Chapter Summaries

Tony fought Hela, but her power overwhelmed his attacks until Shen Mo appeared and revealed himself as an Outer God. Hela recognized that she could not defeat him, yet remained defiant as he faced her on Asgard.

• Tony attacked Hela with Psionic Energy, Floating Cannons, and warship lasers, but she blocked the blasts and emerged unharmed.
• Hela destroyed Tony's Floating Cannons and walked through the searing laser fire, while Tony realized ordinary attacks could not stop her.
• Shen Mo appeared behind Tony and praised Hela's unwavering will and ambition.
• Hela asked who Shen Mo was, and he revealed his power as an Outer God from beyond the universe.
• Hela recognized that Shen Mo could destroy Asgard and declared that she would resist him without submission.

Shen Mo challenged Hela’s belief that she was already a queen by showing her a reality beyond her universe and demonstrating the power to reshape existence. Hela accepted the chance to pursue unlimited authority, with the condition that she remain under Shen Mo’s restrictions until she surpassed him.

• Tony warned Shen Mo against making the already powerful Hela a Merchant Guild member, while Hela refused to become anyone’s follower.
• Shen Mo compared Hela to a weak king and transported her beyond her universe, where she demanded to see true power.
• Shen Mo erased the universe into conceptual nothingness, then showed Hela what it would be like to become Death, rule a new Asgard, and wield absolute dominion.
• Hela recognized that she wanted to pursue unlimited power and authority, and Shen Mo offered her that opportunity in exchange for accepting his restrictions until she surpassed him.

Shen Mo recruited Hela into the Merchant Guild and assigned her a mission to revive Asgard. Hela seized control of Asgard, while Tony warned Thor that Shen Mo's favor made her more dangerous than Thanos.

• Shen Mo gave Hela a Badge and explained the Guild's rules, her rank, and how she could earn Jars through missions.
• Shen Mo assigned Hela the mission of reviving Asgard and restoring its reputation across the universe.
• Shen Mo returned Hela to Asgard, where she destroyed the ships carrying fleeing civilians and declared herself Queen of Asgard.
• After escaping to Earth, Tony told Thor that Hela was worse than Thanos because Shen Mo had taken her under his favor.

After losing his father, throne, and hammer, Thor left to find a new weapon and seek Loki while Tony stayed behind to protect the Asgardians and prepare for Hela. Hela’s envoy then turned public opinion against Tony, leaving Stark Industries besieged and Tony unsure how to resist Asgard’s influence.

• Tony urged Thor not to give up, but Thor explained that losing his hammer had left him unable to summon lightning.
• Thor decided to find another weapon and seek Loki, then left for space after asking Tony to protect his mother.
• Tony arranged care for the escaped Asgardians and returned to construction and research.
• An Asgardian envoy announced Hela as the new All-Father and claimed Earth should welcome Asgardian rule.
• Hydra agents and officials portrayed Tony as an alien collaborator seeking to control humanity, and angry crowds surrounded Stark Industries.

Tony struggled to find a way to defeat Hela, but a newly triggered Merchant Guild task gave him hope. In Wakanda, Steve and the others began organizing resistance to Hela, and their discussion turned to Buggy.

• Tony and the Queen Mother failed to find a scientific way to overcome Hela’s power, leaving Tony convinced that he needed Jars.
• Tony’s Badge delivered a task to bring hope of freedom to people resisting Asgard’s expansion across Earth.
• Shen Mo’s wish-based task system had triggered after Steve, Banner, Natasha, Hawk Eyes, and Fury gathered in Wakanda and committed to resisting Hela.
• Steve called for information about Hela and Asgard, and Banner questioned whether Thor was still their friend as the group’s attention turned to Buggy.

Steve’s group discussed whether they could help Tony and whether God might grant them power, until Tony’s public request for help brought them together again. Tony revealed that God belonged to an organization spanning civilizations and universes, and warned that Hela might belong to it as well.

• Steve said Tony’s anger was aimed chiefly at him, while Hawk Eyes doubted Tony would welcome the others’ help.
• Fury suggested that gaining power from God could help them overcome the crisis, but Coulson cautioned against expecting God’s favor.
• Black Panther’s younger sister showed the group Tony’s online video asking for help against Hela, and Steve’s allies went to meet him at their former secret base.
• Tony told the group that God had recruited him into an organization whose members completed missions to become stronger.
• Fury realized that God was only one member of a vast organization, and Tony warned that Hela might have joined it too.

Tony explained the Merchant Guild and his mission to Fury and the others, while Fury examined why some people had not received God's favor. Fury realized he needed a clear direction to protect Earth, and Shen Mo appeared as light surged around him.

• Tony told Fury and the others about the Merchant Guild, the jars, and Hela's membership in the organization.
• Tony discovered that his mission's completion rate was still zero percent and explained that he needed to grow stronger to defeat Hela.
• Fury reasoned that receiving God's favor required a lasting driving force, not merely a desire to fight when enemies appeared.
• Fury realized he needed to protect Earth by uniting his intelligence work with the heroes and committed to that direction.
• Shen Mo emerged from the divine radiance as light surged around Fury.

Shen Mo confirmed Fury had earned the chance to open Jars, and Fury chose the Commander Series before revealing his Destiny Item: a Red Alert System that could build an army and advanced technology. The system’s functions were locked, leaving Fury to realize that using its potential would require obtaining more Jars.

• Shen Mo told Fury that his chosen path and unique destiny qualified him to become a member and obtain Jars.
• Fury decided to open his Chests in front of the others, and Shen Mo revealed that Fury had chosen the Commander Series.
• Fury opened the Level 1 and Level 2 Chests from the major series and reached his Destiny Item after an hour.
• Fury received the Red Alert System, which could summon soldier Clones, unlock advanced technology, and construct weapons.
• Fury discovered that nearly all the system’s functions were locked, and Shen Mo explained that every Destiny Item required infinite Jars to reach its full potential.

Fury used his Newbie Benefit to open Red Alert jars and gain loyal operatives, powerful units, bases, and a Primary Weather Controller. After Shen Mo departed, Fury received a mission to help the superheroes gain access to jars and resist external threats, giving him a reason to rebuild S.H.I.E.L.D.

• Fury began opening his Red Alert jars and summoned a squad of Special Operatives who called themselves God-made beings and showed sixty loyalty.
• Fury tested the Special Operatives and found them physically and tactically superior to ordinary humans, then continued summoning units, agents, and bases.
• Fury drew a Primary Weather Controller from a Blue Rare jar and regretted failing to obtain a Blue Rare Agent Tanya.
• Shen Mo told Fury that future Points cards would require missions, then disappeared as the mission to assist the superheroes and resist external threats appeared in Fury's Badge.
• Fury decided the mission suited his plans to help the others and rebuild S.H.I.E.L.D., while Shen Mo watched from the shadows and approved of the mission.

Fury and Yuri countered Hydra’s attack on Tony by turning public opinion against Asgard, while Fury prepared heroes to join the Merchant Guild. Their campaign culminated in the Queen Mother confronting an Asgardian envoy over Hela’s rule and Odin’s wish for Thor to succeed him.

• Fury ordered Coulson to study under Yuri, who explained that his Psychological Suggestion made people feel close to and trust him.
• Yuri told Steve that God-made beings revered the Beyonder because their knowledge of the Beyonder’s greatness acted as a Curse.
• Fury tasked Steve with helping protect Earth and planned to guide heroes toward accepting the Merchant Guild and wishing for Jars.
• Yuri and Fury spread arguments questioning Asgard’s claim to protect Earth, gradually shifting public opinion against Hela and regaining influence from Hydra.
• Fury’s forces presented the Queen Mother to an Asgardian envoy, who bowed as she challenged Hela’s rule and invoked Odin’s dying wish that Thor become king.

After helping expose Hela as a tyrant, Tony celebrated his renewed reputation but turned to preparing Earth for her coming invasion. He revealed that he had earned ten Level 4 Chests, leaving the group dependent on their contents to survive the first resistance against Hela.

• Tony publicly took credit for rescuing the Queen Mother and Asgardians, then exposed officials who were Hydra members, restoring his standing as Earth's hero.
• At a villa party, Tony questioned the masses' ability to guide civilization, while Steve argued that people still needed protection.
• Yuri urged the group to use public sentiment to prepare for Hela's invasion, and Tony said Fury could help build production lines for war robots and Space Battleships.
• Tony revealed that establishing the Earth United External Agency had earned him a Points Recharge Card and access to ten Level 4 Chests.
• Tony said they needed an Epic Purple item to threaten Hela, and Yuri warned that without a treasure capable of resisting her, the group might not survive to take another step.

Tony summoned ten Level 4 Chests, and Steve opened the first three as the group hoped to find a Grand Prize that could help humanity. The third chest produced a planet-destroying bomb, leaving everyone to consider the danger it posed if it fell into the wrong hands.

• Tony summoned ten Level 4 Chests and asked someone else to open them because he feared his luck would cost humanity its last hope.
• The others urged Steve to open the chests, and he agreed despite his doubts about his luck.
• Steve opened the first two chests and received little blue-Ki dragons instead of the Grand Prize.
• Steve opened the third chest and obtained a cylinder that Tony identified as EOP-03, a one-time weapon capable of turning a planet's surface to glass and wiping out all life.
• Steve asked whether the bomb could be destroyed, recognizing that it could end the world if an enemy or madman used it.

After the Avengers failed to find an Epic Purple treasure among the Jars, Tony proposed using the Blue Rare Phantom Space to trap Hela. Meanwhile, Hela gathered the Asgardians at the ruined palace and declared that her strength and wars, not Odin, had protected them.

• Steve opened a dangerous weapon from a Jar, and Tony safely put it away before Steve refused to open more.
• Tony suggested that everyone open one Jar each, but Natasha, Hawk Eyes, Black Panther, Coulson, Banner, Yuri, and Tony found only Blue Rare items.
• Tony proposed using Phantom Space to lure Hela into a dimensional prison, while deciding to activate a plan he had been hesitating over.
• Hela assembled the Asgardians at the ruined palace and mocked Odin for failing to protect it.
• A young golden armored warrior defended Odin, but Hela restrained him and declared that she had protected Asgard through blood and war.

Hela used her bond with Asgard to establish herself as its true ruler, forcing the Asgardians to submit or be expelled before conquering the other realms. While Earth prepared for war and Thanos retreated, Loki learned that Odin was dead and Hela had taken Asgard, but he did not know she was his sister.

• Hela declared that Asgard recognized her as its king, and the land formed a new palace and statue in her image.
• Hela used Asgard's power to strip the unsubmitted Asgardians of their identity and expel them, while those who submitted became her people.
• Hela began conquering the Nine Realms as Earth built its strength and Thanos returned to his territory after failing to seize the Space Gem.
• Over five months, Hela brought the Nine Realms under her rule and spread her name throughout the universe.
• Loki learned from expelled Frost Giants and Elves that Odin was dead and Hela had seized Asgard, but he did not learn that she was his sister.

After learning that Hela had gained the Beyonder’s favor and that Asgard’s forces had changed, Loki’s plan to exploit a conflict with the Shi'a Empire gave way to jealousy and despair. He ended the chapter doubting whether his own efforts could ever make him powerful enough to claim Asgard’s throne.

• Loki learned that his father had died and that Hela had begun attacking the Shi'a Empire after Loki engineered a minor conflict between them.
• Loki ordered his subordinate to bring him battle reports and footage so he could assess Asgard under Hela’s rule.
• Loki watched Frost Giants wield Asgardian weapons, magic, and fighting techniques, and he ordered someone to ask Tony what was happening.
• Loki learned that Hela had received the Beyonder’s favor and crushed his wineglass in anger and humiliation.
• Loki feared he could never match Hela, Tony, or Fury without the Beyonder’s favor, and he began to lose heart.

Shen Mo gave Loki one final chance to understand why he pursued power before granting him a Gift. Loki recognized that he wanted to become king for himself, to command the world’s attention, and swore he was worthy of the Gift.

• Shen Mo appeared before a dejected Loki and warned that he would lose his attention if he failed this final opportunity.
• Shen Mo questioned Loki about why he wanted power, and Loki admitted he sought his father’s recognition and wanted to prove himself better than Thor.
• Loki realized that Odin was dead and that his ambition could no longer depend on winning his father’s approval.
• Loki declared that he pursued power to become the center of attention and a king whom no one could ignore.
• Loki knelt before Shen Mo and swore that he was worthy of the Gift.

Loki qualified to open jars, chose the King's Path Series, and gained the God of Faith class. Meanwhile, Thanos grew anxious over the changes Shen Mo had caused and considered meeting the being he believed could alter fate.

• Shen Mo granted Loki the qualification to open jars after recognizing his ambition.
• Loki chose the King's Path Series and obtained the God of Faith class, whose power depended on the faith of his believers.
• Loki opened fifteen hundred Level 3 class-exclusive chests and received the task of gathering believers and establishing a Divine Realm.
• Shen Mo considered Thanos, who was searching for the remaining Infinity Mu Jins and had become uncertain after learning of Shen Mo's deeds.
• Thanos wondered whether Shen Mo was a cosmic power like Death and whether he should meet him, while Shen Mo considered Thanos's long-standing qualification and his connection to Death.

Shen Mo met Thanos in a vision of the Garden and revealed that he could see the power of Death in Thanos’s soul. The meeting left Thanos shaken by the revelation that Death feared the Living Tribunal, an entity above her.

• Shen Mo decided to meet Thanos despite the risk that Death might notice him.
• Shen Mo drew Thanos into a white mist, where Thanos recognized the Garden and found Shen Mo waiting with Hikari.
• Shen Mo said he understood Thanos’s actions because he had seen the power of death in Thanos’s soul.
• Thanos asked whether Shen Mo was an existence beyond the universe and fate, but Shen Mo denied it.
• Shen Mo mentioned the Living Tribunal, and Thanos felt Death’s fear and realized that greater powers existed above her.

Shen Mo revealed that Thanos’s supposed fate to eliminate half of all life stemmed from Death’s turbulent romance with another Thanos, then offered him a path to grow strong enough to challenge Death. Thanos left his throne and set off alone for the Garden.

• Shen Mo told Thanos that his belief in balance was really a sacrifice to Death and pointed out his longing for peace and fatherly love.
• Shen Mo showed Thanos the other universe’s Thanos repeatedly breaking up and reconciling with Death, revealing the source of his supposed fate.
• Thanos questioned whether he could defeat Death, and Shen Mo said he could if he survived and relied on his own efforts to grow stronger.
• Shen Mo described himself as a traveling merchant from beyond the Multiverse and said he sought people with the potential to grow, not to act as their savior.
• Shen Mo vanished after telling Thanos he would wait for him in the Garden, and Thanos set off alone in his spacecraft.

Thanos arrived on Garden intending to use it as a retirement base, only to find Shen Mo and his companions settled there. After learning about the system’s chests and the way they granted powers from different worlds, Thanos chose the Arts series and began opening chests.

• Thanos landed on Garden and discovered Shen Mo relaxing at a villa with Othinus and the others.
• Othinus startled Thanos with a glimpse of her power, and Shen Mo welcomed him as a future neighbor.
• Shen Mo offered Thanos a Peach of Immortality, and Thanos found that it eased old ailments without increasing his strength.
• Thanos learned how chests let members obtain powers from different worlds and understood their limits and potential.
• Thanos chose the Arts series for its variety of methods and carefully opened his first chests.