Chapter Summaries

The Earth Mother Goddess revealed to Salomon her role in shaping evolution and his destiny, offering to help him understand life from another universe. Meanwhile, Alex rallied the stranded crew to remain loyal to the missing captain as En-Galai’s corrupted creatures attacked them.

• A Space Driller Octopus dragged a crewman into a hole, and the crew killed it with gunfire.
• The catfolk engineer urged Alex and the crew to rescue the captain, and Alex rallied them to obey the captain’s orders.
• Merlin brought Salomon and Dave to the camp, where Salomon meditated and met Terra’s World Soul.
• The Earth Mother Goddess told Salomon that she had summoned the Creator from another universe and explained the origins of the God Eater.
• The Earth Mother Goddess said Salomon was created through many parties’ efforts and revealed that she had arranged for him to obtain King Arthur’s sword.
• The Earth Mother Goddess explained that she had guided evolution through wars against the Ancient Gods and said she would bear the power of Salomon’s ultimate creation: children.

Salomon confronted Earth Mother Goddess Gaia over his origins and humanity’s destiny, accepting his role in her plan while rejecting her claim that he lacked free will. He left determined to verify Gaia’s promises and decide humanity’s future for himself.

• Salomon reasoned that his origins and purpose had been determined by the gods, but he accepted his responsibility to protect humanity.
• Salomon challenged Earth Mother Goddess about Jezebel’s death, and Gaia explained that she had altered Jezebel’s fate so she could bear him.
• Salomon recognized that his desire for vengeance meant he possessed free will and turned to leave.
• Gaia revealed that the Silver Key could show him future possibilities and said his future self had already left him what he needed through Laura Croft.
• Gaia urged Salomon to follow her plan and claimed she would become the mother of his offspring, but Salomon insisted that Jezebel was his only mother.
• Salomon rejected Gaia’s authority over his choices and vowed to determine humanity’s destiny according to Kamar-Taj’s mission.

Salomon left En-Galé and resolved to defy the gods, taking his fleet toward Midgard to retrieve something his future self had left behind. Meanwhile, Laura escaped an ice cavern into a Soviet facility, where she planned to rescue a captured local and find the Source of Divinity before The Trinity.

• Salomon ate a flesh-apple, found no wisdom in it, and prepared to leave En-Galé with his crew.
• Salomon asked Phoenix to join him in betraying the gods and reaffirmed Kamar-Taj's mission to protect humanity's free will.
• Salomon ordered the fleet to travel through a portal to Planet C-53 in the Midgard system, where he intended to retrieve an item from his future self.
• Laura Croft escaped the frozen cavern, met an armed red-haired girl at an abandoned Soviet facility, and learned that The Trinity had taken local people prisoner.
• Laura rested beside a concealed fire, heard over the radio that Constantine had captured a local, and planned to infiltrate the facility and rescue them to locate the Source of Divinity.

Laura Croft was captured with her stepmother, Anna, while infiltrating Trinity’s headquarters and learned that Anna had betrayed her and joined Trinity. A City of Immortals agent reported that Laura was safe, and Victoria Hand said Big Boss would take over the mission.

• Laura Croft struggled to free herself as Constantine threatened Anna with a garrote to learn the Source of Divinity’s location.
• Anna revealed that she had joined Trinity and urged Laura to join them, while Constantine attacked Laura.
• Anna stopped Constantine from killing Laura and asked her to reconsider joining Trinity.
• C-A1, a City of Immortals agent embedded among Trinity’s mercenaries, reported Laura’s safety to Victoria Hand.
• Victoria Hand redirected a carrier fleet toward an isolated island and said Big Boss would take over the job.

The modified Helicarrier emerged from the sea at a secret City of Immortals base and headed to meet its master. Lyudmila and Lilia joined the Sisterhood aboard the carrier and learned their destination was an isolated island in the western Aleutians.

• The Wakandans raised the modified Helicarrier from an undersea base near Civitavecchia, and it flew away under stealth.
• Tita and the Sisterhood boarded the newly refurbished Helicarrier, eager to welcome their master.
• Lyudmila and Lilia received Power Armor, weapons, and membership in the Sisterhood during a ceremony led by Tita.
• Tita told Lyudmila that they were heading to an unnamed island south of the Rat Islands, where intelligence agents were scouting for threats.

Salomon transferred his fleet to Pluto and ordered First Mate Alex to spend his life guarding the breach between N'garai and the Material Universe. He then descended toward Earth, leaving the fleet to carry out its long-term mission.

• Salomon persuaded Lady Sif to have the Bifrost transfer his fleet to Pluto, though she charged him a fee in gold.
• Salomon contacted Stephanie and asked her to prepare for Laura Croft's findings, while he worried about the future and his own role in it.
• After the first mate reported that they had reached planet C-53, Salomon rejected the idea of plundering and prepared his Shuttlecraft for landing.
• Salomon appointed First Mate Alex captain, gave him a life-extending potion, and tasked him with guarding the weak point between N'garai and the Material Universe.
• Salomon rode the Shuttlecraft through Earth's atmosphere as the fleet remained under Alex's command.

Salomon arrived at the Helicarrier and gave the Sisterhood new orders to join the Intelligence Department in a Siberian operation involving an ancient cult, immortal monsters, and a rescue target. As the teams prepared to pursue Laura Croft, Salomon revealed that her mission might awaken the Feathered Serpent God and said Phoenix had gone ahead to deal with the blue-flamed creatures.

• Salomon arrived aboard the damaged Shuttlecraft, and the Sisterhood knelt in reverence as he issued orders for an operation at an ancient Siberian ruin.
• Lyudmila and Lilia collected their Steel Wings and prepared to join the mission after completing their training.
• Tita reported the new combat personnel's progress to Salomon, who praised her and warned that their future enemy was a god.
• Salomon delayed the Wakandan scientists' examination of the Shuttlecraft's data storage devices because he remained wary of Wakanda.
• Victoria Hand reported that Laura Croft had escaped The Trinity's prison and that Agent C-A1 was tracking her.
• Salomon ordered the agent to keep away from Laura Croft, explained that her mission might awaken the Feathered Serpent God, and said Phoenix had departed to destroy the blue-flamed creatures.

Salomon sent the Sisterhood to seize the Source of Divinity while Agent C-A1 tracked Laura toward a local settlement in Siberia. When The Trinity attacked the settlement, the Sisterhood launched an assault, and a local man recognized them and called out that he knew what they wanted.

• Laura told the local man about her father's death, Anna's betrayal, and why she sought the Source of Divinity, but refused to abandon her goal.
• The local man urged Laura to help drive out Constantine and The Trinity, then gave her directions to the village and warned her that immortality was a curse.
• Salomon and the Sisterhood reached the valley aboard the Helicarrier and spotted smoke rising from the settlement.
• Tita ordered the Sisterhood to attack The Trinity's forces, and the Artificial Humans struck the mercenaries and their helicopters.
• Lilia lowered her pistol when the local man stepped in front of her, and he called to the Sisterhood that he knew who they were and what they wanted.

Salomon met Jacob, an immortal Prophetess who recognized him as an old acquaintance, and learned that he had created the Source of Divinity himself. Salomon explained that his future self had traveled back in time, and Jacob began to recount what happened while warning that their actions could affect the past and Sophia’s future.

• Salomon watched a local man kill a Trinity mercenary and recognized him when the man arrived at the Helicarrier.
• Jacob greeted Salomon as an old friend and asked whether Salomon had come to end his mission and free him.
• Salomon identified Jacob as an immortal Prophetess and promised Laura Croft that she would learn the truth.
• Jacob told Salomon that the Source of Divinity was only a byproduct that Salomon had made himself.
• Salomon explained that his future self had traveled into the past and entrusted something to Jacob, creating a time loop.
• Jacob agreed to explain everything after realizing that the time loop could affect Sophia.

Jacob told Salomon and the others how he had protected the golden angel and the Source of Divinity in Kitezh, and revealed that his undead army had rebelled. With his thousand-year vigil ending, Jacob asked Salomon to release him and named Sophia as his heir.

• Jacob explained that Salomon had entrusted him with the golden angel and an imitation Philosopher's Stone, which he used to resurrect soldiers and defend Kitezh.
• Jacob revealed that the undead army had rebelled and that Salomon would have to defeat its soldiers to reclaim the golden angel.
• Salomon recruited Laura Croft to help excavate Kitezh and invited Jacob's people to join the City of Immortals.
• Jacob named Sophia as his heir and told her his immortality and supposed miracles had been a curse and a deception.
• Jacob knelt before Salomon and asked him to use his sword to grant him release.

Salomon helped Jacob abandon his immediate plans to die, and Jacob revealed that the observatory held a map to the Lost City. After the Trinity forces were defeated in Siberia, Salomon returned to the City of Immortals to question Anna and Constantine.

• Sophia tried to stop Jacob from giving up, but Salomon persuaded him that he still had time with his family and work to finish.
• Jacob explained that the observatory’s imaging device contained a map to the Lost City, and Salomon promised Laura Croft she could explore it carefully.
• The Sisterhood and Helicarrier crushed the Trinity mercenaries in the mountains, while Constantine’s resistance ended after an avalanche tilted the Helicarrier.
• Salomon returned to the City of Immortals with an elite Sisterhood squad and supplies left behind in Siberia under Phoenix’s command.
• Laura toured the City of Immortals and joined Salomon in visiting Anna and Constantine, whom he intended to interrogate about The Trinity.

Salomon returned to the City of Immortals and oversaw its people, research projects, and prisoners before visiting Bayonetta and Jeanne. Bayonetta noticed that he had changed after his travels.

• Salomon declined Laura Croft's request to hand the captured men over to the law and sent her back to the Siberian workstation.
• Salomon prepared Jacob and Sophia's people for life in the City of Immortals, while Sophia chose to preserve her village's faith as a source of unity.
• Salomon checked on Stephanie, arranged an age-slowing enhancement for her, and directed her research group to focus on peripheral nerve connections.
• Salomon released Lorelei from her restraints and planned to use her as a spy in Asgard.
• Salomon reviewed Maya Hansen's experiments and the City of Immortals' research into genetic engineering and artificial intelligence.
• Salomon came home to Jeanne's attack, caught the Cheshire Cat, and gave Bayonetta roses; Bayonetta noticed he had learned a lot while away.

The Avengers debated whether Salomon was too young to join them and what they knew about his past, while Natasha Romanoff withheld post-S.H.I.E.L.D. intelligence. Salomon dismissed their concerns and spent the afternoon catching up on classes and borrowing rare books at Oxford.

• Victoria Hand returned from the Siberian mission and continued searching for secrets Nick Fury had left behind.
• The Avengers discussed Salomon’s age, wealth, patent royalties, and past encounters with Hydra.
• Natasha Romanoff revealed that Salomon had killed a Hydra team while he was still in high school and that S.H.I.E.L.D. had suspected he had killed before.
• Steve Rogers challenged Natasha over what S.H.I.E.L.D. had concealed about Salomon’s childhood.
• Salomon ended the call and spent the afternoon catching up on coursework and borrowing rare volumes from Oxford’s libraries.

Salomon focused on expanding the City of Immortals’ industrial and military strength while the Avengers pursued Hydra, and he rejected their invitation. After Catherine’s explosives cleared a path through the ice, Kitezh was excavated and welcomed Salomon as its master.

• Salomon watched the Avengers’ Hydra hunt from afar while Natasha Romanoff, Victoria Hand, and Stephanie Malik reported on the search and managed his intelligence network.
• Salomon pursued the Mars Foundry plan, keeping Wakanda’s researchers away from the Celestials’ corpse and relying on T’Chaka to cooperate under their agreement with Bastet.
• Salomon rejected the Avengers’ invitation after they learned he was nineteen and turned his attention to Kitezh’s excavation.
• Catherine ordered bunker buster missiles fired into the frozen earth, triggering an avalanche but shortening the construction period by three-fifths.
• Sophia saw the City of Immortals’ firepower, while Jacob the Undying Prophet helped ease the locals’ concerns about naturalization.
• Kitezh was excavated, and the Lost City welcomed Salomon as its master.

Catherine led Sophia and Laura into Kitezh, where Phoenix had cleared a landing site amid the frozen city and its undead inhabitants. As the team prepared to map and clear the ruins, Catherine revealed that Salomon planned to come for an item entrusted to the Undead Prophet.

• Sophia struggled with the scorching heat while Laura removed her mountaineering gear and Catherine opened the Assault Transport.
• Phoenix greeted Catherine and had burned the dead around the landing site, leaving charred remains and dry ground.
• Catherine, Sophia, and Laura entered Kitezh and saw its decaying buildings, frozen hazards, and armored undead soldiers.
• Catherine ordered the engineering team to clear a route to the fortress gate and warned Laura to follow orders.
• Catherine said Salomon would come because he believed an item kept by the Undead Prophet could help the City of Immortals.
• Drones entered Kitezh to establish communications and scan the city for a three-dimensional map.

Salomon discussed Jacob’s faith and the future of the people in the Lost City, insisting they should be guided toward education rather than left to die in the City of Immortals. Meanwhile, Laura Croft and Sophia explored the city and encountered undead, which Catherine and the Sisterhood fought off.

• Jacob explained to Laura that his resurrection and miracles came from magic rather than heaven, and that he had kept the Lost City’s greatest secret from everyone but Salomon.
• Salomon told Jacob he would give the villagers time to embrace education, while Jacob agreed to persuade them and offered Salomon beer.
• Catherine destroyed undead with her Chainsaw Sword and black steel boot as the Sisterhood fought the attackers.
• Laura Croft led Sophia around the Lost City, where they encountered an army of undead attempting to ambush their landing site.
• The Sisterhood’s weapons and armor made the undead ineffective, while Laura’s fighting earned Catherine’s respect.

Catherine, Laura, Jacob, and the Sisterhood prepared to enter Kitezh after the engineering team opened the fortress gate, while Jacob showed Laura the city’s hidden astronomical facility and explained its history. Salomon arrived just as the exploration team advanced, leaving the group poised to face the undead soldiers inside.

• The Sisterhood found Jacob’s gemstone projector map of Kitezh, and Jacob treated Jonah’s injuries after Jonah returned from hunting.
• Jacob led Laura and Jonah through a hidden passage to Kitezh’s astronomical facility, where they saw his precise Solar System model and learned about the city’s lost scholars and buried Byzantine warship.
• Catherine told Laura and Jacob that the engineering team had blown open the fortress gate, and the Sisterhood invited Sophia to join the exploration team with a spare Power Armor suit.
• Catherine led the recruits into Kitezh while Lilia discussed the Source of Divinity and Lyudmila urged her to focus on possible enemies.
• Salomon arrived with blood on his knuckles, carrying Rodin’s twin blades instead of the Sacred Sword.

The City of Immortals dismantled human trafficking networks, and Stephanie forced Whitehall to submit after discovering his role in the trade. In Puerto Rico, Salomon encountered Coulson, who enlisted him to rescue Skye and stop Whitehall from using the Obelisk, while Salomon demanded Whitehall's brain intact.

• Victoria Hand's team used the City of Immortals' forces to attack human trafficking networks, and the CIA labeled the hidden organization Kraken.
• Stephanie received a commendation for the mission and used intelligence from a ledger to confront Whitehall and demand his submission.
• Salomon arrived late after traveling to Puerto Rico to negotiate with Whitehall and encountered Coulson's team tracking the Obelisk.
• Coulson confronted Salomon about Skye and Whitehall, and Salomon explained that he had sought Whitehall's research into Kree genetic experiments and organ transplants.
• Coulson and Salomon agreed to work together to rescue Skye and stop Whitehall, with Salomon insisting that Whitehall's brain remain intact.
• Salomon whistled, and several dark shapes rushed through the mansion.

Salomon told Agent Coulson about his deal with Nick Fury to remove the Skrulls from Earth and sought help finding those still hiding there. After Mr. Johnson attacked Dr. Whitehall for murdering his wife, Salomon preserved Whitehall’s severed head so he could capture the dead man’s soul and question him.

• Salomon told Agent Coulson that Nick Fury had agreed to withdraw the Skrulls from Earth and asked him to help locate those still hiding there.
• Salomon and Coulson confronted Dr. Whitehall, while Salomon’s shadow hounds killed the two armed men beside him.
• Mr. Johnson attacked Whitehall, identifying him as the man who had murdered his wife and blaming S.H.I.E.L.D. for taking his daughter, Daisy.
• Salomon knocked Mr. Johnson aside, but Whitehall was already dying from his injuries.
• Salomon cut off and magically preserved Whitehall’s head, then told Coulson he planned to capture Whitehall’s soul and make the dead speak.

Salomon interrogated Whitehall’s soul and learned that the Obelisk had been taken underground, then led Catherine and the Sisterhood toward the Soul Chamber and the Source of Divinity. They reached the mountaintop lecture hall, where hundreds of undead soldiers blocked the way to their destination.

• Salomon used magic to question Whitehall’s severed head while Coulson warned May not to shoot him.
• Whitehall revealed that the Obelisk had been taken underground, and Salomon ordered his head sent for laboratory examination.
• Catherine reminded Salomon that Tita’s rules required him to travel with security forces, while the Sisterhood continued clearing the Lost City.
• Salomon and the Sisterhood pushed through ambushes of Greek Fire, flaming arrows, and catapult fire as they advanced toward the Source of Divinity.
• Salomon’s group reached the unfinished lecture hall below the Soul Chamber and found hundreds of armored undead soldiers blocking their path.