studied the Abyss Void. He agreed with Ancient One to use Limbo as a staging ground for a war against the Dark Dimension in seven days, then began preparing his forces and crafting magical artifacts.

• Shen Fei drained the Abyss Void until Knull feared being erased, and Knull signed a contract binding his soul to Shen Fei.
• Shen Fei seized the connection between Knull and the Abyss Void so he could study its laws without killing Knull.
• At Kamar-Taj, Ancient One and Shen Fei chose Limbo as the staging ground for an invasion of the Dark Dimension and set the attack for seven days later.
• Shen Fei called an Illuminati meeting and told Otto to notify Norman and the others that they would soon mobilize for war.
• Shen Fei used molten metal, spells, and Demon Power to craft armguards that produced a magical golden disc when Otto struck them together.

Shen Fei forged Mithril Gold armor and inscribed magic into both his body and the suit to prepare for fighting Dormammu. At Osborn Company, he began absorbing a Cosmic Magic Shard to strengthen the space magic in his eyes and potentially prepare his body to hold the Space Stone.

• Shen Fei used Vibranium and Mithril to create Mithril Gold, then inscribed defensive, ice, space, and mind magic into his body.
• Shen Fei forged a nanonized Mithril Gold suit containing enhanced Osborn Company technology and a Brainwave Amplifier, then absorbed it into his skin.
• Tony, Charles, and Reed arrived at Osborn Company and noticed the blue patterns flashing across Shen Fei's skin.
• Shen Fei absorbed a Cosmic Magic Shard and directed its spatial power into his eyes to sustain their space magic.

Shen Fei organized an assault on Dormammu in the Dark Dimension and recruited the Illuminati, Osborn Company, and the Mutants to handle the enemy’s forces in Limbo. After assigning preparations, he examined newly acquired genetic samples and began considering a future trip to Xandar for the Power Stone.

• Shen Fei told Charles, Tony, and Reed that he, Wanda, Odin, and his master would attack Dormammu in the Dark Dimension while their allies fought his forces in Limbo.
• Charles committed the Mutants to the operation because Magik might be brought back from Limbo, and Tony agreed to make preparations.
• Shen Fei assigned Osborn Company and the Defenders Alliance their roles, while Norman reported that S.H.I.E.L.D. and Ross had traded genetic samples for Inhumans and Vibranium.
• Shen Fei ordered Norman to send the samples to his laboratory and wondered whether the Power Stone was still on Xandar.
• Shen Fei had Al analyze Shaw’s and Darwin’s genetic samples and confirmed that both had potential to reach Omega Level.

Shen Fei and Earth’s forces prepared to invade the Dark Dimension and confront Dormammu. As the portal opened, Shen Fei, Odin, and Wanda entered, leaving the assembled Defenders ready for battle.

• Shen Fei absorbed Shaw and Darwin’s genetic samples, increasing his energy absorption and accelerating his cellular growth.
• Extraordinary forces gathered in Limbo as Ancient One opened a portal connecting it to the Dark Dimension.
• Shen Fei entered the portal in his custom Magic Armor, and Odin followed in his Divine Armor.
• Ancient One gave Wanda the Darkhold, trusting her to use its power despite its danger.
• Wanda and Shen Fei entered the tunnel, while Max ordered the Defenders to prepare for battle.

Dormammu discovered Ancient One had entered the Dark Dimension and prepared an invasion of Earth, but Shen Fei appeared and attacked him. As Dormammu fought back, Ancient One arrived to aid Shen Fei and began absorbing the dimension’s dark power.

• Dormammu summoned dark creatures and ordered Kaecilius to lead an invasion of Earth.
• Kaecilius accepted Dormammu’s command and blamed Ancient One for hiding her use of dark power.
• Shen Fei burst into the Dark Dimension, revealed himself to Dormammu, and struck him with an attack that made him feel pain.
• Dormammu turned the dimension against Shen Fei and hurled planets at him.
• Ancient One emerged, cut apart the attacking planets, and began absorbing the Dark Dimension’s power.

Shen Fei and Ancient One battled Dormammu in the Dark Dimension while the clash shook Limbo. They briefly severed Dormammu’s connection to his realm, giving Gungnir a chance to pierce his soul.

• Shen Fei froze Dormammu’s Dark Energy as Ancient One formed a crystalline barrier and attacked with the power of the Vishanti.
• Dormammu unleashed powerful vortices and overwhelming Dark Energy, while the fight’s shockwaves shattered planets and reached Limbo.
• Erik and the others saw Dormammu’s gigantic projection battling Shen Fei and Ancient One as cracks spread across Limbo’s sky.
• Ancient One and Shen Fei combined their Mirror Dimensions to cut Dormammu off from the Dark Dimension for an instant.
• Ancient One’s hidden spear, Gungnir, pierced Dormammu’s body and struck his soul, making him scream in pain.

Odin joined Shen Fei and Ancient One in their battle against Dormammu, while Wanda wielded the Darkhold to disrupt Dormammu’s magic and cut off his escape. The four overwhelmed him until his power fell to roughly Bast’s level, though Dormammu insisted they could not kill him.

• Odin arrived in the Dark Dimension and struck Dormammu with Gungnir, wounding his soul and restoring his connection to the Dark Dimension when the Mirror Dimension shattered.
• Shen Fei, Ancient One, and Odin coordinated their attacks, repeatedly injuring Dormammu and disrupting his access to Dark Energy.
• Dormammu borrowed Chthon’s power through the Dark Dimension, but Wanda used the Darkhold to strip away the incoming magic and lash Dormammu with a scarlet whip.
• Wanda interfered with Dormammu’s attempts to move the Dark Dimension and escape as the four continued their assault.
• Dormammu’s aura and accumulated power plummeted, and he shouted that they could not kill him.

Shen Fei used the chaos of Dormammu’s shattered soul to seize the Dark Dimension, revealing that his body could wield dimensional power and drain the dimension directly. Dormammu recognized the force consuming his power as the Abyss Void.

• Ancient One struck Dormammu with soul-infused magic, shattering his soul and exposing the Dark Dimension’s core.
• Shen Fei reached for the core, but Dormammu unleashed Dark Energy to stop him until Ancient One shattered his newly gathered soul again.
• Shen Fei endured the Dark Energy’s corruption as Odin questioned whether he could survive, while Ancient One declared her faith in him.
• Two dimensions appeared behind Shen Fei, and he began drawing on their power despite being inside the Dark Dimension.
• Shen Fei’s body absorbed the Dark Dimension’s fundamental power, and Dormammu realized that the Abyss Void was consuming it.

Shen Fei took control of the Dark Dimension and helped defeat Dormammu, who was then killed by Ancient One. Ancient One passed the Sorcerer Supreme mantle to Shen Fei and departed, leaving him and Wanda to return with the Darkhold.

• Shen Fei absorbed the Dark Dimension's core from Dormammu and took control of the dimension.
• Ancient One declared Dormammu defeated, then destroyed his soul with Soul Magic.
• Odin left after reminding Shen Fei of their agreement, while his power faded from the battle.
• Ancient One named Shen Fei Earth's new Sorcerer Supreme and Kamar-Taj's Most Holy One before departing in a beam of light.
• Shen Fei told Wanda to keep the Darkhold and offered to help her control it.
• Shen Fei maintained the spatial passage with his own power and left with Wanda.